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If you're partial to ominous-sounding technical financial terms, brace yourself for this one: The death cross is approaching.
You can put to rest fears about the grim reaper, but the implications of this indicator suggest you would do well buying bonds, according to analysis by Abigail Doolittle of Peak Theories Research, a technical analysis firm.
The death cross refers to the passage of the 50-day moving average through the 200-day moving average, suggesting a loss of momentum in the market. And it's not necessarily just bluster: It has been blamed for stock selloffs in the past. As Dootlittle points out, the 10-year Treasury yield's 50-day is very close to crossing the 200-day average, which suggests the yield may be poised to fall. Different data sets show varying proximities to the death cross, and on Tradeweb the two averages look to have already converged:
Doolittle has been known to make bearish calls on risk assets that are bullish for safe investments like Treasurys. She made this same call about a year ago as the moving averages came within a few basis points of crossing each other, but the averages diverged because the Federal Reserve sent the 10-year yield for a loop when it began talking about stimulus withdrawal soon after. Now, the averages are once again coming together. In a Friday report, she explains:
"Should the 10-year yield put in an actual Death Cross as the 50 DMA drops below the 200 DMA, it would likely signal a rally for bonds and an accelerated slide down in yield with bonds trading inverse to yield. Put otherwise, a possible Death Cross in the 10-year yield would probably suggest that this year's rally in bonds is likely to continue and perhaps gain significant momentum."
The death cross signals a drop of 50 to 100 basis points in yield for the 10-year Treasury, she said, and there's also a "pretty good chance" that equity markets correct by 20%. It would also be a sign that the bond market doesn't believe the Fed's indications that it could begin hiking interest rates, she said.
There have been four such death crosses in the last seven years: The first two came in September 2007 and September 2008 amid the financial crisis. The third came in June 2010 as the markets were grappling with the euro zone crisis, and the fourth came in June 2011, just before a correction in the equity markets. Doolittle adds in a follow-up e-mail:
"After the September 2007, September 2008 and June 2011 death crosses, the 10-year yield dropped by more than 100 bps while it dropped by about 80 bps after the June 2010 death cross. This sort of a potential decline in yield may or may not happen now, but recent history certainly does suggest that death crosses in the 10-year yield tend to precede decent declines in yield in relatively short periods of time."
[Updated to say there have been four death crosses in the last seven years.]
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John Metcalfe was CityLab's Bay Area bureau chief, covering climate change and the science of cities.
Welcome back to our weekly look at what's been outlawed in cities across the world (last week's edition here):
Faced with 12,000 public toilets that often reek worse than a rotting bison, China's capital has rolled out a hygiene initiative meant to make answering nature's call a more agreeable event. Among the improved standards is an oddly specific prohibition against more than two flies per restroom, a stipulation that whips into existence the world's newest most-offensive job: toilet-fly inspector. The move comes after Beijing spent nearly $57 million to get its bathrooms up to par for the 2008 Olympic Games. Said one commentator on the insectoid quota: "The cleanliness of public toilets reflects the level of civilization and management skills of a city."
L.A. has become the largest city in America to ban plastic bags in grocery stores, beginning in about four months. The city council voted 13-1 this week to approve the planet-pleasing measure, with the lone dissenter, Councilman Bernard Parks, saying that uncleaned reusable bags could promote the cross contamination of raw meats. Also, in a year the city will force markets to charge 10 cents for paper bags, spurring this waaaahhhing from an L.A. Times chat participant called Maurice: "We (Angelenos) will be shopping in neighboring cities if/when the ban goes into force." Good luck finding your El Dorado of Plastic Bags, Maurice, as 48 other cities in California have also banished them.
The leader of Jakarta's Islamic Defender Front has vowed to meet Lady Gaga at the airport before her June concert in the city, saying he'll put her back in the air before she has a chance to set her heathen feet in the country. "She's a vulgar singer who wears only panties and a bra when she sings and she stated she is the envoy of the devil's child and that she will spread satanic teaching," said Salim Alatas, adding, "This is dangerous." Another religious leader has threatened that "if you want chaos in Jakarta, just go on with the concert," and the Jakarta police refused to even issue a permit for Gaga to perform, a historic first for the city. The problem seems to be the singer's presumed stances on promiscuity and homosexuality. Indonesia, home of the largest Muslim population on earth, hasn't seen this level of anti-Western-music sentiment since it drove out Rihanna, Akon, N*E*R*D, 50 Cent and Avenged Sevenfold, all since 2008.
It's a sad day for Guy Fawkes... well, slightly less sad than the one when he got tortured and hung. Authorities in Montreal have banned protesters from wearing hoods or masks, including every geek's favorite, in an effort to quell the widespread student marching/rioting that's been afflicting Quebec since February. Why so suddenly serious, Canada? Well, Quebec's government wants to raise college-tuition rates by 82 percent (about $1,700) over the next five years, spurring nightly acts of civil disobedience that culminated with the arrest of 518 protesters on Wednesday. (With the hoosegows overstuffed, it's uncertain how many people will be able to turn out for the impending 2012 hockey riot, but we'll see.) The Canadian government also passed an emergency measure last week, Bill 78, forbidding unapproved protests of the sort that are going on constantly now. Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay said he would defend his fashion police handing out $1,000 tickets, arguing, "When a cause is just, why is it necessary to hide behind a mask?"
The Baltimore Sun has put together a delightful quiz regarding what Maryland's department of motor vehicles considers an unacceptable personalized license plate. Which of the following plate is allowed to grace your ride in Maryland: TOILET, SAFESEX, FATPIMP, ALLAH, BUNS? Plus more! Cruise on over to the Sun to play.
Top photo of "very public toilets" by Robert Ennals, who writes on Flickr: "Note the use of squat toilets, and the lack of a door. What you can't see is that the door to the outside would is right behind where I'm standing, meaning that anyone passing by outside can see people doing their business."
Crash-test dummies are typically models of an average man. Women are 73 percent more likely to be injured in a car accident. These things are probably connected.
It's been 50 years since Apollo 11 put humans on the surface of the moon. Why didn't we stay and build a more permanent lunar base? Lots of reasons.
A new study claims the effects of neighborhood change on original lower-income residents are largely positive, despite fears of spiking rents and displacement.
The First Pasadena State Bank, a 12-story modernist tower inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, has dominated this small town near Houston since 1962.
Why are some mobility experts spooked by this plan to develop a data standard that would allow cities to build a real-time traffic control system?


