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A call to action to protect your past, your present, your future and, your peace of mind.
Did you know?
Nine out of ten "Presidential Disaster Declarations" result from natural phenomena in which flooding is involved.
Eighty percent of flood deaths occur when people drive into water or simply walk into moving water.
It only takes two feet of water to make a
vehicle buoyant enough to loose traction and float away. The smaller the vehicle the less water depth it takes to make it buoyant.
Tropical cyclones threaten the United States with their torrential rains, high winds, and flooding. Even after the wind has diminished, the flooding potential of these storms remains for several days.
Tropical cyclones are products of the interaction of oceans and atmosphere. Powered by heat from the sea, they are steered by the easterly trade winds and the temperate westerlies as well as by their own ferocious energy.
Since 1970, nearly 60% of the 600 deaths due to floods associated with tropical cyclones occurred inland from the storm's landfall. In fact, more people are killed by floods than any other weather related cause. Most of these fatalities occur because people underestimate the power of moving water.
In June 2001, Tropical Storm Allison deposited
up to three feet of rain
to the east and northeast of Houston, Texas during a 5-day period. This
map of Harris County
shows the heaviest rainfall distribution. Tropical Storms, such as Allison, have winds of 39 to 73 mph. So, the wind in Allison's case was not the cause of the destruction. In fact, tropical storms can produce more rain and flooding than the strongest hurricanes.
Tropical cyclones can, and usually do, cause several types of flooding.
Flash flooding
Flash floods are rapid occuring events. This type of flood can begin within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall. The rapidly rising water can reach heights of 30 feet or more and can roll boulders, rip trees from the ground, and destroy buildings and bridges.
Urban/Area floods
Urban/Area floods are also rapid events although not quite as severe as a flash flood. Still, streets can become swift-moving rivers and basements can become death traps as they fill with water. The primary cause is due to the conversion of fields or woodlands to roads and parking lots. About 10% of the land in the United States is paved roads. So, water that would have been absorbed into the ground now runs into storm drains and sewers.
Coastal flooding
Coastal flooding occurs when strong winds blowing onshore, pushes water inland. In tropical cyclones, extensive damage occurs from storm surges when water, piled along the shore by the strong wind, rushes inland. See the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
for the estimated damage by storm surges based upon the hurricane's strength.
River flooding
River floods are longer term events and occur when the runoff from torrential rains, brought on by decaying hurricanes or tropical storms, reach the rivers. A lot of the excessive water in river floods may have began as flash floods. River floods can occur in just a few hours and also last a week or longer.
While most floods cannot be prevented, there are simple steps you can take to protect your life and property.
This is your call for action.
The things people most regret loosing in floods are valuables, such as jewelry, and items from their families past, such as photos and mementos. Even in the most severe floods, houses usually, houses are not completely submerged. A few simple precautionary steps now will help you save your memories. Simply hanging pictures a little higher on the wall will help diminish the threat of loosing them forever to floods.
Do you have extra photos laying around that may not be displayed? Where do you keep your photo albums? Are they close to the floor. if they are not on display, place them in plastic storage containers and store them in the attic. Have an extra, empty plastic storage container available to quickly gather jewelry, mementos, and other displayed photos and place the container in the attic should a flood emergency arrive.
Know your flood risks. Is your dwelling located near a creek or river? Where are you located in regard to your local terrain? Are on top of a hill, on the side of a hill, or in the valley. Purchase insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program. It will help you recover from a loss financially due to flooding. You will rest much better knowing your valuables are protected and the insurance will ease your recovery.
Before a flood occurs, elevate expensive items such as outside air conditioning units. Seal vents to basements to prevent flooding. If a flood emergency is occur at your location, immediately shut off your electricity at the circuit breakers. This will prevent short circuiting electrical appliance such as refrigerators. In many cases with minor flooding, the refrigerator will just need to be cleaned and can be put back into use again. If the power was left on in a flood, the short circuit make repairs very costly.
Also, just because you may live thousands of miles from a flood, you could still be a victim. Vehicles that have been flooded are suppose to be salvaged but many are not. Unscrupulous people do superficial cleaning jobs on the vehicles and wholesale them to dealers across the nation. If you are considering purchasing a used vehicle, be sure to check the title history and hire a trusted mechanic to do a thorough inspection. A few dollars spent now could save your thousands of dollars down the road and maybe even you and your family's life.
Learn your evacuation routes! Remember you may need to know more than one way to escape rising water. Monitor NOAA Weather Radio to ensure you know the latest weather developments. Avoid driving on flooded roads so to not become stranded causing you to tie-up Emergency Rescue crews.
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Yamaha Compliance Code of Conduct
For Yamaha, "Compliance" refers to Yamaha group companies and Yamaha employees having an open and fair attitude with regard to four types of stakeholders (customers, shareholders, people working with Yamaha, and society), as well as to people associated with Yamaha business around the world, complying with legal requirements and internal codes, and conforming to business ethics and social norms. The Yamaha Compliance Code of Conduct offers specific examples of actions and behavior that will help to bring these concepts to reality. Below are the codes that are used as guidelines for Yamaha Group companies. Overseas subsidiaries have their own codes, which are based on these codes and which have been adapted to local legislation and social norms.
- 1-1 Realization of customer satisfaction
- 1-2 Ensuring safety of products and services
- 1-3 Proper advertisement and publicity and accurate presentation of information
- 1-4 Understanding of consumer-protection regulations
- 1-5 Protection of customers' personal information
- 1-6 Offer of after-sales services and response to customer inquiries
- 9-1 Maintaining dignity
- 9-2 Enhancement of brand trustworthiness
- 9-3 Avoidance of conflict of interest
- 9-4 Strict adherence to duty of confidentiality
- 9-5 Cooperation with audit
- 9-6 Response to mass media
- 9-7 Appropriate utilization of company's assets
- 9-8 Utilization and management of the company's information systems
- 9-9 Responsibility for Personal Usage of Social Media, etc.
- 1-1 Realization of customer satisfaction
- Yamaha makes maximum efforts to develop, manufacture and provide high-quality products and services to ensure its customers are impressed and satisfied.
- 1-2 Ensuring safety of products and services
- Yamaha will take all reasonable measures to ensure that its products, services or facilities do not cause damage or injury to a customer's life, body or property. In the event that any damage or injury is caused despite our efforts, Yamaha is committed to providing prompt and appropriate remedies and to taking appropriate steps so that the same event will not happen again.
- 1-3 Proper advertisement and publicity and accurate presentation of information
- Yamaha shall ensure proper advertising and publicity communicating the contents of its products and services to consumers as well as representing accurate information about them in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- 1-4 Understanding of consumer-protection regulations
- Yamaha understands the essence of the applicable consumer-protection regulations, complies with them, and markets its goods only after it has fully provided appropriate explanations of its products, services or warranties according to each customer's level of knowledge and experience and each product's or service's specific characteristics.
- 1-5 Protection of customers' personal information
- Yamaha observes laws and regulations and relevant internal rules concerning the protection of personal information, and strives to provide the proper protection and utilization of customer information based on "Yamaha Personal Information Protection Policy".
