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Denver beauty blogger Kristie Burnett takes mystery out of makeup
With three of her four sisters in the beauty business, it was natural that tricks of the trade rub off on Kristie Burnett.
But the 30-year-old Denver mother of three finds herself immersed in the field in a different way these days, as a beauty blogger. Burnett is one of 15 finalists in Allure magazine's first annual beauty blogger competition and is now taking on weekly online challenges and seeking support via the magazine's contest website, blogger-awards.allure.com.
A panel of editors and the public are voting each week until a winner is named.
Burnett began her journey innocently enough, doing image styling, makeup and then photo styling. She felt she had something to share with other women, so she started Blushing Basics about three years ago. The strength of her advice is that it's easy to see and follow, thanks to the many photos and video tutorials she posts.
She rates skin care, cosmetic and hair products. Sounds like fun, but she says, "Like anything else in life, you won't get anywhere without a lot of work. I want to be good at this." Burnett, who's a Mormon, blogs at Blushing Basics.
She might be sampling up to 25 products at a time. "I just received a box of razors and shaving creams – my job is to try them out," she said.
As a busy mom with three children — ages 8 months, three and six years old – Burnett looks for products that multitask. Among her favorites are Benefit's tints which can be used on lips, cheeks or eyes.
How does she even find a moment to put on makeup? "I feel it's really important to take time out for yourself. It's easy to get lost in your children's lives, but if you can even spend 20 or 30 minutes styling your hair and doing makeup, or take 30 minutes once a month to get a manicure or do it at home, it makes you feel like you're ready to face the world."
She didn't formally study in the industry, but worked for a plastic surgeon in the state of Washington and was sent by him for training in procedures such as chemical peels.
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Through our representation and advocacy activities, AHA ensures that members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters. Our advocacy efforts include the legislative and executive branches and include the legislative and regulatory arenas. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends.
The AHA publishes print materials and audiovisual products related to patient education, staff development, direct patient services, health care delivery, human resources, medical and nursing affairs, community relations, patient support services, and other aspects of hospital administration.
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The Lipscomb Bisons golf team made a three-day climb moving up to a final seventh place finish Wednesday in the Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Golf Championship.
The Bisons shot a final day team score of 292, the third lowest score of the day. They opened with a first round score of 314, the second highest score. In round two they fired a 302.
Cody Hale tied for 14th place with an eight over par three-round score of 221 (75-76-70).
Parker Beck tied for 30th with a score of 230 (81-76-73). Close behind was Clint Suggs with a score of 233 (83-76-74), tying for 37th place.
Brandon Mundie fired a score of 234 (85-74-75) placing him in a tie for 39th.
Cory Parkinson was 45th with a score of 237 (75-76-86).
The tournament was held at the Chateau Elan Resort in Braselton, Ga.
The University of North Florida won the tournament.


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I bought a personal mobile hotspot recently when I found myself in an apartment with internet that was so slow it was useless. I was counting on access to the internet to get necessary work done and to provide telephone service. The mifi unit saved my trip. I only wish their graphic monitoring my usage was as good as their product. Figure 1 shows the graphic:
The figure shows my usage from December 7 to December 14. I returned home on December 11th. They don't have service where I live and work but that doesn't matter since I have cable there. Therefore, I didn't use the unit on December 12th and 13th. I had a meeting in New York on December 14th where I used the mifi again for a short time. Let's look at the horizontal axis. It shows evenly spaced dates even though most intervals between dates represent one day while the last one represents three days. Therefore, the trend following the top of the curve is misleading.
Now look at the right end of the figure from December 11th to the 14th. It implies declining usage during this period. But I told you there was no usage on the 12th and 13th. That's another way this chart misleads. Many blogs and books suggest line charts or area charts similar to this one for time series but they don't work in this case since interpolation does not make sense. A bar chart showing each day's usage would be better as shown in Figure 2. Finally, I would prefer an axis label on the vertical axis saying "Usage in GB" and not having GB repeated at every tick mark.
The takeaway is to think about your data and whether the chart you are using makes sense for your data. Don't blindly follow rules. Times series are not always best shown using line charts or area charts.


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A wild whirlwind of a mess, without any coherence, without even a guiding principle.
A wild whirlwind of a mess, without any coherence, without even a guiding principle.
This film tells us that the gulf between what we want to know and what we can know may never be illuminated.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about today's noon premiere of a new movie about architect Benjamin Marshall at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
An article about the screening of Horace Jenkins' "Cane River" on Friday, November 1st, at the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles.
Scout Tafoya's series on underrated films heads into the 2020s with a Tony Scott classic.
Scout Tafoya's video essay series about maligned masterpieces celebrates Steven Soderbergh's Solaris.
Far Flung Correspondent Seongyong Cho pens a letter to Roger about Michael Apted's 63 Up.
An FFC on Gavin Hood's Official Secrets.
A review of FOX's 9-1-1: Lone Star, starring Rob Lowe and Liv Tyler.
A personal report from the 2020 CCA Awards.
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist's work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
A review of NBC's "Chicago Med."


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Student Access Center appreciates disability as an integral part of the K-State University experience. We are committed to providing equal access and opportunity to all campus programs and services for students with disabilities. Through collaboration and support of the entire campus community, the Access Center promotes disability pride, self-determination of the student, and universally accessible design principles, so that everyone has full access to university life.


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venataur needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 41 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Logo needed for an educational pilot program. Eventually the content from the pilot will feed a social network built around the content.
Very Open to suggestions regarding the logo.
The pilot is a collaboration of universities, Children's Health Education networks, public schools, high-end technology companies, and others in the educational field.
The niche is helping great teachers who have tried numerous interventions with no success in SEVERE mental, emotional, or physical challenge areas. These teachers again do not have regular problems in the classrooms. The problems are severe and the classroom teachers are the top in their respective fields.
How it works; Classroom is filmed, problems assessed, coaches/mentors meet teacher and assess possible interventions, class are taught again, with ear piece in the teachers ear with coaches/mentors in other room viewing and assisting teacher through the earpiece. Video is then used for content are social network.
This is only a pilot, and A LOT of hard work and volunteer hours and resources are being donated to hopefully build a successful program. So not a lot money in it at this time. Definitely potential for social network design upon completion of pilot at the end of summer.
- Item 1...No particular color schemes at this time
- Logos, names and taglines are open
- Hoping name is not too broad, i.e. "teacher" "classroom" are huge keywords and can be avoided, unique name a big plus
- Item 1...Nothing to broad, this site is not for general teacher issues, it is for specific severe interventions and methods. No apples please. Or graduation.
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This sword allows the Rave Master to become extremely light, granting great speed and the ability to create blades of air for long-ranged attacks. Silfarion can also be used with Explosion to create a special attack called "Silver Dive" (or "Twelve Wings of the Explosive Dragon") where Haru speeds past enemies while hitting them multiple times with explosions. However, the Silfarion is relatively weak as a mêlée weapon and is no more than a normal sword for attacking. This form also allows Haru to catch his opponents unaware, though in Chapter 61 the sword is beaten by Racas, one of the Palace Guards and later by Doryu meaning foes who can predict it; can block it with ease. Here is your sword, now grab a pencil and paper and lets begin.
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High-Value Domain Names
What are high-value domain names?
Every domain name is controlled by a particular company. For example, .guru is owned by a company called Donuts, while .meet is owned and controlled by Google.
As these and other new domains have entered the market, some companies have identified "high-value" domain names for sale at a higher price. So for example, a .training domain name may have a standard registration price of $39.99, but a name that's likely to be in high demand like therapy.training could have a registration price of $139.99.
Some companies charge a higher price for just the first year of a premium registration. In these cases, the domain renews at the standard price.
All prices - both initial and renewal prices - are clearly displayed on GoDaddy's search engine results page. You always know exactly what you're going to pay for a particular domain.


