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- You can mix the dough by hand if you do not have a stand mixer. Add water (or beer), yeast and sugar to a large bowl. Once the yeast blooms stir in the salt and the flour. Mix with a spoon. Turn dough out onto floured counter top and knead for 3-5 minutes until dough is no longer sticky. Proceed with remaining instructions.
- You can substitute milk or water for the beer.
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Jalapeño Popper Cheesy Pretzel Bombs
- 12 ounces warm beer (110°-120°), I used Blue Moon *see cooks note
- 2¼ teaspoons active dry yeast (1 packet)
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 12 ounces bacon, cooked and chopped into bite size pieces
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 8 ounces shredded Mexican cheese blend (or cheddar cheese)
- 1 (4 ounce) can diced jalapeños
- 1 large egg
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour + more for dusting counter
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt + more for pretzel tops
- 2 tablespoons baking soda
- 2 cups water
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Pour beer into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook (see cooks note if you do not have a stand mixer), sprinkle yeast over top, add sugar and stir. Allow yeast to bloom for 5-10 minutes. Once it is nice and foamy, it is ready. *It should look like the 'head' of a beer poured too quickly and smell yeasty.
- Meanwhile in a medium mixing bowl combine cheeses, bacon and jalapeños. Mix together. You may need to use a wood spoon to get it well mixed.
- In a small bowl beat egg, set aside. Sprinkle clean counter top with ¼ cup flour. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Add flour and salt to stand mixer. Knead for 3- 5 minutes until the dough comes together in one ball. Add more flour a tablespoon at a time as needed, if bread is too sticky to come together. Dough should be tacky when you pull it out of the mixer, not sticky.
- Place dough on floured counter top and knead in flour until it is no longer tacky, just a minute or two. Form dough into a ball. We are going to cut this ball into 36 (somewhat) even pieces. First quarter the ball of dough. *I used a bench scraper, but a butter knife would work too. Roll each quarter into a fat log. Cut that into 3 pieces. Roll each piece into a log and cut into 3 pieces. When you are done you will have 36 pieces.
- Fill a medium (4 cup) bowl with 2 cups of hot water and add baking soda. Place baking sheet, baking soda water and cheese mixture on the counter that you are working on.
- Roll each dough piece (one at a time) into a ball and then flatten it into a circle. Add 1 tablespoon of cheese mixture in the center *I used a tablespoon scooper. Carefully pull each side over the cheese to create a 'cheese package', pinching the edges closed. Roll the dough into a ball. Be careful to make sure you can not see the cheese through the dough. Tap fingers in flour, pinch any tears and roll again. Set aside and repeat until you have 3 stuffed dough balls. Transfer 3 stuffed dough balls to hot water mixture and allow to set while you prepare the next 3. Prepare the next 3 dough balls. Remove dough balls from water with a slotted spoon and place on prepared baking sheet. Place 3 newly prepared balls into the water and prepare 3 more. Repeat until all dough balls are on the cookie sheet.
- Arrange all pretzel balls on parchment so they are not touching. Brush egg wash onto each one and sprinkle with course salt.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until the tops are browned.
- The ooey gooey cheese may escape some of your pretzel bombs. That is a beautiful thing! Scoop all that cheesy goodness up onto the plate and serve. Your guests will go crazy over them.
- Enjoy!
- You can mix the dough by hand if you do not have a stand mixer. Add water (or beer), yeast and sugar to a large bowl. Once the yeast blooms stir in the salt and the flour. Mix with a spoon. Turn dough out onto floured counter top and knead for 3-5 minutes until dough is no longer sticky. Proceed with remaining instructions.
- I microwaved the beer in a glass microwave safe measuring cup, 15 seconds at a time until it was 110-120 degrees.
- You can substitute milk or water for the beer.
- SHORTCUT: You can use 36 frozen dinner rolls (I use Rhodes) in place of the dough recipe.
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Optimisation of Primary HIV1 Infection Treatment(ANRS 147 OPTIPRIM)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01033760
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 16, 2009
Last Update Posted : February 5, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|HIV-1 Infections
|Drug: raltegravir; maraviroc; darunavir; ritonavir; tenofovir/emtricitabine Drug: darunavir; ritonavir; emtricitabine/tenofovir
|Phase 3
Primary HIV-1 infection is characterized by a phase of intense replication, with a quick dissemination and early changes in the immune system. During primary HIV-1 infection, damages to MALT and GALT promotes a chronic cell activation, which participates in a progressive decay of immune functions.
After HAART initiation, the magnitude and rapidity of cell-associated HIV-DNA decrease are significantly higher in patients with primary HIV-1 infection than in patients with chronic infection (Ngo Giang Huong, AIDS 2004).
We hypothesize that an early intervention at different levels of viral replication with potent and well-tolerated new drugs may have a greater impact on cell-associated HIV-DNA levels than conventional triple-drug HAART.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|90 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Optimisation of Primary HIV1 Infection Treatment (ANRS 147 OPTIPRIM)
|Study Start Date :
|April 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2013
Experimental: arm 1
darunavir, ritonavir, emtricitabine/tenofovir, maraviroc, raltegravir
Drug: raltegravir; maraviroc; darunavir; ritonavir; tenofovir/emtricitabine
raltegravir (Isentress®): 400 mg bid. maraviroc (Celsentri®): 150 mg bid. darunavir (Prezista®): 800 mg QD. ritonavir tablet (Norvir®): 100 mg QD. tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada®): one 245/200 mg tablet QD.
Active Comparator: arm 2
darunavir, ritonavir, emtricitabine/tenofovir
Drug: darunavir; ritonavir; emtricitabine/tenofovir
darunavir (Prezista®): 800 mg QD. ritonavir tablet (Norvir®): 100 mg QD. tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada®): one 245/200 mg tablet QD.
