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Candidates began signing up for the August Pemiscot County primary on Feb. 25, and according to Pemiscot County Clerk Pam Treece, some of the races are already contested. Caruthersville, MO attorney Daniel Cornacchione had already announced his intentions to run for Associate Circuit Judge in Division II and he signed up first thing on the Feb. 25. Pemiscot County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Carter from Caruthersville has also thrown his hat into the race for this position.
The only other contested race so far is for County Collector. Currently former State Representative Terry Swinger holds that position after being appointed to fill out an unexpired term. Swinger has not signed up so far but Jim Stewart of Steele, MO and Rhonda Parkinson Price of Caruthersville, MO have both signed up for that position.
Incumbent Judge W. Keith Currie has signed up to run again as Associate Circuit Court Judge in Division III and as of press time is unopposed. No one has signed up for Presiding Commissioner as of a yet, a seat held by Jim Atchison.
Treece has signed up for re-election as County Clerk and is unopposed so far as is Circuit Clerk Kelly Maners, Recorder of Deeds Pam Strawbridge and County Treasurer Frankie R. Stewart. The position of Pemiscot County Prosecuting Attorney is also up for election and with Carter running for Associate Judge, Attorney Jereme Lytle of Hayti, MO has announced his candidacy for the position. So far he is unopposed.
According to Treece candidates have until Mar. 25 to sign up for the primary election. All of the candidates so far have filed under the Democratic ticket, something that is typical in Pemiscot County. Historically, the primary decides the position. The position of Associate Judge in Division II is held by Byron Luber who is not running after announcing his retirement from the position.
The election will be held on Aug. 5. Treece also reminds voters in the municipal elections that are coming up in April that absentee voting has started. You can cast your absentee vote at the County Clerk's office at the courthouse during business hours.

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In numerous areas of science and medicine, researchers are working on a new technique that uses DNA sequencing to diagnose these potentially deadly diseases. Read and listen to this NPR story.
Take a look at this one case, for example. Because of a new type of DNA test to see what species of bacteria is infecting an individual, a 14-year-old boy's turnaround and quick recovery is the result, according to a June 4, 2014 University of California, San Francisco news release by Jeffrey Norris, "Faster DNA Sleuthing Saves Critically Ill Boy." After mysteriously being stricken by brain-inflaming encephalitis - which led to him being hospitalized for six weeks and put into a medically induced coma after falling critically ill, scientists harnessed the newest generation of DNA analysis tools to reveal the cause of a life-threatening infection even when physicians have no suspects or diagnosis as to what type of bacteria caused the boy's brain to swell, put him in a coma, and make him so ill.
In this recent study, a new tool quickly found the species of bacteria causing the infection. It turned out to be a potentially lethal type of bacteria called Leptospira. and that type of bacteria is readily treated with penicillin. The boy soon received the penicillin, and quickly began to recover as his swelling brain returned to normal. The case, reported on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, made the New York Times as a news story. Researchers also describe their new strategy in a second paper published on June 5, 2014 in the journal Genome Research.
The quick diagnosis and successful treatment of the adolescent just 48 hours after cerebrospinal spinal fluid and blood were received for analysis portends the broader application of powerful, "next-generation sequencing" (NGS) techniques in solving infectious disease mysteries, not only in cutting-edge research labs, but also in clinical laboratories accessible to hospital physicians everywhere, according to Charles Chiu, MD, PhD, a professor of laboratory medicine at UC San Francisco. Chiu is senior author of the case study, published online in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on June 4, 2014.
The workflow pipeline developed in Chiu's UCSF laboratory to streamline genetic sleuthing of disease pathogens with NGS dramatically cut the time between sample collection and actionable diagnosis and helped a medical team at the University of Wisconsin save the young patient's life.
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) study reflects the convergence of faster DNA sequencing, ever-growing genome databases for identifying pathogens and other organisms, and more sophisticated computational analysis tools to quickly analyze millions of data points. The protocol enabled rapid sequencing and simultaneous identification of all DNA in the patient samples without culturing or targeting for specific infectious disease agents.
"From the perspective of cost and turnaround time, this is a very powerful technology that has become practical to implement routinely in clinical laboratories," Chiu said, according to the June 4, 2014 news release, "Faster DNA Sleuthing Saves Critically Ill Boy." Some clinical labs now offer NGS testing to identify cancer mutations in clinical trials and to identify mutations underlying birth defects, but until now NGS has been regarded as too slow and laborious to be useful for routine infectious disease diagnosis.
New genomics techniques and tools identify previously unknown pathogens such as the SARS coronavirus
Study co-author Joseph DeRisi, PhD, chair of biochemistry and biophysics at UCSF, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator, and a leader in using new genomics techniques to identify previously unknown pathogens, such as the SARS coronavirus, said that at a cost of a few thousand dollars, essentially any pathogen now can be detected with a single test.
"This is one test to rule them all," DeRisi said, according to the news release. DeRisi was first contacted by the boy's physician, James Gern, MD, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, and a research collaborator on an earlier study. He then enlisted other UCSF scientists working on NGS techniques, including Chiu and a member of DeRisi's lab, Michael Wilson, MD, an assistant professor of neurology and the first author of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) study.
After the previous weeks of extensive and costly tests and procedures in Wisconsin had failed to point to a cause of illness, application of the UCSF lab group's powerful NGS protocol finally led to an unmistakable, if unusual, diagnosis
Earlier tests for microbial infection had revealed no culprit. Instead, the boy's clinical lab results and medical history – he was born with SCID, an immunodeficiency syndrome – had made it appear most likely that an immune response might be responsible for his illness. The Wisconsin physicians had administered corticosteroids, normally an effective treatment for autoimmune encephalitis, but the boy's condition worsened. He experienced a serious build-up of fluid in the brain and uncontrollable seizures, quelled only after physicians placed him in a coma in an effort to buy time.
Meanwhile, at UCSF, Wilson worked with Chiu's lab team to generate a library of 10 million distinct DNA sequences from samples of the patient's cerebrospinal fluid and blood, and from a control sample. The medical researchers used a MiSeq DNA sequencer made by Illumina -- recently approved for use in clinical diagnostic labs by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- and sequencing was completed overnight.
