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Just two weeks in, "Dancing with the Stars" has already made headlines for a hunky competitor (William Levy) and a surprising leaderboard frontrunner (Katherine Jenkins), but one celebrity took the spotlight on Tuesday for the wrong reasons - their elimination from the competition.
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Martina Navratilova conquered center court, but the tennis champion couldn't master the ballroom, and on Tuesday night, she was eliminated from Season 14's competition, taking professional dancer Tony Dovolani out too.
Gavin DeGraw quickly rushed to Martina's side after she was given the news (he and Karina Smirnoff were part of the Bottom 2 pairs), and whispered into her ear, "It was an honor to be on this stage with you."
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Speaking to the show hosts, Martina said her time on the show was enjoyable.
"It was an amazing experience," she said. "I just wish it had lasted longer. I gave it everything I had, but I blew it yesterday, and you know it cost me, unfortunately. Hopefully I get to do the jive the last week here. I look forward to coming back and I wish everybody great luck."
With no previous dance training, the athlete had hoped to beat at least one of the celebs who had some ballroom experience.
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"From what I understand, 8 of the 12 competitors have some dancing experience... So I want to beat one of the people who have dancing experience, because I have none," she said on Access Hollywood Live on March 16. "Of course everybody wants to win, everybody wants to go all the way, but I think if we just last through the second half of the season... Most of all, it's just the first dance."
Two weeks worth of low scores were part of the reason the pair were eliminated (in addition to the public vote).
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On opening night, Martina and Tony - with their foxtrot -- tied for the bottom spot on the leaderboard with pairs Gavin DeGraw and Karina Smirnoff, and Melissa Gilbert and Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
And on Monday, Martina had trouble again, losing her place on the jive, which earned the night's lowest score - just 17 out of 30.
"Oh, my darling," judge Bruno Tonioli said after their number, "I think that serve went into the net."
In related "Dancing" news, Maria Menounos, who will return to the ballroom next week, brushed off a rumor she is hitting the dance floor with broken ribs.
"I'm great," she told Brooke Burke, when the "DWTS" co-host asked her what was going on with her ribs. "I'm ready to dance. Bring on the rumba, baby."
Asked if she was concerned about the pain, Maria said, "I'm Greek. We're strong. We can do this. It's all good. I'm happy. I'm so excited."
"Dancing with the Stars" returns on Monday night at 8/7c on ABC.
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Here are some photos from Eram and Rehan's wedding...I covered the traditional ceremony on the Groom's side at his family's home and the reception photos on the last evening of the wedding event...This was a fun wedding...Lots of food, dancing, family, traditions, color and beautiful sarees!
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Honey Blonder started dancing in New York City at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute where she studied dance, theatre and voice. Her choreography for film has screened at the National Film Theatre, London; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Boston International Festival of Women's Cinema; the Ivy Film Festival at Brown University and the First Glance Film Festival in Philadelphia. Honey choreographed and danced in New York and Boston with performance art / recording artists "Countess" created by Cynthia Von Buhler. She received a Boston Music Award nomination for Best Live Act. Honey is the choreographer of her dance company "Disco Brats" and their performances include the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Dance Complex, Green Street Studios, The Cutting Room (NYC), Berklee College of Music, Hynes Convention Center, Paradise Rock Club and the Middle East Rock Club. Honey created the holiday dance show "12 Dancers Dancing...A Christmas in Cambridge" and produces the event at the Dance Complex each December. Honey currently teaches dance at the Dance Complex in Cambridge. Honey has also taught at Boston University, Berklee College of Music, Jeannette Neill Dance Studio, MIT, Gann Academy, BCAE, CCAE, Impulse and Green Street Studios.
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Chapter 14.
M. Casimir, the deceased Count de Chalusse's valet, was neither better nor worse than
most of his fellows. Old men tell us that there formerly existed a race of faithful servants,
who considered themselves a part of the family that employed them, and who
unhesitatingly embraced its interests and its ideas. At the same time their masters requited
their devotion by efficacious protection and provision for the future. But such masters
and such servants are nowadays only found in the old melodramas performed at the
Ambigu, in "The Emigre," for instance, or in "The Last of the Chateauvieux." At present
servants wander from one house to another, looking on their abode as a mere inn where
they may find shelter till they are disposed for another journey. And families receive
them as transient, and not unfrequently as dangerous, guests, whom it is always wise to
treat with distrust. The key of the wine-cellar is not confided to these unreliable inmates;
they are intrusted with the charge of little else than the children--a practice which is often
productive of terrible results.
M. Casimir was no doubt honest, in the strict sense of the word. He would have scorned
to rob his master of a ten-sous piece; and yet he would not have hesitated in the least to
defraud him of a hundred francs, if an opportunity had presented itself. Vain and
rapacious in disposition, he consoled himself by refusing to obey any one save his
employer, by envying him with his whole heart, and by cursing fate for not having made
him the Count de Chalusse instead of the Count de Chalusse's servant. As he received
high wages, he served passably well; but he employed the best part of his energy in
watching the count. He scented some great family secret in the household, and he felt
angry and humiliated that this secret had not been intrusted to his discretion. And if he
had discovered nothing, it was because M. de Chalusse had been caution personified, as
Madame Leon had declared.
Thus it happened that when M. Casimir saw Mademoiselle Marguerite and the count
searching in the garden for the fragments of a letter destroyed in a paroxysm of rage
which he had personally witnessed, his natural curiosity was heightened to such a degree
as to become unendurable. He would have given a month's wages, and something over, to
have known the contents of that letter, the fragments of which were being so carefully
collected by the count. And when he heard M. de Chalusse tell Mademoiselle Marguerite
that the most important part of the letter was still lacking, and saw his master relinquish
his fruitless search, the worthy valet vowed that he would be more skilful or more
fortunate than his master; and after diligent effort, he actually succeeded in recovering
five tiny scraps of paper, which had been blown into the shrubbery.
They were covered with delicate handwriting, a lady's unquestionably; but he was utterly
unable to extract the slightest meaning from them. Nevertheless, he preserved them with
jealous care, and was careful not to say that he had found them. The incoherent words
which he had deciphered on these scraps of paper mixed strangely in his brain, and he
grew more and more anxious to learn what connection there was between this letter and
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The Wolverine men's gymnastics program trains inside the newly renovated Newt Loken Gymnastics Training Center. The facility underwent its second renovation in the past decade during the summer of 2009 when head coach Kurt Golder oversaw an expansion project that added over 3,000 square feet. The expansion allowed for the addition of two new vaulting areas, a tumbling strip and rod floor, as well as a new high bar and still rings area with regulation competition matting.
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The goal of the breast cancer prognosis Challenge is to assess the accuracy of computational models designed to predict breast cancer survival, based on clinical information about the patient's tumor as well as genome-wide molecular profiling data including gene expression and copy number profiles.
Molecular diagnostics for cancer therapeutic decision-making are among the most promising applications of genomic technology. Several diagnostic tests have gained regulatory approval in recent years. Molecular profiles have proved particularly powerful in adding prognosis information to standard clinical practice in breast cancer, using gene-expression-based diagnostic tests such as MammaPrint [1] and Oncotype Dx [2].
