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The Blue Agave Burger
This burger represents the southwest in many different ways. It has fire, spice, sweetness and crunch. It has two different ingredients derived from cactus and nothing represents Arizona like the cactus. I also think that it is an original that speaks volume about the southwest's flare and creativity!
2.25 lb of 80/20 ground beef
1/4 lb of beef chorizo
3 oz of chipotle peppers
2 green onions chopped
1 large jalapeno fresh seeded and sliced into 1/8 in circle
1/8 cup of chopped cilantro
8 oz of red cabbage
12 oz of green cabbage
1/4 cup mayo
1/8 cup of Blue Agave Syrup
1/8 cup of Apple Vinegar
1/4 tablespoon of Kosher salt and of black pepper
2/3 cup of cream cheese
4 tablespoons of prickly pear syrup (2 fresh pears)
6 soft potato buns
Olive oil
1.You want to have a total of (6) 8 oz burgers wieth a ratio of 3 to 1 ground beef to chorizo.
2.Cook the chorizo in a frying pan, drain and cool.
3. Add to raw ground beef.
4 Puree chipotles in blender of food pro and add to meat.
5. Season with tblsp of salt and pepper.
6. Mix until blended.
7. Weigh out 8 oz of meat and form into patties.
1. With sharp knife, shred or julienne red and green cabbage and put in large mixing bowl.
2. Add chopped cilantro and green onions.
3. Cut end of jalapeno and core. Then cut into cirlcles and add to ingredients.
4.In a separate bowl, mix may, blue agave and vinegar.
Then mix in.
5.Put in salt and pepper and thouroughly mix all ingredients.
6.Let sit for 30 min in fridge then add to burger. Do not let sit longer or it may lose crispness.
Prickly Pear Cream Cheese:
1. Slice prickly pears in half and empty fruit into fine mesh strainer.
2.Make sure strainer is over a bowl and mash fruit into grates letting the syrup pass and the seeds stay in strainer.
3. Add softened cream cheese to bowl with syrup until you get a beautiful purple color.
Build the Burger:
1. Preheat the grill to 350.
2.Cook the patties on grill for 2 mins, then 1/4 turn and cook for 2 more. Flip burger and repeat. This should give you nice grill marks. Turn of grill and let burgers sit for1 to 2 more mins.
3. Toast buns with olive oil and salt and pepper.
4. Coat top and bottom of bun with the Prickly Pear cream cheese. About 2 tblsp.
5 Place burger on bottom and put a nice portion of blue agave coleslaw on top. About 4 oz.
6. Place top on and ENJOY!!
I hope that you enjoy this creation as much as my friends and family do. Thank for your consideration and i look forward to personally cooking this you and the Sutter Home crew!!


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The region's top federal prosecutor welcomed a Justice Department policy that gives his office more discretion in prosecuting drug cases.
David Hickton, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, said the policy announced on Monday by Attorney General Eric Holder matches his goal since he took office three years ago.
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When disasters like this hit, children are most affected. They don't have much to fall back on—especially when they are underweight and fragile to begin with—and in southern Congo, thousands of them have become severely malnourished. In fact, some of the highest rates of severe acute malnutrition ever seen in the region were uncovered late last year.
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LOS ANGELES – This is the Year of the Freshman in college basketball – or so it has been decreed – a season born of the one-and-done era, where first-year players grace magazine covers at 18, and convince NBA teams to tank full seasons just to have a shot at calling their name in the next draft.
This season, the hype has far exceeded any previous proportions. The push to play freshmen is stronger than ever, as vaunted newcomers such as Kansas' Andrew Wiggins and Duke's Jabari Parker have grown to overshadow their own teams – a burden that has, at times, proven too much for college basketball's neophyte stars to handle so early on.
"I think that's why you're seeing parity in the game," said Cal coach Mike Montgomery, who has his own talented freshman in Jabari Bird. "These young players, fundamentally, are not as good as those that have been around a little bit, know how to play, and know defense. We've seen a lot of programs going with high-pricers, and the proof will be in the pudding whether that pays off at the end."
The results, so far, have been inconsistent for those teams relying heavily on their first-year phenoms. Duke, with Parker shooting just 30 percent since the start of ACC season, is barely hanging on in the top 25. Kansas, boasting one of the youngest teams in the country, lost three of four in late November before bouncing back. And Kentucky, already with four losses, has had to navigate Julius Randle's own recent slump.
The narrative, as overpowering as it has become, leaves little room for patience.
For UCLA especially, with its own freshman star-in-the-making in Zach LaVine teeming with potential on the bench, patience has been an important virtue. And for its coach, Steve Alford, who's consistently championed experience as an important element in building a successful team, there's no buying into the popular idea that talented freshmen should be thrown right into the fire.
"Freshmen don't change regardless of what media label them," Alford said Tuesday. "They're still freshmen. Freshmen just don't have the experience. … They've never experienced Pac-12 games or Pac-12 road trips."
For LaVine, UCLA's talented and likely-one-and-done freshman guard, that inexperience has shown at times. After a blazing start to the season in which he shot 59 percent from long range in his first eight games, LaVine felt the difference as opponents began to game plan for him. In the next six games, he averaged just 8.6 points.
But Sunday, LaVine scaled that freshmen wall in UCLA's first half against Arizona State, going for 15 points in 10 minutes and looking like the future NBA player he'll no doubt be. Two days later, Alford was asked again whether LaVine's performance warranted an uptick in his playing time, but again, he demurred.
"It's kind of hard to say, OK, let's change things up with them," Alford said. "Norman Powell is a guy that's played more games than anybody at UCLA right now. That experience is invaluable. He's been on a Pac-12 championship team. He understands that."
The junior wing certainly looked invaluable Thursday in Colorado. As his teammates shot a paltry 34 percent from the field, Powell scored 13 first-half points and adding six more after the half in UCLA's first road victory. Meanwhile, freshmen LaVine and Bryce Alford, in their first conference road test, combined to shoot 3 of 16.
The line between playing experience over talent is a thin one, to be sure. Alford has relied heavily on forwards Travis and David Wear – both of whom performed below expectations early on. And LaVine, while being brought up slower than some of his freshmen phenom counterparts, still averages the third-most minutes on the team (25.6) and has the fourth-highest percentage of minutes played of any Alford-coached freshman in the past 10 seasons (64 percent).
Bringing LaVine off the bench, however, has still insulated him somewhat from the burden that Wiggins, Parker and Randle have been forced to shoulder with all eyes on them.
Kyle Anderson, UCLA's sophomore leader, knew that pressure well last season. As one of the top-rated recruits in the nation, Anderson joined freshmen Jordan Adams and Shabazz Muhammad in UCLA's lineup from Day 1, expecting to ride his freshman hype all the way to the NBA draft. But struggles with his shot and uncertainty about his position ultimately decimated his draft stock. Now, with another year under his belt, Anderson has never looked better.
"It was a very good decision to come back," Anderson said. "I wanted to make that jump. But a second year of college, a lot of people wish they could get that back."
For LaVine, a likely lottery pick, another season probably won't be a reality. But for Alford and UCLA, flying in the face of a new, freshman-driven era of college basketball with experience and patience might very well be what keeps them afloat this March.
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By Ben Hanneman
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Whirlwinds are normally scary.
But the one swirling around James King of late has the Pulaski Cougar senior defensive end all smiles these days.
You see, King, for as long as he can remember, has wanted to play Division I football; you know, run with the big horses, hit somebody in the mouth and then, like that line from NFL Films, "run up in the stands and slap they mommas!"
Okay, King would never do that last part. He's way too polite and well-mannered for all that, off the field that is. On the field, after being named captain his final season and winning many, many football awards, well, you do the math.
The 6'4" 220-pound bundle of energy with a sizeable helping of confidence on the side has pretty much always dreamed of playing football at the next level. Eventually, he wants to play in the NFL. But first things first.
And after a series of events that would have lesser players spinning in amazement, King's whirlwind has landed him in Lexington, where he'll play for the Keydets at Virginia Military Institute.
"It's a crazy process, man!" King said describing the whirlwind. He had just made the verbal commitment to VMI at a gathering with family, coaches and close friends in the PCHS locker room. "Some schools come in and you think they're going to get you and then they just ease out over time. But VMI they stuck with me all the way through and I appreciate it. It's a great opportunity."
King officially signed his letter of intent Wednesday morning, all part of what college football fans, players, coaches and fans have come to revere as National Signing Day.
The early breezes, which would eventually land King not too far down the road, began blowing some two seasons ago, during the summer heading into his junior season to be exact. King remembers it because it was soon after the Cougars had defeated Salem, which may well be his favorite high school football memory.
"When we beat Salem that year knowing that we weren't going to the playoffs, just the feeling of getting that last win of the season against a rival team was great! There's nothing like it," King said.'
Until now, maybe.
King then began receiving letters of interest from several regional colleges and universities. Duke came calling. So did Florida State, which was a thrill.
"Yeah, I was excited, man! I was happy. It made me want to work even harder to see what I could get," King said.
But when they noticed at the college talent camps that King was a mere 6'4" and just a smidge over 200 pounds when starting defensive ends are at least two inches taller and 20 pounds heavier the Blue Devils and Seminoles backed away.
But not King. He kept working. He kept eating. He kept lifting. He kept eating. He kept working. Did we mention he kept eating? Protein bars and shakes, pasta, you name it, all to boost that weight. And he kept playing.
Then came University of Massachusetts and William & Mary, both offering King preferred walk-on status.
More recently Concord University in Athens, West Virginia, near Princeton expressed interest. So did University of Charleston and a bit of a bidding war ensued. They both wanted him so badly they each offered a half scholarship, but Dad Mike told them they'd have to come up with some more money.
When they got back from visiting Charleston, Concord called offering a full ride, some $80,000-plus covering books, tuition, housing, the whole nine yards.
Somewhere in the mix, VMI contacted King and offered a half scholarship. Then, the very day they were headed to Concord to check out the campus, VMI called King's father Mike to offer a full football scholarship – approximately $96,00 – and almost begged him not to let James commit to Concord. They also swore Mike secrecy, especially with James.
King was actually in the Cougar weight room in the middle of workout last Monday when VMI's defensive line coach Don Woods, brother of head coach Sparky Woods, arrived to personally inform him of their offer.
"I thought he was there to talk about the half scholarship, but when he said 'full ride' I couldn't believe it!"
While the money is nice and will certainly help, King says he chose VMI for a different reason.
"I want to be an engineer and VMI was the only school with an engineering program," he said.
King, who holds about a 3.6 GPA, anticipates a smooth transition from high school to the academic rigors and discipline of a military school.
"I've always been a hard worker. I've always gotten done what I needed to do in and outside of school. I believe that if I put all that in at VMI I'll be successful," he said.
Head Cougar Todd Jones, who coached King for three years, agreed, adding that King is the perfect example of the old adage that if you work hard good things will happen.
"James has never taken any shortcuts. He's always gone all-out in everything he's done on or off the field. He's just always put the time in. That's just James King," Jones said.
On the field King intends to make a splash as well as soon as possible using the skills he's developed while wearing the cardinal and Vegas gold.
"I'm quick off the ball and I've got speed and I'm starting to get a little bit more size on me, so after a few years up there I'm hoping to be an all-American and maybe go in the draft," King said.
In terms of advice for teammates hoping to get where he is one day, King said, "Just keep working. Don't give up and don't listen to any negative comments people may give you. Get in the weight room. Lift weights and make sure you have good grades. If one of these schools comes knocking on your door for athletics and you don't have the grades they're going to take the next guy. So just keep the grades up and work hard in the weight room and on the field and you'll get there."
As for smaller players King advised against the laziness that can easily sneak into a high schooler's life.
"You can't go home and just lay around the couch and expect to get any better. You've got to go out there and do it. You've got to get what's yours," King said.
As for Pop, you'd be hard pressed to find a more proud father and rightly so.
"I've been hopping around like a giddy school girl going to the prom," Mike King said. "I'm so proud of him, words can't explain. He's a great kid, probably the best son you'd ever want to have. He's always worked hard at everything."
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I was wondering if there was a way to edit CVP titles, then lock them so that people can read them, but can't edit them, preventing vandalism or whatever crap happens that puts it in that place. "Runescape" for example could be added. I went through some of the the list of CVP titles, and I can see where some would become annoying. --Johnston7890 17:06, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
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Bureaucrats at a provincial agency asking for billions to expand transit in the GTA had exclusive access to premium tickets to the Toronto International Film Festival and a Buffalo Bills game, the Toronto Sun has learned.
The sponsorship deals came to light because Metrolinx had trouble managing two agreements in 2011 that yielded premium tickets to the prestigious events.
The agreements forced an internal audit and policy overhaul of its own promotional program, according to documents obtained under provincial freedom of information legislation.
The reports show that $27,000 worth of NFL tickets, some of which were intended to raise money for charity, were sold to Metrolinx staff at a steeply discounted rate. The agency also forked over $30,000 of taxpayer cash to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to sponsor the event and in exchange received a bevy of free tickets to red carpet events, film screenings and exclusive parties.
In early 2011, Metrolinx began to ramp up its so-called "promotional partnership" agreements as a way to "enhance brand recognition." But by November the program was in trouble.
In a memo dated Nov. 28, 2011, director of strategic communications, Vasie Papadopoulos, defended the program to Metrolinx President and CEO Bruce McCuaig.
"Partnerships can serve as a vehicle to showcase the value of Metrolinx and its operating division in the community," she wrote. "And also to facilitate the extension of those brands in the non-commuter and leisure travel market by connecting customers to unique cultural exhibitions and events."
But Papadopoulos went on to say that there was little oversight over the program, ticket use was inconsistently tracked and she acknowledged Metrolinx's internal audit department was reviewing the program.
In early June, Metrolinx signed on as a promotional partner of TIFF. The agency gave TIFF $30,000 in "seed money" to secure the deal and the 22-page contract outlined a series of items that were to be provided by the sponsor. McCuaig and Metrolinx Chief Financial Officer Robbert Siddall approved the deal, Papadopoulos noted in the memo.
The festival gave Metrolinx promotional placement in a number of its programs, banners and advertisements. Metrolinx did the same for TIFF.
Film festival officials also gave Metrolinx 24 tickets to gala screenings, 32 tickets to non-gala screenings, four invitations to the opening night gala film and party, two invitations to the closing night gala party, two invitations to the pre-opening cocktail reception and six more invitations to three exclusive events. Two complimentary festival programs and film schedules were also included in the deal.
No monetary value was estimated for the tickets and merchandise provided to Metrolinx.
When contacted by the Toronto Sun, TIFF officials refused to disclose the value of the tickets and merchandise provided to Metrolinx, citing confidentiality rules.
In a note to the Sun, provided in advance of the document disclosure, Metrolinx officials acknowledged they don't know who used the TIFF tickets or for what purpose, but then go on to say tickets were used in promotions for GO customers, some were given to undisclosed charities and that some GO staff attended "certain TIFF events."
But under the terms of the agreement, Metrolinx was barred from using the tickets for fundraising, or promotional contests without express consent of TIFF.
Meanwhile, in early September 2011, Metrolinx staff begin working on a promotional partnership with Rogers Centre for the Oct. 14 Buffalo Bills game against the Washington Redskins. The strategic communications department agreed to the deal as a way to reach out to non-commuters and leisure travellers.
The deal was essentially an exchange of promotional materials, with Metrolinx appearing in "Bills in Toronto" advertisements and vice-versa. Papadopoulos wrote in the memo that Metrolinx did not request tickets in the deal, but did receive 100 premium seats to the game.
Rogers Centre gave Metrolinx 50 VIP tickets valued at $320 a piece. Their total value came in at $16,000. The agency also received 50 200 Level Club seats worth $225 a piece. Their total value was $11,125.
In the memo, Papadopoulos said the VIP tickets were provided so that senior staff and general staff could attend the game to "evaluate the appropriateness of the partnership and assess its value."
Eighteen Metrolinx staffers attended the game using the $320 VIP tickets, with some working at promotion booths at the event, the memo said. The remaining 38 tickets were unused.
Papadopoulo wrote that the 50 tickets, worth $225 each, were to be raffled off to raise money for the United Way. For some reason — not explained in the memo — staff were "confused" by a silent auction held for the tickets and only one bid was received.
With less than a week to go before the game, and over $11,000 worth of tickets on their hands, GO Transit President Gary McNeil and Vice-President of Customer Service Mary Proc decided to offer the tickets to staff at a steep discount — selling the $225 stubs for $25 each, the memo said.
The tickets were sold on a first-come, first-serve basis and all 50 were snatched up. The memo provided a detailed list of all employees who took advantage of the deal. The top buyer of tickets, with five to his name was McNeil, who approved the fire-sale.
Metrolinx spokesman Anne Marie Aikins said McNeil bought the tickets to encourage other staff to purchase them, but did not attend the game.
"The Bills game was not as popular as hoped and the Rogers Centre was giving away the tickets," Aikins wrote in an e-mail. "The GO president approved a price of $25 per ticket given the short timelines and the desire to raise for the United Way."
The memo acknowledged that strategic communications staff were cooperating with the internal audit department on a review of the promotional partnership program and were to adopt a full set of recommendations from the process. CEO McCuaig's oversight role was also to be beefed up, the memo said.
"Any further promotional partnership opportunities will be reviewed and approved by the CEO," Papadopoulos wrote.
Metrolinx has also not provided the results of the internal audit department's review of the promotional program.
Neither McCuaig nor McNeil were available for comment, despite repeated requests for interviews.
Aikins said as soon as the problems with promotional program came to light, McCuaig took action. That included donating tickets to charities, using tickets for fundraising, or destroying them if they couldn't be returned.
Aikins said since 2011 Metrolinx has continued to accept free tickets in four sponsorship deals including TIFF, the "Bills in Toronto" series, the AGO and the CNE.
"We are always concerned about protecting our good reputation which is why we took steps to strengthen our rules and processes," she said.
Records are now kept of how tickets are used and Metrolinx no longer pays to sponsor programs, Aikins said.
Conservative MPP Frank Klees said the promotional partnership problems speaks to larger issues within Metrolinx.
"Why does Metrolinx have to sponsor anything?" he said. "Why does Metrolinx have to be in the public relations business. Their job is to build and manage transit."
Klees, who has also been highly critical of Metrolinx's handling of the Presto transit card, said the agency is becoming unaccountable to the government.
"If they're doing this here, in this corner of the organization, it begs the question what are they doing elsewhere?"
NDP MPP Rosario Marchese added the idea of provincial employees getting premium tickets to TIFF and an NFL game will grate on taxpayers.
"Should (Metrolinx) be sponsoring events and should the benefits of those sponsorships be going to staff? If the senior bureaucrats of that organization don't see that as a problem, I'm sorry."
A further note provided prior to document disclosure notes ticket policy has changed as of late 2011. Management directed that going forward, complimentary tickets are to be refused or redistributed in GO customer contests.
Marchese said he hopes that means the organization has learned a valuable lesson.
"Metrolinx has an incredibly big job to do," he said, adding this erodes their credibility as a wise steward of tax dollars.
"They want to raise $2-billion a year to spend on transit infrastructure across Hamilton and the GTA. That's a big problem."
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Our new favorite "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" contestant is Joann Chen, from Brooklyn. She's pretty good at answering questions, but she's even better at adding in strange and bewildering side commentary. For instance, a question about the use of "styptic pencils" elicited the following comment from Joann: "I wore pants today for a reason. I'm pretty sloppy in the shower." Watch the clip to get the full story. Great Marley's ghost! [Buzzfeed]


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1. clarkjeferson (Posts: 67; Member since: 22 Dec 2013)
Blackberry was always a businessman's phone to begin with.
Heins made a bad move trying to make it popular to the common man despite BBM.
But glad to know that business is back where it should be.
2. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
Good luck, John. You have a LOT to do.
3. Paximos (Posts: 161; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
"Usually when an engine shows signs of wear to where it's burning oil very badly, you usually notice a definite drop in power and/or fuel economy"...Blackberry is just in that situation and has lost its steam even in the business world when it was once the king of all the smart phones. Unless he is a magician and can pull a rabbit out of his hat which I seen no signs of that and is yet to be seen, it will be a total failure. As sharp as he might be, if bb fails, he won't be the one who gets hurt, he will simply move to another high paying job but for now he will simply defend his strategy. With its world market share of only 2%, Mr. Chen...wish you luck. BTW, where is my refund for my returned bb z10, it's been 31 days since your company's lousy web store has received my phone??
4. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
"...bring BlackBerry back to its roots."
Chen could start with dumping the current UI. IT shops do not have the power to force users to use a mangled UI. BB sold more BBOS7 handsets than BBOS10 this past year.
Time to really focus on where the customers are and what they are willing to spend their $ on. Otherwise, Chen will be the last CEO of BB.
8. alextheZowner (Posts: 33; Member since: 01 Jan 2014)
Have you tried their UI? It's a pretty good one. Im.coming from touchwiz an windows and believe me BB10 os by far the best when I get my hands on my girls GS4 I'm constantly swiping thinking it's a BlackBerry 10 and BB by far is faster and less laggy. The reason why BB7 sold more is because people haven't tried BB10 I have tried it and I'm never going back to old buttons and double taps.
15. yodelmonk (Posts: 4; Member since: 15 Jan 2014)
I agree I just gave up my galaxy s4 for a blackberry q10. I love it. The UI is fantastically efficient and smooth. I gave up 2 cores and I can't even tell. Active frames are great because there are not untold services or processes running in the background gathering who knows what data from my phone. And it is so easy to multitask with a swipe and bam your onto the next app. Battery life is great. I can easily get through a day on 1 charge. I am so happy to have my blackberry keyboard back. There are none like it ...well unless you count the new Typo keyboard...and blackberry does count it. I think going to BB10 from a legacy phone would be much more difficult than coming from android or IOS. It is definitely geared for touch. After a day of using my q10 I never missed my home or back button. I'd say to give it a try. The phones are now cheap and made of high quality materials. Definitely a lot of bang for your buck.
5. docj8404 (Posts: 73; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
I won't pretend to be well versed in all things BB, but I do know that, as someone above said, it was geared toward the "corporate enterprise" kind until they attempted to branch out. I've never cared for BB, but it is unfortunate to see how they fell off the grid. What's also playing against them now is the fact that even if they did return to their "basics", they're no longer in a lane of their own as Samsung has branched into their "home" with their own security upgrades.
I guess anything can happen though.
6. javac (Posts: 102; Member since: 04 Mar 2013)
i have already come up with a way for blackberry to make a comeback. they to back off of th consumer market and stick to what they are best at. that is business phones. they need to make their phones work amazing for all businesses. once the recapture the business world then start again in the consumer world
11. Paximos (Posts: 161; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
So dream when the day is through
Oh, dream and they might come true
Ooh, things could be worse than they seem
So come on and dream, dream, oh, dream
Yeah, dream, dream, dream, oh, dream
7. corporateJP (Posts: 2458; Member since: 28 Nov 2009)
I applaud this guy's tenacity, but he's still polishing the turd.
9. kennyblack_sd (Posts: 26; Member since: 15 Nov 2013)
I still love my BlackBerry Q5 no matter what happens to BlackBerry. I hope Mr Chen turns things around anyway
10. JerryTime (Posts: 468; Member since: 09 Nov 2013)
I wonder if he fixes this company, if he'll walk down to the ocean and walk on water? Because that's what it's going to take.
14. phonemonkey (Posts: 168; Member since: 13 Feb 2012)
I would tell you I was the cure too if I could take several hundred thousand dollars to offer stabs in the dark when everyone in the room knows the company is terminally ill


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im not a shotgun guy my dad pasted and he had a Remington Model 1100 20 gauge shotgun and a couple box of 20 g 23/4 long shells my ? is can you shot 21/2 long shells in this gun. a friend had alot of that size and would save some money, and what would be the best SD ammo for and shotgun. thanks
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Your 1100 will shoot the 2.5" shells just fine. As far as self defense, the lower the number on the ammo, the larger the shot. So 8's are small and 00 buckshot is larger.
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August 26, 2013, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President will speak on Tuesday, August 27 outside House Speaker John Boehner's district office at Courthouse Plaza, 12 South Plum Street, Troy, Ohio in an event scheduled to begin at 4PM. He issued the following statement urging Speaker Boehner to attach the Defund Obamacare Act to an upcoming vote on the continuing resolution:
"We urge Speaker Boehner to offer an up or down vote on attaching the Defund Obamacare Act to the continuing resolution. This is the American people's last chance to prohibit implementation of the health care law and to stop the Medicaid expansion and insurance subsidies under the law. If the Senate and Obama refuse action funding the government as a result, it is they who will own the ensuing government shutdown.
"As for Boehner, if he allows Obamacare to be funded, he'll own it — and so will every House Republican that votes with him. Now is the time for choosing."
Mehrens will be joined by former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell; Doc Thompson of the Blaze; Ted Stevenot, President of Ohio LIberty Coalition, an umbrella group of Ohio Tea Parties; Mark Harrington of Created Equal; Bryan Kemper of Priests for Life; Pro-life leader Dr. Joel Brind; J.D. Winteregg of the Ohio Accountability Project; Nathan Mehrens of Americans for Limited Government; Andrew Pappas of FreedomWorks; Councilman Bobby Phillips; Tea Party Leaders Shannon Hartkemeyer, Sue Hardenbergh, Ralph King; and Janet (Folger) Porter of Faith2Action. Also speaking are pro-family leaders Bobbi Radeck, Lori Viars and Julie Busby along with Pastors Jonathan Newman, Dick Knodel, Dale Christian, and Andy Douglas.
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A new all-optical flip-flop generating light at two different wavelengths (state ""), or (state "") was suggested. It consists of an active layer and a nonlinear wave-guiding layer. Two parallel nonlinear gratings having different periods and periodic negative nonlinearities exist along the propagation direction in the wave-guiding layer. In state "," the first grating provides the optical feedback for lasing, and the second grating is weak. In state "," due to optical nonlinearity, the first grating weakens, and the second one provides the optical feedback for lasing. The refractive index nonlinearity is due to the direct absorption of photons at the Urbach tail. The device is triggered from state "" to state "" and vise versa by input optical pulses of wavelengths and , respectively. The time domain simulations show switching dynamics in nanosecond time scale.
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An Abundance of Options, But Too Limited
The plugin (the free version, that is, without the non-free manual) provides an amazing number of options, like shortcodes and templates, for customization. Unfortunately the customizations readily available are somewhat limited. I came away feeling like I was given a jetski to ride around a wading pool.
For example, what are the PHP tags? Another example: Why are day, week, and month the only time intervals for which events can be displayed through the
[my_calendar]shortcode? What if one would like to show events for a different time range, or even (dare we imagine?) ALL events?
I installed the plugin looking for a quick solution to my client's desire for a simple events calendar. Unfortunately I lack the time to pour through all the options and what documentation exists (for free), so I ended up going with (the free version of) The Events Calendar instead–the options are fewer, but the API documentation is freely available and reasonably clear.
The unclarity and imposing number of limited options may be a couple reasons that the number of downloads for the present plugin is disproportionately large for the number of ratings. All-in-one Events Calendar, for example, has only 31% more downloads, but 260% more ratings. Could it be that people are downloading My Calendar and, after taking a look at it, moving to something simpler?
A more meta-suggestion/thought is about the business model. I'm trying to imagine why (most) people would plunk down money for the manual of a product that they haven't even been able to effectively try without that documentation… especially when there are multiple free alternatives with documentation out in the open.
In sum, this plugin is an heroic project, but sadly unable to make it all the way to where the users live.
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GIS Mapping: Part I
Hello everyone! Many of us may not love working with data, but the collection and analysis of numbers is a pretty important part of decision-making, especially under the constraints of limited funding. To that end, the visualization of data – that is, creating images that tell your story – can be much more helpful than a spreadsheet in making a convincing argument.
Graphs built in a program like Excel are great, but what if you want to showcase trends based on location? You'll need a map! Enter Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping. With a few (free!) tools that are downloadable online, you can create maps to tell your story. Here's one way to do it, based on information that LSNTAP already had in its Tech Library; next week I'll be posting Part II of the GIS series, with a different method.
Tools for the job
To write this article, I made a few different maps showing the cases closed by Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) in 2012. To do so, I used the following tools:
- Google Earth (I had some trouble downloading from that link; if you do too, try this direct link)
- GE Graph (choose the green "Download Now!" button) – unfortunately, it's only available on Windows
- AFF Mapper (direct link)
- Shapefiles (.shp) downloaded from the US Census Bureau. The link is for 2009 files, but it's the best set of files I've found and unless your state/county's borders have changed in the last four years, they should be fine! You can also Google search for other sources of shapefiles, but be careful what you download. For more on shapefiles, keep reading.
- Finally, iTouchMap.com is a useful tool. This website will tell you the coordinates of a point if you just enter an address, city, or country (depending on how specific you want to be) at the top of the page. Keep reading and you'll see why this is so handy!
Using a spreadsheet with data on cases closed by MLSA in 2012, I made three different styles of maps, each showing the same data. I'll show you those in a minute, but first let's go through some Google Earth basics, since that will be your main tool.
Google Earth and You
This is what you get when you open up Google Earth on your desktop. At the top left, you can Search for different points. It's similar to using Google Maps, but in 3D. Cool.
Below that, you have "Places." This basically toggles on and off the various layers or items you'll see to the right, in your viewer. As you add layers later on, more items will appear in your "Places." Notice that some of the items will have a little + or – next to them, meaning that you can expand or collapse the menu to view subcategories. As you create maps, they'll appear in a "Temporary Places" list. When you quit Google Earth, it will give you the option to save that map as a permanent "Place" within the software. Delete those you won't use again, like tests – they'll just clutter things up.
Below that are "Layers." This is similar to "Places," but it's the generalized, Google-provided items. So, while "Places" will have the items you added into your map, "Layers" will have things like borders, roads, geographic features, and historical/cultural landmarks that you can choose to show or not show. Look through some of them – it's pretty cool!
Across the bottom of the screen are "Tour Guides." One of the neat features of Google Earth is that you can create virtual "Tours" of places – little videos showing you a 360-degree view of notable places, geographic features, etc. Try clicking on a few of the pre-loaded ones – have you ever been to the Grand Canyon? Check it out!
Finally, near the top right are a few control buttons; a zoom in/out scale, the bottom circle to move, and the top circle to rotate. You can also move by clicking the screen and dragging with the little "hand" instead of your usual mouse.
At the top of the screen are a row of buttons that I didn't really need. Click on them if you'd like, but you've got all you need!
Preparing to make a map
There are two types of maps you can create: point and thematic. Point maps, like the one in the next section ("Level 1"), are a little easier to create because the software doesn't have to figure out the borders of an area (like the map in "Level 3"); it just has to present data for a number of specific points.
To create either, you'll need a set of coordinates to feed into the map. To get these, you can either use iTouchMap.com (mentioned above in the "Tools" section) and input each city or location individually to get coordinates; or, you can download a shapefile. Shapefiles (.shp) are a GIS-specific format that describe geography geometrically. To use one, you'll need to (a) download it, and (b) convert it from .shp to .kml format. I'm about to give you a lot of steps to follow, but it's not too hard, I promise.
- To find shapefiles, try the TIGER/Line files from the U.S. Census Bureau (mentioned above in the "Tools" section). It will download as a .zip file; right-click and "Extract All" to access the files.
- Then, open up AFF Mapper (also mentioned above). Click "Input Shape" and navigate through the folder structure to the shapefile you downloaded and extracted. In the "Label Field" drop-down menu, choose "Name," and then "Render." You don't need to choose what color the areas on your map will be (in the pop-up box), but you can – you can also change it later. Click "OK," then when you return to the original screen, choose "Output KML" at the bottom. Choose where to save it, and then click "Go."
- Within Google Earth, open the KML file you just created. KML files can be opened with both Excel and Google Earth, so it's a handy go-between. Two layers will be imported from your shapefile and display in Google Earth: Areas (for use in thematic maps) and Pushpins (for use in point maps). You'll see them under "Places" on the left, and can toggle them on and off. Right click on Areas, then on Pushpins and click "Save Place As…" for each. Specify in the file name which it is – areas or pushpins – and make sure that the file type is KML and not KMZ.
- In Excel, open the Pushpins KML files that you just created in Google Earth. Make sure that you are looking for "All Files;" the default is to only look for Excel files. You'll get about three error messages when you try to open it; just say "Okay" for all of them. Everything will be fine.
You can delete Column A, since it just says "Pushpins" all the way down. You can also delete the column of pound signs (#). So you're left with Column A being place names, and Column B being coordinates.
You will need to split Column B into two columns; one latitude and one longitude. The third value in each cell should be a 0, which indicates altitude (don't worry about it). Highlight Column B and choose "Text to Columns." (In Excel 2007, this is located in the "Data" tab, in the "Data Tools" category). You want it to be "Delimited" instead of "Fixed Width" (then click "Next"); and you want the Delimiter to be a "Comma." Click "Next" again, then "Finish." You can delete Column D since it's just zeroes.
Change the names of each column to Location, Latitude, and Longitude. You should also switch Columns B and C, so that you have Latitude and then Longitude. Add a fourth column to the right – this will be your value input – your actual data. However, you might want to save the spreadsheet without values first, so that you can use it again for other things. Add your values and save; later, you can copy and paste from your spreadsheet directly into GE Graph.
Dealing with the Areas file was a bit trickier, at least for me. The file is much larger and more complicated, so opening it in Excel takes a long time. What I found to be easier is just to import it directly into GE Graph (the next step, below), and to manually add my data values.
Level 1: A flat, point-based map.
This kind of map is not, in my opinion, terribly attractive, but it's a good starting point for learning to use the software. So to get started, fire up your GE Graph software.
Starting in the "Graph Type" box, click "Flat," and choose how many sides you want your data-representing shapes to have – in the example above, I used 50-sided polygons, which basically look like circles.
There are two ways for these flat circles to represent different values in different parts of the map: their size and their color. In each of the "Size" and "Color" toggles, choose how you want data to be displayed: by variations in color or size, or variations in both. I chose to have variations in both and selected "According to value" in both boxes.
Below that, choose what colors you'd like to use, either from the pre-made color scales, or with a custom color scheme. You can also choose whether or not to show the scale in your final map ("Show scale in GE") and create your own minimum and maximum values for colors (uncheck "Automatic scale" and input values below it).
In "Grid," you can choose to display grid lines on the map in a color of your choice – you probably won't want to do this, but it's available if you do!
On the top right, you can give your map a title; first and second lines are available and you can set the color, font, and choose whether or not to show your title on the final map.
Below that, "Value Transform" will alter values to make differences more apparent. For example, my MLSA data has several counties where very few cases were closed, and several counties where several hundred cases were closed. Without choosing one of these "Value Transform" items, I get a map that has some counties displayed in white (my minimum value) and some counties displayed in navy blue (my maximum value). The scale is so wide that it only really shows extremes. To get a more nuanced view, I chose "Log (value + 1)."
The other toggles I mostly left alone, except for "Color" and "Labels." In the "Color" box, you can choose whether or not to give your data-showing polygons (for lack of a better name) an outline. Remember, they'll be colored according to value based on the color scheme you chose under "Color scale," but if you'd like to add an outline as well, you can do that here. In the "Labels" box, choose whether you'd like the place name (in my case, county) and/or the value ascribed to it to appear. It can get a bit busy if you have both, so experiment with it and see how it looks.
