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Luna Nuda Pinot Grigio 2018
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The Tasting PanelOne of the prettiest examples of this variety, crafted by the fourth-genergation winemaking Giovanett family. Hand-picked and hand-sorted fruit. Meaning "naked moon" the winemaker believes in the effects of the full moon on his wine's production. The nose is crisp and clean; a lemon slate from Alpine air. Asian pear and lean mineral notes interplay with vanilla pudding, white tea, and honeysuckle.
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WORK OF ART – 10:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) It's now safe to say this show is better than "Top Chef," which airs right before it. Every creative competition show is only as good as its cast for any given season, and "Work Of Art" has a much more interesting cast in its first season than "Chef" does in its seventh. Last week's "Work" episode was downright fascinating. We had Erik checking out of a team challenge and being ostracized by his teammates. Erik has brain damage, mind you. Not sure his teammates remembered or cared. So I found it virtually impossible to pick a side. Was Erik being a stubborn idiot? Yep. Were his teammates egocentric nutjobs who purposely left him hanging? Yep.
Best of all, Erik called out Miles for playing up his OCD, and some of the other guy contestants totally agreed. Then they cut to that one Hipster Dude doing an impression of Miles and it pretty much discredited Miles entirely. I can't take anything he says seriously anymore. I think he's an actor now. So Erik was right about him, but Erik was also a nutjob himself. So yeah, this show is interesting. Largely because these people are insane. ANTICIPATION: NARCISSISM!
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You've probably heard your grandmother warn, "feed a cold, starve a fever," while you were neck-high under the covers stuffed up and miserable. Or was it "starve a cold, feed a fever"? Whichever it was, is there truth any truth to these kindly admonishments?
Evidence for the Health Claim
The idea of feeding a cold and starving a fever most likely originated during the Middle Ages when people believed that there were two kinds of illnesses. The illnesses caused by low temperatures, such as a cold , needed to be "fueled," so eating was recommended. Illnesses caused by high temperatures, such as a fever, needed to be cooled down, so refraining from eating was thought to deprive the furnace of energy.
Most doctors today reject this idea. Recently, however, a Dutch research team conducted a small, preliminary study that provides some indirect support for the old myth. Researchers asked six healthy male participants to fast overnight before providing them with a meal on one occasion and just water on another occasion. They found that the subjects' immune systems responded differently under the conditions of feeding versus starvation. While these are intriguing findings, they say little about how a person suffering from a cold or a fever can expect to actually feel when fed or starved. Although the study was small and inconclusive, the idea that food consumption may have a short-lived effect on the immune system is a new one, as previous studies have focused on more long-term effects.
Evidence Against the Health Claim
Current medical opinion puts the "feed a cold, starve a fever" maxim in the same category as other medical advice from the Middle Ages–false and maybe even dangerous! An infection–particularly one associated with fevers– is no time to deny your body the nutrients and fluids it needs. Like any bodily system, the immune system requires energy to function properly. To provide an extreme example, severe malnutrition is the major risk factor for life-threatening consequences of serious infections in less developed countries. And, drinking fluids helps counter the dehydration caused by sweating and mucus production.
Colds and flu are caused by viruses, for which there is no cure. The best you can hope to do is support your immune system as it struggles to prevail. Fever or no, starving yourself is no way to show your support. Whether you're thirsty or not, drink plenty of fluids. And, if you're hungry–eat!


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Having said that, maybe this is an opportunity to show how non-traditional learning really works. Traditional learning ... which is what we're doing at the conference has it's limitations ... like being scheduled at a time that isn't great ... or like being in Orlando when you live in Sidney ... or being part of a 4 day conference ... which you can't get away from work to attend even if it was in your city.
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Roadster Evolution
The History of Hot Rodding
Many people consider the '32 Ford roadster to be the quintessential hot rod, and HOT ROD has featured many over the last 65 years. Each one is a unique expression of the builder's ideal. Very few have helped to start new trends—or better, a different way of looking at the ubiquitous hot rod. The reality of building a Deuce roadster is that there has always been a tightly regimented set of styling rules that are not to be crossed if you want an acceptable roadster with appeal. So, within this hyper-tight little package of do's and don'ts, we present some of the '32 roadsters that over the decades have nudged the needle to help change roadsterdom.
1938: Vic Edelbrock Roadster
Though probably not the first Deuce roadster to race on California's dry lakebeds, Vic Edelbrock's rolling speed-parts laboratory defined the multipurpose pre-war hot rod. Stripping the fenders and running boards from Vic's daily driver revealed a relatively low, sleek roadster with perfect form and proportion for open-wheel racing. The '32 Ford has the unique distinction of looking like it was designed to run with or without fenders, and the detailed stamped frame just begs for exposure in highboy form (meaning the body is atop the frame as stock, not channeled over it).
1947: Bob McGee Roadster
With its appearance on one of the first-year HOT ROD covers, the McGee roadster was considered one of the era's most beautiful. Early roadsters were dual-purpose street/lakes racers, as was McGee's, but he designed modern elements into the roadster, such as hidden door hinges, a three-piece hood, shortened frame horns, and a level of finish not normally found on dual-purpose rods.
1948: Doane Spencer Roadster
So many unique engineering features define Spencer's highboy that it continues to influence roadster builders even today. This hot rod was part custom, with its wrapping cowl, lack of framehorns, integrated frame exhaust, and rolled rear pan. Even then, the raked, boat-like DuVall windshield was rare, and combined with the Z'd front and rear frame and uniquely designed front suspension, it incorporated many original ideas into a single roadster.
1960: Tony La Masa Channeled Roadster
La Masa called his roadster "the original American sports car," and looking at its channeled, low silhouette you can see what he meant. Channeled roadsters had been around for years (one was on HOT ROD's second cover), but La Masa's conveyed more of a refined, contemporary effort with its Vette engine, three-piece hood and integrated scoop, cycle fenders, and molded '40 Ford dash. An episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet exposed millions to its sleek style.
1963: Tom McMullen Roadster
McMullen's roadster defined a whole new generation of rod builders not tied to the lakes or Bonneville. Think flames not primer, mags not steelies, and a blown small-block instead of a flathead Ford with Stromberg 97 carburetors. Racing always influenced hot rods, and that applied here, but this roadster's cues were coming from quarter-mile slingshots and Gassers instead of lakes cars and Indy. Also, as a budding freelance writer, Tom exposed the evolution of his highboy to hot rod enthusiasts almost monthly. He founded Street Rodder magazine in 1972.
1966: Dick Scritchfield Phaeton
Phaetons are just roadsters with two more doors. Scritch's ushered in the advent of resto-rods and "street" rodding, since it was built to drive with no pretense or even a nod to racing. He retained the luggage rack, side mounts, stock horn, and cowl lights—geegaws most hot rodders discarded. Plus, he already had a roadster to race—see McGee roadster.
1970: Gary Kessler Roadster
Using components and ideas seen only on Fuel cars, Kessler's roadster was a street-driven Funny Car that happened to look like a Deuce, with its exaggerated wheels, tires, and stance, combined with a stock-appearing roadster body. It's actually a simple formula for a timeless highboy roadster, not unlike Edelbrock's 30 years earlier.
1978: Phil Cool Roadster
Vans and Vettes were the main focus of HOT ROD's editorial in the '70s, before Cool's roadster landed on the July '78 cover—and the spike in sales brought hot rods back to HOT ROD. It incorporated everything that made Kessler's roadster a standout, adding a little bit of show car, and then pushed everything to the extreme. This was the winner of the America's Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) award at the Grand National Roadster Show in 1978. More on page 102.
