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Join the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra (WSO) on Dec. 9 for an annual tradition of festive holiday favorites!
This year's concert will feature soprano Lori Anderson York singing Christmas and Holiday Favorites.
The show will also feature seven-year-old Amelia York, Winner of the WSO "Two Front Teeth" contest. You'll also hear the orchestra's rendition of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," and have a chance to take part in the traditional audience singalong. Santa will be making a special appearance and don't forget that kids get to conduct the orchestra at a point during the show!
Click here to purchase tickets on-line.
Tickets may be purchased in advance at:
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- Wellesley Books (82 Central St, Wellesley)
- or at the Box Office on the day of the concert.
Ticket prices for 2012 - 2013 season:
Adult - $25 - - Senior/Student - $20
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Savaneta, Aruba
Excellent place to Stay!
The attention and service of Julie and Grace are The Best.
The dock in the common area of Coral Reef and the possibility of use Snorkel Equipment available with no additional cost is awesome. You can walk from your hab to the dock, and swim with the fishes, crabs, octopuses, centipedes, etc. For me this was the best experience.
The apartment is fully equiped, the tv, refrigerator, kitchen, etc is great! You have the option of use use all the pots and other implements available in the room.
If you have enought money, you can take taxi to go everywhere.
However, if you don´t have so much, you can take the buses, and go to many sites.
Our recommendation is rent a car. You can save some money than using taxis, and you can go to more cool sites, without waiting.
If I need to return to Aruba, I´m sure we will stay again at Coral Reef.
The sunset is beautiful from the dock, and the decoration and everything that surrounds the place is really pretty.
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If you read all or part of BCC's One Book selection for this fall, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, you are invited to enter the essay contest. The book tells an amazing story; respond to it in your essay and you may win $100 (first prize) or$50 (second prize). Enter the contest soon—the deadline is November 26. For details and application form, go to:


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The American Jewish Historical Society is building its collection of original documents photographs and artifacts relating to the American Soviet Jewry movement, the work of organizations national and local and the experiences of individuals who participated in the "struggle" for Soviet Jewry.
If you participated in, travelled for, photographed, researched or supported the American Soviet Jewry movement and have material in your own collection reflecting your experiences that you would be willing to add to the Archive, the American Jewish Historical Society's archivists will be pleased to hear from you.
The types of material sought by the American Jewish Historical Society include:
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Network news cover of the death of Lucille Ball April 26, 1989
Network news cover of the death of Lucille Ball April 26, 1989
being born only a few months after lucille ball passed away, my parents named me after her. i've always felt a special bond between her and i, it breaks my heart that i'll never know her but watching her shows makes me feel a little closer to her. i love lucille ball, she was such a genuine, loving, and caring person and i feel deeply honored to be named lucy <3
Let it be known what a dear, gracious woman Lucy was. My father and grandfather were blessed to have known her back in the day.
There will never be another…………………………….
Lucy sounded like Joan Rivers when her voice was deep
@richenuff01 Well, these days a celebrity just has to cough and the news is all over it. But in 1989, Lucille Ball received the star treatment she deserved – such dignified and loving obituaries.
im a big fan of i love lucy r.i.p
I remember the day when I first heard this report. When Ms Ball died there was a interruption during regular programming…not every star's health crisis or death has this kind of treatment.
I'll never forget how shocked I was when it was announced that she had passed away.
my boyfriend was born in 1989,,so maybe when this was aired his mom was about to give birth?LOL love lucy <3
It makes all those smoking ad's done during "I Love Lucy" look pretty bad, she was way too young to be gone so young. Especially when you see what Betty White and Joan Rivers are doing these days.
I Love Lucy <3
oh how i would have loved to meet you in person !
@nepsadoc dont we all?
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Proper Rugs was one of my favorite booths at ICFF last year, so I'm super excited to see their new designs in person this weekend! The three newest hand-knotted rugs include Volcanic (pictured above), Unravel (below), and Autumn Seaweed (last photo). Aren't they gorgeous?
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Former Secretary of State, National Security Adviser, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama for reelection today on the CBS This Morning show.
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There's a lot of activity in the AD-69 race between Santa Ana council member Michele Martinez and Anaheim's Julio Perez. Martinez announced a fundraiser and Perez announced an endorsement. Details on both are below and we'll start with Martinez. Dear Supporters, I need your support today to ensure this dynamic and diverse district receives the…
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This video of Los Amigos leader Amin David endorsing Anaheim City Council candidate Bill Dalati. The audio isn't the greatest quality in the world, but you'll get the point. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8hkRsSBZj0[/youtube]
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I read today that the Orange County Register has endorsed 4th District Supervisor Candidate Shawn Nelson. I cannot say that I am surprised, and their reasons given flow with their editorial desk's general anti-public employee stance. But what their endorsement also does is clarify what we've always suspected. The political position of the editorial board…
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Northampton, Mass. - September 13, 2008: The Springfield College women's cross country team placed four runners in the top ten as it went on to capture the Smith Invitational on Smith's 5k course Saturday morning.
Junior Amanda DiPaolo (Garrison, N.Y.) was the women's individual winner in 19:55.52 and was followed by Caitlin Crosby (Yarmouthport, Mass.) in fifth place, who finished in a time of 20:40.75.
Lacey Cartier (York, Maine) was the third member of the squad to cross the finish line, as she finished in sixth place with a time of 20:42.33. Alex Mustardo (Honeoye Falls, N.Y) finished in rounded out the Pride's four runners in the top 10 as she placed ninth in a time of 20:54.88. Springfield's Kristyn Meade (Raynham, Mass.) also had a solid showing in 11th place in 20:59.80.
The Pride of Springfield scored 32 points followed by Smith (59), Westfield State (75), Wellesley (119), Coast Guard (163), Mount Holyoke (179), Lesley (198), Clark (251), Castleton State (288), Norwich (307), Lasell (320), Western New England (336), Saint Joseph (CT) (346), Elms (413), New England (458), Mitchell (475) and Southern Vermont (499).
The Pride return to action next Saturday when it runs at UMass Dartmouth.
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Residents of Ohio's lake-shore communities may be asked to choose between eventually destroying the Lake Erie fishing industry or having some very tiny wind turbines on the lake horizon.
Lorry Wagner, president of the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo), spoke at the Profiles Breakfast on Wednesday morning at Kent State-Ashtabula about the economic benefits and some compromises that will come with offshore wind energy. LEEDCo is a public-private partnership that is at the forefront of developing Lake Erie's offshore wind energy potential. That potential is considered to be greatest in the counties of east of Cleveland; a demonstration project is planned about seven miles off Cuyahoga County.
Wagner told the breakfast guests that at seven miles out, the 300-foot towers will, to someone on shore looking at the lake horizon, appear to be the size of a dime. The prime locations for wind turbines in the waters off Lake and Ashtabula counties are 10 to 15 miles out.
"Most of the time, the wind turbines will not be visible," he said. "At 15 miles out, it will be much smaller than a dime."
One of the breakfast guests grilled Wagner on the possible impact the turbines would have on the county's tourism industry, which is tied to the lake. Wagner said a larger concern for him is the impact the continued pollution of the lake from coal-fired plants along its shoreline will have on the sport-fishing industry. Lake Erie has the highest concentration of mercury of the five Great Lakes, and about two-thirds of that pollution comes from coal-burning plants, Wagner said. He said a value judgment will have to be made on what is more important to the long-term longevity of the industry and region.
That same long-term approach must be taken to offshore wind, in general. Wagner said that while there is a glut of electricity at this time, coal-fired generation plants are nearing the end of their lives and will need to be replaced with alternative methods of producing energy. Northeast Ohio lost out on the technology boom and, more recently, the biotech industry boom, he said. The Cleveland Foundation studied the next big thing to come down the road and determined it will be energy.
"Every coal plant in the region will be looked at for retirement," he said. "If you retire 20 percent of the coal plants, what are you going to replace them with?"
Wagner said European nations already have recognized offshore wind as both a viable source of energy and a jobs engine.
The United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark have $137 billion in offshore projects. France gets 80 percent of its power from nuclear plants but, nevertheless, is investing $14 billion in offshore wind projects.
"There is money to be made in offshore wind in Europe," he said.
Is there money to be made in the United States? Wagner, whose background includes nuclear engineering, believes there is. He said LEEDCo wants to seed the industry with up to 1,000 megawatts of offshore wind projects by 2020.
"Our goal is to get the industry moving and then bring in as much private investment as possible," he said.
If LEEDCo gets 1,000 megawatts of production capacity in the water, it still would be only 10 percent of the overall Lake Erie potential, he said. That is also seen as a tipping point for convincing manufacturers to set up production facilities in Northeast Ohio to supply the turbine and tower parts.
On the hardware side of the project, Wagner said LEEDCo is leaning toward a gravity-based foundation that would be 10 to 12 stories high and built on land, and then floated to the construction site. That work will require a port of at least 100 acres that could be devoted to building the bases.
"The Ashtabula port is ideally suited," he observed.
LEEDCo's demonstration project, originally slated for a 2013 construction, probably won't be built until 2014, Wagner said. The configuration called for five or so turbines, but he said advances in turbine generating capacity could change that. Cleveland Public Power has committed to purchase 25 percent of the power the project generates; LEEDCo is negotiating the sale of the other 75 percent.
Wagner said that in addition to the strong prevailing winds on Lake Erie, the presence of the Lake Erie Loop electrical grid and connection points on the shoreline make it an excellent site for offshore wind.
"The existing grid is more than adequate to plug into," Wagner said.
Ashtabula County, along with Lorain, Cuyahoga and Lake counties, have representation on the LEEDCo board and will have a voice in how revenue from the projects will be shared. The county is getting a share of revenue from the Cleveland project, and Wagner said that is indicative of how income from future projects will be weighted toward the host county.


