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Not Your Typical Cheese Pizza
- December 11, 2014
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Pizza is a classic favorite that is found in venues well beyond Italian food restaurants. Billions of dollars are spent on pizza alone, in the U.S., each year. Many eateries look beyond the novelty of homemade pizza and find unique, gourmet pizza toppings and twists that set their pizzas apart. Restaurant menus that offer twists on classics have the advantage of appealing to the crowds, while setting themselves apart from other venues. Pizza's popularity makes it a great option for adding to restaurant menus and transforming with gourmet pizza toppings.
Gourmet Pizza Topping Ideas
Pizza topping ideas range from sauces, to the cheese, to extras. Tomato sauce can be replaced by cream sauce, sundried tomato spread, pesto, and a combination of other sauces. Hints of blue cheese and buffalo mozzarella can add strong flavor and a variety of textures to the pizza. Choosing them to complement the extras will give the homemade pizza gourmet, delicious flavor. Types of cheese, as well as extras can be easily switched daily, based on fresh ingredients available in the market. Broccoli, cherry tomatoes, pumpkin, sweet potato, basil, spinach, eggplant, and peppers are just some of the many types of produce that can inspire pizza topping ideas. Meats such as chicken, goose, deli, and pancetta can also make delicious gourmet pizza toppings. When making pizza from scratch, extra flavors can also be added while making the pizza dough. The dough can be made with milk for a
All About Fermentation
- December 8, 2014
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Fermentation is a metabolic pathway during which sugars are converted to acid, alcohol, or gas. Fermentation is the reason our muscles ache the day after a hard workout, but in food it is revered as a process in preparing many different ingredients, dubbing them with an umami flavor and a longer shelf life. Wine is made of fermented grapes, fish sauce is fermented fish with salt, and yogurt is a product of milk being fermented into acid by bacteria. Such foods have been appreciated by epicureans for thousands of years, and are making a major comeback into the center-stage of cuisine today. Despite the growing awareness of the health benefits and deliciousness that fermented foods can add to dishes, they are still rarely found on restaurants menus. Menus that contain such interesting components therefore stand out. Gourmet food stores and restaurants can expand their repertoire by experimenting with fermented foods, adding interesting and complex flavors to their inventories.
Making Fermented Foods
Fermented foods are usually made by adding yeast or bacterial cultures to a food, or by salting an ingredient and letting the natural enzymes aid the fermentation process. Cheese is created
A fantastic dessert leaves a sweet taste lingering in customers' mouths, and can be the item to make a meal memorable. Holiday menus, both in venues and at home, usually include staple desserts such as pecan and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, and apple pie and gingerbread for Christmas. However, in order to be truly unforgettable, desserts in restaurants should be unique, something that cannot be easily replicated at home. By incorporating the trends below, venues can make sure they offer diners a closing dish to remember at the end of the holiday meal.
1. Mini Dessert Samplers
Petit fours ease the tough decision-making process for customers by allowing them to sample many types of desserts. A plate of mini desserts inspired by the holiday is guaranteed to sell. For Christmas, consider plating a gingerbread French macaron, a mini apple crumble, a thin slice of pecan pie, and a scoop of homemade eggnog ice cream.
2. Unusual Flavor Combinations
Unusual flavor combinations are a huge culinary trend at the moment. Mixing up
Hot and Spicy
- December 1, 2014
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Carolina Reaper is the world's hottest chili. Spiciness can be rated on a scale called the Scoville Heat Units, which is a measure of the concentration of chemical compound responsible for the "hot" sensation: capsaicin. The Carolina Reaper has an average of almost 1.57 million Scoville Heat Units, whereas Tabasco brand's Original Red Sauce has only 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville Heat Units. Consumer studies show that the appreciation for spicy food is growing. With ethnic foods and a mixture of flavors and mouth-feel sensation taking over culinary trends, it is no wonder that the popularity of hot foods continues to increase. However, "spicy" is not considered one of the five flavors. So what is "spiciness" and how can it be used in food businesses?
Spicy is not a taste. The "hot" feeling that comes from eating spicy food comes from receptors sensing the capsaicin in those foods. These are the same receptors that recognize heat, leading to the famous burning sensation of "hot" foods. Spicy foods have been associated with various health benefits such as boosting metabolism, improving respiratory tract problems, and exhibiting antimicrobial
As the temperatures drop, it gets more and more difficult to entice customers to go out. The tendency to stay inside, along with the low levels of tourism during winter season, in contrast to summer, can pose a challenge to restaurants. Gearing marketing towards the goal of drawing diners out of their homes and into your venue can lead to a significant business boost during winter months.
Winter Dishes
There's nothing like coming into a warm building, from an icy outdoors, and enjoying a steaming bowl of soup or a mug of hot chocolate. Offering and advertising staple cold weather foods such as soups, chili, and hot drinks, can seduce potential customers looking to warm up. Having signs aimed at making a cold passersby's mouth water can boost business when the chill gets rough.
Home Advertising
Since potential customers are less likely to want to leave their houses and head out into winter weather, restaurants should adjust their marketing to reach them in their homes or workplace. Social media
Black Friday Sale!
- November 25, 2014
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Get ready for our Black Friday Sale! We're offering our TigerChef Heavy Duty French Fry Cutter Set for $99 + FREE SHIPPING! Original price $150. Sale goes live 12am Friday, November 28th and we're running it all weekend long!
