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WKU graduates are successfully landing solid starting positions, thanks, in part, to the knowledge, skills and experience they gained on their undergraduate study abroad programs.
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The uneasy relationship between open source and profit | Opensource.com
The uneasy relationship between open source and profit
Open source has always had an on-again, off-again relationship with profit.
Richard Stallman's FOSS idea was anti-capitalist. Eric Raymond's open source attitude is profoundly pro-capitalist.
Yet the first open source companies to emerge in the early part of the last decade used FOSS licenses, not the "permissive" BSD-type licenses Raymond favors. They wanted community support, and an equal relationship among developers encouraged it.
The problem with that, as Piston Cloud's Joshua McKenty notes in a recent ReadWrite interview, is that developers are focused on solving their problems, not the market's. A program's users have market-oriented problems and market-oriented changes in mind for software. They don't want a good hack. They want new features, and they want what they use to work.
This has helped drive groups like Apache and Eclipse to open source leadership. Their ethical sense attracts independent developers, but it's their business relationships that make them powerful. The key developers at these groups all have jobs. They are acting as ambassadors, between their employers and the group. So they bring the market's perspective to a shared endeavor, as well as a heavy dose of professionalism. You can argue that many are acting as professors or preachers on sabbatical, or like college fellows, going full-time with a project to re-charge their batteries, and taking that fire back with them to their employers.
The biggest problem any open source company has is maintaining motivation. You don't just want money. You also want mindshare. The attention paid you, in the form of developer time, is a currency that grows both the project and the customer's devotion to it. At the same time, the benefits of open source flow most freely when you become more than a customer. It's only when you're committed to a project, when you have people who really understand it, that you gain its full benefits.
When open source was new, right after the dot-bomb, there were a lot of unemployed programmers running around. Today's recession is mostly impacting those without education. Skilled programmers have options. Educated people of all types have opportunities. So we can't grow open source today with a recession mentality.
That's one reason just calling a new project "open source", as Samsung has done with Bada, isn't enough.
The other reason lies in changing copyright and patent laws, which have encouraged a proprietary attitude, especially in the mobile space.
Fact is, Apple and Microsoft (as well as others) don't believe you can build an open source codec or an open source smart phone. The basics of these technologies can't be innovated around, they say, and they are all ring-fenced with patent claims. Open source stay out.
This attitude is winning in courts, and it represents the chief challenge to open source going forward. Because in supporting open source in these growth areas, developers will increasingly find themselves accused of taking the side of China against Europe and America. China builds nearly all our hardware, and thus it's assumed that unless western companies can control software, distribution, and markets that our economies will become supine before our economic enemies.
My view is that this is a naïve attitude, and it's one I've been taking on for almost a decade. I first wrote about it in The Secret of Slater's Mill in 2003 and it's a lesson that bears repeating.
Samuel Slater was a British subject who worked in a cotton mill during the 18th century, a time when England was trying to protect its industrial secrets with a will. He had to escape his native land, and build his first mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island from memory. But he did.
America's rise as an industrial power was fueled by our willingness to ignore others' patents. Our rise as an intellectual power was fueled by our willingness to ignore others' copyrights. Ben Franklin didn't pay royalties, and neither did most American publishers until our "balance of intellectual payments" with the world turned positive, late in the 19th century.
Fact is, trying to ring-fence intellectual property only impoverishes the ring-fencer. We will grow only if we are willing to compete, and we can win that competition only by focusing on what makes us strong, our openness and inventiveness, not our past glories.
Open source needs to drive that message. Despite what policymakers may think today, it's the height of patriotism. Sharing code, using shared intellectual infrastructure to drive change, is how we will move forward.
Businesses that understand this truth will prosper. Those that don't will go to the government for protection. And history says that those efforts will fail.
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I disagree with at least some of what you say here. One terminology issue - you seem to suggest that BSD-style licenses are not "FOSS", but that is incorrect. Permissive FOSS licenses like the entire BSD license family, the MIT license family, and the Apache License 2.0 represent a whole category of FOSS licenses, and account for much of what is considered FOSS.
I also disagree with your comment about Richard Stallman as being "anti-capitalist". This is not at all correct, although I do think that in his earliest days of thinking about free software RMS struggled to develop the "free beer" vs. "free-freedom" distinction. RMS was, in fact, the first open source businessperson (much as he would hate to hear himself described that way): he was probably the first person to earn a living from FOSS, when he provided consulting services around GNU Emacs after resigning from MIT. Indeed, I suspect his need to earn a living and his ability to do so through services around free software had a significant influence on his developing the freedom vs. "free beer" distinction.
Moreover, Red Hat's own Michael Tiemann, founder of the first significant successful example of what we'd today call an "open source business", Cygnus Support (later of course acquired by Red Hat), has often noted that he was inspired by RMS's GNU Manifesto, which Tiemann saw as a "business plan in disguise" (I think that's close to a direct quote from Michael). In fact, if you read the GNU Manifesto you can see that much of it is devoted to RMS showing that free software (I don't think he was distinguishing between copyleft and noncopyleft here) could be the basis for many profitable business models.
I agree. And would add that "capitalism" is a slippery word. There is "crony capitalism" that protects income based on hoarding secrets and lock-ins and raising costs to entry in the market place and patent abuse and government corporate bailout when the preceding fail. And then there is "free enterprise", where there is freedom to enter, innovate, succeed, and fail without bailouts, (although personal bailouts in the form of a minimal welfare safety net could be ok, but there has to be pain from failure or learning is short-circuited - the net has to be uncomfortable or even hurt).
Having followed RMS from the early days of League for Programming Freedom, the only "capitalism" he is against is the crony kind.
Richard: +1 on all counts. And yes, you got the quote right.

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Source: Bloomberg
quote: Windows 8 is BETTER than Win7 on desktops
quote: significant speed improvements are worth having?
quote: I'm yet to hear a compelling argument for it not being a MASSIVE improvement on the positivly antique start menu
quote: i find it worse in multi screen use
quote: i find that i cant right click on a folder anymore and hit 'r' to bring up properties.
quote: i can't click file and hit n to create a new folder anymore.
quote: by althaz on July 4, 2013 at 12:01 AMMetro is an optional extra with Win8. If you don't like Metro apps, don't use them (I don't).
quote: by althaz on July 3, 2013 at 8:23 PMWindows 8 is BETTER than Win7 on desktops, especially for multi-screen users.
quote: - The Start screen is full screen, and no way to turn it off - The Start screen icons are far too large to fit enough apps - The Start screen takes your focus away from your other windows, kind of killing the whole point of the once aptly named "WINDOWS" - The Start screen cant embed folders , it can only do one shortcut at a time.
quote: What? It totally interrupts my workflow. I am on the screen, need to start a new app, and now I am on a totally different fullscreen menu- totally interrupting my workflow.


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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
"Sir Purr" from the NFL's Carolina Panthers recently made a special visit to Howe Hall AIMS Elementary School. The lovable mascot came to encourage and motivate students for the PASS tests.
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Source: Amazon
quote: Amazon also announced one additional member to the Kindle Fire HD family. The Kindle Fire HD LTE 4G model is priced at $499, includes 32GB of storage, and comes with an amazing data package. For just $49.99/year, you get 250MB of bandwidth per month, 20GB of cloud storage space, and a $10 in Appstore credit. Can you say game changer?
quote: Honestly, how can you pass this up?


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Doctor Who Young Adult Spin-Off Class Is Now in Session
Oct 1, 2015 7:49 PM EDT
Doctor Who is going back to school! BBC Three announced this week that the seminal science fiction series is getting a spin-off aimed at young adults. Called Class, the eight-episode series will take place in modern-day London at Coal Hill School. If… Read more


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Solve the system of equations to find the values of x, y and z: xy/(x+y)=1/2, yz/(y+z)=1/3, zx/(z+x)=1/7
If all the faces of a tetrahedron have the same perimeter then show that they are all congruent.
A group of 20 people pay a total of £20 to see an exhibition. The admission price is £3 for men, £2 for women and 50p for children. How many men, women and children are there in the group?


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The ability to have sex, while performing other activities simultaneously.
Todd: Hey, did you hear? Tim was doing his homework, while banging Samantha.
Tom: Wow bro, Tim must be ambidickstrous.
Tom: Wow bro, Tim must be ambidickstrous.
