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Checked bag fees have turned many air travelers into Mary Poppins, with carry-on bags that can be jam-packed with a week's worth of clothing, toiletries, electronics, reading material, an umbrella and a spoon full of sugar — and still fit in an overhead bin (with some shoving). Overhead bins weren't designed with a plane full of Poppins in mind (since she has traditionally had other means of air travel), so the space always runs out, meaning annoyances for passenger who have to shove their things under the seat in front of them or check their bags at the gate. The jam-packed bags ares also annoying for TSA officers, said TSA chief John Pistole at a speech for defense lawyers on Friday. These bags are so densely packed that imaging machines can't properly see through them.
"It's harder to inspect what's in there," said Pistole, who was introduced to the group as the holder of the "toughest, most thankless, least understood job in America." "When you hear about things getting through security, that's part of the reason why."
This is not the first time that airlines' checked-bag fees have been raised as a troublesome issue for airline security. Earlier this year, the U.S Travel Association suggested that the government force airlines to make the first checked bag a freebie in order to reduce the number of bags that need to be screened in security lines and make the process go faster.
"There's always opinions about what we're doing and how we're doing it," said Pistole, whose agency, which will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary on November 19th, seems to draw more negative attention than a passenger with the same name as someone on the No-Fly list.
Pistole's talk at the annual DRI conference was on the "evolution and future of the TSA" from the good old pre-9/11 days of metal detectors — " You probably remember nostalgically being able to walk out to the gate and meet your friends or family," said Pistole — to the current state of airport security, including whole-body imaging scanners and intimate touching by TSA officers rather than loved ones. As for what the future holds, Pistole said the distant future holds the possibility of liquid screens that might allow us to carry wine and perfume on planes. For the immediate future, the agency is testing out less intensive security screens that the rest of us might one day enjoy, as long as we're willing to volunteer more information about ourselves in advance of flying.
The TSA began running the "PreCheck" pilot this month at four airports (Miami, Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Detroit). Frequent fliers with Delta and American Airlines can go through a pre-check, and be pre-screened using TSA watchlists. If they're found to be low-risk travelers, they're allowed to go to dedicated security lanes where they get to keep on their jackets, shoes, and belts, and can keep their liquids in their bags. Pistole said they've had 40,000 people go through since the beginning of the month and that they've "had success with it." The reason Delta and American scored the pilot partnership is because their systems are compatible TSA's Secure Flight system, said Pistole.
Other changes TSA is embracing: showing a generic body when performing "naked scans" and allowing kids to keep their shoes on and not be patted down. Pistole admitted that it was a hassle for parents to take their kids' shoes off. "And given their size, you can't put much explosive material in their shoes anyway," he added.
Taking a cue from Israel, the TSA is also trying to be more chatty. "[Israeli airport security officers] engage people in conversation," said Pistole. "For a few months now, we've been having officers at Boston Logan and now Detroit engage the person, make conversation and see how they respond. Do they make eye contact? Do they seem nervous?"
"I'm trying to build a system that has more com men sense and rationality that enhances security by allowing us to focus on the higher risks," said Pistole. And hopefully, it will be a system that involves less full-body touching.
"The jam-packed bags are also annoying for TSA officers, said TSA chief John Pistole…"
Awww! Tough, they are paid to do their jobs.
Don't mean to be snarky, but this is a typical government attitude.
Look at the glacial pace of evolution at TSA – change comes, but slowly, in response to huge public pressure and always reluctantly.
Passengers expect the experts – like Mr. Pistole – to be competent, innovative and constantly improving. Instead Mr. Pistole talks about the "distant future".
Small wonder that the flying public regards Mr. Pistole and his TSA with contempt.
i really hate it when people try to bring oddly shaped or bulging bags as carry on and jam them into the overheads smashing everything in there. its pretty easy to fit a weeks worth of clothing and items in a small, normal rectangly shapped bag without it becoming a huge problem. like that up in the air movie, people who plan for too much and waste space with items they wont use are the problem
If this unConstitutional, excessively wasteful government agency didn't require the airlines to pass along their out-of-control spending, we wouldn't have checked-bag fees.


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The San Francisco Department of Public Health has seen an exodus of top officials over the 18 months since Barbara Garcia took the reins from longtime chief Mitch Katz, the most recent being Environmental Health Director Dr. Rajiv Bhatia, who was placed on administrative leave last month pending an investigation into unspecified concerns.
Bhatia has been a hero to many progressive San Franciscans and public health professionals for his innovative work supporting expanded worker protections, regulation of cannabis dispensaries and restaurants, environmental justice initiatives, and other work that has landed him in the pages of the Guardian many, many times.
"The poorest Americans are about two times as likely to die. People in low-wage jobs have less access to health care ... food, shelter, clothing, and transit," Bhatia testified during the 2002 Board of Supervisors hearing that led to the creation of a city minimum wage.
Neither Bhatia nor the department would comment on his leave, although sources tell us that he has not been informed of the charges against him (which an item in the Chronicle last month suggested was a possible conflict of interest issue relating to his regulation of restaurants) and that Garcia has clashed with many top officials in the department since taking over.
Among those who have left the department are Dr. Susan Fernyak, Director of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control; Dr. Masae Kawamura, Director of TB Control; Dr. Grant Colfax, Director of HIV Prevention; Elizabeth Jacobi, Director of Human Resources; Tangerine Brigham, Director of Healthy San Francisco; Mark Trotz, Director of Housing and Urban Health; and Dr. Erica Pan, Director of Emergency Preparedness.
"SFDPH has a national and worldwide reputation for innovative solutions to traditional public health problems. As a citizen of this city, I'm concerned that the current leadership is fostering an environment that is driving out and stifling that innovation to the detriment of all of us. A number of staff people have told me they have been instructed not to stretch themselves to innovate, to do only what their job description says and no more," said the source, who works for a nonprofit that partners with the department.
Asked to comment on the exodus and her role in it, Garcia issued the following statement in response to questions from the Guardian: "Three staff that reported to me directly were recruited and provided promotions in the Los Angeles Department of Health Services. I'm very proud of these staff who are now involved with Health Care Reform efforts for the Los Angeles area. Several other staff that reported to our Public Health Division left for positions that were closer to home and the majority of these departures were promotions. All staff left in good standing with the San Francisco Department of Public Health."
Meanwhile, 93 "members of the public health, social and environmental justice, foundation and education communities" wrote a signed letter to Mayor Ed Lee on July 10 on behalf of Dr. Bhatia, highlighting his work and appealing for a just resolution to the situation.
"Many across the nation have been grappling with how to improve the social and environmental conditions that are the cause of poor health and health inequities. Under Dr. Bhatia's leadership, the San Francisco Department of Public Health Environmental Health Section has found practical ways — using research, policy, regulation, and cross-sector collaboration — to produce measurable improvements to environmental and social conditions throughout San Francisco's diverse communities," they wrote.
This is fluff piece which intentionally ignores the incompetence of Bhatia, demonstrated by his inability to run a large regulatory agency. It is all well and good if he is regarded as a sort of Robin Hood by his supporters, but he is on salary with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and receives an income of nearly $215,000 per year and in this position he has repeatedly demonstrated gross incompetence.
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Now, as McKibben observes, we are blasting Earth's inhabitants with ever-increasing levels of ultraviolet light as our industrial gases consume stratospheric ozone. And while the rising curve of species extinctions may be "local," they're hardly "natural." There was no magic moment; we are remaking the Earth by degrees.