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Fruit and vegetable carving is an art that is guaranteed to impress customers. The intricate, colorful, creative shapes that can result from using fruits and vegetables as artistic platforms can add instant elegance and color to plates and buffets. However, some may argue that the time required to complete such carvings makes them excessive in the world of food businesses. The opinions differ vastly, leaving the decision of whether to include fruit and vegetable sculptures up to the management and chefs.
The Do's
Fruit and vegetable sculpting can be used as a platform for interesting food presentation in both restaurants and event catering. Serving fruit salad in an intricate basket of carved watermelon can add color and versatility to a buffet spread. Serving ceviche or other appetizers inside carved bowls, made of fruits or vegetables such as tomato or lemon, can impress customers and add color to a plate. Sculpting shapes out of fruits can also make for impressive fruit tarts and other types of desserts. Food presentation is extremely important, and using cooks' already existing talents to their best potential can lead to rewards for a food business. However, training cooks specifically for the purpose of using food carvings in plating and presentation, may not be a worthwhile investment.
The Don'ts
Fruit and vegetable carving can be a great alternative to other plating and buffet presentations, but it is by no means expected of a venue. Therefore, businesses should weigh the pros and cons of putting the time and money into creating fruit and vegetable sculptures. If employees do not already know how to carve produce quickly and elegantly, it may not be worth putting them through the training. If the carvings will be unimportant garnishes for dishes, and if they can be equally replaced with quicker-to-make garnishes, it is probably not worth the time it takes to make carvings. Of course, if customers planning a large event specifically request
Tips for Catering a Holiday Party
- November 20, 2014
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The holiday season is a busy time for commerce. Food businesses can get in on the buzz by offering holiday catering. Building a menu to appeal to various customer groups, planning out ideas for food presentation and delivery, and getting a head start on food preparation can guarantee success in holiday catering.
Get a Head-Start
Food businesses with experience in catering during the holiday season will have a good idea what their potential customers are looking for, and how many orders they can expect to get. Drafting a holiday menu early on, publicizing it, and starting to prepare basic dish components in advance, can help lower stress that is generally associated with busy times. Pie crust and cookie dough can be assembled and frozen, ingredients can be pre-ordered, and recipes can be perfected, leaving less room for worry right before the holiday.
Draft Mouth-Watering Menus
The types of menus offered will depend on the food business and target audience. While catering companies may choose to offer a few different menu options, from gourmet to family-style, restaurants
Restaurants, no matter how good, should always keep the restaurant critic at the back of their mind. Though a single restaurant critic most likely will not make or break a venue, respected professional restaurant critics can sway individuals, which can lead to lower restaurant traffic at a venue. Even venues considered the best restaurants in the world have received negative reviews occasionally on social media sites. Yet the positive restaurant reviews make up enough of a majority to convince the public that the restaurant is worth noticing.,/p>
Who is a Restaurant Critic
Professional restaurant critics can be relatively easy to spot if they dine alone and order interesting dishes from the menu. They are not likely to order well-done steaks, for example, since well-done steaks are generally considered low quality. Unfortunately, spotting restaurant critics is not always that simple. Any couple, or pair of friends, can be professional restaurant critics in disguise. To take it even further, any diner can become a restaurant critic nowadays, with review sites such as Tripadvisor and Yelp. The following review was written on Tripadvisor:
"If you like steak that's as tough as an old shoe, rude and surley staff and being over charged for your meal then eat here. In all my time travelling, including a short period in Iraq in 2003, this has got to be the worst food I have ever eaten! Never EVER eat there."
By looking at the other reviews for the same venue, no one looking for a delicious meal would dine there. Such reviews are examples of the power every customer has in determining the reputation of a venue. Therefore, businesses should put effort into minimizing criticism of their venue.
Minimizing Criticism
The best way for venues to minimize criticism is to be the best they can be. From clean dishes, tablecloths, and waiters aprons, to making sure the items on the restaurant menus are available. Every detail of the meal must be as good as
Hungry for Hungarian Food
- November 13, 2014
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Hungarian culinary culture is rich in dish varieties and flavors, using a relatively standard repertoire of ingredients. Stewed dishes and soups dominate the traditional Hungarian menu, with yellow onions and spices such as paprika and garlic adding flavor. While a variety of Hungarian food is seldom seen on high end restaurant menus in the United States, this is most likely because of unfamiliarity with the dishes, rather than conscious exclusion.
Hungarian Dishes
Goulash is probably the most famous Hungarian dish. This cold-weather dish can be served as a stew atop rice, or prepared thinner, as a soup, making a complete meal on its own. Chicken Paprikash with dumplings is a lesser-known Hungarian recipe, which consists of stewed chicken cooked slowly with dumplings and spices, allowing the flavors to blend. This mouthwatering dish can be an attractive addition to family-style venues, while other Hungarian dishes can be more fitting for gourmet food presentation.
