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Green Day aren't exactly the kind of guys you'd expect to shed tears over anything, but the first time they watched rehearsals for the Broadway musical version of "American Idiot" — opening Tuesday (April 20) at New York's St. James Theatre — they did just that.
"I was watching the actors, and I catch the eye of one of the singers, and he just gives me a little [thumbs-up] sign, and so that gave me the courage to look over at the band," "Idiot" director Michael Mayer told MTV News. "And there were tears in their eyes. I saw that what we were doing was connecting to them on a heart-and-soul level, and it wasn't about commerce and it wasn't about business. ... All of that went away, and I saw that these are just three wonderful men who made these wonderful songs, [and] we were giving it back to them as this sort of wonderful gift. I was blown away, and I thought, 'OK, there is something here.' "
Of course, we had to verify the story with the guys themselves. So when MTV News caught up with them at "Idiot" rehearsals, we asked: Did the musical really bring on the waterworks?
"All of us actually came to tears, because you don't get to see Green Day play live if you're actually in Green Day," bassist Mike Dirnt said. "But to see these voices and the way all the cast were singing, you just abandon hope of a tissue and let 'em stream. ... [We were like,] 'No, that's allergies, man!' "
"Yeah, the first night I wasn't prepared," drummer Tre Cool added. "[But] the second night, I brought a little thing of tissues and I drank two glasses of wine."
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Irish Soda Bread is on the menu when "Annie Cooks" — a cooking video from Yankee that highlights senior food editor, Annie B. Copps.
I'm Annie Copps, Food Editor at Yankee magazine, Any good leprechaun will tell you the key to good Irish soda bread is don't get overworked. Don't overwork the dough and don't you get overworked.
I'm going to show you a really simple recipe that is going to get you in the kitchen not just on St. Patrick's Day but any time of the year to enjoy this simple, easy bread.
We start with three cups of all purpose flour and it's in the standing mixer. And to it I am going to add a quarter cup of sugar. Next to add a little bit of levity we are going to use two types of sodium bicarbonate. Baking soda and baking powder.
Baking soda. We are only adding one teaspoon because it's pure sodium bicarbonate and it really packs an oomph. Once you add water to it both of these will create carbon dioxide and that is what is going to give it bubbles and levity.
Now baking powder, also sodium bicarbonate, with cream of tartar and a little bit of corn starch has more staying powder than the baking soda. That's why we add the two. And I am going to add a little bit of salt just to draw out all the ingredients that we are going to add so that you can really taste them. Makes sense to add them.
Okay. Half a teaspoon of salt. And I am just going to give these a quick stir so that they are evenly incorporated in what will soon be our dough.
I am also going to add two tablespoons of caraway seeds. That is going to add a lot of nice flavor. And a cup of golden raisins. Also called sultanas. You could add currants, dried currants, raisins, or even dried cherries or dried apricots. What ever you like but these sultanas or golden raisins are traditional.
I'm just going to give them a stir again so they are evenly incorporated. And something else that is going to add a little bit of tang and some levity to our Irish soda bread is buttermilk. So I have a cup of buttermilk here and to that I am going to whisk in one large egg.
I like to crack eggs on a flat surface rather than the side of a bowl because when you do it on the side of a bowl sometimes those egg shells go in to the egg. Then you open it up you have a better chance of getting egg shells in to whatever it is that you are mixing if you crack it on the side. So on a flat surface in it goes.
I'm whisking this before hand just to make sure that it gets really incorporated in to the bread. We're going to try not to mix this bread too much. Whisking it together before hand is going to give us less time stirring things around with that flour.
Next, I am adding a quarter cup of melted unsalted butter. We are using melted butter because it will incorporate in to the dough much more easily.
Next, we are going to add buttermilk and that whisked egg. And in that goes. This is probably the most important step. That buttermilk and egg in there. We don't want it to get over incorporated so I am just going to stir just until it forms a dough.
And that's where we stop. We are going to finish working this dough by hand. It doesn't look like much right now. We are going to just work it with our hands so we get a nice round loaf. We don't want to knead the dough because again we don't want to get that gluten too excited. But we are going to just sort of turn it on it self just a few times so that you have kind of a giant scone.
So there you have it. I am going to put it on to a parchment lined baking sheet and score a traditional X right on the top. Not too deep we are just scoring it. All we have to do now is pop it in to a 350 degree oven and in 45 minutes we will have Irish soda bread.
Okay. So it's baked for 45 minutes. Next what we want to do is let it cool on a wire rack just for about 20 minutes so that it finishes baking inside and cools enough so that when we slice it we get this beautiful crumbly scone like pieces.
Look at that. Beautiful. I like to put a little bit of butter on it. Some might say that's gilding the lily but I think it is delicious. And if you really want to be special, some preserves. Oh, good night nurse. This is going to be great.
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regarding price and whether the Chevy Volt will be sold, leased, or
both have remained unanswered until now. While the price is
still up in the air, GM has announced that the Volt will be available
sale and for lease,
and the once-again newly
retired GM
Vice Chairman Bob Lutz could not be more excited for the November
2010 release date.
love it. I just absolutely love it," said Lutz. "I think
it's a great car to drive. I'm personally going to get myself on the
list for one, no question about it. No question that I think it's the
greatest achievement of my career."
78, has been in the automotive business for 47 years, nine of which
were spent with GM. He is a former Marine fighter pilot who has
worked as an executive at all three Detroit carmakers as well as BMW.
He officially retired from GM on April 30 of this year, and had a
final farewell
party on
Tuesday in Warren, Michigan where his wife, Denise, and several GM
executives and employees were in attendance.
think this is the third time I've retired," said Lutz. "I
think this time I can actually achieve it and not go back to work
full time for anybody.
