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Lady Gaga released a new track off her hotly anticipated third record, "ARTPOP," early Monday morning, featuring legendary R&B singer R. Kelly.
On Friday, the pop star announced on Twitter that she would drop "Do What U Want" and included the song's revealing image (a Polaroid of Gaga's backside in a thong). The song is a promotional single, as Mother Monster's next official single will be "Venus," and is out Oct. 27.
Over the weekend, Gaga geared up fans for the track's release by constantly tweeting reminders that the song would be available on iTunes on Monday. But she took a break from the self-promotion to go on a rant - and no, it wasn't a "POP EMERGENCY" this time.
As USA Today reports, hours before "Do What U Want" was available for download, the 27-year-old pop diva took to the social media platform to address the negative criticisms she's been slammed with over the years. In a series of tweets, where she used all caps, Gaga posted images of herself that have been plastered on tabloids.
"LADY GAGA IS FAT NOW," she wrote on Sunday, including an unflattering photograph of herself. "LADY GAGA IS A REDUCTIVE MADONNA COPY! SHE'S OVER NOW!" she said in another tweet, adding a picture of herself Photoshopped next to Madonna - the two singers have similar outfits and hairstyles.
"LADY GAGA IS A HERMAPHRODITE! LOOK AT THIS PIC OF HER D*CK," she wrote, adding the hashtag, "#DoWhatUWantWithMyBody."
Gaga went on to tweet a photo from the Westboro Baptist Church, saying "GOD HATES LADY GAGA #YouCantHaveMyHeart ill always fight for equality, got my own relationship with God." And "Applause didn't DEBUT AT #1! KATY IS BETTER THAN HER!"
Despite her outburst, "Do What U Want," which was first (partially) heard in a Best Buy commercial last week, is currently No. 1 on iTunes' single chart, beating out Justin Bieber's new track "Hold Tight" and Taylor Swift's latest cut "Sweeter Than Fiction" for the upcoming film "Once Chance."
The aggressively synth, but silken groovy "Do What U Want," is also available on Spotify and YouTube.
"ARTPOP" is out Nov. 8. Listen to "Do What U Want" below:
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How To Deal With Cars Driving Too Slow in the Highway Passing Lane [VIDEO]
Have you ever been driving along on Loop 463 or the Houston Highway and you came up on a car driving too slowly? Frustrating, isn't it? Especially if that car happens to be moseying along in the passing lane. You want to tell the driver come on, let's go! I'd like to get home before nightfall! Some of us actually have lives, dammit! I sure wish I would see the police deal with it this way.
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Fish pie with saffron mash
A great dinner party dish. This can be made ahead and frozen so there's always something ready to entertain guests
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- Freezable
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- fat35g
- saturates15g
- carbs42g
- sugars7g
- fibre6g
- protein51g
- salt1.36g
- 3 shallots, finely chopped
Related to the onion (as opposed to being a younger version of it), shallots grow in clusters at…
- 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 150ml white wine
- 142ml pot double cream
- 900g fresh haddock fillets, skinned
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- 200g bag raw, peeled prawn, preferably unfrozen
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- 800g fresh spinach (about 2 bags)
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- 200g crabmeat
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- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 red chilli, halved and deseeded
- 200ml full-fat milk
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- pinch saffron strands
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- 1¼kg potato, cut into large chunks
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- zest and juice 1 lemon
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Tip the shallots and vinegar into a saucepan and place on the heat so the vinegar evaporates quickly. Splash in the white wine and reduce until practically dry. Add cream, bring to the boil, then simmer gently until reduced by two-thirds and very thick. Leave to cool. Cut the fish into bite-size chunks and set aside with the prawns.
Tip spinach into a large colander and pour over boiling water from a kettle until all the spinach is wilted (you may need to do this more than once). Cool under the cold tap, then squeeze the spinach tightly to get rid of any excess liquid.
To make the topping, mash the saffron, garlic and chilli together using a pestle and mortar. Tip into a saucepan with the milk, bring to the boil, then remove from the heat to infuse. Bring the potatoes to the boil and simmer for 15 mins until soft. Drain, then mash well with the infused milk, olive oil, lemon juice and zest.
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. To assemble the pie, mix the fish and prawns into the cold cream until completely coated. Tip the fish into the bottom of a large gratin dish and scatter over clumps of crabmeat. Unravel the spinach and lay it over the fish, then top with the mash. Cook the pie for about 30 mins until golden and starting to brown and bubble around the edges. Serve with green veg if you like.
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Cat lovers might want to take extra caution the next time they tempt the wrath of their favorite pet feline.
A new study produced by the Mayo Clinic has found that cat bites are potentially more serious than most individuals, and medical experts, previously thought.
In fact, about 30 percent of people seeking medical treatment for a cat bite need hospitalization to treat the wound.
"Among hand surgeons, this is not really as surprising," Dr. Brian Carlsen, who led the study, told Yahoo News in a phone interview. "But there really isn't good literature out there."
The three-year study confirms what hand surgeons like Carlsen have long suspected — that most people who suffer from serious cat bites simply assume the wounds will heal on their own.
"Cat bite injuries to the hand can progress to serious infection," reads an excerpt from the study. "The treatment of such infections often requires hospitalization, intravenous antibiotic therapy, and operative treatment … these findings should increase concern for a severe infection and warrant hospitalization and urgent consultation with a hand surgeon."
In most cases, a cat bite isn't serious. Cats have smaller teeth than larger pets like dogs and rarely are able to tear the skin. However, a cat bite poses a threat almost like a needle injection. On the surface, the bite might not appear to pose a health risk, but the deep puncture wound may have left dangerous bacteria inside a person's body.
In January, Marie Joyce wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post detailing how a bite from her pet cat left her in the hospital for four days. And earlier this month, an Oregon man caught a case of bubonic plague after being bitten by a cat.
"With cats, they can insert the bacteria quite deeply," Carlsen said.
And if the bite is located on one of the hand's joints, the body's immune system is less likely to be able to flush out or attack the source of infection.
"On the hand, there are so many joints," Carlsen said. "They don't have any circulation, they are just petri dishes. The immune system doesn't have access to them."
Bottom line: Carlsen says if you've been bitten by a cat and don't see improvement in the wound in the first 24 hours, you should probably seek treatment. Beyond that, he says, caregivers also have a responsibility to do more than hand out a course of antibiotics.
For example, in the Mayo Clinic study, 21 patients did not respond to antibiotic treatment.
If a deep joint wound isn't properly treated, it may end up needing costly surgery.
"I was surprised to see how bad so many of them are," Carlsen said. "We see many cases requiring multiple surgeries. "


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Downton Abbey Withdrawal
Life will go on now that Lady Mary and Matthew have gotten together. They will go through the 20's together – can't help but hope and wonder if they will do a "Midnight in Paris" spin with the Hemingway set. And how will they they weather the rise of the Third Reich? After all, Mary's American "Grandmama" (Shirley MacLaine) is about to appear, and her name is Martha Levinson, widow of merchant Isidore. Whom will they hide in the Abbey?
But oh dear, Sunday night will feel empty without the doings of the Crawleys and their staff. What I noticed during the final episode was the way language enforced class. That is, Lady Mary and Anna could have been true friends, except that Anna addressed Mary as "My Lady." The demand to attach a formal title to every communication provides a constant reminder of who's who in the room. The address of "My Lord" and "My Lady" serve to elevate and separate the individuals from each other. Yet the tension – and the intrigue and fascination – of the series is centered on transcending those enforced class differences to reveal the humanity of the individuals as well as the extent to which relationships go beyond class.
And I am left with so many questions: What of Lady Edith's would-be beau? Will O'Brien ever confess her betrayal to Cora? Will Thomas serve Lord Robert loyally; that is, can Thomas ever reform? Will there be an heir? What part will Lady Sybil and Branson play from Ireland? How long will the Dowager Countess live? Will Bates' sentence be lifted? And did he actually murder his evil ex-wife?