Kürtőskalács, or "chimney cake," can easily be served aesthetically. The dessert can stand on its own, but can also be prepared as a thin, circular strip, to use as a component in dessert dishes, or served


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"Assassin's Creed: Forsaken" is the latest thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the phenomenally successful game series. 'I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it.' 1735 - London. Haytham Kenway has been taught to use a sword from the age he was able to hold one. When his family's house is attacked - his father murdered and his sister taken by armed men - Haytham defends his home the only way he can: he kills. With no family, he is taken in by a mysterious tutor who trains him to become a deadly killer. Consumed by his thirst for revenge Haytham begins a quest for retribution, trusting no one and questioning everything he has ever known. Conspiracy and betrayal surround him as he is drawn into the centuries old battle between the Assassins and the Templars. The world of the Assassin's has become far more lethal than ever before. "Assassin's Creed: Forsaken" is based on the phenomenally successful gaming series. Fans of the game will love these stories. Other titles in the series include "Assassin's Creed: Renaissance", "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood", "Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade", and "Assassin's Creed: Revelations". Oliver Bowden is the pen-name of an acclaimed novelist.
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Intervention Review
Preoperative physical therapy for elective cardiac surgery patients
Editorial Group: Cochrane Heart Group
Published Online: 14 NOV 2012
Assessed as up-to-date: 11 DEC 2011
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010118.pub2
Copyright © 2014 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Hulzebos EHJ, Smit Y, Helders PPJM, van Meeteren NLU. Preoperative physical therapy for elective cardiac surgery patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD010118. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010118.pub2.
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- Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions), comment added to review
- Published Online: 14 NOV 2012
After cardiac surgery, physical therapy is a routine procedure delivered with the aim of preventing postoperative pulmonary complications.
To determine if preoperative physical therapy with an exercise component can prevent postoperative pulmonary complications in cardiac surgery patients, and to evaluate which type of patient benefits and which type of physical therapy is most effective.
Search methods
Searches were run on the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) on the Cochrane Library (2011, Issue 12); MEDLINE (1966 to 12 December 2011); EMBASE (1980 to week 49, 2011); the Physical Therapy Evidence Database (PEDro) (to 12 December 2011) and CINAHL (1982 to 12 December 2011).
Selection criteria
Randomised controlled trials or quasi-randomised trials comparing preoperative physical therapy with no preoperative physical therapy or sham therapy in adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.
Data collection and analysis
Data were collected on the type of study, participants, treatments used, primary outcomes (postoperative pulmonary complications grade 2 to 4: atelectasis, pneumonia, pneumothorax, mechanical ventilation > 48 hours, all-cause death, adverse events) and secondary outcomes (length of hospital stay, physical function measures, health-related quality of life, respiratory death, costs). Data were extracted by one review author and checked by a second review author. Review Manager 5.1 software was used for the analysis.
Main results
Eight randomised controlled trials with 856 patients were included. Three studies used a mixed intervention (including either aerobic exercises or breathing exercises); five studies used inspiratory muscle training. Only one study used sham training in the controls. Patients that received preoperative physical therapy had a reduced risk of postoperative atelectasis (four studies including 379 participants, relative risk (RR) 0.52; 95% CI 0.32 to 0.87; P = 0.01) and pneumonia (five studies including 448 participants, RR 0.45; 95% CI 0.24 to 0.83; P = 0.01) but not of pneumothorax (one study with 45 participants, RR 0.12; 95% CI 0.01 to 2.11; P = 0.15) or mechanical ventilation for > 48 hours after surgery (two studies with 306 participants, RR 0.55; 95% CI 0.03 to 9.20; P = 0.68). Postoperative death from all causes did not differ between groups (three studies with 552 participants, RR 0.66; 95% CI 0.02 to 18.48; P = 0.81). Adverse events were not detected in the three studies that reported on them. The length of postoperative hospital stay was significantly shorter in experimental patients versus controls (three studies with 347 participants, mean difference -3.21 days; 95% CI -5.73 to -0.69; P = 0.01). One study reported an increased physical function measure on the six-minute walking test in experimental patients compared to controls. One other study reported a better health-related quality of life in experimental patients compared to controls. Postoperative death from respiratory causes did not differ between groups (one study with 276 participants, RR 0.14; 95% CI 0.01 to 2.70; P = 0.19). Cost data were not reported on.
Authors' conclusions
Evidence derived from small trials suggests that preoperative physical therapy reduces postoperative pulmonary complications (atelectasis and pneumonia) and length of hospital stay in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. There is a lack of evidence that preoperative physical therapy reduces postoperative pneumothorax, prolonged mechanical ventilation or all-cause deaths.
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Preoperative physical therapy for elective cardiac surgery patients
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are at risk of postoperative pulmonary complications such as pneumonia. These complications prolong postoperative recovery and may even lead to death. Increased physical fitness improves people's functional capacity, including their lungs, and could result in individuals being better prepared to withstand the consequences of the physical stress of surgery.
The authors of this review evaluated the efficacy and safety of preoperative physical therapy with an exercise component in cardiac surgery patients. From the pertinent literature, eight studies met the inclusion criteria, comprising a total of 856 participants. The results showed that preoperative physical therapy reduced the number of patients who experienced atelectasis or pneumonia but not the number of patients who experienced pneumothorax, prolonged ventilation or postoperative death. Patients who had preoperative physical therapy had an earlier (on average by more than three days) discharge from the hospital. Information on adverse events was limited but those studies that did report on adverse events reported none. None of the studies reported on the costs of preoperative physical therapy.
The authors concluded that preoperative physical therapy, especially inspiratory muscle training, prevents some postoperative complications including atelectasis, pneumonia, and length of hospital stay.


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What your Favorite Ride at Disneyland and Why?
What your Favorite Ride at Disneyland and Why?
The Matterhorn.