That makes what is happening no less tragic for those of us who value wildness for its own sake, not for what value it confers upon mankind. I, for one, cannot wish upon either my children or the rest of Earth's biota a tame planet, a human-managed planet, be it monstrous or--however unlikely--benign. McKibben is a biocentrist, and so am I. We are not interested in the utility of a particular species, or free-flowing river, or ecosystem, to mankind. They have intrinsic value, more value--to me--than another human body, or a billion of them.


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In his "Missa Solemnis," Beethoven is exuberant when portraying a universe rejoicing in heavenly glory. He is intimate when painting an Incarnation of stained-glass colors and delicacy. But he is his most personal -- and most present to us -- when invoking a prayer for peace in a landscape of desolation and fear.
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The Seattle Mariners are already having a tough year. Seattle's MLB team is not only entering this season after finishing the last two years under .500, but the team has inexplicably changed their ticket options and has also made a controversial statement regarding a potential stadium that would allow the city to (finally) bring back an NBA team. The team's home opener Friday night against the Oakland Athletics at Seattle's Safeco Field didn't help, as an onslaught of technical glitches and failures – not the team's ultimate loss in the bottom of the 9th – was the final straw for many fans.
Early in the first inning, mobs of fans gathering at concessions stands (for which Safeco is internationally known, as the venue offers everything from your typical hot-dog to local salmon and even vegan options) preventing access to stairways. The experience of moving through these crowds is best likened to being in general admission at a concert; you only move when the person next to you moves, and not by choice.
At Safeco, this is not a typical experience, but not because the venue only sells out on Opening Night. Sometime in the first inning, the registers at the concession stands that typically accept credit and debit cards crashed, though this was not communicated to fans in any way, even via the social media channels that many Mariners fans have become very familiar with. In fact, it was only after standing in line for two innings, waiting for beer and brats, that I was told the concession stands were accepting only cash. While I did have cash on hand, I witnessed many other fans abandon their food after also waiting in line for 20-30 minutes – and having to tell their kids they weren't getting their soda and nachos.
Though Safeco does have a few ATM machines, this is obviously not an option for those paying with credit cards, but for some fans, such as Megan Shear, a dedicated season ticket holder and well-known Mariners' blogger, eating is also not optional. Shear tweeted that she suffers from "headaches, lower BP when I don't eat" and as a result, needed to leave the stadium to find food – but then found she couldn't get back in and had to abandon her pricy season tickets for the game entirely. After tweeting several time to the Mariners about her frustrations, who are typically incredibly responsive via their social media channels yet were not replying to any fans via Twitter during this situation, she finally said, "I am now home, on Opening Day, wasting my tickets and watching the @Mariners on TV and ordering pizza out. NOT pleased.#worsthomeopenerever."
Dozens of other fans also attempted to reach the Mariners via Twitter regarding this chaos, not to mention the hundreds stuck in line for several innings while employees, going above and beyond their scope of responsibility while making just minimum wage, tried their best to calm angry parents and drunk 20-somethings. The problem was only exacerbated over the course of the evening when the cash registers completely crashed and then, as Robet Oman tweeted, concession stands only allowed "exact change or nothing." That is, unless, you happened to be one of the lucky fans I witnessed, who ordered approximately $60 worth of food during this additional technical failure and was told by the employee, "just give me a $20."
As Patrick Stites tweeted, at this point, "The @Mariners game tonight was a mess. Couldn't get food, lines too long, ran out of things, lines blocking walkways on 300 level." A cursory glance through tweets during the game and after indicates most fans weren't concerned with the score; they were (and still are) upset about the experience.
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, explains in his blog, it is this experience of the game – not the score – that ultimately matters. He writes, "Think about your fondest memories at a sporting event. What do you remember ? Hanging with your buddies? A first date? A last date? How you felt after the team won or loss? A business partner or customer? Or the score? I'm guessing its not the score." Though Cuban is the owner of a basketball team, his insight translates across every type of arena. "We in the sports business don't sell the game, we sell unique, emotional experiences.We are not in the business of selling basketball. We are in the business of selling fun."
And Friday night's Mariner's game was not fun for most fans. It was upsetting for children who were denied their dinner or dessert. It was scary for parents as they tried to make their way with small children through clogged walkways. It was frustrating to miss several innings while waiting for food that I could not pay for. (Admittedly, I had to choose between my beverage or my brat due to a limited amount of cash. I chose the food.) And it was ultimately disappointing that the Mariners, who were one of the first MLB teams to utilize social media, chose to remain almost silent throughout most of the evening – though they did finally reply to Shear and tweet sometime in the 9th inning (correction: 7th) that the cash registers had been rebooted.
While the local sports teams may not always win (and let's face it – they don't), Cuban has made a point that this shouldn't matter. At Mavs' games, he says, "I want every parent to get tears in their eyes when they see their kids jumping up and down whether the score is 2 to 0. or 120 to 84." At the Mariners' home opener, the team's failure to use appropriate technology prevented not just parents, but all fans from jumping up and down regardless of the score.
Should this be a wake up call for all professional teams to consider better technology to improve the fan experience? If a cash register can destroy the experience, there is obviously technology that can be implemented to improve it. It could be mobile payments, or Square, or more interactive experiences or new ways to reward fans.
But whatever you do, be sure to fix your existing problems first.
Yes, it's important to create an epic fan experience. But it's absolutely critical that technical problems don't impact the experience your fans already expect, leading to a customer service problem of grand proportions - a lesson that not just those in the sports industry, but all businesses, can and should appreciate.
Update: Late Saturday morning, the Mariners explained these glitches on their blog and simply apologized "for the inconvenience." They did not, however, guarantee the problems that caused this chaos were solved, only writing that "Everything is expected to be fine for Saturday's game" and that "Mariners information services staff are still sorting out what happened" (emphasis my own.)
With Saturday's game time in approximately 2 hours, let's hope that the Mariners have by now in fact sorted out "what happened" for the benefit of the fans – though after reading more responses to Friday night's incident, I'm not sure how many fans will be returning to Safeco Field anytime soon.
What started out as a promising day quickly became the Worse sporting experience ever. I couldn't get my son garlic fries, I bought a bottomless soda for $9.75, but you can't get a refill when the line takes two innings to stand through. The situation was borderline dangerous, all someone had to say is, "Fire!" and people would have been trampled to death. The ones who really prospered tonight was those reaping the ATM fees, that line was huge. I love the Mariners, My 9 year old son loves the Mariners. We sat at the front entrance three hours before the gates opened because we were so anxious and the night was horrible. To top it off I got to drive us back home to Richland, Wa; some three and a half hours away. That's alot of time to contemplate the few hundred dollars spent ($50 on parking) for a forgettable night. I may just be better off staying home to watch the games. You could have at the very least made an announcement over the stadium speakers between innings. I'm rambling, but I'm pissed!
To be accurate, the Mariners tweeted about the FUBAR computers around the 7th inning stretch, not in the 9th inning.
The crowds also presented a great opportunity for thieves. I was 1 of 5 people around me in the center field beer garden area who had something stolen (from sunglasses, to wallets and purses). I've been to a number of games and have to say last night was the worst experience I've ever had at Safeco. We were with a group of about 25 people and I don't know anyone that plans on going back this year.
I was at the game Friday night, and it was absolutely ridiculous. I ended up leaving in the 7th inning just to get something to eat and finished watching the game at a bar down the block. Two or three things to add here:
—Contrary to what the Mariners have confessed to, I can confirm that concession stands were not taking debit/credit cards at least AN HOUR before first pitch. When I asked the worker there if it was just his booth or the whole park, he told me it was the whole stadium.
