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Charles Padgett looks over his home, where someone recently broke in and robbed him Jan. 11 in Salinas. Padgett is homeless and has recently been occupying an abandoned shipping container. "They took everything," said Padgett, as he shifted through his ransacked belongings. / Conner Jay
Charles Padgett points to his old encampment along the train tracks underneath Sanborn Road on Tuesday in Salinas. Padgett, who is homeless, camped out in this area for several months, along with many other homeless people. / Conner Jay
Many agencies and churches work to help the homeless, including those living in camps. Here is a sampling:
> The Coalition of Homeless Services Providers can be reached at 831-883-3080.
> First United Methodist Church, 404 Lincoln Ave., Salinas, offers hot lunches Monday through Friday. 831-424-0855.
> Dorothy's Place, 30 Soledad St., offers meals and other help to homeless people. www.dorothysplace.org
A new homeless census is set for Jan. 26. Volunteers are needed to help make the count. To sign up, call the Coalition of Homeless Services Providers at 831-883-3080.
> Salinas training is set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Salinas City Hall Rotunda, 200 Lincoln Ave.
> Training for guides to homeless camps is set for noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday noon at Martinez Hall, 220 12th St., in Marina.
> Census information on the homeless in Monterey County can be found at http://chspmontereycounty.org/CensusPage/census2011.html
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The old homeless encampment of Charles Padgett along Work Street was inhabited by other homeless men Tuesday in Salinas. / Conner Jay
This story was originally published Jan. 11, 2011 Behind the Salinas most of us see lies a troubled landscape.
It's where the unsheltered homeless live, and Charles Padgett, 49, who survived two years on the streets and in the camps, knows the terrain well. "Follow me," he said.
Cigarette in hand, Padgett, headed down a grassy path toward a place of frequent despair where people often give up on their futures.
Padgett offered to revisit the camps in which he stayed and to give glimpses into camp life as he knew it.
He offered to do that, but only if it might help the public's grasp of homelessness, he said.
Padgett, in his gold and blue jacket and blue jeans, slowed the pace. Empty bottles, an old jacket, part of a chair, a bicycle frame, lay strewn about.
He lowered his tone.
"We don't want a confrontation here," he said.
Silently, he walked into a camp in which he had lived. Hidden by tree branches, the shelter, reoccupied by strangers, clings to the top of a muddy slope near Highway 101 not far from Work and John streets.
"The point is that homeless camps are all over this city and people don't even realize it," Padgett said.
The camps sit near the Salinas Adult School and off Boronda Road.
They're under the Sanborn Road overpass.
With its interlacing stretch of nightmarish shadows and graffiti-laden cement pillars, the Sanborn site feels straight out of a Hollywood fright film.
The camps sit in the open, or they sit secluded.
"You could be 10 feet away from one and never see it," Padgett said.
An elusive population
In 2009, when the most recent homeless census was made, Salinas had 579 homeless people.
Of those, 495 were unsheltered, with many living in camps. (In 2007, the census tallied 478 unsheltered homeless.)
Statistics come from the Coalition of Homeless Services Providers in Marina, which conducts a federally mandated homeless count every two years.
While useful, the count can be highly inexact, said Glorietta Rowland, coalition executive officer.
"That's because we have to physically count those people who are unsheltered," Rowland said. "That means we go to the camps. We do that between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. on one day of the year.
"It's a whole other world out there."
This year's census is set for Jan. 26.
Inexact as they may be, the figures factor into planning and programs to help the homeless.
Surviving camp life
Padgett, no doubt, figured into the census numbers.
He was born on the former Fort Ord. His father retired from the Army and then worked in civil service.
"Growing up, I never imagined myself as homeless," Padgett said. "The homeless were just bums, I thought."
In his 49 years, he has worked a variety of jobs, commercial salmon fishing off Alaska being one. Most recently, he worked as a painter and handyman.
Padgett became homeless due to family problems and his drug and alcohol abuse, which he has ended, he said.
When he lived in the camps, he'd keep his site clean. He'd haul his garbage out daily and toss it into a Dumpster.
"That way, no bugs," he said.
Padgett made his shelter water-tight, too. He insulated it with Styrofoam.
"Didn't leak a drop," he said. "I even had wood chips on the floor.
"Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you have to be miserable all the time."
He'd fill jugs with water from a nearby motel or truck stop.
As for a toilet, there's a tree or a hole in the earth or a bucket. A nearby public restroom rates as a luxury.
To get around, Padgett rode his bicycle. One trip was to the First United Methodist Church of Salinas, 404 Lincoln Ave. There, he'd line up with other homeless people for a free hot meal, prepared by volunteers from United Methodist and other churches.
The scourge of camp sites is thieves, Padgett said.
Leave your shelter and chances are good a thief will steal off with your sleeping bag or shoes.
"Whatever is there," Padgett said.
It happened to him six months ago.
When he caught up with the thief, they went nose-to-nose. The thief hit Padgett in the head with an iron pipe. He still has the dent in his skull."I got busted in the head," he said. "It's a hard life out here."
A broader concern
People like Padgett, who have navigated this nether world of daily survival, are not the only ones concerned about the unsheltered homeless.
Churches and agencies Dorothy's Place at 30 Soledad St. is the most visible among them care and help.
They provide food and clothing and sleeping bags, and they shelter those they can.
And there is an effort to expand those services.
One idea would provide basic mental-health services to people on the street, said Jill Allen, development director for the Franciscan Workers, the group that runs Dorothy's Place.
Another challenge is figuring out how to shelter more of the homeless safely at night.
The homeless camps, including those scattered around Soledad Street in Chinatown, are, after all, but evidence of a deep social problem, Allen said.
"This is bigger than a few camps," she said. "It's about certain people not being able to function well in the way we've set up our society."
Needed are more alternatives for those who can't keep up with the " 'gotta have a new iPod' mentality," she said.
"Any solution starts with getting a homeless person into a stable situation where they can develop a sense of personal security," Allen said.
The Rev. Jim Luther of First United Methodist Church has visited several camps.
"I go, but by invitation only," Luther said. "I don't go often, but I do check up on people we haven't seen here for awhile."
He's visited homeless people living under bridges and people under "a tarp draped over branches."
"I go out to those camps, and I always feel a mix of emotions," Luther said.
"On the one hand, there's a great creativity and a human determination to survive.