Classic Disneyland, still a lot of fun!
Even though it is relatively slow and has no steep hills, I like the fact that it feels hand made. Adds to the thrills!
Wow I attach some memories and emotions to rides so that's not an easy one for me at all.
PotC is one of my favorates due to the great childhood memories I have of riding it with my dad.
Thunder Mountain because it was the first fast ride my daughter rode and now she's a fast ride fanatic at age 7.
A Small World (Holiday version) because its my wife's favorite and we cuddle during the ride
Monsters Inc because it really get my son so excited...he actually does a little dance when its almost time to board the "cab".
Well my most favorite ride in the world would have to be Space Mountain. I'm not so sure if it's my most favorite Disneyland ride though...if that makes sense. When it comes to theming and the overall classic Disney feel to it, then I may have to go with Pirates of the Caribbean. It just isn't a perfect trip to Disneyland without a few rides on Pirates and that musty smell after those few drops inside...that is the best smell in the world! When I'm actually in Pirates, it feels like the spirit of Walt is there and I love that.
Always looking for new Disney friends.
Pirates because of great memories with friends and family.
"I dream of the day when you can go to a drive through, purchase alcohol, tobacco, and bullets, and use them all before you get home" -- Dogbert
I really enjoy Casey Jr! I don't know why, but the day just isn't complete if I miss it. Pirates would be a close second. If you include DCA, it's Soarin' - hands down.
Will trade husband for Disneyland and DCA Pins!
I can't relegate this to one - so I might put a couple/few here:
1. Matterhorn - love it at night, classic Disney - the one Walt rode.
2. Splash Mtn - love it in the Summertime especially - day or night. Love to ride the front and while wearing a tank top, throw my arms over the front and get splashed. Good times!
3. Big Thunder Mtn - just good fun
4. Space Mtn - I remember when it opened - so exciting still to this day.
5. PeopleMover - just good time to relax after riding all these others rides.
The Haunted Mansion.
True Disney magic, classic dark ride with a great theme and show...
Plus I think I secretly hope that's what the afterlife is like.
I want to retire to a Spirit-ed community...for the departed...and spend eternity at a graveyard jamboree. Who wouldn't?
-Prof. Griffin
its like there is a certain magic in there. Like walt is there.
Haunted Mansion - Truely one of the greatest dark rides ever conceived. I love riding it at the end of the night right before closing when theres no one around, it gives me chills everytime. Every little detail throughout the ride tells a story and has its own myths and secrets. When I was little I would say that I was gonna buy Disneyland when I grew up and I would live in the HM......kinda odd for a little kid to say, but I still love it as much as I did back then and would still live in there today if I could.
Then I'd have to say either Splash Mountain or POTC tied for second, but it'd have to be pre-refurb, Capn' Jack addition and 1999-"PC" pirates chasing food not women
Peter Fan. I always feel like a child afterwards and I get off the ride singing 'You can fly, you can fly'.
The Matterhorn. First roller coaster I've been on, and still a classic.
The Kid
Disneyland Railroad.
ALWAYS wave when the train goes by.
That was wonderful! Bravo! I loved that! Ah, that was great! Well, it was pretty good. Well, it wasn't bad. Uh, there were parts of it that weren't very good though. It could have been a lot better. I didn't really like it. It was pretty terrible. It was bad. It was awful! It was terrible! Take 'em away! Boo! Boo!
If I really had to choose I guess it would be space mountain. I love tomorrowland (even though its not what it used to be) and I love the track that plays in the SM queue, going up the spinning tunnle, blasting off, there is an excitement for me in that ride that I just dont get from the others.
My second choice would be storybook land, because I love the fantasy of those mini's, the sounds and true fantasy of that ride. Oh and I love the "everyone stand up together" part!
1. Soarin'. How could it not be? It's incredibly well-done and epic, and the music along with the view makes me cry every time.
2. Space Mountain. Loved it before they closed it, loved it even more when they reopened it. I had so much anticipation towards the new version, and I wasn't disappointed one bit!
3. California Screamin'. Just a blast! I adore the design of it, and the whole ride's a ton of fun.
4. Splash Mountain. The atmosphere and music can't be beat.


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This snowboarder took advantage of the jumps and rails when Buck Hill in Burnsville finally had a warm day on March 8. This photo was taken from a chairlift.
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This winter season delivered a thick blanket of snow for skiers and snowboarders.
Unfortunately, for much of the winter it was way too cold to enjoy it.
"The season felt like a bait-and-switch," said Renee Mattson, executive director at Spirit Mountain in Duluth. "We were off to a great start, but business cooled off after the polar vortex kicked in."
What many thought would be a record-setting year is turning out to be disappointingly average due to a surge of days where temperatures remained at or below zero.
At Spirit Mountain and Lutsen, revenues were down about 20 percent on bitter-cold days. Hyland Ski & Snowboard saw declines in attendance, but like all the other resorts, it was overwhelmed on warmer days.
"The severity and the duration of the cold couldn't help but be a burden on ski areas," said Luci Botzek, executive director of the Minnesota Ski Areas Association.
Minnesota ranks eighth among the 50 states in the number of skier visits, according to the state ski association. Total spending for last year's season was $401.2 million, including direct spending at Minnesota's 19 ski areas and ski area businesses.
