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Topic: Simple div.hide() not so simple?
I have a helper method:
def cancel_tag id
image_tag("cancel.png", :id => id, :alt => "Close Form", :height => 20, :width => 20)
used in a form partial (within a div with id #link_form):
<%= link_to(cancel_tag('link_form_cancel'), @topic.episode, :remote => true, :class => 'form-cancel') %>
and some js:
$("form-cancel").bind("click", function(){
return false;
There's some extra in there because I've been trying different ways to do this. But, all I want to do is close the div with the form in it if the user decides not to fill in the form. That's a can-do easy with link_to_function(cancel_tag("link_form_cancel"), "$('#link_form').hide()" and also a can-do easy with a call to the server, but apparently a bridge too far for me with UJS.
All I can get out of it is a call back to the server with a bunch of warnings about link_to_function being depricated.
I've tried putting the js into the asset pipeline, I've tried putting it in the .js.erb that loads the form.
If anyone can spare a moment to edify me :-)
Where do I put the js for client-side functions?
How do I call the function?
Thank you!
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Wheeler bows out in semis
DES MOINES – Nikko Wheeler's dream of reaching the state championship round came to an end in the semifinals late Friday night.
The Humboldt junior lost by fall to third-ranked Steven Holloway (45-3) of Mediapolis in 2:41.
In his quarterfinal contest earlier in the day, Wheeler defeated Cole Bonde by a 10-2 major decision.
Wheeler, who was a middle school student in the Fort Dodge district, will now face seventh-ranked Jay Reisetter of East Marshall in the consolation semifinals. The winner will wrestle for third and the loser for fifth.
After falling in the first round on Thursday and bouncing back with a win, second-ranked Reed Dreyer (38-5) bounced back with two wins on Friday to advance to the consolation semifinals for Humboldt.
Dreyer will now face sixth-ranked Alex Macki (39-7) in the consolation semifinals.
Wildcat Dylan Hendricks (37-14) won his first match with a fall over Dalton Hamm of Charles City, before losing 3-1. Hendricks will now wrestle Mario Pena of Hampton-Dumont for seventh place.
Greene County
Greene County's Jeremy Scheuermann (41-7) won his second-round consolation match by pinning Blake Gjerde of Estherville-Lincoln Central in 3:27 before losing. He'll now wrestle for seventh against Bondurant-Farrar's Patrick Rooney.
Jordan Challen (38-11) bowed out with a 7-2 loss to Mitchell Borer of Ballard at 132 pounds.
South Central Calhoun
Eighth-ranked Chase Goodman (51-6) exited the tournament with a 10-1 loss to Tanner Cowan of Centerville at 126 pounds.
Rylan Richardson (44-13) fell 5-0 to Carter Isley of Chariton at 182.
Webster City
Third-ranked Dylan Fielder had a tough fight in his 182 pound quarterfinal, but lost a sudden victory contest to fourth-ranked Luke Sargent of Southeast Polk.
Fielder (39-3) bounced back with two victories. He defeated Hunter Hoffmann of Glenwood with a fall in 1:57. In the consolation third round, he slipped past Tyler Frideres of Algona 7-5.
Fielder will now face top-ranked Justin Kreiter (46-4) of North Scott in the consolation semifinals.
After prevailing in his opening match at 285 pounds, Landon Johnson (33-10) dropped two straight matches to bow out of the tournament.
He lost his quarterfinal match to top-ranked Pedro Gomez of Marshalltown. He was then defeated 6-4 by Newton's Derrick Hurt in the consolation second round.
Third-ranked Connor Larson was pinned by Burlington's Dalton Witte in 5:18 and eliminated from the tournament.
The Algona wrestling team sent seven wrestlers to the state meet, and four will compete for seventh-place medals.
Kory Kuecker (37-5) beat Southeast Polk's Dylan Buchheit 6-4 in the second round consolation before coming up short in the third round. Kuecker (138) will square off with Indianola's Landon BeLieu for seventh.
Joe Teague (170) defeated Sam Pickard of Ankeny 9-5 before being edged 4-2 to Dustin Fuller. Teague (30-9) will meet Andrew Landgrebe of Oskaloosa for seventh.
Tyler Frideres (182) dropped Austin Lear 6-2 and then lost to Fielder. Frideres (34-11) takes on Justin Dilks of Mount Pleasant for seventh here today.
Weston Shaw (152) and Garrett Johnson (195) both lost their quarterfinal matches.
Shaw dropped a 10-2 major decision to Western Dubuque's fourth-ranked Dawson Nemmers. He then bounced back with a 5-3 win over Joe Pancratz of North Scott, before being clipped 4-3 by Ethan Ruby of Council Bluffs Lewis Central.
Shaw will face Stone Sturges of Mason City for seventh place.
Jacob Adams (126) lost 3-1 to Indianola's Joe McGinnis was eliminated.

