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Mets Prospect Primer: Syndergaard shines
MLB.com's No. 11 prospect could reach big leagues by season's end
By Robert Emrich / MiLB.com | March 31, 2014 10:00 AM ET
Some players are on the verge of stardom, others are entering a crucial phase of their development and still others are getting their first tastes of full-season ball. With the 2014 season approaching, MiLB.com takes a look at the most intriguing prospects from each MLB organization.
Shining star: Noah Syndergaard, RHP
Though Syndergaard struggled somewhat this spring in Grapefruit League play and will open the season at Triple-A Las Vegas in the Pacific Coast League, MLB.com's No. 11 overall prospect has a legitimate chance to be on the mound for the Mets at some point this season.
In his first year with the organization following the Dec. 17, 2012 trade from Toronto, the Texas native finished 9-4 with 133 strikeouts over 117 2/3 innings between Class A Advanced St. Lucie and Double-A Binghamton. Perhaps most impressive, the 6-foot-6 righty not only pitched well in the Eastern League but seemed to thrive at the higher level, limiting batters to a .228 average while racking up 11.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
Given the Mets' success with Matt Harvey in 2012 and Zack Wheeler last year, a strong first three months by Syndergaard could push the hurler to Citi Field at some point this summer.
Breakout prospect: Brandon Nimmo, OF
Though it might be odd to see a Top 10 organizational prospect tabbed as a breakout candidate, the label might fit Nimmo perfectly. The 20-year-old showed good patience in his full-season debut, drawing 71 walks while batting .273 for the Sand Gnats, though he's slugged just 10 homers in 189 Minor League games since being drafted 13th overall in 2011. He'll move up to another tough hitting league this season, playing for St. Lucie in the Florida State League.
"I think we could see Brandon Nimmo have a big year in 2014," said Paul DePodesta, vice president of player development and scouting for the Mets. "I think his numbers are suppressed by the ballpark in Savannah, though it was still a good year. I think for a guy who spent the year there, his OBP was as high as anyone we've seen there. I think Brandon getting out of that environment, not that the Florida State League is more friendly, I think we'll continue to see an increase in power numbers."
At the crossroads: Hansel Robles, RHP
After a brilliant 2012 campaign in Brooklyn, it appeared Robles was on a fast path to the big leagues after the Mets opted to start him in Class A Advanced St. Lucie the following year and place him on their 40-man roster. Things didn't quite turn out as hoped as the 23-year-old went 5-5 with a 3.78 ERA in just 18 total appearances and, after not allowing a single long ball in 2012, saw eight of his pitches leave the park last year.
"Hansel Robles was bothered by some arm difficulty," said DePodesta. "Nothing that required any action, but it shut him down a couple of times. He had a good year in Brooklyn [in 2012] -- so good we put him on the 40-man roster. Last year, while fine, wasn't to the level of a 40-man roster player in High-A ball. If you're going to protect someone down there, you hope they're going to move quickly. He went to the [Arizona] Fall League and pitched well. The expectations are awfully high, which is why I would name him. Last year was good but not as good as the expectations."
More to keep an eye on: Nimmo's teammate in Savannah, Kevin Plawecki, is coming off a big year with the bat, posting a .305/.390/.448 slash line in 125 games between the Sand Gnats and St. Lucie. He has also drawn praise for his abilities behind the plate. ... After missing more than two seasons following Tommy John surgery, Steven Matz showed why he was selected in the second round in 2009. Utilizing a fastball regarded as above-average, the New York native racked up 121 strikeouts, posted a 2.62 ERA and, most importantly, made 21 starts. ... While it's not known at this point where 2013 first-rounder Dominic Smith will open this season, the first base prospect should hit wherever he winds up. He batted .287 with three homers and 22 RBIs in 48 Gulf Coast League games and added four more RBIs in three games with Kingsport to round out the season. ... 2013 turned out to be a big year for Dilson Herrera as the 20-year-old second baseman was named a South Atlantic League All-Star, played in the Futures Game and was traded from Pittsburgh to New York in August. Herrera finished with 11 homers and 14 stolen bases while compiling a .750 OPS.
Robert Emrich is a contributor to MiLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @RobertEmrich. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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We in our land of optimists like to believe our species is perfectible.
Neither markets nor government are perfectible; the best we're going to get is ones that work pretty well most of the time.
But as man is perfectible this condition of things cannot last.
He is perfectible, seeks after improvement, and shuns deterioration.
Hence he is perfectible through nature, and merely conforms to nature in improving his mind and in bettering his condition.
The Mennonites believed that man was essentially depraved; Ballou believed that he was perfectible.
You pretend man's perfectible, that woman's got a capacity for disinterested self-sacrifice.
But this work is perfectible and it contains in its constitution even the principles of its perfectibility.
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Nevada falls in return to pool at UC Santa Barbara
Four Pack individuals earn first place honors
Nevada hosts UC Davis in final home meet Saturday
Olympian Debbie Meyer to be recogized On Saturday
Nevada has 23 Student-Athletes Named Academic All-WAC
2011-12 Winter Sports Honorees Announced
2014 Mountain West Championship
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2013-14 (Sr.): Will add depth in the fly events and serve as one of the Pack's team captains.
2012-13 (Jr.): Contributed in butterfly and relay events and excelled in sprint fly races ... Had the fourth-best 100 fly time of the season among Nevada swimmers (58.70) ... Also had the fifth-best 200 fly time at 2:07.09.
2011-12 (So.): Six top-10 finishes in her second season in the silver and blue ... Continued to compete in butterfly and medley events ... Posted a season-best time of 4:35.33 in the 400 IM to finish 13th at the WAC Championships ... Was fourth in the 200 fly against Fresno State at 2:14.14.
2010-11 (Fr.): Competed in butterfly events at four of Nevada's meets ... Also occasionally swam on the Pack's freestyle and medley relay teams ... Her top-time in the 100-yard butterfly, 1:05.34, came in a double-dual against Pacific and UC Davis ... Posted a personal-best in the 200-yard butterfly (2:17.68) against No. 4 Cal.
High School: Graduated from Wooster High School in 2010 ... Earned four letters in swimming under coach Susan Shrader ... Voted most valuable swimmer four years in a row and best teammate ... Honor roll student ... Competed for the Sparks Piranhas ... Qualified for Far Western Long Course Championships ... Posted a top eight finish at the Junior Olympics.
Personal: Daughter of Enrique Teran and Ana Sanchez ... Enjoys snowboarding, hiking and traveling in her spare time ... Chose Nevada because of the great swimming program and proximity to her family ... Lists Michael Phelps as her sports hero.


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Deciding whether to start an MD/PhD program became a soul-searching question 40 years ago at the School of Medicine.
