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If you are building your own Web pages and need HTML solutions fast, then this book is for you¨Cwhether youˇŻre new to Web site authoring or you need a quick refresher on how to create a table. Open the book and youˇŻll discover clear, easy-to-follow instructions for more than 250 key HTML Web tasks, each presented in ten quick steps¨Cor less. Easy-to-navigate pages, lots of screen shots, and to-the-point directions guide you through every common (and not so common) HTML challenge¨Cand help you get more done in less time.
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Lavosh is a cracker bread, crisp, slightly sweet and (if I may say so) addictive. It's handy to have on hand and keeps for several weeks. Lavosh is pronounced LAH-voshe (though my family calls is la-vosh, no accent) and is some times spelled in other ways, including lavash and lahvosh. This recipe comes from my dear Auntie Gloria, she's been making lavosh for many many years, it's definitely a family favorite!
"Yummo! ... Definitely a keeper." ~ LeAnne via Facebook
Ever tried a new recipe and liked it so much you made it again right away?
Such was the case for my Mom's family's version of lavosh, an Armenian cracker bread. While there are other recipes by the same name that call for yeast and thus yield a result more-bread-than-cracker, this is a true cracker, thin, crunchy, a tiny bit sweet. And did I mention addictive? That too.
Serve lavosh with cheese and fruit or alongside a hearty bowl of soup.
Baking: 1 hour (requires occasional attention)
Makes 20 dozen small crackers
- 2-3/4 cups flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
Combine dry ingredients. Blend in butter with a wooden spoon until crumbly. Add buttermilk and stir until well combined.
Divide dough into four parts. Sprinkle some flour on a clean, flat surface, as for bread. With a rolling pin, roll one section to form a rectangle roughly 6 x 8 inches. Transfer to a lightly floured (very important step) baking sheet. Directly on the sheet, roll dough to the edges as thin and evenly as possible, first with the rolling pin, then with your hands. Sprinkle dough liberally with seeds, pressing them in with your palms.
Bake until golden at 375F, about 13 – 15 minutes. Cool and break into cracker-size pieces, about 60 pieces per sheet. Store in airtight container.
Prepare for a shock when checking the price of small jars of poppy seeds in the spice section at a grocery store. Instead, if you have access to an international grocery, large bags can be purchased for a couple of dollars. (For St. Louisans, I find inexpensive poppy seeds at Global Foods in Kirkwood.)
The sesame seed and poppy seed mix is great. But what's pictured is two varieties of sesame seeds, the typical blond-colored ones and black sesame seeds. Excellent!
If your baking sheet is rimmed, it's fussy to finagle the rolling pin inside the rim. Consider a flat baking sheet or rolling out the lavosh with a smooth glass jar.
This favorite family recipe comes from my dear Auntie Gloria. It was published in print in 2003 and published online for the first time in 2008.
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Unknown ~ I've never tried freezing the dough so can't say. Lavosh stays fresh for a couple of weeks, so yes, would be good for food gifts!
Anonymous ~ Do you see the Nutrition Information in the recipe? It will vary with cracker size, of course but if you get 20 dozen small crackers, 4 crackers add up to 65 calories so ... 65 divided by 4 = okay?
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Help with Stinky Tupperware
I got some Tupperware that had never been used, but had sat in a old, musty-smelling basement for a few years. I have tried washing it in hot, soapy water and then setting it outside to dry for an afternoon, but it still smells. Are there any safe methods to get the musty-smell gone? Thank you!
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M.M. answers from Des Moines on August 09, 2008
Have you tried soaking it with diluted vinegar or lemon juice? I would give that a try. If that doesn't work you could consider using some Young Living Essential Oils. they seem to work real well at getting rid of musty smells, especicially a product called Theives Cleaner, which is completely safe.
Y.E. answers from Minneapolis on August 09, 2008
wash it with baking soda or vinegar and warm water or better yet set it out in the sun with baking soda and water in it. Should take out the smell. My mother also said often time salt water will do the trick (soaking in).
H.A. answers from Waterloo on August 09, 2008
I bought a new Tupperware pitcher from a garage sale. Got it home, took the lid off, and it smelled like smoke. I decided to give it a shot before I threw it out. I hand washed it in hot soapy water, ran it through the dishwasher, THEN made a paste out of baking soda and water, covered the entire pitcher, let it sit then repeated. It worked!
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S.H. answers from Sioux Falls on August 09, 2008
As a former Tupperware manager (whose mom had a whole room full of unused Tupperware when she moved to assisted living), my suggestions are simple.
The baking soda is one of the best ways to rid the Tupperware of the smell.
The other method is to soak newspapers in water. Wring them until damp dry. Put them in the Tupperware and seal it up. After 24 hours, it should be good to go.
Tomato juice also absorbs the smells, but then, don't forget to wash it right away with COLD water.
Contacting Tupperware is great too. They will contact you back. And just for all of you - Tupperware is not made from any toxic products. Even the microwave pieces were not put on the market until they could find a solution to making the product safe for foods at all temperatures. But - Freezer pieces are not made for the microwave. And older (20+ years) are not even made for the dishwasher. They make a very good product and stand behind it 100%.
Good Luck.
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H.A. answers from Waterloo on August 09, 2008
I bought a new Tupperware pitcher from a garage sale. Got it home, took the lid off, and it smelled like smoke. I decided to give it a shot before I threw it out. I hand washed it in hot soapy water, ran it through the dishwasher, THEN made a paste out of baking soda and water, covered the entire pitcher, let it sit then repeated. It worked!
L.I. answers from Milwaukee on August 09, 2008
Fill the containers with crumpled newspaper, cover it with the lid and let it sit a few days.
D.P. answers from Minneapolis on August 08, 2008
go to the tupperware website and see if you can contact someone who works there...i am sure they will have some good suggestions for you or maybe even replace if still new.
P.S. answers from Minneapolis on August 09, 2008
This is a little off topic, but with all the worry about plastics, BPA, and other nasty stuff, is Tupperware safe? Since there are Tupperware reps on here, I'd love to finally know what type of plastic Tupperware is! I too have a lot of old and new stuff, but have been debating making the switch to all glass and stainless steal containers!
E.H. answers from Omaha on August 09, 2008
Soak in white vinegar and water overnight. Should take care of the problem!
A.D. answers from Madison on August 08, 2008
The vinegar suggestion is good and usually works. I have also used diluted bleach to get stains out of sippy cups and then soaked them in hot water to get the bleach out of the plastic. We did that at a day care I worked at.
L.P. answers from Minneapolis on August 09, 2008
A vinegar rinse or soak could work, or make a baking soda and water mixture and set outside for a few hours in the sun.
Either should take the smell out.


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Got failed today on nearside & offside lamp aim too low and also the tread on both rear tyres :( Will be getting some new tyres put on the rears either tomorrow or Saturday and the garage I had the MOT at said they would sort the headlights out when I go in for a retest.
I normally check over my car before mot - tyres, brakes, exhaust, bushes, springs, bulbs, wipers and so on. basically i check everything for wear, play, corrosion and generally that it still works!
this year i had a track rod end and ball joint to replace - that i had spotted before xmas. so after replacing them with genuine ford bits and had just had 2 new front tyres i thought sod it and put it in for its test...FAILED. turns out i had a noisy rear wheel bearing and 2 rusty brake pipes! OOPS! still had 2 weeks before the test expired though so plenty time to fix it
I didnt even notice the bearing, no noise when driving - nothing. but when i jacked the car up and spun the wheel it was very noisy! strange, even more so that i have replaced it and there is still no difference when driving :lol:
However i have now sorted the car and had it retested today.
