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When I was raising my children, we all ate together, and we all ate the same thing together! My how things have changed; families today face so many more schedule issues and dietary challenges. I hope you enjoy my recipe; Mrs. Brady wants your family to eat it together—and don't leave the table until your plate is clean.
To toast the pine nuts, place in a skillet over medium heat, and cook, stirring frequently, until they're golden. Nuts can also be toasted in a 350°F oven, stirred occasionally, for 10 to 15 minutes.
Recipe from Florence Henderson's Short-Cut Cooking, published by William Morrow, 1998.
Serves 4
In a small bowl, add milk and eggs, and slightly beat together. In another dish, add flour, salt, and pepper.
Dip the chicken pieces into the milk mixture and then into the flour mixture, coating each piece well. Shake off excess flour, and reserve on a plate.
Meanwhile, in a large, shallow skillet, warm 2 tablespoons butter and all the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add the coated chicken pieces to the hot skillet and cook until the chicken is no longer pink on the inside, about 4 minutes on each side. Remove the chicken from the pan and drain on paper towels. Reserve and keep warm.
Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter to the pan drippings. Stir in the lemon juice, wine, and garlic. Stirring constantly, cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add capers and parsley, stirring and cooking for about 1 minute.
To serve, place a serving of pasta on each plate and top each with a chicken breast. Spoon sauce over each serving and sprinkle with pine nuts. Serve immediately.
Florence Henderson is an actress, best known for her role as Carol Brady in The Brady Bunch. Henderson has been named one of the 100 Greatest TV Icons by TV Land and Entertainment Weekly. She also hosts The Florence Henderson Show on RLTV.
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Are you ready for Christmas?
It's the question that is on everyone's lips from about now until the big day. Even strangers at the checkout ask it. Are you ready for Christmas? It's asked by well meaning folk across the country but generates stress like no other.
The answer is one of two – you are either extremely organised and have it all wrapped up early or it's a big fat 'no'. Of course I am in the big fat no category full of Christmas stress. I cannot understand those people who post on Facebook that they have not only done their Christmas shopping in October but wrapped it too. Do they not have anything else going on?
Then there are those who leave it too late and buy anything that resembles a gift in the hope that it will suffice (sorry boys but you are definitely the worst at this!). I used to work in a well know high street clothes store and every year at 3pm on Christmas eve a handful of men would walk into the store with their wife's Christmas wish list expecting all their sizes and styles to be in stock. I knew from their little puppy dog faces that they were in for a very uncomfortable Christmas morning!
This year I have all the best planned intentions of shopping early to beat the queues, the stress and the 'out of stock' dilemmas. However, with just a few weeks to go until the big day I still have a list as long as my arm and my little boy is the only one with a gift or should I say gifts (I think I have gone overboard and purchased most of the Thomas and Friends range from most toy stores).
Not only do I have a very lovely but very dysfunctional family I have a large one at that – 3 sisters and 2 brothers for starters makes shopping a mammoth task! I blame my parents for giving me so many siblings, and my siblings for finding love for now I have to buy far too many gifts! Bankruptcy here I come.
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Marketing performance measurement and management (MPM) is a term used by marketing professionals to describe the analysis and improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of marketing.[1] This is accomplished by focus on the alignment of marketing activities, strategies, and metrics with business goals.[2] It involves the creation of a metrics framework to monitor marketing performance, and then develop and utilize marketing dashboards to manage marketing performance.[3][3][4][5]
Performance management is one of the key processes applied to business operations such as manufacturing, logistics, and product development. The goals of performance management are to achieve key outcomes and objectives to optimize individual, group, or organizational performance. MPM however, is more specific. It focuses on measuring, managing, and analyzing marketing performance to maximize effectiveness and optimize the return of investment (ROI) of marketing.[6] Three elements play a critical role in managing marketing performance—data, analytics, and metrics.[3]
One of the core methodologies to measure marketing effectiveness is the collection of appropriate data.[3] The gathering of right types of data, and its accuracy, is crucial in measuring the marketing performance. Agreement between the marketing department and the senior management is important in selecting appropriate data to be collected.[1][7]
While data collection is relatively simple, a thorough analysis to make sense of collected data is critical. By thoroughly analyzing the data, organizations can gather actionable business insights to improve the marketing effectiveness and marketing efficiency. For example, organizations can use the analytics to drive the marketing return on investment, and make faster and better business decisions.[5]
One common use of these analytics is optimizing marketing spending by using market mix models--models that measure the impact of marketing activities, competitive effects, and market environment on sales of a product. The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry extensively uses this method, and it is now being adopted elsewhere. For example, in Financial Services, Marketing Mix Modeling projects and tools will collect all marketing spend into a single database, and analyze spend's effects on acquisition of new customers, retention, average customer value, up-sell of additional services, and so on. These models use data to create a model that establishes the link between spend in various channels, geographies and so on with incremental sales. The concepts and tools of these Marketing Mix Models date back over 30 years - but more sophisticated techniques developed in the 1990s/2000s by such agencies as ATG, MindShare, Edge, and Brand Science, coupled with the explosion in the quantity and availability of marketing data, have brought MMM into the mainstream. With the increased usage of the Internet, social networking sites, mobile advertising, and text messaging, interest in them is increasing. [5]
Measurement and metrics enable marketing professionals to justify budgets based on returns and to drive organizational growth and innovation. As a result, marketers use these metrics and performance measurement as way to prove value and demonstrate the contribution of marketing to the organization.[1][6]
Popular metrics used in analysis include activity-based metrics that involves numerical counting and reporting. For example, tracking downloads, Web site visitors, attendees at various events are types of activity-based metrics. However, they seldom link marketing to business outcomes. Instead, business outcomes such as market share, customer value, and new product adoption offer a better correlation. MPM focuses on measuring the aggregated effectiveness and efficiency of the marketing organization.[4] Some common categories of these specific metrics include marketing's impact on share of preference, rate of customer acquisition, average order value, rate of new product and service adoptions, growth in customer buying frequency, volume and share of business, net advocacy and loyalty, rate of growth compared to competition and the market, margin, and customer engagement.[4] In addition, MPM is used to measure the monitoring of operational efficiency and external performance.[1]
Operations performance metrics is a term used when organizations manage marketing functions as a business. Organizations committed to implementing MPM may create positions such as marketing operations director and marketing finance director. Program-to-people ratios, awareness-to-demand ratios, the cost vs lead, the cost vs sale, and conversation rates are the typical data collected and analyzed. Operational performance metrics, however, primarily provide the organization with a way to rationalize marketing investments, but do not correlate marketing to business strategy and business performance.