- To compare the 24-month impact of maximized vs. conventional HAART- on HIV reservoirs, as assessed by cell-associated HIV-DNA levels, in patients with acute or primary HIV-1 infection [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Plasma HIV-RNA levels and proportion of patients with plasma viral load < 50 copies/ml at M12, M24 and M30 [ Time Frame: 30 months ]
- Plasma HIV-RNA levels and proportion of patients with plasma viral load < 5 copies/ml at M24 [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Changes in cell-associated HIV-DNA between baseline and M24 [ Time Frame: 24 Months ]
- Evolution of the CD4 and CD8 between D0 and M24 [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Tolerability of trial treatments [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Number and type of ARV mutations in virological failures and change in CCR5 tropism [ Time Frame: 24 Months ]
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- Patients with acute or primary HIV-1 infection
- Acute infection: negative or slightly positive Elisa, with negative or incomplete western-blot (0 or 1 antibody) and positive HIV-RNA and/or positive Ag p24.
- Primary infection: positive Elisa with incomplete Western-blot (≥ 2 and < 5 antibodies with the presence of anti-p24 antibodies associated with an anti-gp160 or an anti-gp120 or an anti-gp41antibody) and positive HIV-RNA.
- Symptomatic Primary infection or CD4 <500/mm3
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- Prior post exposure antiretroviral treatment within six months before enrolment
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- HIV-2 infection
- Current malignancy
- Prothrombin time < 50%
- Creatinine clearance < 60 ml/min
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|Antoine CHERET, PH
|Tourcoing Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Caroline LASCOUX-COMBE, PH
|Saint Louis Hospital, Paris
|Study Chair:
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|Methodologist, INSERM U1018
|Principal Investigator:
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HARTFORD (AP) — State Correction Department Commissioner Leo Arnone says he will retire in April after 39 years of service in state government.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Monday that he received notice from Arnone about his intent to retire April 1. The governor says a nationwide search for Arnone's successor will begin in the coming weeks.
Arnone wrote in his letter to Malloy that he wanted to spend more time with his family after working long hours including weekends and being on call 24 hours a day.
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Obamacare is such a glittering success that the president has unilaterally issued dozens of delays, suspensions, postponements and alterations to the law. It's such a success that the administration continues to exaggerate and lie about its enrollment numbers. It's such a success that its administrators have quietly expanded waiver eligibility to include virtually anyone who might want one, an acknowledgement that the law is a "hardship" unto itself. It's such a success that Obama and his allies have openly abandoned the top three promises upon which it was sold. It's such a success that only a small fraction of the previously-uninsured population has chosen to participate in it. And it's such a success that outside advocacy groups, desperate to boost the paltry share of young, healthy sign-ups, have resorted to stunts and bribery (via John Ekdahl):
With roughly two weeks left in the open enrollment period for health insurance, some groups are trying to sell Obamacare to young people in terms they might actually understand: music, comedy, and cash. Young Invincibles, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that is focused on the economic issues affecting young adults, launched a sweepstakes last week where it is awarding a cash prize of $1,200 — enough to potentially cover a year's worth of health insurance premiums for a young adult — to people who download their health care app or submit a card in the mail. The contest runs through the fall, but by launching it now, organizers hope young people who download the app can use it to learn more about whether they qualify for financial assistance and where they should go to sign up….Young people are particularly lagging behind in other groups in signing up. So far, 25% of those who have selected private plans are between the ages of 18 and 34. Administration officials have said repeatedly that they expect young and healthy people to put off signing up for insurance until the last minute. So groups are getting creative with their approach in the final push.
The administration's original target for this demographic was close to 40 percent — an outcome experts projected would be necessary to sustain viable risk pools. That goal, like others that won't be reached, has since been discarded. The appeal of a $1,200 prize may seem intriguing for cash-strapped young adults, but let's put that number into proper perspective. Let's say you're a healthy 30-year-old who is lucky enough to win the sweepstakes and claim the prize. That money, as the Marketwatch story says, is "potentially" enough to cover your first year's premiums under Obamacare. Potentially. The real number could be significantly higher. Remember, the president just got through admonishing Latino families to ditch their cable or cell phones in order to scrape together enough money to afford Obamacare coverage — which he estimated could cost as "little" as $300 per month, or $3,600 per year. But expenses in that ballpark are precisely what compelled a young, urbanite Obama supporter to confess that he'd decided against obtaining coverage. Avik Roy's in-depth analysis reveals how young people are likely to suffer the worst under Obamacare "rate shock," even after factoring in taxpayer subsidies. CNN's research shows that in the country's largest metropolitan areas, many low-income young people won't be eligible for any subsidies at all. Which brings us to the second element of Obamacare's one-two wallet punch: Out-of-pocket costs. CBS News reports:
The Affordable Care Act is turning out to be less than affordable for some consumers. That's because many of the plans carry huge deductibles, creating potential financial problems for middle-class consumers. Some "bronze"-level plans, the lowest level of coverage, carry deductibles as high as $12,700 per year for a family of four. The average individual deductible for a bronze plan is a whopping $5,081 per year, according to research provided to CBS MoneyWatch from HealthPocket, a technology company that ranks health care plans. What's worse, that represents an increase of 40 percent from the average deductible for an individually purchased plan before the federal health care overhaul, according to The Wall Street Journal.