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Brett King, best-selling author and founder of the mobile money service Moven (pictured above), envisions a future where all banking is done via a smartphone.
During his keynote address at the Center for Financial Services Innovation's (CFSI) 8th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum, King cites plummeting visits to brick-and-mortar financial institutions, the rising market penetration of smartphones, and the popularity of prepaid debit cards among Generation Y as evidence that a tidal shift—similar to what's transforming traditional media—is also shaping financial services.
The future of financial services, King says, belongs to anyone who can provide consumers with mobile banking that includes real-time information about their spending and saving in a way that stimulates good behavior and discourages bad.
"It doesn't matter if it's a bank or Walmart or Moven that provides this," King says, adding that consumers will choose whatever banking product offers the most utility.
Peer lending
|From left: Daria Sheehan, Citi Foundation; Quiñonez; Camille Busette, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Office of Financial Education; and Collins.
Jose Quiñonez, executive director of the Mission Asset Fund, says peer lending can help low-income immigrants build credit histories by formalizing naturally occurring "peer to peer" loans and reporting the repayment activity to credit bureaus.
He cites a report, "Building Credit for the Unbanked" which confirms that pairing social loans with financial education can raise a low-income consumer's credit score by 168 points to an average of 603, and reduce low-income consumers' debt an average of $1,000.
However, simply presenting people with information isn't enough to change behavior, warns J. Michael Collins, director of the University of Wisconsin's Center for Financial Security.
"If information alone were enough," he says, "you wouldn't need to go on a diet because you understand what a calorie is."
Hybrid cards
Randy Dotemoto, president of Kinecta Alternative Financial Solutions, says underbanked consumers are "disadvantaged from day one" due to their exclusion from mainstream credit products.
"It's no wonder they become check-cashing customers," he says.
|From left: Michael Daly, Bank of America; Dotemoto; and MasterCard Worldwide's Richard Rozbicki.
Kinecta Alternative Financial Solutions offers two cards designed for underbanked consumers, the Select Plus Hybrid prepaid card, and the Select Plus Hybrid secured credit card.
The cards help underbanked members manage their money—and they pave the way to traditional financial services.
Millennial seek utility
Members of the millennial generation, those born between the late 1970s and early 2000s, might lack access to financial services.
But don't call them "underbanked," advises Stephen Drees, managing principal of global consulting for Acxiom Corp. He says members of this generation don't think of themselves as "underbanked," just like they don't think of themselves as "underburgered" or "underaccessorized."
|Stephen Drees, Acxiom Corp.
Millennials, he adds, don't differentiate between banks and other financial services providers, they just "care about utility." If that means using a prepaid debit card, he says, that's what they'll use, and they won't attach any stigma to it.
Embrace data
Sociogramics CEO Eric King, introduced by CFSI Senior Vice President Rachel Schneider (see below), got a laugh from attendees when he said it's possible that people who share drunken pictures of themselves on Facebook might be 10% better credit risks than those who don't.
"Until you look at the data, you don't know," King says, adding that financial institutions fail to use a lot of valuable data that's available to them.


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MONTREAL, March 2 (UPI) -- Brandon Sutter's goal 52 seconds into overtime Saturday boosted the Pittsburgh Penguins to a back-and-forth 7-6 victory over Montreal.
Sutter was trailing behind as James Neal and Simon Despres spearheaded a rush into the Montreal zone on the decisive play early in the extra frame.
He wristed Despres' drop pass toward the net and beat Carey Price with the game-winner -- his second goal of the game -- enabling the Penguins to break a two-game losing streak.
Each team held a one-goal lead in the third period after the Canadiens had battled back from a 4-2 deficit in the middle frame.
Chris Kunitz supplied two goals and an assist, Matt Cooke scored twice and Sidney Crosby donated a goal with two helpers in the victory.
Tomas Vokoun got the win despite yielding six goals on 39 shots.
Brian Gionta tallied twice while Max Pacioretty added a goal and an assist for the Canadiens, who fell for the second time in three contests.
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At first glance, the 13th annual IHRSA Financial Panel, moderated by Rick Caro, didn't appear to lend itself to a lot of zingers and one-liners. Intended or not, the session that painted a sometimes not-so-rosy picture of the financial status of the industry actually produced a few laughs.
It started with Caro, who introduced the four panelists: Peter Rottier, vice president of Summit Partners; Ed Moss, managing director of Lincolnshire Management; Hugh Paisley, director of Global Consumer Products and Retail Group of UBS Investment Bank; and Chris Gagnon, managing director of Global Leisure Capital Partners.
Caro went on to say that given the current economic climate, he did not invite a representative from a lending firm or an equity analyst, which got a chuckle from the audience. The thinking there is, for the most part, banks don't have much money to lend, and all an analyst would do is tell us how poor the stocks are of publicly traded fitness companies, such as Life Time Fitness and Town Sports International. No need to rub salt in an open wound.
In his opening remarks, Caro rattled off a list of 20 headlines in the industry from 2008, most of which reflected the struggles the industry is having in this economy. A few headline topics centered around the deep recession of the U.S. economy (that's a no-brainer); sales, net memberships and non-dues revenue are all flat; U.S. debt markets are limited and hard to access; and there are fewer new builds, fewer major club deals and fewer new equity players in the industry.
One of the new equity players is Summit Partners, which invested in Snap Fitness last year. Summit's Rottier, who was introduced after Caro's headlines, joked, "A lot of cheery news from Rick there."
Rottier said what many of his fellow panelists said—that fitness tends to be a resilient consumer discretionary spend. Rottier added that at Snap, attrition levels have been maintained. "We're doing OK at the store level," he said. Snap Fitness targets small- to mid-size towns and has the 24-hour key-card model that has become one of the fastest growing segments in the industry.
Lincolnshire invested in The Alaska Club in 2007. Moss said Lincolnshire liked The Alaska Club's family club model. Believe it or not, the company's location in our 49th state was attractive, too.
"We also like the weather (in Alaska) because it's so bad," Moss said, producing some laughs. To put it simply, bad weather enhances the need for indoor recreation.
UBS has affiliations with a number of club companies, including Gold's, Life Time Fitness, Spectrum and Virgin Active. Paisley of UBS talked about the four C's that are affecting the industry today: Capital is in short supply, Convergence trends are accelerating, Consolidation activity will hasten as leading platforms continue, and the Competitive environment is in transition, with new models emerging.
Paisley said health and fitness is outperforming other retail sectors, and that while the fourth quarter 2008 results for Life Time and TSI were down, they were "fantastic" compared to other retailers, Paisley said. Paisley also noted in retail specialty segments, some companies that were the major players 15 years ago have been unseated in their sectors. Best Buy has supplanted Circuit City, Staples has supplanted Office Depot, and Bed, Bath & Beyond has supplanted Linens 'n Things. Bally was the top dog in the fitness industry in 1996, but it is not any longer. What club company has emerged? Maybe 24 Hour, but there is no definitive answer.
Gagnon of Global Leisure Partners said his company loves the fitness industry, the people in the industry and adds that the industry has "a ton more to go" to reach its potential. Global Leisure Partners invests in Fitness First, the largest non-U.S. club chain in the world.
Gagnon noted the growth this decade of programs such as yoga, Pilates, boot camps, kettlebell and sports-specific training. What they all have in common is that they are results focused, functional, community based and are inclusive, Gagnon said.
The question-and-answer portion of the panel session was brief but enlightening. The final question was most intriguing: Can you build a model of a club that is not dependent on memberships? Caro pointed out that once upon a time, racquet clubs started out as a pay-as-you-play business. The panelists said that the model would be much harder to finance and that a company runs the risk, if there were no memberships, of having everybody come to the gym at 5 p.m. on Monday.
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While my mom was in town we were trying to find someplace open for lunch at 11am on a Sunday. That is a lot more difficult than you'd think! After trying no less than 5 places - seriously - we finally found Smokey Bones open. At that point it was 11:50am and we were starving so we said - FINE DAMMIT WE'LL HAVE BBQ!
It's a chain - yes - I know - but we were really hungry. Really really hungry and had driven by 5 non-chains and couldn't take it any more.
First, because of the starvation, we got the Pretzel Bones. Big giant soft pretzel sticks with 3 sauces: honey mustard, queso and garlic parmesan. These were really great - we scarfed them down - and not just because of the hunger pains. Strangely enough - we each liked one of the sauces - I was partial to the honey mustard and Mom liked the garlic parm. Honestly - Larry's a straight pretzel guy - so he took little dips here and there across all 3.
The queso was very reminiscent of Carlos O'Kellys I just didn't love it on a pretzel. I do now want it on chips - so I'll be back for that!
Not sure why - all the photos have this angelic glow to them. It was Sunday though...
Mom got the Smokehouse Burger with onion straws, bbq sauce, bacon and cheese. Heart attack on a plate but tasty!
I can't remember prices either - they aren't on their online menu - I suppose because a burger in NYC is pricier than here in the 'Nati.
Larry got the 10 oz sirloin and actually ate all of his broccoli! It was cooked perfectly as well - which is nice.
I got the combo of Baby Back Ribs & 1/4 BBQ Chicken along with the loaded baked potato and Fire Roasted Corn. It was all damn good. The corn was soooo delicious - it definitely made me crave the summer corn that I'll be munching on. There are 3 sauces to choose from for the BBQ - I went with original and liked it a lot. There were plenty of leftovers which made for a nice lunch at work the next day.
The "loaded" baked potato was a bit of a disappointment - adding sour cream and a bit of chives is not loaded in my book.
Why Should You Go? Well for chain BBQ fare - it's fine - pretty good I'd say. I like Hoggys better but like this better than City BBQ.


