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Eeeeeeee! So excited.
We have very few seating options in our home. We have one falling apart, but squishy and comfy couch in the family room and next to it, an equally falling apart and squishy chair. In the playroom, there's an even older and squishier love seat that unfolds into an extremely uncomfortable bed. And that's about it in the upholstered furniture category....
until a few days ago!
On President's Day, Lyle and I looked at seemingly every couch in our county. I had something pretty specific in mind-- a comfy couch with durable fabric in the tan color family, something that had no skirt around the bottom and showed some leg, and a couch that maybe had some curves and looked a little formal. We found a couple of couches that would work, but nothing really got us excited about forking out the cash required to bring them home.
Then on Tuesday, I had a few minutes to kill before dropping the littles off at school and remembered an small furniture store nearby that I hadn't checked in years. By this point in my couch quest, I was a very impatient shopper and fast walked through the store while the kids jogged behind. Then I saw it.
It was tan. It was curvy. It showed legs.
I was afraid to sit on it. No matter how lovely, I would not buy an uncomfortable couch.
Guess what? Totally comfy!
It's an antique that had recently been reupholstered and resprung (is that a word?) but had a couple of dings on the wood frame. I pointed out the dings to the salesman and talked him down to a price less than any of the ho-hum couches we'd looked at.
In fact, we got such a good deal, we came home not only with the couch
but with a leather recliner for Lyle.
Franklin will never be allowed in the music room.


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With each week of this Jamie Ministry of Food course I am attending, there are some lovely recipes to take away and repeat at home. Some of these methods I would not necessarily have tried on my own especially when they seemed so simple like this Evolution Potato Salad and I have enjoyed the different choice of ingredients.
Its very welcoming when we arrive at the pop up trailer kitchen. Fresh herbs displayed outside and our aprons folded neatly on the boards ready for us to cook. We go through some OH&S rules and kitchen etiquette, and then its full steam ahead.
Each week we come away with not only left overs but our folders are becoming stuffed with recipes.
The emphasis of this series of lessons is not to overcook the food especially vegetables and potatoes are no exception. It also concentrates on using less salt, sugar and fats.
This serves 4.
750g new potatoes
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
salt and freshly ground pepper
a small bunch of fresh chives chopped
4 tablespoons natural yogurt
zest of 1 lemon
What to do…..
Bring a pot of salted water to the boil
scrub potatoes (leaving the skins on)
Chop large potatoes in half
Add potatoes to the boiling water and bring back to the boil for about 10-15 mins, depending on size.
Test potatoes with the point of a knife to make sure they are cooked through.
When cooked drain well in a colander and put them into a bowl.
Lightly whisk olive oil and lemon in a separate bowl
Season with salt and pepper and stir well.
Toss the hot potatoes in the dressing
Sprinkle over the chives and mix
Add the yogurt and zest of lemon and combine so all the potatoes are well coated.
Try this simple potato salad for yourself, you will love it.


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"No" isn't a word Ruth Altshuler hears much, and it's one she doesn't like to use either.
But last June when Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings called her Park Cities home, 88-year-old Altshuler — the city's grande dame of raising money and running things — knew what he wanted.
And she was ready to politely, but firmly, decline.
Rawlings needed someone to plan this year's ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. And he knew it would be tricky.
Nov. 22, 1963, is the most painful day in Dallas' history — one that lives on in the civic psyche — and a first-term mayor's greatest fear is an old scab being ripped off a deep wound in public.
One misstep will almost certainly lead to national ridicule.
That's why he called "Ruthie."
"This event is extremely important in the life of Dallas," Rawlings said. "I wanted someone who had a lot of experience leading important projects, somebody who knew Dallas and knew what Dallas was all about, and someone great at dealing with the human quality of something like this."
Altshuler demurred when Rawlings popped the question.
Too old, she suggested. Too busy. Too out of touch.
Altshuler is the kind of woman who's lived much of her life being pursued — for her classic beauty, and her money. She wanted the mayor to work for it.
He obliged.
Rawlings pressed on about how the ceremony needed to be somber and dignified — no circus or crazy conspiracy stuff. Focus on Kennedy's legacy, not the tragedy.
In short, it should be an event befitting the memory of one of our nation's young lions.
He paused, then nudged, "Do it for Dallas."
Altshuler laughed her trademark laugh — a warm and velvety, low-in-the-throat alto — and said, "I'm over the hill, but I'll come back over the hill."
And so began what may be her defining public-service project in a life that has largely been devoted to philanthropy.
Altshuler grew up in a grand old home on Swiss Avenue, the youngest child and only daughter of Ruth and Carr P. Collins.
Her father founded Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co. in 1927, which eventually grew into one of the largest businesses of its kind in the nation.
Prosperity sheltered the young Ruth and her two brothers — Carr P. Collins Jr. and James M. Collins — from the suffering of the Great Depression.
Altshuler's early life was cushioned by a family nurse, a Ford convertible and a blithe sense of entitlement.
Her summers were spent canoeing at Camp Waldemar, an exclusive girls' camp in the Texas Hill Country, and many weekends she slept at the Texas Governor's Mansion.
One of her friends, Molly O'Daniel, was the daughter of Gov. Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel.
In those days, Altshuler's boyfriend was Charles Storey, who later became a prominent Dallas lawyer.
"Here I am at the governor's mansion sleeping on Sam Houston's bed, which was like sleeping on this," she said, laughing as she leaned forward and rapped her knuckles on a coffee table in her home.
"The Texas Rangers would come upstairs and say, 'Ms. Collins, Mr. Storey is downstairs waiting for you.' And there I'd go, just sashaying down the stairs."
It was thrilling, romantic and Altshuler knew little else until her junior year at SMU, when she met and married a Navy pilot. They ended up in Oregon.
Less than two years later, he was shot down during a World War II bombing raid over Tokyo.
One month shy of her 21st birthday, Altshuler returned to Dallas a widow.
'Turning point'
She took a job at Dallas Love Field as a ticket taker, supervised the loading of baggage and sometimes stood on the tarmac guiding planes into their parking spots using hand signals.
Months later, Altshuler met her second husband, Charles Sharp, a local boy who had worked his way through law school at the University of Texas and had a year under his belt at Harvard.
He was poor and didn't have a car, but to a young Altshuler, he was irresistible.
"He was the best-looking man I ever saw," she said, eyes shining. "And in those days, looks were No. 1 on my list and whether they were a good dancer was No. 2.
"Integrity came in something like 14, and honesty was 17."
During their courtship, Sharp was assigned to a Navy shipyard in Rhode Island, where he taught young officers how to command PT boats.
One of his students: Lt. John F. Kennedy.
"They certainly weren't intimate friends, but I know he was in one or two of Charles' classes," said Altshuler. "I always thought it was funny they had Charles there as a trainer, because he had never even been out on White Rock Lake in a rowboat."
They married on June 21, 1947, and started a family. Sally was born in 1949, and Stanton came along in 1952.
Altshuler joined the Junior League, a civic group for young women. They took her on a tour of Dallas she'd never seen.
"We went to Parkland [Memorial Hospital] and the Lighthouse for the Blind and Goodwill Industries," she said. "I was just so overwhelmed.
"There was so much need and so much that needed to be done. That was the turning point in my life."
Charity work
But just as Altshuler's life work came into focus, her future at home became blurry.
Her husband was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and their son was suffering from an undiagnosed mental illness. Her third child, Susan, was born in 1960.
"I had my son running up and down the halls not knowing where he was, and I was up all night with Charles," she said. "So I had some lean years in there, shall we say."
