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As American missionaries to Paraguay, Jerry and Connie White see Jesus' love and the Holy Spirit's power daily change people in their church and in the hospital and prison where they minister with pastors and leaders from the Bible Teaching Center.
Until April 2014, the Whites didn't know the power of one biblical word to transform the spiritual, physical, mental and emotional health of the Paraguayans they love and serve as pastors and directors of Living Water Teaching Paraguay.
Sozo, a Greek word that's found 110 times in the New Testament of the Bible, changed everything for the Whites' congregation, CEB Iglesia, and its surrounding South American community this year; the word means to be saved, healed, delivered, and made whole.
During three days of instruction in what's called Sozo Ministry, the Whites and three associate pastors along with 85 members of their congregation learned how to help Paraguayans conduct direct, two-way conversations with the Holy Spirit. Many Paraguayans are from Catholic backgrounds.
The Whites, their staff, congregation and eight other trained Sozo Ministry leaders from Colorado then used their new tools over the next six days, conducting 30 one-on-one sessions per day with CEB Iglesia members, before taking the ministry into a children's hospital and a prison that houses men and women.
Sozo's introduction into Paraguay is the first South American country to experience the fast-growing, intensely personal training that's reached 80 percent of the world's countries from its home base in Redding, Calif. Bethel Church began Sozo Ministry in 1997.
Nearly 200 Paraguayans – some of whom were not born again or filled with the Holy Spirit when they signed up for their private Sozo sessions – encountered a personal, relational God who, as a loving Father, desires to hear from and speak to them. Many were pleasantly surprised by their ability to hear God's voice in response to their conversations, and by their physical and emotional improvements after receiving Sozo Ministry.
A woman in her 20s and a member of the White's church says God – through Sozo sessions – changed her life, and physically and emotionally healed many others who've publicly shared their testimonies.
"I had bitterness and hate toward my husband, and I was a cold person," says Rocio Morel. "God has changed my life, removed the evil that was inside me, and made me happy. If Sozo hadn't come into my life, I would not have been healed.
"Before (Sozo), I couldn't understand where the love had gone," says Morel, whose husband is in training for a spot on the church worship team along with herself. "I felt so sad and hurt, but I am different now."
When Jerry White invited the presence of God into a worship service at the end of six days of Sozo Ministry, a man who had come to church with a demon inside him began to disrupt the powerful church meeting with screams. The dark spirit inside the man couldn't withstand the powerful presence of the Holy Spirit in the church, and left at the command of Pastor Ben Salgado and others who continued to worship and intercede during the commotion.
In several of the 185 Sozo sessions that were conducted the first week of April 2014, ministers say they saw, heard or felt bones move and legs grow out as some of the Paraguayans spoke to God about their physical limitations, asking Jesus if he was willing to heal them.
Carmen Benetiz, a woman in her 50s and a member of the White's church, told Sozo minister Coree Sullivan at the outset that her spine was crooked and caused considerable pain. So, as Benetiz talked to God and Sullivan laid hands on her and prayed silently, both were amazed at the response.
"The straightening of Carmen's spine was amazing," says Sullivan. "My hand has never felt anything like that previously."
Two months later, Jerry White says Benetiz continues to improve overall but, in her upper spine where there wasn't as much movement as in the lower portion, the healing and recovery is a work in progress. Nevertheless, Benetiz is able to attend worship services at CEB Iglesia.
Dramatic physical, spiritual and emotional improvements are convincing enough for the Whites to pursue advanced training at the International Bethel Sozo Organization (IBSO) in Redding, Calif., where the ministry was birthed almost two decades ago.
In 1997, the year Sozo was founded, its leader received prayer training from healing evangelist Randy Clark, whose "Ten Steps" was inspired by the successful deliverance ministry of Pastor Pablo Bottari of Argentina.
Dawna DeSilva, a member of Bethel Church, began Sozo Ministry there after adding "tool sets" from Dr. Ed Smith of Theophostic Prayer Ministry and from scientist Aiko Hormann of Aiko Hormann Ministries.
Within a year, churches from around the globe had received training from DeSilva and the IBSO.
Today, 80 percent of the world's countries employ Sozo Ministry in some form, though not all are attached to the official network website (bethelsozo.com), due to concerns about security in nations that are hostile to Christianity or refuse to affiliate for church-related reasons.
Eight years ago, the IBSO began to target the United Kingdom for training; four years ago, the emphasis was in Australia and New Zealand, according to DeSilva. There's now a growing network in Germany and Switzerland and smaller ones in Canada, South Africa and Asia, she says. A basic Sozo training DVD was completed in the Mandarin language in 2014.
"Our regional directors and Bethel missions teams have taken (Sozo) around the world on so many trips that it's impossible to say all of where we are.
"All I know is that God rocks and he loves setting captives free and renewing his children's minds," DeSilva says.
From her UK base in 2010, England's then regional Sozo director Faith Haupt labored to spread the ministry's influence into Africa with help from international groups The River Flows and Pro Health International, a missions group, with which she traveled to Nigeria that year to do medical interventions.
There were long lines of people in need of attention for physical conditions; and, seemingly, there was little Haupt could do without medical skills. "I told the Lord I didn't come here to sit in a little tent, and that I was going to pray for people using my Sozo training.
"As I would be praying for people, I would see emotional wounds that were so deep that I was only scratching the surface of their pain," says Haupt, who knows people affected today by radical Boko Haram's captivity of Nigerian girls, some of whom are Christians in need of Sozo Ministry.
Unfortunately, doors for further Sozo training in Nigeria remain closed, despite the need for its more gentle, incisive ministry over deliverance that seeks to literally shake demons out of people.
Now back in the states as director of the The River Flows/U.S., Haupt carried Sozo Ministry tools in 2013 to India, where she worked directly with Dalits and alongside a pastor, his wife and their 600-member network of churches that are motivated to reach the "untouchables."
"The women who are Dalits have a triple whammy – they are women, "untouchables" and Christians in a Hindu culture," says Haupt, who personally performed a Sozo with the Indian pastor's wife. "She still tells the testimony of her receiving Sozo Ministry, and how it changed her countenance and those of others who've had one."
Currently, a translation of basic Sozo Ministry curriculum into the Telugu language is underway so that more Christian leaders can reach India and, specifically, the Dalits with the saving, healing, delivering, restoring power of God, says Haupt.
She acknowledges that teaching the Triune nature of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit is difficult in a culture that believes in many "gods." But Sozo's emphasis on training people to communicate with a God who daily listens to and speaks with his creation simplifies the task.
In the Rocky Mountain region of the ISBO which includes six western states, charismatic Pastor Bill Kline has trained Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Catholic, Reformed and non-denominational church leaders in Sozo Ministry since 2010.
A pastor at a revival-style church, Kline says over 3,000 Sozo sessions have been conducted at Resurrection Fellowship in Loveland, Colo., where he is on staff and serves as regional director of the California-based ministry.
There's a two-week waiting list of people who want to have a personal Sozo session, and Reztoration Sozo Ministry as it's called conducts on average 18 to 20 per week, or two to three over a five-day period.
Kline, another Spanish-speaking pastor and six others trained in Sozo Ministry traveled to Paraguay to teach the Whites and their church leaders basic tools for meeting physical, spiritual and emotional needs in their congregation, as well as in the hospital and prison populations in April 2014.
In Colorado, Kline personally offered Sozo Ministry to a Catholic deacon on the day that Pope Francis was installed as leader of the worldwide church.
The charismatic pastor says he wasn't surprised when, a few months later, Pope Francis addressed a Fort Worth, Texas congregation, asking his "fellow brothers and sisters to pray for him." The Texas pastor, Kenneth Copeland, led an international delegation of Christians in praying for and blessing Pope Francis in a video that's posted on YouTube.
