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ASUS P9X79 Deluxe Review
Intel's Sandy Bridge Extreme lineup launched back in November of 2011 along with the X79 chipset to deliver a full refresh of the lineup for the enthusiast or power user segment of the market. This segment had been stagnant with Intel's mainstream Sandy Bridge socket 1155 lineup offering significant improvements in performance, with a series of unlocked processors delivering clock speeds of well above 4.0GHz. During each launch, motherboard manufacturers put together a package of motherboards that target specific price points based on the feature set being employed. ASUS is a company that has the ability to offer this kind of segmentation with its Republic of Gamers Rampage IV Extreme for the gamers and hardcore overclockers, all the way down to the baseline P9X79 and all the way back to the full-featured P9X79 Deluxe that I will be looking at today. The P9X79 Deluxe is built with the the whole kitchen sink thrown in for good measure. New features that this X79-based board offer include ASUS' new Digi+ power design using Dual Intelligent Processor 3 technology with three voltage controllers for more precise voltage control, ASUS SSD Caching that is much easier than Intel's solution to set up, USB 3.0 Boost, ASUS Crystal Sound, USB BIOS Flashback, and BT Go 3.0. What you get is a unique set of features that offers added value in terms of stability, connectivity, and usability. Let's take a look at the P9X79 Deluxe and see how it compares to other boards in the segment.
Closer Look:
The graphic used on the packaging of the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe is similar to that of the previous generation Z68 and P67 motherboards with a black base and the supported technologies highlighted boldly. The big callouts on the front panel are PCIe 3.0 readiness, ASUS Dual Intelligent processors (TPU and EPU), and DIGI+ power design for both the CPU and DRAM, for improved power control and efficiency. Add in the One Click Speedup for easy overclocking, uEFI BIOS, eight DIMM slots for huge bandwidth, SLI and CrossFireX support, and of course support for the latest Second Generation Core i7 processors. The front cover of the box lifts up to explore a bit more of the large feature set you can expect on a "Deluxe" level motherboard, including definitions and functions of the TPU (TurboV Processing Unit) and EPU ( Energy Processing Unit), which work in tandem to deliver world class overclocking and energy management. Additional features include USB BIOS Flashback, USB 3.0 Boost, Fan Xpert, and Dolby DTS Connect and Ultra PC II sound. The back side of the package shows the board and lists the specific features on the motherboard I/O panel and PCB. There is more detail on the full hardware-based Digi+ power control, ASUS SSD Caching, UEFI BIOS implementation, and BT Go 3.0 Bluetoooth and Wi-Fi technology, which open up new ways to transfer data.
Inside the package is the expansive bundle of accessories and the P9X79 Deluxe motherboard. The bundle includes all the accessories needed to get the most out of the P9X79 Deluxe's feature set.
The accessory bundle for the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe is substantial and includes some unique parts that you most likely will not find elsewhere. The list of items includes the manual and driver disk, SATA 3Gbps and SATA 6bps cables, the I/O Shield that helps protect the board from EFI emissions, SLI and Tri-SLI bridge connections, ASUS Q-Connectors for the front panel and USB headers, and a BT GO 3.0 module and antenna. The BT Go 3.0 +HS module allows for wireless connectivity to portable devices for file transfers, as well as the ability to use mobile devices as a remote control, all thanks to wireless 802.11 b/g/n connectivity.
As is normally the case, ASUS has put together a fully featured board full of unique features for the end user to improve the flexibility and usability of the computer through continued innovation. Let's dig a little deeper into what the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe brings to the table.


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VfB Stuttgart coach Bruno Labbadia has committed his future to the Bundesliga team by signing a new contract that runs until summer 2015.
The 46-year-old assumed the reins in January 2011 and steered his side clear of relegation; the following season he secured a sixth-placed finish and UEFA Europa League football. "I took over the club in a poor position and it was something very new to me. Battling relegation made me a more complete coach. We are growing as a club and I want to be a part of that," said the former Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Hamburger SV tactician.
Club chairman Gerd E Mäuser added: "Bruno has done some very good work in the two years he has been at Stuttgart. He took over the team at a difficult time, steadily continued to develop it and last season led us into Europe. We are pleased to have tied him to us for longer."
Stuttgart face KRC Genk in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 on 14 and 21 February. Should they overcome that hurdle a last-16 tie against either VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach or S.S. Lazio awaits.
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In addition to being a stunning tech M&A deal, Facebook Inc.'s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp is also an impressive rags-to-riches tale.
WhatsApp's co-founder Jan Koum was born in a small village outside of Kiev, Ukraine where his family lived in a house with no hot water, according to a report in Forbes magazine.
He was 16 when he and his mother moved to California, where they lived in a small apartment, surviving with government help. Koum worked at a grocery store to help financially support his family. They lived off of food stamps.
Koum taught himself computer networking, eventually landing a job at Yahoo, where he met Brian Acton.
The two of them eventually teamed up to create WhatsApp.
When they sealed the deal to sell the company to Facebook this week, Koum drove with Acton and venture capitalist Jim Goetz of Sequoia Capital — a firm that invested in WhatsApp — to sign the final agreement across from a set of railroad tracks where a social services office was once located, according to Forbes.
The site holds special significance for Koum: It was where he once stood in line to collect food stamps.
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Column published March 22, 2013 in The Mexico Ledger
100 Years Ago
"Percy Hord, one of Mexico's progressive and most successful young business men, who has been with the Simmons Hardware Co., of St. Louis for several years has been promoted and is now in charge of the Philadelphia branch of that establishment. While we regret to lose Percy and his family from Missouri, The Ledger joins his many friends in congratulating him on his splendid success in the business world...Six representatives of the Hoffman Directory Co., of Quincy, Ill., are in Mexico getting the names of the residents here for a new directory. This company has made several other directories for Mexico, and this one will contain several features not in the others. It will take about four weeks for the men to get the list of the residents, businesses, churches, city and county officers, etc., that will be contained in the book. The directory will be off the press in about six or seven weeks. This will be the first directory of Mexico since 1910 and will be larger and show many changes of residence."
50 Years Ago
"A contract for construction of a chronic disease wing, public health center and other improvements at Audrain Hospital has been signed, it was announced today by Col. C.R. Stribling, chairman of the hospital board of trustees. The contract with the John Epple Construction Co. of Columbia, the lowest of five bidders, is for $1,107,610. Col. Stribling pointed out that architect's fees, contingency reserves and equipment for the new wing will make the total cost of the project $1,304,080, an increase over the original estimate which is due largely to unusual mechanical electrical plumbing requirements which represent about 55 per cent of the contract price. 'As neither the architect, the contractor, nor the administrator felt that the plans could be curtailed without affecting the efficient operation of the entire hospital, the board has decided to accept this new figure," Col. Stribling said. 'With 21 beds in the halls now, and with Hill-Burton money readily available now and possibly not available in the uncertain future, the board believes that delay is unwise.' To finance part of the additional cost of construction, the Hill-Burton participating funds from the federal government have been increased by $110,000 from $472,485, to $582,485. The remaining $86,000 of the increased cost can be raised in a number of different ways, Col. Stribling said: by additional tax deductible donations from individuals and businesses not yet contributing, by improved income, by higher per diem charges, or by an increase in the tax levy, which Col. Stribling said are now the lowest among county hospitals in Missouri."
25 Years Ago
"The city of Centralia began a 'new adventure of progress' Monday night as the Board of Aldermen approved a contract between the city and the Area Chamber of Commerce establishing the full-time position of economic development director. Under the contract,the city agrees to contribute one-third the cost of establishing the joint city-chamber position, up to $8,000 per year. The contract for the upcoming fiscal year includes $2,000 that had been committed for the last three months of the current year, for a total maximum city expenditure next year of $10,000. Newly elected chamber president Jed Angell said this morning that two applicants have responded to advertisements for the position, which will have a salary of $17,000 per year, and a third person has expressed interest in the position. He said chamber officials expect to complete interviews by the end of this week."
10 Years Ago
"The 178th annual Agricultural Appreciation Dinner, sponsored by the Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Colleen Callahan will be the guest speaker for the evening, sponsored by Commerce Bank, Farm Credit Service and First National Bank. Callahan graduated from the University of Illinois in 1973 with a degree in Agricultural Communications. Callahan was the first woman, and the youngest ever, to be recognized by the University of Illinois Agriculture Alumni Association with their Award of Merit. The Chamber hosts this dinner for the farmers of Audrain County in recognition of their strong contribution to the local economy. Each farm couple is hosted for the evening by a local business couple. The Dale H. Schnarre Rural Citizen Award is presented at this banquet. The award has been given since 1974 and the honoree for the 2002 year will be named at the dinner. The 2001 honorees were Bruce and Barbara Wilson. Leslie Miller will be the mistress of ceremonies, with Joe May, Chamber president, presenting the Schnarre award. Kirk Ekern will introduce this year's award winners."
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Thank you all who came to watch my keynote presentation - "Real World DBA Best Practices" - for Northeast Oracle User Group in Boston, 21st October, 2010.
You can download the presentation here. Before downloading, please let me reiterate what I mentioned during the meeting - a best practice is not one if you do not understand the reason behind it and do not understand the applicability to your specific situation. I was not selling a product or service nor was I asking you to blindly follow it. All I wanted from you was to consider the points.
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Hi y'all, its been a while since I've been around the forums here... so long in fact that I think my old account died so I had to make another. (Couldn't remember the password anyway, and the old email account it would have been sent to has gone bye-bye.) Anyways, I had a weird thought that I needed to stop by and post... maybe just 'cuz I used to be a regular in here.
Lets see, since I was last here... I'm not sure if my trip to Europe for WJT was before then or not... Anyways, since then I graduated from ACCD, got kicked out of the house by my dad, suffered from the economy trying to get a job, and now I'm getting ready to move out to CO for a job as a Concept Artist at NetDevil Games. Those are sort of the main bullet points at least.
So whats going on around here? I know from IM that Dev is hangin' out way down south. Other than that I'm sort of out of the loop.
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*arrives late* Well, Petey, I hope Colorado is treating you well. It seems as though few check on this board and much time is between those infrequent viewings. I don't know when the lights will go out here but it can't be long considering the reduced traffic. Until then the nested threads seem more like the halls of a museum than the boisterous party they had been in thier hayday. Maybe the more fitting metaphor would be a yearbook - reminders of people and events captured in a moment that can only be remembered, not relived.
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- ITV Report
Berkshire-based Vodafone celebrates 30th birthday
In a press release at the time, Racal heralded its "exciting" plans to create a "truly portable and mobile nationwide public telephone network unavailable today".
The statement suggested the service would find favour "among people constantly on the move such as business executives, sales representatives, journalists, doctors and veterinary surgeons" as well as vehicle fleet operators.
Its authors can little have known then how the clunky, cumbersome technology would change over the years into lightweight, universal devices - or how etiquette about their use, for example by motorists, would develop.
The press release boasts how a subscriber "travelling by car between London and Edinburgh or Exeter, for instance, will be able to make or receive national and international calls with ease throughout the entire journey".
Vodafone's name was a conflation of the words "voice", "data" and "phone".
It was conceived by one of the company's original directors and the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi - which had earlier been behind the 1979 Conservative election advertisement with the slogan "Labour isn't working".
Then chief executive Sir Gerry Whent initially rejected the agency's proposal to spell the name with an "f" instead of "ph".
But he later relented, reputedly saying "in for a penny, in for a pound - you can have your flipping 'f' as well".
Vodafone says it is now the UK's most valuable brand and the 16th most valuable in the world.
It became the first mobile network to launch in the UK with a call made from St Katherine's Dock in London on January 1 1985 to Newbury, Berkshire - home of the company's headquarters.
The firm was demerged from Racal in 1991 and was floated as an independent company in London and New York. In January 1999, Vodafone connected its five millionth UK customer. Racal was later swallowed up by France's Thales.
Vodafone today describes itself as one of the world's leading mobile communications providers, with almost 360 million customers including about 19 million in the UK, where it employs more than 8,000 people.
It operates in more than 30 countries and in partnership with networks in more than 40 more, and has a market value of about £60 billion.
Vodafone last month completed one of the biggest transactions in corporate history when it sold its stake in American joint venture Verizon Wireless for 130 billion US dollars (£78 billion).
It saw the group share out around £50 billion in stocks and cash to shareholders.


