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It's absolutely insulting that AIG spent $443,343 on a retreat just days after the Feds bailed out the company with a $85 billion infusion that sucked 80% of the firm away into the Federal abyss.
It's my personal opinion that C-level executives are overpaid by the conventions of mere mortals but the reality is that their salaries and benefits are the result of what the market will and can bear. Goldman Sachs CEO earned $74M last year, Lehman Brothers chief Richard Fuld defended his $71.9M payday (it wasn't as much as before the bankruptcy though!), and ex-CEO of Bear Stearns James Cayne earned $49.31M over the last two years. It's an ungodly sum of money, especially for companies that are either dead or on life support, but that's how the game is played. You take the heat with one hand and the cash with the other.
What AIG did? Spending nearly half a million on a retreat at the St. Regis Report in Monarch Beach? That's like someone spitting in your face. If I had any business with AIG, I'd seriously reconsider it.
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There are numerous ways to track NFL spending. For the past four years, The News has obtained league documents to track the total value of all the players under contract for every team.
By that measure, the Bills have taken a big jump since last year at this time - no surprise given the deals the team has handed out to Mario Williams, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Stevie Johnson and Mark Anderson.
The total value of the contracts for all Bills players under contract just before the final NFL cuts was $617 million. That put Buffalo 10th in the league. The Bills were 29th last year, and 25th in both 2010 and 2009.
It's not an actual measure of a team's spending, because some big salaries in the final years of player contracts never get paid. The players get cut or have their deals restructured. Nevertheless, it's a wide-angle view of a how a team is re-signing its own players and competing for players in free agency.
Teams put more importance on actual cash spent out each season and base salaries and bonuses allotted to the players on this year's roster.
By that measure, the Bills stand seventh in the NFL this season, according to ESPN senior writer John Clayton.
The Bills' salary cap for 2012 is $133.9 million. Buffalo stands at $134.5 million in cash allotted for this year, according to News figures. The total will go up as players land on the injured reserve list.
How can a team be over the cap in cash spending? Williams got a $19 million signing bonus in March. All of that counts toward this season in calculating cash spending. Only $3.8 million counts toward this year for salary cap purposes, because the bonus gets amortized over the life of the contract.
By the News' count, the Bills finished roughly $10 million under the cap in actual cash spending in 2008, 2009 and 2010. They were a tad over in 2007. The Bills say they were exactly at the league average for cash spending for the period 2007 through 2010.
Last year, Buffalo finished about $15 million over the cap in cash spending. More than half the league was over the cap in cash spending last year. A big reason was the way first-round rookie contracts had to be structured in 2010. They all included big payments that rolled over into the spring of 2011 in order to get around rookie spending pool limitations. So last year teams had a big payment for the 2010 top draft pick and the 2011 top pick (in the Bills' case it was a $13 million bonus to Marcell Dareus).
Besides the Williams deal, the extension for Fitzpatrick was a reason the Bills moved up the salary ranking. Buffalo had been saving money at QB for years in comparison to the rest of the league because the Bills didn't have a player worthy of a contract extension. Fitzpatrick's average salary, $9.8 million a year, currently ranks 18th among NFL QBs.
In terms of actual cap space this year, the Bills stand $11.2 million under their $133.9 million total. They are in fine shape to weather injuries that will occur and sign a player or two to a contract extension, if they wish.
Philadelphia tops the league in total value of contracts, at $806 million. Atlanta, New Orleans, Oakland and Dallas were next in the top five. The bottom five were: 32, Indianapolis; 31, Cincinnati; 30, Miami; 29, St. Louis; 28, Houston. All those teams have a lot of players on their first contracts. Cincinnati is an example of a good young team that will have to make a big climb in the total contract values in the next several years if it wants to keep its core players together.
While the News' total value numbers account for rosters of almost 90 players, every team's salary costs essentially are the same from roughly the 35th to the 90th players on the roster. They're all young players on their first contracts. So the final cuts have a minimal affect on the ranking. The totals count base salaries and bonus money, including likely to be earned bonuses. It does not count money under the category of "not likely to be earned bonuses." The data was acquired largely through NFL Players Association sources.
RIP Modell
Nevertheless, I have not yet been able to support him in voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame because he moved the Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore. City officials no doubt should have acted more quickly on a new stadium for the team. But from this view, Modell could have and should have worked out a deal. Years after the move to Baltimore, Modell acknowledged he was forced to relocate to avoid personal bankruptcy and to be able (he hoped) to hand down the team to his sons. The financial windfall of the shift to Baltimore wasn't enough. Modell's debt was a reported $185 million after the move, and Modell ultimately was forced to sell the Baltimore Ravens in 1999.
Ralph Wilson voted against the move to Baltimore, even though he was good friends with Modell, largely because he didn't think Modell had given Cleveland a fair final chance to keep the team. The deal with Baltimore was too good, and as we later learned, he needed the money. It's easy to understand why they got along, because both value a good sense of humor.
"He often times would break up a meeting when it was at its most intense moment with a quip or a joke," Bill Polian said on ESPN this week. "He had a Henny Youngman sense of humor. He could make you laugh in the tightest of moments."
Five to surprise
Who will be the surprises this year? Three of them in the NFC are logical picks. Dallas (8-8) and Philadelphia (8-8) will finish atop the NFC East and make the playoffs. Both are too talented to miss again. Chicago gets the third vote as a wild card from the NFC North. They get an easy schedule.
In the AFC, the picks for wild cards are Buffalo (6-10) and Kansas City (7-9), both last-place teams last season. The vote here is for the Chiefs over the Chargers (8-8), a popular pick.
Now here's a tougher forecast: A team has gone from worst in its division to the division title nine straight years. Kansas City is the likeliest choice. But this choice goes to Denver to repeat as champion in the AFC West.
On-side kicks
. The five rookie quarterbacks starting today (Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill, Russell Wilson and Brandon Weeden) make it the most on opening day of a season since at least 1950.
. Denver's Peyton Manning needs just one 300-yard passing day to break out of a tie with Dan Marino and have the most in history. They both have 63.
. Drew Brees needs to open the season with TD passes in five straight games to break Johnny Unitas' streak of 47 straight.
. San Diego will honor the memory of Junior Seau with a helmet decal this season.
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1. Proceed around the ballpark to the intersection of Potomac Ave, SE and South Capitol St, SE. Turn right onto South Capitol St, SE.
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3. Stay in the left-hand land and make a left at the second traffic light onto First Street, SE.
4.Travel one block and make a right onto L St, SE. The entrance to Lot W is located approximately six and a half (6 ½) blocks ahead on the right (past the intersection of 5th St, SE and L St, SE).
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quote: I think at this point, that's a fair and balanced observation.
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on February 4, 2013 - 6:22 AM
Roy L. Noble's oldest brother, Thomas, charged out of Schofield Barracks in Honolulu as Japanese warplanes began their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
A member of the Army's Signal Corps in Hawaii, Thomas searched for an anti-aircraft gun. When he found one, he opened fire on enemy aircraft, which had also targeted the military installation farther inland.
