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Everything seemed to move slowly. It felt like I was watching every second pass by as if it were a minute. The voices around me seemed to be slow and blurred. I couldn't make out what was being said to me, or who was saying it. I wonder if that is how death truly feels, if death itself slows down time so you can remember your last minutes in existence flea away slowly. Darkness started to surround my vision, and the feeling of cold coursed through my body. Then nothing, for a moment I believed I had truly died, but now I wonder if this place just created an illusion of death for me to feel. Created an illusion so I would understand, but to understand what I do not know.
"Stand up. You are not dead yet." A voice said echoing threw my skull.
Pain coursed through my body, almost crippling me. This pain almost kept me from standing. I realized that I had not perished like I had hope. Or maybe I did die, and this place brought me back to continue to learn. As I stood up slowly I could feel hands upon my arm helping me. I turned my head to the direction of the person grabbing me and slowly opened my eyes. There standing in front of me was Vren smiling with relief at my recovery. I stood up wiping the dirt off my clothes then I turned my attention to Vren.
He was smiling at me and waving as the phantom of him slowly disappeared from existence. My chest hurt again at the thought of losing my friend once more. But there was a sense of relief, of calmness I did not feel last time. Now I know my friend is at peace, happy that I had found some sort of peace within myself. For the first time since he had died I forgave myself, because I know now that I would have died to save him. And I believe where ever he has gone to, he knows that as well and that we will meet again as force spirits.
Maybe that's what this place is, not a creation of phantoms from my past. But actual force spirits of people who I have lost over my life. But that theory is flawed, because as far as I know my former master is still alive and teaching upcoming Jedi Knights. A cool breeze blew through that room, calm and gentle as it caressed my skin.
"Believe in yourself" I thought I heard a whisper in the wind say that to me. When I walked in here I had confidence in myself, but it wasn't entirely belief in myself. Since the moment I turned to the Dark side I had doubted my choice, whether or not I could truly become an all powerful Sith. To hide that doubt I allowed my arrogance, myself righteousness to fly higher then I had ever allowed it. And from that time up until now, it had worked I could no longer sense the doubt that now fills my mind. Now part of me wishes to return to the Jedi Order to find more peace within myself so I can do what is truly right for the galaxy.
The second room was done, and the dark side no longer had the stronger foot hold with in my soul. Maybe this place was trying to save me, maybe this place had connections to fate and tried to set people along the right course. There was only one door and that was to my distant left. I stood there staring at the cold grey stone door, my heart racing inside my chest wondering what was waiting for me on the other side. But something deep inside me said that it was going to hurt, and it wasn't going to be physical this time.
It was strange as I moved closer to the door my heart was sinking within my chest, as if it wanted to close off and hide away. The door opened, but got stuck it was only able to open half way. I got down low to the ground and crawled under the door. As soon as I stood up a blaster bolt flew by my head and hit the wall behind me.
"Are you crazy? Get down" I heard a female voice whisper to me signaling for me to get down and come closer to her.
I looked around quickly, noticing that we were under attack by what appeared to be Sith soldiers. They weren't force sensitive Sith, but they were Sith the symbol I recognized. The room had two half walls on each side, and two bridges connecting each side to the other one. I moved to the female who was ordering me to get down. I couldn't see her face clearly at first it was covered by a shadow, but when I got closer my heart felt like it wanted to die right there. Would this place honestly relive that moment? Was it honestly necessary?
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Game of the Day: Wigan 0 SAFC 1
by Kate Smith
A memorable win at Wigan makes up today's classic clash.
5th April 2005
Mick McCarthy's side edged closer to a top-flight return at Wigan's JJB Stadium, in front of a 20,000 crowd of which almost half were Sunderland fans!
Marcus Stewart scored the only goal of the game in the mid-week top of the table clash that saw Sunderland just eight points away from a Premier League return and threatened to turn Wigan's promotion dream into a nightmare.
Three minutes into the game and luck was on the Black Cats' side, Stewart made a run to the box and the entire Wigan side stopped play, believing the ball had drifted out before Liam Lawrence made a run down the right flank.
However, neither the referee or any of the officials agreed with the Latics and instead, the game continued, allowing Lawrence to launch a superb cross beyond Athletic's backline and straight into the path of Stewart, who prodded home his 16th goal of the season.
The decision incensed the home bench, with Paul Jewell cutting a frustrated figure on the touchline for most of the first half.
Going into the break McCarthy was by far the happier of the two bosses as his defenders, Gary Breen and Steven Caldwell had thwarted every attack that Jason Roberts and Nathan Ellington made, quite a feat considering the duo had previously found the back of the net 42 times between them in the 2004-05 campaign.
In the opening minutes of the second half Stewart nearly doubled Sunderland's lead, until Ian Breckin did well to block his effort.
Striker Brett Omerod came on for the home side as they adopted a 4-3-3 system, giving Wigan the impetus for an attacking assault that lasted most of the second period.
Late in the game goalkeeper Thomas Myhre did well to block an unmarked Breckin, who got his head to a Graham Kavanagh free-kick.
By the time the final whistle was blown, the home section of the JJB Stadium was sparsely populated and the party was underway amongst the Sunderland fans.
With just five games remaining promotion seemed in Sunderland's grasp, whist Paul Jewell's men needed a turnaround in form to bounce back from two home defeats to make sure they stayed within the reach of automatic promotion or even a play-off spot come the end of the season.
Wigan Filan, Eaden, Jackson, Breckin, Baines, Teale (Jarrett 64), Kavanagh, Bullard, Mahon (Ormerod 45), Roberts, Ellington
Subs Not Used: Walsh, McMillan, Wright
Sunderland Myhre, Wright, Breen, Caldwell, McCartney (Danny Collins 73), Robinson, Lawrence, Whitehead, Arca, Brown, Stewart (Elliott 82)
Subs Not Used: Deane, Thornton, Alnwick

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are on the cover of Vogue, but that doesn't mean that everyone is happy about it. According to Mail Online, March 21, 2014, many celebrities do not share in the ecstatic feeling that the rest of the Kardashian family and friends feel.
While the Kardashian family are busy tweeting how much they love the April cover of Vogue, there are others who did not take the news well.
Fashion industry professionals, fans and viewers took to twitter and other social networks to share their views on Vogue's decision to have Kim and Kanye as their cover picture. Many of the fashion world threatened to cancel their subscriptions.
Life & Style Weekly posted, "Best thing we've seen all week: Miss Piggy and Kermit take on #KimKardashian and #KanyeWest. Who rocked #Vogue better?" They have two separate Vogue covers posted. One is Kim and Kanye and the other is Miss Piggy and Kermit in a similar pose and dress style.
Check out #Vogue to find an vast array of followers and subscribers of the Vogue magazine who wrote their opinions on this decision. Some said they were going to cancel their subscription. Others wondered what they had to do with fashion, and yes, there were some people who wondered how much Kim and Kanye had to pay to get her on the cover.
