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|A breaded and browned whole cut up chicken is slow cooked in a spicy sauce piquante.
Crockpot Chicken Sauce PiquanteI recently had the opportunity to review Emeril Lagasse's newest cookbook, Sizzling Skillets and this slow cooker recipe immediately caught my eye. Inexpensive chicken, spicy piquant sauce, and crockpot - good combination if you ask me. Hands down a winner and I think you will love it too!
I own a couple of Emeril's earlier cookbooks, and while I have enjoyed those, this one has already become my favorite by him. It's loaded with more than 130 recipes, representing a pretty wide variety of easy, one pot dishes that are both practical and delicious sounding, and I love the way that it's organized by cookery type - including, of course, recipes for a slow cooker! With recipes suited for big pots, casseroles and Dutch ovens, it's a perfect cookbook for the season too. And for those of you who are visual, there are plenty of full color photographs. Here's a little peek at just a few of the recipes I have bookmarked.
In the Skillets and Saute Pans chapter there's a Fettuccine with Crawfish Cream Sauce that sounds delicious and I love this iron skillet Chicken Pot Pie with a biscuit topper.
I'm also eyeing a great sounding recipe for Cheese Enchiladas with Smoky Red Chile Sauce, but I can't wait to try this Deep Dish Pizza from the Casseroles and Baking Dish chapter. Doesn't it look scrumptious?
In the chapter on Dutch Ovens there's a nice looking Chicken and Andouille Jambalaya that caught my eye, but these Red Wine and Port Braised Short Ribs served over stone ground grits really called to me.
In the chapter for Big Pots, I liked the Southern Style Chicken and Dumplings, Artichoke Soup with Poached Oysters and these Big Boy Meatballs and Spaghetti.
In the chapter on Woks, there's a yummy sounding Sweet and Sour Pork, a Seared Duck Salad and Salt and Pepper Shrimp that look interesting. And there's a Slow Cooker chapter where you'll find thing like Slow Cooked Pulled Pork, Chuck Wagon Chili, Red Bean and Rice Soup and, of course, this lovely Slow Cooker Chicken Sauce Piquante that I chose here.
Here's how to make it.
Heat 3 tablespoons canola oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Shake together 1/2 cup of all purpose flour and Cajun seasoning in a zippered bag and toss chicken in the flour mixture.
Brown chicken in batches for about 4 minutes per side.
Transfer to a 6 quart crockpot as it is browned.
Add 1 cup each of chopped onion and bell pepper and 1/4 cup of celery to the skillet; stir and cook for 3 minutes.
Add 2 teaspoons chopped jalapeno, 1-1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme and 2 bay leaves; cook another minute.You can use raw jalapeno, but I prefer the milder pickled version, well, mainly because it's always in the fridge!
Using kitchen shears, chop the tomatoes up right in the can and add to the skillet. You'll want 2 (14.5 ounce) cans of stewed tomatoes, undrained.
Add 1/4 cup of tomato paste.
Add in the 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
Bring the mixture up to a full boil.
Then transfer to the crockpot on top of the chicken.
Cook, covered, on low for 3 hours.
Remove bay leaves, sprinkle with red pepper flakes if desired, serve over cooked rice garnished with chopped parsley. Pass hot sauce at the table.
By the way, you'll probably have some leftover tomato paste for this recipe so be sure to use my tip to preserve the rest!
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Adapted from Sizzling Skillets and Other One Pot Wonders by Emeril Lagasse
Recipe: Crockpot Chicken Sauce Piquante©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min |Cook time: 3 hours | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 3 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
- 1 (3 to 4 pound) whole chicken cut up
- 1/2 cup of all purpose flour
- 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama), or to taste
- 1 cup of chopped onion
- 1 cup of chopped green bell pepper
- 1/2 cup of chopped celery
- 2 teaspoons of chopped, pickled jalapeno
- 1-1/2 teaspoons of chopped garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans of stewed tomatoes, undrained
- 1/4 cup of tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes
- Hot, cooked rice
- 1/4 cup of chopped, fresh flat leaf parsley, optional
- Hot sauce, for the table
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Shake together the flour and Cajun seasoning in a zippered bag and toss chicken in the flour mixture. Brown chicken in batches for 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a 6 quart crockpot as it is browned. Add the onion, bell pepper and celery to the skillet; stir and cook for 3 minutes, then add the jalapeno, garlic, thyme and bay leaves and cook another minute. Using kitchen shears, chop the tomatoes in the can and add to the skillet; add the tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, and salt. Bring to a boil, then transfer to the crockpot on top of the chicken. Cook, covered, on low for 3 hours. Remove bay leaves, sprinkle with red pepper flakes if desired, serve over cooked rice garnished with chopped parsley. Pass hot sauce at the table.
Cook's Notes: Piquant by definition is fairly spicy. If you want it more on the mild side, reduce the Cajun seasoning, and eliminate the red pepper flakes and hot sauce.
Stovetop Prep: To prepare this for the stovetop, prepare as above in a large Dutch oven, except add in 2 cups of water. You can also stir in 2 tablespoons of a prepared roux, or simply remove chicken and use a cornstarch and water slurry at the end to thicken sauce. Cover and low simmer for about 1-1/2 hours, checking periodically to see if additional water is needed, adding in only a little at a time so not to thin too much.
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by Lyn JuliusWhen I was growing up as the daughter of Iraqi Jews, I used to think that the language my parents spoke consisted largely of curses. My mother would insult the object of her scorn with wakamazzalem ('May their luck run out'). Woudja ! was an expression of pain and Wi Abel ! (O mourning - from the Hebrew evel), an expression of dismay. An idiot would be called zmal ( a donkey) or booma (an owl - anything but wise). Later, I discovered that there was more to the Judeo-Arabic language. It had marvellously sonorous words like bezoona (cat), darboona (corridor) and teeteepampa (mattress fluffer - a trade now sadly extinct.)
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There will also be a personal story given by a carer.
Presentations will be followed by workshops to allow carers to have their say on the Somerset Carers Strategy being re-written by the county council.
A Compass spokesman said: "This will be your chance to influence the development of services for carers in Somerset."
The afternoon will feature workshops on subjects including current service provision, problems, successes, transport and digital access to services.
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Wth guys you don't have a clue about their cost of living, nor the conditions they dealt with before the factories arrived.
10 yrs Ago I remember seeing documentaries where Chinese citizens were living in huts with thatched roofs. No running water and no power (not even battery op lights).
You really can't judge others society without A) being a part of it or B) witnessing it yourself.
As for the "Apple's rich they can afford it", well I suppose everyone ought to pay they neighborhood kid $100 a lawn mow, or your baby sitter $200 a night.
Your loaded you can go out to a nice dinner, so you should pay to make sure all their needs are met right? I mean since you hired them, it's your responsibility now... right?
I am not that old, and I clearly remember manufacturing $75,000 RV's @ $3.25 an hr. I can guarantee not one of their employees had one in their driveway. OB noes!
In addition, you need to consider the cost of living as well. When you can get noodles for 3-5 yuen ($0.48-$0.79), it actually is pretty proportional.
