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If you watch the brainy quiz show Jeopardy!, you probably know the incredible processing power of IBM Watson. If not, IBM Watson is the "cognitive computing platform" that outsmarted the TV show's two top human challengers (and earned a cool $1 million, which IBM donated to charity).
Today IBM and Elance are announcing a strategic partnership to fuel creation of a new generation of apps for the enterprise, powered by IBM Watson. IBM has tapped Elance as their inaugural talent partner to build a Watson Talent Platform.
The move comes as a part of IBM's larger announcement today that it is opening up IBM Watson as a development platform for entrepreneurial software application providers (ranging from start-ups to established technology leaders). The goal is to create apps in the cloud leveraging Watson's cognitive computing intelligence.
Based on technology that helps break down the barriers between people and machines, Watson now bring the Elance community an incredible opportunity to find talent that's perfectly matched to jobs.
"Elance is proud to partner with IBM help fuel an ecosystem that leverages the ingenuity of smart people all over the world, to bring to life myriad Watson-powered applications," said Fabio Rosati, CEO of Elance. "We are also excited to build our own Watson-powered applications to better serve all our clients."
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A senior church leader has called for an end to "alarmist" rhetoric on immigration as Nigel Farage prepared to launch Ukip's campaign for the European elections amid controversy over the party's new poster campaign.
The eurosceptic leader says the stark messages about direct threats to UK workers' jobs from millions of unemployed Europeans are "a hard-hitting reflection of reality".
The anti-European Union (EU) party is using £1.5 million of funding from millionaire ex-Tory donor Paul Sykes to launch its biggest-ever publicity drive ahead of the May 22 poll which many observers believe it could win.
Critics compared the immigration posters with those used in the past by the far-right British National Party and Labour MP Mike Gapes said they were "racist" and appealed to "decent" voters to turn out to oppose Ukip.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, said it was wrong to use expressions that suggest "dismay or distress at all these people coming to this country".
He did not refer to any party in comments to the Daily Telegraph, but appealed to all sides to celebrate the contribution of immigrants rather than "anger and dismay".
"What I would appeal today is that the debate about immigration is done with a sense of realism and a sense of respect - and that it is not cushioned in expressions which are alarmist and evocative of anger or of dismay or distress at all these people coming to this country," he said.
To be displayed at hundreds of billboard sites across the country, the Ukip posters carry stark warnings that "British workers are hit hard by unlimited foreign labour".
Another says that 26 million people in Europe are looking for work, adding by a picture of a finger pointing at the reader "and whose job are they after?".
Under the slogan "take back control of our country", others complain that 75% of British laws are made in Brussels and that UK taxpayers fund the "celebrity lifestyle" of EU bureaucrats.
Mr Farage, who will formally launch the campaign in Sheffield today, dismissed the concerns of the "chattering classes".
"These posters are a hard-hitting reflection of reality as it is experienced by millions of British people struggling to earn a living outside the Westminster bubble," he said.
"Are we going to ruffle a few feathers among the chattering classes? Yes. Are we bothered about that? Not in the slightest.
"Ukip is hugely grateful to Paul Sykes for his magnificent contribution to the great cause of restoring Britain's ability to be a self-governing nation. The political earthquake I have spoken of is on its way."
Mr Sykes said: "An overwhelming victory for Ukip will break the political mould in the UK, forcing Labour and the Lib Dems to back a full-scale referendum and intensifying the popular pressure for that to be staged as early as general election day 2015."
Ukip says that its fast-rising membership has now passed 36,000 - only around 8,000 behind the Liberal Democrats and on course to overtake Nick Clegg's junior coalition party by the time of the 2015 general election.
Mr Clegg appealed for help from Labour and pro-EU Tories to counter Ukip's arguments in the run-up to May 22 and dismissed Mr Farage's claims to be an insurgent.
He wrote in The Guardian that Ukip is part of the anti-Brussels "establishment" and its leader is the sort of professional politician he accused others of being.
"Of all Nigel Farage's far-fetched claims - and there are many - the most outlandish is the idea that Ukip's call for an exit is the insurgents' battle cry," he said.
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"More important, there is nothing remotely new about his party's ambitions. Ukip is simply the fresh face of a long-standing Eurosceptic establishment, supported by many in the Tory party and significant parts of the press."
Mr Clegg acknowledged that a British exit from the EU was now "plausible" but insisted he would happily take on Mr Farage in more televised debates - despite being widely seen as having lost support to him after the two already broadcast.
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Meanwhile, Poland's ambassador to the UK questioned the appetite of his countrymen any longer to seek work in the UK, saying wages were now higher in his country.
"This huge wave of people who came to EU countries trying to get well-paid jobs is over now," he told The Independent, 10 years after Poland joined the EU.
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school me tire sizes grip handling square v staggered
I've seen so many threads that have a lot of information on tires from brand to sizes and best results on X type of racing and most are usually about 1/4 dragging or 60-130 pulls or some form of straight line street/(mexico) racing, etc. I'm looking for the Ideal tire size that will give me grip (turbo m3) can be driven on street/track hpde type events and if caught in the rain wont send me flying into a wall while just trying to make it back the garage.
I have another set of wheels/tires for normal driving conditions but as my m3 isnt my daily driver and when pulled out will be spirited driving or track events when will i ever use these wheels? Which is why I decided to post this up. Below are the details of my current rims as well as questions additional questions.
Wheels: CCW LM20 18x9.5 18x11 for too long I've seen too many people use their classics for stanced cars (i'm one of these people except for using lm20s) and never seen anyone really use these wheels on the track. Whats the reason for this? If anyone can shine some light I'm totally open to learning something I didnt know and will consider another wheel if there's some logical reasoning behind it. Obviously this setup is staggered and seems not to be the recommended setup to run, THIS also arises many questions.
Staggered M3 v Square M3? What are the pros and cons of this for someone as myself considering my goals and type of driving the car will be subject to.
Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read my post and contribute useful information to this thread. My car is about to be built and I'm trying to pick up the right items first so this post will definitely be the deciding factor in my future purchase.
Friction = (Coefficient of friction) x (Normal Force)
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Grip of your tires = (how sticky your tires are) x (how much force you are pressing down on the tire)
Also, the more pressure you put on rubber, the coefficient of friction drops very lightly. This is why if you have a lighter car or wider/taller tire, you get a little more grip, but the difference is small compared to the difference of tire compound.
You have a big heavy street car, so your best bet is probably going to be fitting the largest and stickiest tires you can inside your wheel wells. Your handling will then be tuned with your suspension and alignment. Your CCWs should be fine for both the application and their size.
Square will give you the "most grip" all things equal- that is if you maximize size. I know people run 285/35/18 square on an E46 M3. I don't know about bigger than that without fender modifications.
