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|A little Trinity, a few key seasonings and you'll have a homemade sloppy joe that'll beat any canned version hands down.
Homemade Sloppy JoesWhenever I serve these, The Cajun says "this is my most favorite food of all."
Okay, while he does indeed say that, truly it's a bit of a stretch, because he actually says that about a lot of my cookin'... what can I say? The man just loves to eat and gotta love a man like that... but I admit, a good ole homemade sloppy joe sandwich is one of our favorites for sure. I have nothin' against the canned stuff, cuz it sure can be fast and pretty good too, but like most everything else, of course there is nothin' quite like homemade, I don't care who you are!
Good news is that this freezes great, so next time you stock up on sale ground beef, go ahead and make up a double or triple batch over a weekend, serve one that day and then split up the rest for the freezer and it'll be just about as easy as opening a can on one of those weeknight rushes for dinner. Just delicious - I hope you give it a try!
Be sure to check out the other sloppy joe variations in the "Cook's Notes" at the bottom of the recipe. For more of my ground beef recipes, visit my page on Pinterest!
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Recipe: Homemade Sloppy Joes©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 15 min | Yield: About 6 servings
- 1/2 tablespoon of canola oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 of a medium green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 stalk of celery, chopped
- 1 large clove of garlic, chopped
- 1 pound of ground beef
- 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon of Tiger Sauce or other hot sauce, or to taste, optional
- 1 (15 ounce) can of tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup of ketchup
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons of butter, melted
- 6 hamburger buns
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add the trinity (onion, bell pepper & celery) and cook until softened but not brown. Add the ground beef and garlic and cook until ground beef is browned, breaking the meat up with a potato masher. Drain off oil if necessary.
Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, Tiger sauce, tomato sauce, and ketchup. Simmer for about 15 minutes or until mixture begins to thicken. Add a large pinch of salt and some freshly ground pepper; taste and adjust seasonings as desired.
Brush the bun bottoms with the melted butter and in a separate skillet or on a stove top grill, toast the buns. Serve with baby carrots, or a side of ranch style beans, baked beans, waffle fries or potato chips, a side salad and a pickle.
Cook's Note: Serve these on dinner rolls for Sloppy Sliders on game day. Mix it up by using half ground beef and half ground breakfast sausage. Try adding in a can of drained Rotel tomatoes for an extra kick!
For the Slow Cooker: The beauty of the slow cooker is that you can literally dump everything in and let it go, 6 to 7 hours on low or 3 to 4 hours on high. If you prefer using chuck, brown the meat off as above and drain. Otherwise, as with all ground beef crockpot meals, always use a leaner ground sirloin or round with a 10 to 15% fat ratio. I personally prefer to brown off ground beef just enough to render and drain the fat.
Instant Pot/Electronic Pressure Cooker: Prepare as above, sauteeing veggies and browning meat. Drain off most of the fat. Add all of the remaining ingredients up to and including ketchup and cook on high pressure for 8 minutes. Let pressure release naturally. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
Sloppy Janes: Prepare as above, except substitute ground turkey for the beef. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
Pizza Sloppy Joes: Substitute homemade pizza sauce, or a jar of your favorite commercial brand for the tomato sauce and stir in 3 ounces of chopped pepperoni or turkey pepperoni. Spoon meat mixture on bottom buns and place about 1 tablespoon of shredded Mozzarella on each bun. Pass under the broiler to melt cheese and serve immediately.
Tex-Mex Sloppy Joes: To the meat sauce add 1 or 2 jalapeno peppers (remove seeds and ribs to keep it on the milder side), 2 teaspoons of chili powder and 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin and ground coriander - or all seasonings to taste. Add a couple splashes of a good Mexican beer if you have it.
Deep South Tavern Style "Loose Meat" Sandwiches: Prepare meat as above, except, omit tomato sauce, increase ketchup to 1/3 cup and add 1 tablespoon each apple cider vinegar, light brown sugar and mustard (Creole, brown or yellow).
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Blake Lively and her "The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants" co-stars Alexis Bledel and America Ferrera ambushed cast mate Amber Tamblyn at an airport and took her on a bachelorette jaunt to New Orleans.
The stars have remained close since meeting on the set of the hit 2005, and they couldn't resist a reunion last year just before Tamblyn wed comedian and actor David Cross.
