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In the battle to secure information, it helps to know a little bit about how it can be compromised. Using FTP is one way to expose critical vulnerabilities that can allow credentials to be hacked. However, these holes in security can also be easily closed if you know how.
Here's how hackers could access sensitive data sent via FTP. With the use of a "sniffing" tool, an attacker could intercept and log any data traveling across the network. This log can then be analyzed to look at the content that was sent across specific TCP ports like FTP (port 21), as well as the user ID and passwords used to log in to the FTP servers that may have been sent as clear text.
To prevent this kind of hacking, the wired network can be secured by first making sure network ports are not available for public access, and then by separating network segments for sensitive servers and workstations.
However, many companies also have wireless networks where hackers just need reasonable proximity to the Wi-Fi signal, such as in an adjacent office or parking lot. Therefore, it is critical to secure wireless routers with WPA or WPA2 encryption options, rather than WEP encryption, which is no longer considered effective protection against hackers.
Once networks are secured, the next most effective tactic against hackers is to block all FTP traffic at the firewall. Then, for permitted file transfers, allow only secure encryption protocols such as SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, PGP, or GPG for file exchanges in and out of the network. These security restrictions will deter most hackers.
Implementing these security measures is important, but it doesn't come without some challenges. The IT staff will have to handle more complicated secure file transfer management processes, and users may be inconvenienced as files are transferred to people and organizations that need them. As a result, users may look for a workaround for sending and receiving files to avoid being slowed down by the IT staff. Popular alternatives users may try include email attachments or browser-based cloud services such as Dropbox that present a new vector of vulnerability as these options may not meet necessary security standards.
MFT Minimizes Hassle, Solves Security Vulnerabilities
There is a solution, however, that can provide not only the highest security for file transfers, but also create fewer hassles for both the IT department and the general employee.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions increase data file security implementations and simplify the entire file management process by providing the tools for easily creating and managing all of the unique encryption keys for the company's various trading partners. Access controls can be set up for authorizing each employee's file exchange requirements. MFT also provides a detailed log of all transactions so that any required audits may be easily fulfilled.
Some MFT vendors also provide intuitive and convenient email encryption solutions that can integrate with existing corporate email clients such as Outlook. This reduces the temptation for employees to use workaround tools that may bypass the security restrictions that have been put in place to prevent hacking of sensitive data.
Keeping data secure is an ongoing mandate that will only become more critical as industries move toward paperless environments. Adopting a managed file transfer solution is one of the best ways to strengthen your file transfer processes and security as the pressure and liability risks continue to grow.


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On the heels of the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin trial, GoKash Productions is presenting a spin on the powerful courtroom drama "12 Angry Men." It opened July 16 and will continue through July 28 at Plays and Players Theatre, 3rd floor studio, 1719 Delancey St.
Typically performed with a cast of 12 white men, this presentation features a cast of 12 African-American male and female actors. One of those actors, known simply as Juror Number 11, is Elizabeth Priestly, 28, who was raised in Erdenheim and attended Philadelphia Montgomery Christian Academy and who knew she wanted to be an actress since she was about four years old.
"I used to sneak out of bed to watch old movies on TV," she said last week. "I imagined myself being in front of a camera and playing different characters. And my oldest sister, who attended the same school I did, was in plays at school, so I would go see her and her friends up on stage. It all came together and made me know I wanted to do that too."
And so she did, eventually graduating from Ithaca College's Musical Theater program, and making her New York stage debut in 2004 at Playwrights Horizons' world premiere of "The Yellow Wood." Since then she has appeared in numerous productions, including a national tour of "Seussical the Musical" as the Sour Kangaroo with Theatreworks USA and much more. For now, Priestly says she's thrilled to be part of this production of "12 Angry Men."
In this play, what seems like an open-and-shut murder case becomes a twisted puzzle of prejudice and intrigue. The 12 jurors in a murder trial are corralled in a room for the duration of their deliberation. As prejudices are tested and evidence is weighed, the entire jury is forced to look past the show of the courtroom to unearth the shocking truth. Faced with playing the hangman, these dozen jurors must first face themselves.
According to Priestly, not only is performing in this play intriguing, but so was the audition process needed to get this far. "Normally, when auditioning you are handed the script and told to read the lines," she explained, "but for this audition Ozzie Jones, the show's director, put us into groups of 12 without any script and told us to just make it all up."
Looking back, Priestly thought she might have had an upper hand since, ironically, during her teen years at a summer camp, both boys and girls appeared in a production of "12 Angry Men."
"As the foreman in that play, I was familiar with the story, and I think that helped me in my approach at the audition," the young actress said. It may have, but in any case she is now Juror Number 11, who was portrayed as a European man in the movie, but this time around, this character is a woman from Rwanda, accent and all.
"We specifically chose Rwanda because we wanted to bring that background, that genocide that happened in her country, into play. After going through all that she went through, we felt to put her on a jury in a murder trial would be very interesting," Priestly said.
Additionally, the director urged his cast to view the film, which starred such luminaries as Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb and E.G. Marshall. "That's not because he wanted us to copy what we saw, but rather to watch this great group of actors and see how they managed to play off each other."
The 1957 film is also notable for its almost exclusive use of one set, something duplicated in this production. Said Priestly, "We are 12 people in a room who are basically strangers, so we have to find a way to develop some kind of chemistry between us, which is important but also very challenging.
"And in the end, I think the audience will be blown away by the ideas that Ozzie has come up with for this production."
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About the National Center for Toxicological Research
The National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), is the only FDA Center located outside the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The one-million square foot research campus in Jefferson, Arkansas plays a critical role in the missions of FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services to promote and protect public health.
Regulatory science researchers, academia, and other regulatory science research organizations and groups from around the world investigate, learn, and train at the Federal facility. NCTR, FDA's internationally recognized research center, plays a critical role in FDA's mission. The unique scientific expertise of NCTR is critical in supporting FDA product centers and their regulatory roles.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) is a global resource for collaboration providing consultation, training, and innovative scientific solutions in support of FDA's mission to improve public health.
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Connecticut colleges are modifying their programs to better serve professional populations as businesses are increasingly viewing online higher education as a highly valuable tool for their employees.
"It provides a way for employees to build on existing skills while developing new ones, and gives them a chance to immediately apply what they're learning to solve real business challenges," said Frank Mulgrew, president of Post University's Online Education Institute. "By necessity, we all have to become lifelong learners, and online higher education makes it possible for working professionals to get advanced education without interruption to their careers."
Online education allows employers and employees to pick the kinds of courses they need to fill in skill gaps and deficits. Different credentials are constantly needed in an educated workforce, and the next step is to translate the credentials into results, said Peter Diplock, interim assistant vice provost for the center for excellence in teaching and learning at the University of Connecticut.
Demographically, the returning adult student population at the graduate level is growing in size while the traditional undergraduate student population is shrinking, said Diplock.