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Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of "American Idol." After Lambert's coming in second place on "American Idol," Rufftown Recordings released a demo album of recordings made prior to his being a contestant on the show. The album, "Take One," was released in 2009. It debuted and peaked on the Billboard 200 Albums chart at #72. Lambert's mainstream debut album, "For Your Entertainment," was released one week after "Take One," in 2009 via RCA Records. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. It featured the lead... Continue Bio >>
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Reducing Boot Time in Embedded Linux Systems
It is no secret that Linux has won the race in the embedded device marketplace. Tremendous advantages in Linux have broken almost every barrier to entry for using Linux on embedded systems across a wide variety of processor architectures. Today's developers are not asking, "Should I use Linux for my embedded system?", but instead are asking questions like, "How can I get more performance out of my embedded Linux design?" Reducing boot time has become one of the more interesting discussions taking place in the embedded Linux community.
As it turns out, it is relatively easy to save substantial time on system boot. Without a significant expenditure of engineering resources, savings of more than 80% are possible with certain system configurations. Of course, there is a point of diminishing returns. The graph of engineering effort against boot time would rapidly approach infinite effort as time reduced into the milliseconds and lower.
Before you can measure boot time, you must define what it means. (I introduce measurement techniques later in this article.) Most often, your customers or end users provide, or at least influence, the definition. The type of product you design certainly impacts your definition. Most systems that appear to boot very quickly actually are just providing early feedback to users in the form of graphical banners, audible feedback, animation or some combination thereof. You as the system designer must specify what it means for your embedded device to be booted and exactly what the user experience will be during power-on.
Do you define boot time as the time from power-on to playing your favorite music? Or, maybe you design big iron, and boot time eats into your annual "five-nines" reliability budget. A cellular radio node controller that takes two minutes to boot eats up almost half your annual downtime budget! Yet, many systems we perceive as fast boot systems are not actually booting from power-on. Consider a popular cell-phone design, such as the BlackBerry Curve. The only time these systems perform a full boot is when the battery is removed and replaced. Power "on" is actually a resume from a low-power system state that largely preserves its current operational status.
Although it may seem trivial to mention, sound hardware design is a fundamental component of a fast boot system. Many aspects of hardware design can have a marked influence on 1) how quickly your first bits of code get to execute and 2) how quickly that code can be read out of a nonvolatile storage device during initial boot. Pay particular attention to power-on reset circuitry and initial hardware strapping, which provides default timings for external buses and chip selects on certain processors. It is not uncommon to find "conservative" values being employed here that often can be improved upon.
Your overall hardware architecture will set the stage for what performance you will be able to achieve. Choice of processor, clock speed, choice of nonvolatile storage used for boot images and many other factors will influence how fast your design can fetch and execute its startup image (usually a bootloader) and then go on to load and execute an operating system. Your hardware choices at design time must be carefully considered if single-digit boot times are part of your product requirements.
To understand where time is being spent, it helps to visualize the boot sequence of a typical embedded Linux system. Figure 1 shows the basic sequence.
Upon power-on, the hardware needs time for voltages (and often clocks) to stabilize and for reset to be released. The first code executed upon release of reset depends on the hardware architecture and processor, but often it is your bootloader running from nonvolatile memory, such as NOR Flash. A small section of code performs some low-level initialization that includes the memory controller and typically copies itself into DRAM for further execution. This copy operation can consume a significant portion of boot time. It is easy to see that keeping the bootloader small and simple (the KISS principle) will help keep boot time to a minimum. The bootloader's primary responsibility after hardware initialization is to locate, load and pass control to your Linux kernel. Once the kernel has completed its own initialization, it must locate and mount a root filesystem. Your root filesystem will contain a set of initialization scripts as well as your own applications. There are numerous opportunities for optimization in all of these steps, as I explain below.
Linux has become a key foundation for supporting today's rapidly growing IT environments. Linux is being used to deploy business applications and databases, trading on its reputation as a low-cost operating environment. For many IT organizations, Linux is a mainstay for deploying Web servers and has evolved from handling basic file, print, and utility workloads to running mission-critical applications and databases, physically, virtually, and in the cloud. As Linux grows in importance in terms of value to the business, managing Linux environments to high standards of service quality — availability, security, and performance — becomes an essential requirement for business success.
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To wed: July 14, 2012
Art and Sherri Kell are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter Faith Elizabeth to Jeremy Scott Leatherwood.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Art and Sherri and sister to Miranda and Levi. Faith is also granddaughter to Arthur (Hotshot) and the late Sarah Kell and Jimmy and Barbara Elliott, all of Chickasha. The groom-elect is the son of Pete Leatherwood and Angie Burris. Jeremy is brother to Coty, Hillory, and Shane. He is the grandson of Melvin and Polly Denham and the late Boyd Leatherwood and Alzoria Byford.
Both the bride and groom graduated from Chickasha High School in 2007. The bride went on to attend Oklahoma State University and Metro Technology and now works as a dental assistant for Heim Orthodontics in Oklahoma City. The groom received a Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and is currently working as Reservoir Stimulation Field Engineer for Weatherford International.
The couple will exchange vows at the First Baptist Church of Chickasha, July 14, 2012 at 6 p.m. Following the ceremony, the couple will honeymoon in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.