Tamblyn, who stars on "Two and a Half Men," admits she had no idea the get together has been planned when she joined Lively and her partner Ryan Reynolds for a night at their home in Bedford, N.Y.
She tells Entertainment Weekly, "Blake talked me into coming up to her and Ryan's house. We all had drinks and Blake's like, 'You can't drive home.' The next morning there was a car service … and Blake basically took me to the airport.
"She blindfolded me and I felt all of these hands pulling me out of the car. I'm like, 'OK, I'm going to be beheaded…' And it was America and Alexis. They had all surprised me and put this whole trip together to New Orleans."
And that's not the first time Lively has organized a "Sisterhood" co-star's bachelorette bash. She also planned Ferrera's and admits it's important to share the good times with her closest film friends.
She adds, "These are such key moments in each other's lives. They (co-stars) met me before I even had a boyfriend. They were at my wedding.
"They're the most intelligent people you'll ever meet. It's like, 'Wow, how lucky am I to have those women as friends? And how lucky are they, because I make a good cupcake."
But, though Lively has planned her pals' bachelorette parties, they never got the chance to surprise her with one.
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If you delete your pictures from Twitpic, however, they can still use your pictures until a "commercially reasonable" timeframe is over.
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For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos ("IP content"), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook ("IP License"). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.
The last sentence in Facebook's Terms says they will delete your data if you can manage to extinguish it from the profiles of your friends as well. But then, it reads:
...you understand that removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others).
You still own your content, but Twitpic and Facebook might have copies of your data on their servers. TNW did some more research and found the Terms to be almost identical for every other Twitter app for image sharing, except MobyPicture, which states that pictures users post is their property only.
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Diamond JM, Lederer DJ, Kawut SM, Lee J, Ahya VN, Bellamy S, Palmer SM, Lama VN, Bhorade S, Crespo M, Demissie E, Sonett J, Wille K, Orens J, Shah PD, Weinacker A, Weill D, Kohl BA, Deutschman CC, Arcasoy S, Shah AS, Belperio JA, Wilkes D, Reynolds JM, Ware LB, Christie JD; Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. "Elevated plasma long pentraxin-3 levels and primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis." Am J Transplant. 2011 Nov;11(11):2517-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03702.x. Epub 2011 Aug 22.
Sims MW, Beers MF, Ahya VN, Kawut SM, Sims KD, Lederer DJ, Palmer SM, Wille K, Lama VN, Shah PD, Orens JB, Bhorade S, Crespo M, Weinacker A, Demissie E, Bellamy S, Christie JD, Ware LB; Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. "Effect of single vs bilateral lung transplantation on plasma surfactant protein D levels in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis." Chest. 2011 Aug;140(2):489-96. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-2065. Epub 2011 Feb 24.
Diamond JM, Kawut SM, Lederer DJ, Ahya VN, Kohl B, Sonett J, Palmer SM, Crespo M, Wille K, Lama VN, Shah PD, Orens J, Bhorade S, Weinacker A, Demissie E, Bellamy S, Christie JD, Ware LB; Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. "Elevated plasma clara cell secretory protein concentration is associated with high-grade primary graft dysfunction." Am J Transplant. 2011 Mar;11(3):561-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03431.x. Epub 2011 Feb 7.
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Shah PD, McDyer JF. "Viral infections in lung transplant recipients." Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Apr;31(2):243-54. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1249120. Epub 2010 Mar 30. Review.
Shah PD, West EE, Whitlock AB, Orens JB, McDyer JF. "CD154 deficiency uncouples allograft CD8+ T-cell effector function from proliferation and inhibits murine airway obliteration." Am J Transplant. 2009 Dec;9(12):2697-706. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02805.x.
Christie JD, Shah CV, Kawut SM, Mangalmurti N, Lederer DJ, Sonett JR, Ahya VN, Palmer SM, Wille K, Lama V, Shah PD, Shah A, Weinacker A, Deutschman CS, Kohl BA, Demissie E, Bellamy S, Ware LB; Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. "Plasma levels of receptor for advanced glycation end products, blood transfusion, and risk of primary graft dysfunction." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Nov 15;180(10):1010-5. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200901-0118OC. Epub 2009 Aug 6.
