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Much of RIM's future success hinges on its success (or failure) in the tablet market. The company's first foray into the burgeoning market, the PlayBook, has struggled to gain traction among consumers. In an attempt to increase sales, RIM has slashed the retail cost of the PlayBook by $300, at a total cost of $485 million (pre-tax) in Q3.
Discounting to drive tablet sales costs Canadian company $485 million
BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that it would not hit its projected third-quarter revenue estimate of $5.3-$5.6 billion that the Canadian company forecasted at the end of Q2.
The company, headquartered in Waterloo, Ont., pointed to discounting of its already weak PlayBook tablet sales as one reason the company will miss its financial goals. RIM said it was also expecting to miss its projected full-year earnings per share (EPS) of $5.25-$6.
Still, the company says it will stand behind the PlayBook tablet, and that the tablet market is "still in its infancy."
"Although a number of factors have led to the need for an inventory provision in the third quarter, we believe the PlayBook, which will be further enhanced with the upcoming PlayBook OS 2.0 software, is a compelling tablet for consumers that also offers unique security and manageability features for the enterprise," RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said in a press release.
Recently, RIM slashed the price of its PlayBook tablet by $300, bringing the total cost down to $200 (from $500) for the base 16GB model. In an attempt to drive sales, the intense tablet discounting cost the manufacturer a reported $485 million — $360 million after tax. "Early results from recent PlayBook promotions indicate a significant increase in demand across most channels," Lazaridis said.
The company says it will record a pre-tax provision of $485 million in Q3 to write down the value of unsold Playbook tablets, 150,000 units of which RIM says it sold to retail channels in the same time period.
RIM's troubles adjusting to a post-iPhone/Android mobile market are well documented. The company hasn't been helped any by the widespread,
media attention-grabbing outages
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initially overpriced and not-quite-ready-for-its-closeup PlayBook tablet
reports of unmet quarterly financial goals
are becoming a bit of a theme — or recurring nightmare — for RIM. The company is forecasting an even weaker Q4 compared to Q3, "due to several factors including lower than expected sell-through in the third quarter and RIM's current view of fourth quarter demand."
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Coordinating and Conducting Victim Impact Panels
Suzanne Neuhaus, Jill Weston - 2010/5/26
I co-facilitate DUI Victim Impact Panels. From the evaluations I've seen, participants just don't like statistics. How important do you think they are to a program? Any suggestions for making them more relevant and dynamic?
Suzanne Neuhaus
In my experience, statistics alone have little impact. I encourage you to make them human. For example, use an exercise which illustrates a given statistic. If you have a room of 100 attendees, have a bracelet placed randomly on a participant, consistent with the crime clock, illustrating a drunk driving injury or death, continue throughout the session, randomly selecting participants. At some point, have those impacted stand and reflect how that might effect their life or the lives of the loved ones.
What preparation is done with victims? What, if any, de-briefing is done with victims? Is de-briefing done only the first time a victim participates or is it done after each presentation?
Jill Weston
Speaker preparation is a critical consideration. There is an excellne guideline in the OVC Listen and Learn Curriculum...see link below. The guideline was developed from numerous national programs and sites. Perhaps most critical is for a facilitator to understand the speaker's needs and for the speaker to understand what the agency expects or needs from the speaker. While victims/survivors will all have different needs, there are general guidelines that will assist and protect speakers. Debriefing is recommended each and every time, however the content, intensity and duration will vary based on the needs of the speaker. It is important to be aware of individual speaker needs each and every time regardless of how often they have presented. Anniversary dates, size of audience, current health issues or simply whatever else is on their To Do list may affect their need for certain levels of debriefing. Debriefing is also a way to thank and acknowledge their contribution, in addition to ensuring their well being.
Pat Lupson
As a victim that goes in institutions and participates in Victim Impact programs, debriefing is very helpful. I have spoken ins dozens of facilities and each is different and each offender presents a different challenge to me. I would suggest that taking a few minutes afterword to talk about the experience with the victim and let them share their feelings will go a long way in having that victim return. Remember, Victim Impact programs are all about the victim.
In your experience, have you had any problems regarding cooperation and respect from offenders during the panels? If so, how do you overcome those?
Sheri Sikes
In my experience, it depends largely on the audience type and on how well the offenders have been prepared beforehand. With more prep classes, they are so much more aware of victim issues and ready to accept accountability and be respectful, prior to being faced w actual victimssurvivors. The audiences who are difficult are the ones who have not been well prepared or thought about impact of crime. I try to set a tone of acceptance of the person during my panels, but if an offender is disrespectful and tries to turn the evening's focus onto himherself, I stop them and redirect the discussion; at times have had to be harsher than I would like in order to maintain control of the Q & A session.
Bob Filipovich
I've experienced parolees getting off topic and whining about their particular case, but the main problem I've seen is lack of engagement resulting from (?) their reluctance to speak openly in front of peers, VIP speakers, and pre-release staff. Their cooperation is akin to numbnessslow thinking.
Suzanne Neuhaus
In my experience, the best way for me to ensure cooperation and respect from offenders during panel presentations is to prepare them for the speaker. I let them know who is coming and why, I share my expectations of their behavior during the presentation, and I give them a way to excuse themselves, if necessary, so as not to create an unsafe or uncomfortable situation for anyone. Further, I assure them that we will have an opportunity to debrief the presentation, wherein I will address any additional questions or concerns that they may have.
Pat Lupson
In all my presentations since 1997 I have received total respect from the offenders - all in all it is very positive.
Is there a federal mandate on how to conduct a victim impact panel? If not, what resource is available for my state?
Suzanne Neuhaus
To our knowledge, there are no existing federal or state mandates on how to conduct victim impact panel presentations. That said, there are guidelines on speaker recruitment, selection and screening, preparation, safety, debriefing and acknowledgment available that may be useful in developing a program for your site (OVC Listen and Learn, Facilitator's Guide). The guidelines include a broad compilation of materials used in programs and agencies from throughout the country where victim impact panels and presenters are used in an effort to help participants understand the impact of harm caused as a result of the criminal choices and behavior made by those responsible. In addition, there is interest from the field that speaker preparation include training and on-going support.
What costs are involved with running a Victim Impact Panel?
Sheri Sikes
In TX, we began the program w grant funding from a VOCA grant, then with a OVAG grant for a few yrs. After that our agency picked up the program costs. We do not reimburse victim panelsts, but usually invite speakers to participate in their area; we do not call upon panelists asking them to drive long distances unless they have indicated a preference for that. It has been primarily considered a victim service, not an offender service, although of course the offenders benefit as well. We began the program w 3 staff, then up to 5, now we have 2 staff members.
Sally Hilander
Montana DOC has a small budget for reimbursing speakers for mileage and meals. Contract facilities pay them a $50 stipend. Administrative costs associated with the VIPs are considered a cost of the offender victim impact curriculum, so is not budgeted as a victim program cost.