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Voted T Ross .. and mark my words, he will be starting by mid season.
He looked god awful in the first game (so did Fields .. its a real toss up who looked worse) .. but we gotta give this guy some run.
If the question is literally who should start next game .. I guess thats still Fields .. but trust me (and Ive said it many times already) Fields and Derozen will NOT work as a 2/3 combo when neither of them can shoot the ball. It just will not lead to a cohesive team.
We already saw a glimpse with Jose playing 2 down the stretch in the first game .. you will see a lot more of that (or T Ross)


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The UC Davis Transplant Center — one of the nation's premier transplant programs — has opened a new clinic in Fresno to expand access to kidney and pancreas transplant care in Central California.
The clinic provides pre- and post-transplant medical evaluations for recipients and kidney donors. Transplant surgery will continue to be provided at the center's main location at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.
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Nine straight Park University batters reached safely to start the game Saturday afternoon and the Pirates pushed across eight runs in the first inning, leading to a 12-1 victory over Benedictine-Springfield in the American Midwest Conference Tournament at Robin Roberts Stadium.
The loss eliminated the defending tournament champion Bulldogs, who finished the season 23-18. Sixth-seeded Park, which dropped its opening-round tournament game 10-1 to William Woods, was 19-24 heading into an elimination game against Freed-Hardeman late Saturday.
Kirk Pruitt singled leading off the game, and he moved to third on a stolen base and a throwing error. JoJo Garcia-Fortuna knocked home Pruitt with a single just past the second baseman into right field. Dylan Mays then singled to right, and Christian Torres (three hits) singled just past the shortstop into left for an RBI.
Lance Kays then doubled in a run, and after winning pitcher Josh Garcia was hit by a pitch, Kyzer Hoover (three hits) doubled into right-center for two more runs. A wild pitch by losing pitcher Dalton Doerfler plated the sixth run, and then Jake Smith ended Doerfler�s day with a run-scoring single to right-center.
Shaun Williams then singled off relief pitcher Drake Curry, and Smith scored the final run of the inning on the back end of a double steal.
�The first inning told the story of the game,� Benedictine coach Steve Torricelli said. �They hit the ball where we weren�t.
�They made contact. It�s tough to defense perfectly hit balls. We couldn�t put the fire out.�
Park got three more runs in the third on five hits. Pruitt had a two-run single, Garcia-Fortuna had a run-scoring single and Torres knocked in a run on an infield single after Benedictine third baseman Blake Gand made a diving stop but threw late to first.
The Pirates wound up with 15 hits off four Benedictine pitchers.
Benedictine, which managed just two hits against Garcia, scored its only run in the third inning on Grant DeWitt�s solo home run. Drew Johnson had the other Benedictine hit, a sixth-inning single. Garcia struck out six and walked two in the seven-inning complete game.
�We never felt the game was over,� Torricelli said. �We hit the ball. Our kids were fighting to the end.�
It was the final game for nine Benedictine seniors, including catcher Blake Seibert, who kept the game alive by legging out a fielder�s choice grounder in the bottom of the seventh.
�We�re happy with the season,� said Torricelli, who got his 400th career coaching win during the year. �We battled, played as hard as could until the last out.�


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This past fall, I became increasingly disappointed that education never seemed to become a major issue in national or regional elections. Recent attempts to address the growing concern that our students may not be equipped to compete in the global economy of a shrinking world have led to the No Child Left Behind Act and the Race to the Top program.
While both are well-intentioned initiatives, I agree with the assessment of many that they have fallen short of their intended goals and have incorrectly, and unfortunately, shifted the focus of education to tests and test taking.
Over the last few months, however, I have seen education coming to the forefront of our local and regional news. Lawrence and Fall River public schools will join a federal program to extend the school day for over 5,000 students. The governor�s new education plan includes a focus on early education and extending the school day in high-need schools.
The possibility of an exam school here in Worcester has been debated in the pages of the Telegram & Gazette. However, I do continue to be concerned, as there is one issue not being addressed � the education of our male students, and, more specifically, our male students of color.
We need to transform our educational system, created for a way of life and economy that no longer exists, to meet the needs of the 21st century, where college readiness and college access are becoming a necessity.
According to Complete College America, by 2020 more than 70 percent of all new jobs created will require a career certificate or college degree. Unemployment rates are twice as high for those who did not complete college. The United States Census reports that the average yearly earnings of an individual with a college degree are nearly three times greater than those of a high school dropout.
In addition, research shows a dramatic increase in life expectancy is correlated with an individual�s level of education. Therefore, if earning a college degree places an individual in a better position to get a job, keep a job, and improve his or her quality of life through higher earning potential and a longer life, then our nation and our educational system is placing all of its male students, especially black and Latino male students, at risk.
Consider these statistics:
�Nationally, only 28 percent of young African American men and 16 percent of young Latino men have obtained an associate�s degree or higher.
�If you are an African American boy today, you are more likely to drop out of high school than graduate, and if you didn�t finish high school, you are more likely to be unemployed than have a job.
�If you are an African-American male high school dropout in your late 20s, you are more likely to be in prison on a given day (34 percent) than working (30 percent).
�Economist Andrew M. Sum and his colleagues at the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University examined the Boston Public Schools and found that for the graduating class of 2007, there were 191 black girls for every 100 boys going on to attend a four-year college or university. Among Hispanics, the ratio was 175 girls for every 100 boys.
Not reflected in these statistics is the added dimension that poverty, an unfortunate reality for many students of color, plays in the college enrollment and achievement gaps.
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center estimates that 72 percent of students in Worcester live in poverty. I witness this challenge every day serving as the head of Nativity School of Worcester, a tuition-free, private, Jesuit middle school for boys where 100 percent of the students admitted qualify for the federal free or reduced breakfast/lunch program, placing them at or below the poverty line.
We are a school where over 85 percent of our current students and graduates, still served through our Graduate Support Program, are students of color, and yet, over the course of our ten-year history, 100 percent of our graduates were accepted and received adequate financial aid to attend a private high school and nearly 90 percent have gone on to a post-secondary program (83 percent to a four-year college).
Although the quest for a college degree and a financially secure future is challenging, it can be achieved.
We need to continue this dialogue on education in order to strengthen our educational system and to expand school choice for all students and their families.
It is also time to act. Our goal should be to provide the best quality educational experience for all of our students, but it is clear that for our male students the educational system, in its current form, is failing.
Allocating resources and placing attention on the research currently available on educating boys, especially how they best learn, will serve us well. It is time to stop leaving boys behind.
Alex Zequeira is president of the Nativity School of Worcester.


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Silver-Backer Sprott Still Believes. Deeply.
After silver suffered its worst one-week drubbing in three decades, one of the biggest silver bulls gave a pep talk to hundreds of followers on Monday.
"Silver will be a currency just like gold. It's logical to expect silver prices to go much higher," said Eric Sprott, chief executive officer of Sprott Asset Management LP, which oversees a $1-billion silver fund that was $327 million larger at the beginning of last week.
As for the recent plunge, Mr. Sprott pointed at speculative short-sellers as the prime culprit, eliciting applause from the crowd of nervous believers. Silver skidded 27% last week, but poor man's gold leaped 5.2% today, underscoring its rodeo-like allure.
Mr. Sprott, a big advocate for precious metals, trotted out familiar themes to back up his points: the Federal Reserve's loose monetary policies, relentless bank failures and the fragile housing market.
Instead of U.S. dollars and other currencies, which are "questionable currencies backed with nothing," people should buy precious metals, he said in a speech at the Hard Assets Investment Conference at the New York Marriott.
Silver kicked off its nasty week by falling $6 an ounce in 13 minutes last Sunday night, when both U.K. and Chinese markets were closed for national holidays. "But I was awake, throwing my guts up," he said.
It's been quite a week for silver — and for Mr. Sprott's fund. Its value stood at $1.3 billion on April 20, slid to $922 million on May 6 and climbed back above $1 billion today as silver rebounded.
"If this was not the script for somebody wanting silver down, I don't know what is," he said, stressing his short-seller meme and alluding to the big moves on light volume at the start of the week. Trading activities in silver's futures market and exchange-traded funds have well exceeded the amount of silver in the physical market, he added.
Mr. Sprott also addressed one of the most contentious questions between bulls and bears in the silver market: how much above-ground silver is there? Many bulls think all the silver being produced has been consumed and disappeared. Therefore, silver is facing a shortage.
However, mainstream commodities analysts think that some of the silver used in photographic films or batteries has been recycled and come back into the market as "secondary supply." In other words, there's more silver than bulls argue. Globally, total bullion stocks should at least be 1.5 billion ounces, including silver held by exchange-traded funds and private holdings in the form of coins and bars, according to GFMS Ltd. a London-based metals consultancy.
"Why shouldn't silver appreciate more than gold if there's less silver around," asked someone in the audience.
"Do you want to come up to the stage?" Mr. Sprott quipped. "If gold goes to $3,200, silver should be at $200."
With gold at $1500 and silver at $37, that would mean a bit more than a double for gold and more than a quintuple for silver.
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Journal receives its first paper from space
11 November 2011 | Source: Direct measurement of the speed of sound in a complex plasma under microgravity conditions
EPL (Europhysics Letters) has today gone beyond Earthly limits by publishing its first ever paper submitted from space: a landmark for both European and physics-based research.
Concerned with the properties of complex plasma in almost zero gravity conditions, the paper represents collaborative research of 29 individual missions performed over the last 10 years by German and Russian researchers aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The experiments detailed in the paper were performed on the ISS in July 2010 by Alexander Alexandrovich Skvortsov and were submitted on 27 October 2011 by Skvortsov's colleague, Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov, who remains on the ISS.
The idea to submit a paper from the ISS was prompted by a video interview with Michael Schreiber, Editor-in-Chief of EPL, conducted by the editor of Physics World magazine, Matin Durrani, at a meeting to celebrate EPL's 25th anniversary in Munich.
Schreiber stated that EPL had always attracted manuscripts from around the globe, and it would certainly also accept manuscripts from beyond the globe.
Writing in the editorial of this issue, Schreiber said: "I certainly hope to attract further excellent research from beyond the globe. Of course, it is unlikely that we will receive manuscripts from, or beyond, the Moon in the near future. But maybe the first Mars mission is just in time to submit a manuscript in the year of EPL's golden jubilee in 2036."
Published today, 11 November, the paper reports on the measurements of the speed of sound within complex plasmas. The measurement of the speed of sound is an important tool to characterize the structure, properties and behaviour of a certain material. For instance, it can provide information on a material's elasticity.
Under normal Earth gravity, only thin layer systems of complex plasma can be examined; however, three-dimensional investigations can be performed under microgravity – conditions where gravity is very, very weak.


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Recall 13V270000
The Rear Door Child Safety Lock Can Disengage Unexpectedly
Recall Details
The rear doors on these vehicles are equipped with child safety locks that prevent the doors from being opened from the inside when engaged. As the rear doors are opened and closed, one or both child safety locks may switch from engaged to disengaged without warning. With the child lock disengaged, a door could be opened accidentally, increasing the risk of injury to an unrestrained occupant. Dealers will test the safety locks and replace those not meeting the testing standard.
Our Quick Take
The child safety locks can disengage without warning, allowing one or both of the rear doors to be opened from the inside unexpectedly.
What Should You Do?
Ford will notify owners of affected models beginning August 3, 2013. If you don't receive notification and you feel you should have, please contact your dealer for further instruction. They may ask for your vehicle identification number (VIN), so please have it handy when you call. The Ford recall number is 13S07.