To cater online education to the programs businesses use, UConn selectively develops high-demand and high-enrollment courses, including accounting, education, survey research, and human resource management. UConn is not pursuing online degrees at the undergraduate level.
"With the current economy, fewer and fewer employers want to see their employees leave the company to receive full-time education," said Diplock. "The opportunity with online education avoids this issue, allowing employees to stay in their routine and mix classes in when the timing works for them."
More than 6.1 million students were enrolled in at least one online course during the fall 2010 semester, showing an increase of 560,000 students over the previous year, according to a report by the Sloan Consortium.
"We are beginning to see a pressure for the increasing commoditization of knowledge," said Diplock. "Most education is not a commodity, but rather an interactive and socially constructed product of interactions."
Waterbury's Post University launched its first online class in 1997. In 2005, between 150 and 200 students were enrolled in a fully online education program to receive their degree. This year, that number has reached 11,000 students.
"People are choosing online learning programs for a variety of reasons," said Mulgrew. "In addition to the convenience and flexibility that an asynchronous online learning environment offers, students benefit from the level of interactivity that's possible in a well-conceived online classroom that isn't confined to set dates and times."
Online education offers students the chance to receive associates, bachelors, and masters degrees, as well as specific certifications. Students can also enroll in a course-by-course basis, with no commitment further than receiving knowledge in topics of interest.
Post uses a per-credit tuition program. Undergraduate associate and bachelor programs are about $525 per credit, and graduate masters programs are about $600 per credit. Tuition varies between colleges and programs.
Success in an online degree program requires strong time management skills, active and substantive participation in online discussion boards, and completion of all course assignments within stated due dates, said Mulgrew.
"As we like to say at Post, everyone is in the front row in an online course," said Mulgrew. "You can never hide in the back of the class, and students need to be learners, not just knowers, to be successful."
Steve Hargadon, expert of social networking in education and creator of a virtual educator community, is attributing the growth of online education to a larger trend seen nationally.
"The unbundling of learning taking place in a physical location is presently contributing to this shift," said Hargadon. "We have assumed that learning imperatively takes place in a physical location, but now education is being looked at as something you can take with you anywhere that you want."


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In addition to students' coursework, the program sponsors special cultural and social events for honors students as well as offers individualized help with advising and applications to graduate and professional schools.
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text: What are the good reasons not to have g77 in gcc4? I admit ignorance on the subject of gcc4, but g77 is useful to many in the scientific and academic communities. Mike Davis Joe Landman wrote: > Hi Bob: > > My main thesis really is that FC-x != FC-(x+1) in terms of core > interfaces. As we have read from Toon, gcc4.0 won't have a g77 (for > good reasons), and FC4 will be using gcc4.0. gcc4.0 != gcc 3.4. Of > course these are not the only changes. The big issue was the stack > size change. That one killed off my wireless driver and wreaked havoc > with my graphics on my test machine. > > Bob Drzyzgula wrote: > >> I've been following this discussion, and I just wanted to >> throw in my $0.02 on a couple of points: > > > [...] > >> What is much more important in a true "production" >> environment is the length of time one can expect to >> obtain patches for the OS. No "production shop" that > > > I get the feeling that this is an unwinnable argument. One person > (Mark) argues that support patches are effectively a tool to lock you > in (and if I characterized this wrong Mark, please feel free to > correct me), and you argue that this is the only reasonable feature of > a production OS. I stand by my thesis that a production system is a > long term stable (interfaces, drivers, ABI) and supportable system, in > that RHEL3 u5 will not be significantly different than RHEL3 u4, and > one should not expect broken interfaces or changed stacks, or similar > bits between these releases. > >> really is running a "production application" is likely >> to be replacing the OS on anything like the kind of >> schedule that FC-x -- or even RHEL -- releases come >> out. They are much more likely to qualify all their >> applications on a specific OS release, move this new >> image -- OS + applications -- into production, and run >> it until there is some compelling reason to change, >> and this compelling reason can be several years in >> coming. Even OS patches would only be applied in >> limited circumstances. These would be (a) to remedy a >> locally-observed failure mode, (b) to support required >> application updates, or (c) to address specific security >> issues. In all cases except in the most severe security >> problems, such patches would be applied after extensive >> testing to verify that production activities would not >> be affected. > > > Agreed. This is SOP in most cases. > >> Now, in principal there is no real reason why -- >> vendor support notwithstanding -- a production shop >> could not be set up to run on e.g. FC-3. However, the >> disappearance of the official patch stream after a few >> months would, or at least should, give one pause. Of >> course there is Fedora Legacy, and one can always >> patch the RPMs one's self. But it all starts to get >> pretty tenuous and labor-intensive after a while. By >> contrast, Red Hat is promising update support for RHEL >> version for at least five years after release. *This*, >> not the release cycle, is why production shops -- and >> their application vendors -- will prefer RHEL over >> FC-x. It really doesn't (or shouldn't) make a damn >> bit of difference to a production shop how the OS is >> characterized: "beta", "proving ground", "enterprise", >> whatever. What really matters is the promises that are >> made with respect to out-year support. > > > The issue over proving ground vs beta vs enterprise was a semantic > splitting of hairs that I am regretting spending cycles on. The real > issue for the application vendors is the cost in the end. Anything > that reduces cost is a good thing (longevity of platform, popularity > of platform, few numbers of platforms). This is why frequent release > cycle systems are not targetted, unless there is a compelling business > case for it. > > [...] > >> direction. RHEL can suck pretty bad in a research >> environment, where you are likely to wind up with half >> of the RH-supplied packages supplemented with your own >> builds of more recent stuff piling up in /usr/local. > > > <grimace> Yup. The problem is that when you start changing enough > stuff out, you create yourself a new distribution and you own all the > headache of this (substantial) > >> * I get a bit frustrated at the hostility toward >> commercial applications and closed hardware, especially >> to the extent that it gets directed toward the customers >> of those products. If there existed an open replacement > > > agreed. For some things there are no replacements. > > [...] > >> The same goes for closed hardware. I don't much >> care about high-end graphics cards, but storage >> is a big issue. I've recently been looking for new >> storage for a sizable network, and am finding that the >> option of affordable external, high-speed (FC class) >> RAID controllers serving up generic, high-speed, >> high-reliability (e.g. not SATA) disk, has pretty much >> vanished from the market over the past year or so. As >> has been mentioned, everyone wants you to use their >> JBODs, their disk modules, and in some cases their >> HBAs and closed-source drivers. And they want you to >> pay dearly for it. I hardly find this acceptable, but > > > Not going after the SATA vs FC/SCSI point. There are some out there > in the "white box" variety. Storcase, bowsystem, and a few others > used to have bits like this, though I often hear people talk about > only buying major brands for storage. I still have not seen > affordable FC. > >> I honestly don't know what else to do except to decide >> that capacity, throughput, reliability, availability and >> manageability just aren't that important after all. > > > They are, but there seems to have been technological shifts. > >> >> --Bob Drzyzgula >> >> >> [1] Matlab is actually a poor example for this discussion >> in that, to their credit, Mathworks in fact only >> requires, beyond a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel, a specific glibc >> version. 2.3.2. > >


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — About 3,000 Iraqis have resettled in the San Diego region in each of the last seven years, and some are preparing for more arrivals if the U.S. grants asylum to Christians displaced by insurgents being pummeled in strikes from U.S. fighter planes.