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Houndstooth is one of the first suggestions I had for a Market Street Stamps background and I am SO excited that it is finally here! I created some fun refrigerator magnets to show it off.
{I love that it is a nice, small size houndstooth - perfect for creating your own embellishments.}
The background was stamped onto plain white cardstock using Grape Jelly and Lulu Lavender Memento inks.
After I stamped the background I just did a little die-cutting and added a few pearls and now we have some great new magnets for the fridge.
{Tip: Add a little removable adhesive to the back of these and they can do double duty as a card embellishment which will then turn into a fun gift for the recipient.}
Be sure to head on over to the Market Street Stamps blog to see what the other designers have created!
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In with Google+, out with Google's deal with Twitter.
What once felt a tad tacked-on, the deal with the search giant and the Twitter has been left to expire. Signed in 2009, Google's real-time search results via Twitter's firehose led to an "interest graph" that didn't grab the public quite as much as Facebook's "social graph." Plus, Microsoft's Bing had a similar deal with SF's Twitter -- so the deal bought Google some time as it developed its own social network.
Google added this, from Search Engine Land:
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"Since October of 2009, we have had an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results through a special feed, and that agreement expired July 2. While we will not have access to this special feed from Twitter, information on Twitter that's publicly available to our crawlers will still be searchable and discoverable on Google."
Not seen as integral to its net experience, Google let the deal expire without renewal. As a result, and as of Tuesday morning, Real Time Search is defunct -- complete with a hard 404.
RTS will return, Google says, with Google+ information, as well as other third-party sources.


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Massasoit măs˝əsoi´ĭt, măs´əsoit˝ [key], c.1580–1661, chief of the Wampanoag . He was also known as Ousamequin (spelled in various ways). One of the most powerful native rulers of New England, he went to Plymouth in 1621 and signed a treaty with the Pilgrims, which he faithfully, if warily, observed until his death. He befriended Roger Williams and was a friend of Edward Winslow. In 1632 he fought his enemy, Canonicus, ruler of the Narragansett. Massasoit's son, Metacomet, became famous as King Philip (see King Philip's War ).
See biography by A. G. Weeks (1919).
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Sunday Supper: Rabbit Ragu with Potato Gnocchi Recipe
Cooking projects for people who'd like nothing more than to spend a sunday afternoon surrounded by the wonderful aromas of the kitchen.
Editor's note: Each Saturday afternoon we bring you a Sunday Supper recipe. Why on Saturday? So you have time to shop and prepare for tomorrow.
There's something about rabbit—richer than chicken and more subtle than pork, it has a flavor that's unique. This simple ragu has uncomplicated ingredients that let the rabbit's flavor come through. Depending on how rustic you want the final product, you can either add the shredded rabbit back to the sauce as-is, or chop it finely for a more refined final dish. There are a lot of small bones in rabbit, so make sure to locate all of them during the shredding process.
When baking the potatoes for the gnocchi, err on the side of over-baked. And if you're lucky enough to have a ricer or food mill, feel free to run the potatoes through either one of those instead of the large holes of a box grater. Serve with steamed asparagus dressed with aged balsamic and nice olive oil, and a glass of red wine.
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- Active time: 2 hours
- Total time:2 hours
- 1 2 - 2 1/2 pound rabbit, cut into 6 pieces
- olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, grated on the large side of a box grater
- 1 rib of celery, finely chopped
- 1 large clove of garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 28 ounce can whole stewed tomatoes
- 1/2 cup red wine
- salt and pepper
- Gnocchi
- 2 large baking potatoes (about 2 pounds)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 1/2 - 1 cup flour
Preheat oven to 425°. Wash potatoes and pierce all over with a fork. Bake in oven until soft, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Reduce oven temperature to 325°.
Season rabbit pieces with salt and pepper. Heat a large braising dish with a lid over medium high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Sear rabbit pieces until brown on all sides, about 6 minutes. Remove from pan and reserve. Add another drizzle of olive oil and add onion, stirring to loosen bits from bottom on pan. Cook until soft and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add carrot, celery and garlic and cook until fragrant.
Pour chicken stock, then can of tomatoes over vegetables. Add rabbit pieces and half cup of red wine. Cover with lid and place in oven until rabbit is fully cooked, about an hour.
Once potato is cool enough to handle, split in half and remove flesh. Run potato flesh through the large holes of a box grater; there should be about 2 cups. Make a mound with grated potato with a well in the center. Add the eggs, grated Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. Using a fork, begin to mix egg with potato until a wet dough is formed. Add flour, sprinkling 1/4 cup at a time, to make a soft dough. Depending on how moist your potatoes were, the amount of flour you need will vary (here's a gnocchi tutorial).
Once dough is formed, divide into 8 even pieces and roll into a log about 1/2 inch thick. Cut log into 1/2 inch pieces and, using the back of a fork, form gnocchi. When ragu is ready, boil gnocchi in salted water until they float, about 3 minutes.
When rabbit is cooked, remove from sauce, and reserve until cool enough to handle. Place sauce back on stove over medium high heat and reduce until thickened, about 18 minutes.
Once rabbit is cool enough to handle, carefully remove meat from bones. Either shred by hand, or finely chop, depending on preference. Add shredded/chopped meat back to sauce and continue to simmer until meat is warm and incorporated back into sauce. Serve over gnocchi.
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Bear Grylls Compact Fixed Blade - Black
Surviving the unexpected is about being prepared, and the Bear Grylls Compact Fixed Blade exceeds the standard. Few people know more about survival than Bear Grylls, ex-British Special Forces officer, experienced mountaineer and respected survival trainer. Taking advantage of Gerber's decades of experience and Bear Grylls' adventure knowledge, the agile Compact Fixed Blade gives you the ability to engage with your surroundings in perpetual survival mode.
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San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed will not be sitting down with Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to discuss the Oakland A's pursuit of a San Jose ballpark.
The San Jose Mercury News reports Selig has rebuffed Reed's April 2 request for a personal meeting. The commissioner says the mayor should instead talk to Robert Starkey, a sports consultant who worked with MLB on stadium issues for the Minnesota Twins.
Selig added in his response that Reed's reference to "additional litigation'' over the proposed A's move was not productive.
Reed said of Selig's response, "Of course I'm frustrated. I've learned to be patient. I'm going to ask for a meeting with the committee, if the committee has a role to play."
Selig assigned a special committee four years ago to study the proposed A's move to San Jose. The San Francisco Giants have objected on grounds they relied on territorial rights to the San Jose area when they built AT&T Park.
Reed told BCN he thinks the Giants want the A's to move out of the Bay Area all together so that the Giants can have the region to themselves.
"This is as if McDonald's tried to drive Burger King out of the market," he said. "Nobody can do that. It's unfair. But that's what the Giants are doing."
Reed mentioned that the Giants don't care where the A's end up -- "Las Vegas, Mexico City. It would not matter where they move, to them."
Wolff has been trying to leave Oakland for years. He attempted to move the team to Fremont and is now convinced that San Jose is the only viable place in the Bay Area to relocate, Reed said.
The only way for MLB to override the Giants' objections to the proposed A's move would be if three-quarters of baseball team owners favor it at a formal meeting, "but the commissioner sets the agenda for the owners, and he has declined."
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Of interest to us is general and specific genealogical information about our French-Canadian (QUÉBEC in particular) and Franco-American ancestors. I hope to post pertinent info here on a regular basis as my research progresses. Details concerning genetic anomalies and hereditary diseases found among French-Canadians and their descendants would be welcome. Your input, corrections and comments are most welcome.


