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Study Shows Organic Foods Are Not Much Healthier
People who often cite their loyalty to organic products — which are significantly priced higher than other foods — as being a healthier option are wrong. Stanford University doctors dug through reams of research to find out — and concluded there's little evidence that going organic is much healthier, citing only a few differences involving pesticides and antibiotics. The study was conducted after numerous patients asked them if eating organic products was the healthier food option.
"I was absolutely surprised," said Dr. Dena Bravata, a senior research affiliate at Stanford and long-time internist who began the analysis because so many of her patients asked if they should switch. Dr. Bravata stressed that there are many reasons why someone might choose organic foods over conventional foods, but when it comes to individual health, there isn't much difference between the two. Eating organic fruits and vegetables can lower exposure to pesticides by 30%, including for children — but the amount measured from conventionally grown produce was within safety limits, the researchers reported Monday. The organic food failed to prove more nutritious. The one notable difference that Dr. Bravata's team discovered is organic foods proved to be more resistant to antibiotic-resistant germs than conventional products; however, the bacterial contamination of food are the same whether or not the product is organic. During their testing, the researchers found that bacteria in non-organic chicken or pork had a 33% higher risk of being resistant to multiple antibiotics. The report was released on Monday in the journal of Annals of Internal Medicine.
Organic foods account for 4.2% of retail food sales, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It certifies products as organic if they meet certain requirements including being produced without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, or routine use of antibiotics or growth hormones. Consumers can pay a lot more for some organic products but demand is rising: Organic foods accounted for $31.4 billion sales last year, according to a recent Obama administration report. That's up from $3.6 billion in 1997.
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If anyone believes this hogwash the media is trying to put out there they're unfortunate.. Let me assure everyone this is simply the media trying to as always mislead people because they wnt to continue shoving genetically modified food down people's throat!!!!!!!!! PLEASE BE WISE PEOPLE..
The BEST food, vegetables and fruits to buy are from the Amish folks!!! Organic food is not 'organic' anymore; or never has been!
The F.D.A. [Food & Death Administration] is putting all kinds of chemi(kills) in our foods, and food from Canada ARE NOT EVEN CHECKED!!! We don't know what we are eating, this is why I soak ALL of my meats in water, vinegar and milk OVERNIGHT, which draws the blood out of these animals.
ALL dis-eases are caught through the blood! When the blood is tainted in an animal, that means your blood will be tainted from eating that meat! This is why I don't OVERstand, why caucasoids can eat RARE STEAK with blood running out of it, BUT are healthier than us? SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT!
The F.D.A. is using the media, so big government can take over the food supply, which means farmers will not be able to raise their own food supply!!! I heard 3 years ago, that farmers will not be able to buy seeds to grow their vegetables, and from t he looks of thing; time is running out!
All of these man-made hurricanes and storms are destroying the land, cattle and crops, to put farmers out of work, so the government can take over. Who does these people have to turn to, when their property is ruined…the government!!!!
I"m not buying it. I can only speak for myself. I feel much better eating organic food and it is not all in my head. God's food unprocessed is better for you and without the bug spray being absorbed into it. That bug spray kills living organisms. Aren't our cells living organisms? This is not rocket science.
ummmm I never thought there was a question about nutritional value I was always seeking a more naturally grown product free of harmful pesticides!!!!
armers who grow organic produce and meat don't use conventional methods to fertilize, control weeds or prevent livestock disease. For example, rather than using chemical weedkillers, organic farmers may conduct more sophisticated crop rotations and spread mulch or manure to keep weeds at bay. ,;`:
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Bob Booker's back
One of the best things I may have done as editor was to hire Bob Booker as a weekly columnist.
Bob is a Knoxville native, a veteran, a graduate of Knoxville College where he was student body president and led sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters and movie theaters, a teacher, an author, Knox County's first black legislator and longtime director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center.
He's one of the area's foremost historians, and he's part of the region's history himself.
Last February he was appointed to the City Council to fill Mark Brown's term when the vice-mayor resigned. To avoid conflicts of interest, the News Sentinel does not allow public office holders to be regular columnists, so we had to drop Bob's column. But the plan was to have him return as soon as the term ended -- he had no intention of running for the office.
Well, now Bob is back, offering fresh insights into Knoxville's colorful past. Did you know, for instance, that in 1881, city council felt it necessary to outlaw feeding cows in the street, teasing insane people and cross-dressing? If you read his column, you did.
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SAN DIEGO — Of all the things that happened to UCLA on Thursday night, there was one that the Bruins could feel good about: They didn't have to face Robert Griffin III.
Nick Florence was enough to deal with.
Florence didn't go home with the Heisman Trophy this season. He settled for making the Bruins' defense look statuesque, at least mobility-wise.


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The City of Wenatchee's Arts Commission consists of a group of volunteers who reside, attend school or own a business within the City limits. This Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the Wenatchee City Council and is supported part-time by the Museum department staff.
Funding for public art projects and arts programs is generated from the 1%-for-Art Fund. The fund receives monies from capital improvement projects undertaken by the City of Wenatchee that cost more than $75,000. One percent of those funds is then transferred to the art fund. Monies distributed to arts programs include the Community Art Support Grant Program, the Out of the Box projects, and public art projects such as the purchase of sculptures that are included in the Art on the Avenues display or integrated art like the work at the Public Services Center on McKittrick and the Wastewater Treatment Plant work on Worthen Avenue.
The Commission recommends artists for projects or programming for art to the City Council for final approval. The Commission also oversees the City's large art collection of sculpture, wall art and permanent site-specific installations.