What im getting at here is, you can check over most things but sometimes its best just to put it in for its test and let them pick up on whatever it needs and worry about it later.
Indeed, you're right mate.
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Perspective…From A Redeemed Madman.
We all know what happened last week in Connecticut. Since the shooting, I keep hearing comments like "how could he do that?", "what would lead him to kill his own family?", "He must have been filled with hate to shoot his mother in her face.", etc. This is where nearly everyone is currently and the general American thought is shock, fear, a lack of safety and bewilderment in regards to how a young man could kill his own mother and then kill numerous innocent children while looking at them. So, with all that being said, please allow me to explain from a redeemed madman's perspective.
You see in 2005 I was exposed to the gospel of Christ. Furthermore, God was gracious in not only allowing me understand the gospel, but also giving me faith. Many who know me these days, only know the Christian Chris. They know the logical/rational and "religious" person. The person that very few people know is the grown boy I was before I came to know Christ. The 'man' that was fully out of his mind, obsessed with conspiracy theories, full of rage, hatred, wishing to do harm to others. This was a 'man' completely obsessed with violence. This is not the "man" I am proud of. In fact, I am deeply ashamed that at any given point of time, this is who I was. Nonetheless, this IS who I was.
Due to incidents like this increasing, I thought that perhaps I could provide some insight, if by chance it may help people better understand the people doing this and God willing we can make changes that may help these boys/"men" find a different path.
To begin the story, I will need to go back a few decades. The beginning to many of these issues starts back in the 1980′s.
It started back when I was 6. Back then, my dad worked for long periods away from home. At the time, he was working in Alaska. He would work for months away from home and return for a few days (or so it seemed) before he would leave again. It left me deeply confused as to why my dad wasn't there and why he wouldn't come home. I was starting to understand that I was an individual and that for whatever reason, I didn't fit right. I had a couple of friends in the apartment complex we were living in, but something always seemed off. I regularly felt as though I was trying to find my place or fit, but I couldn't. I wasn't alone in this. The other boys my age seemed to have the same intuition and though often we would get along, when it came to picking on someone, making someone the brunt of their joke or the target of the anger/frustration, I seemed all too obvious a punching bag. I remember one night while feeling deeply hurt that my father seemed to have no concern that we even existed, I wasn't able to reconcile the fact that even though he said he loved us over the phone, he refused to come home. In a last ditch effort from my little influence as a child, to get my dad home again, I went crying to my mom. I begged her to tell my dad to come home. I pleaded that he had to come home and that I needed him. My mom, not fully grasping the immense identity crisis I was going through or my necessity for a dad in my life, explained that she couldn't just tell my dad to come home. She explained that he had to work, so that we could eat and pay the rent, etc. Although, as an adult I can look back and see that her explanation was both gracious and logical I was unable to accept it. I remember lying in my room that night, full of pain, full of anger and a deep seated hatred for my dad. I decided that night, I would never be like him. I would never put my kids into that situation and I would do everything in my power to never be a "man". The moment is solidified in my mind and for years was also solidified in my heart.
Over the next few years, numerous things happened that further established my identity as "different" as well as more cemented in my ways to become as different from my parents as possible. I won't go into length about those events as they would only be a poor me, bitter diatribe about my upbringing and a disassociated identity from the world around me. Let's just say the events helped catalyze my world view and further distance me from my father.
In 1990, my father died of cancer and my world came crashing down. I had desired for him to eventually realize his need to stop working and pastoring so frequently and instead take more interest in me. I had expected him to get better eventually and things would be new; instead he died. In that moment, I realized that not only had he neglected his role to me as a dad, but now I would never see him again, I would never have another opportunity. In short, our broken relationship would never be fixed. I wept for hours. I carried on and I wanted someone to understand what I couldn't express. I wanted to be comforted and I wanted someone to fix it. Instead after a few hours, I was met with my mother coming down stairs as I sat in the corner and in a disgusted/frustrated tone she stated "You're STILL crying! Ughh." Not only was I alone in my identity and apart from my dad forever, but now my mother was also disgusted by my actions and effectively pulling herself away as well.
Later that year, I began getting bullied daily at school. Despite my distrust and apprehension towards people and especially that of adults, I decided to go tell my principal about what had happened under the assumption that due to the kids' actions and her position of authority, she would have to stop the problem. I told her all that had happened, where it had happened and who was involved; surprisingly she showed very little interest. It would be an understatement to say I was shocked. I explained it again, in hopes that she had misunderstood the first time, only to receive the same result. For whatever reason, day after day, the same group of boys would chase me down and corner me, after which they would beat up on me. Every day I would go to the principal and explain it all again and ask her to make them stop and every day she would refuse. After numerous attempts, I gave up hope on her and stopped telling her. Instead, I would spend my lunch wandering around, trying to avoid them, hiding in the bike racks, wandering the school, etc.
Later that same school year, our class was having a class event. I had forgotten to get my mom to sign my paper and I wasn't allowed to take part. I was frustrated and pleaded with the teacher to simply call my mom and ask her for allowance. I realized I had made a bad choice and needed to avoid it in the future, but I figured I had thought of a simple enough solution to fix it; she refused and told me I needed to wait in the classroom while everyone was doing their activity and they would return after. That was it. I had, had it with adults. As soon as she left the room, I left through the back door. I walked outside the campus to the bike rack and realized no one had noticed; no one obviously cared that much. I realized, no one could make me do anything, I was my own person and I had the ability to do whatever I wanted. I proceeded to pick the combination lock of one of the bikes by me in order to steal it, only to get nervous at the last moment. I put the bike lock back on and started walking home. As I walked around the corner to our house, I noticed my mom standing at the door and panicked. I hid in some bushes and after a few hours I walked inside hoping she wouldn't know I had left school. Needless to say the school had called my mom and she knew.
Fast forward another few years. Now the year is 1997. At this point, I am depressed 16/17 year old, an accomplished thief, a cigarette fiend, a weed smoker, an anarchist and all around criminal. My days consist of attending classes as I feel lead, going to Kmart to steal cartons of cigarettes, forging the signatures of teachers to give hall passes, late notes to fellow students, drawing and skateboarding. I daily get sent to the principal's office, sometimes multiple times a day. I would say hi to the office secretaries and they would have me wait until class was over and then go to my next class. At this point the principal didn't bother seeing me anymore. My school counselor would occasionally call me in. He would ask me where I planned to go to college, what I planned to do as I got older and why I was doing so badly in school. I would respond with the usual answers, something to the effect of "I don't care about school, maybe I'll sell drugs, if I don't kill myself before then." To which he would uselessly try to convince me that I had to have a plan and I had to do something as I got older; obviously ignoring him what I had just told him. My mom didn't know what to do with me and more than once in a frustrated fury, she told me I worthless, I was stupid and I would never amount to anything. My mom had started working 16/18 hour days. Basically, after I'd leave school people would come over and we would get high in my backyard. I would try to convince myself that I had a great life, but under the surface I hated everything and I just wanted to leave that city and start a new life somewhere, thinking that would solve my problem. I hated the school system and their lack of defense for those who needed it, an elitist American mindset and their mandatory punishments for failures. I began to compile a list of people that I hated and fantasized about hurting them. They ranged from students, to teachers, to school officials to campus proctors and school police. At one point, threatening a school proctor while in detention and warning him he was on my list.
