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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—San Francisco 49ers inside linebacker Patrick Willis is trekking to New Orleans in hopes of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy as a Super Bowl champion. But win or lose, he will emerge from that game with another title: the game's best inside linebacker.
For most of the past 17 years, that title belonged to Ray Lewis, who announced his retirement effective after the Super Bowl. Perhaps fitting, Lewis' last game for the Baltimore Ravens comes against a 49ers team led by Willis. That provides the perfect setting for Lewis to pass the figurative torch to Willis as the presumptive heir apparent as the game's best inside 'backer.
This might be what it takes for people to fully appreciate Willis' wide-ranging ability as the game's best all-around inside linebacker the past six seasons.
"He's the closest thing to it (Lewis' level)," Ravens running back Ray Rice said. "He plays the game the right way. He's a tenacious player. I have a lot of respect for that guy."
Ravens fullback Vonta Leach calls Willis "a young Ray Lewis."
Willis, who turned 28 on Friday, has earned Pro Bowl honors in each of his first six seasons and been named All-Pro five times. Yet, it's Lewis that has collected most of the attention, in part because of his extensive body of work.
Then again, it's not surprising when you consider Willis (6-1, 240) just goes about his business without drawing attention to himself while Lewis emerges from the locker room in a crazed state and runs on to the field only after performing an elaborate dance.
It's Lewis' play that Willis tries to emulate: his sideline-to-sideline range, toughness and the ability to change the complexion of a game at any time.
"I've always been a big fan of those who play with passion," Willis said.
Hence, Willis didn't shy away from choosing the same No. 52 worn by Lewis when given the option of picking from among four numbers—50, 51, 52 and 57— after being selected by the 49ers in the first round of the 2007 draft.
Then, he set about achieving one goal—and one goal only—mindful of the folly of expecting to match Lewis' accomplishments.
"I didn't know that six years later, people would compare myself to him," Willis added. "I wanted to be the best football player I could."
Longtime defensive coach Vic Fangio, now the 49ers' defensive coordinator, once coached the New Orleans Saints linebacking corps (Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Vaughan Johnson and Pat Swilling) that is considered among the best ever. When he joined the 49ers in 2011, Fangio said Willis was even better than he thought.
And Fangio has shown Willis ways to get even better. In particular, Fangio instructed Willis to improve his technique when it came to beating pass-protecting backs as a pass rusher. Willis worked hard on that area of his game and soon developed into an effective blitzer.
Fangio sees the play of Willis and fellow inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman as one of the keys to beating the Ravens.
"They've got a really good blocking fullback in Leach, and he's dominated some linebackers around the league, inside linebackers in particular," Fangio said. "We better be ready to take him on."
Former linebacker Matt Millen breaks down tape on a weekly basis as part of his role as a TV analyst. He said he can't wait to get to the office every Monday so he can watch Willis.
Millen said Willis and fellow inside linebacker Navorro Bowman are the best in the game.
"Here's why they're above the rest of the crowd: Most linebackers need schemes, and I see those two guys as stand-alone linebackers," Millen said earlier this season in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle. "They don't need a lineman to jump in the gap, and they don't need special fronts. They don't need any of that.
"They can stand in a bubble, on an uncovered lineman. They do it physically and with great technique. They disengage from blocks and they get to the ball—and they do it down after down. I tell you, it's the best linebacker play in the past 30 years."
Yet Willis always is searching for ways to get better. To that end, he often finds himself picking the brain of Lewis, be it at past Pro Bowls, via texts, whenever the opportunity arises.
Lewis tends to do most of the talking, Willis the listening.
"Ray's one guy that loves to give wisdom and knowledge," Willis said. "I'm a guy that loves to listen. I can sit down and listen all day long."
Willis playfully refers to Lewis as "Mufasa," the dominant lion in the Disney classic, The Lion King. In turn, Lewis calls Willis "young lion."
There comes a time when the young lion supplants the king of the pride. That time has arrived.


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Note: Most user interface tasks can be performed in Edge Classic or the New Edge experience. For an overview, getting started topics, and release notes specific to the New Edge experience, see the docs.
Examine app and crash logs
Mobile Analytics is now App Monitoring and content about Mobile Analytics is deprecated. For documentation related to these features, please see App Monitoring content, such as Monitoring app errors and crashes.
For information on migrating to App Monitoring, see Migrating from Mobile Analytics to App Monitoring.
Mobile Analytics allows you to track errors in the app log as well as in the crash log. The app log contains errors recorded by your app. The crash log contains crash data captured by the operating system if your app crashes. Being able to track data in both types of logs is probably the best way to isolate and fix bugs in your application. For an example, see Investigate issues in your mobile app.
Crash log data: The data captured by Mobile Analytics from the crash log is presented in a summary that provides information related to each crash, such as the operating platform and device model of the device that ran the app. You also get a pointer to the crash log.
Clearly, if your application crashes, it has a very negative impact on users. You need to isolate and fix what's causing the crash as soon as possible. The crash log includes a stack trace, indicating where the error occurred. That's an important source of information in helping you isolate and debug the source of the crash.
App log data: The data captured by Mobile Analytics from the app log enables you to see how many errors were logged by your app for a specific period of time. You can also examine related data such as the error severity level. You can compare the errors recorded during a current period (such as today) versus a previous period (such as yesterday). You can also view the number of errors for different versions of your app, or compare errors by device platform or device type.
You can visually track error trends in graphs and drill down to see detailed data about each error.
App log errors don't necessarily cause a crash, but they can also lead to a negative user experience. So they need to be identified and fixed. In order to do that, you need to ensure that your app is instrumented properly, for example, you need to ensure that your app clearly identifies the severity of the error and generates an error message that clearly identifies the error situation.
Controlling log error capture
By default, Mobile Analytics tracks debug-level errors in the app log and all lower-level errors. The levels are:
- Assert
- Error
- Warn
- Info
- Debug
- Verbose
This means that by default, Mobile Analytics tracks debug, info, warning, error, and assert level errors for your app.
However, you can control what errors levels will be tracked by Mobile Analytics. You can even stop Mobile Analytics from monitoring the app log. You do both in the Monitor Configs section of the Configuration page.
To stop Mobile Analytics from monitoring the app log, uncheck the Enable Log Capture checkbox. The checkbox is checked by default.
To control what errors levels will be tracked by Mobile Analytics, select a level in the Log Capture Levels drop-down menu. This sets the highest error level that Mobile Analytics will monitor. Debug is the default.
See the "Configuring monitoring" section in Configure your app for further information about controlling Mobile Analytics monitoring.
Displaying error data
To display error data for your app, select Analytics in the main menu of the Mobile Analytics portal. Then select App Logs Analysis in the left navigation menu. This expands the App Logs Analysis menu item and opens Errors. Make sure that the application shown in the Application drop-down menu on the Errors page is your app. If not, select it in the drop-down menu.
Here are the various ways you can view error-related data. For each view, you get:
- A graph that plots the number of logged errors for given points in time during a specified time period.
- A table that summarizes logged error data for your app over the time period.
- A table that summarizes logged data related to any application crashes recorded over the time period.
- A table that lists raw data for each error logged over the time period.
|Error data view
|What it displays
|Number of error-level and assert-level errors.
|Errors by App Versions
|Number of error-level and assert-level errors for each version of your app.
|Errors by Config Overrides
|Number of error-level and assert-level errors for each configuration specified for your app. This can include default configurations, beta test configurations, and A/B test configurations.
|Errors by Device Platforms
|Number of error-level and assert-level errors for each device operating system (such as iOS or Android).
|Errors by Device Models
|Number of error-level and assert-level errors for each device model (such as Apple iPhone 4g or HTC Thunderbolt).
Selecting a time period to display
Select the time period for the display by selecting one of the following buttons:
- 1h. The previous hour. This is the default.
- 3h. The previous three hours.
- 6h. The previous six hours.
- 12h. The previous twelve hours.
- 1d. The previous day (24 hours).
- 1w. The previous week (7 days).
For example, here is the Errors view for an app over the previous hour.
Notice the legend "Error & Above". The error-related graphs plot the counts of error-level and assert-level errors. This is true even if you selected a higher-level error as the log capture level in the monitoring configuration. However, the data for those higher levels will appear in the application error summary table.
Here is a view of Errors by Device Models for the previous hour.
Displaying a time comparison
You can also display a view that compares error-related data for the currently selected time period with the same period yesterday or last week. You do this by checking a "Compare with" checkbox above the graph. For example, if the current view is for an hour, you can compare the error counts with the error counts captured for the same hour yesterday, or the same hour last week. Here is a display that compares error counts for the previous hour with the same hour yesterday:
By comparing error counts with a previous period, you can determine if a change you made in your code over that time period is causing problems. If the change is the root cause of a bug, the error counts for the current period should be higher than for the previous period.