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By Rich Castagna, Todd Erickson, Chris Griffin, Ellen O'Brien, Beth Pariseau, Carol Sliwa, Sue Troy
VMware backup, solid-state storage, thin provisioning, 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and data deduplication for primary storage: Are these on your 2010 storage to-do list? If not, they should be.
"Hot" -- in reference to enterprise data storage technologies -- can be interpreted in many ways. Hot technologies could be the stuff of dreams that engineers are cooking up in research labs -- but that often takes years, if ever, for real products to emerge. You could also define hot as those emerging technologies that may still be on the cusp of maturity but can have a significant impact on current storage environments.
We favor the latter definition because we think you're more likely to be fighting the storage wars than Star Wars, and would like to be armed with the latest technology available. The five technologies we think will be hot in 2010 may be familiar, but they're still cutting edge while being advanced enough to be practical.
Data backup is still one of the toughest chores in most storage shops, and it got even tougher when server virtualization upset the balance of traditional backup practices. We predict virtual machine backup technologies, already in high gear, will shift even higher with enhanced and new products emerging. Borrowing from the backup world, data deduplication for primary
With solid-state storage, touted by many as the logical evolution from magnetic media, we might be sticking our necks out a bit. But we think the proliferation of new products, dropping prices and intense interest will result in many more deployments in 2010. Our final hot technology is far more evolutionary than revolutionary: 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC). Although storage array vendors have some catching up to do with 8 Gig, we think this is the year they'll do it.
Backup for virtual servers
VMware Inc. may rule the data center, but for storage administrators virtual server backup was just an afterthought as many companies embarked on server virtualization implementations. Virtual machine (VM) backup is still in its adolescence but maturing fast, with significant developments that should offer some relief for beleaguered backup admins in 2010.
Traditional backup software vendors were slow to respond to the specialized needs of VM backup. Still, many IT organizations stuck with their traditional backup apps for their VMs, which may have distracted those vendors who saw the prospect of selling multiple agent licenses.
But other technologies have emerged to better address the unique needs of virtual server backup. Source-side deduplication and continuous data protection (CDP) products are well-suited to virtual machine backup because they reduce the volume of backup data and therefore lessen the likelihood of I/O contention.
John Merryman, services director at Framingham, Mass.-based GlassHouse Technologies Inc., sees source-side deduplication in products like CommVault Systems Inc.'s Simpana, EMC Corp.'s Avamar and Symantec Corp.'s NetBackup PureDisk as delivering "some pretty tight integration with the ESX environment from a backup perspective."
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CONCORD TOWNSHIP — Celebration of Life Memorial Mass for Patrick J. Plickert, age 44, of Concord Township, Ohio, will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14th, at St. John Vianney Church, 7575 Bellflower Road, Mentor, Ohio. A reception will follow the Mass.
Mr. Plickert passed away Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at his residence.
Born June 6, 1969, in Warren, Ohio, he had lived in Ashtabula, Ohio, before moving to Lake County 13 years ago, living in Painesville before moving to Concord Township.
Mr. Plickert was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving in the first Gulf War with Desert Storm. He was a member of St. Mary's Church in Painesville and the Geneva Eagles; was a true Browns fan; an avid fisherman, known as "Top Stroke," he loved walleye fishing and was a member of Ohio Game Fishing. His family was his true love and he was so proud of all of them. He loved being with them.
Mr. Plickert was a member of Carpenter's Local 95, was a master craftsman and was honored as the recipient of the Builders Exchange Craftsmanship Award.
He was the beloved husband of 16 years to Kimberly A. (née: Morich) Plickert; loving father of Christopher R. (Hope), Sarah C. (Ryan), Leslie A., and Katie L.; cherished grandfather of Gage and "one-on-the-way"; beloved son of Susan L. (née: Mullen) Plickert; brother of Jamie S. (Bill) Poyer, Chris J. Plickert, Brenda L. (John) Timko and Michael R.A. Plickert; and uncle of many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, August John Plickert.
Burial will be private.
Arrangements are entrusted to McMAHON-COYNE-VITANTONIO FUNERAL HOMES in Willoughby and Mentor. Obituary and condolences at www.MCVfuneralhomes.com and starbeacon.com.


