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The Lemon Leaf Cafe
- 653 W. Lancaster Blvd
- Lancaster, CA 93534
- Phone: (661) 942-6500
Open since 2006, The Lemon Leaf continually strives to provide an ideal upscale casual environment while serving fresh, clean food. Inspired by the owner's Greek and Italian roots and meshed with Southern California sensibility, our menu ranges from the lighter fare of salads and wraps to heartier grilled meals of salmon and steak. And our pizza is a favorite of both younger and older guests alike! After the meal, we invite you to check out our pastry case, which is packed with Lemon Leaf Signature home-style desserts.
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Yup I hear that!!! Strong work there, though!Clar-i-ty wrote:Which reminds me of my decompression camping trip last year.MyDearFriend wrote:Yeah, I think I would just as soon stumble to the JOTS as fumble with a jug and then empty it etc.Clar-i-ty wrote:Personally I don't generally use them...I'm generally fortunate enough to be close but not too close to the JOTS.
That said my thought is something with a large opening but a handle.
My aim just ain't what it use to be.
Having emptied uncounted thousands of urinal jugs over the past 30+ years, I am grateful to be able to manage without one, frankly.
But, knowing that I don't know what I don't know, I will bring a jug and hope I never need it.
I got to the camp site late, didn't have dinner then drank Sailor Jerry's later into the night, which resulted in a 2:30AM frantic stumble to the outhouse in which I tripped over the parking pillars, and still managed to hold my bladder as I tumbled down a moderate grade. I credit years of training from the Playa.
Pee jug would have been good then.
I tend to plan ahead real good for my moments of impaired judgement, but for some reason, when push comes to shove...

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- Jan. 5, 2016
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with food waste could see a 10-fold net reduction by implementing the cold chain in developing countries
Making a bold declaration at its World Cold Chain Summit to Reduce Food Waste in Singapore last month, Carrier, a world leader in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, delivered a call to action to begin "The Age of Food Efficiency." The conference, which was held for the first time in Asia, convened 131 delegates from 33 nations, including global leaders in the supply chain private sector, academia, and government to discuss and develop scalable, sustainable solutions to expand and improve the cold chain to reduce food loss and waste. Carrier is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
Keynote speakers at the two-day conference included Dr. Joseph Mpagalile, Agro-food Industries officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Didier Coulomb, general director of the International Institute of Refrigeration; and Clementine O'Connor, sustainable food systems consultant, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
Top takeaways from the Summit include:
"One third or more of the food we produce each year is never eaten, yet more than 50 percent of the wasted food can have its shelf life extended by the cold chain," said David Appel, president, Carrier Transicold & Refrigeration Systems. "Only 10 percent of worldwide perishable foods are refrigerated today, so there is immense opportunity to cut food waste and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions by implementing or improving the cold chain. As a leader in high-technology refrigeration solutions, Carrier actively contributes to the development of the cold chain by providing a communication platform, like this Summit, where all stakeholders have the opportunity to share, learn and build sustainable cold chain solutions to reduce food waste."
Also at the event, Carrier presented a donation of $10,000 to ZeroWasteSG, a not-for-profit and non-government organization in Singapore dedicated to eliminating the concept of waste, to help promote its "Save Food, Cut Waste" campaign.
"We know there are many reasons why food is lost or wasted – but among them is the lack of or the underdevelopment of the cold chain," said John Mandyck, UTC Chief Sustainability Officer and co-author of Food Foolish: The Hidden Connection Between Food Waste, Hunger and Climate Change. "Refrigeration is the best technology to ensure food safety for perishable goods and prolong its shelf life. That's why this Summit is so important, as it helps connect a global dialogue on how we can sustainably grow the cold chain – which in turn, can reduce food waste and feed a growing population with fresh foods containing necessary micronutrients for good health and development."
"Over the last 20 years," Mandyck added, "we've experienced the 'Age of Energy Efficiency,' taking the same power base and spreading it more efficiently to urbanize in a sustainable manner. Energy efficiency has gone far, with more to go. It is now time for the 'Age of Food Efficiency,' using the same food supply base that produces enough to feed 10 billion people – enough for those on the planet today and enough for those that will join us in 2050 -- and in the process avoid more production and environmental emissions that come with it. The potential to extend food supplies, with the help of an improved green cold chain, is extraordinary."
To review the full transcript from the Summit, visit NaturalLeader.com. Learn more about reducing food waste by following @SmartColdChain on Twitter or visiting Carrier.com.
About Carrier
Founded by the inventor of modern air conditioning, Carrier is the world's leader in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions. Carrier experts provide sustainable solutions, integrating energy-efficient products, building controls and energy services for residential, commercial, retail, transport and food service customers. Carrier is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp., a leading provider to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide. For more information, visit www.carrier.com or follow @SmartColdChain on Twitter.
David Appel, president, Carrier Transicold & Refrigeration Systems, addresses the World Cold Chain Summit in Singapore.
Delegates representing 33 countries attended Carrier's 2nd World Cold Chain Summit to Reduce Food Waste.
Carrier check presentation to Zero Waste SG founder and director, Eugene Tay. (L-r) John Mandyck, UTC Chief Sustainability Officer, Eugene Tay, David Appel, president, Carrier Transicold & Refrigeration Systems, Chiou Fun Sin, president, Carrier Transicold Global Container Refrigeration.
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text: The key principle of ethical living is taking responsibility for oneself and not putting a burden on others. By Knight Kiplinger, Editor Emeritus May 4, 2012 Q. I have a 32-year-old friend -- single, healthy, earning a good salary -- who doesn't have employer health insurance and declines to buy his own. He thinks it's unlikely he'll need expensive care, and he calls the new individual insurance mandate an infringement on his liberty. Is his position ethical? The Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of the health care law's mandate, but to me, the key principle of ethical living is taking responsibility for oneself and not putting a burden on others. SEE ALSO: The Money and Ethics Quiz The vast majority of people -- including your friend -- would never be able to pay out-of-pocket for a very expensive medical need. So the cost would fall on someone else -- family members, friends, unreimbursed doctors and hospitals, or taxpayers and fellow citizens who have been paying for insurance long before a need arose. Advertisement Only the rich -- those able to pay personally for an organ transplant, very premature baby or $100,000-a-year miracle drug -- can ethically choose to go naked on health insurance. Hospitals have long been required by law (and motivated by medical ethics) to provide emergency care to everyone who comes through their doors, regardless of insurance. I don't hear that mandate being challenged. Similarly, polls show that some people who oppose an individual mandate also approve of the government's plan to force insurers to accept new customers with a preexisting health problem. That seems ethically inconsistent. In the absence of an individual mandate, many people would simply wait until they get really sick to start paying into an insurance pool that has to take them. With some restrictions, their near-term medical costs would be covered by the premiums of more-responsible citizens who had been contributing to the system for a long time. Advertisement There is ethical symmetry -- as well as economic sense -- to a health care system into which everyone must be accepted and to which everyone who is financially able to contribute is required to do so. Have a money-and-ethics question you'd like answered in this column? Write to editor in chief Knight Kiplinger at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect
One of my all-time favorite Christmas books that helps bring the focus back where it's supposed to be~your whole family will love it.
Little Women Soundtrack
I listen to this soundtrack all year around. Thomas Newman is a musical genius: I love the whole thing~it is cozy, comfy, and beautiful. You can listen to a preview here.
Lindt Truffles=divine.
I especially love the white chocolate, but they are all delectable, rich, and smooth as silk.
My neighbors asked for one thing this year for their birthday. "I want you to bring me a batch of your breadsticks!"
Shhhh...they're not mine, but they don't have to know that, right? ;)
I dare you to bathe your kids with this and try not to kiss them afterward when they are in their snuggly pajamas.
