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In what is being ballyhooed as a landmark decision likely to set the course of DNA-based diagnostic and therapeutic medicine for the next several decades, the US Supreme Court unanimously decided on June 13 that human genes are not patentable. Rather than objects invented or discovered, human genes are henceforth to be treated as "naturally occurring phenomena," and hence fail the patentability test under 35 USC 101. As is usual in patent cases, however, the ruling contains delicate shades of meaning.Read More
Using the world's fastest supercomputer and a new scalable, ultra-low power computer architecture, IBM has simulated 530 billion neurons and 100 trillion synapses – matching the numbers of the human brain – in an important step toward creating a true artificial brain.Read More
The aging process - it's undignified, unwanted, and many would say unnecessary. After all, the cells in your body are constantly replacing themselves - why can't they do it without causing progressive degradation of organs that lead to discomfort, weakness and death? Well, perhaps they can. Harvard scientists have discovered that by controlling certain genetic processes in mice, they can not only slow down the aging process, but "dramatically" reverse it throughout the body. It's a massive discovery, but it won't be able to be used in humans yet without some pretty scary consequences.Read More
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NYT: Big storm requires big government
**Written by Doug Powers
Just a couple of days ago, the New York Times endorsed Barack Obama for re-election. Hurricane Sandy has given the Times a rare opportunity for a follow-up endorsement while pointing out how dangerous Romney/Ryan could be at times like these. Here's the title of yesterday's NYT editorial:
"A Big Storm Requires Big Government"
Forget that we don't even know the extent of the loss and damage from this storm yet, or what the federal government's role will end up being or even how effective (or not) it will prove to be — bring on more big government.
But big government can also be a huge hindrance to local efforts. Don't take my word for it though, ask President Obama, who, during hurricane prep, offered to briefly loan local officials the key to temporarily unlock the rules & regs handcuffs that inherently accompany big-government and bloated federal bureaucracy:
"My message to the governors as well as to the mayors is anything they need, we will be there, and we will cut through red tape," Mr. Obama said. "We are not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules."
There will be plenty of time to get back to being bogged down by a lot of rules and red tape later. More rules and red tape if the New York Times gets its way — and those usually aren't assets when it comes to emergency response.
One of the many problems with the "big government" that the Times has endorsed is that it doesn't just sit in the bullpen waiting to be called in when a "big storm" hits. It needs things to do in the meantime — lots of things. Big government likes to stay occupied.
**Written by Doug Powers
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Elisabeth Sullivan scored twice and assisted Halee Heltsley's goal as the Mississippi State team put together a strong second-half rally to defeat Alabama 3-2 Friday night at the UA Soccer Complex.
State scored all three goals in the game's final 15 minutes as the team improved to 8-7-1 overall and 1-7-1 in SEC play.
The Dawgs claimed their first win over the Crimson Tide since 2007, and the first in Tuscaloosa since 2004.
Trailing 1-0 at halftime following a Lindsey Sillers putback, the Bulldogs tied the game 1-1 in the 75th minute off Heltsley's second goal of the season.
Sullivan worked past a pair of Alabama defenders and slipped a ball through the back line to Heltsley. The Shepherdsville, Ky., native drove toward the goal and put a ball in the upper corner of the near post.
"It was so exciting to hit the goal. I got hit right when I shot it, so I didn't know it went in," Heltsley said.
Sullivan gave Mississippi State the lead three minutes later when she put in the rebound off a Honeye Heydari shot that was blocked by UA goalie Shelby Church.
Alabama leveled the match with seven minutes left when Pia Rijsdijk scored at the far post on a corner kick.
The determined Dawgs kept fighting, though, and Sullivan scored the winner off a free kick. Morganne Grimes sent the ball into the box, and the ball bounced around before landing at the feet of Sullivan for the game-clincher.
"It was such a big win. We are so excited to finally break through. The first goal, Honeye hit it really hard and the goalkeeper dropped it. I followed it up and put it in the goal," Sullivan said. "The second one, I was in the right place at the right time. The ball came out to me at the penalty kick spot, and I hit it in the corner."
The Bulldogs improved to 8-7-1 overall and 1-7-1 in the SEC with the win.
"I'm delighted for our players. We've had some tough decisions go against us this year, but they have stuck with the game plan and kept working," Neil Macdonald said. "They deserved to take the win tonight. It was a great performance for the team tonight."
Alabama claimed a 25-11 shots advantage, but the on-goal chances were much tighter, with the Tide taking an 11-8 edge.
The Bulldogs fought off some serious Alabama challenges, including a couple of big 1-v-1 saves by MSU senior goalie Skylar Rosson.
Rosson, who became the second Bulldog goalie to eclipse 300-career saves last weekend, made six saves in the contest. Church had five stops as Alabama fell to 7-6-2 overall and 2-5-2 in the league.
The Bulldogs return to action Sunday, traveling to Gainesville to meet No. 12 Florida at 1 p.m. CT. The game will be televised by Comcast Sports Southeast.
Fans can follow Bulldog soccer on Twitter (www.twitter.com/mstateSOC) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/mstateSOC).
Mississippi State (8-7-1, 1-7-1) vs. Alabama (7-6-2, 2-5-2)
Date: Oct 12, 2012 Attendance: 712
Weather: Clear and Cool
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
Mississippi State... 0 3 - 3
Alabama............. 1 1 - 2
1. 35:44 UA Lindsey Sillers (2) (unassisted)
2. 74:55 MSU Halee Heltsley (2) (Elisabeth Sullivan)
3. 78:00 MSU Elisabeth Sullivan (8) (Honeye Heydari)
4. 82:10 UA Pia Rijsdijk (6) (Molly Atherton;Kendall Khanna)
5. 88:04 MSU Elisabeth Sullivan (9) (unassisted)
Shots: Mississippi State 11, Alabama 25
Saves: Mississippi State 9 (Skylar Rosson 6; TEAM 3), Alabama 5
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Did you miss the recent talk by Dr. Nathan Daley of the Leonardi Institute on Cycling and Running Performance Medicine? If so then enjoy this above! Thanks to Endurance Cycling Team for streaming this!!
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This meetup will be the first of a two part series provided by Dr. Nathan Daley of the Leonardi Institute reviewing the science behind endurance performance capacity and degenerative disease processes which comprise the foundation of integrated performance medicine. This presentation will briefly summarize the physiological and biochemical processes which can produce either peak conditioning and performance or degenerative disease, and introduce fundamental nutritional concepts. The second series (TBA) will continue with the practical application and performance and disease aspects of exercise and physiological conditioning, breathing techniques and air quality, hydration techniques and water quality, training and racing specific applications of nutritional supplements, hormone levels and the overtraining syndrome, and psychological factors. The presentations may be followed by discussion as desired."


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10 truths about Europe's migrant crisis
When you're facing the world's biggest refugee crisis since the second world war, it helps to have a sober debate about how to respond.
"I asked him a very old Jewish question: Do you have a bag packed?"
Apparently you could make it up.
13 reasons why I am taking the Daily Mail to the Press Complaints Commission Jon Danzig deconstructs and demolishes a Daily Mail immigration story. [DM story: Sold out! Flights and buses full as Romanians and Bulgarians head for the UK]
"Your two o'clock appointment is here, and he's black."