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A breakthrough vaccine could keep a lot of people from getting sick with an illness that can sometimes claim a life.
Doctors are excited about a new meningitis vaccine.
It's longer lasting and provide a better defense against a disease that can mask itself as a cold or flu, before turning dangerous, sometimes deadly.
Right now there are two groups that are being targeted for the new vaccine.
"First, the 11 and 12 year old age," says Dr. David Schearer, of Dean Family Practice. "And as part of a routine preventive visit with your doctor around that age we would incorporate routinely the meningitis vaccine. The second group is college freshman, people who are especially going to be living in dorms and exposed to a large group of people their own age."
Meningitis prevention includes washing your hands, and covering your mouth and nose when you sneeze. But Dr. Shearer says people can still develop meningitis even when you're following all those precautions.


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July 31, 2014
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 17 points and freshman Trey Burke outplayed Jordan Taylor for most of the game, leading No. 16 Michigan to an impressive 59-41 victory over No. 18 Wisconsin on Sunday.
Burke scored 14 points for the Wolverines (13-3, 3-1 Big Ten), who snapped a 10-game losing streak against the Badgers. Taylor, Wisconsin's star point guard, was held to 12 points, a majority of which came after Michigan had taken control of the game.
The Badgers (12-5, 1-3) have lost three straight.
Michigan bounced back from a two-point loss at No. 12 Indiana on Thursday night. The Wolverines began the game on a 10-2 run and led 25-19 at halftime. A three-point play by Burke in transition made it 43-26.


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Bogus to open Downtown office Aug. 30
The sales office on Bogus Basin Road will be open to register for lessons, lease equipment and purchase or pick up 2013-14 season passes.
Office hours Aug. 30-Sept. 2 will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For information, go to bogusbasin.org.
Dont snag Mores Creek kokanee
A large number of kokanee are making a spawning run up Mores Creek out of Lucky Peak Reservoir and some anglers are trying to catch them by snagging, which is illegal.
Idaho Fish and Game put out a warning this week that snagging is a common violation during kokanee runs and is defined as taking or attempting to take a fish by use of a hook or lure in any manner or method other than enticing or attracting a fish to strike. All game fish (including kokanee) not hooked in the mouth or jaw must be released.
Womens outdoors clinic set in Nampa
Registration is being taken for a clinic teaching women skills such as shooting a rifle, survival and fly fishing. Space is limited.
The Women Of the Woods clinic, sponsored by Idaho Fish and Game, is free and open to women 18 and older.
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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A baby Jesus figure taken from a Pennsylvania church's Nativity scene last year was found cradled in the arms of a nearby statue, just hours before the replacement statue was swiped.
The vintage figurine was taken last year from outside Chambersburg's Central Presbyterian Church. It was found Sunday in the arms of a bronze Civil War soldier statue across the town square.
A local business had replaced the Jesus statue when the Nativity scene was set up a couple weeks ago. The Chambersburg Public Opinion reports that replacement statue was swiped sometime after services on Sunday.
Congregant Buffy Super calls the statue's return a "Christmas miracle." Another says the church will have to considering securing the statue to deter theft.
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New York Giants
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Giants add eight to roster
The Giants signed eight players to reserve/futures contracts on Thursday.
Giants clearly have Coughlin's back
Some fans clearly were upset with the Giants' decision to retain head coach Tom Coughlin, but the issue apparently was never in question.
Mara: Coughlin will remain Giants' coach
Despite missing the playoffs for the second season in a row after a late-season collapse, the Giants will retain Tom Coughlin as their head coach, according to team owner John Mara.
Giants top 'Skins but miss playoffs
The New York Giants got the win. They didn't get the help.
Tuck unhurt after minor car accident
Giants DE Justin Tuck and his wife were not injured after being involved in a minor car accident Friday night.
Giants' coverage troubles exposed
The Giants were a successful defense for most of the 2010 season because of their push up front, but when it failed, the team's coverage weaknesses showed up.
Giants place CB-RS Blackmon on I.R.
The Giants placed cornerback and return specialist Will Blackmon on injured reserve Thursday with a knee injury and signed Brian Witherspoon.
Giants WR Nicks unlikely to play Sunday
Giants WR Hakeem Nicks has a broken big toe and will likely miss the team's final regular-season game against the Redskins.
Rodgers returns to lead Pack over Giants
Aaron Rodgers returned from a concussion to turn in his sharpest performance of the season, keeping the Green Bay Packers on a path toward the playoffs with 404 yards and four touchdowns.
Week 17 game times changed
The NFL has announced time changes for several key Week 17 matchups.
Weather strands Pats, Jets, Giants
Blizzards in the Northeast have affected the postgame travel plans of the Patriots, Jets and Giants.
Giants-Packers prediction
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush offers his prediction on the Week 16 matchup between the Packers and Giants at Lambeau Field.
Giants' Coughlin has been here before
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin may be under some pressure, but based on his track record, we hear his job is not yet in jeopardy.
Giants-Packers matchup of the day: Friday
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents the fourth of four key matchups this week in advance of the Packers' Week 16 game against the Giants at Lambeau Field.
Giants-Packers matchup of the day: Thursday
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents the third of four key matchups this week in advance of the Packers' Week 16 game against the Giants at Lambeau Field.
Myers has signed with the New York Giants as a free agent.||||||| Myers spent the first four seasons of his career with the Oakland Raiders. He's played in 58 career games with 28 starts and posted his best season in 2012, when he started all 16 games and had career-high totals of 79 receptions for 806 yards and four touchdowns.
Myers hauled in a career-high 14 receptions for 130 yards and a score in Sunday's 20-17 loss to Cleveland.||||||| Myers continues to post very impressive numbers and now has 69 catches - the third-most in the league among tight ends.
Myers is emerging as a fantasy sleeper for owners looking for help at tight end.||||||| Myers has been targeted 40 times in his last five games to rank within the league's top 15. If you are looking for an unheralded player who can make some fantasy noise and provide an extra edge, it could be Myers - the kind of player who can make a difference in close leagues.
Myers will not return to Oakland's game at Denver because of a concussion.||||||| Myers caught a 6-yard pass from Charlie Frye with 5:19 left before halftime, his only reception of the game. Myers has four receptions for 19 yards in nine games this season.
The Raiders have agreed to a four-year contract with Myers.||||||| The tight end, a sixth-round pick from Iowa, is the first of Oakland's seven selections to sign a contract. The Raiders already cut ties with one of their picks, releasing defensive end Stryker Sulak last week. Myers is a blocking tight end, who was brought in to allow starting Zach Miller to spend more time as a downfield receiver.