- 1-6 Offer of after-sales services and response to customer inquiries
- Yamaha has a well established after-sales services system, and sincerely responds to its customers' requests in an effort to provide complete customer satisfaction. Moreover, Yamaha responds to inquiries and requests from customers in a sincere and honest manner.
- 2-1 Accurate accounting records and financial reports
- Yamaha accurately prepares its accounting books in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and provides a true and accurate report of its financial condition and operational results to the required government entities and to its shareholders. Yamaha hereby declares that it will in no case dress up its reports motivated by unjust reasons, nor will it engage in any inappropriate accounting practices.
- 2-2 Timely disclosure of information
- In pursuit of establishing "transparency" in its operations, Yamaha regularly updates its shareholders and investors with appropriate business information in order to obtain their support for Yamaha's activities. In addition, Yamaha also promptly publishes any information that may have a material impact on its business operations.
- 2-3 Prohibition against speculative trading
- Yamaha does not engage in speculative trading for the purpose of making profits outside its main business.
- 2-4 Distribution of profits
- Yamaha strives to distribute profits to its shareholders, as well as to reserve profits internally for reinvestment.
- 2-5 Prohibition against extending benefits to shareholders
- Yamaha does not extend financial benefits to anyone in relation to, or in return for, his/her exercise of shareholder rights, and Yamaha will never offer any economic interest nor promise the same in response to any requests from "Specific Shareholders" including "Sokaiya" or racketeers (professional troublemakers at shareholder meetings, etc.).
- 2-6 Prohibition against insider trading
- Yamaha shall not tolerate insider trading. If an employee obtains material information concerning Yamaha or any other company, such an employee is prohibited from purchasing or selling securities of the company about which he/she has obtained material information until such information is made public and sufficient time has passed for it to be evaluated thoroughly by the investment community.
- 3-1 Respect for creativity and independence
- Yamaha respects and encourages employee creativity and independence, and strives to maintain the conditions necessary to realize them. Yamaha protects and effectively utilizes its intellectual property, such as inventions and creations, produced in the course of its business activities.
- 3-2 Prohibition against harassment
- Yamaha prohibits unjustified discrimination by language or behavior that may be construed as harassment, including sexual harassment and power harassment of subordinates or any other employees.
- 3-3 Favorable employer-employee relationships
- Yamaha adheres to the protection of employees' rights prescribed by international treaties, law, collective labor agreement and other agreements between the employer and "employees". We promote the creation of an environment where employees and the employer can cooperate to achieve the corporate objectives.
- 3-4 Ensuring safety and good health
- Yamaha continuously strives to improve its working environment by taking necessary measures in a continuous and planned manner in order to maintain and improve the physical and mental health of "employees". Employees must comply with the requirements that are requested based on such measures.
- 3-5 Fair evaluation and compensation
- Yamaha determines evaluation and compensation of employees based on fair rules using criteria such as the ability to perform tasks, job responsibilities and achievements.
- 3-6 Promotion and development of job skills
- Yamaha endeavors to encourage skill development of" employees" regardless of race, age, gender and other unrelated factors, so that employees can demonstrate the maximum performance. Managers are obliged to train employees through daily instruction so that they can understand the corporate philosophy of Yamaha and can enhance their value as useful members of the Yamaha team.
- 3-7 Prohibition against forced labor and child labor
- Yamaha prohibits any form of forced labor or labor by children under the minimum age permissible by law. In addition, Yamaha supports international efforts to exclude and abolish such child labor and endeavors to realize this ideal.
- 4-1 Respect for human rights and prohibition against discrimination
- Yamaha respects fundamental human rights and endeavors to observe internationally recognized standards in its business activities. Yamaha especially objects to any discrimination based on race, gender, religion, language or ethnic background, and will not discriminate based on ideology, creed or political opinion.
- 4-2 Protecting the global environment
- Yamaha recognizes the importance of the protection of the global environment for mankind and society. We adhere to the spirit of the "Yamaha Global Environment Policy" and utilize environmental management systems in conformity with international standards, such as ISO14001, and implement full responsibility to minimize waste emissions.
- 4-3 Harmonization with society
- Yamaha acknowledges that a corporation is a member of society and endeavors to be a "good corporate citizen." Yamaha will not only adhere to logic applicable within our organization, but will strive to foster socially acceptable values and conduct and to cooperate with the local community and thus to harmonize with it.
- 4-4 Dealing with antisocial forces
- Yamaha rejects any culpable relationship with any terrorist support organization, organized crime organization or other antisocial organizations or persons. Resolute attitudes are required to deal with those who make unjustifiable demands by disguising themselves through business relationships or customer claims. Yamaha will respond to such organizations with a resolute attitude and will "not be afraid," "not offer money" and "not establish any relationship with them."
- 4-5 Promotion of social-contribution (charitable) activities
- Yamaha contributes to the development and welfare of society through our business operations and by promoting social-contribution activities, and supports social contribution activities undertaken by our employees.
- 5-1 Relationships based on partnership
- Yamaha considers its business partners as true partners who work with Yamaha to carry out Yamaha's business activities and contribute to the realization of Yamaha's corporate objectives, and therefore deals with them based on mutual trust.
- 5-2 Selection of suppliers
- Yamaha selects its suppliers from the pool of suppliers who satisfy its objective procurement standards based on its fair and reasonable decisions.
- 5-3 Fair trade
- Yamaha will not engage in unfair dealings with its suppliers and customers.
- 5-4 Elimination of improper relationships (gift giving, business entertainment, etc.)
- Yamaha" prohibits any "employee" from abusing his/her position by accepting entertainment, money and goods, or any other tangible/intangible benefits from business partners, etc., or accepting personal compensation or commissions in relation to the business.
- 5-5 Transactions with subcontractors
- With respect to subcontracting, Yamaha will observe its obligation as a primary subcontracting entrepreneur as defined in the Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, Etc., to Subcontractors, and shall not engage in prohibited unfair conduct by abusing its dominant bargaining position.
- 6-1 Compliance with antitrust law
- Yamaha will not engage in unreasonable restrictions of competition and/or unfair practices prohibited by applicable antitrust law.
- 6-2 Prohibition against inappropriate comparative advertising
- Yamaha will not knowingly injure the reputation of the products and/or services of other companies nor use false or deceptive forms of comparison in its advertisements.
- 6-3 Respect for intellectual property rights
- Yamaha will respect intellectual property rights owned by others and will follow legitimate means and procedures for the acquisition when it seeks to use such intellectual property.
- 6-4 Legitimate and appropriate acquisition of information
- Yamaha takes legitimate and appropriate measures when it obtains undisclosed information of its competitors (e.g., corporate information, marketing information, patent information, etc.) and uses such information appropriately.
- 7-1 Transactions with government and public officials
- Yamaha conducts transactions with government and/or public officials fairly and in accordance with public bidding rules and other prescribed rules and procedures.
Furthermore, Yamaha strictly refrains from such behavior that could be deemed as bribery of government officials or quasi-government officials.
