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HOUSTON - Monday night's Battle Round was jam-packed with action—just the way I like it. And even BETTER, I got a chance to talk with Todd Kessler, formerly of Team Cee Lo, for a follow-up interview on his battle against Nicholas David, his experience on The Voice, and what's in store for him and his band, The New Folk!
But first, a recap. Similar to last week, we had three okaaaay battles and three AWESOMETASTIC battles.
First up were Julio Cesar Castillo and Terisa Griffin from Team Blake. Staying with the theme of incredibly random song choices this season, Blake chose Gloria Estefan's "Conga" for these two. This match-up was weird. This song choice was weird. Terisa Griffin's attempts at Latin dancing were all together terrifying. But I think out of sheer cuteness, Blake gave Julio the win. And because Terisa reminds Cee Lo of all the various women in his life, he used up his final steal on her.
Then from Team Xtina, we had Dez Duron and Paulina singing Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are." Paulina tried too hard to be unique and Dez had the battle sewn up, so it was no shocker when he came out with a "W."
Benji and Sam James from Team Adam started to get things going with their fairly badass rendition of "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi. No, Adam Levine, this was not a crazy original song choice. It made perfect sense. And we the viewers thank you. They both did a great job, though I'm over Benji's rock scream. All three coaches thought Benji deserved the win, but my man Adam will not be swayed by lesser opinions and made the right choice by going with Sam James. #Adam+Dena4Life
Next, Todd Kessler and Nicholas David teamed up (and I do mean teamed up as opposed to battled it out) to perform Hall & Oates' "She's Gone" for Team Cee Lo. This was definitely one of those instances where their voices almost sounded better together than they did separately, I think for the first time all season. As we saw in the package, Nick and Todd had formed a really solid friendship and it definitely came through in their harmonic moments. While Todd had a clean, pure tone with a super solid center of pitch, Nick had something nasty-dirty that was just too interesting to pass up. And so Cee Lo chose "St. Nick" to move on to the Knockout Round. But this is far from the end for Todd—check out our exclusive interview after the recap to find out more!Todd Kessler vs. Nicholas David
Next up were Lelia Broussard and Suzanna Choffel from Team Blake singing Florence and the Machine's "Dog Days Are Over." This was just excellent. They both sounded great, the song suited them, and it was just a matter of taste at the end. I preferred Suzanna ever so slightly, and she pulled out the win over Lelia. Still worth checking out this battle because it made a pretty stellar duet.Lelia Broussard vs. Suzanna Choffel
But for sure the battle with the most OOMPH was between Joselyn Rivera and Sylvia Yacoub from Team Xtina, which we shall refer to as the Battle of the Beltresses. Their rendition of "Best Thing I Never Had," originally by Beyoncé, was just perfection. They both nailed every run, every belt, every riff—it was absolutely glorious. And it really seemed like Joselyn matured ten years between the Blind Audition and the Battle Round. Like she got in a time machine, picked up some crazy confidence and silver eye makeup along the way, and came back to slaughter every part of this performance, which she needed to do standing next to the firestorm that is Sylvia Yacoub. Really there was no right or wrong choice to be made, and it was clear that someone was going to steal whoever Xtina didn't pick. So Xtina stuck with Sylvia and Blake and Adam battled it out for Joselyn thanks to the Steal. But as these things tend to go, Joselyn picked Adam as her new coach.Joselyn Rivera vs. Sylvia Yacoub
I had a chance to catch up with Todd Kessler and find out a bit more about what he's doing now that his time on The Voice is over. Being on a hit primetime TV show certainly his its perks and Todd has been experiencing a lot more of that face and name recognition now that the Battle Rounds have aired. He is currently working on getting himself and his band, The New Folk, on the road for a nation-wide tour, so be on the lookout for that!
And as far as working with other Voice contestants, especially Nicholas David, the show was only the beginning: "Nicholas and I have talked for a while about recording and touring together… When things kind of settle down for both of us, we're going to do it. We loved working together and our voices sound so great and natural together that I think we'd be idiots not to make the most of that connection." Todd recently did a show in Chicago with last season's Jamie Lono
from Team Cee Lo, so clearly the network keeps active long after the show. And when I asked Todd what his favorite part of being on The Voice was, he said that "my favorite part of it was the comradery of the team." As viewers, we don't really get to see a lot of the behind-the-scenes moments, and the clashes are often highlighted more than the friendships. "… Even though it is a competition and you're competing against your teammates, having that team to fall back on was really reassuring and made the whole process a lot easier."
As we all saw at the end of Todd's battle, Cee Lo pulled Todd in and said, "You call me. We'll talk." So obviously I had to know what was going on, if anything, between Todd and my favorite sequin-covered coach. Todd and Cee Lo have definitely been in touch, with nothing concretely in the works as far as a collaboration, but we'll see what happens!
With his first baby on the way, a new album out, a tour in the works and all the good things that come from being on The Voice, things are looking up in a pretty big way for Todd Kessler. Look out for him, y'all. He's only just begun.
You can check out Todd and the New Folk's newest album, Sea Fever, on iTunes now.
Thanks for reading, and as always, thanks for watching KPRC Local 2!


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Sociology 311. Violence against Women
This seminar explores the nature of violence against women, focusing on current research on woman battering, rape, child sexual abuse and pornography. Students will compare theoretical approaches and will critically examine empirical research. The impact of race, ethnicity and class on the abuse experience are considered. A major part of the seminar involves original research by students on an issue of their choice. The semester will culminate in a symposium on violence against women organized by seminar members.