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GH1502, Reviewed May 2018
Frozen foods can add variety to your meals year-round. As with any method of food preservation, following specific guidelines will assure you of high-quality, safe food.
Table 1
Approximate yield of frozen fruits from fresh.
Fruits such as peaches, apples, pears and apricots darken quickly when exposed to air and during freezing. They also may lose flavor when thawed. There are several ways to prevent darkening and flavor loss in frozen fruit.
Crystalline (powdered) ascorbic acid, or vitamin C, is the most effective agent in preventing darkening of fruit. Not only does it preserve natural color and flavor of fruits, but it also adds nutritive value. Ascorbic acid in crystalline or powdered form is available at some drugstores or where freezing supplies are sold.
Ascorbic acid tablets are more readily available and less expensive, but are more difficult to dissolve. Also, fillers in the tablets may make the syrup cloudy. Three thousand milligrams of ascorbic acid in tablet form equal 1 teaspoon of crystalline ascorbic acid. To use, dissolve ascorbic acid in a little cold water. If using tablets, crush them so they will dissolve more easily. Use the amount specified for each fruit.
Commercial ascorbic acid mixtures are special anti-darkening preparations, usually made of ascorbic acid mixed with sugar or with sugar and citric acid. The important active ingredient in these mixtures usually is ascorbic acid. Follow manufacturer's directions for use. Do not confuse these mixtures with the ascorbic acid specified in directions for individual fruits found in this publication.
Citric acid or lemon juice are sometimes used in place of ascorbic acid. Neither, however, is as effective as ascorbic acid. When used in quantities high enough to prevent darkening, they often mask natural fruit flavors and make a tart-tasting product. To use, dissolve ¼ teaspoon crystalline citric acid or 3 tablespoons of lemon juice in a quart of cold water. Place prepared fruit in the mixture for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and pack the fruit.
Steaming works best for fruits that will be cooked before use. Steam the fruit in single layers over boiling water just until hot.
Sugar syrups work during preparation by excluding air from the fruit. Slice fruit directly into the syrup, and then use the same syrup for packing the fruit. To make this as effective as other methods, add ascorbic acid to the syrup.
There are several ways to pack fruits for freezing: syrup pack, sugar pack, unsweetened pack, tray pack and artificial sweetener pack. How you plan to use the fruit determines the type of pack.
Whichever method you choose, be sure to leave the appropriate headspace (Table 2).
Table 2
Headspace for wide-mouth rigid containers.
Do not use narrow-mouth jars for freezing foods packed in liquid, as expansion of the liquid could cause the jars to break at the neck.
The sweetness of the fruit to be frozen depends on the proportion of sugar to water used. A 40 percent syrup is recommended for most fruits. Lighter syrups are desirable for mild-flavored fruits to prevent masking the flavors. Heavier syrups may be needed for very sour fruits. See Table 3 for proportions of sugar and water to use for the different syrups. To make the syrup, dissolve sugar in lukewarm water, and mix until the solution is clear. Chill syrup before using.
Use just enough cold syrup to cover the prepared fruit after it has been placed in the container, about ½ to 2/3 cup of syrup per pint. Leave appropriate headspace (Table 2). To keep fruit under the syrup, place a small piece of crumpled, water-resistant paper, such as waxed paper, on top of the fruit and gently press fruit down into the syrup. Seal container tightly, label and freeze.
Table 3
Syrups for use in freezing fruits.
Sprinkle sugar over fruit and mix gently until the juice is drawn out and the sugar dissolved. Soft-sliced fruits such as peaches, strawberries, grapes, plums and cherries will yield sufficient syrup for covering if the fruit is layered with sugar and allowed to stand 15 minutes. Pack into containers, leaving appropriate headspace (Table 2). To keep fruit under the syrup, place a small piece of crumpled, water-resistant paper, such as waxed paper, on top of the fruit and gently press fruit down into the syrup. Seal container tightly, label and freeze.
Most fruits have a better texture, color and flavor if packed in sugar or syrup. However, sugar is not necessary to safely preserve fruit. If you wish to cut down on sugar, you can pack fruit dry without any sugar, or cover fruit with water or unsweetened juice containing ascorbic acid. For a juice pack, use unsweetened, light-colored, complementary juices, such as apple, pineapple, orange or white grape juice. For all unsweetened packs, leave appropriate headspace (Table 2). When fruit is packed in unsweetened water or juice, keep fruit submerged by placing a small piece of crumpled, water-resistant paper, such as waxed paper, on top of the fruit and gently press fruit down into the juice or water. Seal container tightly, label and freeze.
Raspberries, blueberries, blanched apples, gooseberries, cranberries and rhubarb can be frozen without sugar and still be a good-quality product.
The tray pack is a dry unsweetened pack that is good for small, whole fruits such as blueberries, raspberries and cranberries that give a good-quality product without sugar. Spread a single layer of prepared fruit on shallow trays and freeze. Leave in the freezer just long enough to freeze firm. Longer exposure to dry freezer air will result in moisture loss and a decrease in quality. When fruit is frozen, promptly package, leaving no headspace, seal tightly, label and return to the freezer. The fruit pieces remain loose and can be poured from the container and the package reclosed.
Puree fruit, and add ascorbic acid. Sweetening is optional. Pack with appropriate headspace (Table 2), seal container tightly, label and freeze.
Sugar substitutes work well in frozen fruit. They can be used in any of the unsweetened or dry packs, or they can be added to the fruits just before serving.
Artificial sweeteners give a sweet flavor but do not provide the beneficial preservation effects of sugar, such as color protection or syrup thickness. The label on a sweetener package will tell you how much sweetener is equivalent to standard amounts of sugar. Use the label directions to determine the amount needed.
Fruit is best served while it is still partially frozen with a few ice crystals still remaining. If thawed completely, frozen fruit will become mushy because of cell wall damage from ice crystals that form during the freezing process. Thaw fruit in the refrigerator, in the container you froze it in, about 12 hours per pint. For a shorter thawing time, run cold water over container until thawed. Thaw only enough fruit for one meal. Serve the juice from frozen fruit, too, as it is flavorful and contains nutrients.
When you plan to use apples in uncooked desserts or fruit cocktail, the syrup-pack method is preferred. A sugar or unsweetened pack is good for pie making. Select full-flavored apples that are crisp and firm, not mealy in texture. Wash, peel and core. Slice medium apples into 12 sections, large ones into 16.
Select full-flavored apples. Wash apples, peel if desired, core and slice. To each quart of apple slices, add 1/3 cup water or apple juice; cook until tender. Cool. Strain, if desired. Sweetening can be added if needed: ¼ to ¾ cup sugar for each quart of sauce. Or use your regular recipe for applesauce.
Pack into containers, leave headspace, seal and freeze.
Select firm, ripe, uniformly yellow apricots. Sort, wash, halve and pit. Peel and slice if desired. If apricots are not peeled, heat them in boiling water 30 seconds to keep skins from toughening during freezing. Cool in cold water, and drain.
Dissolve crystalline ascorbic acid in cold water and sprinkle over 1 quart (7/8 pound) of fruit. Mix ½ cup sugar with each quart of fruit. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Pack apricots into container, press down until fruit is covered with juice, leave headspace, seal and freeze.
Select avocados that yield to gentle pressure with skins free from dark blemishes. Avocados are best frozen as puree. Avocados are not satisfactory frozen whole or sliced.
Select firm, ripe bananas. Peel; mash thoroughly. Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice or ½ teaspoon ascorbic acid per cup of mashed banana. Pack into containers, leave headspace, seal and freeze.
Blackberries, boysenberries, dewberries, loganberries, youngberries
Select fully ripe, firm berries. Wash carefully in cold water, discarding soft, underripe or defective fruit, leaves and stems. Drain.
Select full-flavored, ripe berries. Wash berries, and remove leaves, stems and immature or defective berries. Preheating in steam tenderizes skin and improves the flavor of the product.
Cherries, sour
Select bright red, tree-ripened cherries. Wash, stem and pit.
Cherries, sweet
Select bright, fully ripened cherries of dark-colored varieties. Wash, stem and pit.
Choose fully ripe berries if freezing for pie; choose berries a little underripe for jelly. Sort, remove stems and blossom ends, and wash berries. The unsweetened pack is best for use in pies or preserves.
Choose fully-ripe, firm, sweet grapes. Sort, stem and wash. Leave seedless grapes whole; cut table grapes with seeds in half and remove seeds.
Melons (cantaloupe, crenshaw, honeydew or watermelon)
Select firm-fleshed, well-colored, ripe melons. Cut in half; remove seeds and rind. Cut melons into slices, cubes or balls.
Peaches or nectarines
Select well-ripened fruit and handle carefully to avoid bruising. Sort, wash and peel. Note: Peeling without a boiling water dip gives a better product. Slice or halve if desired.
Select full-flavored pears that are crisp and firm, not mealy in texture. Wash, peel and core. Slice medium pears into 12 sections, large ones into 16.
Select orange-colored, soft-ripe persimmons. Sort, wash, peel and cut into sections. Press fruit through a sieve to make a puree. For a better product, add 1/8 teaspoon crystalline ascorbic acid or 1½ teaspoons crystalline citric acid to each quart of puree. Puree made from native (Missouri) varieties needs no sugar. Puree made from cultivated varieties may be packed with or without sugar.
Select firm, ripe pineapple with full flavor and aroma. Pare, and remove core and eyes. Slice, dice, crush or cut into wedges or sticks.
If you plan to use frozen pineapple in gelatin desserts, bring it to a boil and simmer 2 to 3 minutes and then cool before freezing. Raw pineapple, either fresh or frozen, contains an enzyme that prevents a gel from forming. Heating the pineapple before freezing will prevent this problem.
Select firm, ripe fruit soft enough to yield to slight pressure. Sort and wash. Leave whole or cut in halves or quarters, and pit.
Harvest fully ripe, firm, well-colored berries. Remove those that are immature or defective. Wash and drain.
Select fully ripe, firm berries with a deep red color. Discard immature and defective fruit. Wash and drain berries and then remove caps. Sugar and syrup packs produce a better quality product than unsweetened strawberries.
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ACS:Law Continues To Screw Up In Court; Judge Not Happy
from the comedy-of-errors dept
Here's just a snippet (yes, there's actually more) of what went down:
Late last week, ACS:Law business partner MediaCAT, the middle-man company who claim to have rights over dozens of movies, tried to pull the rug from under yesterday's proceedings. Last Thursday, with only a single working day left to go, it wrote to the 27 file-sharing defendants informing them it would discontinue the cases against them.If you want to read even more gory details, go check out the full TorrentFreak story. That said, it's somewhat amazing how ill-prepared ACS:Law and its various partners appear to have been before going into court. It certainly lends more credibility to the idea that the operation was built on the plan of never, ever setting foot in court.
The defendants, some of them prepared to head off to court on Monday, reasonably thought their case was now over and that they did not have to attend. However, thanks again to ACS:Law's apparent misreading of the law, MediaCAT were actually not authorized to drop the claims without the court's permission.
The problem lies in the strange fact that MediaCAT aren't the copyright holders of the works they are using to extract payments out of file-sharers. Another company, the David Sullivan-owned Sheptonhurst Ltd is believed to be, but even that is yet to be proven.
Another allegation was levelled at Crossley in court by defense lawyers, one which raised eyebrows with Judge Birss QC. With reference to the earlier Solicitors Regulatory Authority investigation into his affairs, it was alleged that Andrew Crossley is "involved in a champertous agreement" in breach of the solicitors' code of conduct.
The actual agreement between MediaCAT and Sheptonhurst was produced which showed, to the apparent surprise of the Judge, that ACS:Law is contracted to take 65% of the revenue and that rights to the movies in question had been allocated purely to prosecute and that no exploitable rights had been transferred.


