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Wake up to the sound of waves breaking on Coffee Bay beach, fall asleep with the lullaby of the Transkei.
Welcome to Sugarloaf backpackers, situated in the beautiful Coffee Bay at the heart of the Wild Coast.
Sugarloaf overlooks the Mnenga River mouth, opening on to Coffee Bay's main beach just a short walk from our door. If you are looking for a traditional South African experience let us welcome you to our family and show you how to make the most of your time here, whether you are looking to surf the waves, hike the cliff tops or just chill out on the beach, we will make your experience as unforgettable as the Transkei. Join us in our brand new Tokoloshe bar for cocktail or traditional beer and watch the sunset around our fire pit to the sound of traditional drumming and local fire dancing while local caught crayfish cook on the braai. Our accommodation caters to all, including comfortable safari tents, dormitories and private en-suite huts.
About the Wild Coast
The Wild Coast is a stretch of South Africa's East coast between East London and Durban. This area is known as the Transkei as is an authentic piece of South African culture. Coffee Bay is a small traditional village located 250km from Durban on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape Province. Local tales claim the area got its name after a ship containing coffee beans ran aground on the beach, spilling its contents along the shore. While there are no coffee trees here now, the name stuck. Instead the coast is lined with wild aloe vera, used by the local Xhosa people. Our small community of around 300 people which includes local people and those who have adopted the land as their home. The rural nature of Coffee Bay is what gives it its unique and relaxing vibe, with unspoiled coastal routes and warm weather all year round.
Every year thousands of visitors come to the Transkei to experience the warm waters, perfect for surfing, swimming and fishing and exploring the beautiful coastal hikes, cliff diving and local village life.
Between May and July, which is the South African winter - Coffee Bay is gripped by the Sardine Run. Shoals of sardines arrive along the coast, bringing with them a vast array of nature including the seabirds that give the sardine run a surface vibrance and beneath the water there is a variety of fish, dolphins and whales. The action is something phenomenal, the sardine run shows you how truly alive the ocean is and you can watch all of this from Sugarloaf's chill spot in the front of our garden.
Our main view of Coffee Bay Beach
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From En-Suites Huts and Private Rooms to Safari Tents and Dorm Rooms
Sugarloaf Backpackers is a relaxed and friendly base to explore the Wild Coast, situated at the entrance to Coffee Bay and offering a variety of accommodation, from our clean and comfortable dorms to safari tents complete with beds and full linen and our master en-suite hut with hand carved four poster bed, whatever you are looking for Sugarloaf can provide you with a comfortable and safe night's sleep.
More about Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay is a small rural village on the Wild Coast, so here is a few things you should know:
- No ATM's, Please be sure to draw cash before you travel, the nearest ATM is 20km away.
- Card payments are accepted by Sugarloaf backpackers! :)
- No convenience stores, only basic 'spaza shops - the closest store is 20km away. Be sure to bring everything you need.
- This is the wild coast; please adhere to tidal times when visiting the beach and dress appropriately, the weather can be changeable, hiking boots for walking are strongly advised.
- Don't Follow the GPS - especially when travelling from Durban or Drakensburg, the GPS will take you on a wild detour.
- Transkei Traffic - This is a place where you will find cows at petrol stations and pigs holding up buses. Please use extra caution when travelling around Coffee Bay, especially when driving at night - the roads are unpredictable and at times not tarred and the traffic is wild, quite literally.
As beautiful as the wildlife in Coffee Bay can be, it can also be dangerous, please remember to be alert for snakes when walking through long grass, as well as for sea urchins when playing in rock pools.
There are no convenience stores as you know it.
There are some Spaza shops that will sell cigarettes, toilet paper, kg sacks of potatoes, tinned foods, sodas, chips, sweets and the likes. The nearest wholesale / grocery store is in Ncqwanguba which is 18km outside of Coffee Bay. If you really want the luxury goods, you will need to stock up in Mqanduli at the little shopping centre there.
WIFI is scarce, but you'll find a strong connection here. Coffee Bay has No ADSL supported telephone lines. All the internet provided is via 3G, 4G and HSDPA; you will often find yourself EDGE. If you desperately need to use the net, we can use our work cell phone to create a Hotspot for you. We charge R1/mb, which is the standard rate across Coffee Bay.
Take a piece of the Transkei and Sugarloaf Backpackers home with you
Coffee Bay is a magical place where you'll meet the most interesting people, have the wildest of times and the most enjoyable
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Because she has 'a good (bone) structure', the singer/actress wants to shave off her hair although she is aware that the focus would be all on her face.
Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson is contemplating a drastic style makeover by shaving off her hair. The "Dreamgirls" star has sported long locks for the past few months but she admits she's looking to revamp her look and she's keen on a much shorter hairdo.
She tells InStyle Makeover magazine, "I am actually thinking about shaving my head. Because I feel I've got a good (bone) structure. My cousin's a beautician and she's always saying, 'You could wear any hairdo.' So I'm thinking, 'What if I shave my hair?' Not completely off, but low. I think that would be so hot. With my diamond (ear) studs?"
But Hudson fears the style change may be too high maintenance because the focus would be all on her face. She says, "With a cut like that, your face has to be made up at all times."

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B'nai B'rith's board of governors voted yesterday to test Soviet sincerity for the Helsinki declaration calling for the "free flow of peoples, ideas and information" by seeking to send an official delegation to the Soviet Union to meet with both Jewish activists and Soviet officials.
B'nai B'rith President David M. Blumberg, who introduced the proposal at the organization's board of governors' biannual meeting here, said the purpose of the delegation would be to establish regular religious and cultural ties with Soviet Jews and consult with Soviet authorities on liberalizing emigration policies, accelerating "reunion of families" and restoring Jewish communal life under Soviet law. "If Helsinki is a step toward genuine detente, then there should be a parallel step forward for Soviet Jews," Blumberg said. His proposal was endorsed by a large majority of the 102-member board of governors.
Objectors to the move, a small minority, argued that even if Soviet authorities agreed to a formal delegation, the efforts of the group would likely be futile in view of past Soviet behavior on human rights issues.
But proponents urged against "prejudgments," maintaining that the action, while a test of Soviet sincerity, also demonstrates continuing concern for the right of free emigration and for the survival of a Jewish cultural life in the USSR. Blumberg said that the proposed delegation would also include leaders of B'nai B'rith affiliates from countries outside the United States.
A Senior B'nai B'rith official suggested here that the Helsinki agreement offers the Soviets a face-saving way of liberalizing its emigration policies. "The Soviets can ascribe the relaxation of their arbitrary restrictions to the voluntary multilateral agreements concluded in Helsinki and continue to reject claims that they are bowing to the Jackson Amendment," he said.
In a related development, the B'nai B'rith also called for "aggressive diplomacy" by the West to resist a Third World takeover of the United Nations. Such a takeover, they said, "could mean finish to the world organization as a viable institution," They endorsed recent moves by Congress and the State Department pointing to a possible American withdrawal from the next General Assembly and a cutoff of U.S. funds if an Arab prompted campaign to suspend Israel succeeds.
But Blumberg said such "last resort" action "would likely diminish the UN beyond repair." He noted that "despite its defects and weakness, the UN is too valuable as an instrument for international exchange to be surrendered by its founders to a Third World cabal engaged in irrational diplomacy."
Blumberg said that public disillusionment with the UN should be expressed "in efforts to make it more responsive to its avowed purpose" rather than abandoning it to a "meaningless majority of small nations who would suffer most if it collapses." He said that the capacity of Western power to apply "diplomatic strength" had to be shown before the foreign ministers of some 70 non-aligned nations convene for a conference this month in Lima, Peru.
The B'nai B'rith leader also called the issue "another test" of the Soviet Union's sincerity about detente. "The Soviet Union has persuasive influence over Syria and other client states," he said, "Detente should mean something more than a handshake in space or buying wheat at a bargain price."


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I am going to come up with what i believe would be the best specs we can hope for in nintendo's successor to the 3DS. I'm going to try to be realistic as well, we all know nintendo never goes for the most power. So without further ado, here is a realistic scenario
800x480 TFT display with Paralax Barrier Stereoscopic 3D support. (Bottom Screen will double as well at 640x480
-This doubles the 400x240 resolution on the 3DS allowing for simple pixel doubling emulation of 3DS games. Full backward compatibility should be expected.
Dual-Core ARM A15 Processor clocked conservatively around 800MHz
-This ensures backwards compatibility by using an evolution of the arm chipset. The current 3DS has a dual-core ARM11 processor clocked at around 266MHz. The recent ARM A15 architecture is currently the most powerful and efficient arm processor on the market. It is currently in use with google's chrome book and their Nexus 10 tablet. It provides power (on the processor side) on par with or greater than the playstation vita's quad core A9 architecture.
1GB RAM (768MB reserved for games, 256mb for the OS)
This is an 8x increase over the 3DS 128mb. This is honestly the least I could see being paired with an A15 dual. It's plenty for a handheld system and 2x as much as the vita.
A PowerVR based graphics component underclocked significantly to 400MHz.
-It is unknown what graphics components they will want to use, but my guess is something like the SGX554 clocked at around 400Mhz with 4 cores. This should easily push 150 million triangles a second and match the vita.
Dual Analog Sliders, and WiFi a/b/g/n should be expected.
system should come with 8gb of flash storage right out of the box. The 3DS comes with 2gb as it stands. 16gb would be great but nintendo will support SD cards once again, making it cheap to expand storage.
As always it will be home to our favorite franchises and we will buy it no matter how powerful it is.
I expect it to launch sometime in 2016 for around $199.99


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Last week the Senators disclosed that they would be meeting with the representatives from the Newport Sports Management to discuss contract extensions for a number of key players and for the better part of this week, news on this front has been relatively non-existent… until today when Senators assistant general manager Pierre Dorion conducted a series of interviews with the media.
The following is an interview from TSN 1200 this afternoon, so if you wish to listen to the interview, you can follow this link or listen to the embedded audio at the bottom of this blog.
As always, my thoughts are in bold.
On Robin Lehner's contract signing and the negotiation process…
"The process was interesting. We both at the start felt that maybe a longer term deal would work, but obviously we talked a one-year deal, two-year deals, three-year deals, four-year deals. We didn't want to do, on our side of things, we didn't want to do five or six (years). We also talked a seven-year deal and we felt, a seven-year deal, there was a lot of gamble from their side of things and a lot of gamble from our side of things and we felt, doing this bridge contract and getting a three-year deal seemed to be the right amount of years for both parties. It was just trying to agree on the money and a week ago or just a bit over a week ago, (Robin Lehner's representative) and I felt that we were pretty close on it. We just said, 'We'd give it a bit of a break' and we (got the contract done) yesterday at lunch – just needed to check a few of things and were able to announce it today."
Without knowing the financial specifics of Robin Lehner's deal, the mid-term deal is a smart one given the volatility of the position. The organization isn't putting all of its eggs in the Lehner basket, but at the same time, his current contract will expire before he's slated to hit unrestricted free agency (UFA), so the team will be afforded the luxury of determining whether or not they want to go in a different direction down the road or re-up with Lehner.
On what Lehner's deal means for Craig Anderson…
"I don't think it does. I don't think it does at all. I think for us, one of our strengths is both of our goalies. We feel both are top end NHL goalies. In talking with Craig's agent, again through Bryan Murray's permission, Bryan indicated to me to see what they're looking for. I just told Craig Anderson's agent that we're going to do Robin Lehner first and after that, we'll see if an extension works for both sides."
Translation: Craig Anderson's not a big priority right now.
On whether the organization was prioritizing Robin Lehner over Craig Anderson or whether it's just simply a matter of getting the RFA done first…
"Yeah, exactly. I think because Robin was a restricted free agent, I think we owed it to Robin to get his deal done first. And from there, I know Bryan (Murray) and Craig Anderson's agents had preliminary talks earlier in the spring and Bryan just said, 'Pierre, you can look after this. You know what the parameters are.' We have to make a deal that's going to work well for both sides and is fair for both sides – if we make a deal. It has to make sense for us. We have the money to spend to sign Craig – that's not an issue. We have the money to spend on all our pending UFAs. So it has to make sense that we just don't throw money at one person and not at the rest of the guys."
One recurring theme throughout this interview was Dorion's repeated assurances that money was not a problem for the organization.
On how he feels on having two goaltenders instead of having a definitive number one guy…
"I think it only works well for us. I think the more quality players that you have at a certain position, it's better than having a 2A and a 2B. I think if we consider Robin and Craig Anderson both a 1A and a 1B, I think it only makes it a healthy competition. At the end of the year, I know people are going to say that it doesn't really matter, but we were the best team for the last ten games of the year and we're probably out of the playoffs, but they both played. I think it's just going to be a healthy competition. Obviously it's not Bryan (Murray), myself or Randy Lee who decides who plays in nets – that's up to Paul (MacLean). And we have to respect that he's the coach of the team and we don't micromanage our coach and he decides who plays. But, I think it just makes it a really healthy competition knowing that any night, our goalies can steal a game or can steal two points for us."
The Senators were the best team in the NHL for the last 10 games of the 2013/14 season? Put that on a banner at the Canadian Tire Centre.
On the other impending 2015 UFAs in Clarke MacArthur, Bobby Ryan and Marc Methot's status and his thoughts on the school of thought that the Senators can't afford to go into the season without having them inked to extensions or whether the organization would take it all the way to the trade deadline to get deals done…
"Well obviously we would like to sign all four of them by July 1st at 12:02 pm, but these deals don't get done in a few minutes. They're pending UFAs, so because of that scenario and situation, they take a bit longer. They have got contracts for next year. We feel very confident that we feel that we can sign all four of them, especially after meeting yesterday with the Newport representatives – Don Meehan was there, Pat Morris was there, Mark Guy was there and Craig (Oster) was there also. So both Bryan (Murray) and I – and we talked at length with Randy (Lee) also – we feel that we can sign our guys. I wish we could do it right away, but it's got to be the right deal for the team. It's got to make sense. The player has to be happy. The organization has to be happy. I don't see a deadline. You know, obviously you'd like to see it done before next year's trade deadline, but I don't really see a timeline or a deadline. The negotiations yesterday, they were really productive concerning both Clarke (MacArthur) and Bobby Ryan. It's beyond preliminary talks, but in saying that, I don't think it will be anything that's done in the next day or so."
Management knows the score. They realize that barring an exclusive window in which another team can reach a contract extension with one of Ottawa's impending 2015 UFAs, each of their players' value as rentals will diminish with each passing game. The Senators would never publicly admit to their being a deadline, so that they would undermine their own leverage in any prospective trade negotiations.
On whether it's productive to sit down with a large Newport contingent to get the deals done…
"Yes it can and no it can't because you have so many things to talk about. We started the conversation yesterday by saying, 'Why don't we get Robin Lehner done before we get to the other two?' and the last thing we talked about was Robin Lehner, so it can be positive and negative. I think having Bryan (Murray) there was outstanding because everyone knows that everything goes through him on the hockey side, even though he's battling this disease. The talks were, I've been around enough and I've done enough contracts, even though I've been an assistant GM for a short span of time, we left the restaurant and felt good when we left the restaurant. It wasn't like, 'Well, we'll just wait and see.' It was like, 'Okay, what type of years would work? What kind of money are you're looking at?' So it was really productive talks."
Good to hear and hopefully the Senators can make some headway on these negotiations so one way or another, the team will know what direction they have to go in or whether more moves are necessary.
On what the budget the team expects to spend on player payroll…
"Well this year, my calculations were, if every player achieves, depending who you have on our team, if we're at a 23-man roster with Robin (Lehner) in right now, with all bonuses, I'm at about $56 million right now was what I figured. There's really no set number. Next year, we'd like to sign all these (impending 2015 UFAs). We know we'll have Alex Chiasson coming off the books. You know we will have Mika Zibanejad and Mark Stone. Both of them will be coming off RFA years. If Mark Stone is on the team, he's another RFA. We're going to spend money. I don't think budget is an issue here. We're going to spend money. We spend it wisely, but I don't think it's an issue moving forward with our team. I think we have the resources with our players and we're going to keep our players here. Every time I talk to an agent, as in the case with Marc Methot, he seems like he wants to stay here too. We're going to spend money, but we're going to spend it wisely."
The terms of Lehner's deal are as follows:
The new contract for #Sens Lehner has an AAV of $2.225M ($1.5M, $2.025M, $3.15M) #TheLehner
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) July 31, 2014
With that added $2.225 million to this year's budget, Capgeek lists the Senators' payroll at a robust $55 million (approximately). It's good enough for the third lowest payroll in the entire NHL – trailing only the Calgary Flames and the Arizona Coyotes and given the Flames having to fill more roster spots, there is still time for them to surpass Ottawa's payroll.
Again, Dorion's going on the defensive about the team's budget and it's probably a direct result of the attention being paid to the team's bottom line in the blogosphere and online communities. Even though the organization has repeatedly told its fans that money is and will be available in the event that they can add salary to make this team more competitive, history shows (ie. the Ales Hemsky deal) that the Senators are running a dollar in and dollar out operation.
On why the Senators were willing to sign Lehner seven-years but not sign him to a five or six-year deal…
"Well, the simple reason is that five would take him right until he's a UFA. We didn't want to do six (years) because that would just buy one-year of UFA, but we figured if we did seven (years), it would buy two years of UFA. And if we did four (years), it would take him to one-year before he became a UFA, so you have to have, not that I'm trying to reveal any big secrets, but you have to have a kind of a plan. And again, this was all approved by Bryan Murray. Before we sat down, I sat down and I talked with Randy (Lee) also about it, 'Long-term, this is what we're looking at.' Because Robin (Lehner) made it clear and they wanted to know if we'd be ready to do a long-term deal, so we gave him an offer of seven-years and then we just felt when we were both discussing it, we just felt for both sides, three years was the right number. We buy two years of arbitration rights which is really big for us because of the number of games that Robin has played and he's still got, after this current contract, two years before he becomes a UFA, so if at that point in time we want to give him a big deal then we can do it or deal with more term, then we feel we can do that. I think it's a win-win for both parties. I think Robin said that he thought I (indiscernible audio), but it was more Bryan Murray that did a good job. I was just more negotiating, but at the end of the day, Bryan comes in and approves everything."
No complaints here. It's a great term and very reasonable dollar figure.
On anything on the trade front…
"I've got to say, I'm really excited about our team. I don't want summer to be over, but I can't wait for us to drop the puck September 18th for training camp. I look at our team right now, I know people don't know too much about Alex Chiasson, but if you saw this guy play in the first half of the year, he was a dominant player. I think adding David Legwand, who played against every other team's number one center in the Western Conference — –and they have top end number one centers on the other side. I think our defence is going to bounce back. I think Erik (Karlsson) is going to have the chance to train all summer compared to what he didn't do last year. We're going to see an even better Erik Karlsson. I think having our two goalies, having guys like Mika Zibanejad step up, Kyle Turris step up, having guys that are maybe hungry because they're pending UFAs – whether we can do (sign them) or not. Having a guy like a Mark Stone maybe step up or a guy like Mike Hoffman. Still having the grit of a Chris Neil. Leadership that we think is going to be good by committee. I'm really excited about our team. If we don't do a thing, I feel confident that we're a playoff team. I think we're a team that can contend in the playoffs. Sometimes I go for a few beers with my friends and they say, 'Where are you guys going to finish?' and I say, 'Well, we're going to finish in the top eight (in the Eastern Conference) and then we'll see what happens after that.' But right now, I've got to tell you, I feel confident about our team's chances moving forward."
Like Dorion, I'm excited to see a healthy and focused Erik Karlsson. I'm also excited to see what Mark Stone and Mike Hoffman can bring to this team – provided that they're given an excellent opportunity and quality linemates.
As for the rest of it, it remains to be seen. As much as I believe that improved forward play within the defensive end will help eliminate many of the problems that plagued the Senators last season, I'm still somewhat taken aback by Dorion's faith in this team's blue line. With the exception of Karlsson and Methot, the team does not have a lot of proven defensive options. For as much depth as they have, most of it projects as bottom pairing guys – no matter how much the organization likes guys like Chris Phillips, Eric Gryba and Mark Borowiecki. In consequence, any Senators success this season is predicated on the success and growth of guys like Patrick Wiercioch, Jared Cowen and Cody Ceci.
The thing about Dorion saying that Chiasson was dominant during that first half of the season is that if it was true, the proof would be in the numbers. They're not.
According to the numbers, in Dallas' first half, Chiasson on the ice for 19 goals for at even strength and 33 goals against – a difference that can mostly be explained by Dallas' porous .856 save percentage when Chiasson was on the ice. Nevertheless, Dallas only generated 48.5-percent of the shots and 50.0-percent of the shot attempts when Chiasson was on the ice. In his freshman season, he was okay and that's fine, but considering the inherent pressures that will come just from being the featured and first piece from the Dallas trade package to play games for the Senators next season, I'm not sure it's in anyone's best interest to start playing him up as a dominant player. The pressures that will come from being traded for Jason Spezza alone should be big enough as is.
While true that Legwand did play tough minutes for Nashville in the past (and this is something I hope the Senators explore to ensure that Turris' line is used in a more offensive capacity), he's 33-years old and he finished last season playing fourth line minutes in Detroit. I certainly don't begrudge the Senators from promoting their lone UFA signing, but should Mika Zibanejad develop and get the top six minutes that I expect, I don't envision Legwand getting the kind of power play time or minutes necessary to put up the kind of numbers that he did in Nashville.


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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Deer Creek Cheddar
"I felt like I could hear crickets chirping in the background as I walked up there," said Gentine, who in the past decade has developed one of the nation's most successful marketing and export companies for American cheesemakers looking to expand abroad.
"First off, I am not a cheesemaker and would never claim to be," added Gentine, whose business is based in Sheyboygan, Wisconsin. "So Cabot Creamery and Beecher's Handmade Cheese (the cheesemakers who have dominated the category for the past three years) -- I really respect them. They are crafting some truly amazing American Originals."
While Gentine may not be a cheesemaker, he is a cheese geek. A licensed cheese grader for the past 15 years, his palate is sophisticated enough to tell the difference between a Grade A and Grade AA cheddar. His new line of Deer Creek specialty Cheddars are believed to be the only Grade AA Cheddars on the retail market, and that's no accident. No cheesemaker really wants to go through the hoops to meet the higher standard, as each batch must be personally inspected by one of a handful of official State of Wisconsin certified cheese graders.
But Gentine's got the ambition, passion and geektoidness to make it happen. That's why he's spent the past three years working with Wisconsin cheesemakers, affineurs and cheese graders to develop a specialty, three-year Cheddar called Deer Creek Reserve, and that is why Deer Creek Reserve is now considered to be the best Aged Cheddar (between 2-4 years) in the nation.
Both the Deer Creek and Deer Creek Reserve are made in 40-pound blocks at the Land O' Lakes cheese plant in Kiel, long considered to produce some of the best Cheddar in the nation. The cheese is then aged and graded by Wisconsin Aging & Grading (aptly named), specifically for Gentine.
"We pull some samples from every vat, and then the team evaluates each sample," Gentine said. "We usually narrow it down to a smaller group, and then submit it to DATCP (WI Dept of Agriculture) for their official cheese grader to analyze. From that group, he might say only two or three meet the Grade AA standard. So those are the samples we age out. This is a process we have to go through every time to meet the Grade AA standard."
Gentine also oversees the production of two more cheeses: 1) Deer Creek The Fawn, made in 22-pound bandaged and waxed daisy wheels by Kerry Hennig at Henning's Cheese in Kiel (this cheese took a second in its category at this year's ACS competition), and 2) Deer Creek Vat 17, a cocktail culture Cheddar that was originally made specifically for a customer whose business model changed and could not purchase it (this cheese took second in the Aged Cheddar category).
"The Deer Creek Vat 17 is a really unique cheese," Gentine said. "It's got a cocktail of cultures in it that represent some of the best global Cheddars from the United Kingdom to Canada to New Zealand. It's an amazing cheese to watch and taste, as one culture dies off, another comes to the front and the taste completely changes. We're lucky it peaked at the right time to win at ACS."
So now that he has these amazing, award-winning Cheddars that heretofore no one had ever seen, how can the average person buy it? That's a good question, Gentine says. Because the wins at ACS were a surprise, he didn't have any of the cheese yet placed in the retail market. He's now working with distributors and specialty stores to make it available to the public, as calls are coming in from the publicity garnered from ACS.
As for future awards and accolades for the Deer Creek cheeses, don't expect too many. Gentine says he probably won't enter them into the American Cheese Society competition again, because he felt awkward competing against Wisconsin cheesemakers, many of whom are his clients.
"We'll continue to make it, sell it at retail, and I'm sure we'll be exporting the heck out of it," Gentine said. "But I think my time on the awards stand is done. I'll leave those honors to the cheesemakers. They're the ones who deserve it."
5 comments:
- Jon from Bkln said...
Or you could just buy a cheddar from Neal's Yard.
- gordonzola.net said...
Hmmmmm, this:
"he didn't have any of the cheese yet placed in the retail market"
Seems to violate this basic rule of the competition which is that the cheese must be for sale for a minimum of 6 months. Oddly, I cannot find the 2012 competition rules but the 2011 ones are still posted and say:
"All competition entries must be for sale to the general public on or before January 1, 2011 through the end of the competition, or for a minimum of six months. "
- cheese underground lady said...
Good point, Gordon -- I will check with Chris on this. Perhaps I misunderstood him. I do know the cheese was on the export market. So people in Japan were probably eating it before us.
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China Stocks: BYD, Citic Securities, Kweichow Moutai, Ping AnWeiyi Lim
Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in China trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses at the close.
The Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks the bigger of China's stock exchanges, gained 1.4 percent to 2,225.43. The CSI 300 Index climbed 1.5 percent to 2,461.61.
Citic Securities Co. (600030 CH) gained 4.7 percent to 12.63 yuan, the biggest advance since April 18. Ping An Insurance Group Co. (601318 CG) increased 2.4 percent to 45.74 yuan. Bank of Ningbo Co. (002142 CH) advanced 3.4 percent to 9.98 yuan. Chinese financial index including banks, brokerages and insurers on the CSI 300 rose 2 percent, the most since May 17, the second-biggest gain among 10 groups in Shenzhen.
China will make Qianhai, part of the Shenzhen economic zone, a test ground for freer yuan usage and capital account convertibility, the National Development and Reform Commission said today. Officials are seeking to develop Qianhai into a financial service hub. Financial stocks are also better valued and insurers' May income is improving, Xie Jiyong, analyst at Capital Securities Corp., said in phone interview in Shanghai. The financial index trades at multiple of 8.5 times, compared to CSI 300's 12.2 times.
Kweichow Moutai Co. (600519 CH), the largest maker of baijiu liquor, advanced 1.3 percent to 239.15 yuan. Wuliangye Yibin Co. (000858 CH), the second biggest, gained 2.4 percent to 32.76 yuan. Bank of Communications Co. recommended buying shares of "defensive" companies whose earnings may be sheltered from the slowdown.
BYD Co. (002594 CH) lost 2.7 percent to 19.86 yuan. The automaker backed by investor Warren Buffett said 477.2 million shares will become tradable on July 2.
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Read the following instructions in order to complete this assignment, and review the example of how to complete the math required for this assignment:
Read the article about Body Mass Index (BMI) on page 151 of Elementary and Intermediate Algebra. Use the formula given using pounds and inches for finding the BMI at the end of the first paragraph in order to find the four intervals the article mentions:
17 < BMI < 22 might have a longer life span than average
23 < BMI < 25 probably not overweight
25 < BMI < 29.9 probably overweight
BMI > 30 obese
You will use your height to plug into the formula to solve for W, the weight range that will go with each category. You may prefer to solve the formula for the variable W before plugging in values, which is fine.
Write a two to three page paper that is formatted in APA style and according to the Math Writing Guide. Format your math work as shown in the Instructor Guidance and be concise in your reasoning. In the body of your essay, please make sure to include:
Your solution to the above problem, making sure to include all mathematical work
A discussion on the computed weight ranges and some reasons why they could be misleading
An evaluation of the regions outside of the "probably not overweight" range using both set notation and interval notation. Include a simple graph of the regions. (See Instructor Guidance example for some ideas of how to do this.)
The incorporation of the following five math vocabulary words into your discussion. Use bold font to emphasize the words in your writing (Do not write definitions for the words; but integrate them into your discussion.):
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Vampire Weekend: Don't call us white
Indie band Vampire Weekend have been accused of being over-privileged cultural imperialists.
Vampire Weekend, the four-piece from New York, have been described as "the whitest band on the planet".
This not entirely flattering label was pinned on them in 2008 after the release of their million-selling self-titled debut album of world music, which sounded like a bunch of young punks playing Paul Simon's Graceland. Accusations of cultural imperialism were levelled at them for their appropriation of African music idioms.
Meanwhile, their songs about baroque architecture and obscure points of grammar, the fact that they were all graduates of the prestigious Columbia University, and the way that they dressed, all smart-casual preppy wear, made them seem like over-privileged Ivy League elitists holidaying in other people's misery.
Now, with the release of their second album, Contra, Vampire Weekend are, ever so politely, being forced to defend their lifestyle choices and correct people's assumptions about their background and ethnicity. "'Whiteness' — people use that word in a lot of different ways," says singer and guitarist Ezra Koenig, who also writes the lyrics.
"There are a lot of self-hating white people who talk about whiteness as privilege, and often they're really just referring to some of the clothes we wear. I think it's a bit silly to describe us that way.
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"And besides, our band is diverse — you could call us all white, but there's a Jewish guy, a Persian guy, an Italian guy… it's a pretty broad definition of whiteness."
Koenig is talking here about himself, keyboardist and co-songwriter Rostam Batmanglij and bassist Chris Baio. Drummer Chris Tomson is the closest VW have in their ranks to a "WASP", another word that rankles with Koenig.
"Because we favour certain ways of dressing and don't shy away from using obscure words and we went to Columbia, people have put all the elements together and prejudged us as privileged white kids, even WASPs, which immediately implies privilege and 'old money'," he says. "Those things juxtaposed with our interest in world music have made it very easy for people to raise the flag of colonialism or imperialism. But the two main writers in the band are Jewish and Persian, which is not very WASPy."
Koenig, laughing, considers it his "God-given right" to wear a cricket sweater and a Polo shirt, but he's not being flippant — his fondness for, particularly, Ralph Lauren's designs, are in part because the latter was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants in the Bronx who grew up not far from where Koenig's own father and grandparents were raised.
"My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood," he says, "and I got a scholarship to go to college. I went there to get an education, not as an extension of privilege."
As for Tomson, he grew up on a farm in New Jersey, while Batmanglij's parents were forced to flee Iran during the troubles of 1979.
"We could each of us in our own ways make the claim that we're outsiders to a certain world," says Koenig, who remembers as a child feeling somewhat excluded on a street notable for its mansions and country clubs. "But I still went to Columbia and made friends from all over the world, and, of course, my life is privileged in many ways."
Growing up as part of a family from Eastern Europe, he did not feel much "like an outcast", even though he was, he says, one of only a few Jewish kids at school. His memory of high school was "feeling honoured that there were a lot of different people out there".
He did have a barmitzvah, prompted by his mother, a sociology professor who wanted her son to have a greater understanding of his family's history.
"She said: 'Our heritage is Jewish so you should have a barmitzvah.' It was to keep up the tradition, almost as a statement, because she felt that diversity was important. If you pay no attention to history and you're any kind of minority then it can all get wiped out and washed into a mono-culture." His family were not, he admits, religious, but what stays with him is "a general interest in the culture".
Koenig has been most often compared to fellow literate, urbane New York Jewish songwriter Paul Simon, and while recording the two Vampire Weekend albums he listened to everyone from Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen to Lou Reed and the Beastie Boys — all Jews.
"I'm not sure if there's a shared heritage," he says cautiously of his relationship to his musical forebears, "but I do love those people." He especially paid attention to the Beasties' Paul's Boutique album, that 1989 sampling landmark that mixed and matched music from many cultures, and did so with smart New York Jewish humour.
"Sense of humour is something music always needs," says Koenig, aware of the comedy of his own position in the rock scheme of things.
"If you lose that, that's when it's all over."
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El Torito Goes El Bankrupto
Pardon the awful fake Spanish--frankly, it's no worse than reading the menu at Chevy's.
Real Mex, the parent company of pretty much every chain sit-down Mexican restaurant in OC that isn't Avila's El Ranchito, has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.
The Cypress-based chain, which operates El Torito, Chevy's, and Acapulco restaurants, as well as Las Brisas in Laguna Beach, decided to file before their financing hit a crisis; they're hoping to get the bankruptcy court's permission to auction themselves off to the highest bidder. In the meantime, they've said they will keep operating as normal.
We assume they'll find a taker, albeit for a devalued sum. The restaurants are extremely popular, though perhaps a little bit oversaturated--anyone who's ever driven down State College Blvd. knows there's a superfluity of the chain; an El Torito at Ball Road, a recently-closed El Torito Grill at Katella, and another El Torito at the
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A stern reminder about an upcoming U.S. Soccer-related event, whether you plan to check it out live and in person, on the "telly" or that wacky world wide web.
WNT vs. Japan – Friday, August 20 @ 11 a.m. ET
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It's a case of "good news, bad news" in Greece for the U.S. Women's National Team. What do you want to hear first? The good news? Good choice.
The good news is that the U.S. Women continued their unbeaten streak in the opening round of Olympic competition while giving up just one goal in three games, defeating Greece 3-0 on Aug. 11, edging Brazil 2-0 on Aug. 14 and drawing 1-1 with Australia on Aug. 17. Need more good news? Well, Abby and Mia continue to spark the U.S. offense, with each player scoring in both of the opening round wins. And the defense looks solid, with Joy Fawcett shutting down even the quickest of opponents and owning our third with Ms. Perfect, Briana Scurry.
Now for the bad. We're not complaining here, nor demanding perfection, in what is an extremely difficult tournament set-up, but it's fair to say that the U.S. Women don't look as dominating or as sharp as we're used to seeing them. We probably should've scored a couple more goals against Greece, could've been down 2-nil at halftime versus Brazil and then without Abby, had trouble breaking down a defense that we scored three goals against in one half with her in the lineup less than a month ago.
Now for more of the bad. Standing in our path just to GET to the gold medal match are Japan and Germany, two teams that have given us problems in recent years. Up first in the quarterfinals on Friday (Aug. 20) is Japan, who we've only been able to draw in the last three meetings, including the last meeting on June 6 in Louisville, Ky. Abby and Mia will have to be in top form in the attack, while Shannon Boxx will be counted on to shut down their star Homare Sawa in order to meet the reigning world champs for a chance at WWC revenge in the medal round.
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HIDALGO, Texas - Locked in a capsule the size of a phone booth suspended 20 feet over a cabbage field in south Texas, a National Guard soldier spends a Sunday night with a gun attached to his hip while watching an orange grove through infrared lenses.
Stationing 1,200 National Guard soldiers at the border for one year costs $110 million.
That same night, to the west, an ominous whistle slices through the silence of dawn as a mile-long train is stopped in the middle of a bridge over the Rio Grande. In a ritual repeated every night, an officer of U.S. Customs and Border Protection unlocks a door, a railroad patrolman slides open the heavy doors, and they point their flashlight beams to inspect under, above and in the middle of the load of cars and electronics before it goes through an X-ray machine in search of hidden people or drugs.
Putting rail freight through an X-ray machine costs $1.75 million.
That night, in southern Arizona, a guard sees something strange in a truck with a trailer loaded with coal and requests a more detailed examination. Dogs trained to smell drugs begin to bark, and the guard finds 8,000 pounds of marijuana in several trucks.
The annual salary of a Customs and Border Protection agent averages $75,000. A drug-sniffing dog costs $4,500.
At a time when Congress is debating how to fund the border and governors are demanding more assistance, The Associated Press has investigated what it costs taxpayers to secure the border between Mexico and the United States.
The price has not been publicized so far. But AP, using White House budgets, reports obtained through requests covered under the Freedom of Information Act and congressional transcripts, came up with the total amount: $90 billion in 10 years.
For taxpayers who pay this amount, the result has been bittersweet: fewer illegal immigrants, but little impact on terrorism. And it certainly has not stopped the supply of drugs.
The terrorists who perpetrated the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, did not come from Mexico, but the attacks led politicians to review border security. Ten days later, President George W. Bush announced a new Department of Homeland Security, with tasks that include the security of the country's porous southern border.
Over the next 10 years, annual spending on the border has tripled while the United States built an unprecedented network spanning 1,900 miles along the border with Mexico: 165 X-ray machines for trucks and trains; more than 650 miles of heavy-duty fences and concrete walls; double the amount of agents along the entire stretch; and a small fleet of Predator drones. In addition, remote surveillance cameras, thermal imaging devices and partially buried ground sensors that sound an alarm in the central office when someone steps on them in the desert.
"The obligation to secure our borders implies the responsibility to make it as cost-effective as possible, and we recognize there's no single solution to meet the security needs on our border," said Homeland Security spokesman Matthew Chandler.
Over the years, the objectives of security measures at the border have changed.
Initial concerns that terrorists could filter out weapons from Mexico to the United States were overshadowed by concerns about the violent drug cartels that kill people along the Rio Grande. As the American economy declined, preventing illegal immigrants from crossing north in search of work became the center of attention.
"Border security is no longer about just responding to Sept. 11. It became a very important part of the debate on immigration," said Jena Baker McNeill, an analyst for national security policy at The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing research institute in Washington.
In fact, detaining immigrants at the border has become a bargaining tool with Congress for the last two governments: fences and guards in exchange for immigration reform, Baker McNeill said.
The increase in resources has dramatically reduced illegal immigration. Ten years ago, border agents caught 1.6 million illegal immigrants in a year. Last year only 463,000 were caught. The decline is attributed in part to the U.S. recession, which reduced jobs here, but it is also a sign, according to federal authorities, that fewer people are trying to cross the border illegally.
Spending, however, has not helped stem the flow of illegal drugs. Last year, border guards seized the record figures of 254,000 pounds of cocaine, 3.6 million pounds of marijuana and 4,200 pounds of heroin. In response, the heads of the Mexican cartels just sent over more: trains loaded with marijuana and cocaine hidden in the bumpers and dashboards or heroin hidden in the shoes of young men.
It is estimated that some 660,000 pounds of cocaine, 44,000 pounds of heroin and 220,000 pounds of methamphetamine circulate on U.S. streets in any given year, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy. A fraction of that amount was seized at the border, a small cost for the drug traffickers operating in Mexico; they will earn about $25 billion this year from U.S. sales.
Last month, a Department of Justice study that reviewed the total cost of illicit drug use in the U.S. and included studies on the cost of diseases, federal crime statistics and economic models, arrived at an annual figure of $193 billion.
"It is going to be impossible to seal the border. You can never stop anything 100%. As long as there's a market, while profits are made, someone will be willing to take risks to make sure that the product gets to the other side," said Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, a former director of the Border Patrol.
Despite the increasing violence around the corner - the dead in Mexico's fight against cartels surpasses 35,000 - the Obama administration reported that populations on the U.S. side of the border enjoy relative peace. Terrorists do not usually cross the border into the United States, officials say.
However, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, warned against complacency.
"There is disagreement over the definition of overwhelming violence and the magnitude of that violence, but there should be no disagreement about the threat we face and what will happen if this government continues to minimize the threat," he said. "So what should we do? First, we must leave our trenches and address this growing threat. If we do not, the cartels will eventually try to take over our cities."
If Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano could talk to Mexican drug lords, this is what she says she would say, "Don't even think about bringing your violence and your tactics to this side of the border. You will be greeted with an overwhelming response."
And if she could talk to aspiring illegal immigrants, she would say:
"There are more Border Patrol agents than ever at the border. There are more customs officials. There is more technology. Don't bet everything on the cartels or criminal organizations because the probability of getting caught and the consequences of doing so are greater than ever."
By 2012, the record budget for border security in Obama's administration proposes an additional $242 million to pay for high-tech surveillance towers and mobile detection devices along the border, $229 million to increase the salary of Border Patrol agents and $184 million to identify and deport criminal aliens in state prisons and local jails. This in addition to about $14 million to support the current infrastructure.
Over the years, budget allocations tell the story of a changing border policy.
In 2002, when security checks after Sept. 11 were four-hour waits at the border, the Bush administration sought $380 million to build a cutting-edge system for entry and exit visas.
In 2006, the federal government put an end to the immigration policy of "catch and release" in which local police had been releasing illegal immigrants if they had not committed a crime locally. Now they turn them over to the feds and they are judged for violating immigration law. Taxpayers in that year paid $327 million for 4,000 new beds to detain suspected illegal immigrants until they could be legally prosecuted.
In January, the government withdrew Obama SBInet, a project to install a "virtual" high-tech border fence that would cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion but did little to improve security.
"From the beginning, SBInet was an unrealistic approach," said Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. "The department's decision to use technology based on the specific security needs of each segment of the border is a much more prudent focus, and I hope it will be more cost-effective."