Iraqis who settled in the area in the 1990s after the Persian Gulf War are believed to number more than 60,000, mostly Chaldeans, U-T San Diego reported Saturday. The area is home to one of the nation's largest communities of Iraqi immigrants after Detroit.
"If something is worked out, I would suspect that San Diego would be a destination because of the large number of Iraqi Christians and Chaldeans that are already here," said Bob Montgomery, executive director of the San Diego office of the International Rescue Committee. "The situation is very fluid right now, but I would think it would be in the hundreds of additional people."
Mark Arabo, a leading figure in the San Diego Chaldean community, travels to New York Wednesday to petition the United Nations for help with displaced Iraqi Christians.
"We want to work with local leaders in places like Switzerland and Australia and in this country to see where is the best place to go," Arabo said.
President Barack Obama on Thursday authorized airdrops of humanitarian supplies to stranded religious minorities in northern Iraq and aerial bombardments of Islamic State targets.
"It's been an incredible roller coaster," Arabo said of his efforts to persuade congressional and administration officials to take action in Iraq.
The 31-year-old married father, who also heads the Neighborhood Market Association, which lobbies on behalf of independent grocery retailers and the food and beverage industry, said he doesn't want the U.S. to have to put any more troops into Iraq.
Arabo said he sensed a breakthrough with the president and his advisers to take action at the end of July.
"We knew then that we had his (Obama's) ear and we awaited his pen."


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DRAFT Load testing / stress testing of RAP applications
This is a brief example on how to do load testing / stress testing of RAP applications with JMeter.
Recording a test
JMeter allows to record tests by adding a proxy to your browser and simply record the user interactions with the server. This Introduction (PDF) is very useful for getting started with JMeter.
This is a sample proxy configuration that you can load into JMeter 2.3.2.
There are a couple of hints that you need to take into account for recording RAP application tests:
- Re-Start the browser before recording a test (or make otherwise sure that you are starting with a NEW session, e.g. by deleting the cookies)
- After recording your test you need to eliminate duplicate requests to the UICallbackServiceHandler (so that there are never two or more consecutive requests of this type). The callback requests do not have the ?nocache directive as url parameter.
- It does not matter which callback request(s) you delete, as long as exactly one is remaining
Running a test
- When running the tests with multiple threads you need to include an HTTP Cookie Manager (Please note that there is a bug in JMeter 2.3.1 for clearing cookies for multiple runs / iterations; please use either JMeter 2.3.0 or 2.3.2 see [1])
This is how the test plan should look like:
If cookies are not working every request will create a new session, this is not what we want to test (and leads to massive server load).
Also note the Gaussian Timer that has been added. A timer adds wait time between the requests, leading to a better approximation of a real users behaviour. If you don't add a timer you are putting a much higher load on the server, as every response is immediately followed by the next request, something a real user is not able to do.
This is how we check if the playback of the session is working.
- Start testing with only ONE session and two loops (configured in the Thread Group)
- Add a "Save Responses" post-processor
- Examine the response files, the patter should look like this
- The first response is an HTML file (expanded size is approxametly one megabyte, the compressed size that is going over the wire is about 200KB)
- The second response should be a .js or .javascript file with a size above 20KB, it contains the instructions for setting up the first user interface
- You may have responses that are of type "unknown" as responses to the UICallBack requests (can also appear as .js)
- All non Callback requests should have a response that contains some JavaScript instructions that do set some properties (e.g. w.setSpace of w.setItems in the example below)
org.eclipse.swt.EventUtil.suspendEventHandling(); var req = org.eclipse.swt.Request.getInstance();req.setRequestCounter( "7" ); var wm = org.eclipse.swt.WidgetManager.getInstance(); var w = wm.findWidgetById( "w44" ); w.setSpace( 0, 796, 19, 20 ); var w = wm.findWidgetById( "w81" ); w.setItems( [ "View I / Locate in browser view", "View I / Root", "View I / null"]); qx.ui.core.Widget.flushGlobalQueues(); org.eclipse.swt.EventUtil.resumeEventHandling();
- if all requests contain only like this, the test is not properly executed
org.eclipse.swt.Request.getInstance().send(); org.eclipse.swt.Request.getInstance().enableUICallBack( "rap", "custom_service_handler", "org.eclipse.rwt.internal.lifecycle.UICallBackServiceHandler" );


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Show that if $x$ is rational, then $\sin x$ is algebraic number when $x$ is in degrees and $\sin x$ is non algebraic when $x$ is in radians.
Details: so we have $\sin(p/q)$ is algebraic when $p/q$ is in degrees, that is what my book says. of course $\sin (30^{\circ})$, $\sin 45^{\circ}$, $\sin 90^{\circ}$, and halves of them is algebraic. but I'm not so sure about $\sin(1^{\circ})$.
Also is this is an existence proof or is there actually a way to show the full radical solution.
One way to get this started is change degrees to radians. x deg = pi/180 * x radian. So if x = p/q, then sin (p/q deg) = sin ( pi/180 * p/q rad). Therefore without loss of generality the question is show sin (pi*m/n rad) is algebraic. and then show sin (m/n rad) is non-algebraic.


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There are four retail pot sales candidates in Tukwila
by Jack Mayne
The recent Washington State Liquor Control Board lottery for a license to run the single retail store allotted to Tukwila has produced four candidates.
They are, in order of their ranking, Purple Dank, 18200 Andover Park West; Purple Haze, also 18200 Andover Park West; Ganja Haven, 344 Upland Drive; and Boyden Investment Group, 15015 Tukwila International Boulevard.
If Purple Dank, for any reason, fails the board's selection criteria – including the store site not be located near schools, day care facilities and other sensitive areas or have a criminal history, the next candidate will be vetted for the license and so on until a store is selected.
The liquor board is charged under voter approved Initiative 502 with regulating the retail sales of marijuana in small amounts to the general public. The board has allotted 61 stores to King County with one each in Tukwila, Des Moines, SeaTac, and Burien. Seattle will have 21 stores and there are 11 stores for unincorporated areas, including smaller cities.
When will licenses be issued in cities and areas with approved applicants?
"Hard to say," said a Liquor Board representative on Thursday (May 8). "Each application is unique and we have thousands to process."
