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Adual-flush toilet designed for the commercial market and a "pint-sized" thermal energy storage system for small commercial and residential buildings are among the winners of BuildingGreen's 2005 Top 10 Green Products awards. The Brattleboro, Vt.-based publisher of the GreenSpec product directory and Environmental Building News evaluated hundreds of new products to compile its fourth annual list, which will be announced this month at the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild Conference in Atlanta. Here's a sneak peak at two products that made the list:
Sloan's Uppercut dual-flush flushometer valve is the first dual-flush toilet designed specifically for the commercial market. The dual-flush option allows the toilet to function with two different flush volumes: a standard 1.6-gallon flush for solid wastes and a 1.1-gallon discharge for liquid wastes and paper. Users simply pushed down or pulled up on the valve handle to activate the desired flush.
The unit is sold as a complete flushometer, or as a retrofit kit for Sloan Royal, Regal, Crown II, and other similar-style manual flushometers. If retrofitted onto flushvalves that use more water, the savings at the light-flush is about 30%—savings of about one gallon for a 3.5-gallon flushometer.
Sloan recommends that the flush performance will be best when used with a late-generation toilet bowl designed to flush with 1.6 gallons.
The Uppercut handle has a metallic silver-ion antimicrobial coating for protection against germs and is green in color to distinguish it from standard flush-valve handles. www.sloanvalve.com
What makes this product green? Conserves water.
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The Ice Bear 50 from Ice Energy is an ice-based thermal energy storage system designed for smaller commercial and even residential buildings. The system is composed of a standard five-ton air-conditioning condensing unit that operates at night to freeze about 500 gallons of water in a 5×5×5-foot insulated energy storage module. During the daytime, a small 100-watt electric pump circulates refrigerant through the ice and a standard 7.5-ton evaporator coil and blower in the building to provide the cooling. Daytime electricity use for cooling is reduced by 95%. Along with the benefits of reducing peak electricity use, the compressor can actually operate more efficiently in some situations, because 1) the outside air is cooler at night, 2) a smaller compressor can be used, and 3) the compressor does not cycle on and off during the ice-making.
The Ice Bear 50 is designed for commercial buildings of 2,000–50,000 sf that rely on packaged air-conditioning units. The primary market is retail stores in the "Starbucks to Wal-Mart" size, according to Ice Energy. www.ice-energy.com
What makes this product green? Uses energy efficiently.
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LED Lamps Enlighten and Save Energy
Westhinghouse's Nanolux LED lamps provide uniform light distribution through their patented polymer magnification and dispersion system. Lasting up to 100,000 hours, the energy-efficient LED lamps can be used in indoor and outdoor applications including signs and lighting fixtures. LED lights use up to 88% less energy (based on 24 hours per day usage and the national average cost of energy at ten cents per kw/h. Available in a variety of colors, Nanolux is the only LED lamp UL listed for use in wet environments.
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Green Hand Dryer
World Dryer Corporation's newest hand dryer, the 275 CFM volume output, 15-second AirMax, has qualified for the GreenSpec designation, which allows customers who purchase the product to earn LEED certification credits. The dryer is available in white enamel-coated cast iron, polished stainless steel, or brushed stainless steel, and can be surface mounted or recess mounted. Also offered is an "E" nozzle version that meets ADA requirements when used with the recess mounting kit.
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Ventilated, Insulated Roof Panels
Hunter Panels' Cool-Vent rigid roof insulation panels are manufactured as ventilated nailbase panels that promote air circulation within the roof assembly. The steep-slope boards have sustainable thermal insulating characteristics, including an APA-rated OSB or plywood top layer, a middle layer of wood spacers, and a bottom layer of polyisocyanurate foam that help eliminate moisture vapor and heat build-up. The panels are recommended for use on roof slopes greater than 1:4.
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Sustainable Tile
Oceanside glasstile uses scrap glass (mostly post-consumer bottle glass) and other recycled materials to create its luxury glass tile lines. Red #777, shown above, is composed of 100% post-consumer glass.
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Self-Adhering Wall Coverings
Milliken & Company's new wall covering, called 180 Walls, hangs with pressure-sensitive adhesive, not paste. The company says the "dry" installation prevents shrinking and peeling, and enables the covering to be removed years later without damage to wall surfaces. The polyester covering comes in four textured, permeable patterns that allow air and moisture penetration so walls can breathe. An antimicrobial agent is incorporated into the material to prevent mold and mildew growth. Additionally, the covering incorporates the company's StainSmart technology that repels fluids to prevent liquid -based stains, according to the manufacturer.
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Easy-to-use, Compact Fluorescent Lighting
Lithonia Lighting's CKP residential compact fluorescent downlights have a plug-and-play feature that reduces installation time by 35%, the company says. The fixture is shipped with two housings: a remote unit factory-installed with a pre-wired 11-foot flex cable, and a master unit with an electronic ballast and a junction box. A plug-in connection in the field links the two units. CKP holds two 26-watt, 4-pin triple-tube fluorescent lamps that use one-third the wattage of common incandescent lamps, according to the company.
Lithonia Lighting
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Custom Alarms Fit Any Building Type
Gamewell has a line of fully digital and networked audio alarm systems able to support up to six channels of digital audio, including line paging and two-way phone communications, plus control functions that all operate on a single pair of wires or fiber optic cables. This technology allows the manufacturer to custom-configure its systems for unique buildings and floor plans, or to meet local requirements for voice-activation systems.
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Clear and Strong Safety Glazing
SuperLite safety glass is a clear, impact safety-rated, fire-rated and scratch-resistant ceramic glazing. It can withstand up to 400 lbs. of impact without breaking (impact-rated toCPSC 16CFR1201 Cat. II), as well as meet the most stringent fire ratings. Available in large sizes, SuperLite glazing can can be used in steel, wood, aluminum or any equally fire-rated framing system.
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A Blue Look for Architectural Glass
PPG has introduced Vistacool Azuria glass, a reflective, color-enriched architectural glass that has an aqua-blue appearance and transmits high levels of daylight. The new glass was created to fill the needs of customers who wanted tinted high performance architectural glass with high visible light transmittance and reflectivity that is more muted than the mirror-like finish of traditional reflective glass. Vistacool Azuria provides Visible Light Transmittance (VLT) of 47%, and a Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) of 0.34. These combinations produce light to solar gain (LSG) ratios of 1.39 to 1.62, exceeding the U.S. Department of Energy's standard for spectrally selective glasses, 1.25 or better.
PPG Inc.
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Side-Load Header
Gyro Tech by Nabco Entrances Inc. offers a side-load header option on its line of swing doors, which eases installation and service of the door operator and controls, the company says. The system's access panel, which is located on the header's side rather than the bottom, pivots up and locks into position so installation, removal, and servicing can be carried out while the door remains closed. The side-load option is available on the GT 300 Overhead Concealed Swing Door Operator, GT 400 Conversion Unit, GT 500 Low Energy ADA Swing Door System, GT 710 Low Energy ADA Swing Door System, and the GT 600 Fire Door System. Gyro Tech.
Nabco Entrances Inc.
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Outdoor Radiance
Energy-efficient parking garage lighting provides for client and vehicle safety. NiteLyte II illuminates horizontal and vertical surfaces. Durable die-cast aluminum design can be mounted in a variety of ways. Available in a white polyester powdercoat finish.
Juno Lighting Group
Reader Service No. 208
Clean, Clear Lighting for Labs
Guth BioSeal luminaires are well suited for hazardous locations requiring bio-safety levels 1, 2, or 3 and cleanrooms from Class 10 to Class 10,000. Typical applications include research, development, and testing laboratories of all kinds. The Bio-Seal line also offers energy-efficient ceiling troffers that meet the most demanding ambient lighting requirements, in biological workplaces that are prone to contamination and corrosion. Luminaires have a standard, low-scale, unitized, single-piece rectangular aluminum housing.
