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Which NHL teams improved the most?
- Red Wings land Daniel Alfredsson and Stephen Weiss
- Oilers improve defensive play with Andrew Ference and Boyd Gordon
- Stars overhaul look through trades
USA TODAY hockey columnist Kevin Allen ranks the teams who have changed their fortunes the most through their use of trades and free agency on July 4 and 5:
1. Detroit Red Wings: When the Red Wings landed Daniel Alfredsson and Stephen Weiss, it was as if the franchise turned back the clock to the days when they seemed to acquire whomever they wanted on free agent signing day. The Red Wings significantly improved their defense last season, and they improved their offense on Friday. Goal scoring was a problem last season, and it shouldn't be now. These two moves could re-energize the team's offensive attack.
MORE:Why the players went to Detroit
2. Edmonton Oilers: The signing of Andrew Ference might be the best fit of the day. This is a veteran defenseman who could stabilize the team's defensive corps. He's a leader. He's a greater dressing room voice. He's a presence. Plus, they signed defensive-minded Boyd Gordon. These signings could be the pieces this young team needs to grow up. We all know they have offense. These two players will improve their defensive play.
3. Dallas Stars: The addition of two-way center Shawn Horcoff finishes off what has been a very impressive run of changes for new general manager Jim Nill. With the additions of Sergei Gonchar, Tyler Seguin, Rich Peverley and now Horcoff, he has overhauled the look of this team. There is risk involved in his moves, but you have to take chances to be a champion. No GM has been more aggressive than Nill.
TRADE:Stars, Bruins pull off blockbuster
4. Nashville Predators: Signing five players today, including potential top six forwards Matt Cullen and Viktor Stalberg, should allow the Predators to rebound from last season's disastrous finish. Matt Hendricks and Eric Nystrom are both high character, gritty role players who will make the Predators harder to play against. Neither Stalberg or Cullen are true offensive stars, but both have the ability to contribute significantly to an offense. Stalberg is big and fast; he has been a 22-goal scorer. He is always dangerous, always one stride away from being on a breakaway. He will have a greater opportunity to carry the load. Cullen is slick with the puck. The hope is he will be a 45- to 50-point guy. This is how the Predators have to win. They have to find bargain players to fit into coach Barry Trotz's successful system. Carter Hutton upgrades the backup goalie position. Chris Mason didn't have a strong season.
5. Ottawa Senators: Nobody is saying, "Alfie who?" But general manager Bryan Murray's ability to land Bobby Ryan in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks helps ease the psychological sting of losing the player who has been the face of the franchise for almost two decades. Ryan, 26, is a four-time 30-goal scorer in an era when 30-goal scorers are not plentiful. They also signed Clarke MacArthur. They are a better offensive team than they were before.
6. Columbus Blue Jackets: Nathan Horton's injury history scares some folks, but he was still one of the prizes of the marketplace. This signing is important for the franchise because it says Columbus can recruit top free agents, plus it says the Blue Jackets believe they are close enough to act boldly. The Blue Jackets have walked a little prouder and carried their flag a little higher, since John Davidson became team president and Jarmo Kekalainen became general manager.
7. Pittsburgh Penguins: The addition of defensive-minded Rob Scuderi is a specific, targeted move made to solve a problem. With Scuderi returned to the team, the Penguins should surrender fewer scoring chances next season. He keeps the puck out of his team's net. It's that simple.
8. Toronto Maple Leafs: David Clarkson was one of the prizes of this free agent class. He adds toughness and a scoring touch to a team on the rise. It's another weapon to improve the team's top six. The re-signing of Tyler Bozak is another important step. They also locked in newly acquired goaltender Jonathan Bernier for two years.
9. Phoenix Coyotes: How long has this franchise been looking for a playmaking center? At least five or six seasons. Mike Ribeiro played well this past season, and he can fill that role.
MORE:Coyotes land No. 1 center
10. Tampa Bay Lightning: Valtteri Filppula should fill the No. 2 center role for GM Steve Yzerman, who knows him well from his days in the Detroit organization. Filppula has always believed he could perform at a higher level if given the opportunity. He will get his chance to prove that.


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Director David O. Russell explains why he dropped out of the zombie-fied Jane Austen movie, revealing some of what the film's content. An Atonement actress joins The Hobbit, John Noble and Jasika Nicole talk Fringe, plus Torchwood casting news. Spoilers!
Battle: Los Angeles
Neil Brown Jr., who plays a marine in the movie, explains how this movie is different from other alien invasion films:
[The movie's aliens] are awesome. I was reading a review the other day, about originality. I don't know if there's really an original script any more, but what you can do is have an original take on things. Every story is pretty much a reworking of other stories. But this one, just the way it was done, how gritty it was, how realistic it was – the aliens themselves look very real. They look plausible. They look like 'okay, they could really come down here and take over right now'!
There's some more at the link, including some epic dissing of Skyline. [Shadowlocked]
The interview also gave us this glimpse at a new poster:
The Hobbit
Atonement actress Saorise Ronan has joined the film, according to casting director Ros Hubbard. No word yet on who the 16-year-old thespian is playing, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess it's Smaug. [The Irish Film & Television News]
Proving that even Peter Jackson's body doesn't want Peter Jackson to make this movie, the director is in the hospital recovering from a perforated ulcer, which is expected to cause a slight delay in filming. [ComingSoon.net]
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Director David O. Russell explains why he left the project, dropping some hints about what the film will involve (assuming they haven't since changed):
"I thought at $40 to $50 million was a bargain price to make a "Sherlock Holmes"-style period action romance that happened to have zombies in it. The studio budgeted it as a genre zombie movie and gave me $25 to $28 million. I was like, that's not cool. We have crazy big action sequences in it. It's very commercial; we have a major romance. It's a period film. And we're doing it on the budget that we did "The Fighter?" It made no sense to me. That I found was frustrating."
Jasika Nicole explains how the upcoming 1985 flashback episode follows and expands upon season two's "Peter":
"It's going to pick up right where 'Peter' left off and it's better than the first one. [But] this flashback is going to take place in the alternate universe as well as this universe. That's why it's so good, you'll see the repercussions stealing Peter has for Walter and Walternate. As we've seen, Walternate is still with his wife and there's a reason for that. You see all these consequences that happened as a result of that [abduction] and what that means for his relationship with Elizabeth. It's a really heartbreaking story."
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Torchwood: Miracle Day
According to the Spotlight casting directory, William Thomas is returning as Gwen Cooper's father Geraint, which he first played in the series two wedding episode "Something Borrowed." He is now listed as a series regular, although it's unclear if that really means Gwen's dad will be in multiple episodes. Her onscreen mother Mary, played by Sharon Morgan, isn't currently listed as appearing. Other newly listed cast members include Lena Kaur as Dr. Alicia Patel, Danny Szam as someone named Surveillance, and Daniel Adegboyega as a guard.
Jane Espensen has revealed she's writing episodes 3, 5, 7 and 8 (which she is co-writing with Ryan Scott), while Russell T. Davies is handling episodes 1 and 10. Doris Egan and John Shiban are writing episodes 2 and 6 respectively, which just leaves 4 and 9 unaccounted for. [Doctor Who News Page]
The Walking Dead
Neil Brown Jr. says "it looks good" that he'll return as Guillermo in season two, although no one knows anything for certain yet. [Shadowlocked]
True Blood
Here's a casting call for episode 6, "I Wish I Was the Moon":
[MAVIS] Female, African American, 20-30 years old. She is a sad-eyed girl dressed in a modest 1930s dress. RECURRING GUEST STAR. Must speak with a Cajun accent.
Game of Thrones
A few additional roles have been tweeted by the talent agency Sainou. Gerry O'Brien is playing Lord Bracken, and he seems set to show up in episodes 9 and 10. As for some more minor parts, Frank O'Sullivan and Barry John O'Connor are playing members of Night's Watch, Conor Delaney is a Lannister Guardsman in one of the early episodes, and Barrington Cullen is the "Older Knight of the Vale." [Westeros.org]
And because why not, here's a Czech promo for the series: [SpoilerTV]
Being Human (UK)
Here's a sneak peek at episode 2, "Adam's Family": [TwitVid]
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The BBC has released a synopsis for episode 4, "The Pack":
With Nina pregnant by her boyfriend, George, they're keen to know exactly what might be growing inside her – and whether her forthcoming transformation on the full moon is going to affect it – as the hit drama about supernatural friends continues. Having spotted a young werewolf in the woods, the couple set out to find him to see if he can help them with their questions. They find McNair, who is less than forthcoming with information.