Fifty years ago, another bus-centric race dispute took place. Despite "Just 12 miles away in Bath, black crews were working on buses. London Transport recruitment officers had travelled to Barbados specifically to invite workers to come to the capital" ...non-whites found it impossible to obtain employment working on buses in Bristol, England. [more inside]
Justice deferred
Eighteen years after the death of Stephen Lawrence, Gary Dobson and David Norris have been found guilty of his murder. [more inside]
Racist rant on London tram leads to arrest
A woman has been arrested after a swearing, racist rant (YouTube) on a tram in Croydon, London trended on Twitter. Daily Mail reports with comments switched off, far right EDL member declares her a patriot to be proud of. Satire site The Daily Mash weighs in sardonically.
Hate Wins
The far-right, whites-only British National Party (BNP) has won two seats (Andrew Brons, Nick Griffin) in the European Parliament. [more inside]
"The BNP represents Britain's workers? They don't even represent basic British craftsmanship" - a response to the recent political broadcast by the UKs far right extremists the BNP, who are currently trying to exploit expenses scandals hiting the larger parties. Weirdly despite demanding British jobs for British workers their advertising uses American models.
To be standing by the flag not feeling shameful, racist or partial.
Morrissey makes some controversial remarks to the NME. Defensive explanations by the interviewer, attempts at defusing the situation and threats of legal action ensue, as does satire.
Bollywood Vs Bigots on UKs Big Brother
The UKs Celebrity Big Brother provokes a diplomatic incident after bullying and alleged racism in the Big Brother house. At the center of the furor are Shilpa Shetty, massive bollywood film star, and Jade Goody, a previous Big Brother content famous for being a previous big brother contestant and her odd views on geography. Both Jade and Shetty are now up for eviction, with the formerly popular Jade being widely expected to be evicted. She could face trouble on the outside, where already an anti-bullying charity she represents has dropped her. Meanwhile Shetty has become favorite to win.
mmm, swastikky
The British National Party discover Flash. Britons: remember to vote on Thursday to stop these guys getting their first European MP.
Strange Times
I feel like I have stepped through the looking glass.... first, we have the truly surprising but welcome sight of Michael Howard celebrating cultural diversity in Britain, then we have David Goodhart, editor of Prospect, apparently a magazine of the left, suggesting that perhaps we have quite enough immigrants in the UK for the moment, thank you. Goodhart's article is very provocative and very important, it's a debate that needs to be had and which has most certainly and entertainingly been joined by Trevor Phillips. I love a schism!
Is It Racism If You Admit You're A Racist But Decry Racist Behaviour?
Is It Racism If You Admit You're A Racist But Decry Racist Behaviour? Geoffrey Sampson, Professor of Natural Language Computing at the University of Sussex in the UK is likely to be sacked from the Conservative Party for his defense of "racialism" as a legitimate human emotion. In an interview on this morninn's BBC Radio 4's "Today" programme, he said recognising people's racial prejudices is a scientific fact has nothing to do with espousing discriminatory behaviour. The Observer coyly shrank from linking Sampson's offending article but it wasn't difficult to find: here it is. Judge for yourselves.[My two cents and a question for UK Mefis: as a conservative, I'm quite impressed with Ian Duncan-Smith's(the new Tory leader's)efforts to dissociate himself from the Tory Party's reactionary bastions(e.g.The Monday Club) and attitudes. Is it just a pose, electioneering or is there something to it?]
Ho ho ho. Straight from the horse's mouth. The Conservative Party is racist after all.
Ho ho ho. Straight from the horse's mouth. The Conservative Party is racist after all. Embarrassment for Iain Duncan-Smith's attempt to become leader of the UK Conservative Party as it emerges that one of his backers is a supporter of the racist British National Party. Is Edgar Griffin right to say that his views are widely shared by Conservative Party members? (And by extension, Republican Party members.)
In a throwaway comment the Telegraph reports an unprecedented criminal charge. "Last week her colleague, Lindis Percy, 59, a former Greenham Common protester, was acquitted of criminal misuse of an American flag". An earlier Independent article covers the background "[T]he Crown Prosecution Service has accused Lindis Percy of being motivated by racist hatred of the American people when she "trailed" the US flag on the road at the US military eavesdropping base at Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire."
Giving as good as they get?
Giving as good as they get? I don't condone this, but it's the first time in this country that I've heard whites complaining like this (and, symmetrically, the Asian community blaming a small minority).
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On Saturday 26 July 2003 17:05, Ed Sweetman wrote: > My comment was towards the fact that although playing audio is a > realtime priority, decoding audio is not, and is not coded that way in > many programs, in fact, many programs will sleep() in order to decode > only when the output buffer is getting low. Decoding is realtime too, though the bounds are more relaxed than for the DMA refill process. In fact, it's the decoding task that causes skipping, because the DMA refill normally runs in interrupt context (so should mixing and equalizing, but that's another story) where essentially everything is realtime, modulo handwaving. To convince yourself of this, note that when DMA refill fails to meet its deadline you will hear repeats, not skipping, because the DMA hardware on the sound card has been set up to automatically restart the DMA each time the buffer expires. Try running the kernel under kgdb and breaking to the monitor while sound is playing. So you need to reevaluate your thinking re the realtime nature of audio decoders. To be sure, for perfect audio reproduction, any file IO involved has to be realtime as well, as does the block layer. We're not really in position to take care of all that detail at this point, mainly because no Linux filesystem has realtime IO support. (I believe Irix XFS has realtime IO and that part didn't get ported because of missing infrastructure in Linux.) But the block layer isn't really that far away from being able to make realtime guarantees. Mainly, that work translates into plugging in a different IO scheduler.(Continue reading)


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Stagework offers a great place to start your investigation of the phrase 'drama games children'.
Stagework is a multi-award winning website which showcases the very latest technology to inspire and engage its users. Dedicated to providing an insight into how theatre actually works, the website examines all aspects of putting on a play. It examines everything involved in producing a piece of theatre, tracking the play's journey from page to stage.
The site offers a huge amount of information for anyone interested in theatre as a career. Its approach is innovative and highly accessible which means that it offers a good starting point for an examination of the theatre industry. The way Stagework explores things will stimulate debate and discussion surrounding a broad spectrum of issues. Stagework provides very clear examples of how plays written many years ago often raise questions which are relevant today.
Go to www.stagework.org for a good source of information for further exploration into 'drama games children'. If you're a theatre enthusiast and you want to know more about how the performances are put together, then have a look at www.stagework.org.
The huge variety of features available at www.stagework.org will capture the imagination of users of all ages and abilities. The website also has a range of video interviews with cast, creative and technical teams. Stagework offers a great service because it clearly shows users what it is like to work in the theatre industry. On top of all that the website has developed a range of interactive games for visitors to try their hand at. The website even offers its visitors the rare chance to direct a scene in a play - online.
Quite apart from being a fascinating resource for the public stagework.org provides a fantastic source of material for education professionals. The stagework.org website provides a wealth of material which is sure to complement any study.*
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- Graduate Admission Application Form Revised Nov 2013
For persons desiring graduate degree, CSU certificate, teaching licensure, or graduate non-degree admissions.
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Before an admission decision has been made, use this form to change the admission term (i.e., Summer to Fall), change from a degree-seeking application to a non-degree one, or to withdraw an application. Cannot be used if an admission decision has been made.
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To change the admission term after an admission decision has been made. Admitted students may defer their admission for up to one calendar year (e.g., Fall 2011 to Fall 2012). Please confirm with your graduate program that a simple deferral is acceptable. The Office of Graduate Admissions will notify you if you need to take further action to defer your admission.
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Letter of recommendation form for graduate admission applicants (not required for some programs--consult the program in the graduate catalog).


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I've been loving this song: Drive By Truckers' "Two Daughters…"
I put it on my January mixtape. And they played it on Conan a little bit ago. I like it's sound a ton–the vocals, banjo, brushed drums and pedal steel go really well together.
