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Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (WPRT)'s Stock Price Update:
Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (WPRT) stock price ended its day with gain 0.82% and finalized at the price of $2.47, its 52 week- peak value and changed 111.11% from its 52 week-bottom price value. During its last trading session, Stock traded with the total exchanged volume of 0.47 million shares. The average volume stands around 0.62 million shares. The average numbers of shares are traded in a security per day, during the recent 3-month period. The stock has relative volume of 0.75. Relative volume is ratio between current volume and 3-month average value, intraday adjusted.
ATR value of company was 0.19. Average True Range (ATR) is an indicator based on trading ranges smoothed by an N-period exponential moving average percentage of the true range values. ATR can display volatility of stocks, ETFs and indexes. The principal of ATR is very similar to other volatility indicators: A high ATR value signals a possible trend change. A low ATR value correlates with a weaker trend movement.
To review the WPRT previous performance, look at its past history, which highlighted below: During last 5 trades the stock sticks almost -5.36%. During last one month it showed the change of 37.99%. During last 3 month it remained at 75.18%. During last 12 month it moved at -17.67%. Along with these its year to date performance is standing at 85.71%.
In Canada Industry, Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (WPRT) have 132.94 million outstanding shares currently held by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company's officers and insiders. The company have shares float of 114.20 million. Float is the number of shares available for trading of a particular stock. Floating stock is calculated by subtracting closely-held shares and restricted stock from a firm's total outstanding shares. Closely-held shares are those owned by insiders, major shareholders and employees, while restricted stock refers to insider shares that cannot be traded because of a temporary restriction such as the lock-up period after an initial public offering. A stock with a small float will generally be more volatile than a stock with a large float, apart from having limited liquidity and wider bid-ask spread. Because of these issues, institutional investors seldom invest in low-float stocks.
Analysts' mean recommendation for Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (WPRT) stands at 2.20. Rating Scale; where 1.0 rating means Strong Buy, 2.0 rating signify Buy, 3.0 recommendation reveals Hold, 4.0 rating score shows Sell and 5.0 displays Strong Sell signal.
Canada based company, Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (WPRT)'s latest closing price distance was 17.68% from the average-price of 200 days while it maintained a distance from the 50 Day Moving Average at 37.70% and 22.25% compared with the 20 Day Moving Average.
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Here I am! Yoo hoo! Sorry, I know I'm late. There was this thing with a thing and then my phone battery died and then I locked myself out and it all just fell on my head.
Good New Year? No of course it wasn't. Ha! New Year is dreadful. What a stupid question. Well don't worry it's nearly February, the year has begun in earnest and we can all get back to whatever it is that we normally do.
I've got a peace offering for you to make up for my tardiness - a lamb tagine that I did out of Gwyneth Paltrow's book, It's All Good.
Everyone's got such a problem with Gwyneth!! I don't understand it. So she wants to live a semi-vegan diet and work out for 6 hrs a day so she doesn't look fat when she has to put on a size 0 dress and stand on a red carpet having her photo taken by 4 million people? That's her life and her choice, people. Speaking as someone who often has to put on a dress and be photographed for the paper looking fat, I understand where she's coming from.
And GOOP is just hilarious. Fact. Her nonchalance in recommending a $400 grey cashmere sweater to her readers because "it goes with everything" is simply a laugh out loud moment. No?
Okay whatever. I wasn't that crazy, in all, about It's All Good. I found the fact that they didn't bring out a British edition (so that all the measurements are in cups, spring onions are scallions etc) annoying. And everything requires about a million ingredients. And the pictures are just frightful, the food looks flat and boring - but the full-length photos of Gwyneth wrapped in a $550 goat hair Mexican blanket looking soulfully into the distance are a giggle.
I do absolutely love tagine and this is a really terrific one. I honestly ate my half of the pot in about 5 minutes. I am a fast eater, but even then. So do this! I don't know in what way this is supposed to be healthful and restorative (it certainly isn't vegan) but it is very easy and generally delightful.
Just don't go crazy and make the vegan brownies from the same book because they are just diabolically disgusting.
So here we go
Serves 4-6 if you are having rice with it. If only a salad then this serves 2.
1 handful chopped coriander
6 cloves garlic, peeled
2-inch nub of ginger, peeled
1 small red onion, peeled and chopped
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2tsp ground black pepper
3 tbsp good olive oil
some sea salt
500g of whatever stewing lamb you can get your hands on
about 300ml chicken stock
a pinch of saffron if you have it
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
about 200g butternut squash, peeled and chopped
the recipe also specified 1 small preserved lemon, chopped up but I cannot STAND preserved lemon so I left it out.
1 Put the coriander, garlic, ginger, onion, cumin, pepper and olive oil in a blender along with a large pinch of salt. Blend this together and then thoroughly cover the lamb in it. Marinade for six hours, overnight, or as long as you possibly can. Even 30 mins will make a difference.
2 Preheat the oven to 160C and put the lamb and all the marinade into a casserole dish. Put it over a medium flame and brown all over. Sprinkle over the saffron if using and then add the chicken stock. Bring all this to the boil and stir to release any browned bits stuck to the bottom.
3 Cut a piece of greaseproof paper big enough to sit over the top of the pot, then scrunch it, wet it and set it over the lamb. Put the lid on and cook for 1.5hrs. Check occasionally that it hasn't dried out. After 45 min stir in the butternut squash and the chickpeas and keep cooking.
4 add more salt and pepper if you think you need it and then serve with more coriander sprinkled over the top.
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|2010-02-01, 22:52
|Link #6641
Shameless Fangirl
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Germany
Age: 29
*takes a deep breath* All right, better.
He was such an awesome older brother! Errr, and to get back on topic, mini!Lelouch must have been quite the little pest to everyone he wanted to annoy. He looks so sweet and harmless on Anya's picture, but we know he and Clovis argued each other to death!
Well, or Lelouch argued Clovis to death in the end if we want to get literal, but that was clearly cheating.
Did I mention I would have liked more information about Lelouch prior to Marianne's death? How many PDs were there again... one? And a Sound Drama in which he is talked about. Not really satisfying.
|2010-02-02, 16:28
|Link #6642
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
A couple of pages were talking about how they thought ZR was flawed and how it would never work in real life.
I think that Zero Requiem was more than just giving people a common foe to bond over, it also to give people experience of what true tyrancy is and what it is to be governed by a single person, having everyone's future in the hands of one individual.
If that was indeed what he wanted, he could've just let his father go through with his plan and install Ragnarok, having the same results as his plans, which was people to have a better awareness of everyone around them and the concequences of their actions.
This is something that Lelouch learned in all the happened, is that people's free will matters, not just what one individual thinks it's right.
I find it hilarious that his father thought people were not born equal, but he effectively wanted to merge the entire human race into one individual, making the sense of individual completely redundant.
|2010-02-03, 12:13
|Link #6643
Disabled By Request
Join Date: Jan 2010
ZR probably wouldn't work in real life.
1) Zero would've been perforated by Knightmare Frame ammunition (They have friends. ALL of them alot faster then Zero.)
2) Lelouch would be in a indestrucible, plastic ball. His clothes (and hat) screamed 'POPE'.
Charlie is a hypocrite, he is darwinistic... BUT he wants to merge all consciousness into a single entity (...Which more or less can be viewed from his point of view as 'Making the perfect being.".)