In Utah, where Mormonism is a prevalent, Kline is training at least one Assembly of God Church pastor and leader in Sozo Ministry. Both pastors believe they will someday use Sozo with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. With Utah and Colorado, other states in the Rocky Mountain ISBO network include South Dakota, western Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.
Utah Pastor Mark Gering says he's excited about what how the Lord intends to use Sozo Ministry at Christian Life AG Church when it launches. The goal there, as in other places where Sozo Ministry is present, is to normalize the practice of holding two-way, Holy Spirit-led conversations with a God who loves to communicate with his creation.
First-time students like Gering report that they've had direct conversations with God, and that he listened and responded to their questions.
A typical Sozo team consists of a leader and a helper (who primarily provides prayer support for the entire session). There is no counseling during the ministry time, but team members remain sensitive to the needs of people receiving a Sozo and encourage them to set their own agendas for conversations.
"I do agree with Pastor Bill (Kline) that Sozo Ministry will be a great tool to reach LDS people," says Gering.
"I think that this will be a challenge to them in some respects, considering how they (Mormons) view the Godhead. But once people start connecting with God through this ministry their theology will be transformed.
"Once we launch, we believe that word-of-mouth and changed lives will lead LDS people to be open to receiving this ministry.
"I anticipate great testimonies coming out of this culture," Gering said.


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Ducati Previews Indianapolis
After a brief, two-week summer break, the Ducati Team is on its way back to the United States for the second of two American MotoGP rounds. The team's goal is to continue working on the bike in order to enable a positive final part of the season for Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden.
The American is particularly fond of the Indianapolis circuit, not only because it's close to his home state of Kentucky, but also because it was the site of his first podium with Ducati, in 2009. Valentino Rossi has also been on the podium at this historic track, taking the victory when it first hosted the championship, in 2008.
As is always the case at the American events, Ducati Island will serve as the meeting point for the fans that come to support the Ducati Team, and to share the race weekend and enjoy the many exciting activities organized by the Italian manufacturer's American subsidiary.
VALENTINO ROSSI, Ducati Team
"This break served as an opportunity to make important decisions for the future, but now I want to return to thinking about the races because we want to improve and during the weekend it's important to focus completely on what we have to do on the track. Indianapolis isn't one of my favourite circuits, although I do have a win there. It's a particular track because it's one of those that goes in the opposite direction, so the lines are a bit strange in many of the corners. It's a tricky track, but we'll try to do our best and have fun."
NICKY HAYDEN, Ducati Team
"Laguna was fun, but Indy is really my home GP, just across the state line from Kentucky. Hopefully we can do a good result. We struggled more at Laguna than I expected, but Indy is much faster, with more opportunities to open the throttle. It should be nice to ride that track on the 1000s, and it will be fun for the American fans to really get to see them in action. Last season, tyre wear was critical there, but hopefully the pavement will come in a bit better this year. I hope to be competitive starting on Friday, and I'll definitely be disappointed if we don't get the best result of the season so far."
VITTORIANO GUARESCHI, Team Manager
"The past month has been very intense for everyone, but now things are clearer. We can therefore concentrate on our work on the track as we continue to improve our bike so that Vale and Nicky can finish the season on an upward trend. Indianapolis is a challenging track laid out inside the famous oval for the 500, and it therefore features different types of asphalt, making for conditions that stress the tyres. It will be important to find a setup that makes it possible to take advantage of the hard tyres."
Circuit Record: Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha – 2009), 1:40.152 – 151.545 Km/h (94.166 mph)
Best Pole: Casey Stoner (Honda – 2011), 1:38.850 – 153.541 Km/h (95.406 mph)
Circuit Length: 4.216 km (2.620 mi)
2012 MotoGP Race: 28 laps (118.048 km/73.352 mi)
2012 MotoGP Schedule: 2:00 p.m. Local Time
2011 PODIUM: 1st Casey Stoner, 2nd Dani Pedrosa, 3rd Ben Spies
2011 POLE: Casey Stoner (Honda), 1:38.850 – 153.541 Km/h (95.406 mph)
2011: 10th (Rossi)
2010: 6th (Hayden)
2009: 3rd (Hayden)
2008: 4th (Stoner)
Rossi's MotoGP track record at Indianapolis
2011: 14th; Race, 10th
2010: Grid, 7th; Race, 4th
2009: Grid, 3rd; Race, DNF
2008: Grid, 1st; Race, 1st
Hayden's MotoGP track record at Indianapolis
2011: 8th; Race, 14th
2010: Grid, 3rd; Race, 6th
2009: Grid, 6th; Race, 3rd
2008: Grid, 4th; Race, 2nd
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How to Pick a Peach : The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table
ISBN13:by Parsons, Russ
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Questions About This Book?
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This is the Reprint edition with a publication date of 5/1/2008.
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- The eBook copy of this book is not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically only the book itself is included.
"Eat locally, eat seasonally."A simple slogan that is backed up by science and by taste. The farther away from the market something is grown, the longer it must spend getting to us, and what eventually arrives will be less than satisfying. Although we can enjoy a bounty of produce year round-apples in June, tomatoes in December, peaches in January-most of it is lacking in flavor. In order to select wisely, we need to know more about the produce we purchase. Where and how was the head of lettuce grown? When was it picked and how was it stored? How do you tell if a melon is really ripe? Which corn is sweeter, white or yellow?Russ Parsons provides the answers to these questions and manyothers in this indispensable guide to common fruits and vegetables, from asparagus to zucchini. He offers valuable tips on selecting, storing, and preparing produce along with one hundred delicious recipes. "How to Pick a Peach" delivers an entertaining and informative reading experience that is guaranteed to help put better food on the table.
Author Biography
RUSS PARSONS is the food and wine columnist of the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of the best-selling How to Read a French Fry, a winner of multiple James Beard Awards for his journalism, and the recipient of the IACP/Bert Greene Award for distinguished writing.
He lives in California, which produces more than half of the fruits and vegetables grown in this country. He has been writing about food and agriculture for more than twenty years.
He lives in California, which produces more than half of the fruits and vegetables grown in this country. He has been writing about food and agriculture for more than twenty years.