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Hi teachers,
'Oh, I know that,' Marta said. The newspapers said that. But newspapers and the television never tell us the true story. Alex Dinon isn't a murderer. He's a nice young man.'
Which one is right?
a) What did Marta say about the mass media?
b) What did Marta say about the media?
They never told them the true story.
I think the term 'mass media' became popular in the sixties. An academic book might have a print run of a few thousand at most, that would sell out over three or four years. A popular newspaper (in the UK - the US situation would be that much bigger) would have a print run of tens of thousands, selling out in a day. A book is a medium; publishing books is a media enterprise. But in the last - say - 50 years it's become common for a media enterprise (newspapers, film, TV) to cater for millions; that sort of media is 'mass media'. That's a strict interpretation though.
In real life, now, either works - as bhai said.


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Fall Colours in Ulsan
Despite the reputation that Ulsan is an industrial city, there are many places around here that you can visit to enjoy the fall season. Most of the locations are accessible by bus and are really worth the visit. Take some time this weekend to check out the beautiful vistas in Ulsan. Munsu Stadium I must admit that I was surprised that this place. I didn't think that it would be so busy but during a Sunday afternoon, there will...Read More
The Seamarq Hotel: Gangneung's Best Feature
For years I have wanted to go to the city of Gangneung specifically for the coffee. If you are unware, the city of Gangneung is Korea's coffee city and if you know me then you know of my obsession with coffee. However, the fact that it is about a 4 hour drive there and much of that is on the smaller 2-lane highways, sort of put me off. Recently, I was given the opportunity to stay at the Seamarq...Read More
Bomun Lake Gyeongju
During the springtime, there is no place better to go than the Bomun Lake resort area in Gyeongju. The area offers a mix traditional themes, natural vistas and modern amenities. It is this mix that draws thousands of visitors to the lakeside every year to watch it burst with colour. Spring is arguably the best season to visit the area as the roads and lakeside paths are lined with cherry blossoms. One of the best ways to explore the...Read More
If you have ever ventured up to Pohang chances are that you have visited the hands at Homigot, but I am sure that you probably haven't explored the village of Guryongpo. This seaside village has a lot to offer with a unique glimpse into Korea's colonial past. Like most places up towards Pohang, there are a ton of restaurants where you can get a course-style seafood dinner. Many local tourists head there to get a fill of fresh king...Read More
The New Face of Itaewon
For many years itaewon had a reputation for being a seedy place. Full of foreign bars and hooks where one could get anything from blackmarket goods to a night in jail. It was a place few Koreans dared to step foot in, especially after the infamous 1997 Itaewon murder. However, much has changed since those dark years and Itaewon is now a culturally rich neighbourhood full of artists, chefs, and a vibrant cafe scene. While some parts may still...Read More
Top 5 Things to Do in Ulsan on a Budget
During the long weekend or any weekend for that matter, people tend to leave Ulsan for more "exciting" places. However, there are some great places within Ulsan that are probably just as exciting without the time it takes to travel. If you have limited time our resources these can also be a great alternative to shelling out the money it would take to get up to Seoul for a weekend. 1. The Taehwa River Grand Park Few places offer...Read More
Jujeon Beach
Jujeon Beach is one of those places that I feel (maybe incorrectly) is a hidden attraction. While Ilsan beach is packed full of bars and restaurants catering to foreign tastes, Jujeon is a little more traditional. Lacking a sandy beach like Ilsan, it may not be the best place for sunbathing but that certainly doesn't stop the families from bringing their tents out. Over the years Jujeon has seen quite a bit of development. New roads have been built...Read More
Buddha's Birthday Guide
It is that time of year again. Ulsan city and temples across the nation are decorated with beautiful lanterns. We have put together a short guide to some of the temples around the area that you can visit to view the beautiful lanterns and take in the festivities. While Ulsan may not be on the map for the most exciting places to visit during this time, it is located extremely close to many important temples which you can get to...Read More
Gamcheon Culture Village
We have written about Ulsan's very own culture/art village before but the one that gets all the attention is located in Busan, deep into the heart of Busan. I may even go so far as to say that this place may have been the inspiration for many of the colourful villages around the country. While the rest of Busan looks modern, especially upscale places like Haeundae and Centum City, Gamcheon and the surrounding area remind visitors that Busan...Read More
The Eternal Landscape: The 10th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition of Henri Cartier-Bresson
If you are traveling to Seoul then you should not miss this exhibition. Even if you are not into photography, this exhibition covers a lot of history from Europe, the USA and Asia. You will see portraits of famous people from Martin Luther King to Marilyn Monroe. From Carl Jung to Pablo Picasso. Examples of his work can be seen here. There is something that just resonates in your soul when you look at these iconic photos with soft...Read More


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Potter's Wheel
Potter's Wheel Berry Serving Bowl
One of my favorite escapes in the bustling city of NYC is my friends studio in Brooklyn. I love raising the large doors to let the sun in and listening to the city in the distant background while I throw the clay on the potter's wheel. Pushing the clay towards the center of the wheel with one hand while using my thumbs to smooth the pieces on the wheel to create this everyday collection. In a city that is filled with energy this is the one place that my mind stops and art begins. Hope you enjoy the pieces as much as I enjoyed creating them!
Includes 4 Dinner Plates 10.5", 4 Salad/Accent Plates 8", 4 Pasta/All Purpose Bowls 7", 4 Cereal Bowls 5.5" in Potter's Wheel Berry