In some ways, charity work was her relief.
Altshuler was eventually selected for many boards, including those of the Salvation Army, United Way and SMU — and in each case, she rose to be the first female chairman.
Altshuler confesses she felt a few jitters when she was invited into the city's male-dominated inner sanctum of power, but they faded quickly.
"I'm one of those people who are often wrong, but seldom in doubt," she said. "I have a strong personality, and you have to have confidence when you're asking to be president of some of these things."
In 1963, she got a call from Joe Dealey, publisher of The Dallas Morning News.
"You're going to get a subpoena," he said. "I'm on the nominating committee, and you're going to be the first woman we've ever asked to be on the grand jury."
Altshuler found the work fascinating.
She showed up each morning around 8 at the Old Records Building in downtown Dallas and listened as prosecutors presented cases for indictment.
They broke for lunch a little early on Nov. 22, 1963 — a Friday — because Kennedy was coming to town.
Altshuler crossed Houston Street and stood on the corner of the Texas School Book Depository, where minutes later and six stories up, Lee Harvey Oswald would prepare a sniper's nest.
Her husband picked her up and they drove down Elm Street, under the overpass and out to the old Dallas Trade Mart, where local dignitaries waited to greet the young president.
Eventually, the press corps filed in to the luncheon. A few minutes later, they all ran out.
J. Erik Jonsson, the co-founder of Texas Instruments who would eventually become Dallas' mayor, stepped to the podium.
"I'm saddened to tell you the president has been shot," he said.
The Rev. Luther Holcomb rose and recited a prayer.
"We were sort of numb and everybody just started walking out," Altshuler said. "By the time we go to our cars, word had gotten out that he was dead. People were just sobbing everywhere."
The next day, Altshuler and others began a fundraising campaign for the children of J.D. Tippit, the Dallas police officer shot to death by Oswald after the assassination. It raised $650,000.
Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald on Sunday.
Monday morning, Altshuler was on the grand jury that handed down the indictment.
Interesting life
"Life has not been wasted on me, that's for sure," Altshuler said. "I've just been fortunate to meet all these interesting people in all these interesting situations."
The list includes four presidents — Reagan, both Bushes and Obama, whom she met in 2009 when her friend Nancy Brinker was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House.
"He saw me and just came over and gave me a high-five," she said. "And then he bent over and kissed me and I thought, 'Who is this man?'"
Her philanthropy thrived, even through the death of her husband, Charles, in 1984. A few years later, she rediscovered love when she married Dr. Ken Altshuler.
She raised millions for the Salvation Army's Carr P. Collins center, the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center and Dallas Summer Musicals. She started a campaign to buy televisions and air conditioners for shut-ins, and each Thanksgiving she still hosts a food drive on her driveway.
With phone calls and personal letters, she raises millions.
When Laura Bush asked her to join her Foundation for America's Libraries, Altshuler sat down and wrote 20 letters to her friends asking for $1 million apiece. She got $7 million.
"Everyone in Dallas knows that the easiest way to make sure a project is successful is to have Ruth Altshuler on your side," Laura Bush wrote in an email.
"With her great generosity of spirit, Ruth has bettered every part of our city's civic life. I'm especially grateful for Ruthie's friendship."
In Dallas' philanthropic community, Altshuler's organizing and fundraising prowess is legendary.
"When Ruth calls you, you do what she wants you to do," said former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, a friend for more than 30 years.
"Nobody would ever say 'no' to Ruth. If she asks you for 100 percent, you do it, because you know she has already given 200 percent."
Gerald Turner, president of SMU, where Altshuler has been a trustee for 46 years, has a similar story.
"I always tell people Ken Altshuler and I have a lot in common," he said. "We both get up every morning and do what Ruth tells us to do."
Power of persuasion
That power of persuasion is exactly why Rawlings asked Altshuler to lead the commemoration of the JFK assassination this fall.
"Ruth's life has been one of understated grace and a sense of class, and that's what I want to make sure we have in this event," Rawlings said.
"She's not a big talker. She's not flashy, but she's a go-getter and she gets things done."
You can already see results.
Altshuler called an old friend — author David McCullough, who is known as America's historian — and asked him to write and deliver remarks at the 50th anniversary ceremony.
A local admiral arranged for a 63-man Navy choir to perform.
Staubach, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, is working on a flyover.
"I just really respect her," Staubach said. "There are people in life who take out of life, and then you have people who give back with gusto. That's Ruth."
Follow Scott Farwell on Twitter at @scottfarwell.
BACKGROUND: Honors and awards
Major honors and appointments:
Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, appointed by President George W. Bush
U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, appointed by Secretary of State Colin Powell
First person in the U.S. to receive all three of these national honors: Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year; United Way's Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award; Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Salvation Army's Order of Distinguished Auxiliary Service
Trustee of the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries
Local and state awards:
Texas Women's Hall of Fame
Life trustee of The Hockaday School
Honorary chairman of the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center and Dallas Summer Musicals
Past chairman of Communities Foundation of Texas
J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award
SMU Distinguished Alumni Award
SMU trustee for 46 years


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It's a common problem among postmenopausal women – painful sexual intercourse due to thinner, drier, more fragile vaginal tissues. To help the roughly 32 million women with this condition, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug called Osphena.
As the Los Angeles Times pointed out, it's not exactly the pink version of Viagra, but the new drug may provide some help to women whose libido has been waylaid by moderate to severe pain during sex.
Dyspareunia – the medical name for painful intercourse – is associated with postmenopausal declining estrogen levels after menopause; this in turn affects vaginal tissues. "Dyspareunia is among the problems most frequently reported by postmenopausal women," Victoria Kusiak, M.D., with the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. "Osphena provides an additional treatment option for women seeking relief."
Although there are estrogen creams and suppositories that can help women with vaginal tearing and dryness, Osphena is less messy and not estrogen-based, for women wary of using the hormone. According to the FDA, Osphena, a pill taken once daily with food, acts like estrogen on the tissues, to make them thicker and less fragile.
Of course, things are never quite as simple as just taking a pill. Osphena comes with a black box warning on the label – the most serious kind – alerting women to an increased risk of strokes, deep vein thrombosis, and thickening of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus).
The FDA cautions that "women should see their health care professional if they experience any unusual bleeding, as it may be a sign of endometrial cancer or a condition that can lead to it."
The pill also hasn't been tested on women who have had breast cancer, so they're warned not to take it either. For all these reasons, the FDA says Osphena should be prescribed "for the shortest duration consistent with treatment goals and risks for the individual woman."
Gynecologist David Portman, M.D., director of the Columbus Center for Women's Health Research in Ohio, was the lead researcher in Osphena's safety and effectiveness trials. He says women enrolled in the trials reported benefits by the fourth week on the drug, though he adds that "it is not known when or if symptoms recur after discontinuing therapy."
The hope is that "once sex becomes less painful with treatment," patients and partners will be able to have regular intercourse, which "is beneficial for maintaining vaginal health," he adds.
A spokeswoman for Shionogi Inc., the maker of Osphena, told the Times that the drug is expected to become available in the U.S. in June, but that its price has not yet been set.
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Resources for independent research, internships, and careers
UW-Madison undergraduate research awards
Board of Visitors Fund for Undergraduate Research: In 2013, the Physics Department's Board of Visitors has graciously established a new fund to support physics undergraduate research. Questions about the fund may be addressed to Professor Carlsmith.
Venturewell sponsors undergraduate R&D in Garage Physics. Contact Professor Carlsmith for further information.
The Department of Physics maintains a list of opportunities at http://www.physics.wisc.edu/academics/undergrads/news.