Annie and Mitchell, meanwhile, are finding it difficult to make the transition from friends to boyfriend and girlfriend – especially as Annie is a ghost. Desperate to have a normal relationship with all that it entails, Annie comes up with a plan to get Mitchell hot and bothered in the bedroom. Having been kept isolated from the rest of the world, McNair's son, Tom, is excited by the prospect of more werewolves and goes to find George and Nina. His presence in Honolulu Heights, however, is not welcomed by Mitchell – the "werewolf-shaped bullet" premonition hanging heavy on his mind. Could McNair, with his open hatred of vampires, be Mitchell's ultimate nemesis?
Here's a synopsis for the ultra meta episode 15, which to my great shame I only just now worked out why they called it "The French Mistake":
Dean and Sam find themselves in an alternate reality where everyone believes they are two actors named Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, who star in a TV show called Supernatural about two brothers who hunt monsters.
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The CW have pushed back Supernatural's mid-season premiere by one week (that and Smallville's, in case anyone cares) to give new viewers another chance to see Vampire Diaries and Nikita. Leaving the wisdom of that decision aside, fans can at least know the decision doesn't really appear to reflect poorly on the more established shows. [EW]
Here's some sunglass-heavy promo and behind-the-scenes photos for episode 7, "Birth Pangs": [SpoilerTV]
Black Canary actress Alaina Huffman discusses whether she and Green Arrow are headed for a comics-approved romance:
You know, Chloe comes back in this episode, and that's sort of a source of tension between them, because she left in such interesting circumstances. I think there's always a sort of underlying understanding that there's an attraction there, but nothing's played out yet. I hope they do play it out. They have about a half a season left before the series is over, and I just think it's such a great story to tell. So, so far, no, but I'm hoping that I get a call, and they ask me back to tell a little bit of that story.
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Prokhorov to lead new Russian political party, Right Cause, seen as Kremlin creation; he claims capitalism is only for risk-takers
Mikhail Prokhorov's purchase of the New Jersey Nets continues to pay dividends, as that asset is the first thing attached to his name as he pursues a questionable political career.
From the New York Times, Nets Owner to Lead Political Party in Russia:
And how does his venture into basketball get described?
If he's putting some of his personal fortune into the team, he's also using borrowed money and benefiting from subsidies wangled by his business partner, Bruce Ratner.
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The Associated Press was skeptical:
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From the New York Times, Nets Owner to Lead Political Party in Russia:
MOSCOW — The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, Mikhail D. Prokhorov, was elected leader of a Russian political party on Saturday in the first foray of a prominent businessman into politics in nearly a decade.Not that things aren't fishy:
The event suggested the start of a new political movement in Russia, and was spoken of in this way by participants, though the party's creation was apparently coordinated with Russian government officials some time ago in preparation for Parliamentary elections scheduled for next fall. Rounding out the picture, a pro-Kremlin youth group staged a noisy protest outside.The AY description
Still, it had all the signs of a political maneuver used by Mr. Putin before, of co-opting opposition organizations by arranging to have nominally independent but in fact loyal figures take charge.
And how does his venture into basketball get described?
In 2009, Mr. Prokhorov bought the Nets and a stake in the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn that will include their team's new stadium. He has promised to pour some of his personal fortune into the team and apply his business acumen to obtaining players and improving the team's performance.Actually, he bought 45% of the arena holding company and has an option to buy 20% of the rest of the project.
If he's putting some of his personal fortune into the team, he's also using borrowed money and benefiting from subsidies wangled by his business partner, Bruce Ratner.
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The Associated Press was skeptical:
Right Cause is seen as a Kremlin creation designed to lure opposition-minded, pro-business voters, while building an illusion of competition with the ruling United Russia party ahead December's parliamentary elections.Taking risks
Prokhorov said last month he was targeting second place in that vote.
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Russia needs more political competition, but the Justice Ministry made a mockery of that only days later when it denied registration to a real opposition party.
The article quotes Prokhorov:
"Our main slogan, 'Capitalism for all,' is not true. That's not possible. Capitalism is only for people who like to take risks, who like to take this responsibility upon themselves. An intelligent, professional and fair state should give others social guarantees and support," Prokhorov said.But Prokhorov's fortune is based not only on taking risks but also on benefiting from insider deals after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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United States of Argentina
Anyone not alarmed by the state of the U.S. economy is not paying attention. As our Dear Leader begins his term, the theory of very big government has the support of an alarmingly broad political consensus. Despite the obvious dangers—devastating inflation and the ruin of the dollar—the United States seems pledged to a debt-funded spending spree of gargantuan proportions.
In opposing this trend, critics face the problem that the perils to which they point sound very theoretical and abstract. Perhaps Zimbabwe prints its currency in multi-trillion units, but that's a singularly backward African dictatorship: the situation has nothing to do with us. Yet an example closer to home might be more instructive. Unlike Zimbabwe, this story involves a flourishing Western country with a large middle class that nevertheless managed to spend its way into banana-republic status by means very similar to those now being proposed in Washington.
The country in question is Argentina, and even mentioning the name might initially make any comparison seem tenuous. The United States is a superpower with a huge economy. Argentina is a political and economic joke, a global weakling legendary for endemic economic crises. Between them and us, surely, a great gulf is fixed. Yet Argentina did not always have its present meager status, nor did its poverty result from some inherent Latin American affinity for crisis and corruption. A century ago, Argentina was one of the world's emerging powers, seemingly destined to outpace all but the greatest imperial states. Today it is … Argentina. A national decline on that scale did not just happen: it was the result of decades of struggle and systematic endeavor, led by the nation's elite. As the nation's greatest writer, Jorge Luis Borges, once remarked, only generations of statesmanship could have prevented Argentina from becoming a world power.
For Americans, the Argentine experience offers multiple warnings, not just about how dreadfully things can go wrong but how a nation can reach a point of no return. Not only did Argentina squander its many blessings, it created a situation from which the society could never recover. Argentines still suffer from the blunders and hubris of their grandparents without any serious likelihood that even their most strenuous efforts will make a difference. A nation can get into such a situation easily enough, but getting out is a different matter. A corrupted economy can't be cured without being wiped out and started over.
It is hard, looking at the basket case Argentina has become, to imagine what an economic powerhouse the country was before World War II. From the 1880s, Argentina was, alongside the U.S. itself, a prime destination for European migrants. Buenos Aires was one of the world's largest metropolitan areas, in a select club that included London, Paris, Berlin, and New York City. Argentina benefited mightily from foreign investment, which it used wisely to create a strong infrastructure and an excellent system of free mass education. It had the largest and most prosperous middle class in Latin America. When World War I began, Argentina was the world's tenth wealthiest nation.
Right up to the 1940s, American and European economists struggled to explain the glaring contrast between booming Argentina and slothful Australia. As many studies pointed out, both countries had begun at a roughly similar point, as agricultural producers dependent on fickle world markets. Yet Australia remained stuck in colonial status while Argentina made the great leap forward to the status of an advanced nation with an expanding industrial base and sophisticated commerce.
So what happened? Certainly the country was hit hard by the depression of the 1930s, but so were other advanced nations that ultimately recovered, and Argentina profited from intense wartime demand for primary products.
The country was killed by political decisions, and the primary culprit was Juan Perón. He dominated political life through the 1940s and ruled officially as president from 1946 to 1955, returning briefly in the 1970s. Although he did not begin the process, he completed the transformation of Argentine government so that the state became both an object of plunder and an instrument for plunder.
Perón came from a fascist and corporatist mindset, which became more aggressively populist under the influence of his second wife Eva. They aimed their rhetoric against the nation's rich, a designation that was swiftly expanded to cover most of the propertied middle classes, who became an enemy to be defeated and humiliated. To equalize the supposed struggle between the rich and the dispossessed, the Peróns exalted the liberating role of the state. The bureaucracy swelled alarmingly as nationalization brought key sectors of the economy under official control. Government bought loyalty through a massive program of social spending while fostering the growth of labor unions, which became intimate allies of the governing party. Argentina came to be the most unionized nation in Latin America. Perón also ended any pretense of the independence of the judiciary, purging and intimidating judges about whom he had any doubts and replacing them with minions.
The Peronist model—a New Deal on steroids—evolved into an effective clientelism, in which party overlords and labor bosses ruled through a mixture of corruption and violence. Clientelism, in effect, means the annexation of state resources for the benefit of political parties and private networks. Right now, both the word and the concept are not terribly familiar to Americans, but this is one Latin American export that they may soon need to get used to.
