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Horford left during the first overtime of Thursday night's 127-125 double-overtime win at Cleveland and did not return. The Hawks said an MRI and examination on Friday by Dr. Michael Bernot in Atlanta revealed the complete tear of the muscle.
"We will work with Al and complete our due diligence to determine the next best steps for him," Hawks general manager Danny Ferry said in a statement. "Injuries are part of the challenge of an NBA season."
For the Hawks (16-13), the loss of Horford for the season or even for an extended period could be devastating. Following Josh Smith's exit to Detroit as a free agent, Horford has taken leadership with point guard Jeff Teague and power forward Paul Millsap.
Horford has proved to be a good fit in first-year coach Mike Budenholzer's offense. He leads the team with 18.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.
It's uncertain how the team will adjust to Horford's injury. Pero Antic, who replaced Horford Thursday night, may be the most likely candidate to move into the starting lineup.
Antic has averaged 3.6 points while playing 10.5 minutes per game.
Horford, in his seventh season from Florida, set career highs with his averages of 17.4 points and 10.2 rebounds last season.
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2011 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 16 games with nine starts, before an arm injury cut his season short … hit .212 with a double and a home run … drove in 10 runs and scored eight … hit a bases-clearing double in his debut against MVSU (2/18) … went 1-for-3 at UTPA (3/8) … scored twice against Iowa (3/13) … hit a two-run homer at Nicholls (3/19) … went 1-for-3 with two RBI against HBU (3/29).
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS JC: Played two seasons for Scott Harp at North Central Junior College in Gainesville, Texas … hit .340 with four homers, 15 doubles and 34 RBI his second season … had a .352 average in helping his team become a regional qualifier in 2009 … earned Academic All-Conference recognition.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters for Mario DeLeon at Ray High School … earned District MVP, First Team all-metro, First Team All-South Texas and Second Team all-state honors his senior year … hit .508 with 16 doubles, 10 triples and 36 RBI … helped Ray to a 32-8 record and was named Academic All-State … also earned all-district recognition and honorable mention all-state as a junior … all-around athlete also earned three letters in golf and two in football … collected first team honors at the district, metro and All-South Texas levels as a receiver … was a regional and state qualifier in golf and earned First Team all-metro and All-South Texas designation.
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MARIETTA - Besides contributing to a good cause, many of the approximately 200 people attending Friday's 13th annual Paul L. Callihan Dinner and Auction for Washington County Habitat for Humanity had ulterior motives as well.
"I'm hoping to get a lot of Christmas gifts tonight," said Carla Henrie, 49, of Williamstown, as she circled the silent auction tables.
For Jason Turley, 42, of Williamstown, it was "another chance to have a 'date' with my daughter," 9-year-old Mackenzie, with whom he's attended before.
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Vienna residents Gene, left, and JoEllen Kunkle look over silent auction items at the 13th annual Paul L. Callihan Dinner and Auction fundraiser for Washington County Habitat for Humanity Friday at the Marietta Shrine Club.
For Habitat board member Della Lewis, it's supporting the organization that provided her with her current home - and the first Habitat house in Washington County - 20 years ago.
And for four retired Washington County residents, it was a chance to reminisce and continue their contributions to Habitat, which builds or renovates homes for low-income individuals who put in "sweat equity" on their houses and become homeowners after paying off a loan for a fraction of the house's appraised value.
"For many years, we had an excellent group working together," said Jerry Littlefield, 79, of Marietta. "We had a lot of fun."
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Littlefield was recruited to the Habitat cause by a fellow Shell Chemical retiree, Belpre resident Bob Anstatt. Together with four to six other regulars, they formed a core group that built friendships as well as houses.
"They (were) good guys to work with. I enjoyed it," said Earl Smith, 81, of Lowell. "You didn't hear any profanity or whatnot. We always had a prayer at lunchtime.
"The only thing was, they probably took breaks a little more than I was used to," he added with a chuckle.
"We just had a ball," said Jim Naylor, 74, of Marietta. "I even learned how to put caulking around a sink. My wife used to threaten to leave the neighborhood if I ever got out a caulking gun."
All four men said they were drawn to the organization because it was a chance to help people in need.
Littlefield appreciated getting to know those folks as well as his fellow workers. One of them he still sees regularly at the store where she works.
"She's still very appreciative," he said, recalling watching her children play as he worked on another Habitat house nearby. "They were not even teenagers yet and now they're off to college."
Age and health issues have taken the men off the front lines for Habitat, but they still like to support the cause by coming to the dinner, the group's largest fundraiser.
"If I can't help by pounding nails, I can help by at least coming up with some money to build a house," said Anstatt, 73.
And that is important, local Habitat executive director Dennis Thomas said, noting the rising prices of construction materials. He added that the organization is always looking for new volunteers, not only to take the places of Anstatt and company but also to help out in other ways.
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Let me start off by saying there's some risk involved in our roation with Johnson, Buerhle and Romero having down years. But i think Buhrles Johnsons numbers if u take away the wins losses is pretty good. Its just Miami's offense was so horrid, and it showed in their wins and losses. Also Romero just couldn't handle the pressure of being the #1 guy on a team that was suppose to contend. I think he'll bounce back this year being the third or fourth guy in our rotation. I think the Jays rotation is second best in the AL East. Waaaay better then the Yankees. Besides Sabathia I dont think you have any pitcher that would crack the top 4 of a blue jays rotation.
Our batting order was pretty good before Reyes and Cabrera. We had a lot of pop with Jose Bautista and Encarnacian at the 3 and 4, with Lawrie, Rausmas, Lind and Arencebia capable of hitting 20 hr. But now u add the speed of Reyes and the bat of Cabrera (the last 2 batting title winners in the last 2 years, asterisks involved of course) at the top of the order there's really nowhere to hide for pitchers. Also the speed of Davis, Reyes and Bonifico, we are the fastest team in the league. We're gonna make pitchers quiver in their boots along the base pathes and at the plate. No team in the league has a better combination of power and speed. NO ONE.
Also with your last comment, Casey Janssen says hi. Hes the guy that saved 22 out of 25, had a whip of .86 and over a strikeout per inning. We also acquired Brad Lincoln and Steve Delambar for our top outfielding prospects at the trade deadline. These guys have great stuff. Not only that we have Santos coming back from injury. Believe it or not, our bullpen is one of the best in terms of talent in the American league east. You're analysis of our bullpen was probably based on the first half of our season, which you were correct, but man pick up a news paper after the date of last years trade deadline will ya.


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Orlando Johnson will play for the Warriors' NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas, the free agent guard's brother, Jamell Damon, confirmed Friday.
Johnson, 25, played in his second season for Indiana being waived in February and playing for Sacramento on two 10-day contracts. The Seaside native has averaged 3.2 points and 1.7 rebounds in his career.
Among the undrafted rookies who will play for the Warriors are Ohio State guard Aaron Craft and Oakland guard Travis Bader, who both will both will first play for Philadelphia's NBA Summer League team in Orlando.
Craft, a two-time Big Ten defensive player of the year, will join the Warriors' and 76ers' teams, according to agent, Lance Young. Bader is the NCAA's all-time leader in 3-pointers and took part in a Warriors pre-draft workout last week.
"Looking forward to playing summer league with the @Sixers & @warriors time to take advantage of great opportunities #determined4greatness," Bader tweeted.
Bradley guard Walt Lemon Jr. will play for the Warriors, his agent, Mike Naiditch, tweeted. So will Delaware guard Davon Usher, who posted the news on Instagram.
Santa Cruz Warriors guard Kiwi Gardner, an Oakland native, is also expected to join the team.
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The Aussie only gave me a hard time only in good fun though. Pretty much a barrel of laughs. Not much drinking goin on, unless you brought your own. The keg was tapped at 6 pm and shut off at 10 pm sharp. The lights went out at 11 pm. A couple of Hawaiins and Aussies turned me onto some hashish which was nice.
Didn't see any tigers but I did see a panther one night right below my hut. Scared the **** out of me cuz there was no way to block the steps to your hit. One night I was woken up by some monkees fighting just outside my hut. Sounded like someone being skinned alive.
Ironically I didn't get one scratch at G Land but hours before I was to get on the plane home I got clipped in a chest high barrel at Uluwatu and came up with my back looking like hamburger. I extended the 5 hour layover in Amsterdamn to 2 days to ease the pain. Eeeww! That's another trip altogether.
But 3rd world tropical doesn't bother me. I enjoy the laid back slow pace. I spent six months in Costa Rica prior to that trip.
Surfed 15 ft Jersey just as it went offshore after hurricane Bertha passed by us 100 mile off the coast in 94 I believe it was. By dark it was 10 foot. Next day waist high.
I'm not Gleason. Whatched him grow up and he thanked me for calling him a p*ssy when he was young and the waves got big. Not Rol but he's a friend. The Hoppers were a little older than me. Live up the street from me. Some of the most raw talent I've ever seen those two. They moved to Cal. Dave is still rippin and Doug got spracked out on the H. He's sober now and a family man weekend surfer.