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The Ultimate - Ultima GTR
The C5 Z06 Corvette is a formidable animal in every aspect, but imagine if it weighed 1000 pounds less. Imagine also that it had a mid mounted mill. While you're in the imaginative mood, also imagine it had 18x13 wheels out back. The Ultima GTR is no fi
Every car crafter worth his lug nuts wants a car that's just a little bit different. Jeff Schwartz took that concept to its ultimate and radical corner-burning conclusion. The concept is pure and simple--combine a lightweight chassis with all-American torque and horsepower and glue to the ground with steamroller tires. If this looks like a road-going GTP car, it should because that's what it is. Why is it in Car Craft? Because it'll run 10.90s at 131 mph and pull 1.1 g on regular street tires, that's why.
If the name Jeff Schwartz sounds familiar, it's because this is the same guy who won last year's Real Street Eliminator contest in a monstrously rotund Cadillac. This year, he showed up in a car that is the heavy-metal Caddy's antithesis in the guise of a flyweight GT. Go figure. Jeff's plan was aimed at simple performance. Start with an excellent tube chassis and monster brakes, stuff in gigantic tires for grip, and then drop in a warmed-over small-block bolted to a five-speed transaxle, and you have a screamin' roller skate that can take on a Trans Am car on a road course, cruise comfortably for days on end, and still run 10s without changing so much as a spark plug. That, gang, is a true 21st century performance car.
The Ultima GT goes way beyond a "kit car." Think of it as a street-driven GT Prototype race car that you can finish assembling in your garage. It all starts with a square tube chassis from Ultima Sports, a British company in Hinkley, England, that builds both this coupe and an open-cockpit Can Am style car similar to those amazing Jim Hall big-block beasts from the '60s. You buy the chassis and body system and assemble it in your garage, or Ultima can send you a completed car ready for an engine. It isn't cheap--the car comes in several configurations all the way from a basic package with just the body to a complete rolling car minus engine and transaxle. Expect to start at $27,000 and work up from there.
The Ultima is a tube chassis mid-engine design that places the engine behind the driver, using a transaxle instead of a transmission and rear axle assembly. The transaxle is a G50 Getrag that was originally designed for a Porsche Turbo. This positions a majority of the Ultima's weight over the rear axle that improves traction both from a dead stop and coming off a corner. Even though this only represents around 1,320 pounds over the rear tires, that's 60 percent of the total vehicle weight, leaving 40 percent over the front! With a short 102-inch wheelbase and a 63-inch track width, space is at a premium, but the chassis does include a rollcage.
With a high-tech car like this, you don't just bolt in any old powerplant. In keeping with its image, Jeff chose to power his street GTP car with a late-model GM LS1 that he built to LS6-style specs, controlled with a GM Racing ASA circle track computer. The all-aluminum small-block is configured exactly like the ASA engines, including 11.2:1 compression, the ASA cam, and airflow assistance from a set of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering-ported LS6 heads with 2.00/1.60-inch hollow stem valves and stock 1.7:1 rockers. All this breathes through a custom-built aluminum sheetmetal intake with a carbon-fiber plenum cover and 38-lb/hr GM injectors. Just for fun, Jeff also added a hidden 100hp NOS fogger nitrous system just in case the Ultima's 10-second quarter-mile needed a little boost. To complete the steamroller effect, Jeff bolted on a set of 18x9-inch front and 18x13-inch OZ Racing wheels and mounted them with the ultimate in road rubber: a set of P245/35ZR18 and P335/30ZR18 Goodyear F1 Fiorano tires.
The interior is racer spartan as you might expect. Jeff configured the dash with a Dakota Digital tach and speedo and then mounted eight more Nordskog digital tickers to keep track of everything from air-fuel ratio to the time. That's a Sparco steering wheel that matches the Sparco seats, and when you slide in under the gull-wing doors, it becomes instantly apparent why the wheel is squared off at the bottom. Squeezing under the wheel of the Ultima GTR is best left to the limber and slight of stature. This is not a car for big guys. Once you're in, you instantly start searching for a road course offering an open track day. The windows don't roll down, but comfort is controlled by the heating and air conditioning system, and Jeff reports rear vision from the twin mirrors is surprisingly good with the narrow cockpit despite the fact there is no rear window.
This may look like a race car with license plates, but don't be fooled. Jeff drove the Ultima throughout the entire Hot Rod Power Tour of 3,750 miles, along with the Car Craft Nationals in St. Paul, Minnesota (where he won the Best Engineered award) and capped off with Year One's Bristol Bash in Bristol, Tennessee. Clearly this is no trailer queen since those trips add up to roughly 9,000 miles this year alone, based out of Jeff's Crystal Lake, Illinois, home.
Jeff's mission statement was succinct and dead-on: "To be the ultimate street car with respect to acceleration, handling, braking, and top speed." He has certainly achieved his goal, but to us he forgot to mention an important one--his Ultima GT is just plain cool.
The Details Car: '02 Ultima GTROwner: Jeff SchwartzEngine: '02 LS6 5.7L all-aluminum small-block, 11.2:1 compressionHeads: Aluminum LS6 CNC ported by Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, 2.00/1.60-inch hollow stem valves, stock 1.7:1 roller rockersInduction: Custom-fabricated sheetmetal aluminum intake with carbon-fiber plenum cover, 38-lb/hr GM injectors, ported throttle body, NOS 100hp fogger nitrous system Exhaust: Custom stainless steel 134-inch headers and exhaust Camshaft: GM Performance Parts ASA racing cam 228/236 at 0.050-inch lift, 0.525/0.525-inch liftTransaxle: Porsche Turbo Getrag G50 five-speed with Kennedy Engineering flywheel and Sachs full metallic clutchFront suspension: Complete tube chassis with unequal length tubular control arms, Intrax springs and shocks, Ultima rack-and-pinion steering, and urethane bushings, no sway bar Rear suspension: Unequal length tubular rear control arms, Intrax springs and shocks, Rosen Racing Delrin bushings, no rear sway bar or Panhard barBrakes: AP Racing four-piston calipers with 12.5-inch rotors front and rearWheels and tires: 18x9 OZ Racing wheels with P245/35ZR18 Goodyear F1 tires front; 18x13 OZ Racing wheel with P335/30ZR18 Goodyear F1 tires rearInterior: Nordskog digital instrumentation, Sparco steering wheel, Sparco Sprint seats, 2.5-pound fire-suppression system, complete F1-approved cage assembly, Omega A/C and heater systemPaint: Gelcoat yellow supplied with the Ultima GT body Cost to build: Basic chassis and body starts at around $27,000Weight: 2,210 pounds with full fuel loadPerformance: 388 rear wheel hp at 6,300 rpm 480 rear wheel hp at 6,300 rear wheel with nitrousBest e.t. and speed: 10.92 at 131 mphLateral g: 1.1 with real street tires


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After Hours . . . B o s t on Robert Hall has been registered as a candidate for election as Town Meeting Member in Braintree, Massachusetts. Stanley Hart has recently joined the local chapter of NOMA. Charles Noble has been appointed chairman of the Wesley Methodist Church Spring Fair to be held in Framingham, Massachussets in May. Chicago The annual dinner dance of the Chicago Office was held December 12 at the Union League Club. High point of the evening was the special recognition given Avis McKay, head of the Typing Department, for her 30 years of faithful service. Dayton John Bell has been elected Treasurer of the newly formed Miami Valley Chapter, The Institute of Management Sciences. Dane Charles, a member of the Dayton Chapter CPAs'Junior Achievement Committee, participated in the preliminary review of JA companies made last January. For the past several months Leon J. Sachleben has been active in the Citizens Advisory Council for cooperation with the local Board of Education. Mr. Sachleben has also taken over the duties of treasurer of Boy Scout Troop 110 of the Miamisburg Mound District. Detroit Robert D. Wishart has been elected to the Board of Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn for a three-year term. Mr. Wishart was also recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Dearborn Kiwanis Club. H. James Gram was recently elected treasurer of the Grosse Pointe Memorial Church. E x e c u t i v e Office Henry Ford II, vice presidents John Cronin of General Motors and C. L. Jacobson of Chrysler plus many other notables were guests at a civic luncheon in January honoring two Detroit volunteer groups. Dolores De- Wolf was chairman and Paul Ham-man represented TRB&S at the speakers' table. Mrs. DeWolf was a hostess at the unveiling of a portrait of the Honorable Mary V. Beck, president of Detroit's Common Council, on Feb. 29. Houston Shirley and Herbert Brewer have been elected secretary and treasurer of the Memorial Forest Civic Club for the calendar year 1960. Approximately 200 families belong. Donald E. Mitchell has been active in Junior Chamber of Commerce 54 THE QUARTERLY


