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Polly Campbell's top barbecue joints
Originally published June 18, 2013
Back in the 1950s, Ted Gregory opened a bar in Montgomery and started serving pork ribs doused with his wife Matula's sauce. It was a ticket to success for the couple, and Ted soon became known as the Ribs King.
Montgomery Inn grew steadily, until the main restaurant and its second location, the Boathouse, were both eventually on the list of the 100 top-grossing independent restaurants in the country. Those ribs -- and the pulled pork and chicken -- were barbecue because they were served in barbecue sauce.
Over in Kentucky, Walt's Hitching Post served a different kind of ribs: cooked in front of a wood fire, with a different texture and sauce. (There was a time when your allegiance and your dinner night out belonged either to Walt's or Montgomery Inn.)
Then there were also guys doing barbecue their way in parking lots and driveways -- cooking ribs over charcoal fires and serving them with sauce and a few pieces of white bread. Back in the '80s, when I first got to Cincinnati, I enjoyed ribs from small joints in Walnut Hills and Madisonville. (Does anybody remember the one in Walnut Hills that had a number for a name and the one in Madisonville that had two letters for a name?)
Then the wave of "real" barbecue came to Cincinnati as people began to appreciate the methods of pitmasters who used old-fashioned techniques to smoke ribs and meats, slowly cooking and infusing them with wood smoke. That method, native to other parts of the country such as Memphis and Kansas City, became codified in barbecue contests and "competition" cooking. A whole new cultish appreciation has built up around that style, and the super-tender Montgomery Inn ribs that are all about the sauce became a little passe. (Well, among a certain crowd. They're not in the top 100 anymore but surely are still No. 1 in Cincinnati.)
Restaurants can now smoke barbecue in big commercial smokers that use gas for heat and wood for smoke, often with good results. But the purists are onto something with their love for the "artisan" barbecuers that use wood for both heat and smoke, and serve their meats in casual style: no menus and servers.
Barbecue in Cincinnati now covers the range. Walt's is back. The "ribs kings" for this new barbecue world are Elias Leisring and Drew Simmons of Eli's, but it's a different world they reign over.
(Note: Can we go a little easier on the sugar, people? Some barbecue meals are sweeter than a banana split. I've had barbecue sauce as sweet as syrup, coleslaw that tastes more like sugar than cabbage, and baked beans that could be mistaken for candy -- and not in a good way. And the cornbread! It's not supposed to be yellow cake; it's dinner, not dessert.)
Here are my favorite barbecue joints.
Eli's is about to get itself into a "No one goes there anymore -- it's too crowded" situation.
People LOVE this place. Partly, it's the presentation. $5 for a sandwich, $8 for a dinner. Picnic tables and a lawn outside. Its out-of-the-way location that makes every customer feel like he or she just discovered it.
But the 'cue is solid: unsauced ribs with a dry rub that combines a grainy sweetness with a spicy kick, tender turkey, and pulled pork that seems just pulled out of the smoker. Just don't go on a Saturday night, when the crowds pack the cozy restaurant.
3313 Riverside Drive, Columbia-Tusculum. 513-307-8318; http://elisbarbeque.com
Matt Cuff started out as a hobbyist competition barbecuer in South Carolina. Then he started selling from a truck. Now, he's got a cozy little place on a corner in Newtown, where you might see him outside chopping maple and cherry or pulling ribs from his wood-burning smoker. (Watch our video of his 'cue technique.)
His pulled pork is deeply smoky, pulled into big shreds, and the neatly cut St. Louis-style ribs are smoked with a rub redolent of warm spices like cinnamon, cloves, and a bigger hit of cumin than usual, but less sugar. In general, Cuff gets my vote for his restraint with sugar. His coleslaw is a little sweet but balanced out with a bracing tartness.
6901 Valley Ave., Newtown. 513-827-0722; www.justqin.com
If you like smoked brisket over pulled pork, it's a harder task to find the good stuff. It can easily be tough and chewy, or if it's tender, it's tasteless.
Velvet Smoke has it down. This is another place that got its start in competition, with a team that competes on the professional circuit and has done quite well. Now they have a little stall at Findlay Market, and are at the Wyoming and Madeira farmers' markets.
This pulled pork, with thick-shredded slaw piled on top, should be second on your list.
Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., 513-304-1670; www.velvetsmokebbq.com
The smell on Sharon Road is the best advertisement for this establishment. Owner Jim Emmig is another guy whose love of meat over smoky wood led him to a second career.
I love the St. Louis ribs, whose meat has a hard time deciding whether it wants to come off with your bite or stay stuck to the bone, and has both meltingly tender parts and crispy, burned bits. It's sauced before serving, but not drowned in it.
The pulled pork, in big shreds, tastes like it was particularly delicious when it came out of the smoker, but has lost a little something while it waited to be served up.
2343 East Sharon Road, Sharonville. 513-771-4888; www.jimdandybbq.com
This is a full-scale restaurant built around smoked meats.
I was impressed by a plate of tender brisket and pulled pork that tasted fully porky.
They have three sauces you add yourself at the table -- I'm fond of their Memphis sauce: light-bodied, spicy, and not so sweet. They also do an unusual mustard slaw and offer mashed potatoes with gravy as a side.
275 Pictoria Drive, Springdale. 513-671-7667; http://smoqbbq.com.
This is a commercial operation that maintains a feel for how barbecue ought to be done. Once a place becomes a chain, it's easy to automatically pooh-pooh it, but there's some solid food here:
I found the pulled pork a bit tasteless, but the ribs are meaty, with big shreds of pork pulling off with each bite, and the sauces are all good examples of their type. Their sides are generally very good: I like their cornbread better than anyone else's, mainly because it's the least sweet and has the most texture. The green beans are flat, with a meaty texture, and they do a fluffy Texas toast.
It's also, admit it, great to be able to go up to the counter, order a feast to go, and have it in your hands in less than 5 minutes. There are five locations in Cincinnati. www.citybbq.com
The defining characteristic of Montgomery Inn ribs is their soft, tender texture. Touch a fork to them, and they come off the bone, leaving the bone completely clean.
They come liberally covered with a sauce that tastes of tomato, sugar, and very light spices. It's not spicy at all, nor is it particularly smoky.
The shredded pork is shredded to a fine texture, almost fluffy, and mixed with sauce, but I find the brisket rather tough.
However, the Saratoga chips dipped in sauce are still a treat.
9440 Montgomery Road, Montgomery, 513-791-3482; 925 Riverside Drive, East End, 513-721-7427; 400 Buttermilk Pike, Fort Mitchell, 859-344-5333. www.montgomeryinn.com
The old classic in Fort Wright has been revived.
You can see the ribs hanging in front of a wood fire in the old smokehouse out in the parking lot. They're roasted out there, then finished in the oven. The ribs are baby backs, which are leaner and less forgiving. I like the way they're just barely glazed with sauce, but I find them a bit bland-tasting.
Their pork and chicken is done in smokers, and the chicken, especially, is beautiful, a burnished brown all over and nicely smoky. (And instead of those little wet-naps in a package, you get hot towels.)
3300 Madison Pike, Fort Wright, 859-360-2222, http://waltshitchingpost.com
This little spot on Short Vine is one of the too-sweet offenders, but I'll give them a break for their delicious sweetened fruit teas -- there were real raspberries in my raspberry tea.
They also serve something you don't see too often: turkey tips, meaty morsels in barbecue sauce.
2733 Vine St., Corryville. 513-376-8781; www.alabama-q.com.