"It was one of the first guns to be fired in World War II," Roy said, proud of his brother.
Several months later, another of Roy Noble's brothers, Ray, was among the first Marines to fight in the Battle of Guadalcanal, and again Roy had plenty to be proud of.
"Ray was a Marine Raider. He got hit with shrapnel from a Japanese mortar on Guadalcanal. The next thing we knew, Ray was on his way home, a casualty of the war."
By January 1943, it was Roy's turn to go to war.
"I enlisted as a cadet with the Army Air Forces. Then I was assigned to gunnery school and then armorer school. We took overseas training up in Mountain Home, Idaho, in B-24s, the Liberator. I was a ball gunner."
By October 1944, Noble was in Italy, a member of the 15th Air Force, 419th Bombardment Group, 767th Bomb Squadron.
His sixth mission would prove to be his last one.
At about 5 a.m. Jan. 8, 1945, the 10-member B-24 crew soared beyond low cloud cover to 24,000 feet en route to railroad yards in Linz, Austria.
"I found out later we'd gotten hit with flak by the Adriatic Sea. We made it to Linz, but they were socked in with undercast; it's like a fog. So we went to an alternate target and dropped our bombs. We'd lost the No. 3 engine from the flak and had to drop down into the undercast," Noble says.
"We were told to start throwing things out. We threw out ammunition and machine guns – anything to lighten the plane. But as we were going along, we were still losing altitude above the Austrian Alps, which were 18,000 feet high. Then we lost the No. 2 engine, and the pilot gave the signal to bail out. Seeing I was the youngest on the plane, they told me to go first.
"I fell quite a ways before I pulled my parachute, and that was the last I saw of the plane. I landed in one of these evergreen trees that must have been 90 feet tall on the side of a mountain. I broke a branch with my head when I went into the tree, and I dislocated my right shoulder. I was hanging there and sort of pulled myself toward the trunk of the tree. I had a quick release on the chute's harness and pulled it and climbed down. I was in a lot of pain with my shoulder.
"When I got toward the bottom of the tree, it was 3 or 4 feet in diameter. I jumped into snow from a bottom branch. There was snow everywhere. It was 4 feet deep or better, up to my chest. I saw this cabin quite a ways over and pushed myself through the snow. I couldn't get my legs up, it was so deep."
After he knocked on the door, a woman answered and let him inside, where he was introduced to, of all people, a doctor.
"He explained to me he was from Poland. The first thing he did was wipe the blood off my face. I had a cut over my left eye," Noble says. "Then he explained that the two women in the house were going to hold me down and he was going reset my shoulder, which he did. It was painful."
After two nights of recuperation, Noble headed up the mountain, and after a day's walk, he noticed a sprawling farmhouse, where again he found shelter.
"I said 'Americano,' and this older man took me in," Noble remembers. "Boy was I glad to get inside! I was wet. He had two daughters; and the older daughter, her husband was a German prisoner in the United States. But they took care of me. They heated up bricks in the bed where I slept on a straw mattress.
"The next morning, the younger daughter took me up the mountain to this village. We went around it, and she went back, and I went the other way.
"All of a sudden, as I started down the mountain, I heard this machine gun go off over my head. I turned around, and there were German ski patrol troopers. I fell down in the snow, and they had their guns aimed at me. That's when I lost my freedom, until we were liberated" by Gen. George S. Patton Jr.'s 3rd Army "at 12 noon on April 29, 1945."
Two years after the war, Noble settled in the Buffalo Niagara region and worked for almost 38 years at the Westinghouse plant in Cheektowaga before retiring. Married for nearly 67 years, he and his wife, Lorraine, have raised two children and spent many years golfing together.
A fourth Noble brother, William, the youngest, also was part of the family's commitment to duty by serving in the Army field artillery in the Korean War. Roy Noble is also proud that son Chris served on a nuclear submarine during the Vietnam War and that grandson Phillip served in the war in Afghanistan.
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Belington has a new mayor, and he says he has a plan. Councilman Bobby King was selected by City Council Thursday to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Jody Haller last week.
"I want to get everything settled down and get everyone going in one direction," King, who has been serving as a Third Ward councilman, said after Thursday's council meeting. "Belington is a great area to visit and a great place to live."
Haller tendered his resignation to council May 9, and council members met in an emergency meeting May 11. During that meeting, council selected City Clerk Susan Bradley to serve as acting mayor until Thursday's meeting.
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King said Thursday his town is not without problems.
"We are working on the infrastructure," King said. "We are working on our sewer and water systems. We have some crime like all other small towns, but when we get another police officer, that will help take care of the problem."
Belington's former police chief, Keith Rowan, resigned April 19, stating that he could not work with Haller.
King said Belington currently has only two police officers working.
"We need three officers, but four would be better," King said. "Once we hire those officers, we need to let them do their work."
"Our charter calls for the appointment of the mayor by city council at this meeting or at a special meeting before the next regular meeting," said Bradley.
"Are you talking about an interim mayor?" Cutlip asked.
"I am talking about a mayor," Bradley said. "Until the next election."
"My next question is what does it say in the city charter about the required attendance of city councilmen?" Cutlip asked.
"There is nothing in there," Bradley said.
"So you can be elected and not come to the meetings," Cutlip asked.
"It actually has to go through the circuit court if someone refuses to resign according to our city attorney," said Bradley.
"As a lot of you know, I did run for city council and there were only two people that ran," said Cutlip, who ran against Tom Yocum, a current Fourth Ward councilman.
"The person I ran against did get elected," Cutlip said. "It is my understanding that this person is not very attentive. I would like to see City Council question that person to see if they are going to start attending (council meetings) or have they lost interest?"
"That's done been done," said Councilman Marshall Reed. Officials said the town has sent a certified letter to Yocum asking his intentions about remaining on council.
- Also during the public comment section of Thursday's meeting, Linda Watson, director of the Barbour Family Resource Network, reminded council members of the Hooked On Fishing event from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
"I think it's going to be a great event," Watson said. "I hope you can all come out."
- Council voted to run ads for police officers and a new council person for Third Ward to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of King as mayor.
- Council voted to fill planning commission.
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The first round of SXSW Music Festival artists were unveiled today, and among them are several Houston acts.
The lineup includes Wild Moccasins, the Suffers, rapper Roosh Williams (who recently dropped a free EP), DeLorean, Doughbeezy, Jonzieeee, Robert Ellis, Killa Kyleon, Lil Ray/Wheels Up and Propain.
SXSW is expected to attract more than 50,000 registrants for its conferences, trade shows and festivals, March 7-16 in Austin.
Other acts range from New Orleans rapper Vockah Redu to Swedish rock band INVSN.