—The 'social media savvy' Mariners installed new-fangled menu boards in these concession stands that posted live tweets related to the Safeco experience. Without editing them. As people grew more frustrated, the foul language on the screens intensified. Embarassing.
—But finally, the Mariners' tone-deaf response to this and all of their many other failings is emblematic of the philosophy the team has towards the city and the many loyal baseball fans here. The Mariners attitude is one of, "We are the only Major League club around for 600 miles in any direction. You are stuck with us. If you don't like what we do, SF or Denver is a two-hour plane ride away".
This ballclub is an absolute embarassment, a black eye on a great city.
You say the Mariners "ultimately lose in the bottom of the 9th" like it was a close game. It wasn't at all.
They hadn't scored a run all game and were down four runs in the 9th inning. None of the three batters made it to base.
The Mariners ultimately lost in the bottom of the 9th like every other team in history that hasn't scored more runs than the opponent by the end of the 9th inning.
Center Plate does it again. An every year occurrence, it seems.
Not surprising, really. The entire product has been degraded over the past few years. Just look in the stands at each game. Poor performance & poor product equals poor attendance. What's your answer Mariners & Centerplate? Higher ticket prices? Higher concession prices? What's the point of raising prices if we can't even buy the stuff your selling & then on the occasion that we do buy it…. is subpar at best.
Go Sounders!!!…..although, Levy isn't much better.


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I am a SQL Server DBA, and our management is considering an application that
requires a Sybase backend database. Sybase is not my forte. I would like to
know if you had the chance of working with both and what will be challenges ahead
to maintain them?
Actually that is a common question that many SQL Server DBAs ask. Obviously as a SQL Server DBA you are familiar with Transact SQL. Now that makes life far easier for you because Sybase essentially uses the same Transact SQL. In addition, as Sybase and SQL Server have a common pedigree, the server environment have more and less the same look and feel. For example, master, model and other system databases are the same. There are some variations in terms of new stored procedures and tools introduced by both Sybase and SQL Server over years but in no time you will be able to pick them up.
One difference that I am sure that you are aware is the fact that Sybase runs on virtually every operating system around in addition to Windows. The most common one being the Unix environment. If you are considering getting Sybase in, and I suspect it is going to be on a Unix platform, say Solaris or Linux, then you will have to understand and be familiar with Unix. UNnix is not an easy O/S and was not designed with user friendliness in mind. However, once you start learning Unix and feel at home with it, then you will be OK.
The important thing is to understand how Sybase interacts with an operating system like Unix in terms of configuration of shared memory, swap space, number of engines etc). On tools front, Sybase comes with a tool called "Sybase Central" which is similar to SQL Server nterprise Manager. In addition, Embarcadero offers a GUI tool called DBArtisan that many people use and find it very convenient both as a monitoring and DBA utilities tool.
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Dorothy Adams Stone, 73, of Hahira, died Friday, April 13, 2012 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on Oct. 10, 1938 in Quitman, Ga. to the late David Martin Adams and Mary Adams. Mrs. Stone was a retired telephone operator from Southern Bell, attended Hahira Church of God and graduated from Hahira High School.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Damon Jr. (Chip) and Helen Ruth Stone of Hahira; two grandsons, Richard Raines Stone and Quillian Riley Stone, both of Hahira; two sisters, Ovida Evans of Berlin and Ella Mae Johnson of Hahira; three brothers, John R. Jones of Starke, Fla., James Adams of Fort White, Fla. and Paul Adams of Wauchula, Fla. Mrs. Stone is preceded in death by her husband, Damon Raines "Bill" Stone, Sr., her daughter, Sharon Darlene Stone, sisters and brothers, Ethel Jones, Tom Jones, Ruth Williams, Belle Creel and Mary Alice Gibbs.
Graveside services will be held Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Fellowship Cemetery in Cook County with the Rev. Leonard Harnage officiating. Burial will follow. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Langdale Hospice House, P.O. Box 1727, Valdosta, GA 31603-9972. Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.mclanecares.com. — Martin McLane Funeral Home, Hahira


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The Cypress String Quartet has been together for over 15 years, and the latest project shows their roots - and their uncanny charm in Antonin Dvorak's "Cypresses," & "Opus 106." The album also marks their first recording with Avie Records, having previously produced their own albums and worked with Naxos and Summit Records.
The Cypress Quartet's playing is refined and passionate. Both works on the album are highly crafted, although they come from different times in Dvorak's life, and the quartet allows each to shine.
Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said the overtime problem at the county jail is just about a thing of the past.
Pamerleau asked for an additional $500,000 in late January to cover overtime hours that had backed up due to understaffing before she took office. She asked for another $500,000 last month to continue paying overtime as she worked on filling vacant slots through training and hiring new detention officers.
"We need to get to the point to where we have the same number of faces as we have spaces," Pamerleau said.
* This is an update on an episode of "The Source" that aired in early January, Banned From City Hall. In order to provide some background on this latest development we are airing the original episode for the March 27 edition of "The Source."
(Update: March 27, 2:16 p.m.) The City of San Antonio lost in federal court today in its effort to permanently ban a former city employee from going to City Hall and attending city council meetings.
The five candidates challenging incumbent David Medina for City Council District 5 - Richard Cardenas, Shirley Gonzales, John Carlos Garcia, Ricardo Briones, and Frank Ramirez - all say the representation in the district has been sub-standard.
They talked about their ideas at a town hall meeting on March 16 on the stage of the Guadalupe Arts Cultural Center in the heart of district 5, but Medina was missing.
NBC's "America's Got Talent" wrapped up a week's stay in San Antonio on Friday for the taping of the popular TV show, and the city's contributions to the show are being hailed as a success.
The show auditioned 100 competitors from all over the country, not just San Antonio.
Drew Mayer-Oakes with the San Antonio Film Commission said the show brought dozens of its own producers and staffers, but hired some local talent as well.
With a month and a half to go until the city elections, candidates are defining themselves in different ways. For District 8 candidate Ron Nirenberg, the associate general manager of jazz station KRTU, that means attacking the issues head on.
"At the end of the day, this council race should be about how can we help our community, and how can we do the right thing. It doesn't have to be after the election," said Nirenberg.
As different political voices in Washington D.C. lay out their views for what immigration reform should look like, San Antonio Congressman Lamar Smith described his litmus test for viable immigration reform.
Smith is seen an influential vote needed for immigration reform to pass the House and said there are three elements that must be included in any proposal.
"First of all we need to secure both our border and our interior," he said.
Tokyo-based Kao=S (pronounced 'kaus' - like house) mixes modern acoustic rock guitar riffs with the tsugaru syamisen - a traditional Japanese string instrument - accompanied by the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) and Japanese sword performance.
The band is made up of Kaori (vocal/sword performance), Shuji (guitar/vocal), Jack (tsugaru syamisen and Daisuke (shakuhachi).
"Me and Jack played together in a different [group] and I met Shuji [when] I went to Shuji's live show and I talked to him [and said], 'Let's play together,'" Kaori said.
For his latest album, "In Focus?," Shugo Tokumaru maintained complete control over the creative process and played all the instruments on the recorded disk. In order to perform live, however, he needed some help, and had his band to back him up.