I see things going wrong, there will be the ghost of Bob Lutz, and it
ain't going to be friendly."
was praised as one of the largest reasons for GM's $865
million profit
success after having to claim bankruptcy last
year. Lutz was to retire late last year, but stayed on board to work
with the creative aspects of GM's marketing, advertising and
is in good shape coming out of Chapter 11 because of Bob Lutz,"
said Tom Stephens, vice chairman of global product development. "You
taught us how important it was to listen-not only to other people,
but to listen to your gut. In the automotive industry, that gut
reaction is probably the most important reaction."
received two gifts at his retirement party, one being a replica of
GM's Supercharged LS9 engine and the other a set of aluminum scale
models, most notably the Chevrolet Volt Plug-in hybrid. Lutz has made
the Volt the center of GM's campaign to become the industry's
environmental leader. He has compared the Volt to President
Kennedy's moon
saying it will be "sensational," and "will have the
same sort of symbolism."
don't think it would be a vast overstatement to say the Volt is in
many ways symbolic of a renaissance in the American auto industry,"
said Lutz. "If we pull it off successfully, it can really put us
back at the top of the heap of automotive technology instead of being
called laggards that are being left behind by the Germans and the
2011 Chevrolet Volt will carry a 40 mile all-electric range and
on-board range-extending gasoline engine. While such new innovations
will likely make some buyers skeptical, GM expects the Volt to be
well-accepted by the public. Now, we wait for some purchase figures.
quote: I disagree with the not new technology.
quote: Can you take the EV1 cross country without having to stop overnight every now and then?
quote: I don't know of any automobile that can drive cross-country without refueling.
quote: The only reason we still have these ignorant gas/hybrid cars is due to the simple fact that a purely electric car is not profitable to the manufactures or dealers since the cost or repairs or maintenance is non-existent.
quote: Electric motors break, just ask any place that has a fleet of electric forklifts.
quote: Also purely electric cars are worthless to anyone who needs to travel long distances or carry more load than a couple people.
quote: Batteries just can't hold enough power in a small/light enough package to do the job of more than urban commuting. The only way you could replace an internal combustion engine for most work would be to invent a milk crate sized nuclear reactor that was safe and tamperproof, and get everyone to regard them as safe.
quote: The NiMH EV1 had an EPA certified range of 140 miles on a charge; not to mention since like 80% of Americans drive less then 40 miles per day I think it would be fine.
quote: he grid isn't capable of handling a nationwide conversion.
quote: Cradle to grave the Honda Civic Natural Gas model produces less pollution than a Toyota Hybrid.
quote: Actually they charge at night when electricity was plentiful.
quote: Sucks when Michael Moore is right eh?
quote: Then you would be wrong....look up the EV1. A fully electric car actually manufactured by the same company and wildly successful. Also most of the early automobiles made were fully electric. The idea is not new by any standard, it has just been updated with new tech. The only reason we still have these ignorant gas/hybrid cars is due to the simple fact that a purely electric car is not profitable to the manufactures or dealers since the cost or repairs or maintenance is non-existent.
quote: How would you call it wildly successful?
quote: Also, electric cars still break down. There are still moving parts that wear.
quote: I never said being all electric was new, I said the concept of an electric powertrain with a generator to extend the range was.
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Chrysler Group LLC implemented three natural gas savings projects to modify h...
Chrysler cashes in on gas-savings efforts
Chrysler Group LLC implemented three natural gas savings projects to modify heating and ventilation at its Belvidere assembly plant that will save 2.5 million therms annually. That's enough energy to power 1,000 homes in one year.
The projects not only will save Chrysler millions going forward, but it earned the company $1.3 million in incentives through the Nicor Gas Energy Efficiency Program. The projects were:
n Installing a cascading air system that reuses already heated air in one area of the plant in another area.
n Installing 34 variable frequency drive motors on direct gas-fire air handling units. The drives allow the motors to use proportional speeds to reduce the volume of heated air supplying the plant.
n Installing new hardware and software to connect and control 25 air supply units, as well as the numerous general and process and exhaust fans as part of an improved energy management system.
Nicor officials will present the incentives check to Chrysler at the Belvidere plant Tuesday as part of an Earth Day celebration. The 4.8 million-square-foot plant is the area's largest manufacturing operation by both size and employment. About 4,500 people work at the plant where the Dodge Dart, Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot are assembled.
Nicor spokesperson Erin Wilson said the check to Chrysler is the single largest the company has given since it established the energy efficiency program in 2011. The program is meant to spur energy efficiency efforts by offering incentives. Nicor has given paid companies more than $5 million since it was established.
ROCKFORD — For environmentalists, being "green" is a cause.
For business executives, it may be a cause as well, but making your operation more efficient leads to larger profits.
"I'm an engineer by training, so I'm always looking at design efficiencies and reduction of waste," said Phil Baerenwald, president of Rockford's J.L. Clark, a packaging company that also makes decorative tins. "It just makes good business sense. We've seen a direct impact on our bottom line."
J.L. Clark, a division of Tennessee-based CLARCOR, won Governor's Sustainability Awards from Illinois in both 2011 and 2013 for a variety of efficiency efforts. Among those:
— The company brought in a supplier to audit how it was using air compressors to move its parts down the assembly line. J.L. Clark was able to reconfigure its process to use a single air compressor with a 100-horsepower motor versus two 125-horsepower motors.
— Officials installed a new water-treatment system to recycle the water it uses to cool its molds in its injection-molding area.
— J.L. Clark spent $1 million on a new oxidizer that has cut its natural gas consumption by 30 percent.
Baerenwald said J.L. Clark also stresses recycling to its 270 employees and is very close to having zero waste going to the landfill.
"We're trying to get people to think about Styrofoam," Baerenwald said of the company's efforts to raise environmental awareness. "We don't like seeing people bring in Styrofoam containers with their leftovers."