My college roommate (Dani!) introduced Loreal Voluminous mascara to me and I've been using it since. Never found anything better, but waterproof is a must for me:
Wet & Wild 666 lip liner: I've been using this baby since high school! I've seen it featured in numerous magazines, most recently in Good Housekeeping: "This fabulous neutral works on everyone. And at 99 cents, it's a steal." —Maria Verel, makeup artist, New York City
I line my lips with it, put on some soft lips chapstick, and I'm good to go:
It smells like Christmas~there is no other way to describe it. People walk into my home during the holidays and instantly want to know what it is they smell and where I got it. I try to tell them that it's the natural smell of my home, but they don't buy it :) The stores around me are always sold out, but you can buy it online as well.
Oprah had this on her 2002 favorite things show, and I think it's the only thing I've ever been able to afford off of her list. I lost my first one and got another~it's a perfect, classic watch that can be worn with anything. I love it and love that Chico's still makes it. ($40)
And last, but certainly not least, the best movie ever:
Okay, now it's your turn! Can't wait to see what you have on your list.
*please no self promotion, or pushing things you would make money on. Share things you have tried and love, and that you would share with friends.
*link to your favorite things post, not your general blog address.
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Rico Ramos vs. Oscar Gonzalez this Friday, April 12th in Shelton, Washington
ESPN Deportes and SportsCenter to Cover Donaire vs. Rigondeaux
The April 12 edition of ESPN's Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will feature former Junior Featherweight titlist Rico "Suavecito" Ramos (21-2, 11 KOs) and Oscar "Fantasma" Gonzalez (17-2, 3 NSF, 13 KOs) in the 10-round Featherweight main event. Friday's show from the Little Creek Casino in Shelton, Wash., will air live at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2 HD, ESPN Deportes+ and WatchESPN and later televised Saturday April 13, at 2:30 a.m. on ESPNEWS and 8 p.m. on ESPN Deportes. The card is promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions.
Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas will be ringside describing the action for ESPN2 HD, while studio host Todd Grisham (@GrishamESPN) will provide the latest boxing news and highlights. Alex Pombo and Delvin Rodriguez will call this week's fights for ESPN Deportes' Viernes de Combates (Friday Night Fights) with Leopoldo Gonzalez and Pablo Viruega in the studio. Bilingual reporter Bernardo Osuna (@osunaespn) will report from New York where Nonito Donaire (31-1, 20 KOs) will meet Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KOs) for the Junior Featherweight Championship on Saturday night.
Main Event:
Los Angeles' Ramos, who won the Junior Featherweight title in 2011, is coming off a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Ronny Rios.
"Since my last fight, I feel like I've got to start coming back even harder than before." Ramos said. "I've got to start showing everybody that I'm better. I can't wait to get back into the ring and get back to my boxing style and winning ways. I know I have the skills, talent and determination to take my career back to the world championship level."
Mexico's Gonzalez, promoted by former four-time titleholder Erik Morales, is looking to rebound from a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Raul Hirales.
"I know Rico Ramos is a tough fighter," Gonzalez said. "We know he is a former champion and considered one of the best at 122 pounds, but I am confident that I have the talent and ability to beat him."
Friday's eight-round co-feature will pit Super Middleweights Farah "Quiet Storm" Ennis (20-1, 12 KOs) of Pennsylvania against Francisco "Panchito" Sierra (25-7-1, 22 KOs) of Mexico. Ennis scored a 10-round unanimous decision win over Richard Pierson in his last fight, while Sierra is looking to rebound from a 10-round majority decision loss to Marco Antonio Periban.
Opening Fight:
Friday's card will open with a four-round Junior Middleweight bout between undefeated 2012 Mexican Olympic team Welterweight Oscar Molina (2-0, 1 KO) and Daryl Gardner (1-1, 1 KO). Molina is the identical twin brother of 2008 U.S. Olympian Javier Molina and younger brother of Lightweight contender Carlos Molina.
ESPN Deportes and SportsCenter to Cover Donaire vs. Rigondeaux:
Gonzalez and Osuna are in New York providing pre-fight coverage of the Donaire- Rigondeaux fight for ESPN Deportes' Golpe a Golpe, SportsCenter and ESPN.com.
The bout will mark just the second time boxing has taken place at Radio City Music Hall, and will be televised on HBO Championship Boxing at 11 p.m.
ESPN's coverage will include Tuesday's media workouts, interviews with both fighters and trainers, and Friday's weigh-in. Golpe a Golpe's Viruega, Gonzalez, Osuna and Rodriguez will present a pre-fight special Saturday at 10 p.m. featuring fighter arrivals, highlights from their biggest fights, interviews and locker room look-ins. Post-fight coverage will include a 2 a.m. Golpe a Golpe with highlights, analysis and English and Spanish in-ring interviews by Osuna for ESPN Deportes and SportsCenter.
Follow ESPN's Friday Night Fights on Twitter @ESPNFNF or like it on Facebook. Follow ESPN Deportes' Viernes de Combates on Twitter @ESPNBoxeo.


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What Does Organic Mean?
What Does Certified Organic Mean?
Who is Quality Assurance International?
When did Rishi Tea become an Organic Certified vendor?
What does the Organic certification process entail?
What about Food Safety?
Are all Organic products the same?
Are products labeled "All Natural" also Organic?
How does certification happen at origin?
How do I know it's really Organic?
Can all tea products be made Organic?
Can you recommend some further reading?
Rishi Tea's Organic FAQs
Why Organic?
The short of it: Organic has more of what we want, and less of what we don't want.
The long of it: Organic foods often taste better because they are truer to the natural state of the agricultural product. Their production offers a wide variety of benefits for us, as well as for the environment, through the use of earth-friendly agricultural practices.
We care about the well-being of those involved in the tea making process. By offering organic teas, we are promoting the health of farmers as well as their land. Sustainable practices such as those implemented by organic agriculture will enable the next generation of tea lovers to enjoy natural, true-tasting tea.
Health & Environment
Generally, organic foods are richer in nutrients derived from the healthy soil in which they are grown. Conversely, conventionally farmed foods are sprayed with pesticides (often associated with health risks from asthma to cancer) that disrupt the soil's natural balance. Organic farming replenishes soil fertility without the use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers, instead using natural methods to control pests, weeds and disease. When you buy organic, you're reducing the chances of your food containing harmful chemicals, while simultaneously promoting ecological well-being. Reducing the use of toxic chemicals will help prevent the pollution of our soil, air, water and food supply.
Genetic Engineering
Organic products are free from genetic modifications - a relatively new food technology that is still in the process of being understood. If you're like us, the idea of genetically modifying the makeup of your food is unsettling; let's keep it natural.
Read more about organic farming and the environment here:
The term Organic describes both how an agricultural product is grown and processed. An organic product is free of chemicals, antibiotics, synthetic hormones, genetic modifications, and field use of sewage sludge as fertilizer. It is also minimally processed without artificial ingredients, preservatives, or irradiation. These practices maintain the integrity of the food, preserve ecological harmony and promote biodiversity.
Learn more at: www.ota.com
What does Certified Organic mean?
"Certified Organic" means a third-party certifying organization accredited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has verified that a product meets the standards established by the National Organic Program (NOP). This program was created by the USDA in 2002. The NOP regulates all aspects of organic food production, including handling, labeling, processing, delivery and retail sale. It also accredits state agencies and private organizations to inspect and certify organic facilities.
To learn more about the NOP and its regulations, visit: www.ams.usda.gov
Who is Quality Assurance International?
The USDA requires that a third-party certifier inspect the production and handling of organic products.