Just because a person think's they are right, doesn't mean they are. Yes, thats the beauty of free will. It distinguishes, which is what Lelouch may have preferred over his Daddy Biggests'.
|2010-02-03, 14:36
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: at GNR, bringing you the truth, no matter how bad it hurts
Age: 35
the whole thing would fail in the real world once people noticed that
1)Lelouch was using zero's personal custom-built knightmare in battle
2)"zero" who used to be in such bad health that he was being protected by a girl, can now run so fast he can dodge bullets and jump over KMFs
3)that the political genius rebel against britannia, is willing to become the new empresses butler (basically)
and most importantly
the plan involves NONE of the people who know Lelouch was zero, would raise ANY opposition to the "new" zero coming along and pretending to be zero (keep in mind, there are more then just the main black knights in on this)
it depends on everyone of them just saying "sure, we were stupid enough to trust a man in a mask once because he saved us, and it backfired spectacularly because he turned out to be a murderous psycho. so lets make the SAME mistake again"
|2010-02-03, 15:30
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
All you need to know about how well Zero Requiem would have worked was to look at what happened after World War II.
Russia took over Eastern Europe, Germany split in two, and America and Russia started mass producing Nuclear missles and aimed them at each other.
|2010-02-03, 22:39
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Disabled By Request
Join Date: Jan 2010
Not fun times. That sprung the idea of Japanese and german stereotypes. Not all germans are 'nazis', nor are japanese 'samurai'.
.... -sigh- Back on topic.
Zero Requiem may have worked considering the effort put into it. But that is quite irrelevant, we're talking about Lelouch, not his machinations. But in a very broad sense, his machinations are apart of him.
broadly speaking of course, his plans weren't perfect, but isolated and direct to his goals, at the end -- His plans benefitted everyone (besides those killed/geassed in the process) thus fitting the bill for character developement.
Too bad he didn't just get off his Royal Emperor Scooter.. platform.. thingy, and just eloped with Kallen. (J/k... well, sort've...)
The elopement wouldn't nearly have been as exciting as the canon ending, and i'm glad it ended as such (hears mob of Lelou/Lulu/Ruru fans approach him with pitchforks and torches.)
|2010-02-04, 03:23
|Link #6649
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Charles wore the mask of a tyrant in order to stay in power so he could use Britannia's resources to complete Ragnarok. Lelouch himself points this out at one point, stating to Charles that he is "wearing the mask of the Emperor." It is exactly like how Lelouch wore the mask of the Demon King to better the world.
|2010-02-04, 04:57
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Oh? I must've been wrong then. Charlie is a unicorn!
....I see, so I was incorrect about him. Thats unfortunate. But I think I get it.
Thank you for the explanation? I prefer to know characters, otherwise their existence is... stale. So quite, thank you.
Anyway, about Lelouch... (single-minded...? maybe.)
|2010-02-04, 17:36
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Puppet Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Behind You
Zero Requiem could not work in the real world. Sorry.
With Lelouch gone there would be a huge power vacuum, and with the world's armies either destroyed, or in shambles it would be a free for all, specially within Britannia.
Never mind that the nobles would try to take back their positions, the people themselves would probably not like the fact that Schneizel is still around...you know the guy that blew up the capital and killed a shit ton of his own people, including family.
History has shown that whenever there are drastic regime changes what usually follows is chaos, unrest, repression, insurgencies, etc.
Fall of the Roman Empire - > Dark Ages
Fall of Czarist Russia - > USSR forms, millions of deaths as a result of purges and the Cold War getting hot in Africa and SE Asia.
Fall of Saddam Hussein -> almost a decade of war with no end in sight.
see what I mean?
|2010-02-05, 10:45
|Link #6653
Shameless Fangirl
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Germany
Age: 29
Hum... I wasn't sure whether to bring this up here or in the Q&A thread, but...
I've seen people doubting that Lelouch's birthday is in 1999, as the Japanese fanbase seems to claim it's 2000. So... does anyone have a reliable source that tells us his birthday? I'm currently looking for one, but haven't found anything so far.
One theory even includes that he lied about his age when he came to Ashford (something I find rather unlikely because it was never once mentioned anywhere, but I can't rule it out without proof).
Edit: Maybe anyone knows where that cute little CG timeline comes from? Because that one, at least the translation, clearly states it's 1999.
I'm not completely sure it's official, though.
[But wasn't he ten already when his mother was killed? Does anyone know where that was said? o.o]
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|2010-02-05, 13:36
|Link #6655
Shameless Fangirl
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Germany
Age: 29
Errr... anyway, I really need that year of birth. xD
|2010-02-05, 14:01
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Disabled By Request
Join Date: Jan 2010
Did you try the CG Wiki? Thats where some of my info comes from, considering.
You make it sound like Euphie had the attention span of a fly.. wait, she did.
"Save the japanese!"
"KILL the japanese!"
...Yes, I know.. that was mean, horrible, and uncool...
-ahem- I do recommend CG wiki, however. That, or get on the official site (?? Does that even exist?) and look it up.
Sorry about the Euphie thing, I felt the surge of sadistic sarcasm <_<;
|2010-02-05, 17:08
|Link #6657
Shameless Fangirl
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Germany
Age: 29
B-but she had pink hair!
Although I rather like Euphie. ;P
|2010-02-05, 17:35
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Disabled By Request
Join Date: Jan 2010
Okay, atleast you tried.
...:P I'm glad you didn't kill me for that comment on Euphie.. >_>;
Pfft.. xD
I'd say wikipedia, but their anime timelines aren't very good... A wiki si your best bet.
Though I think my timeline is more or less accurate. But I can't give a specific month, just a year.
|2010-03-03, 17:30
|Link #6660
Shameless Fangirl
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Germany
Age: 29
I stated that if I had to pick one disorder that sums it all up, it would be that one, as quite a few of the symptoms as well as the cause fit.
Let's see, Wikipedia says...
However, I never said that this automatically means Lelouch has this particular disorder, just that he immediately came to mind when I stumbled upon this, and that I find it interesting how much of it fits.
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Finding A Middle Ground
What a long, strange trip is has been for Earth Day.
First organized in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, Earth Day was the first time the fragmented environmental movement came together. It took a day like Earth Day for people concerned about industrial pollution, sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides and wildlife conservation to realize they had much in common. It was a bipartisan day supported by Republicans and Democrats that resulted in the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and led to passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species acts.
Everyone, either knowingly or unknowingly, is being more friendly to the environment now by recycling, by driving more fuel efficient vehicles, by being more conscious of how much water or fossil fuels are being used to power our everyday lives. In that sense, Earth Day has been a tremendous success.
And, yet, the environmental movement Earth Day spawned has taken on a different tone.
Broad support for environmental initiatives is much tougher to find now. In 1970, the balance between industry and the environment leaned too far in industry's favor. As industry has left and tax base has decreased – due in part to more stringent environmental regulations that passed higher costs on to job creators-we are left trying to balance the necessity of industry and the jobs it brings with potential damage to the environment. That means more administrative hurdles, more levels of review and, often times, a knock-down, drag-out fight for any big project.
It would be one thing if we were having environmental discussions that led us in a positive direction. Too often, though, these aren't civil disagreements – look no further than debate over the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities' plan to build a new coal-fired boiler, the ongoing fight over hydraulic fracturing for proof or discussions nationally over drilling in the Alaskan wilderness or the Keystone oil pipeline.