China is a place where there are parts that are super poor to super rich. Honestly, if they complain about the pay, tell them to stop having kids. It's all about supply and demand. When there are too many people, the cost for laborer decreases. It wouldn't be much different if there were 1.3 billion people in the US. Corporations are in it to make money, not to make world peace. They will do it however they can. If it's not China, it'll be Vietnam, or India.
So, yeah, they're doing something. And what's even better is that the employees that make **** for Dell, LG, Samsung, and others will gets raises to for Apple's efforts while those companies didn't do ****!
I just hope they do the right thing and point out how many other companies use these same factories, and how much of China's manufacturing employees in other factories are actually working under much worse conditions and making even less money while making 90% of what everybody uses every day!
I do not understand you people see another country's working conditions and instantly think they are terrible because they are not up to snuff with how the USA is current day. It takes time to work towards and strong economy and China is definitely doing that. At least there poor are out trying to get any job they possibly can to help their families living conditions. I can not say the same for many homeless Americans.
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A mid-size luxury crossover, the 2013 Lincoln MKX is powered by a 3.7-liter (Ti-VCT) V6 engine that produces 305 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque. FWD drivetrain is standard but an intelligent AWD option is offered (both drivetrains are paired to the same 6-speed automatic transmission). Features include trailer sway package, LED tail lamps, HID headlights, split-wing grille, 20-inch wheels, power liftgate, navigation system with SYNC®, adaptive cruise control with collision warning, rear view camera system, rain sensing wipers, leather interior, ambient lighting, panoramic vista roof, heated second row seats, heated/cooled front seats, heated steering wheel, and dual-zone electronic climate control. Safety is comprised of blind spot information system (BLIS), front-impact airbags, side-impact airbags, overhead airbags, stability control, anti-lock braking (ABS), and tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). The MKX is backed by a 4-year/50,000-mile warranty.Read more Read less
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BOWMEN of Pendle and Samlesbury have invited people of all ages to have a shot at archery this bank holiday weekend.
The bowmen will host their 'have-a-go fun open day' in the Nab's Head Lane grounds, Samlesbury, on Saturday, from 10.30am to 4.30pm. The event is part of Archery Great Britain's Big Weekend, when clubs throughout the country will be holding open days.
Pendle and Samlesbury chairman Di Clarke said: "This is an ideal opportunity for people to come along and have a go. Archery is a great sport for all the family.
"All equipment will be provided, no experience is needed and there's no age limit. We'll have people on hand to show you how to do it, so just turn up, shoot a few arrows and have fun."
The club dates back to 1902 and The Pendle Archers in the Clitheroe area. In 1932 the Archers merged with the Samlesbury Bowmen to create the Bowmen of Pendle and Samlesbury and for the next 74 years the club met at historic Samlesbury Hall. The nearby Nab's Head Lane site opened in 2006 and the club is in the process of extending and enhancing its clubhouse.
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By Capt. Ken Kreisler
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I've been told that there are grades of zinc anodes. Which one should I use for the best protection? R.G., via e-mail
For best protection against galvanic corrosion, use only zincs intended specifically for that purpose. Look for Mil Spec--a military specification standard--Mil-A-1800J stamped somewhere on the zinc. The final letter designation J is the lowest letter permitted for galvanic corrosion protection and indicates that the zinc meets the technical description. When you purchase a new zinc, make sure it has a J or higher letter. If not, or if no specification stamp is present, do not buy it.
Why must the charging voltage of a battery charger be more than 13 volts? A.S., via e-mail
If the battery charger and the battery have the same voltage, there will be no flow of current to the battery. (In fact, if the voltage of the battery is higher than that of the charger, the battery will discharge.) Most chargers are rated at 13.8 volts, a few at 14 or higher. The greater the difference between the voltages, the greater the current flow, and as battery voltage increases, the rate of charging will slow. Directly after charging, battery voltage may read as high as 14, but this "surface charge" will quickly drop as soon as a load is put on. If no load is present, the voltage will slowly decrease on its own.
I'm putting down new interior decking, and part of the galley sole is covered with vinyl tiles. Prying them up is quite difficult. Any suggestions? P.G., via e-mail
Set a steam iron to a medium setting and lay a piece of cloth over the tile. Run the iron back and forth across the cloth. As the vinyl and the adhesive heat up, you should be able to pry the tiles up with a putty knife. If the tiles still prove to be stubborn, increase the heat. If a steam iron is inconvenient, use a heat gun.
After you remove the tiles, you may find some surplus adhesive on the sole. Apply hot water to soften it sufficiently so you can scrape it up, or mix one part vinegar to three parts of water and let the liquid sit on the adhesive for at least 30 minutes. This should soften up the glue enough that you can remove it with a wide putty knife. Clean the knife off immediately to prevent the glue from building up.
If there is still some adhesive residue left that you need to remove, try grinding it smooth, but make sure to use safety goggles.
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I have a 2 1/2 lb wild boar pork loin that I am fixin to smoke. This unsavory fellow was eating all the Pinot Noir grapes and had to be fixed, so I am fixin him!
I am thinking about doing a St. Louis Style rub (24 hour application) with the Vinigar/bourbon mop and a St. Louis Style BBQ sause to finish. I am going to smoke over lump mesquete charcoal and use Pecan wood for smoke for about 3 hours I am thinking at 225 - 235.
I also have from this same grape eater some sausage that is un-cooked that I am thining I'll smoke for 45 min. Of course this meal will be searved with Piot Noir. LOL
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The big banks are strong enough to withstand a major global economic downturn, the industry's regulator says.
Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, National Australia Bank, ANZ and Macquarie Bank would all post significant losses in the event of a worldwide downturn but have the capital strength to survive, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) revealed on Thursday.
The statement comes after APRA put the banks under a ''stress test''. The test applies the hypothetical scenario of an escalation of Europe's fiscal problems, causing a dislocation in global debt markets and a sharp downturn in North Atlantic economies.
The Chinese economy is also assumed to slow, causing a sharp fall in commodity prices and the Australian dollar.
Local spending dries up, causing unemployment to rise to 12 per cent, economic growth to fall by five per cent, and house prices to plummet by 40 per cent.
''None of the banks would have failed under the downturn macro-economic scenario,'' APRA chairman John Laker told a business function in Brisbane on Thursday. ''This is a very positive result.''
In addition, none of the banks would have breached the minimum capital requirements as stated by international regulatory requirements, Mr Laker said.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently applied a stress test to Australia's banks, which Mr Laker said produced similar results.
''APRA's recent macro-economic stress test, together with the IMF's assessment, provides further confirmation that the Australian banking system has the capital strength to cope not just with the real-world stress test of the crisis, now stretching beyond five years, but with much greater adversity.''


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FOOD lovers were in for a special treat yesterday as writer Bee Wilson spoke about how we cook and eat.
Crowds gathered to listen to the historian and prize-winning food columnist, who made her third visit to the Swindon Festival of Literature to promote her latest book, Consider the Fork.
In an interactive and informal session, Bee talked about the history of various implements around the world and how our natural resources not only affect these implements but also our cuisine and our culture.
