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All-Clad Deluxe Slow Cooker with Cast-Aluminum Insert, 7-Qt.
All-Clad's top-of-the-line cooker features a nonstick cast-aluminum insert that you can use on the stovetop to brown ingredients before transferring it to the base for slow cooking.
- Push-button controls and easy-to-read digital display eliminate guesswork.
- 7-qt. nonstick aluminum insert goes from stovetop to slow cooker to table.
- Use insert on its own to cook and serve a variety of one-pot dishes.
- Insert can be used on gas and electric cooktops but is not induction compatible.
- Automatically keeps foods warm until serving time.
- Stainless-steel lid.
- Riveted stainless-steel handles; insert has integrated handles.
- Stainless-steel finish.
Dimensions & More Info
- 18" x 11 1/2" x 10 1/2" high.
- 7-qt. cap.
- 18 lb.
Additional Information
- Stainless-steel construction.
- This product is intended for use in the United States and Canada, and is built to U.S. electrical standards.
- Made in China.
Use & Care
- Insert safe for use on gas and electric cooktops and oven safe to 400°F.
- Removable insert and lid are dishwasher safe.
- Clean base with damp cloth and dry thoroughly.
Slow Cooker Lasagna Recipe
Feed a crowd with this flavor-packed lasagna, which cooks to bubbling perfection in a slow cooker. If you're lucky, you'll have leftovers to enjoy for lunch the next day.
- 1 Tbs. olive oil
- 2 lb. Italian sausage, casings removed
- 2 jars (each 24 oz.) tomato sauce
- 2 cups water
- 1 lb. whole-milk ricotta cheese
- 2 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 18 ruffle-edged lasagna noodles (not no-boil noodles)
- 1 1/2 lb. mozzarella cheese, grated
- 2 oz. Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, finely grated
- Thinly sliced fresh basil for garnish
In the stovetop-safe insert of slow cooker over medium heat, warm the olive oil. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up any large chunks with a wooden spoon, until the meat is browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Add the tomato sauce and water and bring to a simmer. Transfer the sauce to a large bowl.
In another bowl, stir together the ricotta, parsley, salt and pepper. Set aside.
Spread a thin layer of the sauce on the bottom of the slow-cooker insert. Cover the sauce with a single layer of uncooked lasagna noodles (about 3), breaking the noodles as needed to fit. Spread about 1/3 cup of the ricotta mixture over the noodles. Top with about 2 cups of the sauce, then sprinkle with about 1 cup of the mozzarella and 1/4 cup of the Parmigiano-Reggiano. Repeat the layering 4 more times, starting with the noodles.
Transfer the insert to the slow-cooker base, cover and cook on low according to the manufacturer's instructions until the noodles are tender and cooked through, about 4 hours.
Position a rack in the center of an oven and preheat to broil.
Transfer the slow-cooker insert to the oven and broil until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Let the lasagna rest for 20 minutes before serving. Garnish with basil and serve immediately. Serves 12.
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Chicken Taco Salad
To prepare the chicken, in a large fry pan over medium heat, warm the oil until almost smoking. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the chicken, cumin, chili powder, cayenne, tomatoes, cilantro and oregano and stir to combine. Season with salt. Stir in the stock and cook until most of the liquid has been absorbed and the tomatoes are soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasonings with salt. Set aside.
Line a baking sheet with paper towels. In a 4-quart saucepan over medium heat, pour in oil to a depth of 3 inches and heat to 360°F on a deep-frying thermometer. Using a tortilla basket according to the manufacturer's instructions, fry the tortillas 1 at a time until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
Place each fried tortilla on an individual plate. Top with lettuce, beans, chicken, cheese, tomatoes, cilantro, avocado and salsa, dividing equally. Pass additional salsa alongside. Serves 6.
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Orders received by 9:00 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
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Five years on, MBS shuns status quo
CEO George Tanasijevich's drive for nothing but the best keeps integrated resort at the top of its game
By Lee U-Wen
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27 Apr
SEVERAL weeks ago, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) rolled out a new multi-million dollar advertising campaign called "Never Settle".
Fronted by retired English football star David Beckham of Manchester United fame, the glitzy marketing drive describes how the S$8-billion integrated resort does not settle for the status quo.
The name of the campaign could also double up as the personal motto of the integrated resort's president and chief executive George Tanasijevich, who doesn't believe in staying still when it comes to how he does his job.
The 54-year-old American shares how he is someone who doesn't settle for anything other than the best when it comes to how MBS is run and what it has to offer to the thousands of people who pass through its doors every day.
MBS, which celebrates five full years since its soft opening on this very day back in 2010, is one of the flagship properties of the Nevada-based Las Vegas Sands (LVS).
Mr Tanasijevich is now into his 11th year as a LVS employee and has spent the last four as its top executive based in Singapore.
"A lot of things on my checklist are things that will never be completed," he tells The Business Times in an interview in a suite on the 53rd floor of one of the hotel's three gargantuan towers. "We are talking about what's going to happen in the next five years, and the five years after that. We're always looking for the next big thing, trying to find the areas that we can do better in."
During the candid, 40-minute chat, Mr Tanasijevich speaks of the importance of always staying one step ahead of the competition, being able to anticipate new trends and making adjustments in advance to give customers what they want.
Work is already underway to spruce up all the 2,560 hotel rooms, even at this relatively early stage. The industry norm is to do this at the seven-year mark, but Mr Tanasijevich shares that MBS, with its staggering 99 per cent occupancy, chose to start the re-design process much earlier.
The SkyPark observation deck on the 57th storey will soon have a new restaurant for guests to take in the view of the Singapore skyline as they dine.
The luxurious grand ballroom in the Sands Expo - the largest ballroom in South-east Asia - sees such heavy demand throughout the year that there are plans to reconfigure a significant space on the fourth floor as a second major ballroom for weddings, corporate events and other functions.
"We're a business where we never turn off the lights or close our doors. We just keep going. Our efforts are non-stop," says Mr Tanasijevich when asked to reflect on his time at the helm of one of the country's largest employers.
"The way I look at it, a lot of what we're trying to achieve is that we are always looking to do more and reaching for greater heights. Complacency doesn't set in, because we are always faced with new challenges that need to be overcome," he adds.
Mr Tanasijevich is proud of the fact that there is a growing recognition and awareness of MBS as a Singapore company, and not so much as an American-owned one.
There are 9,400 full-time staff on its payroll, the majority of whom are Singaporean. Each year, MBS organises its corporate social responsibility programme, the Sands for Singapore festival, to raise funds for local non-profit organisations. In 2014, it managed to collect more than S$3.6 million.
MBS also spends a lot of money on various goods and services - well over a billion dollars in the last two years alone - to keep its operations running smoothly round the clock.
What's telling, however, is the conscious effort to ensure that the bulk of its procurement contracts are awarded to Singapore-based companies. Nine out of every 10 deals in 2013 and 2014 went to local firms.
Be it flowers for the many wedding and convention events each week, energy-saving lights for the hotel rooms, or fresh seafood and juices for the numerous restaurants across the mega-complex, MBS makes it a priority to purchase from local suppliers as much as possible.
The amount is split almost equally between the larger corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises, which means businesses from both ends of the spectrum are able to enjoy a slice of the pie.
"We bring in a lot of economic activity and growth, but we spread it across the island so that all types of companies and industries can share in this growth," says Mr Tanasijevich, adding that it was a "big focus" of the entire management team at MBS to help Singapore achieve its many tourism and economic goals.
In addition to overseeing the Singapore business, Mr Tanasijevich also has his hands full with his other main responsibility as the managing director of global development at LVS, a post he has held since January 2011.
LVS, which already runs three integrated resorts in Macau, is looking to expand its footprint in Asia, with Japan and South Korea on top of its list.
There is talk that Japan could give the green light to open its first casinos in the near future, although much depends on how soon this legislation can be pushed through Parliament. Last May, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spent time touring MBS during his visit to Singapore for the annual Shangri-La Dialogue.
"There is a lot of potential upside for growth in Japan's tourism market," explains Mr Tanasijevich. "We think we have a very strong chance of being able to develop something there if they do decide to move forward and have integrated resorts."
As for South Korea, LVS is eager to build an integrated resort in the port city of Busan, but only if the central government agrees to relax its ban on locals visiting casinos.
As both countries deliberate on their options, Mr Tanasijevich feels that one lesson from the Singapore experience is the "early-mover advantage" in deciding to build integrated resorts.
"We're already marking the five-year anniversary of the two integrated resorts in Singapore, and the country has reaped tremendous benefits across all the important categories. Others are still thinking about it while using Singapore as a case study. It's clear that if you move quickly, you can derive the benefits immediately."

