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Kevin Yeaman is President and Chief Executive Officer of Dolby Laboratories. Under his leadership, the company has built on its rich heritage of technologies that transform storytelling, expanding its focus to produce new sight and sound experiences that unleash the potential of entertainment and communications.
Before being named CEO in 2009, Kevin served as Dolby's Chief Financial Officer, developing the financial infrastructure to support growth and expansion. Prior to Dolby, Kevin was the Chief Financial Officer of E.piphany and Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at Informix.
Kevin was inducted as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2014. He holds a BS degree in commerce from Santa Clara University.
As Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Dolby Laboratories, Lewis Chew leads the worldwide finance organization, responsible for financial and infrastructure support for Dolby's business, including all finance functions, information technology, real estate and facilities, manufacturing, procurement, and investor relations.
Lewis comes to Dolby with decades of financial and strategic business management experience. He is the former Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of National Semiconductor Corporation, where he was responsible for all finance functions as well as information systems and investor relations.
Prior to joining National Semiconductor, Lewis was a partner at KPMG LLP, serving numerous technology and financial institution clients. He has been recognized five times as one of America's best CFOs by Institutional Investor magazine in its annual ranking. In 2009, Lewis was a finalist for the Bay Area CFO of the Year Award, and in 2002, Treasury & Risk magazine named him one of the nation's top 40 finance executives under the age of 40.
Lewis serves as a member of the board of directors at PG&E Corporation, an energy-based holding company. He holds a BS degree in accounting from Santa Clara University.
As Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Andy Sherman oversees Dolby's worldwide legal affairs, including all corporate, regulatory, intellectual property, litigation, and licensing activities.
Prior to joining Dolby, Andy served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at CBS Interactive, where he led the legal group advising CBS's online entertainment, mobile, technology, sports, news, games, lifestyle, and international business units. Andy joined CBS Interactive following CBS's acquisition of CNET Networks, where he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, responsible for global legal and regulatory matters. In senior legal positions at Sybase, PeopleSoft, and Epiphany, Andy oversaw legal aspects of US and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic transactions, and other matters.
Earlier in his career, Andy worked in private practice with Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper), specializing in the representation of emerging technology companies in intellectual property and technology-related legal matters. Andy holds a JD from the University of the Pacific, as well as a BS degree in business administration from the University of Southern California.
As Senior Vice President, Broadcast business group, Giles Baker leads Dolby's engagement with the broadcast industry, delivering technology and innovations that continue to raise the standard of entertainment experiences across the world.
Giles leads a global team that builds complete industry solutions—from content production to distribution and playback—bringing immersive entertainment experiences to connected devices, TVs, and set-top boxes. Under Giles's leadership, Dolby solutions have been integrated into national standards and adopted by operators and manufacturers that are addressing the transition to digital broadcast, from Northern Europe to the Middle East and Asia. Dolby also has unveiled innovations in the visual experience, including Dolby 3D, a suite of technologies designed to deliver full HD 3D content to 3D-enabled devices, including glasses-free displays.
Before joining Dolby in 2010, Giles spent nearly 10 years in business leadership roles at Adobe Systems, where he was responsible for professional video software. Previously, he was responsible for the professional DVD-authoring business at Sonic Solutions.
Giles holds an undergraduate degree in music and sound recording from the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom and an MBA degree from the Wharton School.
As Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations, Mike Bergeron is leading the Dolby sales organization into the next stage of growth as it launches transformational Dolby cinema, broadcast, online media, and image technologies.
Mike's sales leadership spans more than 25 years. He previously held the position of Vice President, Worldwide OEM and Education Sales, at Adobe Systems, where he was responsible for $800 million in revenue. Prior to that, he was responsible for starting and building the Adobe mobile business field sales and business development teams, whose work resulted in more than one billion deployments of Adobe® Flash® across devices of all kinds, including mobile phones, consumer and gaming devices, and consumer electronics, in partnership with both automotive and global mobile operators.
Prior to his work at Adobe, Mike held a variety of executive leadership roles in sales and business development, including cofounder of Elemental Software and Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development for Macromedia.
Mike holds a BS degree in business and marketing from Indiana University.
Bob Borchers joined Dolby Laboratories in 2014 as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President. He has more than 20 years of experience bringing compelling products and services to consumers in new ways and has worked at such companies as Apple, Nike, and Nokia.
As part of the original iPhone® team at Apple, Bob was instrumental in the development, launch, and global expansion of the iPhone, iOS, and App Store™. While at Apple, he also led the Nike® + iPod® partnership, expanded the iPod accessory ecosystem, and forged relationships with the major auto companies to provide iPod integration.
Most recently, Bob was a general partner at Opus Capital, making early stage investments in mobile software and service platforms. Prior to Apple, he spent six years at Nokia, where he cofounded and served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Vertu business unit. Before his career in the mobile industry, Bob worked for Nike in Beaverton, Oregon, where he led efforts in product and service personalization.
Bob holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and an SM degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has more than 30 patents granted or pending and has won awards from the Industrial Designers Society of America. He serves on the board of directors at Bank of the West and the Hertz Foundation.
As Vice President of the Dolby Communications business group, Andrew Border is responsible for the expansion of Dolby technology into the communications market. He leads a global team responsible for delivering innovations and experiences that improve collaboration and productivity.
Andrew joined Dolby in November 2010, spearheading the development and worldwide launch of Dolby Voice® and the Dolby Conference Phone, both of which have redefined audio conferencing. He oversees strategy and the creation and delivery of communications solutions for the market.
In his previous role as Director of Product Management for Unified Communications at Cisco, he defined the company's strategy for presence and instant messaging, led its video strategy for unified communications, and managed Cisco's relationship with Microsoft for unified communications.
Andrew holds a BA degree in history and political science from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
John Couling, Senior Vice President, E-Media business group, is responsible for the expansion of Dolby technology into the world of connected devices and content services.
John's global team addresses a market measured in billions of consumer products sold each year and the multiscreen, over-the-top, and mobile content services and aggregators that service them. He is responsible for revenue generated from PCs, game consoles, mobile phones, tablets, and digital media adaptors. During his tenure, the E-Media group has grown Dolby's presence in the online space through partnerships with operating system and mobile-handset chip makers, premium content providers, and leading consumer electronics companies.
In previous leadership roles at Dolby, John has managed the team responsible for product management across all of Dolby's product lines, as well as worldwide business development. He joined Dolby in 1997, working from the United Kingdom as an applications engineer with some of the early DVD producers in Europe and Asia. He went on to help secure Dolby technology in digital TV standards in Europe and Australia, and then became part of the group to develop the Dolby cinema server presentation system.
John holds a BS degree in astrophysics from Bristol University.
As Senior Vice President, Cinema business group, Doug Darrow is responsible for aligning Dolby's technical expertise and close relationships with content creators, studios, and exhibitors to deliver artistic and business solutions via audio and video technologies.
The Cinema business group comprises all parts of Dolby's businesses that support the entertainment industry, including Dolby Atmos® products, Dolby Screen Server and Dolby Integrated Media Block (IMB) products, audio processors, the Dolby 3D cinema solution, the Dolby Professional Reference Monitor product line, and all Dolby TrueHD licensing and other high-end home theater offerings.
Doug is a respected industry leader with a proven record for developing and commercializing technologies that revolutionize entertainment. Before joining Dolby, he helped start-ups and established companies such as Texas Instruments bring groundbreaking solutions to market. Doug is widely regarded as a pioneer in digital cinema, recognized by the industry for his role in the wide-scale deployment of digital cinema projectors and 3D digital cinema presentation. Since the first digital cinema release of Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace, more than 70,000 theatres worldwide have adopted digital cinema.
