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My mom came over one evening this week to get her Nora fix, and to have dinner with us. Nora is getting her 2-year molars,* and she had been feeling extra-cranky that afternoon. As often happens on such occasions, I just didn't feel like making dinner. I was spent from several hours of trying to comfort a weepy toddler, and having her wipe popsicle and snot all over me in exchange for my efforts. Yeah… sometimes it's super-glamorous being a mom.
* Ugh… can teething please be over already??
I suggested that we get takeout, since all that drama didn't exactly leave me in the mood to cook a nice meal. However, after some welcome distraction from her Grandmommy and her Daddy, plus a dose of Children's Advil, Nora was feeling better, and by the time bath time was over and the hubby took her back to her room to get her ready for bed, I was talking myself back into cooking. We are trying to stick to a budget more nowadays, and an extra night of takeout just wasn't in the plan for this week.
So, I reverted to my original meal plan: Black bean soup. This is an old favorite of ours, and it makes a tasty and quick weeknight meal. Pair it with a dollop of sour cream and some fresh tortillas, and it's dinner.
I had time to sit on the back porch with my mom and enjoy the evening for a bit while the hubby picked up lumber for this weekend's project (another garden box, yay!), and dinner was still ready to go by 8:30. Gotta love that.
Black Bean Soup
Based on this recipe I found on LiveJournal back in the day
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots, peeled and diced
1 bulb of garlic
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 jalapeños, minced
1 sweet pepper,** chopped
2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained
4 cups vegetable stock
1 Tbsp oregano
2 tsp smoked paprika
1 Tbsp cumin
2 Tbsp chili powder
Salt to taste
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
juice of one lime
Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and carrots and sauté until softened. Using a garlic press, press the garlic cloves over the pot and sauté for a couple of minutes longer. Add the tomatoes, jalapeños, and sweet pepper and stir for another minute or two, until softened. Stir in the beans, spices, and vegetable stock.
Let the soup simmer for 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft and cooked. Taste for salt and adjust as needed. Stir in the cilantro and remove the soup from the heat immediately. Puree the soup in batches in a blender, or use an immersion blender to puree it in the pot.
Stir the lime juice into the pureed soup. Serve with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of cilantro on top, and tortillas or tortilla chips on the side.
** Or substitute a roasted and peeled Hatch green chile, as the hubby suggested we do. Mmm.


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When caulking first came out, it might fill small cracks with very little problems, of flaking or checking in the future, but as people began to feel larger cracks, the caulking itself would start to crack and outside of the edges of the areas that they are suppose to bond to.
They announced silicone caulking, but you couldn't paint it. There have been lots of contractors who use silicone caulking, since it promised not to separate or crack. This solves one problem but created another. Once the painter was finished painting, there were little cracks or checks in the paint that was within the caulking.
Don't go away yet, they came out with paintable silicone caulking. Now everybody was happy, accept that silicone was hard to clean and work with not to mention it's environmentally insensitive. Silicone was very successful, but was still just a little pricey, when compared to regular caulking that was sold at that time.
In the building industry, something that sticks out more than others is definitely an, if a product is too expensive, it will not be used that usually.
Then comes the miraculous 15 year caulking, only to be outdone by the Twenty-five year caulking, and then the ultimate 35 year caulking. What's the difference between these? I couldn't really tell you what the difference is, however i can tell you this. Caulking was designed to fill small gap's, usually just one quarter of an inch and that is when it works the best.
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As always, read the instructions on the caulking to ensure that you can use it around the products you will be repairing or filling. Using the right home repair product to fill the best hole, will prevent you from repairing the same spot in the future or at least the near future.

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Hampton athlete earned spot on top
With a couple of Allegheny County wrestling championships, some playoff appearances as part of the football team and countless other accomplishments as a student athlete at Hampton, it may be hard to remember a time when Noah Shulman was waiting his turn to participate.
But as it turns out, Shulman is the youngest of four boys, so the current star heavyweight and offensive lineman is used to having to work his way into the mix.
"Before I was older, (bigger) and more mature they tried to take advantage of that, but now we don't try to beat each other. It's like setting a standard," Shulman said. "We feed off each others' accomplishments, which is a good thing, I think."
Shulman said he and his brothers (one of whom is a doctor and another of whom is a wrestler at Pitt) are the best of friends, and they go to each other for advice knowing they have largely traveled similar paths.
Although the Shulman name is synonymous with football, wrestling and track, it once was one of hockey notoriety. But the travel schedule and cost of several children in such a time-consuming and expensive sport made the family rethink the avenue of sports they wanted to participate in.
"My parents introduced us to some of the sports the school offered," Shulman said. "I got into the youth wrestling program in third or fourth grade."
Shulman learned about wrestling and how to excel at it, but surrounding him on the depth chart was older brother Jordan, current teammate Jake Hart and former teammate Nick Yaroszewski.
"I started out at 171 as a freshman I was at .500 on the season, but I was not prepared … that year was tough," Shulman said. "I gained 35 pounds by the time I came back as a sophomore at 215, but I got beat out by Jordan, who was a senior."
Shulman started working out with teammates who were in and around his weight class to help them get better. Then Jordan hurt his ankle in a tournament, and that is when Shulman got a chance.
Noah Shulman wrestled well, and when his brother came back, Yaroszewski got hurt, and he filled in for him.
"Noah started for us as a freshman at 171," wrestling coach Joe Bursick said. "His sophomore year, he jumped up a class and had to have a good guy sit the bench. Noah accepted that challenge and did well for us."
Despite having to sit part of his sophomore season, Shulman is within reach of 100 wins. As of last week, he was 18 victories away.
His junior year he bumped up to heavyweight and won the first of two county tournaments, helped the Hampton team win its second county title and helped Hampton take the section as a team.
"We had a great team last year, and everything fell into place," Shulman said. "I watched Jordan win the county tournament and never thought I would be in a position to win it. But I am never content. It has been fun, but I can't be satisfied."
Shulman's philosophy keeps him hungry and always striving to be a little better. He tries to be better for himself, but the senior is concerned about his teammates, not just himself.
"The way I see it is when I was a freshman, I looked at the seniors as leaders — but I felt as if some of them were out for themselves and their accomplishments," he said. "But I want to help the freshmen out; I want to be an example.
"(Football coach Jacque) DeMatteo told us that to build a tradition, we have to set an example of what has to be done."
DeMatteo said there is much more to Shulman than the athletic side, which is what makes him great to have at school each day.
"He is able to juggle three sports, he is the class president and he is in honors music — he performed at Carnegie Mellon University during the season," DeMatteo said. "All that, and he carries a 3.8. He is just a remarkable kid, the complete package and one of the nicest kids you could ever meet."
DeMatteo said having a strong family behind him is where it all starts for Shulman.
Bursick agreed.
"Every year we have a memorial event for my daughter (FairPlay), and the whole Shulman clan is there at 9:30 in the morning to set up, and then they come back and volunteer," Bursick said.
Bursick said it was kind of funny for a kid who is known in part for dominating opponents on the mat or delivering crushing blocks to be heading up the face-painting booth at the event.
"It just shows how well-rounded he is," Bursick said.
Shulman uses the lessons and skills he learns in one sport and translates them over to the others, another reason he has been so successful.
Doing so many things has opened the doors to many experiences for Shulman.
As a football player, he loved how all the work during the week led to a great game-day experience. He is proud to say he is a wrestler because it is not an easy sport and said track is just a nice way to wrap up a school year because of the nice weather and getting to throw things as far as he can.
"I liked the old-school grass fields, especially the mud games … I always remember coach (Joe) Bursick telling me, 'Once you have wrestled, everything else comes easy,' " Shulman said. "Wrestling teaches you how to work hard, and track lets me go out and throw and yell as loud as I can."
As hard as he works during the season, there is much more to Shulman than just sports.
"I feel you need a break from the grind," he said. "I like to joke around with my teammates, but if I can leave one thing behind with them it is to remind them that it is not the hours you put into something, it's what you put into those hours. Anyone can go stand around on a field or spend hours in the wrestling room."
Shulman is still in the thick of things as a wrestler and is looking forward to his final season of high school track, but when he graduates, he has a new adventure to look forward to.
Shulman will attend the Penn State and study animal science. He has given a lot of thought to sports and said he is not 100 percent sure, but he may try to walk on to the football team at some point.
If the past is any indication of the future, Shulman will succeed no matter what life has in store for him.
Shulman always will remember the relationships he forged playing for three teams and his teammates are his family.
