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Ceres and Vesta are two of the largest asteroids in the Belt, and their power extends far beyond the band of rocks they inhabit between Jupiter and Mars. Astronomers have discovered that these asteroids' gravitational effects introduced "strong chaos" into the Earth's orbit, making it impossible to know the exact path the Earth took around the sun before 60 million years ago.
This has broad implications for our understanding of Earth life, especially because Earth's orbit is partly what determines weather patterns. Our planet's weather may be have changed a lot more than we thought over time — and could change again in ways we can't predict.
According to a release from Astronomy & Astrophysics, where this discovery was announced:
Ceres and Vesta gravitationally interact together and with the other planets of the Solar System. Because of these interactions, they are continuously pulled or pushed slightly out of their initial orbit. Calculations show that, after some time, these effects do not average out. Consequently, the bodies leave their initial orbits and, more importantly, their orbits are chaotic, meaning that we cannot predict their positions . . . Ceres and Vesta gravitationally interact with the Earth, whose orbit also becomes unpredictable after only 60 million years. This means that the Earth's eccentricity, which affects the large climatic variations on its surface, cannot be traced back more than 60 million years ago. This is indeed bad news for Paleoclimate studies.
It's also bad news for anybody who is trying to understand how climate change works on our planet. If we can't be sure what the planet's orbit was as recently as 60 million years ago, we also can't be sure how close Earth swept past the sun. So we may never know if historical ice ages and thermal maximums were partly caused by asteroids' gravitational meddling.
Write astronomer Jacques Laskar and colleagues:
Ceres and Vesta thus appear to be the main limiting factors for any precise reconstruction of the Earth orbit, which is fundamental for the astronomical calibration of geological timescales. Moreover, collisions of Ceres and Vesta are possible, with a collision probability of 0.2% per Gyr.
That's right — the two biggest asteroids may actually smash into each other at some point. What's the upshot of all this? Life in our solar system is a lot more chaotic than we realized. And our weather may be at the mercy of two distant, misshapen rocks with unpredictable orbits.
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Edward VI's Diary
Edward VI reveals here that he and his sister Elizabeth learnt of their father Henry VIII's death from his uncle Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, at Elizabeth's Enfield residence on 30 January 1547.
Although he writes that it caused great grief in London, he reveals nothing of his personal feelings. He describes the Privy Council's choice of Edward Seymour as Protector and Governor of the King's Person and mentions how his father's officers broke their staffs of office and threw them into Henry's grave at his burial.
Edward may have been prompted to write his 'diary' by one of his tutors. It begins with a description of his childhood until 1547. For the years 1547 to 1549 the 'diary' is a chronicle of past events that mostly refers to Edward in the third person. From March 1550 until November 1552, when it ends, it is more like a diary, with entries for individual days.


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I know what you're thinking: "What the hell? Another Hindsight 2010 post? It's January 27th!" Well, chill out, man, if you think it's too late for a review then consider this incredibly premature nostalgia:
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10. "Hurricane J" — The Hold Steady
From an otherwise forgettable album, Craig Finn shows off his knack for guitar hooks and great melodies in a song that also features one of the band's rare great vocal harmonies.


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AUGUSTA, Maine — Sen. Dawn Hill, D-York, has been appointed Senate chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs for the 126th legislative session.
The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee is responsible for the state budget and general fiscal policy. It reviews proposals pertaining to the Public Employees Retirement System, bonds, funding for collective bargaining, and financial evaluation of state agencies.
"I am excited and honored to be appointed to Appropriations, and especially Chair of Appropriations," said Hill. "I am looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and getting to work. We have issues before us that we've been talking about, and now we need to act to find solutions."
Hill represents District 1, which is made up of the communities of Eliot, Kittery, Ogunquit, South Berwick, and York. The first day of the legislative session will be Tuesday, Jan. 8. Hill previously served on the Appropriations Committee during the 125th Legislature as the lead Democrat. She is the first senator from York County to chair the Appropriations Committee since Senator George J. Wentworth of Kennebunk Beach in 1939.
"I am very mindful of the tremendous responsibility that comes with chairing this committee," said Hill. "I fully intend to work closely with my Republican colleagues and seek their input. They will have valuable suggestions and ideas and I look forward to working with them."
"I am pleased to appoint Sen. Hill to chair the Appropriations Committee," said Senate President Justin Alfond. "She has a proven track record of working collaboratively with Republicans while standing up for Democratic values."
A graduate of West Virginia University of Law, Hill is a licensed (inactive status) attorney in both Maine and West Virginia, and the founder of It's a Dog's World, a large canine training and activity facility in southern Maine. She lives in Cape Neddick with her husband, Jim Nadeau.


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WHAT: HMDX Jam wireless portable speaker
HOW IT WORKS: This is a Bluetooth speaker that plays audio from a phone, MP3 player or computer. The "jam" theme runs throughout the product, including packaging in a jar with a twist-off lid and coming in a flavorful array of colors: strawberry, grape, blueberry, blackberry, apricot and apple. The internal battery, charged through a USB cable, can provide four hours of play.
HIGH POINTS: The sound, for starters. For such a small (2½ inches in every direction), portable and light speaker, this little fellow produces impressive and fairly comprehensive sound with surprisingly strong bass. I compared the speaker with another Bluetooth speaker costing nearly four times the price and found the sound almost indistinguishable. That gets to the greatest benefit of the Jam: the price. I wouldn't have been surprised if it retailed for twice the price, which means at this price, it makes for an excellent deal.
LOW POINTS: When switched on, the speaker emits a shrill, unpleasant beep. Also, the material on its bottom used to adhere to surfaces picks up lint, dirt and dust.
PRICE: The list price is $49.99, but you can find it for less at many retailers.
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Winter W.O.W., Enduro and Tour - November 21st
Register Online HERE
Mark your calendar for the return of this fun, laid-back and way unserious mountain bike event.
It's all one loop of the Mansfield Outdoor Centre and the Dufferin County Forest. Who knows what the conditions will be? It could be dry or it could be snowing. In 2003 it was sunny with double digit temperatures. This year the weather is "To Be Determined".
If you're feeling competitive you can race the entire 40+ KM distance. We're going to use the same route as last year with a couple of new twists at the end. We've got some prizes for the fastest riders. If you'd just like to cruise with your friends then sign up for the tour. You don't even have to do the whole distance if you're touring - you can bail out early if you want. We usually get a number of people who start the day as a racer and then end up doing a tour because they're just having too much fun to go fast. Either way you'll be entered to win some nice draw prizes.
While you're out riding we've got HammerGel and drinks at the feed station. When you get back there's a fantastic chili feed with Joan's Killer Brownies for dessert. As always at W.O.W. events we have a vegetarian option - no need to ask.
Registration is limited to 200 people so there might not be any day-of entries. Right now registration is going very well. Register soon and get a souvenir polar fleece toque. Only the first 100 people registered get one so sign up soonsign up soon! For more info visit wowmtb.com
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Central Georgia Fights Flu Season | Health
It's an early flu season for Georgia, and possibly a severe one.
13WMAZ found out from one parent what she's doing to keep her child safe and well.
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Facebook's Extreme Makeover
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Facebook unveiled its most ambitious design make-over in years with the release features like 'Timeline' that rearranges the display of users personal posts. As with all major Facebook announcements, the new changes have been greeted with mixed reviews. Plus, the Angry Birds phenomenon and Finish game-maker Rovio has been able to build a market of 350 million users.


