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Bessie Peppenhorst Dixon, 93, of Linden, died Saturday, February 20, 2010, at Woodhaven Manor Nursing Home in Demopolis.
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Ok. I will have 1 Nutella Noisette, and 1 Fraise Tagada s'il vous plaît, Carol. Is it just me or do the first photos show a creative spin on American-style cupcakes? The concept of bite-size (and the cute name,) are definitely "dans l'air du temps," and perfect for les Parisiennes who watch their weight and believe in portion control… "Manger de tout, mais aver modération…" It seems your clever new friends are a hit. They must have gotten something right… I will try and pay them a visit next time I am in Paris. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)ReplyDelete
Love minis..and you aquarerelle of the petites even more-ReplyDelete
Oh I think living in Paris would be dangerous to my self control. Everything looks so Delicious. Now I am craving something gooey, sweet and creamy. :)ReplyDelete
oh..forgot to mention how much I love the drawing you did. :)ReplyDelete
Wow. That all looks so fabulous Carol, lucky you getting to experience all that. It all looks so amazing. Mini Paris-Brest? Yes please! Yet dare I say it? This is sort of a cupcake mentality isn't it? I think my heart just about stopped when I scrolled down to those pain d'epice bites! I will definitely hope to find those a year from now. I must say that Tagada was one of the few disappointments I've had in Paris, perhaps I'm just a few decades too old to enjoy them? Rue Rambuteau was already packed with deliciousness- it's a destination in itself.ReplyDelete
Carol, your watercolor painting just sets the mood that those photos and text develop. These delicacies do look rather delicious.ReplyDelete
(I keep wondering, as a baker who would never, ever, attempt such minis, what sort sort of oven thermometer must these bakers use? The precision required to create this visual and taste splendors...I cannot imagine it.
Note to self. Please do book a trip to Paris next year. Seriously.
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I am completely convinced you have died and gone to heaven. This just is too good to be true on earth.ReplyDelete
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Bouchée, sounds so much nicer than mouthful. The French do have such romantic sounding words, & yes ! dare I say it, some of those darling little bouchée do look like a high class cupcake. Love your aquarelle, give me more.ReplyDelete
Miniatures! I love them---aren't there a couple of miniature chou pastry shops as well? Are these the size that would work on a cafe gourmand plate? So many questions, but this place goes on my list. Thanks.ReplyDelete
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3-bites worth. Like sushi almost.
They would be perfect at tea parties, cafe gourmand, for the little girls in all of us.
Lot to be said about mini versions. Love them! That way would love to taste as many as possible. Looks a super address, Carol - thanks for telling us!ReplyDelete
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DETROIT (May 29, 2013) – If there's one thing Shawn McElmurry, Wayne State University professor of civil and environmental engineering, brings with him into the classroom, it's enthusiasm. Since joining WSU in 2008, his No. 1 priority has been to provide a dynamic and engaging learning environment for his students.
"I am very focused on research, but I want students to know that teaching is my first priority," he says. "I aim to increase student learning as well as provide them with a more complete understanding of what it means to be at a research-intensive university. The integration of research into the curriculum provides students with the most cutting-edge knowledge and helps engage them with issues relevant to their local community."
McElmurry, whose research focuses on the fate and transport of pollutants in surface water systems and developing new methods and techniques for the detection, quantification and treatment of organic and inorganic constituents, engages his students through as many pedagogical tools as possible —such as group work, in-class exercises, and out-of-class tours and experiences — to increase learning.
"I routinely arrange for tours of major infrastructure within the city (e.g. wastewater treatment plant, drinking water treatment plant) and have even been known to pull the entire class outside when it is raining to witness some of the concepts learned in class. I know it is always a highlight of the semester when I have students standing in the rain and ask them if they can smell the soil!"
His enthusiasm and efforts haven't gone unnoticed.
McElmurry was recently selected by the American Society of Civil Engineer's (ASCE) Committee on Faculty Development as a recipient of the 2013 ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. The prestigious award honors new faculty members for their outstanding teaching records, contributions to the academic and surrounding communities, and proven commitment to education.
McElmurry was nominated by colleague Peter Savolainen, who coordinated the efforts of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in preparing letters of support. Savolainen notes, "Shawn has made indelible impacts on those students who have been fortunate enough to have taken his courses. He has an uncanny ability to both engage and challenge his students. These traits, coupled with his use of pedagogical innovations and unparalleled dedication to his craft, have become a hallmark of our academic program."
Added doctorate student Maya Zein, "Professor McElmurry has a unique way in delivering his lectures; he is very keen on theory but incorporates real-life application problems. He is always looking for more ways to expand his knowledge and integrate many disciplines for a greater effort in preserving and sustaining the environment. He is a wonderful teacher, mentor and individual."