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Can you define these popular missing words?
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When a person masturbates with their non-dominant hand
Man 1: Eww! don't touch me! I don't know where that hand has been!
Man 2: Don't worry, I'm ambidickstrous.
Man 2: Don't worry, I'm ambidickstrous.
de cambronshinn 11 Februarie 2011
The ability for a man to masturbate with either his left hand or his right hand
Girl: So, do you beat your dick with your left hand or your right hand, jw.
Guy: I'm ambidickstrous, I alternate.
Guy: I'm ambidickstrous, I alternate.
de jungle's nuts 10 Ianuarie 2010
Able to use both hands equally well when performing masturbation.
One who is ambidickstrous is able to Choke the chicken with the right hand while in the shower or spank the monkey with left the hand while on the computer, thus freeing your right hand to use the mouse. Plus it's like knowing two ladies.
de CurrentSea 03 Iulie 2010
The ability for a man to have his penis hang indiscriminately to the left or right.
"Which way does it hang?"
"Either way, I'm ambidickstrous"
"Either way, I'm ambidickstrous"
de Pavel Dickgod 07 Decembrie 2007
When a man has the ability to masturbate with either hand.
My right arm is in a cast but it's okay I'm ambidickstrous.
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When a person is a top and a bottom
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Essentials of Developing Windows Store Apps using C#
- 8 parts
This Jump Start covers Developing Windows Store Apps using C#. In typical Jump Start fashion it will be filled with lots of demos and fun. Microsoft Technical Evangelist Jerry Nixon and the co-founder of Crank211, Daren May, will craft sample after sample in real time to show simple and complex techniques you can take back to your workplace. Because this course loosely follows the criteria for exam 70-484, it is tailored for intermediary to seasoned developers looking to create Windows Store Apps. It will provide an overview on creating the User Interface layout and structure using XAML, how to implement the AppBar and layout controls, how to deploy a Windows Store app to the Windows Store or an enterprise store, and much more...
Images are attached. We'll have one more series for the Windows Store Apps C# story, we're creating the training to align somewhat to the certification exams and there are two Windows Store App/C# exams in the cert path. LMK if you have any questions.
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Cafe Du Monde coffee straight out of New Orleans. Most hardcore coffee drinkers prefer CDM coffee with chicory.... so the flavor is so strong you can't taste anything else. :-p
"We're headed to Cafe du Monde tonight for some CDM and beignets."
dodane przez Goddess J maj 17, 2008
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Top Definition
Couldn't disagree more.
CDM: the Thickburger rocks over the $6M Burger every day of the week!
dodane przez cannedham grudzień 20, 2009
Chris Dietzal Mouth; also a unit of measure
Chris Dietzal Mouth; also a unit of measure
Mark: Hey Joanna how many CDM's away is the sun
Joanna: Oh about 4
Joanna: Oh about 4
dodane przez Mark Lelli kwiecień 17, 2011
Standing for Clearfield Debate Mafia, a ruthless group of debaters who cause havok. Consisting of multiple members who all go by nick names such as "Tony", "The Hat", "Anibella", "Sal", "Carlo", "Maria", "Franchessca" and much more.
Mrs. Kinney: Wow sombody taged my car yesterday with sticky notes and car marker, the intials C.D.M were on the back.
Person: Wow it was probably the Clearfield Debate Mafia, they're crazy.
Person: Wow it was probably the Clearfield Debate Mafia, they're crazy.
dodane przez mr.untouchable77 marzec 07, 2010
Classic Douche Maneuver
That prick just cut it in line, what a CDM. When in doubt just ask "what would Greg do?" Oh he would do that? Then its definitely a CDM.
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Cadbury's Dairy Milk
ayy lad, get us a slab of CDM from the shop
ooof i do prefer CDM over galaxy!
ooof i do prefer CDM over galaxy!
dodane przez ladyemma listopad 02, 2010
cdm is also known as canadian domestic market
as in an example, "yo that car is so cdm"
another example, "thats cdm eh"
another example, "thats cdm eh"
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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Joel Madden
- 1979
The Madden Brothers
Just outside of Washington, D.C., in the suburb of Waldorf, Md., Roger Combs and Robin Madden welcome identical twin boys, Joel (left) and Benji. Robin, a devout Christian, and her four kids (including eldest son Josh and youngest child Sarah) are stricken by Roger's struggle with alcoholism and he loses a series of jobs.
- 1995
Joel & Benji's Rough Start
On Christmas Eve, father Roger leaves. The family is evicted from their home and forced to live with nearby relatives. They eventually move into a small farmhouse, but mother Robin suffers from the autoimmune disease lupus, resulting in frequent hospital stays. Joel (left) and Benji are forced to work at a series of jobs to help the family stay afloat. "When my dad left, I was always the one that was kind of, like, crying about it, like, 'Why us, why us?'" Joel tells Rolling Stone in 2003. "Lucky for me, I had Benj. We've always been sidekicks."
- 1996
Escaping to Good Charlotte
After going to a Beastie Boys concert, Benji and Joel form the band Good Charlotte with bassist Paul Thomas (right). After graduation from La Plata High School, they round out their band with guitarist Billy Martin. "The day we started the band, the question was when we were going to make it, not if we were gonna make it," Joel tells Rolling Stone.
- 1999
A Failed Debut
Good Charlotte's demo of the song, "Little Things," gets into the hands of a DJ in Philadelphia and becomes a local hit. The airplay leads to a showcase in New York, where the band signs with Epic Records. In September 2000, they release their self-titled debut album, which fails to make an impression.
- 2002
The Young and The Hopeless
Good Charlotte gets a star-making breakthrough with the release of their sophomore disc, The Young & The Hopeless. On the strength of such chart-topping singles as "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" and "The Anthem," the album peaks at No. 7 on Billboard's 200 album chart, selling more than 5 million copies worldwide.
- 2003
Good Charlotte on Rolling Stone
The band appears on the cover of Rolling Stone, with an accompanying article, headlined: "Good Charlotte love their mom, don't do drugs and are delighted to be on TRL. What the hell happened to punk rock?" Joel, who doesn't seem phased by the unpunk-like commentary, tells the magazine, "It's very cliché to go, 'You're not punk.' We don't care if we are, and we don't care if we aren't."
- 2004
Getting Disney's Duff
After being introduced by a mutual friend, Madden, 25, begins dating Lizzie McGuire star Hilary Duff (right), 16. "We were on the same level, even though he was so much older," Duff tells Teen People. The couple denies their relationship until three months before Duff turns 18. That October, Good Charlotte releases their third album, The Chronicles of Life and Death. It sells more than one million copies in the United States.
- 2006
Moving from Duff to Richie
After nearly two and a half years together, Madden and Duff split. Shortly after, Madden, 27, is linked with Nicole Richie, 25, with whom he rings in the New Year in Las Vegas (left) and vacations in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. "All of the going out he did after we broke up sort of shocked me," Duff tells Seventeen in August 2007. "When we were together, he hated that stuff, so I felt like I just didn't really know him as well as I thought I did."
- 2007
Lovely Baby Bump
After Good Charlotte releases their fourth album (Good Morning Revival), reports surface that Richie is pregnant. In July, Madden is at his girlfriend's side when she is sentenced for a December 2006 DUI. Days later, Richie confirms the baby bump rumors to ABC News' Diane Sawyer (right). "Having a baby is the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me, and to us," Madden, who says he will eventually marry Richie, tells PEOPLE.
Welcome, Harlow Winter!
Madden and Richie host a surprise baby shower for 100 expectant and new moms at the Los Angeles Free Clinic. They had out more than $200,000 worth of gifts. On Jan. 11, the couple welcomes a daughter, Harlow Winter Kate Madden. "We are very blessed she's healthy and beautiful and so good already," Madden tells PEOPLE. In March, Harlow makes her big reveal – with mommy – on the cover of PEOPLE.
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BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Splash News Online; Splash News Online; Splash News Online; Soren McCarty/WireImage; amazon.com; Courtesy Rolling Stone; Jesse Grant/WireImage; Flynet; ABC
- Name
- Joel Madden
- Date of Birth
- March 11, 1979
- Birth Place
- Waldorf, Md.