Application forms are available at the websites listed below. Questions may be directed to Julie Stubbs, Director of the Undergraduate Academic Awards Office (1107 Nancy Nicholas Hall, 265-2428, email@example.com).
HILLDALE UNDERGRADUATE/FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND HOLSTROM ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOLARSHIPS provide support for collaborative research between undergraduate students and faculty or research/instructional academic staff members. Each provides a grant of $3,000 to the student and $500 to the faculty/staff mentor (up to $1,000 under exceptional circumstances) to help offset research costs. Students must have at least junior standing at the time of application. The Holstrom Scholarships require an environmental focus. We're pleased to announce this year the McPherson Eye Research Institute will sponsor one additional Hilldale Fellowship for vision based research (including bioengineering, imaging, data visualization, ophthalmology and general biology of the eye). The application deadline is February 17, 2014. Directions for accessing the on-line application, instructions and FAQs can be found at the UAA website. < http://www.provost.wisc.edu/hilldale.htm>
WISCONSIN IDEA UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS are awarded to undergraduate students to develop and implement community-based research or service-learning projects that will meet a community identified need (local, national or international) under the supervision of a UW-Madison faculty or instructional academic staff member. Fellowships provide three (3) academic credits, a stipend of up to $3000 to a student ($5000 for a group of up to five students) and up to $2000 to help offset project related costs. The application deadline for 2014-15 fellowships is February 14, 2014. The on-line application, instructions and FAQs can be found on the Morgridge Center for Public Service website. < http://morgridge.wisc.edu/programs/wif/ >
UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS provide $1,000 to undergraduate students who have distinguished themselves by completing outstanding projects, such as a senior thesis, at UW-Madison. Students must be enrolled in a degree program during the 2013-14 academic year (December 2013 graduates may apply). Applications are due March 24, 2014. Directions for accessing the on-line application can be found at the UAA website. < http://www.provost.wisc.edu/university-bookstore.htm>
WID Frontier Fellows program for undergraduates http://wid.wisc.edu/fellows/frontier-fellows/
Undergraduate Research Award--for general research projects. If Garage Physics members ever decide to take on a bigger project, this is a great place to get the funds for it. Deadline Nov 15 UW Undergraduate Research Program: http://www.lssaa.wisc.edu/urs/research/index.html
UW Letter and Science Honors Program: http://www.honors.ls.wisc.edu/SiteContent.aspx?prev=1&id=46
UW Undergraduate Symposium: http://www.learning.wisc.edu/ugsymposium/
Other undergraduate research awards
The "Future Faces of Physics" Award--Outreach to underrepresented students in physics. Can the physics club and garage physics partner up to do a project to reach out to students in rural WI and show them the awesomeness of physics? Or to minority students in Milwaukee? Or young women in the Madison area? You get the idea. Deadline Oct 15 http://www.spsnational.org/programs/awards/futurefaces.htm
Society of Physics Students Marsh White Awards--Outreach to the general public like the WI Science Festival would qualify for this award. Deadline Nov 15 http://www.spsnational.org/programs/awards/white.htm
Wisconsin Space Grant: http://www.uwgb.edu/wsgc/
Student Awards Program in Fuel Cycle Research: http://www.fuelcycleinnovations.org/
APS DNP Conference Experience for Undergraduates http://physics.westmont.edu/ceu
DAAD RISE-Research Internships in Science and Engineering: http://www.daad.de/rise/en/
Optical Society of America student grants and fellowship http://www.osa.org/en-us/membership/student_services/awards_grants_fellowships/
UW Grants http://grants.library.wisc.edu/index.html
Student Research on Campus Sustainability Award http://www.aashe.org/about/aashe-awards/student-research
AAPT award for development of an advanced educational laboratory http://www.aapt.org/Programs/grants/aapt_alpha_award.cfm
AAPT $25k Venture Fund for development of a product related to education in physics http://www.aapt.org/Programs/grants/venturefund.cfm
Funding for graduate student projects
WARF Discovery Challenge: http://www.warf.org/about/index.jsp?cid=61&scid=129
WID Emerging Interfaces Award: http://wid.wisc.edu/programs/emerging-interfaces-award/application/
National Academies http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/
Semiconductor Research Corporation http://www.src.org/student-center/
NSF https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/
DOE http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/
APL http://www.jhuapl.edu/employment/summer/
DOE/INFN Summer Exchange Program: http://www.infn.it/summer_student/
UW REU Program: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/undergrads/uw-madison-reu-program/
Harvard WYSS. Wyss-funded summer research positions for undergraduates from any university to work at the Wyss will be advertised through the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science's REU program. http://wyss.harvard.edu/
Biomedical Engineering Society: http://bmes.org/about
Shine Medical Technologies (2013 Startup in Monona): http://careers.shinemed.com/job-type/internship/
Atom Probe (Madison, microscopes) http://www.atomprobe.com/ Thomas F. Kelly, Ph.D. Division Vice President of AMETEK, Inc., CAMECA Instruments, Inc. 5500 Nobel Drive, Suite 100, email@example.com Madison, WI 53711-4951 www.cameca.com Direct Phone: +1.608.229.1954 Main Phone: +1.608.274.6880 or toll free +1.877.464.6246 Fax: +1.608.442.0622 Mobile: +1.608.239.8470
Academic credit for internships, Internship in the Liberal Arts & Sciences http://interlsinternship.pbworks.com/w/page/20058673/INTER-LS%20260, http://careers.ls.wisc.edu/academic-credit-and-more--students.htm
Federal Pathways program internships https://www.usajobs.gov/StudentsAndGrads
Bioprocess Engineering for Sustainability http://ww2.bse.vt.edu/reu/
Internships in Medical Physics http://www.aapm.org/search/search.asp?page=1&keyword=internship&submit=Go
Public Forum Institute - policy internship in Washington http://publicforuminstitute.org/about/internships/
NREIP intern program http://www.asee.org/fellowship-programs/undergraduate
Long list of national internships http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/research/summer-research.htm
SRI International http://www.sri.com/careers/students-faculty-and-fellows
150 or so REU websites at COMPADRE http://www.compadre.org/student/research/browse.cfm?SortBy=DeadlineOrder&Archive=1
Delphi Corporation summer internships http://delphigraduates.com/programs/
International Internships
UW Programs list http://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu/programs/program.asp?program_id=343
APS Society of Physics Students list http://www.compadre.org/student/scholarships/browse.cfm
APS list http://www.aps.org/programs/education/undergrad/students/scholarships.cfm
Horizon http://wid.ndia.org/horizon/Pages/default.aspx
Anita Borg Institute for women in computing http://anitaborg.org/awards-grants/ghc-scholarship-grants/
American Society for Engineering Education SMART scholarship, and NASA Aeronautic Scholarship http://www.asee.org/fellowship-programs/undergraduate
Professional Organizations
American Physical Society http://www.aps.org/
American Institute of Physics http://www.aip.org/
Society of Physics Students http://www.spsnational.org/
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance | NCIIA http://nciia.org/students/
Institute of Physics http://www.iop.org/
Optical Society of American http://www.osa.org
SPIE Student Chapter UW-Madison http://spie.microscopy.wisc.edu/about
American Society for Engineering Education http://www.asee.org/fellowship-programs/undergraduate
List of professional societies with ABET accreditation http://www.abet.org/member-society-list/
Faculty development
UW Baldwin Awards: http://www.provost.wisc.edu/baldwin.htm
About crowd funding
Crowdfunding: More than money, a powerful new way of jumpstarting entrepreneurship education https://www.academia.edu/6440817/CROWDFUNDING_MORE_THAN_MONEY_JUMPSTARTING_UNIVERSITY_ENTREPRENEURSHIP
"March 3 2014, Kickstarter pass $1B in pledges."
