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Here's the latest for Thursday, June 30th: Airport suspects detained in Turkey; Philippines swears in new President; Bodies found after California fire; Grizzly bear kills man near Glacier National Park.
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The President traveled to Ottawa to meet with leaders from Mexico and Canada to discuss strengthening North American Policies . ABC News's Arlette Saenz was there.
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America's Chief Entertaining Officer, Tim Laird, stopped in to share some delicious (and patriotic!) recipes to jazz up your Independence Day festivities!
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Personal trainer and author Adam Schersten shows how to get fit, using bodyweight.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited more women and minorities, in a push for diversity.
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Turkish state media reports 13 suspects were detained in connection with the Istanbul Airport attack. Police in Istanbul conducted raids on Thursday, targeting Islamic State group suspects. (June 30)
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The 2016 version of The Rumble In The Bullring had the heat, the breeze and the action that the fans came out for. The rare Friday night event saw the dirt-flinging, fire-breathing 410 cubic inch wingless sprint cars of the Amsoil USAC National Tour.
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It was sunny and warm, with a little breeze at Eagle Raceway Saturday for Mustache Madness-Dad's Tribute night, presented by Pepsi and Wow-FM. A Friday night rain didn't stop the track prep crew from giving the racers a great racing surface that provided 3-wide racing through the entire night.
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Children of farm workers who were exposed to higher levels of pesticides called organophosphates before birth were more likely to have slower reflexes at 6 months, to have pervasive developmental disorder, a condition similar to Asperger's syndrome, at 2 years and more likely to have ADHD at 5 years according to an article in The Nation. Most alarming of all, the children of mothers exposed to the highest levels of pesticides had IQ scores that were, on average, 7 points lower than children from similar socio-economic backgrounds with less exposure to these toxins. These cruel effects were apparent even at comparatively low levels measured in parts per trillion.
A seven-point IQ difference may mean the difference between being in an honors program or a regular one, going to college or not going. The effect on society as a whole is even worse: multiplied by hundreds of thousands of kids, this collective loss of intellect may have a profound effect on the economy. One expert describe the effects this way:
... even a five-point drop in IQ translates into a 50 percent increase in the number of functionally disabled adults (from 6 million to 9.4 million) and a 50 percent decrease in the number of gifted people (from 6 million to 2.6 million). That shift can bring a host of ripple effects, from an increased number of school kids needing special education to fewer workers capable of complex tasks or high-level decision-making. Experts see parallels between the cognitive effects of organophosphate pesticides and lead poisoning, which causes roughly the same IQ drop. When Trasande looked at the economic impacts of lead poisoning, he found that it cost the United States $51 billion annually in lost economic productivity.
If one assumes a forty-year working life, this amounts to over 2 trillion dollars during that period.
The effects of prenatal pesticide exposure cannot be remedied with a good diet and an intellectually stimulating environment because these toxins do permanent brain damage. Scientists in New York performed a study of inner-city children exposed to high levels of pesticides used to control roaches in housing projects. They, too, showed reduced IQ, impairments in learning and memory, and higher levels of behavior problems. The researchers took MRIs of the children's brains. The results are sobering:
The brains of the most highly exposed kids looked different: there was less volume in regions associated with working memory, cognition and inhibition. All are areas of the brain that play a role in the skills measured on IQ tests. (There were also signs of "desexing"; the boys' and girls' brains looked more similar than usual, though it's not clear what that means.) "There was a relationship between what we saw in IQ and what we were seeing on the MRI," says Whyatt.
The results of these studies should concern all parents, even if they are not farm workers or inner-city residents: if you live next to a lush golf course which is kept that way through liberal applications of pesticides and synthetic fertilizer, some of these toxins may be affecting your unborn or newborn child. While effects are worse for the poor, not even the well-off can escape them completely.


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In many ways the concert was similar to others that Burlington College Director of Music and violinist Michael Dabroski has performed: a church full of eager faces, engaged by Michael's animated play, enthralled with the symmetrical beauty of Bach's chamber music. Only this December concert was in the Gaza Strip, a highly populated war-sieged strip of land, currently under flood conditions with unemployment exceeding 70 percent, attended by a people of Muslim and Christian faiths starved for art and music and freedom.
It was no easy task getting into (and out of) Gaza and included a chauffeured armored escort with the French consulate and a six-hour wait through a Hamas checkpoint. Currently the United States does not recognize the government of Gaza, and warns its citizens about entering the area.
But when asked why this concert was so important for him to perform, Michael replied, "simply because they don't get to hear this music, ever, and I have trained a lifetime for this moment! It is about bringing Bach's Goldberg Variations to Gaza. It is a powerful way to connect with people across culture, language and politics — and a tremendous gift to people who are suffering." Truly appreciative of the concert afterwards, Dabroski was impressed by the universal message from the people of Gaza: "We are like you; we want to do things — create, make music, travel — but we cannot go there."
Gaza has been described by American author Noam Chomsky as "the world's largest open-air prison, where some 1.5 million people on a roughly 140 square mile strip of land are subject to random terror and arbitrary punishment, with no purpose other than to humiliate and degrade."
Israel controls Gaza's borders, fishing industry, air space, water supply and movement of goods that includes medicine and food. Despite these demoralizing conditions, patrons were truly appreciative of the concert. Michael was impressed by the universal message from the people of Gaza: "We are like you. We want to do things — create, make music, travel — but we cannot go there." This week's news marked a tragic announcement of yet another child killed by an Israeli attack in response to Gaza extremists.
Michael arrived in Ramallah the day before a historic blizzard dropped 18 inches of snow, the likes of which have not been seen in this desert town in over a hundred years. His goal included performing in a two weeklong Baroque Music Festival presented by Ramzi Aburedwan, a violist, co-artistic director and founder of Al Kamandjati ("The Violinist") in Palestine, and to better understand the people and dynamics of this walled land. Ramzi grew up in this Israeli occupied territory of the West Bank, "I used to throw stones," he said, "but now I make music. Instruments not guns." Through music, Ramzi theorizes, he has learned tolerance and balance, and through music Palestinians can hold on to an ancient and fading culture.
Ramzi began the festival eight years ago with the intent to engage Palestinian youth to play music, many who cannot afford lessons and do not have access to instruments. Ramallah's population is largely youth—by some estimates over 65 percent are under age 18, and they are a handsome, strong, energetic population — with nothing to do. There is a simmering energy evident in this growing, occupied population and music (both classical and middle eastern styles) harnesses this energy into a creative flow that satisfies both listener and performer. The festival brings music to several cities in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
"I cannot go there," said Munjed Alhusseini of Ramallah, the director of the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (Evangelical School) who hosted the festival's musicians. "I was born there, but I cannot go there, because I am not Israeli and need a visa." In fact, most Ramallahn's cannot leave the West Bank, the occupied territory that includes several refugee camps."
Despite the weather, which included several days without electricity (and therefore no heat) Al Kamandjati festival musicians rehearsed for hours, huddled around battery-powered lights and a propane gas stove. Musicians gathered from all around the world: Belgium, England, France, Italy and included an entire chorus from Worcester, Mass. along with two Burlington singers. The festival culminated in a production of Handel's "Messiah" performed in Bethlehem and Ramallah, and the magnificent church of St. Ann in Jerusalem, along with several concerts in smaller Palestinian towns.
Bethlehem itself is surrounded by a 28-foot concrete wall, topped with barbed wire and interrupted by guard towers, built by the Israelis to "protect their people," it is a sight to see — and no denying the prison this wall signifies. The wall extends around much of the West Bank, separating Palestinians from their neighbors, olive orchards, water supply and sometimes, their livelihood. Palestinian artwork covers the wall — heart-wrenching paintings describe their loss of hope and need for resistance — seeking a way to "go there."