Bee, who also visited the town at previous festivals to discuss her books The Hive and Swindled, was delighted to be back in Swindon.
She said: "I am really happy to be back here, it is the third time I have come to the Swindon Festival of Literature and it is one of my favourite festivals.
"Matt is a brilliant Festival Director and I love going to see Lower Shaw Farm and seeing what is going on down there.
"I really like the format of this event because whereas normally I would just stand up and talk about the book this time it was more like a conversation and it's more interactive."
Bee is a former research fellow in the history of ideas at St John's College Cambridge, but moved out of academia to focus on her food writing.
Her latest book was inspired after meeting an editor at Penguin.
Bee said: "I first knew I wanted to be a food writer when I had a copy of The Penguin Cookery Book by Bee Nilson, and I imagined the name to be 'Bee Wilson'. Since then the thought of having my name on a Penguin paperback is such a thrill.
"I met with an editor just to talk about some ideas for a new book and I suggested a few and she just kept saying no, or that's not a book that's a long article. And then asked what about something on kitchen implements. And at first I wasn't that interested because I think there has been a lot done on the history of kitchens, and all I could think it would be is Downton Abbey. "But then I thought about questions like how did we cope before we had fridges or microwaves, and that really wasn't very long ago. And then I thought that actually this is a fascinating subject, and I was surprised that I hadn't thought about it."
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A charity has paid tribute to the outstanding contribution of a Silsden man who has died of a heart attack.
Martin Copping, who was 55, was a supporter of Yorkshire Cat Rescue - formerly known as Haworth Cat Rescue.
He was born in Ilkley but had been living in Silsden for about 18 years. He worked as a project manager for the Skipton branch of disaster recovery firm ISS.
His brother, Bryan, said: "He'd do anything for anybody. And whatever he did he'd always give 110 per cent."
Yorkshire Cat Rescue founder Sara Atkinson said: "Martin was passionate about helping abandoned and unwanted cats and kittens and had been a dedicated part of our team for many years.
"His sudden death has come as a shock to us all. He did so many odd jobs at our homing centre he was almost part of the fixtures. His are difficult shoes to fill and we will miss him very much."
His volunteering ranged from working at the cat homing centre, in Cross Roads, to helping with fundraising activities. More recently he had been involved in supporting the charity's new store, in Cavendish Street, Keighley.
Former campaign manager Corinne Moore, who attended his funeral, said: "Martin was a cat lover, a committed supporter of Yorkshire Cat Rescue and a friend to many. He always went the extra mile and spent long hours in supermarket foyers dressed up as Haworth Cat to help raise as much money as he could.
"He had a great sense of humour and would have loved the fact that Haworth Cat attended the service at Skipton Crematorium to honour his efforts to improve cat welfare."


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UPDATE 12.13.2010! It looks like the problem we discovered is Mac-only. We now have a repro case and are working on a new build. Please reply to this post if you've seen any issues with parameters not appearing on Windows machines (we can't repro that case). If you are running on a mac, please skip this build and we'll post another ASAP.
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Are you a fan of Asian style expansion? To me atleast the chines style very irritating. Dont really like to play in Pandaria. Only playing alts and some lvl 90 pvp. The chines are just so not fitting to wow.
Are you a fan of Asian style expansion? To me atleast the chines style very irritating. Dont really like to play in Pandaria. Only playing alts and some lvl 90 pvp. The chines are just so not fitting to wow.
How is it any different from the other styles in the game?
But I do like the look and feel of the Asian style in game.
I honestly love Pandaria and the Asian style. Its really different than any other place in WoW, and it has a nice tranquil quality to it. I love just hanging out in the mountains near the Temple of the White Tiger. Blizzard did a really good job on that continent. Can't wait to see how everything finishes.
I don't like how they based on entire continent on Asian/Chinese style, I agree its irritating.
Inb4 Northrend = viking themed, only Howling Ford and Storm Peaks are.
Finally someone agrees with me.
You know what I love about Pandaria?
It's all of Asia. We've got tibetans (Grummles), mongolians (Yaungol), Buddhists (Jinyu), Ancient China (Mogu), and modern china (Pandaren). We've even got the Klaxxi which are strange sort of Alien+Druid+Insectoid race that is unlike any of the previously encountered insectoid races. And then there are the Hozen who are... I guess an entire race of Frat Boys... But there's the Sha... emotion-manifest. Yeah it's probably old god stuff again, but it's nothing we've encountered before.
Standing around in the Shrines... just listening to the music, admiring the murals on the walls... this is without a doubt the richest and most detailed continent in the game.
The post that Blizzard banned me for:2014-11-28 19:55:26 [Trade - City] Potassiumgluconate: female dwarf butts are the best thing that this expansion has given us.Butts are a touchy subject.
Night elves=Asian inspired
Tauren= Naitive American Inspired
Worgens=British inspired
Human=american(they are..)
the list goes on.
Wrath of the Lich king=scandinavian based.
you don't like it, go play SWTOR...and really IT's a fantasy, you see that FANTASY MMO RPG!
I said it in a post earlier but as fun as MoP is interms of its design I find myself really looking back and craving a more traditional WoW setting. Whether it be Northrend or Outland or Cata etc. MoP just doesn't feel like WoW to me.
Where in that does it say that Asian overtones are not allowed or that it has to be strictly European-based? You should learn to stop being so narrow-minded. It'll help you in life's many endeavors.
I don't like the asian style.
I also believe they didn't develop the "norse aspect" of Northrend enough. But maybe that is because i love norse mythology and stuff.
i wonder how many people wouldve been going "ER MAH GERD ASIA" if the expansion was all about night elves
I'm pretty sure Southeastern asia was one of the few cultures that had yet to be represented by a WoW race.
Classic was ... classic.
BC was kind of odd, the sci-fi element was a bit jarring, but it was the first expansion so "different" was okay and Nagrand and Zangarmarsh were beautiful.
I actually found Northrend's art style to be really off-putting. The theme was undeath and dreary and they succeeded, with a bit of pioneer/rustic. Didn't like much of the music, didn't like much of how the dungeons and raids felt, didn't like much the way the player base ... changed (not so much which players, but how they chose to do things at that point).
Cata had a lot of variety, from underwater to inside a massive cavern/plane, to islands of rock and lava, and cultist-twisted regions, and a mini-pseudo-Egypt. A disappointment as an expansion, but not my least liked expansion by far.
I've quite enjoyed Pandaria's style, in part because it's not something most Western MMOs have touched upon.


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Having been a regular visitor over the past years it was disappointing this time around. We stayed at Opal Cove Resort for much less in better comfort and classier surroundings. Thank goodness for the fine dining at the Sandbag Restaurant which made the stop-over worthwhile. Money pinching facilities in room and especially poor internal lighting.
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The committee to select predoctoral dental students to participate in the Summer Dental Student Fellowship Program has completed its selection process and announced the successful scholars.
Thanks to the committee, led by Lisa Chung, DDS, MPH, who worked hard to review all the applicants and proposals.