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A reader asks: Evolutionists argue that DNA is evidence that we all came from a common ancestor. We argue that it is evidence of a common designer (one God). I don't know enough about biology, but maybe Diane Eager could look at this question - I was wondering if another reason for all plants and animals having DNA is that they can become other animals and humans' food. That is our body will digest an animal, or fruit and vegies (which all have DNA) but it will not digest a rock (no DNA). Could that be part of the reason?
Answer from Diane Eager: There is a grain of truth in this idea, but it is not so much DNA but the building blocks that make it. Our digestive systems break down large molecules like DNA, carbohydrates and proteins to smaller molecules such as purines, glucose, amino acids, etc. These are small molecules, but are more complex than simple molecules found in rocks, sand and dust. Even though we do need simple minerals in our diet, e.g. salt, it would take a lot of energy if our bodies had to make proteins etc. out of things like carbonates, nitrates, phosphates, etc. Therefore, the Lord made plants to build the biological molecules out of these raw materials, using sunlight as the power source. It is a marvellous system the more you think about it.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Five extra-base hits, including two home runs from freshman Taylor Schwarz, helped lead the Florida softball team to an SEC Tournament semifinals win over Eastern Division rival Georgia, 9-5, advancing the Gators to the league championship game Saturday at 8 p.m. on ESPN.
Florida (51-7) will make its sixth SEC championship game appearance and second consecutive after facing Alabama in the 2012 league finale. Florida will face Missouri, which defeated Tennessee 3-0 in Saturday's other semifinal game at John Cropp Stadium in Lexington.
UF has twice won the SEC Tournament: 2008 and 2009, having played in the conference tournament title game in 1997, 2007 and 2012 as well. Florida is now 21-23 (.875) all-time in the SEC Tournament.
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Keith Patterson wasn't from Texas and hadn't even spent much time here. Then while living in Los Angeles, a friend said he wanted to do a documentary about Ann Richards. Patterson was familiar with — even a fan of — the late Texas governor, "so I came on board" in late 2010, he says.
The following 20 months, however, have been a journey for the gay filmmaker, who ended up co-directing Ann Richards' Texas, the documentary that kicks off Dallas VideoFest 25 at the Dallas Museum of Art Thursday night.
"We came to Texas for a year: Austin first, but we ended up everywhere," he says on the phone from New York, a few hours before his planned arrival in Dallas to attend the festival. "I even have a place in Houston [still]."
Working on the documentary quickly became a passion for Patterson.
"I loved her," he says. "You can't get any larger than a Texas politician. That's why The Best Little Whorehouse is so good — it captures the politics. That song where the governor talks about sidestepping [every issue]? That was [the governorship]. When Ann got in there and started passing a lot of reforms, she shook everything up."
Richards had help from some powerful friends, including lesbian power couple Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, who met and befriended Richards early in her political career. "They were friends from the 1980s when she ran for treasurer and helped write the comedy for Ann's [historic 1988 Democratic National Conventional] keynote address," Patterson says. "That's when she met Dolly [Parton], too. I think Ann was a county commissioner when Dolly was [in Texas] shooting Whorehouse."
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text: Full disclosure: I've spent every Summer I can remember with my family along the Penobscot Coast in Maine. So, there might be some bias when I say this is vacationland. To make the most of your time there, I suggest picking up some poignant Summer reading, easy separates, and a great camera to capture everything from the views in Acadia to E.B. White's Brooklin home. Click through to shop our picks and start plotting your own Maine vacation.


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George Braunstein Appointed Fairfax-Falls Church CSB Executive Director
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- Braunstein has more than 24 years of experience in public and private sector behavioral health service systems.
- His start date is Oct. 11.
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors today appointed George Braunstein as executive director of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board. He will begin his new position on Oct. 11.
Currently, Braunstein is executive director of the Chesterfield Community Services Board, which provides services to more than 8,000 annually and prevention services to another 6,000 annually.
He has more than 24 years of experience in public and private sector behavioral health service systems, including experience as a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner.
He is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives; a member of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Advisory Council; a board member and chair of the Public Policy Committee of the Virginia Association of Community Services Boards; and a board member of the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors.
Prior to joining Chesterfield, Braunstein served as the executive director for Aurora Behavioral Healthcare, Milwaukee, Wis., from 1998-2000; as the director of behavioral health for Family Health Plan, Milwaukee, Wis., from 1993-1998; and as the administrator/manager for the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex, Wis., from 1986-1993.
He is a graduate of Rockford College in Illinois with a bachelor's degree in history. He also received a bachelor's degree in nursing and a master's degree in community mental health from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Braunstein will receive an annual salary of $165,000.
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Most people worry about future events that may or may not happen. This expectation of something bad happening causes people stress even though the thing may never occur. One helpful technique for reducing worry is to export your worries to a notebook or diary.
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She hates her books being branded 'romantic fiction' and, indeed, there's a much darker side to the novels of best-selling author Josephine Cox, as Hannah Stephenson discovers.
By Hannah Stephenson
Her family sagas have made Josephine Cox one of the top 50 most successful writers since records began, generating £26.2 million in revenue via sales of more than 15 million books.
The covers may look romantic - her latest, The Broken Man, features the silhouette of a boy in a burnt orange sunset - but turn the pages and you soon realise that the tales are often much darker than they seem.
Her 50th novel, The Broken Man, is about a woman who has been beaten to within an inch of her life fleeing her violent husband, changing her name and going into hiding. But he continues to stalk her and there's an air of menace throughout the book.
Cox's novels are among the most borrowed books from libraries, ahead of John Grisham and Martina Cole, and they're more tales of survival than sugar-coated romantic yarns.
But then Cox, 71, knows what she's writing about. Born in a cotton-mill house in Blackburn, she was the sixth of 10 children and daughter of a road sweeper who spent much of his earnings in the pub on a Friday night.
She recalls her father's volatile nature when he'd had a drink, of living hand to mouth, six in a bed with rats running around their feet in the toilet.
"My dad was a wonderful man - funny, interesting, he worked very hard. But when he got his wages on a Friday, paid by the foreman in the pub, the money went over the counter," she says.
"He would get in a foul mood and want to lash out. Whether this was to do with all the pressure he lived under, I don't know. Those few drinks on a Friday night changed him, then on a Saturday he'd be fine."
She says her mother, a quiet, loyal woman, would bounce back after the drunken episodes.
"They adored each other. We had a fairly happy life although we had nothing. We had our clothes from the rag and bone shop, we rarely had a Sunday meal and when we did, the priest would come round and eat half of it."
Her parents split up when Cox was 14, and she moved with her mother to live with her aunt in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. She was devastated, she recalls.
"It was like a kick in the face. I was 14, 4ft 11in tall and I've never grown since. That must have been the trauma. We weren't just moving into the next street, we were moving 200 miles away."
Two of her older brothers stayed with her father and the rest moved with her mother, but Cox continued to see her father for many years, she recalls.
"Mum was eight months pregnant with my younger brother when she left, she had just enough money for the coach journey and we only had three weeks at my aunt's until we had to move into lodgings."
Cox was soon introduced to the landlady's son, Ken, and at 16 they got married. Her father didn't approve and refused to go to the wedding, so Cox was given away by a distant relative of Ken's family, who was a stranger to her.
They were married for 43 years until his death from cancer in 2002, a subject she still finds too upsetting to discuss.
With so much personal drama to draw on, it's understandable that she hates her books being labelled 'romantic fiction'.
"Life is not all about romance. Everyone has gone through difficult times, whether it's to do with money, heartache or a family splitting up or illness. I'm not a romance person. I have a very dark side in my books.
"Whenever I write a book it's always rooted in my experiences. The Broken Man was prompted by someone we knew as children, who we always knew as an uncle although he was just a friend of the family. He was a really bad man.
"I think he was a paedophile but at the time he just frightened me. A couple of times he came to the house and he'd be looking at me and gave me a bad feeling. I found out many years later that I wasn't the only one that was afraid of him, when I talked to people I grew up with. Luckily I escaped because I always ran away when he visited. He was a very menacing character. Very creepy."
The Broken Man also charts the friendship between two women, as the battered wife slowly reveals to her friend the reason behind her fears. A parallel story sees a boy, taken into care, who is also connected to the violent husband.
While Cox's own father had his drunken moments, she didn't grow up in an environment of fear, she reflects, despite her parents' volatile relationship.
After she married, she had two sons and looked after the family while her husband was building up his own business. She ended up going to night school for three years and then trained to be a teacher.
By day she taught, by night she would tend the family and then go to Open University night classes. Her first book, Her Father's Sins, was prompted by a long stay in hospital when she had what she calls 'women's problems' and was published when she was 40. It had to be reprinted 15 times in as many weeks.
"I was paid £2,000 for it. That was a massive amount of money in those days. The publishers wanted everything I'd written, but I hadn't written anything else.
"I never dreamed it would happen. I was just thrilled someone wanted to buy it. Something had touched people's psyche."
But another dark period in her life, when Ken's haulage business fell victim to the recession which resulted in their house being repossessed in the 1970s, fuelled a different kind of writing for Cox, who penned a series of dark, psychological thrillers under the pseudonym of Jane Brindle (her mother's name).
"All the dark things had smothered me. I wrote six of them and they sold really well. They've been out of print for about 10 years and I'm glad about that. I don't want them to be published again because they are so dark.
"I exorcised my demons in those books. But then Amazon noticed that people were looking for the Jane Brindle books, so I've given permission for them to be sold as ebooks for a year."
She's been a widow for a decade but sees her two sons every day as they live near her home in Buckinghamshire, and dotes on her two grand-daughters.
And there are no thoughts of retirement. "I'm always writing and I have notebooks full of storylines. I'm half way through the next book and have outlined a trilogy of stories for children from 10 to 15 - science fiction, supernatural, that sort of stuff."
These days, when Cox gives writing classes, she tells her pupils: "You must write from the heart. You must feel the emotions that the characters feel, good, bad or dangerous. And don't fabricate - dip into the real life you know."
It's worked for her...
:: The Broken Man by Josephine Cox is published by HarperCollins, priced £14.99. Available now.