- 7-2 Prohibition against gift giving to and entertainment of government officials, etc.
- In principle, Yamaha does not offer gifts, entertainment or other items of value to officers or employees of governments and/or public offices. Yamaha complies with the rules and regulations of the governments and/or public offices, including, but not limited to the National Public Service Ethic Act etc.
- 7-3 Political Contributions
- Yamaha shall comply with Public Offices Election Act, Political Funds Control Act, and other relevant political laws and regulations. It shall not make any contribution to a politician in person since it is prohibited by law, and to a political organization or party, in excess of the permissible amount under the law.
- 7-4 Response to government authorities
- Yamaha fully cooperates with courts, police, tax authorities and other government authorities when such authority legally requires such report or notification except when there is a restriction by reason of confidentiality obligation.
- 8-1 Understanding business partners' local cultures and legal systems
- In every country where Yamaha conducts business, we understand and respect their culture and comply with the laws of the country where we conduct our business.
- 8-2 Compliance with import and export regulations
- Yamaha complies with proper customs procedures according to the relevant import and export laws and regulations. Moreover, Yamaha does not trade in goods whose export or import is prohibited by international treaties.
- 8-3 National security-related trade control
- Yamaha hopes for global peace. Yamaha observes the applicable security-related trade control regulations that have been set out to prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and accumulation of other weapons. To that end Yamaha will develop and comply with internal procedure rules.
- 8-4 Avoid dumping, etc.
- Yamaha exercises due care in setting prices for its products and services, and prepares and maintains evidential documents for the proof of adequate pricing in order to avoid being subject to anti-dumping measures and transfer-price taxation in every country.
- 8-5 Prohibition against gift giving to foreign government officials
- Yamaha, in principle, prohibits providing illicit benefits including corporate entertainment of and gift giving to foreign governmental officials. Such prohibition is not limited to cases where local laws of the relevant countries prohibit such entertainment and/or giving to their government officials, but rather it is the general rule of Yamaha.
- 9-1 Maintaining dignity
- We strive to maintain dignity as employees of Yamaha and act so in good faith. We will not take or get involved in any antisocial activities that may harm our company's reputation and damage its brand image.
- 9-2 Enhancement of brand trustworthiness
- We acknowledge that Yamaha's business activities and success rely heavily on the brand image of Yamaha, and we endeavor to enhance the trustworthiness and goodwill of the Yamaha brand through our business activities. In addition, we use the Yamaha brand properly in accordance with the established and prescribed rules.
- 9-3 Avoidance of conflict of interest
- We do not engage in personal activities that are against the interests of Yamaha or those of any other company to which one belongs. When conflict of interest is likely to be an issue, it is necessary to report or consult on the matter beforehand to avoid any problem.
- 9-4 Strict adherence to duty of confidentiality
- We will not illegally disclose information related to intellectual property under the administration of the company or confidential information obtained during one's performance of duties, whether or not such information is under one's direct control or responsibility, and such duty shall survive after the termination or retirement of one's employment.
- 9-5 Cooperation with audit
- We will actively cooperate with all audits and inspections, including audits by outside auditors, corporate auditors and audit departments, etc. based on laws, regulations and rules adopted by the corporation, and accurately respond or submit information based on fact. Furthermore, when such audits, etc. disclose a need for improvements, we will immediately follow up such requests unless there are reasonable grounds for objection.
- 9-6 Response to mass media
- When an employee is asked by any media about matters related to the company, he/she should politely direct such requests to the Corporate Communication Division (public relations) in charge and should not make any personal comments or remarks or reports as to what he/she may have seen or heard within the company without prior permission of the Company.
- 9-7 Appropriate utilization of company's assets
- We will utilize the company's buildings, facilities, office equipment and any other company property with due care, and limit the use of the same by employees solely for business purposes.
- 9-8 Utilization and management of the company's information systems
- When we utilize the company's information systems and equipment, we will observe the internal security regulations in order to prevent unnecessary distribution of internal information, and take appropriate protective measures against infringements by those outside the company.
- 9-9 Responsibility for Personal Usage of Social Media, etc.
- When we personally participate in social media or log on to internet web sites, we should be responsible for what we say and keep in mind to act in a socially responsible manner and with good sense


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Crock Pot Beef Dips
59 comments :
Oh yum! This sounds so tasty. I need to start buying the au jus seasoning. Come on over and link it up to Hunk of Meat Monday.ReplyDelete
I shall take 2...see ya in a couple hours!ReplyDelete
HOT DIGGITY DAWG! Oh I'd call these sexy too! Mmmmmm I use this exact recipe when I make ours! They be soooo yummy! : )ReplyDelete
That looks like it would just melt in your mouth. Well done!ReplyDelete
You have the best, most comforting recipes, Brandie! This is something I haven't made in years, but after seeing your photos, I think French Dip sandwiches need to make an appearance on our menu!ReplyDelete
PS..do you think Bill will finally trim my red bud tree if I make these???! Worth a shot :)
I just got done eating dinner, and I think I might be hungry again after reading this. Looks so good! I love a French Dip sandwich!!ReplyDelete
My hubby loves beef dip sandwiches, so I def need to make these for him. They look delicious!ReplyDelete
These sandwiches look sooo amazing!! Please check out my blog, you have an award:):) I enjoy browsing your delish recipes! I am starting a linky party soon called "Fit and Fabulous Fridays". Please "like" my facebook page for updates. You have some treasures to share. www.ameesavorydish.blogspot.com. Happy cooking~ReplyDelete
I REALLY need to invest in a slow cooker. I cannot believe how many wonderful recipes there are.ReplyDelete
:-) Mandy
Brandie, you bring total new meaning to the sandwich! Amazing.ReplyDelete
I am bummed- I would make this today but I have no au jus. Heading to the store after work- I am always looking for a no-fuss dinner that is ready when I come home from work!ReplyDelete
Ooh! Ths is another one I'm gonna have to put on my list! My hubby would definitely like this (I would too!) and it would be super easy for me to toss in the slow cooker before work.ReplyDelete
So THAT is what I need to do to get a ring on my finger?! haha those look seriously good. I can't imagine talking during eating one of those either...ReplyDelete
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm yummmmmmmm!ReplyDelete
I have given you an award! Happy Tuesday! =)
I used this recipe as a guideline and made something similar today. Thanks for posting it on Made by you Monday...you saved lunch today! :)ReplyDelete
theres just something so homey about dipping into gravy/sauce... looks melt in your mouth delicious!ReplyDelete
It's my first time here and following now and that recipe looks fabulous! I'm a sucker for steak sandwiches:)ReplyDelete
Oh Bran, this looks FABULOUS! I love beef dip sandwiches, whenever we go to a new restaurant I always order that as my gauge of how good the restaurant will be. haha! Love it!ReplyDelete
This is one great looking sandwich! Hubby would love this one. :)ReplyDelete
These sandwiches look so good! No wonder your husband can't talk when eating these, because his mouth is full of wonderful dripping au jus, beef and soft bread. Another added benefit is that you can make them in the slow cooker!ReplyDelete
Sandwich looks great. I want one or two. :-)ReplyDelete
Looks great! Congrats on your new domain. Simple and delish! As always another great recipe to add.ReplyDelete
We love French dip style sandwiches and this one looks so good.ReplyDelete
I saw this at the Tattertots & Jello link up party and had to check it out. I'm always looking for stuff to do with my crock pot and this looks super easy.ReplyDelete
I've always loved French dip sandwiches, and I'll bet these are just wonderful. I love that they are done in the crock pot!ReplyDelete