By Elaine K. Freeman
It may come as a surprise to learn that the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine—the place where the concept of training physicians in science was born—didn't leap at the idea of establishing a formal government-sponsored program that would do just that. In 1964, in fact, when the NIH launched its Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) and offered federal grants to med schools agreeing to operate one, Hopkins wasn't biting. True, the program would support handpicked, highly-motivated students in a formal MD/PhD program—but school officials foresaw big problems.
At the heart of their reluctance were existential questions: What did the School of Medicine want to be? Where should it place its emphasis? An institute producing only world-class scientists? A school turning out only world-class clinicians? A blend of both?
Certainly, Hopkins had long enrolled a handful of MD students who went on to earn a PhD—or vice-versa. But these few always completed one degree before starting the other. The Medical Scientist Training Program would be organized differently. Students would start with the first two years of the MD program, then break away for three or four research years and finally end with the MD clinical rotation. In other words, they would begin med school with one set of classmates and graduate with another. And because the federal stipend would allow this small, elite group to graduate virtually debt-free, it would become a magnet for a flood of applicants. Furthermore, they would receive intense mentoring and have the time, unavailable to others, to devote to one problem. MSTP students would be different from their classmates, so they would be treated differently. And that, argued those opposed to the program, would change the very nature of the school itself. Finally, recalls pharmacologist Paul Talalay, "my colleagues were telling me not to send over scientists to care for sick people."
Fortunately, the critics lost their battle. And so, in 1975, the School of Medicine acquired its first federal grant for a Medical Scientist Training Program. Talalay, the program's chief advocate as well as its architect and first director (1972-82), began recruiting students via an announcement sent only to the School of Medicine. Immediately, the number of students interested in earning both an MD and a PhD tripled (from three to nine in one year). Among those signing on for the new program were two of its future directors, Steve Desiderio (1992–1999) and Robert Siliciano, the current head.
Recalling his determination to go for the MD/PhD, Siliciano says that splitting off from his MD classmates was "a big decision." These programs "were starting elsewhere, but it wasn't a well established path yet," he recalls. "I had concerns about applying, but I loved research, and it seemed a great opportunity." Once enrolled, Siliciano says that switching back and forth from one cohort of classmates to another didn't bother him. He relished making new friends among the graduate students, including his future wife, biochemist Janet Siliciano. What was hard, he says, was "watching MD classmates leave after four years for exciting internships and residencies when you're working on some obscure research project."
But Talalay had anticipated such emotional swings and arranged activities that promoted camaraderie among students in the fledgling program. "We had monthly dinners," Siliciano reminisces, "where faculty members talked about their careers in science. Students prepared the meals, but after a particularly disastrous spaghetti dinner I cooked, Dr. Talalay decided to move the dinners to the faculty club."
In the end, Siliciano says, going through another year of rigorous course work was pretty awful, "but the courses were at a much higher level than med students get. I loved research, and this enabled me to do modern research."
Indeed, from the program's start, MD/PhD students were involved in some of the most significant research to come from Hopkins. They worked on neurotransmitters, neuroreceptors, and nitric oxide in the lab of world-famous neuroscientist Sol Snyder. They took part in pacesetting work on breast and colon cancer genetics with the eminent scientists Bert Vogelstein and Ken Kinzler. And they began publishing groundbreaking work in some of the most prestigious scientific journals.
Picky about the labs where they'd do their PhD thesis work, students moved through several research rotations to find a good fit. Faculty were anxious to recruit them, Siliciano says. "They're so bright and talented, you can give them free rein. They don't just carry out experiments designed by mentors. They actively pursue their own ideas."
With such a research focus, of course, the program was bound to stir tensions between clinical and basic science faculty. And it did. According to Richard S. Ross, dean of the School of Medicine during the MSTP's early years, "some of its prestigious scientific preceptors thought that MD/PhD students didn't need to pay much attention to the patient care side. I had to fight to make sure it was a balanced program and to remind people that this also was an MD program."
Basic science faculty, meanwhile, were rankled by the program's admissions process. Snyder says that as the cost of a medical education increased, securing one of the 10 new MD/PhD slots each year at Hopkins became like getting a Rhodes Scholarship. Unlike many of their classmates, these 10 students would graduate without debt, thanks to free tuition, health insurance, and the government stipend.
But applicants to the MD/PhD program went through the same admissions criteria as regular medical students. Only in 1992, when Desiderio took over as director was he able finally to lobby successfully for a separate admissions committee. Ever since, applicants have undergone an intense screening process that includes multiple interviews with full-time scientists who teach in the program.
"We wanted to be sure the students had a passion for research," says Snyder, "and weren't just driven by the money."
Over the years as medicine has grown increasingly sophisticated and concerns like genetics, translational research, and public health have become ever more relevant to patient care, the program has kept pace. Today, students choose their PhD specialty from 15 departments at the School Medicine or from fields such as biostatistics, international health, and bioethics at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Among the 40 U.S. medical schools with MSTP programs, Hopkins now has the most government-funded slots (50). At the program's last formal review, Hopkins received the highest best score ever achieved—and a reward of one additional stipend. Extra points were awarded for recruiting the most minority students. "But we were also cited," says Siliciano, "for what happens to our students. They finish on time [average of 7.3 years], publish an average of 6.3 peer-reviewed papers while in the program, and 80 percent go on to academic careers. They are phenomenal."
Still, despite the fact that the MD/PhD program received 500 applications last year for its 10 entry slots, the program probably won't get larger, according to David Nichols, vice dean for education, so it can continue to provide great attention to each student, doing "a fabulous job of selecting and nurturing them."
But just as in 1970, the argument continues. Few side with the extreme view that the School should have all MD/PhDs. There is wide agreement among the basic scientists, however, that, with its rich applicant pool, Hopkins readily could double the number of MD/PhD candidates without diluting the program's quality. "Many med schools can train good doctors," Snyder argues, "but only a handful can train elite scientists."
Mary Talalay contributed to the reporting of this article.


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My dad has the coolest birthday ever—March 17. This is particularly appropriate because he is a quarter Irish. As kids, my sisters and I loved celebrating dad's special day because it always involved the extra zing of St. Patrick's Day. There would be a chocolate cake piled with green frosting, a few beers for the adults and, often times, at least one or two of my parents' friends joining in the fun.
Like his birthday, my dad has always had that extra-special something about him. He is a study in contrasts: hilariously funny but deeply serious, sensitive inside but tough-seeming outside, a man who both rebels against the "establishment," yet usually follows the rules. He can be sociable and the life of the party, and he can be a loner, content to read a novel in the bedroom for hours at a time.
Dad is and always has been a writer and is probably the main inspiration for my own literary pursuits. As a young man, he wrote for good-quality newspapers when newspapers were in their heyday—The Cincinnati Enquirer, the Minneapolis Tribune, Louisville Times and, later, the Sunday Louisville Courier- Journal, among others. He loved reporting and was good at it. Eventually he turned his communications skills toward teaching journalism, then directing media relations for Western Washington University and later handling press relations for the Butte-based Montana Power Company. When my parents moved to Wisconsin, he did development and fund-raising work at Northland College in Ashland, WI. As you can see, we moved around a lot. Restlessness is another key hallmark of my dad.