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hi,i'm still a beginner in C++, below is a sample program n its output, i would like to know how do I limit the match recorded to only once? Refering 2 the 2nd line output it found a match at array1 element 1 and array2 element2. But it finds the same match again in the 3rd line output at array2 element2.
When a match is found, the scanning shouldn't repeat the matcher array1 and the matched at array2, it should proceed for the new next consequent array's element.
Thanx to anyone who would be able to shed some light in it.thanx alot.
#include <stdio.h>
#define MAX 5
int main(void)
int i, j, array1[5], array2[5];
array1[0] = '1';
array1[1] = '0';
array1[2] = '0';
array1[3] = '7';
array2[0] = '1';
array2[1] = '5';
array2[2] = '0';
array2[3] = '2';
for (i=0;i<MAX-1;i++) {
for(j=0;j<MAX-1;j++) {
if (array1[i] == array2[j])
printf("we found a match at array1 element %d and array2 element %d \n", i, j);
return 0;
Output screen:
we found a match at array1 element 0 and array2 element 0
we found a match at array1 element 1 and array2 element 2
we found a match at array1 element 2 and array2 element 2
thanx again

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HANOVER, N.H. – It was back on the road for the MIT crew teams this weekend as both the lightweight and heavyweight squads entered novice crews at the Dartmouth Green Monster on the Connecticut River in Hanover.
Rowing in a mixture of lightweight and heavyweight crews of varying experience, it was a solid showing for the novice MIT crews. MIT's heavyweight A boat turned in the best showing of the day for the Engineers, finishing 15th in the field of 24 with a time of 16:50.5 to finish ahead of crews from UMass, Harvard and Boston College. The heavyweight B boat was 24th with a time of 20:18.
MIT's lightweights were led by the A boat that placed 20th overall with a time of 17:51.7. The Engineers' B crew was just behind in 22nd with an effort of 18:16.6.
"We were definitely pleased with how they handled their first collegiate racing experience," said Jeff Forrester, MIT's Richard J. Resch '61 Freshman Lightweight Coach. "We look forward to a lot more learning and development in the coming months."
Both teams will close out their fall seasons on November 19 when they return to the Charles River for the Foot of the Charles competition.


text: If the title weren't already (sort of) taken, "There and Back Again" would be a fitting headline for the career of both Dave Wyndorf and his erstwhile epithet Monster Magnet. It's been a wild road for the man and band, emerging from the woods of New Jersey to achieve momentary super stardom, and finally settle into a career groove. Wyndorf, as ever, is making the music he wants, and after several long tours of Europe, the musician, songwriter and comic book aficionado is gearing up to return Stateside for the time in ten years. Following the release of the appropriately contemplative and personal "Last Patrol," Dave Wyndorf sat down with us to talk all things music, the current state of rock, Monster Magnet, comic books and Roger Corman. Read on:


text: Tone Chimes is offered to children Grade 3- Grade 8. The emphasis in this group is music reading, learning to follow the musical line, playing in an ensemble and becoming a good team member loyal to the tone chime group. Commitment for the entire year is important as each player is responsible for their two chimes. Students play at various times but especially during the Advent season to accompany the Advent Candle lighting liturgy. Tone Chimes meets in the Choir Room on the A-level at 4:15-4:45 PM on Wednesday afternoons. For more information contact Elissa Winkler at email@example.com


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One cupcake taster closed her eyes to savor every bite. Another chose to eat this as his first piece of cake in 3 months and did not regret the choice. I ate one fresh out of the oven and it was so good I was scared that frosting it would screw it up somehow. It didn't. It just made it even better! This may be my favorite cupcake yet.
I had to get that part out of the way. I have lots to say in this post and I didn't want anyone to not make it to the part where I expressed how much I loved these cupcakes!
This week's cupcake was inspired by the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana). Could the holy connection have anything to do with how good they ended up being? On Rosh Hashana it is a tradition to eat apples dipped in honey praying that God will grant us a sweet new year. Apples with honey are delicious on thier own. Give it a try if you have never done so. I turned one of my non-Jewish friends onto this and it became her son's favorite snack. The bride and groom are not Jewish, but they are getting married on the secular new year. Perhaps they would like it to be sweet with an apple and honey cupcake?
The Cake
The Frosting
I first discovered mead at The Greater St. Louis Renaissance Faire. It is technically an "alcoholic drink made from diluted honey and water, fermented by yeast." Essentially it is a honey wine and it is perhaps the 1st wine ever made. We happened to have an unopened bottle of mead sitting in our pantry and it seemed a perfect way to impart a honey flavor to the frosting without making it too sticky.
Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes with Mead Frosting and a Honey Swirl
Cupcake Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 C + 2 T sugar
- 2 C Flour
- 4 large eggs
- 1.5 C Applesauce unsweetened
- 1.5 t cinnamon
- 1 C finely chopped apples I used Fuji
Frosting Ingredients
- 1/4 C butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 T soy milk I'm sure you could use milk. I just happened to have soy milk in the house.
- 2 T Mead
Cupcake Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar, flour and eggs
- Stir in applesauce, cinnamon and apples
- Fill cupcake wrappers.
- Bake at 350 for 25 min.
- Eat some hot out of the oven before proceeding to frost the others. I thought they tasted just like apple pie filling.
Frosting Instructions
- Beat butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in soy milk and mead
The Honey Swirl
As I worked on creating my honey swirl, I began to feel like I was Goldilocks and had left my house to 3 bears. The bears, of course, were honey bears. When did honey start coming in bear format? Check these out! They even have bow ties.
- One bear's honey was too empty.
- The next bear's honey was also too empty.
- And the last bear's honey, well that was too empty too.
Why did Miss Goldilocks allow all her honey bears to reach such sad states? Probably, the same reason she left those 3 bowls of porridge on the table: she was in a hurry. It was too much work to get the honey out of the bottom of each bear. The problem with most of the bear shaped containers is that they can't be easily stored upside down.
Anyway, to speed up the honey removal, all 3 bears went into the microwave. The warm, more liquidy honey was poured right out of the bear to a decorating bag with a small tip and piped onto the cupcakes. Unfortunately, because the honey was still toasty, it often just melted into the frosting as opposed to making a defined swirl.
The good news was that everyone did live happily ever after because even the ones that didn't have the swirl looked neat and tasted great.
The moral of the story is to either
a) buy a new bear,
b) have more patience for the honey to come out of the bear, or
c) don't use bear honey at all.
St. Louis Bloggers
I've never worked a blog carnival before (Wikipedia has a great description of blog carnivals for those who have no idea what I'm talking about.). I wasn't planning on participating in this one either, but I had already made an apple cupcake and was planning on writing about it. So… count this as my carny entry.


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May lasts just two innings in Major League debut
Twins pitchers walk 11 A's batters in fourth straight loss
OAKLAND -- It was a forgettable Major League debut for right-hander Trevor May, who generated plenty of buzz among Twins fans heading into his first start.
But May lasted just two innings, issuing seven walks and allowing four runs, to put the Twins into a hole they couldn't recover from in a 9-4 loss to the A's on Saturday night at O.Co Coliseum.
May, ranked as the club's No. 8 prospect by MLB.com, was called up from Triple-A Rochester to make his highly anticipated big league debut against the A's, who have the best record in the Majors.
But May had trouble finding the strike zone, as only 28 of his 63 pitches went for strikes. He became just the second Twins pitcher to walk at least seven batters in two innings or fewer, joining Mike Cook, who walked seven in 1 2/3 innings on May 1, 1989.
"It was the case of a lot of things today," May said. "It was a lot of factors --some excitement, getting used to the ball. All kinds of stuff. But at the end of the day there's no excuses not making pitches when you need to and not executing."
It started out innocently enough for May, as his first pitch was a strike and resulted in an out with Coco Crisp popping out in foul ground. But Sam Fuld followed with a single before Josh Donaldson doubled and Brandon Moss walked to load the bases.
May walked Derek Norris to bring home a run, but was able to get out of the jam with the help of left fielder Josh Willingham, who threw out Donaldson at home as he tried to tag up on a fly ball from Josh Reddick.
The shaky first inning was harbinger of things to come, as May wasn't as fortunate in the second, walking five batters that inning and giving up three runs.
"The kid just had a hard time," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He couldn't gather himself. They took a lot of pitches and we walked a lot of people. That was pretty much the story. We couldn't throw the ball over. The kid had a hard time but he'll try again when it's his time the next time."
In the second, Donaldson brought home two runs with single after May issued three straight walks with two outs before Norris drew his second bases loaded walk of the game two batters later.
"After the first, I went in hoping to establish the strike zone in the second inning and wanted to get some quick hits," May said. "At that point it was a just a 1-1 game and I wanted to settle in. But I walked [Eric] Sogard and let it snowball a little bit. I got ahead of some guys and couldn't put them away."
Norris, who had five RBIs on the night, felt for May, as he understood his first-game jitters.
"All of us remember our debuts," Norris said. "Your brain can get scattered in several different ways. Some guys are able to harness it, and unfortunately the kid tonight, he just wasn't able to harness all the adrenaline, stuff that was going on."
May was able to get out of the inning without any further damage and was replaced by right-hander Samuel Deduno, who scuffled through three-plus innings in long relief. Deduno also had trouble with his control, walking three and allowing five runs on five hits.
All five runs allowed by Deduno came on homers, as Stephen Vogt connected on a two-run homer in the fifth and Norris crushed a three-run blast in the sixth.
"Sammy gave up a couple big ones but we tried to get through it as best as we could," Gardenhire said.
It backed A's right-hander Jeff Samardzija, who gave up two runs on seven hits over six innings to get his third win with Oakland since being traded from the Cubs in early July.
The Twins scored early on an RBI single from Trevor Plouffe in the first inning after Brian Dozier doubled with one out. Plouffe brought home the other run against Samardzija with an RBI groundout in the fifth.
Minnesota scored twice in the eighth against reliever Dan Otero, but it wasn't close to enough, and it handed the Twins their 12th straight loss to the A's dating back to Sept. 11, 2013. The last time the Twins lost 12 in a row to one team was in 2002-03, when they matched a club record by losing 13 straight to the Yankees.