I don't believe I've ever heard of a beef sandwich called "sexy" before, but I have to agree that it just fits when the sandwich is good! And these look fantastic. So good that I might have to make a trip to the grocery store. Thanks for sharing the recipe, and for sharing about it in such a witty and clever way:) A Fun read!ReplyDelete
Stephanie from Deviantly Domesticated
I am not a great cook and I don't eat much meat but... This looks really yummy! My family is always asking for more beef. This recipe looks doable even for me. I can't wait to try this out for my family!ReplyDelete
Yum!!! looks great. i'm always looking for more crockpot recipes :)ReplyDelete
I think sexy was the perfect word to use. I cannot wait to try these out this weekend. YUM!ReplyDelete
now this is making my mouth water. yum yum yum!ReplyDelete
I made this recipe this past weekend. Loved it and so did hubby. I did use a smaller roast since it was just for the 2 of us and we had plenty of leftovers. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Just stopping by to say thank you so much for linking up to our Family Favorite Recipe Round-Up today! We'd love to include your recipe (and any other you'd like to share) in an upcoming Gooseberry Patch cookbook. When you have a moment, would you mind stopping by our website and sharing it with us there? Here's a link: http://bit.ly/GBPsharearecipe Add the code RRU-FF to the Special Code field and we'll keep an eye out for it. :) If it's selected for publication, we'll let you know, and you'll receive a free copy of the cookbook too! Thanks again for sharing on our blog today...we appreciate it!ReplyDelete
And now I'm craving Phillies! I'd love it if you'd come link up this, and a few more recipes, to my contest/linky!ReplyDelete
Brandie I'm seriously thinking you need to write a cookbook! I LOVE all your recipes!ReplyDelete
I've done something similar, except I let the meat cook until it falls apart and then I shred it. No slicing necessary and it's DELICIOUS!!!ReplyDelete
The best looking sandwich:)) Looks amazing, and finger licking..yumm!ReplyDelete
I made these last night, and they were a huge hit! I will be making these for a tailgate this fall!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 1:50 PM
I made these last night for my family, and they were so yummy! My husband LOVED them, and my 2 and 4 year olds devoured them!ReplyDelete
Hi, this is Sandra from TX, originally from AL. My husband David is the one who grew up in Roanoke, VA and and loved going down to the market on Saturdays. I still need to get with you about that Chow-Chow. :) I bought the ingredients for Crock Pot Beef Dips and am making it tomorrow. Can't wait!ReplyDelete
- Katy from TexasSeptember 24, 2011 at 8:23 PM
I just made these sandwiches and they they are seriously delicious!! It was also super easy getting it all going this morning.ReplyDelete
My grocery store didn't have a round steak so I used two top round roasts that totaled about 3.5 pounds.
Thanks for the recipe!!
How many servings does this recipe make?ReplyDelete
Spinningstars - I would say 4 servings. It depends on how high you pile it and if you use longer sub rolls..LOL. But you should be able to at least get 4 out of it. :)ReplyDelete
I have been CRAVING french dip for a ridiculously looong time. We made these on Friday and now its all I think about. Saying they're good is like saying the Grand Canyon is deep. They were fabulous. And sooo simple. Thanks for makin me look good.ReplyDelete
Hi RobinKay!! Yay!! So happy to hear you love this one!!ReplyDelete
My hubby left this on the counter with the ingredients (subtle hint)... I made this and it was a hit.ReplyDelete
Trina..hahaha, yes that was VERY subtle! Love it! So happy y'all really liked this one. thank you so much for letting me know!ReplyDelete
I have this in my crock now......hope it is as good as it looks!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2013 at 4:40 PM
Looks delicious! I'm new to the crock pot...Can I cook it on high for a shorter cook time?ReplyDelete
- JacquieJanuary 15, 2013 at 12:16 AM
I made these last night and they were awesome. The meat is so tender and the taste is out of this world! For dinner tonight, I reheated the leftover meat and juices, added another container of beef stock, a little more au jus and another packet of onion soup mix, let it cook for about an hour and then thickened it for gravy over mashed potatoes. The husband was in heaven!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 11:16 AM
Can this be cooked on low for 4 hours? I forgot to put it in earlier and my hubby is chomping at the bit to have these tonight!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 3:08 PM
Can this be done in a shorter amount of time? 4-6 hours?ReplyDelete
Thanks :)
Anonymous, the thing about this meat is it needs time to get tender. The longer it cooks, the more tender it gets. Now, you could certainly cook it for a shorter period of time and it will get done. But you may not get that butter-y tenderness that you would get if you let it hang out and cook all day. I hope that helps! ~BrandieReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2013 at 4:26 PM
Made this today and it was amazing! My son is a connoisseur of steak sandwiches and he said that he loved it! I will admit that when I removed the roast at the eight hour mark to cut it into slices, I became extremely concerned that it was going to be dry from the looks of things. However, after I put the sliced meat back into the Crock Pot for the hour, it was incredibly moist and tender. I don't mean to tell you your business (Lord knows that I can't even handle my own business LOL), but you might want to consider noting in the recipe that it looks dry after the eight hour mark and assure people that that's not the case, so that they don't freak out. lol Please don't think that I'm critiquing you, your site, or your recipes. I am impressed with every one of those things, so keep up the good work.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 19, 2013 at 11:35 AM
My daughter-in-law makes this but adds peppercini peppers and juice to it while it is cooking. Amount depends on how much heat you like. Really yummy!!ReplyDelete
I'm having trouble with the meat being dry. It didn't happen the first time that I made it, but it did the second and now the third. (My son says that he doesn't think that it's dry and he has asked for this often since the first time that I made it about four weeks ago. LOL) I don't know if I'm doing something wrong. This time I initially cooked the meat for seven hours instead of eight, thinking that maybe I was overcooking it. Of course, now that I'm reading your response to Anonymous (March 6, 2013), I see that this might have been a mistake because the length of time makes it more tender. In my infinite wisdom I thought that the shorter time would help. LOL I am by no means a whiz in the kitchen as I'm sure you can tell. *gah* I also wonder if I'm slicing the meat thinly enough, but I have a medical condition that renders my right arm useless a great deal of the time, so maybe the pain from that is getting in the way of the thinness of the slices. Pulling it apart isn't an option for me, because Like others have said, my son is an expert on steak/beef sandwiches and he doesn't like them that way. lol Can you please let me know if I'm correct in thinking that you're saying that my cutting an hour off might make it dry and how thin the slices should be? I am truly at a loss the minute that I step up to the oven/slow cooker. ;-) (Just to let you know, I had promised my son that I would make these this week and it's Friday and I hadn't done it yet...it is now almost midnight and I have thirty more minutes before it's done. Yes, I'm making it to be finished around midnight AND my son (he's 20 by the way) asked if he could have a sandwich when it's done. Sure, go ahead!). My son *seriously* wants these. :-) Also, because it's midnight, I intended to put it in a container and put it in the fridge until tomorrow and you write that it should be eaten right away (I think that's what you meant anyway), so I was wondering if storing it in the fridge was okay. I really apologize that I'm asking so many questions that are most likely elementary, but I really am not talented when it comes to making new things. :-PReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2014 at 5:23 PM
These were awesome! I had no idea something like this could be so easy. The leftovers were great too! This one is a keeper.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2014 at 1:16 PM
what's the best cut of beef roast to use for this? bottom round or top round?ReplyDelete
I've never made beef roast a day in my life lol so I wanna make sure I do it right
- CookykampSeptember 8, 2016 at 2:16 PM
Hands down, the best French Dip recipe out there! I've tried many others, but none measure up to this one! And so easy too!ReplyDelete


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Cane Bay choral teacher William Bennett has made the Grammy Music Educator Awards list of 222 finalists.
