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The "days without an arrest" meter had been creeping toward the all-time record of 34. And with players in camp, the likelihood of an off-field incident was reduced.
But every NFL employee falls under the umbrella, including cheerleaders. According to WPTV.com, a Cardinals cheerleader was arrested last month for assaulting her boyfriend.
The victim had recorded the incident via his phone, and Megan Elizabeth Welter admitted that she did indeed hit and punch him.
She was arrested on July 20 for assault, disorderly conduct, and criminal damage.
Welter recently was the subject of news reports regarding her military service in Iraq. Which likely resulted in someone connecting the dots and noticing that the same Megan Elizabeth Welter who gained publicity for chasing a 16-month tour of duty with an NFL cheerleading gig also had a somewhat more notorious moment roughly two weeks ago.

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Ryan Coogler's US Dramatic Competition entry Fruitvale nand Steve Hoover's US Documentary Competition film Blood Brother both scooped their respective grand jury and audience awards at the Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony on Saturday [26].
Muel O's Jiseul won the World Cinema Dramatic grand jury prize and Kalyanee Mam's A River Changes Course earned the corresponding documentary award.
In the World Cinema audience awards, Jehane Noujaim's The Square took the documentary prize while Sean Ellis' Metro Manila prevailed in the dramatic category.
The full list of winners follows:
The US Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Blood Brother, dir Steve Hoover
The US Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Fruitvale, dir Ryan Coogler
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
A River Changes Course (Cambodia), dir Kalyanee Mam
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Jiseul (South Korea), dir Muel O
The Audience Award: US Documentary
Blood Brother, dir Steve Hoover
The Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
Fruitvale, dir Ryan Coogler
The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
The Square (Al Midan) (Egypt-US), dir Jehane Noujaim
The Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Metro Manila (UK-Philippines), dir Sean Ellis
The Audience Award: Best of NEXT
This Is Martin Bonner, dir Chad Hartigan
The Directing Award: US Documentary
Zachary Heinzerling for Cutie And The Boxer
The Directing Award: US Dramatic
Jill Soloway for Afternoon Delight
The Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary
Tinatin Gurchiani for The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear (Georgia-Germany)
The Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Sebastián Silva for Crystal Fairy (Chile)
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: US Dramatic
Lake Bell for In A World…
The Screenwriting Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Barmak Akram for Wajma (An Afghan Love Story) (Afghanistan)
The Editing Award: US Documentary
Gideon's Army
The Editing Award: World Cinema Documentary
The Summit (Ireland-UK)
The Cinematography Award: US Documentary
Dirty Wars
The Cinematography Award: US Dramatic
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Mother Of George
The Cinematography Award: World Cinema Documentary
Who is Dayani Cristal? (UK)
The Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Lasting (Poland-Spain).
US Documentary Special Jury Awards for Achievement in Filmmaking
Inequality for All, dir Jacob Kornbluth
American Promise, dirs. Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting
Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now
US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Sound Design
Shane Carruth and Johnny Marshall, Upstream Color
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award
Circles, dir Srdan Golubovic
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Punk Spirit
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer (Russian Federation-UK), dirs. Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
The Short Film Audience Award Presented by YouTube
Catnip: Egress To Oblivion?, dir Jason Willis


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The problem with earnings forecasts
Of all the world's markets, it is Europe and the UK where there is the most consistent over-optimism regarding earnings forecasts.
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We recently published our forecast returns for a range of asset classes over a seven-year horizon, which can be found here.
We made some major changes this year to the equity forecasting methodology, which is explained in the main document.
As part of the revision process, we took a look at analysts' earnings-per-share (EPS) forecasts, in an attempt to include a wider range of information into at least the immediate forecast for equities.
However, we did not blindly take the latest consensus estimate. As economists, we are all too aware of the tendency for systematic biases to creep into forecasts: witness US GDP in recent years.
With this in mind, we looked at the historic over- or underestimate, by comparing 12 month ahead EPS forecasts with the actual realised EPS. The average bias is shown below for a range of markets.
Source: Bloomberg, Schroders Economics Group. July 2016. Used max history available, usually 10-15 years.
The bias for some markets is quite low; in the case of the US and Asia Pacific ex Japan, for example, there is almost no systematic bias.
Note that this is not the same as saying analysts get these markets right; only that their errors average out to roughly zero, so there is no bias to adjust for.
By contrast, analysts seem to be consistently optimistic on the earnings outlook for emerging markets, the UK and Europe ex UK. Something to bear in mind when receiving the next batch of equity analysts' reports.


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Yeah? Well, Leyland's Got Binders Full of Baseball Players
The long delay during game 3 of the NLCS left a void that simply could not be filled by the WNBA playoffs. And then when it became apparent that the Tigers would have to postpone their opportunity to bring this year's edition of the Evil Empire to a close, I had to face reality. No baseball for the evening.
However, this left me a little time to follow up on my favorite instant meme from Tuesday night's debate: Binders Full of Women.
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Apple Executive Buys Home on San Francisco's Gold Coast
By Sarah Tilton and Jessica E. Vascellaro
Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, has paid $17 million for a house on San Francisco's "Gold Coast," according to people familiar with the deal. The house, on one of the city's most exclusive blocks, was listed for $25 million.
Designed by the architectural firm Willis Polk & Co., the five-level brick home was completed in 1927 and has six bedrooms and 8½ bathrooms. The 7,274-square-foot house also features views of the San Francisco Bay, an oak-paneled library, a courtyard garden and six wood-burning fireplaces. An upstairs bedroom has cathedral ceilings with exposed beams, while on the lower level there is a two-bedroom, one bathroom staff apartment.
Mr. Ive, 45, is one of Apple's most well-known executives and is widely credited with the unique industrial design of the iPod, iPhone, and its other products. A close friend of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the British-born Mr. Ive has led Apple's design team since 1996. He was knighted earlier this year. He leads one of Apple's most secretive teams and like most executives at the company, lives a very private life.


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What does the T* stand for on ZEISS products?
Carl Zeiss T* is a guarantee of the brilliant, high-contrast images which you will experience above all in adverse light conditions and in the twilight.
The process was developed by Alexander Smakula some 80 years ago in the Carl Zeiss workshop in Jena, and the patent was registered in November 1935.