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6 Ways to Profit from the "New Saudi Arabia of Energy"
Anyone searching for long-term gains in natural gas has been through an epic journey in the past year or so. From January 2011 to April 2012, natural gas prices fell an astounding 80%, dragging energy stocks down to new multi-year lows and creating big losses for many energy investors. Take a look at its descending trajectory in the chart below…
But even though on the surface this may look like a colossal failure, the reality is that this decrease is actually a reflection of the industry's success. Energy companies were so successful at extracting more gas from the ground that the market simply became oversupplied and prices crashed. It's simple economics. The supply/demand imbalance was exacerbated by an infrastructure that hasn't fully migrated to a wide-spread natural gas consumption.
But now, after a tough year and half for natural gas and energy stocks, the tide has begun to shift. And that has folks like Nathan Slaughter, editor of our Scarcity & Real Wealth newsletter, excited about the possibilities for investors.
After falling to a four-year low below $2 in April, natural gas has quickly rallied up more than 25% in the past six months. Take a look at the extended move lower and recent rebound…
#-ad_banner-#Rising prices or even price stability will have a positive effect on the energy industry in general. Old natural gas projects will consequently become more profitable while new projects will have less risk of reporting losses. In the meantime, as more electric utilities convert from coal to natural gas, the manufacturing infrastructure will start to increasingly demand more natural gas.
But the recent jump in natural gas prices is just a shadow of what's about to happen.
Simply put, the United States could soon become the new Saudi Arabia of the world in terms of energy production. In fact, The Associated Press just released a new report predicting the United States could soon pass Saudi Arabia as the world's largest energy producer because of its huge oil and natural gas reserves, and growing production capacities.
No wonder Nathan has called this the dawn of a "North American Energy Boom."
The Department of Energy is forecasting that U.S. production of crude and other liquid hydrocarbons, including biofuels, will average 11.4 million barrels per day next year. With Saudi Arabia projected to produce 11.6 million barrels, it's a virtual dead heat between the two countries. Further down the line, Citibank is projecting domestic production levels of 13 million to 15 million barrels by 2020, which would potentially be enough to dethrone Saudi Arabia as the energy king of the world.
If this prediction proves correct, then North American energy stocks will likely be in position for huge gains. There will be many different sectors and trends to profit from, but six stand out as the defining forces of the booming energy industry in the years to come.
|Integrated and majors
Large diversified energy companies are one of the most conservative ways to invest in energy. Having global businesses and multiple product and service lines, these integrated players such as Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) and Conoco Phillips (NYSE: COP) are more diversified and equipped to navigate volatility in one market or region of the world. Integrated energy companies also typically pay a dividend, an extra attraction in world on rock-bottom interest rates.
|Exploration and production
These are the companies that own, buy and lease land used to drill and explore fossil-fuel resources like crude oil and natural gas. This is one of the more aggressive methods of investing in energy, because the price of crude and natural gas heavily affects earnings and cash flows of exploration and production companies. This has weighed on industry leaders such as Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) and Anadarko Corp. (NYSE: APK), both down about 25% on the year for instance. But this volatility also means more upside as exploration and production companies provide solid leverage to rising crude and gas prices.
|Service providers
Service providers specialize in helping exploration and production companies extract crude and natural gas. This includes a wide range of services but most frequently consists of drilling services. Service provider's revenue is driven by capital spending from exploration and production companies, so the two have a strong correlation with each other. Service providers are more aggressive than integrated energy stocks but less aggressive than exploration and production.
|Basic materials
Selling consumable goods to energy companies extracting millions of barrels of oil and natural gas per year is a good business. The production process to bring crude and natural gas out of the ground is intense and requires a lot of specialty equipment and resources like sand, water, chemicals and other consumable goods. Carbo Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR) is one of my favorite stocks in this segment. Carbo sells ceramic proppant, a key ingredient used in the hydraulic fracturing boom hitting North America. The company's share price is down 41% this year, which has pushed Carbo deep into value territory.
This is a highly insulated industry. It's just not that easy or inexpensive to build an international network of pipelines capable of transporting millions of barrels of crude and natural gas every year. Pipeline companies such as Buckeye Partners LP (NYSE: BPL) and El Paso Pipeline Partner LP (NYSE: EPB), which are incorporated as limited partnerships, require them to pay out 90% of their earnings to shareholders. This creates a solid income stream for many investors.
There is a severe shortage of refining capacities in North America, considered to be a "bottle neck" in the production of gasoline and other consumable petroleum products. But regardless, refiners have had a huge year, driven by record crack spreads that made refining a barrel of crude very profitable. This has Western Refining (NYSE: WNR) up 86% on the year and industry competitor Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) up 42%. Looking forward, capacities remaining tight in the face of growing production should provide long-term pricing power.
Risks to Consider: The regulatory environment will play a critical factor in new drilling permits and total production levels. Although permits are back on the rise in the Gulf of Mexico, access to additional domestic energy resources in Alaska and the East Coast is still in question.
Action to Take –> In spite of the recent bounce, natural gas is still trading at historically low levels. Energy stocks look the same, trading near multi-year lows in spite of strong earnings and cash flows. As Nathan has pointed out to his Scarcity & Real Wealth readers, this makes now the perfect time to take a serious look at the group and select your favorite stocks.
P.S. — Although he is an expert in the area, oil and gas is far from the only arena Nathan Slaughter is profiting from. Scarcity & Real Wealth aims to profit from the rarest and most valuable assets on the planet — precious metals, agricultural commodities, energy, and other natural resources. These critical inputs are in short supply, yet worldwide demand is on the rise, making these assets some of the best investments on Earth. You can learn about one important supply/demand imbalance Nathan has found that will be making headlines next year by visiting this link (and without having to watch a lengthy video).


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enjoin(redirected from enjoins)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Financial, Idioms.
To direct, require, command, or admonish.
Enjoin connotes a degree of urgency, as when a court enjoins one party in a lawsuit by ordering the person to do, or refrain from doing, something to prevent permanent loss to the other party or parties. This type of order is known as an Injunction.
v. for a court to order that someone either do a specific act, cease a course of conduct, or be prohibited from committing a certain act. To obtain such an order, called an injunction, a private party or public agency has to file a petition for a writ of injunction, serve it on the party he/she/it hopes to be enjoined, allowing time for a written response. Then a court hearing is held in which the judge will consider evidence, both written and oral, listen to the arguments and then either grant the writ or deny it. If granted the court will issue a final or permanent injunction. A preliminary injunction or temporary injunction are orders made by the court while the matter is being processed and considered, based on the petition and any accompanying declarations, either of which is intended to keep matters in status quo (as they are) or prevent possible irreparable harm (like cutting trees, poisoning a stream, or moving out of the country with a child or money) until a final decision is made. (See: injunction)
enjoinverb abate, ban, bar, barricade, bid, block, bring to a standstill, cause to halt, charge, command, constrain, curb, decree, dictate, direct, disallow, disapprove, discountenance, embargo, exact, exhort, foil, forbid, forbid by law, forestall, frustrate, give orders, hamper, hinder, hold in check, impede, impose, impose a ban, impose a duty, immose a task, impose with authority, inhibit, insist on, instruct, interdict, issue an order, keep from happening, keep in bounds, lay under embargo, limit, make unlawful, not counnenance, not permit, oblige, order, place under interdiction, place under the ban, positively direct, preclude, prevent, prohibit by legal injunction, prompt, proscribe, put a stop to, put an end to, put under an injunction, put under an interdiction, put under embargo, put under the ban, quash, quell, repress, require, restrain, restrain by injunction, restrict, retard, rule, stem, stop, suppress, thwart
Associated concepts: permanent injunction, preliminary innunction, temporary injunction
See also: admonish, advise, arrest, assign, ban, bar, coerce, compel, condemn, debar, demand, detail, dictate, direct, enact, enforce, exact, exhort, expostulate, forbid, force, forestall, hinder, impose, inhibit, insist, interdict, necessitate, order, prescribe, press, prohibit, proscribe, request, require, restrain, stop
enjointo require a person to do, or refrain from doing, some act.
TO ENJOIN. To command; to require; as, private individuals are not only permitted, but enjoined by law to arrest an offender when present at the time a felony is committed or dangerous wound given, on pain of fine and imprisonment if the wrong doer escape through their negligence. 1 Hale, 587; 1 East, P. C. 298,304; Hawk. B. 2, c. 12, s. 13; R. & M. C. C. 93. 2. In a more technical sense, to enjoin, is to command or order a defendant in equity to do or not to do a particular thing by writ of injunction. Vide Injunction.