Sarah Michelle Gellar declared on Twitter that she is cancelling her subscription of Vogue. She wonders, "Who is with me???"
Marc tweeted, "There a far worse things that could happen besides Kim being on the cover of Vogue. Kanye could be showing at Paris Fashion Week."
Womanswear designer, blogger and stylist, Liam Calderone tweeted, "KIM KARDASHIAN and VOGUE shouldn't be put in the same sentence. End of."
Chris Liu tweeted: "I feel betrayed by Anna Wintour and Vogue."
Matt Bellassai, senior @BuzzFeed Editor said that he wants to buy the April issue with Kim and Kanye's cover picture, so he could burn it.
This may have been a bad decision on Vogue's part to feature Kim and Kanye on the cover. What do you think? Are you pleased to see them on the cover or not?


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Larry Robert Polowski
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Height: 6-3 Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: September 15, 1957 in Three Rivers, MI
High School: Yucca Valley
College: Boise St. (school history)
Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 7th round (169th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.
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Carnival of souls
* Comic Book Resources began posting its Top 100 Comics of 2009 list today. I've got two write-ups in this first installment: Mat Brinkman's Multiforce (#90) and Matt Furie's Boy's Club (#79). I apologize for the egregious mixing of metaphors in that last one in advance, but in my defense, I was super-baked.
* At Josh Simmons's hilariously named blog he links to a whole bunch of comics of his you can read online. Merry Christmas!
* Anders Nilsen salutes James Cameron. Not kidding.
* Heidi Mac helpfully links to almost all the Comics Journal #300 cartoonist conversations. It's kind of funny how they're easier to find on the Beat than on TCJ.com. Funny sad.
* More Tom Spurgeon books-of-the-decade holiday interviews: Rob Clough on Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library #19, which is maybe the best comic of the decade, and Jeet Heer on Chester Brown's Louis Riel, which if this were one of those holiday-weekend classic-rock radio mega-countdowns would be played in the final hour of the marathon, no doubt.
* Speaking of Ware, the latest Our Comics Decade post at The Cool Kids Table features Jimmy Corrigan, which is the "Comfortably Numb" to Acme #19's "Stairway to Heaven" or vice versa depending on what mood I'm in. Also, the story of how Ben Morse ended up at Wizard, which is one of the better stories of its kind.
* Christopher Allen's year-in-review piece is a treat.
* Congratulations to newly minted Xeric Grant winner Lane Milburn! Really looking forward to what he can do with it.
* An undiscovered Fletcher Hanks story has surfaced. Wunderbar!
* A Field Guide to Lovecraftian Fauna. Or flora, or whatever the hell those things are. My favorite bit right now is a toss-up between the advice on what to do if you encounter a shoggoth and the way to tell the difference between Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath.
* Flying crocodilians: a visual history.
* Today on Robot 6: a cool guitar gods poster and a Prison Pit doll.
* I enjoyed this Laura Clawson piece on being a fan of romance novels--a lot of it seems applicable to any kind of fandom or nerddom.
* Related: A couple of quick things about Abhay Khosla's latest essay. First, it's a lot easier to score points off of opinions when you ascribe them to "Internet" than it is when you properly attribute them to, say, Tom Spurgeon. Second, discovering that certain kinds of comics no longer deliver the same thrills you got from them when you were a younger and less experienced reader and subsequently proclaiming that Comics Has Failed Me This Year is neither news nor analysis, it's flounce.
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Ah, Petersen's guide. I still have my copy. The only piece that survived my 1992 auction of my (complete) CALL OF CTHULHU collection (done by email in the heady days before Ebay.)
Think I got $125 for my copy of DEITIES AND DEMIGODS that featured the Elric and Lovecraft mythos (subsequent editions were printed without those chapters.)


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CES 2014 - NVIDIA unveiled its impressive Tegra K1 processor yesterday, but in the weeks leading up to the event held in Las Vegas for CES 2014, the GPU maker plowed through a farm to drum up marketing for its new mobile processor which features 192 GPU cores.
The crop circle NVIDIA used has some keen-eyed readers notice the numbers 1, 9 and 2 in the crop circle - teasing '192' - the amount of GPU cores on its just-announced Tegra K1 processor. It seems like a long shot, but if this is as far as NVIDIA wants to go with marketing its Tegra K1 processor.


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Joseph Harold Williams
Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 193 lbs.
Born: March 30, 1947 in Center, TX
High School: Dunbar
College: Wyoming (school history) (Williams college stats)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 12th round (309th overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 2 (11632nd overall since 1950)
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In the aftermath of free agents Ryan Suter and Zach Parise having spurned an offer from the Red Wings to sign with the Minnesota Wild (and shortly thereafter, supposed Wings' Plan B Matt Carle signing with Steve Yzerman's Tampa Bay Lightning), we're hearing a lot about how Detroit should rebuild from within rather than signing free agents to replace their summer losses.
Red Wings' GM Ken Holland himself has pushed that line of thinking. I've already touched on his line of "There's also got to be an opportunity for some of our kids and the guys we've just signed to play."
That's an idea that's been espoused for some time by many fans. With the constant idea that the Wings are too old and slow, there's always a call to "just play the kids" and we're seeing that again now.
There's a problem with that idea this time around, though.
I'm not against playing the kids. I want to see what Gustav Nyquist could do in a top-six role and I want to know whether or not Tomas Tatar is ready. With Detroit's current lineup, though, Nyquist and Tatar are going to start the season in Grand Rapids.
There are simply too many forwards on the Wings' roster right now. Up front is not where the kids will be given a chance.
Unless injuries happen, we're not going to see Riley Sheahan ir Joakim Andersson.
It's Detroit's blueline that has holes. Decimated by the loss of Nicklas Lidstrom and Brad Stuart, the Wings' defense is where there's room for someone to step up and take a bigger role. The problem? The Wings have no defensive prospects to do that.
Brendan Smith will make the full-time jump to the big club next year but that was virtually a given at the end of last season. Aside from him, there are no NHL-ready defensemen in the Red Wings' system.
Gleason Fournier? Spent most of last year (his first in the pros) in the ECHL. Ryan Sproul? Has yet to play a pro game. Same for Xavier Ouellet. Adam Almqvist has played all of three AHL games. Max Nicastro will make his pro debut this season. Travis Ehrhardt is an unrestricted free agent on his way out of the organization, as is Logan Pyett. Brian Lashoff is entering his third pro season but I've heard exactly no one say he's ready.
So there are no kids for the Wings to rely on here. It's a bigger role for Smith or Kyle Quincey or Jonathan Ericsson or Jakub Kindl. Or all of them. As of right now, two of those four will be in the Red Wings' top four.
A trade could always happen that shakes things up. As things are right now, however, "just play the kids" is not a solution to the Wings' problems.
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Sitzmann's Picks: TCU
Chris Williams
With four games to go, it's looking like Mr. B Clothing's Tim Sitzmann will put the Cyclones in another bowl game this fall.