"I see it when my brothers come home, and they are out and bump into old teammates," he said. "I really like that connection."
DeMatteo said Shulman already has left a lasting mark on the football program, and it because of him and his fellow seniors, he made a move within the program.
"We wanted to move the freshmen up to varsity, and we were not sure how that would go," DeMatteo said. "But, Noah (and the other seniors) really took the team under (their) wing and set an example to follow for years to come. The kids take those kinds of lessons from (them), and it is a blessing."
Jerry Clark is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-779-6979 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The order was imposed when Mr Vanunu left jail in April after serving eighteen years for disclosing information to the press about the Israeli nuclear plant where he worked as a technician.
The Israeli government says it still regards Mr Vanunu as a security risk.
Mr Vanunu, who maintains he has nothing left to reveal, said the court's decision showed Israel was not a real democracy.
Israel is generally regarded as a nuclear power, although it consistently refuses to comment on whether it has a nuclear weapons capability.
Should Mordechai Vanunu be allowed to travel? Is he still a security risk? After eighteen years in prison are his civil rights now being infringed?
This debate is now closed. Thank you for your comments.
The following comments reflect the balance of views we have received so far:
I chuckle at some of the comments on this page about the so called human rights of this man. But most people miss the point. In this country people are not allowed to travel to other countries if they commit football violence. So don't start saying that Sharon is a terrible man... what about Blair and his scum government? Vanunu should have been hanged or crucified.Graham, England
I think the reason why Israel treats Mr Vanunu is such an inhuman way is to teach him a lesson, not only to him but mainly to other Israelis, so that nobody will even think about betraying Israel in any way. To those that compare this treatment with the one he would have received in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan, I say that Israel is proud to be a democracy, the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship should come out in situations like these.Clara, London, UK
I remember a few years ago of a Russian journalist being tried and jailed because he disclosed a nuclear dump somewhere between Siberia and Japan. I also remember every country but Russia praising him for this job and blaming Russia for trying him. Didn't Mr Vanunu do the same, in a much larger scale? Shouldn't the same standards apply to Russia and Israel? Shouldn't the world be behind Mr Vanunu like it was for that journalist? Or is it something like "some animals are more equal than others"?GM, Athens, Greece
A man that exposes the nuclear weapons program in N Korea or Iran is a hero. A man that exposes the same thing in Israel is a traitor and deserves no support from the world community? All countries that signed the non-proliferation treaty should act to protect and encourage brave people like Mr Vanunu everywhere.Ole Holmblad, Göteborg, Sweden
What Vanunu did to receive a prison sentence has no relevance now. Neither does our opinions about the rights and wrongs of what he did. The fact is that he has served the sentence meted out by the court that tried him. He is therefore now a free man and should be allowed to travel as he wishes.Karen, Southampton, UK
I find the comments on this panel very interesting. The majority of the writers say Vanunu is a traitor because he revealed the fact that Israel has violated the nuclear arms proliferation treaty and created a nuclear arsenal. If Vanunu had been the national of any other country, the same people attacking him today would be calling him courageous and kissing his feet for blowing the whistle on a dangerous regime.Daniela, Berlin, Germany
The man is a traitor to his country. He was been given a life sentence. Unlike other prisoners he is able to serve it in the fresh air. I think he is quite lucky in that sense.Idan, UK
Many of the comments here seem to be along the lines of "he'd be treated worse elsewhere, so what is being done to him is reasonable." This is similar to arguing "my brother would have murdered you, so you should be grateful I'm just going to beat you up because I don't like your politics" - the fallacy of that argument being obvious.Mick, UK
Definitely he should be allowed to travel. States do not own their citizens. Human beings are born free and should be able to live free.Amir, Helsinki, Finland
Of course he is a security risk. Many countries give up the ideals of democracy for the safety of its people and I personally believe that Israel is doing the right thing.Can, Auburn, United States
No, he shouldn't be allowed to travel. He's lucky he isn't in prison. Mark, NYC, USA
Since Israel doesn't have any nuclear weapons, (officially), nor indeed chemical weapons (even though some accidentally turned up in Amsterdam in the early 90s), what exactly is Vanunu supposed to be guilty of? He hasn't revealed any secrets because, in the wibbly, wobbly world of international relations, everything he's said is a pack of lies. Or did I miss something and Israel is going to sign the non proliferation treaty?Dan, UK
Israel is above the law.Arreej A, Delhi, India
Vanunu should be free to travel. The Israeli nuclear secrets should be uncovered. Israel is not above the law.Michael Antoun, Tampa, USA
If his wagging tongue led to a major catastrophe, we would all think differently. Traitors should get life. Claire Short, I hope you take note.Alfie Noakes, North of England, UK
Forcing Mordechai Vanunu to remain in Israel after he has already served his sentence and has no more to reveal is a purely vindictive exercise. He should be free to apply for residency in another country and to travel wherever he chooses.Dorothy, Belgium
Vanunu took an oath to protect the state of Israel before they allowed him to work in the Dimona facility. He subsequently took great measures to hide a camera and take photos of Israel's nuclear facility. He is a "boged", pronounced "bo-ged", a traitor to his people, his country, and his religion. However, he should be allowed to leave Israel since he served out his sentence, but then no one should blame Israel if he has an accident and wakes up dead in a foreign land.William Shara, Fort Lee, NJ, USA
He was a traitor to his country. He should definitely not be allowed to travel abroad.Emilio Colombani, Montecatini, Italy
If Israel wanted to keep this man for life they should have given him a life sentence. He has served his sentence and should have a new start. Obviously he can't build any kind of normal life in Israel now.Jan, Whittier, CA, USA
Even though I have little respect for Israel, they have a right to treat this man as they wish... After all be betrayed his country. Other regimes would have had him shot!Lee, England
In my view, Vanunu is a traitor. He betrayed Israel and if Israel still believes he could be a threat - he must comply with the terms of his release. He put himself in to this situation, and if he doesn't like the restrictions he is free to go back to the prison.Mike, New York, USA
Of course he should be free to travel. His original sentence for confirming widely known facts was harsh in the extreme. Such petty and vindictive measures demean Israel as a democratic state and confirm the view of Israel as a state lacking in both meaningful democratic debate and transparency. Come on Israel shape up!Chris, Ottawa, Canada
The man signed a non-disclosure agreement then betrayed his country, how can he be viewed as a hero? And there is no definite proof that Israel has nuclear weapons other than the hearsay of armchair observers.Robert Sutton, Halifax, England
To Robert Sutton, Halifax, England: If Israel has no nuclear weapons then, surely, Vanunu is a fraud, not a traitor. Prosecuting him as a traitor rather than denouncing him as a fraud is tantamount to admitting he told the truth.Mick B, UK
Yes, because restriction of movement after Vanunu's release was not part of the original sentence. In addition at the pace of scientific and technological progress, whatever he knew 18 years ago is no longer valid. Please, Mr. Sharon don't turn a traitor into a martyr and a hero.Meerkat, Alexandria, VA, USA
There seems to be many nuclear weapons experts in this group. If they truly were experts, they would realize that nuclear technology has not changed that much over 20 years. A nuclear bomb is still a nuclear bomb no matter how old the information. If he has the knowledge, any country who doesn't have that information would love to talk to him. He should have to check-in everyday with someone to make sure his knowledge doesn't get spread. The Israelis are correct in not letting him leave the country.Jon, MN, USA
As a traitor Israel should have imprisoned him for life. However, he has served the sentence imposed by the Israeli courts and should now be a free man to leave the country when and if he chooses. Otherwise he is still a prisoner.Carole, UK
Whatever secrets he might have known, they are not that important today. 18 years is enough, he must be allowed to travel if he so wishes.Steve Atrib, Moedling, Austria
Mordechai Vanunu is a hero to the peoples of the world. He risked everything to inform us all of the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East. I don't know why Israel continues to punish Mr Vanunu. We all know they possess nuclear weapons.Wallace Ryan, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
I think Mr Vanunu should be allowed to travel for two reasons; firstly he doesn't have anything to disclose now and secondly neither he nor Israelis wanted him in Israel. However, a nuclear secret traitors' usually spend their lives being house arrested and watched by intelligence. It's the same with Pakistani nuclear scientist. Jasvant Singh, Pakistan
Mr. Vanunu was returned to Israel by force rather than extradition. Therefore Israel had no right to try him, let alone restrict his movements now.Mark Norman, Dundee, Scotland
18 years in prison, he served his time for the crime regardless of what view you take. He is now either a free man or if a threat should go back in jail. N, UK
Iraqis, Pakistanis, Saudis, North Koreans anyone with a story to tell about the development of nuclear weapons in their homelands would be welcomed as people looking to avert war and tyranny - whereas if it is against the state of Israel or the US then apparently there are alternate views that we should consider. The reality is there is no other view - he spoke out against what he saw and what the world knows is wrong, he should be applauded and protected by the same powers that would welcome any other whistle-blower.Jamal, London
If the UK, US or any other Western democracy had arrested an individual who was a threat to its national security, I suspect that the individual would have been imprisoned for life so that his betrayal of his countries' secrets would be locked forever behind prison bars. Israel is a humane country and Vanunu's punishment for his actions was only 18 years behind bars.