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Pete Doherty goes crazy
Pete Doherty reportedly went berserk at a London rehab clinic this week, punching a nurse, screaming, and ramming into walls. He's at the Priory clinic in London and is there pending his sentencing on drug charges. Although considering his behavior you'd think he was in a zoo. Some bizarro Twilight Zone zoo, where the animals viist the gift shop and it is us that is in the cages. Oh, cruel irony. How cruel your irony is.


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Synthetic minor facilities: NJAC 7:27-8
Title V operating permits: NJAC 7:27-22
Applicability: NJAC 7:27-22.1, NJAC 7:27-22.2, and 40 CFR 70.2
Application content: NJAC 7:27-22.6
Action on the application: NJAC 7:27-22.10 to 7:27-22.13
Compliance certification: NJAC 7:27-1.39 and NJAC 7:27-22.19(f)
Fees: NJAC 7:27-22.31
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Environmental Management Division of Air Quality Air Quality Permitting Program
See ADDRESSES & CONTACTS for addresses and telephone numbers.
See national section for basic information and federal regulations.
• Rules. In general, New Jersey's Title V operating permit program follows the federal 40 CFR 70 rules, including the establishment of a Title V permitting threshold for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The New Jersey operating permit program has received full EPA approval.
• Administration and enforcement. The DEP's Division of Air Quality is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the state's air emissions permit rules.
Operating Certificates
DEP requires all significant sources that are not at major sources to apply for and obtain an operating certificate. The preconstruction permit application form also serves as the application form for the operating certificate, and DEP issues the preconstruction permit and operating certificate simultaneously as one document. For additional information, see state sections AIR EMISSIONS PERMITS and NEW SOURCE REVIEW.
Synthetic Minor Facilities
Facilities with potential emissions above the major source threshold may use preconstruction permits to request a federally enforceable emissions cap that limits emissions to below major source thresholds, thereby avoiding Title V applicability. The permit conditions established to limit emissions must be practicably enforceable and not overly vague. Practicably enforceable limits include:


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19 F3d 7 Englehart v. Raikey Warden McI Walpole
19 F.3d 7
William F. ENGLEHART, Petitioner,
Paul RAIKEY, WARDEN M.C.I. WALPOLE, Respondent.
No. 93-1985.
United States Court of Appeals,
First Circuit.
February 28, 1994
NOTICE: First Circuit Local Rule 36.2(b)6 states unpublished opinions may be cited only in related cases.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
William F. Englehar on brief pro se.
Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General, and William J. Duensing, Assitant Attorney General, on brief for appellee.
Before Torruella, Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam.
For the reasons stated in the memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, dated May 24, 1993, the judgment of the court denying the petition for habeas corpus is affirmed.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 3/1/2014 (1325 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Plowing of the city's residential streets is scheduled to start Sunday night with the aim that each will get scraped to the pavement.
Jim Berezowsky, manager of street maintenance, said Friday vehicle owners who park on streets should move their vehicles or risk a tow and a fine of up to $150. The schedule for the lettered zones around the city is posted on knowyourzone.winnipeg.ca. Residential plowing should be completed by Wednesday at 7 a.m.
Berezowsky said the residential clearing operations were delayed to deal with Friday's forecast snowfall of 10 to 12 centimetres.
"It was a grave concern to us to go out and spend about $2 million on a plowing operation and possibly go right back out on a plowing operation the next day," he said. "That was all based on the weather forecast. It is not as much a cost-saving thing as it's an operational consideration for the services that we deliver.
"Business-wise, we're looking at the best interests of the citizens of this city."
Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt, chairman of the civic finance committee, said earlier this week he had first asked city officials to begin plowing last Saturday to stop ice ruts from building up.
The snow-removal operation will cost the city $3.5 million to $4 million and involve up to 350 trucks, graders and front-end loaders.


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Hyderabad, Nov. (ANI): Former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin on Thursday welcomed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)'s decision to invite the Pakistani cricket team to play in India and said that games like cricket connecting both sides should not be seen politically.
"In 2004, our relationships have become warmer due to regular cricket between both countries. We can't move forward if we will see it politically," added Azharuddin.
The BCCI has invited Pakistan to play three one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches in December-January, the first bilateral contests between the arch-rivals in five years.
The Shiv Sena chief has in his party mouthpiece 'Saamna' criticized Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his statement 'to forget the past' and play cricket with Pakistan.
Shinde had earlier on Friday welcomed Pakistani team's visit to India, saying sportsmanship should be maintained and that one must not ponder over what happened in the past.
Thackeray had earlier termed the BCCI's invitation to Pakistan's cricket team as a matter of 'national shame'.
He also accused the BCCI of 'betraying the country for sake of money' and Indian cricketers of being part of that betrayal.
Thackeray considers it an insult to those who had lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
The BCCI earlier announced that it had secured the government's clearance to host Pakistan for a short tour later this year. (ANI)


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Brown Rice Stuffed Peppers Recipe
"FOR SOME extra flavor, I like to add bouillon to the dish when the pepper are baking. It also steams them a little. If I'm making chicken or turkey with the peppers, I use chicken bouillon; if I'm making beef, then I use beef bouillon."
- 5 to 6 medium green peppers
- 3/4 cup uncooked brown rice
- 1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Pepper to taste
- 1. Remove tops and seeds from peppers. In a large kettle, bring water to boil; cook peppers for 5 minutes. Remove and drain. Cook rice according to package directions.
- 2. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the tomato sauce, herbs, salt and pepper; cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Stir in rice. Remove from the heat. Spoon rice mixture into peppers. Place in a shallow ungreased baking dish or casserole. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 15-20 minutes. Yield: 5-6 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 245 calories, 6g fat (2g saturated fat), 37mg cholesterol, 424mg sodium, 29g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 3g fiber), 18g protein.
Reviews for Brown Rice Stuffed Peppers
Average Rating
Reviewed Jul. 17, 2012
"This was great! I added some salsa and a can of black beans! My husband and I finished off the whole recipe by ourselves :)"
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2012
"Needs a little more tomato sauce and some mozzarella cheese to top it off, but it was a great recipe for my first attempt at stuffed peppers!"
Reviewed Jul. 14, 2009
"This sounds like the green peppers my dad used to make.He's gone now so I can't get the recipe from him, but I'm sure going to try this one !! Thank you !"
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A clickstream is the recording of the parts of the screen a computer user clicks on while web browsing or using another software application. As the user clicks anywhere in the webpage or application, the action is logged on a client or inside the web server, as well as possibly the web browser, router, proxy server or ad server. Clickstream analysis is useful for web activity analysis,[1] software testing, market research, and for analyzing employee productivity.
A clickstream is a series of page requests, every page requested generates a signal. These signals can be graphically represented for clickstream reporting. The main point of clickstream tracking is to give webmasters insight into what visitors on their site are doing.[2]
This data itself is "neutral" in the sense that any dataset is neutral. The data can be used in various scenarios, one of which is marketing. Additionally, any webmaster, researcher, blogger or person with a website can learn about how to improve their site.
Use of clickstream data can raise privacy concerns, especially since some Internet service providers have resorted to selling users' clickstream data as a way to enhance revenue. There are 10-12 companies that purchase this data, typically for about $0.40/month per user.[3] While this practice may not directly identify individual users, it is often possible to indirectly identify specific users, an example being the AOL search data scandal. Most consumers are unaware of this practice, and its potential for compromising their privacy. In addition, few ISPs publicly admit to this practice.[4]
Analyzing the data of clients that visit a company website can be important in order to remain competitive. This analysis can be used to generate two findings for the company, the first being an analysis of a user's clickstream while using a website to reveal usage patterns, which in turn gives a heightened understanding of customer behaviour. This use of the analysis creates a user profile that aids in understanding the types of people that visit a company's website. As discussed in Van den Poel & Buckinx (2005), clickstream analysis can be used to predict whether a customer is likely to purchase from an e-commerce website. Clickstream analysis can also be used to improve customer satisfaction with the website and with the company itself. This can generate a business advantage, and be used to assess the effectiveness of advertising on a web page or site.[5]
Data mining,[6] column-oriented DBMS, and integrated OLAP systems can be used in conjunction with clickstreams to better record and analyze this data.
Clickstreams can also be used to allow the user to see where they have been and allow them to easily return to a page they have already visited, a function that is already incorporated in most browsers.