Examining the application error summary
The application error summary is a table that summarizes the data captured for the current time period from the app log:
- Total Errors. The number of logged error-level and assert-level errors.
- Total Warnings. The number of logged warnings.
- Total Events. The number of logged errors at all levels. This means that if the log capture level is set to Debug, all logged errors at the debug level and below, that is, debug, info, warning, error, and assert-level errors, will be counted.
If you select a "Compare with" checkbox, the summary displays two tables, one for the current period and one for the previous period.
Examining the application crashes summary
The application crashes summary is a table that contains the following information logged for each application crash recorded during the current time period:
- Time Stamp. The time stamp of the crash.
- Crash Logs. A pointer to the crash log.
- Platform. The platform for the device (such as iOS or Android).
- OS. The platform version for the device (such as iOS 6 or Android 3.2)
- Device Model. The device model (such as Apple iPhone 4g).
- App Version. The version of the app.
- Device ID. The Apigee device id for the device. The device id is a unique ID that is randomly generated in the Mobile Analytics SDK when your app is first started in the device.
Each of the table columns is configurable. By clicking the down arrow next to a table column heading, you can sort the data in a column by ascending or descending order, group the data in the column, or remove or re-add a column from or to the display. Seldom used columns are hidden by default. The App Version column is the only column in the application crashes summary that is initially hidden. You can make it visible by clicking on the down arrow, then selecting Columns, and checking the App Version checkbox.
The pointer to the crash log is particularly valuable. That's because it contains the stack trace of the crash recorded by the operating system. You can download the crash log and examine it. Note, though, that in iOS, you need to symbolicate the memory addresses in the crash log, which are shown as hexadecimal values. Symbolication replaces each hex address with function name, filename, and line number information. See Symbolicating iOS Crash Logs for further details.
Examining the application log raw data
Below the application crashes summary, you'll see an application log raw data table that lists the data captured in the app log for each logged error. The columns of the table list the following information:
- Time Stamp. The time stamp of the data capture.
- Severity. The severity of the error (for example, ERROR or WARN).
- TAG. The log grouping.
- Log Message. The message that was logged.
- Platform. The platform for the device (such as iOS or Android).
- OS. The platform version for the device (such as iOS 6 or Android 3.2).
- Device Model. The device model (such as Apple iPhone 4g).
- App Version. The version of the app.
- Conf Type. The app configuration (such as Default or Beta test).
- Device ID. The Apigee device id for the device. The device id is a unique ID that is randomly generated in the Mobile Analytics SDK when your app is first started in the device.
As is the case for the application crashes summary, each of the table columns in the application log raw data table is configurable. Also, infrequently used columns are initially hidden, but can easily be displayed. The App Version, Conf Type, and Device ID columns are initially hidden.
Searching for logged errors
There are search fields in each column of the application log raw data table (other than the timestamp column). These allow you to search for errors in the table by severity level, tag, message content, platform, operating system, and device model. For example, if you've created specific messages for a new function in your app, you can search for those messages by entering an appropriate search string in the Log Message column.
Help or comments?
- If something's not working: Ask the Apigee Community or see Apigee Support.
- If something's wrong with the docs: Send Docs Feedback
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Choreographing educational content
- Insert any type of document (text, images, flash animations, videos)
- Access web resources without leaving the Open-Sankoré by using apps
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I purchased this choker style necklace as an estate piece from Nordstom more than a decade ago. The center bead is carved with a monkey in a ball shape. The 2 horn-shaped pieces have panthers(?). There are also graduated turquoise beads and carnelian discs. What I want to know is:
1. Approximate vintage
2. Is this real ivory, or could it be bone?
3. Most importantly, where is it from? The carvings definitely look Asian, maybe Indonesian. On the other hand, the monkey ball has two holes drilled in it - maybe a Japanese ojime bead?


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People are finding more and more creative ways to use wireless internet connectivity every day. Case in point, Yury Gitman's Magicbike. The point of Magicbike is to provide a strong mobile WiFi hotspot in New York City. By attaching a laptop, internet-ready cell phone, and an access point to the bike, Yury was able to turn his bicycle into a portable hotspot, serving WiFi access to anyone nearby.
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An analytical look at the South Region of the 2013 NCAA Tournament:
UPDATE: Live scores and results from Sporting News' scoreboard
Best storyline: It's hard to choose anything other than the potential Kansas-North Carolina showdown that could take place with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line. The idea of Tar Heels coach Roy Williams coaching against his former team in the NCAA Tournament is mesmerizing; he famously wore a Kansas sticker on his shirt while watching the 2008 national championship game, shortly after the Jayhawks had knocked off his Tar Heels in the Final Four. Plus, that game would be an excellent on-court matchup, too, with a confident North Carolina team taking on a Kansas squad that might be more talented but has had confidence issues this season.
More breakdowns: Midwest | East | West
Best Round of 64 game: No. 5 VCU vs. No. 12 Akron. VCU coach Shaka Smart is a former assistant for Akron coach Keith Dambrot, which means the Zips will have an intimate knowledge of how to handle Smart's complex system of high-pressure pressing. But, Akron is without point guard Alex Abreu, who was suspended indefinitely for an arrest on marijuana trafficking. Trying to deal with VCU's havoc is tough enough when at full strength, and nearly impossible with backups. Of course, Dambrot's knowledge could help level that playing field.
Upset special: No. 11 Minnesota over No. 6 UCLA. The Bruins can struggle against big, physical teams and nobody's bigger or more physical than the Golden Gophers. It wouldn't be much of a shock to see Minnesota roll up close to a 2-to-1 rebounding edge in the game—the Gophers are the best offensive rebounding team in the country, and UCLA is one of the worst in the nation when it comes to allowing offensive rebounds. Minnesota could easily score 50 points in the paint against the Bruins. Oh, and then there's this: UCLA's outstanding freshman guard Jordan Adams, who averaged 15.3 points during the regular season, broke his foot in the Pac-12 Tournament and is done for the year.
Best potential team matchup: No. 3 Florida vs. No. 2 Georgetown, Sweet 16. Sure, it was a long time ago, but we saw a preview of this potentially great matchup on a boat in early November. The Navy-Marine Classic on the USS Bataan was called at halftime because of moisture on the court, with Florida leading 27-23. There's just a little more at stake this time around for these two excellent teams.
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Best potential player-v-player matchup: Trey Burke, Michigan vs. Nate Wolters, South Dakota State. There's nothing "potential" about this matchup, an opening-game showdown that could wind up being the best PG-vs.-PG meeting of the entire tournament. Burke will land on every single first-team All-America squad this season; what's he's done as the leader, primary scorer and facilitator of the Michigan offense has been nothing short of amazing. And then there's Wolters, everybody's favorite underdog point guard. He's capable of everyone-climb-on-my back games, and not just in mundane environments. New Mexico, which wound up with a 3 seed, lost only one game at home the entire season—to the Jackrabbits, when Wolters scored 28 points and had seven rebounds in a stunning win at The Pit in Albuquerque.
Get to know: North Carolina's P.J. Hairston. When Hairston landed in the starting lineup, the Tar Heels became a legitimately dangerous team for the first time all season. He's the shooter-without-a-conscience who seems built for the March stage—with a heavily bandaged hand (stitches from a cut), Hairston scored 28 points in the ACC Tournament championship game against Miami. He's not afraid to attack the rim, he loves banging around in the post and he relishes the challenge of defending bigger players. Those are good characteristics for an outstanding 3-point shooter.
The pick: Georgetown. This bracket is full of high seeds with a tendency to turn in clunkers from time to time—Kansas lost to TCU and was blown out by Baylor, Florida has been mediocre, at best, away from Gainesville and Michigan lost at Penn State. It's not hard to see the pressure of the NCAA Tournament bringing out those less-than-desirable tendencies at some point over the past two weeks. And, yes, Georgetown has the loss to South Florida on its resume, but the Hoyas were going through a transitional phase and have won 13 of 15 since then, with only losses at Villanova and against Syracuse in the Big East Tournament. Plus, Otto Porter is a star.
The darkhorse: VCU. The Rams' most troublesome matchup might just be their second game of the first weekend—Michigan and its excellent point guard, Trey Burke. If they survive that game, it's not hard to imagine that havoc defense causing all sorts of problems for a potential Sweet 16 foe in Kansas and then whichever team comes out of the bottom half of the bracket.