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5 tech rip-offs to avoid
Most people are pretty smart when it comes to buying computers and other tech gear.
They use the Internet to research products and compare prices. And when they're ready to buy, they take advantage of coupon codes and free shipping offers. But the tech retail jungle is filled with booby traps that can snare even savvy consumers.
Steer clear of these bad deals and save more of your hard-earned cash.
1. Extended warranties/phone insurance
Extended warranties for computers and electronics can add hundreds of dollars to the price of your purchase. And they're usually bad investments.
The basic manufacturer warranty on most gadgets typically covers a year of use, which is when repairs are most often needed. Extended warranties will bring that out to two or three years, but by then most gadgets are outdated and not worth repairing.
The exception would be an expensive computer that you carry around, like a MacBook.
If nightmares of dropping your smartphone keep you up at night, you can buy yourself peace of mind by self-insuring. Put what you would have spent on protection into a savings account.
If something goes wrong, pay for the repair out of that fund. If nothing happens, take a vacation!
Check with your credit card company, too. Buying a gadget with certain cards can double the length of the manufacturer's warranty at no cost to you.
2. Expensive cables
When you're shelling out big bucks for a high-end LED HDTV and a new Blu-ray player, spending an extra $100 or more on HDMI cables doesn't seem like a big deal. However, it's money you don't need to spend.
Unless you're running digital cable through an entire house, there isn't any difference between the $10 or less 6-foot digital cable and the pricey gold-plated versions.
Back in the days of analog A/V, it's true that more-expensive cables did a better job of shielding the signal from interference. Digital cables, like HDMI, carry a stream of 1s and 0s. It either works perfectly or not at all.
Some companies recommend you purchase their expensive branded adapters when you buy their products. You can get generic adapters online for less that work just as well.
3. RAM and hard drive upgrades from computer makers
Most computer manufacturers allow you to customize your computer a bit before ordering. You might add RAM or switch from a conventional hard drive to a solid-state drive.
While convenient, it's less expensive to buy the base model of the computer and perform your own upgrades. You can find RAM and SSDs for much less at an electronics store or online than computer manufacturers charge.
For example, if you order a Mac mini from the Apple Store and bump the RAM from 4GB to 8GB, Apple will tack on $100. The RAM itself only costs $60 elsewhere. HP and other PC makers have similar markups.
A PC maker will charge $300 or more to put a 256GB SSD in a desktop. A similar drive costs $220 or less elsewhere. Apple charges $400 to put a 256GB SSD in a non-Retina MacBook Pro.
4. Carrier-provided GPS
For an extra $5-$10 per month, wireless carriers will turn your smartphone into a GPS navigation device! Isn't that great?
There's just one catch.
Every Android phone comes loaded with Google Maps. It's the best navigation software you can get, with spoken turn-by-turn directions, millions of points of interest, live traffic information and more. Don't forget it's free.
iPhones are preloaded with Apple Maps - again, it's free - which may or may not be good depending on where you live. However, you can download Google Maps free from the App Store.
Want to try something else? Waze is another very popular free navigation app available for both mobile operating systems.
5. Tablet data plans
If you're on the go quite a bit, a tablet with a cellular connection sounds like a good idea.
Before you drop more than $100 dollars for the privilege, however, there's an alternative. Those with a 4G smartphone and a shared data plan from Verizon or AT&T can share Internet with other gadgets - even a laptop.
Enabling Internet sharing on your phone - also known as tethering - creates a Wi-Fi hotspot for your other gadgets to connect to. It's great when you need a minute or two to send or receive a file securely on a laptop or tablet.
That's better than spending $10-$20 every month for a tablet data plan or dedicated mobile hotspot.
Be careful, though. Tethering chews up cellular data very quickly and drains your phone battery even quicker.
Android users who aren't on a shared data plan can try third-party tethering apps like FoxFi or Easy Tether.
Kim Komando hosts the nation's largest talk radio show about consumer electronics, computers and the Internet. To get the podcast, watch the show or find the station nearest you, visit: http://www.komando.com/listen. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- Distance from Washington, D.C.: 49 miles
- Best time: April to October
- Best for: Girl's GetawayRomanticFood and Wine
Napa, Sonoma, Willamette ... Loudoun? Hard as it can be to believe, the exurban capital of Virginia, where urbanites have fled the stress of nearby D.C. politics to kick back in a slower paradise of locally grown food and Shenandoah breezes, is fast becoming a wine region to stand up to some of the West Coast's finest. The types of tipples you'll find in Loudoun may be less familiar, such as Viognier and Cabernet Franc, but there is a match for every palate and a plate to pair with every glass in the region's top-notch country kitchens. - By Elana Schor
Virginia Wine Country Cheat Sheet
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1Just an hour outside of Washington, D.C., you'll find a riverside paradise at Tarara winery, where the tasting room is banked by country gardens. Take in the sights with a sip of their top-selling white, an alluring fruity blend of varietals.
2Swing into the town of Leesburg, where the historic downtown is truly walkable, to indulge in dessert before dinner. At Mom's Apple Pie Bakery go for the shop's namesake to guarantee satisfaction or try any other of its more than twenty varieties.
3Pause for a pitch-perfect New American dinner, with local wine pairings, at Tuscarora Mill. The smoked duck breast and Moroccan-style chicken are particularly memorable.
1Pick up coffee and homemade pastries from the Tuscarora Mill spinoff South Street Under. This is also a great spot to stock up on picnic supplies like wild rice and pecan salad and upmarket deli sandwiches (tarragon chicken salad, turkey with shallot mayo) before setting off through Loudoun County's horse and grape country.
2Head a few miles north to Hidden Brook Winery, a log cabin built from the ground up by its owners. The Rose pairs well with fruit from roadside farm stands, and the tasting room features paintings and jewelry from nearby artists.
3Raise a green glass at family-run Fabbioli Cellars, where organic and sustainable practices are used to grow the grapes behind the unique raspberry and Asian pear wines.
4Head back on the road for a bit south to Delaplane, where you can find more ingredients for a picnic lunch as well as small-plate food pairings during a tasting trip to the dog-friendly Barrel Oak Winery. Don't miss the gorgeous views from its outdoor patio.
5Move on to Three Fox Vineyards, which proclaims itself "Tuscany in Virginia" and does not disappoint in the Sangiovese department. A rollicking game of bocce ball on the lawn might tempt you away from the wine tasting table.
6Dining at The Inn at Little Washington is a life-changing experience for foodies, thanks to the stellar service and multi-course delights dished out by legendary chef Patrick O'Connell. If you can nail down a reservation here in advance, set aside several hours and about $350 per person as a minimum. But don't try to stop by without a table already booked.
7If you're shut out at the inn, don't despair—continue on to Winchester for a brief break from the vino with a cold beer and a creamy bite of the inventive fried avocado roll at Awabi Sushi (111 S. Loudoun St.; 540-686-7432), located on the highly strollable downtown promenade of Old Town.
1Stop for a three-course prix fixe brunch at the Ashby Inn in Paris, where you will face the most unenviable choice in wine country: the hand-battered buttermilk fried chicken on top of a parmesan waffle or the creamy pork with poached egg?
2Work off the stellar meal with a ride along the C&O Canal trail after taking a short drive north to the Maryland side of the Potomac to rent bikes from River Trail Outfitters. (If you bring a bottle of wine in your backpack for an al fresco glass, we won't tell.)
Where to Stay
It's closer to the far-flung Little Washington than the wineries of Delaplane and Leesburg, but the Fountain Hall Bed & Breakfast (rooms from $145/night) is worth the extra driving for the welcoming ambience—flowers and dessert packages can be added onto rooms, and the parlor offers games as well as books to borrow.
A more stately taste of the Old Dominion's riding culture comes courtesy of The Red Fox Inn and Tavern (rooms from $235/night), where antique four-poster beds fit in perfectly at this 1728-built property.
When to Go
Winter tends to be mild in Loudoun County and its environs, but most wineries will close or limit their hours as the hours grow shorter in late October to early November.
Before that cold weather wind-down, the early fall Wine & Garlic Festival offers a pungent treat for gourmands. The region also is home to multiple fall and harvest festivals during this season.
In late spring, the Oatlands Point-to-Point horse race in Leesburg marks the beginning of a season that peaks with the Gold Cup, the premier riding event for Virginia's hunt country denizens. Think big hats and big smiles, the American version of a British polo match.
How to Get There
By car from Washington, D.C.: Virginia Wine Country is about an hour and a half from Washington, D.C. To reach Loudoun County, take I-66 West to I-267 West, the Dulles Toll Road, and exit onto Route 15 South. In order to reach Delaplane, continue back on Route 15 South until you reach Route 50 West. Take that road to Route 17 South, which brings you into town.