Based on initial promising clinical results, computational approaches to infer molecular predictors of cancer clinical phenotypes are one of the most active areas of research in both industrial and academic institutions, leading to a flood of published reports of signatures predictive of cancer phenotypes. Several trends have emerged through these numerous studies: 1) genes defining predictive signatures of the same phenotype often do not overlap across multiple studies; 2) predictive signatures reported by one group may not prove robust in other studies; 3) there is no consensus regarding the most accurate signatures or computational methods for inferring predictive signatures; 4) there is no consensus regarding the added value of incorporating molecular data in addition to or instead of traditionally used clinical covariates.
There is a critical need to objectively and systematically assess whether genomic data, at this current time, provides value above and beyond classic TNM staging and other clinical covariates. For instance, the UK's NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) has initial guidance that the genomic prognostic signatures currently being marketed do not supplant clinical measures in a cost-effective manner. The emergence of datasets containing clinical measurements combined with genome-wide molecular profiles of large breast cancer patient cohorts now allows prognostic models to be systematically evaluated. Given the complexity of the data and plethora of possible modeling approaches, we believe the most powerful mechanism of elucidating the optimal use of genomic and clinical information in breast cancer prognosis is through a community-based effort to evaluate the accuracy of many different modeling approaches on a common dataset and analytical platform and using a blind methodology to avoid the biases of self assessment.
The Challenge
This Challenge will create a community-based effort to provide an unbiased assessment of models and methodologies for the prediction of breast cancer survival. A common dataset will be provided to all participants, with a validation dataset held out for model evaluation. A novel dataset will be generated at the end of the Challenge and used to provide a final, unbiased score for each model.
Resources provided:
- Full-time use of a large computing resource is being donated by Google Inc. for the duration of the Challenge. All participants have been provisioned a dedicated 16 GB 8 core machine running R Studio for full time use for the duration of the competition. We are working on an experimental system to support large-scale parallel computation that will be provided to participants at an alpha level a few months after the start of the competition. We will begin by supporting parallel execution on the multiple cores of user machines and expand the system to larger scale parallel computation.
The availability of these resources to all participants will allow for a democratization of computational resources and will empower participants to apply their best ideas in a high performance compute environment. Google's donation of a common compute space also allows all models, including computationally intensive ones, to be shared and re-run on a common platform, enabling transparency of the process, and future work to evolve and extend components of promising models, either in breast cancer prognosis or other applications.
- The dataset will come from the METABRIC cohort of 2,000 breast cancer samples and include detailed clinical annotations, 10 median year survival time, gene expression, and copy number data [3]. 1,000 samples will be provided for model training, 500 samples used for real-time model evaluation, and 500 samples used for final scoring of all models.
- Additional breast cancer datasets, curated by Sage Bionetworks, will provide information on several thousand additional patients that Challenge participants can use in their model development.
- A novel dataset is being generated from 350 fresh frozen primary tumors with the same clinical annotations and survival data as the METABRIC cohort. Gene expression and copy number data will be generated for this cohort using the same molecular profiling platforms as were used to generate the METABRIC data. This will provide a truly novel validation set for the scoring of predictive models.
- A web-based platform called Synapse will be provided by Sage Bionetworks: the Synapse platform will enable transparent, reproducible model building and analysis workflows, as well as the sharing of data, tools, and models with the Challenge community, the model evaluators and the publication reviewers.
- For questions about the challenge please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Challenge timeline:
- June-July 17th, 2012. Sign up for the Sage Bionetworks-DREAM Breast Cancer Prognosis Challenge. Registered participants will be notified by email about the initiation of the Challenge.
- July 17th-October 15th, 2012. A live demo call was held on July 17th to help participants get started with the Challenge. A step by step guide is available here with additional details about the Challenge available at Breast Cancer Challenge: Detailed Description. Data from 1,000 samples will be provided to participants for training of models. An additional 500 samples will be used to provide real-time evaluation of all submitted models. The remaining 500 samples will be used for final scoring of all models (taking place after October 15th).
- October 15th, 2012. Final submission of all models, to be scored against the 500 Metabric data samples not used in the previous phase. The deadline for submitting models for the Breast Cancer Prognosis Challenge is 5PM EST October 15th, and the best performers will be announced at the DREAM 7 Conference taking place in San Francisco on November 12 to 16.
- Late 2012. Final assessment of all models in newly generated data. For the new validation data set, molecular and clinical data on approximately 350 breast cancer samples (with archived fresh frozen tumor samples) is being provided by the group of Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale with the help of a donation from AVON. We are currently curating the clinical records of this patient cohort to harmonize with the current METABRIC dataset and working on generating the genomic profiling data for these samples. We aim to generate these data by the November 12 DREAM conference and announce initiation of the final evaluation to be performed on this data set. We will keep participants informed on progress in generating these data.
Data for Phase 1: the information below is now deprecated by Phase 2. Please click here for details
Starting in early July, all data for the Challenge will be accessible through Sage Bionetwork's Synapse software platform and loaded into R objects via simple function calls through the Synapse R client. The data will comprise the following information:
Survival data
- Survival data is loaded into R as a Surv object as defined in the R survival package. This object is simply a 2 column matrix with sample names on the rows and columns:
- time – time from diagnosis to last follow up.
- status – weather the patient was alive at last follow up time.
Feature data
- Gene expression data.
- Performed on the Illumina HT 12v3 platform.
- Loaded as Bioconductor ExpressionSet object.
- Data normalized as described in [3].
- Copy number data.
- Performed on the Affymetrix SNP 6.0 platform
- Loaded as Bioconductor ExpressionSet object
- Data normalized as described in [3].
- Clinical covariates. For a detailed explanation of the clinical data and how it is currently used in breast cancer prognosis and treatment, see Breast Cancer Challenge clinical background.
- Loaded as a data.frame object with the following features. We note that in the initial data release on 7/17/2012 factor data is encoded as characters. We are working on a new data release to encode these variables as factors with pre-specified factor levels and expect to update the data in the upcoming weeks.
|variable name
|factor levels
|age of patient at diagnosis of disease
|disease and treatment group
|grade of disease (1, 2, 3)
|size of tumor in cm
|lymph node assessment
|tumor histology
|ER status
|tumor cellularity
|Pam50 subtype by expression clustering
|treatment received
|site of data collection
Submission of Predictions and Write-up
A primary goal of this Challenge is to promote transparent, reusable models that can be assessed and extended by the community. To this end, models built for this Challenge will be constructed using the R programming language and uploaded to a common platform (Synapse) provided by Sage Bionetworks. Models will be uploaded as R objects implementing a function called customPredict() that returns a vector of risk predictors when given a set of feature data as input. The customPredict() function will be run by a validation script for each submitted model and resulting predictions scored as described in the Scoring section below.
The Challenge supports source code submissions allowing the validation script to also reproduce the training of the model. At various times throughout the competition the creator of the best performing model on the leaderboard may be asked to write a short description of their approach to be posted on the discussion forum.
The Challenge models will be scored by calculating the concordance index between the predicted survival and the true survival information in the validation dataset (accounting for the censor variable indicating whether the patient was alive at last follow-up). In addition, other scoring metrics will be considered depending on the suggestions of the community throughout the Challenge.