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Best shooter: Nik Stauskas, Michigan
Best passer: Trey Burke, Michigan
Best low-post scorer: Romeo Osby, Oklahoma
Best shot-blocker: Jeff Withey, Kansas
Best leader: Otto Porter, Georgetown
Best defender: Briante Weber, VCU
Best NBA prospect: Ben McLemore, Kansas
Best rebounder: Trevor Mbakwe, Minnesota
Best coach: Bill Self, Kansas
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According to published reports, police in Connecticut have charged a 71-year-old woman with misdemeanor prostution as part of a sting operation targeting online sex ads.
The Patch of Glastonbury, Conn., reports that the woman had used an ad on Backpage.com to offer up her services under the "Escort" section of the website. Calling herself Lola, the woman then arranged to service a man at a hotel in the city. Backpage.com has been in the news in the Detroit area, most recently after a Sterling Heights man was charged with murdering four women he met through the web site.
After reaching an agreed upon price, officers from the East Central Narcotics Task Force arrested the woman, who was freed on a personal bond after being charged.
More on this as well as comments left from readers are here.
Here are some of the top comments left by readers:
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The diplomat Ali Ahmad Asseri,, who serves as Saudi Arabia's first secretary of their Los Angeles consulate, says he'll be executed "openly in broad daylight" if he's forced to go back to his homeland in a plea for the U.S. to grant him amnesty. Now, does Asseri — whose diplomatic passport won't be renewed by the Saudis, thus forcing him to leave the U.S. — fear for his life because he's gay, because he's friend with a Jewish woman, or because he's been posting on the Internet about "militant imams" and how he's threatening to release, according to NBC News, "what he describes as politically embarrassing information about members of the Saudi royal family living in luxury in the U.S"? Because I can't imagine they're too thrilled about that either.
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I have had everything including ovaries removed when i was 23. i am now 52. When does the menopause STOP?. i have been taking premarin off and on for 30 years. i`ve stopped for 3-4 years at a time hoping to ride it out and hope it stops. so far within a week of stopping the symptoms are all back again. will it ever end for me?
Thank you for your question. Your menopause occurred when you had your surgery. I think you're asking when will your hot flashes stop, and that is a much harder question to answer. I usually recommend stopping hormone therapy about age 55. Usually after 2 months, the hot flashes begin to slowly improve.
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When the cat's away
Q We've been through two managers in the past two years, and our team morale is beginning to fizzle out. The practice owner is always out on farm calls, and several associates arrive late and leave early. Some of the other team members are following their bad habits. How can we stay focused when there's no leadership?
Next, she says, your practice owner needs to take the reins—or ask someone on your team to step up and be an office manager. "The owner should empower this person to make decisions in the owner's absence," she says.
"We have an employee handbook, which includes rules of conduct that everyone is expected to follow," Weakley says. As you create rules of conduct, you'll also need to outline the varying degrees of punishments, from spoken to written warnings, time off without pay, and termination.
"If your practice isn't ready to make all of these changes, start with one or two to begin to give your practice some structure," Weakley says. "Sometimes it's hard to stand up to office politics. I've found as the manager, I can't have friends at work. You can't be both a supervisor and a friend at the same time."
If the owner isn't ready to delegate these duties, he or she may choose to send one of the associates out on calls, Weakley says. That way, the owner would be in the building to see what's happening.
Finally, she says, team members should strive to keep their focus on the practice's patients and clients and do their best job to serve them.


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I'm back in the US for just a week, and I'm liquidating my holdings of CE and related plastic (I played a lot of disc golf back during the CE era). Right now I have put up all my used CE plastic, and I'll be adding my mint condition discs soon! (One 2nd run FL, one 4th run teebird, two 5th run teebirds, one 5th run Valk)
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Experts are predicting that up to 15% of US shopping malls are forecast to close over the next five years as online shopping continues to surge. The United States has over 1300 regional malls (over 450,000 square feet) and that could mean that up to 195 of them will shut down. This news makes sense as I don't often go to the mall to shop. To get to the closest mall I have to waste an hour driving to the mall and back and usually products cost more than they do online. So, for me the convenience and wide variety of choices you have on the Internet are the way to go. Most big online companies also offer free return shipping if you don't like something. Times are a-changin!
"I think 200 are going out of business," said Gerry Mason, executive managing director at property group Savills. "We're 15-20 per cent overbuilt. There are just too many stores."
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LeBron James and Kevin Durant exchanged words. Dwyane Wade and Serge Ibaka did a little shoving. Five technical fouls were called.
This NBA finals rematch met expectations. And like that series, it ended with Miami on top.
James had 29 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, Wade scored 21, and the Heat survived a frantic finish to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-97 on Tuesday in Miami.
"Felt a little bit like a different month," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Regardless of what your script is coming into the game, when you play this team, it's not going to go according to script. They're too good."
Durant scored 33 points and Russell Westbrook added 21 for Oklahoma City, but both stars missed potential tying 3-point attempts in the final seconds.
The game featured a fast start by the reigning champion Heat, a one-handed dunk by James on an offensive rebound that will be added to his copious highlight reel, a scrum after a hard foul that led to double-technicals on Wade and Ibaka early in the fourth.
Then came an easy rally by the Thunder from an early double-digit deficit, and even workout partners Durant and James barking at each other in the final minutes.
Such was the intensity that James slumped over the scorer's table with 1:08 left.
"I'm tired as hell right now," James said — and that was more than an hour after the game ended.
James had gone 254 minutes, 7 seconds of on-court time without being called for a personal foul.
Lakers 100, Knicks 94: Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and engineered a second-half comeback and Los Angeles defeated visiting New York for its fifth consecutive victory.
"It's so early in the season to have turned a corner," said Bryant, who reached 30 points for the ninth game in a row. "We have everybody in the lineup, and we're starting to see how we want to play."
Clippers 112, Nuggets: Jamal Crawford scored 22 points and Matt Barnes added 20, both off the bench, as host Los Angeles defeated Denver.
Rockets 120, Bulls 97: James Harden scored 26 points and Jeremy Lin added 20 points and 11 assists to lead Houston to a victory in Chicago.
Celtics 93, Nets 76: Rajon Rondo scored 19 points and Boston used a 23-5 run in the second quarter to cruise past Brooklyn in New York.
Cavaliers: Cleveland claimed guard Shaun Livingston on waivers from Washington and waived guard Donald Sloan.


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Minneapolis and St. Paul are Minnesota's beautiful Twin Cities. Minneapolis, which is part of Hennepin County, is slightly larger, but St. Paul (JOBS), which is part of Ramsey County, is the state capital. The two cities go great together, so why separate them?
The region has four distinct seasons. In July, the average high is 83F (28C) and the average low is 63F (17C), while, in January, the average high is 21F (-6C) and the average low 4F (-15C). The Twin Cities feature dozens of lakes and hundreds of parks. Nature lovers flock to the parks in the spring, while summer heats up with outdoor concerts and weekend fairs – and endless opportunities to cycle, inline skate, canoe, windsurf, and fish. The fall brings festivals and farmers' markets offering the best of the autumn harvest. Winter brings downhill skiing, ice-fishing, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing to keep residents active until the cycle of the season begins again.
Not a huge fan of the outdoors? Not a huge problem. The Twin Cities metro area features abundant shopping facilities, including the Mall of America, the nation's largest entertainment and retail complex, which welcomes more than 43 million people annually. The Twin Cities have an ethnically diverse population, which means – among other things – a vast range of restaurants to choose from. After dining, take in a concert, go to the symphony, or head out to the theater – after all, Minneapolis/Saint Paul have been named the "Midwest's performance capital" with more than 30 theaters in operation. Some of these include the famous Guthrie or the historic Fitzgerald, State, Orpheum, and Pantages theatres. Don't want to separate your dining and theatrical outing? Head to the Chanhassen dinner theater in the suburbs. Like sports? Take in a Minnesota Wild NHL game, a Minnesota Twins baseball game, a Minnesota Timberwolves NBA game, or a Minnesota Vikings NFL game.
Within the last couple of years, the Twin Cities, individually or as a unit, have received numerous accolades, of which just a few have included being among the top locations in the country to raise a family and have a baby, as well as being among the most affordable places to live well and the fittest cities in the country.
St. Paul is a good place to settle because you can have access to the state's wide variety of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies. To name a few, you will find Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., Medisyn Technologies, Inc. , SurModics, Inc., MEDTOX Scientific, Inc., and Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.
For more information about opportunities in Minnesota, visit The BioMidwest™ Hotbed community which highlights the biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device industries in the area and keeps its audience abreast with the latest information about industry news and events throughout the region.