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Stay near the Motown Museum to explore the history of this born-in-the-USA music label that was home to Diana Ross & the Supremes, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson & the Jackson 5, and many more. The Inn on Ferry Street might stretch the budget a bit, but it is one of the few hotels close by. You might have better luck finding an Airbnb rental nearby, or staying downtown and taking the convenient city bus to the museum.
The annual electronic music festival known as Movement happens every year on Memorial Day weekend. Over 100,000 people come from all over the world to this massive festival, so cheap hotels might be harder to find.
For a neighborly feel, look no farther than Corktown, Detroit's charming historic neighborhood filled with cafes, restaurants, and B&Bs like the Corktown Inn or Honor & Folly*.
Or take a look at some options on Airbnb to rent a room, an apartment, or an entire house for your stay. You can even rent a Futuristic Sleeping Pod (aka a Toyota Previa van) in Corktown or stay in a working urban farm and guest house in the heart of the city.
Woodbridge is a family-friendly area near Wayne State University where you'll find plenty of Airbnb rentals.
Detroit's popular hostel, which is not only for youth, is Hostel Detroit* in Corktown. The Hostel was listed in Curbed Detroit's list of 18 Essential Detroit Hotels. The hostel can pair guests with a local "ambassador" to show them local sights.
Be sure to ask whether the Pink Flamingo mobile food truck is planning to park nearby. They set up shop in an empty lot with a fire pit and neighbors, locals, and hostel guests mingle with a drink while their kids play nearby.
No matter what brings you to Detroit, if your family is with you, a pool is a great way to relax, exercise, and wear out the kids. Finding cheap hotels in Detroit with a pool is a snap with Hipmunk's search filters. The iSleep Inn Motel in Windsor, just across the river (and across the Canadian border) from downtown, offers one of the cheapest rooms in the city that includes a pool. But be warned: it's an outdoor pool. If you crave a cheap hotel with an indoor pool in Detroit, the Stay Inn and Suites in Rivertown should fit the bill.
Cheap hotels in downtown Detroit are harder to find, but not impossible. While there are some independent hotel bargains available, if you want to stay in a national chain, the Holiday Inn Express or Crown Plaza Downtown Detroit Riverfront are good options. Bonus: both have indoor pools.
If you are looking for cheap hotels in Detroit with a jacuzzi, you might not think about the luxury casinos, but you may be able to find a good deal - or even a complimentary room if you a big spender - at the Greektown Casino, Motor City Casino, or MGM Grand Casino, particularly if you book at the last minute or in low season.
For cheap hotels near the Detroit airport, you will find a good number of bargain options. All the major chains are represented, with Rodeway Inn, Knights Inn and Howard Johnson at the lowest price point.
Detroit is the quintessential comeback city, and it offers a world of fun for little cost. To find a cheap hotel in Detroit, stay during winter and look to Greektown.
Detroit's winters are cold and snowy, so budget-minded travelers can find some cheap places to stay during January-March.
Detroit casinos serve up 24-hour fun. The MotorCity Casino and Greektown Casino Hotel offer fabulous food, exciting gaming, and enjoyable entertainment for very little cost.
In addition to the casino, Greektown offers affordable lodging like the Atheneum Suite Hotel, a budget-priced all-suites hotel with free breakfast.
Business travelers also appreciate the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit's indoor pool and great location in the city's entertainment district.
Detroit is historically a car town, but today the best way to get around is the Detroit People Mover (DPM), an automated light rail system. Fares are an economical $.75.
Visitors fly into the Detroit Metro Airport. Airport taxis run about $45 to downtown.
Canada is across the river, so if you plan to cross the bridge, don't forget a passport.
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When you create a virtual hard disk in VirtualBox or VMware, you specify a maximum disk size. If you want more space on your virtual machine's hard disk later, you'll have to enlarge the virtual hard disk and partition.
Note that you may want to back up your virtual hard disk file before performing these operations – there's always a chance something can go wrong, so it's always good to have backups. However, the process worked fine for us.
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Enlarge a Virtual Disk in VirtualBox
To enlarge a virtual disk in VirtualBox, you'll need to use the VBoxManage command from a Command Prompt window. First, shut down the virtual machine – ensure its state is set to Powered Off, not Saved.
Second, open a Command Prompt window from your Start menu and change to VirtualBox's program files folder so you can run the command:
cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"
The following command will operate on the VirtualBox virtual disk located at "C:\Users\Chris\VirtualBox VMs\Windows 7\Windows 7.vdi". It will resize the virtual disk to 81920 MB (80 GB).
VBoxManage modifyhd "C:\Users\Chris\VirtualBox VMs\Windows 7\Windows 7.vdi" --resize 81920
(Use two dashes before resize in the command above.)
Replace the file path in the command above with the location of the VirtualBox disk you want to resize and the number with the size you want to enlarge the image to (in MB).
Update: In VirtualBox 6.0, released in 2019, you may need to use the following command instead:
VBoxManage modifymedium disk "C:\Users\Chris\VirtualBox VMs\Windows 7\Windows 7.vdi" --resize 81920
Note that this process doesn't enlarge the partition on the virtual hard disk, so you won't have access to the new space yet – see the Enlarge the Virtual Machine's Partition section below for more information.
Enlarge a Virtual Disk in VMware
To enlarge a virtual machine's hard disk in VMware, power off the virtual machine, right-click it, and select Virtual Machine Settings.
Select the virtual hard disk device in the list, click the Utilities button, and click Expand to expand the hard disk.
Enter a larger maximum disk size and click the Expand button. VMware will increase the size of your virtual disk, although its partitions will remain the same size – see below for information on enlarging the partition.
Enlarge the Virtual Machine's Partition
You now have a larger virtual hard disk. However, the operating system's partition on your virtual hard disk is the same size, so you won't be able to access any of this space yet.
You'll now need to extend the guest operating system's partition as if you were enlarging a partition on a real hard disk in a physical computer. You can't enlarge the partition while the guest operating system is running, just as you can't enlarge your C:\ partition while Windows is running on your computer.
You can use a GParted live CD to resize your virtual machine's partition – simply boot the GParted ISO image in your virtual machine and you'll be taken to the GParted partition editor in a live Linux environment. GParted will be able to enlarge the partition on the virtual hard disk.
First, download the GParted live CD's ISO file from here.
Load the ISO file into your virtual machine by going into the virtual machine's settings window, selecting your virtual CD drive, and browsing to the ISO file on your computer.
Boot (or restart) your virtual machine after inserting the ISO image and the virtual machine will boot from the ISO image. GParted's live CD will ask you several questions while booting – you can press Enter to skip them for the default options.
Once GParted is booted, right-click the partition you want to enlarge and select Resize/Move.
Specify a new size for the partition – for example, drag the slider all the way to the right to use all the available space for the partition. Click the Resize/Move button after you've specified the space you want to use.
Finally, click the Apply button to apply your changes and enlarge the partition.
After the resize operation completes, restart your virtual machine and remove the GParted ISO file. Windows will check the file system in your virtual machine to ensure it's working properly — don't interrupt this check.
The virtual machine's partition will now take up the entire virtual hard disk, so you'll have access to the additional space.
Note that there are easier ways to get more storage – you can add a second virtual hard disk to your virtual machine from its settings window. You can access the other hard disk's contents on a separate partition – for example, if you're using a Windows virtual machine, the other virtual hard disk will be accessible at a different drive letter inside your virtual machine.


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Chinese Barbecued Ribs
One bite of these tender and flavorful ribs and you'll understand why this is the most requested recipe from friends and family. I developed it based on a recipe from my father-in-law, adding my own interpretation over the years. —Roxanne Chan, Albany, California
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 1-1/2 hours
Makes4 servings
- 1/2 cup char siu sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup sherry or reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup oyster sauce
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh gingerroot
- 4 pounds pork spareribs
- Thinly sliced green onions, optional
- In a small bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. Reserve half of the sauce for basting.
- Place ribs, bone side down, in a shallow roasting pan lined with foil. Spoon remaining sauce over ribs. Cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour; drain.
- Bake, uncovered, for 30-40 minutes or until ribs are tender, basting occasionally with reserved sauce. Cut ribs into serving-size pieces. Sprinkle with green onions if desired.
Editor's Note: Look for char sui sauce in the Asian foods section of the grocery store or ethnic market.