McElmurry, who ice climbs and runs 50-mile races in his spare time, is known to test his students outside the classroom as well. His standing challenge to his students: Run — and beat him — in the Detroit Marathon Relay, and he'll pay the entry fees. So far, McElmurry still has bragging rights.
McElmurry will be presented with the ExCEEd award during the Civil Engineering Division Banquet, held June 25 at the ASCE annual conference in Atlanta.
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SeattleTimes LOS ANGELES — Could it be possible that "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1" might actually be ... adult?
The fourth film adapted from the Stephenie Meyer series about a teenage girl/vampire/werewolf romantic triangle goes places where the first three blockbusters in the series didn't dare.
Like the bedroom. Yup, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's achingly chaste Bella and Edward finally get hitched and take a honeymoon in this one.
New-to-the-franchise director Bill Condon ("Gods and Monsters," "Kinsey") doesn't shy away from passionate expressions of young marital love. And it's really kind of beautiful in its bed-breaking way.
But then, oh my. Pattinson, who shot to fame playing the courtly, lovestruck bloodsucker Edward Cullen, is still trying to wrap his head around where the tween-adored, carnally toothless fantasy has gone this time around.
"You spend three movies setting up the absolute, terrifying fear of sex," observed the 25-year-old English actor. "Then in this one, you have sex, and there are devastating consequences. I don't really know what it's supposed to be saying."
Whatever it is, it ain't wolf-cub love anymore. Millions have read what happens, but if you still want to be surprised, better skip the next couple of paragraphs.
Bella gets pregnant. Quick. With something that no one — not even her wise and good new vampire in-laws — can predict. They didn't even know an undead and a living person could conceive.
Whatever Bella's carrying, she wants to keep it, even though it's growing so fast and voraciously that it's clearly destroying her from within.
The movie, which opens late-night Thursday, crescendoes with perhaps the ickiest birth scene ever filmed. And it's pretty much just Pattinson and Stewart left to play the ghastly scenario out. (Taylor Lautner's werewolf Jacob, as ever, protectively lurks nearby.)
"That was the first time I've been nervous since the first movie in the series, really," said Pattinson, who still hasn't officially copped to dating Stewart for the past three years. "There was no easy way, at all, that you could hide from the reality of it. Basically, it was Kristen lying there. It was her head with this emaciated dummy; it just looked so authentic lying there, covered in blood. You just realized human beings' frailty, and there's no way not to feel that when you're looking at it.
Other than that, Pattinson appeared pleased with the emotionally, as well as physically, more mature "BD1."
"What made the first one connect with people in specific ways was that the story was so small," he observed. "There was no adventure or anything, just a small cast in a small town. And it kind of came back to that in this. It wasn't going all around the world, there was no huge army or anything.
"It was a completely personal story. And it's always more interesting to play that, especially if you're doing a fantasy movie. There's less and less to play, really, if you keep introducing characters and just having battles."
Now the question is, how will Pattinson cope with the end of the franchise that's made him a superstar? (Part 2, which was filmed simultaneously, hits theaters a year from now.) Before being cast as Edward in the 2008 movie "Twilight," the actor's main claim to fame was playing Cedric Diggory in 2005's "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
The rest of his screen credits were obscure at best. He was even seriously considering dropping acting for a music career shortly before landing the Edward gig.
In the other films he's made since 2008 — "Remember Me," "Water for Elephants," the yet-to-open "Bel Ami" — Pattinson has evinced a thirst for adult drama missing, until now, from the "Twilight" series.
And there's the just-filmed "Cosmopolis," based on a novel by literary giant Don DeLillo and directed by the very adult David Cronenberg. "It's pretty much the opposite of 'Breaking Dawn,' " said Pattinson.
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We have already written about blue suede shoes (well navy ones, but that doesn't have the cheesy pop culture link) already and Primark has a pair of blue Desert Boots for the give-away price of £15. Like the grey/brown trim and laces too.
Another £15 goodie that caught our eye are these waterproof hooded jackets. They are available in light (Man City esque) blue and brown and sport a white piping at the bottom. They remind me of a jacket that Lambretta sold a few years back. They look like perfect festival wear.


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We've brought you plenty of enormous photo galleries covering top race bikes around the world but this one from Scheldeprijs is truly a beast – 138 images! Included in the mix is a close look at the Felt F-Series FRD of repeat winner Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) plus the bikes of nearly every other team that was in attendance.
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Yesterday on the radio I heard a segment about the magazine and newspaper business' excitement about the iPad platform, and what it means for their (ailing) business. Let me just say I'm skeptical. It sounds like the primary innovation they're planning is rich-media, interactive advertisements. Because if there's one thing that's wrong with the publishing industry, it's that their ads aren't intrusive enough. At the end of the radio segment, they announced that virtual "issues" of popular magazines on the iPad will cost $3. Let me predict now that this will end in tears. On the other hand, Apple's decision to pre-populate their bookstore with 30K books from Project Gutenberg is a great idea, and will do more for the iPad platform than $3 magazines and Auto ads disguised as VR racing games.