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It's kinda hard to believe I'm typing this, but Columbus has become a fried-chicken hotspot. This exploding culinary trend — even an elite pizzeria like Harvest in Clintonville now offers great fried chicken as a recurring special, and a bird-fryer called Double Comfort will be buzzing in the old Knead space soon — is clearly a burgeoning food movement with legs ... thighs and wings. Actually, the craze probably flew in with our not-letting-up wing-eating obsession. Whatever the reason, in just a few years, Columbus has gone from fried chicken-challenged to a golden-brown-crusted/juicy-underneath oasis. And not only is the good stuff suddenly all over — hip eateries, food trucks, plus new menus and chalkboard specials in established restaurants — it also pops up in creative guises, like smoked, coated in tongue-igniting spices and on homemade biscuits with pickled fennel. Here's a taste of some new and old favorites.
Some Like It Hot
Hot Chicken Takeover: White Meat Dinner, $13.50
Hot Chicken Takeover is a dangerously delicious phenomenon spreading like wildfire. And to its rabid fans — I've happily joined their deranged ranks — the wildfire spreads along myriad tongues just dying to burst into blissful flames again on Saturdays and Sundays. Those are the only days you can get these Nashville-inspired meals, because that's when Joe DeLoss, "head fryer" of the "takeover," sets up shop in a walk-up window at the Near East Side Cooperative Market. So step in line (on my first visit, I encountered a chef from Rigsby's and a punk-rock-musician pal both waxing ecstatically about HCT — and both confessing to having eaten it the previous weekend), place your order (get the mammoth breast piece) and heat level (I strongly recommend "hot" — it's perfectly incendiary; "cold" is unspiced, and HCT's "holy," i.e. this-one-goes-to-11, just scares me) then dig in when your name is called (experience seems to have smoothed out HCT's early-bird wrinkles; my last wait was only 10 minutes). A 12-hour brining guarantees remarkably juicy meat; two-stages of frying ensure an insane crust that still crunches after a night in the fridge; and a slathering with HCT's salty, garlic-kissed, cayenne-heavy chili paste results in flavor nirvana. The feast comes with slammable sides designed to dampen the hurts-so-good fires: dip-it-like-a-hillbilly homemade Ranch dressing; sweet/tart and celery-seeded no-mayo slaw; super-cheesy mac-n-cheese; plus Nashville-mandatory pickles and white bread. Note: You can consume this mind-blowing dinner at on-site communal tables, or in the goofy-face-making privacy of your own, I-need-a-beer-STAT! home.
Up In Smoke
Bodega: Fried Chicken Plate, $10 (four piece)
Unless you've been drinking under a rock lately, you know that Bodega — the epicenter of Short North hip — has undergone drastic cosmetic and menu changes. Food-wise, it's basically become a chicken specialist. But there's a huge distinction separating Bodega's brilliant oil-baptized birds from most other cluckers — prior to hitting the fryer, they undergo four intense hours of in-house applewood smoking that lends them a deep, campfire-like character. You'd hardly expect this wood-vapor flavor based on their beautiful (if kinda oily) red-tinged/golden-brown, light-yet-crackly batters — which result from wet-then-dry dips in buttermilk and seasoned flour. Underneath this toothsome fun, the wildly juicy and clean-eating meat doesn't come easily. See, Bodega's chickens are not only free-range and antibiotic-and-hormone-free, but they receive a tenderizing, two-days brining in buttermilk. The "plate" meals come with house-baked cornbread biscuits, richness-cutting pickled onions, a nifty, sweet, spicy and pickle-hinting corn relish, plus a fiery and fruity habanero-based hot sauce that plays wonderfully off the smoke.
Truck Stop
Mya's Fried Chicken: Half bird with two biscuits, $10
In June, Mya's food truck celebrated its two-year anniversary of serving patrons in a Clintonville convenience store parking lot equipped with three picnic tables. Judging by the wild enthusiasm for Mya's crunchy-crusted, uncommonly juicy and tender chickens, I expect many more happy returns. Heck, considering its fanbase — one lady recently told me she'd visited three weeks in a row — and Mya's chalkboard-specials mindset, a brick-and-mortar setup might just be in the works someday. Anyway, Mya's recipe for rare-depth-of-flavor and succulent chicken begins with Ohio-raised, never-frozen, antibiotic-and-hormone-free birds dunked in buttermilk for 24 hours. Dredging in a secret-ingredient-seasoned flour designed to create addicts is next. That's followed by, as co-owner Mark Tolentino described (the family business is named after his daughter), "a true Southern-style shallow fry so every piece makes contact with the pan's bottom to develop a crust." Mya's crowning glory is a signature drizzle containing herbed honey (teases out the meat's sweetness) and vinegar (cuts the sorta greasy crust). Meals only come with homemade biscuits, but the best of Mya's scratch-made sides ($3-$6) are definitely its fluffy and terrific, sour-cream-tangy smashed potatoes creamed with a viscous and intense chicken gravy.
Chicken Little
Bebe at Hey Hey: Chicken Biscuit, $8
Newsflash: You needn't visit Brooklyn to get innovative cooking from a talented chef working out of a dive bar. Nope, just head to Merion Village and say "Hey" twice. Bebe's fantastic fried bird — it's served regular (read spicy) or HOT (read HOT!) — arrives in sorta slider form. From top to bottom, this devour-able and totally homemade sandwich-ette shows off the impressive skill-set of chef Matthew Heaggans. It all starts with a thigh deboned and brined in a pickle juice/buttermilk slurry; HOT gets a "habanero mash" added. Then comes seasoned flour tickled with a bit of brown sugar (HOT receives bonus cayenne pepper). After frying this into a crispy block of phenomenally moist meat, it's drizzled with a honeyed chile sauce (HOT's gifted with a vinegar-detonated, extra-hot-sauce) and placed onto a hefty but proportional homemade and buttery toasted biscuit with arugula leaves. The piece de resistance is a garnishing with killer housemade fennel and cucumber pickles. Eaten all together, it's a whizz-bang, yin-yang, sweet-tart, bitter-and-spicy little tour de force. Epilogue: Any non-sissy will love Bebe's "regular," but Bebe's HOT is NOT for amateurs.
Extra Crispy
Smokehouse Brewing Company: Double Dip Buttermilk Fried Chicken, $14
When this masterful microbrewery and smoked-meat specialist recently rebranded (it used to be a Barley's), it redrew its menu and made sure to include fried chicken on that new food list. But not just any fried chicken. No, chef Wolfgang Huddleston — who hails from the Lone Star State — endows his birds with a Texas-sized crust whose crunch practically resounds from here to Amarillo. To accomplish this, Huddleston brines partially deboned breast/wing quarters (Smokehouse touts Ohio Proud sourcing) in buttermilk laced with spices, plus house hot sauce. It marinates for, well, "the longer the better." Then comes a wet-dry dip back through the brine followed by seasoned flour. That process gets repeated to complete the "double dip" and build up a hefty shell. Served with grilled corn and dense mashers crowned with a peppery and excellent chicken-fried-steak-style "real white gravy" thick as Huddleston's accent, this is a rib-sticking meal you won't soon forget.
Southern Comfort
Wildflower Cafe: Famous Southern Fried Chicken, $10.50 (available only on Saturdays)
For a long time, Wildflower was the only reliable answer to the frustrating and frustrated question: "Is there any good fried chicken in town?" Well, "Old Reliable" is still one of the best. And maybe the least greasy. In fact, I was surprised to find Wildflower's Amish-raised birds (from Gerber Farms) are deep-fried instead of cooked in a pan because they're so refreshingly easy-on-the-oil. What's also easy is ripping through their simple but un-improvable crusts — they're light, crispy and golden-brown — to reach the impressively juicy meat of the breast and leg pieces that star in this Southern-style country dinner. In supporting roles are fresh and homey coleslaw, some of the best flaky and buttery homemade biscuits in Columbus, plus fluffy and light, honest whipped potatoes anointed with creamy chicken gravy. P.S. Eating this comfort food beauty after consuming a zesty Bloody Mary here almost makes having a hangover fun.
Bucket List
Cook's IGA: 8-piece bucket, $10
I was at a party once where high-decibel chomping broke out because someone suddenly popular there had brought in a bucket of this thick-battered, crunch-tastic chicken. Everyone asked where it came from, and the unexpected answer was "The IGA near Oakland Nursery." I filed that info away. But when another IGA chicken incident occurred at a different soiree, I went to investigate. Turns out, that old-timey, small-town-like grocer offers the fried-on-premises product of "Charley Biggs." A quick internet search taught me this was franchised-out, fast food-type stuff based outta Indianapolis. So no, this super-cheap, old-fashioned and good-eatin' chicken doesn't come with an intriguing drizzle or proprietary spice blend — hell, I don't know how it's made, and maybe don't wanna know. What I do know is this: When you bring it to a potluck, picnic or TV-watching party, and people start swarming all over it, tell them the truth: It's popular in Kentucky. Only maybe leave out the fact that sometimes people buy it there at a gas station. Or just tell them: "It's IGA chicken." Bonus: It's sold alongside those giant battered French fries called Jo Jo potatoes (3/$1). Tip: If buying later in the day, opt for never-dry-out thigh pieces. Reassuring information: To guarantee you're purchasing fresh chicken, IGA's entire supply is thrown out every evening around 7 p.m.


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Tom Henke \HEN-key\
Thomas Anthony Henke (The Terminator)
Position: Pitcher
Born: December 21, 1957 in Kansas City, MO
Schools: East Central College (Union, MO), East Central Community College (Decatur, MS), Texas State University (San Marcos, TX)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1982 (Age 24.263, 12,276th in MLB history) vs. SEA 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season [*]
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Rangers/Cardinals 1982-1995
Agents: Craig Fenech [*]
Last Game: September 30, 1995 (Age 37.283) vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv
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If Napolitano believes what she says about a second wave of flu coming, then maybe she should do something about it?
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Joe in Tennessee writes:
I am not a conspiracy theorist, but Homeland Security Today issued an article which suggest Mexican cartels as responsible...is it true? Who knows.
You see, that is the problem we face today, money can purchase anything and any illegal group has one thing in common: Profit by going against the Government and laws of its residence. That is the unification of these groups... Be it of moral consequence or illegal activity, they are united in the cause of the standing Government laws as being against their efforts and they all have money.
Since it is a release of a lesser virus, as it is not generally fatal, someone or some power wants to show WHAT COULD BE. We may not know everything on who, if anyone released it or for what reason?
Perhaps God has simply decided there are too many people on earth now?
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@ Zharkov in U.S.A. -- Do you see now that life is aã Nevertheless, I absolutely agree with you on this infra-red suggestion. But what has become of your "Big Brother" theory now?
QUOTE: acquire some infra-red scanners to measure body temperature of airline passengers before they board airliners END OF QUOTE.
Do you see that friends become enemies and enemies become friends?
Now, it's obvious even to you dear Z, that only technology can "save" us. You see, there is no Big Brother Infra-red scanners in this case, are like using cameras to control criminality. Right?
I mean, we use tech to protect our lives and future!
People in 2009 (billions of people, and not just hundreds as 5000 years ago) can only secure themselves if they use tech. 5000 people could do it "camera/less". Today it's impossible to do it this way. We are billions. How can we otherwise (without tech) survive in such a huge scale of dangers and earth's population?
So, there is NO BIG BROTHER!
Come to tech... You are right!
Joe in Tennessee writes:
The world was not a close as it is today. People did not travel to the extent they do today and control elements are behind with the exception of countries which have elevated threat levels for decades. It is not BIG BROTHER to control a population base when premised on defense of the character, charter, health or welfare of any civil population.
Japan is using thermo imagining now on incoming flights; why not add one more thing? LOL!
If nothing else, we can update histology of virus spread for this generation. Bless those poor souls who are lost over this...but there will be good to come of it by its simple existence and the knowledge base obtained.