Jill Weston
Administrative costs-Ideally a staff person is assigned to coordinate panels including finding speakers, speaker preparation and follow up, coordinating the site. In addition it takes staff time to track and monitor participant involvement, report to probation or courts and coordinate particpant payments. Speaker reimbursement acknowledgement-Speakers often travel some distance and take time off from work which is an out of pocket expense. Many programs offer a small stipend, gas card or a recognition lunch or dinner. *Unfortunately, most programs do not have a budget for running Victim Impact Panels.
What is the most important purpose victim impact panels should aim for?
Suzanne Neuhaus
Most importantly, the purpose of the victim impact panel is to raise awareness and change offender thinking and behavior to do no further harm and be prodictive law-abiding citizens. Further, panels provide an opportunity for victims to have their voice heard and the impact of the harm done not forgotten.
I am a presenter at VIP in my state. I am wondering if you have a general outline that you work from?
Jill Weston
As a panelist, there are general issues that are covered including but not limited to: an overview of the crime; the short and long term impact or effects on both the victim/survivor, families, friends and community; specific areas of harm including physical, emotional, mental, financial, spiritual and social and how ones daily liferituals have changed. Many panelists also speak to what they want from the offender and the system i.e. what would accountability look like; how an offender might honor their loved one by doing no further violence or harm, what a restitution payment signifies. While it is critical for panelists to present in a manner, style or outline that is best for them, it is also helpful to acknowledge any limitations of the participants. Presenting in a fairly structured, organized manner helps most participants get the message. This doesn't mean a presentation has to be scripted, stilted or without emotion. Just try to present in a way that participants are able to follow the speaker to fully absorb the harm done. Be open to your outline changing based on your thoughts and feelings that day.
Is it reasonable to think a VIP can be managed with a part-time coordinator if only one VIP was held each month?
Jill Weston
A once a month VIP could be managed with a part time coordinator once the program is implemented. Setting up the program may involve full time coordinaton. Successful VIP programs almost always relate their success to good working relationships. Many times a VIP can happen quickly when a speaker has been well-prepared and well taken care of. A short phone call to a speaker to establish time and place may suffice. When a site has been used repeatedly and one knows that the room will be set up correctly, there is little orchestration needed. Once template letterspackets are set up, personalizing the letters will go quickly. The part-time coordinator will just need good cooperation from others involved, including administrators, IT (computer support), accounting office etc.
I help to facilitate a Victim Sensitivity class for juvenile offenders. Do you have any specific advice for speakers working with juvenile audiences?
Suzanne Neuhaus
I encourage you to work with your speakers on some of the common characteristics/behaviors of juvenile audiences. For example, they have lots of questions, many of which may seem off the wall or even rude. It is important to be mindful of where they may be coming from (i.e., what their perception is) when considering responses to their questions. In addition, it is not uncommon for young audiences to giggle or smile when they are uncomfortable--that doesn't necessarily communicate that they think something is funny. Also, juveniles are, by nature, self-focused. They may not be comfortable revealing anything of a personal nature and may feel singled out by virtue of the content or demeanor of the speaker, even when that is not so. Repetitive behaviors can be seen as rude or distracting, when contrarily they may be a way to help juveniles keep focused (i.e., note taking, doodling, rocking, fiddling, etc.). Juvenile audiences do not respond well to being made wrong--they think they know everything! Consequently, asking questions of them and empowering them to make good choices are often the best way to connect to them.
What is the optimum length of time for a Victim Impact Panel? Does anyone do multiple panels for the same set of offenders & is that more effective than a one time only panel?
Suzanne Neuhaus
Most Victim Impact Panels are scheduled in increments of 90 to 120 minutes, depending on the size of the panel and the needs of the participants. Most often, panelists are given 15-20 minutes to speak, followed by a like amount of time for questions and answers. Remember, providing an opportunity for questions can be vital to changing participant thinking and behavior. We often host multiple panels andor speakers at different times for the same group and find that to be tremendously effective. Doing so provides the opportunity to absorb the content and discern the impact of the presentation, as well as to consider the broad and varying ways in which crime and violence impact the lives of those harmed.
Our County DV/SA Task Force is looking to create a VIP for survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Are there any other states or areas in the nation that mandate that offenders of sexual or violent crimes against household members attend one of these VIPs specific to dv/sa?
Jill Weston
I am not aware of any states that mandate attendance given the nature of the crime. There are existing VIP prgorams for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors. The states or areas that mandate VIPs are generally for drunkimpaired driving.
tony switzer
no local mandate to do so, but we at shelter are piloting effort to take dv survivors to BIPPs. we are approaching this with restorative justice framework--looking for mutual benefits to survivors and offenders. we do structured prep and debrief with both and ask offenders to write letters to panel after the presentation.
i am piloting a project of taking panels of domestic violence survivors to speak to BIPP groups--domestic violence perps. does anyone do this specifically or what is experience of others taking victims of crime to speak to perps of that crime. note--we screen so that a woman's batterer is not in audience
Jill Weston
There are varying opinions and research on domestic violence and batterers' panels in the field. There are many complicating issues because of the interpersonal relationship between offender and victimsurvivor. There are also varying clinical opinions on how to treat batterers. Some may argue that simply sitting in a room and hearing a panel member speak is not enough to motivate, educate or support an offender changing their behavior. Others will argue that offenders observing a panel will experience additional power and control issues. A 7 year old program in Washington State has very specific criteria for offender participants including ability to access guilt and empathy. In addition the panel is a part of the offender's overall treatment. As you stated, most critical is that the woman's batterer is not in the room. In a differing treatment setting, the victimsurvivor may be in the room by design. I would encourage that you work closely with existing national programs and local mental health practioner.
Sheri Sikes
Hi Tony! We have spoken before, but I wanted to let you know that I believe Dallas Co CSCD does that. Call Cindy Brignon (can give you her # later) and she can fill you in on the details.
i am pilotign a project of taking panels of domestic violence survivors to speak to BIPP groups--dom violence offender rehab groups. does anyone else do this specific thing? what is experience of matching victims of violent crimes panel with perps of the same crime? i would appreciate do's and don'ts from anyone
What is the make up of most of the panels? Who are the presenters?
Suzanne Neuhaus
That depends. Some panels are developed specific to a particular type of crime (i.e., Mothers Against Drunk Driving hosts panels of crime victims, survivors, first responders, etc., of drunk driving crashes), while others vary, as is often the case in programs that work with offenders responsible for different types of crimes. The presenters can be crime victims, survivors, their families and friends, law enforcement officers and first responders, victim service providers, medical personnel and coroners...the opportunities are endless. Consideration ought to be given to the overall panel in an effort to create balance, safety and comfort among the panelists.
Sheri Sikes
I do vips statewide in TX, and for many differing audiences of offenders (adults, juveniles, specific targeted crime such as sex offenders, etc.) The type of audience will determine who I get to be a panelist. the victim panelists are screened by my program initially, and then if they wish, available to call upon them in the future for vips. I usually try to schedule several victims of different types of crime in any given panel, so the offenders can hear about impact of different crimes. Feel free to email me for more info and I would also be happy to discuss it w you telephonically.