The analysis tool is the SURPI
An analysis tool, called SURPI, developed by Chiu's team and described in a simultaneously published article in Genome Research, allowed the researchers to more quickly compare DNA from patient samples to the GenBank database maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, and to discover that 475 distinct DNA sequences among the 3 million DNA sequences from the patient's cerebrospinal fluid came from a type of bacteria called Leptospira. Although Leptospira was detected in cerebrospinal fluid, there was no evidence of Leptospira DNA in the patient's blood or in a negative control sample.
This analysis of DNA sequences required just 96 minutes
A similar analysis conducted with the use of previous generations of computational software on the same hardware platform would have taken 24 hours or more to complete, Chiu said, according to the news release. More specifically, the scientific investigators determined that the boy had been infected by the bacterium Leptospira santarosai, a pathogen native to the Caribbean and warmer climes.
The Wisconsin and UCSF physicians consulted, and based on the strength of the finding and the low risk of antibiotic treatment – penicillin -- the boy's medical team decided to treat without confirming the diagnosis with a clinically approved test. The treatment eliminated the infection, and the patient was discharged from the intensive care unit three weeks after treatment began. He returned home after inpatient rehabilitation therapy, 76 days after entering the hospital.
No standard clinical test could immediately confirm the diagnosis after treatment began
Staff at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ultimately confirmed the UCSF diagnosis five months after treatment, by modifying their standard tests for Leptospira. In the United States about 20,000 people, mostly children, are hospitalized each year with brain-swelling encephalitis, and more than 4,000 more are hospitalized with meningitis, a swelling of the brain covering.
No cause can be identified in almost half of encephalitis cases, yet as the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) case demonstrates, the consequences of being unable to distinguish infectious from autoimmune causes can be serious. The UCSF investigators aim to establish a meningitis and encephalitis center at UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, in part to use NGS techniques to more quickly and accurately diagnose potential causes of encephalitis, meningitis and other neuroinflammatory conditions.
In retrospect, it appears that the teenager might have encountered the bacterium during a family stay in Puerto Rico nearly a year before he was hospitalized. He experienced bouts of headache, fever and other symptoms only later. These initially improved, but eventually the boy's symptoms became more serious, and he was hospitalized three times in four months before the Leptospira discovery.
No NGS test for infectious disease has been validated yet for use in commercial clinical labs or approved for routine diagnosis by regulatory agencies such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to Chiu. The experimental diagnostic protocol used in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) case was carried out in a clinical lab according to standard operating procedures common to all regulated laboratories, Chiu said, adding that he expects to obtain approval within a few months to offer an NGS diagnostic test at the UCSF clinical microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of certain types of infectious diseases.
"This case was a test run for how you would validate and deploy a clinically-approved test," Chiu said, according to the news release. Funding for work described in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) case study was provided by the American Brain Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, HHMI, Abbott Laboratories, Amazon Web Services and the University of California.
UC San Francisco (UCSF), now celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding, is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care.
It includes top-ranked graduate schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy, a graduate division with nationally renowned programs in basic, biomedical, translational and population sciences, as well as a preeminent biomedical research enterprise and two top-ranked hospitals, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco. You also may wish to read more news about this research, in the June 4, 2014 New York Times article by Carl Zimmer, "In a First, Test of DNA Finds Root of Illness."
Another noteworthy study is how lifestyle changes may lengthen telomeres, a measure of cell aging
In 2013, scientists did a small pilot study shows for the first time that changes in diet, exercise, stress management and social support may result in longer telomeres, the parts of chromosomes that affect aging, according to the news release, "Lifestyle Changes May Lengthen Telomeres, A Measure of Cell Aging." It's the first controlled trial to show that any intervention might lengthen telomeres over time. The study appeared online September 16, 2013 in The Lancet Oncology.
Scientists at UC San Francisco and the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, conducted the study. the Preventive Medicine Research institute is a nonprofit public research institute in Sausalito, California that investigates the effect of diet and lifestyle choices on health and disease. The researchers say they hope the results will inspire larger trials to test the validity of the findings.
"Our genes, and our telomeres, are not necessarily our fate," said lead author Dean Ornish, MD, UCSF clinical professor of medicine, and founder and president of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, according to the news release. "So often people think 'Oh, I have bad genes, there's nothing I can do about it,'" Ornish said in the news release. "But these findings indicate that telomeres may lengthen to the degree that people change how they live. Research indicates that longer telomeres are associated with fewer illnesses and longer life."
Study of Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Patients
Telomeres are the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that affect how quickly cells age. They are combinations of DNA and protein that protect the ends of chromosomes and help them remain stable. As they become shorter, and as their structural integrity weakens, the cells age and die quicker.
In recent years, shorter telomeres have become associated with a broad range of aging-related diseases, including many forms of cancer, stroke, vascular dementia, cardiovascular disease, obesity, osteoporosis and diabetes. For five years, the researchers followed 35 men with localized, early-stage prostate cancer to explore the relationship between comprehensive lifestyle changes, and telomere length and telomerase activity. All the men were engaged in active surveillance, which involves closely monitoring a patient's condition through screening and biopsies.
Ten of the patients embarked on lifestyle changes that included: a plant-based diet (high in fruits, vegetables and unrefined grains, and low in fat and refined carbohydrates); moderate exercise (walking 30 minutes a day, six days a week); stress reduction (gentle yoga-based stretching, breathing, meditation). They also participated in weekly group support.
Lifestyle changes made
They were compared to the other 25 study participants who were not asked to make major lifestyle changes. The group that made the lifestyle changes experienced a "significant" increase in telomere length of approximately 10 percent. Further, the more people changed their behavior by adhering to the recommended lifestyle program, the more dramatic their improvements in telomere length, the scientists learned.
By contrast, the men in the control group who were not asked to alter their lifestyle had measurably shorter telomeres – nearly 3 percent shorter – when the five-year study ended. Telomere length usually decreases over time.
Possibilities for General Population
The researchers say the findings may not be limited to men with prostate cancer, and are likely to be relevant to the general population."We looked at telomeres in the participants' blood, not their prostate tissue," said Ornish, according to the news release.