Table of Contents
|The Vegetables and Fruits Alphabetically
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|The Recipes by Category
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|The Plant Designers: Factories in the Field
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|Onions, Leeks and Garlic
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|Peas and Fava Beans
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|Salad Greens
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|Big Farmers, Small Farmers: The Cost of Compromise
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|Green Beans
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|Summer Squash
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|Peaches and Nectarines
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|Growers and Global Competition: Reinventing the Tomato
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|Broccoli and Cauliflower
|p. 235
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|p. 256
|Winter Squash
|p. 267
|p. 279
|Pears, Asian Pears and Quinces
|p. 288
|Persimmons and Figs
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|Market Corrections: The Return of the Small Farmer
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|Cabbages and Brussels Sprouts
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|Cooking Greens
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|p. 339
|Root Vegetables
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|Lemons and Limes
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|Mandarins (Tangerines), Grapefruits and Pummelos
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Artichokes Alexander Pope wrote that it was a brave man who first ate an oyster. What possible words can describe the heroism of he who first ate an artichoke? Not only did he have to consume it, but he probably had to invent it as well. At first glance - and maybe even after patient consideration - little about the artichoke indicates either edibility or conscious creation. The thing looks more like a primitive instrument of war than a domesticated product of agriculture. With its overlapping rows of hard prickly petals, it seems only one step removed from a stick with a nail stuck in it. Yet somehow, sometime, someone almost certainly did create the artichoke. Exactly how, when and who are unclear. Obviously, it happened well before anyone thought to copyright a plant, or even to write a scientific paper claiming academic bragging rights. But there is little doubt that the artichoke was invented. The vegetable that we call an artichoke is actually the unopened flower bud of a plant that is an improved cardoon. (My colleague Charles Perry says the word "artichoke" is derived from the Arabic al'qarshuf, which translates as "little cardoon.") If you visit ethnic produce markets - particularly Italian ones - you may have seen a cardoon. It looks like a prehistoric stalk of celery. It is outsize and a pale dinosaur gray-green with a thick, stringy skin. Peel it, chop it and cook it, and you'll taste artichoke. Why did our unnamed farmer decide that the bud of the cardoon was more desirable than the stalk? Is that even what he was going for? Did he really think he had accomplished his goal, or did he simply give up? There is something haphazard, even accidental, about the artichoke. One thing's for certain: no modern plant breeder would dare to come up with something like it. More's the pity. The artichoke is one of spring's great vegetables, with a buttery texture and an appealing flavor - an almost brassy sweetness that combines well with a multitude of other ingredients. But there's no getting around it, the artichoke is a peculiar vegetable. First, of course, there is its form - like a thistle-covered mace. The edible part of the artichoke is an unopened flower bud, or, more accurately, a collection of flower buds. If it is left to open, the artichoke will turn almost inside out, blossoming into something that looks like a flat pincushion stuck with hundreds of tiny lavender-blue flowers. It is attractive in its own gargantuan way, and fully opened artichoke flowers are sometimes used by avantgarde florists to make visual statements in arrangements. The sharp, tough "petals" or "leaves" of the artichoke are what botanists call bracts, which are actually somewhere between the two. Bracts are tough, leaflike objects that protect the flower. But the artichoke's contrariness is more than skin-deep. In fact, peel an artichoke and set it aside for a minute, and you'll soon discover another of its eccentricities. Exposed to air, artichokes turn brown or even black. This is not altogether unusual in itself - potatoes do the same thing, and so do peaches and shrimp, among many diverse foods. The process is what chemists call enzymatic browning. The plant contains a substance that when exposed to oxygen changes the color of the flesh. This is not always bad. All tea would be green if it were not for enzymatic browning. In the case of artichokes, though, it's hard to see the benefit, at least for the cook. But whereas it is almost impossible to prevent enzymatic browning, we can delay it fairly easily, either by preventing exposure to oxygen or by treating the flesh with an acidic compo


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|Crime Prevention Tips
The mission of the Newport Police Department is to consistently invest available resources toward our City's reputation as a safe place to live, work, play, learn and visit.
Please click the links in the menu bar to the left for our pages with information on crime prevention for burglary, vacation safety, ATM safety, and identity theft risks.
How secure is your home?
Question: If you locked yourself out of your house, could you easily find a way in? If you answered yes, then a burglar could also answer yes. Many burglaries occur in the summer when people are away on vacation. Read on for a few tips that may help secure your home when you're not there. And you might want to print out the list of additional General Security Tips below and keep it for future reference.
Take a security survey. Many local law enforcement agencies will provide a free survey of your property to help identify potential trouble spots. Another strategy is to put yourself into the mindset of a burglar. Walk through and around your home and keep asking yourself this question: If I were going to break in, how would I do it?
Get a dog. Dogs are great companions and even small dogs may make enough noise to help deter burglars.
Burglar alarms. A security alarm system can help keep your home safe from burglars — if you remember to turn it on.
Secure windows and doors. Easily visible locks on windows and doors may deter thieves. Make sure doors, windows and all frames are strong and in good condition.
Outside lighting. Good outdoor lighting is a crucial aspect of your home's security. Lighting can help to deter burglars and eliminate potential hiding spots.
Gardens, gates and fences. Check for weak spots in gates and fences and potential hiding spots provided by shrubs.
Keys. Don't leave a spare key in a convenient hiding place such as under the doormat or in a flowerpot — thieves often look there first.
No matter how secure your residence is, if a professional burglar has targeted your home and is determined to break in, the unthinkable may still happen. Be prepared: Create and maintain a detailed household inventory.
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The session will end with a Question and Answer period so you can interact with our panel of experts.
Cadalyst Magazine raves, "Vico Software's Virtual Construction Suite represents the most comprehensive, best integrated, and most highly evolved VC applications currently available on the world market". Cadalyst Magazine (07/08) Let's better understand why 5D BIM is so important to the market, especially during this downturm in market conditions.
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Verizon may be having that Labor Day sale which is going to be expiring later this evening, however they are also running another offer at the same time, though this one is aimed more at those looking to purchase a smartphone and is running though the end of September. This offer seems to be simple enough — buy a smartphone from Verizon and get a $100 Verizon Wireless gift card in return.
This offer is valid for new Verizon customers as well as current customers who are either eligible for an upgrade or willing to add another line to their current account. The one catch here, in order to get that $100 Verizon Wireless gift card, you will need to trade in an old "Verizon Wireless basic phone."
That being said, the new smartphone will come along with a two-year agreement and you will need to be on the lookout for a promotion code from Verizon, which is noted as coming within 5 days. That code can come by email or text message and from that point you will need to visit the Verizon Trade-in Program page to enter your code and request. After that you will need to wait for Verizon to mail you an envelope and then send in your old phone. Once they have it in hand, which is said to take "up to 3 weeks" you will get your $100 Verizon Wireless gift card.
And lastly for those wondering, the Verizon Wireless gift card can be used towards your Verizon Wireless bill or towards the purchase of accessories.
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WebOS 2.0 upgrade promised for 2014 LG Smart TVs
If TV makers have been having a hard time selling their units, they might face even more hesitation about their Smart TVs once people realize what they're getting. Or, in this case, what they're not getting. The promise of a smart TV really only holds if the software running inside it is powerful, fast, and up to date. Sadly, that is not the case for many of these types of TVs. For example, it has taken LG this long to offer a WebOS 2.0 upgrade for its 2014 Smart TVs, and it won't even becoming until sometime later this year.


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The eye sores that are abandoned couches, mattresses and general debris left behind when people move have recently become targets in a rash of arson fires in Chico.
Last weekend, the fire department responded to 12 fires while in a period of about four hours Sunday night they responded to three more couches that had been set ablaze.
Chico Fire Investigator Marie Fickert says the fuel for the fires are items dumped around town when people move.
"Chico is having quite the arson problems," Fickert says. "We have numerous nightly fires involving outdoor fires such as couches that are being set on fire, dumpsters that are being set on fire, other combustible items."
She says most of the items are being dumped illegally.
"A couple of the people that have had fires just since last night, when I interviewed them, stated that these couches weren't here until Saturday," she says.
Because of the dumping problem in the city, the Chico Fire Department is pleading with people who are moving to deal with trash in the correct way—by taking it to the dump.
They also want property owners to check their properties for any combustible debris that might be a temptation to arsonists.
Fickert says a witness saw a group of young teenagers in the area before Sunday night's fires, whether they are responsible isn't known.
And if you do happen to see anything suspicious going on, you're asked to call 9-1-1.


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Dentist Lobby Plots Against Obamacare
They have ways of making you talk.
One of the many reforms in the Affordable Care Act is a provision allowing certain non-dentists to perform low-level dentistry tasks. Dentists don't like this because the cartelization of dentistry services increases dentist incomes (you can read about how this works here, here, and here.) The Wall Street Journal reports on the dentist lobby (the American Dental Association), its determination to repeal that part of Obamacare, and its vast power in general. This quote was particularly chilling:
"We pay people to find out information," said an ADA lobbyist. "That's their job."