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Rev. Dr. Carroll Richards to speak at Kinzie/King
Breakfast at Lincoln College
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[January 14, 2014]
Tickets are now available for
the sixth annual Joyce Kinzie/Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast. The
event will be on Monday in the Davidson-Sheffer Gymnasium on the
Lincoln College campus in Lincoln. The doors will open at 7 a.m. and
the program will begin at 7:30 a.m.
event features a buffet breakfast, entertainment by the Second
Baptist Church Youth Choir and the Lincoln College Chamber Choir,
remarks by this year's MLK Scholarship recipient Edraniel Tookes,
and a guest speaker, the Rev. Dr. Carroll Richards.
Richards, retired pastor of Lincoln's First Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, was a student at Memphis Theological Seminary
when the sanitation workers strike brought Martin Luther King Jr. to
Memphis, Tenn., in 1968. Richards took part in several
demonstrations and marches, including one led by King himself and
the one led by Coretta Scott King on April 8, the Monday after King
was assassinated.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Minority Student Scholarship was
co-founded in 2009 by the Rev. Glenn Shelton and Lincoln
businesswoman Joyce Kinzie, who initially hosted the breakfast as a
fundraiser. Kinzie died in 2010, but the annual breakfast has
continued, honoring Kinzie and furthering her dream of helping
minority students in Logan County. Since her death, the fund has
grown and is now an endowed scholarship that can be awarded to
multiple students each year.
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"Members of this community have been so very generous with helping
fund this scholarship," said Debbie Ackerman, Lincoln College's vice
president for institutional advancement. "Their investment in
educating students from Logan County is making it possible for the
recipients to attend Lincoln College and earn their degrees. The
gift of education provides dividends for a lifetime, and we are
deeply grateful to the many donors and sponsors that make this
scholarship possible."
Tickets for the breakfast are $10. To make reservations, call
Cynthia Kelley at 217-732-3155, ext. 219. The reserved tickets can
be picked up at the door the morning of the event. Tickets for the
breakfast are also available from First Presbyterian Church,
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Love this. Ben & Jerry's have just launched a new social campaign highlighting the importance of World Fair Trade Day. Called "Fair Tweets", the campaign leverages your unused twitter characters as messages, hash tags and links to help promote World Fair Trade Day… And depending on how many characters you have spare in each tweet, the Ben & Jerry's Fair Tweets app automatically generates a relevant message to fill that space, and is then posted with each of your tweets!
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Shutdown may have deepened Americans' appreciation of government institutions.
In the latest in what has become a seemingly endless litany of reports about plummeting trust in government, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press reports today that its latest study, conducted just before the shutdown ended, shows that only 19 percent of Americans trust the government in Washington to do what is right just about always or most of the time. That's a seven-point drop since January.
Almost a third of people say they are downright angry at their government, and 55 percent characterize themselves as frustrated. (One has to admire the Zen-like restraint of people who didn't put themselves in either of these categories over the past couple of weeks.)
Despite the overall lack of confidence in Washington, the shutdown may have taught Americans to appreciate the individual federal agencies they had to learn to live without. Pew asked people their opinions of 13 agencies, and 12 of them came away with positive ratings. (Sorry IRS, you're always the exception.)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earned a whopping 75 percent approval, and NASA and the Defense Department weren't far behind, at 73 percent and 72 percent, respectively. Lightning-rod agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration still came away with high marks from more than 60 percent of respondents.
Likewise, the shutdown may have deepened Americans' appreciation of (or at least sympathy for) federal employees. More than 60 percent of people reported they had a favorable opinion of federal workers, while only 29 percent had unfavorable views. For civil servants, that may take some of the sting out of being furloughed and told they shouldn't get back pay for sitting at home and watching Netflix.


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First posted: Monday, August 11, 2014 09:49 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, August 11, 2014 10:20 AM EDT
A British woman who convinced men she met online to play out a violent rape scenario, then sent them to her former co-worker's home, has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Joanne Berry, 30, of London, talked to men online about having them come to her house, but when the time came, she gave them the address of a former colleague who, court heard, Berry blamed for losing her job, the BBC reports .
She had developed an "irrational vendetta" against the former colleague who had done nothing wrong, Judge David Griffith-Jones said.
One of the men, identified as DH, told the court he stopped the sexual role-playing when he realized the victim wasn't Berry.
"That (the victim) was not in fact raped or seriously sexually assaulted is entirely fortuitous," Griffith-Jones said, calling Berry's actions wicked and calculating.
In a statement, the victim said she suffers panic attacks and becomes nervous when she hears a knock on the door.
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The customer is always right— except, of course, when she's dead wrong. I should know; for over twenty years I "stood behind my product," literally and figuratively, in a series of farmers' markets from Monterey to Corte Madera and I have listened to so many, many customers that I sometimes wonder if there's anything I haven't heard. During those years in the markets I made a lot of good friends that I still keep up with. And I had thousands of happy interactions with good-spirited, kind, pleasant, patient, intelligent and understanding people. It says something about my psyche that most of those positive experiences have slipped through my memory like clear water through sand, and now, five years after participating in my last farmers' market, the people that I remember are often the most problematical individuals I dealt with. We are harvesting radicchio today so one woman in particular shines out of the past like a new penny.
It was a summer morning in San Francisco at the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market at its old location down on Green Street. I saw her before she saw me, an elegant woman languidly riding a crest of self-confidence. She swanned into my vegetable stall looking like a million bucks, or rather like a trust fund, two hedge funds, three homes, and a million bucks in liquid assets. After a brief appraisal she selected two heads of Chioggia radicchio. I put the radicchios on the scale. They were big, purple, and heavy. "That will be four dollars," I said.
She plucked some bills from her purse and handed them to me. "My husband prefers coleslaw made with red cabbage," she said. "But being Italian, I prefer a shredded cabbage salad made with a Savoy cabbage. I see that you don't carry it."
"Oh, I'm sorry," I said. I wasn't surprised that she was Italian but I'd taken her for an Argentinian. She had that deeply tanned look, with blue eyes, ash blonde hair, gold accessories and a certain Latin-flavored accent to the voice that I'd encountered in upper class women from Buenos Aires.
"But these are Chioggia radicchios," I said. "Not red cabbages."
She looked me right in my mud brown eyes. Her baby blues were as cool as an alpine lake in the Val D'Aosta. "Are you going to tell this Italian housewife that she doesn't know her vegetables?" she asked.
I considered my options.
What I wanted to tell her was that Chioggia radicchio has a deep purple color, not unlike red cabbage, and that upon achieving maturity it forms a ball-shaped head, like cabbage, but that radicchio is a chicory, a member of the Compositeae, like its distant cousins the lettuces, artichokes, daisies, dandelions and sunflowers. Red cabbage, although it looks superficially similar to Chioggia radicchio is classified in the Brassicacea, and like its mustard, radish, and cress relations it will display a distinctive flower with four petals arranged in the shape of a cross when it blooms.
And I wanted to add that radicchio is much-misunderstood by us Americans, who have only recently encountered this vegetable and know it mostly as it appears torn up in pieces as a bright component of the popular ready-shreddy bagged, pre-washed salads. Most consumers here are yet unaware that in Europe this bracingly bitter green is appreciated as a cooking green to be grilled or caramelized. I wanted to share a couple of recipes with her. And I also wanted to tell her that in the 20 years that I'd been growing radicchio I'd seen the seed become more available, and that the variety of radicchio in her hand was called "Leonardo," and that it was the best, most consistent form of red-headed radicchio I'd ever grown.
She waited for me to speak.
"The customer is always right," I said.
"Now you're talking," she said, and she collected up her purchase and swept off.
So was I a money-grubbing sleazebag, or what?
In my defense, even when I argue with my own wife at home it rarely works out well for me, so I certainly don't see any percentage in arguing with someone else's wife on a sunny morning in a beautiful city, especially when "winning" means looking like a dumb peasant, losing four dollars, all the while shaming an entitled Italiana and probably losing her business forever. I'm fine with being a peasant, but I prefer to be a shrewd one. And, simply put, I needed her four dollars more than I needed to be right.