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This morning I was watching an early episode of Happy Days. Richie Cunningham upset his father because he supports a Democrat for president. His father was outraged and he lectured Richie about how Democrats solve all their problems with war and how Republicans are the party of peace and prosperity!!! My brain almost imploded when I heard this!
This TV show takes place in the 50s. My how things have changed! Wouldn't you say? Think about it!


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Behind The Ups And Downs On Wall Street
U.S. stocks opened slightly higher today after the Dow Jones plunged more than 320 points yesterday — the worst day in more than seven months. The S&P 500 also inched up at the open, after ending yesterday down nearly 6 percent from a recent high.
So what's up with the ups and downs? Jason Bellini of the Wall Street Journal joins Here & Now's Robin Young to discuss the drop and whether it will continue.
- Jason Bellini, video reporter and senior producer for the Wall Street Journal. He tweets @jasonbellini.
From NPR and WBUR Boston, I'm Robin Young. It's HERE AND NOW.
And U.S. stocks are bouncing back after the Down Jones' plunge more than 320 points yesterday. The worse day in more than seven months. The S&P 500 also open higher today after ending yesterday down, nearly six percent from a recent high. So what is up with the ups and downs? Jason Bellini of The Wall Street Journal joins us. And, Jason, in your opinion, first of all, how big a deal was that drop yesterday?
JASON BELLINI: How a big deal was it? Well, let's put some context on this. U.S. markets at a worse slump in more than six months on Monday. So we're pretty much back to where we were in mid-October. After that, we've got all those huge gains at the end of the year. Those are gone even after today, the slight rebound. This rebound coming after, you know, really getting - the market really getting clobbered at the end of January.
There were more contexts even. According to chief economists at JPMorgan Chase, the Dow dropped for the fourth time in - this is the fourth time in the past 20 years the - that it dropped more than five points. So it's been very significant, what's been going on in the markets.
YOUNG: Well, we know it doesn't travel in a straight line, that it goes up and down, and up and down. But yesterday, a huge drop. And we're hearing it might have been the gloomy report on manufacturing, factory orders up, China's slowing growth or the Fed tapering off its bond buying that was propping the economy. Weigh in. What else do you think should be on that list or off the list?
BELLINI: Well, I think you're correct. I think, generally speaking, analysts say that there are a lot of jiggers out there about the global growth. And we've seen what's happening in Japan where the Nikkei Stock Average fell 4.2 percent. It's now 14 percent lower than it was a year ago. And also, news from China that has been troubling to investors. Now, investors it seems are waiting to find out how the job data turns out after those really disappointing manufacturing numbers that you just mentioned. That was what really prompted that selloff on Monday.
YOUNG: Well - and tell us more about that. What is the mood right now? When do those numbers come out? Usually end of the week. So what's going on right now?
BELLINI: Well, I mean, what's going on is that, you know, the unemployment numbers have been going - going down very modestly. And the Federal Reserve keeps a very close eye on those, of course, to decide its policy. And the Federal Reserve is - says it taper back its stimulus into the economy. And for now - and there's also news that one of the Fed governor is saying that, you know, we're not going to raise interest rates. But, you know, the investors in general want to see how these - the surest sign to investors right now is how the unemployment figures pan out. And that could bolster stocks and correct some of what happened on Monday.
YOUNG: Well, Jason, while we have you, we have to ask you about a company whose stock did go up today. Microsoft announced its new CEO, Satya Nadella. And its shares rose about eight percent on that news. Why? What do we know about this guy?
BELLINI: Well, we know he's a company veteran. He's actually the third chief executive in the company's nearly 40 years in operation. One of the big activist investors that's been, you know, keeping an eye on the company and weighing in on things, Value and Capital, says that he's clearly the best choice to lead the company. So that's nice when you got the support of an activist investment group. He's been leading the Microsoft's division that makes the technology that runs the corporate computer servers, the back-end technology, and that's where the money really is at Microsoft. Two-thirds of it is in enterprise support.
So we're talking about a big profitable company but - that has also missed some big growth areas. I'm talking about, you know, where's your Microsoft phone? You don't have one.
YOUNG: Right. Well, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates also stepped down as chair of the boards. He's going to take on the role of technology adviser once his term expires. So movement today at Microsoft. Jason Bellini of The Wall Street Journal, thank you so much for bringing us up to date.
BELLINI: Thank you.
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WASHINGTON — Steven Miller, the top enforcement official at the Internal Revenue Service, thought he might have trouble on his hands.
Election season was well underway in March 2012 when tea party organizations started to complain angrily of IRS harassment over their requests for tax-exempt status. The media was looking into it. Congress had picked up the scent.


