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Chicken Chasseur
Stefan Ryll, The Quill Restaurant, SNHU
Chickens: 2-2¼ lb
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Oil: 1/2 fl oz
Shallots or onions cut medium dice: 1 oz
Mushrooms, sliced: 3 oz
White wine: 4 fl oz
Veal stock: 1 qt
chopped tomatoes: 6 oz
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Chopped parsley: 1 tsp
1. Cut the chickens into 8 pieces. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Heat the oil in a brazier or large sauté pan. Brown the chicken well on all sides.
3. Remove the chicken pieces from the pan. Cover and keep them hot.
4. Add the shallots and mushrooms to the pan and sauté lightly without browning.
5. Add the white wine and reduce by three-fourths over high heat.
6. Add the demi-glace and tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce slightly. Season with salt and pepper.
7. Place the chicken in the sauce. Cover and simmer slowly on the stove or in the oven at 325ºF, 20-30 minutes, or until done.
8. When the chicken is done, remove it from the pan and reduce the sauce slightly over high heat. Add the chopped parsley and check the seasonings.
9. Serve 1/4 chicken (1 piece dark meat and 1 piece light meat) per portion. Cover with 3 fl oz sauce.


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On Friday, after Congress passed the Luddite job-killing cap-and-trade bill, I sent congresswoman Betsy Markey — one of the votes that ultimately helped cap and trade pass — an email with two simple questions regarding her "yes" vote.
Not surprisingly, I received no answer.
The two questions were these:
1. Did the congresswoman read the entire bill before voting? Politico.com reported that there was only a single copy of the final bill on the floor. Did she have a chance to see that copy and read all 1,200 pages?
2. Did the congresswoman read the entire 300-page amendment that was dumped at 3 A.M.?
It is understandable that Markey would not want to reply to my query — being I'm an irrational free-market type and all. But she also ignored the Politico's query on her vote. Politicians tend not to answer questions when they have no good answers to give.
As this bill would empower government to ration energy (at least the kind of energy we still use), to punish trade partners who haven't signed up for economic suicide, and fundamentally restructure an entire sector of the economy, one reading of the bill would have been nice. Especially considering it would be one of the largest tax increases in American history. (Find out how much you'll pay: here.)
I guess when Chicago-style pugilistic Rahm Emanuel tells you how to vote, you do it.
Markey did acquiesced to one interview I could find, Adam Schrager's 9News showthis weekend. Boy, I wish Schrager, who usually does a fine job, would have asked her some tougher questions. Judging from her answers we can only deduce she didn't have time to read the bill because she was too busy memorizing her platitudes and talking points.
Markey erroneously states that cap and trade can be paid for with a postage stamp a day and asserts that it isn't a tax. (Warren Buffet explains how this assertion is untrue below*). The whole point of cap and trade is to make carbon-emitting energy more expensive. It is a tax. And it has the potential to be enormous.
The Congressional Budget Office report Markey is likely alluding to does not consider economic costs, it is merely an accounting of the bill. She also ignores the fact that the cost, even according to the CBO, ratchets up every year.
As for her assertion that we rely on a "majority" of our oil from "unstable" countries in the Middle East: according to the Energy Information Department, the top sources of US crude oil imports Canada and Mexico — with Saudi Arabia coming in third.
Moreover, oil is a fungible commodity so, for the most part, it is irrelevant who gets whose oil, anyway.
Some people might be able to live with the drastic economic cost of cap and trade if there was a tangible environmental upside to the entire venture. But as Martin Feldstein, a Harvard economics professor wrote in The Washington Post, the "proposed legislation would have a trivially small effect on global warming while imposing substantial costs on all American households."
Feldstein points out that our share of global CO2 emissions is now less than 25 percent — and, because of other growing economies, in a percentage decline. Yet, a 15 percent drop in CO2 output at home — if it happens — would only lower global carbon output by less than 4 percent. The cost for such a negligible improvement would make little sense.
Markey, like everyone who voted for this bill, rationalizes support with this relentlessly immature statement: doing something is superior to the cost of doing nothing. Really? Is doing anything better than doing nothing? Do they truly believe it? Was funding the disastrous and economically and environmentally harmful corn-based ethanol industry better than doing nothing? No it wasn't.
Or do we look at the tradeoffs?
To do that, I guess, you would actually have to read the bill your voting on.
*Markey's constituents should watch this video of Buffett (an Obama supporter) clearly explaining why cap and trade is a regressive tax.

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My friend and Chewie contributor Ian Davis does more than just help out his fellow OSS project owners. He also writes some of the best articles in Visual Studio Magazine. It just so happens that today he wrote an article on using Chewie to clean up Nuget dependancies.
BTW Ian is also the guy behind Toji which makes it even more awesome to use Psake.


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President shows he does not care about coal war casualties
President Barack Obama is intelligent enough to understand what his declaration of war on the coal industry will mean to tens of millions of Americans. For them, climate change will be among the least of their worries.
Obama actually has been waging war on coal for much of his term in office. Yet he and his defenders bristle at use of the term.
Even that pretense ended this week. On Tuesday, Obama announced he will assume power traditionally reserved for Congress to battle global warming. A reporter asked Daniel Schrag, a member of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, about Obama's plan.
"The one thing the president really needs to do now is to begin the process of shutting down the conventional coal (power) plants," Schrag responded. He added that "politically, the White House is hesitant to say they're having a war on coal. On the other hand, a war on coal is exactly what's needed."
So radical environmentalists – with Obama leading them – have declared war on the coal industry. Though specific regulations the White House plans have not been released, the strategy is clear from Obama's remarks in the past. Remember his pledge to make coal-fired power plants so expensive no one could afford them?
Now the president plans to do just that. He wants to shut down all coal-fired power plants.
Electric generating capacity handled now by coal will have to be replaced. Only one practical means of doing that exists. It is construction of scores, perhaps hundreds, of new generating stations fueled by natural gas.
For now, Obama is able to claim that will be a bargain for utility customers. Advances in well drilling technology have brought gas prices down.
But gas prices already are starting back up: According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, industries paid an average of $3.71 per thousand cubic feet of gas in March 2012. By this March, the rate had gone up to $4.58.
A vast increase in demand for gas caused by construction of new power plants using it will send prices skyrocketing.
Regions relying on the coal industry will become economic disaster areas. Tens of millions of Americans will pay much more for electricity.
Tens of thousands of businesses and industries providing good jobs will suffer. Obama is intelligent enough to understand that. But he has made it clear he plans to plow forward in his war on coal. Obviously, the president simply doesn't care about the casualties.


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This is a shading tutorial, the second part of "How to draw a Zergling from Starcraft" This will show you how to shade a line drawing. You can use the techniques shown on other line drawings you may have, if you did not see the tutorial on drawing the Zergling from scratch. I will go over the steps I take for shading a drawing and will give tips along the way. I would suggest using 3B to 5B pencils, an eraser, a sharpener and some tortillion or tissue paper. I will show how to decide on where the shadows and highlights will be on your drawing.
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Marussia Virgin Racing have launched their car to take on the 2011 world championship in a lavish London ceremony.
The Marussia name now preceeds Virgin following a major tie up with the Russian sportscar manufacturer and the team at the end of 2010. It has led to the new car being designated as the MVR-02.
Designed purely by CFD last season, the VR-01 was largely disappointing mostly due to reliability issues, but the Cosworth powered team are hoping for better things this season. The new car is a clear advancement on last seasons machine, in a similar fashion to Team Lotus, the experience of a season with development has led to a much tighter overall package being produced.
The Virgin features a much lower front nosecone than we have previously seen, and there is also an interesting exhaust design at the rear of the car – whether that is forcing some form of blown aerodynamics at the rear end we do not know.
Nick Wirth, head of design at the team was clearly very happy with the new car, citing a serious gain in aerodynamic strength and reliability.
"Since the middle of year we worked on process, we calibrated how fast we had to improve and what did we have to work on," he said.
"We have done a huge amount of development of physics and what we are doing to catch up with everyone."
"The back of car is heavily regulated from last year, and we managed to take this car and not only catch up where we were, but go above it in terms of aero efficiency – in every single way this car is faster and better than last year."
The car still retains its red and black paintwork, but this year has some white thrown into the mix to make quite a good looking machine. Various high profile sponsors including of course Virgin and Marussia, but also QNET and CSC have retained sponsorship with the backmarkers providing a good financial base.
Timo Glock will race the car for a second season alongisde promoted rookie Jerome D'Ambrosio who ousted 2010 racer Lucas di Grassi from the race seat.
Glock, 28, says he is hopeful of a big step forward this season.
"We want to grab points in first races and then work from there," he said. "We are much more sorted out, more structured, we have one year experience so we should be on a good way.
"But we have to realistic, we were 3-4 seconds off the pace last year and you never catch 3-4 seconds in winter time, so we have to make some improvement and then move up.
"I am hoping for a realistic step. I am happy to do a proper step over the winter with the team together and be strong in first races. When you see back to lots of crashes and technical problems – that is where we struggled last year and that is where we have to be strong."