The high impact journal Science Translational Medicine (STM) has agreed for the best performing individual or team in the final evaluation (using the newly generated data) to publish their results as a "prize" for best performance provided its score is better than the score of a pre-defined baseline set of models. STM representatives agreed that having an evaluation committee re-run and compare all models in a transparent environment can serve the role of peer review (Challenge-assisted peer review), allowing the results from the winning individual or team to be published without additional review. Furthermore, the lead author of the best performing submission in the challenge phase ending in November will receive a speaking invitation at the DREAM 7 Conference taking place in San Francisco on November 12 to 16.
This Challenge is fueled by the generous donation of clinical study data on 2,000 breast cancer patients obtained by Samuel Aparicio of the BC Cancer Research Centre, Carlos Caldas of Cancer Research UK, and Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale of Oslo University Hospital. The Challenge was organized by Adam Margolin, Erhan Bilal, Mike Kellen, Brian Bot, Brig Mecham, Erich Huang, Andrew Trister, Charles Ferte, Gustavo Stolovitzky and Stephen Friend who profited from many discussions with Laura van't Veer.
[1] L. J. van 't Veer, H. Dai, M. J. van de Vijver, Y. D. He, A. A. M. Hart, M. Mao, H. L. Peterse, K. van der Kooy, M. J. Marton, A. T. Witteveen, G. J. Schreiber, R. M. Kerkhoven, C. Roberts, P. S. Linsley, R. Bernards, and S. H. Friend, "Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer," Nature, vol. 415, no. 6871, pp. 530–536, Jan. 2002.
[2] S. Paik, S. Shak, G. Tang, C. Kim, J. Baker, M. Cronin, F. L. Baehner, M. G. Walker, D. Watson, T. Park, W. Hiller, E. R. Fisher, D. L. Wickerham, J. Bryant, and N. Wolmark, "A multigene assay to predict recurrence of tamoxifen-treated, node-negative breast cancer," N. Engl. J. Med., vol. 351, no. 27, pp. 2817–2826, Dec. 2004.
[3] C. Curtis, S. P. Shah, S.-F. Chin, G. Turashvili, O. M. Rueda, M. J. Dunning, D. Speed, A. G. Lynch, S. Samarajiwa, Y. Yuan, S. Gräf, G. Ha, G. Haffari, A. Bashashati, R. Russell, S. McKinney, M. Group, A. Langerød, A. Green, E. Provenzano, G. Wishart, S. Pinder, P. Watson, F. Markowetz, L. Murphy, I. Ellis, A. Purushotham, A.-L. Børresen-Dale, J. D. Brenton, S. Tavaré, C. Caldas, and S. Aparicio, "The genomic and transcriptomic architecture of 2,000 breast tumours reveals novel subgroups," Nature, 2012.
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Is it still possible to participate in the challenge if we have not signed up a team yet?


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Which would be less troublesome?
Do I need to replace the druve starter or can I just replace the stripped gear and retainer ring?
Here's a manual for your machine and page 54 shows the starter components. I usually replace reference 510 (497606) since it replaces all the suspect parts, but if nothing else is damaged, the gear alone should be fine.
On most Briggs engines I prefer taking the starter motor off. The exception to that on some V-Twin engines one starter mounting bolt is almost impossible to get to without the specialized Briggs tool. Since yours is an opposed twin, you should be able to get the starter off easier than removing the flywheel. That also means you don't have to torque the flywheel back down.
But again, is there any diagram indicating how to go about removing the starter?
I am pretty much a novice at engine repair even tho I just turned 77.
There apear to be at least 2 screws/bolts marginally assesible from the bottom of the starter. Are there other screws to remove?
Here's a picture of your starter. If you look at the large mounting boss on the left of the picture, you remove the two bolts going through the holes in the lower left.
It is late now so I will try in the morning to work on it. I will let you know how things work out. Thank you for now.
Good Morning, even though it is almost noon here. Had some business to take care of this morning.
I looked at the moter and one of the bolts shown in the diagaram is under the fluwheel. So, it seems to me that removal of the flywheel is the only way to go unless you or your team know of another route.
If the flywheel needs to be removed, are any special tools required? What is the best way to hold the flywheel steady while loolening the nut? What does it need to be torqued to?
Any and all help will be helpful.
I do not see and answwer to my last question.
I don't know if I inadvertantly delated one of your answers. I will repete my last question.
I looked at the engine and one of the bolts shown in the diagram you sent of the starter is under the flywheel.
So, if the flywheel needs to be removed, are there any special tools required?
What is the best way to hold the flywheel steady while loosening the nut?
On reassembly what does the net need to be touqued to?
Sorry. Extremely busy morning out west. Here's a really good guide on removing flywheels.
A strap wrench is the best way to hold the flywheel. Or you can use some clean start cord or small rope in the spark plug hole as a piston stop. You can block the flywheel, but be very cautious not to break a cooling fin. That's a very pricy oops. I recommend the rope trick if you do not have a strap wrench.
A puller is highly recommended to avoid damaging the flywheel. Although you can use the flywheel nut to protect the threads and use a hammer while prying up under the flywheel as a knockoff (be very careful not to pry against the coil) if you are very careful.
When replacing the nut, make sure the key is in perfect shape and the the slots on the flywheel and crank are perfectly aligned to one another. The torque spec is 145 ft. lb.


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Gas Hot Water Tank Replacement
I'm looking to replace my hot water tank, never did one, but looking for some advice.
What route should I go for a new Cold water shutoff? The one is in bad shape which I'll cut out. My thinking was the Sharkbite ball valve with braided flex line right to the cold supply of the tank. Do you trust these Sharbites, or should I use a ball valve with female ends, to thread sweated lines in?
Just looking at future change outs where both supplies with the Sharbites flex lines would thread to the tank. And my gas supply has a flex line, which all also replace. How much easier with 3 flex connections for future change outs could it get, or don't go this route?
I also have to check on an expansion tank, never had one, and i don't believe there is any type of pressure regulator on the water coming in. If this is the case, do I really need an expansion tank, as no other homes in this area have them? Thanks
These are the Sharkbites I was referring to
Instead of a sharkbite....I would sweat a 3/4" male threaded coupling...then you can screw on a 3/4" ball valve. After that you can use flex.
This is how mine looks.
I continue to assert they are a repair item for use by maintenance hacks and when you don't have time to plan or get the correct materials.
If you don't know how to sweat copper... learn.
Allow for the time but this is a perfect opportunity
thanks for nice scan short picture ddawg16 also give some advice,me also clear about this matter
[QUOTE=TarheelTerp;1199955]If you don't know how to sweat copper... learn.
Allow for the time but this is a perfect opportunity/QUOTE]
Seriously. If the typical half-assed contractor can do it, so can anyone else.
The real key is make sure the pipe is dry before trying to heat it up for the solder. If there's any water still in the line then it'll never heat up evenly enough to get the solder going properly.
But it really is a pretty easy thing to do.
I know how to sweat lines, just didn't want to hard line it right to the supplies, for easier future change outs. If tanks were as the same quality of older ones I'd have no problem hard lining it. But everything I read 5-10 years on tanks now? Believe it or not this tank is 28 years old and still works, but starting to gargle, as I didn't keep up with flushing the last several years, and the shutoff is in bad shape. So if I'm going to be replacing it more often, I want a easier quicker setup to deal with.