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By InsightAnalytical-GRL
Yes, 2011 has been a crazy year for the stock market…the European yo-yo has sure created thrills and chills, with market swings that defy the imagination. And, lest we forget the mind-numbing brinkmanship in Washington, D.C………
Will 2012 be any better? I'm not betting on it!
So, the graphic below will continue to serve as my "motto"…as the market re-opens on January 3, 2012.
Good trading to all, and to all a good night!
Source: this graphic came in an email and I really can't source it. Whoever did it…love it, thanks!
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Fazimoto necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 330 diseños de 64 diseñadores freelance.
We are a new startup getting ready to ramp up our marketing campaign and attract new business clients. We need a hip, energetic "techie" logo to complement those efforts, and we are putting a $400 bounty to whomever can capture that look. The logo will be used on our website, on business cards, and other marketing materials.
Smart Office of Texas
We are looking for a "symbol" type logo along with our company name. As a new startup we want to be easily identified and to stand out amongst our more traditional and conservative competition. We want to project an image of being hip, energetic, "younger", with big ideas and new ways of doing business. We are planning to use the winning logo on our website, on business cards, and on all marketing materials. Also, the symbol may be used as a favicon on the website as well, depending on scalability.
Our challenge as a company includes educating the business community about what exactly a virtual office is. A virtual office is something that gives the appearance of an established professional office while providing cost savings over a traditional leased office. For a small monthly fee, you are provided with a business address, a receptionist, and mail receiving services. We also provide conference rooms and offices or meeting spaces by the hour.
We have a basic logo designed right now at http://smartofficeoftexas.com/ You may use that as a reference point, or you may do something completely different. However, it needs to match the look and color scheme of the existing site design.
- Must match color scheme of existing website
- okay to use existing logo as reference
- would like to see with and without tagline: Evolving with business.
- emphasis on the words "smart office"
- simple is better
- clipart
- photos
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Daley takes Cabral's spot on roster
ST. PETERSBURG -- Matt Daley returned to the clubhouse of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Saturday just in time to glance at the television and see Cesar Cabral drill the Rays' Logan Forsythe in the back, earning an ejection from home-plate umpire Joe West.
Daley couldn't have known then that the hit-by-pitch would lead to him getting on a plane and suiting up again with the Yankees, but there he was in the visitors' clubhouse at Tropicana Field on Saturday, taking Cabral's spot on the big league roster.
"I think that everyone knows that when you come here, winning is the only thing, really," Daley said. "I know that they like [Cabral] a lot, they kept him around for a couple of years, and he's a great guy. That's the way baseball goes sometimes."
The Yankees signed Daley to a Major League contract and added him to the 25-man roster after Friday's game, designating Cabral for assignment. Daley went 1-1 with a save and a 5.40 ERA in four Triple-A appearances this season, striking out 13 in five innings with one walk.
"He competes really well. He has good command," manager Joe Girardi said. "He throws strikes. He attacks hitters. He threw well for us last September. He had a pretty good Spring Training for us, so that's why we went and got him."
Daley became the answer to a trivia question last September when he replaced Mariano Rivera after the all-time saves leader exited his final appearance. Daley attended camp this spring as a non-roster invitee, posting a 1.04 ERA with nine strikeouts in nine appearances, and was in the mix for a bullpen job almost until Opening Day.
"I think more than anything, September let me know that I could pitch in the big leagues again," Daley said. "I knew I could pitch in the Minor Leagues, so getting the success that I had last year, I think it made going into Spring Training this year and fighting for a job a lot easier."


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So, what makes this shaver so special? Well, firstly it has three independently moving cutting elements which adapt to facial contours, so it's really effective at cutting both long and short hairs. It also causes less irritation than regular shavers, meaning your boyfriend will have soft kissable skin for Valentine's Day.
This model boasts a sleek, black and blue design and has comfortable rubber grips which make it easy to hold. It's size, shape and weight are all ideal. The shaver also comes with a charger, dock and hard black zip-up case. My boyfriend will definitely be getting this for Valentine's Day (here's hoping he's not reading).
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Another option is to buy your boyfriend a sophisticated smelling Cologne. My older brother is a massive fan of Steel by Superdry, a refreshing fragrance with top notes of lime and bergamot and rich base notes of cedarwood and moss. Steel costs £29.50 per 40ml and is available to buy at all Superdry stores and superdry.com.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 14, 2010) - Several current and former ETSU baseball players have been enjoying success in their respective leagues this summer, as a couple of Buccaneers have garnered All-Star honors at the midway point.
Former ETSU standout Jeremy Hall of the Montgomery Biscuits was selected to the Double A Southern League All-Star game last week after posting a 3.35 ERA with a 4-5 record. Hall set a Biscuits' record with 35 straight scoreless frames. The Gray, Tenn. native is scheduled to make a start this weekend in Sevierville, Tenn. against the Tennessee Smokies.
Recent Kansas City Royal draft pick Chas Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) has been dominant in the Appalachian League for the Burlington Royals. Byrne has a 0.69 ERA after picking up two saves in six appearances. The local native has struck out 16 in 13.0 innings, and opponents are only hitting .140 against the right-hander.
Current Buccaneers Matthew Scruggs (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Skyler Barnett (Johnson City, Tenn.) participated in the New York Collegiate Baseball League Futures Game this week. Scruggs is hitting .324 with eight doubles, a home run and 21 RBI for the Oneonta Outlaws, while Barnett has been good defensively for the Geneva Redwings.
All-American Paul Hoilman (Johnson City, Tenn.) is doing well in the Cape Cod Baseball League as he has 16 hits including seven doubles and two home runs for the Cotuit Kettleers.
Juniors Derek Trent (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Bo Burton (Kingsport, Tenn.) have been playing well in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Trent is second on the Laconia Muskrats with a .274 average driving in 12 runs on six doubles and four home runs, while Burton is 1-2 with a 2.90 ERA and has a save for the Vermont Mountaineers. Kerry Doane (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) has also posted good pitching numbers for the Mountianeers with a 1.59 ERA, striking out five in 5.2 innings of work.
In the Coastal Plain league, newcomer John Long (Anderson, S.C.) has been hot recording a 2-2 record with a 2.45 ERA. Long has struck out 14 in 22.0 innings, while throwing a complete game.
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General Background. Coach Paul grew up in Connecticut playing youth basketball from 4th through 8th grade. He played 4 years of Varsity golf and hockey through high school. Michael graduated from St. Leo College, Florida where he played 4 years on the golf team however, he boasts meeting his wife Lisa, was his college highlight.
Michael and Lisa operate family owned commercial flooring and interior finishes business in Alexandria. They have 4 children. Their oldest daughter has recently joined the family business; his oldest son is a freshman at Marymount University where he plays Lacrosse and is currently in his 5th year as a NVJCYO referee. His younger son Riley and daughter Lindsey attend St. Thomas More in Arlington.
Coaching Experience. 2011 will be Coach Paul's fifthyear as a Matrix coach, all with the same group of players that will be 9th graders for the 2011 season. In the past he coached the 10U green in 2007 the 11U "Green Wave" in 2008, the 12U Black team in 2009 and the 13U Black team in 2010. The 13U Black team won the silver medal at the 2011 Potomac Valley District Championships and the team competed at D-II Nationals. In 2010, the 12U Black Team won the Silver Medal at the Potomac Valley AAU District's and participated in the AAU Nationals in Ft. Myer, Florida.
Michael started coaching CYO basketball in 1987 in the NVJCYO. He continues to coach in the CYO and has coached at St. Thomas More since 1998. He's coached girl's teams for 13 seasons and boys teams for 10 seasons. His teams have compiled 3 division championships, 2 league tournament championships, and 5 times runner-ups.
In 2010, Coach Paul coached at St. Thomas More with the junior boy's Division 2 team and the Varsity Girls Division 1 team. The Division 1 girls' team was Division 1 Champs in 2009. Coach Paul has coached four years in the Arlington Travel program. During the 2009-2010 season, Coach Paul coached the Arlington Avalanche Travel 14U/8th Grade team, which won the regular season championship and finished second in the post-season tournament.
In addition to coaching, Michael is the head of the CYO sports program at The Cathedral of St. Thomas More; he currently is the NVJCYO Varsity girl's league commissioner and has been a league commissioner the past 16 years.
Coaching Philosophy. Coach Paul works tirelessly on fundamentals, defense, team play, chemistry, hustle, and sportsmanship. His teams play pressure defenses and use it to create their offensive opportunities. He believes in allowing his players the opportunity to achieve an advanced level of play, a higher playing level than they may think they are capable of achieving. He emphasizes teamwork and being a good teammate at every practice and game. He's been fortunate with having players of all abilities, who are open minded, willing to put in a lot of hard work to get better.
For the fifth straight year, Coach Paul will be assisted by Coach Rich Boll.
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We're at the halfway point for Comic-Con, but the fun isn't slowing down.
Here's some of the biggest events on Saturday, July 14:
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," "Man of Steel" and "Pacific Rim"
News that the latest actor to inhabit Superman's red underwear - Henry Cavill - will appear today at Warner Bros. upcoming movie preview of "Man of Steel" had fans cheering in anticipation. But it's "The Hobbit" that fanboys and fantasy-freeks are really excited about. Set 60 years before the first "Lord of the Rings" film, the prequel follows Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he is swept along with the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) on a quest to reclaim a lost Dwarf kingdom from a fire-breathing dragon. Can't get more Comic-Con geeky than that!
What would you do without power? Produced by J.J Abrams ("Lost") and directed by Jon Favreau ("Iron Man" films), "Revolution" explores what a post-apocalyptic American landscape may look like. The full pilot (debuting Sept. 17 on NBC) will be screened and then followed with a panel featuring castmembers and behind-the-scenes creators.
Gays in Comics: 25th Year Celebrations!
The comic world's longest running panel gives itself a well-deserved pat on the back in 2012. 25 years ago creator and author Andy Mangels moderated the first panel covering queer comics to an audience of around 600-700 people. "Most of those attending the first year were just curious," says Mangels. Today, the panel draws around 3,000 people each year to discuss stories, characters and issues surrounding the community. And with the recent mainstream success of gay marriage issues of Northstar (Marvel) and "Archie," and the continuing lesbian storyline of DC's "Batwoman" once again the venue should be packed to the rafters.
"Iron Man 3"
Producer Kevin Feige and special guests (fingers crossed for Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow!) will offer fans a special look at the latest installment of the adventures of industrialist Tony Stark and his crime-fighting alter-ego. Currently filming, the movie was given an extra jolt of energy this year thanks to the box-office busting success of "The Avengers," in which Iron Man played a major role.
A Conversation with Bryan Fuller
The force behind "Pushing Daisies," "Heroes" and "Dead Like Me" will discuss his two most highly anticipated projects: "Mockingbird Lane" - the television reboot of "The Munsters," and "Hannibal" - a look at the early life of psychiatrist-turned-serial-killer Hannibal Lechter coming to NBC.