Mikkelsen ME, Dedhiya PM, Kalhan R, Gallop RJ, Lanken PN, Fuchs BD. "Potential reasons why physicians underuse lung-protective ventilation: a retrospective cohort study using physician documentation." Respir Care. 2008 Apr;53(4):455-61.
Kalhan R, Mikkelsen M, Dedhiya P, Christie J, Gaughan C, Lanken PN, Finkel B, Gallop R, Fuchs BD. "Underuse of lung protective ventilation: analysis of potential factors to explain physician behavior." Crit Care Med. 2006 Feb;34(2):300-6.
Cordero L, Sananes M, Dedhiya P, Ayers LW. "Purulence and gram-negative bacilli in tracheal aspirates of mechanically ventilated very low birth weight infants." J Perinatol. 2001 Sep;21(6):376-81.
Shah PD, Orens JB. Bronchiolitis Obliterans: Diagnosis and Management. in Lung Transplantation, W. Vigneswaran ed. Informa Healthcare. 2010.
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Perfect World is a 3D Fantasy MMORPG Set in a gorgeously designed fantasy world. Create your character using the game's innovative character creation system and explore this lush fantasy world. Perfect World has numerous playable races and two unique classes for each race, for a total of 12 playable classes. The six races are Humans, Winged Elves, Untamed, Nightblade and Tideborn and Earthguard. With the game's large selection of playable races and classes, Perfect World is easily one of the most in-depth free to play MMORPGs available. The game's playable classes are:
Archer – Archers are capable of dealing physical damage to their opponents from a safe distance. They have extremely high accuracy and critical hit chance, but low hit points and limited melee capabilities.
Assassin – Assassins are fragile but deadly. They specialize in dealing large amounts of damage to their opponents as quickly as possible. They have some of the highest DPS (Damage per second) in the game and access to powerful DoT attacks. Their weaknesses include very low hit points and weak physical defense.
Barbarian – Barbarians are powerful tanks that excel in absorbing damage. They are great front line fighters and can transform into tigers to increase increase their movement speed. They have very high hit points, high physical defense and powerful AOE skills. Their weaknesses include low accuracy and weak magical defense.
Blademaster – Blademasters are powerful melee characters with access to a wide variety of skills, making them one of the most varied classes in Perfect World. They have numerous stun skills and powerful AOE attacks, but low magic defense and limited single target damage output.
Cleric – Clerics have access to wide variety of healing and supportive skills making them extremely valuable in groups. They have powerful healing spells and access to some decent offensive magic, but the are fairly weak in PvP and cannot deal as much damage as some of the other classes.
Psychic – Psychics are an interesting utility class in Perfect World, as their spells largely revolve around buffs, defbuffs and hexes. They do have access to some offensive magic, but cannot deal nearly as much damage as wizards.
Venomancer – Venomancers are a unique type of caster class with pet taming abilities. They have access to offensive poison spells and debuffs. They are easily the best soloing class in the game because of their pets, but like other casters, they have low hit points.
Wizard – Wizards are the primary offensive spell casting class in Perfect World. They are capable of dealing the most damage in the game and have access to powerful AoE spells, but have very low hitpoints and slow movement speed.
Mystic – A hybrid offensive and defensive magic user. Mystics have access to some powerful direct damage spells but also useful heal over time spells. They can summon pets to fight along side themselves as well.
Seeker – A powerful melee oriented class which wields a large two handed blade. They have access to numerous nature spells and can cast some offensive magic.
Stormbringer – Using the power of the Moon to bathe their scythes, Stormbringers fight against their enemies with a large variety of magical armoury, such as paralyzing, damage while walking and AoE damage skills, such as two vortexes.
Duskblade – Duskblades are silent and fast, with their combos, things can become dangerous. Must be aware with their paralyze and disarming skills. Duskblades are really versatile in battle, cause they have a feature system that it's their linked skills.
- Status: Released
- Release Date: Dec 02, 2008
- Business Model: Free to Play
- Developer: Beijing Perfect World
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- Category: Stand-alone
- Genre(s): 3D, MMO, RPG, Fantasy
- Platforms: PC
Editor's Score: 4/5
- +Plenty of playable races and classes.
- +The most in-depth character creation system of any MMORPG.
- +Varied mounts including flying mounts.
- -Dull combat with slow-paced gameplay.
- -Uninspiring quests.
- -Interface could better.