1986: Roy Brizio Roadster
Brizio's highboy brought wild graphics to traditional roadster aesthetics. Nothing was new, just arranged and presented in a more contemporary way. Briz borrowed the windshield from Spencer, the stance from McGee, the wheels from Kessler, and the idea of a graphic fade from McMullen's flames. It helped generate countless similar cars throughout the '80s and '90s.


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Visit The Iron Skillet at Petro Stopping Center
Cowboys and cowgirls have known for years that if you want something cooked right, like it was in the older days of the wild, wild West, get out the old iron skillet inherited from grandparents or the old trail cook. Add some really fresh meat and vegetables, and use tested recipes to whip up a good meal, and sit down in a comfortable environment to enjoy it with friendly folks. Southeast Texans and others visiting our part of the country can still do that today, except that they don't have to stand over the campfire and do the actual cooking.
A visit to The Iron Skillet located within the Petro Stopping Center on Interstate 10 at Exit 848 in Beaumont provides that opportunity for professional drivers and interstate motorists, as well as for locals families. Petro was founded in 1975 and is known as "the benchmark of quality" among travel plazas. More than one truck driver verified that for me while doing the interview for this article.
"I always plan to stop at a Petro," said Joe, a 29-year professional driver out of Delaware making a long run through Texas. "The Iron Skillet has good food, cooked right, and at reasonable prices." Joe said he varies his choices from the plentiful menu depending on how hungry he is at the moment. "I sometimes just eat from the buffet when I am hungry. If I am not quite so hungry, I might order breakfast (served 24 hours a day) or a sandwich, but you can bet whatever you ask for, it will be good. We always can count on that."
It is Dwight Gaines' business, literally, to see that these professional drivers and any other customer that comes in have plenty of good, solid food from which to choose on any given day. Gaines, originally from Alabama, has been on the job for a little more than three years and takes his duties very seriously. When asked what makes The Iron Skillet in Beaumont special, Gaines doesn't hesitate. He said, "No doubt it is the kitchen. We have the best cooks in the area and they care about the food they serve." Gaines said the recipes are tried and proven, the food is always fresh, and the kitchen team, both management and cooks, is simply top notch.
Gaines has 35 employees and is very proud of the fact that many of them have been on the job for decades. "I have several 20-plus year employees," said Gaines "and they know what they are doing. Some of these customers think of them as family and look for them every time they come in to eat." Lesa Young, a pleasant cashier, has been on the job for 23 years and is willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen for the diner. "I love my job and I thank God every day that in this economy, I still have a good one. I have a 16-year-old to get through school and he's active in the band at Ozen High School and in his youth group at Saint Peters Missionary Baptist Church, so all of that takes money. We work hard, but we like what we do, and I look forward to seeing the different customers I've made friends with over the years. In my opinion, you just can't beat our food."
Janet Parks, the kitchen manager, has been working for The Iron Skillet for 27 years and for many of those years, she flew back and forth across the country as a corporate trainer. "I love what I do," she said. "The company is good to us and we enjoy coming to work every day. Our customers are the very best and we feel that they are our extended family." All of the time Parks was speaking, she kept an ever watchful eye on the buffet bar, seeing that the salad makings were kept orderly and clean and that every dish was refilled as needed. She also suggested things that needed to be done to younger employees, all the time making it feel as though it were their idea to take care of business.
Gaines said the No. 1 selling dish on the expansive menu has to be the big chicken fried steak — "Well, we are in Texas, right?" He said that the restaurant sells between 35 and 45 chicken fried steak meals each day, and on busy days or weekends, it might be more than that. The portions are large and filled the iron skillets. Gaines also said that at any given time there are at least six entrees on the buffet bar, a host of fresh vegetables, many side items, garnishments and a chilled, 52-item salad bar. "We also have fruit cobbler, hot fudge sundaes, strawberry and apple pie, shortcake, and ice cream to top off a good meal," said the general manager.
The buffet begins with breakfast items at 5 a.m. and continues with lunch and dinner until midnight. Between midnight and 5 in the morning, guests can choose from the menu, which includes burgers, fresh-made sandwiches, soups and salads, skillet baskets, sizzling steaks, seafood, and home-style favorites. Most meals start at under $10 and the portions are large.
Andre Hyacinth, a 26-year professional driver from New Jersey, agreed with Joe that the food at any Petro was the best on the road. "I try to time my stops so that I end up at a Petro," said Hyacinth. On this particular day, he had chosen to eat from the buffet and was building himself a handsome salad. "I vary what I eat, depending on how hungry I am at the time," said Hyacinth. "But I can assure you that I've never ordered anything that wasn't good."
Along with the obvious drivers who were eating in the Professional Drivers area of the restaurant, families with small children, older couples, and travelers filled the other areas and mingled with each other as they chose food from the buffet line or ordered from the menu. Gaines showed us a private room where birthday parties, gatherings, business meetings, and family reunions can be held.
The Petro Stopping Center in Beaumont offers 275 parking spaces for big trucks, 14 clean and orderly showers, a complete travel center with the necessities of life filling the shelves, lube and service bays, 12 fuel lanes, a truck wash, an arcade area and televisions, but the most popular place of all seemed to be The Iron Skillet. Give it a try when you are not certain what you want to eat. You might find it meets all of your family's needs nicely, and for sure, the food is very good.
The Iron Skillet is at 5405 Walden Road. Call (409) 842-9606 for additional information.Brenda Cannon Henley can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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The federal government shutdown is a virtually unprecedented move by a political minority committed to rolling back one of the most significant legislative achievements in recent American history. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 was passed by two houses of Congress after 14 months of debate. Opponents then challenged the law's constitutionality and lost that battle in the Supreme Court of the United States.
Less than five months later, American voters re-elected by a 5 million-vote majority margin a president who stood foursquare behind the Affordable Care Act. In so doing, the electorate rejected a GOP presidential candidate who promised its repeal.
Apparently the democratic processes by which Americans make choices and govern themselves are not acceptable to extremists in the House of Representatives who seek to halt government or have their way. They would have Americans see their actions as a patriotic and high-minded defense of liberty. As the shutdown loomed, several GOP congressmen and analysts took to the airwaves to trivialize the significance of the House vote.
Some cited previous episodes to suggest that closing the federal government is a normal byproduct of the American people having "a very deep disagreement about the future of our country." Rep. Sean Duffy, a Wisconsin Republican and member of the House Budget Committee, took a different tack and in so doing revealed what was really under way. Duffy insisted that President Obama was guilty of recalcitrance in the face of reasonable House Republicans who simply
sought a workable compromise.
"We have moved over the last week," Duffy insisted in an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan. "We first had a defund Obamacare bill. We then moved to a delay Obamacare bill. And tonight … we said 'let's delay the individual mandate. '"
Each step, in fact, had been an effort to shatter what the democratic process had painstakingly achieved.
Such rhetorical sleights of hand should not obscure the very radical departure the closure of most of the federal government represents. Some members of the House of Representatives apparently believe their steadfast opposition to the Affordable Care law justifies the use of coercive threats: to defund U.S. government and harm the economy.
In seeking to trump a lawful vote of both houses of Congress, a Supreme Court ruling and a reaffirming national presidential election, they tread on extremist ground. Their hubris is radical and nothing in modern American history provides a fair counterpart.
To be sure, each major expansion of the U.S. federal government's role in ensuring Social Security, access to health care, and equal civil rights has been accompanied by intense ideological and partisan conflicts. But when milestone laws have survived the gantlet of Congress, been affirmed in a presidential signing ceremony, and withstood Supreme Court review, the losing party or faction has generally settled for taking arguments about repeal or revisions to the
They have also, to be sure, continued efforts to chip away at enforcement or funding through normal legislative steps. Republicans pushed back at parts of the Social Security Act of 1935 for more than 15 years, for example, but they never threatened to close down the entire federal government unless Democrats agreed to undo their own crowning
New Deal legislative achievement.