While the band delivered the songs with energy, complete with the subtle textural nuances that give Shugo's songs a little something special, he was visibly focused on the other two musicians during their performance the afternoon of March 14.
Tomorrow, 25 schools across San Antonio will have special visitors to talk about the medical field. Dr. Pam Otto is one of the visiting doctors and said she has talked to students in the past who have plenty of questions about what it takes to become a physician.
"You know, 'How long are you in school?' and, 'What does all that take? What kind of grades do you have to have?' The cost always comes up. For the women, a lot of times – even though half the medical school class is women now – the young ladies often ask, 'Can I still have a family?'" Otto said.


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Boiled Kosher Brisket with Horseradish Salsa Verde
4 pounds boneless beef brisket
3 medium onions, quartered
6 qt Beef Broth (or chicken)
6 qts water
2 bay leaves
1 tsp black pepper
3 medium carrots, peeled and cut in chunks
3 stalks celery
2 bunches flat leaf parsley
1/4 cup freshly grated horseradish root
2 Tbl shallots, diced
2 Tbl red wine vinegar
2 Tbl extra virgin olive oil
NOTE: Brisket is best if you have 3 days to make but can all be done at once. Brisket is more difficult to slice if warm.
2 days in advance: generously season with salt, refrigerate overnight
1 day in advance
- In a deep stock pot, add water, broth, onions, celery, carrots, bay leaves, black peppercorns and season broth as if it were a soup.
- Warm broth so that it's moderate (approximately 170 degrees)
- Place brisket in broth (it will float), and place a clean, smaller pan on top of meat to fully submerge.
- Gently simmer for 3-6 hours until meat is tender and "buttery."
- Gently remove meat from broth and reserve.
- Strain broth, discarding all vegetables.
- Skim with ladle and discard fat.
- Pour "cleaned" broth over cooked brisket and cool overnight.
The day of
- When cool, place brisket on cutting board; slice brisket thinly across the grain.
- Place sliced meat in deep, ovenproof dish.
- Bring reserved broth to boil (season with salt if necessary) and pour over sliced meat, about 2/3 the way up the meat, and cover with parchment. Place in oven for 10 to 15 minutes until meat is hot.
- Rinse and pick parsley, finely chop and reserve
- Add vinegar to chopped shallots to cover (1 hour in advance).
- Finely dice celery.
- In a bowl, add parsley, celery, shallots, horseradish and extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). Adjust seasoning with salt, EVOO and/or vinegar to liking (should be slightly acidic).
- Spoon "salsa verde" over brisket and serve.
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Sinapore air is the bomb. I used to live there and we would always fly with them when we had the chance. Seats lay down like beds and asian slaves are willing to give you an HJ if you asked for it.
EVA air is great as well. I used to fly from Texas to Japan with them. Great service but one time I had a smelly indian sitting next to me for that long flight. I had to stick some of their breathmints up my nose just so I could fall asleep.


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So, What The Eff CAN I Feed My Kids?
Alright. Here it is. As promised, if not a little late: the food rant.
As a father of 3, I find myself increasingly interested in foods that are good for you. Especially when little bodies and minds are concerned, you want to find the best food. However, this gets increasingly frustrating when you look at some of the current medical findings. Let's look at some favorite kids' foods, shall we?
Hot Dogs, also bacon.
In fact, any processed meats have been found to cause colorectal cancer, which is the third most prevalent cancer there is. I love bacon. I love hot dogs. Sausage is very tasty. So, my kids have inherited my taste in yummy processed meat foods. Heck, I ate a deli sandwich just before starting to type this. Deli meats cause cancer too, I hope this sandwich doesn't do me in. So what CAN I eat, and what the eff do I give my kids?
One answer I've found is more fruits and vegetables. My kids absolutely love cantaloupe. I could cut a whole cantaloupe up for breakfast and it would be devoured with a quickness. No sausage on my table would be necessary.
Oh, no. So there is this listeria outbreak that started in August, but since it takes two months for symptoms to emerge, the source of the infection was consumed probably in June. The offender? Cantaloupe. So much for my breakfast idea…
So I'm back to choosing cereal for a breakfast staple. Cool. Here are some tips that famous doctor, Dr. Sears recommends for choosing healthy cereal. But wait, didn't I read something about grains somewhere…
Grains are actually indigestible, and can essentially punch holes in your intestines. For a good fun read on the subject, check out the article 'How To Keep Feces Out Of Your Bloodstream' from Tim Ferris (The 4 Hour Body) and Robb Wolf (The Paleo Solution). I also recommend both of their books.
Oh well, at least after whatever 'lesser evil' that I choose to
poison feed my kids, there is always something healthy to wash it down with…
Apple Juice
Quick show of hands, who does NOT have this American staple in their fridge right now? Hmm. Not too many hands are flying in to the air. That's because it's what we drank when we were kids. It's what our parents drank. And dang it, apple juice is very tasty!
So another famous doctor, Dr. Mehmet Oz, had to go on national television and tell us that what we're really drinking is arsenic. ARSENIC! Now this one has met with quite a bit of controversy, but one thing's for sure: the idea of an acceptable amount of insects in my apple juice was one thing. That might add a bit of bonus protein. But Arsenic?
So, what the eff CAN I feed my kids?
Can anyone answer that question? Comments are open. Please, someone out there in Cyberland offer me hope!
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Long time creeper first time contributor here so bear with me,
Since it looks like we have just locked Houston up that is biggest priority dealt with this off season I do believe that is the one thing everyone on this did agree on so now that that is taken care here follows what I believe should be done in the rest of free agency and the start of the draft. Just one quick note though Collage games don't really end up on this side of the pond so my draft knowledge beyond rounds 1+2 is shall we say negligible either way I'll go on to the draft at the end.
Call me crazy here but I do believe we should target DRC. Back when he was a Cardinal he was viewed as a rising star in the world I do believe that the Eagles have bungled both him and the whole cornerback market because remember the was a serious debate when Nnamdi Asomugha signed for the Eagles if he was the equal of Revis and we all saw the drop off there. Now if DRC captures any of his Cards form that would be great if not he is at least an upgrade as a return man from Logan taking a player on the cheap who was either an outcast or someone whose talents have been wasted is a very Mayhew thing to do. Now if plays like he did for the eagles Bentley and co of our oft injured rookie cbs can step in also and if worst comes to worst the cbs market is rather deep so we could "double dip" as someone will be left out at the start off next year.
The main move I would make here is attempting to sign Bernard Pollard who was just released the guy is a vocal leader and is a true iron man player would help show someone like Silva the ropes while coaching him up and give a bit of stability back there for our oft injured secondary.
Defensive End
Here is where it gets tricky this is the position which along with running back could become a bit of a money sink, So what I would propose here is to target one of the big name vets, Freeney, Abraham Osi or Idonije to tutor mostly (see draft) With suh and fairley in the middle I am sure production could still be netted from this group feasting on single team coverage.
Running Back
It looks like reggie bush is all but signed depending on the numbers it could be either a rather good signing or a money pit. To be concluded...
Offensive Tackle
This group I did struggle with basically I think I comes down to a game of draft chicken. If either of top tackles is there you take them and let Backus tutor them and ease them in as the seasons goes on Rieff at RT either way, if on the other hand both of the tackles are gone by 5 and no option to trade back exist I think 5 is a bit too rich for Lane Johnson. So again see what is left after the draft and if a late release is there to be had then go for it purely for depth as I am not sure Fox is ready to start.
