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All of their players are easily projectable. There's little question the team is going to make the playoffs given the baseball marathon's ability to select the most worthy -- most talented -- teams. October will be rich with excitement, for sure. But even here, they are the defending champions, so there's not much juice in the "will they or won't they" hoist another flag angle, either.
On a less impressive team with less margin for error, we could get worked up over how many at-bats they'll waste on Brett Gardner or whether the right man will be relegated to the bullpen in the battle for the last spot in the rotation. But although the players care, the impact on the team is almost certain to be inconsequential -- maybe three games. That's enough to cost the Yankees the division to an almost equally impressive and really equally boring Red Sox team. But it's very unlikely to cost them a playoff spot as the Red Sox and Yankees have at least a five-game cushion in the Wild Card hunt, unless something very screwy happens.
The big points of debate are so played. Should Joba Chamberlain be a reliever? I'd rather have my eyeballs doused with honey while in the path of an invading colony of red ants than have to revisit this for the upteenth time. The only fresh angle with Joba is the increasing likelihood of a Minor League demotion. He makes A.J. Burnett look like Mike Mussina when it comes to pitching savvy and mound comportment.
We're in the same Groundhog Day/Twilight Zone-like portal of time with the growing controversy regarding whether Alex Rodriguez is lying about taking performance-enhancing drugs. Even Yankees scandals are boring. All the same people talking about all the same things in all the same ways. And all in a country where the advertising budget for ExtenZe seems set to sail past the gross national product of most third-world countries.
The last interesting thing A-Rod did was date Penny Lane.
She should have stuck with Russell Hammond. Maybe A-Rod's human growth hormone connection is related to a secret desire to date another movie heroine.
The Yankees have nothing to learn from the Mets between the lines, but their crosstown rivals sure know how to create a story. Just look what they did with Jose Reyes's illness this week. Public Relations 101 says message discipline.
This is what the Mets should have said: "This is a private matter between Jose Reyes and his doctors. We share their confidence that he will return to full health in short order and look forward to him then being cleared by his doctors an our medical staff to resume full baseball activities."
Instead we have this ridiculous timeline of anywhere from two to eight weeks, a full description of his condition and the apparently very unconventional treatment of just treating it with diet and rest, which just opens the team up to more questions that they are clearly ill equipped to answer. Predictably, the PED can of worms is now fully opened by the Daily News in an "investigative report" that's embarrassingly short of investigation and reporting.
This is way more interesting than the admittedly similar A-Rod story because Reyes is out and literally anything can happen next with him given the Mets' recent track record as diagnosticians. This is the point in the episode of "House" where the B-team discharges Reyes only to have him end up on the crash cart before the next commercial break.
The Mets have such a wide range of possible 2010 outcomes. They don't even have any idea when two of their stars -- Carlos Beltran is returning from knee surgery -- will be back -- April, May, June? The Yankees range of outcomes is will they or won't they in October.
The Yankees also have no interesting young players unless you include Chamberlain and Phil Hughes, who have been around forever. Even Gardner's biggest supporters know he's a scrub, which is precisely why they like him. Austin Jackson would have been interesting, but the Yankees have to tightly tie every loose knot. Jesus Montero is prospect excitement personified, but there's no room for him this year even if he further ascends.
The Mets are suddenly rich in seemingly close-to-big-league-ready prospects like Ike Davis, Fernando Martinez and Jennry Mejia. There's also the painfully delicious spectacle of Oliver Perez, always one pitch away from turning into Nuke LaLoosh.
Even Yankees fans I know have confessed that they are following the Mets ongoing drama more closely this year simply because there is none at Yankees camp. Perhaps given the Yankees' fiscal and physical strength, the Mets have stumbled onto their only path for New York viability -- true counter programming, in every sense.
In sports, the more entertaining team is the team that wins more. But this year, the Mets and Yankees appear set to illustrate an exception to this rule.
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I sent Garrett the link to his birthday card this morning and I heard back from him this afternoon. He loved it!
Thank you so much to everyone who participated – you guys rock! And if you're the girl who posted about knocking over the lamp, you now have something so awesome to show your dad lol. -Laura
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(SY056) Early genomic and cellular responses to ionizing radiation.
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ABSTRACT- To make rational judgements in radiation protection, it is necessary to extrapolate from data obtained at relatively high doses to the effects of low doses and low dose-rates, and to have an appreciation of variation in response to ionizing radiation (IR) among the human population. Therefore, a detailed knowledge of the basic mechanisms by which radiation induces cancer and genetic disorders is essential for informed judgements to be made in radiation protection. The two major systems that repair IR induced double- strand breaks in DNA, are homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). In addition, activation of cell cycle checkpoints in response to IR damage is equally important as well. In order to fully understand the DNA damage response and to improve quantitative risk modeling, one needs to know the major genetic factors that affect radiation-induced cancer risks. This goal requires the identification of new genes (it is clear that many more genes contribute to radiosensitivity than currently known) and further basic studies on their function. To further expand our knowledge and to identify novel genes, RNA interference (RNAi) was used to systematically screen the genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans for genes, that when inactivated lead to increased radiation sensitivity. In collaboration with the group of Prof. R. Plasterk (Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht) we recently completed a screen using a bacterial library that consists of clones producing double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) for nearly 90% of the predicted genes of C. elegans. Among a set of 45 genes that were identified in this way are well known factors, as RAD51 and ATM, but the majority of the genes have not been implicated before in radiation protection. As most of the 45 genes identified have homologs in higher eukaryotes, this screen in C. elegans offers the possibility to study new factors in mammals required for resistance to X-rays and to assess the effects on DNA-damage sensitivity and genetic stability.