Rockford's Chem Processing is a metal finishing company for companies in industries ranging from aerospace, agriculture and automotive to food processing and pharmaceutical.
Water is a main component in every process.
"We did a very comprehensive cost analysis on what we were spending to process our water," said Matthew Smazik, director of manufacturing. "We looked at every single angle four to six times to determine the payback if we put in a new system."
Chem Processing, which employs about 80 people, determined the payback would be less than two years.
"Now, we recover and reuse 50 percent of our water, and it also increased our (manufacturing) capacity," Smazik said.
That project helped Chem Processing also receive a Governor's Sustainability Award in 2013.
Page 2 of 2 - Rockford Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Einar Forsman said Specialty Screw of Rockford "is always a leader in this area."
Indeed, Specialty Screw won an award from the state back in 1998 when it was still called the Governor's Pollution Prevention Award. For more than 20 years, the company has looked at its operations and grounds for better practices.
Faced with a parking lot flooding problem in 1996, the company planted a prairie on its property and funneled water into dry wells both to feed the prairie and to recharge an underground aquifer instead of hooking up with a storm sewer.
In 2013, the company installed a bioswale, which helps drain water to a depressed area on the property with plants to absorb the moisture.
Even as the company increased its employment from 45 to 85 in the past couple of years, it has been able to cut its garbage collection by two-thirds by focusing on recycling.
"We do what we call dumpster dives occasionally," Specialty Screw President Russ Johansson said. "We get everyone together and then dump the garbage out and go through it to show what we continue to throw away that we can recycle. When they saw the visualization, it made a real impact."
In terms of equipment, the company switched to higher-efficiency lighting. It changed to more efficient motors in some of its large air handlers. The company is bringing in a new air compressor for running its machines that will have a more efficient variable drive.
Johansson looks everywhere to save money. He was alarmed at the number of paper towels his workers were using in the restrooms. He found out Specialty Screw was spending $5,000 on the paper towels, so he made a "command decision" and put in hand dryers.
Because of grants from the state and utility companies such as ComEd, the payback time for each of these projects was four years or fewer. That's a serious consideration. But in January 2012, the company installed a 17-kilowatt photo voltaic solar system that cost $105,000. Johansson said he estimates it will take 11 1/2 years in savings to pay for the system.
"Once it is paid off, then the savings will just compound over the years," he said. "But really, I'm a big believer in protecting our resources for our children's children."
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The most entertainment that Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games delivers is in the realm of aesthetic and nostalgic amusement. The soundtrack is prominently comprised of throwback music from both franchises.
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Legions of console gamers have vigorously anticipated the day that Nintendo and Sega would mingle their franchises together and create a legendary mash-up game. After two decades of staunch rivalry, the two companies finally merged efforts in 2007 to release Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games on the Wii. While this game offers extraordinary appeal to casual gamers, the masses that have been patiently waiting for this moment will be disappointed.
The meshing of the Mario and Sonic universes is visually stunning and decadently vibrant. The bold color schemes of both worlds merge seamlessly. All in-game animations are lightning quick and the frame-rate holds steady. Most of the work seems to have gone into the exceptional graphics because there is no real driving force behind this game.
The entirety of the game-play mechanics is based on quickness and memorization. Since this game primarily employs the mini-game format, competition is based on the accumulation of points through a series of brief events. Divided into four sections, there are a total of twenty categories of battle. The four basic classifications are Power, All-Around, Speed, and Skill. The infamous Nintendo characters featured include Mario, Wario, Luigi, Waluigi, Yoshi, Peach, Daisy and Bowser while the notorious Sega cast showcases Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Blaze, Dr. Eggman, Amy, Vector, and Shadow.
While the mini-game system should lend well to the Olympic concept, it does not balance the mundane quality of the real-life games being included with any level of imagination. Instead, famous Nintendo and Sega characters that used to be endowed with superhuman abilities now compete in events based only on physical attributes. Their former superpowers are reduced to being mere power-ups and attribute boosters. The standard contests include the Javelin, Long Jump and the 100 Meter Dash.
The winning technique in every game is based on accuracy on some level. This can be especially frustrating since the specificity required exceeds the capacity of the Wii-mote. Also, racing games still require seemingly irrelevant displays to be lined up perfectly in order to achieve victory. Most of the events have nothing in common with their real-life counterparts and do not even attempt to simulate them. Instead, meticulous aim and perfect timing define the elements of winning.
An overwhelming majority of the instructions on screen are too vague to provide any sort of actual guidance. Stark penalties will be constantly applied to players who cannot follow rules that are impossible to keep track of. The game lacks complexity on all levels.
The most entertainment that Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games delivers is in the realm of aesthetic and nostalgic amusement. The soundtrack is prominently comprised of throwback music from both franchises. Players will enjoy the excellent quality character designs and infinite subtle details of individualization. A plethora of hidden content waits to be unlocked by players that can answer obscure trivia questionnaires. However, the real question is wondering why Nintendo and Sega made their first crossover so blatantly superficial after two decades of built-in hype.
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The 5 Most Insane Moments in Indian Comic Books
1980s Indian comic books were the best. Sometimes the English translation was baffling, other times the plots were inscrutable, and -- if you were really lucky -- these twain did meet, and you were transported to a realm of semi-unreadable fantasia. Here are five such glorious occasions.
#5. Superman Goes to India, Gets Casual About Murder
The greatest comic ever published is neither Watchmen nor The Annotated Hi and Lois. It's Nagraj vs. Shakoora the Magician. How come? In this comic book, Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man visit India, where they're vexed by a dwarf wizard from outer space (and some spotty Hindi-to-English translation).
I hope Supperman also has Supper-Vision, so he can shoot casserole out of his eyes.