- Relationships
Nicole Richie, wife (Dec. 2006 to present)
Hilary Duff, ex-girlfriend (July 2004 to Nov. 2006)
- Children
Harlow Winter Kate Madden, daughter (1/11/08)
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Greta Matassa Quartet on Jazz Northwest, KPLU, January 20
Seattle's busiest singer, Greta Matassa sings all over town from jazz clubs to concert halls, tours internationally, has recorded eight CDs and appeared as guest on many more, and makes time to teach and do clinics and workshops.
Her recent appearance in the Art of Jazz series at the Seattle Art Museum was recorded and an here are some of the highlights. The program ranges from standards to rarities and more contemporary songs by Stevie Wonder and Pat Metheny.
Appearing with her in the Greta Matassa Quartet are Darin Clendenon, piano, Clipper Anderson, bass and Mark Ivester, drums. The concert was part of the Art of Jazz series presented by Earshot Jazz on the second Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The next concert in the series features fluegelhorn player Dmitri Matheny in a Valentine's day concert on February 14. The concerts are free and open to the public in the Brotman Forum at SAM.
Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU and is heard every Sunday at 2 PM. The program is also streamed simultaneously to an international audience via kplu.org and a podcast is available following the broadcast.
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Dorothy Jean Pukash Dinkel
Jan. 5, 1930-Jan. 18, 2013
Age: 83
Residence: Bilings, Mont.
Dorothy Jean Pukash Dinkel, 83, was born Jan. 5, 1930, in Greeley, and left us on Jan. 18, 2013.
She was married to Wilfred "Willie" Dinkel in November 1950, in Greeley, where they resided until moving to Billings in the late 1970s, after purchasing the Billings Auto Auction, along with their sons, Ron and Ed. Dorothy enjoyed working with her family at the auction, along with their daughter, Pam. After selling the business in 2003, Dorothy and Willie enjoyed their short retirement, spending countless weekends collecting art and glassware, until Willie was taken unexpectedly in November of the same year, two days after celebrating their 53rd wedding anniversary. Dorothy remained in Billings, enjoying time with her children and their families until ill health required her to move to St. John's Liggett Cottage, where she was so lovingly taken care of.
Dorothy was a devout Catholic and was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Church.
She leaves behind her sons, Ron, and Ed (Teresa); daughter, Pamela; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren; as well as her beloved niece, Linda (Jerry) Ray and their family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Willie; sister, Ann; brother, Bob; and daughter-in-law, Bonnie.
Our heartfelt thanks to the staff at Liggett Cottage for their wonderful and loving care. "Mom, you don't have to ask for a new body anymore, you're free! We'll miss you and you will be forever in our hearts!"
Vigil services will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, with rite of committal at Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park following.
Janet Joyce Huffman
March 6, 1929-Jan. 15, 2013
Age: 83
Residence: Seal Beach, Calif., formerly of Greeley
Janet J. Huffman, 83, passed away Jan. 15, 2013. She was born March 6, 1929, to Charles and Marjorie Jackson in Chicago. They later moved to California. Janet moved to Greeley to attend the Colorado Teachers College (UNC), and met Jack Huffman. They married on Aug. 26, 1951, in San Diego, but continued to live in Greeley, until Jack found a teaching position in California.
Janet is survived by three children, Mark Huffman, Nancy Shea and Scott (Marilyn) Huffman; and six granddaughters.
Jack passed on to Heaven on Sept. 1, 2004.
Janet will be laid to rest with Jack at 3 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
RG Ramey
May 16, 1921–Jan. 21, 2013
Age: 91
Residence: Greeley
RG Ramey, 91, of Greeley, passed away Jan. 21, 2013. He was born May 16, 1921.
He is survived by his wife, Joyce Ramey of Greeley; one son, LaVoy Ramey of Greeley; and one brother, JJ (Joss) of Fort Morgan.
Visitation will be held from 1-2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Adamson Chapel, with a funeral service at 2 p.m., at Adamson Chapel, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO. with interment in Colby, Kan.
Memorial donations may be made to charity of donor's choice in care of Adamson's Funeral & Cremation, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.adamsonchapels.com.
Curtis Wayne Trembath
Dec. 30, 1954-Jan. 19, 2013
Age: 58
Residence: Greeley
Curtis Wayne Trembath, 58, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at Kenton Manor in Greeley. Curt was born Dec. 30, 1954, to Cynthia and Tom Trembath in Fort Riley, Kan.
Curt married the love of his life, Cheri Hall, Sept. 5, 1981. They lived in the Denver area until May of 2010. Upon Cheri's retirement, they moved to Greeley. In September 2012, they celebrated 31 years of a joyful and loving marriage.
Curt cherished time with family, church friends and his beloved pet, Oreo. He was an honest, Christian man, who worked in food services at Lutheran Hospital and proudly served as a CNA in nursing homes for many years.
Curt had a friendly, cheerful demeanor and always had a kind word for everyone. His family will miss him always!
He is survived by his wife, Cheri; sisters, Kathy (Gordie) Siebring and Dianna (Bill) Hall; brother, Michael (Megan); mother-in-law, Jackie Hall; his parents; and many nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Curt's life will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church.
An online guestbook and obituary are at www.moserfuneralservice.com.
Audon Garcia Vasquez
July 30, 1934-Jan. 12, 2013
Age: 78
Residence: Greeley
Audon Garcia Vasquez, 78, passed away Jan. 12, 2013, at his home. He was born July 30, 1934, to Arnuflo and Aurelia (Garcia) Vasquez in Maxwell, Texas.
Audon worked at JBS in production for 10 years, 10 years as a custodian at UNC, 10 years with Central Homes constructing trailers, 25 years as a security guard part-time, and had also worked in farming.
Audon is survived by his life partner of 29 years, Matilda Mares; brother, Santos Vasquez, Fort Collins; sister, Frutosa Saucedo, San Marcos, Texas; grandchildren, Rogelio Mares, Reyna (Jose) Wissar, Aurora (David) Torres, Alicia Torres and Sylvia Torres; and great-grandchildren, Antonio Mares, Arturo Mares, Agustin Mares, Aurelia Mares, Manuel Torres and Esther Torres.
He is preceded in death by his parents; sister, Felipa Salinas; and brothers, Gregorio Vasquez and Eusebio Vasquez.
Visitation to be held from 4-7 p.m.., Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, with Rosary beginning at 7 p.m., at the Allnutt Macy Chapel, and Mass of Christian burial at 12 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Our Lady of Peace Church.


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In Tightly Controlled Singapore, a Lively Startup Scene
Mention Singapore, and the image of a squeaky clean, tightly controlled city-state springs to mind.
But if the government and technology entrepreneurs have their way, Singapore will increasingly be known for something else entirely: its vibrant startup scene.
Long known for its upscale shopping malls and strict laws, Singapore has in recent years seen a proliferation of the kind of unconventional working spaces found in other global startup hubs.
There are lively venues where local tech firms collaborate and hold social events and workshops, and even "hackathons"–timed events where coders compete on projects.
At a recent happy hour at the headquarters of Singapore-based Joyful Frog Digital Incubator, which funds and mentors local startups, entrepreneurs chatted with one another, posed for photos, exchanged business cards, and pitched their diverse ideas.
A Lithuanian foodie talked about her company, a kind of Airbnb for Southeast Asian dining. A young Indian computer engineer touted his company's new product, a sort of Evernote for doctors. And a seasoned Chilean entrepreneur who started and sold two Brazilian Web companies ambled about.
Another hive of activity is The Co, a "co-working" facility in central Singapore that rents space to dozens of tech companies, consultants, and entrepreneurs. The Co opened in April last year and is 80% full, according to Michelle Woo, the general manager. The space features offices, meeting rooms, cushy couches, and even a bar.
At The Hub Singapore, another co-working space, techies gathered on a recent afternoon to chat in groups about their various projects while others milled about the facility's coffee bar.
One tenant at The Hub is Vinnie Lauria, a 34-year-old Silicon Valley veteran and founding partner at Singapore's Golden Gate Ventures, a fund that has invested in local startups like online marketplace Carousell and online inventory and order management company TradeGecko.
"In just two years there's been a dramatic shift" in startup activity at places like The Hub, Lauria said.
Lauria's wife, Kristine Lauria, sends out a weekly email newsletter, called The List, which offers a rundown of technology, art, and entrepreneurship-related events in Singapore. Recent gatherings included ones for practitioners of the Ruby and Python programming languages, one for "makers, hackers, tinkerers, artists, crafters, educators and geeks," and even a workshop on textile printing.