One thing also I didn't see it on hear is you can't rotate staggered
So I've narrowed my search down to Toyo proxes R888 based on all the google searching (vette/mustang forums offer a lot of great input on tires btw) and now I'm left to decide sizing. Originally I was looking for 295/35 18s for my 18x11 wheel however, R888's only come in 295/30 OR 285/35 OR 305/30 I was a perfect fit finish without having to mod or bang at my baby with a mallet! Also theres a significant price between these sizes :confused: as well so I'm looking to for some insight on what size is the best bang for buck. Also what would be a proper size for the front wheel 18x9.5 based on which X rear size I go? I'm assuming theres certain staggered tire sizes that wont work properly and in return I'll have a horrible handing m3:bawling:
The greater the difference front to back the more understeer you will have.
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N. Ind. auto parts plant closes, idling 125
A northern Indiana auto parts plant that had been slated to close in early 2013 has shuttered its doors weeks ahead of schedule, leaving more 125 workers jobless.
Gunite Corp. shuttered its Elkhart plant Friday following months of falling revenue and orders for wheel components caused by an excess inventory in the trucking industry.
Spokesman Timothy Weir for Evansville-based parent company Accuride Corp. tells The Elkhart Truth the company has been battered by inexpensive overseas competition. Company officials announced in July the Elkhart plant would end operations in early 2013 and move its manufacturing operations to Rockford, Ill.
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We can't think of a time when meeting Mike Tyson would ever be a relaxed or calm environment.
But what we do know is that we would never want him to catch us in bed with his partner. Hell no.
The world champion boxer has revealed how he actually saw his wife under the sheets with Hollywood actor Brad Pitt and revealed he was "mad as hell" – which can only be bad news for Brad's pretty face.
In an interview with US chat show In Depth With Graham Besinger, he explained that during his divorce from actress Robin Givens he was in a "love triangle with Pitt".
And despite the serious legal mumbo-jumbo while trying to end his marriage with Robin, he still used to visit her home daily for sex.
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It was believed by many that she only married the superstar boxer for his cash.
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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning its next remote sensing satellite.
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Foreign funding of NGOs in India
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In 1976, at the height of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi, India's Parliament enacted a piece of legislation called the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.
Planet Blue Coat: Mapping Global Censorship and Surveillance Tools
Blue Coat Devices capable of filtering, censorship, and surveillance are being used around the world. 61 of these Blue Coat appliances are on public or government networks in countries with a history of concerns over human rights, surveillance, and censorship. Our findings support the need for national and international scrutiny of Blue Coat implementations in the countries we have identified, and a closer look at the global proliferation of "dual-use" information and communication technologies.
Indian government wiretapping
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According to a report, all major Indian telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Tata Tele services, have agreed to share real-time interception of BlackBerry calls and data services on their networks with Security agencies.
Man arrested for uploading photo of Lord Hanuman atop mosque on Facebook
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A 20-year-old youth was arrested on charge of uploading an objectionable picture on the Facebook, police said on Saturday.
Indian government plans to acquire code-busting software to tackle smartphone crime
Source: Aman Sharma, Economic Times
The government is gearing up to arm cyber sleuths with forensic tools to catch up with criminals who outsmart investigators by using secure mobile phones or password-protected computers.
In Indian-held Kashmir, government tightens grip on internet monitoring
Source: Dawn
In a bid to monitor internet usage in Indian-held Kashmir, the central government has asked telecom operators to provide mechanisms for fool-proof monitoring of internet traffic and has also banned several links to Youtube and Facebook pages.
Use of social media to instigate communal tension worrying: PM
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today raised alarm over the use of new tools – bulk SMS, social media, and internet – to stir an old problem – communal violence.
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2012 Google Policy Fellow Kieran Bergmann wrote an article titled Outsourcing Censorship for the Canadian International Council on how governments in Asia are increasing their efforts to control online content.
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Martin McClain requests:
>Dear MathGroupers:
>I need a pure function that operates on {x,{a,b,c}},
>where x, a, b, and c are all simple lists. The output must be
>{Ints[x,a],Ints[x,b],Ints[x,c]}, where Ints means Intersection.
Try this one:
Map[(Intersection @@ #)&,Prepend[List[#],x]& /@ lsts];
x = {2,3,5,7,11,13};
a = {1,2,3,4,5};
b = {6,7,8,9,10};
c = {11,12,13,14,15};
In[1]:= Fudge[{x,{a,b,c}}]
Out[1]= {{2, 3, 5}, {7}, {11, 13}}
Obviously this will work with any number of lists replacing {a,b,c}.
Experienced Mathematica programmers know better than to claim a
"shortest" solution! Perhaps something more elegant will come along.
(Incidentally, I have written a routine called ListThread which
threads together lists of different lengths. I'd be glad to send it
along if you wish.)
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Haiyan protesters demand immediate food and cash aid
February 17, 2014
At least 1,000 survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the central Philippines last November, protested at the presidential palace in Manila today to assail the government's apparent failure to help those affected by the disaster.
Police and presidential guards blocked the protesters when they tried to get near the palace gates. After negotiations, three representatives from the group were allowed inside the palace to submit a petition containing their demands.
The petition contained the survivors' call for the immediate distribution of $1,000 "cash relief," the scrapping of the "No-Build Zone" policy on coastal areas in the provinces of Samar and Leyte, and continued distribution of food aid.
"The people are suffering and they are seething because the government cannot assure the most basic needs such as food, livelihood, housing, and social services," said Benedictine Sister Edita Eslopor, spokeswoman for People Surge, an alliance of typhoon survivors.
Sister Eslopor said three months after Typhoon Haiyan struck, many victims are still struggling to survive under harsh conditions.
"The most glaring fact about the post-Haiyan reconstruction program is that the people are not at the center of the program," she said.
The nun said there is no clear plan for recovery and reconstruction, with some estimates reaching as high as $15 billion.
"Is it because such a huge amount of money is stirring a frenzy of horse trading between the government and the big foreign and local businesses it seeks to partner with?" she asked.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees today said it continues to support the government in providing protection for vulnerable typhoon survivors.
The UNHCR said more than 4.1 million people have been displaced by the super typhoon, which claimed some 6,200 lives and damaged 1.1 million homes.
More than three months later, concerns remain on the security of affected communities recovering from the devastation. Lingering issues include a heightened risk of human trafficking and sexual violence, as well as concerns about the elderly, disabled, indigenous populations and homeless, said Joel Andersson, UNHCR head of operations in Tacloban City.
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Treasuries End Higher
U.S. Treasuries soared in price on the second straight month of disappointing jobs data and increasing fears of prolonged weakness. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note plunged to 4.22%. Traders are now positioning for a neutral rate environment. The weak jobs report is expected to shift the Fed's attitude on interest rates.
July Nonfarm Payrolls rose a much less-than-expected 32,000 and the June figure was revised down to 78,000 from 112,000. The consensus was about 240,000, and Goldman Sachs forecast 300,000. Manufacturing payrolls rose 10,000, and services-producing payrolls rose 14,000. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.6%.