In this issue, the Indian superhero Nagraj fights alongside these paragons of justice, as well as a random circus ringmaster that the translators (for reasons unknown) designated as the now-deceased WWF wrestler Captain Lou Albano.
R.I.P., greatest Super Mario in human history.
Every panel in this comic is magic, particularly the deus ex machina in which -- I couldn't make this up -- the heroes are saved from a burning child-sized locomotive by an 11th-century Hindu yogi who flies out of the sky.
The guru is summoned by the power of prayer. Again, 100 percent serious.
Did Marvel and DC Comics sign off on this crossover? Well, no, as this tremendous team-up received zip fanfare stateside, and Superman happily craps all over his no-killing policy within the first five pages.
After that, the Last Son of Krypton's behavior grows even more erratic. At the comic's climax, the extraterrestrial magician transforms Captain Lou into a psychotic giant. Nagraj's pachyderm-murdering bite proves fruitless, so he improvises and launches thousands of cobras from his wrists into Lou's cyclopean pie-hole.
Once Captain Lou succumbs to cobra venom, Nagraj and pals enjoy a big belly laugh around his bloated, decomposing corpse. Superman, ever the insecure jock, incorrectly assumes that he punched Captain Lou to death.
The Caped Crusader relishes the bloodshed, knowing damn well that the GCPD has no jurisdiction here.
But why would a superhero as lauded as Superman be so eager to impress Nagraj? The translation adds a dollop of accidental subtext. Compare Nagraj's behavior on a hot date ...
Ah, the ol' "bring a gal to the circus and tell her to shut up for two hours." Women adore that.
... with his tender interaction with Superman, who ran afoul of some mystical hoops.
Mind you, the only people Superman calls "dear" are Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, presumably during those many escapades Jimmy went undercover in drag. (Remember, Superman's ever the farm boy. Even with his X-ray vision, he remains ignorant to the erotic caprices of big-city life.) But who is this Nagraj joker anyway?
#4. Nagraj Sort of Blows at Being a Superhero
The truth is, Nagraj is pretty godawful at this whole crime-fighting business, for the simple reason that he can't stop murdering his nemeses (or at least accidentally consigning them to oblivion).
In one of his capers, Nagraj defeats a terrorist named Zebra who has been poisoning schoolchildren with tainted chocolates. In lieu of notifying the authorities, our hero slings Zebra over a Delhi overpass, toodles off, and allows a vengeful mob to do the rest.
This is what happens when a superhero has to take a dump the entire comic.
Another issue saw Nagraj square off against an ogre so fearsome that he cows everybody into speaking in produce-related similes.
And unlike his pitched battle with Captain Lou Albano -- whose tough hide stymied his toxic chomp -- Nagraj's hickey o' death immediately disintegrates the ogre into liquid pastrami. The sheer barfosity of this spectacle shocks his colleague into silence (and his internal monologue into hysterical illiteracy).
Fortunately, Nagraj's mighty mouth has utility far beyond giving bystanders the meat sweats. His serpentine maw also works in reverse. Let us not forget the time he vacuumed venom out of the mouths of an entire herd of elephants. That's so heroic that I don't even want to think about it.
Bosh, Nagraj. Given your track record, everything about this scenario is blissfully normal.
I suppose this is a good time to mention that if you ever become trapped in a Nagraj comic, you'll probably be mercilessly pancaked by an elephant.
See, this lady knows the score. She's handling her impending doom like she's waiting for the bus.
She's so pro that she had time for a comma.
#3. Super Commando Dhruva: Like Robin, But Balls-Out Macho
Let's move on to another superhero who knows a thing or two about elephant stampedes: Super Commando Dhruva. His origin runs parallel to that of Batman's sidekick, Robin -- both characters were raised in the circus by trapeze-artist parents who were murdered by criminals, prompting their sons to mete out justice in pastels.
His bon mots are catchier than "Holy [insert noun here], Batman".
But the Boy Wonder was whisked away to stately Wayne Manor, as the Gotham YMCA didn't offer Krav Maga for Orphans. Dhruva had no such luxury. In fact, he began his crime-fighting career at the tender age of 14, with an equally tender murder spree. Growing up with the Jupiter Circus, Dhruva was hardened by years of executing songbirds and running headfirst into brick walls.
Ornithologists, please identify the bird whose death scream is FUR FUR FUR.
But not everybody was enamored of Dhruva's feats of child endangerment. No, an unsuccessful rival circus grew jealous of his success, so they hired a heavy to torch Jupiter's big top. Can you handle the dramatic tension?
To be fair, FUR FUR FUR carries greater dramatic import than OOUCH.
The gangster celebrates his arson by burning Dhruva's surprisingly flammable father alive in front of him ...
... and incinerating a clown for good measure. Note the man getting fresh with a rhino, their forbidden passions ignited by imminent death and thrown petrol:
Once the fires die down, Dhruva grabs a pile of his father's ashes and vows his revenge, unaware that he's probably running his fingers through charred clown intestine.
Dhruva races over to the enemy circus. He promptly electrocutes an assortment of henchmen and big cats, which is maybe the least auspicious way to kick off one's superhero career.
I take it all back, I'd rather devote my dying breath to OOUCH over ASSS.
With 1,500 pounds of circus hooligan and genus Panthera left smoldering in his wake, Dhruva is then captured and left to the mercy of an abused lion named Shaitan. And thanks to some imperfect translation, we are left wondering if he honed his mental steel by romancing apex predators.
SUPERHERO PROTIP: Unnerve your opponents by admitting to banging lions. Unprompted.
Despite the fact that all of Dhruva's foes end up dead, our hero waltzes away scot-free. Perhaps the best part of his 1987 debut issue was the cover, which sported Dhruva unhelpfully waving to a random old man being devoured by Shaitan.