Are there books-fiction, articles, memoirs, etc.-that have been particularly effective in preparing parolees for a VIP --or to use as followup afterwards?
Suzanne Neuhaus
My apologies for posting this so late! Some time ago, I prepared the following reading list. I believe it may be helpful in preparing offenders for hearing the impact of crime on others, as well as encouraging deeper discernment of the choices they have made and the power they have to transform their lives for the better.BIBLIOGRAPHY A Child Called It: One Childs Courage to Survive. D. Pelzer.;A Grief Like No Other: Surviving the Violent Death of Someone You Love. K. OHara.; A Human Being Died That Night. P. Gobodo-Madikizela.;Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy. D. Kraybill, S. Nolt, & D. Weaver-Zercher.; Beautiful Child. T. Hayden.; Because I Am Jackie Millar. J. Millar.; Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love. R. Karen.; Betrayed as Boys. R. B. Gartner.; Beyond Sympathy. J. Harris Lord.; Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow and the Limits of Forgiveness. A. Krog.; Ditch That Jerk: Dealing With Men Who Control and Hurt Women. P. Jayne.; Ellie: A Story of Profound Loss and Abuse. D. Rose.; Forgiveness is a Choice: A Step-by-Step Process to Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope. R. Enright.; From Hate Crimes to Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard. M. Swigonski, R. Sakina Mama, & K. Ward.; Ghosts form the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence. R. Karr-Morse, M. S. Wiley, T. B. Brazelton.; Ghost Girl. T. Hayden.; Homicide Survivors: Misunderstood Grievers. J. Bucholz.; I Cant Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors. A. Matsakis.; It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay. A. LaViolette & O. Barnett.; No Future without Forgiveness. D. Tutu.; No Time for Goodbyes. J. Harris Lord.; Surviving the Silence: Black Womens Stories of Rape.; The Little Book of Restorative Justice. H. Zehr.;The Little Book of Restorative Justice for People in Prison. B. Toews.; They Cage the Animals at Night. J. M. Burch.; Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence. J. Herman.; Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences. P. Levine and A. Frederick.; When Bad Things Happen to Good People. H. Kushner.; Whose Face Is in the Mirror? The Story of One Womans Journey from the Nightmare of Domestic Violence to True Healing. D. Schwartz.
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But what does that phrase even mean?
Let's start with Aronofsky's quote.
In context, it's clear that he was talking not necessarily about Christian perceptions of Noah, but about the general perception of Noah that everyone has grown up with — everyone, that is, who has ever stepped inside a preschool or nursery where the walls are decorated with images of a man and a boat and lots of smiling animals.


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text: After a little more testing of the latest beta , more observations... When trying in install fonts in System settings (Font installer) using the administrator session I get the following message when loading from a directory... Could not start process Cannot talk to klauncher: The name org.kde.klauncher was not provided by any .service files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Also when in System settings if I go to keyboard & mouse, then navigate around the "Keyboard" section, go then to the "mouse" section , then finally click on the "keyboard shortcuts" I get the following message. Failed to contact the KDE global shortcuts daemon Message: The name org.kde.kded was not provided by any .service files Error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When in Date & Time settings ,if you try to "set date & time automatically" it immediately comes up with the following (no matter what server I tried). Failed to set system date/time/timezone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When in "Regional & Language" the default is America (maybe a KDE bug??) , I set the country in PC-BSD to Australia when first installed and wonder why KDE is not capable of reading this??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When setting "default applications" and Firefox as default browser it appears as "pbi-firefox3" and still always brings up Konqueror :-( ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As I write this in Thunderbird my cursor is randomly disappearing and reappearing inconsistently. grrr I have Gimp 2.4.7 installed from the V7 PBI directory and the System Updater is trying to convince me that an update is available (V2.4.6) - backwards??? The good thing about the above problems is that they don't cause any issues with the desktop except annoyance and I look forward to having them eventually resolved. Now the good things. The whole desktop is by far the most stable experience I have had so far with KDE4. A whole raft of applications including Tuxpaint,The Gimp ,Digikam ,Kompozer and Amarok work beautifully. Good to see the Trashcan appear on the iconbar. John


text: Pilgrim's Pride ( PPC) downgraded at B Riley Caris from buy to neutral, B Riley Caris asid. Valuation call, based on a $9 price target. Ross Stores ( ROST) upgraded at Credit Suisse from neutral to outperform, Credit Suisse said. $68 price target. Company should continue to benefit from a favorable operating environment. Sandisk ( SNDK) upgraded at Needham from hold to buy, Needham said. $60 price target. Company is realizing higher margins. Splunk ( SPLK) rated new outperform at BMO. $39 price target. Company should be able to capture more large enterprise deals. Symantec ( SYMC) downgraded at Wunderlich from buy to hold, Wunderlich said. $22 price target. Company's strategic turnaround will take time. Symantec downgraded at Stifel from Buy to Hold, Stifel Nicolaus said. Valuation call, as the company lacks near-term catalysts. Tiffany ( TIF) downgraded at Canaccord from Buy to Hold, Canaccord Genuity said. $58 price target. Sales momentum continues to decelerate in an uncertain economy. Veeco Instruments ( VECO) downgraded at UBS to Neutral from Buy, UBS said. $34 price target. China MOCVD demand likely remains lower than expected.


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New Orleans – A Foodie Fantasy Destination
New Orleans has a well-deserved reputation as a culinary center. We have every kind of restaurant you can imagine, and are a proving grounds of sorts for new chefs coming onto … Continue reading
New Orleans has a well-deserved reputation as a culinary center. We have every kind of restaurant you can imagine, and are a proving grounds of sorts for new chefs coming onto … Continue reading
You might think that bowling would be last on your list of Things to Do in New Orleans, but as with most things, New Orleans does bowling a little bit different and might I say, a little bit better than … Continue reading
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text: In a message dated 1/2/2012 1:18:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, georgeconnell at me.com writes: One of my future projects will be to go to every county seat in the South and photograph the Confederate soldier. I'd like to find someone to do the Northern ones at the same time. It would cool to put them all on a single website. But who would photograph the statue at Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard? It is a statue of a Union soldier, erected by a former Confederate soldier in honor of Union troops. And in recent decades it has been painted in Confederate gray to honor its donor. Bruce Trinque Amston, CT


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This is Part 6 of 7 in a series about the Didache, a very early Christian book written to serve as a handbook introducing the faith to new Christians. It serves as a great overview or orientation manual on Christianity.
Click here to read the entire series.
Preparing for the Second Coming: The Didache, Chapter 16
The Didache closes with a short section reminding us to be prepared for the return of Christ. Be diligent not to avoid living a Christian lifestyle, for it is good for you. Gather with other Christians frequently and do things together which help you achieve the Way of Life and avoid the Way of Death.
Be careful of false teaching—the closer we get to the End Times, the more people will try and distract you from the simplicity of the Gospel and the Way of Life. They will enable lawlessness and hatefulness and corruption and betrayals to increase. They will do mighty works but they are false prophets seeking to destroy you.