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A town with lots to offer - 12/17/2016
Modesto Ca is a place that offers quite a bit. Lots of cultural opportunities, like the Gallo Center, Mchenry Museum. Fun activities plenty of parks and a safe place to raise a family. I have lived here for over 20 years and would not trade it. Leo - modestoCAonline.com[Comment on this Posting]
A Modesto resident's impressions: - 1/24/2015
Hi...I've lived in Modesto for ~16years and live in a newer middle class neighborhood. Shopping for lifes necesities is convienent to most neighborhoods, schools all over the city are improving and your child can get a good education, even though, as in any city, some schools are better than others. The cost of living is very good in Modesto/& Central Valley and one can buy a 'mansion-like-home' for half$ of what they sell-for in many other California cities.
The residential neighborhoods are populated with diverse cultures and residents experience difficulty in finding common ground or bonding with neighbors to organize and address issues of neighborhood crime, juvenal delinquents etc.
For the most part, residents stick to themselves and there immediate families and simply live life as they feel is best for them, with little interference from local Police and with little consideration for their fellow neighbors or others outside their family or culture.
The professionals in this city are mediocre, at best, yet one must pay premium prices for sub-standard services.
In many parts of the city there are pan-handlers begging for spare change who are quick to incite a fight, although this is improving.
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Like most central valley towns, things were great here doing the housing market boom. We are now suffering with too many foreclosures and lost jobs that were based upon the housing market. [Comment on this Posting]
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coming here - 12/2/2010
Word of advice for all you idiots who are paying too much in the Bay Area and have the brilliant idea of moving here and then commuting to the Bay Area for your job: don't do it if you don't know anybody here. We hate hippies.[Comment on this Posting]
Once upon a time... - 6/9/2010
I returned here for a temporary, 9 month stay after 25 years: Modesto has mushroomed almost beyond recognition, and certainly doesn't feel the same! I had wonderful friends here, a great education, and opportunities unique to this area (music education, GREAT church, ease of employment, etc.) as a youth. As a "forty-something visitor", it feels like I need to "part my way through" traffic, more crowded conditions, and what seems to be a low-grade "general demise" (which I have to say is nearly everywhere, now)!!! I love my city - still; but I wouldn't want to relocate here without an upgraded change (for the better), and a heightened sense for community here, etc... Sigh :([Comment on this Posting]
Great climate - 3/8/2010
Great climate.[Comment on this Posting]
Hot as Heck - 4/19/2009
Modesto has one of the worst summer climates I've ever lived in. I don't mind warm weather, but I can't deal well with 100+ degrees for long periods of time. It's only April, and we're already slated to climb to 100 degrees tomorrow! I'm going to try to look for a more mild climate.[Comment on this Posting]
hot places to live - 4/4/2009
Modesto is both physically and culturally a hot place to live[Comment on this Posting]
Growing up in Modesto... - 10/9/2008
I was born in modesto in 1990. I am currently 18 years old. I have lived in Modesto for the first 14 years of my life. I have moved to Fresno, but plan on moving back. Certain neiborhoods are bad, certain are very respectable. I grew up in a neirborhood which had award winning schools (not crowded) and had neirbors who watched everyones back. Modesto is a wonderful place to live or raise a family. You just have to find the right neirborhood for you.[Comment on this Posting]
Don't Move To Modesto - 4/6/2008
I relocated my business to Modesto , This place is a Ghettos , You can't go anywhere with out being hit up for spare change . these people are everywhere in front of markets , gas stations , eatery's , basically anywhere you go in public you are hit on by one or more persons for spare change and it's annoying as hell .these people are probably making more money per day then I am . then you got the drugs , gangs , scrappers and run down neighborhoods . the Tuolumne river that runs through town is nothing more then a cesspool for the homeless .
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Modesto ok? - 8/9/2007
I have only lived in California. So I can't make comparisons to other states. I do belive real estate in Modesto is over priced. Property here has gone down but still may have a long way to go.[Comment on this Posting]
Weather and lifestyle in Modesto - 7/11/2007
Like most of the weather in the central valley of California, Modesto is warm year round and hto in the summer. Just as Spain, we have dry/arid temperatures. What I like about the heat is spending time in downtown Modesto in the resturant/theater district in the summer evenings eating outdoors at a cafe and then enjoying a good movie. Later going to a bar/lounge and having a drink outside and watching people go by. I always feel safe downtown and the people of Modesto are pleasant and live life at a slower pace.
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Living in Modesto California - 7/2/2007
I lived there for FIVE years and that was FIVE years to long. Nobody would move to Modesto on purpose! They would have to be out of their minds. They have lots of Gangs, shootings all the time, it's dirty and has a terrible economy. The schools are horrible! And talk about corrupt..... WOW! Don't move there.... listen to me, DON'T MOVE THERE! yOU'LL BE SORRY IF YOU DO....[Comment on this Posting]
Land locked. - 5/7/2007
This was a nice city 20 years ago. There has been a great amount of growth with very poor planning. The schools are over to small and to few. Crime is high and traffic is terrible around town. Don't even try to go to the Bay Area it is a mess all day long seven days a week. Housing cost went through the roof and are no dropping like crazy.
The Hospitals are over run with illegals that do have not health coverage. Average wait time in a Emergency Care Unit is 10 to 12 hours. (not the illegals faulth as State of California took their benefits away but allow big business to profit from their hard work). Spanish is not a second language here. Many just speak Spanish and laugh at you for not being able to.
Don't get me wrong the white crack addicts that sneak around this town are by far the worst people here. It's not a good place for a normal working family of any age to move to. Unless you speak Spanish or like houses built on top of each other. High unemployement and a great number of locals on government assistance.
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Nice place to live - 4/26/2007
Its a nice place to live. Just tooooooo many people.[Comment on this Posting]
Modesto has got it - 4/13/2007
I've lived in Modesto all 61 years of my life. The greatest thing about Modesto is that it is centrally located. It is only two hours from either the spectactular Pacific coastline or majestic high Sierra Mountains. San Francisco, the most visited city in the world, is only 90 minutes away. The gold country, made famous by the gold rush of 1849, and it's quaint historic towns are a short drive. Yosemite National Park, the most spectactular of parks I've visited, is a day trip away. Modesto is close to numorus professional sports venues and outdoor recreation is abundant with numerous golf courses, lakes, rivers, ski resorts, and hiking trails.
If it is diversity you are looking for Modesto is not a bad place to live.[Comment on this Posting]
Modesto ca - 4/12/2007
Central Valley much less expensive than Bay area.[Comment on this Posting]
Life in Motown - 7/17/2006
Its hot, with low paying jobs and higher than average crime. Do the math.[Comment on this Posting]
Cost of Living Outrageous! - 7/9/2006
Can't justify the high prices anymore. Many of our Californian friends and family are migrating. We could be next.[Comment on this Posting]


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A leaked image of a motherboard carrying elements of Xbox 360 mainboard along with at least one chip used in the video game console can possibly point to a new version of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 with smaller and slimmer design.
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Microsoft did not comment on the news-story and has never officially confirmed the Valhalla project.
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I'll try to be breif. I was nursing DS1 & DD while pregnant & DS1 stopped BFing in Jan saying he will nurse again when mommy milk returns after baby comes. Well DS2 came in Feb & well, I think DS1 forgot how to nurse & was a bit embarrased (sp?) to try again. Not pushing him but let him know he could if he wanted to each time he'd ask. He really wanted to but didn't know how to. Well, yesterday he did a couple times & again today. Just short & not proper latch but he is so excited & happy that he got mommy milk again....finally! He asked if I could nurse him to sleep tonight while rubbing his back. I think I will nurse him a little then rub his back before bed b/c I nurse DD before bed & nurse baby to sleep & throughout the night. Have mixed feelings about triandem nursing but am so happy he was able to have mommy milk again! I am totally leaving it up to him as I have been about whether he wants to nurse or not. He is my first nursling & I never wanted him to wean but I think it was mutual but not really wanted on either part. I was pregnant nursing two for 8 months & it was taking it's toll on me & started feeling resentful & think LOs could feel it. Had to limit b/c it was best for us all. So we will see where this new event takes us. Have to go. LOs are doing my hair & it is starting to hurt & DS1 informed me he put playdoh in my hair! At least it's home made, lol!
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My 3 1/2 year old nursede again!
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Naomi- Leader API of Frederick MD
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Wow! That is so interesting! I 'only' have two and my 3 1/2 really wanted to nurse when the baby came, and I do let him try when he wants,,,,,with the same reaction as your son except that he never got milk! I guess I would give him a few days or so to possibly get over the novelty of it, then gently suggest other options. My son really is jealous of the baby always being carried, so he is always insisting on it at the most inopportune times. I HAVE to carry the baby, he can't even crawl yet! So sometimes do end up carrying them both or even the baby in the stroller and my 40 pound oldest child on my back in the Ergo! I bet it looks silly to others.
Let us know how your nursing Triad is doing!
How old are your children?
Hi Naomi!
DS1 3 1/2, DD is 2 1/2 & DS2 is 10 weeks tomorrow.
DS1 LOVED nursing & we both missed it when he sopped in Jan. I think he misses the closeness, I know I do. Of course I try to give closeness in other ways but it's not the same.
Tonight it was funny-I didn't have a bra on & started leaking milk, as I felt a drip on my foot, & I said "I think I'm leaking" as I lifted my shirt to check & wouldn't ya know, DS1 ran over to wear I was standing & attached so quick!
[QUOTE=naomifrederickmd;5359] my 3 1/2 really wanted to nurse when the baby came, and I do let him try when he wants,,,,,with the same reaction as your son except that he never got milk! /QUOTE]
Forgot to mention-he got lucky the one time b/c I was nursing the baby & DS1 asked if he could nurse & I had a big let down (have oversupply) & he got alot at once b/c it literally sprays out awhile before stopping. So, I think it helped him realize there really was milk in there, lol! He is only able to get a little out if I am nursing baby b/c his latch is as though he was sucking on a straw. Which I could teach him proper latch so I don't get sore nipples but I have no idea how to. He tries to watch his sister to get an idea of how but hasn't got it yet.


