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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Coco-Choco Banana Bread
Do you eat up all your bananas every time you buy them?
If you do, please identify youselves cause I have polled about 30 people and out of all those 30, none of them said they eat them all up before they get to the mushy, brown, fruit flies are buzzing around them stage. Not-a-one!
I suspect that my father-in-law might though, but sadly I have to admit, I do not. I buy them with the best of intentions, pick them when they are just a pale yellow color, planning in my head as to which day they will be perfectly ripe and ready to eat.
This is the scenario that plays out in my head every time I pick up a bunch:
"So let's see, today is Thurday, these should ripen by Monday, there's 5 bananas, I should have one for each work day. Yeah that'll work. I will eat all the bananas. I will!"
Never happens.
By Wednesday they are starting to get too ripe, by Friday if the fruit flies haven't begun an attack, they are officially ready to become banana bread, and I'm ok with that.
I love banana bread....and I have a little secret that makes my banana bread a little less heavy than most. Whip your bananas! It's true. I do it every time I make banana bread, no matter the recipe. I whip them up with a mixer until they are light and fluffy and I fold them into the batter at the end. Works like a charm.
This version has chocolate and coconut! It's like banana bread's version of a Mounds Bar.
What's not to love about mushy bananas?
Coco-Choco-Nana Bread
From www.mmmisformommy.com
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
5 medium bananas, whipped
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/3 cup shredded coconut (unsweetened)
In a large bowl or in stand mixer, cream butter and sugar well and add eggs one at a time, beating well between each. Mix in the vanilla and set aside.
In another bowl, whisk the flour, soda and salt together. Add the dry ingredients into the wet by hand and combined just until no bits of dry ingredient remain. Fold in the whipped banana. Divide the batter into two bowls and add the cocoa and coconut to one of the bowls and mix in well by hand.
Grease and flour a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan and alternate the two batters, I did half plain, three quarters of the chocolate, the other half of the plain and then the rest of the chocolate in two 'glops'. Swirl and somewhat even with a long skewer or a butter knife. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 60 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack until completely cool before wrapping.
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I travel a good deal. For better and worse, I take a bit of Baltimore with me wherever I go. During one trip to New Jersey, after stopping at a Chinese carry-out, I was shocked to see no bulletproof glass and all the condiments on my side of the counter. And I've caused minor interstate dance floor scandals after DJs cued up a Baltimore club beat.
So it was as an unreconstructed Baltimorean that I recently found myself touring Portland, Ore. A harbor city of approximately 600,000 with a great music scene, a strong hipster culture, and a reputation shaped by a television show with a cult following (in Portland's case, the satirical "Portlandia") — this list sounded familiar. It was also incredibly misleading.
The first sign that I was not in Baltimore was the parking spaces. I began my exploration in Old Town, the former city center that now shows its age. Even here, someone had methodically sectioned off parking spaces with white lines and yellow buffer zones. Once I finished parking and stepped onto the curb, everything was so clean. Apparently, no one litters. There's a bit of graffiti in Old Town and other areas, but it lacks conviction, as if some angry kid let loose with a can of spray paint then quickly changed his mind. "This is not what we do in Portland," I imagine him saying before giving the parking spaces a fresh coat.
As I headed south, downtown, I stopped by a coffee shop-cum-performance venue called Backspace. Here I had my first significant interaction with a Portlander. It was wonderful. "How's it going?" a young barista in a cow-print vest asked. There was no irony behind the question — he really seemed to care about my well-being — and no irony in his wardrobe. Somehow, he pulled off that vest. Every gesture was sincere. He was like some kind of coffee-making Buddha.
I told him I was in town for a conference, and within seconds we were talking about the city. He moved to Portland three years ago, and a number of his friends soon followed. "It's a balanced place," he said, a happy medium between urban life and the joys of the great outdoors.
I thanked him for my hot chocolate and started walking again. Lots of people were walking. There are crosswalks everywhere — sometimes in the middle of a block. Many have no stop sign, no yield sign, nothing. You just walk right out, the cars slow down, and drivers sit there thinking happy thoughts. Traffic that Friday night was substantial but manageable, mitigated, no doubt, by the fact that public transit seemed wildly popular. The buses and light rail lines were well used.
I strolled by the famous Powell's Books, the department stores on Broadway and the Portland Art Museum, part of the cultural district lining South Park Blocks. And when night fell, I learned what the coffee cowboy meant about balance. Portland sits in a valley, and much of downtown is rimmed with trees. Looking south from Jefferson Street, houses in the hills shone like beautifully lit burrows capped by pine. From Vista Avenue, a ridge to the west, the city below stretched out like a glittering toy.
I stopped for dinner in one of those shimmering lights, an Asian fusion restaurant called Tasting East. The fresh bills I'd retrieved from an ATM clung together, so I accidentally over-tipped my waitress an extra $20. She gave it back.
Everyone was like this. If I could make a bumper sticker for Portland, it would read either, "I am genuinely happy to be here" or "How are you? Seriously. I'd really like to know." Baltimoreans are friendly too, but it's still the East Coast. We can be defensive. Portland just walks up to you, naked and smiling, ready for a hug.
I was still processing everything I'd seen as I headed to my car. A guy in a backpack asked if I could spare a dollar. "I'm sorry," I said — my standard response. Then I stopped, took out my wallet, and handed him the twenty that the waitress returned. I was lowering my guard.
I'm sure there's lots that I didn't see. And sometimes, I thought I smelled marijuana. Perhaps that adds to the tranquil vibe. But a weekend in Portland made me wonder how you create a place where people can travel with ease and efficiency, enjoy nature, and be unrepentantly kind. I think the barista knows. He moved, then watched as his friends did the same. Like anything else, maybe it happens one person at a time.
Lionel Foster is a freelance writer from Baltimore. His column appears Fridays. Email: email@example.com. Twitter: @LionelBMD.