So the following weekend guess who shows up at the market? My Italiana trots her tootsie into the stall and confronts me with a hard look. "That was the worst tasting red cabbage I've ever bought," she said.
I couldn't think of a thing to say.
"But my husband said it was very nice radicchio."
"I'm delighted," I replied.
She rolled her eyes, sighed, and gave me the flash of a smile. "You're a doll," she said. Then she bagged two bunches of basil, handed me some money, and exited stage left, back astride her crest of self-confidence, riding towards her next purchase. The difficult ones are hard to forget.
© 2012 Article & Photos of Chioggia Radicchio and Red Cabbage Cornucopia by Andy Griffin.


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Mr. Speaker, I believe you will find that there is unanimous consent for the members who voted on the previous motion to be recorded as having voted on the motion now before the House, with the Liberal members voting yea.
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I've been way too busy with work, family, etc. to do much original thinking about current events, so I'm passing on interesting things I find on other blogs. In that vein, here's a short piece by John Robb of Global Guerillas discussing how the 'global depression' scenario is becoming the most likely one in his thinking/modelling.
For my part, I've been reading and watching what President Obama and his economic team are proposing to do, and it seems very similar to what the last regime did. Keeping the global money game going by sticking it to taxpayers does little to reduce the mountain of debt we are accumulating… all it does is shift the burden away from the bastards that did much to facilitate this crisis in the first place. I'm starting to believe more in the line of thinking that the US may be screwed, but the rest of the world will be screwed even more than we are. There aren't enough euros, pounds, yuan, gold, or any other financial instrument in the world to soak up all of the trillions of dollars floating around out there.
How this all will shake out is beyond me, but eventually there will have to be a global reset of one sort or another. Until that happens, it'll be Groundhog Day redux… another month or two passes, and another round of bailouts is proposed… rinse and repeat.


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Movie-ready Nikon D90 announced
It's been a week of unsurprising surprises in the DSLR world: first Canon's long-speculated EOS 50D came rolling out, and then, to the astonishment of absolutely no one who's read a tech blog in the last six months, Nikon followed suit this evening with the Nikon D90.
Basic specs for the new advanced amateur model and replacement to the long-in-the-tooth D80 turned out to be basically everything we've seen in pre-release leaks: 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, 3.0-inch LCD, 11-point AF, expanded sensitivity to ISO 6400, and live view.
All of that sounds like an excellent, logical upgrade to the D80, but what's been stealing the show for almost as long as this camera's been rumored has been the promise of video capture on a DSLR. The D90 fulfilled that promise this evening with the addition of its D-Movie mode, making it not only the first DSLR capable of capturing video, but a competent 24 fps HD-quality movie camera no less.
For those serious about video, the ability to capture high-res video using the high-quality optics and larger sensors of an SLR is an enormous technological achievement, and while the D90's movie recording options appear to be predictably limited (5 minute clip length at 1280×720/24 fps), no one's doubting that this represents the beginning of something significant.
Even putting aside movie recording capabilities, the advanced amateur D90 boasts an impressive list of upgraded specs and features. First and foremost, the new camera gets a DX-sized (Nikon speak for APS-C) 12.3 megapixel imager. Following in the footsteps of the latest Nikon full-frame cameras, CMOS – rather than CCD – technology is employed. CMOS-equipped DSLRs from Canon and (more recently) Nikon have tended to be the low-noise class leaders, and there's good reason to hope that the D90's ISO 200-3200 native sensitivity range (or, as on the D300, ISO 100-6400 with expansion options enabled) will be eminently clean and printable throughout.
What appears to be very similar to the stunning screen from the D300 and D700, with 920,000 dots in 3.0 inches and 170-degree viewing angles, also shows up on Nikon's new prosumer camera – an unquestionably impressive upgrade for a device in this class. The display is put to yet another good use with the inclusion of live view (now complete with both point-and-shoot style contrast-detection AF and face detection), now accessible via a single dedicated live view button.
The viewfinder is a bright pentaprism type, with 96 percent coverage. A 16-frame composition grid can be called up as desired.
While the D90 borrows a fair share of technology from its more advanced siblings, (sadly) not everything is a D300 hand-me-down. In particular, the D90 gets a reasonable 11-point auto focus system, rather than the pro-standard 51-point variant from some of Nikon's more advanced cameras. The 11-point variant, however, does include Nikon's predictive AF system for tracking moving subjects.
Continuous shooting speed is advertised at a respectable 4.5 fps for full-res JPEGs, and the D90 gets some other EXPEED processing niceties including automatic D-Lighting highlight/shadow balancing as well.
Speaking of automatic, Nikon heavily touts the new model's Scene Recognition System, inherited from the D3/D300, which is capable of actively analyzing pre-shot conditions and determining the appropriate focus mode for AF tracking, the correct settings for highlight control, and even optimal white balance for a given light source.
Like Nikon's more advanced DSLRs, the D90 is ready for on-the-go image geotagging with built-in GPS connectivity. Likewise, the D90 joins the D60 as Nikon's second camera to earn "Eye-Fi Connected" status: according to information from wireless SD card manufacturer Eye-Fi, the D90 offers advanced Wi-Fi setup and function controls when used in conjunction with an Eye-Fi card – making the collaborative setup one of the most comprehensive wireless image transfer solutions around.
In analyzing possible D90 specs prior to the official release, many commentators have observed that the new camera in the form that it actually came to us in is, in many ways, very much a "D300 Junior." That's great news for Nikon fans looking to maximize the amount of camera for their money, and with many of the key specs that make the semi-pro D300 so good – including its excellent sensor, EXPEED processing, 3D Matrix metering, and exceptional LCD – the D90 may well qualify as the closest thing we've seen yet to a "budget supercam."
Of course, this judgment largely depends on whether or not your definition of "budget" extends to anything costing just under $1,300 – the D90's suggested price (in kit form with Nikon's new 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR lens) when it hits stores next month. A body-only version should also be available, with a suggested price of $995.99.
Nikon D90 Specifications:
|12.3 megapixel DX format (23.6×15.8mm) CMOS
|Nikon F mount
|3.0″, 920K-dot TFT LCD with live view; pentaprism optical viewfinder with diopter adjustment (96 percent field of view)
|ISO 200-3200 (boosted: ISO 100-6400)
|Shutter Speed
|30-1/4000 seconds
|Shooting Modes
|Auto, Advanced Scene, Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, D-Movie
|Scene Presets
|Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Night Portrait
|White Balance Settings
|Auto (TTL white-balance with main image sensor and 420-pixel RGB sensor); 12 manual modes with fine-tuning; color temperature setting; preset manual white balance
|Metering Modes
|3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-Weighted, Spot
|Focus Modes
|Single-Servo AF, Continuous-Servo AF, Auto-Servo AF, Manual (Predictive focus tracking automatically activated according to subject status in Single- and Continuous-Servo)
|Drive Modes
|Single, Continuous Low, Continuous High, Self-Timer, Delayed Remote, Quick-Response
|Flash Modes
|Normal, Red-Eye Reduction, Red-Eye Reduction with Slow Sync, Slow Sync, Rear-Curtain Sync
|Self Timer Settings
|2, 5, 10, or 20 seconds; Off
|Memory Formats
|Internal Memory
|File Formats
|Max. Image Size
|Max. Video Size
|1280×720, 24 fps
|Zoom During Video
|Rechargeable lithium-ion, 850 shots
|USB 2.0, HDMI, A/V out
|Additional Features
|EXPEED image processing, 3D Color Matrix Metering II, 11-point AF system, Picture Control Style, D-Movie video recording, sensor cleaning system, live view with face detection, Scene Recognition System


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Posted by TellyGeek on December 19, 2012
Here we go again: The Demonization of an Executive Producer
So the big news thus far this week in Sci-Fi is that Steven Moffat deleted his twitter account. Most the coverage I have read so far point to the reason being crazed fans were driving him nuts, or as more colorfully put, him being attacked by the whovian social militia! However you put it it's pretty clear that someone was upsetting him since one of his last tweets was:
"Forgive my ignorance – is there a way to limit who can follow you and tweet you?"