Check out job opportunities by visiting the BioSpace Career Center. Here you will find the life sciences most premier career events which showcase an array of local employers. At the Career Center homepage you can even check out video to see what the career fair experience is like and hear what job seekers and employers have to say.
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Lawrence Tong, MD, FACS, FRCSC is a double board certified Toronto plastic surgeon, with a significant interest in Toronto Cosmetic Surgery. He is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Tong grew up in Toronto, and attended medical school at the University of Toronto. He subsequently underwent Plastic Surgery specialty training at the world renowned University Of Michigan Medical Center, in Ann Arbor. After completing his training, he joined the largest and busiest cosmetic plastic surgery practice in Michigan, where he built a thriving practice, and loyal patient following.
After almost a decade of exclusive cosmetic plastic surgery practise in the United States, Dr. Tong made the decision to return to Canada, to be closer to family. He chose the Yorkville neighborhood of downtown Toronto to set up his new practice. Using the accumulated knowledge and experience from his time in America, Dr. Tong set out to establish a practice that offers premier quality plastic surgery services, along with comprehensive patient amenities, all in a world class plastic surgery facility. His vision underscores our mission at Yorkville Institute of Plastic Surgery: To provide our patients with an exceptionally superior Cosmetic Surgery experience, from beginning to end… and beyond.
The office is open Monday to Friday. Some Saturday appointments are available. Office hours are from 9 am to 5:00 pm.
Uniquely qualified
Dr. Tong is one of the few plastic surgeons in Canada with board certification in both the United States and Canada, with a significant practice background in the US. He practises exclusively cosmetic plastic surgery, and has tremendous experience in all facets of breast enhancement, body contouring, and facial aesthetic surgery. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. Whether it is a Toronto breast augmentation, Toronto tummy tuck, Toronto facelift, or Toronto Botox treatment, Dr. Tong personally performs every procedure with one goal in mind: achieving beautiful results, safely.
Investigator and Teacher
Dr. Tong is active in plastic surgery research and education. As a resident, he spent a full year researching the mechanisms of facial bone healing, and he has authored numerous scientific papers in peer reviewed plastic surgery journals. He has given multiple presentations on various topics, at local, regional, and national plastic surgery conferences. During his time in the United States, he was part of the Wayne State University/Providence Hospital Plastic Surgery training program, where he mentored, taught and lectured plastic surgery fellows in training. At the 2010 national meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dr. Tong was invited as a guest presenter for a panel of surgical complications, and was also selected as a co-moderator for a scientific session on Aesthetic Surgery Research. Dr. Tong continues to regularly attend education conferences and symposia, in order to keep up with latest advances, techniques, and trends in plastic surgery.
Dr. Tong has a practice exclusively devoted to aesthetic plastic surgery, making him well-informed on the most recent advances and state-of-the-art innovations in the field. Every consultation is conducted in a gracious, professional manner, personally with Dr. Tong. Every subsequent pre and post-operative visit is conducted with the same approach. Achieving each patient's unique goals, in a safe, expert, and ethical manner is of utmost importance to Dr. Tong, whether the concern is a wrinkle line around the eye, or a full body contouring procedure. He possesses expertise in all facets of cosmetic plastic surgery of the breast, face, body, as well as in non-invasive treatments. Consultation fees are charged, but applied to subsequent procedures.
The private surgical suite is a state-of-the-art facility, convenienty located on the third floor at 199 Avenue Road. The facility is accredited by the CAAASF (Canadian Association for Accreditation of Surgical Facilities) This private facility includes four operating rooms, and available accomodations for monitored overnight recovery stays. Anesthesia is provided by certified anesthesiologists, and our registered nurses comprise our nursing staff. Your comfort, convienience, and safety are top priorites to us.
- Medical School: University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
- Residency: University of Michigan Integrated Plastic Surgery Program
- American Board of Plastic Surgery 2003
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 2004
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WATSONVILLE - Two men and a woman were arrested Sunday after a stolen Honda Accord was found on blocks in front of a home on Manfre Road.
The car's owner spotted it on the 200 block of Manfre Road and notified authorities, said Watsonville police Sgt. Brian Ridgway. A California Highway Patrol officer and police found the car on the property about 11:30 a.m.
Its wheels were on a 1999 Honda Accord not far from it. That car was stolen from San Jose, Ridgway said.
Police found two men and a woman on the property and questioned them.
Filiberto Perez-Hernandez, 21, Joaquin Garcia Martinez, 19, and Yaritza Munoz Alfaro, 19, were arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft, conspiracy, possession of stolen property and possession of burglary tools. All live in Watsonville.
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PALO ALTO -- Tesla Motors reported Wednesday that it delivered 6,457 all-electric Model S sedans in the first quarter and remains on track to deliver more than 35,000 cars this year.
But the electric-car maker lost $49.8 million, or 40 cents a share in the quarter, on $620.5 million in sales. While the results beat Wall Street expectations, Tesla's stock tumbled more than 7 percent in after-hours trading over production delays of the upcoming Model X. A year ago in the same quarter, Tesla reported its first profit.
Research-and-development costs jumped to $81.5 million as the company adapts the Model S to foreign markets where steering wheels are on the right side, such as the United Kingdom and Japan, and prepares to launch the Model X, a crossover SUV. Tesla said production of the Model X will ramp up in spring 2015, backing away from previous announcements that volume deliveries to customers would begin then.
"The Model X is being pushed out. That's a little bit of a negative," said analyst Theo O'Neill of Litchfield Hills Research. O'Neill has set a $280 price target on Tesla's stock and maintains a "buy" rating.
"Momentum stocks have taken a hit lately, but overall this was a good quarter," he said, adding that Tesla CEO Elon Musk "has to be happy with the way things are going."
During a conference call with analysts, Musk said Tesla has signed a "letter of intent" with Panasonic to jointly build a giant "gigafactory" for batteries for electric cars. Musk also said that California is back in the running to host the gigafactory, joining four other states. But Musk added that the speed with which states can issue permits for the massive facility is key. "The main thing with California is time to completion," he said.
Tesla in its earnings reports emphasizes "adjusted" financial information, which excludes certain costs, such as stock options, and includes deferred revenue. Adjusted revenue was $713 million for the quarter, up 27 percent from a year ago.
Tesla remains bullish about the market in China, where deliveries of its Model S began this month. A company letter to shareholders said Shanghai officials have been supportive, allowing Tesla to construct a Supercharger station within a few weeks of site selection.
"Our entry into China has been greeted enthusiastically," Musk wrote in the letter. "We plan to expand in China as fast as possible because we believe the country could be one of our largest markets within a few years."
Tesla is now making nearly 700 cars a week at its Fremont factory, but plans to ramp up production to 1,000 cars a week by the end of the year.
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.


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Effect of Blood Pressure on rSO2 in Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA)
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
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Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is the recommended treatment for symptomatic high degree stenosis of the internal carotid artery (ICA). ICA obstruction is often associated with an impaired cerebral autoregulation, implicating that cerebral perfusion pressure becomes dependent on systemic blood pressure. Therefore, to maintain cerebral perfusion pressure in this type of patients intraoperative hypotension needs to be avoided. Different short-acting agents such as phenylephrine, (a drug with vasoconstrictive properties), or ephedrine (a drug with vasoconstrictive properties combined with an increase in heart rate) can be used to correct intra-operative hypotension. In healthy subjects these agents affect the cerebral perfusion differently despite an identical effect on the systemic blood pressure. Cerebral perfusion decreases after phenylephrine administration while it is preserved after the use of ephedrine. The optimal agent for correcting hypotension in CEA patients, and thus in a situation of an impaired cerebral autoregulation, is unknown.
Therefore, the investigators propose to perform a prospective study observing the effect of phenylephrine and ephedrine on cerebral perfusion to make a recommendation regarding the use of either phenylephrine or ephedrine during CEA.
|Intra-operative Hypotension Carotid Stenosis
|Drug: Administration of phenylephrine Drug: Administration of ephedrine
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Effect of Phenylephrine Versus Ephedrine on Cerebral Perfusion During Carotid Endarterectomy
- cerebral perfusion (rSO2) measured using Near Infrared Spectroscopy [ Time Frame: (day 1) Monitoring will take place only on the day of operation. No further follow-up. Timeframe is 1 day. ]A continuous measurement during surgery will be performed. However for further analysis only a short time frame will be used.
- Blood velocity (Vmca) measured using transcranial Doppler [ Time Frame: Within 18 months in consecutive patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy. Endpoints will only be assessed during actual surgery (approximately 90 minutes in total) no data will be assessed during follow-up. ]A continuous measurement during surgery will be performed. However for further analysis only a short time frame will be used.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Active Comparator: Ephedrine
Drug: Administration of ephedrine
Ephedrine: 5- 10 mg
|Active Comparator: Phenylephrine
Drug: Administration of phenylephrine
Phenylephrine: 50-100µg
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
- All patients undergoing CEA in the University Medical Centre Utrecht and having an appropriate temporal bone window for reliable perioperative TCD monitoring could be included.