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Grand Theft Auto IV Walkthrough
|No Way on the Subway (cont.)
Eventually, these maniac bikers will jump off of the road and head into a subway tunnel that leads eastward to the Broker/Dukes island. You're going to have to jump down and join them. If you're too far away to see how they access the tunnel easily, then just look at the crumbling wall segmenting the road off from the fall to the tunnel. This can be easily jumped on a bike, and when you land below, simply turn the bike around and begin heading into the dark, dreary tunnel. The game will prompt you on how to use your bike's high-beams if you need them, but don't even worry about that. Instead, worry about keeping on them and dodging subway cars that are going in both directions (the latter will kill you instantly if you run into them). You can also go ahead and finally wield your gun (preferably an Uzi) and take out one of the bikers at this point. Not both of them can be taken out, however, so holster your gun once more after one has fallen (and be absolutely sure to dodge the corpse and the bike so you don't take a fall of your own).
Eventually, you will end up on the Dukes/Broker island and will emerge from the subway tunnel. Now, you're biking on an elevated subway trestle, but you'll still have to dodge subway cars. The lone biker remaining will then veer off towards the left, down a small pathway, down some stairs, and back on some regular roads. Once he does this and you follow, the chase is nearly over. He'll continue to keep his distance, but once you're within close range of him, you can begin firing at him. A few bullets will take him down, and you can then get off of your bike and do any necessary additional damage to kill him (if he's not already dead). With both bikers thereafter eliminated, the mission concludes.
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Joyce Andrade shared the story Sunday afternoon, following burial services for former School Superintendent Robert J. Shapiro.
Andrade, who was a member of the school committee at the time, had been visiting Vets and was in the school's back parking lot when she spotted a gathering of students. She had no idea what had drawn them together, but assumed it was innocent until fists started to fly.
She grabbed her cell and hurriedly called the schools administrative office. But before anyone could race down the length of the school, a car pulled up and Shapiro jumped out.
"I've never heard Bob yell like that. And you know how big he was. He stepped right into the middle of them and it was like they parted," she said, throwing her hands open. The brawl was over before it began.
Shapiro's ability to quell contentious situations, to make people feel they were special, to promote education and so many other attributes are remembered as the community mourns the loss of a man who devoted 50 years to Warwick Schools. Shapiro died Thursday morning at Miriam Hospital. He was 81. In recent years, he bore a series of ailments that slowed him down but were never a source of complaint. On Sunday, more than 500 people, from the governor, mayors past and present, teachers, school administrators, former students, friends and family turned out to bid him goodbye at ceremonies held at Temple Sinai and at Sinai Memorial Park in Pawtuxet.
He made each and every person feel they were the most important person in the world, said Rabbi Peter Stein, opening the service. He said Shapiro left a world transformed through his leadership.
Also speaking were his sons Andrew and Steven, who gave insights to their father; and Mayor Scott Avedisian, who spoke of Shapiro's life as a public official.
"One of his extraordinary talents was that he genuinely saw good in everyone. He truly believed that everyone had something to contribute," said Avedisian. He said, Bob "collected people everywhere he went," adding that he believed in people pursuing their dreams and that Shapiro was like a "sponge soaking up information and ideas."
Shapiro's collected people were enriched by him.
It seems that everybody has a Bob Shapiro story.
President of the New England Institute of Technology, Richard Gouse's first encounter with Shapiro came in the 1960s when, in addition to teaching at Warwick schools, Shapiro taught a course as part of the Master of Arts and Teaching program at Brown University. Gouse was under the gun to complete a paper for the class and in desperation posted it Special Delivery to meet the deadline. It arrived at night at his home, but Shapiro didn't hold the interruption against him and Gouse received the top grade in the class. It was only many years later that he realized that Robert Shapiro, the NEIT trustee, was that teacher.
Robert Dooley, who served more than two decades as Warwick's school finance director, recalled that, after budget deliberations, Shapiro always asked the same question.
"His bottom line was always, 'How is this going to affect the students?'"
Shapiro lived for Warwick schools. He attended school sporting events, ceremonies and open houses. His son Steven said Shapiro went to 38 proms, just as a principal, and was the first principal of Toll Gate High when it opened in 1972.
"He couldn't help himself on prom night," Steven said, revealing that his father kept attending proms even after he became an administrator. Steven went on to say during the service, his father never gave up in a kid and that, "My father believed in that and, if you want to honor my father, remember that."
Shapiro's son Andrew said he was genuine and open with everyone and believed in sharing with people, and that the first impressive quality of his father was to connect with people. Edward Quinlan remembers Shapiro from his 10th grade at Pilgrim High School.
"Bob was top of my list," he said. "He connected. He would take the most arcane history lesson and bring it alive. He made you feel like you were the only student … He was not just in the classroom. He was in the corridors. You always saw Bob." Colin Kane affectionately remembers another, more mundane side of Shapiro – his characteristically baggy pants. Kane graduated from Toll Gate in 1984 and called Shapiro a "mensch" who, on one side was very serious, but had a "heart of sunshine."
Shapiro's pants also made an impression on Joseph Crowley, former director of the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center, who remembers Shapiro's days on the tennis court. Shapiro joined Toll Gate faculty in a Saturday morning tennis league that continues today.
"He was waist-challenged," Crowley reflected with a laugh. "He played with one hand for his racquet and the other for his shorts." Even with that handicap, Crowley said Shapiro was competitive and played to win.
As a former Toll Gate cheerleader, Tammy Flanagan recalled boarding a bus after an away game and students from the losing school pelting the bus with rocks. Shapiro rode the bus with the cheerleaders. For years later Shapiro, when crossing paths with Flanagan, would always introduce her as the cheerleader he "got stoned with."People also shared their stories and feelings on social media.Walt Mossberg, who now works for the Wall Street Journal as technical columnist, took to Twitter on Friday to pay a public tribute to his former high school teacher."I mourn the death of Bob Shapiro, the R.I. [high school] teacher who inspired me and thousands of others," wrote Mossberg. "His career proved great teachers matter." Bob M. Macaux shared his memories of Shapiro on Facebook."I remember Dr. Shapiro when I was in high school for the first time back in 1999 and before I left in 2003 at Toll Gate High School," he wrote. "He was a great man at his prime than [sic] and he was present at my graduation, he was a great man and I sure do miss him."Scott MacKay, Rhode Island Public Radio's political columnist, called Shapiro a "distinguished educator" and an "even better man" via Twitter.Sue Stenhouse Tweeted that she enjoyed working with Shapiro over the years. "He left such a remarkable imprint on Warwick Schools," she wrote. David Preston extended his gratitude for the late Shapiro on Twitter."Grateful to Bob Shapiro and his colleagues at Toll Gate High School for laying the foundation for what I have been able to achieve."Even after his retirement as superintendent, at the age of 76, Shapiro remained a force in education. For several years he worked at the Brown University admissions office, screening applicants. He was vice president of the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon and the guiding force in the foundation that was started in his name following a retirement party at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in 2007. The Robert J. Shapiro Foundation supports high school theater performances. Shapiro believed strongly in the ability of school performances to build self-esteem, develop lifelong skills and appreciation of the arts and was dismayed by widespread cuts in funding for the arts.
Up until the last year, when his failing health made it impossible to attend every meeting, he remained active with the New England Institute of Technology.
There was also another constant in his life – his wife Audrey.
They met on a blind date and soon became inseparable.
Apart from those proms that she eventually gave up attending, she was always by his side, and more so than ever in the last five years.
Donna Izzi put it best as the line of mourners stretched outside Temple Sinai: "His wife is his rock."
Rabbi Stein aptly concluded the services with the assertion that, "Bob hasn't just left a legacy, but ensured a future."
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BRENTWOOD — Exeter Hospital is asking a superior court judge to temporarily block attorneys from using their legal powers to request documents and information about the hepatitis C outbreak at the facility.
Exeter Hospital is named in 25 lawsuits filed in Rockingham Superior Court by former patients who now carry the liver disease. That includes a class-action lawsuit filed by Concord attorney Peter McGrath, whose clients now include 147 former Exeter Hospital patients. A handful have tested positive for the disease. The remainder either received a negative test result or are awaiting more information.
An attorney representing Exeter Hospital against the lawsuits filed a motion Friday in Rockingham County Superior Court asking a judge to issue a temporary stay of discovery in the cases. The move would stop the lawyers from forcing employees such as Chief Executive Officer Kevin Callahan to give sworn statements about the hepatitis C outbreak.
It would also prevent them from questioning the doctors and nurses who worked side-by-side with David Kwiatkowski, the former Exeter Hospital cardiovascular technician facing drug tampering charges in connection with the hepatitis C outbreak.
Federal investigators say the 33-year-old spread the virus to patients in the process of abusing stolen hospital narcotics. Kwiatkowski, a traveling hospital worker, allegedly stole syringes of the anesthesia drug fentanyl, injected himself, then allowed syringes contaminated with his blood to be reused on patients.
Genetic testing has confirmed that 32 patients of the hospital are carrying the identical strain of the virus diagnosed in Kwiatkowski.
Attorney Peter Mosseau, of Nelson Kinder + Mosseau, the law firm representing the hospital, has asked the judge to freeze discovery actions until at least 90 days after a structuring conference is held with defendants in the lawsuit.
Those defendants are likely to include at least two former medical staffing companies that employed Kwiatkowski. At least one attorney is also asking a judge to add the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) as one of the defendants. ARRT is the group that provided a radiology certificate for Kwiatkowski when he was later hired at Exeter Hospital.
Kwiatkowski has been employed as a traveling medical technician in at least 19 hospitals in eight states during the last decade, including stints in New York, Maryland, Michigan, Georgia, Kansas, Arizona and Pennsylvania. His arrest has spurred more than a dozen hospitals to begin reviewing their patient records to identify people who may have been exposed to the virus.
At least four patients of the Hays Medical Center in Kansas, where Kwiatkowski worked in 2010, have also been diagnosed with cases of hepatitis C "closely related" to the strain identified in the Exeter Hospital outbreak.
Before he was hired in Exeter, Kwiatkowski was fired by hospitals in Pennsylvania and Arizona due to problems with his conduct. In one instance in 2010, Kwiatkowski was found passed out inside a men's restroom while working at the Arizona Heart Hospital.
According to documents obtained by Foster's Daily Democrat, the hospital worker who found Kwiatkowski reported finding a syringe labeled "fentanyl" floating inside the toilet beside him.
Springboard Staffing, which supplied Kwiatkowski to work at Arizona Heart Hospital, said it fired Kwiatkowski immediately and told both a state radiology board and ARRT that Kwiatkowski had been terminated after the 2010 incident. The incident was never investigated because Kwiatkowski moved out of the state and gave up his certification to work in Arizona.
He went on to work in hospitals in Pennsylvania, Kansas and Georgia before reaching New Hampshire.
Hepatitis C is a liver disease that can lead to fatal health complications. It is transferred through direct blood contact or from unsterilized or contaminated equipment used or handled by a person infected with the virus. The hepatitis C virus can't be contracted through casual contact, meaning you can't get hepatitis C from shaking hands, hugging or sitting next to an infected person.
Exeter Hospital wants freeze on legal discoveries in hep c outbreak
BRENTWOOD — Exeter Hospital is asking a superior court judge to temporarily block attorneys from using their legal powers to request documents and information about the hepatitis C outbreak at the facility.