The data suggests the economy is not recovering from the June slump. Although oil futures off bit, prices are still extremely high and will put a cloud over the global economy if they persist at high levels.


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What changed?
Maybe I should not have bedded these in? After I started this post, by the time I received the Jurids, the brakes started to...brake. Or maybe I started getting used to them? Anyways, as time passed, it seemed they started to work better, and although I was compelled to change them with the Jurids, every time I went in the garage with the strong decision to change them, the clean rims stopped me every time. Now, it's been over a year, went through a winter and 2 summers, and when I did the suspension work not too long ago, I noticed that the rotors and the pads are almost like new. Hmmm. What I mean is, a new set of rotors have some sort of criss-cross "brushing" on them when new, then this texture is gone pretty quick once the rotors are installed, and after another while some sort of concentric grooves start forming on the now shiny rotor surfaces. The "brushed" texture is still visible on my Zimmermans, just started to fade. And no concentric grooves.
So, as I said, maybe I started to get the "hang" of these pads? Or maybe when I bedded them in I glazed them, and it took a while to wear it off? I don't know. During this period of time since I posted I had to do some hard braking, and they worked. With the exception of that funky week when the pads did not hold very well, and the strange episode that literally shocked me.
In all honesty they are OK, but not as good as the Jurid. You still need to press harder the brake pedal. But the clean rims, they just plaster a smile on your face every time you look at your car. And this is every day...
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Changing shift points in a GM 200R4 OD transmission
When you upgrade to a 200R4 OD transmission to get the benefits of the 0.67 overdrive, it is rare that the automatic shifting sequence occurs at the proper speed. Most likely you have lower rear end gears and a cam so you want the shifts to occur at a higher RPM but the donor tranny is likely set up for a grocery getter and results in 1-2, 2-3 shifts way too slow for your setup. Thus you are stuck with manual shifting which is fun but there are times you want to set it in drive and run it automatically.
A lot of people suggest changing the shift points by adjusting the throttle cable. DON'T DO THAT! That cable needs to be set properly and left alone. It is the governor that sets the shift timing and you have to modify it.
is how we did it. Basically we cut down the weights on the governor which is the proper method.
We ended with perfect shift points for the street; ~2000rpm @ 1-2 and 3000rpm @ 2-3. We havent tried it yet but I assume at WOT the shiftw will rise accordingly to higher in the power band.
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England's quest for a second World Cup gets underway on Saturday night when Roy Hodgson leads his team into the jungle to take on Italy.
But how well do you know your England history?
We've scoured the record books and the archive reels to give the Three Lions' World Cup performances the MirrorFootball quiz treatment.
How much do you know about the 1966 triumph? Or what about the 1950 flop?
Here's 20 fiendishly difficult questions to test your knowledge - and don't worry, we've gone easy on the penalty shoot-outs/
Can you beat your score from our other World Cup quiz here?
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Nick Jonas & Others: 'A Night At Sardi's' For Alzheimer's
Last night was the 19th annual 'Night at Sardi's' event for the Alzheimer's Association in Beverly Hills, Ca. The guest list was full of top names including Kristen Bell, Patrick Dempsey and Kimora Lee Simmons. However, some of the most interesting guests were Nick Jonas and family. The Jonas Brothers are always involved in special and interesting causes and staying grounded. They use their influence for good and seem to be wise beyond their years. Nick was looking quite handsome in his tuxedo and performed at the gala as well.
PHOTOS: Nick Jonas Speaks Against Diabetes
Just last week, the youngest Jonas was a guest speaker at the Carnival for a Cure event benefiting diabetes. He himself spoke on his own struggles with the disease and took time to talk to children with the same troubles. It is great to see such a young person take an interest in health and social issues. Especially when he looks so cute while doing it.


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On September 24th, the 2016 Global Citizen Festival will take over New York City's Central Park, and the just-released lineup is nothing short of incredible.
Every year, TIME magazine puts out a list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and this time around there are plenty of familiar faces.
Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and Alabama Shakes were the big winners at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Monday night (February 15).
She's won a whopping 10 Grammys thus far and on February 15th Adele will perform at the 58 58th Annual Grammy Awards.
Joined by The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar and Little Big Town, the "Rolling in the Deep" songstress will give what's sure to be a memorable showing, her first at the gig since 2011.
It's arguably one of the strongest tracks he's put out in years, and Kanye West just unleashed "No More Parties in LA," also featuring Kendrick Lamar.
The "Love Lockdown" rapper weaves lyrics about a night out on the town as well as his own celebrity prowess- "Any rumor you heard about me was true and legendary, I done got Lewinsky and paid secretaries… When did I become A list? I wasn't even on a list."
With just over two months until the 2016 Grammy Awards, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences just released the first batch of nominees.
And as could be expected, Taylor Swift scored nods for Record of the Year and Song of the Year while her buddy Ed Sheeran also nabbed a Song of the Year and Record of the Year mention.
She never does anything halfway and Taylor Swift pulled out all the stops for her brand new video for her single "Bad Blood."
The "Should've Said No" singer stars as Catastrophe in the clip, surrounded by stars like Lena Dunham, Selena Gomez, Jessica Alba, Cindy Crawford, Ellie Goulding, Gigi Hadid, Mariska Hargitay, Karlie Kloss, Hailee Steinfeld, Cara Delevingne and Kendrick Lamar.
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Once the NFL free agency market opens up on March 13th , Matt Flynn is going to be a very popular man. The first thing Flynn and his agent should do is drop a very nice Thank You note to Gunther Cunningham and the entire Detroit Lions defensive unit. Due to the ineptness of Gunther's boys and their wide nine (or is it wide open?) defense, Matt Flynn is going to be a very wealthy man. The vision of 480 yards, 6 touchdowns and hapless Lions defensive backs chasing Jordy Nelson is dancing in many a general manager's head. It is time for Flynn to start thinking about what sort of climate he wants to live in for the next few years. Miami, Washington, Seattle, Denver, Kansas City and Arizona will be dialing up his number come mid March. One thing is for certain. Whichever team Matt Flynn decides to sign with will anoint him their new starting quarterback. Whether or not that makes him a viable fantasy football starting quarterback is another matter altogether.
The obvious and easy way to look at Flynn's fantasy future would be to just look at what he has done to date in the NFL and extrapolate those numbers forward. We can toss out pre-season statistics and the few mop up duty appearances along the way and concentrate on the games in which Flynn had extensive playing time. That list consists of one half against Detroit, and a full game against New England in 2010 and last year's demolition of Detroit. In that two and a half game span Flynn put up over 900 yards, 9 total touchdowns and 5 total turnovers with an over 60% completion rate. Depending on scoring systems and how many points quarterbacks are awarded for touchdowns, Flynn averaged close to 30 fantasy points per those three games played (I am using 6 points for all touchdowns in my tabulations for this article). Nice, these numbers project out to over 45 TDs in a complete season and any fantasy owner would take that production in a heartbeat. Heck, we can even live with the over 20 possible turnovers that these numbers suggest. However, just like a Brett Favre retirement press conference, there is a bit of skullduggery afoot. Let's back up and examine the defenses that Flynn has put these impressive numbers up against. In 2010 the Lions' pass defense ranked 16th against the pass and actually shut Flynn out in their game. His numbers were a paltry 15 for 26 for 177 yards, no touchdowns and an interception. The Patriots of 2010 ranked 30th against the pass and it is that game where Flynn made his hay. The 2011 Lions pass defense ranked 22nd and we all know what Flynn did to them. So against two of the bottom ten pass defenses Matt Flynn put up very nice numbers with some very nice offensive weapons.