Crowd source sites
Experiment https://experiment.com/discover
Kickstarter: http://kickstarter.com
Eureka Fund http://eurekafund.org/projects/category
Petridish http://www.petridish.org/
FundAGeek http://www.fundageek.com
21 Examples of Crowdsourced fundraising platforms http://www.alumnifutures.com/2012/07/crowdsourced.html
Crowd funding for universities http://www.launcht.com/blog/2012/12/18/state-of-crowdfunding-in-higher-education/
Tomorrow's coolest products from today's best Makers. http://www.dragoninnovation.com/
Fundly http://fundly.com/fundraising-ideas
Other sources
Do Something! http://www.dosomething.org/about/who-we-are
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The New Clothesline Company
Innovation is often the ability to reach into the past and bring back what is good, what is beautiful, what is useful, what is lasting. — Sister Parish
Carol's family is from Ireland. For years, she traveled from the states to visit her grandparents in Kilskeery. They had a wonderful life.
The pace of the day was dictated by the simplicity in just getting things done. The grocer delivered his goods once a week; as did the butcher and milkman. Chores were not work, they were just a way of life.
As Carol remembers, one item that best exemplified this lifestyle was her grandmother's clothes-drying rack. Modestly constructed, the wooden drying rack hung prominently in her cozy kitchen, utilizing the warmth from the stove to dry clothes: simple and effective.
Recently, Carol and James visited Ireland together and were amazed to see the same old wooden drying racks were still in use. Upon their return home, they recreated a drying rack for their own active family in Bozeman, Montana. They knew this unassuming apparatus would save them money on their power bills, and also extend the life of their clothes.
Their friends and neighbors soon developed 'rack-envy'.
After some market research, Carol and James realized there was truly a need for this product in today's energy conscience world. So they ran with the idea, sat down with a designer to create a timeless and modern version of grandmother's drying rack: thus the birth of LOFTi™ and DUO.
Launching a Philosophy and a Lifestyle.
The New Clothesline Company is launching a new philosophy: Slow Laundry. In the spirit of the 'Slow Movement', which advocates a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace, Slow Laundry becomes part of a lifestyle. Wash your clothes, hang them on LOFTi™/DUO, raise the rack into the warm air and savor your time. Go for a bike ride, walk your dog, bake a cake… your laundry will dry without you. It's that simple; it's that wonderful- just like the life Carol's grandparents lived.
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MIAMI, March 23 (UPI) -- Top-seed Serena Williams breezed into the fourth round and No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska managed a close win Saturday at the Sony Open in Miami.
Williams, the world No. 1, fired seven aces in her 6-3, 6-3 dismantling of Japan's Ayumi Morita of Japan at Crandon Park.
Her next opponent will be 13th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, who advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 verdict over Switzerland's Romina Oprandi.
Defending Miami champion Radwanska barely survived her third-round match against Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova, hanging on for a 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-3 victory.
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Also logging a victory Saturday was fifth-seeded Li Na of China, who bounced American Varvara Lepchenko 6-2, 6-4. Ninth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark fell 6-2, 6-4 to Garbine Muguruza of Spain.
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelIconic Vegas resort near the Strip and Convention Center
Popular property highlights
Near Convention Center
Adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center, this resort is a 10-minute drive from McCarran International Airport. The on-site stop for the Las Vegas Monorail offers convenient access to the Strip.
Elvis stayed and played here
Formerly known as Elvis' Vegas headquarters, the hotel features 8 restaurants, a glittering casino, live shows and cabaret, the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino Theater, a day spa, and a pool with cabanas.
Big rooms, big views
Spacious guestrooms and suites face the Strip, mountains, and/or adjacent golf course. All offer premium bedding and 60-inch LED TVs. WiFi is included in the resort fee. Connecting/adjoining rooms are available.
Languages Spoken
- English
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
A block from the Strip, this hotel is famed as Elvis' former Las Vegas headquarters, where he stayed and performed.
The 74,000-square-foot (6,875-square-meter) casino features what is billed as the world's largest Race & Sports Book, with more than 300 seats. Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino offers plenty of dining options, too; highlights include the award-winning Benihana Japanese restaurant, Edge Steakhouse, and dinner buffets. Guests can also choose from 7 bars/lounges. Room service is available 6 AM-midnight.
The renovated outdoor pool area features pool beds, cabanas, daybeds, poolside cocktails, and a 25-person spa tub. Six tennis courts are also on site, as well as a full service spa. When the sun goes down, guests can enjoy top-notch entertainment at The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino Theater, dance the night away at the Tempo Lounge, or see the stars in the intimate setting of the Shimmer Cabaret. WiFi is available in public areas for a fee.
Included in the daily resort fee is a courtesy shuttle that offers scheduled service to the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown Las Vegas. The schedule for the shuttle is provided at check-in.
- Casino
- Express check-in
- Newspapers in lobby (surcharge)
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 5
- Full-service spa
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Conference space
- Business center
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms
- Pool cabanas (surcharge)
- Year Built 1969
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Pool sun loungers
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Free valet parking
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Outdoor pool
- Number of coffee shops/cafes - 2
- Smoke-free property
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 21
- Spa services on site
- Luggage storage
- ATM/banking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 10
- Concierge services
- Conference space size (feet) - 225,000
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Snack bar/deli
- Shopping on site
- Ballroom
- Banquet hall
- Outdoor tennis courts - 6
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 2956
- Number of floors - 30
- Tennis on site
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis courts
- Snack bar/deli
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( USD 15.99 per night )
Languages Spoken
- English
- Chinese
- Danish
- Filipino
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Spanish
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Number of bathrooms -
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino offers 8 restaurants to suit every taste and budget. Highlights include:
Benihana - This award-winning restaurant serves Japanese cuisine prepared, exhibition-style, by master chefs on individual hibachi tables.
Edge Steakhouse - Sizzling steaks get top billing at this classic Las Vegas steakhouse.
Silk Road Noodle - Three styles of Asian cuisine - Chinese rice noodles, Japanese ramen noodles, and Vietnamese pho - come together in this restaurant that overlooks the Benihana Village. Open for lunch and dinner.
Sid's Cafe - Named for the owner's father, this 24-hour cafe in the heart of the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino serves lunch and dinner with high roller style.
Room service is available from 6 AM to midnight. A poolside snack bar is open seasonally. Other options include a deli, a pizzeria, coffee and ice cream shops, the 888 Noodle Bar, and Teru Sushi.
The Superbook features 4,488 sq foot HD video screens measuring 240 feet by 20 feet, it is the world's largest indoor LED video wall and the highest resolution screens in Las Vegas for the ultimate viewing experience.
The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino Theater hosts big-name entertainment in a classic Vegas setting, including comedy and a variety of musical acts.
The intimate Shimmer Cabaret serves up cocktails and live shows.
Shows include:
Sexxy at the Westgate Cabaret, Wednesday to Saturday at 10 PM (age 18 and older).
Clint Holmes and Earl Turner at the International Theater, Thursday to Saturday at 7 PM (age 5 and older).