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For the second year in a row, Stanford has upset the BCS apple cart.
The No. 6 Cardinal used a powerful run game and a physical defense to beat No. 2 Oregon in Palo Alto, 26-20.
With the win, Stanford moves to 8-1 overall and 6-1 in the Pac-12, while Oregon falls to 8-1 and 5-1 in league play.
For about three-and-a-half quarters, this game was the province of the Cardinal ground game. Running back Tyler Gaffney carried the ball a career-high 45 times for 157 yards and a touchdown as Stanford punched the Ducks in the mouth over and over again. The Cardinal rushed for 274 yards and converted 14-of-21 third down conversions while holding the ball for an unbelievable 45:30.
Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan was efficient and killed the Ducks with timely scrambles. He was 7 of 13 for 103 yards and rushed for 57 yards and a score. The Cardinal didn't need him to do much more since they were in control for most of the game.
Ah, but what about the end?
When Cardinal placekicker Jordan Williamson hit his fourth field goal of the game to put Stanford up 26-0 with 11:40 to play, it looked like the Ducks were going to go quietly into the Northern California night. There was even talk of blanking Oregon, something that hasn't happened since 2007.
But Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, who struggled most of the game, suddenly came to life. He led Oregon on a 60-yard drive that culminated in a 23-yard touchdown pass to Daryle Hawkins. That made it 26-7 with 10:11 to play.
Oregon's onside kick failed and Stanford drove the ball to the Oregon 23-yard line and then Williamson lined up for his fifth field goal of the night. But the attempt was blocked and Rodney Hardrick returned it 65 yards for a touchdown and it was suddenly 26-13 after Mariota's 2-point conversion attempt failed.
The Ducks lined up for another onside kick and this time it worked. Oregon recovered and, seven plays later, had a first and goal at the Stanford 2-yard line with almost four minutes to play. It looked like Oregon had a chance to pull off a miracle comeback.
But this is where the Ducks' hopes died. While Oregon eventually scored on a fourth down play to make it 26-20, the Ducks ate up valuable time on the clock and, with one time out left, it wouldn't be able to get the ball back unless its next onside kick worked.
It didn't. Wide out Jeff Trojan recovered it and Stanford ran out the clock. Afterward, Stanford students stormed the field.
And it no doubt set off celebrations in Tallahassee and Columbus, as both Florida State and Ohio State's odds of making it to the BCS title game improved substantially tonight. When Sunday's BCS standings come out, we'll see FSU holding on to its spot at No. 2 behind No. 1 Alabama.
For Oregon, it's back to the drawing board. On the bright side, it won't have to face a Stanford defense of this caliber anytime soon as 15 of the 22 players on the Cardinal's defensive two-deep are seniors. Mariota's Heisman hopes took a big hit, though the late rally mitigated the damage somewhat, but he's going to need some help down the stretch to win his school's first Heisman.
As for Stanford, it's now in the driver's seat in the Pac-12 North and has an outside chance at crawling back into the BCS title hunt. If Alabama loses to LSU, Ohio State loses to Michigan or Michigan State and Baylor drops a game in the next month, it will be well-positioned to give the title tilt a physical presence — from the Pac-12, no less.


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The Football Association today confirmed it has written to Roberto Mancini and Harry Redknapp over their criticism of referees following Manchester City and QPR's St Stephen's Day defeats.
The FA sent letters to City boss Mancini and Rangers counterpart Redknapp requesting their observations on their post-match comments in the wake of their sides' respective matches against Sunderland and West Brom.
Mancini and Redknapp could both find themselves charged by the FA if their words are found to have amounted to improper conduct.
Mancini hit out at referee Kevin Friend following City's 1-0 defeat at the Stadium of Light, saying: ``Maybe the referee ate too much for Christmas.''
The Italian was particularly angry with what he felt was a foul on Pablo Zabaleta in the build-up to Adam Johnson's winner, saying it was "impossible two men couldn't see it" in reference to Friend and his assistant.
Redknapp, meanwhile, was furious with what he claimed were two "scandalous" decisions in QPR's 2-1 home defeat to West Brom.
The Rangers boss felt the Baggies' second goal should have been disallowed for a push on goalkeeper Robert Green and bemoaned the decision not to award his side a penalty when Liam Ridgewell appeared to handle the ball late on.
Redknapp said: "I asked the linesman how he didn't see that penalty – it was the most blatant handball you could wish to see but he said it was murky down there in that corner and he couldn't make it out.
"Maybe he should go to Specsavers. I thought they were both awful decisions. Scandalous decisions."