MPM tightly focuses on these operating measures to help marketers view how efficiently resources of the organization such as people, facilities, and capital are used. External performance measures aligned with business outcomes assess things such as the value an organization provides to customers or the performance of an organization relative to its competitors.[4]
By using a top-down approach, marketers develop metrics and specific performance targets known as key performance indicators (KPI).[6] First business decisions are made to define the scope. To create metrics and KPIs, marketeers involved in MPM try to first brainstorm on the business outcome that they are trying to impact. This is followed by asking the opposite questions that need to be answered to determine if the questions have an impact on this outcome, and the necessary supporting data required to answer these questions. After determining what data is needed, marketeers need to search for this data, and determine the decisions and actions that must to be enforced as a result of this data mining.
One way of displaying the performance measurements is with a dashboard.[8] The dashboard is where all data and metrics are collated and presented as useful information for the organization. Marketing professionals create these dashboards from metrics and KPIs. Organizations can then use this information to proceed with their marketing. In essence, a dashboard is a multilayered performance management tool that enables organizations to measure, monitor and manage business activity by using both financial and non-financial measures. The dashboard provides analysis into the progress of the organization toward achieving each defined objectives.[5]
A good dashboard consists of three layers:[5]
Level | Function | Description |
Executive level | Strategic level | Monitors and measures performance against business outcomes and marketing objectives |
Operational level | Marketing management | Tracks performance of core marketing strategies and processes |
Tactical level | Functions and individuals | Analyzes performance at project or activity level as they relate to the first two |
An ideal dashboard should show the progress of marketing, help assess productive areas, and help in the decision making. In addition, dashboards provide an indication on the value of marketing and also helps to align marketing with the business.[5]
MPM professionals develop closed-loop business processes for data collection, performance target setting, measurement and reporting.[1][5][9]
Processes must describe a document outlining the step-by-step actions that marketing must take to follow the process consistently. A valuable aid is the process map. Process mapping is a technique to create a clearly defined objective to meeting business results. It provides a systematic description of the actions taken by marketing personnel as they use a specific set of activities to produce a defined set of outcomes. It can also help identify skills the organization may need to implement the plan. In addition, an organization can use the process map to identify technology and training requirements. For organizations committed to implementing ISO 9001, process maps are an integral part of quality management.[1]
The marketing metrics continuum provides a framework for how to categorize metrics from the tactical to strategic. By navigating this metrics continuum, from activity-based to predictive, marketers can move towards more effective marketing measurement and align measurement and metrics with business outcomes.[5]
According to Marketing Metrics in Action: Creating a Performance-Driven Marketing Organization,[5] the creation of a performance-driven organization requires two elements: a set of standards and processes for identifying and accessing relevant data, and the ability to generate performance metrics from the data.[5]
A Forrester Research and Heidrick and Struggles study titled The Evolved CMO, found that 20% of the 115 chief and senior marketing professionals needed a further understanding in marketing measurement, customer relationship management (CRM), and customer data analytics.[10] Marketing professionals must be able to tap into customer information that enables them to provide a strategic guidance the organization requirements. This allows them to extend business into emerging markets and bring innovative products to market.[11]
Marketing professionals can then assess how to measure the impact of marketing on the business and translate the metrics to simple charts, data, and figures that the top management of the organization (CEOs, CFOs, and other CxOs) can understand.[5]
A United States-based study conducted by management consultants Bersin and Associates states that "today more than 40% of US corporations believe that 'driving a performance-based culture' is one of their top three talent strategies."[12] Cultures that foster an environment of teamwork and employee development, and resource empowerment achieve higher quality outcomes. Similar to other optimization processes (for example a six sigma quality management program), MPM requires a culture of accountability within the organization.[2] Without a disciplined approach, success of implementation of MPM to drive productivity would not yield tangible results.[1]
Stakeholders for MPM implementation include the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and marketing operations professionals.[5]
Marketing accountability of an organization lies with the CMO. CMOs are deeply involved with the MPM professionals to define marketing objectives, determine investments and prove the value of marketing in the organization. Marketing operations and analysis professionals are responsible for the creation of new metrics and processes to measure and improve operations performance. They are expected to evaluate and implement systems to improve marketing efficiency and effectiveness.[6] In addition, they are faced with the challenges of collecting data and analytics essential to the development, and the deployment of marketing dashboards and creating the marketing operations road map. The chief financial officer of a company or public agency is the corporate officer primarily responsible for managing the financial risks of the business or agency. This officer is also responsible for financial planning and record-keeping, as well as financial reporting to higher management. As marketing is a crucial vertical of any organization, the CFO is an important stakeholder for any marketing and other finance-related tasks.[5]


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I found this on vaca. in Florida panhandle May 2002. The color I got was Malibu, feeling a little bit crazy for me- it's a bright rose with only the tiniest hint of brown to keep it from being a shocking color. I absolutely love it and have been looking for this lipstick again. IMO it is better than Maybelline WS/WSD because pigmenting is better and what you see is what you get in terms of color, no big surprises. It's very moisturizing, but light. Oh how I wish I could find this again.
This lipstick is everything that Maybelline's Wet Shine is not. It goes on sheer with a bit of color and is very, very shiny and glossy and wet looking. The colors aren't bad either! I bought 2: a gorgeous light peach and a mauve/pink shade. They're shimmery, not matte at all. I don't know if these are permanent additions to the line, I just bought them off of a prepack display - it's the "Spring" prepack.
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Welcome to Abbott's Candy Shop located in beautiful downtown Hagerstown, Indiana. Hagerstown (population 2000) is in east central Indiana. The big pink and white building that houses Abbott's Candy is a favorite stop for families who come watch the candy being made.
The first stop on the tour is our kitchen. Visitors can enjoy the aroma as they watch the batches of our famous butter caramels being poured on the water-cooled table.
Oven-roasted pecans are stirred into a batch of caramel just before pouring onto the water-cooled table. Lucious pecan caramel is poured from the copper kettle onto the water-cooled table. When the caramel has cooled, each forty pound batch is cut and wrapped by hand. There are approximately 900 pieces per batch to be individually wrapped. Special waxed papers in different colors or patterns distinguish the different flavors of caramels and chews. In addition to our famous caramels, Abbott's has a tradition of making fine quality chocolates. The many flavors of cream centers. the almond butter toffee and peanut brittle are cooked in the kitchen before transfer to the chocolate room.
After leaving the kitchen, the tour moves into the "chocolate room" where the various centers are coated with chocolate. Cream centers are formed by hand or by using dies and a hand press. Caramels that are to be covered in chocolate are specially cut to size and our various nut and caramel clusters are made in the kitchen using a large depositor to drop hot caramel onto beds of nutmeats.