Denial of international travel for Vanunu to avoid his causing further damage to his nations' national security is a much more humane punishment than a life in prison. Obviously, in the eyes of today's world, Israel can do no right and it is judged by a standard that is not applied to any other country. David, Miami, Fl., U.S.A.
If it is true that the Israelis regard Mr Vanunu as a traitor, then they should let him leave the country. Their treatment of him seems vindictive. What is his crime - to tell the truth against the wishes of his government?Chris Boyne, Edinburgh UK
Vanunu is a traitor and a menace to the security of Israel. He should have been convicted to a life in jail. Consequently he should not be allowed to travel. He has declared publicly that he hates his former country and hence he will lie and try to hurt Israel in every way through the media and the enemies of this country. Traitors should not be free. Gilbert, USA
I think that Mr. Vanunu should be allowed to travel, as he hasn't anything more to reveal. He was in prison for 18 years and I can understand that he doesn't wish to stay in Israel any more. He should be free to go.Angel Jackson, Brighton, UK
Mr Vanunu was employed by the state of Israel and revealed state secrets to the world's press; if this happened in any country he would be deemed a traitor and at risk of never seeing the "light of day" again, in some countries .His restrictions could be deemed a small price to pay for his freedom!Graham, Beverley, England
Vanunu hasn't worked in the nuclear industry for almost 20 years - what dangerous secrets can he possibly be harbouring given that the world knows a great deal about the Dimona nuclear plant? His continued draconian treatment can only be explained by the Israeli establishment's continued desire to persecute him. A state that calls itself a democracy should not be treating one of its citizens in this fashion.Nick Fraser, Jordan
Still a risk after 18 years? Come on! More like because he's a vocal opponent of Israel's behaviour. Israel is continually portraying itself as a western-style, liberal democracy. However, this case, the Barghouti trial, and the barrier verdict all strongly suggest that Israel's judiciary are no more independent than those of its neighbours.Jon E, France
After 18 years Israelis nuclear capabilities have changed drastically. What Vanunu knew 18 years ago can no longer be considered a threat today. They should let him go so that he can reorganise his life in a free environment.Ochieng, Entebbe, Uganda
Of course he should be allowed to leave; he has served his sentence. Alex, London
This man has already spent 18 years in prison, as I understand it predominantly in solitary confinement. He has now been ostensibly released from prison but has none of the rights of a free person and may as well still be serving time. The Israeli government has clearly shown that it has no respect for human rights, even of its own people, and constantly uses self-defence as its excuse for acting in any way it sees fit.Paul Nolan, London, UK
Of course he should be allowed to leave the country, just another example of Israel's total disregard of Human rights. Guy has done his time let him go now, period!!Sager Khan, Alexandria, USA
Vanunu is a convicted traitor, and he is complaining about being forced to live as a free citizen after doing his time? Maybe he should have committed treason somewhere like Thailand or Saudi Arabia and see how well they would treat him.Gil Eliav, London, UK
Yet another example of arrogance and disregard for human rights by Sharon and his government. But then again, it appears as though Israel is the only country that can get away with serious breaches of international law with the full blessing of the US and to some extent the UK, what a pity. Jonathan Chibafa, Surrey, England
Why not ask the same question about all other traitors who sell their country for money? In China or Russia he would have got a bullet in the head, we need not bother to mention would happen in say Iran or Syria. In Israel he breaks terms of release and he has not even been put back in to jail, he is doing just fine.Rae Emmerson, Katoomba, Australia
He was tried and found guilty of breaking the law. If he were an American, I don't think he would be out of jail yet and he certainly would not be allowed to travel overseas. The man is on appropriately on probation as a direct result of his actions. Would you even be asking this question if it were any other country than Israel?Lisa Starrfield, Gregory, USA
After spending 18 years in solitary confinement, what possible harm could Mr. Vanunu do, except tell the truth! Which after all those years could be very damaging for the Israeli & US governments. Bob Beadman, Hong Kong
He served his sentence fully and should now be free to do what he pleases. The high court decision to stop his free movement only highlights Israel's undemocratic side.Kern, Napoli


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Pens' Letang aims to prove he's a pro
KITCHENER, Ontario -- A banner paying tribute to former Kitchener Ranger Paul Coffey hangs from the roof inside the Memorial Auditorium.
Coffey, a Hall of Famer, starred in this quaint Canadian town for most of a final, dominant junior season in the then-Ontario Hockey Association before turning professional with the Edmonton Oilers in 1980. That launched a stellar 21-year career that included four-plus seasons in Pittsburgh from 1987-1992.
Coffey was 18 when he scored 71 points in 52 games for the Kitchener Rangers during the 1979-80 season. Prior to joining Kitchener that season, he recorded 31 points in 23 games with Sault Ste. Marie.
Last season, for Val-d'Or of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Kristopher Letang had 52 points in 40 games as a 19-year-old.
Letang was busy last season, starting in the NHL and eventually playing in an AHL playoff game. He also led Team Canada to its third consecutive gold medal at the World Junior Championships as a captain.
This season, Letang wants to cement his professional status in the same building where Coffey once flashed his skating skill.
"My confidence is high," Letang said. "I am ready."
The Penguins certainly hope Letang makes good on that proclamation.
A player of his talent could elevate an offensive attack that last season produced the third-most goals in the league.
Penguins scouts describe Letang as a smooth-skating defenseman with a quick, hard and sure shot and enviable hockey sense. He hasn't made a liar of them in the early days of this rookie camp.
Letang scored a goal and assisted on a tying tally that capped a Penguins' third-period comeback in their 6-5, shootout victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs in both clubs' rookie tournament opener Friday.
Perhaps more important than his considerable skill, Letang is right-handed -- a rare trait among NHL-ready defenseman in the organization.
The question is whether Letang, with only eight NHL games to his credit, is ready enough to help the Penguins return to the playoffs.
"He was ready to move beyond junior (last season)," general manager Ray Shero said. "I do believe he is a player that can play this year -- not just play, but help our team at the NHL level.
"If it doesn't happen, then it is not fatal. I believe this kid will be a good player in the NHL for a long period of time, whether it happens now or somewhere down the line. ... But we made some changes during the summertime, and there is hole there. We will see if he can fill it."
With a spot among the top six defensemen perhaps his to lose, Letang spent the summer working on the defensive aspects of his game and training with would-be teammate Maxime Talbot.
Letang entered rookie camp attempting to look the part of a professional, with a robust 5-foot-11 frame and a short hair cut that came about because "maybe some people told (him) it was a good idea."
Looking like a pro will not make him one, though.
"Young defensemen are thrown into the fire in this league," new director of player development and 17-season NHL veteran Tom Fitzgerald said. "With a kid like him, he has to be patient. Less is more.
"His poise is incredible. I have watched a couple of drills here, and with all these kids, it is kind of chaotic because nobody knows the system. In the NHL, everybody knows the system. Things kind of take care of themselves. Kris, though, has the poise to be an NHL defenseman.
"Watching this guy, the best advice I can give him is to be patient because it will all come to him. He is that good."
Note : Forwards Angelo Esposito and Keven Veilleux didn't attend rookie camp because of injuries. Esposito, the 20th overall pick in June's entry draft, is nursing a sore groin. Team officials hope that Esposito could participate in veteran camp, which opens Thursday in Pittsburgh. Veilleux is recovering from a sports hernia surgery.


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- Bob and Joe Switzer were just two boys having fun; riding in airplanes, practicing magic tricks and inventing stuff. They liked to problem solve by thinking up interesting solutions to problems.
