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It happens all the time — terrific TV show gets cut down in its prime because They just don't get It. But if you could have just one back for just one season, which would it be?
Right off the bat, I'm pulling Firefly from contention. We all know its full of awesome and would, therefore, win without breaking a sweat on its perfectly chiseled brow. So, no Cap'n Mal and the Ramblers. But here are five genre odysseys that ended with their best days ahead of them. Which one should have gotten a stay of execution?
Traveling circuses have never been freakier — or more supercharged. After Star Trek and before Battlestar Galactica, Ronald D. Moore spent some time in the dustbowl of the 1930s, bringing us this allegorical look at the forces of good (as embodied by Nick Stahl's wandering fugitive) and evil (in the form of Clancy Brown's hellfire-and-brimstone pastor). Or is it the other way around?
The 17 episodes that comprise Patrick McGoohan's spy-fi identity-theft classic might be the best 17 episodes in TV history. Razor sharp and perfectly prescient, it followed an unnamed agent — referred to only as Number Six — as he tried to escape from the Village he was forcibly retired to.
A slow start doomed this show, which followed a newspaper reporter (Rome's Kevin McKidd) who found himself being flung through time. What seemed like arbitrary visits to the not-so-distant past eventually was revealed to be part of a master plan. Too little too late.
One of the most challenging sci-fi shows to hit the air in the past 25 years, Headroom is set in a not-too-distant future that's dominated by network news and followed a TV reporter (Matt Frewer) who suffered a head injury and has his consciousness downloaded into the ether. And then he and his virtual doppleganger tell the stories the networks don't want told. Get it?
It wasn't sci-fi, it wasn't an alternate history — Kings was more a Biblical alternate reality, loosely based on the story of King David. And it was blisteringly acted, stunningly written, and expertly executed. Unfortunately, it was greeted by an audience that didn't know what to expect, because the network didn't know what it had.
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* If you happened to have your eyes burned out of your skulls by the recently unveiled design of the new London double-decker bus, here's a tonic: The boys at BigLorryBlog recently visited the London Transport Museum, which provides good viewing of the double-deckers of yesteryear.
* Over at Junkyard Life, a yearbook photo from 1974 has opened up a couple mysteries, not the least of which is what happened to this rather unusual Charger with such a large sunroof.
* A bit of an older post, but still worth pointing to: Bobby Green assembled an interesting collection of photos of antique accessory stoplamps, many of which were quite elaborate. (via)
* Well, says here that the first purpose-built automobile factory in the U.K. was constructed to assemble the Madelvic, an electric horseless carriage powered by a fifth wheel, in 1898. Looks like some sort of steampunk fantasy, which means we should probably expect to see something like this show up at a future Burning Man or Handcar Regatta.
* Finally, for those who got a kick out of Brandon Ortwein's van designs last week, feast your eyes upon Andrew Mark Hunter's superhero-themed vans. I may very well do the Captain America theme on a domestic one of these days.
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National Financial Partners Corp. (NFP) announced Tuesday that it had acquired Fusion Advisor Network, the network of advisors who receive and share practice management and business consulting best practices under the leadership of founder Stuart Silverman and noted industry guru Philip Palaveev, Fusion's president.
Silverman said that he, Palaveev and marketing director Abby Salameh have been meeting with Fusion's 240 affiliated advisors to explain the how and why of the transaction, which was effective July 2. "We haven't gotten a negative comment yet" from those advisors, Silverman said in a Thursday interview, predicting that those advisors will see a number of "additional benefits from this union" and that the transition should be smooth, with "no repapering."
While Silverman will become chairman emeritus, he dismissed the notion that he will be leaving anytime soon. "It's not just through the transition" that he will remain, he pledged, noting that while the transaction "has taken off some of the financial pressure," Fusion is "not just a business for me; I have relationships with these people."
In the same interview, James Poer (left), president of NFP Advisor Services Group, said the genesis of the acquisition came from NFP's "long history with Fusion; we've had shared success and we understand the talents and benefits that each party brings to the equation."
In Investment Advisor's 2012 annual independent broker-dealer directory, NFP Advisor Services was ranked 10th in annual revenue, at $369.2 million in 2011; it was ranked seventh in average annual gross production per advisor, at $274,483; and as of year-end 2011 it had 1,329 registered reps, putting it in 21st place among all the indpendent BDs in the directory.
Fusion's advisors have used NFP Advisor Solutions Group as its broker-dealer for nearly 10 years. But while the "intellectual capital" of Fusion around practice management consulting has heretofore been available "to only 20%" of NFP's representatives, its expertise will now "be integrated deeper into our platform," Poer said, including its technology workstation, AdvisorComplete. In-person consulting will also be available to reps.
Poer declined to reveal the terms of the acquisition.
He did say, however, that the deal will constitute "a big deal on recruiting," since it will attract higher-end advisors who can benefit from the business-building expertise of Fusion. Existing Fusion advisors, he said, will also be brought into the "leadership process of the organization."
Poer said that an "advisor who works well with us wants to build a business, not a practice; wants to take advantage of our technology and scale." He characterized NFP Advisors Group's model as "not a WalMart approach, but a high-end boutique" model for advisors who are interested in "intentional growth."
The release announcing the acquisition said that in 2013, NFP expects that NFP Advisor Services "adjusted EBITDA margins will improve in the range of 75 to 100 basis points," which Poer said will come from "efficiencies and opportunities from a margin standpoint."
He also stressed that in discussing Fusion, "let's not use past tense; we're big fans and it's not going away." Poer declined to reveal the purchase price. Silverman echoed Poer's statement, saying that what will change is "that we're not just a client of the broker-dealer, but partners."
Palaveev, the former Moss Adams consultant, is a longtime contributor to Investment Advisor and AdvisorOne, notably as the analyst for several years, with colleague Jonathan McQuade, on the annual Top Wealth Managers ranking. He most recently was quoted in Research magazine's June cover story on Exploring Independence.
In an interview last year with AdvisorOne, Poer spoke about his plans to remake the former NFP Securities in both technology and in "talent, process and service." In the July issue of Investment Advisor, he wrote about how advisors can maximize the value of their practices.
Silverman was extensively quoted in a recent Investment Advisor feature article by Olivia Mellan on how Fusion helps its advisors with their quality of life, notably through its Thrive program.
Parent company National Financial Partners Corp., founded by CEO Jessica Bibliowicz, was one of the first rollup firms to make a splash in the advisor market and went so far as to go public in 2003. Bibliowicz has been named multiple times to the IA 25 list of the most influential people in and around the advisor industry, and to AdvisorOne's Top Women in Wealth.


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Verizon and HTC have announced a new Droid branded handset for the big Red's LTE network. The Droid Incredible 4G is the successor to the original Incredible and its less popular successor, the Incredible 2. Like the previous two Incredible's, the latest Incredible also has red accents all over it, including a red earphone grille, a red chrome ring around the camera and a red beats audio logo at the bottom right of the handset.
The Droid Incredible 4G LTE specs are similar to the European variant of the HTC One S, which makes it an upper mid-range device. The 4-inch qHD (960×640) Super AMOLED display is backed by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm S4 processor, an Adreno 225 GPU, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory, and a 1700mAh removable battery.
At the back of the handset is an 8MP snapper with zero shutter lag with an aperture size of f/2.2 (28mm lens) that is also capable of recording videos in 1080p resolution. The Incredible 4G LTE uses a new 28nm baseband from Qualcomm, which should make sure that the handset lasts much longer than the previous generation 4G LTE handsets from HTC and Motorola.
Other key features of the handset include HTC Watch, NFC, MHL port, Bluetooth 4.0, Beats Audio and a bunch of sensors. The Incredible 4G LTE runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich right out of the box with Sense 4.0 on top of it. Verizon did not announce an official release date of the handset but rumors suggest that it will be available by the end of this month for $149 on a two-year contract.