Doug has an undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester and holds an MBA degree from the University of Dallas.
As Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology Group, Steve Forshay oversees teams creating and delivering innovations that transform the sight and sound of entertainment, including the office of the Chief Technology Officer, image and sound research and development (R&D), prototyping, and technical operations.
Since joining Dolby Laboratories in 1982, Steve has helped advance the company's core technologies, serving most recently as Senior Vice President of Sound Technology R&D, and previously as Senior Vice President of Research for Image and Sound. During this time, he managed teams that conceived and developed some of Dolby's most successful audio technologies.
Steve holds a BS degree in electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an MBA degree from Saint Mary's College of California. He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Ray Dolby expanded the creative possibilities for musicians, filmmakers, and other artists with his technical innovations and passion for connecting science and art.
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Some Southern conservatives are talking about splitting off from the Boy Scouts of America rather than accepting gay youths, while liberal groups continue to push to allow gay leaders.
But Scout troops and Cub packs in Western New York expect to "work to stay focused on that which unites us," according to their leadership.
The executive of the Greater Niagara Frontier Council said Friday he doesn't foresee any major changes for the 300 Scout organizations in the area.
"In 20 years of working as a Boy Scout professional, I've never had the issue come up with any youth, and only once with an adult – and that wasn't a big deal," said Russell Etzenhouser, executive and CEO of the local council.
The Buffalo News reached him in Dallas, a day after the BSA's National Council voted to accept openly gay youth in its membership but not gay adults as leaders.
Etzenhouser also supported the policy change.
"I believe this update … will allow all kids who sincerely want to be a part of Scouting to experience this life-changing program while remaining true to the long-standing virtues of Scouting," he said in a prepared statement.
The decision is finding opposition elsewhere, mainly from conservative religious groups that host Scout troops in their churches. Seventy percent of Scouting units in the United States are chartered by religious groups, according to the Associated Press.
However, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest single sponsor of Scouting in the country and with several Scout units in Western New York, has shifted its position. A statement issued Thursday by the LDS Church said, in part:
"Sexual orientation has not previously been – and is not now – a disqualifying factor for boys who want to join Latter-day Saint Scout troops. Willingness to abide by standards of behavior continues to be our compelling interest."
And the national BSA also reiterated that, while sexual orientation would no longer be a factor in membership, sexual activity by Scouts remains against the rules.
Locally, a BSA employee and Eagle Scout who started an online petition urging local Scout leadership to support lifting the ban on gays responded to the vote Friday.
"While I'm encouraged, I do worry with this resolution about the message it sends about adults," said Matthew Wilcott, 29, of the Town of Tonawanda. "There will be boys – 15 or 16 years old – who still have to fear that when they turn 18 they'll be removed."
He said he will continue advocating for acceptance of all adults willing to work in Scouting, as leaders or in other volunteer positions.
"It's not going to go away. Slowly it's going to progress to where gay adults are allowed in," said Wilcott, who is not gay but has said he started his campaign "as a matter of conscience."
One reason for his optimism comes from talking with parents and Scouts.
"At the Cub Scout level, the parents are of a different generation than the national leadership. They have no problem with this," he said. "And I get the sense this is not a big deal with the youth, either. If you bring it up, they're like, 'Whatever … when's the next campout?'"
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports, many conservatives within the Scouts who are upset with the vote are threatening to defect.
The Assemblies of God said the policy change "will lead to a mass exodus from the Boy Scout program."
John Stembeger, a conservative activist from Florida and founder of a group called OnMyHonor.net to oppose the policy change, said he is calling a meeting of like-minded organizations and individuals in Louisville, Ky., next month to discuss the creation of "a new character development organization for boys," the AP said.
In the end, Thursday's resolution could be seen as a compromise that either makes no one happy or that, in many Scout groups, will be barely noticed.
There are now about 2.6 million boys and youth involved in Scouting; 9,000 members are in the Greater Niagara Council.
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The time of the day when a guy has to take a shit. But when he is with females he can not just say, "I have to shit." So instead he will say, I guess its prime time. At times when it is just his male friends he will say, "It's prime time poopin' time."
Guy- "Well i got to go. Ill be back later though"
Girl- "Why?"
Guy- "It's prime time"
Girl- "Why?"
Guy- "It's prime time"
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A small flavored cigar, commonly found in gas stations in packs or singles. Yummy.
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"good pick man, gimme all the raspberry ones."
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Some one with skills. Should be on tv. Amazing at everything
That scrub cant even touch primetime.
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The big moment. The epitome of an event.
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Every hardcore smoker in Phoenix knows that Prime Time is that lil flavored mini cigar that people usually roll blunts with. Can find them at about any gas station for 99 cents. Very good to smoke.
"I got the weed. You got the Prime Time?"
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To get somthing done right away
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a small cigar/cigarillo found in many flavors. Prime times are popular among those in Rainier and other places. The reasoning is that, in the hood, more people are rolling and smoking blunts and therefore there is more need for a prime time.
Special prime time flavors include the happy hours modelled after mixed drinks.
Prime Times are often smoked right after a blunt.
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Prime Times are often smoked right after a blunt.
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Evaluation of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes After Acute Coronary Syndrome During Treatment With AVE0010 (Lixisenatide) (ELIXA)
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|First Received Date ICMJE
|June 17, 2010
|Last Updated Date
|February 16, 2016
|Start Date ICMJE
|June 2010
|Primary Completion Date
|February 2015 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Time to the first occurrence of the primary cardiovascular (CV) event: CV death, non-fatal MI, non-fatal stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, positively adjudicated by the Cardiovascular Events Adjudication Committee (CAC) [ Time Frame: week 0 to week 203 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|Time to the first occurrence of CV death, non-fatal MI, non-fatal stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, adjudicated and validated by the Cardiovascular Events Adjudication Committee (CAC) [ Time Frame: week 0 to week 176 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01147250 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
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|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Evaluation of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes After Acute Coronary Syndrome During Treatment With AVE0010 (Lixisenatide)
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|A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Multicenter Study to Evaluate Cardiovascular Outcomes During Treatment With Lixisenatide in Type 2 Diabetic Patients After an Acute Coronary Syndrome
|Brief Summary
Primary Objective:
- To demonstrate that lixisenatide can reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality [composite endpoint of cardiovascular (CV) death, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI), non-fatal stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina] compared to placebo in type 2 diabetic patients who recently experienced an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event.
Secondary Objectives:
To demonstrate that when compared to placebo, lixisenatide can reduce:
To assess the safety and tolerability of lixisenatide.
|Detailed Description
The estimated maximum study duration for the first randomized patient will be approximately 204 weeks (± 14 days), with a median follow-up over all patients of approximately 91 weeks, broken down as follows:
All patients will be followed from randomization until the end of study, which should occur when the last randomized patient has been followed for approximately 10 months. The actual end date of the study will be "event driven"and the study will end when there are approximately 844 positively-adjudicated primary cardiovascular outcome events.
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|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|United States, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
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|Collaborators ICMJE
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|February 2016
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LOCKPORT – Mayor Michael W. Tucker told the Common Council on Wednesday that he has received a proposal to rename a park in the city after Buffalo Police Officer Patricia A. Parete, a Lockport native.
