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I have been passionate about food my entire life, but it wasn't until 8 years ago that I decided to pursue it as a career and become a chef. As a chef, the number one question I get asked is "What's your specialty?" It's always been a difficult question for me to answer because I enjoy so many different cuisines. I assume that they want me to name a single dish that is my specialty. I've never been able to choose just one. Instead, I tell people that I specialize in making everything from scratch. I like to learn everything I can about a dish and then make every aspect of that dish as great as it can be using the finest ingredients available. The focus of my writing for this publication will of course be on dairy products.
I've studied many ethnic cuisines and have traveled extensively in North America as well as limited travel to Europe, Asia, and Africa. I literally own over a ton of cookbooks. I collect peppermills, mortar and pestles (pok poks), and spices from around the world. By combining my knowledge of cooking and the flavor profiles of different countries and regions of the world, I can confidently replicate dishes from most ethnic cuisines. I always pursue more knowledge of other cultures and their foods whenever I have a chance. The more you learn about food, the more you realize how much more there is to explore.
There is a vast array of information available about all kinds of food these days. The hard part is knowing what sources to trust. (Hint: Grandma's are usually the best) Some of my fondest food memories are of meals I had with my grandparents while spending the summer with them on their small farm as a child. The important thing is not to be afraid to try new things. The more you experiment, the more you learn, and the better you get at analyzing a recipe before you've even made it.
It is my intention to document this process in my blog. I encourage everyone who is interested in food to join me in this exploration. Share your ideas with me and together we just might end up finding that one dish I can proudly call my specialty.


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Hopefully you aren't in the tornado areas.
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I'm on the East coast, near West Palm Beach. We escaped most of the wind but are getting a hefty portion of the rain and some scattered tornadoes.
The West Coast of FL caught a break when Fay went right a little early and had a few less hours to strengthen above 60-65 mph, and it also directly hit less populated areas a full hour south of Ft. Myers.
one tornado was confirmed down about 7 miles away from me, but it didn't apparently stay on the ground long and caused minimal damage as far as I know right now.
Nature is doing some pruning. All the branches and palm fronds scattered all over my yard so far were brown and dead anyway and just hanging in the tree tops.
My grandfather once told me when I was very young that Hurricanes are Natures way of clensing herself. Everyonce in a while, you got give yourself a good scrubbing. Sometime more harsh than others.....
I guess that explains why grandpa dropped the garden hose/leaf blower douch on grandma.
Old father nature "cleansing" his way.
School sucks. My GPA is screwed up, and I can't get into a class I need because of it. I transfered in 11 credit hours from AP courses in high school and for some reason the chem score is counted in my GPA. So it's like I was credited 4hrs with no grade assigned to it for my GPA. Due to that I'm under the cutoff line, barely, and if it wasn't figured in I would be considerably above it.
My stinking advisor doesn't have office hours until classes start, so instead of me being able to go into and talk to her to get this straightened out, and get on the list for the requird class, I have to wait.
Not only that, but I need 6more credit hours of electives, so I need to find some easy classes. I've been looking, but no luck so far. I want something easy, for obvious reasons.
I saved my easy electives until my senior year, and did badmiton and ping pong my final symester. Was a great final symester.
Some don't so after 2-3 days if you don't get an answer, call her at home. Unless she's a total beyatch it shouldn't tick her off.
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I tried to do it over email and she said it needed to be done in person, and that she had walk in hours first week of school.
What the hell was I doing in that post above? semester.....Where the hell did Symester come from? And I typed it twice!
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Poor Jr. he seems to be struggling reading Crime and Punishment. I don't understand, he had all summer. Test on it coming up real soon.
and after reading the above exchanges, I'm crossing BS off Jr's list of possible colleges. (not that I was looking for an excuse to do so)
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
Today I threw a rosetta stone at a Joshua tree.
Out fell a monkey rubbing his head.
He picked himself up and started screaming at me.
In French.
So I chopped his head off with a machete.
I don't hear any more screaming.
Just show him video's of marines digging fox holes in the sand box.
He'll be one reading muthaF$%&^*^ then.
Good to see I'm not the only person to behead a French-speaking, screaming, monkey around here.
Or, wait, maybe I still am...
Actually that reminds me of a duck hunting trip down the wabash river a few years back. Four of us were floating down river in a duck boat and it was about 35 degrees out. There wasn't much hunting going on; it was more of a float down the river and drink liquor trip. Looking back, it may not have been the wisest boat trip any of us have taken.
Well, eventually we are floating along and my buddy spots a dead buck along the banks. He had a big rack (10 or 12 pointer typical - don't remember which, but it was a big spread and big tines). Anyway, we land the boat and climb up the bank to the deer.
It had been dead for a few days at least, it was all bloated and the smell was awful. Didn't stop the guy who spotted it from whipping out his knife and just jaggedly cut the focking things head off. Guess he wanted the rack for something, he's a crazy focker anyway.
Well that just made the smell 10,000 times worse and my other buddy after watching this just starts hurling and hurling and hurling. I've never seen someone puke up so much bloody mary's mixed with triscuits, cheese, and venison summer sausage. It was also quite possibly a top-10 funniest moment for me. He still doesn't leave that little episode down.
Kind of fun floating down the river with a big deer head tied to the front of the boat too.