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Mediterranean Diet May Be Associated with Decreased Risk of Depression
]]>Clinical depression]]> is a mental illness that is characterized by feelings of profound sadness, guilt, anxiety, helplessness, and worthlessness. People with depression can lose interest in everyday activities, making it difficult to develop personal relationships, hold a job, or even complete basic personal-care tasks. The exact cause of depression is not known, but there can be environmental, physical, or mental factors. As a result, treatment may have more than one element to help treat potential causes. Medicines can help treat physical causes like chemical or hormonal imbalances, while counseling can help manage intense emotions and negative thought patterns. Lifestyle changes have been shown to help people cope with depression. Regular physical activity has been shown to decrease incidence or intensity of depression, and research continues to better understand the role of nutrition.
Researchers from Spain studied potential links between dietary choices and the ]]>incidence]]> of depression, particularly in relation to the Mediterranean diet plan. The ]]>Mediterranean Diet]]> focuses on plant foods like fruits, vegetables, breads, cereals, potatoes, beans and nuts. In this diet, olive oil is the main source of fat. There is very little red meat, with moderate amounts of fish and poultry. Past research has indicated that this type of diet may decrease blood vessel, metabolic, and inflammatory problems that may otherwise contribute to the development of depression. This study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry , found that a Mediterranean-based diet may have a protective effect against the development of depression.
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The prospective ]]>cohort study]]> followed 10,094 people over an average of 4.4 years. The participants submitted food frequency questionnaires that were designed to determine the amounts and types of food they ate. Participants were divided into four groups based on their level of adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet. Habits that were considered adherent to the Mediterranean Diet included:
- A good ratio of ]]>monounsaturated fats (good fats) to saturated fats (bad fats)]]>
- Moderate intake of alcohol and dairy
- Low intake of red meat (preferred protein sources include nuts, legumes, and fish)
- High amounts of legumes, nuts, fruits, and vegetables
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This type of study has an ]]>observational]]> design. Researchers do not introduce any factors into the study; instead, they simply observe people in their own environments. As a result, factors other than the ones being studied may influence the outcome. While this type of study can be used to show potential links, it cannot be used to confirm a cause-and-effect relationship. The researchers of this study also noted that they did not account for certain factors, like family history, which may affect the development of depression.
Fruits and vegetables and healthy fats have been shown to provide important protective qualities for metabolic activities and cell health. It is reasonable to assume that a diet with a combination of these benefits may be able to impact the development of depression. You can easily begin to introduce some of these healthy elements into your diet by increasing the amount of ]]>fruits and vegetables]]> in your diet, replacing some of your red meat choices with fish, nuts, or legumes, and opting for better fat choices like olive or canola oils. A well rounded diet that adheres closely to the Mediterranean diet is best, but you may find it easier to manage if you choose one or two changes at a time and work your way toward your goal. It is important for you to play an active role in your health care with good lifestyle choices, but if you feel you or someone you know may have depression, it is important to talk to your doctor. Together you can develop a plan to help manage the illness.
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Sánchez-Villegas A, Delgado-Rodríguez M, Alonso A, Schlatter J. Association of the Mediterranean Dietary Pattern With the Incidence of Depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry . 2009 Oct;66(10):1090.
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A winner was selected from 20 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
In the past I've successfully held 2 contests. I work well with designers as I know the process and give good feedbacks.
I used to be a Web and graphic designer but that was way back then so I need some good help for this creative design!
Thank you!
I understand that there may not be a lot of cash on offer. I blame it on the AUD/USD exchange rate!
But at the same time I could be the best client you have worked with because I know what I want and defined it to the detail. :-)
The 2nd page is not much different and the only changes are adding the side toolbar and content fonts.
Additionally, I don't mind writing a referral/recommendation letter with my company letterhead attached if that helps the designers here boost their portfolio.
Filmster is in the business of DVD kiosk rental.
Our machines are exactly like the ones from:
Brand should convey a feeling that the company is:
- unique (just like the company name itself)
- reliable (not boring but at the same time not flashy)
- professional
Template defined here:
- Homepage:
- http://www.imagebam.com/image/01bc0a18453000
- Middle buttons refer to: http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx
- "Find new releases" button have DVD box images and dimensions like: http://www.redbox.com - Content page: http://www.imagebam.com/image/4bd69b18371278
- You may/may not include some pictures with people as you see fit, an example would be someone who fell asleep on couch like: http://www.quickflick.ca/index.aspx
- Mouse over graphics for buttons
Logo: http://www.imagebam.com/image/35bcad18372652
Other images (please use these images as you see fit and add the ones you source if you find it suitable):
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- http://www.quickflix.com.au
- http://www.dvdplay.com
- http://www.instantdvd.com.au
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- Blindly using the images. Feel free to make changes to the images to suit your concept or theme


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BERLIN (AP) -- The European Union moved away from its focus on tough austerity Wednesday when it gave France, Spain, and four other member states more time to bring their budget deficits under control to support their economies.