The request to change the name of Rogers Avenue Park raised concerns among the aldermen. They don't question that Parete, a 1983 Lockport High School graduate, is worthy of being honored.
"I definitely think she's someone who deserves it," Alderman Kenneth M. Genewick said.
The problem arises because of other seemingly worthy individuals after whom the city has not named anything.
For example, the Council declined to name anything after Spc. Albert R. Jex, a Lockport native killed in Iraq Feb. 9, 2009. Two years later, his family proposed naming a bridge over the Erie Canal after him. Jex ended up with a park bench on Locust Street.
"We didn't do anything for Jeff Incardona, either," Alderwoman Kathryn J. "Kitty" Fogle noted.
Incardona was a Niagara County sheriff's deputy killed July 22, 1993, when his speeding patrol car crashed into a utility pole on Niagara Street in Lockport as he was rushing to aid Steven Biles, a Lockport policeman who had been shot.
Parete died Feb. 2 at age 48. She had been a quadriplegic since she was shot Dec. 5, 2006, while she and her partner, Officer Carl E. Andolina, tried to quell a fight at a gas station-convenience store at West Chippewa Street and South Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Andolina was wounded but recovered.
Tucker said Parete's classmates are having their 30th reunion in July. "They wanted something to announce," he said.
"I grew up with all of them," said Alderman John Lombardi III. "We need to talk about this."
"I think it's an OK idea," Tucker told the Council. "If anybody's warranted to have a park or something named after her, I think Patty Parete falls into that category."
Fogle suggested naming a park to generally honor public servants who died in the line of duty. She proposed calling it Fallen Heroes Park.
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Perfect timing Brandie. The weather is turning slightly cooler and it is definitely time for warming comfort food. Love the tortellini adding another texture to this soup.ReplyDelete
I'm the kind of person who can eat soup any time of year. We're still experiencing 100+ degree temps here in Houston but this sounds so delicious. This has comfort food written all over it. I love all of the flavors in this soup.ReplyDelete
YUMMMMMM! I love tortellini...one of my favorite things to have. I, however, have never had it in a slow cooker soup. This looks great!ReplyDelete
I love tortellini soup! I've never tried putting meatballs in it though, I bet it tastes great!ReplyDelete
Oh, yeah - I printed that one off right away! Love soup in the crock - so great for Fall. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I love soup and this looks fantastique!!!! Thanks!!ReplyDelete
i love this...This looks perfect...looks so comforting..Thanks for the recipe dear.....ReplyDelete
This sounds delish!! thanks!!!!ReplyDelete
Brandi, I am a soup kind of girl. And I am always looking for new recipes. Thanks this is one I WILL be making!ReplyDelete
This is the 2nd meatball soup I have seen today. It is going to inspire me! I don't think I have ever tried to make one, and i struggle with my son trying things. but I think he would like the meatballs, and eat this. Saving it for later! Thanks! Good luck with back to school, we started last week!ReplyDelete
I think we're all starting to yearn for cooler temps. :) I know I can't wait to break out the slow cooker and will definitely be bookmarking this for future use!ReplyDelete
Yum! I can't wait for this hot weather to break so I can make soup! This looks fabulous...and filling enough for the guys~ReplyDelete
Bran this sounds fantastic! I am so ready for soups and stews and colder weather!! Lol Great job as always girl!ReplyDelete
This looks delicious!!! I can imagine making this on a cold night with a big loaf of crusty bread!
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This looks amazing! Love slow cooker soup recipes!ReplyDelete
Look delicious!!! gloriaReplyDelete
This looks easy, but packed with flavor...I am totally going to try this soon..I love this idea!!! Thank you for sharing!!ReplyDelete
That looks like the perfect dinner soup. Thanks for making and sharing that one. Come over and visit us. We have a wonderful chicken and dumpling recipe today.ReplyDelete
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Oh what a beautiful soup! I love slow cooker recipes and would really love to come home from work one day and have this enticing me from the minute I walked in the door! : )ReplyDelete
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Love the soup. You always have the best recipes that are so simple to make!!!ReplyDelete
I really love a good soup and it is even better when cooked on a Sunday in the slow cooker. I will so be making this one when the weather gets cold again.ReplyDelete
I just had my 2nd bowl of this soup!!! I cannot stop eating eat...lol my husband loved it also my "picky" daughter and her boyfriend. Thanks for the recipe! This will become one of our favorites!ReplyDelete
This looks seriously good! I could eat a big ol' bowl right now...ReplyDelete
I am so excited to try this recipe! I love making stuff in the slow cooker so that it's ready by the time I get home for work... I get sick of the repetitive meals though... This is a new one!ReplyDelete
Hi Brandy: I love your blog and I have made quite a few recipes from it recently. Everything has been a hit. This soup was wonderful. But my son wasn't crazy about the tortellini, is there another pasta that you could suggest?ReplyDelete
Hi Cindy! I'm glad you've enjoyed all the recipes you've tried so far. You can really use any type of pasta you like. Be careful though, most pasta shapes like to absorb all the liquid in the soup. So if you are going to add a pasta (maybe ditalini?) add it in the last 15 minutes or so but be prepared to add more beef broth to the mixture. Maybe start with a cup of dry pasta (you can always add more if you want it). Keep a couple of cups (or more) of beef broth handy because you will need it after the pasta is ready and has absorbed some of the liquid.ReplyDelete
I made this 2 days ago and my family wants to know when I'm making it again. Such flavor it had! And I'm pretty sure it was even better the next day as leftovers!ReplyDelete
The BEST SOUP EVER! I made this last night and my husband said this ranked with one of his favorite things that I have ever made! Pretty good, considering, we've been married 25 years! Thanks again!ReplyDelete
I have it in the crockpot now, can't wait to taste it tonight. Yum!!!ReplyDelete
This is definitely going on my menu plan for this week. It looks amazing, I can never have too many crock pot recipes bookmarked!ReplyDelete
Just put this in the crock pot for our Thanksgiving Eve meal! Can't wait! :-)ReplyDelete
This recipe looks wonderful! I'd love it if you submitted it to us here at Gooseberry Patch for possible inclusion in a new slow cooker cookbook. Just follow the link for simple directions! Thanks!
OMG I love this soup! I have made this soup several times and finally remembered to leave a review. It is super easy and full of wonderful flavor. My whole picky family loves it. We have it regularly when it's cold out, which is many months of the year in Northeast Wisconsin. Thank you so much for this quick, easy, hearty, and super duper delicious meal!ReplyDelete
Okay people... I tried this recipe and it is honestly TO DIE FOR!!!
Sooo Tasty! I was very impressed with the flavor. It tastes like a soup from a fancy italian restaurant. I added a little more fresh garlic and a small can of tomato sauce and it was amazing! This soup also freezes beautifully great for those nights you come home so tired and hungry and don't feel like cooking. Thanks so much for such a wonderful recipe. This ones is definitely a keeper!! Do not leave out the breadsticks and the parmesan cheese. This is the final magic touch! I bought frozen garlic breadsticks that you just heat up and OMG!sooo yummy with the soup..stick to your ribs good!!! I imagine homemade breadsticks would make it even better! :P
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Made this for our church potluck yesterday. It was a huge hit!! It's so good!!! Nothing was left. Thank you for the recipe. Can't wait to try more of your recipes.ReplyDelete
I made this for a church potluck yesterday. It was a huge hit!! Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe.ReplyDelete
I would like a bowl of this, please! I am so happy soup season is finally here!ReplyDelete
I made this yesterday, but I used a 13 oz. bag of frozen bite-sized mini ravioli instead of tortellini. I also made it on the stove instead of the crock-pot. It was absolutely amazing! It is jam-packed, so I added 2-3 cups more of stock after awhile and could have probably used a large can of tomatoes. This will be made often. Thanks so much for posting this! :)ReplyDelete
I am making this soup right now and cant wait to try it. Every recipe of yours that I have tried have been wonderful. Keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
Made this yesterday for dinner. OMG it is WONDERFUL!!!!!!!