I know exactly what you're talking about.
I killed a buck in Wisconsin one time and my dad kept the head for me but he didn't freeze it. I cut the antlers out in flocking July.
I'm telling you... that was ugly.
But I got my antlers.
Were there any holes in that bloated buck? Some guy was looking all over for it and found it headless. Sucks for him.
You're lucky the DNR didn't run in to you guys with a tagless head like that.
I'm ready for Oct. 1.
No holes . . . he was an old bast*rd. It wasn't deer season at the time, it was sometime in mid-late January. And there is never any DNR on the river (well, rarely). Doesn't make it any less stupid of us though.
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Hey I ain't got not banjo no more but I's got a mandolin somewheres.
Da da da DOT da
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
Some of us are always on the lookout for a nice big rack
I had lunch at Cancun today.
Man I ate too much.
i'm stuck with glasses till sept 18th...
my last monthly pair of contacts broke
now i gotta go back to playing the "sophisticated guy" role

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Graham Henry, Clive Woodward and Ian McGeechan fell out of favour or lost their nerve after their Lions forays in 2001, 2005 and 2009.
Now Gatland, the 49-year-old former schoolteacher with 140 caps for Waikato, 17 tour games for the All Blacks and an international coaching career spanning 14 years with Ireland and Wales, is planning his foray to Australia next year as Lions coach.
Those duties already have a serious grip. Around another bout of heel surgery, Gatland has fitted in a stack of travel to matches and blue chip sponsors' engagements.
Every week in Britain national newspapers and Sky are picking Lions teams, while there is an endless range of commercial activity.
"As a brand we want the Lions to be successful because I think they are a bit special in the rugby world," Gatland told the Herald.
"It captures a bit of the traditional tour theme and should be something else. Already I am absolutely amazed at the interest here and in Australia, the financial input, the work going on around the tour, even compared to what we had in South Africa three years ago."
Gatland was an assistant to McGeechan on that trip and will announce his coaching setup in a few weeks.
He was going to be freed from those duties for Wales' test with the Wallabies next week, as a preview to some of the opposition the Lions will face next year.
But that solitary task became a double-act when he was released to coach Wales against the All Blacks tomorrow at the Millennium Stadium.
At some stage Gatland wants to coach back in New Zealand to complete more than the couple of years he had from 2005-06 with Waikato and then as technical advisor to the Chiefs.
That is in the distance after the Lions tour and he hopes a continued association with Wales to the 2015 World Cup.
Five months spent recovering in New Zealand after his accident this year allowed Gatland to get a fresh insight into his career and aims.
"It gave me time to think, to re-engage with New Zealand rugby and gather a whole lot of different thoughts and ideas about where the game was going.
"I spoke to people from Waikato, the Chiefs and All Blacks and it gave me a renewed perspective and insight on the game. As a coach, I am learning all the time and those months were invaluable for that."
He is now gearing up for the Lions before readying for another two year push to the World Cup.
He sees himself as more of a co-ordinator, bringing on the talents of his staff like Rob Howley and Shaun Edwards so they can lead he next wave of Welsh talent.
"Coaching is in my blood. I love it. I drove Wales hard and was hands-on for a while but now it is time to empower others," he said.
Gatland is convinced rugby sides thrive on a multi-layered approach. They need some freedom but discipline and boundaries were also a necessity.
"Wales know for example, if they are told to do something, they do it. If not they may as well go back home tomorrow."
The Lions would need men of character and discipline as much as ability when they play nine games including three tests in Australia next June and July.
Once the side is chosen, they will scarcely practice together before heading to Hong Kong for an opening game against the Barbarians on June 1, then on to Australia.
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Clarins Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch Reviews
Looked good for an hour...Then my face turned into a greasy looking mess! Right after I applied it my face looked smooth and my pores were filled in. But later, it was terrible. Worse than if I hadn't used any primer! I definitely wouldn't buy this again. — 6 years, 6 months agoLipglossandSpandex | 521 reviews
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NiceI had heard good things about this primer so I was excited to get a deluxe sample of this as a gift with purchase from a Sephora order. One downside for me is that this comes in a jar, so you have to stick your finger into the jar which isn't as sanitary as a tube or a pump. I was also surprised by the amount that I had to use to cover the areas of my face that need priming (t-zone). Apart from...read more that, the application was really nice. It felt smooth and silky on my face and filled in my fine lines and pores. This was definitely effective at making my face makeup last through a long day. Wearing a light coverage foundation, my skin still looked airbrushed, even hours after application. For $32, you receive half an ounce of product. Benefit's POREfessional works in a very similar way to this and it costs $30 for three quarters of an ounce. The packaging is also more sanitary. Having tried both, I would purchase the full size of Benefit's primer instead of this. Per ounce, this Clarins primer is even more expensive than my absolute favorite primer, Hourglass Mineral Veil, yet it doesn't have the same amount of benefits and uses more product per application. I am glad I got to try this and will enjoy using the rest of my sample jar, but will continue using other primers that are less pricey per ounce and easier to use. — 4 years, 7 months agoHeathRene | 285 reviews
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Smooth as a baby's bottom!I was shocked that the price was so reasonable, being a Clarins product! Just a very little of this goes a long way! I loved the way it felt and how it helped out my makeup! A must have! — 9 years, 10 months agothedragonslady | 483 reviews