Republicans also continued to try to amend the Wagner Labor Relations Act until their partial success in the Taft-Hartley legislation of 1947; but the Wagner Act itself was never a subject of extortive efforts to defund the whole government.
Since 1976, policy fights have at times shut down the federal government. Congressional disputes over federal funding of abortion led to several funding gaps during the Carter administration. Clashes over government spending, program cuts and other policy issues, including funding of the Nicaraguan Contras, led to similar results in the Reagan administration. In December 1995, the Clinton administration experienced the longest shutdown in modern American history when House Republicans attempted to extract a balanced budget from the president — and failed as public opinion turned against the GOP.
But in none of these episodes did a minority attempt to undo a major law by the sorts of threats against democratic decisions we see today.
Some might argue that the actions of Republican House members are justified by the sweeping changes Affordable Care promises to bring. This law does seek to fulfill a century-long dream of reformers to ensure access to affordable health insurance to virtually all U.S. citizens. But the core provisions are far from radical.
Devised by the conservative Heritage Foundation and first tested in Massachusetts under Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, the central tenets of Affordable Care respect and build upon private market mechanisms and long-established public programs like Medicaid for the poor and disabled.
No, the extremism of the present moment should not be understood as a fair response to a governmental expansion some consider too vast. Unprecedented efforts to try to repeal or gut a major law by threatening the nation's government and economy are a symptom of a political party that has allowed a faction to pull it far away from fundamental democratic values. We can only hope that saner heads and hearts will soon prevail.


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Lipscomb University setter Stefine "Jake" Pease has been named South Region Player of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
It is the third major award this season for Pease who came to Lipscomb from Berryton, Kansas.. She was also named Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year and Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player. She was also a member of the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team.
Pease posted the most assists in the A-Sun with 1,448. She averaged 12.27 per game, second highest in the conference.
She is 63rd nationally in assists per game in NCAA Division I.
She was a major reason the Lady Bisons earned their first berth in the NCAA Tournament this season, falling in the first round to Dayton.


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Residents are encouraged to make a pledge to improve their recycling habits over the next year as part of Lincoln Recycles Day Saturday, November 13. Individuals who turn in pledge cards will be eligible to win prizes as part of the recycling drive. City Recycling Coordinator Gene Hanlon reminds residents of the two easy ways to recycle: subscribe to a curbside recycling service or take recyclables to one of 35 recycling drop-off sites in Lancaster County.
"The hope is that once people make a pledge to recycle, they will have a greater commitment to using our local recycling services," Hanlon said. "By doing the right thing and recycling, we conserve resources and save valuable landfill space. It's also important to complete that recycling loop by buying products with recycled content."
Pledge cards are due November 15. Pledges may be submitted online at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: recycle). Pledge cards also may be picked up and dropped off at all Lincoln City Libraries; the Irving, "F" Street, Easterday and Belmont recreation centers; all Russ's Market stores; and the following locations:
Prizes include $100 gift cards donated by Walmart and Russ's Market; $100 worth of Nebraska Lottery scratch tickets; a year's worth of curbside recycling services donated by Journal Star Recycling, Midwest Refuse and Recycling, Recycling Enterprises, RecycleLink and Star City Recycling; a necklace made from recycled glass valued at $75 donated by Jen Carlson Creations; and $25 gift certificates from T.O. Haas Tire and Graham Tire. Prize winners will be notified by e-mail or phone after November 15.
Two other recycling events will occur on Saturday, November 13:
The pledge drive and collection events are part of the 13th annual America Recycles Day, which is celebrated November 15. It is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products.
Lincoln Recycles Day is sponsored by the City's Solid Waste Operations Division of Public Works and Utilities, WasteCap Nebraska, Lincoln Public Schools, the AmeriCorps volunteer program and local recyclers. More information is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: recycle) or by calling 441-8004 or the Recycling Hotline at 441-8215.


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Government officials yesterday welcomed US President George W Bush's reiteration of Washington's stance on Taiwan in his talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤).
Bush met Hu at the White House in Washington on Thursday, where the two leaders discussed a wide range of issues including trade, human rights, nuclear proliferation and Taiwan.
"In his welcome speech on the White House's South Lawn, President Bush reiterated the US commitment to peace across the Taiwan Strait. [Bush said that] the US would uphold its `one China' policy based on the three Sino-US communiques and the Taiwan Relations Act, remained opposed to any side unilaterally changing the status quo, and that Taiwan's future must be resolved peacefully," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"This shows that the US policy remains consistent and unchanged. This shows that the US takes the issue of peace in the Taiwan Strait seriously and remains committed to preserving that peace," the statement said.
Taiwan watched nervously as Bush and Hu held their summit at the White House, fearing that Bush might publicly criticize President Chen Shui-bian (
Although Bush did not say he was opposed to Taiwanese independence, he did say that he did not support it.
Analysts in Taiwan pointed out that Bush saying "I do not support" did not amount to a declaration of opposition.
Minister of Foreign Affairs James Huang (
Huang commented on Hu's reaction to a question from the press regarding when China would be democratized in which the Chinese president said that he didn't know the definition of "democracy."
"To most people, it's a simple question. Democracy is about people being able to choose their own leader, participate in the policy-making process and that minority opinions are respected and protected," Huang said.
Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Chairman You Ying-lung (游盈隆) said that Bush's remarks that "We [the US] believe the future of Taiwan should be resolved peacefully" dealt a severe blow to China's "Anti-secession" Law.
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said he appreciated Bush's support for Taiwan's democracy and maintaining peace across the strait.
While extending gratitude to Bush for reaffirming the US commitment to Taiwan, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Yu Shyi-kun criticized Hu for calling Taiwan "a part of China."
Hu "upheld the `one China' principle, excluding Taiwanese freedom to opt for independence," Yu said.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday said Bush's statement on cross-strait relations was a "reiteration of the common stance shared by seven previous US presidents."
Saying the government's action on the National Unification Council had impacted on US-Taiwan relations, Ma said: "We need to be extra careful because even a seemingly insignificant act of negligence could be interpreted as changing the status quo unilaterally."
Additional reporting by Jimmy Chuang and Mo Yan-chih
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Infiniti has expanded its Infiniti Performance Line to include the 2013 G convertible, which will go on sale in the spring.
Infiniti unveiled the model, the second in the IPL lineup, at the Los Angeles auto show on Wednesday. Concepts were shown at the 2010 Paris motor show and at the 2011 New York show.
The IPL package was introduced on the 2011 G37 coupe, bringing a small horsepower upgrade, suspension tuning, a body kit, IPL-exclusive seven-spoke wheels and a $5,500 premium.
Like the IPL coupe, the IPL convertible will get an increase of 18 hp over the non-IPL version, making 343 hp and 6 lb-ft more torque (to 273 lb-ft). Pricing for the convertible has not been announced.
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Put Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on a train together and you've got an incredible documentary encapsulating the music of three indie bands we have come to love and their journey across the breathtaking landscape of the American Southwest.
"Big Easy Express" is a film by Emmett Malloy that portrays the bands' eight-day trek across the country, from Oakland to New Orleans, aboard a vintage train… a jam train, if you will. Malloy captures the journey of three distinct bands, all with a deep love for music, as they bring their gift of music to fans all over. There's no denying that the bands are genuinely inspired by their travels and the rich history of the country through Malloy's vibrant shots.
With the folk country sounds of Mumford (hailing from England), Old Crow (Nashville) and Edward Sharpe (Los Angeles) amidst the beauty of the great American outdoors, "Big Easy Express" is both captivating and entertaining, speaking to the audience both musically and visually. A delightful choice for anyone who appreciates great music, and simply, enjoys a good jam session. As thrilling as a live concert, yet intimate and inspiring, "Big Easy Express" is a must-see.