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…Which is the wall the current Iraqi government is building (with the support and guidance of the Americans). It's a wall that is intended to separate and isolate what is now considered the largest 'Sunni' area in Baghdad- let no one say the Americans are not building anything. According to plans the Iraqi puppets and Americans cooked up, it will 'protect' A'adhamiya, a residential/mercantile area that the current Iraqi government and their death squads couldn't empty of Sunnis.
The wall, of course, will protect no one. I sometimes wonder if this is how the concentration camps began in Europe. The Nazi government probably said, "Oh look- we're just going to protect the Jews with this little wall here- it will be difficult for people to get into their special area to hurt them!" And yet, it will also be difficult to get out.
The Wall is the latest effort to further break Iraqi society apart. Promoting and supporting civil war isn't enough, apparently- Iraqis have generally proven to be more tenacious and tolerant than their mullahs, ayatollahs, and Vichy leaders. It's time for America to physically divide and conquer- like Berlin before the wall came down or Palestine today. This way, they can continue chasing Sunnis out of "Shia areas" and Shia out of "Sunni areas".
I always hear the Iraqi pro-war crowd interviewed on television from foreign capitals (they can only appear on television from the safety of foreign capitals because I defy anyone to be publicly pro-war in Iraq). They refuse to believe that their religiously inclined, sectarian political parties fueled this whole Sunni/Shia conflict. They refuse to acknowledge that this situation is a direct result of the war and occupation. They go on and on about Iraq's history and how Sunnis and Shia were always in conflict and I hate that. I hate that a handful of expats who haven't been to the country in decades pretend to know more about it than people actually living there.
I remember Baghdad before the war- one could live anywhere. We didn't know what our neighbors were- we didn't care. No one asked about religion or sect. No one bothered with what was considered a trivial topic: are you Sunni or Shia? You only asked something like that if you were uncouth and backward. Our lives revolve around it now. Our existence depends on hiding it or highlighting it- depending on the group of masked men who stop you or raid your home in the middle of the night.
On a personal note, we've finally decided to leave. I guess I've known we would be leaving for a while now. We discussed it as a family dozens of times. At first, someone would suggest it tentatively because, it was just a preposterous idea- leaving ones home and extended family- leaving ones country- and to what? To where?
Since last summer, we had been discussing it more and more. It was only a matter of time before what began as a suggestion- a last case scenario- soon took on solidity and developed into a plan. For the last couple of months, it has only been a matter of logistics. Plane or car? Jordan or Syria? Will we all leave together as a family? Or will it be only my brother and I at first?
After Jordan or Syria- where then? Obviously, either of those countries is going to be a transit to something else. They are both overflowing with Iraqi refugees, and every single Iraqi living in either country is complaining of the fact that work is difficult to come by, and getting a residency is even more difficult. There is also the little problem of being turned back at the border. Thousands of Iraqis aren't being let into Syria or Jordan- and there are no definite criteria for entry, the decision is based on the whim of the border patrol guard checking your passport.
An airplane isn't necessarily safer, as the trip to Baghdad International Airport is in itself risky and travelers are just as likely to be refused permission to enter the country (Syria and Jordan) if they arrive by airplane. And if you're wondering why Syria or Jordan, because they are the only two countries that will let Iraqis in without a visa. Following up visa issues with the few functioning embassies or consulates in Baghdad is next to impossible.
So we've been busy. Busy trying to decide what part of our lives to leave behind. Which memories are dispensable? We, like many Iraqis, are not the classic refugees- the ones with only the clothes on their backs and no choice. We are choosing to leave because the other option is simply a continuation of what has been one long nightmare- stay and wait and try to survive.
On the one hand, I know that leaving the country and starting a new life somewhere else- as yet unknown- is such a huge thing that it should dwarf every trivial concern. The funny thing is that it's the trivial that seems to occupy our lives. We discuss whether to take photo albums or leave them behind. Can I bring along a stuffed animal I've had since the age of four? Is there room for E.'s guitar? What clothes do we take? Summer clothes? The winter clothes too? What about my books? What about the CDs, the baby pictures?
The problem is that we don't even know if we'll ever see this stuff again. We don't know if whatever we leave, including the house, will be available when and if we come back. There are moments when the injustice of having to leave your country, simply because an imbecile got it into his head to invade it, is overwhelming. It is unfair that in order to survive and live normally, we have to leave our home and what remains of family and friends… And to what?
It's difficult to decide which is more frightening- car bombs and militias, or having to leave everything you know and love, to some unspecified place for a future where nothing is certain.