The 2013 study is a follow up to a similar, three-month pilot investigation in 2008 in which the same participants were asked to follow the same lifestyle program. After three months, the men in the initial study exhibited significantly increased telomerase activity. Telomerase is an enzyme that repairs and lengthens telomeres.
The 2013 study was designed to determine if the lifestyle changes would affect telomere length and telomerase activity in these men over a longer time period.
"This was a breakthrough finding that needs to be confirmed by larger studies," said co-senior author Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH, according to the news release. Carroll is a professor and chair of the UCSF Department of Urology. "Telomere shortening increases the risk of a wide variety of chronic diseases," Carroll said, according to the news release. "We believe that increases in telomere length may help to prevent these conditions and perhaps even lengthen lifespan."
Other co-authors from UCSF include senior author and Nobel laureate Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics; Jue Lin, PhD, associate research biochemist; June M. Chan, DSc, associate professor of epidemiology & biostatistics; Elissa Epel, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry; Mark Jesus M. Magbanua, associate specialist; Jennifer Daubenmier and Nancy K. Hills, PhD, associate adjunct professors; and Nita Chainani-Wu, DMD, MPH, PhD, assistant clinical professor.
The research was supported by the U.S. Department of Defense; the National Institute of Health and National Cancer Institute grant number RO1 R01CA101042; Furlotti Family Foundation; Bahna Foundation; DeJoria Foundation; Walton Family Foundation; Resnick Foundation; Greenbaum Foundation; Natwin Foundation; Safeway Foundation; and the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
Jue Lin, Elissa Epel and Elizabeth Blackburn were co-founders of Telome Health Inc., a diagnostic company that assess telomere biology – THI had no relationship to this study. Dean Ornish works with Healthways, Inc. to educate and support people in making healthier behaviors. The other authors declared no conflicts of interest. You may wish to check out the study's abstract that appeared on September 16, 2013 in The Lancet Oncology.


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I've seen a Java solution to upgrade the system, after a normal (non-sudo/admin) user requests a shut down (but not restart!) the system upgrades itself - the base system is Ubuntu 10.04 as I remember, but the programs, and the desktop manager is fully customized, with custom softwares (eg. to check the printers' ink level...)
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Onimpulse Said...
I wonder, what the results with Win7 or Linux would be.
05-Dec-12 11:54 AM
twitchy Said...
It's MIDI Jitter!!
It's system agnostic.
It's system agnostic.
05-Dec-12 06:15 PM
Rob (MOK) Said...
@twitchy: it is very much system dependent, as the jitter is not "MIDI jitter" as much as how MIDI is handled by the sending and receiving systems, and in this article particularly how well software synths handled timestamps and line up events accordingly. Thus, if Win7 does a bad job of delivering the MIDI message, it will compound the problem compared to a platform that might do a good job of delivering MIDI messages
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On Friday May 17, 2013, Denver Fair Food (DFF) members visited two Wendy's locations in Denver delivering letters in support of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). DFF approached Wendy's managers urging them to join the Fair Food Program, which would help to secure the tomato workers in Immokalee Florida with better wages and working conditions. DFF stated that they adopted a Wendy's in Northwest Denver (4964 Federal Blvd) and will be "returning, on a semi-regular basis, to this location to educate Wendy's patrons on the struggle for Fair Food."
Denver Fair Food member Joe Deras Espinoza explained that the manager at the Wendy's location in Northwest Denver "was not very receptive and actually told us that we were not allowed to talk to anyone in at the restaurant or give them the letter. We explained how this type of action was happening in many other cities and all we wanted was for her to pass the letter up the chain of command. The second restaurant we went to was much more receptive and was very interested in knowing more about the farm worker struggle. The fair food nation knows that it is only a matter of time until Wendy's signs the agreement with the CIW. We've seen it happen with all 11 other corporations that have signed the agreement."
On Saturday May 18, 2013, over 300 people marched in support of the CIW in New York City. The CIW reported that their protest in Manhattan began, "with a popular theater presentation in the open air of New York's storied Union Square park and [ended] with a march through city streets and protests at two separate Wendy's locations." Many Fair Food advocates are perplexed by Wendy's CEO Emil Brolick not signing the Fair Food agreement because he signed the agreement in 2005 when he was President of Taco Bell. Following signing Taco Bell to the Fair Food agreement in 2005 Brolick stated, "As an industry leader, we are pleased to lend our support to and work with the CIW to improve working and pay conditions for farm workers in the Florida tomato fields."
The CIW plans to intensify protests on Thursday May 23, 2013, when Wendy's holds their shareholders' meeting in Manhattan. CIW representatives gathered 90,000 signatures in less than one week and plan to deliver them to Wendy's Board of Directors on Thursday along with asking Wendy's to join the Fair Food agreement.


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Submitted by Vinod Vachani, Head Basketball Coach, Welham Girls' School, Dehra Dun, India
This zone offense is a structured motion, which is highly effective against odd front zone defenses. Through this offense, you can take full advantage of the 3-point shots and get the ball comfortably to the post players in scoring position. It is a simple offense and can be taught easily. Overall, there are lot of skip passes made which create gaps in the zone. Plus, defensive players have to make a lot of adjustments which gets your shooters open for three-pointers.
1 passes the ball to 2 and cuts to the ball side corner. 3 makes a V-cut and replaces 1's spot on the floor. 5 sets a screen into the middle for 4 who is flashing to the ball side elbow and sets back to the low post area.
2 passes the ball to 1. 5 holds the low post for a few seconds and then clears away to the opposite low block. 4 now cuts hard to the basket looking for a pass from 1. 3 flares to the wing looking for a skip pass from 1.
2 passes the ball to 4 at the high post. 5 seals the middle. 1 flares to the corner looking for a quick three-point shot.
If 4 hits 1, 5 clears the lane and cuts to the other block. 4 will go for a strong cut to the basket expecting a pass from 1.
If 4 passes the ball to 3, then 4 has two options: A) Look for a lob pass from 3 off 5's back screen OR B) 4 can cut directly to the ball side block.
5 comes to the ball side elbow. If open, 3 can go for the three pointer. Otherwise, he can dribble to the corner to attract the defensive player on him so he dish off to 4 with an easy pass.