Being environmentally friendly and friendly to industry doesn't have to be mutually exclusive. We need to protect the environment and grow our tax base. We need to cut pollution while creating jobs.
We should all thank the environmental movement for working to stem the damage done by hundreds of years of neglect. For years, they fought an unpopular fight that benefitted us all. Now, though, we need to find a middle ground that allows us to protect our natural resources while also keeping jobs in our state.
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WATCH: Woman Pulls Solid, Mouldy LUMP From Her Belly Button
It goes without saying that this content is not for the faint-of-heart - or weak-of-stomach.
Just when we were starting to get over our near-vom reaction to seeing any of those Dr Pimple Popper videos, a brand new disgusting fetish has smashed YouTube and no, we're not OK about it.
They're called umboliths - or naval stones - and this woman has just videoed herself digging one out of her sister.
It's exactly as gross as you're imagining.
"[Nine] months ago my sister noticed something in her belly button, but thought nothing of it," Jamie Davis wrote alongside the video. "Saturday I noticed something that looked like hair hanging out of her belly button."
"She resisted, but I got in there realising that it was much more than hair. This is the end product of what we pulled out of her belly button."
Davis told BuzzFeed News that her sister "felt like her belly button was being turned inside out" and that the whole process "hurt really bad actually."
An umbolith is a build-up of keratin and sebum that can calcify and turn into a stone; if left untreated it can hang around for YEARS, getting bigger and harder and catching up even more little hairs.
Can everyone PLEASE make a concerted effort to wash their belly buttons from now on?
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text: "The Tulsa World reports that Principal Chief John D. Red Eagle of the Osage Nation says the tribe, although not opposed to alternative energy development in general, has found significant reasons to oppose wind farms on the tallgrass prairie, 'a true national treasure' whose last small fragments remain only in Osage County and in Kansas. The Osage County wind farms would not be built in the Nature Conservancy's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, located northeast of Ponca City, but would be visible from it and Preserve Director Bob Hamilton has urged the county and the state to steer wind development to areas of the county that are not ecologically sensitive. 'Not all areas in the Osage are sensitive,' says Hamilton. 'What makes the tallgrass prairie so special is its big landscape. It's not just local — it has global significance.' The Osage also fear that large wind farms will interfere with extracting oil and gas, from which royalties are paid in support of tribal members as the Osage retain their tribal mineral rights owned in common by members of the tribe. 'They weren't thinking about the mineral estate — just about compensating landowners,' says Galen Crum, chairman of the tribal Minerals Council. 'How are we supposed to know the price of oil in 50 years?'" - SlashDot


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The U.S. may have the world's largest economy, but it does not even crack the top 10 percent when it comes to a perceived lack of corruption.
That is just one of the findings in the 18th annual Corruption Perceptions Index released Wednesday by Transparency International, a global non-profit organization dedicated to fighting corruption.
The U.S. ranked 19th out of 176 countries in this year's index, scoring 74 on a scale of zero to 100, where zero is "highly corrupt" and 100 is "very clean." Transparency International says it scores each country using multiple sources of data on perceived corruption in the public sector.
(See the complete rankings at www.transparency.org)
"Corruption is the world's most talked about problem," said Transparency International Managing Director Cobus de Swardt in a statement. "The world's leading economies should lead by example, making sure that their institutions are fully transparent and their leaders are held accountable."
Among the countries with scores higher than the United States are Hong Kong, which ranks 14th with a score of 77, Germany at 13th with a score of 79, and Canada and the Netherlands which tie for 9th place with a score of 84.
Denmark, Finland and New Zealand tied for the "cleanest" country this year, each scoring 90 in the index.
(Read More: 10 Corruption Hot Spots)
There is also a three-way tie for the most corrupt country, between Somalia, North Korea and Afghanistan, which scored just eight points each.
"In these countries, the lack of accountable leadership and effective public institutions underscore the need to take a much stronger stance against corruption," Transparency International said.
Transparency International, which has been issuing its corruption rankings since 1995, said it has updated its methodology this year. That, and the fact that the study ranks just 176 countries in 2012 versus 183 in 2011, makes year-to-year comparisons difficult.
Nonetheless, the data suggest worsening corruption in some countries in turmoil. For example, Greece fell to 94th place in 2012 from 80th last year. Egypt ranks 118th in 2012, compared to 112th in 2011. Italy drops three places to 72nd.
Transparency International says it has consistently warned euro zone countries to deal with corruption as they tackle a financial crisis.
Despite a long history of pronouncements about corruption and a major crackdown after 9/11 attack, the U.S. has never been a stellar performer in the rankings. Last year, it recorded its worst finish ever at 24th.
New Zealand, Denmark and Finland, by contrast, have consistently finished at or near the top. New Zealand finished first last year, followed closely by Denmark and Finland in a tie for second place. Last year's most corrupt countries were Somalia and North Korea.
Two countries profiled earlier this year in the CNBC Investigations Inc. documentary Filthy Rich remain among the more corrupt in the world, according to Transparency International.
(Read More: Greed Keeps Public Corruption, Bribery Alive)
The former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan, which is home to abundant oil reserves and a key network of pipelines, ranks 139th with a score of 27—a slight improvement from last year's 143rd place finish. The country has been the subject of international scrutiny over the business dealings of President Ilham Aliyev's family.
Oil-rich Equatorial Guinea has also been the subject of international scrutiny, with the governments of the U.S. and France attempting to seize property linked to President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago—the longest serving head of state in Africa—and his son, Minister of Forestry Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue. Equatorial Guinea improved to 163rd place in this year's rankings, from 172nd in 2011.
Watch an encore presentation of "Filthy Rich" Thursday, Dec. 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET on CNBC.
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Jay and Nancy Gueldner couldn't have been happier when they discovered their first baby was on the way. Both in their 30s, with solid careers and a happy marriage, the Gueldners were confident they could handle their new roles as parents.
"We knew an infant was an enormous responsibility, and we knew it would be a huge life change," Nancy says. "But we had no idea that one little baby could be so all-consuming."
When Robby arrived, it didn't take long for the Gueldners to notice the effect on their marriage.
"I'm sure we neglected each other," Nancy remembers. "We used to have all the time in the world to spend together and nurture our relationship, and then suddenly, the baby was the first priority."
It's no secret that most moms and dads are blindsided by the magnitude of this transition. Indeed, even the most unflappable person can become unhinged following the baby's birth. But what many couples fail to realize is that stress, sleep depravation and emotional exhaustion can seriously damage a marriage.
Studies show that more than half of all married couples experience a decline in marital satisfaction following the birth of a baby. Well-known psychologist Dr. John Gottman conducted a study with results revealing that more than half of all married couples experience a sharp decline in marital satisfaction following the birth of a baby.Furthermore, most couples report having eight times more conflict in their marriages after the baby joins the family. Studies performed by Dr. Jay Belsky and John Kelly show that martial conflict increases dramatically after a baby joins the family.Trouble is, finding time to cultivate your relationship with your spouse – without your little one wailing in the background – isn't always easy.
"So many people told us to leave our son with someone so we could connect as a couple," Nancy says. "But we didn't have family nearby at the time, and we didn't feel comfortable hiring a babysitter we hardly knew."
If a weekend getaway or even a romantic dinner for two isn't realistic, there are other do-able ways keep your marriage on solid footing.
Communicate positively with one another. In spite of the emotional ups and downs common to new parents, make a habit of supporting and encouraging your spouse.
"Jay and I really tried to be kind to each other even when we didn't feel like it," says Nancy.
Scorekeeping, nitpicking and those niggling feelings of jealousy may be normal, but tearing one another down won't go unnoticed. Sharing emotions and coming up with appropriate solutions is a key component to a healthy marriage – now and in years to come.
Make it a priority to spend time together. Whether it's enjoying an evening walk, ordering carry-out after the baby has gone to bed or grabbing a few minutes to talk over breakfast, try to find ways to engage in conversation that work for both of you. It's easy to get hyperfocused on your baby's day-to-day care. Still, having fun together as a couple will create a loving foundation for the whole family.
Maintain an overall sense of team. On top of issues like who will earn what portion of the income and who will do the laundry when, ease the parenting transition by detailing role responsibilities. Nagging one another about who should load the dishwasher – all while the baby is screaming to be fed—will only result in increased irritability. Rather, compromise with one another, maintain flexibility and work through expectations. If each person helps out, then you can avoid resentment and establish a united front early on.
Understand that intimacy changes. It's common for a new mom to experience sadness and frustration at the ways pregnancy, childbirth and nursing have changed her body. Fatigue and sleeplessness further complicate the physical aspect of many marriages. With less time and energy for sexual closeness, it's crucial for husbands and wives to discuss new approaches to intimacy. As unromantic as it may sound, sex can be thoughtfully planned into your schedule. And don't despair: you can rediscover that pre-baby passion.
Remember: Parenting your infant won't last forever. Surely most moms and dads with little ones have heard the well-intentioned advice, "They'll be grown and out of the house before you know it!"
While this may be true, it may not feel like it during those first few years. Nevertheless, you and your spouse will be with one another long after the kids are grown. So in the midst of 2 a.m. feedings and emergency visits to the pediatrician, keep in mind that this is only one stage in your long life together.


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Monday, October 16, 2006
Twisted Baguettes
Today is World Bread Day! I love bread, so I certainly think that such a grand day deserves its own blogging event. So, apparently, did Kochtopf who is hosting a round-up of breads from around the world.
These are among the best baguettes I've tasted. My friend Anna gave me the recipe - she's a great baker.
Be aware that the dough for these is *very* soft, almost batter-like. Shaping the baguettes is indeed a challenge, but don't let that stop you. They're chewy with a crunchy crust, and while not fast nor easy to make, completely worth it.
Twisted Baguettes
Makes 2
600 ml water
750 g flour with extra protein
25 g fresh yeast
2 tsp salt
extra flour for the shaping
Mix the water and most of the flour and work with a machine for ten minutes, adding flour as you go. I use my Kitchen-Aid. Sprinkle over the yeast, and work for three more minutes. Add the salt, and work for three minutes again.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap (NOT a towel - it will stick. Trust me on this.) and leave to rise for four hours.
Prepare a large surface with lots of flour, and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Pour the dough onto the flour, it will be very soft. Don't knead it at all. With generously floured hands, gently form two lengths and place on the baking sheet, twisting gently as you go so that they'll end up with a twisted shape. Dust with more flour, and leave to rise, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 275°C, with the vent closed (if your oven permits). Put a large pan of water near the bottom of the oven, so that you'll get steam.
Bake the breads for 10 minutes. Then lower the heat to 200°C, and open the vent. Bake for 30 more minutes.
Remove, and let cool uncovered on a rack.
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19 comments:
- Dagmar said...
Anne, are these the same we had on Midsummer? They were really lovely!
- October 16, 2006 3:56 PM
- Anne said...
Dagmar - exactly, those are the ones! :)
- October 16, 2006 3:58 PM
Great! Then I know what I'll do on Saturday then :-) Thanks for posting the recipe!
- October 16, 2006 5:30 PM
- Dianka said...
Those look beautiful, Anne! Very impressive!
- October 16, 2006 8:27 PM
- Alanna said...
Oh how simple! THIS is bread!!
- October 16, 2006 8:33 PM
- krista said...
Very nice and simple!
- October 16, 2006 10:25 PM
- Becca said...
There is nothing as good as freshly baked bread and this looks like a marvelous recipe. Thank you.
- October 17, 2006 3:39 AM
- Butchieboy said...
Nice. Your site always makes me hungry.
- October 17, 2006 4:55 AM
Hi, your baguettes look lovely. Just remember to give credit to the person who created the recipe. In this case the recipe comes from Anna Bergenstöms "Annas mat".
- October 17, 2006 11:38 AM
- Anne said...
Lisa - it is? I had no idea, I've never seen it there. I got this from a friend, and I don't think she used that book - but thanks for pointing it out.
- October 17, 2006 1:32 PM
- Anne said...
Lisa - I happen to have that book so I looked. The name is indeed the same, and the ingredients are close, but the recipe is quite different. For instance, her bread is not kneaded at all, which is really a key to give *this* bread its structure. This is also risen about double the time, and baked with steam, which makes the crust crispy.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention though - it made me very curious. I imagine very many bread recipes are similar - I've seen many versions of this, but I'm happy to have this particular one since I know it works. :)
That said, I'm definitely trying Anna Bergenström's recipe too - I like a lot of her food.
- October 17, 2006 2:05 PM
Hi, I can see there are some differences but I just assumed that the recipe was adapted from Annas since it had the same name... sorry about that. Love your blog, I have tried a lot of your recipes with great sucess!
- October 19, 2006 8:53 AM
- Anne said...
Happy to hear it Lisa! :) I talked to a friend yesterday who had tried Anna Bergenstroms baguettes, but she was so-so on them, and preferred the other bread in her book with similar method - the "fantastic bread that doesn't need kneading" so I think that will be the next to try! :)
- October 19, 2006 8:55 AM
- Angie said...
Hello Anne, your baguettes are so nicely made. I'm still reading all the posts on World Bread Day, so pardon my 'lateness'.
- October 20, 2006 4:35 AM
- Bonnie said...
These look so rustic. Can imagine a lovely warming Autumn soup with these...
- October 20, 2006 9:09 PM
- farmgirl said...
Gorgeous! I will definitely have to try this recipe. Thanks! : )
- October 26, 2006 8:16 PM
hi anne, thanks for the great recipe. i tried them out, and they turned out lovely! i also want to let you know that i've been so inspired by the great food blogs (yours included!) that i've been reading that i've started my own as part of a new year's resolution to improve my cooking!
- January 02, 2007 12:25 AM
- Anne said...
Jessica, that is lovely! :) I'm so happy to hear it!
- January 02, 2007 9:59 AM
This seems yummy Anne... I'll try it and get back to you.
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Experience the brutality, lawlessness, greed, and lust, that was the West. When life robs Colton White of all that matters, the only thing left he can trust is his GUN. From award-winning developer, Neversoft, and accomplished screenwriter, Randall Jahnson (The Mask of Zorro, The Doors), GUN follows Colton on his quest for discovery as he seeks to exact vengeful justice on those who have wronged him. GUN is a realistic epic action/adventure that lets gamers experience the brutality of the lawless West.
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Home is where the art is
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." --William Shakespeare
Sometimes finding your way out of a social slump or a creative dry spell can be somewhat of a daunting task. Other times, it's a walk in the park.
On Saturday, March 26, the Orange Convention and Visitor's Bureau invites everyone to join them for a most lovely day of outdoor art appreciation—the 9th annual Art in the Park.
Returning to Orange's beloved Stark Park located between the Lutcher Theater and the Stark Museum in downtown, the event will host over a hundred arts and crafts vendors lining the inner and outer edges of the park along Green Avenue. Potters, painters, wood carvers, metal workers, artists and artisans are traveling from far and wide to set up shop on the green grass in the Orange city—while many vendors will have artworks and wares for sale, others sign because they just want to be apart of the artistic ambiance of the event by displaying works from their own personal collections.
"We have had a lady that owned a huge painting that she had bought and would bring it out every year," recalled Orange CVB administrator Darline Zavada. "She was so proud of that painting, she just wanted people to see it. It was like two feet wide and three feet tall, and it really was so beautiful."
Beginning at 9 a.m., the event (which is free and open to everyone) will have live entertainment on stage all day long, provided by jazz and blues bands including Cypress at 9 a.m., Jim's Dixieland Review at 11:30 a.m. and Boone's Jazz Quartet going on at 2 p.m. to finish out the day until 4 p.m. And as if that were not enough, local barbershop quartet The Harmony Exporters will be strolling the grounds performing a song wherever they see fit.
While guests peruse the park on what will hopefully be another beautiful Spring Saturday, children will have the opportunity to try their hands at a few hands-on activities in the Kid's Alley, which will offer several free crafts for children to create and take home, including sand art and spin art.
And rest assured, there will be no starving artists on any Stark Park benches—food vendors will be on site selling festival fare, while Boy Scouts will sell refreshments.
While the event has steadily grown every year, pulling a crowd of over 6,000 guests from all over and beyond the triangle, Zavada said that Art in the Park is a particularly special occasion for those native to Southeast Texas who have moved away.
"It's a friendship renewal," she said, adding that one artist, an Orange native, travels from Oklahoma every year to participate in Art in the Park. "A lot of people come down and reacquaint with friends they may not have visited with in a while, and with family—it's just such a nice, fun day with good food, art, and hopefully nice weather—we always hope for that. And when they all get together, just seeing the people react to what the artists have brought and what the crafters have—it's like home week."
With free admission, free parking, free activities for the kids and live entertainment, the only money you'll need is for delicious food and any outstanding art works that catch your eye. Can you think of a better way to reignite creativity and rekindle old friendships on a Saturday afternoon?
Neither can we.
For more information about Art in the Park, call the Orange CVB at (409) 883-1011 or 883-1010 or visit the office at 803 Green Avenue behind Orange City Hall.
In the best interest of creative kiddos, precious works of art and the overall family friendly atmosphere, guests are asked to leave pets and coolers at home.
Stark Park is at 711 Green Avenue in downtown Orange, located between Lutcher Theater and Stark Museum.


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What comes around goes around, and that's definitely true for Salvatore Ferragamo, the classic luxury brand that's having a chic renaissance under creative director Massimiliano Giornetti. The Italian label held its resort '12 presentation at the historic James B. Duke Mansion (hello, Gossip Girl!) on 5th Avenue on Tuesday, and the la dolce vita set is still reminiscing. Hollywood stormed the city as starlets and socialites flocked to the sidelines to peep the collection's classic shapes—all with the token nautical influence customary of the resort season. If you've suddenly taken a liking to the pair of sensible Ferragamo heels you borrowed from your mom's closet all those years ago, you're on the right track. Ferragamo duds once graced the bods of many an older Tinseltown star, but newcomers like Emma Roberts, Minka Kelly, and Lily Kwong are a sure sign that the brand's taking a turn for the fresh and new. Plus, with a party following at the venerable Carlyle Hotel, Porto Ercole has never seen closer.
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- Jessica Sickles named Player of the Week -
New York, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the eighth Women's Tennis report for the 2011 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Freshman Jessica Sickles (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) was named the Skyline Conference Player of the Week for women's tennis. Sickles was simply unstoppable against the top two seeds in the Skyline Tourney. She keyed a 5-4 win over SJC, with a 7-5, 6-0 singles victory and 9-8 (7-4) doubles win. In a tough 5-4 loss to MSMC, she toughed out a 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-3) singles win and an 8-4 doubles triumph.
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Enrique Iglesias' girlfriend, Anna Kournikova, gave the singer the go-ahead to cavort with semi-naked women in the video for his saucy new single.
The Spanish star is seen partying with girls in their underwear in the promo for new track "I'm a Freak," and in one saucy scene, he is filmed stroking and slapping a female extra's buttocks.
However, Iglesias insists his long-term partner, tennis star and model Kournikova, loves the video and gave him the green light to dance with scantily-clad girls.
He tells Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "My girlfriend doesn't normally come to shoots, but she judges the video saying what she does and doesn't like. She loves this video and it's because she knows me and she knows if it's fun and it feels real, then it's right. She will be the first one to say, 'No, that feels forced'."
The "Hero" singer goes on to insist he did not set out to shock fans by filming a deliberately provocative promo, adding, "I think it's OK to be sexual as long as it's honest. People know if it's honest or not. It really isn't about the 'wow' factor or trying to shock.
"There is a song where I sing 'Tonight I wanna [bleep] you' and it's so raw and opposite to a song like "Hero."
"There is a lot of honesty to that and I think it comes down to how comfortable you feel singing that and I feel very comfortable singing it. It's one of my favorite songs."


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The Brinckerhoff Cemetery on 182nd Street in Fresh Meadows, a cemetery situated on private property that holds some of Queens' earliest settlers, was recently removed from a forthcoming hearing before the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The cemetery is in danger of being developed, losing a unique link to the history of Queens, when the borough was a collection of large farms and largely undeveloped, well before it became famous for cemeteries and the final stopping place of so many New York City residents.
The people buried in the Brinckerhoff Cemetery were interred in the borough long before it became famous for having more dead people than actual living people residing in it.
Some local civic groups are calling on the city and local elected officials to buy the property, which in 2000 was up for sale for $100,000, and in 2010 was sold for $105,000 – only a $5,000 increase.
It should be no problem for Queens elected officials to pool their resources and come up with the money to purchase the property, and therefore preserve this testament to the history of Queens.


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Stuart Dybek is the author of six books of fiction, including the new collection "Paper Lantern: Love Stories," and two collections of poetry. The recipient of many prizes and awards, he is the distinguished writer in residence at Northwestern University. He divides his time among Evanston; Illinois; Kalamazoo, Mich.; and the Florida Keys.
Beth Eccles
Beth Eccles and her husband, Brent, own Green Acres Farm in North Judson, Ind. They sell their specialty produce at Chicago's Green City Market, the Evanston Farmer's Market, and to scores of restaurants in the Chicago area. Eccles is also a member of the Green City Market's board of directors.
Keith Ecker
Keith Ecker is a creator of Essay Fiesta and Guts & Glory, two of Chicago's most popular live lit series. He is also a faculty member at StoryStudio Chicago where he teaches creative writing, and he is a creator of PleasuresTown, a story-based podcast.
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of "Living with a Wild God," the best-selling "Nickel and Dimed," and "Bait and Switch." She lives in Virginia.
James Eidson
James Eidson's work has appeared in Sixth Finch, H_NGM_N, Whiskey Island, Word Riot, ILK and Forklift, Ohio, among others. He holds a master's in poetry from Columbia College Chicago. He lives in Chicago.
Jonathan Eig
Jonathan Eig is the New York Times best-selling author of three books. His most recent is "Get Capone." His next book, "The Birth of the Pill," is set to be published in October. He's also at work on a biography of Muhammad Ali.
Mark Eleveld
Mark Eleveld is a co-publisher at EM Press. He edited "The Spoken Word Revolution" books, and programmed the first poetry jam at the White House. He is a board member of the Society of Midland Authors, and writes for Newcity and ALA Booklist.
Kimberly Elkins
Kimberly Elkins' first novel is "What is Visible." She was a finalist for the National Magazine Award and has published fiction and nonfiction in the Atlantic, Best New American Voices, Iowa Review, Chicago Tribune, Glamour and Village Voice, among others.
Jordan Ellenberg
Jordan Ellenberg is the author of "How Not to Be Wrong." He is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin and has written about mathematical topics for the New York Times, Slate, the Wall Street Journal and Wired, among others.
Joseph Ellis
Joseph Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Founding Brothers." His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, "American Sphinx," won the National Book Award. He is the Ford Foundation Professor of History Emeritus at Mount Holyoke College. He lives in Amherst, Mass., with his wife and their youngest son.
Sean Ely
Sean Ely is video editor for RedEye and creator of "The Social Media Pessimist" comedy series.
Deer Emerson
Deer Emerson, stage name of Sara Buzon, is a New Age and New Pop solo artist from Connecticut. Her love for Chicago's vibrant music scene led her to study music business at Columbia College Chicago. She has performed at Metro, Subterranean and Double Door.
Lily Emerson
Lily Emerson is a performer, teacher, and puppeteer. She is the co-creator of Adventure Sandwich, a children's show that promotes creative problem solving and collaboration through videos, songs and live performance. adventuresandwich.org
Monica Eng
Monica Eng is a producer and reporter who covers food, health, ethnic culture and agriculture for WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. For 16 years Eng covered food, dining and culture for the Chicago Tribune and was nominated for five James Beard awards for her food reporting.
Dan Epstein
Dan Epstein is a journalist, pop culture historian and the author of "Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of '76." He lives in Los Angeles. bighairplasticgrass.com, @BigHairPlasGras
Leah Eskin
Leah Eskin has written features for Saveur, Elle, Garden Design, and Salon. She is the author of "Slices of Life: A Food Writer Cooks Through Many a Conundrum." Her food column "Home on the Range" has run in the Chicago Tribune since 2004 and has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Zurich Esposito
Zurich Esposito is the executive vice president of AIA Chicago.
Emily Fairlie
Emily Fairlie is the author of "The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck," currently nominated for the 2014-2015 Texas Bluebonnet Award, and its sequel, "The Magician's Bird." She also writes under the name Emily Ecton, and was a writer/producer for "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" emilyfairlie.com
Kat Falls
Kat Falls is the author of the Y.A. novel "Inhuman" and the middle grade sci-fi novel, "Dark Life" and its sequel, "Rip Tide." She holds an MFA from Northwestern University, where she now teaches.
John Feinstein
John Feinstein is the author of "Where Nobody Knows Your Name" a columnist for the Washington Post, Golf World and Golf Digest. He also hosts a daily radio show on the CBS Sports Radio, is a contributor to the Golf Channel and is an essayist for CBS Sports television.
Joshua Max Feldman
Joshua Max Feldman is a writer of fiction and plays. Born and raised in Amherst, Mass., he has lived in England, New York and Switzerland. "The Book of Jonah" is his first novel.
Elizabeth Fenner
Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Fenner has been the editor in chief of Chicago magazine since 2011. Previously, at Time Inc. in New York, she held senior editorial roles at Money, Fortune and People; she also was the executive editor of Women's Health. Fenner has covered everything from finance to fashion.
Liz Fenton
Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke have been best friends for 25 years and survived high school and college together. Their debut novel is "Your Perfect Life." lizandlisa.com
L.A. Fields
L.A. Fields is the author of the short story collection "Countrycide," "The Disorder Series" and "My Dear Watson," a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. la-fields.livejournal.com
Charles Finch
Charles Finch's novel "The Last Enchantments" was released in February. He also is the author of the Charles Lenox mystery series. He is a graduate of Yale and Oxford and is a regular book reviewer for USA Today and The Chicago Tribune.
Douglas Foster
Douglas Foster is the author of "After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post Apartheid South Africa." He is an associate professor at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a regular contributor to The Atlantic magazine.
Mary Davis Fournier
Mary Davis Fournier is deputy director of the American Library Association Public Programs Office. Before her work with libraries, she was program director of Chicago's Printers Row Book Fair and programming associate at the Miami Book Fair International. She is an active volunteer who co-chairs the board of Chicago Women in Philanthropy.
Jack Fredrickson
Jack Fredrickson is the author of "The Dead Caller From Chicago," the latest in the Dek Elstrom private investigator series. The stand-alone "Silence the Dead," about a murder victim buried with someone else's head, and the next Dek Elstrom, "The Confessors' Club," are forthcoming in 2015.
Jamie Freveletti
Jamie Freveletti is the author of the Emma Caldridge series. She also writes for the estate of Robert Ludlum's Covert One series. The next in that series, "The Geneva Strategy," will release in February 2015.
Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski
Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski is the author of "Painted Cities." He grew up in the Pilsen neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. He has taught in the Chicago public school system and is a high school counselor for students with disabilities. In his spare time he builds and repairs motorcycles.
Jessica Galliart
Jessica Galliart is RedEye's social media manager and the co-creator and co-host of the "Mistakes We Made" podcast with Lenny Gilmore. She was previously the events and theater producer for Metromix, and the editor of Columbia College Chicago's award-winning student newspaper. @jessicagalliart
Gale Gand
Gale Gand is a James Beard Award-winning chef, cofounder of the world-renowned restaurant Tru and former host of "Sweet Dreams," a Food Network show. She has appeared on "Iron Chef America" and "Oprah," and served as a judge on Bravo's "Top Chef Just Desserts." She is the author of seven cookbooks.
Julie Ganey
Julie Ganey is a Chicago-based performer and author of two solo shows, "The Half-Life of Magic" and "Love Thy Neighbor...Till It Hurts." She is the director of education at 2nd Story, and her piece "When the Fairies Came" appears in their anthology, "Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying Duck."
Terry Gant
With Jill Thompson, Gene Ha, Lyra Hill and Elliott Serrano, 3 p.m. Sunday, RedEye Stage.
Terry Gant is the owner of Third Coast Comics in Edgewater. He is a two-time Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailing Award nominee. thirdcoastcomics.com @3rdcoastcomics
Nancy Garcia Loza
Nancy Garcia Loza is executive director and producer of Colectivo El Pozo. Since 2012, she has spearheaded Pozo's transition into an emerging and recognized theater organization dedicated to staging Spanish and bilingual original work.
Amina Gautier
Amina Gautier is the author of "At-Risk," which won the Flannery O'Connor Award, and "Now We Will Be Happy," which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and will be published in the fall.
Bill Geist
Bill Geist, co-author with his son Willie Geist of "Good Talk, Dad," has won three Emmys for his work on CBS Sunday Morning, where he has been a correspondent since 1987. Author of several New York Times best-selling books, he lives in New York City with his wife, Jody. They have two children and three grandchildren.