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It's time to stop using steroids on horses! Steroids are dangerous and unnecessary, and horse owners should look to the 4 Pillars of... Read more..
Photos from the AANHCP Field Headquarters!
Every water and land conservationist should understand the healthful benefits of Paddock Paradise.
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AANHCP Vital Mission
Our vital mission is to advance the humane care and management of domestic equines worldwide through the application of proven practices and principles based on the research and findings of wild, free roaming equines living in the U.S. Great Basin.
PETA "Hit and Run" Tactics Strike the Racing Industry
Recently brought to the news front in the New York Times is PETA's (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal's) assail of race horse breeder/trainer Steve Asmussen and his top assistant, trainer/manager Scott Blasi, accusing... Read more..
Perception vs. Reality: Equine Myths and Mistakes!
Horses frolicking in a carpet of thick grass is a typical but hazardous sight!
Photo © Jill Willis 2004
One might think that with some 60 million horses in the world that we would, as a civilization in love with these beautiful animals, have a better... Read more..
The connection between what we do as NHC practitioners and our "wild horse model" -- the wild, free-roaming horse of the... Read more..
Do you have a question about the AANHCP vital mission or NHC? The AANHCP welcomes inquiries about our vital mission -- what we do and... Read more..
Isolation & confinement does not make for happy, healthy horses!
Los Angeles Police Department Mounted Patrol Horse hangs his head into the aisle of the... Read more..


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Remote Control Dinosaurs
- Overview
Your child is the master of these prehistoric dinosaurs, voted 2010 Toy of the Year by Creative Child magazine. Each comes with a remote with kid-friendly buttons that moves the dinosaur forward, right or left, and makes it roar and bite.
- Small T-Rex: 14" long x 2" wide x 11" high
- Large T-Rex: 18" long x 5" wide x 12" high
- Triceratops: 15" long x 4" wide x 6" high
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- Dinos react to sound and light changes.
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LEWISTON – Elderly and low-income taxpayers in the Niagara Falls area received more than $575,000 in federal and state income tax refunds last year with free tax-preparation help from students in the College of Business Administration at Niagara University, and the program will be available again this year.
James Ingham, an assistant professor of accounting who was coordinator of last year's program, said 77 students contributed more than 860 volunteer hours to help local residents file 479 tax returns. He said he hopes students can do more this year.
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Tax return help will be given from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 207 of St. Vincent's Hall on the Niagara University campus on Feb. 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 28; March 12, 14, 19, 21 and 26; and April 2 and 4. Sessions also will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Doris W. Jones Family Resource Building, 3001 Ninth St., Niagara Falls, on six Wednesdays: Feb. 13, 20 and 27; and March 13, 20 and 27. No appointments are necessary for these free services.


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A Canadian trucker suffered minor injuries early Saturday when his tractor-trailer loaded with grapes struck a power pole on Shawnee Road in Wheatfield and overturned, Niagara County Sheriff's deputies reported.
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Their assignment may have been festive, but the judges on our commercial eggnog panel didn't brook frivolity: Served tasting cups of Pennsylvania Dutch Egg Nog, a Dairyland Distillers product that clocks in at nearly 30 proof, they swirled, sipped, swished - and gave the boozy holiday concoction a near-failing grade.
Celeste's Eggnog
Celeste Albers of Wadmalaw Island is a huge fan of homemade eggnog, especially when it's made with her farm's products. "I use our raw milk and our raw eggs, so it's really not fair," she says.
High-quality vanilla goes into the mix as well. "It shouldn't really taste like eggs, that's the thing," she explains. "It should taste creamy and refreshing, with warmth from the alcohol."
At the Albers' house, the alcohol is rum, bourbon and brandy. She also adds a strong cup of coffee to her nog.
"We love to drink it in the morning before we work," she says.
Celeste's Eggnog
1 dozen eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 pint cream
1 cup strong brewed coffee (cold) or 2 teaspoons espresso powder dissolved in 3/4 cup water
11/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup bourbon
3/4 cup rum
1/4 cup brandy
3 cups whole milk
Freshly grated nutmeg for garnish
Beat eggs 1 minute. Add sugar, beat 3 minutes, then add cream and beat until frothy. Stir in coffee, vanilla and liquors. Transfer to large bowl and add milk. Pour into rocks glasses and top with freshly grated nutmeg.
"Horrible," one judge scribbled on a score sheet, clearly unswayed by the blended whiskey, brandy and rum.
Grandma Ivy's Egg Nog
Charleston chef Robert Dickson couldn't find a store-bought eggnog that measured up to his eggnog ideal, established years ago when he visited his wife's grandmother in Kansas. She poured him a serving, "and I was like, 'This is eggnog,' " he recalls.
Note: If you have concerns about salmonella contamination in raw eggs, use pasteurized eggs instead.
Grandma Ivy's Egg Nog
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6 large egg yolks
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 cup bourbon, chilled (or half rum, half bourbon)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups whole milk
3/4 cup heavy cream
6 large egg whites, at room temperature
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
Freshly grated nutmeg for garnish
With an electric mixer, beat yolks to ribbon stage. Slowly add sugars then add liquor and vanilla. Slowly pour in milk and cream as mixer is running on slow speed. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate.
In a very clean bowl, whip egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff and still moist, but not to a dry state.
To the cool yolk mixture, fold in egg whites with spatula, (not necessary to thoroughly blend). Chill until service.
Sprinkle with nutmeg over bowl or each serving.
Although the Southeast United Dairy Industry Association doesn't track eggnog production and consumption, shoppers say they're seeing an increasing number of eggnogs in the dairy case at Christmastime.
Charleston Eggnog
There are three eggnog recipes in "Charleston Receipts." Cotton Hall Plantation Eggnog serves 90-100 people, and Simple Eggnog serves one. But Annie Gammell's Charleston Eggnog is sized for a more typical party crowd.
Note: If you have concerns about salmonella contamination in raw eggs, use pasteurized eggs instead.
Charleston Eggnog
¾ cup granulated sugar
10 egg yolks
1 pint rye whiskey
1 quart heavy cream
10 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Cream sugar and egg yolks thoroughly. Add whiskey slowly, stirring constantly, the cream (unwhipped), then the stiffly beaten egg whites.
To help sort out which nogs are worth the money (and the many calories), we convened a panel of experts to assess eight eggnogs sold in liquor stores and groceries around Charleston.
Meet the judges
The rum and whiskey makers: Ann Marshall and Scott Blackwell, who last year sold their cookie company to General Mills, this year opened downtown Charleston's first distillery since Prohibition. High Wire Distilling Co.'s products include rum, vodka, gin and sorghum whiskey.
The egg and dairy farmer: Celeste Albers, a finalist for Chefs Collaborative's 2013 regional Foodshed Champion prize, started farming vegetables in 1993. Today she's renowned for her raw milk and golden eggs.
Santa Claus: The baritone behind Robert's, the storied downtown restaurant that served up beef tenderloin and scallop mousse for more than three decades, Robert Dickson wears the Santa suit for the city's official Christmas Tree Lighting.
Rating the eggnogs
While flavored eggnogs account for 10 percent of national nog sales, this tasting was limited to eggnogs prepared in the classical manner. Judges were asked to rate each entry's appearance and aroma; texture; egg flavor; spicing; and aftertaste on a 10-point scale for a possible total of 50.
The ratings are purely subjective: The judges weren't required to give higher marks to yellowish nogs, or dock points from nogs that tasted of nothing but nutmeg. But to keep the judging somewhat fair, the eggnogs were presented unlabeled.
The final ratings reflects the average scores, rounded up to the nearest whole number.
The prices are what we paid when shopping on the peninsula; you may pay slightly more or less at your local store.
The dud eggnogs
Silk Soymilk Seasonal Nog, $3
Score: 10
Judges refrained from spitting out any eggnogs, but Silk's nondairy eggnog challenged them. "Ooh, that's really horrible," Albers said. "It's a little green," Marshall added. "I think it's toxic." Thin, flat and watery, Silk was the only nog that received zero cumulative points from a judge. "I'd rather drink water," Blackwell harrumphed.