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A closer look at the league's best this week.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: The Georgia sophomore guard is 16 of his last 23 from the floor and 8-of-13 from 3-point range.
LSU: The Tigers have won three straight and four of five after an 0-4 SEC start.
Julius Mays: The Kentucky senior guard is 8 of his last 13 from the floor and 8-of-11 from 3-point range.
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Cancer care is a commodity, and patients are also consumers. They should ask doctors about the cost of their treatments, or get a friend or relative to do it if they are uncomfortable asking pointed questions. Either way, experts say these are reasonable questions, especially since treatment costs can be financially challenging:
--Ask your doctor how much a treatment will cost and whether there are more affordable alternatives. If the recommended treatment is expensive, ask how much better a survival advantage it offers.
--Find out what insurance will and will not cover before agreeing to a treatment. If it's near the end of a year, see if moving up or slightly delaying a treatment makes a big difference in your copayments or deductible.
--Consider joining a clinical trial that might help pay for your care.
--Check out programs at hospitals, drug companies and foundations that aid uninsured or underinsured patients. Some are listed in the websites below.
--Ask if your doctors have a financial stake in the treatments they are recommending.
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Prize Recipient
David DeMille
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"For wide-ranging studies of fundamental symmetries in atoms and molecules, including novel approaches to searches for the electric dipole moment of the electron and investigations of parity nonconservation and the spin-statistics connection."Background:
David DeMille received his A.B. in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1985, and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994. After postdoctoral research at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, he joined the faculty at Amherst College in 1997, then moved to Yale University in 1998. He has received fellowships from the Packard Foundation and Sloan Foundation, and the Cottrell Scholars, Research Innovation, and Cottrell College Science Awards from the Research Corporation. He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2005. DeMilles recent research focuses on use of diatomic molecules as a resource in several subfields. For example, the small spacing between energy levels in molecules can enhance small symmetry-violating effects. DeMille is using these enhancements in experiments to study the electric dipole moment of the electron; nuclear anapole moments and semileptonic electroweak couplings; and possible time variation of the electron-to-proton mass ratio. In parallel with these efforts, he is developing techniques to cool and trap polar molecules, and investigating applications of ultracold molecules in precision measurement and quantum information processing.
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V. Alan Kostelecky (Chair) (12/06), Harvey Gould (12/06), Ronald Walsworth (05 recipient) (12/06), Protik Majumder (V. Chair) (12/08), Alejandro Garcia (12/08)


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I have always been a firm believer that students should be encouraged to be as creative as possible and know that using digital tools in the classroom is a sure fire way to stimulate this in a fun and engaging way. At Neale-Wade Community College we teach digital creativity skills from animation, to image manipulation to web and games design and the results have been truly stunning.
A product which I am hugely passionate about teaching is industry-standard animation software Adobe Flash. Not just because it enables students to create some great animation, but also because of how engaged they are in it and the creative potential it allows them to explore. I have seen students become enthusiastic and excited about ICT who previously didn't give it a second thought and the great news for us as a school is that our ICT grades have really improved as a result!
One way I encourage creativity in my classes is to set a brief which is open-ended, so students can experiment with the tools and techniques and take it in any direction they want. For example one project I have set at GCSE level is to design a 30 second pizza advert using animation, sound and graphics. The brief was deliberately vague, which really paid off as the adverts produced were all individual in style and incredibly creative – I may be biased, but I honestly believe they could easily be the product of a world class advertising agency!
I would urge any teacher keen to explore iOS, Android and desktop app and computing development to focus time and energy on Adobe Flash... To hear more about how you can use Flash to enliven the school curriculum and see some practical examples of what we've done at my school watch this short presentation: http://eseminars.emea.acrobat.com/p88305918/