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Politicians seem to have little trouble understanding how the basic Law of Demand works when it comes to things they want to discourage, like cigarettes — or when it comes to things they want to encourage, like education.
The Law of Demand says that price increases will generally produce lower sales, so the politicians raise the price of cigarettes via more taxation so that more people quit.
"The price of a pack of cigarettes has skyrocketed to $14.50 at some New York City stores thanks to a hefty new tax, leaving even the most nicotine-addicted buttheads considering nixing their fix," the New York Post reported last year after an extra $1.60 state sales tax was slapped on every pack.
The $1.60 hike raised the total taxes on a single pack to $4.35 at the state level in New York. Additionally, there's a municipal cigarette tax in the city of $1.50 a pack, producing a combined state and local tax of $5.85 a pack.
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I think there is little that can be compared to Quickbooks. From what I've read, only thing similar is SQL Ledger. Another alternative (for linux) would be to use CrossOffice to run Quickbooks under linux.
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Try TurboCash http://www.turbocashuk.com/index.html
I haven't used it myself, but someone I know has tried it. It has it's limitations of course, but it also can import QB data files, at least for the one my friend converted from, QB '03. Again, don't know about compatibility with newer versions of QB. I'm sure that QB tries to make sure it's incompatible.
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Those ought to keep you busy The first is fully FLOSS. The other two are proprietary/closed source solutions. MyBooks interests me deeply and I may be interested in buying that. Off the top of my head, I believe there may be a copy of Linux Journal somewhere that has a year or two old review of a bunch of this stuff. Perhaps google will aid me (usually does).
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I used flavored croutons to make this great oven fried fish. I buy the great big bags at Sam's Club and have use them in all kinds of recipes.
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Here's what you are going to need:3 cod fillets1 egg, slightly beaten30 garlic and herb flavored croutons, crushed1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon pepper1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder1 tablespoon fresh parsley, choppedNon-Stick Cooking Spray
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Pac-10 media day quotes from Oregon coach Dana Altman
The following quotes by Oregon coach Dana Altman were released by the Pac-10 from the league's annual basketball media day in Los Angeles:
"We are an undermanned squad. We have 10 young men on scholarship. It will be a transition year for us. We
have a long road ahead of us, and we have a lot of work to do. On the positive side, the guys have worked
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On Jeremy Jacob's injury
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|Accession Number: G-11131 (MetaCyc)
Synonyms: At3g02850, potassium channel SKOR, stelar K+ outward rectifying channel
Species: Arabidopsis thaliana col
Potassium ions are essential for plant nutrition and play an important role in osmoregulation [Zeilinger94]. Potassium is used for regulation of cell membrane potential and turgor pressure. For example, higher plants require potassium as an osmoticum in the opening of stomata.
Plants possess different kinds of potassium transporters differing in their energy requirements, their selectivity, and their tissue specific localization
A cDNA clone that was isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a Shaker-like outward K+ channel. The gene, which was named SKOR, has a cyclic nucteotide binding domain. Expression in Xenopus oocytes showed that it is an outward rectifying K+ channel. An internal pH decrease from 7.4 to 7.2 induced a strong (ca. 80%) voltage-independent decrease of the macroscopic SKOR current. An external acidification from 7.4 to 6.4 had similar effects.
The expression of SKOR is restricted to the root stelar tissues, and is strongly inhibited by the stress phytohormone abscisic acid [Lacombe00].
Molecular Weight of Polypeptide: 93.8 kD (from nucleotide sequence), 93.8 kD (experimental) [Pilot03 ]
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Enzymatic reaction of: stelar K+ outward rectifying channel
Lacombe00: Lacombe B, Pilot G, Gaymard F, Sentenac H, Thibaud JB (2000). "pH control of the plant outwardly-rectifying potassium channel SKOR." FEBS Lett 466(2-3);351-4. PMID: 10682858
Pilot03: Pilot G, Gaymard F, Mouline K, Cherel I, Sentenac H (2003). "Regulated expression of Arabidopsis shaker K+ channel genes involved in K+ uptake and distribution in the plant." Plant Mol Biol 51(5);773-87. PMID: 12678562
Zeilinger94: Zeilinger C (1994). "Isolation of a potassium-selective ion channel from the plasma membrane of the broad bean Vicia faba L." FEBS Lett 348(3);278-82. PMID: 8034054
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SAN ANGELO, Texas - Big red X's drawn on the sides of partially destroyed New Orleans homes made Jon Meadows drastically change his spring break plans
The junior exercise science major at Angelo State University had planned a trip to Padre Island like many college students, but memories of a family visit to New Orleans last year stuck with him.