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I listen to french podcasts while driving and it helps me a lot but when I am not driving like when I am at work I'd rather listen to radio, any online French radios that is a mix of music and talk and is rather suitable for beginners? needless to say having a mix of English and French would also be nice.
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1Have we had a question about this particular resource yet? I think we should at least allow one question for each 'kind' of resource, so one for books, one for TV shows, one for podcasts, etc. so we can provide a nice set of reference questions/answers to point people to. – Jez Sep 14 '11 at 9:16
C'est difficile mais je propose France Inter qui propose différentes émissions en français. Dans un registre plus léger, il y a Rire et Chansons qui propose des extraits de spectacle d'humoriste en français.
Je ne connais malheureusement pas de radio qui propose un mélange d'anglais et de français (à mon grand désespoir)
Il y a aussi RFI (Radio France Internationale) qui offre des podcasts en français « simple ».
There's also RFI (Radio France Internationale) which offers podcasts in "simple" French.


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From Gene Burnett
Our summer forest fire smoke seems like a thing of the distant past…replaced by beautiful fall weather here in Southern Oregon. What a pleasure it is to breathe fully again. My voice has also recovered and I'm well into the process of recording this year's new album. Should be done and up on my site within a month or so. I will, of course, keep you posted.
Outdoor gigs are winding down…one more Lithia Artisans Market show this month, weather permitting…and one more shot at The Green Show as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. My last one was smoked out. Fingers crossed this one (October 11th) isn't rained out. It's a great outdoor stage, newly remodeled, great sound, and though it is late in the season, there could potentially be hundreds of people there. We will see…
The park is going to be doing some major work on the bandshell where I teach most days. This will likely take a few months and during that time I'll be teaching in a few alternate areas near there. The main issue is rain. There's only one other covered area in the park and it's not ideal. So when it's raining I might have to reschedule or cancel a lesson or two. But no worries. I've had free rent at the shell for going on 20 years. I can put up with a few months of inconvenience. I work with what I have and try to find the least forceful way around obstacles. It's all part of the Taoist "What would water do?" idea.
I was recently a guest on my friend Mark Arinsberg's podcast. Mark's a great eccentric guy who seems to know just about everyone in town. He's a graphic designer, drummer, taxi-cab driver, international traveler, and now podcast host. Here's a link to the cast page. Just scroll down to episode nine. I think you will enjoy our conversation. Citizen 44
I posted some new videos this month: 5 new T'ai-Chi videos, 1 new Nature video, 3 new Rogue Poetry Slam videos, and several new music videos from my 2010 album "Brand New World". I've also been putting together some youtube playlists featuring songs from other past albums including "live" and Rogue Poetry Slam versions. See links below in the Videos section of this post.
So here we go…I'm going to start with local shows in case you're in the Rogue Valley and then proceed with the usual information about where to find my music, videos, and pictures, including information about new projects.
There is so much to listen to and watch on the net these days…I'm amazed anyone even gets this far in the newsletter let alone watches or listens to anything I'm doing. I'm sincerely grateful for every view, every listen, and every nice comment I receive. I'm happy if anything I post truly reaches even one person. I'm offering all this stuff in a "just in case you're interested" spirit.
Upcoming Shows:
Monday October 2nd, I'll be playing at one of my favorite Ashland venues, Liquid Assets. A relaxed living room vibe with great service, excellent food and wine, and a really nice place to listen to music. I play from 8:00-10pm
Wednesday October 4th, I'll be hosting my regular Themed Open Mike at The Wild Goose Café & Bar. Usually this happens on the First Wednesday of every month. This month's theme will be"Country (ish) Songs" so musicians and spoken word artists will be doing songs and poems, covers or originals, that are country (ish) in any way. We're never too strict or narrow about the themes for this event. The main idea is to focus our attention a little to hopefully inspire and motivate us creatively. These are always fun community events. No Cover at the friendliest bar in Ashland. Sign-up is 7:30pm. Show starts at 8:00pm.
*A heads up for next month: Wednesday, November 1st, 2017: "7th Annual Political Songs"
*A heads up for next month: Wednesday, November 1st, 2017: "7th Annual Political Songs"
Saturday, October 7th, weather permitting, from 11:30am-1:30pm, I'll be playing at The Lithia Artisan's Market, behind the Plaza in Ashland. Come support local music and art!
Wednesday, October 11th, I'll be playing the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Green Show from 6:45-7:30pm, outside OSF "on the bricks". This is probably the best gig in Ashland, certainly my best show of the year. The whole area has recently been remodeled and it's even more audience friendly than it used to be. My earlier Green Show was cancelled due to smoke. Only rain can stop this one. Fingers crossed.
Tuesday, September 17th, I'll be competing with many other poets at the Rogue Poetry Slam which happens at Caldera Tap House in Ashland. Sign-up is at 7:30pm and the show starts at 8. $5 cover, all of which goes to the winning poets. If you've never been to or competed in a Poetry Slam, I highly recommend this one. Come to watch, compete, or be one of the judges. Some people think of slams as hardcore hip-hop events or places where people are mean and talk trash, but nothing could be further from the truth. All kinds of poetry are welcome and people are very supportive. And it's so nice to participate in an event that is all about the words, or in my case, lyrics. For me it's really not about winning or losing, but just the fun of sharing my words with people and seeing what happens.
Saturday, October 21st, from 10am-Noon, my good friend Jesse Biesanz and I are hosting a Hacky Sack session outside Caldera Tap House on Water Street in Ashland. We'll be under the overpass. This usually happens on the third Saturday of every month but this month we're doing it on the 2nd Saturday. We both miss the fun and camaraderie of a good friendly Hack Circle and…more importantly, we miss the practice! It's fun, aerobic, cooperative, demands balance, coordination, quick thinking and accuracy…So whether you're new to the game, or an experienced player who wants to brush up your skills, or an expert who just wants to meet some new players, come on by. Hacky Sack basically involves keeping a small footbag in the air, usually leather and fairly soft, using only your feet. When there are more than two players, it's usually played in a circle. If the circle gets too big, it is split into smaller circles.