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- CPU: Intel Dual-Core 2.5GHz
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- Description: Perfect World is a 3D Fantasy MMORPG set in a gorgeously designed world. The game offers both level and skill-based progression as well as an incredibly innovative character creation system with near limitless customization options.
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Beatrice Lorraine Johnson, 65, passed away September 18, 2008 in Richfield. She was born October 19, 1942 in Burney, TX to Ben and Erah Eleanor Whitaker Roberts. She married Joe Everett Johnson July 19, 1960 in the Manti LDS Temple.
She was an adamant mother and servant of the Lord, raising a beautiful family. Bea was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in many capacities, including Young Women's Secretary and Richfield Genealogy Library.
She served on the Boy Scout Board of Review, as Cub Scout leader, and also involved with the 4-H. She and her husband were camp hosts at Fish Lake for several years.
She taught English classes in college, was a member of the Globe High School marching band and was a drummer with the Southern Utah College marching band.
She is survived by her husband, Everett, of Richfield; children Kevin (Stacy) Johnson of Fredonia, AZ; Lisa Johnson of Sigurd, UT; Melinda Tolbert of Provo, UT; Cristy (Jimmie) Banks of Roosevelt, UT; 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by son Brian and her parents.
Funeral services were Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 11 a.m. in the Richfield 15th Ward Chapel (10 S 200 E). Burial will be in the Richfield City Cemetery.
Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com.


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Drexel, Dillon agree to terms on contract extension
Philadelphia, PA – Drexel University and head women's basketball coach Denise Dillon have agreed to a contract extension through the 2020 season.
No financial terms of the pact were disclosed.
"We are thrilled to announce that Denise will remain a Dragon for many years to come," Drexel athletics director Eric Zillmer said. "Under her leadership, Drexel women's basketball has risen to prominence on a national level. Their run to a WNIT championship not only brought an immense sense of pride to our campus community, but also showed the collegiate sports world what it means to be a Dragon."
Dillon, who is the school's all-time winningest women's basketball coach, led the Dragons to a program-record 28 wins last season, along with the aforementioned title -- a 46-43 decision over Utah back on April 6 -- the first for a Philadelphia-based Division I women's program.
A former star at Villanova in the mid-1990s, Dillon has guided Drexel to the postseason in each of the past five years including an NCAA Tournament berth in 2009, and has taken home Colonial Athletic Association coach of the year honors in 2005 and '09.


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Southside Buffet hosts second Sustainable Dinner
Southside Buffet hosts second Sustainable Dinner
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- When driving around State College and the surrounding area, you often see bumper stickers with the phrase "Buy Fresh. Buy Local." With more and more people paying attention to where their food comes from, buying from area farms and farmers markets is growing in popularity among area residents and Penn State students alike.
In September, sous chef Stephane Gawlowicz hosted his first sustainable dinner at the Southside Buffet at Redifer. It was so popular with students he ran out of food before the evening ended. With that success in mind, Gawlowicz set about planning a second sustainable dinner for the spring semester.
Gawlowicz faced some challenges planning a meal after such a long and tough winter. Many products he had easy access to during the fall semester are not available during the winter and early spring. Gawlowicz had to get creative.
"It was a bit challenging to come up with a menu," said Gawlowicz. "Our choices were limited, but this allows us to explain to our customers and staff what can be grown in Pennsylvania during the winter months. I hope it awakens their curiosity and even influences their buying habits."
For the sustainable dinner, almost all of the products came from Pennsylvania producers within 160 miles of Penn State. The meal consisted of a maple-glazed game hen served with potatoes au gratin, sautéed crimini mushrooms, crispy smoked bacon and butter lettuce greens. The vegetarian option offered a portabella cheeseburger, wild rice and parsley pesto.
Gawlowicz is already looking forward to planning another sustainable dinner for the fall semester, especially with the increased variety in foods available. "I'm definitely impatient to see everything come back to life."


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At this year's Open Hardware Summit (9/27) in NYC, the MAKE video team asked some key participants (from MakerBot, SparkFun, Evil Mad Scientist, OpenROV and others) what they thought about MakerBot closing off some of its source files. Here's some of what they had to say.
Our coverage of the new MakerBot product release and changes


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How easy is it to jump an old pickup truck? Maybe too easy, as you can see.