Rishi Tea is certified through Quality Assurance International (QAI), an independent, organic-focused organization established in 1989. QAI, like Rishi Tea, is committed to organic integrity. QAI was one of the first USDA-accredited certifiers. The QAI and USDA logos found on our organic teas ensure Rishi's utmost compliance.
Learn more at: www.qai-inc.com
When did Rishi Tea become Organic Certified
Rishi Tea was among the first importers to receive organic certification under the NOP standards in 2002. Prior to the enactment of the NOP, Rishi Tea offered Certified Organic teas according to the standards of the EU organic program.
What does the Organic certification process entail?
In order to use the USDA's Organic seal on organic products, the producer must be a Certified Organic handler. All practices pertaining to their organic products must be thoroughly documented and transparent. Auditors visit Rishi Tea's facility on an annual basis to renew our organic certification. During their visits, they evaluate sanitation, record-keeping procedures, certificates, purchase orders, receiving logs, and storage procedures. Auditors also require documentation to be given for all segments of the supply chain – every point the tea passes through from the farm to facility.
What about Food Safety?
In addition to our love for organics, Rishi Tea commits to providing the safest and highest quality teas to our customers. We hold a Certificate of Achievement through AIB International - a food safety certifier that conducts rigorous yearly audits inspecting our policies, cleaning procedures, facilities, production and storage areas, maintenance, operational methods and personnel practices.
Learn more at www.aibonline.org
Are all Organic products the same?
No, not all organic products are the same. There are different categories of organic. In order to display the USDA Organic seal, a product must be at least 95% organic; that is, at least 95 percent of the ingredients used must be organic. The remaining 5% cannot include ingredients that are artificial, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), irradiated or grown in fields where sewage sludge is used as fertilizer. But they can include conventional (non-organic) items, only if an organic option for that product is not commercially available. Rishi Tea proudly offers many 100% organic teas.
Products that contain at least 70% certified organic ingredients may use the phrase "Made with organic ingredients," but may not display the USDA Organic seal on their package. Rishi Tea does not currently offer any products in this category. Always consult the printed list of ingredients to determine the organic makeup of a product.
For more information about organic labeling, visit: www.ams.usda.gov/
Are products labeled "All Natural" also Organic?
A food labeled "natural" does not mean it is organic. As regulated by the USDA, the use of the term "All Natural" only applies to the production (not farming) of meat, poultry and eggs. For other products, this term legally does not guarantee anything under the USDA.
It should also be noted that the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has not developed a definition for 'natural' or its derivatives. However, the agency does not object to the use of the term, provided the food does not contain added color, artificial flavors or synthetic substances. To be sure, always check the ingredients list and look for the listing of Certified Organic ingredients.
How does certification happen at origin?
Rishi Tea works with numerous organic tea gardens throughout Asia to produce our award-winning organic teas. Our teas and ingredients are initially Certified Organic at origin; they undergo on-site inspections from third-party organizations similar to audits conducted by QAI in the U.S. Most of our Chinese teas become Certified Organic at origin by Swiss IMO. This organization is accredited to certify by both European Union standards as well as the USDA's NOP.
In 2012, the U.S. and the EU announced an organic equivalency arrangement. This means that, as long as specified terms are met, organic products certified to the USDA or EU organic standards may be labeled and sold as Certified Organic in both countries/member nations.
For more information about U.S. and EU organic equivalency, visit: http://www.ota.com/GlobalMarkets/US-EU-Organic-Equivalence-Arrangement.html/
How do I know it's really Organic?
You can be confident that our teas are organic when you see the USDA seal of approval and QAI logo. Organic food production is the most regulated food production system in the world. The organic process from seed to store must be both transparent and traceable.
In addition, throughout the year, Rishi Tea spends a great amount of time at origin, visiting the tea farms, the tea facilities, and building and maintaining strong relationships with tea farmers. Our consistent visits to the tea gardens with whom we directly work allow us to witness, firsthand, the tea growing and handling process. Rishi Tea proudly offers the best organic teas available.
Can all tea products be made Organic?
Rishi Tea offers organic products whenever feasibly possible. However, Certified Organic farms do not exist in all regions where we source tea. For example, the USDA-NOP and its accredited certifiers do not currently operate in some of our favorite tea growing areas in Japan and Taiwan. We believe these exceptional teas still warrant a place in our menu due to their historic importance and overall quality (such as authentic shade-grown Gyokuro green tea from Japan or Dancong oolongs from the rare tea trees of Phoenix Mountain, China). Our non-organic teas will always meet our strict quality tasting and constant evaluation checks.
The reality is some of the finest teas in the world, produced in centuries-old artisan fashion, come from farms that grow "organically" and responsibly, but are not able to become Certified Organic. This could be due to expense - the farm itself must pay for the certification and inspections, as well as anything that has to be done to the land to earn compliance - or lack of availability of the program in that area. Further, in some areas where Certified Organic teas are available, the quality is just not to our standards. Tea farming is very demanding and skilled work; organic farmers need to employ true ingenuity and understanding of flavor to achieve results that are above and beyond the conventional standard. It's worth noting organic certification does not guarantee flavor quality, as the certifying agencies do not evaluate and taste the teas on that level.
At Rishi Tea, we only offer Certified Organic teas when they're the very best available. Similarly, we only offer conventional teas when they are of exceptional quality and simply not available in organic form. We would never sell a tea we wouldn't love to drink ourselves.
I'd like to learn more about the Organic movement. Can you recommend some further reading?


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We've been waiting and waiting for the infamous Lizard-in-the-lab-coat shot from Marc Webb's Amazing Spider-Man. Behold the angry face and claws of The Lizard — formerly Dr. Curt Connors — and check out the spoileriffic things he's doing to an innocent bystander.
Looks like the man in The Lizard's clutches is turning green and getting claw fingers as well. Is this the first of The Lizard's much rumored Lizard People Army? But do we like that The Lizard is turning people of New York City into reptiles? Does that fit in with Webb's new sarcastic, sad teenaged Peter Parker? We'll see come July 3:
Like most teenagers his age, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. In his journey to put the pieces of his past together he uncovers a secret his father held…a secret that will ultimately shape his destiny as Spider-Man. This is the first in a series of movies that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story.


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Welcome to CAPECO
The Community Action Program of East Central Oregon (CAPECO) was incorporated in October 1987 and serves Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler, Sherman, Wasco, and Hood River counties.
CAPECO's Mission Statement: Assisting people to become independent, healthy and safe.
CAPECO envisions the success of every youth, adult and senior to eliminate poverty and promote independence through education, employment, and the sharing of resources that move individuals from surviving to thriving.
Our Core Values include:
CAPECO offers many services throughout our seven county regions… please take time to check out our website for more information!
CAPECO is the Eastern Oregon Regional Housing Center
We provide information, education and resource referral for low to moderate income individuals and families who are interested in pursuing home ownership. We can connect individuals and families to mortgage and down payment resources as well as provide training and counsel to assist in the decision of owning a home.
CAPECO is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available to persons with disabilities and limited English upon request. Persons with speech or hearing difficulties may call our TTY at (541) 278-5689.
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W.overbeek necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 435 diseños de 83 diseñadores freelance.
M'praktijk is a Dutch practise located in a health centre where excercisetherapists and physiotherapists are treating people of all ages with physical problems caused by illness, ageing or accident.
We believe that an active lifestyle prevents physical problems and beside treating clients, we became more and more coaches to help cliënts to change there way of life to a higher level of health and well-being.
Next to our core business treatment and rehabilitation, we developed lifestylprograms for health promotion and preventive healthcare.
The target audience is twofold: doctors who send the patiënt to the practise to treat them, and cliënts who wants to change their lifestyle. In both situaties we offer them an active treathment and we work together on their health and well-being issues. The ideal cliënt is willing tot take responsibility in achieving results.