Up next, we pick Iowa State's hosting of TCU on Nov. 9. Will the Cyclones make it two in a row vs. the Horned Frogs?
Tim Sitzmann and I discuss in this installment of Sitzmann's Picks.


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Max Lucado, popular pastor speaker and best-selling inspirational author's first book on fatherhood arrives just in time to celebrate Father's Day. The small gift size book draws on Lucado's personal memories and his vast collection of writings to illustrate lessons he learned as a father and lessons he learned from his own father.
Titled Dad Time, "Savoring the God-Given Moments of Fatherhood," Lucado explores with his typical transparency "what it means to be a father who loves God and loves his family." In pages overflowing with inspirational quotes, perceptive scriptures and heartfelt stories he portrays what it's like to be a father.
He captures the moment he felt the full force of fatherhood when he realized he and his wife Denalyn were "in charge of a human being" named Jenna as he assumed the complete care of Jenna while Denalyn rested from C-section surgery. Perhaps that was the first time he recognized the responsibility of leading "by example and sowing eternal seeds" into Jenna's life.
Over in the ensuing years Lucado would learn "children are like wet cement. What is modeled for them imprints their character." Knowing how he acted as a father would forever impact and influence Jenna's life for eternity was a sobering thought. However, even with all the problems and pitfalls of raising a child Lucado also knew there was "no greater privilege" than to be a father.
Just as an anonymous quote summed up what Lucado thought about his own father, "The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad!" he wanted Jenna and any future children to feel the same way about him. From what I've read about Lucado's life, his daughters feel their dad is God's gift to them.
Lucado's timeless message on fatherhood is an excellent choice for Father's day, birthdays or for sharing paternal feelings with a loved one you look on as a father.
'Dad Time: Savoring the God-Given Moments of Fatherhood,' by Max Lucado, Thomas Nelson, 2014, 176 Pages, 978-0529111661, $12.99
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Nov. 10, 2011
Final Stats
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -Facing a raucous crowd at WMU's University Arena, the Northern Illinois volleyball team defeated Western Michigan Thursday night, 3-1, to clinch the Mid-American Conference's West Division and regular season crown.
This is NIU's first West Division title since 2006 and their first MAC regular season title since 2001. The win also upped NIU's winning streak to 12 matches, while serving as WMU's first conference loss in Kalamazoo since Oct. 20, 2007.
"We knew we were going to play a great team in Western at home, whose had a really good run (at University Arena)," said Huskie head coach Ray Gooden. "It was the first time in a while we had a match here that meant something. At the beginning of the match, we came out a little uptight and didn't play as well as we needed to. After that, we were able to play a really good match."
"It was a battle. Every single set was a battle and we made the positive plays we needed to be successful."
Sophomore Lauren Wicinski paced the Huskies with a double-double, registering 23 kills and 11 digs. Replicating that feat was Allison McGlaughlin, who recorded 14 kills and 12 digs in the victory. Amber Walker led NIU with 25 digs on the night and Sarah Angelosmade 11 kills.
As a team, the Huskies held advantages in kills (60-49), hitting percentage (.171-.156) and digs (81-74) against the Broncos.
After both teams split the first six points of the opening set, the Broncos went on a 6-1 run to grab a 9-4 lead. From there, the Huskies failed to gain any momentum after managing a hitting percentage of .081 and committing nine attack errors to give WMU a 25-17 set victory.
"We were more aggressive," Gooden said about the difference in the second set. "We served the ball better. We passed the ball better. We were much better on offense and were able to control the ball. That put pressure on Western."
The Broncos came out firing in the third set, though, racing out to an early 9-2 lead. NIU would battle back to bring the deficit to within one at 11-10, but WMU brought the lead back to six with a 7-2 run for an 18-12 lead. Undeterred, the Huskies fought back to tie the match at 22 courtesy of two kills each from Mary Kurischand McGlaughlin. NIU carry that momentum to a 25-23 set victory that was capped off with a Wicinski kill.
Unlike the previous three sets, NIU would use an early .400-.000 hitting percentage advantage to take a 7-4 lead in set four. Both sides continued to exchange points before the Broncos tied the match at 15. After a pair of kills by Kurisch and MacKenzie Roddy, WMU would return to tie and subsequently take a 18-17 lead. The two squads continued to battle back and forth until, with the score knotted at 22, Wicinski tallied three kills among the final four points to clinch a 25-23 set win and the match.
"It's great for the girls and the department," Gooden said. "We're working really hard to be as successful as we possibly can. This group has worked together since day one for us to get this result."
NIU wraps up their regular season Saturday, Nov. 12, when they travel to Ohio to face Bowling Green. The match begins at 1 p.m. in the Stroh Center.


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Catwoman Plays Danny Elfman's Batman Theme On Piano
This is a video of leather-clad Catwoman Sonya Belousova performing Danny Elfman's Batman theme on the piano. She does a great job, and I particularly enjoyed the overhead shots watching her cat claws tickle the ivories. Reminds me of my cat. Except she never actually tickles anything, just claws the shit out of my feet in the morning if they're hanging over the side of the bed.
Hit the jump for the video.
Thanks to K17, who wants to hear the Penguin try to play the piano with those stumpy little fingers of his.


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Is it possible to move the user folders (not the home folder itself) e.g. documents, photos, music etc to another location e.g. inside my Dropbox on Mac? If so how do I do it? I know I can do this in Windows by changing the target folder for 'My Documents' but being a relative beginner on Mac OS X I am unsure how to do this.
In this case? No. However you can work around it by doing one of the following:
Well, the easiest way I know of is to copy the user folder to the new location, then open System Preferences: Accounts.
Just unlock and 'Ctrl Click' your user account, select Advanced Options and set the new destination.
I'm not aware of any draw backs.
First copy your Documents folder to Dropbox, then open the OS X terminal an do the following:
After that, you're welcome to delete
I am waiting for my Documents to finish syncing to DropBox before I try deleting.


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Are Auto Stocks Running Out of Gas?
The major auto ETF is in an uptrend, but we have no way of knowing if that trend will continue.
Auto sales have been on a roll lately as vehicle demand has now swung back to pre-recession levels. On September 5, the
Wall Street Journal
summed up the industry's current situation quite well with its headline "US Car Sales Soar to Pre-Slump Level." The purchase of 1.5MM new vehicles in August solidified a month that was up an astounding 17% from a year ago as all the major carmakers saw double digit growth.
The Fed's beige book, released as a precursor to the Fed's Open Market Committee meetings, agreed that the auto industry is on solid ground as it found economic growth "remained modest to moderate, led by demand for cars and housing-related goods."
Meanwhile share prices of most of the car companies were up across the board in the first week of September, with
(NYSE:F) up over 5%,
(NYSE:TM) up 4%, and
General Motors
(NYSE:GM) up over 6%. Newcomer on the block,
(NASDAQ:TSLA), was the lone outlier, down for the week, but up 354% YTD as expectations for the company remain extremely elevated.