I only have a four song sampler from the album. I like that–how's the rest of the album? Should I pick it up?
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Groupon (GRPN) is not without drama. GRPN still is well off from its late 2011 IPO pricing at $20 per share, it had to restate earnings after fuzzy math in the Groupon accounting department, and the company ousted its founder Andrew Mason from the CEO office earlier this year.
But don't let the past sour you on Groupon stock.
GRPN is looking good right now with a 150% rise year-to-date in 2013 on improving metrics. And though a bit frothy after another hot week, Groupon stock remains a decent buy for new money.
Here's why:
Mobile Might: While many stocks struggle with mobile, Groupon is successfully transitioning from an email "push" of deals to a mobile-and-app "pull" of the latest GRPN deals onto users' smartphones and tablets. The download volume for Groupon's app is several million a quarter, on pace with other hot e-commerce providers like Amazon (AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) that use their apps as transaction platforms.
Analyst Upgrades: Stifel Nicolaus recently lifted the online deal site to "buy" from a previous "hold" recommendation, with a $16 price target. This is after Wunderlich Securities put a "buy" rating on the stock in August and a $13 target. And earlier UBS moved GRPN stock to neutral from sell, with an $11 target — up significantly from a previous outlook of just $6 a share. This significant upward revision to Groupon stock forecasts is noteworthy.
Overseas Growth: Although it's hard for U.S. investors to imagine Europe as "local," the local segment of Groupon on the continent is stable and the U.K. is actually seeing growth thanks to recent turnarounds in the EU. Europe operations have been a drag for many U.S. multinationals, but Groupon will start to see sustained growth there instead of headwinds now that consumers in Europe are more upbeat.
Getting Physical: Groupon appears to be chasing a direct-selling model via Groupon Goods to drive revenue by selling actual stuff, and not just coupons for services. In fact, it was growth in this segment that helped Groupon earnings meet expectations in May, and most recently the Goods segment contributed 31% of gross billings — up from 23% in the year prior. The trajectory of the Goods segment is unclear, but GRPN obviously is better for having this segment and could theoretically have a growing revenue stream on its hands.
Shorts Are Scared: GRPN boasted more than 40 million shares held short in March, or 11% of the float in Groupon stock. That has dropped pretty steadily as Groupon has risen, to just under 24 million shares short at the end of August. GRPN short interest, then, totals a mere 5% of outstanding shares now that the shorts have given up.
Now, there admittedly is a lot of froth in Groupon stock right now with a forward P/E of over 45. The bulls have made the case loud and clear for GRPN, and future earnings reports are now up against high expectations instead of the pessimism that was pervasive a year ago.
Also, tough competition in the deals space from LivingSocial and RetailMeNot (SALE) and even big players like Google (GOOG) elbowing into the space is a serious long-term threat.
But in this market, investors go bottom-fishing at their peril. Groupon has serious growth, and while we can debate whether it is overvalued, that won't necessarily stop the stock from rising even higher.
Just take a look at Tesla Motors (TSLA) if you doubt that a stock with a 45 P/E and a barely breakeven model can win the hearts of Wall Street.
Related Reading on GRPN
- Groupon gets another super boost. (InvestorPlace.com)
- FWIW, morale is "dramatically better" now than under wonder boy Andrew Mason. (Business Insider)
- More on Groupon goods and GRPN growth. (The Slant)
- Mobile gains are making the GRPN bulls move targets higher. (IBD)
Jeff Reeves is the editor of InvestorPlace.com and the author of The Frugal Investor's Guide to Finding Great Stocks. Write him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter via @JeffReevesIP. As of this writing, he did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.


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2011 Ford F-150 vs. 1975 Ford F-150
Page 2 of 2The F-Series were first advertised as "Bonus Built" and "Built Stronger to Last Longer," but by the end of the 1970s, Ford's dedication to durability and reliability had earned a new, self-reflective slogan: "Built Ford Tough." And in keeping with the toughness that has characterized the F-Series since the beginning, Ford, unlike Chevy and GM, did not accept a federal bailout.
The 2011 Ford F-150For the 2011 F-150, Ford undertook the biggest powertrain overhaul in the history of the F-Series. A revised six-speed automatic transmission is coupled with the customer's choice among new engines: a 3.7-liter V6, a 5.0-liter V8 or a 6.2-liter V8. A fourth option, a 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine, has only recently become available. Together, the line offers the buyer differing blends of fuel economy, torque, horsepower, towing capability, performance, and durability specs.
Depending on powertrain, the customer will inevitably drive home in a truck with several class bests, including towing and payload capability, and fuel economy.
Winner: The 1975 F-150If we solely took into account the always-improving spirit of the F-Series, the 2011 F-150 would be pronounced the superior truck. But the 1975 F-150 nearly outsold the F-100 and the F-250 in its first year. The F-100 had been launched in 1953 to replace the F-1 (Fred Sanford's truck), yet by 1984, the F-150 had rendered this mainstay superfluous. It was an uncompromising truck that ended any thought of compromise, cutting a near-direct path to the top of the industry, and in the process, leaving a tremendous imprint on our culture.
Thus, with its elegant timing and profound simplicity of purpose, the winner has to be the 1975 F-150.
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On Tuesday, July 29th, a major event occurred near the UCLA, which was the failure of a 30-inch water line. The resulting flood damaged the new basketball floor at Pauley Pavilion. It is reported that firemen used inflatable rafts to assist in saving people trapped in various buildings due to the rising flood waters.
Since I am not a fan of the smart meter installation process, I recalled a news item I read dealing with the installation of at least 52,000 smart meters in and around the UCLA area as a part of The Smart Grid Regional Demonstration Project, or Smart Grid L.A. The project installation, or smart meter installation, would be around three areas which are UCLA, USC and Chatsworth. The project is the result of a $60 million federal grant and the Cal/Tech Jet Propulsion Lab kicked in another $60 million.
Personally I think some of that grant money should be used to assist in the clean-up from this flood disaster.
The question at hand is why in the world did the Department of Water and Power (DWP) believe that a system of water pipes which were at least 90 years old around UCLA, could stand the constant increase and decrease in water due to its documented demand? When the smart water meter would indicate an increase in the volume of water was due to demand, more water would flow through those old pipes, then when the metering system said enough is enough, the volume would reduce.
The constant increase and decrease in the volume of water resulted in an expansion and contraction of the water pipe system ending in the blowout which was experienced.
The DWP is now accepting claims for damages, as they have a website established for this purpose. Please note that the DWP is not accepting liability, but will review the claims.
As a Claims Adjuster who has been involved in flood claims in the past, be aware that the DWP may not want to reimburse you at current prices for something you lost in the flood. Depreciation will no doubt be applied against any replacement cost price for the articles that were destroyed.
I would have to say that all of the money that was put on the table by the federal government and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was just too much to pass up for the Department of Water and Power. Some of that money should have been put to use to determine if the water lines under UCLA, USC and Chatsworth were up to the task. If I was on any governing board at USC, I would be very concerned at this moment about the condition of the water lines under my university.
It would do well for the governing board at the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles to remember this one point, "you cannot put new wine into old wineskins."


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Gabriel Nagy is now at the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) at the University of Kiel, Germany.
Cumulative Advantages and the Emergence of Social and Ethnic Inequality: Matthew Effects in Reading and Mathematics Development Within Elementary Schools?