Decided to sweat male adapters as suggested with a ball valve, then flex line from there, I'm thinking Stainless Steel Rino Flex? Thanks
I wouldn't use SS.....it is more prone to cracking than copper. It can handle higher temps and pressure...but your copper will get no where near it's limit.
Not that familiar with either, just did a lot of reading where most prefer the Stainlesss over Copper for this application? Thanks, I'll look into it more, before deciding? I'm in no real hurry, as it still works, but is definitely going to need changed.
Is there a particular Brand Copper Flex you prefer?
I may have to re-think my opinion on SS flex....at least in this application. I just did some searching and there seem to be a lot of good things said about it.
We use SS flex lines here...but in a much higher performance application...and the failures are always the same...cracking in the crease....
Like I said, just what I been reading, but I have no expierence with either.
With SS, it is more expensive, and different qualities, as I read stay away from the cheaper.
Here's a link, that compares theirs to copper in the description, and has a lifetime warranty, but not sure if that would cover cracking?
They also say reusable and rebendable? Don't think I'd reuse them though, once bent to shape, and have been used for awhile?
There's also the dissimilar metals issue. Don't know if/how that would apply here, but I've suffered more than one failure of a fitting when someone in the past used the wrong materials when mating up to copper.
No galvanic effect stainless steel
New hot water tanks come equipped with Dialectic nipples. Thats the stainless steel nipple with plastic liner out of your hot and cold inlet.
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Does anyone know what this T-fitting on the Hot line coming from the tank would have been for, or it's purpose? It has a threaded plug and is corroded some, which i was going to eliminate.
You can also see the Cold water shut off in the back, which I'll replace with a ball valve, as it's in bad shape too, Thanks
And no, I did not wrap that foam foil tape on the lines, it's always been there.
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How to Hireand Get Hiredin a Recession
Editor's note: This column is adapted from a recent e-mail Calacanis sent to his e-mail subscriber list.
Unemployment in the U.S. is going to race past 10% in the coming months and probably peak at 11% or 12%, according to the smart folks with whom I'm privileged enough to spend some time. There's an outside chance (call it 20%) that we might have a "disastrous event" that causes it to hit 15% to 20%. Sounds impossible, I know, but there are many regions in the U.S. already in the mid-teens.
The smarter folks whom I speak with think the recent market rally is "dead cat bounce" in nature and that we're "testing the top" before a return to the bottom. Who the heck knows what's going to happen with the stock market? What I want to talk about today is your employment—or employee—market. The stock market is the 10,000-foot view, but butts in chairs working? That's the 10-foot view. Let's stay micro in this essay, shall we?
Witness: We just put out a job for an entry-level researcher and had 200 résumés from highly qualified candidates in under 24 hours. We posted the gig at $10 an hour. Recent searches for a director of product and various sales positions at my company, Mahalo, resulted in 400-plus applications per position in a week. My In-box is flooded with really great folks desperate for a lead on a gig ("Hey, Jason, we've met a couple of times. I've been working in the Internet since 1997 and I was laid off in October…") My heart goes out to everyone who is stuck, or up against it, right now. I've been there; it sucks.
Anyway, let's cut the small talk get to the big pink (slip) elephant in the room: who gets laid off—and who gets hired—in a down market.
Some Background
Over the past 15 years, as a CEO and entrepreneur, I've hired well over 500 people, laid off over 50, fired a couple dozen bad apples (many of whom are on my e-mail subscriber list!), and actually helped make a handful of people millionaires. Before I ran my own company, and even while running my companies, I've received countless job offers.
Bottom line: I've been around the block, and I know exactly why people get hired and fired.
Before the recession hit, I was actually convinced that my techniques for hiring could land almost any willing candidate a job. In this current mess, I can't make any guarantees, but I can definitely tell candidates that if they follow my advice, they'll have a much stronger chance at landing their dream job. For employers, I promise you that these tests and techniques will land you more killers then duds.
In each of my points below, I'm going to start with an overview and then move on to a "For Candidates" section and a "For Employers" section. I'm really blending two essays into one here so that each party can understand the other's perspective. I hope this isn't too confusing, but you guys understand that sometimes I ramble before getting to something worthwhile.
For Candidates: People Who Work Harder Win
Wait, don't give up on me yet! I'm well aware that this first point is absurdly obvious, but for some reason, many folks overlook or discount this basic fact. The truth is, hard work pays off in almost all things: sports, education, relationships, and work.
The more you put into something, the better it tends to work out. (Brilliant observation, I know.)
If you're looking for a job, you want to send out as many signals as possible that show that not only are you not afraid of hard work, but you're actually turned on by it. You must understand that, right now, there are too many candidates fighting for each position. The leverage that led to bidding wars between employers two to three years ago is gone—just like the bidding wars over houses are over.
There is no sense in fighting the balance of power. In fact, you need to embrace it, because it will flip again in a couple of years.
The best way to signal that you're hardworking is to explain your routine and method for working explicitly to your employer. As someone who does a couple of hundred interviews a year, I can tell you I almost never get a proactive candidate who does this!
If I were coming into a meeting with me looking for a job, here is the script I would follow:
Candidate: "Thanks so much for having me in to discuss filling the role of VP of BlahBlah. May I tell you how I've been able to make an impact at the companies I've worked at before?" (Translation: "I'm confident I can fill this position. That's why I didn't put the word 'possibly' in front of 'filling the role.'")
Employer: "Certainly." (Translation: "Thank the Lord! Finally, a candidate with whom I don't have to pull teeth!")
Candidate: "My belief is that hard work—not busy work, but hard work—is what differentiates the teams that win from those that lose. My method for working is that I like to prepare for the week on Sunday. I read up in the trades on where the industry is on the weekend, and I prepare a game plan for myself for the week ahead. This only takes an hour or two. Just a simple list of some goals I want to achieve and what I think will help the company reach its goals: I make it a point to get into the office on Monday an hour or two early. This gives me a chance to get an even bigger jump on the week—something I believe is very important. I tend to do working lunches with clients or hit the gym to get myself thinking. Finally, I've made a philosophy of not leaving the office until my boss does…. I think that's the honorable thing to do."
Employer: "When can you start?"
Seriously, I've been waiting for someone to say that to me for a decade, and it still hasn't happened. Now, I'm not saying folks can't have a life and family—let's not start that whole controversy up—but in a market like this, people seriously are going to need to sacrifice.
Bottom line: Employers are going to hire the hardest-working people and lay off the clock punchers first in an economy like this (as they should). If you want to get employed, your best strategy is to put yourself into the hardest-working bucket.
For Employers: How to Spot the Hardworking People
Wouldn't you just love to fill your open sales, marketing, or operations position with a candidate who gave you that speech above?
Yeah, me too. Too bad it never happens! You're going to have to figure out exactly who the hardest-working and most resilient people are when you're hiring. You have only a certain number of slots on your team, and you'd better start looking at it just like that.
You cannot—and you will not—give one of your few remaining slots to anyone who is not going to bust their ass. If you do that, your company is fracked. Period. You have to be cutthroat in an environment like this, because you're not doing anyone any good if you bring on—or keep on—a weak team member. Those folks can, and will, sink the entire ship in a market like this.
Let the weak people collect unemployment while the strong folks create strong companies that create more positions. (Positions that will, ironically, go to the weaker members of the herd.)