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The biggest assist
Evans uses basketball success to fight kidney disease
By David Taylor ('85)
An assist, in basketball lingo, is awarded to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score. Assists are about leadership and teamwork. And assists are Dawn Evans' favorite statistic.
Few people know that the senior leader of the JMU women's basketball team came to Madison as a pass-first playmaker. "I love being a natural point guard," she says.
But JMU coach Kenny Brooks, a '92 alum, envisioned his 5-foot-7 guard as a big-time scorer, and Evans — who spent time in Hollywood as a child actress while growing up — slipped into the rewritten role as smoothly as a Broadway pro. By her sophomore season she was leading the nation in scoring and garnering national attention.
Little did Evans or Brooks know that they were constructing the stage from which Evans would battle the most challenging opponent of her life — kidney disease.
Diagnosed with FSGS
Early in her junior season and just one day after scoring a school record 38 points to lead the Dukes to an upset at 14th-ranked Virginia, Evans was diagnosed with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, or FSGS, an untreatable disease that attacks the kidney's filtering system. Her kidneys were in Stage 4, with about 20 percent of normal efficiency. Inevitably, she was told, when her kidney function reaches 15 percent, a transplant will be necessary.
It explained the frequent headaches and extreme fatigue she'd been experiencing, but "It was devastating," Evans says. In one afternoon, her basketball career, even her ability to live a normal life, was put into question.
"I remember her coming to me in my office and saying 'Coach, why has this happened to me?'" Brooks says. "And I didn't know what to say. It's not like she had a sprained ankle and I could say, 'don't worry, it'll feel better soon.' All I could do was hug her and cry."
Someone else might have called it quits. Or sat out the season. But Evans, after spending much of that next week in the hospital for tests, rejoined her teammates 10 days later, scoring a game high 31 points at Duke.
Evans missed only two games that season after the diagnosis despite the fatigue brought on by the disease. And last March, she was named the Most Outstanding Player of the CAA tournament, scoring 25 points in the championship game to lead her Dukes over rival Old Dominion University 67-53. The title was Madison's first since 1989. This season, Evans gave an encore performance leading the Dukes to a second straight CAA title. And once again she was named Most Outstanding Player in the championship after scoring 24 points against the University of Delaware in the final.
A NephCure Ambassador
The story that a top Division I basketball player was excelling despite kidney disease was broken by the Associated Press in a national story late in the season, and led to Evans being contacted by the NephCure Foundation, an organization devoted to supporting research and finding a cure for FSGS and the related Nephrotic Syndrome.
NephCure wanted the high-profile Evans to be their ambassador — using her athletic success to draw attention to the foundation and its work to help FSGS sufferers and promote research for a cure.
"Once I figured out what it was all about, I was all in," Evans says. She exchanged e-mails with former NBA star Alonzo Mourning, a NephCure ambassador who returned to his sport after a kidney transplant; she learned that FSGS affects people of African descent at five times the frequency of the general population; and she learned the disease is the second leading cause of kidney failure among children.
"I've been able to do something at JMU to create a name for myself," Evans says. "Then when I was diagnosed with the disease I was able to use that (notoriety) to do something good … not just for myself or my team but for people I don't even know.
"And that's the blessing. If I am able to save one life or help motivate one person … my job is done."
NephCure formally announced Evans as an ambassador in a press conference on the JMU campus last summer. With NephCure's help, Evans launched "Sign on for Dawn," a fundraising website that aims to raise $10,000 for research, and her team sponsored a "NephCure Night" fundraiser at the Dukes' Dec. 22 game against the University of Virginia. Evans rallied the Dukes to an 82-80 victory with 42 points (one of her more than 40 school records) that night.
Helping others fight the disease
But some of her most meaningful moments as ambassador have come in the quieter time after the game-night crowds have left. That's when she visits with FSGS patient families, which frequently include small children afflicted with the disease. NephCure coordinates the visits, and the families wear orange NephCure t-shirts emblazoned with the words "Team Dawn."
"She's an amazing person, very bright, very smart, very pretty … an incredible athlete," says Michael Levine, who brought his 8-year-old son Matthew, an FSGS patient, to meet Evans at the Dukes' game at Hofstra University. "It's important for Matthew to see a role model … somebody battling the disease and at the same time excelling in her sport at the top of her game."
And Evans calls the post-game encounters "an honor" from which she also gains inspiration. She remembers an 8-year-old FSGS sufferer she met in January. "She was in a wheelchair and had a feeding tube. I couldn't imagine. She has the same disease that I do, but she has to deal with much more than I do. To see her with a smile on her face and being so active, it was uplifting for me," Evans says.
Evans benefited from an early diagnosis of her kidney disease, something she hopes her ability to increase awareness of the disease will bring to others. NephCure is always trying to locate new patient families who may not be aware of the resource that the foundation is for those afflicted with FSGS.
As a result, her condition has been monitored closely and her treatments have been modified as necessary. The decline in her kidney function has stabilized and there's now more time than initially expected before she will need a transplant — perhaps as long as eight years according to her father, Rodney Evans, who has been coordinating the search for a live donor.
Dozens of possible donors have contacted her father, Evans says. And her high school — Northeast High in Clarksville, Tenn. — collects donations at each home basketball game targeted to help support the person who ultimately donates a kidney to Evans.
But Evans' current focus remains teaming with NephCure for an assist to others affected by FSGS.
As Evans' on-court success continues, her story reaches more and more people, most recently in the March 14 issue of Sports Illustrated. Evans and her classmates scored their 100th JMU win in the CAA title game March 13 and will play in their second straight NCAA tournament. Evans (who broke the CAA career scoring record in her final home game March 2) will enter the national tournament with 2,647 career points — quite a mark for that pass-first freshman.
Beyond Madison looms the possibility of a professional career for Evans in the WNBA — she has been projected as a first-round pick in the 2011 WNBA draft. Or perhaps that childhood acting career might be revived.
Regardless of the path her future takes, her stage will only get larger. And you can bet that Evans will use that stage to continue her fight against FSGS, channeling her energy into inspiring and motivating others. Delivering the biggest assist.
Visit Sign on for Dawn to donate to NephCure Foundation.
More coverage of Evans:
- JMU's Dawn Evans gives kidney disease her best shot (USA Today)
- Specter of transplant hasn't slowed JMU's Evans (Rivals.com/AP)
Published: Thursday, March 1, 2012
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2018