The only rules of this Hack Circle:
1. You've got to use your feet to keep the sack in the air and off the ground. No hands! (10 voluntary pushups if you do)
2. If you miss or otherwise screw up, you can't say, "I'm Sorry." (10 voluntary pushups if you do)
3. No serving to yourself. (10 voluntary pushups if you do)
4. No hotdogging. Meaning this is not about how many tricks you can do before the sack hits the ground, and it's not about working obsessively on tricks. Tricks are fine but in general, we want to keep the hack going as a friendly group and keep everyone involved.
See you at Caldera rain or shine. The overpass provides shelter from the rain and once the circle gets going, you'll be plenty warm regardless of the weather.
The only rules of this Hack Circle:
1. You've got to use your feet to keep the sack in the air and off the ground. No hands! (10 voluntary pushups if you do)
2. If you miss or otherwise screw up, you can't say, "I'm Sorry." (10 voluntary pushups if you do)
3. No serving to yourself. (10 voluntary pushups if you do)
4. No hotdogging. Meaning this is not about how many tricks you can do before the sack hits the ground, and it's not about working obsessively on tricks. Tricks are fine but in general, we want to keep the hack going as a friendly group and keep everyone involved.
See you at Caldera rain or shine. The overpass provides shelter from the rain and once the circle gets going, you'll be plenty warm regardless of the weather.
For more info about these and all of my shows, and to confirm that there have been no cancellations, click here: Calendar
Since I'm putting this newsletter out once a month, it's possible there may be a cancellation of a given show by the time it happens. Please double check with my web calendar if possible to be sure the gig is still happening. I'd hate to have you come out for nothing. Also another gig or two might be added or times or locations might change, so do check the calendar for the latest info.
Recorded Music
All of my over 30 albums are available for downloading free or with a donation at my website: www.GeneBurnett.com
Videos In General
Overall Mission: I post a lot of videos on youtube, over 1000 so far! I'm not trying to build a fan base...In fact, I'm not trying to build anything. I'm not expecting you or anyone else to follow what I'm doing or watch all of these videos. Posting videos is just part of my overall plan to make my music (and my T'ai-Chi and Nature videos too) as freely available as possible and see what freely comes back. I think of each video as sort of like a message in a bottle...and more I toss out there the more likely one of them will land on a friendly shore and something good will come back to me. So here are some video links in case you're interested:
How to Find My Videos: First of all, I've set up a "Videos" page on my website (www.GeneBurnett.com) with a menu similar to what you see below as well as a digital tip jar in case any of you want to contribute to my cottage industry. Every little bit helps and not just financially.
I've also set up some blogs that make navigating and viewing my various videos much easier. You can go to any of these blogs and see thumbnails for all of the videos posted there. Scroll across the thumbnails and you will see the titles of each video. Click on it and a page will open that will let you watch the video right there without going to youtube. My latest videos are always in the upper left hand corner.
To see all of my Music videos in one easy to navigate place, click here: The Unforced Videos
To see all of my T'ai-Chi videos in one easy to navigate place, click here: The Unforced Movement
To see all of my Nature videos in one easy to navigate place, click here: The Unforced Nature
For a quick and easy way to sort through, listen to, or download all of my albums free or with a donation, click here: The Unforced Music
To see my regular blog "The Unforced Life", click here: The Unforced Life
To visit my youtube channel and possibly subscribe, click here: My Youtube Channel
To see all of my youtube playlists click here: My Youtube Playlists
New Videos
5 new T'ai-Chi videos:
1 new Nature video:
3 new Rogue Poetry Slam Videos:
1 new Music Video Playlist with several new music/cloud videos:
Youtube Playlists featuring songs from previous albums including "live" and Rogue Poetry Slam versions:
I've stopped posting as many pictures on facebook, (for many reasons), and started posting them instead on Flickr, which I like much better.
Here's a link to my "home page" at Flicker: Photostream.
I have many photo galleries there but a few of my favorites are:
Small Miracles (mostly Nature related stuff)
The Dish Whisperer (I started posting a daily picture of my dish stacking work over a year ago. I recently crossed the 2000 straight days mark. I have no idea how long I'll keep doing this. I'm so used to it, it hardly takes any effort at all to continue. I made a video for my song "I'll Do The Dishes Tonight" that featured a slideshow of the first year.
"Head" and "Boot" (devoted to our two gerbils RIP)
I continue to offer all of my albums for downloading, free or with a donation at my website: www.GeneBurnett.com I started doing this about 8 or 9 years ago and considered it a 5 year creative experiment. Well the 5 years passed and I decided to start calling it my "ongoing creative experiment" as I have no plans to stop. Since I returned to my folk roots and stopped climbing, or trying to climb, the industry ladder, I've been enjoying music in my life more than ever before. And enjoyment, rather than achievement or worldly success has always been dearest to my heart anyway. So now I focus totally on what I love most: writing, recording, performing and sharing what I create. If other people like it, so much the better, but getting other people to like me or what I do is no longer my goal or focus. I'm out to please myself first. I want to do my music exactly the way I want to do it and see who likes it that way, not figure out what people will like and try to do it that way. I put it out there freely and see what comes freely back. So far so good. I've never had more success and appreciation than I have since I started doing it this. Go figure.
Thanks, as usual, for your support and well wishes even if you don't make to any shows.


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Oct 12, 2011
(Machias, ME) The #1 team in the country traveled to Machias today to face the Clippers. The Bengals had too much offensive power for the Clippers to handle as they rolled to victory on the day 6-0. Phathizwe Sacolo recorded a hat trick on the day and Jack Petrie, Wilfried Monthe, and Kennard Brown also added goals. Machias goalkeeper Luis Herrera had six saves on the day as the Clippers fell to 11-6-1 on the year. The travel to Auburn, ME this weekend to close out the rest of their conference schedule.