So, how do you find out if someone is a killer? Here are some of my favorite things to ask in an interview:
1. Do you live to work or work to live?
2. Do you consider yourself a workaholic? Do you think there is anything wrong with being a workaholic?
3. Are you able to turn it off at 6 p.m. and on Friday for the weekend? You don't get obsessed by work, do you? (Trick question!)
4. Do you consider yourself a balanced person?
5. How would you feel if we all needed to come in on the weekend to make a deadline?
6. How would you feel if this happened two weekends in a row?
7. It's a tough time right now, and we're super short-staffed—how would you feel if I asked you to cover for [insert job lower than candidate's experience] when they're on vacation?
8. Speaking of vacation, do you bring your BlackBerry and laptop with you to check in? Or do you like to unplug completely?
These types of questions will quickly get you to the point of understanding the kind of person you're dealing with. There are folks who work to live, and that's just fine. However, it might not be fine for your company at this time. In a hot market, you might deal with a clock puncher, because the people who really kill it are in short supply. However, in a market like this, you should start with the killers and work your way down to the clock punchers.
Hey, wait a second…are you anti-family and life/work balance?
Absolutely not!
If folks hate their day job and want to get out at 5:01 p.m., sure, go for it. I just think it's better to find a job you're super-passionate about, so you don't feel like running out at 5 on the dot. Also, you have to keep in mind the backdrop in which I'm writing this piece: an economic tsunami that we haven't seen in our lifetimes, or our parents' lifetimes, for that matter.
In this market, it's going to be a lot worse for families if Mommy or Daddy doesn't have a job than if Mommy or Daddy has to work late. This is not playtime, everyone—this is real time.
Bottom line: Employers should focus on the hard workers first so their companies survive long enough to hire the 9-to-5ers!
For Candidates: Establish That You Can Move the Needle
In my mind, there are three basic types of people in the world: people who make it, people who sell it, and people who support those first two groups. If you're a developer or designer, you're obviously making the product. If you're in sales, you're obviously selling the product. CEOs, COOs, accountants, and administrators obviously support those groups.
Folks who are most dispensable in this market are the folks who are not directly selling (i.e. bringing in money) or making the product:
1. Marketers/Public Relations
2. Strategy
3. Business Development
4. Product Managers
5. Managers in General
Like you, I've watched layoff after layoff at companies, and the first groups that get cut are the ones that the business can survive without. If you cut a couple of project managers, PR people, and your strategy folks, the business keeps running.
Does it run as well? Perhaps not. But it survives—and that's what matters in a market like this.
In fact, Google GOOG could cut half of its staff tomorrow and its revenue and earnings would be exactly the same, in my estimation. Would it be building cool new stuff? No. Would it be as effective? Probably not. However, its revenue machine (text-based ads) doesn't require this huge staff.
This is all really depressing stuff, I know, but I'm not telling you this to get you depressed. No, I'm telling you this to help you get your next job! If you want to get one of the small number of positions that will open up in 2009/2010, you need to place yourself in the "high-impact" bucket of employees, not the "low-impact" positions.
If you do strategy, marketing, and business development, I suggest positioning yourself in sales.
If you do product management or are a midlevel manger, I suggest positioning yourself as "player/coach"—someone who does a bunch of work and manages people in their "spare" time.
For Employers: Hire Impact Players
As I've mentioned above, you have a small number of positions opening, and you need to be very selective. Once you've narrowed your pool down to the folks you think are the hardest-working, you need to do another round of figuring out the folks who are the smartest and most versatile.
It's great that someone wants to work hard, but do they have direct experience closing a client? Do they have direct experience leading the building of an actual product that makes it to market and is embraced by customers?
Here are some very basic questions I like to ask folks in an interview. (Have I interviewed you? How was it for you?):
1. Who are the top three clients you've worked for? (This could be internal or external.)
2. What problem did you solve for these three clients?
3. How long did you work for these clients?
4. Can I have the names of these clients as references?
5. What was the best product/service you ever created/sold and why?
6. What was the most disappointing product/service you ever created/sold and why? What did you take away from that?
If folks can't answer these types of questions quickly and sharply, it might mean they had one of those "soft jobs" where they didn't have to produce a product that absolutely delighted customers. Every position serves a customer in some way: The mailroom guy serves the people getting the mail, the IT person serves the people who bring her frozen laptops, and the CEO has to deal with a range of "customers" in the form of investors, partners, employees, and board members.
This is a long and obvious way of saying that you need folks who can get stuff done.
If you're one of the 17 folks who made it to the bottom, I'm wondering the following:
1. What's your best technique for getting hired?
2. What are your favorite interview questions for figuring out if you're hiring a winner or a clock puncher?
3. What's going on in your backyard? What are you seeing in terms of hiring and laying people off? Who's getting let go and who's getting hired?
Note: Three ways to answer these questions:
1. You can email me
2. You can answer this question over at Mahalo Answers in an open fashion by following this URL: http://digg.com/u17Rc (You can log into Mahalo Answers with your Facebook ID, so it's super easy. Yes, this is a backhanded way to get you to try my product. Hey, I'm a hustler, baby! Hate the game, not the player!)
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UPDATE: Chris Brown Claims His Car Was Totaled in Paparazzi Crash
UPDATE: A spokesman for the Beverly Hills Police department released the following statement on the accident…
"On February 9, 2013 at approximately 1203pm, entertainer Chris Brown was involved in a solo, non-injury traffic collision in the 600 Block Bedford Drive/Camden Drive alley. Mr. Brown was the driver of the vehicle and collided with a wall. Brown stated that he was being chased by paparazzi causing him to lose control of his vehicle. Brown's Black Porsche was towed from the scene at his request."
ORIGINAL: According to TMZ, Chris Brown has stated that his car was totaled today in a run in with a pair of paparazzi. Brown's representative says that Brown was on his way to a charity event when two vehicles cut him off. The representative had the following to say about the incident…
"The occupants jumped out, with cameras, and aggressively approached his vehicle. In an effort to remove himself from the situation, he began to back down an alley at which point his was cut off by two additional vehicles."
Chris' vehicle was totaled due to this aggressive pursuit by the paparazzi. He is okay."


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The Liberty Graduate Scholars Grant Program (Discontinued Fall 2017)
Liberty University announces need-based grant program for residential graduate students. This program encourages students to pursue a residential graduate degree and attend classes on Liberty's amazing campus, which includes the newly-dedicated Jerry Falwell Library.
The new Liberty Graduate Scholars Grant Program will allow first-time residential graduate students, including transfer students, to be awarded money each term towards their campus-based master's degree. The Graduate Scholars Grant is available only to U.S. Citizens or U.S. Legal Permanent Residents who are eligible to apply for U.S. Federal financial aid.
Funding for this grant program targets domestic graduate applicants with high undergraduate grade point averages, and a demonstrated financial need.
In order to apply, the student must:
- Have an earned undergraduate degree with a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
- The applicant must be accepted into a residential master's degree program at Liberty University and be enrolled as a full-time student.
- Complete the FASFA form and show a qualifying calculated 9 month Expected Family Contribution (EFC) in the entry year. The EFC is an index score determined from your FASFA that is used by the Financial Aid office to determine what forms of aid are available to you. International students cannot complete the FAFSA or qualify for an EFC.