So should you buy these equities or the auto ETF, the
First Trust Global Auto Index Fund
The Technicals Are Strong
The chart below of CARZ sure looks good. The ETF that tracks global auto stocks has been in an uptrend since 2012 and has also been outperforming the
(INDEXSP:.INX) over the same time period. This relative strength means it has been a better investment than the S&P 500 over the last year.
That outperformance continues today, but it has started to wane somewhat as the bottom portion of the chart shows the relative strength has recently been tested. However, as long as its price action can maintain above these two trendlines, CARZ will remain in an uptrend. CARZ owns all the major carmakers (see table below) and the froth of this sector is perhaps no better reflected than Tesla now being a top 10 holding.
Wall Street's casino players have driven up Tesla's market value to $20 billion. That makes Tesla larger than
(OTCMKTS:FIATY) and Peugeot-Citroen combined!
Looking at the holdings, all the major car company stocks have been rallying. But after such a strong run it is only natural for the trend to end at some point.
Watching the trendlines on the first chart above will warn of a trend that is ready to lag the S&P or even turn down. For now, though, the trend remains up, but for how long?
Buy When There Is Blood
Are you willing to pay 60% more for the car companies today than you would have last year? Essentially that is what you are doing if you buy CARZ at $38 today? (It was trading for $23 less than a year ago.) CARZ is in an uptrend, but how do we know if that trend will continue?
Baron Rothschild's famous quote, "The time to buy is when there is blood in the streets," is a saying that hints at the contrarian nature of investing, suggesting the best time to buy something is when that entity is least liked.
Warren Buffett added to the contrarian's arsenal of investing philosophies when he said in a similar light, "You pay a very high price in the market for a cheery consensus."
These two contrarian takes are built around the same thought process but are essentially opposite one another.
Rothschild's quote talks of buying when things look dreariest whereas Buffett's quote hints at the upper extremity of cheery outlooks. In other words, Buffett's quote talks about the peaks (times to sell) whereas Baron Rothschild's speaks of the troughs (times to buy).
Wearing the Contrarian Hat
Given the extremely positive outlooks and general assumption that the auto market is doing as good as ever, Buffett's quote seems most appropriate here. No doubt the consensus is cheery and taken solely from the contrarian standpoint, it is likely you would be "paying a high price" for autos right now.
After such a bullish run accompanied by such cheery outlooks, a contrarian would want to look for problem areas, and there are many to be found.
The same
Wall Street Journal
article from above mentioned that many construction companies have been "snapping up high margin pick-up trucks." I see a major problem with this as homebuilder equity prices are down significantly since May, mortgage applications have recently collapsed, and interest rates put even more pressure on potential homeowners. In short, the homebuilders (NYSEARCA:XHB) run may be over, and the same may be true for the rise in pick-up truck sales.
Another interesting fact concerning autos is the recently announced data from Experian Automotive that auto leases are at all time highs with 28% of all auto financings going toward leased vehicles. This compares to just 18% of all auto financing pertaining to leases three years ago.
If the auto recovery is on such a good fundamental footing, why do more consumers feel the need to lease instead of buy? An
(NYSE:AN) dealer in Florida explained that consumers are looking for the lowest monthly payment possible and thus are turning toward leasing instead of owning.
Finally, auto loans are now averaging 65 months in length (compared to the historical norm 60 month auto financing), another record high, with some auto loans now created at 97 months.
Edmunds puts this stat in perspective as their data shows the average loan length has crept up over the past decade from just under five years to now over 5.5 years as 38% of car loans in 2012 came with terms in excess of 5.5 years. This stat will only swell as almost 20% of all new vehicle loans issued between April and June had terms that were between six and seven years.
Buy Now, Pay Later
It seems the bullish auto run is being driven as much by financing as it is by demand and could potentially blow up in the face of the dealers (just as financial engineering helped doom the housing market and mortgage lenders).
Extremely bullish sentiment surrounding the car companies it is likely the trend is nearer its end than its beginning.
If you own CARZ, a breakdown of its trend shown in the chart will likely be your warning that the auto run has reached its end, similarly to the homebuilders run that just ended in May.
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Chad Karnes, Chief Market Strategist,
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Feb. 20, 2005
LOS ANGELES - UCLA's women's tennis match against Arizona on Sunday has been cancelled due to rain. Since it was not a Pac-10 counting match, it will not be made up at a later date.
UCLA's match with Arizona State on Friday was also cancelled and will not be made up.
The Bruins hit the road next week, traveling to the Bay Area to face Stanford on Friday at 1:30 p.m. and Cal on Saturday at Noon.


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'Episode VII' is arguably the most highly anticipated 'Star Wars' film in the franchise's history. It's not any surprise to fans that speculation and rumors have run rampant since since Disney announced the new film in October of 2012. Over the last two years, fans have struggled to discern what's fact and what's fiction. The credibility of several "news" sources has been called into question, social media has exploded with "leaked" information, and contradictions from executives on the project are all commonplace. All these factors make fans leery of any new announcements about the upcoming film. A large part of the problem is that fans don't always know what sources can be considered reliable.
Take the incident that occurred yesterday on the rumor mill machine, Twitter. After someone stumbled across the picture above, rumors spread like wildfire that Daisy Ridley, recently cast in 'Episode VII,' would be playing Jaina Solo. Most fans know that Jaina Solo is the daughter of Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fischer) from the "Expanded Universe" or "Legends" series. Fans took the entry from IMDb as confirmation that she would be filling this role, despite evidence to the contrary. Disney and Lucasrfilm Ltd. have both claimed that 'Episode VII' will be "an original story" and that the "Expanded Universe" no longer fits into the continuity of the 'Star Wars' movies. Regardless, some fans took this as undeniable proof of her role.
Ms. Ridley herself felt the need to come out and comment on the issue, shedding some light for misinformed fans. Yesterday she used her Twitter account to say, "Guys the world and his wife can update IMDb. Just saying." While many online weren't convinced, Ridley is correct in her statement. This Examiner decided to put her comment to the test and signed up for an account with the renowned database of movies. It is relatively easy to edit any movie data you wish with no actual proof or documentation to back up your edits. This feature doesn't detract from the immense usefulness of IMDb, as long as visitors of the site understand how the information is generated.
While the lack of validated information is apparent, it really doesn't confirm one way or the other what role Ridley could possible be playing in 'Episode VII.' Fans should simply take this as reminder that you really can't trust anything you read online.


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Right in the heart of the city you can find Barcelona's largest green space, Citudella Park. It's a great place find a shady spot to sit and relax during the heat of summer or soak up the sun during winter. On the weekends the park is a popular meeting place attracting families, drummers, jugglers, slack-liners and picnic goers. The history of the park is just as fascinating as the people who make use of it.