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The next iPhone, set to be unveiled Wednesday at a special media event in San Francisco, is now expected to be compatible with LTE networks outside the US. While the third-generation iPad was only compatible with North American LTE networks, the upcoming iPhone will indeed work on "the fastest wireless networks around the world—including Europe and Asia," according to sources speaking to The Wall Street Journal.
4G LTE technology is still in a relative infancy, with the US having the largest network rollout so far. Market research firm IDC said that South Korea, Japan, Australia, Germany, and Sweden are among the 11 countries with LTE service world wide, and rollouts are just now beginning in France and the UK.
Supporting LTE is difficult, not only because of limited network availability, but also because LTE networks operate on a wider variety of radio frequencies than 3G networks. "It's like patchwork quilt in terms of spectrum," Bill Davidson, senior vice president of Qualcomm Inc, told WSJ. "It will be impractical to have all of the bands [in a single device]."
Because Apple's latest-generation "iPad 4G + WiFi" is only compatible with LTE networks in the US and Canada, Apple had run ins with regulators in Australia and Sweden over claims that its marketing confused consumers into thinking it would be compatible with LTE networks in those countries.
However, the next-gen iPhone is expected to use a newer generation of the Qualcomm integrated LTE/HSPA+/EV-DO baseband chip used in the iPad. The newer chip, known as the MDM9615, is reportedly compatible with a wider number of LTE bands.
Even with wider compatibility with various LTE bands, though, the new iPhone still may not work with every carrier in every country with LTE support. Sources for WSJ could not say which carriers might get left out, but we should have a clearer picture of carrier support come Wednesday.


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- Yankees Five time SFBL World Championship!! Best MSBL Team Ever!!
- Yankees 2010 Spring MSBL World Champions!!!
- Hello to our number one fan Cheri V !!!!!
- Yankees 19 season overall record...185-55-6...(.752) Winning Pct.!!!!!!
Pat Vadala
Yankees 2009 Spring MSBL World Champions!!!
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees won the Senior Division championship for the fourth time in team history after posting an 11-9, come from behind, win over the Dade champion Miami Blues.
The Yankees scored eight runs in the final three at bats, including five runs in the bottom of the eighth, against, arguably, the greatest pitching staff in SFBL history. Trailing 8-6 in the eighth, two Blues' errors and singles by Pat Vadala and Dan Ojst brought the Yanks to within a run. After James Kent singled to tie the score, the Blues decided to walk Ryan Scott intentionally to load the bases with one out. The move proved disastrous as Kenny Hansley hit the next pitch off the wall in right center field for a two run double, giving the Yanks an 11-9 lead. Chris Basso picked up the win in relief of Jon Sandola. Basso allowed one run in five innings of relief. The Yanks' defense chipped in as Hansley and second baseman Keith Nicoll combined to turn four double plays. Vadala, a late addition to the lineup, led the Pinstripers with three hits. Basso and Hansley added two hits each.
Ryan Scott hits Homerun number 76 in his Yankee career!!!
The all time Ft.Lauderdale Yankees Homerun leader is Ryan Scott with 76 in 19 Seasons. Chris Basso is currently second with 49 (17 seasons). Chris Basso holds the single season record with 10 Homeruns. Ryan Scott is second with 9 Homeruns. The Yankees have led the league in team Homeruns almost every year topping out with 34 in the Fall of 2003. The Scott/Basso combination in the middle of the Yankee line-up has been the major reason for the unmatched success.
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ROCHESTER — After establishing a controversial program that received national attention last year, the Rochester Police Department has announced an arraignment date for at least six local parents and guardians who will face violation-level offenses for allegedly allowing their children to be truant.
Police Capt. Paul Toussaint said that on Feb. 11 at 8 a.m. in Rochester Circuit Court accused residents will wait for a hearing during a general arraignment session. Toussaint previously said people charged in the department's new truancy program — where guilty offenders may pay up to $1,000 in fines or opt to take a diversion program at the station — would be those who "don't care" about their student's excessive tardiness or absenteeism in school.
"They are parents (who) after review from the School Department and the Police Department we feel warrant charges," he clarified Tuesday afternoon.
Detective Steve Gahan, who works in the police department's prosecution office, said he hand-delivered court summonses to the six identified offenders and he has approximately four or five additional cases to review at the request of the School Department.
He noted the process is taking longer than expected, where he initially thought an arraignment for parents and guardians would be held in January. But, he said the schools are taking their time with families to make sure they have made options available to them before the police step in.
"The school wants to make sure they've exhausted all of their resources before referring (parents and guardians) to us," Gahan said, "and that's slowing down the process."
Assistant Superintendent Mary Moriarty said the School Department has had many meetings with adults who could face consequences for their children's truant behavior and said some of the conversations had been meaningful and effective. She said that was the goal of the program from the beginning.
"Our objective all along was not to be punitive but to help work with families to resolve attendance concerns," she said.
Gahan said so far there have been some parents and guardians referred to him by the school he hasn't actually charged. Through investigation, he said he determined those people were pursuing services for their children outside of school including therapy and family therapy sessions.
"I haven't charged them because they're doing everything they can," he explained. "Some of the parents I have served with complaints — the effort isn't there. They look at it as 'There's nothing I can do about it.' They're not taking advantage of the school programs and those are the parents we need to take the next step. If they want to choose the diversion program, that option is open to them."
On Feb. 11, charged parents and guardians will be able to plead not guilty and have their cases go to trial or, if they enter a guilty plea, they may pay a designated fine for their violation-level charges or opt to take the diversion program, which may have a minimal fee attached to it.
Gahan noted he has learned since the Police Department's announcement of the program last November, several students are taking the new school policy seriously and are showing up for class.
Moriarty said while attendance issues crop up at different points in the year and she couldn't assuredly say attendance issues were improving for some students, she said there is an "ongoing process" that could lead to better student participation in the future.
"I think that we've definitely heightened people's awareness of the importance of being on time and present at school each day and every day," Moriarty said. "I think that conversation was opened up through the publicity and through the work that we've been doing in the district …"
When the program was initially launched, Gahan added there were 88 students who had missed more than 15 days of school since the start of the year through mid-November. The program has been shaping up differently than expected since then, he explained, with fewer people charged. He noted if the alleged offenders are found guilty but wish to pay a fine rather than attend diversion program classes, those special classes may not even be held.
"We're still in the observation phase," Gahan said, stating it's too early to tell if the new program has been successful. "We're sitting back and watching. We're not really going to know the impact until (the alleged offenders) are in front of the judge."


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Cold Sholder ice cream shop to hold grand opening in Torrington, offer free cones
TORRINGTON >> At first glance it appears to be a misspelling, an easily-fixed but overlooked error. But that's just how Cold Sholder Ice Cream Shop owner and founder Bonnie Ponte envisioned it when she brainstormed names for an ice cream shop.
The misspelling is part of a tagline: At Cold Sholder, the only thing missing is "u", as in you, the customer.
Ponte said she tested out the name by asking several people, all of whom she said loved it.
"It was different, and they would never forget the name," Ponte said. "That's what you want in a name of a business."
The ice cream shop, located inside the Donut Station that Ponte also owns, will host a grand opening on Sunday with free ice cream cones and a musical performance by Charlie Whip and the Lariats. The free goodies will be available from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the shop's location on 429 Winsted Road.
"We are a full-service ice cream shop," Ponte said. "We carry Gifford's Ice Cream, and also another kind of ice cream that's made locally."
The locally-made ice cream has a flavor called toasted almond that was voted as one of the best in Connecticut, Ponte said.
All the ice cream is all-natural and gluten free, and Ponte said she also serves Italian ice for people interested in non-dairy treats. Ice cream shakes, milkshakes, ice cream floats, banana splits and all other ice cream shop staples are sold at the shop. The shop had its soft open on July 6, Ponte said.
The name of the shop caused a bit of controversy on Facebook, Pone said, after people kept pointing out the shop's name was misspelled in a post she shared on the Torrington Facebook page. The idea behind the name came during a brainstorming session with a friend who works in the bakery industry.
"It just kind of came up," Ponte said. "We were doing the words game; we used the word 'cold', we just put the word 'shoulder' and we were laughing at it. The more we thought about it, it just really started to make an impression."
While the idea behind the name came through creative thinking, the reasoning behind the creation of the shop itself came from a practical approach to a problem. Ponte said she had a large patio space installed in front of the Donut Station last year that wasn't being used enough.
"I was trying to think of something that I could bring in that would utilize that patio. Ice cream is what I thought of," Ponte said.
There is no ice cream shop in Torrington where you can take your kids and sit comfortably outside, Ponte said, which encouraged her to open up the shop.
Despite already housing the Donut Shop and owning both businesses, Ponte said she plans to keep them separate because it's important for each to have its own identity.
"If I was just a donut shop selling ice cream, people wouldn't stop," Ponte said. "If you want ice cream, you are going to an ice cream shop, not a donut shop that sells ice cream."
Reach Esteban L. Hernandez at (860) 489-3121, ext. 328.