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Nice effect and you don't need to use a lot of productI really love this product. It works great (okay not the whole day... only a few hours) to fill wrinkles and small lines and you don't need to use a lot of product... so a small jar will last a long time. — 2 years, 6 months agovirginie_sermet | 56 reviews
Smooths away linesI have used this for several years, and although I stray to the next "Holy Grail" of primers, this is the best! I apply it after sunscreen/moisturizer and wait 10-15 min, have coffee, watch morning weather, and then apply my foundation, concealer. Never disappointed ! — 3 years, 2 months agodeborah_murphy | 5 reviews
Sadly disappointedWhen I initially applied this primer it went on well and gave a smooth finish, But unfortunately not either of my foundations (Estee Lauder Long Wear & Elizabeth Arden) would glide on properly over the top. It was unusable. So it has sad in my makeup drawer for over a year. — 4 years, 3 months agoask_aunty | 1 reviews
Yum!So smooth. Instant results! I keep the jar in the bathroom for morning and have the "pen style" in my purse for touch ups. I love the way it makes my skin feel! I never use foundation since finding this. My skin is super dry and this product feels and acts like a moisturizer as well. This is the first and only clarins product I have tried so far, and I am so impressed I will definitely be tr...read moreying some more! It totally erases the lines on my forehead and between my eyebrows. And the results last for several hours. Thanks to Clarins for creating such a wonderful product. — 5 years, 1 month agolizzy | 2 reviews
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Clarins PrimerThis is a great primer I love it. It's great for aging skin. L'oreal has a similiar one lower price point. If it were a blind survery I would not be able to tell which one it was. — 5 years, 2 months agokiminsc | 15 reviews
Primah!After using a primer that was sadly disappointing, I decided to turn to ANOTHER brand that I love, and use their version. Oh Clarins, how you never do me wrong. Soft and even is all I can say. Once that baby is on your face, you have never felt anything softer. It's a fantastic base for your make up. Fills up lines, pores, you name it. So why only 8 out of 10? Price. It's a bit pricey for the amount you get, but I would do it again. — 5 years, 5 months agonatasha_peichl | 21 reviews
Smooth! and kept my make from settling into my pores and wrinklesTried it using it more for the line filler due to the Nordstroms clerk demo, was amazed how well it worked in as a filler but equally pleased with the use as a primer! Leases skin smooth and silky! i have combination skin usually on the oily side and I did not find that this was a greasy product more like a silky feel and not shiney! no break outs — 5 years, 5 months agolaherrn0210 | 7 reviews
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Today started with cloud and rain but by 10.00 the skies had cleared, the sun came out, and all was set for the Tandem Jump of the Minister of Sport for the Chuvash Repuiblic, Sergey Milnikov and his tandem master, Jiri Blaska, the FAI Controller. The Minister really enjoyed the experience and thanked everyone involved. Given the support for this competition shown by his Ministry it is nice to be able to share our enthusiasm for the sport in such a real way.
|Sergey Milnikov - Graeme Windsor - Jiri Blaska
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Today we continue with official practice jumps from the two Turbolets and two Antonovs.
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By mid-day the rain was back and we have grey cloud cover. After lunch the sun was out again and we continued with official practice jumps for the Accuracy and Style competitors.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A body found Monday in the Gulf of Mexico near Grand Isle has been identified as a Filipino worker missing since a Nov. 16 oil platform fire.
Lafourche Parish Coroner Dr. John King says the body is 28-year-old Jerome Malagapo.
Malagapo had been working for Grand Isle Shipyard aboard a platform operated by Black Elk Energy about 20 miles south of Grand Isle.
King said Wednesday that the identification was made from dental records and more investigation is needed to determine cause of death.
The fire killed two other workers. Ellroy Corporal's body was found in the Gulf near the platform. Avelino Tajonera was critically burned and died at a hospital on Nov. 23.
Cause of the fire is under investigation. There is no ongoing oil spill at the site.
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To increase awareness of all of its nutrition education offerings across multiple audiences, including teachers and health professionals, and the health benefits of milk and milk products, Dairy Council of California launches HealthyEating.org.
Combining the best features, materials and tools of its two previous web sites ― DairyCouncilofCA.org and MealsMatter.org ― Dairy Council of California has created an online destination where families can learn to improve eating habits and understand the benefits of consuming milk and milk products; teachers can order nutrition education materials; health professionals can find nutrition information for patients; and members of the dairy industry can access and download helpful tools to use and share with others.
"We completely revamped our web presence to make our materials and other tools available in one location, and better highlight and provide access to our milk-positive nutrition information," said Tammy Anderson-Wise, Dairy Council of California CEO. "At the same time, we share our nutrition philosophy of balanced eating while demonstrating the value of milk and its irreplaceable package of nutrients."
Anderson-Wise adds that along with providing consumers access to healthy recipes, meal ideas and healthy eating suggestions, the web site serves as an expert resource on milk and dairy products, and showcases the dairy industry's commitment and contribution to community health.
"All of the online resources not only help Dairy Council of California expand its efforts to improve eating habits and teach consumers to include milk and milk products in their diets, but they also provide dairy producers and processors with tools to download and share in their own outreach efforts, including farm and facility tours, community events, or even training employees," said Anderson-Wise.