After this the fire of trial will come upon the Earth, and many will fail. Those who endure and are proved loyal to the faith will be saved from the curse.
The signs before the Lord returns are the outspreading in heaven, the sound of the trumpet, and the resurrection of the dead. The Lord will return after that time.
This is the conclusion of the Didache.
It is a beautiful text, showing a picture of a simple, Gospel-centered, holy, loving church. I'm not even sure if there are churches like that anymore, certainly in America. We are a culture of works-based, cultural Christianity. We care about the "war on Christmas" and politics and money and looking like "God-fearing patriotic Americans." Yet America has become our religion, rather than the Christ. And the same consumerism and pride and greed which permeates America has influenced our churches, as more and more embrace a "business leadership" approach into their belief system.
The churches which followed the Didache manual—and most every early church did—were far, far different. I would love for us to return to that kind of church one day.


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GIVE me a second while I climb on to my soapbox. Right, here I go about my personal crusade: women and finance.
A few facts for you.
Women earn, on average, 17 per cent less than our male counterparts, the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling says. And if we decide to have children, there is usually a period where we stop earning, too.
These factors conspire to give women an average superannuation balance just more than half that of men, $128,598 versus $233,961, according to a study by CoreData.
It needs to stretch further. Women live an average of 4.6 years longer than men, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says - males can expect to reach age 79.3, while females could make 83.9 (based on life expectancy at birth).
What's more, it costs 4 per cent more to be a woman than a man, recent research on discretionary spending by insurance provider Million Dollar Woman, says.
Women also apparently sabotage their personal balance sheets further by spending 13 per cent extra on gifts. (We won't talk about the 22 per cent more we spend on clothing and accessories or the 86 per cent more we spend on hair and beauty.)
Yet, I would be a rich woman if I had a penny for every female who said to me: ''I just can't get interested in finance stuff.''
Today I want to give you - or your wives, daughters or mothers - three good reasons women should.
While the men in their lives should love and want to look after them, for many reasons they might not always be able to. Women need to ensure that, if they suddenly have to, they can do it themselves.
Money permeates our whole lives - and total control of it brings undue influence. To allow this in your relationship might introduce a power imbalance that could ultimately undermine that relationship.
By contrast, setting and pursuing life goals jointly - regular holidays, a family home, an early retirement - can be incredibly bonding and, as you achieve each one, satisfying.
And it seems we know it. CoreData found 47 per cent of women want to get involved in their finances but feel ill-equipped to do so. Given men are willing to take on higher risk to make higher returns - 37 per cent versus 16 per cent - it's prudent, too.
Where to start on your money mission? With the simple stuff.
Know the account numbers and PINs for any jointly held accounts or loans. And be sure you can access them without your partner's signature (at the risk of getting grim, this could give vital access to money in the event of death and prior to a will being settled).
Next, make sure you are across any insurance you as a couple or family hold. If you don't have enough to provide for you and any children should the worst happen - life and income-protection insurance, at least - rectify that immediately.
Finally, think long-term. What is your strategy for paying for your own retirement - whether as a couple or single at that time? Remember, your household might have money coming in for, say, 30 years but needs money to spend for more like 50 years.
Super is a great way of doing this - but more than a third of women rated their super knowledge as poor or very poor compared with only 15 per cent of men.
What's most important to realise is you won't get contributions if you're not working. So as a couple, make voluntary contributions during all such periods (if you are still earning some money, you may be eligible for a matching government co-contribution of up to $1000).
This is the very best way to ensure a woman's super will kick in when she finally kicks back.
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Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD, EC 188.8.131.52) catalyzes the conversion of glutamic acid to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by consuming one intracellular proton and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) as a cofactor and producing CO2. GADs are ubiquitously found throughout the biological world from microorganisms to mammals [
Among microbial GADs,
Most cellulose-degrading enzymes contain three domains: a cellulose-binding domain (CBD), a flexible linker region, and a catalytic domain. [
In this study, EcGAD was fused to the CBD from
For the fusion of EcGAD with CBD, the pEKPM-CBD-Lk-EcGAD-H6 expression vector was constructed (
In order to prevent proteolytic cleavage of the linker peptide, a native linker peptide was replaced with a S3N10 peptide known to completely resist
The soluble CBD-GAD fusion protein was purified using a Ni-NTA column and eluted by a stepwise gradient of imidazole. The imidazole fraction (250 mM) contained a 58 kDa protein corresponding to CBD-GAD with a purity of 84% (
For the efficient cloning work and use of kanamycin as a selective marker, DNA region between
For GAD protein without CBD, the GAD gene was amplified from
Transformants were cultured overnight in a test tube containing 2 mL of Luria-Bertani (LB) media with kanamycin (50 μg/mL) at 37 °C. The culture was then transferred to 1 L baffled flasks containing 200 mL of LB media supplemented with kanamycin (50 μg/mL). When cell density reached an optical density (OD) of 0.5 at 600 nm as measured by a spectrophotometer (UVICON, Switzerland), induction was initiated with 0.4 mM IPTG for 3 h. After IPTG induction, the cells were harvested and lysed by sonication for further analysis. Proteins in the lysates were separated by SDS-PAGE according to the method by Laemmli [
CBD-GAD-H6 was isolated using SDS-PAGE, and the corresponding bands were transferred to a PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) membrane using a semi-dry electroblotter (TE 77 PWR, Amersham Bioscience, UK). The membrane was stained with Ponceau S (AMRESCO, USA) to visualize the GAD bands and
The transformants were harvested by centrifugation. The cells were then resuspended in B-PER®II reagent (bacterial protein extraction reagent, Pierce, USA) to extract soluble proteins. The supernatant was collected for purification; nickel affinity chromatography using Ni-NTA resin (HisTrap, GE Healthcare, UK) was performed to purify CBD-GAD and GAD proteins. The bound proteins were eluted with a three-step gradient of imidazole (12.5, 25, and 250 mM) in 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer with 0.5 M NaCl, pH 7.4. Fractions collected at each step were analyzed by 10% SDS-PAGE. Purified proteins were dialyzed overnight against 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) at 4 °C.
Enzymatic activities were measured by a 718 Stat Titrino (Metrohm, Switzerland) with an aqueous solution of 0.1 M HCl. The solution containing MSG of 0.1M and PLP of 0.02 mM was adjusted to final pH of 4.0 and an enzyme was added. The enzyme reaction was performed at 37 °C while recording the titration. Activities were calculated by the slope of the titration curve over 5 min. One unit was defined as the amount of enzyme required for being added 1 μmol H+ per minute under assay conditions.