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The Lumia 822 (or Lumia 820 for those of us outside the US) is a Nokia Windows Phone 8 device that sits comfortably next to the Lumia 920, albeit with a few features missing from the specifications sheet. The smartphone is exclusive to Verizon and the US mobile operator has also taken the opportunity to launch a red version of the device for Valentine's Day. This colour, along with grey are currently both sold out.
It's no surprise that consumers are taking to the Windows Phone. It's a solid looking handset with some serious horsepower under the shell. The Lumia 822 sports a 1.5GHz dual-core chip, 1800mAh battery, 4G LTE, 4.3" display, 16GB storage (with SD support), 8MP rear shooter and a front-facing camera for those Skype video calls. Should you be looking for a unique experience, but not a Lumia 920, the 822 isn't a sacrifice at all.
The Lumia 822 remains available in both black and white versions, which can be purchased for free when taken out with a two-year contract. As well as the cheap pricing, impressive specifications and attractive design, the Lumia 822 has strong feedback from consumers with 78% recommending the product to others - it has a 4.3 / 5 rating, just shy of the iPhone 5's 4.5.
We've covered in the past how the Lumia 920 and other Windows Phones were experiencing issues with stock levels in multiple markets. It's positive to see Verizon in the states suffer from similar problems. Whether or not this is related to a potential lack of stock coming out of the holiday season, we'd like to believe the handset has proven to be quite the popular choice.
Unfortunately, there's no word on when the colours will once again be available. Verizon is likely to pump more numbers into the warehouse before Valentine's Day hits.
Source: Verizon Wireless Store (red) (grey); thanks, Zach, for the heads up!
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I hope you won't think less of me, dear reader, but I've started going to the gym regularly. But wait – it gets worse – I've been going there to exercise.
I realize this sort of behavior doesn't gracefully jive with my established persona; I live my life and make choices guided by the principle: What would Mrs. Dalloway do if Laurie Anderson was scripting her fate? If someone's going to cast an actor to play me in a film, I aspire for the obvious choice to be Liv Ullman, or – if the film's merely going to focus on my nervous breakdown, circa 1996 – Mink Stole, please.
"I can neither live with this crushing depression, nor tolerate anymore cheap, turquoise jewelry."
- Mink Stole as the author in his early 20s
None of these women would be caught dead wearing the sweatpants and V-neck undershirt I don for my workout routine, nor subject themselves to my Sisyphean Stairmaster set – though the look on my face when I approach the scale in the men's locker-room does, I think, parallel certain expressions Ms. Ullman crafted in some of the darker scenes of Ansikte mot Ansikte.


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The present deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha is elected Member of Parliament from which state of India.
Kerala (P.J Kurien)
2 The constitution of India was adopted on
26 November 1949
3 The present strength of rajya Sabha members is ___out of which ____are representatives of states and UT of delhi and pudhucherry and ___ are nominated by president.
4 Which of the following glands produces insulin in human body
5 Which of the following is food poisoning organism
(A) Clostridium botulinum (B) Streptomyces fecalis (C) Lacto Bacillus (D) None of these
6 Development of goiter (Enlarged thyroid gland ) is mainly due to deficiency of
7 The emission of which causes global warming.
carbon dioxide
8 Who was adjudged player of the tournament by scoring most number of runs in the tournament in women world cup cricket held recently.
Suzie Bates
9 Who won the inaugural hockey India league ended in Ranchi recently?
Ranchi Rhinos
10 Wanchoo Committee dealt with
Direct Taxes
11 Kyoto Protocol is
An International agreement to reduce the green houses gases
12 Kyoto Protocol is
Answer: An International agreement to reduce the green houses gases
13 India successfully completed its 101th space mission by lauching indo French satellite SARAL recently this satellite is for
Oceanographic Study
14 Government of India has recently granted "Maharatna" status to two more navratna Public Sector Enterprises which are the these new companies joining the club of maharatna Public Sector Undertaking
Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd & Gas Authority of India Limited
15. India newly built and tested missile "Astra" Meant for
Air to Air Strike
16 The governor general who adopted a policy of Europeanization of bureaucracy and an exclusion of Indian from higher postsCornwallis
17. During which movement bal Gangadhar tilak was given the epithet Lokmanya and Gandhiji give the slogan "Swaraj in a year" respectively
Home Rule Movement and non cooperation movement
18 Recently dargah muinudin chisti at Ajmer was in news due to visit of Pakistani prime minister dargah Muinuddin chisti at Ajmer was built by
Alauddin Khilji
19 Bauxite is an ore of
20 Which is one of the following is the land area I the extreme south of India.
Cape Comorin near Kanyakumari
21. The ozone layer lies in the
22. In union budget 2013-2014 "Voluntary Compliance encouragement scheme" was launched by government of India. This scheming is related to
Service tax
23 Economic survey 2012-2013 states that nonperforming assets of increased from 2.36% to 3.57% in September 2012. The description of nonperforming assets was with reference to which sector.
Banking sector
24 This is the rate at which reserve bank of India borrows money from commercial banks
Reverse Repo rate
25 As per election commission of India, how many recognized national political parties are there in India.
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HeartSafe Eden Prairie
The HeartSafe Eden Prairie program intends to make Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) as accessible as fire extinguishers throughout the City.
What is an AED and how can it save a life?
An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that analyzes a victim's condition and, if necessary, delivers an electric shock to the heart to reverse Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). Nearly 500,000 Americans die of SCA each year, making it the leading cause of death in the United States.
AEDs are designed to be operated by both medical and non-medical personnel. One-button operation with clear voice direction and automatic analysis enables a person with minimal to no training to use the device.
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HeartSafe Eden Prairie encourages local businesses to purchase AED units for their facilities. Contact Cardiac Science, the official AED partner for HeartSafe Eden Prairie, with questions or to purchase an AED.
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A person suffering from sudden cardiac arrest does not have much time. When dispatchers receive a call about a cardiac arrest patient, it is essential to guide them to the nearest AED.
After your AED is purchased or if you are already participating in an AED program, please report the location of the device to the Eden Prairie Fire Department at 952-949-6200. Your data will be stored in the Dispatch Center and can be passed on quickly to 911 callers and emergency responders, saving precious time and maybe even a life.