Our fair city of Burlington has a "Sister City" relationship with Bethlehem, and in this capacity Michael delivered a kind message of seasonal good wishes from Mayor Miro Weinberger, to Bethlehem's mayor, Vera Baboun. At Mayor Baboun's request, Michael performed a spontaneous "Gloria" melody solo, in her office overlooking the Church of Nativity, built in 329 AD on the site where the star of Bethlehem marks the place where Jesus was born.
Luca Franzetti, Italian cellist who has taught and performed with Al Kamanjadti these last three festival years says, "Music is all about acceptance — you blend one instrument along with another, just like that — and you must accept and adapt or there is no music." Luca treated the audience to an inspired performance of Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major. These musicians seem to understand implicitly the need for compromise, for ideas to co-exist and blend in a way that supports both and benefits all. This was evident as side-by-side Palestinians and westerners performed together in a transcendent Handel's Messiah: "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things." (Part II, Verse 38).
Michael's travels taught him much about the day-to-day, personal nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There are Israeli roads and "the Arab way." Palestinians, limited by green license plates, are not allowed on the larger roads that are well maintained and provide faster transport. Israelis, with their yellow license plates, may not be ticketed by Palestinian police. Palestinians are subject to "check points" where armed Israeli soldiers decide who can pass between gates. It is difficult to watch the humiliation of this proud people.
No matter where he went, Michael found a people engaged in improvement, looking for solutions, and desiring nothing more than to be able to have their own state, and to go where they'd like to go.


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I'm curently studing the topic of Possibilistic shell clustering and I have a hard time with understanding the concept of variable $\eta$. Can somebody in simpe words explain me what exectly this variable is responsible for. The objective function which uses $\eta$ looks like that $$ J = \sum_{j=1}^{C}\sum_{i=1}^{N}u_{ij}^md_{ij}^2 + \sum_{j=1}^{C}\eta_{j}\sum_{i=1}^{N}(1-u_{ij})^m $$
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$\eta$ is the bandwidth and controls the dependence of $u_{ij}$ on $d_{ij}$. ($u_{ij}$ is the degree of membership of the $i$'th point in the $j$'th cluster while $d_{ij}$ is the distance.)
You can think of it as a measure of the radius of the cluster. Formally,
$\eta_j \equiv K \dfrac{\sum_{i=1}^N u_{ij}^m d_{ij}^2 }{\sum_{i=1}^N u_{ij}^m}$, where $m>1$ is the fuzzifying weighting exponent, and $K$ is typically chosen to be 1.
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Presentations from the Living the Future 4 Conference
Colleague Presentations
|Brown University Library - "Process Mapping: The User-Centered Approach to Organizational Design" (Raynna Bowlby, Dan O'Mahoney, Pat Putney, Steven Lavallee)
|Emory - "Facilitating Change: Team Start Up at Emory" (Frances Maloy, Linda Nodine, Catherine Schiel, and Alice Hickcox)
|Gelman Library - The Gelman Library System, George Washington University Library.
I: "Groups in Action: Walking the Talk at Gelman Library System" (Alicia Miller and Andrea W. Stewart).
II: "Team Management, A Long Winding Road" (G. David Anderson and La Nina Clayton)
Additional background information on Gelman Library's Learning Organization initiatives can be found at: http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/guides/ltf4/
|IUPUI - "Crossing the Cultural Divide: Teams and the IUPUI University Library" (David W. Lewis)
|North Suburban Library System - "Explorers on the Trail: Post Breakthrough Change: Aligning Systems, Policies and Programs" (Presented by Jan Hayes and Maureen Sullivan)
|Tri-College Consortium (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges) - "A Consortium's Model for Staff Commitment" (John Anderies and Jean Lacovara). Additional learning materials: the Learning Development Survey, the Individual Learning & Development Plan, and the Planning Worksheet.
|University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Lied Library - "Drawing Board Dreams, Staffing Realities" (Jennifer Church, Victoria Nozero, and Wendy Starkweather)
Presentation I: Reorganizing to Fit the 21st Century Library
Presentation II: Research and Information II
Presentation III: Information Commons
|University of Virginia Library - "Assessment and Flexibility: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard, Reassigning Staff" (Gail Oltmanns and Jim Self)
University of Arizona Library Presentations
The Information Commons
A great deal of time and energy went into planning, then opening, the new Information Commons. These presentations addressed planning, training and staffing issues.
|InfoCommons Training: Designing Training Modules: The Process (Ruth Dickstein)
|InfoCommons Training: Staffing, Training and Testing for the Information Commons - What Really Happened: The Joys, The Pains, The Reality! (Lori Critz and Vicki Mills)
|Technology in the Information Commons (Kris Maloney)
Teams' Strategic Frameworks
In this part of the program, the Library's nine standing functional teams reported on the performance measures they use for their work, and how work is structured
|Digital Library Initiatives Group (Cathy Larson and Adam Engelsgjerd)
|Financial and Administrative Support Team (Deborah Quintana)
|Fine Arts / Humanities Team (Michael Brewer and Miguel Juarez)
|Library Information Systems Team (Sharon Knowlton)
|Materials Access Team (Claire Tapia and Travis Teetor)
|Science-Engineering Team (Lori Critz)
|Social Sciences Team (Mary Feeney and Olivia Olivares)
|Special Collections (Presented by John Murphy)
|Technical Services Team Report (Liz Bezanson and Mard Johnson)
Teams' Reorganizational Changes
Teams that have undergone significant reorganization address why they reorganized, how and the results.
|Access Services: Restructuring for Efficiency (Jeanne F. Voyles, Norma J. Perez)
|Customer Oriented Library Alignment (COLA) (Robert Mitchell and Paula Wolfe)
|FASTCats Restructuring (Susan Kaplan)
|Technical Services Restructuring (Bobbie Atchison and Liz Bezanson)
Project Teams and Ongoing Cross-Functional Work Groups
The Library has a number of ongoing cross-functional teams, strategic project teams, and other initiatives. These presentations represent work accomplished in the past year.
|Information Literacy Team: Librarians As Partners: Helping Faculty and Departments Develop and Assess Information Literacy Skills (By the Information Literacy Team: Marianne Stowell Bracke, Louise Greenfield, Sheril Hook (team leader), Victoria Mills, and Patricia Morris; with Elena Berman)
|Information Resources Council (Lori Critz and Laurie Eagleson)
|Needs Assessment and Data Management Team (Cathy Larson and Adam Engelsgjerd)
|New Compensation Strategies: Career Progression/Merit at the UA (Michael Ray)
|Peer Information Counseling (PIC) Program -- Challenges and Opportunities (Elaina Norlin)
|Performance Effectiveness Management System (Joe Brewer, Mary Feeney, Shelley Phipps, and Rae Swedenburg)
|Reference Availability Project (Patricia Ballesteros (MAT), Jan Davis (Spec Coll); Spencer Hunter (MAT); Miguel Juarez (FAH); Patricia Promis, Co-TL (FAH); Polly Trump, Co-TL (FAH)
|Scholarly Communication Project Team (Jeanne Pfander and Atifa Rawan)
|Strategic Long Range Planning Team (Travis Teetor)
|Technical Planning Project Team (Maliaca Oxnam and Joe Brewer)
|Virtual Reference Project Team (Presented by Marianne Stowell Bracke, Olivia Olivares, and Verónica Reyes)
|Wadda Ya Know ... About Teams? (Lunchtime presentation by Shelley Phipps, with assistance from Barbara Williams and Cathy Larson)
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In Colorado, 4 out of 5 car seats are installed incorrectly, leaving children susceptible to injury and death in a vehicle crash. Used properly, child safety seats and seat belts prevent injuries and save lives.
Did you know?