- All patients must have given written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria:
- Not having a temporal bone window appropriate for TCD measurement
- Not willing to give informed consent.
- If the effect on BP of the given agents is insufficient (if relative hypotension persists five minutes after administration).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01451294
|Contact: Gert Jan de Borst, MD, PhD
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|University Medical Center Utrecht
|Not yet recruiting
|Utrecht, Netherlands, 3584 CX
|Contact: Gert Jan de Borst, MD, PhD +31 8875556965 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Study Director:
|Gert Jan de Borst, MD, PhD
|UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
|Principal Investigator:
|Claire Pennekamp, MD
|UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|G.J. de Borst, Vascular surgeon; Head of cerebrovascular surgical programme., UMC Utrecht
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01451294 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 22, 2011
|Last Updated:
|October 12, 2011
Keywords provided by G.J. de Borst, UMC Utrecht:
Cerebral autoregulation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carotid Stenosis
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Carotid Artery Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Cardiotonic Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Nasal Decongestants
Respiratory System Agents
Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists
Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Infante not fully healthy but able to take field
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Omar Infante on Monday played second base for the Royals in a Cactus League game for the first time in a week and a half, and everything went fine.
Infante did not get a strenuous test for his ailing right shoulder, making two routine throws to first base.
"I'm almost there; give it a couple more days," Infante said. "But I'm happy now because I can play."
Infante has yet to be teamed with shortstop Alcides Escobar, who had the day off. Jason Donald started at short instead.
"I thought Infante had a nice day," manager Ned Yost said. "I was pleased with his at-bats. He had some great at-bats; he looked great in the field."
Infante went 1-for-3 with a single to open a two-out, five-run rally by the Royals in the third inning of their 8-2 win over the Mariners.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I have often thought that it would be neat for those on this forum to actually unite somewhere, sometime. What about a Minnesota (central and home of Blake) non-pdga tourney for everyone on the forum?
It would be a blast to actually meet all of you (or some - obviously we are all across the country and beyond).
We could get group rates at a hotel for a night, play three or four different courses and hit the town afterward?
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Three Windows
Brett Yasko, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2008
This is the first in my "a book a year" series that doesn't feature the words of a local writer. It does feature a telephone conversation I had with the owner of a photography studio whose work remains trapped behind glass for all the world to see. 4.25 x 6; 28 pages
Juror Notes
A wonderful homage to "seeing art in the everyday," packaged in an intimate and restrained manner. A little piece of visual poetry.
This piece is a wonderful documentation of an event—deteriorating photographs in a solar—baked window. I am charmed to share something that this designer stumbled upon—it's something most would find ugly but this designer showed us the beauty.
Props to the designer for seeing the photos in the window. Bigger thanks for documenting the poetic transformations taking place. Fascinating.
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Mr. G wrote:Shutoku wrote:If you are interested in Zen, you could look into http://www.treeleaf.org
It is an online Soto sangha. They have a discussion board, and meditation sessions via webcam, and one on one's with the Roshi, a fellow called "Jundo".
This is the priest who doesn't believe in rebirth and thinks the Buddha was just some ordinary person right?
I am not a follower of Treeleaf (although I am a member of the message board, I don't really participate)
I was only providing the OP with an option that might help. I don't feel it is my place to pass judgment on them, the OP or anyone else choosing to look into it can decide that for themselves.


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I am pleased to announce the release of my next single The Man Master. The song takes you inside a world of gender bending and sexual domination. If you're a fan of early 80s new wave, synthpop and EBM I think you will love this one. Everything was recorded using real analog equipment. The main synth is an Analogue Solutions Telemark. The drums are Jomox Mbase, Mbrane and MFB-522. Everything was sequenced using a Doepfer Dark time. I was blown away by the Carretta & Workerpoor and Millimetric remixes. This is the second single from the upcoming album Fire Funmania. The music video was shot in Berlin and I give a great hug to the director, Kate, the little makeup girl and everyone else!
"Feed me poison. I vomit blood. I kiss your feet. Show me the boss!"


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Lions hope to build off 2nd comeback win in last 3
Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:44:00 GMT —
The Detroit Lions have a chance to get back to .500 this weekend with an offense that finally shook off its first-half scoring troubles.
After scoring just one opening-half touchdown in their first six games, the Lions got two in Sunday's 28-24 win over visiting Seattle. Even better, they had three scores after the Seahawks got touchdowns.
"The offense went in every time and responded with touchdowns," coach Jim Schwartz said Monday.
Now the Lions (3-4) can get to .500 for the first time since the second week of the season and the chances for a second straight win are promising Sunday when Detroit visits Jacksonville, which has lost four in a row.


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'"It's only my second year in the league, so it's kind of hard to say (what the problem has been), but this year is definitely different," Myers told NHL.com. "I don't have the element of surprise anymore. I thought our last game (a 6-1 victory over New Jersey) was good for us and it was a step in the right direction for me (one goal, plus-1 rating on 26 shifts). I'm just trying to stay as consistent as I can. I just want to make sure I continue to work hard."'
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Dolphins defense inspired by criticism [4:45 AM]
Florida Today reports: 'When that pass rush is coming like that, it's like stealing out there, Buckley said. Those guys always have been my best friends and anytime they do anything, I make sure I tell them thank you. And today, thank you, they was bringing it.'
Taylor is all-time Dolphin sack leader [4:44 AM]
Florida Today reports: 'One fan leaving Sunday's game late in the fourth quarter blurted out, Bledsoe shirts . . . at a discount.'
Pats want payback, rest [4:43 AM]
Boston Herald reports: '``We owe them one,'' safety Rodney Harrison [news] said. ``Everyone knows that. They came out and flat out kicked our butts. We're going to enjoy this for a day, but by Monday morning it's Buffalo 100 percent. We have to be ready.'''
Schilling buys Bledsoe's old house [4:42 AM]
Metro West Daily News reports: 'Bledsoe, who has struggled badly this season with the Bills, now lives on a sprawling farm in a Buffalo suburb. Depending on what happens with his contract (he has a $7 million option bonus coming due), Bledsoe may once again be a seller in the near future.'
The Bills Never Really In It In Loss To Miami [4:41 AM]
WGR-AM reports: 'Five fumbles, one interception, six sacks and a few very costly penalties told me the team was there physically, just not mentally. When I mentioned that to Moulds he said, "I agree, everybody was enthusiastic, but when we got out there, it seemed like guys were just going through the motions a little bit and I think being a professional, you can't do that."'
Rough Day for Bills [4:40 AM]
RNews.com reports: '"We've been very good about that all year long, protecting the football," head coach Gregg Williams explained. "That was something coming into the year we wanted to improve upon, and today the ball was out."'
Gregg Williams Quotes [7:25 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"This was a disappointing loss against a rival, another AFC opponent. We just didn't play very well with the turnovers. We were lucky to be in the game by halftime with what we had to do and the field position problems that we had. They made a good play on a double move after the first turnover with the ball in the corner of the end zone to (Chris) Chambers. We were lucky to only be down 13-0 at the half with the turnovers we had to play through."
Drew Bledsoe Quotes [7:24 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"Early in the game there were a couple of plays I probably should have hit and then the interception was an avoidable play. I thought that they were both carrying my inside receiver down the field, then Buckley came off and it was just a horrible play. I thought that Bobby Shaw was going to come underneath of him, but when he came off I just didn't see him and it was just a horrible play. Overall, I think that the way that the game went, what I was trying to do, was I was trying to go through my reads as quickly as I could to get the ball out against what was a good pass rush and because of that, I made some poor decisions."'
Eric Moulds Quotes [7:23 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"We were so enthusiastic in the locker room before the game so I thought we'd go out and play well. We came out flat and we didn't do enough to make plays to win the game. Today they beat us and they had a great game plan. We didn't execute our game plan well enough to win."'
Lawyer Milloy Quotes [7:22 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"I hate to lose. I'm a sore loser. I don't care how you win the game, you just have to get it done, and we haven't been able to do that all year."'
Sam Gash Quotes [7:21 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'What has happened to Drew?
"I don't know. That's a question that you would have to ask Drew specifically. I don't know how comfortable he is. Just looking at him he just doesn't look like the same guy. We go as a team, we win as a team, we lose as a team. Drew is a warrior, he's a trooper, he stands in there and does everything he needs to do for us to win. It's just not going well."'