"Big Easy Express" is available on iTunes now. Visit the website. Watch the trailer below.
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The Padres could use some help this year at shortstop.
In 32 games, the team's big-league shortstops have committed nine errors and are hitting just .130.
Meanwhile, Everth Cabrera, the team's top minor-league shortstop, is hitting .328 this season in Triple-A Tucson, including .350 in his past nine games through Wednesday.
So why haven't the Padres called him up already?
The decision is complicated by a domestic violence case in Arizona.
On March 16, Cabrera, 25, was arrested in Glendale, Ariz., on a domestic violence charge of misdemeanor assault. A pretrial conference in the case is scheduled in court next week.
"As we consider our options to improve the club, we certainly want to know all the facts related to these charges," Padres General Manager Josh Byrnes said. "If in fact we make a decision to promote him while this is pending, we know in the back of our mind we have to stay on top of it and act accordingly once the legal process has concluded."
According to Glendale police, Cabrera and his wife Connie were arrested March 16 at their apartment in Glendale, about five miles away from the Padres' spring training home in Peoria. Cabrera was taken to jail for domestic violence assault. He was later released. His wife was not taken to jail so she could care for their child.
Glendale police said charges were filed against Connie Cabrera for assault and criminal damage. No other details were immediately available.
Cabrera's attorney couldn't be reached.
Cabrera made the big-league club in 2009 as a Rule 5 draftee. He had a promising rookie season for the Padres that year, hitting .255 with 25 steals and 59 runs scored. But he struggled the next two seasons and twice was hobbled by hamstring injuries. After not making the big-league club this spring, he now leads Tucson in steals (14) and is second in hits (39) through Wednesday. He has four errors in 28 games.
Any decision to bring up him to the majors would have to consider the possibility that he may be required in court at times in Glendale. If he's convicted, he also might have to complete his sentence there.
The Padres (11-21) are in last place in the National League West. They open a three-game series Friday in Philadelphia.


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Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon.
Yeah, yeah. I know there's a big fucking game this week. I read all about it. Gregg Easterbrook has already prepared for The Tribulation. Peter King has stocked up on extra baby wipes and Keri lotion. Cris Collinsworth has spent extra time watching game film and less time at Central Park having old people feed him very small pieces of bread. That shit is already well-covered and then some.
Let us, instead, turn our attention to the best story in the NFL this year: Derek Anderson.
Derek Anderson is currently second in the NFL in touchdown passes. He's also rocking a gaudy 95.5 passer rating, and he has the Browns at 4-3. Those are all real stats. I totally looked them up just now specifically to BLOW YOUR MIND. This is the guy who started the year backing up Charlie Frye, for a franchise whose signature highlight after returning to the NFL in 1999 was when their fans threw a shitload of plastic bottles at the Jacksonville Jaguars and ended a game prematurely. I thought that was awesome, by the way. Far more exciting than if the game had ended in normal fashion. Every game should end with a small plastic container riot. Who's it gonna hurt?
Now not only does Anderson have the Browns in playoff contention, but he's also kept noted douchebag Brady Quinn tethered to the bench, perhaps permanently. All while Notre Dame has gone 1-7 on the year! Anderson has given fans the opportunity to cheer his success, and he has also given fans the opportunity to cheer Quinn's downfall. It doesn't get any better than that, people. You get all the joys of victory and all the joys of schadenfreude in a single dose. Tough shit, Brades. I like pleasure spiked with your pain.
So I thought I'd try and learn more about this nascent hero. I checked out Anderson's player page on the Browns website. And here is what I discovered.
• Derek's nickname is DA. Pretty clever. I bet Linda Cohn gave him that handle. She's creative like that.
• He was waived by Baltimore. The Ravens letting go of a decent QB? Why, that's unheard of! (NOTE: When the Ravens cut a player, they call in Ray Lewis to actually cut the player before releasing him.)
• His favorite TV show is "The Big Break," which is a show on the Golf Channel. Did you ever wonder who was the one person in America who watched the Golf Channel? It's Derek!
• His favorite movies are "Remember the Titans" and "Happy Gilmore." I was hoping to see "Au Revoir, Les Enfants" on there. Alas, I was disappointed.
• He watches "Laguna Beach." Maybe he and Simmons could talk about it over a pedicure sometime.
• He rooted for the Cowboys when he grew up.
Okay, so this is a pretty fucking boring list. It's unbecoming of a man who is helping to resurrect Cleveland football. He needs better highlights to his backstory. And here they are:
• Derek "Horse Balls" Anderson was born in a Scappoose, Oregon in 1983.
• His father was a world-champion log-roller. His mother was a sassy waitress at a greasy spoon. Derek was conceived in a wheelbarrow.
• Derek's mother gave birth to him while sliding down a log flume. The afterbirth was fed to a baby ox.
• Derek spent a lot of time as a child at his father's lumber operation, twice a week fulfilling the duty of "barrel boy".
• One day while in the barrel, a group of lumberjacks thought it would be a fun prank to stick a horse's penis in the barrel. So they did. When Derek encountered the horse's penis, he yelled from the barrel, "Men, if you're gonna stick a horse's cock in here, you may as well give me the balls as well." From there on, he was given the name "Horse Balls," and he never spent another day in the barrel again.
• He has been show-jumping buffalo since age 5.
• Derek was not known as an overly impressive athlete at Scappoose High School. He wasn't the cocky sort. Nor was he prone to acts of bravado. He wasn't even the strongest kid on the team. But what set Derek apart from all the others was his incredible unflappability. Nothing ever seemed to bother him. Ever.
• Not even when his team was losing by 50 points (which it often was).
• Not even during the traditional Scappoose High "Broken Plunger" hazing rituals his freshman year.
• Not even when he clicked on the Lemon Party website by accident.
• Not even when his father chained him to a desk in a drunken rage and attacked his mother, who then shot him dead with the family revolver.
• Teammates dislike playing practical jokes on Derek, because he does not exhibit any visual reaction to things like poop, fireworks, gunshots or cock slaps.
• Nothing has ever fazed Derek Anderson. Some doctors have said that Derek has Asperger's Syndrome. But I prefer to think of him as the perfect savior for the Browns: quiet, modest, hardworking, and disturbingly poised.
• Derek is the only player on the Browns that likes Kellen Winslow.
• Liz Phair used Derek as her inspiration for the song "Supernova." Derek's penis is average-sized, but he does indeed "fuck like a volcano." And if anyone knows a thing or about getting hollowed out, it's Liz Phair.
There. I like that better. So three cheers to you, Horse Balls. You've made the Browns interesting again, and that's more than enough.
The Games
All games in the Jambaroo are evaluated for sheer watchability on a scale of 1 to 5 Throwgasms.
Five Throwgasms
Patriots at Colts: You have to pray that the Colts at least keep it close. If the Patriots roll in and hang a 40-20 win or some shit like that in Indy, what little suspense there is left in this NFL season is gone. Completely. It'll just be a three-month blowout freakshow after that. Fuck me up the ass with a broken-off paper cutter blade.
All that's left is the faint hope that some brave defender will take my $50 bounty seriously and turn Tom Brady's leg into something resembling a Frank Gehry design. May I suggest Bilbao?
Four Throwgasms
Cowboys at Eagles: Little known fact: Tony Romo's new contract contains over $8 million in bonuses should he reach certain statistical goals for touchdowns, completions and smiles.