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Block Party @The Westport Playhouse: Food Trucks, Shake Shack, Beer & More..
Westport Country Playhouse will host a "2013 Season Kick-off Block Party," on Saturday, April 13, 4 to 7 p.m., offering a fun, party-like atmosphere with food trucks, special ticket offers, and a look at the Playhouse's "backstage experience." Admission is free and open to the public.
Three local food trucks, Skinny Pines Pizza, LobsterCRAFT, and Christophe's Crepes, will be on site with their specialties available for purchase. Beaver Beer will provide a free tasting of their brews, and Shake Shack will offer complimentary custard.
"To celebrate our 2013 Season, we're throwing open the doors to the theater and offering self-guided tours, special insight into this year's five productions, and fun games and activities for adults and kids alike," said Jennifer McCool, Playhouse community engagement coordinator. "Come party with the Playhouse!"
Special box office promotions will include a savings of $10 off single tickets to any of the 2013 season's five productions. Also, subscriptions to any 2013 Season 5-Play matinee performances will be $100. The discounts will be for one-day-only, Saturday, April 13, in-person purchases. Ticket discounts are not valid on previously purchased tickets and are subject to availability.
Westport Country Playhouse's five-play 2013 season features A.R. Gurney's "The Dining Room," a witty and heartfelt story of the American family and its vanishing traditions set in the most singular of rooms, where people gather, meals are eaten, conversations begin, and generations converge, directed by Mark Lamos, April 30 – May 18; "The Show-Off" by George Kelly, a funny, surprising, and moving story of a family in upheaval when their youngest daughter becomes engaged to a brash loudmouth, directed by Nicholas Martin, June 11 – 29; "Loot," a wickedly funny send-up of larcenous, lascivious behavior among the English middle classes by the master of British farce Joe Orton, directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, July 16 – August 3; the second world premiere in as many seasons, "Oblivion" a touching and funny—and very modern—tale of parents, children, and the gulf that sometimes exists between them, commissioned by Playwrights Horizons and developed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, written by Carly Mensch, a writer for Showtime's "Weeds," and directed by Mark Brokaw, August 20 – September 7; and John Murray and Allen Boretz's "Room Service," a madcap American farce about a producer and his ragtag bunch of actors who try to raise money for a Broadway show as they scramble to evade their hotel bill, directed by Mark Lamos, October 8 – 26.
For more information or tickets, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Tickets are available online 24/7 at www.westportplayhouse.org. Stay connected to the Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse), follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse), view Playhouse videos on YouTube (WestportPlayhouse) or get an insider's peek on The Playhouse Blog (www.theplayhouseblog.org).
About Westport Country Playhouse
Westport Country Playhouse is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit, professional theater under the artistic direction of Mark Lamos and management leadership of Michael Ross. The Playhouse creates five live theater experiences, produced at the highest level, from April through November. Its vital mix of works---dramatic, comedic, occasionally exploratory and unusual---expands the audience's sense of what theater can be. The depth and scope of its productions display the foremost theatrical literature from the past---recent as well as distant---in addition to musicals and premieres of new plays. During the summer, the Playhouse is home to the Woodward Internship Program, renowned for the training of aspiring theater professionals. Winter at the Playhouse, from November through March, offers events outside of the main season---Family Festivities presentations and Script in Hand play readings. In addition, businesses and organizations are encouraged to rent the handsome facility for their meetings, receptions and fundraisers.
As an historic venue, Westport Country Playhouse has had many different lives leading up to the present. Originally built in 1835 as a tannery manufacturing hatters' leathers, it became a steam-powered cider mill in 1880, later to be abandoned in the 1920s. Splendidly transformed into a theater in 1931, it initially served as a try-out house for Broadway transfers, evolving into an established stop on the New England straw hat circuit of summer stock theaters through the end of the 20th century. Following a multi-million dollar renovation completed in 2005, the Playhouse became a state-of-the-art producing theater, preserving its original charm and character.
Today, the not-for-profit Westport Country Playhouse serves as a cultural nexus for patrons, artists and students and is a treasured resource for the State of Connecticut. There are no boundaries to the creative thinking for future seasons or the kinds of audiences and excitement for theater that Westport Country Playhouse can build.
For more information or tickets, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Tickets are available online 24/7 at www.westportplayhouse.org. Stay connected to the Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse), follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse), view Playhouse videos on YouTube (WestportPlayhouse) or get an insider's peek on The Playhouse Blog (www.theplayhouseblog.org).


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By Christopher Diem
The Mining Journal (Marquette)
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) -- In 1862, 58 years before women gained the right to vote in the United States, Anastasia "Eliza" Truckey was entrusted with doing a vitally important job which until then was held exclusively by men -- keeper of the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse.
Her story is detailed in a new book, "Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service" written by Patricia Majher, the editor of Michigan History magazine.
Eliza Truckey's husband, Nelson Truckey, was originally hired as keeper in 1861. But in 1862 the Civil War erupted and Nelson Truckey left to fight with the 27th Michigan Infantry. His unit saw heavy action in some of the worst battles of the war and he did not return to Michigan until 1865. While he was gone Eliza Truckey kept the light on for him, literally.
"She had no assistant to help her," Majher said. "She had to keep the light lit -- and raise four young children -- on her own for three years. It couldn't have been easy -- single working parents of today can relate to that. At least the lighthouse was located close to a community; some women served in far more remote settings."
Majher said at night, Eliza Truckey's primary responsibility was to ensure the oil lamp inside the lighthouse lens was lit and stayed that way despite the weather because oil could congeal in cold weather and stop flowing. During the day, she would have likely cleaned any oil smoke off the lens and windows of the lantern, fill out a daily log of activity, keep an accounting of all supplies used and clean and maintain the light station, Majher said.
The current lighthouse station is not the same station the Truckeys worked in. Although there are no known photographs or sketches of the original station, local historian and author Fred Stonehouse said the government's Request for Proposals for the station call for a story-and-a-half stone building with a semi-detached, 40-foot-high stone tower.
Stonehouse said the job could be physically demanding at times.
"The oil for the light would have come in 5-gallon kegs so she would have had to man-handle those 5-gallon jugs up those tower stairs. It would have been tough," he said. "She's one of those ladies in Marquette history that we just don't recognize the way we should."
Majher said there were female lighthouse keepers in Michigan who served longer than Eliza Truckey, but none had more responsibility.
"She helped to ensure the safe passage of ships carrying iron ore from Marquette to northern factories forging firearms, iron cladding for warships, and railroad ties," she said.
The idea for the book came from an exhibit Majher developed on the same subject when she was curator at the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame. She said the exhibit was so well received she thought there might be interest in a more detailed look at female keepers' lives.
"For eight months, I delved deeper into researching these women -- in library and museum collections, in local newspapers, in other books about maritime history," she said. "The toughest part was securing photographs, especially of the earliest keepers. Luckily, I found a few descendants who were willing to open up their family albums to me."
Even after doing extensive research Majher was only able to fully flesh out the stories of 16 of the 52 female keepers in Michigan. She said she hopes the book will draw out more stories from the descendants of the other women.
"I'd love to do a second edition someday," she said.
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DayZ on your Xbox? Could happen soon.
Dean Hall, project lead on the popular zombie-survival title whose success transformed it from an Arma 2 mod into a full-fledged game, told Joystiq at Gamescom that he wants to bring it to consoles. And he's meeting with console-makers at the show.
"You're not going to put it on the consoles if you're only going to sell 100,000 units or something like that," Hall told Joystiq. "DayZ will be driven by its PC development and it will innovative on that. And, once we're at a point, we'll take it and do a Mac version, 360 and PS3."
DayZ already has over a million players.
DayZ lead wants game on consoles, 'having meetings' about it at Gamescom [Joystiq]