Nearby Things to Do
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino offers a large outdoor pool with brand new cabanas and daybeds, plus an adjacent 25-seat hot tub, a bar, grill, and retail store. The resort also features 6 hard-surface tennis courts (surcharge), 4 of which are lighted for night play. Private tennis lessons are available upon reservation and request. Access to the pool and sport facilities is included in the resort fee.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Tennis lessons on site
Spa Services
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at 2:00 AM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 30.0 per night.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 175 per accommodation, per stay
- Dogs only
- 2 per room (up to 60 lb)
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
- Deposit: USD 50 per night
- Resort fee: USD 33.99 per accommodation, per night
- Fitness center access
- Internet access
- Phone calls
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 18 for adults and USD 18 for children (approximately)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 15.99 per night (rates may vary)
- Pet fee: USD 175 per accommodation, per stay
- Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability, amount varies)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 30.0 per night
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- LVH Las Vegas
- LVH Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
- Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
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We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Thanks for stopping by the website of the Wreck List, the unofficial guild of the Daily Kos community. We are a big, friendly, stable social guild that raids. In fact, we are also usually near the top 10 for ten person raid progression on our server according to Wowprogress and Guildox. We've done this well with a relaxed attitude that puts fun first, while sticking to our principles. If you would like to find out more about those principles please read our Declaration of Purpose and Principles. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Wreck List, please put in an application by visiting our recruitment page.
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Google Gets Motorola's Patents - and Problems
May 22, 2012 1:28 PM PT
Google has officially closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for US$12.5 billion. This could transform the search engine giant from a software player to a maker of hardware: smartphones, tablet PCs and even set-top boxes.
More importantly for Google is gaining control of Motorola's patent portfolio, which could help it fend off lawsuits from rivals such as Apple and Microsoft. Motorola has its own ongoing patent lawsuits against those tech giants.
"Ever since the acquisition was announced, it seems that the primary motivation for Google was to build up its [intellectual property] for the Android platform," said Wayne Lam, senior analyst of wireless communications for IHS iSuppli. "It was a good match. The IP and patent portfolio match up very well with Google's products."
But was this match up actually worth the money paid?
"I'd agree that Google has taken a somewhat laissez-faire approach to past acquisitions, but the $12.5 billion cost of the Motorola Mobility deal and the competitive climate today -- especially when it involves IP litigation -- are likely to inspire a sea of change in Google's attitude," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-It, told TechNewsWorld.
"Motorola Mobility's trove of 17,000 plus patents should offer Google considerable firepower to take on competitors such as Apple and may also offer the means to force a detente with Microsoft."
Business as Usual
With the deal now concluded, will Motorola Mobility actually operate as its own company? Google CEO Larry Page did go to great lengths to convince Dennis Woodside to stay on board, notably to run the post-Google owned Motorola.
But given that company's rocky history, which included inventing the cellular phone in the 1980s, dominating the market in the 1990s, and then subsequently losing that market in recent years, can it even be turned around and operated independently? More importantly, can Google give it the attention it deserves?
"Google's decision to operate Motorola Mobility as an independent entity is smart from a business perspective," said King.
"With over 20,000 employees, Motorola Mobility is nearly two-thirds the size of Google, so merging the two companies would present enormous logistical and cultural challenges. In addition, while there are certainly areas where the pair's interests overlap, the synergies between Google's and Motorola Mobility's primary businesses seem somewhat limited," he pointed out.
Greater Integration
What is Motorola's primary business going to be? Motorola has not announced any new high-end phones or tablets in many months, while Google has maintained that it would continue to allow early access to Android for other hardware makers.
"While there is a bit of concern that this deal could allow Google to give Motorola preferential treatment with new code for handsets, Google has suggested otherwise," Lam told TechNewsWorld. "Google is going to shift from giving one OEM new code, to rolling it out to multiple vendors, in part to help get the innovation cycle moving a bit faster."
It is still to be determined if the traditional software company, which began with search, will find its way as a potentially major hardware player with Motorola.
"Ever since Google announced its intention to acquire Motorola, there has been a question of how deeply it would integrate its own technology and business, Android in particular, and how much Google would still work with other major handset makers," said Jay Lyman, senior analyst for enterprise software at 451 Research.
"While there was an assumption by many that Motorola would be Google's preferred or first-class Android OEM -- that does not seem to be the case," he added.
In fact many, if not most, of the latest Android phones are from other manufacturers, including Samsung and HTC, Lyman added.
"I expect we'll continue to see Google support these other manufacturers while working more deeply with Motorola," he told TechNewsWorld. "This would allow Google to display both good open source citizenship and also might help mitigate Android fragmentation. Eventually, we may see Google offering unique features or capabilities via Android on Motorola phones, but I expect Google and the community around Android will continue to give other OEMs similar opportunities."
Game Change
Even if Google decided to change paths and look to keep Android for itself with just Motorola devices, it actually couldn't do so. At least not for a few years.
"To get the Chinese government approval, Google agreed to keep Android free for the next five years," Lam added.
After that, anything could happen. There is even a possibility that Motorola's IP could be absorbed and the company broken up for its parts. Past Google strategies show that it doesn't have the track record to stick with what doesn't work.
"Software companies running hardware companies haven't exactly been that successful," Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld.
"The two engineering types don't work well together, and Google isn't that experienced doing big acquisitions like this. On top of that most at this scale fail," he pointed out. "So I expect them to follow the pattern of initially making changes that cripple Motorola, taking increasingly direct control, and finding folks to blame when things get worse. I don't expect this will end well for Motorola, but Google should survive it."
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Since we didn't manage to complete work on this project today, I edited all 4 models for you to get us a head start.
I blame the spam in Clan 3ICE and the constant bickering between you and IronManAkiS.
And the fact that I totaled my laptop. (I finally managed to fix it just now.)
Import the *.blp and *.mdx files to the root folder of your map. (Edit out war3mapImported from the paths as usual.)
You should delete the *.mdl files once you've looked at them.
I also attached a sample map with all 5 models working.
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Final Poll Results are in.
Pick the goalie you would sign for 09-10?
Joey MacDonald 9 (11%)
Yann Danis 71 (88%)
Thanks to everyone for voting.
I suspect one of the goaltenders will have to test free agency if Rick DiPietro is healthy for next season because with Mannino and Lawson under contract there is no longer room in Bridgeport.
Surprised at the overwhelming numbers here considering MacDonald played so well and kept the Islanders in contention for so long with a defensive system that needed to be changed and was at some point.
Having written this Danis has been outstanding in goal for the club and would be an excellent goaltender to resign also.
For me the question remains how will they play backing up at this level coming off the bench after weeks without playing? They both proved they can play very well for long stretches and hold the team in games which we did not know going into the season as starters which was great news and a bit surprising.
Danis needed a little time when he first got a chance to start, MacDonald we have not seen come in with a lot of time off until recently and had a knee injury so it's tough to say about him also coming in cold after being Bridgeport's starter a year ago.
Whoever they sign I suspect will do a good job.
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A look at events leading up to a Fla. girl's suicide; police say she was bullied for months
Here's a timeline of events leading up to the suicide of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12-year-old Lakeland, Fla., girl who police say jumped to her death after being bullied for months by up to 15 girls. The timeline was provided by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.
— Bullying begins at Crystal Lake Middle School; Rebecca runs away from home. Sheriff's office and child welfare officials are called.
— Rebecca's mother notices cuts on her daughter's right wrist. Rebecca says it was because she was being bullied. She is taken to a hospital and stays for three days. Counseling is set up and she returns to school.
— Rebecca's mother calls police after she is bumped in the school hallway. Police are also told a girl wants to fight Rebecca.
School officials talk to both girls and change schedules so they're not in class together. Around this time, Rebecca's mother decides to home-school her daughter for the rest of the year.
— Rebecca starts school at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy. She "loved the school," the sheriff said, but the bullying continued online. Police find comments including "You should die" and "Why don't you go kill yourself."