I am sure they're very good at it:
Dentists actually are highly skilled professionals, and creating laws requiring either that a dentist or somebody working for a dentist clean your teeth needlessly drives up the price. The ADA may favor rent-seeking regulations, but I'm sure many dentists would trade less income for a restructuring of their jobs that would enable them to concentrate on high-level dentristry rather than low-level monotony.
It's probably just a matter of time until The Lobby — that's what I call the dental lobby now that Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer have stopped using the term — smears me as an anti-Dentite. I am not. Some of my best friends and relatives are dentists! Well, my dentist is one, anyway.


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Finckh, U; van Hadeln, K; Müller-Thomsen, T; Alberici, A; Binetti, G; Hock, C; Nitsch, R M; Stoppe, G; Reiss, J; Gal, A (2003). Association of late-onset Alzheimer disease with a genotype of PLAU, the gene encoding urokinase-type plasminogen activator on chromosome 10q22.2. Neurogenetics, 4(4):213-217.
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Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) converts plasminogen to plasmin. Plasmin is involved in processing of amyloid precursor protein and degrades secreted and aggregated amyloid-beta, a hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD). PLAU, the gene encoding uPA, maps to chromosome 10q22.2 between two regions showing linkage to late-onset AD (LOAD). We genotyped a frequent C/T single nucleotide polymorphism in codon 141 of PLAU (P141L) in 347 patients with LOAD and 291 control subjects. LOAD was associated with homozygous C/C PLAU genotype in the whole sample (chi2=15.7, P=0.00039, df 2), as well as in all sub-samples stratified by gender or APOE epsilon4 carrier status (chi2> or = 6.84, P< or =0.033, df 2). Odds ratio for LOAD due to homozygosity C/C was 1.89 (95% confidence interval 1.37-2.61). PLAU is a promising new candidate gene for LOAD, with allele C (P141) being a recessive risk allele or allele T (L141) conferring protection.
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TC TO DELIA BACON; 4 October 1854; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18541004-TC-DB-01; CL 29: 160-161
CHELSEA, 4 October, 1854.
DEAR MISS BACON,—We are very glad to hear of you again, and that you are doing well, and getting that wild jungle of sticks victoriously tied into fagots. That is a right success, due to all faithful workers, and which nobody can deprive one of.
My wife cannot by any means recollect the least particular of Mrs. Spring's address at Hampstead, though she was once there, and saw the place with her eyes. However, she assures me it would have done nothing for your present enterprise; it was a place let (unfurnished with servants) as a whole house; was very dear, and also (as is thought) very dirty,—not at all like what you require.1 Other lodgings, no doubt, are abundant in Hampstead, especially at this season of the year; but neither of us here knows specially of any, nor can Jane bethink her just at once of any person whom she could confidently consult on the matter.—I myself do, at this moment, call to mind a certain Mrs. Dr. Wilkinson, an accomplished American lady withal, and wife of an accomplished and truly superior man,2 who lives in that neighborhood, not quite in Hampstead, but on this side of it,—to whom I would offer you an introduction if you went towards that region. Hampstead is very airy, and has still a set of silent country walks, though the Bricklayer is fearfully busy there too in these last years; you could have no real difficulty in getting a cleanly, honest, and tolerable lodging there; the worst fault I know is that of the water; very hard, all of it, from the chalk; which fault, however, applies only to the Hill, or Old Village, as I suppose? Nay, indeed there is no pure water to be had in this big Babylon itself, for all its wealth and faculty; the Queen herself has to drink dirty water (as I often think) when she favors us with her company,—so extremely wise a set of "successful men" are we hitherto in these parts.— Of lodgings about Chelsea, or indeed, in all quarters urban and sub-urban, Jane thinks there can be no doubt of ample choice on every hand; and she will very gladly give help whenever you embark on such a search.
Her notion, in which I entirely agree, is at present, That whenever you decide on a removal you are simply to leave your things all packed at St. Albans, and come off at once to the vacant room I told you of as waiting to welcome you here,—therefrom to institute whatever search your fancy and judgment point to, under the favourablest auspices. This really is the wisest, and also the easiest; confess that it is, O you of little faith,3 and do it.— I was just going out (by appointment) yesterday when your letter came; could not write till now.
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'Gangster' Wanted in Chinatown Murders Caught on Flight Leaving for Hong Kong
Things got very cinematic at JFK yesterday.
Things got very cinematic at JFK Airport yesterday, where a man wanted for questioning in a double-murder was pulled from a plane just before it departed for Hong Kong. The Post describes the guy, who was already in his seat, as a "hard-core gang member" with "tattoos on his hands and fingers." NBC New York identifies him as Songfei Li, a "person of interest" in the killing of two women; one was 70 years old, found shot in the head at a Chinatown building after firefighters put out a fire there last month. Although he's not yet been charged, Li is in custody, and to top it all off, also allegedly threatened a cab driver with a gun. There is probably a lot more to this story, but we are afraid to find out.


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I am reading Majda & Bertozzi (Vorticity and Incompressible Flow). In page 12 the following equation appears:
$\frac{D \Omega}{Dt} + \Omega \mathcal{D} + \mathcal{D} \Omega = \nu \Delta \Omega$
where $\frac{D}{Dt}$ is the convective/lagrangian/material derivative. $\Omega$ and $\mathcal{D}$ are $3$ by $3$ matrices, the first antisymmetric and the second symmetric, and $\nu$ is a scalar. Using that $\Omega$ is defined by $\Omega h = \frac{1}{2} \omega \times h $, where $\omega$ is a vector function representing vorticity, I should be able to get the following vorticity equation (which apparently plays a crucial role in the rest of the book): $$ \frac{D \omega}{Dt} = \mathcal{D} \omega + \nu \Delta \omega. $$
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What would happen if magicians squared off against one another? That's the premise of SyFy's new reality series Wizard Wars, which throws illusionists together to see who can come up with the best performance involving everyday objects like calculators and leaf blowers. One of the judges overseeing this mayhem is the crazy talented Christen Gerhart, who sat down with us on Friday to discuss the show and her own career in magic.
"I've working in magic for almost a decade and it's been wonderful," she said, calling her judging duties "a wonderful opportunity to see all the magic that's out there."
She joins the legendary Penn and Teller, as well as Jason Latimer, to oversee a competition in which two teams of two magicians battle it out to see which pairing can come up with the best act. And having already been critiquing magic for several years, Christen stressed that sitting on the Wizard Wars panel isn't just about saying what worked and didn't work.
"We're not sitting there judging people only on what went well or what didn't go well," she explained. "They have to use random objects to create these magic routines...It's a really tough job, really, really tough."
"All of the magic in every single episode and every performer really stood out. Every magician brings a really different feel. [Then] they're teaming up with another magician they've never met before,' she continued. Indeed, it's a deep roster of talent that is tested on the show, including upcoming appearances by our colleague Nathan Burton and Murray SawChuck, who was previously a mentor on VH1's celebrity-magic show Celebracadabra.
With so many great artists at work, it's hard for Christen to pick a favorite. "I will say that last week Ekaterina, one of our female performers, had one of the most spectacular card tricks I've seen in a long time," she told us. "It floored all four judges."
What is she hoping that viewers take away from watching these magicians match wits? "There are quite a few aspects of the show that I think the audience will be interested in," she explained. "You get to see different ideas come forth in magic. This is magic [the teams] threw together with random objects that they had to then perform almost immediately after creating the ideas. I think it's going to be interesting for the audience to see.
"We like to challenge them," she continued. "We like to pick the items that are the least magical-seeming, so it forces our magicians to think about how they can use them outside of the norm."
As intriguing as it is to watch the Wizard Wars competition, Christen is pretty impressive in her own right. She's a magician herself, who regularly contributes to the web series Expose on the magic-centric website Theory11.com, and is preparing to launch her own female-driven magic web series in the near future.