Dave Wannstedt Quotes [7:20 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"As I told the players in there, with all the distractions from the media and everything else this week it's a remarkable job that this football team was able to keep its focus and come up here in December and win in the cold. Everything else that was written about gave the guys an opportunity to doubt themselves and that didn't happen, we've got a great group of guys. The situation that we're in we can't do anything more about it at this time and we'll see what happens from here. I thought today our defense played as well as we've played all year. We rushed the passer and played the run pretty well. Offensively when we had to run the ball we did against a very, very good defense, one of the best in the NFL. Overall it was a great win for our team, great win for the guys and everybody can share in it. Terrell Buckley comes up big. That interception, he came close last week and it was great to see him get one this week and make a difference in the game."'
Jay Fiedler Quotes [7:19 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"I don't know if I've ever won a game with those numbers. I don't look at the stats like that, but we did what we had to do."'
Ricky Williams Quotes [7:18 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"Nobody likes to lose regardless of the situation, especially against Buffalo when there is a rivalry between us. We were up for (the game) and I think we would have kicked ourselves if we let this one get away and Denver lost."'
Sammy Knight Quotes [7:17 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"Right now we are just trying to make the playoffs. We are fighting, our back is against the wall. We came out and did what we needed to do and hopefully Indianapolis will take care of Denver today and we will keep rolling."'
Terrell Buckley Quotes [7:16 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"It was all film study. We saw that play during the week of practice and it just so happened that we were in the right man-to-man call. That allowed me to use what I saw during the week as a benchmark. I can't say enough about the pass rush and the guys up front. The route was one of those rhythm type passes and I just beat him to the spot."'
Williams' future in Buffalo uncertain [5:32 PM]
CBS Sportsline reports: '"We don't know what to believe anymore because you hear soooo much stuff about it," one Bills veteran player said this week. "Gregg is good. He treats us like men and you can see we're still busting our asses for him but you just hear so much about how he's gone. If our offense didn't struggle like it has we may not even be talking about this."'
Miami 20, Buffalo 3 [5:10 PM]
MiamiDolphins.com reports: 'The Bills (6-9) bumbled their way through the game, an apparent letdown after they were eliminated from playoff contention with last week's 28-26 loss at Tennessee.'
Miami 20, Buffalo 3 [5:09 PM]
AP reports: 'Buffalo quarterback Drew Bledsoe's season-long struggles continued. He finished 12-of-24 for 114 yards passing, the eighth time this season he's failed to break 200. That's a significant drop from last year, when Bledsoe set 10 franchise passing records in his first season with the Bills.'
Bills' Williams out with knee injury [5:08 PM]
AP reports: 'Bills tackle Mike Williams missed Sunday's game against Miami because of an injured right knee.'
Miami 20, Buffalo 3 [5:08 PM]
Sportsticker reports: 'Nickel back Terrell Buckley returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown and the Dolphins forced four turnovers and recorded six sacks in a 20-3 victory over the Buffalo Bills.'
Bills would love to give misery some company [9:10 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Call it the Misery Loves Company Bowl.'
Bills can bring Dolphins down with them [9:09 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'But there will be no AFC East title. There will be no postseason for the fourth consecutive year. For that, Bills fans, you can blame the Dolphins.'
McGahee should stay glued to the bench [9:08 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'So why expose McGahee to a desperate Miami defense, with Zach Thomas, Sammy Knight, Junior Seau and their pals playing with sparks coming out the ear holes of their helmets? Why think about playing McGahee in the final game next week in New England with Richard Seymour, Mike Vrabel, Tedy Bruschi and the rest of the Patriots' defense seeking reparations for that 31-0 pasting the Bills laid on them on the opening day at the Ralph?'
Will aloha mean goodbye? [9:07 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Buffalo has had its chances since '95, but the Bills never neared another title game. Smith caught the flu before they lost to Pittsburgh in Brown's first year. Kelly's career ended with a playoff knockout against Jacksonville in '96. Buffalo suffered through Billy Joe Hobert and Todd Collins before Levy retired. Along came the Rob Johnson-Doug Flutie debate. Miami beat the Bills in '98. Home Run Throwback was in '99. Since, it's been four years of frustration.'
Telephone calls for Van will sadly come to an end [9:06 AM]
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Dolphis activate TE Josh Whitman off practice squad [8:37 AM]
AP reports: 'To make room for Whitman, the Dolphins waived wide receiver Kendall Newson, who caught two passes for 55 yards in a reserve role this season.'
Seeking direction [8:36 AM]
Miami Herald reports: 'If the Dolphins make an improbable playoff run that ends in a Super Bowl sprint, he will be allowed to continue coaching the Dolphins as he has done since 2000, according to a source close to Huizenga. But if the next few weeks don't deliver that storybook ending, Wannstedt could be dismissed or asked to move aside, the same source said, adding that decision is ``definitely not yet made.'''
Explanations needed for this 8-6 record [8:35 AM]
Miami Herald reports: 'We keep talking about all this talent Miami has, so there has to be a reason that talent keeps falling short at important times in important games, right?'
Spielman backs offseason moves [8:34 AM]
Miami Herald reports: 'Wannstedt makes all personnel decisions but relies on Spielman and others for advice. Insisting he has no regrets about last offseason, Spielman defended his and Wannstedt's personnel record and addressed criticism of several moves.'
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12 Days of Cookies – Lumberjack cookies
I can't believe it but December is already upon us. It's time for holiday cookie baking. I've decided to join in the 12 Days of Cookies blogging event. It's not a formal event, Nina just invited anyone who wanted to join in. She is doing a cookie a day. I can't keep up with that pace (and I'm getting a late start), but I do plan on baking 12 different kinds of cookies before the end of December. The 12 cookie recipes I've picked feature some family favorites as well as some new ones. Most food websites have their own lists of holiday cookies right now. Definitely check them out for inspiration.
For the first cookie, I decided to make hubby's favorite holiday cookie. Lumberjacks. I have no idea why they're called lumberjacks but he loves them. I don't doubt that he'd eat the entire batch if I had let him. He wanted to help out today so he offered to take the pictures. Not bad for his first food photo shoot. Nice work Hubby!
Lumberjack Cookies – from my Mother in Law – makes 4-5 dozen
1 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup dark molasses
2 eggs
4 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger – I couldn't find our ginger, so I used nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350. Cream sugar & shortening.
Add molasses and unbeaten eggs. Mix well.
Sift together the dry ingredients and stir into the wet.
Put 1/4 c. sugar in a small bowl. Pinch off a ball of dough and roll
into shape/size of a walnut, roll in sugar.
Place on greased cookie sheet and bake 350 for 12-15 min. I used a cookie scoop and got 5 dozen cookies.
You can also put these onto the cookie sheet and freeze to be baked later.
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These look great! I'm so glad you joined me for 12 Days of Cookies. I'm having so much fun baking and trying out new recipes.
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I'm trying these cookies for the first time and froze 1/2 the batch for later. How do you bake after freezing? Do you defrost and then bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes? or go straight from the freezer to oven and just bake longer? Thanks for the recipe!
Katherine – I've never froze the cookies, but my mother in law does it all the time. She said she puts them on a cookie sheet and lets them defrost on the counter for about 15 minutes before baking them as usual.


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Carlisle apparently liked him in Dallas. No idea what happened with his departure there.
Green shot the ball poorly in his sporadic minutes there. Ultimately they just decided to go another way. He's a streaky shooter, so don't get too down on him when he's not making his shots, or too high on him when he is.
A Gerald Green fan who now finds himself rooting for the Suns.
Don't forget Dahntay Jones got cut from the NBA then went to the CBA and then worked his way back to the NBA also.
There's a lot of Pritch-slapping going on these past few hours....
I like this acquisition. Unfortunately, our other moves have made me otherwise apathetic.
Point taken, but here's my thing with Dahntay: He's a veteran who plays solid defense and is good in the locker room. You know what you are getting out of him. Green is a wildcard to me.
I'll refrain from saying how I truly feel about Gerald Green as a Pacer.
I was actually was planning on going to bed happy tonight before I checked PD. Now I think I should take a Ace Ventura shower and chew a wad of gum to get this taste out of my mouth.
I buy that he matured, albeit he was much older than 18 when he did it. I just don't buy that he is a significantly better basketball player.
I remember in the 2005 draft when it came to the 17th pick and the Pacers were lucky enough to have BOTH Granger and Green to choose from.....now....7 years later...we have both.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
People can dislike him for personal reasons, but read this article before you do, and look at how he has acted since being back in the league. He doesn't force the issue as much, he is more open to coaching and doing whatever it takes to stick.