This is the Sunday night game, so you're going to see a lot of NBC promos for "Phenomenon," that reality show with magicians. As you know, we are awash in a world of douchebags. But I'm hard-pressed, very hard-pressed, to think of a bigger douche than Criss Angel. Seriously. Wow. What a douchetard. Does Angel know that it's no longer 1988? This asshole has his own logo/half-assed anarchy symbol on his jeans AND on his necklace. And I see not one, but TWO handcuff accessories on his person. You know what, shitbox? Just wear a top hat, ask me to pick a card and be done with it, Magic Boy. Stop dressing like you're Nikki Sixx. I didn't ask for a rock 'n' roll magician, and I don't fucking want one. Fuckhead.
Ravens at Steelers: Mike Tomlin has clearly been attending the Mo Vaughn School Of Sticking Out Your Lower Lip To Make Yourself Look Meaner.
Packers at Chiefs
Three Throwgasms
Broncos at Lions: The Lions are actually going to play a meaningful Thanksgiving Day game this year against the Packers. This troubles me, because I usually eat during the Lions game. Now I won't know when to eat. Or take my annual 70-minute Thanksgiving Day dump.
Two Throwgasms
Chargers at Vikings: The Chargers are getting just good enough again to cruelly get your hopes up before shitting the bed at the end of the year. Damn them. Such a waste of kickass new uniforms.
Jaguars at Saints
Redskins at Jets
Bengals at Bills
Panthers at Titans
Cardinals at Bucs
One Throwgasm
Seahawks at Browns: This game and the Raider game both merit one star simply by airing at the same time as Pats-Colts. If you live in Seattle, Cleveland, Houston or Oakland, you're going to be mighty tempted to head to a bar and cheat on your favorite team. I'm of the mind that cheating on your team is acceptable once or twice a year, so long as you make a genuine effort to keep your eyes on your team's game at least 50 percent of the time while at the bar. If you're using that other bit of time to get a feel for the other, GOOD game, that's understandable. But, if you forgo your team's game entirely to watch Pats-Colts, and you don't even turn your gaze back to Shaun Alexander's latest one-yard carry through a hole five yards wide? Well, that's just fucking cold. A dedicated fan is one who voluntarily suffers for no good reason. That's what makes sports fun.
Texans at Raiders
Niners at Falcons
Pregame Song That Makes Me Want To Run Through A Goddamn Brick Wall
"Tilted", by Sugar. I'll push "Tilted" until I'm blue in the face. Bob Mould is a fucking guitar god who shits power chords and feasts off of the still-pulsating eardrums torn from infants' heads. He fucking rules, and I only wish the video for "Tilted" lived up the song's ball-stomping awesomeness. In a perfect world, this clip would have had a $1 million budget and been directed by Wayne Isham, with lots of jump cuts between live footage and people getting hit by oncoming traffic.
Embarassing Cassingle I Once Owned That Will Not Fire You Up
"Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me)," by Fiona and Kip Winger. When you think of hair metal duets, you think Ozzy and Lita. But you'd be ignoring this legendary pairing. I want you to do me a favor. Watch this video for one minute and tell me you don't think Kip Winger looks exactly like Dane Cook. I mean, fucking exactly like him. Even the hair isn't that far off. I bet Cook totally looks just like this when he sings.
Fantasy Player That Deserves To Die A Slow, Painful Death
Maurice Jones-Drew. Fuck you, Maurice Jones-Drew. Stop sucking for long stretches before occasionally busting out a decent game. If fantasy owners hate anything, it's inconsistency. They know the second they bench you, you'll produce. And the second they stick you back in the lineup, you'll fuck it all up. I hate players like that. Players like YOU, you undersized ball-licker. I also completely disapprove of your hyphenated last name. You know who rocks hyphenated last names? Feminist authors and the husbands they've pussy-whipped. Shit or get off the pot. Pick a name and stay with it. I suggest Drew, because Drew is a fucking killer name. I won't stand for its needless dilution.
Five Potential Key Injuries
• Javon Walker (knee)
• Byron Leftwich (sandwich)
• Entire Redskins roster (anal trauma)
• Chad Pennington (put down)
• Fred Taylor (ominous run of good health)
This Week's Suicide Pick
Last week's suicide pool pick of Cleveland was correct (holy shit!). Off the board now are Cleveland, Washington, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Green Bay and New England (Record for the year: 6-2). We once again pick a both a suicide pool team and an actual way of committing suicide. This week's pick: San Diego, and running suicides... until you die! That would be crazy. Crazy AWESOME. I would love for someone to take the traditional basketball drill and fulfill its literal meaning. Especially if that someone is named Kobe Bryant.
Gametime Snack Of The Week
Chili fries. For those times when cheese fries are just too light. You can also get cheese on your chili fries. And sour cream. And bacon. And maybe a pot roast. You really can't go wrong. But, no matter what you top your chili fries with, I think we can all agree on one thing: if you eat them with a fork, you are a fucking pussy.
Chili fries, as you may know, are one of the famed dishes at Johnny Rockets, the restaurant chain owned by Redskins owner Dan "Miles Finch" Snyder. A wise purchase by Snyder. If there's one investment that has some real growth potential, it's a theme restaurant that evokes a time period boomers don't care to remember and present day children don't care to learn about. With lots of overhead. I went into a Johnny Rockets to use the shitter a month ago. There isn't a more depressing restaurant on planet Earth. And I've been to Miami Subs. I know of what I speak.
Gametime Cheap Beer Of The Week
The Famous Narragansett Beer. Made on honor. Sold on merit. Vomited up on Friday. Famous, my ass. The only thing memorable about this beer is the charred circle around your asshole the following morning.
Narragansett was one of the beers I drank during Senior Week. One Senior Week evening out took place in a town 90 minutes from campus. We all rode in a bus down to town. I drank half a bottle of gin on the way. By 10 p.m., I had already thrown up at the bar, gotten bounced and fallen asleep in the middle of the road. This was not an alley, nor a lane, nor a driveway. This was a legitimately busy thoroughfare, used for commerce. I woke up in my dorm room the next morning, with no recollection as to how I got back home. The phone rang. It was my friend Jon.
Me: Hello?
Jon: I fucking hate you.
Me: Wait, how did I...
Jon: I fucking hate you.
And then he hung up. We never talked much after that.
Sunday Afternoon Film Of The Week For Jets Fans (Rams and Dolphins are off)
Candy Stripe Nurses. I'm on the record as having watched a shitload of 1970's softcore pornography. You kids today don't know how good you got it, with your five different Cinemaxes, and frequent episodes of "The Erotic Traveler" and late-night showings of Alabama Jones And The Busty Crusade. When I was a kid, you took what Showtime gave you, and what it gave me was a movie like this, which offered 87 minutes of plot and two minutes of unenhanced breasts. If you were lucky, you got a glimpse of 70's-era bush. I'm telling you, this stuff was thicker and wilder than gorse. I'm shocked they didn't hang ornaments from it.
I'd spend a good 30 minutes with my dick in my hand before anyone got naked on screen. And when they did, I'd have to begin furiously pumping to take advantage of the open window. Otherwise, I had to wait for the next scene. IF THERE WAS ONE! Ever catch a cable porn movie only to realize that you missed all the sex scenes? Horror.
Gratuitous Simpsons Quote
"Careful! They're ruffled!"
Halftime Masturbation Kit
• For the guys: Supermodel Marisa Miller. I'm a sucker for lace, ruffles, and other frilly adornments. That's quality shit right there.
• -For the gals: Dreadlock-era Lenny Kravitz. Did you know there are pictures of Lenny naked online? I do now. Guhhhhhhh. Lenny, by the way, was voted the hottest man in the world with tattoos by this site, which I presume is some sort of tattoo authority. This list, frankly, is shit. Perry Farrell is on it. Who knew Perry Farrell was even a sexual entity? Carson Daly is on the list. Billy Bob Thornton is on the list. Bill fucking Goldberg is on the list. Apparently, getting a tattoo makes you 178 percent uglier. Bam Margera? Really? Someone out there wants THAT cock? It probably has a AAA battery lodged inside it.