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The development of Ring Theory
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Any book on Abstract Algebra will contain the definition of a ring. It will define a ring to be a set with two operations, called addition and multiplication, satisfying a collection of axioms. These axioms require addition to satisfy the axioms for an abelian group while multiplication is associative and the two operations are connected by the distributive laws. A ring is therefore a setting for generalising integer arithmetic. Familiar examples of rings such as the real numbers, the complex numbers, the rational numbers, the integers, the even integers, 2 × 2 real matrices, the integers modulo m for a fixed integer m, will almost certainly be given in the Abstract Algebra book as will many beautiful theorems on rings but what will be missing are the reasons systems satisfying these particular axioms have been singled out for such intensive study. What motivated this abstract definition of a ring?
In this article we shall be concerned with the development of the theory of commutative rings (that is rings in which multiplication is commutative) and the theory of non-commutative rings up to the 1940's. These two theories were studied quite independently of each other until about 1930 and as traces of the commutative theory appear first it is with this theory that we begin.
Our comment above that study of a ring provided a generalisation of integer arithmetic is the clue to the early development of commutative ring theory. For example Legendre and Gauss investigated integer congruences in 1801. However, the motivation for generalising arithmetic came mostly from attempts-to prove Fermat's Last Theorem. This theorem, proved as recently as 1995, states:
The equation xn+ yn= zn has no solution for positive integers x, y, z when n > 2.This statement, thought to have been made in the late 1630's, was found in the marginal notes that Fermat had made in Bachet's translation of Diophantus's Arithmetica.
Attempts to prove this result led to proofs in the following special cases:
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Euler's work on the case n = 3 involved extending ordinary integer arithmetic to apply to the ring of numbers of the form a + b√-3 where a, b are integers. However, Euler failed to grasp the difficulties of working in this ring and made certain assertions which, although true, would be hard to justify.
In 1847 Lamé announced that he had a solution of Fermat's Last Theorem and sketched out a proof. Liouville suggested that the proof depended on a unique decomposition into primes which was unlikely to be true. However, Cauchy supported Lamé. The argument which followed indicates the totally different atmosphere surrounding mathematical research of this period from that which we know today. Perhaps we could illustrate the point causing this argument. Complex numbers of the form a + b√-3, where a, b are integers, form a ring. A prime number in this ring is defined in an analogous way to a prime integer, namely a number whose only divisors of the form a + b√-3 other than itself are those numbers with multiplicative inverses. In this ring 4 can be written as a product of prime numbers in two different ways
4 = 2×2 and 4 = (1 + √-3)×(1 -√-3).Gauss had proved around 1801 that numbers of the form a + b√-1, where a, b are integers, could be written uniquely as a product of prime numbers of the form a + b√-1 in an analogous manner to the unique decomposition of an integer as a product of prime integers. In fact, numbers of the form a + bω +cω2 where a, b, c are integers and ω is a complex cube root of 1, also have unique factorisation, and this can be used to prove the n = 3 case of Fermat's last Theorem.
The argument following Lamé's announcement was settled by Kummer who pointed out that he had published an example in 1844 to show that the uniqueness of such decompositions failed and in 1846 he had restored the uniqueness by introducing "ideal complex numbers". He then saw the relevance of his theory to Fermat's Last Theorem. The popular story that Kummer invented "ideal complex numbers" in an attempt to correct an error in this proof of Fermat's Last Theorem is almost certainly false; see Edwards [1]. In 1847, just after Lamé's announcement, Kummer used his "ideal complex numbers" to prove Fermat's Last Theorem for all n < 100 except n = 37, 59, 67 and 74.
Up to this point we are still firmly within the realms of number theory but the genius of Dedekind pinpointed the important properties of the "ideal complex numbers". Dedekind defined an "ideal", characterising it by its now familiar properties: namely that of being a subring whose elements, on being multiplied by any ring element, remain in the subring. Ring theory in its own right was born together with an early hint of the axiomatic method which was to dominate algebra in the 20thCentury. Dedekind also introduced the word "module" (early spelling: "modul") in 1871 although its initial definition was considerably more restricted than the present definition, being first introduced as a subgroup of the additive group of a ring; the term is now used for a "vector space with coefficients from a ring".
Prime numbers were generalised to prime ideals by Dedekind in 1871. A prime ideal is an ideal which contains the product of two elements only if it contains one of the two elements. For example all integers divisible by a fixed prime p form a prime ideal of the ring of integers. This trend towards looking at ideals rather than elements marks an important stage in the development of the theory.
In 1882 an important paper by Dedekind and Heinrich Weber accomplished two things; it related geometric ideas with rings of polynomials and extended the use of modules. It is important to realise that at this stage rings of polynomials and rings of numbers were being studied, but it was to be another 40 years before an axiomatic theory of commutative rings was to be developed bringing these theories together.
Although the concept of a ring is due to Dedekind, one of the first words used was an "order" or "order-modul". This term, invented by Kronecker, is still used today in algebraic number theory. Dedekind did introduce the term "field" (Körper) for a commutative ring in which every non-zero element has a multiplicative inverse but the word "number ring" (Zahlring) or "ring" is due to Hilbert. Hilbert, motivated by studying invariant theory, studied ideals in polynomial rings proving his famous "Basis Theorem" in 1893. Special cases of this theorem had been studied by Gordan from 1868 and on seeing Hilbert's proof Gordan is said to have exclaimed "This is not mathematics, it's theology".
The decomposition of an integer into the product of powers of primes has an analogue in rings where prime integers are replaced by prime ideals but, rather surprisingly, powers of prime integers are not replaced by powers of prime ideals but rather by "primary ideals". Primary ideals were introduced in 1905 by Lasker in the context of polynomial rings. (Lasker was World Chess Champion from 1894 to 1921.) Lasker proved the existence of a decomposition of an ideal into primary ideals but the uniqueness properties of the decomposition were not proved until 1915 by Macaulay.
I D Macdonald notes in his article [2] that algebra texts such as that of Heinrich Weber [4] in 1895 contained axioms for groups similar to many present-day texts. However, axioms for rings are not given by Weber and the axiomatic treatment of commutative rings was not developed until the 1920's in the work of Emmy Noether and Krull. Emmy Noether, one of the world's greatest women mathematicians, was a student of Gordan's. In about 1921 she made the important step, which we commented on earlier, of bringing the two theories of rings of polynomials and rings of numbers under a single theory of abstract commutative rings. Discrimination made it difficult for her to publish her work and it was not until Van der Waerden's important work on Modern Algebra [3] was published in 1930 that Noether's results become widely known.
In contrast to commutative ring theory, which as we have seen grew from number theory, non-commutative ring theory developed from an idea which, at the time of its discovery, was heralded as a great advance in applied mathematics. Hamilton attempted to generalise the complex numbers as a two dimensional algebra over the reals to a three dimensional algebra. Hamilton, who introduced the idea of a vector space, felt that this three dimensional analogue of the complex numbers would revolutionise applied mathematics but he struggled unsuccessfully with the idea for many years. In 1843 inspiration struck Hamilton - the generalisation was not to three dimensions but to four dimensions and the commutative property of multiplication no longer held. The quaternion algebra, as Hamilton called this four dimensional algebra, was widely used in applied mathematics (where it was later replaced by the vector product) and it launched non-commutative ring theory.
Matrices with their laws of addition and multiplication were introduced by Cayley in 1850 while, in 1870, Pierce noted that the now familiar ring axioms held for square matrices - another early example of the axiomatic approach to rings. The greatest early contributor to the theory of non-commutative rings was the Scottish mathematician Wedderburn. In 1905 he proved that every finite division ring (a ring in which every non-zero element has a multiplicative inverse) is commutative and so is a field. In 1908 Wedderburn had the important idea of splitting the study of a ring into two parts, one part he called the radical, the part which was left being called semi-simple. He used matrix rings to classify the semi-simple part. The importance of this work can be seen from the fact that the next 56 years were spent generalising it. We should point out that Wedderburn did not prove his results for rings but rather for hypercomplex systems - a term no longer in use which meant a finite dimensional algebra over a field.