-Safety seat straps should always be flat, not twisted, to ensure they adequately absorb crash forces
-A child's safety seat harness clip should always be at armpit level
-A child safety seat is more effective in a crash if the child's jacket is worn over the straps instead of underneath
For more information and fitting locations:
Call Colorado Child Passenger Safety statewide toll-free at
or in the Denver area: 303-239-4625.
You can also visit their website!
Arapahoe County Fitting Stations (By appointment only)
Arapahoe County Sheriffs Office
13101 E. Broncos Parkway
Centennial, CO 80112
Brian McKnight
City of Englewood Fire-Rescue
3615 S. Elati Street
Englewood, CO 80010
Madeline Norconk
Columbine Ambulance Service
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Vera Fullaway
Children with Special Healthcare Needs
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2015 S. Dayton Street
Denver, CO 80247
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The PIC microcontrollers are one of the most popular 8-bit microcontrollers. Currently there are also a wide range of 16-bit and 32-bit PIC devices available.
A microchip has hundreds of different microcontrollers - from the tiny SOT23 package to the 100-lead PLCC.
They are cheap! The low end devices (PIC10Fxx) cost $0.40/ea in volume. A free MPLAB development tool is available for programming in assembler and C. There are plenty of low-cost development programmers etc. A great variety of devices are available with some difference in memory size and peripherals. The GPIO ports source 20mA and can drive direct LEDs etc. The old OTP 'C' parts are one of the most reliable controllers available on the market. PICs are also available in the automotive temperature mode in the range of -40+125C. The software support is very good and is provided by Microchip.
Some lower-end microcontrollers require writing in assembler (though the new PIC compilers work fine with C) which is the art of programming as there is no software stack, or paging, and GPIO read modify doesn't work on the early PIC16Fxxx series. Some newer flash devices have hardware bugs (which unfortunately applies to all other vendors as well) and are not as reliable as the old OTP devices. There is no compatibility between different PICs and you have to re-write your code every time you move from one PIC to another.


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The polls are closed, the votes have been counted and the final results are in: Africa will soon see the founding of a new country. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of Southern Sudanese citizens voted for South Sudan to become independent in the January 9-15 referendum (98.83 %). The referendum was a cornerstone of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the decades-long civil war between North and South Sudan; its completion, however, marks not the end of the peace process but the beginning of a new chapter in Sudanese history – with new opportunities and new challenges.
In his statement congratulating all parties on the completion of a peaceful referendum process, President Obama pledged to recognize Southern Sudan when it claims independence in July 2011, as well as to work with both Sudanese and Southern Sudanese leaders "to ensure a smooth and peaceful transition to independence." That transition is almost certainly going to be a challenge – major post-referendum issues such as border demarcation, oil wealth-sharing agreements and the status of contentious territory such as Abyei remain outstanding.
Northern Sudan loses quite a bit when Southern Sudan becomes independent – perhaps most importantly, a great deal of its oil wealth and, as such, a vast percentage of its economy, is about to disappear. The referendum was completed peacefully in part because of promises by the US to begin the process of removing Sudan from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. That promise, however distasteful, must be fulfilled if any future negotiations are to have credibility. We cannot, however, allow the Sudanese regime to remain unaccountable for crimes in Darfur or allow it a free pass for human rights violations in the also-new country that will be North Sudan.
Protests in the North of Sudan, for example, heated up in early February in the context of regime-toppling protests in Tunisia and regime-shaking (at least so far) protests in Egypt. Hundreds of youth activists took to the streets and were met with tear-gas, beatings and violence by state security forces. More than 100 young activists were arrested and one died from his injuries. Many northerners are concerned about public remarks by Sudanese President Bashir that he intends to create an Islamic state in Northern Sudan governed by Shari'ah law. As scholar and activist Bec Hamilton recently wrote in the New York Times:
The southern case against the N.C.P.'s [National Congress Party – the ruling party in Sudan] vision of Sudan is well understood. Less appreciated are the longstanding efforts of many northerners to also reject the imposition of this unitary Islamic-Arab identity on "our beautiful Sudan." For them, the south of the country has been a counterweight.
As we know, the Sudanese government has also stepped up its campaign in Darfur, using the distraction of the international community during the referendum process to escalate attacks against civilians there. As reported by NPR, "over 40,000 people were newly displaced in December alone because of fighting between rebel and government forces, both of whom, Human Rights Watch reports, have been targeting civilians based on their ethnicity." All the more reason to step up our public advocacy efforts and shine a spotlight on what's happening in Darfur – like at the Walk to End Genocide, just for example!


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The Xen project celebrates its 10th anniversary this week. It's also moving to a new home at The Linux Foundation as a Collaborative Project. Just like the Linux kernel, Xen enjoys contributions from a variety of different companies, so a vendor-neutral organization to host development and collaboration is a big win for the project.
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Antica Pesa's Summer Menu; A Voce Columbus Reopens
Today's Leftovers.
Antica Pesa launched its new summer menu this week, with rustic Italian dishes like gnocchi alla trapanese with basil and ricotta flan. [Grub Street]
The Squeeze, a juice and raw food cart, is opening two new locations. Its second food cart will be at the corner of Hudson and Vestry Street in Tribeca, and a pop-up shop will be located at Dossier Outpost on South Street Seaport. [Grub Street]
A Voce Columbus reopens for dinner tonight, starting at 5 p.m, after a fire closed the restaurant in May. Lunch service will resume this Thursday, July 17, and brunch on Sunday, July 20. [Grub Street]
John's Pizzeria on the Upper East Side has shuttered its doors. Its original Bleecker Street location is, however, still open. [Eater NY]
Little Nica, a Nicaraguan street-food pop-up from the team behind Little Muenster, opened today at 145 Front Street in Dumbo. The menu includes sweet plantains and quesillos, a handmade corn tortilla with cheese, pickled onions, and crema rolled into a cone. [Grub Street]
Jeepney, the Filipino gastropub, is hosting Tiki Tuesdays all summer long from 6 to 9 p.m. [Grub Street]
Experimental Cocktail Club launched its new summer menu today, with both vintage cocktails made with spirits from the 1940s through '70s and seasonal drinks. [Grub Street]
Jonty Jacobs, a South African-style biltong or jerky shop, is now open at 114 Christopher Street in the West Village. The store also carries caviar, cheese, smoked fish, and South African snacks. [Grub Street]


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On November 25, 2010 Kelly Hoppen gave a Design Masterclass at Apple's UK flagship store on London's Regent Street. I posted a recap of the lecture but now you can hear Kelly in her own words as apple have released a free podcast of her lecture.
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Serving Up Poker Superstitions
We've got poker on the brain and rightly so. This weekend kicks off a host of tournaments in our poker room with the goal of qualifying for the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO).
While poker tournaments typically guarantee a large amount of money to the winner, the HPO World Premiere Championship Tournament, which will take place in our poker room June 28-30, is one of the highest payout poker tournaments in the country with a $500,000 guarantee!
Qualifying is taking place all around the country at our Penn National Gaming sister properties and this weekend are the qualifying rounds at our resort. If you're interested, you can get more details and still sign up. The first tournament is tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 25 at 2 pm.
With all this happening, it got us thinking about poker players, specifically the players who have routines, rituals or superstitions. You've all seen them. These are the players who refuse to change their socks, wear the same hat or t-shirt every day throughout a tournament or bring a lucky token to use as their card protector. Some play in the same poker rooms or always play at the same time. We're sure we'll spot some of these players tomorrow and through the weekend.
So, do you have a routine, ritual or superstition when you play poker or when you gamble at the slots or tables? We'd love to them. Just leave us a comment below.


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Guest Rooms & Suites
The Inn at Spanish Bay
Guest Rooms
Tucked between Del Monte Forest and the Pacific Ocean, The Inn at Spanish Bay offers a luxurious enclave of 269 guest rooms and suites. Recent renovations have further evolved the contemporary styling and comfortable elegance of The Inn. We invite you to relax by the fireplace as you enjoy the views of forest, fairways or ocean.