Unveiling a series of country-specific policy recommendations in Brussels, the EU Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm, said the countries must implement structural reforms, such as overhauling labor markets to make their economies more competitive.
Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said that the pace of reform needed to be stepped up across the EU to solve the bloc's three-year crisis. "There is no room for complacency," he insisted.
Europe is stuck in a recession, with unemployment at record highs in several countries. This has led to a debate over the merits and faults of budget austerity as a way to solve the region's government debt problems.
By continuing to focus on controlling debt through austerity measures such as spending cuts and raising taxes, Europe's economic downturn has worsened and government revenues have been slashed. This in turn makes it harder to meet deficit targets.
There is now a growing consensus that European governments must shift their budget policies more toward fostering growth to end the downward economic spiral.
Besides France and Spain, the Commission is also granting the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia more time to bring their deficits below the EU ceiling of 3 percent of annual economic output. That means governments will be allowed to stretch out spending cuts over a longer time so as not to choke off growth as they try to fight record unemployment and recession.
The Netherlands and Portugal are granted one more year, whereas France, Spain, Poland, and Slovenia are granted two additional years each.
Barroso rejected the idea that the Commission bowed to political pressure and was now too soft on the countries that are granted more time.
Singling out France, the eurozone's second-largest economy, Barroso said the "message to France is indeed a very demanding one."
"This extra time should be used wisely to address France's failing competitiveness," he added.
In its recommendations, the Commission urges France to implement credible "ambitious structural reforms to ... boost growth and employment." It also urges France to cut red tape, improve conditions for small and medium sized companies and strengthen competition in the country's service and energy sector.
"French companies' market shares have experienced worrying erosion in the last decade, in fact beyond the last decade, we can say the last 20 years," Barroso stressed.
"Structural reforms are essential to kick-start growth and serve the dual goal of reducing unemployment and restoring the sustainability of public finances," the Commission said.
Spain, the eurozone's fourth-largest economy which is mired in recession with an unemployment rate of 27 percent, now has until 2016 to bring its deficit under control, which is set to drop from 6.5 percent of GDP this year to then 2.8 percent.
To achieve this significant amount, it says Madrid must scrutinize all major spending programs, push ahead with its labor market reform, revise the tax system, reduce costs in the health sector and push through pending bank recapitalizations.
The Commission's recommendations will become legally binding and shape the countries' fiscal policies once approved by the EU's leaders, who will discuss them at their summit next month.
Some countries were also dropped off the Commission's list of nations whose budget is under increased surveillance because of an excessive deficit. They include Italy, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania and Romania.
The most important of these decisions was on Italy, the eurozone's third-largest economy, where the Commission expects this year's deficit to come in at 2.9 percent and then 1.8 percent in 2014. However, the experts in Brussels gave the new government in Rome a long list of structural reforms that have to be pushed through.
Malta, however, was added to the watch-list and was urged to bring its deficit in line by next year, with a deficit of 3.4 percent of GDP and 2.7 percent in 2014.
The decisions bring the number of countries under the Commission's deficit watch to 16 of the EU's 27 nations, said Olli Rehn, the EU's top economic official.
Since the debt crisis erupted, EU nations have agreed to give the bloc's executive arm more powers in scrutinizing national budgets, complete with the ability to punish or issue binding policy recommendations for countries running excessive deficits.
In practice, however, the Commission wields considerable power in its dealings with smaller member states, but big nations like France are hard to bring into line.
A leading international body warned Wednesday that the recession in Europe risks hurting the world's economic recovery as whole. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said the eurozone's economy is now expected to shrink by 0.6 percent this year, against a predicted drop of 0.1 percent in its latest outlook six months ago.
The EU Commission this month forecast the eurozone's economy would shrink by 0.4 this year. It estimated the wider EU -- which includes the 10 nations such as Britain that don't use the euro currency -- would suffer a 0.1 percent contraction.
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- Google Glass for the public by the end of 2013 and a look at the How it Feels to wear Google Glass Glasses video
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It's art season in the Miami area.
Art Basel Miami Beach and about two dozen other independent art fairs open Thursday. Tens of thousands of people are expected through Sunday at the fairs throughout Miami and South Beach.
The international art fair is an offshoot of a big European festival, Art Basel in Switzerland. It runs through Sunday.