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Who is Dar Adal?
Just as Abu Nazir has begun shift from specter to physical character, "Homeland" has brought in a new, mysterious overlord to lurk in the shadows. This time it's in the form of a powerful intelligence official revealed to be secretly calling the shots over a CIA investigation into an impending terrorist attack.
This man, this "Dar Adal," nearly has Brody killed. The only thing that saves the congressman is the failure of an operation to knock off Abu Nazir. The introduction opens up a whole new realm of intrigue as the season approaches its end, as Episode 9 of Season 2 leaves us wondering what's driving the CIA's plan in the Brody case.
The show picks up a day or two after the last installment ended, suggesting that this entire season has comprised just a few weeks in our heroes' lives. At Langley, the crew appears to have no idea what is going on. Carrie is the first to voice the possibility that Brody is already dead at the hands of Abu Nazir and Co. after they whisked him away by helicopter last week.
On cue, he calls her from a stranger's cell in (a glancing reference to) Baltimore and tells her he wants to meet. And that his family is in real danger. We're not given much time to wonder whether he'll get away. But maybe that's for next episode; it's pretty obvious that he gave Nazir up this time and he's going to be angry.
Carrie arranges for Mike to bring the Brodys to a super posh "safe house" for some R&R; until the threat -- whatever it is -- subsides. Mike, of course, slips easily back into his stepdad role, yelling at Dana, sleeping with Jess, and whipping up a batch of huevos rancheros in the morning.
The floor-to-ceiling windows seem a little questionable for the family's security needs, but otherwise a little stay-cation in CIA care doesn't sound too bad.
Back at headquarters, Brody tells his CIA handlers that Abu Nazir is in America and planning an attack the following day at an event celebrating the homecoming of 300 troops returning from Afghanistan, at which Brody and VP Walden are scheduled to appear.
He also relates that he has told Nazir that his "love for his family" is what held him back from following orders to deploy the suicide vest in Season One, and he now understands that is family may be next on the hit list. Brody walks the spies through the rest of his interaction with Nazir, and while we know that he elided at least one detail (the praying), it's impossible to say whether the rest of his account is accurate.
Is he being honest? Is Nazir? On Carrie's advice, Estes decides to take Brody's account at face value and prepares to stage an high-stakes interception of the attack. Roya tells Brody that he can avoid the blast by hanging around the cameraman at the event.
In the middle of all this, we discover another layer of deception, as the identity of Quinn is revealed to be a cover. Saul has the surveillance fellows snoop through Quinn's apartment, which they find is rigged with sophisticated anti-spy gear and contains nothing but a toothbrush, sleeping bag, bag of gun-cleaning supplies, and copy of Great Expectations.
It's unclear how far Quinn has gotten into of this classic story of self-reinvention, but the photo tucked between the pages leads Saul to a Philadelphia cop who inadvertently confirms that Quinn (or "John," the father of her child) isn't who he says he is.
Alerted by his ex to Saul's incursions, Quinn runs out for a clandestine meeting on a moving bus with a mystery confidante. Saul identifies Quinn's contact as Dar Adal, a past director of super-super-secret operations in Somalia. Aside from the fact that Carrie was right (wow) about never having "seen him around" Langley before his assignment to this operation, neither Saul nor we have any clue what Quinn's real mission and background are.
In the morning, the gang is amped and ready to stop the terrorist plot against America and detain Abu Nazir, if all goes right. With Carrie watching Roya from the back of a black van, the plot appears to be moving ahead. As Roya orders fast food, her "camera crew" is in the parking lot switching out their "batteries" for some extremely heavy-looking electronics (i.e. bombs).
We see that one of the would-be cameramen is the shooter from Gettysburg, and Carrie thinks that Nazir is sitting behind the tinted windows of the crew's SUV. As the feds break their cover to arrest the camera crew and Roya Hamad, the SUV goes speeding off, only to be smoothly intercepted in a well-orchestrated traffic accident. Carrie runs out of her hiding place, victorious, but discovers that the man in the SUV is NOT their high-value target.
"Stand down!" Estes orders to Quinn, who is posing as the limo driver in Brody's driveway as the congressman/informant walks out to his ride. "I repeat, stand down!" Quinn puts away the gun he has drawn for no imaginable reason other than to kill Brody.
It appears that Quinn - and Estes! - are acting on orders to kill Brody the moment Nazir is captured. With Nazir still at large, Quinn cryptically explains to Brody, "Believe it or not, I'm your best friend right now."
Given the circumstances, that's not great news.