The Wedderburn theory was extended to non-commutative rings satisfying both ascending and descending finiteness conditions (called chain conditions) by Artin in 1927. It was not until 1939 that Hopkins showed that only the descending chain condition was necessary.
Around the 1930's the theories of commutative and non-commutative rings came together and the ideas of one began to influence the other. For example, chain conditions in both commutative and non-commutative rings are investigated at much the same time. Modules, originally introduced for commutative rings, were studied for general rings. Some ideas, however, were slow to filter from one theory to the other, for example, prime ideals for non-commutative rings were not studied until 1949 by McCoy.
In the 1940's attempts were made to prove results of the Wedderburn-Artin type for rings without chain conditions. The breakthrough here was made in 1945 by Jacobson who was a student of Wedderburn's using ideas of Perlis in 1942. It is interesting to note that this fundamental work by Jacobson hinges on the idea of the "Jacobson radical" of a ring which is an analogue of a group theory idea due to Frattini as early as 1885.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The Israel Antiquities Authority and Google have launched an online digital library of the Dead Sea Scrolls to mark the 65th anniversary of their discovery.
The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library contains more than 1,000 images of scroll fragments, 3,500 scans of negatives from the 1950s, a database documenting about 900 manuscripts that are 2,000 years old and an interactive content page, the authority said in a statement Tuesday.
Some of the oldest texts displayed include a copy of the Book of Deuteronomy, which includes the Ten Commandments, and part of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. There are also a number of copies of Psalms scrolls, letters and documents hidden by refugees fleeing the Roman army during the Bar Kochva revolt and hundreds of 2,000-year-old texts.
"Only five conservators worldwide are authorized to handle the Dead Sea Scrolls," authority Director Shuka Dorfman said. "Now everyone can touch the scrolls on-screen around the globe and view them in spectacular quality."
The data will enable scholars and millions of users worldwide the opportunity to decipher details invisible to the naked eye, the authority said.
The library was assembled over two years in collaboration with Google using technology developed by NASA, the authority said. Google provides hosting services, Google Maps, image technology and YouTube. The Lone Levy Foundation, the Arcadia Fund and the Yad Hanadiv Foundation provided funding for the project.
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Who is more fun to sketch than Damon Salvatore of the hit TV series "The Vampire Diaries." Damon Salvatore is Stefan Salvatore's older, stronger and malevolent vampire brother. And what a hoot he is. With the most fun, riveting, and witty dialog, he can make you laugh, cry or scream. Not to mention his many facial expression. Though Damon is known to be the "bad" vampire brother, his association with his "good" brother and Elena (the woman he now loves) is slowly turning him into a better man. Still charming, handsome and somewhat a cad, I can help but love Damon. I hope that ya'll will enjoy this tutorial on "how to sketch people", step by step! Don't forget to leave some feedback on how you did!
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WESTFIELD, Mass.—UMass Boston women's basketball (6-1) overcame season-high 30 turnovers to earn their fifth consecutive victory Thursday evening, with a 72-49 win over host Westfield State University (4-4) at the Woodward Center.
The Beacons managed to cruise to a victory despite the 30 turnovers, thanks to a sharp shooting night and a 32-13 edge in bench points led by Kirsten Morrison (North Reading, Mass.).
Morrison, playing in her fourth game of the season, registered her best game of the year by posting a game-high 23 points in 29 minutes of action. She knocked down 7-of-11 shots from the field, including hitting her lone 3-point attempt, and added 8-of-9 made free throws in the win. The junior forward added nine rebounds and three steals to help the Beacons match their best start since 2010 at 6-1.
Little East Conference Player of the Week Olivia Murphy (Canton, Mass.) added her fifth-straight double-double with 18 points and a game-high 13 rebounds on 7-of-14 shooting.
Senior forward Elisa Ogawa (Yamanshi, Japan) continued to fill up the stat-sheet, recording eight points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals in 34 minutes. Junior guard Lauren Perra (Taunton, Mass.) added seven points and a game-high six assists, while senior point guard Andrea Suffredini (Milford, Mass.) chipped in with five points, five rebounds and five steals to help UMB earn their second consecutive win over the Owls.
Jen Ashton led the hosts with 14 points and seven steals, while forward Gabby Felix pitched in with 10 points and seven rebounds.
UMass Boston countered their 30 turnovers with their best overall shooting night of the season. The Beacons knocked down 23-of-49 (46.9 percent) of their field goal attempts, their second best mark of the season, and added season-high percentages behind the 3-point line (46.2 percent) and from the charity-stripe (83.3 percent).
Murphy and Morrison also helped UMass Boston earn a huge edge inside. The visitors garnered a 44-25 edge in the rebounding category and a 28-20 advantage in points in the paint.
After an early Perra three gave UMass Boston a 3-0 advantage, Westfield State grabbed their largest lead of the day at 8-3 at the 14:11 mark. From there it would be all Beacons, as UMass Boston used an 8-2 run of their own to grab a lead they would never relinquish.
Upon entering the game at the 15:51 mark, Morrison scored nine of the next 13 points to give UMB the lead and nearly outscored the hosts as a whole (13-12) over the final 16 minutes.
UMass Boston entered the half leading 33-20 and kept the momentum going in the second stanza, as the Beacons used an 11-2 run midway through the half to earn their first 20-point advantage of the day at 52-32 with 8:33 to play.
The Beacons continued to increase the lead over the waning minutes as they managed to knock down 16-of-18 free throws in the second half and 20-of-24 for the contest.
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At Elk Mountain Ranch, families are encouraged to enjoy their vacation time with one another. Families ride, dine and play together. For our little buckaroos, seven years and under, we have designed a children's program where the kids can enjoy riding in the arena, hiking, fishing, arts and crafts, and caring for petting zoo animals while still ensuring plenty of quality family time.
ADDITION RATE INFORMATIONLearn More @ www.elkmtn.com
Weekly Rates: Per person, based on minimum double occupancy, 3:00 pm Sunday to 10:00 am the following Sunday.
Adults: $1995 per person
Children 8-12 years: $1395
Children 3-7 years: $1095
Single-occupancy add 10%.
Children 2 and under - $200 per week plus $15 per hour child care.
Amenities & Activities:Buena Vista, Colorado, United States
Learn More @ www.elkmtn.com
Amenities: Creek on Property; Gift Shop; Internet Access; Jacuzzi/Hot Tub; Laundry Service or Facilities; Massage (Additional Expense); Nightly Entertainment; Petting Zoo; Piano; Pond; Pool Table; Stocked Pond; Youth Entertainment Area.
Activities: Amateur Rodeo; Archery; Barbeque Cookouts; Basketball; Volleyball; Breakfast Ride; Catch & Release Fishing; Country Dancing; Dancing; Foos Ball; Golf (Nearby); Guided Fishing (Nearby); Gymkhana; Hayrides/Wagon Rides; Hiking; Horseback Riding; Horseshoes; Lake Fishing; Local Sightseeing; Mountain Biking; Natural Horsemanship; Nature Hikes; Photography; Rifle Range; River Rafting; Roping Lessons; Skeet Shooting; Star Gazing; Stocked Pond Fishing; Supervised Kids Programs; Trail Riding; Trap Shooting; Volleyball; Wildlife Viewing.
Special Programs Available: Adults Only; Children's Program; Corporate Retreats; Family Reunions.