As high taxes and economic mismanagement took their toll, the Peróns blamed the disasters on class enemies at home and imperialism abroad, but the regime could not survive the loss of the venerated Eva. After attempting briefly to swing back to the center, Juan Perón was overthrown and driven into Spanish exile. Later governments tried varying strategies to reclaim Argentina's lost splendors and some enjoyed success, but Perón's curse endured. Even when his party was driven underground, its traditions remained: demagogic populism, a perception of the state as a device for enriching supporters and punishing foes, and a contempt for economic realities. Utopian mass movements inspired by Peronist ideas and charisma segued easily into the far-left upsurge of the 1960s, when Argentina gave birth to some of the world's most dangerous terrorist and guerrilla movements. By 1976, the military intervened to stave off the imminent collapse of the state and launched the notorious Dirty War that killed thousands.
Since 1976, Argentine economic policies have lurched from catastrophe to catastrophe. The military junta borrowed enormously with no serious thought about consequences, and the structures of Argentine society made it impossible to tell how funds were being invested. Foreign debt exploded, the deficit boomed, and inflation approached 100 percent a year. Economic meltdown had disastrous political consequences. By 1982, like many other dictatorships through history, the Argentine junta tried to solve its domestic problems by turning to foreign military adventures. And like other regimes, they found that their control over military affairs was about as weak as their command of the economy. Military defeat in the Falkland Islands destroyed the junta. By 1983, a civilian president was in power once more. But nothing could stop the nosedive. Inflation reached 672 percent by 1985 and 3,080 percent by 1989. The disaster provoked capital flight and the collapse of investor confidence, not to mention the annihilation of middle-class savings. In the words on one observer, José Ignacio García Hamilton, the nation became "an international beggar with the highest per capita debt in the world."
Another civilian president, Carlos Menem, took office in 1989, and despite his Peronist loyalties he initially tried to restore sanity through a program of privatization and deregulation. But events soon proved that Menem was only following a familiar pattern whereby a new regime would speak the language of reform and moderation for a couple of years before facing a showdown with the underlying realities of Argentine society. Menem could not overcome the overwhelming inertia within the country, the juggernaut pressures toward the growth of the state, to bureaucratization and regulation, and the destruction of private initiative and free enterprise. Between 1991 and 1999, Argentine public debt burgeoned from 34 percent of GDP to 52 percent. During the same decade, government public debt more than doubled as a percentage of GDP. These burdens stifled private investment so that productive sectors of the economy languished.
Economic disaster led inevitably to a collapse of social confidence and the evaporation of loyalty to the state. The more heavily the country was taxed and regulated, the more Argentines took their transactions off the books, creating a black economy on par with that of the old Soviet Union. In terms of paying their taxes, Argentines are about as faithful as the Italians to whom most have blood ties. Tax evasion became a national sport, second only to soccer in the Argentine consciousness, and provided another stumbling block to fiscal integrity. The collapse of respect for authority also extended to the law: courts are presumed to operate according to bribes and political pressure.
Systematic corruption has had horrifying implications for national security. After all, once you establish the idea that the state is for sale, there is no reason not to offer its services to foreign buyers. One spectacular example of such outsourcing occurred in 1994, when Islamist terrorists blew up a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, killing 85. The investigation of the massacre was thoroughly bungled, reportedly because the Iranian government paid Menem $10 million. It is trivial to list the many other allegations of corruption and embezzlement surrounding Menem: what else is politics for, if not to enrich yourself and your clients?
In 2001-02, Argentine fortunes reached depths hitherto unplumbed. A debt-fueled crisis provoked a run on the currency, leading the government to freeze virtually all private bank accounts for 12 months. At the end of 2001, the country defaulted on its foreign debt of $142 billion, the largest such failure in history. With the economy in ruins, almost 60 percent of Argentines were living below the poverty line. Street violence became so intense that the president was forced to flee his palace by helicopter.
Since 2002, yet another new government has presided over an illusory economic boom before being manhandled by the ugly ghosts of Juan and Evita. Those specters were on hand to whisper their excellent advice to a new generation: if you face a crisis caused by excessive government spending, borrowing, and regulation, what else do you do except push even harder to spend, borrow, and regulate? Over the past two years, new taxes and price freezes have again crippled the economy, bringing power blackouts and forced cuts in production. Public debt stands at 56 percent of GDP, and inflation runs 20 percent. Last October, the government seized $29 billion in private pension funds, hammering the final nail in the coffin of the old middle classes. Judging by credit default swap spreads on government debt, the smart money is now betting heavily on another official default before mid-year. The Argentine economy may not actually be dead yet, but it has plenty of ill-wishers trying hard to finish it off.
We all know that deficits drive inflation, which can destroy a society. Less obvious is the political dimension of such a national suicide. Debts and deficits must be understood in the context of the populism that commonly entices governments to abandon economic restraint. No less political are the probable consequences of such a course: authoritarianism, public violence, and militarism.
The road to economic hell is paved with excellent intentions—a desire to save troubled industries, relieve poverty, and bolster communities that support the present government. But the higher the spending and the deeper the deficits, the worse the effects on productive enterprise and the heavier the penalty placed on thrift and enterprise. As matters deteriorate, governments have a natural tendency to divert blame onto some unpopular group, which comes to be labeled in terms of class, income, or race. With society so polarized, the party in power can dismiss any criticism as the selfish whining of the privileged and concentrate on the serious business of diverting state resources to its own followers.
Quite rapidly, "progressive" economic reforms subvert and then destroy savings and property, eliminating any effective opposition to the regime. Soon, too—if the Perón precedent is anything to go by—the regime organizes its long march through the organs of power, conquering the courts, the bureaucracy, the schools, and the media. Hyper-deficits bring hyperinflation, and only for the briefest moment can they coexist with any kind of democratic order.
Could it happen here? The U.S. certainly has very different political traditions from Argentina and more barriers to a populist-driven rape of the economy. On the other hand, events in some regions would make Juan Perón smile wistfully. California runs on particularly high taxes, uncontrollable deficits, and overregulation with a vastly swollen bureaucracy while the hegemonic power of organized labor prevents any reform. Thankfully, the state has no power to devalue its currency, still less to freeze bank accounts or seize pension funds, and businesses can still relocate elsewhere. But in its social values and progressive assumptions, California is close to the Democratic mainstream, which now intends to impose its ideas on the nation as a whole. And at over 60 percent of GDP, U.S. public debt is already higher than Argentina's.
When honest money perishes, the society goes with it. We can't say we weren't warned.
Philip Jenkins is the author of The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died.
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The dough was always tough to make though. There aren't a lot of liquid ingredients and if we used our hand-held mixer for this recipe it would smell like it was burning. I'm not sure whether that was the fault of an old mixer or the cookie dough, but after smelling it we immediately stopped using the mixer! It was hand stirring only for us and one time we actually broke a wooden spoon while mixing the batter!
My father had this recipe book in his kitchen and many years ago I asked for it. I wanted to find the recipe that made those yummy cookies and make them for my kids. He gave it to me and I eagerly looked through the pages in search of it.
I'm a visual person. I can remember where something was on a page, although I might not remember everything it said. I remembered that the recipe was on a left page of the cookbook, but search as I might, I couldn't find it. I couldn't remember it's name and nothing seemed familiar. Then the other day as I was cleaning my kitchen I picked up the book again and turned right to it. It must have been staring me in the face and
My oldest son made the cookies while I made salsa on Super Bowl Sunday. Since the Packers weren't playing there wasn't a big party like last year, but salsa and cookies (not together...ick) were required for the game.
Every oven is different so take the baking time with a grain of salt. You want the cookies to start to turn golden on the bottoms so that they don't stay soft after they cool. Yeah...that's pretty hard to do with a chocolate cookie, but after making the whole batch (and eating many of the warm, yummy cookies) I realized that they were undercooked when they cooled. They should be crunchy, not soft.
Also, the recipe says to drop by teaspoonfuls...use your best judgement there. Yes, that's the only way you'll probably get 5 dozen cookies, but they will be too small for my liking! I hope you enjoy my little piece of nostalgia!
Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookies
1 c. butter
1-1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 c flour
2/3 c. cocoa
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 (12 oz) pkg Peanut Butter chips
Cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large mixing bowl. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; blend in. Stir in peanut butter chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool 1 minute before removing to wire rack. About 5 dozen cookies.


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JBoss Tools 3 Beta1 is out (3 messages)
JBoss Tools 3 Beta1 was built and made available on Halloween night. This release will only work with Eclipse 3.4/Ganymede. We recommend you do not use Eclipse.org update site to go from Eclipse 3.3 to Eclipse 3.4 - instead download Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers from Eclipse. To get the optional TPTP and BIRT integration to show up see the list of Eclipse drivers we use for JBoss Tools 3.x builds here. If you can only use Eclipse 3.3 use JBoss Tools 2.1.2, but JBoss Tools 2.x will not have any of the new features. Out of the Seam 2.1.SP support by the hands of Slava and Alexey.