Nationwide, the sport is holding on to its ranks despite challenging weather, high technology costs and an aging fan base. The numbers of skiers and snowboarders age 17 or younger is only 9 percent nationwide, but the Midwest has the largest share, 35 percent, according to a survey by the National Ski Areas Association.
The Midwest's advantage is that its ski areas are close enough to home for many school-aged kids to attend regularly rather than travel to a faraway destination resort. "They learn to ski here and are often content to ski Midwest areas," said Chris Stoddard, executive director of the Midwest Ski Areas Association in Shoreview.
But the cold has made this season one of the most challenging. Normally, ski resorts can count on a big boost in business on snow days when school is closed, but the season's snow or cold days weren't a boon this year.
"They had to balance wanting customers and also wanting them to be safe," Botzek said.
Statewide, it was the fourth-coldest winter since modern-day records have been kept, said Star Tribune meteorologist Paul Douglas. "Most of us are in survival mode after the toughest winter since the late '70s for much of Minnesota," he said.
With cooler temperatures in November, many resorts in the state opened early. Spirit Mountain opened Nov. 16, the earliest in many years, Mattson said. Afton Alps in Hastings opened Nov. 22 after new owners Vail Resorts Inc. poured $10 million into renovations.
Buck Hill in Burnsville turned on its chairlifts around Thanksgiving. General Manager Dan McClure described the ski season as uneven, at best. "The big days were bigger, and the slow days were slower," he said. "We're at about a draw compared to last year's revenues."
Many resorts closed altogether on the coldest days. Hyland shut down for five days; Spirit for seven, not counting several days when they closed a few hours early. Buck Hill was closed more days this year than in the last 10 years combined.
Most ski resorts don't have that many big revenue-producing days except weekends, Christmas break, Martin Luther King and Presidents' Day weekend. This year, Martin Luther King weekend had highs in the 30s, but Presidents' Day highs were in the teens in the metro.
Ski resort managers said there has been one advantage to the cold — it's great for making snow. But the negatives still outweigh such a silver lining, as lifts can break down when it's brutally cold and there's the threat of frostbite, Mattson said.
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Pharrell Williams, will.i.am Settle Trademark Dispute (Exclusive)
The Oscar nominee and the Black Eyed Peas frontman fought over whether the phrase "I Am Other" was likely to mislead fans.
The legal battle between Pharrell Williams and will.i.am over "I Am Other" is over. The two sides have reached a settlement, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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The fight started at the U.S. Trademark Office where Williams' company attempted to register "I Am Other." That brought an objection from the Black Eyed Peas frontman and his own I.Am.Symbolic company.
Last July, Williams filed a lawsuit in New York federal court seeking a declaratory judgment of trademark noninfringement. With trademarks serving the purpose of protecting against confusion, the plaintiff looked primed to make the argument that the mark in question expressly disclaimed an association between the pop stars.
According to the lawsuit, "The I AM OTHER mark means 'I am something else,' leaving what that 'else' is to the imagination of the consumer. It certainly does not mean "I am Will' or in any way suggest Defendants or the WILL.I.AM mark."
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Williams also made an argument that will.i.am's hold over "I Am" trademarks on clothing goods and other accessories was weak. The plaintiff pointed to rejections by a trademark examiner, Dr. Seuss' use of the words "Sam I am" from the book Green Eggs and Ham, and at least 146 artists (I Am Virgin, I Am Ghost, I Am Band …) using derivations of "I Am" as their band moniker.
The lawsuit then brought an interesting counterclaim from will.i.am, who attempted to use Pharrell Williams' involvement in a lawsuit over Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," along with Williams' co-founding of a record label called Star Trak Entertainment, as evidence of disrespect for intellectual property.
But there won't be any consumer surveys about which artist is most closely associated with "I Am Other" nor any jury trial, after the parties informed a judge that they had reached an agreement in principle. The two sides are now drafting the settlement agreement. Terms aren't known, as the lawyers couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
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Last year, Williams said he thought the situation was "ridiculous" and said he was a guy "who likes to talk things out."
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Amazing Grace Fellowship is hosting the 2014 Battle of the Bands at the Twin Falls City Park, Friday, June 6th at 6:00pm.
Amazing Grace Fellowship is hosting the 2014 Battle of the Bands at the Twin Falls City Park, Friday, June 6th at 6:00pm.
On Tuesday, June 4, 2014, at approximately 9:38 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a one vehicle rollover crash on US 30 at milepost 243 in Cassia County outside of Burley.
Tiffany M. Lucero, 21 years old of Burley, was driving a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am east on US30 when she failed to negotiate a curve at milepost 243
As discussion and controversy surrounding the disappearance of Bowe Bergdahl continues, a caller to the Buck Sexton Show on The Blaze Radio Network, referred to as "Alex from Michigan" claimed to not only be part of rescue efforts for Bergdahl but said that he was privy to a security briefing that showed a video of Bergdahl walking away from his post.
The caller, Alex, who did not give his last name, said that video is still classified and not being released to the public. You can read more
You always hear how the best gift for Mother's Day or Father's Day is just spending time with them. Looks like Dad pretty much wants to spend time with you on Father's Day... Well, maybe a gift card too
If you're itching to get on the water, Idaho Water Sports is taking over 1000 Springs Resort on Saturday, June 7th from 10a to 3pm. This is a rare chance for you to get some free, hands-on fun with some boats and watercraft.
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how do I trim my Loquat?