It is probably a very safe assumption that no matter where Flynn lands that he will not have a wide receiving corps that matches up to Greg Jennings , Jordy Nelson, JerMichael Finley and James Jones. Putting up the same numbers he did with the Packers receivers is an unlikely scenario even if he lands in the same system (hello Miami) as the talent level of his weapons is bound to be a lesser one. Simple extrapolation is obviously not the way to go. It is now time to look at some other quarterbacks who managed to parlay great numbers in limited experience into big paydays and starting gigs. It is an unwritten rule of journalism that any mention of quarterbacks who sign huge contracts and become a team's starter begins with one certain name. Scott Mitchell, come on down! Like Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog day, Mitchell's name comes up when discussing over paying for free agents every March. However, we are only concerned with fantasy production for this article and need not concern ourselves with how much money Scott pocketed. So, in his years with the Lions (1994-1998), Mitchell managed to throw for more than 12,500 yards, with 86 total touchdowns and had 69 total turnovers. In 1994 Mitchell posted 36 total touchdowns and threw for over 4000 yards as the high water mark for his years in Detroit. That would have worked out to approximately 360 fantasy points and an absolutely nice year for his owners. However, the rest of his time in Detroit was an up and down (mostly down) rollercoaster that saw his final average fantasy points per game finish up at 15.8. That is definitely not what we are looking for from our number one fantasy quarterback.
OK, let's stop piling on Scott Mitchell as it is an old bit and has been done to death over the years. Also, being a native Detroiter and confessed Lions fan, it is getting hard to type through these tears. Actually, in all fairness to Mitchell, the NFL has changed quite a few rules in the years since his retirement that have helped quarterbacks put up much higher statistics. So what we need here is a contemporary of Matt Flynn for a more accurate comparison. Fortunately for us we have one in Matt Cassel. In 2008 Cassel had his best year as an NFL quarterback and took his talents from New England to Kansas City for the 2009 season and beyond. Much like the transition that Matt Flynn faces in the coming years, Cassel left Randy Moss and Wes Welker for Dwayne Bowe and Mark Bradley. Any fantasy owner who has been forced to try and ride Cassel to a league championship will not be surprised to learn that he has averaged approximately 15.3 fantasy points per game in his stint as the Chiefs' starting quarterback. Yep, those are Mitchell numbers my friends. Kevin Kolb and the debacle that was his first season in Arizona are also worth mentioning here as a cautionary tale of chasing potential fantasy points by a new starting NFL quarterback.
So what is the ultimate value of Matt Flynn in the pantheon of fantasy football? It is minimal at best in this humble writer's opinion. A possible late round pick as a low end number two quarterback. Let the NFL general managers fight over the services of Matt Flynn and avoid him come fantasy draft day. Grab someone like a Flacco, Dalton, or even a Freeman as your second quarterback before even considering Flynn. As always, in a dynasty league format it is a good idea to stash any starting quarterback on your bench if you have the space. In two starting quarterback leagues Flynn of course has value as do all starting NFL quarterbacks. However, in a re-draft format there is bound to be at least one of your league mates who buys into the pre season hype and bites on Flynn way too early. Do not be that owner. History tells us that the risk of mediocrity is too high and there will be plenty of proven fantasy point scoring quarterbacks we can get instead of Flynn.


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This week I'm going to write about the physical side of Lake Guntersville. I hope some of what I have to say will help you if you're lucky enough to come here and fish. Or, maybe it'll help you follow and understand the 2014 Geico Bassmaster Classic a little better.
The lake is just over 70 miles long, covers 67,000 acres of water at normal pool and offers anglers a little less than 1,000 miles of shoreline. It's best known for its grass but there's a lot more to Guntersville than that.
With that in mind let's take a look at the details. We'll start at the upper end.
The upper end is best described as a classic river system. There are places where it's no more than a quarter of a mile wide. The channel is well-defined with current. How much current depends upon how much water they're pulling. At times it can be very strong.
The river and creek channels are deep — over 20 feet — and they typically don't have much cover on them unless they're running close to the shore. Then, they'll support shoreline grass, rock of all sizes, stumps and laydowns. The upper end covers a solid one-third of the lake.
Things are different down near the dam. This area is more like a true lake.
There's a river channel and it's deep like in the upper section. But, there's a lot more grass on the huge, expansive and shallow flats that border the channel. There's also plenty of grass along the banks and back in the creeks.
The creeks in the lower section are intense. What I mean by that is that they are big; they are long; and they are wide. Sometimes they have a fairly strong current running in them.
If the water from the upper and middle sections isn't running hard the water will be clear in the lower section. (It gets filtered by the upper section and middle section grass.) This will allow for more grass growth. Under normal conditions it'll grow down to 18 feet or so.
The middle part of the lake is a mixture of everything. I think of it as a reservoir.
There are well-defined channels, lots of shoreline grass — and some on the flats that are starting to show as you travel down towards the dam — as well as rock, wood and several docks. There are even a few islands in this part of the lake.
As you can see Lake Guntersville is unique. A lot of lakes are one thing or another. Not so with Guntersville. That creates a very interesting situation for anglers fishing her in late winter and early spring.
The fish are all over the place when it comes to the spawn. It's not unusual to see big females on the beds in one place and postspawn bass busting shad in another, on the same day. And, on some days you can catch prespawn bass in a third place. There's no one way to catch them here.
Next week we'll talk about the grass, what it does for the lake and how it affects the bass fishing.
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As we reported recently, former Apprentice star Stella English was spotted visiting up-market London store Harrods, just hours after appearing on ITV breakfast show Daybreak, claiming her legal battle with business mogul Lord Alan Sugar – which she lost – had left her flat broke…
However, it seems the answer to her financial woes may be found in the scrotal sack of a kangaroo or an ostrich – or even a camel – as it's been claimed today that ITV bosses are keen to sign her up to take part in the new series of their hit show, I'm A Celebrity, which of course sees the famous campers eating a stomach churning variety of Bushtucker.
An I'm A Celeb insider told the Daily Star Sunday, "Jungle producers are really keen to sign Stella.
"She's just lost a high-profile battle with Lord Sugar which makes her TV gold right now.
