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TORONTO -- The Blue Jays put catcher Michael Barrett on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a torn muscle in his right shoulder. He incurred the injury after falling down while making a play on a David Purcey wild pitch in Friday's 8-5 loss to the Oakland Athletics.
Raul Chavez was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas to take Barrett's place on the 25-man roster.
Barrett could be out for more than the 15 days, however. General manager J. P. Ricciardi said it's possible that the injury could be more complicated than a torn muscle.
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Bolton's missing lottery millionaire fails to claim prize
Updated 12:24pm Thursday 23rd January 2014 in News By Liam Thorp, Reporter
BOLTON'S missing millionaire has missed the chance to claim their prize.
A winning Euromillions raffle ticket was bought in Bolton on July 26 but initially the winner could not be traced.
And despite calls from the National Lottery, The Bolton News and Brian Caswell, Bolton's biggest lottery winner, for people to check their pockets for the missing ticket, no-one came forward within the 180 day limit imposed by the National Lottery.
The deadline passed on Wednesday at 11pm and now the money, plus any interest that it earned, will be passed over to the National Lottery Good Causes — which helps fund projects across the country in the areas of sport, heritage, charities, health, education and the environment.
A National Lottery spokesperson said: "We tried very hard to find the ticket-holder and it's a real shame that they have missed out, but there is still one winner – the nation.
"This money, and all the interest earned over the 180 days, will now go to benefit projects all over the UK funded by The National Lottery."
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Pumpkin Walnut Squares Recipe
My mother-in-law handed this pumpkin bar recipe down as a surefire way to keep my husband happy during the holidays. It's his favorite childhood dessert. —Melissa Conchieri, Northport, New York
- 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size), divided
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup chopped walnuts, divided
- 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Set aside 1/2 cup cake mix for filling. In a small bowl, combine the oil, 1 egg and remaining cake mix. Press into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup walnuts.
- In a large bowl, combine the pumpkin, milk, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, reserved cake mix and remaining eggs. Pour over crust; sprinkle with remaining walnuts.
- Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares. Store leftovers in the refrigerator. Yield: 12 servings.
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I also substituted pecans because I like the combination of pumpkin and pecans. So delicious! It took every ounce of my being not to eat the whole pan!
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I have made this twice, once for my churches coffee bar & for a party. Both time it was gobbled up with yummy sounds., It's sure a keeper at my house.
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I don't even like pumpkin...but I think these are so yummy!
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I made this recipe over the weekend. My husband took some to work with him and said his co-workers licked up the bars in a second!
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I sprinkled cinnamon sugar over the top, and used pecans, because I am allergic to walnuts. I have already had 2 co-workers ask for the recipe! It's a real taste of fall!
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3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
08-06-2014 04:51:50 | More by zestar
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
04-18-2014 05:39:07 | More by HaveUSeenMyCellar
4.25/5 rDev +7.3%
04-06-2014 05:08:29 | More by MrGone
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
11-28-2013 09:17:08 | More by himynameisping
4.5/5 rDev +13.6%
10-27-2013 01:31:32 | More by nygannon
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
12-13-2012 20:28:54 | More by Pinche_Oso
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
11-12-2012 21:30:01 | More by codynevels
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
09-22-2012 21:19:47 | More by t0rin0
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
Pours a nice red hue and i mean red with a creamy three finger head that stays and leaves clingy lacing everywhere,the smell is burnt toffee,caramel malts,treacle and also some underlying piney hops,the mouthfeel is medium bodied with light carbonation and has tastes of marzipan,caramel treacle,redgum honey,piney bitter hops to keep that sweetness in check with the finish being dry and a touch bitter,overall its a nicely balanced Red Ale and id drink it again cheers.
09-18-2012 07:06:39 | More by ADZA
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
08-27-2012 16:33:47 | More by beerpadawan
4.5/5 rDev +13.6%
08-16-2012 04:49:21 | More by jpcool9
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
06-18-2012 22:54:43 | More by BeerTruck
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
05-13-2012 16:36:01 | More by rbrefbeerman
3.78/5 rDev -4.5%
Poured from a 22 oz bottle into a Jester King pint.
A- pours a light copper color with a 2 finger off-white head. Nice blotches of lacing cover the glass.
S- toasted amber malts, some rye, and some pine.
T- slight caramel flavor, toast, spice, citrus and some pine bitterness.
M- medium body and carbonation. Slight dryness lingers.
O- nice amber ale. Slightly dry and doesn't have a lot of citrus, but I like the rye spice in this beer.
04-29-2012 02:41:01 | More by kawilliams81
4.23/5 rDev +6.8%
Pours clear coppery red, with a big poofy densely bubbled head leaves all kinds of lacing.
Smells of roasted malts, caramel, lightly sweet, nice tangy hops.
Tastes of fruitiness up front, like fruit cocktail, sweet roasted malts, and a pithy bitter finish.