When I hit 18, I dropped out of school and moved into an apartment with a few friends of mine. Shortly afterwards, I lost the job I had. My hopes of a better life fell on their face again, so I began spending my days smoking weed and getting drunk. This went on for a few months as my addiction to alcohol began to grow and my glorification of crime increased. The few "friends" I had began to pull away from me and mock me, to the point where I became a walking joke to them. I stayed around simply because I didn't know where else to go/what else to do. One night, an acquaintance we were involved with in a drug deal threatened us with death. After I managed to make it home, devastated and shook up, I was locked out of my apartment and my roommates seemed to care less that I was gone. I was at ground zero again. No one who really cared, confused, depressed, unable to provide for myself and hating life. That night I began cutting, a trend that continued for 7 or 8 years.
As I continued into my 20′s, I continued to self-medicate with a number of things, marijuana, acid, mushrooms, theft, alcohol, pills, research, clothing, money, porn, friends, but never felt fulfilled. Every option left me just as empty (if not more empty) than before. In me early 20′s I began to become angry that life seemed so impossible. I started to resent living, I resented people and moreover I resented the world system. My sister started to warn me that I had rage issues and that I needed to get them into control, which I immediately ignored. I felt justified in my rage and it gave me a sense of power that I couldn't find anywhere else. I started to love the fact that if people wouldn't love me, they could fear me. My lack of boundaries meant no one could predict what I'd do and I loved that.
Unfortunately, as I got older, that feeling of power began to lose it's shine and I realized I was lonely. Through my life, by bullying and "friends" I had been convinced I was hideously ugly, absolutely stupid and worthless. This identity started to eat at me as I realized I would always be alone. Not knowing what to do with my desperation and loneliness, I once again was considering doing physical harm to others. I knew that if I did something, that I would somehow have to cover my tracks completely, which meant wiping out the evidence entirely was my only option, a necessary evil. A short time later, I quit my job in what I believed to be an employee strike. It turned out the other employees refused to quit and I wound up having to find a ride back to California with a few others that had quit as well. Over the next few years, I had jobs, lost jobs, had "friends", lost "friends and wound up in a cycle of moving, thinking things would be better, my friendships would fail, my job would fail (not necessarily in that order) and I would go into a depressed spiral of getting drunk and doing drugs until I had to move.
In the winter of 2002/2003 I found myself at my lowest. Nothing seemed to take the edge off of the screaming internal struggles I had and the memories of all I had done and experienced. I constantly, deeply depressed and I started feeling entitled even more to justice. I had seen that justice was impossible with man, so I came to the conclusion that I would bring about my own justice. It was the only way and it had to take place. I wanted the world to pay. I wanted them to know my pain. I wanted them to suffer and I wanted that pain and suffering to go so deep, they could never recover. I HATED the world and I wanted them to know. I wanted the world to never forget my name. I wanted the memory of what I had experienced and gone through to be forever seared into the collective conscious of this world. I wanted them to know they couldn't get away with their evil anymore. They couldn't force people into a hole and think they wouldn't snap back. I wanted to leave the nation weeping and I wanted that devastation to force a change in the system. This is the mind of a broken madman, this is the result of a life of pain and this is how a 20 year old "man" shoots his mother in the face, then walks into an elementary school and murders children. To him, they're nothing more than necessary victims. Simply ants in the path of a raging giant…
For whatever reason, God had a greater plan for my life. In 2005, in attempt to disprove the bible in a last ditch effort to silence my conscience, before I offed myself, I found Christ. As I read through the books Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, I began to notice that so many of the things I hated about people, especially government and religious hypocrites, I saw in those who hated Jesus. I saw that even as He taught to love one another as ourselves and to care for the broken and hurting, the religious/political leaders of his day sought to silence Him and eventually to kill him. I related with Him. I felt like one person could finally understood me and my pain. In the span of about two weeks, I went from trying to disprove the bible, to embracing it wholeheartedly. Only one thing held me back. Despite the fact I desired to be forgiven, I couldn't escape the obvious guilt of sin the hovered above me. I remember saying one night "God I'll believe in you and get saved, just let me clean myself up first." Miraculously, one night, it clicked. God was more concerned with forgiving me and me following Him, than holding my sin against me. It's true He hates sin, but He is willing to forgive if a person simply believes.
Since then, God has done a lot of hard work on my heart and changed me in ways I could have never expected. He took my cold, hardened, angry heart and began to change it. Where once there was nothing but rage and wrath, I began to see it subside. I started to find myself loving people instead of hating them. I began to learn how to forgive as it sunk in that God had forgiven me. If a perfect and flawless God was willing to forgive me, how could I not forgive others. At times, I find I still struggle with anger and bitterness, but it is usually short lived as God reminds me of His love. I once deeply hurt and resented people for always being fake, but I began to find people who were authentic and caring. People who were willing to lay their life down to help strangers, not to mention their friends who they considered family. I began to find other people who had gone through incredible suffering and heartache, but had found the same peace I had.
As the years have progressed, I have begun to truly learn what love is. Not in word and theory, but in deed and in truth. I have found a new family of other Christians who have been their as I struggled in life and have patiently loved me through it. These same people I have hurt (sometimes intentionally and sometimes unintentionally) repeatedly, but they still stand by my side and love me. People who truly exemplify the words and actions of Christ. Who I am now is nothing like I was before and I thank God for that, but I also thank God that He is unashamed of being associated with me, even as I share my life stories with others. This is the testimony of a redeemed madman.
If you have any questions, would like me to elaborate, or you would like to ask me anything. Feel free to email me at email@example.com or to connect with me on Facebook. I hope my story can help you heal.
Even for those of you I don't know. I love you.


text: WELCOME! If you would like to find out more about racing on Live For Speed - especially if you are coming from a slot car background, visit our Sim Racing page. Modelmotorracing.com is a web site supporting two great and complementary ways of "playing motor racing". Established in 2005, we ran a public Scalextric Sport Digital (SSD) circuit for three years here in Somerset, UK. When this had to close due to rising costs and falling revenues at the start of the "credit crunch", the site shifted focus and whilst continuing to fully support and sell Scalextric Digital products through our Scalextric internet store we set up a Scalextric digital racing club where groups of up to six SSD enthusiasts bring along their own cars and race in competition. We also run a test track service on a private layout built from the materials previously used for the Cheddar Gorge Model Motor Racing Circuit. Since 2007 we also started to use and support the internet digital racing simulator "Live for Speed" (LFS). LFS is an on-line motor racing simulation that caters for more than six racers at a time, racing on a wide variety of tracks in a selection of cars ranging from single seaters through to touring cars. About this time, for commercial reasons, Hornby decided to turn off the internet racing features of their Scalextric Sport World service so LFS is a nice substitute for that, allowing you to meet up and race on-line with other enthusiasts from around the world. The two systems are well explained by the videos below.


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BX's Senior Housing Industry news reports on the fastest growing retirement locales in the country, citing 2010 Census Bureau data as analyzed by the Brookings Institution.
A look at those in the 65 and older population has revealed an increase of over 25 percent in some metropolitan areas – just within the last decade.
Among the heaviest hitters are cities in the southern and western regions, like Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina, and Colorado Springs, Colorado; three cities in Texas (Austin, Dallas, and Houston), are also witnessing rapid growth in the senior cohort.
As per the article, many of these retirees are choosing these locations (whether they transition to a new home, an independent living apartment, or some other retirement community setting) based on where they wrapped up their careers. Says Brookings Institution senior fellow William Frey, "Most of the country is increasing its over-age-45 population simply because people are aging in place."
As other articles and reports have affirmed, the suburbs are graying, and at a much faster rate than major cities. Currently, 40 percent of suburbia is comprised of the 45+ demographic (in 2000, it was only 34%).