To estimate the binding capacity of CBD-GAD attached to the Avicel, adsorption isotherm measurements were taken at room temperature in 1.5 mL Eppendorf tubes. Samples containing 0–60 nM of CBD-GAD and 0.2 mg of Avicel were mixed with 20 mM sodium acetate buffer (pH 6.0) in a final aqueous volume of 1.2 mL. Each solution was incubated for 1 h to allow the adsorption to saturate. The supernatants were collected by centrifugation and the protein concentration was measured using a BCA protein assay kit (Pierce, USA). This value was then subtracted from the initial amount of protein added to the reaction tube and the difference was considered to be amount of proteins adsorbed onto Avicel. All values were measured in triplicate.
Relative quantification of retained activities after use of immobilized GAD was performed by TLC combined with image analyzer. Samples were prepared as follows; Enzyme was added into the 100 mM MSG and 0.02 mM PLP in 20 mM sodium acetate buffer (pH 4.0). After enzyme reaction at 37 °C for 30 min, immobilized enzyme was recovered by centrifugation and re-used after washing with sodium acetate buffer (pH 4.0). The loss of enzyme molecules due to the recovery process was calculated as 0.3% at each step. The supernatants after enzyme reaction and GABA standard solution were spotted on 10 cm × 10 cm glass TLC plates precoated with 60F254 silica gel (Merck, Germany). The mobile phase was prepared by mixing
In conclusion, we succeeded in producing recombinant
This study was supported by KRIBB research initiative program and the R&D Program of MKE/KEIT (10033199).
A schematic representation of the expression vector for CBD-GAD-H6 fusion protein.
Expression of GAD fused to CBD in
Expression of GAD fused to CBD with a modified linker in
Purification of CBD-GAD using His-tag affinity chromatography. Lane M, Mw marker; lane 1, soluble fraction from the induced cells; lane 2, flow-through fraction; lane 3, washed fraction; lane 4, purified CBD-GAD. The arrow indicates the position of the purified CBD-GAD-H6 protein.
Adsorption isotherm for binding of CBD-GAD to Avicel. Adsorptions were evaluated in 20 mM sodium acetate buffer at pH 6.0 and room temperature. [CBD-GAD]Bound and [CBD-GAD]Free are the concentration of bound enzyme (nmolCBD-GAD/gAvicel) and free enzyme (nM), respectively.
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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 60,
October 2009 Abstract Supplement
The 2009 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting
Philadelphia October 16-21, 2009.
Respiratory Symptoms and Disease Characteristics as Predictors of Pulmonary Function Abnormalities (PFT) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Pappas, Dimitrios A., Giles, Jon T., Connors, Geoffrey, Lechtzin, Noah, Bathon, Joan M., Danoff, Sonye K.
Timely recognition of the pulmonary manifestations of RA is critical given that respiratory involvement is identified as the second leading cause of mortality in patients with RA. We attempted to identify which respiratory symptoms, patient and disease characteristics are most highly predictive of PFT abnormalities in an RA patient cohort.
A total of 159 individuals with RA were evaluated. Respiratory symptoms were assessed with the Lung Tissue Research Consortium (LTRC) questionnaire and all patients underwent evaluation with PFTs. Demographic, lifestyle, RA disease and treatment characteristics were collected. Multivariable regression analysis was used to identify pulmonary symptoms and non-pulmonary parameters predictive of PFT abnormalities. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed to examine the ability of our models to predict PFT abnormalities.
Of the 159 patients, 45 (28%) demonstrated at least one predefined PFT abnormality. Restrictive lung disease was observed in 12 (7.6%), obstructive lung disease in 18 (11.3%) and isolated impaired diffusing capacity in 31 (19.8%). Only seventeen patients (37.8%) of the 45 patients with abnormal PFTs reported a prior diagnosis of emphysema, asthma or rheumatoid lung disease. Among RA characteristics, seropositivity for RF (p=0.011) and anti-CCP (p=0.003), and current use of glucocorticoids (p=0.018) were significantly higher in patients with PFT abnormalities. Pulmonary symptoms were reported in 78 patients (42%). For any PFT abnormality the predictors retained in the final multivariable model included two pulmonary symptoms (chronic phlegm and breathlessness with walking 100 yards), and four other characteristics (BMI, current smoking, seropositivity for anti-CCP antibodies, and current prednisone use). AUC=0.773 (95% CI 0.679 0.857)
For restriction, one symptom (breathlessness with level walking) and two patient characteristics (BMI and current prednisone use) were retained in the final prediction equation AUC=0.786 (95% CI 0.585 0.918). For obstruction, 8 predictors were retained in the final model, including one symptom (chronic cough), and six other characteristics (gender, exercise, BMI, current smoking, RF seropositivity, and current prednisone use). AUC=0.905 (0.784 0.978).
For isolated impaired diffusion, six predictors were retained in the final model, including one symptom (chronic phlegm), and four other characteristics (age, BMI, current smoking, and current prednisone use). AUC= 0.852 (95% CI 0.749 0.934).
Assessment of respiratory symptoms along with a limited number of clinical parameters may serve as a useful and inexpensive clinical tool for identifying RA patients in need of further pulmonary investigation.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Pappas, Dimitrios A., Giles, Jon T., Connors, Geoffrey, Lechtzin, Noah, Bathon, Joan M., Danoff, Sonye K.; Respiratory Symptoms and Disease Characteristics as Predictors of Pulmonary Function Abnormalities (PFT) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2009;60 Suppl 10 :956
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The number of people going on disability pensions will be cut by 40 per cent from next year under tough new rules, producing budget savings of $35 million in the first full year.
Tighter rules governing disability pension eligibility will be applied after a Centrelink review commissioned by the federal government.
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Minister
The review recommended rules which could cut the number of people going on to the disability pension from January 1 next year by 40 per cent. Ms Macklin's office said this could result in budget savings of $35 million in its first full year. Ms Macklin emphasised that the disability pension should be available for people who needed it but the government wanted to see those who could work, in the workforce.
"The critical point is that the disability pension should be there for people when they need it. But if people are able to work and with support can work, we certainly want to see them working," Ms Macklin said.
The Centrelink Advisory Committee reviewing the rules found evidence that working improved the lives and health of disabled people.
"In its discussions, the advisory committee recognised not only the right of people with disability to participate in work but also the international research identifying the health and social benefits of work."
This included the Australasian faculty of occupational & environmental medicine (AFOEM) of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, which presented international evidence indicating: "working is generally good for health and well-being".
Opposition families spokesman
The Australian Council of Social Service welcomed the plan to give disabled people more opportunities to work. But it warned the government should do more to encourage employers to take on people with disabilities.
"However hand in hand with this the government will need to provide more incentives for employers to take people with various degrees of disabilities on," ACOSS's Fernando de Freitas said.
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Teaneck Public Library
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Teaneck Likes Itself
By John Koster, staff writer
From: The Record, Tuesday, May 25, 1976
A professional survey reports that 76 per cent of the township's residents find this a favorable place to live and that favorable attitudes about Teaneck outweigh unfavorable attitudes by a 15-1 margin.
This glowing report follows months of surveying by three professional. groups. Paid for with $25,000 in funds budgeted by the 1974 council, the survey, taken in September and October of 1975, also reveals that:
- Nine out of every 10 heads of households are satisfied with the way' people keep up their houses.
