text: Home Recipes Course Soup Recipes Gazpacho Share: Gazpacho You can use garden-fresh vegetables when making these healthy recipes for gazpacho, including watermelon gazpacho, gazpacho salad, peach gazpacho, Spanish gazpacho, shrimp gazpacho, zucchini gazpacho and more. Recipe Spotlight Garbanzo Gazpacho This chunky chilled soup is terrific in warm weather, but our family loves it so much I often prepare it in winter, too. I made some slight changes to suit our tastes, and the fresh flavorful combination has been a favorite ever since.—Mary Ann Gomez, Lombard, Illinois Get Recipe More Gazpacho Sort: Most Relevant Highest Rated Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page Spicy Gazpacho Salad Spicy Gazpacho Salad Cool, refreshing soup becomes delicious fork food with the addition of greens. Adding more or less hot sauce can vary the heat in this salad.—Donna Marie Ryan, Topsfield, Massachusetts View Recipe So Easy Gazpacho So Easy Gazpacho My daughter got this recipe from a college friend and shared it with me. Now I serve it often as an appetizer. It certainly is the talk of the party. —Lorna Sirtoli, Cortland, New York View Recipe Summer Gazpacho Summer Gazpacho Served as an appetizer or a light summer lunch, this very refreshing cold soup is definitely representative of Southwest cooking. The recipe is versatile, too-you can add or subtract various ingredients according to your own tastes. View Recipe Advertise with us ADVERTISEMENT Garbanzo Gazpacho Garbanzo Gazpacho This chunky chilled soup is terrific in warm weather, but our family loves it so much I often prepare it in winter, too. I made some slight changes to suit our tastes, and the fresh flavorful combination has been a favorite ever since.—Mary Ann Gomez, Lombard, Illinois View Recipe Garden-Fresh Gazpacho Garden-Fresh Gazpacho Nothing equals the taste of an ice-cold bowl of gazpacho on a hot summer day— I was hooked from the first spoonful! I found this recipe when I was looking for something to make with the abundance of tomatoes from my garden. View Recipe Spanish Gazpacho Spanish Gazpacho There's a bounty of vegetables in this tantalizing chilled soup, submitted by Dave Schmitt of Hartland, Wisconsin. Its refreshing flavor makes it an ideal addition to summer luncheons or light suppers. View Recipe Gazpacho Shrimp Appetizer Gazpacho Shrimp Appetizer Served in a footed glass, this refreshing appetizer is pretty enough for a formal dinner. "To change it into a main dish, I combine the ingredients and serve them on a tortilla along with shredded lettuce and sour cream," writes Patricia Clark from Lake Forest, California. View Recipe Easy Gazpacho Easy Gazpacho There's plenty of garden goodness in every bowl of this fresh-tasting soup that Marlene Muckenhirn dishes up in Delano, Minnesota. Served chilled, it's perfect for a summer meal. View Recipe Black Bean Zucchini Gazpacho Black Bean Zucchini Gazpacho My family enjoys chilled soups during the hot summer months. I came up with this spicy blend when trying to use up our garden zucchini. It's a hit with friends whenever I serve it, too. —Julie Wilson of Grand Rapids, Ohio View Recipe Colorful Gazpacho Salad Colorful Gazpacho Salad The combination of flavors from the tomatoes, jicama and cilantro make this salad great for picnics, potlucks, cookouts and salad buffets. It is delicious.—Brenda Hoffman, Stanton, Michigan View Recipe Grilled Watermelon Gazpacho Grilled Watermelon Gazpacho This is the perfect starter for a summer dinner or a lunch meal. It's cool and tangy with a whole lot of great grilled flavor. If you like a little more spice, just add more jalapenos. —George Levinthal, Goleta, California View Recipe Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page Advertise with us ADVERTISEMENT Advertise with us ADVERTISEMENT


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The grain and soy markets ended last week rather poorly, due in part to downward momentum, weak export sales and a rise in 2012 crop estimates from a private source on Friday. The industry will know more when the USDA releases its final 2012 production estimates this Friday (1/11). The late-week losses gave the agricultural markets a decidedly negative drift to start the new year, especially since numerous futures contracts reached fresh six-month lows as a consequence. However, modest corn gains in Sunday-night trading may mark the start of a sustained rebound, because many bulls had exited large long positions before the year-end holiday season. March corn rose 4 1/4 cents to $6.84 1/2 in early morning activity, while December edged 1/2 cent higher to $5.72 1/4 per bushel.
Talk of robust demand boosted Chinese soybean prices in early-morning trading, which probably explains a significant portion of the CBOT soybean gains posted in Sunday night and Monday morning action. The rise looks quite impressive when considers recent downward price momentum and continued talk of surging South American yield prospects. On the other hand, the bi-weekly commitments of traders report indicated Friday that large speculators had cut their bullish soybean holdings to an 11-month low, thereby suggesting considerable upside potential if/when the market finds solid technical support. March beans advanced 8 cents to $13.75 1/4 per bushel in overnight electronic dealings, while March soyoil edged 0.08 cents higher to 49.98 cents/pound and March meal rose $2.5 to $401.5/ton.
The weekly Export Sales data also weighed rather heavily upon the wheat market, as did the generally bearish tone of the private crop estimates published around noon Friday. Moreover, it looks as if a storm system will drop significant rainfall upon the Southern Plains this week, which might improve the winter wheat production outlook considerably. And yet, wheat futures also rose in early-week trading. The strength exhibited by corn and soybeans is probably supporting wheat as well. Technicians may also be buying in anticipation of a rebound from substantially oversold levels. March CBOT had risen 3 3/4 cents to $7.51 as traders were arriving at the exchanges this morning, while March KCBT and MGE futures gained 4 1/4 cents and 3 1/2 cents to $8.08 3/4 and $8.44 1/2 per bushel, respectively.
Bullish cattle traders seemed disappointed that significant cash trading had failed to develop before the Friday afternoon CME close, which would partially explain the modest futures losses posted as pit trading wound down. Traders were likely expecting fed cattle to change hands around 129 cents/pound across the Great Plains Friday evening, which may bode rather ill for their Monday morning opening, since most quotes came in slightly below that level. That is, wire service sources indicate that 128 cents/pound was the norm in the Southern Plains, while Nebraska animals reportedly traded around 128.50. Thus, we tend to expect a weak opening later this morning. February cattle declined 0.90 cents to 132.90 cents/pound Friday, while April lost 0.55 cents to 136.77 cents/pound to end the week.
Although Friday afternoon reports concerning the cash hog and wholesale pork markets were generally favorable, CME swine futures ended the week having slipped modestly. Premiums already built into Chicago prices may have made it rather difficult to push them higher, since the CME lean hog index remains several cents below the nearby contracts (and far below the bullish forecasts implicit in deferred futures). Still, bulls seem likely to benefit from the traditional seasonal country market advance during the first six weeks of the year. February hogs ended last week having slipped 0.17 cents to 86.22 cents/pound, while June futures lost 0.20 cents to 98.75 at the close.
Cotton futures seemed to decline in concert with the grain and soy complexes last Friday. As pointed out in the past, cotton and soybeans routinely compete for acreage across the Southeast most years, so price shifts in the latter market often exert considerable influence over in the former early in the year. That didn't seem to be the case in late 2012, since cotton rose substantially in the face of sizeable soy losses in recent weeks. Their recent divergence resumed in early morning trading, with beans rising and cotton declining. The latter move seems particularly surprising since the market was boosted by talk of robust Chinese imports during the coming weeks and by a technical bounce from major support last Friday. Traders may simply feel cotton has to do more to consolidate its December surge before it can resume that advance. March futures slipped 0.17 cents to 74.86 cents/pound in pre-dawn action, whereas the December contract edged 0.08 cents higher to 79.18 cents/pound.