"Stella's basically claiming The Apprentice ruined her life, which would make great viewing if she dished the dirt.
"It would also be a good way for ITV to have a little dig at Lord Sugar and rival channel BBC."
However, the source added, "Although nothing is finalised yet, producers are confident Stella will sign on the dotted line.
"It's a great opportunity to ease her money worries and repair her image."
But it seems that Olympic diver and Splash! mentor Tom Daley has turned down an offer of £250,000 to appear on I'm A Celeb.
The show source said of Tom, "He already has TV commitments with the second series of celeb diving show Splash! as well as a fly-on-the-wall documentary series.
"His team didn't want any more distractions."
I'd have loved to see how Tom did in the jungle! I think he'd have been a 'have a go at everything' sort. But other names linked to this year's jungle series so far include Paul Gascoigne, Corrie star Michael Le Vell and Emmerdale actress Lucy Pargeter.
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Bye-Bye, Tax Break
Slipped into a little-noticed bill, a new U.S. law governing business sales closes a loophole that for years favored small-business owners. The law requires business owners that use the accrual method of accounting to pay capital-gains taxes at the time they close the sale of their companies, even if they receive payments over an extended period.
Here's the logic: Under the accrual method, businesses account for a transaction (purchase or sale) when it's formalized--not when the money actually changes hands. The same logic is supposed to apply to their taxes: They pay taxes or claim a deduction in the tax period when the deal is inked, even if no cash has been transferred yet. Yet business owners had been allowed to pay capital-gains taxes over time on businesses sold on an installment basis--even if they used the accrual accounting method.
Get 'Em While You Can
To hear business-school officials talk these days, you'd think their grads are chucking their consulting and finance careers and heading to Internet startups in droves. Well, not exactly. In a survey of 18 of BUSINESS WEEK's top 25 B-schools, 42% reported that the top career choice among second-year students continues to be management consulting. At 32% of the schools, finance jobs are the first choice.
So how can small companies recruit these young workers, especially when the recruiting programs at most are still designed to funnel students to big companies? One approach is not to play the recruiting game at all, but to use the school's entrepreneurial incubators and business-plan competitions to make direct, year-round connection to the students.
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Bollywood's Jodhaa Akbar wins at Indian film awards
By James Pomfret
MACAU (Reuters) - Indian epic film Jodhaa Akbar scooped top honours in India's version of the Oscars at a ceremony in the Chinese gambling haven of Macau Saturday.
Some of Indian cinema's biggest names including Amitabh Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan graced the green carpet, as thousands of fans screamed and jostled for autographs at the annual IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards.
The night's big winner in an awards ceremony replete with circus performers, fireworks and high-octane Bollywood dance routines was Jodhaa Akbar, about a 16th century Muslim emperor who marries a Hindu princess.
The film picked up awards including best picture and best director for Ashutosh Gowariker, while heart-throb Hrithik Roshan won best male actor and A.R. Rahman best music direction.
The film's director said the central theme of religious tolerance was a vital one for contemporary Indian society.
"Yes, we do need a Hindu-Muslim alliance ... we do need a dynamic secular India in the 21st century," said Gowariker.
India, home to the world's most prolific movie industry, has tried to broaden its global appeal through the annual IIFA awards, held in a different city each year.
"Any audience is important to us, and China is a huge market, we love Chinese films back home and I hope they enjoy our films," said actor Abhishek Bachchan, who won "best performance in a comic role." Continued...


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Rome - The La Voce daily newspaper alleged yesterday that senior figures in the Vatican ordered the 1981 shooting in which Pope John Paul was almost killed and that leading Italians were also involved in the plot. Quoting testimony from Oral Celik, a Turk suspected at one time of helping gunman Mehmet Ali Agca, it said Vatican officials ordered Agca to shoot but not kill the Pope. The Vatican termed the report 'ridiculous'. ReuterReuse content
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Gun Control's Complicated History
It's not just Piers Morgan's obsession: Europeans simply do not understand Americans' fixation with possessing our own firearms. But that's really not new. Gun control was the flashpoint that launched the first shots in the Revolutionary War.
In the spring of 1775, British Gen. Thomas Gage decided to seize the Americans' cache of rifles, artillery, and ammunition stored by the Massachusetts militia in Concord. The night of April 18, he ordered two companies of redcoats on the march. Before the sun came up, America and Great Britain were at war.
RCP's Carl Cannon joins Rod at 4:20pm to discuss his three part series on the history of gun control.
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Cohn, H. and Lagarias, J. C., On the existence of fields governing the 2-invariants of the classgroup of Q(sqrt{dp}) as p varies, Math. Comp. 41 (1983), 711-730.
Table of n, a(n) for n=1..24.
Cf. A102269-A102275.
Sequence in context: A061758 A046503 A227982 * A139909 A243430 A126980
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David Villa: From the mines to Madrid via Barcelona
by Tim Palmer
This is increasingly how it is at big European clubs – if you are old, needing repairs and steadily declining in usefulness, you are effectively spare parts; traded in for a newer, younger model.
That was how David Villa came to Barcelona, as the replacement for a declining Thierry Henry, and now Villa himself is the sacrifice for the exciting new arrival, this time the Brazilian Neymar.
Villa's move to Atletico Madrid resonates with his oft-repeated intention of staying in his homeland. Spain is where the heart is for Villa and Madrid will become the fifth club of his career, rebutting interest from Tottenham Hotspur.
It is not all that surprising Villa rebuffed a move to foreign shores considering how much loyalty and identity ties into his personal story. Villa grew up in the tiny town of Tuilla in Langreo of Spain's northern region, amongst the mountains and mines in a place so intrinsically linked to Villa's story that he wore the scarf of Club Deportivo Tuilla wrapped around his head in the immediate aftermath of the 2010 World Cup final.
The same blue and white flag was sewn into his boots, the same footwear that carried Spain through the tournament and towards their greatest triumph.
Humble to his roots
The sense of belonging carries strong in Villa's story, so much so when he returned to Sporting Gijon with Valencia in a La Liga match in 2010, the fans gave him a remarkably rousing reception that seemed unbefitting for a player who never appeared in the top flight for the club. Yet Sporting coach Manolo Preciado even went as far as suggesting "if he comes near me during the game I might bite him, but before and after it, I'm going to give him a hug."
That is because Sporting is where the story started, where Villa shook off the nagging self-doubt about whether he could make it as a professional. It was, in a way, remarkable that Villa had ever even made it to Sporting, considering that his childhood was blighted by a serious break in his right femur so extensive that amputation was a possibility.
Instead, the family insisted Villa preserve with the injury, and the story of what followed has become common lore:
"My father [Jose Manuel] would make me kick it over and over with my left leg when the right was in plaster," Villa recalls. "I was four. I can barely remember a single training session when my dad wasn't there."
As well as instilling a keen ambidexterity Jose Manuel also drilled a mentality and desire to succeed into his young charge, although it is not quite a story of 'like father like son'. Instead, "there was no way I was going to be a miner," says Villa, "unless I was dying of starvation. I remember the hours my mother spent in the hospital waiting for my dad."