- Posted by: Rayme Jernigan
- Posted on: November 05 2008 07:21 EST
- Dima made Seam Generate Entities have an UI for selecting exactly the tables you want to generate
- The pages.xml>editor got a face lift by Daniel and Lex
- OpenOn and Code completions got various improvements and proper ordering by Victor
- Improved Hibernate Tools JPA project support by Dima
- Vitali created a brand new source/refactor action which turns your JavaBeans into JPA annotated entities automatically
- A new tighter and leaner UI for interacting with Servers introduced by Rob Stryker
- Support for editing external CSS styles directly from Visual Page Editor were added by Dzmitry
- The Visual Page Editor was made even faster by Maxim
- Project example Wizard> for quick and easy download of JBoss Tools/JBDS ready examples was suggested and implemented by Snjezana
- Drools plugin is now back into JBoss Tools builds thanks to Kris and Denis
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- Updated screencasts by Svetlana and her documentation team...and alot more by the rest of the JBoss Tools development team. See the full change list in jira and see more details and screenshots in What's New. Here's the download
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- JBoss Developer Studio 2 Beta is freely available by Max Andersen on November 05 2008 09:36 EST
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JBoss Developer Studio 2 Beta is freely available[ Go to top ]
Hi, Rayme forgot to mention that JBoss Developer Studio 2 Beta which includes JBoss Tools 3 Beta is freely available too. Useful if you don't like to mess with Eclipse setup/installation. See the info about this here or go directly to the download site (registration required)
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Congrats to the JBoss Tools team on the release. Looking forward to using it.
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Any support for Netbeans 6.5 or 7 planned? Lot of people in our industry are now using Netbeans 6.x.
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The TLV278x single supply operational amplifiers provide rail-to-rail input and output capability. The TLV278x takes the minimum operating supply voltage down to 1.8 V over the extended industrial temperature range (40°C to 125°C) while adding the rail-to-rail output swing feature. The TLV278x also provides 8 MHz bandwidth from only 650 µA of supply current. The maximum recommended supply voltage is 3.6 V, which allows the devices to be operated from (±1.8 V supplies down to ±0.9 V) two rechargable cells.
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Letter to Senator Harkin Supporting his Middle Class Bill
March 29, 2012
Dear Senator Harkin:
On behalf of the more than three million members of the National Education Association, we would like to offer our support for your proposals to help strengthen the middle class. We thank you for your leadership in introducing this legislation and in particular for your focus on investments in education.
Today's middle class is struggling and many previously financially secure families are finding themselves falling into poverty. The faltering economy, the housing crisis, rising food and gas prices, and attacks on workers' rights have combined to undermine and destabilize the middle class.
Public education is the greatest tool we have to maintaining, increasing and strengthening the middle class. Every day in schools across the country, hard working educators give children the skills they need to become successful learners, agile problem solvers, and creative thinkers, preparing them not only to enter the workforce but to think and act as citizens.
Investments in education make both good fiscal sense and good public policy. Funding targeted to quality public schools will see the greatest return on taxpayer money and will strengthen the entire economy. When we invest in public education, lower and middle incomes grow even more than upper incomes, positively impacting businesses' bottom line as lower-income people spend their new income on consumer goods and services. In a typical state, investing two percent more in public education generates 3,900 new jobs and $92 million in new personal income. An equal tax cut generates less than half those gains — 1,500 new jobs and $41 million in new personal income. (Richard Sims, NEA Research, previously Director, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 2011). The real rate of return on investments in education and training programs — in terms of payoff to lifetime earnings relative to the upfront costs — is 5 to 15 percent per year. (Jason Bendor, Jason Bordoff and Joshua Furman. "An Education Strategy to Promote Opportunity, Prosperity, and Growth," The Brookings Institution, 2007).
Your legislation focuses on several areas critical to helping the middle class. We particularly support your proposals to:
- Modernize schools and campuses. Targeted resources for school and campus repair and modernization will jump start the economy and ensure students the learning environments so essential to their success. Our children deserve manageable class-sizes and modernized and energy-efficient school buildings. Yet, on average, our public schools are more than 40 years old and need an estimated $500 billion in repairs and upgrades.
Your bill will make sure students have the learning environments they need and deserve. In addition, it will help create good jobs to put Americans back to work. Construction and building repair such as that funded under your bill generally create 9,000-10,000 jobs per billion dollars spent. We are very pleased that your legislation includes funding to modernize community college facilities. Community college enrollments continue to rise as workers seek to enhance their skills in order to find employment in this tough economy or advance in their careers. Modernization of facilities is critical to accommodate these record numbers of students.
- Invest in early childhood education and child care. It is clear that high quality education before a child turns five yields significant long-term benefits. Children's learning begins well before they enter elementary school, and the transition to school must be founded on strong school readiness. Quality early childhood education is a key predictor of a child's future educational achievement and emotional development. Children need proper stimulation and education from birth through age six in order to ensure full development and adequate preparation for the rigors of school. Research shows that children who participate in quality early education programs perform better academically and exhibit better cognitive and social skills—on both a short-term and long-term basis—than similar children who do not participate in such programs.
- Provide resources to save educator and first responder jobs. The situation in schools across the nation is unacceptable, as layoffs and budget cuts create ballooning class sizes and elimination of programs that help students succeed. We are sending our children a message that they do not matter and are not a priority for the nation. When educators lose their jobs, students lose too. Each fall, fewer dedicated professionals are there to greet and care for students — fewer teachers, teachers' aides, librarians, bus drivers, food service workers, counselors, and nurses.
- Fund professional development on college and career ready standards. We are pleased that your proposal creates a grant program to assist school districts in providing additional professional development opportunities for teachers as they transition to college and career ready standards. Teacher quality is the single most critical factor in maximizing student achievement. Ongoing, quality professional development is essential to ensure that educators stay up-to-date on the skills and knowledge necessary to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century.
Again, we thank you for your leadership and focus on strengthening America's middle class. We look forward to working with you as your legislation move through Congress.
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Director, Center for Advocacy
Mary Kusler
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Loyola Law School's moot-court and trial-advocacy teams continue to build on their 2012 successes with major victories in 2013. One squad of the Law School's Byrne Trial Advocacy Team was named regional champions and another regional semifinalist at the prestigious National Trial Competition. The team named regional champions went undefeated and will advance to the National Finals in San Antonio, Texas in April.
The 2012 year ended with a major feat by Loyola's LAWASIA team, which competed at the seventh-annual International Moot Competition in Bali, Indonesia. The best mooter award went to student Wendy Chan. The team, which included James Yu and Kevin Hong, placed fourth in the event featuring law schools from around the world. LAWASIA is an international organization of legal professional with an interest in the Asia-Pacific region. Professor John McDermott, team coach, is fielding applications for next year's competition in Singapore.
Elsewhere, the Law School's three-person Byrne Team of Catherine Grech '13, Juan Higuera '13 and Brian Poulter '12 won the regional rounds of the National Trial Competition -- the country's most prestigious and competitive national trial-advocacy tournament. After defeating teams from Southern California, Utah and Arizona, the team went on to compete in the national finals in Austin, Texas. There, they went head-to-head with the other 27 regional champions and advanced all the way to the national quarter finals. This was Loyola's 19th regional championship in the last 23 years. U.S. News & World Report also recognized the Loyola trial-advocacy program by ranking it one of the top ten in the country.
Recent graduate and Byrne alumnus Brian Poulter transferred to Loyola at the end of his first year of law school in Texasbecause he was looking for a school with a greater commitment to trial advocacy.
"To me, trying cases is what being an attorney is all about," Poulter said.
He leaves Loyola having tried more than 50 cases and having competed in five national mock-trial competitions. Poulter said he owes all of his skills and achievements to the Byrne team, its coaches and alumni. "Wherever we go across the country, teams know who we are and respect us," Poulter said. "It has been by far the most rewarding, educational and grueling experience of my law school career. The amount of dedication, instruction and one-on-one training I have received has proved to be absolutely invaluable."
The team is coached by William C. Hobbs Clinical Professor Susan Poehls, director of trial advocacy, who was quick to heap praise upon her team. "They put in the time and effort it takes to become good at something that many lawyers may not learn over their entire career," Poehls said. "I'm so proud of these students. They have dedicated countless hours to improve their skills and represent their law school so well."
But Loyola's moot-court triumphs don't end there. The Scott Moot Court team of Elleny Christopoulos, Joelle Trowbridge and Jessica Vogel won the prestigious best-brief prize at the American Bar Association (ABA) National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Seattle and advanced to the final round of the competition. The team of Raya Marinova, Tom McNamara and Anna Milunas took home the award for third-best brief and advanced to the semi-finals. Milunas was also recognized for being the ninth-best oralist at the competition.