"The houses are still wrecked down there," Meadows said, "On all the houses there were those big red X's, a symbol for a dead body or a dead pet — that's the biggest thing that hit me."
So rather than relaxing, Meadows and five fellow ASU students are spending this week in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, not dancing under the lights on Bourbon Street, but continuing efforts to rebuild the city through Project Spring Break.
On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast with winds of 100-140 mph. Two days later, 80 percent of New Orleans was under water. Hundreds of thousands of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama residents were cast from their homes by the devastating storm that caused an estimated $100 billion in damage.
"I think it will be a culture shock," ASU student Karina Quintana said before the group left for New Orleans. A freshman biology major, Quintana said she finds the opportunity to volunteer out of state rewarding.
"We will experience a whole different view of things — a different culture. And we get to do a good deed."
Participating students spend their nights in the Lower Ninth Ward Village, a revamped community center focused on connecting the elderly and youths. It won't exactly be living easy in the Big Easy — the group is sleeping on cots in the community house with about 80 other students.
"I can handle it," Misharee Hight said. "We can have some pillow fights in that big room."
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"It's going to be fun meeting all the new people," she said. "I think the best part is going to be working with everybody toward one cause."
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"It's not necessarily just from the hurricane," Johnson said. "The Ninth Ward is one of the lower socioeconomic communities. We will be doing work that is needed."
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Stranger pretends to need cabfare to get to a hospital or money to buy gasoline or baby formula.
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There's a new scam in Omaha. A woman walks up to you and says "I've locked my keys and purse in my car" or "I've locked myself out of my house. My purse is in there." She then asks you to give her money to pay for a locksmith. You feel sorry for her and give her $40, and never see her again. Or maybe you drive her to a locksmith's office, give her the money, and drive away. She never goes in the locksmith's office. She doesn't need a locksmith. She wants your $40. She has even tried to scam a church, but they wrote a check to the locksmith and the b**** tried to get the locksmith to cash it.
You're refueling your car at the local gas station when you find your eye caught by a somewhat bedraggled looking
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van parked near the property's perimeter. The girl returns your gaze, smiles in an embarrassed way, then hesitantly makes her way over to you.
"Mister, can you help me? Me and my husband ran out of gas, and we've no money to buy any — we spent what little we had on formula for the baby. If you could spare a twenty, we could get her home 'cause it's getting awfully cold out." Her voice drops a bit. "It's just a loan I'm asking for, mister. I'll mail it right back to you, soon as I get my paycheck this Friday." At this point you see an equally scroungy-looking young man standing by the van clutching a blanket-swaddled bundle you assume is the couple's infant.
Your kind heart says to give this young woman the twenty dollars she asks for. But your common sense says otherwise. So which do you listen to?
If you're like a great many folks, you fork over the twenty
. . .
only to later discover you've been had. The "stranded baby-toting couple at the gas station" is but one of the many successful "distressed stranger" scams common to the urban experience.
These swindles are a fact of modern life, and it is only a matter of time before you encounter one being run on you. Our desire to believe what we've been told coupled with our urge to perform occasional good deeds leaves us vulnerable to such cons. We take folks at
face value, which sets us up as pigeons to be taken advantage of.
When presented with tales of woe and asked for relatively small sums that will help set things to rights, only the very rarest among us will as a matter of course turn down direct appeals for help. The vast majority will hear the unfortunates out, then make their decision to help or not based on the believability of the stories.
Yet that filtering is often not enough because successful con artists know how to spin plausible-sounding yet touching yarns. They also know how to employ props (such as the swaddled "baby") that further increase the probability of their prospective pigeons falling for their cons.
In March 2001, a writer for the
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"Please help my baby!" con artists in the space of a few minutes. Flim flammer #1 approached him on the street, saying she needed a few dollars to buy formula and diapers for her baby. When asked where the infant was, she claimed he was sleeping in a car parked a block away. When the reporter insisted upon being taken to the baby (who he'd just been told had been left alone in a freezing cold car), the "needy mom" turned tail and ran.
He ran into scam mom #2 a couple of blocks further on. She was carrying what appeared to be a baby wrapped in a receiving blanket to keep out the cold. Her car was at a local gas station, she said, and she needed a few dollars to get home with her young one. The reporter lifted a corner of the blanket to peep at the child only to find a doll staring back at him. This swindler walked away defiantly with her head held high, knowing that there were other sheep to be fleeced.