Art Basel officials say Superstorm Sandy almost kept some New York City galleries from participating this year. About 20 percent of the 257 galleries showing work in Art Basel Miami Beach's main hall are from New York's hard-hit Chelsea gallery district.
Art Basel director Marc Spiegler says some of the Chelsea galleries just had minor water damage. Others lost everything they had in storage. However, none chose to skip the prestigious contemporary art fair.


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|Executive Summary: Dave shares 7 basic guidelines he follows when optimizing queries, starting with reviewing the execution plan in the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Query Editor.
Q: What do you recommend for optimizing queries?
A: You should optimize every query so it runs as efficiently as possible. I follow seven generic guidelines when I optimize queries. Look at every query carefully and optimize based on additional factors such as I/O cost, current workload on the server, and so on.
1. Review the query execution plan. To locate the execution plan, in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Query Editor, click Query on the top menu bar, then select Include Actual Execution Plan. Run the query, and select the Execution Plan tab in the results pane to view the execution plan for the query. Look for the most expensive operation and start optimizing there.
2. Update column statistics. If a column in a table isn't indexed, the SQL Server query optimizer uses the statistics for that column to create an optimal execution plan. This improves the performance of the query even though there's no index on the column. Sometimes using column statistics results in better performance than using an index on a column, but only if the statistics are current. To obtain current statistics, use the UPDATE STATISTICS command. In most cases, column statistics are already created when columns are used in query conditions (e.g., when using WHERE clauses or JOINS).
3. Optimize Index Scan, Table Scan, and Bookmark Lookup. If you find Index Scan, Table Scan, or Bookmark Lookup in the query execution plan, it typically means that your query needs improvement and your indexes aren't being used. Find columns without indexes used in the query and create an index on each of those columns. Test each column to see if performance improves. Where more than one column is used to create an index, you can create a covering index. A query that contains the same columns as a covering index can be optimized if the covering index is used in that query's execution plan.
4. Index columns used in an ORDER BY clause. Often, data returned from a query is expected in a certain order. If you need data ordered by a specific column, then index that column. If you need data ordered by a specific column, then indexing that column will provide better performance. For example, in a table containing a column of country names, if the names of the countries need to be in descending order, create an index on the country column in the table. In the following example, I specified the DESC option when I created the index:
CREATE INDEX i_CountryNames ON Country
This index helps resolve a query such as
SELECT CountryNames FROM Country ORDER BY CountryName DESC
5. Avoid functions on columns. If you use a function in the WHERE clause or in a JOIN clause, doing so will force the query optimizer to scan the whole table instead of taking advantage of an available index. When you use a function on the column, the query optimizer doesn't know what the resulting column value will be until it runs the function on the whole column, which creates a table scan.
The use of a function on a column might reduce performance. If this happens, here's a workaround that I use: I create a computed column in the table that applies the function on the desired column. Then I create an index on the computed column and use the computed column wherever I need to use the function. By doing this, I reduce the need for a table scan, the query optimizer can choose to use the index, and query performance is improved. the following are examples of functions on columns; both of which will create table scans:
HAVING MAX(Column) > 1 INNER JOIN … ON Table1.Column = LTRIM(@ SearchVar)
6. Use a separate hard disk and hard disk controller for storing indexes and the tempdb database. I recommend that you create tempdb and all the indexes on a separate hard disk. Doing so will improve performance for queries because multiple disk controllers will improve the performance for disk I/O.
7. Follow your intuition and test with many methods. There isn't a single method by which all queries can be optimized. The query optimizer selects the best execution plan (the most efficient index) for the queries, but sometimes it's not the optimal plan. You can have the query optimizer create alternative optimized plans.


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BOSTON — Just when we thought he couldn't do much more for an encore, Bruins center David Krejci came up with another way to impress in the Eastern Conference semifinal series against Philadlephia.
The pivot who posted 3-2-5 totals in the first two victories over the Flyers, added a perfect 8-for-8 faceoff night to his 1-2-3 totals in the Game 3 victory last night that put Boston ahead, 3-0, in the series with Game 4 set for tomorrow night at the TD Garden.
Krejci said he couldn't recall a perfect faceoff night prior in his career. However, he wasn't celebrating it either, nor was he putting too much weight in the Bruins' ability to win more than 70 percent of the draws as a team in Game 3. The Elias Sports Bureau estimated that no team had won more than 70 percent of its draws in a playoff game in at least 10 years.
"We have a very good faceoff team, one of the best in the league," he said after practice today at the Garden. "And we work on it after practices. We do the faceoffs, all of our centermen. It was just one of those nights. One night goes our way. Last night was a very good night. But the other night it could go the other way. So I wouldn't make any big deal out of it."
The Bruins were fifth in the regular season in team faceoff percentage. But they rarely have nights like last night. Gregory Campbell lost just once all night and Patrice Bergeron was 17-for-19. Krejci said when he's in the zone on faceoffs, he can feel it.