If that's not cool enough for you, she's also a self-described "science nerd" who's worked for JPL and NASA and is currently an astronomer telescope operator at Mount Wilson Observatory. Basically, if it's anything that's brainy and requires imagination, Christen is into it. "I sit at home and play Magic: The Gathering for fun," she laughed. That's more than okay with us. Smart, talented, funny, and capable of a good card trick - she's definitely one of the coolest women on the planet.
Wizard Wars airs Tuesdays at 10 PM ET/PT on SyFy. For more with Christen, follow her on Twitter (@ChristenGerhart) and check out her blog (christengerhart.com).
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Slow Start Can't Stop Bulldogs vs. SJSU
Slow Start Can't Stop Bulldogs vs. SJSU
Bulldogs Reign Supreme at the Rose Bowl :; Fresno State 36, UCLA 31 :: Sept. 27, 2008
Bulldogs Reign Supreme at the Rose Bowl :; Fresno State 36, UCLA 31 :: Sept. 27, 2008
No. 25 Fresno State Edges Toledo in Double OT Thriller
Tom Brandstater throws four touchdown passes
Fresno State Rallies to Defeat Georgia Tech
Fresno State 40, Georgia Tech 28
Mathews Leads Bulldogs to Victory over Nevada
Fresno State 49, Nevada 41
Fresno State: The premier quarterback in the Western Athletic Conference entering his senior season ... ranked among the top 15 quarterbacks in the country by many college experts ... has great range and arm strength ... has shown tremendous leadership over the last two seasons ... entering his third season as a starting quarterback ... a smart player, who graduated the summer before his junior year and is working on a Master's degree ... a candidate for Academic All-America honors ... coming off his best season as a Bulldog and enters the 2008 campaign with his two best single-game performances in wins over Kansas State and Georgia Tech ... named the MVP of the 2007 Roady's Humanitarian Bowl ... enters his senior season No. 10 on Fresno State's career passing yardage list with 4,193 yards and touchdowns list with 29. (2007) Finished the 2007 season as hot as any quarterback in the nation, guiding the Bulldogs to dominating wins over Kansas State and Georgia Tech ... threw for 2,654 yards and 15 touchdowns with just five interceptions ... completed 62.9 percent of his passes ... rushed for 118 total yards and three touchdowns ... threw for a career-high 313 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Kansas State ... was named the Toyota/gobulldogs.com student-athlete of the week after his performance against Kansas State ... selected the MVP of the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl after leading the Bulldogs to a 40-28 win ... he had 285 passing yards and 40 rushing yards against the Yellow Jackets and directed an offense that rolled up nearly 600 yards on the nation's seventh-ranked defense ... over the final three games of the seasons, he averaged 267.7 passing yards per game, throwing three touchdowns, rushing for three more and never turned the ball over ... (2006) Played in 11 games and started 10 for the Dogs in his first full season of action ... led the Dogs to a season-opening win over Nevada on national television in his first career start ... completed 55% of his passes on the season and threw 13 touchdowns ... passed for 1,490 yards ... threw for a career-high three touchdowns against Louisiana Tech, leading the Dogs to a 34-27 win on the road on ESPN ... rushed for 86 yards and one touchdown ... selected to the Academic All-WAC team and an honor student at the Kiwanis Torch of Excellence Dinner. (2005) Played in eight games as the backup to All-WAC quarterback Paul Pinegar ... threw 13 passes on the year, completing six ... threw a touchdown late against Weber State ... passed for a season-high 36 yards on three completions against Utah State. (2004) Redshirted.
High School: First-team All-District Modesto Bee as a defensive back ... guided his team into the Sac-Joaquin Section Championship against Stockton Lincoln ... directed primarily a rushing offense that did not display his true passing ability but still threw for over 1,000 yards as a senior ... was the top QB in Fresno State's Summer Football Camp.
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The following day, I attended the early morning service at my church. After I found a seat, two elderly couples asked me if I would be willing to switch rows with them so that they could sit together. My first thought, despite being in a house of God, was no. However, after reflecting on some of the principles I had begun to learn, I said, "Of course." What I didn't know was that that statement would set in motion a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. Without even knowing it, I became willing and open-minded. I prayed for God to open my heart and mind to hear the message. A fellow church member shared at the service how 14 people driving through Starbuck's, McDonald's and other places had taken to heart the message from the past weekend's service to pay for the car behind them. Afterwards, a pastor urged us to continue the experiment of "paying it forward".
After the conclusion of the service I felt rejuvenated and inspired, I went to the church bookstore and was told the Bible that my friends' had recommended cost $20. Since I was still unemployed, the price of the Bible was out of my budget. I thought I had a coupon to another bookstore so I left to go home. I found the coupon, but when I called the bookstore they didn't have the Bible I was seeking. I frantically returned to my church's bookstore. I parked in the 'No Parking' section with my hazards on. I ran into the bookstore. Finally, I made the decision to buy the Bible. When I walked in, there was a young girl about 10 years old with glasses and she appeared to be alone. When I asked if she was alone, she said the other bookstore volunteer had gone to the ladies' room. I then asked if she knew how to ring me up. She said yes. I selected my Bible and brought it to the register. As I reached into my purse to grab my wallet, the little girl told me I didn't have to pay for the Bible because the person before me had purchased a gift card and asked that it be used to pay for the next person who came in to buy something. That person was me. I thanked her and left. The gravity of the situation hit me as I recounted my experience with my mother. She was back home in Ann Arbor. Tears came streaming down my face as I realized that God loved me independently of His love for all His children. He loved me and had a unique plan for me. From that day, June 10, 2007, I have strived to seek His will and put God first in my life. Today I realize that I needed to travel 2,000 miles for this one amazing thing which opened the door for my new relationship with God.


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So titanium ore is becoming an incredibly sought out commodity... all based on speculation for a patch possibly months away!
This will and is already having an effect on the prices of anything built using titanium bars. Titansteel, Titanium Weapon Chain, Enchant Cloak Titanweave, and Titanium Rod will all see huge price spikes once playeres start crafting them with the new titanium prices in mind. If you managed to have a small stockpile of any of these items (lucky!) then you will be able to price gouge and make huge profits.
Let's say I take my ten Titanium Weapon Chains and in one week notice the price has gone up by 10 gold. I can raise my price by 5 gold and be the lowest seller and beat out all the competition for a huge profit, whereas my competetitors would be losing money selling at my price.
I like to call this trickle up wow economics, eventhough it has very little to do with the real world version.
Once you notice the price rising on any of these titanium commodities, go farm some titanium ore and spend some time crafting for huge profits.
So titanium ore is becoming an incredibly sought out commodity... all based on speculation for a patch possibly months away!
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Shaval said... June 23, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Interestingly, there's still been no movement on Titanium Ore on my server/faction; it's still at the steady 6-7g/ore that it's been for the month leading up to the announcement.
I'm guessing it's due mostly to the low population (low pop server, and I'm on the faction that is outnumbered a good 4:1).
Still, I've picked up a few stacks and am holding them to see what happens. I figure at worst I'll lose a small amount on them, but overall I doubt they'll fall in value much. If only I was on a server where they actually did go up in price. LOL
jordan said... June 23, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Titanium ore on my server went for as low as 40g a stack in know cause i bought some at that price. Silly me didnt think about hoarding it and with the announcement, titanium ore has shot up to 200-300g a stack. and titanium bars are at 10g each. But surprisingly most everthing using titanium has stayed the same price.
Mike said... June 23, 2009 at 12:18 PM
The good thing about being JC is you'll have the option to resell the ore or prospect it. You can get a feel for which will be more profitable and go that route.