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For years Alamance-Burlington schools have had students go to a school�s office to take most medications, except when a school gets a waiver.
That changed last week.
The Alamance-Burlington Board of Education voted 4-3 to deny waivers to four elementary schools to let teachers give students medications in class.
Chairman Tony Rose, vice chair Patsy Simpson, board members Brad Evans and Pamela Thompson voted to deny the waivers.
�What has changed?� board member Steve Van Pelt asked during the board�s discussion.
Simpson said she is concerned over news stories about school staff in other districts stealing student medications or accidentally double dosing students. Simpson said she also worries about adding to a teacher�s work load and liability.
�That�s a lot of responsibility,� Simpson said.
The policy for local schools requires students� medicine, including over-the-counter medicine, be kept in a centralized location, often the principal�s office, under lock and key. All have to be prescribed by a doctor.
Students with emergency medications such as asthma inhalers, diabetes medicine and EpiPens are allowed to carry them with permission from parents and doctors.
Four elementary schools regularly ask for a waiver, Altamahaw-Ossipee, Harvey Newlin, Highland and South Graham, and asked again for this school year.
Donna King, principal at Altamahaw-Ossipee, told the board the teachers in her 600-student school know their students better than anyone in the office.
Those teachers get training on giving those medicines safely, keep medications locked up and record their use.
King said students actually have more privacy in class than in her busy office, where it is harder to respect medical privacy regulations.
The written requests also say it can be disruptive to have students going back and forth to the office to get their medicine.
School nurses train teachers, but are not in schools every day.
The system�s lead nurse Lucy Kernodle said some students take daily medications for ADHD, some take anti-seizure medication and some take anti-migraine medication.
The medications students are taking have changed over the years. Time-release pills now last longer so those medications can stay out of schools, as the schools prefer.
�It�s not like it used to be,� King told the board. �I was afraid of some of the medicines that were out there.�
If those things are true, Evans asked, why do only four schools want these waivers?
Board member Dr. Kristen Moffitt said each school has its own physical layout and run its offices differently, so a one-size-fits-all policy might not serve every school.
The vote does not mean all students will have to go the office, though.
The system�s regulation allows exceptional-child classes, where many students have medical issues, to keep medication in the classroom.
It also allows schools to make a medication plan for individual students.
Simpson said there is a big difference between having medications in class for an individual student rather than a whole class.
Rose said the board should look the policy over more carefully in a future meeting.


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shift(redirected from shift ground)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Idioms, Encyclopedia.
a change or deviation.
antigenic shift a sudden, major change in the antigenicity of a virus, seen especially in influenza viruses, resulting from the recombination of the genomes of two different strains; it is associated with pandemics because hosts do not have immunity to the new strain. See also antigenic drift.
chloride shift the exchange of chloride and carbonate between the plasma and the erythrocytes that takes place when the blood gives up oxygen and receives carbon dioxide. It serves to maintain ionic equilibrium between the cell and surrounding fluid.
mediastinal shift a shifting to one side of the tissues and organs of the mediastinum; see also mediastinal shift.
shift to the left
1. a change in the blood picture, with a preponderance of young neutrophils.
2. an increased oxygen affinity of hemoglobin.
shift to the right
1. a preponderance of older neutrophils in the blood picture.
2. a decreased oxygen affinity of hemoglobin.
weight shift
1. the frequent movement of a paralyzed or partially paralyzed patient to redistribute the patient's weight and prevent impairment of circulation, which leads to pressure sores. One variation is the wheelchair pressure release.
2. relocation of a patient's center of mass in order to allow movement; see also gait.
An alteration; in pathology, structural alteration of which the cause and significance is uncertain.
Synonym(s): shift
shift(shift) a change or deviation.
chloride shift the exchange of chloride (Cl−) and bicarbonate (HCO3−) between plasma and the erythrocytes occurring whenever HCO3− is generated or decomposed within the erythrocytes.
Doppler shift the magnitude of frequency change due to the Doppler effect.
shift to the left an increase in the percentage of neutrophils having only one or a few lobes.
shift to the right an increase in the percentage of multilobed neutrophils.
Etymology: AS, sciftan, to divide
1 (in nursing) the particular hours of the day during which a nurse is scheduled to work. The day shift is usually 7:00 am to 3:00 pm or 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The evening shift is usually 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm or 4:00 pm to 12:00 midnight, and the night shift the remaining hours. The evening shift is also called "relief," presumably because nurses originally worked 12-hour shifts and the evening and night shift was thought to be relief for the day nurse. Many innovations in staffing practice currently allow variations on the traditional 5-day, 40-hour week, such as nurses electing to work a shorter week, preferring longer hours for fewer days.
2 an abrupt change in an analytic system that continues at the new level.
shiftVox populi
The change in a thing.
1. Synonym(s): change.
2. A period of 8-12 hours during which an employee is assigned to work on a given day. Division of each 24 hours into day, evening, and night shifts is intended to maximize efficiency.
See also: deviation
See also: deviation
a change or deviation.
antigenic shift
see antigenic shift.
chloride shift
see chloride shift.
shift to the left
shift red cell
see macroreticulocyte.
shift to the right
an alteration in the distribution of leukocytes in the peripheral blood in which there is an increased number of mature neutrophils but no immature cells are present.
Patient discussion about shift
Q. I started a new job a month ago – it's night shifts as a security guard in a large office building I don't know why, but I started feeling very down in the last week. Can it be that the change in waking hours is effecting me?
A. there are dozens of studies about night shift workers that try to connect them to all sort of things. and there is a good reason- our hormonal balance is maintained by our Hypothalamus (an area in the brain). being awake on night time changes it's function, it changes our hormonal system balance and other things around our brain. this can easily cause things like depression amongst some people.More discussions about shift