Texture is very smooth from start to long finish. A of dryness on the end makes for a easy to drink beer that is carbonated well.
A nice beer, texture and taste are the highlights. I wouldn't have any problems drinking or recommending this.
04-16-2012 18:36:56 | More by Drinkerofales
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Poured into a Black Raven pint glass. Pours a deep garnet red amber. Fine off-white to light tan head with nice lacing. Looks good. Full aroma of herbal hops and toasty malt. Flavor follows with a somewhat complex hop flavor balanced with toasty and a touch of caramel malt. Finishes semi-dry with a strong grapefruit and slight pine hop bitterness. Very tasty, just what I like to see in a hoppy red ale. Very nicely made.
03-14-2012 03:55:30 | More by LiquidAmber
3.88/5 rDev -2%
Clear reddish amber, with a small, quickly falling head and minimal lacing. Powerful aroma of pineapple and sweet caramel malt follows through in the taste. Pineapple and pine needles, caramel and toffee, general sweet maltiness. Very fruity. Booze is pretty well hidden throughout. Medium bodied, a bit creamy, with medium to low carbonation, making for a smooth drink. Lingering aftertaste keeps the fruity sweetness and pineapple candy hanging around a while. Nice example of the style if not anything extraordinary.
03-01-2012 16:40:01 | More by tobelerone
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02-25-2012 06:53:30 | More by shelby415
3.78/5 rDev -4.5%
Aroma is dominated by caramel malt, toastiness, and a very slight roastiness. Citrusy hops, with a clean yeast profile.
Pours opaque red to brown with a long lasting cream color head. Three fingers high. Great lacing.
Flavor is mostly caramel, but there is a phenolic smoky off flavor that detracts a bit. Earthy woody lasting hop bitterness speaks of California origins.
This is a full bodied, creamy and somewhat chewy brew.
I love imperial amber/red beers, and this one is borderline in that category, but this one didn't capture my attention. A little disappointed in the smoky phenolics coming through. Overall, still not a bad beer and right up my alley, so my scores are probably higher than others might give it.
02-01-2012 05:32:28 | More by hiku7
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another one from the bullman - labeled as blind beer #6
A:4 pours a nice opaque dark burgundy brown with a moderately sized off white taupe-esque head that settled down somewhat quickly. leaves a nice collar on the glass with decent lacing.
S:4 lots of things happening - decent hop smell with a balancing malt aroma to compliment. faint pine but much more citrus and some mild smoky and roasted tones too. smells good -
T:4 digging this taste of this beer. a well articulated mix of hops and malts. continue with the pine and some caramel. more earthiness in the taste than what I was expecting from the smell. also get the very mild but noticeable roasted tones in the flavor as well.
M:4 nice overall moutfeel. a medium body, crisp drinkable beer. the bitterness is prominent, but doesn't stick around and annoy you.
D:4 good brew. enjoyed it quite a bit.
01-22-2012 21:59:23 | More by Hophead101
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Pours a rude red ale colour, bit of cloud with dense pillow of marshmallowy head. Beige colour, nice ribbon of lace left behind and good retention. Looks very good; not quite excellent.
Smells very tangy and hoppy. Lots of citric notes, but hints of acetyldehyde and perry as well. Maybe some green pepper and a big wallop of pineapple. In fact it's totally pineapple. Yeah, big, massive pineapple. Not sure I like beer smelling that much like pineapple, but hey, let's go with it.
Taste is not bad, but still very fruity on the back. Starts with decent caramel and toffee malt but gets very tangy and fruity with hop oils and some alpha acidic notes. Hint of more pineapple that gets almost puckering but it's sweet, bitter, sour and hoppy as a nice blend. Not bad, really, quite refreshing even though it doesn't quite hit the mark. I think there's a goodly amount of hop bitterness there so it's fairly clean and drinkable. Bit weird, though.
Foamy texture, quite full and well-weighted though. Yeah, not bad.
Not sure I genuinely love it, but there's a weird, very refreshing quality to it. I might not be proud of it, but I really could drink it most of the night.
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The Chilean Navy was the advance guard of Pinochet's coup. Soon after the overthrow of the Allende government, naval patrols began scouring the streets of Pablo Neruda's beloved
Father Woodward was arrested at his home by a naval patrol and taken to the headquarters of the local
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Michael Woodward was the most prominent of those tortured on La Esmeralda but certainly not the only one. Several hundred detainees passed through it and the quest for justice has moved only a few clumsy steps. One of Father Woodward's sisters and some of the other former prisoners have been navigating
Only six relatively junior naval officers charged with playing a part in Father Woodward's death were charged, arrested and granted bail. The torture on the ship could not have been carried out without complicity or express orders from the very top but no high-ranking navy officer has been investigated which the Chilean state was legally obliged to do. The Chilean Navy has shown no remorse, or even acknowledgement of its part in these and other crimes. Post-Pinochet Centrist governments have chosen the path of wilfully-induced amnesia. Every time La Esmeralda sets sail, Chilean Presidents and the Navy brass deny that the training ship is stained by torture.