Joe liked magic tricks and read in the magazine Popular Science about how ultraviolet lamps, called black lights, made some substances glow in the dark. The brothers made some glow-in-the-dark paint and figured out ways to use them to jazz up Joe's magic act. Then they figured out something really unique, how to get colors to glow in the daylight – and a legend was born.
You see day-glo colors all the time now, on signs or in markers or even on clothes, but none of that was possible until Bob and Joe got curious and then got to work. I loved reading about these guys! Author: Chris Barton
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There are things in nature like flowers and minerals that are fluorescent – these things glow at night. The Switzer brothers figured out how to make things glow in daylight.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A woman walking on a road in Daytona Beach was struck by a car and killed, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash happened around 4:45 a.m. Friday on eastbound U.S. 92 at Interstate 4. Eastbound lanes of U.S. 92 were closed in the area but reopened at 8 a.m.
The name of the 47-year-old Hawthorne, Fla., woman has not been released.
The driver of the car stopped after the crash, and it's not known if charges will be filed.
Troopers said it's believed the woman's body was hit by two other vehicles, but the drivers did not stop.
An abandoned vehicle was found crashed into a guardrail on the exit ramp from I-4 to U.S. 92, and troopers were investigating whether it belonged to the victim.
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Luckily, we have the Nexus 5 with us at MWC, so we can give you some first-hand impressions of how it compares against the Galaxy S5. Read on to find out.
The Nexus 5 also features a soft touch back, but one which is much more rubbery in feel and in contrast to the Galaxy S5 it is not user removable.
Interestingly, Google has expanded the Nexus 5 to include three different color versions now - a red, black and white one. Samsung has also gone the way of color, but it has four color options - a blue (our favorite), a gold, a black and a white one.
The Galaxy S5 introduces one brand new design component to smartphones and that's a heart rate sensor on the back, right below the camera. It's also got a swipe fingerprint reader in the home button. The Nexus 5 lacks both these features.
Where the two differ are in the actual technology used. While the Nexus 5 employs the more traditional LCD technology, the S5 ships with a Super AMOLED screen. At that, Samsung claims some huge improvements and the screen on the S5 indeed seems to deliver. It's a bright and vivid screen that goes up to the luminant and outdoor-friendly 500 nits.
Samsung has gone for simpler, flatter, more modern icons, and it has tried to simplify it all with icons in the settings in lieu of long lists. It also has paid specific attention to its S Health app, which is now front and center as you can use the built-in heart rate sensor to measure whether you're working out hard enough or not.
Processor and memory
In our experience with the two, both feel perfectly snappy and don't skip a beat. The Galaxy S5 moves smoothly through the menus and while it's hard to say just yet, it seems to be just a bit smoother than last year's S4. The difference in processing power should become obvious in high-demanding game, and it will make the S5 a bit more future-proof.
The Galaxy S5 comes with 16GB of internal storage for the basic model, but you can expand it via microSD cards of up to 64 gigs. The Nexus 5 ships also with 16GB of built-in storage, but it's got no microSD card slot support, so you cannot expand the storage.
The Nexus 5 in comparison comes with an 8-megapixel camera with a smaller sensor, and on paper it seems humbler, but we would not rush with the conclusions just yet - we were actually pleasantly surprised with Nexus 5's snapper.
The Galaxy S5 also brings a new, improved camera interface that supports new shooting modes and adds HDR in video. The S5 also records 4K video at 30fps, something that the Nexus 5 is not capable of.
All in all, it's clear that Samsung has one-upped the Nexus 5 in almost every aspect except for one - price. Google's handset is sold at razor thin margins ($350 off contract), while the S5 should retail for no less than $600 off contract and $199 with a 2-year agreement. We're clearly talking about two very different price tiers.
Yet, ignoring money for a second, the Galaxy S5 seems to make significant process in the nascent field of personal smartphone-assisted fitness, in performance and in the camera. The fact that it's ruggedized and that it comes with an improved AMOLED display are also hugely appreciated. With both running on the latest Android, software is finally less of an issue, so in a fantasy world where price does not matter, we'd clearly go with the S5. What about you?


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Despite a fairly young yet large team last year, the Buena Regional High School girls track and field squad added to its list of accomplishments.
The Chiefs won their fourth consecutive Cape-Atlantic League National Conference championship and went undefeated (9-0-1). They won their first state Group II title in program history.
Helena Leyrer won her first state Group II title in the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay team not only won the state championship as well but was named The Press' Female Athletes of the Spring in 2011.
This year doesn't seem as if it will be much different.
However, the Chiefs' success did not come without obstacles. Coach Stephanie Winkler had her biggest and youngest team in her six years of coaching last season.
This year is no different except those girls have seen what it's like to be a part of a competitive team.
"Their mindset has changed, they saw all the success the main girls had and they got a taste of it last year," Winkler said. "Now they are saying, 'We can do that, too,' and they're asking me what the national qualifying times are and, instead of improving in small ways, they are setting much bigger goals and their sights on things like school records and making it to nationals."
Buena has a solid core of 15 returning athletes, which includes senior standout Leyrer and relay-team members Emely Ramirez and Casey Sturts.
They also have sophomore twin sisters Gina and Lisa Testa, who are now in their second year and already have run personal bests this March. They qualified for the 3,200 run at the indoor state championship this winter and continue to improve much faster than Winkler expected.
"We're ahead of schedule and a lot of that has to do with the weather," Winkler said. "Helena is in the same spot right now as she was in at sectionals last year, and a lot of them are in that same kind of position. We haven't had any cold, cold days, and we've been able to do those specialty events like jumping and hurdles, and we were outside a lot during the winter so the girls are in really good shape and it's just outstanding."
All 15 returners ran indoor track this winter and have set the tone for the outdoor season. The 4x400 team looks promising again as junior Andrea Olsen, who lives in Estell Manor, is back from an ankle injury and will replace graduating senior Ashley Roman on the team.
"She looks phenomenal," Winkler said. "We had a very successful winter season and we didn't miss a beat with Andrea taking over for Ashley."
After a successful freshman year, Olsen, 16, missed her sophomore season due to a sprained ankle. This winter was her first time running again at full speed and the relay team is already running faster than the team last year.
"(Her sprained ankle) was unexpected, really," Olsen said. "I'm so happy I didn't fall behind from not running. I'm working really hard and I love having the other relay girls running with me. They really push me at practice and encourage me."
Winkler knew last year, that even though the team may be rebuilding on paper, she saw a lot of potential in her first-year athletes — the Testa twins, Sturts, Ramirez and Courtney Curcio.
This year seems to be no different. Freshman Lynn Brown already is throwing the javelin 80 feet. Newcomer Breann Guilford is throwing around 28 feet in the shot put.
"We're all going to get a lot better than we were and are right now and I'm really looking forward to an excellent season," Olsen said.
The Chiefs also have set a lot of impressive goals for the 2012 outdoor season. The shuttle-hurdle team is looking to break the school record and qualify for nationals. The 4x400 relay team is looking to continue its two-year success.
Each athlete as an individual is looking to improve. Winkler had everyone write down her individual goals for the season. This way they are never out of sight and never out of mind.
"I think they're more likely to achieve it this way because it's right there in front of you and keeps you focused," Winkler said.
The team will be tested right away as it prepares for its first goal, beating conference foe Bridgeton. The Chiefs will start the spring season Wednesday at Bridgeton. The Bulldogs tied the Chiefs last year.
"They are always someone to take seriously," Winkler said. "They have a lot of great athletes and the kids are actually looking forward to the competition early on."
The team feels confident that this season will continue to produce the success many of the girls are used to.
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Almost two years after Barack Obama and Stephen Harper formally launched the Canada-U.S. Beyond the Border initiative, our two countries' effort to adopt a common approach to security and business regulations has produced few tangible results.
Proponents of the so-called BTB project are hoping all that will change with the release, as early as this week, of a progress report on a series of pilot projects aimed at harmonizing regulatory processes under the initiative launched by the two leaders at a February, 2011 White House summit.
"You need to have some success … so that all the parties involved maintain faith in the process," Michael Fitzpatrick, General Electric's senior counsel for government and regulatory affairs, told a Wednesday conference at the Wilson Center's Canada Institute.
"You also need to have top down political pressure on the process," added Mr. Fitzpatrick, who until recently served as an official in the Obama administration's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
While few question Mr. Harper's personal commitment to advancing the BTB process, it remains to be seen whether Mr. Obama makes the initiative a second-term priority. And without a push from the top on the U.S. side, the BTB effort could well peter out.