- Eight out of 10 give favorable ratings to the fire department, police force, and ambulance service.
- Six out of 10 declare that relations between members of different races and religions in the town are just as good as, or better than, they were five years ago, and 74 per cent of the residents saw no disadvantages to living in a community of varying racial and religious backgrounds.
- Some 61 per cent of those with children under 19 thought the quality of education was favorable, and another 18 per cent called it average. Only 7 per cent called it unfavorable, and 11 per cent had no opinion.
Of the major questions asked of the 300 residents polled, only mass transit and swimming facilities received heavily negative responses. Only 8 per cent of those surveyed were satisfied with the quality of public swimming facilities. And only 12 per cent thought mass transit facilities were adequate.
Ten per cent of those polled thought the streets could be cleaner, and 12 per cent were dissatisfied with stores and shopping available locally.
In a question on Teaneck's weak points, 30 per cent mentioned taxes as the thing they liked least.
Teaneck officials decided to commission the survey to define the township's strengths and weaknesses as a place to live. Since residential real estate is the township's most important ratable, the council regarded this issue as extremely significant.
The township commissioned T.J. Ross and Associates, a national public relations survey counsel, which in turn retained Benson & Benson, a Princeton-based research firm. An additional project by the New Jersey Poll of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers sampled responses of 1,000 adults across the state.
As explained at a press conference yesterday by Kendrick S. Few of Benson & Benson and David S. Frank of T.J. Ross, the process was complicated.
The pollsters first met with 90 political, civic, religious, and educational leaders to determine what the important questions of the day might be to Teaneck residents. Having winnowed down the number of questions, the survey then divided up the town by its six census tracts, and used books of random numbers to select which blocks to canvass.
The survey designers then instructed their pollsters to alternate between interviewing the male and female heads of households, unless the pollsters encountered households headed by a single adult.
Interviews usually took about a half hour. The results were checked by a computer, and the information was filed for ready access in case of future heed.
The pollsters found that Teaneck is much praised and little criticized as a place to live, both by white and black residents, with the blacks slightly more favorable than the whites.
Approval, however, was widespread among all the various categories delineated; males, females, those with or without college background, upper income, lower income, those with school-age children, and younger and older persons.
The separate Eagleton poll of 1,000 outsiders indicated that residents throughout the state who are familiar with Teaneck feel favorable towards the town and that those who live within 10 miles of it feel more favorable than those farther away.
"We are please, but not surprised, that the opinion surveys show that people regard Teaneck very favorably as a place to live," said Mayor Eleanor Kieliszek.
One problem that the survey didn't deal with specifically was the attitude toward high-rise buildings. Recently, some resident have advocated limited high-rises in the Glenwood Park area, for increased ratables, while others have urged that no high-rises be built.
Mayor Kieliszek and the pollsters say that issue had not been treated as a question, but that the poll general indicated that most residents didn't particularly favor high-rises or want to move into them.
Another discovery was that only 21 per cent of those polled said they felt they were very well informed about news and civic events in Teaneck.
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by Fran Haring, DCW staff
The Colonel would have been proud. The annual Dixie Stinger indoor concert, sponsored by the Yankee Rebels senior/alumni corps of Baltimore, kicked off the 2003 drum corps season with a night of tributes to and memories of Truman Crawford, the Marine colonel and drum corps legend who passed away in early March. Yankee Rebels Director Joel Leson says Col. Crawford touched a lot of lives in the drum corps activity. "Truman Crawford (worked with) more than 150 drum and bugle corps in his career," Leson said. "He arranged for them, instructed them or in some capacity provided the music."
The massed honor guards of the concert's participating corps got things started on a colorful, patriotic note with a march-on into the auditorium at Baltimore's Parkville High School, and the Audubon Bon-Bons Alumni Chorus saluted America (and Col. Crawford) with a beautiful treatment of The Star-Spangled Banner. The Bon-Bons then launched into their vocal repertoire, which featured an excellent version of This is My Country and a medley of tunes from "My Fair Lady." The fair ladies from Audubon, NJ, are directed and conducted by Drum Corps Hall of Famer Rip Bernert, and are always a class act.
Next up was the Reilly Raiders senior/alumni corps of Willow Grove, PA, and once again the "senior statesmen" of the drum corps world delivered a knockout performance. Reilly started on a solemn note, playing a stirring rendition of Taps to honor Col. Crawford. The Raiders then turned up the heat, breezing through an outstanding repertoire of Irish, patriotic and pop melodies. Jim Cossetti, Drum Corps Hall of Fame member and one of the Raiders' soprano soloists, says Reilly's show is a true stage presentation featuring a variety of tunes, "but it's always the flavor of the Reilly Raiders. There's always that Irish connection, the Celtic heritage that's in the music." As usual, Reilly's brass section was in great form tonight, bringing the volume level up a notch or two from previous years while maintaining good tone quality and musicianship. The percussion was not too shabby either, especially that "swingin' guy" with the snare drum and brushes who accompanied the brass during Count Basie's Cute. The Reilly Raiders, purely and simply, are one of the most entertaining drum corps around today.
A bit of advice: If you're going to watch the Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights, be sure to fasten your seat belt because you're in for one heck of a ride! The style of this senior/alumni corps from New Jersey can best be summed up in three words…
For the rest of this article, check out the May 2003 issue of Drum Corps World!


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R Jeff J.wrote a review of Flow NX2-RS Snowboard Binding on January 10, 2013
Great, but not perfect
First of all, they look beautiful, both aesthetically and mechanically. The way they open and close is brilliantly engineered. Lots of function, few moving parts. I loved them the minute I took them out of the box.
That love faded a little once I took them to the slopes. Although I could get my size 10 Thirty-Two Forecast boot in and out of the bindings at home with ease, on the slopes, all of a sudden, the boot seemed too large. The bindings are a size Large, so a size 10 boot should've fit perfectly, but it doesn't. It fits very, VERY snugly, to the point where it's more difficult to insert than I think it should be. Of course, loosening the top strap makes this easier, but only if you loosen that to the point of being too loose for adequate control. So I guess what I'm saying is, while it's great that the strap raises up, it doesn't raise up enough, and in practice, these aren't much easier to get in and out of than any other Flow binding.
Second issue, and this is a big one! I've been riding for 8 years now, and I've never understood why snowboard leashes exist. I know some resorts even require them, but I've still never known why. I mean, when is a snowboard ever, EVER, going to fall off? I'll tell you when. When you're wearing these bindings! I fell on my back and wound up sliding down the hill, upside down, head towards the lodge, back on the snow, base of my board facing the summit, and as the bindings were dragged like this, the releases caught, flipped down, and let go of my boots - both of them - thus jettisoning my board down the hill like an unguided missile. Luck is all that steered it into a tree instead of another person.
So, now I have a leash. It was either that or return these bindings, which frankly, I wasn't sure dogfunk would even allow. I didn't actually ask, FWIW, I just figured, they're great otherwise - they're very stiff, very lightweight, very comfortable, absolutely wonderful when you're actually riding - that I'll still keep them. In the end, my complaints about entering/exiting being less than ideal, and needing a leash for the first time in my life, aren't actually deal breakers.