I don't doubt it one bit that he was bullied on twitter by those whovians or should I say "ruintheshowvians" – you know who I mean, that same group that latches on to the predecessor as if he/she were Moses and refuses to accept change in ranks and the new ideas that change brings, be it casting, story-line, or even marketing.
This isn't the first time that the "ruintheshowvians" have wielded their sword of onewayism against the evil that (in their pov) is the downfall of the program's future, aka The New Executive Producer (not to be confused with the Former Executive Producer aka…… Mr Perfect).
Case in point, John Nathan-Turner who was also constantly second guessed on his casting choices, story-lines, etc. There are in fact quite a lot of similarities between what's happening now to Steven Moffat and what occurred back in 1980s to John Nathan-Turner. It's like a pattern with fans. After the end of Phillip Hinchcliffe's successful run as executive producer (During the Tom Baker era) those darn "ruintheshowvians" complained about every change that Graham Williams and/or John Nathan-Turner made. JN-T as he was called was actually instrumental in the promoting the show in the states which added to the large growth in the show's fan base in the US via the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Not to mention he hired my favourite doctor. Sylvester McCoy.
So now we have the Russel T Davies fans (Just like the Hinchcliffe fans from decades before) complaining and questioning every choice Steven Moffatt makes.
I may be stating a point of view in this paragraph that people may not like reading BUT it always astounds me how fans who just started watching the show in 2005 can be so opinionated. In fact the negativity on the flip side of calling oneself a "fan" is a bit ironic. Being a Whovian isn't a license to back seat writing. I don't blame Steven for leaving twitter at all. Here he is writing a show he's loved all his life for fans who complain, compare and confront him @ every turn.
Isn't Doctor Who about a hero who changes often but keeps the same goal (helping those in need)? Couldn't that be applied to each and every executive producer, they come in new with ideas, make changes (i.e. shake things up) while also caring a great deal for this iconic television program.
In conclusion, Letts, Hinchcliffe, Graham, JN-T, RTD and Moffat all have contributed something toward the making of the events that shaped almost 50 years of history. My advice, stop bitching and be happy for the shows success. I personally wouldn't change a thing.
!!! Support not Demonize !!!
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Blazers Edge, Portland Roundball Society and Rip City Project are all sites that I suggest reading for Blazers opinion.
As Matt Kawahara of the Bee notes in his 5 keys for tonight's game, who defends Gerald Wallace and effectively? If Salmons cannot, and Salmons is a terrible matchup for G-Dub, than I might suggest putting Tyler Honeycutt on Wallace, green NBA status not withstanding, to see how Honeycutt could fare. I doubt Donte Greene will keep Gerald from getting where he wants to go, and I'm definitely not convinced that Tyreke Evans can slow G-Dub down.
Jason Jones has an important piece on Tyreke Evans/DeMarcus Cousins being leaders for the Kings long term in today's Bee paper edition.
"The game has to speak for itself, first because I don't believe in all that talking," the coach said.
This is what stuck out to me. Everything else in the piece is what you'd expect for a puff piece about the two young players that matter more than anyone or anything else to the franchise (including cash poor assclown ownership and a mostly interested in self preservation head of basketball operations). But this quote stuck by Smarty out to me about exactly what Marcus Thornton does that is valuable:
"He's young, but he's a veteran," Smart said of Thornton. "Even having only a couple years under his belt, he still has the savvy of an NBA-aggressive player. And you've missed that on the floor because you need it in some crunch-time situations. He can make a play out of a dead play."
This is something Thornton does ridiculously well. Evans and Cousins routinely go 1 on 1, but do not get the quality of shots that Thornton does when possessions break down. Not every broken down possession results in quality shots (it is why they are broken down possessions) but when you can get a good shot in those situations and make something work is a sign of someone who understands what's going on. Sure Marcus Thornton is a gunner in the Vinnie Johnson mold no doubt, but that doesn't mean Thornton isn't valuable in what he provides.
Stathead Final Thoughts
There are 3 players on the roster with an ORtg of higher than 102.8 which is the current league average. One is Tyler Honeycutt who has played all of 8 minutes so far on the season.
One is Isaiah Thomas who is at 105 ORtg individually. The other is Jason Thompson at 113 ORtg (his DRtg is 110–which is the only positive ORtg to DRtg differential on the Kings right now–of players getting consistent minutes that is) and this says a lot. Marcus Thornton and Tyreke Evans are both near the 102.8 mark at 101 ORtg each, and DeMarcus Cousins is at 99. Francisco Garcia and Chuck Hayes are at 98 ORtg, and Jimmer Fredette has a 96 ORtg right now. All these numbers, not to mention the defensive numbers, have the possibility in moving the appropriate direction for each metric respectively. Right now the Kings have a margin of victory at -11.3 points per game.
Sacramento's eFG% offensively is still dead last at 43.5% (which is .8% points behind Charlotte who is 29th), but that gap is actually narrowing as the Kings are having significantly better shot attempts recently from a variety of sources. The league avg for eFG% is 48.2% this season so it gives you an idea of how bad the Kings are doing in this department. But it gets worse.
Defensively the Kings are giving up 50.3% eFG% (good for 26th) right now which is 2.1% higher than the league avg of, you guessed it, 48.2%. It's not stunning the Kings are actually worse off offensively with so little offense coming from offensive sources. What is amazing is that the Kings actually may end up 20th in eFG% defensively by the middle of the season, and could improve from there by the end of the year. The problem, as you may realize, is that the Kings are also dead last in DRB% right now.
You can check all this out on the NBA page at Basketball-Reference.com. The good news is that this team has been fouling less than they did a year ago. The bad news, is that is reflected in the high eFG% given up on a nightly basis. If the Kings can continue to foul less while decreasing their eFG% given up, this has the potential for a league average defensive unit THIS SEASON.
Final Thoughts.
Oh I don't have any. Other than to say I hate the NBA system of NBATV/blacking out games that I should be able to see on Broadband. When you make it more attractive to go out and find an illegal stream, you know you got problems. NBATV is a difficult channel to get because A) it's a premium channel and B) it's treated by the NBA as a widespread channel such as ESPN or TNT. I get why the NBA blacks ESPN/TNT games out; it makes a lot of sense. But blacking out NBATV games (and games like Portland for someone in the Seattle market like myself) is what hurts the NBA's staying power with casual fans. You make it this difficult on a basketball junkie with limited resources, what's going to happen for fans in other locales?
The NBA has tried long and hard to push NBATV as a national TV alternative. I doubt the NBATV channel has seen an uptick in viewership over the long haul. (I could be wrong.) The same people that had it 3 years ago have it now. The same people that do not have it do not have it. The NBA needs to stop pretending that long term emphasis will be on a premium channel that is ridiculously expensive to purchase from Comcast and/or DirecTV. The NBA definitely needs to stop screwing over fans who buy broadband (like me) from watching NBATV and/or Portland games (in my case) when it's unnecessary and not available in the broader overall cable package. I wouldn't mind being blacked out from Portland if it was available on basic cable. I get that. But being blacked out of a game that I literally have to go to a sports bar to watch or find an illegal stream is especially irritating, and seems like an unnecessary way to do business.
Then again, I've never presided over a business that has made near 4 billion dollars in a season either.
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Several years ago when I first got interested in genealogy, my Dad's 2 grandmothers spurred my imagination. I had always heard tales of his "Cherokee Gramma" and his "Jewish Gramma". "Cherokee Gramma" was responsible for our Native American heritage, and my Dad, then my brothers and I are Jewish because of "Jewish Gramma".
Over the years, I have tried to "prove" those Cherokee and Jewish roots, with varying success.