The logo must be strong, simple, clear, active and modern. It express the following message: be active and improve your quality of life by changing today.
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A good rule of thumb is that whenever you use a properly spelled word that a spell-check program doesn't recognize, you should probably go back and rewrite the sentence containing it.
This time, however, I decided to make an exception because the word "reductiveness" perfectly fits the economic state of affairs in the world's largest emerging markets, famously dubbed BRICs. The editor who had pitched the story asked me if the BRIC term was "dangerously reductive" because I had something to say on the matter in June. My answer: "still hopelessly so."
The BRIC economies are somewhat interconnected as the world economy gets more closely integrated after decades of globalization, but major differences remain among them.
Russia, with an estimated 2012 GDP per capita of $14,246, is a commodity-driven market, while China is an export powerhouse with a GDP per capita of $5,899. India is a domestic-demand story unlike the other BRICs, where exports of manufactured goods or commodities contribute a significantly smaller relative part of GDP. Finally, Brazil is more balanced than Russia with respect to its otherwise large soft- and hard-commodity exports. Also, Brazil is much more developed than India with estimated 2012 GDP per capita of $12,465, while India is at $1,455.
Let's take a look at these four as the individual markets they really are.Russia
While Russian equities have enjoyed a nice rebound since their June lows, their direction is still likely to be decided by oil prices, which have weakened somewhat in the past two weeks. The U.S. Energy Department reported that American crude production rose 11,000 barrels a day to 6.52 million last week — the most since December 1996 — while total fuel demand fell 0.3% to 18.3 million barrels a day in the four weeks ended Sept. 28. Falling demand and rising output generally is a recipe for lower prices.
Even though Russia is geared toward European and emerging-market demand — where the Brent crude benchmark trades with a near $20 premium per barrel over the U.S. West Texas Intermediate benchmark — oil is fungible, and Brent and WTI affect each other. Since Chinese data have been weakening marginally all year and European economic data has been showing a more decisive similar trend, more oil price weakness is likely in a seasonally slow fourth quarter.
Russian large- and small-caps, investible via ETFs like Market Vectors Russia ETF RSX, +0.74% and Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF RSXJ, +0.31%, remain the cheapest in the BRIC universe, with P/Es of 6.5 and 5.4, respectively, and both trading at notable discounts to book value. Unless the oft-cited but slow-coming rebalancing of the Russian economy shifts it more toward services, I believe those depressed relative valuations to the rest of the BRICs will remain in place.China
Some say the magnitude of the Chinese slowdown is better gauged via electricity or commodity demand because the data there are more reliable. On the commodities front, there was news that Australia — a major Chinese trading partner — had its worst trade numbers in more than four years in August. Australia's trade deficit came in at A$2 billion, almost three times larger than consensus estimates, as weakening Asian demand for resources was a major factor.
Australia's exports fell 3.3% in August to A$24.6 billion for a third consecutive month as iron ore exports fell by A$500 million and coal exports fell by A$400 million. Australian exports are 12% lower than last year, which is their worst annual decline since early 2010.
The iron ore issue will be big for Australia because Chinese demand is weakening as supply is increasing. Since 2004, China has spent an average 8% of GDP on steel, or 16 times higher than the average U.S. rate.
It's typical for industrializing economies to have natural resource-intensive growth, yet an industrializing economy of such massive size relative to world GDP like China hasn't shown a significant slowdown in a long time. The magnitude of the price decline in iron ore is yet unknowable. In this environment, one should be careful with more cyclical China-geared companies like iron ore and coal producers, both on and off the Mainland.Brazil
The Brazilian economy has decelerated to a near-crawl of 0.5% GDP annualized growth in the latest quarter, partially due to consumer spending fatigue and partially due to the slowdown in China and the situation in Europe.
This has caused the central bank to cut the policy SELIC rate to a record low of 7.5%, while the inflation rate is not at a low for the new "hard" version of the Brazilian currency, the real. This has pressured the Brazilian currency somewhat because the country no longer enjoys the record adjusted-for-inflation interest rates that made reals such a standout performer.
Brazilian consumer and corporate loan rates (which are multiples higher than the SELIC policy rate) are near a record low — consumer loans at 35.6% and corporate loans at 23.1% — while default rates are elevated at a three-year high. The consumer default rate in August was 7.9%, while the corporate loan default rate rose to 4.1% from 4% a month ago.
This looks like a situation where consumer spending fatigue is ongoing, and that may keep pressuring Brazilian banks, which trade at depressed book value multiples compared with a couple of years ago, despite the obvious fat interest-rate margins.
Major financials like Itau Unibanco ITUB, -0.83%, Banco Bradesco BBD, -1.07% and Banco Santander (Brazil) BSBR, -0.72% trade at price/book multiples of 2, 1.8 and 0.9, respectively.India
I believe India holds the most BRIC promise because it's least developed on a GDP per-capita basis and is the least exposed to shocks from developed markets. It's also somewhat shielded from a potential shock from the bigger-than-anticipated slowdown in China, which is already affecting both Brazil and Russia via pressure on some commodity prices.
Not too many Indian ADRs are available for individual investors, but for long-term investors, the elevated valuation gap between small caps (cheap) and large caps (expensive) looks interesting. Indian small-caps investable via the Market Vectors India Small Cap Index ETF SCIF, +0.72% trade at a fraction of the P/E and price/book multiple of Indian large caps, investable via the iShares India Nifty 50 Index Fund INDY, -0.03%.
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Long Island MacArthur Airport will soon be home to a commercial radio station, town officials said.
At its regular meeting last week, the Islip Town Board approved several agenda items affecting the Ronkonkoma airport, including one that will allow Supervisor Tom Croci to enter into a contract with JVC Broadcasting to host a 24-hour radio station in an empty baggage services office in the airport's main terminal.
Airport Commissioner Robert Schaefer said JVC Broadcasting would be offered a five-year license agreement with a five-year renewal option. He said the station is scheduled to air by Labor Day.
"I'm trying to get activity into the airport," Schaefer said. "I want people to come into the airport even though they're not flying."
The town board also approved airport maintenance and improvement resolutions at its meeting. The board voted to authorize a $30,000 contract with Holbrook-based Savik & Murray, LLP to remove trees from around runaways.
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BMW with iPod to hit Europe 'this autumn'
BMW and Apple have announced they will be bringing their pairing to Europe from this year, with new iPod-compatible Beemers that will let drivers flick between songs without taking their hands from their steering wheels.
The cars will connect to the iPod, with drivers able to charge up their music players or listen to songs on their iPod through the car stereo, with the iPods designed to sit in the BMW's glove box.
For the BMW X3, X5, 3 Series and Z4, the steering wheel will come with an iPod control built in, based on the familiar interface from car CD players. Other BMW models will be able to recharge an iPod and connect it to the car's stereo but won't come equipped with the steering wheel control.
The iPod-BMW tie-up has already gone down well in the US. North America has been able to get hold of the iPod-compatible model 5 from July and an Apple spokesman said there's still a six-week waiting list over the Atlantic for the cars.
BMW isn't the first car manufacturer to bring iPod-friendly models this side of the pond. Smart cars made by Mercedes have been available with iPod functionality in Germany since this June.
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In this section, you will expand your understanding of comprehension and response by comparing the ideas from the workshop video with passages from various publications. Read and respond to the ideas presented as they relate to your own teaching practices.
In the past, primary grade instruction focused on the development of phonics and word-recognition skills. Educators believed that comprehension would follow when children were older and knew how to read words. We now know that comprehension and response to reading is an important part of emergent and beginning literacy instruction in K-2 classrooms.
Read the following passage from Fostering Reading Comprehension by Gambrell and Dromsky. Consider it with respect to your own teaching philosophy and experiences.