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State Rep. Lyle Larson chimed in Wednesday on San Antonio's proposed ordinance that would add protections for sexual orientation, gender identity and veteran status to the city's nondiscrimination code.
Several state and federal lawmakers, local civic and faith leaders, and LGBT advocates, have expressed an opinion on the planned expansion to the city's existing city code, which is set for a vote Thursday.
In a letter to City Council members, Larson, R-San Antonio, said "the Council should shift its focus back to providing core city services, such as roads, law enforcement, and animal control."
"It is not the role of the government, at any level, to police social issues in this manner," wrote Larson, a former San Antonio City Council member. "Frankly, the national attention that this proposal has garnered is embarrassing and has caused many to question the ability of the San Antonio City Council to achieve its mission."
Larson said the "ordinance falls short by seeking only to add protection for certain individuals" and "no particular group should be singled out in such a way."
San Antonio is the last major Texas city to add LGBT protections to its city code. According to a fact sheet issued by the city, the ordinance leaves in place existing protections against bias based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age or handicap. It would apply only where the existing protections apply, including city employment, contracts, appointments and service
You can read the full letter here.
The Council is scheduled to hear public testimony on the bill tonight and vote tomorrow. Express-News reporter Josh Baugh tweeted at 3 p.m. that more than 400 people have registered to testify.


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At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I tend to devour anything written that pertains to Operation Market Garden. It's what got me into military history, and even when I'm in a nursing home myself I'll probably still be reading my Op MG library. The funny thing is, I don't actually enjoy the general histories – there are so many of them, and to be honest, since Martin Middlebrook none of them have really offered anything new. But there are a wealth of personal and micro histories out there, many of them under-published and little-known.
Captain Alexander Lipmann-Kessel was serving with 16th Parachute Field Ambulance during the Battle, parachuting in on the first day and leading a surgical team at St Elisabeths Hospital in the town until after the surrender. Not only was he a very brave man and a distinguished surgeon, but he was, miraculously, a South African Jew. As such, he had more to lose than most. And as he himself states in the text, he did look stereotypically Jewish. Heaven knows how the germans did not cotton on.
Having previously read Stuart Mawson's Arnhem Doctor, I was very interested to read another account of battlefield medicine. The privations of running an operating theatre in action, under enemy occupation, using very basic equipment and a minimum of supplies, is very inspiring indeed. For much of the battle Kessel was working alongside Dutch civilian doctors and nurses, and under pressure from the Germans all of the time. Kessel has some interesting observations about the German doctors approach to battlefield medicine. The SS doctors refused to operate on any head or stomach wounds, preferring to administer a lethal injection. Lipmann-Kessel, on the other hand, decided to operate on Brigadier Shan Hackett's severe stomach wound, with a casual, 'oh I don't know, I think I might have a go at this one'.
After the withdrawl across the Rhine, the Germans gradually evacuated the hospital – not before Kessel could have Brigadier Hackett spirited away into hiding, and assist the Dutch underground in giving a 'funeral' to a consignment of arms. Transported to a barracks in Apeldoorn, Lipmann-Kessel eventually escaped. Coming into contact with the Dutch underground, he took part in the abortive Pegasus II attempt to get airborne fugivites back across the Rhine. Lipmann-Kessel finally made it to allied lines by canoeing down a Dutch river, evading German patrols along the way. It's stirring stuff indeed, the stuff of a boys own novel.
Although it doesn't state so in the book, when Lipmann-Kessel died in the 1980's, he requested to be buried in Arnhem civilian cemetery, close by to his comrades who were killed in September 1944. Having read his account of those dramatic days, such a gesture seems completely in character with the man.
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This is referring to http://www.darklegacycomics.com/230.html.
Narya drank the fountain of youth enough to bring him down to "teenage years", say 18. Assuming Miji was born in the year that Harry went back to Gnomeregan, then the present-day Miji should be 52 years old, thus meaning that Narya drank to his teenage years when Miji was 49 (52-3). Lets say he drank himself down to 18 years old. That means when Miji is 52 years old in the present, Narya is 21.
"Harry" goes back 52 years into the past. He is his 21 years old self, and Miji "should" be 0 years old or so. Given recent comics, young Narya has to look a lot younger than Harry, yet barely older than Miji. Remember young Narya hasn't drank from the fountain of youth yet. You can see now that if Narya's age difference was too big (say 30 years older) than Miji without the fountain of youth, then young Narya would be 30 when Miji is 0, even older than "Harry" who is at 21. Since this is an obvious contradiction, the only possibility is that Narya's age is between 0 and 21.
Basically, Narya can only be 21 years older at most from Miji originally, but even then would be stretching it since he looks much younger than Harry. So I assume Narya is 5-10 years older than Miji. This is further supported by #398.
Anyways, in all the recent comics, Narya looks like he's only a couple years older than Miji, which is rightfully proven. I have no idea how much older Narya is in his bearded-age -- he could be younger than Miji at that time -- however, at his pre-fountain age, he looks to be A LOT older than Miji, with grey hair and the like, despite only a 5-10 years difference. That's my biggest question: 5-10 years difference, yet pre-fountain Narya looks unfathomably older later on. Huh!?
(One more thing is that Harry has been keeping his hair dyed blue even though it's greying out? Since he is definitely older than pre-fountain Narya, we would see grey hair now, otherwise.)
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I'm so excited to introduce you to a bloggy friend of mine, Maranda of Jolts & Jollies blog. If you haven't met her yet, run to her blog. Maranda is an army wife, she is super funny and she enjoys cooking and sharing tons of recipes with us. I love this post because this is something that we can do with our kids, I am sure Cami would have a blast making these treats!
Thank you for this post Maranda, your daughter is adorable!
Hi everyone!
Before we get started I just want to say that I am absolutely honored to be here. I have been following Kathia's blog for some time now and I am amazed at her talent.
And how wonderful is it that she has gathered some of the most talented individuals in the bloggy world for this "28 Days of Sweet Halloween Treats" series????
So far I have seen some absolutely amazing treats and ideas and I can still hardly believe Kathia thought of me for this series! Thanks Kathia, for giving me the honor of being a part of this series and offering me some time on your creative space.
October, Halloween especially, has always been a special time of the year for me. October is not only my birthday month but also my older sister's and now my great niece's birthday month as well!
And hello??? Halloween??? Yes!
Endless amounts of candy??? Yes, yes, YES!!!
As I was trying to decide what I wanted to offer for this series I changed my mind pretty much about a million times. I finally settled on something that is cute, yummy and that Little Butt could help me make.
So I present to you...
Candy coated Rice Krispie Halloween treats!
I enlisted Little Butt to be my sous chef for this project. So grab your little kitchen helper (or not) and let's get started!
To make these treats you will need to make a tray of Rice Krispie treats.
Start by measuring out all your ingredients and getting everything ready. Rice Krispie making happens fast once you get started. For these you will need:
a 10 ounce bag of regular sized marshmallows
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter


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Meteor Explodes Over Russia [VIDEO]
A meteor that exploded over injured over 900 people and damaged hundreds of buildings. Many of the injuries came from the glass that was blown out of buildings by the sonic blast as the meteor went by.
Don Yeomans, meteor expert for NASA, told Space.com,
"If the reports of ground damage can be verified, it might suggest an object whose original size was several meters in extent before entering the atmosphere, fragmenting and exploding due to the unequal pressure on the leading side vs the trailing side (it pancaked and exploded), It is far too early to provide estimates of the energy released or provide a reliable estimate of the original size."
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See a compilation of some of the video of the meteor and the destruction here.
And here is some pretty dramatic video of the sonic blast damaging an office and warehouse.