"On the other, there's despair and frustration and an embedded hopelessness."
"It certainly makes our efforts to help the homeless look more minimal," he said.
Hope in the mix
For now, Padgett is off the street and has been for two months.
"I've stopped drinking," he said. "I'm cleaning up my life."
He credits the influence of Luther for his turn-about.
Padgett works on and off, too.
He also helps at First United Methodist, mopping floors, washing dishes.
He gets money from collecting cans, glass and plastic to recycle.
"This morning I got $16," he said. "Not bad."
He's found a place to sleep indoors. He hopes to buy an old pick-up truck and a few tools, then find regular work.
A harsh reminder
When Padgett stopped living outdoors, he stored his every item in an old container, which sat abandoned and rusting in a weedy lot on the western edge of Salinas.
"My back-up camp," he called it.
For four months, that locker also served as Padgett's home.
"It's my camp under lock and key," he had called it.
Only on his latest visit Tuesday, he found the lock had been cut. The container's door sat ajar. His belongings had been picked bone clean.
"That was the reason I moved out here in the first place, to keep from getting ripped off," he said, distraught.
"They took everything of value. They took it all."
He was lucky in one way, he said. Had he been in that remote and forgotten lot when the thieves stopped by, he might have been beaten or stabbed.
"Or shot," he said.
"I guess there's no choice but to start over and keep going."


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Quilts both new and old will be on display July 19 and 20 in the Family Life Center of Presbyterian Church of the Falling Spring, 221 N. Main St.
More than 21 million people in the United States are quilters, according to a 2010 research study by Quilts Inc., which sponsors a number of major quilt shows in the country. For many it is considered a hobby or a craft, but neither of those words describe an endeavor that harkens back to an earlier time when a quilt served mainly to provide warmth, and which today manifests itself as an art form reflecting the prowess of the maker.
The making of a quilt means many things to each person involved -- among them, continuing a family tradition. Certainly that is the case with Percy Rotz, 94, Chambersburg. After his wife, Evelyn, passed away in 2010 (the couple were married for 68 years), Rotz found that she had lots of fabric, many cut-out patches in boxes in the attic and a slew of quilting books -- all the elements he would need for his plan to finish his wife's quilts as a way to honor her memory.
A number of years ago, he had helped his wife make two wall-hanging quilts, so he was not unfamiliar with the process.
"That's how I got my feet wet," Rotz said.
He sought help to put the pieces together. "I went to the quilt show two years ago and took the patches along. When I asked what I could do with them, I was told that my wife was making a scrap quilt. They showed me how to sew them together, which I do on a sewing machine; but I do all the quilting by hand."
Rotz will display a four-point diamond quilt with more than 600 patches at this year's Chambersburg Quilt Guild show, "A Quilter's Journey," during ChambersFest this year.
He has also made four full-size quilts and some 15 lap quilts, as well as knotted one for shut-ins.
He is one of three men who are members of the Chambersburg Quilt Guild and, most likely, the oldest.
One of the youngest members, on the other hand, is Becca George, all of 16, who has done her share of quilts since learning at age 6.
"My grandmother and aunt would do projects on weekends and I wanted to help. My grandmother made me start sewing on notebook paper so she could see if I could sew a straight line. My first quilt was a rag one that I worked on for a year."
Since then, she had made 10 quilts, roughly twin bed size. She has participated in Quilts for Kids sponsored by Downey Fabric Softener, and she will again enter her work in the Quilt Odyssey later this month in Hershey.
Becca also makes doll quilts and donates them to Toys for Tots. This will be her second year participating in the quilt guild show, where she will present three quilts, a flip-flop back pack and other items.
Margie Etchberger is a newcomer to quilting, something she had always wanted to do. After visiting the guild's previous show, she joined the guild and started working on her first quilt last September.
"I bought a new sewing machine and through trial and error and the help of the quilt guild members, I will present a nine-patch quilt in this year's show."
Linda Lojacono, publicity chairman for the guild, comes to quilting from a similar impulse.
"I have always loved quilts but never had any experience making them as a child or young adult." She lived in Kentucky before moving to Chambersburg, where she took an adult education class in hand-quilting and worked with a group of neighbors.
When you are quilting, "you have to be exact, cut the components of your block accurately, and, most importantly, don't skimp on the seams," she emphasized. For the show, she will bring a table runner, a black and white quilt she made for her daughter, and a batik tote bag.
Donna Gilbert, a former two-time president of the guild, will not be showing her Friendship Quilt in this year's show as it unfortunately was not ready in time, but she has won a number of awards for her work in national competitions. "When I retired and moved to Penn National (Community in Fayetteville) in 1996, a quilt group started. I knew nothing about quilting or even much about sewing. I signed up for a beginner's class at the Sew 'n Place (Chambersburg) and the teacher was so enthusiastic that I took every class I could."
One of her favorite quilts of her own design is "Grandmother's Rose Garden," which features a picture of her grandmother in the center surrounded by roses, black-eyed Susans and forget-me-nots.
Quilting is not only an American tradition, she said, "it has become international." Some of the larger shows draw attendance and entries from as far away as Japan, Australia, Germany and Saudi Arabia.
The Chambersburg Quilt Guild show is about more than just displaying quilts. There are various raffles, the proceeds of which this year will benefit Women In Need; and a boutique with various quilted items for sale. There will also be quilting demonstrations.
Exploring the quilting world, however, comes with a caveat. As Gilbert said: "It is contagious."
"A Quilter's Journey"
WHAT: Chambersburg Quilt Guild Quilt Show
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 19; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 20
WHERE: Family Life Center, Presbyterian Church of the Falling Spring, 221 N. Main St., Chambersburg
COST: Free
DETAILS: Call 360-7305 or visit http://www.chambersburgquiltguild.org

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The Dodgers are back in "can't lose" mode. The Wild Card leading Reds came to town and left with three losses. Not too shabby and it's nice to see the Dodgers back on track. What a wild ride this season's been.
The pen almost cost the Dodgers on Monday. Brad Penny left the game with a 4-1 lead and the Dodgers added two more to make it 6-1. Then Elmer Dessens and Bret Tomko gave up four runs in the eighth to make the game very, very close. Russ Martin homered and drove in two runs and Jason Repko had three hits and two RBIs in the 6-5 win.