On Loyola's first trip to the Environmental Moot Court Competition in New York, team member Michael Jaeger won best-oralist honors. Elsewhere, Loyola teams shined at competitions such as the Hispanic Bar Association Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition.


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(Reuters) - Pension charges wiped out more than $20 billion in fourth-quarter earnings at major American companies, as persistently low interest rates leave some of those with the largest retiree burdens no choice but to assume they need more money now to cover liabilities later.
Actuaries warn there is little chance for improvement on the horizon for defined benefit pension programs, as rates linger at historically low levels and the Federal Reserve shows no inclination to raise them. The only hope, they say, is for rates to turn around - though when, no one really knows.
Just between AT&T Inc ($10 billion), Verizon Communications ($7 billion) and UPS ($3 billion), pension accounting has led to massive noncash charges in the last few weeks, and those three are not alone.
It is possible there will be even more before the reporting season ends. Employment lawyers say about 37 percent of people with retirement benefits still have a defined benefit plan or a mix of defined benefits and a 401(k), with little distinction across sectors.
The problem is an interest rate called the discount rate, a number that companies offering plans use to calculate the present value of their future obligations to retirees - how much they need today, in other words, to pay pensioners tomorrow.
Many large plan sponsors have chosen some version of mark-to-market accounting for their pension plans, which means they need to adjust their discount rate periodically (usually yearly) to market conditions.
When market forces dictate that they assume a lower discount rate, it can create a huge actuarial loss.
"The promises these companies have to their employees hasn't fundamentally changed at all," said Kevin Wagner, a senior consulting actuary at Towers Watson. "This is really driven by two things: one is that interest rates have just dropped, that's all, and secondly, different companies have made different decisions on how they want to account for pension plans."
Wagner and others said that choice comes down largely to how a company wants to handle its pension risk - take the hits (or someday, the rewards) immediately or stretch them out over time?
In AT&T's case, for example, lowering its discount rate by 100 basis points led to a $12 billion loss, offset only in part by rising asset values. In UPS's case, year-end discount rates fell a full 120 basis points.
"Is it something that with just a moderate increase in the economy and interest rates would reverse and actually begin to be a positive on paper? Yes. So we take it seriously but also realize that it is an accounting definition and one that could swing either way," UPS Chief Financial Officer Kurt Kuehn said in a telephone interview.
AT&T and Verizon are two of the many companies that have adopted mark-to-market pension accounting, which experts have said can be beneficial because it removes the drag of pension losses from future results. Someday, when rates rise, it could also create one-time, pension-driven increases in earnings.
In the meantime, though, it is not helping much. The well-regarded pension consultancy Milliman Inc estimated earlier this month that the country's 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans had a deficit of $412 billion at the end of 2012, up 22 percent from a year earlier.
In many cases, strong performance of assets was not enough to offset rising liabilities.
As the firm noted, pension fund returns have exceeded expectations in three of the last four years, but lower discount rates meant the plans' funded status worsened anyway.
"People may be getting tired of hearing me saying it but interest rates have been the story for the last four years and that's not going to change in 2013," John Ehrhardt, a principal and consulting actuary at Milliman, said in a companion to the report.
By Milliman's estimate, the pension funding deficit would decrease nearly 40 percent by the end of 2014 if only discount rates would stop falling and plans would meet their expected rate of return on their assets.
But that is not the case. Not only are discount rates coming down, plan sponsors are lowering their expected rates of return too. AT&T, for example, lowered its expected return 50 basis points, even after exceeding the old threshold for 2012.
Corporate pension funding is always a complicated issue, made even more so now by, of all things, a highway transportation bill.
Commonly known by its shorthand name, the MAP-21 Act became law last July. It included a provision that lets companies use an average of interest rates over the prior 25 years when determining how much they have to contribute to their plans to meet funding requirements. (The provision found its way into the bill as a revenue-raising mechanism to offset highway spending.)
That effectively lets companies contribute less into the plans, saving them money. In other words, for plan sponsors' purposes, rates went up even as in reality they were going down.
"It's a very awkward relief. I'm not quite sure how anyone came up with this, frankly; you couldn't make it up," said Jon Barry, a partner at Mercer. "In 2012 and definitely in 2013 too, all things being equal, funding is quite a bit lower under this relief."
Not all companies will take advantage of it. Some actuaries say companies that are trying to actively reduce risks in their pensions are unlikely to use it at all.
"You do have plan sponsors in more cash-strapped industries or more cash-strapped companies who will take advantage of it," said Margaret McDonald, a senior vice president and senior actuary at Prudential Financial.
UPS said on Thursday it will face $225 million in pension costs this year, nearly 5 percent of its forecast earnings. Without knowing what treatment the company has chosen, multiple actuaries said it was entirely possible that contribution would be larger but for MAP-21.
Analysts say that either way, those contribution figures are ultimately more important than the discount-rate charges, in that they represent actual cash coming off the books.
"It's important to look at what's an economic result and not just a reported number based on new mark-to-market rules," said Keith Schoonmaker, equity analyst at Morningstar.
Additional reporting by Scott Malone in Boston and Jilian Mincer in New York; Editing by Steve Orlofsky


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Salford University received a special mention from the judging panel for the level of visual representation and styling they demonstrated.
The annual Graduate Preview Day saw 25 colleges from around the UK attend and showcase the portfolios of their graduating students. Their work was reviewed by a judging panel of industry experts headed by Chair of the Colleges Council Anne Tyrrell, and included Adam Kelly, Selfridges; Hannah White, Fashion Monitor; Jacqui Ma, WGSN and Marios Schwab.
"The calibre of this year's portfolios has been excellent and demonstrates the breadth of talent of both the students and the colleges. The contacts the colleges gain from the day are extremely beneficial to their graduates and we've seen an incredible attendance here today, with representatives from Abercrombie & Fitch, Burberry, Alfred Dunhill, Harrods, Paul Costelloe, Matches, Max Mara and Topshop." - Anne Tyrrell, Chair of the Colleges Council.


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Casey Anthony Falls At Courthouse, Misses Hearing
Judge Perry: 'Let's Get It Done'
Casey Anthony suffered a fall at the Orange County courthouse and could not attend Tuesday's hearing.
Anthony suffered minor injuries, according to Orange County Corrections public information officer Allen Moore.
Officials said in a news release that Anthony's fall appeared to be an accident. Moore said in a news release that Anthony tripped when she became tangled in her restraints.
Late Tuesday, officers said Anthony was returned to the Orange County Jail after receiving treatment. Jail officials said she suffered only minor injuries.
Deputies are conducting an investigation into her injury. The inquiry was requested by the Chief of Corrections. Officials said it appears the incident was an accident.
Anthony's attorney, Cheney Mason, waived her right to be in court.
Anthony, 24, is charged with the death of her daughter Caylee Anthony and is charged with first-degree murder. Caylee's remains were found in December 2008. ()
Cindy Anthony, Casey's mother, did attend the hearing. She told WESH 2's Bob Kealing that it was a tough day in court.
"I knew something was wrong today. I just had a mother's intuition, I guess," Cindy said.
Judge Belvin Perry denied three important motions made by the defense and delayed his decision on the fourth.
Perry advised both the prosecution and the defense not to waste any time. ()
"You've been working on this case for nearly two years," Perry said. "There are deadlines and there comes a time when, or as close to as possible, all of the work needs to be done. You all know what needs to be done, so let's get it done."
The defense motioned to keep public records private. The defense doesn't want the public to know who has been visiting Casey in jail and wants visitation logs sealed.
Perry decided to seal records pertaining to Casey's visitation and said he will rule on that motion next week.
Also, Anthony's defense argued the previous judge's ruling about an illegally made tape-recording of an investigator interview should be reversed. The recording was made by a volunteer searcher who says he searched the woods on Suburban Drive. He claims Caylee's remains were not there.
Perry decided that Judge Stan Strickland's ruling was sufficient and kept it.
Defense attorneys argued that they want prosecutors to share forensic information they have not received so far. Perry denied the motion.
Another big motion on the table is that Anthony's attorneys want Perry to force the state to give more specifics on why they are seeking the death penalty. At the last hearing, the defense said the state's answer didn't cut it.
Perry denied the defense's fourth motion. The judge said the state has done what he asked them to do and will not order them to reveal more about aggravating factors they plan to use in seeking death.
The defense argued they would like copies of e-mail communications and said they already spent $1,600 trying to obtain them. The prosecution said the records are waiting, but will cost $1,500 in copying and labor fees. The judge allowed up to $2,000 for the defense to retrieve the records.


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There are certain sentences that you just never imagined yourself typing, and here's one of them. Yesterday on Cold Pizza, Michael Clarke Duncan accused Skip Bayless of "putting him on front street."