Made this last night when it was so cold outside...it was delicious! The guys loved it. It was very hearty & filling.
This soup was absolutely delicious! My whole family loved it! Even my picky 5 year old! I love all your recipes!ReplyDelete
Thank you! I just put this in the crock pot. I had a pack of ground chicken so I seasoned it up added panko, egg, and little ketchup & milk. Browned the meatballs on the stove and instead of beef broth used less sodium chicken broth. I can tell this is going to taste wonderful! I am going to enjoy more of your favorite crock pot recipes! KellyReplyDelete
I have it in the crockpot right now. Tortellini going in in about 35 mins! Everyone should be on the way home from work and I hope they will enjoy it. Thanks for all the fantastic recipes!!ReplyDelete
Making this for dinner tonight! We also included this recipe in my meals group that 6 of us do monthly! Can't wait to try it. Has anyone calculate the approximate calories and sodium content for this soup? I am using reduced sodium beef broth for this. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I made this soup a few weeks ago and it was delicious!! We had it for two meals and I took it to work for lunch at least once. Will definitely make again.ReplyDelete


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Fans recognize Patrick Wilson from his CBS drama A Gifted Man, but his friends know him as a die-hard Van Halen fan – with a family cover band to boot.
"You're defined by your older brothers or sisters' music," explains the actor, 38, who was turned on to the band decades ago by his elder brothers Paul and Mark. "It's always been this hilarious passion."
Driven by their love of music and all things Van Halen (Wilson says that his surgical hat in A Gifted Man is made from a Van Halen t-shirt!), the brothers formed their own cover band – dubbed, appropriately, Van Wilson – a few years ago, and play gigs whenever they can.
And regardless of his fame, Wilson – who sings and plays the drums (and will showcase his percussion skills on Friday's episode of the show) – says there's nothing like the rush that comes from performing in front of a live audience.
"We open it up to do a couple of originals, Journey stuff, Bon Jovi and even a little bit of country," says the former Broadway performer. "We're just having a good time."
"There's no ego involved and it feels very natural," adds Wilson, who is dad to sons Kalin, 5½, and Kassian, 2½, with wife Dagmara Dominczyk. "It's just one of the greatest feelings, being able to play with your brothers."
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The Seneca Gaming Corp. has offered to repave city streets around the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, but Common Council members said this week that they're looking for a bit more.
If the corporation is going to do the streets, it also should construct sidewalks on both sides of each street, lawmakers said, not just sidewalks along the casino property.
"I like to see more of a complete street when you make these improvements," Niagara Council Member David Rivera said.
An engineer representing the gambling corporation sought permission from lawmakers to improve city rights of way at the corporation's expense during a Community Development Committee meeting Tuesday, but he was told to come back with a more comprehensive plan.
"If we can get the Senecas to do both sides of the street, I'm happy," committee Chairman Joseph Golombek said in an interview Wednesday. "We'll save money and can use the money elsewhere."
The request was submitted by the gambling corporation in November, but the Council chose not to act on it at the time.
In anticipation of opening a larger gambling facility at Michigan Avenue and Perry Street this summer, Seneca Gaming has plans to improve sections of Michigan Avenue, Perry Street and South Park Avenue. Improvements would include lighting and sidewalks around those streets, and a full reconstruction of Marvin Street, as well as enhancements at the intersection of Louisiana Street and the Niagara Thruway ramp.
The corporation hopes to finish the street work by July.
Seneca Gaming officials considered sidewalks on both sides of the streets around the casino, but they thought that other development on adjacent blocks could render new sidewalks a waste of money, as driveways likely will be installed later, said Orest P. Ciolko, an engineer with Wendel.
"I would strongly urge, start being a good neighbor now," said Ellicott Council Member Darius G. Pridgen. "If you're not a good neighbor now, you probably won't be a good neighbor later."
Delaware Council Member Michael J. LoCurto has been harshly critical of the gambling corporation, which he said has not lived up to its agreement with the city. The agreement outlines benchmarks for job creation and efforts to market the casino.
He discouraged his colleagues from approving any request from the corporation until its representatives meet with the city regarding the agreement, and the issues are resolved.
Fillmore Council Member David A. Franczyk noted that the gambling corporation had made charitable contributions to local organizations but shared the concern over the sidewalks.
Because his district includes the casino, several lawmakers said they would take their cue on the vote from Franczyk.
The gambling corporation has made no decisions about changing the project proposal, a spokesman said Wednesday.
In other Council action this week, Permits and Inspections Commissioner James Comerford spoke out about his decision to allow the demolition Jan. 4 of the former North Park Baptist Church at 375 Colvin Ave. He said he has a responsibility to health and safety.
"I love old architecture, I love buildings," Comerford said, but he added that he feels responsible if firefighters are called to old buildings and are injured on the job.
During a meeting of the Council's Legislation Committee, Comerford told lawmakers that before the demolition, he reached out to two developers to see if the church building could be reused, and they told him no.
"I'm not a real estate agent," he said. "I try to go over and above."
Comerford said he doesn't "mind taking a beating," but he said the perception that he is "trying to tear everything in the city down" is not the case.
The city's Preservation Board had sought to landmark the building but could not get it done in time.
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Since becoming a Griffin, Conner Nielson's college experience has continually "gotten better". A transfer student from Snow College, Conner has attended Westminster for a year, playing basketball and finishing his finance degree.
Conner always wanted to attend Westminster. He was thrilled when he spoke with Tommy Connor, head men's basketball coach about the possibility of playing for the college.
At the beginning of last fall, Conner transferred to Westminster. As with most transfer students, he worried about losing credits and falling behind credit-wise. However, with the help of the START Center, "the process was great." The counselors helped him enroll in the right courses, made sure his credits would transfer and, most importantly, he would graduate on time. "They were very easy to work with," he says. "It [the process] was easy and smooth with no problems."
Conner has been enjoying his time at Westminster. Since attending the college he has become more involved with his education and feels he fits in really well with the professors, people and basketball team. "I couldn't have asked for anything better," he says.
During May term, a month-long semester, Conner took a course to better familiarize him with the finance industry. In Intro to Trading Commodities he researched items—such as corn, wheat and soybeans—traded at the Chicago Board of Exchange. Students were asked to read the Wall Street Journal to track prices and what was happening to the items. Using their knowledge of the market, everyone invested $1 million—fake money—based on what they learned. With some help from management professor Shannon Bellamy, pretty much all the students were able to make a profit.
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Taiwan Stock Exchange Gets High-Speed, Secure Cloud Computing
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Taiwan Stock Exchange builds a cloud infrastructure on Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT), delivering rapid yet secure transactions for brokerage firms
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) provides a full range of trading and securities services including securities listing, market surveillance, investor services, and security for electronic data and communications. Officially launched in 1962, the TWSE has been the platform for the trading of securities in Taiwan.