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She threw the first no-hitter of the season Saturday for the Lady Bisons in a 1-0 win over Louisiana Tech Saturday morning in the second day of the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette, La. She drove in the only run of the game to seal the victory.
Campbell, a junior who also plays third base, struck out four and walked only two for the victory.
The game was scoreless until the sixth inning. Kellie Sirus started the inning with a lead-off walk. She was thrown out at second on a bunt attempt by Abby Keese. Caroline Mason struck out, but Keese, who reached on the fielder's choice, was able to move to second on a wild pitch.
Campbell singled up the middle to score Keese. Mollie Mitchell popped up to the second baseman to close out the inning.
Campbell led the Lady Bisons with two hits. Mason added a double. Courtney Billington and Katie Haab each added singles.
The Lady Bisons were scheduled to play Nicholls State starting Saturday at 2 p.m.


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Training programs
You can plan individual moves or use training programs and download them to your Suunto Ambit3 Sport. With planned moves, your Suunto Ambit3 Sport guides you to reach your training targets. Store up to 60 planned moves in your watch.
To use a planned move:
- Plan individual moves under MY MOVES or use (or create) a training program under PLAN & CREATE in Movescount.com and add the program to your planned moves.
- Resync with Movescount.com to download planned moves to your watch.
- Follow daily guidance as well as the guidance during your planned moves to reach your targets.
To start a planned move:
- Press to check your watch to see if you have a planned target for the day.
- If you have multiple planned moves for the day, press to see each move target.
- Press Time mode. to start a planned move or press again to return to
During a planned move, your Suunto Ambit3 Sport provides guidance based on speed or heart rate:
Your Suunto Ambit3 Sport also indicates when 50% and 100% of your planned target is complete.
When your target is complete or you have a rest day, future targets are indicated by weekday if the next planned move is within a week or by date of it is more than a week away:


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Alert 2008-34
Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: July 28, 2008
Description: Crystal Lake Bank and Trust, N.A.
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Crystal Lake Bank and Trust, N.A., Crystal Lake, IL
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier's checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 071925787 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a mystery shopping scam.
Counterfeit items are similar to the authentic checks, but may be identified by the following traits: checks are of unknown color with a dark solid border and contain the following security statement in the top border "FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COLORED BACKGROUND AND MICROPRINTING IN THE BORDER." The bank's telephone number of (815) 479-5200 is missing under the address section in the upper-right portion of the instrument, and the following security statement is located in the bottom border: "THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDES A UNIQUE CHECK IDENTIFICATION CODE AND AN ARTIFICIAL WATERMARK. HOLD AT AN ANGLE TO VIEW."
Items presented to date have been made payable in the amounts of $4,965, may include a forged signature of bank CEO, James Thorpe, and contain a remitter name of Therese Burke. Due to possible variations in the appearance of the bank's official items and differing scams associated with the counterfeit or fictitious items, officials of Crystal Lake Bank & Trust Company, N.A. suggest they be contacted to verify authenticity of the bank's cashier's checks if received from an unknown or questionable source.
Correspondence accompanying the counterfeit checks will most likely be mailed from Canada and may contain the letterhead of "Business, 5508 Greens Square Drive, Suite #206, Minnetonka, MN 55343-9602." The letter may be signed by Anthony Bret (Director, Operations). The correspondence informs the recipient that he or she has been selected to represent the company as a research personnel or customer service evaluator. It is explained that the enclosed cashier's check is to be used during the assignment to make purchases at various merchants and to transfer money using a nationally known wire service. Recipients are instructed to contact Andrea Turner at (514) 568-7180 for detailed instructions prior to depositing the check and are required to keep the assignment confidential in accordance with the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which is enclosed with the check.
For additional information and guidance and to verify the authenticity of Crystal Lake Bank and Trust, N.A.'s cashier's checks, please contact Louis R. Acevedo, Assistant Vice President Operations, 70 N. Williams Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, by telephone at (815) 479-5200, by fax at (815) 479-5206, or via e-mail at [email@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit or fictitious item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
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Richard C. Stearns