A color brochure featuring the City's collection of public art can be found by following this link [8.3 MB PDF document].
Arts Commission Members:
Sharron Johnson, President
Don Collins, Vice President
Carol Loranger, Secretary
Chester Ferrell
Christina Flohr
Russ Hepler
Kasey Koski
Ann Bixby Smith
Eli Kahn, Student Representative
Keith Huffaker, Council Representative
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Call for Slot Machines
Strickland signing House Bill 177,
making slot machines illegal in the
state of Ohio, many slot machine owners
are out some serious revenue. Strickland
signed the order at 10:20 am on Thursday
morning, and the bill became effective
All slot machines that pay out cash,
prizes, etc. that are worth more than
$10 are now illegal in the state of
Ohio. This obviously covers the
exemption that many were calling for
after the last measure was passed.
Previously it had not been as clear what
slot machines were illegal and many were
using that fact to bring in machines
that were obviously illegal.
The governor said that the people of
Ohio have made it very clear on more
than one occasion that they don't want
slot machines in the state, so it should
not have come as a surprise to those
that were bending the law that they
would pass a bill that made it clearly
illegal. Strickland said that expanding
gambling was a non-issue; it just wasn't
going to happen.
With the courts previously allowing slot
machines to operate after Strickland and
Attorney General Marc Dann had tried to
eliminate them, it was amazing how fast
the bill ended up getting passed. The
bill was passed in the House and then
overwhelmingly in the Senate Reference
Committee and on the floor.
Coinciding with the new slot machine
law, but not in deference to it, Elite
Skill Games of Plain Township saw 50
slot machines seized right before the
law went into effect. Police say that
the raid was the result of months of
investigative work, and violations of
felony criminal laws that had nothing to
do with the new slot machine law.
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Morningside Elementary is sponsoring this "Town Hall" Meeting regarding Special Education with John O' Connor, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services and Vickie Cleveland, Executive Director for Special Education, on hand to discuss the Office of Student Programs and Services.
This meeting is open to all families in the Grady Cluster.
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By Joe Mahoney
The Daily Star
The Daily Star — With Delaware County's former nursing home now scrambling to correct a host of "deficiencies" uncovered by state inspectors, Otsego County Rep. Katherine Stuligross, D-Oneonta, said Tuesday that any potential buyer for the Otsego Manor must be financially stable.
What happened at Countryside Care Center in Delhi – now under state order to correct 66 deficiencies – "won't happen here," vowed Stuligross, the chairwoman of the Board of Representatives' Otsego Manor Committee.
County lawmakers – facing rising costs at the Manor and shrinking assistance from state government – have begun to consider privatizing the 174-bed facility. Stuligross's committee went into executive session last Friday and, according to sources, opted to recommend that the Manor be sold to a private operator. The full county board is expected to take up that suggestion next week.
Stuligross declined to comment on what occurred at the closed-door meeting. She did say that privatizing the Manor will be a tough decision for the board.
"This isn't something that any of us want to do," she said. "But the mandates get tighter, and our reimbursement is less, and that cannot go on."
A similar debate seven years ago preceded the decision by the Delaware County Board of Supervisors to sell the then county-owned Countryside Care Center in Delhi. That board, in the end, opted to sell the facility for $2.7 million to Leatherstocking Healthcare LLC, allowing the private company to operate the former county home as a for-profit business.
The facility is now in jeopardy of losing its federal Medicare funding if it does not correct numerous deficiencies found by the state Health Department.
According to records posted on the state Health Department wesite, state inspectors documented high medication error rates at Countryside as well as a shortage of clean linens and failure to keep up a system "to assure residents have reasonable access to their personal funds."
Mark Scalise, the administrator of Countryside Care, said: "We have staff working very hard to resolve the issues and I have no doubt our staff will be able to get it done" in time to meet the Sept. 13 deadline for correcting deficiencies.
Over the past three years, Countryside Care has generally fared poorly in state inspections compared to other nursing homes n New York, according to the Health Department website. The statewide average for the number of Health Department citations issued per 100 beds is 1.9. At Countryside, however, state citations were issued at the rate of 30.6 per 100 beds.
Delaware County Social Services Commission William Moon told The Daily Star said his county's decision in 2005 to sell the nursing home was "essential." However, he added: "The county did have a choice of who it sold to. And I think that would change."
In Otsego County, Rep. Donald Lindberg, R-Worcester, said he hopes that the debate over the Manor doesn't get complicated by the problems that have enveloped Countryside Care.
"The problem over there (in Delhi) isn't that they went private; it's that the owner apparently isn't paying attention," he said.
Lindberg said he expects a private operator will run the Manor far more efficiently than it is being administered now.
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Posted By Sarah Wyland On December 21, 2012 @ 10:24 AM In Country Music News | Comments Disabled
Kix Brooks [2] is best known as one half of Brooks & Dunn [3], the most successful duo in the history of popular music. In Backstory: Kix Brooks [4], premiering December 27 at 9p|8c on GAC, viewers will learn the inside story of Kix – singer, songwriter, actor, wine maker, rancher and community leader. His wife Barbara, son Eric, manager, past and present record label heads, producers, friends and fellow songwriters will help paint a picture of the man who, after 30 years in Nashville, is busier than ever.
Watch GAC Exclusive Interview Clips with Kix » [2]
Born and raised in Louisiana, Kix lost his mother when he was four and his grandmother when he was seven. "Fortunately my dad and I were so close," Kix said. "He was boisterous and fun, loved scotch and cigars."