Maybe a little more planning would have helped this guy stay shiny side up. At least it might have given the drive some time to take the shit out of the bed, shit that can all turn into deadly projectiles flying into the cab in a rollover as reader rok247 pointed out the other day.
Also, shout out to the ghost of Chris Farley narrating this video.
(Hat tip to gimpinainteasy!)


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Yep, it's agriculture again:
Hunter-gatherers have little or no stored food, and no concentrated food sources, like an orchard or a herd of cows: they live off the wild plants and animals they obtain each day. Therefore, there can be no kings, no class of social parasites who grow fat on food seized from others. Only in a farming population could a healthy, non-producing élite set itself above the disease-ridden masses. Skeletons from Greek tombs at Mycenae c. 1500 B. C. suggest that royals enjoyed a better diet than commoners, since the royal skeletons were two or three inches taller and had better teeth (on the average, one instead of six cavities or missing teeth). Among Chilean mummies from c. A. D. 1000, the élite were distinguished not only by ornaments and gold hair clips but also by a fourfold lower rate of bone lesions caused by disease. Similar contrasts in nutrition and health persist on a global scale today. To people in rich countries like the U. S., it sounds ridiculous to extol the virtues of hunting and gathering. But Americans are an élite, dependent on oil and minerals that must often be imported from countries with poorer health and nutrition. If one could choose between being a peasant farmer in Ethiopia or a bushman gatherer in the Kalahari, which do you think would be the better choice? Read the rest of this entry »


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Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south. It has a population of 7 million people, but with only 1,108km2 of land, making it one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
Beginning as a trading port, Hong Kong became a dependent territory of the United Kingdom in 1842, and remained so until transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Along with Macau, Hong Kong is one of the two special administrative regions under the One Country, Two Systems policy. As a result, Hong Kong is largely self-governing, it has its own currency, legal and political systems, a high degree of autonomy in all of its affairs, with the exception of foreign affairs and defence, and is considered not as part of mainland China.
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Aragon Pharma's ARN-509 Is No Near-Term Threat to Medivation
ARN-509 will absolutely be competitive with Medivation's Xtandi... in another decade.
Medivation's 8-K noted it was filing an appeal concerning a lawsuit it brought asserting ownership over a drug called ARN-509 created at UCLA – the source of the company's IP for Xtandi. A few traders seem to think ARN-509, currently in development by private little Aragon Pharmaceuticals, is a near-term competitive threat for Medivation's Xtandi.
ARN-509 just started its first Phase II trial. This trial is in earlier stage patients and is not expected to generate data until 2018. ARN-509 is a nice-looking drug based on what I've seen from the Phase I data. It isn't as spiffy as the Aragon executives make it, but no drug is as spiffy as money-seeking executives make it out to be.
That said, ARN-509 will absolutely be competitive with Xtandi… in another decade.
Aragon execs did a conference presentation earlier in 2013 where they really went after Xtandi. Aragon executives certainly have no love for Medivation's executives – after all, Medivation's lawsuit can't be making it easy for Aragon to raise money. So Aragon is motivated to beat on Xtandi. Apparently, investors attending this presentation really ate up the idea that ARN-509 will kill Xtandi, and do it quickly.
So how long before Aragon gets ARN-509 into a position to cause revenue problems for Xtandi? Not soon.
Knowing the prostate cancer space as I do, I also know Aragon's oncology advisers. These doctors will almost certainly advise Aragon to take ARN-509 into the post-chemo indication first. This presents two problems for the thesis that ARN-509 is an imminent Xtandi killer.
First, long before ARN-509 would be approved in post-chemo, Xtandi will be kicking Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) Zytiga's butt in the pre-chemo setting. Xtandi would also be a long way towards the long-term trials generating an approval in castrate-sensitive prostate cancer (CSPC, where the big money is). So even if ARN-509 is approved in the post-chemo indication in five years (which would be record speed), it will not be a competitor to Xtandi.
The second problem is what 95% of people selling Medivation due to ARN-509 don't understand. The current prostate cancer space is generally defined as pre-chemo and post-chemo. This is why both Zytiga and Xtandi could do placebo-controlled trials. ARN-509 won't have that same pathway to approval.