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Must-Have Gear: Fall/Winter
Lighter, tougher, and smarter—that's what characterizes this season's best equipment. Whether it's an improvement on nature (such as water-resistant down) or more sophisticated use of electronics (such as a headlamp that anticipates your needs), these 24 items are better attuned to keeping you fresher, safer, and happier in the outdoors. —Steve Casimiro
Snow Goggles That Display Speed, Vertical, Weather Conditions
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Smith's Recon I/O
References to Top Gun, ironic or not, are inevitable when you're wearing Smith's Recon I/O goggles with a fighter pilot-style head's up display in the lower right corner of the lens. The MOD Live technology, licensed from Recon, shows your speed, location, vertical, air time, friend locations, temperature, and more—and with a recently released developer's kit that allows customization, there's no end to what can be created. Integration with phone? Yep. Heart-rate data? Yep. See what your GoPro sees? It's possible. The metrics are tucked discreetly in the corner and appear to be floating about five feet in front of you on a 14-inch screen, so your eyes aren't forced to refocus every time you peek at a speed check. You don't need the I/Os ... but you'll want them.
Get It: $650; www.smithoptics.com
World's Lightest Down Jacket
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Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer
The world's lightest down jacket is light in everything but its ability to keep you warm. At fewer than eight ounces, the Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer is filled with an extremely high-lofted 850-fill goose down that starts toasting the second you put it on. And because high-loft down can be compressed easily by a heavy face fabric, Mountain Hardwear built the jacket with a soft, seven-denier nylon that lets the down puff to its puffy heart's content. The minimalism doesn't extend to features, though—there's a helmet-friendly hood, full-length zipper, two zippered pockets, and drawstring hem.
Get It: $300; www.mountainhardwear.com
GPS Watch With Extended Battery Life
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Garmin Fenix GPS
The obvious selling point of the Garmin Fenix GPS watch is that it's a darn good-looking altimeter-barometer-compass-global-positioning device. No nebbish calculator-style here. But underneath that pretty skin is a more important point—the Fenix's rechargeable lithium battery runs up to 50 hours in GPS tracking mode. Compare that with 20 hours or so in a typical handheld GPS. Mapping is of course smaller and restricted to waypoints and tracks (no topo lines), but you can store up to a thousand points and share them with other Garmins and smart phones. And used right, it'll still tell you where you are a week into your trip.
Get It: $400; www.garmin.com
Headlamp That Automatically Adjusts Light Intensity
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Petzl Nao
It takes some adjustment getting used to Petzl's "reactive" Nao headlamp, which automatically alters its beam and intensity depending on where you're looking. But once you've adapted to the dimming and brightening you realize you never want to go back to a "dumb" headlamp again. Point down the trail as you're running and the Nao casts a bright, focused tunnel up to 355 lumens. Stop to tie your shoe and it shifts to a soft, wide blanket of about seven lumens, so you aren't blinded. It switches modes quickly, without flickering, but if you'd rather a constant beam there's an easy manual override. The one weakness of the rechargeable? Battery life. In smart mode, it gets from four hours and 40 minutes to eight hours, depending which of the two intensity ranges you've picked.
Get It: $175; www.petzl.com
Airbag Avalanche Vest
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The North Face Powder Guide ABS Vest
Inflatable avalanche backpacks have proven to be lifesavers in Europe and North America, and now the technology is expanding into apparel. The North Face Powder Guide ABS Vest uses the same system as ABS backpacks to fill airbags with nitrogen and help you float to the top of a tumbling snow torrent. The vest is worn over your shell and stashes the canister in a pocket, which is triggered with a small handle. There's a plethora of pockets on front and back, including compartments for shovel head and handle and probes. Obviously, with its limited capacity, the vest is oriented toward sidecountry use, but adds one more significant bit of lifeline when you might not normally carry one.
Get It: $1,200; www.thenorthface.com
Minimalist Winter Running Shoe
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New Balance Winter 110
Barefoot running in winter? Sounds like a recipe for frostbite, right? But actually, with the New Balance Winter 110, you don't have to abandon your minimalist running style when it gets wet, goopy, and cold. Based on the brand's MT 100, the Winter 110 has a low-to-the-ground 4mm drop, an excellent feel for the trail, and, most important, a waterproof softshell upper and water-resistant gaiter. Too warm for the gaiter? It folds down and stays out of the way.
Get It: $125; www.newbalance.com
Lighter Snowboard
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Burton Mystery
As the name would imply, Burton's not telling a whole lot about their pricy, most hi-tech board ever. What they will say is that it's the lightest board in their history. And if you've ridden a really light board in the past and are thinking ... whippy, you'd be mistaken. Because Burton took a whole lot of fiberglass out of the mix and replaced it with stupid-rigid carbon fiber to make a board that'll rip hard and hold edges like nothing ever invented. They kept it playful, too, with camber underfoot for quick turn initiation and rocker everywhere else, for greater float in crud and powder. Lastly, you get stainless steel edges so they won't rust and will stay razor sharp longer.
Get It: $1,500; www.burton.com
Super Light Travel Bag
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Osprey Ozone 22
Whether you're checking a bag or stuffing it into an overhead compartment, every ounce counts. And most 22-inch rolling bags—the standard compatible with overheads—weigh seven pounds or more. But Osprey's Ozone 22 tips the scales at slightly more than half that: four pounds, seven ounces. It feels like helium by comparison. But there's still plenty of organization, with zippered pockets on the front outside and a rear panel perfect for stashing an iPad. And while the styling isn't exactly inspired, that's not such a bad thing. Why call attention to a bag so easily carried away?
Get It: $230; www.ospreypacks.com
Comfortable Backcountry Ski Boot
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Dynafit Vulcan
Alpine skiing boots have it relatively easy—make 'em stiff, don't let them pinch, who cares how they walk. Backcountry touring boots—make them light, let them flex easily for the climbing, give them just enough oomph for the down. High-performance freeride backcountry boots? That's trickier—but Dynafit killed it on both fronts with the three-buckle Vulcan. The 1,600-gram boot is stiff as the dickens, ideal for ripping a high-speed line or banging precision turns in scoured snow. But rather than using an ineffective flexing ski/walk mode for the uphills, the Vulcan's lightweight carbon cuff simply opens wide and the tongue pops out so your leg can move freely as you skin. The effect is like walking in a sneaker, and what could be more comfortable than that?
Get It: $999; www.dynafit.com
Stylish, Functional Food Canisters
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Klean Kanteen Food Canisters
By accident, I discovered that Klean Kanteen water bottles keep things cold a surprisingly long time—I filled a bottle with ice, topped it with water, and set it beside the bed. The next morning, most of the ice was still there, and the water stayed cold more than a day. Now Klean Kanteen is bringing sleek stainless steel styling and impressive insulating properties to food canisters. Available in 8 and 16 ounces, insulated and non, the canisters are perfect for car camping—they're leakproof, durable, airtight (though not bearproof)—and look pretty sweet on the kitchen counter, too.
Get It: Starting at $18; www.kleankanteen.com
Down-Fleece Hybrid Jacket
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Patagonia Nano Puff Hybrid
"Hybrid" is often code for neither fish nor fowl, but Patagonia's Nano Puff Hybrid combines fabrics in a clever way: The upper arms, shoulders, and chest are covered with quilted face fabric atop a synthetic insulation, while the lower reaches use Polartec Thermal Pro High Loft fleece. The quilted area keeps you warmer in wind, snow, and light precip, while the fleecy section allows better breathability and venting. It's designed to handle the tricky scenario of generating moderate body heat on a cold day—more warmth than a full fleece, less sweaty than a puffy—and it does it very well.