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ADF Faces Layout Basics - New Whitepaper Released
By Arunkumar Ramamoorthy-Oracle on Nov 25, 2013
As the title suggests, basics of layout components available in ADF Faces is covered in this whitepaper.
This paper can be accessed from this location : http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/learnmore/adffaceslayoutbasics-2046652.pdf
In a nutshell, this paper talks about
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Diet. I shiver just hearing the word. Don't you? How many have you tried? Most importantly, how many have failed you?
Food is always a part of our life experience. In my home country of Sweden, we socialize a lot around food. In the world of fitness, proper nutrition is vital for making progress and increasing energy levels. As a child, food is a necessity for growth and development, and as we get older, we become more aware of our diet's impact on our longevity. So why then do we get lost in the middle?


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Minneapolis Fed Chief Sees Value in Diversity
PHILADELPHIA–Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota says the diverse structure of the U.S. central bank is valuable for policymaking.
Mr. Kocherlakota made no forward-looking comments about monetary policy and the economy in the text of remarks he was to have given Saturday at a conference in Philadelphia. He was unable to attend due to the weather.
"The essence of the Federal Reserve System is that each of the 12 Reserve Bank presidents brings a distinct perspective to monetary policy deliberations," Mr. Kocherlakota said in the prepared text. "But these perspectives need to be appropriately informed by economic analysis — and, as I've argued, that kind of support requires a broad range of skills to be effective."
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Explosion at Donaldsonville plant kills one, injures fiveSydni Dunn
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Published: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 7:33 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 11:21 p.m.
An explosion at CF Industries plant in Donaldsonville on Friday evening left one person dead and five others injured, three of them critically, according to emergency officials.
A large truck at the nitrogen plant was being pressurized when the incident occurred, officials said. Ami Johnson, with the Office of Emergency Management in Ascension Parish, said the incident was contained to the plant and deputies were on the scene.
As of 8:30 p.m. Friday, plant workers remained on lockdown, said Stacey Deckwa, a Vacherie native, who had been text messaging her husband, who was working at the plant and witnessed the explosion. By 9:15 p.m., employees had been released, she said.
"I got a text message that said 'Just had explosion. People hurt,' " she said. "He called 20 minutes later."
Ezra Deckwa, a certified welding inspector for Turner Industries Group who was finishing up a one-week rotation at the plant, was in a company truck about 200 feet away from the explosion.
"He said he felt the pressure of the explosion in his chest," she said. "The truck probably saved him." Stacey Deckwa said she never heard her husband's voice so shaky.
"He said a guy was thrown by the blast into a cement piling, and his back had lacerations and he was bleeding profusely," she said. "That was the guy who was airlifted."
She is thankful for her husband's safety, Stacey Deckwa said, but it still feels surreal.
"I kept thinking, 'This can't be. They just had one yesterday,' " she said of the explosion at the Williams Olefins plant in Geismer that killed two and injured 77. "I have so much going through my mind."
The Donaldsonville plant is about 20 miles from the Geismar plant.
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The college basketball season has arrived and, at least on the men's side, is unlike any we've seen in the Bay Area in many years.
Six teams with six head coaches -- all facing uncertain futures.
Four could be coaching for their jobs; another is dealing with an NCAA investigation; the sixth has a looming date with the toughest opponent of all, Father Time.
With the regular season starting Friday, let's survey the volatile landscape.
Saint Mary's Randy Bennett
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"I feel pressure (to reach the NCAAs) every year -- that's always the goal for us,'' Dawkins said. "We always have high standards. It's a matter of trying to realize those standards."
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At 3:08 p.m. Tuesday, a red pick-up truck was completely burned in the 400 block of South Oak.
Nobody was injured, but firefighters report the fire caused a total loss. The vehicle was valued at $3,000.
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Cami Heinkel is living every adolescent girl's dream.
The 13-year-old Willow Glen Middle School eighth-grader is the star of her own video, singing a song written just for her.
Since its posting on YouTube a month ago, "Keep on Dreaming" is nearing 200,000 views and the song is selling on iTunes.
"It was pressure, but it was really fun. I've never been the center of attention like that," says Cami of her one-day video shoot.
"It was really cool. It was a good experience."
Cami's adventure began with an audition in early June, where she was one of 300 performers ages 9 to 25. The next week, she was one of 30 called back for a second audition.
Then Cami was one of five offered a deal by PMW Live, Patrice Wilson's company.
Wilson is best known for producing the video of Rebecca Black singing "Friday," which to date has racked up more than 200 million views.
Black's parents hired Wilson to write and produce a song and shoot a video for their daughter, and "Friday" was the result of that collaboration. Since then, the Blacks and Wilson have parted ways.
Marian Heinkel says she and her husband Jon paid half the cost of the video, and she considers it a good investment.
"Our main hope for this is for Cami to get exposure and maybe get signed by someone--either a record producer or talent agent. She would like to do commercials, TV, etc. in the future," Heinkel says.
"Plus, it was fun and a great experience for her."
Cami's song was written by Jered Griffith Jones, of the Offset Season band in Las Vegas.
The song's chorus is:
I'll keep on dreaming 'til the world dreams with me,
'til I can make them believe.
I'll keep on singing 'til the world sings with me,
If we're all singing along, no one can tell us we're wrong.
Leave your fears behind, keep your hope alive,
And you will find that only love can light the way.
I'll keep on dreaming 'til the world dreams with me,
So just close your eyes, and keep the dream alive.
"I wanted it to have a positive message and be upbeat, but the main thing was a positive message," Cami says of the song. "It was perfect."
The song was recorded in July at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco with Wilson producing.
Next came the video shoot, complete with a stylist, hair and makeup artist for Cami.
It lasted from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and included the opening scenes at Cami's home, a walk through a playground, a walk along Lincoln Avenue and cheerleading tryouts, ending at Thousand Oaks Park.
Throughout the video, Cami is encouraging and a positive influence to everyone she interacts with.
Cami helps a little girl, played by her cousin, reach the monkey bars by lifting her up.
Cami gives a headshake warning to a teen picking up a wallet that mysteriously falls out of the pocket of Pierluigi Oliverio as he walks along Lincoln Avenue. When the young man returns the wallet to Oliverio, he's rewarded with a big smile from the city councilman, who opens his wallet and hands him a roll of bills with a $20 bill on top.
Throughout the video, Cami gives folded up notes to those she interacts with--the little girl, the boy who does the right thing and the discouraged cheerleader who makes a mistake in tryouts.
The notes read: "I'll keep on dreaming till the world dreams with me, 'til I can make them believe."
So far, Cami's video has garnered more than 211,000 views and close to 1,000 comments.
"I've been reading them," Cami says. "They don't offend me; I don't take them seriously. It's just people on YouTube commenting on Patrice Wilson. I don't take it seriously."
Her mother is less sanguine about it. "We were really concerned about how mean people were and my older kids felt this was too much pressure on her, but she really wanted to do it," Heinkel says.
"It's harder for me to read the stuff than it is for her. If you look at other Patrice Wilson videos, you'll see mean comments on those. Cami knows it's people who are jealous and have nothing better to do."