Review the top 10 cities with a 36-60 percent change in the over 65 population here.
Do you plan on aging-in-place, or would you like to relocate in your retirement years?


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Initiatives by London Drugs to rein in the amount of waste produced by the company and its customers are paying off.
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RICHMOND, British Columbia – Initiatives by London Drugs to rein in the amount of waste produced by the company and its customers are paying off.
The western Canada drug chain said Tuesday that more than 74% of the company's waste is now recycled or repurposed instead of going to a landfill.
London Drugs noted that, in the 1980s, it was one of Canada's first retailers to offer customers the opportunity to recycle plastic shopping bags. Since that time, the range of recycling solutions and list of items and materials that the chain recycles has swelled.
Since the 2008 launch of London Drugs' educational "What's the Green Deal?" program and with the support of its staff and customers, the pharmacy chain now recycles more than 42 million pounds of materials, including Styrofoam, batteries, computers, televisions, cell phones, paper, plastic, cardboard and metals.
"London Drugs believes in contributing positively to the communities we serve, as we have since 1945," Clint Mahlman, senior vice president and chief operating officer at London Drugs, said in a statement. "By providing leadership in the retail industry and education for our staff and customers, we are making a difference in everyone's journey towards more sustainable options and lessening the impact to our environments."
Mahlman noted that in recent years, the What's the Green Deal? program has garnered a strong response from customers. "More and more customers are bringing in their product packaging, used batteries, electronics and other recyclable goods," he stated. "During Earth Month, we hope consumers become even more conscious of proper waste disposal and options for products with less impact on the environment."
Overall, London Drugs' waste diversion rate rose from 67% in 2011 to 74% in 2012. And individual stores have gone even further, the company said, adding that it aims to have all London Drugs stores achieve 95% waste diversion by 2015. Some of London Drugs' 76 locations already are at that benchmark. The chain said its Oliver Square West store in Edmonton, Alberta, posted a 93% recycling rate, and its Olympic Village Store in Vancouver has achieved a 96% recycling rate.
Materials that London Drugs accepts for recycling include electrical and electronic goods (TVs, VCRs, computers, monitors, printers, etc.); small appliances; styrofoam, plastic and cardboard packaging from products sold; cell phones, PDAs and rechargeable batteries; alkaline batteries; compact fluorescent bulbs and fluorescent light tubes up to four feet; disposable cameras; ink jet and laser printer cartridges; metal film canisters; plastic bags, pop bottles and cans; insurance plastic folders; Brita water filters; candy bar and cosmetic packaging; Soda Stream containers; and toys.


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EAGLE POINT, Ore. — Every December, homeowners around the country put up elaborate light displays, that blink in time with music and one of the more elaborate homes making waves online this year is in the Rogue Valley.
Eagle Point resident Alex Sked created the display that blinks in time with 18 minutes of music, ranging from Gangnam Style to O, Holy Night. The songs play each night over an FM transmitter so you can listen to the lights from your car.
The address of the house is 443 North De Anjou in Eagle Point. Click here to watch the house lights display on YouTube.


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Grandfather Home offers the opportunity for churches and groups to join us in helping serve children. That partnership can take many forms including work projects on the campus, supporting the needs of the children in our care, and helping to spread the word about our ministry. Your support makes a tremendous difference in the lives of our children. Thank you!
How you can help meet the needs of the children:
• Participate in our school supplies drive
• Collect items for our Emergency Kits
• Collect Gift cards to help support our family placement children and
provide emergency needs
• Provide special non-seasonal gifts: blankets, toys, craft supplies, etc.
• Provide a holiday gift for the children (Easter Baskets, Valentine's Day
candy, etc.)
• Sponsor a child's clothing needs for $150 per quarter
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4.5 The best music game you can get. redboroboy | 06/01/2012 | See all redboroboy's reviews (4) I got Rockband 2 the day it came out and I like it just as much now as I did then.If you want to play guitar on your own,with a friend or as a group or even sing this game is the most user friendly music game you can buy.
4.5 brill :) gameing4life | 02/05/2011 | See all gameing4life's reviews (104) YES! Rock Band Two has done it right. This game is easy to navigate through and that makes it so much fun to play. With the downloading of the "key" you now have all the songs from your first Rock Band game, all the songs that you bought and downloaded from the Rock Band Store pluse all the songs that comes with Rock Band Two makes this game the best Guitar Playing that you'll ever find.You Will Be Happy Choosing Bock Band 2...
4.5 Party perfection edmeup | 28/09/2010 | See all edmeup's reviews (3) I managed to pick up a copy of the first Rock Band for a tenner and was immediately hooked, having already played through both Guitar Hero and it's sequel years earlier. Once I heard that you could export the Rock Band songs and any you'd downloaded to the second one, I went about trying to find a copy. Once I finally did find a copy, I started playing and pretty much haven't had much of a break!These games outweigh the Guitar Hero franchise in every aspect, in my opinion. The gameplay is incredibly addictive and social, the graphics are great (not groundbreaking but then it's a music rhythm game, not Flight Simulator) and everything gets ten times better once you manage to get a whole band together with your friends.The instruments Harmonix released for this game are far superior than those made for the original game. They're a lot sturdier and less prone to breaking due to being overplayed (which if anything I think is a testament to how fun these games are to play). I managed to get a cheap copy of The Beatles: Rock Band with the Hofner Violin Bass controller and it looks pretty darn stylish.There's seriously nothing better than getting your mates round and cranking this up, especially if you buy Rush's 'Moving Pictures' album off the store. That's a brilliant album to play on drums!This is absolutely party game perfection, can't wait for the third one.
4.5 Better then GHWT and also awesome to boot! SiScott | 31/08/2009 | See all SiScott's reviews (98) Since this is what a lot of people will want to know; this game is better then GH:WT for a lot of reasons. Don't get me wrong though, GH is a good game, but its not as polished as RB2 at all.RB2 offers you far more music (just look at the DLC on the PSN and compare).Its offers you more options for customising and looking after your band.It offers more locations to play in.A more structured "world tour".More mature music (IMO) compared to GH's MTV stuff.It's a lot easier to just jump in and play at a party with your friends if you want to because you can just plug another instrument in and go.It may sound daft, but RB2 just feels like a more polished game which offers better choices, more customisation, more music and just feels more mature.GH:WT unfortunately just feels like the same old thing but with more instruments. It feels like it was rushed out.BUT.... the GH:WT instrument are far better then RB's and I would recommend getting those instead as they DO work with RB.
4.5 Amazing Elektrika | 27/08/2009 | See all Elektrika's reviews (1) As many other people have said all ready if you love rb you'll love rb2. I did, epically the humongous setlist of 80+ songs with the addition of rb's setlist and loads of downloadable content.The game to defiantly buy.
4.5 Virtual rock heaven minipet | 29/07/2009 | See all minipet's reviews (2) After such a huge success the original Rock Band was, Rock Band 2 didn't dissapoint. The ability to create setlists, and the huge variety of songs (with DLC mostly every week) has never failed to amuse me.In addition to the gameplay, the trophies have been very enjoyable to work for (with the exception of bladder of steel, which still frightens me to death).Much better than the original in terms of gameplay, but the soundtrack (although still growing on me) is inferior, however great game, must have for PS3.