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Couscous may be considered one of the ultimate culinary conundrums -- it looks like a grain yet is technically pasta, it tends to be savory yet can be served as dessert, and while this is a worldwide staple, many Americans have never cooked it themselves. Join this international phenomenon to see for yourself just how versatile and easy couscous can be in a dish. Try a simple starter recipe like this Edamame & Couscous Salad.
Get to the so-called meat of your salad by skipping the lettuce and embracing the more exciting elements. Combine cooked couscous with a well-rounded and colorful mixture of edamame, corn, cherry tomatoes, red onion and black beans. For a salty component, add feta cheese crumbles (but feel free to omit these for those anyone watching their dietary intake or who would like to prepare this as a vegan recipe).
You can truly enjoy this Edamame & Couscous Salad without dressing, but if you find this habit hard to break, try something with an acidic finish like a red wine vinaigrette dressing. This can also come in handy should you serve this salad after it has been refrigerated and needs to be somewhat refreshed.
While couscous may appear like merely teeny tiny seeds to newbies, it is absolutely easy to prepare and even easier to scarf down in any number of delicious ways. Experiment with this basic couscous salad and go from there!
- 1 cup instant couscous (Consider flavored couscous, ie: parmesan)
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups edamame shells
- 2 ears corn, husked
- 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 (14-oz) can black beans, well rinsed
- 1/4 small red onion, minced
- 1/2 cup feta crumbles (optional)
- Red wine vinaigrette dressing (optional)
Begin by preparing the couscous. In a medium saute pan, bring the vegetable broth to a boil with the olive oil over high heat. Once boiling, remove the pan from heat. Stir in the couscous and salt. Cover with a lid and set aside for ten minutes. Fluff with a fork.
Meanwhile, bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Using tongs, carefully transfer the corn to the pot. Boil for approximately two minutes. Remove, and run under cold water until cool enough to handle. Stand upright on a cutting board; carefully slice the kernels from the cob using a downward motion.
In a large bowl, toss the couscous, corn, edamame, black beans, cherry tomatoes and red onion. If using, top with feta crumbles and toss with red wine vinaigrette dressing.


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REVIEW: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Random House Audio (Nov 2009)
Audiobook: 14h & 32m
Paranormal Romance
I'm not really a huge fan of the 'chick-lit' genre. Having fallen out of love with the 'my life is a disaster, I wear giant pants and have an awful love-life' theme. I did however, used to really love them. And while I no longer read them, Sophie Kinsella has always been an exception to this rule. Because her books are just so immensely funny. Twenties Girl has an added bonus for me, in that it also has a supernatural twist.
The book itself didn't get off to a great start. It was slow going and took me a while to get into it. Lara, our heroine also looked to have all the facets that I find irritating. She's lying, she's crying over her ex, her job is a disaster, and then when the lying extends to a ridiculous situation with the police I started to cringe.
But, I hadn't yet prepared myself for the effect of Lara's 105 year old, great aunt Sadie. We first meet Sadie at her funeral. She returns in ghost form on the hunt for a beloved, missing necklace. Much to Lara's dismay, who seems to be the only one that can see her. But she doesn't return as a wrinkled, 105 year old woman. Oh no, she returns as a 23 year old, in all her twenties, flapper girl finest. And this is where the book takes off.
The banter between Lara and Sadie is absolutely hilarious. Quite frankly, Sadie is outrageous, from her ability to force people to do anything she wants them to, to her wild demands and whirlwind impact on Lara's life. One scene where she gets Lara to go on a date wearing exactly what she wants, in full twenties costume, and repeating everything she says, is so funny I descended into full on, loud, belly-laughs.
I did struggle with Lara at times, but she had very much grown on me by the end of the novel. The plot with her ex-boyfriend however, was very irritating and needed wrapping up much more quickly than it did, and elicited more than a few sighs of frustration from me. But the eventual love story was delicious and well worth the wait.
I think that listening to this book as an audiobook enhanced my enjoyment of the story. The narrator really 'got' Sadie and the accent and intonation she created for her seemed to make things so much funnier.
The end of the book also delivers are rather lovely and unexpected mystery, which I really enjoyed. I knew the missing necklace would have some greater importance, but I would have no way guessed what. The setting was in London, which is always nice for me to sink into, as a woman who reads genres that are written by mainly American writers, I do love a fabulous British backdrop. The ending was just lovely… funny, romantic and heart warming all at once.
While Twenties Girl does have a bit of a poor beginning, I would urge you to bear with it, it's a hugely entertaining, laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy with a ghostly sidekick. Or perhaps a ghostly heroine, depending on how you want to look at it. Kinsella knows how to write comedy, and write it really well. The only books of hers I haven't picked up are her Shopaholic books, and I'm thinking I really must as I love all of her other novels. This is a great, light, funny read I would definitely recommend.
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(OAKLAND) -- With three straight wins under their belts for the first time since sweeping the Texas Rangers on the road a few weeks ago, the 2014 Oakland Athletics look to sweep the visiting Washington Nationals today at the O.co Coliseum on Mother's Day.
The A's had started this home stand with three ugly losses to the Seattle Mariners, including a come-from-ahead loss in the first game of a doubleheader on May 7. That game was particularly painful, since Oakland finally managed to get the edge on Felix Hernandez, knocking him out in the seventh inning while taking a 4-3 lead.
But the beleaguered bullpen coughed up yet another late-inning lead, and the A's lost that game in extra innings. However, they did recover to win the second game of the doubleheader, behind Drew Pomeranz' first start of the season for Oakland: that 2-0 win was nice for the A's, in terms of salvaging their American League West division lead.
Since then, Oakland has beaten the Nationals twice, getting Tommy Milone his first win of the season on Friday night with an 8-0 win and then backing it up on Saturday night with a come-from-behind win against Washington: the A's had just one hit through the first eight innings, but they scored two runs in the ninth and another in the tenth to beat the Nats, 4-3.
Thus, it's been a few crazy days for the A's, and that's par for the course during the MLB regular season, isn't it? You blow a game, you shut out the opponent two straight, and then you steal a game. The roller coaster ride never really ends, until October.