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4Better or worse: The week in review
Worst first: Thirty-year-old David Lee Cowan is shot fatally February 3 on Run Street in Westhaven, Charlottesville's first homicide of the year.
Latest reelection bid: Albemarle Commonwealth's Attorney Denise Lunsford seeks to retain her job for another four years, joining Supervisor Ann Mallek, who is also running again.
Biggest infiltration: A man posing as a pimp visits four Virginia Planned Parenthood offices, including Charlottesville, claiming to have a sexually transmitted disease and "workers" as young as 14 who don't speak English. An anti-abortion organization called Live Action publishes the tapes; Planned Parenthood says police and the FBI were contacted after the visits. But Albemarle Police spokesperson Darrell Byers finds no evidence of contact.
Best fugitive sex-crime suspects tip: Nelson deputies find on-the-lam couple Johnny Webb Miller, 33, and Christy Lynn Voneitzen, 32, camping in woods January 31 near Afton, the Nelson County Times reports. The duo is wanted for rape, object sexual penetration, forcible sodomy, abduction, and possession of controlled substances from an "isolated incident" in Nelson County, says Sheriff David Brooks.
Best tip for fugitives: Don't talk to television reporters and appear on camera like Ernestine Rawlings, who is recognized by an Albemarle Sheriff's deputy on the Newsplex February 3 and arrested for failure to appear in court.
Most fugitives rounded up: Over a 60-day period, Albemarle deputies find 26 people wanted by the Albemarle Circuit Court, including seven out of state.
Most speeders rounded up: Albemarle police nab 109 motorists in a February 4 speedtrap on U.S. 29 south near Fontaine Avenue. Of the 132 tickets written, 107 were for speeding. The highest speed was 76mph and the average leadfoot was going 69mph in the 55mph zone.
Most likely to graduate–- or join the Peace Corps:
UVA comes in number two nationally for best graduation rate from a
state university, and also is second among medium-sized colleges for
sending the most student volunteers–- currently 71–- to the Peace
Biggest drunk-driving indictment: A grand jury charges William Thomas Thompson with involuntary manslaughter in the October 4 death of winemaker Daniel Neumeister, 31, who was killed when Thompson allegedly crossed the center line on Earlysville Road.
Biggest pawn: Archaeologists at Montpelier discover portions of two chess pieces in the clay soil of the fourth president's home where James Madison and his buddy, Thomas Jefferson, were avid players.
Biggest Crozet closure: Jarman's Gap Road, the narrow thoroughfare for many of the growth area's subdivisions, such as Old Trail and Grayrock, will be shut down for much of the summer for the installation of a box culvert, according to WINA.
Biggest illicit revenue: Charlottesville has been collecting utility taxes from Albemarle County residents for years, according to Albemarle Truth in Taxation Alliance. One tipoff if you're a county resident–- your utility tax is capped at $4, while the city tax can be double that. Both jurisdictions and Dominion Power are working to fix the problem.
Biggest alleged pyro for second week in a row: Louisa accused arsonist Felicia Armstrong, 51, is out on bail and arrested again when a storage building in her subdivision is torched February 5, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Armstrong was previously charged with setting a church on fire three times, and also burning a neighbor's shed, a fence, and a woodpile. She's now being held without bond.
Most hellish blaze: A trailer in Augusta County on private property used for the county's controversial weekday education program, which buses youngsters off school property to teach them about the Bible, is torched February 1 in Mount Solon, adjacent to North River Elementary. Cause of the fire had not been determined, according to the News Virginian.


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"EREBUS" is a film collaboration between award winning choreographic director Russell Maliphant and film directors Warren Du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones.
Adapted from "The Rodin Project" a full-length work of contemporary dance by Maliphant, inspired by the work of Auguste Rodin. Maliphants' work is characterised by a unique approach to flow and energy and a concern with the relationship between movement, light, music, form and dynamics.
The future/past philosophy behind film makers Du Preez & Thornton Jones informs levels of abstraction and mystery that resonate and challenge notions of beauty. Their subconscious homage to classicism and surrealism convey the pair's vision of 'dreams in reality'.
The trio worked with a multi-award-winning team on EREBUS including director of photography Tim Maurice Jones, editor Xavier Perkins, art director Robin Brown, musician James Lavelle, and costume designer Stevie Stewart, amongst others.
In Greek mythology, Erebus was a primordial deity, representing the personification of darkness. Hesiod's Theogony places him as one of the first five beings to come into existence from Chaos.
It was also the part of Hades you went to immediately after dying. Erebus is darkness.
Here's Wordsworth:
"Not Chaos, not
The darkest pit of lowest Erebus,
Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out
By help of dreams—can breed such fear and awe
As fall upon us often when we look
Into our Minds, into the Mind of Man—
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With first place in Group B on the line, the Houston Dynamo sealed their place in the SuperLiga semifinals with a 1-0 win against D.C. United on Wednesday night at Robertson Stadium. Brian Ching scored the lone goal of the game in the 50th minute, and the Dynamo defense did the rest.
Houston advances to take on Pachuca in the semifinals on Aug. 14 at Robertson Stadium, while D.C. had to wait for Wednesday's late game between Monarcas Morelia and Club America to see if they advanced to the semifinals.
It was a cagey opening 15 minutes, with neither team giving up much. But United created the first chances of the game, first from Luciano Emilio just on the edge of the area, but his shot went straight at Houston goalkeeper Zach Wells. Ten minutes later, Ben Olsen took a pass at the top of the box and fired a shot goalward, which Wells easily cradled. United could have taken the lead in the 31st minute when Emilio got a foot on a loose ball in the box, but his shot from the right side of the area went wide.
The Dynamo did not create much in the opening 45 minutes, but they came the closest to finding the back of the net. First, in the 36th minute, a Dwayne De Rosario free kick was deflected to the left post where Ching came in late, but he headed the ball over with the open goal yawning.
United then were narrowly given a reprieve seconds later. Stuart Holden dribbled toward the United area before cutting to his right and wrong-footing a pair of United defenders. He hammered a low drive that beat United goalkeeper Troy Perkins inside his near post, but the ball hit the base of the post and came straight back out through the goalmouth. De Rosario latched on to the rebound at the top of the area, but Perkins recovered and caught his follow-up chance.
Just after the break, United threatened to break the deadlock in the 49th minute. Christian Gomez received a pass well outside the area and hit a swerving shot that Wells dove to his right to tip over the bar. Despite the touch, a goal kick was given, and it proved decisive.
From Wells' restart, Nate Jaqua won a header at midfield and sent it looping over the United backline. Ching raced inside Josh Gros and held off the United defender before hitting a looping volley across his body with his left foot, the ball sailing past Perkins' dive and inside the right-hand post.
From the kickoff, United nearly caught out Houston at the other end, but Brian Carroll's shot from 30 yards out was caught by Wells. The Orange then nearly doubled their lead in the 52nd minute when Ching laid a ball off to Holden, but Perkins saved Holden's shot from the middle of the area
Chasing the equalizer, United started to apply more pressure as the Dynamo began to retreat deeper into their their end. Fred won a free kick some 30 yards out from goal on the left that Gomez again stood over, and Wells again tipped over his curling effort aimed for the back post. On a Houston counter, De Rosario had a good look at goal from the right side of the area in the 59th minute, but his attempt was deflected by a retreating D.C. defender and went over the goal.
United then had a glorious chance to pull level. After some good possession, Emilio got the ball on the right and rounded a defender before sliding a rolling cross into the goalmouth. Bobby Boswell was all alone in the six-yard box but somehow missed the ball as he slipped on a patch of bare dirt.
In the 77th minute, Emilio took the ball inside the area on the left and fired toward goal at the far post. A diving Wells seemed to be beaten, but Ryan Cochrane was able to stick a leg out and deflect the ball over the goal. Then five minutes from the end, substitute Jaime Moreno was tripped up right on the edge of the area. But this time he banged his free kick into the wall, and the Dynamo saw out the final few minutes to ensure the Black-and-Red would have a long night of nerves ahead.
Jeremy Rakes is a contributor to MLSnet.com.
D.C. United (1-1-1) vs. Houston Dynamo (2-0-1)
August 01, 2007 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
SuperLiga - Group B
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Brian Ching 1 (Nate Jaqua 1) 50
D.C. United -- Troy Perkins, Bobby Boswell, Marc Burch (Jaime Moreno 63), Joshua Gros, Devon McTavish, Ben Olsen, Brian Carroll (Clyde Simms 83), Rod Ryachenko (Guy-Roland Kpene 35), Christian Gomez, Fred (Bryan Namoff 79), Luciano Emilio.
Substitutes Not Used: Jay Nolly, Jeff Carroll, Domenic Mediate.
Houston Dynamo -- Zach Wells, Craig Waibel, Ryan Cochrane, Eddie Robinson, Wade Barrett, Stuart Holden, Richard Mulrooney, Dwayne De Rosario, Corey Ashe (Ricardo Clark 68), Brian Ching, Nate Jaqua (Joseph Ngwenya 76).
Substitutes Not Used: Pat Onstad, Mike Chabala, Paul Dalglish, Patrick Ianni, Chris Wondolowski.
Misconduct Summary:
DC -- Marc Burch (caution; Tackle from Behind) 61
DC -- Guy-Roland Kpene (caution; Reckless Foul) 86
HOU -- Richard Mulrooney (caution; Tackle from Behind) 92+
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Referee's Assistants: George Gansner; Kermit Quisenberry
4th official: Jair Marrufo
Attendance: 11,013
Weather: Cloudy-and-84-degrees
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I'm losing weight. I'm down 5 lbs since surgery, despite all this swelling. Usually it's quite the opposite with this surgery and people go up about 10 lbs.
Bandages are off! Drains are out! Holy #$%^ it hurt getting the tape off. That was the most sticky ass tape I've ever seen in my life. It was like she was ripping a layer of skin off. She had to brace herself and use two hands to tear it off. Then she goes "the drain removal may hurt"...PFFFT, yeah right! After what I went through with the tape, no way...I didn't even feel the drains coming out!
I look like I've gone to war, but otherwise I look good! My boobs look freakin' fantastic and she said they only took about 150cc's total out of both of them. I am particularly impressed with the boobs, I've gotta say. I kinda think that there will be a slight "dogs ear" on the left side by my hip, but my Plastic Surgeon thinks it's just swelling and will go down, but she did say if after 6 months we feel it is an issue she will do a revision for me. I still have loads of stretch marks. They seem to stand out even more to me now than before, but oh well...scars don't bother me. She did a nice job on my belly button too. It's perfect (just still in war wound stage). I am allowed to shower now, but Dh is in a meeting after work, so won't be home until late tonight. I have to wait for him to get home because there is NO WAY I can get back into this tight ass compression garment on my own. It is SOOOOOOOOOOOO snug. Comfy, but really snug and I'd strain myself trying to do it up. So when he gets home at like 8pm my time, I will have my first shower (ahhhhhhhhh) and get him to take some pics that I will post in my private album. I can't wait to compare the pics to my before pics. It is hard for me to look past the wounds and swelling right now.
I go back in one week to have the stiches removed from my nipples and to switch to paper tape on my abdominal incision. The stitches that were used for my tummy are all dissolvable. After the paper taping we will switch to silicone tape. I dunno, it just feels darn good to be out of those bandages and into my compression garment and surgical bra. My skin can breathe!
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
I'm losing weight. I'm down 5 lbs since surgery, despite all this swelling. Usually it's quite the opposite with this surgery and people go up about 10 lbs.
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7 comments:
- Megilon said...
So glad everything is going well! Take care of yourself!
- Kwissie said...
Seriously isn't that tape a B. It took a month for all of the residue to come off of me.
The first shower is always the best. Just don't over do it.
Glad you're recovering nicely.
- Jen @ Making Messes said...
Congrats! I'm 1 yr post op on my tummy tuck and remember clearly when the bandages came off. So nice....
We need pics!
- Dena Rox said...
I really am so happy for you. Keep updating...we care!
- sunshine! said...
Yippee for showers! WOW, you are doing so well.....looking forward to more progress reports!
- Graham Krackers said...
Looks awesome! Glad your healing so nicely! The compression garment is totally comfy, hey? I think mine looked identical to yours!
- Quick weight loss diets said...
Great article.Love this post!Thanks for sharing.God bless you.