"As a centerman, you know. It's always in your head," said Krejci. "If you lose, if you win … you're aware. It's nice to play, if you win the faceoff, you start with the puck. It's better to start with the puck than to chase the puck."
The Bruins weren't chasing the puck in Game 3, but the Flyers have been chasing Krejci and his linemates — Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton — since the opening game. Boston's top trio has now combined for 14 points in the three games after a quiet first round that featured them tallying just six points.
"I thought we did a pretty good job in the first round creating some chances," said Krejci. "We weren't able to bury them, but we carried these chances into the second round and the puck's finding the back of the net. So we're not changing anything. We just go out there, do our best and make sure to create some chances."
This year the Bruins have Krejci healthy and ready to go for Game 4 against the Flyers, unlike last season when he suffered a season-ending wrist injury during the Game 3 victory. That he's led Boston to another 3-0 lead and will probably oust the Flyers as revenge for last season, however, doesn't give Krejci any personal satisfaction. Or at least that's what he says.
"I just wanted to beat the Flyers and go to the conference finals. We were close last year. I'm not taking it personal at all," he said. "It's a new year. We have a team, they have a new team. It's just another series."
It's another series and there will be at least one more chance for Krejci to something to top what he's accomplished in the first three.


text: Based in Los Angeles, Carbon & Hyde is the brainchild of two sisters, Yarden and Oren Katz. The duo are third generation jewelers, taking on the business started over 50 years ago. Their grandfather was a diamond dealer and the second generation, the Katz's father, turned it into a manufacturing house. Now, in this generation, Carbon & Hyde is a label with its own factory, which allows the brand to take risks certain brands couldn't do. The result of this is this selection of necklaces that blend intricate techniques and precious stones.


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Kenmore Elite 7.0 cu. ft. Double-Oven Electric Range - Baker's Delight With this Kenmore Elite 7.0 cu. ft. double-oven electric range 9751 , you're able to cook more food using the dual ovens that can hold twice as much. The large oven windows allow you to see when your food is done. The ceramic glass cooktop is easy to wipe clean. Use the TurboBoil feature to quickly boil your water and, once it's done, place it on the Warm & Ready zone to maintain the perfect temperature until your ready to serve. This Kenmore electric range with convection oven will be the darling of every baker's kitchen.
- The triple ring element delivers 1,200-3,000 Watts of power and matches its heat source to 6-, 9- and 12-inch cookware, giving you quick, even heating that saves time and energy.
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- Easy Set™ electronic oven controls automate temperature, timer and other features so you can bake a pie, roast beef or cook a casserole with just the touch of a finger.


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I'm kharnov, the public relations lead for the Unvanquished project. We're involved in the highly active production of a futuristic FPS with RTS elements, pitting technologically advanced humans against hordes of highly adaptable aliens. The player can choose from either team, providing a fresh gameplay experience on both sides of the conflict.
We've been building upon our goal of producing a free game that's highly polished and provides an excellent experience for over a half year, developing alpha releases that are released at the beginning of each month. Community involvement is a strong point of our project, with a free exchange of ideas and concerns between the development team and the playerbase. Our developers are highly diverse, ranging from hobbyists to employed professionals, coders to skilled artists.
Our game has been featured on Phoronix, and has been included in the PlayDeb repository. On SourceForge, we have surpassed 11,000 downloads, with many more added to the total each week.
If our project interests you, we are currently seeking developers with one or several of the following skills:
Whether you have a passion for bringing monstrous alien beings to life or enjoy designing highly advanced weapons, there's a position for you! Most of our modeling team is acquainted with Blender and Maya, but as long as your modeling program can export in the Wavefront .obj format, it should be fine. Being able to animate your own work is appreciated, although not a requirement. Alternatively, if you are skilled at animation but are not interested in modeling, you can choose to create animations for some of our current models.
Key points:
- The Quake .md5 format is used for our models, but as long as you can export to the .obj format, any program can be used to create models for our game.
- Being able to animate is desirable, but not a requirement.
- Concept art can be provided, but you are also free to create designs of your own, which we will provide helpful feedback on.
From texture work to interface design, this broad field encompasses all of the other visual components of the game. A great texture job can fully bring out the potential of a well-made model, while a well-designed interface is both functional and visually appealing. Concept art and web design also fall under the domain of 2D artwork.
Key points:
- Interface designers can put their skills to the test, producing a variety of useful HUD designs to aid in the overall gameplay experience.
- Those interested in texturing can produce new textures for models, accentuating the details of anything from mechanical structures to monstrous aliens.
- More traditional artists can provide concept sketches, or provide artwork of battle scenes and other settings for a variety of uses.