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City left angry residents at Gould Place
Saturday, Jun 28, 2014 06:00 am
Re: City looks at fines for boarding houses, St. Albert Gazette, Wednesday, June 25.
While I was happy to see this article, I feel that, as a resident of Gould Place, I should state a few more facts.
I would have thought that the city might possibly have notified residents affected by this situation last summer. However, "a public hearing was opened and closed on Monday night with no public submissions." Maybe I don't know where to look, but had I been aware of this hearing, you can guarantee I would have been there to voice my concerns and absolute disgust with the way the city and its elected officials handled this situation.
For those council members who are unsure about the definition of a boarding house, let's break it down for you. In a matter of weeks, we had over 30 people living in a three bedroom, three bathroom home. That's double the population of our cul-de-sac in one house. We had over 17 vehicles associated with this one house, again more than double than what's owned in the neighbourhood. They had a paid cook and maid. There were so many issues regarding noise, traffic, and safety! According to health inspectors, there were rows upon rows of air mattresses on the floors. We would have been just fine with the four renters we were told by the homeowner that were moving in, just like city council questioning four university students. It's when it gets to the extreme volumes like we saw last summer that it becomes a problem.
Thank you to councillors Wes Brodhead and Sheena Hughes for standing up for Gould residents. They were some of the few who took the time to come and speak to us last summer and witnessed what we were living with. As for Mr. Crouse, I am not surprised he voted against unanimous consent to the bylaw. He and others were huge disappointments to their tax (and salary) paying residents last summer and continue to be. And to Mr. Osborne, if you had this next door to your family, in the community you take so much pride in, would your biggest concern be that it wasn't posted on the website? Wake up city officials ... do something for the good of this city and protecting its residents, rather than your own personal agendas, and get this third reading voted through.
Shelley Robinson, St. Albert


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Dick's Sporting Goods released 2012 Football, its first Digital Publishing Suite app on the iPad. Dick's Sporting Goods is a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest sporting goods stores in the world. Its app is a retail catalog devoted to football cleats, equipment and apparel, designed to ease the gear research and purchasing process for its football customers. Watch the video to see how it uses interactive features in Digital Publishing Suite to create a great shopping experience.