"This whole thing could sink below the water in the United States and no one would take note," said Paul Frazer, a Washington government relations consultant and former Canadian diplomat. "If it sinks below the water in Canada, it would be a very big political problem because the government of Canada is seen as having gone out on a limb on this."
The asymmetry of the bilateral relationship means that Canada risks making more concessions than the United States in order to advance the border initiative, while there is no guarantee that the advantages accorded to Canada would be Canada's for long.
"Canada wants this more than the Americans do," noted Christopher Sands, a Canada expert and director of the Hudson Institute's Initiative on North American Competitiveness.
Writing in a Wilson Center recent newsletter, Mr. Sands added: "The U.S. practice of taking ideas that work with one partner and applying them to other partners will undercut the exclusiveness of any Canadian gains…At the same time, the United States will use concessions by other trading partners to pressure Canada as well."
Laura Dawson, an Ottawa-based trade consultant, noted that delays at the Canada-U.S. border add $800 to the price of every car manufactured in North America. While a car imported from Japan or Korea clears customs only once in the United States, a North American-made car faces multiple fees and inspections as its components cross between the two countries.
The BTB effort is aimed in part at reducing that regulatory burden for businesses, in turn stimulating cross-border trade and enhancing the competitiveness of North American businesses. But many businesses remain skeptical that much will come of the BTB, as regulators in each country remain protective of their own rules and jurisdictions.
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Under an effort led by the Canada-U.S. Regulatory Cooperation Council, set up under the BTB initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada's Veterinary Drugs Directorate on Wednesday announced the first simultaneous review and approval of a veterinary drug application – an anti-flea medication for cats.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Police arrested a 20-year-old man they say fired an AK-47 assault rifle at firefighters early Thursday.
Calvin Teodoro Foronda, of St. Pete Beach, faces two counts of aggravated assault on a firefighter and two counts of aggravated assault on a paramedic. None of the fire rescue personnel was injured.
Authorities say the incident began when St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue was dispatched to 6401 31st St. S,, Apt. 904, shortly before 4 a.m. for a medical call.
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None of the firefighters was struck by the bullet, but one of them did get hit in the arm or hand by a piece of building material.
"It looks like the round went through the floor and one of the paramedics was struck by some drywall debris," Proffitt said.
Police arrested Foronda, who they said was the shooter inside the house and the person who had been having seizures.
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I've lived in the city of Indianapolis for two years and have spent countless hours in Indy over the past 17 years. I've been to public areas all over the city: malls, restaurants, downtown streets, sports events, bars, you name it. In all of the countless hours that I've spent in the city of Indianapolis, I could probably count on my hand the number of times I've seen someone with Bengals gear on. I've probably seen more Cowboys or Packers stuff than Bengals.
You maybe have a few old hanger-ons but for the most part, no one cares about the Bengals around here. They might as well be the Seahawks. 99.9% of the Indianapolis population would rather watch Peyton play than the Bengals.
In all honesty though, Romo did get ****ed over by his team last night. A couple of the early picks weren't on him really. And it all just went downhill. Was great to watch as an NFC East leading Eagles fan though :D
This has nothing to do with what the fans want or who they are interested in. That's not how regions are determined. You can count many fans in Indy that would also rather watch the Packers or even the Lions over the Bears. And the Steelers or Browns over the Bengals. This is about miles from the stadium and regional rights.
For years, Sports Channel OH (Cincy) had the Indy region broadcast rights for those zip codes, even over Prime Sports Midwest (both before and after Fox owned them all) even when Prime was showing the Pacers games. Even with an Indy Zip Code, I had to subscribe to DirecTV's sportspack to get PSN-MW until FSN-I actually became its own entity. The Reds were paying such a premium to keep the SC-O(Cin) and FSO-CN rights to Indy (vs. letting the Cubs have the rights to that region) that -- from a national rights allocation view -- Indy might as well have been a northern suburb of the Cincinnati market. Again, that has nothing to do with your perception of interest in the teams, that may be true but that is not related to the regional rights. If the Colts aren't on CBS and the Bengals are playing during the "regional" timeslot, that's the game that will be broadcast in Indy. If it isn't a CBS-doubleheader weekend, Indy won't get the "national" game no matter how many people would rather watch it.
I thought you (or somebody) said the opposite - Cartoons at 1 and Jags-Bengals at 4. I must've misunderstood.
If that's the case, then they picked up the late national game instead of the regional game. I guess a hometeam bye week is different than a blackout scenario.
I get so tired of all of the national focus on the Jets. Has there ever been so much focus on such a mediocre team? Has there ever been so much focus on a mediocre player who isn't even playing right now (Tebow)?
Outside of Jets fans, who really cares that a crappy QB (Sanchez) might eventually be replaced by another crappy QB (Tebow)?
You can take two sub-0.500 teams, have them play a sloppy and boring game, and still get huge ratings on SNF or MNF just because they're in the NFC East. The same applies to Jets.
He's in a tough division for QBs (although we really need to get Harrison and Polamalu on the field and healthy for that to actually be true!) but outside of the division he should be able to move the ball against the AFC West and NFC East. Gruden, Zampese, and Lewis have done a good job of preparing QBs over the past decade... between Esiason and Palmer that position was a real problem for the Bungles, but it really hasn't been their problem for the past decade as long as either Palmer or Dalton have been in there. (some of the other scrubs really sucked, though!) He's a solid system QB in a solid system. Not likely to make a deep playoff run, but they'll be in the playoff mix all season long.
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I have an admission. I grew up between Cincinnati and Indy, before the Colts moved. I was not much of a football fan, to be honest, but I liked the Bengals almost by accident (I was a Reds fan, and they were both talked about on the radio a lot in the 80s).
In the 90s I moved to Massachusetts. This was before direct TV and before NFL network and all of the extensive coverage we have today. There were two Sunday games and a Monday night game, period. For years I tried to remain a Bengals fan, but they were consistently so bad for so long that no only could I never see them play, there would never even be a highlight on TV or more than a stats box in the paper.
Finally it just dawned on me I couldn't even follow them anymore. There was simply not even a real way to keep on top of who was on the team. I had started to follow the Patriots some when Parcells came, and transitioned over to being a fan. They were local, they were competitive. I wasn't fully on board for the 1996 super bowl, but I was getting there. By 1998 I was there.
At first that choice seemed disastrous, because after Parcells came Pete Carroll and he was in way over his head. Then came Belichick, then Bledsoe got hurt, and the best sportwriter in the nation (Dr. Z) said that the Patriots were the worst team in the entire NFL, saying "This is sad. Drew Bledsoe took a big hit and is out indefinitely. Honestly, I don't know what weapons they have with which to win a game."
Things started looking up after that though...
Wow, he had the Colts at 2. They ended up going 6-10. That was the worst season of Manning's career (I don't count the rookie season because you expect a rookie to struggle).
The Colts had excellent seasons in 1999 and 2000, so having them high made sense on his part.
That's hilarious that he had NE at the bottom.
The Sanchize nickname remains the best in sports.
That was a very improbable run. Statistically speaking, on both offense and defense relative to the rest of the league, it was certainly a well-below-average Patriots team in the context of the last 11 years.
Oddly, that Dr. Z column was written on a Tuesday, an off day for Belichick teams. So the very next day was the 1st practice ever for Tom Brady as a starter.
That was a very improbable run, due to SpyGate, that led to the Patriots stealing the AFC championship game in Pittsburgh. Fixed. :D


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Ambulances carrying patients evacuated from NYU Langone Medical Center leave the facility heading for other hospitals, Monday night in New York, October, 29, 2012. In the midst of an outage caused by Hurricane Sandy, the hospital's backup power generator failed prompting the evacuation of most patients. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
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As Hurricane Sandy churned inland as a downgraded storm, residents up and down the battered mid-Atlantic region woke Tuesday to lingering waters, darkened homes and the daunting task of cleaning up from once-in-a-generation storm surges and their devastating effects.
Power remained out for roughly 6 million people, including a large swath of Manhattan in New York. Early risers stepped out into debris-littered streets that remained mostly deserted as residents waited for dawn to shed light on the extent of the damage. Bridges remained closed, and seven subway tunnels under the East River remained flooded.
The storm was the most destructive in the 108-year history of New York City's subway system, said Joseph J. Lhota, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in an early morning statement.
"We are assessing the extent of the damage and beginning the process of recovery," he said, but did not provide a timetable for restoring transit service to a paralyzed city.