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thanks, hoping i can bake my first pizza today have pics posted. ill cut the sugar and use 63 hydration. I have oil at 2%, im guessing that will be fine to start with
I think you might prefer your crust made with melted shortening as opposed to olive oil.CL
WHat made you reach this conclusion?
Because you like crispy GBD, and that's what it does.
Crisco would you suggest? Or a different brand, im not partial to olive oil. Thanks for the recommendation
You might want to reduce the thickness factor to .09 or even .08, which would be more in line with the N.Y. style.
I'm by no means an expert on American style pizza, but it seems like this is heading in that direction. Why not just start with Pete-Za's Papa John's clone and work back toward New York style from there?
I put .1 in the calculator, 18 inches. So that's the thickness it should be right?
While your advice is spot on to prevent cheese from browning, it also risks rubbery insufficiently melted cheese, potentially producing less flavor. If browning is a problem, I think the better approach is fat. Make sure the cheese is block whole milk and a quality brand, and add a drizzle of oil to any non pepperoni pies. Once you have sufficient fat, a lot of the browning issues go away, as the cheese bubbles properly.
I kind of touched on typical pizza shop style. We always grate blocks of whole milk and since they are always done ahead of time they are always kept cold (even in the prep table). It makes for an easy and most importantly even distrubution. The dough has to be formulated properly to allow the crust to brown and cheese (a high quality one) to melt at approximately the same time or else he'll end up with the unmelted goo you speak of.
No, the pizzas you have in your photos range from .075 to .085. Thinner pizzas can be a bit harder to stretch, so you might start off with .085, but I would eventually work your way down to .075.
i kept seeing .1 as what NY style is supposed to be, that is the only reason I put .1 in the calculator. so far, ive only bought pre made 1lb balls that the italian deli sells. they are supposed to be for 16 inch pizzas normal thickness but i stretch them out to 18 inches and i end up with very thin pizza.


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Immediately post-run you are also free to consume sugar, guilt-free. At this time, muscles are craving sugar to replenish glycogen stores to prepare you for your next trail session. Don't go overboard, but if you're going to drink pop or eat a jumbo muffin with your java anyway, this is the time. As for the rest of the day? Shelf sugary foods. Pre-run breakfast the next day? Gidus recommends whole-grain cereal with milk, plain yogurt or an apple with peanut butter as lower-GI options.
Sugar and Health
There is a reason we keep coming back to sugar-spiked frappuccinos: We've got a sweet "food addiction." Studies suggest that sugar activates the brain's neural pathways in a manner similar to taking narcotic drugs. "Sugar can stimulate the release of feel-good opioids and dopamine in the brain and have addictive potential," says Nicole M. Avena, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida, in Gainesville. "Just as morphine addicts need extra hits in order to feel an effect, you begin to need more sugar to feel satisfied."
The more you satisfy these cravings, the more likely it is that you'll be trying to run off a Buddha-belly as your sugar calorie intake sneaks upwards. "Sugar doesn't provide satiety like other nutrients, which can lead to overeating," says Gidus. So it's easy to stuff yourself silly on chocolate cake. A bowl of chickpeas? Not so much.
The ill effects don't stop at worsening your buff-to-blubber ratio. Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, author of Beat Sugar Addiction Now!, says overeating sweeteners forces your pancreas to work overtime cranking out insulin to clear glucose from the blood. "Eventually, this can lead to insulin resistance, where it takes a lot more insulin to get the same effect, paving the way for Type 2 diabetes."
Further, a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that increased intake of sugar-sweetened foods can lower levels of HDL (good) cholesterol while simultaneously raising blood triglyceride levels, both risk factors for heart disease.
In particular, the dietary thug appears to be the fructose in added sweeteners such as high-fructose corn syrup. Consuming reasonable amounts of fructose in items such a fruits is OK, the problem arises when we eat too much of the stuff in sugar-spiked foods. "It appears that excess fructose can stimulate fat production in the liver raising the risk of developing high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes and a spare tire around your belly," says Teitelbaum.
Sack the Sugar
- The American Heart Association recommends that most American women should consume no more than 100 calories or six teaspoons of added sugars per day; most men, no more than 150 calories or nine teaspoons.
- One 12-ounce can of regular soda contains about eight teaspoons. While a fit trail runner can probably get away with more, with so many health concerns, burning a bunch of calories on the trail is no excuse to spoil a sweet tooth rotten.
- Says Molly Kimball, RD, the nutrition program manager at Ochsner's Elmwood Fitness Center in New Orleans, "The bottom line is that we should be consuming a lot less of all added sweeteners."
Shake the Sugar Habit
- Stick with whole foods. The most effective means to limiting your added sugar intake, says Kimball, is to base your training diet around unadulterated whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, lean meats and plain dairy.
- Read the fine print. While some sources of sugar are obvious—the packet you pour into your morning java or the gel you suck down mid-run—be aware of the less obvious sweet stuff finding its way into a dizzying array of products. "Products labeled `high-fructose-corn-syrup-free' are not necessarily sweetener free," says Gidus. Ingredient-list reading is a must. Most likely you recognize sugar's most common aliases: corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup and sucrose. But Gidus advises also watching out for sugar pseudonyms such as barley malt, brown-rice syrup, agave syrup, evaporated cane juice, maltodextrin, concentrated fruit juice and polydextrose.
- Play the clock. Limit intake of sports drinks, gels and sweetener-laden bars to only during and immediately after a workout.
- Fall for fruit. "Satisfy your sweet tooth with fruit, which has loads of fiber and antioxidants," says Kimball. Dried fruit and 100-percent fruit juices will also do in a pinch, she says, but are more concentrated sources of sugar calories so limit your intake.
- Embrace other tastes. Sugar is but just one of the five main tastes. Gradually increase your intake of pure sour, bitter and savory foods, such as unsweetened cranberries and dark, leafy greens.
- Cut recipe sweeteners. Many recipes call for more sugar than needed for satisfactory sweetness. Two cups of sugar in a cake? Come on! Slowly cut back the amount of added sweeteners in your favorite baked good and other recipes.


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Football Legend Cannon Hospitalized After Stroke
Published: February 19, 2013, 03:13 PM (CT)
by Herb Vincent (@LSUHerbVin), Sr. Assoc. Athletic Director
BATON ROUGE - LSU football legend Billy Cannon has been hospitalized due to a stroke, but he is alert and resting, his family informed LSU Tuesday afternoon.
Doctors will conduct tests to determine the extent of the stroke, according to the family. Cannon will remain in ICU tonight. The family expressed its thanks for the prayers and concerns of friends and fans.


