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Charlize Theron is laughing about a memorable day she had on the set of her new comedy western A Million Ways To Die In The West.
It involved a particular scene with her co-star Liam Neeson, who plays her bullying outlaw husband Clinch Leatherwood. Theron was required to whack a trouser-less Neeson over the head and cheekily place a flower where the sun doesn't shine.
"I said what any healthy woman would say," recalls Theron, giggling. "'I get to see Liam Neeson's butt!' That's what happened. I can think of so many worse jobs!"
Born in South Africa, Theron has been steadily working for the last two decades, famously arriving in the States aged 19 with just 400 dollars to her name and a boat-load of ambition to make it in Hollywood.
Yet, despite the plaudits for her performances in heavy-hitting dramas, particularly as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster, for which she won a Best Actress Oscar, Theron's isn't the first name that springs to mind when it comes to comedy.
Fully aware of this fact, she says she "begged" Ted creator Seth MacFarlane, who helms and also stars in A Million Ways To Die In The West, to give her the role of mysterious gunslinger Anne.
"I've been interested in comedy for a while, but it's been tricky because audiences know me so well doing something very different," admits the 38-year-old.
"In fact, what also interests me is odd comedy. Those are very rare. The combination of this script and Seth directing was a slam dunk for me. I started begging instantly. I closed the script and started begging."
Odd is a very good description of this film.
MacFarlane plays Albert, a sensitive sheep farmer who feels out of sorts with the hard times he lives in. When his girlfriend Louise, played by Amanda Seyfried, dumps him for the smug Foy (Neil Patrick Harris), he becomes friends with Anna - who advises him on how to win fickle Louise back, not realising Anna's connection with her husband Clinch. There's also a song about moustaches, urinating farm animals and plenty of toilet-humour gags.
While the jokes may not be everyone's cup of tea, it's clear that stepping away from serious drama was rather freeing for Theron.
"I loved watching this movie, because it felt like I was actually seeing myself," explains the actress, who has a two-year-old adopted son, Jackson, and revealed earlier this year that she's dating Sean Penn .
Going into the unknown could be daunting prospect for some, but Theron was quite clear in how she should approach the comedy script.
"The worst thing you could do is show up and think you're going to be funny, because the universe doesn't work that way," says the star, who studied ballet in Johannesburg as a youngster. "If the writing is good and you have good director like Seth, who is at the top of his game, the comedy will naturally come from that. You won't have to force it."
Likewise for Theron, who shaved her head for the upcoming Mad Max film and piled on the pounds for 2003's Monster, the chance to play a version of herself, instead of someone completely alien, was a nice change.
"I think there's an idea that actors have, where unless you're completely transforming and disappearing into a character, you're not really doing your job," says the former model, whose blonde locks have grown back to a short bob and are today coiffed into playful curls.
"There was something refreshing after 20 years of doing this; watching a movie, seeing and hearing myself and feeling like that was enough to tell that narrative - that there's nothing wrong with that."
Looking back on those 20 years in the business, Theron can see how much her 2004 Oscar win has helped to shape her career.
"I can't be jaded about it, winning an Oscar is definitely a highlight," she says. "Just because it's from your peers, and it's something that's really the cause of a lot of opportunity coming your way afterwards. That was definitely something I didn't expect in my career."
Theron, who was the first South African to win an Oscar - which she now keeps on a shelf in her library at home - is appreciative of how things have turned out for her.
Her early years weren't always easy as her father was an alcoholic. Aged 15, she witnessed her mother shoot him dead after he tried to attack her in a drunken rage.
"I'm completely aware of how blessed my career and my life has been," she says today. "I think my 22-year-old self would probably just be jumping up and down going, 'Woohoo, we're still doing it! We're not a waitress! We kept going!', so I'm very grateful for that. You have to be in this business."
Although she has recently criticised the media intrusion on her personal life that comes with fame, Theron seems keen to count her blessings today.
"This business is not something that a lot of people get to experience," she reasons. "So if you're fortunate enough to be in that position, you better be grateful about it."
:: The Devil's Advocate (1997) - A fresh-faced Theron found herself playing Keanu Reeves' wife in this intense thriller about a lawyer who gets more than he bargained for.
:: Monster (2003) - She won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for her portrayal of real-life prostitute and serial killer Aileen Wuornos.
:: The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers (2004) - In this biopic about the British actor, Theron plays Swedish actress Britt Ekland, who was Sellers' second wife.
:: North Country (2005) - This drama about a woman miner who successfully files a sexual harassment case won Theron nominations at the 2006 Oscars, Golden Globes and Baftas.
:: Arrested Development (2005) - As batty Brit Rita Leeds, Theron showed that she can turn her hand to more comic roles.
:: A Million Ways To Die In The West is in cinemas now

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Montana, Unitas, Simpson, Payton, Rice. You can make a case for all of them.
But if he stays around along enough, it will be Manning.
Montana, Unitas, Simpson, Payton, Rice. You can make a case for all of them.
But if he stays around along enough, it will be Manning.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
"I talked to an advance scout that told me if Joey Votto and Albert Pujols were on the same team he'd advise his team to do the unthinkable...pitch around Votto to get to Pujols." - Buster Olney, ESPN
Namath was the Sandy Koufax of football. Brilliant for short time, plagued by injuries.
Favre would be a better addition, IMO and Marino had he ever won a super bowl.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
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Variatio delectat - Cicero
What Namath did not have was particularly impressive passing stats, even for his era. In his Super Bowl season of 1968 he completed less than half of his passing attempts, and his career percentage was only 50.1%, which isn't outstanding even for his era. His average yards per passing attempt of 7.4 in his career is mediocre. He threw 173 TDs but also tossed 220 interceptions in his career, and only twice (1965, 1969) in his career did he throw more TD passes in a season than he did picks. There are a host of QBs in the 1960s and 1970s who had better stats than Joe Willie and who are not in the HOF.
An interesting comparsion can be made between Namath, who was Alabama's QB in 1962-64, and Ken Stabler, who was Alabama's QB in 1965-67.
One threw right and one threw left, both partied hard, and both were suspended by Bear Bryant. Both played on national championship teams at 'Bama.
Namath played in the NFL from 1965 through 1977 and Stabler played in the NFL from 1970 through 1984. During the latter years of Stabler's career he played when the rules were altered to help the passing game, but by then Stabler was a shell of who he had been in his prime seasons of 1973-77.
Passing percentage favors Stabler, 59.8 to 50.1.
Passer rating favors Stabler 75.3 to 65.5. Stabler had a rating of 94.9 in 1974 and 103.4 in 1976, while Namath never had a season rating as high as 80.
Stabler threw for 27,938 yards, Namath for 27,663.
Both QBs had an average of 7.4 yards per attempt.
Both threw interceptions. As noted above Namath had 173 TD passes and 220 interceptions. Stabler had 194 TD passes and 222 interceptions.
Namath made five Pro Bowls, while Stabler made four.
Each QB was voted league MVP by somebody (AP and/or the Bert Bell award) in two different seasons-Namath in 1968 and 1969, Stabler in 1974 and 1976.
Namath had a career playoff record of 2-1 and Stabler had a career playoff record of 7-5.