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Ubuntu, Oracle XE, and SQLPLUS
In the past for local development, I have used MS SQL Server running in a VMware windows instance, but that got to be too burdensome and consumed to much of my 2GB of RAM (who would have thought that 10 years ago when I was playing Star Craft on a desktop with 32MB of RAM). Anyways, on a recent business trip with a co-worker (Matt White) who also runs ubuntu, he brought to my attention Oracle XE and how easy it was to install via apt-get and how small a footprint it was considering it's a database and it's Oracle.
I have been very impressed so far and would highly recommend it for linux users wanting a local database. Again, not only is it easy to install via apt-get once you add the repos, but I really don't notice it consuming too many resources.
Two hints I would like to self document more than anything is after installation the name of the SID is XE. You don't specify it during installation, but that is what it is. So my connection string in jboss looks like this:
The second hint I wanted to self document is how to get sqlplus working. Personally, I'm often times too lazy to write straight SQL to manipulate data manually. Not only that but it's not a real good use of my time. But after this weekend I got familar with it again due to a lack of a good GUI tool like Oracle SQL Developer at one of our production sites. I was basically forced to use sqlplus to change a few values. The one huge benefit it has, is you don't have to wait on some slow GUI tool to load. So locally I now have, Oracle SQL Developer for extended use, got the SQL Query Plugin in Idea to use when writing code, and now sqlplus. So when I am impatient and I don't have Idea up, I plan on using sqlplus.
It doesn't work right out of the box. You have to set ORACLE_HOME and add it's bin directory in PATH and also set the ORACLE_SID.
I added the following to my home's .bashrc file:
export ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server
export ORACLE_SID=XE
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
After that reload the .bashrc file by running . .bashrc and then run sqlplus.


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After winning a whopping six Grammys (including Album of the Year), singer Adele has landed another covetable title: cover model for Vogue's March issue.
Back in December, rumors flew that the fashion bible had been calling in designer outfits for the plus-size star, making her a likely candidate for the March issue, which Lady Gaga covered last year.
Now, fans of the singer have their wish: The star looks positively radiant in a series of fashion shots in the magazine, as well as wearing a cinched lacy look on the cover. Inside the magazine, Jonathan van Meter's interview covers everything from celebrity crushes (she apparently loves Beyonce and Alec Baldwin) to her road to recovery following throat surgery.
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There's no getting around talking Utah football without UCLA coach Jim Mora praising the defensive line.
Mora on Wednesday was asked how the Bruins in practice would mimic Utah's Star Lotulelei, a 6-foot-4, 320-pound defensive tackle.
"It's impossible," Mora said. "The guy's a great one. I don't throw that term around loosely. He's one of the best I've seen. I've seen them all. He's something else. He's mean looking. He's quick and he's fast and he's aggressive and he's nasty."
UCLA's offensive line struggled with pass protection against California, and with Utah's veteran front that's active on the count, the Utes (2-3, 0-2) will try to stymie the Bruins (4-2, 1-2) on Saturday at the Rose Bowl.
UCLA will face a defensive line that shifts moments before the offense snaps the ball. Last year, the Bruins were called for six false starts against the Utes.
"What they'll do is line up in an over or under front and right before the snap they'll either shift back to their 3-4 alignment or shift from an over to an under or from an under back to a 3-4."
So much movement can confuse a young offensive line like UCLA's, not to mention a freshman quarterback like Brett Hundley.
"They're not trying to draw you offsides," Mora said. "They're not breaking the rules. What they're trying to do is confuse your blocking patterns, make you make calls on the move. And they're good at it. They're veterans. They time it up well.
"We have to do a good job of utilizing the cadence. I think Brett will do a good job of that, and we have to have the poise not to jump and just hang in there."
Lotulelei alone will command double coverage, and the challenge will be protecting Hundley while also executing schemes, meaning double-teaming Lotulelei won't always be possible.
"Every play you're just not capable because of scheme, but as often as you can get a double on that guy, you do it," Mora said.
The problem is that Utah's not a one-man show. Mora also is impressed defensive end Tenny Palepoi.
"He's darn good too," Mora said. "They're gonna pull doubles off of the nose sometimes because you have to get a double on the end."
It won't be an easy challenge. UCLA center Jake Brendel, a redshirt freshman, said as much after watching Lotulelei do some serious work last week against USC. Left tackle Torian White, another redshirt freshman, will see Palepoi coming his way, and right tackle Simon Goines won't get off that easy either.
The strategy?
"We gotta go into this game with confidence," Mora said. "We can't go in this game intimidated. We have to go in there believing we can win with our technique. We have to understand there's going to be some tough downs and they're going to make some plays on us, and when they make some plays on us, we have to have the resiliency to just keep coming back."
Bell out Saturday
Mora announced receiver Darius Bell, recovering from a hard hit last week, will not play Saturday against Utah.
Bell, who is nursing a sore shoulder, neck and ribs, was seen walking on campus with a sling on his right shoulder. Mora added that Bell is experiencing swelling above his clavicle.
"With him it's just a matter of how quickly he can get over being sore and ready to play again," Mora said. "What you'll see is an increased role for Devin Fuller and a little bit of an increased role role for Kenny Walker."
Bell is a converted receiver. He came to UCLA as a quarterback but switched with Noel Mazzone's new offense.
"It's amazing how he's adapted to that position being a quarterback," Mora said. "He looks very natural."
UCLA will miss not only his ability to make downfield plays like he did against California, but also his demeanor.
"He's got a mature personality," Mora said. "He's a real calm guy. So when everything is breaking loose in there, he keeps it calm. He's a good blocker. The guys really like him. A lot of guys kind of flock to him. And then he does some good things on special teams."