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Nectarine: The Hairless Peach
You may wonder what the difference is between peaches and nectarines. The answer is, not much! Nectarines are in the same family as peaches but are thought to contain a recessive allele (an alternative form of a gene) that results in smooth, fuzz-free skin. In fact, when a peach is cross-pollinated or self-pollinated, resulting seeds that carry the recessive allele for smooth skin will develop into nectarines, whereas the seeds that carry the dominant allele will become peaches. In essence, nectarines and peaches can be thought of as siblings. They belong to the same family but each have their own identity.
How it's grown
- The nectarine likely originated about 2,000 years ago in China.
- Over 90% of domestically grown nectarines are from California and are available from late April through late August. Chilean nectarines are available from late December through early March.
How to shop for it
- Look for fruit that is plump and fairly firm but not rock hard.
- Ripe nectarines will have a little give when gentle pressure is applied and a sweet smell.
- Look for smooth skin with a golden yellow color and pink or red "blush."
How to store it
- Nectarines can be left at room temperature over 2-3 days to ripen or can be placed in a brown paper bag to expedite ripening.
- Ripe nectarines should be stored in the crisper of a refrigerator or in a plastic bag in the coldest part of the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
How to prepare it
Nectarines can be used and prepared much like peaches. However, a nectarine will have a thinner skin and therefore does not need to be peeled.
Nectarines are a stone fruit, either freestone or clingstone, which means the pit or "stone" will need to be removed from the center of the fruit. The stone can be removed in one of two ways. For freestone fruits, cut the nectarine in half from top to bottom along the seam and lift out the stone. Another option is to cut the nectarine into quarters or eighths, cutting toward the pit and lifting off the sections. Cut next to the pit if the fruit will not pull away easily. Cut nectarines should be used immediately to avoid discoloration.
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- Nectarines can be added to fruit salads and salsas as well.
- Grill nectarines: cut them in half and remove the pits; brush them with vegetable oil and grill over medium to high heat for about 2-3 minutes per side.
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Though Barbra Streisand has won two Academy Awards, she's only performed at the ceremony once — nearly four decades ago. But today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed that Streisand will sing at this year's Oscars telecast on Sunday, Feb. 24. "In an evening that celebrates the artistry of movies and music, how could the telecast be complete without Barbra Streisand?" producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement. "We are honored that she has agreed to do a very special performance on this year's Oscars, her first time singing on the show in 36 years."
Streisand joins a slate of musical performers that already includes Adele, who will perform Skyfall's Oscar-nominated title song, and Norah Jones, who will perform the Oscar-nominated "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted. Oscar host Seth MacFarlane co-wrote the latter tune; chances are good that he'll also sing at some point during the evening. Tributes to movie musicals and the James Bond franchise, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, are planned as well.
When Streisand last took the stage at the Oscars in 1977, she performed "Evergreen," the love theme from A Star Is Born; she won an Original Song award that same night. Here's a clip of her performance:
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"Optimal design of a T1 super-resolution reconstruction experiment: a simulation study", 12th Annual Meeting of the ISMRM Benelux Chapter, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 2020.
"Super-resolution strategies for single-PLD pseudo-continuous ASL", 12th Annual Meeting of the ISMRM Benelux Chapter, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 2020.
"Brain ventricular volume changes induced by long-duration spaceflight", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116, issue 21, pp. 10531-10536, 2019.
"A deep learning approach to T1 mapping in quantitative MRI", 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine & Biology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, vol. 32 (Suppl. 1), no. S09.05: Magn Reson Mater Phy, 2019.
"Diffusion MRI fiber tractography of the brain", NMR in Biomedicine, 2019.
"Reproducibility and intercorrelation of graph theoretical measures in structural brain connectivity networks", Medical Image Analysis, vol. 52, pp. 56-67, 2019. Download paper (4.03 MB)
"Super-resolution T1 mapping with integrated motion compensation in a joint maximum likelihood framework", 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine & Biology (ESMRMB), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, vol. 32 (Suppl. 1), no. S14.05: Magn Reson Mater Phy, 2019.
"Brain Tissue–Volume Changes in Cosmonauts", New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 379, issue 17, pp. 1678 - 1680, 2018.
"Changes in intrinsic functional brain connectivity after first-time exposure to parabolic flight", 39th ISGP Meeting & ESA Life Sciences Meeting, 2018.
"Diffusion kurtosis imaging with free water elimination: a Bayesian estimation approach", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 80, issue 2, pp. 802-813, 2018. Download paper (1.93 MB)
"The role of whole-brain diffusion MRI as a tool for studying human in vivo cortical segregation based on a measure of neurite density", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 79, issue 5, pp. 2738–2744, 2018.
"A three-dimensional digital neurological atlas of the mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii)", NeuroImage, vol. 183, pp. 300-313, 2018.
"White matter microstructural organization of interhemispheric pathways predicts different stages of bimanual coordination learning in young and older adults", European Journal of Neuroscience , vol. 47, issue 5, pp. 446–459, 2018.
"Altered functional brain connectivity in patients with visually induced dizziness", NeuroImage: Clinical, vol. 14, pp. 538–545, 2017.
"The arcuate fasciculus network and verbal deficits in psychosis", Translational Neuroscience, vol. 8, issue 1, pp. 117-126, Feb-11-2017.
"Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft", Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol. 46, issue 5, pp. 1423–1432, 2017.
"The effect of spaceflight and microgravity on the human brain", Journal of Neurology, vol. 246, issue 1, pp. 18-22, 2017.
" Exploring sex differences in the adult zebra finch brain: In vivo diffusion tensor imaging and ex vivo super-resolution track density imaging", NeuroImage, vol. 146, pp. 789-803, 2017.
"Improved reliability of fiber orientation estimation and graph theoretical analysis of structural brain networks with diffusion MRI", Dept. of Physics, vol. Doctor of Science: University of Antwerp, 2017.
"Intrinsic connectivity reduces in vestibular-related regions after first-time exposure to short-term gravitational alterations", Scientific Reports, vol. 7, issue 3061, 2017. Download paper (3.47 MB)
"Spherical Deconvolution of Non-Spherically Sampled Diffusion MRI Data", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2017.
"Super-resolution multi-PLD PCASL: a simulation study", 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine & Biology (ESMRMB), Barcelona, Spain, vol. 30 (Suppl. 1), no. S396: Magn Reson Mater Phy, 2017.
"Super-resolution T1 estimation: quantitative high resolution T1 mapping from a set of low resolution T1 weighted images with different slice orientations", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 77, issue 5, pp. 1818–1830, 2017. Download paper (3.3 MB)
"A unified Maximum Likelihood framework for simultaneous motion and T1 estimation in quantitative MR T1 mapping", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 36, issue 2, pp. 433 - 446, 2017.


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|Susan Lee's death year is completely buried. I've danced/stomped on this grave trying to uncover it.
I've blogged before about going to photograph tombstones of my ancestors and finding stones that were slowly being eaten by the earth. I've desperately tried to push down the ground around one of these tombstones in particular to see what a death year was. As luck would have it there's an ant mound right near the grave as well, so any lingering visit to unearth the information results in me doing a very embarrassing get-the-ants-off-me-dance. Less than 5 years later and the dates have gone from barely visible to gone completely. So tempted to head to the cemetery next year with a small shovel to move away the dirt and grass and finally get a look at those dates...I'll bring a can of Raid to deal with the ants. I think I might get odd stares if I march up to a grave and start digging though.
FindAGrave, BillionGraves, etc especially when we're researching from afar, but we love actually visiting cemeteries, seeing, and touching the graves. Being in the place where our ancestors are eternally at rest. Yes, we can be an odd lot, but cemeteries are some of our favorite places to visit.
Many tombstones won't always be there though. Those websites that we adore for convenience, but sometimes scorn because "real" genealogists get their feet dirty in cemeteries may one day be our only source to view these tombstones once they are gone. Some disappear because they are reclaimed by the earth. Many more are vandalized. Regardless of how it happens, tombstones are often ephemeral.
|It doesn't look like it's disappearing does it?
|This is the "Barrett" tombstone from another side. It really is sinking
|Four of my ever-sinking family tombstones
|Still has a ways to go before the dates are gone, but severely leaning to
the left
|Mary Quirk's tombstone is actually leaning forward quite precariously
|Ella's tombstone (of the four from the picture above) is fairing the
best with only a slight forward lean.