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On my first day at the Columbia Journalism Review, the editors were reading page proofs for an upcoming issue, and if you found a glitch, the editor who had read the piece before you had to pitch a coin into a pizza-fund jar—a dime to a quarter, depending on the grievousness of the error. This provided a quick insight into the economics of the place. Also, it was fun. I thought, maybe I could work here for a while.
So, I did. The copy we were reading that fall day was for the twenty-fifth anniversary issue, and here we are—zip!—at the fiftieth, trying to peer into the past and the future, as I will here. I see that Jim Boylan, CJR's founding editor, stole all the Pulitzer quotes for his essay on the previous pages. So if you don't mind, I'll start this on a personal note and save the mission material for the end.
I came to CJR as half of a junior editor, splitting the position with my wife, Mary Ellen Schoonmaker, as we had done before on the copy desk at BusinessWeek. We took bimonthly turns, one of us working at the magazine while the other tended toddlers and wrote freelance. In one of my at-home stints, I wrote a long piece for CJR. Mary Ellen delivered the manuscript, and her desk was positioned in a way that allowed her to observe the reaction of the editor, a thin and classy man named Spencer Klaw. "He danced," she whispered to me on the phone. "What?" I said. "He danced," she said, "in the hall." Thus was the hook set.
Klaw, who died in 2004, edited the magazine from 1980 to 1989. If I was ever going to be an editor, I thought in those days, here was the model. He didn't scare anybody; you just didn't want to disappoint him. His lieutenants were a bear of a man named Jon Swan, who spun straw prose into gold overnight, like Rumplestiltskin, and the steely Gloria Cooper, passionate and smart. Some time before I started, the legend goes, Gloria detected inadequate valuation of her work, vis-a-vis Jon's work, and secretly wrote an unsigned commentary, overnight, on Jon's typewriter. When Spencer praised the puzzled Jon the following morning, Gloria was all cat and canary.
This is a good moment to thank all of them for caring for the flame that Jim Boylan and his colleagues lit back in 1961, and to thank all the editors and staff members before and after them. In my time, Suzanne Levine was the editor after Spencer, and led the magazine in a fairly gutsy fashion between 1989 and 1997. In 1994, she sent Trudy Lieberman to write about David Bossie, the activist who at the time was feeding Whitewater gumbo to reporters. We could not obtain a photo, so Suzanne hired a police artist, who revised and revised his sketch until Trudy said, bingo!—that's the guy. Marshall Loeb came next, from 1997 to 1999, and pushed the magazine in a slicker direction that reflected his roots at Fortune and Money. I have a memory of Marshall walking into the office early one morning with two immense suitcases, after what must have been a grueling all-night flight from China. He was in his seventies by then, but he dove into the pile of papers on his desk with what looked to me like rapture.
It is David Laventhol whom I would personally like to thank most of all. David was named CJR's publisher in 1999, and shortly after that its chairman and editorial director. This was after a career in which he had re-shaped a great swath of the newspaper landscape, in an era in which the big dailies were aiming for the stars. He more or less invented the Style section at The Washington Post, helped build Newsday into a powerhouse as its editor and then its publisher; he served as publisher at the Los Angeles Times and then as president of Times Mirror. He liked to stretch journalistic ambitions and boundaries and understood that CJR was born to agitate for exactly that agenda. In 2000, he installed me as executive editor and Brent Cunningham as managing editor—pilot and co-pilot—and kindly eased us into the roles as he eased his way toward retirement.
David and I more or less took turns doing issues for a while, and one of my early ones was a big package on newsroom morale, complete with a survey and pretty cool cover art. I was proud for about a week. It arrived in people's mailboxes around September 11, 2001, after which nobody ever thought much about newsroom morale again.
Until shortly before we put together this fiftieth anniversary issue, I had not stopped to realize that I've been running the editorial side of CJR for a decade. Which is nice. It's never been a particularly safe position, given that dreams of solvency and greater impact regularly elicit new beginnings, and given that our audience tends to include a set of journalists who assume they could do a better job with it, an indeterminate subset of which may be right. So I feel lucky. To quote Dr. Seuss, These things are fun, and fun is good.
I mean the working kind of fun. We redesigned the magazine twice in that period. We published a book, Reporting Iraq, to be proud of. We won some shiny prizes. We became a better citizen of the world, looking more often beyond the borders of the United States. We wrestled hard, sometimes well, with the technical, economic, and cultural shock waves that have so deeply shaken journalism in this period. It has been, you may have noticed, some kind of decade.
In 2004, we built and staffed a website to cover the coverage of presidential politics, later merging that into CJR.org to create a handsome six-desk press criticism-and-analysis machine. There we cover the coverage of politics and policy, in a time of ferocious and context-free debate (Campaign Desk); business and finance, during a killer recession (The Audit); science and the environment, at a moment when a serious presidential candidate can deny evolution (The Observatory); news innovation and economics, in the middle of a wild and unpredictable interregnum for the business (The News Frontier, and The News Frontier Database); media issues and occurrences (Behind the News); and journalism-related books and culture (Page Views). A sharp crew of writers, thoughtful and fast, works under the steady hand of Justin Peters and, in the case of The Audit, Dean Starkman. There was a period when web and print did not harmonize here, when there were budget wars and a wall—metaphoric and literal—between CJR print and CJR digital. We took it down. The young staff, digital to their bones, is eager to write for the fifty-year-old print magazine, too, which makes me happy.
In print, I look back at the early part of the decade and wish we had some of those cover stories back. With a bimonthly you only get six at-bats a year, and you want a home run every time. Two that we did hit over the wall in those years are Brent Cunningham's "Re-thinking Objectivity" in July 2003 and Liz Cox Barrett's "Imagine" from that January, in which she set up several brainstorming parties of young newspaper reporters all over America and constructed a vision of a dream daily out of their collective mind.
I do think our on-base percentage rose steadily through the years. I am proud of just about all of the Second Read features we have published in the back of the book, in which writers recall a book that helped shape them, or that should not be forgotten. I am particularly proud of "Into the Abyss," our cover piece in November 2006, which presented the voices of the journalists covering Iraq at its worst, in oral-history fashion, and which would become Reporting Iraq; of Michael Shapiro's portrait of The Philadelphia Inquirer in agony, in the March issue that year; and of Eric Umansky's treatise on the coverage of torture, in the September issue. In 2008, I thought Lawrence Lanahan's layering of The Wire against urban journalism in real-life Baltimore, from January 2008, was a revelation, and so was Bree Nordenson's exploration of the ramifications of information overload, in November. In 2009, we looked at the future of journalism in three separate cover packages, from three perspectives, and won a lovely crystal media-criticism trophy from Penn State for our efforts, which is sparkling above my desk as I write.
That year also brought Dean Starkman's May cover piece on the failure of the business press in the run-up to the financial meltdown, the kind of press criticism this magazine was born to produce. (It will be expanded into a CJR book, The Watchdog That Didn't Bark, next year, with our new books partner, Columbia University Press.) Starkman had another winner in 2010, with his "Hamster Wheel" piece on the great newsroom speedup and its journalistic costs. Moe Tkacik's "Look at Me!", a barbed critique of journalism in the age of branding, was loved or hated by all who read it. I loved it. And I have loved most of our cover pieces this year, and much of the rest of what has been in between the covers. What can I tell you?
If this is starting to sound nostalgic, it is somewhat nostalgic. I am not going anywhere and, God willing, will continue as CJR's executive editor for a good run. What is new is that thanks to a generous funder, CJR is in the process of hiring an editor in chief, to whom I will report, and with whom I hope to launch this place into the next half century. Among other things the editor in chief will be, I am told, is someone who enjoys giving speeches and being on panels about the future more than I do (which is not so much). That editor will find there is plenty of work to share.
As an orientation exercise, perhaps the new editor and I will listen together to my greatest-hits phone-message collection. I have saved one from the late David Halberstam, for example. Imagine a voice that sounds exactly like God, telling you emphatically he is not used to people messing with his copy. Another is from Richard Johnson, who once wrote an oily gossip column for the New York Post. The message begins: "I am doing a story about how the Columbia Journalism Review has embarrassed itself . . ." (Actually, we had done no such thing.) On the other side of the ledger is an e-mail from a political science major named Julian from Canada who said he had come across CJR in the bookstore where he works. What Julian wanted to know is this: "It seems you guys are not a huge magazine, and thus I've been buying every issue when I see it at work (as an employee I could just borrow it for free) in order to help support you guys. I was just wondering, would I be more helpful to your continued survival as a publication if I subscribed?" God bless you, Julian. If you need an internship, just call.
One message that I erased, unfortunately, came from Seymour Hersh, but I remember it vividly and can supply a dramatic re-enactment: Scott Sherman, a longtime contributing editor to CJR, was reporting his terrific 2003 profile of the great investigative reporter. A dispute erupted about whether a nice anecdote that Scott had witnessed was on the record, or off. The phone message went this way: "Hoyt? Hersh. Who the fuck is Scott Sherman and what the fuck is he doing? What he's doing is wrong. It's wrong!" This was followed by the sound of a phone slamming down. Everyone survived, including Scott, and I want to thank Seymour Hersh for his kind letter to CJR at fifty, which you can read on page 19, as well as for his years of indispensable investigations.
While I am expressing gratitude, I want to thank Victor Navasky, CJR's wise and resourceful chairman, who has done nothing less than keep this place in the black and glued together, with the help of the stalwart Dennis Giza, CJR's fiscal compass, and our co-chairman, Peter Osnos. I want to also thank our dean, Nicholas Lemann, who has given CJR nothing but support and good ideas, and absorbed more arrows on our behalf than we'll ever know.
And then there is the staff. One editorial skill I am quite confident I have is the ability to hire strong and creative people, because, hey, look at them. I cannot say enough about these hardworking, wicked-smart, and articulate writers and editors. And thanks to all those great free-lance writers through all those years, too—except the ones who were late.
Finally, you, the reader, without whom, who cares? All of us connected to CJR—staff and readers, friends and enemies—seem to know that we are part of a conversation that matters. Journalism matters. This is something we know even more deeply now that it seems to be a resource we can no longer take for granted, like the air.
Two weeks before I went to journalism school, back in Missouri and back in the day, it dawned on me that reporters probably had to type. So I bought a used textbook, covered the keys with little red stickers as the book suggested, and learned how. You can see the typewriter, my father's Underwood, in the accompanying photo of the guy with the moustache and no clue of what lies ahead.
The real lesson came much later, after years on the job: that journalism is not all that difficult, really, but journalism of value is difficult indeed. CJR is that voice saying it is worth the effort. I cannot express the goal we share here better than Jim Boylan did fifty years ago in CJR's founding editorial, which you can read here—in that line about the need for journalism that is a match for the complications of the age.
Our age is most complicated. It requires a level of journalism to match it. CJR can help with that. Let's go.