If Aragon wants to take ARN-509 into post-chemo, ARN-509 would either have to be tested in Xtandi/Zytiga failures or go head-to-head with one of them before the FDA will approve the drug. Either way, Aragon isn't remotely prepared to run that sort of trial.
The same situation exists in the pre-chemo space. Aragon could try and slot ARN-509 after Xtandi/Zytiga failures and before chemotherapy. Or, it could try to go head-to-head against Xtandi or Zytiga. Either way, Aragon isn't remotely prepared to run that kind of a Phase III trial.
Aragon management is shamelessly hinting they will launch their first pivotal study in the CSPC space, but this is bluster. The Phase II they just started is only 90 patients and won't read out survival data until 2018. Perhaps Aragon (or whatever pharma buys it) could jump the gun and start a CSPC trial before the full data from the Phase II reads out, but you're still talking not starting that trial until 2016. And any large Phase III trial in the CSPC space will take five to six years to mature.
ARN-509 is probably a real drug, but it's certainly not a competitive threat to Xtandi in the next five years. It's probably not a competitive threat to Xtandi this decade. So if Medivation's stock takes a dive today, it might be a good time to take a closer look at the company.
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Due to a note from reader Hadassah Lipsius, Translation and Data Entry Coordinator for JRI-Poland, I was made aware of the 66th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising and the new film which has been made in its memory entitled "Miasto Ruin" (City of Ruin). It is directed by Oscar nominated Tomasz Baginski and will have its premier on August 1, 2010 at the Warsaw Rising Museum.
The depiction of an Allied B-24 Liberator circling Warsaw and recording the ruins of it are a remarkable accomplishment utilizing modern 3D technology. The trailer is well-worth watching and learning more about the film
Watch a trailer of the film below.


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The Farmington City Council has
created a number of advisory commissions and boards comprised of members
that assist and advise the city council on a broad range of special
community matters and policy issues. The opportunity to serve on these
boards and commissions is strongly encouraged by the city council to
promote citizen participation and involvement in community affairs.
The city is accepting applications for board and commission appointments. In order to serve, you must be 18 years
old, a U.S. citizen and a resident of Farmington. Visit the apply for board and commission appointment page for information and the application form.
Current board and commission members and meeting schedules are listed below. If you have questions about the application contact Administrative Assistant Cindy Muller at 651-280-6803 or email@example.com.
City Council
Mayor Todd Larson
Councilmember Joshua Hoyt
Councilmember Terry Donnelly
Councilmember Robyn Craig
Councilmember Katie Bernhjelm
First and Third Mondays of every month at 7 p.m.
at City Hall (televised and broadcast on Cable Channel 180)
Councilmember Katie Bernhjelm
Councilmember Robyn Craig
School Board Member Jake Cordes
Geraldine Jolley
Hannah Simmons
Steve Wilson
Ryan Butterfield
Staff Liaison Adam Kienberger, 651-280-6820
Fourth Thursday, 6:30 p.m., City Hall
David McMillen
Laurie Suchanek
Brian Tennant
Ashley Crabtree
Elizabeth Koss
Staff Liaison Randy Distad, 651-280-6851
Second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m., City Hall
Planning Commission
Dirk Rotty
Phil Windschitl
John Franceschelli, III
Lydia Bjorge
Krista Tesky
Staff Liaison Tony Wippler, 651-280-6822
Second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at City Hall (televised and broadcast on Cable Channel 180)
Rambling River Center Advisory Board
Dennis Michaelis
Joan Moes
Marjorie Koski
Pennie Page
Pat Hennen
Roger Wood
Blanche Reichert
Staff Liaison Randy Distad, 651-280-6851
Second Monday of every month at 9:30 a.m., Rambling River Center
Vacant Seat
Mitchell Snobeck
William Weierke
Staff Liaison Katy Gehler, 651-280-6841
Fourth Monday of every month at
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24 November 2011
Thanksgiving and Fennel Parmesan Salad
Thanksgiving, like many holidays, is a mixed bag of emotions. Every year my huge extended family gets together in New York to celebrate and marvel at how much the little ones have grown and how many new little ones are under foot and who the heck do they all belong to anyway?? As children, this was one of the best moments of the year. Ok, we were dressed to the nines, but when the parents were busy talking, my sisters and cousins and I slipped off those two-tight new dress shoes and ran up the back stairs in stocking feet to play. Or else, we snuck into the coat room, with all its long black coats and fancy fur coats, and slipped pieces of paper, candy or other found treasures into the pockets.