In the most exciting bit of pregame Super Bowl XLI hype yet, Duncan and Bayless got into it after Duncan accused Bayless of being a poor analyst, and then Bayless accused Duncan of being a bandwagon jumper. Then, Duncan put his hand on Bayless's junk and cured a bladder infection.
You can download the audio right here. That last part might not have really happened.
While you're trying to process the visual image of Skip Bayless and Michael Clarke Duncan hanging out together at the pool ... it's hard to call a winner in this one. In Bayless's favor, it really didn't seem like Duncan could name a non-Grossman or non-Urlacher Bear. In Duncan's favor, Skip Bayless is Skip Bayless.
But then again, if that "Ron Grossman" thing is true ... well, game, set, match to Skip Bayless. If it's not true, though, then Skip Bayless is just a gigantic asshole.
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If you're ever driving and you see a county fair with what appears to be three towering penises with clown makeup on them, pull over. You've just found the holy grail of dangerous rides.
Essentially, you're strapped in to a few bungee cords, pulled down really low and then released, flinging you flailing 7.5 metres into the air. Hopefully, you land on your feet.
Made by a few different Chinese manufacturers, this bad boy hasn't really caught on in the states for whatever reason. They may not be legal due to how obviously dangerous they are, or perhaps all of our county fairs are run by hand-wringing wussocrats. In either case, it's disappointing. If I want to die in a spectacular carnival accident, that's my prerogative, dammit. Let's bring these things Stateside. [BallerHouse via Oh Gizmo!]


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Campaign creation for Labatt Breweries
Labatt's social responsibility unit has a website running under makeaplan.ca. The aim of the site is to encourage responsible drinking among youth by suggesting different activities associated with drinking – Party Planning, Recipes, Tips for late night traveling etc..
My Role as an information architect:
- Client interaction (3 different agencies). Making estimates and proposals.
- Managed the project from start to the end. Organized new server and conducted migration.
- Proposed user-case scenario for a typical user around the supplied campaign.
- Wireframe concepts and flash prototypes for internal team.
- Procured content and developed a process to co-ordinate all changes, additions and new campaigns associated with site.
Link for English: www.makeaplan.ca French: www.preparezunplan.ca
All changes were made in English and French.


text: MATCH RECAP: New York Red Bulls U-18 (2) vs. Orlando City (1) Tweet Red Bulls U-18 Preseason in Orlando © SANFORD, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2016) – The New York Red Bulls U-18 recorded its first win of the New Year with a preseason victory over Orlando City, 2-1. It was a reduced game of two 35-minute halves as the U-18s concluded its week of preseason training in Florida. The Red Bulls started the game strongly, but it was Orlando City who opened the scoring in the 16th minute to head into the break with the advantage, 1-0. The Red Bulls U-18 showed character after a tough week of training and was rewarded for their sustained pressure in the second half with two late goals. The equalizer came in the 67th minute from Ryan Mingachos, who was played in with a chipped pass from Kevin O'Toole after good build-up play in the midfield. Mingachos kept his composure, lifting the ball over the advancing goalkeeper to put the Red Bulls back on level terms. New York pushed for winner in the late stages of the match and found the game-winner in the final minute. A corner from Samad Bounthong was handled inside Orlando City penalty area and the referee pointed to the spot to give the Red Bulls a chance to win the game with a penalty kick. Jared Gilbey stepped up to the spot, calmly sent the goalkeeper the wrong way and converted the penalty kick to win the game for the Red Bulls. "It was a great way to end what was a great week of preseason down here in Orlando," Man of the Match Ryan Mingachos. "All the hard work and effort put forth by the team throughout this week paid off and it showed during the game. It was a great win and great team effort, but there is still much to improve and a lot of work to do before we start the season in March." The Red Bulls U-18 team will now return home to resume their preseason preparation at the Red Bulls Training Facility. Scoring Summary (Assist in parenthesis): Orlando City 16' NY: Ryan Mingachos (Kevin O'Toole) 67' NY: Jared Gilbey (PK) 70' Wojciech Gajda (Vadym Sanzhazevskyi 35'), Sean Teixeria (Anthony Herbert 35'), Cristian Martinez (Matt Thorshiem), Kyle Perno, Kevin O'Toole, Ryan Mingachos, Callum Johnson, Jared Gilbey, Samad Bounthong, Barry Sharifi (Jeanpaul Marin, 40'), Rodrigo D'Andrea Man of the Match: Ryan Mingachos Back to news


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Daniel Boulud, the renowned chef/restaurateur behind Palm Beach's Cafe Boulud—and more than a dozen other restaurants in New York, Miami, Beijing, London, Singapore and beyond—has an autographed Shaquille O'Neal shoe (size 23) in his New York office perched above his flagship Manhattan restaurant, Daniel.
That's an observation recounted in a detailed profile of urbane, yet down-to-earth Boulud in an elegant book released last week by The James Beard Foundation as the non-profit organization commemorates its 25th anniversary.
"The James Beard Foundation's Best of the Best: A 25th Anniversary Celebration of America's Outstanding Chefs" (Chronicle Books; 2012; $60) includes profiles, photographs and recipes of 21 chefs who, over the years, have won the Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef of the Year award.
In addition to Boulud, who won the award in 1994, the chefs include Wolfgang Puck, Thomas Keller, Mario Batali, Rick Bayless, Eric Ripert, Dan Barber, Grant Achatz, Lidia Bastianich and Tom Colicchio, among others.
The book, with a forward by Martha Stewart, was written by author, photographer and artist Kit Wohl, who spent more than two years working with the 21 featured chefs. Wohl offers an insider's look at some of the nation's most revered restaurant kitchens and how the esteemed chefs keep diners' appetites and minds engaged.
In Boulud's profile (Boulud is shown at right; photograph by Susie Cushner, copyright 2011), which, among other things, follows his journey from a 14-year-old restaurant apprentice in France to his rise to internationally known chef/restaurateur, Wohl weaves such quotes from Boulud as:
"We have fun cooking, and I don't want people to suffer through a painfully long night just so we can show them a sixteen-course meal. Rather, all the dishes, each set of courses, is right on the money. They're focused."
" Good service is something you're barely aware of. And so we work hard on that. And we apply the same standards to each of our restaurants, whether they are bistros or fine dining "
"Because this all (dining at fine restaurants) could be very pompous and intimidating. My standard for service comes from Paris, where there is such precision but also warmth and friendliness in even the greatest restaurants. And it's not every restaurant that can accomplish that "
A digital preview of "The James Beard Foundation's Best of the Best: A 25th Anniversary Celebration of America's Outstanding Chefs," which includes images by photographer Susie Cushner, is available at http://www.jamesbeard.org/book.
The book also can be purchased through http://www.jamesbeard.org.
Stay tuned to this "Dish" blog for a recipe for a Boulud dish—Maine peekytoe crab salad with celery, walnut oil and granny smith apple—that is featured in "The James Beard Foundation's Best of the Best: A 25th Anniversary Celebration of America's Outstanding Chefs."


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Nom nom nom nom human flesh and limbs. That's essentially the crux of indie game Depth where you can play either as a treasure-hungry diver or a human-hungry shark.
And just as I'll always play as a zombie in Left 4 Dead, I can see myself always choosing the offensive and playing as a shark in Depth. Because when else will I get to pretend to be something other than a human? And when else can I punish my opponents for their snarky commentary by chomping off their leg and leaving them to bleed out in the sea?
- WATCH: Depth's latest gameplay trailer, a GDC special shown above.
- WATCH: After all the leaks on the next Assassin's Creed, we finally have an official trailer from Ubisoft.
- PLAY: Snake 97 is our Gaming App of the Day.
- WATCH: An adorable marriage proposal (and—spoiler alert—acceptance) on a Nintendo 3DS.
Did you see a particularly interesting video on the Internet? Know a friend who puts together awesome video game movies? If you have suggestions for Watch This, Play This, drop me a line at email@example.com and you may just see it featured here the next day.


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Laura Marohnic
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Slow Start this Year
First day of summer almost upon us and as a CSA farmer I am getting the calls, "When will the deliveries start?" I don't blame you as I can hardly wait for fresh strawberries and tomatoes and cucumbers off the vine. Please be patient as this year we have had to pull every trick we could find to get going as fast as possible. We have had many set backs but I truly believe that we will have a good year as soon as it get a good hold. I just recently shared a post of corn in Indiana being 6 feet
Does a CSA work for everyone?
Spring is in the air!!!!!! I wanted to share some insight that I recently had on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). In explaining how a CSA works and how we are trying to adapt our CSA to be more customer service oriented, we have realized there are some ideas about CSA farms that are not true. Let's go over the main benefits of a CSA: 1. As the consumer, you know exactly where your food is coming from, and how it is being produced. With E-coli issues in the big industrial production
2019 CSA Membership Open
2019 CSA Membership Open We have room for a few more families this year. Please visit our website yooperproduce.com and register through the CSA sign-up page. http://yooperproduce.com/csa-sign-up I will give you a call and go over how the process works to make sure it is a good fit for your family. Thank you and look forward to feeding our families!