Putting together maps for the game presents an opportunity for the level designer to contribute his or her own vision of the futuristic setting to the players, and encompasses both 2D and 3D artwork. Familiarity with Blender or a Quake 3 mapping program, such as a variant of Radiant, is a must.
Key points:
- Maps can take place in a variety of settings, from eerie space stations to abandoned industrial facilities.
- We can provide you with our own build of NetRadiant, along with all of the support necessary to get your map running.
- Other programs can be used to create maps for the game, as long as they are compatible with Quake 3 formats.
If you're skilled at C/C++, or even in another programming language, there are many roles for you to fill, from engine development to coding new features for the game. When applying for this position, please indicate what you're specialized in most. Our codebase can be found here.
Key points:
- The game is coded in C, with some portions in C++. However, other programming languages may be useful as well, such as for scripting or web design.
- Our source code can be freely examined via the above link. Build instructions are provided on on the main page of our Git repository.
- We have support for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Programmers from all three major platforms are encouraged to apply.
To apply for a position on our development team, please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com with a description of what you're skilled at, and some examples of your previous work, if possible. For example, you could include a link to your personal gallery, or to a program you've coded. Even if your skill set does not fall under one of the listed domains, there are other, more specialized methods of contributing to the project, so do not hesitate to apply!
Note: as we are an open source development team, this is not a paid project, but you will be fully credited for your work.
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AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team has scheduled an open tryout for Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 3:30 p.m. in the Storm Dome under the direction of head coach Kelly Britsky.
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(In retrospect, the search for possible replacement opponents was getting ridiculous.)
We can all stop speculating and arguing over who should replace Josh Barnett against Fedor Emelianenko on next Saturday's Affliction: Trilogy fight card. That's because there isn't going to be an Affliction: Trilogy fight card, says SI.com's Josh Gross. Apparently Tom Atencio and Co. just decided to go the cut-our-losses route and called the whole thing off. Fighters were notified this morning, or at least their representatives were, since fighters don't typically get up before 11 am. This morning though, they may have jolted out of bed with the strange, unpleasant feeling you get when a bunch of money has just slipped out of your grasp.
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Water main break causes trouble for Bedford drivers
February 03. 2013 9:24PM
BEDFORD - Work crews from Manchester Water Works were busy Sunday working to repair a water main break on South River Road in Bedford, the second such break in two days.
On Sunday morning, drivers were forced to use caution on South River Road, near the Manchester town line, when a water main break forced the closure of a lane near the intersection of Wathen Road. The break occurred along a section of the road alongside The Bedford Grove shopping plaza at Colby Court, which includes a Hannaford store and Panera Bread restaurant.
A similar water main break hindered traffic through the same area Friday morning.
Bedford police first reported Sunday's break at about 1 a.m., and Manchester Water Works crews began excavating the roadway around 4 a.m.
Bedford police reported the work completed and traffic flowing smoothly as of 6 p.m.


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text: I'm currently down in London, lapping up the (dubious) sunshine and attempting to dress in a way befitting of the cramped, and quite frankly grumpy, tube passengers. Turns out their not too pleased about being next to someone wearing a blazer with Margiela-esque shoulderpads. Basically, the heat is ridiculous and so yesterday I wondered into Convent Garden and bought some vintage sunglasses at Rokit.


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The months and weeks leading up to our embryo transfer in September, we didn't talk about it with anyone but our parents. Next to actually being pregnant, it's one of the hardest secrets to keep from those closest to you—I was noticeably absent from the Jewish holidays this year, and other occasions that took place around that time. But we decided it was easier to remain mum.
We've made our struggles very public, obviously, but we deliberately kept a lot of the details private this time. After already experiencing a lot of letdowns with this, we didn't want to keep putting our loved ones through the roller coaster we were on. Ironically, writing about it in a blog is easier than talking about it—I can control what I write but not necessarily what I say in the moment. Like anyone going through something tough, I had good days and bad days. I had days when I was cautiously optimistic about our chances of conceiving again, and would gladly talk about everything I'd been through—and days when our fertile future looked bleak. I'm sure the hormones didn't help that.
We'd gone months without discussing it with our friends and family so people stopped asking after a while. But we have a three-year-old and I'm 38—people naturally started to wonder. Even strangers would ask me when we were planning to have more children, which never bothered me. (I had canned responses for that one—"We're trying!") I'd started to develop a very pragmatic point of view on all this. It made it easier to cope—if I do A, B could happen. Or C. If not, we'll try D. Then move onto E and F.