Tuesday's game was very, very long. The Dodgers tied the game in the sixth inning on Rafael Furcal's RBI single. Ten innings later, Ramon Martinez put the game away with a solo homerun in the bottom of the sixteenth. Give some major props to the pen. They combined for ten shutout innings and Derek Lowe pitched the final three. He improved to 12-8.
Greg Maddux notched win number 330 yeserday in the Dodgers blowout win. Wilson Betemit, Olmedo Saenz and Rafael Furcal all hit solo homeruns in the 7-3 win. Furcal finished the game with three hits.
Next up is three against the Rockies, who are in that ten team Wild Card race. It'd be nice if the Dodgers could pad that lead a little more.
This was big. After losing three straight to the Padres, the Dodgers lead in the NL West was reduced to a single game. Fortunately the Dodgers got it going and the Padres lost two of three this weekend so the lead is now two games.
The Dodgers lost their fourth straight game on Friday. The Dodgers had a 7-5 lead heading into the sixth but a run that inning and another one in the eighth sent the game into extra frames. Each team scored in the eleventh but the Diamondbacks finally put the game away when Orlando Hudson hit a two run shot in the bottom of the fifteenth.
Greg Maddux was only okay in the start. Jon Broxton and Takashi Saito both blew saves and Aaron Sele took the loss. J.D. Drew homered twice and drove in four runs and Russ Martin hit his seventh of the season.
Saturday's gave was scary because Derek Lowe was hit by a comebacker and left in the fourth. Fortunately he's okay. Jeff Kent had the big hit in this one. His solo homerun in the top of the ninth broke a 3-3 tie. Nomar Garciapara drove in two runs in the 4-3 win.
Chad Billingsley got the job done yesterday. He gave up two runs on nine hits and he improved to 5-3 on the season. In 14 starts, he has a 3.02 ERA. He's still having some command problems (50 walks vs. 53 strikeouts) but he's getting the job done. Wilson Betemit hit a two run homerun and Rafael Furcal had two hits and two RBIs.
Next up is three against the Reds. The Reds are fighting for their lives in the Wild Card mix so they have something to play for.
What a time to hit the skids. The Dodgers rolled into San Diego the hottest team in baseball and then left with three losses. So now the nice, comfortable four game lead we had is down to one.
The Dodgers never could get there bats going. I'm not sure if Petco or just an across the lineup slump, but four runs in three games isn't going to cut it. Jeff Kent was our offense on Monday. He drove in two runs in the fourth inning with a single and the Dodgers were blanked the rest of the way. Chad Billinglsey had a nice start go to waste and Elmer Dessens took the loss.
Tuesday we ran into a resurgant Jake Peavy. He held the Dodgers scoreless and while Mark Hendrickson was just as good, he gave up a single run to take the loss. Julio Lugo had three of the Dodgers five hits.
The Padres finished us off yesterday with a blow out. It's not good that our ace, Brad Penny, has been getting roughed up. He was tagged for three runs in the first and lasted only four frames. Wilson Betemit hit a solo homerun and Andre Ethier tripled home a run in the 7-2 loss.
Next up is three against the struggling Diamondbacks. Hopefully we'll be able to take advantage of their losing streak and not only bury them, but maybe pick up a game or two on the Padres.
The Dodgers are now eight games over .500 and four games up in the NL West, both of which are season highs. Things are looking up, but there's no doubt that the Dodgers have been playing perfect baseball the last few weeks. They can't let up now though.
The one blemish to the series happened on Friday. The Dodgers ran into Jason Schmidt and Brad Penny was off of his game. Penny gave up six runs in six innings and after an RBI ground out by Nomar Garciaparra, the Dodgers didn't score again until the eighth inning. By then, it was pretty much over with.
For a while, the Dodgers had the best offense in baseball and they showed why on Saturday. They pummelled the Giants and had ten runs up on the board by the end of the second inning. J.D. Drew drove in three runs and Nomar and Rafael Furcal each scored three times. Andre Ethier also had a very good game. He had four hits and three RBIs. Greg Maddux didn't have his best stuff in the 13-7 win, but he picked up the win regardless.
The Dodgers made it two straight yesterday. J.D. Drew put the Dodgers on the board early with a two run shot in the first and the Giants didn't score on Derek Lowe until the ninth inning. Lowe improved to 11-8 and Nomar also homered in the 5-2 win.
This is a huge week. Three against the Padres then three against the Diamondbacks, the two teams that sit four games behind us. If we can win both of these series, it would go a long way towards the Dodgers locking up the NL West.
What a weird series. The Dodgers had been simply on fire and after winning eleven straight, they lost a game and got right back to winning. They won six more in a row, including the first two in their series against the Marlins. Today though, it's almost like the Dodgers made up for all the winning and lost three times in the same game because they were simply rocked by the Marlins in the finale.
It's nice having Nomar Garciaparra back. He came through huge on Monday. Nomar homered and drove in three runs and Julio Lugo scored twice. Derek Lowe had a nice start in the 4-2 win. He gave up a single run on four hits and two walks through seven innings of work.
Yesterday was more of the same. Chad Billinglsey was awesome. He struck out nine in seven shutout innings and gave up only three hits. He combined with Jon Broxton and Aaron Sele to shutout the Marlins 4-0. Kenny Lofton had two hits, a run and an RBI in the win.
Then today happened. Mark Hendrickson was done without completing three innings. The pen didn't fare much better. By the end of the game, the Dodgers arms had given up 15 runs on sixteen hits and five walks. Just Plain Ugly. Jeff Kent doubled twice and drove in three runs and J.D. Drew scored twice.
The Padres and Diamondbacks play tonight but at this point in time, the Dodgers have a nice three game lead. Next up is three at San Francisco before heading to San Diego for a big series next week.
The Dodgers just can't lose. Three more wins this weekend, including a dramatic pitchers dual on ESPN. With the wins, the Dodgers now site a game and a half ahead of the Padres. They're also a game ahead of the Reds if the Wild Card comes back into play.
Mark Hendrickson threw seven quality innings on Friday but left the game tied 2-2. Julio Lugo hit a sac. fly in the bottom of the eighth to win it though. Bret Tomko picked up the win and Jon Broxton earned the save. Jeff Kent hit homerun number 11 in the 3-2 win.
Saturday's game was the highest scoring one run game of the series. Brad Penny improved to 13-5 with six mediocre innings while the pen got the job done. The difference was Wilson Betemit's two run homerun in the fifth that broke a 4-4 tie. James Looney had two hits and two runs in the 6-5 win.