In 2004 a reporter for
The Daily Telegraph
in London ruefully detailed his
with the "stranger in distress" con. Half-asleep, he answered the door late one evening only to find there a young woman who claimed to live in nearby
Apartment 2A,
"the one with the black door." Her mother had suffered a heart attack, announced the distraught neighbor — could he lend her cab fare to the hospital? The taxi, she said, was waiting, and the police had told her she could "get a docket from the hospital" which would reimburse him. The projected cab fare was £22.50, so he gave her £25.
Only after she'd gone did he realize that there was no
Apartment 2A
in his complex.
In talking over his experience with colleagues, he discovered this form of swindle was common in London, with men its principal targets because they tend to answer the door after dark more often than do women. A female
of the bamboozled journalist recounted how her husband, a tough criminal lawyer, had been about to hand over taxi money to a distraught woman who claimed to have been mugged until she intervened to insist the "victim" come inside to telephone the police. At that point the "mugging victim" turned tail.
Men run versions of the "stranger in distress" scam too. In 1998 a Pittsburgh man was arrested on four counts of theft by deception after going door to door with a tale about needing money to get to the hospital to see his son who'd just been injured in a car accident in a city some distance away. Folks who heard his sad story routinely gave him $40 or $50 apiece. The man, of course, had no son, injured or otherwise.
In 1995 a con man successfully ran a version of the "injured son" tale on a number of Denver restaurants and bars. He would telephone these establishments and tell bartenders or managers that one of his sons had either just been killed or injured in a car accident and that he needed money so his other son could catch a taxi and go to the hospital to the hurt or dead son. To collect the money, he'd either go to the restaurant, or he would have the restaurant employee meet him at a convenience store or gas station.
In 1996 in Providence, a swindler working the "I need money for gas" con admitted in a signed statement made after his arrest that he made between $50 and $350 a day from this endeavor. "I usually call any business and tell them" a relative's car "broke down and needs help, and usually people give me money, thinking it's for real." He'd been taken into custody when he arrived to pick up the $20 he'd persuaded a filling station owner to give him to get his pregnant niece's car towed. The money he made on this con he used to fund his drug habit.
A number of readers have written to describe their experiences with the 'distressed stranger' con. We quote from five of those
on our "
Using Regular People
" page, an article about a widely-circulated account that might have been an encounter of this sort.
Although there are real cases of need out there, this scam is so common that one needs keep it in mind when approached by strangers seeking assistance.
Barbara "samaritan up" Mikkelson
How To Avoid Falling Victim To 'Distressed Stranger' Scams:
These sorts of scams work because the amounts pleaded for are relatively small, and people want to help others, both for the ordinary feel-goodness of it all and as a form of karmic protection against those inevitable days when their cars break down or when they are chagrined to discover they've left their wallets on dressers at home. While fraud is sorry repayment for a kind heart and generous nature, the only way to entirely safeguard yourself against falling victim to "stranger in distress" scams is to refuse to help those unknown to you who appear to be in dire straits. Such a course of (non)action will appeal to some but will be heartily eschewed by others who will view the occasional $20 lost on a con artist as but the cost of maintaining a positive view of their fellow man. Therefore, portions of the following advice will apply to some but not to others.
Beware the pull on your heartstrings — it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for. When approached with tales of woe, keep in mind those making the request should have other avenues of relief available to them beyond that of asking random strangers for cash. Is it reasonable to assume they have no family or friends who could come to their assistance, either monetarily or to give them a drive home? Or that they do not have so much as one credit card they could charge a necessity against? Remind yourself that a great many taxis do accept credit cards and so regard with suspicion any well-heeled stranger's claim of needing $20 for cabfare.
When strangers seeking your assistance hit you up with sob stories, become comfortable with saying "No, I'm sorry but I just can't do that" and walking away or hanging up. If you cannot bring yourself to say no and instead feel you must make some attempt to aid those who appear to be in need, proffer your assistance rather than the cash that has been asked for. Offer to telephone on their behalf whichever friend or relative the stranded couple believes could come for them, or to ask the police for help in getting the child home. Insist that mugging victims contact the police and indeed place those calls for them. Strictly limit your help to
forms: making phone calls, brainstorming possible solutions, mucking about under the hood of
cars, etc. But above all, keep your hand away from your wallet.
Never let strangers into your house to use the phone. Instead, offer to place whatever calls they need made on their behalf. Likewise, those seeking the use of a bathroom should be given directions to the nearest gas station or restaurant. People have been robbed or sexually assaulted in their homes by those whose "car broke down" or who needed "a glass of water" or "to call a doctor for the baby." Those not assaulted immediately still run the risk of being burgled later by thieves who have inventoried the home's contents and are now familiar with its layout.
Churches in some communities have adopted a policy of refusing to provide cash to those who appeal to them for emergency assistance. Instead, those thrown upon hard times are given whatever other kind of material assistance they have requested (e.g.; tank of gas, place to stay for the night, transportation to another city where a relative is supposedly languishing, something to eat), but are refused money.