Available resources include consumer-friendly handouts and tip sheets for both students and adults (in English and Spanish) covering anything from basic milk facts to how milk gets from cow to container. All resources can be found in the industry section at HealthyEating.org/Community-Resources. Producers and processors can also direct consumers to the site's interactive tools, including Healthy Eating My Way that customizes eating plans based on personalized needs.


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How to Care for Someone With Cancer
Here you'll find information on what to expect if you are caring for someone with cancer, and find out what you need to know when caring for a loved one at home.
Taking Care of Yourself as a Caregiver
Caring for someone who is sick, taking on new responsibilities, and worrying about the future can be exhausting at the very least. Here you can find tips on making sure you also take care of yourself. You'll also find checklists that can help caregivers spot signs of anxiety or depression in yourself or others.
How to Be Supportive to Someone With Cancer
If someone close to you has cancer, do you find it hard to talk to them about it? Do you worry that you'll say the wrong thing? If so, you're not alone. Find out how to be supportive and helpful when you talk with someone who has cancer.
When Your Child Has Cancer
If your child or teenager has cancer, go here to get information about what to expect. You can find information on coping with the diagnosis, dealing with financial and insurance issues, and nutrition for children with cancer, as well as detailed information about many cancers that affect children and teens.
American Cancer Society Support Programs and Services
The American Cancer Society has programs and services to help people with cancer and their loved ones understand cancer, manage their lives through treatment and recovery, and find the emotional support they need. And best of all, our help is free.
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Chocolate and mint. There are few pairings quite as epic. Not surprisingly, crispy, minty, chocolate-enrobed Thin Mints are the most popular Girl Scout cookie. They comprise upwards of 25% of total sales, some of which have gone to yours truly. In honor of Girl Scout Cookie Week—and who am I kidding, the upcoming Mad Men Season 5 premiere—I wanted to take my favorite cookie and give it a decidedly 1960's dessert treatment, parfait-style, by layering liquor-laced Grasshopper Pie filling with my beloved Thin Mints.
The traditional Grasshopper Pie combines a chocolate wafer cookie crust with a light and airy gelatin and meringue based filling that's whipped up with both crème de menthe and crème de cacao.
In the recipe development stage, I tried to go the traditional cookie crumb crust route and make a crust of Thin Mints by crushing them into small crumbs, mixing them with butter, and baking the crust for a few minutes. Alas, science was not on my side. The chocolaty coating that makes Thin Mints so dangerously addictive melts in the oven and reforms into an essentially impenetrable crust—a giant 9 inch Thin Mint, if you will. Not a terrible problem to have if you promise yourself that you're only going to have one Thin Mint, but it makes it awfully challenging to share in pie form.
As I was flipping through a 1960s era cookbook, I spotted pudding parfaits and inspiration struck. I could take the fluffy Grasshopper filling and layer it with the cookie crumbs, then top it with more whipped cream and an extra Thin Mint. Lovely to look at, even lovelier to eat. The French translation for parfait says it all: perfect.
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About the author: Alexandra Penfold is mild-mannered children's book editor by day, food ninja by night. Never one to skip dessert she's the Brownie half of Blondie & Brownie and a Midtown Lunch contributor. You can follow her on Twitter at @blondiebrownie.


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Inspired by classic Windsor style, the Dexter Dining Chair is a modern update to rustic outdoor furniture. It's made from sustainably-harvested wood in an airy driftwood finish that's weather-resistant. Handsome as it is durable, it works equally well indoors, too.
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"South O" is an Ocean-side neighborhood that's historic and distinct, but some residents and business owners there say it hasn't been getting enough civic attention.
For too long, they say, the emphasis has been on downtown Oceanside, a couple of miles to the north. (In part, that's because downtown was a redevelopment area that could get more money to help clean up blight.)
But last week, the South Oceanside Community and Merchants Association definitely had the ear of city officials.
Three council members — Gary Felien, Jerry Kern and Esther Sanchez — attended the group's meeting, as did the city's economic development manager, Tracey Bohlen; Chamber of Commerce CEO David Nydegger; and two staff members from Visit Oceanside, the chamber's tourism branch.
There were three Oceanside police officers who talked about why the area's crime rate has been low, and the main speaker was Planning Commissioner Bob Neal, who spoke about the process that volunteer commissioners follow in trying to get the best development for the city.
That's all well and good, but several people in the audience of about 40 people said they expected the main focus of the meeting to be the recently resurrected plans for major changes to Coast Highway, the main thoroughfare through South Oceanside.
Among them was resident Mike Bullock, who sat with a copy of the "Coast Highway Vision Plan" that was adopted by the council in 2009 but shelved when the economy tanked.
Bullock said he was disappointed that there wasn't more discussion about the plan, which could narrow part of the roadway and make the area more pedestrian-friendly.
Others said they were concerned that other cities along North County's coast seem to be farther along in revamping their portions of the highway, the old U.S. 101.
As Oceanside resident Jennifer Suchman pointed out, "We are not Encinitas."
In South O, she said, "it's gritty, the streets are dirty, I'm stepping over condoms, cigarettes." And some businesses don't maintain their property well, Suchman said.