As I stated above ideally I would like to see either of the two OTs here but this is a list of a run down else wise. If we somehow fail to land a Corner or end up with "shudder" Cason then I would pick on Milner here I can not see him before us. If however the corner back position is settled I think Ziggy here he can learn from a true vet bought in free agency, and if anything like JPP at least will help against the run to start with.
Trading Down
I can only see this happening if Geno Smith hasn't been taken by Oakland at 3 so moving back perhaps to either arizona at 7 or buffalo at 8 (who just released Fitzpartick) In that case Perhaps Johnson becomes an option but I believe at least one of the former players will still be on the board.
2nd pick
Call this one a gut check but if we dont take Ziggy with our first pick I think we should go hell for leather to try and land Margus Hunt , most drafts I've seen he goes bottom of the first to mid of the second, the guy is the next JJ Watt no question again but with very little experience so need someone to mentor him a bit. Else wise I would just BPA at 37 as again collage football doesnt come to these shores much.
Other areas to look at
I would spend one of late round picks on a punter Harris is not an NFL punter an upgrade is beyond needed
A speedster wide receiver to blow the top of and let Broyles work the Welker style routes and to let Calvin see something beyond Double and triples teams Terrell Sinkfield comes to mind but again that is just the hype talking.
I would also seriously start to consider looking at project players for the C,G ( Barrett Jones if he falls to rd 3) and K position as these guys are getting long in the tooth either via draft or UDFA
So what are people view's on this? A tad naive or not enough salary cap space are my main worries here.


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What's the mission of the Joy of Music School?
We're founded on the belief that every child that wants music should get it. Our mission is to provide a quality music education for disadvantaged kids. In order to be considered for admission, students should qualify under the federal guidelines for free or reduced lunches. One hundred kids a week get a private lesson, one-on-one lesson, and we provide the instruments and materials. We speak with and survey parents, because it's important to measure outcomes for granting organizations.
Where is the school located?
The building (at 1209 Euclid Ave.) is our new home. We've been here for a couple of years and have added to it. We own the building. We don't lease it, we own it. We are so fortunate to have such a great space to teach in. First of all, the kids we teach are in this location. Through improving the property we are helping the neighborhood come back from tougher times. The building is a great haven for our students.
Who are your biggest supporters?
We have a fantastic partnership with Starbucks. All of the East Tennessee Starbucks have adopted us as their charity. We get support from the city and county, although this year we didn't get any direct city support. The county has been consistent. Our partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank plays a bigger role than you might think. These are afterschool programs. They can come here, have a snack and play music. We also encourage all of our friends to join Tennesseans for the Arts. That's an advocacy group that lobbies the needs of arts and culture organizations to legislature.
The teachers are volunteers, right? Where do they come from?
They come from all over. Wherever you might find musicians, they come from there. But there are musicians in all walks of life.
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Productive nights for all the top prospectsBy
We have notes…
- Grant Duff has been placed on the DL for an unknown reason, but it's not surprising after he got rocked last time out. J.B. Cox takes his place on the roster.
- Kevin Goldstein had a little something on Hector Noesi today (sub. req'd): "He doesn't have a pitch that any scout would put a 60 on, but his fastball has average to plus movement with some cutting action, his curveball is solid, his change is good, and he absolutely pounds the strike zone and pitches without fear … It's not a crazy high ceiling, but Noesi sure looks like a major-league starter and could be a nice trade chip in the coming month."
- Jesus Montero, Eduardo Nunez, and Jon Albaladejo were all named to the Triple-A International League All Star Team, so congrats to them.
- Robert Pimpsner reported that 32nd round pick LHP Kramer Sneed has signed and will report to Short Season Staten Island tomorrow.
Triple-A Scranton (6-5 loss to Pawtucket)
Justin Christian, LF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Marcus Thames, DH: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K - obviously, he's on a rehab assignment … all four at-bats came against lefties … singled after falling behind in the count 0-2 & working it back full … on the other hand, he had a 3-0 count later in the game, only to fly out on a broken bat after the count ran full
Jeff Natale, PH-DH: 1 for 1, 1 R, 2 RBI – took over once Thames got his four at-bats
Eduardo Nunez, SS: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K – four for his last 23 (.174)
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 PB – ten for his last 26 (.385) with three doubles & two homers … I have to say, it's good to see his AVG/OBP/SLG all go DOWN after a night like this, shows his numbers are back in the realm of respectability
Jorge Vazquez, 3B: 1 for 5, 1 2B, 2 K
Reid Gorecki, RF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 SB
Reegie Corona, 2B: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB
P.J. Pilittere, 1B: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
Greg Golson, CF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K – still six for his last 33 (.182)
Romulo Sanchez: 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6-3 GB/FB – 52 of his 90 pitches were strikes (57.8%)
Jason Hirsh: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 4-2 GB/FB – 30 of 44 pitches were strikes (68.2%)
Double-A Trenton (3-1 loss to New Britain)
Dan Brewer, LF: 0 for 5, 2 K – 0 for his last 12
Austin Krum, CF: 2 for 4, 1 R
Austin Romine, C: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – 11 for his last 32 (.344) with ten walks & six strikeouts
Brandon Laird, 3B: 0 for 4, 2 K – OPS dips under .900 for the first time in … probably a long time … he's at .899 right now
Matt Cusick, 2B: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K
Edwar Gonzalez, RF: 0 for 2, 1 BB
Kevin Smith, 1B: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Luis Nunez, SS: 1 for 4
Justin Snyder, 2B: 2 for 3, 2 2B, 1 BB, 1 CS, 1 E (throwing)
Andrew Brackman: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 5-4 GB/FB – just his second AA start, so no biggie … GM Brian Cashman was in the house to see him
Wilkins Arias: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Tim Norton: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
High-A Tampa had their doubleheader rained out. Not sure when they're going to make these games up, but their next series against Lakeland is in late August.
Low-A Charleston was washed out. I assume they're going to play two at some point over the next three days.
Short Season Staten Island (4-2 win over Aberdeen)
Eduardo Sosa, CF & Kyle Roller, 1B: both 2 for 5, 1 R – Sosa doubled twice … Roller drove in a run & K'ed
Shane Brown, LF & Kelvin DeLeon, RF: both 1 for 3, 2 BB – Brown drove in a run … DeLeon K'ed
Isaiah Brown, DH: 1 for 5, 2 K
Kevin Mahoney, 3B & Casey Stevenson, 2B: both 1 for 4 – Mahoney K'ed … Stevenson doubled
Jose Mojica, SS: 2 for 4, 2 RBI - 15 for his last 37 (.405) with four doubles, one walk & zero strikeouts … in fact, he has yet to strike out in 47 plate appearances this year … that's nuts
Jeff Farnham, C: 0 for 4, 2 K – picked a runner off first with a snap throw
Mikey O'Brien: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2-6 GB/FB – 2 ER, 13-4 K/BB ratio in 18.1 IP
Matt Jernstad: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Nathan Forer: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Preston Claiborne: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (6-2 loss to GCL Braves)
Kelvin Duran, CF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 2 K
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB – that's his first pro walk
Gary Sanchez, C: 1 for 4, 2 K – drops his OPS all the way down to 1.300
Ramon Flores, RF: 1 for 3, 1 RBI
Reymond Nunez, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – 11 for his last 29 (.379) with three doubles & two homers
Fu-Lin Kuo, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 K
Damian Taveras, DH & Nathan Aron, LF: both 0 for 4 – Taveras K'ed once, Aron twice
Jose Toussen, 2B: 0 for 3
John Van Benschoten: 1 IP, zeroes, 2-1 GB/FB – I had completely forgotten about him … he's coming back from a torn meniscus
Brett Gerritse: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 4-5 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) - picked a runner off first
Mariel Checo: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1-5 GB/FB
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The Boy would be mine, but I already laid dibs on Montero.