I have yet to find any actual, factual connection of "Jewish Gramma" Ruth Carroll Carr to Judaism. No family Bibles or synagogue records, nothing. But a person can be Jewish without belonging to a synagogue or speaking Hebrew. It can be a state of the heart.
As for "Cherokee Gramma" Dovie C McBurnett, I have found an indirect link, of sorts, to a Native American heritage. She and my great grandfather William Earl Hall were married in Cherokee Territory (now Oklahoma) in 1906 and their marriage is recorded in the Chickasaw Nation Marriages Index book located in the Ardmore, Ok courthouse. Does that make Dovie and/or William of Native American descent? Not necessarily. More research is definitely needed. William, however, is one of my brick walls. He is said to have died in some type of railroad accident sometime between 22 Jan 1906 (their marriage) and July 1913 (the date of Dovie's marriage to Hubby #2 Ollie Stanley). The marriage certificate and a 1910 census entry are the only documentation I have of the existence of William Earl Hall. No death certificate, no headstone, nothing.
Dovie evidently believed herself to be a Native American. According to my Dad, she frequently dressed in Indian garb and her house was decorated in that fashion.
Dovie's life after William Earl Hall was not dull, however. My Dad has told me that Dovie had several husbands. Well, so far, I have counted at least 6. Technically 7, as she may have married one man twice!
I have spent a lot of time documenting these men. For some, I have found quite a bit of data, for others, barely a name.
But Husband No 6/7 has always been a mystery. Dovie's last name on her death certificate and her headstone is Copeland. In fact her given name has morphed over the years from Dovie C to Ruby Dovie, but that is for another post…
But who was Copeland? Without a first name, date of marriage, date of death or headstone, he has been an enigma.
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Teagarden hits slam in Mets debut, a 6-2 win over Brewers
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Teagarden hit a grand slam in his Mets debut, Daniel Murphy had a two-run shot and New York beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2 Tuesday night to snap a six-game skid.
Called up from Triple-A Las Vegas on Sunday to replace demoted catcher Travis d'Arnaud, Teagarden connected for his second career slam after Marco Estrada walked the bases loaded. The 30-year-old Teagarden had struck out in his first two at-bats.
Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-0) pitched six effective innings and Murphy homered off Estrada in the third. Before the game, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said manager Terry Collins' job is secure after the team returned from a 4-7 road trip a season-worst seven games under .500.


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Welcome to Doerr Animal Clinic
Louisville, KY Veterinary Clinic for Superior Pet Care
Dr. Pat Turns and associate Dr. Rachel Cohn invite you to call or stop by Doerr Animal Clinic to meet the doctors and find out more about the preventive, wellness checks, emergency, and boarding services we provide for Louisville, KY pets and their owners.
Doerr Animal Clinic is a full service animal hospital staffed by dedicated veterinarians and technicians offering compassionate health and wellness services for your pet. Acclaimed for providing the highest standards of care for all animals, we believe in giving your pet the same kind of quality, detailed attention you receive from your family physician. In addition, we use only state-of-the-art equipment to evaluate and treat your pet's health problems.
Our Louisville, KY veterinary clinic also takes pride in communicating with pet owners who are worried about their furry best friend. We are always happy to answer your questions about your pet's health and will take the time to discuss treatment options available when troublesome health problems affect your pet.
About Our Clinic
Veterinarian Dr. Doerr established the Doerr Animal Clinic in 1969, ultimately selling the clinic to Dr. Turns in 2008. The enduring philosophy of our veterinary clinic continues to focus on making your pet's well-being our top priority by remaining current on the latest animal treatments and medications and emphasizing diagnostic and preventive care. We further believe that modern technology and knowledge provide excellent support for the many therapeutic services we offer our animal patients.
Our most recent addition of equipment is a therapy laser that provides post-surgical healing and pain relief.
Our Louisville, KY veterinary clinic maintains a comprehensive list of veterinary services. Our clinic provides ultrasound, digital radiology, therapeutic laser and x-ray services using the latest technology available to diagnose and treat your pet. Other services include spays, neuters, routine and emergency surgeries, boarding, dental care and wellness exams. We also strongly urge you to make an appointment with us today if you have not had your pet properly vaccinated. As a reward for ensuring your pet is up-to-date with his vaccinations, you'll enjoy many years of unconditional love and companionship with your pet.
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If your pet hasn't seen a veterinarian in a while, why not make an appointment with us for a wellness check? We would not only love to get to know you and your pet (or pets) but would also like to help make sure your pet enjoys a healthy, active life for as long as possible. In addition, wellness checks can tell you if your pet is suffering any undetected medical problems that require further treatment. You'll also have peace of mind knowing your pet is in good health.
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Whether your pet needs emergency services or an annual/semiannual check-up, our veterinarians at Doerr Animal Clinic in Louisville welcome you and your best friend to visit our clinic and enjoy the friendly, animal-loving atmosphere we provide to make trips to the vet as stress-free and comfortable for you and your pet as possible.
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In London they… have a 'tap out'
Which is a night where there are throwin games and a 'XXX vs the universe'
Rules of 'vs the universe'
Teams – The person who leaves vs everyone (universe)
The person who is leaving has a mallet, opponents don't.
If you foot down and you are the person who is leaving you tap out at the centre, if you are one of the 'universe' you are now out of the game and have to leave the court.
Scoring if you are leaving, normal polo rules apply (no shuffling) if you are one of the universe you can score using your bike.
The first to 1 is the winner.
History… Originally coined due to Malice Nternationals Nick 'tap out' – who never used to tap out. He left for Canada in the winter of 08.
So previous tap outs and games of 'vs the universe'
Nick… he got his very own engraved polo spocket as a goodbye pressie too
I believe we won 0-1
Andy… 1-0 to Andy (he didnt leave unfortunately just a birthday tap out)
Alocketts TAP OUT from RC on Vimeo.
MAX…and Agata 1-0 to M&A
No photos exist of this day
Braley…literally last weekend at the BBQ Armageddon 0-1
currently sitting at a draw…
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Jeremy Lin is leaving New York and taking Linsanity to Houston.
Jonathan Supranowitz, vice president of communications for the Knicks, confirmed to NBC 4 New York Tuesday the team will not match the three-year, $25.1 million offer that the Rockets extended to Lin as a restricted free agent.
This means that Lin is gone without any compensation less than a month after celebrating an arbitrator's decision that made it easier for him to be re-signed.
The Rockets made it tough for the Knicks to sign off on keeping him by backloading their offer sheet with a $15 million salary in the third season. If the Knicks agreed to that deal, they would've faced a hefty luxury tax in 2014-15 because of other big contracts on their books — between $30 and 40 million.
Lin now returns to Houston, where he spent about two weeks in December during training camp. The Rockets liked what they saw in the undrafted point guard, but had to waive him because they had Kyle Lowry and Goran Dragic on the roster.
The decision has already been met with howls on Twitter: Knicks fans are not buying the idea that having to pay a $14.8 million salary in Lin's third year is any reason to jettison one of the most exciting things to happen to the Knicks in the four decades since their last championship. The Knicks point guards will now be Raymond Felton, Jason Kidd and Pablo Prigioni next season, a group that doesn't quite make up in talent what they lack in the ability to become a global phenomenon.
It's fair that they would feel upset about Lin going back to Houston to increase that third year, but adults can get past such things and make decisions without worrying too much about their feelings getting hurt. The Knicks won't say that's the reason they made the choice, but they don't need to, since any attempt to spin it as a financial decision dies thanks to the two third-year options mentioned above.
And that's all assuming you actually need to rid yourself of Lin at this point in time. We don't know -- and can't know -- what kind of player he will be when those decisions need to be made. But we do know that it is a risk the Knicks can afford financially.
The Knicks gave Lin his first shot, picking him up after the Rockets waived him. He was briefly demoted to the developmental league, recalled and finally got his chance when coach Mike D'Antoni put him in with the Knicks floundering at 8-15. Lin scored a career-high 25 points in a 99-92 win over New Jersey Nets and "Linsanity" was born.