"We've got to have a vision," Neal replied. "We've got to see 50 years down the road."
"This is a new day, new opportunities, we can refocus" on proposals for the highway, Sanchez said, and both Kern and Felien said such community interest as shown at the meeting will ensure implementation of a good plan for the area.
Greg Sampson, owner of Paradise By the Sea RV Resort for 35 years, said larger recreational vehicles could not negotiate the roundabouts suggested in the previous plan for the highway.
But members of the Oceanside Bicycle Committee said a narrower roadway could be better.
The South O organization was started more than two decades ago, when "we had a few little problems — mostly a hooker problem," said Richard Fox, one of the founders of the group.
"It's just a tight-enough organization that the city knows we exist," Fox, a local tire-shop owner, said at the meeting, and "a loose enough" group that it needn't bother with something so formal as minutes.
Zell and Gary Dwelley, co-owners of the Beach Break Cafe, were co-founders, he said.
At first, Fox said, the group was the South Oceanside Merchants Association. Then he wanted more community involvement, so he changed the name to South Oceanside Merchants and Community Association. Then he decided to put the community first, so the name now is South Oceanside Community and Merchants Association.
Fox described South Oceanside as the area bounded by Interstate 5, the Pacific Ocean, the center of Oceanside Boulevard and the south city limits. Some city maps start it at Morse Street, he said, but the group sticks to Ocean-side Boulevard.
Its meetings, usually every other month — the next one is at 6 p.m. March 26 at the Beach Break, 1802 S. Coast Highway — are announced on a "South O Living" blog.
And "South O" is on Facebook.
The group's goals remain relatively straightforward.
"Make sure that South O does not get forgotten" as plans are made to boost tourism to Oceanside, Zell Dwelley said.


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Posey stays mum on preparation methods
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The results of Buster Posey's offensive preparation unfold on the field for everyone to see.
The methods and details of that preparation are elements Posey would prefer not to discuss, as he said Saturday in a thoroughly pleasant mood.
"There's some stuff I work on. For some reason, I'm always hesitant to say what it is," said Posey, who entered Saturday's exhibition against Oakland with a rousing .435 batting average (10-for-23). "I don't know why I am. I just like to keep it to myself."
Posey said that he doesn't need to accumulate a certain number of at-bats before he can declare himself ready for the season.
"I think it's just about feeling good about where you are," he said. "... I think spring's a process, a combination of trying to get your swing where you want, but also get that game feel back. You can swing all you want, but until you get in a game and actually get the feel of a game, it's hard to simulate that."
The Giants catcher observed that he didn't amass an unusually high number of at-bats in 2012 after recovering from the horrific left leg injuries he sustained in May 2011 during a home-plate collision. He had 40 in the spring of 2012, compared with 54 in 2010, 48 in 2011 and 51 in 2013.
"After coming back from my injury, I don't think I had that many at-bats in the spring and I felt good going into the season," said Posey, whose batting average dipped from .336 in 2012 to .294 last year. "But there might be a year where you want a few more. There's nothing set in stone."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Starting in the mid '50s, a group of West Coast Corvette racers dominated the SCCA's C Production sports-car races in places like Palm Springs, Santa Maria, Pebble Beach, and Pomona, trouncing Ferraris, Mercedes SLs, Jaguars, and other exotic European machinery. "While Mercedes and Jaguar were still winning races in the great slice of the United States that remains outside Los Angeles County, no Merc or Jag took a production go away from a Corvette in Southern California from July 28, 1957 to July 18, 1959, nor have they been able to crack the winner's circle since," wrote OCee Ritch in the July 1960 issue of Motor Trend. The story, called "Secrets of the Winningest Corvettes," profiled a loose group of Corvette racers that centered on Bill Thomas, then working for C.S. Mead Chevrolet in Pasadena. At the Palm Springs Races in January of that year, where Bob Bondurant led the Corvette pack, "the thrilling, fender-banging brouhaha confirmed, once again, popular opinion. At the finish: Corvette, Corvette, Corvette--farther back: Mercedes, Ferrari, and the rest of the pack." The title of our story comes from advice "other Corvette drivers have carried back to the hinterlands," wrote Ritch. "If you plan to race your Chevy with this group, be prepared to go like hell or get run over."
So, what were the "secrets" these Vette pilots were using to full advantage? Lessons learned on the track, at first with subpar machinery, frankly. "Thomas and the bunch listed a flock of undesirable attributes," Ritch wrote. "The three-speed transmission was weak, synchro drums broke easily, it was necessary to change the ring-and-pinion after every race." Brakes were an issue, too, the narrow drums and poor heat dissipation causing the binders to fade too quickly.
Corvette engineers worked with Thomas, and used data gathered at Sebring by John Fitch, to improve the Vettes. "As fast as the factory moved, however, the Coasters were just a shade ahead of them," wrote Ritch, pointing out that Thomas' fuel-injection manifold added as much as 20 hp to the 283. That manifold, Ritch said, was being studied by Chevrolet.
Thomas and company also incorporated traditional hot-rodding tricks, "having been weaned on gasoline and brought up with roadsters, dry lakes speed runs, midnight drag races and the like." Duntov cams were put into use, intake and exhaust ports were matched to the heads, carbs were tuned, and exhaust systems were opened to improve flow.