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Harris County Sheriff's investigators said the girl was taken from the Fairbanks Library, 7122 Gessner Road near West Little York Road, about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Detectives said the girl was at the library with her mom and teenage sister. She got separated from her family and then a man lured her into his vehicle, deputies said.
A man working on a car at a nearby tire shop found the girl about 15 minutes later. She was crying and walking alone in a field near another library at the intersection of Tanner Road and Gessner Road.
The library has surveillance cameras, but they were not working at the time, authorities said.
The man was described as Hispanic, 30 to 35 years old, 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 5 inches tall and about 180 pounds with an average build and protruding stomach. He was last seen wearing a dark-colored jumpsuit or jogging suit and a black Chicago Bulls cap.
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Exactly what the title says. I have BT2 as the only OS on my laptop right now ( Sony Vios VGN-fs640W) and i decided that i wanted Windows on their as well for other purposes. Now when i put in the actual Windows XP Home edition cd in. It goes straight to lilo and loads bt2. Now i figure it's just because its a cd and the Sony will only read DVD ISOs. So i try Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn which is on a dvd. It still skips it. I have it set so i can boot frmo optical drive and it just does nothing. I can hear the dvd drive moving and reading it but Lilo just loads and then bt2 loads. Any ideas why? I had a couple rough installs with bt2 ( took about 4 for a good HDD install ) so maybe i could have damaged something? I googled for a couple hours and nothing. Any help would be nice. If worse comes to worse, i guess i will have to order the sony recovery disc.
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Young Conservatives begins national tour to remove anti-gay language from GOP platform
Postedon Jun 04, 2014 at 11:07 am
Today Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry begins a national tour in key 2016 swing states as part of its "Reform the Platform" initiative to strike anti-gay language from the national GOP platform.
Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry release memo on Republican support of marriage
Postedon Mar 26, 2014 at 08:01 am
Today Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry released a memo outlining recent support of the freedom to marry within the Republican party, including strong Republican polling; vocal support among GOP lawmakers in the states; and the lack of opposition to marriage from Republican electoral candidates.
Political Insiders poll shows huge gains in support for the freedom to marry
Postedon Jan 11, 2013 at 04:15 pm
A new poll from Political Insiders in The National Journal indicates significant growth in support of ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage. 97 percent of Democratic respondents and 27 percent of Republican respondents said that their respective parties should support the freedom to marry.
NOM Fails in New Hampshire Primary Elections
Postedon Sep 13, 2012 at 10:18 am
In Tuesday's primary elections in New Hampshire, Republican legislators who opposed repealing the freedom to marry overwhelmingly won their primaries.
Young conservatives send RNC letter in support of marriage
Postedon Aug 17, 2012 at 09:52 am
Today, the leadership committee of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry sent a letter to the platform committee of the Republican National Committee urging them to reject using anti-marriage language in this year's National Party Platform.
House Democratic Leader Pelosi endorses freedom to marry plank in 2012 platform
Postedon Feb 15, 2012 at 07:50 am
Just two days after launching our Democrats Say I Do campaign calling on the Democratic Party to adopt a plank in support of the freedom to marry, House Leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed the proposed plank.
Freedom to Marry's Top Ten Moments for Marriage in 2011
Postedon Dec 16, 2011 at 09:10 am
As we gear up for 2012 and our strategies for gaining more ground in the campaign to win marriage nationwide, here's a look back at Freedom to Marry's Top Ten Moments for Marriage in 2011.
Minnesotan Republican pens powerful commentary in favor of marriage
Postedon Oct 17, 2011 at 04:14 pm
This past weekend, Minnesotan Republican Wheelock Whitney published a powerful opinion editorial in the Star Tribune about his opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban marriages for gay and lesbian couples.
Two NY Republican Assemblywomen Celebrated the Freedom to Marry with their Families Last Weekend
Postedon Aug 18, 2011 at 12:26 pm
This past weekend, two New York Assemblywomen witnessed family members making that special commitment of marriage to another person—of the same sex. Assemblywomen Teresa Sayward, R-Willsboro, and Janet Duprey, R-Peru, witnessed and celebrated the freedom to marry after being part of the historic vote that brought the freedom to marry to New York.
Leading Republican and Democratic Pollsters Find Rapid Increase in Support for the Freedom to Marry
Postedon Jul 27, 2011 at 11:33 am
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Yes, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has gone up too much. Yes, JNJ is now richly valued; a 29% gain with a 2.5 Price/Earnings/Growth rate is expensive. But if you sell it, the question is, will you be able to get back in?
Here are a couple of things that you need to think about when you consider JNJ's price.
First, this one had been totally undermanaged by former CEO William Weldon. Undermanaged is a euphemism for badly managed, because, under Weldon, everything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong. So, I would say the stock should never have been as low as it was when Alex Gorsky took it over a little more than a year ago.
It was hard to do worse than Weldon, particularly when it came to what seems like the endless recalls for their consumer products, like Tylenol. Now, though, that division is bouncing back. Best example: Extra Strength Tylenol's market share has doubled in the short time since it came back on the market.
Second, the pharmaceutical and medical device businesses are performing above levels this company saw under Weldon. I know it seems almost too good to be true to ascribe so much to Gorsky's leadership, but it's as if the whole company's energized by the guy, and the sales force just seems to be doing much better in very competitive product environments.
I know the oncology franchise is coming on strong, and the anti-psychotics business has been boosted by long-acting methods of delivery. Those were in the works before Gorsky came in. Still, when you go through the quarter, you can tell that this company has real revenue growth -- not just that kind of bottom-line nonsense that JNJ pulled out of a hat for years through buybacks or tax rates or anything that made it look like it was doing better.
I still favor breaking this company up. I still think there is a lot of hidden value. But Gorsky has already scaled back loser divisions and invested more in the winners.
In short, the guy is as good as Weldon was bad. So you can ring the register. Can't blame anyone. But I can't wait for my charitable trust to get back in JNJ if the price comes down. It's the class of the field with fabulous growth and, best of all, no more recalls.


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The Rhythm method is one of the Calendar-based methods of birth control. There are various methods of estimating a woman's likelihood of fertility, based on a record of the length of previous menstrual cycles. Various systems are known as the Knaus-Ogino Method, and Standard Days Method. These systems may be used to achieve pregnancy, by timing unprotected intercourse for days identified as fertile, or to avoid pregnancy, by restricting unprotected intercourse to days identified as infertile.
The first formalized calendar-based method was developed in 1930 by John Smulders, a Roman Catholic physician from the Netherlands. It was based on knowledge of the menstrual cycle which was independently discovered by the gynecologists Hermann Knaus (Austria), and Kyusaku Ogino (Japan). This system was a main form of birth control available to Catholic couples for several decades, until the popularization of symptoms-based fertility awareness methods. A new development in calendar-based methods occurred in 1999, when Georgetown University introduced the Standard Days Method. The Standard Days Method is promoted in conjunction with a product called CycleBeads, a ring of colored beads which are meant to help the user keep track of her fertile and non-fertile days.