Lin had slept on teammate Landry Fields' couch the night before, still refusing to get his own place as he headed into that week, knowing the Knicks would have to decide whether to cut him or guarantee his contract for the rest of the season.
But Lin proved more than just an overnight sensation — he had 28 and 23 points in his first two NBA starts, and then scored a career-high 38 in a 92-85 victory over Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
The stock price for Madison Square Garden Inc. surged on the production and popularity of the team's international star. Lin also made the Sports Illustrated cover in consecutive weeks, only the 12th athlete to hold that distinction since 1990. On Tuesday, Lin had more than 829,000 followers on Twitter.
But, hey, there's a bright side. The Knicks can use all that money they're saving on luxury tax to make sure that Kidd has a car and driver with him at all times.
Seriously, though, the only bright side is that the Knicks are just as close to winning a championship right now as they would be with Lin in the lineup. As long as you ignore the fact that the answer in both cases is not very close at all, that's a positive spin to put on things.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City. You can follow him on Twitter and he is also a contributor to Pro Football Talk.
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Talk about a warm up for the Oscars.
Hollywood's biggest stars came out tonight for Tom Ford's autumn/winter 2015 womenswear show. It marked the first time the designer staged a show in Los Angeles.
The guest list included Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, first-time Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris, Elton John, Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello, Tracee Ellis Ross, Josh Duhamel and Fergie.
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Also taking in the fashion show were Rita Ora, Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, James Corden, Naomi Campbell, Tyler Perry, Scarlet Johansson, John Legend, Anjelica Houston, Armie Hammer, Elizabeth Olsen, Nicole Richie, Dylan Penn, Olivia Munn, Aaron Rodgers, "Fifty Shades of Grey" director Sam Taylor-Johnson, Aaron Johnson, Molly Sims and Faith Hill.
Even Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour made a rare visit to Hollywood for the star-studded extravaganza.
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Paltrow said she and Ford have been longtime friends — so much so that he introduced her brother to his wife.
"He's amazing," the Oscar winner gushed from her front row seat. "He understands what it means to dress a woman with power, beauty and sexiness."
Cyrus, who had boyfriend Patrick Schwarzenegger with her, wore a black lace high neck sheer gown from Ford's 2011 autumn/winter collection.
"It takes a lot to get me to want to be dressed up and go out when I'm in L.A.," the singer said. "In L.A., there aren't many fashion shows because people are very laid back here but I do it for him. He cares about the way women feel in his clothes."
Ryan Murphy gave the show an enthusiastic review.
Walking out of Milk studios, he simply said, "I want all of it."
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New Vegan Hair Care Line: Jonathan Product
This is a special guest post by By Susan Cava.
Imagine my surprise when I stumbled across a product that was clearly marked "100% Vegan" in big, proud letters at a discount store? The product was Jonathan Product Hydrating Conditioner. I immediately ran to Ulta beauty store and got the matching Hydrating Shampoo. As someone who colors my hair at Aveda, I always go for the hydrating hair care lines that keep my hair nourished while in the sun, so I was excited to try Jonathan Product!
Jonathan Product (which has super stylish packaging), ain't yo' mama's oatmeal & tea tree vegan shampoo. It's actually a fave amongst celebs (who knew?), and it's been featured in magazines like Vogue and Allure. This line, BTW, was created by Jonathan Antin of "Blow Out" reality TV fame. 🙂 I quickly realized why celebrities love these products—they smell clean and fragrant but in an understated way. The consistency of the products is ironically like a smooth milk (almond milk). 😉 It's weightless but totally does the trick. The shampoo is mega hydrating and the conditioner detangled my full head of fine hairs (which easily tend to knot).
These products are available online through their eponymous site or through other major online stores and range from $14-22. You can find them in person or online here.
Jonathan Product is like an exclusive stylish club that us vegans finally get to be a part of—luxury and kindness. They have all types of products ranging from volume, anti-frizz, and color care.
I leave you with this quote from their site: "100% vegan is our adherence to the belief that no animal or animal by-products were conscientiously used in our products. Hence, no animal has been harmed or exploited. By inference, the Earth and all its inhabitants are benefited. In addition, we also make our vendors comply with this philosophy."
About Guest Blogger (Guest Blogger's Profile)Love writing and trying out new vegan beauty products? Come write for Vegan Beauty Review! All we ask is that the products you review be vegan (i.e. no animal products). Interested? Drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com
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I went to the site to look at the ingredients and I noticed that they do not have complete ingredient listings as far as I could find. Do you have access to that information? I always find it a big sketchy when a company makes you work to find out what they are using in a product. AND….. I could just totally be geeking out and missing some section of their site! I simply went to individual products, clicked details and then the tab for ingredients. Seems like they are only highlighting a few ingredients rather than disclosing the complete contents in quantity order. Any help would be great as I'm looking for completely natural, clean hair products!
Agreed AL, the shampoos/conditioners are amazing. Shame about the DIRT. Hopefully they'll switch since their philosophy is awesome. =)
i wish they'd change the formula since it's only that one product that isn't vegan. i've tried a few jonathan items, including the silky dirt, and they are really good:)
Hi there, the dirt does have lanolin, you are right. That's why this entry only focused on the shampoos which are totally vegan.
Dirt contains lanolin…or at least it used to. The one in the jar, not the Silky Dirt.
I love the Jonathan Product line and use it when cutting friend's hair at my apartment. Cheers, ML


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Clients can now execute trades, check balances, move money, and follow the market on their iPad
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expanding its suite of integrated banking and brokerage mobile services for investors, Charles Schwab today announced that a new Schwab app for the iPad is now available for download. iPad users will now be able to transfer funds between Schwab Bank and brokerage accounts, manage their trades and keep up with market information with automatically updating quotes and the latest financial news through their Schwab app.
"The demand for our anytime, anywhere banking and investing approach continues to grow—our mobile customer base has more than doubled since we launched the iPhone app a year ago and today over half a million clients are using Schwab's mobile apps. The new iPad app gives investors another way to interact with their finances and take advantage of the iPad's unique features, including larger charts that allow for more detail and interactivity and the ability to display summary and detailed information all at the same time," said Diane Russell, Charles Schwab senior vice president of platform services.
Using Schwab's app for iPad, clients will be able to execute trades in their brokerage accounts, view up to 24 months of brokerage or Schwab Bank transaction history, obtain full-page quotes with charts, find the nearest branch with the Schwab Branch Locator and stay on top of the latest news on their investments. Schwab clients will also be able to check the balance of Schwab-administered 401(k)s, stock option plans and Schwab 529 College Savings Plans. This new app complements Schwab's existing OnInvesting iPad app, an interactive personal finance magazine available to any iPad user.
Schwab plans to add a number of new updates to their mobile apps in early 2012, including Schwab Bank Bill PayTM.
"Our approach to mobile is to benefit as many of our clients as possible in a way that's complementary to how our clients already engage with us, whether that's by phone, online or in person," said Russell.
For more information, visit www.schwab.com/mobile.
About Charles Schwab
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) is a leading provider of financial services, with more than 300 offices and 8.5 million client brokerage accounts, 1.5 million corporate retirement plan participants, 777,000 banking accounts, and $1.67 trillion in client assets as of Nov. 30, 2011. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC, www.sipc.org), and affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through its Advisor Services division. Independent investment advisors are not owned, affiliated with or supervised by Schwab. Its banking subsidiary, Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender), provides banking and mortgage services and products. More information is available at www.schwab.com and www.aboutschwab.com. (1211-8211)
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Guitarz readers who were savvy enough to buy a copy of our limited edition Guitarz 2012 Calendar may already have flipped through the pages to October 2012 and seen a particularly stunning photo of a Gus fretless bass. However, I don't think that we have ever looked at Gus guitars on the blog itself before.
