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(Pittsburgh – November 16, 2010) – Allegheny County leaders hailed today's announcement that Delta Air Lines will expand its nonstop service between Pittsburgh International Airport and Paris-Charles de Gaulle as a vote of confidence for the international air travel market in Pittsburgh.
Delta said today that it will begin operating the service daily, an increase of two flights each week, beginning June 1, 2011 for the summer travel season. Flights are available at Delta.com and other ticketing outlets.
"Increasing the weekly departures and extending the schedule for this flight affirms what has been a top priority for me: This region needs and can support nonstop air travel to Europe. Today's announcement opens the door to exciting opportunities that could lead to more jobs, commerce and other development," said Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato.
"This flight increases access to many destinations our travelers need to reach and it saves them time and money in the process. I wish to thank Delta Air Lines for their commitment to this route, and I encourage the region's air travelers to use this nonstop Pittsburgh to Paris flight. Not only does it make it easier to travel internationally, using this flight supports the region and helps to ensure its continued success," said Glenn R. Mahone, Chairman, Allegheny County Airport Authority.
"Interest in Pittsburgh among global business decision-makers has never been higher. Non-stop transatlantic service that bypasses crowded East Coast hubs provides a real competitive advantage for hundreds of foreign-owned firms in our region as well as US-based businesses that are expanding internationally. Delta's announcement reaffirms the global strength of our regional economy," said Dennis Yablonsky, CEO, Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
"Delta is happy to be able to expand our nonstop service between Pittsburgh International Airport and Paris-Charles de Gaulle to daily service for summer 2011, providing more travel options for our Pittsburgh customers during the peak travel season," said Wayne Aaron, Delta's vice president – Marketing Programs and Distribution Strategy. "It's part of our ongoing commitment to the city, which includes Delta's 31 daily nonstop flights to seven cities from Pittsburgh International Airport."
Beginning June 1, Delta Flight 38 departs daily from Pittsburgh (PIT) at 6:35 pm and arrives at Paris (CDG) at 8:20 am the next day. Delta Flight 39 departs daily from Paris (CDG) at 11:10 am and arrives in Pittsburgh (PIT) at 2:05 pm.
The Pittsburgh to Paris flight via Delta Air Lines was launched on June 3, 2009, with the help of the Regional Air Service Partnership – a partnership of the Allegheny Conference, Allegheny County and the Allegheny County Airport Authority – which made direct, non-stop service to Europe a top priority.
The flight has performed significantly better in its second year of service beginning in June 2010, said Ken Zapinski, Allegheny Conference senior vice president for transportation and infrastructure. The ultimate fate of the flight will depend in large part on the level of support for the flight in the upcoming winter and spring travel seasons, he said. "We need to keep up the performance to ensure this service continues," Zapinski said.
The Pittsburgh to Paris-Charles De Gaulle flight offers travelers connections to more than 100 destinations in Europe and beyond. The flight is currently offered four days each week, with Pittsburgh departures on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday; and Paris departures on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
Delta Air Lines has demonstrated continued commitment to the Pittsburgh region in other ways including its recently-finalized sponsorship of University of Pittsburgh Athletics.


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This is so simple - and utterly, utterly delicious. I'm just sorry that I had to share the whole pan with the rest of the family as I genuinely think I could have eaten the entire meal in one sitting! Can't recommend enough and will be making this as often as the rest of the family will allow. Add some green veggies on the side and away you go.
Fab easy recipe! I made a few tweeks (added mushrooms and more chilli powder, used penne pasta) and reduced the sauce from the tomatos right down so its a sticky sauce smothering all the lovely pasta! Id suggest adding salt and pepper during the cooking too as can taste like its missing something ... Very impressed overall!
Was expecting to find this a bit dull but had sausages to use up and needed something that would please whole family. It was delicious! My tweaks - added some Parma ham (needed using up), at the end is stirred in some cream cheese, then served up the kids portions, before adding some spinach and a bit of chilli powder to ours. Really lovely and everyone wants it again next week :)
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The pact was a geopolitical agreement that was meant to avoid a war between the two powers that began regardless. While most people know of the deal to split Poland in two there were other geopolitical land grabs as well. The USSR was allowed to do a massive land grab against Finland, Romania, and the all of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The latter came as a surprised to the Germans who expect the USSR to allow Lithuania to rejoin a realm of German influence.
The treaty lasted less than two years. Both Hitler and Stalin had plans to break it since the start. The Eastern Front aka the Great Patriotic War was by far the bloodiest section of World War II. Even before the Soviets took Berlin, an ailing Roosevelt, mostly blind to the evils of Stalin, gave all of Eastern Europe to the Soviets for a sphere of influence. The evils of Molotov-Ribbentrop were magnified by Yalta and later Potsdam.
While the Pact is viewed as an alliance between evils in the West, Russia has defended the pact. Moscow states the pact was necessary to keep the peace and it was not a deal between two imperial powers hungry for land. Disagreeing with Russia's point of view may be an international crime, according to Russia.
When it comes to crimes of the past there seems to be three categories
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Claire Allegretta of Youngsville, NY, a homemaker, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, NY. She was 79.
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Chroma annually joins materials manufacturing companies, galleries and benefactors in awarding prizes to graduates of the National Art School, in the historic goal complex at Darlinghurst, NSW. The Chroma painting prize is awarded to the best undergraduate student from the painting studio. A new prize was initiated this year to the student whose work best displays innovation and technical development in an oil paint medium. Tony Amaral won the Chroma Painting prize and Ross Pullar, the Chroma Archival Oils prize.
Tony Amaral hails from East Timor. He has been in Australia for 3 & 1/2 years and is supported by a local family, the Dunlops, who recognized his talent on a trip to east Timor and encouraged him to develop his abilities by studying in Sydney. The sense of tragedy that the East Timorese people have undergone in their struggle for independence is evident every where in Tony's work. However it also contains its fair share of humour, towards modern art and current consumer culture.
Tony's work presents a pared back vision that delivers impact through its economy of means and repetition. The works consist of installation and 3D wall pieces of paper casts, canvas, paper bags and white paint in a controlled material oeuvre. Tony cast skull replicas from paper mache waste paper that he personally sourced. His methods and choices to use recycled paper, present the ubiquitous plain primed canvas and low grade paper bags are delightfully resourceful reminders of how creativity can triumph in restrained circumstances, undermining imperatives to consume.
Ross Pullar is captivated by colour. While landscape is a relatively new subject matter for Ross, it is one that he has approached with few preconceptions that conveys the joy of experience. Ross's search for dynamic balance in colour and form makes investigative approach to image making clear. It is one that borrows many influences from contemporary Australian landscape painters whilst remaining fresh and unique. Tensions between abstract and representational forms deliver vitality to the work. Ross has employed conventional materials with a clear understanding of the contemporary landscape genre that honours the experimental.