This year there were scuffles between rival demonstrators the day La Esmeralda set sail. The ultra-Right in the Chilean parliament, instigated by a former admiral in their ranks, raised the bogey of the Navy being defamed, provoking the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Juan Bustos, to say that the Right has still not internalised respect for human rights. The magistrate investigating the Woodwards case has received death threats and faces a campaign of innuendoes from Pinochet's parliamentary gang.
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Last week's bombshell news of Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen has been all the talk in the MMA world lately. Many fighters have already spoken up about the issue, generally expressing their frustration over Sonnen cutting to the head of the line and earning a Light Heavyweight title shot based on his ability to sell a fight, not any accomplishments at 205.
Now, media outside of just the normal MMA circles is also picking up on the story, and their opinion on it is not complimentary to the UFC.
First up, Sports Illustrated's Jeff Wagenheim offered his rather scathing take on the situation, calling for Jon Jones to be stripped of the belt since Jones vs. Sonnen should, under no circumstances, be considered a UFC title fight:
Considering that the Jones-Sonnen bout will be an outgrowth of the next season of The Ultimate Fighter, the FX reality show on which the two fighters will serve as coaches, maybe we can compromise and simply call Jones' title the TV Championship. Isn't that a title right out of some old professional wrestling promotion? Then again, the rasslin' folks might take it as an insult to be lumped in with something as fake as this UFC "championship" nonsense.
Ouch. Wagenheim does go on to note that, in his opinion, this is not the fault of either Sonnen or Dana White, as they are just making the most of a lousy situation. And while I agree with a lot of his points, that one makes little sense. This absolutely is the fault of Dana White. As ESPN's Josh Gross points out, there were plenty of other options for Jones's next opponent:
This wasn't short notice. This wasn't a situation where an event had to be saved on a week's notice. It's not happening until the same weekend as the 2013 NFL draft, OK? There was time, and space, to put together a serious championship fight with Jones.
Dan Henderson deserved this shot and could have done it by April. Maybe even Mauricio Rua or Alexander Gustafsson after their fight in December. Or Glover Teixeira fights one more time in 2013 and really gets on the radar. Who knows? They're all better fight options than Sonnen, who left light heavyweight after losing his first UFC bout at that weight. He's literally the least-deserving fighter to get a title shot at 205.
Finally, with a slightly different take, here's MMA Fighting's MMA Roundtable on the issue. Their opinion: this isn't really much of a bad thing at all and will blow over with little repercussion.
Can you name another fighter who was granted a title shot at a higher weight class after losing two title fights at his lower weight class? Give up? The answer is Randy Couture, who had gone five years without a heavyweight fight and had been retired a full year when he defeated Tim Sylvia for the title at UFC 68. Not only did the sky not fall that evening, the bout is remembered as one of the sport's most magical moments.
If you're going to pontificate righteous indignation over the notion MMA a pure sport and insist a fighter has to work his way through the division to earn a title shot, then you have to show consistency in your position. You can't have it both ways based one whether you personally like one fight and not another. Either someone earned their title shot in their division or they didn't.
Anyway, the Guardians of Mixed Martial Arts Championship Sanctity howled their way through the first Tito Ortiz-Ken Shamrock fight, bleated their way through middleweight and welterweight title shots being granted to the winners of "The Ultimate Fighter 4," and brayed their way through Brock Lesnar getting a title shot in his fourth pro fight.
The UFC got through those fights just fine and will do the same here.
On the one hand, I agree with the general idea here - this one fight won't tank the UFC by any means. But on the other hand, when you look at it in a larger context, it's another bad decision in a year of really bad decisions on the part of Dana and company. As those bad decisions stack up, eventually, they'll catch up with the UFC in the form of decreased fan interest and even more low PPV rates.
Will Jones vs. Sonnen single-handedly cause that? Of course not. But will it help fix the situation? Like Gross and Wagenheim, I'm skeptical.


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Ojeda, D.I.; Dhillon, B.; Tsui, C.K.M.; Hamelin, R.C.
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Rapid identification and detection of pathogenic fungi by padlock probes.
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Unequal recombination and evolution of the mating-type (MAT) loci in the pathogenic fungus Grosmannia clavigera and relatives.
Tsui, C.K.M.; DiGuistini, S.; Wang, Y.; Feau, N.; Dhillon, B.; Bohlmann, J.; Hamelin, R.C.
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Population structure and migration pattern of a conifer pathogen, Grosmannia clavigera, as influenced by its symbiont, the mountain pine beetle.
Tsui, C.K.M.; Roe, A.D.; El-Kassaby, Y.A.; Rice, A.V.; Alamouti, S.M.; Sperling, F.A.H.; Cooke, J.E.K.; Bohlmann, J.; Hamelin, R.C.