Some sources may treat the terms rhythm method and fertility awareness as synonymous.[1] However, fertility awareness is usually used as a broad term that includes tracking basal body temperature and cervical mucus as well as cycle length. The World Health Organization considers the rhythm method to be a specific type of calendar-based method, and calendar-based methods to be only one form of fertility awareness.[2]
More effective than calendar-based methods, systems of fertility awareness that track basal body temperature, cervical mucus, or both, are known as symptoms-based methods. Teachers of symptoms-based methods take care to distance their systems from the poor reputation of the rhythm method.[3] Many consider the rhythm method to have been obsolete for at least 20 years,[4] and some even exclude calendar-based methods from their definition of fertility awareness.[5]
Some sources may treat the terms rhythm method and natural family planning as synonymous. In the early twentieth century, the calendar-based method known as the rhythm method was promoted by members of the Roman Catholic Church as the only morally acceptable form of family planning. Methods accepted by this church are referred to as natural family planning (NFP): so at one time, the term "the rhythm method" was synonymous with NFP. Today, NFP is an umbrella term that includes symptoms-based fertility awareness methods and the lactational amenorrhea method as well as calendar-based methods such as rhythm.[6] This overlap between uses of the terms "the rhythm method" and "natural family planning" may contribute to confusion.
The term "the rhythm method" is sometimes used, in error, to describe the behavior of any people who have unprotected vaginal intercourse, yet wish to avoid pregnancy.
Early methodsEdit
It is not known if historical cultures were aware of what part of the menstrual cycle is most fertile. In the year 388, Augustine of Hippo wrote of periodic abstinence. Addressing followers of Manichaeism, his former religion, he said, "Is it not you who used to counsel us to observe as much as possible the time when a woman, after her purification, is most likely to conceive, and to abstain from cohabitation at that time...?"[7] If the Manichaieans practiced something like the Jewish observances of menstruation, then the "time... after her purification" would have indeed been when "a woman... is most likely to conceive."[8] Over a century previously, however, the influential Greek physician Soranus of Ephesus had written that "the time directly before and after menstruation" was the most fertile part of a woman's cycle; this inaccuracy was repeated in the sixth century by the Byzantine physician Aëtius Amidenus. Similarly, a Chinese sex manual written close to the year 600 stated that only the first five days following menstruation were fertile.[8] Some historians believe that Augustine, too, incorrectly identified the days immediately after menstruation as the time of highest fertility.[9]
Written references to a "safe period" do not appear again for over a thousand years.[8] Scientific advances prompted a number of secular thinkers to advocate periodic abstinence to avoid pregnancy:[10] in the 1840s it was discovered that many animals ovulate during estrus. Because some animals (such as dogs) have a bloody discharge during estrus, it was assumed that menstruation was the corresponding most fertile time for women. This inaccurate theory was popularized by physicians Bischoff, Pouchet, and Adam Raciborski.[8][9] In 1854, an English doctor named George Drysdale correctly taught his patients that the days near menstruation are the least fertile, but this remained the minority view for the remainder of the nineteenth century.[8]
Knaus-Ogino or rhythm methodEdit
In 1905 Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, a Dutch gynecologist, showed that women only ovulate once per menstrual cycle.[11] In the 1920s, Kyusaku Ogino, a Japanese gynecologist, and Hermann Knaus, from Austria, working independently, each made the discovery that ovulation occurs about fourteen days before the next menstrual period.[12] Ogino used his discovery to develop a formula for use in aiding infertile women to time intercourse to achieve pregnancy.
In 1930, John Smulders, a Roman Catholic physician from the Netherlands, used Knaus and Ogino's discoveries to create a method for avoiding pregnancy. Smulders published his work with the Dutch Roman Catholic medical association, and this was the official rhythm method promoted over the next several decades.[12] In 1932 a Catholic physician published a book titled The Rhythm of Sterility and Fertility in Women describing the method,[10] and the 1930s also saw the first U.S. Rhythm Clinic (founded by John Rock) to teach the method to Catholic couples.[13]
Later 20th century to presentEdit
In the first half of the twentieth century, most users of the rhythm method were Catholic; they were following their church's teaching that all other methods of birth control were sinful. In 1968 the encyclical Humanae Vitae included the statement, "It is supremely desirable... that medical science should by the study of natural rhythms succeed in determining a sufficiently secure basis for the chaste limitation of offspring." This is interpreted as favoring the then-new, more reliable symptoms-based fertility awareness methods over the rhythm method. Currently, many fertility awareness teachers consider the rhythm method to have been obsolete for at least 20 years,[4] and calendar-based methods are not classified as NFP by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.[14]
New attention was drawn to calendar-based methods in 1999, when Georgetown University introduced the Standard Days Method. Designed to be simpler to teach and use than the older rhythm method, the Standard Days Method is being successfully integrated into family planning programs worldwide.
Types and effectivenessEdit
Most menstrual cycles have several days at the beginning that are infertile (pre-ovulatory infertility), a period of fertility, and then several days just before the next menstruation that are infertile (post-ovulatory infertility). The first day of red bleeding is considered day one of the menstrual cycle. To use these methods, a woman is required to know the length of her menstrual cycles.
Imperfect use of calendar-based methods would consist of not correctly tracking the length of the woman's cycles, thus using the wrong numbers in the formula, or of having unprotected intercourse on an identified fertile day. The discipline required to keep accurate records of menstrual cycles, and to abstain from unprotected intercourse, makes imperfect use fairly common. The actual failure rate of calendar-based methods is 25% per year.[15]
Rhythm method (Knaus-Ogino method)Edit
To find the estimated length of the pre-ovulatory infertile phase, nineteen (19) is subtracted from the length of the woman's shortest cycle. To find the estimated start of the post-ovulatory infertile phase, ten (10) is subtracted from the length of the woman's longest cycle.[16] A woman whose menstrual cycles ranged in length from 30 to 36 days would be estimated to be infertile for the first 11 days of her cycle (30-19=11), to be fertile on days 12-25, and to resume infertility on day 26 (36-10=26). When used to avoid pregnancy, the rhythm method has a perfect-use failure rate of up to 9% per year.[15]
A software program developed in Germany from 1995 to 2001, Perimon is a stricter variant of the rhythm method. It requires a greater period where unprotected sex is not allowed when used to avoid pregnancy, designating a maximum of 10.5 days each cycle as infertile. No clinical studies have been done to determine effectiveness, but the program's developers claim a perfect-use failure rate of 4% per year. The Perimon software requires a paid subscription.[17]
Standard Days MethodEdit
Developed by Georgetown University's Institute for Reproductive Health, the Standard Days Method has a simpler rule set and is more effective than the rhythm method. A product, called CycleBeads, was developed alongside the method to help the user keep track of estimated high and low fertility points during her menstrual cycle. The Standard Days Method may only be used by women whose cycles are always between 26 and 32 days in length. In this system, days 1-7 of a woman's menstrual cycle are considered infertile. Days 8-19 are considered fertile. Infertility is considered to resume beginning on day 20. When used to avoid pregnancy, the Standard Days Method has a perfect-use failure rate of 5% per year.[18] According to mayoclinic.com, women in their late 30s and early 40s tend to have shorter menstrual cycles. Consequently, the fertile phase may begin on day five rather than day eight, bringing the total number of potentially fertile days to 14.