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Harrah's Lake Tahoe Adds Some Heat To The Mountains With The Debut Of PEEK Nightclub
Mega-Celebrity and Power-Socialite Paris Hilton Hosts Party as Part of Grand Opening on Presidents' Weekend
Jan 17, 2013, 08:00 ET
STATELINE, Nev., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Harrah's Lake Tahoe proudly announces the debut of PEEK Nightclub, elevating its presence in the nightlife arena, featuring an opening weekend mega-party with international socialite, Paris Hilton, on Saturday night, Feb. 16. With a world-renowned reputation for premium nightlife events and venues, Caesars Entertainment and Harrah's Lake Tahoe continue their dedication to innovate and meet every guest's desire by providing state-of-the-art live entertainment in the greater Lake Tahoe region.
"I'm excited to host the grand opening of PEEK at Harrah's Lake Tahoe with the Beatclan," said Paris Hilton.
"With more than $1 million in entertainment plans and renovations to the existing space, PEEK will redefine Tahoe nightlife and rival top nightclubs throughout the United States," said John Koster, Regional President of Harrah's Lake Tahoe. "Harrah's and Lake Tahoe are resort destinations known well both nationally and internationally and by adding a premier nightclub, like PEEK, will only solidify Harrah's Lake Tahoe as a 'place-to-be-and-be-seen' on the nightlife entertainment map," continued Koster.
Featuring over 6,700-square-feet of optimal nightlife and live entertainment space, PEEK's new footprint includes 40 intimate VIP sections, including some of today's most highly touted nightclub amenities. With the capability to provide full scale music performances, PEEK will host some of the World's biggest names in entertainment, including big-named Vegas, Miami, NY, and L.A. DJ's.
Partnering with one of Las Vegas' revered event production and design companies in Bar Back USA, guests to PEEK can expect unmatched VIP offerings and superior customer service. Aerial shows will keep the energy going as the PEEK performers entertain from several stories above the already hot dance floor – PEEK is destined to become one of the nation's best-known nightclubs in no time.
For the latest on upcoming entertainment and celebrity appearances at PEEK, visit www.peeknightclub.com. Join us on facebook and twitter (PeekTahoe @PeekTahoe) for insider information and the latest promotions. To book a VIP area and for bottle service reservations, call 775.586.6705.
About Harrah's Lake Tahoe
Combining a special blend of luxury, beauty, great guest service and casino entertainment, Harrah's Lake Tahoe maintains a long tradition as one of the most highly rated and popular resort casinos in the country. Owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Harrah's is located on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, North America's largest alpine lake, central to unequaled year-round outdoor recreation and America's largest concentration of ski resorts. A timeless creation, Harrah's 18-story, 512 room hotel, which includes two full floors of ultra-luxurious suites, reflects the natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe. Harrah's leads the way in entertainment with exclusive production shows and many of the brightest stars in show business appearing in the legendary South Shore Room. After hours, the showroom is transformed into Northern Nevada's newest and hottest nightspot, Peek Nightclub! To top it all off, Harrah's Lake Tahoe is world famous for fun-filled and exciting 24-hour casino action. The 70,000 square-foot casino is highlighted by an elegant, contemporary interior design incorporating warm, vibrant colors and dark wood soffits, column treatments and accents. For more information, please visit www.TotalRewardsTahoe.com.
SOURCE Harrah's Lake Tahoe


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Kids ENT Health Month
National health statistics reveal that pediatric ear, nose, and throat disorders remain among the primary reasons children visit a physician, with ear infections ranking as the number one reason for an appointment. From earaches to choking hazards, kids can suffer from a variety of ailments that require prompt diagnosis and treatment.
Celebrate Kids ENT Health Month online and spread awareness on social media by incorporating the graphics below on your own Facebook and Twitter profiles!
Facebook Cover Photo
You can use this complimentary cover photo specially designed for this month's health observance! Simply right click to save the image to your computer and then upload it as your cover photo on Facebook.
Twibbon Campaign
A Twibbon is a small image that you overlay on your Twitter or Facebook profile picture to show support for a campaign or cause. You can show your support for Kids ENT Health Month by including the Twibbon on your social media profile picture and encouraging others to do the same. (Example below)
2015 Kids ENT Health Month Resources
February 2015 Bulletin: Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis in the practice
Use #KidsENT on social media to talk about Kids ENT Health Month!
Past Kids ENT Health Month Articles
February 2014 Bulletin: Kids ENT Health Month Summary of Clinical Practice Guidelines from 2013
February 2014 Bulletin Feature: Kids ENT Health Month: Child Health Disparities
Patient Health Information
A Quick Glossary for Good Ear Health
Hearing Loss and Ear Infection


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Just trying to install a new plugin to my WP site, vivbounty.net
Upload is OK. I see my plugin name beside the browse button in .zip format.
Then when I click install, it gets hung up and the browser tab just has circle swirling saying "Connecting...."
Perhaps it's the snow storms this week. Everything online is slow today.
Eventually Problem loading page message displays:
The connection was reset
The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
Could there be another conclusion?
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Looking back through the archives to see if I could find any special inspiration for a final column, something to return to or something to reiterate, I found various sentences and ideas I wished I could draw more attention to. And then the concept for the final column hit me — basically, to do what I did with my Weird Fiction Review collage, "Stories in the Key of Strange", but this time to pull material only from past columns, and to try to draw from as many as I possibly could without falling completely into meaninglessness.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – At a time of high youth unemployment, a national entrepreneurial program has a solution for youngsters who can't find a job: make your own.
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Last week, a report released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count project showed employment of people ages 16 to 24 nationwide is at its lowest point in 50 years.
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Protecting your manga
Too late in protecting mine. They keep dropping so they're a little bent.
I reckon a good manga book is like, needing character right? So if you tighten them all up in plastic covers, making them claustrophobic, your manga will be all, 'c'mon man let me outta here', just let them chill around your room/house and pick up and read / re-read them. Best way to roll :3
I have naruto manga from 7 years ago and it still nothing has happened to it and I didn't do anything special to protect it lol
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Well I keep them in a closed shelf so they would not be decolourised by the sunlight. When I read them, I make sure I do it in such a way that I do not cause them to be dog-eared or bent. Nobody else in my house reads manga, so I do not have to deal with others reading (or even touching) them; though I probably would just annoy the person who wants to borrow my manga with a long list of dos and don'ts...
they are perfectly organized on my shelf and probly one of the only areas in my room that stay clean LOLOL. but seriously if anyone touches them at all, its an automatic tantrum. so for someone who is usually relaxed that scares my family. Hah
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Well I keep them in a closed shelf so they would not be decolourised by the sunlight. When I read them, I make sure I do it in such a way that I do not cause them to be dog-eared or bent. Nobody else in my house reads manga, so I do not have to deal with others reading (or even touching) them; though I probably would just annoy the person who wants to borrow my manga with a long list of dos and don'ts...
This was one of the only helpful replies in this thread.
I need to come up with a way to keep my manga out of light. I have some first printings of the Bleach volumes and are looking really yellow. Especially ones from 2002.
I was thinking of getting polypropylene sleeves for my viz manga.
I have no manga book, I always read the manga on the website. mostly mangahere.com, and I like to keep them on the bookmark.
While I was in Japan, I bought various types of cloth and cotton containers from the Can Do (100 yen) store. They usually store newspapers, books, and videotapes so I knew that it could handle protecting my manga. I then make sure everytime I bought a book that the cashier leave the wrapper on it or, if they take it off, put a book cover on it. I then put it in a cool corner of the room so it wouldn't get damage. When I moved back to the US, I put then in a drawer so they could stay out of sight and protected. Any plastic or cloth container will do. For extra protection, put a fabric softener or moisture absorption thing near it just in case.
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I Just Keep Them Out Of The Sun To Prevent Bleaching ERG I HATE THAT
Other Than That I Just Keep Adding To My Collection
I don't do anything special to protect my manga, I just make sure that I don't bend the pages or the cover. But if some yahoo comes along and spills Koolaid on a manga that I really like, i'll probably buy a bunch of book covers.
Yay new picture!! :D
I like to make sure my hands are clean when touching them and I go crazy when I get pages bent
Gen'ei Taiyou is great in the end...
I protect them in my hard drive. -_-
what is this cr stuff
i have covers only like 5.00$ for 100
Mine were on a bookshelf that was in my room along with my anime DVD's. I didn't know sunlight would yellow the pages. Now I know. My anime and manga are now stored in the junk house because it is junk /trash to my mother. I don't see any of my dvd's working by the time I get them back. $2000 worth of books, dvd's, games, and a console down the drain.
Are there any CDL-A license holders on here?
Sorry, I have never buy a manga book, I always read the manga on the internet, cos there are little manga books be sold in our country. so I always go to the mangahere.com to read the manga, ahh, I think that website have good scanlation manga. If I buy a manga book, I think I will keep it with other books, i like the page turn yellow, that is the single of time skip.