His last "real" job was director of development for a beautiful and bucolic monastery outside of Eau Claire. Since then he has more or less retired, although he stays active by volunteering as a literacy tutor and continues a regular shift at a local hospital in Eau Claire, where my parents live, as well as other projects.
I have often urged my dad to write a book. The man reads more voraciously than anyone I've ever known and retains much of what he reads. This combined with his already-prodigious gift for writing would make him a natural author, or so his family says. Dad will usually joke that he doesn't have anything new to say but we know better.
My dad grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio as the youngest son of three children. His father was a WWI veteran who had a serious problem with alcohol. Because of this, I don't think dad got the fathering he deserved. But in spite of that, he had a happy childhood under his loving mother's guidance and with his many boyhood friends. I relished listening to dad's stories of mayhem and mischief when kids ran freer than they do today. He would tell about going out in the woods behind their home with a BB gun and the whole day ahead of him. Inevitably, the story would end with him and his buddies running away from someone or falling off a roof and just barely escaping punishment from some humorless authority figure.
He joined the Army in 1957 and attended the Army Language School at the Presidio of Monterey in California. His Army adventures even took him right here to Fort Hood where he got involved in "special services," basically playing sports for the Army as a full-time job. He also worked in a message center in Korea as well as a variety of other jobs, including battalion mail clerk (a position I smile at because to this day, he loves receiving mail).
His favorite sports memory was struggling to score against Green Bay Packer Ray Nitzke in a basketball game.
After he and mother got engaged and he had already left the service, he was recalled for the Berlin Crisis in 1961. At that time he was trying to finish his bachelor's degree at Miami University and the interruption—as well as the unexpected separation from my Mom—devastated him. But luckily, the redeployment was short-lived and my folks were married in 1962.
My father had a unique parenting style. When my sisters and I were young, he was sometimes gruff and impatient with us—he would jokingly call us "men" and use Army terminology and lots of humor to get his points across. I can still recite colorful "limericks" (not printable here) dad would share with us, while my mom would mock-gasp and try to shush him. Although he was by no means the kind of father who called his girls "princesses," we never doubted his love for us or his protectiveness. He made us laugh and instilled the importance of reading, critical thinking and problem-solving. I recall being at the dinner table and waiting for him to abruptly ask: "Learn anything?" to which my sister and I would struggle to come up with some interesting nugget from our school-day.
Dad has had a long love-affair with standard poodles. Currently he and my mom are on poodle number five, a black, rambunctious and thoroughly loveable 1-year-old named "Pete." Before that was Dusty, Buff, Mandy and Della—each unique and wonderful in their own ways. At times, I think my father has related better to his dogs than to humans. (A phenomenon that I can truly understand, now that we have our dog Murphy).
Trying to pin my dad down in any particular way has always been difficult. He is a study in contrasts and as mercurial as the weather here in Texas. He is complex and he is simple. He is like nobody else's dad I know and I'm grateful for that...and love him dearly. Happy (belated) Birthday Dad!


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Beck and Stossel imagine rosy world of private military contractors with no civilian deaths
From the August 5 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:
Glenn Beck hosted staunchly libertarian [1] Fox Business host John Stossel to discuss the idea of using private contractors to wage war instead of military personnel. From the August 5 edition of The Glenn Beck Program:
BECK: What is the closest you came to saying, well, maybe the government should do this?
STOSSEL: Well, I always assumed that fighting wars was a job for government. You didn't want to trust that to a profit-seeking enterprise. But, you know, you've sort of moved my head about that a bit and that if you have a bunch of private contractors like Blackwater going to work and they do it so much more efficiently - the CBO says that it takes three government workers to replace one Halliburton worker, that, you know, maybe they would fight wars better, and if we didn't like what they were doing we could fire them. You can't fire the government, but contractors compete.
BECK: It would be great to say that these guys are private contractors and the war is dragging on, the war is dragging on and being able to have the president say we're getting a new contractor. Because they'll finish the job. They'll finish the job. And you can also hold them responsible for everything. The problem with government is you can never actually hold these people responsible for everything.
STOSSEL: And people will say, "Are you kidding me? A private, for-profit company fighting a war? They'll just kill all sorts of civilians." But they don't think ahead to the fact that this company wants to be hired again by some other country.
BECK: It's exactly right. It's like planes. The only really horribly irresponsible companies say you know we're going to chintz on the repair on the airliner because once one goes down and you've been caught chintzing on it, sure you lose 200 people which is a horrible, horrible tragedy, but the company knows you lose 200 people it's over. We're all out of business and if we really do something wrong we're going to jail.
In their enthusiasm for the idea that the free market would keep contractors from killing civilians, both Stossel and Beck ignored that defense contractor Blackwater (now rebranded Xe) did kill [2] civilians in Iraq.
In 2007, Blackwater employees killed 17 unarmed Iraqi civilians and wounded at least 20 others when, reportedly unprovoked, the security guards opened fire in a public square in Baghdad. Although the Iraqi government called [3] the shootings "deliberate murder" and five Blackwater employees were charged with manslaughter in the U.S., the charges against all five were dropped [4] because of problems with the case.
Not only was Blackwater not held accountable under the law, but the company remains [5] the State Department's largest security contractor, and as late as April 2009 it continued [6] to operate in Iraq.
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Is the GOP Losing Faith?
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Here is the 2nd installment of my series for the Huffington Post comprising an evangelical Christian's take on the major players in the 2012 election. I had a hard time writing this, to be honest. It was a fun but difficult practice to come up with something to say. More than anything I hope that Christians everywhere will begin to cultivate Christian identity as supreme over and against any other sort of affiliation – especially when it comes to American political parties.
Related posts from Paperback Theology:
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This handbook explains the role of CP&P (formerly DYFS) and answers frequently asked questions about services and programs. Download the guide by clicking on the below links.
Parents' Handbook, English
Manual para los padres, en Español
This guide was created to help families involved with CP&P (formerly DYFS) whose children have been placed in foster care. It gives information about why children have been removed from their parents' care, what to expect when this happens and how and when children can return home. Download the guide by clicking on the below links.
A Guide for Parents: When Your Child is in Foster Care, English
Una guía para los padres: cuando su hijo se encuentra en cuidado de crianza provisional, en Español
To assure compliance with the education provisions of the federal law, Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, New Jersey legislation was enacted September 9, 2010 that amended Title 18 A and Title 30. Under this law, children can remain in their home school when they enter foster care unless it is not in their best interest to do so.
Click HERE for more information and resources.
Click HERE to learn about services for CP&P involved adolescents. Also visit DCF's Office of Adolescents new website, njyrs.org (New Jersey Youth Resource Spot).