After the Catalan quest for independence was quashed by Philip V of Spain in 1714, he had the Barcelona citadel built to control any local uprisings. As you can imagine this was a much hated symbol of Spanish authority and despite numerous attempts by the locals it stood until 1869, when it was almost completely demolished. Only a few of the original buildings still remain the Chapel, The Governor's School and the Arsenal which is now the Catalan parliament.
The next momentous occasion in the park's history was the hosting of the Barcelona Universal Exposition in 1888. It was a great opportunity for Barcelona to be rid of the Citadel once and for all. An all out effort was made to completely change the park with the addition of various modernist architectural elements including the monumental fountain, Umbracle and Castell dels Tres Dracs. Much of the park's layout is thanks to the exposition.
A final addition to the park was made in 1892, making use of empty buildings and space left over from the exposition, a zoo was added. Up until recently it's most famous resident was albino gorilla 'Snowflake'. Today the Zoo remains popular with both children and adults.
Other attractions in the park include the lake complete with row boats, the modernist fountain part of which was designed by Gaudí and finally the mammoth. Now you know a little more about the history of Citudella Park.


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To assist planners as they evaluate a potential spacewalk early next year, Expedition 8 Commnader Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri spent the first part of this week working with Russian Orlan spacesuits. They evaluated how to get into the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the Station's Pirs compartment while wearing the bulky suits. Such a procedure could be necessary if they were unable to repressurize Pirs, which is used as an airlock to begin and end Russian spacewalks, and had to board the Soyuz.
The potential February spacewalk would exchange samples in exterior experiments and prepare an aft Station docking port for the European Space Agency's Automated Transport Vehicle, a new, uncrewed station cargo vehicle targeted for launch late next year.
In anticipation of the crew's first use of the Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm, Foale spent time Friday going through a computer-guided refresher on arm operations. Their first use of the arm, a training session, is planned for early next week.
On Friday, Foale completed alterations to an instrumented suit for use in next week's work with the Foot/Ground Reaction Forces During Spaceflight (FOOT) experiment. The Lower Extremity Monitoring Suit (LEMS), a customized pair of Lycra cycling shorts outfitted with 20 sensors, will measure forces on Foale's feet and joints and gauge his muscle activity while completing his normal activities in the Station. The experiment's researchers hope to learn more about the reasons for bone and muscle loss by astronauts in orbit, insight that may lead to better countermeasures for astronauts.
Engineers are analyzing the effects of a possible gyroscope failure in the Station treadmill's vibration isolation system. The analysis began after the crew reported hearing unusual noises from that system. While the analysis is under way, the crew has been asked not to use the treadmill and instead to use a stationary bicycle and other exercise equipment.
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Beth Williams was a single mother working at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts when her father, Archie Williams, suddenly died of a stroke. He was the dearly beloved rock of the family, and this unexpected trauma shook the Williams family to the core.
After the initial stages of grieving, the family was confronted with what to do with the young business Archie had recently started, Roxbury Technology Corporation (RTC), based in an inner-city community in Boston. RTC was a distributor of recycled toner cartridges that were primarily sold to Staples, the Boston-based multibillion-dollar chain of large stationery stores.
When Archie died, RTC was two years old and just beginning to get some traction, and Beth felt compelled to honor her father's legacy. Equally important, she lived in Roxbury and was passionate about her community and committed to building a strong local economy in the inner city of Boston. Although she had no previous entrepreneurial experience, she took the plunge, quitting her job and becoming the CEO of RTC.
Like so many entrepreneurs, she had no real idea what this decision was going to mean to her life. Suddenly she was trying to read balance sheets, look for refinancing, deal with partner businesses, and work with the high standards and demands of her primary customer. It was overwhelming, but she was committed to the two-part company mission of strengthening her inner-city community and helping preserve the environment.
Hers is a story of how a resourceful entrepreneur successfully leveraged the mission of her company to build partnerships with other businesses.
One of her first efforts was to ask for help from the leading venture capitalist in Boston who specializes in funding African-American businesses—Ed Dugger of UNC Partners. He helped her navigate some stormy entrepreneurial waters and introduced her to other business leaders in the community who bought into her vision.
The next challenge was to develop a strategic plan that would take RTC into the future as a strong player in the highly competitive field of recycled toner cartridges. At first RTC was solely a distributor of cartridges remanufactured by others. She knew that for RTC to be independent and to grow strong roots, it would need to have its own remanufacturing plant. Moving into remanufacturing became pivotal to RTC's future.
After a series of complicated negotiations, Beth was able to form a partnership with one of her potential vendors. This company was an out-of-state toner cartridge remanufacturer that in exchange for future business agreed to help her set up a new toner remanufacturing plant and train her staff. She then was able to identify a location for a new plant in close proximity to a large pool of employable inner-city residents. The space was owned by the Pine Street Inn, a nonprofit enterprise that served the homeless of Boston. Beth signed a lease that was good for both parties and had an ideal location with a fair annual rent
She then needed to find financing for the expansion. RTC had relatively small debt and an invaluable business partner in Staples, but she was quickly turned down by the two largest banks in New England. Fortunately Sovereign Bank, a regional bank with a former connection to her dad and to Staples, Sovereign Bank offered her an excellent financing package. With everything in place, Beth, utilizing her variety of business partnerships, did the build-out, hired staff, and brought the new inner-city remanufacturing plant into reality.
One August morning in 2004, with great pomp and circumstance, RTC had its grand opening with all the local dignitaries, the governor of Massachusetts, the bankers, and the leaders of Staples, including founder Tom Stemberg. It was a great moment for RTC, for the inner city of Boston, and for thememory of Archie Williams. In 2005 RTC had generated $11.5 million in revenues and is projected to do $14 million in 2006. Beth's manufacturing plant continues to increase its volume and she now employs thirty people from the local community.
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As a Lubbock native, Marcus grew up immersed within the Texas Tech culture. Studying communications at Texas Tech, being involved with the Goin' Band from Raiderland, and his involvement with a campus magazine called, College Hot Spots Magazine, Marcus has a heart and passion for the Lubbock and Red Raider community. Marcus joined Texas Tech Athletics in January of 2013 after his interests in sports communication lead him to Texas Tech. Having family members in the West Texas area, Marcus enjoys spending time with his family during his free time, loves Red Raider football, and enjoys playing music in his spare time as well. In the fall of 2012, he was able to spend an entire semester in the country of Spain with Texas Tech and its study abroad program. This opportunity awarded him the experience of traveling the world and learning the Spanish language.


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The New York Philharmonic chose a relative unknown as their new chief conductor. Just before he took up the baton, Alan Gilbert talked to James Inverne about his plans
Even at a time when appointing little-known conductors is all the rage, the identity of Lorin Maazel's successor at the New York Philharmonic came as a shock. There had been much debate about who would replace the 79-year-old maestro. Among orchestra-watchers, Riccardo Muti had at one time seemed a favourite, Daniel Barenboim's name had been discussed. Yet even if it were neither of these, surely the latest in the royal line of Bernstein, Boulez, Mehta, Masur and Maazel would have to be a big name? It is all very well for the San Francisco Opera to appoint Nicola Luisotti, for the Pittsburgh Symphony to go for Manfred Honeck or the Dallas Symphony for Jaap van Zweden (names that would until recently have drawn a blank for many American concert-goers). But this is the New York Phil, for Pete's sake, in many ways the showpiece institution among US orchestras and one not known for being unconventional. They like their big names. So the announcement that Alan Gilbert, 42, would take over from Maazel was a surprise. To say the least.