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Dave Wiens cringes at the comparison. Though the Leadville 100 is longer, higher and includes far more climbing, the Colorado native prefers not to contrast the race that made him famous with the race he now runs – this Memorial Day weekend's Original Growler.
Indeed, the six-time Leadville 100 winner (and man who took down both Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong during that run) says bluntly that you have to be a better pure mountain biker to finish the Full Growler, a 64-mile race that's held the day after Saturday's 32-mile Half Growler.
Wiens (L) battles Armstrong at Leadville.
The reason? While Leadville's course is predominantly fire road and doubletrack, the Growler is loaded with techy singletrack and almost never-ending pedaling as you wind your away around the ever-undulating Hartman Rocks trail system that's just a few miles south of Gunnison, Colorado. No wonder everyone who registers for the race must tick a checkbox affirming that they are "an experienced mountain biker."
"It might only be 4,000 feet of climbing per lap (and the 64-mile race includes two laps), but it all comes in these tiny pieces that added together really break people's legs," said Wiens, alluding to the pain, not the possibility of trauma, which also exists in what will be the race's sixth running. "Lots of people love to climb long climbs like at Leadville or on the road, but this is not same. This course is super physical and you have to work for every inch. For some people it really is death by 1000 cuts."
So how does one survive this interminable beating and make it back to downtown Gunnison for the beer-fueled after party (the race was named after a growler of beer after all)? Well for starters, listen to what Wiens has to say in this exclusive Q&A about the race he helped found and now directs.
Photo by Matt Burt Photography/mattb.net
Mtbr: What's the best tip you can give to a newbie Growler racer?
Dave Wiens: Pacing is really the key, especially if you are not use to this type of riding. You need to be prepared for repeated short, punchy climbs where you'll have to be up and out of the saddle a lot. That can really beat you down over 6-7 hours, maybe longer. (Note: Last year, men's winner Alex Grant finished in 5 hours, 17 minutes, and the majority of the Full Growler finishers spent 7-8 hours in the saddle.)
Also you really need to pay attention out there. Don't just drop blindly into something if you are not sure. There are some steep rock sections that may look like they have a lot of options, but it'll turn out that there is just one rollable line. So when in doubt use caution – and remember that we don't do a bunch of hazard marking because if we did there would be too much to mark.
Mtbr: Tell us more about the course and what people can expect.
Dave Wiens: It's a lot of singletrack. Not all singletrack. But a lot. And a lot of that is fairly technical trail that's connected by fast, flowy sections. Basically you spend the day going from short sections of granite rock problems to fast flowy fun. So if, or maybe it's when you get discouraged, just know that it wont last too long. But it's definitely a course that keeps people engaged from start to finish. There are only a few road sections, and usually you'll be pretty happy when you get to them because it'll give you a chance to relax for a minute and get a drink.
Don't forget to look around either. A lot of our racers come from [Colorado's] Front Range where you spend most of the time riding in the forest. Hartman Rocks isn't like that at all. It's high desert with amazing long-distance views. You can literally see for miles in all directions. It's a really unique riding experience.
Mtbr: How about the charitable element of this race.
Dave Wiens: Yeah, all the money goes to fund Gunnison Trails, our local trail advocacy organization. That means maintaining trails, proposing new trails like the one from Gunnison to Crested Butte that we are working on, that kind of thing. This event is the lifeblood of Gunnison Trails, probably about 60-percent of our annual budget comes from entry fees to this race.
It's also really important to our community. Before this race there just wasn't much going on here. Now this kicks off our summer season. The KOA campground sells out, the hotels do well, the restaurants have their first real busy weekend. Analysis done by the city says it's about a $1 million impact, so the community is really getting behind it.
Wiens is a force in the local trail building community.
Mtbr: The event always sells out. Why not expand beyond the 350-rider-per-day cap?
Dave Wiens: You know we could probably get the Forest Service to allow us 500 per day, but that would just be too many because there is too much singletrack and the racing experience would suffer. We don't want that.
Mtbr: What's the bike of choice?
Dave Wiens: Well, I may be the wrong person to ask because I've been a hardtail guy for so long. But probably the lightweight full suspension is the way to go for most people. It's definitely a race bike course unless you are just out there to have fun and don't mind pushing a little bigger bike. A 29er probably makes a lot of sense, too. There's tons of smooth, flowy stuff, and then with the 29er it's a lot easier to roll through stuff, those cantaloupe sized rocks. I'd go with a slightly bigger tire, too. There are some sharp rocks out there so it's a gamble to run super light tires.
Mtbr: Hydration pack or bottles?
Dave Wiens: That's all personal preference, whatever you are used to. I'd run bottles, but you'll see a lot of people out there with packs on. If you do run a pack, there's a chance that the volunteers at the Skull Pass aid station will tell you to drop your pack when you pass the first time, then they'll fill it and give it back when you pass back through about two miles later. So if you can go without your pack for those few miles, that could save you some time.
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Mtbr: What about the halfway point drop bags? What do people put in those?
Dave Wiens: Honestly I've seen it all. Parts, tools, sandwiches, small coolers with sodas. So again, it's just whatever you think you're going to need out there at the halfway point of the race.
Mtbr: What will be available at the aid stations?
Dave Wiens: Main things will be product from Honey Stinger and Acli-Mate (hydration drink). There will also be peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, bananas, water. And usually there will be people that go out there and do their own thing, passing up bacon, maybe beers, though that's probably not a great idea.
We'll also have a few mini-aid stations that are just Acli-Mate and water, so basically for the 64-miler there will be liquid every 7-8 miles, and you'll pass full aid stations at miles 15 and 17 at Skull Pass, and 30 at Hartman Rocks base area, then again at 43 and 45, and then 61 back at the base area.
Mtbr: Any final words of wisdom?
Dave Wiens: Get ready to have some fun. It's mountain bike racing at its finest.
Note: Check back to Mtbr.com after the long weekend for updates on all the action, plus a first person account from Features Editor Jason Sumner, who will be doing his best to make all the time cut-offs in Sunday's Full Growler.


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If you regularly take long journeys in your car it is best to be prepared for the worse. As we approach winter not only is it getting dark quicker but you may also have to battle with heavy rains and even snow.
Investing in a car breakdown kit or car emergency kit could turn out to be one of the best decisions you have ever made.
If you're a taxi driver than it's a legal requirement that you carry a first aid kit and fire extinguisher in your vehicle at all times, even warning triangles could help save lives in the unfortunate even of an accident.
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Nothing mixes well with drinking and driving—even poorly executed but well intentioned compassion for animals. 29-year-old Andrew Caswell didn't know what to do after he hit a deer with his car last week in Greene, NY. After an argument with his three passengers about what to do with the deer, Caswell decided to drive the deer to the hospital.
Although this sounds like a humane and rational thing to do there were a few problems with Caswell's plan—he was drunk and the hospital was of the human variety. When Caswell got pulled over on his way to the hospital he blew a 0.16—twice the legal limit in NY. Unfortunately when the police officer that pulled Caswell over found the deer in the trunk it was already dead.
According to the Associated Press although Greene Police Chief Todd Baxter found Caswell's attempts to save the animal commendable "driving while intoxicated will not be tolerated."
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Gracias Simone Ortega
One of the brightest lights in the culinary world, 89-year-old Spanish cookbook author Simone Ortega, died Wednesday in Madrid. Her award-winning book "1,080 Recipes" (originally titled 1,080 Recetas de Cocina) is like the Spanish answer to the Italian compendium The Silver Spoon or the seminal American cook-o-pedia The Joy of Cooking. Ortega's book sold over 3 million copies in 49 printings.
The comprehensive compilation of Spanish home recipes, from basic to elaborate is one of the most dog-eared cookbooks on my shelf. I believe I'll make myself a tortilla de patatas and pop a bottle of rioja to toast her.
Maybe you should, too. Here's her recipe. I use russet potatoes, which work beautifully:
Tortilla de patatas a la espanola
Makes 6 servings
2 1/4 cups sunflower oil
2 1/4 pounds potatoes, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
8 eggs
2 tablespoons of olive oil
Heat the sunflower oil in a skillet. Add the potato slices and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly browned. Season with salt, remove from the skillet and drain well. Beat the eggs vigorously with a pinch of salt in a large bowl for 1 minute. Add the potato slices and stir with a fork. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Pour in the egg mixture and cook, gently shaking the skillet occasionally, until the underside is set and lightly browned. Invert the omelet onto the pan lid or a plate, then gently slide it back into the skillet, cooked side up. Cook, gently shaking the skillet occasionally, until the underside is set and golden brown. Serve immediately.


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In the business world, praise is powerful and underutilized. From a management perspective, it requires minimal effort and no cost yet can be a highly effective motivator.
Studies repeatedly show that a sizable percentage of the work force is "disengaged" - not committed to their employer and therefore not highly productive. (A recent Dale Carnegie National Survey, for example, placed the number of "engaged" employees at 29% and "disengaged" employees at 26%, with the rest somewhere in the middle – meaning that, for a variety of reasons, barely over one-quarter of employees are working at full productive capacity.)
During my own career in management I was involved in many employee engagement surveys, both as an employee taking surveys and a member of a management team communicating results and implementing changes that might be forthcoming. One thing that repeatedly struck me was the persistence with which employee recognition always ended up as one of the top issues. When it came to being recognized, employees never got enough.
Recognition of course can take many forms: It can be monetary, it can be a formal performance-related program, or it can be simple words of praise or encouragement from a manager. Companies tend to spend a great deal of time setting up fairly complicated recognition programs… but my own perspective is that what is really needed are well-trained managers who provide praise, where appropriate, on a regular basis.
Naturally praise shouldn't be dispensed carelessly when not deserved. That helps no one and only undermines managerial credibility. But again, in my experience the business issue was never too much praise, but too little.
Following are four extraordinarily simple reasons why it doesn't pay for management to be parsimonious with praise.
1. It costs nothing. Unlike many bonus programs, which can have a huge price tag (and of course are highly valued too), the cost of verbal praise is always the same: zero dollars and zero cents.
2. It requires little effort. "Thank you," "Great job," "I really appreciated your work on that project…" take less than 10 seconds to say. Maybe at most a couple minutes when you include some related follow-up conversation. (Again, my assumption of course is that the praise is deserved or you wouldn't be giving it.) In any event, a most modest investment of managerial time and energy.
3. It makes employees feel good. Always preferable from a productivity standpoint to have employees feeling good, and not underappreciated and resentful.
4. When employees feel good, they work harder. Feeling valued is effective motivator - positive morale raises energy levels right away.
Hey, I never said this was rocket science: The fact that it's so fundamental, and the benefits so greatly outweigh the costs, make it so surprising that organizations get it so consistently wrong. (See Dale Carnegie study cited above.) Study after study, including the one just noted, show that the single most important factor influencing employee engagement levels is an employee's relationship with his or her direct supervisor. Given this reality, the quality of that relationship is of crucial importance.
However the relationship develops, and regardless of the nature of the business, it's in everyone's interest to make thoughtful praise a key component of the managerial mix.
This article first appeared at PsychologyToday.com.
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Victor is author of The Type B Manager: Leading Successfully in a Type A World (Prentice Hall Press).