Get It: $249; www.patagonia.com
Resort-to-Backcountry Ski Binding
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Salomon Guardian 16
Backcountry, sidecountry, front country—to today's adventurous skier, it's all the same. And the pursuit of first tracks has gotten a lot simpler with Salomon's Guardian 16 bindings, which combine traditional alpine binding stoutness with the ability to pivot for touring. Until the Guardian, the only touring binding from an alpine company was the Marker Duke; the Salomon sits lower on the ski, however (26mm lift compared with 36mm), which gives you a more traditional, natural, and comfortable feel, whether you're using it at the resort or in the backcountry. And you don't have to exit the binding to switch between uphill and downhill modes.
Get It: $550; www.salomon.com
Waterproof iPhone Case
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LifeProof Case
The iPhone does a lot of things, but surviving a dunking isn't one of them—unless it's covered with the LifeProof case. The gold standard for protecting your iPhone, the LifeProof is waterproof down to six feet (underwater video, anyone?), dustproof, and shock resistant. Putting your precious camera/GPS/fitness coach into the brine takes a leap of faith, but LifeProof water-tests every case before it leaves the factory (and you should verify at home, too). Phone controls are easy to use through the plastic screen, and you can even make speaker calls through it without sounding muffled. The case isn't much bigger than the phone itself, so you can slip it into a pocket, unless you're on the water, in which case LifeProof's big foam bumper ($40) is recommended—so it will float if dropped overboard.
Get It: $80; lifeproof.com
Almost Silent Ski-Snowboard Roof Rack
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Whispbar WB300 Snow Mount
You don't realize how loud your traditional rooftop rack is until you've driven with Yakima's almost silent Whispbar. And you don't realize how cool a ski rack can be until you've used Whispbar's new WB300 Snow Mount. A cool ski rack? Actually, yes—the Snow Mount slips on top of the Whispbar and looks like it was sculpted from the fairing of a high-end German sports car or nabbed from some NASA Mars rover. In fact, it holds (and locks) up to six pairs of skis or four snowboards, and if you have high bindings you can get a three-inch lift for more roof clearance.
Get It: $249; www.yakima.com
Hands-Free Camera Accessories
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GoPro Wi-Fi BacPac and App
Love the GoPro hands-free camera, but taking off your helmet to change settings or verify that it's recording is kind of a drag. Or, it was—the new Wi-Fi BacPac and remote control let you control your camera (up to 50, actually) as far away as 600 feet. The easiest hands-free camera just got easier. And it also got cooler: GoPro's smart phone app lets you preview and control up to five cameras, then quickly upload clips to YouTube or Facebook—or send them to another phone or tablet.
Get It: $100; www.gopro.com
Water-Resistant Down Jacket
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Sierra Designs Gnar Lite
Down has never been the insulation of choice as a midlayer except on the coldest days because your sweat squashes its ability to insulate. The radical new water-resistant DriDown in Sierra Designs' Gnar Lite jacket has a hydrophobic treatment that stays dry ten times longer, holds its loft better, and dries faster than untreated down. The 800-fill Gnar makes for a thin, versatile piece under a shell or on its own—it's not quite as puffy as a traditional down jacket—even when you're working up a head of steam. It has five pockets, no hood, and runs about a size big.
Get It: $229; www.sierradesigns.com
Stove That Cooks, Charges Electronics
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BioLite Stove
The BioLite stove burns found fuel—twigs and small bits of wood—and uses the heat to create electricity to charge your electronic devices. It's a fascinating application of energy, developed in a larger form called the HomeStove as a more efficient wood stove for developing countries, but as a camping device, the BioLite stove is a little heavy. The BioLite weighs 33 ounces and with cooking vessels would be closer to 40. If you took a canister stove or Jetboil and carried extra batteries or a solar panel, the weight would be less and cooking time would be lower. But there's another consideration: sales of the BioLite support the HomeStove, which uses 50 percent less wood and cuts smoke by 95 percent, huge issues in the developing world.
Get It: $129; www.biolitestove.com
Multitool That Opens With One Hand
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Leatherman OHT
There are countless knives you can open with one hand (they're called, um, switchblades), but multitools? Only one: The Leatherman OHT. Every feature of the OHT is accessible by right or left hand—pliers with wire cutter, saw, serrated and flat knife blades, three screwdrivers, can opener, and emergency seatbelt cutter. It's so easy to operate, you'll find yourself opening things with one hand just because that's all you need. All the tools lock, and if you're nimble you can even close them with one hand. The only concern? At nearly ten ounces, this might not be the tool for ultralight campers.
Get It: $82; www.leatherman.com
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Mission Workshop Arkiv Field Pack
The Mission Workshop Arkiv Field Pack is less a backpack than a whole new backpack system. It's a modular pack, but nobody's done modular like this—effectively, creatively, smartly. It's flexible, adaptable, and will quickly become your daypack, travel bag, and constant companion. The Arkiv starts with the pack body, which has a rolltop closure and internal sleeve that will hold a laptop, but the heart of the system is a series of thick webbing strips sewn onto the outside of the pack that allow you to attach extra compartments and pockets to the side and front. The side pockets are narrow, one zippered and one Velcro, and there are three front pockets—one for a laptop, one that fits an iPad, and one for a phone. Once secured, they're locked in place with no wiggling or bouncing, even when loaded, and there are enough overlapping closures that your kit feels safe from easy theft, whether on a New York subway train or a Lima bus. Of the two sizes, the smaller, 20-liter version should be sufficient for most, especially with pockets added.
Get It: $209 plus external pockets; www.missionworkshop.com
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Westcomb Shift LT Hoody
It would take a sewing and fabric junkie to appreciate fully all the refinements that make the Westcomb Shift LT Hoody one of the world's best shells, but one metric stands out for the bottom line: At 12 ounces, this featured, all-season alpine jacket is the lightest NeoShell model, period (the company claims 11, but it's really 11.94). And because NeoShell is one of the most breathable new fabrics while still being waterproof, the Shift is versatile to the nth degree—it can serve as a resort parka on a wet dumping day. It can sit comfortably over a base layer as you're skiing up a peak. You can climb in it, backpack in it. And when you need to stuff it away, it takes up all the space of a Nalgene bottle. There's a Napoleon pocket and a hood that fits over the biggest lid and, given NeoShell's breathablity, no pit zips.
Get It: $400; www.westcomb.com
Lighter Powder Skis
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Black Diamond's Carbon Megawatt
Like most things that have gotten fatter, skis have gotten heavier, too, as anyone who's thrown a pair of modern powder sticks over their shoulder and marched up the Headwall at Jackson Hole knows. But Black Diamond's Carbon Megawatt reverses that trend: The model has been around, but is completely redesigned this year to shed a whopping two pounds, or 20 percent, and to refine the overall shape. The larger of the two sizes, 188cm, trucks a deep-snow oriented 153-125-130mm shape with a rockered tip and semi-rockered tail. The overall effect to this carbon-reinforced wood ski: easier, floatier, happier.
Get It: $829; www.bdel.com
Water-Resistant Down Sleeping Bag
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Big Agnes McAlpin SL
Your next sleeping bag will be filled with water-resistant down—its performance in wet conditions is that good—and the Big Agnes McAlpin SL could very well be it. The McAlpin uses 700 fill DownTek, one of the two branded hydrophobic downs introduced in 2012, which in addition to staying far warmer than untreated down in damp weather is also antimicrobial and antibacterial. Goodbye, bag funk. Rated to 5ºF, the McAlpin also blocks cold with a full-length down-filled tube behind the zipper, a draft collar, and baffle construction designed to eliminate insulation shifting and exposing you to cold spots.