4.5 what a great follow up euge14 | 23/05/2009 | See all euge14's reviews (6) If you like the first rock band you will love rock band 2First it has 80 songs which is ridiculous you can play this game for so long without completing it fully it is really challenging towards the end great soundtrack no matter what genre you like you will enjoy all of the songs on hereThe tour is a lot better you can only do band tour but you can play as one person in the band which is great for solo playThere are challenges that have however many songs and you just have to try and get through it online community is awesomeAnd all practice modes especially the drum trainer are great funIf you like music game this beats guitar hero world tour any day so please take my advice and buy this great gameWell done harmonix
4.5 GET THIS NOW! RyanNIRE | 06/05/2009 | See all RyanNIRE's reviews (4) This game is top fun. I use the Guitar Hero World Tour Drums & Guitar instrumets for this and they work perfect. So you can have the best of both worlds. You can play songs such as Journeys Dont Stop Beleiving, and Baba O'reily by the who. This game ROCKS!
4.5 Rock Band 2, ROCKS! simple as that chazbgood | 13/04/2009 | See all chazbgood's reviews (2) I have only been playing these sort of games since GH3 came out last year, and I was instantly hooked. I subsequently bought Rock Band, followed almost immediately by Guitar Hero World Tour, then in late December, unable to wait any longer for the UK release, an imported copy of RB2.One of the big selling points of this game is that you can play all the songs from Rock Band in RB2 with the use of a 'download key' from PSN. It was initially disappointing that my US version wasn't compatible with my UK songs, so the wait continued. As soon as RB2 was released here I bought another UK copy and all I can say is, if you're at all into these games, this is a must buy.80 odd songs on the disc, plus all the songs from the original, and any downloaded songs you may have purchased all on one game. No more disc swapping to play that one song you always have to play.There are easy ways to unlock all the songs on the disc by playing through specific challenges, opening up the game for quick play sessions. and any DLC get included automatically into their own challenges making them part of the game rather than just add-on songs.This is the ultimate party game. If you have a few mates around or even the rest of the family and assorted kids, get this out and I guarantee you'll have a whale of a time.My only gripe is that I wish Guitar Hero was as flexible with it's songs as Rock Band.Oh, lastly, before I forget, it has a fantastic drum tutor for those that have never really had the chance to have a bash before.ROCK ON!
4.5 Rock Band 2 Jacknicholls | 11/04/2009 | See all Jacknicholls's reviews (10) Rock Band 2Ok firstly I have both so I know what both games are like to play. There are many good and bad things about both games, for example...Rock Band 2 advantages, the tracks are far better then the ones on GH4 and there is a more wide range of them available to play. The tracks are also better to suit the drums and guitar.Rock Band 2 disadvantages, the drum kit is too loud when hit so you have to have the volume loud or have your headphones in.However, if you want to eradicate this problem Rock band have releases a new improved ION Drum Kit, and I just have to say that, that drum kit is amazing it is not loud when hit and just make the game more fun to play.Overall, Rock Band 2 is very enjoyable and fun to play; the playtime is very long so you will still be playing it for ages before completing it.Therefore, I am going to give this 10/10 as it is good to play but you would need the ION Drum kit to have with it as it makes it more fun. Great game!


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Inhibitor-2 (I-2) bound protein phosphatase-1 (PP1) and several PP1-binding proteins from rat brain extracts, including the actin-binding proteins, neurabin I and neurabin II. Neurabins from rat brain lysates were sedimented by I-2 and its structural homologue, I-4. The central domain of both neurabins bound PP1 and I-2, and mutation of a conserved PP1-binding motif abolished neurabin binding to both proteins. Microcystin-LR, a PP1 inhibitor, also attenuated I-2 binding to neurabins. Immunoprecipitation of neurabin I established its association with PP1 and I-2 in HEK293T cells and suggested that PP1 mediated I-2 binding to neurabins. The C terminus of I-2, although not required for PP1 binding, facilitated PP1 recruitment by neurabins, which also targeted I-2 to polymerized F-actin. Mutations that attenuated PP1 binding to I-2 and neurabin I suggested distinct and overlapping sites for these two proteins on the PP1 catalytic subunit. Immunocytochemistry in epithelial cells and cultured hippocampal neurons showed that endogenous neurabin II and I-2 colocalized at actin-rich structures, consistent with the ability of neurabins to target the PP1.I-2 complex to actin cytoskeleton and regulate cell morphology.
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The field of laboratory medicine is advancing towards the use of molecular techniques and molecular diagnostics for the detection of leukemia, genetic disorders, pre-implantation screening, infectious disease and cancer. With the introduction of personalized medicine which allows an individual to have a panel of genetic tests performed to determine predisposition to disease there will be a rise in genetic testing. Molecular diagnostics can also aid in the decision about therapy to be used for genetic disorders. Genetic companies are demanding certified, professionally educated, technically competent individuals to work in this growing facet of laboratory medicine. There is a demand nationally in hospitals, reference laboratories, private genetic laboratories and pharmaceutical industries. The program combines classroom instruction and laboratory practice on-campus with internships in hospitals to prepare graduates. The program will seek accreditation by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences in accordance with their regulations.
Graduates of the program will be able to work in hospital, reference, public health, genetic and pharmaceutical laboratories. They may also work for regulatory agencies or as field technicians. Graduates will be able to apply for certification through the American Society for Clinical Pathology.
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Fanny Lam Christie was awarded one of the four Grassroots Public Art commissions in West Lothian in 2010. The propject 'Inspired by Zen' incorporated sculpture interventions and a contemporary tranquil green space responding to the social and industrial heritage of the area. She created an earth work 'Flying Crane' in collaboration with the community with inscribed bricks fired at the only remaining brick factory in Armadale. Other sculptures were cast at SSW foundry. Such urban green space provides a microcosm of the landscape and enables local communities to interact with nature on their doorstep. The sculptures express this relationship and highlight the local distinctiveness.
Fanny's work explores our relationship with nature, as well as dealing with environmental issues. 'Still Winter' responded to the severe and prolonged winter in Scotland. 'Meandering' explores the human control over wild deer. The project 'Upstream' consists of a series of sculptures and installations on the homeward migration of Atlantic Salmon and human intervention. 'Storm' is about vulnerabiity to climate change, and it took nearly 4 months for her to cast at SSW. It was awarded the N.S. MacFarlane Charitable Trust Award in the 180th RSA exhibition.
In 1998 she founded the Heartwood Sculpture Walk in Perthshire, which has now developed into an annual Heartwood event, inviting local and international artists to the woodland challenge.
Fanny Lam Christie is based in Perthshire. She is a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art in sculpture in 2004, and studied painting previously in Hong Kong.
She is interested in both public art and independent projects. She is qualified in business studies and has work experience in managing projects and budget.
She had two solo exhibitions and exhibited at annual exhibitions of SSA, VAS, RGI and the RSA.


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Payday lender Nimble raises $10m, appoints CEO
PUBLISHED: 26 Jun 2014 00:05:00 | UPDATED: 26 Jun 2014 10:05:40PUBLISHED: 26 Jun 2014 PRINT EDITION: 26 Jun 2014Nimble competes with traditional shopfront payday lenders but operates only online. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
James Hutchinson
Short-term cash lender Nimble has raised $10 million in funding and appointed its first chief executive as investors increasingly look to back disruptive new players in the financial services industry.
The Gold Coast business claims to approve loans online within seconds, and the funding received would give a minority stake in the company to institutional investors Acorn Capital and Monash Investors and others.
Nimble co-founder Greg Ellis said the capital would be used to fund ongoing loans as well as building mobile apps for customers.
It is the first institutional capital for the company, which was started in 2005 by Mr Ellis and Sean Teahan. The two friends mowed lawns for the first two years of the company's operations to pay for the loans.