See, young people? You can win a $1,200 prize by signing up for the privilege of forking over five grand in out-of-pocket medical costs…before the coverage you'd be paying into even kicks in. Yes, there's always the option to choose a plan with a lower deductible, but you'll pay higher premiums in return. And what about those cheap "catastrophic" plans carved out for young consumers under Obamacare's rules? First off, they're not much cheaper than the "bronze" level options mentioned above. Then come the steep deductibles. Jim Geraghty ran through official GAO numbers to expose "the catch" back in January:
The administration insists most uninsured young people will be able to buy plans for less than $50 per month. Sounds great, right? The GAO offered statistics that show the catch. A non-smoking woman, age 30, buying the plan with the lowest possible premium in the state of Virginia would pay $564 per year, or $47 per month. Affordable! . . . Until you realize the deductible is $7,500. That's how much she has to pay out of pocket before her insurance pays anything. And that's a bargain compared to some other states…In Oregon, land of the music-video promotional campaign . . . that 30-year-old, non-smoking woman can get an insurance plan with a premium of just $52 per month! Of course, the deductible is $10,000. In Washington, D.C., it's $53.50 for a plan with the same $10,000 deductible. In Maryland, she can pay $65 per month for that deductible. In Illinois, $68 per month. In Connecticut, $99 per month. In Maine, that same woman can pay $127 per month to enjoy a $12,000 deductible! In Minnesota, that same woman can pay a monthly premium of just $56.92 with a $15,000 deductible. What a bargain!
Click through for links to all of the supporting data. How "affordable" does any of that sound? And that doesn't even cover any of the substantial premium hikes industry experts are predicting for next year, which the administration is downplaying, not disputing. So which is more persuasive, Millenials: Your bank accounts, or comedy bits starring multi-millionaire movie stars? Young people can either run some quick math and determine for themselves that the "Affordable" Care Act is nothing of the sort, or they can submit to the allure of Obamacare music video contest entrants like this:
"Hey bro, I was totally against paying up to $14,000 in deductibles and premiums for healthcare next year, but then I saw those dancers dressed up as hearts and changed my mind," said nobody, ever. I'll leave you with Megan McArdle explaining how young Americans are "killing Obamacare."
UPDATE – A reader with ties to the insurance industry writes in to dispute some of Jim Geragthy's GAO numbers excerpted above:
"ACA plans cannot have higher deductibles than $6,350 per person, and all catastrophic plans that I have seen have a $6,350 deductible with 100% covered thereafter. They are also much more expensive than the figures quoted in that paragraph. Sounds like the premiums quoted are from the 2013 pre-ACA plan versions. "
He also says that the "catastrophic plan" premiums he's seen for, say, a 29-year-old woman in Virginia are closer to $170 per month, as opposed to the lower totals mentioned in the piece. Two points: (1) Obamacare does cap out-of-pocket costs, but that provision has been delayed (surprise!) until 2015 — likely due to the negative impact those caps are expected to have on premiums. (2) Let's say those maximums do finally go into effect, and that premiums don't rise even further (even though they will). Let's run some math. Add the max deductible ($6,350) to monthly premiums ($170, for argument's sake), and you're looking at paying nearly $8,400 for healthcare. Here's another option: Add the average bronze deductible ($5,100) to the premiums described by the healthy, liberal young man in the blog post linked above ($308/month). Obamacare tab: Nearly $8,800. "Affordable"?


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The Neomilk Project
Sorry I'm late! I wrote my day of archaeology blog post on a (blissfully air-conditioned) bus from Eger to Budapest! I am currently in Hungary for a week and a half collecting zooarchaeological data for my PhD, which looks at bone fat processing and butchery in Neolithic Europe as part of the Neomilk project. Neomilk is an ERC funded international collaboration which investigates the emergence of dairying in Neolithic Europe. Lipid residue analysis on ceramics forms the main line of evidence used, but the affectionately named Team Bone use zooarchaeological methods to look for dairying and its effect on diet. The research involves a lot of travel around Europe (mainly tracking the Linearbandkeramik or LBK culture) and analysing key sites, especially those sampled for lipid residue analysis by the team in Bristol. For each site I analyse I try to look at every Neolithic bone fragment, sorting them into size classes, determining species and element and analysing fracture patterns, butchery and taphonomy. This leads to some pretty big datasets!
My aim in coming to Eger was to analyse Apc, but I finished that yesterday! So at the moment I am working on a site called Füzesabony-Gubakút, a settlement which dates from the early ALP culture. I'm hoping to finish the analysis of this site, but I also have a sampling strategy in place if it looks like I won't finish. I analysed just over 1000 bones yesterday, here's what I've got so far!
Preservation of the bones of this site is amazing, with bone and fracture surfaces very well preserved, which is good for my butchery and fracture analysis. Butchery marks are thin on the ground, which I've found is typical of sites from this time period as stone tools make precious little marks on bones (as opposed to butchery with metal objects!). The fracture analysis is very interesting. To try to find out whether people were smashing long bones to get the fat-rich marrow I look for fresh, dry and mineralised fracture characteristics. Fresh fractures (in high quantities) suggest that marrow was important to diet. Dry (and mineralised) fractures can be caused by deposition/re-deposition, carnivore gnawing, burning or trampling, so are often present on sites even where marrow is highly prized. At Füzesabony, the majority of fractures are dry, or happened when the bone was drying. This suggests that people weren't that desperate for the fat inside bone shafts. My sun-addled brain however is thinking that it's so hot here that bones would dry out more quickly – the bones certainly aren't whole, so something is breaking them! Hopefully the rest of the assemblage will tell me what!
So, back to why I composed this on a bus to Budapest – I can't work at the place where the bones are stored (a disused mental institution, not as creepy as it sounds) on the weekend, so I'm off to Budapest to join Team Pot member Jess to do some less dusty work and eat our weight in delicious ice cream and pöttyös, strange cheese-chocolate bars that we are a bit addicted to.
You can find out more about the Neomilk project on their website, read more stories from my PhD here or follow me on twitter @zooarchaemily.