Yesterday we saw a battle of the ages. The Giant's ace Jason Schmidt went up against the venerable Greg Maddux and neither disappointed. Both starters threw eight shutout innings before they both came out and let the relievers finish things up. Russ Martin finally broke the tie in the bottom of the tenth with a walk off homerun to end it. Final was 1-0 in ten drama filled innings.
Next up is three against the Marlins, who are kind of clinging to a Wild Card chance. Hopefully the Dodgers will ruin those chances with a series win.
Three out of four isn't too bad. Not only did the Dodgers beat down a division rival, but they also leaped over the San Diego Padres. The net result is a half game lead in the NL West, which is the ultimate goal.
Jeff Kent came back on Monday and he made an immediate impact. He went two for five with three RBIs and a homerun. Kenny Lofton also had a good game with three hits in the 7-2 win. Brad Penny improved to 12-5 and he gave up two runs on five hits with four strikeouts over eight innings.
The Dodgers made it eleven in a row on Tuesday. Greg Maddux pitched six solid innings but he left the game down 2-1. Fortunately the Dodgers scored three unanswered runs and won it 4-2. Wilson Betemit had a big day. He had three hits, a run, an RBI and a stolen base.
The winning streak came to an end on Wednesday. Derek Lowe threw a solid game but he was outdueled by Jeff Francis. The game was tied until the ninth inning when Lowe was tagged for two runs. The only run for the Dodgers came on Lowe's sac. fly.
Fortunately the Dodgers got back on track yesterday. Kenny Lofton came through with a walk off RBi single to win it for the Dodgers. Lofton finished the game with three hits and two RBIs and Rafael Furcal had two hits and two runs. Chad Billingsley walked six in five innings but only gave up one run and Takashi Saito picked up the win despite blowing the save in the top of the ninth.
The Dodgers stick in the NL West and this weekend is a three game set against the Giants. The Dodgers just have to keep on winning and the rest will take care of itself.
On the one hand, this winning streak is awesome. On the other, you have to be upset that the Dodgers didn't play .500 ball during that one stretch right after the break. If they had, they'd have the division firmly in hand, much less the Wild Card.
Derek Lowe was very sharp on Friday. He gave up only a single run on five hits with five strikeouts in seven innings. Kenny Lofton and Wilson Betemit homered and Lofton had three hits in the 6-2 win.
Yesterday was a good old fashioned blow out. By the sixth inning, the Dodgers had ten runs on the board. Rafael Furcal drove in three runs and Andre Ethier had three hits, one run and two RBIs in the 10-2 win. Chad Billingsley threw well and coasted to an easy win. He gave up one run on three hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in six innings. He's now 3-3.
Today, the Dodgers actually had to come back. Down 3-1, the Dodgers scored six runs in the seventh inning to bust the game open. Toby Hall had two hits and two RBIs and Furcal had two hits and two runs in the 7-3 win. Mark Hendrickson finally picked up his first win as a Dodger. He improved to 1-4 and he gave up three runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings.
Next up is four at home against the Rockies. The Rockies sit a game and half back of the Dodgers so a series win would be a nice way to bury at least one team. As it stands, the Dodgers are two back of the Padres in the NL West and one back of the Reds for the wild card.
What a weird year. No win one, lose one for this team. It's either five plus game losing streaks or five plus game winning streaks. Regardless, this was a huge series and the Dodgers came out on top with a sweep. In the process, the Dodgers now sit only two games back of the Wild Card lead, which is now a tie between the Reds and Diamondbacks.
Tuesday's game was a blow out. The Dodgers scored four runs in the third inning, and the Reds eventually tied it. Then the Dodgers opened the game up with five more in the seventh. Rafael Furcal had three hits and four RBIs in the 10-4 win. Loney had three hits and Wilson Betemit hit his tenth homerun of the season. Aaron Sele improved to 7-4 and he gave up four runs on eight hits with two strikeouts in six innings.
Wednesday's game was a lot tighter, but the Dodgers had the lead for most of the game. Four runs in the third gave them all they needed in the 5-3 win although the Reds did make things interesting. Brad Penny had a nice outing. He improved to 11-5 and he gave up two runs on only three hits and two walks with six strikeouts over six innings.
Yesterday was Greg Maddux's debut, and boy did he shine. He threw six no hit innings before a rain dela pushed him out of the game. Three relievers, including my favorite Jon Broxton, closed out the game with three shutout innings. Olmedo Saenz homered and drove in two runs in the 3-0 win.
Next up is a three game series with the Marlins, who trail the Dodgers by only two games. This feels like our last chance to make a big push here. Over time, you'll see teams dropping off and the Dodgers have to make sure they're one of them.
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Marcus turned eight, and he had about as many birthday parties this year. First, he had a celebration on his actual birthday. Then (after a haircut) a party on a weekend at the Jump & Bounce. And finally, another celebration with his grandparents. Here are pictures from those various parties, including a series of him having about as much fun with a stack of books (The Series of Unfortunate Events) than one could imagine.
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|Pivotal role of Twist in skeletal biology and pathology.
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|Basic Helix-loop-Helix (bHLH) factors play important roles in development and disease. Recent functional and genetic analyses revealed that the bHLH factor Twist1 is a critical modulator of mesenchymal cell fate during skeletal development. Specifically, studies in mice and humans showed that Twist1 controls mesenchymal stem cell differentiation into chondrocytes, osteoblasts or adipocytes via direct and indirect mechanisms. In a physiological context, Twist1 targets several molecular mechanisms to induce positive or negative effects on osteoblastic cell growth, differentiation and survival. In a pathological context, Twist1 loss-of-function mutations induce premature cranial suture fusion (craniosynostosis) in the Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. In this syndrome, expansion of cranial osteogenesis at the suture level results from alterations in the balance between osteoprogenitor cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. These studies provide mechanisms by which Twist1 plays a pivotal role in skeletal cell fate in normal and pathologic conditions, which may offer therapeutic perspectives in conditions where mesenchymal cell behaviour is compromised.
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"There's not going to be nothing found here. They're not here. No, Will would never hurt his parents," said Fannin.
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Because of the fast pace of social media, we are constantly bombarded with distractions from one social network or another.
You have to participate and engage consistently, Facebook seems to change something on a weekly basis, Google has all of these animal-named announcements, new social networks pop up all the time…it's exhausting to keep up with everything!