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Rapid identification and detection of pine pathogenic fungi associated with mountain pine beetles by padlock probes
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Characterization of microsatellite loci in the fungus Grosmannia clavigera, a pine pathogen associated with the mountain pine beetle
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On Friday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Bill Whitaker reported on protests against Arizona's new immigration law, citing several opponents of the new measure, but failing to feature a single supporter. On Thursday's Evening News, Whitaker filed a nearly identical report that included a clip of at least one proponent of the legislation.
In the Early Show report, footage was show of an immigration law protestor declaring: "We are America. Get over it." Whitaker followed by proclaiming: "Opponents say requiring police to demand proof of citizenship from anyone they suspect is un-American. Even the mayor of Phoenix is suing to have the law overturned." A clip was played of Mayor Phil Gordon ranting: "Arizona and Phoenix is not the Arizona or Phoenix that you have seen portrayed by some individuals that have brought this racist, this hateful law to the state."
Whitaker noted how "protesters turned up the star power. Pop star Shakira voiced her opposition." A clip was played of the singer fretting: "I'm worried about the impact that the implementation of this law will have on hard working Latino families." Whitaker added: "Mexican American singer Linda Ronstadt spoke out, as well." Ronstadt remarked: "Gee, I better pack my passport, you know, coming to Tucson."
In his Evening News report, Whitaker cited Ronstadt and other opponents of the new Arizona law, but also cited Republican Texas State Representative Debbie Riddle, who is considering proposing similar legislation for her state: "The citizens are sick and tired of political correctness. They want, they want to take their country back."
So while soundbites from the lopsided Evening News report were 4-to-1 against the Arizona law, Whitaker's Early Show report was even worse, with 4-to-0 against.
In both the Early Show and Evening News reports, Whitaker pointed out the arrest of 105 illegal immigrants along the Mexico-Arizona border on Wednesday as bolstering support of the law.
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BETTY NGUYEN: This weekend, protests against Arizona's new immigration law are planned in more than 70 cities. CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker is in Phoenix with more. Good morning, Bill.
BILL WHITAKER: Good morning, Betty. Now, one week after Arizona gained notice and notoriety with the toughest anti-immigration law in the country, protests are building, opposing sides are hardening, and outside pressure is mounting. Supporters of the tough new anti-immigration law need no more reason than this, 105 immigrants arrested Wednesday, crossing the border from Mexico to Arizona illegally.
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UNIDENTIFIED MAN [IMMIGRATION PROTESTOR]: We are America. Get over it.
WHITAKER: But now the legislation is going to be challenged in court. Opponents say requiring police to demand proof of citizenship from anyone they suspect is un-American. Even the mayor of Phoenix is suing to have the law overturned.
PHIL GORDON: Arizona and Phoenix is not the Arizona or Phoenix that you have seen portrayed by some individuals that have brought this racist, this hateful law to the state.
WHITAKER: Arizona is being hit in the courts and the pocketbook. Cities across the country are threatening to boycott the state. Eight conventions have pulled out of Phoenix already. Each could cost the city up to $45,000. Yesterday, protesters turned up the star power. Pop star Shakira voiced her opposition.
SHAKIRA: I'm worried about the impact that the implementation of this law will have on hard working Latino families.
WHITAKER: Mexican American singer Linda Ronstadt spoke out, as well.
LINDA RONSTADT: Gee, I better pack my passport, you know, coming to Tucson.
WHITAKER: But there's just as much passion in support of the legislation. According to a new poll, 70% of Arizona residents are in favor of the law. And legislators in a number of states, including Ohio and Texas, say they plan to introduce Arizona-style laws there. On the other side, hundreds of thousands of Latinos and their supporters are expected to take to streets in cities across the country tomorrow calling for immigration reform. Betty.
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Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau spoke with the HC@Noon guys at SportsNet Radio in Canada on a whole host of topics, including what it's like to be followed by the HBO cameras, the emergence of Bonino and Lindholm, and the shutdown pairing of Fowler and Lovejoy.
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Juuuuuuuust prior to his first NHL start. Haven't heard whether 1 way or 2 way yet. Bad sign for Hiller staying through deadline?
Not that it actually affects the Ducks in any way at this point, but Ryan Garbutt got the Shanahammer to the tune of five games for knocking Dustin Penner unconscious on Sunday. Five games for a player with no history is pretty serious. (Gar)but it's justified (I'll see myself out) considering that he charged from just inside the blue line, and launched himself directly into Penner's cranium. Also of note, five games is the maximum that Garbutt could be suspended without being subject to an appeal.
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Although the annual federal budget deficit is expected to hit $1.65 trillion this year and the national debt is already at $14.34 trillion, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said today he disagrees with House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) assessment that America is broke.