Kix was sent to military school at a young age. It was a move he believes likely saved his life. "It taught me all about discipline and being a man," he said. "It was tough but at the same time, you got tough." BMI Nashville chief Jody Williams was Kix's military school roommate.
By the time he was in college, Kix had discovered the outlaw music movement and had steady work playing bar gigs. "I could make a hundred bucks a night banging my guitar in a bar so I had life figured out," he said.
After graduation he moved to Maine to work at his sister and brother in law's ad agency. There, he met future wife Barbara at a party and after a brief stint in New Orleans, he moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting and Barbara followed. Cuts by the Oak Ridge Boys [5], John Conlee and many others led to two separate failed solo record deals. That's when then Arista label head Tim DuBois introduced him to Ronnie Dunn. [6]
"Neither one of us really wanted to be a duo but we were in that place where we had failed record deals and here's a guy offering to go into the studio and make a record," Kix said. The duo went on to form Brooks & Dunn. Together, they produced 23 No. 1 hits, sold 30 million records and earned 80 major awards including four Entertainer of the Year trophies.
In 2005, Kix became the first artist to head the Country Music Association board and a year later, he was offered the hosting gig of 'American Country Countdown.' He also opened Arrington Vineyards, a destination vineyard south of Nashville, that same year.
Brooks & Dunn played their last tour in 2010. "Over 20 years we never had what you would consider a fight," Kix said. "If we had kept going it might not have been as good and we might've screwed up something that we did a pretty good job of."
Kix returned to the music scene as a solo artist in 2011 and recently released his solo project New To This Town. He also started a movie production company that already has four films completed. "A lot of people ask him what retirement's like and he says 'I wouldn't know' because he's still making records, he's got the vineyard, the radio show and he's acting," Eric, Kix's son, said. "He's busier now than he's ever been and I think he couldn't be happier."
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With the Unadilla Valley Central School celebrating its 10th anniversary Jan. 7, the district recently announced several initiatives. They included a re-dedication ceremony May 3. An alumni dinner is also being organized for that weekend. Superintendent Robert Mackey is looking for volunteers to help for the weekend events. He can be reached at email@example.com or 847-7500, ext. 1131. He encouraged people to share the UVCS Alumni Association Facebook page or follow the link at www.uvstorm.org.
The school recently received a federal School Performance Improvement Grant that will help the district continue to improve programming for the future, he said. The school has already started to lay the foundation to offer students the opportunity to graduate high school with a two-year college associate's degree along with their high school diploma. The goal is to have everything in place for freshman starting by fall 2015.
The first class in a monthly cooking school at the Boys & Girls Club of Sidney was a success, said club Executive Director James Tweedie. On Thursday, 21 students made a dinner of spaghetti and meatballs and salad for more than 60 people. The program is based on the Eat Smart New York program, said Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County nutrition teaching assistant Amy VanAlstyne. She has worked with the club before.
Program information includes: eat fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and nonfat or low-fat milk or milk products every day; be physically active every day as part of a healthy lifestyle; balance calories eaten from foods and beverages with calories used when being physically active. It also teaches participants such skills as reading labels to find the most nutritious food.
The Sidney program is funded through a state nutrition grant through the state Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs. It also allows the club to serve healthy after-school snacks. Since the program started Jan. 17, more than 570 snacks have been provided to more than 100 area youth.


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Brian Tong delivers everything happening around Google with his high-energy style, covering the late
Possessing the right blend of features and design, the G3 finally gives LG the right phone with which to challenge Korean rival Samsung.
CEO Marissa Mayer reportedly overslept and arrived two hours late for the event. Her late appearance apparently upset attendees, including the CEO of one of the world's four largest ad firms.
Fire Phone faces stiff competition from iPhone 5S, Galaxy S5. But Amazon CEO says "wireless thing" just getting started.
Motorola's next big smartphone release could arrive just as other hardware makers push out new flagship refreshes.
Sony's old gaming handheld is gone from this Earth. The Vita still has a slim fighting chance. But the handheld gaming landscape won't ever be the same again.
Third time's a charm with Microsoft's Surface 3.
The LG G3 will be officially unveiled, but with the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8 already on shop shelves experts say it may not be the sales boost LG hopes.
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time completely nails the style and feel of the original trilogy, but doesn't do much to separate itself as a reimagined franchise.
A year after it was originally promised, Facebook's redesigned newsfeed is here. Plus, a sequel no one asked for!
A year after it was originally promised, Facebook's redesigned newsfeed is here. Plus, a sequel no one asked for!


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August 23, 2013
7 unexpected oddities in the luxury market
Models pose with a gold-plated Infiniti luxury sports car on display in Nanjing, China.
"Let me tell you about the very rich," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote back in 1925. "They are different from you and me." And according to Nick Colas, chief market strategist at ConvergEx Group, the super rich are evolving into a class of consumers creating a luxury market that's "not your father's luxury market, unless your father is a senior Chinese Communist Party official or Russian oligarch." With that in mind, Colas put together a list of signs where companies that cater to the 0.01% "think the future growth of the world's billionaire population might flower." One thing is certain, the rich are still getting richer — especially in Asia — while the poor are getting poorer, and are better off going on welfare in Hawaii rather than working at a Honolulu McDonald's . But as Colas points out, recent data shows those earning $100,000 to $250,000 a year — hardly the 1% — are driving the U.S. economic recovery with their aspirations for wealth, accounting for an uptick in luxury goods spending compared with pre-recession levels.