I recently asked on our Facebook page, "If you had only 20 minutes a day to spend on social media, what would you focus on?"
Some of the answers I received…
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- Dude. Plurk
- Star Wars fan forums
- Email, then Twitter, then select RSS feeds
- Facebook and Google+
OK, so not everyone took the question seriously. In any event, 20 minutes a day isn't much time when you're implementing a social media marketing plan. You can easily spend hours, if not days, on social sites!
I've been managing online communities for the past few years and I thought I'd share some of my best practices for saving time and being more efficient with your social media endeavors.
Time Management
- To avoid wasting time, begin by prioritizing your week. Yes, unexpected issues arise, but start planning for the best AND the worst. Proper planning will lead to improved productivity and efficiency.
- Determine how much time per day and/or per week you (or your team) will devote to your social media efforts. Having a set amount of time will help you balance time, effort, and results.
- Give yourself time throughout the day to check on your social networks. For example, maybe you check in around lunchtime and before you leave work, or when you get home from work. Choose a routine that works for you. Social media is "social" after all, so make sure you're checking on your social networks and responding to comments and questions.
- Compose your updates in advance. I know: The dreaded social media automation. Yes I schedule tweets, however I'm also online to respond to any comments, questions, and/or concerns throughout the day. I schedule them to be efficient. I do all of my reading in the morning so if I tweeted everything I wanted to at the start of my day, my followers would be inundated with updates.
- Identify your top distractions are and eliminate them. Creating a daily schedule can significantly improve your productivity. But keep in mind the best times of day and days of the week for engaging in social media activity.In May, bit.ly examined how the day and time something is posted affects the potential "virality" of the content. I won't go into the details here, but read the linked article for some interesting data.
There isn't a one-size-fits-all solution for social media so take the time to figure out what works best for you and/or your brand.
Create a Plan…or an Editorial Calendar
- I LOVE editorial calendars! Why? Because they bridge content and themes to social media and beyond. Plus, they save time and stress, your content makes more sense, and it's much easier to remain relevant and consistent for your community.
- Create a repository. The more content you create, the harder it is to track. In that editorial calendar, make a tab of promotions you are running. Now, when you're looking for a promotion to tweet, you have a collection at your fingertips. (Don't forget to include an expiration date!) You don't want to retweet a contest you already chose a winner for or a webinar that has already occurred.
Use the Tools
There are so many free tools to help you avoid the social media time suck. This isn't an entire list…there are a TON out there. However, the following are all FREE.
Social aggregators and management dashboards allow you to follow and engage with multiple platforms. They pull in tweets, Facebook updates, LinkedIn updates. Some *ahem* Hootsuite *ahem* pull in Google+ updates. You can create searches around keywords you're targeting and engage with your network.
Social bookmarking tools allow you to organize and store social bookmarks.
Curation tools allow you to gather and automatically share content.
Monitoring tools allow you to keep tabs on your industry. You can choose a targeted keyword, your industry, your competitors' names, or your own. They tip you off to people talking about your company or your clients on different websites and blogs.
To put it simply: Have a plan, determine how to maximize your efforts, and get it done.
I'd love to hear about other tools you've used that help you avoid the Social Media Time Suck.
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How to Make Social Media Less of a Time Suck http://t.co/fvmgdAyw ( RT @Steveology )
@jakolien you say that as of social media is a chore and a bore...?
@secretsushi I hear you're doing some fun Google Hangouts with @allenmireles
@secretsushi i love @ginidietrich haha
@brasonja thanks for the RT!
I use @bufferapp a lot for scheduling tweeets and LinkedIn updates. Before @bufferapp I was either spamming my timeline at the rate of one tweet every minute, or had to spend way more time at different hours of the day to tweet out links.
Now, after reading something that I think is good I just schedule it in buffer, and in due course it gets tweeted or updated as a LinkedIn status (occasionally I will do Facebook, but I don't want to talk about business related stuff on Facebook.)
Now, if they could incorporate Google+, and Facebook pages into their browser extensions I would be one happy camper
@sil_95 Thanks Elke. Hope your week has been goin great.
@CookerlyPR Thank you so much :)
@CookerlyPR Thank you so much :)
Only catch Yvette.. all of this takes a hella lotta time. ;-) I'm starting to look at tools but the Catch 22 for is always: The Filter. Whether it's for myself or a program for a client, being smart about social means a better signal-to-noise ratio. Less is more, and someone has to decide what is and what isn't good value, good content. The tools can help me 'listen' and organize, and boy do I schedule in advance.. but they can't read for me, can't really engage for me (I'm an old fart, even my 'thanks for the RTs' are custom written), can't write for me.
It's wandering in the wilderness, aimlessly jumping from one to the next - that's where the suck gets you. (Damn YouTube and forums and of course, @terence.stephens Boba was a better bounty hunter, he was in better movies!) Maximizing efforts - think that's where the rubber meets the road and yes, it all comes down to having clear goals, setting limits and a smart plan. FWIW.
Great post Yvette. I don't care where one is in their career, there are times when planning, scheduling and structure goes out the window, and it's hard to get back into the great habits you've listed above. I'm bookmarking this one! :D
Great tips here ... RT @Tinu How to Make Social Media Less of a Time Suck http://t.co/AxpmEpkZ via @ginidietrich
Thank you for taking the time to make me think.
I always say that social media is mostly full of people trying to be clowns.
If not watched we can get sucked into that vortex.
It's important to find meaningful conversations and add value to them
This provides value to the end user (reader) and positions you as an expert on some level.
I know if people who spend so many hours per day at Facebook or Twitter that they literally spend more time their then home.
@ginidietrich hey Gini some good talks here for your tribe Top 12 TED Talks for Entrepreneurs http://t.co/lqeD4MK9 (New list today)
@tbartlett21 Thanks Todd :)
Good info here, but the outline used to managing a person's time in the social space is going to develop some very boring content. The only way I have found to make my time in the social space worth the time is to not limit how much time I will spend and spend the time that is needed to communicate with everyone who responds...PERIOD. Cutting it short will result in bad word of mouth press..so the message is...if you don't have the time to effectively executive your online marketing campaign..hire someone who can.
Reading this post was NOT a time suck! Thank you for a great list (and a good kick in the pants too).