I should really repeat that, yes, once you're riding, they're fantastic. They offer extremely responsive control, and do a fantastic job reducing the vibration of fresh corduroy. All in all, they're great, but not perfect.


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Lightning-quick motocross rider Zach Bell led the stalwart GEICO Honda contingent with an eighth-place overall finish Saturday at the Hangtown Motocross Classic.
Bell finished strong in both motos, taking fifth and 12th under hot and dusty conditions, placing him just ahead of teammates Matt Bisceglia and Justin Bogle in the day's overall standings.
"I'm still really excited about my performance, especially in that first moto," Bell said. "Its been a long time coming for me with all of my injuries and setbacks. When you're beat up, it's kind of hard to be in top shape and to be up front in contention, but I'm working on it.
"I got a nice holeshot (in Moto 1) and was leading for a while. After a few laps, I fell back to second for a while and then I dropped back to third. I made a few mistakes allowing some guys to get by me, but I rode strong and finished in fifth. In the second moto I missed a shift, so I didn't get a good start. That made the entire race a lot harder because I was playing catch-up.
"We are going to do some good training this week and work on being more consistent. The first moto really wore me out but it was better than last week. The track today was really rutted out and a little guy like me gets tossed around in the deep ruts. No matter what, I'm glad this team is still sticking behind me because I love this group."
After getting shut out on the start of the first moto, Bisceglia steadily moved himself back up to a 13th-place finish. He recorded an eighth-place in the second moto, landing him ninth overall.
"In the first moto I got pinched off in the start," Bisceglia said. "I didn't do well in practice, so I got a horrible gate pick right on the inside. I think I was in 25th or 30th after the start but I was able to come back to 13th. I was happy to be able to get back up in the pack.
"In the second moto I got a better start and I rode in fourth for a while. I felt like my speed and my times were really good until about the halfway point. After halfway, I got pretty hot and faded back a little bit. I'm happy with how the first part of the race went, but I need to work on the second half of the race and improve my time. Once I get the second half of the race down, I think I will be in good shape to bring in top-five finishes every week.
"Overall I am happier with the second moto, but I want to keep improving and head into Denver healthy. The track today was gnarly just like it was last weekend. It was also pretty hot out there and the track was really choppy. It was good but I'm just going to build for next weekend and train hard."
After recording a podium finish in Moto 1, Bogle couldn't finish out his day following a crash partway through Moto 2. Even so, his 35th-place finish in Moto 2 combined with a third-place result from earlier in the day carried him to 10th overall.
"The first moto was good," Bogle said. "I got a great start and rode most of the race in second place behind Jeremy Martin. I ended up third with the first podium I have had in a couple of years in Motocross. I was pretty happy about that and I felt like I had great momentum.
"In the second moto I had a really good start and I was feeling good. I was running in the top five but then I had a gnarly crash down one of the hills. My bike was pretty tweaked up and I wasn't in the best area to get back up and get going. I tried to get back up and ride, but I pulled off the track and decided to call it.
"It wasn't the best day but I'll go to Colorado and try to get back on the box. The heat today wasn't too bad; it was warm but not horrible. The track today was pretty tough though. I struggle here every year but I turned it around in the first moto, which felt good."
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Sandy • Clay Moss literally looked up to his brother during every practice.
On the wall high above the Jordan High wrestling mats hangs a banner commemorating state wrestling champions. Trevor Moss stood alone until last week.
"He was always there in the room helping me and giving me motivation," Moss, a junior, said. "That's really what helped me accomplish what I accomplished. Every day in practice I visualized my goal.
"My brother was the banner all alone for 11 years."
Clay defeated Layton's Landon Brown 3-1 in the 182-pound final at the Class 5A state wrestling championships last week and will join Trevor, who won the 171-pound title in 2002, on the banner as the school's only state champs.
Moss' path to the championship was similar to the one he took a week earlier in winning the divisional meet. He defeated Layton's Dylan Sackett in the semifinals before he met Brown in the final in each meet.
"I just went in like a totally different wrestler, with the confidence that I'd already beaten them once," said Moss, who pinned Sackett in the state meet. "I watched film on them and used moves I felt were right.
"It was way overwhelming when it happened. I was excited."
Jordan coach Chris Babinski compared Moss to a thoroughbred horse who needed to be nurtured throughout the season because of wear and tear on his body.
Moss hit the mat later than most in the program after playing running back and linebacker for the Beetdiggers' state championship football team.
"His shoulders from football were bothering him, and they would continually be aggravated in matches," Babinski said. "We had to nurture him along to ensure he was in top condition when times came and he had to perform.
"He is just a phenomenal athlete. He has such tremendous power."
Moss excels at multiple sports as did his brother Trevor, who played quarterback for the Beetdiggers. Clay now moves on to playing the outfield in baseball and running the sprint distances in track.
In ninth grade, he made Jordan's basketball team, but he instead chose wrestling as his winter competition.
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The caddy races might be banned this year, but that won't stop thousands of (rowdy) locals and tourists from hitting the green to get in on the action at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Tradition dictates that the event is as much about drinking and partying as it is about golf, particularly on the infamous 16th hole. Which is a large part of the reason it's the best golf event all year.
But alas, the fun has to end sometime. And when it does, you'll probably be looking for a nearby place to sober up and grab a bite. Good news, you have options to appeal to every type of dining experience you could want. Here's our list of the Best Places to Eat and Drink around the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
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Zinc Bistro
Chef Matt Carter serves upscale French comfort food at Zinc Bistro, located at Kierland Commons, less than two miles from the TPC. If you're seated inside the restaurant, take in the Parisian ambiance of the eatery's contemporary but still authentic design, while the patio offers bistro tables and wicker chairs. There are few bad choices on Carter's menu, which includes duck confit, diver scallops, Hudson Valley duck breast, and quite possibly some of the best French onion soup you've ever tasted. Reservations are recommended, especially for dinner. You can make them online or by calling 480-603-0922.
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If you're not looking to travel far for a bite to eat then The Grill at the TPC is a fitting option for lunch or dinner. The restaurant can be accessed from the golf course as well as through the Scottsdale Fairmont Princess and offers impressive views of the TPC's 18th hole, so you'll be able to keep an eye on the action while you dine. We've been known to take a late morning break here before returning to catch the last of the day's play. The grill's menu features high-end pub cuisine such as braised short ribs, tuna carpacccio, and linguini with Manila clams. The beer list includes some special offerings like Chimay Grande Reserve and La Fin Du Monde.