Alexander Smakula from Carl Zeiss Jena had at that time already discovered that when light enters or leaves a lens, a certain percentage of the light is reflected from the boundaries. Depending on the type of glass used this is usually between 4 and 8%, and depending on the number of lenses the total light lost can be more than 50%. Smakula countered this significant disadvantage by covering the surface of the lenses with extremely thin layers of special materials. In doing so he changed the transfer of air to glass, thereby reducing the reflections. This led to greatly improved light transmission. Binoculars with this "Transmission layer" were from that point, given the designation "T", and the improved multi-layer coating developed at the end of the '70s was named "T*". The process involves the vapour deposition in a high vacuum of layers of material, with each of the six or so layers adding approx. 1/10,000 mm.
Today we call this process "coating" or "anti-reflection coating". It is in common use with anyone who wears glasses or uses nature optics. For them, Smakula's findings have led to bright, high-contrast images without distracting reflections: a feature of all sophisticated ZEISS optics that we take for granted today.
The coating is still known as the Carl Zeiss T* multi-layer coating. Behind it, however, there is no specific formula for building up the layers. Instead, it is a technology that is constantly adjusted to suit new glass materials and requirements, which varies from lens to lens.
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A Black gay Republican candidate for Washington D.C. Council has protested the candidate rankings released last week by the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance. Ward 1 candidate Marc Morgan has blasted the rankings as a "high school popularity contest" after receiving a significantly lower score than the Democratic incumbent, reports the Washington Post.
In the Ward 1 council race, the GLAA gave openly gay Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) a perfect score of a 10. But Marc Morgan, the GOP candidate in the race, received a score of 3. "He agrees with GLAA on the issues but offered no substance in his questionnaire," GLAA said of its rating of Morgan. "We found only a minimal record."
Morgan sent out a statement today accusing GLAA of engaging in a "high school popularity contest. "As a gay man who has traveled across the country fighting for gay rights, I find it hard to believe that someone such as CM Graham can be three times as supportive of LGBT rights as I am," Morgan said. "I don't understand how any person who answered GLAA's questionnaire could be more supportive of gay rights than a gay man himself, but I suppose that is something the GLAA will have to live with should one of their "favorites" not win this election."
Openly gay challenger Tim Day in Ward 5 also complained after receiving a low ranking. GLAA defends it ratings, saying the GOP candidates have no record on LGBT rights and expect "points because they are openly gay."
There's a lot of that going around.
The issues page of the Marc Morgan for DC Council website does not discuss any LGBT-related platform issues. On his Facebook page, the Black gay Republican describes his family as active in Ohio Republican politics and boasts that his uncle "was an advisor to Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell." You may recall that Blackwell, in addition to helping to disenfranchise Black Ohio voters in the 2004 presidential campaign, has ranted against the "homosexual lifestyle" and once infamously compared gays to "arsonists and kleptomaniacs."


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Fly-fishing Idaho: obsessed on the river
We were anchored in the middle of a honey hole. My guide and friend Tim Warren had just rowed our drift boat into one of the choicest pieces of water on one of the prettiest, fishiest stretches of river in the world. If I told you where it was, I can assure you Tim would stop being my guide and might cease being my friend.
As any serious fly-fisherman will attest, it would be difficult to say which would be the greater loss.
What I can tell you is that we were in the American Rocky Mountains, somewhere in southeastern Idaho, on one of the blue-ribbon trout streams that make up the storied Snake River system. I had left my apartment in New York at 5 o'clock that morning, and like anyone who suffers from the obsessive-compulsive disorder otherwise known as fly-fishing, I headed straight for the river when I landed.
The spot I now found myself in was so picture-postcard pretty it was almost silly. Above us loomed the Grand Tetons, perhaps the planet's most picturesque mountain range (Ansel Adams shot some of his most iconic images here). Thanks to a storm that had passed through earlier in the day, then obligingly moved on, the peaks were snow-capped for the first time all year. Around us the sky was so vast and blue as to redefine one's concept of the terms. Because it was autumn, there was a circus of red, orange and yellow going on in the form of aspen and cottonwood trees along the river. Was the water more glass-flat or gin-clear? Let's call it a tie. On our way to the spot where we were now hunkered down, we had caught a few dinks, fish so small they are almost embarrassing to net. But here, Tim assured me, was where monsters lie.
To call a trout "smart" is to give the creature more credit than its pea-size brain probably deserves. But I'll say this: Whether it's through some primitive form of cognition or the simple survival instinct, trout are maddeningly skilled at avoiding hooks. One of their favorite tricks is to hold beneath the overhung grassy banks that line many rivers. It's cool and shady there, and bald eagles, blue heron and other predators can't easily access their prey from above. Neither can fishermen. To coax a trout out of such a spot requires especially precise technique. Cast too far and your fly will get hung up in the grass and break off. Cast too short and the fish won't see your fly. We were now looking at just such a bank.
I cast my fly. Two flies, actually, a size-10 gray drake and a size-18 blue-winged-olive (fishing two flies at once gives the fish twice the dining options). My cast, improbably enough, was sound. The flies began to drift slowly downstream, 20 feet from us, 25, 30 ... then, bang! The blue-winged-olive shot down as if it had been sucked into a black hole. This is an unmistakable sign that a not-unsizable trout has slurped down your fly; received a surprise lip piercing; become duly enraged; and begun racing up, down and across the river to try to spit out your hook and forget he ever crossed paths with you.
For maybe 20 seconds I played my catch, bringing him close enough to the boat to see that he was a prized wild Idaho cutthroat trout, measuring some 20 inches long (a widely used benchmark of hugeness) and weighing some 4 pounds. Then, inexplicably, I forgot to maintain enough tension on the fish to prevent him from running back under the bank, where he could put undue stress on my line. This is a rookie mistake, one I thought I had put behind me many fish ago. Snap, he was gone.
Evolved fly-fishermen will tell you that there is pleasure to be had in simply hooking and playing a big fish, even if you don't land him. Most anglers abide by a catch-and-release ethic to prevent overfishing anyway, so not netting the fish in order to remove the hook and set him free is, in a sense, saving a step. Just to be out on the water, in a beautiful setting, enjoying an afternoon away from your quotidian cares, is said to be its own reward.