After the state grants a license, the Tukwila city government must approve the applicant. The hang-up in many cities in King County, are laws forbidding the approval of any enterprise that violates state or federal laws. Marijuana is still illegal under federal law, although the present Obama administration has said it will not move to enforce the law in Washington state and Colorado, the two states where marijuana has been legalized for personal consumption
"One condition of the (state) license is that in order to operate an applicant must be in compliance with all of the local authority rules and regulations," said Liquor Board spokesman Mikhail Carpenter. "Essentially, that means that if they meet our criteria they get a license, but to operate they need to meet the city's criteria. That makes the issue of zoning, bans, moratoria a conversation between the applicant and the city, not the WSLCB."
Effectively, any individual Washington city can decide not to have pot sales.
The Liquor Control Board has said it hopes to begin issuing licenses in early July.


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"Convicted California serial killer Rodney Alcala, a contestant on "The Dating Game" television show more than 30 years ago, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday for murdering two New York women in the 1970s," according to Reuters.
Alcala was convicted in 2010 for the 1979 slaying of Robin Samsoe, a 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle to an afternoon ballet class in Huntington Beach.
His first and second convictions in the girl's murder were overturned. He was convicted a third time -- and again given the death penalty -- in 2010.
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By Phelps Blair on April 08 2019 02:59:48
When you have two sofas or any larger seating arrangement, a big coffee table might seem like the obvious solution. But also consider a pair of matching coffee tables. They will keep the focus off one large piece of furniture and let your eye move around the room more easily. One classic coffee table size is 48 by 24 inches, so you can plan on that when thinking about your furniture arrangement. A large coffee table is often double that: 48 inches square.
First think about what you need your coffee table to do for you, or what your room is missing, then pick a table that provides the solution. Before buying a table, mark the footprint with painter's tape so you can see the scale of the piece in the room and how that affects the surrounding furniture. If you have a very large room and a large coffee table, you can break up the scale of the table by flanking it with pairs of ottomans or benches, as in this example. When there's a party, they can be moved out of the way for better circulation, but for everyday use these extra seats help connect the sofa at one end and the pair of chairs at the other end. Be sure to use a pair of ottomans — not just a single one.
A lip edge or tray top on a coffee table is always a smart choice if you have a tendency to spill your coffee or have kids that will be using the coffee table for snacks and drinks. They're also good if you entertain often and don't want to worry about red wine getting spilled on your carpet. Coffee tables should be the same height as the surrounding seating, with 18 inches being a good average (although it will depend on your furniture). If you select a coffee table with a lip, make sure the lip isn't higher than the adjacent seating, or you'll end up hitting your drink against the lip when you try to set it down. The idea is to put your drink down, not up.
A coffee table does a lot of work. It needs to hold books, magazines, drinks, food — even games on game night. You might want to put your feet up on it, or the kids might need a place for coloring. Plus it's usually smack dab in the middle of the room, where you can't miss it — so make sure it's a good one. Sculptural wood coffee tables tell their own story and can add a natural element and warmth to a room with multiple upholstered pieces.
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If you're a woman who runs her own business or manages a team, then Bird Board may be for you.
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- Published on 29 October 2012
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Corbin Glasco of the Tigers has an odd grip on the football as he runs down the field.
Brylon Bolin and Pake Sinclair of the Longhorns move in to pull the flag from his uniform. The Tigers won the game 22-16. For more information, see the Oct. 25 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Mango is my all time favorite fruit. It sucks to not get good Indian mangoes here. I usually satisfy myself with the Mexican ones that are available, which are OK in comparison. So for the AFAM Mango event hosted by Deepa of Recipes N More, I decided to try a new dish with mangoes. I got my inspiration from here.
Cream - 2 cups
Mango pulp - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/c cup (can be changed according to taste)
Gelatin powder - 3 tsp
Water - 3 tbsp
Mix gelatin to water and microwave for about 2min. Stir well till you get a clear liquid and let is rest. Heat cream on the stove top for about 5min. Add the mango pulp and heat for about 2min. Remove from heat and add the gelatin liquid. Mix well and pour into individual cups and refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hrs. When ready to serve dip the cup in a bowl of warm water and invert over a serving plate. Decorate with more pulp and freshly cut mangoes.


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Until yesterday, my keys to the TYO Center floated precariously loose in my purse. Luckily, our trip to Rawabi yielded not only a nice new keychain bearing the municipality's insignia, but also some fantastic views and the encompassing warmth of promise and hope.
Rawabi is the first planned Palestinian city and an absolutely enormous undertaking for the Palestinian people. Set in the rolling landscape between Nablus, Jerusalem and Ramallah, Rawabi is literally translated to "hills" in English. The city is initially intended to provide affordable housing to 25,000 Palestinian families, with an eventual aim of 40,000 permanent residents.
I was lucky enough to sit with Nisreen, the Executive Director of the Rawabi Foundation, as we settled into a spot on the city's highest point for beautiful views and a-maz-ing tapas and juice. Nisreen had mentioned a plan to build a cultural center, museum, and outdoor amphitheater in a central location in the hopes of creating a cultural hub in the West Bank. Indeed, creating a sense of cultural pride can frequently boost a city's identity beyond just an incidental collection of commercial and residential buildings. From years of jumping back and forth from northern Ohio to Los Angeles, I can attest to the importance of a Greek theater or Pro Football Hall of Fame to a city's unique character. Even the – eccentric, we'll call them – street artists on the Venice beach boardwalk create a sense of cultural pride.
Nisreen and her team are spot-on with this one. As we gazed onto the hill that would eventually pulse with Palestinian music, art, and history, the TYO team had a moment of collective awe at the possibilities literally sprawled out before our eyes. Part of our goal here at TYO is to encourage kids to nurture their creative instinct – to appreciate their potential for self expression. Sitting on that hill with the dedicated team of the Rawabi Foundation, I couldn't help picturing Leen curating an art exhibit, or Nirmin adjusting the lighting scheme for a visiting string quartet. Maybe Ayman will coach a youth soccer team in the Rawabi public park.
Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. But it's nice to imagine that the same kids who walk through our classroom doors every day will soon have a major cultural outlet only 25 kilometers away. And in the meantime, check out Alex's chalkboard-wall hybrid, Tala's floor, or Samin's sing-alongs for a sample of the kids' creative efforts.
Amy is a summer intern at TYO Nablus.
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Nadal's comeback was expected: Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal continues his impressive comeback on Saturday by bidding for a place in the BNP Paribas Open final and top seed Novak Djokovic is not at all surprised by the Spaniard's swift progress.sports Updated: Mar 16, 2013 12:20 IST
Rafael Nadal continues his impressive comeback on Saturday by bidding for a place in the BNP Paribas Open final and top seed Novak Djokovic is not at all surprised by the Spaniard's swift progress.
World number five Nadal, who returned to the ATP circuit only last month after seven months on the sidelines last year with a left knee injury, will face sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the last four at Indian Wells.