This pamphlet explains DCF's new FOUR TIER system of regulations effective on April 1, 2013, modifying DCF's findings following child abuse and neglect investigations. The new system allows DCF more specific findings categories to more appropriately reflect the particular circumstances present in each investigation.
FOUR TIER Investigative Findings
CUATRO NIVELES Resultados de la Investigación, en Español


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Welcome to the Bacterial Genome Plasticity (BGP) lab web page.
Our work deals with some aspects of bacteria's impressive capacities to acquire and exchange genes...
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I had severe pain on my left breast that was caused by the stretching of the nerves, inflammation around the nerves, and swelling. I was prescribe to take steroids which alleviate most of the pain but I currently still feel that my left breast is still very sensitive (more pain and swelling) when I move minimal such as driving or washing dishes. When I rise up from my sleep, I can feel a some pain when the implant is moving downards. Could I Have hematoma? I am afraid to have capsular contracter
I Am 5 Weeks Post Op Breast Augmentation, And Have Had Severe Pain Since. What's The Cause? (photo)
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Should I Still Have Pain Five Weeks After A Breast Augmentation?
Every surgery if different, every person's perception of pain is different, but severe pain five weeks after a breast augmentation is incredibly unusual in my experience. You need to see your plastic surgeon and have a complete evaluation. If the pain doesn't subside in the next couple of weeks, a referral to a pain management specialist might be appropriate. Pain always subsides and things always get better, but you shouldn't have to suffer until things get better.
Pain with breast augmentation
It is a bit unusual for patients to have pain from breast augmentation at 5 weeks after surgery. It can be from spasm of the muscle, and stretchng in general. But there are other causes as well. An exam with your doctor is probably necessary.
In some situations I have offered a combination of neurontin (settles hyperactive nerves) and elavil. This combination is often used for over excited nerves such as carpal tunnel syndrome or chronic pain syndromes. It has worked well for me in the past.
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Asymmetric pain is common after breast augmentation
Pain that is greater on one side than the other is very common after breast augmentation surgery. Uneven swelling and shape are frequently seen, as well, at this point in healing.
The pain symptoms that you describe are not rare. Usually, they get better with time, but sometimes require the use of medications or additional surgery.
We do not really know for sure what causes pain symptoms. Common explainations include:
- stretching of the nerves
- inflamation around the nerves
- direct damage to or trauma of the nerves
- scar tissue around the nerves
- infection
- hematoma
- capsular contracture
Based on your story and photo, infection, hematoma and capsular contracture seem less likely.
Keep in contact with your surgeon and let them know if you are not getting better or are getting worse. Give it time and good luck.
Pain after breast augmentation
I have had a very few women who had breast implants with pain out at 5 weeks or longer, and it is usually due to nerves being stretched, causing a sharp stinging pain which shoots to the shoulder blade. Over time it should improve.
5 weeks post op pain
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Pain several weeks after breast augmentation
I believe that it is a bit unusual for you to have severe pain 5 weeks after breast augmentation surgery and I would encourage you to discuss this with your surgeon. Certainly, discomfort and tenderness are not uncommon at this point in your post operative course, but severe pain should be evaluated.
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5 weeks post op breast augmentation
Most people will experience a difference in pain and or swelling after surgery when comparing the right and left sides. This is perfectly normal even at 5 weeks. You photos demonstrate mild swelling on both sides and it appears as if the left side may be starting to settle. Be patient and discuss your concerns with your doctor, Good luck
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Pain after Breast Augmentation?
Thank you for the question and picture.
I do not see any evidence of hematoma in your picture.
It would be in your best interest to be examined carefully by your plastic surgeon; he/she is in the best position to help you.
Best wishes.
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UK forecast guide
We provide a wide range of forecasts to help you make informed decisions about your day to day activities.
All basic UK forecast information is gathered together on the UK forecast page. Forecasts are provided for regions e.g. South West England, around 7000 specific locations e.g. Exeter or as UK maps.
Seven day forecast homepage widget
The seven day forecast homepage widget gives an overview of the weather for the days ahead at your chosen location. The widget will give you the weather conditions, maximum and minimum temperatures, wind speed and direction and show you whether any warnings are in force for your chosen location over the next 7 days. For further information about the weather for your chosen location you can click through to the seven day table.
The images above show how the widget will look when there are no warnings in force and when there is a warning issued. The triangle will be the colour of the highest issued warning for your chosen location, so there may also be other warnings issued for your area of a lower impact however that will not be shown in the widget. The widget will not tell you what weather type the warning is for, but indicates that a warning has been issued for your area. To find out more information about the warning you can click either through the warning triangle which will take you through to the seven day forecast table, or if you click the coloured banner at the bottom of the widget you are taken directly to the Severe weather warnings.
Seven day table
The seven day forecast table provides a detailed view of the weather for the days ahead at your chosen location. There are around 7000 sites to choose from and forecasts are provided in hourly time steps for the first two days and then in three hourly time steps for days three to seven. Forecasts include weather, temperature, wind speed and direction, UV and feels like temperature.
Use the tabs above the table to display the forecast for that day. The tabs also give an overview summary of the weather for that day.
Take a look at the guide to changing your forecast location.
You can choose which units are used on your forecast display e.g. Celsius or Fahrenheit for temperature by clicking on 'Settings' tab at the top of the page. Additionally, you can see more information by clicking on the 'More Detail' box which will open all forecast element rows at once. However each element can be opened and closed independently by using the blue arrows on the right.
For more information on the symbols used in the seven day forecast please see our more Key to symbols and terms.
The warnings in force for your location are now shown as a bar instead of individual triangles. A warning triangle will appear in the tab for each day that warnings are in effect.
Maximum and Minimum temperatures
The 'Maximum daytime temperature' is the first figure shown underneath the date at the top of the forecast table. This figure is the maximum temperature between sunrise and sunset on the date shown.
The 'Minimum nighttime temperature' is the second figure shown underneath the date at the top of the forecast table. This figure is the minimum temperature recorded between sunset on the date shown and sunrise the following morning. In the above example the minimum temperature of 80C would be recorded between sunset on Wednesday the 11th and sunrise on Thursday the12th.
Beach forecasts
If you choose to display a forecast for a beach location you will be presented with the usual seven day forecast table along with some additional content specific to beach locations. This will include an indication of whether the wind will be on-shore or off-shore, offshore sea state and tide times for the nearest available port.
Please note that the beach information is still under development and is intended to give an indication only, it should not be used for safety critical decisions.
Weather Map
Below the forecast table in the centre of the page you will find the weather map. You can click on the blue link below to open the newly designed, larger UK forecast map page centred on your already chosen forecast site, or you can pick a different forecast site directly from the map.
The map view allows you to view both location specific and mapped forecasts for the UK. Forecasts include weather, temperature, wind speed and direction, UV and feels like temperature as well as rainfall and cloud cover.