Version of Record online: 22 MAY 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01779.x
© 2012 The Authors. Child Development © 2012 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc
Child Development
Volume 83, Issue 4, pages 1347–1367, July/August 2012
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How to Cite
Baumert, J., Nagy, G. and Lehmann, R. (2012), Cumulative Advantages and the Emergence of Social and Ethnic Inequality: Matthew Effects in Reading and Mathematics Development Within Elementary Schools?. Child Development, 83: 1347–1367. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01779.x
We thank Olaf Köller for his comments and advice and Susannah Goss for translation and language editing.
Publication History
- Issue online: 13 JUL 2012
- Version of Record online: 22 MAY 2012
This article examines the development of social and ethnic disparities in academic achievement in elementary schooling. It investigated whether reading and mathematics development in 136 mixed-ability classes shows path-dependent processes of cumulative advantage (Matthew effects) from Grades 4 to 6 (Grade 4 mean age = 10.62, SD = 0.57) resulting in growing inequality. Status-dependent processes of cumulative advantage, their interaction with path-dependent processes, and consequences for the degree of social and ethnic inequality are examined. Two complementary methods for analyzing multilevel data are used: growth curve and quasi-simplex models. No evidence for a Matthew effect was found in either domain. A compensation effect emerged for reading, to the benefit of ethnic minorities. A fan-spread effect was found for mathematics, partly attributable to status-dependent processes of cumulative advantage.


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College Hockey:Brave New World
Radical Changes to Division III NCAA Selection Process Loom
In early 1998, a decision was made by the NCAA Division III Championships Committee that will have a profound effect on Division III ice hockey for the 1999-2000 season.
The committee recommended that current NCAA tournament selection processes be replaced by a new, standardized methodology that puts a far greater emphasis on automatic bids. This proposal, NCAA #38, was approved by the Division III Management Council in October, 1998 and then ratified at the NCAA National Convention in January, 1999. It takes effect August 1st, 1999 for championship selection during the 1999-2000 season.
The NCAA Division III Hockey Committee met last week in Indianapolis to discuss implementation of the new NCAA directives, which radically change the way that teams will be selected.
Under the previous system, eight teams were selected for the national tournament, with three conferences, the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC), the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) received automatic bids for their playoff champion. The other five slots were then awarded to the next "best" five teams based on subjective criteria.
These five slots were available to teams from the SUNYAC, MIAC and NCHA that didn't receive an automatic bid, as well as teams from the Eastern College Athletic Conferences (East, West, Northeast) and any independent teams. The ECAC Conferences and the new Midwest Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHA) didn't qualify for autobids because they were either too small (ECAC West and MCHA), or included D-II teams (ECAC East and Northeast). These leagues did hold playoffs, but no guaranteed bid awaited a D-III team that won the title.
To further complicate things, the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), a subset of the ECAC East, allows its members (including five-time defending national champion Middlebury) to participate in only one post-season tournament. NESCAC teams hoping for an at-large NCAA bid are forced to skip the ECAC East playoffs.
The good news about the new system is that it has the potential to greatly simplify the selection criteria and process. The bad news is that no longer will the eight "best" teams be going to the NCAA Tournament.
Here's how the new system will work:
There are still just eight slots, the smallest field for any D-III team sport. The NCAA recently lowered the ratio for tournament slots from 1 in 8 to 1 in 7.5, but this didn't increase the hockey field, since there are only 65 qualified teams. 68 teams are needed to add a potential ninth team.
The SUNYAC, MIAC, and NCHA will continue to receive automatic qualifiers for their playoff champion. In addition, the ECAC East and ECAC Northeast champions will also now receive bids. This will be accomplished by requiring the Division II schools in the ECAC East (St. Anselm) and Northeast (Assumption, New Hampshire College, St. Michael's, and Stonehill) to compete in a special ECAC Division II playoff that will be held in lieu of the now-defunct NCAA Division II championships. They will not play in the regular conference playoffs.
Two distinct "pools" will be formed to select the remaining three teams:
Pool "B" will consist of teams from conferences that do not have automatic bids (ECAC West and MCHA), plus any independents (Neumann, Scranton). The Division III ratio of 1 in 7.5 will be used to select teams from this pool – for now that's a single slot, since here are just 10 teams currently in pool "B". Subjective criteria similar to those currently in place will be used to pick this team.
Pool "C" will consist of teams from the conferences that do award automatic qualifiers that did not win a conference title. This is a "second chance" pool for teams that performed well during the season but didn't come out on top in the playoffs. The remaining available slots (in the case of hockey, two) will be given to teams from this pool, using the same criteria that was used to pick the pool "B" team.
It appears that for now the NESCAC teams will fall into pool "C", although there are plans to eventually split the NESCAC from the ECAC East, at which time the NESCAC could be given an automatic qualifier for its champion, thus reducing the size of pool "C" to a single slot. This could happen as early as the 1999-2000 season.
As one can imagine, there isn't universal approval of this system, particularly from teams that play in what have historically been strong conferences. The main controversy is around the ECAC Northeast, which has never sent a team to the NCAA's. A bid for the Northeast champion effectively takes a slot away from a conference like the NCHA, which for many years have been represented by at least two and often three squads.
The ECAC Northeast, which was formed for talent level, not geographic, considerations, was 7-30 out of conference last season. Three of the seven wins were against Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, which finished last in the ECAC East (0-16-1) but still managed to beat Fitchburg State, the ECAC Northeast champ. Fitchburg, which would have had an auto-bid under the new rules, was 0-3 out of the league.
Mass-Dartmouth, who was the runner up in the Northeast and was near the top of the standings all last season, was a more respectable 3-3 out of conference, but was crushed by 1999 NCAA participants Amherst and Norwich by a combined score of 16-2 during the regular season.
Pool "B" also has the possibility of presenting problems, since only RIT and Elmira have ever made the NCAA tournament. The rest of Pool "B" consists of Hobart College, a .500 team for many years, plus relatively new programs like Marian, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Lawrence, Northland and Benedictine. None are expected to challenge for an NCAA bid for the foreseeable future. The remaining Pool "B" teams, independents Scranton and Neumann, play a mostly club schedule.
But since Pool "B" is guaranteed a slot, and Pools "B" and "C" cannot be combined, the possibility exists for a more talented Pool "C" team to be denied.
On the other hand, what if the two best teams in the nation are both in Pool "B"? What happens if Elmira and RIT are #1 and #2 in the polls? Can the #2 team in the nation really miss the nationals? You bet.
"It's frustrating because we've worked long and hard to get the best eight teams into the tournament each season", said St. Norbert Head Coach Tim Coghlin. "I don't think you'll be able to say that anymore."
Other sports are also worrying that the national field will be weaker as a result of the new system. Men's and women's lacrosse also complained loudly about these changes, since their NCAA teams have traditionally come from a few highly regarded conferences and a field of strong independent programs.
To address these concerns, the qualifying ratio was recently reduced from 1 in 8 to 1 in 7.5 to increase the number of Pool "C" slots. Lacrosse will go from 12 to 14 teams for men and 12 to 16 teams for women. Unfortunately for hockey, the field will stay the same size unless the total number of schools increases, or the NCAA grants an exemption, neither of which will probably happen in the foreseeable future.
Bridget Belgiovine, the assistant chief of staff for NCAA Division III, said that the purpose of these changes is to "refocus the championships back to regional and conference competition, to increase access and to eliminate the 'necessity' for teams to prove they are better than others by traveling to play teams in other regions.
"The intent is to get schools to play in their own region, which should assist in lessening missed class time, travel and expense pressures."
While this may be beneficial to some players and schools, it clearly could rob fans of some highly anticipated east-west crossover games that often have national ramifications. RIT and St. Norbert played a rare crossover game early last season which had a major impact on the national polls, and this season has in store what should be a classic matchup between St. Norbert and Middlebury.