In blowing their seventh save of the season on Wednesday, though, the Oakland bullpen continues to experience painful moments. Not only is that number the second-worst mark in the AL, but the A's relievers also have lost seven games in 2014, and that's the fifth-worst total in the league.
(Sadly, Oakland also saw reliever Ryan Cook head back to the disabled list after he strained his forearm Wednesday.)
The A's will have to get better in the bullpen if they want to succeed this season, but if the starters keep pitching like Pomeranz and Milone did this week, maybe that won't be as much of a need: between the second game Wednesday and Friday night, Oakland starters pitched 13 innings and gave up just four hits.
Overall, in the 18 innings of the two shutout wins, the A's surrendered just six hits and three walks. Dan Otero threw three scoreless innings out of the bullpen to back up Pomeranz, while Jim Johnson earned a perfect save for the first time in 2014.
Milone's effort against his old team -- he was acquired in exchange for Gio Gonzalez, who starts against the A's today at O.co -- was nothing short of stunning, considering his train wreck of a season hitherto (0-3, 5.86 ERA in his first five starts). The crafty lefty gave up just two hits in eight innings Friday night and was ably backed by 12 hits from the Oakland offense and three RBI from Brandon Moss.
Saturday's win was almost a complete role reversal for Oakland, however: trailing 3-1 in the ninth, the A's had managed just two hits (including John Jaso's solo home run in the third inning). But Oakland strung together three hits to start the ninth, and that tied the game: Jaso singled, Jed Lowrie doubled to score Jaso, and then Josh Donaldson singled to score Lowrie.
In the tenth, Alberto Callaspo singled to start the inning, and after two outs, Nick Punto scored the winning run when Jason doubled off the right-field wall. So five hits in the final two innings won the game for the A's in front of a sellout crowd waiting to see Journey-theme fireworks after the game.
Today, as noted, former Oakland All-Star Gonzalez (3-2, 2.91) will start for the Nationals (19-17) against his former team, facing fellow lefty Scott Kazmir (4-1, 2.64). It's Breast Cancer Awareness Day at the O.co Coliseum today, as well, as the A's have raised over $1.3M since 1999 to help further advance breast cancer education and research.
Game time is 1:05 p.m. as Oakland (22-15) tries for the sweep and their fourth straight victory.


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Luther J. Blue
Position: WR
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: October 21, 1954 in Valdosta, GA
High School: Valdosta
College: Iowa St. (school history) (Blue college stats)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 4th round (96th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 6 (8785th overall since 1950)
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I've beat the drum a lot about public wine tastings, but there's just no getting around the fact that they are the best way for wine lovers to educate their palates. There's just no substitute for tasting a lot of wines in a single "sitting" to learn what the differences are, and more importantly, what you like.
One of the other nice things about public tastings, put on as they are by big organizations, or in this case, publications, is that they often allow you to taste wines that you might not get a chance to taste otherwise for some reason -- whether that is because of their cost, their small production levels, or the fact that it's simply a pain in the rear to go track them down.
Of course one of the other reasons you might not get a chance to taste certain wines is because they've been so highly-rated by some magazine or critic that they're pretty hard to find on the shelves of even the best wine shops in the country. Which is one of the many reasons I urge people to attend the Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting every year. While inclusion in Wine & Spirits doesn't quite make the available inventory of a wine vaporize, as a top score in some other magazines will do, the wines that are chosen for their list of "Top 100 of the year" are really some of the best wines in the world, and are not all that easy to track down for the casual wine lover.
I go to this tasting every year because of the high quality of the wines, and the excellent food that is usually on offer. This is, of course, the reason that so many other people go too (it can get a little crowded at times). But despite the popularity of the event, it is still one of the best public tasting events in San Francisco each year, and usually has a few utterly fantastic wines mixed in with a whole lot of excellent ones.
So grab a wine loving friend, or look your best and try to make a new one at the tasting, but definitely don't miss the Top 100.
Wine & Spirits Magazine's Top 100 Tasting
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
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Tickets are $125 and include a subscription to the magazine. This event will likely sell out, so I recommend buying tickets ASAP. They can be purchased online at the event web site.
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I found this great presentation on slideshare that talks about the "50 Mega Trends Affecting Every Business - Power statistics about tech" and thought I would share it. 50 Powerful Statistics About Tech Mega Trends Affecting Every Business from ValaAfshar The trends are grouped into five areas: 1. Mobile 2. Social 3. Cloud 4. Big Data 5. Apps I think all of these are impacting anyone doing custom development today. XPages, SharePoint, Salesforce, Python, etc. And interesting reminder of how the greater tech trends effect each developer personally.
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As I process everything that has happened in June, I am starting to pick out a few lessons learned that I can remember and apply to my life. One of those lessons is around social media engagement. It just happens that I identified the lesson just as Google Plus was launching. Actually, the first 48 hours of my usage of Google Plus really hammered it home. Let me explain. On June 1st, the day my father has his heart attack, I posted a single note on Twitter about it. That posting made it to Facebook (because I auto-populate my tweets to Facebook). My uncle, while I was in the air, posted a note to my father's Facebook page directly. I didn't do anything else until I tweeted he passed, which also went to Facebook. I then wrote the blog entry and it made it's way to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN, and all of the other social networks I barely use (Buzz, FriendFeed, etc). I then posted that blog entry on my Dad's page. Outside of Facebook, Twitter, and that blog entry, the only other communi
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Before and during Lotusphere 2011, there have been some discussions about how to engage with the IBM Lotus Executives and Product Managers outside of the stage and event. There has been some discussion on if this is needed, and I get Ed's point, but it is always good to engage with folks on a regular basis. I thought it was very interesting that the IBM executives new to the social software team (i.e. Lotus) , Sandy Carter and Nigel Beck ( I love how his url directs to his about.me page ), are both very active in social media with their own personal brands. You can even use Tungle with Nigel - the first IBM VP I have seen do that. So to facilitate this interaction, and in Marie and Stuart's honor, I have created two public Twitter lists. IBM Lotus Ask the Product Managers: A list for any IBMer who is a Product Manager in the Lotus space IBM Lotus Executives: A list for anyone on the management team in the Lotus space These are meant to grow over time, so please let me know if we


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On Wednesday night fans get a new episode of "American Idol." On March 18, American Idol Net shared huge spoilers and the top 10 songs have been leaked early. Of course they don't want fans to know already what they will be singing.