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'Yesterday I sat waiting for a train at a local station. and watched
one of the attendants as he signalled trains to depart. I've observed
him over the years, the spring in his walk, the economy of his
movements, his relaxed but attentive ways. He dismisses trains with
sensuous ease and whistle's while he sweeps the stairs at night.
In a sense he is a model for how I try to work now and even for what I make, too. I took him for ordinary until I saw he is so individual.'
I wrote that some years back and feel an up-date is necessary because I saw the same man recently at another station up the line. This time he was assigned the dangerous job of linking two portions of my train. As he passed I saw that he walked with a protuberant stomach and his weight no longer on the balls of his feet but now on his heels. The posture that had caught my eye in the past was gone. His jacket was oily. My heart sank. There was so little time to observe his face. What I most hoped to see there was some sign that his concentration of old was still there, intact.
I've tried to concentrate on what I do, as that railwayman has. My medium is clay. I've been a potter since 1975.
Throughout that time all my ceramics have been Saltglazed. This is an unpredictable method of glazing. But I try to be canny. I 'stalk' effects that I know might happen if I do 'this' during the making or 'this' during the kiln-packing or 'that' during the firing. For at any one of these stages what I do can influence the final glaze.
March 2001.
Sarah Walton has worked as a potter at Alciston since 1975, using Salt kiln. She is the sike maker in a set up where two part-time helpers take a supporting role. Landscape is a theme; she has walked, drawn & painted it since childhood & it inspired her Birdbaths. Her inclination is to home down forms that are developed over years. She chooses a limited palatte & seeks to exploit the austere & subtle qualities of Saltglazing.
Saltglaze firing in reducing atmosphere to 1280deg. C. Originally exclusively thrown work (tableware) but since 1984 has become much more interested in hand-building techniques, including press moulding.
1975 - Crafts Council Grant to establish a workshop
1978 - South East Arts Bursary Award
1990 - John Ruskin Craft Bursary
1993 - South East Arts Major Award
1998 - South East Arts Award
Artdejardin Gallery, Rutland. 2007.
Aberystwyth Arts Centre & 50th Anniversary Exhbition of The Gallery Bevere, Gloucester.
CPA, London.
Quenington Sculpture Trust.
Besson Gallery.
Ceramic Art London, RCA London.
Collect V&A, London.
Hannah Peschar Sculpture Gallery, Ockley. 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Marchants Hardy Plants. 2004 & 2006.
1987 & 1999 - Communion vessels for the Benedictine Monastery at
Worth Abbey, Sussex 1990 - Large vase for St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside,
1990 - Large vase for St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London
Many private commissions through the years
Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Crafts Council, London.
Contemporary Arts Soc, London.
S.E Arts Collection, Hove Museum, Sussex.
Castle Museum, Nottingham.
Crafts Centre, Nothern Arts, Cleveland.
Norwich Museum, Norfolk.
City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
Newport Museum, Gwent, Wales.
Arts Centre, University of South Wales, Aberystwyth.
Paisley & Glasgow Museums, Scotland.
The Alien Gallery, Alton, Hampshire.


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The operating modes are selected via touchscreen control, and modes can be stored with tool data and recalled during tool installation and setup. The innovation, claim Minster officials, means that stampers no longer have to deal with the speed limitations of a double-geared press when quoting progressive-die work.
DED-equipped presses can be fitted with coil lines, destacker units and transfers for running both coil-fed progressive and blank-fed transfer applications. In addition, the DED feature can be combined with other Minster features such as infinitely adjustable stroke or alternate slide motion.
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5th December 2012
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Health Properties of Spanish Mediterranean Diet
There is a good reason why I have decided to talk about the spanish diet and its health properties. The Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions of Torremolinos hosted for 3 days, 24, 25 and 26 of November The Wine and Mediterranean Food Fair in which professionals and amateurs could enjoy the best of wine and spanish gastronomy. We have all heard and read about the Mediterranean diet, which seems to be so popular in newspapers, magazines and especially diet books. Spain is one of more than a dozen countries on the Mediterranean Sea, enjoying lots of sunshine. Therefore, Spanish food […]


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OCT is also available as an option on the Beckhoff AM8000 servomotor series instead of the traditional resolver interface. The servo terminal extends the modular and compact drive system even further with more scalable options. In addition to solutions for stepper and DC motors, the servo terminals are designed for highly dynamic servo positioning tasks due to integrated, fast control technology.
It also has full integration of the EtherCAT industrial Ethernet system. In addition to motion control improvements, the user benefits from further EtherCAT advantages, such as short cycle times, low jitter and simple diagnostics. The monitoring of numerous parameters, such as overvoltage and undervoltage, overcurrent, terminal temperature or motor load via the calculation of an I²T model allows for continued operational reliability.
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One Nation Under….The Military-Industrial Complex – NBC NOT Under God !
Paul Joseph Watson
Monday, June 20, 2011
NBC Sports has been forced to apologize following an outcry after the network deliberately edited out the words "under God," from the US pledge of allegiance in a video segment for the US Open that showed images of US troops, but the edit has nothing to do with NBC's purported "liberal bias" and everything to do with the fact that NBC is owned by the US military-industrial complex.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," states the United States Flag Code for the Pledge of Allegiance, but in an NBC promo for the US Open golf tournament, the "under God" part was cut from a recording of schoolchildren reading out the words.
Given the fact that the reading of the pledge was interspersed with images of US troops in a brazen attempt to link patriotism with the kind of hegemonic conquests in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya that have bankrupted America, killed thousands of troops and disgraced the United States' reputation globally, it's made pretty clear in the clip that "God" has nothing to do with this brand of so-called patriotism.
Charges that the edit was due to NBC's "liberal bias" are nothing but a smokescreen. Watching the clip, it becomes clear that the producers intended to replace obedience to God with obedience to the US military-industrial complex, which by no coincidence also bankrolls the NBC network.
NBC Universal is run by General Electric, the world's second largest corporation and one of the major players within the military-industrial complex.
GE is a major supplier of arms and the "war on terrorism" has seen GE's government and military contracts rise substantially to over $2.2 billion. So the de facto replacement of worship God with worship of US troops has nothing to do with "liberal bias," and everything to do with advancing the cult of worshipping the empire that many Americans have been brainwashed into mistaking for patriotism.
NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks was forced to apologize for the "error" later in the broadcast.
"Earlier we began our coverage of this final round just about three hours ago, and when we did it was our intent to begin the coverage of this U.S. Open championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being held in our nation's capital for the third time. Regrettably a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance that was in that feature was edited out. It was not done to upset anyone and we'd like to apologize to those of you that were offended by it," said Hicks in response to a firestorm of criticism that raged on Twitter in the very minutes following the broadcast of the segment.
Hicks' implication that the edit was accidental might be believable if not for the fact that "under God" is cut not once but twice during the segment, as the pledge is repeated a second time, again minus the "under God" part.
This is completely deliberate, and clearly an effort to sell Americans on the myth that genuine patriotism has nothing to do with allegiance to God or to the country, but obedience to the military-industrial complex war machine that has hijacked America and is now destroying the country morally, spiritually and financially.
This is nothing less than a crude effort to make Americans associate pride in their country with bombing broken backed third world nations, as the occupation of Iraq becomes permanent and as the Obama administration prepares to launch a ground war in Libya while also setting the stage for an intervention in Syria.


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Former Giants' special assistant and legendary Serra High School athlete Jim Fregosi has been taken off life support in a Miami hospital after suffering a stroke.
Fregosi, 71, was on a cruise with other former big-league players when he suffered a series of strokes last weekend, according to mlb.com. He was hospitalized last weekend in the Cayman Islands, then flown to Miami on Wednesday, the web site said.
Fregosi, a six-time all-star at shortstop for the Angels who also managed in the big leagues for 15 seasons, spent 1997 and '98 as a special assistant to Giants general manager Brian Sabean before he left to manage the Toronto Blue Jays in 1999.
At Serra, a school that has produced greats such as Barry Bonds, Lynn Swann and Tom Brady, Fregosi's prep career might have surpassed all of them. He earned 11 varsity letters in four sports — running back in football, guard on the basketball team and a long-jumper in track — in addition to his exploits on a baseball diamond.
Shortly after being released by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1978 — in what would be his 18th and final big-league season — Fregosi told the Los Angeles Times that he thought his best sport in high school was football. He received several college football scholarship offers but instead signed a free-agent contract with the Boston Red Sox before the 1960 season.
In December of that year, he was drafted by the new Los Angeles Angels in the expansion draft, and that's where Fregosi achieved his greatest success. He spent 11 seasons with the Angels and made the American League All-Star team six times. He had his best season in 1967, hitting .290, winning his only Gold Gloves and finishing seventh in the A.L. Most Valuable Player voting.
After the 1971 season, Fregosi was traded by the Angels to the New York Mets for four players including future Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan. Fregosi spent only a year and a half with the Mets before moving on to the Texas Rangers and the Pirates. He never again played more than 101 games in a season after being traded by the Angels.
Fregosi began his 15-year managerial career right after being released by the Pirates. According to SABR (Society of American Baseball Research), Angels owner Gene Autry asked the Pirates to release Fregosi so he could be hired as the Angels' skipper. He spent four years with the Angels, and also managed the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Blue Jays.
In 1993, Fregosi led the Phillies to the World Series, where they lost in six games to Toronto.
Fregosi was inducted to the Serra High School Hall of Fame in 1990. Besides being all-Catholic Athletic League in football and baseball, he set a school record in the long jump, a mark that was eventually broken by Swann.
The Angels retired Fregosi's uniform number 11 in 1998.