Also, that motorcycle is the size of a tractor.
The second best part? The evil circus kingpin's muted reaction upon eavesdropping on unsatisfied customers. Remember, this is the bad guy who had zero problems immolating a clown.
At least it's not "UFF."


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Apple's iPhone is the most popular smartphone in the world, and we want you to get the most out of yours. From dating apps to QR scanners, your phone is capable of nearly anything these days, and some apps just rise above the rest. We've recently cut our list of the best iPhone apps in half, bringing you the true cream of the crop: 100 apps, sorted by category, that will make your life simpler, easier, and more enjoyable.
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iOS Essentials
Google Chrome
Google Chrome is an upgrade from the default browser, Safari. The app can sync your history and bookmarks across devices, and includes features like search bar autocomplete and unlimited tab functionality.
Facebook is the social network. If you want to make your phone Facebook official, you should download this app. A must-have for nearly anyone, as many other social apps connect through Facebook to acquire vital information.
YouTube used to come with your phone, but with iOS 6, Apple removed it. Luckily, Google brought it back. If you need to know what YouTube is, please meet us back in 2005. Now featuring Youtube Red, a monthly subscription service that allows downloaded playlists to be used offline and playback with no ads.
Wikipedia Mobile
Wikipedia finally made a revised version of its iOS app, which aims to give you better recommendations for content that you're interested in and match you with articles that pertain to your interests. The app now offers users an "Explore" feed with a number of the most popular articles, as well as a featured article and picture of the day.
It may be owned by Facebook, but Instagram is still the best social network for sharing pictures and ruining them with silly filters. We say ruining, but we put X Pro II on just about everything.


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2 stalks celery, finely diced
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 can cannellini beans (or white kidney beans), drained and rinsed
1 (26 oz.) container beef stock (or 3 cups)
1 jar (25 oz.) spaghetti sauce
2 tsp. dried oregano
2 teaspoons dried parsley
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
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Mergers: An integral part of the competition landscape to be closely monitored
A merger could be a complete union of two or more companies, a more one-sided takeover or the transfer of parts of one firm to another.
Deciding whether a merger will harm competition can require sophisticated economic analysis of markets and the effects of the transaction. Yet this sophisticated analysis must in most jurisdictions be carried out to strict deadlines so as to protect the procedural rights of all affected parties.
Why do competition authorities analyse mergers?
Most mergers are beneficial to competition, or at least do no harm to it, so competition authorities typically conduct a quick screening exercise to identify the exceptions. In, mergers between competitors can result in very large costs to consumers and to the economy more generally, so it is essential that authorities have the power and skills to investigate effectively and to remedy any potential problems they find (including by blocking the merger).
Mergers between companies that do not directly compete (such as a 'vertical' merger between a supplier and its customer) rarely raise competition concerns; but when they do, they require very sophisticated economic analysis to assess whether the effects are anti-competitive or efficiency-enhancing.
Debating merger control at the OECD
The OECD provides competition agencies with opportunities to debate the latest developments in merger control between themselves, as well as with international experts and the business community. These debates cover the whole process from the initial notification of a merger, to assessment of the determination of remedies and finally ex post evaluation of the results. The OECD has been closely involved in the development of common principles for the standard of review of mergers. This extends to principles for co-operation between competition authorities when assessing international mergers, an area in which the OECD is currently focusing its efforts.
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Charleston Countys Consolidated 9-1-1 Center and Emergency Operations Center received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Though not the first public safety facility, it is the first 9-1-1 call center and first emergency operations center in the state of South Carolina to be LEED certified, and the 14th LEED certified emergency operations center in the U.S. (see list of S.C. city and county LEED registered and certified projects: http://www.charlestoncounty.org/pdfs/Local-Gor-131028.pdf).
Bachman Smith, IV, a current member and incoming 2014 chair of the U.S. Green Building Council South Carolina Chapter, presented a plaque to Charleston County Council during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10. The plaque will be displayed in the lobby of the Charleston Countys Consolidated 9-1-1 Center and Emergency Operations Center.
LEED certification identifies Consolidated 911 & Emergency Ops Center as a showcase example of sustainable design and demonstrates your leadership in transforming the building industry, said S. Richard Fedrezzi, president, CEO and founding chairman of the U. S. Green Building Council, in a letter notifying the county of the certification. Congratulations on earning LEED certification, and thank you for your commitment to our common goal of building a healthy, sustainable future.
The LEED rating system was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council and is designed to guide and distinguish high performance green buildings. The process provides a nationally recognized system for understanding and applying smart, sustainable design practices with third-party validation.
Some highlights of the LEED Gold Certification:
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Due to its mission critical nature, the center requires energy and water during disasters. The facility achieves this through redundant mechanical and electrical systems designed to meet high efficiency performance goals. As a result, the facility expects to achieve 23 percent energy savings over similar facilities designed with traditional systems.
The county planned all along to aim for LEED certification, as shown by councils Sept. 1, 2009 vote directing staff to pursue the effort.
The county is putting forth significant effort into energy conservation, sustainability and good stewardship of the areas natural resources, wrote Charleston Countys Facilities Department Director, Dan Chandler, in the information packet that was given to County Council members prior to the September 09 vote. There is an opportunity to publicly demonstrate our commitment to continue these endeavors by incorporating LEED certification into the design and construction of the new Consolidated 9-1-1 Center.
The multi-jurisdictional Charleston County Consolidated Dispatch Board also encouraged the County to have the center be a LEED certified building.
It is our understanding that, in addition to using resources more efficiently, LEED certification will result in a building that will offer a healthier work environment than a building that is built to regular code requirements, stated then Consolidated Dispatch Board Chairman and North Charleston Police Chief, Jon Zumalt, in a 2009 letter to Charleston County Council. Construction of the Consolidated 9-1-1 Center, having employees in stressful emergency job functions twenty-four hours a day, would be an excellent opportunity to focus on healthy work environment goals as well as environmental sustainability goals.