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Monumental and natural Cuenca
Las Torcas de Los Palancares and Las Lagunas en Cañada del Hoyo, where the land is filled with large and round holes, like a cheese!
Very close to Cuenca, in the heart of the lowlands, the land is filled with large holes. These 'natural accidents' that seem like the footprints of a giant, are circular and originated 80 million years ago, when almost the whole province was covered by the Thetis Sea, which is the modern-day Mediterranean. These are called Las Torcas de Los Palancares and each has their own name and legend: de la Novia, del Lobo, del Tío Agustín, Aliagosa… 6 miles away are the Lagunas de Cañada del Hoyo, whose waters apparently are of different colours and they even seem to change colour depending on the time of day. This excursion can be completed with a visit to Cañada del Hoyo, which still preserves its popular architecture and hides treasures such as the Chapel of the Virgen de los Ángeles, the church of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves and the Castle of Buen Suceso, which oversees the town.
Buendía, where a path leads you to rocks that have multiple faces!
We propose a game: discovering different characters from in between the rocks. In the natural environment of Buendía, two artists have been sculpting a series of faces on the walls of the rocks since 1992. It is called the Ruta de las Caras (Route of the Faces), and this winding route of pine-tree forests hides different characters, such as a nun, Beethoven, elves the Shaman… All of them are magical figures that bring life to the rock. The route is close to the Buendía Reservoir, which is 31 miles long and where you can water-ski, windsurf, sail and fish. If you prefer something a bit more historical, you can walk around Buendía, where its walls and caves of the town centre are witnesses of a legacy left behind by the Muslims and Visigoths. The Plaza Mayor, the Renaissance-style Church of Asunción and Casa de la Tercia are all points of interest, the latter currently holding the Carriage Museum. Another place of attachment and gathering is the Chapel of the Virgen de los Desamparados, built in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is located in a setting of great natural beauty, at the end of the gorge of the river Guadiela.
Old Town of Cuenca
There is no way that you can miss out on the architectonic show that are the Casas Colgadas (Hanging Houses) nor their 'skyscrapers' as a maximum expression of popular architecture, but you cannot forget that you are in Cuenca, a city that is a World Heritage Site and that is literally full of monuments, such as the Cathedral, Torre Mangana or the many churches and convents. We invite you to discover them through the perfectly-preserved medieval streets that will lead you to discover impossible places that embrace nature itself.
The Plaza Mayor will be our starting point for this route. Bordering the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de Gracia (the only one in Spain of Gothic-Norman style, considered as one of the gems of Castilian architecture) on Calle Obispo Valero, we visit the Episcopal Palace (16th century and later), the residence of the bishop of the diocese, offices of the bishopric and archives. On the door, the badge of the Bishop Flores Osorio, under whose government the work was finished. Also on this street we can see the Diocesan Museum and the Museum of Cuenca.
Following on Calle Canónigos, we arrive to Plaza de Ronda, previously known as Plaza de los Teresillos (due to the appellative with which the family who lived there was known as), which is where we enter the Casas Colgadas: Three are the Casas Colgadas that remain and that have little in common with the original ones due to the many restorations that they have endured. Few are the historical details that are available on the original Casas Colgadas, dating from the 14th century or early 15th. In an old writing they even talked about their Arabic origin, even though it is dubious to specify its origin before the arrival of the Christians. Rather, it is the theory that they served as noble residences that is the most sustained one. Today, they hold the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art and a mesón (tavern). These Casas Colgadas are called Casas del Rey and Casa de la Sirena.
After walking down a passage (that used to be one of the gates of access to the city) under Casa de la Sirena we arrive at the Puente de San Pablo bridge. It was built by order of the canon Juan del Pozo, approximately between 1533 and 1589. Initially built in stone, it is formed by five arches leaning on pillars in the shape of towers. After enduring various collapses, it was substituted for a steel and metal one in 1902, preserving slight remains from the original ones in the towers that sustain it. It is almost 200 ft tall.
Before crossing the bridge towards the Parador de Turismo, we should look at the popular sculpture figure of the city: the Pastor de las Huesas del Vasallo. It is a work by Luis Marco Pérez that had a real model: a shepherd from Valdecabras. Crossing the Bridge of San Pablo, we arrive to the Convent of San Pablo, built by order of Juan del Pozo in 1523. Firstly it was occupied by Dominicans and then and up until 1974 it was used as a seminar by the Pauline Fathers. Since 1993 it has become a Parador Nacional de Turismo, a luxury hotel located in a historical building. Next to it we find the Church of San Pablo, where its canon founder is buried at the foot of the altar.
Do not forget to enjoy the wonderful panoramic view of the Gorge of the river Huécar and the Casas Colgadas.
We cross the Bridge of San Pablo again and we arrive to Plaza de Ronda, where the Museum of Cuenca is located, also known as Casa de Curato for having been the residence of the head of the parish of Santiago, located inside the Cathedral. Inside they exhibit findings from different excavations carried out in the province, from the Paleolithic up until modern times. They also have a library that specialises on the subjects that the museum deals with.
On Calle Colmillo we once again come out to the Plaza Mayor and walking under the arches of the Town Hall already past the square we come across steps, that take us up to Plaza de la Merced, which has the Convent of Las Esclavas del Santísimo Sacramento, with the entrance being at the front of the square, the Conciliar Seminar of San Julián and the entrance to the Museum of Sciences of Castilla-La Mancha.
If we go back to the Plaza Mayor and, past the Cathedral on the right, we take Ronda de Julián Romero, we arrive at the old Convent of the Carmelites.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara women's cross country team is returning its four top athletes from 2004 after the group collectively redshirted the 2005 season. With the returning foursome leading the charge, a UCSB program that finished 17th at the NCAA Championships two years ago will not only be looking for a return visit to the big dance, but also to improve upon that 17th-place finish.
The Gauchos have been selected as the team to beat in the Big West, but in order to improve on their 17th place finish at the 2004 NCAA Championships, a few factors will be involved.
Entering her final season for the Gauchos, senior Stephanie Rothstein, who is coming off of a spectacular 2006 track campaign that saw her claim Big West Athlete of the Year honors, NCAA All-American honors and a 10,000 meter title at the 2006 Under-23 NCAC Championships in the Dominican Republic as a U.S. representative, will need to continue her dominance. Rothstein will look to help lead the Gauchos throughout the season.
In addition to Rothstein, seniors Lauren and Lindsey Christman have fought back from the first injuries suffered in their running careers. Both Christmans sat-out the 2005 cross country season after great 2005 track seasons. The duo finished 1-2 at the 2004 Big West Cross Country Championships and while only time will tell if they can return to that form, as a trio, the 2005 redshirts give the Gauchos a potentially potent top-three. The group has combined for two Big West individual titles, five All-Regional accolades and five All-Big West honors.
The fourth member of the Gauchos to redshirt the 2005 season was junior Megan Lewis. Proving herself on the track, she became one of the West Region's best at 5,000 meters, qualifying for the NCAA Championships at that distance in 2006. Lewis will look to add to her resume by cracking the top-10 at the Big West Cross Country Championships and improve upon her 43rd place best at the 2004 NCAA West Regional Championships. Lewis is already a two-time regional qualifier in the 5,000 meters and she was the 2005 Big West champion in the 10,000 meters.
Senior Bethany Nickless proved herself last year, leading UCSB at the NCAA Pre-National Meet with a strong 70th-place performance and grabbing All-Big West honors at the 2005 Big West Cross Country Championships. Maintaining those efforts throughout the season will go a long way in helping the team achieve its aspirations. Aiding Nickless will be her experience of winning the Big West steeplechase title in 2006. She also finished as the runner-up to her teammate Rothstein in the 5,000. Nickless also achieved a runner-up finish at the NCAA West Regional Championships in the steeplechase qualifying for her first appearance at an NCAA National Championships.
UCSB's impressive depth also includes senior Hadas Moser who will try build upon her 2005 experienc. Hampered by a stress fracture at the end of the 2005 campaign, Moser got healthy and returned for the 2006 track season and she set personal bests at 1,500 meters and, impressively, at 5,000 meters, narrowly missing qualification for the NCAA West Regional Championships by less than a second. She will be needed throughout the season to help the Gauchos reach their primary goals at the NCAA Championships.
Sophomores Danielle Domenichelli and Liza Hitchner showed toughness, emerging as the Gauchos third and fourth runners near the end of the 2005 season. Running side-by-side in many of the races, their team work culminated in a 15th and 16th place finish respectively at the Big West Championships asserting them as two of the top freshman in the Conference.
Also, look for senior Christie Farson and newcomers Alyssa Brown (Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo HS) and Katie Voigtlander (Burlingame, Calif./Burlingame HS) to rise to new levels in their careers and help the Gauchos in what should be an outstanding season.


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Development charity ActionAid took to the streets this week with a novel approach to publicise today's 'Put People First' protest march through London, in the form of The MegaMouth – a megaphone-equipped superhero shouting-out slogans provided by the general public via SMS and Twitter.
Followed by a camera crew providing video updates to the ActionAid website and quik.com, and a Twitterer providing a live commentary, The MegaMouth has roamed the streets of London for the last week shouting-out submitted slogans about everything from climate change to anti-capitalism. Including a suitably arboreal contribution from The Woodland Trust's Head of Campaigns (aka 'EdWoodlandTrust') with "Hey G20 LEAF our planet alone, we're SYCAMORE you lot doing nothing when WILLOW you listen?" and an '80s-inspired "Obama Obama let's have some drama: stop the bonuses, feed the world and give us more Bananarama." from 'Mel'.
Some folks didn't quite seem to get the point of it all, as exemplified by the message "I love you Mum! Sorry I forgot mothers day."! But in the main it's a fun and distinctive way for ActionAid to get people talking about the issues surrounding the G20 meeting and an innovative use of Twitter to give people a voice in the debate.
With Twitter use quoted as growing by 1,689% from February 2008 to February 2009, some 1.8m UK sign-ups, and a growing understanding of the type of people using it, hopefully we'll see a lot more such innovative applications of the technology over the coming months.
If you spot any, do let me know by leaving a comment below.


text: Theories about Stonehenge have historically tended to regard it as a stand-alone monument. But an increasingly well-supported view holds that Stonehenge was just part of a much larger ceremonial landscape, as this article in the March issue of Scientific American explains. Cutting-edge tools such as magnetometers, ground-penetrating radar and video game technology are helping archaeologists to detect and map other structures in the vicinity of Stonehenge and to understand how they relate to the great stone circle. In this video, archaeologists at the University of Birmingham in England discuss how these technologies recently led to the discovery of what seem to be remains of a giant ring of timber posts that overlooked Stonehenge.


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Sierra's senior quarterback Jake Pruitt had a homecoming to remember in an easy Timberwolves win on Friday night.
Sierra's senior quarterback Jake Pruitt had a homecoming to remember in an easy Timberwolves win on Friday night.
Pruitt passed for four touchdowns and ran for another as Sierra cruised to a 44-7 win over Kimball at Daniel Teicheira Stadium in the Valley Oak League opener. Pruitt finished the game 20 of 28 for 351 yards passing.
"Pruitt is playing some good football this year," Sierra coach Jeff Harbison said. "He has a true grasp of our passing concepts and has been nails for us."
Pruitt connected with wideout Hunter Johnson seven times, as he had 135 yards and three touchdowns.
Gaige Allen had Kimball's lone touchdown on a 70-yard scamper in the second quarter.
At Stagg, the Delta Kings broke the school record for points despite a running clock in the entire second half. Junior Lester Williams had three long touchdowns - one on a 50-yard screen, another on an 80-yard punt return and his last on an 85-yard kickoff return. Teammate Daniel Ruffin had three touchdowns - one receiving, one rushing and one on an interception return.
At Linden, Colin Jacobs led the Lions (3-2) over the Rams (1-3) with 130 yards on 17 carries and completed 5 of 12 passes for 135 yards. He rushed for an 11-yard score and connected with Clayton Arnold for a 17-yard score. Running back Bailey Wright rushed for a touchdown and carried 15 times for 102 yards.
At Amador, Donald White scored for Amador (5-0) on a 2-yard run with 27 seconds left in the game. White finished with 130 yards on 13 carries and also scored on a 71-yard run.
Justice Shelton-Mosley scored on a 10-yard run to put Capital Christian (4-1) ahead 9-7 in the third quarter.
At Lathrop, Marcus Moore hit Chris Cannady for a 60-yard touchdown with five minutes remaining and the Cougars (2-2, 1-0 VOL) survived two Lathrop possessions in the final minutes. The Spartans (0-4, 0-1) had a fourth and goal from the 8-yard line with 10 seconds left, but quarterback Kenny Garrett fired an incomplete pass to end the game.