A key to the forecast layer is provided below the timeline if appropriate, you can also use our more Key to symbols and terms.
To display your chosen forecast, click on the 'Show' option in the bottom right corner of the weather map you are given a choice of 12 layers including rainfall radar, cloud cover, wind and UV. Clicking on hide layers you are then able to see the complete map. As before you can pan and zoom around the map using the controls in the top left of the map or by using your mouse to click and drag the map and the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Zooming in on a location will display additional location forecasts in that area.
To view the forecast for a particular time, click on the appropriate section of the time bar below the map. You can also animate your forecast using the play button. The timeline will vary depending on what forecast information is available for your chosen weather element. The time for which the forecast is valid is shown at the bottom right of the map below the map menu.
Forecast Summary
Text forecasts are provided for the UK along with six regional forecasts within Scotland, eight regional forecasts within England and a forecast for both Wales and Northern Ireland.
Beneath the forecast timeline you will find the text forecast summary showing a detailed 'Regional forecast' for the area local to your chosen forecast site for the first two days, along with a UK forecast for the next 5 days and an outlook for the next 6-30 days. The outlook provides an indication of the main weather types and trends across the UK during the forecast period.
Click on one of the tabs to view the forecast for a particular time period.
If you want to view the forecast for another region, change your location.
Additional Information
Underneath the forecast table you will also find the Met Office's latest video forecast and a series of 'Related pages' links to useful pages including:
- climate information
- surface pressure charts
- observations and forecast maps
- severe weather warnings
'More information' beneath the 'Related pages' will show links to content related to the weather type forecast for the day currently being viewed.
Changing location
There are a number of ways to change your forecast location.
Using the 'Find a weather forecast' widget
To select a new location, enter a location (this could be a village, town or city) into the search box and click on your chosen location. You can also search for world forecast locations in the same way. Select your choice of forecast location from the list provided.
Using the search box to select a new location
To select a new location, enter a location (this could be a village, town or city) into the search box and click on your chosen location. You can also search for world forecast locations in the same way. Select your choice of forecast location from the list provided.
At the top of the forecast page you will see that the page has remembered your 'Recent locations' and will show them in a drop down list. The Met Office website will automatically remember the five forecast sites you have most recently visited both here and on the home page with the most recent at the top of the list. Once you have visited more than five locations the first you have visited will drop off the list.
If you want to look at yesterday's weather for any forecast site you simply click the blue link for the 'last 24 hours' and you are taken straight to the latest observations.
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More information on how your web browser can use geolocation:
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- Using location sharing in Google Chrome
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The humble petrol station has gone many changes in the last decade. Most Australians stopping to top up their tank could be forgiven for thinking they had driven into their local
Thousands of independent service stations have closed to make way for outlets operating under alliance structures between big retailers and oil companies.
One of the first of those alliances, a partnership between
There are two elements to the current arrangements in the Coles-Shell alliance formed in 2003. Firstly, Coles leases the sites off Shell (it also owns a handful of stand-alone sites) on which Shell maintains the infrastructure, such as the pumps and tanks, and Coles looks after the cost fit-outs and sells the petrol.
The second element to the alliance is the fuel supply agreements. Shell supplies the fuel wholesale and Coles determines the price it sells it at.
Coles has a degree of protection if there is a change of ownership for the Shell assets through the fuel supply agreements. Those contracts lock in the current arrangements for several years. This means Shell could be committed to supplying Coles on the same terms and conditions even if the assets were sold, unless there was a change of ownership provision that gives Shell an exit.
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The Australian fuel market is expected to increasingly move to an import model as less fuel is refined domestically in favour of imports from Asia. The Shell refining operations are also on the block as part of the sale process This should give Coles some confidence it could source direct imports once the existing contracts with Shell expire further down the track.
As reported in The Australian Financial Review this week, Coles is likely to stick around but will have some leverage to renegotiate the existing contracts if there is a change of ownership.
Branding will also have an important role to play in any negotiations. It is unlikely Coles would want a petrol station co-branded with a private equity firm or Macquarie, which are reportedly among the potential buyers.
It would probably stick with the logo of a global fuel company if they were the acquirer, or just carry its own logo at the express outlets where it sells petrol now.
The Shell yellow and red scallop logo could also remain, at least for an interim period, in exchange for some kind of compensation, which is what happened when Shell sold petrol stations in New Zealand to Z Energy in 2010. However, that strategy was reversed after Z Energy realised its own brand was more popular with New Zealanders than Shell.
Petrol station branding is going through another big shift at the moment. The Mobil logo is making a reappearance at petrol stations for the first time in four years. Mobil's parent ExxonMobil sold its outlets to 7-Eleven in 2010 and the brand vanished. Mobil on Thursday cited its 100-year reputation for reliability as part of the reason for bringing the brand back.
Premium push
It could also have something to do with a consumer trend towards premium fuels, which is driving a push for customers to feel like they are getting more quality for their dollar.
A shift to sales of premium products for petrol and diesel is helping the industry, although sales volumes for unleaded fuel and ethanol mix fuels have been soft. Coles and Woolworths have both agreed to cap their fuel discounts at 4¢ a litre following a two-year investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.This compares with discounts of as much as 40¢ a litre previously.
While the profitability of petrol retailing has been falling, the convenience store model that Coles, Woolworths and 7-Eleven have championed have offset some of the margin erosion.These express stores open for longer, often 24-hours, which is something the supermarkets cannot do. An alliance between Caltex and Woolworths was formed shortly after the Coles-Shell partnership.
The other major player in Australia, BP, is also reportedly looking at selling its operations which include 225 directly-owned stations.
Consumers will be hoping the latest shake-up in the industry results in more competition and lower prices at the pump. This is unlikely, although there are more players emerging in the industry.
The number of petrol stations has fallen form 20,000 in 1970 to 6300 in 2011, according to the ACCC.
The tone of Qantas's reaction to news that Moody's was downgrading its credit rating to junk was different than comments made last year when it was battling to protect its coveted investment grade credit rating by seeking government support.
Qantas finance chief Gareth Evans said on Thursday the downgrade was not unexpected and the airline was taking decisive action to address the tough conditions. It is true that a lot of the damage has been done because Standard & Poor's downgraded its rating in December. This put more pressure on Qantas's borrowing costs and leasing rates.
When the second major credit rating agency follows suite, the additional effect on borrowing costs should be minimal. That was reflected in the muted share price response to Thursday's announcement. But it does mean there is now consensus about where Qantas sits and it is not positive. The airline spent so long trying to protect its credit rating it is hard to now argue it does not matter.
Moody's also took the unusual step of downgrading Qantas by two notches, a sign that the $300 million loss flagged by the airline late last year has taken the ratings agencies by as much surprise as it did investors. Moody's cited the "aggressive" actions by Virgin to add on capacity in the Australian market. Both airlines are aggressive as airlines tend to be and that trend will continue this year.