This particular example is a Gus G1 Baritone guitar with the serial number G1/B 001. Built by Simon Farmer in the UK, each Gus guitar or bass is essentially a custom order, although some instruments will have more specific custom features than others. The construction is of cedar with a skin of carbon fibre. All hardware is fabricated in-house a the Gus workshop so these guitars are not going to carry all the same generic hardware that we see everywhere else. The body is basically a teardrop shape and - most notably - is mounted inside a chrome-plated aluminium tube (actually welded in 5 sections). This tube helps give the instrument a more recognisable guitar-like shape and provides the familiar body horns.
The G1 Baritone has a 30" scale length and is designed to be tuned down to B (a fourth below 'normal' guitar pitch). This example has been finished in "Plum Crazy" purple to green flip flop paint from House of Colors.
For more information please check out the Gus Guitars website.
Currently listed on eBay UK with a starting price of £2999.
Thanks to Dirk for suggesting we feature this guitar.
G L Wilson
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Gus G1 baritone guitar - carbon fibre, aluminium tube, flip flop paint, and 001 serial number
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John Bozzelli
Founder, Injection Molding Solutions
Founder, Injection Molding Solutions
Weld lines are where two flow fronts come together. Often the result is a "witness" line, also referred to as a flow line, knit line, meld line, etc. Weld lines cause significant reject rates and are a common problem that all molders face. Weld lines significantly weaken the structural integrity of a molded part and have resulted in liability issues. Part cosmetics are also usually compromised; weld lines can look like a fine scratch, a gloss differential, blush, haze, or discoloration steak.
The reasons weld lines are weak has nothing to do with the temperature of the flow fronts bumping into one another. The flow fronts do not have an opportunity to cool; plastic flows like lava—it rolls out, exposing fresh hot melt. So the hottest material is constantly being exposed as the flow front progresses. (It is this phenomenon that allows in-mold labeling.) The main reason for weld-line weakness is a lack of polymer chain entanglement across the junction of the two flow fronts. A major contributing factor is air entrapped at this junction; the flow-fronts do not actually meet due to gas trapped between the fronts. Sophisticated microscopic analysis has shown air entrapment even in "good" parts.
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Weld lines are one of the most difficult defects to eliminate. Their cause, strength, and appearance are influenced by each of the five "Key Components of a Successful Plastic Application." These components are:
•Part design,
•Tool design and construction,
•Material selection and handling,
Since minimizing or solving weld-line issues deals with all five, let us address each individually and learn its role in the root causes.
To minimize effects of weld lines, the designer must consider part performance and filling or flow pattern of the plastic as it enters and flows through the mold, as well as tooling issues. Plastic part design is a challenge to marry the product performance and marketing demands with manufacturability. For example, large parts often need multiple gates, and multiple gates create weld lines and possibly a cosmetic blemish. And we often design plastics parts with features to aid in assembly, so parts have projections off the nominal wall, like bosses and ribs, as well as holes or depressions.
Projections, depressions, and changes in nominal wall thickness create flow interruptions, which also lead to weld lines. All of these conditions must be considered with respect to the flow pattern upon filling the cavity. The flow pattern plus performance requirements are further complicated by mold manufacturing restrictions. (When you are designing the part you are also designing the mold!) Tough decisions and hard compromises have to made at this stage if the part is to perform as expected.
With so much to consider, where does one start? First, minimize flow interruptions and place them such that the flow fronts are allowed to meet and flow some distance after the interruption. Ribs should be oriented in the direction of flow for ease of filling and venting. Those are easy design criteria to state, but they often require difficult compromises between the customer, designer, and moldmaker. Communication between these functions is critical but often nonexistent.
As stated, tool design must be considered concurrent with part design. A large part may have multiple gates, resulting in weld lines. If the cosmetics and performance are critical, the weld lines can be eliminated by employing a valve-gated hot-runner system with sequential filling. In multi-gate, cold-runner molds, there will be weld lines. The customer, designer, and moldmaker have to work together to ensure the weld lines will be in areas of least stress or cosmetic importance. If that's not possible, it may be best to use a post-molding operation, like drilling a hole rather than molding it in.
One bright spot is that today's mold-filling analysis programs do a great job of pointing out where the weld lines will be; there is no longer any reason for surprises in finding a weld line when the tool is trialed. Optimize strength by picking a gate location that allows flow for a long distance after the flow interruption. This allows more of the chains to entangle across the weld line.
Sometimes it is worth the hassle of adding a flow tab to provide a place to allow the flow fronts to "knit" a bit better. This flow tab has to be cut off after molding, which is another operation and expense but does provide a valuable vent for trapped air as the flow fronts meet. All weld lines trap air, and it is a critical tooling issue to properly vent the area near a weld line. This includes venting core pins, blind holes, and ribs. Venting is one tooling issue not to be compromised: If necessary, provide for vacuum venting.
Different resins can have drastically different weld-line strengths. Tensile testing of dual-gated tensile bars can provide information on weld-line strength retention. Some soft-touch materials are shear sensitive and can provide a weld-line appearance even when there is no flow-front interruption; a "weld line" can appear with a change of shear rate.
If so, look for an alternative resin. Weld-line strength for plastics can vary from 20% to nearly 100% of the strength of the plastic itself. Neat polypropylene retains nearly 90% of its strength on a properly designed and molded weld line. But add 30% glass and weld-line strength retention drops to only 34% as high as the compound with no weld line. Glass filler improves strength over the neat resin but reduces weld line strength; it does not improve it.
Processing can affect the strength and cosmetics of weld lines, but it cannot eliminate the root causes. Processing variations in temperature and pressure usually can provide only marginal results. The root causes are poor polymer chain entanglement across the weld line and air entrapment. Both of these root causes must be resolved in part design or tooling.
While many processors like to raise melt temperature to improve weld-line strength, the increase of volatiles coming off the polymer often actually decreases weld-line strength.
First, if at all possible, make sure the weld line is formed during the first stage of fill. Creating a strong weld line during pack and hold is often problematic. Along with getting the weld line formed during first-stage fill, it often helps to increase the injection velocity, thus decreasing the fill time and increasing the shear rate. This lowers the viscosity of the polymer during fill, which in turn allows for better chain entanglement and better packing.
Occasionally increasing pack or hold pressure helps. If it is a cosmetic issue, a slower injection velocity may help, but often a higher mold temperature provides better results. Vacuum venting is a rare but a powerful tool that is even more effective and aids in cosmetics and strength. It should be planned for any anticipated weld-line issues with a part or tool.
Injection Molding: You Must Dry Hygroscopic Resins
The reason you dry certain plastics is to get the moisture out. But why does the moisture have to be taken out before processing?
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It may seem like a dull topic, but it will overcome the emotional experience that follows when you put a new mold into a machine and you find out there is not enough barrel capacity to make a full shot.
How to Reduce Sinks
Modifications to the common core pin can be a simple solution, but don't expect all resins to behave the same. Gas assist is also worth a try.


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Matrox display controller boards designed for medical imaging professionals, including the new Matrox Xenia Series, will be powering various booths at ECR 2009 – the annual meeting of the ESR.
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Matrox display controller boards for medical imaging offer a wide range of display output options, resolution capabilities, and features to suit the demanding needs of medical imaging professionals. Matrox Xenia™ is the first native PCI Express board with all-digital triple-monitor support in a single-slot and the built-in flexibility to drive practically any known medical or non-medical display configuration. Designed for use with a broad range of 8- or 10-bit grayscale and/or color displays in a variety of configurations, Matrox Xenia Pro includes 1,024 MB of on-board RAM, supporting growing image volume requirements and display resolutions from less than 1MP to as high as 8MP. With new technology to ensure optimum calibration (including Matrox DLC™ and 8/10/13-bit gamma tables), plus additional development potential for increasing hardware-accelerated performance via hardware LUTs and multiple hardware window IDs, Xenia is an expandable solution and a solid investment for medical imaging facilities.
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