But it was not easy. Villa was initially turned back by Real Oviedo due to his slender build and height and the rejection was almost enough to drive him away from the game.
"In those days I was a nobody, not earning a penny and after being made to sit on the bench all season. I just wanted to get away and play with my friends."
Instead the chance came at Sporting Gijón, although this too was a tale of persistence over the three years it took Villa to break into the team. His integration into the first team was a slow trajectory, partly due to a lack of stamina, but 38 goals in 78 games in the Second Division summed up his instant impact once given a chance.
The way in which the crowd chanted "Illa, illa, illa, Villa maravilla!" and Villa broke down in tears – "was an unforgettable weekend, the hardest game of my life." It speaks volumes about the impression he left on Sporting.
But a €3m move to Real Zaragoza in 2003 was almost inevitable given Gijon's financial problems, and for Villa the move upwards to La Liga was a natural progression.
39 goals in two years, including a remarkable four goal haul against Sevilla, and once more Villa was on the move, his natural flair for goalscoring enough to prompt Valencia into exchanging €12million for his services. Again, Villa's transfer was triggered by financial trouble.
He became their best ever debutant with 25 goals in his first season, then equalled the club record held by Mario Kempes in 2008/9, with 28. His goalscoring – 107 goals in 166 games – was almost as consistent as the incessant rumours linking him with bigger and better things both in Spain and abroad. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester United amongst others were always in the hunt for his much-vaunted services.
"I am obsessed to the point of sickness about scoring goals," says Villa. "There are some people around me who feel perhaps I shouldn't be quite so obsessed but there is no chance of me changing."
Villa mixes talent with an insatiable work ethic. At one point he was considered the finest striker in the world, an argument certainly exemplified by his incredible statistics, but that claim is best corroborated by watching him in action. Seeing him flit across the forward line is an experience in itself, his movement highly intelligent as he searches for the space to strike.
"Whenever I pick up the ball in a match the first thing I have on my mind is what the quickest route to getting within shooting distance is," he once said, something defenders would surely agree with.
"I wouldn't like to have play against myself," Villa says. "I know that whenever I play against friends in La Liga they always tell me what a pain in the arse it is to try and mark me. I like hearing that."
See also: Top 10 Best Strikers in the World 2013 – Statistical Analysis
Another remarkable thing about Villa is his ability to play in a variety of roles. Whether it's up front on his own, alongside a partner or wide on the left, Villa is able to mould and change to whatever it is the team demands.
"Villa has a wider repertoire," Valencia's assistant coach Juan Carlos Carcedo once said. "He drops to the wing, opens the game and for others, is quick and incisive and has an eye for a pass."
That versatility was certainly crucial in Barcelona's decision to spend €40 million on him in the summer of 2010, just before the World Cup in which Villa's five goals might have otherwise attracted attention from elsewhere. Again, Villa's sale helped a club resolve some of their financial trouble, a curiously recurring trend throughout his career.
Villa at Barcelona – mixed fortunes
With all the tactical terminology – 'false nine,' 'inverted winger' – that Barcelona's philosophy seems to determine as necessary to describe the intricacy of their play, it is easy to forget a player's individual style. It was true when Johan Cruyff, Barcelona legend, said:
"Villa is not only there to finish plays – he is synonymous with depth. It means always being ready to open passing lanes, to draw defenders and thus freeing space for others."
Villa provided Barcelona an additional goal-scoring threat, be it from the left or through the middle. It is questionable whether his best form came before or after the Barcelona chapter and it is a strange paradox that he, like Fernando Torres, won more club trophies at a time when his individual contribution was at its lowest.
There was always the suspicion that Villa didn't quite fit into Barcelona, especially with the club's extraordinary commitment to home-grown players and an in-house philosophy.
"Sometimes in training, you can tell which players didn't come through La Masia," said Pedro, shortly after Villa's arrival, hinting at dissatisfaction in the dressing room.
The simmering rift between Villa and Lionel Messi is another line of argument where it was suggested that the former wasn't happy with being fielded in a wide position – although Messi was quick to praise Villa after the latter's central deployment against AC Milan created space for Messi to score two important goals, an example of "freeing of space for others" Cruyff discussed.
Besides, Villa has hardly suffered – a Champions League, La Liga, Copa del Rey and most significantly, the World Cup, all came during his time in Barcelona – as well as the experience of playing in one of the greatest teams of all time alongside one of the greatest players.
"I know that one day, when images of Leo appear and I am nearby, I can say: 'I played with him,'" Villa told El Pais.
Villa at Atleti – a new challenge
For now, a new challenge beckons. As always seems to be the case with Villa, there is a new club ready for him as each chapter rolls into its natural conclusion, although this is not the forward step he is accustomed to.
It is a sad indictment of Spanish football's current predicament when Barcelona can afford to sell a player at a cut-rate price to the 3rd placed side, but that might be more illustrative of Villa's sizeable wage demands and the value Barcelona place on his quality, a year out with a broken leg having raised questions of whether Villa can return to his best.
Indeed, since returning from that horrible injury there has been less of the old zest. Less of the slipperiness that makes him so difficult to track, less of the incisiveness that makes him so threatening.
But the plaudits remain. "Villa is," said Spain team-mate Xabi Alonso, "a born goalscorer: quick, clever and strong, superb with both feet." He is not physically blessed and that may work in his favour as age saps away at his body, but it remains to be seen how he will succeed in a new environment in the Spanish capital.
Pepe Acebal, the coach who gave him his debut for Sporting as a teenager, will be pleased, as Atletico will surely field Villa through the middle.
"I like him best between the two centre backs because that gives him the greatest options when it comes to making runs" – of their 4-4-2 formation, replacing Falcao, Acebal elaborates, "it doesn't matter to him – he can move from all areas and to all areas."
It's not just on the football pitch where this is applicable. From Tuilla to Gijon, from Valencia to Madrid via Barcelona, Villa's journey has shown that he is incisive no matter where he plays. The next chapter with Atletico will prove a fascinating subplot in the layered drama that is Spanish football.
Tim Palmer is a contributor to Just Football, follow him on Twitter or check out his A-League tactics blog for more.
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Making its 2010 return is my Packers pre-season edition of the Suck List. There is no statistical analysis, no fancy flowcharts, and the list is completely arbitrary and uniformed. As a fan sometimes you like guys, and sometimes you don't. If you're a homer, this is not the place for you.
The suck list returns for week eight and won't disappoint. Expanded for analysis, here are the players, and coaches, that had me yelling, "You suck."
I think we all know where this is headed, but for your entertainment purposes only, here is the week five suck list as expressed verbally during Monday night's game.
As you know I intentionally left out the week three Suck List because nearly the entire team was on it. As we head into the Vikings game, here are the suckers as they stand right now.