The first batch of 183 acts from 27 countries will only be the first of many, said Elizabeth Derczo, publicist for the six-day festival and music conference. South by Southwest was created to showcase up-and-coming acts, build industry contacts and include a handful of established talent.
INVSN is one of the important European acts, featuring Dennis Lyxzen, lead singer of punk bands Refused and International Noise Conspiracy. INVSN is currently on a U.S. tour promoting their new self-titled album.
Other international acts include Germany's Hyenaz, Belgium's Sold Out and England's Glass Animals.
Dum Dum Girls drummer Sandra Vu brings her new genre-stretching band SISU to the festival. Other American bands include Brooklyn's Deidre and the Dark, Avi Buffalo from Los Angeles and Ohio's Jessica Lea Mayfield.
The festival also features fringe and experimental acts unlikely to ever make the charts or appear on TV. Austin's punk-rock drag queen Christeene is among the artists performing in 2014, mixing a homeless woman's appearance with explicit lyrics.
The music portion of South by Southwest lasts from March 11-16. South by Southwest also includes a film festival from March 7-15 and an interactive festival from March 7-11.
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- Is the reason you want to play in these events, because they are Duck Golf? Or if there were other similar events around would you also/instead attend them?
- If different divisions were offered on different days (Pro's Saturday, Ams Sunday for example), are there lots of people who would be affected (e.g. families, travel buddies, etc...) who would now be screwed up?
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on December 31, 2012 - 3:46 PM
Call them Buffalo Bills fan activists.
They don't just live and die with their team's fortunes, as tens of thousands of Bills fans do each Sunday. These fans have gone far beyond that, either starting a fan group, launching a petition drive or even paying for a billboard to tell the world what they think of the Bills.
On Monday, fresh off the news that the Bills have fired head coach Chan Gailey, four of these activists answered with an almost universal response:
It was time for Gailey to go, even if he was a nice guy.
These Bills fanatics, though, think the jury's still out on General Manager Buddy Nix. Most of them, citing the team's apparently stronger roster in the last couple years, want to give Nix another chance.
And the group seemed united on one more point, that the team needs to find its next franchise quarterback, to replace incumbent starter Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Let the debates begin, in chat rooms and coffee shops, in corner bars and blogs, and at the family dinner table.
To their credit, these activists, when asked whether the Gailey firing was enough to bring back the fans, suggested it's too early to say. The offseason was barely one day old, and there's a long offseason to wade through, including the hiring of a new coach, the April draft, the signing of free agents and the search for a new quarterback.
There was no divided opinion, though, about the Gailey firing.
"I'm happy that the Bills are going to go in a new direction," said Matt Sabuda, president of the Buffalo Fan Alliance. "It's tough, because he seems like such a likable guy, but I think the time has come to make a change."
Del Reid, co-founder of Bills Mafia, a social-media community of Bills fans, echoed Sabuda's thoughts.
"I really wanted to believe this was going to be the coach that would bring us back to the postseason," Reid said. "But he [Gailey] had some really confounding game-day decisions, and some of his personnel decisions left a lot to be desired."
These super-fans cited the same points: Gailey's 16-32 record, his reluctance to give the ball more to running back C.J. Spiller and some puzzling, conservative game-day decisions that included failing to try 50-yard field goals and punting from the opponent's 32-yard line.
"I'm not surprised. I'm not disappointed," said Patrick Moran, who three years ago rented a billboard on the Niagara Thruway calling for the Bills to hire former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher. "At the end of the day, it's a quarterback-driven league, and Gailey wasn't able to develop a quarterback."
"Honestly, I have no problem with them getting rid of him," added Al Keohane, who helped start a petition drive critical of the Bills' annual foray into Toronto. "That's the whole business in the NFL. You have to win."
Want to open up a can of worms? Ask these armchair quarterbacks who the next coach should be.
Some want Oregon coach Chip Kelly, one of the hottest candidates, but most don't think he'd come to Buffalo.
If there was any consensus from this group, they seemed to prefer a fresh head-coaching face, not a retread on his second or third NFL head-coaching gig.
Reid, from the Bills Mafia, wants to see someone in the mold of current Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who took that job in 2007 as a young, 30-something coach.
"I want to think that there's a younger-type guy who can relate better to the players," Reid added.
"I'd really like to see somebody fresh to an NFL head-coaching job," said Sabuda, from the fan alliance. "In this day and age, you see so many guys cycled in and out of jobs."
Even Moran, who touted Cowher's credentials three years ago, seemed to prefer a younger, fresher voice for the Bills.
"Last time, I wanted a big-name coach," said Moran, managing editor of BuffaloSportsDaily.com. "This time, I want a coach who can develop a quarterback. This is a quarterback league."
Names? Moran mentioned three current NFL offensive coordinators: Kyle Shanahan from the Redskins, Jay Gruden from the Bengals and Greg Roman from the 49ers. Others mentioned were Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer and Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell, a former Bills interim head coach.
One day into the offseason, nobody knows what shape the coaching staff or the roster will take.
But these Bills fanatics suggested there's still a lot of work to be done, to win back the fans during the current 13-year playoff drought.
"Right now, I think Bills fans still are fed up," said Keohane, co-author of the Toronto petition. "They want to wait until [the Bills] start winning to get excited again. I think maybe this was the year that broke the camel's back."
These super-fans seemed most united in delivering one message about Monday's news:
So far, so good.
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Tax Credits for 'Angels' Get Clipped
Incentives Under Scrutiny as States Face Budget Pressure; Start-Ups Balk
Bandals International Inc., a maker of women's sandals, raised roughly $100,000 in capital from so-called angel investors last year.
When meeting with potential investors, the owners of the Rochester Hills, Mich., business touted the state's special tax break for angels—a term used to describe wealthy individuals who provide capital to start-ups. The Michigan incentive at the time allowed angels to seek tax credits of 25% on their 2011 investments in qualified start-ups.
Tom Sesti, president of Bandals, says the tax credit was key to helping the three-year-old company raise the funds. "It's almost like offering a money-back guarantee," he says.
Tax breaks for angel investors have cropped up in recent years in about two dozen states as a means of stimulating job growth. But the effectiveness of the incentives—which range from breaks on 15% of funding in Colorado to 100% in Hawaii—are coming under greater scrutiny, particularly as states face budget pressure. Many states' programs expired at the end of 2011, were stripped of funding or were placed under a moratorium.
The incentives "can be controversial," said the National Governors Association in a 2008 brief, adding that "even angels are in disagreement as to the economic growth benefits of tax credits."
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"People rarely make a high-risk investment solely for tax reasons," says Scott Shane, a business financing researcher at Case Western Reserve University, and a member of the North Coast Angel network. He says tax credits likely do very little to boost investing—and even less to create jobs. "If I think I'm going to lose my money, a tax credit isn't going to make up for that," he says.
In the first six months of a program launched in Minnesota in 2010, 67 businesses received $28 million in total funding from a mix of individual investors and certified funds, according to a 2011 report by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. The program offered angels a 25% tax credit.