Nimble previously received $1.5 million in backing from iSelect founder Damien Waller and former Wotif executive Sam Friend. "The plan at the moment is to focus squarely, Apple-style on this one product and do a good job of it," Mr Ellis said in an interview.
Nimble competes with traditional shopfront payday lenders such as Cash Converters and Money3 for a piece of the lucrative $800 million short-term lending sector but operates only online.
It also sits in direct competition with the increasing number of peer-to-peer lending outfits such as SocietyOne, which allow investors to directly make loans to individuals online for interest rates typically lower than those on offer from banks.
Charges high
Although Nimble's charges are relatively high – a 20 per cent establishment fee plus a 4 per cent monthly charge up to 50 days – it banks on the technology used to filter out loan applicants and the speed with which it provides the money.
Customers can apply for the loans of up to $1200 and are cross-checked on more than 4500 data points for suitability and potential fraud.
Though typical credit risk information is among that checked with applicants, Nimble also uses information such as the type of device used to apply for a loan, the time of day and how long it takes to fill out the application (pausing on the income question, for instance, increases likelihood of fraud).
Mr Ellis said the company was starting to experiment with other sources of public information, such as people's social networking profiles.
He said the company had given out 550,000 loans since the company's founding nine years ago, with a current average of $500 to $600.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in loans
Although the average has risen, the company has given out hundreds of millions of dollars in loans over its lifetime, with roughly a quarter of applicants receiving approval for loans.
Mr Ellis would not reveal the company's current revenues, which are believed to be about $30 million annually. He said Nimble was looking to grow significantly, placing the company's chief operating officer, Sami Malia, as CEO and continuing an ongoing marketing campaign to seek a greater market share.
"Eighteen months ago we were a start-up company built on paid and organic search," Mr Ellis said.
"I think we're on the map now but we still have an educational role to play given we're pioneering and doing something different.
"We're still in that phase really, and that's what the funding is for. It's not just the short-term lending space, it's lending at large that I think we can be disruptive of, the fact that people can actually have an enjoyable experience while getting a loan is something we think is unprecedented."
The funding comes after tech entrepreneurs Paul Bassat and Mike Cannon-Brookeswarned technology start-ups would increasingly look to disrupt the financial sector.
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Scholarship and lifelong learning are fundamental to a successful career in medicine. Fellows must posses or develop a commitment to maintain and renew their knowledge and clinical skills throughout their career. They must be skilled in obtaining and interpreting medical information and realizing its limitations. They should participate in scientific and clinical studies and meetings. They should be able to evaluate critically new information relevant to Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.
Fellows are expected to perform basic or clinical research under the guidance of faculty, attend relevant research meetings, present their results at a scientific meeting and author or co-author at least one paper resulting from their research. The fellows are expected to supervise and teach residents and medical students assigned to their services.
The program will ensure that its fellows possess knowledge in established and evolving biomedical and clinical science and apply it to clinical care. Fellows are expected to demonstrate rigor in their thinking about clinical situations.
The curriculum will cover the following topics during a three-year period:
Pulmonary Medicine
•Obstructive lung diseases including asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, and cystic fibrosis •Pulmonary malignancy, primary and metastatic •Pulmonary infections, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, fungal infections, and those in the immunocompromised host •Diffuse interstitial lung diseases •Pulmonary vascular diseases, including pulmonary thromboembolism, pulmonary hypertension, the vasculitiditis and pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes •Occupational and environmental lung diseases •Iatrogenic respiratory diseases, including drug-induced disease •Acute lung injury, including radiation, inhalation, and trauma •Pulmonary manifestations of systemic diseases, including collagen vascular diseases •Respiratory failure, including the respiratory distress syndrome, acute and chronic respiratory failure in obstructive lung diseases and neuromuscular and respiratory drive disorders •Disorders of the pleura and mediastinum •Genetic and developmental disorders of the respiratory system •Sleep disorders
Critical Care Medicine
•Physiology, pathophysiology, molecular biology, diagnosis and therapy of disorders of the cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, neurologic, endocrine, hematologic, musculoskeletal, immune, and reproductive systems •Electrolyte and acid-base physiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy •Metabolic, nutritional and endocrine effects of critical illnesses •Hematologic and coagulation disorders secondary to or causing critical illnesses •Life-threatening obstetric and gynecologic disorders •Management of the immunosuppressed patient •Management of anaphylaxis and acute allergic reactions •Trauma •Pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, and excretion in critical illness •Use of paralytic agents •Ethical, economic, and legal aspects of critical illness •Biostatistics and experimental design •Principles and techniques of administration and management •Psychosocial and emotional effects of critical illnesses •Iatrogenic and nosocomial problems in critical care medicine •Personal development, attitudes and coping skills of physicians and other health care professionals who care for critically ill patients •Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and universal precautions and protection of health care workers
Experience will also be provided in the analysis of data pertaining to the following:
•Parenteral nutrition •Cardiac output determinations by thermodilution and other techniques •Evaluation of oliguria •Management of massive transfusions •Management of hemostatic defects •Interpretation of antibiotic levels and sensitivities •Monitoring and assessment of metabolism and nutrition •Calculation of oxygen content, intrapulmonary shunt and alveolar arterial gradients •Pharmacokinetics
The program will provide the environment and resources for the fellow to acquire knowledge of and ability to interpret the following:
•Imaging procedures, including: chest radiographs, computed axial tomograms, radionuclide scans, pulmonary angiograms, and other radiologic and ultrasound procedures •Sleep studies •Inhalation challenge studies •Pulmonary function tests to assess respiratory mechanics, gas exchange and respiratory drive, including spirometry, flow-volume studies, lung volumes, diffusion capacity, arterial blood gas analysis •Cardiopulmonary exercise studies •Slides of basic lung pathology
The program will provide the environment and resources for fellows to develop competence in monitoring and supervising special services, including:
•Critical care units •Pulmonary function laboratories •Respiratory physical therapy and rehabilitation services •Respiratory care techniques and services


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This academic collaboration between LSU and BRCC is an invitation-only, year-long program that allows students the chance to make a seamless transition into college life at LSU. After the successful completion of this one-year program, students will transfer fully to LSU for their sophomore year coursework and beyond. Space is limited in the Tiger Bridge Program, and students will enter on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tiger Bridge students will take full advantage of the services and programs at both campuses. At LSU, students will have access to the dining halls, Student Recreation Center, Student Health Center, Student Union, student organization involvement, campus events, and much more. At BRCC, students will have full access to all student life and support services.
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Edwards ends long drought at Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carl Edwards pulled away on a late start to snap a 70-race winless streak Sunday, the second long drought he's ended at Phoenix International Raceway.
Edwards broke the longest slump of his career by winning at Phoenix in 2010. He won for the first time since Las Vegas in 2011 by leading the final 78 laps on the 312-mile race around PIR's odd-shaped oval.
Coming off a miserable week at Daytona, where he wrecked five cars, Edwards got a push from defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski on the restart with two laps left. He pulled away to win the first non-restrictor-plate race with NASCAR's new Gen-6 car.
Edwards did his celebratory backflip for the first time in nearly two years, then went into the stands to celebrate with the fans — just like he did after his last win at PIR.
Patrick not hurt after hard hit at Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Danica Patrick slammed her car hard into the wall during a race at Phoenix International Raceway, but was uninjured.
Patrick blew a right-front tire coming around turn 4 on Sunday and slammed into the wall. She careened back onto the track and was hit hard again by David Ragan, flipping her hood over the windshield and shredding the left front fender.