Blatantly False, ProFootballTalk-Style, Fred Edelstein-esque Rumor Of The Week
WE HEAR... that Britney Spears approached Tony Romo in a nightclub last week only because she was high on Oxycontin and thought he was actually Tony Roma, there to supply her with the delicious ribs she requires thrice daily.
Three Questions Sideline Reporters Should Ask But Won't
• "Tom, tell me about today's victory. How were you able to SO LONG FUCKO!!!" (bashes Brady's knee with Mag Lite)
• "Coach Shanahan, have you tried Super PoliGrip? It's the best PoliGrip yet! You can eat corn on the cob now!"
• "Ray-Ray, did you see that Michael Madsen made the hottest tattooed man list and you did not? Has there ever been a graver injustice in the world?"
Your Motivational Pregame Quote for The Weekend
"Men! You are about to embark on a great crusade... to stamp out run-away decency in the West. Now you will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy award nomination... for Best Supporting Actor."
-Hedley Lamarr
Enjoy the games, everyone.
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Better Die Life for Spring-Steel Stamper
Trico Products rollforms and stamps blades for its beam-style windshield wipers from prehardened spring steel.
Out with the Old, Costly Process
When Trico introduced the newly designed spring-steel blades to the market in 2007, it employed a sophisticated (and costly) heattreating process to achieve the required blade curvature with the prehardened spring steel stock, uniquely specified to match the curvature of each OEM's windshield. Early in 2010, Trico's Brownsville, TX, manufacturing facility (and North American headquarters) invested in a new manufacturing line to turn out the beams.
As described by Trico process engineer Ramiro Pena, the new process begins with rollforming spring-steel strip to shape. After rollforming in a continuously fed line, formed strip runs through a pair of small-bed one-hit stamping presses for hole piercing and cutting to length.
"The line runs 12 hr./day, 7 days/week," says Pena, "producing some 20 different part numbers. Compared to the previous process (heattreating the curvature into the blades), the new process is five times faster and 30 percent less costly." The facility, certified to Ford Q1, TS16949, and ISO 9001 and 14001, ships beams to a sister plant in Mexico for paint and assembly.
PM Tool Steels up to the Task
Trico contracted with German suppler Felss GmbH for the rollform line, and then turned to tool-steel suppler Eastern Tool Steel, St. Marys, PA, for powdered-metal tool-steel punches and dies for use in the two stamping presses at the end of the line. Felss manufactures single-station machines and transfer lines for cold forming of solid and hollow (tubular) workpieces.
"When the line first launched," says Pena, "we ran punches and dies (8 by 8 in.) machined from M4 tool steel, and they couldn't stand up to the hardened spring steel. The tools prematurely chipped and dulled, causing excessive burrs on the blades. We were servicing the tools every 4000 hits or so. Within a few months, we knew we needed to change tool steels, and Eastern Tool Steel recommended the powdered-metal AISI T15 grade (ASP 2015 from Sweden-based Erasteel, with U.S. operations in Romeoville, IL, and Boonton, NJ).
"We machine the blocks (2.5 in. thick), send them to ETS for heattreating (to Rc 63-64), then wire-EDM to final dimensions here," says Pena.
According to an Erasteel datasheet, ASP 2015 (12 W, 5.0 V, 5.0 Co, 4.0 Cr, 1.55 C) most commonly finds use in endmills, hobs, cutters and broaches. It's delivered with a soft-annealed hardness to 260 HB, and cold-drawn hardness to 300 HB."We've been getting as many as 20,000 hits between tool-maintenance cycles," boasts Pena, "since we switched to the new PM tool steel." MF
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James Franco has found yet another medium with which to express his artistic self. Ovation has just announced the 35-year-old multitalented star will be getting his very own--wait for it--TV show.
Franco's television series, titled James Franco Presents, is set to premiere in November of this year and "will document his provocative explorations of the world of art."
According to Ovation's website, the series will give viewers an, "Unprecedented look at the fascinating projects and real life adventures of James Franco...from his gallery exhibits to his students' films, the innovative series will also provide an exclusive opportunity to hear Mr. Franco's point of view on his most-personal passion projects, most of which have not been seen by the public."
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"This is a show where content dictates form and form dictates content," Franco says in a statement. "It is an art show that is an art piece, meaning the show has synched with the rhythms of my life and work."
James Franco Presents will be comprised of the Pineapple Express actor's own video diaries, footage from his art films and interactions between him and his heroes from every artistic genre. "With an intellectual curiosity as vast as his network of iconic artist friends, the series will expose renowned and respected icons to an entirely new generation," the site says.
"Hosted and executive produced by James himself, James Franco Presents will give viewers an extraordinary opportunity to travel across the world with him as he concocts his laboratory of creative projects," reads the channel's announcement. "Mr. Franco's love of literature, film, fine arts, and more has finally manifested itself in an accessible format that uncovers the artistic works, issues and topics vital to the arts communities, while also inviting an active dialogue with viewers."
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Parklets are designed to be public spaces where pedestrians can stop, sit, and relax while taking in the activities of the street.
They extend the sidewalk and are often green spaces. Parklets got their start in metered spaces in San Francisco.
"They do a lot of green pieces of it, landscape architects will go in there and put trees and bushes in that are maintained by the business owner," says Matthew Winkler, with Sacramento's Public Works Department.
They won't tear up the ground, it's actually removable. It's part of a revocable encroachment so it could go back to public parking at any time," he says.
Winkler is hoping the city will consider a pilot program here.
He says the city could avoid creating a parklet in a place where parking is scarce.
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The Finale Of The Super Stock Nationals Hosts Mopar Legends Galore
Though the original Super Stock Magazine Nationals lasted but a day in 1965, promoter Frank Spittle, together with help from sponsors like Flowmaster, have spent one weekend a year honoring the legends of 60s Super Stock.
Unfortunately, that annual tradition, too, has come to an end.
The accomplishments of all these guys, whether they were fortunate enough to be part of the Hall or Fame or not, made a big difference in how drag racing became a major factor in sports, remarked Spittle after the event held at Virginia Motorsport Park Independence Day weekend 1999. To have been able to be part of preserving that fact made the effort I put into this worth it.
It was not effort alone, either, as Spittle fought an uphill battle to try to bring back the drag strip of yesterday out of his own wallet. With the 100-member Hall of Fame started in 1994 coming to a conclusion in 1999, it was decided during the planning stages of this years program that this would be the final such event.
So, over a brutally hot July 4th weekend at Virginia Motorsports Park in Petersburg, Virginia, they did indeed do it one more time. Inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, among others, was our own Dick Landy, as well as factory pilot Bobby Harrop of Flying Carpet fame, and Mopar funny car runners Danny Ongais and Paul Candies (who was an SS owner, not a driver).
Meanwhile, out at the drag strip, the big-blocks roared to life. In on-track action, it was Kenny Montgomery taking a handicap victory in the Legends Showdown over Don Garlits, with many other Mopars also taking part in the action. Exhibition runs by Ronnie Sox (in the 68 Cuda featured elsewhere in this issue), Brian Kohlman (nitro-burning 65 Dodge), and Ralph Hope (Rat Trap Fuel Altered) were also part of the excitement.
And so the curtain closes on this historic event. Although the action does leave the drag strip, Spittle is already laying the groundwork for a major York US 30 Dragway Reunion and Swap Meet in July of next year at the York, Pennsylvania, County Fairgrounds. Thanks again for the passion, Frank!


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Even Oscar winners have a hard time at Starbucks.
Helen Hunt hilariously documented her experience this morning when grabbing a cup of Joe at her local coffee spot.