The countys newly constructed 38,000-square-foot facility opened on Jan. 24 at a cost of $27 million. The structure was designed by Rosenblum Coe Architects, in association with Architects Design Group. It has a dual purpose in that it houses two of Charleston County Governments major departments: the Consolidated 9-1-1 Center and Emergency Management Department. In essence, it enables the full consolidation of 9-1-1 and emergency dispatch operations in Charleston County and serves as the new location for the Emergency Operations Center.
The Consolidated 9-1-1 Center staffs 24 telecommunicators and supervisors per shift to provide their internationally accredited service to the public, law enforcement officials, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. The countys Emergency Operations Center is maintained in a state of operational readiness at all times. The group is also responsible for developing and maintaining the countys Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, which provides emergency management planning for the entire county.
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There's a reason the typical image of a 21st century teen seem to revolve around a self-centered young adult clicking away on their cellphones and off in their own world. A study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project states that more teens are starting to own smartphones than ever, yet the rate of phone calls have significantly fallen.
In 2009, 30 percent of teens talk to their friends on a landline. This number has dropped down to 14 percent, with landline phones starting to disappear from most homes and replaced by individual cellphone plans. Just 26 percent of teens use their cellphones to make calls, a fall from 2009's 38 percent.
Instead of calling each other, teens have bumped their daily texting count from 50 to 60 texts a day, making this medium the most popular form of communication. The study says approximately 75 percent of all teens text, and their daily texting count increases with age. As teens get older, they go anywhere from a median of 60 to 100 texts a day, with girls being more chatty than their male counterparts. At least that much hasn't change.
But could you blame the teens? Texting is fast, efficient, and they can easily do so under the table during dinner or quietly in their room so parents can't tell they are on the phone to be curious about who they might be on the phone with. Texting provide teens a more private way to talk to their friends, unless parents take away their phones or snoop around. Keeping up with who kids are texting is also more difficult, since billing statement list individual texts and phone numbers separately instead of how many texts are associated with one number. In contrast, parents used to be able to see how many minutes were spent with one number per call. It also seem teens are getting very good with their hand-eye coordination and text at olympian rates — with minimal typos and maximum trendy slangs and emoticons.
Teens also reportedly prefer texting over any other forms of daily communication given the option, with 63 percent of the study pool saying they prefer to exchange text messages with people in their lives over phone calls (both via landline and cellphone), face-to-face interactions, social network messaging, and instant messaging. At the dead last spot is the dying art of e-mailing, with only six percent of teens opting to write drawn out messages when they can text shorter sentences on their phones. E-mails have easily become the new letter.
Lastly, the study cites that younger adults are also beginning to own smartphones as "dumb phones" start to phase out of the market. About 23 percent of those between the ages of 12 to 17 now own smartphones and six percent of all teen smartphone owners use location-based apps like Foursquare. Parents should talk to their smartphone-owning teens and make sure their privacy settings are appropriate so kids are not in danger of stalkers and predators following them around.


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UTSA ends losing streak with 66-53 victory at New Mexico State
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — UTSA went on a 16-1 run and held New Mexico State without a basket for 11 minutes and 27 seconds en route to a 66-53 victory on Saturday night at the Pan American Center.
Sophomore Ashley Spaletta tied a career high with 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting and a 5-of-8 effort from behind the arc to lead the Roadrunners (12-10, 6-5 WAC). The Magnolia, Ark., native scored 14 consecutive points by hitting five of six shots, including four straight 3-pointers, in a three-minute, 15-second span midway through the second half.
She was joined in double figures by senior Cori Cooper, who finished with 11 points and eight rebounds.
UTSA shot 40 percent for the contest, which was its best outing from the field since a Jan. 5 loss to Denver. The Birds held a 20-8 edge in the paint and got 30 points from their bench.
Meanwhile, Stefanie Gilbreath went 10-of-13 from the free throw line and scored 16 points to lead the Aggies (9-12, 3-8 WAC). Sasha Weber added 12 for New Mexico State, which shot just 31.6 percent in the second half and 35.1 percent for the game.
After four quick points for UTSA, Abby Scott hit a 3-pointer and New Mexico State tied the score at six with another triple following a jumper by junior Miki Turner.
That set the stage for a back-and-forth opening frame that featured six ties and four lead changes.
A freebie by sophomore Kamra King regained a slim lead, but it was erased on New Mexico State's third 3-pointer in as many attempts. The Aggies did not trail again until late in the half.
Chrissy Fletcher's free throw with 4:07 on the clock gave New Mexico State a 25-22 lead that disappeared following Spaletta's first triple of the night. The long-ball ignited the decisive run that put UTSA ahead for good.
Sophomore Jenny Menz hit back-to-back 17-foot jumpers and senior Whitney York, who finished with a season-high nine points, converted a steal to an easy layup that forced the Aggies to call timeout. Freshman Akunna Elonu pushed the halftime lead to 33-26 on a jumper with 17 ticks remaining in the frame.
UTSA picked up right where it left off with a 3-pointer and 15-foot jumper by Turner to extend the lead 38-26 in the early minutes of the second half.
The run was aided by a solid defensive effort by the Roadrunners.
UTSA held New Mexico State without a field goal over the final 4:45 of the first half and did not allow another bucket until Gilbreath's layup with 13:18 to play. The Aggies were limited to just seven points at the free-throw line during the long drought from the field.
Gilbreath's basket pulled New Mexico State to within 42-34, but its hopes of a comeback were dashed by Spaletta's hot shooting.