Patrick coasted to a stop near the inside wall with pieces of her car strewn across half the home straightaway. A smoking chunk of tire also flew into pit lane.
Patrick climbed out of her car and was quickly cleared by the infield care center.
She became the first woman to win a Sprint Cup pole and lead green-flag laps at the Daytona 500 last week.
No. 17 UCLA women beat Arizona 68-57
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Alyssia Brewer scored 22 points on 11-for-14 shooting and No. 17 UCLA finished the Pac-12 regular season with a 68-57 victory over Arizona on Sunday.
Nirra Fields scored 21 and tied Brewer and Jasmine Dixon with a team-high eight rebounds for the Bruins (23-6, 14-4), who have won four in a row. UCLA is the third seed and will receive a bye in the Pac-12 tournament that begins Thursday in Seattle.
Markel Walker had 10 points and seven assists for the Bruins, who played without Thea Lemberger, who injured her elbow in Friday's win at Arizona State.
Davellyn White had 16 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for Arizona (12-17, 4-14).
The Wildcats have lost four in a row.
USC defeats Arizona State 67-60
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Cassie Harberts had 12 points and 10 rebounds on Sunday and Southern California defeated Arizona State 67-60 in the teams' Pac-12 regular-season finale.
Christina Marinacci and Ariya Crook scored 13 points each for the Trojans (10-19, 7-11 Pac-12). Kiki Alofaituli scored 11 for USC.
The Trojans never trailed and led 34-23 at halftime, but the Sun Devils (13-17, 5-13) closed within four points four times in the second half, the last with 19 seconds remaining. Alexyz Vaioletama made one free throw and Marinacci made two to complete the scoring.
Janae Fulcher of Arizona State had game highs with 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Promise Amukamara added 10 points for ASU.
Zito throws 3 shutout innings, Giants beat D-backs
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Barry Zito pitched three shutout innings, Brandon Crawford had three hits and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Sunday.
John McDonald and Cliff Pennington each had two hits for the Diamondbacks, who have lost two in a row for the first time this spring. Adam Eaton, Willie Bloomquist and Jon Griffin drove in runs for Arizona.
Buster Posey drove in a run for the Giants. Francisco Peguero had two hits, including a double, and three RBIs.
Arizona starter Josh Collmenter gave up two runs and three hits in two innings.
Zito gave up two hits and struck out two — former teammates Cody Ross and Eric Chavez.
Rockies pitchers wild in 7-2 loss to Athletics
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jorge De La Rosa and Tyler Chatwood were so wild that the Oakland Athletics barely had to swing to beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Sunday.
Oakland scored its first four runs without putting the ball in play. De La Rosa and Chatwood combined to issue five walks and hit three batters with pitches in the first three innings. All three A's were plunked with the bases loaded — Michael Choice in the first, and Daric Barton and Scott Sizemore in the third.
Adam Rosales also drew a bases-loaded walk in the third.
Todd Helton went 0 for 2 in his first game since hip surgery on Aug. 9.
The 39-year-old Rockies first baseman, entering the final year of his contract, was arrested and charged with drunken driving last month.
Gomez, Estrada lead Brewers to 4-3 win over Cubs
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Carlos Gomez homered and Taylor Green had two hits to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat a Chicago Cubs split squad 4-3 on Sunday.
Gomez and Green backed an impressive outing by Brewers right-hander Marco Estrada before he left to join Team Mexico for the World Baseball Classic. Estrada pitched four scoreless innings. He allowed one hit, walked two and struck out three.
Green singled home the second run of a two-run rally in the first inning against Cubs starter Edwin Jackson. Gomez's homer leading off the third came against reliever Drew Carpenter.
Jackson had a rough outing. He gave up two runs and two hits in two innings.
He also walked three, hit a batter with a pitch and made a throwing error on an attempted double play.
Brewers return offense that dominated NL pitching
PHOENIX (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers quietly put together one of the most productive offenses in baseball last season, leading the NL in runs, homers and RBIs.
They hope to do the same thing with a group that returns largely intact this season.
Ryan Braun, Aramis Ramirez and the rest of the key parts of last year's batting order are back in 2013, although Milwaukee may have to weather some injuries to key players.
Corey Hart is out until at least late-April following surgery on his right knee, Aramis Ramirez sustained a slight knee strain on Saturday, and Mat Gamel is out for the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee for the second straight season.
Still, manager Ron Roenicke believes he has players to be productive again.
Blanton allows solo homer in 1st Angels start
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Joe Blanton allowed a first-inning solo homer to Brian Bogusevic in his first game in a Los Angeles Angels' uniform, a 4-2 loss to a Chicago Cubs' split squad Sunday.
Blanton, who agreed to a $15 million, two-year deal with the Angels during the offseason, allowed just the one hit in two innings, struck out two and walked none. Blanton was 10-13 with a 4.71 ERA for Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Dodgers last year.
Nick Struck, the Chicago Cubs' minor league pitcher of the year, made his second exhibition appearance and gave up two hits in three scoreless innings.
Cubs closer Carlos Marmol got into a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the fourth when Josh Hamilton and Mark Trumbo singled, and Chris Iannetta (eye-uh-NET'-uh) was hit by a pitch. Andrew Romine grounded into a run-scoring, 4-6-3 double play, and Caleb Cowart lined out.
Brad Nelson hit a solo homer for the Cubs.
Angels' Trout takes high road on salary, position
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Mike Trout is taking the high road about his salary and his position in the outfield, one day after his agent directed a statement at the Los Angeles Angels about both of them.
Trout said Sunday that he just wants to be in the lineup every day and that his time to make big money will come if he keeps producing the way he did last season, when he was voted AL Rookie of the Year and just missed out on winning the MVP.
The Angels renewed his contract Saturday for $510,000, just $20,000 above the league minimum, prompting his agent Craig Landis to call it well short of a "fair contract."
Landis went on to say that Trout would put the disappointment behind him, just as he had when he learned that he would not be the Angels' primary center fielder this season.
Samardzija to start Cubs' opener; Garza DL bound
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Jeff Samardzija (suh-MAR'-juh) will be the opening-day starter for the Chicago Cubs, who said Matt Garza will start the season on the disabled list because of an injured muscle in his side that is preventing the right-hander from throwing.
Cubs manager Dale Sveum (swaym) said Sunday that Samardzija will start at Pittsburgh on April 1. He was 9-13 with a 3.81 ERA last season, when he had a 2.39 ERA in his last seven starts.
Samardzija will be joined in the rotation by Travis Wood, Carlos Villanueva (vee-ah-noo-WAY'-vah), Edwin Jackson and Scott Feldman.
Dodgers' Puig homered, Beckett overpowering
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Cuban defector Yasiel Puig hit his first home run, Josh Beckett threw three more scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 Sunday.
Puig signed by the Dodgers to a seven-year, $42 million in June, connected for a three-run shot in the seventh.
Beckett has allowed one hit in each of his two starts. He struck out three Sunday to run his total to six.
In a second appearance as the Dodgers designated hitter, Matt Kemp went 0 for 3. Kemp, who is coming off shoulder surgery, is 0 for 5 this spring.
Rangers' Martin breaks arm when hit by liner
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Rangers pitching prospect Martin Perez broke his left forearm after being hit by a line drive Sunday and will not throw for about four weeks, and Texas gave up homers to Kendrys Morales and Jesus Montero in a 7-6 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
The 21-year-old left-hander Perez was struck by a liner off Brad Miller's bat. Perez dropped to the ground as the ball deflected off his arm, just above his wrist for an infield single.