In France, there's no such holiday, no time off, and so I miss all the hullabaloo of a the big family get-together. Of course, there are upsides: I don't have to worry about what to wear, or be polite to people who's faces are vaguely familiar (they look like me?) but whose names I can't for the life of me remember, and no one asks me who my grandfather is and spends twenty minutes trying to figure out how we're related.
But I also really miss my family. Now that we've grown up and are all in different places, it's hard to get to see everyone and Thanksgiving is usually when everyone manages to come together. I miss hearing the latest cousin gossip, the smell of New York at this time of year, the Broadway shows, the lights as the holiday season starts, the shop windows, and the upper class Jewish ladies in pearls.
However, even with that nostalgia, I have to admit I'm pretty lucky because here in Paris I get to have Thanksgiving with the extremely talented Camille. The food is much better than it ever was in my childhood, and I get to cook some of it! There's definitely something very Thanksgiving-y about spending the day cooking up yummy things to eat in the evening in very good company!
Of course, the traditional turkey and mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pecan pie and all that will be on the table. But it's nice to have some vegetables and I'd been meaning to test this Fennel Parmesan Salad for quite some time. I never know what to do with fennel from my CSA, but after a taste-run of this recipe, I won't hesitate to make this absolutely delicious salad again. A perfect flavor combination! It comes from the wonderful blog 30 Minute Dinner Party, which you should definitely check out if you don't already read it!
2 bulbs fennel
100g (about 3/4 cup) fresh Parmesan, shaved into thin slices
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
juice of 1 lime
sea salt
fresh ground pepper
Cut the leaves off the fennel and wash well. Peel off the leaves and slice thinly. (When you get down to the core, the leaves won't peel well but just slice the core into thin slices as well.) Put in a salad bowl with the Parmesan. In a small bowl mix together the olive oil, vinegar, lime, and salt and pepper to taste. Pour the sauce over the salad and serve!
10 comments:
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Happy Thanksgiving!
That is a lovely combination.
- 24 November, 2011 16:54
- Julie said...
Happy Thanksgiving!
The salad looks delicious and beautiful.
- 24 November, 2011 17:20
- Katharine said...
Great reminiscing! Wait, you slipped stuff in the coat pockets? Haha. Guess what? The young "prince" has (almost) grown up and applied early decision to college! Your sister met a cousin she didn't know she had and they talked excitedly about vegetarian cooking and politics. Each couldn't believe they'd been to the same Thanksgiving all their lives and never talked or even met before. I'm not sure 20 minutes would be long enough to figure out how they're related...
Your Thanksgiving dinner and the salad sound mmmm-yummy. Not so bad being in Paris :) But we did miss you and D over here. Love, Mom
- 25 November, 2011 05:06
- Ivy said...
Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving dinner. Sorry for not visiting your blog lately but after reading my post I guess you know why. The fennel salad is something I have never made and I think it must be delicious and definitely will try soon.
- 25 November, 2011 11:02
- Olivier SC said...
J'espère que la fête a été bonne pour toi, amie ! Ce menu semble formidable !
- 25 November, 2011 19:38
- Chic Homeschool Mama said...
That looks fabulous! Now I am hungry!
So happy you found me through Dine and Dish- please to "meet" you!
- 25 November, 2011 20:01
It was a delicious salad, and the rest of the meal, too! So glad we get to spend Turkey day together every year!
- 26 November, 2011 12:51
- Les Délices De Marina said...
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- 07 December, 2011 12:44
- Nicole Gamble said...
So simple and so perfect!
- 29 December, 2011 20:50
- Agrigirl said...
Hi Hopie,
Long time no see. We had some fennel on hand and I remembered this post. It turned out fantastic and was enjoyed by all. Hope to see you back blogging again.
- 12 January, 2012 14:08


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What is Hardening of the arteries?
Hardening of the arteries, also called atherosclerosis, occurs when fat, cholesterol, and other substances build up in the walls of arteries. These deposits are called plaques. Over time, these plaques can block the arteries and cause problems throughout the body.
Hardening of the arteries is a common disorder.
Hardening of the arteries often occurs with aging. As you grow older, plaque buildup narrows your arteries and makes them stiffer. These changes make it harder for blood to flow through them.