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Canastota Apprentice finishes first project; 'fires' first student
CANASTOTA -- Task No. 1 of this year's Canastota Apprentice has been completed and the first student of the year has been fired.
The Canastota Apprentice is a career and technical education class taught by Patricia Ragan, who has been recognized for the program as a Microsoft partner in learning. It's patterned after the show by the same name, and students are tasked with various projects, which determine whether or not they're "fired." Fired students stay in the class in various capacities.
Each team had to promote a film and target their advertising and presentations toward a teenage audience.
Team Jascajad presented "Toy Story 3," while Team TitleTown presented "Finding Nemo." The teams had similar PowerPoint presentations, though Jascajad presented a larger poster and had a community involvement tie-in with the Optimist Club. The team will be hosting a showing of "Toy Story 3" in the school auditorium on March 28 at 6:45 p.m. TitleTown had a better set of presenters with each team member reading a part of the promotion.
According to the judges -- English teacher Dee Brennen, U.S. history teacher Kristina Jeanneret and school councilor intern Jenny Bryerton -- although the task appeared to be a slam-dunk from Jascajad, the team lacked the group-wide presentation shown by TitleTown and had a couple of errors in its presentation.
Ragan and the panel of advisors she chose for the first task, art teacher Kristie Boisen and Bryerton from the judges panel -- helped her decide which member of TitleTown would be cut.
Despite their presentation skills and early sponsorship from the custodians, Ragan decided to cut art designer Amber Swanson from TitleTown.
"I felt that some of my teammates didn't take the first task seriously," said TitleTown member Bo June. June pointed out that although Swanson did a great job designing the team's initial display, she was absent without notice on a final day, causing the team to have to create a last-minute display. Swanson will be rehired onto Ragan's team; her position will be announced later on.
"I think you guys did a really good job this time," said Bryerton. "My only advice would be to prepare presentations and rehearse speaking parts."
Jascajad won Task No. 1 with with community involvement, but Task No. 2 will be a new challenge. The teams have been asked to develop and give out surveys for Morrisville State College in order to inform the school on what incoming freshmen want out of their programs and services.
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Hi all, I'm looking for advice regarding the building of a 68m2 2 room studio on the top 7th floor in an office building.
The salient points: The space is L shaped, but the structural engineer has decided it's wise to build along the long side of the L which is basically 14m x 4.9m. Ceiling height, once I take out all services and ceiling tiles, will be 3.16M sloping down to 3.04 M. There are structural beams supporting this perimeter, as well as beam support that splits the space in two. So essentially I can build 2 separate rooms (CR and LR) where the lineal load is supported for the walls. The floor has been calculated to hold 500kg/m2 after studying the building plans. I'd like to float the floors with a 75mm slab on isolators (NRD2?) with a 75 mm air gap and insulation.
The walls I'd like to be comprised of 3 layers of 15mm CFC (45mm), although, much of the outer leaf is floor to ceiling window glass (10.38 lam) which will need to be reinforced with either more glass (the views are great!) or CFC. Apart from nearby office and hotel buildings (20m away) there are just 2 neighbours on my floor within spitting distance (them spitting on me if I mess this up!) but my main concern is with neighbours below in several offices beneath the existing 125mm slab on condeck. I conducted some LF tests where it seemed most frequencies between 40 and 200 hz are currently attenuated uniformly by around 40 dB, although listening to a sweep it seemed to peak to my ears b/n 150 and 200z.
I want to record rock bands but am prepared to accept that I may not be able to record drums during business hours, I'm a late owl anyway... However would really love to be able to work all hours to suit client needs. To this end, as part of the live room, it would be great to have a drum booth and a couple of amp booths which might enable me to record during business hours, albeit not ideally. It would be fantastic if I could use movable walls (Hufcor?) to create these booths, and move them back out of the way when I can get away with having more ambience (at the expense of more leakage!).
That's the rough outline. I can't use sketchup (yet) but could provide a mud sketch or 2 along with any other particulars, including the rest of the layout (green room, access to toilets etc). I should say that I have operated 2 different studios over 25 years (both on the first floor), and built my last one in 1998 with a little help from the late Graeme Thirkell.
I'm thinking to complete a design in a few weeks, and am hoping to commence building soon after. Of course there are a lot of details I have left out, but am happy to provide as much as is asked for, should any one care to! I have a ton of questions, as anyone always does in these matters, but I have a feeling, due to the unusually challenging nature of the project, that a couple of you folks may be wanting to ask me some questions first- like "what the hell are you thinking!" ;) .... So, please, shoot me!


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Are we going to be seeing less Angela after she has the baby on Bones? I hope not. I love Michaela Conlin. — Tara
I do believe she'll have the baby before the end of the season, and when she does, I don't think we're going to get dialed down on the Angela action. In fact, Conlin says we should prepare to see Angela channel her inner super-mom. "I feel like Angela, if anything, gonna be tryin' to strap that baby in as she travels the world. That was something I definitely talked to [creator Hart Hanson] about. When the pregnancy came up initially, I didn't want it to change who Angela was and how adventurous she is. So I feel like Hart has always been very receptive to that, besides the fact that Hodgins has a lot of money, so maybe we can have somebody helping us."
Source: spoilerTV.com
BONES: Sniper Storyline to Be Resolved This Season
Any more scoop about Angela and Hodgins' baby on Bones? — Jessica
ADAM: I'm hearing there will be a last-minute doctor switcheroo when Elon Gold's Dr. Lidner isn't available to deliver Baby Hodgela. Luckily, his replacement is focused and completely unflappable. So much so, in fact, that she's barely fazed when Cam sends the mom- and pop-to-be details of a brutal murder throughout Angela's intense labor.
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Angela Delivers on BONES
Ryan O'Neal Back for the BONES Season Finale
Fan-Favorite Series Renewed for Seventh Season
All-New Episode Airs Thursday, May 5, on FOX
FOX has renewed the hit series BONES for a seventh season, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.
"BONES is creatively fresh, it's a rock-solid player every time it airs and this season it has helped us win on Thursday nights for the first time in our history," said Reilly. "Hart Hanson and the fantastic cast and crew, as well as the millions of loyal BONES fans, make this show really special, and I'm excited to have it on our air for another stellar season."
In the all-new "The Signs in the Silence" episode, airing Thursday, May 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), a 15-year-old Jane Doe, who is hearing impaired and unable to communicate, is found on the streets covered in blood and wielding a knife, leading the team to believe she is responsible for a recent murder. Meanwhile, Angela keeps Hodgins in the dark regarding the details of her pregnancy.
BONES is a darkly amusing procedural centered on a highly skilled forensic anthropologist who can read clues left behind in victims' bones and an FBI agent. These unlikely partners take on homicide cases involving human remains that most forensic specialists can't handle. The series stars Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, TJ Thyne, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor and John Francis Daley.
BONES is from Far Field Productions and Josephson Entertainment in association with 20th Century Fox Television. The series was created by Hart Hanson. Hanson, Stephen Nathan, Ian Toynton and Barry Josephson are executive producers. Become a fan of the series on Facebook at facebook.com/bones and follow the series on Twitter at twitter.com/bonesonfox (@bonesonfox).
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What the hell?! I mean, normal people, they see a monster, and they run. But not us, no, no, no, we -- we search out things that want to kill us. Yeah? Huh?
Or eat us! You know who does that? Crazy people! We...are insane!
Yeah - das freut mich!
Dankööö fürs posten!*Icon made by bel_perdente @ livejournal
Question: Any scoops on Bones? —Adriana
Ausiello: I can now confirm that Booth and Brennan will be spending the night together during May sweeps. The twist? Yours truly will be joining them! I'll be moderating "An Evening with Bones" next Monday at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. The event is sold out, but go ahead and email me any burning questions you have for the cast and creative team and I'll do my best to get them answered during the Q&A portion. That email is email@example.com. Use it, don't abuse it.
Question: Will Brennan and Booth share a cab anytime soon on Bones? Hart Hanson tweeted a pic of the crew setting up the final scene and it has got me thinking that maybe we'll get to see them finally leaving in a cab together in the final seconds of this season. I'm getting tired of seeing Brennan all by herself in the backseat of a cab while Booth stands on the sidewalk watching her going away. —Amanda
Ausiello: "No cabs," responds exec producer Stephen Nathan. "Many bowling balls, but no cabs. Some screaming, a revolting body, and a Hodgela baby. But no cabs." I think what he's trying to say in a roundabout way is that there are no cabs in the finale.
OMG - grad 6x22 gesehen.
Spoiler anzeigenwie konnten sie nur meinen Lieblingsassistenten töten? Der hat immer so schön Britisch gesprochen und war außerordentlich lustig. Sein Abschied war so traurig und überhaupt die Umstände. Wie Booth und Bones ihn beide gehalten haben und ihn in seinen letzten Momenten unterstützt haben *snif* Herzzereißend.
*ui* und das führt uns gleich zur nächsten Sache - Bones & Booth habens getan O.o *yes* Endlich! Bin gespannt, was daraus jetzt wird in der nächsten Folge.
Angela und Hodgins sind auch einfach nur sweet together. Bin auf das Baby gespannt und hoffe es ist nicht blind.*Icon made by bel_perdente @ livejournal
Bones won't return until November 3rd 2011 via spoilerTV.com
Sandra! Please, need some Bones info! — Chrissie
You know by now that when we pick up with the series, Bones will be in bloom! But John Francis Daley tells us that while Sweets is over the moon about the new bond shared by Bones and Booth, the rest of the team might not have the same reaction. "I think [Sweets] will be thrilled about Bones' pregnancy because he was the biggest cheerleader for the two of them getting together. This is all of the hard work he believed he did toward the goal of getting them together paying off. I think others on the team might not be happy about it. It is certainly gonna complicate the workplace vibe. I'm sure they will have fun with it as much as they can because that's the tone of our show in general."
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I was at work last week and this ginormous box came. We opened it up and this is what was inside:
Here's one of the cats checking out all the new stuff. We were going for a cute shot of the cat sitting amongst it all, but she was not cooperating.
Thank you so much Christine for all the great stuff for the cats!