Qantas also confirmed its cash reserves and undrawn bank facilities had fallen to $3 billion, which compares with a cash balance of $3.4 billion at June 30. Again, this is not unexpected and should not affect the company's share price, but it will highlight concerns Qantas is eating up cash to fund its turf war with Virgin.
Qantas will step up talks with the government in the coming weeks to negotiate financial support, which now looks like coming in the form of a debt guarantee, if anything at all.
Scaring passengers
The challenge is to provide a consistent message about its financial problems. Qantas wants to send a message to Canberra that things are dire and it needs help to compete on a level playing field with rival Virgin.
The danger is going too far and scaring off passengers. There was brand damage from last month's profit warning, which created the incorrect perception that Qantas was on the verge of collapse. That is not going to happen. It still controls two-thirds of the domestic market and has billions of dollars in assets.
The Moody's downgrade should not dramatically change the way the government views Qantas's situation.
Qantas will provide more detail next month about potential asset sales and other cost-saving measures.
A pessimist would note that Pan Am, the large US international carrier that collapsed in 1991 did something similar before it went bankrupt.
Once the US's biggest carrier, it ended up funding its losses by selling non-core assets and routes such as the Pacific operations. Instead of fixing its deteriorating financial situation, it ultimately slipped into bankruptcy.
The message there is that there is no point in freeing up cash from assets if its just going to go towards shoring up operating losses. The focus should be on reversing those losses.
Matthew Stevens is on leave.
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Sandwiching individual graphene sheets between insulating layers in order to produce electrical devices with unique new properties, the method could open up a new dimension of physics research.
Writing in Nature Materials, the scientists show that a new side-view imaging technique can be used to visualize the individual atomic layers of graphene within the devices they have built. They found that the structures were almost perfect even when more than 10 different layers were used to build the stack.
This surprising result indicates that the latest techniques of isolating graphene could be a huge leap forward for engineering at the atomic level.
This development gives more weight to graphene's suitability as a major component in the next generation of computer chips.
The researchers' side-view imaging approach works by first extracting a thin slice from the centre of the device. This is similar to cutting through a rock to reveal the geological layers or slicing into a chocolate gateaux to reveal the individual layers of icing.
The scientists used a beam of ions to cut into the surface of the graphene and dig a trench on either side of the section they wanted to isolate. They then removed a thin slice of the device.
Wonder material graphene is a two dimensional material consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb or chicken wire structure. It is the thinnest material in the world and yet is also one of the strongest. It conducts electricity as efficiently as copper and outperforms all other materials as a conductor of heat.
Demonstrating its remarkable properties won Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov the Nobel prize for Physics in 2010. The University of Manchester is building a state-of-the-art National Graphene Institute to continue to lead the way in graphene research.
Dr Sarah Haigh, from The University of Manchester's School of Materials, said: "The difference is that our slices are only around 100 atoms thick and this allows us to visualize the individual atomic layers of graphene in projection.
"We have found that the observed roughness of the graphene is correlated with their conductivity. Of course we have to make all our electrical measurements before cutting into the device. We were also able to observe that the layers were perfectly clean and that any debris left over from production segregated into isolated pockets and so did not affect device performance.
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Going on vacation is always the most exciting part of summer. Although, when it comes to packing, it becomes not so fun. Trying not to fit the whole entire closet into your small suitcase may be extremely difficult. Sometimes, it is easiest to pack light by narrowing your options down to a select few mix and match items. This way you will have fewer clothes, more room and an endless amount of options.
This Fashionista has the right idea. She is wearing a very colorful chevron maxi skirt, which is perfect to vacation in for several reasons. First of all, the colors just scream summertime. They are warm, bright and give her look a fun twist. Next, the maxi skirt gives her a more dressed up look. This is ideal for a vacation because you never know where the day will take you. You could end up strolling the beach in the morning then wind up at a fancy restaurant for dinner. Whatever the case, you never want to be under dressed, and the maxi skirt is perfect for all occasions. Lastly, the maxi skirt gives you the right amount of coverage but is also breezy, so your legs don't get too hot throughout the day.
This Fashionista is also wearing a crochet tank top. This adds a unique quality, yet gives the look some interesting detail. The skirt and tank top are a bit contradicting, but they flow very nicely. To add an even more feminine touch, the Fashionista added a beautiful, flower statement necklace. A statement necklace is awesome for when your look needs a little something extra. She finishes her outfit off by rocking some designer Michael Kors flip flops.
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Part of the confusion is due to BMW changing their policy at one point, then changing back. They originally had the roughly 15,000 mile (computer determined) mileage limit, or 1 year, whichever comes first. Then they sent out some memo or bulletin (which i think was posted on here somewhere) saying they were dropping the free annual changes. They got so much flak that they changed back (presumably sending out an overriding second memo/notice), once again paying for annual changes. That would explain why some people said their dealers turned them away for an annual change.
The other part of the confusion is that some dealers apparent reset the "clock" after the free annual change, some do not. I have 23,000 miles and have only received the annual changes (drive about 6,000 miles/yr.). Obviously, they must have reset my indicator after my oil changes. Well, they must have at least once reset my indicator...maybe not every time.
It seems stupid to not reset, otherwise they could be changing the oil again in a couple thousand miles (as in Kat's case apparently)...which is truly a waste. I believe this is why they tried to eliminate the free annual changes.
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On Sept. 19, Ashton Kutcher made his first appearance on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men, replacing Charlie Sheen. Kutcher's fictional role on the show as an internet billionaire isn't a far cry from his real-life persona: Over the past few years, the actor has become a regular figure in Silicon Valley's tech scene, helping to fund some 40 companies, including Airbnb, a peer-to-peer vacation rental service, and Hipmunk, a travel site.
So, what does Kutcher look for as an investor? In a fireside chat with pal and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco last week, Kutcher said he looks for startups that are building something "magical." He compared investors to pilgrims trying to suss out witches. "We're all kind of on a witch hunt looking for the thing that is so magical, so unbelievable, or [so] disruptive that you almost don't understand how it works," he says.
Kutcher, who was a biochemistry major in college before breaking out as a model at age 19, says he is attracted to technology that can help build friendships and connections, find love, improve health, make things more efficient, or somehow lead us to being happier people. "Most people want more time in the day, or more love, or happiness," he says, adding that technology can help "accelerate our path to happiness. That's a general thesis."
Before investing in any company, Kutcher says he and a small team of colleagues review proposals. He also relies on feedback from the friends he's cultivated in Silicon Valley.
Kutcher, who became a household name during his time on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show, has been widely mocked as a celebrity dabbling in technology. So, what does he really offer startups? Kutcher says that although he can't help a startup build a team of engineers, he does know a thing or two about marketing and getting the word out: He famously has more than 7.6 million followers on Twitter and has been known to crash new services when he tweets about them. And he also can help open doors because most people, even if they don't know him personally, return his calls.