Clots may form in these narrowed arteries and block blood flow. Pieces of plaque can also break off and move to smaller blood vessels, blocking them.
These blockages starve tissues of blood and oxygen. This can result in damage or tissue death. It is a common cause of heart attack and stroke.
High blood cholesterol levels can cause hardening of the arteries at a younger age.
For many people, high cholesterol levels are due to a diet that is too high in saturated and trans fats. Other risk factors are heavy alcohol use, lack of exercise, and being overweight.
Other factors that can contribute to hardening of the arteries include:
- Diabetes
- Family history of hardening of the arteries
- High blood pressure
- Smoking
Hardening of the arteries does not cause symptoms until blood flow to part of the body becomes slowed or blocked.
If the arteries supplying the heart become narrow, blood flow can slow down or stop. This can cause chest pain (stable angina), shortness of breath, and other symptoms.
Narrowed or blocked arteries may also cause problems in the intestines, kidneys, legs, and brain.
Exams and Tests
A health care provider will perform a physical exam and listen to the heart and lungs with a stethoscope. Hardening of the arteries can create a whooshing or blowing sound ("bruit") over an artery.
The 2008 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines on screening for lipid disorders in adults recommend:
- Beginning screening at age 20 if you are at increased risk for atherosclerosis
- Getting a first screening test by age 35 in men, and age 45 in women if you are not at increased risk
Note: This guideline is being updated.
A number of imaging tests may be used to see how well blood moves through your arteries.
- Doppler tests that use ultrasound or sound waves
- Magnetic resonance arteriography (MRA) — a special type of MRI scan
- Special CT scans called CT angiography
- Arteriograms or angiography that use x-rays to see inside the arteries
Lifestyle changes will reduce your risk of hardening of the arteries. Thing you can do include:
- Quit smoking. This is the single most important change you can make to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke.
- Avoid fatty foods. Eat well-balanced meals that are low in fat and cholesterol. Include several daily servings of fruits and vegetables. Adding fish to your diet at least twice a week may be helpful. However, do not eat fried fish.
- Limit how much alcohol you drink. Recommended limits are one drink a day for women, two a day for men.
- Get regular physical activity. Exercise with moderate intensity (e.g., brisk walking) 5 days a week for 30 minutes a day if you are at a healthy weight. For weight loss, exercise for 60 – 90 minutes a day. Talk to your doctor before starting a new exercise plan, especially if you have been diagnosed with heart disease or you have ever had a heart attack.
The 2007 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines on screening for high blood pressure recommend screening for all adults:
- Every 2 years, if their blood pressure was less than 120/80 mmHg at their most recent reading
- Once a year if their blood pressure was 120 – 139/80 – 89 mmHg
Notes: This guideline is currently being updated.
If your blood pressure is high, it is important for you to lower it and keep it under control.
- Most people should keep their blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg. However, you doctor may recommend a different target depending on your age and other health conditions.
- If you have diabetes, kidney disease, or have had a stroke or heart attack, your blood pressure may need to be lower. Ask your doctor what your blood pressure should be.
Your doctor may want you to take medicine for abnormal cholesterol levels or for high blood pressure if lifestyle changes do not work. This will depend on:
- Your age
- Whether you have heart disease or other blood flow problems
- Whether you smoke or are overweight
- Whether you have diabetes or other heart disease risk factors
Your doctor may suggest taking aspirin or another medicine to help prevent blood clots from forming in your arteries. These medicines are called antiplatelet drugs. DO NOT take aspirin without first talking to your doctor.
Losing weight if you are overweight and reducing blood sugar if you have diabetes or pre-diabetes can help reduce the risk of developing atherosclerosis.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Hardening of the arteries cannot be reversed once it has occurred. However, lifestyle changes and treating high cholesterol levels can prevent or slow the process from becoming worse. This can help reduce the chances of having a heart attack and stroke as a result of atherosclerosis.
Possible Complications
In some cases, the plaque is part of a process that causes a weakening of the wall of an artery. This can lead to a bulge in an artery called an aneurysm. Aneurysms can break open (rupture). This causes bleeding that can be life threatening.
Alternative Names
Atherosclerosis; Arteriosclerosis; Plaque buildup – arteries


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