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European assistance for Mali
Foreign Minister Westerwelle with his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius
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The EU Foreign Ministers agreed on 17 January to set up a European mission to train Mali's armed forces (EUTM Mali). Its objective is to enhance the army's military capabilities and so help reestablish the country's territorial integrity. The training mission is not to become involved in combat situations. At the special session in Brussels, which had been convened at short notice when the situation in Mali escalated, Foreign Minister Westerwelle said the most important thing was to enable the African forces to themselves bring about greater stabilization in Mali.
The EU Foreign Ministers welcomed France's swift response, supported by other EU member states, to the Malian Government's request and the assistance it was providing in the fight against terrorist groups. The French Government had decided on 11 January to take this action, after Islamist rebels who were already in control of much of northern Mali advanced further in the direction of the capital, Bamako. The intervention by France and the support of a number of other countries has halted the Islamists' advance for the time being.
"It was right for France to take action," Westerwelle said in Brussels. He added, however, that it was also right for the European Union to now launch a training mission independently of that military operation, in order to enable the African forces to fulfil their responsibility for Mali's stability.
German support
A Bundeswehr Transall aircraft (file photo)
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Germany too is providing logistical support to help stabilize the situation in Mali. The German Government is making two Transall transport aircraft available to support ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States. Speaking on 16 January, Defence Minister de Maizière said, "We are standing by to bring troops from ECOWAS countries to Mali." Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle described the support as "necessary and the right thing to do".
The legal basis for this international intervention is provided by decisions taken the United Nations Security Council. On 20 December 2012, the Council adopted Resolution 2085 (2012) to sanction an African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) and authorize ECOWAS to reestablish Mali's territorial integrity. The resolution calls on all countries to support these objectives. Resolution 2071 (2012) of 12 October 2012 also sees the Security Council pledge support for the planning of an international military operation as well as calling on regional and international partners to help improve the capabilities of Mali's army.
Mali has been beset by severe crisis since early 2012. Fighting between Government troops and Tuareg rebels broke out in the north of the country in January 2012. The situation was then exacerbated by a coup in March 2012, in which sections of the military overthrew President Touré. Islamist groups managed to gain control of large parts of northern Mali during the coup and the related unrest.
Political resolution is fundamental
High Representative Ashton and Mali's Foreign Minister Coulibaly
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At the special session, the EU Foreign Ministers emphasized the need for political progress as the foundation of long-term stability in Mali. As recorded in the Council Conclusions, they urged the Malian authorities to adopt and implement a roadmap for the restoration of democracy and constitutional order. They also encouraged the launch of an inclusive national dialogue open to the northern populations.
The German Government has also repeatedly pointed out that it would be impossible to resolve the conflict by military means alone, highlighting the need for political resolution and a return to constitutional order in the interests of lasting peace. On 17 January – having spoken to Mali's Foreign Minister Coulibaly, who also attended the special session in Brussels – Foreign Minister Westerwelle said that the Malian Government recognized how essential such a political process and a roadmap for transition were.
Widespread suffering
Refugees from northern Mali in Bamako
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In view of the difficult humanitarian situation in Mali, the German Government on 16 January pledged an additional one million euros in humanitarian aid.
The money will be made available to Welthungerhilfe to help relieve the suffering of refugees from Mali. "Even given the important strategic and military considerations, we must keep the needs of the people in mind," Westerwelle said.
The humanitarian situation in Mali has been deteriorating since the Islamist rebels began making advances in the north of the country. According to current estimates by the United Nations, up to 4.2 million people will be dependent on humanitarian aid this year. Around 350,000 people have fled the affected regions, 150,000 of them crossing the border into neighbouring countries.
Since the end of 2011, Germany has pledged a total of 13.65 million euros in humanitarian aid for Mali. This goes to support the activities of organizations including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the World Food Programme (WFP), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and German NGOs in Mali.
- We won't leave Mali in the lurch! (Guest comment)
- Council Conclusions on Mali, Brussels, 17 January 2013 PDF | 86 KB
- Factsheet on the planned EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) PDF | 128 KB
- UN Security Council Resolution 2085 (2012) on Mali PDF | 51 KB
- Security Council Resolution 2071 (2012) of 12 October 2012 on Mali PDF | 91 KB
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Millions of dogs will get to join their owners in the office on national Bring Your Dog to Work Day this June 22. For many other canines, the daily commute and time spent in the workplace is simply part of life, The Associated Press reports. About 1.4 million owners take about 2.3 million dogs to work every day, according to the 2011 American Pet Products Association.
As more owners express interest in bringing pets to work, employers are becoming more welcoming of their employees' four-legged friends, the news outlet reports. In 2006, a survey by the association found that one in five businesses were pet-friendly. Many are even finding that having pets around is good for workers' productivity and wellbeing.
"It's such a great way to create a productive atmosphere," Erin McCormack, who works at a TV production company in Los Angeles, told the news outlet. "It makes the environment more conducive to creativity."
She added that dogs tend to be a "calming force."
"When things get stressful, you can lean down and pet your dog or take a walk and pet a nearby dog," she told the AP. "You get a more efficient workplace, one that's not consumed with stress."
According to the Take Your Dog to Work Day official website, this holiday was established in 1999 as a way to celebrate companion animals and encourage people to adopt them from humane societies and rescue shelters.
If you are planning on bringing your dog to work, it is important that it is well-behaved and will not cause a disruption to you or your co-workers with dog barking or other behaviors. It might be a good idea to practice crate training with your dog, since some employers may require that dogs be confined or leashed in the workplace. Before taking your dog to work you should visit your vet to ensure up-to-date dog vaccinations and pet parasite protection to avoid unnecessary risk to other pets and co-workers.


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Children's Beyond the Best Seller List
Every month the Children's Librarians choose five books they are really excited about. They range from picture books to non-fiction, and juvenile fiction (chapter books). They are given a special subject heading 'Children's Beyond the Best Seller List' to make them easy to find.
Be sure to check out this list when you are looking for the next good book to read!


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What does the 6-in-1 mean? I have yet to see this discussed.
Very close to J. Russo is Fulchaneti's market (sp?) in Waltham, and they will sell you grande cheese by the pound. This is a small corner store that will sell you the whole milk or the part skim. Definitely mapquest this place as it is very off the beaten path.
This thread inspired me to order a 6 pack of 6 in 1 tomatoes. Happy to report that the price is still $16.50 for the 6, that includes the shipping.
I now buy 6-in-1 canned tomatoes at a Costco Business center, City of Commerce in California. They only sell #10 can, for approximately $3.25 . Restaurant Depot in Fountain Valley, CA carries 6in1's also.