Each QB won a Super Bowl, Namath going 17 for 28 with 206 yards and no TDs in the Jets 16-7 win in Super Bowl III and Stabler going 12 for 19 for 180 yards and a TD in the Raiders 32-14 win in Super Bowl IX.
Namath is in the HOF. Stabler is not.
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"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
The last episode of Mad Men had a subject on suitcases. The idea by the Ad Agency was to get Joe Namath in a commercial showing the toughness of the suitcase, comparing it to his Offensive Line. Don Draper said, "He hasn't won anything, yet", where the ad gal said, "But, he's already so popular".
The further it gets from those who were born after 1955, the harder it will be for the masses to recognize just how great Joe Willie Namath was. When it comes to Football, especially Quarterbacks, throw all statistics out the window. Winning football has nothing to do with statistics. It's about attitude. Joe Namath had that attitude, as did Kenny Stabler, Terry Bradshaw, Sonny Jurgensen, and dozens of others.
Can't think of a bigger "star" in my lifetime than Prime Time himself, Deion Sanders.
Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith changed beer commercials forever.
And they were in Blue Thunder.
nuff said.
"There was like a softness to it, a glow to it. I felt... I felt warm."
-- Joseph Daniel Votto 7/10/2017
An impossible task, unless it's broken down by decade, and even then it would be a very hard task because players - before every household had a TV - didn't get the same type of exposure.
1920s - Red Grange, Jim Thorpe
1930s - Bronko Nagurski, Don Hutson
1940s - Sammy Baugh
1950s - Otto Graham
1960s - Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Jim Brown, Broadway Joe
1970s - Walter Payton, Lynn Swann, Terry Bradshaw, and .....
YouTube - Coca-Cola Classic ad: Mean Joe Green [Full Version] (1979)
1980s - Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, and Eric Dickerson
1990s - John Elway, Brett Favre, Deion Sanders
2000s - Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Ray Lewis
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
In my lieftime nobody in the NFL was as big a star as OJ Simpson was. Montana, Unitas, Namath were all big stars, but nobody dominated the national scene the way OJ did.
At least not until Peyton Manning. I'd say now that Manning is the answer.
"All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it." --BABE RUTH
Having better players makes "the right time" or "the big hit" happen a lot more often. PLUS PLUS
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I think at some point they get a Dontrel Willis type lefty on a minor league contract w/ a legit shot to be the 2nd left hander in the bullpen. If that guy makes the cut (or Chapman is relegated to the bullpen for whatever reason, Cingrani goes to AAA to keep working as a starter, if Cingrinrani has a good spring, he takes the 2nd lefty role next season.
I'm in the camp that thinks obtaining a LH batting backup and LHP bullpen guy are the only major holes to fill.
Cingrani, Corcino and Redman as kids in AAA would be complimented nicely by a veteran like John Lannan. Stephenson will be in AAA by season's end if he progresses like he did last year. (My addendum to Princeton's law: "challenge thy hitters and coddle thy pitchers" is that "when a pitcher is ready, he's ready; when a hitter is ready, he sometimes isn't." Stephenson is close to ready now.)
Lutz, HRod, B-Ham will all be available in AAA too, if the emergency need arises. Veteran hitters would be nice to stash there too.
IF the Reds were so inclined, a trade for Chase Headley would really secure the lineup. But I don't think that's at all realistic.
They're dealing from strength in almost all areas now. Aside from maybe signing Hanrahan and possibly two or three AAAA-types to compete for depth on the bench, in the pen or in Louisville's rotation, I don't see them needing to make any deals. If something came along that might let them land a near major-league ready guy that can help in the future though, I'd consider it.
Bullpen is the only area where I'd like to see a free agency signing or trade to add another quality arm.
I dont care, Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. Hes in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.
And, since I think it's unrealistic to expect him to be able to be a starter at this point, I don't think Rolen will be back.
There will be a second lefty in the bullpen IMO. And FWIW I would make it a good one.
Keep in mind that Chappy is out of the pen, a huge loss for the pen. The Reds will have to counteract that with depth. They need good relievers, one after the other.
Just a guess, but I'd think the Reds will try and move Ondrusek and possibly Arredondo and replace them with a lefty. Hoover will play a big role this year, hope he comes through, he'll likely join the late innings crew with Brox and Marshall.
As for Masset, I think he'll begin at AAA after missing a season and then the Reds will see what he has.
It'd be a small move, but I'd look for them to sign a veteran catcher, preferably a LH hitter, to be assigned to Louisville. Dioner Navarro redux (although, yeah, he's a switch-hitter). They need the depth for the major-league club and could also use a veteran to handle the AAA pitchers. That said, I have no idea who would be available along those lines.
I still look for them to be in money saving mode and may try to dump some of the arb salaries (Arredondo, Ondrusek, Heisey, Masset somehow, even Leake) in exchange for the pieces you guys have mentioned, or possibly extend Latos and or Bailey with some savings built in this year. Maybe I've been Fay'd, but the budget looks really bloated, nearing 100 mil before the Arroyo deferal. Heck, they may extend Leake, how bout that?
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Eating organic is no longer good enough for the cool kids.
If it ain't local, it's barely edible.
And now that locavoraciousness has permeated the mainstream mindset and trickled into the brisket brains of food TV fans, restaurants are racing to localwash their menus.
In Santa Fe, where the locavore scene has been spreading like monkeys without a chaperone for several years (SFR has published a locavore's guide, Devour, for the past two years), touting ingredients as "local" no longer cuts it: You've got to name specific farmers.
There's no "farmwashing" per se going on in Santa Fe—and the practice may yet prove to be community building—but it's an awfully name-droppy exercise thus far. I have lost count of the number of times I've seen Matt Romero's name (of Dixon's Romero Farms) scribbled on chalk boards and printed on menus around town in recent weeks.
The menu at Tabla De Los Santos is the most enthusiastic example. Chef Estevan Garcia, formerly of the now-defunct Café San Estevan (where the food waffled between acceptable and genius), is a New Mexico native and his menu is peppered with personal stories about cooking with his grandmother and the names of several area farms and farmers (including Romero). It's tempting to call it neighborwashing, but the intimate asides ring true enough and the freshness and quality is undebatable. A simple pile of mixed greens, for example, was positively corpulent.
Tabla De Los Santos is the house restaurant of the newly reworked Hotel St. Francis. The aggressive interior remodel by boutique hotel chain Heritage Hotels & Resorts is a slap in the face of history that gives one a rightful trepidation about patronizing the restaurant and what used to be a locals' bar. What was once a classic hotel has been manhandled into a Franciscan-themed tourist ride—a monk's aesthetic for elite travelers with no-limit credit cards. That Santa Fe's history may be so readily mocked by fanciful reinvention is testament to the pretension, rather than the practice, of local historic preservation. Until buildings, both historic and contemporary, are treated as whole entities, preservation is little more than a facade.
Tabla means table. But unlike the more traditional Spanish term mesa, tabla implies a simple plank, fitting with the minimal tune of the interior and feeding the Franciscan fantasy. Garcia, a former Franciscan himself, also fits the image to a tee. But the restaurant manages to be a bright spot in an otherwise depressing situation. Even if Garcia's insider tales and farm stories are diluted in being designed to appeal to a decidedly non-local audience, his dishes offer a powerful absolution.