Apparently, I'm a cougar. A 24 year old cougar.
no shame in this. go for that young stuff
I dont mean to be a dick, but I do not think Thames singled in his first AB
Yeah it was in the 5th.
John Van Benschoten
What a cool name!
I been shoutin' at your van John!
Dr. Van Nostrand??
Is it bad that I kinda like that Lars Anderson is struggling for the Sox?
I don't get nearly as much joy from that as I do from seeing Casey Kelly's 5.05 ERA.
This brings tears to my eyes.
When Montero was 17 and playing in the GCL, he hit 3 HR and 6 2B in 107 AB. Gary Sanchez already has 3 HR and 3 2B, and he's only got 30 AB. Even though it's very early, it's impressive to see him out do Montero.
Hey Mike, what did Goldstein have to say about Gary Sanchez?
Jesus Montero, Eduardo Nunez, and Jon Albaladejo were all named to the Triple-A International League All Star Team, so congrats to them.
Jesus surprising to make the team, no?
yeah, but made it as a reserve, not a starter
As I saw someone say on Twitter, /Teixeira'd
Except that he was chosen by the league not by the fans. (I know, details details)
All 3 runs in Brackman's outing came in the 5th, so just one bad inning for him today.
and 4 of his 6 baserunners
Montero heating up is huge. I love that Romine has been drawing more walks also. Romine has as many walks this year as he did all of last year in 204 fewer plate appearances.
actually he has more. today he set a new high for walks in a season.
I thought it had updated, guess I was wrong.
With Brackman now, the only thing I am concerned about is the velocity, although the latest reports about that have been promising.
I also read that Manny Banuelos was supposed to start today for Tampa in I think Game 1 of the rained out double header. So that is encouraging news. That rotation in Tampa is freaking nuts! Banuelos, Betances, Warren, Hall and Stoneburner, in no particular order. Thats a scary rotation to have to face.
supposed to Man Ban game 1 Stoneburner 2.
I got a boner thinking about it
I can´t believe Jesus´ numbers have shot up so quickly. I haven´t check the Montero Watch in like a week. Tonight is the first night I checked.
Stop checking for another month, you'll jinx him
Will do.
This made me laugh. Thanks for that.
I don't want to make too much of this, but don't you think the fact that Brian Cashman was in attendance to watch Brackman pitch is significant? I remember a similar trip where he brought along Reggie to watch Joba pitch in 07.
I know there could be any number of reasons to make the trip, including evaluating him for possible trade considerations, but the fact that he's now on Brian's radar tells me he's closer to the bigs than people think.
This inspired you to make a post on your site about it I see…
You can throw in the fact he was called one of "The Crown Jewels Of The Yankee System". They will be needing starting pitching in 2011 and beyond, so if Brackman can fill one of those holes that would be huge (Particularly as a low-cost option). In addition there are a lot of pitching prospects in the minors (Manban, Betances, Stoneburner, the Mitchells, DeLuca, Marshall and others) that have to move up to the next level, and in addition, they drafted and will probably sign a number of them, means those guys need spots to open up. Brackman in The Bronx could be one of them.
I'm going to bet that Brackman starts 2011 in Trenton, with a small chance of starting in Scranton at the beginning of the year.
I'll say Brackman makes his major league debut sometime next year.
I think I'm being pretty bold by saying that. But there is no way Brackman starts the year with the Yankees. I just don't see it happening.
The other bit would be since Brack has been down in various southern leagues until now this promotion has Cashman the opportunity to go see him pitch without hopping on a plane.
This. One of the reasons the Yankees have both of their high-level affiliates in easy driving distance of NYC is so the Yankees brass can see them whenever they want.
Productive nights for all the top prospects
By Mike Axisa
Eduardo Nunez, SS: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K – four for his last 23 (.174)
I'm pickin' up what you're puttin' down.
Jason Hirsh seems to be becoming more comfortably in the relief role. 3 out of his last 4 appearances have been dominant. Mosely's replacement in 2 weeks as the long man?


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Lenny Kapiloff, a Vinings resident, retail consultant and retired Home Depot executive, has an inspiring story to tell as a cancer survivor. Not only did Kapiloff survive from Gastro Intestinal Stromal Tumor, a rare type of cancer, he and his wife Wendy have been raising awareness and money for a GIST cancer research fund for the past five years.
Almost eight years ago, Kapiloff was vacationing when he began to feel weak, nauseous, and lose appetite. After he went to Emory for more tests and evaluation, he was diagnosed with an uncommon type of cancer, a sarcoma—Gastro Intestinal Stromal Tumor.
Kapiloff first went through surgery to remove the tumor, and about two years later, the tumors returned to his liver. He decided to go to Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston where some of the top doctors who combat this disease are located. After going through another surgery to remove 60 percent of his liver at the Boston hospital, he was given an oral chemotherapy drug that targets only the GIST cancer cells, and not the healthy cells in the body.
The cancer survivor remains healthy today with no evidence of disease. Along this journey, Kapiloff decided that he needed to help others who are experiencing the same hardship he had gone through.
About five years ago, he gathered his family and a few friends, and organized a small event attended by about 90 people to raise money to support Dana Farber Institute to find a cure. That small beginning turned into an annual event that last year was attended by more than 200 people and raised $86,000 for the GIST Cancer Research Fund. The goal this year is $100,000.
This year's Annual GIST Cancer Research Fund Atlanta Dinner and Auction will be held this Saturday, Oct. 27, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The dressy attire event includes dinner, open bar and auction. Visit Patch's Event Calendar or www.gistatlanta.org for details.


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Consumers prefer email and post for data sharing
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Most consumers (69%) prefer to share their personal data through email, according to an Experian Marketing Services report.
The second most popular channel is post, with 27% it as their preferred method for sharing information about themselves.
More than half (55%) of consumers are willing to share their data across at least one marketing channel.
Younger consumers are more open to sharing their personal data across a number of channels, by email, post, social networks, phone and text.
The Facebook generation (18-24 year olds) are leading this trend. Over a third of them are happy to share their personal data across three to five channels, compared to 27% of the population overall.
Nearly a quarter of 18-24 year olds are happy for brands to communicate with them on Facebook or Twitter, compared to just 10% of all consumers.
Crucially for marketers, the research reveals that trust is the key factor in customers' willingness to share their data with brands in the first place.
Nearly half of consumers (43%) cite trust in a brand to use data in the way they promised as the main reason for sharing their personal information.
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At work, I run the mysql clients on multiple hosts with multiple versions. My home directory is a network mount and thus my .mysql_history file is shared between all these hosts. Often the command history gets weirdly munged, with spaces converted to
\040 — the character sequence for the octal escape code for ASCII space. Here's a little workaround/fix:
/bin/sed 's/\\040/ /g;' ~/.mysql_history > ~/.mysql_history.space /bin/mv -f ~/.mysql_history.space ~/.mysql_history
Make that into an alias or script. Just make sure you quit all instances of the mysql client before running. Then when you restart, the history should get reloaded correctly.