At least 16 deaths - including seven in the New York region - were tied to the storm, which toppled trees and sparked fires in several areas, The Associated Press reported.
Nine hours after making landfall at 8 p.m. on Monday, the storm - already reclassified as a post-tropical cyclone - weakened as it passed west across southern Pennsylvania, though it still packed maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. It was expected to turn north and head for Canada late on Tuesday.
The storm had picked up speed as it roared over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, grinding life to a halt for millions of people in more than a half-dozen states, with extensive evacuations that turned shorefront neighborhoods into ghost towns.
Hurricane force winds extended up to 175 miles from the center of the storm; tropical storm force winds spread out 485 miles from the center. Forecasters said tropical storm force winds could stretch all the way north to Canada and all the way west to the Great Lakes. Heavy snow was expected in some states.
Businesses, schools and roads were closed, and more than 13,000 airline flights were canceled. Even the Erie Canal was shut down.
Subways were shut down from Boston to Washington, as were Amtrak and the commuter rail lines. Flights were canceled at airports across the East Coast, including the three major airports in the New York City area. And late Monday night, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said cabs had been instructed to get off New York City roads.
The wind-driven rain lashed sea walls and protective barriers in places like Atlantic City, where the Boardwalk was damaged as water forced its way inland. Foam was spitting, and the sand gave in to the waves along the beach at Sandy Hook, N.J., at the entrance to New York Harbor. Water was thigh-high on the streets in Sea Bright, N.J., a three mile sand-sliver of a town where the ocean joined the Shrewsbury River.
"It's the worst I've seen," said David Arnold, watching the storm from his home in Long Branch, N.J. "The ocean is in the road, there are trees down everywhere. I've never seen it this bad."
In Breezy Point in New York, nearly 200 firefighters were still battling a blaze on Tuesday morning that destroyed at least 50 tightly-packed homes in the beach community. A Fire Department spokesman said the area was "probably the most flooded part of the city, so there are all sorts of complications."
The surging water also caused extensive complications at NYU Langone Medical Center when a backup power system failed on Monday night, forcing the evacuation of patients to other facilities.
Backup power also failed at Coney Island Hospital in southern Brooklyn, though critical patients had been evacuated in advance of the storm.
In New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office said late Monday night that at least three deaths in the state were caused by falling trees from the storm. About 7 p.m., a tree fell on a house in Queens, killing a 30-year-old man, the city police said. About the same time, two boys, ages 11 and 13, were killed in North Salem, in Westchester County, when a tree fell on the house they were in, according to the state police.
In Morris County, N.J., a man and a woman were killed when a tree fell on their car Monday evening, AP reported.
Earlier, a construction crane atop one of the tallest buildings in New York City came loose and dangled 80 stories over West 57th Street, across the street from Carnegie Hall.
As the storm lashed the city, waves topped the sea wall in the financial district in Manhattan, sending cars floating down streets. West Street, along the western edge of Lower Manhattan, looked like a river. The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel flooded "from end to end," the transportation authority said, hours after Cuomo had ordered it closed to traffic. Officials said water also seeped into seven subway tunnels under the East River.
"In 108 years, our employees have never faced a challenge like the one that confronts us now," Lhota, the transit authority chairman, said.
A replica of the HMS Bounty, a tall ship built for the 1962 movie "Mutiny on the Bounty" starring Marlon Brando and used in the recent "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, sank off the North Carolina coast. The Coast Guard said the 180-foot three-masted ship went down near the Outer Banks after being battered by 18-foot-high seas and thrashed by 40 mph winds. The body of one crew member, Claudene Christian, 42, was recovered. Another crew member remained missing.
Delaware banned cars and trucks from state roadways other than "essential personnel."
"The most important thing right now is for people to use common sense," Gov. Jack A. Markell said. "We didn't want people out on the road going to work and not being able to get home again."
By early Monday evening, the storm had knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes, stores and office buildings.
Consolidated Edison said that as of 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, 634,000 customers in New York City and Westchester were without power. Con Edison, fearing damage to its electrical equipment, shut down power pre-emptively in sections of Lower Manhattan on Monday evening, and then, at 8:30 p.m., an unplanned failure, probably caused by flooding in substations, knocked out power to most of Manhattan below Midtown, about 250,000 customers. Later, an explosion at a Con Edison substation knocked out power to another 250,000 customers.
In New Jersey, more than 2 million customers were without power as of 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, and in Connecticut the total reached nearly 500,000 customers.
Forecasters attributed the power of the storm to a convergence of weather systems. Alex Sosnowski, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather, said potentially damaging winds would continue on Tuesday from Illinois to the Carolinas - and as far north as Maine - as the storm barreled toward the eastern Great Lakes.
The storm headed toward land with weather that was episodic: a strong gust of wind one minute, then mist. More wind. Thin sheets of rain dancing down the street. Then, for a moment, nothing. The sky lightened. Then another blast of rain. Then more wind.
In some places, caravans of power-company trucks traveled largely empty roads; Public Service Electric and Gas said that 600 line workers and 526 tree workers had arrived from across the country, but could not start the repairs and cleanup until the wind had subsided, perhaps not until Wednesday.
They will see a landscape that, in many places, was remade by the storm. In Montauk, at the end of Long Island, a 50-seat restaurant broke in half. Half of the building floated away and broke into pieces on the beach.
The 110-foot-tall lighthouse at Montauk Point - the oldest in the state, opened in 1796 - shuddered in the storm despite walls that are six feet thick at the base. The lighthouse keeper, Marge Winski, said she had never felt anything like that in 26 years on the job.
"I went up in the tower and it was vibrating, it was shaking," she said. "I got out of it real quick. I've been here through hurricanes, and nor'easters, but nothing this bad."
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While there is short- and intermediate-term uncertainty about the outlook for a number of businesses within Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), we believe the company will prosper and return to a slow-growth revenue and earnings mode. The stock is too cheap to ignore, and we are confident that the company is making significant progress in its turnaround. Even during this unsettled period, the company is earning a lot of money and has very favorable cash flow characteristics.
We initially recommended HPQ at higher price levels in June with the idea that we would start a position at that time and fill it out if the stock sold off. We believe the recent pullback creates that opportunity and we would add to the position here.
While many paint the outlook for the entire company with the broad brush of a challenged PC market, HPQ is not that monolithic and is not without strengths. Clearly, its desktop and laptop PC sales are suffering from the onslaught of tablets and smartphones. But we think that PCs will continue to have a place in businesses and homes and are far from dead, as their capability to create content cannot easily be replicated by the newer devices. Importantly, management is emphasizing profit over revenue here, as the economics of profit-margin improvement outweigh trying to gain market share in a shrinking market. Similarly, printers have probably peaked but still they fulfill a need; in this case, high-margin ink sales will continue even as demand for additional new devices slows.
On the other hand, servers, IT services and software have better outlooks and are not under the same secular pressures as the PC and printing segments. These businesses have better and more sustainable prospects for growth and returns.
This is the core of HPQ's turnaround: manage the challenged segments for cash and drive for growth in the enterprise businesses while tightly managing expenses. Early reports of CEO Meg Whitman's plan are generally positive, indicating that the turnaround is progressing within management's expectations.
HPQ's financial characteristics are what really make the stock compelling. At the current price, HPQ trades at only 6.2x fiscal 2013 earnings, the lowest multiple of any S&P 500 stock. Earnings should be stable in the $3.55 per share range for this year and next. The company has done an outstanding job managing the business for cash, with free cash flow expected to be $8 billion this year, or more than $4 per share. As a result, the balance sheet has been totally cleaned up, and the company should end the year with no net debt (except for that contained within the financial services subsidiary).
The recovery and turnaround at Hewlett-Packard is a long-term proposition, but the initial progress is encouraging. The stock is up more than 50% this year, though down 20% from recent highs. Our investment thesis is intact, and combined with HPQ's bargain valuation, it makes for a persuasive case. Some sell-side estimates of the company's sum-of-the-parts value is in the $33 range; our intrinsic value work suggests a similar range for the fair price of the stock. The hoped-for stock price concession is upon us, and we recommend taking another leg into the stock now.