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Servodrive control: Laser cutter provides precise power
Precise power: This Mitsubishi 2512HV-20CF laser cutter at Atlas Tool & Die Works Inc. has repeatability accuracy of +/- .000197 in. and uses three servos by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. The material in the video and photo is 14-gauge, type 304 stainless steel, being cut at a feed rate of 70 in. per minute (IPM) using 650 W of power. Operator at the controls (video and photo) is Brian Squeo from Atlas.
Machine varies by material and thickness. The speed table provided shows different speeds this machine is capable of achieving; the fastest is 400 IPM by cutting .040 (19-gauge) mild steel with oxygen. The machine controls used can run up to 6 servo drives, according to Tim Gelsomino, sales liaison, MC Machinery Systems Inc., Mitsubishi EDM/Laser.
February 2013 Control Engineering cover video and related cutting photos are by Peter Welander, content manager, Control Engineering, CFE Media. This is the first digital edition cover video from Control Engineering.
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Below is more information provided by MC Machinery Systems Inc., Mitsubishi EDM/Laser, about the Mitsubishi 2512HV-20CF laser cutter and the latest machine in this line, the Mitsubishi HVII.
Mitsubishi 2512HV-20CF laser cutter
The HV was touted as a workhorse with easy-to-use, state-of-the-art technologies. It meets the demands and needs of users, and brings unsurpassed performance at the lowest cost of ownership of any machine in its class, the company said, offering the following:
- Advances in processing technology optimize gas flow and beam quality while allowing for exceptional plate processing performance.
- Mitsubishi Super HP control redefines a hybrid's ability to produce accurate parts in thin, high-speed cutting applications.
- DR control combines real-time power ramping with acceleration or deceleration—dramatically reducing dross adhesion and thermal influences.
- Superior edge quality
- Reduced setup times
- Processing versatility for thin or thick workpiece applications
- Reduced de-burring of sheet metal applications
- Intelligent Assist Gas Monitoring, resulting in less scrapped parts
- Automatic Quick-Assist Gas Change function
- Optimal nozzle design reduces running costs
- Long-life part-design for drive system and other components
- Revolutionary "Dual" Cross-Flow resonator (40 CF-R)
- Integrated Maintenance Guide for most maintenance functions
Control specifications include retry control, multiple setup screen, telephone line interface, and hard disc memory capacity of 2 GB. It has functions for processing start point return, feed hold point return, corner control, and slope control. It also has an error help screen, processing setup screen, maintenance screen, scaling mirror image, figure rotation, and graphics automatic scaling. Other control capabilities include laser macro, automatic power off, processing condition register, processing condition search, processing condition adjustment, one-touch 2nd/3rd zero point return, and character string replacement. The display screen is a 10.4-in. thin-film transistor (TFT) touchscreen, with 2 MB memory, a 3.5-in. floppy disc, and optional network-use LAN card.
Mitsubishi HVII laser cutter
HVII has advanced processing technology to optimize gas flow and beam quality with exceptional plate processing performance. Mitsubishi Super HP control is said to redefine a hybrid's ability to produce accurate parts in thin, high-speed cutting applications. Dynamic response (DR) control combines real-time power ramping with acceleration or deceleration, dramatically reducing dross adhesion and thermal influences. A "Mels Eye" option offers plasma detection, pierce detection, auto-focus, and burn detection.
The new LC30BV Mitsubishi control simplifies cutting setup and preparation. It has a complete database of processing conditions applicable to a wide variety of cutting. High-speed z-axis height sensing and latest pierce technology drastically reduce cutting time. It has a 15-in. touchscreen control, a 1.2 GHz 20 GB hard drive, USB port, Ethernet, and new interface with high-speed graphics and help screens. HVII provides simultaneous 3-axis control, and z-axis height control also is possible. Encoder provides position detection.
Background, history
MC Machinery markets and services machine tools, specifically electrical discharge machines (EDM), industrial laser and press brake machines, and waterjet cutting machines. Established in 1991, it is owned by MIC and parent Mitsubishi Corp. History.
Atlas Tool & Die Works is a family-owned business based in Lyons, Ill., (near Chicago) providing value-added stamped, cut, and fabricated metal parts and assemblies since 1918. The company also perform precision cutting of marble, granite, stone and plastic, and provides die and fixture building and maintenance services.
– Edited by Mark T. Hoske, content manager, CFE Media, Control Engineering, Plant Engineering, email@example.com.