The 52-year-old actress tweeted a shot of her drink which showed the name "Jody"--wait, what?!
"Ordered my drink @Starbucks Asked the barista if she wanted my name. She winked and said 'We gotcha' #JodieFoster," Hunt wrote on her social media account.
Ouch. Not only did the employee get the wrong actress, but she didn't even spell Jodie Foster's name right!
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But in all fairness, who doesn't have a fun Starbucks name-related tale to tell?
This isn't the first time that Hunt has been mistaken for the "Taxi Driver" actress either.
Back in 1994, she explained on "The Late Show" how "a lot of people" have told her she looks like Foster.
We'll let this one slide and chalk it up to a serious case of the Mondays.


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An early morning fire has displaced three businesses along the Southington/Plainville line.
On Wednesday, Sept. 26, a fire broke out in the back area of Jitter's Café, causing extensive fire and smoke damage.
"The kitchen was fully involved," said Southington Fire Chief Harold Clark. Clark said the kitchen had jutted out the back a bit and it, along with nearby back porch, had suffered the most damage.
The building, which straddles the town line between Southington and Plainville, housed a nail salon and a holistic health center, along with Jitter's.
With the help of the Plainville Fire Department, the Southington Fire Department had the blaze under control in about 20 minutes, Clark said.


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Thank you to those of you who have been emailing us to say how useful you find these cooking videos Danny is doing.
When he and I first met, I felt competent in the kitchen, but not necessarily confident. I chopped fresh herbs hesitantly, in wide swaths, going too fast at times. Danny taught me to slow down and enjoy the entire process.
(That's the gist of our cookbook, as well.)
Danny and I both would like you to know the small joy of chopping rosemary fine and basil into a chiffonade. Plus, he shows you how to use basil as a cologne.
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Crain's biennial Cool Places to Work in Michigan awards return this year, and once again Crain's is working with Best Companies Group of Harrisburg, Pa.
The competition has two parts: one questionnaire for employers, another for employees. The combined, weighted results will determine who qualifies for Cool Places designation.
Best Companies supplies all participating companies — regardless of whether they win the Cool Places recognition — with a Best Companies Group employee feedback report based on employee responses to the 72-question survey. The report can help company executives identify strengths and weaknesses in their company culture and practices.
To be considered for Cool Places to Work in Michigan, companies must register at www.coolplacestoworkmi.com by April 18. Other important dates, samples of the surveys and other information are on the website.
Once registered, companies will be invited to participate in the surveys.
Businesses and nonprofits can apply. Applicants must have a minimum of 15 employees working in Michigan and have been in business at least one year, among other criteria.
Companies pay a fee based on company size to Best Companies to cover survey costs. The cost ranges from $610 to $895 for online surveying, and $765 to $1,660 for paper surveying.


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You'll enjoy this Dylan Byers POLTICO article on infighting within the GOP as we seek to determine why Republicans had such a poor showing in 2012. Here are two quotes from David that set the tone for much of the piece. First, a further explanation of the "conservative entertainment complex."
"These people have made politics a theater for identity politics for a segment of America, rather than a way to solve collective problems," Frum told POLITICO, referring to conservative media commentators. "What is happening now, and it's disturbing, is that this complex has sold the idea that conservatives are the real majority in America. That claim has been exposed as false. But they are turning on the country and leading their viewers toward alienation and rejection." ...
David also describes why the GOP can't keep shooting itself in the foot by insulting wide swaths of the electorate.
"The federal government spends seven times as much money on people over 65 as it does on people under 19. The Republican base are the people who get the most from the federal government," Frum said. "You can't think if you reject facts. You can't refer to minority groups as mendicants or moochers simply because they want the economy to function. We need to insult fewer people."


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Working on a spooky costume? Crappy pre-made store-bought fake blood simply not cutting it for you? Here's my first attempt at homemade fake blood with ingredients from around your kitchen, recipe given to me by sfxmakeupblog. I thought I would share how I did it, with pictures! In case anyone finds it useful.
The ingredients you will need are:
- Corn Syrup (I used Crown brand - any brand works just make sure it's the colorless corn syrup)
- Chocolate syrup
- Red, blue, and yellow food coloring
- For thicker blood: coffee grinds and flour
Add your corn syrup to the bowl. This is going to be your base, so however much blood you need, add the desired amount of corn syrup. You're going to want to use about 8-10 drops of red, 1 drop (or if you can manage half a drop) of blue, and I'm guessing like 5 drops of yellow. If you put too much blue your mix ends up looking magenta-toned. Add just a few drops of chocolate syrup.
As you can see, my yellow food coloring was empty. (Note to self: buy ASAP) So, I used yellow sugar and like an idiot thought the grains would dissolve in the mix. Well, they didn't. So that's the little grain things you see in the bowl. Obviously, my final mix will not have those. Luckily this was just a test!
Add a few pinches of flour, and about a teaspoon of coffee grinds for thicker blood. This is what I did here.
This is what it looks like on the skin. From here, you can use trial and error to add whatever you feel your mix needs more of.
It dries on the skin completely in about 15 minutes, if you've got a thin layer. 30 minutes for thicker "gloops."
In the picture below, the top "slash" is the thinner blood, the bottom is the thicker. I was testing out both on my skin because for my costume I'll be having both thin slashes on my wrists and one large drippy slash on my neck. (my costume: Abaddon from Supernatural) Next step is seeing how it works on top of liquid latex!
I left it on for about an hour, to test out how it felt. It feels pretty good on the skin, not itchy or uncomfortable. Stretchy, too, doesn't crack. Cleanup is easy-peasy! Just rinse off with warm water and no staining!
Overall a million times better than typical store-bought cheap halloween blood.
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In a new study reported in the journal PLoS ONE online, UIC researchers show how a class of drugs inhibits a protein called FoxM1 and suggest that the drugs' ability to inhibit FoxM1 may account for their anti-cancer activity.
FoxM1 is one of the most highly over-produced proteins in cancer cells and is believed to play an important role is causing cells to become cancerous. Because production of the protein is not usually switched on in non-dividing cells, the protein may present a promising target for anti-cancer treatments.
Andrei Gartel, UIC associate professor of molecular genetics, and his colleagues had previously shown that antibiotics called thiazoles kill cancer cells and inhibit FoxM1. When they went on to investigate whether the antibiotics attacked other proteins involved in cancer, they got a surprising result.
"We found that these thiazole antibiotics actually stabilized other cancer-causing proteins," Gartel said.
It was an unexpected hint suggesting that thiazole antibiotics may act as inhibitors of the proteasome, a molecular complex that acts as a trash collector in cells, degrading old proteins that the cell has marked for destruction. This inhibition of the proteasome was confirmed in later experiments, Gartel said.
Recently, a number of proteasome inhibitors have shown promise against cancer, but no one understands why they have anti-cancer effects.
"We decided to see if these proteasome inhibitors, including Velcade, were, like our antibiotics, targeting FoxM1," he said.
The researchers found that the proteasome inhibitors did inhibit FoxM1 and that they also caused cells to self-destruct in the same concentrations.
It's possible, Gartel suggested, that by using thiazole antibiotics in combination with well-known proteasome inhibitors, "we may see a synergy that allows us to markedly reduce the dose of any one of these drugs and still effectively kill the cancer cells."
The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health. Uppoor G. Bhat, visiting assistant research professor in medicine, and Marianna Halasi, a graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biology, also contributed to the study.
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- Cook ½ cup bulgur according to package directions, but add ½ of a chicken bouillon cube for flavor.
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- Place chicken between two pieces of plastic wrap and pound using a mallet or your hands until chicken is about ½ inch thick. Sprinkle with the salt, pepper, and rosemary.