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BEAVER CREEK - Some folks say it's not Christmas until Pat Hamilton and Peter Vavra perform their annual concert.
Relax. Christmas is here.
Their 23rd annual Christmas concert will take place Friday night in the Beaver Creek Chapel.
They do it for the local Salvation Army's Adopt-A-Family program and have raised around $250,000 over those two decades - and they've had a great time doing it.
"It's heart warming to hear some of the stories from the people this helps. This really helps needy families, and there are more than you think," Vavra said.
It started with their first Christmas album, "Christmas in Vail." To promote it, they put on a benefit concert for the Salvation Army.
Through the years, they've added more local talent, which now includes Sally Peterson, Nancy Wright and Jeff Layman to name a few.
"We keep doing it because people keep asking for it. I think people should do things until they can't," Hamilton said.
They'll perform Hamilton's original music, some time-honored classics, and Vavra performs a solo medley of Christmas music combining holiday standards like "O Holy Night," "Away in a Manger," "Silver Bells," and more.
When he's not doing this, Vavra performs at Splendido and teaches students to love music as much as he does.
After 20 years, they thought they might have had enough. Tsu Wolin-Brown was having none of it. She's the executive director of the local Salvation Army chapter and a force of nature.
"It brings a lot of attention to our programs, like Adopt-A-Family," Wolin-Brown said.
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Understanding Yarns
Shopping for yarn can be overwhelming, especially if you're new to the world of knitting and haven't yet developed the ability to "read" yarn.
While fiber composition and color do come into play, it's the spin of the yarn that makes the biggest difference in the end. Depending on how it's spun, a yarn can look sleek or lumpy, fluid or fluffy, generic or extraordinary in your finished project.
The Spin on Spin
The notion of "spin" can be broken down into two parts: ply and twist. Ply indicates the number of separate strands of spun fiber that, when allowed to twist together, form a single strand of yarn.
There is no rule about how thick each ply must be, so this cannot be your judge of gauge. For example, a four-ply yarn made of fine plies could be far finer than a two-ply yarn made of thicker plies -- or the opposite could also be true.
To experience the ply phenomenon firsthand, all you need to do is take a piece of single-ply yarn and twist it tightly. Then fold the piece in half and watch how the yarn naturally twists back on itself. The resulting yarn in your hands is two-ply.
Most standard yarns are either single-ply (one continuous strand of spun fibers) or two-, three-, or four-ply.
Worsted vs. Woolen
The look of your yarn depends not only on how many plies it has but how the fibers were prepared before being spun together.
When all the fibers are combed and carded so that they fall in the same direction, they produce a strong, sleek, and (fiber type permitting) lustruous yarn with high stitch definition. This preparation is called "worsted." Examples of worsted yarns include Hawthorne Cottage English Leicester Longwool and Tregellys two-ply yarn.
Another option is a fuzzier, matte-looking yarn spun from fibers that have been allowed to stay in more of a jumbled mass. This is called the "woolen" preparation or spinning method. (Note that the fiber in question doesn't have to be wool to be woolen-spun -- it's merely a matter of semantics.)
Woolen yarns tend to produce a fuzzier, more "blurry" surface. Examples of woolen yarns include Jamieson Shetland DK, Marr Haven Fine Wool Yarn, and Maine Merino.
In the Beginning: Singles
Single-ply yarns are the simplest of all yarns. They run the gamut from White Buffalo unspun pencil roving to the fast-knitting Reynolds Bulky Lopi, Green Mountain Spinnery Mountain Mohair, Cleckheaton Gusto, and Rowan Polar, to Morehouse Farm Merino's fine single-ply lace-weight yarn. They all have one thing in common: a surface that appears smooth and steady because the yarn itself is smooth, steady, and uninterrupted.
From a handspinner's perspective, single-ply yarns (or "singles") are one of the most difficult yarns to spin correctly. This is because if too much spin is applied, the yarn will "bias," or produce an unbalanced fabric that slants in one direction or another rather than producing an even square or rectangle. If you discover bias in your finished garment, there's very little you can do except block the garment into place, and then block and block again.
In her book, The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook, Lynne Vogel discusses ways in which spinners can use a single strand of tightly spun yarn (called a "charged single") to create a spiral, candycane-like effect when knitting in the round.
Knitting with Singles
On the skein, single-ply yarns tend to have a smooth, fluid surface without those interruptions or "waves" you get with multiple plies (the difference is comparable to a ponytail versus a braid). When knit up, singles tend to produce a cohesive, almost feltlike material.
You'll want to be careful working with single-ply yarns, however. That's because there's very little twist to hold the fibers together. If you tug too hard on your yarn, or if you repeatedly snag the yarn with your needle, it may pull apart completely.
Design Uses
The thicker, more felt-like single-ply yarns have often been used in cold-weather garbs such as Icelandic and Cowichan sweaters. In both cases, color is used as the decorative element, since the yarn does not display elaborate stitch patterns well. These garments are thick, lofty, and extremely warm, keeping out even the harshest of elements.
However, single-ply yarns tend to score lower on the wearability tests than their plied counterparts. Again, with less twist to hold the fibers together, they can separate and grow thin when exposed to excess friction. Elbows are the most common victim of wear.
True Twist: Plied Yarns
Many knitters insist that yarn isn't yarn unless it has been plied, or until two or more singles have twisted together. Plied yarns tend to be much stronger and more resilient. Depending on how they have been plied, they can have much greater depth and visual complexity than single-ply yarns when knit up.
Yarns can be made from loosely plied strands, in which you have only a few twists per inch (such as Jaeger Luxury Tweed), producing smooth and fluid effect; or from closely plied strands, in which you have many twists per inch (such as Halcyon Yarn Botanica), which produces a more pearly, rippled effect.
One reason why many commercial yarns are loosely spun and plied is financial rather than aesthetic. For each extra rotation added to each inch of yarn, more electricity is required to run the machines -- and this translates into higher production costs.
Simple vs. Complex Yarns
"Simple" yarns are those composed of two or three plies. Most of your standard over-the-counter yarns fall in this category, including Halcyon Yarn Botanica, Mountain Colors Weaver's Wool, Cherry Tree Hill Supersock, and Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran.
Simple yarns are easy to knit, making them ideal for beginners. Depending on how tightly or loosely the plies are brought together, you may encounter some snagging problems, but that's about it. Simple yarns wear well, which is why you'll often see them used for everyday wear.
When using finer short-staple fibers in simple yarns, manufacturers will often blend them with a stronger, longer fiber for added durability. An example of this is Classic Elite Lush, which blends the short-staple angora with a longer-staple wool.
Complex Yarns
The next category is "complex" yarn, which is composed of multiple strands of yarns that -- themselves -- are composed of multiple strands. When you hear people refer to a yarn as "cabled," this is what they're talking about.
Complex, or cabled, yarns can have an endless number of plies depending on the patience (and budget) of the yarn manufacturer. For example, Karabella Yarns Aurora 8 is made of eight two-ply strands, while Berroco X-Press is made of 14 two-ply strands.
With so many twists at work in each inch of finished yarn, complex yarns tend to be far more durable than simple yarns -- but they can also be more challenging to knit without snagging.
For the yarn to be perfectly balanced, the twist in each individual strand must be offset by an equal twist in the opposite direction when the strands are plied together. If the yarn isn't balanced, the plies may come unspun while you're knitting.
Depending on how many plies are at work here, this could mean having to manage four, six, or even more strands of yarn at a time. This can also lead to bias problems, as I discovered with Berroco X-Press.
Complex yarns are ideally suited for finer, shorter-staple fibers such as cashmere and angora, which need the added twist of the multiple plies to hold the fibers in place.
Complex yarns also tend to show off knitted stitches far better than their single and simple counterparts, especially if the plies are tightly spun. This makes them an ideal choice for garments that have complicated stitchwork.
Putting Knowledge to Good Use
Beyond ply and spin, there are a few other tricks to "reading" yarn. The most useful one is to pull out a foot of yarn and twist it around your finger several times. This is because, while yarn on the skein may look pretty, that's not what you'll see when the yarn is knit up.
Short of knitting a test swatch in the store, which may not be appreciated by the store owner, this simple twist test will help give you a better idea of how the yarn looks in shorter increments.
To learn more about how to choose the right yarn for a project -- especially if the pattern calls for a yarn other than the one you'd like to use -- read Yarn Swapping: Tips for Making Headache-Free Yarn Substitutions.