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Shake-up – Mark DeRosa
On my way into the clubhouse today, I saw Miguel Tejada leaving. He told me he'd been reassigned, another way of saying he was cut. I didn't know Aaron Rowand was involved, too, until I saw him packing up his locker. It's not been an easy day.
I think we all expected something to happen after playing the brand of baseball we had been playing for the past month. It was like 30 days of the same game. Like we kept hitting the replay button. There was passion and fight, but we couldn't get anything going. Then the boos started creeping in. Listen, we know that if we lose our fans after winning the first World Championship since 1954, we've lost everything.
So we knew something had to be done. And today the front office and the coaches sent us a message loud and clear: No one's safe. If you're not delivering, there will be changes.
Ro and Miggy found themselves in a situation where they weren't playing much. And when you have 10-plus years in the big leagues, and you have the resumes that these guys have, it's not easy to be on the bench day after day after day. It beats you up.
I was in a similar situation, but I had an injury so I had a built-in excuse. But no matter what the reason for sitting on the bench, you feel terrible not being out there. Then when you do go out there and don't play well, you find yourself right back on the bench. Ro and Miggy are very good players and they'll resurface somewhere else. No doubt in my mind. Miguel Tejada will go down as one of the best shortstops ever to play the game. I will always respect what those two guys did.
Do I think the clubhouse shake-up helped us win today? It's possible. If so, I hope it isn't a one-game boost. Sometimes change can be the spark you need to snap back to life. We'll see a bunch of young guys show up Friday for September call-ups. And that energy is always a welcome lift during the last month of the regular season.
Personally I'm excited for Brett Pill, who arrived today. I was down in Fresno rehabbing my wrist for three weeks and I think I spent more time with him than with some of the guys in this clubhouse! Let me tell you, the kid can play. He deserves an opportunity. So I'm excited for him to get his shot.
It's great to have a day off tomorrow before we face Arizona. We're six games back, and as we showed last season, that's not insurmountable. Arizona is hot as a pistol right now. We definitely have our work cut out for us, but we've been in this position before. That's what I like. We have a lot of the same guys, and every one of them is a fighter.
And at the end of the day, I like our pitching staff better than anybody's in baseball. We just have to go out there and score runs for them. We have to play good ball. Period. End of story.
See you at the park on Friday.
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Hi, Mark! I just found this blog today and I was really happy for the chance to read your recent posts. Of all the players I've seen interviewed, you're definitely one of the most insightful and informative. I know you haven't gotten the playing time you hoped for because of your wrist injuries, but I can tell that just your clubhouse presence on its own has been a huge contribution to your team. And I'm excited that you're back and playing and taking on a larger on-field role, as well. I was at august 27th game when you scored the winning run, and listening to your post-game comments reaffirmed how much this team means to you. I just wanted you to know that you're appreciated by your fans. How has your wrist been feeling these days? Is it day to day, or does it feel pretty solid? We're all supporting you and the team in the quest for the playoffs! good luck and thanks for your hard work!
Thanks again for sharing what's going on in your head! I'll be there tomorrow night with my whole office…all there to cheer you guys on!! GO GIANTS!!!
Thanks for the post Mark. Always insightful and well written. Hope you've been enjoying your playing time as of late as much as it seems. It's been good to see.
I've never been a fan of boo birds… it's not you like all aren't trying! Hopefully your drive and hunger will make this a september to remember.
Mark, you are a major part of the energy that has sparked the team! You have been amazing to watch and we want more of you. Thank you so much.
Get a new hitting coach!! Tell Cody to bunt, since he isn't hitting!! and quit swinging ar ball that bounce across home plate!! and for Huff,,stop looking at 2 perfect strikes then swings and missed at a ball,,sheesh!! put the ball in play!! either hit and run or bunt! when Tim can get on and nobody can move him around,,that is pathetic!! everyone is swinging for a home run instead of a hit,,c;mon!!
This was a nice post, Mark. You were definitely right on hitting the repeating button this past month. It was probably the longest torture I've ever felt since I became a huge fan of our team. It wasn't easy to watch, knowing that some of you were trying the hardest! You, have been playing an important part for the team by setting up the plays and all. In my book, you get a +1!! =) Good luck this weekend, and GO GIANTS!!!!
kick ass, DeRosa…..Humm Baby…let's do it again
Thank you, Mark! So great to see you back on the field and looking fine!
Those "boos" you hear aren't the sounds of fans being lost, they are the snores of 1,000,000+ dragons waiting for a reason to wake up and roar again!!
Go Giants! And even if the worst of the worst should happen this year (because it feels like it already has. A couple times.) and we don't repeat as World Champions, I look forward to every last pitch of this season so make them count!
Thanks for the update Mark.I'm sorry to hear about Rowand and Tejada they will be missed, both good players. I just like to say the I love the way you talk about your teammates. You are a player who loves to play the game and doesn't do it for the money, you do it for yourself and the fans. You are one of my favorites players and I was upset when you got hurt. I'm glad you're back in the game and it was great to see you play sunday (8/28/11). I know you guys can make it to the world series again. You have the support of your fans now its up to you to play your hardest.
See you on the tv 🙂
Good luck
Mark, some of your closing comments remind me of a saying I once heard: "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." What I loved so much about watching our team last year was your will to win and never giving up. May that return starting tonight. Go Giants!
Good insight Mark. Brandon, I can't believe you came to Vallejo to visit a Giraffe and did not come up valley to help drink some wine. What's up with that? Next time text me.
i sure hope they call brandon crawford back up!!
I'm a fan from Canada and I was just in SF last week. We went to see my beloved Giants on the 23rd (Padres) and 25th (Astros). Thanks to the Giants organization for such great experiences at the ball park. What a ball park!!
Thanks also to Mark and Brandon for this interesting blog. It's nice to hear from the players themselves firsthand.
Go Giants Go!
You can do this.
Hi, Mark!