"America is not broke," Hoyer said at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C.. "America has extraordinary resources and we can use those resources, both intellectual and financial, to get us to a place where we are again a fiscally sound nation, a fiscally balanced nation, and future generations are not at risk."
As of May 20, 2011, the total public debt outstanding stood at $14.34 trillion, according to the Department of Treasury.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), in a February 2011 speech at the annual National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention, described the U.S. fiscal state as follows: "Now surpassing $14.1 trillion, our national debt is on track to eclipse the size of our entire economy this year. In other words, we're broke. Broke, going on bankrupt."
Boehner continued: "Just as a bankrupt business has trouble creating jobs, so does a bankrupt country. ... Yes, this debt is a mortal threat to our country. It is also a moral threat. It is immoral to bind our children to as leeching and destructive a force as debt."
"It is immoral to rob our children's future and make them beholden to China," he said. "No society is worthy that treats its children so shabbily."
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Stumpy proves that universal
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 3:59pm.
Stumpy proves that universal mediocrity coexists comfortably with colossal stupidity.
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Now that's leadership
Submitted by KC Mulville on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 4:04pm.
Telling the hard truths of our fiscal solvency ... now that's what we need in DC.
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According to my friend
Submitted by GW on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 4:39pm.
"Poverty is the inability to accrue debt."
Yeah, he's a lib.
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Really, Steny?
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 5:33pm.
What, pray tell, are these "extraordinary" financial resources that we have, that are apparently not being used at the present time?
I think Mr. Hoyer is paying too much attention to Michael Moore.
All they have to do is find the people who are hoarding all the money, and take it from them!!
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Hoyer, We are now $113 TRILLION in overall debt as a nation
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 8:39pm.
No, not the piddling $14 Trillion+ both you and the federal government keep lying about.
That's not broke - it is national financial destitution, and very rapidly approaching a total financial meltdown.
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I've seen that before
Submitted by GW on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 9:28am.
But I don't know where it comes from. Can you explain a little more please?
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What has this fool been smoking lately?
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 10:12am.
Hey, Mr. Hoyer! Get the cement out of your ears - America is broke! You and your fellow Democrat clowns continue to spend, spend, spend...and have been stone-deaf to the cries of the American people for decades. Stop living in your arrogant little fantasy world.
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Hoyer's statements remind me
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 1:23am.
Hoyer's statements remind me of a fart - you can hear them, they stink up the joint, and when they are gone you just hope that you don't have to hear them again!!!
He said NOTHING, as far as I can tell..............apparantly he's a good student of O'Barry!!! And isn't this dope Ms. Botox's personal manbitch???
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After Effects CS3—due out any day now—seems to address these concerns by actually improving the integration between the previously disparate software applications. Creative Suite 3 in general has made integration its goal—the workflow has been streamlined between all the elements of the Suite—and the new version of Adobe Bridge is even more massively powerful than the CS2 version.
But After Effects CS 3 in particular is dramatically improved in this regard. The barriers between it and Flash are now so transparent that one wonders how many versions Adobe is away from just making them one package. After Flash or Flash Effects is the only question.
After Effects can now import SWF files as vectors with alpha channels and batch export FLV files with embedded cue points. With the addition of a Shape Tool, this makes After Effects almost as powerful and versatile at producing vector-based animation as Flash. Which one to use now might be most dependent on the user's facility with the software.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Post-traumatic Arthritis
Collagen Disorders
Avascular Necrosis
Traumatic Femoral Fractures
Nonunion of Femoral Fractures
Congenital Hip Dysplasia
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Device: Summit Tapered Hip System
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|Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
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|Prospective, Uncontrolled, Multi-Centre, Post-Marketing Surveillance Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Performance of Summit Tapered Hip in Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Kaplan-Meier survivorship calculated at the five-year time point [ Time Frame: 5yrs post-surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Kaplan-Meier survivorship calculations [ Time Frame: Annually ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Harris Hip score [ Time Frame: 6mths, 1yr, 2yrs, 3yrs, 5yrs, 7yrs, 10yrs and 15yrs post-surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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iii) Subjects who, in the opinion of the Investigator, are able to understand this investigation, co-operate with the investigational procedures and are willing to return to the hospital for all the required post-operative follow-ups.
iv) Subjects who require primary total hip replacement and are considered suitable for a cementless femoral stem.
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ii) Subjects who have previously undergone a hemi-arthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty.
iii) Women who are pregnant.
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v) Subjects who have participated in a clinical study with an investigational product in the last 12 months.
vi) Subjects who are currently involved in any injury litigation claims.
