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Phonetics has three functions: Description(describes how sounds are produced), classification(classifies sounds into consonants and vowels), and transcription(represents speech sounds with symbols).
Phonetics has three types/branches: Articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics.
I have difficulty understanding the relationship between the functions of phonetics and its branches.
In other words, which branch deals with which function?
Does articulatory phonetics alone deal with the three functions? How is that?
Thanks a lot.
I don't know where you got the idea that phonetics has three functions. The description of how sounds are produced is what articulatory phonetics is partly about. In order to be able to discuss the sounds, some form of phonetic alphabet is required; transcription is merely denoting in print the sounds produced. It is largely a tool of articulatory phonetics.
Classification is not a function of phonetics. The labelling of certain types of sounds as vowels, semi-vowels, diphthongs, consonants, continuants, etc helps us to consider types of sounds sharing certain characteristics.


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In his Popularity Poll, Mosquitor is streets ahead of everyone else and went for around 40 votes with no-one voting not to buy him... (The polls are multiple choice, so others can be voted for as well).
I know Dan can't wait to get Mosquitor and I personally also can't wait to see him. But given the usual numbers for polls (and the later characters tending to fair not as well as the earlier characters), plus the fact that the Sorceress achieved around 85%, my question is this:
Is Mosquitor really that popular with the MOTU community? Are people in such anticipation for this character?
Has Dan's love for the character made him a cult favourite, because of his video reviews? Or contraversially, has this made the Org biased?! (one poster even said they wouldn't buy the character but would vote for him for Dan's sake!).
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Jonah Travis and the Crimson improved to 3-1 at home this season (Kevin Burns).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Jonah Travis had a double-double, finishing with 16 points and 12 rebounds, as the Harvard men's basketball team defeated Fordham, 73-64, Saturday afternoon at Lavietes Pavilion.
Wesley Saunders added a game-high 17 points, hitting 13-of-18 free throws, and Siyani Chambers scored 13 points for Harvard, which evens its record to 3-3 on the year. Agunwa Okolie also reached double figures in points, tallying 11 points, while pulling down seven boards. Branden Frazier led Fordham with 16 points, as the Rams slip to 1-6 this season.
The Crimson knocked down 40 percent of its 3-point attempts (6-of-15), and scored 20 points off Fordham turnvoers.
Saunders scored Harvard's first basket by driving the lane and drawing contact before hitting a layup and the ensuing free throw, tying the game, 3-3. Okolie, who made his first-career start, added a dunk moments later, giving the Crimson a 5-3 lead. After Fordham went up, 7-5, Saunders made another nice move in the lane, making a basket after being fouled, 8-7. With just over 14 minutes left in the first, Kenyatta Smith scored on a tip-in, giving the Crimson a 10-9 advantage.
The Rams went on a 10-0 run to go up by nine, 19-9, with 11:38 remaining, and then added to its lead with a dunk by Ryan Canty off a Fordham miss, making it 21-10. After Saunders hit two foul shots, Chambers made a pass under the hoop to Travis, who finished with a layup, pulling Harvard back within seven, 21-14. Christian Webster stepped up on Harvard's next possession and nailed a 3-pointer from the corner, as Harvard extended its run to 7-0 and made it a 21-17 game with 9:23 left.
On the next trip down the floor, Travis hit another layup, and connected on a free throw after being fouled, as it became a one-point game, 21-20. Chambers headed to the charity stripe at the 8:24 mark, and made both, giving Harvard a 22-21 lead and extending the scoring run to 12-0. With 6:46 left, Travis drew contact yet again before hitting a layup, giving the Crimson a 24-23 advantage. After Harvard went up 27-23 after making more foul shots, Travis grabbed an offensive board and put it back to give the Crimson a six-point lead, 29-23.
Laurent Rivard buried a triple off an assist by Chambers with just over three minutes to play, but Fordham answered with its own 3-pointer seconds later, 32-31. Harvard carried a 36-33 lead into the break, thanks to shooting 85.7 percent from the line (12-of-14) and a 20-6 edge in rebounds. Travis led all players with 12 points in the first 20 minutes.
In the second, Okolie made a layup on the break, as Harvard led, 38-35, and then Travis collected an offensive rebound for another basket in the paint, 40-35. With 15:02 left, Christian Webster dribbled the lane, and finished with a bucket, as Harvard went up by six, 43-37.
Fordham got into foul trouble early in the second half, as the Crimson grew its lead to 46-37 by the 13:02 mark. After the Rams went on a mini-run to cut Harvard's advantage to 46-41, Chambered hit a 3-pointer, making it a 49-43 contest in favor of the Crimson. With less than eight minutes to play, Saunders sent a pass to Chambers, who banked a 3-pointer off the backboard, as Harvard continued to lead, 57-48.
Rivard hit another triple for the Crimson moments later, as Harvard widened its advantage to 10, 60-50.The Rams crawled back to within seven, 62-55, with 4:28 left, and then made it a four-point game, 63-59, with 3:18 to play. Chambers hit his third shot of the day from beyond the arc to stretch the lead back to seven, 66-59, and then Saunders was fouled after grabbing a miss off his own shot with 1:39 left. Saunders hit one foul shot, as Harvard led by eight, 67-59, with 1:39 to go.
With 33.1 ticks left, Okolie headed to the line with Harvard up by four, 67-63, and hit both, making it 69-63.
The Crimson will head on the road for two games, beginning with a contest at Boston College Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. The game will be shown live on ESPN3.com.


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GLYCOTOPE is due to successfully complete Phase I of its glycooptimized therapeutic antibody PankoMab™ and will move the compound to Phase II of clinical development in ovarian cancer with further indications planned to follow.
PankoMab-GEX™ is based on Glycotope's unique and proprietary GlycoBodies™ technology and recognizes carbohydrate based tumor epitopes. This humanized and tumor-specific antibody is particularly suitable for e.g. ovarian and lung cancers and binds to over 90% of cases in several solid cancer indications. PankoMab-GEX™ expresses a series of potent anti-tumor modes of action strongly enhanced by glycooptimization through Glycotope's GlycoExpress™ platform. This allows significantly improved treatment outcome compared to non-glycooptimized biotherapeutics. Preliminary results of the Phase I studies of PankoMab™ show very good tolerability, no significant toxicity and strong signals for high anti-tumor activity and specificity. "We are very excited about PankoMab-GEX™'s clinical potential" says Dr. Steffen Goletz, CEO, CSO and Founder of Glycotope. "The data show long-term anti-tumor efficacy including even complete response in patients progressive upon treatment start. This will be further investigated in Phase II studies."
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I found this ever so cute Whale & Hook flannel fabric at Joann's the other day and thought it would make a great addition to my burp cloth collection. I knew I wouldn't have a problem finding a design to put on it since I have several sea life designs. But Applique Corner released some new premier designs which included this adorable Too Cute to Throw Back applique.
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Browsing by Author "Rue Queralt, Pau"
Collective stochastic coherence and synchronizability in weighted scale-free networks Balenzuela, Pablo; Rue Queralt, Pau; Boccaletti, Stefano; García Ojalvo, Jordi (2014-01-21)
Open AccessCoupling frequently enhances noise-induced coherence and synchronization in interacting nonlinear systems, but it does so separately. In principle collective stochastic coherence and synchronizability are incompatible ...
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe histone variants macroH2A1 1 and macroH2A2 are associated with X chromosome inactivation in female mammals. However, the physiological function of macroH2A proteins on autosomes is poorly understood. Microarray-based ...