I believe in all of that. That is the Tao of fly-fishing, and I felt it at that moment. I was happy.
I was also furious at myself for letting a big fish get away, and consumed by a decidedly un-Zen thought: I have two more days ahead of me, and I must - must - catch The Big One.
Off the tourist track
Fly-fishing the Snake River - specifically the South Fork, Henry's Fork and Teton River branches of the Snake watershed in Idaho's Teton Valley - is a quintessential American outdoor adventure. It may not hold the name-brand appeal of, say, hiking in the Grand Canyon, rock-climbing in Yosemite or geyser-gawking at Yellowstone, but what it lacks in international renown it more than makes up for with its own singular charms.
The fishing, for starters, is world-class. Few fisheries on the planet offer the diversity of prized species, in such large numbers and sizes, that the Snake does. Wild native cutthroat trout (with their eponymous orange slashes, some of the natural world's most beautiful creatures); big, brawny brown trout; and gorgeous rainbows (known for the almost magical pattern they sport on their sides and the aggressive manner in which they fight) are all abundant in these waters. Sixteen-inch-plus specimens are plentiful; 20-inchers are common enough not to be a pipe dream, but rare enough to still be a prize.
The clarity of the water, the strength and variety of the insect hatches, and the diversity of situations in which an angler can test his skills (fast banks, long flats, burbling riffles) only make these waters that much more attractive. Neophyte fishermen can come here and catch good fish on their first trip. Experienced anglers can easily set personal bests. Grizzly bear, bald eagles, moose, elk, white-tailed deer, red-tailed fox and the occasional wolf are on display.
And the towns of Victor and Driggs are the stuff of every would-be trout- or ski-bum's dreams. They are charming, one-stoplight mountain towns populated by fishing guides and ski-hill lift ops and their red-bandanna'ed black Labs, and outfitted with welcoming and affordable steak houses, Thai joints, shot-and-beer bars, and locally owned brewpubs. They are like Aspen or Vail before the throngs and money came. Spring and summer are by all means wonderful times to visit the area, but fall holds a unique appeal. The foliage makes Vermont's look quaint, the fishing is remarkably consistent and a "crowd" might consist of, oh, a couple dozen other people.
Then there is the area's ineffable appeal. Whatever you are doing - frankly, if you're just standing outside doing nothing - the Tetons rise above you; emerald-green alfalfa fields unfurl around you; wide, powerful rivers wind here and there; and that great big sky is everywhere. There is a sense of almost prehistoric purity. You feel big and small at once. You are smack in the middle of the mythic American West. The poets weren't wrong when they called this God's Country.
Glimmer of luck
The CliffsNotes version of Days Two and Three of my trip goes like this: They more or less stunk. Wind, rain and off-color water conspired against us, and I caught just a handful of unremarkable fish. But on Day Four, my last day, our luck seemed to turn. From the start, there was no wind to speak of, and the sun was shining.
A good fishing guide is indispensible to a serious angler, especially if you're on unknown waters. A skilled guide not only can lead you to the fishiest spots and choose the right flies for you, but is also your coach, cheerleader and psychotherapist on the water. Tim was born and raised in this area, and is one of its top guides, a winner of the prestigious Jackson Hole One-Fly tournament, among other things. He was the first person to teach me how to cast a fly rod, and knows when to push me and when to leave me alone to sulk.
Today, knowing we hadn't caught a lot of fish on the trip so far, he laid out a choice. We could fish the Teton River, where we would be likely to catch plenty of fish, but probably not land a trophy at this time of year under the prevailing conditions. Or we could fish the Henry's Fork, where we might find the prize I had come for.
Because fishing is nothing if not an exercise in masochism, I chose the Henry's Fork. We put in at around 10 a.m.
By 11, we had several 16-inch rainbows in the boat. By noon, we had an 18. By 2 o'clock, a 19. Several spots had produced a number of big fish. There may or may not have been fist bumping. Somewhere around 3, we stopped in an especially fishy run. I caught a couple of nice browns, then missed what appeared to be our first 20-inch rainbow of the trip. I cast right back into the same spot and promptly hooked, and lost, another 20-incher. This time, there was definitely no fist bumping.
Fishing trips rarely conform to a tidy narrative; far more days than not end with a whimper, not a bang. Happily, this one was an exception. As the short fall day began to come to an end, a low-pressure system that had been moving in produced a thin, low ceiling of clouds. The sky was battleship gray and the water almost black. Just above the take-out, we came to a long, skinny run right in the middle of the river and anchored.
There are times your guide picks out a piece of water for you and tells you precisely where to cast, sometimes down to the inch. There are other times when you see a patch of water you just have a hunch about. Catching fish the first way produces the satisfaction of teamwork. Catching fish the second way is more ego-driven, and therefore, of course, more fun.
A little riffle of bubbly whitewater caught my eye, and I cast to it. Nothing. I took another shot at the same little micro-disturbance, only this time a few feet downstream. Nobody home. On my third cast, the little grasshopper pattern I was fishing disappeared into the black. Whatever had eaten the thing took off downstream and dove deep, toward the riverbed. It took me a good few minutes to wrestle him up, bring him to the side of the boat and net him.
Sure enough, it was a clean, healthy, classic rainbow from Henry's Fork, the first and only 20-inch fish of the trip, and precisely the trophy I'd come for. Tim took an iPhone picture of me holding it.
I'm trying, not very successfully, to repress an idiot's grin.
If you go
Where to Stay
Three Rivers Ranch: Warm River, Ashton, Idaho, (208) 652-3750, www.threeriversranch.com. Stay in one of seven new log cabins furnished with Western antiques and equipped with porches perfect for sitting around and swapping whoppers about the day's catch. Rates from $1,035 per day for lodging, meals and guided fishing trips.
Teton Springs Lodge & Spa: 10 Warm Creek Lane, Victor, Idaho, (877) 787-8757, www.tetonspringslodge.com. A modern, full-service resort, with luxury Western-style log cabins and handsome, Western-themed one- and two-bedroom suites, plus golf, swimming and tennis. Rates from $165.