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|2. Ruijin Hospital
|Shanghai, China
|Hong Kong
|3. The University of Hong Kong at Queen Mary Hospital
|Pokfulam, Hong Kong
|1. Ospedale Riuniti Di Bergamo
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|Korea, Republic of
|4. Yonsei University College of Medicine
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|5. Middlemore Hospital
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Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Collagen Diseases
Femoral Fractures
Fractures, Bone
Hip Dislocation, Congenital
Hip Dislocation
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Connective Tissue Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Wounds and Injuries
Leg Injuries
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
Hip Injuries
Pathologic Processes
Bone Diseases
Bone Diseases, Developmental
Epiphyses, Slipped
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DZone Top Article of 2011: Programmers are f***ing lazy
Think about it, biologists do all those experiments … giving a drug to hundreds of mice is can't be automated. Doctors have to physically inspect their patients, professors have to give the same lectures year after year, architects draw their plans in all perspectives manually and until recently did hatching by hand.
Looking at more run of the mill professions it gets even worse, marketers give the same pitch over and over, hairdressers do practically the same thing day after day, store clerks handle the same groceries for customers in the same manner all the time … people in factories …
You get the picture, the world is full of people doing practically
the same thing day after day, hour after hour, for years on end,
sometimes their whole lives.
Enter programmers, stage left.
Whenever we do the same thing twice in a row – we try to think of a way to automate the process. Whenever you write code doing the same thing, you start looking for a library. Whenever you start projects on a similar foot, you go look for a boilerplate.
Programmers' lives are devoted to eliminating repetivity.
Removing menial tasks from our workflows, making lives easier for everyone. It's a common joke that a programmer would rather spend a week making a bash script than copy paste the same file twice and be done with it in two minutes.
Hell, we even have the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle, which basically states that it's better to create a convoluted abstraction than to write different-but-very-similar code twice.
This of course leads to a lot of problems.
The average software project is so full of abstractions built on top of abstractions which are created on top of abstractions that it's become virtually impossible to know what's going on or even what your code is doing at all. Dizzying but invisible depth, touches upon this subject and is a really good short read.
On the other hand, laziness has proven itself as the driving force behind many of the most important scientific and engineering advances in history. It's much easier to use a wheel than to carry things around, it's a lot easier to use boats than it is to swim, hell, even dropping a single motherfucker of a bomb is a lot easier than dropping a thousand small bombs if you want to ruin a city for a few decades …
So maybe it's not that programmers are lazy. Perhaps it's really engineers who are lazy and it just so happens that in this point in history programmers are the most obvious sort of engineer working the most madly towards a better and brighter future. Most other fields have already sort of stabilised and/or take longer to adapt to new tools.
An important question to ask here is: Are programmers naturally lazy? Are smart lazy people drawn to programming or is this a social effect? Does laziness stem from the best programming practices? Or do the best programming practices stem from laziness?
A comparison
Recently I had a nice opportunity to compare how an architecture major goes about her day and how a computer science major such as me goes about his day.
Most of the architect's life is filled with doing this or that labor intensive task as part of her homework. At any given time she is likely to be glueing some pieces of a model together, drawing the same object from fifty perspectives in autocad, or redrawing the same thing yet again in a 3D modeling software … which then gets imported into photoshop to become really pretty.
It's a constant barrage. By my estimates she probably spends twice as much time on coursework than she does actually attending class. [** she said it's actually 5-times more] And to make matters worse, getting better at this stuff doesn't really speed up the process, it just means you know a few more keyboard shortcuts and make less mistakes when drawing.
Proficiency doesn't optimize the critical section at all.
Contrast that with me. When I'm not attending class I'm usually working on my own projects. Because I can, because there's plenty of time. When homework comes around, if it does, it can usually be dealt with in a matter of hours … even the most critically insane projects they give us rarely take more than a week of concentrated work, two weeks at most.
Proficiency in coding doesn't mean typing faster (the equivalent of proficiency in architecture). It means thinking up solutions that are easier to implement, using tools that do half the work you're supposed to be doing and so on. Eventually, as judged by internet dick measuring contests, implementation is the irrelevant part because everyone can do it. If you've got a day, you implement something, if you've got more time you also make it pretty and modular and reusable and so on.
Basically you're done implementing the thing so quickly, most of your work is devoted to making the implementation prettier. But this isn't really important to the task at hand, you do it because you can.
It almost seems like when programmers get bored of even making their implementations prettier, they turn to creating tools to make the implementation pretty right off the bat.
And the cycle repeats itself.
The next guy will use that new tool to implement something even quicker, then begin polishing it until he eventually gets fed up and creates a new even better tool.
So … hard work?
But to cycle back on my original point, how much does working hard even factor into programmers' productivity? What does this mean for all those startups working 13 hours a day to gain an edge on the competition? Is this even an edge worth considering?
Hard work might even have a negative effect on programmer productivity. It obscures optimizations behind "Oh, I can do this by hand, it will only take ten minutes" (it takes 20). And the next time a similar task rolls around you have to do it manually again and so on.
Most importantly, hard work makes you stupid. Being tired leads to bad decisions, even making too many decisions leads to bad decisions (decision fatigue) as many studies have shown. In fact, that might be the best use of all the abstractions we like producing – let someone else to most of the decisions so I can focus on only the critical ones.