The above says it all.. I have a bunch of limbs with old dried up loquats, and the remnants of loquat. How do I trim this tree to get fruit, and do it the most good?
A few weeks ago I posted a related question: "Do loquats only fruit on new growth?"
There was no disagreement with a very straightforward answer from "Applenut":
Prune your heart out; there's not much you can do to make it not fruit.
I hacked the tree WAY, WAY back, and it's clearly not fazed--it's already begun growing and there will be a ton of new growth prior to flowering.
I hope that if anyone experienced a large drop in fruit production after hard pruning they will speak up. (although I *think* I've heard that some trees produce heavily in alternate years which might complicate things...).
Good luck!
p.s. I didn't know people could get loquats to fruit in 8a. Or do I remember something about a mild winter in Texas or elsewhere?
Here is a link that might be useful: Do loquats only fruit on new growth?
Thanks Mark, for the fast reply. Yes we are only 12 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and have had mild winters for quite a few years.
There are some people 30 miles North of us, In Houston, that enjoy Loquats too.
Your experience, and Applenut's reply to you makes me feel I can "whack away" and keep it from crowding other trees, with out worrying about hurting the tree.
Actually, it doesn't surprise me that you can grow loquats in that part of Texas--I remember mostly beautiful winters during the short time I lived out there.
However, I'm surprised you are so close to the coast and are zone 8a. There are some zip code zone finders out there that are not terribly accurate, and you might want to look into this.
I remember going through this a year or two. I think the worst may have been that found on the National Gardening Association website:
Where I live, near San Jose, is unquestionably zone 9b. There are always a few frosts, but never anything more than a few degrees below freezing--it always warms up during the day. Now we never get big fronts moving down from Canada like you do, however once every 10 or 20 years things are set up so that temperatures drop into the 20-25 degree range. And that's it--it simply never gets below 20. So everyone will assure you we're zone 9b, however the National Gardening Association program spits out zone 8b--an average low of 15-20 degrees. Impossible. I checked Houston (near downtown where I used to live), Friendswood and Galveston. It also gave 8b to all of these.
You might check the calculator found here on Garden Web:
I put in Galveston, Friendswood and Houston and all gave zone 9 (as it did for where I live). It doesn't distinguish a and b unfortunately. I suspect you are zone 9a.
At least we can be sure that if the Garden Web calculator were not right, than there would be an uproar from 10,000 people.
I do have to say I was in Houston one year with some temps in the 10-15 degree range (8a temps) but I was assured those were far, far from normal.
Loquats grow fine on the 7/8 boundary, especially near south or east facing walls of buildings. But they fruit only in milder winter, the flowers or tiny fruit being killed in hard winters. Every few decades it gets cold enough to damage the trees too even in near walls, but not enough to kill them outright or to the ground.
I really don't know about zones, I just know that we are warmer than Houston, colder than Galveston, and we get occasional winter temperatures of 15 for a couple nights running.
The Garden Web index lists me in zone 9, but I kinda plant like zone 8
If I didn't protect my Kumquat, it would have been frozen out years ago. But I only get a couple hundred chill hours, so go figure.
Appreciate the thread here on the Loquat. Just moved into a house in San Ramon, CA, with a 20 foot Loquat tree in the backyard. Daughter loved the fruit and I want to trim properly.
I noticed the comments have mentioned that the Loquat can take severe trimming. I wanted to ask the group if that means I can re-size my tree to a smaller profile. Maybe 12 foot and cut out all the inter-twined branches in the middle of the tree. I can appreciate that maybe I should do this in stages; but would like someones opinion before I start èḧacking" away.
My daughter loves this tree and the fruit - so I am willing to proceed with caution in order to stay in her good graces!
If your tree grows anything like they do here you can't hurt them by trimming them. They grow like weeds here. They also take a lot more cold than people think. My uncle has them growing up near Dallas. Though down by the coast up to Houston they are almost like weeds.


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The DC Holiday Pajama Drive - Due Date approaching December 10
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The DC Holiday Pajama Drive - Due Date approaching December 10 –Tell Your Neighbors, Share with your Friends, Bring PJ & slippers to 5D Station drop off box.
The DC Holiday Pajama Drive began in 2011 to collect new Pajamas and slippers for children in DC foster care for Christmas. Each year the goal for the number to collect has increased. This year, the goal is 1000 sets. A collection box is located in the 5D Station
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Golden Bulls make overtime work for them
J.C. Smith was eager to seize the moment.
The Golden Bulls wiped out a double-digit lead in the second half and rolled by Virginia Union 89-85 in the first round of the CIAA tournament Tuesday at Time Warner Cable Arena. J.C. Smith (16-11) played with grit to lead late in regulation, then turned resourceful to improve to 4-2 in overtime.
"We've been through a lot of adversity this year," said Golden Bulls forward Emerson Williams, who scored half of his eight points in the extra session. "Like coach (Steve) Joyner says, it's just five more minutes, a five-minute run. All we've got to do is keep fighting."
Four Golden Bulls scored in double figures, with forward Emilio Parks hitting for a team-best 18 points on 8-for-10 shooting. Guard LaMarquis Letchaw added 15 and backcourt mates Joshua Linson chipped in 11 and Richard Daniels 10 off the bench.
Ray Anderson and Omar Briggs each scored 25 for Virginia Union, but the Panthers struggled at the free throw line, connecting on 16-of-36 compared to J.C. Smith's 24-of-38.