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MADISON, Wis. -- Volatility has rocked milk prices and feed costs over the past four to five years.
Expect it to continue, says Scott Stewart, president and CEO of the Stewart-Peterson commodity marketing and consulting firm in West Bend, Wis.
"Be prepared for anything the market dishes out," he told those attending the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin business conference on Tuesday. "You have to think about the possibilities so you are not blind-sided by unexpected market moves."
He likened it to an army preparing for battle and anticipating different moves by the enemy.
For farmers, the most immediate thing to anticipate is whether last year's drought in the Midwest will continue this year or not.
If there's good weather this year, corn prices could easily be below $5 per bushel ― "into the 4s," Stewart says. If, on the other hand, there is a weather scare this summer, corn could go to $12, he adds.
The idea is to be prepared either way.
It takes strategic thinking, like an expert chess player who is planning two or three moves ahead.
Stewart recommended the book "Great By Choice" by Jim Collins. The book describes the kind of strategic planning used by successful companies to thrive in good times and bad.
The same principles can apply to dairy farms. "When I first read this (book), I thought this is dairy marketing all over again," Stewart said.
The great companies (and farms) rely on evidence, not opinions, he said. They are fanatically disciplined. They accept that change will happen.
To implement an action plan, Steward recommends using "market scenario planning" where the different scenarios are considered. It allows producers to prepare risk-management strategies for multiple price scenarios and helps them determine which strategies will yield the best price using an assortment of risk-management tools, such as put options and forward contracting. Professional assistance is advised.
"You have to use the right tool at the right time," Stewart says.
Although Stewart's theme was to be prepared for unexpected events, he did allude to a couple of things on the economic horizon that may be considered certainties. For one, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been printing a lot of money lately to stimulate the economy, and Stewart says this will likely lead to inflation in the coming years.
Don't get caught with a big loan balance in an environment where interest rates go to 7, 8, or 9 percent after inflation kicks in, he advised.
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Bumgarner hurls two-hit shutout on 94 pitches
Lefty throws 75 strikes vs. Mets; Pence (2 HRs), Posey, Belt go deep
NEW YORK -- Even as the Giants' hitters stood tall in Sunday's 9-0 rout of the New York Mets, Madison Bumgarner's performance loomed over everything.
Bumgarner reached his zenith, weaving a two-hitter for his second career shutout. And the offense, which tends to surge when the left-hander pitches, clobbered four home runs, including two by Hunter Pence. San Francisco homered only twice in its previous 10 games.
While the home runs were akin to cymbals crashing, Bumgarner provided the steady drum roll. He threw a remarkably low number of pitches, 94, and an astonishingly high number of strikes, 75. He forged those totals despite walking the first batter he faced, Curtis Granderson, who drew the Mets' lone free pass.
Bumgarner, who struck out 10 for the fourth time this season, flung first-pitch strikes to 24 of the 30 hitters he faced. He attributed his dominance to his control in general and his fastball command in particular.
"Being able to get ahead and throw strike one and get some quick outs with the fastball made the difference," said Bumgarner, whose other shutout was a one-hitter against Cincinnati on June 28, 2012.
Preceded in this series by Ryan Vogelsong's two-hitter Friday and Jake Peavy's 6 1/3 perfect innings Saturday, Bumgarner (13-8) sustained that pattern. His brief encounters with adversity occurred in the third inning, when Wilmer Flores lined a leadoff double, and the seventh, when David Wright sliced a one-out single. Mets manager Terry Collins employed a lineup consisting entirely of right-handed hitters, except for Granderson, in an effort to gain a platoon advantage. Bumgarner made a mockery of the time-honored strategy as he struck out at least one batter in every inning but the eighth.
"His delivery is such that you saw him get inside to a lot of right-handed hitters today," Collins said.
Bumgarner has won at least 13 games in four consecutive seasons. But perhaps the most impressive statistic associated with him is his age. He turned 25 last Friday and already has won 62 Major League games. He's among the biggest bargains in the Majors, with a contract that pays him $28 million from 2015-17. The Giants hold $12 million options on his services in '18 and '19.
It's quite possible that the person who cares least about any of that is Bumgarner himself.
"A lot of people are impressed with him on a daily basis -- who he is, how he handles himself," Pence said. "He's just a very special individual. It's not just how great he pitches."
Bumgarner's 9-2 road record is due largely to his 1.58 ERA away from home, third best in the National League. It helps that the offensively erratic Giants usually score sufficiently for him. Bumgarner entered Sunday with the league's third-highest run support, and the trend didn't change against the Mets.
The Giants could have expected a challenge from Mets starter Bartolo Colon (10-9), who had pitched a Major League-high eight consecutive home games in which he worked at least seven innings. That streak ended as he allowed six runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Pence interrupted a .105 (4-for-38) skid with a line-drive two-run homer that opened the scoring in the third inning. Brandon Belt, playing his second game since returning from the disabled list following a concussion, walloped a homer one inning later that took an impossibly parabolic trajectory over the right-field barrier.
The Giants added three runs in the fifth inning, an uprising that featured Bumgarner's single, RBI doubles by Pence and Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval's run-scoring single that finished Colon. Posey contributed a two-run homer in the seventh before Pence added his second homer in the ninth.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy relished the proficiency of key figures such as Pence (3-for-5, four RBIs), Posey (4-for-5, three RBIs) and Belt (11 homers in 172 at-bats).
"We're going to need them," Bochy said. "We're going to have to score runs down the stretch. We're going to see good pitching, and those are the guys you lean on."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Healthy Swaps: Summer Picnicsby Dana Angelo White in Healthy Tips, June 9, 2012
Is your calendar full of picnics and barbecues? Keep your body beach-ready by making these healthy swaps at your next outdoor party.
Instead of: A foot-long hot dog
Choose: A regular-sized wiener
The Payoff: 350 calories saved!
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Instead of: Over-sized burgers
Choose: Perfectly portioned turkey burgers (made with breast meat)
The Payoff: Less fat and more protein
Instead of: Mayo-drenched salads
Choose: Slaws and salads made with vinaigrette dressings
The Payoff: Sides free of saturated fat and cholesterol
Instead of: Cans of soda
Choose: Unsweetened iced tea
The Payoff: You'll cut out 10 teaspoons of sugar per beverage
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Thanks to Blogmama for the title. And thanks to NYRGuy for the link on the last thread to that unbelievable story that the NHLPA booked Team USA players for Sunday morning flights.
I am so jealous that I can't watch this game live. Hope youse all enjoy. Don't tell me the score.
Anybody want to predict a score (beforehand). My heart is saying USA, but my brain (poorly-functioning as it may be) is saying Canada. I'll go with 5-4.
By the way, I don't mind having two Canadian referees as much as I mind having one of them be Bill McCreary. Worst big-game ref, and he gets all the big games.
Is anybody counting Edzos today? Maybe they'll keep Pierre's microphone off like they did in the other US-Canada game.
Does anybody think Captain Clutch might actually score the gold-medal winning goal to add to his legacy? That would trump LL World Series/Hobey Baker, wouldn't it? Would it top Stanley Cup champion?
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TROUBLED York employer CPP is to make redundancies after it lost a major contract.
RBS confirmed that it would not be renewing the group's contract to provide mobile phone insurance from March, which CPP said was expected.
The loss follows other contract losses triggered by a 20-month investigation into mis-selling, by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
T-Mobile decided not to renew its mobile phone insurance with CPP in October and Barclaycard also decided not to renew contracts to provide card and identity protection last year.
About 50 staff at CPP in York, who worked on the RBS contract, are now in consultation over their jobs. The consultation could lead to redundancy or redeployment as the business reorganises to become a more customer-focussed business.
Most of the staff working on the RBS contract however, were based in CPP's Chesterfield office, which will now close. Its employees may be transferred to a new company carrying out the RBS contract under TUPE laws, and some may be redeployed to York.
The business, which provides card and identity protection and mobile phone insurance, said: "As previously indicated, the combination of the expected increase in FSA-associated costs, the anticipated decline of the UK business as a result of the restrictions imposed by the FSA, and lost business due to the decision by RBS not to renew its contract will have a substantial adverse impact on the business in 2013 and beyond."
It said it continued to make progress adjusting its UK business and reducing its cost base after revenues had been hit from a decline in new business. The business still has 200 business partners globally and is working mainly on renewals and servicing existing customers.
Hugh Bayley, MP for York Central, said: "This is sad news. There are bound to be short-term employment consequences but I believe CPP is fundamentally strong and will win new business as the economy strengthens.
"I have worked with the company in the past and will do all I can to help the company to find new contracts and protect jobs."
The company was ordered to pay a record fine of £10.5 million by the FSA and other costs, including compensation to customers, will take the total to about £33.4 million.


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Loss sets stage for Tech decision
Updated 12:46 am, Friday, March 15, 2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Interim Texas Tech men's coach Chris Walker watched the second half of his team's game against No. 7 Kansas with the same helpless feeling as many opposing Big 12 coaches over the years.
Walker saw the Jayhawks shot a season-best 66 percent from the field as they cruised to an easy 91-63 victory in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 championship tournament.
The real uncertainty for Walker set in immediately afterward, as he awaits Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt's decision on the Red Raiders' permanent coach.
Walker, 42, has repeatedly said he would like to be considered for the job.
"I want to take it day by day," Walker said. "I've done all I can do to make the case. The one thing I'm very appreciative of is the opportunity that I received from the university, and I'm very thankful for Kirby for having confidence in me to prove myself as a head coach."
Hocutt said that Walker will be considered for the job, but said he is looking at other head coaches and assistants as well. He stressed he has been looking at candidates virtually from the day that Billy Gillispie resigned before the season started.
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"We'll move quickly," Hocutt said.
Hocutt will be facing a challenge because the hiring of former Tech quarterback and Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury as the school's new football coach was so wildly popular with Red Raiders fans.
Whether Hocutt can find a basketball coach that will move the needle like that remains to be seen. The Red Raiders, who finished 11-20, haven't made an NCAA tournament appearance since 2007.
"We've got to get this right," Hocutt said. "It's too important not to get it right. Maybe never more an important time in the history of Texas Tech to make the right decision."
Kansas blew the game open with a sizzling offensive performance keyed by All-Big 12 guard Ben McLemore, who pumped in 24 points. The Jayhawks (27-5) advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament for the 15th time in the 17-season history of the conference.
"We were pretty efficient offensively when we didn't turn it over," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "Ben got us off to a good start before we puttered around, but we played a pretty good second half."
In the first game Thursday afternoon, Iowa State overcame a slow start to notch a 73-66 triumph over Oklahoma.
The Cyclones (22-10) lead the nation in 3-pointers, but missed their first 10 attempts from beyond the arc against the Sooners (20-11) and trailed by 14 points in the first half.
But a strong inside game keyed by Melvin Ejim (game-high totals of 23 points and 12 rebounds) enabled ISU to finish on a 25-6 spurt to claim its first Big 12 tournament victory since 2005.