But I still don't know if lazy people are drawn to programming, or does programming make them lazy …
Source: http://swizec.com/blog/programmers-are-fucking-lazy/swizec/2648
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)
Tim Drury replied on Fri, 2011/10/21 - 8:29am
It's a common joke that a programmer would rather spend a week making a bash script than copy paste the same file twice and be done with it in two minutes.
Want some empirical evidence for this claim? Just yesterday I tried to update my gmaven-based maven plugin to output an XML header into an XML file. A class to do this was only available in groovy 1.8 so I spent three hours trying to coerce gmaven to use groovy 1.8 as it's advertised to do. Many google searches later, I finally determined gmaven isn't production-ready yet. I finally gave up and just forced the writing of the XML header into the output stream.
Thanks for making me feel less guilty and giving me a forum to rant about gmaven.
Andy Jefferson replied on Fri, 2011/10/21 - 12:06pm
Andrew Spencer replied on Fri, 2011/10/21 - 11:06am
The DRY principle doesn't exactly state "it's better to create a convoluted abstraction than to write different-but-very-similar code twice". Rather, the principle is that every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system.
Aside from that nitpick, and notwithstanding the disagreements from previous commenters, this article makes a worthwhile point, namely, that automation and removing redundancies often require abstraction, and abstraction can be deleterious.
Lund Wolfe replied on Sat, 2011/10/22 - 3:32am
I think you can argue that an over-abstracted/over-engineered solution is actually less "lazy" than a simpler design, which, after further consideration, has reduced the unnecessary abstractions to an elegant, pragmatic, easily understood solution. It's better to allow time to consider the problem (if that's what you call "lazy"), get the design or fix right the first time, and move on (to the next new challenge to amuse your mind for a while).
Milos Silhanek replied on Sat, 2011/10/22 - 12:17pm
For all: Programmers are lazy in that meaning - they hate do the same work twice, they hate useless or boring or repeated work. The programmer (as a mathematician) thinks a half hour to spare time, typing or to make things more smart/elegant/beautiful. "Coding faster" is a trip to hell. May be typing faste.
Ingo Boegemann replied on Sun, 2011/10/23 - 6:18am
Agree - lazy is most definitly the wrong word.
At least once out of university, programmers work long hours. Worse - the real geeks do then continue afterwards to work on their own projects / contribute to OS, or just simply read more ...
Automation, removal of repetetive work is the job we do - ther very purpose of our job.
If it wasn't we would all still enter 0 and 1's on a daily basis ...
Shut Theory replied on Mon, 2011/10/24 - 4:49am
Jason Marshall replied on Mon, 2011/10/24 - 1:26pm in response to: Shut Theory
Laziness with apathy is probably one of the most dangerous combinations of personality traits that doesn't have a technical term (Or at least, I don't think Abnormal Psychology has identified it yet...)
Invention seems to come from two corners. You either have to be lazy, or be in a tight spot (Necessity), but you also have to have drive. Ambition. Energy. Passion. In the case of Necessity it surprises no-one that somebody will step up, overcome adversity, and Find a Way.
But Laziness plus ambition is trickier. It seems like the lazier you are, the better your solutions, until you get just a little TOO lazy and then you solve nothing. You become that gifted guy in highschool who never amounted to anything.
Otengi Miloskov replied on Fri, 2012/01/20 - 10:59pm
darryl west replied on Mon, 2012/01/23 - 12:41am
Carla Brian replied on Wed, 2012/04/25 - 12:33pm
Paul Russel replied on Sun, 2012/06/10 - 8:03am
All kind of people are attracted to programming. The spread of bums among professions is probably equal. But only the really lazy programmers get to shine. All others suck because they don't mind working hard, therefore they will constantly solve problems using more code. In time, some naturally hard working people get better at programming, and learn how to be lazy in a highly productive way. Does this answer your question?
Off topic: I've come across an interesting phenomenon recently: hire only hard working smart asses, and you can bet your life on getting an unmaintainable codebase after a few years. Hire a bunch of lazy bums, challenge their capacity to get something right, and you'll get the most elegant and compact solution in half the time.


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Former UConn guard Ricky Moore has been hired as the assistant director of basketball administration on coach Kevin Ollie's staff.
Moore spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Dartmouth and prior to that played professionally for 11 years in five countries. He also had stints in the Continental Basketball Association and NBA Developmental League.
As a Husky, Moore was a three-time co-captain, defensive specialist and starter on UConn's first national championship team in 1999. He averaged 6.9 points and 3.8 assists in 134 career games and graduated in 1999. He's a member of UConn's All-Century Team.
Moore recently spoke about working with Ollie and the obstacles facing the first-year head coach.
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New developments in the Tulsa dental case are showing more people are testing positive for infectious diseases.
This comes after an Oklahoma dentist was accused of using unsanitary equipment on patients.