A recent lunch of chicken paillard and greens (taken in the blissfully untransformed exterior courtyard, thank you) was joyously non-ascetic in its luxuriant indulgence. The chicken, tenderized with a penitent beating, was grilled with lemon and butter. It sat on the tongue like an erotic massage, but was mercifully light in the stomach. The salad was an unreasonably healthy bacchanal of carrot, onion, turnip, radish, tomato and lemon cucumber. It's rare that a dish so easily prepared at home can make one stare at the kitchen with futility and head out the door, but this dish only inspired a return to Tabla De Los Santos—emulation seems a bleak prospect.
Is there hope for Tabla De Los Santos and the hotel bar, renamed Secreto Bar and Loggia, to overcome the handicap of Heritage Hotels & Resorts? Hard to say. If Garcia welcomes, rather than merely markets, his favorite farms and neighbors, perhaps locals will grudgingly learn to love at least some of the new St. Francis. I was told the bar will stop serving food at 8:30 or 9 pm, which is a strike against it—the old St. Francis bar was a reliable late-night meal in a town of tragically early dinners.
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HOUSTON - A man was ambushed and shot while walking into his northwest Harris County home.
Harris County deputies said the victim had just arrived at his home in the 2700 block of South Camden Parkway and Elk Springs Drive when a man with a gun demanded his money early Tuesday.
The two men fought, but during the struggle, the homeowner managed to shut the front door on the gunman. The gunman then fired shots through the door and the victim was hit in the chest, investigators said.
Paramedics transported him to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he is expected to survive.
The victim's wife and two teenage children were inside the house during the attack. They were not hurt.
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Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo has been suspended one game for making contact with an official Saturday against the Atlanta Hawks and then failing to cooperate with a league investigation, the NBA announced Monday.
The suspension is the second this season for Rondo, who is averaging 13.2 points and 11.3 assists in 29 games. He sat out two games for his part in a brawl with the Nets in November.
Rondo, 26, has a history of making contact with officials. He was suspended a game for bumping an official in the Celtics' playoff series last may against the Atlanta Hawks.
Rondo will serve the suspension Monday night against the New York Knicks.
The Celtics, trying to get on track from a sluggish start, have won two straight.
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Take several ancient heritage sites, add a rolling landscape of mountains and lakes, and season with hospitality and warmth. That's Tipperary's recipe for success
Until relatively recently, that recipe was tasted from afar. But it's fair to say the world has shrunk since Jack Judge penned the ditty It's A Long Way to Tipperary 100 years ago. And these days it doesn't take any time at all to reach what's known as Ireland's Golden Vale, with its rich tapestry of lakes, mountains and valleys.
Think of the River Suir, gently coursing between Carrick-on-Suir and Clonmel. Think of the Mitchelstown Caves, discovered by chance when a crowbar fell between cracks in 1833. Think of the Glen of Aherlow, a lost world between the Galtee Mountains and Slievenamuck.
Can't you see yourself bang in the middle of it all?
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Then there's Lough Derg, Ireland's pleasure lake. For an overview, head to the aptly-named Lookout at Portroe. To get up close and personal, visit its harbour villages, take a cycling loop out of Nenagh, or stop by the twin towns of Killaloe and Ballina. The former lies in Clare; the latter in Tipperary, which makes for serious spice when the counties clash on the GAA hurling pitch.
Squirreled away in the rolls and folds of Tipperary's countryside are dozens of heritage gems. The medieval village of Fethard, for example, where among other things you'll find the famous McCarthy's – bar, restaurant and undertaker all in one.
Or if you're driving, why not follow the brand new Butler Trail, which ties together Ormonde Castle, Cahir Castle, Clonmel's Main Guard and other landmarks linked to the Butler Dynasty?
The Rock of Cashel, once the seat of the Kings of Munster, was one of the highlights of Queen Elizabeth's recent visit to Ireland. Perched on a plinth of grass and limestone, its Round Tower, Romanesque chapel and Gothic cathedral seem almost like a castle on a cloud.
Tipperary's farmland isn't solely about the fields, of course. Local cheeses are the highlight of markets in Cahir and Tipperary. This is a county in which you'll find fruit farms next to camping parks. Gorgeous gourmet getaways in restored old convents. Or artisan produce spilling out of delis in the garrison town of Nenagh. It's a place where yachts and cruisers on the River Shannon can moor for a bowl of stew in a gastropub, or do home cooking with a flourish in waterfront restaurants.
Bon appétit. The Way to Tipperary has shortened considerably.
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The SCC framework is implemented in multiple layers. Lower layers are useful by themselves.
The framework relies on the following packages:
- monad-parallel to enable parallel execution of monadic computations, and
- monad-coroutine for the ability to suspend and resume monadic computations.
Module Control.Concurrent.SCC.Streams
The lowest layer builds on the monad-coroutine foundation to provide streaming computations. The main idea here is to introduce sinks and sources:
data Sink (m :: * -> *) a x = Sink { put :: forall d. (AncestorFunctor a d) => x -> Coroutine d m () } newtype Source (m :: * -> *) a x = Source { get :: forall d. (AncestorFunctor a d) => Coroutine d m (Maybe x) }
The only way to obtain a new source to read from, or a sink to write to, is by launching a new nested coroutine using the function pipe:
pipe :: forall m a a1 a2 x r1 r2. (Monad m, Functor a, a1 ~ SinkFunctor a x, a2 ~ SourceFunctor a x) => (Sink m a1 x -> Coroutine a1 m r1) -> (Source m a2 x -> Coroutine a2 m r2) -> Coroutine a m (r1, r2)
This function takes two coroutines as arguments, producer and consumer. The producer takes a sink argument, and the consumer a source argument. All data that the producer writes to the sink can be read from the source by the consumer. The arrangement couldn't be simpler. Here is a contrived example of a producer/consumer pair:
import Control.Concurrent.Coroutine import Control.Concurrent.SCC.Streams main = runCoroutine (pipe (rangeProducer 1 10) (sumConsumer 0)) >>= print rangeProducer min max sink | min > max = return () | otherwise = put sink min >> rangeProducer (succ min) max sink sumConsumer sum source = get source >>= maybe (return sum) (\n-> sumConsumer (sum + n) source)
The rangeProducer coroutine produces a range of integers while the sumConsumer consumes all the numbers and sums them up. The two coroutines are bound together by pipe. Note that either of them could be replaced by a different coroutine of the same type and the other coroutine would still perform its job. Furthermore, though in this example both coroutines run in the IO monad, they are completely generic and could run in any monad.