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News Posts
Museum Scientists Analyze Recently Fallen Meteorites with 3D Scans
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Meteorites that fell from an asteroid impact that lit up the skies over California and Nevada in April are showing scientists just how complex an asteroid surface can be. A new study published in Science this week by an international research team, including scientists from the Museum, reports that this space rock is an unusual example from a rare group known as carbonaceous chondrites, which contain some of the oldest material in the solar system.
Taste Gingerbread and More at Our Global Kitchen Exhibition
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This holiday week and next (December 20-December 31), learn more about how to make gingerbread houses at the working kitchen in the Museum's new exhibition, Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture.
A Song for Creatures of Light
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Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence, a special exhibition open through January 6, inspired producers at OLogy, the Museum's science website for kids, to record a new version of a song, called "Glowing in the Ocean," for an animated video about bioluminescence. Watch a behind-the-scenes video.
Creating a True-to-Life Butterfly for the Coyote Diorama
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A multi-video series about the restoration of the dioramas in the Jill and Lewis Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals, now on amnh.tv and on the Museum's YouTube channel, documents their renovation. In this post, the second in a series, we share one of the videos, which explains how Museum conservators re-created a lifelike butterfly for the coyote diorama.
Theodore Roosevelt Tour of the Museum: TR and Endangered Species
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The restored Theodore Roosevelt Memorial is now open, and a new self-guided tour—available as part of the Museum's Explorer app, or on our website—highlights exhibits around the Museum with a connection to TR, who was President from 1901 to 1909. In this post, the fourth in a series, we explore one of the tour's stops: the endangered species case in the Hall of Biodiversity.


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Midway through the second quarter Yellow Medicine East quarterback Blake Lindstrom snatched the snap and set up to pass standing tall with his shoulders level and eyes down field.
The pocket billowed around him. Offensive lineman Tim Savig held his block—one-thousand one—his feet shuffling back. Cody Ulrich ushered the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City rusher outside—one-thousand two— grip, snarl, shove. Running back Kolten Anderson steps up; sliding in front of Lindstrom, his eyes sweeping the pocket and the flying bodies that widen out with each passing second—one-thousand three—no one coming, no one coming, let it rip.
Nate Anderson, seconds ago, stood loosely on the line before sweeping yards under him with each stride straight to the goal line. One-thousand three. He baits with his left foot stabbing inside before snapping his body back outside to the sideline. Let it rip.
The ball spirals through black night, the white nose stripes blinking in the brightness of the towering field lights. It arcs as Anderson slows his pace to the sideline and stoops slightly to receive it. His hands pull it in. There's no one there.
This time his outside foot makes the stab and he snaps his body back around to face the pylon. With four driving steps he glides past the line and raises his arm and the ball in a salute.
A weak smattering cheer goes up from the home crowd. A rare bright spot in a winless season.
Savig meets Anderson at the ten yard line as he jogs back to the Sting sideline. The two celebrate, with arms extended to blackness.
"We talked before the game," begins head coach Mike Gaffaney. "About the seniors that have played before them. It's the practices and the time spent in the lockeroom and the certain plays that they'll remember. That's what they'll be talking about for years to come at their reunions... We haven't won football games, but years from now I'll remember this year's team as good kids and good people."
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Underwood leads UWA past Barry Buccaneers
Published: Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 11:37 p.m.
LIVINGSTON | Sandy Underwood scored 26 points, including 11 in the final 1:25, to lead West Alabama to a 71-61 win over Barry University in men's college basketball action Saturday afternoon.
Underwood hit 13 of 14 free throws, including eight in a row on one-and-one situations over the final 1:04 of play.
The Tigers held Barry to only 28.6 percent shooting. The visitors from Miami missed 14 of their last 16 shots from the floor. UWA outrebounded Barry 45-37. Barry attempted 43 3-pointers but hit only 11. UWA never trailed, jumping out to a 10-0 lead over the first four minutes. Barry cut it to two points, 54-52, with 7:03 to go but that was as close as the Buccaneers got in the second half.
"I saw a lot of progress today," UWA coach Mike Newell said. "We played zone for the first time and we looked good in it. I was very pleased with the play of freshman Josh Millsap. Stephen Samuels played his best game and Kyle Belcher was excellent in the second half."
Millsap grabbed 13 rebounds to helped lead UWA to the rebounding advantage. Underwood had 10 rebounds. Belcher had 17 points off the bench and Samuels added 12 points.
Barry (3-1) was led by Bryan Von Cott with 18 points. Aaron Martin chipped in 13 and Justin McCoy 12.
The Tigers (2-2) host Stillman College this afternoon at 3.
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Johnny Cash and Louis Armstrong NOV 10 2008
Johnny Cash and Louis Armstrong teamed up for a duet of Blue Yodel No. 9 in late 1970.
Let's give it to 'em in black and white.
Armstrong died less than a year after this recording. Here's a lovely recording of What a Wonderful World from two years earlier. What a voice! (via siege)
Update: Armstrong used collage techniques to make covers for his music reels. (thx, sean)


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Gov. Scott Wants State Standardized Testing for Students Who Get Vouchers
Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 11:35 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 11:35 p.m.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. | Florida Gov. Rick Scott, parting ways with his fellow Republicans, asserted Tuesday that students who get financial help from the state to attend private schools should take the same standardized tests as public school students.
Scott made his comments a day before he is scheduled to speak to supporters of the state's biggest and most successful private school voucher program.
The governor, who has been a supporter of increasing the size of voucher programs, said he believes parents should have a choice of schools for their children. But he said those schools should be treated the same.
"I believe anybody who gets state dollars ought to be under the same standards," Scott said.
More than 50,000 students from low-income families currently get state help to attend private schools. The state provides tax credits to companies that provide the money for the vouchers. The program started out small, but has steadily grown with the help of the GOP-controlled Legislature.
Some Democrats have criticized the state's efforts — and consistently demanded that students who receive vouchers be required to follow the same edicts as those in public schools. These include requiring students to take the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, which is used to grade public schools on an A to F scale.
But Republicans have steadily rejected the idea as an administrative burden since the majority of students at many private schools do not receive vouchers. Supporters of the current program also point out that students at these schools do take some form of standardized test — but not the FCAT.
Doug Tuthill, president of Step Up for Students, said many private schools may incorporate new Common Core standards that public schools are adopting over the next two years. Step Up for Students hands out the private school vouchers to eligible low-income families.
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Definition of stacked in English:
1(Of a number of things) put or arranged in a stack or stacks: the stacked chairs
More example sentences
- To the right of the beds, there was a work table, and there were four neatly stacked chairs in the corner next to the table.
- That's all that my room is at the moment; a collection of stacked stuff.
- Terraced soil or stacked stones provide a place for the water to spill over.
1.1(Of a place or surface) filled or covered with goods: the stacked shelves
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- And, worth noting, the larger retail outlets offer seas of stacked aisles in which to get confused.
- He is a natural bon-viveur and legendary dinner party host, although rumours he keeps a fully stacked champagne-only fridge are, sadly, untrue.
1.2Having sections that are arranged vertically: full-sized washer/dryers are replacing stacked units
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- With increasing extension, or shear, vertically stacked books will progressively rotate, attaining ever-decreasing angles to the horizontal.
- It comes with vertically stacked dual headlamps and a narrower passenger seat than other BMWcruisers.
- Suzuki has gone for vertically stacked headlights and no-maintenance LED-type rear tail lights.
1.3(Of a heel) made from thin layers of material glued one on top of the other: the new boots you buy will be leather with stacked heels
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- Basically, you need to go out and invest in a new pair of slouch boots with a stacked heel and/or flat pumps.
- Women, brace yourselves for stacked heels, and men, the Chelsea boot looks best with a pair of low-rise dirty denim jeans.
2(Of a pack of cards) shuffled or arranged dishonestly so as to gain an unfair advantage: you were playing against a stacked deck figurative a stacked deck of a political system
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- Boxing is full of stacked decks and unfair decisions but through it all, sometimes we just get a great fight.
- I never expected this respected professor of economics to deal from a stacked deck.
- Mephistopheles is dealing with a stacked deck and he knows it.
3 informal (Of a woman) having large breasts: she's really stacked she was a vivacious and well-stacked young woman
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- She is stacked and feisty, but not actually that smart a player.
- The band of four head off on their little adventure and I suddenly notice that Stephanie is stacked.
- She's stacked, limber and looking for a father figure.
4 Computing (Of a task) placed in a queue for subsequent processing: an operating system that allows for stacked jobs
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- This invention relates in general to printing systems, and more particularly to a system and method for managing print object headers associated with active print objects via a controllable stacked object queue arrangement.
- The print object headers are made available in a plurality of register sets or queues, which are serially arranged in a stacked queue configuration.
- As print object headers enter the stacked object queue via a first queue, they are shifted through the remaining queues as they become available.
4.1(Of a stream of data) stored in such a way that the most recently stored item is the first to be retrieved: MIDI interface featuring stacked MIDI note numbers
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- A special case of data retrieval from multiple tables is the use of stacked cursors to fetch data from logical copies of the same table, in a manner that provides a solution to the so called "Parts explosion" problem.
- Stacked cursors are typically used in application programs which traverse a tree structure stored in the database.
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LOS ANGELES -- Premium pay TV channel Starz said Monday that it has renewed its agreement to carry movies from Sony Pictures through films hitting theaters in 2021. The deal, which was seen as a must-win for the channel, comes two months after Netflix (NFLX) snatched future Disney movies from Starz.
The deal will extend Sony's relationship with Starz by five years, giving the channel access to major Hollywood releases into the future. Disney movies released in 2016 and beyond will play on Netflix's streaming service instead of Starz.
Analysts speculated that Starz is paying anywhere from $250 million to $400 million per year, an increase from the estimated $200 million it is paying Sony currently.
Starz CEO Chris Albrecht said in a securities filing, "we believe the terms are consistent with other recent agreements between traditional premium TV networks and major Hollywood studios," without elaborating.
The wording suggested Starz was paying more than $200 million annually, but less than $350 million a year, which is what Netflix is estimated to pay Disney.
Netflix isn't considered a "traditional" pay TV network, but its service, at $8 a month, is seen as increasingly competing with premium pay TV channels such as HBO, Showtime and Starz, which cost $15 a month.
Starz had 21 million subscribers as of the end of September. Netflix has 27 million subscribers at year-end.
Both Netflix and Showtime were bidders for the movies, according to a person familiar with the matter who wasn't authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Last month, Netflix Inc. CEO Reed Hastings told analysts on a conference call he was interested in going after Sony movies. "Our appetite is just like it was for Disney, it's strong," he said. However, he added that "there is no specific piece of content that we must have."
Disney content was seen as more important for Netflix, which is raising the profile of its children's programming and has a devoted kids audience.
In comparison, Sony has put big-budget, popular movies in theaters including "The Amazing Spider Man," "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Men in Black 3," and has a stronger focus on movies rated PG-13.
The possibility of losing Sony movies was a "major risk," according to a research note by Barclays analyst Chris Merwin.
"This new agreement firms up the theatrical content pipeline and represents a modest positive for shares," he wrote. He raised his target price in Starz shares to $16 from $15 but kept an "equal weight" rating on the shares.
Janney analyst Tony Wible upgraded Starz to "Neutral" from "Sell" and bumped his fair value estimate on shares to $16 from $10.50. It remains to be seen how much Starz can offset the higher costs of the deal by raising prices on TV distributors, he noted.