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Tan, K. and Radloff, S.E. and Li, J.J. and Hepburn, H.R. and Yang, Ming-Xian and Zhang, L.J. and Neumann, P. (2007) Bee-hawking by the wasp, Vespa velutina, on the honeybees Apis cerana and A. mellifera. Naturwissenschaften, 94 (6). pp. 469-472. ISSN 0028-1042
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The vespine wasps, Vespa velutina, specialise in hawking honeybee foragers returning to their nests. We studied their behaviour in China using native Apis cerana and introduced A. mellifera colonies. When the wasps are hawking, A. cerana recruits threefold more guard bees to stave off predation than A. mellifera. The former also utilises wing shimmering as a visual pattern disruption mechanism, which is not shown by A. mellifera. A. cerana foragers halve the time of normal flight needed to dart into the nest entrance, while A. mellifera actually slows down in sashaying flight manoeuvres. V. velutina preferentially hawks A. mellifera foragers when both A. mellifera and A. cerana occur in the same apiary. The pace of wasp-hawking was highest in mid-summer but the frequency of hawking wasps was three times higher at A. mellifera colonies than at the A. cerana colonies. The wasps were taking A. mellifera foragers at a frequency eightfold greater than A. cerana foragers. The final hawking success rates of the wasps were about three times higher for A. mellifera foragers than for A. cerana. The relative success of native A. cerana over European A. mellifera in thwarting predation by the wasp V. velutina is interpreted as the result of co-evolution between the Asian wasp and honeybee, respectively.
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Last week, President Barack Obama left for his Christmas vacation, effectively ending negotiations towards a deal on the "fiscal cliff" before new tax hikes and spending cuts take effect on January 1. Now conservatives who derailed Speaker of the House John Boehner's "Plan B" proposal for tax hikes on millionaires last week--a plan Democrats would not support anyway--are steeling Republicans to face the political consequences.
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The hosted a visit by Senator Jack Reed on Monday, Jan. 30. The tour was an opportunity for him and his staff to see the services that employees of the agency provide both for, and with, individuals with developmental disabilities during difficult economic times.
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Since we are interested in Barbecue here, I will spend a little time on the curing process. Cold smoking occurs at 70-90 degrees and can take up to a week. Hot smoking is done anywhere between 100 and 190 degrees. If you are interested in making your own sausage I would suggest starting with the hot smoke method since the cold method can be dangerous if you aren't careful. Hot smoking is done just like you would Barbecue a Brisket. Heat up your smoker once you have your Sausage prepared and place in smoker. Use a mild wood and smoke at a low temperature. To eliminate any chance of food poisoning you need to bring the internal temperature to 160 degrees. However you can take a middle ground. Smoke the Sausage partially at a low temperature to add a smoky flavor and then remove it from the smoker before they start to shrink and dry. Then when you are ready to serve them, cook to 165 degrees.
Types of Sausage:
Andouille Sausage: A spicy, heavily smoked sausage made from pork chitterlings and tripe. French in origin, Andouille is a specialty of Cajun cooking. It's used in specialties like Jambalaya and Gumbo. Andouille is also especially good served cold as an hors d'oeuvre.
Bauerwurst: A coarse-textured German Sausage that is smoked and highly seasoned. It's usually steamed or sautéed.
Bierwurst or Beerwurst: (Does not contain Beer) A German cooked Sausage made with lots of garlic and is a dark red color. It's usually sold as sandwich meat.
Blood Sausage or Blood Pudding or Black Pudding: A large link sausage is made of pig's blood, suet, bread crumbs and oatmeal. Almost black in color, blood sausage is generally sold precooked. It's traditionally sautéed and served with mashed potatoes.
Bockwurst: Flavored with chopped parsley and chives, this ground-veal sausage is of German origin. It's generally sold raw and must be well cooked before serving.
Bratwurst: A German sausage made of pork and veal seasoned with a variety of spices including ginger, nutmeg and coriander or caraway. Though it is now available precooked, bratwurst is generally found fresh and must be well grilled or sautéed before eating.
Chorizo: A highly seasoned, coarsely ground pork sausage flavored with garlic, chili powder and other spices. It's widely used in both Mexican and Spanish cookery. Mexican Chorizo is made with fresh pork, while the Spanish version uses smoked pork.
Frankfurter: A hot dog. You should know this one.
Head Cheese: Not a cheese at all, but a sausage made from the meaty bits of the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow) that are seasoned, combined with a gelatinous meat broth and cooked in a mold. When cool, the sausage is unmolded and thinly sliced. It's usually eaten at room temperature.
Italian Sausage: This favorite pizza topping is a coarse pork Sausage, generally sold in plump links. Italian Sausage is usually flavored with garlic and fennel seed or anise seed. It comes in two styles hot (flavored with hot, red peppers) and sweet (without the added heat). It must be well cooked before serving, and is suitable for frying, grilling or braising.
Kielbasa or Polish Sausage: This smoked Sausage is usually made of pork, though beef can also be added. It comes in chunky (about 2 inches in diameter) links and is usually sold precooked, though an occasional butcher will sell it fresh. Kielbasa can be served separately or cut into pieces as part of a dish. Even the precooked Kielbasa tastes better when heated. This is my favorite in a bun.
Loukanika Sausage: Seasoned with orange rind, this Greek Sausage is made with both lamb and pork. Loukanika is a fresh Sausage and must therefore be cooked before eating. It's usually cut into chunks and sautéed.
Weisswurst: German for "white Sausage," weisswurst is a delicate Sausage made with veal, cream and eggs. It's traditionally served during Oktoberfest with sweet mustard, rye bread and beer.
Remember a couple of things. Many Sausages are now available in an uncooked variety so you can take advantage of smoking them yourself. Don't try to smoke a smoked Sausage unless you do it at a high temperature (225 degrees) and for a short period (1-2 hours). Do this to basically warm the sausage. If you are smoking uncooked Sausage watch the internal temperature. In this day and age you can't afford not to get your meat to at least 160 degrees F. internal.


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Beyonce Wants Documentary to Inspire Blue Ivy
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Documentary, Drama, Music, Celeb News, New Releases
Beyonce hopes her new documentary will inspire her daughter.
The superstar decided to create her new tell-all HBO film Life is But a Dream to give her 13-month-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter - whom she has with husband Jay-Z - a source of strength and inspiration in the future and make her proud to see where she came from.
Speaking at the film's New York City premiere last night, she said, "I hope that she will see all of the beautiful times [and] all the tough times that led up to her being here. I'm hoping that... it can comfort her and inspire her in her life when she needs it."
While the 31-year-old singer believes it's important for every woman to retain an air of mystique, she felt the time was right to share her story with the world and celebrate the new stage in her life: "Mystique is very important... It doesn't matter if you're a celebrity - just as a woman - I think it's important. But, at the same time, I felt like it was time for me to share my story because I've been through so much and I have so much to celebrate, so much to share."
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Beyonce Knowles to Make a Personal Documentary
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Documentary, Music, Celebrity Gossip, Distribution, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases
Beyonce Knowles is to star in a documentary about her life and career.
The "Crazy In Love" singer is to direct, produce and appear in the film which will include concert footage, backstage scenes and interviews with her and her loved ones about her life. The documentary will focus on the release of her 2011 album 4, as well as her marriage to Jay-Z and the birth of the couple's daughter Blue Ivy in January 2012.
The former Destiny's Child star has been presenting different Hollywood studios with 20 minutes of footage in a bid to find the right distributor. Beyonce has had experience of directing in the past thanks to her MTV mini-documentary Beyonce: Year of 4 which showed her in the studio working on new tracks.