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1/2kg mutton, 250gram flatbean seeds, 2 potato's (cut into medium pieces)
1onion, 2tomato's, 4tbsp chopped coriander leafs, 6tbsp coconut paste
1/2tbsp cumin, 2tbsp red chilly powder, 1tbsp turmeric, 1tbsp coriander powder
2tbsp ginger garlic paste
Salt & Oil to taste
Grind the onion, coriander leafs and cumin to a smooth paste, then grind the tomato's to a smooth paste separately. In a pressure cooker add oil, when it is hot add the onion and coriander paste, fry for 2 minutes, then add all the masala powder, ginger garlic paste and coconut paste, fry for another 2 to 3 minutes, then add the tomato paste and fry till the oil separates, add mutton and salt, mix it well. Close the lid and cook for 2 whistle. Then open the lid and add the flatbean seeds, potato's and a 2 to 3 cup of water and mix it gently and add salt if needed and cook for another 2 whistle(1 in high flame and 1 in low flame).
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Thousands of people lined the streets of Leeds to watch Yorkshire's Olympic and Paralympic heroes celebrate their success in Rio at a homecoming parade.
Medal-clad athletes including Leeds's Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, Kadeena Cox and Jack Laugher were among a host of stars who were on open-top buses to celebrate in their home city.
Adoring fans waved and cheered on the region's sporting heroes as the buses set off at 5.15pm from Leeds Civic Hall.
Yorkshire rowers Andy Triggs Hodge, Tom Ransley and Paul bennett, Calderdale's wheelchair sprinter Hannah Cockroft and Leeds Paralympian David Stone also joined in the Rio Heroes celebration parade.
And dancers from the West Indian Carnival, performers Band of the King's Division, West Yorkshire Police Band and Handmade Samba Band entertained fans during the parade to add to the atmosphere.
The parade comes after TeamGB secured an incredible 67 medals at the Olympics in Rio - 14 of which were won by athletes from Yorkshire.
It also celebrated the success of the region's Paralympic stars, who helped the nation's squad reach a haul of 147 medals in Rio.
Other athletes who featured on the star-studded list of parade participants included Paralympic cycling pilot double gold medallist Adam Duggleby, swimmer Jonathan Booth and bronze medal gymnast Nile Wilson.
Leeds Olympic bronze medalist Nile Wilson said the parade would be a "special moment" for him.
He said: "I'm a Yorkshire lad born and bred and I have lived in Leeds my whole life. The parade is to give something back to the supporters and fans, we couldn't have done it without them."
Tom Riordan, Leeds City Council chief executive, said: "It's great that we got such a fantastic set of athletes and it's brilliant so many people, young and old turned, out turned out to celebrate that.
"We certainly know how to have a party in Yorkshire."
Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: "The people of Yorkshire and Leeds turned out in massive numbers for another fantastic sporting event.
"It shows what can be achieved with collaborations across Yorkshire.
Jonny Brownlee said: "It has been very special. It makes you proud to be from Yorkshire. When you are in the world of sport, you're really sheltered from it. I wanted to soak it all up [during the parade].
Alistair Brownlee said: It's fantastic to be back in Leeds and to see the support at the parade. We race all around the world, so to see all the people out on the streets in Leeds is just fantastic.
I didn't expect so many people, I didn't realise how big the whole event would be.
We had this after London in 2012, but this has been bigger still.
He said he felt emotional while touring the city centre on the bus.
It has been an emotional roller coaster of a year and these last few months, and in the build up to the Olympics, so it's really nice to be home.


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The Adam Carolla Podcast is my favourite podcast. So for them to ask me to call in to the show to talk about the iPhone? That was freaking incredible.
You can hear the entire podcast here. I'd recommend it - it's funny. As are all his other podcasts, which are pretty much a must whenever I have to drive somewhere. There's a reason why he's occasionally ranked the top podcast in iTunes: He's actually entertaining.
But enough washing his balls (as phrased by one of the commenters on his site). Here's the part I'm in.
Oh and why the hell are they making Top Gear without Carolla? That's just wrong. [Adam Carolla Podcast and Subscribe on iTunes]
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Mount St. Joseph Academy was missing many of its varsity regulars last Tuesday, but that actually made for a more interesting basketball game as the Magic topped St. Hubert's, 34-26, in their last summer league outing before the July 4 holiday hiatus. Leading by just three points at halftime, the Mounties asserted themselves at the start of the second period to stretch the margin to 10 points, then they held on to achieve a 4-0 record.
Forwards Meg Geatens and Emily Carpenter led the Magic out to a 7-0 lead and it looked like another runaway victory could be in the offing. However, the next five points belonged to the Bambies, so St. Hubert's was right back in it.
Powered by penetrating drives by guard Biff Jones, the Bambies pretty much matched the Magic for the rest of the half. Mount St. Joe was up 15-12 at the interval, when Geatens had eight points in the books.
Back-to-back baskets by Carpenter started the Magic off in the second half. Geatens hit a free throw and then both she and incoming freshman Sarah Wills drove for lay-ups. A baseline jumper by sophomore Katie Maransky completed an 11-4 run for Mount St. Joe, who now had a double- digit advantage at 26-16. Here, with 10:02 left to play, St. Hubert's called a time-out.
The Mounties didn't score a field goal the rest of the way, but they did get to the free throw line often as St. Hubert's had to start fouling for ball possession. First, through, the Bambies staged a little 6-1 rally, cutting their deficit in half for a 27-22 tally.
Mount St. Joe began to methodically take time off the clock, and St. Hubert's had to commit three quick fouls in a row to put the Magic into the one-and-one bonus with 1:24 remaining in the game. Geatens got the lead back up to 10 points by hitting five of six foul shots.
The score closed up to 32-26 as the Bambies bagged two free throws of their own and hit a lay-up, but the Mount had the final word as Cunningham hooped two shots from the foul line.
Of Geatens' 17 total points, 11 came on free throws, while Carpenter finished with six points and Cunningham with four. The winners also received two points apiece from Maransky, Wills, and Jenny Geatens, and one from Mary Kate Ulasewicz.


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Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
Chapter 5 Food Groups To Encourage
Increased intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products are likely to have important health benefits for most Americans. While protein is an important macronutrient in the diet, most Americans are already currently consuming enough (AMDR = 10 to 35 percent of calories) and do not need to increase their intake. As such, protein consumption, while important for nutrient adequacy, is not a focus of this document. Although associations have been identified between specific food groups (e.g., fruits and vegetables) and reduced risk for chronic diseases, the effects are interrelated and the health benefits should be considered in the context of an overall healthy diet that does not exceed calorie needs (such as the USDA Food Guide or the DASH Eating Plan; see ch. 2). The strength of the evidence for the association between increased intake of fruits and vegetables and reduced risk of chronic diseases is variable and depends on the specific disease, but an array of evidence points to beneficial health effects.
Compared with the many people who consume a dietary pattern with only small amounts of fruits and vegetables, those who eat more generous amounts as part of a healthful diet are likely to have reduced risk of chronic diseases, including stroke and perhaps other cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and cancers in certain sites (oral cavity and pharynx, larynx, lung, esophagus, stomach, and colon-rectum). Diets rich in foods containing fiber, such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Diets rich in milk and milk products can reduce the risk of low bone mass throughout the life cycle. The consumption of milk products is especially important for children and adolescents who are building their peak bone mass and developing lifelong habits. Although each of these food groups may have a different relationship with disease outcomes, the adequate consumption of all food groups contributes to overall health.
Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and milk products are all important to a healthful diet and can be good sources of the nutrients of concern (see ch. 2). When increasing intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products, it is important to decrease one's intake of less-nutrient-dense foods to control calorie intake. The 2,000-calorie level used in the discussion is a reference level only; it is not a recommended calorie intake because many Americans should be consuming fewer calories to maintain a healthy weight.