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The debate over Prop 30, Gov. Brown's temporary tax measure, has focused on what would or not happen if the ballot initiative loses. Brown and other Prop 30 backers promise there would be $6 billion in trigger cuts that would devastate schools and higher education.
That may or may not be true. But the debate over the scenarios in the event of a Prop 30 loss has taken attention away from a just-as-important question: What would happen if Prop 30 wins?
In some ways, such a victory would be damaging to some of the programs that a Prop 30 loss would hurt. But the damage could be more long-term.
The good news from Prop 30 is that the state budget would have a few billion more dollars for the next four to seven years -- the length that the temporary taxes would be in effect.
But the bad news is that this wouldn't be all that much money. And that fact would put the lie to claims that Prop 30 would give schools a big boost or fix the state budget. In fact, it could well be that schools get cut and higher education tuition goes up even after the passage of Prop 30, and it's all but certain that the state will still face a significant and growing budget deficit.
And that difference -- between the pro-Prop 30 rhetorc we're hearing now and the continued schools cuts and budget deficits that will be with us even after Prop 30's passage -- could create a huge credibility problem for Prop 30's backers. And that credibility problem, in turn, will make it harder to raise taxes and make reforms that would benefit the schools in the future. After all, voters could say, we raised taxes to save the schools and budget -- and neither happened.
Long-term, then, the damage to schools, higher education and the budget could conceivably be bigger with Prop 30's victory than with Prop 30's defeat.
All this makes Prop 30 a difficult choice -- between possible bad scenarios. Schools and the budget could use the temporary cushion of Prop 30 (the credit ratings of school districts could use the protection), even if it proves to be meager, and triggers cuts could well prove devastating (if they're not reversed by the legislature and go into effect with a failure of Prop 30). But schools and the budget could suffer long-term from a measure that passes but doesn't make things better.


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Touting itself as an optical illusion game, ThinkInvisible has recently landed on the Windows Phone Store after picking up some good reviews on both the iOS and Android platforms.
The game is designed to push your grey matter by getting you to recognise things from the smallest element of an image. The idea for the game is simple enough but the execution on the style and graphics makes this one worthy of checking out. Did we mention it's free? Read on to find out more..
There are plenty of games out there that attempt to pull off this simple idea but many fail to convert it into something that looks visually interesting. ThinkInvisible clearly have some nice ideas about how to pull this off and the game looks great with its minimal design. Here is what they say about the game.
"I bet you haven't seen anything like this before: we turned the whole world into an optical illusion! ThinkInvisible is a unique trivia game where you can discover how you imagination works and what your brain is capable of.
Browse through 9 unique sets of pictures (the first two for free), pick one that looks promising and try to recognize it by the small parts we show you. Think of it as a spotlight: it's showing you only the most important details, forcing your brain to uncover and complete the rest!
By mixing up optical illusions with a puzzle game, we created something so genuine that you have to try out if you're into unique things.
You'll be rewarded with points and a little surprise (it's fun - we promise) - and of course the joy of figuring out the original picture (that's even more fun - you'll see).
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This year, 2018, marks the 40th Anniversary of the 1978 release of Dean Friedman's best-selling, critically acclaimed, classic album, "Well, Well," Said the Rocking Chair'. The "Well, Well," Said the Rocking Chair' album contains some of Friedman's biggest chart hits, including Lucky Stars, Lydia and the title track, Rocking Chair. Friedman will mark the milestone by performing the entire album 'live', along with fan favorites from his four decade career, including familiar radio hits, as well as selections from his newest critically acclaimed album, '12 Songs'. Discover what legions of devoted fans have known for years - the sophisticated, funny and profound work of a master songsmith. www.DeanFriedman.com


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Posted by dan in Dan in Real Life, Totally Random but Decidedly Awesome on February 23, 2012
A couple years ago, I posted about the creative failure that is the set of blank nesting dolls that has been sitting in the back the closet for over a decade. Then last year, when I had way too much to do and absolutely no free time to myself, I got a random bee in my bonnet. So I hauled my ass to Michael's craft store and came home with $40 in cheap paint and brushes. Six or so months later, I have my own little monster family of hand-painted nesting dolls.
What is that you say? It's a little odd for a 36-year-old man to paint himself some wooden dolls with which to play? Just wait until you find out that I named them and gave them all back-stories as well.
Milford's just a working stiff. He's got a wife and four kids to feed, after all. He hates his boss and he carries the lunch his wife makes him to work in a pail every day. Milford is just a nickname, though. It was secretly given to him by his seemingly unassuming wife, who lovingly refers to him as her M.I.L.F., where the "M" stands for "Monster" rather than the more-commonly-used "Mother." His real name is actually Mumford. So he likes coming home to Ethyl.
Ethyl might look meek and slight in demeanor, but she rules the roost. Don't mess with Ethyl. Also, she's clearly a dynamo in the sack. She wears her kerchief as a homage to her Russian heritage.
Junior is either the waddling toddler of the family or the mentally-deranged uncle, depending on my mood. Either way, a lot of drool is involved, and the shenanigans always start when someone's watchful eye is distracted long enough for him to sneak out the porch door and terrorize the neighborhood.
Missy is sixteen. She's hot, but she knows it, so she's also a bitch. Which is why she's named Missy. All Missys are bitches, hot or not. She's grounded right now, and her boyfriend is the boss' son. He's a buffoon but at least it irks good ol' dad.
Ethyl's mother is just visiting from Scottsdale. Milford can't wait for her to leave, but Missy likes having her around, because she pays for fast food and takes Missy's side on everything. Little does Missy know that there will be no trust fund for the kiddies, though. She's left all her monies to some conservative church that hates abortion.
Pete's a brat with a Justin Bieber haircut. No one pays him enough attention, what with that bitch Missy, her non-stop drama, and a baby in the house…
Ruff and Mee-Yow
Ruff and Mee-Yow are the family cat and dog. Their back-stories mostly consist of eating the local wildlife and pooping in weird places.
Sweet-Pea is the newborn baby. His back-story also happens to feature pooping in weird places, but he's also the reason Nana has come to visit, which is the only reason Milford can tolerate that woman's presence for more than five minutes at a time: at least he can get a solid 5 hours of sleep every night with her help, ferchrissakes.
Skull exists only because I don't have the skill or dexterity to paint at such a small scale. But I imagine he makes a fun chew-toy for the dog and cat.
So now I can check that task off my list once and for all, and finally open my closet door without the looming judgement of a blank set of nesting dolls. Phew.


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ArcTouch Developers needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 203 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
"What's On TV" iPad App
This iPad app allows a user to browse a guide of what is on TV "right now" as well as future programming across all channels from their local cable provider.
The app should provide a rich/engaging experience that encourages them to browse through their channels and discover TV programs that are on "now" and later (up to the next 2 hours)
When they discover a show that interests them, they can see more details about the show, view the cast information, see related shows, and share this discovery via social media networks.
The app is for consumers and TV fans who want to browse and discover new shows. They like to be surprised and delighted by the experience of finding some new show that they didn't previously know was on.
See attached Creative Brief and wire frame concepts.
Please read these carefully.
We look forward to seeing your designs and will provide timely feedback.