I don't hate the guy at all. I'm rooting like hell for him to succeed. I am just not sold on him yet. That's it. It is nothing personal.
I know there is a lot of hate on Gerald Green right now, but I love this signing. I think he fits better than either Mayo or Lee.
who's hating on Green? I feel like A LOT more people are hating on Mahinmi...
I think that guy just reiterates news reported elsewhere, FYI.
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
I guess I missed this. If we got Green and Augustin, I won't hate the Collison trade as much.
That trade was the first thing I saw and it made no sense to me.
We definitely need another point guard behind Hill though.
Well imbtyler must be happy...
But seriously great signing. 3.3 million a year is way better than OJ Mayo/Lee who I doubt will be that much better. I'll miss Dahntay Jones, but Green looks like a guy who can help prevent our bench from going on those annoying dry spells...
Btw how did he shoot 48% last season?? That's crazy good.
I've always liked his game and I'm pleased with the signing. Knowing he was absent from the league for 3 years, it could be a new beginning for him after he turned heads in regular season games with the Nets last season.
He's still only 26 and I've always felt he'd make his way back in the league as a serviceable wingman one way or another.
For what we're bringing him in for, this is a nice signing. 3 years/$10M.


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As much as I *claim* having to subvert my crow-like impulse to snatch up anything that sparkles in the sunlight (not including Edward Cullen, sorry to say)—I am actually quite a minimalist when it comes to jewelry. It's rare that I wear earrings AND a necklace, and rarer still that I even bother to change out my customary pair of ruby studs. But my minimalism isn't symptomatic of being unimaginative—it's exactly the opposite. I imagine that a pair of earrings, a necklace, or a ring—like any object of true beauty—should be the perfect juxtaposition of polish and rawness; darkness and light; perfection and imperfection. When I find a piece that speaks, I wear it indefinitely (doggedly?) to the point of it feeling like an extension of my body. But usually, my standards get in the way and halt the procurement process before it really starts.
I had been looking for versatile, work-friendly stud earrings for months. And was getting worried that my inner precisionist would never quit rearing her picky head until I discovered Herkimer 'diamonds'—and subsequently, Anna Vasquez's/Nested Yellow designs. Trained as an architect but reared as a naturalist, Vasquez's designs are simultaneously organic and sublime, rustic and refined—and her elevation of the Herkimer from a garden-variety quartz to a gemstone befitting its etymological associations is pretty phenomenal (maybe it's that only an architect could tame the inherent, wild structural angles of the stone?!) I first spotted her hand-forged, gold-filled studs on Etsy—and since they arrived on my doorstep, they have not left my ears. They don't sparkle quite like carbon-based, fancy-cut, real diamonds—but then again, real diamonds are a little too perfect for me anyway…
Just the same, there is truly something to be said for these 'diamonds' in the rough from central New York state—and judging from the thousands of Etsy artisans incorporating them into boho-chic designs, this subtle stone is here to stay. Pick up a pair of studs, a graduated chunk necklace, or even a rock-candy ring to pair with everything from an edgy leather jacket to a feminine floral dress to even a distressed chambray oxford and pressed trousers—and if you're anything like me, Herkimers will become your best friend too!
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When financial planner J. Landon Loveall was a teenager growing up, he says, "I guarded my Lego creations with life and limb from the destructive nature of my little sister." Loveall is founder and president of Cumberland Wealth Planners in greater Nashville, Tenn.Creating wealth is not unlike building something solid with Legos, as discussed in the article "Steps to building wealth." In the same way, you must protect your wealth from destructive forces, such as taxes and inflation, which can erode wealth. Add to these another wealth destroyer: overspending.Tax strategiesTax planning can help you save hard-earned dollars. But to be effective, tax planning must be proactive.
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When financial planner J. Landon Loveall was a teenager growing up, he says, "I guarded my Lego creations with life and limb from the destructive nature of my little sister." Loveall is founder and president of Cumberland Wealth Planners in greater Nashville, Tenn.
Creating wealth is not unlike building something solid with Legos, as discussed in the article "Steps to building wealth." In the same way, you must protect your wealth from destructive forces, such as taxes and inflation, which can erode wealth. Add to these another wealth destroyer: overspending.
Tax planning can help you save hard-earned dollars. But to be effective, tax planning must be proactive.
While there are ways to minimize taxes, you can't avoid them completely. "On every gross dollar you earn, pay your taxes first," says Rick Kahler, president of the Kahler Financial Group in Rapid City, S.D. "Estimate your total tax liability and be sure your employer withholds enough to cover it. If you are self-employed, set up a savings account, deposit a percentage of every check, and use that money to pay your quarterly estimated taxes. Never raid these funds."
Planners generally recommend that high-income earners place assets that produce ordinary income (interest and short-term capital gains) into tax-deferred accounts. Assets that produce long-term capital gains and dividends can go into taxable accounts.
Be careful about placing real estate into such tax-deferred accounts as a self-directed IRA. You will lose the long-term capital gains advantage and instead turn the gains into ordinary income tax.
Congress increased income tax and capital gains tax rates for the 2013 tax year for those pushed into higher income brackets. Kahler says investors who sell appreciated assets will need to pay close attention to tax consequences.
"The 3.8 percent Obamacare surtax and the 20 percent capital gains tax bracket will catch many 'small' investors by surprise," he says. Many investors with large gains may benefit by splitting sales of appreciated assets, selling a portion one year and another portion in the following year, for example. "Splitting sales into several years could mean a savings of up to 8.8 percent. That's huge," he says.
Building wealth is like building a solid structure with Legos -- you must protect it from destructive forces.
There are three wealth destroyers that you should fight with all your might: taxes, inflation and overspending.
Effective tax planning can minimize the amount of taxes you pay on your wealth. This includes estimating your tax liability and making sure your employer withholds enough money from your paycheck to cover it. For the self-employed, depositing a percentage of your pay into a separate savings account and using those funds to pay your quarterly estimated taxes should do the trick.
Combat inflation by maintaining exposure to asset classes that can outpace inflation.
Overspending is the most harmful wealth destroyer, but the one you have the most control over. Avoid lifestyle creep; just because your income grows doesn't mean your spending has to.
Inflation is another insidious wealth destroyer. While small increases in the cost of goods and services may seem benign, over time, inflation deals a deadly blow to wealth. For example, assuming a 3 percent annual inflation rate for 25 years, the value of a dollar shrinks to less than half, to about 48 cents. A nest egg of $1 million shrinks to $478,000 in 25 years. That's huge.
Planners say it's important to maintain exposure to asset classes that can outpace inflation in the long term when interest rates rise -- including equities. Consider also Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, commodities, international bonds and real estate investment trusts, or REITs, which can help you squeeze more yield out of the current interest-rate wilderness, says Kahler.
One should also consider alternative investment strategies such as merger arbitrage, long-short funds and managed futures as inflation busters, he says. You should also keep the duration of your high-quality bonds under five years, he advises.
Of the three wealth destroyers -- taxes, inflation and overspending -- the last one can have the most destructive effect on your wealth if not kept in check. It's the force over which you have the most control.
"A bigger threat to wealth-building is lifestyle creep," says Loveall. "Most people allow their lifestyle to grow as fast as their income. Doing this destroys their ability to take advantage of their income to building wealth."
Notably, the people who built wealth and rose to become millionaires in "The Millionaire Next Door" by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D., didn't wear designer clothes, drive luxury cars or live in extravagant houses. They more typically wore jeans bought on sale, drove low-cost cars, lived in middle-class neighborhoods and shopped at Wal-Mart or Target.
And just as they take advantage of sales at these discounters, the wealthy invest consistently through all market cycles. Warren Buffett, perhaps the most famous investor of all time, became a particularly vocal advocate of investing in stocks during the 2008 financial crisis, when the stock market fell precipitously, offering true bargain prices in stocks.
Though many investors tend to get nervous and sell their stock positions when the market is freefalling, taking that step can be a very expensive mistake. Maintaining an investment plan over the decades is one of the most important steps to building wealth and thwarting its destruction.
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EL PASO, Texas – There will be no redemptive senior season for USC receiver Robert Woods.
Woods announced after Monday's Sun Bowl that he will make himself eligible for this year's NFL Draft. Woods said his draft evaluation projected him as a second-round pick in April.
"It was pretty hard," Woods said of his choice. "I had to weigh the options but I felt like this was the best decision for me."
USC cornerback Nickell Robey, who is also considering an early jump to the NFL, said he would make his decision by Thursday. Robey is not projected to go in the first three rounds.
Woods, who thanked Coach Lane Kiffin and Athletic Director Pat Haden as part of his statement, leaves USC after a complicated three-year career. After a solid freshman season in 2010, Woods had a brilliant 2011. An All-America selection, Woods set a Pac-12 Conference record with 111 catches for 1,292 yards and 16 touchdowns.
As a junior, though, Woods fell into the shadow of teammate Marqise Lee, who won the Biletnikoff Trophy as the top college receiver. With three catches for 33 yards in the Sun Bowl against Georgia Tech, Woods finished his season with 76 catches for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Woods never complained about his drop in production, even as quarterback Matt Barkley went on a national radio show and opined that USC's play-calling this season might have over-emphasized Lee to the detriment of the Trojans' overall offense.
Lee, by necessity, will now become a huge part of USC's offense in 2013. USC will also return Nelson Agholor, George Farmer, De'Von Flournoy and Victor Blackwell, and also have commitments from high school receivers Sebastian LaRue and Steven Mitchell.
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All in all, Friday was a pretty good day for the UCLA baseball program.
The Bruins reached the College World Series finals for the second time in four seasons after eliminating top seed North Carolina in Omaha, Neb. One of the stars of the 2010 team, right-hander Gerrit Cole, shut down his hometown team, the Los Angeles Angels, in Anaheim.
Cole admitted he had a few butterflies when he took the mound at Angel Stadium, where he watched Angels games while growing up in Orange County.
"I might have a couple of Rally Monkeys at home," he told reporters.
Cole pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning in earning third consecutive victory, a 5-2 Pittsburgh triumph. He repeatedly hit 100 mph on the stadium radar gun. He struck out five and retired 11 straight before Albert Pujols' leadoff homer in the seventh, leaving later in the inning to a warm ovation from his hometown fans.
"It was a lot of fun to see everybody and be back in California," Cole said. "I wasn't expecting to be back here for another few months, so it was great."
Cole (3-0) is the first Pittsburgh pitcher to win his first three career starts since Myrl Brown in 1922. He even outpitched Angels ace Jered Weaver (1-4), who yielded nine hits and four runs over six rocky innings.
After beating Cy Young winners Tim Lincecum and Zack Greinke in his first two starts, it's clear Cole can hold his own against the majors' best — and still keep a sense of humor about his rising star.
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NOVI -- Jason Hanson is still weighing his options on whether he'll return for his 22nd season as the Detroit Lions' kicker.
"I honestly don't know. My wife and I we're praying about it, we've been thinking about it. We've been weighing both sides,'' Hanson said on Saturday at the 97.1 The Ticket Sportsfest.
Hanson is a 42-year-old unrestricted free agent and the Lions have made it clear they would like him to return. He's been
and has been at the practice facility.
"I told them I really want to take my time and make sure that I'm not making a mistake by coming back and not going to regret that I left if I do,'' Hanson said. "So I'm just taking my time.''
He doesn't have a timetable, but said he expects to make a decision in the next few weeks.
"I have told them that it's not indifference, I hope they don't interpret it as waiting,'' Hanson said. "If I'm playing I'm all in, I hope they know that. It's not as if I'm hedging my bets. I really want to make sure I'm making the right decision by playing again as opposed to coming in and trying to wish I hadn't and feel like I don't want to do it again.''
Hanson made $2.55 million in 2012, but would likely have to take a cut if he returns. He acknowledged at the end of the season he would be good with less pay.
"I think there are plusses and minuses (to returning). The reason to stop is to not, I don't want to be someone who fades away. As a kicker it's pretty obvious if you do that or not,'' Hanson said on Saturday.
He knows if he comes back there are no guarantees he will make the team. Although last season he showed no signs of faltering.
In 2012 Hanson connected on 32 of 36 field goal attempts for 88.9 percent which is higher than his career percentage of 82.4.
A 44-yard field goal in the season's final game was his 188th at 40-plus yards which set an NFL record for most 40-plus field goals in NFL history. He also holds the record for most 50-plus yard field goals at 52.
His 134 points in 202 set a new franchise record, breaking his own record of 132 points scored in 1995.
"It's just mostly for me mentally I want to feel like I actually feel like I can be better and I'm willing to do that,'' the kicker said. "I feel if I think ahead the effort that's needed to try to be the best if my stomach is like uh-uh it might be time to stop.''
Hanson signed autographs on Saturday for 90 minutes and said afterward he felt like he had carpal tunnel syndrome.
He even signed a pair of Lions toasters -- silver toasters with a Lions logo on it.
After all these years, that was a first even for Hanson.
"I think I saw one years ago that would actually burn a Lion on the toast,'' Hanson said.
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The Arcata City Council unanimously decided at their Wednesday meeting to stop seeking members for and holding meetings of the city's Committee on Democracy and Corporations.
The committee was originally created to pursue issues like limiting plastic water bottles and plastic bags in the city, and promoting a monthly film series to discuss corporate issues. The plastic bag and bottle issue has been taken up by the city's environmental services department.
The committee has not held a meeting since March 2012, and currently has two members. The last time it had a full membership was July 2009. Half the regularly scheduled meetings since 2010 have been canceled due to lack of quorum.
The council decided it would be best to put the committee into hibernation, or create a yearly event or meeting -- perhaps tying in outside entities like Humboldt State University -- to discuss democracy and corporate issues.
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By underscoring Lot's hesitation, the Torah may be reminding us of the imperative of intentional actions, of being fully awake to our real place in the world.
Vayera, this week' portion, includes interwoven and powerful narratives that influence events for generations to come.
This portion is filled with high drama: Divine visitors promise Abraham and Sarah a future of hope and then warn Lot that his city and all the inhabitants will be obliterated. Because Abraham will "teach his children and those who come after him to … do right and good," God speaks with him about the future. God's presence is manifest throughout this portion: God's well refreshes and rescues Hagar and Ishmael, on Mount Moriah, God provides a ram in place of Isaac, and the promise of the patriarchal line continues with the announcement of Rebecca's birth.
As we chant the Torah week after week, the form of our chanting guides and deepens our understanding of the Torah's messages. This portion is distinguished by introducing a rare cantillation sign, the shelshelet. This "triple pazer" appears only four times in the Torah.
The shelshelet appears after two divine emissaries, having experienced the subhuman behavior of the people of Sodom, urge Lot to flee the city. Lot hesitates. Is he traumatized by the events of the last 24 hours, and his inability to respond to the terror at his door? Or does the arresting, unfamiliar chant echo Lot's reticence about leaving all that is familiar?
The shelshelet appears three other times. In Parshah Chayai Sarah, when Abraham's servant arrives at the well where he hopes to meet an appropriate bride for Isaac, his prayer to God for success begins with a shelshelet of petition. In Parshah VaYeshev, the young slave Joseph is approached by Potiphar's wife and he refuses her advances with an adamant shelshelet.
In Parshah Tzav, Moses slaughters a ram with a shelshelet that reflects the precision of the ritual. Each of these instances wakes up the listener to the action described.
The shelshelet in this week's portion is unique, as it is about hesitation, not clarity. This portion could be read as a series of tests: of the faith of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar; a test of God's compassion; and a test of Lot's character. Lot fails this test.
Nehama Leibowitz teaches that Lot's mediocrity is reflected in his inability to see the debasement of the context in which he lives. The blindness that ultimately afflicts the Sodomites and their symbolic heirs is first manifest in Lot himself, as he offers his daughters to the rapists who clamor at his door.
The angelic emissaries intervene and save Lot's daughters, and attempt to save Lot and his wife. Lot vacillates; the shelshelet dramatizes his ambivalence. "The men, in God's pity for him, seized his hand, his wife's and those of his two daughters, and took them out, setting them down outside the city."
How often do we hesitate — frozen in our inability to choose? Lot hesitates but survives. His wife does not. Did she hear the angels warn: "Do not look behind you?" Or does she hear other voices, unrecorded in the Torah, that call her to look back?
By underscoring Lot's hesitation, the Torah may be reminding us of the imperative of intentional actions, of being fully awake to our real place in the world. May the sounds of Torah guide us, as Abraham's heirs, "to do what is right and just."
Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, Ph.D., serves as rabbi for the East District of the Union for Reform Judaism. Email her at: [email protected]


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Founded by Paul Budnitz in 2002, Kidrobot specializes in artist created toys and imports from Japan, Hong Kong, and Europe. In addition to toys and dolls, Kidrobot also produces limited edition apparel. Designed by world-renowned artists with backgrounds in graffiti art, industrial design, graphic design, and music, their products mix urban street trends with creative design and fine art to produce limited edition, collectible pieces of art. Most items produced by Kidrobot come in limited numbers and can become collector's items. Kidrobot is a premier creator and retailor of limited edition toys, apparel, and media and lifestyle products.
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