Where to Eat
Forage: 285 E. Little Ave., Driggs, Idaho, (208) 354-2858, www.forageandlounge.com. The Idaho-centric menu at this upscale bistro features seasonal dishes such as watermelon-and-cucumber salad, lamb sliders and slow-cooked bison short ribs sourced from local ranches and farms. Entrees: $15-$28.
Knotty Pine Supper Club: 58 S. Main St., Victor, (208) 787-2866, www.knottypinesupperclub.com. The meaty offerings include house-cured baby back pork ribs, Kurobuta pork chops and double bison burgers. After dinner, dance to live music from acts like the Hot Buttered Rum String Band, a bluegrass group that cites influences from Stravinsky to Django Reinhardt to Phish.
What to do
Teton Balloon Flights: www.tetonballooning.com. Will take you aloft for a scenic aerial tour of the Tetons, the Snake River and the surrounding states. $250 per person for one hour.
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First workout slated for Thursday; position players to arrive in Goodyear on Saturday
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Indians put on a memorable show last season, but Cleveland's fans are eager to see what is in store for an encore. The wait is nearly over now that Spring Training is underway for the Tribe.
Indians pitchers and catchers reported to Arizona for camp on Tuesday and will be taking part in physical exams on Wednesday. The team will then run through its first workout of the preseason on Thursday at Cleveland's training complex in Goodyear.
After last summer's run to the American League Wild Card Game, the Indians are looking forward to getting to work.
"It's nice to be down here," Indians starter Justin Masterson said. "We've got a lot of familiar faces and some new faces. Things ended abruptly last year, but I'd rather it end abruptly in that sense than to not [make the playoffs]. That's right where you want to be. It's a step in the right direction. Again, for us this year, it's building off that momentum and the confidence we gained last year."
Thursday's workout will initiate some of the most intriguing competitions scheduled to take place throughout camp this spring for the Tribe. New closer John Axford joins a bullpen that has a long list of arms vying for a handful of vacancies. Carlos Carrasco, Josh Tomlin, Shaun Marcum and Trevor Bauer will be the challengers for the final spot in the rotation.
Cleveland will also be handing the reins to young catcher Yan Gomes behind the plate, creating questions about Carlos Santana's place on the field. Santana -- slotted in as the Tribe's No. 2 catcher for now -- worked out at third base during the winter and will continue that potential transition this spring. He could also see time at first base or designated hitter on days he is not catching.
"The team hasn't made a decision yet," Santana said. "But I'm doing whatever they say."
All together, the Indians are slated to have 31 pitchers and seven catchers in camp this spring, and all were scheduled to land in Arizona by Tuesday night.
It will all be sorted out over the course of the next seven weeks, leading up to the Indians' Opening Day clash with the A's on March 31 in Oakland. Most of Cleveland's offense remains unchanged from last summer's Wild Card-clinching club -- with the exception of new right fielder David Murphy -- so expectations are high for a team coming off a 92-win campaign.
"We had a great year," Indians setup man Cody Allen said. "We finished the year on a great note. Obviously, we would've loved to play further than we did, but the month of September was a great month. We've got a lot of good pieces coming back and it's going to be exciting to see how we mesh this spring and when we open up in April."
Last season's success followed a dramatic reshaping of the Tribe's roster and the hiring of manager Terry Francona. Cleveland's swift turnaround from its discouraging 68-win showing in 2012 helped Francona net the American League Manager of the Year Award, and convinced the club that the core in place could contend again this season.
The Indians did not steal many national headlines with this offseason's maneuvering, but the team found a new closer in Axford (one-year contract worth $4.5 million plus incentives) and added to its outfield with Murphy (two-year deal worth $12 million). Cleveland also traded outfielder Drew Stubbs to the Rockies to reel in lefty reliever Josh Outman, and added plenty of depth through non-roster deals.
In the process, the Indians parted ways with former closer Chris Perez (Dodgers), setup man Joe Smith (Angels), right-hander Matt Albers (Astros) and lefty Rich Hill (Red Sox), as each signed elsewhere via free agency. The Tribe also allowed starters Scott Kazmir (A's) and Ubaldo Jimenez (free agent) -- key components within the team's run to the playoffs -- to hit the open market.
"Those are some big losses," Masterson said. "But we have all the confidence in the guys who are coming. ... However it's lined up, I think we've got a lot of good things coming our way."
Barring a late addition, or the re-signing of Jimenez to a short-term contract, the rotation projects to include Masterson, Corey Kluber, Danny Salazar and Zach McAllister. Carrasco (out of options), Tomlin (returning from Tommy John elbow surgery), Bauer (prospect) and Marcum (non-roster invitee) are the top candidates for the fifth spot.
Behind Axford, the Indians have Outman and returning bullpen arms in Allen, Bryan Shaw and Marc Rzepczynski. Former setup man Vinnie Pestano will be aiming to regain his footing within the relief corps, while arms such as Frank Herrmann, Blake Wood, C.C. Lee, Nick Hagadone, Matt Capps, Scott Atchison and David Aardsma, among others, jockey for position in the bullpen race.
Cleveland's position players are scheduled to report by Saturday, prior to another round of physicals on Sunday and the team's first full-squad workout on Monday. That is when key players such as first baseman Nick Swisher, shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera and center fielder Michael Bourn will be beginning comeback campaigns.
Following a little more than two weeks of workouts, the Indians will open their Cactus League schedule with a 3:05 p.m. ET tilt on Feb. 26 against the Reds at Goodyear Ballpark, which is shared by the two clubs. That game will be televised by SportsTime Ohio and aired on WTAM 1100 AM, indians.com and over the Indians Radio Network.