— Rebecca's mother goes to bed; her daughter is on her cellphone texting. It would be the last time Rebecca's mother saw her alive.
— Rebecca's mother wakes up and her daughter is not there. She believes she has already left for school, which she typically does each day about 6:45 a.m.
— At some point, Rebecca changes one her online screen names to "That Dead Girl."
— At 7:37 a.m.: Rebecca messages a friend in North Carolina on a social media website, saying "I'm jumping, I can't take it anymore." Police said the 12-year-old boy didn't tell anyone.
— About 5:30 p.m.: Rebecca's older sister calls their mother because Rebecca hasn't come home from school.
— At 7 p.m., police began searching for Rebecca.
— 2:30 a.m.: Police find Rebecca's body at an abandoned cement plant where she liked to hang out. Police think she climbed a tower and jumped sometime Monday.


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Scotty McCreery Not Planning to Major in Music
While Scotty McCreery may have shot into stardom practically overnight on 'American Idol,' the 18-year-old Garner, N.C. native isn't gaining fame at the cost of an average teenage life. In fact, the 'Water Tower Town' singer continues to impress with his level-headed decisions. After revealing a couple weeks ago that he'll be attending North Carolina State University in the fall, McCreery announced his intended major this week.
"For me right now I'm looking at marketing," the young star told Country Vibe. "Marketing or communications, something that could help me out with what I'm doing, something could help me with this industry but not necessarily be music because I'm learning about music every day and I'm in music class all the time as an 18-year-old."
Impressive logic, right? We're not entirely surprised, though, since McCreery was quick to rejoin his high school baseball team this year and pitch a few games, even though he had just been on tour with Brad Paisley and the Band Perry. Just last week, he told CMT that he plans to room with four of his longtime friends while away at school so as not to get stuck with random roommates. The ACM New Artist of the Year says it's about balance.
"I'm not ever gonna be that guy that's out there working 365 days a year," he explains. "I care about my family and my home life and this all happened to me so quick I think it's important for me to get in slowly and work my way in. And so right now we have that balance. It's working good in high school, and college will be a whole other monster."


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If you are looking for a job or considering a change of career, you need to find more than one way of finding job in today's technology driven world that is going through an economic downtrend. You certainly need to maximize your chances of getting job by knowing more about the ways that present day jobseekers are employing for finding jobs. Simply put, you can no more depend upon just continuing with the 'situation vacant' ads.
Online Job Search Websites
If you go online, you'll find a large variety of websites, all designed to help you find job listings. Many of those sites allow you to post your resume free of charge, but there are others which charge you for uploading your resume. The kind of site you may use for getting a job will most likely be determined by the field you are working in, and the level at which you want to work now.
How Are People Looking for Jobs?
It is estimated that, these days, ten percent of people find their next job through the Internet. The reasons for that could be that they scan job search websites of the kind of Craigslist.com and Monster.com, or they found an opening on the company's website. Although that percentage is high, the fact remains that ninety percent of people fail to find jobs using the net. That means people to find additional ways of finding jobs.
A majority of job seekers looking for jobs in the mid-range are spending half of their time looking for jobs online and mailing their applications. Now, that's not a bad proposition, but the problem is that frequently job search websites do not contain the latest available jobs, and many of the listed jobs you may apply for might have already been filled. Certainly, there are more efficient ways of utilizing your time by putting a slightly more effort on your part in your job searches.
What Are the Other Ways to Finding Jobs?
Apart from making use of job search websites, you should also spend time networking with people who can be helpful in finding you a job. That's not a difficult thing to do, with social networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook to help you out. Of course, it demands more of your time and effort, but you'll appreciate that the quality of job openings that you come to know of this way is most often much better than what you get informed through job search websites.
How to increase your chances?
Are you aware that about eighty percent of employers would do a search for you while they are processing applications received for any job? That's because they find it a convenient way of ignoring people with any clear issues. That means it is time that you looked through your personal Google results. Simply, Google your own name and view the results! If you observe plenty of doubt or unhelpful information, you need to spend time and work upon improving your online reputation before you start searching job websites.


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As a phrase, noun. After performing oral sex and/or fingering a female's box, the lingering smell afterwards, either on the upper lip or on the fingers. Generally used as either bragging, warning, or Avoid a bad free sniff with a sniff test.
Hey, Paul! Smell my fingers, man. Smell that? You got a free sniff!
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Master medical calculations in an engaging environment! In these fun and practical lessons, you'll gain the medical math skills you need for anything from calculating dosages to using scientific formulas. Whatever medical field you're in, the hands-on activities in this course will help you perform day-to-day math tasks quickly and easily.
First, you'll brush up your basic math skills. You'll begin with a review of fractions, decimals, and percentages, and then dive into measurement systems and conversions used in the medical field.
Next, you'll do dosage calculations for oral, parenteral, and intravenous medications. You'll explore three different methods you can use for dosage calculations: proportions, dimensional analysis, and the formula method. You'll also learn an easy formula that you can apply to many dosage calculations.
Finally, you'll get an introduction to basic statistics and probability. You'll find out how to interpret the latest medical findings for your patients, and journal articles will no longer be a mystery!
Whether you're new to the field of medicine or want to enhance your skills, this is the course for you. By the time you finish these lessons, you'll have a solid grounding in basic medical math, and you'll be ready to tackle any calculation confidently.
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Dry brisket with a clean cloth. Evenly spread the dry rub over the entire outside of the brisket. Rub in lightly and dust off any excess. Start a fire in your grill using oak, other hard woods, or oak charcoal. Do not use mesquite in any form. Once the fire has reached the stage where you can hold your hand about 1-inch over the grill to a count of 4, place the brisket fat side down above the coals. Leave for 5 to 10 minutes or until caramelization begins. Turn brisket over and repeat process. Remove from fire. The purpose of this procedure is to set the spices into the meat so that they will not wash off during the cooking process.
Place the brisket on an open grill away from the coals and maintain a temperature to where you can hold your hand over it to a count of 12 or place in a closed smoker away from the coals at a temperature of 210 degrees F. Cook for 14 hours or until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F.
During the cooking process, turn and baste the brisket with Salt Lick BBQ sauce often (at least 4 times). If not using Salt Lick BBQ sauce, make sure your sauce has no tomatoes in it, as they will burn and leave a bitter taste. When turning the brisket, try not to use a barbecue fork. If you do, only insert it at the edges. Poking the center will cause the juices to run out and make the brisket dry.
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Did you know that Ron Maxwell is directing another Civil War movie, titled Copperhead? Neither did I, but leading man Jason Patric just got sacked in favor of Billy Campbell for "refusing to take instructions" from Maxwell. Take this beard and shove it/I ain't workin' here no more.
On a related note, Jeff Shaara's got a new Shiloh novel out.


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New! Shoppica is also available with Ubercart. Buy the default Commerce version and get the Ubercart version for free! Both the Ubercart and Commerce Shoppica versions are in the same file package.
The Shoppica theme is one of the most talked about Drupal 7 Commerce themes online. The Shoppica theme comes with infinite color options, category product sliders, tabbed product content (description, comments, images), accordeon image zooming, and tons of cool features! This Drupal commerce theme is packed with premium features!
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Total federal spending for fiscal year 2011 is estimated to be $3.6 trillion, according to the Office of Management and Budget's 2012 Mid-Session Review. Much of this amount was allocated to the states, with the most populous receiving the largest payouts.