2019 CSA Membership
Dear CSA Members: We are about to order seed stock for this year and part of our planning process is to get your input on this year's orders. We have been looking at systems that do planning and have decided to start a small-scale program on our side to fulfill our CSA members desired produce. Anyone interested in being part of our CSA family, please go to our website and sign up on our CSA sign up page at www.yooperproduce.com. This will send me an email and I will give you a call to go over
2018 CSA Family is Complete
Our 2018 CSA Registration is closed. We have a very large CSA family this year and I have ordered reusable bags for all members as great big THANK YOU for all your support. We have 22 families this year which is double from last year. I am sure there will be plenty for all. All the same, we will be applying for another high tunnel with this great of a demand so we can continue to grow and serve the need of our neighbors. Here is to a new season. I hope we get plenty of berries and fruit
2018 CSA Shares Open
We are now taking pledges for 2018 Community Supported Agriculture shares for Yooper Produce. Our CSA is slightly different from others. Please visit our CSA Sign Up Page http://www.yooperproduce.com/csa-sign-up for more details and to register. We will contact each share request that registers to make sure our CSA is a good match for you and your family. We welcome any questions.
Time to Plan for 2018 CSA
Winter will be gone as fast as it came. Now is the time to plan for Spring! Update on 2017 CSA sales and what we will plant this year.
Wrapping Up 2017
Wrapping up 2017 CSA and farm, with the rain I am already starting to plan for 2018. Before doing that, I want to thank all the wonderful people that came out to the farm this year and participated in our CSA.
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So I got rid of my 20 gallon fish tank and my ONE Gourami and got these instead:
Chase is the Blue dumbo eared guy and Liam is the beige dude. Chase is about 10 weeks, Liam is about 6 weeks.
Chase eating some special k.
Going up to the 2nd floor.
LiLo thinks that they are squirrels... I kind of told her that's what they were anyway :p
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August 23, 2011
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Jury Convicts Laredo Man Of Trafficking A Ton Of Marijuana
LAREDO, TX - Late this morning, a federal jury returned its verdict finding Artemio Lomas, 45, of Laredo, guilty of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than 2000 pounds of marijuana, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today.
United States District Court Judge Micaela Alvarez, who presided over the trial, accepted the jury's verdicts, convicted Lomas and has set sentencing for Nov. 9, 2011. Lomas, in custody without bond since his June 15, 2011 arrest, has been ordered to remain in custody pending sentencing. Lomas faces no less than 10 years in prison and a maximum of life imprisonment, as well as millions of dollars in fines for each of the convictions.
During trial, the jury heard testimony from DEA Special Agents and Laredo Police Department officers, who described an investigation, which involved an undercover police officer and a confidential informant. Witnesses described how Lomas worked with the Zeta cartel in Nuevo Laredo and members of the Mexican Mafia, a criminal gang operating in Laredo, to coordinate shipments of marijuana across the border and eventually to Dallas. The DEA was able to intercept two loads of marijuana - one on June 25, 2010, and a second on August 12, 2010 - with a combined weight of 1017 kilograms and a wholesale value of more than $1 million in Dallas. The loads were in truck trailers, hidden among legitimate cargo. Lomas had organized the August load working directly with cartels in Mexico.
The jury also heard recorded conversations during which Lomas coordinated the transport of one of these loads of marijuana as well as a 911 call Lomas made after he was assaulted by other members of the drug organization angry after Lomas had lost the August 12 load intercepted by law enforcement.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Calhoun-Lopez prosecuted the case.


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Holiday Message
For the past two months, our family has been dealing with serious illness on the part of our younger son. Progress has been slow; baby steps forward have been followed by backsliding. Each day we wake up hoping for positive events and each night we go to sleep thankful that events weren't worse.
On Friday a week ago, I came home from a trip to the ER to learn of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I did not know my heart could feel so heavy.
This holiday season, I cannot bring myself to write anything the least bit political. I am simply going to wish all of you well and suggest the following:
- Hold your loved ones close. Remind them how much they mean to you.
- Remember to do the things you truly enjoy.
- Take snapshots not just with your cell phones, but with your hearts.
- Give your children the gift of setting an example of a life well-lived.
- Take the time to show your children how to be generous of spirit.
- Laugh! Remember to see the funny.
- Don't sweat the small stuff.
- Lavish your pets with love.
- Find a few moments every day to reflect, meditate, pray, or simply be still.
All of us at Autism After 16 wish all of you a joyous holiday season. We believe the New Year to be filled with promise.
Finally, this holiday season we continue to keep the families of Newtown in our thoughts. We know they have found strength in their community. We hope they may find some peace as well.


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Six Nations
10 things we learned from ... the opening Six Nations matches
Graham Jenkins
February 4, 2013
Did Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll produce the best individual performance of the weekend? © PA Photos
After a thrilling opening weekend of Six Nations action, we reflect on what it taught us.
A fit BOD will lead the Lions to Australia
Brian O'Driscoll delivered a timely reminder of his class against Wales in Cardiff that may even have had Warren Gatland applauding in the stands. The veteran centre does not need the captaincy to lead by example and did just that with his exceptional industry, sublime handling, game-breaking vision and bone-crunching tackles sure to give Australians a few sleepless nights in the coming months. And just when you think you've seen it all from O'Driscoll - who also cemented his status as the Championship's all-time leading try-scorer with his 26th five-pointer - he does a stint at scrum-half following Conor Murray's sin-binning. Coming soon - O'Driscoll the hooker.
Owen Farrell is one of the world's top players
Many queried Owen Farrell's inclusion on the shortlist for last year's IRB Player of the Year honour insisting that others clearly warranted recognition ahead of the England fly-half. While the omission Argentina's Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe still baffles, it appears Farrell may have been a little stung by those who doubted his ability because in his two appearances since he has produced outstanding performances blending near-faultless kicking with precision play-making that were worthy of the eventual winner of the IRB award - New Zealand No.10 Dan Carter.
If you didn't know Simon Zebo before, you do now
Ireland's Simon Zebo is a relative newcomer to the international stage with just four caps to his name so you could be forgiven for not being able to put a face to a name - that is until now. The 22-year-old is now an internet sensation thanks to an outrageous piece of skill during his side's enthralling victory over Wales in Cardiff. A Rory Best charge-down had the Welsh stretched but Jamie Heaslip's pass to Zebo appeared to have gone behind the man only for the winger to flick the ball up with his foot before re-gathering the ball. The hosts scrambled back but the ball was recycled to enable Cian Healey to notch what looks destined to be the most memorable score of the Six Nations.
The Super Bowl does not have a monopoly on razzmatazz
The Six Nations is the most thrilling rugby showcase in the world and engages the wider public like no other competition with the opening round of matches underlining its enviable status. With Italy's upset of France, the fancy footwork of Ireland's Simon Zebo and the crowd-pleasing 15 tries - to name just three of many highlights - we have already been spoilt and to think we have 12 games still to come.
Italy are more than a match for any of their rivals
Long gone are the days when Italy just made up the numbers in the Six Nations. The Azzurri's upset of France underlined the fact that on their day they are more than a match for any of their Six Nations rivals. The complete performance that they produced - mixing physicality with precision and flair - would have accounted all but the very best on the planet and with two more games at home who is to say they will not challenge for the title? There may have been empty seats at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday - rest assured there will not be any when Wales and Ireland come to town.
England are the real deal
England shocked the rugby world with the manner of their victory over world champions New Zealand in December and it was widely expected they would fail to reach those same standards in their Six Nations opener against Scotland. But there was no significant drop off in their standard of performance with their ambition and hunger to move the ball quickly and keep it alive arguably a step up from that which was evident during the historic success against the All Blacks. Coach Stuart Lancaster may target consistency, but he will be aware that there is still more to come from his side.
Warren Gatland will be reaching for the ibuprofen
This year's Six Nations is a key battle ground for those hoping to earn selection for the British & Irish Lions' tour of Australia later this year and hopes are set to rise and fall as head-to-heads play out throughout the championship. Not so long ago Wales were expected to provide a bulk of the tourists but their on-going woes - they slipped to their eighth straight defeat against Ireland - are sure to be troubling Lions boss Warren Gatland. In contrast, England now look set to provide a host of Lions just a few short months after it appeared they may only provide a couple. But there is plenty of time for a few more twists and turns.