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Under "Guideline" you can find more about the contents of the respective technical guideline, each single file being linked under "Documents" (some are available in German only).


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This is the final post - the third of three. These posts have given my readers (and me) a kind of "right there" look at the losses my grandmother experienced throughout the course of her life. In the first post, I wrote of the sudden, and tragic loss of her first husband, James Allen Walker. A couple of weeks later, I posted about the abandonment of my own grandfather, Daniel Webster Hill. Today, I'd like to share what I know about my grandmother's third marriage, to a man all three of her children refer to as "the love of Momma's life."
Finale - Charlie Thomas
It is with a conflicted heart that I write about my grandmother's third, and final marriage. My mother and her siblings are still living, and they know much more about the details of Charlie Thomas' life (with and before my grandmother) than I do. For reasons which I am just recently becoming aware of, much of his story has remained untold, and though my mother, aunt, and uncle know it, they are not ready to reveal it all to me just yet.
What I do know, and can write, is that at some point very soon after being abandoned by her second husband, my grandmother, and married Charlie Thomas, a man who was 16 years her senior. My guess is that they must have already known each other from church, since one of the articles I received mentioned that Charlie's family belonged to Jerusalem; the same church which my grandmother was a member of, and where my uncle had won the baby contest several years before. (See Part 2) I've heard that Charlie "swept Mary off her feet". (I'm guessing that he and the whole church had probably witnessed her suffering after my grandfather left, and perhaps even before so. He probably stepped right in!)
Charlie Thomas, with his daughter (my aunt), Jane.
I don't have the exact date of their marriage (yet), but in 1940, my grandmother gave birth to her third child, Jane Gwendolyn Thomas. Charlie had won my grandmother's heart, and she was happier than she'd ever been. My mother tells me that Charlie Thomas loved and cared for Howell and her as if they were his own, and that he was "the only father" she has ever known. She says that he didn't treat them any differently than he did his own flesh and blood daughter, Jane. My uncle agrees with all of my mother's comments.
The only other thing I know (that I can share) about Charlie Thomas is that he worked on the railroad. As I was growing up, I would occasionally ask about my grandfather, but I was only told that he "worked on the railroad." I realize now, that since Charlie Thomas was the only father my mother ever knew, that the answer I was being given referred to him, and not to my actual grandfather, Daniel Hill. However, knowing all that I know now, about the devastating death of my grandmother's first husband, Allen, I can only imagine how very stressful it must have been for her to say goodbye to Charlie each day as he left for work. She had to have had incredible faith!
Charlie, Mary, and the three children (along with Mary's mother, Manerva) were living "happily ever after" when, sometime early in 1950, Charlie began to suffer from some kind of heath problems. According to this article, Charlie is "improving" in April, 1950.
But, in August, 1950, my grandmother's third husband, Charlie Thomas, suffered a heart attack and died right in their Norfolk home.
For Mary Davis Walker Hill Thomas, the third time had indeed been "the charm". However, at 52 years old, having lost 3 husbands, and being left to finish raising 3 children, she must have also decided that with "three strikes, you're out". Mary lived out her remaining 34 years as a widow, harboring a lifetime of painful losses, but choosing to count her blessings and bask in the reflection of a decade of beautiful memories made with the love of her life, Charlie Thomas.
As you can see, Mary never forgot her dear, Charlie. Here, she memorializes him nine and eleven years, respectively, after his death. I had seen the 1959 article taped inside the cover of her bible, but had never seen the 1961 piece. However, now that I have, I realize that she had them both in there, for there is a faded outline exactly the size and shape of the column on the same page as the other one.
This ends the trilogy, "My Grandmother's Loss". Writing this out has been helpful to me, and has helped me to put into words a "story" that needs to be shared with my daughters, and the rest of Mary Thomas' grandchildren. To those who've followed along, I thank you.