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How to Save PDF Files on an iPadLast updated: 05/14/2012
You probably know that you can read PDF documents on your iPad, but did you know that you can also save PDF files to the iBooks app on your iPad? This is useful for saving free ebooks in PDF file format from websites like Open Library. You also can save anything from bank statements and college course syllabi to scanned documents and tenant agreements. It's not a stretch to say that your iPad could become a portable document management system!
Here's how to save PDF files on your iPad:
How to Update Your iPad's SoftwareLast updated: 05/09/2012
This week Apple released iOS 5.1.1, the newest version of the operating system for iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touch devices. You used to have to connect to a computer with iTunes to install updates, but not anymore. With the "over-the-air" update feature built into iOS, you can use your iPad to download and install the iOS updates while connected to a wireless network. This guide will show you how to update your iPad's iOS software wirelessly using the over-the-air update feature.
How to Install iOS Updates Wirelessly
Connecting a Bluetooth Keyboard to an iPadLast updated: 05/08/2012
As someone who writes for a living, I need to be able to type fast and accurately. That's just not possible with the iPad's Qwerty keyboard. I initially thought the built-in keyboard would work, and that it was just a matter of training myself to use it. But as time went on, I realized that the keyboard was only large enough to fool me into thinking I could type with two hands. For me, using the iPad's virtual keyboard will never be as easy as using a physical one.
How to Password Protect Your iPadLast updated: 05/02/2012
Did you know that you can enable password protection and hardware encryption on your iPad? It's an easy and effective way to protect your private data from prying eyes. After you enable password protection, users will have to enter a password to unlock the iPad or access certain iOS system settings, as shown below.
How to Set Up a New iPadLast updated: 04/30/2012
Last weekend I did something I had never done before: I purchased an iPad for the first time. The process of setting up a new iPad is relatively straightforward, but some of the options can be confusing, especially if you're new to iOS. (For those who don't know, iOS is the name of the operating system that runs on the iPad).
How to Switch the Control and Command KeysLast updated: 04/16/2012
One of the most subtle differences between a Mac and a PC is also one of the biggest: the functionality of the control key on the keyboard. When you buy a Mac, you'll need to start using the command key instead of the control key. For example, instead of pressing Control-S to save and Control-C to copy like you did in Windows, you'll have to press Command-S and Command-C to do the same thing in OS X. All of the other available keyboard shortcuts are similarly affected.
Starting Applications Automatically at LoginLast updated: 03/01/2012
Do you use the same applications, documents, AppleScripts, and Automator actions every day? Consider adding them as login items to start them automatically when you log in or turn on your Mac. It's a great timesaver. Follow these instructions and kiss manually opening applications goodbye!
How to Use Your Mac as a Wireless RouterLast updated: 02/29/2012
Did you know that you can turn your Mac into a wireless router for your home or office? This is a great option if you have cable or DSL service, but have yet to purchase a wireless router! These instructions will show you how to connect several computers or devices - such as an iPhone or iPad - to the Internet via your Mac's wireless network. The best part is that you can save big money on expensive devices like the AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express by setting up your Mac to do the same thing!
How to Monitor Your Mac's Memory UsageLast updated: 01/02/2012
Imagine driving a vehicle with no gauges on the dashboard. You wouldn't know how fast the car was going, how much fuel it had left, or whether or not the engine was about to overheat. In short, you'd be driving blind - hoping, by chance, that everything would just work out okay.
How to Update Your Mac's SoftwareLast updated: 12/30/2011
Updating Apple's software on your Mac is an important maintenance task that you should perform regularly. Using the latest versions of Mac OS X and Apple's applications can protect your Mac against malicious attacks, improve sluggish system performance, and fix bugs that can cause applications to randomly crash. This tutorial will show you how to automatically and manually update the Apple software on your computer.


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Some time ago I attempted to implement the proposed abc2 standard (based on the version IV draft, which I think was the last, plus Henrik Norbek's BNF version of that spec) using Prolog with the music grammar specified as DCGs. However I eventually stopped work on it. There are places in the proposal that are unclear and some just very odd. ( I haven't time to go through my notes at the moment, but eg macros are really poorly defined - as the stand they can only be used in a limited way and the %%propragate-accidentals default goes against normal music practice. And some odd things are inherited from the original abc - broken rhythms transparent to grace notes: A {c} > B is acceptable instead of the musically more obvious A > {c} B. If you're going to make a radical change to a standard, I'd clean that up (and order of elements in note groups in general)).
The BNF spec doesn't always agree with the draft and fails to put any structure onto the music elements - it roughly speaking defines a music line as a collection of things that can appear on a music line without imposing any order on them. Again by way of example, broken groups like A>B should be a syntactic unit, rather than <note> and <broken> just being something that can appear in a music line. (In part some of the problems stem from abc's mixing of line-based definitions - having to match s: and w: lines with the music lines - before you can deal with the music - you can get a better grammar if you preprocess them into the music).
If anyone's interested in going back and looking at the version 2 standard (or something in between 1.6 and 2) I'd be interested in getting involved. (I think the list died some years ago).
BTW, I don't want anything I've written above to imply that I don't like abc - I love the stuff and especially for single melodic lines it's hard to beat. I did the abc for the Yorkshire Garland project and for that I generated abc from musicxml extracted from a pdf produced by Sibelius - it's not as pretty as hand coded abc, but it was quick and accurate. And for storage of tunes it neat and compact - I implemented two versions of song browsers (one in Java, one in Prolog) for using the Digital Tradition database and stored the tunes there in abc (another conversion job I did from Songwright - I've suggested the DT changes to abc but they are reluctant!) . On the other hand, I could do without being able to arrange Beethoven in abc - I write and arrange a lot of classical guitar music and I do that in Finale or Sibelius, not abc. Just the ability to do it doesn't make it the right tool for the job!
Glad to see the site's up and hope it generates lots of interest.


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Health and wellness are important to everyone. 80 percent of Internet users look for health information online. We want to be educated.
Yet, health information flows toward us even as we commute to work or relax at home. Advertisements repeatedly broadcast the symptoms of diseases and the side effects of applicable medications. But is this knowledge always helpful? Are we educating ourselves into illness and suffering, inducing problems with fearful predictions and images?
A pioneer regarding the mental nature of health believed so. After stating, "Every medical method has its advocates," Mary Baker Eddy wrote, "The preference of [one's thought] for a certain method creates a demand for that method, and the body then seems to require such treatment. You can even educate a healthy horse so far in physiology that he will take cold without his blanket, whereas the wild animal, left to his instincts, sniffs the wind with delight."
Eddy, the founder of the healing system known as Christian Science, recognized that the human mind could be a tool for harming in addition to helping one's physical condition. She alerted readers of her writings to this in the late 1800s.
Today, we are still being informed of the disadvantages of certain forms of health education. For example, Fiona Macrae, in her Health post at the Daily Mail, writes, "If you feel ill just looking at the side effects of the medicine that's supposed to cure you, it might be best not to bother. The warnings themselves might actually be making you sick, scientists say."
Macrae concludes her Daily Mail post with a quote from Dr. Clifton Meador of Vanderbilt School of Medicine: "Bad news promotes bad physiology. I think that you can persuade people that they're going to die and have it happen. I don't think there is anything mystical about it. We're uncomfortable with the idea that words or symbolic actions can cause death because it changes our biomolecular model of the world."
If mentality has such an impact on health experiences, we should encourage any education that promotes health. To obtain the best education possible wouldn't it help, as Dr. Meador suggests, to have a different model?
Research shows that we may be educating ourselves into illness because our thought can impact our body. Research also reveals that spirituality impacts thought. If spirituality improves thought and thought impacts us physically, perhaps, the new model should be a spiritual one?
A survey of American family physicians found that 99 percent of these physicians are convinced that spiritual beliefs can heal. Further, 75 percent believe that the prayers of others can help a patient recover more quickly. And remarkably, a Pew Research survey revealed that 36 percent of Americans say they've experienced or seen healing through prayer.(4)
Many spiritual thinkers find that the heartfelt desire to understand spiritual things — prayer, actually — results in a higher, holier consciousness, one that's less occupied with fear, anxiety, and other harmful influences. This higher quality of thought leads to minor as well as dramatic physical changes.
I've experienced this phenomenon in a small way. Many years ago, I took a six-month job as a telephone operator. On one of my first days of work, another operator asked if I had started experiencing headaches. I thought this was a funny question; but soon afterward, I began to have headaches every day.
The only thing that I could tell had changed was my attitude toward the people calling in for assistance. At first, serving each caller had been enjoyable; but that quickly changed. I started reacting to each one as an absolute jerk – impatient, unloving, and unintelligent. I could have taken some form of medication, however, I felt it was my thought that needed attention. It seemed better, in the long run, to educate, rather than medicate myself.
I picked up a Bible, opened it at random, and found this: "I will make a man more precious than fine gold." The word precious made me think of how much God loves each of us, including those I heard from each day at work.
I realized I should start seeing others as spiritual and precious, as kind and intelligent, too, and not as a pain.
As an operator, I pushed a button that brought each call to my station. With each push, and even before I spoke, I paused just long enough to appreciate each caller as valuable, even precious. The headaches stopped immediately.
Again, if mentality has such an impact on health experiences, and if you want to keep yourself (and your horse) healthy, educate yourself wisely and in a way that promotes health.
– Keith Wommack is a Syndicated Columnist, Christian Science practitioner and teacher, husband, and step-dad. He has been described as a spiritual spur (since every horse needs a little nudge now and then). Keith's columns originate at: KeithWommack.com
Twitter: @KeithWommack