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Correction, Jan 5: Corrected the BAC level in 'Underaged under the influence' item.
Dec. 25
Christmas fight. At 9:44 a.m., Moraga police responded to a report of battery involving a parent and a 13-year-old child on Moraga Road. Officers interviewed involved parties and referred the case to Child and Family Services.
Dec. 27
Shoplifting. At 4:35 p.m., loss prevention personnel at Home Goods on Moraga Road told police a woman walked out of the store after putting a $49.99 item in her purse. They said she had been observed doing the same thing at other locations. The theft is under investigation.
Campo graffo. Graffiti was reported on the east wall of the Campolindo High gymnasium. The estimate for cleanup was $250. A photo of the damage was filed in Moraga police's graffiti folder.
Dec. 29
Underaged under the influence. Police stopped a burgundy BMW making a right turn on red with a posted no-right-turn-on-red sign from the parking lot at 633 Moraga Road. The 17-year-old quickly removed his leather jacket and tried to conceal a 30-pack of Keystone beer on the left rear floorboard of the car. He was discovered with a false Mississippi ID and a blood alcohol content of 0.049 percent based on a Preliminary Alcohol Screen test, police reported.
Blood trail, but no charges. At 10:36 p.m. on Paseo Del Rio, police arrived at the scene of a dispute and the reporting party told officers two subjects had been in a scrap in front of the residence. Officers found bloody clothing and blood on the ground leading to the residence. The two fighters had left but officers were able to locate one. All parties declined prosecution.
Dec. 30
Angry words at CVS. At 6:05 p.m. on Moraga Road, an angry customer went into an employee-only area and got madder when told he had to return to the public area. When police interviewed him, he said the problem came from staff. The store manager told the customer he was no longer welcome and would be subject to a trespassing arrest if he entered without permission of management.
Dec. 31
Driver asleep. At 1:23 a.m., officers observed a vehicle northbound on Moraga Road just north of Rheem Boulevard. It was partially blocking the roadway and partly on the soft shoulder. The driver was asleep inside the locked vehicle with the motor running. Officers were unable to awaken the driver. With the assistance of firefighters, the vehicle was entered. The driver, who was uninjured, failed in-field sobriety tests and was arrested for DUI.
Too much party. At 5:32 p.m., officers made a traffic stop in the 600 block of Moraga Road. A test revealed a blood alcohol content of 0.20 percent.
Raucous. At 11:26 in the last hour of 2012, police responded to a report of a loud party on Duarte Court. Some 30 guests were asked to leave the residence and the owner was given a Moraga Party Ordinance warning.


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Amanda L. "Amy" Trindle, age 48, Joplin, passed away at 10:24 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Mercy Hospital after a sudden illness.
Amy was born July 23, 1964, in Norman, Okla., to John Morris and Connie Harmon Morris and had lived in the Joplin and Carl Junction areas since 1974.
Amy graduated from Carl Junction High School in 1982, and received a degree in Early Childhood Development from NSU in 1987. She volunteered at Freeman Hospital and was a member of the Four State Christian Singles Association. She was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church.
Survivors include her mother, Connie Morris, Joplin; her father, John Morris, Australia; a sister, Laurel Gafken, Joplin; two nieces, Becki Gooch and Flannery Gafken; one great-niece, Kaydance Provins; and several extended family members.
Graveside services will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Osborne Memorial Cemetery. Rev. Bob Simon will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Joplin Humane Society or to the Epilepsy Foundation, both in care of Parker Mortuary.
Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Mortuary.
Online condolences may be made at www.parkermortuary.com


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SEATTLE -- It's a big day for soccer fans as the Seattle Sounders FC take on the L.A. Galaxy in their season opener Tuesday night.
The team is hoping that energy and excitement will rally their fans to donate money to victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami. The Sounders FC are teaming up with the American Red Cross. Volunteers will be standing at various different gates around Qwest Field collecting donations.
The team expects a packed crowd and they've posted the fundraiser on the Sounders website. The team said the money will support disaster relief efforts and will help those who've been affected by the earthquake and tsunami throughout the Pacific.
If you can't make the game, the Sounders FC are asking fans to donate on line at Red Cross's website which is www.redcross.org. Or fans can text Red Cross at 9-0-9-9-9 to make a $10 donation.
Tuesday's season opener will be a nationally televised game which starts at 6:30 p.m.


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By Gary M. Singer
Sun Sentinel (MCT)
QUESTION: We took out a reverse mortgage a few years ago and now want to leave the house to move closer to our children. The loan is more than the property is worth, so we can't sell it. What happens if we just walk away from it?
ANSWER: In a typical reverse mortgage, homeowners 62 years or older can receive money from a lender to pay off their current loan and supplement their retirement income. As long as the borrowers are living in the house, they don't have to repay the loan. But once the borrowers no longer live there, the loan must be paid in full.
Most reverse mortgages are "non-recourse" loans, meaning that the lender can take back only the house as repayment and can't seek the deficiency from the borrowers or their probate estates.
In your case, you should review the paperwork and confirm that you have a "non-recourse" mortgage. If so, you could walk away from the home knowing that the bank can't come after you for the difference. You do want to make sure that any association dues are paid in the interim. Also, you are responsible for the home during the foreclosure process, so it makes sense to try to communicate with your lender to see if it will allow you to complete a short sale or another foreclosure alternative.
Reverse mortgages can be ideal in the right situations, but they do have drawbacks, including high upfront costs. They can be great long-term solutions but shouldn't be used as short-term Band-Aids.
Gary M. Singer is a Florida attorney and board-certified as an expert in real estate law by the Florida Bar. He is the chairperson of the Real Estate Section of the Broward County Bar Association and is an adjunct professor for the Nova Southeastern University Paralegal Studies program. Send him questions online at http://sunsent.nl/mR20t7 or follow him on Twitter GarySingerLaw.
The information and materials in this column are provided for general informational purposes only and are not intended to be legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is formed. Nothing in this column is intended to substitute for the advice of an attorney, especially an attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.