The finalists were selected from more than 7,000 nominations from all 50 states.
I think its cool just to have made it this far, so well see where it goes from here, Bennett told the Post and Courier last month.
Bennett was one of two Lowcountry teachers and the only educator serving Berkeley County to make the initial cut.
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Semifinalists will be named in September. One recipient will be selected from 10 finalists. each year, and will be recognized for his/her remarkable impact on students lives. The winner will be flown to Los Angeles to accept the award, attend the Grammy Awards ceremony, and receive a $10,000 honorarium. The nine finalists will each receive a $1,000 honorarium, and the schools of all 10 finalists also will receive matching grants.
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A faint non smelly fart, hardly worth the effort.
With the market these days if you own anything but real estate you own a popcorn fart.
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The rapid firing of several small farts, that when done correctly, sounds quite similar to a small mouse riding through the house on a motorcycle. Putt putt putt putt putt!
Mother: Um, Junior... do I hear someone passing a series of popcorn farts?
Junior: No Mother, that's just a little mouse riding through the house on a motorcycle.
Junior: No Mother, that's just a little mouse riding through the house on a motorcycle.
by janedough March 05, 2008
something that is very dry.
a peice of bread without butter or water can be drier than a popcorn fart.
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Jonathan "The Coach" Coachman
Coach is nothing but a popcorn fart...all the people will be chanting his new name to come...
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1When someone farts in a popcorn poppin fashion
2 also can be used as insult
2 also can be used as insult
1"poppity pop pop"
2 "you fuckign popcornfart"
2 "you fuckign popcornfart"
by William August 24, 2004
When you eat to much popcorn in one night, you fart out a dry hurtful substance
" Becky I can't believe you did a popcorn fart on my couch !, go check you're pants"
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A regional term meaning very arid, unique to the small iron mining town of Republic, Michigan which is near Lake Superiors Southern shore. Sometimes used to describe the current weather or a super-heated Finnish sauna.
"Damn, it's drier than a popcorn fart in the month of July."
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The 6 Stupidest Things We Use to Judge People We Don't Know
#3. Where You Shop
When I was in high school, I bought my girlfriend a necklace from Walmart. Of course, I wasn't able to buy something flashy and expensive -- I was 16 and raked lawns for a week to come up with the money. When I gave it to her, she was overjoyed. She asked me where I bought it, and I told her. I had no sooner said the name of the store when she just sort of deflated -- her expression changing from an ear-to-ear smile to that look you get when you're pretending to laugh off a joke that actually offended you to the point of inducing vomit. It didn't matter that she was still holding the same necklace in her hands that made her smile five seconds ago. Everything had changed.
God, I still remember that look.
I learned growing up that if you buy your clothes from Kmart or Dollar General, people will give you so much shit, you'll recategorize the word "humanity" as a nonsensical sci-fi term like it was fucking Klingon. Buy a new couch from a furniture store, and your friends will compliment you on it. Tell them that you got it at a secondhand store, and they'll look at you like you picked it up from the curb outside of a crack house. At the very least, you'll hear, "Really? I'd be too afraid to buy furniture there. You don't know what's been on that." Ironically, if they knew what I'd done on it, they would burn my entire house down out of sheer moral obligation.
However, I've found a really bizarre twist to those secondhand stores. If you're buying what you need from them, people will scoff. But if you tell people you're "antique" shopping, it's perfectly acceptable.
"Wait, you're just decorating your house with it? Phew, for a second there, I almost thought you were a poor piece of shit."
What will never be acceptable to anyone outside of your like-minded circle of friends, however, is your ...
#2. Political Alignment
Last November, I wrote a piece on the Occupy Wall Street generation, and the first point was about how we've made the current generation of workers ashamed and afraid of taking certain jobs. A week or so later, Newt Gingrich started bringing up the same point in interviews as a platform for his campaign. When I told friends and family about this, the reaction was baffling.
My family is comprised of nothing but teenage girls.
The general response was, "Wait, so you support Newt Gingrich?" What? When did I say that? I was just shocked that a political figure was using one of my article points as a campaign strategy. I thought it was interesting, and I got a laugh out of picturing him using other article points like referring to his ridiculously large penis or coming up with creative uses for the word "asshole." That doesn't mean that he and I share beliefs. But since my friends now associated me with that crossover, I had to explain my political standing at the risk of them assigning their own assumptions.
Where politics are concerned, the average citizen tends to choose a side and then meticulously pick apart the opposition's values until there's nothing left but toenails and ass hair. We laugh with our like-minded friends over silly statements the other side made, much in the same way that we'd discuss the antics of a rebellious 13-year-old -- slightly angry that they're acting out, but trying to keep in mind that they don't know any better because they're not as smart or experienced as we adults.
"Hahaha! He believes things!"
The danger is that we've let that spill over into our everyday life. Seeing a George Bush bumper sticker back in 2001 told you that the occupants were flag-waving, gun-toting, all-American ass kickers -- you have to remember that after 9/11, his approval ratings were around 90 percent. Seeing the same sticker in 2009, we'd generally perceive those people to be blind sheep fooled by the government conspiracy machine. Without knowing a single thing about the actual people inside that car (including if it's just some guy borrowing it from a friend), we've defined them by what we assumed to be their politics, and we use that to fuel our scoff missile. It's almost entertaining for us to look down on people because of their political standing. Just ask Jon Stewart -- that is if you can make it through his money moat.
Careful, though. That tower contains cannons that shoot servants at you.
Oh, speaking of which ...
#1. Taste in Entertainment
This is by the far the most common form of scoffing you'll ever see. You can even instigate it with minimal effort by simply going into any forum, anywhere on the Internet, and starting a thread about your favorite band. I promise you that unless the forum has specific rules against it and moderators in place to delete the replies, you'll have people giving you shit within minutes. Especially if your favorite band happens to be something like Linkin Park or the aforementioned Nickelback.