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While video/voice chat is active, other players in your game will have a volume slider overlay located at the bottom of their portrait. This allows you to adjust the volume of each individual. Instead of a volume slider on your avatar, you'll find a mute button. You can use this to mute your mic if you don't have the physical means for it on your microphone itself.
While video/voice chat is active, other players in your game will have a volume slider overlay located at the bottom of their portrait. This allows you to adjust the volume of each individual. Instead of a volume slider on your avatar, you'll find a mute button. You can use this to mute your mic if you don't have the physical means for it on your microphone itself.
[[File:WhisperPlayerIcon.png|framed|right|This is a player broadcasting Voice Only with the GM hovering their mouse over the Whisper Player button.]]
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WebRTC is an HTML5 high-definition, peer-to-peer VOIP service, that runs natively in your browser without the need for any additional plugins. It's also adaptive so it works well with low-bandwidth connections. Roll20 utilizes an in-house built-in WebRTC video and voice chat feature that allows you to communicate with other players.
Once at least two people log into a game using any Broadcast options beyond None, you should see a dialog box along the top of your screen that asks you to give permission for Roll20 to use your camera/microphone.
|Note: If you aren't having much luck with the built-in video/voice chat, you might want to look into our Video and Voice Chat Troubleshooting wiki page.
Enabling and Disabling WebRTC Video & Voice Chat
Managing Browser Permissions
In Google Chrome:
A dialog box will appear along the very top of your browser screen. Click "Allow." (You may only have to do this the first time you use WebRTC).
Note that you can click the little camera icon located in the far-right of your address bar to change the settings of what camera/microphone is being used.
In Mozilla Firefox:
A dialog box will appear, click on "Share Selected Devices" to allow Roll20 to start video chat (highlighted in green below). If for some reason a dialog box does not appear, or if you wish to change your settings after the game has started, click on the Camera icon (highlighted in pink below) to change your settings.
Roll20 Video/Voice Settings
Go to the My Settings tab (the y icon) on the Sidebar (top-right side of the screen). Scroll down to find the Video + Voice heading. There will be several drop-down menus here. They are:
- I want to Broadcast to others: This controls whether or not you will broadcast Video and Voice, Video only(Roll20 WebRTC feature), Voice only, or Nothing(disabled) to other players in the game.
- I want to Receive from others: This controls whether or not you will receive Video and Voice, Video only(Roll20 WebRTC feature), Voice only, or Nothing(disabled) from other players, if they are broadcasting at all.
|If a player changes their Broadcast or Receive settings, they must click on the Reconnect button for the change to be pushed out to the other players currently connected in the game
- Player Video/Player Avatar Size: This controls the size of the player avatars that are shown on the Tabletop. There are four size options available: Large (200px x 200px), Regular (150px x 150px), Small (100px x 100px) and Names Only. If the last option is selected, the portrait image is hidden entirely and all that remains is the user's name plate. Note that if you choose Names Only, you will still broadcast video and/or voice if that setting is enabled. You need to set the Broadcast To Others setting to broadcast voice-only, or nothing at all.
- Player Video/Avatar Location: This controls where your player avatars are positioned on the Tabletop when using Roll20 WebRTC. You have the option of setting them at the bottom or at the top of the tabletop. At default, the avatars are aligned to the bottom.
- Moveable Player Avatars: One of the features of Roll20 WebRTC is the ability to move the Player Avatars to wherever you want on the Tabletop. Underneath this setting is a single reset button available only when using Roll20 WebRTC. Clicking this will snap the player avatars back to the location you originally designated in previous setting.
Turning Video & Voice Entirely Off and On
Further down on the My Settings tab, past the Video + Voice heading is the Video + Audio Chat Options Options heading.
Chat Tech: This drop down menu allows you to switch between Roll20 WebRTC or None for your video/voice chat options. Upon choosing a different Video selection than what was selected before (this includes setting it to or from None), your and all other players currently in the game will have their browser tab refreshed. This is necessary to change up the chat tech.
Roll20 WebRTC Features
Relocating Player Avatars Around the Tabletop
One of the unique features of Roll20 WebRTC is the ability to move the player avatars to wherever you want on the screen. This can be very helpful when you have a specific broadcast overlay for streaming. This feature is always enabled for the Game Master, but it can be either disabled or enabled for the players to re-arrange the avatars as they see fit.
To move an avatar, first make certain that Roll20 WebRTC is already enabled, and then hover your mouse over one. An icon resembling three horizontal bars will appear in the bottom left corner of the avatar (over top the Name Plate). This is the avatar's handle that you can click and drag the avatar to a new location on the Tabletop. You can still move these around if you have the avatar portraits hidden and only display the Name Plates. Regardless of who's moving their avatars around, they can only ever be placed in a spot on the Tabletop. You can't drag it atop the Tabletop Toolbar or over the Sidebar. They also will snap away from getting partially stuck under the sides of the browser window.
You can decide whether to prevent your players from moving their avatars by going to the Movable Avatar/Video Screens: Setting under the Video + Audio Chat Options heading. You can choose between GM Controlled or Player Controlled. It's important to note that when the Game Master rearranges the locations of the avatars on the Tabletop, these new positions are set on the Players' ends as well. If you set this option to Player Controlled, the Players can change the locations of their avatars, BUT it is only seen locally. One player's screen is likely to be arranged entirely differently than another's (be it GM or Player) and vice versa.
Beyond moving the avatars individually, you can also set the avatar portraits to either align to the top of the Tabletop or the bottom via the Player Video/Avatar Location setting which is found under the Video + Voice Heading. By default, avatars are aligned to the Bottom of the Tabletop.
The locations of the avatars will snap back to their default location if you swap back to either OpenTok or None for Video Chat.
If you ever wish to reset the avatars back to where in the beginning, click on the Reset Player Video/Avatar Location button under the Video + Voice heading of My Settings. This will file the avatar portraits/name plates either on the Bottom of the Tabletop or the Top (depending on what you have set for the Player Video/Avatar Location setting).
A Note About Splitting The Party
If you have the avatars re-positioned on the Tabletop, you're still able to drag players onto individual Pages (AKA Splitting the Party). Just make certain to click and drag on an area of the portrait that isn't the Avatar Handle on the bottom left corner. This will allow to drag the player into the Page Toolbar and assign them to a particular Page.
Muting and Volume Normalization
While video/voice chat is active, other players in your game will have a volume slider overlay located at the bottom of their portrait. This allows you to adjust the volume of each individual. Instead of a volume slider on your avatar, you'll find a mute button. You can use this to mute your mic if you don't have the physical means for it on your microphone itself.
Push to Talk
You can enable Push To Talk capability with Roll20 WebRTC. You will first need to enable "Use advanced keyboard shortcuts" under the My Settings tab of the Sidebar. Once enabled, the Tilde Key(~), will control your microphone's broadcast. Press and hold the Tilde Key for the duration of what you wish to speak to your fellow gamers in-game. It's important to note that Push To Talk functionality only works while the browser tab currently running the Roll20 game is currently focused on your device.
Another feature unique to Roll20 WebRTC is the ability to whisper directly to a single player in the game (Presently only the GM has this ability). When Voice is active, a chat bubble icon is available for the GM on the upper right hand corner of the avatar's portrait when you mouse over it. This icon is the Whisper Player button. Click on this button to toggle on whisper mode. While the whisper icon is enabled, the other members currently in the game who aren't in on the whisper will have their avatars grayed out to demonstrate that the GM is holding a private discussion with the other player. This appears on the whispered player's side as well. Likewise, those players not in on this private conversation will see the GM and the whispered player grayed out to them. The group not privy to the whispered conversation can still talk among one another like usual. Everyone's avatars and Voice feeds will return to normal once the GM toggles off the Whisper Player button.
Video/Voice Bandwith Options
You can adjust the video/voice bandwith with Roll20 WebRTC. If you have a user who is working with a slower or limited connection, you can drop the bandwith to a less taxing setting. The drop-down menu for this can be found right underneath the Chat Tech menu option of the Sidebar (if Roll20 WebRTC is currently selected). There are four bandwith settings to choose from: High, Medium, Low, and Very Low. The bandwidth rates scale depending on how many players are currently in the game.
Video Only Broadcast
With Roll20 WebRTC enabled, a new option appears in the I want to broadcast to others: and I want to receive from others: drop down menu–Video Only. This will only display the video footage of a webcam and ignore all microphone input.