She started her string of 14 consecutive points with a jumper that again gave UTSA a double-digit cushion. After a missed jumper, Spaletta connected from downtown four times in as many attempts, which gave the Roadrunners a 56-39 cushion.
York found Cooper under the basket for a layup with 8:24 to play, which gave UTSA its largest lead of the game at 58-39.
Cooper added two more buckets inside, as the Birds cruised to the 13-point triumph.
UTSA will return home to face Louisiana Tech (10-11, 6-4 WAC) at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7.


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Every day that passes without implementation of reforms in Ohio's public employee pension systems may add millions of dollars to their unfunded liabilities. Yet some legislators worry premature action could be bad, too.
About $70 billion in unfunded liabilities burden the state's five public employee retirement programs, it has been estimated. Officials of all five have been told to recommend reforms to keep the systems solvent.
They have done just that, and the packages are awaiting approval by the General Assembly.
State Senate President Tom Niehaus, R-New Richmond, has said he wants his side of the legislature to approve the five plans by the end of this month. His spokeswoman pointed out it has been three years since solvency plans were suggested for the programs. "Some have said they are losing between $1 million and $2 million a day for every day we wait and not act," she added.
It is a different story on the other side of the Statehouse, however. There, state Rep. Kirk Schuring, R-Canton, does not expect action until late this year.
Schuring, a member of the Ohio Retirement Study Council, and some other representatives do not want to act on the solvency proposals immediately. They want to wait until another private study of the recommendations is completed. That should happen in July.
Members of the House of Representatives are right to want adequate information on the proposals. Implementing them will be of enormous importance to tens of thousands of public employees - and taxpayers - after all.
But predicting a delay until late in the year sounds suspiciously like some in the House want to avoid the political fallout from the actions, at least until after the November election.
Schuring and others who want to delay voting on the proposals should reconsider their timing. If they want to wait until the new report is issued in July, fine. But it should take only a few weeks after that for lawmakers to digest the new information and vote on the plans.


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MACON, Ga. – Stetson men's basketball redshirt-freshman Brian Pegg was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Newcomer of the Week for his performance in Hatter victories over ETSU and USC Upstate over the weekend, as announced by the league office on Monday.
Pegg, who nearly averaged a double-double for the week, earned his first ever weekly honor from the conference and gave Stetson its first such accolades of the season. The forward averaged 10.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game while playing 39.0 minutes per contest for the Hatters.
Averaging 6.8 rebounds per game on the season, Pegg is currently sixth in the A-Sun in the category. The freshman has stepped his game up during league play though, currently ranking second in the conference during A-Sun play with 8.7 boards per tilt.
Pegg's 10 points, 13 rebound double-double helped lead Stetson to a 77-73 overtime victory over Upstate on Saturday, the Hatters' first overtime win since Jan. 31, 2009. Stetson improved to 3-4 in A-Sun play with the triumph, moving the Hatters into sixth place in the league.


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VIENNA, 23 November 2011 - The implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action by the Least Developed Countries' (LDCs) will be the focus of a UNIDO Ministerial-level Conference that opens in Vienna tomorrow.
The two-day event will bring together 35 ministers of industry and trade from the LDCs, as well as representatives of international organizations and experts in the field. The Conference will be attended by the UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, and the Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, Cheick Sidi Diarra.
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LEETONIA- With the help of generous donations, the Leetonia school administration is reinforcing its commitment to student safety.
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Leetonia school board member Michael Rulli, left, and schools Superintendent Rob Mehno display a silent alarm button located at the main entrance of the K-12 campus. A donation of $9,295 donation from Niles Manufacturing made possible the purchase of silent alarms for staff members and five wall-mounted stations located throughout the facility. (Salem News photo by Kevin Howell)
The school board Thursday night accepted a $9,295 donation from Niles Manufacturing for a new silent alarm system, including silent alarms for staff members and five wall-mounted silent alarm stations located throughout the facility.
The silent alarms are a direct and immediate line of communication to the local law enforcement agency.
The alarms are just the latest addition in a continued effort to provide a safe school environment, according to schools Superintendent Rob Mehno. "The Leetonia School District is vigilant and committed to student safety," he said. "We continuously work within our district to implement practices we know will keep our children out of harm's way."
Over the past several years the district has been able to slowly increase the security system while using no general fund money, just permanent improvement funds and private donations, Mehno said.
Those additions include five more cameras- in the cafeteria, maintenance hall, outside entrance and two in the stairway- bringing the building total to 32, and an upgrade to the camera system. The alarm system has also been amplified by magnetic locks and key cards for staff members.
In addition to the added equipment, Mehno said procedures have also been revised to increase safety. With the addition of keyless entry doors, the locking procedure now allows for all doors to be locked during the day until elementary students leave. After that only the main doors are left unlocked for team practices and events in the evening.
Silent alarm donation: Mehno recognized Niles Manufacturing for the donation making the silent alarm system possible. He thanked company officials Bob and Richard Hendricks and Beth Hall for their support, not only in their most recent donation, but in their past philanthropic endeavors at the school which have made several projects possible.
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Homeless or at-risk veterans got an invitation to a stand down at the Santa Maria Fairpark on Saturday.
The Second Annual Santa Barbara County Stand Down was organized by 5th District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino. He said, "What's really sad is we are starting to see a lot of really young guys having a really hard time adjusting to society after coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan."
500 volunteers and local businesses offered the veterans who showed up the opportunity to eat a hot meal, shower, get a haircut, and learn about programs including veterans treatment court, California ID Cards, housing, employment and training, legal assistance, and social services.
Vets also got some counseling to help deal with the invisible effects of war, like post traumatic stress. Lavagnino said, "These guys try to swallow it. They try to bury it, but through PTSD counseling we know these issues surface later and we want to get them the professional help they need, now."