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Historic homes and sites will be open to the public during this 7th annual tour to benefit Partners with PARC. Expect homes and sites featured on the National Historic Register, holiday caroling, discounts at local stores and restaurants, holiday music, visits with Old St. Nick and Much More! Kick off the holiday season in beautiful and historic Cold Spring, with tours from noon- 6 p.m.
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EC: FactoryTalk Historian Machine Edition
Software - connectivity, integration software: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian Machine Edition. FactoryTalk Historian Machine Edition software is an embedded, solid-state module hardened for on-machine data collection to help manufacturers gather machine-level time series data and gain a new level of visibility into production operations. This is a Control Engineering 2011 Engineers' Choice (EC) Honorable Mention.
FactoryTalk Historian ME software is an embedded, solid-state module hardened for on-machine data collection that features a limited software footprint, no moving parts, and reduced risk of data loss due to network or other system interruption. The application helps users gain manufacturing intelligence and a new level of visibility into production operations. By integrating data from a machine-level historian with data from a plantlevel historian, operations can now locate and correct sources of inefficiencies more quickly to improve manufacturing consistency, energy use, and first-pass quality, all which help the company's bottom line. A standalone design makes the FactoryTalk Historian ME module ideal for remote data capture in challenging environments, such as drilling rigs, wells, and other previously inaccessible locations. The software helps significantly reduce implementation time because it is directly installed in the Allen-Bradley ControlLogix backplane, then auto-detects the controllers and configures all relevant tags to be historized. The application also leverages backplane communication to increase the speed of data collection and provide more granular data than is possible on a traditional, network-connected plant historian.
Machine builders can pre-qualify the data collection of their machines to speed up on-site installation, configuration, and validation efforts. Data-capture capabilities produce granular, historical data that helps provide effective sequence of events analysis, improving both product quality and customer satisfaction. Rockwell Automation designed the application as part of a distributed, tiered architecture that allows employees in different locations and at different operating levels to view and analyze role-appropriate historical data. Operators, for example, can view data from the specific machine they are using while plant-level supervisors can view individual machines or complete lines to build real-time comparisons against standards and assess critical batch or process performance. Meanwhile, senior management can use the same technology to develop executive dashboards that compare key performance indicators of production activity across multiple locations. A single data source helps users in critical roles within an operation act on consistent data.
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Senior Tessa Smolinski (Hebron, Conn.), junior Whitney Miller (Cuba, N.Y.), sophomore Kelsey McGayhey (Shelter Island, N.Y.), and first-year Lauren Holt (Granby, Conn.) all earned the regional distinction. This marks the first time since 1996 that Springfield College had four student-athletes named to the AVCA All-Region team.
Williams College was the only other team from New England to have four representatives on the team.
Smolinski was the top vote getter of any player in the region, and took home the all-region honor for the third-straight season. The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Volleyball Athlete of the Year has had another remarkable campaign, totaling a team-best 341 kills on a .310 clip. She leads the team with 304 digs and has added 27 aces and 27 blocks and reached a significant milestone this season, becoming just the fourth player in program history with 1,500 kills.
Miller has directed one of the most efficient offenses in the country this year and was one of two setters from the region honored. Miller has totaled 914 assists, averaging 9.14 per set, to go along with 174 digs, 36 blocks, and 19 aces. Under her leadership, the Pride is hitting .295 on the season, which is the second-highest total in all of Division III women's volleyball.
Just the fourth NEWMAC Rookie of the Year in program history, Holt burst onto the collegiate volleyball scene this year. The first-year tied for the most votes of any middle blocker in the region and has registered 294 kills at a sensational .371 clip. She has had just as big of an impact defensively, totaling 115 blocks and averaging 1.08 per set.
McGayhey had a breakout sophomore campaign for the Pride on the right side to earn her first-ever all-region accolade. This season, she has accounted for 243 kills while hitting .362, including 12 matches where she hit .500 or better, and ranks third on the team with 44 blocks.


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There's still more good stuff out in blogland to share about the passing of the King of Pop. Here we go with round three. (You guys keep writing, we'll keep linking.)
Jim Maynard wonders if homophobia ultimately killed MJ:
It may be too simplistic to say that homophobia alone killed Michael Jackson, but let me lay out a theory. Jackson lived a life in the closet. From a young age, he was victimized by racism and a father who beat him. He grew up black in a racist, anti-gay society, and gay in a homophobic black culture. He did not love or accept himself as gay or black. As he tried to change his physical appearance through damaging plastic surgery, he tried to cover up his true sexual identity by playing straight. He had to keep his true self secret, from his family and fans. He could not be himself. He found substitutes for a loving gay relationship with fans, female friends, and children (I don't think he was a pederast though). He could NOT be himself.
Common is highly supicious:
I won't say a whole lot other than "they are making us wait eight weeks for something they could tell us right now." Remember the initials PDO.
He's dead. He ain't coming back no matter how many stories we do on him. I was trying to decide if I'm in somewhat of the same mindset that Uncle Walter Cronkite was when he reported the death of Bring Crosby and Elvis. He really played up the death of BC but wanted to downplay the death of Elvis. I guess to come degree your view on how big a story these deaths would be goes to how much influence the musician had on your life. I like Elvis and I really like MJ but enough is enough already.
Jeffery was never sold on Michael:
When Thriller came out, I lived too far out in BFE to get cable, but I saw it in the common room at the dorm one day and I remember being completely blown away, thinking, Jesus that was stupid. This is what the media and the world is creaming over? We're doomed.