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Vernon Kemp
Vernon is a Fellow and Senior Examiner in all ISTD Dancesport Faculties and a regular lecturer at teachers' congresses. Dance played a major role in childhood, starting with Tap at four and a half years of age. Ballet became the main emphasis although Ballroom, Latin and Sequence were added later (at about 10 years old!). At 18 years of age, major decisions had to be made about whether to teach or perform, and examining was already a dream.
Two Associates were achieved before embarking on an Honours degree in Geography and Education and immediately after graduation, full time teaching ensued first in the north of England and then in London.
Despite running Central London Dance (www.danceschoolslondon.com) Vernon enjoys travelling to other countries to teach, examine and adjudicate. All levels of dancers pass through the Studio from total beginners to World Champions and even royalty. Teachers he has trained in London now work in many countries throughout the world.


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Exeter City Council will fund the repairs to the wall at Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, using money from the government's funds.
Contractors working for the City Council will begin work on Monday (28 April). It is expected to be completed by late May.
A large section of the coastal defence alongside the River Clyst frontage was severely damaged during the high tides and storm damage in January and February. This resulted in a breach which allowed the high tides to overtop and flow into the protected land and inkland road behind it. These raised defences provide protection to the RSPB reserve at Bowling Green Marsh and a number of nearby properties and businesses.
The City Council owns the land that the defences stand on and leases the land at Bowling Green Marsh to the RSPB.
It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and has European status as a freshwater marshes habitat.
Cllr Rachel Sutton, Deputy Leader of Exeter City Council, said: "This is great news for people living in and visiting Topsham. Bowling Green Marsh is popular with bird watchers and walkers, particularly in the summer, so the quicker these repairs are completed the the better."
Tony Whitehead, speaking for the RSPB in Devon said: "The RSPB is delighted that Exeter City Council are to start work on repairing the banks at Bowling Green Marsh. The reserve is nationally important for a wide range of estuary birds, particularly in winter, and is enjoyed by tens of thousands of people that visit every year. It's one of the many reasons Exeter is a really wild city!"
Rob Sanders, who lives next to Bowling Green Marsh, said he was pleased the works were about to start. He added: "I'd like to say a big thank you to Exeter City Council and their engineering team on behalf of all the residents at Riversmeet. The seriousness of the situation was recognised immediately, and steps were taken to ensure swift action. This culminated in works commencing on this week, less than a month from when it was first brought to the Council's attention. A professional and decisive approach from the Council that has put all our minds at rest."
Member since: 10th July 2012
Hi, I am Dave, I run thebestof Exeter along with my colleagues. If you want to promote your business or event, get in touch with us on 01392 349 130.


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Deadly Ala. plane crash may have been teen joyride
Updated 4:44 pm. ET
JASPER, Ala. Investigators believe a small plane that crashed in the Alabama woods was taken without permission for a joyride by a student pilot and two other teenagers who died in the wreck Tuesday night.
Walker County sheriff's Chief Deputy James Painter said Wednesday authorities are still investigating but believe the three teenagers took off in the plane before it went down in a wooded area near Jasper, northwest of Birmingham.
"We don't know for sure but we think it was some teenagers who stole the plane and were sort of joyriding it," Painter told The Associated Press. "They got it in and took off and didn't go very far."
"I think they were just looking for a thrill and they had their last one," Painter said.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the Piper PA 30 crashed less than a mile from the Walker County Airport in Jasper.
The names of the three occupants of the plane haven't been released. The mother of one of the teens who died, however, said her son had his own key and did not steal it.
Sherrie Smith told The Associated Press her 17-year-old son, Jordan Smith, had flown the plane many times.
The plane had departed from the small airport at night and when there was a low cloud ceiling , airport manager Edwin Banks said.
"It was a student pilot flying an airplane without permission, an airplane that he was not qualified to fly at night," Banks said. He declined to name the student before authorities release the identities.
The teenage pilot had flown a single-engine airplane in the past "and he got in a double-engine at night in bad weather with a couple of his buddies," Banks said.
The Piper PA 30 is also called a Piper Twin Comanche. It is a low-wing plane with two propellers and can seat four to six, depending on the model.
The planes were built from 1963 until 1972, and were popular with flight schools because of their fuel efficiency and relatively inexpensive price tags, according to the International Comanche Society, an enthusiasts' group.