The state that received the most in one lump sum was Florida. With 19.1 million residents, the state is the fourth-most populous in the nation. California, on the other hand, has 37.7 million residents, more than any other in the country, yet it received only the third-highest amount of federal dollars that year. Why is this?
States receive given amounts of federal funding for several reasons. Some of it pays for the operation of government agencies, some of it is distributed to contractors and some goes to entitlement programs, among other things.
Using data from USASpending.gov,an OMB website, CNBC.com presents the 10 states that received the most federal dollars per capita in fiscal year 2011. Five of the states are red states, three are blue and two are battlegrounds. Read ahead to see what they are.
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Clustal is a widely used, multiple sequence alignment program. This
is ClustalW, the command line tool.
For details and citation:
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Usain Bolt starts his quest for a second world track gold in Moscow but American sprinting great Allyson Felix looks set to steal the limelight as she goes for a fourth world 200 metres title on Friday.
Briton Mo Farah should also rubber-stamp his status as one of the all-time distance running greats - and repeat his Olympic feat from London - by adding a 5,000 metres gold to the 10,000 title he won on the first day of the championships.
The graceful-striding Felix won three Olympic golds in London last year at 200 and in the 4x100 and 4x400 metres relays and is firmly on course to become the athlete to win most individual world championship golds.
Felix, Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson have all won eight.
The 27-year-old has most to fear from Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, whose 100 metres victory on Monday was probably the most impressive of the championships.
Compatriot Bolt, his 100 metres title safely reclaimed on Sunday, returns to the Luzhniki Stadium for the first round heats and semi-finals of the 200, the distance he prefers.
Defending world and Olympic 100 metres hurdles champion Sally Pearson gets her first feel of the Luzhniki track in the opening heats after "patiently waiting" until day seven of the championships.
"Staying focussed on the job can be quite tough when you're at the end of the program. You have to remain calm and relaxed," the Australian wrote in her blog.
Pearson has slowly regained form after an injury-hit season but faces a formidable challenge from the Americans, especially young sensation Brianna Rollins who ran the fastest time in 21 years when she clocked 12.26 seconds to win the U.S. trials in June.
Rollins' preparations have not gone without a hitch, however, the 21-year-old tweeting she had "banged my knee in practice" at the weekend.
While Rollins has plenty of time ahead of her to shine, compatriot and "golden oldie" Dwight Phillips bids to go out in a blaze of glory and secure a fifth world long jump title.
The 35-year-old delayed his retirement after missing last year's Olympics through injury.
Gold medals are also up for grabs in the women's hammer, men's shot put and men's 4x400m relay.
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ARLINGTON, Va. — November is the peak month for vehicle-deer collisions, and a new analysis of insurance claims and federal crash data indicate the problem is growing. The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), recently examined insurance claims for animal strikes under comprehensive coverage month by month from January 2005 through April 2008. The main finding is that insurance claims for animal collisions are nearly 3 times higher during November than the typical month earlier in the year. For example, for every 1,000 insured vehicles 14 claims were filed in November 2007 compared with an average of 5 claims per 1,000 during January-September. Insurance claims usually don't specify the animal involved, but other data show that deer are the main ones.
"Urban sprawl means suburbia and deer habitat intersect in many parts of the country," says Kim Hazelbaker, HLDI senior vice president. "If you're driving in areas where deer are prevalent, the caution flag is out, especially in November."
State Farm, the nation's largest auto insurer, estimates that there were more than 1.2 million claims for damage in crashes with animals during the last half of 2007 and the first half of 2008. The company says animal strike claims have increased 14.9 percent over the past 5 years.
Most vehicle-animal collisions aren't severe enough to injure people, but data from the federal government show that crash deaths are increasing. In 1993, 101 people died in crashes involving animals. By 2000, the number was 150, and in 2007 it was 223.
The states with the largest number of total deaths are Texas with 227 deaths during 1993-2007, Wisconsin with 123, and Pennsylvania with 112.
Analyzing monthly data on fatal crashes of passenger vehicles and animals during the past 3 years, IIHS researchers found patterns similar to those reported by HLDI. Depending on the year, the crash deaths occurred most frequently in October or November.
"The months with the most crash deaths coincide with fall breeding season," Anne McCartt, IIHS's senior vice president for research, points out. "Crashes in which people are killed are most likely to occur in rural areas and on roads with speed limits of 55 mph or higher. They're also more likely to occur in darkness, at dusk, or at dawn."
When motorcycles are included, there's another peak in crashes in the summer when motorcycling is more common. Riders typically make up about half of the deaths in vehicle-animal crashes each year, even though registrations of cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks outnumber motorcycles on the road 40 to 1.
Safety belt use is a major factor. IIHS research from 2005 examined 147 police reports on vehicle-animal collisions in which there was a human fatality in 9 states during 2000-02. Deer were struck in 3 out of 4 of these crashes, but collisions with other animals such as cattle, horses, dogs, and a bear also led to deaths.
Most of the crash deaths occurred after a motor vehicle had struck an animal and then run off the road or a motorcyclist had fallen off a bike. Many of these deaths wouldn't have occurred with appropriate protection. The study found that 60 percent of the people killed riding in vehicles weren't using safety belts, and 65 percent of those killed riding on motorcycles weren't wearing helmets.
"A majority of the people killed in these crashes weren't killed by contact with the animal," McCartt says. "As with other kinds of crashes, safety belts and motorcycle helmets could have prevented many of the deaths."
Insurance claims for animal stikes by month,per 1,000 insured vehicle years
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Peel, core and slice the apples, then peel, core and grate the quince. Fill a pie pan with the fruit, sprinkling sugar over each layer, and mounding it up toward the center of the pan. Pour the water into the pan to come halfway up to the fruit.
Roll out the dough. Cut off a thin strip and attach it to the rim of the pan, brushing the rim with water first. Brush the strip with water and cover the pan with the sheet of dough, cutting off all the overhanging bits. Crimp the edges, brush the top with eggwash, and strew over the demerara sugar. Bake for 20 minutes before turning the temperature down to 375 degrees F and cooking for a further 20 minutes. Eat warm or hot with heavy cream.
Use approximately twice the weight of all purpose flour (preferably organic) to unsalted butter. Some recipes call for half butter, half lard.
Sift the flour and a pinch of sea salt into a food processor, then cut the cold butter into small pieces on top of it. I process it for 20 to 30 seconds, then add ice-cold water through the top, a tablespoon at a time, 2 to 2 1/2 minutes should be enough for about 10 ounces of dough, with the machine running. If the paste is still in crumbly little bits after 1 or 2 minutes, add a tablespoon more water, but remember, the more water you use, the more the crust will shrink if you bake it blind. One solution is to use a bit of cream or egg yolk instead of water. The moment the dough has cohered into a single ball, stop, remove it, wrap it in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
If you're making pastry dough by hand, sift the flour into a large bowl with the salt, add the chopped butter, and work as briskly as you can to rub the fat into the flour. Use the tip of your fingers only, rather like running grains of hot sand through your fingers. Add the water bit by bit as above; wrap and chill the dough.
If you're making a double-crust pie, divide the dough into roughly 2/3 and 1/3. Then scatter a bit of flour on your work surface, roll your rolling pin in it, dust the palms of your hands, and start rolling. Always roll away from yourself, turning the dough as you go, and keep the rolling pin and work surface floured to prevent sticking.
Preheat the oven to 375 to 400 degrees F.
Line your greased pie pan with dough. Never stretch it; it will stretch back. Try to leave at least 30 minutes for the unbaked dough to commune with the inside of your fridge. Or put it in the night before you need it.