The centers are placed on the enrober belt to be coated by the melted chocolate. Freshly enrobed cream centers are ready to be "strung" - which means having a decorative flourish added to the top of each piece. Abbott's uses fine domestic milk and semi-sweet dark chocolate and the best quality nutmeats and maraschino cherries in addition to our other ingredients to create these delightful confections.
Many of the candies made at Abbott's are hand dipped, especially the various nut clusters. The final stop on the tour is to watch the chocolates being packed in our elegant gift boxes. Each box is hand packed by a "packer" who inspects each piece as she places it in the box.
One of the packing tables loaded with the large variety of flavors that go into our boxed chocolates. Treat yourself, your family and friends to Abbott's Candy and you will find out why these confections have been a favorite for three generations of candy lovers. A gift of Abbott's Candy is never the wrong color, never the wrong size and it wouldn't matter if you already had one! Come see us often, if not in person, then visit us here on our World Wide Web site.


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Candidates' forum set for Tuesday night
Thursday, October 17, 2013
SANFORD — The campaign trail will pass through the Sanford City Hall this Tuesday, Oct. 22, when the Sanford Strong Coalition hosts the annual "Candidates Night" in the council chambers at 919 Main Street.
First up will be the candidates for the two three-year seats and the single unfinished term on the Sanford School Committee. Incumbents Donald Jamison and Robert Gendron and challengers John Roux and Scott Sheppard have been invited to participate; so too has Thomas Miscio, the lone contender for the unfinished term vacated by former member Adam Cote, who resigned in June to prepare for his Maine Army National Guard unit's current deployment to Afghanistan.
Voters have spent the last week or two sending the Sanford Strong Coalition their proposed questions, which have run the gamut of the city's most pressing issues. The coalition has been meeting in recent weeks to create a final roster of questions that Sullivan will ask the candidates.
The public is invited to attend the forum, which also will be broadcast live on Sanford High School's television station, WSSRTV, and "The Legends" on AM 1220 and FM 102.3 on the radio. |


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Akitio intros personal MyCloud Duo NAS server
Akito announces a dual-bay MyCloud Duo NAS server that offers the ability to access and share digital content over the Internet.
Akitio announced today the availability of the MyCloud Duo, its second-generation personal cloud NAS server.
The company says the new server features a Web-based file browser and media player to offer over-the-Internet file management and media playback, via a convenient portal. For the local network, the server features a one Gigabit Ethernet port and has a built-in UPnP AV media server, allowing users to stream content to any UPnP-AV- and DLNA- compatible devices.
As a storage device, the MyCloud Duo supports the SMB standard and can be automatically detected by other computers. The server can house two SATA hard drives in RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOB configurations and is able to handle 3TB hard drives. For those who travel a lot with mobile devices, the server comes with free iOS and Android mobile apps to manage and view files directly on mobile devices.
The new Akitio MyCloud Duo personal cloud NAS server is available now and is slated to cost $149.


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This month, DigitalCameraReview.com is launching a new regular column called "Head to Head." In this monthly feature, we'll pit two (or more) similar cameras with competitive specs against each other in five key areas, based on data, impressions, and opinions from our review of each product. To lead off the series, three prominent representatives of the "pocket zoom" class of cameras - the Canon PowerShot SX100IS, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3, and the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 - go head to head.
The last few days have been chock full of new digital camera releases from several major players, and things only got more exciting as yesterday turned into this morning. To make your life easy, a quick run-down of the biggest pre-PMA releases to this point - including a brand-new Canon Digital Rebel, flagship ultra-zooms from Fujifilm and Olympus, and a new Sony touch screen model - is all right here.
In a press release today, Canon announced the launch of a new consumer-level DSLR, the EOS 450D or Digital Rebel XSi. The new camera, which features a 12.2 megapixel CMOS sensor, DIGIC III processing, and live view, looks, from all indications, to make some significant improvements over the current Rebel XTi.
Canon announced three replacements in its popular PowerShot A series with the release of the new PowerShot A470, A580, and A590 IS. The budget-minded A470 brings an impressive features-to-price ratio, and the A580 and A590 IS provide key updates to the extremely popular A560 and A570 IS PowerShot models.
In the DigitalCameraReview.com forums last week, one of our members posted about stumbling upon a one-off Canon SD model on Target.com. As it turns out, the PowerShot SD1100 IS Digital ELPH that leaked out on the retailer's site was actually one of a batch of pre-PMA releases from Canon announced late this evening.
Nikon and Canon have dominated the professional DSLR market since the beginning of the digital revolution, effectively condemning Olympus, Pentax, Panasonic, Leica, and Sony DSLRs to second tier status. That's too bad because there are some really exciting and very pro-capable digital SLRs on that second tier, including the new 10.1 megapixel, 4/3 sensor format Olympus E-3.
Online retail giant Amazon.com released its year-end "Best of 2007" list today, and both Canon's Powershot A570 IS and Adobe's Photoshop Elements 6 made the cut.
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Thiyagalingam, Jeyarajan and Beckmann, Olav and Kelly, Paul H.J. (2003) Improving the performance of Morton layout by array alignment and loop unrolling: reducing the price of naivety. In: Rauchwerger, Lawrence, (ed.) Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing: 16th International Workshop, LCPC 2003, College Station, TX, USA, October 2-4, 2003: revised papers. Lecture notes in computer science (2958). Springer, London, UK, pp. 241-257. ISBN 3540211993
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Hierarchically-blocked non-linear storage layouts, such as the Morton ordering, have been proposed as a compromise between row-major and column-major for two-dimensional arrays. Morton layout offers some spatial locality whether traversed row-wise or column-wise. The goal of this paper is to make this an attractive compromise, offering close to the performance of row-major traversal of row-major layout, while avoiding the pathological behaviour of column-major traversal. We explore how spatial locality of Morton layout depends on the alignment of the arrays base address, and how unrolling has to be aligned to reduce address calculation overhead. We conclude with extensive experimental results using five common processors and a small suite of benchmark kernels.
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Trade/other name(s): Erivedge®
Why would this drug be used?
This drug is used to treat advanced basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, when other treatments such as surgery and radiation are no longer good options. It is also being studied for use against other types of cancer.
How does this drug work?
Vismodegib is a type of targeted therapy known as a hedgehog pathway inhibitor. The hedgehog pathway is a group of proteins that transmit important signals to the cell's control center. This pathway is important for growth and development, especially early in life. Some types of cancer, such as basal cell carcinoma, may have defective hedgehog pathways in the cells, which can help the cells grow. Vismodegib inhibits a hedgehog protein known as Smoothened. By blocking this protein, vismodegib may help stop the growth of these cancers.
Before taking this medicine
Tell your doctor…
- If you are allergic to anything, including medicines, dyes, additives, or foods.