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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will roll out new employment tools for veterans as part of the Hiring Our Heroes initiative over the next several months. In addition to an online personal branding tool kit, expected to launch in February, the chamber, in partnership with Google, is also developing an enhanced online mapping tool, "Fast Track," to help service members and veterans identify the 100 fastest-growing job markets in the U.S. and the key industries driving growth in local communities.
By the end of November, the map will be populated with veteran-friendly career opportunities in Fortune 500 companies.
Retired Marine Lt. Col. Kevin Schmiegel, executive director of Hiring our Heroes and vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber also plans to populate the map with information on how to use the GI Bill at community colleges, vocational schools, apprenticeships and credentialing programs to earn specific qualifications and help veterans find job opportunities in manufacturing and other industries.
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, a partner in the initiative, said "Fast Track" will help veterans identify credible employers and training programs.
"The online map tool is going to be a huge hit because it's going to be a one-stop shop for veterans. It's definitely frustrating trying to determine all the different areas you can go to. You don't know which ones are credible and which ones aren't," Meyer said Nov. 15 during a Washington conference that brought in employers from the public and private sectors to discuss their veteran hiring goals.
The Chamber of Commerce hopes to find employment for half a million veterans and military spouses by the end of 2014. To date, more than 800 businesses have pledged to hire 182,000 veterans through the campaign. Since March, more than 14,000 veterans have found employment through Hiring Our Heroes job fairs. The chamber also plans to incorporate more transition workshops into those job fairs.
Meyer, who encouraged employers to think of four years in the military as being as valuable as four years at a university, said businesses need to continue to provide viable employment opportunities that allow veterans to use the skills they learned in theater.
"Companies need to stop looking at it as charity," he said. "It's not charity. It's just doing what's right."
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PORTSMOUTH -- A showcase of "over-the-top designer tabletops" to benefit Seacoast teenage girls will also shine a spotlight on a company committed to social and environmental responsibility.
The event, called "Tablescapes: The Art and Design of Entertaining," is the premier designer tabletop showcase in support of Arts in Reach (AIR), a non-profit organization that empowers local teenage girls through mentoring and arts programs. The fundraiser will take place Nov. 2 through 4 at Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, the former library building across from Jumpin' Jay's Fish Café.
This is the second annual Tablescapes event, sponsored in part by Pixels & Pulp, a southern Maine design firm whose principals, Elise Weeks and Megan Keogh, are on the leading edge of sustainable design in both print and digital mediums. Pixels & Pulp helped market the event by designing the event collateral, including rack cards, banners, and print and online invitations. It also created the event logo, packets for sponsors and designers, and event posters; all of this pro bono and all because they deeply believe in the mission and effect that AIR is having on local teenage girls.
"We are involved with AIR because it's having an incredibly positive impact on the lives and confidence of these girls," adds Elise Weeks. "We want to put our skills to work to help grow organizations like AIR that are actively helping the community we do business in."
Darcy Horgan, former president of AIR and chair of the Tablescapes event committee, called Pixels & Pulp's contribution to the event "absolutely critical," describing the event logo as "fabulous, which is easily seen when we hang our posters. Our packets look so good and so sophisticated. I think Elise is one of the most talented and generous people I know. She's amazing."
Weeks, also an AIR board member, said she and Keogh, are "passionate about AIR. We are all about empowering these young women, who may not have otherwise been exposed to the kinds of programs AIR offers."
The Pixels & Pulp principals are dedicated to the organization and what it's working to accomplish because "that's a really big part of how we grew up and expressed ourselves and can't imagine what our lives would have been like without the creative outlets we had," Weeks said. Being involved in a fun and meaningful event like this, where design and creativity are at the forefront, all the while supporting such an important mission is exactly why Weeks and Keogh went into business together.
Besides immersing teenage girls in performance and visual arts, AIR teaches them to develop healthy relationships and communication skills. "It's so rewarding to see how these young women flourish when they have the support of the AIR staff and the bonds they form with each other," Weeks said. AIR programs and the transportation they offer to the girls are completely free, so AIR relies 100 percent on donations and in-kind services businesses such as Pixels & Pulp provide.
Friday night — Tablescapes Preview Party
Designers were told to choose a theme and "go over the top with it. We really want a room full of dazzling tabletops," Horgan said. She expects "a big crowd of excited participants," from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the preview party, during which attendees can first see the 22 tables competing for one of three awards — "Best of Show," "Over the Top," and "Best Interpretation of Chosen Theme."
"The designers want to win this," Horgan said. "They take it seriously."
Interior designers, mural artists, landscapers and florists, among others, are competing for the prizes.
Judging the tables at the Preview Party are Seacoast Media Group's food critic Rachel Forrest; Keith Lemerise, publisher of Coastal Home and Taste magazines; and Jay Bishop, owner of Madeleine's Event Central shop on Lafayette Road. The emcee for the evening is Jay Schadler, owner of a Fleet Street Gallery in Portsmouth, an Emmy-award winning journalist, artist, photographer, and ABC News veteran.
Last year's tabletops boasted a wide range of themes from Southern hospitality to Narnia to "Under the Sea." Inspiration also came from all over the world—from Mexico, to Scandinavia, to Morocco, to Japan. This year's tables are expected to be as stunning and diverse, if not more so.
The White Apron will cater the event, and a silent auction will take place.
Saturday, Sunday
From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Tablescapes will hold a workshop every hour on the topics of food, wine and design.
For example, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jaci Grote and Meghan Harris of the Piscataqua Garden Club will present "Natural Beauty: Floral Designs Built From Treasures Found Outdoors"; at 2 p.m. Saturday, Susan Tuveson of Acorn Kitchen, Kittery, will present "Chocolate: A Sensual Journey"; and at 11 a.m. Sunday, Linda Zukas of Churchill's Gardens will present "Set Your Holiday Table! Creatively Reuse and Enhance What You Already Own," among other workshops.
There will be a wine tasting at 4 p.m. Saturday, and hors d'oeuvres will be served at 1 and 5 p.m. Chocolate and cheese tasting events will also take place.
"Last year, people really had fun," Horgan said, adding that some showed up on all three days. "It's just a totally different event for this area. Nobody else has done it. So it's exciting. And the work that Pixels & Pulp has done with AIR to help promote the event will make it that much more of a success."
Pixels & Pulp was created with these simple philosophies in mind: create beautiful and sophisticated designs, no matter what type or size of the project; listen closely to what the client is looking for and provide them with the highest quality product possible; and do all of this while striving to maintain a low carbon footprint by utilizing methods that help preserve our environment.
As designers, their experience encompasses work with non-profit, arts, retail and professional service organizations—both across the U.S. and abroad. As client projects require, Pixels & Pulp calls upon talented associates with expertise in marketing communications and strategy, web development, photography and videography.
Pixels & Pulp is a business partner of the Green Alliance, a union of local sustainable businesses promoting environmentally sound business practices, and a green co-op offering discounted green products and services to its members. GA members enjoy 15 percent off on all Pixels & Pulp design services.
Learn more about Pixels & Pulp at www.pixelsandpulp.com, visit www.greenallliance.biz for more info on the Green Alliance.
For tickets to the Tablescapes event, visit http://artsinreachtablescapes.ticketbud.com.
Amazing tabletops will raise funds for Arts in Reach
PORTSMOUTH -- A showcase of "over-the-top designer tabletops" to benefit Seacoast teenage girls will also shine a spotlight on a company committed to social and environmental responsibility.