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MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican marines have freed 104 kidnapped Central American migrants who were being held in a house in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, authorities said Sunday.
A statement from the Secretary of the Marines said the 102 Hondurans and two Salvadorans, including 13 women, had been held captive for four days.
It said the rescue operation came after authorities received a tip that vehicles were seen arriving at the house in Tamaulipas state and armed men were then seen violently unloading people from them.
The statement didn't say if the migrants were trying to cross Mexico in hopes of reaching the United States, but it is common for Central American migrants trying to reach the U.S. to be kidnapped and ransoms demanded from their families.
According to Mexico's National Human Rights Commission, each year about 150,000 migrants, mostly Central Americans, cross Mexico trying to reach the United States.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Love had 31 points and 17 rebounds for Minnesota, spoiling Steve Nash's return for languishing Los Angeles and leading the Timberwolves to a 109-99 victory Tuesday night that stuck the Lakers with their seventh straight defeat.
Kevin Martin scored 14 of his season-high-tying 32 points in the opening 10 minutes to help the Timberwolves start strong, and the NBA's highest-scoring first-quarter team surged to a 25-point lead midway through the second period.
Nash had been sidelined since Nov. 10 because of nerve problems in his back. The soon-to-be-40-year-old two-time league MVP had seven points and nine assists in 25 minutes, about 10 more than he was supposed to play.
Steve Blake also returned, coming back from a torn ligament in his right elbow that had shelved him since Dec. 10. He ruptured his eardrum during the game but kept playing on another night of bad luck and bad defense for the fallen franchise. Blake was scoreless in 31 minutes.
Jodie Meeks (sprained right ankle, first quarter) and backup Jordan Hill (headache and neck strain, first quarter) went down for the Lakers, who have been without star Kobe Bryant for most of the season. Pau Gasol sat out with a strained right groin and could be out until after the All-Star break.
PHOENIX (AP) — Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the Bulls snapped the Suns' five-game winning streak.
The Bulls shot 45 percent from the field and had five players score in double figures, bouncing back from an ugly 99-70 loss at Sacramento on Monday. The Bulls shot 28 percent and were outrebounded 53-30 against the Kings.
One night later, it was a completely different story.
Jimmy Butler and D.J. Augustin had 18 points apiece for the Bulls, who won for the fifth straight time in Phoenix. Joakim Noah, who was ejected in the third quarter of the loss at Sacramento, had 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Goran Dragic led Phoenix with 24 points. Channing Frye had 18.
ATLANTA (AP) — David West scored 22 points and Paul George added 18, helping NBA-leading Indiana get the win.
The Pacers snapped a 12-game regular-season losing streak in Atlanta while improving the league's best record to 38-10.
Atlanta failed to place a starter in double figures. It had won two straight and five of seven.
Jeff Teague and Kyle Korver had nine points apiece for the Hawks, but All-Star forward Paul Millsap went 2 for 11 from the field and finished with seven points.
Teague made a 3-pointer to give Atlanta a 41-35 lead with 1:06 left in the second quarter, but the Hawks were outscored 38-16 over the next 17 minutes.
Cartier Martin's 3 cut Indiana's lead to 86-84 with 14.9 seconds left. C.J. Watson and Danny Granger then combined for three free throws to help the Pacers hold on for the win.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Al Jefferson had 30 points and 13 rebounds and Gerald Henderson added 17 points and eight rebounds for Charlotte in Kemba Walker's much-anticipated return.
Walker finished with seven points, seven assists and six rebounds after missing the last seven games with a sprained left ankle. He played 33 minutes.
The Bobcats went ahead by 18 points late in the third quarter and 22 midway through the fourth. Charlotte, which shot 47.4 percent, held the Warriors to a season-low 31.2 percent shooting.
Stephen Curry had 17 points and 11 assists, Klay Thompson scored 12 and Andrew Bogut grabbed 15 rebounds for the Warriors, who have been held below 38 percent shooting in three of their past four games.
The Bobcats closed out their road trip 3-1 and swept the season against the Warriors.


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45/139 acceptances (Congratulations, David) for a 32.3% acceptance rate. Nope, no one's getting tenure with that number :)
The list will be up shortly. Since I was on the committee, I am loathe to make specific comments about papers that I liked. Suffice it to say that I am looking forward to going to Korea.
Update (7/702): And here it is.