People take their entertainment very seriously, because there is a raw emotional connection to things like movies and music. A large part of our personality is invested in entertainment, and when someone insults our taste in it, they are directly insulting us as humans on an intimately personal level.
I don't know, man. Nine Inch Nails is just getting weird.
But if you really feel like stirring up some shit, start up a conversation about comedy. Specifically, say on a public forum that you think Dane Cook is really funny. Or that Patton Oswalt isn't. People will lose their fucking minds, and if you can make it through the ensuing bile and sewage that explodes from those replies, you will walk away wanting to punch life back into its primordial state and just declare a do-over.
But we all do it, even if our reaction to someone saying that they love Larry the Cable Guy is just a simple "Really?" It's the way that word implies, "Are you joking when you say that? I didn't expect you to have such shitty, unrefined taste in comedy. I expected better from you." We assume that fans of this type of comedy are not only rednecks, but also extraordinarily stupid, and we love to scoff at those people. Back in 2007, David Cross addressed Larry the Cable Guy in an open letter, responding to Larry's claim that "You don't know my audience":
You have to admit that you kind of asked for this one, Larry ...
"I remember thinking (occasionally, not all the time) 'what a bunch of dumb redneck, easily entertained, ignorant motherfuckers. I can't believe the stupid shit they think is funny.' So, yes, I do know your audience, and they suck. And they're simple."
Now don't get me wrong here, I don't blame Cross for any of the things he said. That exchange was incredibly funny to me. And I'm not taking a holier-than-thou stance on it because I've done every single thing on this list. I'd be willing to bet that of all the people who read this article, I could fit the ones who haven't done it in my bathtub at the same time. But what I am saying is that when you take a step back from it and look at it from an outside eye, doesn't it seem a little ... I dunno ... disgusting? Maybe that's something I need to work on.
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"Man I missed 'Black In The Saddle' the other night."
"Are you kidding me- that shit's imporntant!"
"Are you kidding me- that shit's imporntant!"
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Penne Shrimp & Broccoli
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Dress up your pasta with the recipe! It's a great quick-fix when entertaining!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
Main Dishes
Serves: 4
Cups of Fruits & Vegetables per Serving: 1 1/3
1 lb frozen shrimp, thawed, peeled and deveined
1 (16 oz) package frozen broccoli florets
12 oz penne pasta, whole wheat
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup onion, chopped
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp olive oil
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain.
- In large skillet, saute garlic and onion in butter, oil and salt until tender.
- Add broccoli and cook on medium heat until heated (approximately 6 minutes).
- Add shrimp and cook an additional 4-5 minutes, or until shrimp is pink and broccoli is tender.
- Stir in pasta and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Serve.
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 620
- Carbohydrates: 71g
- Total Fat: 18g
- Cholesterol: 190mg
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Dietary Fiber: 10g
- % of Calories from Fat: 26%
- Sodium: 430 mg
- Protein: 37g
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Recipe courtesy of the American Frozen Food Institute and the National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association.
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Virginia Tech Tragedy: Responses and Resources
The tragedy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) in which 32 professors and students were killed has had a profound emotional impact on all Americans—including NAMI members, who consist of individual living with serious mental illnesses, their families and friends.
NAMI offers condolences to all who lost loved ones in the tragedy, including the family of the horribly troubled young man responsible for the rampage—who never received adequate treatment for his illness.
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The Stetson University volleyball team has already surpassed last year's win total and the Hatters are off to their best start since 1999. Now Stetson has a chance to do something that hasn't been done in a quarter-century.
Winners of four in a row, the Hatters (5-3) will attempt to win five straight for the first time since 1988 when they head to Hammond, La. to play in the Tangi Tourism Lion Classic this weekend. On Friday, Stetson will face Southern University (1-6) at 10 a.m. ET and tournament host Southeastern Louisiana (2-6) at 2 p.m. ET.
On Saturday, the Hatters will play Nebraska-Omaha (1-5) at 10 a.m. ET and Louisiana Tech (4-4) at 2 p.m. Live stats and a subscription-based live video stream will be available for all tournament matches (see "Tournament Central" in the Related Links box).
One of the main reasons Stetson is off to a strong start has been the play of sophomore setter Kayla Weller and sophomore libero Michelle Kastner. Neither Weller nor Kastner were full-time players last season as freshmen, but both took advantage of the opportunity to watch and learn from seniors playing their position. Now both are blossoming as everyday starters in their second year.
"I think Kayla and Michelle definitely learned a lot by observing (last year)," Stetson head coach Tim Loesch said. "I think they saw two experienced players (Kelli Carneal, Monique Russell) that knew what we wanted to do, so I think that helped them just as much as watching video or doing drills. A lot of people are visual learners, and being able to watch someone else and put yourself in their shoes was a great learning tool for them."
As a freshman, Weller split time with Carneal at setter as the Hatters ran a 6-2 offense. Loesch said it is a rare for a setter to be able to contribute as a freshman while still adjusting to the speed of the college game and learning a new system, but Weller stepped in and performed well.
"I learned the setter is definitely a leader on the court," Weller said. "You have to constantly tell the team what we are doing and keep them positive. You have to be the relief in times when things aren't going well. I had Kelli to look up to all through fall season. She was very good at keeping the team calm and collected."
In the spring, Loesch was able to spend more time working with Weller on an individual basis, refining her technique and helping her with situational strategy. It was during this time that it became evident to Loesch that Weller was going to be able to succeed in a 5-1 setting.
"It was good because in the spring season it was my time to take what I learned all through the fall from Kelli and from playing and apply it to a new team," Weller said.
Now Weller is off to terrific start to the 2013 season, averaging 9.83 assists per set, the fifth-highest total in the Atlantic Sun. She has topped the 40-assist mark four times in the first eight matches this season, including a career-best 54 assists each against Drake and Montana State.
She recently helped Stetson go 4-0 at the Westin Classic, earning co-MVP honors along with senior Kaley Melville.
"It feels amazing," Weller said about the team's strong start. "All of our hard work is paying off and people are seeing it. 'Mel' and Ellen (Hawks) worked their tails off over the summer to put this team where we are. They made us bond as a team and its showing on and off the court."
Unlike Weller, Kastner saw very little playing time last year, but studied the game and the work ethic of Russell, who was not only one of the top performers on last year's squad but statistically is Stetson's leading libero of all-time.
"Knowing that (Russell) had been a Hatter for three seasons already and had great success at the libero position made me want to find out what it took to be physically and mentally ready to perform each match," Kastner said. "Just seeing her stay after practice and getting extra work in helped me understand that being a leader is something that doesn't just happen all by itself."
Kastner also faced a lot of competition at her position, and learned she was going to have to be mentally tough and to battle for her playing time.
"Last season was very humbling for me," Kastner said,. "I made it my mission to improve my physical ability and mindset for this season. I worked out very hard all offseason to prepare for what I am doing right now."