But perhaps it should not have been. Look at what was happening elsewhere. Aside from the three listed above, fresh faces were being linked to key jobs all around the music world. Vladimir Jurowski to the London Philharmonic, Yannick Nézet-Séguin to the Rotterdam Phil, Gustavo Dudamel (then unknown) to Gothenburg and to the LA Phil soon afterwards, Edward Gardner to English National Opera, Andris Nelsons to Birmingham's CBSO. And the Maazel of recent seasons was widely seen as eminent but musically unadventurous, a sense that was beginning to rub off on the band he headed. It was time.
It is rumoured that the choice came down to a final two – Gilbert and David Robertson. Neither was a safe choice, neither especially famous (though Robertson has a sound reputation), either would send a definite message to audiences and players alike. For the first time since Leonard Bernstein was appointed in 1958, the job went to a New Yorker born and bred. And a face that most would pass in a crowd.
As I do. En route to Gilbert's house in a remarkably pleasant suburb of Stockholm, the conductor phones my mobile to ascertain that it is indeed I who have just walked straight past him at the tram station. In jeans and jumper, he has just been buying groceries for lunch and we sit together on the tram until we reach his stop. He may be the most down-to-earth major conductor I have ever met. Certainly the most considerate – texting and calling me several times on my circuitous journey from the central train station to ensure that I don't get lost. At no point does he play the star maestro. Mind you, despite his current post at the head of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, nobody on the train seems to recognise him either.
After we reach his spacious abode, picking our way through children's toys in the garden, he hands me a quite enormous mug of tea and settles into a sofa. Considering that he is weeks away from his summer concerts with his new American orchestra, after which he officially takes over, he is supremely relaxed (what might be termed "Obama-esque"). Mind you, it's not as though he and the players are complete strangers. Gilbert is part of the family, literally, both parents having been violinists for the orchestra (his mother, Yoko Takebe, still is, though his father, Michael Gilbert, has retired).
So what was the Philharmonic to him growing up, I ask – just an orchestra? A place your parents went to work? A way of life? "All of the above," he smiles. "When I was a young child I had a lot to do with the orchestra. When they toured my parents were of course part of that and my sister and I very often travelled with them. I used to help hand out the passports, I knew the players, I used to sit on the planes with them and play games. We were all close."
Although such experiences, alongside Michael Tilson Thomas's children's concerts (the series Bernstein had famously initiated), provided an early introduction to the classics, it was a different genre that attracted him at school. "I played drums in my schools' jazz bands," he recalls. "I still love jazz." Did he need it, I wonder, as light relief from the continual soundtrack to his early home life? He grins at the suggestion. "If you're implying that it was some sort of antidote, it wasn't like that at all. My parents also loved jazz and Dad was always playing me jazz records. In some ways, jazz was a flip side of classical. It filled out the picture. And being exposed to jazz has served me very well. I realised that the lines that people draw between styles are very artificial."
One composer who shared this view was Leonard Bernstein, with whom Gilbert studied and to whom in some ways he is now – because of this appointment – being compared. His memories are filled with veneration but also a refreshingly clear-eyed perspective. "When I started going to concerts, Bernstein was coming back to the Philharmonic as a guest and was in a down period after his wife died. Although it was still always an event when he came back, he seemed tired. As I got older and he neared the end of his life, though, everyone felt that his music-making was back and maybe greater than ever. Some of the greatest concerts I can remember are of him conducting in that period.
"I had lessons with him at Tanglewood, and it was always an unusual dynamic when he was around. He was so generous and loved to spend time with young conductors – he would stay up all night and chew the fat with us, talking about whatever was on his mind. It was exciting to be around him and you felt that he was very giving. On the other hand, it was also about him. He needed you to give a lot of energy and it took a lot out of you to be around him." He was looking for disciples, I suggest. Gilbert ponders – he seems never to have found quite the right answer to this question. "He didn't always surround himself with the kind of student who went on to become great in their own right," he says, hesitantly. "He was a great teacher. But although there were brilliant students, like Ozawa or Michael Tilson Thomas, there weren't as many as you might expect."
For Gilbert, Bernstein represented something that, in his polite, understated way, the new man clearly feels has been missing lately. "Lenny was iconic, and when he was music director of the New York Philharmonic it really was part of the fabric of New York. Obviously it still means a lot for the city and is an iconic institution. But it's my hope that we can get back to the point where it's commonly accepted that the orchestra represents what's best about the city. Even if people don't necessarily set foot inside the concert hall, they should feel civic pride that this is one of the world's great orchestras and that it not only operates in New York City but is of the city. I have a feeling that it was more that way back in Lenny's day than recently."
It's not really intended as a criticism of the Maazel years – that would be very un‑Gilbertian – but rather the idea that the Philharmonic has not adapted to modern life the way some other institutions, and indeed other art forms, have. "We don't have our shark in formaldehyde yet," he jokes, referring to the controversial Damien Hirst artwork that helped to kick-start today's thriving visual arts scene. "The challenge for orchestras," he explains, "is to be flexible in adapting to new ways of presenting and even of conceiving what art is, while remaining true to the idea of what an orchestra is. Because I still think, and I've never been accused of being a traditionalist in this way, that what orchestras do has fundamentally not changed and should not change. That is to say, play music, in a hall, for a live audience.
"That said, it's clearly not enough these days. There's nothing wrong with the product, with the music and the performances, so it is superficial elements – without minimising their importance – that need to be considered. Should we consider certain venues? Should we stream live on the internet? Should we have our own record label? These things are important, if not ultimately game-changing."
Aspects of the game have changed though. Music education has been whittled away, I observe, as has media coverage, so that orchestras can no longer take some level of knowledge or even interest for granted. He grimaces in agreement. "Right. So we're going to try different things. The education department is ever expanding, bringing music to places where they often wouldn't have the resources to take the kids to the hall, as well as programmes for young composers here and abroad.
"Besides that, the festival model is important to us. Each year segments of the regular season become mini-festivals – in my first year Valery Gergiev will be conducting a Stravinsky festival. That should be a powerful experience and these sorts of things can be destination events. Museums are a big source of inspiration. People are talking about falling numbers and decreasing arts patronage, yet museums are in their heyday right now. You go there and you see families dragging their kids."
Now Gilbert is more animated, the light of excitement in his eyes. "You know, people look at art and understand that you can just react to it, even if it's to say, 'My five year-old can do that.' Somehow they don't feel the same freedom to react personally or spontaneously to music. They think that it's esoteric or requires training to understand. I want to use the platform I've been given to talk about the fact that you can react just as innocently as you can to a painting. That's an important perception."