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schools have taken an important step toward implementing the Illinois
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DeStefano and Nona Prestine found that the state has reached the
level of transitioning to an ILS-led system. Teachers
rated the level of implementation at their schools, with 43 percent
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Lizanne DeStefano and Nona Prestine found that the state has reached the level of transitioning to an ILS-led system. Teachers rated the level of implementation at their schools, with 43 percent of responding schools falling in this category, more than doubling over the previous year's 18 percent.
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There are several characteristics common among schools transitioning to an ILS-led system, including:
Successful schools have developed complete assessment systems that measure the ILS on a continuing basis.
Board members also received a report on the Standards-Aligned Classroom Initiative, a program to provide training and support to teachers by establishing teams of teachers and administrators in implementing the ILS. Teachers who took part in the initiative showed a significant increase in their confidence in working with the ILS and implementing them in their classrooms.
teams - which included both teachers and administrators - helped
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Not only did Wolfe find that teachers had more confidence in working with the ILS after participating in the program, he also found several specific steps that helped raise teachers' confidence even further. The greatest increases were for teachers at schools where the team meetings took place more frequently and schools where the meetings regularly included an administrator.
McGee said the Standards-Aligned Classroom Initiative highlighted an approach that schools and districts around the state can adapt for use in their own efforts to bring rigorous standards into the classroom.
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pointed out that the key findings of each report supported and
built on the key findings of the other report.
"We are learning what works best," said McGee. "We're working to make sure that educators at every level - from the State Board down to the classroom - have the training, tools, support and materials they need to help every student reach the Illinois Learning Standards."
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- Phillips, W. R. C.
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- The instability to longitudinal vortices of two-dimensional density-stratified temporally evolving wavy shear flow is considered. The problem is posited in the context of Langmuir circulations, LCs, beneath wind-driven surface waves and the instability mechanism is generalized Craik-Leibovich, either CLg or CL2. Of interest is the influence of non-stationary base flows on the instability according to linear theory. It is found that the instability is described by a family of similarity solutions and that the growth rate of the instability, in non-stationary base flows, is doubly exponential in time, although the growth rate reduces to exponential when the base flow is stationary. An example is given for weakly sheared wind-driven flow evolving in the presence of growing irrotational surface waves. Waves aligned both with the wind and counter to it are considered, as is the role of stratification. Antecedent to the example is an initial value problem posed by Leibovich and Paolucci (1981) for neutral waves in slowly evolving shear. Here, however, the waves and shear may grow (or decay) at rates comparable with the LCs. Furthermore the current here has two components: a wind-driven portion due to the wind stress applied at the free surface and a second due to the diffusion of momentum due to the wave-amplitude-squared free-surface stress condition. Using the case for neutral waves in non-stratified uniform shear for reference, it is found, in general, that growing waves are stabilizing while decaying waves are destabilizing to the formation of LCs, although the latter applies only for sufficiently large spanwise spacings and is subject to a globally stable lower bound. Decaying waves in the absence of wind can also be destabilizing to LCs. When the wind is counter to the waves, however, only decaying waves are unstable to LCs. Furthermore, while growing waves are stable to the formation of LCs in the presence of stable stratification, decaying waves are unstable in both aligned and opposed wind-wave conditions. Unstable stratification on the other hand, is destabilizing to LCs for all temporal waves in both aligned and opposed wind-wave conditions.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 469 (2002), pp. 317-342
- Publication year
- 2002
- Keyword(s)
- Diffusion; Instability; Langmuir circulations; Shear flow; Stability; Surface waves; Thermal stratification; Vortex flow; Wavy flow; Wind; Wind stress
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- 0022-1120
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2002 Cambridge University Press.
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No. 2: Know the law
Can you get arrested for running an office pool? This really is the million dollar question. Unfortunately, the answer, as always, remains wishy-washy.
In almost every place in the country, it's illegal to wager money on the tournament. And there is a documented case in 2002 of an AT&T manager getting arrested for taking a 10 percent cut ($3,000) in a large pool. He crossed a line by making money in exchange for running the pool.
But it's like speeding, and spending $15 is like going 5 mph over the speed limit. It's a matter of practicality and authorities aren't going to crack down on these. Even huge companies like Boeing have OK'd the pools, as long they aren't disruptive to work.
In fact, it's your company you should probably be more concerned with as a policy that frowns on office pools of any kind may put you on the HR radar.
So if you do gamble, let the winner(s) take all and try not to use three reams of office paper printing brackets.
No. 1: Details, details
How should you score and how about that pay out?
Well, there are a million ways to score the games. One recommended is the "Fibonacci" method, named after a famous mathematician. To conduct it, give one point for each game in round one, two for round two, three for Sweet 16 matchups, five for Elite Eight action, eight for the Final Four games, and 13 for the championship bout.
It's been argued that this method provides a nice balance without too much weight on the final game.
For the dough, make it sensible: 50 percent for first place, 33 percent for second, and 17 percent for third. You want to keep as many people in the action as long as possible.
Obviously, set the buy-in at an appropriate level for your peers and, remember, the lower the buy-in, the less waves you'll create (good), but less invested people means, well, less invested people (bad).
Have a ball!


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Federal and state health officials are investigating a listeria outbreak that may be linked to cheese.
Minnesota officials say one older adult in the state died and another older adult was hospitalized after illnesses linked to Les Freres cheese, made by Wisconsin producer Crave Brothers Farmstead Classic Cheeses. Both became ill in June.
Officials say at least three other states have related cases.
Minnesota agriculture officials say testing of cheese samples indicate the presence of listeria. Confirmation is pending.
Health officials say consumers who have purchased Les FrFres cheese, Petit FrFre cheese, and Petit FrFre with Truffles should not eat it until more information is available. Officials advised distributors and stores to pull the cheeses from shelves.
A message left late Wednesday with Crave Brothers was not immediately returned.
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by Anton Shilov
Not everyone is happy about performance of solid state drives (SSDs) under existing Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems (OS) by Microsoft Corp., but that is going to change once the next-generation OS Windows 7 hits the market, at least according to developers and analysts..
At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) held later this week, Microsoft will provide a briefing titled "Windows 7 Enhancements for Solid-State Drives". According to Microsoft, PC systems that have solid-state drives "are shipping in increasing volumes", which requires "Windows enhancements that take advantage of the latest updates to standardized command sets, such as ATA", reports Cnet News.com web-site.
"It is pretty widely held that SSDs are unlikely to meet with much acceptance until Windows undergoes significant tuning to take advantage of all the speed that SSDs have to offer," said Jim Handy, an analyst at Objective Analysis.