Finally, you get to the most important part: the data itself (you can also input data first; it doesn't really matter). This is where you'll use the "Pushpin" map that you created in the previous section ("Preparing to make a map"). Make sure that your columns are in the following order: place name (in my case, county), latitude, longitude, and value. Make sure that the order is correct or the data won't import correctly (yes, they're in a different order in GE Graph, with place name following longitude, but somehow it all works out). Copy and paste it into the GE Graph window (use the "Paste grid from clipboard" option).
Once everything is set, click "Run" (it's next to "File" at the top left). It will ask you to save the file before it shows you what it looks like. You can always go back, however, to edit and re-run it – just replace the file you already created until you're satisfied. From here, I took a screenshot to turn the map into an image file; also make sure to save it when you quit Google Earth so that it will be added to your "Places."
Level 2: A three-dimensional, point-based map.
Creating a map like this is basically the same as creating the previous, two-dimensional type. Simply click "3D" instead of "Flat" at the top left. You'll have a "Height" option added to "Size" and "Color;" treat it the same way. You can also choose the size of the bars in your graph – I chose 10 miles across, but if you're in a smaller state, you might want something smaller. Run it and see how it looks; you can always come back and tweak it!
You'll also have to do a bit more angling of the Viewer to get a view of your data that makes sense. It can be hard to find an angle that works as a static image for this type of map – bars are always overlapping each other. I couldn't find a way to embed the map in a webpage, so that the user could manipulate it; if you know how, let us all know in the comments!
Level 3: A two-dimensional, thematic map.
Again, you'll basically be following the same steps as outlined in Level 1; just make sure to select "Flat" and input the data from the Areas KML file into the spreadsheet part of the window.
If you're using labels, they may be floating mysteriously above the Earth's surface once you open the map in Google Earth. If this is the case, there's a pretty easy fix: right-click on "Names/Values," and choose "Properties." In the "Style, Color" tab, force your labels to "Share Style," and in the "Altitude" tab that appears, choose "Clamped to Earth." For one reason or another, Google Earth likes to make these labels "Relative to Earth" and float them miles above the surface, resulting in distortions when you try to view them.
Layering Maps
One of the neat things you can do with GE Graph is to combine thematic and point maps. If you create both, with each one representing different variables, you can layer them in Google Earth – just by clicking the little checkboxes next to each – and you'll get something like this:
In this case, both sets of data (the 3D bars and the thematically-colored counties underneath) are representing the same thing: the number of cases closed in that county. But, there are probably lots of ways to use a layering feature like this – maybe cases closed vs. poverty level, for instance.
You can also layer maps to show county or other borders when you're using a point map, like this one. Just don't add any data to the Areas map and make it slightly transparent (using the tool between the "Places" and "Layers" window in Google Earth). Then add a point map, and presto! Borders.
In any case, there are a lot of ways to use GE Graph and Google Earth to create maps that will display your data attractively. I've covered a small portion of that here – for more, see the webinar series by Madhu Lakshmanan. Or, stay tuned in the next week or so for Part II in the series, which will feature some newer GIS technology. As always, get in touch with me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you run into trouble and want some help!
Happy mapping!
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When you say, 'I'm raising money for eating disorders,' you can hear a pin drop," says Emi Berger, who completed a cross-country ride, beginning at the Montauk Lighthouse on Long Island on September 23 and finishing in San Diego, California on November 15, for MentorCONNECT, a nonprofit that provides free mentoring and peer support to those struggling with eating disorders. The 54-day journey covered more than 3,900 miles on bike.
A competitive athlete, Berger also felt the only way to complete the ride was to also ensure it was going to be for a good cause-one that is close to her heart. The 34-year-old remembers how her friends in high school were affected by the national obsession to be thin and knew so many people who battled a form of an eating disorder.
"One of the few things I wanted to find in an organization was someone willing to go along with me...but I wanted to avoid certain words, which is, for me, any organization with the word 'anonymous.' One of the most devastating parts is when people remain anonymous and you cannot recover," Berger says. "It's one of those things I was so impacted by since my early teens...I realized the biggest evil to someone with an eating disorder is silence...you need to ask for help, you need to claim it as part of the recovery process."
Berger raised $10,000 for MentorCONNECT, which was started in February 2009 by Shannon Cutts, a survivor of a 15-year battle with anorexia and bulimia. Membership to the community is free and is open to anyone 14 and older.
"MentorCONNECT provides those struggling with a safe and easy way to ask for help and, with the help of a community of peers, finds ways to recover and rebuild their lives," Berger says.
According to the National Eating Disorders Association, the peak onset of eating disorders occurs during puberty and late teen, early adult years. But symptoms can occur as young as kindergarten. On MentorCONNECT, members take advantage of podcasts, online discussion groups, teleconferences with experts, while mentoring happens by email or phone.
"I believe everybody deserves at least one other person who understands," Cutts says. "In this culture, we are afraid of celebrating people with other disorders. Mentor-CONNECT also celebrates the recovered person-who is a hero."
For more information, visit www.mentorconnect-ed.org.
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