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Books and Beyond: AU Project 2030, Academic Exploration for the Future
AU Library will hold its next installment of Books & Beyond later this month. Books & Beyond was created in 2011 to highlight faculty publications and projects that go "beyond" traditional boundaries of medium or discipline. Past events have highlighted faculty scholarship as well as provided guidance for graduate students and faculty seeking to publish in competitive journals.
This year's event marks the start of a rich collaboration with the Office of the Provost to spotlight AU Project 2030. AU Project 2030 identifies and promotes work in groundbreaking areas of scholarly exploration with a special emphasis on cross-disciplinary and emerging fields. Provost Bass will set the stage with a discussion of the goals of AU Project 2030 and its significance for American University. Faculty project leaders for two of the initiatives will discuss their inspiration, vision, and some of the findings of their projects. The featured talks will be "Ennobling and enabling: Walking the talk of disability technology, policy and education" by Derrick Cogburn (SIS), Sarah Irvine Belson (SETH) and Laura DeNardis (SOC) with Maya Aguilar (IDPP), and "The Environmental and Biological Bases of Cognitive Dementia" by Anthony Riley (Psychology/CAS) and Terry Davidson (Psychology/CAS).
Books & Beyond: AU Project 2030 will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the SIS Abramson Family Founders Room. Any member of the AU community can RSVP to Lennea Bower, library Programming Coordinator, at 202-885-3847 or email@example.com. Questions about this event or requests for information can be directed to email@example.com.
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Ennobling and enabling: Walking the talk of disability technology, policy and education
This talk provides the grounding for the three key elements of our AU 2030 project, grounded in our shared commitment to advancing the rights of individuals with disabilities. First, Derrick Cogburn (SIS) will discuss the global environment and cyberinfrastructure used to achieve the goals and the Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) for the ASEAN Region and the pathbreaking Masters of Comparative and International Disability Policy (CIDP). Next, Laura DeNardis (SOC) will provide the context relative to Internet Governance, particularly as it relates to global standards for accessibility of the Internet and information and communication technologies. The session ends with Sarah Irvine Belson (SETH) illustrating how creating educational opportunity for children with disabilities is a key aspect of our endeavor for basic human rights.
The Environmental and Biological Bases of Cognitive Dementia
Behavioral neuroscientists tackle disorders of the brain and behavior that are among the most costly, pernicious, and widespread threats to human health and the quality of life. None of these may have more devastating effects on the lives of their victims and the victim's families than Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-like cognitive dementias. The incidence of AD and other cognitive dementias is expected to nearly double by 2030 and to nearly double again by 2050. There is a critical need to discover the etiology of these disorders of brain and memory and to identify interventions that will prevent or slow the onset of this looming epidemic. This talk will present evidence that links brain pathology and cognitive decline to the consumption of diets that are known to produce obesity and to the use of certain addictive drugs. We will also describe how these diets and drugs weaken the brain's defenses, which leads to abnormalities in structures that are critical for cognitive functioning. By developing needed intellectual resources and infrastructure now, we see American University in 2030 as a place that is recognized worldwide for advancing understanding of the causes of dementia and cognitive decline and for identifying new and effective strategies for preventing or remedying these disorders.


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Did you know?The logo of Transnet, present owners of the Carlton Centre, sits outside on top.
If you've a head for heights and want the best view in Johannesburg, then be sure to visit the Top of Africa on the 50th floor of the 223m-high Carlton Centre, a building that just fails to make the list of the world's top 100 skyscrapers by a mere 40m.
The Top of Africa is a wrap-around viewing deck with stupendous 360° degrees views over Johannesburg. On a clear day you can see as far as the capital city of Pretoria, and at any time of year you'll be amazed at the number of trees you'll see – more than a million of them, making it the biggest urban forest in the world.
Take the lift up the 50-storey building – the highest in Africa and once the highest in the Southern Hemisphere – and prepare to be amazed at just how much you can see of the city and its lovely suburbs.
You can't fail to notice the old mine dumps that appropriately look like gold nuggets clustered around the south of the city. Remember that Johannesburg – also known as Egoli, or City of Gold – owes its history to the gold reefs that were discovered here in the late 1880s.
You won't, however, see any water anywhere. Johannesburg is the only major city in the world that is not built near a river or on the sea, thanks to those gold deposits that were the richest in the world.
There are helpful information boards posted around the deck and a particularly interesting exhibition of photographs about Gandhi and his connection with the city and South Africa's turbulent past.
Although the Carlton Centre, home of the Top of Africa, has lost some of its former glamour and glitz since it was first opened in 1973, and no longer hosts showbiz celebrities in its now-closed five-star hotel, the array of shops and bustling crowds make it a great place to feel the vibe of a modern African city.
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Who to contact
Top of Africa
Tel: +27(0) 11 308 1331
How to get here
Top of Africa is in Johannesburg's downtown Central Business District at 150 Commissioner Street. A really good way to get there is on the Johannesburg City Sightseeing Bus as this is one of the 12 stops en route.
Best time to visit
Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm; Saturday 9am to 5pm; Sunday 9am to 2pm.
Around the area
Constitution Hill, Gandhi Square, Market Theatre, Nelson Mandela Bridge, Apartheid Museum, Gold Reef City – all part of the Johannesburg City Sightseeing Bus tour.
Tours to do
The Johannesburg City Sightseeing Bus.
What will it cost
Adults R15, children (under 12) R10.
What to eat
There's a small restaurant but don't expect gourmet food.
Best buys
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When brainstorming Peeps ideas this year, I came up with some pretty good ones that were shot down: Peeps Sweet Potato Casserole. Peeps-Jello Salad. Twice-Baked Peep-Topped Sweet Potatoes. Peeps Ambrosia. The idea that did make the cut: Peep-Za.
Peeps on a pizza, well that's just gross. But Peeps on a pizza-like dessert — that is amazing. To make a Peep-Za, you just need a cookie crust, some frosting and the contents of your Easter basket: Peeps and M&Ms or whatever candy you like best.
For the crust, I like Cookie Monster's sugar cookie recipe because he's the most credible source for cookies I know, but you can take a shortcut and use store-bought sugar cookie dough. Same goes for the frosting; use store-bought if you don't have time to make homemade frosting.
I still stand by the Peeps Sweet Potato Casserole idea. Look for that one next year.