Now that week one is out of the way, it is high time to update the week two suck list.
As any Packer fan does, I have my favorite players and those I just don't like that much. My ranking system is simple: you either suck, or you don't.


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October 4th, 8:00 AM until 9:30 AM
All members of the university community are invited to sit in during a live broadcast of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council's Accreditation Review Panel, which is reviewing a recommendation to award initial accreditation to the LSSU teacher preparation programs. The meeting agenda is below.
Review of the Process
Review of Materials
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summer will officially begin. Though a long vacation sounds
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Plus, with the money you'll save by playing and staying local,
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I worry about Sarah Palin who currently is unemployed. Therefore, I have made a list of jobs she might well pursue during this void period of her life.
Shoveling snow in an Alaska winter.
Fact checker.
Professor of English for a class consisting of Republicans.
A librarian in a braille library.
A strawberry picker in California.
A barker in a carnival.
A strip tease artiste in a Harlem nightclub.
A stand in for Don Rumsfeld when he wants to stand to prove it is not torture.
The mistress of Rudy Giuliani.
God's representative in Hell.
A ghost speaker for Don Cheney.
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OK, I'm not at all a rifle or shotty person and I have paid attention only to CHL laws with regards to interstate transport and purchasing in other states.
Here's a situation, and I have no idea what options I might have.
Fact-- 1) Own a cabin in a rural area of CT
Fact--2) Will drive to CT from TX Probably stay in cabin for up to 4 months but will leave state periodically to avoid becoming a resident, need to change DL and vehicle registration. Gun will remain in cabin.
Fact--3) Would like to either buy a shotty here (TX) and take it with me, or if at all possible buy it there in CT.
Question. Last time I was in CT with a TX DL, they wouldn't even sell me a box of 22lr. I suppose I could bring some shot gun shells with me in my car to feed a shoty once there. Is that correct? Is that legal?
Question. Am I correct that they can't sell me a shotty in CT because I am not a resident there? [I think that is Federal law, but I am uncertain if it applies only to handguns or to everything.]
Question. Is it legal to put one in the back of the SUV unloaded and drive to CT? Any special issues with NJ, NY that can't be avoided by just not stopping in either? Would answer be different if it is auto loading shotty instead of pump?
Related, yes I know I can get non-resident CWP, but I don't really feel I need a concealed weapon where I'll be. I do need a shotty for HD, snakes, maybe even some Bobcats, and there still would be potential problems going through NJ and NY.
Question. Is is legal to ship a shotty , UPS or FedX to CT from TX, and would it be legal to pick it up / receive it in CT? Are there special transfer and registration issues in CT which might apply to a gun brought in by common carrier or by private vehicle?


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Here at TeaFrog world headquarters, one of the most often asked questions of new customers is "so, what do I do with this loose tea?". Many people have at least heard of a tea ball, but the whole preparation of a cup of tea from loose leaves seems to be a bit of an intimidating mystery.
When you are brewing loose leaf tea, there are really only two was to do it. The first is straight forward – simply leave the leaves directly in the water, or place them in some sort of devise that make them easy to remove them from the water. These devices are referred to as infusers.
There are many many different kinds of infusers available. From your basic tea ball, to the BREWT infuser. Easy type of infuser has it advantages and disadvantages, however generally you will choose an infuser based on ease of use, ease of cleaning, and based on the type of tea that you drink.
Tea Ball
The tea ball is about the most common type of infuser. Shaped like a ball, it usually opens in half. You place your leaves in one half, and latch the other half down to keep the leaves in the ball. You then place that in the water and let the tea infuse.
There are many drawbacks to the tea ball. First, it is a pain to clean, and the smaller the leaf, the more will get stuck in the mesh. Second, because you are dealing with two half's and latching, it can be a pain to get the tea in and the latch closed without loosing some tea. The tea ball also keeps the tea compressed and does not give much room for large leaf tea to fully expand, keeping the full flavor of the tea from being released. The biggest advantage of the tea ball is that it tends to be cheap, and readily available.
There are also many different variations of the tea ball, including a tea pincer, which makes filling easier, as the half's separate with pressure on the handle, but it still has the same drawbacks as the latching balls in that the tea does not fully expand and the mesh is not fine enough to keep the smaller leaves from your water.
One often overlooked method of brewing your tea is to create your own loose leaf tea bags. Using a T-Sac tea bag, you can do just that. Simply place your loose leaf tea in the provided tea bag filter, and seal it using an iron, sealer or even just a staple, and you instantly have your own tea bag!
The T-Sac filters are environmentally friendly and can be composted. They are made from a specially developed paper composite and are unbleached, which also ensures that the taste of your tea is unaffected in the brewing process. Because they are so small and convenient, it is easy to make a couple up to take with you to the office, or out for a meal at your favorite restaurant. I find that I am very disappointed when I get a tea bag of generic tea after a nice meal, so I make sure that I have my own loose leaf tea bag at the ready when we go out!
The basket infuser is a step up from the tea balls in all ways. Many teapots that you purchase now come with basket infusers included. They can be glass, ceramic or plastic, with mesh or just holes in the bottom to allow the water to hit the leaves.
The best basket infusers, such as the Finum Basket Infuser, have a very fine mesh covering the whole basket area. This allows the water to flow over the whole basket of leaf. Other designs with the holes only in the bottom of the basket tend to neglect the top leaves in the basket. You should also look for a basket infuser that will sit it a teapot and tea cup directly, and not limit yourself to only one container for brewing your tea.
The Finum Basket Infuser is a plastic infuser with a stainless steel mesh that is very fine, keeping all your leaves in the basket, even the small Rooibos leaves. It has tabs on the top of the basket to sit it in tea pots, travel mugs, cups, or any other container that you would make your tea in. It is dishwasher safe, and a snap to clean. Just tap out your leaves to the compost, and rinse the basket out. It even comes with a lid that couples as a drip tray for when you remove the basket from the container.
The last major type of infuser is a self contained pot/infuser that makes tea brewing easier than any other method we have ever seen at TeaFrog. The BREWT infuser is a high impact plastic "jug" that looks stylish and is simple for anyone to use. You simply measure your leaves into the container, and pour your water over the leaves. When your infusion time is up, place the BREWT infuser on your cup or mug, and the water comes out of the BOTTOM of the container, directly into your cup! The fine plastic mesh filter in the BREWT keeps the leaves in the container, so your drink contains only the infusion, and no floaters or silt!
This revolutionary way to prepare your tea is easy to clean, just tap out the leaves, and rinse. The mesh filter is easily removed the clean as well.
The biggest advantage that we have found in the BREWT infuser is that it makes it simple to infuse the leaves multiple times. Because you are removing the water from the leaves, rather that the usual way of removing the leaves from the water, the leaves are sitting there, ready to have more water added to re-infuse them! It is easy, clean, and a convenient way to brew your tea.