- If you have any medical conditions such as liver disease, kidney disease, heart disease, diabetes, gout, or infections. These conditions may require that your medicine dose, regimen, or timing be changed.
- If you are pregnant, trying to get pregnant, or if there is any chance of pregnancy. This drug can cause serious problems with the fetus if taken at the time of conception or during pregnancy. Please see the "Precautions" section for more information.
- If you are breast-feeding. While no studies have been done, this drug may pass into breast milk and affect the baby. Breast-feeding is not recommended during treatment with this drug.
- If you think you might want to have children in the future. This drug may affect fertility. Talk with your doctor about the possible risk with this drug.
- About any other prescription or over-the-counter medicines or supplements you are taking, including vitamins and herbs. In fact, keeping a written list of each of these medicines (including the doses of each and when you take them) with you in case of emergency may help prevent complications if you get sick.
Interactions with other drugs
Vismodegib may interact with some drugs and supplements, so it is very important to check with your health care team before taking any new medicines.
Drugs commonly used to treat heartburn, reflux, or ulcers reduce the acid levels in the stomach, which may lower the amount of vismodegib your body absorbs:
- H2 blockers such as cimetidine (Tagamet), ranitidine (Zantac), famotidine (Pepcid), or nizatidine (Axid)
- Proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole (Prilosec), esomeprazole (Nexium), pantoprazole (Protonix), rabeprazole (Aciphex), or lansoprazole (Prevacid)
- Antacids (Maalox, Mylanta, Tums, etc.)
Some drugs and supplements could cause vismodegib to build up in your blood, which might worsen side effects and other problems:
- Some antibiotics, such as erythromycin, clarithromycin (Biaxin), azithromycin (Zithromax), and similar drugs
Do not start or stop taking any of these medicines while on vismodegib without talking with your doctor(s) about all of the medicines you take, including vismodegib.
Other medicines or supplements may affect blood levels of vismodegib, or levels of these drugs may be affected by taking vismodegib. Make sure your doctor is aware of all drugs and supplements you are taking.
Check with your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist about any other medicines, herbs, and supplements you are taking, and if alcohol can cause problems with this medicine.
Interactions with foods
No interactions between foods and vismodegib are known at this time, but this doesn't necessarily mean that none exist. Check with your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist about whether any specific foods may be a problem.
Tell all the doctors, dentists, nurses, and pharmacists you visit that you are taking this drug.
How is this drug taken or given?
Vismodegib is taken by mouth as tablets. The usual starting dose is 150 mg (milligrams), taken once a day. The tablets should be swallowed whole (not chewed or crushed). They can be taken with or without food.
Take this drug exactly as directed by your doctor. If you do not understand the instructions, ask your doctor or nurse to explain them to you. Keep the medicine in a tightly closed container away from heat and moisture and out of the reach of children and pets.
Avoid pregnancy while taking this drug. This drug may cause serious birth defects or even death of the fetus. Women who could get pregnant should have a pregnancy test within 7 days of starting treatment. Women should use a highly effective form of birth control during treatment and for at least 7 months after the last dose of this drug. Check with your doctor about what kinds of birth control can be used with this medicine. Men who are taking this drug should use condoms with spermicide (even if they have had a vasectomy) during treatment and for at least 2 months after the last dose. Call your doctor right away if you think you (or your partner) might be pregnant while taking this drug.
Do not donate blood or blood products during treatment with this drug and for at least 7 months after the last dose.
Possible side effects
You will probably not have most of the following side effects, but if you have any talk to your doctor or nurse. They can help you understand the side effects and cope with them.
- Muscle spasms
- Hair loss
- Changes in how things taste
- Weight loss
- Feeling tired
- Nausea
- Diarrhea
- Loss of appetite
- Constipation
- Loss of menstrual periods
Less common
- Joint pain
- Vomiting
- Loss of taste
- Lab test results showing abnormal levels of certain minerals in the blood (Your doctor will discuss the importance of this finding, if any.)
Other side effects not listed above can also occur in some patients. Tell your doctor or nurse if you develop these or any other problems.
FDA approval
Yes – first approved in 2012
Disclaimer: This information does not cover all possible uses, actions, precautions, side effects, or interactions. It is not intended as medical advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for talking with your doctor, who is familiar with your medical needs.
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Instructed by Kelly Feder. Tension in the shoulders, chest, upper back and jaw restricts our breathing, ability to concentrate, and creates neck strain. In this six-week class, a Certified Feldenkrais Teacher® will help you discover your unconscious muscular holding patterns that create tension and cause discomfort. You will learn ways that you can change these habits to a more functional and pleasurable organization of the shoulders, neck, and upper back. If you suffer from migraines, TMJ or repetitive stress injuries of the arms, the Feldenkrais Method® could help you.
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quote:See Dusty Baker as mentioned earlier. He said he doesn't like walks because they clog up the bases. You old guys think you know baseball and your guard have given us Joe Morgan and Dusty Baker
quote:Bregman had a double today
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quote:Actually Bregman scorched a double down the left field line in his first AB. Seems like every ball the kid hits is solid.
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text: Silk portieres completed and installed As part of the restoration of the Hayes Home, a pair of portieres given to Lucy Hayes in 1881 by the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Illinois have been re-created. The laborious work of recreating the intricate crewel work designs on the original drapes was done by workers at the Intermuseum Conservation Association in Cleveland. The original silk portieres made by the Decorative Art Society of Ottawa, IL, had decayed to the point they were little more than threads. ICA embroidery experts spent more than 1,850 hours re-creating the intricate patterns that include peaches, sunflowers, vining stems, and leaves. Hanging of the completed portieres took place October 17. Their installation completes restoration work in the Drawing Room and Library of the Home. A few projects remain to be finished in the Little Smithsonian and Inner Sanctum.


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Botanical: Panax ginseng
Family: Araliaceae (ginseng)
Compositae (daisy) - Asteraceae (aster)
Other common names: Chinese Ginseng, Ginseng Root, Red Ginseng, Asian Ginseng,
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Many athletes swear that Korean Ginseng gives them a competitive edge; women drink it to alleviate unpleasant symptoms of menopause; and millions of people have used this "wonder herb" to cope with stress and also as a stimulant and tonic. Researchers claim that it lowers cholesterol (especially LDL or bad cholesterol), acts as an aphrodisiac, improves mental function and increases the body's energy and stamina. Long considered it to be an overall body tonic, Korean Ginseng is believed to vitalize, strengthen and rejuvenate the entire body.
The information presented herein by Herbal Palace is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.