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This is a simple utility that checks of your ACPI system is working correctly. At the moment it check the status of your battery and processor but more checks will be added shortly.
The current version is 0.2. Build date is 2009-01-17.
Type the following into a terminal window to run the program:
bash acpitester.sh
Add further ACPI checks.
Being version 0.2 as of 2009, I don't think anyone has it at the top of a current todo list. It basically is trying to access mountpoints that 'acpid' would set up. So you can have functioning acpi hardware, but this bash script is looking for the software side of things…
I don't know if it's still being maintained, but it says "ACPI is NOT active on this system" when excuting it on Ubuntu 10.10, 2.6.36-020636rc7-generic, although ACPI for sure is enabled.


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The first thing I bought was from Sephora. I didn't know they have a monthly special called
I finally got something from my wishlist (I took it off my wishlist since it's fulfilled)... wheee~ I've been wanting to try the Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner. What a great deal getting two for the price of $10! Each one cost $19 normally and getting them for this price. I just have to say run to your nearest Sephora... hehe~ ;)
The first color is in Recess. My first initial reaction is it looks like MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre. I just swatched the colors on my hand and they are different. Recess is a more shimmery cream color, whereas, Soft Ochre is matte yellowish color.
The second color is in Honey Bunny. I also has an initial reaction comparing it to MAC Paint Pot in Painterly. I think Honey Bunny is more on the light pink, whereas, Painterly is more neutral.
The second haul was from the CCO. I bought two things I've been wanting for a long, long, long time!!!
I am really into MAC Paint Pots, and have been wanting in Soft Ochre for months. When I saw this at the CCO, I freaked out. I think the lady next to me thought I was crazy because she gave me a dirty look... lol~ :X
I was about to cash in my products when I saw this laying around at the cashier. I freaked out and asked the sales lady if it's Petticoat. She nodded and without thinking, I bought it... wheee~
My last haul is from the Lancome store (don't remember the exact name) at the outlet... lol~ They sell Lancome products, perfumes, and Shu Uemura.
While looking around, I saw the Shu Uemura eyelash curler. Oh mi gosh I couldn't refuse!!! I've been wanting to try this curler for a year now. I had to get it even though it's the last year collection. The best part it only cost me $12!!!... wheee~ What a great deal! :)
EDIT: It's called Sweet Steals not Surprise Steals. I'm such a fool mixing them up *embarrassed*... lol~ :X


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This Print of the Nose and Lips of Buddha Photo makes a great accent to any room or office space.
Our prints are made with Canon's Lucia inks. These inks have been independently rated by Wilhelm Imaging Research to last well over 100 years.
(All copyright and reproduction rights are retained by the artist. Artwork may not be reproduced by any process without the express written permission of the artist. This printed photograph is a copy of an original piece by seller/photographer.)


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Should you sell Terex
The decision to sell a stock you've researched and followed for months or years is never easy. If you fall in love with your stock holdings, you risk becoming vulnerable to confirmation bias -- listening only to information that supports your theories, and rejecting any contradictions.
In 2004, longtime Fool Bill Mann called confirmation bias one of the most dangerous components of investing. This warning has helped my own personal investing throughout the Great Recession. Now, I want to help you identify potential sell signs on popular stocks within our 4 million-strong Fool.com community.
Today I'm laser-focused on Terex, ready to evaluate its price, valuation, margins, and liquidity. Let's get started!
Don't sell on price
Over the past 12 months, Terex has risen 28.4% versus an S&P 500 return of 13.7%. Investors in Terex have every reason to be proud of their returns, but is it time to take some off the top? Not necessarily. Short-term outperformance alone is not a sell sign. The market may be just beginning to realize the true, intrinsic value of Terex. For historical context, let's compare Terex's recent price to its 52-week and five-year highs. I've also included a few other businesses in the same or related industries:
Recent Price
52-Week High
5-Year High
Joy Global
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
As you can see, Terex is down from its 52-week high. If you bought near the peak, now's the time to think back to why you bought it in the first place. If your reasons still hold true, you shouldn't sell based on this information alone.
Potential sell signs
First, let's look at the gross margins trend, which represents the amount of profit a company makes for each $1 in sales, after deducting all costs directly related to that sale. A deteriorating gross margin over time can indicate that competition has forced the company to lower prices, that it can't control costs, or that its whole industry's facing tough times. Here is Terex's gross margin over the past five years:
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
Terex is clearly having issues maintaining its gross margin, which tends to dictate a company's overall profitability. Terex investors need to keep an eye on this troubling trend over the coming quarters.
Next, let's explore what other investors think about Terex. We love the contrarian view here at Fool.com, but we don't mind cheating off of our neighbors every once in a while. For this, we'll examine two metrics: Motley Fool CAPS ratings and short interest. The former tells us how Fool.com's 170,000-strong community of individual analysts rate the stock. The latter shows what proportion of investors are betting that the stock will fall. I'm including other peer companies once again for context.
CAPS Rating (out of 5)
Short Interest (% of float)
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Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
The Fool community is rather bullish on Terex. We typically like to see our stocks rated at four or five stars. Anything below that is a less-than-bullish indicator. I highly recommend you visit Terex's stock pitch page to see the verbatim reasons behind the ratings.
Here, short interest is at a high 8.8%. This typically indicates that large institutional investors are betting against the stock.
Now, let's study Terex's debt situation, with a little help from the debt-to-equity ratio. This metric tells us how much debt the company's taken on, relative to its overall capital structure.
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
Terex has been taking on some additional debt over the past five years. When we take into account unchanged total equity over the same time period, this has caused debt-to-equity to increase, as seen in the above chart. Based on the trend alone, that's a bad sign. I consider a debt-to-equity ratio below 50% to be healthy, though it varies by industry. Terex is currently above this level, at 79.9%.
The last metric I like to look at is the current ratio, which lets investors judge a company's short-term liquidity. If Terex had to convert its current assets to cash in one year, how many times over could the company cover its current liabilities? As of the last filing, Terex has a current ratio of 2.37. This is a healthy sign. I like to see companies with current ratios equal to or greater than 1.5.
Finally, it's highly beneficial to determine whether Terex belongs in your portfolio -- and to know how many similar businesses already occupy your stable of investments. If you haven't already, be sure to put your tickers into Fool.com's free portfolio tracker, My Watchlist. You can get started right away by clicking here to add Terex.
The final recap
Terex has failed three of the quick tests that would make it a sell. Does it mean you should sell your Terex shares today solely because of this? Not necessarily, but keep your eye on these trends over the coming quarters.
Remember to add Terex to My Watchlist to help you keep track of all our coverage of the company on Fool.com.
If you haven't had a chance yet, be sure to read this article detailing how I missed out on more than $100,000 in gains through wrong-headed selling.


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GRAMBLING, La. (AP) Matt Smith tallied 17 points and seven rebounds to help Mississippi Valley State beat Grambling State 65-50 Monday night and hand the Tigers their 18th straight loss.
Davon Usher knocked down three treys en route to 14 points and Cordarius Sample came off the bench for 12 points for the Delta Devils, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Grambling State outshot MVSU (2-16, 2-6 Southwestern Athletic Conference) 42.9 percent (21 of 49) to 41.9 percent (26 of 62) and held a 36-30 rebounding edge but the Tigers committed 20 turnovers. MVSU scored 26 points off those errors.
Brandon Dorsett led Grambling (0-18, 0-9) with 11 points but was the lone Tiger in double figures. The Tigers' bench contributed 12 points, compared to 19 for MVSU.
The Delta Devils opened the game on an 11-2 run and took a 30-21 lead into halftime. MVSU led by as much as 20, 65-45.