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AUSTIN — After hearing a growing chorus of criticism about how his recruiting efforts were lagging behind those of powerhouses like Alabama, Texas coach Mack Brown came up with an intriguing response.
He hired a guy who said he learned everything he knows from Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban.
Patrick Suddes, the former Alabama associate director for football operations who spent the last eight years with Saban, will be introduced Friday as UT's director of player personnel.
Suddes' position is a new one at UT, which like other college football programs is beefing up its player personnel staff in anticipation of NCAA rules changes intended to deregulate recruiting.
Suddes, who worked for Saban with the Miami Dolphins in addition to Alabama, will be in charge of the Longhorns' football camps and coaching clinic, and will be UT's recruiting point man.
Previously, the title of "recruiting coordinator" was given to an assistant coach on Brown's on-field staff. Tight ends coach Bruce Chambers has held or shared that designation since 2005.
In a statement released by UT, Suddes said the Longhorns are "the only program (he) would have left the Alabama program for."
Brown, in the same statement, called Suddes "passionate about recruiting and building a team" and said he "knocked us out in his interview."
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Three Penn State football student-athletes are heading to Indianapolis this week to participate in the National Football League's 2014 Scouting Combine.
The Nittany Lions participating in the Combine are defensive tackle DaQuan Jones (Johnson City, N.Y.), wide receiver Allen Robinson (Southfield, Mich.) and guard John Urschel (Williamsville, N.Y.). All three were 2013 first-team All-Big Ten honorees.
The NFL Scouting Combine is Feb. 22-25 at Lucas Oil Stadium. Urschel's on-field workout is Saturday, Robinson's is Sunday and Jones' is Monday. NFL Network will have coverage of the workouts each day starting at 9 a.m.
Jones led Penn State with 11.5 tackles for loss (minus-42 yards) and earned the team's Outstanding Senior Player award. He ranked fifth on the squad with 56 tackles (33 solo), recorded three sacks (minus-21) and had a fumble recovery. A starter in 23 games over the past two seasons, he led all Big Ten defensive tackles in hits this season. The former Johnson City Senior High School standout participated in last month's Senior Bowl.
The 2012 and 2013 Big Ten Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year, Robinson earned seven All-America honors after a standout 2013 season. The junior was selected a first-team All-American by CBSSports.com, Sporting News and Phil Steele's College Football, a second-team honoree by the Football Writers Association of America, SI.com and Athlon Sports, and a third-team All-American by the Associated Press.
The former Orchard Lake (Mich.) St. Mary's prep standout led the Big Ten with Penn State season records in receptions (97) and receiving yardage (1,432) for the second consecutive year. Robinson ranked No. 3 nationally in receiving yardage (119.3 ypg) and No. 9 in receptions (8.1 average). He had six touchdown catches in 2013 (17 career) and a long catch of 65 yards, which resulted in a touchdown at Ohio State.
Robinson ranks second in school career receptions (177) and third in Penn State career receiving yardage (2,474 yds), with numbers earned almost entirely the past two seasons (3 catches for 29 yards in 2011). His eight 100-yard receiving games last season were a Penn State season record and he made 13 catches of 35 or more yards in 2013, including four touchdowns of 45 yards or longer.
A 2013 Associated Press third-team All-American, Urschel started all 24 games the past two seasons and was selected first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches for the second consecutive season. Urschel joined Jeff Hartings (1993-95) and Stefen Wisniewski (2009-10) as the only Nittany Lion offensive linemen to earn multiple first-team All-Big Ten accolades. He was instrumental in helping true freshman quarterback Christian Hackenberg break 11 school freshman passing and total offense records, and Zach Zwinak and Bill Belton combine to rush for 1,792 yards last season. The former Canisius High School product was the recipient or co-recipient of the offensive line's player of the game honor in 10 of 12 games this season.
Urschel graduated with undergraduate and master's degrees in math with a 4.0 grade-point average. A two-time Capital One/CoSIDA first-team Academic All-American, Urschel became the first Penn State player to earn the National Football Foundation's prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy, regarded as college football's academic Heisman Trophy and claimed the Senior CLASS Award for college football.
The NFL Network and NFL.com will have coverage of the Scouting Combine daily from Feb. 22-25. The NFL Draft is May 8-10, with the first round taking place on Thursday night.
There were 26 former Nittany Lions with NFL teams at the end of the regular season, placing Penn State in the top 15 nationally among schools in producing current NFL players. A total of 332 Nittany Lions have been selected all-time in the NFL Draft, including 36 in the first round. In 2013, Penn State had at least three NFL Draft picks for the 15th time in its 20 seasons of Big Ten Conference competition.
Super Bowl XLVIII marked the 43rd time in the NFL Championship contest's 48-game history that at least one Penn State alumnus was a member of one of the participating teams. Former Penn State standouts Jordan Hill and Michael Robinson helped cap a dominant playoff run for Seattle with a victory in Super Bowl XLVIII when the Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos. Thirty-seven former Nittany Lions have earned a total of 54 Super Bowl rings.
James Franklin was named the Nittany Lions' 16th head football coach on Jan. 11. A product of Langhorne, Pa., Franklin led Vanderbilt University to unprecedented success the past three years as head coach, including consecutive nine-win seasons and bowl victories the past two years, as well as back-to-back Top 25 finishes, all for the first time in VU history. In his 20th year of coaching, Franklin was a two-time All-PSAC quarterback at East Stroudsburg University.
Penn State returns 15 starters (seven offense, seven defense, one specialist) and will host Rose Bowl Champion Michigan State (Nov. 29), Ohio State (Oct. 25), Northwestern (Sept. 27-Homecoming) and Maryland (Nov. 1) during its 2014 Big Ten home schedule. The Nittany Lions will play a trio of 2013 Top 10 teams this year and open the season Aug. 30 vs. UCF in Dublin, Ireland, at the Croke Park Classic.
For information on joining the Nittany Lion Club and purchasing 2014 season tickets, as well as club seating in Beaver Stadium, fans can visit www.GoPSUsports.com/tickets or call 800-NITTANY from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.
Penn State Football is on Twitter (@PennStateFball) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/PSUFball).