The Mandarin word for Ginseng is Len seng, which literally means Root of Man, and the name Ginseng comes from the Chinese jen shen, also meaning Man Root. This low-growing, perennial shrub, native to the cool-summer regions of China and North Korea, takes at least four years to mature, and it has been a part of Chinese medicine for over five thousand years. It was first mentioned in the Shen Nong Herbal (compiled between the first and second centuries B.C.) as a superior drug, suitable for long-term use without toxic effects, and it was long considered an "anti-ageing" herb. Another Asian species (Panax pseudoginseng) is native to Japan and may be used for the same purposes. Ginseng was traditionally used to curb emotions, stop agitation, brighten the eyes, enlighten the mind, and increase wisdom. The herb was also commonly used by elderly people to improve mental and physical vitality. The reverence with which some hold Ginseng is reflected in its botanical name, Panax, which is derived from the Greek word for panacea or all healing.
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Korean Ginseng has been known to increase physical and mental endurance, reduce cholesterol, and increase energy. It is commonly taken to enhance physical performance, prolong life and increase sexual potency. Long before scientists researched its benefits, Chinese herbalists prescribed it to normalize blood pressure, improve blood circulation and prevent heart disease.
With regard to cognitive ability, Korean Ginseng is said to significantly improve abstract thinking. Several studies have found that treatment with Ginseng improved the ability to complete detailed tasks, perform mental arithmetic and improve memory, attention, concentration and a general ability to cope.
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text: Well, mine is October 18th. I remember having the biggest debate with myself on which was my fav. month, too because I kind of felt like I was suppose to have Oct. as my fav. because I was born in that month but man did I love Dec. because of Christmas. I remember taking it so seriously, too.


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A traditional hair salon for adults and kids. There is a separate room for kids with a train and a small car to sit in and regular styling chairs for older kids. There is television playing movies plus a soda machine and toys. If you want to save your child's lock of hair, they provide envelopes. Each child can choose a lollipop after a haircut. Price for kids' haircuts: $20 during the week, kids 12 and under; $25 on weekends
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After the Great Recession: What Will The Internet Look Like?
As we plunge further into the Great Recession, it's natural to wonder, like Alice falling down the rabbit hole, what the world will look like when we land. Other bubbles have left behind an excess of infrastructure that would later come in handy: railroad tracks, telegraph lines, Internet fiber. What will we have to show… Read More


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Do We Have to Take Toronto Seriously Now?
This is Toronto we're talking about. The team that's a perennial respite on the schedule in between trips to Boston and Tampa. The shittiest field in the league and a club that routinely packs it in by Memorial Day. There's no way we can take them seriously as AL East contenders, right? But with the Dickey trade wrapping up, Toronto kinda looks like the team to beat right now in the East. That pitching staff of Josh Johnson, who we all know what he can be, R.A. Dickey, Kyle Drabek, who has been at the top of every scout's chart for the last couple years, Buehrle, a consistent middle-of-the-rotation guy against everybody but the Yankees, and whatever other random Dustin McGowans or Brandon Morrows they wanna throw out there is pretty fucking solid. Plus they always have one or two guys with rec specs throwing heat out of the bullpen. On top of that, the team can always hit- that's never been an issue. Add the acquisitions of Reyes, Bonifacio, and Melky to proven talent like Bautista and Encarnacion and that's a scary fucking squad.
But it's Canada… and more specifically Toronto. Until they prove something, I will continue to picture a team full of guys with that dweeby batting stance from Griffey Slugfest where the bat just hangs at the hip parallel to the ground. The kinda team where if you lost to them on N64, you'd make sure no one was watching and restart the system because you just don't lose to Toronto. I know Baltimore proved the 180 can be done in the AL East with a complete turnaround last year, but is it really gonna happen two years in a row? Is there a chance we'll be watching that Kidz Bop knockoff national anthem before games in October? Whether you believe Toronto is legitimate or not, I think it's pretty safe to say that the AL East will open 2013 as the best division in baseball. 4 teams with legitimate playoff potential. And Boston.


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Viggle, GetGlue terminate plans to merge
There could be some trouble in social TV land. Viggle and GetGlue, two competing companion mobile applications for television viewers, announced they have terminated their agreement to merge.
Viggle, a TV loyalty platform that automatically identifies the shows people are watching, said in November that it would acquire TV guide and manual checkin app GetGlue for $25 million and 48.3 million shares. The split is being described as cordial by both sides.
"During the time we started talking to GetGlue about an acquisition and since the merger agreement was signed in November, we have seen impressive growth in … Read more


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Born | Youngstown, Ohio | August 14, 1940
Nationality | American |
Field | Political economics |
School or tradition | Supply-side economics |
Alma mater | Stanford (PhD, 1971; MBA, 1965) Yale (BA, 1963) |
Contributions | Laffer curve |
Born | Youngstown, Ohio | August 14, 1940
Nationality | American |
Field | Political economics |
School or tradition | Supply-side economics |
Alma mater | Stanford (PhD, 1971; MBA, 1965) Yale (BA, 1963) |
Contributions | Laffer curve |
Arthur Betz Laffer (/ˈlæfər/;[1] born August 14, 1940) is an American economist who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981–89). Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, an illustration of the theory that there exists some tax rate between 0% and 100% that will result in maximum tax revenue for governments. He is the author and co-author of many books and newspaper articles, including Supply Side Economics: Financial Decision-Making for the 80s. Laffer is Policy Co-Chairman (with Lawrence "Larry" Kudlow) of the Free Enterprise Fund and serves on the "Board of Scholars" of the American Legislative Exchange Council.[2]
Laffer was born in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of Marian Amelia "Molly" (née Betz), a homemaker and politician, and William Gillespie Laffer, a president of the Clevite Corporation.[3][4][5] He was raised a Presbyterian.[6] Laffer earned a B.A. in Economics from Yale University (1962) and an M.B.A. (1965) and a Ph.D. in Economics (1971) from Stanford University.
While he was teaching at the USC Marshall School of Business, Laffer played a key role in writing California Proposition 13, the property-tax-cap initiative that inspired a tax revolt across the nation.
In the mid-1980s, Laffer left to teach at Pepperdine University in nearby Malibu. Laffer remained on the faculty for several years.
In 1986, Laffer was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate—which he lost in the California primary to U.S. Congressman Ed Zschau who lost in the general election to the incumbent, Democrat Alan Cranston. Laffer identifies himself as a staunch fiscal conservative and libertarian. He has stated publicly that he voted for President Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996.[7] Laffer references President Clinton's conservative fiscal policies as cornerstones of his support.[8]
In 2008, he was named a Distinguished University Professor of Economics by Mercer University in Georgia.[9]
Laffer is the founder and CEO of Laffer Associates in Nashville, Tennessee, an economic research and consulting firm that provides global investment-research services to institutional asset managers, pension funds, financial institutions, and corporations.