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VANCOUVER — Someone asked Slovakia's Michal Handzus how he would handicap Sunday's Canada-USA Olympic gold-medal match in hockey — not the most tactful of questions, perhaps, coming moments after a desperate comeback by his team against the massively favoured Canadians barely ran out of time.
But he aced the answer.
"It's not who's the best team — it's who's going to win," said the big forward, whose goal with a little less than five minutes left Friday night turned a ho-hum semifinal into an 11-car pileup in the Team Canada end in the game's dying minutes, with bodies and pucks coming at Roberto Luongo from every angle and one final stab by his Vancouver Canucks teammate, Pavol Demitra, that Luongo somehow got just a piece of with his glove.
If not for that, what shaped up on paper as a total mismatch might have looked a lot like what fans saw on the big screen over centre ice, as the teams were warming up prior to the game: Canadian skip Cheryl Bernard's rink causing 10,000 groans inside Canada Hockey Place by (in shinny parlance) coughing up a two-goal lead in the final period and losing to Sweden in overtime — on a short-handed goal.
Canada's nervy, 3-2 victory over the Slovaks had no business following the curling team down that road, but it nearly did.
"The way I look at it, it's the rubber match," Team Canada coach Mike Babcock said of Sunday's final. "They won world juniors, we won the women's — now the rubber."
He smiled.
"They must be the favourites."
Maybe not. And anyway, what's that worth?
The Canadians, with their $127-million worth of player talent, were simply not allowed to be stopped shy of what was always to be their destiny: a shot at the gold medal on home ice. But especially, a loss to Slovakia, with a lineup containing exactly two players who could have even made Team Canada's roster — Norris Trophy-winning defenceman Zdeno Chara and forward Marian Gaborik — was out of the question. And Gaborik exited mid-game with what was probably a groin pull.
Without the raw emotion of Tuesday's quarter-final clash against Russia and the accompanying decibel assault on the eardrums, Canada did a reasonable job of mustering what was needed to win the day. With a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes, there were no particular danger signs until a bad-angle backhander by defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky sneaked past Luongo as he failed to hug the near post at 11:35 of the third period.
That's all it took to open the door a crack, and a Slovak team that had looked for two periods more like the sort of speed bump Canada faced with Belarus, en route to the gold-medal game in Salt Lake City eight years ago, came alive.
Right about the time the fans started chanting "We want USA!" — have they never heard of the expression "Be careful what you wish for?" — the Canadians seemed to take their eye off the immediate opponent, too. It was almost a fatal error.
"We played with heart, we desired, we wanted," said Slovak coach Jan Filc. "We were not lucky enough in the end."
"We wanted to keep our foot on the gas, but I guess it's human nature a little bit, to try and sit back and preserve that," said forward Brenden Morrow, who scored the second Canadian goal and has added a healthy dose of grit to the Ryan Getzlaf-Corey Perry line.
"But that's not really a recipe for success, and I think we learned a lesson. That team had a lot of battle in them, and they weren't going to quit."
Slovakia had already beaten the defending Olympic and world champions, Sweden and Russia, in this tournament, and had more jam than their credentials would have indicated.
Luongo, for his part, called the third-period fire drill "the most fun I've ever had" — which just goes to show you how different goalies are.
"If we'd lost, I don't know if I'd be saying that, but that's what it's all about, right there.
"They were going to have one last push. They're a good team, they weren't there for nothing. They threw everything at the net and fortunately, couldn't get the tying goal."
The last, endless minute ticked down in slow motion.
"You're kind of scoreboard clock watching and that minute seemed to take a long time," said Morrow. "Our guys were pretty gassed out there, battling for a while, and just couldn't get the puck out of the zone to get a line change — but they did a great job, playing with desperation, getting in front of pucks."
In other, less intense news, Team USA shellacked the Finns 6-1, to set up the Sunday gold-medal match that will give National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman the vapours just thinking about it. Who knows, it might even be on live TV in the States.
If it turns out to be the last NHL-powered Olympic hockey tournament — and somehow that seems doubtful — it will at least be contested by the two most completely made-in-the-NHL teams, $200-plus million worth of talent, on an NHL-sized ice surface, in an NHL building. With all due respect to the Canada-U.S. women's final, this truly will be a Stanley Cup final Game 7.
"Well, we've got something to prove against them," said Morrow. "I don't think it's any mistake these two teams are in the final."
Given their druthers, he said, "We'd probably rather be playing the beer-league team in the gold-medal game, but that's not the case. We're looking forward to it."


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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the owner of the Romantix building and the owner of the Gourley Piano building have reached an agreement on the demolition of both buildings. Both parties have presented formal demolition plans to the City.
Demolition on the Gourley Piano building will begin on Monday, March 21. Because of the increased danger in demolishing the Gourley building, the City will need to close off the westbound lanes of "O" Street beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 20 to facilitate demolition of the north face of the structure. The westbound lanes are scheduled to reopen Tuesday night.
The eastbound lanes will remain closed until demolition is at a level deemed safe enough to reopen them. The demolition contractor for the Gourley building expects that to take about 10 more days. While the westbound lanes of "O" Street are closed, the City will disconnect water service for the Gourley building, which requires excavation of part of the westbound lanes of "O" Street.
Although the owners have agreed to complete the demolition project, the City will keep a contractor on standby in the event that demolition stops for reasons unacceptable to the City.


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The day before reporter Sarah Ovaska at NC Policy Watch broke the news that two 24-year-old former campaign staffers for Governor Pat McCrory working at the Department of Health and Human Services received huge pay raises last spring, the Wilmington Star-News reported on the controversial efforts by the McCrory Administration to turn the state's Medicaid program over to for-profit managed care companies.
The story quoted a local doctor saying he was worried that patients would suffer under the new model that he had seen fail in other states. There were comments from folks at Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC), the state's successful homegrown nonprofit managed care network that has won awards for both saving money and providing patient-centered care.
The same day in April that McCrory announced his intentions to privatize Medicaid, Republican Senator Richard Burr presented an award to CCNC for the high quality of care it provides to patients in rural areas.
The Star-News story also included comments from McCrory Administration officials lauding the benefits of turning health care for the most vulnerable people in North Carolina over to out-of-state corporations, an idea that as one health advocate pointed out in the story other states like Connecticut have tried and abandoned.
In other words, privatizing Medicaid is at best unproven and controversial and seems to make little sense if the state has an award-winning program already in place supported by doctors and patients alike that could be expanded.
Medicaid is one of the most complicated and important programs administered by state government, affecting the lives of millions of people, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities.
That's why the story the next day about the huge salary increases for the HHS staffers is so important. It is not only about the money, as frustrating as it must be for scandalously underpaid teachers to learn that a 24-year-old political aide with no health care experience or relevant educational background now makes $87,500 a year as the chief policy advisor at HHS.
It's about the confidence that doctors and patients and taxpayers can have in the McCrory Administration in light of their staffing choices to even administer the Medicaid program, much less dismantle it with an ill-advised privatization scheme. Not to mention the other vital programs the department manages, from public health to psychiatric hospitals to child development and early education.
Sadly, there is nothing new about politicians giving former campaign staffers high paying jobs after an election, often placing them in positions that don't match their background and qualifications.
But this episode rises to a different level. HHS Secretary Aldona Wos has decided, apparently with McCrory's blessing, to put the 24-year-old former political staffer in charge of policy at the department at the very time when the administration wants to make massive changes in how services are delivered to millions of people.
McCrory bristles at questions about the policy chief's qualifications and salary, telling an Asheville reporter that he was not going to discriminate against the former campaign staffer because of his age, then adding "I hope you don't believe in discrimination."
Apparently McCrory believes it's discriminatory to wonder why someone with an English degree and no experience in health care policy should be placed in charge of policy in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Wos has yet to respond to any questions about the controversy. Two reporters have described being blocked by body guards as they tried to ask Wos questions at recent public appearances.
There might be a reason for that. Wos made headlines at a town hall meeting in May for blaming Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin for the decision not to expand Medicaid in North Carolina under the Affordable Care Act and provide health care coverage for 500,000 low-income adults.
Governor McCrory and the General Assembly made that decision, not Goodwin, and it is shocking that Wos either doesn't understand that or knowingly misled an audience about it.
Wos has yet to correct the misstatement or apologize to Goodwin for falsely blaming him for the decision about Medicaid expansion. Now she has hired a policy director with no relevant experience to advise her.
McCrory ran for governor promising to change the way state government operates. Surely this is not what most people thought he meant.