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The Mexico Parks and Recreation coed softball league recently completed its season. Following are the final standings as compiled by umpire Calvin McGrew:
Add Finder-TNT Construction 10-1, Dynamite, 9-2, Kill Shot 8-3, South Fork 8-2, Going Deep 7-4, J-J's 7-4, Misfits 6-5, Perry 6-5, Beast Mode 5-6, Karcee 5-6, Natty Daddy's 4-7, Champs 4-7 KRCC 3-8, Inkchanted Tattoos 1-10 and Southside Christian Church 0-11.
Ties were broken by head-to-head games or number of wins by common opponents.
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Back Pain Health Center
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview
In this article
Diagnosing Cauda Equina Syndrome
A doctor can diagnose cauda equina syndrome. Here's what you may need to confirm a diagnosis:
- A medical history, in which you answer questions about your health, symptoms, and activity.
- A physical exam to assess your strength, reflexes, sensation, stability, alignment, and motion. You may also need blood tests.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, which uses magnetic fields and computers to produce three-dimensional images of your spine.
- A myelogram -- an X-ray of the spinal canal after injection of contrast material -- which can pinpoint pressure on the spinal cord or nerves.
- A computed tomography (CT) scan.
Treating Cauda Equina Syndrome
If you have cauda equina syndrome, you'll need prompt treatment to relieve pressure on nerves. Surgery must be done quickly to prevent permanent damage, such as paralysis of the legs, loss of bladder and bowel control, sexual function, or other problems. It is best if this occurs within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Depending on the cause of your CES, you may also need high doses of corticosteroids. These can reduce swelling. If you are diagnosed with an infection you may need antibiotics. if a tumor is responsible, radiation or chemotherapy may be needed after sugery.
Even with treatment, you may not retrieve full function. It depends on how much damage has occurred. If surgery is successful, you may continue to recover bladder and bowel function over a period of years.
Living With Cauda Equina Syndrome
If permanent damage has occurred, surgery cannot always repair it. Your cauda equina syndrome is chronic. You will need to learn ways to adapt to changes in your body's functioning. You'll find that both physical and emotional support is essential.
Try to involve your family in your care. Many professionals can also provide you support. Depending on your limitations, you can seek help from:
- An occupational or physical therapist
- A social worker
- A continence advisor
And, as with many conditions, there may be nothing quite as helpful as support from those who really understand what you're going through. That's why joining a cauda equina support group may be a good idea.


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Opportunities for Non-Music Majors
There are many opportunities available for non-music majors who are interested in continuing their love of music while studying at Ithaca College.
Music Minor
The music minor is comprised of 22 credits and requires an audition for acceptance.
Music Minor Website
Private Lessons – for credit
Private lessons are offered in most instrument and voice areas. Lessons are offered for credit, require an informal audition, and incur an additional cost (typically about $600). Students typically study with graduate assistants. To inquire if lessons are offered in your area, please contact Dianne Zamoiski at email@example.com or (607) 274-3366.
Private Lessons – noncredit
A number of graduate and undergraduate students teach non-music majors on an informal basis. These are arranged directly between students, although faculty members may be able to serve as a resource, if needed.
Faculty Directory
Ensembles for Non-Music Majors
Ithaca is pleased to offer three non-music major ensembles (band, chorus, and orchestra) that rehearse once per week and perform once per semester.
Ensembles for Non-Music Majors Website
Auditioning for Major Ensembles
Non-music majors may audition for a major ensemble during the first week of the fall semester. Interested students should visit the School of Music main office during summer orientation or prior to the start of classes for more information. Audition information is available online.
Major Ensemble Audition Materials
Music Classes for Non-Music Majors
There are many music classes offered for non-music majors.
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8.4-3 Breach of the Peace in the Second Degree -- § 53a-181 (a) (2)
Revised to December 1, 2007
The defendant is charged [in count __] with breach of the peace in the second degree. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent as follows:
a person is guilty of breach of the peace when, with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, such person assaults or strikes another.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 - Intent
The first element is that the defendant
acted with the intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm. The predominant intent must be to cause what a reasonable person operating under contemporary community standards would consider a disturbance to or impediment of a lawful activity, a deep feeling of vexation or provocation, or a feeling of anxiety prompted by threatened danger or harm. <See Intent: Specific, Instruction 2.3-1.>
recklessly created a risk of causing inconvenience, annoyance or alarm. A person acts "recklessly" with respect to a result or circumstances when (he/she) is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that such result will occur or that such circumstances exist. <See Recklessness, Instruction 2.3-4.>
The words "inconvenience, annoyance or alarm" refer to what a reasonable person operating under contemporary community standards would consider a disturbance to or impediment of a lawful activity, a deep feeling of vexation or provocation, or a feeling of anxiety prompted by threatened danger or harm.1
Element 2 - Assaulted or struck
another person
The second element is that the defendant assaulted or struck another person. An "assault" is a demonstration of an unlawful intent to inflict immediate injury on the person of another who is then present. The statute also prohibits the striking of another. "Striking" means to deliver a blow. A defendant may be liable for striking another when the blow is delivered through some intervening agency that (he/she) has put in motion as, for example, intentionally throwing an object that strikes another person.2
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant 1) (intended to cause / recklessly created a risk of causing) inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, and 2) <describe conduct>.
If you unanimously find that the state
has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of breach
of peace in the second degree, then you shall find the defendant guilty. On the
other hand, if you unanimously find that the state has failed to prove beyond a
reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then find the defendant not
1 The Supreme Court applied this interpretive gloss to the mens rea language of the disorderly conduct statute in State v. Indrisano, 228 Conn. 795, 810-811 (1994). In State v. Wolff, 237 Conn. 633, 670 (1996), the Court applied it to the breach of peace statute. See the discussion of intent in the Introduction to this section.
Carefully tailor this part of the instruction to the allegations and evidence.
A striking does not always constitute an assault.