In order to remain in the Liberty Graduate Scholars Grant Program, the student must:
- Complete the FASFA form each year and complete verification (as applicable) each year.
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Paul Pierce recognized that the rest of his team's shots were off on Sunday night, so he took things into his own hands. Despite 23 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds from Pierce, the Celtics couldn't overcome the Trail Blazers in Portland and fell 92-86.
Kevin Garnett hit a hook shot over LaMarcus Aldridge to knot the score at 86 all late in the fourth, but a Damian Lilllard and-one followed by a Wesley Matthews step-back three sunk the Celtics.
Garnett had 20 points and nine boards, but the usually steady Celtics' bench had trouble getting it going in Portland. The reserves scored just 19 points on 7-for-26 shooting. As a team the Celtics shot just over 42 percent from the field and made just two of their 13 three point attempts.
Rebounding continues to be a huge issue for the Celtics on their current west coast road trip. Sunday, the Celtics were out-rebounded by the Blazers, 47-36.
Matthews led the Trail Blazers with 24 points and Nicolas Batum added 18 points and six rebounds for the Blazers. All the Blazers starters scored in double figures. J.J. Hickson had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
The Celtics look to finish their road trip strong as they travel to Salt Lake City to battle Al Jefferson and the Utah Jazz. The Celtics are currently 1-3 on their five game western road trip.
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"Peace has come in the Democratic Republic of the Congo"!
"Peace has come in the family of CBCO."
I WISH that I could report that "peace has come" as a result of the 3 seminars on Conflict Transformation led by Global Missionary Rev. Dan Buttry in December.
I CAN say that over 140 people in Kinshasa and Kikwit have not only NEW PERCEPTIONS of conflict, but also NEW TOOLS for not only understanding and finding "resolution," but also for seeking TRANSFORMATION of the situation and all the key players.
In the preparations, the CBCO leadership changed its mind at the last minute and decided to completely exclude one group from participating in the seminars even though at one point the seminars were seen as a "means" to help resolve the conflicts between the two leadership groups.
In the midst of last minute extensive efforts to encourage them to change their minds, we received a call from Dan Buttry's wife Sharon, that they had been in a bad auto accident and Dan was hospitalized for further testing. (The accident was Tues. Nov 30 the night before he was to have flown.) Friday and Saturday's seminars were canceled, and the following weeks put on hold until we had further word. At least THREE miracles came in response prayers after the accident: 1) Dan was released with only broken ribs, and enough energy to come!
2) While all flights were booked until Dec. 7th, his agent found an open seat on Dec. 3rd and he arrived Sat Dec. 4th.
3) In the delay, and re-configuring of the remaining seminars, the CBCO leadership relented and allowed the "dissident group" to participate!!
How can conflict be perceived as a "holy ground"? As a "gift"? As a special opportunity for individual and group growth? As the cutting edge of where a person, relationship, group is being challenged to re-define his/their existence?
Being a biblically based Christian community, our initial "tools" for imagining and study were to be discovered in Biblical stories.
Moses, raised in Pharaoh's household, has killed a man and fled to the wilderness to escape the consequences of the murder, and the raging conflict between his brothers and sisters serving as slaves for their Egyptian masters.
In this context he encounters God, and is ordered to remove his sandals because he is "standing on holy ground". (Exodus 3:5) The "middle" of a conflict can be "holy ground". And it is INTO this "space", into "God's space" that we can learn new things: about ourselves, about the "others" in the conflict, and about God.
Like Moses, we can learn that we have a "call", a job to do. Moses did not feel adequately "equipped" to do the job, but he/we can learn that we have resources we were not aware of.
Pharaoh was the "other" for Moses. Moses learned that although Pharaoh thought he was "all powerful;" he was not "god." We can easily "give power" to others in a conflict which is not theirs, and so we give up.
About God: It was in the midst of this conflict that we learn that "God heard" the cries of the oppressed, and was ready to seek to bring relief and justice. God IS involved in and concerned about our conflicts and the suffering in our world, and calls people everywhere to find solutions.
It was in the midst of this conflict that God first reveals His divine name: "I am that I am." This amazing revelation, "in" a conflict! In the image of the cross and the suffering of Jesus, one can also find God's love revealed even for those killing him.
Conflict seen as "holy ground" opens the doors for new ways of being, and can create "holy space" and times and places for listening to our own pain, to the "others" and their pain/perceptions, and offering ourselves in the efforts to find the common ground and join hands with the "other" to transform the world together.
During the seminars, small groups played many "peace games." We are familiar with "war games" as a means of helping analyze situations, gain new skills, and practice working together. So in playing "peace games," we can learn analytical tools, create and practice new strategies in a "safe" setting, and learn how to be a team together.
Besides the Seminars on Conflict Transformation, an additional 32 people spent three days "experiencing" how to plan and lead EXPERIENTAL LEARNING sessions. Enthusiasm was high as people truly felt the difference between this culture's standard "lecture format" and the highly participative learning experiences facilitated by Dan.
To paraphrase one of Dan's closing remarks: we know that as Jesus approached Jerusalem in his final hours, Jesus WEPT and said, "Oh that today you knew the things that make for peace." (Luke 19:42). We know that Jesus weeps over CBCO, the Congo, and over the United States as well, for we don't seem to know those things that make for peace.
Will you join in studying, learning and practicing those things that make for peace, for in so doing, we can begin to DRY THE TEARS OF JESUS.
Thanks for your prayers and partnership in supporting ministries locally there in the USA and around the world, and for helping make Dan Buttry's presence here possible.


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Whole-Grain Pie Crust
Made with whole-wheat graham cracker crumbs and whole-wheat flour, this is a delicious and nutritious alternative to your regular piecrust. It was featured in Superfoods Rx by Dr. Steven Pratt and Kathy Matthews. Combine it with the Lighter LIBBY'S® Pumpkin Pie to add a healthy crust.
- 1 cup whole-wheat graham cracker crumbs (from 8 graham cracker squares)
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 2 tablespoons canola or sunflower oil
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
- 2 tablespoons wheat germ or ground pumpkin seeds
- 2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 large egg (with high omega-3 content, as noted on label), lightly beaten
Directions, Reviews, Nutrition
COMBINE graham cracker crumbs, flour, oil, brown sugar, flaxseed, wheat germ, zest and ginger in medium bowl. Add egg; stir until moistened. Gently press mixture onto bottom of plate and up the sides.
BAKE for 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack.
Note: This whole wheat crumb crust is great with the Lighter LIBBY'S® Pumpkin Pie filling Lighter LIBBY'S® Pumpkin Pie recipe found on verybestbaking.com. Substitute this crust for the deep-dish pie shell called for in the recipe. Follow the temperatures and bake times stated in the recipe.
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Healthy and Delicious
I was looking for a healthy alternative to regular graham cracker crust when I found this recipe. But I didn't have any graham crackers onhand, so I used an equal amount of ground oatmeal (ground up in my coffee grinder.) It turned out great! I used this crust for key lime pie and it tasted awesome. I have made it the same way many times. Everyone loves this pie crust.
Whole-Grain Pie Crust
I used this crust on chocolate pie I made & oh my goodness it was fabulous. I'll use this recipe again.