"We played hard," Virginia Union coach Luqmann Jaaber said. "We just didn't cherish the ball."
J.C. Smith clawed its way into position to win in regulation. After trailing 61-48 with 8 minutes, 42 seconds left, the Golden Bulls ripped off a 22-2 run to go ahead by seven five minutes later.
Virginia Union (6-20), which beat J.C. Smith at Brayboy Gym during the regular season, rallied to force overtime on Ken Pankey's 3-pointer with 59 seconds left.
"The competitiveness kicked in," Joyner said. "I think these guys are trying to write their own story."
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Possible DE Trade?
Posted 21 August 2014 - 04:33 PM
I doubt that it would be a player for player trade
If were goung to cut a DE anyways, then you shop him around as teams do.
With cuts happenung soon, there isn't much incentive for teams to do so..
Posted 21 August 2014 - 04:49 PM
Trading Johnson would be my choice. But i would want Hardy signed long term before doing it. That way Hardy wont have ther leverage.
Johnsons contract may make that tough.
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Posted 21 August 2014 - 10:54 PM
NO trade here. GMAN likes the depth and wants to keep it, just testing to see if they should trade him because his skill level wasn't up to par, which it is at this point. Back to Back NFC South Champs....KEEP POUNDING!
Posted 21 August 2014 - 11:39 PM
Some of you still are not getting that last year we were a defensive powerhouse with 5 defensive ends. Now we have 6 and pressing needs elsewhere.
I'm not so sure some of you realize there is a 53 player limit.
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I would guess that some of the same people that want us to keep 6 DEs also want us to keep 3 QBs and 6 receivers and .....
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Posted 22 August 2014 - 02:20 AM
If the waiver wire is like other sports where last years record determines who gets first dibs on waiver pick ups. And a DE could mean the difference between being mediocre and making the playoffs.
You make that trade because
1. you have to be to 53 as well and if you have something we need you gain as well.
2. The last thing you want to see is your rival or someone else steal the player you needed to get you one step closer to your goal.
Totally didn't consider the waiver wire. Makes sense now
Posted 22 August 2014 - 06:45 AM
Yes, we need a T, but we also need a S. I am unsure about the quality and depth at both S positions.
Posted 23 August 2014 - 12:24 PM
I don't think Horton or Alexander read the fuggin memo
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text: No recent wiki edits to this page. On top of a building near where the fights are going on, Golovin and Pinckney chat about life and why they're in Stormwatch. Golovin thinks that Pinckney is too cultured and educated to there and he tells her that he was sort of forced into it. His parents pushed him into the military and he did incredibly well. Then he went and shot his commanding officer (who was being controlled by an SPB) and that got him into Stormwatch. Just then, the Russians start moving in. Back in Stormwatch Team Achilles UN Headquarters in New York where Santini and Tefibi had been watching the battle, the Russian ambassador is holding a gun to Tefibi's face. He tries to force Tefibi to shut down the team's teleporter but the man refuses, and says that he couldn't even if he wanted to. The ambassador says he'll kill Tefibi and while the technician uses his brains and mouth to stall for time Santini, who had been lying on the floor shot (previous issue) shoots the man in the back. Santini had been wearing a bulletproof vest so he was ok. With the traitorous ambassador dead, he goes back to the screens to check on his team. He decides to pull them out but sees that when he shot the ambassador his bullet had gone on to destroy the machinery that runs to the teleporter. He orders Tefibi to fix it and rings up Coleman to tell him to hang on a little longer. Coleman replies that there are now enemies everywhere and that the rest of The Authority has come too. The Authority makes short work of the remaining terrorists and then starts to take care of its own, like Jack who is still down from the last issue. The Doctor takes Hawksmoor back to the Carrier and Midnighter gets info about Dhul Fiqar's (the superhuman activator and the man both teams are after) location and heads after him. When he's out of the area Blake Coleman and Jaeger Weiss take down Apollo, The Engineer, and Swift with specialized weapons. Coleman warns Jukko, who has already reached Dhul Fiqar that Midnighter's on his way. Midnighter finds Fiqar as Jukko is asking him if he can remove his (Jukko's) powers. Midnighter laughs, calling Jukko a "closet-case superphobic cape-basher" for hating SPBs while he is one himself. Then Jukko challenges him to a fight but gives him an out, saying he can leave if he wants to. Midnighter sees something in his hands and Jukko explains what it is by using it. It's a device modeled off of Henry Bendix's designs that allows him to shut off all of Midnighter's upgrades. Once that's done, he closes in on Midnighter and beats him senseless. He beats Midnighter so badly that he can't even move, let alone stand and then he tells him what his own power is. He's "uber-empathic", meaning he feels the pain of every living thing within a four mile radius, including what he just did to Midnighter. He then goes on to kill Fiqar so no more SPBs can be activated by him. With their job done, the team releases the other members of The Authority and begins to head home. The snipers are cut off though and can't get out. They phone Santini and tell them that and he goes to see Tefibi's status on repairing their teleporter. Tefibi says the thing won't be working for at least another two weeks but they still have the old Stormwatch teleporter which was good for sending things to low Earth orbit, but not for ground to ground teleportation. Santini comes up with a plan and calls the Russian president and orders him to remove his men. The president refuses so Santini has Tefibi teleport some steel beams from a nearby construction site into low orbit and sends it crashing down onto the Russian troops once his own men are out of danger. The terrorists are dead, the superhuman activator is dead, the Russian/Chechnyan problem is dealt with and even Midnighter has decided not to retaliate against Team Achilles. Mission successful.