X-rays revealed he broke his left ulna. Perez is will not likely be able to throw until early April. He will continue his cardiovascular and conditioning program.
Morales homered in the first, a two-run shot. Montero connected in the seventh.
Seattle starter Joe Saunders worked two scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk.
Gordon homers, Davis sharp on mound for Royals
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Alex Gordon homered, Mike Moustakas stroked two doubles to raise his average to .579 and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 Sunday to remain undefeated in 10 games.
Wade Davis pitched three scoreless innings to run his string to five in two starts. He allowed two hits and struck out three in his second start.
Reds right-hander Homer Bailey struck out five and allowed one single in two innings, but the bullpen allowed 12 hits and eight runs.
The Royals are the only undefeated team in the major leagues this spring, improving to 9-0-1.
They got three consecutive pinch-hit singles from Christian Colon, Xavier Nady and Brandon Wood in a four-run sixth.
White Sox Peavy roughed up in spring debut
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Jake Peavy gave up an RBI double to Chase Headley and three runs overall in his first start of spring training, and the Chicago White Sox lost to the San Diego Padres 4-0 Sunday.
Peavy gave up five hits in three innings. Cameron Maybin and Nick Hundley each had RBI doubles off the former Padres star.
Padres starter Clayton Richard made his first spring start, too. He walked two in two hitless innings.
Tim Stauffer and Anthony Bass, competitors for a spot in San Diego's starting rotation, combined for three scoreless innings and five strikeouts.
Outfielder Jaff Decker homered for the Padres.


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Just recently, an old friend of Hodinkee came to us looking for advice on a purchasing new, mid-range sport watch. This person, who has the same discriminating eye for design as our editors, was looking for something that was both progressively styled yet above the trends that often dominate watches in the sub-$1000 range. We threw out some suggestions; Hamilton, Tissot, Swiss Army, Toy Watch, etc., and he ignored every single of them.
We thank him for that. Our friend bought a Certina, and that forced us to take another look at this Swatch-owned brand. Certina was founded in 1888 by two brothers in Switzerland on the principles of "Reliability, Precision, and Innovation". Perhaps best known for their "DS" or "Double-Security" cases, Certina has continually produced interesting, imaginative designs on one end of the spectrum, and classically inspired pieces on the other.
For example, in 1936, the company produced the very first digital watch (mechanical, of course). In 1959, the company relased their very first DS watch, which incorporated a movement suspended by springs inside an unusually thick case. Back on the imaginative side, Certina released a watch called the Biostar in 1971 that was capable of tracking human biorhythms.
In 1976 Certina produced a version of the DS called the Diamaster that was actually worn by a heavyweight boxer born by the name of Cassius Clay. This watch was advertised as being virtually un-scratchable. More recently, Certina has adopted a heavily European focus and has acted as sponsor to the BMW Sauder F1 team in addition to some high profile motorcycle racers.
Certina is now considered by Swatch to be their leading mid-ranged watch world wide, although we think our friend Dennis Philips might have something to say about that. We don't think either brand is better than the other, simply different. Hamilton is rugged and military inspired, certainly American by design. Certina, which uses many of the same movements as Hamilton, is more stylish and sporty, with a European flair, and we have to say we like that.
Click here to visit Certina's official site. We absolutely love their new automatic DS Prince and DS Podium watches.
And because we thought we might get some emails asking for where to look for a great vintage Certina, here is a relatively rare DS PH200 diving watch from the 1960s.


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Noteworthy: The best in recent kids' CDs
From Brian Setzer's orchestral fun with classical music clichés to a Parents' Choice Award winner by Dr. Noize, these albums will delight young ears.
Dr. Noize – The Ballad of Phineas McBoof
Pity Phineas McBoof. Exhausted by his fame and fans, the "musical King Kong" has disappeared, and only his International Band of Misunderstood Geniuses knows how to find the iconic monkey. It's a familiar tabloid tale, as seen through the lens of a kaleidoscope rather than a paparazzo's camera. Loaded with witty narration and some creatively impressive tunes, the CD has launched a book by the same title and a sequel is due. Recipient of a 2007 Parents' Choice Award, it goes without saying that the album also wins the prize for best title of the year.
Stephen Simon, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Stories in Music: Peter and the Wolf
After creating musical lessons around "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" and "Juanita the Spanish Lobster," it's actually a little disappointing (though not surprising) that Stories in Music has done its own recording of Sergei Prokofiev's childhood warhorse. The Russian composer knocked out this orchestral story in two weeks, but the tale of how a small boy defeats a big, bad wolf remains one of the most effective ways to introduce instruments and their sounds to small ones. While Sir Alec Guinness, for me, remains the gold standard in narrators, this new recording has a lot to recommend it by way of educational extras. Russian folk music, a listening lesson taught by Maestro Stephen Simon, and a brief biography of Prokofiev all whisk briskly and authoritatively along.


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The Jeon Lab Microfluidic Neuron Device is now commercially available through xonamicrofluidics.com
On The Cover! (Left) Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2008 May 30;170(2):188-96
Microfluidic-based strip assay for testing the effects of various surface-bound inhibitors in spinal cord injury. Vahidi B, Park JW, Kim HJ, Jeon NL.
Cover (left) Description: Microfluidics and surface micropatterning methods are combined to develop a drug screening platform for spinal cord injury and for axonal regeneration research. Cells (stained green) are selectively placed on a band coated with Polylysine. The immediate areas to the left and right are patterned with alternating strips of polylysine and Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan. The axons (stained green) grow only on the strips coated with polylysine.
Biological Applications of Microfluidics Chapter 6 pages 115 - 132 Microfluidic Culture Platforms For Stem Cell And Neuroscience Research Chung BC, Vahidi B, Park JW, Hu JS, Harris JW, Monuki ES, Jeon NL
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Langmuir. 2007 Oct 23;23(22):10910-10912. Epub 2007 Oct 2 Mosadegh B, Huang C, Park JW, Shin HS, Chung BG, Hwang SK, Lee KH, Kim HJ, Brody J, Jeon NL.
JOVE Video: Fabrication of a Microfluidic Device for the Compartmentalization of Neuron Soma and Axons
JOVE Video: Preparing E18 Cortical Rat Neurons for Compartmentalization in a Microfluidic Device
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Vascular mimetics based on microfluidics for imaging the leukocyte--endothelial inflammatory response.
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Lab Chip. 2007 Apr;7(4):448-56. Epub 2007 Jan 23. Schaff UY, Xing MM, Lin KK, Pan N, Jeon NL, Simon SI.
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UW Seattle's Streaming Reserves Policy
The Libraries has been offering an online audio and video streaming course reserve service since 2008. Requests for streaming have increased thirtyfold since that time making it necessary to impose some limits on the service. The following changes to the Libraries streaming service at UW Seattle are now in effect:
- A maximum of 25 videos may be requested per class. A maximum number for audio files has not been set. Such requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
- 10 or more students must be enrolled in a class for it to qualify for the service.
- Feature films will no longer be licensed. Documentary films will be licensed to the extent possible.
The following preconditions must still be met for a request to be considered:
- Requests must be made by a UW Seattle instructor for their credit bearing and degree-program affiliated course.
- Requested titles must be required viewing or listening for all students in the class.
It may take as long as 5 weeks to process your request, so please submit your request early. And even if all preconditions are met, we may not be able to stream requested titles due to a pre-existing request queue and/or exorbitant licensing costs.
Please contact us or the subject librarian for your program for more information about this service or other streaming options that may be available to you.
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