"Well, it's sort of expected, considering the success throughout his career that he had on all the surfaces," Serbian world number one Djokovic told reporters on Friday about the Spaniard's form in his first hardcourt event in a year.
"It wasn't a big surprise, but, you know, there was always a wonder if he's going to feel physically fit or not to play four tournaments in five weeks. That's very demanding for somebody that's been off for seven months."
Nadal competed in three relatively minor claycourt events in South America last month, winning two of them after reaching all three finals.
The Spanish left-hander then arrived at the hard courts of Indian Wells to test his knee on the surface where his counter-punching style has often been least effective.
So far, the 11-times grand slam singles champion has flourished, winning his first two matches and gaining a walkover before booking his place in the last four by crushing long-time rival Roger Federer 6-2 6-4 on Thursday.
"Obviously he's building the confidence," said Djokovic, after cruising through his quarter-final on Friday in commanding fashion, winning 6-3 6-1 against Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
"He feels good, and he's very motivated, I'm sure, to perform his best. He's been playing great tennis."
Djokovic could meet Nadal in what would be a mouth-watering final on Sunday but for that to happen, the Spaniard has to beat Berdych while the Serb will have to overcome Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro.
"Del Potro is a powerful hitter from the back of the court, big serve," Djokovic said of the 2009 US Open champion, who upset British world number three Andy Murray 6-7 6-3 6-1 in their quarter-final on Friday.
"He moves really well for his height. US Open champion, so he knows how to play on the big stage."
For his part, Del Potro faces a daunting task against Australian Open champion Djokovic, who is unbeaten in 22 matches dating back to last October.
"Tomorrow against Nole I will need to play better than today," said the 6ft-6in Argentine, who has lost to Djokovic in their last four meetings.
"I remember the (most recent) match in Dubai I was close to winning the second set, but he takes all the chances to beat me. He's the No 1. You never know if he give to you a little chance to win, you know."
Del Potro has beaten the Serb only twice in 10 career meetings but he has very fond memories of when he last tasted victory, winning 7-5 6-4 to claim the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
"That match was very special for me," said the 24-year-old from Tandil. "Then we play in Cincinnati, in the US Open and Dubai and he beat me all the time.
"But all the matches are close with him. He already beat me in Dubai in two sets, very close two sets. I need to be very focused on any chances (that come) and try to take (them)."
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Thank you to Rachel Tomlinson, of Buckinghamshire, UK, for today's card. Rachel's card was simple to make and would be a good one to replicate. Read on for details:
"I misted the blank card with gold Glimmer Mist first. Made a tree trunk out of a strip of paper (though I twig would also work!), used a package from Basic Grey Wassail paper for the pot, and then chopped up some thin triangles of paper, and stuck them on at random.
A little silver star on the top, some Stickles around the edge – done!"
Below are a couple more of Rachel's samples using the same technique:
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The longest Shuttle flight to date comes to a successful close as the orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility at 8:36 a.m. EDT, July 7. During the nearly 17-day flight, the seven crew members on board for the 78th Shuttle mission conducted extensive research in the primary payload, the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS). The STS-78 mission commander is Terence "Tom" Henricks and Kevin R. Kregel is the pilot. Susan J. Helms is the payload commander, and two mission specialists are on board: Richard M. Linnehan and Charles E. Brady Jr. Also assigned to the flight are two payload specialists, Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency (CNES) and Robert Brent Thirsk, of the Canadian Space Agency. (Photo Release Date: 07/07/96 )
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Rising gas prices are always a hot topic during an American election year, and Republican officials have not missed the opportunity to skewer President Barack Obama's economic policies over the recent increase to a nationwide average of $3.70 per gallon.
What most Americans don't know is that their Israeli allies are actually quite envious of what they consider to be very low gas prices in the US.
At midnight, gas prices in Israel will rise another 5 percent, bringing the cost per gallon to around $8 in most parts of the country. Over the past year, Israeli gas prices have gone up by over 20 percent.
The sharp increase has been blamed on rising oil prices worldwide, but the Israeli government also imposes hefty taxes on imported fuel. A consumer activist campaign is pressuring the government to reduce those taxes, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to look into it.
Meanwhile, leading economists in Israel are warning that the government cannot simply eliminate such a major source of tax revenue without severely impacting spending on critical services like defense and health care. The experts are instead urging Israelis hurt by the gas price increases to find alternative methods of transportation.
But as a father of four living in an outlying neighborhood of Jerusalem, we can attest, as can many other Israelis, that it is not so simple to live day-to-day without a car in this country.
First of all, rising gas prices do not only effect the ability to fill our own gas tanks, but also produce an increase in the price of bus tickets. Even without such a price increase, anyone who lives in Jerusalem knows that despite the city's small geographical size, journeying from an outlying neighborhood like ours to the downtown district on a comically overcrowded bus can take well over an hour.
In other words, relying on the bus as our primary method of transportation in Jerusalem adds at least two hours of additional travel time to our daily schedules. That Israel, unlike most European countries, allows the Egged bus company to pack its buses like sardine cans (standing room only most of the time) means those are two very uncomfortable hours, especially for people traveling with small children.
Beyond getting around town, the rising gas prices will also increase the cost of most consumer goods, including food, which need to be transported by truck to retail outlets.
Perhaps most immediately noticeable to the majority of the population will be the increase in electricity rates. Israel's power plants are heavily reliant on coal and fossil fuels, and a major increase in electricity rates is forecast for this year, as is an energy crisis in the summer when Israeli are trying to beat off the infamous Middle East heat.
In short, the global oil troubles are affecting many people, but probably none more than Israelis, who were already in the unenviable position have having few friends from whom to buy oil. Maybe a Republican president in American could make good on those promises to start drilling and become Israel's supplier?
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Canton Man, Daughter Accused of Locking Man in Iowa Grain Bin
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man and his daughter from California face kidnapping charges after allegedly locking the woman's husband in a grain bin in Iowa following a domestic dispute.
Craig Olson, of Canton, South Dakota, and Oriana Groppetti, of Visalia, California, both are charged in northwestern Iowa's Lyon County. Groppetti has pleaded not guilty. A telephone listing for Olson could not immediately be found.
Authorities allege that Olson and his daughter locked Derek Groppetti, of Visalia, in an empty grain bin on July 22. The Argus Leader and the Visalia Times-Delta report that he escaped but was later taken to another abandoned farm, where he fled on foot to an occupied farm and called for help.
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For students preparing to study in foreign countries this year, the education fair 2016 organized by The Chopras shall be the must-attend event of the year. One of its own kind of an education exposition where more than 60 universities will participate from countries- US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland and Ireland.