Yet together, the businesses that received funding created only 47 new jobs, the report found.
"These are emerging companies, so they don't necessarily rush out and hire new employees," says Jeffrey Nelson, the state program coordinator.
However, Mr. Nelson pointed to a so-called spillover effect, as newly funded firms hire local contractors and other third-party services.
Minnesota's program is now growing, he says. Last year, investors claimed all $16 million in available tax credits under the program, which is set to expire in 2014, pending a review by state lawmakers.
"I've heard from entrepreneurs who say 'I would not have funding without this program,'" he says.
Brook Eddy, founder of Bhakti Chai in Boulder, Colo., which sells tea at Whole Foods and other grocery store outlets as well as cafes, says the state's 15% tax-credit program helped her raise $125,000 in funding in 2010.
"When we met with potential investors, it was like having an extra bonus to offer them," she says.
Colorado's angel program expired at the start of 2011.
Of course, only a fraction of the nation's small businesses are high-growth start-ups that might draw the attention of angel investors.
In one survey by Pepperdine University of more than 10,000 small-business owners last August and September, only 3% cited angels as a source of financing. Roughly half said they tapped credit cards and bank loans.
Meanwhile, Michigan's angel investor tax credit expired Dec. 31, leaving some entrepreneurs in the state disappointed.
"Investing is risky, but if you have a trump card to play, like a tax credit, it helps," says David Weaver, whose Ann Arbor, Mich., medical device firm, Blaze Medical Devices, raised $250,000 in a funding round in 2011. He says he believes the tax credits helped persuade local investors to act before the Dec. 31 deadline.
Eli Thomssen applied early to the state's economic development agency to have his biotech firm, also based in Ann Arbor, on a list of that state's eligible small-business investments. But before his firm, Armune BioScience Inc., could begin looking for investors, state lawmakers killed the 25% tax credit. The firm, which is developing a diagnostic test for prostate and other cancers, needs about $400,000 to keep its lab running until the tests are ready to bring to market, Mr. Thomssen says.
A spokeswoman for the Michigan governor says there is a replacement incentive program in the works, though it won't be structured as a tax credit.
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quote: There is still an option for overcharging a single cell within one of the batteries even if the battery never hit peak charge.
quote: However, Li-ion batteries should have on-board electronics to control and measure the charging of each individual cell, to prevent just what you describe.
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
So says a paraphrased quote from Mark Twain. I don't know anything about his culinary credentials, but his analogy was apt. With a bit of "learning" cauliflower can "graduate" into a variety of not only good, but good for you, dishes.
Ashley Cobb is a dietician in Summerville Medical Center's Nutrition Therapy Department who teaches heart-smart recipes to cardiac rehab patients. She agrees that this ancient vegetable, which was first cultivated over 2,000 years ago, is one of the most versatile. It can substitute, with a lower carb count, for both rice and potatoes. Cauliflower is an excellent source of Vitamin C; Folate, one of the B Vitamins; and dietary fiber. It can also be converted into other delectables such as bread sticks and pizza crust. And Ashley has some delightful recipe suggestions to prove it.
For CAULIFLOWER RICE, chop cauliflower florets and place in food processor. Pulse until the cauliflower is in tiny bits – don't let it turn to mush. Sauté on the stove top with a teaspoon or two of olive oil or nonstick cooking spray. You can make an especially good stir-fry with this rice, plus chicken, vegetables and Mrs. Dash's Salt Free Spicy Teriyaki Marinade.
For MASHED CAULIFLOWER, chop cauliflower into florets, steam in microwave or boil on stove top until fork tender. Drain off water and puree in a food processor. Add 1-2 minced garlic cloves, and a small amount of milk or plain Greek yogurt for smoothness and creaminess. You can use as is for a mashed potato substitute or use half potato and half cauliflower.
And now for CAULIFLOWER BREAD STICKS AND/OR PIZZA CRUST. This recipe should make enough bread sticks for two or one single pizza crust. Try it and if you like it as much as I think you will, multiply it to meet your needs. Preheat oven to 350F and line a tray with parchment paper or spray it with cooking spray.
¼ of a large head of cauliflower or 1½ cups grated
1 teaspoon olive oil
` 2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large egg, lightly beaten (or equivalent egg substitute)
4 ounces grated Mozzarella cheese, divided
½ teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning, divided
Grate cauliflower and put in microwave-safe bowl and microwave uncovered until softened, about 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally (don't add water or anything else); cool slightly. When softened add garlic, ¾ of the cheese, ¼ teaspoon of the herb seasoning and pepper. Stir to combine and spread on a sheet pan. Bake until set and starting to turn golden, about 30 minutes. For sticks, cut and separate. Top with remaining cheese and herbs Preheat broiler and broil until cheese melts. Cool about 10 minutes. For pizza, Ashley uses cooked chicken strips, fresh spinach and fresh tomatoes as her basic toppings, along with pizza sauce, cheese, Italian herbs and pepper. Broil 2-3 minutes.
She reminds us that to cook heart-healthy, think portion sizes, salt free seasonings and low fat cheese. Ashley also suggests cooking other vegetables in a variety of different ways. Now is the perfect season to try them fresh and experiment with roasting, lightly glazed with olive oil and seasonings or grilling outdoors. How about veggie shish ka-bobs?
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The Duck Oven Jacket is designed as an insulation piece to be layered under one of our outerwear jackets and it is optimized for use with waders.
It's easier to roll out of bed on a cold morning knowing you have the Duck Oven to crawl back into. Warmth begins at the body's core, which is where this Jacket excels, using 200g/m2 PrimaLoft® Sport Insulation in the torso and shoulders and 133g/m2 Primaloft® Sport insulation in the lower arms to trap in the heat of your ribcage, shoulders and arms. Below the ribs, the low-profile, high-stretch Traverse material tucks seamlessly into your waders.
You can wear the Duck Oven as an outer layer, or as a toasty mid layer. The insulated upper portion of the Duck Oven Jacket is shielded with WINDSTOPPER® Laminate to seal out even the most persistent gusts. The high neck collar helps retain heat, while thumb loops in the cuffs keep the sleeves low across your knuckles, providing extra hand warmth when gloves just get in the way of calling. Two zippered hand pockets and a zippered chest pocket cash your essentials.
The Duck Oven is my most used Sitka Gear product throughout the entire ND waterfowl season. Cold weather and high winds are no match for the Duck Oven when used as an outer layer. It is durable, lightweight, can be used under waders, and is not bulky at all. It takes up very little room in a blind bag when compared to any other jacket I have owned. When temperatures become unbearable, the Duck Oven is a perfect, non-bulky insulation to wear under any outer shell. Combined with Sitka Gear's next to skin merino/heavyweight insulation, the Duck Oven was my "go-to" outer layer well into late season. The only exception to that was a handful of extreme weather hunts when an additional outer layer was needed. If I could only own one waterfowl product from Sitka Gear, this is it. This jacket will keep your profile lower, keep you mobile, keep you warmer, and keep you in the field longer... It lives up to it's name, just zip it up, and set that Duck Oven on bake!