Even when Chevrolet brought out Super Sport Corvettes in 1957, with fuel injection, Duntov cams, Positraction, and other speed equipment, Thomas and the others drove the cars only a couple of times in stock condition before getting down to serious modifications. They overbored the blocks, modified the fuel injectors, played with the distributor advance, port-matched the manifolds and heads, and made other improvements allowed within the SCCA's rule book.
"What has emerged is the present Southern California Corvette," said Ritch. "Pumping out something like 240 hp at the rear wheels, officially timed at 144.82 mph through the traps at Riverside International Raceway (during a race) and unofficially at 151 (during practice), these cars are capable of lapping the 3.275-mile Riverside course within 11.5 seconds of the track record set by Chuck Daigh in a Reventlow Scarab--a difference in speed of only 8 mph!"
Bondurant felt the Corvette's new brakes were a big contributor to the car's success, as he was able to out-brake a Porsche RSK on the twisty Laguna Seca race course. He also felt the Corvettes out-handled the Europeans. "We drive under these guys because the Corvettes stick better," he said. "But I will admit that the power you have on tap coming out of the turns helps handling immensely."
The Corvette is "sensational," Bondurant said, "if properly prepared." He, Thomas, and the rest of "The Group" were doing just that, showing the factory--not to mention a few Euro car drivers--a thing or two on those SoCal tracks.


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Convicted murderer charged with teen's 1990 slaying
ALBANY, Ore. - A man serving life in prison for a 1978 murder now faces charges he killed his 13-year-old stepdaughter in 1990.
John Ackroyd, 63, was arraigned Wednesday on murder charges for the death of Rachanda Leah Pickle. Her body has never been found.
This case has been an ongoing investigation over the past 22 years. The sheriff's office said that advances in technology, electronic databases and unidentified and missing persons databases helped detectives submit a case to the Linn County District Attorney to prosecute Ackroyd for Pickle's murder.
In July 1990, Ackroyd and his wife reported Pickle missing the day after she vanished, the sheriff's office said. They told authorities they believed there was a 24-hour wait time to report a missing person.
Ackroyd told investigators at the time that he and his wife left their home at the Oregon Department of Transportation shops at Santiam Junction early on July 10. He dropped his wife off at work and then drove to his workstation in Bend.
Ackroyd said he left work early and returned home. He said Pickle was home at the time but was gone when he left and returned home later that afternoon.
An extensive search was conducted around the Oregon Department of Transportation facility at Santiam Junction, Hoodoo Ski area and Big Lake areas.
The main search operation lasted several weeks and included many search teams from neighboring counties. Searches of other areas have been made periodically since Rachanda's disappearance, the Linn County Sheriff's Office said.
Ackroyd was convicted of aggravated murder and started serving a life sentence in 1994 for the December 24, 1978, murder of Kaye Turner in Camp Sherman, Oregon. He was arrested Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem and brought to Linn County for arraignment on the new murder charges.
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By Adam Hampshire, Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario
To what extent are some people smarter than others? For a century, psychologists have believed that we can boil differences in cognitive skill down to a single number known as an Intelligence Quotient (IQ). But does one number really represent an individual's ability to remember, to reason and to think? The answer is an emphatic no, according to the results of a landmark experiment conducted on many tens of thousands of people with the help of Roger Highfield of the Science Museum Group.
With Roger and my colleague Adrian Owen, who works with me at the University of Western Ontario, I describe our findings today in the journal Neuron.
Our attempt to answer this simple question dates back more than five years, when Roger encountered work that I had conducted with Adrian at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge on a reliable way to carry out cognitive tests online so we could monitor rehabilitation after brain injury, the effect of smart drug trials and so on.
Roger wondered if we could use this test to carry out a mass intelligence test. Drawing on earlier data from brain scans, Adrian and I came up with a series of tests which we knew would trigger activity in as much of the brain's anatomy as possible, combining the fewest tasks to cover the broadest range of cognitive skills.
In half an hour, respondents had to complete 12 cognitive tests which look at memory, reasoning, attention and planning abilities, as well as a fill in a survey about their background and lifestyle habits (Roger and Adrian describe the tests here).
We expected a few hundred responses. But thanks to articles in Discovery and New Scientist, 110,000 people took part from every corner of the world. Once I had used statistical methods to analyse more than a million data points on a representative group of around 45,000, I found that when a wide range of cognitive abilities are probed, the variations in performance can only be explained with at least three distinct components: short-term memory; reasoning; and finally, a verbal component.
No one component, or 'IQ', explained all the variations revealed by the tests.
To bolster our results, Adrian and I used a $5 million brain scanner, which relies on a technique known as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), to study 16 participants as they carried out all 12 tests. We found that each of the three different factors identified by the analysis did indeed correspond to a different brain network: these differences in cognitive ability map onto three distinct circuits in the brain.
The results disprove once and for all the idea that a single measure of intelligence, such as 'IQ', is enough to capture all of the differences in cognitive ability that we see between people. Instead, several different brain circuits contribute to intelligence, each with its own unique capacity. A person may well be good in one of these areas, but they are just as likely to be bad in the other two.
Because so many people took part, the results also provided a wealth of information about how factors such as age, gender and the tendency to play computer games influence our brain function.