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Global Collaboration to Launch New Mobile App "Antura and the Letters" to Teach Children Reading in Arabic
05 Mar, 2018, 16:06 GMT
AMMAN, Jordan, March 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
"Antura and the Letters", a free mobile and computer game designed to teach children reading in Arabic, was recently launched globally through a collaboration between Cologne Game Lab at TH-Koeln, a German university of applied sciences, Video Games Without Borders, an international nonprofit organization and Wixel Studio, a Lebanese game development studio.
"Antura and the Letters" incorporates a series of games and assessments to teach children letter and sound recognition, decoding letter and word combinations, vocabulary and oral fluency. "Antura and the Letters" utilizes a stealth learning approach and game-based technology to make the learning experience fun and engaging for children between the ages of 5 to 10.
Emmanuel Guardiola, the designer of the game, commented, "Antura and the Letters was initially conceptualized and designed as an educational application for refugee children who may not have access to regular schooling or require extra assistance in learning Arabic." Guardiola continued, "After implementing several tests in Turkey and Lebanon in addition to a third party assessment of pedagogical impact on students in Jordan, we realized that not only was the game being enjoyed by the children, they also showed significant improvement in their language proficiency and fluency."
To ensure "Antura and the Letters" is creating a positive impact, All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) and Development and Digital Learning for Development (DL4D) took on the responsibility to fund and manage a field evaluation of the game. Integrated International, in partnership with New York University's Create Lab, were chosen to implement the evaluation. New York University's involvement was funded by UNICEF Innovation.
Guardiola added, "The results from our tests were so promising and effective that we decided to introduce this application to a greater audience that wants to improve their Arabic reading skills all over the world." Guardiola concluded. "Antura, the character within the game, has become a fun companion for children on their educational journey. This is exactly what we are trying to accomplish by bringing innovation and entertainment into Arabic language education."
The "Antura and the Letters" team of over 60 people is made up of an international team of scientists, entertainment game veterans and humanitarians. "Antura and the Letters" won the international "EduApp4Syria" competition and was funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, the game won the Titanium Award for the Best Serious Game at the Fun & Serious Festival in 2017.
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"But why?" This question has been asked of mom and dad about 3,263 times in the last week by Sylvia. I guess she finally hit the age where she wants to know why things are how they are.
A: Sylvia, it's time for school.
S: But why?
A: Sylvia, let's buckle into our carseat
S: But why?
J: Let's put our pajamas on
S: But why?
Well... you get the picture. I guess that is much better than "NO!"
Today after school we packed up a picnic and headed to Lake Elmo Park. We enjoyed some time on the swings prior to our picnic and Sylvia was a smiley little peanut!
Surprisingly our picnic was somewhat peaceful and leaving wasn't too difficult. i.e. no kicking and screaming on the way to the car. I guess promises of a Dairy Queen Blizzard will do that!
Since most of the posts have been Violet based over the past three weeks, we needed to give Sylvia her due, but I am sure you all want an update on the little one as well... Her three week birthday was today. She had a couple ups and downs this week with the O2 levels, but was hanging in there today for almost 4 hours without O2. I happened to be there to grab a couple pictures without the tube in her nose.
Her weight has sorta peaked just below the 4# mark, but that is expected with the antibiotics and other meds she has been given over the past few days. The doctors and nurses say this is all "par for the course", but it is hard to see our little one back on O2 after being off it so early on in the process.
We continue to spend as much time as we can at the hospital with her and can't wait for the day when she comes home... No updates on the timetable, but I'm guessing it will be for at least 2-3 weeks.


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should have around 17 per package, but never more than 20, and so on. So a 1 1/2 pound bag of 31-35's should have around 50 shrimp, but never more than 52-53 shrimp. Hey... next time... count the shrimp, folks. And, has anyone noticed the liberty being taken with eggs. The sizes are as different as you can imagine from store to store and egg company to egg company. In my opinion... what used to be a medium egg is now being touted as a large... the large now as an extra-large, and so on. How about the Deli section. It was one thing to sell Boar's Head products at the steep prices... but, then the supermarkets started to put out their own (so called) special brands at similarly steep prices. Like those products were similarly special. Quite frankly, I don't think the Boar's Head products are worth the exorbident prices they ask for. But, hey... that's me. Ya know... the supermarkets would have us believe that the smaller packaging, etc... has been created to save us money. T
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Last year we started a Thanksgiving morning tradition. We eat a Pomegranate.
It just so happened that we had one lying on the counter as Gabe and I were discussing traditions we want to start with our young family. Suddenly a simple and delicious tradition was born.
Last night Gabe ran to the store to grab our annual Pomegranate and this morning the boys had devoured the ruby jewels before Gabe was out of bed.
This year I started another tradition. Cranberry Pecan Rolls. With the help of flour, yeast and water I was well on my way to creating an aromatic welcome to this day devoted to thanks and eating.
I started the dough last night and in the morning all I had to do was roll, stuff and bake.
This is one sweet tradition that is sure to last – besides, it helps stretch your stomach for the big meal waiting later in the day.
Cranberry Pecan Rolls
These rolls are a seasonal sibling to the traditional cinnamon roll. I love the tartness from the cranberries – but of course the best part is the cream cheese frosting – tangy and not too sweet. Perfect.
1 recipe sweet bread dough (I use Rhulman's Ratio for bread – 3 cups water, 5 cups flour, salt, little sugar and yeast. I also added 3 tbl melted butter).
1 1/2 cups toasted pecans
2 cups dried cranberries
1 tsp vanilla
juice and zest from one orange
1 stick butter, softened
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
I like to make the dough the night before and give it time to slowly proof in the fridge. In the morning I take it out 30 minutes before I plan to roll it so it has a chance for the chill to subside.
Roll out the dough into a rectangle about 1/2″ thick.
In a small bowl combine the softened butter, dark brown sugar, salt and cinnamon. Spread this mixture all over the dough. Then sprinkle with the toasted pecans.
In another small bowl combine the dried cranberries, vanilla, juice and zest. Microwave for one minute. Stir and let the cranberries soak up all those wonderful flavors.
Sprinkle the cranberries over the dough.
Tightly roll up the dough starting from the bottom. Slice 1″ round and place in a greased baking dish. Do not overcrowd as they will grow quite a bit. Cover the rolls with a clean cloth and let rise for 30 minutes while you pre-heat the oven to 350*.
Bake for 30-40 minutes until light golden in color. Remove from the oven and let cool while you make the frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
8 oz. Cream Cheese (softened)
1 tbl. Sour Cream
4 oz. Butter (softened)
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 vanilla bean (optional but highly recommended)
1 cup Powdered Sugar
Combine all ingredients and beat until smooth. To avoid lumps make sure the butter and cream cheese are very soft.
Let the rolls cool slightly before slathering on the frosting.