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The MicroZone Treatments at Dermalogica are a new concept in facial skin care. Inspired by the popularity of 10- or 15-minute massages to unkink the shoulders or ease a bit of neck pain without taking a huge bite out of a busy day, the MicroZone Treatments target a facial area and give it 20-minute quickie facial when time or money are too short for the full spa treatment.
Quick does not mean superficial. These treatments give all the pleasure of a longer facial because they take the time to do one thing right. Not everything. For that, you can get a full hour-long facial that is a total experience. But each Micro-Zone gives your aesthetician the time to really work on the treatment zone of choice.
The MicroZone treatments are performed in a pod-like niche just off the floor. The area was converted from one of the regular treatment rooms, with a wall removed and two treatment chairs placed side by side. I thought I'd feel exposed to the shop and possibly cramped sitting so near to another customer, but it turned out to be quite as soothing as being in a private room.
There are 7 MicroZone treatments to choose from: Flash Exfoliation, Eye Rescue, Lip Renewal, Blackhead Relief, Rapid Spot Clearing, Hand Repair, and Men's Skin Fitness. I was torn, but opted for the Flash Exfoliation since I've been looking a bit pasty lately. By the end of the 20 minutes, I felt as relaxed and my face felt as hydrated as if I'd had a full facial. And I noticed a brightness to my complexion that stayed with me.
The quality of the products is a big reason for the result. Dermalogica is first and foremost about skin care. Not makeup. Not perfume. Skin. Founded over 20 years ago, the company tossed out all the rules and followed its own guiding principle: results. Frills like fancy packaging went by the wayside and were replaced with a serious devotion to beautiful skin.
Ahead of its time, Dermalogica refused to use artificial colors, synthetic fragrances, cheap oils, all of which brought costs down. Why? Because they cased skin problems. This results orientation toward skin care brought another result in consumer satisfaction and the company has enjoyed its well-earned reputation as a leader in skin care for over 23 years.
The Carson, California based company does not sell its product in department stores. The concept of the right product for the right skin means that Dermalogica is sold through licensed skin-care treatment centers, salons and spas only. Dermalogica has stores of its own, concept spaces where clients can receive a free Face Mapping skin analysis, sample products as the Skin Bar and receive facial treatments.
Dermalogica has added a menu of short facials, called MicroZone Treatments, that allow people with busy schedules or a specific, targeted problem to get a 20-minute facial aimed at one identified target. Initially tested in the Santa Monica and London storefronts, the success of these treatments has led to their being rolled out worldwide. These shorter treatments also mean that walk-ins are welcome and that people who might not be comfortable with the idea of a facial can get needed benefits without spending a lot of time or money.
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Google is giving their new social network, Google+, a makeover in an attempt to increase not only its beauty, but its functionality.
A critical piece of this social layer is a design that grows alongside our aspirations. So today we're introducing a more functional and flexible version of Google+. We think you'll find it easier to use and nicer to look at, but most importantly, it accelerates our efforts to create a simpler, more beautiful Google.
Navigation you can make your own
One of the first things you'll notice is a new way to get around the stream. Instead of static icons at the top, there's a dynamic ribbon of applications on the left. This approach comes with lots of perks, but some of our favorites include:
- You can drag apps up or down to create the order you want
- You can hover over certain apps to reveal a set of quick actions
- You can show or hide apps by moving them in and out of "More"
Strangely, Google calls Google+ an "upgrade" rather than a "new integrated social service". That's odd language to use. Then again, Google has a odd and serious challenge ahead of it. Outside of Googlers and Android aficionados like our good friends at Android Central, most people just don't seem to be using Google+. Better integrating Google+ into extremely popular Google services like Search, Gmail, YouTube might help make Google+ seem more successful, or it might just annoy users of those services who have no interest -- or an active dislike -- for Google+. At this point, in the greater online and mobile communities, users are basically telling Google they're fine with Facebook and Twitter. In a recent iMore poll, we found that while 43% of iPhone users used Facebook and 33% used Twitter, only 5% used Google+ (16% used Instagram). On the iPad, 50% used Facebook, 35% used Twitter, and only 4% used Google+ (10% used Instagram).
No word on when, or if, any of this new beauty or functionality will filter down to the Google+ iOS app.
Check out the video below and let us know -- will the makeover get you to use Google+ any more than you already do?
Source: Google Blog via Android Central