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Week 10 Pickups: Returners and New Starters
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Several players are worth grabbing after performances this week–or finally be cleared by Johnny Law Chris Henry, WR Cincinnati Bengals Chris Henry got 8 touchdowns last year as the third receiver for the Bengals. You might remember him. He comes back Week 10 after serving his suspension from the NFL commissioner. Even though the...Read more →


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With only 12 days to go before Election Day, the campaigns of Sen. Claire McCaskill and Rep. Todd Akin continue to duke it out for Missouri's U.S. Senate seat.
Today, McCaskill's campaign released three new ads highlighting the difference between the two candidates on Medicare, minimum wage and the middle class. To view the ads, click on the links below.
Meanwhile, Akin's camp released a statement blasting McCaskill for focusing on alcohol abuse and bar brawls in Afghanistan instead of investigating the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.
Quoting Rick Tyler, a senior advisor to the Akin campaign, the release state:
Claire McCaskill claims to believe in 'oversight' and 'transparency' but apparently doesn't think those should be required of the Obama Administration or her own businesses. Claire McCaskill issued a press release this week trumpeting her oversight of a bar brawl and alcohol abuse by contractors in Afghanistan, but she won't call for hearings into the Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, including our ambassador. Pure and simple, this is hypocrisy. I think most Missourians would agree that figuring out what happened in Benghazi, and why the Obama Administration misled Americans about the attack, is a higher priority than a bar brawl in Afghanistan. The White House knew these attacks were by terrorists and misled the American people for weeks, but apparently McCaskill doesn't think that's important. Once again, Claire McCaskill is showing her true colors--she is Obama's biggest ally in the Senate and she will protect him and his Administration at all costs. Todd Akin has called for Senate hearings on the Benghazi attack, but McCaskill has run the other way to protect Barack Obama and not anger Harry Reid.
McCaskill's camp has not yet responded to Akin's charge.
McCaskill's Campaign Manager Adrianne Marsh told reporters on a conference call Thursday that the campaign continues to work while Sen. McCaskill remains off the trail. Her mother is critically ill in a St. Louis-area ICU.
McCaskill and her siblings have maintained a vigil at their mother's bedside since earlier this week.
"She appreciates the support," Marsh said of McCaskill. "The senator is not going to leave St. Louis as long as her mother is in ICU. She has made some progress, but she is still very, very ill."
Marsh said McCaskill hopes to resume campaigning next week, but her schedule largely depends on the health of her mother.


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---- — John Holliday, 89, of Zionsville, celebrated his upcoming 90th birthday with a 120-mph free fall from 13,500 feet at Skydive Indianapolis, located at the Frankfort Municipal Airport.
Holliday was a pilot in the Air Force, stationed in the Philippines, during World War II. He flew a C47, C48 and a Glider but never jumped from a plane.
"I never got to jump in the military because I never got shot down," he said.
Holliday is a thrill seeker. For his 65th birthday he went parasailing in Bali. On his 70th birthday, he flew in a hot air balloon in Colorado. On his 85th birthday, he went around the Indianapolis 500 Speedway four times at a speed of 172 mph. Now he has crossed skydiving off his bucket list.
"This was more exciting than the track," Holliday said.
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VIA Transit is preparing grants to secure federal funding for its proposed streetcar project. Now that the Federal Transit Administration has given its stamp of approval to the streetcar plan, several federal funding sources have become available to help it along.
After hundreds of committee meetings, four public meetings, and an array of route configurations, VIA finalized its streetcar plan, allowing it to move forward with requests for grant applications.
San Antonio is missing out on the live music industry, according to local promoters. With SWSX in Austin about to begin, live music options sometimes seem to pale in San Antonio. The missing mid-sized venues, contract provisions that don't allow performers in nearby cities to make the trip south, and the lack of a strong urban core are all reasons cited by those familiar with the situation.
With the Tobin Center opening, the Aztec Theatre already open, and the Mission County park being completed, will that change?
Former District 9 City Councilwoman Elisa Chan has just wrapped up her campaign for state senator. She resigned last year from city council to run against state Rep. Donna Campbell, hoping at least to take Campbell to a runoff.
Her second place finish means she's done with politics, at least for now. But some people in her former city council district say she has unfinished business from her elected office: A project involving Mud Creek.
Going into the election, the quest for the Democratic nomination for Bexar County judge appeared to be a tight contest. But the mood of each camp told the story as soon as early voting results came in.
Even though the candidates knew the South Side of San Antonio is traditionally an election-day voting crowd, each seemed convinced of the outcome moments after the early vote tabulations crossed the computer screen at 7:15.
"What a relief," said Nelson Wolff, the incumbent who was challenged for the Democratic nomination by Precinct 4 County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson.
A new exhibition at the San Antonio Museum of Art is emblematic of another era -- an era before athletes were the superheroes they are now. That new Andy Warhol exhibit starts with a man named Richard Weisman, who said he was a very close friend of iconic artist.
Weisman is a perceptive man and in the late 70s he figured this out:
"The world of art and the world of sports don't necessarily mix that well," he said.
As Western powers consider sanctions against Russia for the country's military intervention in Ukraine, a North Texas Ukrainian heritage group in The Colony has managed to keep family members connected.
Chrystya Geremesz is the president of the Ukrainian American Society of Texas, a group celebrating the cultural heritage of the Eastern European country with many of its members having family living in Ukraine.
The race to be the next Bexar County Precinct 4 commissioner is moving into a runoff election for both parties after no candidate could reach the 50 percent of the vote required to get their party's nomination.
Commissioner Tommy Adkisson held the seat for nearly 14 years and when he announced he was running for county judge it opened a floodgate of candidates to try and fill the vacancy.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott easily cruised to a primary victory Tuesday night, claiming over 91 percent of the votes cast, and is now looking forward to the general election in November.
Former Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade said it's no accident that Abbott picked San Antonio to hold his primary victory celebration. She said it's a city that's close to his heart and it's also key to helping the Texas Republican Party win a greater share of the Hispanic vote.
This week a coalition met to address San Antonio's problem with low-income access to credit. 30 people representing organizations ranging from the San Antonio Area Foundation to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Antonio make up the The Anti-Predatory Lending Coalition which is looking at ways to increase alternatives to payday and auto-title lenders.
They use "predatory" to describe the lenders who charge large transaction fees as well as exorbitant interest rates on their loans.