"I care about the companies I invest in," he says. As cheesy as it may sound, he says, he finds joy in helping people become successful.
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The new album entitled "One Mo' Time"
shows greater improvement in writing skills with well developed hooks and catchy phrases.
Ben says, "This album is much more in line with where I want to come from. It's hard!" The story telling is very graphic and from the streets of Richmond where he grew up; The second album's focus is to produce an album of "head bobbing bump." If the song didn't bump and make your head bob it wasn't considered for the album. Producer Michael Ortega and Ben like a lot of bass so it's recommended the album be played back without any additional EQ. Michael Ortega comments, "We blew speakers on the first album because some of the low end went down to 10 hertz. It had to be digitally transferred since analog equipment doesn't usually go below 20hz."
One of the best things about this album is all the guests featured on the songs. The guest rappers include Vitamin C on "Side 2 Side," "Who Can U Trust" and "One In Da Chamber." Young Ace is on "Who Can U Trust" and "San Quentin," Mr. M on "4 Past Midnight" and B. Flem on "Who Can U Trust." Guest vocalists include Sherry Sims and Tasha Arrington. The guest artists contribute to the excitement and diversity of the songs. This is the kind of album that you'll want to pop in and play continuously instead of just skipping to the radio hits.


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PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Center for Creativity announced this week that acclaimed Rockland entrepreneur Shannon Kinney will give a talk on incorporating one's passion into business and the entrepreneurial spirit at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St.
Founder and Client Success Officer of Dream Local Digital, a digital marketing agency based in Rockland, Kinney is well-known for the success of her company as well as being a leading voice on entrepreneurship and digital marketing. Kinney will highlight the Dream Local Digital story, from startup to providing online marketing services to hundreds of clients nationally. Specifically, the presentation will explore the importance of developing a company culture steeped in the company's core values.
"Shannon helps entrepreneurs and companies of all sizes consider what success actually looks like," said MCC's executive director, Jean Maginnis. "We're excited to highlight such an overwhelming entrepreneurial Maine success story. Shannon's insight and experience making a dream reality promises to reenergize business people at all stages of their company's growth."
As part of MCC's Creative Toolbox series, "Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Pursuing Your Passion" dovetails with the weeklong programming of Maine Startup and Create Week by showcasing Maine's innovation and entrepreneurial culture and offering support and insight to new startups.
The seminar is geared toward creative thinkers, business leaders, and entrepreneurs. Pricing for non-members is $35, though attendees can become a member of the Maine Center for Creativity for the price of admission and receive their first seminar free. Admission is $15 for MCC members and students with valid student ID; USM students are free.
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The Maine Center for Creativity (MCC) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) led by a volunteer board of directors. Founded in May 2005, MCC is committed to nurturing innovative companies and people in Maine by developing projects and programs that support the growth of creative industries and the arts. Among its creative educational and economic development projects are the highly visible Art All Around® international design competition to paint the South Portland Sprague Energy tanks, the Creative Toolbox Series, Pecha Kucha Portland events, the Community Art Task Force, the new Developing Creative Intelligence business training program, and the Maine Network of Innovation and Creativity, an in-person and digital "network of networks" to spur collaboration. MCC is also the founder and organizer of the biennial Maine Creative Industries Award. For more information, please visit http://www.mainecenterforcreativity.org.
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LAPD Board Clears Mistaken Dorner Shooters
A Los Angeles Police Department Use of Force Review Board has decided the officers who nearly killed two newspaper delivery women by mistake during the manhunt for ex-cop Christopher Dorner were justified in using deadly force, several LAPD officials have confirmed, and the L.A. Times reported Tuesday Chief Charlie Beck plans to over-rule the recommendation and find the officers violated policy.
Beck, who called the shooting in Torrance last February a "tragic mistake," will now decide whether or not the officers and sergeant who opened fire with handguns and shotguns should face any discipline.
The Los Angeles Police Commission reviewed the Chief's recommendations and the use of force report in closed session today.
According to LAPD statements at the time the officers said they mistook a compact blue Toyota pickup for Dorner's gray full-size Nissan, and began shooting after the Toyota swerved down Redbeam Ave. around 5 a.m. February 7 while the officers were protecting the home of an LAPD captain who had been named in Dorner's online revenge letter.
The City of Los Angeles paid delivery drivers Margie Carranza and her mother Emma Hernandez $4.2 million last year to avoid a lawsuit.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, that said last month it would not pursue criminal charges against a Torrance Police officer who fired at another innocent man in a related mistaken shooting the same morning, has begun reviewing the evidence in the LAPD shooting and is expected to issue a finding any day, according to a spokeswoman.
In the Torrance shooting, the D.A.'s office found it was within the law for the officer to have fired blindly at a pickup truck before seeing who was behind the wheel, because the officer was fearful Dorner was driving the truck and had heard gunfire from the LAPD's mistaken shooting several blocks away.
The Use of Force Review Board is a panel of LAPD officers and commanders that meets in secret to evaluate serious use of force incidents such as officer involved shootings.
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Derek Jeter already has his eyes set on becoming an owner of a Major League Baseball franchise when he retires and he doesn't just want to be an investor.
In a recent interview with Jack Curry of the Yes Network, Jeter called owning a team "the next ultimate goal," and that he wants to be the guy "that calls the shots."
Specifically, Jeter said he would like to be an owner like the late George Steinbrenner, whom Jeter played under for 16 seasons.
"I learned a lot from [Steinbrenner] on how to run an organization," said Jeter. "I would like [to be like Steinbrenner]. I thought he, in my opinion, I'm a little biased obviously, but I feel he was the best owner in all of sports."
Jeter, who has made $253.2 million in salaries on the field is unlikely to ever become the owner of the Yankees. However, his home in Tampa, Florida is only 25 miles from Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, and even closer to the downtown Tampa area, one of the potential locations for a new Rays stadium.
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Celebrity chef cookbooks
Time Out reviews the best celebrity recipe books to give you culinary inspiration
Jamie's 30 Minute Meals
Jamie Oliver, Penguin, £26
This tie-in to the TV series claims to offer 'a revolutionary approach to cooking good food fast'. But these meals cannot be prepared in a normal kitchen by a normal cook in 30 minutes. I've tried, others have tried, and so far no one I know of has managed it. One hour? Maybe.
I discovered during recipe testing how the time economies are made to approach the 30 minute target. Virtually no allowance is made for rinsing or cleaning, and very little for chopping ingredients; no leeway at all is made for time spent clearing as you go – so your kitchen will look like a bombsite by the time the dishes are ready to be served.
Multiple and occasionally expensive ingredients are used almost recklessly, thereby ramping up the meal cost. The fishcakes meal I tested required three types of fish, including fresh tuna (total cost: £12.05), plus five types of fresh herbs – at nearly a quid per bag at the supermarket (not everyone has pots of herbs growing at home), thrift was not one of the main criteria.