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This is the post in which we say goodbye.
We're both leaving our respective jobs at Beliefnet, and so it's time to step away from the blog.
So, this is the post in which we say goodbye…by saying thank you. Thank you to you, the readers, for clicking and visiting and sharing the myriad ways in which you're making your lives happier, healthier, and more whole. Thank you to Beliefnet for giving us a platform on which to think through how we could do the same.
And finally, thanks to each other, because collaborating on this blog has included much learning and laughing, and it's turned a collegial relationship into a bona fide friendship.
Each of us has compiled a list of our 5 favorite posts that were written by the other during Fresh Living's nearly 2-year run. Consider it a grateful version of "Fresh Living 101." And again….thank you!
The 5 Posts by Valerie I'm Most Grateful for
By Holly
On Staying Positive in 'Tough Times'
I love the casual quotes around 'tough times' in this post, which contains 3 easy, do-it-now ways to keep your attitude high when everyone around you is lamenting the tough this, the difficult that. It's like a quick rescue from Glumsville.
This post turned out to be one of Fresh Living's most popular, and I think that's because it's just plain fun. What could be more smile-inducing on a rainy day than to contemplate what The Beatles and Milli Vanilli have in common?
I always learn something from Valerie. I consider her to be my window to the holistic world, a world she fully inhabits and explores while I peek shyly around from just inside the border. In this post, she shared some really cool (no pun intended) cold remedies. And I learned a new word (acidophilus)!
Awakening 9/11 Anniversary Fatigue
"There are other kinds of remembering," Valerie wrote in this powerhouse essay about finding memorial beauty outside of the over-wrought 9/11 anniversary news reporting. It's a beautiful bookmark I plan to re-read every 9/11, and even on some other, more personal anniversaries as well.
Fresh Morning: Love After Love
In the spirit of sharing, Valerie and I took turns offering a thought, idea, or inspiration to help you (and us) start your (our) day. This is one of my favorites from her, a Derek Walcott poem that urges us to "love again the stranger that was yourself." Not a bad way to sum up Fresh Living, actually. Thanks, Valerie.
The 5 Posts by Holly I'm Most Grateful for
By Valerie
Ditto all Holly said about this being such a nourishing, fun,
laughter-filled experiment in co-blogging. Finding my Holly faves was
tough because Miss H. has written so much good stuff–about sifting
through the sworly emotional life, her gorgeous garden, healing from a
truly holistic perspective, honoring the people she loves, and, of
course, food, glorious food. So many days I could almost taste the
muffins she was baking, in her full Taurean honoring of all life's good
stuff–health, abundance, and butter. Yum.
I love Holly's mini food guides. This one made me especially happy, just thinking about all my new leafy friends. And I mean, this? Pure food wisdom: "I know what you're thinking: 'The lettuce isn't my caloric problem, it's the gloppy, creamy dressing I smother my salads with that's my downfall.' My response to that is, get better lettuce!" Amen!
The Biggest Loser: Why is 'Yay Me!' So Hard?
This was a follow-up to a post about her fellow aquacizer's proclamation: "I'm so proud of myself!"–a phrase we rarely hear from anyone, ever. So poignant. And then Holly flipped it into a question that related to "Biggest Loser" (which I now love vicariously), that I've never gotten out of my head: "What would you say "Yay me!" about?"
Thanksgiving Crafts: Fabric Leaf Place Cards!
Since her life is so much more adult-looking (from the pictures, at least) than mine, I love when we get to see Holly's home. And this post felt so personal and sweet and helpful. I love these leafy place settings. Go crafts! This year I'm totally making these in hot pink.
I well up each time I read this post about the passing of Holly's uncle Craig. It's the star that gets me. Someone willing to put a silver star sticker on his forehead for a laugh? And a niece who appreciates that? I look at the photo in this and I miss a warm, funny man I've never met. Thanks, Holly.
In Memory of My Fascinating Grandmother
Gaga. Not Lady, but Holly's grandma. A smarty knock-out with a sense of humor as big as her boldness. I love how Holly remembers her red lipstick, the books she wrote, the bits they played together, and this: "How many kids can truthfully say this sentence: 'I learned the story of Jesus from my Jewish grandmother'?"
Thanks, thanks, thanks all around! And if you'd like to follow us on our personal blog journeys, you can find Valerie here: www.valeriereiss.com/blog and Holly here: http://soilsparks.typepad.com/.
Are you a frustrated dreamer? I know I am. I often wake up with fragments of scenes echoing in my mind that seem really meaningful–but then I leap out of bed, start my morning routine, and in seconds they're gone. I want to linger in that realm and tap into the guidance and insight rising from a wiser source than my conscious mind.
Beliefnet's new blogger Robert Moss addresses exactly that longing in his blog Dream Gates: "What's that? You're going through a dream drought? And you don't notice much magic in the round of your days? Don't worry: you have a world-class dreamer inside you who is ready to help you reopen your dream gates."
A wonderful writer and brilliant teacher, Robert was raised in Australia where Aboriginal Dreamtime is a sacred path into "the world behind the world." Robert has a unique approach to exploring dreams, called Active Dreaming–one that is playful, imaginative, and fun! "Dreaming is essentially about waking up to the bigger story and the deeper logic of our lives," says Robert.
Enjoy the profound and inspiring world of Dream Gates. blog.beliefnet.com/dreamgates
Because I lack an engineering degree and don't understand why we can't just stop this thing NOW with a 10-ton wad of gum or giant boulder or massive Q-tip, I'll share more spiritual wisdom from elders. This is from the beautiful, amazing International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers–they each represent a continent and a native tradition. I saw them not long ago in NYC and was dazzled and warmed by their fiercely grandmotherly presence. Here is something they have written about the oil spill–they advise us to "stay awake" and then to reach into our hearts and help cast a "Net of Light." Please read and pass it along. My sense is they want as many eyes and hearts on it as possible.
"We ask you to cast, anchor, and hold the Net of Light steady for the Gulf of Mexico," the Grandmothers said. "This crisis is affecting the entire world, and humanity is asleep. Wake up!" they cried. "Animals are dying, plants are dying, and your Mother is writhing in agony. If you hold the Net of Light steady at this time you will help stave off further catastrophe.
"You have been lulled into a false sleep," they said, "told that others (B.P.) would take care of this problem. This is not so," they said. "And this is not the time for you to fall into oblivion. Determine now to stay awake, and once you have made that commitment, think of, cast, and hold the Net of Light. Hold it deep and hold it wide. Amplify its reach to penetrate the waters of the Gulf and dive deep beneath the crust of Mother Earth. Anchor it at the earth's core and as you hold it there, ask it to unify with the mineral kingdom of this planet. It will do this and will harmonize with all the solid and liquid mineral states on earth-including oil and gas. The Net of Light will call these minerals back into harmony.
"Whatever human beings have damaged, human beings must correct," the Grandmothers said. "This is the law. We repeat: This is the law. You cannot sit back and ask God to fix the mess humanity has created. Each of you must throw your shoulders to the wheel and work. We are asking for your help. Several years ago we gave you the Net of Light so you would be able to help the earth at times like this. Step forward now. This is the Net of Light that will hold the earth during the times of change that are upon you," they said.
"First move into your heart and call on us. We will meet you there. The Net of Light is lit by the jewel of your heart," they said, "so move into this lighted place within you and open to the Net of which you are a part. Bask in its calming presence. It holds you at the same time that you hold it.
"Now think of magnifying your union with us. We, the Great Council of the Grandmothers, are with you now, and all those who work with the Net of Light are also with you. There are thousands, even millions now connected in light," they said. "Along with this union, call forth the power of the sacred places on earth. These will amplify the potency of our joint effort. Then call on the sacred beings that have come to prevent the catastrophe that threatens to overwhelm your planet. We will work together," they said, nodding slowly.
"Think of, cast and magnify the presence of the Net of Light in the Gulf of Mexico. See, imagine or think of it holding the waters, holding the land, the plants, the sea life, and the people. Holding them all!" they said. "The Net of Light is holding them steady; it is returning them to balance. Let the love within your lighted heart keep pouring into the Net of Light and hold, hold, hold. Calmly and reverently watch as the light from your heart flows along the strands of the Net. It will follow your command and continuously move forth. As soon as you think of it, it will happen. We ask you to practice this for only a few minutes at a time, but to repeat it throughout the day and night.
"We promise that this work with the Net of Light will do untold good," the Grandmothers said. "We are calling you to service now. You are needed. Do not miss this opportunity. We thank you and bless you."
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"Worry is a prayer for something you don't want." – Sharon Gannon
I love that. The other day someone expressed concern about my excessive worrying habit, and I've been contemplating on it ever since. Doing my best to actually contemplate, rather than worry. I've been on a renewed Gilmore Girls binge lately and last night as Lorelai, the main character, was fretting, she had an exchange with her man-friend Luke than went something like this:
LUKE: Stop worrying.
LORELAI: How do I do that?
LUKE: Stop thinking about it.
Call me simple, but it was a small revelation. We worriers worry about how we can stop worrying. But there it is. Just stop thinking about it. Duh. But: Ah-ha! Worry does not actually do anything, and if I could manage a thought-redirect every time I notice myself negatively ruminating, it might just be a more wonderful life.
And for back-up, the other day, Holly posted this amazing quote on worry: //www.beliefnet.com/columnists//freshliving/2010/06/a-word-about-worry.html
And here's great piece: "How to Stop Worrying."
Do you have any stop-worrying tricks to share?
Need more morning inspiration? Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Juniper Networks rallied Monday morning after shareholder Elliott Management unveiled what it called "value plan" for the networking gear company, although the proposal drew mixed reactions from analysts.
Juniper JNPR, -0.67% was up nearly 9% to $25.62 after shareholder Elliott Management, which owns 6.2% of Juniper's shares, presented a plan that it said would lift the stock to $35 to $40 a share through share buybacks, reducing expenses and streamlining its business operations.
Janney Capital analyst Bill Choi endorsed key elements of the plan, telling clients in a note, "The company can improve its operating expense efficiency, has sufficient cash on its balance sheet to return significant capital to shareholders, and that the product portfolio needs greater focus/execution."
"We believe that the timing of the proposal is good, as the new CEO started Jan 1 and that the positive service provider spending cycle would ease the risk of operating adjustments," he added.
Juniper's new Chief Executive Shaygan Kheradpir took over this month after the retirement of former CEO Kevin Johnson.
On the other hand, Wedbush analyst Rohit Chopra told clients in a note that the proposal faces major challenges.
"A quick analysis of simply following Elliott's buyback and cost-reduction plan yields at least another $1/sh in 2015 to $2.60 in our model," he wrote. "However, the key takeaway is that Juniper had outlined similar steps to Elliott's proposal with limited success. Given the magnitude of Elliott's proposed targets, we believe significant execution challenges remain and there is likely to be some negotiation on what can realistically be done. "
Meanwhile, the tech sector edged lower as shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +1.32% and IBM Corp. IBM, +0.04% retreated. Microsoft was down 2.2%, while IBM gave up 1.6%.
The group got a lift from Hewlett-Packard HPQ, +0.23% which was up 2% and Apple AAPL, +2.29% which gained 0.5%.
On the downside, shares of Groupon Inc. GRPN, +0.59% were off more than 4% after the online daily deals site announced that it has acquired ideeli, an online flash-sale fashion retailer, for $43 million in cash. Also in the red were shares of Facebook Inc. FB, +2.00% and Yahoo Inc. US:YHOO
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.71% was down 1.2%. The Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index US:MSH and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, +1.98% were each down a fraction.
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U.S. Representative Randy Forbes's (R-Va) article in The Diplomat last month entitled "America's Pacific Air-Sea Battle Vision" called upon Congress to support the Pentagon's vision for Air-Sea Battle – a concept designed to improve the joint and combined ability of air and naval forces to project power in the face of anti-access and area denial challenges. More specifically, Rep. Forbes pointed out that the United States should "work to bring our allies into this effort." Indeed, in order for the United States to effectively project power in an anti-access, area denial (A2/AD) environment, networked alliances and ad hoc coalition partnerships would be essential in making U.S. power projection in the Asia-Pacific more resilient and responsive to both the internal and external dynamics of the emerging regional security challenges.
To be sure, the United States faces a number of challenges in meeting its security commitments in the Asia-Pacific region. Beyond uncertainty, complexity, and rapid change, challenges include growing resource constraints and an increasingly assertive and capable China. At least one driver for rethinking U.S. defense strategy is the growing ability of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) to complicate U.S. ability to project joint power and operate in the Asia-Pacific region. These emerging PLA A2/AD capabilities not only could complicate U.S. ability to operate, but also imperil regional powers' ability to deny the PLA air superiority and command of the seas. Anti-access threats, designed to prevent an opposing force from entering an operational area, include long-range precision strike systems that could be employed against bases and moving targets at sea, such as aircraft carrier battle groups. Area denial involves shorter-range actions and capabilities designed to complicate an opposing force's freedom of action in all domains (i.e., land, air, space, sea and cyber).
The Pentagon's Air-Sea Battle and the Joint Operational Access Concept (JOAC) transcends pure operational and roles of services issues to include cooperation with allies and ad hoc coalition partners in the region, which is critical for ensuring the success of Air Sea Battle and assured operational access. As former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen said, Air-Sea Battle is "a prime example of how we need to keep breaking down stovepipes between services, between federal agencies and even between nations." He further noted that the Services should "integrate our efforts with each other and with our civilian counterparts" and "work seamlessly with old allies and new friends." Air Sea Battle and the broader JOAC shore up deterrence and demonstrate to U.S. allies and partners that Washington is committed and able to resist Chinese military coercion.Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.
Addressing these challenges requires greater collaboration not only within the U.S. defense establishment, but effective leveraging of talents of allies and ad hoc coalition partners in the region. The U.S. reportedly has begun examining how to diversify defense relations with traditional allies in the region, such as Japan, South Korea, and Australia. Yet, little consideration appears to have been given to the significant role that Taiwan could play in an evolving U.S. defense strategy, including the JOAC and Air-Sea Battle. Taiwan's future and U.S. interests in regional security are intimately related. Indeed, Taiwan is a core interest of the United States and has a pivotal role to play as an ad hoc coalition partner in Air-Sea Battle, JOAC, and the strategic rebalancing in the Asia-Pacific.
First, Taiwan should be the central guiding focus of defense planning in the Asia-Pacific region. In assessing JOAC and Air-Sea Battle-related requirements, the greatest emphasis should be placed on contingency planning for a PLA amphibious invasion of Taiwan with minimal warning. Based on a premature and faulty assumption that cross-Strait trade and investment will inevitably lead toward Taiwan's democratic submission to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authoritarian rule, prominent analysts have asserted that the focus of U.S. defense planning should shift toward the South China Sea and defense of the global commons.