He sits on the board of directors of several public and private companies. Laffer has been appointed to the advisory board of Sonenshine Partners, an independent investment bank focused on providing integrated strategic, financial and corporate advisory services. In 2004 Laffer joined the Board of Pillar Data Systems, a non-public Data Storage Company funded by Tako Ventures, a funding arm of Larry Ellison. In 2008, Laffer joined the Board of Alpha Theory, a non-public Fundamental Portfolio Optimization software for hedge and mutual funds. Laffer recently joined the advisory board of Collabarium Capital.[10]
In 2010, Laffer joined the Boards of Executive Trading Solutions, an LLC providing the top technological solution for management of Rule 10b51 stock trading plans, and Consensus Point, a provider of an enterprise prediction markets platform.
Laffer also regularly writes opinion articles in The Wall Street Journal.[11]
Although he does not claim to have invented the Laffer curve concept (Laffer, 2004), it was popularized with policy-makers following an afternoon meeting with Nixon/Ford Administration officials Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld in 1974 in which he reportedly sketched the curve on a napkin to illustrate his argument.[12] The term "Laffer curve" was coined by Jude Wanniski, who was also present. The basic concept was not new; Laffer himself says he learned it from Ibn Khaldun and John Maynard Keynes.[13]
A simplified view of the theory is that tax revenues would be zero if tax rates were either 0% or 100%, and somewhere in between 0% and 100% is a tax rate which maximizes total revenue. Laffer's postulate was that the tax rate that maximizes revenue was at a much lower level than previously believed: so low that current tax rates were above the level where revenue is maximized.
The following is a partial list of publications written primarily by Laffer, with co-authors indicated, in order by date:
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RAGGED Exclusive: Rocking the Future - The Savage Pop of The Static Jacks
Straight from the pages of the brand new issue of RAGGED, enjoy an excerpt from our feature story with The Static Jacks here, and be sure to download your free PDF of the full issue here, for the rest of the article including additional photos from our shoot!
Need a few frosty fist-pumpers to crank while you're driving around aimlessly this fall? Looking for some whirlwind guitar antics? Ready to make a few fun mistakes this weekend? If You're Young, the debut full-length from New Jersey's The Static Jacks, should probably be your soundtrack for all of the above. All cheetah-sleek riffs, minor-key meltdowns and brash declarations, the music of this young rock mob is sure to transform even the stingiest concertgoer into a crowd-surfing maniac. Having hit the road with razor-sharp Anglo-pop champions The Futureheads and high-energy rockers White Denim, The Jacks are starting to view the world through the windshield of their tour van, and they seem to like what they see. Influenced equally by melodic punk and hard-edged pop anthems, If You're Young is full of hard-beating hearts—both broken and mended—and the jilted-yet-hopeful wisdom that seems to come naturally from 20-something America.
Singer Ian Devaney, drummer Nick Brennan and guitarist Henry Kaye first began honing their skills in the hormone-fueled pressure-cooker of high school deep in the heart of Springsteen country in central Jersey. The fledgling band continued to rock for one semester at college before the lure of punk glory was too strong to ignore. After moving back home and acquiring second axe-slinger Mike Sue-Poi, as well as touring bassist Andrew Santora, the Jacks went into a writing frenzy, producing three EPs and the new full-length album. The band has been touring constantly over the past few years, creating a space where the beleaguered romantics of the world can get together and rock out in communal sonic bliss, trading as they do in the common themes of relationships, social alienation and weekend mischief. Never flagging under the duress of strained heartstrings, the music of If You're Young matches the lyrics perfectly, as the band seems to find the perfect combination of chords to gird your will to celebrate in the face of life's weighty tribulations.
RAGGED dug in deeper with Devaney to discover the roots of the band's core, the strangeness of social alienation and the key to surviving in the scene.
Were you guys really into punk music growing up?
Ian Devaney: It was different for each of us. Henry and Nick did the pop- punk thing, and I basically just listened to whatever my dad listened to, which was Weezer, The Clash and bands like that. The more-hardcore punk started coming in later, actually, which I think is kind of unusual. But the harder music definitely formed our sound a lot, our live performance especially. We also like, I guess "modern indie rock" is a good term for it—we're huge fans of Arcade Fire and things in that vein.
When you compose songs, do you write them on an instrument? Do you write lyrics first or just jam?
When I write, it tends to be on piano or guitar, and I do not excel at either but I have enough of an understanding where I can put chords together. It's cool because even if one person writes something, it's generally only a basic idea that then comes to the band and we can all sit down together with it and each put in our own parts and bounce things off each other. It starts independently and then comes together in a very collaborative way.
Do you have any ideas or inspirations for your next album?
We are eager writers, so we've started writing a bunch [of songs] that we hope will be on the next album. For the first album, we wrote a ton of songs, and then picked the best ones to go on the album. We've really already started that, figuring it'll be hard to write when we're on tour. Plus we love writing together, so we just jumped into it right away.
"Blood Pressure" seems to be driven by the desire to be alone. Do you guys feel pretty isolated these days?
Well, it's a periodic thing. We have our friends among whom we don't feel that way, but you always find yourself in situations where you don't quite feel like you're on the same level as everyone.
(Continued in the pages of RAGGED…)
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Gael Patricks is Wolf Blood – a human who is fated to bond with an Alpha wolf whether he wants to or not. When the shifter pack that has raised him is taken over by an abusive Alpha, Gael is forced to run in order to protect his pack. He never expected to run into the arms of another Alpha, but Gael refuses to give in to his attraction to the shifter. Despite what the Alpha says, Gael knows the shifter is only drawn to him because he is Wolf Blood.
Dusk has always been on his own and he wants to keep it that way. When crossing through shifter territories, the one thing Dusk didn't expected was to find his mate. The pull to the man is instant, but Dusk knows it's dangerous to get involved. Even so, he finds himself trying to prove to Gael that it's not the Wolf Blood he wants, but Gael.
On the run from their past and fearful of their future, Gael and Dusk must decide whether to ignore their bond in order to protect the people they love or to risk it all to keep each other.
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Tommy has waited on claiming his mate, Xavier, due to his promise to protect his best friend. Now that his friend no longer needs his protection, Tommy sets out to claim Xavier, but Xavier refuses to be claimed. Now Tommy must find out why his mate keeps pushing him away.
Xavier has been in love with Tommy since the first time he saw him. But Tommy is a figurehead in the pack, while Xavier is just a worthless tracker. Xavier is determined to make sure Tommy claims a wolf worthy of him, even if it means it's not him.
While trying to deal with the pack being divided by the arrival of a new Alpha, Tommy must somehow convince Xavier that he doesn't want anyone but him before the pack troubles pull them apart forever.