Total cost for that one: around £30 for a meal for four; a rib-eye stir-fry came to about the same.
The recipe editing is also not as polished as you might hope. For the fishcake recipe, it first asks you to put the kettle on, then… that's the last you hear about the kettle.
But what's good about this book? It encourages people to cook, that's what. Better still, it encourages men to get in the kitchen, because this is unashamedly the cooking of New Blokeism.
The results are showy, and done for applause – the results work most of the time, and can look great. They taste not bad too – even the bish-bosh ones that sound as if they shouldn't work, such as the 'dan dan noodles' that aren't, or the 'kimchee slaw' that no Korean would recognise.
Is this approach 'revolutionary'? No – but it makes great television. And as Gil Scott-Heron once observed, the revolution will not be televised.
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The Player Who Sealed The Super Bowl
Ginn started to get away from the Ravens coverage team a bit, and wasn't too far from accelerating up the sideline to win the game on a special teams touchdown. Punter Sam Koch boomed the free kick to the 18-yard line. Ginn accelerated past a diving ...
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Jeffs Clinch Home Playoff Game with 86-73 Win Over Colby
February 16, 2002
Senior tri-captains Paul Williams (Franklin, MA), Pat Taverna (Whitesboro, NY) and senior shooting guard Mike Proctor (Vero Beach, FL) all cracked the starting lineup for Amherst and sent the home crowd into an early frenzy, sparking an 18-6 run at the start of the game. The trio swarmed Colby during the opening barrage, combining for 10 points, two rebounds, a pair of assists and a steal in just over five minutes. Proctor's play was especially inspiring, dropping long range bombs from behind the arc on consecutive possessions, topping his previous career-high of four points on 2-for-2 shooting and giving the Jeffs a 10-4 lead they would never relinquish.
It was all Amherst from there, leading by as many as 22 points in the first half and ballooning their bulge to a whopping 30 points after the break. The Jeffs placed 15 players in the scoring column and shot 50.8% (30-for-59) from the field, after tickling the twine at a 63.0% (17-for-27) clip in the first half.
Meanwhile, senior captain Damien Strahorn (Menlo Park, CA) accounted for most of Colby's offense, hoisting up 21 shots en route to 31 points in his final collegiate game. Sophomore Nick Loukes (Bangor, ME) added 12 points and first-year Jared Cushman (Augusta, ME) chipped in with 11, as the Polar Bears finished their season at 10-14 overall, 3-6 in NESCAC play.
Unofficially, Amherst (18-6/5-4 NESCAC) has secured the No. 4 seed in the upcoming NESCAC Tournament, hosting fifth-seeded Bowdoin Tuesday night at either 7:00 or 7:30 p.m. Top-seeded Trinity College will receive a bye in the first round and host the semifinals and championship game on Saturday, Feb. 23 and Sunday, Feb. 24, respectively. Rounding out the field is second-seeded Williams College, third-seeded Connecticut College, sixth-seeded Wesleyan University and seventh-seeded Tufts University. Last year's semifinals and finals were also held at Trinity, with Amherst coming away with the first-ever tournament championship.
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Greg Ham, who was found dead in his Melbourne home today, was the man behind the famous flute riff on Men at Work's global hit Down Under.
Men at Work achieved international fame in the 1980s but Ham feared he'd end up being remembered mostly for the copyright dispute over the flute riff in their 80s hit Down Under.
A court in 2010 found the riff was unmistakably the same as Kookaburra, penned by Toorak teacher Marion Sinclair more than 75 years ago for a Girl Guides competition.
The decision left Ham shattered.
''It has destroyed so much of my song,'' he told Fairfax at the time.
''It will be the way the song is remembered and I hate that.
''I'm terribly disappointed that that's the way I'm going to be remembered - for copying something."
Men at Work's recording company, EMI Songs Australia, and Down Under songwriters Colin Hay and Ron Strykert were ordered to pay five per cent of royalties earned from the song since 2002 and from its future earnings.
Men at Work in October lost their final court bid to prove they did not steal the distinctive riff from the popular children's tune.
Neighbour John Nassar said he knew Ham for about 30 years and the pair would stop and say hello.
''He was a lovely human being, never judgmental about anyone, '' Mr Nassar said.
''He was a very friendly human being.''
Ham joined Men at Work in 1979 as a replacement for Greg Sneddon, playing flute, harmonica, saxophone and keyboards.
Down Under and the album it was on, Business As Usual, reached No.1 on the Australian, American and British charts in early 1983. That year, Men at Work won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Darren White and Eric Griffin posted double-doubles and Campbell defeated VMI 80-73 Saturday at Gilbert Craig Gore Arena.
Griffin scored 25 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked 4 shots, while White added 22 points, and career highs of 16 boards and 8 assists for the Camels (14-8, 8-2 Big South), who won their fourth-straight game.
Lorne Merthie added 14 points, including 4 three-pointers, while Marvelle Harris contributed 10 points, 8 rebounds and 4 rejections. Rico Ferguson dealt 7 assists and had 3 steals.
A senior forward from Orlando, Fla., Griffin hit 10-of-16 from the field and 4-of-5 from the line to go along with 3 assists and 2 steals. He scored 18 of his points in the second half. White, a junior from Danville, Va., made 10-of-12 shots from the field.
After suffering through its worst shooting half of the season (.394) in the opening 20 minutes, the Camels hit 54.8 percent from the field in the final stanza to improve to 9-1 at home this year.
Campbell, which entered the game ranked 3rd in the country in field goal percentage (.503), finished the game 30-of-64 from the floor (.469). White and Griffin each had 4 dunks for CU, which finished with a season-high 8 jams for the game.
Keith Gabriel led VMI (10-10, 5-5) with 33 points on 12-of-27 shooting while grabbing 8 rebounds. Stan Okoye added 13 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for the Keydets, who saw their 3-game win streak halted.
VMI is one of two teams among the 344 Division I schools this year to own an unbeaten (9-0) record at home, while remaining winless (0-10) n the road.
The Keydets shot just 36 percent from the floor (26-72) and 7-of-32 (.219) from 3-point distance as the Camels finished a 5-games-in-10-days stretch with a 4-1 record.
After leading 32-27 at intermission, Campbell built a double-digit lead thanks to a 9-2 run midway through the second half. White's follow slam with 6:25 to play pushed the Camel advantage to 67-55.
VMI cut the gap to 69-63 on Gabriel's trey with 5:21 left, but the Keydets got no closer.
Campbell played its second-straight game without point guard Trey Freeman, the Big South's top freshman scorer (14.6), who was injured with two minutes remaining in Tuesday's victory at Winthrop.
VMI entered the game ranked 2nd in the country in scoring (84.8), but finished 13 points shy of its average.
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