Here's a free tool we created. Monitor Twitter keywords, phrases, and hashtags by text message. Would love for your readers to try it: http://gnosisarts.com/home/Social_Media_PR Eric Bryant Gnosis Media Group
@dianakokai Gosh indeed, Diana - there might even be a cool article there to read... ;-)
Jugnoo monitors? Sweet! :-) Really looking forward to trying it out.
Hi there Yvette,
Thanks for the shout on @jugnoome , miss, much appreciated (yes, I know we're a client, but that doesn't necessarily merit inclusion). Funnily enough, we're putting a release through today that adds the Social Teams feature, where you can allocate team members to an organizational account, and define user roles (admin, publisher, reader, etc).
You've also got our Social Hub™, which would fit into your Aggregator niche. Here's one we did for fun on the Obama campaign:
And here's one for Ford:
There will be two versions of the hub, one for brands and one for consumers. The brands can use as showcases for latest products, sales, promos, etc, and the consumer one will allow a customer to collate their favourite brands and items, thus turning their Hub into an e-commerce store where they will ONLY see the offers they want. :)
And then there's our Visualyzer.... This will attach to our Monitoring solution and really help you connect the dots between conversations, groups, influencers and advocates. Here's a search for the iPhone event today. Fun times! ;-)
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This obviously isn't an iPhone discussion, but I've postulated that Apple could double the resolution of the iPhone 5, stretch it onto a 5 inch screen and have a "Super Retina" display of sorts. 2272 x 1280 pixels is still less than the Retina iPad (2.9 million versus 3.1 million) so such a device could use an A6X and be very speedy and relatively efficient.
How does that sound for a Super iPhone (iPhone X or Pro or whatever they would call it). But I would imagine the price would be $849 or more for the "base" model.
They need the IGZO screen to move to a full HD (1920x1080) bigger iphone. IGZO will allow more pixels with very low power consumption. In the furure I expect Apple to continu to carry the 4" screen and add a bigger model. They may also make a less expensive (but not cheap) iphone for emerging markets.
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PostNL, Flow-n-Motion, Nia Nederland, ING Retail Insurance, Nia Technique Inc., Schouten & Nelissen, Noordelijke Hogeschool...Amsterdam et périphérie, Pays-Bas
Recruitment of student, trainees, Temp Help and...SES, SES ASTRA, OneManagement, Ebbinge & Company, Haute...Luxembourg
Antieris - MOB Academy, Master of Business Academy, Studiecoach Parkstad, Antieris - MOB Academy VOF, Open Circles Academy...Maastricht, Netherlands
Management, processes, programming, analyzing, designKPN Telecom, KPN, KPN ESN, PTT Telecom I&AT, HTS...Eindhoven et région, Pays-Bas
Teleperformance, 2010, Randstad Cross Border Staffing (Randstad Holding), Dactylo Beheer BV (Vedior Holding), Open...Eindhoven et région, Pays-Bas
Mafribel, Jaguar Land Rover Belux, Volvo Cars Belgium, Jaguar Land Rover Benelux, Université libre de Bruxelles, Haute Ecole...Brussels, Belgium
Goals1. Develop new educational program formats for...BrightFruit, Stichting Toproeien Rotterdam, Sales...Amsterdam et périphérie, Pays-Bas
Electrabel, Hogeschool Gent, College Oudenaarde, VLEKHOGent, Belgium
RandstadDrenthe College, Start People Inhouse Services, Brunel, Randstad, Christelijke Hogeschool...Netherlands
REEF, Oeteldonkse Club, Kleine Meierij, Interveste Groep BV, FMH Wonen, NIBHV, Kjenning opleidingenTilburg, Netherlands
Bel V, AVN, Vinçotte Academy, ISIB (Institut Supérieur Industriel de Bruxelles), A-FirstBrussels, Belgium
Over 17 Years+ working with Fortune 500 Companies...Sunlife Financial, Pacific Life, Lincoln Financial...Boston et périphérie, États-Unis
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Einstein's Cross
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This page is about the quasar. For the astrophysics concept, see gravitational lens.
Einstein's Cross (Q2237+030 or QSO 2237+0305) is an image of a quasar which is 8,000,000,000 light years (ly) or 2,500,000,000 parsecs (pc) away.
The quasar sits directly behind ZW 2237+030, Huchra's lens, the lensing galaxy. Four images of the same distant quasar appear around this foreground galaxy due to strong gravitational lensing.
According to its redshift, the quasar is about 8 billion light years from Earth, while the lensing galaxy is only 400 million light years away.[1]
Amateur astronomers are able to see some of the cross using telescopes but it requires extremely dark skies and telescope mirrors with diameters of 18 inches or greater.[2][3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ NASA and ESA (1990). "The gravitational lens G2237 + 0305". HubbleSite. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1990/20/image/a. Retrieved July 25, 2006.
- ↑ The Einstein Cross can be seen in Pegasus at 22h40m30.3s +3d21m31s.
- ↑ Crinklaw, Greg. "Focus on Einstein's Cross". http://observing.skyhound.com/archives/sep/Q2237+0305A.html. Retrieved 2013-06-29.


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An inside look at the road traveled by Bears head coach Marc TrestmanPublished October 9, 2013 in News and Rumors
Mark Kriegel, NFL Media analyst for NFL.com, wrote an interesting piece about Marc Trestman, his past, and the road he took to get where he is today. Check it out on NFL.com.
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Hoa Binh
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There are regular departures throughout the day to Hoa Binh from Hanoi's My Dinh bus station. It costs upward of 33,000 dong (depending on quality of bus) and takes about two hours. The bus will drop you in town or near to the bus station (if you are heading on to Mai Chau).
If you are heading on to Mai Chau, buses leave reasonably regularly from the bus station and cost around 40,000 VND.
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Iron Lady and eco-warrior? Margaret Thatcher's commitment to green matters
She may be better known for taking on the unions and transforming Britain through her dogged promotion of the free market – but it seems Margaret Thatcher was also something of an eco-warrior.
By Tom Bawden | Energy | Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 4:59 pm
Climate Week: Does the UK's carbon footprint need re-packaging?
This week, you may or may not be aware, is Climate Week – an annual event which seeks to raise awareness of big environmental issues and to inspire a new wave of action from the British public to help create a sustainable future.
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PRCC pitcher Ryan Deemes won both games of the Wildcats' sweep of Itawamba in the MACJC baseball playoffs Saturday and Sunday.