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We Chat With Chef Hung Huynh of The General and Catch
"I did hope to be recognized as a great chef one day, and that comes with hard work, not just Top Chef. And you have to keep on working for it—you can't use the title and make money but do nothing with your career. You have to back it up."
Chef Hung Huynh of Catch and The General laughs easily when he talks, but his food is serious. Known for his win on Season 3 of Top Chef and for the very-hyped, star-studded energy Catch brought to the Meatpacking district, you might expect Huynh to be a bit more reserved, or to flaunt an ego that was exploited on TV. Instead, Huynh recalls his successes with a balance of awe and respect, like he expected to be where he is but still recognizes that it's so cool that he's here.
For now he's got plenty on his plate, getting his three kitchens running smoothly and pushing the menu at The General as far as he can. When we stopped by for our chat, his excitement was apparent in the whole hog dressed with rosemary and apples awaiting some experimentation, and the rows of Peking ducks drying slowly in his kitchen. His sense of fun appeared when setting a wok aflame or laughing at how chance brought him to New York to stay. We expect more fun things to come.
You won season 3 of Top Chef and now have that title on your back, for all the good and bad that comes with it. Are you averse to the celebrity aspect that comes with being a chef now? Absolutely not. Fame comes with being a chef in New York, and when you do well you get recognized for it, so I'm not opposed—it's great. But I'm not going to let that go to my head. I'm still a cook, I'm still a chef, and I still have to work everyday. I'm a normal person. I happened to be at the right time and the right place for this kind of success.
Did you expect success in the kitchen in this kind of way? My goal since I was 13 was to be at least be recognized by the time I was 29. I had watched this interview with Jim Carrey, who said he wrote himself a check for $100,000 and said, "one day I'm going to cash it." And then he was able to. I thought I'd do the same thing, and cash that check before I was 30. And then I won Top Chef when I was 29! I did hope to be recognized as a great chef one day, and that comes with hard work, not just Top Chef. You have to keep on working for it—you can't use the title and make money but do nothing with your career. You have to back it up.
Speaking of backing it up; you were working on opening your second Catch in Miami, and I heard you didn't originally want to also be the chef here at The General. How did that shift? Well, the original concept was very challenging—it was supposed to be Mexican-Chinese. We did tons of tastings with a lot of chefs and no one did what the owners were looking for specifically, so they asked me to do it. I hesitated and hesitated, and then I thought that it would be a big challenge for me and help expand my career.
In what way did it feel like an expansion? Even though I cook Asian food, we're now serving Peking Duck and General Tso's, both which I'd never cooked before. Since I was kid I wanted to know how to making Peking Duck and no one would teach me, because it's just one of those "secrets." So we just experimented for the last six months, and really kind of perfected it the week after we opened. It gets better and better every day. I still roast them myself. I'm obsessed.
Your menu is sort of generally labeled "Modern Asian." How would you describe it? Well, it's sort of my take of what I want to eat: I don't eat strictly Chinese or Vietnamese food. These are things I enjoy eating. Because I grew up in a Vietnamese-Chinese family...
Oh, you're Vietnamese and Chinese? Yeah, no one really knows that. My dad is Vietnamese, my mom is Chinese, but we all were born in Vietnam. No one knows but I speak Cantonese very well, even better than my Vietnamese. I actually learned to perfect my Cantonese in Puerto Rico.
How'd that happen? When I was 19 I moved down there by myself. I improved my Cantonese and learned Spanish at the same time.
Why'd you move? After high school I was like, "I'm sick of this town—I want to learn, I want to travel to world, blah blah blah."
Were you cooking there at that time? Yeah, I was doing teppanyaki. No one had ever taught me how but I went down there and was like, "Okay, I know how to cook on a grill, so let me fake this." I had to learn and play and pretend to be a guy that didn't speak English, and just cook to keep the image of the teppanyaki chef. I saved enough money to go to the CIA.
And your parents have a restaurant? Yep, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, called Kim's Dragon Restaurant. It's Vietnamese with some Chinese.
Is it liberating to just say "modern Asian" on your menu because then you don't have to limit yourself? Exactly. I don't want to do just plain Chinese or Vietnamese and pigeonhole myself. I'm very open to new and diverse flavors. They're pretty much the same ingredients but cooked a bit differently depending on where you are. And we're in America, why not?
Speaking of which, we're in New York, where we could have any cuisine that we wanted. But we sort of have a comfort level with where we want our Chinese or Vietnamese food. Do you see that? I definitely see it. I think the image kind of got ruined. Take Chinese food, for example. Back in the 1800's we just needed to make a couple of dollars serving food to survive. That's what we knew. So it became "get cheaper, get cheaper, get cheaper," and now that's the price point that we have: eight dollars for whatever you want on the menu. That was the image of Chinese-American food.
But there is Chinese food that is way more expensive. Hakkasan, for example, is like $900 for truffles and abalone, I think. Sharkskin or a 100-year-old ginseng or abalone are expensive and rare ingredients—like truffles and caviar. But most westerners won't necessarily eat that.
What about Vietnamese food? I think there's not enough Vietnamese people in New York to open that niche. Vietnamese food is very particular—it's got a raunchy flavor with fish sauce and it doesn't appeal to the masses. What appeals to the masses is simple pho and pork chopped rice, so that's what they opened in Chinatown. It's to make a living, not to elevate the cuisine.
Is either menu here or at Catch what you'd consider your ideal menu as a chef, the one that really defines your cooking? It's always evolving. It's always based on what we decide as a group to put on a menu. Even if there's something on the menu that I love—like caramel fish with fish sauce and palm sugar—customers may not want it. So not everything that I love is on the menu, but everything that's on the menu I love.
You have two restaurants now and are really making your mark in New York. Do you see yourself staying? I love New York. It's fast. I wake up and then I'm like, "uh, it's midnight already." Then I'm like, "oh my god, it's 8 a.m. already." It's so fast. I love the energy here. I love the opportunities here. I think the clients are great. I love it here. And I enjoy cooking here.
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- Published in Facts About Paris
Are the French Rude?
Bienvenue! You've arrived in Paris and you're ready to have an adventure.
As you walk down the street, you're in awe of the city and all it has to offer.
All around you, people are either on their phones, shopping, or rushing off to somewhere important.
It all seems terribly romantic and daunting, at the same time.