Fruits and Vegetables
Four and one-half cups (nine servings) of fruits and vegetables are recommended daily for the reference 2,000-calorie level, with higher or lower amounts depending on the caloric level. This results in a range of 2½ to 6½ cups (5 to 13 servings) of fruits and vegetables each day for the 1,200- to 3,200-calorie levels11 (app. A-2). Fruits and vegetables provide a variety of micronutrients and fiber. Table 5 provides a list of fruits and vegetables that are good sources of vitamins A (as carotenoids) and C, folate, and potassium. In the fruit group, consumption of whole fruits (fresh, frozen, canned, dried) rather than fruit juice for the majority of the total daily amount is suggested to ensure adequate fiber intake. Different vegetables are rich in different nutrients. In the vegetable group, weekly intake of specific amounts from each of five vegetable subgroups (dark green, orange, legumes [dry beans], starchy, and other vegetables)12 is recommended for adequate nutrient intake. Each subgroup provides a somewhat different array of nutrients. In the USDA Food Guide at the reference 2,000-calorie level, the following weekly amounts are recommended:
Most current consumption patterns do not achieve the recommended intakes of many of these vegetables. The DASH Eating Plan and the USDA Food Guide suggest increasing intakes of dark green vegetables, orange vegetables, and legumes (dry beans) as part of the overall recommendation to have an adequate intake of fruits and vegetables (see ch. 2).
Whole Grains
In addition to fruits and vegetables, whole grains are an important source of fiber and other nutrients. Whole grains, as well as foods made from them, consist of the entire grain seed, usually called the kernel. The kernel is made of three componentsthe bran, the germ, and the endosperm. If the kernel has been cracked, crushed, or flaked, then it must retain nearly the same relative proportions of bran, germ, and endosperm as the original grain to be called whole grain. In the grain-refining process, most of the bran and some of the germ is removed, resulting in the loss of dietary fiber (also known as cereal fiber), vitamins, minerals, lignans, phytoestrogens, phenolic compounds, and phytic acid. Some manufacturers add bran to grain products to increase the dietary fiber content. Refined grains are the resulting product of the grain-refining processing. Most refined grains are enriched before being further processed into foods. Enriched refined grain products that conform to standards of identity are required by law to be fortified with folic acid, as well as thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and iron. Food manufacturers may fortify whole-grain foods where regulations permit the addition of folic acid. Currently, a number of whole-grain, ready-to-eat breakfast cereals are fortified with folic acid. As illustrated by the comparison of whole-wheat and enriched white flours in table 6, many nutrients occur at higher or similar levels in whole grains when compared to enriched grains, but whole grains have less folate unless they have been fortified with folic acid.
Consuming at least 3 or more ounce-equivalents of whole grains per day can reduce the risk of several chronic diseases and may help with weight maintenance. Thus, daily intake of at least 3 ounce-equivalents of whole grains per day is recommended by substituting whole grains for refined grains. However, because three servings may be difficult for younger children to achieve, it is recommended that they increase whole grains into their diets as they grow. At all calorie levels, all age groups should consume at least half the grains as whole grains to achieve the fiber recommendation. All grain servings can be whole-grain; however, it is advisable to include some folate-fortified products, such as folate-fortified whole-grain cereals, in these whole-grain choices.
Whole grains cannot be identified by the color of the food; label-reading skills are needed. Table 7 identifies names of whole grains that are available in the United States. For information about the ingredients in whole-grain and enriched-grain products, read the ingredient list on the food label. For many whole-grain products, the words "whole" or "whole grain" will appear before the grain ingredient's name. The whole grain should be the first ingredient listed. Wheat flour, enriched flour, and degerminated cornmeal are not whole grains. The Food and Drug Administration requires foods that bear the whole-grain health claim to (1) contain 51 percent or more whole-grain ingredients by weight per reference amount and (2) be low in fat.
Milk and Milk Products
Another source of nutrients is milk and milk products. Milk product consumption has been associated with overall diet quality and adequacy of intake of many nutrients. The intake of milk products is especially important to bone health during childhood and adolescence. Studies specifically on milk and other milk products, such as yogurt and cheese, showed a positive relationship between the intake of milk and milk products and bone mineral content or bone mineral density in one or more skeletal sites (see table 1 for information on equivalent amounts of milk products).
Adults and children should not avoid milk and milk products because of concerns that these foods lead to weight gain. There are many fat-free and low-fat choices without added sugars that are available and consistent with an overall healthy dietary plan. If a person wants to consider milk alternatives because of lactose intolerance, the most reliable and easiest ways to derive the health benefits associated with milk and milk product consumption is to choose alternatives within the milk food group, such as yogurt or lactose-free milk, or to consume the enzyme lactase prior to the consumption of milk products. For individuals who choose to or must avoid all milk products (e.g., individuals with lactose intolerance, vegans), non-dairy calcium-containing alternatives may be selected to help meet calcium needs (app. B-4).
TABLE 5. Fruits, Vegetables, and Legumes (Dry Beans) That Contain Vitamin A (Carotenoids), Vitamin C, Folate, and Potassium
Many of the fruits, vegetables, and legumes (beans) are considered to be important sources of vitamin A (as carotenoids), vitamin C, and potassium in the adult population. Intakes of these nutrients, based on dietary intake data or evidence of public health problems, may be of concern. Also listed are sources of naturally occurring folate, a nutrient considered to be of concern for women of childbearing age and those in the first trimester of pregnancy. Folic acid-fortified grain products, not listed in this table, are also good sources.
TABLE 6. Comparison of 100 Grams of Whole-Grain Wheat Flour and Enriched, Bleached, White, All-Purpose Flour
Some of the nutrients of concern and the fortification nutrients in 100 percent whole-wheat flour and enriched, bleached, all-purpose white (wheat) flour. Dietary fiber, calcium, magnesium and potassium, nutrients of concern, occur in much higher concentrations in the whole-wheat flour on a 100-gram basis (percent). The fortification nutrients-thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and iron-are similar in concentration between the two flours, but folate, as Dietary Folate Equivalent (DFE), µg, is higher in the enriched white flour.
Source: Agricultural Research Service Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17.
TABLE 7. Whole Grains Available in the United States
Whole grains that are consumed in the United States either as a single food (e.g., wild rice, popcorn) or as an ingredient in a multi-ingredient food (e.g., in multi-grain breads). This listing of whole grains was determined from a breakdown of foods reported consumed in nationwide food consumption surveys, by amount consumed. The foods are listed in approximate order of amount consumed, but the order may change over time. In addition, other whole grains may be consumed that are not yet represented in the surveys.
Source: Agriculture Research Service Database for CSFII 1994-1996.
11 See appendix A-2 and table D1-16 from the 2005 DGAC Report (or USDA website) for information on children age 2 to 3 years.
12 Includes all fresh, frozen, canned, cooked, or raw forms of vegetables. Examples of vegetables are dark green (broccoli, spinach, most greens); orange (carrots, sweetpotatoes, winter squash, pumpkin); legumes (dry beans, chickpeas, tofu); starchy (corn, white potatoes, green peas); other (tomatoes, cabbage, celery, cucumber, lettuce, onions, peppers, green beans, cauliflower, mushrooms, summer squash).
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And she makes a great bow model!
The other day I did some crafts with some friends, and these satin flowers were one of the crafts.
I have seen and admired them before, but this was the first time I had made them. I wish I had done it sooner! They are pretty, and super simple!
It takes a small amount of satin fabric to make one bow. Cut 5-8 rough circles, big to small, so that you can ultimately stack them.
Run the entire edge of each circle through a flame. Suggestion: hold the edge above the flame. It is hotter than in the flame, and keeps the satin from burning, or getting scorch marks.
Here is what they look like with pretty melted edges.
Stack the circles to make the flower:
Stitch a few times through the center of all the circles to hold them together. I sewed a button into the middle, but you could also hot glue beads or whatever embellishment you want into the middle.
I hot glued a clip onto the back of one to use on my older girls.