Many restaurants, tea and coffee shops use the BREWT to serve their customers, because it is so hip and stylish. Serving the tea is made simple for the staff, there is no fumbling around and it is quick and easy to prepare the BREWT for the customer. The ease of cleaning makes for a no fuss solution to serving premium gourmet loose leaf tea to customers.
Making a Decision
When it comes to making a decision, make sure that you choose based on the ease of use, and ease of cleaning, as well as durability of your infuser. If you are making more than a cup or two of tea a week, avoid the tea ball right from the start. The low price point may be attractive, but they are cheaply made and break quickly and easily with little use.
Infuser baskets and the BREWT infuser are the much better choices, as they are very durable, easy to use and clean, and not overly expensive at all. Both the Finum Basket Infuser and the BREWT infuser are available for purchase from TeaFrog.com.


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Phantom Pain
by Arnon Grunberg
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Deutsche Version dürfte relativ nah am Original übersetzt sein, und wenn das irgendwie bestätigt werden kann, dann kann ich getrost behaupten ich habe den Schreibstil gemocht. Inzwischen beschränke mich auf die Übersetzung, sie ist gut gelungen.
Das Leben des Autors wird von seinem Sohn durch seine Erzählung erzählt. Sein Leben ist verwirrt, also menschlich, der Autor leidensfähig und relativ aufmerksam, sensibel und charmant egozentrisch zugleich und scheinbar attraktiv, zumindest für Frauen. An Frauen mach er sein Leben fest, hangelt sich durch, und träumt von einem überzeugend gelungenem Meisterwerk. Der Welt gegenüber ist er unkonventionell halbverschlossen und gleichzeitig gierig nach Aufmerksamkeit - ein Autor halt. Arnon Grünberg gelingt es gut (vermutlich, s.o.) die Sprache des Autors einzigartig zu machen, und der Leser kann die Atmosphäre, die Ideen und die Dialoge ganz gut aufnehmen und genießen.
Mein Lieblingszitat aus dem Buch: "Wenn man Glück nicht erwarten darf, muß man sich wenigstens daran erinnern."
How fair is it to judge a book according to how memorable it is?
Here is a book I read last year, and forgot to review at the time. Since then I have entirely forgotten it. Even the back cover fails to remind me. It has vanished from my memory, and to revive it I would have to start reading the book again. And even then, how far would I have to read before I remembered? A page? Ten pages? Half the book? And what kind of memory would I retrieve? A cloudy thought about how I felt when I finished the book? Some particular scene, an insignificant detail or phrase? What comprises an adequate memory of a book?
I don't read a lot of fiction by some people's standards; I try to read a book a week. That means this book is now buried by at least fifty, and possibly hundreds, of books I have read since then. I will never remember it, and -- the painful truth of the marketplace -- now I judge the book because it has failed to stay in my memory.
The editor of "Poetry" once told me he reads 60,000 poems a year. In my job, I see about that many images (paintings, visual artworks). By comparison I only read 50 or so novels every year. There isn't that much competition, and a good novel really should be able to stay in my mind, even faintly. This one did not.
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"A one-time literary novelist of some respectability, now brought low by the double insult of obscurity and crippling debt, Robert G. Mehlman is a man in need of money and recognition, fast. But Mehlman's publisher is only interested in his long overdue novel, since the people don't want short stories, and his portfolio was liquidated months ago. So, it is to culinary writing that he turns. A practiced decadent, a habitual spendthrift, and a serial womanizer, he has, ostensibly, all the right qualities. But the path to fame is never a smooth one." "Phantom Pain is the unpublished manuscript of novelist Robert G. Mehlman's autobiography. In it, Mehlman tells the parallel stories of his decaying marriage and his puzzling affair with a woman he meets by chance and who impulsively accompanies him on the road. Their journey takes them on a chaffeur-driven, midnight run away from New York City to Atlantic City where they gamble away most of Mehlman's remaining funds and then North, to Albany, where he finds unlikely salvation and the inspiration for his book, Polish-Jewish Cuisine in 69 Recipes." "Framed by Mehlman's son's account of his famous father, this novel-within-a-novel is a tale of a writer's fall and his subsequent rise."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)
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Born from a desire to create simple leather basics for every wardrobe, British design company Urbancode produces subtly edgy, great everyday leather and suede womenswear and accessories.
Jayne Elwell, the Cleveland-based designer behind The Libertarian, is a modern day milliner whose quirky creations are more Lady Gaga than Mother of the Bride. Specialising in one-off or small runs of original, handmade hats, fascinators and hair accessories often made from recycled materials including vinyl records, rulers and vintage fabric.


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This recipe is easy and a great success on any backyard grill. A good rub in combination with a delicious mop or barbecue sauce makes the ribs good to present to any guest. A normal string of ribs is good for 2 big eaters or 4 people with smaller appetites. Because I remove the meat flap prior to cooking it will serve a maximum of three people. This meat flap cam be used later for my Shashliks from the Balkans.
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Spareribs with homemade Barbecue Sauce
Slice in between your ribs about one third on both ends. This way your rub will go in between the ribs and add more flavor.
Ingredients for the rub
½ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup paprika powder
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon white pepper
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
salt to taste
Mix your ingredients and massage them into the ribs. Put the ribs aside until you are ready to grill. It is best is to leave them over night but a few ours works also fine. Make in the meantime your mop.
Ingredients for the mop
1 tablespoon butter
1 onion
6 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 14 ounce tin of sliced tomato's, drainded
1 cup vinegar
½ cup molasses
½ cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons of worcesterchire sauce
2 tablespoons of chili powder
1 tablespoon of mustard powder
Soften the onion and the garlic in the butter and add the tomatos, vinegar and Worcestershire Sauce. Stir them together and add all the spices and the sugar. Bring your sauce to a boil and let it reduce until you have a nice thick barbecue sauce. If it is too lumpy for your taste you can smooth it out in the blender.
Because of the vinegar and the sugar this sauce should keep for several weeks in your refrigerator.
The grilling of your ribs
Preheat your grill to 250 Fahrenheit and only use your outside burners. Place your spareribs in the middle and let them cook for two hours.
Then baste the ribs well with the mop, you should have enough so no need to hold back when applying it ….. Cook your spareribs another hour and baste them again. After one more hour (four in total) your ribs should be done. Check the temperature with a food thermometer. It should read a minimum of 160 degrees Fahrenheit.


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Caldwell Fire & Rescue was established in 1892 and is comprised of two fire stations within the city and one rural fire station located in Notus. We currently serve 22 square miles within the City and 120 square miles in rural areas. The city area is comprised of approximately 30,000 people and approximately 25,000 people within the rural area. These areas are currently covered by thirty-nine (39) career firefighters, twenty-one (21) paid on call firefighters, four (4) administrative personnel and one (1) office clerk. Together, we work hard to provide quality and efficient fire safety and rescue services, fire prevention services and hazardous materials services to the citizens of Caldwell and it's surrounding rural areas.
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