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This will be my 3rd posting but no one can tell me what they are, thought I would try again. These are pics of what I am inquiring about. I actual bought these from old farmstead place in SE Nebraska. The son's were selling items from there fathers farmstead, he was 95 and had been collecting items all his life. These were in a barn buried under other items. I had many inquires off without any luck? The Nebraska State Historical Society and reveiwing with several people came back with this thought -
"I'm sorry to say we're all still stumped. They don't look like anything we've ever dug up from an archeological site here in Nebraska. One coworker thinks they could be napkin rings from some kind of import store."
Where I found them I am not thinking that is what they are???
They are approx 1-3/8" tall x 1-1/4" wide and the inside dia is 3/4". The impressions are embedded in the pieces and not applied on. They have the look and feel of stone. Thanks for looking and hope someone can figure our what they really are and sovle the mystery? Driving me crazy not knowing!!
Thaks Mike


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Rusty though he was after playing very little golf for five months, Fred Couples once again found form at his beloved Riviera Country Club in the Northern Trust Open on Thursday.
The former world number one, who is competing in the PGA Tour event for a record 31st time, opened with a three-under-par 68 at a venue he ranks as one of his all-time top three on the circuit.
Not only did Couples finish just four strokes off the early lead set by fellow American Matt Kuchar but he outscored one of his two playing partners, Masters champion Bubba Watson, by a staggering nine shots.
"Obviously Bubba didn't play well today," the 53-year-old Couples, who has limited his playing schedule in recent seasons due to lingering back injuries, told reporters after mixing five birdies with two bogeys in dazzling sunshine at Riviera.
"I had a great pairing. Lee (Westwood) is phenomenal, a great player and hits the ball awfully clean and sharp."
British world number eight Westwood, the other member of the high-profile trio, also carded a 68.
"For me, I actually played very, very well," said Couples, who was champion here in 1990 and 1992. "It's always fun playing here.
"Last year I opened up with a 69 and this year with a 68, so I hope to come out and play well tomorrow, hit the ball solid and have another good round."
Couples, who has recorded 14 top-10 finishes in his 30 previous starts at Riviera, was surprised how well he fared on Thursday after barely competing since he pulled out of the Champions Tour's Boeing Classic in August due to back problems.
"Yeah I am (surprised), because I didn't play very well (in practice) yesterday or Tuesday, and I have not been playing really since August when I hurt myself," said the laidback American with the ultra-smooth swing.
"I have not really practised much ... I just don't feel like I'm quite ready to bang balls at a pace. So it's surprising but again I can figure my way out around this course."
Couples, who finished fourth in the Champions Tour's Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai last month in his first tournament of the year, was delighted to rebound from a par, bogey start on Thursday.
"From then on I played very, very well," said the 1992 Masters champion who for a few years lived just a mile from Riviera. "You've got to go out and play well here.
"I know there's going to be some good scores. It's irrelevant what everyone else is shooting, but I just want to play well and keep staying under par."
Couples, who is known for his languid swing and his prodigious length off the tee which earned him the nickname 'Boom Boom', has always relished the challenge of the small greens and shrewd bunkering on Riviera's par-71 layout
"I love the course," he said. "I feel like I'm a very good iron player and it's a good second shot course.
"I'm going to drive it in the rough but if you're in the fairways here with seven-, eight-, six-irons, you have to figure out how to far to hit it.
"The greens are teeny and I just like that. I grew up on that and always played well here," added Couples, a 15-times winner on the PGA Tour.