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I've attempted to install drivers for an FPGA device, but require that I remove the
usbserial module. This happens to be impossible because
usbserial is a built-in module. It was suggested that I compile a new kernel to make
usbserial dynamically loadable and unloadable.
I'm now trying to compile a custom kernel w/ Fedora. The guide being located here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Building_a_custom_kernel
At this moment I am using a GUI to set my kernel options, but I have no idea what options to select and deselect.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


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"There's a beast in every man and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand," - Jorah Mormont
For the first two seasons on "Game of Thrones," terrible, cruel, unspeakable horrors tended to happen primarily to the Stark family.
The Starks were the show's heroes, and in the sick, twisted ethos of Westeros that meant they were destined to suffer the worst.
Then George R.R. Martin, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss started to transform the Lannister brothers into likeable, wisecracking anti-heroes.
It was only a matter of time.
First, fan-favorite Tyrion Lannister got half his face cut off in the battle of Blackwater Bay. Then, Sunday, in "Walk of Punishment," his better-looking, better-fighting brother met an arguably worse fate.
Jaime Lannister, perhaps the greatest swordsman in the mythical world of Westeros, suffered a gruesome maiming at the hands of men pledged to Robb Stark. (In the books, they're called the Brave Companions; I'm not sure if they've been identified on the show.)
Fed up at how Lannister was smoothly talking circles around them, Jaime's captors hauled him from the tree where he was chained, and chopped off his right hand. Yes, his dominant, sword-wielding right hand.
It was a welcome moment of violence for viewers still angry at how Jaime pushed Bran Stark from a tower window, paralyzing him, or countless other Lannister evil deeds. It was also a welcome moment for fans of violence and action. For a war show, the first two episodes of this season have been pretty slow with not a single beheading or even a serious maiming. (Um, where are all the heads on spikes we got to see during Season One?!)
That changed Sunday.
I get that "A Song of Ice and Fire" is an incredibly complex series of novels that is nearly impossible to translate to the screen. There are just too many characters and plotlines to adequately develop characters while keeping the show fast-paced enough. (For instance, on tonight's episode, we followed dozens of different characters through seven different parts of the world.) The show's writers seem to make a conscious effort to write sex into nearly every show (such as, Sunday's humerous brothel scene with Pod). Is it asking that much to want the writers to pace out all the immense violence in the books, so that there's at least some in each episode?
Regardless, I thought episode three was the best so far of Season Three, and I know each week is only going to improve until we get to the Red Wedding. So I'll stop venting and get to recapping.
Here's what happened this week on "Game of Thrones":
The episode opens with the funeral of Catelyn Stark's father, Lord Hoster Tully.
When Catelyn's brother, Edmure Tully, attempts to shoot a fiery arrow into a boat holding Lord Hoster, to complete the funeral ceremony, he fails miserably, and we get introduced to The Blackfish.
Brynden Tully, Catelyn's uncle, snatches the bow and hits a no-look, walk-off game-winning shot. Badass.
Robb Stark then chastises Edmure for disobeying orders, and scaring The Mountain away from a trap the Young Wolf was setting for him.
Catelyn, all the while, is distraught over her father's death and what she believes are the deaths of her youngest sons, Bran and Rickon.
Lady Talisa is growing on me, slightly. (I still don't like it when they substantially change characters from the books.) She interacts charmingly with two young Lannister captives, allowing them to keep believing the tall tales that are being widely spun about Robb Stark's supernatural, werewolf-like powers.
King's Landing
In the capitol city, Tywin Lannister has returned to take his place as Hand of the King. He names Littlefinger Lord of Harrenhal and plans to marry him off to Lysa Tully, forming what he believes will be an alliance against Robb Stark. Tywin then appoints Tyrion to replace Littlefinger as the "Master of Coin," a job for which Tyrion is likely ill equipped.
"They're only numbers, numbers on paper," Littlefinger advises. "Once you understand that, it's easy to make them behave."
Tyrion finally rewards Pod for saving his life at Blackwater Bay, and buys him three whores.
"We're going to need details, copious details," the imp jokes afterwards.
As he is researching King's Landing's finances, Tyrion sees the kingdom owes millions to the Iron Bank of Braavos, home to some of the world's best assassins.
"One way or another, they always get their gold back," Tyrion says.
Road to Harrenhal
Men pledged to the northern forces have taken Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth captive.
When the men begin to beat and attempt to rape Brienne, Jaime speaks up and tells a clever lie.
He says Brienne comes from a island rich in sapphires (which isn't true) and that her father will give a handsome amount of sapphires (also not true) to whoever returns his daughter alive with her honor "unbesmirched."
Jaime also tells his captors he could make them rich "until the end of your days."
The captors don't take kindly to Jaime's statements, however, and cruelly cut his hand off, fundamentally changing his character for the rest of the series.
Camp of the Lightning Lord
Hot Pie parts ways with Arya Stark and Gendry. There's a touching moment of restrained emotion during their goodbye.
North of the Wall
The White Walkers (The Others) have killed a bunch of horses and left their remains in a design. (They really love geometry, don't they?)
The wildling army comes across the gruesome sight and realizes it's past time head south.
Mance Rayder orders Tormund Giantsbane to climb The Wall, which will inevitably mean a violent confrontation between his army and the Knight's Watch.
"We're finally going to war, old friend," Tormund says.
"I'm going to light the biggest fire the north has ever seen," Mance says.
Meanwhile, the men of the Knight's Watch take refuge at Craster's Keep, where Sam sees a baby boy being born. Knowing that Craster will kill the boy, Sam is forced to think about what he should do.
Undisclosed dungeon
Theon Greyjoy is still being tortured, but his sister, Yara (Asha), has sent a rescuer for him.
After he escapes, Theon is caught and almost raped (that's two near-rapings in one episode for those keeping track at home) but rescued again by the same boy who helped him escape in the first place.
Melisandre is departing from Dragonstone, leaving Stannis Baratheon stern and humorless. (Wait, he's always like that.)
"I want Joffrey dead. I want Robb Stark dead," Stannis says, then romantically: "Make me another son. … I want you."
Melisandre informs him he's, um, not so virile right now, and suggests they drain the blood of a relative to help fuel her dark magic.
"Your fires burn low my king," she says. "There are others with your blood in their veins."
In an episode with a lot of great quotes, most of them are said in Astapor.
Jorah Mormont and Barristan the Bold argue over whether Dany should purchase The Unsullied, slaves who are purported to be some of the world's best fighters.
"There's a beast in every man and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand," Mormont says, arguing that The Unsullied would be more disciplined in battle and less likely to rape and pillage.
When Barristan says that he prefers free men who fight for a cause, such as those who fought for Dany's older brother, Rhaegar Targaryen, Mormont counters:
"Rhaegar fought valiantly. Rhaegar fought nobly. And Rhaegar died," he says.
"He was not the last dragon," Daenerys tells them.
Upon approaching Kraznys, the slave-trader, Dany tells him, "I want to buy them all," and offers her largest dragon as payment for more than 8,000 slave warriors.
Both Mormont and Barristan object, but Dany disciplines them.
"If you ever question me in front of strangers again, you'll be advising someone else," she says.
Dany also gets the slaver to throw his translator, Missandei, into the deal.
In what might turn out to be a telling moment, Daenerys tells Missandei: "All men must die, but we are not men. "