Alex Preston will be singing "Story of My Life" by One Direction. This a very popular song which could hurt or help him depending on how well he does with it. CJ Harris is going to perform "Invisible" which is the newest release from Hunter Hayes.
Caleb Johnson is singing "The Edge of Glory" by Lady GaGa and Dexter Roberts is singing "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line. These are both very well-known songs as well. Jena Irene Asciutoo is going to perform the song "Clarity" by Zedd/Foxes. MK Nobilette will be singing "F****n' Perfect" by Pink. She is going to have to step it up this week if she wants to stick around.
Majesty York, Malaya Watson, and Jessica "Jess" Meuse have been able to keep their songs a secret so far. The news may come out tomorrow before the show though.
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Good news, all your Black Friday gawkers! The mall is going to be an absolute mess — chock full of deal-frenzied shoppers, eager to open their wallets and throw around more money than Sheldon Adelson at a GOP fundraiser.
What? Too soon?
Anyway here's the skinny on the consumer front — and why it bodes well for investors and businesses in 2013:
- The consumer sentiment index from Thomson Reuters and the University of Michigan hit a five-year high in October.
- Discover Financial (NYSE:DFS) maintains a "U.S. Spending Monitor" that just saw its largest one-month increase in history, and an all-time high in October.
- In the third quarter, consumer spending increased at a 2.1% annual rate, bolstering GDP growth, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.
- The retail sector, as measured by the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT), has surged nearly 20% in the past 12 months — about double the broader market.
- FedEx (NYSE:FDX) sees holiday shipments climbing 13%, according to a recent CNBC report.
- And though it is clearly a soulless money grab and unfair to employees … Walmart (NYSE:WMT) is pushing up Black Friday all the way to 8 p.m. Thanksgiving night to wring the most out of this holiday shopping season.
In short: Bring on Santa!
There still is some big-time trouble out there, to be sure — from an ugly earnings slowdown and political gridlock over the fiscal cliff in America to geopolitical unrest in the Middle East to Europe's disastrous debt situation. This has admittedly weighed a bit on business sentiment.
But as GDP numbers showed last quarter, a stronger attitude from consumers helped pull the economy forward … at a sluggish pace, but at least forward.
And in the longer-term, a consumer-led recovery is the most practical kind of recovery. What, you think that businesses hunkered down in "efficiency mode" are going to willingly take a stab at growth without a clear sign of recovery? Not happening. Consumers have to blink first. A sustained spending push that fills up their coffers will be the only thing to change CEO attitudes.
Consumer spending is volatile, of course, and a big shock in the form of higher gas prices or a housing double-dip or a stock market crash could change things.
However, all signs are clearly pointing up. And the longer they do so, the more sustainable a rally in 2013 will be.
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New England is not known for barbecue. The South is not known for clam chowder. But does that mean you won't find exceptional examples of each in either region? Of course not, as long as the food is prepared with the best ingredients and with loving and knowledgeable care.
The folks at The American BBQ in Beverly are the latest entry of 'pit shops' on the North Shore. They execute beautifully on the smoky tradition of preparing protein - in its many forms - low and slow.
Like many of the Q-joints around Boston The American BBQ's menu promises to treat diners to real barbecue from several regions. As a sixth generation Texan I always wince at this pan-regional approach. The purist in me wants a place that sticks to one theme and knocks it out of the park. However, after tasting several regional standards here and one particular new idea, I am convinced that The American BBQ folks know what they're doing.
The Beverly location opened in mid-2009 and follows in the footsteps of its parent location in Rowley. It's located in the Cummings Center and there is no shortage of parking.
The setting is my only complaint, but it's a minor one. Barbecue is best served in shacks. After all, aren't fried clams and lobsters best served there? The restaurant is placed in what can only be described as a strip-mall. Step inside though and they have done a respectable job of creating a down home feel. The only thing missing is a wide plank hardwood floor, instead its carpet. The carpet leaves me wondering if it's okay to throw the complimentary peanut's shells on the floor.
Regional specialties from the barbecue realm include Memphis style baby-back ribs, pulled pork from the Southeast, grilled jerk chicken from Jamaica (not really barbecue but worth a try), Texas smoked sausage, and the king of Texas barbecue…brisket.
The ribs are smoky and tender. Slowly cooked for hours, finished on the grill and slathered with a tangy-sweet ketchup-based sauce. They were excellent but on the two occasions I tried them the silver skin on the concave side had not been removed. Another minor bother but experience shows that removing this barrier allows more smoke to penetrate the meat and makes for less need for a toothpick after the meal.
The pulled pork was excellent as well. Succulent and shredded fine it is served with a sweet sauce but one can opt for the more traditional south eastern treatment by using the vinegar based sauce.
The sausage was a bit of a disappointment. Traditional Texas sausage used in barbecue is often coarse ground and leans to the hot side. Neither is true here. It is more akin to a hot dog with a nice snap in the casing but with flavors that do not compel.
In Texas, nary a squeal can be heard from the barbecue pit over the echoes of moos emanating from the bovine protein packed into the smoker. Beef was more plentiful in Texas compared to the Southeast and this gave rise to its dominance in barbecue preparations there. The American BBQ pit master has done a fantastic job on their brisket. It is more moist than any other barbecue joint I have tried in Boston. Served in quarter inch slices and awaiting (or not) your choice of self-serve sauces, including mild, hot, and mustard-based.
There are other options on the menu as well. Including pulled chicken, and grilled items such as chicken, turkey tips, tenderloin and salmon. For the reluctant New Englander they even have fried haddock.
But the real surprise - the aforementioned new idea - and star of the menu has to be the chicken wings. They are large and meaty, coated with the house dry rub and smoked. They are offered two ways, wet and dry. Wet means they simply toss the dry wings in a hot wing sauce. They are pretty good but the dry wings on their own are unique and outstanding. Juicy, redolent with smoke and evenly coated with the rub, these were the best wings I have ever had.