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Bloomberg Not Wowed by Banksy
It may seem like everyone in New York is head over heels for the artwork of Banksy, the elusive British street artist who started stenciling city walls earlier this month. But not Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Some art-loving New Yorkers have been racing around the city for firsthand looks at Banksy's random works of art, posting shots on Instagram of a giant Ronald McDonald statue or stencil of the Twin Towers. But the anonymous artist's guerrilla exhibition, which he is calling "Better Out Than In," amounts to graffiti, Mr. Bloomberg told reporters after a news conference Wednesday.
While saying he would leave the matter up to the city's Department of Cultural Affairs, he said that graffiti "does ruin people's property" and is a "sign of decay and lost control."
Banksy's works, which he posts on his website along with satirical audio guides, have included a priest painted on a concrete block in Manhattan and a mural of galloping horses on the Lower East Side.
Mr. Bloomberg said that while he is a big supporter of the arts, he didn't think Banksy's works should be allowed.
"You running up to somebody's property or public property and defacing it is not my definition of art," he said. "Or it may be art, but it should not be permitted. And I think that's exactly what the law says."


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It used take a couple hours to get from rural Minnesota to the Cities but thanks to technological innovations like that presently on display in the Yellow Medicine East Band room, the time to access some of the unique offerings of the metro has been reduced to about a second.
Presently, the YME Band Department is in the midst of a second year MacPhail Center for Music grant program, the MacPhail Online Residency Initiative (MORI), funded through Minnesota State Arts Board. Using high definition video conferencing, MORI's purpose is to bring the professional instruction offered at McPhail to rural students, in this case, 125 miles away.
"A lot of kids who live in the metro area have that opportunity to work with or see professionals in action everyday," commented YME Band Instructor Nicole Boelter. "There are so many professional musicians around them and in their schools and in their communities ... whereas out in rural Minnesota that's harder to find."
One week out of the month, Boelter's band students link up with one of McPhail's esteemed musicians. In this instance, performer and clinician in concert and jazz saxophone, Greg Keel, speaks and listens to students through a live-video feed that is broadcast at both sites onto a flat screen television.
The sound quality isn't live, but it is good and Boelter says the video feed delay of about a second is hardly noticeable. Originally, she said she was skeptical that the program was in some form or way trying to replace rural instructors but has since grown into a huge advocate.
"Every director goes into college playing a certain instrument. You learn them all but you're always stronger on your own. My particular instrument was a trumpet, so woodwinds, like clarinet and saxophone are what I would consider my weaker instruments that I teach––that I am not as confident playing. So when I can get a professional saxophone musician to play along with the kids or give them examples of what he's talking about, that's really great."
Boelter says that having a professional to instruct both through example and the dispensation of knowledge helps students to make significant strides in technique, tone quality and in other manners that she does not have the capacity to provide. In addition, the teachings often overlap, reinforcing that which she has conveyed to students in her own lessons.
"There are so many facets to my job that I try and cover and having an expert come in and listen to the group, they'll pick out things that maybe you haven't had time to go over. What's even better is when they repeat the things you've already said. Your students hear it from someone else, and it resolidifies my teachings and what we're trying to work for," she said with a chuckle.
Page 2 of 2 - Yellow Medicine East was one of the first schools to take part in the program, which is now being offered to in Glencoe, Cottonwood, Hutchinson, Willmar, Clara City Brooten, Montevideo and Benson. Whether it will be the last year the collaboration by teleconference is offered is unknown, but Boelter is certainly hopeful that the program will subsist.
"It's just a real neat opportunity for the kids," she said.
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— A ServSafe Food Protection Certification Course will be offered March 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and March 19 from 8:30 a.m. to noon (testing included in this time) at the PPL Environmental Learning Center, 126 PPL Drive in Hawley.
This course is for individuals seeking initial food safety certification or renewing food safety certification. Participants are required to attend all class sessions prior to taking the exam.
The cost is $175 and it covers the cost of the ServSafe® Manager 6th edition book, exam answer sheet, exam, learning materials and light refreshments. To register visit http://www.cvent.com/d/xcqcxj.
Another class will be held on May 6 and 20 at the Penn State Extension - Monroe County, 724 Phillips Street, Suite 201, Stroudsburg. To register visit http://www.cvent.com/d/2cqcxt by May 1.
A Cooking for Crowds workshop will be held March 12 form 6 to 9 p.m. at the Penn State Extension office in Monroe County, 724 Phillips St, Suite 201, Stroudsburg.
Examples of who should attend are organizers of church dinners, fire company barbecues and school booster club hoagie sales, club bake sales. Nonprofit food fundraisers are an excellent way to socialize with the community while earning money for the organization.
Topics include: Foodborne illness, why risk it?; the causes of foodborne illness; preventing the conditions that lead to foodborne illness; safe purchasing, storage, preparation, and service for a crowd; cleaning and sanitizing; planning a safe event; and general guidelines for events.
The cost is $35 for each (will receive a manual and thermometer) or $10 each (will not receive a manual and thermometer).
Pre-registration, including payment, is required by March 8. For more information call (570) 421-6430 or visit http://extension.psu.edu/pike/events/cooking-for-crowds-workshop.
Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.
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Remembering the Future
There are so many opportunities to sacrifice long-term gain for short-term pleasure: workers spend more of their earnings immediately and confront meager retirement savings years later; firms jockey for short-term gains that promote bubbles and volatility down the line; people overeat today and struggle with weight and serious health problems tomorrow.
"It's hard to think of the future first," says Professor Elke Weber, whose recent work in behavioral economics has investigated financial risk-taking and environmental decision making. "What we think of first is triggered by so many other factors in our environment that compete for attention, and there is so much is out there — ads, what our friends, family and colleagues are doing — that primes us to focus on immediate consumption."
Not only do people have a tendency to think about the present at the expense of the future, but when asked to put off consumption, they demand disproportionately large rewards for doing so. "If a customer expects to receive an iPad immediately and then Apple announces there's been a delay and offers a coupon for other products as a compensation for the wait, most people would expect a lot for that," Weber says. "But if a customer expects to receive an iPad in three weeks and Apple offers the chance to get it sooner for a premium, most people would not be willing to pay that much more."
"Economic theory says that people should be willing to pay as much to speed up their consumption as they would demand to slow it down," says Professor Eric Johnson, whose research focuses on consumer and managerial decision making. But these amounts are never the same, and in fact, the difference is startling: the price people demand to slow down consumption is on average two to three times higher than the price people will pay to speed it up. The phenomenon — asymmetric discounting — has long been noted but has not been well-explained. "Understanding why asymmetric discounting happens might help us understand how to make immediate gratification look smaller and distant rewards look bigger," Johnson says.
"Other work on decision making shows that people construct what they are willing to pay," he explains, "meaning that our preferences are often more a matter of the way a choice is presented than deeply held beliefs or values." For example, people share a well-documented tendency to favor the first option among many choices. In earlier research, Johnson and others proposed query theory, the idea that order matters in preferences and decision making because it affects how we query our memory for arguments for different choices; our brains give first choices more attention than subsequent choices, and we generate more arguments for them.
Like first options, the present is always directly in front of us, demanding — and receiving — attention, while the future is difficult to recall because it is so much further away. "So the question is, how do we focus attention on future rewards and move them to the forefront?" Johnson says.
Johnson and Weber, working with Kerry Milch and Hannah Chang of Columbia University, Jeff Brodscholl of Harris Interactive and Daniel Goldstein of London Business School, hypothesized that query theory could reveal whether those cognitive processes associated with memory and attention were at work in asymmetric discounting and the tendency to favor the present over the future. The researchers proposed that, because the order in which people receive their options matters, they should be able to shift the balance of support from the present to the future by prompting people to generate more evidence in favor of delaying rewards and less evidence in favor of immediate rewards.
The researchers first conducted a standard asymmetric discounting study with subjects on the Web with real money at stake. Half of the participants were offered the chance to receive a $75 gift certificate three months from that day, while half were presented with the chance to receive a $50 gift certificate immediately. Consistent with other measures of discount rates and asymmetric discounting, the subjects offered the $75 (later) option were willing, on average, to give up about $15 to receive the gift certificate right away, while those offered the $50 (now) option demanded an increase of $30 to wait three months.
Subjects had also been asked to report (by typing) the thoughts that were running through their minds as they were making their decisions. Later, after making their choices, subjects categorized their thoughts as supporting immediate consumption or supporting delayed consumption (or none or both). By counting the number of thoughts in each category, the researchers determined whether the balance of support in each instance favored immediate or delayed consumption.
As the researchers had hypothesized, subjects who had first been given the chance to receive the $75 gift certificate in the future were able to list more thoughts supporting delayed consumption. Those first offered the chance to receive a $50 gift certificate in the present reported many more thoughts that favored immediate consumption.
This lends credence to the theory that people muster the most evidence to support the first choice they are offered, drowning out other options. "We think something like this happens: someone offered $75 to spend three months in the future might first think about how their spouse's birthday is right around that time, or maybe a holiday, and they think about what kind of nice gift they might buy," Weber explains. "Whereas someone offered $50 to spend today might first think about that CD box set they've been eyeing. Subsequent ideas have little chance of overriding the first one."
To measure how strongly such evidence influences choice, subjects in a later experiment were explicitly asked to list reasons that favored later consumption before listing reasons that favored immediate consumption, even when they were given the option of getting the $50 gift certificate right away first. When they did that, they had a harder time coming up with reasons for immediate consumption and discounted the possible larger gift certificate they could get in three months much less.
In a final experiment using the asymmetric discount set up, half of the subjects were given a list of short statements — some clearly related to the experiment, like "I don't need the money now" or "waiting is bad," and others clearly unrelated, such as "the mug is dusty" — and were asked to simply say, as quickly as possible, whether or not the phrase was related to the current study. The researchers found subjects most quickly identified those phrases that most closely aligned with whichever option they had been given first. "If you've just convinced yourself to be patient because you first considered the delayed reward, those reasons should be more top of mind than if you just convinced yourself to be impatient, because you first considered the immediate reward" Johnson says.
If, as these results suggest, memory and attention do play a key role in decision making, they also suggest that it is possible to influence the way that people make their choices. "This reinforces the significance of nudging, or choice architecture," Johnson says. "Asked the same question in different ways, a patient person might make an impatient decision or an impatient person might make a patient decision. We can use query theory to design an intervention or treatment that people could use to make themselves more patient."
Weber points out that we live in era that makes choice architecture easy to implement. "More and more decision making and communication occurs on the Web, where it is easier to structure a choice environment in a way that focuses people on one type of option or query over another," she says. "So you can provide people first with information about the future when they make health or financial decisions, building decision environments that promote less impulsive choices and encourage more long-term choice."Eric J. Johnson is the Norman Eig Professor of Business in the Marketing Division, director of the Columbia Center for Excellence in E-Business and co-director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School.
Elke Weber is the Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business in the Management Division and co-director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School.
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson is a faculty member at the Columbia Business School at Columbia University where he is the inaugural holder of the Norman Eig Chair of Business, and Director of the Center for Decision Sciences. His research examines the interface between Behavioral Decision Research, Economics and the decisions made by consumers, managers, and their implications for public policy, markets and marketing. Among other topics...
Elke Weber
Professor Weber works at the intersection of psychology and economics. She is an expert on behavioral models of judgment and decision making under risk and uncertainty. Recently she has been investigating psychologically appropriate ways to measure and model individual and cultural differences in risk taking, specifically in risky financial situations and environmental decision making and policy. Weber is past president of the Society for...
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Elke Weber, Eric Johnson, Kerry Milch, Hannah Chang, Jeff Brodscholl, Daniel Goldstein
"Asymmetric Discounting in Intertemporal Choice: A Query-Theory Account"