Kastner did indeed go to work in the spring, frequently training with Loesch on skills such as the speed and arc of her passing and her serve reception. Her game quickly improved, and continued to improve throughout fall practice. Consequently, she earned the starting spot at libero, and like Weller is off to a fast start. Her 4.22 digs per set average ranks second in the league, and her season-best 23 digs on Aug. 30 helped Stetson notch a season-opening win over Drake.
"Knowing that my performance is making a positive impact on the team feels great, and that has been my goal from the beginning," Kastner said. "I have a real good feeling about this team. We are feeding off of each other and it feels great to know that everybody wants to make plays. Winning our first match of the year was an awesome experience and then we swept the Westin Classic last weekend, wow! We can't wait to get back out on the court."
What to watch for: Kaley Melville is just 32 kills shy of 1000 for her career ... Melville and Ellen Hawks will each play in their 100th career match on Saturday ... For those purchasing the SLU live video stream, note a day pass will get you access to all matches that day. Monthly passes are a few dollars cheaper than purchasing multiple days, but are set up to automatically renew.


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Is Phelps the greatest Olympian?Posted Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at 3:23 PM
Tuesday, Michael Phelps tied and surpassed the mark for most Olympic medals by a single athlete. As of Tuesday night he was at 19 and counting with opportunities to add to the total as the London games press on. Phelps is being declared the greatest Olympic athlete ever. You can't argue that he's the most decorated, especially with 15 of the 19 medals made of shiny gold, but is he the greatest? What do you think?
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Why not, he earned them. He's an animal. I guess it depends on what defines greatness in one's opinion.
-- Posted by Steelerfan100 on Wed, Aug 1, 2012, at 10:03 PM
Why is this so special? He is in multiple swimming events and styles. So duh.... he is going to build up a collection after 3 Olympics. Unlike say volleyball or basketball. They are only going for one medal. They NEVER have the chance to win 19 medals. Unless they are that fabulous where they can play for the U.S. for 19 Olympics. So really those medals don't seem so special to me and I find the commercial annoying for that reason. I will say though...he is an amazing swimmer. Wonder where the commercials are for the men's archery team that took home the silver, judo got a bronze, shooting has 2 gold's (Kim Rhode became the first US Olympian to medal in five straight Olympics and set an Olympic record hitting 99 of her 100 targets.), cycling has a gold, and there are even more that I have heard nothing about.
It just bothers me that he is getting all this attention when the sport he is in has given him the opportunity to have the honor to have that many medals. I don't see all the excitement over any other medal winners and their accomplishments (big or small). Where is their commercial about their wins? Yeah, him winning is amazing but to have that over shadow other Olympians is just wrong. I'm sure there are first time Olympians that have set records, won medals, and just plain did some amazing things this year. Or ones that tried to win medals in past years but never have that are still doing better than ever before on a personal level. Maybe even finally got that medal.
-- Posted by puppyluv on Thu, Aug 2, 2012, at 10:12 AM
He is the greatest Olympic Swimmer of all time but I wouldn't attach the title of Greatest Olympian to any one athlete. A different set of talents is attached to each activity and they all take hard work and dedication. I love watching the Olympics and wish I could see all of it.
-- Posted by Leah Cauthron on Fri, Aug 3, 2012, at 1:34 PM
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Mike Gass chairs the firm's Securities Litigation & Corporate Governance Group. Over his 25 year career he has developed a remarkably broad and deep experience base in representing companies and their management and boards in high-stakes matters involving the securities laws and shareholder claims. He has represented a wide range of clients in both private litigation – primarily shareholder class actions and derivative actions – and in investigations and enforcement actions brought by government and industry enforcement agencies. His expertise has made him a "go-to" counselor for management seeking governance advice, and for boards and their committees in exercising their oversight responsibilities, particularly with respect to the delicate and challenging task of investigating and remediating alleged misconduct within the organization.
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Securities & Corporate Governance: represents corporations and their management and boards in connection with securities and shareholder litigation, claims regarding corporate governance and officer and director liability, and investigations and proceedings brought by the SEC, DOJ, FINRA and other regulatory bodies. Represents boards of directors and their committees in conducting internal corporate investigations and providing corporate governance advice.
Antitrust: defends clients against antitrust claims asserted by private parties and government regulatory agencies. Represents corporate clients in challenges to mergers and acquisitions brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, and provides antitrust advice in connection with mergers and acquisitions and in structuring a wide range of business transactions.
Media & Communications: defends defamation and privacy claims, and provides advice in connection with investigations, pre-publication review and broadcasts.
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Securities Matters
- Successfully represented major corporation in claims involving auction rate securities.
- Successfully resolved claims for major pension fund arising out of bankruptcy of prime broker.
- Has represented numerous board committees in investigating and assessing a range of claims/demands, including allegations relating to: stock option backdating, revenue recognition and accounting fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, insider trading and international law violation.
- Represented former president of multinational conglomerate in defending ERISA class action litigation.
- Represented major publicly traded communications company in shareholder class actions and derivative litigation arising out of stock option practices.
- Defended former fund managers of major mutual fund company against market timing and related claims in class actions and derivative actions brought by fund holders.
- Successfully represented officer of Lernout & Hauspie software company in enforcement investigation and shareholder class action litigation.
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- Obtained dismissal of claims alleging breach of fiduciary duty against members of Board of Directors of subsidiary of Arthur D. Little Company.
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- Antitrust counsel for principal defendants in $3 billion antitrust claim asserted by United Airlines and its creditors committee; claims dismissed by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Persuaded Federal Trade Commission not to challenge Genzyme Corporation's acquisition of development stage drug company, a decision that was an important landmark in relatively new theory of "innovation markets."
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- "The Problem With Compliance Whistleblowers," co-author, Securities Law360, May 2015.
- "High-Frequency Trading Cases Slow to Take Shape," co-author, Securities Law360, February 2015.
- "Lawyers Weigh in on High Court's Halliburton Ruling," quoted, Securities Law360, June 2014.
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- "Linchpins of a Successful Special Committee," speaker, Boston Bar Association, Boston, January 2013.
- "$104M Whistleblower Award – A Sign of Things to Come," co-author, Law360, December 2012.
- "Look Before You Leap into a Securities Litigation Trap," co-author, Securities Law360, October 2012.
- "Linchpins of a Successful Special Committee," co-author, Securities Law360, October 2012.
- "Caution: LIBOR Litigation Ahead," co-author, Corporate Counsel, September 2012.
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- "Weathering Management Conflicts in Acquisitions," co-author, Securities Law360, May 2012.
- "Circuit Court Ruling Ends Confusion for Securities Attorneys," quoted, Mass Lawyers Weekly, April 2012.
- "Cybersecurity and the SEC: Disclosure Tips," co-author, Securities Law360, February 2012.
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- "Boardroom Dynamics in 2010: Changing Roles for Management, Independent and Investor Directors," panelist, Association of Corporate Counsel Conference - Northeast Chapter, Boston, January 2010.