This may be difficult for some people to understand, but this process is much harder if you spend too much energy worrying about the what-ifs. What if I get sick from the medications? What if I can't get pregnant? Getting sick was unpleasant and a very unfortunate side effect of the drugs, which don't affect everyone that way, but it wasn't going to stop me from continuing to try to have another baby. I knew each time I headed into another cycle that it would probably make feel like crap, but what's more important in the long run? A handful of sick days, or a sibling for my son? I also knew there was no guarantee of it working, but I was not going to let my fear of failure get in the way of my dreams. I've always worked hard for what I want—that's just life.
Assisted reproductive technology, or IVF, is not for everyone. If you're unsure about wanting a child, this is not a road I'd suggest going down. But we—my husband and I, equally—were never unsure about wanting more children. We never wavered on that for a second. As difficult as all this was, it was pretty much a no-brainer for us. It didn't feel like a choice.
Someone asked me recently how far I was willing to go to have another baby—I wasn't sure how to answer the question. It's hard to say now that I'm pregnant. Adoption? Surrogacy? On some level I'd considered every option in my head, or on my computer. After conceiving my son so easily, I never imagined I'd need any help. But I did what I had to do, and I couldn't be happier.
Whether or not you've gone through infertility, or had trouble trying to conceive, did you ever consider how far you'd go to have a child? Has anyone ever judged you for your fertility choices? I know there are a lot of opposing views on this, consider this a safe place to share your comments (kindly please).
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Murderer rushed to hospital on day of parole hearingBy PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 31. 2013 8:35PM
CONCORD - A parole hearing for Robert Breest, a convicted murderer, was canceled Thursday morning after he was taken to a Boston hospital for treatment of an undisclosed medical condition.
Breest, 74, formerly of Hooksett, has spent about 41 years behind bars for the brutal murder of 18-year-old Susan Randall of Manchester, on Feb. 28, 1971. Her body was found in the Merrimack River in Concord, after Breest tossed it off a bridge.
Breest has been detained at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute-Shirley since 1995.
In 1973, he was sentenced to 40 years to life for first-degree murder. At the time, there was no sentence of life without parole for that murder charge, according to state corrections spokesman Jeffrey Lyons. Breest reached his minimum sentence years ago, and in 1996 was granted parole. He was never freed because he did not meet conditions set for his release, which included he admit he killed Randall and complete a sexual offender program.
Sally Hembree and Paula Hembree, both of Manchester, and Randall's sister and niece, respectively, arrived promptly at the prison to testify at the parole hearing. Breest had notified officials earlier that he was not going to attend, but the two women planned to be there anyway to let the board members know they believed he should never be released.
"I didn't sleep all night," said Sally Hembree who feared the State Adult Parole Board would grant Breest parole, just as it did in 1996.
Prison is where Breest belongs, she said, although she thinks Breest should have been put to death years ago.
Instead of admitting what he did, Sally Hembree said Breest has chosen to continually go to court, filing appeals and over the past few years winning approval for DNA testing of blood found under Randall's fingernails. DNA testing didn't exist in the 1970s, and Breest maintained the test results would exonerate him.
That didn't happen. Two DNA tests were done, results of which were inconclusive, his lawyer said previously, while prosecutors said the DNA found was consistent with Breest's. Sally Hembree said the second DNA test was 99 percent conclusive for Breest. Breest, however, still has not given up and is asking the court to approve a third DNA test.
Sally Hembree is angry that the Innocence Project of Massachusetts continues to seek and pay for the DNA testing.
"It's given us 40 years of sorrow," said Sally Hembree of the continuous legal proceedings. "My mother is gone. My father is gone. My husband, who ID'd the body, is gone. This is what we have left."
Paula Hembree asked Andrea Goldberg, executive assistant to the State Adult Parole Board, to ensure if Breest is freed that a condition be imposed that he not contact any of Randall's family members.
Goldberg said a man who is a convicted murderer and sexual offender when paroled has to meet stringent conditions and would be under intensive supervised release.
The Hembrees believe that when Breest is paroled it will be to Shirley, Mass., where his wife resides.
Goldberg said the Bay State would have to agree to accept Breest ,who would then have to comply with conditions,more stringent than in New Hampshire for sexual offenders.
A new parole hearing date has not been scheduled.
Crime, law and justice Concord Hooksett Manchester Top Section Stories


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Vanessa Hudgens & Ashley Benson: Blonde 'Spring Breakers'
A still blonde Vanessa Hudgens loops arms with Ashley Benson as they head to the set of Spring Breakers on Tuesday (March 6) in Sarasota, Fla.
The 23- and 22-year-old actress brightened up the Sunshine State with vivid pink and blue tops.
Vanessa recently shared a photo of herself in her blonde wig on her official website. "Time to see if blondes really do have more fun lol! Its for my new role in Spring Breakers!" she wrote.
Selena Gomez was also spotted around the set, hiding from the cameras while keeping comfy in her "You Only Live Once" hoodie.
In case you missed it, check out Ashley's Teen Vogue cover!
10+ pics inside…
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