It is so wonderful to have you back playing better every game, you were missed! I'm excited that Pat is back, too. True story, the night before he was taken off the DL, I saw a shooting star and wished, "Bring Pat back. . .PLEASE bring Pat back", and viola! The next day he WAS back!!! You guys hang in there. The fans should NOT be booing you guys. . .let them get up there in front of 44k people and National Television with the Pennant race looming large!
People who are booing are "fair-weather fans":(
Again, you guys just continue to play ball and try to have fun, too. You'll ALL get hot again
Thank you for sharing Mark. I just marked my 40th year on this Earth yesterday and was at the game on Wednesday. Been a Giants fan for the past 35 years and have always been a fan through good and bad times. This is not a bad time. It's just a slight setback. We went thru the same thing last season and ended up clinching the N.L. West the last game of the regular season. I was there! Die-hards will always stick with the team no matter what. Forget the boos 'cuz fans like me (and there are many of us!) will always be there to cheer the team on!!!
Well spoken. Lets kick some booty today…..
Well said. The Giants have been my team since I was in the fifth grade. I won a reading contest and the prize was going to a Giants game and getting my picture taken with a member of the team. That was in 1976. Of course, we all want the Giants to win another World Series but I am here to say for what I think is the majority of fans. We are fans for life, when or lose. Go Giants.
Hi Mark;
I agree one 100% with you and yes it's dads to see Rowan and Tejada go, especially Tejada because everytime he hit a base run he always showed so much encouragement to the team as well to the fans, I will really miss him, as for Rowan you can tell he was not happy being there fans do notice, as for the fans not believing and losing fans because of loses, I don't believe that will be a true fan, a fan is a fan win or lose, yes we rather our GIANTS win, but I've been a GIANTS since I was 7 yrs old back when Willie Mays was playing still have an autograph ball from him, but regarding I will alway remain a faithful fan to the GIANTS, I wish I lived back in SF so I can enjoy every home game, but live in sac will enjoy watching every game on TV, yes I have made it to a few games this season and been honored to have done so, so I wish all my GIANTS the best of luck, win or lose GIANTS in my heart are true winners lobe my GiANTS :0)
I am 74 years old and was born in SF. Needless to say I have been a Seals fan and then a Giants fan. I have had tickets since "The Yard" opened and went to Candlestick, too. NEVER have I had such enjoyment as the Giants have given me.
I suffer with the losses and yell at bad baseball……Keep it going guys….Win or lose you are "Our Giants"…You brought life to the Bay Area………
I had been thinking even before the shakeup that I hoped the guys can make the most of their remaining time together, as the roster is going to be very different next year. Thanks for the post, Mark. Also, I was in the stands at Dodger Stadium when you last got hurt, and my heart broke to see it. So, congrats on your comeback and recent success. Keep it up!
I think the fans really appreciate when the players, in this case you Mr. De Rosa, take the time to actually write your thoughts down. We know that each of you are pulled in many directions every day; there's always someone wanting your thoughts, opinions, etc. We also know that you're trained in how to respond, being careful not to get yourself in hot water.
So let me say that it's refreshing that you actually acknowledge that you heard the boos and that you feel something about it. I'm not saying it was appropriate at all to boo, in fact I can't believe it really, when you guys just won everything last year, but such is life. Even in our daily lives away from sports it's 'what have you done for me lately'.
I enjoy all of the bits that come from the SF Giants team. I've been a fan since 'The Stick' and will never stop supporting the team. Thanks again for taking the time to express your thoughts.
Ro and Miggy were obviously respected and well liked by the team. The Franchise gave us fans a peek at the friendships built throughout an arduous schedule. I'm proud how the team responded on a bittersweet day. We hope Pat, Brett, and others will provide the much needed kick and lineup protection for the rest of the team to finally provide runs for the best pitching staff in baseball. Mark, keep your head high and keep befriending/mentoring the younger players. It already paid off last year, but there
It's difficult to lose middle of the line-up guys to injury for the season and then have over half your starting line-up go on the DL multiple times. The Giants have an outstanding pitching staff and defense that has kept them in the playoff hunt. It would be very nice to see the rest of the team and new players pick-up the slack and score three, or four runs a game to take some of the pressure off the pitching staff, who feel they need to throw a shutout every game, or the team is going to lose.
The reality is many of the current Giants veterans will probably not be picked-up by another teams to play again with the resumes they have established over the last year, or two. Play this month like it's the last month of your careers because the truth is it might be. Come on Giants! You can do it!
I think the fans appreciate the players, but by the same token, booing is an expression of their frustration, not of any lack of support for the team.
Looking from the outside, it seemed like the players had fun last year. Hopefully, they can find some fun for the last 25 games.
When you win it is always great – when you lose it is disappointing but that is baseball. When you lose because of bad baseball you question it. When you lose 2/3 of your games in a month due to lack of hitting – something has to change. As the defending World Champions we as fans expect good ball – win or lose. We have rode the goods and bads and if you give it your best shot (and certainly the pitching staff has) what more could a loyal fan ask for. Of course since our expectations are now high with a World Championship, a repeat would be nice -for that to happen everything must be in alignment, including good luck which last year despite the "torture" we had. Might be time for Lady luck to smile on us for the next month – if so with 6 games left against the D-backs – as Jim Belushi said it best, "was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!?!?!" Go Giants!
I think it's easy for people to go on radio and facebook and complain, or offer "what they/I would/should do.." endlessly. They have no idea what it's like at this level of baseball, and these things happen. Just go out there, have fun and leave your guts on the field. It's just baseball. It's only the love of the game that got you here. Good luck Mark, and hit it where they ain't. 🙂
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Όνομα: Amanda Joy Michalka
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Younger sister of Alyson Michalka. Is of German descent. She can play piano, and acoustic & electric guitar. Wrote the song "Something More" about her relationship with her boyfriend. Her mother was a cheerleader for the NFL's Oakland Raiders. Home-schooled. Her parents are Mark and Carrie Michalka. Boyfriend was Joe Jonas from the band The Jonas Brothers.