Tear off a piece of waxed paper a little larger than the pie pan and place it over the dough. Cover the paper with a layer of dried beans; the idea is to prevent the pastry from rising up in the oven. When the dough is nearly cooked (the timing depends on the rest of the recipe), remove the paper and beans and prick the bottom of the pie shell to let out trapped air that would otherwise bubble up. Return the tart to the oven for 5 to 10 minutes to dry the bottom. Brushing the partly baked pie shell with a light coating of beaten egg or egg white ensure a crisp finished tart.
Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl. Rub in 2 tablespoons of the butter, as for shortcrust pastry dough, or use a food processor. Mix in the water and then gently knead the dough on a floured surface, preferably marble. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Keep the rest of the butter out so that it softens, then flatten it into a rectangle 1 inch thick. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into the same size as the butter. Place the butter in the center of the pastry and then fold over the top and bottom of the dough to cover the butter.
With the rolling pie, press down on the edges to seal in the butter, then give the dough a quarter turn clockwise. Now roll the dough out so that it returns to it's original length. Fold over the ends again, press them together with the rolling pin, and give a further quarter turn clockwise. Repeat the process once more, then rest the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, remembering which way it is facing.
Repeat the rolling and turning process twice more, then refrigerate for a final 30 minutes before using or freezing. If the dough gets warm and buttery at any stage during the process, put it in the fridge to chill.
If you prefer not to make your own, you can buy ready-made puff pastry, but try to find the very best available.
Recipe courtesy of Tamasin Day-Lewis, "Tarts With Tops On OR How to Make the Perfect Pie", Miramax Books, 2003


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The winners of the British Academy Scotland Awards 2012 were announced at a glamorous red carpet ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland.
Scotland: Sunday 18 November
Celebrating the very best in film, TV, animation and games over the last year, a stellar line-up of presenters included Brian Cox (Rushmore, X-Men United and Troy), Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners), and Rory Bremner (Bremner, Bird and Fortune) - who joined host Edith Bowman at the Radisson Blu Hotel.
The 500 guests were treated to special video messages from Billy Connolly, who was awarded for his Outstanding Contribution to Film & TV, and Star Wars Director George Lucas who paid tribute to Trisha Biggar. Trisha collected the Outstanding Contribution for Craft Award for her costume design on all three Star Wars prequel films. A third Outstanding Achievement Award went to Stuart Cosgrove for his Contribution to Broadcasting.
Paul Brannigan fought off stiff competition to collect the iconic mask in the Best Actor / Actress Film category for his performance in The Angels' Share, whilst Rab C Nesbitt star Gregor Fisher picked up the Best Actor / Actress TV award.
Other stars of the night included Zam Salim, who picked up two awards for his debut feature film Up There in the Best Director and Best Feature Film categories, and Paul Laverty who was named Best Writer for his bitter sweet comedy The Angels' Share.
BBC Scotland's controversial football documentary Rangers – The Men Who Sold the Jerseys scored big and picked up the award for Best Current Affairs programme, whilst Afghanistan: The Great Game, A Personal View by Rory Stewart scooped the award for Best Factual Series.
Scottish practitioners, Producer Chris Young (The Inbetweeners), Director, Callum Macrae (Sri Lanka's Killing Fields) and Director, Paul McGuigan (Sherlock) were all recognised in newly created Special Achievement Awards and were there to accept in person.
Other winners on the night included: Bad Hotel for Best Game; Afterlife: The Strange Science of Decay for Best Single Documentary; Antiques Road Trip for Best Features/Factual Entertainment; The Making Of Longbird for Best Animation; and
Mrs Brown's Boys for Best Comedy/Entertainment Programme.
Edith Bowman said: "It was an absolute honour to host the awards tonight and to help celebrate the very best Scottish talent in film, television and video games industries. To be amongst such amazing talent, some of them friends, is just brilliant. What an incredible night."
Jude MacLaverty, Director of BAFTA in Scotland, said: "The British Academy Scotland Awards reflect the sheer breadth of content being generated in Scotland, across Film, TV, Games and Animation, and it's great to see so much talent celebrated tonight. Congratulations to all of our very worthy winners."
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Music has always been my life. I started piano lessons when I was five years old, and quickly fell in love.
The conducting bug bit when I was ten years old (after attending a Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert) and from that moment on, I knew what I wanted to be.
Today, there isn't a day of my life when I am not grateful for being able to pursue my dream and
do what I've always wanted. After over twenty-five
years of professional conducting, I still feel it a privilege and blessing to be able to lead some of the world's
finest orchestras and opera companies in this sublime art form.
The arts provide us with the ultimate form of self-expression and give us fulfillment,
enrichment, beauty and peace, and represent, quite frankly, all that is best about mankind. I love the
responsibility and challenge of taking a great musical composition and bringing it to life. Recreating the
inspired thoughts of a composer in as true and honest a way as possible, is my goal. Being a performing
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George Jones to Make His Return to the Stage at Loretta Lynn's Ranch
After suffering from an upper respiratory infection and canceling a number of his 2012 tour dates, George Jones has finally received some good news. On Memorial Day weekend, he can stop resting his vocal chords and return to the stage — and at the Loretta Lynn Ranch, of all places.
It's been a rough couple of months for the legendary 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' country star. It all started back in March, when an upper respiratory infection landed him in the hospital for treatment and overnight observation. Originally, Jones had scheduled a number of tour dates for April and May, as well as for the rest of the year. But a few days ago (April 27), Jones had to postpone — and potentially cancer altogether — all of his tour dates through May 20.
Aside from the health issues, Jones has recently suffered from some public family drama, too. Last Wednesday (April 25), Jones posted a video clip to his Facebook page, thanking his fans for supporting him through his health problems and updating them on his condition. At the end of his message, he went on to accuse his daughter, Georgette Lennon, of slandering his name and trying to get to his money.
Of course, Lennon denied her father's claims, stating that she just wants a relationship with her father. It's hard to say what's going on behind the scenes, but one thing is for sure: Fans will be excited to see Jones take the stage at the Loretta Lynn Ranch on May 25.
For tickets to see Jones' performance — or a ticket package that scores you seats to Jones' May 25 show and Loretta Lynn's May 26 performance, click here.


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Proper form is critical to successful trail running, and it's quite a different game than road running.
Take a look at the following, where Scott Jurek tell you what NOT to do!
Proper form is critical to successful trail running, and it's quite a different game than road running.
Take a look at the following, where Scott Jurek tell you what NOT to do!
Love this video. Thanks for posting it. As a new trail runner, I never really thought about changing form to run on the trails. Any tips on how to reduce stress on the knees while running on steep downhills? I keep myself flexible which helps absorb the pressure on the knees from the foot strike but doesn't help reduce the pressure from the knee sliding slightly forward. Again, thanks for the great video!
Glad you found it helpful! We're learning as well, but take a look at the following guide from Running Times:
Running Times: Downhill Trail Running
Some of their key points are:
- anticipate the upcoming terrain and be two steps ahead, mentally
- center your weight over your body; don't lean back or forward
- increase the number of steps you take
I have found the best thing for me when I am running is to shorten my strides and focusing on reducing the amount of force from heel impacts. Shortening the stride will usually reduce the impact on your heel anyways by keeping your stride on mostly on the ball of your foot. For up hills, you need to focus on your posture and staying upright. Leaning forward will stress your hips and back out. For the downhill sections be sure to stay loose but under control. The more rigid you are, the more impact your joints will endure during your decent and also dont lengthen your stride. Its best to keep your strides short to keep in control of your body. This will allow you lean slightly forward which will save your quads and leg muscles while reducing the impact of each stride.