One of my favorite pieces of gear that I own. Perfect for wearing under waders or out of a layout.
I just got this item, excited to wear it!
Can't say enough good things about this item. Go to piece in Arkansas the entire duck season. Would agree with a couple others below that I would prefer for the outside material was a little more durable.
Great Jacket. Warm and lightweight. The 1 problem i have with this jacket is the 2 hand warmer pockets are white on the inside, the pockets are large which is great, but the white shows when pockets are open. Its like having a white sock in the middle of the camo pattern and can be seen by ducks and geese from the side view . My son pointed this out to me , so i keep the pockets zipped up. For the expense of these, you should always have the inside a dark color or better yet the same camo pattern. . wish i could add picture to show you
In my opinion Sitka needs to make this jacket with a more durable material on the outside. Don't get me wrong, this is my go to piece for under waders and is top notch but if it had Dakota vest type material on the outside it would be bomb proof.
This piece if perfect if we have clients in the spread that packed a little lite that day. The Duck Oven easily packs into the full choke and is ready to be deployed the first time a client mentions hes cold. It would be top notch if it was Rip Stop material.
Dynamite jacket for those cold windy duck hunts. It would have been a perfect home run if it had a hood.
My day to day go to product from Sitka. This is my favorite shirt.
This became my "go to" piece last year during a sometimes nasty Arkansas season. Very warm by it's self and great under the delta wading jacket. It is hard to believe how much warmer I am staying with so much less bulk. Yes it is more expensive but worth it when you think about the time and money we spend on our sport. If you can only get one piece of Sitka gear this is the one.
I got my Duck Oven jacket 2 seasons ago and haven't looked back. I hunt in southeast Louisiana and the weather can be very unpredictable. Early season, late season, it doesn't matter. This jacket is very versatile and pairs well with the pantanal parka and the bibs. With this combination there is no weather that will keep you out of your honey hole.
I have been waterfowl hunting for nearly 60 years now, and have witnessed the evolution of just about every different kind of outer fabric for protection from the elements--starting with uninsulated waxed cotton (called tin clothing in the Pacific Northwest), and culminating with the Duck Oven jacket. I have never worn a lighter, warmer, more comfortable jacket. It is absolutely the best for multiple weather conditions--I wore it this past year in Buffalo, NY, Portland, OR, and Quantico, VA, and it performed superbly. One caution--I don't believe it is designed to be worn as outer wear in pouring rain. STEVE CRITTENDEN February 4, 2014
I absolutly love this jacket. I got it as a gift for Christmas and could not be happier. We hunt in the Mississippi delta and so far this jacket is perfect for the changing weather we hunt in. I am not a Gore tester or anything like that, I just love to hunt. I will be buying more Sitka Gear in the future. It is deffinatley woth the money.
As a Gore tester, I have had the privilege of trying several pieces of Sitka's waterfowl line; the Duck Oven is my go to gear. Here in the Central Flyway, we hunt geese in a great variety of conditions. Everything from windblown, frozen ponds to snow-covered bean fields. Having a multi-functional jacket that performs extremely well on its own or as a windproof insulation layer under a Delta Wading jacket, allows me to adapt to several different hunting situations. I highly recommend the Duck Oven jacket to anyone who hunts in multiple weather conditions within the same season.
I love this jacket! The Duck Oven is my favorite waterfowl piece from Sitka. I also own the Kelvin jacket, but the Duck Oven blows away anything else. It is insulated with Primaloft and also has Windstopper, so it is warm as heck on those January days hunting ducks on the river when everything else is frozen. I love the thumb holes, the fit is perfect for layering, and is a great complimentary piece for the Delta Wading jacket. It runs a bit big, so I would suggest ordering a size down from your regular jacket size. As a Gore product tester, I get to use all sorts of Sitka stuff. But this is definitely one of my favorite freezing weather pieces. I have no problem recommending it to everyone that asks.
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Saints Constantine and Helen's Greek Orthodox Cathedral proudly hosts this wonderful Richmond tradition, now in its 35th year. Legendary food, dancing, friends, and traditions are made each year at this festival which runs from Thursday through Sunday, which even provides a drive-through option to pick up dinner!
But driving through is not the best way to take part in the Greek Festival – residents and visitors alike flock to this event to try the food, watch the dancers and listen to the music, visit the vendors, tour the cathedral and sample Greek life.
The cathedral is located in the near west end neighborhood just at the edge of Richmond's downtown. Directions.
This is one of Richmond's best-kept secrets and an event not-to-be-missed.
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Led by Amanda Parrish's 21 kills and 12 service points, Andrea Parrish's 20 digs and Jenna Abram's 36 assists, the Altoona Area High School volleyball team defeated visiting Penn Cambria, 26-24, 25-23, 25-23, Monday at the Fieldhouse.
Altoona improved to 7-4. Penn Cambria was led by Tori Shingler's 20 kills and Lilly Krull's 31 assists.
PENN CAMBRIA: Krull 10, Audley 5, Strittmatter 5, Montgomery 3, Shingler 2, Yusko 1.
ALTOONA: Andrea Parrish 12, Abram 6, Amanda Parrish 6, Dibert 5, Kreuz 3.
JV: Altoona won, 25-23, 20-25, 15-10. Marena Simington had 11 service points, four aces and 10 digs for Altoona (8-3).
Hollidaysburg wins
HOLLIDAYSBURG - Led by Alex Scheel's 15 service points, Sierra Kirsch's 14 assists, and eight service points from Rachel Sibold, Hollidaysburg's girls volleyball team improved to 8-5 by defeating Mount Union (11-25, 25-8, 25-19, 25-21).
MOUNT UNION: Miles 12, Brumbaugh 5.
HOLLIDAYSBURG: Sibold 8, Yacobucci 7.
JV: Hollidaysburg won, 25-20, 25-15 as Alie Wyland scored 11 service points and Rachel Gualdoni and Alyssa Rosamilla scored four kills apiece.
Records: Holiidaysburg (8-5)
Lady Pirates triumph
WILLIAMSBURG - Williamsburg swept Tyrone, 25-21, 25-19, 25-14, in high school girls volleyball behind 12 service points and 15 digs by Caitlin England.
WILLIAMSBURG: White 5, Kennedy 5, Lower 5, Bowmaster 4, Kipe 8, England 12.
JV: Williamsburg, 25-12, 25-21.
Records: Williamsburg (6-8).
Damsels defeated
CURWENSVILLE - Curwensville swept Moshannon Valley, 25-19, 25-18, 25-8, despite eight kills, four aces and two blocks from Tierra Shope.
MOSHANNON VALLEY: Kronenwetter 5.
CURWENSVILLE: Stiles 17, Shope 13, Witherow 9.