All guest rooms include LCD flat-panel televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet is also provided in all rooms and common space throughout The Resort. Plush towels and robes, and The Spa Collection shampoos, soaps and lotions enhance your stay.
Garden View
Garden View rooms have an outdoor patio or balcony with views of the interior courtyard of the hotel and beautifully landscaped grounds.
Forest View
Forest View rooms have an outdoor patio or balcony with views of the beautiful Del Monte Forest.
Scenic View
Scenic View rooms are located on our upper level floors, affording a partial ocean view, as well as a view of The Links at Spanish Bay or the beautiful Del Monte Forest.
Ocean View
Ocean View rooms have an outdoor patio or balcony with spectacular views, featuring one of the most photographed areas of the Pacific Ocean. Some of the rooms are located on the first fairway of The Links at Spanish Bay.
Luxury Suites
The Inn offers luxury suites with spacious floor plans ideal for entertaining in a comfortable setting.
Executive Suite
Executive suites feature a fireside seating area, a deep-soaking whirlpool tub and a separate bedroom.
Honeymoon Suite
The Honeymoon Suite is very spacious with a king bed, a fireside seating area and an ocean view.
Governor's Suite
Located on the second floor, the Governor's Suite features views of the Del Monte Forest, a parlor with a comfortable seating area, an entertainment system and a private bedroom.
Presidential Suite
Located on the uppermost level, the Presidential Suite enjoys views of the Del Monte Forest, a parlor with a comfortable seating area, a large dining area, an entertainment system and a private bedroom.
Spanish Bay Suite
Located on the first floor, the secluded Spanish Bay Suite overlooks the Del Monte Forest. This spacious suite features a parlor, a dining room, a service area and a patio.
- Golf
Our Courses
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Ranked #1 among America's 100 Greatest Public Courses by Golf Digest.
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Rated one of the toughest courses in the world from the Championship tees.
The Links at Spanish Bay
A true Scottish-style links course and one of the most ecologically sensitive courses in the world.
Del Monte Golf Course
The oldest golf course in continuous operation west of the Mississippi.
Peter Hay Golf Course
The only 9-hole par-3 golf course open to the public on the Monterey Peninsula.
Golf Instruction & Services
- Golf Academy & Practice Facility
- Become a Better Golfer
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NASCAR's Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series continue on out west, heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Boyd Gaming 300 Nationwide Series race on Saturday and the KOBALT 400 Cup Series race on Sunday. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Matt Kenseth is the defending race winner at LVMS, and one more win at the track will tie him with Jimmie Johnson for the most all-time (four).
Kenseth, who will drive the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry on Sunday, has seven total top 10 finishes in 14 races at the 1.5-mile track, with an average finish of 11.6. Kenseth will also be driving the No. 20 GameStop/NYKO Toyota Camry on Saturday in the Nationwide Series race; he has three top 10 finishes in nine NNS races there, with his last start coming in 2007.
Kyle Busch, who won at LVMS back in 2009 for JGR, has five top 10 finishes in 10 starts; in 2013, he finished fourth. He'll be driving the No. 18 M&Ms Peanut Toyota on Sunday, and on Saturday he'll be in the familiar black No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota in the Nationwide Series race. LVMS is one of the few tracks on the NNS schedule where the Las Vegas native hasn't captured the checkered flag; he has two top five finishes in 10 races.
Denny Hamlin, who will be in the No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota on Sunday, has four top 10 finishes in eight starts at LVMS; his best finish was third back in his sophomore season of 2007. Last year, Hamlin finished 15th after starting sixth.
Nationwide Series regular Elliott Sadler will drive the No. 11 Interstate Batteries Toyota on Saturday, hoping to improve on his fifth-place finish last season. Sadler has three top 10 finishes in seven starts at the Vegas track, with a top finish of third in 2012.
Qualifying for the Sprint Cup Series KOBALT 400 takes place Friday, March 7th at 3:35 p.m. PT, with the race going green on Sunday, March 9th at noon PT. The Nationwide Series qualifies on Saturday, March 8th at 9:35 a.m. PT, followed by the green flag for the Boyd Gaming 300 at 1:15 p.m. PT. Keep up with the action at joegibbsracing.com.
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Postdoctoral Scholar
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2008, Zoology
I am evolutionary ecologist broadly interested in understanding the ecological and evolutionary factors that shape the distribution of a species over time and space. Secondarily, I am interested in the coevolutionary dynamics of host-parasite interactions. I am particularly drawn to the marine environment and I have significant graduate training and research experience working in the intertidal zone. I am an enthusiastic lecturer with a diverse teaching background. I have taught General Biology, Ecology, Zoology, Environmental Science, Evolution & Biodiversity, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Anatomy, and Physiology.
Factors that influence the distribution of a species
For my Master's research, I used genetic tools to show that Lottia digitalis, a common California limpet (intertidal snail) that was previously thought to exhibit a wide geographic range, was actually composed of a northern (L. digitalis) and southern (L. austrodigitalis) cryptic species pair (Crummett and Eernisse 2007). The MDH (malate dehydrogenase) locus, which we used as a diagnostic marker for the cryptic species pair, was later shown to produce allozymes that differed in their thermal stability (Dong and Somero 2009). Thus, these allozymes are likely associated with observed latitudinal species distributions as well as observed vertical (low-intertidal versus mid-intertidal) species distributions in the zone of sympatry (Crummett and Eernisse, 2007). These diagnostic allozymes may also be associated with the recent contraction of the southern range of L. digitalis and the northward range expansion of L. austrodigitalis (Crummett and Eernisse 2007); a probable result of global climate change.
For my doctoral research, I examined the hypothesis that ecological stressors interact with genetic features to influence the local distribution of sexual versus asexual populations of the freshwater snail, Campeloma limum. Finite asexual populations that produce clonal progeny are predicted to accumulate deleterious mutations over time. I provided evidence that local environmental stressors (low dissolved oxygen and microbial pollutants) may be interacting with mutation load to limit the distribution of clonal populations to relatively pristine habitats (Crummett et al. in Press). I also examined female fecundity and embryo size in asexual versus sexual populations of C. limum. I provided empirical support for the evolutionary hypothesis that asexual populations should have twice the reproductive rate of their sexual counterparts if all else is equal, known as the "two-fold cost of sex" (Crummett and Wayne, 2009). Examining snail parasites (flukes, mites, and leeches) during my doctoral work sparked my interest in host-parasite interactions, which led to my current postdoctoral work.
Currently, for my postdoctoral research, I am examining lytic marine viruses that infect the abundant marine cyanobacteria, Synechococcus, which contributes up to 25% of the primary production in pelagic waters. Through lysing their hosts, these marine viruses control bacterial abundance, affect community composition, and impact global biogeochemical cycles (nutrient flow through the marine food web). Since marine viruses control the abundance of marine cyanobacteria, we need to understand what factors control the abundance of these viruses. I am performing experiments to determine what viral characteristics (decay rate, latency period, burst size) interact with the local environment to influence local viral abundance. There is also a genetic component to this work. Interestingly, the viruses that infect Synechococcus carry a variety of genes, termed "host-derived genes" that originated in the host but were co-opted by the virus. I am examining whole genomes from viral isolates to determine if there are patterns in the specific assemblage of host-derived genes carried by a viral isolate and its location or phylogeny. With this current research, I hope to begin to understand what viral characteristics (phenotypic and/or genetic) interact with the environment to influence their abundance and distribution in the oceans.


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Oregon wraps up the non-conference portion of the schedule by hosting Morgan State of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference on Sunday, Dec. 29 at noon. Winners of three of their last four games, the Bears were 17-15 last season and return four starters from the squad that advanced to the MEAC Tournament final. Morgan State is coached by former Cal head coach Todd Bozeman. Morgan State plays at Cal State Northridge Friday night.