Whole-Grain Pie Crust - ground work for a guilt fr
Preparation of this crust was no more difficult than the preparation of a regular Graham cracker crust, but the taste is more intense with the flavours of ginger and orange zest. Ground flax seeds and wheat germ are ingredients I keep in my fridge and use for baking bread, so coming by those was not a problem. It feels good and self-vindicating to make a dessert with healthy ingredients. Thank you for posting this.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/8 of Recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 110
- Calories from Fat: 50
- Total Fat: 5g (8% of DV)
- Saturated Fat: .5g (3% of DV)
- Cholesterol: 25mg (9% of DV)
- Sodium: 20mg (1% of DV)
- Carbohydrates: 14g (5% of DV)
- Dietary Fiber: 2g (8% of DV)
- Sugars: 4g
- Protein: 3g
- Vitamin A: 0% of DV
- Vitamin C: 2% of DV
- Calcium: 2% of DV
- Iron: 2% of DV
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


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Even though we run our mains at 230V here in the UK, some might wonder why electricity pylons operate at such incredibly high voltages (50kV+), while others might have been paying attention in physics class. The reason is that of efficiency - the higher the voltage, the less power is lost when travelling over distance.
Every power supply converts your mains supply into a selection of different voltages. Each of these voltages is called a rail. In older machines, the 5V rail was the rail of concern as this is what powered the CPU. However, as CPU consumption increased, efficiency became a concern. Borrowing from the same principle as the electricity pylons, it was decided to change the voltage to 12V. After this change, PSUs went from conforming to the ATX standard, to conforming to the ATX12V standard – a subtle but major difference. In a modern machine the processor, graphics, hard drive, optical drives and fans all run off 12V. The other rails are used for small components on the motherboard, system memory and essential functions such as turning on a machine in the first place.
The ATX12V 1.3 specification involves a single 12V rail. If a single rail is drawing over 32A, this can become potentially dangerous if the end user comes in contact with it. When the Prescott processor was introduced drawing huge amounts of current, Intel decided to change the specification to make running such a processor a little safer. They decided upon multiple 12V rails (ATX12V v2.2 and v2.3) as a method of supplying more power to the system in a safe manner. They also suggested that this should be no more than 20A per rail to make things a little safer. To enforce this, Intel also suggested an over-current protection that cuts the power should more than 20A be drawn. Other safety features include a thermal cut out should the power supply overheat and it also specifies that any failure should not cause a startling sound, excessive smoke, molten material or flames. These sound about as obvious as putting "may contain nuts" on a packet of dry roasted, but considering the number of power supplies that blew up in previous group tests, they obviously need emphasis.
You may be wondering how each 12V rail is distributed. Unfortunately, there is no real rule on this, but you can usually work it out depending on the colour of the wires used. Generally speaking 12V1 is the ATX connector and 12V2 is the four pin auxiliary CPU connector. 12V3/4/5/… could well be anything, from a PCI-E connector to just the SATA connectors. That is why the power available is just as important as the distribution of these rails.
So the question is, how much power do these units actually supply? The quoted wattage on packaging is a total across all the rails on the power supply. Wattage is worked out by multiplying voltage and amperage together. For instance 10A on a 12V rail is 120W. Totalling up all of these for each rail will be considerably higher than the total power output of the power supply.
For backwards compatibility purposes, the 5V rail is generally pretty beefy (150W+) so that older machines can run with them. However, in a modern machine the 5V rail is used to a much lesser extent, yet this power is included in the overall wattage calculation, somewhat skewing the quote. As well as the overall power limitation, specific areas also have limitations. For instance, a power supply may allow 23A on the first 12V rail, (known as 12V1), equating to 276W (23 x 12), but the combined limit for 3.3V, 5V and the 12V rails may be 280W. Considering you will use at least 40W across the other rails, it starts to eat in to the amount available for the 12V rails to use.
Another scenario, could be three 12V rails with 20A available on each, which is in theory 720W of power (12 x 20 x 3), but when combined you are not allowed any more than 40A or 480W. This seems a little like cheating, and it would be if they quoted 60A on the 12V rails. However, what this does mean is power can be distributed as necessary. One rail might only be using 5A meaning one of the other rails can take advantage of the full 20A allowed, without going over the limit.
Finally, another common trick is to quote peak figures, often achieved by using under-specced equipment with added airflow to compensate. These are about as useful as a flannel in a tsunami. What you want to study is the continuous output ratings.


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CANADA STOCKS-TSX opens higher as Fed hopes offset BlackBerry plunge
TORONTO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened higher on Monday after expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will delay its plans to scale back its stimulus program offset a sharp drop in shares of BlackBerry Ltd, which called off a sale of the company. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 33.27 points, or 0.25 percent, at 13,370.73 shortly after the open.
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Wild Rice Muffins
Serve these savory, buttery muffins on their own or as an unorthodox counterpoint to poultry or meat with a fruity sauce.
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- Servings: MAKES 12 MUFFINS
- 3/4 cup wild rice
- 1/2 cup hazelnuts (about 2 ounces)
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
How to make this recipe
In a medium saucepan, cover the wild rice with 1 inch of water. Cover the saucepan and simmer the wild rice over moderately low heat until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and let cool.
Preheat the oven to 400°. Butter a 12-cup muffin pan. In a pie plate, toast the hazelnuts in the oven for about 10 minutes, or until the skins blister. Transfer the nuts to a kitchen towel and rub off the skins. Finely chop the nuts. Raise the oven temperature to 425°.
In a medium bowl, beat the melted butter with the eggs and sugar. Stir in the cooked wild rice, the onion and hazelnuts until combined.
In another medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wild rice mixture just until incorporated.
Fill the muffin cups two-thirds of the way with the batter and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the muffins are golden brown. Let cool in the pan for 2 minutes, then unmold them and transfer to a rack to cool completely.
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The local primary care trust wants to set up centres paid for by the NHS but run by the independent sector.
The council's health and well-being scrutiny committee has been examining the proposals.
It wants reassurances acute hospitals will still be able to deliver a full range of emergency services.
The Clinical, Assessment, Treatment and Support Service (Cats) centres would investigate patients and refer them for surgery or treatment.
Health officials believe they would reduce treatment waiting times and have put the plans out for public consultation, which included public meetings.
'Services eroded'
The scrutiny committee wants the service to augment, rather than duplicate, existing NHS capacity in the county.
Its recommendations include proposals that the centres are located in close association with existing hospital sites, both acute and community, and the patients should be able to decide whether he or she is referred.
Councillor Bert Richardson, the committee's chairman, said: "We can see why CATS centres have been proposed, but we can also understand the public's nervousness about services being eroded.
"We have reservations about the journey times expected to be made by the public in Cumbria, particularly those who rely on public transport.
"And we are also seeking reassurance that patient choice will be maintained and promoted in the future."
The committee's report will be passed on to the NHS before the consultation deadline on 9 March.
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We all know that the sky is the limit with regards to dog food.
I am wondering what you would consider the best, yet the most economical dog food on the market, in your opinion.
In these times, it would be good to have some input as to what the best food is nutrition wise as well as easier on the wallet??