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D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) arrives on the scene as he and the CSI team must piece together what happened to a spa weekend for Sara, Finlay and Morgan that turned into a murder investigation and missing persons report, "Girls Gone Wild" - Nick Stokes (George Eads, left) and D.B. Russell (Ted Danson, middle) tend to Sara Sidle as she sits in an ambulance wondering how a spa weekend for her, Finlay and Morgan turned into a murder investigation and missing persons report, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, Nov. 27 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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Alerta Cantabria has signed American pivot-wing Travis Garrison. He will have a one month trial, and his stay in Santander, the capital of Cantabria, depends his performance during this period.
The team has found the piece that has been missing since the beginning of the season. The recruitment of Travis Garrison is intended to achieve a balance in the inside game: a pivot-wing with the ability to get open and score.
While he is not a player who will carry the team on offense, the American will help to improve the team's collective game. Also, with his recruitment, there will be a player capable of defending smaller pivots, who usually cause big problems for the team.
Born on April 20, 1984, he is a pure four, with a height of 203 centimeters, and played at the University of Maryland, where he graduated averaging just over ten points and six rebounds per game during the 32 games his final season. After his passage through the Los Angeles Defenders, Maryland Nighthawks, and Great Falls Explorers this year, he tested his fortunes with the Seoul SK Knights of the Korean league.
An admirer of Michael Jordan, this will be his first experience on the European continent, where he will occupy the space left vacant with the departure of Romeo Travis.
Maybe "pivot" was supposed to translate as "center"? I see it come up in translations so often now, I've started thinking of "pivot" as a legitimate position, like saying "wing" instead of "small forward".


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FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
Several upbeat reports on the American and Chinese economies, coupled with strong earnings from oil behemoth ExxonMobil, sent stocks zooming higher on Thursday.
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As of 2:50 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 124 points, or 0.96%, to 13222, the S&P 500 climbed 14.1 points, or 1%, to 1426 and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 40.2 points, or 1.4%, to 3017.
The markets capped October on a weak note, with the Dow sliding some 2.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fared worse, tumbling 4.5%.
November was off to a much better start as traders cheered a round of mostly strong economic data.
The ADP National Employment Report showed the U.S. private sector added 158,000 jobs in October, more than the 135,000 expected. The Labor Department said new claims for unemployment benefits fell to 363,000 last week from an upwardly revised 372,000 the week prior. Claims were expected to rise to 370,000 from an initially reported 369,000.
Planned job cuts by U.S. firms soared 41% to 47,724 to a five-month high in October from September, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The all-important monthly jobs report from the Labor Department is on tap for Friday.
The Conference Board's index of U.S. consumer confidence rose to 72.2 in October from a downwardly revised 68.4 in September. The results missed estimates of a reading of 72.5, but marked the index's highest level since February 2008.
The Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing PMI gauge rose to 51.7 in October from 51.5 in September, the highest reading since May. The index was expected to fall to 51.2. Readings above 50 indicate expansion while those below indicate contraction.
China's official PMI gauge showed manufacturing activity expanding slightly in October after contracting slightly the month before. A separate PMI reading from HSBC showed the manufacturing sector in the world's No. 2 economy contracting at the slowest pace in eight months.
Hongbin Qu, the bank's chief economist for China, said in the report that the data show "industrial activity continues to bottom out following a modest pickup last month."
On the corporate front, earnings season marched on Thursday.
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) posted quarterly profits of $2.09 a share, topping estimates of $1.95. The world's biggest publicly-traded integrated energy company's sales of $115.7 billion beat estimates of $112.4 billion.
Pfizer's (NYSE:PFE) adjusted third-quarter profit of 53 cents a share came in line with Wall Street's expectations. However, the drug maker's sales of $14 billion missed forecasts of $14.64 billion. Pfizer's board also announced a new $10 billion share repurchase program.
After the close of trading, results are expected from American International Group (NYSE:AIG), Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) and LinkedIn (NASDAQ:LNKD).
Ford Motor (NYSE:F) said Alan Mulally plans to continue serving as president and CEO until at least 2014. Mark Fields was also named COO.
Oil futures were modestly higher. The benchmark contract traded in New York rose 85 cents, or 0.99%, to $87.09 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline climbed 0.13% to $2.634 a gallon.
In metals, gold fell $3.60, or 0.21%, to $1,716 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 rose 1% to 2530, the English FTSE 100 gained 1.2% to 5854 and the German DAX climbed 0.86% to 7323.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 edged up 0.21% to 8947 and the Chinese Hang Seng drifted higher by 0.83% to 21822.


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Jarkko Ruutu, a man who has probably caused more controversies during his career than he has scored goals. Fact is Ruutu is loved for his antics (I'm a big fan of his style. When it's within the rules of the game). He is a player who has been typecast as a dirty player, sure there are incidents which I agree that have been dirty, but Ruutu is a clever player and knows how to get under your skin and even make you feel uncomfortable playing against him.
What I also like about Ruutu is his back story and his journey to the NHL, which wasn't easy and required a lot of hard work and sacrifices. One could say his journey to the big leagues was inspirational.
So why blog about Ruutu, who has not been in the NHL since 2011-2012 season after he left the Ducks. Ruutu has caused an uproar in Finland after his hit on KalPa's Artturi Lehkonen. The Sm-Liiga disciplinary board has assessed a three game suspension for Ruutu for hitting a player without a puck. Even in the disciplinary notes, the leagues disciplinarian says, "The contact itself is clean but comes in late." The suspension has of course sparked mass debate within the Finnish hockey populous on Twitter. There are some who say that Ruutu is a menace to society and those that feel three games was too much and there should have been no suspension at all. I think, where the hit was clean, it was late and it is always unfortunate to see a player sidelined with a concussion.
I'm not going to start wading into the whole hit and the suspension, but rather on the comments that have since ensued. This morning Kalpa's director Kimmo Kapanen was quoted saying "Ruutu told Lehkonen at the start of the game that it would be lights out for him."
OK, so Ruutu's comment might come across as intentional that he did actually knock out Lehkonen, but who in our playing careers has not shouted something at the opposition. Hockey is such an intense sport where you try to get the upper hand from your opponents by any means necessary, be it skill, contact or psychological. It's letting your opponent know that they better keep their head up at all times. I mean look at Esa Tikkanen, he was one of the motor mouths of the league when he played, or if you read the Theo Fleury autobiography, it looks like it's common practice in hockey to give eye surgeries with a stick or to kill someone. Yet, we've not seen intentionally anyone carve out ones eye or actually kill someone on the ice after a threat has been made. Yes, there have been some damn right dirty plays in the NHL and in hockey in general, I accept that and I would like to think that every hockey fan is willing to put their hands up and say "hey our sport isn't clean at times."
It's pointless for me to argue whether Ruutu said such comments to intentionally hunt Lehkonen as I have only seen the incident above and did not see the entire game. But seriously, you would have to be pretty demented as a hockey player if you are out there intentionally trying to injure your opposition. Where I do think that the hit was late, I think Lehkonen's concussion was a result of his head making contact with the ice. Never the less if he had been in a position to receive the check and had he been in control of the puck and been aware of Ruutu, he would probably have skated away unscathed.