JV: Curwensville, 25-20, 25-15.
Records: Moshannon Valley (4-10); Curwensville (5-7).
Glass helps Portage
CLAYSBURG - Taylor Glass scored 12 points to lead Portage past Claysburg-Kimmel, 33-30, in an overtime junior high girls basketball game.
Glass hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.
The Lady Bulldogs got 17 points from Emily Claar.
PORTAGE (33): Chobany 8, Ference 6, Wozniak 5, Crum 2, Glass 12 .
CLAYSBURG-KIMMEL (30): Musselman 2, Fickes 3, Claar 17, Kennedy 8.
Records: Portage (6-8), Claysburg-Kimmel (3-11).
Glendale rolls
FLINTON - Ciera O'Shell scored 12 points to lift Glendale past Curwensville, 35-5, in a junior high girls basketball game and improve the Lady Vikings' record to 14-2.
CURWENSVILLE (5): Olson 3, Weber 2.
GLENDALE (35): Clarkson 4, O'Shell 12, Ness 4, Lukehart 2, Hewitt 5, Gabrielson 4, Mulhollen 2, Miller 2.
Records: Glendale (14-2).
AMCC makes change
With four member member institutions sponsoring women's bowling in 2013-14, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference proudly announces the inaugural season of their 16th league championship.
The AMCC is the first Division III conference in the nation to sponsor women's bowling as a championship sport.
"We are excited to be at the forefront of supporting this very popular high school sport at the varsity intercollegiate level," league commissioner Donna Ledwin said. "We are hopeful that it will gain momentum at the Division III level in a very short time. We would love to see a stand-alone Division III championship in the not-too-distant future."
Medaille College (2007-08) and Penn St. Altoona (2009-10) were the first AMCC members to sponsor women's bowling. They are joined this year by Mount Aloysius College and the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Several other AMCC institutions have plans to move from club to varsity in the next few years. The conference also will consider adding affiliate members as the sport continues to grow in Division III.
Currently there are 10 Division III programs that sponsor women's bowling at the varsity level. These schools compete against a combination of Division I, II and III teams for an association-wide national championship.
"Bowling is not just a high school or college activity, it's a lifetime sport," said Penn St. Altoona coach Lori Tremmel. "It would be great if this move encouraged more Division III schools to sponsor bowling, because it is highly consistent with the Division III philosophy."


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The secret is in the details! Join instructor Gail Yellen as she shares her best sewing tips and tricks to establish and refine your skills. With Gail's key finishing techniques, you'll make garments that drape and hang beautifully. Learn to sew more efficiently, successfully and creatively as you create professional stitches, bindings, buttonholes and zippers that will transform your garments from homemade to stylish. You'll learn insider's tips for making set-in and flat-constructed sleeves that fit beautifully and add an elegant line to the shoulder.
Meet Gail, your instructor, and work with your iron to get amazing pressing results with woven fabrics and knits in a variety of ways.
In this lesson, Gail walks you step by step through staystitching, understitching and topstitching techniques.
Learn efficient ways to sew, grade, clip, and press tricky curves and corners.
Choose the best interfacing for your garment, fuse full pattern pieces, learn block fusing and reinforce shoulder seams.
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Discover excellent gathering tips and construction methods for flat-constructed and set-in sleeves.
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Lake Tahoe native eyes Miss Nevada Teen USA crown
Ryan Summerlin December 24, 2013
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — For Incline resident Natasha Cook, making a run at the 2014 Miss Nevada Teen USA crown isn't just about the glitz and glamour.
It's more about sharing her giving nature and setting a positive example for teen girls.
"Whether I win or not, I want to be a role model," she said, "Someone to look up to so I can draw more awareness to a cause or an organization … that draws attention to bullying, and to help girls who have confidence issues."
Cook, 17, will represent Incline Village in the pageant on Jan. 12, 2014, at the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus.
It will mark the first-ever pageant competition for the Incline High senior, who said she's watched Miss Universe and Miss USA events for several years.
"I always looked up to them, they're such beautiful women performing on stage," Cook said.
On Jan. 12, Cook and as many as 40 or more Nevada teens will be judged in three categories — public interview, swimsuit and evening gown. For the latter, she hopes to impress judges by donning a gold sequin dress designed by Jovani.
As for interviews, she's spent a lot of time practicing in front of her mother, Betsy Bishop, her sister, Brittnee Bramy, her boyfriend's mother, Amy Carlson, and several friends.
"She's really sweet and kind-hearted, a real down-to-earth person. She's not fake, and she's not mean, not at all, so it's really cool she's doing this," Bramy said. "I can totally see her being someone who people look up to.
"I mean, she's my little sister, and I feel like I even look up to her."
Like any typical Incline kid, Cook has been skiing since age 2. She said Tahoe summers are her favorite, and she enjoys boating, wakeboarding, paddleboarding, hiking and going to the beach.
She also works out just about every day at High Altitude Fitness, and does her best to give back to the community by volunteering with the Pet Network and other organizations.
But her favorite activity is dance.
A dancer since age 4, Cook has enjoyed learning the skill over the years from Incline native Jill Mattson, and she's performed with Forever Dance studio in Zephyr Cove and Karen Burns Productions in Reno.
If Miss Teen Nevada had a talent section, Cook said hers would easily be ballet or modern dancing.
While Cook said she's earned plenty of support — "My mom has definitely been my biggest supporter with everything!" she exclaimed — one area that's been a struggle is raising funds for travel, hotel and other items needed to attend next month's pageant.
To help, the family has set up on online fundraising account through Go Fund Me. As of Wednesday, more than $1,500 of a $5,000 goal had been raised. To donate, access the site here.
The winner on Jan. 12 will be crowned by current Miss Nevada Teen USA Amanda Jenkins, of Sparks, and will represent Nevada at the 2014 Miss Teen USA competition.
No Incline Village resident has ever been crowned Miss Teen Nevada USA. Winners have typically come from Las Vegas since the pageant began in 1983.
And as for her future, Cook doesn't have a college selected yet, but is interested in pursuing a career in nursing or fashion — or, as is the case with most high school seniors who aren't fully sure, something completely different.


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Gang Green and Green Day are ready to play together.
The New York Jets said Friday the band will play during the team's regular-season opener Sept. 13. The Jets face the Baltimore Ravens in the Monday night game at New Meadowlands Stadium.
Green Day will perform "Last of the American Girls" with the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning rock musical "American Idiot." The halftime show will finish with fireworks.
The guitarist Slash and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger will play during a tailgate concert outside the stadium. Scherzinger will sing the national anthem.
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Green Day has come a long way from "Dookie," tackling increasingly serious subject matter as it pushed into its second decade with acclaimed albums "American Idiot" and "21st Century Breakdown." As they engaged the crowd in a massive mud fight at the Woodstock 25th anniversary festival in 1994, who in their right mind would have guessed that the Bay area pop punks would one day serve as the inspiration for a Broadway musical?