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The Larimer County Department of Natural Resources weed workgroup manages invasive plant species on over 30,000 acres in 27 parks and open lands. Invasive, non-native plants are known as noxious weeds and most are listed under the Colorado Noxious Weed Act. Noxious weeds threaten the ecological integrity, visitor usability of natural areas and negatively impacts the economy. Noxious weeds adapt easily to different eco-systems, displace native plant communities and wildlife and can potentially thrive in Larimer County. Weed specialists take an integrated management approach to contain and control these invasive exotic plants. By incorporating various methods of control and suppression, the long term management of invasive plants is more successful and sustainable. Individual integrated weed management plans are devised, implemented, monitored, and then revised for each of the parks and open lands properties:
Every property presents unique challenges that must be taken into consideration when developing a weed management plan. For example, in 2008 at Horsetooth Reservoir the steep hills and lack of four wheel drive access made controlling the densely populated Dalmatian toadflax a difficult task. Instead of utilizing herbicides in these areas, weed specialists have had to rely on the release of the insect bio-control mecinus janthinus, a stem boring weevil, to reduce and suppress the number of Dalmatian toadflax.
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— June 2003
By Ben Ellison
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B&G's wireless controller lets you monitor and control the company's Hydra and Hercules instruments and autopilots from anywhere on the boat. And should you fall overboard, it can both disengage the pilot and set off alarms. The 5"x3" unit runs 60 hours on a pair of AA batteries and is waterproof to the IP68 standard. Its 100x128-pixel transflective display can be programmed to display any data available on the B&G FastNet bus, to which its base station attaches. Besides giving a shorthanded boater greater freedom and safety, it also has an integral fluxgate hand-bearing compass to double-check your navigation. The device even includes a high-bright LED flashlight! The controller costs $1,200, the base station $300.
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The Veggie Table: Homemade Vegan Burgersby Janel Ovrut Funk in Uncategorized, July 11, 2010
You'd think that as a vegan, you have a multitude of choices out there when it comes to veggie burgers, right? Unfortunately, if you read the ingredient list of some veggie burgers or order one at your favorite veg-friendly restaurant, you may find that many are made with egg or cheese, which hold the patty together. And although I have found some favorite vegan veggie burgers at the grocery store, such as Dr. Praeger's or Trader Joe's Vegetable Masala Burger, sometimes I just want a little bit more bite in my burger. So I set out to make a veggie burger with a little more bulk that would hold up well in a whole wheat bun.
My recipe for a Tempeh Burger was inspired by a few I saw in Vegetarian Times. Using shredded tempeh in addition to cooked vegetables made for a heartier, protein-packed veggie burger.
Tempeh Veggie Burgers
Yield: 5 Burgers
2 tablespoons light miso paste (found in Asian markets or the international section of your supermarket)
1 8-ounce package tempeh, grated (you can use your hands to just pick it apart into bits)
6 teaspoons canola oil, divided
1/4 cup gluten flour or vital wheat gluten – found at Whole Foods or specialty grocery store
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 Portobello mushroom, gills and stem removed, grated
1/2 white onion, diced
1 small carrot, diced
1/4 cup fresh, canned or frozen corn kernels
1 medium red bell pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons ketchup
Preheat oven to 350F. Coat baking sheet with cooking spray. Dilute miso in 1/4 cup water in bowl. Stir in tempeh and 3t oil. Stir in flour and cornstarch. Mound tempeh mixture on prepared baking sheet. Cover with foil, and bake 20 minutes, or until heated through.
Heat remaining oil in skillet over medium heat. Add mushroom, onion, carrot, corn, pepper and garlic. Sauté 10 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Pulse vegetables and tempeh mixture with ketchup in food processor 6 or 7 times or until just blended (do not over blend).
Shape tempeh mixture into 5 patties. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate 4 hours, or overnight, to blend flavors. Bake in 350F oven for 15 minutes.
Looking to build your burger recipe collection? Try some of my other favorite veggie burger recipes:
- Bulgur Burgers With Chickpeas
- Chickpea Broccoli Burgers
- Acorn Squash Veggie Burgers
- Tempeh Soysage Burgers
TELL US: What's your favorite way to top a veggie burger?
Janel Ovrut, MS RD LDN, loves experimenting with vegetarian and vegan cooking. Read her food blog, Eat Well with Janel, and follow her on Twitter @DietitianJanel. Catch up on her previous posts here .


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Jason Y. Wood grew up sailing and fishing the lakes and waterways of New England. Family vacations to Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard instilled in him a love of the sea that continued through his studies at Bowdoin College in coastal Maine. His pursuit of fair winds and fish turned from passion to profession when he landed a job in 1997 as assistant editor at Offshore magazine, near Boston. Wood ascended to the national scene in 2000 with the vaunted and venerable Salt Water Sportsman, then located in Boston, where he served as associate editor. When the magazine moved to New York City at the end of 2004, Wood became the managing editor, helping with a comprehensive redesign and update of the title. He became managing editor of Yachting in 2008, and served as executive editor for two years.
Embracing his role as senior editor of Power & Motoryacht in 2011, Wood continues to enjoy covering the exciting and ever-changing world of boats and yachting. "The biggest thrill comes from trying to help the readers understand the sport better," he says. "I try to cast a sensible light on more complex topics, whether it's a new technology or a way to look at the market for buying or selling boats. The funny part is, I usually learn something—whether it's a different angle or an unusual twist to the story—from the readers I meet. The ongoing conversation is the best part."


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A STRONG fourth quarter saw Essex Leopards pick up their sixth Division One victory of the season on Saturday, beating Brixton Topcats 84-63.
Robert Youngblood's side outscored their hosts 30-14 in the final period to move up to seventh in the table.
Taner Adu led the way for Big Cats, scoring 23 points, while Greg Hernandez added 22, Simon Cummings 15 and Carl Josey 11 in a game that Youngblood sat out of due to a hamstring injury.
However, despite the final scoreline, it was the Topcats who took an 11-4 lead after four minutes, but three-pointers from Adu and Josey saw them stay in touch as they went into the first break trailing 22-17.
That lead was stretched to seven points as Brixton opened the second period scoring, but a Tom Martin three followed by a Hernandez score got the visitors moving, and five straight points from Adu gave them their first lead of the game at 31-28.
Some good defensive work held the hosts to just 10 points in the period and a long jump shot from Cummings followed by Josey's second three-pointer of the game sent Leopards into the locker room with a 39-32 lead.
Topcats opened the second half strongly with eight straight points to take the lead, but a massive block from Rowell Graham led to a transition three from Adu as Leopards regained the initiative.
A Cummings and-one saw the Big Cats take a 50-44 lead and Adu's score on the break sent them into the final interval 54-49 ahead.
Cummings made it a seven-point game with the first score of the fourth period and back-to-back scores from Hernandez saw the visitors' lead stretched to nine.
Leopards' fitness showed in the final eight minutes as they put on a display of dunking on the break with Ishmael Fontaine, Graham, Cummings and Dan Dunscombe all slamming the ball home.
The lead never dipped into single figures again and Josey effectively wrapped things up with another three-pointer to put the visitors 81-63 ahead going into the final minute, and Hernandez also drained from long range to wrap up the scoring.
Leopards return to action on Saturday at Bradford Dragons, the team just above Leopards in the standings.


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Time is on their side, pension fund leaders tell Pa. lawmakers
The heads of Pennsylvania's two public pension funds are putting a good face on their underfunded status.
At a hearing before the state House Appropriations Committee, the director of the State Employees' Retirement System encouraged lawmakers to put the state's $41 billion pension debt in perspective.
David Durbin says the systems were even more drastically underfunded in the 1980s, and as the economy began to rebound, so did the funds.
"Time is probably our greatest ally," Durbin said. "The reason we came out of the underfunding in the 1980s is not just the investment program but the compounding nature of time.
But a Republican state lawmaker points out that waiting for the pension funds to regain their footing would take up to 30 years based on projections, and the state and school districts would have to supplement the pension funds with billions of dollars in the meantime.
Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed a pension overhaul that calls for shrinking the scheduled payments the state must make to the pension funds and enrolling future public workers into a new kind of 401(k)-style retirement plan.
It has come under fire by the state's two largest public sector unions, as well as the Democratic state treasurer