1- Oregon is 11-0 for just the fifth time in school history. With a win Sunday, the Ducks would be 12-0 for the fifth time ever. The current start is the school's best since 2006-07. That Aaron Brooks-led Duck squad, which won the Pac-10 tournament and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight, went 13-0 to open the year.
2 - A third of the way into the 2013-14 season, Oregon leads the nation in scoring and continues to be one of the best shooting teams nationally. The Ducks average 90.3 points per game to lead the nation. Oregon is also among the national leaders in field goal percentage (.511/7th), 3-point field goal percentage (.424/11th), free throw percentage (.756/18th) and assists (16.2 per game/24th).
3 - Oregon tied a school record by reaching the century mark for the fourth time this season Dec. 21 against Brigham Young. It is just the third time in 109 seasons of basketball that the Ducks have scored 100 points four times in the same season. Oregon has never had more than four 100-point games in the same year. The Ducks last had four 100-point games in the same year in 2001-02. Oregon first accomplished that feat in 1995-96.
4 - Stealing away. The Ducks have recorded double-digit steals in three of the last four games. That's after recording 10-plus steals only once in the first seven games.
5 - Johnathan Loyd continues to climb Oregon's career assist chart. Last week against BYU, he passed Fred Jones (367/1998-02) for sixth. Loyd, who ranks eighth nationally at 6.8 assists per game, comes into the Morgan State contest with 372 career dimes.
The Ducks have reached 80 points in nine of 11 games this season. Oregon has also gone over 90 points six times and 100 four times. Oregon has put up those big scoring totals through a collaborative effort. Oregon has had at least four players score in double figures in each of the last eight games. The Ducks have also had five double figure scorers five times, and six twice.
Joseph Young has scored in double figures in all 11 games this season. Dating back to last season while at Houston, Young has scored in double figures in 13 straight games, and 36 of his last 37 outings. The junior recently reached the 1,000 point milestone of his NCAA career. Young scored 916 points in two seasons at Houston, and has added another 218 this year for 1,134 career points. He joins Jason Calliste, who surpassed 1,000 career points in three seasons at Detroit, in the 1,000-point club.
Now with 84 victories in an Oregon uniform, Johnathan Loyd trails only former teammate E.J. Singler, who won 89 times as a Duck from 2009-13. Loyd became the sixth member of Oregon's 80-win club. That list now looks like: Singler (89), Loyd (84), Fred Jones (81), Joevan Catron (81), Luke Jackson (80) and Dick Wilkins (80).
Johnathan Loyd set a career high with 15 assists Dec. 8 at Ole Miss. He also just missed a career high with 23 points, but did record the first double-double of his career. The 15 assists were the second-highest single game total in school history. Only the great Ronnie Lee had a bigger assist game at Oregon, doling out 17 in a 116-77 win over Villanova (12-23-74).
Johnathan Loyd tied the Matthew Knight Arena record with 13 assists Nov. 29 against Pacific. Former Duck Malcolm Armstead also had 13 assists at MKA against Oregon State in 2011. Earlier this season, Loyd passed a trio of Oregon legends on the Ducks' career assists list, going by Kamikaze Kids' point guard Mike Drummond (309/1974-78) for eighth, NBA all-star Terrell Brandon (315/1990-91) and Fred Jones (367/1998-02) for sixth. Loyd needs 28 more assists to become the sixth Duck with 400 career assists.
When Johnathan Loyd (23 pts., 15 asst.) and Mike Moser (24 pts., 10 reb.) recorded double-doubles versus at Ole Miss, it was the second time this season two Ducks had a double-double in the same game. Moser (10 pts., 15 reb.) and Elgin Cook (10 pts., 10 reb.) each pulled down double-doubles Nov. 30 against North Dakota. That was the first time Oregon had two players with double-doubles in a single game since meeting Alabama on Nov. 24, 2008 (Joevan Catron, Michael Dunigan). The double-doubles were the first two for Moser as a Duck and the 19th and 20th of his NCAA career.
Oregon opened the regular season on Nov. 8 by defeating Georgetown 82-75 in the Armed Forces Classic on Army Base Camp Humphreys in South Korea. The Ducks travelled more than 12,000 miles round trip to participate in a game that honored the troops serving America. The crowd in attendance consisted entirely of active military members and their families based at Camp Humphreys. At the end of the game, Oregon players removed their jerseys and gave them to the troops, who had stormed the court to celebrate with the Ducks.
The team also got a helicopter hangar tour, where the servicemen and women who fly and maintain four different types of helicopters - Chinook, Blackhawk, Apache and Kiowa - showed off their impressive machines. The Ducks also served lunch to the troops, had a meet and greet at the gym and conducted a kids' clinic. Said Oregon coach Dana Altman after the game, "the servicemen and women came out and cheered for us and made us feel like we were the best team in America, but it's those men and women who are the real heroes. Our guys are going to remember this experience for a long time."
Oregon continues to remember the troops they met in South Korea by breaking their team huddle with the Army cry "HOO-AH" as opposed to the traditional "TEAM."
Illinois was fourth 2013 NCAA Tournament team the Ducks have defeated this season, joining Georgetown, Pacific and Ole Miss.
All nine newcomers have seen action for the Ducks this season. Senior transfers Mike Moser (UNLV), Jason Calliste (Detroit) and Richard Amardi (Indian Hills CC), junior transfers Joseph Young (Houston) and Brian Crow (Sonoma State), and sophomore transfer Elgin Cook (Northwest Florida State) all played in the season opener versus Georgetown. Those six players combined to score 66 of Oregon's 82 points versus the Hoyas. Freshman Theo Friedman became the seventh newcomer to play this season when he entered the Western Carolina game. Freshman A.J. Lapray made it eight newcomers with his debut in the Utah Valley game. The last newcomer on the roster, Jalil Abdul-Bassit, made his debut against San Francisco


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I recently heard that Microsoft allow you to install OEM version of windows 7 into Virtual Machine. I'm not 100% sure whether it is true or not and would like to re-confirm with you guys.
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Workshop at the 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing: Ubiquitous Sustainability: Citizen Science & Activism
Common Sense — Mobile sensing for community action
"We are developing mobile sensing technologies that help communities gather and analyze environmental data. We hope that this hardware and software will empower everyday citizens to learn more about their environment and influence environmental regulations and policy."
JP de Vooght: Citizen Sensing Blog: Systems Thinking for Sustainability in the Networked Age
"Citizen Sensing is a blog on how ICT can be used as enabler to address sustainability issues from the bottom up. It talks about sensors, open source applications, sustainability, citizen science and occasionally other stuff."
Sensors and sensitivity
The Economist
Whitepaper: Participatory Sensing - A citizen-powered approach to illuminatingthe patterns that shape our world (PDF)
Towards a sensor commons
By: A J Fisher:
Participatory Sensing 4 part series
By:Sara Alvarellos, a guest editor at complexitys.com:
Current status of Citizen Air Quality monitoring (Nov 2011)
By: Timothy S. Dye, Paul T. Roberts, Alan C. Chan, and Daniel M. Alrick Sonoma
UN Global Pulse:
"Global Pulse is an innovation initiative of the UN Secretary-General, harnessing today's new world of digital data and real-time analytics to gain a better understanding of changes in human well-being. Global Pulse hopes to contribute a future in which access to better information sooner makes it possible to keep international development on track, protect the world's most vulnerable populations, and strengthen resilience to global shocks."
"Turn your mobile phone into an environmental sensor and participate to the monitoring of noise pollution
Noise pollution is a serious problem in many cities. NoiseTube is a research project, started in 2008 at the Sony Computer Science Lab in Paris and currently hosted by the BrusSense Team at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, which proposes a participative approach for monitoring noise pollution by involving the general public. Our ambitious goal is to extend the current usage of mobile phones by turning them into noise sensors enabling citizens to measure their own exposure in their everyday environment."