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2 Stew Questions - easy stuff
When browning meat for braise-based dish.. you can hear the hysterical voice in your head screaming "Don't crowd the pot!!! Your meat will just steam!!". But for a long/ slow braise type meal.. is it really that much of a problem? YES it's going to take a lot longer to get the oil / meat to a browning temperature but it's going to get there eventually. And yes that means it had to cook a lot longer and lose a lot more moisture to get there.. but it's going to stew for hours afterwards. What's the science at play here?
2nd question: How do folks like to get the thickening into their stew? A few options: 1) flour the heck out of your meat before braising and this residual flour will act as a thickener 2) add a roux later 3) add cornstarch later 4) your potatoes will lose enough starch that they will thicken
Option 1 seems problematic in that it may not be enough flour AND the flour will be cooking for so long it's going to lose a lot of the thickening properties. Option 2 is good but adds a lot of fat to an already fatty dish. Option 3 is easy but the texture is not a great one for me. Also makes reheating dicey as it'll break if not done right. Option 4 is a wildcard- not sure if that would work or not.
Other thoughts or convincing arguments for any of the options above?
Question 1: yes, it makes a difference, a huge one. Brown your meat in batches if necessary. Here's the thing, if you over crowd your pot, it will never brown. it'll cook, sure, but it won't brown. it will steam. You'll never get that maillard reaction, which is where all the flavor is.
Question 2: Combination of options one and 4 in my usual stews. :) Oh, and in my experience, the flour doesn't lose the thickening power unless you boil the heck out of your stew. don't do that. :)
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So we're disconnecting as I didn't explain myself well enough. I wasn't asking to understand the browning process.
To your point "if you crowd your pot, it will never brown" I say horsecrap.
It will brown, it will just take a while to get there. Eventually the excess moisture will disappear, the temperature will rise and even a crowded mass of beef will start to brown.
Remember that when cooking an entire roast beef it is browned first.. now that's a crowded pan.
I'm simply trying to understand the difference between fast-browning long braise and slow-browning long braise.
Perhaps the only way to know is to follow KenGK's advice and try it both ways and look for a difference.
Thanks to all who rec'd beurre manie- I hadn't considered that for some reason and it was perfect.
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Questions answered. Don't crowd the pot while browning. You want that browning for added flavor (and the fond on the bottom of the pan will add additional flavor).
And toss the the beef cubes with flour, salt, pepper and whatever herbs/spices you might want before browning. (Option 1). I don't add potatoes to my stew as I prefer them cooked separately so they specifically *don't* fall apart.
The central key to great beef stew is that browning process, so don't stint on it. Best advice I got was on this very website, when a Hound said, don't just brown the meat to a tepid color, get it to a mahogany color.
If you flour the meat first, it helps with the necessary drying as well as providing some thickening, as you note. If you get to the end and want a thicker gravy, buerre manie, as advised above.
1. Oh that brown stuff you get when you don't crowd the pot is worth the extra effort.
2. I don't understand this thickening of stews. I don't thicken my stews ever. Don't like the flavor of flour, and love the sauce. If I serve my stew with potatoes, I do them separately but I am just as likely to serve over polenta.
Q1. Yes, don't crowd it. Q2. Roux, if needed. That way the flour is cooked before it goes in. But you may not need thickening at all. As for fat, all stewed/braised dishes should be cooked the day before using as much fat as needed, cooled, refrigerated overnight. Then you can remove all/most of the fat off the top before reheating. Personally, I would not remove all of it.
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A picture is worth 1,000 words seems to apply here. I've never understood the "don't crowd the pan" rule, but if phrased as "keep meat in a single layer to brown", I get it. Your meat looks nicely browned to me. Was that done stovetop (if so, what technique works for a 9 x 13 over a burner) or in a hot oven?
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Indeed this is a crowded pan and it browns. We all know that no matter how crowded.. a mass of meat will brown at Some Point.
I think that the principle still applies to things that if you are *not* going to slow braise afterwards: if you crowd the pot you will lose a lot of moisture from your meat before the browning starts. This will result in a dry final result if you are doing lean meats that won't be slow cooked afterwards.
I'm not arguing that point- I'm questioning whether crowding a pot is an issue with a slow cooked, long braise, fatty meat. I'm suspecting its not but I'm not convinced either way through this thread. As someone mentioned, I need to do an experiment myself I suppose.
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I always use a seperate saute pan to brown my meat. There is more surface area and the pan is shallower which helps it brown better. I dredge the meat prior to browning, and add a slurry, or beurre manie towards the end of cooking time if needed. I know that cornstarch looses it's thickening properties after prolonged cooking, but not flour.
My technique (from my grandmother) is to brown the beef in as many batches as necessary, removing to a platter when brown, and continuing until finished. Add all browned beef back to pot, toss with flour, cook for a few minutes, then add the wine/stock/other liquid. If the sauce isn't thick enough after it's cooked for a while, add buerre manie (sp?).


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The waiting list is full, and disability advocates are pushing lawmakers to include $350,000 in the state budget for programs like it, according to 11Alive.
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