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ATLANTA -- Yasiel Puig fanatics won't want to hear this, but the Minor League outfielder that could get the next call-up is Puig's Double-A Chattanooga teammate, Joc Pederson.
"Let's put it this way: I've seen three series at Triple-A and three series at Double-A, and Pederson is the best Minor League player I've seen this year," said Pat Corrales, special assistant to the general manager.
Corrales has worked for Dodgers president Stan Kasten in Atlanta and Washington, so it's presumed his voice carries significant weight.
"He just does everything better than everybody else," said Corrales. "He makes adjustments at bat and in the field. He's an outstanding center fielder. He has a knack for seeing the ball off the bat: He lowers his head and he's off to get the ball. He's hitting home runs, he's hitting with men on base. There's nothing he isn't doing."
Corrales agreed that Pederson, the son of former Dodger Stu Pederson, is reminiscent of the father of current Dodger Scott Van Slyke.
"He is like Andy Van Slyke," Corrales said of the former All-Star, Gold Glove and Silver Slugger winner. "Maybe a better runner than Van Slyke. He knows how to run the bases, how to read pitchers to steal a base. He's advanced for a player of his age."
Pederson is 21, drafted in the 11th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Palo Alto High School. He's 6-foot-1, 185 pounds, and bats and throws left-handed. He hit .313 with 18 homers, 96 runs scored, 26 steals and 70 RBIs last year at Class A Rancho Cucamonga. This year, he's hitting .347 with eight homers, 33 runs scored, 12 steals and 20 RBIs at Chattanooga.
Puig is the Dodgers' top-ranked prospect, according to MLB.com, while Pederson is ranked third.


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When Jennifer Lopez appeared on the "Today" show, "American Idol" fans were anticipating a big announcement - namely, that the singer and actress would once again be joining Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler as host next season.
She didn't say she was, but she didn't say she wasn't, either.
When asked by host Ann Curry about a possible return, Lopez said only "I love working on 'American Idol,' love doing it. I have no announcement to make as of this moment, but I promise, you guys will be the first [to know]."
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Instead, Lopez talked about her new music venture, the live music event iHeartRadio.
Fans of American Idol sat with baited breath last month, after Jackson and Tyler signed on to judge another season of the show. A source reportedly told E! Online that Lopez was definitely coming back, but no official word has come out of the either the Lopez or Idol camps.
"I had an amazing time doing it and I loved it, but I have a lot other things happening, and it's going to come down to me making a choice of what I want to do for the next year and we're not really at the breaking point of 'You have to make a decision right now!'" she told BBC 1.
Lopez joined the popular singing competition last year with the hopes of kicking her career back into action.
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DETROIT – Cost-cutting efforts and fresh new vehicles should help General Motors Co. boost its North American pretax profit margin to 10 per cent by the middle of this decade, company officials said Wednesday.
The North American profit margin — the amount of each dollar in revenue GM actually keeps — was 6.2 per cent in the first quarter. Crosstown rival Ford Motor Co.'s margin was 11 per cent for the same period.
CEO Dan Akerson told a group of analysts that efforts to cut administrative, manufacturing and product development costs, coupled with better prices from new products, should help the margins improve.
"This company is on the move again," Akerson said during a daylong presentation about the company's business plans at its proving ground in Milford, Mich., near Detroit.
Akerson also repeated that the company wants to break even in Europe by the middle of the decade, with profit margins in the single digits in South American and International Operations excluding China. For China, he said the company simply wants to grow profitably and take market share.
GM also is targeting a return to investment grade credit status in the near-term, Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann said. Slides prepared for his presentation said investment grade could come "within the year." The company has been working with credit rating agencies to raise its status from junk, where it's been since 2005. Companies with investment grade ratings can borrow money at lower interest rates than those with junk status
Part of the margin improvement will come from savings by using the same parts on many vehicles, Senior Vice-President of Product Development Mary Barra told the analysts. The company also has moved parts suppliers closer to factories to cut shipping costs, and it's building more models on the same underpinnings, she said.
Barra highlighted a few examples that showed GM's progress — and how inefficient some old methods had become.
GM used to have 11 different air bag systems to protect drivers' knees. But it's moving to a single design that should cut costs 21 per cent by 2017, Barra said.
As an example of manufacturing cost cuts, Barra said GM parts suppliers had been shipping Chevrolet Malibu interior trim pieces more than 700 miles to GM's main assembly plant for the car in Kansas City, Kansas. For the new generation Malibu, which came out last year, the company worked with three suppliers to move their operations close to the plant. As a result, Barra says GM will save $31 per car, or $66 million over the life of the new Malibu.
"We're often finding as we work with suppliers we can pull these savings into products in a nearer term," instead of waiting for the next generation of the car or truck, Barra said.
Also just three years ago, GM had 30 different sets of vehicle frames, which are called platforms in the auto business. That number will drop to 17 by 2018. Automakers can save billions by building more cars off the same platforms across the globe.
GM also can save money by trimming the number of parts supply companies it deals with around the globe, Barra said.
"We have an opportunity that we haven't completely tapped," she told the analysts. "It's one of the quickest ways that we can improve our margins and add more value for the customer."
GM spends about $6 billion a year on administrative expenses but can cut that by as much as 30 per cent, or roughly $1.8 billion, by making them more efficient, Ammann said.
Akerson said the savings will come from streamlining GM's finance, human resources, facilities, real estate and purchasing operations.


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There's 2 more videos on my youtube channel.