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I wore myself out today! I have been making a point to take Noah out for an hour a day, at least, so he can work off some of this energy that's been making him an annoying – but still cute – pain in the butt. I love him, but four year olds have so much energy and if they get too pent up, they start to bounce off of the walls… possibly literally.
My brother and his friend were nice enough to come over and play with us so we went outside and ended up playing tag, in a sense, with a Minecraft spin. All of us, including Noah, play Minecraft. It's pretty fun, especially if you like Legos, so Noah and I were "super humans" with our hands held and we chased the "zombie" and the "skeleton" (Gregory and Alex). The boys fashioned swords out of tree branches (to my motherly unease, but kids will be kids) and Alex made a bow from some greener branches he found on the ground. It was pretty creative, honestly! I loved seeing them use their imaginations and working together to bring a fun game from the computer to life.
Here's Noah, after tackling his uncle, the zombie:
I did have a lot of fun playing with my imagination. I live in my mind quite a bit, as someone who likes to read and daydream, but I don't often share my imagination with others. I don't know if it's too awkward or that I'm just shy – I'm definitely introverted – but breaking out of my shell to play was fun. There's nothing quite like kids to make you think out of the box and seeing the world through Noah's eyes has been an adventure in exactly that.
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EBAs are delivering sustainable wages: Shorten
PUBLISHED: 11 Sep 2012 14:44:00 | UPDATED: 13 Sep 2012 00:48:08PRINT EDITION: 11 Sep 2012Workplace Relations minister Bill Shorten says the Fair Work system is delivering sustainable wage outcomes. Photo: Rob Homer
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten says new enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs) are delivering sustainable wages and improved productivity and helping businesses to be competitive.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations data released on Tuesday showed the average annualised wage increase through collective agreements was 3.7 per cent in the June quarter, down from 4.4 per cent in the previous quarter.
Almost 2200 agreements covering an estimated 257,200 employees were made in the June quarter under the Fair Work Act.
The annualised rate for the private sector fell by 0.2 percentage points to 4.3 per cent in the quarter and dropped by 0.9 percentage points in the public sector to 3.1 per cent.
Mr Shorten said the Fair Work system was delivering sustainable wage outcomes and the enterprise bargaining outcomes reflected different circumstances in different sectors.
"This shows the Fair Work enterprise bargaining system is flexible and delivers sustainable and appropriate wage outcomes," Mr Shorten said.
Agreements also continue to include a range of provisions with more than 48 per cent discussing a commitment to improve productivity, he said.
Almost 95 per cent of agreements provide for the flexible engagement of employees, and more than 72 per cent provide flexibility in hours of work.
"It's good news that businesses and organisations continue to invest in training and staff development, with almost 90 per cent of agreements containing provisions relating to training," Mr Shorten said.
The overall result was in line with the Reserve Bank of Australia's preferred wage growth measure for the same quarter.
The June quarter wage price index, released in August by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, showed an annual rate of 3.7 per cent - well below the 4.5 per cent level normally considered a threat to the inflation outlook.
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This is the home of Provence's most relaxed culinary thrills. Rare is the two-Michelin-starred restaurant that is as open and friendly as Wout and Suzy Bru's bistrot in the tiny hill town of Eygalières. Sitting on the town's main commercial street, it has none of the entry-room fuss associated with fancy French dining. Typical Provençal decor is taken upscale with glazed-tile floors and plastered ceiling posts in the two warm dining rooms, which seem urbane and rustic at the same time. This theme carries over to the menu: From the house cocktail of Champagne and Campari onward, everything is an elegant take on regional classics. Highlights include a "canneloni" of rare tuna with foie gras and pine nuts, sole with lightly fried pigs' foot, a symphonic king crab appetizer that's served with poached oysters and truffled mashed potatoes, and a croustillant, literally a crunch of roast suckling pig that combines textures like few meat dishes can. Every ingredient sings in simple, subtle, and rewarding combinations. The wine list covers the world of high-priced Bordeaux and Burgundies, but is also encyclopedic with the local Côteaux-de-Provence, Bandol, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape. What ties it all together is the tremendously friendly service: The staff is young, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable to a fault.
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A Network of Hope
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Primary Case Studies
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In 2006, Ambassador (Ret.) Prudence Bushnell, Ambassador to Kenya at the time of the U.S. Embassy bombing in 1998, approached the Oklahoma City National Memorial with the challenge of developing a process that could assist communities in the wake of a massive disaster.
Although leaders are aware of the need to develop disaster plans, no one is really fully prepared in advance to meet the post-first responder needs of a community that has faced extensive destruction and trauma without being able to rely on outside assistance. Those communities that have experienced firsthand such destruction and trauma comprise a small group with special knowledge and understanding of what it takes to rebuild after such an incident. Knowing that Oklahoma City belonged to this group, the Ambassador suggested the community embark upon the task of helping other communities overcome similar destruction and trauma.
With this goal in mind, in April 2006, the Oklahoma City National Memorial brought together community members across a broad spectrum to participate in a two day Collective Reflection, thus launching A Network of Hope – A Resource to Help.
The initial goal was to create a catalog of best practices. Members of the business community, media, clergy, health and education shared their experiences in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing and compiled a document to be used as a starting point for studying needs, reactions and best practices after a major traumatic incident.
During the balance of 2006 and early 2007, the Memorial staff invested hundreds of hours in studying the rebuilding process after other incidents, both man-made and natural disasters. In addition, we hosted a second Collective Reflection. The study included New York City after the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Hurricanes Hugo in Charleston (SC) and Andrew in Homestead (FL) and Miami (FL), earthquakes in Northridge (CA) and Kobe (Japan), floods in Des Moines (IA), and, finally, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (LA).
What has resulted is a collection of documents covering Municipality, Business, General Public, Non-Government Response Organizations, Faith Community, Media, and Memorializing, with some assistance for resources regarding Preparedness. During 2007, the materials were reviewed by cities and organizations in multiple states that had experienced disasters and the challenges of rebuilding and healing.
During the research, we learned that the concept of best practices may vary with the circumstances. Thus, we have identified some universals – needs that appear to hold true regardless of the circumstances of either the source of the incident or the magnitude. Beyond these universals, the value or need of the materials may depend on the type, magnitude and circumstance of the incident and community resources.
A Network of Hope – A Resource to Help will be updated as new information and resources are identified.
The Memorial extends its gratitude to everyone who has assisted in the development and review of this program. Participants in the Collective Reflections are listed below.