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Scabior's wand
In the scene where the shield protecting is broken, and he catches a piece of it with his wand, his wand looks much different than the Noble Collection wand. PeppermintButler77 (talk) 18:17, May 23, 2015 (UTC)
Scabior confirmed Harry´s description of the Slytherin Dungeon in HP7. Should we list his house as Slytherin? --Rodolphus 15:49, December 15, 2009 (UTC)
- Yes. However, it's somewhat possible that he learned what the Slytherin common room looked like from a second-hand source. ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 09:29, December 20, 2009 (UTC)
It says that his loyalty is with Azkaban. Does that mean he worked in Azkaban or was imprisoned? I think more detail is needed TheKillingCurse 16:59, December 15, 2010 (UTC)
- He was imprisoned prior to the fall of the Ministry. The source is already in the artocle. Jayden Matthews 19:44, December 15, 2010 (UTC)
- Quick question, yes he was at one point in prison, but am a little unclear about what specifically "loyalty" means for things listed here. To me "loyalty" sounds like a good thing, your loyal to family school parents, etc, but prison doesn't sound like something an inmate would be "loyal" to. Being imprisoned isn't a good thing so why would anyone be "loyal" to it.....just a thought. --BachLynn(Accio!) 20:07, December 15, 2010 (UTC)
Good question. I would not be "loyal" to a place where I don't want to be. Harry granger 20:39, December 15, 2010 (UTC)
When is it stated that he died? In the Deathly Hallows film?--Rodolphus 12:27, April 7, 2011 (UTC)
Well, I've seen it, and yes, he dies. He and Neville duel on the wooden bridge. It breaks in half and Scabior falls into the abyss.
Where have you seen the viedo please?
It's for see it and confirm the things.
The movie was screened a few days ago for a select audience. I was there and saw it. I assure you HE DIES.
He could have just disapparated - being a experienced wizard and all ;)
thanks you again for confirm me it.
and, can you tell me if Trelanwey, Sprout or Pomprey appear in the trailer that you saw?
Lol, it wasn't a trailer. It was the WHOLE movie! Yes they are there in the backround. They don't have any lines though.
What was doing Filch in front of some jails??
I saw it in the first trailer and i am confuse.
Alecto and Amycus Carroiw appear in the film?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 184.108.40.206 (talk • contribs).
Canon death?
If his death didn't happen in the books, shouldn't that be mentioned? The article is supposed to describe what happens to him in the book, so it shouldn't say he is confirmed dead until proven otherwise. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs).
- Read our canon policy. Events from the films are canon unless directly contradicted by the books or J.K. Rowling herself. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 01:16, July 24, 2011 (UTC)
Nick Moran has said that his signature quote for Scabior's character is his creepy line to Hermione before the chase: "Hello, Beau'iful." Shouldn't this quote be mentioned even more so than the one, "Well don't hang about; snatch 'em!" ? Also, what about the exchange between him and Fenrir greyback after harrry gets hit by a stinging jinx: "What happened to you ugly?" Fenrir Greyback looks up, disgruntled. "No, not you." (indicating Harry) I propose either a separate quote section be added or the quotes be incorporated in the article. If only one quote can remain, it should be the "Hello, beau'iful" quote, not the "Well don't hang about" quote.Nickimiz 06:36, July 24, 2011 (UTC)
Can we really speak that he stole the scarf, when Hermione put it around a tree in a public forrest and abandoned it? When I see such a scarf, I would say: I have found it. I think it would be better to change the word stolen to the word found. What does the others here think? Harry granger 13:32, July 30, 2011 (UTC)
I agree. Nickimiz 09:31, July 31, 2011 (UTC)
How do you pronounce Scabior? 188.8.131.52 02:45, August 13, 2011 (UTC)wenchsammas
- Scab-ee-or. As in "my knees are scabier than yours":). Jayden Matthews 07:52, August 13, 2011 (UTC)
- Great exampe! Where's the like button where you need it? 184.108.40.206 03:37, February 27, 2012 (UTC)
- Actually this was brought up on Mugglenet I believe as well as this is the way Nick Moran pronounced his own characters name in interviews. Scay-Bee-Or . 220.127.116.11 11:08, April 10, 2012 (UTC)
I've removed all mention of the 'chase of the trio' as they weren't chased, they were dragged out of the tent. Adiposefriend 20:56, September 10, 2011 (UTC)
another classic book vs. movie difference. Nickimiz 02:18, September 11, 2011 (UTC)
First names
I reckon, On Pottermore J.K Rowling should unleash the first names of these people: Crabbe Sr. Goyle Sr. Scabior. Travers. Yaxley. Avery. Selwyn. Agreed?
Why is this page view sourced. 18.104.22.168 07:58, November 12, 2011 (UTC)
It was protected by Seth Cooper, an admin, because of Counter-productive edit warring. Harry granger Talk contribs 15:06, November 12, 2011 (UTC)
I'm rereading the books, and I'm sure that Bellatrix kills Scabior.
She says, take him out to the courtyard and kill him, to Draco, but he refuses, so she says she will do it herself later..
Surely the implication is that he died, especially as he never appears in the books again? 18.104.22.168 21:27, November 22, 2011 (UTC)
Bellatrix not only said this about Scabior, she also said it about Fenrir Greyback. Greyback was living and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, so it is very likely that she could not kill them before Voldemort came back and got furious because Harry Potter and the others could escape. So when Greyback survived, I would say, Scabior could, too. Harry granger Talk contribs 21:41, November 22, 2011 (UTC)
- That's wrong. I won't quote the whole page, but she told Draco to take the snatchers out while Greyback is kept and she hands Greyback his wands back. He's the one that leads them to the dungeons, leaving Hermione with Bellatrix. Obviously, Greyback has a much more important status, so it's the reason he's not killed. Nothing of the sort can be said about the other snatchers, there are no reason to link Scabior's fate to Greyback's.Don Silk (talk) 11:53, June 3, 2015 (UTC)
Edited the part about Scabior's death, he may of survived because of that specific charm which allows the caster to come to a hault, just before he or she hits the ground. E.g In the department of mysterys were the DA fell through the doorway. Qwifty 08:12, December 10, 2011 (UTC)
- Nick Moran, who plays Scabior said, on the day of the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 premiere "And I know that I come to a really good sticky end. It's nice when bad people die bad.". Scabior died from that fall in the film. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 14:02, December 10, 2011 (UTC
Decent-looking Snatcher?
I swore up and down that I never thought Scabior would actually look decent when he was put in a film. I had him pinned for an ugly 'scavenger' quote Bellatrix. Was anybody else surprised that he looked like this?
Brandie Janine Adams 02:21, March 17, 2012 (UTC)Brandie
I've had done some serious research on Scabior's ring. From detailed pictures you can clearly tell the horns on the ring are single and slightly twisted at the joint to the head. The head is also elongated and does not have any ears! I searched over the web to find the correct ring, and to my surprise The Great Frog (a london based company) makes a ring that is identical to the one Scabior is wearing in the movies. And YES movie companies will buy items from actual stores. The ring is not a Stag. It's a Kudu which is a type of african animal, and I think is well suited for Scabior.