A group of churches in another community has worked out an arrangement with that city's police department whereby those looking for aid are directed to the police station for a bit of vetting of their stories and their identities. Those who appear to check out are provided with vouchers (paid for by the local churches) for whatever it was they had appealed for. Once again, money is never given.
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"Those Being Asked For Assistance Can Defend Themselves Against Scams."
South Bend Tribune [Indiana].
22 March 2001 (p. A13).
Pankratz, Howard. "Con Man Allegedly At It Again."
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18 December 1995 (p. B3).
Robinson, Marilyn. "Many Fall For Tow Truck Scam."
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17 April 1998 (p. B2).
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"Shame On Me: I Was Conned By a Damsel in Distress On My Own Doorstep."
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Sabar, Ariel. "Target of Borrowing Scam Alerts Police; Suspect Arrested, Charged."
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GFGPA calls for ganja amnesty
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 10 (CMC):
A call has been made for the Government to declare an amnesty on all arrests for the possession of under one pound of marijuana. The plea from the Ganja Future Growers Producers Association (GFGPA) was made following the death of Mario Deane who was in the custody of the State.
Deane was arrested and held at the Barnett Street Police Station lock-up in western Jamaica for possession of a marijuana spliff. While in custody, he was beaten and died in hospital a few days later.
According to the association, his death is an "indictment against the State, the Parliament, the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the justice system".
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"The ongoing situation of arresting, locking up and giving persons convicted for the smoking and possession of ganja a criminal record, is senseless, cruel and unjust and can only be deemed a wicked act of the Jamaican state of the decades. This has led to the ruin and destruction of many Jamaican lives," said the association in a statement late Saturday.
The GFGPA said the Government, through Parliament, must institute the amnesty until reforms of the drug are completed.
"The Government has the authority and can immediately declare an amnesty on all arrests for uncompressed ganja under one pound in weight until the announced reforms are put in place. This has been our open and declared position from 1999."
The call also came with the request for an increase in penalties for those arrested and convicted for illegal exportation of the drug.
Interim Chairman of the GFGPA, Orville Silvera, said if the amnesty is implemented, deaths similar to that suffered by Mario Deane can be avoided in the future.
"Not even for a pound of ganja should somebody's life be lost after being arrested, it is a tragedy," he bemoaned.
Silvera said the Government should return to Parliament this week for an emergency session to declare the amnesty.
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YIELD: Makes 10 servings
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Olive oil
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoons (packed) dark brown sugar
- 2 2-pound butternut squash, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded
- Coarse kosher salt
- 4 heads of Belgian endive, root ends trimmed, leaves separated into individual leaves
- 2 unpeeled Fuji apples, halved, cored, cut into matchstick-size strips
- 8 ounces blue cheese (such as Maytag), coarsely crumbled
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
For dressing:
Whisk vinegar and lemon juice in small bowl; gradually whisk in oil. Season with salt and pepper.
For salad:
Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush 2 large rimmed baking sheets with oil; spray with nonstick spray. Whisk vinegar and sugar in small bowl; set aside. Cut squash halves crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange squash in single layer on prepared sheets; brush with oil and sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper. Roast 5 minutes; brush with sugar-vinegar mixture. Turn squash over and brush with sugar-vinegar mixture; roast 5 minutes. Roast until squash is tender when pierced with small knife, about 15 minutes longer. Cool on sheets. DO AHEAD: Can be made 4 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Arrange 5 to 6 endive leaves on each of 10 plates. Place butternut squash slices in center of each plate. Scatter apples, cheese, and cranberries over squash. Drizzle dressing over and serve.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories318
- Carbohydrates36 g (12%)
- Fat18 g (28%)
- Protein7 g (14%)
- Saturated Fat6 g (29%)
- Sodium508 mg (21%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber5 g (22%)
- Monounsaturated Fat10 g
- Cholesterol17 mg (6%)


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What is it about natural elements that make my heart sing?
This winter we've been having fun decorating with birch branches. You may have seen some of it here and here and here.
We had a few longer birch branches that hadn't been used over Christmas, so I thought creating a birch branch winter woodland tablescape would be fun. Actually, creating a centerpiece of the branches for the table would set the stage and theme.
Birch branches are perfect for winter woodland decor. Their white, silvery paper bark sings winter. And the bits of gray and brown that emerge give the branches dramatic character.
I had some more fun with power tools when I trimmed my birch branches to size and used the power nail gun to help me create a nice box.
There is one problem. My box doesn't have a bottom. If you make one…I suggest you start with a bottom. Visually, you don't want to see the bottom, but it really helps to have a bottom when you want to move your centerpiece. Duh!!
I also decided that the tablescape needed to include pine cones. You know I love pine cones in winter decor. Last year they played a starring role on my vintage sideboard. Pine cones pick up subtle browns in the birch branches and help to give the centerpiece and table a unified look.
And because it's winter….we need some snow. Well maybe not. We received nearly two feet last week, which has melted down to just four or five inches, but I digress. We need faux snow. Snowflakes made from book pages, to be exact. Oh how I love book pages in decor.