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Oct. 9 Joe Girardi workout day interview
JOE GIRARDI: I'm not sure how I snickered.
Q. I just read there was a reaction when Russ' name was mentioned.
JOE GIRARDI: Well, I know I was quoted I know I said these lights are killing me. The lights are the thing, they shine down in your eyes and it's hard to see anyone asking the question. Maybe that's what they were referring to, but it wasn't a snicker. No, but he has continued to impress us and has played very well down the stretch.
Q. As a former Major League catcher, what stands out for you when you watch a guy like Russ work with the number of pitchers that he has in his time there, and how he interacts with them, handles them in tough situations?
JOE GIRARDI: Well, I think he has a lot of confidence in what he's doing, and he's a guy that, you know, that it's just not calling games, it's blocking balls, it's throwing base runners out. And what has been most impressive about Russell's year for me is he never took his at bats behind home plate and continued to fight the whole way through it. And you think about from a personal standpoint, the importance of the year being a free agent, he just kept at it, and for that I'm very impressed.
Q. Of course he didn't blow anyone away with his .211 batting average, but is he one of those guys who thrives in late game pressured situations?
JOE GIRARDI: I think Russell is a clutch player. I think he's always been a clutch player, and I think he's always relished the moment, and he's very talented and very skilled, and it's shown up, especially in the last month of the season in some of the walk off homers that he's had for us.
Q. Have you made any decisions about your lineup tomorrow, and just in general, when contemplating a lineup, how much is it strategy and statistics and how much is it the impact you think it will have emotionally on the player or players involved?
JOE GIRARDI: I think you have to take it all into account. We know that we're in a three game series, and whether you need to pinch hit for someone, you need to make a pitching change, you need to change the lineup a little bit, our guys understand. We have a veteran group that understands that we're going to do what we think is the best thing to win. So I mean, yeah, of course you have to take in a lot of factors. Sometimes it's just not as easy as just writing a name or taking a guy out, a pitcher out. You have to think about the emotional part. You always have to think about that as a manager.
But being a three game series, our guys know what's at stake, and we have to win two games.
Q. And you haven't made any decisions yet?
JOE GIRARDI: No, I haven't done anything yet. Obviously there's a lot of thought process that goes into the whole series and into every move that we possibly might make down the road, but I haven't done anything yet.
Q. The Orioles have surprised just about everybody this year. They continue to do that. You've probably had as much difficulty with them as anybody. To what do you attribute this? Your players are more established, they're better paid, they've been in more postseasons. How do you explain what they've been able to do?
JOE GIRARDI: Well, I think they're a talented group, number one. It's a pitching staff that knows how to pitch behind in the count, pitch ahead in the count. They've had a very good bullpen throughout the course of the year. They're a team that hits the ball out of the ballpark. It's how their score a lot of their runs. They've been very good in tight ballgames, so they're used to playing them. But it's a talented group. And to me the biggest difference is the improvement in their pitching staff from last year to this year, where they've always had some talented position players, but they've lost some games late at times and some tough games, and those games they're winning this year.
Q. How aggravating was that ride home?
JOE GIRARDI: Well, I think our guys made the best of it and kind of laughed at it. You know, there were some electrical issues, and we ended up getting on a bus. It's interesting where we stopped, in Aberdeen, which I'm not sure what level that is for the Orioles, but I think it's a Minor League affiliate. So that was kind of interesting. But I thought our guys made the best of it, and they laughed, and there were some pictures taken. It's just something you have to deal with, similar to getting in from the West Coast some days is what it was like.
Q. One more about Russ Martin. You mentioned that he's impressed you with not taking bad at bats to the plate this year. I wondered what does that say about a character like his, about someone's character when he's able to put those bad times behind him and just focus on the task at hand and be a big contributor?
JOE GIRARDI: I think it says a lot about a person's character. I think it talks about, he cares about winning more than his personal gain, that he's a real team player. Everyone as an offensive player wants to feel like they contribute, and when you go through tough periods of time, tough times for a substantial period, it can really tax on you, and I never saw it. I never saw him stop working. I never saw him take it behind home plate. And it really shows you just how unselfish of a player he is.
Q. Covering the team on a daily basis, everything I've read is just his teammates really respond to him. They're very impressed with his work ethic and obviously, they do respond to a player like himself where he does put bad things behind him and go pretty hard every game.
JOE GIRARDI: Well, I think whenever you have a player that plays to win and is more concerned about the team than his personal statistics, you're going to find everyone is going to respect that. And he's a lot of fun to be around, as well. I mean, that's the other part that maybe sometimes goes unnoticed. He's a lot of fun to be around.
Q. I'm wondering if you could just give us a little more narrative on what happened last night, like what time, did you sit on the train for a long time, and then how long for the buses and then what time did you get in?
JOE GIRARDI: Yeah, well, the train -- I would say we got to the train station around 1:00 ish, maybe 1:10, 1:15. We took off at 2:00 because I guess there was an electrical problem at the station, but the thought was once we got away from the station, the train was fine.
And then about -- we probably left at five after 2:00 or so, and then about 2:30, 2:35, you noticed that we started having some electrical issues again, and you noticed that the train was slowing down. It just seemed like we were coasting, and we kind of coasted into Aberdeen, I guess.
And then about -- I'm going to guess about 3:15, we were fortunate that our buses were headed back to New York, and they were going parallel. I would say about 3:15, 3:30, we got back on the buses and we got to New York City about 6:00 in the morning.
Q. Were the trains stopped in the middle of the tracks somewhere or were you at a station?
JOE GIRARDI: We were at a station. They were able to coast to a station.
Q. Wow, that's pretty unusual.
JOE GIRARDI: Yeah.
Q. A similar thing happened to all the writers today trying to get back.
JOE GIRARDI: Was it the train went out, the electric?
Q. Well, trains are canceled all morning, and people are driving back. Then there was an accident on 95. There's like groups of writers in cars coming back trying to get their way back.
JOE GIRARDI: Yeah, it's been tough. You know, you'd think that a city this close in proximity would be easy to get between, but not today.
Q. You were talking about the lineup before. Could one of the changes involve Alex or not?
JOE GIRARDI: Well, I mean, I think that we're going to do whatever it takes to win this three game series. Nothing that we do will be something that is just a knee jerk reaction. You know, we talk about different things, and whether it's a pitching change or pitching situations. We know, the great thing about this is I have a great group of guys that's very unselfish, and they really want to win. And that's what we're going to do, what we think is best to win.
Q. With Kuroda going tomorrow, going on a couple extra days' rest, do you think that is going to help him? Can you talk about that?
JOE GIRARDI: Yeah, I do. We've seen he's been pretty good on extra rest the times he's went on his sixth day, and I know it's his seventh or eighth day here, seventh day, but we feel with the innings that he's logged, that this will be beneficial for him. When you look at his statistics, this is the most innings he's thrown in a long time. So I think it will be beneficial.
Q. The last two starts that he had, how were they for him with that kind of bump in the road he had toward the end of the year?
JOE GIRARDI: Well, I think we saw him throw a pretty good game his last start. I mean, pitchers are used to going through bumps in the road. The way that you have a good season is when you have a bump in the road you don't let it become another bump and another bump and another bump. You're able to turn the page, and he's really good at that.
Q. Looking at Kuroda for tomorrow night, his home and road splits are really glaring. He's got a 2.72 ERA at home, opponents are only hitting .219 against him, which is really different than on the road. Is it just a comfort thing with Hiroki at Yankee Stadium?
JOE GIRARDI: Well, we haven't seen year after year after year, so it's hard for me to say being around him just for the first time this year. But he seems to do very well in our ballpark. He seems to know how to pitch to our ballpark, and that could have something to do with it. But he's been very good at home. It's one of the reasons that we talked about him pitching at home, plus we thought the extra rest would really help him, the couple days, instead of him having to go on his fifth day again. But let's hope it holds true again tomorrow.
Q. We often talk about missed opportunities hitting. Do you feel like you've missed maybe an opportunity with the way you've pitched so very well?
JOE GIRARDI: Well, I mean, that's part of it when you get in those tight games. You don't want to miss those opportunities. But they could say the same thing in the first game. I mean, they had the one blip with Jim Johnson, but they pitched a very good game, and we came back and won it. And I think this time of year you're used to seeing these type of games. I don't really think about it that much. We had a chance to win that game. We didn't get it done. So now it comes to the best two out of three, and we need to get it done.