The Standard Days method (SDM) is increasingly being introduced as part of family planning programs in developing countries. The method is satisfactory for many women and men who find other methods unacceptable; offering it through family planning centers results in a significant increase in contraceptive use among couples who do not want to become pregnant.[19][20] The low cost of the method may also enable it to have a significant positive impact in countries that lack funding to provide other methods of birth control.[21]
Potential concernsEdit
Failure rateEdit
One concern related to the use of calendar-based methods is their relatively high failure rate, compared to other methods of birth control. Even when used perfectly, calendar-based methods, especially the rhythm method, result in a high pregnancy rate among couples intending to avoid pregnancy. Of commonly known methods of birth control, only the cervical cap and contraceptive sponge have comparably high failure rates. This lower level of reliability of calendar-based methods is because their formulas make several assumptions that are not always true.[16]
The postovulatory (luteal) phase has a normal length of 12 to 16 days,[22] and the rhythm method formula assumes all women have luteal phase lengths within this range. However, many women have shorter luteal phases, and a few have longer luteal phases.[23] For these women, the rhythm method formula incorrectly identifies a few fertile days as being in the infertile period.[16]
Calendar-based methods use records of past menstrual cycles to predict the length of future cycles. However, the length of the pre-ovulatory phase can vary significantly, depending on the woman's typical cycle length, stress factors, medication, illness, menopause, breastfeeding, and whether she is just coming off hormonal contraception. If a woman with previously regular cycles has a delayed ovulation due to one of these factors, she will still be fertile when the method tells her she is in the post-ovulatory infertile phase. If she has an unusually early ovulation, calendar-based methods will indicate she is still in the pre-ovulatory infertile phase when she has actually become fertile.[16]
Finally, calendar-based methods assume that all bleeding is true menstruation. However, mid-cycle or anovulatory bleeding can be caused by a number of factors.[24] Incorrectly identifying bleeding as menstruation will cause the method's calculations to be incorrect.[16]
Embryonic healthEdit
It has been suggested that unprotected intercourse in the infertile periods of the menstrual cycle may still result in conceptions, but create embryos incapable of implanting.[25] It has also been suggested that pregnancies resulting from method failures of periodic abstinence methods are at increased risk of miscarriage and birth defects due to aged gametes at the time of conception.[26] Newer research suggests that timing of conception has no effect on miscarriage rates,[27] low birth weight, or preterm delivery.[28]
- ↑ (2008). Rhythm Method. Contraception.net. URL accessed on 2008-05-18.
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External linksEdit
- CycleBeads - A website promoting the Standard Days Method


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AMD Catalyst 13.9 WHQL Drivers Availableby Jarred Walton on 9/19/2013 4:31 PM EST
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Elixer - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkSadly, it seems AMD has dropped support for Vista with this WHQL driver, and all the new beta drivers as well.
This seems really shortsighted on AMD's part.
Both Intel & Nvidia still support Vista. Reply
Gigaplex - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkWhile it does seem short sighted, I doubt many users wishing to stay on the bleeding edge on graphics drivers are still using Vista. Reply
HGLatinBoy - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkGottem Reply
Ryan Smith - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkWe've been trying to get a comment out of AMD on that, which is why this wasn't posted right away. If we succeed we'll be sure to update this article. Reply
dragonsqrrl - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkThanks for the info Reply
Elixer - Monday, September 30, 2013 - linkStill no word on this ?
I thought at the GPU event, it would have been easy to ask ? Reply
RU482 - Sunday, September 22, 2013 - linknot sure if serious Reply
Bonee - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkWell, as I see they still failed to address the graphics accelerating related bugs in windows 8 x64... Reply
Wreckage - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkStill no official support for frame pacing. It's been nearly 2 years. Reply
JPForums - Monday, September 23, 2013 - linkTwo years since when?
Problems with frame latency with the 7950 (and apparently other 7000 series cards) were quantified late (December) last year IIRC. The result was new sets of drivers from AMD that addressed latency and not just frame rate. This was a generic issue, not specific to crossfire setups.
In February of this year, there was some notion that Crossfire may have a serious issue. Work started to quantify what exactly this was. Some time in April, AMD acknowledged that there was a problem and it had totally taken them by surprise. It has been less than a 1/2 year since then.
Nvidia has apparently been working on the FCAT toolset for something like 2 years, but how would AMD know that. Yes AMD has issues that they should be able to resolve with proper frame pacing. Yes, Nvidia figured this out well more than two years ago (kudos to them). However, it took them more than two years to get to the point where they were ready to show the world. Why do so many people expect the same out of AMD in less than 1/4 the time.
Bottom line: I don't recommend AMD for multiGPU solutions and won't until they get their lack of smoothness fixed. That has been my standpoint long before FCAT and frame latency measurements showed up on review sites as it stuttering was pretty obvious. In fact, I didn't really recommend multiGPU setups at all until the GTX200 series and I still didn't particularly like them until the GTX400 series. That all said, I don't see how people can reasonably expect AMD to fix this problem in less than half a year when Nvidia took well more than two years to do the same. Just continue dodging AMD for multiGPU setups until they get it straightened out. People who are fine with AMD multiGPU setups should still be fine with them. They didn't suddenly get any worse. It just became easier to test for the problem. Reply
TheBeagle - Sunday, September 22, 2013 - linkUnfortunately, it presently appears that the AMD Mobility Radeon Driver Verification Tool web link is presently in the crapper. Hope AMD (or the article author) gets that link fixed real soon. Have a great day! Reply
ketacdx - Monday, September 23, 2013 - linkFor some reason this or the beta 13.10 wont seem to install on my A10-4655M with Radeon 7620G. 13.4 worked fine but this one the display driver portion either says up to date or wont show anything if I try to install from scratch...annoying... Reply


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Pull into the parking lots at Salt River Project's headquarters in Tempe and you will notice electric vehicle charging stations sprinkled throughout for the convenience of employees and customers. More Level 2 (240 Volt) charging units are coming, as SRP continues to invest in its "green fleet."
As part of the company's green fleet program, SRP is increasing its line of new-technology vehicles with the addition of five new Ford plug-in hybrid electric vehicles – three Fusion Energi and two C-MAX Energi – which are scheduled to arrive in October. Currently, SRP has five Chevy Volts; a total of 15 green vehicles will be leased by 2014.
"The initial five Chevy Volts were added to SRP's fleet as part of a demonstration project with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to help determine the impact of electric vehicles on the Valley grid," said Jim Wood, SRP's manager of transportation.
The electric vehicles are being rotated through the company to get a wide variety of driving distances and habits. As part of the program, an OnStar system will collect data such as drive time, state of charge, charging details, trip routes and charging locations. In the same vein, Ford's MyFord ® Mobile app will collect rich data for the company on employee driving and charging habits, with the goal of improving all-electric driving and charging performance. The MyFord ® Mobile app also provides drivers and fleet managers with real-time battery charge status, a vehicle locator and value charging, which allows a car to automatically recharge during lower-cost, off-peak electricity rates, when there is less strain on the electrical grid.