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This was originally posted over at Suture for a Living on January 29, 2010.
My friend Vivian asked me to make a quilt for her grand-daughter K. Vivian speaks of K as her daughter and is raising her as such. K's mother (Vivian's daughter) died a few years ago leaving both of them stunned with grief. Yet Vivian is one of the most hopeful, resilient people I know. I was very happy to make the quilt for her.
I choose to make her a bright quilt. The result is this rainbow blooming nine patch. It is 45 in X 54 in. It is machine pieced and quilted.
This near photo shows some of the very simple cross-hatched quilting done.
I found some wonderful fabric for the backing/binding which looks to me like fireworks exploring in all the colors of the rainbow.
The world needs more people like Vivian.


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At last…
I had been lazy, leaving all alone.
In February, I figured I was heading off for a chunk of the month on a cruise, hence wanting tablet for multimedia, but without network, so it was timely not to spend time fiddling with configuration with possible risk of mussing such up.
Alas, the OTA upgrade to JellyBean did a certain chunk of mussing… It busted SuperUser access, thereby breaking Titanium Backup. No backups went properly since :-(.
So, today seemed right timing. I wanted backup, and needed root, the latter looking like a fight. Ah well, go for gusto, see what we get without it…
I had to upgrade adb to support latest Android… Got Clockwork Recovery in place, and zip files for CM10.1 and Google Apps…
The last backup was Feb 16, but happily the files still remained after fresh CM10.1 installation, so I could do a good chunk of recovery of apps, and in plenty of cases, this was basically network configuration, so apps would update their own data upon startup. Sweet!
Superuser is nicely integrated into CM10, also sweet, no extra installation process.
I'll need to reconfigure the launcher, due to the shift from ADW (I had a license) to built-in Trebuchet on CM10, but that seems like the "worst" irritation, and one I can well live with.
I'm not sure I can readily identify big differences between stock Android and CM10, but there are nice small creature comforts my CM10 phone has gotten me used to, like a quick "turn on/off WiFi" directly on notification screens. Small but I like it.


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Coalition of the Willing
by Shaun Chamberlin on July 22nd, 2010
This is a really fantastic piece of collaboration animation on the subject of responses to climate change, from the striking opening comment on Copenhagen on through. Though as the creators freely acknowledge, the ideas behind it need a little love.
It strikes me that some great candidates for their proposed Green Knowledge Trust, Catalyst System and Open Innovation Centre are already coming together..


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Broad Street Church kept in contact with all its men who had joined up.
News has now been received from Air-Mechanic Fred W. Warman to the effect that he is interned at Croningen in Holland. He was acting as wireless-operator in the air-ship which came down there, and had a marvellous escape. We are glad to know that he writes in a bright and cheerful strain, and that he is trying to make the best of things.
Flight Sub-Lieut W. R. Taper of the RNAS has been appointed for duty in Malta. It has been a pleasure to see him frequently in our midst in recent weeks. The good wishes of many friends at Broad Street will go with him as he takes up his new duties.
Brother Woolley has consented to continue his good services by acting as correspondent with our members on service. This [is] a quiet piece of work which is bound to have its good results when things are normal again.
The list of our men who have responded to the call of God and King and Country. (more…)