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Today, teaching comprehension in the early grades is crucial. Dr. Paratore's lecture and the article you read in the Session Preparation, Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension by Duke and Pearson, outline the basic comprehension strategies used by proficient readers.
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G-Force Kickboxing (The attached files are my current logos to give you an idea of what I like.)
John Graden Career
2008 – Author, The Impostor Syndrome: How to Replace Self-Doubt with Self-Confidence and Train Your Brain for Success
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2003 – Author, The Truth About the Martial Arts Business
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Age 14 - 55 male and female. 80% of the audience is female, so this logo has to appeal to both genders. It can't be intimidating, macho or seem like it's a "guy thing." It will be used on video, apparel, equipment in health clubs and martial arts schools.
I want an athletic look that may hint at Asian roots but that's not required. Think of a sports team logo. Exciting, powerful, in motion and creates a sense that we are larger than we are. BIGNESS!
I'm launching a brand that plays off on my last name Graden. The G-Force element has to be consistent, but the
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The girlfriend of a Kansas City barber who was slain in his Troost Avenue barbershop Tuesday said his death was a too-familiar tragedy.
Latasha Turner said she was a baby when her mother was a murder victim. Her uncles were also killed years ago. She says she's left to deal with the latest death and to explain to her 4-year-old son why his father is never coming back.
"They left my baby for dead," she said. "They left him hanging and it's not fair. It's not fair at all."
A day after Darrell Williams, 40, was found dead in his shop, Turner said the reality still hasn't sunk in.
"It's just hard. I can't believe it. I can't believe it all," she said.
Police said no one called to report hearing gunshots in the area. They have not released any details about a possible motive. Turner said the lack of clues just doesn't make sense.
"I just don't believe that," she said. "Every time I'm up there, someone's up there. Someone's around there. I don't believe at all (no one) saw something."
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(Reuters) - Oregon voters will likely face two questions about gay marriage when they go to the ballot this year: whether to become the 18th state to let same-sex couples wed, and whether the state should be the first to allow florists, cake makers and others to refuse to participate in these weddings on religious grounds.
The ballot initiatives set up what some activists have said is the next frontier in the marriage debate - as more states move to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples, those who object on religious grounds want a legal right to opt out.
"This is not a sideshow issue," said James Esseks of the American Civil Liberties Union, referring to the Oregon ballot initiative and the coming debate over religious exemption. "This is going to be the issue that we fight about for the next ten years, at least, in the (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights movement."
In Oregon and 20 other states, it is illegal to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation. The Oregon initiative, which is still awaiting formal approval and could face legal challenges, would create an exemption to that protection.
Several states are considering similar legislation. In South Dakota, a bill was introduced this month that would allow businesses to refuse same-sex wedding-related services.
Teresa Harke, whose group Friends of Religious Freedom proposed Oregon's religious exemption referendum, said that as the marriage debate continues, guarantees are needed to ensure those on both sides of the issue are treated fairly.
"We wanted to make sure that, no matter which way marriage is defined in Oregon, that folks who hold a view based on their faith that marriage is between one man and one woman are not going to be discriminated against or be silenced for declining to participate in same-sex weddings," she said.
Oregon pollster Tim Hibbitts said he expected a close vote on the marriage referendum but had not yet polled the religious exemption question.
Oregon's ballot initiative was inspired by an incident last year when Sweet Cakes by Melissa, a bakery in the Portland suburb of Gresham, refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple because of the owners' objections to same-sex marriage.
The couple, Rachel Cryer and Laurel Bowman, filed a complaint and, in January, labor investigators ruled the bakery had violated Oregon's nondiscrimination law. Sweet Cakes, which was inundated with angry emails and phone calls, lost a significant amount of business and was forced to relocate.
Cryer and Bowman declined to be interviewed, as did Sweet Cakes' owners, Aaron and Melissa Klein.
"I think it just made everybody realize that there may not be the right protections in place," said Harke.
Similar cases have unfolded across the country. A florist in Washington state, a Colorado bakery and a New Jersey event space have all sited religious objections in refusing to provide service to same-sex wedding and partnership ceremonies.
Last August, New Mexico's highest court ruled an event photographer's refusal on religious grounds to shoot a same-sex couple's commitment ceremony amounted to illegal discrimination. The court likened Elane Photography's refusal to a company declining to photograph an interracial wedding.
"They want a special privilege and a special license to discriminate against gay people in business," said Esseks. He called religious exemptions a "Plan B" strategy to "carve out a space where gay people's equality does not affect the way these other folks live their daily lives."
But Jordan Lorence, a lawyer with the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom, who represents Elane Photography, said the First Amendment protects the right of people not to endorse messages with which they disagree.
"The right of conscience protects all Americans," he said.
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Butternut, Bacon, Spinach and Feta Pizza
Many of you know that I was a super-picky eater growing up. But one of my absolutely-positively-no-good-very-bad "foods" to avoid was….dum dum dum…crust. Oh my goodness. I avoided it like the plague, which happened to drive my Grandma Ebright crazy. The more I picked it off of my toast, my pizza, the bottom of my rolls, and the edge of my brownies…the more determined she became in her mission to convince me otherwise. We would have lengthy discussions about how the crust was made from the "same ingredients" as the yummy, soft center of my toast. And of course about how it was "never good to waste food". She even persuaded a gullible, straight-haired little me that eating crust would make my hair curly! (Which briefly "worked", until a question to my hairdresser set the record straight!)
Thankfully, the pendulum eventually swung, and I became a total crust-loving foodie. And Grandma's disapproving looks eventually turned to amusement at family gatherings as she watched me choose the end of a loaf of bread, or finish off entire pieces of pizza, or even (gasp!) show her pages from my food blog. I still think of her every time I bite into a slice of toast though. :) Love and miss her.
Athenos (the maker of some rockin' feta) has recently introduced a new grandma character of their own — Yia Yia. She's the quintessential traditional Greek grandmother who's not always the most approving, but her love for family and the quality, simple, fresh ingredients in Athenos is strong. Which totally rang true when I used their feta in this a-mazing autumn pizza. It combines the butternut squash and bacon combination I used in one of my favorite pasta recipes with some fresh spinach, red onions, and yummy feta. And holy cow. I took some to the guys in my band to taste-test, and even they (who called it a "girly" pizza before trying it) gave it a big thumbs up. No sauce or herbs needed. The ingredients make this pizza fantastic….crust and all. :)
So in honor of Yia Yia and my grandma (who nurtured and set the example in our family of an incredible love of reading!), we are giving away one $50 Amazon gift certificate this week. You can use it to buy a pizza stone, cookbooks, music for dancing in the kitchen, or even a pro-crust brownie pan…you name it! The winner will also receive coupons for free Athenos feta, and a fantastic serving platter and utensils. Read below for details and enter to win!
***This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, KellyBeth!***
Butternut, Bacon, Spinach & Feta Pizza
You will love this delicious Butternut, Bacon, Spinach and Feta Pizza recipe! It's comforting, delicious, flavorful and easy to prepare.
- 1 butternut squash, peeled, cored and diced into 1/2″ cubes
- 1 small red onion, peeled and quartered
- 4 Tbsp. olive oil
- kosher salt and freshly-ground black pepper
- 1 medium pizza crust
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 2 cups loosely-packed baby spinach
- 6 slices lean bacon, cooked and diced into 1/2″ pieces
- 1/3 cup crumbled ATHENOS feta cheese
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). In a large bowl, toss together the butternut squash, onion, and 2 tablespoons olive oil, then spread the mixture in a single layer on a baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for about 30 minutes, stirring and turning the vegetables about halfway through.
Brush the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil over the top of the pizza crust. Leaving a 1″ border for crust, toss the Mozzarella cheese evenly over the center of the crust. Layer with spinach, then bacon, and the squash/onion mixture (breaking up the onions if needed). Then sprinkle the top with feta cheese.