A team of representatives from departments throughout SRP, including Facilities, Transportation Services, Load Research, Environmental Management, Policy & Compliance (EMPC) and others, will continue to review and analyze data collected on the performance of the technology.
The project will help SRP collect information on how the plug-in hybrid is used and charged. The Volt, for example, is powered only from electricity stored in its 16-kilowatt-hour (kWh) lithium-ion battery for a typical range of 25 to 50 miles. The on-board engine provides electricity to power the drive unit for extended-range capability, and it plugs into a standard household 120-volt outlet (or 240 volts for charging.)
SRP is building excitement among its employees by allowing them to vote on the best custom-designed wrap for each of the new Ford plug-in hybrids.
The top five employee-voted designs will be announced Nov. 7. In addition, employees are now test-driving SRP's plug-in hybrids to become more familiar with the technology and to find out why SRP is adding these vehicles to its fleet.
"We're very proud of the high level of interest that employees have demonstrated during our fall transportation campaign. These new additions to our green fleet will not only reduce emissions, but are fun to drive. Perhaps you'll spot one during your next commute," said Kelly Barr, senior director of Environmental Management Policy & Compliance.
SRP is the largest provider of power and water to the great Phoenix metropolitan area.


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This morning we put a call in to Gold's Gym's gayest location in Dallas, at 2425 McKinney Ave. in Uptown, to find out whether management there had any thoughts on the controversy over Robert Rowling's $2 million in contributions to American Crossroads, the Karl Rove co-founded group that is working to help elect several anti-gay candidates across the country this election cycle.
Rowling, a Highland Park billionaire, is the CEO for TRT Holdings, which is the ownership group for both Gold's Gym and Omni Hotels. And his contributions have led to a petition calling for Gold's Gym to stop supporting anti-gay candidates.
We ended up talking with Brad Bean, who happens to be the district manager for Gold's Gym's four corporate-owned locations in Dallas. The company's other six locations in Dallas are franchises, Bean said.
"From a corporate perspective, diversity is a core part of our organization, and we don't discriminate," Bean said. "We have zero tolerance. We're not a political organization, and we don't use our revenue source to fund political organizations."
Bean's statement is essentially a shortened version of the one released by Gold's Gym International on Monday, which we've posted below. A copy of the statement was sent over this morning by Dave Reiseman, vice president of communications for Gold's Gym International, which happens to be headquartered at 125 E. John Carpenter Freeway in Irving.
We also spoke with Reiseman briefly this morning, and he stressed that Rowling is not the CEO for Gold's Gym; he is the CEO for TRT Holdings, which is the ownership group.
"Not a nickel of Gold's Gym's money, from our members or our franchisees or our employees, went to American Crossroads or any other political organization," Reiseman told Instant Tea. "Gold's Gym is an apolitical organization, and we do not donate to political causes or candidates of any kind."
But doesn't the company generate a profit for Rowling, who could then have given that money to American Crossroads?
"I think one day if the company is ever sold, he may make a profit there, but right now they just re-invest all the profits back into the business," Reiseman said. "Needless to say, the LGBT community is hugely important to us. We're proud to have a strong membership base. A lot of our employees are part of the LGBT community, and so are a lot of our employees here at the corporate office and our franchisees."
And speaking of franchisees, Reiseman says two of them in San Francisco were flat out lying when they announced Monday that they're leaving the brand over Rowling's American Crossroads contributions. Rather, discussions about termination of their franchise agreements for unrelated reasons began months ago, Reiseman said. This statement is below as well.


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NEW YORK CITY - The University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team was the beneficiary of a Columbia own goal in the first half on Saturday evening, and that was enough as the Quakers defeated the Lions, 1-0, at the CU Soccer Stadium.
With the win, Penn improved to 2-1-0 in Ivy League play and 7-1-3 overall. Columbia fell to 6-4-3 overall, 0-2-1 in Ivy play.
The own goal came off a corner kick less than five minutes into the contest. Amidst a scramble in front, the ball hit off a Lion defender and went into the goal..
From there, it was up to the Penn defense to preserve the shutout, which the Quakers did for their third straight clean sheet and eighth this season.Penn outshot Columbia just8-7, but the Lions put only two of their shotson goal and Kalijah Terilli was equal to both efforts. The Quakers, meanwhile, put six of their eight shots on goal and forced Allison Spencer to make six stops.
Penn returns to action on Monday, this time heading South to face Navy. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.
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Carlos Santana of the Indians named the AL Player of the Week
Cleveland Indians infielder and designated hitter Carlos Santana has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending July 27th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.
Santana batted .556 (15-for-27) with three doubles, six home runs, 10 RBI, five walks and eight runs scored in seven games to capture his first career weekly honor. It is the second straight Player of the Week Award for the Indians (also Jason Kipnis), marking the first back-to-back wins for the Tribe since Manny Ramirez (September 17, 2000) and Bartolo Colon (September 24, 2000). In addition to Kipnis and Santana, 2014 All-Star Michael Brantley won for the week ending June 15th. Among Major League leaders, Santana led all hitters in batting average, homers, hits, runs scored, total bases (36) and slugging percentage (1.333), and was second overall in RBI and on-base percentage (.636). Among his league counterparts, he was tied for second in walks. His five free passes during the week give him 72 on the season, leading all Major Leaguers.
On Tuesday, Santana tied a season high with four hits, including two doubles and a homer, to boost Cleveland over the Minnesota Twins, 8-2, at Target Field. The switch-hitter collected two RBI and two runs scored in the contest. After going 2-for-4 with a pair of walks and scoring the Indians' only run in a 2-1, 14-inning defeat at Kansas City on Thursday, the 28-year-old returned on Friday to the tune of two homers and three runs scored, but Cleveland was again outlasted by the Royals, 6-4. The two bombs marked the Dominican Republic native's first multi-homer effort of the season and the third in his five-year career. A day later, Santana blasted another homer, along with a double, but his efforts were not enough as Kansas City triumphed, 7-5. In the final tilt of a four-game set on Sunday, Carlos and the Indians offense posted double-digit runs for just the second time in July with a decisive 10-3 win over Kansas City. Santana went a perfect 3-for-3 with two homers, four RBI and a walk in the victory. With home runs in three consecutive games, Carlos matches his career best set from April 28-30, 2011. He finished the Kansas City series batting .643 (9-for-20) with a double, five homers, eight RBI, five walks and six runs scored, marking the first time in Royals history that an opposing player hit five home runs in a series against them. Additionally, he became the first player in Baseball this season to hit five homers in a series (last accomplished by San Francisco's Hunter Pence from September 12-15, 2013 against the Dodgers). Santana tied an Indians record for homers in a single series, a feat previously accomplished by Hal Trosky (1934), Joe Carter (1989), Albert Belle (1995), Matt Williams (1997) and Travis Hafner (2004).