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"What's that smell?" If that phrase has ruined a dinner on the patio, or a nice ride in the car with the windows down, then you might live in one of the states being overtaken by stink bugs, known more formally as Halyomorpha halys or the brown marmorated stink bug.
Call it what you will, the noxious smell of these bugs will make you gag and likely clear a room. The stink bug is a recent visitor to the United States, and it seems to like it here. As a consequence, many homeowners are wondering about how to get rid of stink bugs.
Originally from Asia
First a little history: It seems one specific type of stink bug — the brown marmorated stink bug — hitched a ride here from Asia, and came to eastern Pennsylvania where they it was first collected in 1998 in Allentown, but probably arrive a few years earlier.
The pests spread north to Maine, south to Florida, west to California and now can be found in 44 states and two Canadian provinces. In the past few years, there has been one generation annually, but a mild winter and warm spring could enable additional generations to reproduce, increasing the population everywhere, and taking up residence in our homes, sheds and vehicles.
More than that, this infestation is damaging crops and foliage across the country. Back in Asia, brown marmorated stink bugs like to feast on peaches, figs, mulberries, citrus fruits and persimmons, but they seem to have expanded their palate abroad to dine on ornamentals, beans, soy beans and most fruit trees. The damage caused by stink bugs leaves plants and produce unfit for market.
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Stink bugs are a nuisance for homeowners. (Photo: Claudio Divizia/Shutterstock)
So let's get down to business: How do we get rid of stink bugs? According to Rick Steinau of Ask the Exterminator, true eradication of stink bugs has to start at the farm level and in the crop fields.
"For homeowners, stink bugs are really nothing more than a nuisance," says Steinau. "If stink bugs are not treated in the crop fields, there is little a homeowner can do to stop their migration from the fields, so as a homeowner, exclusion is your best weapon."
This can mean anything from securing your home so the little buggers can't get in to killing them after they enter. Steinau suggests that you make sure your windows and doors are properly sealed, and that protective screens are placed over air vents and chimneys.
Eco-friendly options
Now the big question: To spray or not to spray? In the spirit of being planet-friendly, there are some things to try before resorting to the big pesticide guns.
In a spray bottle, combine 32 ounces of hot water and three-quarters of a cup of Dawn dish washing liquid and spray the exterior of your home, concentrating on those cracks, windows and doors. For an extra kick, you can use the anti-bacterial variety, but understand that it contains additional chemicals.
Steinau suggests another non-pesticide alternative: "Since invading stink bugs often over-winter in attics, consider an insect electrocution system," he says. "Install this in a dark attic, and it will help you collect the stink bugs that find their way into your home."
More choices
If all else fails, there is pesticide. Any bug spray will work if sprayed directly on the stink bug, but Lysol also works and smells better.
Steinau says there also are materials that provide residual protection, like Talstar Pro and a new product called Suspend PolyZone. These products work well if you treat your home's exterior under the eaves, entryways, and cracks and crevices.
Got other tips for how to get rid of stink bugs? Leave us a note in the comments below.
Editor's note: This story has been updated since it was originally published in April 2012.


text: [Rumor] Samsung/Google ICS Event Back on for October 18/19 Well guys, rumors seem to be swirling around from quite a few places that the ICS event is back online. Word around the Android world is that All Things Digital has a conference going on in Hong Kong on October 19th with Andy Rubin as one of the speakers. It seems like this may be the day Samsung and Google unveil ICS. The event starts in the evening on October 19th but the announcement should come before the conference which will be October 18th for North America. If this is true, then this is an interesting date because this is also the date Motorola is set to announce the Droid RAZR/HD. It looks like next two weeks are going to be big in the tech world! Via: Engadget, Droid-Life,


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Make this cute Bunny Salad a part of any kids meal or just serve it for a healthy snack. The little chef can even help to make this salad.
Items needed:
- Apple
- Mini carrots
- Red bell pepper
- Blueberries
- From a whole apple, slice off about 1/3 of the apple lengthwise. Then cut 1/4 in. slices for the bunny face.
- Cut a baby carrot in half, lengthwise. These will be the bunny ears.
- Add two blueberries for bunny eyes.
- Cut the bell pepper into a triangular nose shape and then cut out a bowtie shape for under the bunny neck.
- This salad is especially fun for Easter.
- Let your little chef put everything together.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT baseball players Aric Dama and Dan Hyatt were each named to the first team of COSIDA's Academic All-America program. The achievement highlights players who have performed both on the field and in the classroom and this year marks the third consecutive year that MIT has had players tabbed for the honor. The first team status also meant a chance at being named to the Academic All-America team, though neither Engineer was named when that list was released last week.
For senior catcher Dan Hyatt, this is his second time on the Academic All-District list, after being selected in 2009. The senior captain has played in all 40 games for the Engineers, hitting .348 and driving in 24 runs while scoring 23. He led the team with 47 hits and 9 doubles and was second in runs scored, batting average and RBIs. Hyatt also helped anchor a young pitching staff and was recognized with a spot on the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) second team as well as the Academic All-Conference team.
In the classroom, the mechanical engineering major has maintained a 3.6 GPA. He has worked at Lockheed Martin as well as serving as a project leader at MIT's Sports Innovation Lab, where he is testing the effectiveness of catcher chest protectors against varying pitch speeds. The Wallingford, Conn. native has also graphed the data of baseball motions at the MIT Media lab and served as a teaching assistant for the Institute's Science of Baseball program.
Dama, a sophomore from Winfield, Ill., was named the NEWMAC pitcher of the year, earning him a spot on the All-Conference first team. Dama had a 2.45 ERA and a 5-2 record in 15 appearances for the Engineers after starting the season with a 1 hit shutout at Trinity. He spent much of the season in the top five in the country in earned run average and at one point, had a twenty-one and a third inning scoreless streak. His conference statistics are even more impressive, with a 0.57 ERA and a 3-0 record, including shutouts of Wheaton, Coast Guard, Springfield and Clark. He led the NEWMAC in strikeouts (55) and was sixth in ERA and eighth in opponent's batting average (.243).
A National Merit Commended Scholar, Dama has taken his talents to RBM Technologies, where he served as a winter extern, presenting a workflow model to help optimize business processes. He was also a sales Rep. at Vector marketing Corporation and volunteers as part of the Esplanade Association Community Service, while maintaining a 3.84 GPA in both computer science and mechanical engineering concentrations.
The MIT baseball team went 25-15 this year, reaching the NCAA Regional for the first time since 1974. The Engineers amassed a 12-6 record in the NEWMAC and finished third during the regular season. In the tournament they twice defeated Babson College to reach the championship game, but were defeated twice by Wheaton College by a pair of 4-3 scores.


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