Declan Kidney will guide Ireland to the 2015 Rugby World Cup
Ireland boss Declan Kidney is out of contract at the end of the season and coming into this year's Six Nations was under increasing pressure to prove his worth - not that the coach himself was worried about it given his recent "If you want to make God laugh, tell him what you're doing tomorrow" comment. His decision to appoint Jamie Heaslip as his captain and not a fit-again Brian O'Driscoll as his captain invited yet more criticism and speculation over his future. But that appeared to be an inspired gamble by Kidney with O'Driscoll rolling back the years in Cardiff with a vintage display that set the tone for a superb Irish showing. The Irish look like a force to be reckoned with and that promise should assure Kidney of a new deal from the Irish Rugby Football Union.
Sean O'Brien is a tackling machine
Ireland flanker Sean O'Brien racked up an incredible 23 tackles and missed just one during his side's thrilling victory over Wales in Cardiff with many of them no doubt coming as the Irish attempted to quell the hosts' brave second half comeback. But O'Brien's awe-inspiring feat was just one of many interesting stats to emerge from the opening weekend with France conceding an incredible 20 turnovers and everyone of England's players except prop Joe Marler making gains with ball in hand in their win at Twickenham. Scotland boss Scott Johnson might be right when he says: "Statistics are like a bikinis, they show a lot but not the whole thing." but we like them all the same.
Woodward will wade in whatever
As predicted, former England coach Sir Clive Woodward has embraced his first love once again having finished his Olympic duties. A recent addition to BBC Sport's TV coverage of the Six Nations, you can also read his thoughts on all aspect of the Championship in a national newspaper while he is also no stranger to the radio airwaves. Sadly for those who have dug deep to secure his services, England are playing remarkably well and there is little call for the World Cup winner to tell us all how he would do it. Instead we are left with less hard-hitting analysis regarding body hair - no-one with a beard would get into a side coached by him apparently. Well worth the money?
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GTA 5, Proteus, Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, more discounted on EU PS Store
Sony Europe has posted its weekly digital discounts available through the PlayStation Store. Highlights include Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, Hotline Miami 2, Proteus, GTA 5 and more.
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Sony 'gets' indies on a level "never seen before," says Curve Studios
Thomas Was Alone port developer Curve Studios decided to publish its games on PlayStation platforms over Microsoft due to Sony "moving first, and moving faster" with indie studio support.
Curve Studios Indie Mega Bundle contains Proteus, Thomas Was Alone, more
Curve Studios has announced the Curve Studios Indie Mega Bundle for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, which includes four titles.
Proteus patch improves frame rate, adds "wild" Sony content
Proteus has been patched with fixes for a couple of niggling issues and the introduction of optional content found in the PlayStation 3 and Vita builds.
Proteus arrives on PS3 and Vita next week
Proteus will be released on PS3 and PS Vita next week on October 29 in North America and in Europe and Australia October 30 through PlayStation Network. The exploration game was released earlier this year for PC. The game will be part of the Cross Buy system for the consoles and will contain the ability […]
Proteus PS and Vita includes unique seed options
Proteus's islands are randomly generated, but players of the PlayStation 3 and Vita versions will have the option to generate seeds based on fixed parameters.
Proteus confirmed for PS3 and Vita
Award-winning indie title Proteus is coming to PS3 and PS Vita this autumn.
Humble Bundle 8 breaks $2 million in sales
Humble Bundle 8 has shattered $2 million in sales since it launched on May 28.
Humble Bundle 8 smashes through $1 million in under 20 hours
Humble Bundle 8 is pulling in the big bucks, having battered its way through the $1 million mark in 18 hours.
Humble Bundle 8 is live, contains Proteus, Hotline Miami, Awesomenauts, more
Humble Bundle 8 is live and gives you the option to pay-what-you-want for titles such as Thomas Was Alone, Little Inferno, Capsized, Dear Esther, and Awesomenauts. Those who pay more than the current average of $5.66 will get the aforementioned and if they pay more than that, they will also pick up Hotline Miami and […]
Proteus: homesick for unfamiliar places
Proteus is an art game with a capital Art, so much so that it's reignited the old "what is game" debate. But regardless of its medium, it's a beautiful, evocative experience which you'll either love or be puzzled by.
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GTA 5, Proteus, Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, more discounted on EU PS Store
Sony 'gets' indies on a level "never seen before," says Curve Studios
Curve Studios Indie Mega Bundle contains Proteus, Thomas Was Alone, more
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A wave slaps the Delaware Bay shore and an American horseshoe crab tumbles out of the surf. It's early May.
The crab claws its way in a slow, clumsy advance over a mudflat, jerking along like a toy Army tank with a cranky spring-wound motor.
One by one the crabs leave the sea for beaches on both sides of the bay until millions of these olive drab creatures blot mud and sand. It is one of the oldest journeys on earth, older than dinosaurs, and it is an important one. For it is on the bay's beaches that the horseshoe crabs breed, propagating a species that dates back 350 million years.
At water's edge males court females, attaching themselves to the rear of the female's carapace (or shell) with pincer-like appendages. Then the females tow their suitors up the beach, scratch out hollows in the sand, and lay tiny pea green eggs which are fertilized by the males. But the waves at high tide wash away much of the sand and soon billions of the eggs lay exposed on the beaches.
Thousands of miles away another biological clock is ticking. Red knots, ruddy turnstones, sanderlings, and semi-palmated sandpipers are already in flight, leaving behind their wintering grounds in Central and South America -- the mudflats of Surinam, the rocky nooks at Tierra del Fuego, the meadows on the Argentine Pampas.
They're winging some 7,000 miles towards the bay and the little green eggs which are now crucial to their survival. Depleted of fat reserves on arrival, many birds will almost double their body weight during their two-week stopover before departing on the next leg of their journey -- a 2,000-mile, non-stop flight to their Arctic breeding grounds. By late June, the shorebirds will be nesting on the thawing tundra.
The Delaware Bay is the principal breeding grounds for American horseshoe crabs on the East Coast and among the largest staging areas for shorebirds in North America. And it is unique in that there's only one main course on the menu: the little green eggs. Destroy the horseshoe crab's habitat and a vital link in the migratory chain would be broken, and thousands, perhaps millions, of shorebirds endangered.
- Horseshoe crabs are one of the Earth's oldest creatures, having appeared here over 300 million years ago.
- Although appearing crab-like, horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders.
- The horseshoe crab's blue blood is used to test intravenous drugs, vaccines, and medical devices for bacterial contamination to protect public health.
- Studies on the eyes of horseshoe crabs have helped us learn about the function of human eyes.
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Did you drill the holes wider so that it can accommodate the EB superloks?
Nope, EB fits perfectly with the Hawk Leather Duane Allman replica. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
what i meant was on the guitar, if you drilled the holes wider for the superloks.
Nope same hole longer screw thoSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Ow. That's great to know. very nice guitar btw.
Been thinking of getting these too. I am a believer of the toothpick+woodglue method when it comes to installing new strap pins though. Might prove to be too tight.
I'd love to see pics of this beauty in its strapless form haha.
Sorry for the late reply, here it is strapless and sunbathingSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Nice. How you feeling the big necks on those R8s?
how would you know if a Gibson Les Paul is legit?may nag refer sa akin sa guitar center, na kung saan mkkhanap ako ng mga mgaganda at maayos pa naused guitars,may hinahanap ako na Les Paul Standard, usually sa truss rod cover ng Les Paul nka indicate kungStudio, Standard, Traditional Etc..sa name nung for sale nkalagay standard, pero while checking the pictures, sa truss rod cover e blanko lang,pano ko ba mai-identify, bka traditional, or bka iba?salamat sa sasagot
I know this is just cosmetics, but i would appreciate feedback or opinion about this. Which looks better? With PU covers or no? Thanks!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Went with the JP look for now.. Now, is it really needed to solder this even if its snug in tight? Would it be fine if i just leave it unsoldered? I dont have a good enough soldering iron, and im afraid i may mess up the pups if i use a low watt iron..BTW, thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Channing Tatum has made several videos with Jimmy Kimmel for his show, 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' to promote 'White House Down,' Tatum's film with Jaime Foxx that is being released this weekend in theaters.
The last one was a comedic rap song called "Channing All Over Your Tatum." This is a sequel spoof for 'White House Down' called 'Waffle House Down.' The joke is that "waffle" and "white" both begin with the same letter. Whatever, if Channing Tatum takes off his shirt, we will probably watch it, at least on Netflix.
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Looks like Bicycle Habitat isn't the only shop with celebrity status. Check out who stopped by 718 cyclery (254 3rd Ave, Gowanus, Brooklyn)
O.G. himself, Ice-T, shooting an episode of Law and Order, SVU.
Here is owner Joe Nocella's attempt at capturing the scene:
Joe said Ice-T said his shop was the […]