Reportedly, Microsoft will also talk about file system optimizations as well as think about the future of SSDs and their role in Windows.
"Windows 7 will be able to identify a SSD uniquely. Certain ATA commands will improve the speed that solid state drives write to disk," according to Gregory Wong of Forward Insights.
In addition, Microsoft plans to address the concerns regarding the lifetime of inexpensive solid state drives that are used in netbooks during its sessions entitles "Designing Flash-Based Netbooks for Windows 7", where it will cover the ways to develop flash-based netbooks using Windows 7.
"We will explain how to calculate the lifetime of a flash-based netbook based on specific workload numbers," a statement by Leon Braginski, a senior lead program manager in Microsoft's PC3 team, reads.


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Successful Negotiations Start with Empathy
Originally published: 05.01.13 by Michael Feuer
In developing a strategy, creating a new business, or launching a product line, intensive preplanning is what can make the difference between success and failure. This same principle applies to negotiating just about anything. No matter what you want to achieve, be it selling a new customer, buying a competitor, or hiring a superstar, you must determine what is the end result you want before you put pen to paper or make that first introductory call.
We've all heard hundreds of time about the importance of "putting yourself in the other guy's shoes" or showing some empathy. Good basic advice, but do you really follow these suggestions?
In many business relationships, if it becomes a win/lose transaction, one side is going to be very unhappy, and the other side — albeit temporarily satisfied — could ultimately lose, too. In most instances, both sides have alternatives. Unless you have found the Holy Grail that no one can live without, the other side always has choices.
Most negotiations begin with the thought, "What's in it for me?" Instead, the first question should always be, "How can we enable the other side to win (or feel as though
For your next initiative, start at the end and work toward the beginning. You might just be pleasantly surprised with the road map you construct using this technique.
Here are a few examples.
You want to buy a competitor because it has a product that will enhance your offering, but you don't need all of the other products and services that this business has. The traditional strategy would be to make an offer knowing that, if you succeed, you'll scuttle all of the company's other operations, cherry-picking what you want from the carcass. This could work and might be the easiest way to achieve your goal, but this method likely won't play well with the target company owner, who has spent years building it and is emotionally invested in the business and the organization's employees. When you look at the situation through the lens of the founder, you determine that a different approach, such as paying a good price for the entire business, plucking the item you want from the company, and then selling the rest of the company back to the employees could be the ticket to getting discussions started. This way the owner gets his money, he is a hero with his employees, and you acquire the product you need to grow.
Let's say you want to hire the best salesperson in your industry who, unfortunately, works for your competitor. Instead of just going in and offering a big salary and bonus, which someone else most likely has already offered him, try to determine, after doing your homework, what this superstar's hot buttons are. Maybe he has made it known that he would like to work remotely from a desert island while continuing to build his book of business. Looking at it from his perspective, you figure out that you can buy him his piece of sand somewhere with a beautiful view, obtain high-speed Internet connectivity to his paradise, and allow him to work six months per year in his dream location. Rather than just making a cash-rich offer, start the negotiations by providing a solution to your target's fondest expectations.
Putting yourself in the other guy's shoes is far from a new idea. However, too many executives forget that creating a win-win is preferable to having it only your way. Remember, many times, instead of just knowing the answers, you first have to figure out what questions to ask to ensure success.
Michael Feuer co-founded OfficeMax in 1988, starting with one store and $20,000 of his own money. During a 16-year span, Feuer, as CEO, grew the company to almost 1,000 stores worldwide with annual sales of approximately $5 billion before selling this retail giant for almost $1.5 billion in December 2003. Feuer's columns appear courtesy of a partnership with Smart Business, www.sbnonline.com, which originally published this column.
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Introducing The Sassy NYC GreenChef Julie Gartland
Contributing Monkie Julia Gartland
Published on September 14, 2010
Filed Under Exclusive Interview Series, GreenChef Foodie Talk Tags GreenChef
Photographer Julie Gartland
It's true, I'm sassy. I definitely have never been one to keep my opinions to myself. But, something happened when I found my passion in food. I found that cooking soothes me like nothing else ever has. When I get in the kitchen, my mind quiets and I create. That is a very difficult thing to do for an anxious person like me, but food has literally changed my soul.
I didn't always have the greatest relationship with food. I spent years with chronic stomach pain, where everything I ate made me ill. Not until I found my many food intolerances, was I re-invigorated by what I COULD eat, and how it could make me feel amazing. I fell in love with food all over again, and developed an entire different mindset. With any chronic illness, you become incredibly grateful for how nurturing and delicious food can be. Food seriously healed me, emotionally and physically.
Now, I am gluten-free and vegan. It is not the easiest diet to maneuver around, but I absolutely love the challenge. I am always trying to out-do myself, do more, do better, etc. So yes, I am definitely an ambitious perfectionist who is never satisfied, but that's part of the fun. If I didn't have that fire under my ass, I wouldn't be doing all of the wonderful things that I love.
These days, I photograph and cook vegetables in between creating my art school thesis and often doing an obscure pin curl set. I'm obsessed with the 40's, have an affinity for design and love to cook for people more than anything. To me, making someone a special meal is one of the sincerest ways to show your love, and I show my love at least 7 days a week.


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By Tonya Fennell
Last month's tornado claimed its second victim Thursday when Walter "Snap" Cravy, 90, of Clovis died at a Lubbock hospital.
Thomas V. Cravy said his father had been hospitalized with multiple injuries since the March 23 tornado tore through a trailer home "Snap" Cravy shared with a friend on Oak Street.
"He died peacefully," Thomas Cravy said. "The doctor said a man of 35 couldn't have made it with so many injuries."
Relatives found the elder Cravy and his friend Shirley Boothe in the wreckage of the trailer home.
"Snap" Cravy's injuries included a broken neck, sternum, thigh bone, arm and ribs, his son said. Boothe suffered a broken foot and a head wound.
Marie Cravy described her father-in-law as a kind, mild-mannered man who spent his life working for the railroad. She said he was a doting grandfather of 12, great-grandfather of 17 and great-great-grandfather of one, and always had a dollar for each grandchild.
While he was known as a man of few words, Marie Cravy said "Snap" never spared words with his beloved granddaughter, Tilynn Pierce. "He would call her three or four times a day," Marie Cravy said. "She (Tilynn) was his pet."
The elder Cravy, who earned his nickname as a baby for the way he closed his eyes, served in the Merchant Marine in World War II. He was born in Roswell in 1916 and had been a Clovis resident for 88 of his 90 years.
"He (Walter) was a character," Marie Cravy said. "He will be missed."
Heleneta Blevins, 90, died March 27, four days after a tornado packing winds of up to 125 mph destroyed her trailer house in south Clovis.