For example, people who regularly played computer games did perform significantly better in terms of both reasoning and short-term memory. Smokers performed poorly on the short-term memory and the verbal factors, while people who frequently suffer from anxiety performed badly on the short-term memory factor in particular.
We are now launching a new version of the tests, to ensure we do not bias the results of the new tests, we can't say much about the agenda other than that there are many more fascinating questions about the true nature of intelligence that we want to answer.
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Many clubs achieve an end-of-season double but West Yorkshire Association side Field are chasing a cup treble.
They have already won the Bradford & District FA Saturday Challenge Cup, defeating Hunsworth 1-0, and their own league's cup, beating Beeston St Anthony's 4-0.
But the icing on the cake would be the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup, where they face West Riding County Amateur League club Steeton in the final on Monday at Elland Road (7pm).
Also it is an event that Field have never won, only reaching the semi-finals previously in their halcyon days.
Victory would cap a great season for the first team, who are under the management of former players Steve Vickers and Barry Dunne.
Field have already secured their best league position of third and have knocked out some of the strongest teams in West Yorkshire on their way to the final, including Ovenden West Riding and Bay Athletic (on penalties), who finished as the leading duo in the County Amateur League .
Both Field's reserves and under-19 teams have also had good seasons - indeed eight of the squad for Monday night started with the club's under-19s.
And always in the background has been the uncertainty of how long the club could stay at their current headquarters off Hollingwood Lane as the pitch, surroundings and clubhouse would be prime development land were it not for restrictions on the length of their lease.
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Rodney, Molina return to Rays after Classic final
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Fernando Rodney and Jose Molina returned to the Rays Thursday morning after participating in the World Baseball Classic, where Rodney's Dominican Republic team defeated Molina's Puerto Rico squad, 3-0, Tuesday night in the title game.
Rodney recorded the final out in all eight of the Dominican Republic's games -- all wins -- which were played over the course of 13 days.
His eight appearances and seven saves set Classic records. He allowed one hit and walked three, but did not allow a run and struck out eight batters in 7 1/3 innings, earning a spot on the All-World Baseball Classic team.
"We played like a family," Rodney said of his experience in the Classic. "Good communication. We bring energy to the field every day. We play baseball like you're supposed to. Play to win the championship, that's why we won the trophy."
Rodney said he wasn't surprised that his team did so well.
"The first exhibition game we played against the Phillies, I saw something different in the field, a lot of energy," Rodney said. "Guys playing together, making plays the way you're supposed to."
Rays manager Joe Maddon believes that Rodney's work in the Classic will help him get off to a good start, but he noted he was most concerned about the "back side" -- whether Rodney will have enough left physically and mentally to get through an entire season.
Rodney will make just two appearances for the remainder of the spring, on Wednesday and then March 30 -- three days before the Rays' April 2 opener against the Orioles.
"I'm ready to go right now for the season," Rodney said. "I feel good now. I feel good. Arm feels good. I feel ready mentally and physically."
While Maddon had concerns about Rodney being used too much, he had equal concerns about Molina being used too little. The Rays catcher played in two games and went hitless in three at-bats. Molina did not sound as if he considered his lack of playing time a problem.
"I did a lot of catching and blocking drills and all of that," Molina said. "I think the only part that I'm behind on a little bit is the hitting part."
Molina played in a Minor League game Thursday to get some at-bats. He said he will play in one of the Rays' split-squad games Friday and another Minor League game Saturday.
"Get as many at-bats as I can," Molina said.
Molina did not play much during the Classic because his brother, Yadier, started the bulk of Puerto Rico's games. Playing with his brother, along with his countrymen, made the experience special.
"I enjoyed that from top to bottom, and all the way to the end, I enjoyed it," Molina said.
As for bragging rights inside the Rays' clubhouse, Molina good-naturedly maintained that Rodney wouldn't be bragging too much since Puerto Rico did all the heavy lifting for the Dominican Republic.
"I think we made it easier for them," Molina said. "We beat Venezuela, we beat the United States, we beat Japan. The only team we couldn't beat was them. We made the road easy for them."
Bill Chastain 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 hope I can bring that attitude," Ott said after the July 2 trade was completed. "I want to bring my consistency of being hard to play against every single night. I feel I've done that since the start of my career, and I feel I have a ton of game left. I haven't even reached part of my peak yet."'
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It's going to get old real soon. That's how I am starting to feel about this Washington situation. If neither side is choosing to negotiate in earnest on the "fiscal cliff" issues, then the market will have to reach a level where everyone has figured out there will be no earnest negotiation, and they aren't selling regardless.
Last week seemed incredibly confusing. On the one hand, there was plenty of talk about how a deal could be reached. I keep thinking about that comment from Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein in particular -- the one that said the sides were real close. How could he say that if it weren't at all true? Wasn't it based on something? How about all of those CEOs? Don't they make any difference? We thought they did last week.
On the other hand we have the perception that, if Washington was near a deal, something critical broke down -- because the positions got further apart over the weekend.
What happened in those intervening days, when the business leaders were hopeful and when President Obama went to the Pennsylvania toy factory? Did Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner misjudge things and play too much hardball?
I am thinking like this because it is highly unusual to see a situation go from hope to no hope in three days without anything really changing.