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Myths about assault weapons
An otherwise intelligent friend of mine launched a recent Facebook rant against "weapons that automatically feed bullets and can fire 100 rounds per second. I just don't get why the Average Joe needs one. Can you explain it to me?" I couldn't, I admitted. But I could explain that there is no hand-held gun in the world that fires that fast.
Even the machine guns mounted on military helicopters top out around 67 rounds a second, and any Average Civilian Joe caught with one of those would go straight to jail. Automatic weapons — that is, anything that fires a continuous stream of bullets as long as you hold the trigger down — are technically not illegal for civilians in the United States, but they're so highly regulated that they might as well be.
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Appeared in 29 games and made 10 starts … averaged 3.5 points and 3.0 rebounds in 15.8 minutes of action … blocked 48 shots, the third-highest total in school history and twice the previous high for a freshman … shot 59.7 percent from the field … played 19 minutes in the exhibition against Incarnate Word (11/5) … redirected four shots and grabbed eight rebounds at Oklahoma State (11/11) … had four more blocks and went 2-for-3 from the field against Denver (11/14) … delivered eight points and four blocks against South Alabama (12/15) … went 4-for-4 with eight points, three blocks and three rebounds against Lamar (1/4) … matched the school record with seven blocks and had a career-high 11 points against McNeese State (1/7) … grabbed five boards at Sam Houston State (1/21) … swatted five shots against Sam Houston State (2/11) … posted his first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds against UTSA (2/22) … had six points and six rebounds against Central Arkansas (3/3).
Averaged 15 points in one season under Bobby Bossman at Westwind Prep … also averaged 12 rebounds and nine blocks per game in his only year for the prep school … played high school ball for Jason Bryant at San Diego's Lincoln High School … led team to a 29-2 finish as a senior … averaged eight points, seven blocks and eight boards … was named California Interscholastic Federation Sectionals MVP and State Semifinals MVP … helped Lincoln to a spot in the state championship.
Nathanial Maxey was born on Sept. 4, 1992, in San Jose, Calif. … has five siblings, Bryon, Sofia, Natalie, Veronica and Brianna … parents are Khaleelah and Bryon Johnson … intends to major in sport management.