I made a few other flowers into headbands with ribbon and elastic for my baby.
And here's another shot of ultimate cuteness!
I saw someone make these into pins, which they put onto a colorful scarf. They looked AMAZING that way too!
So run and get yourself some satin, and make a bunch of pretty flowers!


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Food sorting at the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano is a rewarding experience and a great chance to meet other Bay Area volunteers.
The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano was established in 1975 to reduce food waste and feed hungry people.
They currently assist over 98,000 people each month through direct distributions and local agency members.
Volunteers will be sorting and boxing donated food in our warehouse sorting room. Volunteers check food for quality, discard products that are old or badly damaged, organize by categories and box for distribution.
This is a hands on project that produces immediate results. The food will be ready for distribution at the end of your 3 hour shift.
Come by and help us alleviate hunger in the Bay Area!
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Project Details:
Date: July 16, 2009
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Location: 4010 Nelson Avenue, Concord, CA. 94520
Age Restrictions: 11 +. Volunteers under the age of 18 require a parent to accompany them.
Type of Work: Food sorting and boxing
Waiver Required?: No
Attire: Long pants, closed toed shoes
Items to Bring: None
Meals Provided: No
Beverages Provided: Yes
Parking Available: Yes...please carpool if possible
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FORT COLLINS The Fort Collins City Council has banned fracking within city limits, throwing down the gauntlet for possible legal action while other communities wrestling with the issue try to avoid confrontation.
The council voted Tuesday to impose the ban, even though state officials have said such restrictions violate the states authority over natural-gas and oil regulation.
Mayor pro tem Kelly Ohlson said state regulators have no credibility with him, nor does the governor.
I believe the governor should spend his time protecting the health and safety and welfare of citizens of Colorado rather than acting like the chief lobbyist for the oil and gas industry. In fact, I think he should literally quit drinking the fracking Kool-Aid, Ohlson said.
Gov. John Hickenloopers spokesman Eric Brown said Wednesday the next steps have not been determined.
The governor takes no joy in suing local government. As a former mayor, he respects local planning and control. He also has an obligation to uphold the law. The governor wants to be honest with local communities about the states legal obligations. Bans like the one passed in Fort Collins violate state law, Brown said.
Property in Colorado is often divided between those who own the surface of the land and those who own the resources underground. Surface owners are required to provide reasonable access to mineral-rights owners who want to recover the resources they own.
Hickenlooper told The Coloradoan of Fort Collins on Wednesday that hes not sure what option the state has other than to sue Fort Collins for banning fracking. Hickenlooper also said hes open to suggestions for allowing a city to ban access to minerals within city limits while compensating mineral-rights owners for the loss.
Stan Dempsey, president of the Colorado Petroleum Association, had urged the council to consider private property rights in making its decision. The inability of a person to develop that mineral estate will be what leads folks to challenge your decision from a litigation standpoint. We think its a very important point, Dempsey said.
Carolyn Tyler, spokeswoman for the Colorado Attorney Generals Office, said attorneys will meet with state officials soon to discuss potential next steps.
Meanwhile, the Loveland City Council approved incentives Tuesday for drilling companies to follow higher standards than state regulations require, while not imposing conditions that would cause court challenges.
In Lafayette, anti-fracking activists turned up the heat on elected leaders Tuesday, submitting a petition with nearly 1,000 signatures that demands an immediate moratorium on any new drilling activity in the city.
Officials there say they want residents to have a chance to vote this November on what role natural-gas and oil drilling should play in Lafayette, as Longmont did last year when voters there chose to ban hydraulic fracturing inside city lines.
The city of Longmont is being sued by the state for its strict regulation of drilling. The Colorado Oil and Gas Association, which represents the industrys interests, is suing Longmont over its fracking ban.
Hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking, involves blasting a mix of water, chemicals and sand deep into the ground to free natural gas and oil. Residents have questioned whether the process is threatening public health and environment.
The industry says the technique has been used safely for decades. The Environmental Protection Agency is studying potential effects of fracking.


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Paul Merson's Premier League predictions - Week 15
Soccer Saturday pundit sees positive results for Arsenal, Aston Villa and Swansea this weekend
Last Updated: 06/12/13 12:16pm
This should be a good game and it's definitely a big game for both teams. Hull had a great result against Liverpool and even though they lost to Arsenal on Wednesday it wasn't like they got run ragged. They are very hard to break down and will go to Swansea and be very solid on Monday night.
As for Swansea, they had a really good result against Newcastle but the scoreline wasn't really a fair reflection. People will pick up the newspapers and think they thrashed them 3-0, but it could have gone either way. There were a couple of dodgy penalty decisions that went their way so they shouldn't get carried away.
It was a good result though and I think they should have just enough to beat Hull with the confidence they will take from that game. A lot will depend on the first goal; if Swansea score early they should win comfortably but they could be in for a long night otherwise. I'm going to go for Swansea - just.
Arsenal v Everton (3.30pm, Sun, Sky Sports 1)
I'm going to be at this game for Super Sunday at the Emirates and I'm looking forward to it. Everton are doing very well, but at the moment nobody is playing better than Arsenal. Everton won at Manchester United in midweek, but for the first time in a long time it's probably harder to go to the Emirates than it is to go to Old Trafford.
I watched Everton against Crystal Palace a few weeks ago and they didn't look like winning, but since then they've scored three against Liverpool, four against Stoke and have won away at Man United. It's a funny old game.
I expect Olivier Giroud to come back into the Arsenal team. He was rested against Hull, but I don't think Arsene Wenger would have done that if Curtis Davies (who had Luis Suarez in his pocket last Sunday) hadn't been banned. He played Nicklas Bendtner instead and that was a big gamble, in my opinion.
I don't like seeing managers gamble like that (I know that might sound funny coming from me...) because it only takes one bad result and the wheels could fall off for Arsenal. It's fair enough losing to one of the big boys, but why risk dropping points at home to Hull? Thankfully it worked out and with Giroud back in the team I see them beating a good Everton side.
Fulham v Aston Villa (12.30pm, Sun, Sky Sports 1)
Aston Villa had the result of the week at Southampton. They won 3-2 and I didn't see that result coming in a month of Sundays. I usually back Villa away from home, but Southampton have been playing well at St Mary's - and even though Villa only had 30 per cent of the possession they managed to win, so fair play to them.
I wasn't surprised to see Christian Benteke get left out because he's been shocking in the last few weeks. Some people come into the Premier League and get a free year because people don't know much about them - but now teams are spending time in training working on ways to stop him.
It will be hard for him, but the good players step up and it'll be interesting to see what happens in the next few months. I expect him to be on the bench again because Gabriel Agbonlahor and Libor Kozak both scored and they won 3-2. It would be bad luck if one of them gets left out.
Fulham are in major trouble, but there was an improvement against Tottenham. They played well, but they still lost the game and that's a major worry. However, you just need to look at the other leagues to see what a few good results can do.
Yeovil and Accrington Stanley looked doomed a few weeks ago, but now they are on the up. If Fulham can win a few games they'll be right back in it and they have pencilled this game in as one they can win. However, I think Villa will probably do it.
Sunderland v Tottenham (5pm, Sat, Sky Sports 1)
This will be a hard trip for Tottenham on Saturday night. Sunderland scored three goals against Chelsea in midweek and still lost the game, but Gus Poyet will be telling his players that if they keep scoring goals at home every week they'll soon start winning more than they lose.
I thought Tottenham were lucky to come away with a win against Fulham, but they deserve credit for the way they responded to losing 6-0 to Man City. They drew with Man United and won in midweek, so you can't ask for more than that.
Andre Villas-Boas has to decide whether to stick with Jermain Defoe up front (I can't see him playing both him and Roberto Soldado) and I think he should. There's no point bringing Defoe in for one game and then dropping him; he needs six or seven games on the trot to get on a run.