Shaval said... June 23, 2009 at 12:55 PM
@Mike True. That's one reason I'm dusting off my long neglected JC alt. Have had most of the mats to take him to 400+ skill but just haven't taken the time to sit down and do it while I had an active RAF account.
Wiggin said... June 23, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Hey Markco, I made over 2k this weekend on some great finds, all possibly affected by the speculation of titanium ore.
For one, a lot people are leveling JC, and there are certain "choke points" that can yield big profits. That's why I google'd "jewelcrafting leveling guide" and saw that most guide recommend the same things. What did I take from this? Well, players need a lot of gems especially those found from thorium. If thorium ore drops below 25g, I snatch every stack I can. Prospecting Huge Emeralds, Azerothian Diamonds and Large Opals have been getting me 15-20g a pop, while Blue Sapphires and Star Ruby 5-7g, easily tripling my money.
Another, if Fel Iron Ore or Adamanttite ore drop below 25g, I snatch as well. They prospect into green gems and players will need 30-50 total to get through a dry patch in JC. Prospecting these ores will net you green gems that I have been selling for 7-10g a pop, usually doubling my money.
I had a small supply of Titanium Bars (30) sold each for 10-12g a pop as titanium ore dried up.
Runecloth has a huge turnover on the AH, I see stacks for 1-2g a pop and easily resell 5-10 a day for 4-5g.
And that is how I made 2k this weekend!
Anonymous said... June 23, 2009 at 5:56 PM
One obvious point that I haven't seen mentioned is JC'er should be saving their tokens for the patch to get as many gem patterns as possible. ( assuming thats how their doing it)
OracleMars said... June 23, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Starting to think that spending all my money on titanium might have been a dumb idea -.-. Time to read the guide again.
Infernix said... June 24, 2009 at 6:14 AM
DUDE! Titanium ore has gone up from approx 8g per unit to close to 16-19G per unit in less than two weeks.
I think we bloggers should stop giving great tips as we chase up prices by letting the masses know...
Just a joke.
Nice tip thanx for spotting that early enough for me to actually get some stock at a decent price.
Gibbiex said... June 24, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Ti ore is now 13g each on my server. I can't mine it fast enough! Even as a JC, I really doubt i'll be able to make enough money off the epic gems to make it worthwhile to keep the Ti around. For now I'm dumping everything I can get.
It all depends on the epic gem drop rate. If it's say 20%, that's pretty good, but if it's 1%, then I'm not sure.
Anyway since I just started doing the dailies I'm in no shape to acquire all the epic patterns.
plasma said... June 26, 2009 at 12:37 PM
on my server price has jumped from 6g to 13g with the ore bars are at 18g dont know what the prices were b4 the patch. this site does help spread the news but come on i always read the patch notes and think most players do but in a patch as large as this im goona miss some stuff
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Click here for Part 1 of this week's First-and-10 column, the First Take on how the New Orleans Saints run defense has been dominant inside the red zone. Here are 10 more observations heading into the Saints' Week 12 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers:
Based on interviews coming out of the Bay Area this week, the 49ers don't seem to care too much about that infamous Gregg Williams speech before their playoff matchup against the Saints in January - during which Williams talked about attacking certain players' injuries and body parts. Privately, the 49ers might be a little ticked off about the words (Coach Jim Harbaugh hinted at that this week). But no one has ever seemed to be upset with the Saints' actions on the field, when they took no noticeable cheap shots and didn't commit a single penalty.
For this week's must-read, I went back to dig up a summer interview with 49ers tailback Frank Gore in the Sacramento Bee, in which Gore said he had no problem at all with the way the Saints played that day. Gore was one of the prime targets in Williams' speech, in which he told players to "kill Frank Gore's head" among other instructions. Gore also happens to be a longtime friend of Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma, dating back to when they were high school teammates in Coral Gables, Fla.
And these were Gore's thoughts at the time - even when he wasn't worried about avoiding bulletin-board material:
"When we played them, I felt it was how the game was supposed to be played," Gore said. "And I played high school ball with Vilma, and I know he's not that type of guy. He's a hard worker, he enjoys the game of football and he's going to give it his all every snap."
As I've said often over the past few months, the worst part about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's extreme punishments of the Saints and his extreme portrayal of their actions is that he didn't use the same common sense judgment that someone like Gore used. Goodell never took into account the fact that the Saints didn't actually play the game in a sinister way - or that the high-character guys he was punishing were capable of knowing where to draw the line.
Many people consider that Williams audiotape to be one of the most scandalous pieces of evidence against the Saints (even though it wasn't part of the league's bounty allegations). I think it's exactly the opposite. I think that audiotape is proof that the Saints could hear that kind of tough talk in the locker room without crossing the line on the field of play.
The Saints talk all the time about the importance of getting that "first first down" to develop their rhythm and tempo on offense. It's never seemed more important than this year.
Almost all of the Saints' offensive drives this year have ended in seven points or zero points. They rank second in the NFL with 37 touchdowns, but they rank 31st in the league in field-goal attempts, with a total of 12 in 10 games. They've made nine of them.
Part of that is because of a rash of three-and-outs that have plagued the Saints more than usual. According to First-and-10 researcher Gene Guillot, the Saints have had 36 drives this season that didn't generate a single first down (because of a three-and-out or turnover). Last season, they only had 32.
"Well, we like the touchdowns. We'd like to keep those going," Saints quarterback Drew Brees said when asked about the boom-or-bust results. "I think with any offense, but maybe especially ours, our ability just to get something going initially, typically that's when we roll on and are able to convert a lot of first downs and go down and get into scoring position, and we've been able to capitalize on a lot of those opportunities.
"I think that's us just being even more conscious of drive starters. What plays do we like starting drives? What plays can get us that first first down and get a drive going for us and allow us to get into a rhythm?"
When the Saints do get going, they usually finish the job. They have the NFL's No. 1-ranked red-zone offense, having scored touchdowns on 71 percent of their trips inside the 20-yard line. But they're not getting into the red zone as often as they like. They're tied for 18th in the NFL with just 31 trips.
Part of that is because they often score on big plays that start outside of the red zone. But Coach Joe Vitt said a big reason for the lack of red zone trips has been the Saints' poor starting field position. Vitt said the Saints have been improving in that area recently because they're playing better on defense and playing better in the kick return game.
Brees was asked this week about how different it is for the Saints to be back in a sort of "underdog" role after starting 0-4, and if it requires a different mind-set. But Brees rejected the premise of the question.
"I don't know that we look at it like that, because our expectation level has never changed," Brees said. "If we were worried about the way that other people perceived us, I think we'd be in trouble as this whole thing has gone on. We know we're a great team. We know we have good guys, we have great character and great leadership, we do things the right way. So it's just been a matter of putting that all together and making sure that the result reflects the process."
- In case you missed it among all his other historical accomplishments, Brees became the first quarterback in NFL history with a completion of at least 20 yards in 100 consecutive games.
- The Saints are the sixth team in NFL history to get to 5-5 or better through 10 games after a 0-4 start.
- According to Pro Football Focus, the Saints' top three cornerbacks (Jabari Greer, Patrick Robinson and Elbert Mack) defended more passes (six) than they had completed against them (five) in last week's 38-17 victory over the Raiders.
- 49ers defensive end Aldon Smith has 28 sacks in the first 26 games of his career - the most ever in that span, according to ESPN Stats and Information.
A vulgar - yet hilarious - screen capture of some Raiders fans giving Saints receiver Lance Moore the one-finger salute after one of his touchdown catches in the Black Hole on Sunday.
- "With great upper lip hair comes great responsibility" -- @BriandelaPuente, who also added this photo of himself with teammates @JedCollins45 and @ThomasMorstead.