To the birch, pine cones, and faux flakes, I added a mercury glass candle holder and some pillar candles. That was it for creating a birch branch winter woodland centerpiece.
Decorating with birch, pine cones, and book pages is simple to do….whether creating a birch branch winter woodland tablescape or feathering your winter nest.
Of course, I found one more way to use some of the birch.
We could call these little birch tree holders favors. But, really, if you come to my house I don't want you taking these home. I want to use them again. [wink] So…I guess I need some help in knowing what to call cute table decor that's set at each place setting for no useful purpose other than whimsy.
To create these fun little things, I cut a birch branch into fat slices on the mitre saw, then pierced their centers with the drill, to which a small sprig of pine was inserted. Quite easy to do, I think. Then the pine needles were trimmed, and a simple book page flag added to make the sweetest little bit of whimsy for each place setting.
You'll notice that a pure white quilt is covering the white tablecloth. I love the texture it gives to the table. It feels very snow-like to me. And it gives substance to this birch branch winter woodland tablescape.
And for the last bit of woodland whimsy….birch napkin rings. Again….the result of playing with power tools! Do you love them? I'll be back with a quick tutorial for making your own napkin rings. [Edited: the tutorial has been posted, click here.]
Now it's confession time. I LOVE living where there are four distinct seasons.
It seems that my southern friends enjoy two seasons….Winter/Spring and Summer/Fall and some of you who live deep in the south, I think, actually only have something akin to spring and summer. Really I have no idea. Haha! I base that entirely on my quick little jaunts to Florida in the winter to visit my elderly aunt or for a little Disney time.
What I do know. I love to walk. And snow and ice cramps my style, even with those grippy things pulled over my boots. And I dislike, with a capital "D," driving in snow and ice. My husband will also hear how much I dislike the cold and how I mention that there are no green leaves on the trees for 6 months, and winter seems forever, and the other three seasons are just a flash in time.
And that my friends, is why I purposefully decorate for winter. It's one way for me to enjoy the tones of the season and embrace snow in a more faux form. And for the record….I'm not interested in living somewhere where I would melt as many days as the trees are without leaves. I have thick northerner blood. And melting is not a pretty thing. Just look at the mess we have when we have a winter thaw. [wink] Oh I do hope you are laughing with me.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS)- Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, celebrated Baptist heritage during the seminary's Reformation Day chapel service, Oct. 31.
The Baptist faith, he said, is "part of the fifth wave of the Reformation." The first wave of the Reformation, initiated by Martin Luther in 1517, was only one of the reform movements that spread across Europe in the 16th century. During the same period, the Anabaptists—literally, the "re-baptizers"— also led a movement known as the "Radical Reformation." The Anabaptists called for a return to the practice of baptizing only born-again believers. They often upheld this conviction in the face of persecution and death. Because of their perseverance, however, the conviction that baptism should be given only to believers has spread throughout Europe and across the world. Today this conviction survives among Baptists.
"If you want to be faithful to the Book, and if you want to be faithful to that part of the Reformation that died on every hand (for teaching believer's baptism) … then stop being ashamed of being a New Testament Christian and a Baptist," Patterson said. "You are not judging anybody else's eternity. Many other folks who are not a part of our movement are born-again believers. Praise God for that. All we are saying is that the best way to be faithful to the Lord Jesus is to keep the whole of the Great Commission."
Patterson based his sermon on the Great Commission, found in Matthew 28:16-20. The passage, he said, would likely have been a favorite among Anabaptists because it upholds their foundational principle of believer's baptism. When Jesus called the apostles to "make disciples," He was not referring to what, today, is commonly called discipleship. The modern definition of the term is summed up in the third part of Jesus' command: "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you" (NKJV). According to Patterson, the command to "make disciples of all nations" was a command to "win them to faith in Christ." Jesus then said that those who do come to faith should be "baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
Patterson also noted that Jesus' command to "go" would be better translated as "having gone." Jesus assumed that his followers would go, and they often did so as a result of persecution. The apostles, and later the Anabaptists, often had a bad reputation. Patterson said this partly as a response to Baptists who refuse to display the name "Baptist" in their church titles because it carries negative connotations in the minds of unbelievers.
"If you're ashamed to be a Baptist, don't be one," Patterson said, reminding his audience that involvement in the Baptist movement is not seen as necessary for salvation. "But if you believe what the fifth front of the Reformation believed, and you believe that a man really does have to have a born again experience, and then he makes a public confession of that through the waters of baptism, … then stick that name Baptist out there … and be thankful to God for the heritage you have."
Additionally, Patterson said that the Anabaptists favored the Reformation emphases summarized in the statements "faith alone" and "Scripture alone." The Anabaptists, however, believed that Reformers, such as Luther, Calvin and Zwingli, had not carried out these emphases completely. To do so would involve the practice of believer's baptism. They questioned how Protestants could speak of faith as the foundation for salvation when they also baptized infants who were unable to understand and believe the Gospel. Similarly, they asked how Protestants could claim to follow Scripture alone when they did not obey Scripture's command to baptize believers only.