Air Quality Egg:
"A project aiming to give citizens a way to participate in the conversation about air quality. It is composed of a sensing device that measures the air quality in the immediate environment and an on-line community that is sharing this information in real-time.It is a community-developed, open source project that is driven by people who care about the air they breathe."
Air Quality Balloons:
"This Instructable will show you how to make giant, super cool, glowing balloons that react to surrounding air quality. Inside each balloon is a tri-colored LED. This LED reacts to data from an air quality sensor, turning green, yellow or red based on low, average, and high values."
The Copenhagen Wheel:
"Smart, responsive and elegant, the Copenhagen Wheel is a new emblemfor urban mobility. It transforms ordinary bicycles quickly into hybrid e-bikes that alsofunction as mobile sensing units. The Copenhagen Wheel allows you to capturethe energy dissipated while cycling and braking and save it for when you need a bit of a boost. It also maps pollution levels, traffic congestion,and road conditions in real-time."
"The idea behind this project is to allow NYC residents to help reduce the amount of pollution in the harbor. Some 27 billion gallons of raw sewage is dumped into the harbor every year. This comes from Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) that open when the sewer system is overloaded. The idea is to enable residents to understand when the overflows happen and reduce their wastewater production before and during an overflow event."
"Safecast is a global sensor network for collecting and sharing radiation measurements to empower people with data about their environments."


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As the end of tax season draws near, taxpayers are due for some relief, two Florida Marriott resorts believe.
Sister properties Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort & Spa in Fort Myers and Hutchinson Island Marriott Beach Resort & Marina in Stuart are offering "quantative easing" packages from April 1 to June 1 based on a two-night minimum stay.
The "QE3″ package includes:
- Tax-free accommodations;
- Daily $15 resort fee deducted (at Sanibel only; no resort fee at Hutchinson);
- Free parking (Hutchinson) and free valet parking (Sanibel);
- Daily $50 credit towards hotel activities such as dining, golf and spa;
- And late 1:00 pm check-out (because, as Benjamin Franklin said, "Time is Money").
Rates for the package start at $249 a night at Sanibel and $169 a night at Hutchinson.
The offer is based on availability. Blackout dates and other restrictions may apply.
Reservations must be made by April 18 for travel April 1 to June 1. Use rate code LPR.
For more on Sanibel Harbour Marriott, visit www.sanibelmarriott.com. For more on Hutchinson Island Marriott, visit www.marriotthutchinsonisland.com. You may also call 1-800-Marriott for more on the "QE3" package.


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Uptown Charlotte has some nice Italian places. But nothing, really, like La Tagliatella, open since early September on the first floor of the Epicentre.
As you enter for the first time, the interior makes an immediate impression. A baroque take on an old Northern Italian villa, the walls and coffered ceiling are lavishly decorated. Wood paneling creates a rich feel in several dining rooms, lit by ornate chandeliers. The welcome is equally warm. Staff is told to treat each guest as "family."
It's not a formal atmosphere however. A "pizzeria" as well as a "ristoranti," La Tagliatella, named for a noodle, has a casual side, centered on an open kitchen with pizza oven and several gorgeous zinc bars. There's intimate patio seating as well, if you want to keep an eye on the Epicentre scene.
The concept is well-honed. The La Tagliatella in Charlotte is the latest in a wildly successful family of restaurants that started back in 1991 in Spain. Today, it numbers some 150 locations around the world, including recently Bangalore, India, and Shanghai, China. Charlotte is only the fourth in the U.S. with sister stores in Atlanta and the D.C. area. The brand is popular in Europe with locations in France, Germany, and Andorra (!), and many in Spain. Some 6 million guests are welcomed yearly.
All this growth is based on the excellence and authenticity of the food served at La Tagliatella, and there the Charlotte location did not disappoint. At the restaurant's Media Night, we had the opportunity to try several of the menu specialties and find out about the operation's unique food sources.
The quality of the food is based directly on the principles of the owner of the original location who developed close relationships with small farmers and cheese makers in Northern Italy. Authentic recipes from the Piamonte, Liguria and Reggio Emilia regions are created using many ingredients imported from the same suppliers who stock local tables, from baby artichokes to buffalo mozzarella.
"We import something like 30 percent of our ingredients," General Manager Daniel Gibson says. "Our tomatoes are grown in Puglia, and many of our cheeses come from Italy." Other imports include mushrooms from Trentino, focaccia from Genoa, and variety of cured meats from around the boot.
Topping nearly every dish, huge shavings of Parmigiano Reggiano supply the perfect finishing touch. The famous parmesan ripens in caves in the Apennine Mountains for three years before earning its Denomination of Origin certificate. "The king of cheeses," Gibson says, and the chefs don't skimp.
No wonder the food tastes so good.
We sampled a variety of lunch-sized portions during the media preview, but none of the dinner entrees, which include pork, veal, beef, and salmon selections, moderately priced. See the list below for the dishes we did sample.
La Tagliatella North Carolina
Epicentre, 210 East Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 900-5555
Click on the link below to see our list of menu items.
A chandelier at La Tagliatella
There's plenty to look at in La Tagliatella. This ornate chandelier is just one example of the lavishly decorated interior. Maps of Italy and a coat of arms decorate richly paneled walls.
Bowl of olives at La Tagliatella
Guests are greeted with bowls of olives, a nice, welcoming touch. The olives themselves are crisp and a little tart, a good stimulant for the appetite gearing up for the Italian feast to come.
Focacce Liguri at La Tagliatella
This flat bread appetizer featured a pair of preparations on slices of focaccia showcasing a variety of Italian cheeses and cured meat. Large twirls of bresaola, an air-dried beef, with goat cheese, honey, a balsamic reduction, and crushed pistachios topped one. The other, the popular favorite, featured provoletta cheese, arugula, and a slice of duck ham. Under it all, the Genoa-style focaccia slices made the perfect base - thick, tender, soft, and easily the best of its kind yet encountered.
Caesar salad at La Tagliatella
The crisp Caesar salad arrived with a generous bowl of dressing on the side, and topped with optional anchovies and huge flakes of Parmigiano-Reggiano. It was here we first encountered the Sole di Puglia tomatoes, soaked in olive oil and basil, making each bite a flavor experience to remember.
Specialty cocktail at La Tagliatella
The bartenders behind the lovely zinc bar offer a variety of specialty cocktails, including many made with imported Italian liquors. Favorites include the Bellini, made with Villa Sandi Prosecco and peach syrup, and the Sangria Emilia, laced with blood orange, pineapple, and brandy. Other drink options include Peroni beer on tap and a carefully selected - and very reasonably priced - list of wines by the glass.
Tagliatella Pizza
The pizza at La Tagliatella surpassed expectations. Crisp without being brittle, the paper thin crust is created from a blend of grains, including high-protein 00 granito flour. We sampled the signature pie, a simple but delicious vegetarian preparation topped with tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, and thin slices of fried eggplant, drizzled with a honey and balsamico glaze and liberally sprinkled with slices of the King of Cheeses. Perfect with cocktails or a late night snack.
Pepperadelle at La Tagliatella
Bring on the fresh pasta! La Tagliatella serves five different varieties of handcrafted, never dried pasta, including the tagliatelle noodles that inspired its name. We tried the wide pepperdelle with the Parmigiano and black truffle preparation, which came with a fried egg and scoop of black caviar on top. Your choice of pasta is priced by the sauce you select from the 15 available; add chicken, shrimp, meatballs, or salmon for an additional fee.