They're among a handful of Saints who have sprouted mustaches this month in support of men's health issues as part of the "Movember" campaign.
The Saints will wear their black jerseys and black pants Sunday. According to uniform historian Bradley Handwerger of WWLTV.com, the Saints are 8-1 in the all-blacks in the month of November during the Sean Payton/Brees era. Their only loss in that stretch came against the St. Louis Rams in 2007. They've won seven straight since then.
The Saints won't throw the ball 63 times like they did against the 49ers in last season's playoff loss. But they will throw at least 40 times.
It's been huge that the Saints have re-discovered their run game in recent weeks. But the 49ers' run defense is arguably the best in the NFL up the middle. So I don't expect the Saints to stubbornly beat their heads against the wall all afternoon long. Instead, I expect the Saints to try and soften the 49ers up with a lot of their quick high-percentage passes, as well as some of the draw plays and tosses from passing looks.


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1999: Played in 12 games, starting at close defense ... Picked up 17 ground balls.
1998: Missed the season after tearing an ACL in a preseason scrimmage.
1997: Played in four games ... Picked up four ground balls.
Before UMass: Played for Pat Finn at Lake Forest High School ... Also did a prep year at Canterbury School ... Lake Forest won state championships in 1992 and 1993 ... Was captain of Illinois state team that won the Michigan Tournament ... A second team All-New England selection at Canterbury.
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Indian Railways Reservation – www.irctc.co.in
www.irctc.co.in – Online Indian Railway Passenger Reservation Website – IRCTC – Online Passenger Reservation Site IRCTC Offers online rail ticket booking and checking of ticket reservation status. The website also offers information on train schedules, availability of tickets, and a travel planner. Users can also enjoy services like viewing history of booked tickets, E-Ticket guide and also cancellation of the ticket.
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1. vinoth | September 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 am
I think Indian railway should shut down their web sites (all), but specially http://www.irctc.co.in a web site where you can book your ticket.
This is the worst web site I ever came across. if you think that in place of booking ticket at railway reservation center and wait for hrs in a queue, lets book a ticket online to save all this time, then I will say you are wrong its better to book a ticket at reservation center than a web site.
First of all this web takes long time to load, then again long time more than a 1-2 min to login, then you need to search your train, there it again takes time…, then you need to select a train and check the availability, if it available then say book ticket and then enter the name of passengers and also identity details of one passenger, then confirm that and then say book, then it will redirect you to payment page and again you need to select different payment gate way and then do the payment… and then take a print , big thing if you do not have a printer connected to your machine then … ??? since there is no option to save the ticket. only print).
You must be thinking that above process must be taking not more that 5 min? yes you are right this should not take but since this is a India railway web site it take more time… like for every post back it take more than 1-2 min, so calculate the post backs and multiply it by 1.5 (average) its more than 30 min
The most horrible thing I face in this is Session Expiry , I don't understand what are their session expiry policies, within a min or 2 the session get expire and you need to login again to web site and …. Start you process again from first step (login), means if you are in between the process of confirm the ticket and do the payment if your session get expire or timeout occurs for the post back event then…; you will get a nice Error message and ask you to go to home page where you need to login again and again start the entire cycle.
Let me tell you in my last 2 years use of this web site I never able to book a ticket without getting any error and in less than 1/2 hr for a ticket.
Other things I you can notice that the looks are also not so good , see the image quality of the top banner its so bad…
One more important thing I forgot to mention, this is not a 24 hr service , after 11:00 PM you can not use this web site for booking.
I do not understand where is problem is ? in technology ? server capacity ? or the system architecture? answer is NO.. then ?
why a big organization like Indian Railway which is own by the Government of India can't have a simple plain web site where one can book a ticket in 5 min, can search the train easily, can get accurate time table for trains ???
the Answer is YES they can…
but only problem is THEY DON'T WANT THAT…
2. vivek | September 2nd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Yes you are right the official websites are not up to mark.
However, "search multiple stations in a city with a single search", is not a unique feature http://erail.in/ has been offering this feature for a while. We tested the site http://www.indiantrains.org/ and it worked reasonably well.
The better way to search Indian trains looks great and it open fast, no pop-up, user friendly. Every information in a single page. This concept is good and some of the features like calendar, train running day has not come in a single website in this reviews. the most important features i have seen in this site that if the user does not know the station code then also he can see all the trains and it is only website which have a drop menu box for the important station from where you can choose the station name and also it has a date calendar from you can choose the date and it show the running day of the train so that you can know which day of the week this train is running. the other most important feature I have seen in this website that it show the train which does not have the reservation coach for the benefit of the user and they are showing the passenger train also which is also not available in any website. This site will enable the users to search train route and compare fares of most of the trains in India.
3. biswabhusan pradhan | October 7th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
plz send the flite tariff or charges in this e-mai address
4. nihar d. kayasth | October 8th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
my pnr no. is 8514388750
i want to cancel my e- ticket please reply me
5. rimi | November 10th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
hey guys i found a new railways website … check out the Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry Website http://www.bharatrail.net
i think its even better than the official one .
i found the site neat, cool and fast to use …
check it out urself ..
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This was my first 5K, and I enjoyed it. I'll be back next year. But since it's my first I don't have any other races to compare it to......
great pace runner(Amy),beautiful course for 15k,only two sugestions for next year...host hotel did not have breakfast items available early enough(restaurant opened at 6:30 for a 7am start time)/no fridges in rooms(even if you had brought food items with,you needed a cooler) couldn't host hotels have something ready for runners(grab and go like yogurt or fruit and bagels for sale? )and how about a tech shirt ? otherwise well organized,fun run,I'll be back!
This is my second year at Gasparilla. What a great event, very well organized and plenty of options. The expo is great, many nice vendors. The weekend revolves around running...in warm weather....in the winter time. What more can you ask for? The majority of the courses utilize the same route which is out and back along Bayshore drive. The sunrise overlooking the bay for the half marathon was incredible.
This was my 5th Half Marathon, and the best one yet!!! My favorite part was the High Schoolers and Elementary groups lined up along the course to cheer us on! Thank you for an amazing race!
This was my 4th 5K. It had the worst start with that bottleneck near the finish line for the 15K. My son-in-law, my daughter and I all were registered and had our Bibs on the front of our T shirts but none of our times showed up in the Tribune.My Bib # was 20309. Anyway to find out our times?
This is my 7th year at Gasparilla. I think it was a little better organized this year. The only thing I would suggest is to please try to have walkers stay to one side. Maybe have some people every so feet telling them to just move over. It was overall the best race.
I ran the 15K and 5K. The 15K was enjoyable but I can't say the same for the 5K. I've ran many, many races and I have to say the 5K at Gasparilla was one of least pleasant. I don't think there is anything the race organizers can do about inconsiderate runners/walkers. When projected times are clearly posted and people who are obviously much slower insist on moving to the front of the pack, it makes it difficult on every runner who take notice of where they should be staging before a race. I will not enter another Gasparilla 5K for this reason - there was really no place to run and with the number of people entered, it was the worst 5K I've ever participated in!
Not quite as organized and as fun as the Disney Events, but overall wasa fun day. Have the people move away from the finish line. People crossed the line then wanted to just stand there as if they were the only person running.. MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!!!! Also, very long lines for after race items like smoothies, fruit, bananas.. but knowone knew there were like 5 or 6 tables full to walk up to and grab it.. have someone telling people to move around and grab it, not wait in a single file line when 16,000 people want a bowl of fruit!! Start a half hour earlier for 5k.. got way hot out!!
I really enjoyed the 8K. This was the first time I went beyond a 5K. The Bay Shore run is great or as Runner,s World would feature it: it is a: Rave Run. I especially liked the Cheer leaders, music makers and drummers along the way. They did enhance the experience. Doing the 8K has inspired me to go for more distance!