Get It: $360; www.bigagnes.com
Women's Winter Lifestyle Boot
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Teva Jordanelle
There's no shortage of cute women's winter boots, that's for sure, but boots that fit in a suitcase without tipping you into the realm of excess baggage fees? Not so many. Teva's Jordanelle, though, compresses to the size of a shoe for packing but can be worn in the snow thanks to 250-gram Thinsulate insulation and a waterproof shell. Plus, it has a soft liner you can wear by itself in the cabin or ski hut.
Get It: $170; www.teva.com
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Nike FuelBand
Wearable calorie counters are all the rage, with devices like the Bodybugg showing up on biceps at the gym, the running trails, and Trader Joe's. But who wants to wear an intrusive electronic pod on your upper arm? Nike's FuelBand, by contrast, is a sleek, modernistic bracelet that tracks all your movement throughout the day, accomplishing the same get-off-your-butt encouragement in a much more subtle way. The device uses an accelerometer to record motion, then estimates calories burned and distance covered. You determine how many calories you want to expend, and the bracelet flashes red lights until you've met the goal and green when you're done. Is it accurate? Well ... even $600 heart monitors are guessing at calories burned. The biggest benefit of the FuelBand isn't the number it displays, but that it's a constant reminder throughout the day, every day, for extra motivation.
Get It: $149; www.nike.com
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Answer key questions in gun control debate
As a longtime supporter of recreational shooting, I have closely followed the ongoing debate about the government's authority to restrict an individual citizen's right to bear arms. There are two questions I have not heard adequately addressed in this debate:
1) If the government has no legitimate authority to regulate arms under the Second Amendment, then why are we not permitted to enjoy the recreational use of machine guns, bazookas, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and similar weapons?
2) If, as proposed by some, the Second Amendment was designed in part to ensure that we each retain the right to violently oppose the federal government whenever we determine that it has become "oppressive," then why does current law (and Article II of the Constitution ) prohibit such treasonable acts?
If the National Rifle Association and its supporters could provide answers to these questions, it would help us better understand their arguments that the government has neither the right nor a valid interest in regulating guns or ammunition.
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But that's not the case in real life for the actress, 24, who tells PEOPLE she and her bubbly, trend-obsessed character "are just literally the opposite human being."
Mamet, the daughter of director and playwright David Mamet and actress Lindsay Crouse, is currently filming season 2 of the Emmy-nominated comedy in New York – the show is slated to return to HBO in January – but that hasn't interfered too much with her reading habits.
What else is on her recent reading list?
"I went on a Françoise Sagan kick and read everything she wrote," Mamet says. "Bonjour Tristesse is fabulous, and A Certain Smile is amazing."
"I read something before that that is really exceptional called The Lives of a Bengal Lancer by Francis Yeats-Brown, this guy that served in this crazy part of the army in Britain and India back in the day," she continues. "It's just really fascinating and it's full of incredible information. ... My favorite thing about a book is being totally swept away, just taken up in an entirely different world than the one I'm living in."
Still, Mamet (whose character memorably smoked crack by accident during Girls's first season) is grounded enough to be focused on her work – and remembers not to accidentally share any spoilers about season 2.
"The show is going great," she says of filming. "[But there's] nothing I can share. I'm sworn to secrecy. I'm wearing a taser around my ankle. Just kidding."
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Law & Order: SVU has snagged a big guest star - more specifically, My Big Fat Greek Wedding star Nia Vardalos, TVGuide.com has learned.
The Oscar nominee will appear in an upcoming episode as Counselor Minonna Efron, whose client is on trial for assault and murder. D.A. Barba (Raul Esparza) thinks the case is an easy win because he sees her disorganized manner as incompetence. However, his case begins to fall apart when she thwarts his efforts repeatedly. Vardalos'episode is set to air on Jan. 30 and will also feature The Young and the Restless star Victoria Rowell and a cameo by The Howard Stern Show's Fred Norris.
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The NBC procedural has also booked Lost alum Harold Perrineau to play a career criminal named Brian Traymor. In the episode, featuring the return of Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden as FBI Agent Dana Lewis, Traymor is the prime suspect in a rape-murder case tied to several more investigations in the country. Lewis thinks Traymor is guilty, but Det. Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is more uncertain. The Shield's Jay Karnes also appears in the episode, airing Feb. 6, as a friend of Agent Lewis and the fiancé of one of the victims.
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Police arrested a man who they said killed his niece in Bosque Farms on Friday.
Investigators said Marvin Martinez, 55, shot and killed Ashley Raulerson, 20, at her grandmother's home on Manzanita Drive on Friday.
Raulerson's body was found about 11:45 a.m. Friday, police said.
A family member called police later in the day saying Martinez had showed up at their house in Peralta, police said.
"As we got to the scene, he fled, then he stopped and gave up peacefully," State Police Sgt. Tim Johnson said.
Police were searching the home Saturday.
Investigators said the family has ties to the Albuquerque Police Department, but the details were unclear.


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Increased capability just in time for growing demand
Following several years where demand far outweighed supply, Calcium Products, Inc. opened a brand-new Supercal SO4 production facility on May 9th, 2013. After nearly a full year of construction, the first loads shipped last week. "We are very excited to have this multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art plant operational. Our customers have been waiting all spring to for us to meet demand," says Craig Dick, VP of Sales & Marketing. "Furthermore, we are getting calls from all parts of North America from dealers looking to source product. Our new facility means Supercal SO4 is ready to ship immediately, helping dealers salvage some sales during this tough spring season."
A film crew was on hand to capture the action as the first two trucks were loaded with product and driven to the distribution center. The new facility more than doubles production capability, making Supercal SO4 much more widely available to distributors and farmers demanding improved soil quality and bottom-line results.
SuperCal SO4 is the industry's purest naturally-mined gypsum, pelletized in a uniform, dust-free, quick-dissolving granule. The unique source of raw materials combined with our proprietary manufacturing means the farmer gets the purest, most responsive product available on the market. With SuperCal SO4 you get all the benefits of gypsum and a potent sulfate fertilizer that won't burn crops when applied in-furrow or over standing crops.
In addition to increased SuperCal SO4 capacity, Calcium Products has also enhanced efficiency at their SuperCal 98G pelletized lime facilities. This efficiency has led to more availability of the industry's most efficient calcitic limestone. "Though spring is not typically thought of as a time to apply lime, with SuperCal 98G, you get a pH change in days not years as with traditional lime products. Each year we see more and more dealers dropping Ag-lime application in favor or our more efficient option", says Dick.
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Calcium Products, Inc. is recognized as one of the leading specialists in the development of advanced techniques for processing super-fine powders. They have developed the industry's most efficient operation for converting pure limestone, gypsum, humates and other materials into practical, easy to use and highly effective granular products. Furthermore, the company has engineered their SuperCal products to solve the problems usually associated with processed pelletized powders, specifically, the lack of particle and pellet uniformity, excessive dust and slow pellet breakdown.
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CHARLES TOWN - For the past five years, the owners of Albert & Arnold's have offered local residents a wide array of wines, cheeses and, more recently, gourmet sandwiches from the store's location in downtown Charles Town.
However, the business venture could have had different results for owners Kate Brown and her husband Mike if they had kept the store in its original, smaller location, according to Kate Brown.