Thankfully every table has an under-mounted roll of paper towels. You're gonna need them if you dive into the ribs or wings.
They have most of the sides you would expect too. Cole slaw, collard greens, baked beans (ranch style would be more appropriate), mashed potatoes, grilled corn and of course, corn bread.
I highly recommend The American BBQ. The only thing missing is sawdust on the floor and Shiner Bock beer.
For more information:
The American BBQ
950 Cummings Center Suite 96x
Beverly, MA 01915
(978) 921-1212
Tue-Sun - 11:30am to 9pm
Closed Monday


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I have been informed that the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District Board has taken action today to investigate out sourced project and financial management options and begin a period of transition to propose a fully independently managed district, separate from the City of Tucson. In former City Manager's Hein's FY10 budget, he had eliminated the position of Downtown Development Director from the budget anticipating changes in Rio Nuevo Management. Based on the Board's desires and our difficult financial times, I will also be proposing the elimination of the Downtown Director position effective June 30, 2009.
Greg Shelko has served admirably among difficult times in the Downtown Revitalization process. He has been a consummate professional in trying to deliver the projects as directed by the Mayor and Council. We hope that we are able to build upon the successes he helped create as we move forward in transition on project delivery. I cannot stress enough how important the Downtown Redevelopment project is to the community and to the State of Arizona and thank Greg for his contributions to that end.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at 520-791 4204.
Thank you,
Mike (Letcher – not the other one)
Authors on this blog have called from Mike Hein's head. After 3 years on the job the drum beats are sounding. With one open seat and two freshman incumbents up for re-election it's going to be an interesting 9 months. During an election year the word 'scapegoat' comes to mind.
Being the City Manager with this, Overwhelming underdogs of a council must make you want to hide under the covers each morning.
The City Manager definitely has a role in each and every one of the decisions that have lead us to the complete mess we are in today. He's culpable and part of the problem for sure. Hein is the one making $240k+ while the 7 people that collectively tell him what to do make $180k combined! He's playing a high stakes game but the game board, rules and even the numbers on the dice change from day to day.
Finanical Down Turn
The city is falling on hard times financially and the pressure is on. A manager needs to make quick adjustments to get us through the mess. As long as those adjustments don't affect artists, free rent arrangements to non profits, funding for working poor, Job Path, graffiti classes, Kidco, Department of a(Organize The )Neighborhoods Resources, public access TV, bus fares, or cuts to any of the 5000 plus employees that are protected by a strong union he's got full latitude to do what's right for the community.
What can he cut? Police, road maintenance, garbage services and emergency response staff and equipment. You know, all the fluffy stuff a city wastes their budget on.
So if you can't cut expense you gotta raise money. You raise money in a crazy thing called taxes. Here's some of the BUSINESS specific 'revenue enhancements' implemented and or being concidered;
Ad Tax
Rental Tax
Impact Fee (ok by not repealing it its still at tax)
Tax to keep your development plan relevant for multiple years
Utility Tax
Water meter hook up tax
Sign Permit Tax
Building Permit Tax
Business Licence Tax
Secondary Property Tax
Increased Landfill Prices
Increased Commercial Waste Fees
Increased Roll Off Fees
The 'revenue enhancements' affecting the RESIDENTS of our city;
Increased Utility Tax
Water Fees Increase up to 10% (on top of 8% last year)
Proposed garbage fee increase
Read our previous post HERE
So if you're the city manger under this council you are officially between a rock and a hard place. Hein is dealing with so many council sacred cows and pet projects it's tough to know where to turn. Hein can't cut or raise revenues to certain populations. Hein is forced to focus increases on the one special interest not represented on this current council, the business community.
How does government pay for all the staff, programs, arts groups, low income housing? Oh yeah collecting sales tax from businesses that are brave enough to open in the city of Tucson. Get the picture?
There Are Short Comings….
I agree on management of Rio Nuevo. It's been botched before Hein came aboard and until the legislature demands new people overseeing the entire project it will be messed up long after he leaves. Shelko and Barr, aren't cutting it. Installing Hecker, Lyons and allowing Trasoff's chief of staff's wife into management/ oversight positions is highly questionable. Emails from personal accounts to cover tracks…..not good.
MTCVB and TREO need to pull their weight and function in the light of day. Development Services needs a complete cultural shift.
Hein pissed off council staff and learned how much power they actually had. Remember THIS near axing from last year?
Where is his plan? All I'm seeing is reaction to the follies that go on around him. How about a 5 year plan? A vison on where we are going?
What's the deal with the botched search for a new police chief? Do we blame that on Hein?
Why Is Hein Worth Keeping?
What I like about Hein is his early shake up of the Tucson city bureaucracy. In a climate where you can't fire people all you can do is shift them around. By moving around department heads and entrenched fiefdoms Hein took control of the staff. It sets him up to either put the right people in place and let them do their job or micromanage every aspect of every department he's responsible for.
He thinks outside the box and isn't afraid to take a different approach to a problem.
If he does go what can we expect from the next victim. Hopefully a potential candidate for the job reads the papers and our blog to get a sense of what they are in for. Tucson could be a career killer.
The Star ran a story today about a series of emails that went back and forth between City Manager Mike Hein, Councilwoman Nina Trasoff, Mayor Walkup's aid, Andrew Greenhill and former City Manager and current representative of the UofA Joel Valdez and two Rio Nuevo beaurocrats; Shelko and Barr.
The jist of the story is an attempt by all or most of the parties involved to spin the crazy spending going on with Rio Nuevo funding. It's bad, smells of incompetency at best and cover up on the City's side at worst.
Walkup denied knowing anything about e-mails his chief of staff wrote, although he received some of the e-mails in the chain.
The mayor said the point is the city has not agreed to foot more of the bill for the science center, adding the e-mails were "preliminary" and "just conversation."
"I don't know anything about e-mails," Walkup said. "E-mails do float back and forth. … An e-mail is an e-mail."
Anyone want to explain to me why the Star didn't address the fact that elected officials, representatives of the mayor and our city manger used personal emails to communicate on such a sensitive subject?