Components and combinators
Module Control.Concurrent.SCC.Types
Module Control.Concurrent.SCC.Coercions
Module Control.Concurrent.SCC.Primitives
Module Control.Concurrent.SCC.Combinators
Module Control.Concurrent.SCC.XML
What can one do with a number of sources and sinks? The next layer tries to organize the answers. First, in module Types it defines the types of various actors on sources and sinks:
type OpenConsumer m a d x r = AncestorFunctor a d => Source m a x -> Coroutine d m r type OpenProducer m a d x r = AncestorFunctor a d => Sink m a x -> Coroutine d m r type OpenTransducer m a1 a2 d x y r = (AncestorFunctor a1 d, AncestorFunctor a2 d) => Source m a1 x -> Sink m a2 y -> Coroutine d m r type OpenSplitter m a1 a2 a3 a4 d x b r = (AncestorFunctor a1 d, AncestorFunctor a2 d, AncestorFunctor a3 d, AncestorFunctor a4 d) => Source m a1 x -> Sink m a2 x -> Sink m a3 x -> Sink m a4 b -> Coroutine d m r newtype Consumer m x r = Consumer {consume :: forall a d. OpenConsumer m a d x r} newtype Producer m x r = Producer {produce :: forall a d. OpenProducer m a d x r} newtype Transducer m x y = Transducer {transduce :: forall a1 a2 d. OpenTransducer m a1 a2 d x y ()} newtype Splitter m x b = Splitter {split :: forall a1 a2 a3 a4 d. OpenSplitter m a1 a2 a3 a4 d x b ()}
The Primitives module exports a number of functions that create primitive consumer, producer, transducer, and splitter components. They are primitive in the sense of not depending on any other components.
The Combinators module exports functions that combine primitive (or any other) components into more complex components.
Module XML groups together the primitive components and their combinators useful for parsing, manipulating, and writing XML.
Dynamic component configuration
Module Control.Concurrent.Configuration
This is not so much a layer as an overlay, because it's quite generic. Any value can be made into a configurable component, provided that we supply the following information about it:
- a name,
- the maximum number of threads it can use, and
- the cost of using the component.
In exchange for this data, the component provides the ability to optimize itself for any given number of available threads.
The entire library
Module Control.Concurrent.SCC.Sequential
Module Control.Concurrent.SCC.Parallel
Module Control.Concurrent.SCC.Configurable
Each of these three modules collect and re-export all lower-level modules of SCC with different configuration. Components and combinators exported by module Sequential always run sequentally, using a single thread. Those exported from Parallel always fork extra threads whenever they can. Finally, the Configurable module exports components that can be dynamically configured to use a given number of threads in the optimal way.
The highest layer: Command-line shell language
Module Shell
This layer exposes the entire framework functionality in a command-line shell interface.


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KNOXVILLE (WATE) – We haven't seen a lot of health inspection scores below 70 recently since the health department started concentrating their efforts more on correcting critical violations and putting less emphasis on the small stuff.
Critical violations are those issues that could potentially make customers sick. However, there are some criticals in this week's lowest score.
Agave Azul Mexican Grill, 4405 Kingston Pike – Grade: 75
That grade is passing. The inspector writes that hamburgers and chicken in the refrigerator were out of temperature. They should have been at 41 and below to slow the growth of bacteria, but they weren't.
The problem was apparently with the refrigerator. It wasn't working properly. The inspector says it wasn't holding temperature. It was at 44 degrees, and according to health rules, that is too warm.
The inspector says two kitchen workers were seen eating their lunch on the cook line, a table where they make food. You can do that at home, but you cannot at restaurants.
Also, the inspector found no chlorine in the final phase of the dishwasher, so dishes weren't being properly sanitized.
The cheese slicer was found dirty and had not been sanitized.
Top Scores of the Week:
- Five Guys, 7531 Barnett Way – Grade: 100
- Taco Bell, 7414 Kingston Pike – Grade: 100
- Charley's Grilled Subs, West Town Mall – Grade: 100
- Casual Pint, 4841 Harvest Mill Way – Grade: 100
- Chop House, 7417 Chapman Highway – Grade: 99
- Arby's, 7112 Strawberry Plains Pike – Grade: 99
- Krystal, 405 E. Emory Road – Grade: 98
- Oskie's Sports Grill, 155 West End Drive – Grade: 98
Restaurants are routinely inspected every six months. However, there are spot checks if there is a legitimate complaint lodged to the county health department.


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DAL gets:
Troy Murphy 2 yr, $23.0M
Travis Deiner 1 yr, $1.7M
Luther Head 1 yr, $0.83M
IND gets:
Erick Dampier 1 yr, $12.12M
Shawne Williams 1 yr, $2.4M
Rodrigue Beaubois 4 yr, $5.7M
This deal would accomplish a couple of things. We reduce next year's payroll by a significant $12M, by cutting Dampier with his fully non-guaranteed 2010-2011 year. We take on an extra $2M which will save Dallas about $4M total. We get Beaubois who is a highly touted PG prospect. We would immediately cut Williams and they would probably cut Deiner. We would also probably cut Dampier as well, so that he could catch on with a contender [cough, Dallas, cough]. This would leave us with 13 players, which would be fine. They would be strong on their second unit with Barea, Terry, Carroll/Thomas, Murphy, Humphries/Dampier that could absolutely light it up offensively.
Dallas's rotation:
PG - Kidd, Barea, Head
SG - Howard, Terry, Ross
SF - Marion, Carroll, Thomas
PF - Nowitzki, Murphy
C - Gooden, Dampier, Humphries


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Employers hiring for technical positions within their companies run into myriad obstacles trying to establish the potential candidates' true abilities. Resumes are often embellished; plus phone screens and written test don't fully capture the complete skill sets of the technical job candidate. Where can employers turn to get a real assessment of the technical job candidates' complete set of skills? TrueAbility™ is a cloud-based technical assessment tool that allows system administrators to demonstrate their skills in a real environment.
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"We are most passionate about disrupting the technical recruiting space, giving companies the efficiencies they so desire in their recruiting process, and bringing objectivity to the hiring process that candidates badly want," explains Frederick "Suizo" Mendler, co-founder and COO at TrueAbility. "Most enterprises we interviewed have five or six steps in their hiring process – of which we remove three. And this is important – today, recruiters rely on key word searches (over 50 percent of resumes are embellished!) and written tests or phone screens to vet tech talent. Written tests do a good job of determining theoretical knowledge, but leave a wide gap in determining practical know-how which most companies need."
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It's amazing all of the different interpretations of President Obama's "spilled milk" comment in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Maybe when you are the President, everything you say gets dissected down to the smallest syllable. And, people don't just take your words at face value, but rather view them through the prism of politics.
Much of the commentary had to do with how flat his joke fell when he added the punch line, "With a rule like that, I guess it was worth crying over spilled milk."
Yet, regardless of how well Obama delivered the joke, it's important not to lose sight of the larger context of his remarks.
The President was simply trying to explain that his Administration had gotten rid of an unnecessary regulation, which happened to affect dairy farmers.
Yet, the comments from media figures and the public alike were all over the board in terms of how they viewed that comment. Some of the comments we received from readers — and posted with our story Wednesday — had more to do with his politics than the basis for his remark.
One reader, commenting on the story we posted on Facebook, said despite the lame joke, "we should be happy he mentioned dairy farmers at all! We (farmers) are 2 percent of the population and we are rarely even on the President's radar."
Then, I read an article or column in The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch that milk spills are no joking matter — they can be a real environmental issue. According to the article, the state of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has received 33 reports of large milk spills or discharges that involve dairies, dairy farms or trucking companies over the past five years. The article quoted a spokesperson from Ohio EPA saying these spills can be a problem if they reach waterways and interact with bacteria, which can deplete the water of oxygen.
The article left me wondering, aren't there already regulations in place to guard against these spills?