Tortellone at La Tagliatella
One of the restaurant's half-dozen hand-crafted stuffed pasta, the colorful tortellone is filled with a mixture of mozzarella cheese, tomato, and basil. It was nicely set off by the Calabrese sauce, an olive-oil based preparation thick with Sole di Puglia tomatoes, balsamic onions, garlic, and pine nuts. Other pasta fillings include butternut squash, goat cheese/bacon, mushroom/truffle, and gorgonzola/pear, as well as a traditional pork and beef ravioli.
Dessert at La Tagliatella
For dessert, the kitchen treated the media to two of its desserts: a rich Torta Rocher, a cheesecake-like wedge flavored with chocolate and hazelnut, and Bocconcino, a melt in the mouth caramel custard. Both were beyond delicious, but the custard deserves a special return visit, just to savor another mouthful.


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cheetah compile a.tmpl : writes a.py cheetah compile a.tmpl b.tmpl : writes a.py and b.py
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cheetah compile a : writes a.py (from a.tmpl) cheetah compile a b : writes a.py and b.py
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cheetah compile --odir /var/webware a.tmpl cheetah compile -R --odir /var/webware cheetah c --odir /var/webware sub/a.tmpl : writes /var/webware/sub/a.py
``cheetah compile'' overwrites any existing
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Husky Unveiled The 701 Prototype
From Husqvarna: "It is a glimpse of the future Husqvarna design direction, the philosophy that future Husqvarna's will follow, where the surfaces of the bodywork are understated, focusing on simplicity." I'm not to sure about this design I like some aspects of it, but for the most part it's a little to much for me. What do you think leave your comments below.


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PM Netanyahu and Sec. Kerry Meet in Jeruslaem
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PM Netanyahu's remarks at the start of the meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry:
"John, it's a pleasure to welcome you in Jerusalem. You're an old personal friend and a long-standing friend of Israel, and that friendship was demonstrated in President Obama's historic visit here in March. It was demonstrated yesterday in an extraordinary resolution by the U.S. Senate to stand with Israel against Iran's nuclear program.
I want to commend the House Foreign Affairs Committee for upgrading the sanctions so we'll discuss Iran; we'll discuss the terrible carnage and instability in Syria, but above all, what we want to do is to restart the peace talks with the Palestinians. You've been working at it a great deal. We've been working at it together. It's something I want, it's something you want. It's something I hope the Palestinians want as well and we ought to be successful for a simple reason. When there's a will, we'll find a way. Thank you. So welcome. Good to see you again."
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"My pleasure. Let me just say what a pleasure it is. It's always wonderful to come back to Israel and particularly to Jerusalem. It's a pleasure for me to visit with my friend of many years now – longer than we can count, Bibi Netanyahu, and I'm really grateful to him for the seriousness with which he is working and undertaking the homework that President Obama asked all of us to engage in when he came here on his visit.
There have been some very serious meetings, a lot of very serious discussions. We're working with the Prime Minister, with Minister Tzipi Livne, with military. Gen. John Allen is here on the ground, working with his counterparts on the issues of security. I would reiterate that the United States of America is committed now as it always has been and will be to the security of Israel. And security of Israel is paramount in our discussions with respect to a peace process. I am appreciative that the Prime Minister has really put personal energy into helping us to define some of the work that we need to do to figure out the way forward.
Let me just say to everybody: I know this region well enough to know that there is skepticism. In some quarters there is cynicism and there are reasons for it. There have been bitter years of disappointment. It is our hope that by being methodical, careful, patient, but detailed and tenacious, that we can lay out a path ahead that can conceivably surprise people, but certainly exhaust the possibilities of peace. That's what we're working towards and I thank the Prime Minister for his serious commitment to this endeavor.
On Syria, I just came from a meeting in Amman with ten other ministers. They all agreed and are committed to try to move towards a negotiated solution. Nobody has any illusions about how difficult, complicated, what a steep climb that is, but we also understand that the killing that is taking place, the massacres that are taking place, the incredible destabilization of Syria is spilling over into Lebanon, into Jordan and has an impact obviously on Israel. So we have an obligation to try and see if we can implement Geneva One. Again, we're aware of the pitfalls, but I think the Prime Minister knows better than anybody what the implementations of these security threats are. S-300 missiles coming from Russia or other countries, from Iran, missiles are destabilizing to the region. The United States is committed, not only in its defense of Israel, but in its concerns for the region to try to address this issue. So Mr. Prime Minister, thank you.
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A game where a group of guys masterbate. the objective is not be the last to ejaculate on the biscuit, thus resulting the player having to eat the biscuit with everyone elses cemen on it.
Me and 3 - 5 guys are playing biscuit
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A gun. See Outkast song "Red Velvet."
You got a body guard, I let my nigga tote the biscuit" - Big Boi
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A handgun, specifically, a revolver.
"You can't hide no biscuit in yo' pants like that!"
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What the British call a biscuit, the Americans call a cookie.
What the Americans call a biscuit, the British call a scone.
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ass, tush, booty, etc.
I would like to butter her biscuit
লিখেছেন- Phil 22 de এপ্রিল de 2004
A good looking woman, typically of younger age.
Look at biscuit over there! That bitch is fine as fuck!
লিখেছেন- Mr. Biscuit 6 de এপ্রিল de 2011
1. a small quick bread made from dough that has been rolled out and cut or dropped from a spoon.
2. buttocks
2. buttocks
1. Pillsbury makes the best biscuits.
2. Yo Willis, did you see the biscuits on that chick?
2. Yo Willis, did you see the biscuits on that chick?
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This week, a GIF of Jennifer Lawrence's Photoshopped 2011 Flare magazine cover made the rounds on the Internet.
The cover was altered to make Lawrence appear slimmer with higher check bones and a more pronounced collar bone. While Lawrence herself has previously been outspoken on her dislike of altered images, many stars haven't been as averse.
Model Miranda Kerr recently posted a Photoshopped image of herself on Instagram, creating outrage across the Internet.
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Senior Tess Shubert finished third in the 400 meter hurdles finals.
April 20, 2013
By Tyler Wooten
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Saluki track and field concluded their stay at the Kansas Relays on Saturday by participating in a handful of events, including four event finals and two seeded races.
Senior Tess Shubert was Southern's highest finisher at the final day of the historic meet. Shubert finished third in the finals of the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.43.
The Salukis were represented in the same event on the men's side by freshman Brett Kohler, who finished eighth with a time of 55.15 seconds.
Fellow hurdler Laquitsha Bejoile-Hayes represented SIU in the 100 meter hurdles, where she finished sixth with a time of 14.04 seconds. That time is only three hundredths-of-a-second of her personal best (14.01) set earlier this season -- the seventh-best time in Saluki history.
Southern's last finals qualifier was the women's 4x100 meter relay team of Lauren Cheadle, Shubert, Desiree White and Amiris Warren. The quartet finished in sixth place at 46.69 seconds, only two tenths off their season best set last week at the Ole Miss Invite.
SIU also had a pair of middle distance runners participate in pre-seeded events. Oscar Medina finished third out of six runners in the men's 1500m race at 3:55.74, and on the women's side fellow sophomore Mobola Rotibi finished fifth in the 800 meter run, clocking in at 2:12.11.
Overall, the Salukis won two event titles (Kenya Culmer, high jump; Lucas Cherry, 3000 meter steeplechase) and placed three runners-up (Bradley Sauer, hammer throw; Dougie Palacious, triple jump; Sadie Darnell, 3000 meter steeplechase) over the course of their three days at the four-day meet. In addition, former Saluki Jeneva McCall won both the women's shot put and discus throwing events.
Saluki track and field travels to yet another historic relay, the Drake Relays, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Apr. 26-27.


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Kokon to Zai designer Robert Risteski is helping to bring underground fashion to Amsterdam with Destinationshop. Working with independent fashion labels to create a monthly fashion installation, Risteski has built a place for people to spend time, try on new labels and discover inspiring new trends.