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Plasma is the name of the new desktop which replaced KDesktop in KDE4. You may think that it is a union of SuperKaramba and KDesktop, but it's more. It's a whole concept of functionality and beauty.
Its implementation is based on the Qt Graphics View Framework introduced in Qt 4.2.
From a developer point of view there are some classes in libplasma who play central roles.


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#BluRoutes are walking, running and cycling routes for guests to follow that start and end at our hotel. They're planned by our team members to help all fitness enthusiasts, from amateur joggers to keen runners and cyclists, keep up their fitness routine. Along the way, you'll experience the best running and cycling routes the local area has to offer.
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Call for Proposals: Ben Franklin Scholars Course Design Grants
Together with the Office of the Provost, the Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee, and the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, the Benjamin Franklin Scholars (BFS) program is pleased to announce the BFS Course Design Grants. Grants from $2000—$5000 will be considered for exceptional proposals for the development of new BFS seminars, including those that develop innovative approaches to incorporating the theme of sustainability.
The money is to be used to facilitate innovative course components that may have expenses attached to them, with up to $2000 available as a course development stipend for the faculty member's research fund. Proposals submitted by April 12, 2013, will be given full consideration.
Standing faculty at Penn in any of the 12 schools are eligible, and courses may be proposed for any future semester, beginning with fall 2013. We look to support innovations in the types of materials assigned, in classroom task design, in the format of graded assignments, as well as new team teaching, especially across schools. The 2012 BFS Course Design Grant recipients included courses on the psychology of food and the biological bases of male-female relations.
Four kinds of courses are especially encouraged:
These courses will design new ways of engaging students in active learning. They ask students to experience what they study, whether that be a course that brings students to work in a cognitive science lab to discover how first impressions matter, or a course on monasticism that asks students to live by the ascetic rules of an order.
Green Seminars will develop innovative approaches to the theme of sustainability across the many domains in which this topic is relevant. We look for engagement with local political issues or global environmental initiatives.
These courses will encourage students to develop their learning through hands-on engagement in the community, such as learning by teaching in local classrooms, improving health and nutrition in a school and community, or exploring Philadelphia's cultural venues. These Academically Based Community Service Courses (ABCS) and experiences help students to become active, participating citizens of a democratic society.
Courses that develop next year's theme — Sound — will be supported. We look for courses to develop the many issues that can emerge out of Penn's theme year, across historical and disciplinary boundaries. For more on next year's academic year theme, visit the Year of Sound official website.
Proposals should be under 500 words. They should outline the subject matter, the innovations planned, and the reasoning why these particular initiatives are promising. A one-page draft syllabus, outlining weekly topics, readings, and assignments, should accompany the proposal, along with a one-page budget, if applicable, and an endorsement from the department chair.
Please submit documents to BFS Associate Director Linda Wiedmann, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Faculty grant recipients will attend two sessions with the BFS team and other winners. Before they begin teaching they will present plans for their innovations, and after the course they will share a study of how these innovations worked.