The mustang is going through an extensive rebuild, here's some videos:
Follow the progress of the Mustang as it gets turned into a LPEpower product on my twitter feed and on LPEpower!
The challenger suspension is excellent atm, however there's one tiny problem. In order to get the rear suspension aligned with the rear fenders properly, i will have to offset it somehow by half a stud to either front or back. You can see it in the pictures how its either too close or too far away from the bodywork. I'll keep you posted.
You can follow me now on twitter!!!
I am finally satisfied with the rear suspension geometry. So i decided to post some pics here.
You'll notice, the lack of the turntable differential. What we have here is a heavily modified previous generation diferential, with 4 double bevel 12 tooth gear halves. The normal thin 12 tooth gears just don't hold, they break and the teeth get destroyed almost instantly. We'll see how this holds up.
The suspension is multilink, and has precisely the same setup as the original challenger rear suspension. When the suspension gets compressed the rear toe arm causes the wheels to gain a slight toe in.
Here's some parts that i do not need and have decided to sell:
3 blue pneumatic air tanks
10 grey driving rings
4 9V buggy motors
Mega suspension pack
I was made aware that brickshelf user corrado made a shelby version of my mustang. I'm flattered. Though he should maybe look at the revised version, which is 1.5 kg lighter and much better. :)
I finally have something resembling a multilink for the challenger. IN the pictures you can also see the suspension fully extended and fully retracted. In the retracted shot, the wheels steer to the inside. It looks a bit much, but this is the extreme position. The difference between fully extended and fully retracted is more than 3 studs. The suspension of course is rock solid. No slack or twisting.
I thought i'd post some last updates from 2009. The front end is almost done. I only need to rebuild the steering rack once more, to get rid of some annoyances and make it less parts consuming. Untill then, enjoy.


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Four years after the original "Happy Feet" won Best Animated Feature at the 2007 Academy Awards, we get "Happy Feet 2," a film that struggles to find its message as it wheels through a jukebox-worth of cover songs.
Mumbles (voice by Elijah Wood) is all grown up these days, with a wife, Gloria (Pink) and kid, Erik (EG Daly, who voiced the young Mumbles in the original). What hasn't changed in the years since the first "Happy Feet," is the Emperor penguins' love of dance.
Tragically, after much browbeating from his father, Erik proves himself to be, first, a reluctant dancer, and then a rather clumsy one. Upon realizing that he's now the laughingstock of the penguins, he runs off in a huff setting in motion a chain of events that leaves him, his two best friends and his father as the only ones who can save the rest of the Emperors from famine.
The story is a jumbled mess bursting with moments of hive-mind fervor that bring to mind Leni Riefenstahl or Kim Jong Il's magnificent processions, bouncing back and forth across the arctic landscape, from one flock of penguins to another, as well as some elephant seals, and other assorted critters. There's also a vague implication that global warming is at play, with humans being the cause of all that's wrong, then heroes, then deserters…
The best part of the film—in terms of look, narrative and philosophy—is the subplot featuring the voice of Brad Pitt as Will the Krill, a tiny shrimp-like crustacean that breaks away from his massive swarm in hopes of being free, over the panicky protestations of his friend Bill the Krill, who declares "There's no such thing as free, Will!" Their story is filled with amusing wordplay, and stunning visuals that would've been right at home amidst the more esoteric moments' of Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life." And Will the Krill presents a clear, focused view of the value of individuality, something for which you can feel the rest of the film striving, but falling well short of.
But let's be honest, you're average child doesn't care a whit about such thumbsucking meditations. What they care most about is catchy tunes and cute animals dancing their hearts out, and "Happy Feet 2" delivers these in spades—pity the poor parent who thought they'd put "Numa Numa" behind them for good.
Review: "Happy Feet 2" Cute, But Loses the Beat
Four years after the original "Happy Feet" won Best Animated Feature at the 2007 Academy Awards, we get "Happy Feet 2," a film that struggles to find its message as it wheels through a jukebox-worth of cover songs.


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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14 HOURS (TNT) - The telefilm, which stars Rick Schroder and JoBeth Williams, was seen by 3.9 million viewers during its premiere on Sunday.
BRAVO MAY EVENTS (Bravo) - Bravo has released its preliminary May schedule, which includes a mix of premieres, finales and marathons. Kicking off things is the season finale of "Project Greenlight" on Thursday, May 12 at 10:00/9:00c. Earlier in the week, viewers can catch a previously unaired episode of "Queer Eye for the Straight Girl" on a special night and time: Sunday, May 8 at 11:00/10:00c. Later in May, fans of "Blow Out" can gear up for the show's return in June with two marathons of its six-episode freshman run (Sunday, May 22 starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern and Friday, May 27 beginning at noon eastern). Finally, "Sports Kids Moms & Dads," the third installment in the network's "Moms & Dads's" franchise," is set to launch on Tuesday, May 31 at 11:00/10:00c.
CRUMBS (ABC) - The comedy pilot, about two estranged brothers - one gay, one straight (Eddie McClintock, Fred Savage) - who are forced to come together and run the family business when their parents (Jane Curtin, William Devane) get divorced, is scheduled to tape on Tuesday, April 26 at the CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles. In addition, Ted Wass ("I'm With Her") has been tapped to direct the project, which comes from creator Marco Pennette and Touchstone Television-based producers Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin. Maggie Lawson also stars.
HBO MAY EVENTS (HBO) - The pay channel has confirmed various dates and events on its May schedule. First up, viewers can look for the spring finale of "Real Time With Bill Maher" on Friday, May 13 at 11:00/10:00c. Not to worry, "Maher" returns with 11 new episodes beginning Friday, August 19. That same night at 9:00/8:00c sees the launch of "Costas Now," the revamped monthly version of "On the Record With Bob Costas." Later that month, "Deadwood" wraps its season on Sunday, May 22 at 9:00/8:00c with the two-night, two-part mini-series "Empire Falls" on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 (both beginning at 9:00/8:00c.