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Tasting Starbucks 'New and Improved' Items
"The cookies ranged from ehhh to scrumpdiddleumptious."
Stopped by a Starbucks lately? You may have noticed, or tasted, something new. In an effort to take on a more wholesome image and win back customers, the company has introduced a new and improved selection of food items under the campaign "Real food. Simply delicious."
This means a revamping of all their baked goods (no artificial flavors, artificial trans fats, artificial dyes, or high-fructose corn syrup), and the launch of several new items, like the Vivanno smoothie and Protein Plate (cheese, hard-boiled egg, whole-wheat bagel, grapes, apple slices, and peanut butter). At a recent media preview, I tasted some of the "improved" baked goods on offer at Starbucks nationwide.
First up, the Vivanno smoothie. I tasted the Strawberry Banana which has a banana, strawberry purée, milk, and whey protein powder. This was one of my favorites. I could definitely taste the chalkiness of the powder, but you can request less or omit it entirely. The fruit flavor comes through, the payoff of the simple ingredient list. Other Vivanno flavors include Orange, Mango, Banana, and Banana and Chocolate. [See our previous taste test where the two stand up to Jamba Juice smoothies.] This one only comes in a grande (16 fluid ounces).
What's New On Serious Eats
The Marshmallow Dream Bar is a standard Rice Krispies Treat. There's no big flavor surprise here—just marshmallowy crispies to enjoy. What did surprise me, however, was the calorie count. It went down from 440 calories to 210 calories in the new version. This is partially due to the slightly smaller serving size, but still, the reduction was impressive.
I like my banana bread a bit rough; I want chunks of nut, big banana flavor, and a moist interior. The Starbucks version? It's OK. The crumb was too fine, too few nuts, and it just tasted like a generic piece of banana bread from anywhere.
The cookies ranged from ehhh to scrumpdiddleumptious. The Chocolate Chunk Cookie was redesigned to be chewier and softer, but I found it too soft and definitely not chewy enough. It's soft in that not-a-homemade-cookie way which I really detest. The Outrageous Oatmeal cookie, on the other hand, was my favorite by far. It's perfectly chewy and crisp, with one-fourth cup of dried fruit in every cookie. The Indulgent Chocolate Cookie (a cookie-brownie hybrid) is for chocolate lovers with its rich, chocolate flavor and fine crumb.
Many of these changes were inspired by suggestions from My Starbucks Idea, Starbucks' attempt at listening to customer feedback. You can share, vote, and discuss these ideas, some of which Starbucks has already implemented. Pro bono consulting for Starbucks, put that on your resume.
Starbucks Introduces a New Line of 'Healthier' Breakfast Foods
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Oatmeal Is Starbucks' Most Popular Food Launch
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The U.S. Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) industry had a lackluster third quarter after a relatively strong run in the first half of 2012, with a below-par performance in the months of August and September. However, on a macro aspect, the industry was well on course to steamroll the negative investor sentiments as historically REITs have two positive months for every negative month in a bull market. To add a feather to its cap, currently REITs also have been in a three-and-a-half-year cycle into the bull market with an average return of about 20% in each year, preceded by a two-year downturn.
The uptrend in the year-to-date diffusion index further suggested that economic growth was broadening across sectors and indicated a higher probability of a firmer foundation for future growth. Barring minor hiccups, overall equity prices moved northwards as geopolitical noise remained relatively congenial with the Pandora's Box of the eurozone crisis remaining well in control.
In addition, the U.S. GDP growth was comparatively healthy at 2% in the third quarter as consumer spending picked up, along with higher government outlays and gains in residential construction. With an expected GDP growth of around 2% in the remainder of 2012, the overall industry offered a harbinger of a slow yet steady revival of the economy. Employment data was also encouraging with an average monthly gain of 146,000 jobs for the third quarter, significantly up from 67,000 per month during the previous quarter. Furthermore, the unemployment rate plummeted below the 8% mark for the first time in the last four years to 7.8% and was expected to be 7.9% in the next year.
During the third quarter of 2012, the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index recorded total returns of 1.85% compared to 6.35% for the S&P 500. For the first nine months of the year, however, the trend was reversed with the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index reporting total returns of 17.57% compared to 16.44% for the S&P 500.
A combination of factors has helped the listed REIT sector to stand out and gain critical mass over the past 15 to 20 years, the most notable among them being a healthy dividend payout. Total returns of 15.74% for the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index (as of October 26, 2012) included a share price return of 11.92%.
Investors looking for high dividend yields have historically favored the REIT sector. Solid dividend payouts are arguably the biggest enticement for REIT investors as U.S. law requires REITs to distribute 90% of their annual taxable income in the form of dividends to shareholders. The dividend yield for the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index as of October 26, 2012, was 3.41% compared to 1.76% for the 10-year U.S. Treasury Note.
During 2007 to 2009, REITs took on far less debt than private real estate investors, and many were able to sell at the top of the market when private equity investors were still buying. Importantly, during the downturn, REITs were able to acquire properties from highly leveraged investors at deeply discounted prices. This enabled them to add premium high-return assets to their portfolios.
Furthermore, REITs managed to raise capital to pay off debt, owing to a large inflow of funds as institutional investors allocated more 'dry powder' to the industry, making them an increasingly attractive investment proposition. In 2011, REITs raised $51.3 billion in public equity and debt, out of which $37.5 billion alone was raised though public equity despite a highly volatile market. During the first nine months of 2012, publicly traded U.S. REITs have already surpassed that and raised an aggregate of $54.3 billion in capital, which included $36.9 billion in equity.
Moreover, according to data from NAREIT, debt ratio of equity REITs (total industry debt as a percentage of its total debt and equity market capitalization) by the end of second quarter 2012 was 34.6% - significantly lower than 51% at the end of second quarter 2008 and prior to the Lehman Brothers collapse due to the 'Great Recession.' In addition, REITs typically have a large unencumbered pool of assets, which could provide an additional avenue to raise cash during a crisis. These in turn have provided the requisite wherewithal to the REIT industry to make strategic acquisitions over time to fuel its inorganic growth engine. Moving forward, the REIT industry is likely to maintain the uptrend in growth for the remainder of 2012. The outlook remains by and large positive.
However, given the positive note in investor sentiment, a number of factors still persist as a thorn in the improved market scenario. With heights of political uncertainty due to the imminent presidential elections in the U.S., investors might play a 'wait and watch' game before committing on better investment opportunities. In addition, rising concerns about the 'fiscal cliff', with over $600 billion in government spending cuts and tax increases slated to kick start in 2013, is taking its toll as most companies are reducing capital expenditures. These in turn could put a ceiling on equity returns in the next year.
Furthermore, the strategic move to focus on austerity measures among European countries could impede regional economic growth, leading to a dearth of investor confidence in the European financial and fiscal system. In addition, economic growth in emerging markets, particularly the BRIC countries, is expected to be lesser than in recent years, driven by a relative weakness in the developed world and related uncertainties in the global business climate. All these factors could cumulatively contribute to an equity market headwind in the remainder of 2012 and in 2013.
In a nutshell, the long-term prospect of the REIT industry looks favorable with a mild cautionary note. Year to date, the standout performance in the industry was that of the Timber REITs (a total return of 32.75% as measured by the FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index as of October 26, 2012), followed by Infrastructure (22.97%), Shopping Centers (22.82%), Industrial REITs (22.37%), and Regional Mall (22.25%). The relatively underperforming sectors were Apartments (3.77%), Lodging/Resorts (4.70%), and Diversified REITs (5.11%).
We are bullish on Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. ( PCL ) that owns one of the largest and most geographically diversified private timberlands in the U.S. The company produces lumber, plywood and medium density fiberboard in its wood products manufacturing facilities. Plum Creek's diversified timber and land base provides excellent operational flexibility to respond to changing market conditions amid a challenging macroeconomic environment.
In addition, the upsurge in demographic trends driving housing markets and demand for real estate properties across the nation provides a strong economic backdrop for the company to demonstrate solid financial performance in the future. Housing starts are expected to be up 25% in 2012, and increase from 750,000 starts in the current year to 900,000 in 2013.
Plum Creek benefits from large economies of scale and capitalizes on the increasing value of timber over time to offset several negative effects of cyclical commodity pricing. Furthermore, Plum Creek makes prudent investments in the growth of its timberland assets and harvests trees at the most 'economically mature' point in the life cycle of a tree. The company also acquires attractive timberlands and uses advanced practices to improve productivity of its forests, which augments its timber inventory.
We also remain bullish on Simon Property Group Inc. ( SPG ) the largest publicly traded retail REIT in North America, with assets in almost all retail distribution channels. The company's international presence gives it a more sustainable long-term growth story than its domestically focused peers. The geographic and product diversity of the company also insulate it from market volatility to a great extent and provide a steady source of income.
The company has one of the strongest comparable sales per square foot in the industry. Comparable sales in the combined portfolio were $562 per square foot during third quarter 2012, compared to $514 in the prior-year quarter. In addition, Simon Property generally enters into long-term leases with companies, which insulate it from short-term market swings that have weighed on other players in the industry. With a favorable supply/demand relationship, rising earnings estimates, robust growth projections, and a healthy dividend yield, Simon Property offers an enticing upside potential going forward.
Another stock worth mentioning is Prologis Inc. ( PLD ) that acquires, develops, operates and manages industrial real estate space in North America, Asia and Europe. Prologis had merged with the erstwhile namesake company in an all-stock deal to become a behemoth of sorts in the industrial real estate sector. The combined entity had brought two of the most complementary customer franchises on the same platform and created a $44 billion worth of asset pool at their disposal at the time of merger. The merger had led to potential cost savings through operational synergies and had created a stronger platform for value creation and sustainable growth in the long term.
In addition, Prologis provides industrial distribution warehouse space in some of the busiest distribution markets across the globe. The properties of the company are typically located in large, supply-constrained infill markets at close proximity to airports, seaports and ground transportation facilities, which enable rapid distribution of customers' products. This has enabled the company to gain a significant pricing advantage over its competitors.
A significant chunk of REITs are raising capital through property level debt and equity offerings. Although both debt and equity financings provide the much-needed cash infusion, they could potentially burden an already leveraged balance sheet and dilute earnings. Property level debt is also harder to obtain and more expensive, as commercial real estate prices remain under pressure.
Although overall market fundamentals remain positive for Apartment REITs, we are a tad bearish on Apartment Investment and Management Company or Aimco ( AIV ) as it is popularly known as. Aimco is one of the largest owners and operators of multifamily apartments in the U.S., with a strong portfolio of Class 'B' and Class 'C' properties primarily catering to the middle-income market. The company is currently restructuring its portfolio and expects to sell almost all of its affordable properties over the next four- to five-year period to concentrate entirely on the conventional real estate portfolio.
Aimco also expects to reduce its investment in non-target markets and consequently increase its investment in target markets through redevelopment and acquisitions. Despite attempts to reposition its portfolio, much of the company's portfolio still resides in areas where housing is relatively cheap. As the company continues to sell non-core assets and buy in higher growth, infill areas, we expect continued earnings dilution.
We also remain skeptical on Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. ( HST ), the largest lodging REIT in the U.S. The majority of Host Hotels' properties are concentrated in the luxury and upper-upscale segments, which had been the weakest performing segments during the economic downturn. The hotel industry is also cyclical in nature, and is heavily dependent on the overall health of the U.S. economy, which is yet to spring back to its full vigor.
Unfavorable macroeconomic conditions in the past have compelled customers to cut back on discretionary spending and prefer lower priced brands over premium ones. Consequently, demand for Host Hotels had reduced comparatively and if the trend reoccurs in future, the company would be under severe stress to maintain profitability.
Moving forward, limited supply of new construction coupled with the growing demand for high-quality properties bode well for the earnings prospects of REITs, in particular those that have assets in high barriers-to-entry markets. To sum up, we firmly believe that despite a few pitfalls, REITs still make a worthy investment proposition during the remainder of 2012 and in 2013.
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Shares of chip equipment maker Applied Materials (AMAT) continue to rise following a big jump yesterday on the announcement of a deal to combine with Japanese equipment maker Tokyo Electron (8035JP), creating the world's biggest tool vendor at $29 billion.
The stock is up 42 cents, or 2.4%, at $17.86.
The response from the sell-side has been quite positive as well, although Argus Research's Jim Kelleher, who has a Buy rating on Applied sharse, today expresses some mild caution about what could be hurdles or delays to the deal:
The two companies have set a conservative time-line for completing the deal in mid-2014 or even the second half of the year. But even that extended timeline contains risks. Cross-border deals for major assets tend to take longer to complete. Tokyo Electron is the third-ranked player in the semi cap equipment industry. Its absorption into Applied could raise objections from Japanese institutional investors from a national pride perspective. The size of the combined company might raise anti-trust concerns in multiple jurisdictions. We see at least a 40% chance the deal will be blocked or at least delayed past the targeted close date. We will continue to model Applied on a stand-alone basis and will begin combination modeling once we get an early sense of the deal's chances of passing regulatory muster.
It's worth keeping in mind that Tokyo Electron shares actually rose yesterday on the announcement.
Citigroup's Terence Whalen, who has a Buy rating on Applied shares, and a $19 price target, writes that "AMAT and Tokyo Electron appear to be the best
positioned company to benefit from FinFET transistors and 3D NAND given their scale, and diverse offerings in etch/deposition."
We view the merger constructively given: a) integration execution is a proven strength of Dickerson/Halliday with recent AMATVarian success notable, b) the combined entity's $2.40 EPS power is 12% higher than AMAT standalone $2.15 EPS model at the same $37B WFE level; c) Tokyo Electron and AMAT's portfolios don't overlap much except in etch where TEL's dominant 30% share should help AMAT's 10% position. While we acknowledge there are integration and cultural risks associated with a US-Japanese deal of this size, we believe Gary Dickerson's long 30-yr+ relationship with TEL and active hand in AMAT-Varian integration will help mollify these challenges. Furthermore, we see little anti-trust risk in the Silicon portions of AMAT/TEL's businesses. Key Takeaways from Mgmt Call — 1) The merger will be accretive exiting its first FY and the new company structure will facilitate better cash return to shareholders; 2) $500M run rate operating expense synergy will be realized by the third full FY; 3) $3B stock repurchase will be executed within 12 months after the transaction close; 4) Gary Dickerson will relocate to Japan; 5) 3 pnts of WFE share gain are expected thru 2017; 6) new target model of 25% operating margin at $37B WFE with $2.40 earnings model assumes a 17% tax rate, down from AMAT's 25%.
Pacific Crest's Weston Twigg reiterates an Outperform rating, writing that Applied will have greater coverage of the equipment landscape:
We think the deal is about new products. While this deal makes sense from a cash-return and cost-synergy standpoint, we believe the main driver is Mr. Dickerson's desire to deliver the best equipment and to grow revenue through share gains. Nearly all semiconductor process steps will be covered, providing tremendous opportunity for Applied to develop and introduce innovative new products.
Canaccord Genuity's Bobby Burleson, who doesn't formally cover Applied, thinks that there will be further consolidation in the equipment business, with implications for MKS Instruments (MKSI) and Ultratech (UTEK), both of whose shares he rates a Buy:
The most likely negative impact would be to MKS Instruments whose #1 and another top-5 customer have just combined with a stated goal of extracting costs from all layers of the supply chain. The impact to pricing and MKS' possible offsets, however, remains uncertain at this stage. There may be a slight positive impact for Ultratech as Applied possibly gets distracted away from its smaller annealing business, and/or its customers look to diversify away from the newly merged entity in smaller or non-critical applications. We see no overly positive or negative impact to Nanometrics.