Like it or not, the changes are coming. The new system will probably be good for Division III hockey in the long run, since it will generate more excitement for teams that traditionally have been shut out of the selection process. It also encourages expansion and illustrates the need for a larger NCAA field.
But for the next few seasons, expect growing pains.
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I would like to show that for smooth, nice variety $X$, $Pic(X \times A^{1})=Pic(X)$.
I only need to prove this in the generality where the Picard group and the divisor class group are the same.
The pullback homomorphism $p^{*}:Cl(X)\rightarrow Cl(X \times A^{1})$ of the projection is my best guess for an isomorphism.
Injectivity: Let $D$ be a divisor of $X$. $p^{*}(D)=(f) \in K(t)$. We need to show that $f$ is in $K$, but I am not sure how to do this.
Surjectivity: Here I have less of an idea. Is it enough to show that if $D_{1}$ and $D_{2}$ get sent to the same thing then there is an $f$ such that $D_{1}-D_{2}=div(f)$?
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John Parvensky, president of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and Bill Windsor, CCH housing developer, recently gave special donors of CCH a tour of the Renaissance Riverfront Lofts, located near Cuernavaca Park in the north river neighborhood. This is the first green building project of CCH, and a model for future developments.
Plans for the Renaissance Riverfront Lofts started in 2006. It took a year to arrange the land, a year for the financing & 14 months of construction. The lofts opened in April, 2009 and have been at 100% leasing since then.
This is the fist CCH project built under the Enterprise Green Community Guidelines and it links sustainability with the city's homeless strategy. The Riverfront Lofts take advantage of natural lighting and rooftop PV panels supply all energy needs of the common areas. 90% of the lighting is compact fluorescent and the design and materials enhance air quality, improve water conservation, and increase energy efficiency.
CCH also used low-volatile organic finishing compounds for paints, sealants, and carpeting so there are no formaldehydes or petrochemicals and the better air quality helps with compromised immune systems, often common among the homeless. They also utilize Energy Star appliances to save on electricity costs and the elevators use 33% less power than hydraulic systems.
The Riverfront Lofts is 4 stories with 100 units of 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. The location is ideal for people living and working downtown; there is retail within a block of the site plus light rail, access to bus lines and even bike paths.
50% of the units are reserved for CCH individuals and the balance are available for those earning up to $36K/year. The homeless pay rent based on 30% of their income and a combination of public grants and private donations help subsidize these tenants. The goal is to try to keep rent as affordable as possible for a downtown location.
Renaissance Housing Development Corporation, a subsidiary of CCH created the Riverfront Lofts and the project was designed by Christopher Carvell Architects of Denver. And now future projects, like the Renaissance Uptown Lofts (Colfax & Pearl) can easily replicate the same green technologies.
Other CCH projects have included: Beacon Place, Forum Apartments, Forest Manor, Gateway (short term, transitional housing property), Renaissance at Loretto Heights, Renaissance at Lowry Boulevard, Renaissance 88, Renaissance Blue Spruce Townhomes, Renaissance at Civic Center, Renaissance at Concord Plaxa, Renaissance Off Broadway Lofts, Renaissance at Xenia Village, Ruth Goebel House, and Renaissance Uptown Lofts (scheduled to open 12/10).


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Truth #1
The cross shows that there is a loving God who wants to save every repented sinner.
Bible Verse
John 3:16-21 NLT
"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. "There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son. And the judgment is based on this fact: God's light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants."
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1 Corinthians 1:18 NLT
The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.
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Life will never have meaning until we embrace the God who died on the cross for your salvation.
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John 14:1-3 NLT
"Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father's home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.
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John 14:6 NLT
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
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The Gospel cuts both ways.
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Acts 4:8-14 NLT
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of our people, are we being questioned today because we've done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed? Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead. For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, 'The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.' There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved." The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus. But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say.
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Brother HL-3075CW Review and Ratings
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As we've noted in a few printer reviews of late, 2012 has seen the line between sharp-printing color lasers and color inkjets get mighty blurry. Some inkjet models claiming "laser-quality output," such as the $399.99 Epson WorkForce 520 and $199.99 HP LaserJet Pro 8600 Plus, really do print business documents on par with high-volume laser models, in terms of quality and speed. In addition, these new high-volume inkjets perform their magic at very reasonable per-page costs.
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Although technically an LED printer is not a laser printer, it looks and acts just like one. The difference between LED-based devices and laser printers centers on the basic print technology. Instead of lasers, LED-based machines use an LED array (an array of light-emitting devices) that charges the page image onto the print drum. Printer makers substitute LEDs for lasers because they have fewer moving parts, are smaller and lighter, and cost less to manufacture. Otherwise, LED models are much the same as laser printers, including their use of toner.
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For their current production at The Larry Keeton Dinner Theatre, Jamie London and Ginger Newman are co-directing 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. An appropriate choice for one of Nashville theatre communities dynamic duos, considering 'Joseph' was technically the first fully staged collaboration of another slightly more famous theatre duo, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. I say technically because 'Joseph initially went through a few incarnations including a 1969 concept album and it wasn't until the success of Webber/Rice's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' that 'Joseph' was fully expanded into a full show.
London and Newman, who are not only co-directing, but also serving as choreographer and musical director respectively, have once again assembled a nice blend of seasoned performers, a few of my theatre crushes and even some relative newcomers to the Nashville theatre scene.
First there's Leslie E. Thompson as the Narrator. I first saw Thompson in the Keeton's 2013 production of 'Little Women'. As she did in that show, Leslie shines. Her vocal quality is pitch-perfect, strong and simply lovely. She's onstage during the majority of the show and perfectly weaves together the trial and tribulations of Jacob's favorite son.
When I attended opening night, Joseph was being played by Randy Craft with Tyler Evick in the supporting role of Gad, one of Joseph's brothers. These two young men, who interestingly have both played Joseph in previous productions, alternate these roles. When I spoke with London and Newman after opening night, they explained that the double cast the role because of scheduling. From what I've heard from those who've seen both in the role, it might have also been a case of both actors being so good, they just could choose one.
While I'm more familiar with Craft for his work as a musical director in numerous shows in Nashville, it was thrilling to see him perform the role of Joseph. His voice is rich, solid and the perfect compliment to his co-stars.
While many of the show's twenty-plus numbers are entertaining, Weber/Rice obviously knew 'Any Dream Will Do' is 'Joseph's crowning glory, as they wisely present it near the top of Act 1 and again at the end of Act II. Craft performs it beautifully.
The rest of the score isn't exactly memorable, but there are certainly punches of fun throughout. Among the highlights are a humorous French lark 'Those Canaan Days', featuring Nashville theatre veteran Howard Snyder hamming it up, or should I say reubening it up since he does, after all, play Joseph's brother Reuben.
For those Nashville fans, there's a country style 'One More Angel in Heaven' featuring the majority of the cast. Justin Boyd, as Judah takes us from the desert to the islands as the lead vocal during a tropical beat inspired 'Benjamin Calypso'.
Aside from 'Any Dream Will Do', another of the show's more memorable numbers is 'Song of the King' in which David Arnold takes center stage as the Pharaoh. I hadn't seen 'Joseph' since Donny Osmond starred in the early 90s, and I had forgotten about The Pharaoh being presented as a very Vegas Elvis. I've seen Arnold in several shows over the years and this has to be a pinnacle. Arnold's Pharaoh is a hip swaying, slave-saving sensation. Kudos also to Christopher Anderson for his contributions to the Pharoah set.