Villas-Boas will say they need to win this game because things are so tight at the top of the Premier League, but I've been impressed with Sunderland under Poyet and I think this will be a draw.
Crystal Palace v Cardiff
This game is absolutely massive. Cardiff will be very happy after going to Stoke in midweek and drawing 0-0 and Crystal Palace had a great result against West Ham. Both teams will want to keep the momentum going and I don't think either of them can afford to lose. I think this will be one of those games where both sets of players will want to avoid making mistakes and it should be very cagey and tight.
Liverpool v West Ham
When West Ham are expected to attack (like against Crystal Palace or in their home games) they can get picked off. But they are capable of going away to the big teams and defending and making it very hard when there's no expectations on them. They went to Liverpool last year and drew 0-0 and are capable of doing that again.
Luis Suarez was phenomenal against Norwich and scored four world-class goals, but where would Liverpool be without him? People talk about Olivier Giroud at Arsenal, but Liverpool are so reliant on Suarez. If West Ham get through the first 20 minutes I see them frustrating Liverpool - but if Suarez is on top of his game he will get a chance at some point.
PAUL PREDICTS: 1-0 (or 4-0 if they score in the first 20 minutes)
Southampton v Man City
Man City got well beaten at Southampton last year and I think they will have payback on their minds. The wheels seem to be falling off for Southampton a little bit - they have conceded eight goals in their last three games after a great start. They play a pressing game which is very tiring for the players.
When you're winning you don't feel tired, but when you start losing games and leaking goals you feel tired much more quickly. They dominated the possession against Aston Villa, but let in three goals which is unlike them and I think Man City will move the ball around too quickly to let Southampton close down effectively.
Stoke v Chelsea
In the past Stoke would get the ball forward quickly and cause problems for teams like Chelsea. People used to criticise Tony Pulis for long-ball football, but sometimes that's the only way to give your team a chance. Nowadays they try to play football, which is good, but when you play another footballing side with better players then you're not going to beat them. It's alright against the lesser teams, but if they try to out-pass Chelsea then there's only going to be one winner. I see Chelsea going there and winning on Saturday.
West Brom v Norwich
I'm doing this game for Soccer Saturday. Norwich got well beaten by Liverpool in midweek and West Brom lost 3-2 to Man City - although the scoreline covered over the cracks because City were in control for most of the game. I think West Brom play decent football and are always hard to beat at home, so I would favour them here. Norwich are a better team than people give them credit for but I think they might be a bit shell-shocked after what Luis Suarez did to them on Wednesday night.
Man Utd v Newcastle
Man United go into this game with no Michael Carrick, no Wayne Rooney and possibly no Robin van Persie. If Van Persie is fit then they have a chance, but if you take the best three players out of any team then you struggle to see how they can win.
I'd say the same if you took the best three players out of the Arsenal team or the Liverpool team or whoever. If they are missing then I don't see why Newcastle can't go there and get a result. They didn't deserve to lose 3-0 to Swansea and they've got every chance.
I think Man United are out of the title race now, but if they don't win this then their top-four aspirations are struggling. It's okay if you are chasing one team, like when they closed a 12-point gap on Newcastle to win the league, but there are eight teams ahead of Man United right now.
They need to win this game badly, but I don't see them winning it. However, if they can get the three points without those three key players I think it would be massive for David Moyes.
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Victorino hopes back issue will clear up for Game 5
ST. LOUIS -- For a player with Shane Victorino's competitive fire, having to come out of the starting lineup for Game 4 of the World Series was difficult. But his back left him no choice.
At this point, Victorino hopes he'll be ready to go for Game 5 on Monday (7:30 p.m. ET air time on FOX, 8:07 first pitch).
The right fielder began experiencing tightness in the late stages of Saturday night's Game 3, and he spent a large chunk of Sunday going through the necessary treatment.
But there simply wasn't enough time.
"I had every intention of playing," Victorino said. "Unfortunately it didn't turn out that way. It's really day to day. When I got up this morning, I thought I would be able to play, and had every intention of playing. It just didn't turn out the way I wanted to."
The player who replaced Victorino in Boston's starting lineup was Jonny Gomes, and he wound up hitting the three-run homer that fueled the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory in Game 4.
"It's great to see what happened tonight," said Victorino. "Sometimes you don't play and you see someone go in for at your position and they make a mistake, or don't have a good night, you feel worse. First of all, this guy probably doesn't think he's starting tonight. But with Jonny, I know every day he's thinking he's playing. Every day he's 'Game on.'"
Daniel Nava, who was originally supposed to bat fifth and play left field, moved over to right and also took over Victorino's No. 2 spot in the order. Gomes batted fifth and played left.
Back problems are nothing new for Victorino. He has dealt with them on and off this season and throughout his career, and they've typically represented a day-to-day type of ailment.
"This is probably the worst it's been in a while," Victorino said. "That's what's frustrating for me. I've had that feeling and it's gone away, but today was like, 'Wow!' So hopefully tomorrow it's better. It's frustrating, but on the other hand, it's great to see what happened tonight."
Aside from his game-breaking grand slam that helped the Red Sox clinch the American League Championship Series, Victorino has slumped at the plate in recent weeks.
Take away the grand slam, and Victorino has two hits in his past 33 at-bats, striking out 11 times over that span.
Victorino aggravated his back in Game 3, chasing the double by Matt Adams that went into the corner in right.


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For science!
'Tis the Season
You know. That season. The Season. The Season where half of your extended family gets a new electronic gadget from that man. The half of your family which happens to be technologically illiterate.
Well, help is at hand.
Are you tired of cheerfully helping fix their problems, even as you wish a painful venereal disease upon them behind clenched teeth?
Have you been looking for a way to aggressively passively-aggressively assert yourself in a charming manner?
Well, look no farther, good Hacker!
From me, to you, comes this delightful mashup of the infamous Keep Calm and Carry On poster. Available you today, for free. You can download it from here, now, in A3 size, under a permissive Creative Commons license that allows you to share and edit the poster.
Or if you so wish, you can purchase a high-quality printed version from me for €5. €2 will go toward the cost of printing, and the other €3 will go straight into the kitty at 091 Labs for our Christmas party fund. Delivery will be on December 16. Please contact me directly if you want a print.


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If you don't mind affording me the indulgence, I'd like to take a few moments today to reflect upon an exceptional past week at the annual American Academy of Neurology (AAN) conference.
On Friday I sat in the nearly deserted press room which reeked of sterno-heated coffee and hard-boiled reporters. I was surrounded by scores of press releases, conference schedules and course abstracts neatly stacked for the recycle bin.
Last week thousands of medical professionals attended the AAN conference for us. Whatever your opinion of the "western medical system" may be, being shoulder to shoulder in more than one standing room only session was a heartening experience.
Sessions in which new findings on drug therapies were announced were so heavily attended that even event organizers were surprised. One such announcement was made at a dinner meeting and over a hundred potential attendees, myself included, were turned away for fire code reasons.
I've always felt myself lucky to live in an area in which MS care is considered some of the best in the world (I'm speaking of Seattle). I've often wondered what it must be like to live with this disease hundreds of miles from the nearest MS center or even several hours drive from a neurologist with any significant MS knowledge.
It was heartening to see doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners educating themselves in the subtleties and intricacies of a disease that all too often, their patients know nearly as well as they do.
On more than one occasion I was over my head this week and I was happy about it. The level of discussion and debate this week has made me appreciate that we have some of the best minds in the world working on our questions.
Scientific jargon, intellectual posturing and professional courtesies aside, this has afforded me the opportunity to see and meet the people behind those minds. They are as a group, a very competent and impassioned bunch of professionals.
It did not seem lost on these folks that many of their patients are struggling with the effects of multiple sclerosis. The overwhelming majority of presenters of scientific papers also maintain clinical neurologic practices. They see MS patients on a regular basis and, like us, long for some measure of better expected outcome for us.