Turns out I was right.
EJ at Loudersoft has just come out of many months of blog silence to share his pain over the death of one of his heroes:
I will always be struck by the irony that Michael gave up his childhood that he might bring joy to so many of us in our own childhood, that we could have the opportunity to revel in his talents. I think of the thousands of people whom his charitable work has helped, from his efforts at famine relief in Africa to those suffering from AIDS to scholarships which allowed those who might not otherwise be able to attend college. It staggers my mind and numbs my senses when I have to think that this man, this good man with a heart bigger than any could know, is gone.


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---- — DETROIT (AP) — After several weeks of slow-moving talks, only one deal has been reached between the state-appointed emergency manager hired to fix Detroit's finances and the more than 50 creditors, two public pension funds and unions jockeying for a piece of the billions of dollars the city owes them.
The slow process is frustrating some creditors who complain the city isn't doing much to bargain with them beyond offering 10 cents on a dollar. They say bankruptcy attorney Kevyn Orr's message to them has been a blunt — take it or leave it.
Though Orr has said he's attempting to avoid the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, experts say the stalemates at the bargaining tables could push the city in that direction.
"I think Orr is going to get to the point where he has enough ammunition to justify a Chapter 9 if there are enough people not willing to get on the bus," said James McTevia, a turnaround expert based north of Detroit in Bingham Farms. Bankruptcy may be the only option for a city that for years has crashed toward insolvency, he said.
Orr, who oversaw Chrysler LLC's bankruptcy and restructuring, briefed the city's debt holders on June 14 on his plan to erase the city's $17 billion in debt, warning that time was short and the chance of filing for bankruptcy was about 50-50. He vowed to reassess things from the meeting in 30 days. Since then, he and his team held several meetings with debt holders but few details of those talks have come from Orr's office.


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N.C. State's football search committee is poised to make a move on a coaching hire, armed with a fat checkbook after the school's board of trustees set out parameters for the new coach's contract in a meeting last night in Raleigh.
During the one-hour meeting, names of prospective coaches were not discussed, N.C. State Chancellor Randy Woodson told WRAL-TV.
"The process that we are using here is designed for us to be as quick about this as possible - it's a very competitive market. We feel like we have the opportunity to close this very quickly."
It has been widely reported that N.C. State officials interviewed both Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris and Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes on Wednesday.
Either would realize a significant pay raise by taking the N.C. State job, which is expected to may in excess of $2 million per year.
Morris, who is now wrapping up his second season at Clemson and his third as a college assistant, is the nation's highest paid assistant coach, with a compensation package of $1.3 million per year.
Dykes reportedly makes $760,200 per year as head coach at Louisiana Tech.
Louisiana Tech leads the nation in scoring and total offense this season, while Clemson ranks in the top eight in both categories. Morris' offense rolled up 62 points in N.C. State's defense in the teams' meeting two weeks ago at Death Valley.


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Meniere's Disease, caused by Dental Work?
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We sometimes get people contacting us with Meniere's symptoms who have recently had dental work done or have dental problems, or who have amalgam fillings…..there would appear to be a link between this and thier meniere's in many cases.
A paper at ScienceDirect.Com discusses this problem……here is a summary:
Meniere's disease may be caused by common intraosseous dental pathology – Diagnosis using the comparative compression sign
Meniere's disease has been ascribed to a disturbance of the vestibular apparatus or its connections within the Central Nervous System. Several hypotheses have been advanced regarding its aetiopathogenesis, but treatments based on these hypotheses have often not produced the desired results. Two cases are described where common intraosseous pathology within the lower half of the functional face, i.e. within the mandible and maxillae, was shown to be the cause of Meniere's disease. Together, these cases contributed to the chance discovery of the comparative compression sign which, when able to be elicited, may be considered pathognomonic for a dental origin of the condition. It is suggested that, in addition to other hypothesized causes involving the vestibular apparatus and the CNS, Meniere's disease and vertigo may also be caused by common, readily-identifiable intraosseous dental pathology. These unexpected findings open up a new field for future research.
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Well, hello. Lately I've come across the desire to share thoughts, code, and random minutia that falls outside the scope of the project blog. That desire, combined with my blatant lack of a web presence and love to tinker has led me here. It also gives me a wonderful excuse to play around with all the new features in the WordPress trunk.
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The agenda for the February 14, 2011, Ohio Chamber Energy and Environment Committee meeting is now available. It is going to be a great meeting with a real opportunity to hear from one of our top statewide office holders, Attorney General DeWine, and new directors and staff within the administration. I know all the speakers are looking forward to the meeting and are really hoping to hear from you, so please come prepared to ask questions and to interact with them. The meeting will be at the Ohio Chamber offices (230 East Town St, Columbus, 43215) in the Ormet Conference room. Please RSVP for this committee meeting no later than noon on Friday, February 11. Finally, I will ask you to note the slight time change of the meeting which will now begin at 9:45 am to accommodate all of our speakers.
On February 3, the PUCO's nominating council submitted five names to Gov. Kasich to fill two vacant commissioner posts. Two of the five names are Rep. Todd Snitchler (R-Uniontown) and current PUCO Commissioner Valerie Lemmie. The other names submitted were Columbus attorney Andre Porter, former Dayton city manager Jack Michael Biddison and William Newcomb, a Columbus lawyer and former PUCO chairman. The nominees were selected from a list of ten people who interviewed on Thursday.