Bake pizza according to recipe/package instructions. Or bake for 10-12 minutes, until crust is slightly golden and the Mozzarella is melted. Slice and serve immediately.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
Ali's Tip:
If butternut squash is not in season, this would also be delicious with sweet potatoes!
$50 Amazon Gift Certificate Giveaway
Giveaway Prizes:
- $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com
- Serving platter and serving utensils
- 5 free coupons for ATHENOS feta
Entry requirements:
How to Enter: Leave a comment on this page mentioning a story about a favorite Yia-Yia figure in your life, or your favorite way to use ATHENOS feta cheese.
Required: You must include your email address in the comment form. I will need it to contact you should you win.
Deadline: October 10, 2011 at 11:59pm Central Time
2 Opportunities for extra entries:
- Twitter: Copy this exact text into a tweet, and then post a link to your tweet in a comment below — "Enter to win a $50 Amazon gift certificate from @athenos at @gimmesomeoven this week! http://bit.ly/o4AZMA #giveaway #recipes
- Facebook: "Like" Gimme Some Oven on Facebook, and leave a comment here saying you have done so.
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The Fine Print: No purchase necessary to enter. Winner will be selected at random by Gimme Some Oven using Random.org. Entries that do not follow the entry requirements will not be considered. Winners will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to confirm receipt of the email. If the winners do not reply within 48 hours, another winner(s) will be selected. Giveaways will be mailed to the winners' address. This post is sponsored by Athenos. Kraft Foods is providing the prizes for this program at no cost to me. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments toward Athenos products. This program is not administered or sponsored by Kraft Foods or its affiliates, but solely by Gimme Some Oven.
***This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, KellyBeth!***
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I love feta on my greek pasta salad!
My favorite way to use feta is definitely on grilled veggie pizza. The salty bite goes perfectly and no sauce is needed. We just brush the crust with garlic oil. Yum!
I love to use feta on a roasted winter vegetable salad with roasted butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and parsnips. I top it with 1 T of Dijon mustard, chili flakes, toasted walnuts, and, of course, some feta. It is delicious.
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
I love ATHENOS feta in sweet potato quesadillas!
I love it on my salads!!!
My favorite way to use feta is Baked Shrimp and Feta with oregano and mint over orzo!
I love making homemade pizza and like to sprinkle Athenos feta cheese on it along with olives and tomatoes. Makes it a tasty Greek pizza! :)
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The start of November marks the start of winter visitors arriving in central Arizona's Valley.
Among the early arrivals, Mary Lange, who was found this week lounging by the pool at the Desarama RV Park in Mesa, according to KTAR-TV, Phoenix.
"Feels pretty darn good. It's about 86 degrees here, very nice," Lange said.
She comes to Arizona from Iowa the last week of October each year and stays until the last week of April.
A survey by the Arizona Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds indicates many parks are seeing more business this year. The Towerpoint and Good Life RV Resorts in Mesa said winter reservations are up 15%.
However, the Shangri-la Resort in Yuma said things are about the same as last year, and the Rincon Resort in Tucson expects a slight decline.
Lange believes people are coming. She said there were "a lot of travel trailers, a lot of motorhomes already on the road the second weekend in October," when she was traveling.
Nancy Lou Fiumidinisi runs the Deserama RV Park and has been getting ready for the "Snow Birds" to return.
She said workers "have painted the clubhouse inside, the restrooms, resurfaced the pool. A new sign out front has been fixed."
Fiumidinisi has a "Welcome Back" banner draped across the front entrance.
"From what I've heard from some of the residents who are coming to their home here for the winter, they said Interstate 40 was loaded with RVs headed this way," Fiumidinisi said.
Lange keeps busy during her winter vacation.
"I work for Wal-Mart. I transfer down here, work down here for six months and work back up North for six months," she said.
She believes she has the best of both worlds: "I can have the summers up home and the winters down here."
Meanwhile, Valley hotels are hoping for a better winter.
"We are cautiously optimistic," said Kristin Jarnagin with the Arizona Hotel and Lodging Association, although she said, "The most recent numbers we have, from September year-to-date, they show we're still about 15% down in occupancy and about 30% down in revenue."
Revenue is down because of discounted rates, she said.
She believes the worst is over and things have started to stabilize.
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Location: Centre for General Linguistics, Berlin, Germany
Date: 11.-13.3.2012
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Telling others about complex events, impressions, and thoughts in a coherent manner is a very demanding task for children up to their teenage years, and, though less obvious, understanding complex texts produced by others is just as demanding. The richness, diversity, and complexity of the pragmatic and linguistic devices that have to be followed in order to produce and comprehend a coherent discourse make this arguably one of the most challenging tasks in language acquisition. Children have to figure out the structure and content of the macro-parts, i.e. who is acting where and when, what happened and what follows from what happened. In addition, there is a broad range of linguistic means of discourse cohesion which are, at least partially, interacting with each other. Most of them are linked to pragmatic interpretations and to the internal non-linguistic knowledge and emotional states of the communication partner(s).
The conference will address the micro-level of discourse structure and present current research on the acquisition of the various phenomena that ensure coherence in discourse. In order to open our eyes to the complexity of the domain and the possible interactions between the diverse phenomena, we invite papers investigating children's development into discourse coherence from all angles and perspectives. Currently, the main body of research focuses on referential expressions with respect to e.g. the introduction and maintenance of referents, topic-sensitivity, and anaphoric capacity. More recently, the role of coherence relations expressed by different types of connectors and the impact of verb semantics in discourse continuation have become of interest. However, apart from the early studies from the 1980s, not much work has been done on time reference and tense/aspect chains in discourse. Little is known about the influence of epistemic, modal, and several other types of expressions. The same holds for the influence of context information, the impact of prosodic information, and the treatment of focus.
The conference provides the opportunity to discuss the broad range of discourse cohesive means and the methods of their investigation from different theoretical perspectives. We especially encourage the presentation of papers focusing on the following aspects:
Invited speakers
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ST. LOUIS — It was a rude homecoming for Josh Outman. The left-hander's return to St. Louis might be marked by a return to the bullpen. His spot in the rotation is in jeopardy after he tied a career-high with five walks in three innings, throwing more balls (36) than strikes (34) in the Rockies' 9-3 loss to the Cardinals on Monday.
"It was a comedy of mistakes," Outman said. "My mindset is the same — to attack the zone. I really think it's physical. I haven't been able to command my pitches. I am falling behind hitters. It was one thing after another. Most of it was mechanical."
Outman has a 10.17 ERA over his last six starts. Manager Jim Tracy said he would "look at" Outman's status in the rotation given his string of poor performances. Tyler Chatwood, a potential replacement, was hit hard again Monday, so he's unlikely to start. The Rockies could use Jeremy Guthrie in that spot if they juggled some assignments. Guthrie is pitching Wednesday, making his first start since June 17. He was added to the rotation to give Christian Friedrich's sore and swollen right calf an extra day to heal.
"It should be fine. But they don't want me out there altering my mechanics," said Friedrich, who rode the bike Monday, but did not throw a side session.
Center fielder Dexter Fowler said his sore left lat muscle felt better after treatment. He entered late in Monday's game and is expected to start Tuesday. … All-star Carlos Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 10 games (15-for-39) with a first-inning single. … Catcher Wilin Rosario, the Baby Bull, is scalding. He has hit safely in 11 of 13 games, batting .333 (17-for-51, five home runs, 11 RBIs). Rosario is on pace to break Todd Helton's Rockies' rookie record of 25 home runs. … The Rockies have lost 18 of their last 24 games. … The Rockies' starters own a 6.27 ERA for the season. … Tyler Colvin has five home runs against the Cardinals in his career.