- "Outside Counsel and Internal Investigations," co-author, Law360, October 2009.
- "Will There Be An Onslaught of ARS Litigation?" author, Law360, July 2009.
- "Q&A with Choate Hall's Michael Gass," featured, Law360, July 2009.
- "First Circuit to Revisit SEC Case v. Columbia Execs," quoted, Law360, July 2009.
- "Will the First Circuit Reverse Its Tambone Decision?" co-author, Law360, May 2009.
- "Proliferation of Global Anti-Corruption Laws," speaker, CBI's 6th Annual Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress, Washington DC, January 2009.
- "Doing Business Internationally: Avoiding Sanctions," presenter, Bermuda, November 2008.
- "Press & Privacy: Freedom of the Press & the Public's Right to Know vs. Family Privacy Rights," speaker, Boston Bar Association's Massachusetts Practice & Procedure Committee Meeting, Boston, March 2008.
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- "Challenges Facing Boards of Directors: Key Issues in SEC Disclosure & Enforcement," speaker, Directors Roundtable, October 2007.
- "Avoiding Pitfalls of Rash ESI Decisions," co-author, Securities Law 360, July 2007.
- "A House Divided: When the Board Investigates Senior Management - Key Issues to Consider in Internal Investigations," panelist, Boston, May 2007.
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The act of placing ones tongue in another persons butthole.
Hello Ladies, This is my friend Chance. He would like to Tongue Punch The Dirt Star.Are you interested?
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Rather than provide the usual letters column this week, I will stray from tradition and devote this space to something all Penn State fans would surely agree is a worthwhile tradeoff.
And that's to wish Fran Fisher a happy 90th birthday, a milestone he'll reach on Monday.
Fisher joined the Penn State broadcast team in 1966 - Joe Paterno's first season as head coach - and served two tenures as the Voice of the Nittany Lions until 2000.
But he was more than a voice.
He was an ambassador. He was a personality who made countless appearances. Along with Paterno and Jim Tarman, he hosted the popular "TV Quarterbacks" show, which did more to take Penn State football into the living rooms around the state than any other media.
He was a pioneer in the Nittany Lion Club, an assistant athletic director and, along the way, he provided radio play-by-play for basketball and wrestling as well.
It was not only what he did but the way he did it that made Fran Fisher such an endearing fixture in Penn State history.
Nowadays, Fisher uses a walker but still drives and remains sharp mentally. He kids that he constructs radio commercials for a few clients on "my old Royal typewriter."
He stays connected by attending the weekly press conferences, sitting in the back of the Beaver Stadium media room with son Jerry and close pal Lou Prato.
"In my last 20 years in town, I've seen Fran up close," Prato, a Penn State historian and former director of the Nittany Lion All-Sports Museum, said. "People from all over come up to him, at the stadium and the Bryce Jordan Center, and he'll remember their names. Fran was a friend to all."
On top of Penn State's Mount Rushmore will always be Paterno, but Prato believes, "If Joe Paterno was synonymous with Penn State football, the second person was Fran Fisher. He wasn't just the football guy, he was the basketball guy, and the wrestling guy, and at the time, this wasn't the Internet/Facebook era. This was how people got their news on Penn State. As far as I'm concerned, they should put a statue of him in the museum or the press box."
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Bill O'Brien's press conference is over, and Fisher and son Jeff are picking through some lunch at Damon's, a TD pass from the Beaver Stadium south end zone.
Fisher, who lost his wife Charlotte in 2008, has been impressed with O'Brien.
"It's a learning experience, particularly with Coach O'Brien," Fisher said. "He's informational, I like his sense of humor, and he answers the questions, which is unusual."
Fisher wants to be optimistic about the future, but he's heartbroken about the past, how the Paterno era ended and the uncertainty over what's ahead.
He finds himself fondly remembering other colleagues who paved the way.
"Some of the people that don't get mentioned - like [former football assistant coaches] J.T. White, Jim O'Hora, Frank Patrick, people that made a lifetime of making this program," he said. "Those are the people I feel badly about. Here are guys that worked so hard to put Penn State football where it is, only to have the rug pulled out. It's too bad."
For the old guard, reunions like the one staged two weeks ago for the 1973 team, which included the announcement that John Cappelletti's No. 22 will be retired, ease some of the pain.
"It was unbelievable, a great get-together," Fisher said. "They got together five years ago, but it wasn't nearly as romantic. Many more people back, many more functions. And I couldn't get over how [great] Cappy looked."
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Looking ahead, Fisher's hopes for Penn State include an athletic department that finds "some consistency" and somehow heals in unity.
"I don't know whether Dr. [Dave] Joyner is going to become the permanent AD or what the future holds," he said. "I suspect the new president will have some say although I don't know what a new president, coming in from elsewhere, will be able to contribute to that situation.
"As I perceive it, there's a bit of disarray up there right now. You can detect it among the coaches and in the community. You see some head shaking, and that has to stop in my view."
He hopes the controversial STEP ticketing program, which has contributed to 15,000 empty seats, is re-addressed, and Beaver Stadium will regularly be full again.
"I'm mildly optimistic," he said. "I think they made in hindsight an error in their gift-structuring program as it relates to seats, and I'm not sure we're going to recover from that anytime soon. I'm anxious to know what the future holds for this program, and this university, and I suspect that I won't be around long enough to find out."
He hopes for the best for a university to which he's indebted. When he was hired to make a three-man broadcasting crew, along with Tom Bender and Mickey Bergstein, Fisher, after attending Penn State in the early 1940s, playing in the Blue Band and later serving in the Navy, was working in Lewistown.
"Here's a guy - a huckster and sports broadcaster from a 1,000-watt station in Lewistown - and he wound up the play-by-play guy at Penn State," he said. "That doesn't happen very often. [Penn State] could have gone to Pittsburgh. Maybe should have. Could have gone to Philly. Maybe should of. But they didn't. They said, 'let's give the old guy a shot' - and that was very unusual."
Happy birthday, Fran.
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quote: It seems possible to me that both of them are waiting for an LTE chipset that actually has reasonable power usage before releasing a device with LTE.
quote: RIM finally eked out a decent quarter. Beat analyst estimates, even. That is, if you don't count the $485 million bath the company took on unsold tablets . The PlayBook — ill conceived, poorly executed — is RIM's worst product . And it might just take down the whole company.
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Neither one of em are better defensively than Sid. I'd say in 10 years, Sid can easily be a multiple time Selke winner when he's not as good offensively anymore.
05-06 ove-106 points crosby-102 points
06-07 ove-92 points crosby-120 points
07-08 ove-112 points crosby-72 points (53 games, but ppg was the same for the year) malkin 106 points
08-09 ove-110 points crosby-103 points malkin-113 points
09-10 ove-109 points crosby-109 points (ove played 9 less games though)
ya cosby is sooooo much better
Edit: ove +78/career crosby +81/career
yes +/- isn't always accurate but that is pretty close if you ask me, and ove doesn't have nearly as good a team around him as crosby does
Why didn't you look at 2011 and 2012 stats? PPG I mean?
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