Cravy and Blevins are the first tornado casualties in Clovis history. About 35 people were reported injured and 500 buildings damaged in the March 23 storm, according to officials.


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State program encourages businesses to green upBy Bruce Edwards
STAFF WRITER | December 09,2012Jeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo
Jon and Betsy Anderson, owners of Betsys Bed & Breakfast in Montpelier, were among the first innkeepers in the state to earn the Green Hotel designation.For Sheldon Ghetler and his wife, environmental awareness extends beyond their personal lives to the way they run their business.
Weve been recycling for many years, said Ghetler, who along with his wife Francy Anderson, owns the Stone Hearth Inn & Tavern in Manchester.
That environmental consciousness, in turn, led the Ghetlers to participate in the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership a voluntary program that has more than 200 members.
The effort is a joint program run by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Vermont Small Business Development Center.
Peter Crawford, director of the SBCs Environmental & Regulatory Assistance Program, said the program solidifies a well-known fact about Vermont.
I think environmental stewardship and sustainability are part of our image and part of our brand, Crawford said.
The membership includes hotels, restaurants, marinas and an assortment of other businesses ranging from manufacturers to retailers.
Businesses that receive the designation meet a set of standards that go beyond existing environmental regulations. They establish conservation measures that range from installing energy-efficient lighting and low-flow shower heads to buying recycled paper goods and non-toxic cleaning supplies. Businesses also agree to adhere to environmental best-management practices.
Both the Stone Hearth Inn and its 80-seat restaurant qualified for the green designation. For example, Ghetler said all the food waste from the tavern winds up being used for feed by a local pig farmer instead of going to a landfill.
In 1998, Betsys Bed & Breakfast in Montpelier was one of the first lodging establishments in the state to receive the Green Hotel designation.
On the inns environmental checklist: Recycling waste in each guest room and giving guests the option of not changing towels and sheets on a daily basis.
Innkeeper Betsy Anderson said reducing the impact on the environment is also good for business.
Some guests have specifically mentioned they came to our business because we were identified as a Green Hotel and that was important to them, Anderson said.
Crawford said a Conde Nast survey found that, all factors being equal, eco-conscious consumers will choose to stay at a green hotel.
Adopting the Partnerships standards also saves businesses money in areas including lower energy costs, he said. Although many businesses realize that implementing energy efficiency is good for the environment and the bottom line, Crawford said, thats not so obvious in other areas like purchasing paper products made from recycled material.
In the past, the cost of adopting environmentally friendly business practices was a deterrent for some businesses. But Crawford said cost today shouldnt be a factor.
It certainly used to be, Crawford said. Truthfully, 10 to 15 years ago there was greater cost.
For example, he said, the cost of buying eco-friendly products has come down in the last five years and they are now comparably priced.
Taking an innovative approach to recycling, Crawford said Foley Distributing, Casella Waste Systems and a New York paper mill have come up with a closed-loop recycling model called The Power of Three. Casella recycles paper and cardboard from Foley customers and delivers it to the SCA Tissue mill in Glens Falls, N.Y. From there, the waste is turned into post-consumer paper products and returned to Foley to be redistributed to its customers.
The Vermont Business Environmental Partnership includes 109 hotels, 12 restaurants, four marinas, three golf courses and 69 general-sector businesses. In addition, a number of businesses are designated Environmental Leaders for meeting even higher standards.
Participating companies include both large and small businesses ranging from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in Waterbury to Hendersons Tree Service in White River Junction.
The standards are available on the program website: www.vbep.org
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Photos of Cedar Rapids No-Hit Pitchers
Left to right: Kyle Hurst, Fabio Martinez, Mike Kenney
The three with their pitching coach, Brandon Emanuel
We had the no-hit pitchers pose for the traditional photo holding a baseball with a "0" on it. Pitching coach Brandon Emanuel is in the second photo.
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I missed this game by one day. I was there for the noon game on the 3rd. Of all the teams in Iowa, the Kernels had the best atmoshphere. I would love to go there again. My son is a big Angels fan, and I was able to get Mike Trout to sign the program for him. I was impressed with Trout's play on the field, and his attitude toward the fans. Best of luck to him. I have many pics of the game if you like to check them out.
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It's Michael Kenney, not Kinney.
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Shari DiPaola says the bills for her son's cystic fibrosis seemed overwhelming until she decided simply to ask to pay less. She's saved thousands of dollars this way. Shari DiPaola, "When you go to buy a house, you negotiate the price. Sometimes even in retail you go to negotiate the price. Why not in medical bills?"
Consumer Reports' Dr. Orly Avitzur says even those with insurance can save money by negotiating. "The best time to negotiate is early in the process, before treatment is underway, especially if your insurance won't cover it." Start out by researching the cost of the treatment the doctor recommends.
One site, healthcarebluebook.com, makes it easy to check prices on many procedures. Dr. Orly Avitzur, "Once you know the average price of treatment, see if your doctor will lower your bill.
Another strategy is to see if your doctor will settle for the typical discounted prices paid by insurance companies." It's also a good idea to ask if the tests and treatments being recommended are the only option. Dr. Orly Avitzur, "Many times there are less expensive options that are just as effective. Let your doctor know that cost is a factor." Hospital charges are also possible to negotiate. "Make sure the billing department knows that you're willing to work out a payment plan. And then propose an amount and a timetable that you can manage."
Like Shari, you may not always be successful in haggling over medical costs … but Shari says you can't be shy about asking. Shari DiPaola, "There is a possibility that you can bring the price down. I've seen it, it's happened. It's been a blessing."


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|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
|Callandor the True
|Shel Whispertongue
"We are coming for you, Eldara. Your demon god has abandoned you. Why do you think you couldn't affect me? Submit now, and we might show you mercy.". Not waiting for an answer, Shel lets another bullet fly.
Attack 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
DM, I assume the others getting to their feet will not affect Shel's ranged attack, so I'll post it now.
|Loco Billo Billcragg
Loco grumbles briefly, then forces his eyes open in alarm. He scrambles for his weapons.
If his hammer and rapier are within reach he will use his move action to pick them up and then launch the hammer at Eldara. Throw hammer 15': 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2. He'll aim at her face to shut up her arcane yammering. Otherwise he will get up and get his weapons. If the weapons are not within reach he will pull out his dagger and prepare to face her in the next round.
Loco throws his hammer, followed by Shel's dagger, with the same results: both bounce off before striking her!
Round 9 Eldara's Turn:
Eldara's spell goes off, the sand particles again flying and covering the air around the party! Loco and the newly free Callandor curse, as they fall asleep again!