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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Friday gave an end of this year's State Legislature speech at SUNY Old Westbury that concluded with his signing a bill there that creates 10-year tax-free zones for new businesses that locate on state college campuses and for their employees.
"This has been one of the most productive legislative sessions on record," Cuomo said. "Over the past two years, we've changed the economic development paradigm from an Albany-top-down model to a jobs agenda built from the ground up . . . We ended this year's session with major initiatives to jump-start the economy here on Long Island, including Start-Up NY to create tax-free communities around our SUNY schools to attract new business."
All three State University of New York campuses on Long Island and each county's community college, as well as an undisclosed number of private colleges, can participate in Start-Up NY. The project would allow the campus-related companies and their employees not to pay taxes, including sales, income and property taxes, for up to 10 years.
After the speech, Cuomo again criticized the Long Island Power Authority, which will be significantly overhauled under a bill proposed by Cuomo and passed by the State Legislature recently.
"LIPA was a bad idea that should have been replaced 20 years ago," the governor said. "I thought it was dangerous [to people] to have LIPA involved in [superstorm] Sandy. They exceeded their mandate and their competence."
Under the bill, PSEG of New Jersey will take nearly total control of the Long Island electric system. "Now we have a qualified company for the service . . . with state oversight. We also have a two-year rate freeze, while LIPA was planning to raise the rate," Cuomo said.
Following up on recent reports of alleged misconduct by state officials, Cuomo said he would set up an investigatory commission of top law enforcement leaders -- from both major political parties and from around the state -- to keep watch for potential political corruption "so that people will know there is nothing to worry about."
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7 Layer Dip
Guess who's going to the World Series for the first time in 29 years?!?!?!?!?!
Kansas Cityyyyyyyyy!!!!!!
The last time the Royals made it into the World Series (around this time back in 1985), you probably would have found me rocking my favorite pumpkin suit while cheering on the team. (Ok ok, probably watching Elmo.)
Photo credit: my friend, Maux
But twenty-nine years later (yesterday), I was squished into a dive bar in midtown with about 10 friends and what felt like the rest of the city…eating and drinking and cheering and Let's-Go-Ro-yals-clap-clap-clapclapclap-ing….and then freaking out when the Royals won. You guys, we WON! Kansas City really won! We're going to the World Series!!!
I'm pretty sure that the cheering in Kansas City yesterday could have been heard on the moon. So much fun.
Oh! And just when the game couldn't get any better, my former student Gracie was selected to belt out God Bless America in the 7th inning (so proud of her!), Paul Rudd came back to town for the game ("party at mom's house!"), and I got to jam out to my friend Sara Swenson's "Let The Good Boys Win" song about the Royals on the way home (which is still available for free download right now — do it!).
So yep, I'm warning you now, get ready for all sorts of game day everything coming on the blog this next week. Because that's pretty much all that anyone in Kansas City has on the brain right now. And as you saw in the title for today's post, I'm sharing my take on one of the most epic, "winning" game day recipes — 7 Layer Dip.
I actually made this one on the recommendation of a friend. I couldn't decide what to bring to an earlier watch party, but when I asked her for a suggestion, she replied without hesitation that she wanted 7 Layer Dip. I have made it a handful of times before, but never blogged about it. So I decided it was time to photograph my version of it and share it with you all too.
My version, of course, is all about the colors.
And the delicious flavors.
(But let's be real, mostly the colors.)
I'll be honest though, any time I have eaten 7 Layer Dip, I can never quite discern exactly what the 7 layers are supposed to be. Some are obvious — refried beans (I used Old El Paso's vegetarian refried beans), guacamole, taco-seasoned sour cream, and cheese. But everything else always seems to be a big toppings party with whatever ingredients sound good.
Since I'm all about the colors, and since I'm on a mission to "freshen up" some classic Mexican recipe with Old El Paso this year, I went with some red and yellow cherry tomatoes, black olives, green onions, and extra red onions and cilantro (that were also used in the guac). Let's just pretend those add up to 7.
To make the 7 Layer Dip, simply layer all of the ingredients in even layers in a big casserole dish or a large bowl or plate.
(Note: I do not recommend making this, as often happens, in a large trifle dish. The goal is for people to be able to get all 7(ish) layers in one scoop. So the shallower the serving dish, the better.)
Then once it's ready to go, take a moment to admire all of those gorgeous, happy, fresh colors…
…and then dive in.
And then get back to cheering on that favorite team of yours. GO ROYALS!!!
7 Layer Dip
This is my favorite recipe for classic 7 Layer Dip. It's fresh, colorful, and always a winner with a crowd!
- 1 (16-ounce) container sour cream (2 cups)
- ¼ cup (1 packet) Old El Paso taco seasoning
- 2 (15-ounce) cans Old El Paso refried beans
- 3 cups freshly-made guacamole
- 2 cups shredded Mexican cheese
- 2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
- ½ cup sliced (drained) black olives
- ⅓ cup diced red onion
- ¼ cup thinly-sliced green onions
- ¼ cup fresh roughly-chopped cilantro leaves
- In a small bowl, whisk together sour cream and taco seasoning until thoroughly combined. Set aside.
- Spread the refried beans out in an even layer in the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish. Layer the guacamole in an even layer on top of the beans, followed by a layer of the sour cream mixture, then the cheese, tomatoes, olives, red onion, and green onions. Then sprinkle the cilantro evenly on top of the green onions.
- Serve immediately with chips for dipping. Or cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 6 hours.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
This is a sponsored post in partnership with Old El Paso. I am joining a team of bloggers to develop all sorts of fresh, Mexican recipes this year, and all opinions are my own as always. Thanks for supporting the brands that help make this site possible.
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Where I live in the Netherlands, it is not very common to serve dips, but I would like to serve something like this on my next birthday as a snack. How much would you recommend to make for about 30 people, considerans this will not be the only snack served at that particular time? I don't want to make too much. Thanks in advance!
Mmmmm that sounds so good, and I LOVE the colors! Talk about eating the rainbow! What a delicious combination of goodies….like magic bars, but just much healthier! your pumpkin pic is adorable……I was just pointing out a pumpkin costume to my fiancé yesterday, that has to be the cutest kids costume!
I adore colorful food! I also really love "hearing" the joy about your team come through in your post. Makes me want to root for the Royals even though I'm a Tiger's fan. :)
Beautiful dip! Love the pic of you in the pumpkin costume :)
This is my fav dip! Your version looks flipping awesome!
Wow, these colors are STUNNING. Love this game day treat!
I notice that you are pretty darned excited about eating your Halloween candy in the 1985 Halloween picture! Or maybe you were happy because you were at Grandma and Grandpa's house and they let you eat candy?!
yum! Looks so tasty and dips are perfect for those halloween parties coming up!
Your pictures are gorgeous!
That is the prettiest 7 layer dip I've ever seen. Good Luck
to the Royals. It's such an exhilarating experience when
your home team is in the World Series. My Twins won it in
'87 and '91 and it was wonderful. I now live in Maryland
and don't give a hoot about the Orioles.
What a pretty dip! And I love seeing the pic of your friends + the pumpkin costume, so fun!! :)
Always a crowd pleaser, indeed! I freakin' LOVE 7 layer dip, but rarely make it myself. I need to change that!
And it's easy to make it actually healthy! I'm going to try to make my own refried bean dip and my sister makes a delicious guacamole dip! I shred my own cheese to not eat the coating they put on bag cheese. Any who.. Enjoy!
Congrats to your KC Royals. Here in the Lou, we were sure hoping it would be the St. Louis Cardinals playing the Royals in the BIG GAME. :( At least we can cheer for the team on the other side of the state.