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A long-distance honor
CSB and SJU professor receives honor from Chinese university
October 26, 2010
By Mike Killeen
Henry Jakubowski has made seven trips to Southwest University in China since 1997. Each time, he has gone as a professor of chemistry at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University to promote and enhance an academic relationship between the schools.
But the next time he visits the Chinese university, he'll have a new title. Henry was named a visiting professor of chemistry at Southwest, which is located in Beibei, China.
"I was just stunned and really deeply honored by this recognition," Henry said.
Henry, 57, plans to continue teaching at CSB and SJU until his retirement. But he anticipates making a trip or two to China with CSB and SJU groups before his retirement, and "I do see myself going back (to China) to teach part-time during my retirement."
Southwest and CSB and SJU are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their relationship this year. That relationship has included faculty and student exchanges and study abroad programs.
Henry started the Summer Science Exchange Program - now known as the Summer Exchange Program - in 2006. It is a reciprocal exchange of students, with students from CSB and SJU traveling to China, where they are matched with a Chinese student research partner for six weeks. That research partnership continues when the Chinese students visit Minnesota to work with their CSB and SJU peers for another six weeks.
"This honor from Southwest is a testament to Henry's remarkable contribution to the relationship between Southwest and CSB and SJU," said Joe Rogers, director of the Center for Global Education at CSB and SJU. "Henry served as director for two semester-long programs and did an outstanding job.
"What's truly amazing is that he recognized during these experiences that natural science majors did not always have the same opportunity as other students to study abroad, and so he partnered with colleagues at Southwest to design our innovative summer research exchange program. Henry has always been motivated by the desire to increase educational opportunities for our students," Joe said.
"CSB and SJU are deeply indebted to Henry Jakubowski for pioneering one of America's first liberal arts college science-based research exchange programs with China," said P. Richard Bohr, professor of history at CSB and SJU and director of the schools' Asian Studies Program. "Through the years, he has expanded this program to also encompass humanities, fine arts and social sciences exchange with Southwest University."
In May, Henry and other CSB and SJU faculty members visited Southwest to further expand the program. Near the end of the stay, Henry had dinner with members of Southwest's Office of International Exchanges and Cooperation.
"They said that Song Naiqing - the former president of Southwest who is now the vice chancellor of the institution - wanted to stop by my apartment to see me," Henry recalled. "We have a good relationship. I've met with him many times. It was really quite an honor for me that he wanted to come to my apartment to greet me.
"We chatted for about an hour. I mentioned how fondly I thought of Southwest," Henry said. "I suggested that someday, when I retire, I would like to potentially teach there. I have taught biochemistry at Southwest to undergraduate and graduate students. He (Naiqing) said, 'We're just going to make you a visiting professor of chemistry and chemical engineering.' They fast-forwarded the process so that I would have an induction ceremony the day we left campus (May 24).
"It was really a high honor for me, to tell you the truth, because it recognizes the enormous amount of time I have spent developing opportunities for both Southwest and our students," Henry said.
Henry sees his appointment as a strengthening of the relationship between the schools.
"Frankly, we (the institutions) are different. Southwest has 50,000-plus students. It offers both Ph.D.'s and master's degrees. We are much smaller but we bring a lot to the relationship," Henry said. "I think it's a sign that our relationship is vital and still growing."
Richard said that due to the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant which was received in 2009, CSB and SJU are implementing exchange programs in Japan and India.
"What Henry built has now become a pillar of our new Asian Studies major and is being replicated by other U.S. colleges," Richard said.


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Mariska Hargitay Gets a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Nov 10, 2013 11:04 AM EST
Mariska Hargitay was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, E! Online reports. The Law & Order: SVU actress' star was placed next to that of her mother, actress Jayne Mansfield, according to E!. 25 t… Read more


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WINFIELD TWP — A homeowner fired a handgun at a sport utility vehicle late Saturday night after police say the driver of that vehicle tried to run over the victim.
The gunfire caused the driver to back up the vehicle, which struck a tree. He took off on foot, authorities said, and later hid a duffel bag containing a handgun and around $19,000.
Police eventually found the duffel bag and arrested the suspect. But they admit they have many unanswered questions about the case.
"We're still trying to figure everything out," state police Lt. Eric Hermick said today.
Ryan D. Bigler, 30, whose last known address was in Middlesex Township, is being held in the Butler County Prison without bail. He is facing a list of charges including felony assault.
Police believe the defendant since mid-January has been harassing the victims, a husband and wife who live on Spiker Road in Winfield Township.
"(Bigler) believed (the victims) were the cause of a personal problem," Hermick said. "But he may have been mistaken or delusional."
The couple said the man has sent them ominous text messages, according to court documents, and "pictures of guns threatening to harm them."
They also remembered him following them in a black Chevrolet Tahoe from their house to a shopping plaza.
The 38-year-old husband recounted seeing the same vehicle about 11:30 p.m. Saturday when he returned home. The victim backed his vehicle into the home's detached garage and began walking up the driveway.
The Chevy Tahoe "began to accelerate towards (the victim)," according to a police affidavit. "Fearing the vehicle would hit him, he pulled a gun from his waistband and fired two rounds at the moving vehicle."
Hermick said police believe the homeowner who shot his gun acted in self-defense and would not be charged.


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Amazon Platform
Amazon SimpleDB is a schemaless, Erlang-based, eventually consistent data store suited for high-availability applications. The data model provides domains of large collections of items, which are hash tables containing attributes that are key-value pairs. Attributes can have multiple values and there are no joins. The query language provides queries that can return an itemName, all attributes, the attribute count or an attribute list. Data is stored in a single format (untyped strings), without applying constraints, so all predicate comparisons are lexicographical. Therefore for accurate query results you must store data in an ordered format, for example padding numbers with leading zeroes and using dates in ISO 8601:2004 format.
Azure Services Platform
Microsoft's Windodws Azure, like Google AppEngine and Force.com, offers a platform for cloud computing that includes a data store and other features for application development. Microsoft .NET Services provide a service bus and authentication and Live Services are application building blocks. Microsoft also offers SharePoint Services and Dynamics CRM Services in the Azure cloud. Like Amazon S3 and EC2, communication using the Azure Services Platform is based on the web services model, with Microsoft supporting SOAP and REST. Microsoft Azure bundles SQL Data Services (SDS) and exposes Azure Table Storage via ADO.NET Data Services. The database Azure currently offers is a single instance of SQL Server that's limited to 10 gigabytes of storage. For a larger requirement it's necessary to partition data to scale horizontally.
For those with a history of using industrial-strength databases, a big adjustment to the new EAV stores is lack of strong typing. SimpleDB uses string values to store everything, so comparisons and sorting require that you pad numbers with leading zeros. Microsoft SQL Data Services provides Base64, Boolean, datetime decimal, and string. With more than 20 types, Google AppEngine has more built-in types than SimpleDB or SQL Data Services.
RDF and Semantic Data Stores
Social networking and e-commerce have shown us there are classes of web applications that must operate with massive data stores and support a user base measured in millions. Cloud computing is often touted as a vehicle for scaling out that type of site and powering Web 3.0 applications. Tim Berners-Lee has said a web of linked data will evolve from the web of linked documents. This has produced a surge of interest in data stores that can handle very large knowledge bases and data sets encoded to impart semantics using the W3C Resource Description Format (RDF) and in the W3C SPARQL query language.
Interest in RDF, micro formats and linked data has raised awareness of the capabilities and capacity of RDF data stores. Because there are a number of RDF data stores, the benchmark wars are reminiscent of the Transaction Processing Council (TPC) benchmark competition among SQL vendors. RDF data is stored as subject-predicate-object triples. The leading RDF data stores often store additional information for versioning and temporal queries, but they are capable of storing and querying over billions of triples. A W3C wiki identifies more than a dozen triple stores, about half citing deployments or benchmarks with 1 billion triples or more.
Sesame, Jena, and Mulgara are popular open source solutions. OpenLink Virtuoso is a universal server that in a recent benchmark loaded 110,500 triples per second. The Virtuoso Universal Server (Cloud Edition) is a pre-packaged AMI for EC2. In addition to SQL and XML databases, it provides online backup to Amazon S3 buckets and installable RDFizer cartridges. Franz AllegroGraph RDFStore offers a vehicle for building RDF-based federated knowledge stores in the cloud. It supports SPARQL queries, Prolog and RDFS++ reasoning. On Amazon EC2, it stored and indexed a 10-billion triple data set in 6.19 hours using 10 large EC2 instances. The SQL/XML products can store RDF triples, including Oracle 11g, IBM Boca for DB2. On the patent front, Microsoft has been active with applications for methods to store RDF triplets and convert SPARQL queries to SQL.
Document Stores, Column Stores
Storing data by column, rather than the row-orientation of the traditional SQL platform, does not subvert the relational model. But when combined with data compression and a shared-nothing, massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture, it can sustain high-performance applications doing analytics and business intelligence processing. By using a Sybase IQ or Vertica column store with a cloud computing service, organizations can roll their own scalable BI solutions without a heavy capital outlay for server hardware. Sybase IQ processes complex analytics queries, accelerates report processing and includes a word index for string processing, such as SQL LIKE queries. It provides connectivity via standard data access APIs and its Rcube schemas provide a performance advantage over the star schema typically used for relational data warehouses and data marts. Vertica Analytic Database is a solution from a company co-founded by Michael Stonebreaker. Vertica supports a grid architecture, terabyte-sized databases, and standards-based connectivity. It makes pay-as-you-go analytics available to Amazon EC2 users, with a large AMI instance, drivers for ODBC, JDBC, Python, and Ruby, and a database size of 1 terabyte per node as you scale out to multiple nodes.
Apache CouchDB is a schema-less, fault-tolerant data store that appeals to developers building HTTP applications for which a document paradigm is useful. It supports the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and AtomPub data formats and it provides a REST-style API for reading and updating named documents. To ensure data consistency it has ACID properties and does not overwrite committed data. It uses a document ID and sequence number to write a b-tree index, with sequence number providing the ability to generate a document's version history. CouchDB provides a peer-based distributed database solution that supports bi-directional replication.