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Unique Palette Bed at Great Location
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Featuring trendy art and decor in large, comfortable space, this flat is perfect for couples or singles who want to be in the heart of the action. When you want peace and quiet you can simply close the blackout curtains and enjoy the amenities. The space includes a small refrigerator, a queen size bed, an armoire/closet, hair dryer, iron, TV and air conditioning.
Room has custom built cabinets with various kitchen equipment such as electric stove, glassware, silverware, pots and pans, electric kettle, toaster and coffee machine. We provide clean sheets, blankets, comforters and towels.
Located just behind the historical museum hotel Pera Palace / Jumeirah, you can literally walk to café's, bars, restaurants, Taksim night life and famous entertainment center Asmali Mescid area. Being only 3 min walking distance from Istanbul Metro line, exploring the beauties of Istanbul haven't been more convenient!
Whatever you need, just ask for it! We'll gladly make it happen.
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Reviews of this property
apartment seems bigger in the picture. Neat and clean, everything you need is provided, towels. Welcoming reception by the landlord and telephone and whats app had contact with Kivanc, who was very helpful.
At 5 to 10 minutes walk from Galata Tower and 15 to 20 min walk from Taksim square, close to a busy shopping street, nice location!
appartement lijkt groter op de foto. Netjes en schoon, alles wat je nodig hebt is aanwezig, incl handdoeken. Gastvrije ontvangst door de huisbaas en telefonisch en whats app contact gehad met Kivanc, die erg behulpzaam was.
Op 5 a 10 min loopafstand van galata toren en 15 a 20 min loopafstand van taksim plein, dichtbij drukke winkelstraat, fijne locatie!
Not what we expected! We booked a spacious appartment but upon arrival at 21.00 we received the message that there were technical problems and that only a small other appartment was available. That was a poor room, small with no luxury at all. The cooking devices were not suitable to even boil an egg!! We had a good experience in whole Turkey and this was our last stay, so very disappointing. We have the impression (but not proven) that sometimes the location is double booked and that no priority is given to Wimdu-bookers!!
Thank you so so much Kivanc for your time and service!
The apartment was very clean and nice and thank god we had an air-conditioner...the weather in february was kind of awful but since the location was perfect it wasn't that bad. We had all we needed: clean towels and dishes..etc, the fridge was very clean, too and the design of the bedroom was lovingly selected.
We will come back to you soon for sure ;)
I highly recommend your apartments, wish you great business,
best regards from germany (^_^)
It was a pleasure for us to be in istanbul. Its a realy nice city. The apartment was cleaned and new. The location is not far from shopping and visiting. (but the adress from the apartment is not easy to find - problety you have to say your next guest name of the street :) - or for taxidrivers: "near the radisson SAS Hotel")
The servicemanager was friendly and helpful.
Thank you for these nice days!
Daniel und Stefanie
The Apartment was big enough for 2 persons and all what you needed was there.The Rooms were clean and comfortable.Kivanc is a very kindly Person and helpfull if you have any Questions .The Apartment is really in a Central Area and if you like you can find places by Feed.If you dont want to go by Feed you can take the metro its near by.We have had a really nice stay in Istanbul.Whenever we want come back to Istanbul we rent an Apartment from Kivanc.Thank you
Perfect place close to the Subway, City centre, Bazaar you name it, we walked to all the great tourist places and back without any trouble.
The place looks great i will recommend it to all my friends and family and push them to go to Istanbul!
Just one thing, it would be great to have up to date metro, train, ferry and tram maps in the apartment because as we found out the public transport network is extremely well and has been expended so much the last year/s that all the maps we found where out of date, get a Istanbul pass and hop on hop of every where when you are tired of walking.
Bastiaan Versloot
Very nice and clean apartment with a great location.
Sehr schöne und saubere Wohnung mit einer super Lage.
Very nice apartment in Istanbul.
A few steps up to Istiklal Caddesi. Everything was as described. Kivanc is a very good host.
Thanks / Sagol Kivanc
Sehr schönes Appartment in Istanbul.
Wenige Schritte bis zur Istiklal caddesi. Alles war wie Beschrieben . Kivanc ist ein sehr guter Gastgeber.
Danke / Sagol Kivanc
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Look, I can take losing. Great teams still lose sixty games. But I hate going down without putting my best players in the best position to win. That's a stick right in the ol' eye.
1) "The food here is terrible." "Yes, and such small portions."
It can be argued that Paul Byrd is a journeyman who did not deserve $7M a year. It could be argued that the Indians signed Byrd to a going-rate contract and got away with only guaranteeing two years. It can NOT be argued that sporting a 10.24 ERA with a sub-ONE K:BB ratio is what anyone had in mind. Look, the first inning, you give up a couple hits and a run, big deal. Second inning, a triple but no damage, hey, we're not talking about a 0.9 WHIP/9 guy here. But the third inning: good grief, the man gave up four runs on TWO BLOODY HITS. Three guys walk, and they all score. Wasn't that the point of Paul Byrd, that the walks would come at a Silva-esque pace? At least Radke-esque? Not Bobby Witt? Isn't that the Selling Point? Do we need some Lasik here or something?
Anyway, getting yanked in the 4th wasn't what I was looking for, certainly not against Gil Meche.
2) Do you know the Mullet Man?
I've written this column in the past. Each year, I latch on to someone who must be removed from my roster immediately. In the past, I have lobbied diligently for the removal of Jerrod Riggan, Chad Paronto, and Kane Davis. These are not hard decisions to make, people. Do I border on the irrational in my vilification? It could be argued thusly. The B-List is nothing if not visceral.
And my goddan viscera wants Danny Graves off this goddam roster. Good Lord, what was this man doing out there in the sixth inning? The man threw 24 strikes and 17 balls. He gave up an average of a walk AND two hits per INNING. Yes, he induced a ground ball to Sexson in the 4th. Yes, he induced a double play in the fifth. But this is not a man who was "sharp." Tell me, what is your sense of well-being after this sequence:
Y Betancout singled to shallow center
I Suzuki singled to right, Y Betancourt to second
Y Betancourt to third, I Suzuki to second on wild pitch by D Graves
Okay, this is not a man who "has it," right? Betancourt appears to be better than I gave him credit for, and Ichiro, despite a slump, is rumored to be able to hit a little. But after walking a guy after letting Beltre waltz to second in the last inning, wouldn't the wild pitch be kind of like, say, the LAST FUCKING STRAW?
3) Please poke the manager with a stick, he has dozed off again
Walking Ibanez is defensible. Letting Graves pitch to Sexson was not. Heck, bringing Graves in in the first place was pretty strange, unless he "had to get his work in." Fine. Give him the fifth. Then bring in Davis to start the sixth. Or, once it gets to Sexson up bases loaded, bring in Betancourt. Or Cabrera. Or Gumby. Or Teddy the Wonder Lizard. Don't get beat with the ninety-third best pitcher in the organization (I hear Matt Whitney's knuckleball rivals R. A. Dickey's). Look at 6-5, this is an exciting game. At 10-5, it's a chore to come back. They almost did, but that's not the point. Even if you pitch carefully to Sexson and walk in a run (and walking Sexson in that situation would be a feat), Beltre and Everett are batting under .150 coming into the game. Ice cold! Argh!
4) You sure you got enough dynamite there, Butch?
Travis Hafner has now homered 6 times in 6 games. One might claim that he's strong. By the way, his batting average in Jacobs Field is .647, approximately the same as the Cavs' free throw percentage. (Not really. It's pretty good, though.)
5) Small sample size follies!
Casey Blake has more RBI than Travis Hafner (or any other Indian, for that matter)
Eduardo Perez has more RBI than Ron Belliard and Ben Broussard combined
Ramon Vazquez has struck out more times than Casey Blake
Raul Ibanez is now hitting .353 after going 4-for-4
Danny Graves is a fungus
6) Welcome to Cleveland, here's your ticket back to Beefalo
Jason Davis was not spectacular or anything, but 2 solid innings in which he threw strikes (were Paul and Danny watching?): 16 strikes, 5 balls. This led to 2 Ks and 4 GB outs. I conjectured that Davis would need to raise his K rate or induce more ground balls to become an effective reliever: he may be doing both.
And now he probably gets the wazoo so Fausto Carmona can start against the Tigers.
Hey, I have an idea! How about shaving Danny Graves' head and sending him down instead?
7) Statistics in action!
Jason Michaels was touted as an effective top-of-the-order guy by statheads because he got on base at near a .400 clip, much of which was the result of a high walk rate. After 2 more walks tonight, Michaels continues to sport a higher OBP than SLG. (Actually, an extra-base hit wouldn't be bad, dude. Neither would a haircut.)
8 ) The calf seems okay
Ron Belliard had 2 RBI on a hit Tuesday, and scored three runs on two more hits tonight. This serves two purposes: it ignites the bottom of the order (especially for top RBI man Casey Blake (!)), and it keeps Ramon Vazquez off the bloody field. The first probably helps more toward winning, but the second helps more toward my gastric health.
9) Ducks on the pond!
This is the first game where leaving guys stranded really bit us on the behind: 8 guys stranded, 4 in scoring position. Ouch.