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HBO documentary to focus on school nutrition fight
May 3—A new HBO documentary is targeting the school nutrition fight and and Portland is one of 12 cities it's targeting.
HBO representatives visited James John Elementary School in North Portland Tuesday. Students got a sneak preview of the cable network's upcoming series "The Weight of the Nation," a documentary which highlights the challenge of getting healthy food into school cafeterias.
HBO picked James John Elementary because of the school's commitment to children's health and wellness. The school recently received the Oregon's Wellness award for 2012.


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Spectrum dates back to 1974. Spectrum is an organization run by students for students. Their motto—Just because you're here doesn't mean you're Queer—shows that you do not have to identify as GLBT to become a member. Everyone is welcome to attend!
The mission of Spectrum is to educate the Ball State and Muncie communities on lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgendered issues, cultures and history through various programming efforts. Spectrum's goal is to provide an anonymous, healthy and safe place for Ball State University students and surrounding communities who are discovering their sexual orientation to help find an understanding network of support.
Consider attending one of Spectrum's great events, including:
Speakers Panels
Semi Annual Drag Show
Proud Month
Spring Week
National Coming Out Day
Gay Prom
Lavendar Graduation
Unity Week
Spectrum exists to provide an anonymous, safe, and friendly place for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students and their allies to socialize and obtain information. This organization provides social support to create a comfortable, confidential, and accepting atmosphere for its members. Confidential meetings are held weekly during fall and spring semesters. Anyone and everyone, regardless of sexual or gender orientation, is welcome to attend. Due to the nature of this organization, everyone is asked to respect the privacy of others. Meetings are both fun and educational.
Spectrum would love to hear from you! Meetings are held every Thursday at 8 p.m. For more information contact Spectrum by e-mail (spectrum @bsu.edu). In addition, you can contact the advisor, Barry Hawkins, Assistant Director of Student Life.
L.A. Pittenger Student Center, room 134
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-2472 (voicemail available)


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Festival of Theology, alumni reunion and Grawemeyer lecture well attended; plans under way for 2014
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary alumni, faculty, students and members of the surrounding community enjoyed a celebratory, three-day "week" of engagement April 8-10 on the Seminary's campus. The main events were the alumni reunion and lectures given by Dr. Stephen Prothero and Grawemeyer Award-winner Dr. Leila Ahmed, but participants also enjoyed book-signings, one-time classes with seminary faculty and worship services. The theme of the event was "Engaging Religious Differences." Click here to access a photo gallery of Engagement Week lectures and worship services.
Dr. Stephen Prothero gave two lectures during Engagement Week; the first was titled: "No Common Path: From Interfaith 1.0 to Interfaith 2.0," and the second was: "No Common Creed: The American Bible from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama." Click here for audio of Prothero's lectures, which were supported by two annual, endowed lectureships—the Frank H. Caldwell and the Theodore M. Greenhoe lectures.
Dr. Leila Ahmed, who won the Grawemeyer Award in Religion this year for her book, "A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America," delivered an address titled, "A Quiet Revolution: Broad Findings and Further Thoughts in Changing Times." Click here for audio of Ahmed's lecture, or click here for a video interview in which Ahmed describes her book.
"It was wonderful to have Dr. Ahmed on campus. She taught classes and met with students, faculty and alums," said Shannon Craigo-Snell, faculty director for the Grawemeyer Award in Religion and professor of Theology at Louisville Seminary. "In one class she addressed historical relations between Islam, Christianity and Judaism; in the other she discussed short stories that explore human sexuality. Her Grawemeyer lecture drew many people from Louisville Seminary, two rows of students from Bellarmine, a number of U of L students and many people from the broader Louisville community. Dr. Ahmed started some great conversations that will continue for a long time!"
Both lecturers addressed topics related to the changing religious landscape in the United States, which is now the most religiously diverse nation in the world.
Alumni News Three of Louisville Seminary's most outstanding alums were recognized during the Distinguished Alum Awards dinner. Two Distinguished Alum Awards and one First Decade Award were given this year. The Distinguished Alum Awards went to Rev. Mark Baridon (MDiv, '88) and Rev. Karen Devaisher (MDiv, '92). Rev. Landon Whitsitt (MDiv, '05) received the First Decade Award.
The Distinguished Alum award is presented to a seminary graduate who has advanced the Seminary's mission and made a lasting impact on the Church and society through outstanding professional, volunteer or philanthropic accomplishments. The First Decade Award was instated in 2012, and is presented to a recent graduate who has made a significant impact on the Church and in his or her community during the first five to nine years of ministry and service. Click here to access a photo gallery of the Distinguished Alums Awards dinner.
The annual meeting of the Alumni Association Board also took place during Engagement Week. Board officers were elected, and three new members were inducted into the association. For the 2013-14 fiscal year, Terry Newland (MDiv, '78) was elected to serve as the association's president. Leslie Smith Belden (MDiv, '94, DMin '04) was elected vice president, and Jo Ann Knight (MDiv, '84) was elected secretary. New Alumni Association members include Amariah McIntosh (MDiv, '01), Barbara Sloop (MDiv, '93) and Landon Whitsitt (MDiv, '05).
"We have assembled a wonderful team to help build and strengthen relationships between alums and the Seminary in the coming year," said Judy Johnston, director of the annual fund. "Special thanks to former Alumni Association leaders Marie Cross, Skip Hansen and Wayne Yost for their valuable service during the past year."
Worship Services and Learning Opportunities Rev. Dr. Cynthia Campbell, former president of McCormack Seminary and current senior minister of Highland Presbyterian Church in Louisville, served as the 2013 Festival Preacher. Campbell led two worship services during Engagement Week, including a 'Necrology' service honoring the lives of alumni and friends of the Seminary who died in the past year.
One of the most interactive aspects of the Engagement Week experience was the opportunity for guests to participate in classes taught by Dean Sue Garrett and current faculty members Drs. Lewis Brogdon, Kathryn Johnson, Tyler Mayfield and Brad Wigger. Participants enjoyed lectures and classroom conversations.
Plans for 2014 Preparations are under way for the 2014 Festival of Theology and alum reunion! Save the date: the festival and reunion will be held Sunday through Tuesday, April 6-8.
About Louisville Seminary
Founded in 1853, Louisville Seminary offers an inclusive and diverse learning community, welcoming students from wide ecumenical backgrounds while maintaining its long, historic commitment to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). Louisville Seminary is committed to building bridges across the world's religious, racial and cultural divides. It is distinguished by its nationally-recognized marriage and family therapy and field education programs, the scholarship and church service among its faculty and a commitment to training women and men to participate in the continuing ministry of Jesus Christ.


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Asian-Style Pain de Mie
This is a super soft, highly enriched, labour intensive, Asian-Style Pain de Mie. It involves the 湯種 (tang zhong or water roux) method and took 3 days from beginning to completion. The original recipe and instructions can be found here. The recipe makes 2kg of dough. It filled one, 1kg pullman pan and two 500g pans. I baked without the lids on because I prefer the rounded tops and I also like a bit of colour on my loaves. They always look slightly anemic when they come out of those pullman pans.
Day 1
Water Roux
milk 70g
butter 30g
sugar 3g
salt 1/8 tsp
bread flour 70g
Heat milk, butter, salt and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to the boil. Remove from heat. Dump in flour and stir to a smooth paste. (A bit like making choux pastry). Cover tightly, allow to cool to room temp and refrigerate for 16 hours.
16 hours later
Tear into small pieces and add:
bread flour 700g
instant yeast 2g
milk 430g
sugar 20g
Knead until it comes together, cover tightly and refrigerate for at least 36 hours but not more than 72 hours. (I retarded for 48 hours).
Baking Day
Tear it into pieces again and add:
bread flour 300g
Salt 12g
sugar 120g
nstant yeast 5g
milk 100g
whole egg 140g
It will turn into a sloppy mess and if you have a stand mixer it will be better. I don't, so I just have to make do with slap and fold (a la Bertinet). It actually comes together pretty quickly. When it has come together add:
butter 100g
Now knead it until your arms cramp up or until you get a windowpane as clear as a gossamer wing (whichever comes first). Again, a stand mixer would be of great benefit here. Bench rest 15 - 20 mins. Shape and place into pans.
Allow to rise until about 8/10ths full then cover (if you want) and bake. I baked at 180 C (convection) for 40 mins. The original author gives temps for an oven that can control both top and bottom thermostats. My oven isn't that fancy so I just went somewhere in the middle and it worked. Next time I will bake for 35 mins. I think my crust was a little on the thick side this time.
Heavenly with marmalade and a cup of Earl Grey. It tastes good on its own, too.


text: On this podcast, Jennifer Grove of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center interviews Kimberly Lonsway, Research Director for the non-profit organization End Violence Against Women International. Lonsway earned her PhD in the department of psychology at the University of Illionis-Urbana Champaign. She is the lead author on the VAWnet Applied Research paper, Rape Prevention and Risk Reduction: Review of the Research Literature for Practitioners.