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New York, NY – April 10, 2013 — Syfy is joining creative forces with Fox Television Studios, Academy Award©-winning director/producer Robert Zemeckis, producers Jack Rapke and Jackie Levine, and feature film writing team John Brancato and Michael Ferris (Terminator Salvation, The Game) to develop the series project No Place, it was announced today by Mark Stern, President of Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. Zemeckis and Rapke are executive producers along with Brancato and Ferris who will write the pilot.
Circle of Confusion will also produce the project with David Alpert (The Walking Dead) and Rick Jacobs as executive producers. Matt Hawkins and Marc Silvestri serve as executive producers for Top Cow.
In No Place, residents of a high-tech gated community awaken one morning to find themselves alone and cut off from the rest of reality – nothing exists beyond the community's walls. Only one man has contact with the powers responsible for what is known as "The Rift," and he must lead his fellow residents beyond the void to discover the truth.
"We are very excited to be in business with this amazing A-list team," said Stern. "We look forward to them bringing their high-quality feature-level sensibility to this taut sci-fi drama."
No Place is based on the Top Cow comic book "The Test" by Matt Hawkins and Joshua Hale Fialkov, with illustrations by Rahsan Ekedal.
Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, and Steve Starkey formed their company ImageMovers in 1998. Primarily focused on theatrical motion pictures, their first feature was the critically acclaimed Cast Away, directed by Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Recently, the partners executive produced the film Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Shawn Levy, as well as the Showtime series The Borgias, starring Jeremy Irons. Their most recent film, Flight, directed by Zemeckis, and starring Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle and John Goodman, opened in theaters to high critical praise in November 2012, with Washington subsequently earning an Academy Award nomination. In 2012 Zemeckis and Rapke forged a first-look deal with Fox Television Studios to develop and produce original programming for cable.
John Brancato and Michael Ferris have co-written numerous hit feature films including Terminator Salvation starring Christian Bale, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Surrogates starring Bruce Willis, and David Fincher's The Game starring Michael Douglas.
Marc Silvestri is the founder and CEO of Top Cow and is a partner in Image Comics. Matt Hawkins is the president of Top Cow which has previously produced the feature film Wanted and the television series Witchblade, both based on the company's popular comic book properties.
Fox Television Studios currently produces the hit series Burn Notice, in its sixth season, White Collar, which just wrapped its fourth season, and the upcoming Graceland, all for USA. The studio also produces FX's newest series, The Americans on FX, picked up for its second season, The Glades, in season four for A&E, The Killing, in production on its third season for AMC, the upcoming half-hour comedy series Maron for IFC, and the reality series Life Flight, premiering in early 2014 on TNT. FTVS' pilots include Sirens for USA, and Rita for Bravo. The studio also is in development and production internationally on various series and local-language programs in Europe and South America.
Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in more than 98 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)


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WALTHAM, Mass. — Brandeis University senior Kasey Dean (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug) scored a career-high 20 points this afternoon, but it wasn't enough to offset hot perimeter shooting from the visiting University of Chicago Maroons, who connected on 11-of-23 from beyond the arc to hand the Judges an 85-72 defeat in University Athletic Association women's basketball play today. Brandeis drops its second in a row after a six-game winning streak to fall to 12-10, 6-5 in the UAA. Chicago improve to 14-8, 8-3 UAA.
Dean scored nine of her career-high 20 in the first half and had 11 in the second. She connected on 7-of-12 from the field and 6-of-8 from the line. Also reaching double figures for the Judges were sophomore Niki Laskaris (Swampscott, Mass./Swampscott), who tallied 13 off the bench, including 11 in the second half. Laskaris hit 6-of-12 from the floor with a 3-pointer – the Judges' only trifecta of the day. Rookie guard Paris Hodges (Southampton, N.Y./Southampton) added 12 points on 4-of-4 from the field and 4-of-7 from the line. She also tied for game-high honors with four assists.
Brandeis senior Nicolina Vitale (Clinton Township, Mich./Chippewa Valley) had a team-high seven rebounds, while senior Janelle Rodriguez (Peabody, Mass./Peabody Veterans) and rookie Maria Jackson (Rochester, N.Y./Hilton) had six each as the Judges owned a 39-34 advantage on the glass. Rodriguez also led all players with three steals.
Chicago offset Dean's 20-point performance with five different players scoring in double figures and their hot 3-point shooting. Despite getting outshot from the floor, 48% to 44%, the Maroons nailed 48% from 3-point range (11-23), compared to just 8% for the Judges (1-13). Two UC players tied for team-high scoring honors, as junior Ellie Greiner (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Acad.) and senior Julie Muguira (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) each had 15 points. Greiner was perfect shooting on the day, hitting all five of her attempts from beyond the arc. Muguira was 4-of-9 overall, 3-of-6 from downtown and 4-of-4 from the line. Chicago senior Maggie Ely (Hillsdale, N.J./Pascack Valley) and sophomore Paige Womack (Plano, Texas/Plano West) each scored 13 points, with Ely hitting 2-3 from downtown, while Womack was the only UC player in double digit scoring without a 3-pointer. Junior Claire Devaney (Washington, D.C./St. Andrews) finished with 12 points and one from long range.
Devaney, Womack and Greiner matched Vitale for game-high honors with seven rebounds, while Devaney and Muguira also had four assists for the visitors. The 85 points scored by the Maroons was the second-highest total allowed by the Judges this season, surpassed only by the 97 they surrendered on January 19 in Chicago. UC hit 10 3-pointers in that game as well.
Brandeis never led in the contest, as Chicago hit on four 3-pointers in the first 10 minutes take an 18-10 lead. The Maroons led by as many as 11 points in the first half before a Laskaris jumper with eight seconds before the break cut the deficit to 36-28 headed into the locker room. Dean and Greiner each had nine points before the break, with Ely and Womack both adding seven for the visitors. Chicago then opened the second half on a 14-6 run over the first four minutes. They took a 50-34 lead at the 15:58 mark on Greiner's fourth long bomb of the day, and the Judges never got within single digits the rest of the way. The Maroon lead ballooned to as many as 23 on a Devaney traditional three-point play before Brandeis closed the game on a 16-6 run to get within the final margin of 13.
The Judges return to the road in the UAA next weekend to travel to the University of Rochester on Friday night at 6 p.m. and to Emory next Sunday at 2 p.m.