HOME INTERVENTION (A.K.A. DESIGN INTERVENTION) (NBC) - The backdoor pilot special has been slated to air on Sunday, April 17 at 7:00/6:00c. Here's how NBC's press materials describe the project: "In this new special, Vern Yip ("Trading Spaces") comes to the rescue of a family that has lost all hope -- and become nearly bankrupt in their quest to build a home. Yip meets Randy Rutledge, who bought a piece of land with his wife a decade earlier and intended to build their dream house. Since that initial purchase, life got in the way and the house was never finished. Meanwhile, the Rutledge family expanded to include two children and their pets, all attempting to live in a house with gaping holes, no bathroom doors and no kitchen. Yip arrives with his team of contractors and builders to help Rutledge finally finish the house of his dreams and regain some self-respect in the process. Rutledge must still do the work -- but now he has a much larger team supporting him. With the help of Yip, the family has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get his project back on track."
NEWLYWEDS: NICK & JESSICA (MTV) - 3.43 million viewers tuned into the show's swan song last Wednesday, including a strong 1.9 rating/5 share among adults 18-49.
UNTITLED DAVID ISAACS/KEN LEVINE PROJECTS (New!) - Writer/producers David Isaacs and Ken Levine ("Frasier," "The Simpsons") have signed a premium two-script deal with HBO Independent Productions. The pact calls for the duo to develop two half-hour comedy projects, one featuring British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili for FOX and another unspecified project for HBO itself.
USA MAY EVENTS (USA) - USA's latest original series "Kojak" is set to wrap its first season on Sunday, May 22 at 10:00/9:00c while a marathon of all 10 hours of the show's freshman run has been slated for Monday, May 30 starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern. Meanwhile, fans of "The 4,400" can count down the weeks until its June 5 return with repeats of its first season on Saturday nights starting May 7. And as reported previously, "Rapid Fire," USA's fourth "true crime" original, will debut on Tuesday, May 24 at 9:30/8:30c.
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If you happened to miss, like I did, the Grand Rapids LipDub video that went viral two weeks ago, stop everything and watch it right now. The video was created through the efforts of Rob Bliss and Scott Erickson in response to Grand Rapids' inclusion in Newsweek's list of America's dying cities (based on population decline) in January. Hundreds of local residents turned out to appear in the video, lip-syncing to Don McLean's "American Pie," to help Bliss and Erickson prove Newsweek wrong. I won't go into the details too much because really, you just need to watch it.
I've been traveling in Europe for the past few weeks, with spotty internet access, so I hadn't heard anything about this video until it was referenced on my favorite blog two days ago. Then there I was Friday morning in a friend's kitchen in London, reduced to weeping at the sight of all these Grand Rapids residents, from different walks of life, stepping up to make a statement about their city. Fifty or a hundred years from now, when Rob Bliss, Mayor George Hartwell, and even perhaps Newsweek itself are long gone, Grand Rapids LipDub will be a powerful historical document, a snapshot of the city during a period of significant change: the dress, the cultural life, the architecture, the people. Here's hoping someone stays on top of migrating the video to new formats.
Addendum: Two more comments as I continue to think about Grand Rapids LipDub. First, it's definitely boosterism, but at least it's an organic form of boosterism, widely supported by local residents, in reaction to boosterism's other extreme, "ruin porn." And second, because I do see this as a form of documentary, something Grand Rapids will want to look back on years from now, I wish it had been able to show us the full picture—good and bad, ballroom dancers and local celebrities but also the city's homeless citizens or children without health care. But of course then it wouldn't be boosterism. I'll take it anyway.


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Emily White has spent the last two decades helping build and operate some of technology's most notable companies including Google, Facebook, Instagram and Snap. Currently Emily is a board member and advisor to companies including lululemon, a public athletic apparel retailer, Zayo, a public a communications infrastructure company, and Virgin Hyperloop One, a privately-held company out to reinvent transportation. Emily is also a wife, mother, artist, horseback rider, very bad guitar player and breast cancer survivor.
Emily was Chief Operating Officer at Snapchat, Inc., from 2014-2015. Prior to joining Snapchat in January 2014, Emily was at Facebook where she held several key roles, most notably running Business Operations at Instagram where she built and launched monetization. From 2001–2010 Emily worked at Google, where she ran North America Online Sales and Operations, Asia Pacific & Latin America Online Sales & Operations and the Emerging Businesses channel.
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8 comments:
- hope505 said...
gorgeous!! I love your cardigan & that snood is beautiful with the tiny pearls!!
- October 13, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Desiree said...
You look adorable! Love the cardigan. And you know what else is great? You won my stocking giveaway! Head on over to Peek Brooklyn and pick out a pair of Pretty Polly tights. Email me your pick at email@example.com and then we'll take it from there.
- October 13, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Elegant Granny said...
Outfit is very nice. Love the hair accessory. You look good lady. Red and black is very elegant when put together.
- October 13, 2011 at 10:02 AM
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- October 13, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- The Retro Natural said...
@ Hope, The Working Home Keeper, and TheGrannts2, thank you for the kind words! 'ppreciate them much! :)
@ Desiree, OMG, I won!? awesome :D I just emailed ya, thank you so much, I'm totally gonna rock these tights this fall!
- October 17, 2011 at 4:22 PM
- Aritul said...
This looks good.
- October 29, 2011 at 11:56 AM
I swear you are so frickin gorgeous! I love this style.
- November 8, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- The Retro Natural said...
Aww thank you SMH :) you're too kind! If I had to give an award for hottest couple, you and Ivey would win, hands down! :D
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