Archived Flash Media and MP3 recordings of Patterson's sermon can be viewed, listened to or downloaded through the seminary's Web site, www.swbts.edu.
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Southwestern Seminary celebrates its centennial in 2008. Since its founding, the seminary has trained and sent out over 40,000 graduates to serve in local churches and mission fields around the world. In 1908, B.H. Carroll established the seminary on the campus of Baylor University. It was moved to its current location on Seminary Hill in Fort Worth in 1910 and was placed under the direction of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1925. Paige Patterson was elected as the eighth president of the seminary in 2003.
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Spring training: Twins' Pelfrey hits bump in road back from surgery against Red Sox
What: Boston Red Sox (F. Doubront) vs. Minnesota Twins (L. Hendricks)
Where: JetBlue Park
When: 7:05 p.m.
Tickets: Sold out
Parking: $10
Minnesota Twins starter Mike Pelfrey didn't have a great day in Thursday's 7-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Hammond Stadium.
The 6-foot-7 righty pitched two innings, allowing five runs on six hits. The worst damage came on a three-run double by Boston's Will Middlebrooks in the second.
Regardless of his subpar performance, Pelfrey considered the outing a win in that he felt no discomfort in his elbow.
Last April, the 29-year-old Pelfrey underwent Tommy John surgery after injuring his elbow in his third start of the year for the New York Mets. That he started pitching in spring training games just 10 months afterward has Pelfrey believing he will be ready for the start of the season on April 1.
"The best thing that I can say about today is that I walked off feeling good," said Pelfrey, who threw 58 pitches on Thursday. "(The movement on my pitches) was either really good and I missed by six or seven inches or it was flat and got hit.
"I was all over the place today. You're going to have days like this."
After seven years with the Mets, the Twins signed Pelfrey to a one-year, $4-million contract in December. Thursday was his fourth start of the spring and the first time in three outings he allowed an earned run.
On March 8, Pelfrey shutout the Red Sox for three innings while striking out five. Thursday was a different story, but Twins manager Ron Gardenhire didn't seem overly concerned with Pelfrey's health after the game.
"I'm not a doctor, but the doctors tell me he's fine," Gardenhire said. "He's ahead of the curve. He's going to have his ups and downs, Every pitcher does, but he's fine."
Recovery from Tommy John surgery usually ranges between 12 and 18 months. Pelfrey's rehabilitation seems to be accelerated. In December, just seven months after having surgery, Pelfrey was throwing 120 pitches off a mound.
"I feel great,' he said. "I think I have been blessed through this whole process. In my mind, if people didn't bring it up with me all the time, I would feel like I never had surgery.
"It's just a matter of going out there and continue to build up my arm strength and get my velocity back. I'm slowly getting there. I don't feel my elbow on any pitches."
Another thing Pelfrey doesn't feel is the extra weight he carried during the offseason. On Nov. 26, Pelfrey said he tipped the scales at 270 pounds. Now he weighs 240 pounds.
"I told myself I wanted to get down to 240 and I'm there," Pelfrey said. "I busted my butt, and I have to keep working.
"A goal of mine was to be ready for opening day and come out and make this team. So far, I feel great."
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The Tattoo
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July 2, 2001
Getting air at the X Trials
By Mike Nguyen
When you think blimps, you naturally think of the fiery Hindenburg crash. But that didn't stop me from jumping aboard the Hood Dairy blimp during the X Trials last month.
On a beautiful Saturday morning, I headed to Brainard Airport in Hartford. Miles away, I already spotted the feet-long red letters that spelled "Hood" on the white blimp.
Our blimp escort was ready and waiting. (By the way, the technical term for a blimp is "airship," but no one really minds.) The passengers and I got a briefing on how to safely board and exit the blimp out in the knee-high grass field.
The crew performed what looked like a suicide mission. They ran at the blimp, caught lines connected to the 62,000 to 70,000 cubic feet airship and pulled it to a stop.
After it landed, we boarded the small gondola where pilot Terry Dillard waited.
The gondola was set up like a car, with a back seat that can fit two or three people -- if you're small enough. The pilot seat is up front. The dashboard is set up like a plane, with hundreds of buttons and instruments to measure altitude and all that.
Everyone was given headphones with a microphone for contact with the pilot. This way, you know if the blimp is going down -- you hear all the radio contact with the crew and airport.
With the help of an aerial road map, we started our two hour ride at speeds hiting 20 miles an hour. Slowly and surely, with windows wide open to get air circulating and a true sense of a breath-taking experience, we rocked back and forth like a boat over neighborhoods, towns and schools.
From 1,000 feet in the air, everything looks like those toy town models you had as a kid. Soccer fields were covered with little moving dots. Houses were lined up neatly in rows and columns with little streets and little toy cars parked outside.