On February 2, US EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on drinking water issues. Following her testimony the agency issued a press release announcing the development of a regulation for perchlorate in drinking water and action on the Drinking Water Strategy.
Perchlorate is both a naturally-occurring and man-made chemical that is used in the manufacture of rocket fuel, fireworks, flares and explosives, and may be present in bleach and in some fertilizers. This decision reverses a 2008 preliminary determination by the previous administration. US EPA will continue to evaluate the science on perchlorate health effects and occurrence in public water systems. The agency will also begin to evaluate the feasibility and affordability of treatment technologies to remove perchlorate and will examine the costs and benefits of potential standards.
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A mildly-flavoured whole cows' milk cheese from northern Italy with a soft texture and a fruity, creamy character. It has a pinkish-brown rind, and a pale-yellow interior which, although elastic, tends to be increasingly crumbly towards the centre of the cheese.
Made in square blocks, Taleggio has a pungent aroma that becomes more pronounced as the cheese ages. It is protected by an EU PDO which means that it can only be produced in specified regions of Lombardy and Piedmont.
Taleggio is at its best from June to November. Look for cheese labelled Taleggio DOP, and bear in mind that the more mature the cheese, the stronger it will smell.
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Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, backed by the UN, condemned to life imprisonment two guilty of genocide in that country in 1994.
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High School: Three-year letterman at Jesuit High for coach Wayde Keiser...rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com while garnering two-star status by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com...named No. 55 pro-style quarterback in the nation by 247Sports.com, the No. 83 pocket passer in the country by ESPN.com and the No. 137 quarterback by Scout.com...received a 69 Scout Grade and listed as the No. 52 recruit in the state by ESPN.com while earning an 82 rating and listing as the No. 53 prospect in the state by 247Sports.com...also listed as the No. 35 recruit in the state in the Times Picayune Nifty 50...helped guide the Blue Jays to a combined 30-8 overall record, a 9-3 showing in district play, three trips to the state playoffs and a District 9-5A title as a junior...for his career, completed 245-of-415 passes (.590) for 3,984 yards, 39 touchdowns and nine interceptions...as a senior, voted team captain while claiming named honorable-mention all-state while earning first-team all-metro and all-district recognition after completing 118-of-218 passes (.541) for 2,364 yards, 25 touchdowns and a pair of interceptions...named R&L Carriers Greater New Orleans Quarterback Club, SportsNOLA.com and WGSO Prep Player of the Week after completing 23-of-32 passes for a school-record 552 yards and seven touchdowns in a 56-49 win over Shaw on Sept. 17, 2012...also selected to play in the 2012 Lake Pontchartrain All-Star Classic where he threw for 188 yards and two touchdowns...split time under center as a junior when he threw for 1,591 yards, 14 touchdowns and seven picks on 125-of-193 passing...completed 2-of-4 passes for 29 yards as a sophomore...also lettered three years in baseball where he helped the Blue Jays win the state championship as a sophomore...off the field, received the Louisiana American Italian Renaissance Foundation scholarship.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A redshirt freshman at University of North Carolina at Charlotte was arrested on Sunday.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police arrested 49ers running back Alan Barnwell, 20, on the charges of driving while license revoked and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia on Sunday.
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Representatives for the Mason's tenants, Live Nation, have been holding meeting with residents of the ritzy neighborhood for 16 months. They had hammered out an agreement with city planning officials allowing the Masons to improve their sound system, stage, kitchen, and other facilities to accommodate more events -- provided they held to 41 conditions governing details such as bus parking, equipment-loading, crowd-control and the like.
As of earlier this year the Masons seemed on their way to obtaining permits to host mid-sized concerts and other events such as those found at the Fox Theater in Oakland.
On April 23, however, the Nob Hill Association filed a lawsuit challenging the decision of San Francisco's zoning administrator to allow renovations to proceed. And the neighbors have also finagled a hearing before the Board of Supervisors, which is scheduled to re-consider whether there has been sufficient environmental study of the Mason's renovation plans.
Consultant Evette Davis says she's spending this week meeting with supervisors, but refused to prognosticate about whether she'd manage to keep the music plan alive.
"The thing we've tried to stress in these meetings is, we're more than happy to sit down and talk with neighbors if there's something else you think we need to be doing," said Davis. "We're happy to make additional concessions to operate as a good neighbor."
The Masons and Live Nation would seem to have the deck stacked against them, given the hostility this Board of Supervisors has shown to even incremental change in San Francisco.
Today's Examiner reports that Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier is poised to obstruct plans to extend the antique Muni F-Line to Fort Mason because such an extension might lure Marin commuters to park in the Marina Green lot -- a supposed problem that could be fixed simply by installing meters. Alioto-Pier's sympathy to Marina homeowners' desire to keep out visitors would seem to bode well for NIMBY Nob Hill dwellers wishing to do the same.
Last week, meanwhile, the Board of Supervisors effectively shot down a proposed 38-story apartment building that had been in the works for five years, by overturning the Planning Commission's determination that the building's environmental studies had been adequate, accurate and complete.
Following that decision, Board President David Chiu, was quoted as saying the environmental studies were flawed because they didn't "acknowledge the significant cumulative impacts of wind, of shadows, on transportation, on parking, on transit, on aesthetics."
In that vein, it's easy to imagine hours of City Hall debate next week over the environmental implications of renovations in the Masonic Hall kitchen knife drawer, before supervisors use those purported implications as rationale for vote to killing the music at Masonic Hall.