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by armageddon on Aug.05, 2011, under Projects
Yesterday I stumbled upon our old Canon EOS 300D Digital SLR Camera. So I started taking photos, built a remote release (see previous post) and, just some minutes ago, set up a gallery2 gallery. There are plugins for Adobe Lightroom that make it possible to directly export to gallery2! How useful!
You may also register, comment and rate my photos as soon as you have registered. If you're searching for a place to upload your own photos, feel free to ask me for some storage.
self-made Canon EOS 300D remote release
by armageddon on Aug.04, 2011, under quickhack
Today I wanted to do some long-time exposures. Since I can only choose exposure times of up to 30 seconds, I have to use the so called "bulb" mode, which just exposes as long is I keep the button pressed. I can not hold perfectly still for tens (or tons) of minutes, so I usedTutorial (german) as an inspiration and built my own remote release trigger using a small wood piece as a base, a button and a switch, a cable with a 2.5mm jack I got from an infrared receiver and loads of hot glue to make it comfortable to hold. Have a look.
This should also fit for most other cameras of the Canon EOS series, but there are some exceptions.


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PHOENIX (Wednesday, April 11, 2012) Attorney General Tom Horne and 15 other state attorneys general today filed suit against three of the nation's largest book publishers and Apple, Inc. for conspiring to raise the retail prices of electronic books. Electronic books, commonly referred to as "e-books", are electronic versions of books that can be read on a variety of electronic devices including cellular telephones, computers, tablets and e-book readers.
"Agreements among competitors to fix prices are illegal," Horne said. "As Attorney General, I will ensure that this office vigorously protects Arizona consumers from companies that violate antitrust laws and raise costs for customers."
The lawsuit, filed in the Western District of Texas, alleges that Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster conspired with other publishers and Apple to artificially raise retail prices for e-books by imposing a distribution model in which the publishers set the prices for bestseller e-books at $12.99 and $14.99. When Apple prepared to enter the e-book market in late 2009 and early 2010, the publishers and Apple agreed to adopt an agency distribution model as a mechanism to allow them to fix prices. To enforce their price-fixing scheme, the publishers and Apple relied on contract terms that forced all e-book outlets to sell e-books at the same price. Because the publishers agreed to use the same prices, retail price competition was eliminated. According to the States' enforcement action, the coordinated agreement to fix prices resulted in e-book customers paying more than $100 million in overcharges.
The States seek injunctive relief to reverse the effects of the defendants' anti-competitive conduct as well as damages for customers who paid artificially inflated prices for e-books.
The States have reached agreements in principle with Harper Collins and Hachette to provide significant consumer restitution as well as injunctive relief.
Arizona joined Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and West Virginia in today's enforcement action.
Defendants named in the States' antitrust action:
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- Apple Inc.
The case is being handled by Assistant Attorney General Nancy Bonnell in the Consumer Advocacy Division.
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Each summer, you can count on an engaging exhibit of finalists vying for the $25,000 Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The 2013 showcase of Maryland, Virginia and Washington artists is particularly impressive, offering a mix of photographic storytelling and social commentary, vibrant collage, and even half a pingpong table.
This year's display is attractively housed at the Walters Art Museum instead of its usual spot in the Baltimore Museum of Art — an extensive renovation project at the BMA necessitated the temporary relocation. (The exhibit runs through Aug. 11.)
The layout takes the viewer on something of an emotional journey, with the most serious and provocative material coming first, leading to an exhilaratingly wry splash at the end (that's where the table tennis comes in).
Photography is the main component in four of the finalist entries.
The Alexandria-based Gabriela Bulisova, who has a graduate degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art, chronicled the post-prison experiences of 39-year-old Washingtonian Lashonia Etheridge-Bey, who served 18 years for murdering two women.
The result is "Time Zone," more than a dozen untitled photographs, exquisitely lit and composed. They exude a quiet poetry as they tell a story of guilt and hope, of trying to restart and refocus a life.
Larry Cook from Landover Hills studied and now teaches at George Washington University. His big, sometimes confrontational photos include an African-American youth in a hoodie, arms folded, staring expressionless at the viewer (Trayvon Martin cannot help but come to mind). A triptych, "All American," balances a shot of a man in a KKK outfit with what appear to be young black gang members.
Cook's video installations also compel, especially a pair of facing monitors, each showing a nearly motionless, heavily tattooed man. Both seem slightly uncomfortable being watched, but also seem to know how uncomfortable they can make the viewer. It's a riveting experience.
Baltimore-based Nate Larson, a MICA teacher who was a 2010 Sondheim finalist, is represented by a vibrant series of photos that have a subtle narrative.
The starting point is Ford's Theatre in Washington, seen from the outside with a family of tourists cavorting on the steps. From there, it's on to an alley behind the theater and various places that were along the escape route of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. This is not some history lesson, though; it's an incisive look at the world that has sprung up in this history-filled swath.
A wall outside a nondescript American Legion hall in Clinton is painted with stars and stripes and the admonition: "Show Your True Colors."
A shot of a cookie-cutter home in Clinton, on the improbable corner of Libation Court and Symposium Way, makes a subtle statement. A pink crape myrtle on the front lawn contrasts with the stark white of aluminum siding encasing the house (a bit of buckling in that siding provides the only wrinkle in this pristine image). A huge TV satellite in the backyard takes on sculptural weight.
Louis Palu, a Washington-based artist who was a 2011 Sondheim finalist, delivers an uncompromising photographic essay on contemporary Mexico in black and white.
Violent scenes of the drug wars shock and awe, balanced by the almost surreal beauty of "Angels," a shot of young girls in weathered robes, their heads bowed, their hands raised in supplication, pleading for an end to the bloodshed.
In "Deported," the incendiary issue of illegal immigration is boiled down to its human essence on the drained face of a woman caught after crossing the American border and walking for days in the Arizona desert. Cold statistics and all the recent talk of hiring tens of thousands more border guards suddenly seem beside the point.