Pennsylvania Dutch Eggnog, $9.60
Score: 15
The most expensive eggnog in the tasting also was deemed one of the worst. Judges agreed its aroma, flavor and aftertaste were uniformly unpleasant. Dickson said the dairy element reminded him of Carnation evaporated milk. "Horrible," Blackwell ruled.
Southern Home Premium Light Eggnog, $3
Score: 23
The only lower-cal eggnog in the bunch, racking up a mere 280 calories per cup, Southern Home tasted like melted cheap ice cream. "Like Breyer's," clarified Blackwell, who detected the recognizable notes of artificial vanilla in his slug. "It's got nothing going for it," Albers said sadly. Dickson immediately grasped why the nog was so strangely thin: "Diet," he scrawled next to one of his lowest scores of the day.
The also-ran eggnogs
Southern Comfort Traditional Eggnog, $3.49
Score: 29
Before the judges even started drinking, Southern Comfort was a standout. "It's slightly more orange," Marshall noted skeptically. "It tastes like pumpkin pie," Albers added. But if the eggnog lost ground on color and spice, it picked up points in the texture column. "It has a nice, rich mouthfeel," Dickson said. But one taster's richness is another taster's excess: "I think it's too thick," Marshall declared.
PET Eggnog, $3.19
Score: 30
The aroma of PET's eggnog put off Marshall, who described a whiff as weirdly "perfumey." Albers, though, ventured the funky smell could come from its spices (listed on the bottle's backside as "natural and artificial flavor": While alcohol makers are exempt from having to list their products' ingredients, the majority of store-bought nogs are chemically enhanced.) "It's not bad," Albers said. "I think it has more flavor."
The top eggnogs
HT Traders Fresh Eggnog, $3.49
Score: 32
The judges were unanimously cool on Harris Teeter's house brand, a thick, faintly medicinal spin on the drink. Interestingly, one of the judges mistook it for one of the two alcoholic entries. There's no liquor in HT Traders, but it tastes very much like the subtly spiked nogs served at classy parties. Judges described it as "traditional" and "common."
Evan Williams Original Southern Eggnog, $8.95
Score: 32
"Boozy. Overpowering booze," Marshall wrote on her scoresheet. "Too boozy," Blackwell wrote on his. But the amount of alcohol was perfect for Dickson, who swigged his cup and asked for seconds. "Uh oh," Marshall said. "Santa's getting serious."
Organic Valley Certified Organic Eggnog, $4.99
Score: 39
Whether you typically buy organic, the judges overwhelmingly agreed that Organic Valley is the eggnog you ought to add to your shopping cart. They were especially impressed by its consistency and nutmeg-forward flavor. "It's pretty darn good," said Albers. "I'm giving it some pretty high marks here."
Dickson initially didn't include Organic Valley among his favorites, but consented to give it another try. "Alright, let me have some more eight," he said, using the nog's secret number. "Everyone's talking about eight." Although he was disappointed by the lack of aftertaste, he suggested "it would make a nice vanilla sauce. Just thicken it up with a little cornstarch."
Marshall and Blackwell broke out a bottle of rum for Organic Valley's eggnog: It took on the liquor without any trouble, which is a fairly good model for anybody's holiday season.
Reach Hanna Raskin at 937-5560.
Egg Nog taste test with chef Robert Dickson, Scott Blackwell, co-owner of High Wire Distilling Co., Ann Marshall and Celeste Albers.×
Egg Nog taste test with Celeste Albers, Ann Marshall and Scott Blackwell, co-owner of High Wire Distilling Co.×
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Eight bogs were tested during the Post and Courier's Egg Nog taste test with Celeste Albers, Ann Marshall, Scott Blackwell, co-owner of High Wire Distilling Co. and Chef Robert Dickson. Grace Beahm/Staff×
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She still calls herself a tennis player.
Eva-Lou Edwards of Bayfield High School, indeed, is a tennis player � and a good one. She�s also a state champion � in cross country.
Edwards, a BHS junior, put the finishing touches on a dream season when she won the CHSAA Class 3A Girls Cross Country State Championships on Saturday at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs.
She pulled away from defending state champion Tabor Scholl of Middle Park halfway through the 5-kilometer course on the expansive grounds of the famed equestrian center in the foothills of the Front Range.
Edwards completed the 3.1-mile run in 19 minutes, 4.8 seconds, winning by more than a minute over Scholl (20:07).
�I�m a tennis player; I know that every day is different,� Edwards said after her dominating performance at the state championships.
Even though she was undefeated with one of the top times in the state entering Saturday�s meet, Edwards said a runner � or a tennis player � can�t take anything for granted.
�I�ve experienced that as a tennis player,� said Edwards, who plays No. 1 singles at Durango High School because Bayfield doesn�t have a tennis program.
�I�ve beaten people I should never beat, and I�ve lost to people I never should have lost to,� said Edwards, a two-time state tennis qualifier.
She didn�t lose to anybody Saturday.
�It�s a fast start, then you work your way up the (first) hill,� Edwards said. �You try not to kill it (the hill); you just want to keep your effort even.�
The first big climb hit the runners at mile No. 2.
�Then, there�s a little (flat) straightaway and then another climb. So you rip the straightaway and take your time up the last hill,� said Edwards, daughter of Paul and Vivian Edwards.
�After that, you just tell yourself to go because it�s all downhill or flat from there,� she said of the course that included a stadium finish inside the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Arena, part of the Norris Penrose complex.
�She, right now, is just so aerobically fit,� Bayfield head coach Pat Vaughn said after watching Edwards collect Bayfield�s first state cross country championship since Steve Flint in 2005.
�I don�t think there are any other girls, outside of 5A, that have that kind of (aerobic) capacity,� Vaughn said.
�Eva-Lou puts in the work. She does exactly what you tell her. She�s very religious about her preparation, and she takes care of herself,� he said.
�She�s very methodical. She warms up properly. She cools down properly,� Vaughn said.
�She is cardiovascularly stronger than the rest of the field. It�s pretty simple.�
And she was stronger all season, winning every cross country race on the schedule, including the Southwest Cross Country Challenge in Durango and the Joe Vigil Invitational in Alamosa. Oh, yeah, she also won the Prestate Invitational on the same course she ran Saturday.
�I told her with 500 (meters) to go, �Enjoy this. Enjoy the moment,�� Vaughn said. �These things don�t come along very often.�
Edwards enjoyed her first state championship as the lone Wolverine in the girls field of 126 runners with a band of Bayfield boys wildly cheering in the finish arena. The BHS boys raced earlier Saturday when cold morning temperatures gave way to picture-perfect fall weather.
Bayfield sophomore Trevor Gabbard raced across the line with a 14th-place finish in the Class 3A boys race in spite of a painful cramp midway through the 5K.
Luke Webb, also a BHS sophomore, finished 27th in 18:24.
Joe Hetrick, a senior, was 61st (19:25) and Joey Webb, a senior, 75th (19:52). Caleb Sapa finished 88th and John Fisher 95th for the Wolverines, who finished ninth in the boys team standings with 176 points.
Greeley University won the boys state title with 71 points.
�I got a cramp at the top of the hill ... it cost me four positions,� a disappointed Gabbard said.
�The hill in the middle tests your endurance.�
�The boys did well,� Vaughn said. �That was the most competitive 3A field I�ve ever seen.�
He said Gabbard ran an excellent race in spite of his cramping frustrations.
�Trevor is a sophomore, and he finished 14th at the state meet. He did a great job for the team. These guys weren�t even at this meet last year.�
Anthony Thomas, a senior from Brush, won the 3A boys race in 16:48.
Holy Family won the 3A girls crown with 84 points.
With the Wolverines packing up for the trip back to Bayfield, Edwards insisted on thanking her coaches for their help this season � Vaughn and assistant coach Matt Cusick.
�The runners do the work, but the coaches do everything for us. If I was training myself, I would be clueless,� Edwards said.
�My coaches are really my foundation. I appreciate them so much.�
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When you are physically closer to an object, but you are too lazy to move. You use this call to indicate someone, forcing them to use their energy to retrieve the object that is physically closer to yourself.
Two persons are sitting at a table. Person A wants a coke bottle. She is 2 inches away from the bottle. Person B is a foot away from the bottle. Person A applies the action Eh. Telling Person B to get their ass up and get the bottle, even though Person B is farther away from the bottle.
av Quin_Quin 5. februar 2014
The Canadian equivalent of shalom.
av #swagisnotadrug 7. november 2013
something that people THINK Canadians say but I am Canadian and have never said it in my life.