So, I called Linda Oros, spokesperson for the Ohio EPA, who confirmed, yes, there are regulations in place against the type of Biological Oxygen Demand that milk or any food discharge can create when it reaches a waterway.
If there are already regulations in place, what's the point? President Obama was simply reminding us the other night that we did not need one additional regulation.
It's been interesting to watch the reaction. Maybe next time President Obama will "fish" an example from the seafood industry — there has to be a number of punch lines there. Let the public digest that one "hook, line and sinker."


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Its not a place, its more an idea, but the humanities disciplines at the University of Colorado at Boulder can now call it a home.
The Center for Humanities and the Arts was launched officially on March 5 at a reception celebrating the critical role the arts and humanities play in a true liberal arts education.
The center will sponsor colloquia, lectures, performances, exhibitions and research that focus on our nature as human beings, where weve been and where were going, said Associate Professor Christopher Braider, chairman of the French and Italian department and the centers co-director.
In its first years the center will not have a specific location but will be an interdisciplinary program uniting the humanities and arts departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. Activities will be organized under the broad title, The Humanities at the Crossroads.
The Boulder-Denver community as well as the campus community will be invited to join activities that analyze contemporary issues through a prism of the social sciences, history, philosophy, languages, literature, education, journalism, law and the visual and performing arts. The first-year theme is Civility and Censorship: Critical Conversations in a Civil Society.
Helen and Gary Christy, who are 1958 CU graduates, helped jump-start the new program with their generous support for a distinguished lecture series in conjunction with the center. The Christys strongly believe the study of humanities and arts is a critical component of a well-rounded education and fosters the development of a person as an individual.
Dean Peter Spear of the College of Arts and Sciences and Dean Carol Lynch of the Graduate School launched the new humanities initiative with support from Wallace Loh, vice chancellor of academic affairs.


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Topic: Starting chemo today!
Well, after a very long time (seven months!) since all of this started, my mum finally begins her chemo today. Three cycles of Gem/Cis - I think that's right; i'm presuming that one cycle counts as two weeks on, one week off? She will then be re-evaluated to see whether surgery is possible. Our surgeon reckons that it's 50/50, if we can kill off a few of the smaller spots on the liver, but our oncologist has said that surgery will never be possible - naturally we're ignoring this!
My mum has been a little scared to start chemo, due to the possible side effects, but i've seen on this site that many people do well on Gem/Cis, so i've been able to reassure her and she is feeling hopeful that she'll tolerate it well. Thanks again for all of your support, it's making this process a whole lot easier. I'll keep you all updated as to how she gets on.


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Unified Communications: Tell us what you think
Calling all Reg readers
We have a Reg Tech Panel survey that needs filling in. This time we swoop on Unified Communications, which has been the next big thing for as long as we can remember. The research will form the basis of an upcoming Regcast and will publish the survey's findings on this site and in The Reg Library. The more of you who participate, the more useful the results will be. So a few minutes of your time, please!
Now for some scene setting;
Despite extensive use of a broad range of business communications mechanisms - phone, email, voicemail, instant messaging, audio conferencing, video conferencing – there exists a degree of inefficiency in communicating as a result of these largely disparate services.
Unified Communications (UC) is the term used to describe approaches and solutions which aim to provide integration across a range of communication mechanisms, with the goal of a more coherent way of working.
Going back a few years, UC was largely about visions and theory, with very little activity in the mainstream in terms of real life adoption. UC is gaining pace in the market, but there remains a degree of confusion and uncertainty around the business benefits. One of the main challenges is how to articulate the problems, opportunities, principles and benefits in a meaningful manner.
The generic way in which the unified communications proposition is often presented is unhelpful. Whether it's vendors or pundits, there is a tendency to discuss the area without distinguishing between the different scenarios in which the same (or similar) underlying technology can be applied. The reason this is significant is because it is only possible to get 'crunchy' about defining specific benefits and practicalities if you are precise about the kind of deployment you are considering.
But when you cut through this a lot of the ideas are pretty straightforward, and you may even have adopted elements of UC already without realising. So, whether you are an expert in this area, just getting up to speed, or simply wondering what all the fuss is about, we are interested in gathering your views and experiences through our latest Reg Tech Panel survey. Click here to get started.
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The soup was adapted from this recipe from Budget Bytes, who had adapted it from Andrea Meyers, so you can tell the recipe has had a lot of fans! I love red lentils in soup because they cook quickly and dissolve into the soup more than regular lentils, and in this soup the lentils are seasoned with turmeric, ground cumin, and chile powder. Those spices plus the combination of lime and cilantro makes this soup a winner for me. I eat mine with a dollop of sour cream, but if you skip the sour cream this tasty soup is vegan, and it can be phase one for the South Beach Diet if you have a small serving.
If you want to skip the photos below and watch a video instead, here is a video of how to make this recipe. See more recipe videos on My You Tube Channel.
Mexican Red Lentil Stew with Lime and Cilantro
(Makes 4-6 servings, but this freezes well and can easily be doubled. Recipe adapted from Mexican Lentil Stew at Budget Bytes and Spicy Red Lentil and Tomato Soup at Andrea Meyers.)
1 cup dry red lentils
2 cups water
1 T olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 cup finely chopped celery
1 T minced garlic (or less, but I like a lot of garlic)
1/4 tsp. ground turmeric
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. chile powder
1 can (14.5 oz.) roasted tomatoes (I like petite dice tomatoes for soup)
2 cups vegetable broth
1 tsp. green Tabasco sauce (or other hot sauce of your choice. Green Tabasco is fairly mild, so you may want less if you use a stronger hot sauce.)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice (2-3 limes, or less if you're not that into lime)
1/2 - 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Optional: cut limes and sour cream or vegan sour cream substitute for serving the soup
While soup cooks, wash, dry and finely chop 1/2 - 1 cup fresh cilantro and squeeze limes to get 1/4 cup fresh lime juice. When the lentils are softened as much as you'd like, stir in chopped cilantro and lime juice and cook 5 minutes more.
Serve hot, with additional cut limes to squeeze into the soup. Can top with sour cream or vegan substitute if desired.
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And in this corner, Grandpa with the cane
Do you ever feel like someone's always upset or something's always broken at your clinic? We have six veterinarians at our place now and enough employees to fill two softball teams. These days my job seems to be playing peacemaker and fixing all the broken stuff. It's a hard enough job inside the clinic, let alone when trouble spills into the parking lot.
This day began like all the others. People and trailers came and went, and we did what we could to make everything go smoothly—until the red car arrived. Out from this vehicle a furious old man emerged brandishing a cane and threatening to call the police.
Over the years I've had a lot of irate clients, but no one has ever threatened to get the law involved. What could have set this old rascal off? Turns out he was telling our secretary that the people who worked at our clinic should be put in jail for the way they drove around town.The secretary tried to get to the bottom of the situation, explaining that it couldn't be anyone from the clinic because we were all—well—working, and no one was on the road. His reply included many heavy-duty cuss words and repeated jabs in the direction of a trailer currently parked outside next to the horse clinic.
The owner of said trailer was a client, and the secretary explained that we had no control over how she drove. The old man let loose another string of cuss words. He said the trailer had just run him off the road and he was going out there to kick someone's a**.
It just so happened that the lady who drove that trailer was meaner than a snake, and I predicted that she would take no guff from this cane-carrying hothead. Boy, was I right.
The horse clinic staff had no idea what was up with Papaw as he ambled across the parking lot toward Mrs. Kimble, the owner of the offending trailer. But they were about to find out.
The first staff member who noticed our visitor wasn't sure what to make of him—an old dude with a cane screaming profanities and pointing at the trailer. So she got another staff member to observe the scenario with her. As soon as the geriatric gentleman made it to the horse trailer, he began clubbing the side of it with his cane.
This, of course, sparked the attention of Mrs. Kimble. She approached the scene with every hackle raised and was already hollering out her own volley of cuss words. Now all the staff gathered to see what would happen next. They didn't know why Grampaw was clubbing the trailer, but they were definitely ready to referee.
Grandad yelled that Mrs. Kimble had run him off the road with the giant pickup and trailer. Mrs. Kimble yelled that he'd cut her off and was going too slow. Grandad exclaimed that he was within the law and she was a road hog. Mrs. Kimble exclaimed that if he hit her trailer again she was gonna take that cane and whip his a** with it. Grandad replied that if Mrs. Kimble were a man, he would whip her fanny. Mrs. Kimble hollered back, "Don't let that stop you, big boy!"
The ruckus brought another client out of the barn. She began yelling at Papaw too, because apparently she'd witnessed the entire event while driving behind the pair of them. And this client was just as loud as Mrs. Kimble. Now there were two screaming women and an occupant of the Lamesa old folks' home having it out in the Brock Veterinary Clinic parking lot.
We were finally able to pry them all apart. We told them if they were going to fight, they had to go across the street to do it. It took more than an hour to get the place back to normal. Geesh. I don't know what happened on the road, but I do know it's hard to run a vet clinic sometimes.
Dr. Bo Brock owns Brock Veterinary Clinic in Lamesa, Texas.


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Quality Health Care and You - Diabetes
Diabetes/Microalbumin/ BUN/Creatinine
Though A1c never over 7.2 and now 6.6
Microalbumin/Creatinine ratio is 31
Urea Nitrogn 19 Creatinine 0l8 GFR Estimated Greater than 60 BUN/Creatinine ratio 16
Just learned I have been on incorrect dosage of thyroid med for 6 months (.025 vs .125). Could this affect these levels as well?
What do I do regarding the above factors to improve? Thanks.
A hemoglobin A1C of less than 7% is considered to represent excellent diabetic control. The microalbumin/creatinine ratio is very slightly elevated, which is a sign of early damage to the kidneys. The blood creatinine is also slightly elevated, meaning that the kidneys are not doing a completely normal job of getting rid of waste products. So you have some signs of early kidney damage.
The thyroid medication dose should have no harmful effects on your kidneys.
The best things that you can do to help preserve and possibly improve your kidney function are:
- Continue to maintain excellent blood sugar control.
- Keep your blood pressure well-controlled. If it's high, you should be on blood pressure medications called "ACE inhibitors" (such as lisinopril, trandolapril, enalapril) or "angiotensin receptor blockers or ARBs" (such as valsartan, losartan, or candesartan) -- these two classes of meds will reduce blood pressure and also reduce the microalbumin/creatinine ratio.
- Do not smoke.
- Lose weight if you are above your ideal body weight.
- Take cholesterol-lowering drugs if needed.
Diabetes and hypertension are the most common causes of chronic kidney disease. However, with the proper management and medications damage can be prevented or kept to a minimum, especially when caught in the early stages. Go for it!
Mildred Lam, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Temperature TallyLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
This past February, Ms. Curley's class kept track of the temperature every day for one week. They made a chart to post the outdoor temperatures for each day of the school week at 9:00 a.m. and at noon.
* On Monday, the temperature was 31 degrees Fahrenheit at noon. It had been 10 degrees colder that morning at 9:00 a.m.
* Thursday's 9:00 a.m. temperature was double the temperature for the same time on Monday.
* On Wednesday and Thursday, the temperature rose 6 degrees from nine o'clock until noon.
* Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m., the temperature was 10 degrees warmer than on Monday at the same time. At noon on Tuesday, it was exactly at the freezing mark.
* Wednesday noon was 3 degrees colder than Thursday noon.
* The first reading on Friday was 5 degrees colder than the day before at the same time. It warmed up 5 degrees each hour until noon.
What was the temperature each day at 9:00 a.m. and at noon?
Temp.at 9:00 a.m. (on the left) and the Temp. at noon (on the right):
Monday 21°F 31°F
Tuesday 31°F 32°F
Wednesday 39°F 45°F
Thursday 42°F 48°F
Friday 37°F 52°F
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Gonzalez, Ruf and Martin making strides in rehab
PHILADELPHIA -- Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez threw to hitters on Sunday as he builds up arm strength after dealing with tendinitis in his right shoulder during Spring Training, and the Phillies were encouraged by what they saw.
"I got word yesterday that he's throwing the ball well and he's healthy and he looks completely different -- a lot different -- than Spring Training," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said before Tuesday's game against the Mets. "Better velocity and better stuff. That's good news."
Gonzalez is on the 60-day disabled list and still has a lengthy rehab process ahead of him. However, fellow right-hander Ethan Martin and outfielder/first baseman Darin Ruf are getting closer to being activated from the DL.
Ruf (strained left oblique) has been taking batting practice and will play in extended spring training games "within two or three days," according to Sandberg. The manager said Ruf would split time between left field and first base once he begins a Minor League rehab assignment.
Meanwhile, Martin (strained right shoulder) has progressed to pitching in extend spring training games. Martin made eight starts for the Phillies last season, but the club is looking at him as a reliever this year.
Austin Laymance is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jalaymance. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Sox finished off an entertaining weekend set with the Cubs (see y'all in October!) ((I hope!))(((Knock on wood))) with a nice 6-2 victory that had a little bit of everything. All in all it was a fun series. While the Yankee series, and likely the upcoming Baltimore series, come with intense rivalry feelings this series had the feel of my buddies and I playing shuffleboard at the local bar. Just two good teams and their fan bases joshing back and forth and enjoying the respective changes ...Read More...
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|How could I choose just one favorite Phase One Recipes from a Month of Daily Phase One recipes? Pictured is Tuna Salad Lettuce Wraps with Capers and Tomatoes, Ham and Cauliflower Casserole Au Gratin, Vegan Heart of Palm and Avocado Salad with Lime, Green Onion, and Cilantro, and Quick Sriracha Beef Lettuce Wraps.
|Photo of Asian Flank Steak Skewers from Skinnytaste.
Toasted Pecans from My Carolina Kitchen
Easy Blender Salsa from Mountain Mama Cooks (replace small amount of honey with Splenda if desired; serve over chicken, fish, or on taco salad for Phase One)
Asian Flank Steak Skewers from Skinnytaste
Roasted Garlic and Herb Meatballs from Life's Ambrosia
Spicy Asian Shrimp Cocktail from The Perfect Pantry (This has a very minimal amount of agave nectar, which I would not worry about.)
Edamame Dip with Smoked Paprika and Garlic from Cookin' Canuck (Eat with veggie dippers for Phase One.)
Smoky Fried Chickpeas from Eat Little, Eat Big
|Photo of Shredded Raw Brussels Sprouts Salad from Farmgirl Fare
Vegan Heart of Palm and Avocado Salad with Lime, Green Onion, and Cilantro from Kalyn's Kitchen
Kalyn's Perfect Taco Salad from Kalyn's Kitchen
Canned Tuna and Tomato Salad with Sunflower Seeds from Kalyn's Kitchen
Spicy Mexican Slaw with Lime and Cilantro from Kalyn's Kitchen
Kalyn's Favorite Antipasto Chopped Salad from Kalyn's Kitchen
Black Beluga Lentil Salad with Mushrooms and Mustard Vinaigrette from Gourmande in the Kitchen
Lentil Salad with Roasted Red Peppers, Olives, and Almonds from What Would Kathy Eat?
Smoky Cauliflower Almond Salad from Beyond Salmon
Shredded Raw Brussels Sprouts Salad with Pecorino Romano, Chives, and a Lemony Caper Dressing from Farmgirl Fare
Fennel and Cucumber Salad with Goat's Cheese and Dill from The Culinary Chase
Raw Kale Salad with Lemon, Parmesan, and Cannellini Beans from What's Gaby Cooking
|Photo of Black Bean and Ham Soup from Taste and Tell.
Amy's Amazing White Chicken Chili from Kalyn's Kitchen
Vegan Lentil Chili with Roasted Red Peppers, Olives, and Green Onions from Kalyn's Kitchen
CrockPot Sausage, Peppers, and Cannellini Bean Stew from Kalyn's Kitchen
Italian Sausage and Bean Soup with Chard from Kalyn's Kitchen
Chickpea Soup with Spinach, Tomatoes, and Basil from Kalyn's Kitchen
West African Chicken and Peanut Stew with Chiles, Ginger, and Green Onions from Kalyn's Kitchen
Slow Cooker Spicy Ground Beef and Bean Soup with Spinach and Cabbage from Kalyn's Kitchen
Gingery Shitake and Cabbage Soup with Edamame from Cara's Cravings
Black Bean and Ham Soup from Taste and Tell
Creamy Cauliflower and Kale Soup from Chick in the Kitchen
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Roasted Mushroooms with Garlic, Thyme, and Balsamic Vinegar from Kalyn's Kitchen
Bok Choy Stir Fry with Garlic and Ginger from The Perfect Pantry (This has cornstarch, but I wouldn't worry about 1 tsp. in 4 servings.)
Korean Radish Namul from Eating and Living
Roasted Eggplant with Garlic Cumin Yogurt from 80 Breakfasts
Miso Ginger Asparagus from Steamy Kitchen
Mediterranean Eggplant from Kitchen Parade
Kale with Caramelized Onions from The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen
Spaghetti Squash Sesame Noodles with Edamame from Family Fresh Cooking
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Easy Baked Pesto Chicken from Kalyn's Kitchen
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Chicken Breasts with Cilantro and Red Thai Curry Peanut Sauce from Kalyn's Kitchen
Easy Pan-Fried Pork Tenderloin with Mustard Sauce from Kalyn's Kitchen
Quick Sriracha Beef Lettuce Wraps from Kalyn's Kitchen
Balsamic and Onion Pot Roast in the Crockpot from Kalyn's Kitchen
Baked Halibut with Sour Cream, Parmesan, and Dill Topping from Kalyn's Kitchen
Tuna Salad Lettuce Wraps with Capers and Tomatoes from Kalyn's Kitchen
Turkey Lettuce Wrap Tacos with Chile, Cumin, Cilantro, and Lime from Kalyn's Kitchen
Chicken with Olives and Lemons from Worth the Whisk
Chicken Liver Curry from Spices and Aroma
Roasted Shrimp with Rosemary, Garlic, and Lemon from Cookin' Canuck
Fresh Baked Cod with Tarragon, Basil, and Rosemary from She's in the Kitchen (use herb vinegar instead of wine for Phase One)
Beef and Lentil Curry from Bev Cooks (Don't serve with rice for Phase One.)
Simple Pan-Seared Salmon from Zesty Cook
Lemon Zucchini Chicken from The Gracious Pantry
Penang-Style Baked Chicken from The Perfect Pantry (Replace sugar and agave with Splenda or Stevia for Phase One.)
Swimming Rama from Talk of Tomatoes (Use light coconut milk and low-sugar peanut butter for Phase One.)
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Chickpeas with Tomatoes, Spinach, and Feta from A Veggie Venture
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Mediterranean Eggplant from Kitchen Parade
Spaghetti Squash Sesame Noodles with Edamame from Family Fresh Cooking
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Red Kale and Cheese Omelette for Two from Kalyn's Kitchen
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Egg "Muffins" With Ham, Cheese, and Green Bell Pepper from Kalyn's Kitchen
Cheeseburger Frittata from She Wears Many Hats (use lean ground beef and low fat cheese for South Beach Diet.)
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PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. According to The NPD Group, sales of major appliances generated double-digit dollar and unit growth of 16% and 12% respectively, from January to May 2010, versus January to May 2009.
"Beginning last August we began to see signs of a recovery for appliances, but the new year confirmed that we're truly on a growth trajectory – pent-up demand started it, but now we're seeing results driven by consumer confidence and rebate programs augmented by strong retailer promotions," said Mark Delaney, director of The NPD Group's home division.
Most major appliance categories are seeing a boost in sales, but the largest overall increases came from dishwashers, refrigerators, clothes dryers, and washing machines, each with double-digit growth in units and dollars, compared with the first five months of 2009, according to the report.
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Habonim Dror, the Zionist movement that advocates for social change, ensured that Jewish youth were well represented in the Center City March for Minimum Wage.
A Center City protest last week to draw public attention to the campaign to raise the minimum wage had a decidedly young Jewish component, thanks to the efforts of the Philadelphia chapter of Habonim Dror, the Zionist youth movement that advocates for social change.
The April 18 March for Minimum Wage, which wound its way from Rittenhouse Square to City Hall to Independence Hall, grew to include more than 150 participants, including Joseph Schwartz, a political science professor at Temple, and two Democratic candidates for Congress in the 13th District — Val Arkoosh, a physician and health care reformer, and Pennsylvania State Sen. Daylin Leach, each of whom spoke about how they saw a need to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15.
Other speakers included food service workers who detailed their struggles to make ends meet amid an uncertain employment future.
The event was initially envisioned solely as a Habonim Dror activity, according to the organizers, but then was expanded to bring in a number of organizations for a full-fledged march.
One of the Habonim Dror organizers, Pele Irgang Laden, a 21-year-old student at Temple University, said the reason for the march was to publicly show his group's fight against systemic injustice.
In addition to helping to finance the event by paying for the posters, banners and permits, the group also brought in fellow Habonim Dror activists from Maryland and New York. Among the groups that joined the protest was the Philadelphia chapter of the Jewish Labor Committee.
Habonim Dror and the Jewish Labor Committee, along with Kol Tzedek Synagogue, also focused on the minimum wage issue and workers' rights at the annual Philadelphia Labor Seder the night before the march.
Asked about Habonim Dror's involvement in a protest, given that many of its members are too young to vote and don't need to support themselves, Laden responded:"Kids are 100 percent people who have opinions and the capacity to voice those opinions and advocate for change."


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It appears to be authentic they probably have an account with Mitchell & Ness. If I had to guess though I would say it is probably a factory defect for that price.
They probably have some jerseys that they sell to good account holders with minor imperfections scuff marks etc.,, at a huge discount. It is really hard to tell by looking at the pic but you can kind of see a scuff mark in the #3 on the McGinnis jersey.
They are probably still great quality with just minor imperfections so M&N probably gives them huge discounts on those even though the defects are minor it would be impossible to sell a person a jersey with scuff marks etc.,, when you are paying $350 for a jersey you tend to be fussy and don't want even the slightest imperfections.


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I used the Green Goddess recipe from Hedonia, which Sean adapted from the original recipe from The Palace Restaurant. Of course, I loved this dressing, which I'm thinking is a pretty good reason to be sure I get some tarragon into the freezer so I can make it this winter!
Green Goddess Salad Dressing
(Makes about 2 cups of dressing, recipe adapted slightly from Green Goddess Dressing from Hedonia, who adapted it from the original recipe from The Palace Restaurant in San Francisco.)
1/4 cup fresh chives or green onions (packed into measuring cup)
1/4 cup fresh tarragon (packed into measuring cup, tarragon is optional but if you like tarragon it's really good in this dressing
1/4 cup fresh parsley (packed into measuring cup, I used flat-leaf Italian parsley)
1 T fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 T white wine vinegar
1 tsp. anchovy paste (or more, depending on how much you like anchovies)
1 C mayo (I used full-fat mayo, but use reduced-fat mayo if you prefer)
1/2 C sour cream (I used light sour cream)
salt and freshly-ground black pepper to taste
Measure 1/4 cup each of chives (or green onions), tarragon, and parsley, and add to food processor. Pulse processor until the fresh herbs are finely chopped, then add lemon juice, white wine vinegar, and anchovy paste (or canned anchovies) and pulse a few times more.
Add mayonnaise, sour cream, salt, and freshly-ground black pepper and run the food processor about 20-30 seconds, or until ingredients are well combined. Chill at least a few hours before serving.
This will keep in the fridge for at least a week, although it probably won't stay around for that long!
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Mibs Beaumont is almost ready to turn thirteen and waiting to finally find out what her special talent is going to be. In Mibs' family, turning 13 is more than just growing into your natural talents, like playing the violin or scoring soccer goals or being good at listening to other people's troubles. In Mibs' family turning thirteen means growing into your savvy. Mibs' Great-aunt Jules could step back twenty minutes in time every time she sneezed. Her cousin Olive can melt ice with a single red-hot stare. Mibs' can't wait to figure out what she'll get..but she's kind of scared too. Because these talents, however magical, are also dangerous. Her savvy could be something cool, like x-ray vision. It could be something dangerous, like fire, or worse, something boring!
When Mibs' Dad is in a terrible accident all she really wants is the savvy power of healing. She's so sure that this is her destiny, she manages to highjack a bus in an attempt to get to the hospital and prove her talents before it's too late. As if she isn't in trouble enough, her brothers and the preacher's kids are all stowaways! On the bus, Mibs' savvy starts to show, and it isn't at all what she had in mind! If Mibs' can finally get the bus to the hospital, will her savvy make any difference at all? Author: Ingrid Law
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A coalition of U.S. senators led by Connecticut Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman today introduced the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 that would repeal the anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law, signed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, that keeps lesbian and gay people from serving openly in the U.S. military.
The new bill would also prohibit discrimination against current and prospective servicemembers on the basis of sexual orientation, and it would "promote the ability of college students who wish to serve our country to join Reserve Officer Training Corps units at universities that currently prevent the establishment of ROTC units on campus."
In a press statement released jointly by the 13 senators cosponsoring the measure, Lieberman said: "The bottom line is that we have a volunteer military. If Americans want to serve, they ought to have the right to be considered for that service regardless of characteristics such as race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Repealing the current policy will allow more patriotic Americans to defend our national security and live up to our nation's founding values of freedom and opportunity."
The other 12 cosponsors, all Democrats, are Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan, Mark Udall of Colorado, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Roland Burris of Illinois, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Barbara Boxer of Callifornia, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Dianne Feinstein of California, and Al Franken of Minnesota.
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Dogma wrote:I'm going to state the obvious and say I think it's bullshit that it's so hard to find a Roc in anything other than DX. Yes DX wears in well blah, blah, blah it's not that I don't like DX. I just think the absence of Rocs in Champ or Star, especially in anything other than 180, or at certain times of year, or unless you hold your tongue just right, is dumb. So there. Is that Roc praise because I care whether they're available, or a Roc complaint because they aren't?
Frank_Delicious wrote:Also what about KC?
uNicedmeMan wrote:I have absolutely zero need for a premium plastic roc.
Dogma wrote:Frank_Delicious wrote:Also what about KC?
Has anyone else noticed that KC plastic has an odd static-ey feel to it, especially in cold dry whether? Even to the extent that dust and stuff is attracted to it? It just never feels right to me.
Don't worry Jesse. That may look like a thread jack, but I'm helping bump your page count. 66 to go.
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X2, defeats the whole purpose of me throwing them really
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Puppy Housebreaking Resources: Are you Punishing too Much?
We humans are pretty good at detecting when a certain behavior results in negative consequences, and understand we can avoid those consequences by changing the behavior. Puppies are somewhat capable of the same, but they live and think in the present moment. They do not associate a negative consequence with an action unless the consequence occurs while they are performing the action. When you are housebreaking a puppy, punishing the puppy for accidents in the house is a good example. If you punish your puppy after an accident has occurred, the pup will most likely not associate the act with the punishment you inflicted. If you show him a puddle on the floor and scold him, he is probably just going to be confused and think that's a bad puddle. So how do you communicate what you expect from your puppy during the critical housebreaking stage? For the most part, it is best to communicate through positive reinforcement rather than imposing too much punishment.
The problem is, we often punish out of emotion rather than the need for discipline in times of puppy housebreaking angst. We are frustrated that the accident happened, because we are putting so much energy into teaching the puppy otherwise, on top of the fact that now we have to clean up the mess. It also doesn't help that the puppy seems perfectly obliviously happy. The most immediate instinct is often to scold the puppy, who is, after all, the source of the frustration. But, what alleviates our anger is not necessarily the same as what teaches the puppy to do better next time.
Puppies learn best through positive reinforcement for desirable behavior. Praising your puppy when he eliminates in the correct place is more effective for training than punishing him for an accident. A firm "no" may be effective in teaching the puppy what not to do, but only if you catch him and say the word during the act. It is important to look for signs that the puppy needs to go, and take him immediately outdoors or to his puppy pad. As soon as he demonstrates the desirable behavior, praise him heavily. Do this every single time he goes in the acceptable place, and he will soon be delighted to go there and please his owner. Pleasing the leader of his pack, after all, is what the puppy is naturally wired to do.
If you have found yourself taking out anger on your puppy during housebreaking, you are not alone. Housebreaking can be quite frustrating, but developing habits that help your puppy understand what to do will be far more beneficial than punishing him after he has had an accident indoors. Housebreaking your puppy without excessive punishment will take plenty of time and patience, but will all pay off in the end!
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