Very well organized. Loved the new half marathon course. Also liked the seeded numbers for the half marathon. Enjoyed the longer finishing chute that allowed half-marathoners to spread out at the finish and allowed observers to find their friends from outside.
Really appreciated the extra-small ladies shirt option!
Missed the beads this year though!
Ran the 5K on Saturday. Weather was a bit warm, otherwise a perfect day to run. This year I did like the fact I did not need to tie the chip to my shoes. Instead it was embedded on the participant number tag. Also the expo this year seemed to lack the large variety of running shoe vendors for some reason.
In general it was a great event.
Enjoyed the 5k. Have to agree with some of the runners - some people are just plain inconsiderate. If you must walk move over to the side. The tables for food and water could be better placed. Need to be more easily accessible. Had to ask about the bananas only to find that they were placed away from everything (and since I had to go straight back to work in Orlando I jus didn't have the extra time to grab one). The t-shirts were strangely sized. I think Omar the tent maker must have been hired. The medium shirt was huge. Would I do the event again? Yes, I always like the Gasparilla These comments are to help make it go even better next year.
1st: at 6:30 a.m. there was NO toilet paper in the port-a-johns for the 15K! How can that be? I went over to the lady with the microphone and she announced over the speakers for "someone from the city crew to try to help with that"! I started to walk across the street to Publix and just buy it myself! NO TOILET PAPER before race time is just inexcusable!!
2nd: plenty of water when i came thru the course, but it was running out! With temperatures in the 70's, you gotta plan for MORE water. I would've hated to be the slower runners cause they were already running out after i passed by!
3rd: there were more spectators and moms with strollers in the food tunnel than there were runners!! Those stroller moms were loading up on the fruit packs and bananas. why is it so hard to get bagels or even pnut butter crackers after a race?
4th: the beer was cold. the weather was warm. ahhhhhh. the walk back to the host hotel was short and sweet.
5th: Why allow so many 5K runners? that is mind-boggling! stick to a 15k and the half marathon. Make THOSE races the way it should be, and you will see return runners.
First time running in this event. Had no idea this event was as a big as it was. I will make it a point to get there earlier next year. Kind a tough running the 5k weaving through the walkers.
This was my first race in over 3 decades. I had a blast. I ran the 5K but there were so many non-runners in it. I don't know how you fix that other than becoming run police.
I will be back next year!
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I am already neutered, up to date with shots, and good with dogs.
My foster parents have given me lots of love and nurturing since I came into this world…And so I LOVE people . Well, actually, I LOVE everything! People, playing ball, sitting in your lap and giving kisses, napping, puppy treats, toys and games, and other dogs and puppies (though I'm still young and a bit shy at first). My foster parents have had other puppies before and say that I am very, very smart for my age. I come when my name is called, I can sit for treats, and fetch is already one of my favorite games. I also trained myself to use the wee wee pads without any help !
Now that I'm old enough to be adopted into my forever home…will you be my new family and best friend? I will love you soooo much! We can play, take walks and go places together, and I will be excited to see you every time you come home, but I am very young so I can't be left for too many hours alone. My foster parents say I will positively make you laugh and smile!
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The Franciscan brothers who oversaw the construction in 1822 of the adobe building and wall that still stand in the heart of Santa Clara University probably would have found last week's banquet dinner inconceivable. People from around the world, members of the Global Council of the United Religions Initiative, gathered in the gardens next to the Adobe Lodge for a banquet to celebrate their connections and shared work in building interfaith understanding and cooperation. Joining them were supporters from around the area, including local interfaith activists.
The Global Council, with leaders from seven geographical regions around the world and an eighth group for work across regional borders, was meeting for most of the week in various places around the Bay Area. They came from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, North America, and Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Most are distinguished leaders in their home countries, active in such projects as peace initiatives, ecological concerns, ending inter-religious violence, and dealing with poverty. In all, over 25 countries were represented, encompassing over 600 Cooperation Circles- local groups committed to working together despite religious differences.
Many of the sessions of this year's meeting were held on the grounds of Santa Clara University, and so the group found itself in the Mission Gardens for the banquet celebration, along with local members, friends, and supporters of the URI.
During the evening, recognition was given to all the representatives, the local staff, and the world-wide leaders for the work they have done in organizing, supporting, and sharing the news about local Cooperating Circles. Retired Episcopal Bishop William Swing remarked at the end of the evening that his original intention for URI was to create a United Religions organization similar to the United Nations. That vision never came to being, but the URI, with its local Circles all around the world has proved to be an even greater gift.
Elder Don Frew, an at-large member of the URI Trustees has chronicled the events of the week at the COG Interfaith Reports blog.


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Almost everyone struggles with their weight at some point in their lives. But if you have adult ADHD and are coping with symptoms, the challenge of managing your weight becomes even greater.
"Impulsivity is a key feature of ADHD, and this can cause a failure to inhibit eating behavior," says Eric Hollander, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine and director of the Compulsive, Impulsive, and Autism Spectrum Disorders Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y. "The final result of this tends to be overeating."
Luckily, those with adult ADHD can manage their weight by trying a few straightforward strategies.
Seek Medical Advice
Find out from your doctor whether you need to be on medication for your ADHD, which can not only help you manage ADHD symptoms but also stick to a healthy diet, according to Dr. Hollander. One of the primary effects of ADHD medications is to decrease impulsivity, including overeating, so being on the right medication can be helpful in putting a stop to weight gain.
Plan Ahead
To better manage adult ADHD symptoms, create with a daily schedule that includes structured activities as well as meaningful ones. This will enable you to stay busy and avoid boredom and distraction, which can often lead to overeating, explains Hollander. "Pursue other reward-seeking behaviors, such as reading, writing, or walking," he says. Of course, the more calories you burn, the more control you will have over weight gain.
Eat Right
When it comes to preventing weight gain for adults with ADHD, Edward Hallowell, MD, a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist and author of two books on ADHD, Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction, says that one of the easiest pieces of advice is also the simplest: To stick with a healthy diet, remove all the foods you might be tempted to overeat from your home, starting with junk food. "Also get rid of soda pop and fruit juice," adds Dr. Hallowell. "Drink water or seltzer instead." Adults with ADHD can also help prevent or lose extra weight by eating cereal or bread made from filling, fiber-rich whole grains, says Naheed Ali, MD, ADHD expert and the author of Diabetes and You: A Comprehensive, Holistic Approach. Whole grains serve a dual purpose. You avoid processed foods, which are linked to worsening ADHD symtoms, and you'll lose weight while doing so, Dr. Ali says.


text: Jan 4, 2013 23:16 First-day play washed out at PGA Tour opener First-day play washed out at PGA Tour opener Ben Curtis tees off in a driving rain as spectators huddle under an umbrella at the Tournament of Champions golf tournament on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) DOUG FERGUSON| AP Golf Writer Jan. 4, 2013; 11:16 p.m. Comments KAPALUA, Hawaii — The PGA Tour season now starts on Saturday. Wind squalls that howled down the mountains above Maui were so severe Friday that the opening round of the Tournament of Champions was scrapped. Rickie Fowler and Jason Dufner, the first to tee off on the Plantation Course, only played eight holes. Six players in the 30-man field had not even teed off. The decision to wipe out the round was great news for Scott Stallings, who already was 7-over par through four holes. As for U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson? "It stinks for me," he said. Simpson was 3 under when he stepped to the eighth tee, one of only two players under par. The other was Jonas Blixt, who was 1 under. The plan was to play 36 holes Saturday, brutal news for the caddies who had to lug bags on this elevated golf course. But the forecast was for more wind. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe