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By Nicci Micco [2], April 16, 2009 - 4:36am
With the Boston marathon right around the corner on April 20, I'm even more inspired to stay on track with my training for the half-marathon I'm running in May. I'm organizing my time to help me fit in my mileage during the week and carving out a couple of hours on Saturday mornings for long runs. I'm also being extra careful about what I eat. I know that choosing the right foods to fuel my body will help me run my best and feel good doing it [7]. Following these four eating tips helps energize my runs. Try them to power your workouts too!
Get the recipe: Egg & Salmon Sandwich [8]
Eat plenty of healthy carbohydrates. If you're active, and particularly if you're training for a race or a ride, you need carbohydrates. (This is no time to give Atkins a try!) Carbs break down easily and quickly raise your blood sugar, which fuels your muscles. Eating carbs also helps to replenish glycogen, the form of carbohydrate that your body stores and, during long runs or other workouts, breaks down into glucose. Get your fill by basing your diet on whole grains, such as these delicious oat recipes [9], barley and brown rice, and plenty of fruits and veggies.
Have a breakfast of champions. Many sports nutritionists recommend that active people eat a carb-rich breakfast providing about 500 calories—a full two hours before a workout. If you like to exercise first thing in the morning and don't want to rise before the sun, go for a smaller pre-workout snack (around 150 calories), such as a piece of toast with a little peanut butter or a Peanut Energy Bar [10].
Include protein in your post-workout snack or meal. Protein is critical for recovery after intense exercise. It helps to repair muscles that get "torn up" during high-intensity exercise. After your workout, try low-fat yogurt with fruit and a sprinkle of chopped walnuts, an Egg & Salmon Sandwich [8] or, if it's close to lunch or dinner time, a salad topped with grilled chicken or lean beef.
Sip smart. You may have heard that drinking coffee can give your workouts a boost, but the latest science doesn't support this idea [11]. Still, if having coffee seems to energize you, and your stomach can tolerate it, go ahead and have a cup an hour or so before your workout. But more important, be sure to drink plenty of water and other fluids, such as seltzer, throughout the day. Even mild dehydration makes you feel tired and sluggish—just the opposite of how you want to feel on a 10-mile run!
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Nicci Micco is co-author of EatingWell 500-Calorie Dinners. She has a master's degree in nutrition and food sciences, with a focus in weight management.
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In an effort to clear my sinuses, I had the hottest food that I could find for lunch- pork with kimchi over rice, along with curry wonton soup. After lunch, Kiyoe told me that she had finally made contact with Sakari-san, and that she would analyze some samples for us if I could get them to her right away. I therefore immediately walked my samples over to IPR and dropped them off. I stained my gel when I returned and found that most of the 6th sample was in the fractions that I had just tested, as we had suspected. Kiyoe thought she knew what she had done wrong with that one, and therefore would not do it again. At 4:30, I went to group meeting and listened to two of my lab-mates detail their latest results. I actually understood what some of the last one said, since I had just discussed some of the information in my review article. I returned home on the 6:30 monorail. It was raining as I left the Medical School, but luckily had stopped by the time I had to walk home from Shibahara Station, since I had not bothered to pack an umbrella.
Trudy had made soup with carrots, cabbage, potatoes and little weenies in it for dinner. Like my lunch, it was another good meal to have when you had a cold. After dinner, we watched the latest episode of "The Office" on my computer, and then Justin and I walked to Family Mart to get his lunch for the next day, as well as pick up some treats for the family. I got an ice cream bar that was covered with a butterscotch coating and was filled with mochi in the center. Brennan and I then watched "Shrek the Third", another video selection from Anna, while Trudy and Justin took some cold medicine and went to bed. The two of us turned in at 10:15, when our movie had ended.

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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry
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The biopharmaceutical industry has been a major driver of technological change in health care, producing unprecedented benefits for patients, cost challenges for payers, and profits for shareholders. As consumers and companies benefit from access to new drugs, policymakers around the globe seek mechanisms to control prices and expenditures commensurate with value. More recently the 1990s productivity boom of new products has turned into a productivity bust, with fewer and more modest innovations, and flat or declining revenues for innovative firms as generics replace their former blockbuster products. This timely volume examines the economics of the biopharmaceutical industry, with 18 chapters by leading academic health economists. Part one examines the economics of biopharmaceutical innovation including determinants of the costs and returns to new drug development; how capital markets finance R&D and how costs of financing the biopharmaceutical industry compare to financing costs for other industries; the effects of safety and efficacy regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and of price and reimbursement regulation on incentives for innovation; and the role of patents and regulatory exclusivities. Part two examines the market for biopharmaceuticals with chapters on prices and reimbursement in the US, the EU, and other industrialized countries, and in developing countries. It looks at the optimal design of insurance for drugs and the effects of cost sharing on spending and on health outcomes; how to measure the value of pharmaceuticals using pharmacoeconomics, including theory, practical challenges, and policy issues; how to measure pharmaceutical price growth over time and recent evidence; empirical evidence on the value of pharmaceuticals in terms of health outcomes; promotion of pharmaceuticals to physicians and consumers; the economics of vaccines; and a review of the evidence on effects of mergers, acquisitions and alliances. Each chapter summarizes the latest insights from theory and recent empirical evidence, and outlines important unanswered questions and areas for future research. Based on solid economics, it is nevertheless written in terms accessible to the general reader. The book is thus recommended reading for academic economists and non-economists, and for those in industry and policy who wish to understand the economics of this fascinating industry. Available in OSO: http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/oso/public/content/oho_economics/9780199742998/toc.html
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The world's oldest fiscal watchdog: CPB's analyses foster consensus on economic policy
The sovereign debt problems in European countries have increased the interest in fiscal watchdogs. This paper discusses the world's oldest fiscal watchdog, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). CPB was founded directly after World War II. It has built a reputation of independence and quality, while it has also achieved a solid position in Dutch policy making. CPB provides (i) the macroeconomic forecast underlying the annual budget, (ii) a midterm review of the state of public finance at the start of each election cycle, (iii) cost-benefit analyses of all kind of policy proposals (from education to physical infrastructure), and (iv) an assessment of the economic impact of the platforms of political parties before the election. Four lessons can be drawn from 65 years of Dutch experience. Firstly, a reputation of quality and independence is crucial for the success of a watchdog. Building such a reputation takes time. Secondly, the scope of activities should not be limited to fiscal policy only. The broad scope of CPB's analyses has contributed to shared public understanding of relevant trade-offs and policy options. Thirdly, the effectiveness of CPB depends crucially on a clear demarcation of the distinctive roles of CPB and political parties. Welfare theory provides little guidance in drawing this demarcation line. Fourthly, being part of the government has the advantage of getting inside information and being effective in the daily policy making process, but the disadvantage that the actual or perceived independence is more difficult to maintain.
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- Frits Bos, 2006. "The development of the Dutch national accounts as a tool for analysis and policy," Statistica Neerlandica, Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research, vol. 60(2), pages 225-258.
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Two policewomen with children work part time. While one is on duty, the other looks after the children of both families. When education authorities learn of this arrangement, they forbid it, as neither policewoman has a certificate allowing her to act as a child minder. Unless they have one, they are committing an offense.
A "lunch lady" at a primary school sees a girl of 7 being tied up and bullied in the playground by other children at the school. She reports the incident to the parents. The lunch lady is dismissed by the school for breach of confidentiality.
These are just two recent incidents that have aroused anger and frustration over bureaucratic rules that are applied without flexibility and common sense. But they are not unique. Because of a few cases of pedophilia and some unfortunate accidents, rules on health and safety have been tightened and extended.
Some of the new rules are probably desirable, but others are silly and unnecessary. For instance, children must not be touched by teachers or carers to forestall development of an undesirable relationship. In theory, therefore, an adult should not hold the hand of a child other than his/her own when crossing the road. On a school outing a parent assisting the teachers should not help a young child go to the toilet unless she/he is the parent of that child.
A teacher may not give a child a reassuring or consoling hug if the child is hurt or upset. The health and safety rules covering excursions and events are often seen as so stringent that they have to be canceled because the cost of insurance against accidents is too onerous for the organizers.
The current British government takes as their watchwords "change" and "reform." Certainly there are many things that might benefit from change and reform, but not everything is awry.
Politicians too often forget the old adage "if it's not broke, don't fix it." They pride themselves on the number of new acts of Parliament they have passed and often seem to believe that the best way to solve a problem is to pass new legislation.
As a result, a large number of new offenses have been "created" by the current British government. Ignorance is no excuse in law, but even some of the authors of new legislation seem unaware of the contents of the laws that they've sponsored.
In a recent case, the attorney general, the chief law officer of the Crown, was found to have employed an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper. She had to pay an administrative penalty of £5,000 because she had not kept a copy of her employee's passport and work permit.
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In a recent case a woman and her disabled daughter were so harassed by a gang of youths that the mother killed her daughter and committed suicide. The police had failed to provide the necessary support for the mother and child.
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Pumpkin-ginger Chutney
Recipe by PetsRus
My mother gave me this recipe a few years ago, she found it in her local newspaper, it is a sweet chutney and goes very well with chicken and turkey. The original recipe uses brown sugar but I use the white, this way you keep the wonderful pumpkin color. You can leave out the chilli pepper and use approx 4 oz fresh grated ginger instead of the crystallized.
Top Review by Mimi Bobeck
I have to admit, I used canned pumpkin for this, because this is what I had on hand. Also, it's June and pumpkin is not in season. (However, I also used FRESH ginger) If it came out this incredible with canned pumpkin, I can only imagine with fresh pumpkin, this would have been a 6 star recipe. SIDENOTE: Also, I made another version of this with canned squash and it pretty much tasted the same. Not sure if there is a big difference between pumpkin and squash. I guess they are interchangeable. So, if you can't find Pumpkin - use canned squash instead. In the Fall, I will certainly be making this again with fresh pumpkin. Also, when using the canned pumpkin, I was able to cut the cooking/prep time down by an hour. I was litteraly (sp?) able to make this in about 15 minutes tops. So, the bottom line is, you don't have to wait until the Fall to make this if you are willing to use canned pumpkin. This really had a very fresh taste. I spread it on a Ham & Cheese sandwich (I know - sounds strange - but it was fantastic!) Thank you for sharing this PetsRus.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 lbs cleaned pumpkin, cut into ½ inch chunks
- 1 large red onion, finely chopped
- 1 apple, grated
- 1 pear, finely chopped
- 3 ounces raisins
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons minced crystallized ginger
- 20 ounces white sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- 1 red chili pepper, seeded finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ground black pepper
- 400 ml cider vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup water
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- Put all ingredients in a large stainless steel pan, bring to the boil, boil for 3 to 5 minutes then simmer on low heat for 50 to 60 minutes, if needed add a few more tablespoons of water and, depending on the pumpkin, mash the flesh a little bit if necessary.
- Remove the cinnamon stick.
- Put in clean hot jars, seal and label when cold.
- Keep in cool dark place, once opened keep in the fridge.


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Reiffel again blasts England
SEAMER Paul Reiffel gave England's batsmen a a tough time for the second successive match as Australia reinforced their Ashes advantage on the first day of the fifth Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham yesterday.
Reiffel, who took eight wickets in his side's innings victory at Headingley in Leeds last month, added five more victims to his collection as England finished the day on 276 for nine.
New English skipper Mike Atherton hit 72 and recalled off-spinner John Emburey, 41 years old later this month, contributed a gritty unbeaten 55 but the home side failed to take full advantage after winning a crucial toss.
The dry wicket turned sharply virtually from the start, and looks unlikely to produce a high-scoring match.
Yet it was Reiffel, rather than spinners Shane Warne and Tim May, who proved the dominant bowler, making a mockery of his poor form earlier in the tour.
By tea, he had taken three wickets, including England captains past and present Graham Gooch and Atherton, as the home side lurched to 194 for six.
Atherton top-scored with 72 before being bowled by a delivery from Reiffel which kept low, but apart from the skipper. only Surrey pair Alec Stewart and Graham Thorpe looked comfortable for any length of time.
Stewart, who lost out to Atherton in the race for the England captaincy last week, made 45 and the left-handed Thorpe was unbeaten on 26 at tea.
England, 3-0 down in the six-Test series, would have expected a much happier day when Atherton won the toss and opted for first use of a dry wicket.
But Gooch departed early for eight, caught at slip by Mark Waugh, who then deceived Robin Smith with an off-cutter which bowled the Hampshire batsman for 21.
The recalled Matthew Maynard went for a duck to off-spinner May.
Reiffel removed Atherton and bowled Nasser Hussain for three, and Emburey was lucky to remain, surviving a hard chance to Mark Taylor at slip off leg-spinner Warne shortly before tea. He was on seven.
Emburey made Australia pay, batting out the final session to finish unbeaten on 55.
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KABUL — It may be over a year away, but Afghanistan's presidential election is fast becoming a lightning rod for the nation's highest hopes and darkest fears, including predictions of conflict and collapse.
Everyone here agrees that a credible electoral process and a peaceful transfer of power will be crucial to the government's survival in an era of vastly reduced foreign aid and protection. The election has been scheduled for April 2014, amid the final pullout of U.S. combat troops and a possible spring offensive by Taliban insurgents.
With so much at stake, there are some signs that Afghanistan's notoriously fractured and self-interested political class could rise to the occasion. Longtime rivals are holding meetings, and there is much talk about putting aside personal ambition for the sake of the nation.
President Hamid Karzai, whose 2009 reelection was tainted by fraud allegations and who is suspected by opponents of seeking to extend his rule through political surrogates, has vowed to step down as required by law. He has recently taken a series of steps to reassure domestic and foreign critics that he is committed to a fair and free election process.
"A year ago, people didn't believe he would leave. They said he would suspend or change the constitution, that he wouldn't announce a date, that the government would drag its feet," said Jawed Ludin, the deputy foreign minister and a government spokesman. "But so far, everything he has said and done has proven the critics wrong."
Ludin described the 2014 election as a do-or-die test for Afghanistan's future stability and security, as well as for its relations with the United States and the world. The quality of the election and transfer of power, he and others said, will matter far more than who occupies the presidency after Western forces leave.
"If we fail, the world will turn its back on us, or we could be overrun by the Taliban," he said. "But if we get the election right, it will inoculate us against both threats. The United States won't abandon a legitimate new democratic government, and the Taliban won't be able to topple it."
But a lot can go wrong between now and the spring of 2014, and many Afghans fear the election will be sabotaged by a familiar combination of factors that marred the 2009 vote, including terrorist threats, logistical problems, political manipulation, opposition disarray and dynastic presidential ambitions.
Critics have questioned whether voter registration and candidates' campaigns can be conducted over the winter and whether Afghan forces alone can protect the polls from insurgent attacks. Last week, Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai's top rival in 2009, called for the election to be postponed, saying it would not be possible to prepare voters in remote and snowy regions.
There are also politically tinged procedural disputes, especially a battle over whether to include foreign experts in the panel that will judge complaints of electoral fraud. Karzai has called the idea an insult to national sovereignty; foreign diplomats and some members of parliament call it a needed guarantee of credibility.
If the election is to succeed, observers say, Afghanistan's power elite — Karzai and his coterie on one side; a hodgepodge of opponents on the other — will have to eschew their longtime habit of backroom calculations and deals, and allow the process to unfold as a meaningful popular contest.
"People want real change, not another engineered election or a democratic dictatorship," said Fawzia Koofi, a liberal member of parliament from Badakhshan province. "This is not the same Afghanistan that existed when the Taliban came in 1996. We have Facebook and free speech now. They can't beat people on the streets. But the election can still be stopped by a lack of political will."
Much of the worry centers on Karzai, 54, who has held on to power through a series of traditional councils and elections since the Taliban regime was overthrown in 2001. Although he cannot run again, he will have a major influence on the election, and there have been widespread reports that he intends to back a relative or aide as his successor.
Karzai has not publicly indicated who he would favor, but two names often mentioned are his brother Qayum, 56, a former Afghan legislator who owns a restaurant in Baltimore and a home in Potomac, and Mohammad Daudzai, 55, the president's former chief of staff, who sparked controversy as the reported conduit of cash to Karzai from the government of Iran.
One key to a credible vote will be the actions of the Independent Elections Commission, which critics say was manipulated and pressured by the government in 2009. International experts are closely watching its chairman, Karzai-appointee Mohammed Fazel Ahmad Manavi, to see whether his current term is extended to 2014.
Among opposition leaders — a sprawling cast of characters that includes ethnic warlords, Westernized technocrats, tribal chiefs and former members of Karzai's cabinet — the major challenge will be whether they can rise above old rivalries and forge practical agreements.
Mohammad Hanif Atmar, a former interior minister under Karzai who is a leading opposition figure, is trying to create a unified front. He said he is optimistic that even the most truculent strongmen and ambitious politicians will recognize it is in their larger interests to work for a smooth election, rather than wheeling and dealing to the bitter end.
"The Titanic has been hit, and there is no point in fighting over who gets the chairs, because we will all go down together," said Atmar, who heads a new group called the Rights and Justice Party. He ran through a list of powerful Afghan bosses and noted that "if this election fails, none of them will be able to stay in Afghanistan, even with all their weapons and money."
Although American military forces will soon be gone, Atmar said that vital U.S. security interests will still be at stake and that a smaller U.S. force must remain behind to support Afghan security forces. He also said U.S. influence can go a long way to foster opposition support for the election. "President Obama needs to start engaging other Afghan leaders now," he said. "Afghanistan is not President Karzai."
A final wild card is whether members of the Taliban and the followers of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar will accept the government's invitation to participate in the polls. Most observers said it was highly unlikely, but Ludin said he hoped some might run for provincial council seats.
"We need to use this election as a first opportunity for the Taliban to transition from a military entity to a political one," he said. "If the Taliban are not engaged in a political conversation by then, to have any election in such an environment would be a huge challenge."


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Metro-area brewers plan to quench the thirsts of craft beer drinkers
The alchemy of malt, barley, hops, yeast and water is producing liquid gold in Twin Cities suburbs.
Craft beer is being brewed in Stillwater, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, Brooklyn Center, Roseville, Lino Lakes, with breweries planned in other suburbs. Lift Bridge Brewery – the first brewery in Stillwater since Prohibition, the company claims – produces craft beer for the St. Croix Valley.
"They're popping up like crazy," Michael Agnew, an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, who teaches a craft beer course, said of craft breweries in Minnesota.
In a sense, the growth of small breweries is as much a leap back as forward. A century or so ago, small breweries dotted Minnesota. Little Falls had Little Falls Brewing. Pine City boasted Buselmeyer Brewery. Sauk Centre had Ahrentz & Co. Caledonia was home to the Philip Wagner brewery, and the P. Schebach brewery, according to Manfred Friedrich and Donald Bull's Register of United States Breweries 1876 to 1976.
According to the Department of Public Safety, the state currently has 62 licensed malt beverage manufacturers. Six are large breweries – such as Surly Brewing Co. in Brooklyn Center, rolling out about 20,000 barrels of beer last year – with 37 small breweries and 19 retail brew pubs.
Small breweries
specializing in variety
The number of small breweries has shot up. Between 2010 and 2012, DPS issued 26 small brewery licenses.
Surly Brewing Company President Omar Ansari recalled a different brewing scene seven years ago when Surly began brewing.
"We were only the second production brewery in the Twin Cities," Ansari said.
Agnew and others view the growth of the craft brewing industry as reflecting the maturation of the American palate.
"You're talking about an almost infinite number of variations," Dan Schwarz, CEO, owner, of Lift Bridge Brewery in Stillwater, said of flavors achievable through shadings of ingredients, duration of brewing and other factors.
The Brewers Association, representing the craft brewing industry, defines more than 100 kinds of beer.
"They're making millions and millions of barrels of beer, and it all tastes the same," Zac Carpenter, owner and co-founder of Bad Weather Brewing Co. in Minnetonka, said of big brewer brands. "Whereas with small craft brewers, you're buying flavor."
Not that all craft brewers are dismissive of big brewers. As technicians, they admire the ability of big brewers to produce beer at different breweries with consistent tastes.
Jason Schoneman, of Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park, with a smile, described big-brand beers as "ethanol delivery systems." There is a time and place for all beers, he added.
"On a really hot day when you're out working, that might be the right time to have one of those beers," Schoneman said, noting the lower alcohol level compared to some craft beers.
But while admiring technical expertise, craft beer brewers, often former home brewers, leave a sense they'd rather be reaching for something unique.
"I don't know how many Budweisers I've drank over the last five years," Schwarz said when asked. "Not many," he said.
As might be expected in a growing market, individual craft brewers have different stories and different strategies.
Lift Bridge raises the bar
on barrel production
Lift Bridge operates at a different level. The brewery rolled out about 3,400 barrels of beer last year, but is on pace this year to produce as much as 6,000 barrels.
"It's a big jump," Schwarz said. We invested in some new equipment this year. And that's really moved us forward quite a bit."
Lift Bridge, located on Tower Drive about a block north of Minnesota 36, has a spacious taproom.
"It's really an opportunity to sit down with the customer and talk to them about your beers," Schwarz said. "I think that's where the largest value lies," he said.
Over its five years of business, Lift Bridge has seen its distribution increase from seven accounts to being available at more than 1,000 locations.
Farm Girl, a pale golden ale, is the brewery's flagship beer and its most popular. But its menu of beers is extensive. Indeed, one beer, an English-Style barleywine ale, The Commander, is aged in bourbon barrels.
One driving factor behind the growth of craft brewing, Schwarz believes, is the community nature of local beer.
"It's a focal point, a place where people can come together," he said.
Schwarz is upbeat about the future.
"I think we're going to continue to grow for awhile. It's hard to see an end to the growth at this point," he said of Lift Bridge.
Surly to expand
into Minneapolis
Brooklyn Center's Surly Brewing is currently the fourth largest brewer in Minnesota, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. And they may stay in fourth for awhile, Ansari said. Cold Spring Brewing Co., ranked third, brews about 75,000 barrels of beer per year.
But Surly is on the move. The company recently released the drawings of its proposed $20 million destination brewery to be built in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis.
"Hopefully, come late fall, we'll be pushing some dirt around," Ansari said.
Once built, the destination brewery, which will a have restaurant and be a stage for events, will also allow Surly to brew more beer.
Steel Toe grows
gradually in beer market
At Steel Toe, Schoneman, of St. Louis Park, is guiding his brewery along a more gradual track.
"And that's by design. I'm in no hurry to grow," he said.
Producing about 1,000 barrels of beer last year – a barrel being 31 gallons – Steel Toe beer is available at about 35 restaurants and a dozen or so liquor stores in the metro area.
"They're all selling very well," Schoneman said of beers like Provider Ale, Rainmaker Double Red Ale and Size 7, the brewery's top seller.
"With Steel Toe, it's all about the quality – keep the quality of the beer really, really high," Schoneman said.
The name of the brewery, Steel Toe, refers to the workingman. He's worn steel-toed boots the majority of his working life, Schoneman said.
Bad Weather focuses
on seasonal beers
While Steel Toe has been in business two years, Bad Weather only began brewing late winter.
Carpenter, of Farmington, head brewer, along with business manager Joe Giambruno, has an arrangement with Lucid Brewing and Badger Hill Brewing that has all three using the same facility in Minnetonka.
"This isn't a permanent solution for anybody here," Carpenter said.
Beyond a certain metrological accuracy for Minnesota, the brewery's name, Bad Weather, evokes a business model.
"Bad Weather Brewing is focusing on the seasonality of beer," Carpenter said. "That's a big focus for us."
Currently, draft Bad Weather beer is available in about 50 bars and restaurants in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The company looks to begin bottling in a few months.
Market looking good
for craft beers
Agnew is bullish about the market for craft beers.
A new generation of beer drinkers picked up their first mug of beer at a time when unique beers were available. They expect it.
"Nationally, we have a great reputation," Agnew said of craft beer quality in Minnesota.
According to the Brewers Association, craft brewers sold an estimated 13.2 million barrels of beer in 2012, almost 2 million more than the year before. Nationally, the craft-brewing share of beer sales was 6.5 percent by volume, about 10 percent by dollar.
Ansari, citing the market share, sees opportunity. Perhaps not limitless, but big.
"When you walk into a bar, there are so many tap handles. When you walk into a liquor store, there's only so much cooler space," Ansari said. (But) if you're brewing good beer, you're always growing.
"I just don't see people who drink craft beer going back to drinking Budweiser," he added. "Once you start drinking it, it's hard to go back."
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Semin is a good idea for the Russian national team, he actually plays well in short tournaments as he proved in the last World Championship...
82 games in an NHL season + playoffs is not up Semin's ally however as he has, from what I can tell, a love-hate relationship with the NHL. He seems to want to be an NHL player, but at the same time, he doesn't really like the NHL style of game as per his ill-fated 2008 interview re: Crosby and the NHL.
I'm not a fan of Semin..at this point I think NHL GMs are correct in offering Semin nothing longer than a year. I wouldn't offer him anything...I think Semin's best bet is to return to the KHL and be happy, lots of money tax free, easier schedule, more international games...and he won't have to see everyday the face of the NHL, Sidney Crosby.
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Hello everybody,
I would like to start a thread on your personal ranking on the lottery software you have used so far. When giving your opinions pls factor in following issues:
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- need to pay for any upgrades
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I do have my personal favorites, but would like to hear the opinions of other players.
Best rgds
As a Platinum member here at the Lottery Post, I have found that the software/lottery tools provided by Todd is all that I need.
As to the data that goes into the lottery tools, that has come from in part by learning from others here at the Lottery Post.
To factor in the issues:
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i will say Lp but i think 1 or 2 softwares out there come close to LP but still LP, but LP needs to make things simple i dont understand Vtracks and i dont think anyone coming to LP will understand it is all written in a Pro´s language while people who come here dont know what: Even or odd is...the wheels i also dont know what is saying, it needs more explanations, plus what happens to basics/old fashions of filtering even or odd, hot and cold, high or low, suggested numbers for the next play, ect....it will not surprise me if people who dont have a clue what the lottery is try the wheels or vtracs get scare and leave LP for good in seach of something else...If Lp gets this it will without a doubt be LP even though it is LP, i am just saying it could be better...LP also needs a: Pick2/0-9 box wheel...i think todd will make so much money if it gets the: Pick2/0-9 box wheel and one can filter it or play/fiddle with it or use positional wheeling with that wheel....
there are lottery websites out there who offer, assistance and what a lottery software offer for: $150 british pounds per year..Lottery line builder32 is one...they are very crazy...
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Especially for Cash 3 & Play 4. Once Expert Lotto Version 5 is complete, it will be, for Jackpot type games.
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Thanks guys for what has come so far.
As a matter of fact I'm more than surprised, I should say amazed that nobody so far has mentioned Bright5 or Bright6 software. Athough Dos-type of software, to me it's the absolute top when it comes to lottery software. Really no one used it here?
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Have you given up on Gail Howard's Smart Luck Advantage or are you getting a better deal on Bright stuff from Saliu?
P.S. I don't see why anyone would want or need anything beyond what they have available to them here at LP.
Hi Adam,
I've been a fan of Lotto 649 for years and love playing it.
In the past I purchased several software packages and found none of them satisfactory.
What I expect from a software is the ability to come up with numbers that have greater
probability of being drawn in the near future, whatever the method of selection. Then,
the software should have effective wheels for playing. Finally, I would like to have the ability
to evaluate each system performance in the recent past so I can make some reasonable
predictions for the near future. Needless to say, none of the software packages came even
close to meet these expectations so I had to create my own. Works pretty well for me.
I prefer software packages that specialize in selected lotteries and provide not only statistics
but also predictions for the future.
What kind of success have you had?
"...a chance to push everything aside, the circumstances that've controlled our lives, and do it our way now. Good, bad or otherwise. You'll maybe get lost in it, tied up in it a little bit, but if you work your way through that the real you shows up, I think. Maybe what's at your core deep down, maybe that comes out. Maybe that's what it's about." Mike Pace
Yes, no longer do I use GH. It's no good for me. I find anything I need in Ion Saliu's software. Of course, I have not hit a jackpot yet, but I'm not the only one.To me Bright 6 and Bright 5 are the best software packages to play lottery. I do not believe any software in the world will give you specific numbers to play and they hit. What I also find great is the fact that the the guy keeps on inspiring people with new ideas and concepts every now and then.
As to DOS software I really do not mind it, as a matter of fact it's faster than any WS platform.
What version of windows do you run?
Perhaps you are not aware of it, but XP (or later) does not contain DOS anymore. They only support the cmd.exe command shell
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I use both XP and Windows7. The software runs under Prompt Command without any problem and it's ok by me.
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I pinned this recipe for a homemade body scrub ages ago, and finally got around to trying it! My legs are definitely exfoliated and soft, so try this one!! It is as simple and easy as it seems, and even after two applications as she advises, there's still a lot leftover.
And I was making scones.
So I did a little experiment, and it turned out pretty deliciously.
I left sugar out of the scone batter, so I used the oil/sugar/lemon juice scrub mixture as a topper, which caramelized for a nice, sweet crunch with only a few teaspoons of sugar per scone.
- 1 c oats, ground in a blender or food processor
- 1/2 c whole wheat flour
- 1/2 c all purpose flour
- 4 Tbsp cold butter
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 c milk
- zest from an orance
- 1/3 c mini chocolate chips
- 1/3 c "silky legs" lemon scrub mixture, for topping
Preheat oven to 425F. Blend the oats, flours, baking soda and salt in a blender (or bowl, by hand). Add the butter and use a dough setting on the blender, or a fork or pastry cutter to incorporate into flour. Place in a bowl, then stir in zest and chocolate chips. Mix egg and milk, then pour into dry ingredients and stir until evenly mixed – don't over-blend! Drop with a spoon onto a baking sheet (leave lots of space, see below!), then pour a spoonful of the body scrub onto each one. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
Whoops. Don't put them too close together!
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For someone who does not tolerate today's wheat flour, what would you suggest as a substitute in your scone recipe? I'd love to make these!
While I haven't experimented with that myself, I would probably try grinding oats or dry quinoa into a coarse flour and using that…it might (?) be ok with just more almond flour added, but they also could get dense and crumbly. Try it and let us know what works!
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Fire update as of Sunday 10am
Wenatchee-A Public Meeting will be held at the Town Toyota Center on Sunday, September 16 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Northwest Incident Management Team 3, a National Type 1 Management Team, headed by Incident Commander Jeff Pendleton, continues to manage this complex. It was a busy Saturday night for firefighters as they took aggressive action to check the fire spread, provide structure protection and hold on to the successes gained by the day shift.
Aggressive suppression efforts will continue today with ground resources constructing fire line and attempting to hold what was constructed over the last few days. Two National Guard helicopters joined the suppression efforts Saturday along with 10 others, all of which are available to support ground operations and initial attack for new wildland fires today. Helicopters are flying out of Pangborn Field, the Chelan airport and from the Leavenworth area.
Smokey conditions are expected in the Wenatchee Valley and surrounding communities today. The smoke should clear in the afternoon and allow aerial operations to resume. Winds overnight were gusty over the ridges with gusts to 20 mph coming out of the north. Winds today should be a little milder with northerly winds to 10 mph over the ridge tops.
An additional camp has been set up at the Entiat City Park. Resources assigned to the First Creek, Byrd and Klone fires will work from Entiat to reduce travel time and increase time on the fire lines.
Canyon Fire, directly west of Wenatchee, continues burning in shrubs and grass and is approximately 8,040 acres. Overnight crews patrolled and provided structure protection. Today, firefighters will secure firelines and continue mop-up activities around structures. No structures have been lost on this fire. The Canyon Fire is considered 25% contained. Up-to-date information on evacuations can be heard on local media in Wenatchee or by checking www.inciweb.org/incident/3258.
Byrd Canyon Fire, is approximately 13,960 acres, and is located just north of Entiat, Washington. The fire is burning in grass and shrub land. Sunday crews will continue to mop-up around structures and secure firelines. This fire is considered 45% contained.
Peavine Canyon Fire, located southwest of Wenatchee in upper Mission Creek/Devils Gulch, is burning in shrub and pine forest and is approximately 5,255 acres. Sunday, crews will continue to prepare control lines in the Liberty Beehive area, south to Mission Peak, for burnout operations when conditions are right. The USFS 7100 Road is being secured and will be used as a control line to prevent northerly movement. The objective is to keep the fire out of Pitcher Canyon. This fire is considered 5% contained.
Poison Canyon Fire, located south of Cashmere, is burning in shrub and pine. It is approximately 3,000 acres. Overnight, crews fought hard to keep the fire from moving North into Tripp Canyon and were partially successful. The fire did spot into the lower portion of the canyon in the vicinity of the intersection of Tripp Canyon and Mission Roads. Today crews will work to contain this spot and continue efforts to prevent the fire from moving into Tripp Canyon and west toward Camas Land. This fire is considered 10% contained.
First Creek Fire, located 10 miles west of Lake Chelan, is approximately 1,440 acres. It is burning in very difficult and steep terrain. Today, crews will continue line construction along the northeastern and western flanks and provide structure protection in First Creek and Granite Falls Creek. The northerly spread was stopped Saturday, keeping the fire from crossing into the Twenty-five Mile Creek drainage. A Level 3 evacuation remains in place for First Creek and Granite Falls Creek. This fire is considered 5% contained.
The Pyramid and Klone Fires, north of Entiat, are approximately 317 and 225 acres respectively. These fires are burning in timber that has been severely impacted by disease and insects. On Saturday these fires experienced increased fire behavior, and the Klone fire has now reached a point that requires aggressive suppression actions to protect 37 summer recreation cabins. Specific resources have been ordered to begin preparing contingency lines and to provide structure protection as the fire moves southeast toward the Entiat Valley.
The Incident Management Team continues to have initial attack responsibility for all wildland fires within Chelan County. Resources will mobilize when there is a new start.
The area is extremely dry and conditions are right for rapid fire growth on existing fires and new fire starts. All outdoor burning is restricted and campfires are only allowed in designated campgrounds on Federal Lands. All outdoor burning including campfires are banned in all counties east of the Cascades through midnight, September 18, by Governor Chris Gregoire. Hunters and recreationists are asked to be aware of, and conform to, fire restrictions that are in place.
The Incident Management Team would like to express appreciation to the community for your support and help in our efforts to suppress these fires. It is vital that the community cooperate with evacuations, road closures, and avoiding areas of high traffic for fire suppression.


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New York (AP) — The hotel housekeeper accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her is telling her story publicly, she says, because she wants him behind bars. But it's hard to say whether her striking move will help or hobble her goal.
Nafissatou Diallo's decision to speak out in media interviews is an unusual and risky move for an accuser at this point in a criminal case, legal experts said.
It gives her an empowering chance to tell her side of the story as prosecutors weigh whether to press ahead with the case amid concerns they have raised about her credibility. But it also enshrines a version of events that defense lawyers could mine for discrepancies with her grand jury testimony or use as fodder for arguing that she was seeking money or public attention.
Whatever the outcome, "it's an extraordinary turn of events, I would say, for her to go on a kind of lobbying, public relations campaign to get this case tried," said Pace Law School professor and former prosecutor Bennett L. Gershman.
After staying silent for nearly two months about an alleged attack Strauss-Kahn vehemently denies, Diallo gave her account to Newsweek and ABC News. Both posted all or part of their pieces online Sunday. Adding details and her own voice to the basics authorities have given, Diallo said the former International Monetary Fund leader grabbed and attacked her "like a crazy man" May 14 in his $3,000-a-night Manhattan hotel suite as she implored him to stop and feared for her job.
"I push him. I get up. I wanted to scare him. I said, 'Look, there is my supervisor right there,'" she told Newsweek in an interview in her lawyer's office. But Strauss-Kahn said no one was there to hear, she said, and he went on to yank up her uniform dress, tear down her pantyhose, forcefully grab her crotch and then grip her head and force her to perform oral sex.
Strauss-Kahn's lawyers called the interviews "an unseemly circus" designed to inflame public opinion.
The interviews come with the case against Strauss-Kahn in limbo after Manhattan prosecutors raised doubts about the housekeeper's overall credibility. They said July 1 she had lied about her life story and wasn't consistent about what she did right after the alleged attack. The disclosures have prompted her lawyer, Kenneth Thompson, to criticize the district attorney publicly, press his office to keep going with the case and even call for a special prosecutor to take over.
Diallo told her interviewers she wants Strauss-Kahn held accountable, and she was going public to tell a story she said had never wavered, to counter misleading portrayals of her and to address doubts about her trustworthiness.
"I want him to go to jail. I want him to know there are some places you cannot use your power, you cannot use your money," she told Newsweek.
Before Sunday, the 32-year-old Guinean immigrant's name had been reported by some French media outlets but not by major U.S. media, which generally protect the identities of people who say they've been sexually assaulted.
"I never want to be in public, but I have no choice," she said, according to ABC News. "God is my witness I'm telling the truth."
But against the backdrop of uncertainty about her believability and motives, the interviews may raise as many questions as they answer, legal observers said.
"On the one hand, there's an upside that perhaps it will encourage the prosecutors to move forward with their case. On the other hand, there's the risk that whatever she says can be used against her in a civil or criminal case, especially with respect to any inconsistencies," said Sanford Rubenstein, a New York lawyer who has represented victims in noted cases — and advised them not to give interviews while the case was ongoing, he said. His clients have included Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant who was tortured in a New York City police station bathroom in 1997.
Prosecutors generally discourage potential witnesses in criminal cases from speaking outside the court while a case is pending, partly to avoid creating multiple accounts that could diverge, even slightly. In a trial, such gaps can become thin edges of a wedge for adversaries to drive doubts about an accuser's veracity into jurors' minds.
"The more that's out there, the more you're susceptible on cross-examination," said defense lawyer Elizabeth Crotty. Like Gershman, she is a former Manhattan assistant district attorney.
The housekeeper's interviews also could provide an avenue for Strauss-Kahn's lawyers to suggest she was out for publicity or cash, a notion that already has shadowed the case. A day after Strauss-Kahn's arrest, she was recorded alluding to his wealth on a phone call with an incarcerated friend, a law enforcement official has said. Newsweek said she had not ruled out trying to make some money from her situation, a suggestion that a civil lawsuit could be forthcoming, though she told the magazine, "I don't think about money."
Whether she does or not, the interview round could tempt prosecutors to bow out rather than go forward with the case because "she's already trying it in the court of public opinion," Gershman said.
The DA's office has said its investigation, not external factors, will determine the outcome. Communications chief Erin Duggan said Sunday the investigation was continuing and declined to discuss the case further.
In the interviews, Diallo addresses some of the inconsistencies that already have rocked the case.
She testified to a grand jury that after the alleged attack, she cowered in a hallway and watched Strauss-Kahn leave, then told a supervisor. Prosecutors said earlier this month that she later told them she actually had gone on cleaning rooms before consulting her boss. Diallo told Newsweek she was disoriented and went into the rooms briefly before a supervisor appeared and asked why she was upset, but the maid denied changing her account.
Diallo also lied about her background, including by telling prosecutors an emotional story of being gang-raped in her homeland, they said. She told Newsweek she was raped by two soldiers but acknowledged she had embellished her life story on her 2003 asylum application; prosecutors have said she told them she repeated the lies to them to be consistent.
Strauss-Kahn lawyers Benjamin Brafman and William W. Taylor III rapped Diallo for conducting "a media campaign to persuade a prosecutor to pursue charges against a person from whom she wants money." They are pressing for the case to be dismissed.
Thompson fired back with a statement of his own, saying Strauss-Kahn's lawyers — who have said whatever happened in the suite wasn't forced — "have conducted an unprecedented smear campaign against the victim of a violent sexual attack."
The American Bar Association's professional conduct rules tell lawyers not to make public statements out of court that are likely to prejudice the case. But the rules don't apply to their clients, and at any rate, in a heavily covered case like Strauss-Kahn's, it's questionable how much any lawyer's remark "will affect the jury when there's so much publicity already out there," said Ellen Yaroshevsky, a legal ethicist at Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
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January 21, 2014—Twenty-percent of the people in the town of Lyons, Colorado, simply can't go home.
When severe September flooding hit, the town lost two of its three mobile home parks, leaving little affordable housing. More than 200 homes were destroyed or so severely damaged they are uninhabitable.
Many of these flood survivors are self-employed artists and musicians, said the Rev. Emily Flemming, pastor at the Lyons Community Church, a United Methodist Church located on Main Street in the town.
"This has been a rough time for them," she said. "You're trying to heal but you can't go home and you're not able to create."
People in Colorado have different ways of handling the emotions related to disaster recovery, agreed the Rev. Donna Patterson, pastor at the UMC of Estes Park, another Colorado town. "I wish people had patience and understanding of the complexity of recovery in all areas—tangibly and emotionally," she said.
Both Patterson and Flemming have been helping connect flood survivors to resources they need. Patterson helped lead an effort by churches to deliver more than 400 cleanup buckets to disaster survivors in a shelter shortly after the flood struck.
Both pastors also had initial disaster response and preparedness training—offered by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)—when communities in Colorado faced a wildfire disaster last year. Patterson said that past experience has helped them face the current disaster. "I have been part of long-term relief in another community affected by fire so have some knowledge of the process that happens," she indicated.
UMCOR has supported the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference with emergency and long-term recovery grants, and asked consultant Gordon Knuckey to provide training to volunteer case managers in Colorado. He has so far conducted three training workshops.
"Training like this leads to the development of an equipped local leadership team prepared to guide recovery processes," said Greg Forrester, UMCOR's assistant general secretary for US Disaster Response.
UMCOR also partnered with Church World Service in CWS' Recovery Tools and Training program. Cathy Earl, an UMCOR US Disaster Response executive, provided a case management overview during that training.
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Help flood survivors in Colorado begin their long-term recovery this winter. Please give to US Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #901670.
*Susan Kim is a journalist and a regular contributor to www.umcor.org.