Among the other familiar faces in The Keeton's 'Joseph', Jane Schnelle is cast as Potiphar's Wife. She's got once scene in the show, and she makes the most of it. Her seduction of Joseph is played to the hilt. As for Potiphar, it's another case of double-casting with Phil Clairborne and Shank Kothare alternating the role. Then there's the Keeton's namesake, Larry Keeton as Jacob, Joseph's father. LIke Schnelle, Keeton makes the most of his limited time on stage.
Younger Keeton favorites Jack Williams and Stella London are among the actors playing Joseph's brothers with Williams playing Naphtali and London as Zebulon. It's always exciting to see these two young performers on stage. In previous reviews, I've mentioned that young Williams has the looks of a teen idol and the voice to match. I've also mentioned that if Stella's on stage, you're gonna see her. Neither disappoints this time around.
And yes, your read correctly, Stella is just one of the young ladies breaking the gender barrier by appearing as male roles in this production. I'm guessing it's more to do with no enough male auditioners, but let's pretend its a reversal of Shakespearian times when men played both genders. Faith Davenport, in her second Keeton production, appears as Asher. Making her Keeton debut is Maggie Adkins as Issachar.
Also making his Keeton debut is Steven Griffin as Dan. Alex Hopper is not only making his Keeton debut, but his Nashville theatrical premiere as Benjamin. On the other end of the spectrum, veteran actor Lane Easterly, who made his theatrical debut in a 1947 school play, is cast as Simeon, Joseph's eldest brother.
Rounding out the cast are Amand Dier, Megan Lebo, Josephine Secord and Kim Yearwood. These ladies are seen throughout the show in various roles from Joseph's sisters-in-law to townspeople and even The Pharoah's Egyptian-walking back-up dancers.
My only complaint of the entire show are the not-so-convincing period locks and beards. I for one wouldn't mind them appearing without the wigs and beards, but with the gender bending cast, that might be a stretch for a local production of a Bible-based musical. I'm just thankful that Newman and London opted to let their Joseph perform the role sans wigs, for I fear it would detract from the power of the role and his voice.
More positive aspects of the show come via the costumes and set. Tanis Westbrook's costumes, Joseph's coat of many colors in particular are gorgeous. Cat Arnold's set is playful and sets the tone for the entire show. Arnold not only created the set, she also appears as Levi in the show. The props and sheep used in the opening number, as well as the tack-board visuals used throughout the show whenever Joseph dreams or interprets others dreams, are cleverly reminiscent of Sunday School illustrations most of us recall from Vacation Bible School. I have to admit, the sheep really reminded me of a certain mattress company's woolen spokesperson, but that's only fitting...after all, any dream will do.
'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' continues it's run at The Larry Keeton Dinner Theatre with shows Thursday through Sunday now through April 12. Tickets for a delicious meal (served at 6pm Thursday-Saturday prior to the 7pm show) are $27/Adult or $18/Child. Show only tickets are $22/$13. The Keeton frequently offers a discounted Theatre Thursday ticket price. To purchase tickets, CLICK HERE.
Next month at The Keeton is Oklahoma! with dates from May 15-31. CLICK HERE for more information.
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"General Hospital" spoilers have been few and far between in recent weeks. Rumor has it that the writers have asked the actors to keep mum about what will be happening during the month of May. Fans got a shock last week when Michelle Stafford appeared as Nina Clay in a surprise scene added to a previously taped episode. New casting information is slowly being released. According to a May 5 report from Soap Opera Digest, Ronn Moss will be joining "General Hospital" this week. Moss played Ridge on "The Bold and The Beautiful" for 25 years.
Fans are shocked by the news. Where will Ronn Moss fit in? Speculation is that he may come back as one of the Cassadines or have something to do with the Nina Clay story line. Moss is said to be entering the scene this week, which means he has been taping for at least a few weeks prior to this announcement. The story line will have to be big for it to have been kept undercover for so long.
Twitter is buzzing with comments about Ronn Moss being cast on "General Hospital." Several fans are excited because Moss is a top soap veteran, but others are upset the writers aren't using the fan-favorites they already have. It looks like Moss will take some getting used to for the most part. Soap fans know that things can change in an instant.
The details of Ronn Moss' character and contract have not been released. He could be playing a temporary character, or someone who will be on the scene much longer. Fans are betting he will have something to do with the Nurses Ball. The biggest event in Port Charles is set to begin this week. It looks like the writers have plenty of surprises in store for fans throughout the month of May.
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This recipe was a definite winner! It reminded us of another favorite, Chewy Caramel Bars, only it was a LOT easier to make.
- 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) white cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup butter or margarine, cubed
In a bowl, combine the dry cake mix, eggs and oil. With floured hands, press two-thirds of the mixture into a greased 13x9x2 baking pan. Set remaining cake mixture aside.
In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the milk, chocolate chips and butter. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 45 seconds; stir. Microwave 45-60 seconds longer or until chips and butter are melted; stir until smooth. Pour over crust.
Drop teaspoonfuls of remaining cake mixture over top. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool before cutting.
from Quick Cooking Magazine, January/February 2001
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I fancied myself a real old-fashioned lady yesterday….I dreamed of cooking by the fire and sweeping my floor with branches. I fancied it for a bit….and THEN I made this bread
I didn't bake it by the fire and I saved the sweeping until AFTER I baked, it's better that way! What I DID do was create an old-fashioned kind of breakfasty (sure it's a word) bread dessert THING that definitely will be asked for again.
It's soft, it's custardy, it's topped with sliced apples….it's what's for breakfast.
1 cup granulated sugar, divided
1/3 cup shortening
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
3 apples
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup heavy cream
Grease a 9×13 baking dish and preheat the oven to 350 degrees
In a mixer, cream together 3/4 cup of the sugar and shortening.
Add the egg and beat until fluffy
Mix the salt, baking powder, and flour together in a bowl
On low speed, mix the flour blend into the creamed egg and sugar mixture. Blend until crumbly
Add the milk, vanilla, and lemon extract into the bowl and blend well. Pour the batter into the greased baking dish.
Set aside for a moment while you peel and core the apples. I'd like to tell you what apples to use, but let's be real….I buy what's on sale. Slice them into thick slices…no paper thin slices here!
Arrange the apple slices in 3 rows across the top of the batter….you might have to trim some to get 3 rows
Mix the cinnamon and remaining 1/4 cup of sugar in a small bowl and sprinkle on top of the apple slices.
Now to make it even more delicious…yes it's possible! Drizzle 1/3 cup of heavy cream over the top.
Bake in the oven for about 35 minutes, or until the top is beginning to turn a golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a cooling rack.
When it has cooled, slice into squares and serve dusted with powdered sugar. I imagine it would be good with a dollop of whipped cream as well, or drizzled with maple syrup
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The actress, 26, rolled into the Freshtops VIP lounge at the Staples Center with eight girlfriends at the start of the show, and the group of gal pals settled into a corner table, drinking wine and cocktails (a favorite was the "Selena-rita," which included sweet watermelon), an onlooker tells PEOPLE.
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For all new moms-to-be out there, you should know that breastfeeding (if you can do it) is one of the best gifts you will be able to give your baby. Not only are you giving of yourself, you are giving your child nutrients that are natural.
Now, breastfeeding is not always easy, it takes some practice, but there are some great products and great resources out there ready for you to try. They were prepared and ready for new moms to try during National Breastfeeding Month – in which we only have a few days left.