This was a week of interesting reports and high-profile drug disclosures. However, one moment in particular will live in my memory for quite some time.
At one presentation on MS clinical trials there were 1800 seats and people were still standing three-deep in the back and wings of the room. After two major drug papers were discussed many began to exit the room (not unexpected as importance of these announcements was highly touted).
As, however, the young scientist at the podium announced the title of his paper, "The effects of American Ginseng on MS Fatigue," the exodus of attendees not only abated but reversed!
People flowed back into the room to hear whether or not a natural method, used for thousands of years, may help their patients cope with the most widely experienced symptom of our disease. I was not only astonished but moved.
The results of the study were unfortunately not very positive. The methodology of the study, however, may be a breakthrough in how patients can participate in research.
I'll admit I'm tired from last week. I would like to leave you all with a question:
Were these reports for the AAN helpful to you? This event was in my hometown so there wasn't any real expense in me covering it. If perhaps we decided to cover other MS events such as these would you see it as a good investment of resources?
No longer live from the AAN, I'm Trevis Gleason and that's a wrap.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.


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Roy Miner
Cold Spring, New York
1932 Ford Roadster
Sam Miller, of Cold Spring, New York, wrote to let us know about his brother-in-law, Roy Miner:
"Roy was from Garrison, New York, on the Hudson, and was an avid hot rodder in the '40s and '50s. This was his '32 roadster in 1949—notice the dual carb setup and chopped bumper with those low lights. He was known locally as 'Hot Rod Roy'. Check out that laid-back windshield and chopped ragtop too!
"Roy worked for a local Ford dealership after graduating in 1949, and in the early '50s drove a hopped-up '47 Mercury two-door sedan when he was courting my sister. Unfortunately, Roy is no longer with us, but I thought this would be a great tribute to him and his family. In the '60s and '70s, Roy was a speedboat racer in California and Florida, and later built race motors for his grandson's kart in the '80s and '90s."
Bill Fortune
Nitro, West Virginia
1927 Model T Roadster Pickup
This '27 roadster pickup was Bill Fortunes' first attempt at building a car in 1959, and was the source of a lot of learning and pride for him. He bought the body and modified Model A frame for $15, the remains of what had been a Flathead-powered drag car.
Working in a dirt floor garage with very limited facilities, Bill rebuilt a '50 Olds 303ci Rocket engine using '54 heads and a four-barrel intake, as well as an Isky 3/4 race cam and lifters purchased from Honest Charley's. He'd bought the motor from a salvage yard near his house and disassembled it in the yard in order to get it home. Lacking a driver's license and not having access to a pickup truck in the family, he took it home in a wheelbarrow!
The same yard yielded a stick shift transmission from a '48 Cadillac ambulance, which Bill mated to his engine using a '50 Olds bellhousing. The steering box and rearend came from an early Ford pickup, while '39 Ford suspension and brakes where mounted on a suicide perch at the front, and the wishbone split.
Bill says that as his first attempt, it didn't turn out as satisfactorily as he'd have liked, and being a teenager without a job and a burning desire for the freedom of driving, the thought of something more practical soon took over. The T was parted out for just about a break-even amount the same year he built it.
He's still involved with cars today, now holding a seat on the board of directors of the Pontiac-Oakland Club International, and driving a '65 GTO. As he says, "It doesn't matter if you're a rodder or restorer, the love of old cars ties us together as friends, and that is the only thing that matters. Friends are forever, the cars come and go through the years."
Jim Radnich
In the Desert Somewhere …
1949 Plymouth wagon
When you hear the words "chopped, channeled, and sectioned", you usually think of a Merc, Shoebox Ford, or early '50s Chevy, not a Plymouth wagon. But that's exactly what Jim Radnich has done with this one! In fact, with the exception of the Currie-narrowed 9-inch rearend, Jim tackled everything on the wagon, including fabricating the tilt front end, raked nose and windshield, and the full chassis and rollcage. He also leaded all the body mods, performed all the bodywork, and fabricated his own headers.
Dubbed "Knot Rod", Jim used bamboo for the wood framing, which extends onto the tailgate. That's a 460ci Ford big-block under the tilt front, making this one fun ride. According to Jim's daughter, Micah, who sent these pics, he loves driving it!
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Transplant vote seeks medical and legal balance
PITTSBURGH — Faced with a federal judge's order in the heart-wrenching cases of two terminally ill children seeking lung transplants, a national review board sought a balance that will keep such decisions in the hands of doctors, not lawyers or judges.
The executive committee of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network held an emergency teleconference Monday evening and resisted making rule changes for children under 12 seeking lung transplants, but it created a special appeal and review system to hear such cases.
Dr. Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University's Langone Medical Center, said the vote showed that the medical profession doesn't believe that it should be pressured into making hasty changes to the entire national transplant system based on a single case.
The meeting was prompted by the cases of 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan of Newtown Square, Pa., and 11-year-old Javier Acosta of New York City, two terminally ill children who are awaiting transplants at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Last week, federal Judge Michael Baylson ruled that they should be eligible for adult lungs after U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius declined to intervene in such cases. Both children have end-stage cystic fibrosis, and Javier's brother died two years ago while on the waiting list.
Their families have challenged existing transplant policy that made children under 12 wait for pediatric lungs to become available or be offered lungs donated by adults after adolescents and adults on the waiting list had been considered. They say pediatric lungs are rarely donated.
STORY:Ethicists weigh in on pediatric lung transplant case
Caplan said the network is trying to acknowledge the concerns Baylson raised but also issue a warning.
"I think what they're trying to tell the judge is: 'We have a system. It's working. Let us decide, not you," Caplan said.
He said the judge's ruling "did hit a moral nerve" because the network recognizes the need to examine the claim that the 12-year-old distinction for lung transplants is arbitrary, but the network also tried to "preserve the integrity of the system by not changing the rule" based on court intervention.
The Murnaghans' said in a statement that they consider the creation of the appeals process "a tremendous win for Sarah" and all other children waiting for lungs, but they added that the biggest issue is finding enough donors to help people who need transplants. "We hope Sarah's story moves people to become organ donors," they added.
The Murnaghans' attorney, Steve Harvey, said the vote creates "a little appeals process" and that Sarah's case may go back before the network's new review board. But he added that they plan to ask Sebelius to keep Sarah eligible for adult lungs, as the judge instructed, until such a review is over.
The family has said Sarah may only have a few weeks to live and that no suitable lungs have been found so far for her, even with the emergency exemption.
Network committee member Alexandra Glazier said during the call that while she can't comment on specific transplant cases, lawsuits are "not an appropriate approach" to managing organ donation. She said that while an order by any judge might be well-intentioned, it would "inevitably fail" to take into account the many complex medical and ethical issues that go into crafting broad national rules. Glazier is with the New England Organ Bank.
She also said that letting the courts decide such issues would set a terrible precedent.
"If some candidates perceive judicial intervention as a way to gain more favorable access to transplant, the result is likely to be significant chaos and inherent unfairness because access to the courts is not equal," Glazier said, adding that "public trust and procedural fairness demands that organ allocation policies be made in an open public process and not by urgently convened committees."
While members of the network's executive committee voiced sympathy for anyone who is waiting for a transplant, they noted that making any sudden change to the system to help one group risks harming some other group. The existing system was created after years of reviews by numerous medical professionals and members of the public.
The network also said the new special review option will expire on July 1, 2014, unless the full board of directors votes to keep it in place. The group said in a statement after the teleconference that currently there are 1,659 candidates nationwide waiting for a lung transplant, of which 30 are age 10 or younger. The group said it was not immediately clear how many children may consider the option of a review under the new appeals process.
The network said that since 2007, only one lung transplant in the United States has occurred from a donor older than age 18 into a recipient younger than 12.