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What was it that your sorority sisters told you when you were packing on that freshman 10? A grilled chicken sandwich is lower in fat and calories than a burger? Right. If they said that at Snuffer's, they were lying to you. Don't feel bad. They'll get theirs eventually. For now, revel in the fact that you saved enough Weight Watchers points to blow on the chicken club sandwich. A savory grilled chicken breast gets raunchy with some deli-cut ham (yay, pork!), smoked turkey, American and Swiss cheeses (that's right, the best in fake and true) and some mayo, plus lettuce and tomato for good measure. Put it in a burger bun and sink right in. It's oozy, it's wrong and it's so right. Pair it with one damn fine chocolate shake (waitstaff tells us shakes depend on the bartender, but we've never had a bad one, no matter what hour or flavor) and you've got a bit of guilt and a lot of pleasure. Fries too? Hell yes. But not the cheddar fries. That'd just be way too sinful. Right?
Ultimately, the purpose of an appetizer is to whet, to arouse, to salivate. It's to kick-start the innards and make them receptive to the more weighty compositions to follow. Mansion Chef John Tesar's crab "scampi style" does this. Six ounces of king crab leg meat is torn from the shell in ropes, flecked with parsley and set in a pool of Riesling butter sauce with touches of garlic and shallot. Riesling creeps to the forefront, launching a fascinating interplay of focused minerality and torrents of fruity acid that seem to reach around the crab's sweet buttery richness, targeting the minerals a few layers deep in the soul of the meat. Here, bitterness kisses the front of the mouth before the butter slides the crab's rich sweetness across the palate. Then the acids clear away a little of that, and it becomes almost floral. All of this is framed in a steely mineral component that is strong in the wine but subtler in the crab. Hence, the complex flavors of the crab instantly become understandable. This is a laser beam of a dish. It is visceral. It has gobs of charisma. It is pure mouth joy.
You know Jimmy's sausage and meatballs (and mortadella and prosciutto) are the stuff of legend, forcing chefs and gastronomes (why does foodie sound like a term for someone with a sippy-cup fetish?) alike to knuckle under its culinary weight in devoted reverence. You also know the wine selection is the best ever brought forth from the entirety of the boot, flowing from Veneto, Compania, Tuscany, Piedmont, Friuli, Sicily, Sardinia, Trentino Alto Adige, Basilicata, Umbria and Marche. Jimmy's even stocks the wines from Avellino bottled by Riccardi's Italian Dining owners Anita and Gaetano Ricardi. But what you may not know is that Jimmy's now has a back room—borne of reconstruction after the devastating 2004 fire that nearly destroyed its circa 1920s building—where wine dinners and wine flights will be launched and indulged and disabused, some hosted by Italian wine experts such as Andrea Cecchi of the Chianti producer Cecchi. More to follow. More to flow. Much to love.
For a third of a century John's Café on Greenville Avenue was one of those chipped mug of coffee places you could go on a Sunday morning and get your feet planted squarely back on planet Earth for the week to come. Then two years ago they deep-sixed it for a bank. Story of our life. But now John's is back from the grave, this time deeper on Greenville, almost at the corner of Ross, and many of the old familiar faces are gathering again for coffee, Greek salad and one of the best big burgers in town. The new location hits it just right, clean and plain, lean and mean—the way Old East Dallas likes it.
There are plenty of bars where you can grab a decent bite in Dallas—Lee Harvey's, the Meridian Room and the Lakewood Landing all come to mind—but the Old Monk is the only one we frequent even when we're not drinking. From the sizable burgers to the awesome fish and chips, everything on the menu is tasty, and it's all better with a side of the best skinny fries in town. And don't forget your vegetarian friends, who'll surely love the renowned (in our world at least) vegetarian Reuben. You'll find us on the large patio, a must in our book since most of Dallas' bar scene still hasn't come around to the idea that food tastes a lot better when it's not accompanied by the smell of cigarettes.
Years ago Sonny Bryan's got rolled out into 10 different Dallas-area locations, and they're all great, but the original on Inwood is proof that part of the barbecue is the shack. Since 1910—that's when Sonny Bryan started peddling his incomparable ribs and brisket from a tumbledown dive near Parkland Hospital—a whole lot of smoke and flavor must have gotten rubbed into the joint's well-worn benches and little school desks. It helps that you can see people back behind the counter pulling those big racks of ribs out of the smoker: You know for sure it's not coming down here quick-frozen from New Jersey. This is real-deal Dallas, the old-fashioned way, and every bite a treat for sure.


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(WBIR - UT Campus) UT's rivalry week heated up early Wednesday morning when someone painted The Rock on UT's campus in support of the Crimson Tide.
The Rock, which students frequently decorate to express opinions, appeared to be painted red and then spray painted with the words "Roll Tide Roll" and "Go 2 Hell TN."
"It's really low for somebody to do that," said UT freshman Landon Duncan.
"Makes me hate 'Bama even more," added freshman Worsham Ward.
Photos of the scene spread across social media as more students and alumni caught wind of the rivalry week attack.
UT student Zack Royster got a photo of the vandalized rock around 7:50 a.m. on his way to class. He said the Alabama quotes were painted over by 9 a.m.
This isn't the first time fans of another SEC school have made their mark on the Rock. Back in 2012, Kentucky fans painted it blue and white to celebrate the basketball team's national championship victory.
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He's Your Defense, Sandusky???
Many of us saw the interview last night between NBC's Bob Costas and Jerry Sandusky (with his attorney by his side) and were shaking our heads during such answers as "We were showering, and horsing around, and he actually turned all the showers on, and was, uh, actually sliding across the floor. And we were—as I recall—possibly snapping a towel. Horseplay," when asked about the infamous night McQueary caught him in the shower with the 10 year old.
But here's a piece of information you may not have known about Jerry Sandusky's attorney. Joseph L. Amendola, at 49 years old impregnated a 16 year old girl!! According to documents filed with Centre County Courthouse, he served as attorney for Mary Iavasile's emancipation petition on September 3, 1996, just weeks before her 17th birthday. "She had met him through the school district and was interested in law," according to Mary's mother.
Jerry's story was sick in of itself, but having an attorney with that background doesn't exactly help his case in my opinion.


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A Fake Tan Gave Kelly Osbourne Confidence?
Kelly Osbourne has talked a lot about how "Dancing with the Stars" helped her gain confidence, but apparently getting a spray tan helped, too. As the newly appointed ambassador for self-esteem issues for tanning brand St. Tropez, Kelly talked about her struggle to feel good about herself in a press release:
"It really saddens me that so many young people suffer from low self-esteem and feel unhappy with their appearance. I think that at times we can be very hard on ourselves, which is certainly something I have experienced in my own life. I managed to overcome those negative thoughts by being healthy, thinking positively, and making small changes to my lifestyle that make me feel good about myself, such as taking more exercise and being true to yourself. 'Dancing With The Stars' and having my first ever St. Tropez spray tan was a huge confidence booster for me — it helped me to get fit and allowed me to look and feel beautiful from the outside, in."
While it's nice that a brand normally associated with the superficial would sponsor a campaign encouraging self-esteem, doesn't it seem odd that Kelly, whose porcelain skin looks amazing, would have to claim tanning gave her confidence? However, there's probably not a lot of money involved in being the poster child for pale skin. [Yahoo News U.K.]