The first introduction will be very helpful to moms once they get a handle on breastfeeding. This product is called:
The Kiinde Twist Feeding System: A twist on infant breast milk feeding, the Kiinde Twist feeding system allows you to directly pump from ANY pump into breast milk storage pouches with leak-proof, twist-locking caps. You can then label, organize, store, warm, and feed from that same pouch - without ever having to transfer precious breast milk from bottles to bags. Collapsible pouches completely eliminate gas from your baby's meal, and Active Latch nipples are designed to teach natural breastfeeding behaviors that ease the transition between bottle and breast.
The next product is exclusively for breastfeeding moms, it is:
Nine Naturals Natural Unscented Deodorant: Winter or summer, sunshine or rain… sweating is natural! Nine Naturals' Unscented Natural Deodorant is aluminum-free and 100% natural so breastfeeding moms can fight odor with confidence. Non-nano zinc oxide naturally controls the bacteria that cause odor. Organic Shea butter and cocoa butter allow for a smooth application and provide natural fragrance. It's also a wonderful salve that soothes the skin after shaving.
Then there is a resource which new moms will find really helpful. It is an online resource available at the touch of a few keys, it is the:
Yummy Mummy Store: Yummy Mummy is a store, online resource center and community committed to All Things Breastfeeding! Yummy Mummy's mission is to facilitate and enrich the breastfeeding experience by providing the information, personal attention, and products and services that mothers need to make breastfeeding enjoyable, rewarding and stress free. Amanda Cole is a certified lactation consultant and the owner of Yummy Mummy. She would be more than pleased to help you with any breastfeeding issues that arise!
Although National Breastfeeding Month is nearly over, breastfeeding your baby never goes out of style. That is why Amanda Cole is so willing to offer great products and services to new moms through Yummy Mummy. Happy breastfeeding all you new moms out there!


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May 3, 2010
Just Like Grandma Used to Make*
Knowing that we are losing our oven soon (until we replace the one in the RV) I asked myself what I most wanted to bake while I still had use of it...
Now, we don't usually (ever) bring food like this into our home, but for some reason I got an unrelenting craving for old-fashioned, uber chocolate cake.
Yes, it's as bad for us as it looks, and after the kids and I split the missing piece I felt rather high for about half an hour, but man it was good.
Jeff, who has much more will power than I when it comes to bad for you food, managed to abstain and set a good example for the rest of us.
Now I need to find someone to give the rest of it to because Holy Sugar, Batman, I can't handle another piece... someone pass the kombucha!
8 comments:
- Holly J said...
Oh, man, that looks good! It's making my tummy growl while I'm waiting on my salmon to get done...
- May 3, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- Ima said...
Uuuuuh... looks delectable! We are one in the same with our views on food - however, sister, ENJOY THAT CAKE!!! Besides, it's homemade... so that cancels out all the sugar and calories ;-)
- May 3, 2010 at 7:42 PM
- Annie said...
I understand.. I am in the Nashville flood, and... had an enormous craving for Hot Apple pie a la mode... I NEVER bring food like that into the house.... it was soooooo good ha ha...... Soul food.
Your cake looks delicious. If I was there I would help you eat it!!!
- May 3, 2010 at 7:49 PM
- Farm Fresh Jessica said...
Mmmm....sugar. I'm SUCH an addict.
Maybe you could point me in the direction of the story of how you came to be living in an RV? It's such an intriguing concept to me.
I perused your archives, but must have missed it. Thanks ever so!
- May 3, 2010 at 10:53 PM
- Juliana Crespo said...
Looks delicious! I crave chocolate every day ... not a good addiction. I agree with Ima, enjoy the cake! Don't give it away! Once in awhile is okay :).
- May 4, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- Kirsten said...
Looks good! y'all need a solar oven....
- May 4, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- dink said...
Ya gotta do it every now and then, Aimee. Glad you enjoyed it, now you can forget it for a while. Every once in a while I HAVE to have a potato chip. Then months can go by without another one.
- May 4, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Jenna Gayle said...
Yummy!! But thanks... I'll probably be making a Chocolate Cavity Maker in the next couple of days! Dang it!! :D
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After a concussion forced her to miss a month of softball, Saydee Najarro came back to the game even more excited to play. She didn't let the injury slow her down for long.
The 9-year-old's dedication to her favorite sport impressed more than just her family and teammates. Following a two-week voting period at the beginning of May, Saydee was named the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 2013-2014 Comeback Athlete of the Year. She won the title over seven other dedicated athletes who received treatment for a variety of injuries at Children's.
"This is awesome," Saydee said when she heard the news. "I can't believe I really won. I can't wait to tell everyone."
Saydee is the second athlete to be named Comeback Athlete of the Year for Children's. Last year, 9-year-old gymnast Kate Euart earned the distinction after recovering from a broken elbow.
On top of earning the Comeback Athlete of the Year title, Saydee also won a set of personalized trading cards and a $500 donation to her softball team from Children's.
Saydee suffered the concussion in September 2013 while playing for her Double Trouble softball team. As she tried to stretch a double into a triple, Saydee was tagged high by the third baseman, knocking her to the ground.
"It was the nastiest hit you have ever seen," her mother, Donna, said. "She flipped backwards. Her helmet came off. She had some chipped teeth."
Saydee's pediatrician referred her to the Children's Concussion Program, where she was given guidelines on how to recover and when she could return to play.
On top of missing softball for a month, Saydee also couldn't play outside with her sister, watch TV, play video games or go to school. While it may not have been easy, she did what she had to so she could get back to softball.
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Week in Review : Blind Trust in Luck
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"In the air I can already feel the lateness of things, the way Autumn is waiting at the back of this month." Helen McClory,
This week on the podcast, we discuss David Linneweh's  podcast Studio Break and his kickstarter campaign "Remembering Place.†Linneweh has been described as one who paints "unpeopled, architectural landscapes always carefully rendered on bare wood supports. Sometimes the buildings are taken apart and reassembled – fractured almost beyond recognition. Other landscapes are left incomplete with empty spaces that demand completion in viewers' minds. What could this mean in early 21st century America?" Listen to it all here.
Monday began with Jeriah Hildwine's reflection on critical framework:
Metaphorically, then, the frame can serve more as an unconscious bias, changing an image indirectly, by the context of its presence, and without the viewer's conscious awareness. When you see something in a given frame, that frame alters what you are seeing, but does do without your knowledge or consent. It takes alertness and training to become aware of the influence of the frame, and even with this awareness, its influence may not be negated. To return to the initial example, seeing something in a Modernist frame may mean unconsciously minimizing the political, activist, Conceptual, gendered, or other meanings of a work, and perhaps emphasizing the rapturous and sublime, along with overt formal analysis which is the ostensible goal of this frame. If the intention is to directly change the meaning of the subject, then the frame may be the wrong metaphor; perhaps a lens is intended instead.
Word from Indianapolis this week comes with love from Wendy Lee Spacek. Spacek describes a series of events and art shows that she attended this month, including 4th of July fireworks, Ai Wei Wei's traveling exhibit at the Indianapolis Art Museum, an installation at 100 Acres Park at the IMAÂ called Flock of Signs by Kim Beck, a studio visit and much much more:
Later in the month I was lucky to be able to visit the studio of one of my favorite Indianapolis artists Kyle Herrington. Kyle has several shows coming up in September, so there was plenty of new work to see. One show is called Backyard Phenomenaand chronicles Herrington's struggle with being thrust into new found adulthood, which culminated in him turning thirty and buying a house. His anxieties about something catastrophic happening to his house has translated into sculptural pieces as well as paintings. We talked for quite a long time. I admire Kyle's commitment to making everysingleideathathehas. I think it is what has allowed him to make such a large body of work with what I see as having very consistent and complete conceptual ideas in relatively short time frame (just one year). Kyle's work makes reference to sci-fi logic, modern obsessions with the apocalypse and celebrity and mashes them altogether into a funny, but kind of scary reality.