"It's like a candy shop where you can get something cool, edgy or one of a kind without traveling to London or Paris to get it," explains Risteski.
"I strongly believe the Dutch audience is finally welcoming fashion culture as a new phenomena in their lifestyle and are ready for something more cutting edge."
Just off the main shopping area of Amsterdam, Destinationshop stocks unique designs by Marjan Pejoski, Kokon to Zai and Eric Lebon with plans to include brands such as Romain Kremer, Minimarket and Emma Cook. "The current credit situation has made fashion buying a little difficult, but the challenge has meant the process has been very interesting," Risteski notes.
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The European Commission yesterday granted conditional marketing approval for Biogen Idec's Fampyra® (prolonged release fampridine tablets) as a treatment to improve walking in adult multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who have walking disability. A conditional approval is renewable yearly, and under terms of the approval conditions for Fampyra, the European regulator is recommending that the firm carry out a further study to evaluate long-term benefits and safety of the drug, in particular its benefits beyond effects on walking speed. Biogen Idec says the agency's requirements are consistent with its already planned postapproval activities.
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California officials have ordered an emergency shut-down of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites plus a review of 100 others in the state's Central Valley. The state's Division of Oil and Gas and Geothermal Resources sent cease-and-desist orders on July 7 to seven energy companies warning them that they might be injecting their toxic waste into aquifers that might be used for drinking water.
While many of the state's aquifers are under environmental protection, other are not. Decades ago, at least 100 of the state's aquifers were deemed useless for farming or drinking because they were either too deep underground or produced water of poor quality. The state therefore exempted these aquifers from protection and allowed gas and oil companies to pollute them. As a result, California has a patchwork of protected and unprotected aquifers. According to the cease-and-desist orders, at least seven injection wells may have been pumping their waste into aquifers that were protected.
According to documents the state had filed with the EPA in 1981, the exempted aquifers were poorly defined. They were often hand-drawn on a map, making it difficult to know today exactly which bodies of water were supposed to be protected. The exemption and documents were signed by then-Governor Jerry Brown. The Division first became aware of this problem during a review of fracking facilities being conducted as required by a new fracking law passed last year. That law, which into effect last January, requires California state officials to study fracking impacts and mitigate all known risks, including those associtated with underground waste disposal.
State officials will now order water testing and monitoring at the injection well sites in question. So far, they have not found any contamination in the protected aquifers.
California's drought exacerbates matters. It has emptied reservoirs and cost the state $2.2 billion this year alone. According to the University of California Davis, the drought has forced farmers to supplement their water from underground aquifers. For three years in a row, California has been having record-low rainfall, receiving an average of just four inches of rain in 2013. Downtown Las Angeles, which gets almost 15 inches of rain in a normal year, got just 3.6 inches in 2013.
Some experts now believe that the once-"useless" aquifers the state and the EPA believed would never be used, could become important water sources as the climate changes and the technology makes it possible to both retrieve water from deep underground and make it safe for human use. Some towns in Wyoming and Texas, which are also plagued by drought, are already pumping, treating, and delivering water from deep aquifers of the type that California state regulations had deemed unusable.


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Opening Date:
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Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin
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Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller
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College Hockey:Puskar's pair knots American International's series with Robert Morris
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — It was kind of hard to believe the goal lights at the Clearview Arena simply didn't give up and burn out following two periods of action during Saturday night's Atlantic Hockey first-round playoff matchup featuring the Robert Morris Colonials and the American International Yellow Jackets.
In a bizarre game, one that neither team could be proud of defensively speaking, the Yellow Jackets pulled off an entertaining 7-5 win against the homestanding Colonials, pulling the best-of-three playoff series even at one game apiece.
"We were off from the start," said RMU coach Derek Schooley. "It was just one of those games that they wanted just a tad more than us tonight. We can't feel sorry for ourselves, we have to come back and play tomorrow. It was a different hockey game tonight, not one that we're used to playing, and we need to figure out what we're doing sooner rather than later."
American International wasted almost no time in getting on top of the Colonials as just 42 seconds after the drop of the puck, forward Jon Puskar took a pass from Micheal Penny down the right-wing boards and unleashed a shot that snuck past Colonial goaltender Brooks Ostergard to give the Yellow Jackets the early lead.
Robert Morris remained calm and responded quickly when senior forward Cody Crichton finished off a perfect pass from game one hero Adam Brace at 4:38 to knot the score at one.
And then, they were off to the races.
Following the early exchange of goals, both teams completely opened up the ice and looked to seize control of the game. The lack of defensive presence from both teams contributed to the scoring pace and the goaltending on both sides became suspect.
Colonial forward Zach Hervato gave the Colonials a brief lead at 5:17 when his strong individual effort was rewarded with a shot that beat Yellow Jacket netminder Ben Meisner just inside the near post.
Less than a minute later, Alexander MacMillan got behind the Colonial defense and burned Ostergard from point blank range with his first goal of the year to tie the game back up, finishing the second exchange of tallies between the two sides.
Brace then deposited his fourth goal of the weekend when he lifted a puck that had sailed through the crease over a sprawled Meisner at 14:30 to close out the first-period scoring.
Most people in attendance would have reasonably expected the uncharacteristic, fire wagon-style game both teams displayed to slow down during the second frame, but neither team seemed willing to back down from the pace that had been set.
Yellow Jacket forward Jason Popek tied the score back at three each when he put home a plump rebound from Ostergard back behind him just 2:21 into the period with assists going to Nick Sandor and Matt Cassidy.
The third Yellow Jacket goal chased Ostergard from the net as the Colonials turned to Eric Levine to help spark the Colonial effort.
Less than three minutes later, Sandor put the Jackets back in the lead when he buried a pass from Popek at 4:53.
Colonial forward Cody Wydo then re-tied the game at four each when he intercepted a Yellow Jacket pass just inside the blue line and cleanly beat Meisner with a well-placed wrist shot at 9:23.
With the action fast and furious, it seemed that a critical time of the game was approaching and since two-goal spurts had become routine in this contest, the Yellow Jackets made certain to make their next one count the most.
American International took and then pushed the lead back to two with goals from Penny and defenseman Jeff Ceccacci at 11:40 and 15:52, respectively. Schooley then removed Levine from the pipes and placed Ostergard back in following the fifth Yellow Jacket goal.
The Colonials then cut the lead in half at 17:25 when freshman defenseman Evan Renwick scored his first career goal with a brilliant backhand shot that found its way past Meisner. The late-period goal might have given the Colonials complete faith in their ability to take control of the game once and for all in the third period, but Meisner would refuse to let Robert Morris back into the contest.
The senior goaltender stopped all 21 Colonial shots in the third period, some in spectacular fashion, and Puskar added his second tally of the night at the 9:35 mark of the third to close out the scoring on a goal that bore strong resemblance to his game-opening goal.
"It was an uncharacteristic first two periods for us tonight, [but] we were finally able to stabilize in the third period and Meisner really stepped up for us tonight," said AIC coach Gary Wright. "Robert Morris generates tremendous speed coming through the neutral zone and we need to make better adjustments to that going into tomorrow's game."
The Colonials and Yellow Jackets return to finish the opening-round series Sunday evening at 7:05 p.m. with the winner advancing to the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal round.
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Google Shopper Android app lets you shop smarter
Google has launched yet another application for Android – this time, it's one that should help you shop smarter.
The app is called Google Shopper and uses your Android phone's camera to scan "most barcodes", as well as cover art of CDs, DVDs, video games and books. After you've scanned the desired product or barcode, Google Shopper provides product-related info, like where to buy and for how much.
Info can also be provided if you simply speak the name of the product you're looking for.
Google Shopper can be downloaded via Android Market, or you can scan the QR code found here. Apparently, the application is compatible with all Android OS versions.
A quick video preview of Google Shopper can be watched below:
Via the official Google Mobile blog