Sr check vs. Loco: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Loco save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Tauni save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Callandor: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Shel: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Eldara curses only two fell asleep, so she pulls a dagger and tries to stab the weakened Kaliana, who screams in pain and drops! Eldara licks the blood from her dagger, proud of her attack!
Attack: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 2 + 4 = 23
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Tauni is up!
|Callandor the True
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
Callandor, don't succumb! We need you!
She shoves Callandor hard with a foot to help him fight off the effects of the spell before stepping closer to their foe.
Standard action to stir Callandor, then step to -V11.
|Callandor the True
|Shel Whispertongue
It is obvious Shel has some depth perception problem when slinging bulets, as she misses by a mile!
Round 10 Eldara's Turn:
Eldara, more maniacal than ever with a crazed look on her face, screams, "I will carve your hearts out with my dagger for killing my zombie!" She attacks Tauni, cutting her again deeply, as she plunges the dagger into the cleric's chest! "Heal that, bi&ch!"
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
HP summary:
Tauni: 1/12
Shel: 3/10
Callandor: 8/13
Kaliana: -2/13 (need 2 stabilization checks)
Loco: 7/10 and sleeping
The whole party is up, except Loco, unless someone wakes him.
|Shel Whispertongue
"Loco, we need you. Get up!" Shel shakes the dwarf vigorously, knowing another blade might have more success than one of her errant sling shots. The pull is off or something. No way I'd miss that often she thinks to herself.
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
Trying to ignore the grievous wound, Tauni starts to circle around their foe and, brandishing her morningstar at Eldara, deftly tap Kaliana and send a surge of energy through her.
Rebuke Death on Kaliana, healing for 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 and step to -V12.
|Callandor the True
"Finally!" Callandor shouts. Adrenaline courses through his veins as he shakes off the last vestiges of his magically induced grogginess. His shout turns to something more gutteral as he puts all his strength behind his longsword, stepping up to Eldara with an overhand chop! The mighty blow misses wildly, however, sending sparks off the stone of the wall beside the cultist.
Edit - forgot to specify (but I think it was obvious) 5 foot step to -v11
Kaliana wakes up, grabs her sword, and gets up. Just moving you along to keep action flowing, Kal. Shel wakes up Loco.
AoO: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 4 = 7...miss!
Round 11 Eldara's Turn:
The mage screams at Tauni, "Just die already!", as she lunges at her with her dagger but the blade does not penetrate Tauni's armor.
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14..miss!
Tauni, Kaliana, Callandor, Loco, and Shel are up!
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
Feeling weak and cold from blood loss and lacking means to mend her own wounds, Tauni backs away carefully, leaving room for her allies to hopefully finish the evil woman.
Total defense and step to -U12.
|Callandor the True
|Loco Billo Billcragg
|Shel Whispertongue
"Push on into the room. I can't get a clear shot at her. There are too many of us in this small hallway," Shel yells to her group.
No way I can squeeze a bullet through everyone, so Shel will pass her action this round.
To move things along..
Kaliana, wounded and repeatedly stabbed by Eldara, screams out "Time for you to die, mage!" She swings her elven blade and decapitates Eldara in one blow!
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24...possible critical
Confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21..confirmed!
Damage: 2d10 + 8 ⇒ (7, 5) + 8 = 20
Finally! Can't believe the fight lasted that long!
|Shel Whispertongue
"Good Lord, that was crazy...
"Nice one, Kaliana! I knew this part of town was sketchy, but I wouldn't have thought it was a center for things like demon worship. We need to go help that poor fella that was being tortured. Maybe he knows some things about all this. Also, we need to search this room, and especially what used to be the necromancer. I bet she has some baubles that could fetch a pretty penny.."
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
Wow. That would have been embarrassing to have a TPK to a dagger wielding wizard!
Friends, until Milani sees fit to replenish her blessings on me, I fear I can do little if anything to mend wounds this day.
Tauni will see to her wounds and the wounds of the others as best she can, cleaning and bandaging them. No real skill use or effect, just in character diligence.
|Shel Whispertongue
"Take all that stuff. We can divvy it up later. There has to be more here. I doubt these few demon worshippers are here...I think we just have scratched the surface here. Tauni, you want to go with me to see if we can help this guy that has been tortured? I'm hoping he heard something that could be important." With that being said, Shel heads out toward the previous room to check on the prisoner.
|Shel Whispertongue
"Sure thing. Did you hear anything about Eldara having someone she reported to, or a boss, or anythign like that? She was consorting with bad types, you know." She uses the keys and frees the young man.
"No, no, nothing like that. She said she needed me for a blood sacrifice to some freak named Pazu Zoo, to bring some dead noble back to life. That bitc*h was crazy! Oh, thank you for freeing me. My hands are trembling. I thought I was going to die. Who do I have to thank for my rescue? My name is Klori, I'm a member of the carpenter's guild. Two of her flunkies kidnapped me 2 days ago on my home from work. Thank you again!"
|Shel Whispertongue
"Oh, sorry for being rude, Klori. We've got beaten up pretty good by her and her zombie back there. I'm Shel, and this is Tauni. I don't suppose she mentioned that noble's name to you, did she?"
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
We should get you out of here, some place safe where we can talk before we return you to your family. We left a couple of guards fallen back there. Perhaps we can dress you in that until we get you away from here and to safety.
Tauni will check him for injuries that are of immediate concern.
Heal 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Edit: Tauni will also check on the person on the altar. 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
"Velbotys or something or other. I have no idea who he is though, never met the fella."
Other than dehydrated and bruised up physically, Klori will survive. The body on the altar is that of a well-groomed corpse excellently preserved. There seems to have been a wound from a bolt over his heart that appears to be fresh. The man looks his mid-50s with graying temples. Runes are written on his arms in a language Tauni does not understand and a tattoo of a demonic bird is drawn on his chest. There is an empty wooden bowl sitting right above the corpse's head on the altar.
|Shel Whispertongue
"What do you make of this, Tauni? My assumption is this body is our boy that was body snatched. And from what I can piece together, they were trying to call a demon/god into the body. What do we do with this information now?" She asks the healer, not quite getting the connection.
Klori happily puts on the dead guard's clothes and is ready to leave as soon as you are ready. You look through the rest of the complex and find living quarters consisting of a bed, chairs, and a desk, but nothing of interest. Now what? And what do you do with the noble's corpse?
|Shel Whispertongue
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
Knowledge Religion 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Does Tauni have any idea what she might have been trying to accomplish? A summoning, or possession or just a flat out "you're awesome, demon lord!" sacrifice?