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But the Pearl River right-hander settled down after a rough start, and the Wildcats rewarded him by turning up the offense Sunday afternoon as they bombed Itawamba 11-4 in the second game of the MACJC state baseball playoffs at Wildcat Stadium.
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The front page headline in last Sunday's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel said it all: "Taxpayers get taken for $8.6 million ride."
The front page headline in last Sunday's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel said it all: "Taxpayers get taken for $8.6 million ride."
The story detailed how an "administrative error" by a contractor caused an enormous mess and raised the cost of providing transportation to the handicapped by more than 25 percent.
There's way too much detail to squeeze in this column, but the basic problem was that when the operators of the Milwaukee County Transit System took bids for their on-demand "paratransit" program to transport disabled residents, the best of four bids had a paperwork problem.
The Buy America form submitted in it had been signed by the company's president twice. Therefore, the form certified they were both compliant and non-compliant with Buy America requirements.
Transit officials were unsure they could accept the offer or even consider it if the company was allowed to change the bid by correcting the error. So, they asked all the companies to re-bid (putting the language together on that took several weeks) and asked the Federal Transit Authority for guidance.
It took the FTA two months to respond to that simple query. Then one of the contractors sued. Then, in order to ensure that dialysis patients and people in wheelchairs wouldn't suddenly be without transportation, the transit officials gave two companies "three-year emergency contract extensions" (let that phrase sink in for a moment) costing $40.3 million instead of the $31.9 originally offered and made an extra $225,000 payment to one of the companies to keep the system running.
The implications can be expressed in one word: dependency.
Notice how something the disadvantaged in our society depend on can just vanish because of a hitch in the government process. We pay at the pump and in our income and sales taxes for programs like these, but one signature in the wrong place on a piece of paperwork and chaos ensues.
With the dependency comes centralization. The more something is concentrated and the higher you push decision-making authority, the more delay occurs and the less useful the results will be at the local level. Imagine if the vast majority of the taxes the people of Milwaukee County paid for transportation stayed there instead of going to a distant capital. A fouled-up form could be solved with a phone call.
At worst, you might have to ask the state's attorney to look at the issue. That might cost you a day. Instead, with federal dependency, you waste two months waiting for a simple yes-or-no answer and a culture where an "emergency extension" deep into 2015 makes sense.
If I compare our planned rural transportation system to Milwaukee's urban one, it could rightly be said I'm comparing apples to oranges. But I'm actually talking about the fruit of our decisions. We increasingly believe as a society that providing for our most vulnerable is best done by making them dependent on the least agile, least accountable and least innovative sector of our economy and pushing that authority upward to a dysfunctional federal government. When those systems backfire or lock up, we (and those we've made dependent) find "ourselves in a box" as one Milwaukee transit manager put it.
Page 2 of 2 - No bureaucrat in D.C. or Springfield is ruined, pained, or even much inconvenienced if the "free" fruit salad they provide with our tax dollars costs us millions more or even fails to deliver at all. In fact, they end up empowered by our dependency and their resumes are enhanced. We will do well to remember this.
It's your government, you're the boss. Learn it, live it and vote it!
Christopher Clukey represents District F on the Stephenson County Board. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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What shape the world is in...where the victim's rights can be denied to them by some peice of trash. The trash then gets out of prison to enjoy life and pick up where he/she left off. All the while the victim (or the loved ones) have to endure the pain for the rest of their life. Sickening, but the way of the world. The system is flawed and no one really appears to care enough to change it.
The ONLY good thing to come of Vick is that his surviving dogs have found good homes and some have even become therapy dogs. Awesome end for the remaining dogs who were in a deplorable situation.
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November 29, 2015
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's prepaid college tuition program is scrambling to figure out how to keep paying students' tuition now that its investments are tumbling and its tuition costs are rising.
State Treasurer Kay Ivey sent a letter to the 48,000 participants over the weekend to warn them of the financial dilemma, but so far, talks with college officials have produced no solution.
The Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program has seen its investments lose 45 percent of their value since September 2007. At the same time, college tuition costs are rising faster than the program anticipated.
The publisher of a financial aid Web site, Mark Kantrowitz, says some other states are dealing with the same problem, but no state has missed making tuition payments.
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Mario Motorcyclist Travels in Style
Redditor "CaptainPlanetEater" passed this hero on his way to Dallas, and decided to snap a photo. Where are you going, Mariocyclist? Where did you come from? Chances are that both places are TOTALLY AWESOME.
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       15' quad: Mt. McKinley, AK
       Denali National Park
       Alaska Range
20, 320 ft (6,193 m)
Denali from the west across Wonder Lake (photo by David Thompson, 2004).
Bergschrund crevasses at the head of glaciers east of Denali's summit. (David Thompson, 2004)
Bedrock: Unnamed Granodiorite
Late Cretaceous
Stocks of granodiorite intruded into a synclinorium of Cretaceous sedimentary and volcanic rocks. The area was uplifted along the Denali fault on the north side of the range.
Kantishna, a ghost town within Denali Park north of Mt. McKinley, was the center of a 1905 stampede for placer gold, followed by lode mining for gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper and antimony.
Surfical Geology: The summit was eroded by glaciers in the Pleistocene, at the northern limit of the North American ice sheet. The summit is covered by snow year-round, and there is no vegetation above 7500 feet. Present-day valley glaciers include Muldrow Glacier to the north, Traleika and Ruth Glaciers to the east, and Kahiltna Glacier on the west side. Kahiltna provides the common route followed by Highpointers toward the summit.
Selected References:
- Harris, Ann G., 1977, Geology of National Parks, 2nd Edition: Kendall/Hunt.
- Zumwalt, Paul L., 2002, Fifty State Summits: Guide with Maps to State Highpoints, 8th Edition: Jack Grauer, Publisher, Vancouver, WA.
Other suggested sources of information:
- Glossary: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/misc/glossaryAtoC.html
- Time scale: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
- Alaska Volcano Observatory: www.avo.alaska.edu
- Denali National Park: http://www.nps.gov/dena/


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Freihofer's Baking Company is celebrating 100 years of baking! Since 1913, Freihofer's has been dedicated to serving its customers and the community with quality products and generosity.
Throughout 2013, Freihofer's will host several promotions and events, all designed to share its bread and your memories with the neighborhood. Freihofer's invites you to join the celebration at the events as well as through the activities on this page and on Facebook.