Incrivelmente bonito, e como eu adoro fazer comida mexicana deve ser maravilhoso.
I made this as a Thanksgiving appetizer. Outstanding! I made the guacamole a little on the spicy side and the addition of the cilantro made it so good, my husband is asking for it for a party this weekend. Thank you
Isn't Old El Paso just the best?? I LOVE their seasoning mixes & dinner kits (Stand & Stuf is genius!)! My daughter loves their Restaurante Salsa as well — I prefer Pace Picante Sauce, though, I like my salsa runnier, and it's less pricey since it comes in a big jug (are ya listening Old El Paso? We need BIG JUGS of salsa ;) )
I'm like you, I really like colourful food, I grow different types of tomatoes in the summer, and often make a big bowl of fresh salsa using different coloured tomatoes, preferably heirloom since they have the coolest colours and amazing flavour! (yellow, red, pink, black, brown, orange, striped, purple, the list goes on! And white sweet onions, some yellow and some purple, green onion tops and peppers of different colours & flavours, too! YUM! It got really chilly today, and there's nothing like Mexican to warm things up (I swear the furnace is going on tonight!) I do NOT like cilantro, though — apparently it's a genetic thing, people either love it or hate it, no in-between, and I am of the "hate it" ilk.
I'm not sayin' it's your dip that won the Series for us, but I'm not saying it isn't, either!!! :-) :-) :-) Long live the Kansas City Royals!!!!!!! (And just FYI, I was in my 20s the first time around and now nearly 60 with the World Series win under our belts!!! LET'S GO ROYALS!!!!!


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Calories were trimmed substantially, and cholesterol elimated by using SOY cheese instead of cheese made from cow's milk. Believe me, I was skeptical about the taste, texture, and ablility of this cheese to melt.
I'm very particular about what we put into our bodies... here are the ingredients from the package of Soy cheese:
It is worthy of recommendation even if you don't need to watch your calories or cholesterol intake, I love this product! 60 calories per 1 ounce portion,
I select either Poblano or Anaheim chilis ~ they vary with heat; I prefer the milder ones ~ ask the farmer or the produce person, usually he or she can advise you of the heat intensity of that particular lot.
After washing the chilis I slice into them as shown above, but not all the way through ~ then flip back the stem/cap portion and remove seeds and ribs. You can grate the cheese to stuff them, but I find it melts too quickly, (before the chili becomes slightly tender), so I cut the cheese and stuff each chili as shown above.
I like to secure the tops as shown below ~ it you insert the pick this way it will not prevent the chili from making contact with the hot grill.
Then they are brushed very lightly with olive oil and placed on a hot grill
I like the chilis to retain a little crispness, so I grill turning one or twice until the cheese is thoroughly melted.
I served them with steamed brown rice, and home made Salsa Cruda (fresh, uncooked salsa), you can use any favorite salsa.
This time I added some cubed avocado, too.
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Hello fellow explorers and researchers,
Welcome to my blog,
This venue will be for the free open exploration of religious and philosophical subjects, some of which I write just for the blog (like a timely journal), or transfer from my other writings, or special posts within discussion threads on the forum that I want to archive for later reference,...so using the blog here is a creative-expression mostly, for sharing commentary on a variety of subjects. My style is an eclectic, universal and synergestic approach to theology and philosophy, so enjoy that as you can :) - Also, I'm open to comments and some dialogue here, sharing of resource links, etc. but prefer taking on a more extensive dialogue in the respective threads themselves, if these are 'linked' here so one can follow the total discussion for a greater contextual over-view. There are many dimensions to consider and EXPLORE. So put on your thinking caps, open your consciousness, position your spirits to dive in, re-search, expand, co-create and engage .
In the explorative universal approach to wisdom, I use only as a general guide-reference to spark one's research, the traditional Blavatskian school of Theosophy, but this is only a primer to universal truth studies and occult science, for my own approach is not limited to only this school. I only use it as a general philosophical impetus to explore universal themes of both religion and science, synthesizing them into a more cosmic and individual religious pursual and practice.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Congress for more money on Thursday to improve food safety, police imports and develop countermeasures against chemical and biological threats.
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that the agency is doing its best to tighten its belt by cutting back on travel and training. She said mandatory federal spending cuts known as sequestration will cut funds to the agency by $209 million.
The FDA gets part of its funding from taxpayers, but most comes from user fees agreed to and paid by drug companies to speed the review and potential approval of new products.
The agency's proposed budget for 2014 would rise by $821 million to $4.7 billion over 2012, of which industry fees would account for $770 million, or 94 percent. The 2013 budget has not been finalized.
To the surprise of the pharmaceutical industry, the mandatory cuts to federal agencies include the withholding of $83 million in industry user fees. Hamburg said she would like to see those fees exempt from the sequester.
"We will not be able to use all those user fees to achieve the performance goals negotiated with industry," she said, adding that without them the agency will not always be able to complete its review of new drug applications on the agreed upon schedule.
Included in the FDA's proposed budget is $3 million to help oversee specialty pharmacies which compound specialized drugs that are generally not made by traditional pharmaceutical companies. The agency has come under withering criticism for its failure to prevent a deadly meningitis outbreak linked to one such pharmacy in Massachusetts.
Hamburg said that while she hopes Congress will give the agency greater authority to regulate big compounding pharmacies that make sterile injectible drugs, the FDA will more aggressively exercise the inspection authority it already has.
Under questioning from Missouri Republican Senator Roy Blunt, Hamburg also said the FDA is doubling the period for public comment on its sweeping new food safety regulations to 240 days from 120.
While the agency has requested more funds in certain areas, it has suggested cuts in others, including funding for drug and medical device programs.
"FDA is a true bargain among federal agencies," Hamburg said. "Americans each pay about $8 a year for FDA's appropriations." For about 2 cents a day, she said, "Americans get an extraordinary array of public health benefits."
Hamburg said one of the agency's greatest challenges is to respond to the globalization of the food and drug supply chain. She noted that over the past decade the number of imported shipments of FDA-regulated products has soared.
In 2012, she said, about 28 million shipments of imported food and medical products were imported, including 50 percent of the country's fresh fruits, 20 percent of fresh vegetables, 80 percent of seafood and 40 percent of drugs.
"The world has changed and our historical regulatory approaches and tools - such as hoping to intercept products at our borders - are outdated and often inadequate," she said.
"If we are to continue to promise Americans a safe food and drug supply, FDA must continue to transform itself, from a primarily domestic agency to one that uses innovative global strategies to secure a vast global supply chain."
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My Professor of Homological Algebra got me into some Hochschild (co)homology and then suggested to continue with formally smooth algebras, noncommutative differential forms and so forth.
Now, my personal interest has always been algebra, especially noncommutative (ring and module theory, category theory, some homological algebra). Moreover, my studies have been concerned almost exclusively with such subjects. Hence, I am very bad at calculus, differential geometry etc. I do have the basics, though. I know it's recommendable to have a decent knowledge in most of the subjects, but I got far enough in algebra not needing very much knowledge of calculus, say.
What I want to ask you is the following: Assuming that I got on the way to noncommutative geometry (so it seems to me...), how much algebra is there in? As I said, I really want a career in noncommutative algebra and it would be pretty unpleasant to get involved intensively in a subject which is not my cup of tea. So far, so good, I am enjoying the subject and it interests me in a personal way (not just for school), but I am only at the beginning, I have met only the most basics.
I read that Connes somehow started the subject of NG wanting to extend differential geometry for arbitrary (noncommutative) rings, but would you say the current research work in NG, cyclic homology and the like is algebra at its finest or does it have deep and links with something else (what?)?
OR am I getting this wrong and there are some other paths ahead, starting from noncommutative differential forms, formally smooth algebras, Hochschild (co)homology and the like?
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