I'm not sure what we can do with the remains on the altar. I would hate to be stopped by the guard carrying him. Perhaps we can send an anonymous tip to the authorities about this place once we are gone? They can see to his remains and dismantling the altar...
|Loco Billo Billcragg
Why anyone would want to raise an ugly f+%#er like this from the dead is beyond me...hey let's take note of the markings tatooed on the corpse. Perhaps we can find someone to decipher them later. Are they part of the ritual? Now what are we going to do with him? Finish him in the ovens? Or should we hook up the whole lot of them outside on the walls to send a message to the Rego. "Don't mess with the Slaugterhouse 5!". That might be cool. And let's not forget Sleeping Beauty back in the other room.
|Callandor the True
|Shel Whispertongue
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
Tauni will look for some writing implements to take notes on the markings on the corpse.
The slaughter house seems to have means of disposal, but is that something we need to concern ourselves with? We stopped the immediate threat they posed. Perhaps we can let the impoverished in this area know that this place is full of free food and no longer under watch? That would keep the product here from spoiling needlessly...
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Epic to power its facility with wind turbines
6 planned machines will be first in Dane County
Epic Systems is building six commercial wind turbines -- each with three 135-foot blades spinning atop a 262-foot tower at its Verona campus. The six machines will be the first of their kind in Dane County.
The Wisconsin State Journal reported a geothermal system already heats and cools the campus and solar panels generate electricity.
Bruce Richards, the company's director of facilities and engineering, says the addition of the turbines will mean Epic can provide about 85 percent of its own energy needs by 2014.
Richards wouldn't discuss the project's cost, but said the company expected electrical cost savings to pay for construction within seven years.
The turbines are expected to be visible from the tall buildings in downtown Madison, including the Capitol.
Epic Systems is a medical software manufacturer.
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No. 2: Lingerie
This is something that's began in the last few years, and to us it's a sure sign that our society is teetering on the edge of complete collapse. Lingerie. For your MOTHER.
It doesn't matter if it's just a nice silk robe or a demure negligee; you are not supposed to buy that sort of thing for your mother. Does thinking that way make us prudes? Not hardly, and the smart money says most of you agree.
Unless your name is Oedipus, this is quite possibly the worst idea in the history of mother-son relations. It's just creepy.
Here's the woman who raised you, who kissed your boo-boos, signed your report cards, bathed you and taught you how to dress yourself and how to behave in public. Here's you giving her a box from Victoria's Secret.
Here's us, vomiting in the corner.
But even that's not as bad as our last choice ...
No. 1: Home appliances
Your mother spent a significant portion of her life cleaning up after you, ironing your clothes and doing all that other "mom" stuff that you've had to learn to do now that you're on your own.
The last, the VERY last thing she wants on Mother's Day is a gift that reminds her of those halcyon days when she spent an entire afternoon ironing a closet full of shirts that you would wear once and then leave crumpled in a heap on your bedroom floor.
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Turns out Gus Van Sant really wants to direct '50 Shades of Grey' -- so bad, in fact, that he recruited Alex Pettyfer ('Magic Mike') to shoot a sex scene with a number of actress to present to the studio and author E.L. James. Did it work?


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- In this paper we report on two-photon-excited bit by bit data storage within a photorefractive polymer composed of 53.9 weight percents of PVK (poly(N-vinylecarbazole)), 30wt% of DMNPAA (2,5-dimethyl-4-(p-nitrophenylazo)anisole), 16wt% of ECZ (N-ethylcarbazole) and 0.1 wt% of CdS quantum dots as a sensitizer. Multi-layer data sets with a layer spacing 20 mu are recorded using a pulsed ultrashort laser at a wavelength of 780 nm.
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The state Department of Health has confirmed that a student who studied at Kapiolani Community College and currently goes to Hawaii Pacific University has active tuberculosis.
Richard Brostrom, Chief of the DOH Tuberculosis Control Branch, said the student is not in school and is responding well to treatment.
"Tuberculosis usually requires many hours of close indoor contact to spread to others, so the department will be testing students and faculty who shared the same classroom with the ill student," said Brostrom. "The school screening represents an extra measure of safety for the individuals, their families, and the community."
The student with TB enrolled at Kapiolani Community College in fall of 2011. That student transferred to Hawaii Pacific University in spring of 2012.
This week, 95 students and faculty members at KCC were getting screened for TB. 120 students and faculty members will be screened for TB the week of April 2.
TB is a disease that is commonly seen in the lungs and is spread from person to person through the air.
When a person with active TB disease in the lung or throat coughs, sneezes, speaks, or sings, tiny drops containing M. tuberculosis may be spread into the air.
If another person breathes in these drops there is a chance that they will become infected with TB.
TB may not cause a problem for many years after exposure. Two forms of TB exist, both of which are treatable and curable:
- Latent TB infection – when a person has TB bacteria in their body but the body's immune system is protecting them and they are not sick. Someone with latent TB infection cannot spread the infection to other people.
- Active TB disease – when a person becomes sick with TB because their immune system can no longer protect them. Someone with active TB disease may be able to spread the disease to other people.
The state has a Tuberculosis Control Program website and you can read more about TB in Hawaii there.
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U.S. Fiscal Uncertainty and Your Portfolio
by Charles Rotblut, CFA
The fiscal cliff loomed as we sent this issue to the printer three weeks before the November election. Unless Congress and the president reach an agreement, tax cuts enacted under the George W. Bush administration will expire and automatic budget cuts will go into effect on January 1, 2013. As I said in my Editor's Note, we are delaying publication of our 2012 tax guide until the January 2013 issue in hopes that we will have more clarity about 2013 tax rates.
Congress is expected to reconvene on November 13. It is possible that both parties will agree on a plan or at least be close to agreeing on a plan by the time you read this. It is also possible that no agreement will have been reached and fiscal uncertainty will still loom. Either way, there are portfolio actions you can and should not take heading into the new year.
Use the tax status of your accounts to your advantage
If you have an individual retirement account IRA or a Roth IRA, use them for your less tax-efficient investments and strategies. Capital gains, dividends and corporate bond interest payments are not taxable events when they occur in an IRA or a Roth IRA. (You will pay taxes on amounts withdrawn from a traditional IRA, however.)
Use your taxable brokerage accounts for your most tax-efficient investments, such as index funds and municipal bonds.
Consider the tax advantages of municipal bonds
Not only is interest earned from municipal bonds generally exempt from federal taxes, it may also be exempt from state and local taxes. (Check the tax laws for where you live.) Plus, interest earned from municipal bonds is excluded from the new Medicare tax scheduled to go into effect next year.
Fears about widespread municipal bond defaults are overblown but, like any asset, you should analyze the risk characteristics of the specific bond you are considering.