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East Providence Animal Control Pet of the Week: Maggie
EAST PROVIDENCE — Maggie is a female tiger/calico domestic shorthair available for adoption at East Providence Animal Control Center. Maggie is approximately 1-2 years old. She came into the facility spayed, but staff had her vaccinated against rabies and distemper. She is very playful and affectionate.
Maggie would be a great companion. She is not too keen on other felines but could probably adjust over time. If you are looking for a young, vibrant kitty, Maggie is the one for you.
If you are interested in Maggie or any of our other animals available for adoption please feel free to stop by the facility any day of the week between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. We are located at 62 Commercial Way. You may see the pets we have available for adoption listed on Facebook or Petfinder.com.
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Sugar has always yearned to learn more about the world, and she sees her chance when Chinese workers are brought in to help harvest the cane. The older River Road folks feel threatened, but Sugar is fascinated. As she befriends young Beau and elder Master Liu, they introduce her to the traditions of their culture, and she, in turn, shares the ways of plantation life. Sugar soon realizes that she must be the one to bridge the cultural gap and bring the community together. Here is a story of unlikely friendships and how they can change our lives forever.
From Jewell Parker Rhodes, the author of "Ninth Ward "(a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and a Today show Al's Book Club for Kids pick), here's another tale of a strong, spirited young girl who rises beyond her circumstances and inspires others to work toward a brighter future.
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Publish Date: May 2013
- Page Count: 272
- Reading Level: Ages 9-12
- Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
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- Review Date: 2013-03-25
- Reviewer: Staff
In 1870 Louisiana, five years after the Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery, Sugar is still bound to the crop whose name she shares: "I'm ten now. I'm not a slave anymore. I'm free. Except from sugar." Sugar and her mother had been waiting for the return of her father, who was sold shortly after Sugar was born; when Sugar's mother died, her daughter was left with nowhere to go. Sugar's caring guardians and her occasional adventures in the woods are bright spots in her life, but she feels left behind as friends head north. When "Chinamen" are hired to work on the plantation, Sugar's community feels threatened; however, Sugar's intuition, curiosity, and spirit move her to befriend the perceived enemy and bring everyone together. Rhodes (Ninth Ward) paints a realistic portrait of the hard realities of Sugar's life, while also incorporating Br'er Rabbit stories and Chinese folktales. Sugar's clipped narration is personable and engaging, strongly evoking the novel's historical setting and myriad racial tensions, making them accessible and meaningful to beginning readers. Ages 8–12. Agent: Michael Bourret, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. (May)
Breaking the rules in a forgotten history
Having freedom in a legal sense doesn't always mean you're free. That statement was especially true for Southern slaves freed as a result of the Civil War. Although these men, women and children couldn't be forced to work any longer, that didn't keep plantation owners from paying wages, and then charging rent, food costs and other fees that kept the workers forever indebted. This is the reality of life for the characters in Sugar, the powerful new novel by Coretta Scott King Honor Book recipient Jewell Parker Rhodes. This group of men and women, including a 10-year-old orphan named Sugar, live and work on Louisiana's River Road plantation, harvesting sugar cane and doing what they must to survive.
Sugar isn't content with this life, however. She longs to play with other children, meet new people and not work from sunup to sundown. Sugar doesn't always follow the rules, either. She befriends the white plantation owner's son, Billy, and escapes on adventures with him that break every rule and boundary set for them both. It is not until the plantation owner brings in Chinese laborers, though, that Sugar's indomitable spirit and unique outlook on life are most appreciated.
This forced immigration of Chinese workers to Southern plantations is a little-known fact in American history. Rhodes takes this glossed-over event and adds human faces to it. Sugar, Mister Wills, Beau and Master Liu are just a few of the many characters young readers will come to know and better understand. It is Sugar's story, however, as a strong-willed, independent and tolerant child that will have the greatest impact. With compelling characters and suspenseful storytelling, this is well-crafted historical fiction that will appeal to anyone who loves a good story.


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The Chris Reeve knives?
This is a discussion on Are Sebenzas that good? within the Defensive Knives & Other Weapons forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I'm looking for opinions from people that own Sabenzas to see how they compare to Benchmade's, Spiderco's or other production folders in that category. I've ...
I'm looking for opinions from people that own Sabenzas to see how they compare to Benchmade's, Spiderco's or other production folders in that category. I've only read good things about them but wanted to hear from folks here.
TIA, Darren
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Looks awesome, would love to have one, not $455.00+ good to me. Someone else maybe, but that is out of my price range for that particular item. I am wondering now is the knife that good or is it the "art" you are paying for.
"Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt" ~ Mark Twain
The Chris Reeve knives are far better than the mass produced Benchmade/Spyderco level of knives. If you need a good knife.
"The only people I like besides my wife and children are Marines."
- Lt. Col. Oliver North
I have a small Sebenza I traded my Strider SnG for. I love it and I carry it from time to time as a second knife. I'm thinking about giving this one to my wife and picking up a large Sebenza.
Sebenzas are, I think, the finest general purpose folding knives to come out of a semi-custom factory shop.
Are they worth the price increase over my Spydercos? No, not to me, but if I had the extra dough they would be.
Rowe/Higgins 2016!
I'm not much of a knife guy (...yet) but a friend got me an Umnumzaan and all I can say is WOW!!! I've never heard of them until then.
"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God." - Benjamin Franklin
"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn." - C.S. Lewis
I've got a small bloodwood sebenza. Beautiful BUT, I do hesitate to use it sometimes. So it depends on what you use your knives for. For hard use I tend to use my spydercos.
But I can still get what I paid for the sebenza and it's been several years. Value wise they don't seem to depreciate.
"If there is trouble, I stay here to help you. For your father -- for your father."
I have a small 21 with snakewood and a lg regular unique graphic I carry one or the other everyday, and have for the last 4-5 years. If your looking for the best knife you will ever own, a knife that all others are judged against get a sebenza. If you want a knife that is 4 times better then a $110 benchmade or spyderco, keep looking. It is only a knife it's only function is to cut. It preforms that function well but not much better then any other knife.
That being said I love mine and will be buying a Sebenza 25 when funds allow
Have a Sebenza full size classic-style NICA Tanto 1of200 limited edition.
Wife gave it as a surprise (very hard to surprise me, but she did) Christmas gift several years ago.
I've known Chris since the late '80s when he used to travel from South Africa to do the California Custom Knife Show. His signature knives were one-piece hollow-handle fixed blades back then.
The Sebenza is a work of art. You really have to know knives and spend time around the good ones to appreciate the Seb.
They are worth every penny. Like the saying goes, "Buy quality and only cry ONCE!"
Lower knife in the pic is my Sebenza. If you think five bills is too much for a good knife, you don't even wanna know what the other one can cost these days....
Here's the backside of both knives. The Emerson in my avatar snuck in somehow as well.
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The sebenza is a well put together knife. If your interested in one toss me a email. I can get you a good deal probably - email@example.com
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they are awesome, you wont be disappointed..make sure you get a real one though, some knock offs have been sold recently..i have one of the original 100 tantos..
I've seen some knock offs that are darn nice knives. If they weren't counterfeit, I wouldn't mind have a couple that I have run across. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but forgery is unforgivable.
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Jack blades that is a super nice Terzuola you have their. It is hard to find the simple ones any more. On a side note I had a chance to tour his little shop a few years back. Heck of a nice guy.


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