Unauthorized clickstream data collection is considered to be spyware. However, authorized clickstream data collection comes from organizations that use opt-in panels to generate market research using panelists who agree to share their clickstream data with other companies by downloading and installing specialized clickstream collection agents.
See also[edit]
- ^ WW Moe, PS Fader (2004),"Capturing Evolving Visit Behavior in Clickstream Data" Journal of Interactive Marketing (2004)
- ^ Ting, I. H.; Kimble C; Kudenko. D (September 2005). "UBB Mining: Finding Unexpected Browsing Behaviour in Clickstream Data to Improve a Web Site's Design." (PDF). IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence: 179–185. doi:10.1109/WI.2005.153.
- ^ "Compete CEO: ISPs Sell Clickstreams For $5 A Month". Seeking Alpha. 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
- ^ Singel, Ryan (2007-04-06). "Some ISPs Still Dodging Data Retention Requests, Help 27B Get the 411 AGAIN | Threat Level | Wired.com". Blog.wired.com. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
- ^ Patrali Chatterjee, Donna L. Hoffman and Thomas P. Novak (2003),"Modeling the Clickstream: Implications for Web-Based Advertising Efforts", Marketing Science22(4), (Autumn, 2003), 520-541
- ^ Nasraoui, Olfa; Cardona, Cesar; Rojas, Carlos; Gonzalez, Fabio (2003). "Mining Evolving User Profiles in NoisyWeb Clickstream Data with a Scalable Immune System Clustering Algorithm". Proc. of KDD Workshop on Web mining as a Premise to…. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.58.9558 .


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- When Twitter goes public, I want shares. In the highly likely event I can't get any, I'll probably buy the stock anyway. I might even break my own rule, buying an IPO out of the gate on its first day of trading.Back in the day -- we're talking a decade ago -- I was fanatical about football and baseball. The obsessions faded fast when I stopped doing sports radio. It's to the point where I have not watched more than an hour of the last 10 year's worth of Super Bowls combined. Over the last few weeks, however, Twitter has compelled me to stop what I was doing to turn on major sports. A couple of weeks ago it was the replacement referees' blown call in the Green Bay Packers game. Twitter exploded. I turned on ESPN's "Sportscenter," helping make it the highest rated edition of the program ever. On vacation over the weekend, while reading a book, I grabbed my phone to check Twitter. It had blown up. Everybody was Tweeting about Raul Ibanez's home run to tie the Yankees-Tigers game at four in the bottom of the ninth. I stopped reading. Turned on the game. I fell asleep before it ended. In the middle of the night, I checked Twitter again. Something had happened to Derek Jeter. The TV was on. I flipped over to ESPN. Without Twitter, I never would have paid attention to, let alone turned on the television to get sports news or watch a game. You can argue that Twitter does not drive these responses. That Twitter just happens to be the modern-day platform for word-of-mouth advertising. Simple enough, but likely too simple. The sister of Facebook ( FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Randi, who recently left the company to start Zuckerberg Media said it best in a CNBC interview. "There's really something special going on . . . between integration of traditional television and online." Straightforward yes, but quite insightful. I'm as guilty as the next person. Often, I fall into the trap of online will kill this or that medium, be it radio, television or print. In some respects, it will. Disruption, however, does not have to lead to extinction. But it should incite change. Television, in particular, can not only coexist with online; the two can partner with one another.


text: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES This release includes "adjusted operating earnings," "adjusted operating margin," "CMS adjusted operating earnings," "CMS adjusted operating margin," "adjusted net earnings," "adjusted net earnings per diluted share," "free cash flow," and "free cash flow conversion ratio," each of which are "non-GAAP financial measures" as defined in Regulation G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act). The Company defines "adjusted net earnings" as net earnings as reported under GAAP before debt prepayment costs. The Company defines "adjusted net earnings per diluted share" as net earnings per diluted share as reported under GAAP before debt prepayment costs. The Company defines "adjusted operating earnings" as operating earnings as reported under GAAP before AIT costs. "Adjusted operating margin" is adjusted operating earnings reflected as a percentage of revenue for the relevant period on a consolidated or segment basis. The Company defines "CMS adjusted operating earnings" as CMS operating earnings before AIT costs. "CMS adjusted operating margin" is adjusted CMS operating earnings reflected as a percentage of revenue for the relevant period on a segment basis. The Company uses adjusted operating earnings, adjusted operating margin, CMS adjusted operating earnings, CMS adjusted operating margin and adjusted earnings per diluted share to evaluate and assess the operational strength and performance of the business and of particular segments of the business. The Company believes these financial measures are relevant and useful for investors because it allows investors to have a better understanding of the Company's actual operating performance unaffected by the AIT costs associated with recent acquisitions and by the costs associated with our recent debt refinancing. These financial measures should not be viewed as a substitute for, or superior to, operating earnings, in the case of adjusted operating earnings, or net earnings, the most directly comparable GAAP measures, as a measure of the Company's operating performance.


text: Aggressive-growth funds ranked among the stars of the late 1990s bull market. At the time, technology stocks were climbing, and aggressive-growth funds attracted a flood of assets. Leading growth fund companies of the era included Pilgrim Baxter, Janus, and Putnam. But the highflyers crashed when Internet stocks sank in 2000. Since then, many of the aggressive-growth funds have gone out of business or toned down their approaches to focus on modestly priced stocks. One of longest-serving aggressive-growth managers is Robert Turner, who has been chairman of Turner Investment Partners for two decades. Despite suffering through the downturns, Turner has clung to his style of buying stocks with accelerating earnings. Now he argues that his approach is due to come back in favor soon. He says that aggressive-growth stocks had some periods of strong performance in the third quarter, and the style should come back to life as the economy continues growing slowly. "In a sluggish environment, investors will turn to stocks that can show rapid earnings growth," he says. Turner is bullish on technology. His Turner Large Growth Fund ( TCGFX) has 38% of assets in the sector. He says that champion companies such as Apple ( AAPL) and Google ( GOOG), should remain standouts, posting strong earnings gains at a time when most other companies will be sluggish. Turner is especially keen on data storage companies. The amount of data being generated is growing explosively as consumers around the world buy more smart phones and tablet computers. Every time you use a mobile phone to open a Facebook page, you generate data that is stored. Companies are spending heavily on data storage to learn more about how consumers are reacting. A favorite holding of Turner's is EMC ( EMC) which offers cloud-based systems that store and manage business information. Earnings have been increasing at a 19% annual rate. Another holding is Fusion-io ( FIO), which provides software that helps companies manage data. The company's revenue increased 82% in its last fiscal year. Management projected that revenue will grow 45% next year. Turner says that he is finding plenty of growth stars these days. The average annual earnings growth rate of stocks in Turner Emerging Growth is 15.8%. Such stocks could soar if the economy continues growing. That could result in big gains for investors who have the stomach to buy aggressive- growth funds at a time when the market outlook appears shaky. This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.


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I am pretty damn pleased to finally be announcing the long awaited vBulletin upgrade.
This weekend we will be starting the process of upgrading to vBulletin 3.8.5. As a result there will be a 2 hour maintenance outage from 1600 to 1800 on Sunday, AEST.
That's Australian time. I'm going to leave it to the rest of you to figure out when that will be in your part of the world.
so it will be (if I am not wrong) Sunday 6:00-8:00 A.M. GMT I will be probably sleeping....
phew, I'm just back and I would be cold turkey - least I can sleep through it also :lol: :shifty:
It's not going to make the place look really weird though, is it?
Another certain web design forum went through some upgrade (though it might have been to vBull 4) and it's pretty unreadable for me now. And finding stuff when their old position had no problems is an unnecessary chore.
The best upgrades are the ones where you barely notice a change, except the little annoyances are gone : )
This will mostly be one of those. The changes from vBulletin 3.7.1 (what we're running now) and 3.8.5 are mostly minor.
4.0 is a major update that will be a massive undertaking if and when we decide to take that plunge. I can promise it won't be in the next few months, at least.
4.x is horrible, stay on 3.x
Kevin did something go wrong with the upgrade? According to the footer we're still running version 3.7.1
Not any more...
Just as scheduled, we're done - upgrade complete!
There were some template changes made by the upgrade scripts in the process, and so some of our wonderful community-designed buttons have been replaced by vBulletin standard ones. This will be rectified over the next few days.
Please let me know if you find anything else weird or awry and I'll do my best to sort it out.
Thank you for your patience!