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Last Thursday, NPR ran an interesting piece by Alan Greenblat that featured the perspective of several of the nation's rich (read: annual household income over $250,000) in relation to President Obama's determination that the Bush era tax increases end for the nation's rich as part of any deal related to the looming "fiscal cliff." The article features a variety of perspectives, but I would like to reflect upon one particular section of that article here. Greenblat writes,
[Mark] Anderson recognizes that the kind of tax increases Obama proposes aren't going to impinge on his life materially, and he supports them philosophically. But he adds that he thinks Obama and other Democrats make being rich "sound like a bad thing," which he says is a mistake.
The top 2 percent of earners already pay 35 percent of all federal taxes, according to the Tax Policy Center. In terms of personal income taxes, the top 1 percent alone pay 37.4 percent of total receipts, according to the Tax Foundation — double the share they paid back in 1979. [Edward] Kfoury, who is president of a land trust in Maine, points out that there are years when his personal tax bill has run into seven figures.
"What would make me feel a lot better is if I heard the president say, 'I want to thank the rich people who, because of our progressive tax system, pay the most — but we don't have enough money, so we're asking the wealthy people to help the country out by paying more than their fair share,' " says Martin Krall, a 71-year-old "semi-retired" attorney and media executive who lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
"Instead, you're made to feel like you're a bad guy," Krall says. "People resent the notion that somehow they've done something wrong by becoming successful."
Joe Carter recently examined why soaking the rich won't fix the deficit, so I will not explore that question here. Instead, I would like to focus on the issue of human dignity, political rhetoric, and an ancient Christian perspective on wealth. (more…)


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Birth Defects Prevention Month
Birth defects affect 1 in every 33 babies born in the United States and are a leading cause of infant mortality, reports the National Birth Defects Prevention Network.
Babies who survive and live with birth defects are at increased risk for developing many lifelong physical, cognitive, and social challenges.
Medical care and support services only scrape the surface of the financial and emotional impact of living with birth defects.
January 2013 is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. The theme is "Birth defects are common, costly, and critical."
The good news is awareness efforts offer hope for reducing the number of birth defects in the future. The following prevention strategies can be promoted. Experts encourage all pregnant women and those who may become pregnant to:
– Consume 400 micrograms of folic acid daily.
– Manage chronic maternal illnesses such as diabetes, seizure disorders, or phenylketonuria (PKU).
– Reach and maintain a healthy weight.
– Talk to a health care provider about taking any medications, both prescription and over-the-counter.
– Avoid alcohol, smoking, and illicit drugs.
– See a health care provider regularly.
– Avoid toxic substances at work or at home.
– Ensure protection against domestic violence.
– Know their family history and seek reproductive genetic counseling, if appropriate.
Every 4 1/2 minutes, a baby is born with a birth defect.
In honor of January as Birth Defects Prevention Month, the National Birth Defects Prevention Network is actively focusing on raising awareness among health care professionals and the general public about the frequency with which birth defects occur in the United States and the steps that can be taken to prevent them.
The risk for many types of birth defects can be reduced through healthy lifestyle choices and medical interventions before and during pregnancy.
There are many different kinds of birth defects including congenital heart defects, cleft lip or palate, defects of brain and spine, and a variety of genetic syndromes such as Down syndrome. Some have only a minor and brief effect on a baby's health and some have life-threatening and/or life-long effects.
More than 120,000 babies born with a birth defect (approximately 1 in 33 live births) are reported each year in the United States.
Birth defects are the most common cause of death in infants and the second most common cause of death in children aged one to four years.
Public awareness, expert medical care, accurate and early diagnosis, and social support systems are all essential for optimal prevention and treatment of these all-too-common and often deadly conditions.
Things you need to know about birth defects:
– Did you know that birth defects can greatly affect the finances not only of the families involved, but of everyone?
In the United States, birth defects have accounted for over 139,000 hospital stays during a single year, resulting in $2.5 billion in hospital costs alone. Families and the government share the burden of these costs. Additional costs due to lost wages or occupational limitations can affect families as well.
– Did you know that birth defects are common?
Birth defects affect 1 in 33 babies every year and cause 1 in 5 infant deaths. For many babies born with a birth defect, there is no family history of the condition.
– Did you know that a woman should take folic acid during her teens and throughout her life?
Because half of all pregnancies in the United States are not planned, all women who can become pregnant should take a vitamin with folic acid every day. Folic acid helps a baby's brain and spine develop very early in the first month of pregnancy when a woman might not know she is pregnant.
– Did you know that many birth defects are diagnosed after a baby leaves the hospital?
Many birth defects are not found immediately at birth. A birth defect can affect how the body looks, how it works, or both. Some birth defects like cleft lip or spina bifida are easy to see. Others, like heart defects, are not.
– Did you know that birth defects can be caused by many different things, not just genetics?
The cause of most birth defects is unknown. Use of cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs, taking of some medicines; and exposure to chemicals and infectious diseases during pregnancy have been linked to birth defects. Researchers are studying the role of these factors, as well as genetics, as causes of birth defects.
– Did you know that some birth defects can be prevented?
A woman can take some important steps before and during pregnancy to help prevent birth defects. She can take folic acid; have regular medical checkups; make sure medical conditions, such as diabetes, are under control; have tests for infectious diseases and get necessary vaccinations; and not use cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs.
– Did you know there are ways a pregnant woman can keep her unborn baby safe from infections?
The best way to keep an unborn baby safe from infections is for a pregnant woman to wash her hands often, especially after using the bathroom; touching raw meat, uncooked eggs, or unwashed vegetables; handling pets; gardening; or caring for small children.
– Did you know there is no known safe amount of alcohol or safe time to drink during pregnancy?
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects can include physical problems and problems with behavior and learning which can last a lifetime. There is no known safe amount, no safe time, and no safe type of alcohol to drink during pregnancy. FASDs are 100 percent preventable if a woman does not drink alcohol while pregnant.


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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Another CVS Drugstore Makeup Haul!
8 comments:
- DanceEatBeauty said...
Just went to CVS as well and picked up the color tattoos (white,teal and gold), some garnier wipes and cetaphil. I was hunting for the baby lips and its sold out everywhere for some reason. My Lip Butter Collection is nearly complete too...mwahahahah *Dr Evil laugh*
- March 6, 2012 at 11:45 AM
- Marlisa said...
The Color Tattoo eye colors are fabulous. I love the teal, taupe, charcoal and bronze. They are amazing and do not rub off! Can't wait to see your tutorials on them. I plan on using for future shoots.
- March 6, 2012 at 11:53 AM
- Agnes said...
I keep hearing wonderful reviews about those lip butters! I really want to give them a try but I recently did a big NYX lip product haul and promised the husband I'd "take it easy" on the beauty products. Great finds though - I'll just have to live vicariously through you!
- March 6, 2012 at 12:02 PM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
@danceeatbeauty - i'm thinking about going back to my cetaphil moisturizer...i bet you could find baby lips online?
@marlisa - i still haven't tried them yet! but i plan on doing a tutorial soon :)
@agnes: lol they are pretty great. but they're not must-haves, more like nice-to haves so it can wait :)
- March 6, 2012 at 4:35 PM
- Hollie said...
I hope I can get my hands on the maybelline color tattoos, since they're new I know it'll take forever for it to be available here in Phils. The Revlon Lip Butters are selling like hotcakes... I prolly should give those a try too. hehe
- March 7, 2012 at 12:12 AM
- Mike Watson said...
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- March 7, 2012 at 12:53 AM
- DanceEatBeauty said...
I haven't tried the moisturizer yet. Just got the cetaphil facial wash. Guess what ,just went to walgreens coz my bf needed flu meds and saw the pink baby lips. YES! =) Love your posts Ren, keep em comin.
- March 7, 2012 at 8:39 PM
- JoAnna Carrozzino said...
I hear the white Color Tattoo shade is great for eyeshadow base when you're in a pinch. Haven't tried it myself yet.
I was reading through the comments. I'm a cetaphil fan too :D
- March 8, 2012 at 9:27 PM