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Here's a dirty little secret in the job-recruiting business: All those websites that help employers and potential employees match up don't really work that well. Despite all the bells and whistles, the automatic résumé builders, and the ability to search on keywords for specific skills and expertise, the best way to find the right candidate hasn't changed much in the last 100 years. Word of mouth is still king, especially when a cash reward is offered.
Israeli startup Zao aims to bring the recruitment business into the 21st century. The company has built a "social recruiting" system that allows HR departments to get the word out virally about open positions, and track the results from a single user-friendly dashboard (goodbye Excel) with all the analytics you'd expect in the age of Google.
Spread the Word
• Email this article to friends or colleagues
• Share this article on Facebook or Twitter
• Write about and link to this article on your blog
• Local relevancy? Send this article to your local press
Very often, the best source of referrals comes from a company's vendors and business partners. Using Zao, companies can reach beyond their own staff and automatically pay the lucky referrers that cash bonus, even if they work for a third-party supplier.
Here's how it works. If an employee doesn't know someone who fits the job description, he or she can post it on Facebook or LinkedIn. If a friend or colleague makes a successful referral, both parties split the cash bonus. If a friend of a friend finds the right person for the job, everyone takes a piece. Zao handles the entire process, from email to pay out. Zao makes money by charging the employer an added 30 percent.
Founder and CEO Ziv Eliraz tells ISRAEL21c that he conceived of Zao after having the same troubles while recruiting for an Israeli company whose US office he was managing. Job boards, external recruiters and even Craigslist were generating too many junk résumés. How about utilizing the power of the crowd? Eliraz thought.
"We all know hundreds of people," he says. "But there was no good tool to get to them, no way to expand the circle beyond a company's employees."
Targeted recommendations
On Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, it's considered good manners to let your friends and colleagues know about a job opening via a generic blast to everyone you know at once. To incentivize someone to target the message, the cash bonuses come in handy.
"They're not a must," Eliraz says. "But they increase engagement. And they're respectful of people's time. If you send a request to 20 people to forward a job listing, without a reward, maybe two out of those 20 will respond. With a reward it might jump to five out of the 20."
One more goodie: Once you let Zao access your Facebook or LinkedIn friends, Zao can scan their résumés and recommend to whom you should forward the job posting.
Eliraz, 42, was born in Israel but worked for 10 years in the United States for Israeli companies including InfoLink, Hotbar, Emblaze and Amobee – the latter of which was sold to Singapore Telecom for $320 million (Eliraz was VP of strategic alliances at the time). Zao is his first startup. He's been programming since he was 12 but became a lawyer. After working for a big Tel Aviv law firm, he found he missed tech too much.
Zao recently announced financing of $1.3 million from Oren Zeev, the founding partner at Orens Capital and a former general partner at Apax, a venture capital firm. Other investors include executives from Audible and Time Warner.
Zao is not without competition, Jobvite being the most formidable. But that company doesn't offer the cash rewards and bonus splitting functionality that Zao does (at least not yet). If that's important to a customer, Zao is the go-to address for juicing up the referral process.


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Earth Day Nail Polish Exchange: Zoya Celebrates Big5Free Promo
Hooray for Earth Day! Zoya is helping to do spring cleaning with the return of the Earth Day Zoya Nail Polish Exchange for 2013.
Clean out your nail polish wardrobe and get rid of old nail polish that may not be BIG5FREE (Free of Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, Toluene, DBP and Camphor) and exchange it for a greener alternative: Zoya Nail Polish.
From April 19, 2013 - April 26, 2013, exchange your unwanted nail color for Zoya Nail Polish for $4 per bottle plus shipping and handling fees. Zoya promises to properly dispose of your old polish.
To participate, here's what you need to do:
1. Go to zoya.com and pick out the polishes you would like and add them to your cart. You must select at least six bottles and no more than 24 bottles of polish
2. Apply the code: ZOYAEARTH2013
3. Your order value will be adjusted to reflect a 50% discount (these funds are used to properly dispose of the old nail polish).
4. Submit your order.
Once you get your order here's where the exchanging happens...
1. Ship back the equivalent number of bottles you received to the return address below (If you ordered 6 bottles of Zoya – you would send 6 Non-Zoya polishes).
2. Include a copy of your order.
To clarify the exchange: You do not have to send the exact amount of bottles that you are ordering. You can send any quantity up to that amount.
Ship old polish to:
Art of Beauty, Inc.
c/o Polish Exchange
5060 Taylor Rd, Unit D
Cleveland, Ohio, 44128, USA
For details, visit zoya.com.


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WWF gives Europe a roadmap to Copenhagen
Posted on 27 February 2009
With a series of critical European Union meetings on a new global climate deal about to begin, WWF has set out what Europe needs to do to grow in a green way while contributing to helping the world avoid passing the 2 degree threshold of warming that presents unacceptable risks of catastrophic climate change.Brussels, Belgium: With a series of critical European Union meetings on a new global climate deal about to begin, WWF has set out what Europe needs to do to grow in a green way while contributing to helping the world avoid passing the 2 degree threshold of warming that presents unacceptable risks of catastrophic climate change.
"There is a clear link to be made between ambitious climate policies and a new phase of economic growth," said Stephan Singer, Director of Energy Programme at WWF International.
"The recent financial bailouts prove that when governments decide to fix a problem, money and regulatory instruments are there. There is no excuse to treat the climate crisis with less support and attention."
The WWF roadmap to a successful new global agreement in Copenhagen in December would see Europe radically strengthen its announced commitments of cutting emissions by just 20 per cent by 2020 and 50 per cent by 2050.
European environment ministers will consider target developed and undeveloped country emissions to take to Copenhagen at Monday's EU Environment Council meeting in Brussels.
Commit to zero net emissions
Based on various studies, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenarios, WWF says that emissions will have to be reduced by at least 80 percent by 2050 globally to keep warming below 2°C. In compliance with its fair share of responsibility, the EU must commit to net zero emissions by 2050.
The IPCC also said that industrial countries will have to reduce their greenhouse gases by between 25 and 40% by 2020. The current EU target is only 20%, with a possibility to increase to 30% if other developed nations will join an international agreement.
These targets are clearly at the lower end of the IPCC scale, and even lower in reality considering that EU countries are allowed to fulfil up to two thirds of their commitment by way of certificates for projects in developing countries (the so-called CDM credits).
At the forthcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) meeting on Tuesday March 10, European finance ministers will consider both the plan to boost economic recovery in Europe and financing climate protection measures.
WWF said Ecofin must come to grips with the fact that so far EU countries have failed to seriously face the challenge and to see the opportunities created by a greener economy.
Today, the fossil fuel energy sector in the EU-15 countries still receives about €20 billion of subsidies, equal to 0.2% Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Europe imports about 4.8 billion barrels of oil per year, equal to 3% of GDP. Natural gas imports are another 3% of GDP.
According to the European Commission, between 600,000 and 900,000 jobs can be created by renewable energy by 2020, compared to today's 150,000 jobs. As a comparison, the cement and the steel sectors – some of those crying wolf about strong climate measure – employ about 60,000 and 300,000 people respectively.
With finance to developing countries being touted as a make or break issue at Copenhagen, WWF is calling for European contributions for clean technology and reduced deforestation in developing countries to
amount to €35 billion per year, in addition to the long-time promised 0.7% GDP for development aid.
Funding of climate protection measures (avoidance, adaptation and forest protection) needs to be sustainable, predictable and controlled in a transparent manner by the international community.
The European Commission's current proposal also fails to address the enormous potential of energy efficiency, with an almost complete lack of concrete proposals for technology co-operation.
WWF says that the EU financing of technology development and research should be increased by a factor of 10 compared to current levels by 2020, particularly for renewable energies, energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage (CCS).
The EU should also promote the setting up of a technology action programme under the UNFCCC to protect intellectual property rights and promote innovation.
Outcomes from the Ecofin and Environment Council meetings are scheduled to be considered by EU Heads of State at a European Council meeting on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th March. Some issues however may carry over to when Sweden assumes the presidency of the EU


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