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Construction of the new Walmart on Memorial Drive and North Hairston Road in Stone Mountain could start within a month, a Walmart spokesman said at Friday's groundbreaking ceremony.
Glen Wilkins said the 150,000-square-foot store is slated to open in the second quarter of 2013 and will create 250 full and part-time jobs. The store will be smaller than the one on Memorial and Columbia.
A Super Walmart is also planned for . Developers have said demolition of the existing stores and site preparation should start in 2013.
In addition to Walmart reps, local business and community leaders, commissioners Sharon Barnes Sutton, Stan Watson and Larry Johnson and DeKalb County Superior Court Clerk Debra DeBerry attended the Friday ceremony.
"We've waited so long for revitalization to start on Memorial Drive, and this is just the beginning," Barnes Sutton said.
Local business groups are happy to see the Walmart coming.
Nick Goebeler, of the Memorial Drive Business Association and operator of the Chick-fil-A on Memorial Drive, said employment is only one piece.
With Walmart moving in, "the value of the real estate is going to go up" he said, pointing to several properties near the site that are for sale. "Increasing property value is going to be the biggest impact."
Nadine Rivers-Johnson, association on-site property manager for Mainstreet community near South Hairston and Redan Roads and editor-in-chief of Mainstreet's Mainstream newsletter, also attended Friday's groundbreaking.
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Ideas for stuffed tomatoes?
With the marvelous tomato harvest, I've been using tomatoes in just about every meal. One thing I haven't attempted much is stuffed tomatoes - I stick to fairly generic parmesan/herb/breadcrumb mixtures there. What else should I try stuffed in tomatoes? Bonus points if you can help me recall a baked/stuffed tomato recipe that involves sugar and cinnamon!
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I like this Crab Tarragon salad http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/rec...
Not a stuffed variety but mighty nice choice for a tomato harvest!
3 quarts tomatoes (12 cups, after cutting)
2 oranges
2 lemons
10 cups sugar
2 tablespoons whole cloves
6 tablespoons broken cinnamon stick
REMOVE peel from tomatoes and cut in small pieces. Slice oranges and lemons very thin and quarter the slices. Pour off juice from the tomatoes. Add sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add oranges, lemons, and spices which have been ties loosely in cheesecloth bag. Place mixture over high heat and boil rapidly, stirring often. Cook until clear and thick (about 50 minutes). Pour into sterilized jars to within 1/2 inch of top. Put on cap, screw band firmly tight. Process in Boiling Water Bath 10 minutes. Yield: 8 eight oz. jars.
Here's a salmon stuffed tomato from Marcella Hazan.
For cold stuffed tomatoes, I like to make a salad with Israeli couscous, fresh herbs and arugula, currants, toasted almonds, and a lemony dressing with a little harissa for kick. I've also used a mix of roasted corn, chopped red onion, chopped peppers and black olives with lime juice and chili powder - you can add crumbled feta if you want.
For hot stuffed t's, try using a strata mix - eggs, bread cubes, veggies and possibly cheese. I've stuffed them with risotto too (it's great with swiss chard risotto) or veggie burger "batter" - basically mashed beans with grated veggies, seasonings and some oatmeal as a binder.
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I just posted this on another thread ...
Wilt bitter greens in olive oil with shallots, and stir in the stuff you have scooped out of the tomato. Then fill the tomato half way with this mixture, add a spoonful of goat cheese, and top off with the bitter greens. Roast until the tomato is just starting to get soft.
Mash a nice tangy, goat cheese with a bit of minced fresh garlic. Cut plum tomatoes in half across their equators, trim what you have to so they stay upright, clear out the seeds and goo with your fingers and stuff the resulting pockets with the goat cheese, then top with a mixture of bread crumbs, grated parmesan cheese, chopped scallions (and/ or other herb of choice) and olive oil. Bake till soft and crumbs are lightly browned, then drizzle the crumbs with pesto before serving. Yum!
I just made Cat Cora's recipe for stuffed tomatoes... so good! Here is the post on them that I wrote for my blog: http://www.eatniks.com/2010/06/rememb...
A really good appetizer for summer:
20 or so cherry tomatoes
1 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1/2 cup chopped green onions
3 Tbls grated parmeson
2 Tbls chopped fresh parsley
cut a thin slice off the top and scoop out pulp. Invert on a paper towel to drain. Combine all other ingredients and mix well. Spoon into tomatoes and refrigerate a couple hours.
When I lived in Italy a few years I found a GREAT recipe in an (Italian) Cucina Italiana magazine. It was tomatoes stuffed with finely diced zucchini, onion, breadcrumbs and parmesan, then packed tightly into a casserole dish, covered with more cheese and then covered with phyllo pastry and baked. I checked the Cucina Italiana website and couldn't find it, but you could definitely improvise!


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Washburn, which returns all five starters from last year's team that reached the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament, is a near-unanimous pick in the MIAA preseason basketball polls, released Tuesday morning by the league office.
The Ichabods received 11 of a possible 14 first-place votes in the coaches' poll and 17 of 18 No. 1 ballots in the media poll.
Central Missouri and Northwest Missouri State, which shared the regular-season title with the Ichabods, are second and third, respectively, in both polls. The Mules had three first-place votes from coaches and the Bearcats one.
Missouri Southern, which finished one game behind the tri-champs, was fourth in the media poll and had one first-place vote. The Lions were sixth in the coaches poll.