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Greening Global Value Chains: Some Implementation Challenges
24 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Date Written: September 1, 2013
The paper aims to highlight some of the most important implementation issues associated with the greening of global value chains with special attention given to how public policies and business strategies can support each other in meeting the challenge, particularly in developing countries. This requires a systemic view of global value chains that includes downstream supply chains and explicitly takes into account the relationships between regular members (raw materials providers, component manufacturers, and assembly plants, notably) and their clean-tech suppliers. It also involves a careful description of the business landscapes of global value chains as well as reliable environmental metrics and data, carefully examining how these can be shared among global value chain members and their stakeholders. Certain incentives must be set within member firms and throughout the supply chain and this involves reviewing managerial practices -- monitoring and auditing of environmental performance, compensation and rewards, transfer prices, task design and allocation, decision making processes, employee selection and training, and organizational culture -- and framing outsourcing contracts appropriately. To be effective, however, these initiatives need to be encouraged by credible national policies (which include environmental but also social policies targeting informal businesses) and international agreements, revealing disclosure programs, and a vigilant civil society. On a global level, the coordination of business and public policies is crucial as the greening of a global value chain will certainly work best if its members and stakeholders move in tandem.
Keywords: Environmental Economics & Policies, E-Business, Labor Policies, Climate Change Economics, Markets and Market Access
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This last Christmas break our family decided to put new batteries into the Wii Balance Board (what you stand on to weigh-in and play Wii Fit) so we could play it once again. If you've ever used a Wii Fit, you know the program starts each time by weighing you. It calculates your weight, and together with your height, gives you a BMI (body mass index) score. Then it lets you set a goal — the amount of weight you want to lose in whatever length of time you enter. Each time you start it up you can weigh in to check your progress. I decided not to bypass the weigh-in, curious about how my weight changed over a year's time. Turns out I weighed exactly the same! I breathed a sigh of relief. It's a lot harder to maintain my weight as I turn forty than it was in years past.
In high school, I ran cross country and long distance track events so I kept quite slender. In the years after graduation I continued to run and exercise. So when researchers and medical professionals talk about the high percentage of those who suffer with psoriasis and obesity, I usually ignored them. However, I decided to look into the issue of obesity as it affects many of my fellow psoriatics and may affect me later in life as I settle into a more sedentary lifestyle (i.e., couch and chair potato in front of a screen!).
You can use the Everyday Health BMI calculator to check if your weight is in the normal range or not. It calculates a ratio of your weight to your height. A person my height, 5 foot 10 inches, should weigh between 132 and 167 pounds (or BMI 18.5 to 25) to maintain a normal BMI. I am around BMI 22-23, so I'm okay. In high school I was probably about BMI 19, so these past 20 years I've gained maybe 20-25 pounds.
How much weight people with psoriasis have gained since turning eighteen actually helped researchers understand whether psoriasis causes obesity or vice versa. It's pretty well established that the two are linked, but how? According to one study, most psoriasis patients had healthy BMI's at age 18 or when psoriasis first appeared, but 71% became overweight or obese AFTER turning 18 or acquiring psoriasis. They concluded that obesity comes as a consequence of having psoriasis.
I kept digging around the Internet and found out that researchers discovered those with psoriasis have higher levels of the protein leptin which "fat cells produce. . [and] helps control food intake, body weight, and fat stories, and has been linked to immune and inflammatory responses". Here's the takeaway from their study:
The authors hypothesize that the elevated leptin levels may have more than one source: "Body weight loss has been reported to significantly decrease leptin levels and improve insulin sensitivity and may reduce the likelihood of developing metabolic syndrome and adverse cardiovascular diseases," they write. "Body weight loss could potentially become part of the general treatment of psoriasis, especially in patients with obesity.
Looks like those of us with psoriasis have a tendency toward weight gain, and that weight gain can bring on other health complications. The hard part, I feel, is that psoriasis can bring about low self-image, low emotional states (depression), and a sense of hopelessness. When I feel any combination of these three, I EAT, EAT, EAT. Eating for me soothes jangled nerves and brings comfort. Some might also drink, drink, drink to dull the pain. Neither appears to be a good way to manage the inevitable physical and emotional pain that psoriasis brings on. And who wants to exercise when you've got a bag of chips and a movie to watch? More and more news shows that psoriasis sufferers definitely have more than a skin rash to contend with.
Have you struggled with keeping the weight off since turning 18 or the onset of psoriasis? What have you tried to manage your weight?


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Sao Paulo GRAND SLAM | 8 - 13 October 2013
São Paulo, Brazil, October 11, 2013 – While the countries may have been expected to be in the final four, the specific teams for Brazil and the United States weren't as they and teams from Latvia and Spain will meet in the semifinal and bronze medal matches Saturday at the $440,000 FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam double-gender tournament as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is back in Brazil for the 27th consecutive year.
With the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour resuming in South America this week after a six-week hiatus, Saturday's schedule includes the semifinals and bronze medal matches in each gender. The gold medal matches in each gender of the ninth 2013 FIVB Grand Slam event will be played Sunday morning. The event being held for the first time in São Paulo the purpose-built site is located on the expansive grounds of Parque Villa Lobos on the west side of the massive city.
Earning spots among the men's final four teams in the tournament are Brazil's second-seeded Pedro Salgado/Bruno Schmidt, Latvia's third-seeded Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Spain's fifth-seeded Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira and USA's 18th-seeded Phil Dalhausser/Casey Jennings.
In the first two quarterfinal matches, Spain's Herrera/Gavira outlasted USA's 20th-seeded Nick Lucena/Ryan Doherty, 21-17, 17-21, 15-12 in 47 minutes and Latvia's Samoilovs/Smedins stopped Poland's 19th-seeded Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, 21-16, 21-16 in 34 minutes.
In the final quarterfinals of the day, USA's Dalhausser/Jennings upset their fourth-seeded American compatriots Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson in twin sets, 21-10, 21-17 in 32 minutes and Brazil's Salgado/Schmidt defeated Brazil's seventh-seeded Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego in two sets as well Friday night under the lights, 21-19, 21-12 in 34 minutes.
After their losses in the quarterfinals late on Friday afternoon, USA's Lucena/Doherty, Poland's Kantor/Losiak, USA's Gibb/Patterson, and Brazil's Alison/Emanuel will leave São Paulo with official fifth-place finishes and $10,000 per team in prize money.
After their quarterfinal victories, meeting in Saturday morning's semifinals will be Spain's Herrera/Gavira meeting USA's Dalhausser/Jennings followed by Brazil's Salgado/Schmidt battling with Latvia's Samoilovs/Smedins on the São Paulo center court.
While USA's Dalhausser and Spain's Herrera/Gavira are both Olympians, the Dalhausser/Jennings team is a huge surprise as Dalhausser's regular teammate Sean Rosenthal withdrew from the tournament last Saturday, journeyman Jennings gladly accepted the opportunity to not only play but to watch his wife Kerri Walsh Jennings earn a spot in the women's final four here in the FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam.
The other semifinal is a match made in beach volleyball heaven as Brazil's Salgado/Schmidt and Latvia's Samoilovs/Smedins are locked in a tight battle in not only the FIVB World Rankings but also the 2013 FIVB World Tour/FIVB Open point standings. This will be the third meeting this year on the FIVB World Tour between the two teams and Salgado/Schmidt hold a 2-1 series edge. Their last meeting On June 6 in Hague, Netherlands, was the gold medal match won by the Brazilians.
Looking forward to Saturday's semifinal match against Brazil's Salgado/Schmidt, Samoilovs commented, "Finally we'll play on the center court. Brazil is the center of the Beach Volleyball world. Definitely it will be a tough match, but we'll try our best. We're in a big fight with the Brazilian teams for the FIVB season title and FIVB World Rankings. We have to fight for every point in every game."
Countering the remarks made by Samoilovs, Salgado said, "The Latvian team is beating everybody and we'll chase them. We're having a good tournament, but we can't arrive here tomorrow and not play at the same high level. That's why we need to prepare ourselves and do a good job once again. We'll have the fans on our side, supporting us. They will be like a third player, and we're going to play even together."
After their losses in the quarterfinals late on Friday afternoon, USA's Lucena/Doherty, Poland's Kantor/Losiak, USA's Gibb/Patterson, and Brazil's Alison/Emanuel will leave São Paulo with official fifth-place finishes and $10,000 per team in prize money.
After their losses in the Round of 16 mid-day on Friday, leaving São Paulo with official ninth-place finishes are: Germany's 16th-seeded Sebastian Dollinger/Lars Fluggen, Germany's ninth-seeded Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Russia's 12th-seeded Konstantin Semenov/Yaroslav Koshkarev, Chile's 25th-seeded Marco Grimalt/Esteban Grimalt, Poland's 10th-seeded Mariusz Prudel/Grzegorz Fijalek, Italy's 27th-seeded Alex Ranghieri/Andrea Tomatis, Italy's 11th-seeded Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo and Kazakhstan's 14th-seeded Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko.
17th PLACE FINISHERS
With their losses in the Round of 24 Friday mid-morning, leaving São Paulo with official 17th-place finishes are: Netherlands' 23rd-seeded Jon Stiekma/Christiaan Varenhorst, Austria's 15th-seeded Lorenz Petutschnig/Alexander Horst, Germany's 17th-seeded Mischa Urbatzka/Markus Bockermann, Norway's 22nd-seeded Iver Horrem/Christiaan Varenhorst, Austria's 13th-seeded Robin Seidl/Alexander Huber, Brazil's 28th-seeded Thiago Santos/Oscar Brandao, Switzerland's 24th-seeded Alexei Prawdzic/Sebastian Chevallier and Brazil's top-seeded Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho. The first round of the final 24 teams saw the second and third place teams from the eight pools face off.
São Paulo PURSE
This year's FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam will have the semifinals and bronze medal matches for both genders on Saturday and the gold medal matches for both on Sunday. The gold medal teams in each gender in the FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam will each split $33,000, the silver $22,000, the bronze $16,500 and fourth place $12,900.
The FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam marks the 35th time that Brazil has hosted a men's and 30th time Brazil has hosted a women's FIVB international beach volleyball world tour event. Brazil has staged a FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event every year since the start of the international circuit for men in 1987 and women in 1992. It is also the 295th FIVB World Tour men's tournament and 257th women's tournament.
The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is comprised of 10 Grand Slam events and the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Not part of the World Tour but counting towards FIVB points/earnings are five Open events (four double-gender tournaments and one women-only). The last of 10 FIVB World Tour Grand Slams will be the 2013 Grand Slam schedule will now end in China Oct. 22-27 at the double-gender $440,000 FIVB Xiamen Grand Slam.
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