The other two problems I have from this incident relate to the wider problem in the Finnish SM-Liiga. Since the Ville Peltonen – Semir Ben Amor incident, the games this season have been relatively non-physical. I will put my hand up and say that I have seen less games this season than last (Thanks to a poor internet connection). There is less and less in terms of big (clean) hits and physical play and it went all the way to 2013 till the league saw its first fight. What is lacking in the Ruutu – Lehkonen incident is the response from Kalpa players. If you look at Ruutu, while he is skating towards centre ice, he is prepared to drop the gloves and pay for his hit (as he would do anywhere else), but alas, the Kalpa players make no attempts to respond to it. It's not the first time I've seen it happen in the league and I'd argue that in 90% of incidents SM-Liiga players do not respond as you would see, say O'Reilley responding to the hit that took out Gabriel Landesgok. Take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txYJ6ez52Hg Your teammate is laying on the ice, injured and yet there is no response apart from a few push and shove attempts.
Since I went back to playing proper hockey, as in not recreational hockey, one of the first things our coach drilled into us was that if anyone runs our goalie or a teammate was that we had to stick up for them and to make the opposition know that we weren't going to take any s**t. I've stepped up once or twice and I'm not a fighter type of player but to me, a response is a natural reaction. Is that an old-school way of thinking? Or have I just been turned into a candy ass hockey fan who expects such a thing from watching too much NHL hockey?
I'm not saying that you turn the league to a total gongshow, but players need to be responsible for their actions on the ice. That is why there is the 'code' that has been often talked about. A couple of non-Finns that I've spoken to about the SM-Liiga say that the league is boring. Yes, it is compared to the NHL and the first comments always is, there's hardly any hits or that you see bigger hits in a bush-league game. The product has definitely suffered as a result of the lacklustre disciplinary action that has taken away the players' right to respond to dirty plays and the lack of physicality will only hinder the Finnish prospect production.
The couple of rookies I've had my eye on this year (Mikael Granlund and Sami Vatanen) are helplessly behind on physical play and physical development compared to some of their rookie class mates of this season, mainly from North America. The emphasis in Finland is more on flow and creativity where the NA school of hockey seems to pay more emphasis to speed and size and let's face it; if these kids are being primed for the NHL, which is fast and hard physically, it is the right thing to do. Disclaimer: I know the North American school of hockey focuses on other areas as well, but that is just an example. The Finnish prospects are nearly not as NHL ready in their draft year as their counterparts.
All in all, hockey is a contact sport and highly entertaining when played as such. I doubt no-one in their right mind would like to see the NHL or the SM-Liiga for that matter to turn into a league where there's no hitting, no one says a word, not even to call for a pass and the opponents just blow kisses to one another. But one thing is for sure. Hockey on all levels needs to get rid of cheap shots and head shots.
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An 8.9 magnitude earthquake shook Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011 followed by many aftershocks and a destructive tsunami. The death toll has surpassed 18,000. 33-foot high tsunami waves hit the northern port of Sendai. Waves surged across farmland, sweeping away buildings, crops, vehicles, triggering fires and complications at nuclear power plants. Other countries with Pacific coasts were also on high alert for tsunami damage.
Many donors understandably feel an urgency to help victims of this disaster, but it may be wise to wait until charities assess what their role will be in these efforts. As a wealthy industrialized nation, Japan has disaster response measures in place and its government and military will coordinate and provide much of the necessary relief. The United Nations and the United States government are also mobilizing support for the relief effort in Japan and elsewhere in the Pacific.
According to Oxfam-Japan Executive Director Akiko Mera, "The Japanese state has the means to reach 99% of the population, but there will always be some who need more specific assistance." Since the government has the means to deal with the immediate crisis, donors may wish to wait and contribute to the groups that are able to assist with the intermediate and long-term needs of surviving victims. Many people have been displaced or have lost their livelihoods. Ongoing assistance will be required to relocate and retrain people, and also to provide psychological counseling for traumatized survivors.
On the day of the tsunami, the director of Emergency Response for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Gillian Dunn, issued the following statement: "Once we know more, including what the Japanese government requests from the international community, we'll be able to better assess a possible response. Japan is well equipped as a responder, and this may be an instance where aid organizations are not asked to respond in large numbers. We'll also have to see what tsunami damage might occur in other countries, including small Pacific islands."
CharityWatch, a leading charity watchdog that issues letter grade (A+ to F) ratings of nonprofit groups, announces its top-rated list of charities currently involved—or mobilized to provide assistance if it is required—in the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan and possibly elsewhere in the Pacific. CharityWatch identifies the following charities that receive an "A" or "B" grade based on the portion of their budget going to program services and their fundraising efficiency. Contact the organizations below for information on specific relief operations now underway.
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By now, you've likely heard that egg-n-sperm bigwig Dr. Jeff Steinberg plans to deliver (ha) designer babies by the summer -- namely, kids with the skin, hair and eye color of your choice. Kind of like a Build-a-Bear Workshop for the future of humanity.
In response, Guanabee.com concocted this Dr. Jeff Steinberg Genetically Engineered Baby Color Poll to explore the question on everyone's minds: If you could choose these traits for your baby -- plus gender -- which way would you go?
Early results show a definite bias toward males (53 percent) over females; a tie between blue and brown eyes (22 percent each); and a preference for straight over curly hair (53 to 47 percent). Interestingly, at this writing, respondents picked an olive-skinned baby (39 percent) over white or brown skin (28 percent), whereas just 6 percent said they'd pick black as their baby's skin color of choice.
Which prompts a question: Can you order up a baby with black skin, blue eyes and red hair? Or is there a genetic "no substitutions" policy, like with the McDonald's Value Meals?


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What is an Early American country home?
It's unpretentious, not fancy. It's rustic . . . but not. It's country - down home country.
It's simple - in fact some might call it primitive.
It's simple - in fact some might call it primitive.
But most of all, it just feels like home.
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Blend of rustic country charm with rusted metal decorative accents and worn and weathered wood furniture achieve will achieve that homely rustic farmhouse feel.
Display an effective mix of fine antiques, contemporary pieces, and period reproductions.
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This lovely folk art style border has all of the classic motifs: tin stars, woolly sheep, and willow trees, all artfully arranged on a country shelf. Warm colors with touches of white will coordinate with your existing décor effortlessly. Whether the décor is primitive, rustic, or classic folk art. These patterns coordinate easily with classic country décor, including favorite patterns like tin stars, willows, wicker baskets, vines and berries, roosters, and sheep.