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Op-Ed: A World Cup that Excludes No One
June 27, 2014 by Jason Rahlan, Global Engagement Press Secretary
Over the past few months, the international outcry against Qatar's controversial bid to host the World Cup in 2022 has reached a fever pitch. Following allegations of bribery, corruption, and incredibly horrific reports of the inhumane treatment and deaths of migrant workers building stadiums and infrastructure, reports surfaced that FIFA is considering holding a revote on Qatar's bid. Not only that, but it's reported that the soccer organization is considering implementing a review of Qatar's human rights record in such a revote, and that it would institute the same requirement for future World Cup tournaments as well.
If FIFA takes this step, and carries out such reviews in a meaningful and deliberate way, it could represent a sea change in how potential host countries are held accountable for human rights abuses on a prominent international stage.
In tomorrow's Washington Post, HRC President Chad Griffin makes the case for why FIFA must include an examination of the rights of LGBT people in these reforms, why it should call for a revote on Russia's successful bid for the 2018 World Cup, and why the International Olympic Committee should implement a similar requirement.
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Optimal Discovery of a Stochastic Genetic Network
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In this paper, we present a parameter identification algorithm for the discovery of a genetic regulatory network. The genetic network is modeled, via a mechanistic approach, as a nonlinear stochastic regulatory network, in which transcription, translation and degradation processes are described as discrete stochastic events which depend nonlinearly on the number of molecules inside the cell. The system depends on several unknowns, namely the rates of transcription, the rates of translation and the degradation rates. Furthermore, the system is observable through the measure, at regular time intervals, of the factorial cumulants of the molecule counts. The unknown parameters are uncovered by studying the system output response to an arbitrary command input. The parameter search is posed as an optimization program, in which the cost function is the deviation between the observed factorial cumulants and the model output, and in which the constraint is the parameterized ordinary differential equation (ODE) governing the time evolution of the factorial cumulants. The optimization problem is solved via an adjoint-based quasi-Newton algorithm. The command input is found to have an important impact on the parameter search: Oscillatory input signals yield better parameter discovery than flat input signals. Finally, numerical results are presented for two systems: a Hill feedback and a Michaelis Menten process.
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By Valerie Baldowski
The City of McDonough is adjusting a key insurance policy to save itself $42,000 per year in premiums, a savings which could be passed on to taxpayers.
City Administrator Billy Beckett's proposal to reduce the city's Government Interlocal Risk Management Agency (GIRMA) liability insurance was approved Monday during a city council meeting.
"We have $5 million currently under our government interlocal insurance policy, but we're protected by virtue of having sovereign immunity," said Beckett. "Five million dollars liability coverage is excessive for a city this size."
The 2000 U.S. Census figures put McDonough's population at close to 20,000, said Beckett. The city will drop some of the insurance, he said.
"In consultation with a number of experts, we've reduced that to $3 million, and that results in a savings to the city of $42,000 a year in insurance premiums," he said. "Indirectly, the taxpayers will save, in that we will not have to pay the expected premium now, or in the future."
The city was overinsured in this area, he said. "We're buying sufficient insurance," added Beckett. "We were overcovered."
Beckett did not have an exact date as to when the city will officially drop the additional insurance. The reduction will take place, he said, "as soon as we possibly can. As soon as we can work out the paperwork for GIRMA."
All cities need the liability insurance to protect themselves, said George Van Leuven, a risk manager for the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA). "Just like a corporation, or an individual, they can get sued by anybody who thinks they've been injured by something the city has done, or failed to do," said Van Leuven. "It's the same reason you have homeowners' insurance."
GIRMA is an intergovernmental risk-sharing fund administered by the GMA. It was created in 1987 to provide property and liability coverage to local government entities in Georgia, said Van Leuven. The fund was created in response to the membership's request to provide an alternative to the conventional insurance market for property and liability coverage, due to hardships experienced by cities in the mid-1980s in obtaining property and liability insurance, he continued.
GIRMA has a membership of nearly 330 members, whose premiums are pooled to pay claim defense, claim losses, insurance to limit exposure and administrative expenses, added Van Leuven.
In addition to protecting against lawsuits, the liability insurance also reimburses cities for property damage incurred from a weather-related event, he said.
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Weeks Flooring in Greensboro hands down for hardwood floors and tile--Ask for Fred. Lowest material prices we could find for the different tile selections we went with + average priced install. This is one company that passes the savings on to the customer if their supplier offers them an incentive/sale price on materials. (Ex. the two differents tile styles we chose for our master shower and kids' baths were priced at $2.00 sq ft because of incentive pricing the supplier offered for that month. Everywhere else that carried that tile wanted $4.50-$7.00 sq ft for the same tile). Quality of work and materials on hardwoods excellent, there for you before, during and after the sale and install, & pricing is on the affordable end. Best prices I could find on Mohawk Smartstrand carpet too without going to Lowe's or HD. Especially with the flooring, make sure you educate yourself on exactly what you're getting with each vendor (size hardwood, prefinished or site finished, does it include finishing, weight of carpet, weight of padding, cost of install, etc). After we did that, and we tried (without success) the price-match strategy with other vendors that came recommended to us, it became a no-brainer to go with Weeks.
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