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The Scoop tipline has been blowing up with news of action at 500 Jackson, the high-profile space that has previously housed Cypress Club, Scott Howard and most recently, Zinnia.
The signage says Cinquecento and menu on the door lists antipasti and gnocchi, but don't be fooled: It's not a real restaurant.
For the next two weeks, it will be a movie set for a forthcoming restaurant film by the name of Trattoria. That said, they've fired up the burners, will be cooking in the kitchen, and have set up the dining room, with lights and cameras towering over the recessed area. Tahoe chef Douglas Dale is the chef consultant.
As for the movie, it's being billed as the restaurant version of Sideways, meaning it takes place in the dining world but tells a dramatic story at the same time. Or something like that. Here's the plot summary:
Inspired by real chefs and the writers' real-life experiences in the family restaurant business, Trattoria is a drama/comedy set in the exciting San Francisco restaurant scene about a chef and his son that reconnect and heal their past through cooking.
Chef Sal Sartini and his second wife Cecelia have just opened their new restaurant, Cinquecento, and are trying to get the reviews and buzz that restaurants need to succeed in the competitive San Francisco culinary scene. As they work out the kinks and get the restaurant running smoothly, Sal's estranged college-age son, Vince, comes to visit and help out in the restaurant.
Sal works more and more to attract customers and be prepared for when the all important food critic comes in, falling into the same pattern of workaholism that dissolved his first marriage and separated him from his son originally. He no longer enjoys himself and forgets why he became a chef in the first place- his love of food and cooking… and loses site of what is really important- family.
Chef Sartini must learn with the help of his son to rekindle his passion for cooking and life, and not make the same mistakes again… or risk losing everything.
Dun dun dun! Sounds fun, eh?
And for those in the area: They're looking for extras in the dining riin scenes. Email susanrdowns [at] hotmail.com for more info.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and make turkey-shaped foodstuffs. Turkey cookies. Turkey sandwich cutouts. Turkey veal filet. Everything is better when turkey-shaped. LET'S GO!
SKATING WITH THE STARS – 9:00PM (ABC) ABC's latest reality competition is a knockoff of their own "Dancing with the Stars," and is in fact a knockoff that Fox already attempted with "Skating with Celebrities" in 2006. Surely, you remember that show. With Dave Coulier! And Bruce Jenner! And Mark Lund, whoever that is! Anyway, ABC is assuming enough time has passed since that abomination to give it one more double axel, so your first season cast includes the likes of Sean Young (rent "No Way Out" immediately), Bethenny Frankel (but her life is so krayzee! It can't get KRAYZEEEEER!!!), and Vince Neil of Motley Crue. Oh, yes. Old Vince is back on the reality wagon. I expect a touching ice dance set to "Home Sweet Home," or I want my money back. ANTICIPATION: DR. SKATEGOOD!
LENNONYC – 9:00PM (PBS) PBS continues their little Lennon festival with this expansive two-hour documentary about Lennon's life after moving to New York in 1971. The special includes rare footage and assorted studio outtakes, plus interviews with several notable people. Oh, and Yoko Ono. She shows up for some reason. You know you've led a notable life when documentaries and biographies cover only certain eras of your existence. I imagine very few movies will be made about my own "Swiss Cake Roll Years" of 1987-1991. ANTICIPATION: HE LOVES YOU YEAH YEAH YEAH!
CHELSEA'S BIG INTERVIEW SPECIAL – 10:00PM (E!) E!'s drunken answer to Baba Wawa gets her own special, complete with soft-focus interviews of Gwyneth Paltrow (stop the Paltrow express!), Anne Hathaway, and Christina Aguilera. What, no Taylor Swift? Surely, she was available to dazzle you with her poise. ANTICIPATION: CHELSEA OF TEARS!
HOUSE – 8:00PM (FOX) A man falls ill after reenacting the Crucifixion. And now you know this show is thinking up plot points strictly to make the five-minute opening as incongruous to the show as humanly possible. They did this last week with the slave ship thing, when my wife walked by the TV and saw it and was like, "What are you watching?!" And I told her "House," and she was like, "Really?!" I think their writers live for that. ANTICIPATION: HOLY!
FABULOUS CAKES – 10:00PM (TLC) The second season of a show about people making very large and elaborate cakes. I'd really prefer my cake to just look like cake. I don't need it to look like "Moulin Rouge!" Seems foolish. ANTICIPATION: CAKEY!
Monday Watch List: SKATE WITH THE DEVIL!
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Kelly family ready to bury famed outlaw
Hours before his hanging, Australia's most storied outlaw made a last request, that his loved ones receive his body so they could bury it in sacred ground.
This weekend, 133 years later, Ned Kelly's family will finally be granted that wish.
Joanne Griffiths, the great-granddaughter of Kelly's sister Kate, says the bushranger's remains - minus his missing skull - will be buried in an unmarked grave in regional Victoria, with a memorial service to take place on Friday.
"Our aim is to give Edward a dignified funeral like any family would want to," she told ABC radio on Wednesday.
"It's obviously a very difficult and painful time.
"We've waited a long time to bury a loved family member ... we just ask people to give us the respect to bury him with some privacy and dignity on the day."
The service for Kelly, set to be conducted by Monsignor John White at St Patrick's Church in the town of Wangaratta, will be a traditional Catholic mass in line with the bushranger's wishes, Ms Griffiths said.
"That's what he would've wanted, that's what he requested, and he wished to be buried in consecrated ground," she said.
Anthony Griffiths, great-grandson of Kelly's sister Grace, said the service will not seek to glorify any of the bushranger's criminal infamy.
"To us, it's just a family funeral service," he told AAP.
Mr Griffiths said while Kelly's skull remained missing since being stolen from an Old Melbourne Gaol display case in 1978, the family did not want to wait any longer to bury his remains since their identification in 2011.
He said "a fair percentage" of the hundreds of Kelly family descendants were set to attend the funeral, which heightened the need for privacy.
Ms Griffiths said Kelly would not be buried on the day of the service, and she would not confirm whether he was to be interred alongside relatives in the cemetery at Greta, near Glenrowan, the site of his famous last stand with police before his capture.
His grave will be unmarked, which Ms Griffiths said she hoped would help give him peace.
Kelly was hanged at Old Melbourne Gaol in 1880 for killing three police officers.
The location of his remains had been a mystery until late 2011, when scientists used DNA testing to identify bones from a skeleton exhumed from a mass grave at the former Pentridge Prison site as Kelly's.
Former prison chaplain Professor Peter Norden, who is close to the Kelly family and has prepared eulogy notes for the memorial, says he hopes the service and burial will "bring some peace and healing" to the family.
"I'm pleased that it's happening, and I believe he didn't get a decent trial - at least he can get a decent burial," Prof Norden told AAP.