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Daily Caller Refutes Daily Caller, Declaring Manmade Global Warming "Uncontroversial"
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The Daily Caller wrote that a recent survey of scientific literature only confirmed the "uncontroversial points" that warming has occurred and that it is in part manmade, but the Daily Caller itself has cast doubt on these facts.
The peer-reviewed survey found that 97 percent of scientific abstracts that stated a position on global warming endorsed the consensus position that humans are causing global warming. While these points are uncontroversial in the scientific world, they are controversial among many in Congress and the public -- due in part to the misinformation pushed by conservative media outlets such as the Daily Caller.
A Daily Caller columnist, for example, granted Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), who has called global warming a "hoax," an "[a]ward" for "debunking" the "global warming myth."
The Daily Caller also regularly publishes articles that cast doubt on global warming -- including near-transcriptions of Sen. Inhofe's latest attacks on climate science -- yet conveniently leave out the "uncontroversial" fact that the majority of scientists agree that manmade, or anthropogenic, climate change is occurring. For instance, the online publication promoted "Lord" Christopher Monckton, who likes to compare climate activists to Nazis, challenging "Al baby" (Al Gore) to debate him on climate change without stating that the majority of scientists accept that climate change is real and manmade.
The Daily Caller article, headlined "Report: There is no 97 percent global warming consensus," quoted the Global Warming Policy Foundation's Andrew Montford (who is not a scientist) quibbling with the survey by claiming it didn't examine whether the papers endorsed the view that "human activity is the main driver behind global warming" (emphasis added). However, the authors of the report have already addressed this criticism, a fact the Daily Caller left out, explaining that the scientific abstracts they examined didn't go into this detail, but they contacted the authors and 96 percent of them agreed that humans have caused more than half of recent warming (emphasis removed):
Another characteristic of movements that deny a consensus involves impossible expectations. The tobacco industry perfected this approach in the 1970s, demanding ever-more stringent levels of proof that smoking caused cancer in order to delay government regulation of their products. This technique of impossible expectations was illustrated in another blog post claiming that only papers which quantify the human contribution to global warming count as endorsing the consensus. Most climate-related research doesn't quantify how much global warming humans are causing, especially in the abstract; there's simply no reason to.
We didn't expect scientists to go into nitty gritty detail about settled science in the valuable real estate of the abstract (the short summary at the start of the paper). However, we did expect to see it more often in the full paper, and that's exactly what we observed. When scientists were asked to rate the level of endorsement of their own papers, in the 237 papers that actually specified the proportion of human-caused global warming, over 96% agreed that humans have caused more than half of the recent global warming.
Several other surveys have confirmed that the vast majority of climate scientists agree that most of the rise in global temperatures is due to human activities. A 2008 survey further found that 84 percent of climate scientists say "the general public should be told to be" worried about the impacts of climate change, which encompass everything from deadly heat waves to rapid shifts in agricultural yields to flooding from sea level rise.
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I'm taking three interns for a three month unpaid internship starting in March. Those interns are coming straight out of college and this internship is the only thing between them and their diplomas. Since I'll be their direct supervisor, I pretty much have a white card to do whatever I want with them.
It's not the first time I've done this (in fact, I've been doing for the past three years) and I know that those students are usually eager yet terrified of joining the workforce. At the college I take my interns from, I have a reputation of being a strict supervisor simply because I usually take their top students and that reputation is justified. Yet, students always come out of their internship saying that they loved the experience.
Why? Simply because I know this is their first exposure to the workforce as IT specialists and I try to make the experience as pain-less as possible. While most of the week is dedicated to work, I usually try to set time aside during the week for R&R or education (Beer nights, competitive code competitions, etc.).
I'm a strong believer of continual self-education and giving back to the community which is why I love Stack Overflow so much. I've been mostly providing high-quality answers to user questions and I'm looking for a way to give more.
I'm thinking this year of having Stack Overflow Thursdays. Essentially, I would dedicate half of Thursday to browsing Stack Overflow and answering questions (with good quality answers). Whoever gets most reputation during that half-day would get a free beer at the next beer night.
This would help teach them the importance of community in their work field and also would help them to hone their skills/acquire new ones.
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My Answer Accept rate is 88%.
I would really like this to be 100%. So I went and deleted some old posts that had no answers for the last month. I think there were 5 of them. Surely this should at least raise my Acceptance Rate a little?
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Please note this may not be the exact setlist for this Sheffield concert. This list of songs is what has been played previously on this tour.similar list to US tour to follow:
news songs included "Birthday"
Hello, Goodbye
All My Loving
Getting Better
Coming Up
Let Me Roll It
Lonely Road
Driving Rain
Your Loving Flame
Acoustic set
Blackbird (solo)
Every Night (solo)
We Can Work It Out (solo)
You Never Give Me Your Money/Carry That Weight (solo)
Fool On The Hill (solo)
Here Today (solo)
Something (solo)
Eleanor Rigby (with band)
Michelle (with band)
Calico Skies (with band)
Here, There, and Everywhere (with band)
end of acoustic set
Band On The Run
Back In The USSR
Maybe I'm Amazed
Let Em In
My Love
She's Leaving Home
Can't Buy Me Love
Live and Let Die
Let It Be
Hey Jude
Encore I
The Long and Winding Road
Lady Madonna
I Saw Her Standing There
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Yesterday (Paul & Wix)
Sgt. Pepper Reprise
The End
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Volusia should consider raising more money for roads
One of my favorite childhood books was "Where the Sidewalk Ends." I am now joyfully reliving its stories, poems and illustrations through my two young sons. Author Shel Silverstein had a gift for masking mature scenarios with childlike wit and rhyme.
The title poem's opening line, "There is a place where the sidewalk ends," describes Volusia County, circa 2015, quite accurately. Sidewalk construction, as well as new road construction and road maintenance in both the county and Volusia municipalities, will soon end as we know it. This is not meant to scare you, but to inform you of a dire dilemma and make you aware of a possible solution.
County and city road programs rely on two funding sources: a per-gallon gas tax and impact fees.
Gas tax collections have significantly declined. The revenue we receive from the gas tax is on the gallon, not the dollar, meaning it's a much smaller percentage of the price at the pump now than it was years ago. Inflation has also greatly reduced the purchasing power of the gas tax. In addition, gas consumption has decreased as people drive less, or drive more fuel-efficient cars. These cars use less gas, but cause the same wear and tear on roads as other cars.
Impact fees on new construction are the other major source of road funding. Impact fees discourage economic development and should be limited whenever possible.
Also, the more we can lessen the property tax burden for our residents and businesses, the better off our community will be as well.
On the surface, you may not believe we have a problem with our roads.
I assure you that once funding ends, the county and our cities will not be able to build a single new road. But for argument's sake, let's agree that we will stop building new roads. Now the problem is taking care of the roads that already exist, and these roads are beginning to deteriorate. This is what I call the Head and Shoulders shampoo dilemma. In the company's commercial, a person asks: If you don't have dandruff, why do you use Head and Shoulders? The answer, duh, is pretty simple: the shampoo stops dandruff. Our existing road programs make you think there's not a problem because most of our roads have volume and sheen. But once we stop buying shampoo, you'll notice some serious dandruff in the form of potholes.
I believe our community has three possible solutions. First, we could do nothing. Soon, potholes will develop on every road in Volusia County, including the road you live on. Eventually these roads will deteriorate to the point where they are no longer safe to drive, and we will have to close them.
Second, the county could start funding road projects through the general fund, which would raise property taxes significantly.
The third solution is for our community to pass a one-penny transportation sales tax through a referendum that could be used for county and city transportation needs. State legislators have given us this option under Florida law. It has been utilized in many other Florida counties. Not so ironically and more importantly, these counties have some of the lowest property tax rates in the state.
The counties are also able to use their transportation programs as economic development drivers because many of the projects that are funded are matching projects. This means the county or city would only contribute 25 to 50 percent of the funding and the state and federal government would provide the rest. This is part of the reason why the counties that have this sales tax are experiencing more of an economic boom today. It's called leverage, and we need to use it to allow our local governments to act more like businesses.
The sales tax funding could include roads and sidewalks as well as operations such as Votran. Approximately $10 million a year in property taxes is spent to subsidize Votran. If the law is written and handled properly, we could restrict the county from using property taxes to fund Votran and other transportation operations. This limitation on property taxes is the most important aspect of my proposal.
I do not support a new tax, just a better way to tax.
Let me repeat that: I do not support a new tax, just a better way to tax. Specifically, we can use the one-penny transportation sales tax as a way to require county government to lower (forever) property taxes. We could make it against the law for them to fund programs such as Votran through the general fund.
"Where the Sidewalk Ends" sums it up this way:
"Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends."
With apologies to Shel Silverstein, I've added a stanza of my own to his poem:
Your children are now grown and are ready to plan
For the sidewalk does not have to end.
It is true that this will be a defining moment for us
For this is where economic development can begin.
Please join me in supporting this initiative to properly fund transportation with a one-penny transportation sales tax and significantly reduce the burden we pay in property taxes in Volusia County and our municipalities.
Wagner, of Ponce Inlet, represents District 2 on the Volusia County Council.


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|51.0 x 55.2 mm (2.0 x 2.2 inches)
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|735 mm (28.9 inches) If adjustable, lowest setting.
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20th Century Cocktail – Wow…yeah, wow
I mixed this cocktail for the first time with a bit of trepidation. Chocolate, lemon, gin and aperetif wine, really? I'm happy to report that someone had a lot more depth of cocktail thought than I do. I never would have guess that this combination would taste so good. But taste good it most certainly does. I started my journey with the recipe from Dr. Cocktail's Vintage Cocktails and Spirits (1 1/2 oz Gin, 3/4 oz Lemon Juice, 3/4 oz Creme de Cacao, 3/4 oz Lillet Blond). This recipe proved a little too sweet for my palate so I transitioned to the Joy of Mixology recipe instead (1 1/2 oz Gin, 1/2 oz Lemon Juice, 1/2 oz Creme de Cacao, 1/2 oz Lillet Blond).
The interplay of flavors in this cocktail is unlike anything I've had before. On the front of the flavor curve you're going to taste the citrus from the lemon juice and the Lillet. The herbal notes of the Lillet are going to come next mingled with the herbal notes of the gin. Finally as the curve tapers off you'll get a hint of chocolate from the creme de cacao. Cutting down the sweetness was just what the doctor ordered. Truly a unique and delicious cocktail experience.
Some notes to keep in mind. I tried Plymouth gin at first but found its flavors to be too light for this application. I chose Tanqueray next and that worked out well. This is another instance where I wonder what the impact of the original recipe Kina Lillet would make. Certainly there would be some added bitterness, but that might play really well with the sweetness. Finally, I ran across a recipe in Difford's Guide that called for the use of dry vermouth instead of Lillet. I mixed it up and found the cocktail to not be nearly as good. The drink was much drier and not particularly well balanced.
20th Century Cocktail (Joy of Mixology)
1 1/2 oz Gin 1/2 oz Lillet Blond 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz White Creme de Cacao Lemon Twist for Garnish
1) Combine ingredients in a shaker over ice 2) Shake until combined and well chilled 3) Strain into a chilled cocktail glass