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MLB: AL East Preview for Spring Training
A team-by-team look at the American League East entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad:
New York Yankees
Manager: Joe Girardi (sixth season).
2012: 95-67, first place, lost in ALCS.
Training Town: Tampa, Fla.
Park: George M. Steinbrenner Field.
First Workout: Feb. 13/18.
He's Here: 3B Kevin Youkilis, DH Travis Hafner, OF Matt Diaz, C Bobby Wilson, DH-OF Juan Rivera.
He's Outta Here: RF Nick Swisher, C Russell Martin, DH-OF Raul Ibanez, 3B Eric Chavez, OF Andruw Jones, RHP Rafael Soriano, RHP Freddy Garcia, LHP Pedro Feliciano.
Going campin': The Yankees enter spring training with more uncertainty than they've had in a long time. The Tigers exposed them as old and brittle in a four-game ALCS sweep after the Orioles took New York to five games in the division series. Then, the Yankees did little to get younger in the offseason. Hoping to get below the threshold for an increased luxury tax next year, they refrained from completing any big deals, making the re-signing of starting pitchers Hiroki Kuroda and Andy Pettitte a top priority. The popular Martin left for a free-agent contract with Pittsburgh -- leaving the job at catcher this season to career backups Francisco Cervelli and Chris Stewart. New York's biggest signings were Youkilis, to fill in for Alex Rodriguez, who will be out at least until the All-Star break following hip surgery, and Hafner, to supplant Ibanez at DH. Both need to stay healthy because much of New York's hope rides on stars coming off surgery. Mariano Rivera (knee), Derek Jeter (foot) and CC Sabathia (elbow) are expected to be ready for the season but Michael Pineda (shoulder) could be sidelined until late June. Even if everyone is healthy, it remains to be seen how much the loss of Swisher's patient bat and clubhouse leadership will be missed and how much Rodriguez's latest off-field scandal affects the team in a reloaded AL East. Other question marks: Is Brett Gardner's elbow fully healed after he missed nearly all of last season? Can Ichiro Suzuki, at 39, play at the same level as he did when he came to New York in a summer trade (.322, 14 SBs) and help lead a lineup that will rely much less on the long ball this year? Will Ivan Nova return to his 2011 form when he went 16-4 with a 3.70 ERA instead of the 12-8 record and 5.02 ERA he had last season, when he was dumped from the rotation?
Baltimore Orioles
Manager: Buck Showalter (third full season).
2012: 93-69, second place, wild card, lost division series.
Training Town: Sarasota, Fla.
Park: Ed Smith Stadium.
First Workout: Feb. 12/15.
He's Here: 1B Travis Ishikawa. INF Danny Valencia, 2B Alexi Casilla, RHP Jair Jurrjens, INF-OF Yamaico Navarro, OF Trayvon Robinson,
He's Outta Here: 1B Mark Reynolds, LHP Joe Saunders, 2B Robert Andino, OF Endy Chavez, OF Bill Hall, DH Nick Johnson, INF Omar Quintanilla, DH Jim Thome, LHP Randy Wolf.
Going campin': Following their most successful season in 15 years, the Orioles did very little over the winter. Their most significant offseason move was re-signing free agent outfielder Nate McLouth, but that hardly makes up for the loss of free agents Reynolds and Saunders. Vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette hopes playing a pat hand, with a few possible additions in the spring and during the season, will be enough to get the team back to the playoffs for a second straight year. McLouth, for instance, was a late pickup who proved to be a key component after he took over for injured right fielder Nick Markakis in the latter part of the season. Duquette and Showalter are counting on a deep pitching staff to compensate for the loss of the hit-or-miss Reynolds, who had plenty of power and drew a slew of walks but struck out at an alarming rate. Jason Hammel, Wei-Yin Chen, Chris Tillman and Miguel Gonzalez are favorites to top the rotation, and Jake Arrieta, Jurrjens, Zach Britton and Brian Matusz intend to add their names to the list. Plenty of question marks surround this team, most notably at second base, where injury-prone, 35-year-old Brian Roberts will seek to stick around for more than a handful of games. McLouth and Nolan Reimold, who missed most of the season with a neck injury, fortify an outfield that features Adam Jones and Markakis.
Tampa Bay Rays
Manager: Joe Maddon (eighth season).
2012: 90-72, third place.
Training Town: Port Charlotte, Fla.
Park: Charlotte Sports Park.
First Workout: Feb. 13/17.
He's Here: 1B James Loney, SS Yunel Escobar, OF Shelley Duncan, RHP Jamey Wright, RHP Roberto Hernandez, OF Wil Myers, INF-OF Kelly Johnson.
He's Outta Here: RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis, OF B.J. Upton, 1B Carlos Pena, RHP Burke Badenhop, LHP J.P. Howell, 2B Jeff Keppinger, OF Ben Francisco.
Going campin': With right-handers Shields and Davis dealt to Kansas City in an offseason trade that landed one of baseball's top young minor league prospects in the 22-year-old Myers, an outfielder, the Rays enter spring training with openings in both the starting rotation and bullpen. But the hottest topic of discussion will be the health of three-time All-Star third baseman Evan Longoria, who appeared in just 74 games a year ago due to a partially torn left hamstring. The slugger signed a $136.6 million, 10-year deal that added six seasons and $100 million to his contract this winter, when he also underwent minor hamstring surgery. Tampa Bay went 47-27 with their star in the starting lineup last season, compared to 41-44 without Longoria, who batted .289 with 17 homers and 55 RBIs. Hard-throwing left-hander David Price led the AL in wins (20) and ERA (2.56) en route to winning the Cy Young Award in his third full season in the majors. He will be counted on even more with Shields, the franchise's career leader in wins, starts, innings pitched and strikeouts, now in Kansas City. Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson and lefty Matt Moore figure to retain spots in the rotation, with the remaining slots filled from among a talented group that includes right-handers Alex Cobb, Chris Archer and Jeff Niemann. Closer Fernando Rodney returns after posting a club-record and career-high 48 saves while setting a major league record for a reliever working a minimum of 50 innings with a 0.60 ERA. The Rays re-signed setup man Joel Peralta, but will have to fill slots vacated by Davis, Badenhop and Howell. The Rays remained in contention for a playoff berth until the final series of 2012, primarily because of strong pitching. Questions persist about the offense, although a healthy and productive Longoria could ease some of the concern. Loney was signed as a free agent to replace first baseman Carlos Pena's sputtering bat, Escobar could team with Ryan Roberts, a midseason acquisition from Arizona last season, to give the Rays a regular shortstop and second base combination, thus freeing Ben Zobrist to play primarily in right field.
Toronto Blue Jays
Manager: John Gibbons (first season).
2012: 73-89, fourth place.
Training Town: Dunedin, Fla.
Park: Florida Auto Exchange Stadium.
First Workout: Feb. 13/17.
He's Here: SS Jose Reyes, RHP R.A. Dickey, RHP Josh Johnson, LHP Mark Buehrle, OF Melky Cabrera, INF Maicer Izturis, C Josh Thole, C Mike Nickeas, C Henry Blanco, OF-INF Emilio Bonifacio, INF Mark DeRosa.
He's Outta Here: Manager John Farrell, C John Buck, SS Yunel Escobar, SS Adeiny Hechavarria, RHP Henderson Alvarez, C Jeff Mathis, RHP Carlos Villaneuva, 2B Kelly Johnson, RHP Jason Frasor, RHP Sam Dyson.
Going campin': Determined to end their playoff drought at 20 years, the Blue Jays wheeled and dealed in the offseason, acquiring Dickey, the NL Cy Young Award winner, and Reyes, Buehrle and Johnson, all former All-Stars, in trades with the Mets and Marlins. Toronto also inked Cabrera, the All-Star game MVP who served a 50-game drug suspension last season, to a free-agent contract. GM Alex Anthopoulos hired Gibbons to return for his second stint as manager when Farrell was traded to Boston to take the Red Sox job. Gibbons will have a deep, new-look rotation led by the knuckleballing Dickey. The Blue Jays gave up two top prospects, catcher Travis d'Arnaud and right-hander Noah Syndergaard, in the deal for the 20-game winner. A staff that was devastated by injuries last year will get back reliever Sergio Santos (shoulder surgery), but Gibbons has said Casey Janssen, who had 22 saves in Santos' absence, will begin as the closer. Janssen had offseason shoulder surgery but is expected to be ready for opening day. The dynamic Reyes and Cabrera, who was leading the NL with a .346 batting average when he was suspended, plan to provide plenty of RBI opportunities for sluggers Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista, who had wrist surgery in September. If the Blue Jays are going to have a chance to return to the postseason for first time since winning their second straight World Series title in 1993, they will have to stay healthy. Reyes has a history of leg problems and playing on turf might not help. Dickey is 38 and pitched a career-high 233 2-3 innings last season.
Boston Red Sox
Manager: John Farrell (first season)
2012: 69-93, last place.
Training Town: Fort Myers, Fla.
Park: JetBlue Park.
First Workout: Feb. 12/15.
He's Here: 1B Mike Napoli, SS Stephen Drew, CF Shane Victorino, SP Ryan Dempster, OF Jonny Gomes, RHP Joel Hanrahan, C David Ross.
He's Outta Here: Manager Bobby Valentine, RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, RF Cody Ross, SS Mike Aviles, 1B James Loney, OF Scott Podsednik, RP Vicente Padilla, RP Scott Atchison.
Going campin': The Red Sox have a chance to start fresh after Valentine's one tumultuous season left them in last place in the AL East. Gone are Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford in an August salary dump that cleared more than $250 million from the books. The Red Sox did not make any big deals to replace them, instead making a series of smaller moves that included signing Napoli and Victorino. They will need the starting pitching to bounce back -- including John Lackey, who missed all of last season after right elbow surgery. Jon Lester (9-14, 4.82 ERA) and Clay Buchholz (11-8, 4.56) are also looking to improve with the return of Farrell, their former pitching coach. Gomes and Victorino join an outfield that can be strong if Jacoby Ellsbury, who has been injured two of the past three seasons, is healthy. Drew, who is believed to be a placeholder for prospect Jose Iglesias, and Will Middlebrooks take over the left side of the infield, with Dustin Pedroia returning at second base and Napoli at first. Hanrahan would give them a closer they lacked last year after Jonathan Papelbon left for free agency and Andrew Bailey was injured.