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The Society of Women Engineers Collegiate Section at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (SWE-UH) is hosting its 5th Annual "Wow! That's Engineering!" event. Designed to encourage girls to become more interested in careers in engineering, this outreach event honors the achievements of women and girls as they develop and discover the future through science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) related fields. The purpose of this event is to inspire and empower middle school girls (grades 6-8) through hands-on activities, project displays, industry exhibitions, and more! The event is open to all middle school students, parents, and educators.
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(Hindi)A large sip, generally of alcohol
A chusky of brandy will keep you warm
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Pretty sure this was a Three 6 Mafia joint from back in the day. I'd like it to mean "back in the game" or "got it on smash", but I could be wrong.
We back on the smash!/we don't bang we blast!
'Cause we're back on the smash.
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No warm welcome for auto parts store
May 12, 2013
The construction of an auto parts store next to McDonald's doesn't make sense and will only add to the "nightmare" of heavy traffic at the state Route 14 intersection, City Council members and......
The only nightmare is the thought process of the Columbiana city council. The stuff that gets them riled up and they block is just plain ridiculous. Why any business even tries to move in there anymore is beyond me, because if it doesn't fir this unrealistic vision that they have, they just squander it away.
I'm glad to know that Columbiana is rolling in so much cash that they can just block businesses on a whim, with no real legitimate rationale, just crap excuses on how it ruins their utopia.
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Good for council for standing up against this!
One of the great things about Columbiana is the small town feel. Keep it that way!
This isn't about some local guy needing to expand his business or a vital need for the community. It is a mega million out of state corporation that wants to expand their bottom line. It has NOTHING to do with improving the Columbiana.
This auto parts store will do just fine by the car dealership down the road.
Fight to save the small town character of Columbiana before it is gone.
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I want to comment on this but I can't stop the tears rolling down my cheeks from laughing so flipping hard!
Mega million corporation (tax revenues) that will do NOTHING for Columbiana?!!!
OMG I swear I am about to pee my pants!
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Wow, you are not very bright Watchdog.
I'll try to explain it to you. I am typing extra slow so you can follow along.
"It is a mega million out of state corporation that wants to expand their bottom line. It has NOTHING to do with improving the Columbiana."
This quote is about the car parts store MOTIVE. It is NOT about tax revenue.
If you had been able to comprehend that, you might have understood.
If you would have read a bit further, you'd have also seen that I suggest that the store move down the street a little ways.
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"Fight to save the small town character of Columbiana before it is gone."
So shove it down the street? Bet you have a rationale on that too, right America?
You know, maybe somebody needs to look into the real motive behind this? Starting with the address 630 N. Main St and who has special interest in that site and having a panic attack over the fact it could be bought up by this corporation.
You know what America, only a fool would believe that crap written in that article pumped out by that council and that kill joy crap you wrote in your comment shoring up that push to stop them. My guess, somebody has a personal interest and agenda in this. Wouldn't be you now would it America?
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I have no financial interest in this project in any way shape or form, just common sense.
Again, I'll type slow so you can try and follow along.
The area out by the car dealership is not part of the small town Columbiana character. The area where the parts store is not going IS part of the small town character.
Not sure what property is at 630 N. Main St. Please enlighten everyone.
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Tile Drainage on Agricultural Lands – What You Need to Know
Tile Drainage on Agricultural Lands – What You Need to Know
The economics of grain production has created a greater interest among growers to consider installing more drain tile on agricultural lands. While the practice of installing drain tile has come far since installation by hand of hardened clay tile sections, the science of tiling continues to evolve today.
University of Wisconsin-Extension will host a seminar that covers a wide spectrum of drainage subjects from installation principles to understanding drain tile water outflow and strategies for improving drain tile water quality.
Topics and presenters include:
- Engineering principles of sub-surface drainage systems; John Panuska – UW Biological Systems Engineer
- Permitting and approval process for field drainage and wetland projects; Anthony Jernigan, US Army Corps of Engineers; Kathy Kramasz, DNR; Mike Patin, NRCS, and Mike Mrochinske, Sheboygan County Planning and Resources Department
- Research results on drain tile water quality; Eric Cooley – UW Discovery Farms
- An introduction to bioreactors; Eric Fehlhaber, Sheboygan County Conservation Department
- A discussion panel of local installers; Jim Kaul (Grafton), Scott Liermann (Waldo) and Kevin Madson (Manitowoc)
- Drainage Industry Update; Gary Derber of Wisconsin Tubing Inc., Omro
- BMPs that help protect the quality of drain tile water quality; Kevin Erb, UW Environmental Resources Center
The seminar will be held Jan. 19, at the Millhome Supper Club, 16524 Lax Chapel Road, Kiel, WI 53042 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $20 pre-paid which includes lunch. Late registration after Jan. 13 is $25. Three (3.0) Soil and Water Continuing Education Units have been approved for this meeting.
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quote: The Nikon D40 had this many years ago. If you want better ISO for whatever reason, the D7000 is more then adequate.
quote: If you want better ISO for whatever reason, the D7000 is more then adequate.
quote: D7000 is acceptable at ISO 3200.
quote: honestly if you believe that D7000 is better camera than D300s I'm very surprised, very.
quote: It always cracks me up seeing these types of comments. Sure the image sensor in the camera body makes a difference but blanket statements like this can't seriously be made. Other more important factors to this are what you are trying to shoot, what your shutter speed and aperture are at, and exactly how much ambient light you have.
quote: But DSLRs are meant for more serious shooters, that's what bothers me.
quote: images produced by this camera may have more noise than ones produced by its predecessor.
quote: But that hasn't borne out. The D1 had like a 2.5 megapixel sensor; according to the conventional wisdom that thing should just be a low-light monster. But it isn't.
quote: The D1 isn't a low-light monster because it doesn't incorporate all the advances made since its introduction.
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A nicely shaped, and usually freshly shaved vulva, typically characterized by large labia majora (outer lips) and small, if not invisible, labia minora (inner lips). A peach features absolutely no roast beef, and is considered by many men to be the ideal vulva for a woman.
Did you see her vagina? It was perfect! What a peach!
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A yellow or orange colored, sweet fruit or the tree it grows on, native to China but grown in temperate areas all over the world.
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very strange and very...horny canadian singer.
"suckin on my titties like you wantin' me..callin' me...all the time, like blondie...check out my chrissie b-hynde..."
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Urban or Freudian allusion to a vulva. The juiciness, soft hair, and shape of the fruit obviously resemble the female vulva. Biting into a peach, with the consequent explosion of juices, is often invoked as a Freudian exposition of male (or female) libido.
"Do I dare eat to a peach..."
T.S. Elliot - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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something very lovely or wonderful; also, a very lovely and attractive woman
Life's a peach, and then you marry one.
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A princess featured on games from the Super Mario franchise. She sports blonde hair and a pink dress, usually voiced by Jen Taylor.