"We actually thought we opened up at the right time, but we opened up just when the economy started tanking so it was pretty much, in our old spot, we were like, 'This is as good as it's going to be in this little place,'" Kate said. "So we realized we either had to do something more or just quit altogether, and of course, we didn't want to quit."
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Kate Brown prepares a Sydney Harbor sandwich at Albert & Arnold's in downtown Charles Town earlier this month. The store has been in business for more than five years and offers gourmet sandwiches for lunch, a wide array of wines and unique beers. (Journal photo by Matt Armstrong)
When they moved down the street to the store's current location, the owners decided to take advantage of the additional space to try and remain a viable business.
"Our idea was to move down here in this bigger location, and Mike's always wanted to have sandwiches. I said, 'Well of course we can have sandwiches.' ... We've expanded, we have more wines now, we do catering orders, now which is nice," Kate said.
While the store initially offered only six sandwiches, the Browns and employee Jill Guempel have been able to increase that number to 24 sandwiches. Kate added that she and Guempel can make a sandwich to suit any customer.
In terms of wine, Albert & Arnold's carries domestic and foreign products in a general price range of $12 to $15, with the store's most expensive bottle of wine priced around $50.
Albert & Arnold's also offers a benefit in terms of selection and staffing for customers looking for a good bottle of wine, Kate said.
"The wines that we carry are not mass produced. They're made in smaller quantities. ... The winemakers themselves take much more care in smaller batches than they do with mass-produced batches," she said.
The staff at Albert & Arnold's also has sampled each wine in the store in order to help customers who might be unsure of what wine to buy.
"I've had people come in and tell me 'I don't like wine,' and so I will try immediately to persuade them with a wine I know they'll like," Kate said. "... I like to change people's opinions on wine. There's just so much to try out there, and you can't find out what you like until you try as many things as you can to figure that out."
The store also hosts wine tastings every Friday and Saturday, with cheese included in the Saturday tastings, and Albert and Arnold's will occasionally team up with local restaurant Dish to pair wines with different dinner courses, Kate said
Albert & Arnold's is located at 207 W. Washington St., Charles Town, and can be contacted at 304-725-7466. Additional information on the store, and its wine list and sandwich menu, is also available online at www.albertandarnolds.com.
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Copious snowfall in November and December has been sufficient to sustain regional ski resorts through a recent spate of dry weather, resort officials said Wednesday.
The early snowfall has created a large snowpack base, meaning that much of the mountain terrain has stayed open and the ski lifts have continued to spin in advance of President's Day weekend, the last big holiday weekend for the resorts.
"It's been exponentially better than last year," said Jenny Kendrick, spokeswoman for Alpine Meadows. "We had one of our best days of the year just last weekend."
Kendrick said the additional snowfall of approximately 4 to 5 inches last Thursday helped generate enough interest to attract more skiers and snowboarders to the resort.
Amelia Richmond, spokeswoman for Squaw Valley USA — which is owned by the same company as Alpine — said new snow always motivates the drive-up clientele from the Central Valley and the Bay Area.
"The conditions are great right now," Richmond said. "The groomers are fast, there's a little powder and you have some spring-like conditions with some soft snow."
Peter Avedschmidt, director of Sales and Marketing for Sugar Bowl, said the mid-season layoffs that occurred last winter have been avoided thus far.
"The year is going well, especially compared to last year," he said. "We have a ton of groomers open and a great base."
The base at the lower elevations of the resort measures at 61 inches while maintaining 128 inches at the top of the resort.
Private ski resorts are notoriously reluctant to release numbers such as actual ski visitors per day and per month in the interest of maintaining an edge in an extremely competitive business, but other indicators are available. For instance, Kendrick said occupancy levels for lodging facilities around Alpine and Squaw demonstrate almost all the beds are sold out for the upcoming holiday weekend.
"We are almost sold out for the President's weekend and for the entire week – just a few rooms left," Kendrick said. "And we are nearly sold out at The Village at Squaw, at least 80 percent occupancy, every single day for the entire month of February. We have officially set a record for February – the best February The Village at Squaw has ever had on the books."
Squaw Valley reported its second-snowiest Christmas in its history and the New Year's holiday weekend saw the resorts flourish in terms of the amount of skiers.
Avedschmidt said Sugar Bowl sustains interest and high levels of skiers through April, typically witnessing a busy March.
Richmond said February and March can offer the most snow for resorts and that groups of people still frequent the resorts up until the early spring.
"That is what we expect to see this year," Richmond said.
Last winter was a terrible year for ski resorts at Lake Tahoe, as dry weather prevailed from early October until Valentine's Day.
Many resorts created snow in order to open a few runs, but most had to cut back on temporary employees by January due to the low demand.
This year, storms in December and November created a large sturdy base that has lasted throughout an exceedingly dry January.
Richmond, Kendrick and Avedschmidt all acknowledged fresh snow would be extremely beneficial to all the resorts.
"We just take it one day at a time," Avedschmidt said.
Kendrick said the positive part of dry weather is that sunny days, warm temperatures and groomed runs attract a certain clientele.
It also makes it easy for those who live outside the region to make the drive unimpeded by treacherous road conditions.
Nevertheless, some skiers and snowboarders live for powder, as the soft snow can reduce the consequences for falling, making recreators more adventurous.
Powder days also open up terrain off the groomed runs — for instance, amid the tree groves and outside the designated areas.
Kendrick said she has seen weather reports indicating storms are on their way.
Meteorologist Stefanie Henry of the National Weather Service confirmed the reports saying a storm is expected to hit the region on Tuesday that will bring about 6 inches to a foot of new snow to upper elevations.
To contact Staff Writer Matthew Renda email mrenda@theunion or call 530-477-4239.


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Just as televisions have once evolved, the long-standing
monochromatic barcode could soon be getting the bump to color. Microsoft has
developed what it calls High Capacity Color Barcode (HCCB) technology is
licensing it to the International Standard Audiovisual Number International
Agency (ISAN-IA). The HCCB technology will be used to assist in the
identification of commercial audiovisual works such as motion pictures, video
games, broadcasts, digital video recordings and other media.
"The capability of these new bar codes to store more
data in a smaller space should provide a rich resource for the industry and
consumers alike," said Gavin Jancke, director of engineering for Microsoft
Research and inventor of the HCCB format. "The new code offers several
advantages over existing black-and-white bar codes most people are accustomed
to seeing on product packages, enabling new consumer experiences, more visual
appeal where aesthetics are important and the ability to incorporate advanced
security features."
Current ISAN codes allow an audiovisual work to be uniquely distinguished
from other works through a simple identification system, but they do not allow
additional features or functions to be incorporated. For the consumer, such
features could be such as product versioning, ratings identification, parental
control, product availability, special releases, contests, pricing and
promotions. On the publisher side, new functionality could be detailed data
that can aid in royalty payments, anti-counterfeiting efforts and market
Microsoft said that consumers may soon be able to interact
with the new barcodes by scanning the code with webcams and camera phones to
extract the added information. Eventually, consumers should be able to scan the
new, smaller bar codes directly from television, PC screens, movie posters, DVD
and CD jewel cases, magazine ads and billboards to retrieve additional
The colored barcode will also involve physical measures
against counterfeiting by incorporating nanotechnology that is invisibly
embedded within the material and ink of the code and product packaging.
The new multicolor bar code is expected to start appearing
on DVD media toward the end of 2007.
quote: WOW! A new barcode system with color! This is going to change my life! Come one Microsoft, don't overdramatize it. Just let it be what it is.