- Heat butter over medium-high heat in a medium to large-sized skillet. Add chicken and cook for 4-5 minutes; flip, cover with a lid, and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
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ESPN releases video of Ron Burgundy interviewing Peyton Manning
In the leadup to his new movie, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," Will Ferrell will be hosting SportsCenter on Dec. 5 in character as Ron Burgundy. On Tuesday, as some kind of promo for this, ESPN released a video of Burgundy interviewing Peyton Manning.
I won't spoil the groundbreaking content, but I will say this: In the first few seconds, Burgundy tells Manning he looks "like a succulent baby lamb."
"Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" opens Dec. 18.
Edit: Here's the full seven-minute video.


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Blue green algae - plant or protozoa?
About microscopic forms of life, including Bacteria, Archea, protozoans, algae and fungi. Topics relating to viruses, viroids and prions also belong here.
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It is stated somewhere (in other classsification) that blue green alga locates between animal and plant. Some blue green algae which actively move e.g. Euglena will refer to animal, whereas the ones which relatively static e.g. Volvox will refer to plants.
EDIT: I made a mistake. What I wrote above is about Green Algae, NOT Blue-green Algae. Shame on me But I let that information exists for references
EDIT: I made a mistake. What I wrote above is about Green Algae, NOT Blue-green Algae. Shame on me But I let that information exists for references
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Hehehe that all right. We are not perfect we do sometimes commit mistakes.
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mkwaje wrote:cyanobacteria are not the ONLY bacteria capable of nitrogen fixation. Rhizobium for example fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with plants/legumes, and Azotobacter is a free-living soil bacterium capable also of nitrogen fixation.
True some do, but do they also produce oxygen?
there is prochlorobacteria, that produce oxygen, but it does not have phycobilin pigments.
nitrogen fixation is basicaly anaerobic (the opposite), so that itself is unusual, as I stated above, that cynobacteria is capable of both fixing nitrogen and producing oxygen. This is what is unique to it.
I am just saying there are so many interesting and distinct things about it.
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No, the cyanobacteria do not branch with or link with higher plants which are eukaryotes. Chloroplasts residing within plant cell cytoplasm are believed to have descended from ancestral cyanobacteria which formed a symbiotic (intracellular) relation with early eukaryotic cells (to enable oxygenic photosynthesis to make use of inorganic carbon in the atmosphere). This is the evolutionary link between plants and cyanobacteria, and relates to the origin of eukaryotic cells. But higher plants themselves are classified by the contents of their nuclear genomes (and the phenotypes encoded therein), and in this regard they branch next to animals in the eukaryote phylogeny, a completely different domain from bacteria in the three domain tree of life. You have broached a very big subject here, and the literature will inform you better than I can. Happy studying.
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GE Trims Profit Outlook On Europe Weakness; Stock Slumps
General Electric Co warned of slowing profit growth in its industrial businesses due to weakness in Europe and sliding turbine sales, unnerving Wall Street and pushing its stock down in morning trading.
The conglomerate, the world's biggest maker of jet engines and electric turbines, said on Friday it expects industrial profit to rise by high single digits to double digits this year. Previously it had forecast double-digit growth.
Chief Executive Jeff Immelt blamed slumping sales of wind turbines and gas turbines for the outlook cut, as well as the weakening European economy. But he said he still expects overall earnings, which include GE Capital, to improve this year. As usual, the company did not provide a specific earnings forecast.
Of concern to Wall Street: GE will try to boost earnings by slashing $1 billion in costs this year, rather than relying primarily on sales growth.
Wall Street analysts, which earlier in the day hailed GE's better-than-expected first-quarter revenue, grew unnerved as the new outlook was disclosed on a conference call. Shares of GE were down nearly 4 percent at midday.
"The level of uncertainty in terms of their ability to meet their goals has risen a little bit," said Perry Adams, portfolio manager at Northwestern Bank, which holds GE shares.
GE expects to sell about 95 gas turbines this year, down from 133 in 2012, due to sliding electricity demand from developed markets, Keith Morin, GE's chief financial officer, said in an interview.
Profit in the power & water unit - GE's second-largest unit and the seller of wind and gas turbines - fell 39 percent in the first quarter, and results aren't expected to improve.
"We believe it's going to be hard for our power and water business in 2013 to meet 2012" results, Immelt said on the conference call.
Sales in Europe are "weaker than expected," executives said, as demand drops, not only for GE products but for electricity, which dents demand for turbines.
While orders to the oil and gas unit jumped 26 percent in the quarter, GE probably won't recognize revenue from some of those sales for at least 12 months, Morin said.
"Investors are clearly disappointed," said Brian Langenberg, an independent analyst who tracks GE.
Strong sales of jet engines and home appliances helped GE's first-quarter revenue beat expectations, assuaging fears of a miss after a lukewarm report on March U.S. factory activity.
GE said revenue rose slightly to $35 billion, surpassing the $34.51 billion analysts had expected, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
"That is a beat on revenue, and that's important because the Street has been very worried about revenue numbers at industrial firms because the quarter appears to have tailed off in March," said Jack DeGan, chief investment officer at Harbor Advisory Corp in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which owns GE shares.
The Institute for Supply Management said earlier this month that U.S. factory activity grew at the slowest rate in three months in March, suggesting the economy lost some momentum at the end of the first quarter.
GE shipped 596 commercial jet engines during the quarter, boosting profit at the aviation unit by 9 percent. The company also touted a recent contract with Boeing Co to supply engines for the 777 aircraft.
Despite price increases, consumers gobbled up GE's refrigerators, stoves and microwaves, boosting profit in the home and business solutions unit by 39 percent.
The company's order backlog - a closely watched indicator of future sales - rose to $216 billion from $210 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012. Backlog can be a positive sign that customers are willing to wait in line for a company's products, or a sign that a company is having a hard time meeting demand. GE's backlog has grown consistently in recent quarters.
"To me, when you see a trend, year over year, repeating itself, there's a business management issue. Eventually, that's got to change," said Oliver Pursche, president of Gary Goldberg Financial Services, which owns GE shares.
Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE said it earned $3.53 billion, or 34 cents per share, in the first quarter, compared with $3.03 billion, or 29 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, profit was 35 cents per share, matching analysts' average forecast, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
GE sold its remaining 49 percent stake in NBC Universal in February and then announced it would use cash from the sale to fund $18 billion in buybacks and dividend payouts this year.
The $18 billion figure includes $10 billion of shares the company plans to buy back and GE's dividend, which the company hiked in December by 12 percent to 19 cents per share quarterly.
The NBC sale helped GE's cash balance jump to $138.1 billion from $125.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012. The rise has led some investors to hope for yet another dividend hike.
"I expect it (any dividend increase) to go from 19 cents to 21 cents ... but I don't expect it this quarter. Maybe next quarter," DeGan said.
On the conference call, Immelt said he remains committed to the plan to remunerate shareholders this year with $18 billion in buybacks and dividends. The company's annual meeting with shareholders is scheduled for New Orleans next week, and some investors said they expect a dividend announcement then.
Prior to selling NBC, GE had focused much of its efforts in recent years on scaling back its financial arm, making it less dependent on short-term funding and focusing more closely on a handful of operations, such as financing the sale of industrial equipment and lending money to mid-sized businesses.
GE has said it wants to grow its manufacturing and industrial units, a return to its roots. Earlier this month it bought oilfield pump maker Lufkin Industries Inc for $2.98 billion, boosting its presence in the fast-growing market to extract oil and natural gas from shale rock.
Elsewhere on Friday, GE peer Honeywell International Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, due in part to cost cuts.
GE and Honeywell kicked off a wave of earnings reports from the nation's largest manufacturers; United Technologies Corp and 3M Co are due to post results next week.