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Finally, we have confirmation of what we have long suspected: AGRA, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, has been created to facilitate the corporate takeover of African agriculture, not support African smallholder farmers with real solutions.
AGRA's African Agriculture Status Report 2013 released two days ago confirms the organisation's Green Revolution agenda, despite the legacy of soil degradation and water depletion left by the Green Revolution in Asia.
AGRA, founded by the Gates and Rockefeller Foundations in 2006, claims that it is spurring a "uniquely African Green Revolution", but there's little original thinking here. Instead, it seems to be more of the same agenda that locks farmers into a spiral of corporate control, making them dependent on seeds and fertilisers from transnational corporations which dictate price and product delivery times.
In a meeting with AGRA officials in Nairobi in January 2013, we asked for greater transparency about the projects that AGRA is funding. This request was met with accusations that Greenpeace was making assumptions about AGRA's work and a vehement denial from AGRA that it was funding genetically engineered (GE) crops and pesticides.
Although AGRA may not yet be funding GE directly, it's certainly laying the groundwork by providing the "enabling environment" and facilitating the "public private partnerships" that will see the privatisation of profits. The end result is that the social and environmental costs will be borne by society, particularly the smallholder female farmers that AGRA claims to be helping.
In setting up agro-dealerships and facilitating credit lines to smallholder farmers to enable them to buy fertilisers and hybrid seeds, AGRA is rolling out the model of debt-driven agriculture that has seen farmers in India incur huge debts when harvests fail. Debt is a likely reason behind the suicides of thousands of farmers in India.
The introduction of AGRA's report recognises the vagaries of the global commodity market, but stops short of showing the devastating effects that "price fluctuations" can have on debt laden smallholder farmers.
Through its policy hub programme, AGRA is driving the corporate agenda that aims to harmonise seed laws to the lowest common denominator that would stop farmers retaining seeds and instead pave the way for the introduction of patented GE seeds, despite the concerns of farmers.
It seems that AGRA has listened to farmers' concerns about these seeds and then carried on regardless, discarding their opposition as "a farce". Greenpeace believes that only ecological farming can clearly help farmers by optimising traditional agriculture with the latest developments in technology research and knowledge-based systems.
Instead of driving farmers into the unreliable arms of commodity markets, organisations like AGRA and their funders should fund additional research into ecological farming, schooling for farmers and informational support services provided by other NGOs, research centres and foundations.
Ecological farming is the only system that empowers local farmers to feed themselves and their families, keep income in their communities, preserve their livelihoods and the ecosystems of Africa. This is the agricultural future farmers and all of us want to see for Africa, not corporate greed.
Iza Kruszewska is a Senior Ecological Farming Campaigner at Greenpeace International.
Glen Tyler is an Ecological Farming Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa.
"We often fool ourselves by asking the wrong question. A question sets us on the path to the answer, and if we don't frame it properly, if we sta...
"We often fool ourselves by asking the wrong question. A question sets us on the path to the answer, and if we don't frame it properly, if we start with unfounded premises, we start in the wrong direction and are in danger of getting hopelessly lost. This summer, as the drought lengthened and the prospects for the corn and soybean harvest withered in the heat, with the prospect of the world population reaching nine billion by the year 2050, a fair amount of editorial space got devoted to the question, "How will we feed the world?" This is the wrong question. Asked in this way, it begs for a technological, top-down answer."
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Hey Listenin...
think we should tell Obama to feed the world!
And ask Richard Branson about his algae-kerosene...
Hey Listenin...
think we should tell Obama to feed the world!
And ask Richard Branson about his algae-kerosene...
Welcome to NVDW...it is like kiting the virgin
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Interesting solution for small scale farmers turning to crowding funding, http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/endeleza-kilimo-helping-small-scale-dairy...
Interesting solution for small scale farmers turning to crowding funding, http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/endeleza-kilimo-helping-small-scale-dairy-farmers-in-rungwe-tanzania
Will crowdfunding be the next avenue to raise funds for small agri-business ventures
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Villas-Boas spots Cups of promise
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas is looking for a much-needed confidence boost when his side take part in two Cup competitions over the coming week.
The Blues host Birmingham in the FA Cup fifth round this weekend, before a trip to Napoli in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Without a victory in four Premier League matches, the former Porto boss will welcome the double-header away from the domestic table, with a lengthy break until the clash against Bolton at Stamford Bridge on February 25th.
"There are two different competitions now ahead of us and two competitions where we want to show a different quality. We have to prepare for Birmingham and then Napoli," said 'AVB' after the recent defeat to Everton.
"They are two competitions where we are in a very good position and we have to rebuild confidence. We are in the last 16 of the FA Cup and we hope to continue to progress. That shows the spirit and resilience in a different competition."
Pressure continues to mount on Villas-Boas in west London, with owner Roman Abramovich a recent regular at the club's training ground following the run of bad results.
And Villas-Boas has no problems taking the criticism from both the media and fans, admitting that not everybody can be kept happy at any stage of a managerial reign.
"If there are people entitled to say that, it is the fans. Their expectations and demands are the most respected ones, they are the essence of the football club," added the Portuguese manager.
"It doesn't mean their opinion is the one we have to share - we thought about it on the bench and we thought it [substitution] was the solution. I think the disappointment they have is exactly the same we have, massive disappointment and the sadness they feel is one we feel.
"We have been very competent away from home normally, but this wasn't the case and we were not up to our level. Hopefully we can repay them with a good FA Cup win and progression in the Champions League."News Now - Sport News


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VANCOUVER - Vancouver police are asking local drug users to use the services of a well-known, safe-injection site after a rash of suspected heroin overdoses.
Police say there were seven suspected overdoses Tuesday on the city's Downtown Eastside.
The department is now asking local drug users to be extremely cautious and use Insite.
Police say Insite is staffed by medical personnel who can help users when things go wrong.
They are also asking local residents to call 911 if they see somebody in medical distress and that drug users seek immediate medical help if they don't feel well.
Insite is the city's first legal safe injection site and has been credited by Vancouver's chief medical health officer Dr. Patricia Daly with saving lives and reducing the risk of infection from disease like HIV and hepatitis C.
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A compound found in a common spice could hold the key to preventing Alzheimer's disease.
More than 200 Australians are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease every day and by 2050 more than one million Australians will suffer from the disease.
A 12 month clinical trial in partnership with ECU, the McCusker Alzheimer's Research Foundation and Anglican Retirement Villages (ARV) is investigating whether curcumin, found in turmeric, could prevent the onset of Alzheimer's.
Led by ECU Foundation Chair Ageing and Alzheimer's Disease Professor Ralph Martins and ARV Dementia Research Consultant Kathryn Goozee the clinical trial will see 100 residents within ARV take supplements of curcumin or placebo while reviewing results from amyloid brain scans, memory tests and blood biomarker results.
The study will also be utilising retinal scanning, a recently developed technology that offers a non-invasive, lower cost, alternative to brain scanning.
Curcumin is already known to be a powerful antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory and could combat beta amyloid, a protein responsible for Alzheimer's and dementia.
The presence of beta amyloid has been shown to precede the onset of Alzheimer's symptoms by up to 20 years and there are hopes curcumin could offer hope as a preventative.
Ms Goozee said it was critical that solutions were found to prevent the massive increase in dementia predicted in coming decades.
"There is so much that can be achieved in prevention with simple lifestyle modifications, and this type of study will provide some of those answers," Ms Goozee said.
"If we can demonstrate that a safe, inexpensive nutraceutical, like curcumin, optimises health and preserves a cognitive function, it would be a significant advance in keeping Alzheimer's at bay."


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To be clear: the interpolation works fine, in both of the provided forms (with and without formatting). As usual with Scala, it's the possibility of replicating the functionality for my own purposes that gets me excited. I usually explain the whys and the hows of my code, but in this case a simple paste says it all, imho.
dcs@ayanami:~/github/scala (master)$ scala -Xexperimental Welcome to Scala version 2.10.0.rdev-4232-2012-01-23-g9a20086 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.6.0_26). Type in expressions to have them evaluated. Type :help for more information. scala> case class StringContext(parts: String*) { | object matching { | def unapplySeq(s: String): Option[Seq[String]] = { | val re = (parts map ("\\Q" + _ + "\\E") mkString ("^", "(.*?)", "$")).r | re findFirstMatchIn s map (_.subgroups) | } | } | def s(args: Any*) = scala.StringContext(parts: _*).s(args: _*) | } defined class StringContext scala> "23/01/2012" match { case matching"$day/$month/$year" => s"$month-$day-$year" } res0: String = 01-23-2012


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Former Raiders punter Ray Guy is one of two Senior Committee nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is joined by former Eagles defensive end Claude Humphrey.
Guy played for the Raiders from 1973-86. He is regarded as one of the best punters in league history. No pure punters have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Guy was named All-Pro six straight seasons and selected to the Pro Bowl seven times during his career.
Current Raiders punter Chris Kluwe long has been outspoken about the fact no pure punters are in the hall of fame. Guy is one of the players he has pushed for enshrinement.
"He's a guy who should be in the hall of fame because he changed the game at his position," Kluwe said Wednesday. "Before Ray Guy, no one really tracked hang time because they didn't understand that that was an important stat. Then they realized, 'Oh, hey, wait a minute, this is actually helping the team a lot.' So, if you're any player who redefined the game at your position, that is the definition of a hall of famer by the fact that everyone knows your name. It's great news."
For induction, Guy and Humphrey need the same 80 percent voting support that is required of all finalists. The Hall's Selection Committee can elect a maximum of two senior candidates and five modern-era candidates for a class no smaller than four or larger than seven.
Here's how the HOF summed up Guy's career:
He averaged 40 yards per punt in all but one of his 14 seasons. In 207 career games, he punted 1,049 times for 44,493 yards for a career average of 42.4 yards. He also was noted for his precision as he dropped punts inside the 20-yard-line 209 times from 1976 through his retirement after the 1986 season. Data for that statistic was not available during his first three years. Guy was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1970s.
Guy a nominee for Pro Football Hall of Fame
Former Raiders punter Ray Guy is one of two Senior Committee nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is joined by former Eagles defensive end Claude Humphrey.