Golf courses we passed were the most interesting, as the carts circled around like they were just taking the same path over and over again.
"We scout out the best golf courses [in the region] and make arrangements for tee time after we fly," said Dillard.
Dillard, from Orlando, Fla., has been a blimp pilot for 10 years. After 15 years as a hot air ballon pilot, "I made a few calls and got my job," he said.
He flies for Lightship, an airship company that owns seven national and five international blimps including monster.com, Blue Cross and infamous Budweiser blimps. The airships have flown for over football games and the 2000 Olympics in Australia.
Dillard said pilots don't like talking about deflating.
"We never use the D-word," Dillard told the passengers. "A blimp is meant to be inflated and flown for its whole life."
A blimp can live for three years before the envelope or helium sac needs to be replaced, so pilots just fly off to the next destination rather than deflating and moving the airship.
"If a client wants us to go to California, it would take 18 days to get over there, so that's what we do," Dillard said.
Dillard said his next trip to Boston was to escape an incoming storm.
"With an airship, you have to move it wherever the weather is good," Dillard said as he maneuvered the blimp.
Trips can sometimes take shorter or longer than expected.
"If you have head wind, it slows you down," Dillard said. Tailwind pushes the blimp faster.
About half an hour or so into the ride, we caught a glimpse of the Otis Elevator building in Bristol. As we approached, we could see a small outline of the Ferris wheel at Lake Compounce and the swinging pirate ship at the base of South Mountain.
We hovered about the X Trials venue for photo opportunities and a look at the events. I could make out an athlete on the vert ramp flying back and forth. From our high spot, we had the advantage of not having to strain our necks to see.
After hitting the X Trials, we toured Bristol a little more and headed back to Hartford for our last obstacle: the landing. As we took one last look at the Hartford skyscrapers and tangled neighborhoods, we saw the 13-person landing crew and their vehicles driving into the Brainard field.
Amazingly, the landing was even smoother than than takeoff. Of course, that might be because it never really landed, but stayed afloat, just held down.
Remember, the blimp can't defla ... I mean, the D-word.
With my adventure done, we were loaded out of the airship. The blimp flew off on a little joy ride.
Sound fun? Well, the next airship ride can be yours.
Log on to www.hphood.com and click on the airship button, which will bring you to the Hood blimp's page, full of the whirring blimp sound and information on how you can enter yourself in a contest to win a free ride on the Hood blimp.
Trust me, it's worth doing and all you have to do is keep track of the site and collect points to be entered in a raffle. It's easier than it sounds, so log in and get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to fly in a blimp.
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Berlin Atonal Festival - July 25 - 31
We're pleased to be a partner for the return of the Atonal Festival to Berlin from July 25-31. Taking place at Kraftwerk Berlin, a new venue in a former power plant in the heart of Berlin, the Atonal Festival boasts an impressive lineup including living legends and up-and-comers from around the world. In advance of Berlin Atonal 2013, we'd like to share some information about a workshop that we'll be hosting, in addition to a few picks for artists not to miss.
Ableton presents "Hidden Music" with Hecq
Tuesday, July 30, 5:30 PM
Kraftwerk Berlin
"Hidden Music" is an exploration of microphone-based composition and editing. This workshop is led by musician and sound designer Hecq (who created The Forge as part of Live 9 Suite), who describes it as such: "Sound is an omnipresent thing. It's on the streets, in the machines we use and even in our bodies. But there's a lot more to it than just the plain fact of its presence. This workshop will show some possible approaches to make all these allegedly random sounds 'sing'."
Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland
Friday, July 26
Kraftwerk Berlin
On the heels of the release of Borderland, their impressive new collaboration album, these two transatlantic techno legends will present their music live - it will certainly be a sight to behold as well as a memorable set of music. Listen to excerpts from Borderland below:
Vladislav Delay
Friday, July 26
Kraftwerk Berlin
Playing the same evening as Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald, Sasu Ripatti has made a name for himself under various guises – whether through the soulful house of Luomo, the dubby beats of Uusitalo, the harder techno of Sistol, or the lush atomspheres and industrial tinges of his main alter-ego, Vladislav Delay. Below, via ursss.com, watch a full live Vladislav Delay performance:
Zan Lyons
Sunday, July 28
Kraftwerk Berlin
Zan Lyons has blown us away with his passionate live audio-visual performances. Using Live to trigger both music and video, Zan is also an accomplished violinist. Get a preview of Zan's beautiful live show in this performance from TEDx Berlin:
Francesco Tristano
Tuesday, July 30
Kraftwerk Berlin
We'ver previously covered Francesco Tristano - a Juilliard-educated concert pianist whose collaborations with electronic musicians and solo experimentation have made him such a unique performer. Don't miss what is sure to be an inspiring set – and learn more about Francesco in our feature.
We've mentioned some of our favorite acts, but there are many more playing at Berlin Atonal. For a full rundown of the fantastic lineup, see the Berlin Atonal site.


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