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10 Ways to Lose 5 Pounds by This Weekend
Sure, a months-long healthy diet is the real key to lasting weight loss. But you can lose weight quickly and safely. Here's how
And yet nine out of 10 of us aren't breathing properly, she says. "Put one hand on your chest, the other on your abdomen. Take a normal breath. If the chest hand goes up rather than out, you're breathing wrong."
If you don't breathe properly, you'll take in a third of the oxygen your body needs. "And when the body doesn't get enough oxygen, it can't burn through fat," says Grout.
What's more, proper breathing can rev your metabolism, lower stress chemicals which cause your body to retain fat, and keep you centered so you're less likely to binge or stress eat. The goal is to take long, deep breaths into your abdomen. To practice this, lay on the floor with a book on your belly. On your inhale, make sure the book rises. On the exhale, the book should come down. "Slow, deep inhales and exhales are best," says Grout.
Once you get the hang of belly breaths, she recommends trying the 1-4-2 breath, which is specifically designed for weight loss. Here, breathe through your nose to whatever count is comfortable. Hold the breath inside your body for four times as long, and then exhale through your mouth for twice as long. So if you breathe in to the count of 4, lock it into your body for 16 (4x4) and exhale for 8 (4x12). "It will get deeper and longer as you can get better at it," she says. "Do 10 of these, twice a day."
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I use to share and food with my dog and that way I didn't feel bad about not eat it all But sad to say my dog passed away and I'm gaining weight because I have to eat it All
by ladyracer Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 05:46PM Report as inappropriate
Love the story. It all makes sense. Nothing is easy. I will start today and let you know if 5 lbs disappear !
by Abbymax Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 09:23AM Report as inappropriate
Very interesting. I'm curious if it really works. very good information though. I may try it to see if its for me.
by Carl30 Friday, April 19, 2013 at 08:24AM Report as inappropriate
Like the tip of using potassiumto negate sodium levels!
by shellybethy Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 06:07PM Report as inappropriate
i would want to loose 20 lbs
by mlyvng Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 12:40PM Report as inappropriate
Very obvious, yet helpful tips.
by hiddenexpose Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 08:22PM Report as inappropriate
I never though breathing could help in weight loss. The fact that you need adequate oxygen to burn fat makes a lot of sense
by fezino Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 10:04AM Report as inappropriate
Well these were some interesting tips. I really like the breathing technique :p
by NillaButterfly Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 04:19PM Report as inappropriate
Fantastic! The more often you eat (smaller portions and healthy foods), the more you do rev up your metabolism. Not enough can be said about movement. I started at a new school (a huge building) a few years ago and had to run the stairs to make sure I made it to classes on time. I started to lose weight and couldn't stop. Water, water, water--absolutely necessary to fill you up, help you lose weight, and keep your skin plumped and glowing!
by GigiSD Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 01:50PM Report as inappropriate
amazing tips! thanks :D
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — The stage has been set for the Truckee-Donner Recreation andamp; Park District to rid itself of its $7 million problem.Since December 2009, when construction costs of the Truckee Community Recreation Center came in that amount under budget, the district has been struggling to decide just how to spend the excess funds.After nixing the idea of an ice rink, the board of directors decided on two projects: an aquatics center located at the Truckee Recreation Center to replace the aging community pool near the high school, and a performing arts center to provide a space for actors and other stage artists.However, while it was agreed the aquatics center would receive $3 million and the performing arts center would get $4 million from the excess construction funds, neither facility had enough financial backing to move forward.Now, after years of consideration, after several architectural renderings of each facility (in which plans for each have been pared down) and after multiple studies — one of which derailed the 2010 attempt at a bond measure — the TDRPD board of directors is betting the game plan it decided upon at a special meeting Monday evening will be the winner.
The board voted unanimously to put an $8.52 million, 30-year bond measure on November's ballot. The annual tax rate for the bond will be about $6.91 per $100,000 of assessed value for property owners — amounting to an average tax of about $20 per parcel for property owners within the district, said board members.The current construction cost estimate for the aquatic center is $7.25 million, down from original estimates of $11 million. The performing arts center's updated price tag is $7.3 million with a $500,000 contingency; its high-end designs carried, at one time, a cost of $12 million.Recently, the board commissioned a study to gauge the level of charitable support that might be found in the district for the performing arts center. A small sample of the population identified the availability of $324,149 to $389,999 in charitable donations, which led researchers to extrapolate $1.5 million to $2 million of charitable support might be available.In addition to advocating for the bond, the board on Monday said it will embark on a fundraising campaign in hopes of raising an endowment fund for the performing arts center to manage ongoing costs.If the bond passes, the district will build both facilities. Board members said Monday they would build the aquatics center first and break ground on the performing arts center about two years later."We are not taxing you," said Director Kevin Murphy. "We are letting the public choose — right, wrong or indifferent."
The special meeting was held to consider four bond options — one option being no bond at all.The decision was reached following a long public comment period. Some residents expressed support for the performing arts center if it was in a downtown location rather than the proposed site (the current design is attached to the Community Recreation Center). Others said an aquatics center is necessary to allow Truckee's youth the opportunity to swim and Truckee's disabled the opportunity for rehabilitation.Debbie Meyer, former U.S. Olympian and current coach of the Truckee Tahoe Swim Team, lobbied for the pool facility. Courtney Simson, who directed the recent "Kids on Broadway," spoke for the performing arts center. She recounted a child performer recently saying theater is really the only chance she had to be on stage, unless she took ballet.But it was perhaps Performing Arts Commission Chairman Bob French's booming voice that carried the most powerful public statement."I would encourage everyone on aquatics to support the performing arts center, and everyone on performing arts center to support aquatics," he said. "There is strength in numbers."After the comment period, Board Chairman Peter Werbel asked the audience for a show of hands of who supported no bond measure at all; about seven people raised their hands. He then asked who supported some type of measure — about 30 to 40 people raised their hands.The board agreed, with each board member separately saying interest rates are low, need is high and the potential benefit to town — both economically and socially — is clear."What if the bond fails?" Murphy asked rhetorically. "We'll cross that bridge when we get there."


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PHOENIX -- What is Daric Barton doing in the A's camp?
Taunting history, that's what.
History would suggest that Barton should be anywhere but in the clubhouse at Phoenix Municipal Stadium with the A's. But history doesn't know everything.
Barton, the team's regular first baseman from 2008-10 before ultimately being supplanted by Brandon Moss in 2012, wasn't offered a major league contract after the 2012 season. He agreed to a minor league deal.
He was called up briefly in May, hit .143, and was designated for assignment. Barton wasn't claimed by any of the other 29 teams and re-signed with the A's, going to Triple-A Sacramento.
He was recalled Aug. 26, when Josh Reddick went on the disabled list. Moss moved to right field, and Barton hit .301 while starting 24 of the A's final 33 games at first. And now he's back this spring with a chance to win the same job he had down the stretch.
"I don't think about anything but the last couple of months, how good that was, and going to the playoffs," Barton said. "I'm not focused on anything but spring training and continuing to contribute here."
The trouble is, the A's are loaded at first. Moss hit a team-leading 30 homers last season and was second to Josh Donaldson with 87 RBIs. He's been the A's primary first baseman for the last year and a half, though he's versatile enough to play a corner outfield, as he showed last season.
But with Reddick healthy again, and Coco Crisp and Yoenis Cespedes firmly planted in center and left, respectively, that's not an issue now.
The A's are fond of using platoons, but Moss and Barton both hit left-handed. So there would seem to be room for only Moss or Barton unless one moves to D.H., where John Jaso could be the leading candidate.
"We'll have to see how it plays out," manager Bob Melvin said.
For his part, Moss said the only thing that matters to him is being in the lineup. He started his career as an outfielder, so he's not wedded to first base.
A's general manager Billy Beane is wedded to on-base percentage, so Barton, whose career .360 on-base percentage is 110 points above his lifetime .250 batting average, has that going for him.
But Barton has 30 career homers, so this is a decision that could have a lot of ramifications.
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Insider at blogs.ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.


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|Satellite Gallery-Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
Event Type: Gallery
Age Group(s): all ages
Date: 8/18/2013
Start Time: All Day
Be inspired. Visit the Satellite Gallery of the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center at the library. August 6-October 12, enjoy Kelly Heck's Photography of Alaska and other winter scenes.Library: Thurmont Regional Library
Contact: Erin Dingle
Contact Number: 301-600-7201


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PMS vs. PMDD - Whats' the Difference?
Medical Author: Carolyn Janet Crandall, M.D., FACP
Ms. B.T. is 38 years old. Her co-workers always seem to know when she has her period. During this time, she becomes extremely irritable. She feels guilty because she gets very angry at her children for no logical reason or for apparently trivial reasons. In fact, one of her coworkers, with whom she is quite friendly, suggested she come in before her supervisor noticed problems on the job. She heard that there is a severe version of PMS that requires special treatment. Ms. B.T. wants to know if this is her problem.
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) has been the term used for mood, and sometimes physical, symptoms that occur cyclically (predictably in relation to menses) in the second half of the menstrual cycle and interfere with a woman's quality of life. Some women experience even more severe symptoms. These women may have a conditions known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).


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Aimed at as something terminal or ultimate or absolute, quiescence is, from the standpoint of life, a form of death, a stillness and inertia, an impassivity. Life is infinite sensitivity to all things, the quicksilver sympatheticism of everything that belongs in the natural cosmos. The mind and will do close out or exclude extraneous distractions as a means to their powers of self-concentration ("Thinking is a momentary dismissal of irrelevancies," Buckminster Fuller). But Buddhism makes this quiescence not a means but an end in itself, incompatible as it may be with the very life of spirit and of will. Taken as a mere exercise or tonic, it has an utterly different value of course.
Kenneth Smith
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