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Driving Morphs with Joint Angles
Hey Everyone,
so I've been doing a lot of scuplt fixing using Zbrush on one of my V4 models, to fix specific poses and get basic body shapes the Morphs++ won't allow. I'd like to be able to do scuplt fixes that are driven by joint angles - so they fire on and off only in certain parameter ranges, such as Arms up or behind head that sort of thing.
Is there a tutorial on that anywhere?
thanks so much
This is ERC, morphs controlled by joints are usually referred to as JCMs (Joint-controlled morphs). Which application are you using - Poser, DS or something else?
Sorry forgot that info. I'm using DS Studio Pro 4.0
I'm using V4 with the Morphs++
OK, if you want to control a morph from a single rotation it's fairly easy - set the morph to 1, and the rotation to the value you want to match the morph at 1. Right-click on the tab for the Property Editor pane (this will work even if the pane is docked behind other panes, as long as the tab is accessible - that's a good thing as, for a morph-heavy figure, the pane can take a long time to refresh if it's visible). From the menu choose ERC Freeze. In the dialogue, under Control property selection, you want to pick:
Figure Victoria 4
Node The bone with the rotation you ant to control the morph(s)
Property The actual rotation
then under Freeze properties you check the morphs you want to be controlled. Just click Accept and then if it works go to File>Save as>Support Asset>Morph and save out the new JCM.
Richard, when you bring up the ERC freeze dialog, and go to select which property/morph you want to be controlled it is a Loooonnnng list. Is there any way de-select all so you can check just a single morph quickly? And what about the restore figure options and so forth at the bottom?
Not quite sure what those mean...
Ooops spoke too soon, I figured out the right-click toggle selected trick.
But how do I set the range for the morph? Say I want it to be controlled from some range of the controlling joint angle - not 0 to current but explicit say 15 to 30 or some such - so the morph 0 maps to 15 and 1 maps to 30 and it is for any value less and 1 for any value 30 and above?
You would need to edit the links in the property editor, adding a constant value for example. ERC Freeze by itself assumes that when the controller is at 0 so are the controlled properties
Not sure I understand that, I can click on the link under the morph and it will let me set a range there? A min max on the controlling joint angle?
Setting the Min and max will allow you to specify a range of values, yes, which I think would work though I'm not quite clear on what you want - the default is to add the linked value to the local value, so setting a non-zero Min value would add a constant to all of the ERC values.
I just want the Morph I've sculpted for the shin and foot to be 0 when the foot bend (xrotate) is -20 (or less) and 1 when it's 32 (or greater).
I just wasn't clear on where I set the min/max value range on the controller's input value
OK, so you need to add -20 to the ERC, set to DeltaAdd, link and to set the multiplier to 0.01923, with the morph having limits set to 0 Min and 1 Max. To edit the ERC you need the Property Editor (Window>Panes(tabs)>Property Editor) - be warned that ti can take a long time to populate with Genesis.


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Krasdale Gravy dry dog food sold in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania has been recalled by Mars Petcare.
The Krasdale Gravy brand dry dog food is being recalled because of a potential Salmonella contamination, which can cause serious infections in dogs and cats.
Here is the recalled Krasdale Gravy pet food information:
Product: Krasdale Gravy dry dog food
Size: 5 pound bag
UPC Code: 7513062596
Best By Date: July 16 & 17, 2008
Best By Date Location: Back of bag
Affected Stores: Various stores located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Full press release below.
(Related News: Red Flannel brand dog food was also recalled due to salmonella risk.)
The recalled product should not be sold or fed to pets. Pet owners should dispose of product in a safe manner (example, a securely covered trash receptacle) and return the empty bag to the store where purchased for a full refund.
Salmonella can potentially be transferred to people handling this pet food, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the product or any surfaces exposed to the product. Healthy people potentially infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal
cramping and fever. Rarely, Salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their healthcare providers.
Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Well animals can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.
Mars Petcare said they are issuing this action out of an abundance of caution and it sincerely regrets any inconvenience to pet owners as a result of this announcement. This voluntary recall has been issued because the FDA detected Salmonella in a sample of Krasdale Gravy dry dog food with best by dates of July 16 & 17, 2008 during a recent review.
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Effect on exam scores of attending clinical and tutorial-based activities by medical students
Among fourth-year medical students completing an 8-week obstetrics/gynecology clinical rotation, there was a positive association between attendance at clinical and tutorial-based activities and overall examination scores, according to a study appearing in the December 4 issue of JAMA, a medical education theme issue.
"Student attendance is thought to be an important factor in the academic performance of medical students on the basis that clinical contact and teaching are necessary to develop competence. Student attendance also has wider implications for institutions providing medical education. The educational value of clinical teaching is resource-dependent and expensive. Medical schools are increasingly challenged in providing clinical teaching in the face of increasing student numbers. In this context, medical schools must appraise the educational value of attendance at their clinical teaching programs," according to background information in the article. "Previous studies evaluating the relationship between attendance and academic performance among medical students have been limited and related to classroom-based lectures only rather than clinical activities."
Richard P. Deane, M.B., B.Ch., and Deirdre J. Murphy, M.D., of Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland, evaluated the relationship between student attendance and academic performance in a medical student obstetrics/gynecology clinical rotation during a full academic year (September 2011 to June 2012) at a university teaching hospital in Dublin. Students were expected to attend 64 activities (26 clinical activities and 38 tutorial-based activities) but attendance was not mandatory. All 147 fourth-year medical students who completed an 8-week obstetrics/gynecology rotation were included.
The average attendance rate was 89 percent (n = 57/64 activities). Male students (84 percent attendance) and students who failed an end-of-year examination previously (84 percent attendance) had significantly lower rates. The researchers found that both clinical attendance and tutorial-based attendance were positively correlated with overall examination score. The associations persisted after controlling for confounding factors (factors that can influence outcomes) of student sex, age, country of origin, previous failure in an end-of-year examination, and the timing of the rotation during the academic year.
Distinction grades (grades above the expected basic standard [i.e., demonstrated additional items for the competency tested]) were present only among students with attendance rates of 80 percent or higher. The odds of a distinction grade increased with each 10 percent increase in attendance. The majority of failure grades occurred in students with attendance rates lower than 80 percent.
The researchers write that further research is needed to understand whether the relationship found in this study is causal, and whether improving attendance rates can improve academic performance.
"If a causal relationship can be identified, interventions to preemptively target potential poor attenders should be investigated to avoid the cycle of persistent failure and remedial education among a subset of students from year to year. The effect of rapidly evolving electronic learning resources on attendance patterns should also be evaluated."
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Linzer Cookies
This recipe is courtesy of Kathy Pogoda. She chose it because it's a favorite of her husband and son. Pagoda also said the recipe "has become a staple for parties and for holiday goody baskets. Since it is a rolled-out dough, I can change the shapes to accommodate any holiday or event."
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons granulated (white) sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup hazelnuts finely ground
1 1/2 cups flour
1 jar red raspberry jam
- Cream together butter, sugars, and egg until fluffy.
- Stir in vanilla, baking powder, cloves, and cinnamon.
- Mix in hazelnuts (low speed if electric mixer.)
- Gradually add flour, blending each time.
- Roll into 5 balls and flatten on wax paper or plastic wrap. Fold over paper to cover and chill at least 2 hours.
- Roll out dough to 1/8 inch, working with one ball at a time; cut into desired shapes, resulting in an even number of cookies.
- Bake for 7 minutes at 375° F. Cool for 2 minutes on pan and transfer to cooling rack.
- Immediately spread jam on bottom of one cookie and top with second cookie with the bottoms touching each other.
- Let cookies set for 1 hour. Store flat in airtight container with wax paper between layers.
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The recipe was provided by Christine Wilson. It's a family recipe passed down by her grandmother, and she picked it because "it reminds me of Christmastime as a young child in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, with my grandparents and immediate family. It is also extremely easy!! This is extremely important since I am a mom of a toddler!"
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
1 pound or 1 3/4 cups Crosse & Blackwell mincemeat
1/4 cup nuts
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Cut butter into mixture of first 5 ingredients until it becomes fine crumbs. Put 2/3 of mixture into greased 9" pan.
- Spoon mincemeat over mixture.
- Mix nuts into rest of crumbs and sprinkle over mincemeat.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
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Banana Dulce de Leche Pie
Nancy Weil suggested this recipe, which a friend gave her. She said she thought "it would be something I would like to serve for a small dinner party." Nancy has two teenage boys who keep her hopping with their activities. She enjoys cooking, using as many homegrown ingredients as possible from their large family garden.
Ingredients for crust:
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped
4 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Ingredients for filling:
4 large bananas
1 can (13.4 ounces) dulce de leche (caramelized milk)
1/2 cup heavy or whipping cream
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon finely chopped toasted pecans
Directions for crust:
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- In 9" glass pie plate, with fork, mix crumbs, pecans, butter, and brown sugar until crumbs are evenly moistened. Press mixture firmly onto bottom and up side of pie plate, making a small rim. Bake 12 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Directions for filling:
- When crust has cooled, thinly slice 2 bananas and arrange in bottom of crust. Spread dulce de leche over bananas. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 8 hours, until set.
- Thinly slice remaining 2 bananas and arrange over chilled dulce de leche. In medium bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat cream and confectioners' sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread whipped cream over bananas and sprinkle with toasted pecans. If not serving right away, cover and refrigerate up to 4 hours.
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Orange Cake with Chocolate Glaze and Whipped Cream
This recipe is from the Good Housekeeping Research Institute Director of Textiles, Paper, and Plastics, Kathleen Huddy Sperduto. She picked it because the "cake is just very easy to do and can be dressed up or down."
Ingredients for cake:
1 package yellow cake mix
1 cup orange juice
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
3 eggs
Ingredients for glaze
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Ingredients for whipped cream:
1/2 cup whipping or heavy cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
Directions for cake:
- Heat over to 350° F. Grease and flour bundt cake pan.
- Beat cake mix, orange juice, cream cheese, orange peel, and eggs in medium bowl with a mixer on low speed for 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly.
- Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour into pan.
- Bake 38-43 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn on to a wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Transfer to serving platter to glaze.
Directions for glaze:
- Combine chips, butter, and milk in a small sauce pan. Cook over low heat until chocolate melts, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar until smooth.
- Spoon over cooled cake.
Directions for whipped cream:
- Whip cream with powdered sugar until soft peaks form.
- Use to fill inside of bundt hole or serve on side.
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Easy Blueberry Cobbler
Time is always a concern for modern bakers with tons of other responsibilities. This easy cobbler recipe was submitted by Mary Mahoney, who chose it for the simple reason that "it's very easy to prepare and delicious." It also goes great with ice cream!
16-ounce can crushed pineapple, undrained
16-ounce can blueberry pie filling
1 box white or yellow cake mix
1 stick butter, melted
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Layer the first 2 ingredients in order in a 9" x 13" baking dish.
- Crumble cake mix over the pie filling and pour melted butter over the mix.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp.
- Serve warm plain or with ice cream.
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Lemon Tea Squares
Tina Madsen chose this recipe for lemon squares "because I tasted them at neighbor's house when I first moved into my neighborhood. I loved them because they are quick to make and taste light and airy. They also make a great presentation for a party."
2 (8-ounce) sticks butter
2 1/4 cups flour, sifted
1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
4 eggs
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Melt the 2 sticks of butter and pour into a 13" x 9" Pyrex dish.
- Add 2 cups of sifted flour and the powdered sugar to melted butter and stir together to form a dough. Press firmly into bottom of pan.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
- Let cool for 10 minutes.
- Beat eggs, lemon juice, and grated lemon peel.
- Sift together baking powder, salt, and remaining 1/4 cup flour.
- Add dry ingredients to egg mixture and pour over the cooled crust.
- Bake an additional 25 minutes until light brown.
- Sift some powdered sugar over top while still hot.
- Cut into squares once cool.


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(3 cr.) The course gives a broad yet thorough understanding of the role of transport in the supply chain. Topics include operations, current challenges and how different transportation modes interact to make a complete system. The major elements covered in this course are the respective terminals and facilities and the operation of air, rail, road, maritime and pipeline transport. Within each of these elements, participants look at all parties involved in the management of the operations as well as the stakeholders. Every Year, Spring


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The most unusual greeting I've received coming into school in the morning was, "Now, I want you to know that behind those doors is a pig ready for butchering."
Peter promised that he'd bring in a pig to butcher when we did the By Hand arc – and he followed through on that promise today!
Before the butchering, the teams continued work on their Expression projects. Mackenzie set up the Art Lab and the Boat Lab for her groups during the weekend so they could work in spaces with all the materials they needed in one spot.
Chane led her felting group in further study of what their nature scenes will include.
Mark helped the stop motion crew set up their equipment.
Josh started Connor and Henry on their work for the day.
Peter presented the pig to the majority of the kids at school. I was really surprised at how many of them stayed for the whole butchering process and barely batted an eye.
There were so many clever pig comments floating around today… I wish I could remember all of them.
Logan informed us that Peter was "cutting his pagina."
Lola said, "They must have fed him healthy food so it tastes good."
The kidneys.
Kaia said, "Ew, it's looking at me!"
Isaac, watching Peter use the bone saw: "How do zombies get to the brains?"
Coke: "Maybe they have bone crackers!"
After a morning of butchering, the teams returned to work on their projects.
Lunch: porchetta and polenta with sauteed kale.
Peter ground the meat with the meat grinder for sausage.
We spent the afternoon watching Peter fill sausage casings.
Lola showed me a couple tricky math problems (as she described them): 13 + 10 = 23, and 13 + 13 = 26.
And sausage for all. Thanks to Peter and Kristie for (always!) volunteering their time and giving us such amazing culinary experiences. Check out the Flikr for more pictures of the pig butchering!


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Shain Gandee, the star of the MTV reality series "Buckwild" who was found dead in West Virginia on Monday, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, a spokesman for the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office told TheWrap on Tuesday.
An autopsy found that two other people found in a truck with Gandee — his uncle, David Gandee, and Donald Robert Myers — also died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Also read: MTV "Buckwild" Production Halted After Shain Gandee's Death
The manner of death was deemed to be accidental.
Gandee was found with the two other men in a 1984 Ford Bronco that was partially submerged in mud in Sissonville, W.Va, on Monday. The muffler of the vehicle was completely submerged in mud.
The Gandees were last seen at approximately 3 a.m. Sunday at a local bar, and said they were going off-roading in Shain's Bronco, according to the Sheriff's Office.
MTV said Monday that it was "shocked and saddened" by Gandee's death.
"We are shocked and saddened by the terrible news about Shain Gandee, and those involved in this tragic incident," the network said in a statement on MTV.com. "We are waiting for more information but at this time, our main concern is for the Gandee family and their friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Shain had a magnetic personality, with a passion for life that touched everyone he met and we will miss him dearly."
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Showcase Day features seven stakes races, all for New York-breds.
Palace will represent Rice and owner Antonino Miuccio in the $150,000
Hudson, a six-furlong race for 3-year-olds and up.
being claimed out of an 11 ¾-length maiden victory last October at
Belmont, Palace has won five of eight starts for his new connections,
including a three-length victory in his most recent start, the Chowder's
First overnight stakes for New York-breds on August 23 at Saratoga Race
Course. The 4-year-old son of City Zip entered the Chowder's First off a
pair of starts against open company in optional claiming turf sprints,
winning in July at Belmont and finishing fourth in August at Saratoga.
had been so good last winter, and then he bled through Lasix and I
turned him out for a few months," said Rice. "He's still a stallion and
he kind of gained a lot of weight. I left him as a colt, but I was
questioning my judgment because he had become a little heavy and I
wasn't getting him back to his best form as quickly as I thought I
would. We finally got him going the right direction recently. We put him
in a few turf races just because I didn't have a better option, but I
think he's slightly better on the dirt. He also seems to sit off horses
and make a run at the end of it, and in the [Chowder's First] at
Saratoga it obviously set up that way."
Another horse who is entering Showcase Day in good form for Rice is Hear the Footsteps,
who is on target for the $200,000 Mohawk, a 1 1/16-mile turf race for
3-year-olds and up. Owned by Everything's Cricket Racing, Hear the
Footsteps was second in the 1 1/16-mile West Point presented by Trustco
Bank in August at Saratoga and third, beaten a half-length, in the 1
1/8-mile Ashley T. Cole on September 15 at Belmont. Previously, he had
won three straight starts in turf sprint optional claimers.
a 6-year-old he's having his best year, as often grass horses will as
they get older," said Rice. "He has gotten better every year, but this
has certainly been his best year. He came out winning three in a row. I
have felt his best distance is six furlongs to a mile. I had
reservations running him at Saratoga, but 5 ½ [furlongs] was too short
for him. I was very impressed he put forward good efforts in his last
two races, even though I don't think it's his best distance."
In the seven furlong, $150,000 Joseph A. Gimma for 2-year-old fillies, Rice will saddle Miss Narcissist,
who broke her maiden by 2 ½ lengths in her second start, a 5 ½-furlong
dash on August 28 at Saratoga. In her debut, she was fifth earlier that
month at the Spa.
was very rank the first time we ran her at Saratoga," said Rice, who
owns Miss Narcissist in partnership with Acqua Nova Stable and Winter
Park Partners. "She was green, high-strung, kind of a hotwire to be
around. In her second race she put it together. What we had seen in her
morning workouts she showed up with in the afternoon. Now we've had
about 60 days between races. We put her in the [Grade 2] Matron [on
September 29], but I felt it was too much, too soon. We took her out of
there and prepped her for this race. It's not ideal to go from 5 ½ to
seven eighths with a horse who is a little rank and unratable, but we
have been giving her nice, slow workouts, and I think she's going to put
in a good race."
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Trainer Michael Hushion will bring a powerful 1-2 combination into the Hudson as he will send out 2012 winner Mine Over Matter along with B Shanny.
year, Mine Over Matter, a Chester and Mary Broman homebred, rallied
from seventh to win the Hudson by one length. He has posted a record of
1-3-2 in eight starts since last year's Hudson, with his victory coming
in the Corma Ray overnight stakes in May at Belmont. Following the Corma
Ray, he was third in the Affirmed Success Handicap and second in the
Shy Groom overnight stakes in June at Belmont, then was runner-up in the
John Morrissey on August 1 at Saratoga.
runs great every time he goes over there," said Hushion. "He just needs
to be in the right place at the right time. He's certainly not a lot
better than his competition, but he's as good as them, so if he gets the
perfect trip and the good set up, why not? I've been looking to give
him a break along the way, but he just continues to look great and train
great. Big and round and shiny - just how we like them."
Over Matter will be joined by B Shanny, who earned his first stakes
victory by 4 ¼ lengths as the odds-on favorite in the Leon Reed Memorial
Handicap on August 17 at Finger Lakes Racetrack. Unlike Mine Over
Matter, B Shanny races on or close to the lead.
were hoping [the Leon Reed would] be a soft spot and that he'd handle
the track and the shipping, and he took care of business," said Hushion.
Coming off two sharp optional claiming victories at Saratoga Race Course, Lady's Lunar Luck
had every reason to inspire confidence in her connections going into
the John Hettinger on September 15 at Belmont. Sent off at 5-1, the
5-year-old Freud mare never threatened, however, and ran evenly to
finish seventh, beaten 2 ¾ lengths, in the 1 1/8-mile race.
liked her going into the Hettinger, but she kind of ran flat that day,"
said trainer John Kimmel of Lady's Lunar Luck, who had earned a
career-high 85 Beyer Speed Figure winning at 1 1/16 miles on August 29
at the Spa. "She had been training well, but she'd had a pretty hard
race 17 days before and didn't have the kind of kick she'd shown in her
two starts at Saratoga."
with two solid half-mile works since the Hettinger, Kimmel is hoping
Lady's Lunar Luck will turn things around in Saturday's $200,000
Ticonderoga for New York-bred fillies and mares on Empire Showcase Day
presented by The Fund. The 1 1/16-mile Ticonderoga will be the mare's
third stakes start, having finished fifth in the Mount Vernon in June in
addition to the Hettinger.
the month she's gotten in between races will recharge her batteries and
she'll come out and run the race I think she's capable of," said
Kimmel. "I wasn't thinking the distance [1 1/8 miles] was an issue last
time out because she's been so consistent. My take on her last race was
she was coming back too quickly off a very strong performance."
Owned by CFC Stables, Lady's Lunar Luck is 6-3-3 from 25 lifetime starts with earnings of $258,323.
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Welcome to the Elk Grove Soccer Club Membership Fee 5 – 4 payments of $231.25. There is a $50 volunteer fee (this is refundable) added to the $875 club membership fee. The following subscription is for 4 months @ $231.25 per month. Your first payment will be taken on the day you sign up for the subscription and then payments will occur on the same day each month for the total number of payments. Our recurring payment feature is a one-time consent for our soccer families to charge the credit card you input on an ongoing basis until the subscription ends.
To sign up – Please enter your Player's name (format John Smith) and Player's Birthdate (format 02/02/2000 for example) and click the button "Subscribe".
The $50 volunteer fee is refundable at the end of season (once payments are completed). On completion of your payments, please send proof of volunteer hours, your player's name, and their team, to firstname.lastname@example.com to receive your volunteer fee refund. Your refund will be processed through PayPal and the $50 refund will be credited to your last payment. Please note any requests received after tryouts for the new upcoming season will not be processed.