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Our vision is to encourage young people to explore and deepen an awareness of self through mindfulness training. We teach a curriculum that is designed to support social and emotional learning and cultivate awareness of stress reactivity in children and adolescents. Mindfulness-based practices inspire discernment in decision-making and lead to healthier and happier choices. These experiential programs offer youth, and the families who care for them, an opportunity to discover their capacity for a deeper purpose and more meaningful connection to themselves and the world around them.
~ Mindfulness is the new ABCs of education: Attention, Balance and Concentration~ Susan Kaiser-Greenland
Adolescence is a time of change and growth. It is the period of life reserved for rebellion and self-discovery, but as the demands in life increase for teens, this time is often fraught with confusion, anxiety or depression. For many teens these challenges lead to disconnection and isolation. This course in Mindful Self-Compassion is designed to facilitate awareness, self-kindness and stronger connections in response to these growing challenges. Through developmentally appropriate activities and carefully crafted practices and meditations, teens have an opportunity to learn how to navigate the emotional ups and downs of life with greater ease. This course creates an opportunity for adolescents to construct a healthier and more equitable world-view and gives rise to greater compassion and empathy toward self and others. In a preliminary research study, this program demonstrated a significant decrease in depression, anxiety, perceived stress and negative mood. This curriculum was adapted from the adult model of Mindful Self-Compassion created by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer.
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A Mindful Education curriculum designed for the classroom. These programs, offered to elementary, middle and high school students, use age-appropriate training materials and practices that inspire exploration and curiosity. The result is higher levels of concentration, organization, and the ability to attend to problems with greater patience and empathy. In some cases, it may be appropriate (and preferable) to train classroom teachers in the methods and practices of mindfulness to facilitate implementation of the curriculum.
Mindfulness for Kids & Teens Programs. Held on the premises of the UCSD Center for Mindfulness, these weekly programs are designed for kids aged 7-11 and Teens aged 13-19. The Mindfulness for Teen, Pre-Teen & Kids programs utilize a combination of age-appropriate exercises, that include yoga, art, meditation practices and multimedia to encourage insight, self-awareness and strengthen the capacity for self-regulation. Neuroscience research provides strong evidence that these mindfulness practices can alter the structure and function of the brain to improve quality of life.
A Mindful & Compassionate Parenting Program. 4-week program for parents who are interested in learning Mindfulness practices, to help them navigate the parenting process and deepen their connection to their family. Through these workshops, parents will be exposed to methods of problem solving and communicating that help build emotional resilience in their children.
Core Skills Training in Mindful & Compassionate Parenting is a two-day core skills training, a combination of empirically based practices from the Mindful Self-Compassion Course and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction along with developmental and attachment research. It is designed to teach parents the art of being fully present with their child with greater kindness, consideration and compassion.
Two-hour In-Service Training, one-day workshops and 8-week programs in mindfulness training designed to create a sustainable model of mindfulness in the schools. Evidence based research demonstrates the value and benefits of mindfulness in promoting greater concentration, emotional regulation and focused attention in the classroom.
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The Unitary Patent Package: 12 Reasons for ConcernThis blogger feels that, given its impressive track record over the past decades for highly-focused and responsible, reasoned analysis of intellectual property issues, the Max Planck Institute has earned the right to be listened to and for its comments to be taken seriously. Arguably, the Institute has provided a greater contribution to the development of a harmonised, functional integrated intellectual property system in Europe than any other institution -- including the European Commission.
The Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, which has functioned as a politically and economically unbiased centre of legal competence for European intellectual property legislation ever since its foundation in 1966, is a well-recognized scientific commentator and adviser on the evolution of European patent law.
The Institute considers a balanced, innovation-friendly and uniform patent system as being indispensable for Europe. However, the current patent package is deemed to be both dangerous and misguided. While a superficial glance may create the false impression of a patent law advancement through the proposal, it instead actually threatens to forestall the necessary legal progress and innovation capacities for the foreseeable future.
These concerns of the Max Planck Institute are shared by experts throughout Europe. Likewise, within a considerable sector of industry, doubts are harboured as to the proposed system's efficiency. Large undertakings might indeed benefit from a reinforcement of their patent portfolios through the proposed system. However, small and medium-sized enterprises are particularly likely to experience significant obstacles to their innovation activities.
Criticism of the package is underpinned by a series of legal arguments which can be found here. Many of these points remain quite unchallenged in the current debate. Yet remedies are only promised for the time after the entry into force of the package. Experience shows that, particularly in relation to legislation for intellectual property, promises of subsequent improvement are unlikely to be fulfilled. Consequently, it might prove disastrous to implement a patent system which is already known to be detrimental from both the legal as well as the innovation perspectives. Much rather, the correct course must be set now. Against this background, the Institute believes it is indispensable to reconsider the content of the Unitary Patent Package afresh.
The PatLit weblog covers patent litigation law, practice and strategy, as well as other forms of patent dispute resolution. If you love -- or hate -- patent litigation, this is your blog. You can contact PatLit by emailing Michael here
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
The Unitary Patent Package: 12 reasons for concern
Matthias Lamping, a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich, has been assiduously following the increasingly tense and acerbic debate over the future of Europe's patent grant and enforcement infrastructure. He has reminded this blogger that the attention of PatLit readers may not have been directed to the Institute's recent objective and reasoned critique of the currently-proposed package of legal reforms. As Matthias explains:
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- Gibus said...
I've re-published the analysis of the Max-Plank Institute with an enhanced comment system: https://www.unitary-patent.eu/content/unitary-patent-package-twelve-reasons-concern-max-planck-institute.
This may interest this blog's readers to add their comments...
- 24 October 2012 at 09:14
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Finding a reputable bicycle brand that you can actually trust can be daunting. With Huffy bicycles, you can finally get your kid a beautiful and sturdy bike. The American bicycle manufacturer's history dates back to 1887. The brand's founder George Huffman bought the Davis Sewing Machine. He moved the factory to Ohio and by 1892 the company has produced its first bike. Several firsts were introduced by the company. One of which is the handy training wheels which Huffy offered in 1942. In 1955, the company also introduced a radio bike, which ultimately is a bicycle with a built-in radio.
With decades of experience, many parents trust Huffy. The brand is also well-admired for pushing the boundaries of innovation to provide children with a safe and comfortable ride all the time. As a matter of fact, they have designed the most iconic and trendsetting bicycles available in the market today.
BabyGiftsOutlet.com is your one stop shop for all your baby product and baby gift needs. We bring the highest quality products from trusted brands and manufacturers at affordable prices so that you can be rest assured that you get the most for your money. Feel free to browse our large selection of baby gifts by narrowing down the color, brand, and price range that fits your needs for your baby.


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Amazon.com Inc advertising revenue may top $US800 million this year as the world's largest internet retailer uses its huge customer base and store of purchasing data to show more-target ads on its websites and those of other companies, eMarketer estimated on Tuesday.
Amazon is known as a sleeping giant in the ad industry because the company has rich consumer data but has been tentative about using it for a lot of advertising. That has begun to change recently, prompting industry consulting and data firm eMarketer to estimate the company's ad revenue for the first time.
Amazon's worldwide ad revenue may reach $US835 million this year, up 37 per cent from $US610 million in 2012, eMarketer forecast. In 2011, the company generated $US419 million from advertising, the firm added. These estimates include traffic acquisition costs, or TAC, which are payments internet companies pay to other websites for sending online traffic their way.
Advertising is a relatively new revenue stream that may be more profitable than Amazon's original online retail operations, so Wall Street is watching its expansion closely.
"Advertising could be a significant revenue opportunity for the company given its sizable site traffic and the significant number of new ad format innovations it has been rolling out," said Mark Mahaney, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, wrote in a note to investors on Sunday.
Amazon recently launched "eCommerce Ad" units, which include customer ratings and reviews, coupons and buy buttons to quickly add products into online checkout carts, Mahaney explained.
Most of Amazon's ad revenue comes from ads placed in or near search results that appear when a person searches on Amazon.com for a product to buy, according to eMarketer.
Amazon took in $USUS450 million in ad dollars last year in the United States, its principal ad market, and that will climb to $US1.1 billion by 2015, eMarketer estimated.
That forecast suggests Amazon is on course to top AOL Inc, Twitter and LinkedIn Corp as one of the largest online ad companies in the United States by 2015, according to eMarketer. It will still clearly lagGoogle Inc, Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo! Inc, the data also show.