Cool, I was wondering why that had suddenly happened. Glad to know they're coming back. The SP fora look much nicer than other ones, so I hope that will continue into the future.
Jeesh, I also had to log in! It's been so long since I did that, I couldn't remember my login details. Took a while to dig them out, too.
this falls under the "weird" category
i thought i was having some problems with the forums not remembering me, requiring me to log in several times, despite the "Remember me" box being checked
i think that's working okay now
but in the course of my investigation into the cookies, i discovered that logging on to sitepoint forums also creates cookies for the following domains:
why is this? and how is it that you are able to set a cookie for other domains?
I don't seem to get any of those cookies Rudy. I use a plug in (firefox) that lets me pick and chose what cookies to keep and which ones to delete and these have not appeared for me.
I just cleared all cookies in Firefox, verified they were cleared, logged into the SitePoint forums, and checked the cookie list again. All I got were cookies on the domains adscluster.aws.sitepoint.com, google.com and sitepoint.com.
Browsing into some forum pages added a cookie for 1and1.com, due to the banner ad at the bottom fo the page. I suspect the other domains you picked up are for the same reason -- remotely hosted banner ads for those sites at the bottom of the page at some point while browsing.
Yup, that's the ticket - some of our ads set cookies when they're loaded.
We appear to have our community designed buttons back, too! If there's any missing, please let us know.
i was just a bit shocked that a site could/would set cookies outside its own domain... isn't that a security risk?
A site can't set cookies outside its own domain. Cookies are created through Set-Cookie headers, which are tied to the domain of the HTTP response such headers appear in.
The ads at the bottom of the forum pages are served by JavaScript. This JavaScript writes yet more JavaScript. This javascript sometimes writes an iframe which points to a webpage with an ad hosted on the domain of the advertiser (1and1.com, for example). This iframe, which generates its own HTTP request and response, sets the cookie.
The JavaScript can also inject more <script> tags pointing to JavaScript on another domain. This again generates an HTTP request to another domain which can set cookies on that domain.
The page in that iframe or script does not have access to SitePoint's cookies because it's on a different domain -- the browser only sends cookies as headers in HTTP requests to the domain that set the cookies.
The purpose of the cookies is usually to track whether you see an advertiser's ads on multiple sites. There's no security hole there, just a weak privacy one in that your viewing of ads from one company can be tracked across multiple sites.
thanks stephen, i turned off third party cookies
but i will be doggoned, 3rd party cookies are still being set
in post #11, i mentioned that cookies for 7 domains were being set
it turns out that only one of them was a sitepoint advertiser, the other 6 (i'm surprised i did not notice this sooner) are somehow related to microsoft, yes?
they are still being set, despite 3rd part cookies being blocked, by IE8
i naively assumed that after completely clearing my cache, then visiting the sitepoint forum, that all 7 were being set by sitepoint, when in fact 6 of them are set by IE8 every time i open the browser
things that make you go "hmmm..."
What is your default homepage?
still sets those 6 cookies


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bareMinerals 2-piece Powder Foundation & Brush w/SPF 15 Reviews
Hypo-allergenic?I have very sensitive skin and was told that this was the best product for not coming out with a reaction. Well... they lied!! It covered for the most part, but within days, my skin had the dry patches i so wanted to prevent. — 6 years, 5 months agostephalee1218 | 2 reviews
no thanksmy face is not oily so for a powder to make my face look oily is not good . — 6 years, 5 months agoclaudia_arriaga | 12 reviews
Can't get enough!I cannot stress enough how much I love this makeup. I never used to wear foundation daily because the liquid foundation broke my skin out and just felt cakey and gross. Ever since trying this makeup I love the way my skin looks. It feels so light and wonderful that I forget I'm wearing any. I must say the flawless face brush is only good for applying the mineral veil though. You have to have ...read morea buki brush for the foundation. I have dry skin so I need to use lots of moisturizer before applying. I use much more than the people in the video use but it still lasts a long time. I can get a month to a month in a half out of one jar. LOVE IT! — 6 years, 5 months agolori_wertenberger | 1 reviews
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Overly HypedIt is a great mineral foundation, but it's nothing the special. The infomercials seem like it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. It gives average coverage. My complaint is that it doesn't cover imperfections easily and that I always need to reapply this throughout the day. There many other better quality pressed mineral powders out there, such as MAC's. I wouldn't recommend this to any of my friends honestly. — 6 years, 5 months agosimplybeachy | 18 reviews
Allergy freeI developed alergies to make-up and could not wear any for years. Then I discovered Bare Escentuals. No problems, no alergies, and it makes your face look naturally flawless. — 7 years, 5 months agoChrisRobinson | 5 reviews
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Good Product with Poor PackagingI have used this foundation for a few years now. As I age, (as we all must) I have found the foundation doesn't work as well for me. I need more moisturizing and must take the additional step of using the separate primer product to get smooth coverage. (The silicon found in the primer is often included in liquid foundation) Overall though I still feel it is a very good product. It goes on easily...read more, feels light on the skin and provides fairly long coverage. It does hide mild imperfections with a light brush on but requires using a lot more of the product to get the full coverage to hide even minor melasma and rosacia. Because of this I can't really recommend it as a good value for the money. On average I must purchase two jars to last as long as the Clinique product I wore previously. I do also feel the packaging is somewhat misleading; the product does not begin to fill the circular jar that it is marketed in and there is a lot of waste because the fine powder easily creeps out of the edges of the jar and has a tendency to fly everywhere when you try to tap a small amount into the lid for application as instructed. Also, when I purchase my foundation it does not come with the application brush included. It must be purchased separately. All this being said I still will continue to use the product because I love the way it feels like there is nothing on my skin and the natural looking coverage it provides even if I do have to use more of it to hide my imperfections. My young teenager also loves the product and it works very well for her providing a very natural "unmade up" look but again because of the cost and the natural tendency of the young to waste, spill,etc. I limit her use of it. If this product was not so costly I would give it 9 stars — 7 years, 5 months agoMikkid | 1 reviews
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Tried to like this...I have tried this makeup over and over again for the past 5 years. It seems to settle in the lines around my eyes, and makes my pores look large. I do the buffing, but just can't get the coverage they say. Every time I use this, I seem to get alot of blackheads. — 7 years, 11 months agocrazyhorse6982 | 1 reviews
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Great baseI have used this product for several years and I love it! The coverage is light but covers well. It doesn't cover all skin imperfections perfectly however for the type of coverage I like - it works for me. Personally, I don't like the heavy feeling from some foundations. Bare Escentuals is light, offers good coverage and I don't have to work about reapplying throughout the day. And best of all, I ...read moredidn't experience breakouts with the powder. My skin can still breathe. I have oily/dry skin which is an odd combination but if you have similar skin this may work well for you too. — 8 years, 4 months agodlconnell | 2 reviews
more bang for your buckThis product lives up to the hype. It lasts me forever, and I love it. I won't go back to my old foundation. — 8 years, 4 months agomommablitz | 3 reviews
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Terrific Product.............................I had been using the same liquid makeup for 30 years, when I saw this product on QVC. It was a tad expensive compared to what I was used to paying for makeup, but after watching it several times, I decided to "go for it". I have tiny spider veins on my cheeks and they are very hard to conceal, even when I applied two coats of my old liquid makeup. Well, I am EXTREMELY PLEASED with Bare E...read morescentuals! The first time I used it, it totally covered the spider veins and my uneven skin tone (I have fair skin with pink undertones which I hate). I dont mind paying more because its definitely worth it and it does the job. I look good, feel good, and I will continue to use it. I highly recommend it. The best part is----its so quick and easy to apply. — 8 years, 5 months agoKadybear | 1 reviews
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Printer Repair Questions? Ask IT Technicians for Answers ASAP
There is no message on the printer screen. It prints when a document is sent for printing, but the rhythmic sound continues and the in use/memory light continues to flash.
Yes. It's the "stop" button. I've pressed it several times with no effect.
What "cancel" button?
There is no such botton on the control panel of my printer. The available buttons are "on", "copy", "fax", "scan", "card", "ok", "back", the telephone number pad, "redial/pause", "coded dial", "hook", "black", "color" and "stop".
No effect (after 20 seconds)
No change. "In use/memory" is still flashing, and the rhythmic clicking continues.
I'd prefer to print them, but I'll do whichever is easier would be acceptable.
When I follow those instructions (press "fax" button, then right function button, the screen advises that "there is no document in memory".