Willie Geist
Willie Geist is co-host of the third hour of NBC's "Today," co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," and a contributor to a number of NBC News programs. Geist is the co-author with his father, Bill Geist, of "Good Talk, Dad," and the author of three other books, including the New York Times best-seller "American Freak Show."
Abby Geni
Abby Geni's debut short story collection, "The Last Animal," won the 2014 Friends of American Writers Literary Award and was a finalist for the 2014 Orion Book Award. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a recipient of the Iowa Fellowship.
Shane Gericke
A Chicagoland native, Shane Gericke is the author of "Torn Apart," shortlisted for the Thriller Award for Best Novel, and other crime novels. His next title will appear spring 2015. He was chairman of the ThrillerFest literary conference in New York City and a founding member of International Thriller Writers. shanegericke.com
Katie Gibson
Katie Gibson is a Gracie Award-winning radio producer. She is the executive producer of "RedEye Remix" on WGN-AM 720, and the creative producer of "Earth Matters" minutes with Bill Kurtis, which air locally on WCPT-AM 820. Her blog detailing her experiences with unemployment was recently featured on Huffington Post.
David Giffels
David Giffels is the author of "The Hard Way on Purpose," a new essay collection about coming of age in the Rust Belt. His memoir "All the Way Home," won the Ohioana Book Award. He has written for the New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Grantland and many other publications.
Justin Go
Justin Go attended University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a B.A. in history and art history. He also holds an M.A. in English from University College London. "The Steady Running of the Hour" is his first novel.
Silvia Goldman
Silvia Goldman is an Uruguayan poet whose academic articles and poems have been published in literary magazines in Latin America, the United States and Europe. In 2008, she published her first book of poems, "Cinco movimientos del llanto." She currently serves as an assistant professor at North Central College.
Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough is the author of the Snap Malek Chicago historical mystery series and has continued the Nero Wolfe series created by Rex Stout. His latest book, published this year, is "Murder in the Ball Park," a Nero Wolfe mystery.
Linda Gorham
Linda Gorham is an award-winning storyteller who enjoys creating new stories out of old ones. Twisting familiar tales, she enjoys the challenge of creating new stories based on her own experiences. She is a member of the National Storytelling Network, National Association of Black Storytellers and Illinois Storytelling, Inc.
Jacob Grant
Jacob Grant makes picture books. Originally from Ohio, he now lives with his wife in a very windy city in Illinois. Day and night he can be found in his home studio drawing and writing until something feels story-ish. "Scaredy Kate" is his first book.
Joe Gray
Joe Gray is the editor of Good Eating, the Chicago Tribune's weekly food section. He has been a journalist for 30 years and a passionate cook for as long. That cooking avocation became his vocation when he moved to Good Eating more than 10 years ago.
Alex Grecian
After leaving a career in advertising, Alex Grecian returned to his first love: writing fiction. He is the author of "The Devil's Workshop" and created the long-running and critically-acclaimed graphic novel series "Proof," which NPR named one of the best books of 2009. He lives in Topeka, Kan., with his wife and son.
Joel Greenberg
Joel Greenberg is a research associate of the Field Museum and the Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. The author of three books, including "A Feathered River Across the Sky," he has taught natural history courses for the Morton Arboretum, the Brookfield Zoo, and the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Zack O'Malley Greenburg
Zack O'Malley Greenburg is a senior editor at Forbes and the author of "Michael Jackson, Inc." His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Sports Illustrated and Vibe, among others. His first book, the Jay- Z biography "Empire State of Mind," was published in 2011. A child star, he played the title role in the film "Lorenzo's Oil."
Jimmy Greenfield
Jimmy Greenfield is the community manager of ChicagoNow.com, the Tribune's blog network. He has covered the Cubs and White Sox for the Chicago Tribune, and the White Sox for MLB.com. He is the author of "100 Things Cubs Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die." @jcgreenx
Ted Gregory
Ted Gregory is a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter for the Chicago Tribune. In addition to his newspaper work, Ted is the co-author of "To Chase A Dream" and "Our Black Year." He lives near Chicago with his wife and children.
Justin Grogan
Justin Grogan is a poetry candidate in the master's program at Columbia College Chicago, where he also serves as an editor for Columbia Poetry Review. He is the social media guru for The Dollhouse Reading Series.
Mark Guarino
Mark Guarino is a staff writer with The Christian Science Monitor. His writing also appears in the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Salon, Chicago Sun-Times and Reuters, among others. He is working on his first book for the University of Chicago Press.
Kevin Guilfoile
Kevin Guilfoile's best-selling novels "Cast of Shadows" and "The Thousand," have been translated into more than 25 languages. His most recent book is the memoir "A Drive into the Gap."
Adrienne Gunn
Adrienne Gunn's work has appeared in McSweeney's, TriQuarterly, PANK, Five [Quarterly], Story Club Magazine and Otis Nebula. She is a graduate of the MFA creative writing program at the University of Oregon and is the managing editor of TriQuarterly. adriennegunn.com
Amy Guth
Amy Guth oversees RedEye and Metromix at the Tribune and hosts a weekly show on WGN Radio. She is the current president of Association for Women Journalists – Chicago, a mentor-editor at The Op-Ed Project, and author of the novel "Three Fallen Women."
Guts & Glory
Guts & Glory is a monthly storytelling showcase founded by Samantha Irby, blogger and author of "Meaty," and Keith Ecker, founder of Essay Fiesta and instructor at StoryStudio Chicago. It takes place the third Wednesday of each month at Schubas Tavern.
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False Positive PCR (AN EXAMPLE OF WHY PCR TESTS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ROUTINE HIV SCREENING)
Dr Bob Actually the Lab called me that they had reconfirmed the test and its negative.I am feeling really good now. Thanks. I will follow your advise and test only after 3 months
Positive HIV DNA PCR Oct 17, 2008
Dr Bob, I just received my HIV DNA PCR Positive. I cannot believe this. I went to local hiv testing center and had negative oraquick after 3 weeks of exposure. I am on Xannax now. How can a handjob from a stripper give me HIV. I am in deep pain and anxiety. I dont want HIV doc but I got it.
hiv through risky handjob Sep 28, 2008
Hi Doc, I went to a dirty strip club where I got a hand job. What if the previous customer's hiv semen came in contact with my urethra through her hand. There was 5mins between me and previous one. I also dont know whether she had sores on her hand or wounds. Please let me know whether I need testing and can I have sex with my wife until 3 months results. I am also promise to send $50 donation for the great work your doing. Thanks
Response from Dr. Frascino
Your HIV-acquisition risk is extremely remote. However, if you remain worried, get a single HIV test at the three-month mark. In the interim, you could use latex condoms with your wife. I'd also recommend leveling with her. (It's the right thing to do.)
The statistical odds are astronomically in your favor that you did not contract HIV from your "risky handjob." Handjobs, in general, are not considered to be a risk for HIV.
Thank you for your donation to the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org). In return, I'm sending you my good-luck karma that your definitive three-month HIV test will be negative. I'm quite confident it indeed will be negative.
Good luck.
Dr. Bob
Response from Dr. Frascino
As I have pointed out innumerable times on this site, PCR testing is not recommended for routine HIV diagnostic screening, due to the rate of false positives, other technical concerns and cost. Your HIV-exposure risk was negligible at best and now you have a positive qualitative HIV DNA PCR, which, in turn, has caused you "deep pain and anxiety" to the point you are freaking out and need to take Xanax. I still strongly doubt you are HIV positive based on what you have told me about your potential HIV exposure risk. Your next step should be to see an HIV specialist. He will be able to run the appropriate diagnostic studies to determine your true HIV serostatus. Write back after you've had that determination.