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On October 11th - 13th, 2013, Rotaract District 5160 is hosting The Big West Coast Conference, United In Service, in Berkeley, CA, for Rotaractors throughout the West Coast. When you buy tickets you must also register here:
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The basic cost of the summer 2017 program is $5,500. This includes tuition, extracurricular activity fees, and homestay. Breakfast and dinner are included, but lunch is not. The program provides the textbooks. Students are responsible for round-trip travel to Kanazawa (cost: approximately $2,000). You must have your own insurance for the duration of the program to cover any possible loss, injury, or illness.
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Specs-wise, the Liquid Jade 2 is very similar to the Windows 10-based Liquid Jade Primo - we actually heard that the Primo would have an Android variant, and it looks like that's exactly what the Liquid Jade 2 is.
Sporting a 5.5-inch AMOLED display with 1080 x 1920 pixels, the Acer Liquid Jade 2 is not the most compact smartphone out there (but many users are fine with that anyway). Just like the Liquid Jade Primo, the Liquid Jade 2 is powered by a six-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, further featuring LTE connectivity, 3 GB of RAM, and a 21 MP rear camera with 4K video recording and phase detection auto focus. The new smartphone also comes with DTS Headphone:X technology, which reportedly provides "an immersive surround sound experience with any pair of headphones." We assume that the Jade 2 will run Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.
Acer did not say when, where, or for what price the Liquid Jade 2 would be released. We're hoping to find out more details at MWC 2016, so check back soon.
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Vikings are highly conducive to the metal medium, not merely for the steely swords, grand two-handed battle axes, or even the dragon headed longboats, but also because the spirit of the mighty Norsemen was untamable. It stands to reason that any music depicting such people need have a similarly unrestrained sense of artistry as well as a soldier's discipline and consistency. In this respect Amon Amarth has always been well suited for the task as aside from updates in production, they have exhibited an almost stubborn tenacity within their highly catchy, melodic and heavily formulaic sound that only the likes of Axel Rudi Pell and Overkill could truly appreciate.
"Twilight Of The Thunder God" is the next logical step in terms of production from "With Oden On Our Side", because aside from Johan Hegg's manic berserker grunts and morose war cries, this album's mixing work is about as crystal clear as a pool of distilled, unsullied water. A good example can be heard throughout most of "Where Is Your God?", which is built almost completely out of those blurry tremolo riffs that Kreator introduced us to back in 1986, but surprisingly with such a crisp pick attack and precise execution that it lacks the stereotypical sloppiness heard in many mid-90s Gotherburg releases. But whether it's galloping riffs, down-tuned low end grooves, or simple melodic drones, everything is balanced in a manner that gives the album a slick outer layer of sound to hide weathered beards, stained teeth and hairy torsos beneath.
Though as a whole this is not quite as consistent songwriting wise as its predecessor, several songs on here actually surpass much of this band's previous works. The obvious winner is the title track, which brings forth an unbelievably triumphant melodic riff right at the get go, almost like a grand overture to rival Wagner's "Walkürenritt" but with a darker and less cliché nature. It's fast and furious, makes frequent references to the thrash metal and Iron Maiden influences that birthed this genre, yet at the same time is fresh and inviting. This consistently intricate and up tempo approach, which hearkens back to their early demo days and was reintroduced on the last album, pops up again on nearly as intricate songs such as "No Fear For The Setting Sun" and "Live For The Kill".
On most of the rest of the music occupying this solid opus, things tend to listen well rather than outright extravagant. Part of the fault may lie in placing such a towering epic right at the very beginning of the album and then following it with a couple of mid-tempo numbers in "Free Will Sacrifice" and "Guardians Of Asgaard" which feature very catchy riffs, but are just a bit too settled and subdued, allowing the euphoria that has been produced to tapper off. "The Hero" and "Tattered Banners And Bloody Flags" have very interesting solos and plenty of pleasing melodic passages during buildup points between the verses and choruses, but sort of coast along and don't quite break out into spellbinding territory. There are a few guitar solos that filter in and out of some of the songs that grab the ears since they occur with a greater frequency than usual, but the most amazing lead break is the guest slot provided by Roope Latvala on the album's already riveting title track.
It's a very safe bet that if you liked the previous album, this one will be a sure winner. Like a few others in the metal world, the chief criticism levied against this band and this solid album is that the band isn't changing and is too safe. But if the measurement of a worthwhile album is found only in mere innovation, there would be no such thing as development and eventual perfection of style, and we'd be left owning a miniscule handful of albums that we'd get bored of within a few months. Staying within a given format does not leave one with zero latitude for variation, and is a necessary function of musical progression that does occasionally lead to incredible leaps in metal's evolution. But to expect anything other than a melodic death metal album from these veteran Viking folk is unrealistic, and the resulting problem between the listener and the music is a direct result of expectation, nothing more. But instead of dwelling on the opinions of others, the truly metal thing to do would be to simply check this out for yourself, form your own opinion, and enjoy.
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Brown, green, red and yellow are the colors commonly associated with pears. In October, California pear labels and packaging will turn pink.
The California Pear Advisory Board is collaborating with Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure for a promotion that coincides with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
"We took on a cause marketing campaign because the Susan G. Komen foundation is known as one of the leading charitable foundations in the United States," said Carolyn Becker, marketing and national accounts manager for the Sacramento-based pear board.
The Komen foundation has invested about $1.5 billion in research and community health programs since its inception in 1982, according to its website, and plans to award $60 million in research grants this year.
According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is second only to lung cancer in cancer-related deaths each year among U.S. women. One in eight American women will be diagnosed with the disease during their lifetimes.
The pear advisory board will donate $25,000 to the Komen foundation. In return, California grower-shippers will be able to use the foundation's pink ribbon logo on cartons, Price Look-Up stickers and consumer packs during October, Becker said.
The advisory board also has customizable point-of-sale materials and tote bags available for retailers for the promotion, Becker said.
"From our point of view, it's a great cause, and it could create some incremental movement," said Kyle Persky, sales manager for Scully Packing LLC, Finely, Calif. "It could create some excitement with one of our key demographics, which is women and moms."
Becker said the California Pear Advisory Board also will offer retailers a customizable back-to-school promotion, highlighted by a children's coloring contest, in August.
The pear board also expects to have new how-to ripening videos for both consumers and retailers on its website — www.calpear.com — by the end of July, Becker said.
Becker said the video for retailers will help stores reduce shrink and deliver the ideal eating experience for consumers.
The website also is expected to be updated with new materials related to health and nutritional information, said Marilyn Dolan, public relations consultant for the pear board.
"The focus will be on the role of pears in weight loss," Dolan said. "The high fiber content of pears makes them an excellent choice for people watching their weight. Obesity is also something that is quite important as a risk factor for many diseases including heart health and cancer. As such, the new health messaging will tie into our Susan G. Komen campaign as well as some past work we have done on the issue of women and heart health."


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Stephen Ingle is the April 2014 winner of our monthly blog competition. read on for his tales and experiences of walking in New Zealand.
"Most people, especially Lord of the Rings fans, think they have a pretty clear image of New Zealand; after all many of us have relatives in Middle Earth. My wife and I had an even clearer image, so we thought; we'd lived there for nearly three years a long time ago. So when we booked our Walking in New Zealand tour for February of 2014 we thought we knew all about Te Aroha, the Land of the Long White Cloud. And yet, in all of our three weeks, there was hardly a long white cloud to be seen. The sun shone from Auckland to Christchurch, with the exception of the evening we spent in Wellington – this was where we had lived - when the heavens opened. But it wasn't only the weather that made New Zealand such a revelation.
Our first brief walks around Rotorua took us through forests rich in native trees and shrubs. We were seven in number and were all as good as gold; no problems at all for our Tour Leader Berndt. Berndt was a mine of information about the native flora and fauna. Our first day finished with a Maori hangi when we were fed and entertained by a local tribe. This could have been very naff and commercialised but actually it was good fun. Rotorua is famous for its volcanic craters, mud pools and geysers, which we explored at leisure. The colours are stunning. Moving on to New Zealand's largest lake, Taupo, we had a true 'Explore experience', bumping into a couple from Auckland whom we had met eighteen months earlier on a walking holiday on the Amalfi Coast. Small world! The next day was our most memorable on the North Island: we walked the fabled Tongariro Crossing - Mount Doom for Tolkien fans. It begins with a difficult climb but on reaching the ridge you are confronted on the other side by a different world, a set of hills and valleys looking like a scrunched up sheet of newspaper but full of rich volcanic browns and oranges and blacks and greys. As you descend the ridge you drop down towards two exquisite emerald lakes and after a slog along the bottom of what was once a volcano bed you head down to the final destination – and down, and down, passing small eruptions of steam on the way. It took all day. Some walk!
If this was spectacular, the South Island (the Mainland as the locals call it) was maybe even better. The Queen Charlotte costal track, up in the Marlborough Sounds, gave some stunning views over the bays and inlets; the Abel Tasman National Park is magnificent both to drive through and to walk and the linking boat trips gave the days an additional sparkle. We dropped down to the West Coast with its thick forests, jagged coast and small towns. This was once gold-mining country. One of many gems was a walk along the Pororari River where the flora and fauna could only be described a magical. In the town of Fox Glacier we had wonderful views of Mount Cook and its friends in the Southern Alps. Our good weather stayed with us even in fjordland with its high rainfall and we saw the famous Mitre Peak in sunshine.
Our drive eastwards took us over the Haast Pass, opened in the 1960s, and we came down on Lake Wanaka in the gold of early evening. Over the next few days we enjoyed some wonderful walking around lakes Wanaka, Wakatipu and Te Anau, including sections of the Routeburn and Kepler Tracks. Each provided vistas that were simply camera–busting. Later we took a helicopter trip up to a glacier with even better views of Mount Cook. Finally we walked in the Mount Cook National Park and grew quite blasé about that wonderful mountain. The Maori call it Aoraki, the Cloud Piercer. Not till our last morning did any clouds turn up to be pierced. By then we were on our way across dusty Mackenzie Country and down into the Canterbury plains, heading for Christchurch, with a stop just outside Geraldine to stock up on merino sweaters.
This is not a cheap trip but it is a spectacular one. The standard of food and accommodation is uniformly good; this is the only Explore walking holiday where we put on weight! But above all the beauty, splendour and abundance of this land surprised even us who thought we knew it."
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text: 4 Ways to Position Yourself for Success in IT Careers Posted March 25, 2014 by CareerBuilder in IT Degrees Tags: IT Degrees, Career Development When you think of today's most successful companies, you probably think of Apple, Google and Facebook—tech giants. While these are some of world's most lucrative and successful brands, they are not alone in reaping the riches of today's information technology industry. As technological advancements continue to be made, the industry as a whole continues to grow and offer a plethora of IT career opportunities for interested and dedicated individuals. According to a December 2013 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, software publishers and computer systems design and related services are among the industries with the fastest-growing employment.1 Below, a few leaders in various kinds of information technology jobs offer their insights on the evolution of the industry as well as their advice to those considering IT careers: Become a Good Communicator "While technical support has become a commodity over the years, the partnership between small businesses and their trusted IT service providers has remained invaluable. If you're just starting out in IT services, my recommendation is to not only focus on your technical studies, but to increase your personal communication skills. "We see a lot of applicants that look great on paper, but when we meet with them they're unable to relay technical information to nontechnical people in an empathetic and understandable way. IT is as much about client services as it is about technical knowledge, and those that communicate effectively move forward with greater ease." - Eric Schlissel, CEO at GeekTek IT Services in Los Angeles Learn Your Craft "One of the largest changes over the past several years is the ability for clients to have access to their information, run programs and work from anywhere at any time. This requires IT professionals to be able to do the same in order to quickly assess and resolve issues. We must be mobile and have the tools and availability to work with our clients wherever they may be when they are experiencing an issue. In addition, with every change in the industry comes new security risks and challenges for protecting our clients' data. "My advice for someone that is interested in pursuing an information technology career is to learn the basics of how everything works and put it to practice. Students need to decide if they want to be a jack of all trades or focus on an individual subject in the field. You can either learn everything there is about a certain field or learn a little bit about everything." - Ryan Zegers, partner at Sierra Technology & Consulting in Reno, Nev. Practice Your People Skills "In some ways the industry and roles have stayed the same – there are still programmers, just with different languages than 20 years ago. However, technology has changed dramatically and continues to change. More things are automated today, code is reusable and there are tools that make everything technical easier. "One of the biggest changes I have seen is that there is no such thing as a 'back-room' position in IT anymore. No matter what your position, you are expected to be able to interact and communicate reasonably effectively with the business. There are also less formal ways to break into technology as a career or get your next role than there maybe were several years ago." -Tracy Cashman, senior vice president / partner at WinterWyman in Boston Make Your Own Experience "IT touches every business unit and sets technology foundations that are as vital as a building's foundation. Growing businesses must take a long-term view when evaluating IT investments. "If one is interested in pursuing a job in IT, I recommend narrowing your focus to a specific area, such as infrastructure, systems, security or networks, when pursuing formal study. Nothing beats learning in your own playground, so set up your own IT infrastructure at home. If you enjoy solving puzzles and problems, you will probably enjoy working in IT." - Sue Spanovich, manager of Information Technology at Code42 in Minneapolis Interested in learning more about pursuing a future in information technology? Learn more about IT degrees at AIU. 1 U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment Projections: Industries with the fastest growing and most rapidly declining wage and salary employment. [online] Available at: http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_203.htm [Accessed 7 Feb. 2014]. Share Classes Start Request Info LIVE CHAT Apply Now


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- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.
- School Chaffey College, San Diego State University
- High School Claremont High School
- Debut May 15, 2008
- Final Game August 27, 2012
- Born October 31, 1982 in Pomona, CA, USA
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Alex Hinshaw is a left-handed relief pitcher who made his major league debut with the San Francisco Giants on May 15, 2008 against the Houston Astros.
Hinshaw was drafted by the San Francisco Giants three times: in the 28th round of the 2000 amateur draft out of high school, the 29th round of the 2002 amateur draft out of junior college and the 15th round of the 2005 amateur draft out of San Diego State University (he was also drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 25th round of the 2003 amateur draft). He was signed by scout Lee Carballo and made his pro debut with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2005. Hinshaw missed one year of ball in college after Tommy John surgery.


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London - The world's fastest amputee sprinters line up on Thursday for the Paralympics' showpiece final, with Britain's world record holder Jonnie Peacock out to strip "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius of another title.
Peacock, 19, has run 10.85sec for the 100m and on Thursday fired a warning shot to his rivals in the heats by equalling the Paralympic record set eight years ago of 11.08sec - then promised to go faster.
"It was a bad (head) wind, a big wind: 1.6m/sec. I'll be a bit quicker in the final," he told reporters at a cold and blustery Olympic Stadium in London.
Organisers have billed the T44 race for single and double below-the-knee amputees as the race of the Games, predicting that all eight finalists could go under 11sec for the first time.
As well as Peacock and Pistorius, who qualified second-fastest in a season's best 11.18sec, the field includes Pistorius' South Africa team-mate Arnu Fourie and US trio Richard Browne, Blake Leeper and Jerome Singleton.
Alan Oliveira of Brazil and Lui Zhiming of China both qualified as fastest losers.
Pistorius, the Games' most high-profile athlete after he became the first double-amputee to compete at the Olympics, is keen to let his running do the talking after becoming embroiled in a row over artifical blade length.
After losing his T44 200m title to Oliveira on Sunday, the 25-year-old "Blade Runner" said he was at a disadvantage in terms of stride length as his competitors were "a lot taller".
The row about whether his rivals had illegally flouted rules governing the maximum allowed height of prostheses has rumbled on all week, although the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has said there were no violations.
IPC media and communications director Craig Spence said, however, that officials would be extra vigilant in ensuring the rules were upheld on Thursday.
"In the call-room, all athletes will be measured to check that they are below their maximum height. Yesterday (Thursday), there was more scrutiny from our technical officials that people were not changing their blades," he said.
"They found no evidence of that to back up the allegations by South Africa."
Pistorius gained a measure of revenge over Oliveira on Thursday, as he anchored South Africa to a world record-breaking victory in the T42-46 4x100m relay for single and double below-the-knee amputees and upper limb amputees.
Oliveira could not catch his rival in the home straight as South Africa romped home in 41.78sec. Brazil and the United States, who finished second and third, were later disqualified, handing silver and bronze to China and Germany.
Pistorius won gold in the T44 100m, 200m and 400m in Beijing but has warned that retaining the straight sprint title will be tough.
"It's not really my event," he told a news conference last week. "As Jonnie (Peacock) and those guys focus on the 100, my focus is on the 400, on the complete opposite side of the spectrum when it comes to sprinting."
British wheelchair racer David Weir will provide the warm-up for the sprint kings at the Olympic Stadium when he seeks to retain his T54 800m title after successfully defending his 1,500m crown and winning gold in the 5,000m.
Elsewhere, finalists will be decided in the men's five-a-side football, goalball, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball, with gold medals up for grabs notably in swimming and wheelchair fencing.
Earlier in the day, Britain's Sarah Storey clinched her fourth gold of the Games and the 11th in her career by winning the women's individual C4/5 road race over 64km at the Brands Hatch motor racing circuit in southeast England.
The 34-year-old has now won 11 golds in her Games career - a joint record for a British female Paralympian. - Sapa-AFP


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I have decided no longer to put up quietly with the teachings of Genesis 1 and young-earth creationists. How dare they demean God and make him out to be only very powerful rather than omnipotent? Why can they not accept that teaching creation in six days detracts from God's glory, when God, being omnipotent, could have created in an instant?
Hopefully most readers will have realized that the above is parody. In fact, it is precisely the line of argument that some supporters of Genesis (as they understand it) and young-earth creationism offer about mainstream science. A process involving billions of years and millions of generations is considered to diminish God's glory, from their perspective.
Surely the relevant question is not whether God could create in a certain period of time, but what the evidence is for the actual time that the universe has existed, and the earth, and life, and human beings.
As for the alleged Biblical literalists, if a shorter time frame glorifies God more, then why do you insist on treating the six days of Genesis 1 as literal, and the single day of creation in Genesis 2:4 as metaphorical?
I'll stick by half of my title. Young-earth creationists do indeed demean God, by making God to seem as petty and as willing to deceive as they are.


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AP Labels Angle 'Ultraconservative' Twice; Reid (ADA-95%) Not Even 'Liberal'
At an open NewsBusters thread this morning, commenter "ThisnThat" pointed to a Friday unbylined Associated Press item that twice used the label "ultraconservative" to describe Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle.
Just for the heck of it, AP also threw in Reid's reference to Angle as being "too extreme," and his parroting of that biennial Democratic falsehood that a GOP candidate is for "privatizing programs for the elderly and veterans."
Meanwhile, the wire service did not tag Reid as an "ultraliberal," or even as a "liberal," even though his 2009 rating with the obviously ultraliberal group Americans for Democratic Action was 95% (large PDF here), one vote short of that organization's definition of "perfection."
Here are excerpts from the AP report:
Obama Campaigns for Reid as Democrats Try to Minimize GOP Gains in Senate
President Obama threw his star power behind the Democrats' embattled Senate leader, who finds himself in a tossup campaign against an ultraconservative tea party favorite in America's most-watched Senate race.
Republicans have made Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid their top target in the Nov. 2 election. The minority party needs to gain 10 seats to wrest control of the Senate from the Democrats, and unseating the most powerful Senate Democrat would deal a major blow to Obama, who reminded supporters of Republican opposition to his agenda.
Reid is tied in the polls with relative unknown Republican Sharron Angle in a race that has attracted millions of dollars from across the nation.
... Republican candidate Angle, campaigning Thursday in Las Vegas with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, urged Reid to "man up" and accept his share of blame for the state's economic woes.
Reid has responded to such attacks by saying Angle like other tea party-backed candidates is too extreme for Nevada voters. He has called her an ally of the special interests and advocate for jettisoning government agencies and privatizing programs for the elderly and veterans that millions of Nevadans rely on.
... The 61-year-old Angle, a former state lawmaker -- like tea party-backed candidates in other states -- defeated a favorite of the state's Republican establishment in the primary election.
Her ultraconservative policies have hurt her in the general election campaign with some moderate Republicans and leaders of the state's gambling industry backing Reid. She has countered by casting Reid as a career politician who lives in a fashionable condominium in Washington and is out of touch with the state he has represented in Congress for decades.
Here's something odd. Even though the story appears at many other publications, it is not being carried at the AP's main web site, as shown here in searches on "Reid Obama" (not in quotes), in which the above story does not surface, and "ultraconservative," which comes up empty. It's almost as if AP wants to conceal the story from many national readers while making sure it gets seen in Nevada.
Oh, and as if anyone expected otherwise, a search on the word "ultraliberal" at the AP's main site comes up empty.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.


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Washington, July 27 (ANI): A man from Nashville, State of Tennessee, may be heading for a starring role in a reality show.
Orlando Shaw- who has 22 children with 14 different mothers- hit the headlines last month after being sued for child support in Tennessee, the Huffington Post reported.
Nashville's News Channel caught up with Shaw, who said he recently signed a production deal for a show based on his life.
The money he makes from the show could help pay child support.
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"They have reminded me that there are salt piles and a salt bin in the area for public use, and have also stated that they are happy to consider requests from the school principal for help. However, while that is welcome, I remain concerned about the safety and welfare of those travelling to and from the nearby school in Bamford Park on days when there is ice or snow.
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On April 7th, the Washington Post reported on a case involving Henry Rayhons, a former member of the Iowa House of Representatives, and criminal charges of third-degree sexual abuse. State prosecutors charged Mr. Rayhons for having sex with his wife, Donna Lou Rayhons, in August 2014 while she was incapacitated by dementia and living in a care facility. Jury deliberations began on Monday April 20th, 2015.
Henry and Donna Lou married after their longtime spouses had died. A few years into the marriage, Donna Lou was diagnosed with dementia. In May 2014, two of Donna Lou's daughters met with care facility staff members to create a care plan for their mother. They, along with a doctor, decided that mom was no longer able to consent to sex. Henry was informed of this decision.
Donna Lou died in a nursing home in August 2014 after a four-year battle with Alzheimer's. Henry was arrested and charged with sexual abuse a week later. According to law experts, this is the first case of its kind regarding capacity and dementia. At what point in dementia does a spouse or partner lose the right to say yes? Cathy Hudgins and Barry J. Jacobs provide commentary below. Click here for another viewpoint on this case.
CATHY HUDGINS: After reading this article and accompanying documents, I had more questions than I had answers. Early in my career as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I practiced at an adult day services center that served participants with various types of dementia and cognitive impairment. In working with these older adults and their families, I gained an appreciation for the extreme feelings of loss and confusion related to how to proceed with relationships and basic life issues. I worked with many family members and caregivers who had little guidance or experience prior to the onset of the disease. I remember giving these folks some room to learn and make small mistakes as they navigated the decline of their loved one. However, we taught our families that there were lines that no one would be allowed to cross, and those lines were drawn by the state's definition of elder abuse.
Mrs. Rayhon's disease progression was determined by the provider team, which included her family, at the facility through a validated screening tool and through the expertise of the providers and staff. As a way to educate and draw the line for Mr. Rayhon, it was conveyed overtly that she would no longer be able to consent to sex. From what Mr. Rahyon's family wrote in rebuttal to his case, they believe (and I assume in concert with his belief and actions) that there should be no such restrictions to protect patients in a nursing home – even those that score a 0 on a dementia assessment. It is this kind of thinking that actually initiated protective services for vulnerable populations many years ago. The bottom line is that Mr. Rayhon knew that she could not consent, and he decided that his right to have sex with his wife trumped the law and the boundaries drawn for her based on an assessment of her capacity.
I do have several questions about this case, however. Does Mr. Rayhon have some type of cognitive decline or mental health problem that would make someone in his position as a law-maker disregard the law? While it does not sound like he had time with her prior to the sexual encounter to interpret her ability to consent at that time (I have seen several patients with dementia experience short windows of clarity), did he interpret something she did as consent?
Finally, I am not sure what Dr. Pearson meant by "at what point in dementia do you lose the right to say yes?" In my opinion, the ability to consent, if even possible at her stage of the disease, is transient, and the limitations associated with those moments of clarity are inconsistent at best. This fact is why the line must be drawn to protect vulnerable individuals, even from those who love them. There is no doubt that physical closeness can be curative and comforting. Nevertheless, there are other ways to satisfy this human need in lieu of an act that requires consent.
BARRY J. JACOBS: Some landmarks cases—whether legal or clinical—help us forge ahead into new territories of understanding and knowledge. Others, like signposts at the edge of frontiers, delineate the outer edge of the known world beyond which we are lost in cloudbanks and quicksand. The Rayhons case—about marriage, dementia and sexual consent—catapults us into a wilderness of clinical fuzziness, moral ambiguities, and legal murk.
We are all in agreement that sex should be consensual between intellectually capable adults. But determining exactly the point at which a person with a progressive dementia loses the capacity for informed sexual consent is not scientific at this point. It's often clinical guesswork, based on wildly inappropriate measures (e.g., using memory test results to calculate degree of sexual understanding). The "line" that my colleague, Dr. Hudgins, refers to is not so clear; it is a legal construct, based on clinical impressions, extrapolations and opinions. This idea of a "line" is sometimes used to prevent people in nursing homes from engaging in sex, as if they lose that right once they enter the institution. The "line" was used in this case as a weapon by step-daughters in a power struggle with their step-father for control over their mother's last months.
That is quite familiar in this family-and-illness drama (at least in the more detailed Bloomberg news story). Mr. Rayhons wanted to take care of his wife with dementia at home. Her daughters from her first marriage decided that he was in denial about her degree of impairment and, with the collusion of a family physician, placed her in a nursing home one day against Rayhons' wishes while he was at a state legislative session 30 miles away. (As her husband, he should have had the legal right to make decisions about where she would reside. How did her daughters usurp that right?) After that, it appears that they sniped at one another and struggled over details of Mrs. Rayhons' care at the nursing home. When the daughters took steps to protect their mother through limiting the privacy that their step-father would have with her, he responded by flouting the rules they set up. Seen from this perspective, his alleged act of having intercourse with his wife was, as much as anything else, a gesture of defiance toward his step-daughters.
A family-oriented professional could have helped these warring parties find some compromises and accommodations before the story's climax (so to speak). Unfortunately, the professionals seem to have banded together to demonize the husband. He may have acted rashly or even naively but I don't believe he's a demon. And I don't think an Iowa jury will determine he's a criminal—just a lost and angry man who wandered into the poorly charted landscape of dementia and the law.
Matt Martin, PhD, LMFT, is Blog Editor for the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association. When he is not blogging or editing he teaches behavioral science to family medicine residents at the Duke/SR-AHEC residency program. Interested in writing for the blogs? Email Matt at email@example.com
Cathy Hudgins, PhD, LMFT, is the Director of the Center of Excellence for Integrated Care under the North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs. Dr. Hudgins has experience in Integrated Care management and development, crisis assessment and intervention, community-based and college-based outpatient counseling, in-patient assessment and intervention, and community mental health consulting. She has practiced in community mental health agencies, hospital and healthcare settings, as well as in private practice. She has also held a variety of posts in higher education administration and student affairs. She is an active member of the Collaborative Family Health Association and AAMFT and presents locally and nationally on Integrated Care.
Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D. is the Director of the Behavioral Sciences for the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency and the lead faculty member for its super-utilizer program, the Crozer Connections the Health Team, and the Camden-Cooper-Crozer Hot-Spotting and Super-Utilizer Fellowship Program. He is also the author of The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers (Guilford, 2006).
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" Genre: Fiction / Author: John Grisham / Audio CD / Book published 2009-11-03 by Random House Audiobooks "
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I must admit, Audio Books are a bit of a novelty to me. Usually, I'm content to sit myself down and leaf through the pages of a book at the rate I'm comfortable with. In the car, I usually listen to the radio, or a CD of some sort. I wouldn't really have considered getting an Audio Book for myself. So, when Santa got me John Grisham's Ford County Stories on Audio CDs in my stocking (knowing how much of a Grisham fan I am) I had the decision made for me.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have listened to Ford County Stories on my way to work and then back again. I would hasten add I can comfortably listen and take everything in whilst still maintaining my concentration on the road. For some people it works - others it doesn't. The important thing is the road, naturally!
The Audio Book is presented in a chunky CD case, nice plastic that is not malleable but is not as hard and brittle as your regular CD case. Inside there are 7 CDs held on a spindle, nothing else. No paperwork, or advertising. I wonder if this is the same for all Audio Books.
The stories are spread across the 7 discs. At first I thought there would be a story per CD, but this is not the case. Ford County Stories is a collection of 7 short stories, which is an interesting change from Grisham. I cannot compare the written word to his other tales as I took this in on a different format to his other books I have experienced, but his ability to captivate with his characters and situations is still second to none, having listened to this. The stories vary in length, hence their not being one per CD. There is a little overlapping. I have a 10 CD changer in my car, and if you have a similar setup, then it will not make a difference to you, as you'll be able to listen to it all in one go as it switches through the CDs. However, if you have to change the CD on a single CD player, then it could be a little annoying that you have to do it right at the end or the beginning of a tale.
So, what are the stories like? Well, I wasn't sure what to expect at first. Grisham is a great storyteller, but a lot of his skill is in character and plot development, and the ability to wrap a legal script and give it twists and turns and tension galore. I wasn't sure if this would be possible in short story format. What he does manage to do is just that: despite the relatively short stories, the characters are vivid, the events riveting, often hilarious.
He kicks it off with 'Blood Drive', a hilarious tale of 3 men attempting to give blood to someone they vaguely know who has been in a terrible accident. They jump in a truck and head off, but circumstance and human nature mean that getting from A to B isn't as easy as it first seemed, as alcohol, relief stops, strip clubs and gang shootings all play their part in trying to prevent the 3 (stooges!) from the goal. I couldn't stop listening to this one, and while I didn't manage to finish it all in one journey, I couldn't wait to get back to the car and finish it off. The characters are very clear, the content hilarious.
The second tale is 'Fetching Raymond', which shows two brothers and their mother as they travel to the execution of their other brother, manipulative and money grabbing to the end. A lot of this story is told through the examination of correspondence between the death row brother, Raymond, and his family. It was an interesting story, but not one of the best on there. It did paint a picture of the sort of characters Grisham likes to entertain in his fictional Southern settings, though, and you get a feel for this throughout the other stories, too.
'Fish Files' is a story for anyone who has ever dreamed of making a small fortune and getting away from it all. It tells of a lawyer in Grisham's fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi, whose wife can't stand him and has turned his daughters and everyone else into thinking he's despicable, despite him being an average and decent man. When the opportunity to make a quick and substantial settlement on some old cases and pocket the money presents itself, he jumps at the chance. It's a light and entertaining story, with good situational descriptions.
In 'Casino', Grisham creates a dull and boring character being helping us to side with his wife as she finds herself ending up in a dead end marriage and an unambitious and boring husband. However, when she decides to leave him, he turns the tables, learning how to win at gambling. An unbelievable tale in that probability and gambling odds are completely ignored, this manages to paint the casino owner as well as the man's wife as those worthy of a bit of bad karma, and the tale is more about revenge than anything else, slow, unpredictable and smug revenge! While it was unbelievable, it was more about getting your own back than winning against the odds.
'Michael's Room' snaps back to reality, and to something I have always thought about in terms of nasty legal disputes. Lawyer Stanley wade is going about his business when he is kidnapped by a man whose son, Michael, is badly disabled and set to die any moment. wade was the lawyer who successfully defended the doctor responsible for Michael's terminal condition. I have to admit, this story brought out mixed emotions for me, and I really got involved in it. First of all, I was indignant for Stanley, as Michael's father's arguments had holes all over them. Then, as things progressed and Grisham revealed more and more of the circumstances, I felt anger towards the unprofessional and quite clearly guilty doctor, and indeed Stanley himself. Quite a powerful tale in this respect.
By the time 'Quiet Haven' came along, I was wondering when the twists were going to start, but then I realised that this was unlike Grisham's other publications. As the Quiet Haven retirement home is the next target of a con man with a heart, I settled in to expect a straight tale with no twists or surprises, and I got it. Here, the characters weren't quite so easy to follow, but I think this is because I had already settled on the conclusion, rightly so.
My suspicions were confirmed in the final tale, 'Funny Boy', which is quite a sad yet defiant one. It tells of the son of a prominent local family (again, Grisham's fictional Clanton being 'local'), with AIDS, who returns from California to live out his last days before dying. It quite starkly shows the fear and exclusion something like AIDS can often be accompanied by, as his family and other locals shun him and send him off to the other side of town, in a house they own but is rented by a black woman. Racism is also brought into things, but is more blatantly explored as a way of life that towns are separated in terms of colour than anything else. However, it also shows the power of friendship between two people who become friends despite and because of others' judgments. This time, it's sad when you realise that yet again there will be no twists or changes of fate.........
The thing I most noted about these 7 tales is the fact that he does the basics very very well. There is no time for twists and turns and all of the usual stunts that Grisham usually guarantees with his stories. Instead, he tells the stories without dithering, starts them off, and propels them quickly to their conclusion. It is almost like he has created these immensely complicated stories, removed the tricky elements, and condensed them into shorts.
What is even more appealing and I found really helped get me in the mood and make me imagine things even better, was the fact that Grisham himself read the stories on the CDs. His southern drawl fitted things nicely, and of course, he was able to put the right intonation where it was intended. There is no rushing with the reading, and he tells the stories at exactly the pace they were intended as well. This is particularly useful when it comes to the characterisation, and you get the impression that these are characters Grisham has had bubbling away beneath the surface for quite some time.
I must admit, this has spurred me on to want to get more Audio Books. Last week, we got the Just William stories on Audio Book from the local Library for my son to listen to while we're driving, but it's not quite the same for me. It's well read, but you can tell it's someone trying to tell a story as opposed to reading what they have written. Apparently, Stephen Fry's readings of the Harry Potter books are supposed to be excellent, so I may try them.
In the meantime, if you're looking for a good bunch of short stories, then you can't go wrong with these. The tales aren't quite as riveting as his twisting thrillers usually are, but it's nice to get a bit of something different from him for a change, and these stories are a well created bunch of tale full of interesting characters and making the most of Grisham fictional South.
Ford County Stories is currently available as an Audio Book (7 CDs) for anywhere between £10 and £16, depending on where you shop. I know that amazon.co.uk had it for £10 whereas shops tend to creep up higher. I was a little disappointed with the fact that there is merely a stack of discs and nothing else inside. Some form of Grisham detail or an accompanying slip on the inside would have been welcomed, but it by no means detracted from my enjoyment of the tales, and is probably more down to me being used to track listings for regular CDs than anything else. Either way, I highly recommend this as an Audio Book.


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This article was published 22/6/2013 (1516 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
WINNIPEG Rifles receiver Brett Carter will not be on the roster of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers this season.
Carter made a strong case for consideration in the team's two exhibition games this month, hauling in five passes.
His name was not among the 21 official cuts the Bombers made on Saturday, but head coach Tim Burke said Carter will not be a regular in 2013.
The good news in the scenario is the 20-year-old will be able to practise with the Blue Bombers until the Rifles' junior season begins.
"He will do that, and we're glad," Burke said, explaining that Carter fits the bill as a "territorial player," and thus can participate in workouts.
There's lots to like about the young receiver, Burke added.
"Work ethic, he knows our system inside and out," the coach said. "He catches the ball really well. So it'll be great having him around."
Down the road
Saturday's Taylor Swift concert at Investors Group Field has punted the Blue Bombers from practising on their home turf since early last week, and stage and venue tear-down will keep them off the field a few more days.
The team's main preparations for this Thursday's season-opener at home against Montreal will be moved down the street to a practice field just west of the Winnipeg Indoor Soccer Complex.
No big deal, Bombers coach Burke said.
"I don't think it'll be a bother," he said. "It's just a short walk down the block. I don't think it'll be a big bother, no, as long as they don't leave anything on the field."
You're in
The final roster will include at least three new faces on the Bombers' defence -- safety Cauchy Muamba, defensive lineman Freddie Harris and defensive back Marty Markett.
Harris and Markett clearly earned their stripes with training-camp performances, Burke indicated Saturday.
"Freddie has very good speed off the edge and... he has a very good speed to power-move as well," the coach said. "We really like that about him. I think he really progressed as two-a-days went along. I think he's going to be a good player for us.
"Markett, his speed, you can't replace that, and he's intelligent, so he can learn more than one position."
The team's main roster of 46 players still had a ways to go as of late Saturday, with 52 players still listed as in camp. Moves to the injured list are likely figure in the final juggling.
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Burgundy Pears Recipe
These warm spiced pears elevate slow cooking to a new level of elegance, yet they're incredibly easy to make. Your friends won't believe this fancy-looking dessert came from a slow cooker. -Elizabeth Hanes Peralta, New Mexico
- 6 medium ripe pears
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup Burgundy wine or grape juice
- 3 tablespoons orange marmalade
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Dash salt
- Vanilla ice cream
- 1. Peel pears, leaving stems intact. Core from the bottom. Stand pears upright in a 5-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, wine or grape juice, marmalade, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Carefully pour over pears.
- 2. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or until tender. To serve, drizzle pears with sauce and garnish with vanilla ice cream. Yield: 6 servings.
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Balclutha: Fatal Crash State Highway One
Fatal Crash State Highway One
An 82-year-old man has died following a head-on crash on State Highway 1 near Kuriwao this afternoon.
The crash occurred at 1.20pm and involved a Toyota RAV SUV and a sedan car.
The man, who died at the scene, was a front-seat passenger in the sedan car. The woman driver of the sedan was taken to Dunedin Hospital (injuries not known at this time).
Four people were travelling in the SUV. Three suffered moderate to serious injuries. Two were taken by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital and one to Clutha Health First Hospital. The driver received no injuries.
The road is closed with detours available. It is expected to be open again later this evening.
Police including a serious crash investigator have attended, as have the Balclutha and Clinton Fire Service.


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Pier 48 Presents the 14th Annual Oktoberfest By The Bay, 9/20
Festival goers will have an opportunity to enjoy Oktoberfest in style with a large VIP area, complete with private bathroom, private bar, commemorative mug and first beer, and German buffet dinner and seating area. There will also be a food court area offering a smorgasbord of food sure to please everyone's taste buds. Everything from bratwurst to schweine haxe, goulash stews towienershnitzel and everything in between. Wash it all down with one of Spatan's four beers being poured, or imported German Wine. A wide variety of popular German pastries will also be on hand for those with a sweet tooth.
When: Friday, September 20 through Sunday, September 22
Friday from 5:00pm - 12:00am;
Saturday day from 11:00am - 5:00pm;
Saturday night from 6:00pm - 12:00am;
FAMILY DAY: Sunday from 11:00am - 6:00pm
Where: Pier 48 Waterfront (across the street from AT&T Park) San Francisco, CA 94158
What: Named one of the 10 Best Oktoberfest celebrations in the U.S by AOL Travel, the 14th Annual Oktoberfest by the Bay brings the spirit of Munich, German to the city by the bay! Enjoy the finest German cuisine, world's best beer, and authentic German music that the whole family will love. Non-stop entertainment from the world-famous 21-piece Chico Bavarian Band, The Internationals, Deutscher Musikverein of San Francisco, and traditional Bavarian dancing by the Nature Friends Schuhplattler.
Public Information: Ticket prices are $25 general admission, $75 VIP, and $5 for children ages 13-18 (children are only allowed Saturday Day session or Sunday.) Children 12 and under are free. To purchase tickets online, visitwww.oktoberfestbythebay.com For more information call 888.746.7522 or email email@example.com
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Dell Adamo XPS Goes Thinner, Much Thinner
When the original Adamo first leaked, Dell clearly had its targets set on the Apple Macbook Air, calling it the world's thinnest laptop.
That claim was disputed, though, as the Air possesses a thinner profile in the front than the back. Still, Dell wants to put all its naysayers to bed. The Adamo XPS showed up at Dell's Web site this morning, and according to Dell, it's the thinnest laptop to datehands-down.
Putting things into context, the Air measures 0.76 inches from the back of the unit and slopes down to 0.16 inches at the bezel. Meanwhile, the original Adamo measures 0.65 inches all around. At the moment, the only specification Dell is willing to reveal about the Adamo XPS is its z-height: At 9.99mm (or approximately 0.39 inches), it's over 30 percent thinner than the original Adamo. And depending on where you apply the ruler, it claims to out-thin the Air as well.
Dell hasn't revealed anything else, though, like hardware, pricing or availability. As usual, you'll have to wait and see.


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Kudos to Governor Patrick for increasing the MA Department of Children and Families budget by 5%. This funding will help to increase caseworker staffing and reduce caseloads, which currently are too high, limit the time and attention caseworkers can devote to children and families under their purview, and the ability of the supervisors of caseworker to perform their due diligence. We have all followed the recent news reports on the troubles of DCF that bring these issues to surface.
Of course, this increase is not nearly enough. On the one hand, it will not allow for the optimal caseload sizes –8-10 per casework, perhaps less. Every child –and by extension their family—with complex mental and physical health conditions, substance abuse and domestic violence issues, job and housing insecurity, education / special –education needs, and legal concerns requires extensive support and coordination from a caseworker. One or two complex cases alone can overwhelm a caseworker.
But greater funding is needed for more than expanding the number of caseworkers. Because of the complexity, demands and stress placed on caseworkers, DCF also needs funding for two other, key strategic areas:
Professional development. All DCF caseworkers should receive high level training in children's development and mental health, from birth to young adult hood. They need to be acutely aware of what to look for when visiting with children, assessing their environments, and observing interactions with their care-takers. They need training in adult learning, and what helps or motivates adults to take positive action and improve their conditions. They need further knowledge and awareness of how other key health, human service, and education systems work and how best to coordinate efforts across systems.
Higher pay. It is not just that we need more caseworkers, we need to pay them more to acknowledge the professionalism, complexity and stress inherent in their jobs. DCF caseworkers make on average $52,000 per year. Given the demands of the job, caseworkers often view the cost to high (personally and professionally) for the benefits (salary).
Both of these steps will help reduce high turnover rates among DCF staff — 50% turnover is not uncommon in MA and across the country. But more importantly, high level training and pay for caseworkers – and, in turn, retention of trained professionals—will increase the quality of care children in the DCF system receive. So while its popular to criticize DCF and its staff, the right step is to double down on this child welfare system in our state, and invest in their people.
Jake Murray is the Senior Director of the Aspire Institute.


text: Science & Tech 27 January 2011 Slipping standards Sign up for our weekly email * As everyone else's New Year obsession with weight wears off, science's is just getting started. Researchers are gathering at the Royal Society on 24 January to focus on science's embarrassing weight problem - or, more precisely, its mass problem. The internationally agreed standard of mass, the kilogram, is the only unit we have that is not based on hi-tech wizardry and a fundamental, invariant constant of nature. The metre is defined as the distance that light travels through a vacuum in a certain fraction of a second. That second is based on the time it takes for a caesium atom to perform a certain number of oscillations. There are plans afoot to make the second even more accurate by using a different atomic oscillation. The humble kilogram, meanwhile, is derived from a lump of metal kept in a basement in Paris.The International Prototype Kilogram doesn't look humble. It's a shiny cylinder of iridium-platinum alloy locked in a vault that can be opened only by turning three keys simultaneously. It looks beautiful, almost iridescent under its double bell-jar covering. It is polished regularly, too, to remove surface pollutants that might affect its mass. All this pomp and ceremony is to no avail, however. The alloy was chosen because it is the most stable material we have - but it seems it is not stable enough. There are dozens of supposedly exact copies of the Paris kilo, forged in the late 19th century. In the mid-1990s, scientists found disparities between their masses. The difference in mass between them is tiny, equivalent to scattering a couple of grains of salt on a cylinder, but that's enough to upset scientists with a bent for atomic precision. Especially as, for reasons that no one understands, the disparities between the masses are growing. And so the Paris kilogram has to go. One proposed replacement involves creating a sphere of polished silicon containing a known number of atoms. Because we know the mass of each silicon atom, that will give us a precise standard. Another option is to make use of the interchangeability of mass and energy. You can get a measure of mass on a machine that measures it against the energy in a configured electromagnetic field. It probably all sounds a bit abstruse, the obsessive-compulsive side of science. But standards matter. That is why every government serious about science invests in a national standards laboratory (ours is in Teddington). Exquisite precision in our dealings with nature gives us the tools to make accurate and reliable measurements, such as those needed to monitor climate change, create the next generation of computers, squeeze more data through mobile-phone networks and keep GPS satellites in sync. And to confirm you really are that little bit heavier than you were this time last year. Michael Brooks holds a PhD in quantum physics. He writes a weekly science column for the New Statesman, and his most recent book is At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 24 January 2011 issue of the New Statesman, State of Emergency More


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A series of bullet points containing my personal experiences leading up to and after September 11, 2001:
- In 1984, while serving in the United States Marine Corps, I attended a class on terrorism given by a German GSG 9 (Counter-Terrorism & Special Operations Unit of the German Federal Police) colonel who stated that they used flopper squads to shoot anyone that had already been shot once. When asked how he could get away with doing such a thing, his answer was "We deal with terrorism every day. One day it will come to you. America is too soft on terrorism."
- In 1992 I conducted an investigation with the Florida Department of Enforcement which involved a clothing store owner who was selling counterfeit cassette tapes. He was thought to be the North American leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O.) raising money for terrorism. He was never charged, even with plenty of evidence against him and stayed in business until after 9/11.
- In 2000 I conducted an investigation with the Tampa office of the F.B.I. and D.E.A into U.S.F professor Dr. Sami Al-Arian raising money for terrorism which involved massive public corruption and the mafia. Doctor Al-Arian was not arrested until after 9/11 and about half the facts in the case where never known.
- The Israeli Mossad was in the Tampa, Florida area in 2000 and was actively going after subjects in the U.S. who where raising money for terrorism. I actually talked to one of the operatives and later determined that there was good evidence that the Mossad had carried out assassinations in the Tampa area before 9/11.
- In 2000, according to the F.B.I., Tampa, Orlando and Atlanta were the hot spots in the U.S. for raising money for terrorism with the Mossad in all three areas.
My opinion is that before 9/11, America was soft on terrorism and turned a blind eye to raising money for terrorism…maybe because it did not really affect us. Raising money for terrorism always involved public corruption and a lot of people making money. After 9/11, all money making activities for terrorism came to a stop. I guess it was like the German colonel said, "One day it will happen to you".
In closing I would like it to be known that these articles are things that happened to me and my opinions only. If anyone would like to disagree or dispute these articles, please feel free to write me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
On 9/11 I would like to take the time to pray for anyone who has suffered as a result of these acts of terrorism. I am asking everyone to join me in this prayer and to take a moment to honor the victims of 9/11 and their families. GOD BLESS YOU!
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New inductees starred on and off the field
ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP -- Ringgold's first Hall of Fame Class featured four of the best-known athletes in the area: Stan Musial, Joe Montana, Ken Griffey and Fred Cox.
The second class, which was inducted Saturday night at the Willow Room, was a little different.
"We're branching out to educators, lawyers, commun-ity service and businessmen in the Ringgold School District," said executive director Brad Bassi, of the sponsoring Ringgold Rams Club. "They deserve this honor."
As a result, four former football greats from Donora had to share the spotlight with a doctor, judge, a college dean and grocery store owner.
The gridders honored were Rudy Andabaker, Lou "Bimbo" Cecconi and the deceased Arnold "Pope" Galiffa and "Deacon" Dan Towler, who all starred for one or both of the Dragons' two WPIAL championship teams.
Cecconi and Andabaker both went on to shine at Pitt, with the latter going on to play in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Galiffa went on to become one of the greatest all-around athletes in West Point history, making the cover of Life Magazine in 1949. He played in the NFL for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers and in the Canadian Football League with Toronto.
Towler went on to become one of the greatest running backs in Washington & Jefferson College history and later starred with the Los Angeles Rams, leading the NFL in rushing in 1952.
Rounding out the Hall of Fame class were Dr. Marie Brown Wagner, the Honorable Judge Paul A. Simmons, Dr. David Epperson and Aldo Bartolotta.
Here are the remarks of some of the honorees:
"This is a special privilege to be honored after the first class which had four of the most revered names," said Cecconi. "I have a heavy heart since two of my teammates (Galiffa and Towler) are no longer with us."
"I never left the Mon Valley and the Mon Valley has never left me," said Andabaker, a lifelong Donora resident.
"This is like family here because Bimbo was the best man at my dad's wedding," said Galiffa's daughter Debbie.
"Paul loves the Mon Valley," said his wife Gwen. "He's a great example of using adversity to grow because he lost a leg working on the railroad when he was 21."
"I share this award with my co-workers because they put me in the position I am today," said Bartolotta.
"I owe it all to the Valley because it started here," said Epperson, who retired in 2001 after serving over 29 years as a dean at Pitt.


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Library to host fair for patrons
Published 2:38 pm, Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The Bulverde / Spring Branch Library will be holding its first Library Services Fair from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday.
The event will offer an interactive forum for library patrons to ask questions, tour the building and see demonstrations of the numerous services provided by the library. The fair will feature a hot-dog lunch and door prizes.
The Freaky Friday book sale, presented by the Friends of the Library, is set for the same day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hardcover and paperback books will be available at discounted prices.
AARP will continue to provide income tax assistance every Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. through April 12. Appointments can be made by calling 830-885-2247.
News Channel
On Saturday at 1:30 p.m., William Garrido will give a presentation on "Troubleshooting Common Dog Behavior Problems."
For more information call the Bulverde / Spring Branch Library at 830-438-4864 or visit the library's website at www.bsblibrary.org.
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A councillor has hit out at the "dangerous" state of roads in Hellifield.
District councillor Chris Moorby said the A65 and Gisburn Road had become so rough that they were hazardous.
He said the two roads were resurfaced a few years ago, but were now in an "atrocious" condition.
"I feel the situation is not just an inconvenience, but has got to the stage of being dangerous," said Coun Moorby. "I know times are hard at North Yorkshire County Council, but these roads are absolutely atrocious. The road at Hellifield was patched a couple of weeks ago, but this work has done no good whatsoever."
Coun Moorby, who works as haulage contractor, added: "I came through Hellifield in my wagon after the patching had been completed and I found the road surface so rough I thought that a spring would be broken. When a replacement spring costs in the region of £500, it gives me concern."
He is now calling for the roads to be completely resurfaced.
"I know North Yorkshire County Council has not got a great deal of funds to play with but something should be done," he said :"How much money are they pumping into the Tour de France while these roads are getting ignored?"
Coun Moorby also questioned why it was taking so long to complete roadworks at Mearbeck – between Long Preston and Cleatop roundabout at Settle.
He said the lack of work being done and the one-way traffic lights were causing congestion and forcing people to seek alternative routes through Wigglesworth and Rathmell.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire County Council said: "The condition of the North Yorkshire's highways is a major priority for the county council and it has allocated an extra £5 million towards the repairs even though it is facing severe financial cuts across the board.
"North Yorkshire is the biggest local authority in England by area and has the third largest road network. The annual allocation of £28 million still falls far short of the estimated annual expenditure required to address priority problems. The maintenance backlog for the entire network is approximately £322 million.
"Even if the backlog was removed, the council estimates that it would still require some £60 million a year simply to maintain the highways in good condition."


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The CW has released the synopsis for Supernatural season 9, episode 8 "Rock and a Hard Place," featuring the return of fan favorite Jody Mills.
The official press release had the following information about the episode:
SAM AND DEAN REUNITE WITH SHERIFF MILLS — Sheriff Mills (guest star Kim Rhodes) calls Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) for help investigating multiple murders in her small town. Discovering all four victims belonged to the same church chastity group, Sam and Dean decide to infiltrate by joining the group themselves. When Dean disappears, Sam and Sheriff Mills realize whatever they are hunting has taken Dean too and team up to rescue him. John MacCarthy directed the episode written by Jenny Klein (908).
The last time we saw Jody Mills, she was on a blind date with Crowley in the season 8 finale when the King of Hell was systematically killing everyone the Winchesters had ever saved. By agreeing to hand over the demon tablet, the Winchesters saved her life at the last moment.
Prior to that, Jody teamed up with Sam to save Dean when he was sent back in time by the god of time, Chronos. The two bonded over losing Bobby, and it looks like their bond will continue to grow in this episode as they team up once again to save Dean.
Supernatural season 9, episode 8 "Rock and a Hard Place" airs Tuesday, November 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET on The CW.


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[quote]scrof·u·lous (skrfy-ls)
1. Relating to, affected with, or resembling scrofula.
2. Morally degenerate; corrupt: "a scrofulous, grim, darkly funny burlesque on art, celebrity, and love" Stephen Schiff.
scrofu·lous·ly adv.
scrofu·lous·ness n.
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsAdj. 1. scrofulous - afflicted with scrofula
ill, sick - not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
2. scrofulous - morally contaminated; "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart
immoral - violating principles of right and wrong
3. scrofulous - having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat
ugly - displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly"
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Immigration Law Questions? Ask an Immigration Lawyer.
Hello, my name is Judith. Thank you for this opportunity to answer your questions.
There is no point in disputing the language test if she was not able to do it and pass at the time of her testing.
On the other hand, if she passed the civics test she has to be ready to be retested on that if she files a new N-400.
It is only a $30 fee difference to file a new N-400.
How does she feel about taking the civics test again and how badly did she fail the English test?
I was not in the interview room . So, I do not know how badly she did on it. She thinks she did ok except the reading. We lacked practice on the reading, I admit.
So, you think I should just discard this notice of filing the N366 ( that needs to be done within 30 days of notice) and just go ahead and file the N400 when she feels more prepared?
Yes, I do feel that she should just re-file when she is more prepared. It will take your time and patience working with her, but that is the best route to go.


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A couple who is madly in love shares laughters before the world falls apart and people experience strange symptoms which affect the emotions.
A love story set in a disastrous world is the theme of "Perfect Sense" which will be premiered at upcoming Sundance Film Festival. A promo trailer for the movie has now been made available for preview via MTV Hollywood Crush.
It opens with a lot of romantic scenes, showing how Ewan McGregor's Michael who works as a chef meets Eva Green's Susan, a scientist. They are later pictured as a couple who is madly in love while people across the globe begin to experience strange symptoms, which first affect the emotions then the senses, one by one.
Everything changes. But people laugh, they cry, they eat and drink, they go about their daily business. They adapt, they change, they cope, they live and they love because life must go on. And so it does.
David Mackenzie directs this drama with a script provided by Kim Fupz Aakeson, who penned "A Somewhat Gentle Man" which has earned some good reviews on the festival circuit. No U.S. release date it set for "Perfect Sense".


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Contractors for the Week: 11/08/2010
November 8, 2010
• Flame Heating, Cooling, and Electrical (Warren, Mich.) appointed John A. Boll Jr. (right) as vice president of commercial services.
• Veolia Energy North America (Boston) appointed Vincent Martin (right) as president of its subsidiary SourceOne (Boston).
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I snapped this mallard drake as he glided past me along the canal in Galway yesterday. I was trying to find and photograph some recently hatched cygnets but by the time I found out where they were nesting the day had turned dreary and wet, so they'll have to wait for another day.
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DAY hospice services have moved to Malton Community Hospital after four years at Deansfield Court in Norton.
The relocation by Saint Catherine's Hospice gives the day hospice greater opportunity to work in partnership with community healthcare professional-covering the area.
The service runs each Monday from 10am to 3pm and provides a range of facilities and services for patients, without them having to travel far and about 250 patients a year use it each year.
Services include medical support, pain and symptom management and control, complementary therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and meals.
The Wilfred Jackson Trust, which was set up last year following the death of local builder and property developer Wilfred Jackson with the aim of giving help and assistance to families and individuals in and around the area, has made a donation to help pay for equipment and running costs at the new site. The Malton, Norton & District Hospital League of Friends has also made a donation towards equipment costs.
Mike Proctor, deputy chief executive of York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , which manages Malton Hospital, said: "It is great to see the introduction of this service at Malton Hospital. It is important that the hospital is used to its full potential and we are pleased to be able to work with Saint Catherine's Hospice to provide this facility for the benefit of people in Ryedale"