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Red berries and a rustic burlap bow give this charming wreath plenty of country charm. A dimensional lighted primitive house in the center of a lighted wreath, while the words Home Sweet Home appear above. Requires 3 AAA batteries
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Your Hearts Delight 16" H x 6 1/2" dia. Primitives Set of 3 Nesting Boxes. Your Hearts Delight by Aubrey provides primitive home decor items including seasonal items, everyday products, garden and patio creations, charming stitchery and so much more. This accent piece is sure to help enhance any decor. Measures Stack 16" H Large 6 1/2" dia. Stylish decorative accent for any room decor. Great gift for family, friends, neighbors and acquaintances. Set of three nesting boxes.
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This colonial style country kitchen phone is an authentic reproduction of early American heritage. While this beautiful recreation is designed to provide extremely high-quality communications, it has all the charm of the faithful original. Originally introduced in the early 1920's, this classic features a crank handle that actually turns. This Crosley Country Kitchen Phone features touch-tone buttons with a rotary look, complete with speaker and hold functions. The handcrafted wood and veneer cabinet is enhanced with striking brushed bronze-plated hardware. This beauty is as functional as it is fabulous, including a recipe-style storage compartment, volume controls for ringer and receiver and the option to change between tone/pulse.
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Add a classic country arch to any room with these charming wall decals. This set includes a primitive arch design complete with "welcome" sign, a shelf accented by twined red berries, and some of your favorite barn stars, colored in a coordinating shade of crimson. Apply all the pieces together, or stick them to separate walls to create a room-encompassing design. Great for kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms, hallways, and more!
These days most Americans earn their living in front of a computer or on a telephone or over a service counter, not driving a tractor through a field or sheering wool off sheep.
Pat Fisher is a self taught artist who began painting as a child. Pat's work reflects her pride and love for God and country. Her style brings a visually peaceful retreat to a kinder, gentler time and promotes a pleasing image to those who own her prints. Her Americana work has the trade mark Salt Block houses, churches, and willow trees that adorn this valley of the Dutch. This mural is available in two sizes: Full wall size, or to accommodate a smaller wall, it can be used to go above a chair rail.
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Primitive Country Scenery Giant Wallpaper Accent Mural
This scenic wallpaper mural captures the idyllic view of the Pennsylvania country side rolling hills, valleys of grain and working farms. Because of the restful feeling you get when viewing this mural, you might be enticed to place it a family room, or maybe even a bedroom. This mural will capture the imagination of those who view it and at the same time it will compliment primitive furnishings.
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The rustic beauty of weathered wood is captured in this design that instantly transforms the room in to a rustic retreat.
White washed sashes are adorned with bittersweet berry vines on top and hand painted crocks and a tin star on the bottom ledge. It is a lovely addition to a kitchen, laundry room, or even a living room.
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Add a touch of vintage Americana to your decor with the 'Stars and Stripes
This Rusty Coffee Pot is a classic kitchen accent! Rusty tin coffee pot with cylindrical sides and a strap metal handle, removable lid has wooden knob handle. Rustic finish has black distressing for a primitive touch. 8" H x 4-3/4" in diameter. For decor use only
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early American country farmhouse homes
- Set of three antiqued metal canisters each with a distinctive vintage label and a wooden lid
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A Welsh Hutch is characterized by open shelves for storing plates and dishes, as well as separate drawers for utensils. Our reproduction of this timeless classic includes a beadboard back, reeded sides, straight legs and a low shelf below for storage. Handcrafted in the USA of solid white pine. Choose from seven hand-rubbed, slightly distressed finishes.
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American And Beautiful
Inspired by the classic beauty of the red, white and blue, this decorating idea is a proud addition to any room. Patriotic touches include a star table runner, angel with flag, decorative pails and stars on spindles. Hang a few coordinating ornaments and place an Americana sign set nearby for a spirited look.
Inspired by the classic beauty of the red, white and blue, this decorating idea is a proud addition to any room. Patriotic touches include a star table runner, angel with flag, decorative pails and stars on spindles. Hang a few coordinating ornaments and place an Americana sign set nearby for a spirited look.
Character, in a primitive country home, comes from the small human touches.
A bowl filled with warmly scented natural dried products such as putka pods, cinnamon sticks, lavender, rose hip, sage balls, pine cones. These natural dried "fixins" add to your primitive country decor. Wooden and rusted pieces such as rolling pins, small buckets, and towel racks. In other words, pieces that appear as though they were made by hand long ago.
Red, white and blue
Home is where the Stars are and show that pride with a patriotic themed bedroom.
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Persian foods are loved by a lot of food lovers. They can't get enough of it once they devour its heavenly taste. Moreover , Persian foods are known to be nutritious and good for those who are in diet.
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REVIEW: Fresh Meat return is not so fresh but still packs a punch
We've long awaited a resolution to the university years of JP, Kingsley, Howard, Oregon, Vod and Josie, and finally it is here with the new year. The students that… read more
REVIEW: Fresh Meat return is not so fresh but still packs a punch
We've long awaited a resolution to the university years of JP, Kingsley, Howard, Oregon, Vod and Josie, and finally it is here with the new year. The students that made university living look, well, like real life, are in their final year at Manchester Medlock University, except for poor Josie, whose drunken dentistry in first year has kept her behind everyone else.
The series returns for six new episodes, instead of the usual eight, but it will please fans to learn that the actors and writers are still on top form, even if the format and stories are a little tired after four seasons and three years.
This review might have been different had it not been for the introduction of Tomothy, JP's older brother (the parents couldn't decide between the names 'Tom' and 'Timothy'). Tomothy, played by a fantastic Richard Goulding (and a bit of a ringer for David Cameron), injects fresh humour into the show as the ridiculously elitist elder brother of JP. If you thought JP was ridiculously lovable, Tomothy is just ridiculous – and it's hilarious. His first course of action is to offer JP a job at his banking firm, doing something boring and suited, where JP can live a high life that consists of money, never seeing one's family and working 5-9 (yes, 5-9, not 9-5). He casts aside JP's dreams of being a lion tamer or penis artist, in the most eerily accurate parody of rich privilege the show can muster.
Vod tries her hand at drug dealing for one episode only, as she quickly discovers there is too much health and safety to selling illicit substances. After selling Tomothy a £200 pill, she is horrified to learn that the pill might be potentially lethal – sparking a hilarious sequence of her surreptitiously checking Tomothy's temperature and blood pressure, as Tomothy attempts to cheat on his wife with Oregon.
Employing Goulding for this episode (and series, we're told at the press conference afterwards) has really been a masterstroke, with the best of this episode's stories revolving around him.
In other plots: Oregon has a self-help book for students out, Kingsley scores with her personal assistant, Josie's getting separation anxiety, and Howard's being… well, a heartbroken version of Howard, which is as one can imagine, vaguely terrifying.
Laugh of the episode: "You can call me the Fritzl of revision" – Howard, offering an alternative nickname for himself after Tomothy insults his decision to live in the cellar to revise.
Fresh Meat airs on Mondays on Channel 4 at 10pm. Catch the first episode on All4.