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Collection: The ripe, unshrivelled berries should be collected in the autumn and dried slowly in the shade, to avoid losing the oil present.
Part Used: Dried fruits.
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CAUTION: Due to its action on the kidneys, Juniper Berries should be avoided in any kidney disease. It should also be avoided in pregnancy.
Preparations & Dosage: Infusion: pour a cup of boiling water onto l teaspoonful of lightly crushed berries and leave to infuse for 20 minutes. A cup should be drunk night and morning. Tincture: 0.5 - 1 ml three times a day.


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Clarence Clemons, aka The Big Man, sax player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, has suffered a stroke, the Associated Press reports.
Clemons, 69, was born in Norfolk County -- in an area that's now the city of Chesapeake -- in 1942. He reportedly learned to learned to play sax in a back room of his family's Norfolk fish market.
Clemons has battled numerous ailments over the last few years. He had double knee surgery and performed from a wheelchair at one point. Recently, things had been looking up for him, however. Last month, he performed with Lady Gaga on the season finale of "American Idol." His distinctive sax also appeared on a pair of tracks from Gaga's new album, "Born This Way."
When the E Street Band played Richmond in 2003, Springsteen gave Clemons a special introduction:
"The Minister of Soul!" he shouted, "The Emperor of All Virginia! You wish you could be like him, but I'm sorry, you can't, Clarence 'The Big Man' Clemons!"
In 2007, Clemons was inducted into Norfolk's Legends of Music Walk of Fame.
from MTV.com
Most recently, Clemons was featured on Lady Gaga's massive Born This Way album, appearing on two tracks and performing with her live on "American Idol" last month.
Clemons, also known as "The Big Man," began performing with the E Street Band in 1972, giving an assist on Springsteen's debut album Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.. In addition to appearing on 20 albums with Springsteen, including the breakthrough Born to Run, he's worked with a number of other artists including Gaga, Jackson Browne and Ringo Starr. He's also appeared in films like "New York, New York"and "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure," as well as TV shows like "The Wire" and "The Simpsons."
Recently, however, he has had problems with his health, and following the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's tour in 2009, he had to have both knees replaced and a spinal fusion surgery, according to Rolling Stone. But he vowed, "As long as my mouth, hands and brain still work I'll be out there doing it."
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Clarence "Big Man" Clemons was once voted "Favorite Band Member" for his mesmerizing vocals and distinctive saxophone solos in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Clemons and Springsteen – Springsteen and Clemons – the two are simply magic together and, while each man tells a slightly different tale of how they met, each version bears elements of the inevitable – the two were meant to make music together. They are also known for their banter on stage.
Clemons was born in Norfolk County (now the city of Chesapeake), Virginia, the grandson of a Baptist preacher, and raised on Gospel music – music that reaches the soul. He attended the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore on a football scholarship before leaving school to play with the pros. A serious automobile accident as he was preparing to try out for a position with the Cleveland Browns cut short his hopes of a professional sports career and unleashed a musician. He had been playing the saxophone since his father made him a gift of the instrument when Clemons was a child.
Clemons has worked with such luminaries as Ringo Starr, Jackson Browne, Gary U. S. Bonds, Joe Cocker and Aretha Franklin; and has produced several projects of his own. He joined Bruce Springsteen's band in 1972. While continuing to play with Springsteen, Clemons formed the Clarence Clemons Band (now called the Temple of Soul) in 1998, releasing Live in Asbury Park and Live in Asbury Park Volume Two in 2002 and 2004. Asbury Park, incidentally, was the location of the Student Prince Club where Clemons went to hear Springsteen perform and where the two first met. The rest, as they say, is history.


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Rehearsal Movie of the Day: MeFite rudhraigh explains: "When they were making The Karate Kid, they decided to shoot each scene's rehearsal with budget cameras so the actors could watch themselves back afterwards."
The result? A unintentionally hilarious alternate version of the classic movie that looks like it was Sweded by a bunch of Middle School kids with nothing bett


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I don't know how many of you here in the states listen to The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper, but I'll be featured in today's episode on many NPR stations. Check your local listings! You can also hear the interview and see why I'm the inaugural Gastrosexual of the Month for May at http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/specials/gastrosexuals/winners.shtm... --sadly the producers edited out the part where I spoke about Just Bento and Maki, but I think it was the photo I sent in of my Girl's Day bento that clinched the win. Woo ;-)
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"Snow Plow Prep" is being added to the options list on the 2015 Ford F-150. It's a button-activated mode that temporarily turns off "nonessential" features to dedicate the most possible power to the plow.
It will be available on all cab configurations as long as the truck's got the 5.0 V8, 4WD, and is XL, XLT or Lariat trim.
But Ford still doesn't make an OEM plow, which is what I was hoping for when I heard this "Snow Mode" announcement. Maybe Nissan will wow us with one for the next Titan.
If you want to keep your Ford warranty when you slap that blade and Mr. Plow sticker on your new F-150, Ford's gonna go ahead and insist you get your plow installed at a "Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier."
The 2015 Ford F-150 will be able to push a plow setup weighing up to 450 pounds.


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Last week's article about the resolution of a lawsuit filed by former Morenci Elementary School principal Jeanie Thompson and her husband, Scott, was written without comment from the Thompsons' attorney, Gregg Iddings. We called his office on Monday of last week and he returned our call on the following Friday.
We stated last week that no judgment was made against the school in relation to the lawsuit. A judgment on the four counts of the suit would have resulted only from a jury trial.
However, Iddings said, a judgment was granted for the Thompsons by Circuit Court Judge Timothy Pickard on the issue of "lack of consideration"—the school district's failure to offer compensation when Thompson and other administrators accepted a new contract. Lack of consideration was a finding by the judge but was not part of the lawsuit.
Iddings also pointed out that three counts of the lawsuit—acting fraudulently and causing emotional distress and loss of consortium in the marriage—were not dismissed by the court but were voluntarily withdrawn by the Thompsons.