After the photocentric finalists comes a room filled with intriguing pieces by Caitlin Cunningham, a Baltimore-based MICA grad. She manages to put fresh life into the collage genre, creating some cool juxtapositions.
One of them includes an old postcard from Tahiti, sent by someone named Bill to a pal in New Zealand, wryly lamenting that the island women "unfortunately don't go around bare-breasted." Among the items balancing that postcard is a copy of the book, "Poisoned Reign: French Nuclear Colonialism in the Pacific," which gives the collage a nice little zing.
Cunningham also is represented by "Jack/son Torrance," a huge, playful, abstract installation awash in splattered paint.
That piece provides the perfect segue into the show's most audacious entry, Dan Steinhilber's "Marlin Underground," a large room full of found objects, many from nooks and crannies of the Walters itself. All of the items are wired for sound, which makes this wild and crazy installation all the more exhilarating.
The Washington-based Steinhilber, whose inventive works have been displayed by the BMA, the Hirshhorn Museum and many other venues, has an uncanny ability to jumble together unlikely items and make a strange kind of sense out of them.
Here, among many other things, you'll encounter a sewing machine, ugly metal file cabinets, an electric heater, part of an air duct, a washing machine, a bad-art metal wall clock with embedded birds, trash cans, a hot-water heater and three massive, stuffed marlins mounted on the walls.
The artist prerecorded sounds made with these items, such as a dropped pingpong ball (only half a table was found) or a key being struck on a typewriter. A computer processes those sounds and sends them back to the objects in random fashion, so it seems as if the whole room is animated by unseen forces — an industrious chorus proclaiming artistic properties in even the most mundane of objects.
"Marlin Underground" is a real kick, bound to send visitors home with a smile.
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Tradescantia paludosa growing herbaceous of the genus Tradescantia also known as Confederate spiderwort, Tradescantia paludosa perennial evergreen or annual in colder climate used as ornamental plant, can grow in mediterranean, desert, subtropics, temperate or tropics climate and growing in hardiness zone 9+ as perennial and hardiness zone 3+ as annual plant.
Tradescantia paludosa leaves
Leaves color green in elliptic shape with pointed top.
Flower color purple, triangle shape flower that assembled by 3 triangle petals.
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How to grow Tradescantia paludosa growing and care:
Mulch, space to grow widely
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seedling / Seed / Vegetative Reproduction
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No, but easier
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Invasive, aggressive
Planting season:
Spring / Summer / Autumn
Pests and diseases:
Pruning season:
All year
How to prune:
Better to control the plant because its aggressive
Size of the plant:
30-50 cm, 12-20 inches
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing
Water requirement:
Small amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade / Full Shade
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Spring / Summer
General information about the flower:
Triangle shape flower that assembled by 3 triangle petals, flower color purple
Scientific name:
Tradescantia paludosa


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Seriously, what are the odds of hearing a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member rocking out with her band during a lunchtime concert at a hotel bar? Fortunately, those odds get a little better when the Americana Music Conference is taking place in Nashville.
Wanda Jackson roared through a seven-song set Friday (Sept. 14) at the Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel, the headquarters for this year's conference. And while the street level bar isn't known as a local hot spot for live music, the still-feisty legend made it the place to be.
Hosted by Sugar Hill Records and CMT Edge , the event was revealed to conference attendees only after they arrived in town. Sugar Hill will release Jackson's new album, Unfinished Business, on Oct. 9. The project was produced by singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle.
As for the hour of Friday's show, Jackson admitted, "I'm usually just getting up at this time."
It didn't matter, though, once her four-piece band, the High Dollars, cranked up the amps and edged up the twang to open with the Link Wray guitar instrumental, "Rumble."
Sharply dressed in a sequined jacket, she launched into "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine" and another favorite from the '50s, "I Gotta Know." The crowd was already mesmerized by the time she got to "Tore Down," the first track on Unfinished Business, and the devotion only grew stronger when she started yodeling on "I Betcha My Heart I Love You," a song punctuated by lead guitar riffs derived from the West Coast sound Jackson helped develop.
She also offered two songs from 2011's The Party Ain't Over, produced by Jack White. After "Shakin' All Over," she performed "You Know That I'm No Good," an Amy Winehouse song White urged her to record for the album. Noting she was recently asked what it was like working with the White Stripes member, she lovingly described it as "a velvet-covered brick."
She closed the brief set on a classic rockabilly note with her hit, "Fujiyama Mama."
Jackson is one of those unique artists with the sort of musical curiosity that has prevented her from becoming an oldies or novelty act. Working with younger musicians and showing an open attitude toward new possibilities, she seems as vibrant at age 74 as many performers half her age — or even younger.
Following the Americana performance, she told CMT Edge writer-producer Craig Shelburne the location and time turned out to be a great one for her.
"The room downstairs here, it seemed like everybody loved me," she said. "You can't go wrong! (laughs) I felt kind of like I was singing in my living room to a bunch of friends. And, of course, when I have a good band behind me, it really drives me. That helps."