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How to reach us:
The hotel is connected to the most important stations: it is 2/3 minutes walk from the Bus Stop of Piazza Morlacchi and Piazza Italia,and 5/6 minutes from Piazza Partigiani,important squares from which daily busses depart to all the most important Umbrian centers. It takes less than 10 minutes to get to the main railway station. From the Railway Station you can take one of the buses ( G - TD - TS ) that have written on the top Piazza Italia ( the historical center where our hotel is ). Each of these buses passes every 20 minutes.
How to reach the Hotel by car:
seguire le follow the indications for Centro Storico - Università per stranieri.Go straight ahead on Via Pinturicchio,and you will get at Piazza Fortebraccio(you will have on your left the Etruscan Arch) : you have to take the street that is on the right sight of the Arch (via Battisti) and you will get in Piazza Cavallotti.You have to go down on "via della Cupa" and you will find the indication to our hotel on your left.
How to reach Via Marzia,our free parking zone:
follow the indications for Centro Storico - Piazza Partigiani(or Stazione Autobus).At Partisans square(with a Statue on its center) follow the indications for Piazza Italia and take Via Masi.You will get at Piazza Italia(a big square with fountains and garden)(you will have it on your left):you have to go down on Via Marzia,on your right,and park the car there.


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BROCKTON – Actor Steve Schirripa, otherwise known as Bobby Baccalieri from HBO's "The Sopranos," will be in Brockton on April 5 at the War Memorial Building to host "Rock and Comedy for a Cause." "I reached out to him and he agreed to come to Brockton and host this great night of comedy," said Mark Chauppetta, who organized the fundraiser.
Others comedians who will be featured include Ken Rogerson, Christine Hurley and Johnny Pizzi, and music will be provided by Draw the Line, an Aerosmith tribute band.
Proceeds from the event will be split between the Massachusetts Hospital School and the Jett Foundation, an organization based in Kingston dedicated to finding treatments and a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Chaupetta's twin sons, Andrew and Troy, both suffer from the disorder and play for a power wheelchair soccer team at the Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton.
"We're trying to raise money to take their team to nationals in Indianapolis," said Chauppetta.
Tickets are $50 and can be purchased online at www.rockncomedy.com.


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Milos Radivojevic is a database developer, consultant, speaker, and trainer located in Vienna, Austria. He has been working with SQL Server over 15 years. He is Microsoft SQL Server MVP and MCT and specializes in SQL Server for application developers and performance and query tuning. Currently he works as principal database consultant in bwin.party (the largest regulated online gaming company in the world) where he works with some of the largest SQL Server databases. He is co-leader of the SQL Server PASS Austria. He is a speaker in international conferences (SQLBits, SQL Saturday, Sinergija, SQL Conference) and speaks regularly at SQL Server PASS Austria meetings. His Twitter handle is @MilosSQL.
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text: Bringing over 20 years experience in system design/architecture, programming, systems analysis, network administration, project management and training, Mark engineered and programmed the technical architecture of the Wellness Inventory program. He has consulted with leading Fortune 500 companies including IBM, ATT, General Motors, Federal Express, Citibank, MCI, Bell Labs, Toyota and Solomon/Smith Barney. Mark has also taught programming at Purdue University and NYU, as well as digital imaging/photography at Parsons School of Design. In addition to his programming and design skills, Mark is also a certified yoga instructor, A practicing hypnotherapist and Ph.D. candidate in Psychology.


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As the leading appliance service company in Woodstock you can rest assured that we have the resources to crack the most difficult appliance problems.
We are industry accredited with comprehensive indemnity insurance and all work is undertaken by qualified, certified technicians. Each item we service carries a 6 month Guarantee.
Most of our customers are repeat customers and those referred to us by clients in Woodstock .
Our range of services include fridge service and repairs, freezers service and repairs, stove service and repairs, oven service and repairs, washing machine service and repairs, tumble dryer service and repairs, dish washer service and repairs and microwave service and repairs.
Mini Bar Fridges are designed to chill and hold beverages for a few people, which make them perfect for using in hotel rooms and other places like the conference rooms etc. These appliances are small in size but their function same as the other commercial refrigerators. There is an extensive range of mini bar appliances available in the market. There are different types based on the type of cooling system it has or the size or design.
There are so many different models to choose according to your need. Most of the models of hotel room fridges have the same features, but there are models, which are equipped with certain features, which make them better than the other models. Each day a new technology is being developed which ensures the efficiency of these fridges.
All of the top and famous refrigeration manufacturers offer the mini bar fridges. The extensive range of the appliance can sometimes make it very difficult to choose the right refrigerator. It can difficult to choose when there are so many good options available.
Here are some of the excellent mini bar fridges available in the market to choose from.
Interlevin MB35 Mini Bar refrigerator:
This is a mini bar appliance which has the capacity of 35 liters and it is considered a perfect appliance for the hotel rooms, boardrooms etc. It is a silent appliance which is one of the most important features of the appliance. It also has some space in the door for storing small wine bottles and also beer cans. It is equipped with LED interior light. It has adjustable shelves which can be split into two halves. The feet of the appliance are also adjustable. The dimensions of the appliance are Height – 485 mm Width – 385 mm Depth – 455 mm. The temperature range of the appliance is 0 C to +8 C. it uses R600a as a refrigerant. It has an off cycle defrosting system.
Polar CE322:
This mini bar, the refrigerator has the ability to be built-in or to be freestanding appliances. The refrigerator has an ABS interior, which can be cleaned easily. The door of the appliance is reversible and it also has the lock feature. The reversible door is excellent for maintenance and the lock provides security for the beverages. The appliance is also equipped with two shelves and two door racks. This provides multitude storage options. The maximum ambient temperature of the appliance is 29 C. it has the ability to hold 30 liters at a time. The dimensions of the appliance are 530 (H) x 400 (W) x 415 (D) mm. It has a single door and the door is solid. The appliance has a black finish and the insulation thickness of the cooler is 40 mm. The chiller has the temperature range of 0 C to +8 C. The weight of the appliance is 13 kg and it has fitted plugs. It has silent refrigeration which makes it perfect for hotel rooms and conference rooms.
Tefcold TM32:
This is a silent running refrigeration system. This makes it an excellent option for the hotel bedrooms and the boardrooms. It features the LED interior lights which are only turned on when the door is opened. It has the lock feature as well. It is equipped with adjustable feet and adjustable shelves. This is a built-in appliance and it can be placed in a cabinet with proper optional fixing kit and the ventilation holes are a must. The internal dimensions of the appliance are 400 x 316 x 215 mm (H x W x D), the external dimensions are 500 x 402 x 406 mm (H x W x D) while the packed dimensions are 530 x 450 x 460 mm (H x W x D). The capacity of the fridge is 31 liters and it has a temperature range of +5 C to +12 C. The refrigerant used in the appliance is NH3 and it requires a refrigerant charge of 70. It has one shelf and needs a power supply of 13 Amp. The maximum ambient temperature of the cooler is 25 C at 60 % RH. The electricity consumption of the chiller is 0.75 kWh/24h. It has an external finish of black and graphite while the internal finish is grey. The door of the fridge is hinged and the net weight of the appliance is 13.5 kg.
Tefcold TM52G:
This is one of the TM range glass door mini bar appliances and it is very popular for using in the hotel rooms, boardroom etc. It is equipped with a silent running refrigeration system which does not make any sound and stays silent. There is internal LED lighting present in this appliance as well, which helps in illuminating the interior of the fridge. The shelves of the fridge are adjustable and the feet are also adjustable. The mini refrigerator has low energy consumption, which makes it highly cost effective. It can be integrated into the cabinet, but the ventilation holes should be present so that the appliance can function properly. The fridge has a temperature range of +5 C to +12 C. the refrigerant used by the appliance is NH3. There are two adjustable shelves. The internal finish of the appliance is grey while the external finish is black or graphite. The power supply of the fridge should be 13 Amp. The maximum ambient temperature of the fridge is 25 C at 60 % RH. The door of the fridge is reversible and it has the capacity to hold 51 liters. The weight of the fridge is 19 kg.
These entire mini bar fridges are excellent options to be used. They are equipped with all of the best and efficient features. They are cost effective and they have good and stylish designs so they are easy on the eyes too.


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Marion Ceramics was founded in 1885 in the small village of Blue Brick near Pee Dee, South Carolina. For many years the company produced face brick from clay deposits on company owned property. Fired in periodic kilns, this clay burns to beautiful reds, terra cotta and buff colors and at extreme temperatures, blues. The blue coloring was unique in the brick industry and provided the name for the community around the plant. Many current maps continue to show the village of Blue Brick where our plant is located. The excellent firing characteristics of Marion's clay has enabled the company to develop the unique product lines which are now manufactured. The company has over 100 years of clay reserves.
Coping - Hard fired clay pool coping is the ultimate edging for any swimming pool or spa. Remember when you look at a pool all you see is water and coping- it defines the pool.
BrickTile - Thin brick pavers. Choose this product line when you want the classic brick shape (3 5/8 x 7 5/8) without the roughness or thickness of ordinary brick pavers or the sterile look and slipperiness of smooth (quarry) tile.
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