What Americans Think:
those are cute shoes, eh?
What really happens:
those are cute shoes!
those are cute shoes, eh?
What really happens:
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A term used by Canadians to prompt a response from a person he/she is talking to.
1 "Cool eh." 2 "Yeah eh.
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to make any statment into a retorical question. usally used in canada.
wanna go for some beers eh?
nice weather eh?
nice weather eh?
av canadaguy 21. oktober 2010
Used when someone is asking you how you are and you aren't really sure how you are.
Could be a replacement for the word confused: unsure of how you feel.
Could be a replacement for the word confused: unsure of how you feel.
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a word mostly used by canadians and used when your confused or asking a question
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Two families escaped a house fire over the weekend that investigators said was intentionally set.
Investigators said they suspect arson is to blame for the blaze.
The Davisson Avenue duplex in the Kingswood Manor subdivision started burning about 2 a.m. Sunday.
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I think the biggest factor was that World War II came along and knocked the whole European figure skating program for a loop. Especially in men's. In the 18 years between the two world wars Austrian men won a total of 31 World medals. When skating resumed after the war, from 1948 to 1959 U.S. men won 12 straight world championships, facing little competition from Europe.
Beatrix Schuba was a great champion, though. Probably the greatest figure skater of all time.
It is great when we see a woman in her 20's even the tiny ones, prevail. Katt was a great beauty. The last European to win two golds in ladies? Only Yuna has a chance I feel. She is built for FS version 2013.
But I love Kat. She was awesome and funny. Skating was everything to her.
I recall Tomba and the ladies going crazy for him. Witt seemed taken with him. Witt is someone who always loved center ice. She seemed to have the best of times and skated a long time. She was a diva but a sweet one it seemed. Has Germany produced a bigger sports star than Witt? The Yuna Kim of her era seems to me.
I didn't mean to sound anti-European by saying that Kat wasn't on a lot of greatest-skater lists. I suppose that's a factor over here, but a lot of us Americans (me certainly included) have Japanese skaters all over our lists of greatest skaters. I just don't think Kat's skating was unusually spectacular for its time.
Obviously I can't compare Witt to what skaters do today. I take that into consideration when thinking about her. What I'm saying is that few people say that Witt is great because of, say, her amazing spins or the way she made other people have to do lutzes as good as hers, or her speed across the ice. I've only ever heard her complimented on her competitive cool when all others faltered. This was her edge.
By contrast, YuNa, for example, has those huge, textbook triple-triples. Mao at her best could execute at least one triple axel in every competition, which is more than even Tonya Harding ever could do, plus she has such smoothness and musicality. Lucinda Ruh spun in a way that no one else had ever envisioned.
I don't have the technical knowledge to make my point with any greater depth than that. On paper, Witt is one of the most accomplished skaters ever. But in terms of technique or musical creativity, was she a giant of her time? I'm not sure. Of course, she made wonderful contributions to skating, both as an amateur and as a pro. I enjoyed her career and her personality. As Skateluvr points out, she looked like a mature person, not a preteen sprite, and that in itself is a contribution.
I think the whole package was very good, enough to win. She was very good in generally, not in one thing. Plus is a very good and smart competitor.


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The actors have been together since 2007 and have a 7-month-old daughter, Lincoln, born in March. They have always maintained they would not wed until gay couples could legally do so in the state of California.
"We would feel weird taking advantage of a right that's not available to certain citizens of the state we live in," Bell, who stars on House of Lies, told PEOPLE in August 2012.
Added Parenthood's Shepard: "When they legalize marriage for everyone ... we will get married."
Shepard popped the question three years ago, giving Bell what she called a "real cool piece of jewelry." (Indeed: her Neil Lane ring features a fancy-colored, 3 carat emerald cut diamond.)
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A few months ago, Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart "hit a rough patch," a friend tells PEOPLE, but the singer has been trying to be supportive of him and work through their issues.
"Now," notes the friend, "all this stuff comes out about sexting. They're still together, technically, but no idea for how long."
Internet reports claim that Smart, 27, a former backup dancer for Lopez and now a choreographer, has sent Instagram photos and steamy messages to somebody else. (Reps for both have not commented.)
"There were issues that pre-date these new reports," says another source, who adds that Lopez's mind is currently on things that go beyond rumors over her and Smart's romance.
"She has a really busy three weeks and doesn't have time to deal with this," the source adds. "And she's on the East Coast and he's working on the West Coast."
Indeed, Lopez, 44, is trying to stay positive and focus on work. She's in New York for her State Farm Neighborhood Sessions concert on June 4 in the Bronx.
"She is excited about where her life is right now," says the friend. "Her new single [First Love] is on fire, and her album is about to drop, and she has movies, and hit TV shows [The Fosters] that she's producing. She couldn't be in better shape professionally. Personally, it's a bit more tricky.
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Bishop England has seen tight games tilt the wrong way too many times this season. Friday was perfect timing to get the best of one.
Bishop England downed Bamberg-Ehrhardt, 4-2, on the road Friday in the opening round of the Class AA playoffs. The Bishops advance to face Region VI foe Academic Magnet in the second round Saturday in North Charleston.
Holding on to a two-run lead in the bottom of the seventh with two on and the winning run at the plate, sophomore reliever Cole Perrit picked off the runner at first base to seal the win.
"That's a play we work on in practice all the time," Bishop England head coach Mike Darnell said. "It was good to see us execute. I thought we played really good all game until the last inning. It got a little dicey, but at least we finished it out."
Sophomore lefty Edward Bolchoz earned the win for the Bishops, allowing one run off three hits and three walks while striking out two.
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A new and unique survey on breast cancer rates in California, conducted by Public Health Institute's California Breast Cancer Mapping Project, turned up some hot spots in the state, and part of Ventura County is one of the hottest.
Prior surveys, such as the recent one by the American Cancer Society, tallied and categorized cancers strictly by county. But what if there was an area of concern that was distinctly within only one part of a county or in an area that stretched across county lines? Those red flags were simply not apparent and therefore not included in the statistics.
So Public Health Institute took a different approach. It looked at breast cancer cases geographically, without any artificial borders. It found four areas in the state where breast cancer rates were 10 percent to 20 percent higher than the state average.
Eric Roberts is a research scientist at Public Health Institute and led the mapping project. "The project's purpose was to see whether mapping in small areas was a good idea and how it should be done."
There are three ways to quantify cancer rates. "One way is individual risk factors," Roberts said, "things such as race and ethnicity, child-bearing, tobacco and alcohol consumption, to name a few. Secondly, we usually look at it county by county. A third way looks at the geography but in a more flexible manner. Our findings are consistent with the individual risk factors in the areas of concern that we found. It makes clear there are nuances to it."
East Ventura County/West Los Angeles
One of the four areas of concern was East Ventura County/West Los Angeles. It is roughly bordered by Moorpark on the west, Santa Clarita on the north, Beverly Hills on the east, and Malibu to the south.
Breast cancer rates along the border of Ventura and Los Angeles
counties are 10 to 20 percent higher than the state average
and known as an area of concern. There are four areas
of concern in California according to the Public Health Institute.
The number of breast cancer cases has declined since 2000 in the state. They have also declined at the same rate in the areas of concern. The rate remained 10 percent to 20 percent higher than the rest of the state.
The other areas were southern Orange County/western Riverside County, and two areas in Northern California — the Marin County area and the area just south of the city of San Francisco.
Predicting future cancer cases
The American Cancer Society conducted a survey by counties, and here is how Ventura County stacks up to two other counties with a similar population count, San Francisco County and Kern County.
In the annual prediction of how many cancers were expected to occur in 2012, Ventura County had a high number of breast cancer and melanoma cases. The survey indicated Ventura County would see 625 new cases of breast cancer and 240 cases of melanoma. San Francisco County was projected to have 545 new cases of breast cancer and 165 melanomas. Kern County expected fewer, 395 breast cancer cases and 95 cases of melanoma.
Those numbers are consistent with the breast cancer numbers found by the mapping project.
The Public Health Institute's California Breast Cancer Mapping Project found
that east Ventura County has a 10 to 20 percent higher rate of breast cancer
than the state average. The former Santa Susana Field Lab, a rocket test site
that used radioactive materials known to cause breast cancer,
is nestled in the middle of "area of concern."