text: Was the election of police commissioners a mistake? The tension between senior police officers and their elected masters has spilled over into the political arena after reports of chief constables being bullied out of their jobs and complaints of misuse of office by some of the new class of Police and Crime Commissioners.Calls for the home office to rein them in have prompted an enquiry which will examine whether, in the words of Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers: the election of commissioners "has removed all checks and balances around appointments and dismissals" of senior police officers.The election of commissioners is one of the biggest changes in the structure of governance in policing in particular and more generally the criminal justice system. While it is early days to judge if the reform will be a success there have been concerns from police that their "operational independence" is being encroached upon with undesirable consequences for crime fighting. It is thus instructive to consider the pros and cons of elected commissioners.The main strength of such elections is the idea that direct accountability will make commissioners more responsive to the "will of the people". It's an attractive theory, as crime potentially affects all citizens and the commissioner's priorities should be reflected in the way resources are allocated in crime fighting measures. Balanced against that is the worry that the voting public has less knowledge than the police on the many hidden threats facing society, such as potential terrorist activity and thus may not be in a position to decide what policing priorities should be.Public pressure may cause commissioners to divert resources away from less visible activities (counter-terrorism) to more visible ones, leading to some negative outcomes such as a less secure country as preventive policing gets less funds. Of course, it is impossible to predict the precise impact that electing commissioners will have but is instructive to briefly look at how these elections of similar officials have worked in the US" What can we learn from the US? While there is no past evidence of something quite like the current PCCs there is a fair amount of evidence in the US of the impact of directly electing judges, sheriffs and prosecutors. I am not aware of any rigorous study of police chief/sheriff elections but the analysis of electing public prosecutors that I have carried out with Bryan McCannon could serve as a cautionary tale.If conviction rates are what the public cares about, prosecutors take cases which are easily provable to trial to increase their conviction rates. Alternately, if the public are more concerned with higher prison sentences, prosecutors put less emphasis on costly trials to produce the required average sentence targets that the public demand. This stems from the fact that voters are imperfectly informed about the ability of their elected officials and use these measures to distinguish capable officials from not so capable ones.Our empirical work on prosecutors facing elections in North Carolina validates our theoretical analysis that elections do induce distortions. The decision by prosecutors of what cases to try differ from what is desirable from the view of the working of the criminal justice system. It is discomforting to know that prosecutors use courtrooms to signal strength rather than to conduct fair trials.However, we have also shown that such distortions are not inevitable if voters focus on the entire records of prosecutors rather than a single metric of success. Work by other researchers on elections of judges in the US point to similar distortions when election time approaches. Pressure for results Various case studies in the US have shown that miscarriages of justice have occurred when prosecutions have been carried out under public pressure. Given that this could happen when the police are not under the direct control of prosecutors, the scope for such miscarriages is surely higher when the police work under a directly elected commissioner. Yet, such adverse consequences are not inevitable as long as "operational independence" of the police is maintained.The recent turf battles between some Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and police chiefs could well be the teething problems that invariably accompany a major reform. This suggests that what is needed is not scrapping PCCs but further reforms to insulate the police from political pressure and clearly demarcate the lines of authority between the PCC and the chief constable.Transparency in police operations to ensure that they do not shirk their duties can be introduced without officials who face re-electoral pressures trying to oversee their day-to-day crime-fighting decisions. PCCs could involve the public in the challenges they face in balancing competing interests so that the voters realise the cost of devoting resources only towards visible crime fighting.This will require some resources devoted to public engagement so that we don't get the same low level of voter turnout in future elections, which defeats the purpose of democratic accountability. This, coupled with making sure that the wall of operational independence is not breached, might combine the best features of accountability while insulating the police from having their agenda fixed by the fluctuating fortunes of public opinion. This article appears on 'The Conversation'; an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public. View the article here. Dr Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay is an expert on political economy and public policy. He is an experienced media commentator on a number of issues in public policy but in particular on crime policy and the changes in governance of policing.


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I have more pies of my own yet to share (I've only posted three of the five) but in the meantime, I've found some incredible pies on the world wide web as a result of Pie Week. (The following bakers shared their pies with the #PieWeek hashtag on Twitter. Feel free to keep sharing your own!)
Click on the yummy photos or links below to visit the individual sites.
Then please come do my laundry so I can finish my pie posts.
Cranberry Cheesecake Pie by Created by Diane. Gorgeous.
Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie from She Wears Many Hats. Beautiful.
Homemade Pumpkin Pie from Savory Sweet Life. Perfection!
Bob and Andy Pie at Three Many Cooks. Mmmm. I want it for breakfast.
Dulce de Leche Apple Pie by Recipe Girl. Oh my.
S'more Pie from The Noshery. Goodness gracious.
Cinnamon Pear Crostata with Almond Oat Crust by Good Life Eats. Gorgeous.
Pecan Cheesecake Pie by Never Enough Time.
Blackberry Lemon Chess Pie by Eat the Love. Yummy and lovely!
Key Lime Pie by Two Peas and Their Pod. I absolutely love key lime pie. This looks so good.
Chocolate Pudding Pie by Handle the Heart. This is right up Marlboro Man's alley. Yum!
Holiday Pie Cupcakes by MommyTopics.com. How adorable!
Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie by Tidy Mom, who, it just so happens, has been hosting a pie party of her own this wee. Lots of wonderful links here:
Lemon Chess Pie by Phoo-d. Absolutely gorgeous!
I'll stop there for now and go work on my own pies.
Will share more links over the weekend, then pull into the home stretch for Thanksgiving food. Thank you for sharing your pies during Pie Week, everyone!


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April 15, 2013
[Editor's Note: This article was posted 3 days ago.]
Boston EMS is deploying a new, off-the-shelf, lightweight mobile device for the first time at the Boston Marathon on April 15.
The platform, from SafetyPAD, is intended for use in mass-casualty situations gives EMS personnel the ability to carry into crowds and assess a patient upon arrival, document in realtime, transmit data to transport units before they arrive, and other features.
Boston EMS will utilize the new Android-based program for bike and gator teams along race route.
By the way, people who know what's coming are taking advantage of our healthy & delicious storable food!


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The Future of Chocolate
February 1, 2012
To the ancient Mayans, it was the food of the gods. Nineteenth-century Cubans used it as an aphrodisiac. In the 20th century American culinary authority Fannie Farmer recommended its "stimulating effect" for "cases of enfeebled digestion." Throughout history people have prized cocoa—the defining ingredient of chocolate—a tradition that endures in our modern era. This Valentine's Day alone Americans will drop a projected $700 million on chocolate. Around the world people spend more than $90 billion a year on the treat. And with appetite on the rise thanks to expanding population size and growing numbers of people in the developing world who can afford chocolate, demand may outstrip supply in the near future.
All this cocoa production does more than feed our collective sweet tooth: the five million to six million farmers in the tropics who cultivate the cacao trees from which cocoa is produced rely on the sales of the seeds to feed themselves and their families. Workers extract the seeds (often called beans) from football-shaped pods and then ferment and dry them to form cocoa liquor, butter and powder. The livelihoods of another 40 million to 50 million depend on the long production road the cacao seeds travel from farm to candy on store shelves. In Ivory Coast, which produces 40 percent of the world's cocoa, such farming accounts for a full 15 percent of GDP and employs 5 percent of households.
This article was originally published with the title The Future of Chocolate in Scientific American.


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