Ambassador (Ret.) Prudence Bushnell
U. S. Ambassador to Kenya at the time of the Embassy bombing
Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation Trustee
Corey Black
Former General Services Administration
Former Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation Trustee
JoeVan Bullard
Assistant City Manager, 1995
Executive Director, Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority
Don Bown
City Manager, Oklahoma City, 1995
Fran Cory
Assistant to the Oklahoma City Mayor in 1995
Dr. Stan Cosby
Former minister, First United Methodist Church, Oklahoma City
Talita DeNegri
Classroom teacher, 1995
Principal, Mount St. Mary High School
Gary Gardner
OG+E, retired
Dr. Gloria Griffin
Superintendent, Millwood Public Schools
Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation Trustee
Dr. Robin Gurwitch
Professor, Pediatrics
OU Health Sciences Center
Joe Hight
Managing Editor, Features, Research & Development, The Oklahoman
Carrie Hulsey-Greene
KTOK Radio Reporter, 1995
Associate Director of Communications, Oklahoma State University
Reverend Wendy Lambert
Former Minister, St. Luke's United Methodist Church
Frances Leonard
Family Member, sister of Secret Service Agent Don Leonard, killed in the bombing
Math Teacher, Sequoyah Middle School, Edmond, OK
Dave Lopez
Oklahoma President, SBC, 1995
President, American Fidelity Foundation
Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation Trustee
Dr. Ellie Lottinville
Psychologist & Mental Health First Responder, 1995
Gary Marrs
Oklahoma City Fire Chief, 1995
City Council Member
Former Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation Trustee
Debi Martin
Chief of Staff, Oklahoma City Council
Dr. Annette Murphy
Ron Norick
Oklahoma City Mayor, 1995
Cathy O'Connor
Assistant City Manager & Director of Finance, City of Oklahoma City
Amy Petty
Bombing Survivor, Federal Employees Credit Union (now Allegiance Credit Union)
Vice President, Allegiance Credit Union
Chaplain Jack Poe
Chaplain, Oklahoma City Police Department
Dennis Purifoy
Bombing Survivor, Social Security Administration
Steve Pusateri
KFOR News Channel 4 Photo Journalist
Cynthia Reid
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Florence Rogers
Bombing Survivor, President, Federal Employees Credit Union, 1995
Sandra Rose
Counselor, Emerson Alternative School
Rosena Rucker
OU Child Studies Center
Dr. John Tassey
Director, Health Psychology Clinic, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Michael Thompson
Director of Corporate Communications, New Orleans Hornets
Terri Watkins
KOCO Channel 5, Reporter, 1995
Public Information Officer, Office of the State Auditor and Inspector
Richard Williams
Bombing Survivor, General Services Administration, 1995
Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation Trustee
Brad Yarbrough
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum Staff
Kari Watkins, Executive Director
Lynne Roller, Deputy Director
Jane Thomas, Special Projects Consultant
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Day Students – Apply for the above listed positions on MBA Accelerator.
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Calories | 110 |
Total Fat | 6g |
Saturated Fat | 3g |
Cholesterol | 21mg |
Sodium | 95mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 1g |
Dietary Fiber | 0 |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 1g |
Calcium | -- |
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Prep Time: 1 hr 30 min
Cook Time: 10 min
Oven Temp: 350
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- 1 cup(s) butter (no substitutions), cut up
- 2.333 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
- 3/4 cup(s) packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup(s) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- Green sugar crystals and cinnamon red-hot candies (optional)
- In 2-quart saucepan, heat butter over medium heat until melted and lightly browned. Pour browned butter into small bowl and refrigerate until cold but not firm, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Meanwhile, on waxed paper, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat browned butter and sugars until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Add egg and vanilla and beat until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour mixture until blended. (Dough will be crumbly; gather together with hand to form a ball.)
- Divide dough into 3 equal pieces. Between two 12-inch sheets of waxed paper, roll 1 piece of dough 1/8 inch thick. (If paper wrinkles during rolling, peel it off, then replace it to remove wrinkles.) Repeat with remaining 2 pieces of dough. Refrigerate dough 2 hours or until firm enough to cut. (Or, place dough in freezer 30 minutes.)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove 1 piece of dough from refrigerator. Peel off top sheet of waxed paper and replace. Turn dough over and remove top sheet of waxed paper. With 3-inch holly-leaf-shaped cookie cutter, cut out as many cookies as possible, reserving trimmings. (If dough is too firm and cracks, let stand 5 minutes to soften slightly.) Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Wrap and refrigerate trimmings.
- Using back of paring knife, draw lines on cookies to resemble veins. Sprinkle green sugar along lines and press some cinnamon candies at one end to resemble holly berries if you like.
- Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned at edges. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool. Repeat with remaining dough and trimmings. Store cookies in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 2 weeks, or in freezer up to 3 months.
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Polymorphism and growth behavior of low-trans fat blends formulated with and without emulsifiers
- Marina Cerdeira,
- Silvana Martini,
- Roberto J. Candal,
- María L. Herrera
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Polymorphism and growth behavior of blends of a high-melting fraction of milk fat (HMF) and sunflower oil (SFO) formulated with and without the addition of sucrose esters (SE) P-170, P-1670, and S-170 were studied by pulsed 1H NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and polarized light microscopy. The effect of SE on the solid content maximum (S max) or crystallization rate was observed only at low supercooling (values of ΔT below 15°C). The Avrami k n decreased as n values increased, indicating that SE inhibited growth and impeded nucleation. Addition of SFO modified the polymorphic behavior of milk fat, most likely owing to the increase in the C54 fraction (mostly 18∶1 cis) in crystals composition. P-170 and S-170 modified the polymorphic behavior of HMF when it crystallized in the α-form or in blends with up to 40% SFO at all crystallization temperatures (T c ) selected. Addition of P-170 and S-170 favored crystallization in the β′-form, and the appearance of the β-form was delayed. P-1670 had no effect on polymorphism. When HMF and the blends were crystallized under dynamic conditions, addition of P-170 and S-170 markedly decreased crystal sizes. P-1670, however, showed no effect on microstructure.
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- Title
- Polymorphism and growth behavior of low-trans fat blends formulated with and without emulsifiers
- Journal
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
Volume 83, Issue 6 , pp 489-496
- Cover Date
- 2006-06-01
- 10.1007/s11746-006-1231-x
- Print ISSN
- Online ISSN
- 1558-9331
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Avrami model
- high-melting fraction of milk fat
- isothermal growth
- polymorphism
- sucrose esters
- sunflower oil
- trans fat blends
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Marina Cerdeira (1)
- Silvana Martini (1)
- Roberto J. Candal (2)
- María L. Herrera (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Departamento de Industrias, University of Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes S/N, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2. Instituto de Química Física de Materiales, Ambiente y Energía, University of Buenos Aires, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina


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