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By Libby Lewis, CNN
Washington, DC (CNN) - We're hearing a lot about tax loopholes these days, as Washington grapples with ways to solve the fiscal crisis. But what IS a tax loophole?
Well, there's the book definition, says Howard Gleckman, senior fellow with the Tax Policy Center:
[:32] "The dictionary definition implies that the law was imperfectly written – and somebody got some smart lawyers who figured out a way to get around the intent of the law."
But when you ask some people to describe it, they'll do it more this way: A tax loophole is what somebody ELSE gets.
So where does THAT idea come from?
Cognitive linguist George Lakoff at the University of California at Berkeley has studied the way the mind approaches politics for a long time. He says, how one defines tax loopholes is all about their political worldview:
[1:52] "It means something totally different to liberals and conservatives. It's basically a moral term that is very important."
President Obama calls the tax breaks that oil and gas companies get – and the owners of corporate jets – "tax loopholes." Some conservatives call the mortgage interest deduction a "tax loophole."
Neither side is accurate, says the Tax Policy Center's Gleckman. But it's dead-on accurate in capturing how each side feels about that particular tax benefit.
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wiseup: The repubs being able to have an intelligent negotiations, have their hands tied by t-no deal and soon to be irrelivent Norquist. Several repubs has already denounced their pledge to norquist. They realize the cosequenes of going over fiscal cliff.
wiseup: the one post quoted that 19% voted for Obama. Oboma won by 3% that means only 16% voted for Romney. The Top 2% has had a free ride for years. The myth that ending the Bush tax cuts would hurt the other 98% costing jobs. With all the breaks the top 2% has received unemployment should be about 4%. Ending the Bush tax cuts would not hurt the economy. Most of those tax cuts go into theiir pockets or to Caymans or swiss accounts.
A loophole does not necessarily have to be the result of bad law drafting it can also be because of the specific intent of legislators to exclude income as income or CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE having a lower or delayed levy of a tax rate. Carry over interest anyone??
We are also talking direct tax breaks like The $4bn assistance given to oil companies or even mortgage relief. This latter I would as step 1 cap at the maximum mortgage amount of S1m at start on One " official " home": residence only.
Nothing for 2nd third mortgages on " HOME" and certainly not the famed 5 houses of Romney, I would also limit tax relief of any kind = property tax at both state and local level to one HOME.
Long term too the AMT has to go even if it means introducing a lower start line TAX RATE.
Our defense spending is draining us dry.
The media was right for not questioning the sound judgement of President Obama during the last W.H. Pres Conference. The media was to just sit there and take copious notes. Who has the right to question a duly-elected top governemnt official? Lessons about Nixon were well learned. President Obama knows what is best for our Nation, and the majority of American citizens have proved it.
Where the heck to you get "a majority of americans" proving anything? There are 320 million americans and obama received 58,720,700 votes. Now, according to my calculations, that is just under 19% of amercians that voted for him.
Republicans should stop picking on UN Ambassador Susan Rice. She had no reason to question talking points pased on to her by the Intelligence Community instead of her supervisor, the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Besides, did not Hillary Clinton already assume "full responsibilty" for diplomatic actions iwith the Benghazi affair prioe to President Obama's re-election? Furthermore, Hillary Clinton has voluntarilly decided to step down. So let it rest and trust the sound judgement of President Obama. Susan Rice is an "excellent choice" for Secretary of State.
If Obama is to be held ultimately responsible for the "quick death" of four innocent Americans in Benbhazi on 09/11/2012, and perhaps serve some prison time, let us first execute Bush for ignoring the signs that led to the death of 3000+ Americans on 09/11/2001. Then we would be seeking justice PROPORTIONATE to POTUS crime.
Here's the problem with Bush being prosecuted. You see, no one thought in 2001 that this kind of thing could really happen; that there were idiot's in this world that cared so little about human beings that they would actually carry through with "terrorist" threats. BUT from 9/11/2001 on...any threat is a reality and needs to be heeded as such, especially those made on 9/11 of any year after 2001. When I saw the news bit on CNN my immediate thought was, boy, somebody better get in there and help those people NOW! When I saw the announcement of their deaths at 10:30pm, I was just plain angry! If I new it was bad, then Washington, UN, etc. should have realized IT WAS BAD! Hypervigilence should now be the norm, not the "let's wait and see" attitude of late.
The terrorists attacked the twin towers with truck bombs prior to 9/11. So what do you mean?
Way to go! The article is about tax loopholes and you bring up Benghazi. Stick to the subject. I'm so sick and tired of reading the same talking points on every article about all things right or wrong in the current political stance of our country by the same people over and over. Move on.
Since those who voted for Obama want to blame the rapid deterioration of our economy on Bush and the House GOP, perhaps there should not be any negotiation. Let's give Obama full control and allow him to do whatever he wants with the budget. No doubt he wants to exact very high levy on our nation's wealth and future top 5% income. Let him re-distribute this levy to the lower and middle income people. Let Obama have free unbridaled control of Obamacare and the military spending. He is the POTUS and deserves to assume all power like Mosry in Egypt. Congress is just a "bureaucratic nuisanse." Allow Obama full freedom to choose numerous advisors ("czars") that match House members within each State, to oversee the smooth fiscal transition and cut any "red tape." No one need question the judgement of President Obama with this matter. He knows who is needed and where. America shouted it's trust in President Obama. Now is the time to demonstate it.
Bush 2 was left a budget that had a surplus and a start to paying off the national debt. This at one time was the great Republican mantra since about 90% of the debt at the time was run up by Republican presidents under good economic times and any or all of them should have made reducing it a priority over any tax cuts for anyone but that isn't the Republican way. The Bush tax cuts took us from a surplus on an annual basis to a deficit and then 2 unpsid-for wars and Medicare D further screwed up the situation coupled with his zeal in eliminating all regulations because of all those noble bankers would never buy, cheat, or steal. Wrong on all 3 counts. We may have made more progress if the Republicans actually were American first and not Grovericans./idiots.
When people say that their successful choice of POTUS has a "mandate," it usully pertains primarily to control of the budget - social and foreign policies are usully secondary. Balanced budget was stalemated since July 2011 with the intent to finish the game once and for all after November 2012 determined the final players. Ironicaly, we have the same players and the same position of pieces on the fiscal chessboard. The major difference: 16 months have past with only 30 days to go. What is the difference in plan? The Generation Xers and Milleniums better want to know.
The GOP has tried for the past 4 years to wreck the economy so that the could 'pin it on Obama'. They failed. It is time for the GOP to leave the Norquist playbook on how to make the US a 3rd World pipsqueek and get with the job making the USA great instead of making it behind the rest of the world to 'spite Obama'.
One mans Pork is another mans job.
One mans tax loophole is another mans Leer Jet.
increasing taxes on the top 2% may not be effective because people with that much money can afford very shrewd corp lawyers and can easily help minimize tax liability -- well BELOW that expected by spirit of the law - for the richest of people. then is flows downhill to small businesses who are not that savvy - and will get zonked. then what? so better to focus on the CUTS first - way to go House GOP!
The only problem is that there just isn't enough money available through cuts alone to do the job. There also has to be an increase in revenue, the amount of money that the government takes in through taxes. And, since our economy is driven by demand (about 70% of our GDP comes from consumer spending), it doesn't make sense to take more money out of the consumers' (middle class) pockets, since that will slow the economy down. Over the past 60 years, the very wealthy have consistently accumulated a larger and larger portion of the nation's wealth, so that they now have the resources to be able to contribute a little more. Just check the economic performance of our nation since WW2, we were at our most prosperous when tax rates (particularly on capital gains) were considerably higher than they are now. Even the wealthy did better, because the economy was generating so much money.


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Knox to Face New Murder Trial, and More
What's News: Amanda Knox will face a new murder trial in Italy after a court overturned her 2011 acquittal. The Supreme Court's first major examination of gay rights in a decade begins. T-Mobile halts its subsidies for smartphones. Photo: AP
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This is why I love what I do...
A lovely little note from a customer at Chartreuse & co.
My wife, Cindy, and I visited your area at Chartreuse last Saturday. I am the proud owner of one of your paintings, I believe it is called "Bro". Needless to say, as soon as I saw it I snatched it up. We both love it and will give it a good safe home. Thanks for such great work, keep it up.
Thanks a bunch,
Greg & Cindy
My response...
I am so thrilled to hear Bro has a good home. He watches over making sure all is O.K. with his herd. Ha. Enjoy. I so appreciate your note. I am only sorry I did not get to meet you and Cindy as I was there but running around quite a bit. Next time. Thanks again.
SO Bro has a new home and a lovely herd to watch over.
Makes my day!