Thus New Yorkers can expect to see Gilbert giving short talks and introductions during concerts. He's also a great believer in building relationships to increase understanding, so Magnus Lindberg is to be the orchestra's composer-in-residence. Which means what, exactly? "It means he's around," replies Gilbert. "The 'in residence' part is key. We wanted someone who can write music that is worth hearing, and who is committed to training composers, to education, to advocacy. Lindberg knows the scene, his tentacles are out there, he's been guest professor at Harvard, he's an incredibly compelling speaker."
He's not American. "There was a faction who wanted an American composer," Gilbert concedes, "but finally getting the right person was more important." During his two-year term, Lindberg, explains the conductor, will work closely with composers in a new music series called Contact. "He will become our champion of new music."
If Lindberg is a new kind of voice for the Philharmonic, another artist-in-residence, Thomas Hampson, is an old favourite. "He's a great artist," says an admiring Gilbert, "a real scholar and deeply passionate about the music he sings. He's been involved in his American song project and is very aware of a body of music, American art songs, that I know almost nothing about. He'll be feeding that into what we do as well as working with young singers and helping young conductors understand how to work with singers. That in its way is a fresh approach."
As much as what has happened on the concert platform, the Philharmonic has made news in recent years with its international touring, not least the controversial visit to North Korea. Did Gilbert approve? "Absolutely!"
Is such cultural diplomacy a serious mission for the future? Would, for instance, the Phil visit Syria? Iran? He hesitates, knowing this is sensitive and difficult ground. "I absolutely approve of cultural diplomacy. But we're not going around looking for political hotspots. I don't think of the Philharmonic as a political organisation. On the other hand, culture is a very natural way to extend a hand. Music is not burdened with political baggage and I hope people see these offers of goodwill as non-political. The idea is to engage audiences and if there is a crack in the political door that is partly attributable to what the Phil has done, great. But there isno agenda."
And yet, in the absence of a Washington orchestra of similar magnitude, the New York Philharmonic is the closest thing the US has to an official orchestra. Could not oppressive leaders portray a visit as an endorsement? He doesn't disagree. "I know of one major US orchestra that decided not to go to Kuala Lumpur because of feelings they had about the regime. There is a responsibility. But if you say by definition that you're not going to countries where there are political issues, there are very few places you could visit! There is a line over which you shouldn't go – I definitely agree with that – but it's also a slippery slope if you start to have a litmus test to determine where you should and shouldn't play."
Gilbert says little about future seasons but lets slip a few titbits. Lots of opera in concert: "There are operas that don't need a big stage production and it's beneficial for a symphony orchestra to play opera." One will certainly be Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise – "a magnificent work and it's appalling that it's never been heard in New York City". As for recordings, Gilbert is pushing for an in-house label (though a continuing relationship with DG remains an option) and is planning a Nielsen cycle (his recording of Mahler's Sixth Symphony with the Stockholm forces is out shortly on BIS).
Alan Gilbert is a thinking conductor. Talk to him about the relationship between maestro and players and he talks to you about "conducting philosophy". "I try to explain, and it can take years because it's a complex and subtle dynamic, that the more players can follow the conductor, carefully and unanimously, the more freedom you can have as musicians."
Discuss the spectre of musicians' cynicism or burn-out and he reacts with pride: "The best musicians want to be musicians. The better orchestras are better because their musicians are the ones who never lose the appetite and still practise every week."
Ask whether he wants to bring in other top conductors and he replies with a perceptive question: "What do you mean by 'top conductors'? The best, or the most famous? I want to bring in the best and forge relationships with them."
All of which qualities are good, considering he plainly means to be the kind of music director who gets involved, who influences repertoire and artists, and sometimes vetoes them (he talks about delicate discussions with one conductor, known in the industry for selecting difficult-to-market works). As is his equanimity of temper, his refusal to get either overly excited or, one suspects, too cross. All the elements seem to be in place. The first season looks exciting. Now all he has to do is conduct very, very well.


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The below recipe uses a basic salt tenderization technique that measures the length of time by the thickness of the meat. Jaden Hair has a great (and funny) article using this same technique here.
If this is your first time trying this recipe, a couple of tips: 1 – use this method to revive cheap cuts of meat. Not prime or fancy cuts. Cheap. 2 – test the recipe with a shorter time (or less salt) than the formula suggests. If you're not a fan of salt, don't go as heavy-handed, but do use enough to create the chemical reaction that leads to proteins in the meat breaking down.
Not a fan of salt? See Food Scientist Matthew Cael's comments about using fruit juice as an alternative in the comments section below. He really knows his stuff!
Suggested Method of Cooking: Grilling.
Happy Grilling!
I've been oversalting my steaks for years because—unbeknownst to me—something magical happens during this preparatory process.
Not being a chemist, I refer to this magic as purely "yummy," but food scientists will tell you there is a tenderizing method anyone can use by salting meat before cooking: extra salt breaks down proteins and releases natural juices.
Coarse salts like kosher (suggested below) can transform rubbery, chewy steaks into juicy fillets with just a little bit of everyday kitchen chemistry.
Restaurant-quality tenderness—and flavor—is possible for any steak by following this simple step: salt steak according to the ratio I outline in the instructions below (basically, the thickness of your steak will determine how long it is exposed to large quantities of salt).
Note: for those worried about consuming too much salt, fear not, as you will be washing off any excess salt before cooking (see steps 3 and 4).
How to: Tenderize a Steak
(Suggested for cheap (or old) cuts of steak that need reviving and, preferably, are getting ready for the grill. Don't know the difference between choice, prime, or other cuts? See Kenji Lopez-Alt's discussion of the four high-end steaks you should know here.)
Yield: 2 (1/2 lb) servings
Calories: 350-400 (see here for full nutritional info); note, the type of steak could possibly matter in overall caloric intake, but in a comparison of ribeye versus porterhouse, the levels are only a difference of 1-2 calories per serving).
Prep Time: 60 to 90 minutes (0r, 1 to 1 1/2 hours)
Cook Time: N/A: cook times vary based on preference for levels of done-ness and size of steak
Chef's Note: My attention to this technique was first peaked on Jaden Hair's blog, Steamy Kitchen (here).
*1 lb. steak (1 to 1.25-inches thick)
*kosher salt
1.) Prepare steak for tenderizing: based on the thickness of your steak, you will want to season with salt for every inch of thickness. Note: use a thick, heavy layer of coarse salt and don't worry about excess sodium in the final product (you'll be washing this off).
For example, a steak that's 1-inch thick requires one hour of tenderizing with salt; a steak that's 1.5-inches thick requires an hour and a half of tenderizing, and so on and so forth.
Cover steak on both sides with a thick layer of coarse salt, such as sea or kosher. Leave steak out at room temperature, covered, and watch as the steak's natural juices increasingly rise to the skin as it tenderizes before your eyes. Salt is a natural tenderizer making the steak juicier as it breaks down the meat's proteins and enhances its texture.