We need to save princess peach before it's too late! -Mario
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a fruit, what else could it be?
there's peaches in here!
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — Warnings about regional climate change was kicked up a notch with the recently released report by Robert Shibatani, a Sacramento-based hydrologist who is also CEO of The Shibatani Group Inc. Presented at the California Water Law andamp; Policy Conference on April 19-20, 2012, this new analysis offers dire predictions for the Sierra snowpack based on projected warming temperatures in California. The report, "Accelerated Climate Change: How a Shifting Flow Regime is Redefining Water Governance in California" focuses on the challenge of managing the Golden State's water resources as snowmelt and river flow patterns are altered in forced global warming conditions. It should be understood that according to the Shibatani Group website, the company is "an international leader at assessing, documenting, and explaining the implications of forced climate change, climatic variability, and what that means to water supply and water resource needs both now and into the future." Since the group provides professional services and preemptive planning for watershed management based on climate change, the company has a vested interest in the field. Shibatani's projections are derived from numerous sources that include a 2011 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation-released document on western climate risk assessments. In his base assessment, Shibatani assumes a rapid two degree Celsius (3.6 F) warming over the temperature averages from the 1961-1990 time frame. Air temperature is expected to steadily increase in the 21st century, but this report assumes a dramatic temperature departure "is likely to occur in the next decade," which explains the "accelerated climate change" reference in the title. Based on such quick warming during the next 10 years or so, Shibatani anticipates a greater than 50 percent reduction in the Sierra snowpack's April 1 snow water equivalent (SWE) by the early 2020s. As a hydrologist, it's an event he considers of "Katrina-esque proportions." He states the only difference between a catastrophic flood event and his prediction of a significantly depleted snowpack within a decade or so "is that it will happen every year and with increasing severity, representing a permanent change."Climatologists are not predicting a significant shift in the average amount of precipitation California receives each year, but Shibatani argues that more of it will be in the form of rain as rapidly warming temperatures drive the freezing level (snow level) much higher. His forecast for future decades is even more ominous. By the 2050s, the report projects a 76 percent reduction in April 1 SWE for the Sacramento watershed fed by the Sierra and northern mountains. If Shibatani's projections verify, by the 2070s the April 1 snow survey will reflect an 89 percent SWE loss compared to the 1990s. The amount of water that falls in the Sacramento watershed is expected to remain more or less the same, but the snowpack will cover less terrain and the timing of peak Sierra runoff will be earlier and of shorter duration.If Shibatani's predictions come true it could be disastrous for California and create tough challenges for Tahoe resorts, but he may be getting ahead of himself with the rapid extinction of the Sierra snowpack. During the past century daily air temperatures at Tahoe City have trended warmer, with overnight lows up more than 4 F and daily maximums up almost 2 degrees since 1910. However, over the last 10 years temperatures in Tahoe City have actually trended cooler, a change that was reflected in the updated 1981-2010 climate "normals" released in July 2011 by the National Climatic Data Center. The average daily temp in Tahoe City dropped a half degree; not much but not a warming trend either. At the Truckee Ranger Station, the new normal is cooler by one full degree. The new precipitation values have also changed. At Tahoe City precipitation has increased during the last decade, with the new normal up 1.6 inches to 32.66 inches, reflecting very wet winters during the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, which offset the worst drought in history during the late 1980s and early 90s. Average precipitation at the Truckee Ranger Station also increased, but only about half an inch. (Precipitation includes rain plus snow melted for liquid content.)What the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls "normal" is actually based on the most recent 30-year time span, not the whole period of record. Similar to the decadal Census Bureau cycle, every 10 years NOAA drops the oldest decade and updates new station "normals" by adding the most recent decade and adjusting the average. There were some interesting adjustments in this most recent climate update which, at least temporarily, contradict Shibatani's conclusion the Golden State is on an accelerated pace for warmer temperatures. The NWS took a look at six key climate stations in California, ranging from Redding Airport south to Modesto Airport. Daily temperatures went down at four of the six sites, averaging about half a degree. Only Modesto and Redding were warmer. — Tahoe historian Mark McLaughlin is a nationally published author and professional speaker. His award-winning books are available at local stores or at www.thestormking.com. You can reach him at email@example.com.
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Motorists planning on heading west-bound on I-470 from Lee's Summit towards the triangle or taking the NB 69 exit onto EB I-435 should plan on a delay for the morning commute.
A wreck on 470 WB at Raytown Rd. with injury reported is slowing traffic. Traffic is backed up for miles into Lee's Summit.
Crews originally blocked the left shoulder and left lane - those lanes are back open now however emergency crews are also using the right shoulder. Traffic is slow throughout the area. Traffic appears to be backed up all the way back to 50 Hwy.
An accident on the exit ramp from north-bound I-69 onto east-bound I-435 is also causing a delay.
If you are planning on taking these routes, expect anywhere from a 5 to 15 minute delay in your drive time.


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Ok, first of all, this is NOT a pity-me or hair-flip type post ( if I disappear it is probably because LO woke up, and if I don't respond as quickly as usual it is because I am at my parents' and have various family things going on).
I am really trying to figure out what is going on.
It seems like in the last little while here I have really been getting on people's nerves and also seems like somehow what I think I am saying is not coming across.. I generally am surprised you all can get through my typeos and tangenty posts to begin with :) but trying to figure out what is different.
I have been having communication issues with DH too... just weird things that turn into fights out of nothing at all and come down to one of us feeling unheard but really it seems like we are not understanding what eachother is trying to say.
Any thoughts?
Sorry this is totally self-centered and I am sure no one is spending time analyzing what I write :) but I seem to have annoyed a couple of peopl ein particular, so perhaps they can take a moment to give me constructive feedback :)


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So when you send a WM_GETTEXT message, if the window/control doesn't handle that message itself, Windows will return the string stored in the dedicated memory area when the window was created, and it will replace it if a WM_SETTEXT message is sent. This is the default behaviour.
Now, if you use the GetWindowText function it will send a WM_GETTEXT message if the window you're requesting the text for have been created by the same process that calls GetWindowText. But if you use GetWindowText on a control in another process it will return the text stored in this special memory area and not send a WM_GETTEXT message. The reason for this is simply because if GetWindowText would send the message to a window that is hung it would never return, hence hanging the process that call the function. That would cause a huge problem for such things as the task switcher that would hang if one window is hung. A hung application/window shouldn't cause problems for other applications/windows.
This is also the reason you can get different values using GetWindowText and sending WM_GETTEXT to a control. The control was created with a call to CreateWindow or CreateWindowEx with one text (that will be returned by GetWindowText) and then handles the WM_GETTEXT message itself and returns something else. So if you want to be sure to get the correct text you should use WM_GETTEXT for other processes, however you should also be aware that if the window/control in question is hung SendMessage will never return. So the best approach is to use SendMessageTimeout instead of SendMessage.


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