Other noteworthy performances last week included 2014 All-Stars Jose Altuve (.464, 13 H) of the Houston Astros, Yoenis Cespedes (.333, 3 HR, 9 RBI) of the Oakland Athletics and Chris Sale (2-0, 0.60 ERA, 15.0 IP, 3 BB, 20 SO) of the Chicago White Sox; as well as David Ortiz (5 HR, 12 RBI) of the Boston Red Sox and Zach Britton (4 SV, 0.00 ERA, 0 BB, 7 SO) of the Baltimore Orioles.
In recognition of his American League Player of the Week Award, Carlos Santana will be awarded a watch courtesy of Game Time, the leader in licensed sports watches, available at MLB.com.


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Fostering students' personal development through designing a Personal Tutorship Programme in e-learning environments. (2013-02)This paper addresses the importance of Personal Development of students in virtual learning environments and designs a specific approach for fostering their personal capabilities facilitated by a Personal Tutorship Programme ...
Frames of war: when is life grievable? (invited review essay) (Taylor & Francis, 2010)Sometimes when faced with photographs and videos of terrible war scenes, we are left feeling nothing. Though increasingly exposed to images of the horrors of conflict, we often remain immune, unable to really engage with ...
Francis Hutcheson's aesthetics and his critics in Ireland: Charles-Louis de Villette and Edmund Burke (Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen, 2016)In his own time as much as in ours, the response to Francis Hutcheson's philosophy has concentrated above all on his contribution to moral thought, especially the articulation of a so-called 'moral sense'.1 The moral ...
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The high cost of the Fed's low rates
With the economic recovery still lagging, the intended rewards of the Federal Reserve's aggressive campaign to lower interest rates have yet to be realized. But the cost of that campaign to depositors can be counted, and according to the latest MoneyRates.com analysis, it may have exceeded $200 billion in the last year alone.
That number brings the estimated three-year loss of purchasing power to U.S. depositors to more than half a trillion dollars -- a figure that demands a fresh look at the Fed's continued insistence on low interest rates.
Calculating the costs
Any attempt to quantify the overall cost of low deposit interest rates on a nation can only be a broad estimate. Still, when dealing with extremely large numbers -- which is the case when talking about the amount of money on deposit in U.S. banks -- this type of estimate can help get a handle on the overall cost of the Fed's extreme low-interest-rate stance.
The premise of MoneyRates.com's analysis is to hold the Fed responsible for the extent to which U.S. deposits have lost ground to inflation. Historically, short-term interest rates have generally been able to keep pace with inflation, but this has not been the case in recent years. Given that the Fed has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep interest rates down, this analysis holds them accountable for the amount by which interest rates trail inflation.
MoneyRates.com created its estimate in three steps:
- The starting point is the total amount on deposit in U.S. banks. According to the latest FDIC figure, this amount is more than $8.2 trillion.
- The next step was to calculate the amount of interest earned on those deposits over the past year. To estimate this, MoneyRates.com used average money market rates from the FDIC, since money market rates typically fall somewhere between average savings account rates and most CD rates.
- The final step was to adjust this by the amount of inflation over the past year, according to Consumer Price Index figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Based on this analysis, the purchasing power of U.S. deposits declined by $205 billion for the year ending March 31, 2012. When added to the estimated loss in purchasing power of $170 billion for the prior 12 months, and the $140 billion for the year before that, the estimated three-year cost stands at $515 billion and counting.
The policy debate
To be fair, the Fed has an answer for this.
In a speech posted on the Federal Reserve web site, Fed Board of Governors member Sarah Bloom Raskin suggested that critics of Fed policy should consider how American households have benefited from low interest rates. For example, anyone who took out or refinanced a loan in the past few years has been able to do so more cheaply because of the Fed's policy. Also, stocks, business equity and real estate are generally thought to benefit from low interest rates, so households that own those assets should benefit as well.
Certainly, low interest rates have helped some segments of the economy. They've also been a boon to borrowers and banks. However, those benefits are far from universal. For example, not everyone has been in a position to take out a loan, especially in a time of tighter credit standards and depressed real estate values.
As for the value low interest rates may have added to stocks, business equity and real estate, this would come in the form of asset values, but the impact of low interest rates reduces income. Because of its liquidity, income is likely to have a more immediate impact on the economy than asset values.
An unequal burden
The long-term test of the Fed's policy will be whether it succeeds in bringing down unemployment and enabling a recovery strong enough to allow the U.S. to address its budget deficit. This will be the final judgement of whether the stimulative benefit of low interest rates exceeded the damage of pulling a substantial amount of interest income out of the economy.
In the meantime, the Fed should acknowledge that even if the policy is successful, its burden is falling unequally. People with large portions of their assets in deposit accounts are subsidizing this stimulus, effectively handing money to banks and borrowers in the process.
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7 June 2012 at 2:12 pm
Something this article overlooks, or ignores, is the depressive effect on employment. Many people who are still working cannot afford to retire because of the abysmally low interest rates that can be had on their retirement savings. I was forcibly retired at 60, with no prospects of ever getting another job, and I am now reduced to, essentially, no return on my savings, having to depend on SS, after scraping and saving during my working years so as not to be in that very situation. People who have a job will not retire voluntarily, which reduces the prospects for younger workers to get a job or to advance in their current job.
7 May 2012 at 12:10 pm
Good article, very informative.
7 May 2012 at 11:33 am
It's a tax that wasn't initiated by the President and/or Congress. If it had been, we'd all be able to decide whether to re-elect those who had enacted it. The Fed is like royalty, taxing as it sees fit.


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Just noticing the rewards from this game when you win Planarite do not transfer correctly. One win yesterday, on 2 lines with 230 on one and 170 on another only gave me 20 and 10 planarite when I got the ingame mail. I have noticed the same thing happens each time I play this game (win in the hundres but only get a reward of 10 or 20) - is this a known issue?
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TEENAGE girls have scripted lessons for primary school pupils teaching them about money.
The Year 10 Sir John Thursby students have written two 'money management' lessons for hundreds of primary pupils in the area.
Pupils Kira Stephenson, Megan North and Paige Ramsden are members of the Money Mentor team at Sir John Thursby.
The Burnley school is one of nine secondaries in Lancashire which are debt aware Money Mentor schools.
The programme of six lessons, which is sponsored by the Debt Advice Foundation charity based in Darwen, is written, resourced and taught by secondary school students in feeder primary schools.
There are over 2,500 primary children in Lancashire receiving these lessons.
Megan, Kira and Paige have written two lessons, the first on the topic of savings and different types of payments. The lesson will be taught in the 55 primary schools to pupils in Year 5 after half term.
The second lesson focuses on types of pay, such as gross and net pay and where the money goes in taxes. This is to be taught to ten and eleven year olds in Year 6 after the summer break.
Nicola Williams, the money management co-ordinator at Sir John Thursby, said she was very pleased with the girls lessons. She said: "They had to undertake research before writing the work-books and power-points as well as putting in place extension tasks for the class teachers to use. There are also two interesting short stories to run alongside the lesson for next half-term."
An added benefit is that the girls have been able to use their work to put towards their Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Former headteacher Brian Souter, education manager at the foundation, said: "I am delighted with the lessons that Sir John Thursby's pupils have produced."