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In addition, Freihofer's will host several events throughout the New England region in which Freihofer's representatives will hand out free product along with a scratch off card to attendees.
Prizes are as follows:
- $100 gift card
- Free product: coupon valued at $4.50
- Coupon for $1.00 off any (2) Freihofer's products
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The most important thing about Monday's second inauguration of President Obama is not what happens. It's when it happens.
In the olden days, a president-elect had to wait from November to March before being sworn in. The 20th Amendment to the Constitution, passed by Congress in 1932, made this change in the presidential inauguration date: It was March 4. It became Jan. 20.
Obviously, an important deal. Having a lame-duck president for four months was not good for the country.
Ironically, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first term was cut short by two months. But he went on to win a second, third and fourth term to become the longest serving president in history.
It's important for elected officials at any level to take office sooner rather than later. Lame ducks don't accomplish much, if anything.
What's true for presidents and other elected public officials applies as well in the private business sector.
Too many business bosses hang on too long, or keep employees and shareholders wondering about their plan.
One currently playing that game is Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha. He's 82. He keeps stockholders and employees guessing about his future plans as boss of Berkshire Hathaway. As a result, several executives who had been speculated on as his successor have left the company.
When I was the boss of Gannett, which owns USA Today and nearly 100 other newspapers across the country, I had a publicly announced contract that said I would retire at age 65. I did.
Employees of a company as well as citizens of a country need to know the cutoff date or the renewal possibility of the boss.
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November 30, 2015
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A movement is afoot in Chattanooga to pave the way for a whiskey bearing the city's name to be made there.
County Commission Chairman Larry Henry told the Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/ToBe7k) that he hopes to get a majority of commissioners to sign a letter of recommendation for a distilled spirits referendum in enough time to present it to state lawmakers on Dec. 13.
Currently, Chattanooga Whiskey is made in Indiana because Hamilton County has a prohibition on distilleries. Although state lawmakers approved a bill in 2009 that let some counties decide whether to allow distilleries, Hamilton County wasn't included.
The letter asks that the county be added to the roster.
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Watch the skies on April 5. You might be lucky enough to see a "UFO." The current crop of UFOlogists might not find this funny, but I can't help but think that infamous characters like Gray Barker would have been amused.
Dozens of volunteers around the world have signed up for what may be the biggest prank in history – using decades of knowledge of 'UFO sightings' to time the launch perfectly.
The 'aliens' will be strips of LED lights, on remote-controlled multi-rotor drone aircraft – launched at 8pm, so there are plenty of people to see the 'invaders', and held at a distance where it's difficult to see what's behind the glowing lights.
Nigel Watson, author of the Haynes UFO Investigations manual found plans to "cause a wave of UFO sightings around the world and an apocalypse-like idea in the media," on forums frequented by drone fans.
Watson says, "'The Big UFO Project' was originally scheduled to run on April Fool's Day, but they have changed it to 05 April 2014 so that it will not seem like an obvious prank. Anyone who has a multirotor drone (pictured below) or anything that can carry a strip of LED lights and hover is invited to join in this event.


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Spice Is Nice
SPICY SURF 'N' TURF STIR-FRY | Shrimp, Steak, Straw Mushrooms, Hot Chilies with Soybeans, Bok Choy
SPICY SURF 'N' TURF STIR-FRY | Shrimp, Steak, Straw Mushrooms, Hot Chilies with Soybeans, Bok Choy
…The sweet potato, surprisingly novel in this incarnation, was full of welcomingly palatable properties, with its firm but pliant texture evocative of mellow, almost fruity pumpkin, yet also offering the savory nuance of a squash or eggplant…. [Full post]
…Most "surf 'n' turf" dishes boast a flavorful earthiness,and this dish was no exception. The smokey brininess of the salmon complimented the mellow beefiness of the slightly seasoned, rare-ish steak. The very bright and peppery dressing accentuated both proteins' flavors, and rounded them out the sweet, almost citrusy herbal hints of the sage…. [Full post]
…Again, happiness. The meat was near fall-of-the-bone yet still plenty tender, brushed with a tangy, sweet, spicy sauce, with hints of chili powder and garlic in the seasoning and a touch of vinegar,enough to wake up the inside of my cheeks…. [Full post]
…Some I came up with a lush, rich, and sexy recipe for Red Velvet Cake Ice Cream—with Icing! which, although not having enough time to properly set, tasted wonderful, chocolatey, creamy, without being sugary sweet, helped along not only by the drizzle of icing (made from milk, heavy cream, powdered sugar and cream cheese) but by the cookies her mom had made for her birthday as well….[cont.]
…Lucky enough, I made enough to enjoy for the whole day, since I don't see myself leaving my apartment—or my bed—for the next 24 hours… [cont.]
…I clean up the apartment because the reason I won't be on the computer is that I'll be bartending Saturday and Sunday brunch until 7 p.m.—and I don't finish those shifts even remotely sober—so I can preemptively effect some kind of decorum in my apartment before I trash it with Jagermeister-stained apparel or decide to entertain company of the complimentary gender (aren't I ever the optimist!)…. [cont.]
…Quick prep work, quick cooking time, and tasty enough to go down quickly, it made for a likewise very quick post, from which I get to now go work on 5 different clients' websites, then attend my bar/restaurant's annual holiday party…. [cont.]
…I fried two egg yolks (with some residual egg white still on them) sunny side up in another skillet. I placed the warmed egg yolks on top of the smoked salmon, spooned some of the truffled hollandaise on top of the egg yolks, and garnished each with a small sprig of fresh dill and the end-of-a-spoon-tipful of black lumpfish caviar…. [cont.]
…Angus Beef Ribeye Steak, which would get a dry rub of of salt, pepper, chili powder, nutmeg, and cayenne pepper, the skillet grilled and served over some leftover fettucuni in a bacon- and scallion- oiled garlic-blue cheese cream sauce and served with red wine-sautéed baby Portobellos and Oyster mushrooms…. [cont.]
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DANBURY TOWNSHIP -- As the weather cools down, the perch fishing has heated up in the Western Basin during the last week.
"Everybody's going for perch and they're getting some nice ones," said Sandy Jones, from Hi-Way Bait and Tackle.
Jones said some of the reports coming in recent days have placed yellow perch up to 13 inches. ...