Don't fear dividend stocks
If no resolution is reached, tax rates on qualified dividends will rise to ordinary income levels. If this does occur, there are reasons to believe dividend stocks should not specifically be adversely affected. First, more than 80% of the S&P 500 companies now pay a dividend, so any aversion to dividend stocks will impact the entire market. Second, many dividend stock investors are either institutional investors (pension funds, endowments, etc.) or individual investors holding these stocks in an IRA. Neither group will be impacted by the higher tax rates. Third, analyses of the 2003 tax cuts suggest a weak link, if any, between tax rates and the performance of dividend-paying stocks. Finally, if the fiscal cliff occurs, the impact will reach far beyond dividend stocks.
Estimate your 2012 tax bill
Tax rates, with the exception of the alternative minimum tax (legislation for a patch to the 2012 AMT has yet to be passed by Congress), for this calendar year are known. Use the known rates to estimate how much you will owe. Then, look at forthcoming taxable events. While we do not advocate letting taxes determine your investment decisions, if there are profits or losses you intend to realize this year or next, regardless of what Congress does, you may want to take the timing into account. Depending on your tax situation, it may make more sense to realize those events this year or delay them until next year. A tax professional may be able to help with this decision.
Diversify your investments
Any deficit reduction plan will make cuts to government spending and adjustments to tax rates. Rather than trying to guess who winners and losers will be, hold a variety of investments, including stocks from a mixture of industries and sectors.
Contact your representative and senators
Their job is to represent your interests, so don't hesitate to speak up.
Fred from PA posted over 4 years ago:
It is a disgrace that our elected officials put more time and energy into keeping their jobs and getting reelected than it making common sense corrections to our tax codes.
Investors at all levels are insecure about their unknown future.
We have worked and saved all of our lives and now that retirement is close at hand, government inaction will diminish our efforts.
Leroy Siewert from CO posted over 4 years ago:
Joseph Turney from KS posted over 4 years ago:
I discovered that tax exempt Income is included when Social Security figures your gross income. I would like to know where this authority came from.
Max Higgason from IA posted over 4 years ago:
When a political office became a profession We all lost out!
Ashok Choksi from CA posted over 4 years ago:
You have not commented on the direction of stock prices, based on your best guess about the outcome of Fiscal Cliff. For instance I have about $25,000/- to invest. Should I wait for the outcome or should I go ahead and invest now? It is not important that your guess should prove correct. Any informed guess is better than drifting.
Ashok Choksi
Charles Rotblut from IL posted over 4 years ago:
We do not recommend attorneys or advisers. You may want to check with bar association for the state you live in or are moving to.
Last year, we published an article with questions to ask a financial professional (including lawyers) you are considering hiring. You find it at:
H Mc allister from AR posted over 4 years ago:
I think the only solution to our self indulgent congress is "Term Limits"
Alfred Falcone from NY posted over 4 years ago:
what are your thoughts about inflation, rising interest rates and their role in the deficit?
Alfred Falcone from NY posted over 4 years ago:
what are your thoughts about inflation, rising interest rates and their role in the deficit?
Arthur Gilbert from NC posted over 4 years ago:
The federal budget has increased 7+% per year for 4 years. The sequester would barely dent one year's escalation and provide a ray of hope that would be stimulating to the economy in my opinion. Any simple agreement on taxes would put the issue to bed near term. I would pay more in tax if it was earmarked for debt reduction instead of spending increase.
Ralph Hellender from FL posted over 4 years ago:
Sime Sunjara from CA posted over 4 years ago:
I just signed up. I've been investing/trading for over 10 years and I am yet to find a newsletter to be happy with. What I am looking for is buy/seel recommandation where I will not lose more than 20% on that recommandation, specially when there is already a gain of 20% or more on the same position. As a new subscriber I can not buy whole Portfolio I would like to see some of the best present recommandations to start investing with you. I do not beleave in in long term investing.
Thank you,
Charles Rotblut from IL posted over 4 years ago:
Hi Sam,
Trading too frequently can harm your long-term performance. I would suggest reading this article by Mark Hulbert, which looks at the impact transactions have on investment newsletter performance.
Lorene Farmer from MO posted over 4 years ago:
I certainly agree on term limits for congress and also having a review of their benefits including their salaries and I think it is ridiculous that they make these decisions for themselves. I would like to see the number of federal employees reduced by 50% and much of what they do returned to the state and local level.
William Crutcher from TX posted over 4 years ago:
Our elected Washington folks have no skin in the game...
Their "retirement" income is assured
They have a separate health care plan
Most are already wealthy
All they worry about is being re-elected


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Packers tight end Jermichael Finley has tweeted that he left the intensive care unit and had full feeling in his arms and legs after injuring his neck in a game.
Finley posted Monday night on Twitter that he was able to walk to and from the shower. He thanked family, friends, teammates and fans for an outpouring of support.
Coach Mike McCarthy has said Finley's injury is significant, and that more tests are needed to determine the severity. Finley was hurt in the fourth quarter of a 31-13 win over the Browns on Sunday after getting hit by Cleveland safety Tashaun Gipson.
Finley wrote on Twitter Monday night: "Thank u again 4 the support, and Go Packers!"
On Tuesday afternoon, @JermichaelF88 tweeted: "The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall. - Vince Lombardi" With the quote, Finley posted a 15-second video of him walking down the hallway at the hospital.


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Chattabox, a much-loved character from Disney's Club Penguin, is now an ambassador for the Penguin Foundation at Phillip Island, Australia.
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Ripples In Space Could Point To The Universe's Beginnings
By Geoff Brumfiel • Mar 18, 2014
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Physicists say they've discovered a faint signal from just moments after the universe began. If confirmed, it could revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos. But not everyone is convinced.


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Keeper/Dynasty League Q & A
Earlier this week, I asked our followers on Twitter to send over their keeper and dynasty league questions for a Q & A column, and here are my answers to the questions I got. I will do another Q & A in a couple of weeks.
Q: Is Jeremy Maclin worth the 1st pick in the 4th round in a PPR? I will have drafted a WR1 by then so he'd be my #2, and with guys like Mike Wallace, both Mike Williams, Dwayne Bowe, Brandon Lloyd, Hakeem Nicks, etc. already being kept. Will have 3RB, 1WR, 1QB by this point and can't see any better WR options being there and too early for a tight end.
-Brian K.
A: If you already have five players kept and only 1 WR, then Maclin would be a fantastic option. Heck, you could argue that he's a better option than DeSean Jackson, given how Maclin is more of a complete receiver. You get the feeling watching this offense that Jackson, while insanely explosive and dangerous, won't likely get much better. While Maclin could easily improve and do even better things for fantasy.
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¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
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¼ teaspoon salt
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Peecher Named New BSC Softball Coach
One of the first recruits for Bluefield State College's softball program five years ago is returning to her alma mater to coach the Lady Blues' softball team. Kara Peecher has been named the new softball coach, succeeding Cindy Ingram, who coached the team during its first five seasons. Ingram resigned as coach last spring.