The stand down was also a chance for veterans from different wars to talk about their unique experiences. Vietnam veteran Reed Brewer said, "We have these young veterans now that are on their sixth tour of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. I don't even want to comprehend serving six tours in Vietnam. "
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A Buffalo man convicted of firing the bullet that killed an innocent 82-year-old bystander was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years to life in state prison.
Jurors last month deliberated just 35 minutes before convicting Bangaly D. Chelley of second-degree murder for killing Ansumane Kanneh on May 28, 2011, outside Kanneh's apartment near the Maryner Towers apartment complex, close to LaSalle Park, on the city's West Side.
Chelley, 30, fired at someone else who had fought him a day earlier, prosecutors said. He stepped out of a sport utility vehicle and fired three shots from a handgun, not far from where Kanneh was fixing his granddaughter's bicycle. Kanneh was shot above his left eye.
Kanneh brought his family to Western New York in 2004, fleeing from a civil war in his native Liberia. He raised his children and led a productive life, homicide prosecutor Colleen Curtin Gable said during the sentencing hearing.
"By contrast, the defendant chose a far different path," Curtin Gable said.
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This is the third chapter of a nine-chapter serial story to be published weekly in NeXt. The story, set during the Civil War, is about a young girl in Elmira whose brother is a prisoner of war in Andersonville, Ga. She can't understand why the war widow she works for and the former slave who is sexton of her church don't share her bitterness toward the rebel prisoners. That is not until the night she is confronted by a young Southerner who shares her brother's intense desire to get home, and needs her help to do it.
Our story so far: Betsy can't understand how Mrs. Baxter, the young widow of the war for whom she works after school, can stand living so close to the prison camp in Elmira that holds soldiers of the army that killed her husband and that holds Betsy's brother as a POW in Georgia.
Chapter 3: News from the South
Miss Moyer dismissed school early on Saturday. The farm children were still working the harvest and some of them hadn't even started back to school yet, and she said it would be a good chance for the town children to catch up on their chores before the Sabbath.
Betsy was helping Ma put up pickles. Their neighbors next door, the Pierces, didn't have a cow, and so Betsy's family sometimes gave them milk when there was extra. But, because they had no barn, the Pierces had space for a bigger truck patch than most people in town, and so Mrs. Pierce had come to the door with a bushel of cucumbers on Friday.
Now the kitchen was filling with steam as Betsy and Ma boiled jars to hold the pickles.
Pa usually worked at the kitchen table where he could stretch his leg out and rest his bad foot. He had been a brakeman on the railroad until eight years ago, when two cars came together and smashed his right ankle.
Fortunately, he had finished grammar school and two years of high school before he went to work on the railroad, and he'd always had a good head for figures. Now he kept books for some of the businesses in town and for several of the farmers.
But the table was full of jars and spices and cucumbers today, so he was at the desk in the front room, bent over the hardware store's ledger, copying numbers from a pile of sales slips into neat columns.
As Betsy was bringing in the coffee pot from the cook stove to set it on the woodstove, she saw a flash of motion through the window of someone coming up the front walk.
"It's Mr. Jackson!" she said, and Pa turned in his chair as she opened the door.
The bank president came into the room. "Hello, Betsy," he said, but then turned to Pa, who was getting to his feet. "This came for you, Harrington," he said. "I thought I'd better bring it right over."
Betsy looked at the letter as Pa turned it over in his hands. It was addressed to Pa, but she didn't recognize the handwriting.
"What is this?" Pa asked. "There's no postmark, no stamps."
"It came inside another envelope," Mr. Jackson explained. "From my brother in Baltimore. You'll want to call your wife in."
Pa continued to look at him, puzzled, and the banker smiled. "My brother knows a lot of people in a lot of places," he said. Then he went to the door. "I'll give you some privacy, Harrington, but remember, we're all with you. I hope it's good news."
Ma was coming from the kitchen, wiping her hands on a towel as the front door closed. "Andrew?" she asked.
Pa opened the envelope and then sat down heavily in his chair as he saw the handwriting on the letter inside.
He unfolded it and began to read aloud:
"Dear Family:
"I hope this letter finds you in good health. I traded grandfather's pocket watch to get it out of here and mailed. That was the last thing of value I had, but if he plays me fair, it was worth it.
"I don't know what you have heard of Andersonville if anything but if hell were a place on earth this would surely be it. It is just a high fence and men with guns to keep us in and little more. Whatever shelter we have we make ourselves from sticks and rags. There is little food and everyone sick and men dying wherever you look.
"But I am doing as well as anyone and better than most. My leg is all healed. I have lost a bit of weight but I am healthy. There is a group of us that take care of each other and you should not worry about me.
"I am sad to report poor Charlie Stout is gone. John Kelley is here and we tried to help Charlie and give him some of our food but he just went. Tell his folks John and me are awful sorry we couldn't help him but we sure tried. Tell them he didn't suffer too much. He just kind of wasted away.
"John is in the group with me and we watch out for each other. Elmira boys got to stick together, we say.
"Nobody ever gets mail so I don't think you can send me anything. But you tell Father Abraham and everybody up north to send 300,000 more, because we sure do want this war over soon. We heard that Sherman is here in Georgia and we pray he will come throw open these gates.
"On that happy day, I will come home. John says tell his folks the same.
"Your loving son and brother,
Nobody said anything for several minutes.
Finally, Pa folded the letter carefully and put it back in its envelope. "Betsy," he said, in a quiet voice, "do you know where the Kelleys live?"
"Up by the girls' college," Betsy answered.
"Go tell them the news, that their Johnny is all right. Tell them we'll bring the letter by later for them to read."
Pa began to say something to Ma, but she had already taken off her apron. "Let me just shut the damper on the stove," she said.
Ma and Pa would have to go visit Mr. and Mrs. Stout.
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