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Bryan Cranston Admits That He Once Fantasized About Killing An Ex-Girlfriend
"What happened to Walt is something I related to … If I'm truly honest with myself. I've come to realize that I think everybody is capable of [transforming into a villain]. If you came into a condition where you were under tremendous stress. And if I knew what buttons to push that threatened you and yours…You could become an extremely dangerous person … I had one girlfriend I wanted to kill … I envisioned myself killing her … It was so clear. My apartment had a brick wall on one side, and I envisioned opening the door, grabbing her by the hair, dragging her inside, and shoving her head into that brick wall until brain matter was dripping down the sides of it. Then I shuddered and realized how clearly I saw that happening. And I called the police because I was so afraid. I was temporarily insane—capable of doing tremendous damage to her and to myself."
– Bryan Cranston talks about channelling his dark side to play Walter White on "Breaking Bad" in the August issue of GQ. In the article, he mentions that this ex-girlfriend, whose head he thought about smashing into a brick wall, was a drug addict who stalked him and left messages threatening to kill him on his answering machine — not that that makes his murder fantasy admission any less disturbing.
I feel very uncomfortable with the detail in which he imagined enacting violence upon her. That's beyond what I would categorize as a "dark side." I think a lot of people have been in bad relationships with crazy, fucked up people, but have never thought about physically harming them — more like breaking up with them or finding them help. What do you think about this quote? [E! Online]


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Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News Factoids Week of March 31-April 6, 2014
Auto Central Louisville, KY April 6, 2014 Each week Larry Nutson, Senior Editor, New York Bureau of The Auto Channel, along with Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell from The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau give you easy to digest nuggets of the past week's automotive news you may have missed.
If you are a car nut like we all are, you can easily "catch up" on these stories as well as the past 17 year's 1,585,009 automotive news, automotive stories, articles, reviews, rants and raves by just searching for the subject you are interested in The Auto Channel's Automotive News Archive. Hey South Florida TV viewers, I know you are enjoying watching The Auto Channel's TACH-TV on channel 44 WHDT-TV Palm Beach (Cable 17 and 438, channel 9 Miami and channel 32 Fort Meyers-Naples, and thanks for the positive feedback....See you next week, LN
Automotive News March 31-April 6, 2014
* Spring has sprung in the auto industry with March sales up 6% and 1.54 million units sold. Most analysts thought the unusually harsh winter weather in much of the country hurt January and February sales to some degree and that may mean some pent up demand may need sating this spring. The SAAR was at 16.3 million, up from 15.3 million a year ago. Overall car sales were up 1% and truck sales up 11%. Nearly every brand is up, but there are a few down-ers. Luxury cars continue their 3-month big sales gains, with LIncoln noted at a 31% increase. VW continues to struggle but noteworthy is that nearly 27% of sales are TDI Clean diesel models. Ram pickup outsold Chevy Silverado for the first time since 1999. GM sales were up 4% in spite of the GM "Switchgate" recall.
* After long delays the NHTSA will require automakers to make rearview cameras standard on all cars and light-duty trucks in an effort to reduce deaths and injuries from back-over crashes. This Federal safety standard will mandate rear visibility technology in all new vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds and made on or after May 1, 2018.
* No more outside mirrors? The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which represents 12 companies including GM, Toyota and Volkswagen, along with Tesla filed a petition with the NHTSA seeking permission to no longer require outside rear view mirrors. Side mirrors are required by U.S. regulation, specifically Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 111. The petitioners propose that cameras could be just as safe while offering gains in aerodynamics which helps to improve fuel efficiency by reducing drag.
* Kia teased with a photo of an all-new midsize multi-purpose vehicle that will be unveiled at the 2014 New York International Auto Show in two weeks. This global debut will challenge the segment and will offer the functionality to transport as many as eight passengers and their belongings while also serving as a purposeful offering for adventure seekers. Stay tuned!
* GM announced yet another recall involving a power steering defect in more than 1.5 million compact and midsize cars from the 2004-10 model years. About half of the vehicles affected are Chevrolet Malibu models from 2004 and 2005 and some from 2006, 2008 and 2009, as well as all 2004, 2005 and some 2006 Malibu Maxx models. Also recalled are Saturn Ions from 2005-2007, 2005 Pontiac G6 models, as well as some from 2006, 2008 and 2009, 2008 and 2009 Saturn Auras, some 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt models and some 2009 and 2010 Chevrolet HHR models. Many of these vehicles re also involved in the ignition switch recall.
* The Detroit News reports that a top United Auto Workers official says the union will make a final decision on whether to pursue a 25-percent dues hike "within weeks." The union is considering the hike — from two hours' worth of an employee's monthly pay to two-and-a-half hours — to boost the union's strike fund. The fund once totaled $1 billion but today is down to about $600 million. For a veteran autoworker making $28 an hour, the increase would cost $14 a month, or $168 a year (or, a new annual total of $840). Newer union members in the lower $14-an-hour wage tier would pay half that amount. Even if a majority of its members vote to approve a dues hike, there will likely be some in Michigan who will opt out of the union when the current contract expires. Michigan is home to 60,000 or so hourly auto factory union members at Ford, GM and Chrysler who, under the state's new right-to-work law, could opt-out of union membership.
* GM's President Mary Barra testified before two Congressional committees about the ignition switch recall debacle. Under intense grilling from members of Congress, Ms. Barra held her composure, even though it was clear many of the inquisitors were more interested in hearing themselves. Ms. Barra hinted that GM might compensate victims of accidents that occurred before the 2009 bankruptcy, even though the company is legally protected by agreements made in bankruptcy court. NHTSA acting Administrator David Friedman also appeared. He vowed to hold GM accountable if they failed to provide known information.
* Another interesting development in the GM recall case was revealed this week as the company engaged attorney Kenneth Feinberg, known for managing victim compensation for both the 911 and BP oil spill disasters, to handle liability claims surrounding this huge recall issue. She called it "the first step in assessing its responsibility" to victims.
* FAC's Chrysler Group will recall nearly 870,000 SUVs, 2011-14 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs, to prevent brake problems tied to water exposure. They will install a shield that protects brake boosters from corrosion.
* Work continues to remove Corvettes from the sinkhole beneath the Skydome of the National Corvette Museum. Of the eight cars that were swallowed by the earth, five have been removed in conditions that make them restorable. The last three will be a challenge. The recently removed ZR-1 Spyder is virtually totally destroyed. The white 1.5 Millionth Corvette came out most recently and at the moment they can't even find the red 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06.
* The New York Times presented what we already knew in a recent story. When motorcycle helmet laws are eased, fatalities rise. The report says that in the last two decades six states have repealed or relaxed laws requiring helmets. More states are considering to do the same. Of the 19 states still with a universal motorcycle helmet law, eight are considering to weaken them. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation says, "We are 100 percent anti-helmet laws but 100 percent pro-helmet." It's all about the government not telling us what to do.
* April 1st brought us the usual April Fool auto stories such as a Viper Sportback to be be shown at the NY Auto Show, the MINI Paceman GoalCooper, and the Ford C-Max Energi Kingsford Edition equipped with an in-vehicle charcoal grill that captures heat energy typically lost in the barbequing process to help charge the hybrid battery. April 1st also brought around the 40th Anniversary of the 1975 VW Rabbit, the 1964 introduction of the Plymouth Barracuda, the last Chevy Corvair being built in 1969, and the 1970 debut of the AMC Gremlin.
* Honda has a 1000cc 109HP Mean Mower has broken a Guinness World Records™ title for the Fastest lawnmower!. Honda (UK)'s Mean Mower (#meanmower) has officially broken the GUINNESS WORLDs title for the Fastest lawnmower, averaging 116.57 mph to break the previous record by almost 30mph.
* The U.S. Transportation Department kicked off the first-ever national distracted driving awareness month, and will fund nationwide advertising and law enforcement on texting and other dangerous behavior behind the wheel. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 3,328 people were killed and an estimated 421,000 were injured in distraction-related crashes in 2012. The campaign will run in English and Spanish and also on the radio.
* The average fuel economy of new U.S. light vehicles sold in March rose to 25.4 mpg, according to University of Michigan researchers, the highest since the researchers began collecting data in October 2007. The fuel economy of new U.S. light trucks, cars, SUVs and vans sold last month rose 0.3 mpg from the revised figure for February and is 5.3 mpg higher than the October 2007 average, according to a monthly report from the university's Transportation Research Institute.
* For the second time in three years, Mazda Motor Corp has issued a recall for Mazda6 sedans in North America because of a spider that likes the smell of gasoline and weaves a web that blocks a vent in the engine. Mazda told the NHTSA that it is recalling 42,000 sedans with 2.5-liter engines from model years 2010 to 2012 in the United States. Three years ago, Mazda recalled about 65,000 Mazda6 sedans in North America from model years 2009 and 2010, also because of spider webs blocking evaporative canister vent lines.