Since then, 57 patients have tested positive for hepatitis C, three for hepatitis B and at least one for H-I-V.
Local dentists tell us they follow strict guidelines to protect their patients. Tool are sanitized in an autoclave machine, work stations are wiped down between each patient and everything that is touched during an appointment is either replaced or properly cleaned before the next patient comes.
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Letter from the President
Recently, Donna Sherrill and I were chatting at a knitting event. She introduced me to the difference between a project knitter and a process knitter.
A project knitter is one who is focused on producing the finished product. A process knitter is one who loves the process of knitting and is not so concerned with the finished product.
I think that all of us are both project and process knitters. Of course, we love to see a beautiful creation from our own hands. It is the process, however, that we all love.
This conversation was freeing for me. Now, when I see something in my project that I absolutely can not live with and rip apart hours of my work, I look at it as a blessing. I get to start the process all over again without dipping into my stash and having to spend more money!
Enjoy the process, and enjoy the project.
Until we knit again,
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Altruistic Update
by Cathrine McClure & Velvet Dishon
If you have something to donate to the Navajo Project, please give it to someone who will be at Border's this Monday night. The deadline is next weekend, so if you can't make Border's, give Cathrine a call at 602-509-3307 or e-mail email@example.com to make delivery arrangements. Regina has volunteered to take a few items down to Tucson and a a few of the Tuscon Guild representatives will deliver all of the handmade items in November. We will report on how that went.
Veteran scarves can be turned in at Border's as well. But if you aren't done with them, never fear! The scarf deadline isn't until our November meeting.
Keep in knitting your personally designed scarves for the December Holiday Party. As our tradition, we will also be collecting blankets for a large holiday donation to Project Linus.
Everything you do for our Altruistic causes makes a huge difference in someone's life. Thank you so much for your hard work, time, and talent. You are all amazing!
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Knitting in the future.......
Let's not lie. If you are a knitter, you have a stash. If you are in denial, then let me clarify. You have yarn hidden in cabinets, under bed, in closets, and anywhere else that is was once an empty space in the house that happens to be the same size as a skein of yarn. Preferrably, these pockets of treasures are out of sight of spouses and children and pets to keep them safe. Often times, you forget where you put them, and either cry with joy when you stumble upon them during spring cleaning, or simply buy more to replace it (you could have used it for all you remember, so you need more, right?).
Many of us make solid efforts to use it all, or save the good stuff for a project that you know will scream for that make and color. But let's face it, sometimes, there is yarn that just isn't your style. You knit, and so someone gave it to you thinking that you could use it. But as knitters, we know better. Not all yarns are teh same, and not all bring us the same kind of joy and satisfaction. So what to do, what to do........
Hiding these skeins would be the easiest option, but then that would take up valuable space for something you would rather work with. Or you could use these skeins for scarves for Esperanca and teh holiday party. But if you jsut can't bring yourself to work with something, or if you find yourself 1 skein short on a project, here's a suggestion via Lesley Fry: Visit YarnFind.com. It is an easy to use site to buy, sell, or donate yarn that you need, or need to get rid of. Most sales are single skeins for when you can't quite finish your project and need a little more. The site is easily laid out, and self explanitory. The blog doesn't appear to have been updated since 2009, but then again, who has time to read blogs when there is knitting to do?
If you currently use Ravelry.com for this, but still can't find what you are looking for, YarnFind may be the site for you.
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The Holiday Party is coming up! Flyers detailing information on the menu, and the scarf contest have been posted under Latest News on the website. But in case you haven't heard yet, here are some of the highlights!
When: December 6, 2010
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Select a stitch from your favorite stitch book (or borrow a book from a guild member) and select a yarn that you've wanted to try. Perhaps you have such a yarn in your stash! Please select a stitch that isn't very lacy (we are shooting for warmth here).
· To retain heat, please refrain from open work that is greater than 1/3 of the total area.
· Scarves should be 5 - 12 inches wide and 48 - 60 inches long
· Please use size 7 - 10 needles
· Yarn can be light, medium or bulky weight in a solid color to show off your unique pattern. Any fiber content is okay!
· You may knit as many scarves as you'd like.
· Please attach the Scarf Contest Entry Form found on the flyers under Latest News to each entry.
Spooktacular Knits
It is not to late to knit for Halloween. Here is some inspiration:
This adoreable costume can be found in the book Wacky Baby Knits by Alison Jenkins
The creator of this cool Ram and the scary monster below have patterns, in case you need them at the blog Things & Ideas ( as well as many other ideas, check out the squid head!)
This one is the best yet! no pattern, but you could probably figure something out! Find Katerina did. What knitter wouldn't want to go as this?
Found on Flicker (Amber Dorko), this costume could fuel free hand knitters:
This mask may turn heads, compliments of Spinning Jenny
Keep your eyes on thos candy gobbling kids with this pattern from Mary Jane, Midlge & Mink