Stephanie Burke's Top 5, y'all.
With regard to dreams and flags, Eric Asboe writes about Gamut Gallery's Flag Show curated by Lauren Thorson:
My favorite dreams these days are the ones closer to life, the walks down familiar streets, the supermarket with fluorescent lights. In the morning, they are clearly dreams too, but I wake to contemplation instead of surprise or relief. Those closer to life dreams linger in my brain longer, maybe because they are easier to remember, maybe because they blur the line between my waking and dreaming lives. The flashier dreams make more of an immediate impact, but the normal dreams burn much longer and slower.
Flags are meant to be visible and memorable, to represent some message, some place, someone. The artists in Flag Show use flags to call attention to the reality and complexity of waking life. Adam Setala's I Promise To Not Kill You layers visual and textual cues to confuse who is safe from whom. Brian Walbergh's White Flag for Misplaced Teenage Angst #1 and #2 carry the weight of personal and societal histories in their visibly heavy denim. Lea Devon Sorrentino questions the differences between long-distance and digital communication with #Semaphore.
Heralding from Brighton, UK, art writer Mark Sheerin posts about a group show in Reykjavik:
It is more than 1,000 miles from Luton, England, to Reykjavik, Iceland. But Dominic from the UK town appears to love a good caper. Why else would he put together a group show on very little money in one of the most far flung and expensive cities in Europe?
"It was done on a wing and a prayer,†he tells me on the phone from his Luton studio. "The art was just really, really ambitious considering we didn't have much money to play with. It's amazing what you can do with a cardboard tube and a delivery van.â€
Five artists took part. And the show has just run for a month at gallery Kling & Bang. Along with Dominic, the full bill included Gavin Turk, Mark Titchner, Laura White and Peter Lamb. The show went by the name London Utd. "It's kind of doing what it says on the tin,†says Dominic, whose eponymous town is just a twenty minute train ride from the UK capital.
Terri Griffith posted a little something on the Illinois Railway Museum:
Good public transit is the hallmark of a civilized city. One of the things I love most about Chicago is the train system. Both the Chicago Transit Authority's "L†and the Regional Transportation Authority's Metra are fantastic examples of how efficiently people can be transported from hither to yon. You can, if you wish, take this with a grain of salt seeing as I hail from the Pacific Northwest where public transportation is craptastic, save for the stellar ferry system. But it's more than just getting to work or the grocery store that makes me loves these trains—it's the history. Most people would find it impossible to conjure an image of Chicago without also envisioning the elevated train line that rings our downtown. This is why last weekend, my friends and I headed to Union, Illinois to visit the Illinois Railway Museum.
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It never fails. Even the best people, with the best of intentions, set out to find the perfect gifts for their Valentine sweethearts, only to end up purchasing typical last minute Valentine's Day candy in heart-shaped boxes. But this year, with the Olympic Games in full swing, the phrase 'go for the gold' has never been more appropriate, even if the gift of jewelry is not. Here are this year's Top 5 picks for 24-karat gold Valentine's Day gifts that have nothing to do with jewelry.
24-Karat Gold Facial
Depending on the type of treatment, gift certificates for spa treatments can be received with mixed reactions. But who can resist a full facial mask made of real 24-karat gold? It is said that Cleopatra slept in gold mud as a beauty treatment. Today, modern celebrities like Nicole Kidman and Cameron Diaz indulge in these extravagant skin renewals. Cost: $300
24-Karat Wine and Champagne
For the sophisticated wine lover or gold drinker in your life, XXIV Karat Wines has developed a variety of wines and champagne with real gold flakes, available in select retailers throughout the state of Arizona. Cost: $99
24-Karat Shimmering Powder
Every woman loves to feel beautiful, and 24-karat gold illuminating makeup by Jane Iredale is a delightful take on how to get a beautifully bronzed glow. Available in a variety of shades, and made with food grade 24-karat gold flakes, this powder will make her feel like a beauty queen. Cost: $14
24-Karat Trevi Fountain Peekaboo Handbag by Fendi
To celebrate the opening of Fendi's store at the City Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the fashion giant released a python handbag dipped in real gold. For those interested in spending less than the price of a new car, Fendi also released 20 limited edition bags without the gold finish, but with a numbered gold logo plate added inside. Cost: $4,500 - $36,000
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Cover Girl spokesmodel Sofia Vergara polished off one of these tasty 23-karat gold treats made from the world's rarest chocolate during an interview with Laura Brown for Harper's Bazaar at New York City's Serendipity 3 restaurant. While the pricetag on this special order dessert is hefty, consumers get to keep the $300 Baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet in which it is served. Cost: $1,000


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Well, the holidays are behind us, the traffic is not as bad and the Giants won the Super Bowl; so let's get back to the subject of "party wines".
During the past few weeks I have taken a survey and when the term "party wine" is mentioned most people seem to jump to the word, "cheap". I can understand that but whenever I think of party wine, I think "good". No one wants cheap wine but they do want inexpensive wine that tastes good.
It's all about taste where wine is concerned, and if you have good wine that doesn't cost a lot; well then, you have a party! During these past weeks I have also visited a few of Charlotte's wine establishments, just to check out what wine might qualify for our interpretation of a party wine. Purely research you understand. The first thing I found out was that there are a lot of crappy wines out there. However, there are quite a few good wines at low prices as well.
How do you decide which wines are good and which wines are not so good? You drink them. It's that simple. And since you probably have better things to do with your day, I took it upon myself to try a few dozen for you. Here are my top results.
- 2009 Columbia Crest H3 Horse Haven Hills Cab - $11.00
- 2008 Chateau Ste. Michelle Cabernet, Columbia - $11.00
- 2008 Liberty School Cabernet - $13.00
- 2009 Trinity Oaks Pinot Noir - $10.00
- 2010 Quinta da Aveleda Vinho Verde - $9.50
- 2008 Dynamite Chardonnay, North Coast - $11.00
- 2010 Pacific Rim Riesling, Columbia Valley - $12.00
- 2009 Chianti DOCG Querceto - $10.00
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Home-style Italian American dishes such as lasagna and stuffed shells endure for good reason: They are filling family favorites. A little tinkering and some added vegetables make these dishes more healthful without ruining the qualities that make them so popular.
In this recipe, a big pan of carrots, zucchini and onions serves a dual purpose: half of the mixture becomes the base of the pasta sauce, and half is added to the filling for the stuffed shells.
Nutrition information per serving: 460 calories, 21 g protein, 59 g carbohydrates, 14 g fat, 6 g saturated fat, 85 mg cholesterol, 340 mg sodium, 8 g dietary fiber, 18 g sugar.


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Sometimes you need to hit rock bottom before you can get the help you need. IDC acted as an "interventionist" today publishing a new report showing how open source is growing in the down economy.
The study [1] released today shows, "worldwide revenue from open source software will grow at a 22.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to reach $8.1 billion by 2013. This forecast is considerably higher than 2008 for three reasons: (1) the bottom-up list used to calculate the revenue has expanded through an exhaustive effort to include more projects in this forecast; (2) open source software has had a much higher level of acceptance over the past 12 months than previously expected, and; (3) the economy accelerated the uptake and use of open source software in the closing months of 2008."
Economic crisis tend to clarify people's thinking and accentuate existing trends in the market place. This is no exception. The IDC report underscores the fact that open source provides real value for the money and it took a recession for people to figure that out. For a world addicted to high priced proprietary software this may have been the bottom that will transition the enterprise IT industry to one of shared innovation, true value for the money, and higher levels of service.