If you answerd they were concerned that through the Freedom Of Information Act that all public emails systems are open to the public you would be correct. Hey guys, if your going to avoid the public don't copy recipients that are using public email addresses.
Real bright folks. I sure hope someone has a tape recorder rolling somewhere.
Read em and weap or read em on the way out of office – HERE.
In a mad rush to stave off elimination of the Rio Nuevo pot of money, the Tucson City Council has announced a redirection of the priorities for spending the $80 million they cashed in just before the New Year from bonds they sold, desperately, at a premium.
Now, rather than funding for more design of museums and for construction of the Convento (known by some as the mud hut), the city will spend what might be the last Rio Nuevo money it ever sees on an arena and convention hotel.
Do it Right or Don't Do It at All!
To fans of the much-needed hotel, this is a very late, only-barely-better, better-late-than-never situation. It would be more persuasive if it weren't such an obviously desperate maneuver to save the TIF and the Gem Shows at the same time.
I have yet to meet a fan of the arena as the city has proposed it.
From casual conversations with real people to reading the on-line comments and blogs, there seem to be two schools of thought on the arena that the city seems to want to build so desperately: either build it bigger or don't build it at all.
It's puzzling that the city would spend $130 million on a new arena that only gives Tucson 2,000 more seats than the crappy "Madhouse on Main", as the Icecats coach calls the Tucson Arena. I know, I know; it's not just the number of seats that makes the crappy arena uncompetitive. It's the ceiling height, the lack of amenities, the lack of decent locker rooms and green rooms, the lack of luxury boxes for Rich Singer to feel important in, and the smell.
Nonetheless, with a growing city (albeit economically under-performing its population), wouldn't the 12,000-seat arena be obsolete the day it opens?
Apparently the UA has made it clear that it is not moving the basketball Wildcats out of McKale Center, but even so, there are opportunities for national-level sporting events that would surely be out of reach of an arena so small. There are AAU events, NCAA events, Olympic qualifying events.
Sizing to the Sweet Spot
The city's argument against a bigger arena is that it can't afford the cost of construction. But if the operating revenue of a bigger arena justified the cost, the cost wouldn't matter, would it? If you were in the private sector, and were trying to decide how big of a plant to build, would you limit yourself to building a smaller factory that could only produce enough output to serve a limited area if you could cost-effectively produce enough to serve a much larger market and make larger profits by building a bigger factory? Of course not. You would find the sweet spot.
There may be multiple equilibrium points here. It's conceivable that 12,000 seats is more cost-effective than 15,000 seats. City officials seem to be making that argument, and they may be right. The new revenue brought in by a 15,000-seat building may not be enough to justify the additional cost of the 3,000 seats.
But, perhaps a 17,000-seat arena opens up a whole new set of revenue opportunities not available at 15,000 seats, and an arena of that size, while costing significantly more than $130 million, would pay the city back more handsomely than the Little 12,000-seat Arena That Couldn't. Perhaps the additional revenue would be enough to justify the additional cost. Perhaps not. I don't know. You probably don't know. The point is, the city had better know what its options are, and it had better be able to explain why it has selected the option that it has.
Explain it to Us-Who Knows, We May Even Support It!
This would be called Leadership. Understanding the full implications of the various policy options open to you, evaluating the best deal for the current and future needs of the community, and then communicating to the citizens/taxpayers why the optimal option was selected over other alternatives.
Let's say you're the mayor of such a city that was considering building an arena. Go on TV. Write guest opinions in the newspaper. Hold a town hall meeting and televise it. Tell John C. Scott and his listeners about it. But don't just do the cheerleading bit. Explain the logic and the thought process and what the implications of the alternative scenarios were and why you reached the conclusion that this alternative was best for us.
What's the Real Reason We're Doing This?
Also, while you are at it, tell us what we are getting out of the arena you are building for us. Minor-league hockey? Arena football? More and better concerts? Monster truck rallies? NCAA gymnastics championships? Sweet 16 basketball? Preventing the tribes from building an arena outside the city limits? Or perhaps, just more exhibit space for the expanded convention center you also seem hell-bent on building. Is the arena necessary in order to make the hotel work? (If that's the case, then you'd better extend your presentation to tell us how and why the 525-room hotel is necessary and whether it is truly feasible.) Just tell us, we're adults.
If the threat of losing the Gem Show will truly be abated by building the hotel, then tell us that. I just want to know. Use a flow chart if you have to. And don't have Greg Shelko, Rich Singer, or Glenn Lyons explain it. You do it. You're the mayor.
Whatever you do, don't spend $130 million of our money just to prove a point. Or just to save a bunch of diverted state tax money you no longer seem entitled to spend based on your track record to this point.
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The New Orleans Saints definitely cleared some big psychological hurdles with Saturday's 26-24 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in wild-card playoff round.
But it doesn't get any easier with the Saints now having to return to the scene of what was easily their most thorough loss during to the regular season to face No.1 seed Seattle.
What do you think of the Saints chances of overcoming their 34-7 loss last month in Seattle to defeat quarterback Russell Wilson and the Seahawks in Saturday's divisional playoff game?


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Y'all, it is finally fall. And I could not be any happier about it. When the weather starts to chill, the pumpkin comes out. Pumpkin muffins, pumpkin bread, pumpkin blondies, pumpkin everything. This pumpkin pound cake is so easy, yet so comforting, and has just enough spice. Make this cake, pour yourself a cup of tea, and grab a good book. Take a minute out of your crazy day to stop and enjoy my favorite time of year.
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (3.3 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix
1 (15-ounce) pumpkin puree
For the glaze:
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3-4 Tablespoons water
Whisk together both sugar and vegetable oil. Whisk in the eggs one at a time.
In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt and pudding mix. Set aside.
Whisk in the pumpkin, alternating with the flour mixture in three additions.
Pour the batter into a greased Bundt pan and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven. Bake for 60 to 65 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes and then turn out onto cooling rack to cool completely.
When the cake has cooled, whisk together the powdered sugar, cinnamon, and water. Start slowly with the water, if it too thick, add a few dropfuls until the glaze is the right consistency. Drizzle over the cake.
recipe adapted from Sing For Your Supper.