* More than three months after suffering a near-fatal blow to the head during a family ski trip, legendary Formula One race champ Michael Schumacher is reported to be showing "moments of consciousness and awakening," according to his manager, perhaps the first significantly positive sign since he was injured in the Alps on December 29th. The announcement is one of the rare details of the race star's medical progress since shortly after Schumacher tumbled over some hidden rocks, hitting the right side of his head hard enough to crack his helmet.
* Troubles in the Russian economy, partly because of the takeover of Crimea and resulting economic sanctions, have triggered layoffs and cuts in production at Ford's joint venture company that makes a variety of vehicles for the Russian market. Sales are down 21% to just over 10,000 vehicles/month. The market was already slumping before the geo-political crisis.
* Chrylser will remain a US legal entity as new owner, Fiat, restructures it, maybe renames it, and prepares for an initial public offering. The merger of the two companies will not be complete until later this year according to CEO Sergio Marchionne. Fiat hosted its annual general meeting this week where some expected more clarification about future plans. The overall entity, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, will be incorporated in the Netherlands.
* We've been wondering where highly-regarded Hyundai boss, John Krafcik, whose contract was not renewed after a five-year stint with the Korean automaker, would land. We learned this week he has been appointed to the board of directors of fledgling auto shopping Web site TrueCar.com. An IPO is in the offing for the Web business and Krafcik gets a great deal of credit for bringing Hyundai from obscurity to mainstream in short order. Although not a full-time gig according to Krafcik, it sounds like a good match.


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Double Chocolate Chipotle Cookies Recipe
One bite tells you that this isn't any chocolate cookie. Chipotle and cayenne peppers give these chewy, fudgy delights a yummy twist. —Lisa Meredith, Eagan, Minnesota
- 2/3 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon minced chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 3 milk chocolate candy bars (1.55 ounces each), chopped
- Confectioners' sugar
- 1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla and chipotle pepper. Combine flour, cocoa, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and cayenne; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chopped candy. Chill 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- 2. Preheat oven to 350°. Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls; place 4 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool 4 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 179 calories, 9g fat (5g saturated fat), 31mg cholesterol, 161mg sodium, 23g carbohydrate (15g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.
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Reviewed Feb. 3, 2014
"Made per recipe--excellent!"
Reviewed Jun. 15, 2013
"A chocolatey cookie with a slightly savory aftertaste!"
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2012
"Fantastic! I didn't have any chipotle, that's why, instead of it I added cayenne pepper. In total, it was about 3 teaspoons. It might seem a bit too spicy, but it was all right! Everybody loved them, even those, who don't eat spicy food)"
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Simple Blouse Set
Armor Type: Cloth
Level Req.: 70 for Human set, 80 for Blood Elf & Dwarf
Source: Multiple sources
Availability: The many BoEs take time to find on the AH
3D Model: Wowhead Link
How to get the set:
This article focuses on the Simple Blouse, a low-level BoE world drop.
We've included three outfit variations below, primarily composed of BoE world drops, but with a few items of other sources too.
It's worth noting that the Simple Blouse appears differently on male and female characters, as illustrated by the pictures above and below.
Human Outfit:
Head – Bloodwoven Mask (BoE world drop)
Shoulders – Embersilk Mantle (BoE world drop)
Back – Resplendent Cloak (BoE world drop)
Chest – Simple Blouse (BoE world drop)
Wrists – Mindstorm Wristbands (BoP drop from Al'ar in Tempest Keep: The Eye)
Hands – Cindercloth Gloves (BoE crafted by Tailors of 270+ skill)
Waist – Durable Belt (BoE world drop)
Legs – Buccaneer's Pants (BoE world drop)
Feet – Infernoweave Boots (Vendor purchase for 104 Justice Points)
Main Hand Sword – Vibro Sword (Alliance only! Quest reward from Cutting Your Teeth in Blade's Edge Mountains)
Off-Hand – Fire Eater's Guide (BoE crafted by Scribes of 225+ skill)
Blood Elf Extras:
Head – Laughing Skull Cap (BoE world drop from Outland zones/instances)
Shirt – Stylish Black Shirt (Vendor purchase from Lisbeth Schneider in Stormwind City)
Staff – Damnation (BoP drop from The Four Horsemen in Naxxramas 25)
Dwarf Outfit:
Head – Dragonskin Cowl (BoP drop from Gyth in Upper Blackrock Spire)
Shoulders – Vindicator Shoulderpads (BoE world drop from Outland zones/instances)
Back – Cloak of Mastery (BoP drop from Sapphiron in Naxxramas 10)
Hands – Vindicator Gloves (BoE world drop from Outland zones/instances)
Waist – Wizard's Belt (BoE vendor purchase)
Legs – Colorful Kilt (BoE crafted by Tailors of 120+ skill)
Feet – Imperial Red Boots (BoE world drop)
One-Handed Sword – Scimitar of the Nexus-Stalkers (BoP drop from Tavarok in normal Mana-Tombs)
Off-Hand – Imperial Red Scepter (BoE world drop)


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Drum-master Glyde thinks he's made a recording back to front, first preparing five minute-ish soundtracks, rhythmic compositions, to which melody and harmony instruments and the occasional human voice were added. Rather than the drummer working to hold things together, he's prepared a template in advance, and now joins in when he feels appropriate as one of the band. The idea's not wholly novel—George Russell's "Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature" has been around for decades. Here, "Blur" sounds a little like a tape played backward, at least till Christopher Bullock's tenor solo. Jimmy Haslip's on "additional keyboards" rather than the bass guitar he plays as a third of Yellowjackets, and "Tony's Temple" sounds bright and spontaneous. "The Odd Temple" has guitar twang and evocation of darkness opening (cf. old James Bond film music—Glyde's himself reminded of Tomb Raider), synthetic strings and Megan McKeown doing a Casbah vocalise. The pop/rock flavour Glyde finds in "Blind" isn't so strong, other than the guitar loop played over his impressive drum thrash. Emerzian's soprano and Scott Dean's muted trumpet would have been better, less mechanical: but this set's by and large frisky. Do actual hands clap before the soprano enters "Water Drums", disguised somehow as melodica? Emerzian joins himself on tenor and sounds melodious. Jimmy Haslip plays bass, hands on strings. Hands meet hands again, just as hands meet keys on a tribute to the sometime fusion band "Audio Mind": Brad French's fingers included, playing trumpet ("synth"). Jason Galuten, contributor throughout, opens the closer, "Disposable Art", on (wood, strings) piano. Its name seems odd for a tune inspired by (surely not commenting on?) Weather Report's "Procession". A straight piano trio number other than Haslip's use late on of "additional" keyboards for atmosphere. Does Glyde mean he just sat there after work, listening while the others play? Why not?
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Sharm El Sheikh lifestyle
- Sharm El Sheikh
- Flights to Sharm El Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh is something of a shopper's dream, with sleek malls rubbing shoulders with traditional souk-like streets. For quintessential Egyptian souvenirs, head for Sharm's Old Market, a modern recreation of an old-time souk filled with handicraft stalls. Favourite take-homes include leather sandals, perfumes, rugs, shisha pipes and silver, mother-of-pearl and gold jewellery, but be prepared to haggle. For modern goods, make a beeline for the indoor shopping complexes outside town to browse their sophisticated boutiques and department stores.
International restaurants abound in Sharm El Sheikh, so you can enjoy different cuisine almost daily. Most large hotels offer first-class cosmopolitan restaurants and all around N'aama Bay and the centre, you'll find a wealth of fast food outlets, international chains and eateries dish up everything from Italian and Mexican to Chinese and Indian treats. When you fancy some local cuisine, there's no shortage of traditional outlets where you can feast - often under the stars - on classic Egyptian meze selections like falafel - spicy, deep-fried chickpea croquettes - hummous and kofta, sizzling meatballs. Succulent fresh fish and seafood dishes are also plentiful and alcohol is widely available in the shape of European and Egyptian wines and local and international beers.
Don't expect too many quiet nights in Sharm El Sheikh! Although there's always the option of lingering on a romantic restaurant terrace, there's plenty to keep you from your pillow. Most hotels lay on regular folklore nights, Bedouin feasts and belly-dancing shows and around N'aama Bay and the centre, you'll find a multitude of vibrant pubs, sleek nightclubs and restaurants with dancefloors. And if you fancy a flutter, many of the hotels also snazzy casinos.