Good luck.
Dr. Bob
Excellent news! I'll post your update immediately, as I'm sure your initial post worried some of our chronic worried wells! Like you, they too will be relieved.
Dr. Bob


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Second Annual 'Pie Joust' will Splat into Burien Town Square Park Aug. 18
The second-annual 'Pie Joust' will splat its way into Burien Town Square Park starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18, causing lots of laughs and helping raise money for various local charities.
This is one of the more fun annual fundraiser events in B-Town (our sister site The B-Town Blog is the official Media Sponsor) where participants joust by riding bicycles and throwing pies in each others' faces, all in the name of helping local non-profits.
Cost is just $10 to participate in advance (or $20 at event without costume; $15 at event with), or $25 for a family of four (nothing says togetherness like pie-throwing…), and there will be prizes – register online here!
This year's creamfest promises to be bigger than last year's, and will include such added amenities like a Beer Garden, Kid's Fair, a Pie Cannon (!), an Extreme Spelling Bee and much more – be sure to check the blog often for more updates as we get closer! Also, read our coverage (w/pics, etc.) of the first-ever Pie Joust here.
Here are some of the Rules:
- Wear the most alluring costume you won't mind throwing away.
- No direct contact > pie must leave your hand.
- No Ducking.
- Referee's verdict is unimpeachable (no roughing the ref).
Prizes will be awarded haphazardly in each bracket for the following:
- Costume
- Costume concept
- Pie in face picture
- Shower dance
- Sportsmanly like
- Creaming
Immediate Disqualification for the following:
- Making direct contact with opponent
- Ducking from well thrown pie (Referee Discretion based upon movement of spine from line of flag pole
Here are some videos The B-Town Blog shot at last year's inaugural joust:


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The Department of Homeland Security has been tracking the Occupy Wall Street movement since well before protesters first took Zuccotti Park last September, according to internal DHS memos obtained by Business Insider through a Freedom of Information Act Request.
The documents show that DHS alerted its agents to the Wall Street protests — and specifically the involvement of the hacker group Anonymous in organizing the protests — sometime before the Sept. 17 kickoff of the protests in downtown Manhattan.
In an undated memo, titled "Details On 'Anonymous' Upcoming Operations: 17 September 2011: Occupy Wall Street; U.S. Day of Rage," the DHS Office of Intelligence notes that the hacker group had came out in support of the planned Sept. 17 Wall Street protests. The memo provides details of a YouTube video released by Anonymous that called on protesters "to adopt a non-violent 'Tahrir-acampadas model,'" and to "flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months."
The memo warns that AdBusters, the original organizers of the OWS protests, had also planned a demonstration on the National Mall to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq in October 2011.
Another DHS Intelligence memo provides further warnings about the impact and likelihood of upcoming Anonymous Operations.
According to that memo, DHS cybersecurity analysts considered it "likely" that that peaceful OWS protests would occur on Sept. 17, and that "those protests may be accompanied by malicious cyber activity conducted by Anonymous."
The memo says analysts considered it unlikely that Anonymous would follow through with threats to launch a coordinated attack against Facebook on Nov. 5 2011.
On Anonymous's "Project Mayhem," — a year-long effort that will end with an "unveiling of secrets" on Dec. 21 2012 — the DHS warns that "inconsequential physical mischief and potentially disruptive malicious cyber activities" are expected, but "specific tactics, techniques, and procedures are unknown."
The memo also mentions an "Operation Halliburton" but says that "little is known" about the potential operation, which presumably targets the U.S. oilfield services giant.
Two other memos obtained by BI warn about Anonymous' threats to take down the New York Stock Exchange and to hack Fox News' website over the network's coverage of the OWS movement.
The documents were released to Business Insider today in response to a FOIA request we filed when reports first started circulating that DHS helped coordinate the nationwide OWS crackdown last November.
Although we have only made it through some of the 408 documents, what we've seen so far indicates that while the agency reluctant to get involved in the Occupy protests (at least initially), Homeland Security was definitely keeping tabs on the movement from the outset.
Read the memos below.


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Jason Biggs sparked a brief Twitter feud with his "American Pie" co-star "Tara Reid" after referring to her as a "hot mess" on a TV chat show.
The actor was promoting his new Netflix TV hit "Orange is the New Black" on a recent episode of "Watch What Happens Live," when he was asked for a suggested prison nickname for Reid, as part of a game devised by host Andy Cohen.
Biggs offered up "Shark Killer" and "Hot Mess," much to the delight of the host and his audience, but the actress wasn't laughing and she has since taken aim at the actor via Twitter.
Taking to her blog on Sunday, she wrote, "@JasonBiggs it's really sad I just landed in LA and the first thing I read about you (is) that you are calling me a hot mess. I've supported u (sic)!"
Feeling awful, Biggs responded hours later, tweeting, "@TaraReid I love u Tara, it was a joke! Didnt (sic) mean to offend, Totally kidding around! it was a game!"
@JasonBiggs it's really sad I just landed in LA and the first thing I read about you that you are calling me a hot mess.i I've supported u !
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If anyone wants to get one of these, try "Old Stone Walls." Pretty easy here in Maine. The toughest part is going through past records so that you don't submit a duplicate. I got the one in the Bangor Forest. Happy hunting!!
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Today's topic of interest is a steampunk novel of the Wild West by Michael D. Resnick titled The Doctor and the Kid: a Weird West Tale. In Resnick's steampunk universe, first described in The Buntline Special, the United States ends at the Mississippi River with territories further west controlled by magically powerful medicine men, most notably Geronimo and his ally/nemesis Hook Nose. In an effort to combat this magic and expand U.S. borders the government sends inventor Thomas Alva Edison to Tombstone, Arizona to work on magic-negating inventions with fabricator Ned Buntline. Also prevalent in the story are Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers who try to keep Edison and Buntline safe.
The Doctor and the Kid picks up one year later with the infamous Doc Holliday losing his life savings in a drunken poker game, money he'd earmarked for a comfortable room in a sanatorium to ease his inevitable demise from tuberculosis. In an effort to recoup his gambling losses Holliday decides to hunt down the outlaw with the largest bounty on his head, newcomer Billy the Kid. But in order to have a chance to defeat the Kid (who has magical protection provided by Hook Nose), Holliday has to make a reluctant deal with Geronimo and to enlist the inventorly genius of Edison and Buntline.
Most of Resnick's characters are real historical figures, although he plays around with timelines and circumstances. Still, I yearn to learn more about the history of the story's setting. Here are some questions that come to mind and some titles that might help provide answers.
1) In Resnick's book Doc Holliday is 32 and nearly dead from tuberculosis. Is this an accurate portrayal of his medical condition?
2) What is tuberculosis and how prevalent was it in the late 19th century?
3) What events led Billy the Kid to a life of crime and murder? How much of what we "know" about the Kid is factual rather than apocryphal?
4) Were medicine men thought to have magical powers?
5) What are some of the important inventions that have forever changed Americans' lifestyles?
6) Were violence and corruption part of everyday life in the Wild West?
And if you're interested in historical fiction revolving around these characters, take a look at the following titles:
Can't talk, lots more to learn.