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Cause determined in Berwick Academy fire
Stage light to close to curtain sparked blaze
The Maine Fire Marshal's Office says a stage light too close to a curtain caused Tuesday's fire at the arts building at Berwick Academy.
Officials said 50 students were in the stage area rehearsing for a play when the fire broke out.
South Berwick fire officials said the show's pianist looked up on stage and saw a foot-high flame on the curtain after smelling smoke. By the time he got to the stage, the flame was 4 feet high.
"It seems apparent that the heat from one of the backstage lights led to an older curtain catching flames," said Gregg Schneider, the head of the school.
Officials said Music Director Seth Hurd pulled an emergency fire curtain which kept the flames from going into the auditorium.
"I jumped up, run for the stage and looked over at the curtain (and saw) it was on fire, and I yelled to the kids, 'Get off the stage. Get out of the building,'" Hurd said. "We dove for the (fire curtain) trigger, pulled the ring, the fire curtain came down, and we left the building."
Hurd said they had all received a refresher on what to do in the event of a fire, which included a drill on how to use the fire curtain.
"If you pull the ring off the peg, the line goes up, sets off the curtain, and the fire curtain will come down," Schneider said.
Officials are working to find another possible venue for the play that was scheduled to open March 1.
The building's sprinklers put out the fire.
Officials said the building sustained minor smoke and water damage and will be out of commission for at least several weeks.
All of the students were evacuated and no one was hurt.


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Hoogenboom Earns CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-America Honors
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DE PERE - St. Norbert College senior Brandon Hoogenboom has been named to the Capital One Division III At-Large Academic All-America squad, presented by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Hoogenboom was a third-team selection. Hoogenboom, a Nanton, Alberta, native, fashioned a 3.70 grade point average with a major in business administration. Hoogenboom was a two-year captain for the Green Knights and was an assistant captain as a sophomore. The senior forward scored 12 goals and seven assists for 19 points in 31 games this season. Hoogenboom was the hockey team's representative to the St. Norbert Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
St. Norbert went 28-3-1 this season, and won its fourth NCAA Division III national championship in seven years with a 3-1 win over UW-Stevens Point on March 22.
Hoogenboom's honor is the sixth Academic All-America mention for St. Norbert men's hockey. Rob Smillie was a second-team selection in 1999, followed by Marc Belanger's second-team accolade in 2008. Nick Tabisz was a second-team honoree in 2010 and 2011. Johan Ryd was a second-team choice in 2012.
The at-large team encompasses student-athletes from the sports of bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, men's volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
To be eligible for national or regional selection, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.0, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his current institution and be nominated by his sports information director. The Academic All-America team is selected after All-District teams are picked from eight geographic regions nationally.


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Re: st: -xtmixed- performance problem
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Hello Toby
How many observations do you have for each id? If there aren't too many,
maybe you are asking too much of the model.
Den 11-09-2010 14:28, Hobst skrev:
Hello everybody
I want to run the following two-way error component regression in xtmixed,
with cluster robust standard errors
xtmixed y x1 x2 x3 x4 || _all: R.id || datevar:, mle residuals(, by(id))
Without the term residuals(,by(id)) the regression is very fast, but with
the the option included, it did only 2 iterations in 48h.
Does anybody have any idea, what i could do to speed the regression up? Is
there maybe an option to decrease accuracy or something like that?
Thank you very much for your support.
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dna architecture and chelates
Discussion of all aspects of biological molecules, biochemical processes and laboratory procedures in the field.
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dna architecture and chelates
what is DNA architecture? and what sort of chelate are involved in DNA? can anyone tell me the links regarding this information? plz..
I would guess www.google.com or www.pubmed.com
What about phosphate? Also the bases could have some chelating proparties, but not sure, about that
What about phosphate? Also the bases could have some chelating proparties, but not sure, about that
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Chelation usually involves a metal ion (like Ca2+, Fe2+/3+, Mg2+, or even Cu2+), but there is no metal ions involved with DNA and its architecture. It uses pretty much proteins to build its architechure with nucleosomes composed of histones (H2A and H2B, H3, and H4) to form a beads on a string structure. And then the linker histone H1 to form a 30 nm fiber of coiled beads into a rope structure. From there, it can have chromatin modeling protein complexes to make it into heterchromatin (condensed and repressed transcriptionally) or euchromatin (maybe a loose scaffold of DNA and proteins for active transcription).
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Apparently a lot of people complain that they only see random letters and characters:
My biggest problem is that I can't reproduce the problem on ANY of my devices! Not on my Windows XP laptop, not on my Windows 7 laptop, not on my Android phone or my iPod Touch. It doesn't matter which browser I'm using. The only time I see the problem myself is when I try to share one of my blog posts on Google+, because the blog description then appears in strange characters.
So, first of all I need to find a way to reproduce the problem somehow. Otherwise I won't be able to see if what I did fixed the problem or not.
I did everything that @toscho recommended, but nothing helped.
Did anybody ever run into a similar problem or would you know where I could start to look for the problem?
Edit: I contacted my webhost. They couldn't reproduce the problem, just like me. They said that they have enabled gzip compression on their servers. They suggested turning off one plugin after another to see what happens, but as I can't reproduce the problem, I can't do that. Please help!
More and more readers are complaining about this problem. Most of them just need to refresh the page or wait a few minutes and then the site loads normally, but I'm still using a lot of traffic because of that.
EDIT 2: The W3 Total Cache Plugin FAQ says: I see garbage characters instead of the normal web site, what's going on here?
If a theme or it's files use the call php_flush() or function flush() that will interfere with the plugins normal operation; making the plugin send cached files before essential operations have finished. The flush() call is no longer necessary and should be removed.
I am pretty sure that none of my code has this call anywhere, but I'm not 100% sure. Is there any way to find out other than searching through millions of characters in all of my files?