One statistic that stood out in all of the studies was the disproportionate prevalence of breast cancer in non-Hispanic white women, especially when compared to the rate in Hispanic women.
Invasive breast cancer is found in white women at a much higher rate than for other ethnicities. In Ventura County, white women have 73 percent of the breast cancers and statewide have 68 percent. Hispanic women in Ventura County have 12 percent of the cancer cases and 15 percent in California.
Yet white women make up only 48 percent of the state population, less than half of the breast cancer percentage. In contrast, Hispanic women comprise 32 percent of the population. These statistics show that white women in California have a breast cancer rate one and a half times their actual population. On the other end, Hispanic women have breast cancer at a rate of half of their population.
Doctors disagree on mammograms
In all of these numbers, there is one that is vitally important, late-stage diagnosis. The state average of such cases is 37 percent. More than one-third of breast cancers in California are not diagnosed until they have reached a late stage and are the most difficult to treat.
There are a few possible reasons for this statistic. Recommendations as to when and how often to get a mammogram vary among experts. For example, the National Cancer Institute urges women to get their first mammogram at age 40. Twenty years ago, doctors recommended a first, baseline mammogram at age 35 with regular screenings beginning at 40.
Under Proposition 65, businesses must display signs that warn the public
about toxic and hazardous chemicals at the facility that can cause cancer.
Now, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has changed the formula. What had been accepted as prudent, annual mammograms, now has been changed to screenings every two years, beginning at age 50. The task force cited too many false positives that caused too much anxiety in women and too many unnecessary procedures.
There are, however, circumstances and risk factors that contribute to breast cancer and require annual screenings, such as smoking, family history, previous cancer and being a DES daughter. DES was a drug given to as many as 10 million pregnant women from 1938 until 1971, when it was withdrawn from the market. Not only did DES not stop early labor, for which it was prescribed, there was an unusually large number of very young women (whose pregnant mothers had been given DES) who were getting an extremely rare cancer. Now, as those same daughters reach menopause, noticeably higher breast cancer rates are becoming visible in that group.
Experts suspect other possible causes of white, affluent women getting breast cancer so often. It could be the decision to have children later in life, or not having children at all, or the use of hormone replacement therapy. Although synthetic hormones were generally removed from the picture when studies found they raised the rate of heart attacks, many women have flocked to bio-identical hormones for relief. These hormones are controversial. Some doctors prescribe them and other doctors tell their patients to just tough out the uncomfortable symptoms of menopause such as insomnia, hot flashes and brain fog.
Possible local culprits
Lisa Barreto, founder of the breast cancer support organization Ribbons for Life, knows something about breast cancer. She conquered the disease once. Now it has returned and she is in the midst of undergoing a series of surgeries. This, in addition to running a group that provides a forum for other women to exchange facts, feelings and progress reports about their breast cancer.
Lisa Barretto, a breast cancer survivor but also currently a
breast cancer patient, founded Ribbons for Life to provide an
emotional support network for local breast cancer patients.
Barreto feels that whatever may be raising the local rate of breast cancer is irrelevant once a woman joins her group. "The thing we are trying to focus on is, once you get it, statistics don't matter to people," she said. "They've got it and you want to do what you can to help those women and their families cope with it."
As for the Ventura County higher rate, Barreto said, "Sometimes, when you hear all these different statistics, what are you going to do? Leave the county that you love?"
Barreto added that many things in our everyday life are carcinogenic, such as pesticides, cosmetics, even so-called pink products, those sold in pink packaging as part of a fundraising campaign during Breast Cancer Month every October.
Santa Susana Field Lab: One of the culprits?
Roberts of the Public Health Institute said people often point to a local source of contaminants such as a factory.
"There is no way to draw a causal connection between pollution and the area of concern," Roberts said, "and at the same time, it is extremely relevant to the conversation. There's no proof that the contamination doesn't have anything to do with the breast cancer. And there's no proof that it really does."
Roberts added, "There's no way to go from A to B." The problem, he said, hinges on the variables found in every home. People get sick, people change jobs, and they often move. To scientifically study the surrounding population would require strict adherence to certain guidelines, something that is impossible in this situation.
But Roberts said that knowledge of environmental dangers might change the way decisions are made in urban planning, such as where to build a school or where to place a highway.
"The important thing is that people have the conversation about causes; and with this project, they have some facts," he said. "And everyone is working from the same facts. It is a modest step forward."
That is true in most areas of concern. But eastern Ventura County/West Los Angeles has a particularly dangerous source of huge amounts of pollution sitting just about in the bull's-eye of the map of this area, the Santa Susana Field Lab. This particular site was used heavily during the Cold War years, and nuclear experiments were not halted until as late as 1989. The rocket tests did not cease until two workers were killed in the mid-1990s as they attempted to illegally dispose of toxic waste by shooting the barrels of waste with high-powered guns, as they had been doing for a long time. One of those barrels exploded, killing the two workers and severely injuring another.
Other activists are more certain about the health effects caused by the presence of some kinds of radiation and toxic chemicals. They point to the Santa Susana Field Lab's (SSFL) absence of a meaningful clean-up of residual toxic substances. That means the contamination in the soil still gets swept up in the Santa Ana winds each year, drains into the underground water each time it rains. SSFL is the former Rocketdyne site and is now owned by the Boeing Company.
Dan Hirsch, co-founder of Committee to Bridge the Gap, has been actively involved in trying to get SSFL cleaned up since 1979. In testimony to Congress in 2008, Hirsch described the extent of some of the pollution at SSFL.
"More than 20,000 rocket and missile tests were conducted at the site, for NASA, the Navy and the Air Force," Hirsch said. "Trichloroethylene (TCE) was used to wash down the rocket test stands after these firings, the way one might wash down one's driveway with water, and the TCE was allowed to just run off and percolate into nearby soil."
In addition to half a million gallons of TCE that was let loose into the environment, Hirsch said the list of toxins, in addition to the residual radiation from a total of five nuclear power plant accidents, is a long one.
"Vast quantities of other toxic materials — perchlorate, PCBs, dioxins, hydrazines, heavy metals, various volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds — were used at the site and spilled, released, buried or otherwise mishandled. Contaminated process water was used … to quench the rocket test stands, sending massive plumes of contaminated steam into the air and neighboring communities."
Despite decades of efforts to force a cleanup of the super-contaminated site, including a California law that set the standard to which it must be cleaned and a deadline for compliance, no meaningful cleanup has taken place. Boeing sued the state in federal court over the new law, and won. Now, Boeing plans to do little cleanup, stating instead that the land is just fine, and the company intends to turn the area, as is, into a public park.
SSFL is located on top of a mountain that straddles Simi Valley and Chatsworth, on the border between eastern Ventura County and the western San Fernando Valley. Coincidentally, the area of concern identified by the mapping project was in exactly the same place and covers the portions of Los Angeles that also happens to follow the prevailing wind direction.
As associate director of Physicians for Social Responsibility — Los Angeles, Denise Duffield suspects there could be a possible connection between the pollutants at SSFL and the pattern of breast cancer.
The fact that women in the area of concern have a 10 percent to 20 percent higher rate of invasive breast cancer than the state average "is extraordinary and worrisome," Duffield said. "However, cancer doesn't come with a bar code so it is not easy to identify what caused it. The site (SSFL) is massively contaminated with the kinds of radiation and chemicals that can cause breast cancer."
Recently, the EPA completed a survey of the extent of the contamination at SSFL. "The American Cancer Society says that some of the cancers most strongly linked to ionizing radiation exposure in studies include breast cancer. SSFL has extensive radiation contamination, as a recent EPA study showed in both sampling results and gamma spectrometry of the lab. In some places, ionizing radiation in excess of a thousand times background was recorded recently at the site."
Despite the fact that the initial nuclear accident occurred more than half a century ago, the site continues to be heavily radioactive and polluted by a witch's brew of carcinogenic chemicals.
"Cesium-137, strontium-90 and plutonium-239/240 are dangerous ionizing radionuclides and endanger the public," Duffield said. "The site's soil and groundwater are grossly polluted with TCE, which the American Cancer Society says there is evidence of an association between TCE and breast cancer."