The 30-year-old R&B superstar is now set to follow in the footsteps of Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus with the fly-on-the-wall concert movie. The star teased fans on her official website in July with a cryptic message, "Leave Your Footprint On 19 August 2012," which could be linked to the documentary.
Beyonce Knowles to Star in Epic
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Beyonce Knowles will voice Queen Tara in animated movie Epic.
The "Halo" hitmaker will join a star studded cast including Colin Farrell as Ronin, Josh Hutcherson as Nod, Amanda Seyfried as Mary Katherine, Johnny Knoxville as Mandrake, rapper Pitbull as Bufo and Steven Tyler as Nim Galuu in the new movie from the makers of Ice Age and Rio.
Epic tells the story of a teenage girl who finds herself magically transported into a secret universe, where she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters to save that world, which in turn rescues the real world from destruction.
This is the first film Beyonce has signed up to since giving birth to her daughter Blue Ivy in January.
Epic will be released May 24, 2013.
Beyonce: Clint Eastwood's New Star
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Bros, Drama, Music, Remakes, Casting, Upcoming Releases
A remake that's been talked about for some time now is finally being developed -- and it comes with a big surprise.
It was announced on Thursday that Beyonce Knowles has officially been cast in A Star is Born, a film that has already been made a number of times before. (Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson starred in the 1976 version.)
Although it had been rumored that Russell Crowe would star opposite the singer, no male lead has been announced at this point.
So what's the big shocker? The man chosen to be at the helm. Deadline.com reports Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood will both produce and direct the project.
Filming on the movie iis expected to being in the fall.
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Remake News: Laverne & Shirley, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and More
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Laverne & Shirley: File this in the "Was He Kidding?" file. During a recent red carpet event for Valentine's Day, director Garry Marshall said he may bring Laverne & Shirley to the big screen—with Jessica Biel and Jennifer Garner in the lead roles. "We're gonna work on that," the original show's co-creator stated. "My sister Penny and Cindy are gonna have a guest cameo. They're gonna walk "schlemiel, schlemazel"—or they're gonna get tired in the middle and sit down."
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: August 4, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Disney, Magnolia, Lionsgate, Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Music, Political, Remakes, Science Fiction, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- August: DVD
- Big Trouble in Little China: Blu-ray
- Fragments: DVD
- Mutant Chronicles: DVD, Blu-ray
- My Cousin Vinny: Blu-ray
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: DVD, Blu-ray
- Obsessed: DVD, Blu-ray
- Race to Witch Mountain: DVD, Blu-ray
- Sling Blade: Blu-ray
- The Soloist: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Tigger Movie: DVD
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Box Office Breakdown: Disney/Pixar Flying High with Up
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists
The word "Pixar" always seems to generate smiles, and that's exactly what Up did for Disney.
Over the weekend, the Cannes Film Festival opener generated $68.1 million, over $40 million more than its nearest competitor. The movie - which was also offered in 3D - also bested last year's Wall-E (by $5 million) and had Pixar's 3rd-best debut. (The Incredibles opened to $70.5 million in 2004; Finding Nemo grossed $70.3 million in 2003.)
Friday's other new wide release, Drag Me to Hell, scared up only $15.8 million for a 4th place finish. Although it originally looked as if the horror film would surpass Terminator Salvation, the final numbers were $8 million below Sunday's projections.
Another noteworthy mention: Star Trek officially crossed the $200 million mark after only four weeks in release. The Paramount feature is now the first movie of the year to reach that achievement.
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Box Office Breakdown: Ben Stiller Defeats Christian Bale
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Religious, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists
Was it a result of Christian Bale's rant? The presence of that other science fiction movie? Or the lack of family-friendly fare?
When the dust from the weekend settled, a surprising entry emerged as the winner. Despite the country's current love for action sequels/prequels, a much calmer feature - Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - was the choice for entertainment this holiday. Ben Stiller's comedy follow-up raked in $70 million giving the actor his best live-action debut ever. Smithsonian also became the best PG-rated opener for Memorial Day.
Museum's victory meant a disappointing 2nd place finish for Terminator Salvation. Although the saga's fourth installment earned more than T3's debut, its $51.9 million gross ($65.3 million since Thursday) put it nowhere near the estimated $200 million budget. The numbers did give director McG, though, his best premiere since 2000's Charlie's Angels.
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Box Office Breakdown: Narrow Victory for Angels & Demons
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists
Angels & Demons was never as popular as The Da Vinci Code...and its big screen numbers reflected that.
Despite huge success with the overseas box office this weekend (the movie had the 10th best international open ever), the latest Ron Howard/Tom Hanks collaboration barely struck gold domestically. Over the last three days, Angels grossed $46.2 million—just enough for first place. Unfortunately, the Dan Brown adaptation only earned $3 million more than last week's champ and over $30 million less than the previous installment.
Star Trek, in the meantime, continued on its warp speed pace. The second place finisher pulled in another $43 million and put itself within $3 million of Wolverine's overall total. (The Hugh Jackman film, this week's #3, had a 7-day head start on the sci fi adventure.)
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Box Office Breakdown: Star Trek Beams Its Way to #1
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Drama, Family, Music, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Lists, New Releases
Based on these numbers, a Star Trek sequel would seem like the logical response.
After a five-month delay, the highly-anticipated J.J. Abrams feature finally unspooled to an eager crowd. And though it didn't outearn last weekend's office champ, the science fiction adventure appeared to be in a galaxy far, far away.
Since it's debut late Thursday night, Trek grossed approximately $79.2 million. (That's nearly $3 million more than was estimated a day ago, but still $6 million less than Wolverine's premiere.) Around $8 million of Paramount's haul came from IMAX ticket sales alone. (That figure bests the $6.2 million raked in by The Dark Knight last year.)
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A second man in less than 10 days has died from injuries suffered when a train struck him in the desert, authorities said.
The man was struck about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, on Country Club Drive, south of Adams Street, according to the Riverside County Coroner's office.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:09 p.m., authorities said.
The man's name was not released, pending notification of family.
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This marks the second time in less than 10 days that a man was struck and killed in the desert.
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The following YouTube clip is Part 3 from a recent lecture Lester Brown gave on Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization and will take you into the heart of the Plan B message. The presentation was to the Chemical Society of Washington on May 8, 2008.
Lester, who is President of the Earth Policy Institute, talks about the growing list of failing states and that this represents an early sign of a global economic decline. The main drivers are peak oil, climate change and rising food prices. Now that we can convert grain into fuel, the price of grain is tied inextricably to the price of oil.
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"All Americans will cherish this literary work which captures the thoughts and deeds of Black America's financial elite. These men and women are playing a major role in reshaping the economic fabric of America. They are pioneers; they are trailblazers; but more importantly, they are Financial Freedom Fighters."-Kelvin Boston, author, Smart Money Moves for African Americans and publisher, Moneywise Magazine
"In her distillation of these successful individuals' approaches to wealth-building, Fairley creates models by which the reader can learn to adjust his or her attitude about investing. Each person's story reiterates basic approaches to saving and allocating money, always in the context of individual achievement."-Alvin D. Hall, author, Getting Started in Stocks
"In Money Talks, Juliette Fairley achieves a rare combination: she tells the inspiring stories of financial experts, coupled with sound advice on managing money and building wealth. This book is not only for African Americans, it's an understandable, jargon-free guide for everyone."-Jane Tillman Irving, broadcast journalist less
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