2.) Steak at 30 minutes:
3.) Steak at an hour:
4.) After steaks have tenderized, rinse with water thoroughly to remove excess salt. Salt adds wonderful flavor to any dish, but we're truly using the sodium for its chemical properties at this point. Pat steaks dry to remove extra moisture from skin.
5.) You can cook steak now grill, fry, or bake steaks for immediate use, or, freeze steaks and save for later.
Makes 2 (1/2 lb) steaks.
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Cheryl Cole, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh stepped out for a dinner date in London last night. The girls went out to celebrate the success of Cheryl's behind-the-scenes 'Access All Areas' documentary, which aired this week.
Cheryl opted for a mustard leather shift dress, nude heels and purple vampy lips for the intimate dinner at Zuma in London. Nicola wore a leather pleated skirt and a white woolly Christmas jumper, while Kimberley also kept things casual in leather jeans and a tweed zip-up jacket.
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Mission and Zaalbar looked at each other as Shiyra finished speaking. "...And in the end I decided to head for unknown space so I could find Revan to help him fight this unknown threat. But in the end I couldn't find him. I was running low on fuel and Atton kept telling me that unknown space was no place to raise a child."
Mission raised her eyebrows. "So...that baby in the security room...it's yours?"
Shiyra nodded. "Her name is Arina and the man who attacked us on Nar Shaddaa managed to kill her father on Dantooine, Atton may have died...but he managed to buy us enough time for us to get to the Hawk and destoy his ship. But somehow he managed to get another ship and track us to Nar Shaddaa."
Shiyra's eyes began to fill with tears. "I think...now that I managed to get you two involved in this you deserve to hear the whole story."
"It looks like we've got about five hours before we reach known space again." Atton Rand said as he hit a series of buttons on the console in front of him. "I've set the Hawk on auto-pilot until we reach known space again."
He reached over to Arina who was being held by her mother and gently patted her on the head. Ariana responded by giggling happily. Atton looked down at her and smiled. "I think the best thing I like about her is that unlike her mother, she thinks that I'm actually funny."
Shiyra laughed and pulled Atton closer to her. "Rest assured, her mother does think your funny, she just chooses not to laugh at some of your jokes since some of them set bad examples for Arina."
Atton grinned as he remembered some of the things that he had done to amuse his daughter. "I'm able to make her laugh and thats all that counts. You have to admit, I'm able to calm her down when she cries too."
Shiyra smiled and mockingly shook her fist at Atton. "I'll give you that. But-"
Shiyra was cut off as the Ebon Hawk suddenly shook violently and Shiyra was just about thrown out of her chair as the Hawk dropped out of hyperspace.
Atton quickly hit a series of buttons and the Hawk came to a stop and he swore violently. "Some kind of interdiction field just pulled us out of hyperspace! And we've got a ship incoming!"
Shiyra quickly ran to the security room and gently placed Arina in the left-hand corner of the room where her playpen was. She leaned down and kissed her daughter gently on the head. "Don't worry...everything is going to be alright." She said quietly as she ran back to the cockpit. She didn't even turn to look at Atton as she powered up the quad-lasers. "Whats our status?" She asked as she tried to get a lock on the ship which was somehow able to evade the targeting lock.
"We can't jump to hyperspace because of the interdiction field. And that ship out there hasn't taken any shots at us yet...Hold on. transmission coming in from the fighter.
"Patch it through."
"Ah...it seems that all that waiting paid off. It seems that I've managed to catch an exile and a fool."
At the sound of the voice both Shiyra and Atton looked up through the cockpit windows just in time to see the mysterious ship move directly in front of them.
"That voice..." Shiyra said in confusion, "Mical? What are you doing out here? And how did you know that we were coming back?"
"I'm afraid I can't answer that...No...not right now. But I think I should let you know...that there is nowhere for you to hide. Not anymore."
Shiyra's face took on a look of panic as the fighter in front of them darted away and vanished from view. "Atton! Keep tracking that fighter! And try and get us out of the interdiction field."
The Hawk shook as the fighter came in on their left side and began firing, moving out of the way as the Ebon Hawk's powerful quad lasers returned fire, barely missing the fighter.
"How soon until we're out of the interdiction field?" Shiyra shouted over the sound of laser blasts hitting the hull. "We're almost out now!" Atton shouted back. "Ten more seconds...five more seconds...we're out!"
Shiyra could hear her baby crying in the security room but she knew that if she left her post there was every possibility that Mical could destroy the Hawk before she could get back.
Sorry Arina...I swear I'll be back there once we get out of this.
Atton entered a quick series of commands into the nav computer and then pulled back the lever and the Ebon Hawk vanished into hyperspace. Shiyra breathed a sigh of relief.
Atton looked over at her and shook his head. "What the kark was that about?"
"I don't know Atton...I really don't. I'm going to go back and check on Arina. So...where are we heading?"
Atton didn't look up as he continued entering commands into the computer. "I thought we could head to Onderon. I figure the queen owes you one since you managed to save her from General Vaklu."
Shiyra nodded. "Good call." She said as she ran back toward the security room.
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Shiyra was interupted by the sound of crying and she sighed. She didn't like talking about what happened and her daughter needed her right now.
"I'll tell you the rest later. Right now I just want to spend some time with my little girl." She said quietly as she walked toward the security room.
Mission looked over at Zaalbar as Shiyra left the room and shook her head. "We need to help her Zaalbar. Right now it's just her and her kid with a psycho dark jedi after her. I just wouldn't feel right about leaving her alone."
Zaalbar nodded in agreement. "I agree. I would not say this to her face but I think between running and taking care of a child she could use all the help she could get."
Mission smiled at Zaalbar. "That's what I like about you Zaalbar. You and I think so alike."
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Can Churchill Debt Settlement Claims be Substantiated or Believed?
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I have about a little over $3,000 in debt with no established credit history. I do intend to pay off this debt in time. About $2,000 worth of the total debt is owed to the Dept. of Education. I don't think this is substancial enough to matter just would like some input. Thanks! Will a top secret security clearance be ... Read More »
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Military Members Drowning in Debt
My friend Michelle Singletary of the Washington Post had a great column recently talking about the amount of debt military service members are carrying. It's a topic worthy of discussion and awareness. The article points out that: Military personnel and spouses are generally heavier users of credit cards than civilians, the survey found, and they are more heavily indebted to ... Read More »
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Will the NBA Live series ever reclaim the glory it had at the beginning of the millennium? It's a question that's been asked by gamers for years.
With over 500 "core" gameplay tweaks present in the upcoming "NBA Live 15," the development team at Electronic Arts expects a much-better game of roundball this year. Last month, EA went as far to admit that NBA Live 14's five-on-five gameplay was lackluster and that the visuals, in spite of being powered by the company's new IGNITE engine, fell short of next generation expectations.
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