Duffield said the only way to stop contamination of the environment is for Boeing to clean up SSFL to the standards of the disputed state law before opening the land up to the public as a park.
The mapping project covered the years 2000 to 2008, the most recent year for which data was available. In 2008, a full 20 percent of the breast cancer patients in the area of concern did not have any health insurance.


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Yummy scrummy carrot cake
The lightest and most enticingly moist carrot cake you will ever come across - just find a good hiding place for it!
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Dairy-free
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal265
- fat12g
- saturates2g
- carbs39g
- sugars24.8g
- fibre1g
- protein3g
- salt0.41g
- 175g light muscovado sugar
- 175ml sunflower oil
Sunflower oil
A variety of oils can be used for baking. Sunflower is the one we use most often at Good Food as…
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 140g grated carrot (about 3 medium)
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- 100g raisins
- grated zest of 1 large orange
One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…
- 175g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is an alkali which is used to raise soda breads and full-…
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp grated nutmeg (freshly grated will give you the best flavour)
For the frosting
- 175g icing sugar
- 1½-2 tbsp orange juice
Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4/fan 160C. Oil and line the base and sides of an 18cm square cake tin with baking parchment. The easiest way to do this is to cut two long strips the width of the tin and put each strip crossways, covering the base and sides of the tin, with a double layer in the base.
Tip the sugar into a large mixing bowl, pour in the oil and add the eggs. Lightly mix with a wooden spoon. Stir in the grated carrots, raisins and orange rind.
Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices, then sift into the bowl. Lightly mix all the ingredients – when everything is evenly amalgamated stop mixing. The mixture will be fairly soft and almost runny.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 40- 45 minutes, until it feels firm and springy when you press it in the centre. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn it out, peel off the paper and cool on a wire rack. (You can freeze the cake at this point.)
Beat together the frosting ingredients in a small bowl until smooth – you want the icing about as runny as single cream. Set the cake on a serving plate and boldly drizzle the icing back and forth in diagonal lines over the top, letting it drip down the sides.
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You might also like to try Angela Nilsen's lighter option, Ultimate makeover: Carrot cake, or try something new with Carrot & cream cheese cupcakes .
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Made this today and for my very first carrot cake, the recipe worked brilliantly. I have also added desiccated walnuts as someone suggested and have oiled a round cake tin directly without using paper and it worked really well. Cake was super moist and all the flavours were there! I will definitely make it again. Thank you!
Delicious as cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting. Made a batch of 24, baked for 20. - 25 mins. I added a few chopped walnuts to the cake mix for extra texture and For the cream cheese frosting I added some orange zest and the juice from half an orange. All 24 buns had disappeared by the following day! Next time I'll bake 2 batches and freeze one (without the frosting) which can be made when the cupcakes are taken from the freezer.
I love carrot cake and this is one of my favorite recipes. I have tried reducing the oil and sugar as others have suggested, but I have found for it to make any significant calorific difference, it alters the balance of the recipe and whilst flavour can be boosted the texture is denser. I do add walnuts or pecans sometimes and these work well - I tend to chop them and mix them in rather than putting them on the top as I find they start to burn resulting in a bitter flavour. My children really like it when I put sour cherries and cranberries, usually half and half with the raisins, you get a pop of tartness - which is really quite good. I don't bother with the frosting most of the time, but I do sometimes give it a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar whilst it is still warm. A really good cake, so glad I tried it! Worth every star!
This is a terrific recipe that can withstand a lot of tweaking. To make it a bit healthier I reduced the oil to 100ml and the sugar to 90g, and increased the carrot to 200g and raisins to 130g. I also used a mixture of white and wholemeal self-raising flour and added half a teaspoon of baking powder (as well as the bicarbonate) to compensate for the wholemeal flour. It rose perfectly and was ready in 40 minutes. Since I like the spiciness of carrot cake I added a little ground ginger and a bit more cinnamon than the recipe says. I would definitely recommend trying it and tweaking it to your own preferences. Absolutely delicious.
Made this for my mum's birthday cake. The only thing I changed was the icing, at my sister's request as she loves the cream cheese topping. The cake was quick and easy to mix and came out perfectly cooked, light and very tasty, in exactly the time given on the recipe (40 mins). Everyone loved it. I'm sure it is fine to add in walnuts and tweak in other ways to 'personalise' the cake to individual tastes, but if you just want a recipe that works really well, just do it as stated. Five stars from me!
A fantastic, easy to make cake that remains moist for a good few days!
As suggested by others, I used 110 ml oil, 140 g sugar and 190 g of carrots and it worked a treat!
Skipped the icing and used a round spring form, baking for 35 mins in a fan assisted oven.
Thank you for a brilliant recipe! 10 out of 10.
You can't really just change the proportions of everything. You already reduced the oil and sugar which reduces moisture and tenderness, and you further reduced the number of eggs, which will give you less rise and moisture as well. Unless you are trying to reduce the size of the cake you're making, you might want to consider replacing like for like, for ingredients you have removed. I have made this recipe many times, so from experience, I will be able to tell you, if you want it to be just as moist and tender as the original recipe, just be more aware of what you change in the recipe. Also, the reason why your cake did not rise is because the recipe calls for bicarbonate, not baking powder. Huge difference there.
Had this recipe in the oven for over 50 minutes and it unfortunately still caved in the middle. Although it tasted lovely I'd say it still could have done with an extra 15/20 minutes. Use the knife test to check your cake in the middle before taking it out on the oven. I went by the time given in the recipe trusting it would be the same for all ovens but use it as more of a general guidelines and use your basic knowledge of cake making to know when to take it out of the oven
Because the recipe uses self-raising flour and calls for bicarbonate, sometimes the amount of raising agents might cause your cake the cave in. You can experiment with a Victoria sponge which uses self-raising flour as well. It will cave in if you put too much baking powder. Made this cake countless times and it is more likely the cake over-rises and peaks a bit more than I would've liked (can be due to over-mixing), but never caving in. So I would say, extend your baking time and be accurate with the bicarbonate in the recipe. Saves you from a tough n coarse crumbed cake.
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Hi there, thanks for getting in touch. We haven't tested this recipe with 100ml of oil so cannot guarantee perfect results. Baking is a bit of a science so it could be that altering the quantities too far could adversely affect the texture of the finished cake but please do let us know how you get on if you do adapt the recipe.
Hi _aore_ thanks for getting in touch. Per piece (the cake some cut into 15 pieces) there are 39g of carbohydrate which is 585g for the whole cake. This information is listed at the top of each of our recipes (below the sharing buttons and above the method and shopping tools) I hope this is helpful.
I made this cake the other week as a practice for a top tier of a Christening cake (obviously I intend not to frost it and will instead be covering it for decoration). Unfortunately as soon as I took it out of the oven it sank a little in the centre, and although it tasted cooked in the middle, it was a bit soggier - yet the rest of the cake was delicious. Is there any way to stop the cake from sinking and to bake evenly?
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To really give this fantastic recipe some zing, don't use water with the icing sugar mix. Instead grate the zest of 4 limes. Squeeze the limes in to a bowl and use the juice to mix the icing (about 10 tsp) to the mix. Then sprinkle the grated zest on top for decoration. The sugar takes the bite out of the bitterness. This added to the orange in the cake makes a really fresh, zingy taste.
Made this the other day, but with a couple of tiny tweaks. I used 160g light muscovado sugar and added a handful of chopped walnuts to the wet batter.
Baking time was only about 30-40 minutes. I kept checking with a cake thermometer. when it was about to reach the 30 minute mark.
All in all, recipe is quite good. Just like how my mum used to make. I skipped the frosting as eating it in itself is already a treat.
Best carrot cake I have ever had :)
Although, I find that you don't need as much icing sugar as the recipe states to just drizzle over the top as the picture shows. I also made the cake another time with the typical creamy topping from another goodfood carrot cake recipe (Carrot & cream cheese cupcakes), which made it even more delicious and indulgent.
Hope to try it with nuts added next time


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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
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Let me start this article by saying this comes more as a personal warning to a community I am quite fond of, and none of this is taken from any official announcement. This is an article based on my personal experience and conjecture, and nothing more.
The History
As of this writing it has been just over 7 months since the release of the firmware 4.2 update. In this update many anti-homebrew measures were taken. Amongst them: an update
Updated 05-02-2010 at 11:15 PM by Ithian