The Lions must replace two of the league's top scorers in center Keane Thomann and guard Jason Adams. They also lost T.J. Williams and Patrick Hester, two guards who provided a spark off the bench, and guard Christian Salecich, who lost a year of eligibility because of an NCAA ruling.
"I didn't have any idea. I figured we'd be in the middle of the pack," said Lions coach Robert Corn. Obviously the fact we've had success the last couple of years causes a big sway in how some people vote. Most of them look at what you did, not necessarily at what you lost.
"The three teams ahead of us are very deserving. They shared the title last year and until somebody proves they can take it away from them, they deserve to be there. Pittsburg State and Fort Hays State were picked ahead of us in the coaches poll, and they have good basketball teams as well."
Guard Marquis Addison and forward Jason Talbert, both starters the last two seasons, are among six returning players, and four freshmen, three junior college transfers and one four-year transfer comprise the eight newcomers.
Pittsburg State, which finished second in the postseason tournament last year as the No. 7 seed, tied Fort Hays State for fourth place in the coaches poll and was fifth in the media poll.
"Preseason polls are exactly what they are," Gorillas coach Kevin Muff said. "I don't put a lot of stock in them. For you (media) guys it's important, and the fans like to see them. It always seems there is someone who is picked to start at the top finishes at the bottom and someone picked at the bottom finishes toward the top.
"It's nice to be recognized ... but there are a lot of games ahead of all of us. We'll see how it plays out."
The Gorillas return four seniors — JaVon McGee, Rico Pierrevilus, Courtney Ingram and Marky Nolen — along with Sam Pugh, who saw considerable minutes last season as a freshman.
"The conference tournament helped our confidence," Muff said. "We had a new approach to the preseason. You talk about not wanting to forget that and finding a way to fix it. It leaves a bad taste in your mouth, but it motivates you when you're not going hard."
New teams
Nebraska-Kearney, Lindenwood, Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State join the MIAA basketball scene this year.
"I don't think there is a lot of difference between the MIAA and the Lone Star (where UCO and NSU played until the 2010-11 season)," Northeastern State coach Larry Gipson said. "I coached for nine years in Miami, Okla., at Northeastern A&M, and I would go watch a game at Pittsburg State or Missouri Southern. And we've played those schools the last several years.
"My impression of the MIAA has always been that it is a very good basketball conference. The knowledge of the fans ... Kansas and Missouri are much more basketball states than Texas, and the (MIAA) crowds are more intense and into the games, a much better road atmosphere.
"The MIAA and Lone Star at the top end, there is not a lot of difference, but there is greater disparity from top to bottom in the Lone Star than there is in the MIAA. It's also my impression there are more four-year players in the MIAA than in the Lone Star."
"We know it will be a tremendous step up for us to come into the MIAA," Nebraska-Kearney co-head coach Tom Kropp said. "We're very sure it's going to be a tough road for us because the competition in the MIAA is much better than the RMAC."
"I think we'll see styles of playing coming in that are different from what we've seen in the MIAA," Missouri Western coach Tom Smith said. "Central Oklahoma will come in and throw a zone at you, and they will throw a press at you. Other than Missouri Southern, this has not been what I call a pressing league very often.
"And you have a Northeastern State team coming in that will be very ball control, and I'm sure Nebraska-Kearney will be very uptempo, like back in the CSIC days when they scored a lot of points."
Gipson health report
About one year ago Gipson was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but he gave a favorable medical report on Tuesday.
"After hearing the news from the doctor, like everyone else I spent about a month in shock, not understanding what was happening," he said. "But the surgery went well, the recovery went well, the checkups have been good.
"In a strange way, not being able to coach last year may have helped me in the long road. I think the fact that I didn't coach last year for a majority of the year has energized me. It's made me more appreciative of my job and having the opportunity to work with young men."
What long trips?
Nebraska-Kearney's decision to join the MIAA will force the Lopers to make some long road trips.
But even the longest of trips don't compare to some of their jaunts in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
"One trip was to Silver City, N.M. (to play Western New Mexico)," Kropp said. "It was 1,050 miles one way. We could fly down there, and it took us 17 hours by the time we bussed to Omaha or Denver, then flew to Albuquerque, then bussed from Albuquerque. Or we could take a bus from Kearney and it was 18 hours. We took a bus most of the time so we didn't have the hassle of going through airports.
"Another trip to New Mexico Highlands was 13 hours, and we would leave right after the game. We know there are some long trips in the MIAA, but they don't compare to those bus rides in the RMAC."
The MIAA basketball preseason polls, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points (14 points for 1st-place vote through 1 point for 14th place in coaches poll, 15 points through 1 point in media poll; coaches did not vote for their team):
Coaches Poll
1. Washburn (11) 188
2. Central Missouri (3) 180
3. Northwest Missouri (1) 170
4. Pittsburg State 137
(tie) Fort Hays State 137
6. Missouri Southern 131
7. Central Oklahoma 119
8. Lindenwood 107
9. Southwest Baptist 89
10. Emporia State 73
11. Nebraska-Kearney 70
12. Missouri Western 65
13. Truman State 54
14. Northeastern State 39
15. Lincoln 16
Media Poll
1. Washburn (17) 267
2. Central Missouri 243
3. Northwest Missouri 236
4. Missouri Southern (1) 204
5. Pittsburg State 173
6. Fort Hays State 171
(tie) Lindenwood 171
8. Southwest Baptist 146
9. Central Oklahoma 132
10. Emporia State 96
11. Nebraska-Kearney 94
12. Truman State 89
13. Missouri Western 74
14. Northeastern State 43
15. Lincoln 21