Peecher, a Graham High School softball standout, and Debbie Boothe of Peterstown were the first two recruits signed by Ingram in 1992 prior to the second season of BSC softball. Another BSC alum, Nicholas Canoy, who graduated in December, 1996, has been named softball assistant coach.
The Lady Blues open their 1997 softball season March 8 at home against West Liberty. That doubleheader begins at 1 p.m. at the Graham Recreation Park. The softball schedule also includes a trip to Pensacola, FL, March 15-22 for a series of doubleheaders.


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Big TV's 2/1/12
Consumer Reports' TV labs are lined with dozens of LCD and plasma sets. Of course there are ones that are 3D-capable, and plenty that are Internet-enabled. Each television faces more than 10 tests. One sizes up picture quality at an angle in order to find out how far to the side you can sit and still get a good view. Chris Andrade Consumer Reports "In general, plasmas don't have a viewing angle issue, but it's a mixed bag when it comes to LCDs." Testers also evaluate black levels in different lights. This is a plasma on the left and an LCD on the right. Even in bright light, LCDs hold their black levels. But on some plasmas, the image washes out. Consumer Reports also evaluates sound quality. As TVs got slimmer, sound quality suffered. But the latest tests show that audio is improving. And what about 3-D? With more and more sets offering 3-D as a feature, Consumer Reports created new test patterns to assess the quality of the 3-D picture. Chris Andrade "Some of our top-rated sets are 3D, while providing you with excellent 2D picture quality. But you're going to pay more for a 3D set. However, those prices are dropping." When purchasing a TV, Consumer Reports says people often buy a set that's too small for their room. For instance, if you sit eight to ten feet away from your TV, consider a 50- to 60-inch screen. This 60-inch Panasonic plasma rated excellent for picture quality and has good black levels and audio. It costs 14-hundred dollars. And the remote is very easy to use. ."
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I'm so out of touch with the singles scene that I say things like "the singles scene." I've been with my wife for nearly 10 years now, and I have completely forgotten what it was like to be without her. It's been so long, in fact, that the blurry beer goggles of nostalgia occasionally creep up on me, making me wistfully look back on my single days as something less than completely awful. Recently, however, my wife and I have had to live apart for a few months for employment reasons, and it has become increasingly apparent that nostalgia is a lying sack of shit. Because I sure as hell didn't miss ...
4The Demolition of the Food Pyramid
My wife and I have the same deal most married couples have: She cooks, I clean. I'm not inept at cooking or anything -- if she doesn't feel up to it, I'll still make us dinner. I've learned how to take care of myself almost as well as a real adult, so it's been many years since I've ruined a pot of pasta irretrievably and been forced to shame-march into the nearest Taco Bell. But literally the day after my wife left, my brain looked around, made sure the coast was clear and screamed "She's gone, fellas!" and all of my terrible, stoned-college-kid priorities came streaming out of the closets where they'd been hiding this whole time. Never mind that I objectively know how to make a bitchin' frittata, and that my steaks bring vegans to their knees (I shouldn't brag -- a few swift kicks will do it; the lack of protein makes their joints almost comically brittle). The second my wife closed that door, all vegetables turned to ashes in my mouth and my hands forgot how to work human utensils. For the first few days, I tried to hold on to some semblance of normalcy and bought a few of those perpetually wet bags of precooked chicken from the grocery store ...
Looks good! Now, can you seal it in plastic and throw it in a hot shower for a few hours?
But a man cannot live on swamp-chicken alone. Normally I'd do what all men do in this scenario: turn exclusively to fast food, flip my toilet the bird and start mixing Pepto into my Scotch (I call it Potch, and it is as delicious as it is soothing). But drive-thru isn't an option for me, because my only vehicle is a motorcycle. No matter how politely you ask, Wendy's employees are almost universally unwilling to "JUST STUFF THE BURGER INTO THE FUCKING HELMET HOLE." So now the horrible, lazy, utilitarian monster inside of me is cooking weekly mass meals and eating them out of their storage containers -- just like I did when I was single.
PROTIP: If you ever get tired of your Sad Man's Rations, you can just take the lids off two containers and mash them together!
You know what this would probably go good with? Whatever's in the blue thing that's been sitting in the fridge for two weeks!
Sometimes you wind up with a nice surprise, like that time I tossed a homemade hot sauce bowl together with the diced chicken bucket and ended up with something like Buffalo Wings Cereal. Other experiments are less successful, like the time I threw the leftover coconut cream from last week's curry into a bowl of fudge and wound up with a Magic Bullet container full of what I'm going to call Mockery Milkshake. That's what really separates the genders: A woman might do something that gross and stupid, sure, but she'll throw away the resulting foodbortion and try again. A man will be damned if he's going to let the food win, so he's going to choke that shit down on principle. You toss some bourbon into that failure shake and you settle down to a nice trough of chicken remnants, fella: The appliances can sense weakness. If you let the oven win tonight, tomorrow the washing machine will turn on you.
3The Horrible Freedom
I don't want to foster any stupid sitcom stereotypes: Men are not helpless beasts floundering about in the mud without their womenfolk. My wife doesn't nag me to do chores or tell me to put on pants (nobody fucking tells me to put on pants) -- it's just that the mere presence of another human being in my life who might potentially judge me is apparently the only thing that keeps me from completely violating the Social Contract and living like a savage fucking ape with a Netflix queue. And now the Keeper of the Contract has gone, so ...
All 52 seasons of Wings, you say? Why, that does sound marginally better than eating my own feces, thank you!
... I have become a savage fucking ape with a Netflix queue. It's no secret that I love shitty movies and television. I'm not sorry for that. The wife, for her part, will always tolerate one or two terrible pieces of entertainment a night, because she knows that I am strong, and could overpower her. But eventually she'll insist that we turn off Kevin Sorbo's masterwork, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and like, go for a walk or some bullshit. But now, without the censoring influence of another rational human being in my personal space, I am free to hit rock bottom. Sure, I kept some standards up at first -- I'd only watch Drive Angry two, maybe three times a night, and I'd be sure to take at least an hour break in between three-hour blocks of Sliders -- but now it's over: I can no longer deny that I have a problem.
I watched Battleship last night. All of it. And I did it on purpose. I know one of the 12 Steps is making amends, but answer me this: How can you ever properly apologize to yourself for that kind of thing?
For some sins, there simply can be no forgiveness. This will follow me until the day I die, and beyond. When I'm rooming with Hitler in hell and he asks what I did to deserve my fate, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to make something up. I'm going to tell him that I ate an orphanage, just so I don't have to see the disgust in his beady little Hitler eyes.


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