I have to tell you that, behind the scenes, the presidents' people are very certain that there will be a deal -- so certain that it's a bit daunting. Maybe that's what the business leaders were imbibing.
To me, the important thing is how quickly the complete transformation was made. This went from last Wednesday's happy belief that a deal will be struck, to a harder line by both sides Friday, to a total collapse by Monday. That last stage was on the heels of a Republican offer that someone would put out only if they wanted to end talks. Sure, I am certain some people thought Monday's Republican gambit had some substance, but to me it was more of the same.
Get that "total collapse" offer into the market. Figure out where there is no hope -- and then the market will have some firmer footing, which is certainly lacking right now.


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To help make more climbers safer climbers, Rock and Ice has teamed up with Black Diamond Equipment to present the Climb Safe series. These articles aim to answer some of climbing's most common gear-related questions. Here, Kolin Powick, Black Diamond's Director of Quality, weighs in on re-slinging cams.


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"I'm from Ghana, and there, women with gapped teeth are considered very beautiful. In America, everyone has to have perfect teeth, but I think my gaps give my smile character. My 2-year-old daughter has my same teeth, and if her permanent ones also have a gap, I won't make her get braces." --Belinda Baidoo, 33
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"Once I started wearing bright lipstick, people noticed my smile more. And I like it because now I don't have to put on as much makeup--the red lips immediately polish me up. My other trick is that when someone takes my picture, I think about my husband. It makes me smile in a warm, natural way." --Cate Sheehy, 34
A classic bluish-red works on all skin tones. Cate is wearing Giorgio Armani Lip Maestro in The Red, $32; giorgioarmani.com; we also like CoverGirl LipPerfection LipColor in Hot, $6.50; amazon.com.
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SAN JOSE -- Patrick Marleau made sure Thursday night that the Phoenix Coyotes weren't going to ruin the Sharks' home opener in this lockout-shortened season.
Two third-period goals by Marleau sandwiched around one by Marty Havlat gave the Sharks a 5-3 victory over the Coyotes in the first NHL game at HP Pavilion in nine months.
It was Marleau's third consecutive two-goal performance and gave San Jose a perfect 3-0 record so far.
The Sharks were trailing 3-1 with less than 11 minutes left when the comeback began.
"There was still a lot of game left then, and we knew that," said Marleau, whose six goals lead the NHL. "We wanted to go down there and get pressure on them. We let that go away from our game."
Marleau's game-winner came with 1:53 to play with linemates Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton getting the assists. Thornton's four-point night gave him the NHL scoring lead with nine points.
Thornton "made a great play coming back, picked up a loose puck," Marleau said. "I kind of just took off. He found Pav, and Pav was able to slide it over to me. I just tried to get it away as quick as possible, and it found a way in."
Logan Couture scored the Sharks' first goal and a power-play empty netter by Thornton with 2.8 seconds left wrapped up the scoring. Steve Sullivan, Antoine Vermette and Lauri Korpikoski tallied for Phoenix.
The Sharks were after the two points, but they also were mindful of the bigger picture after a 119-day lockout that forced the NHL to play an abbreviated 48-game schedule.
"It's also about rewarding our fans for a long patient wait," coach Todd McLellan said before the game.
The Sharks were the first team on the scoreboard at 19:22 when Couture deflected a shot by Pavelski past Coyotes goalie Jason LaBarbera for a power-play goal.
Earlier in the period, the Sharks failed to score on 1:39 of a two-man advantage, but the Coyotes managed to tie things up in the second period when they had the 5-on-3 edge. The Sharks killed 1:49 of the full two minutes, but Sullivan beat Antti Niemi from a harsh angle at 7:11.
It stayed that way until 5:01 of the third period when Coyotes captain Shane Doan appeared to knock Niemi off balance while Phoenix was on the power play. No penalty was called, and Vermette was able to get off a shot before the Sharks goalie recovered, and San Jose trailed 2-1.
"Somebody fell over and hit me," Niemi said. "I kind of fell, too, and the stick got caught somewhere on my leg. I didn't see the puck. When I saw it, it was already coming."
Did Niemi expect a penalty against Doan on the play?
"I hoped at best there would not be a goal because I couldn't do anything about it," Niemi said.
Korpikoski scored at 7:28 of the third to make it 3-1, but that only set the stage for the Sharks' four unanswered goals.
The first came when Thornton slid the puck into the slot, and Marleau hammered it home at 9:15. Less than four minutes after that, San Jose tied it when LaBarbera couldn't control a shot by Ryane Clowe and Havlat deftly worked the puck free and into the net.
Despite the win, the Sharks showed there was still work to do on the penalty kill team, which gave up two goals on six chances, and other areas such as shift lengths.
"Still inconsistencies throughout the night, but there are a lot of teams in the league that are like that," McLellan said. "It's our job to clean that up quicker than the others."
Overall, though, the emphasis in the locker room afterward was on the two points gained.
"A good character win," Couture said. "You get down two goals in the third period, fight back and find a way to win."
"He's been playing, so he's got his game down," Marleau said of Thornton, who played in Switzerland during the lockout. "I'm just still trying to play catch-up a little bit, but I've been able to find some spots, and he's been able to put it on my tape."
Added Thornton: "I know what he likes to do, he knows what I like to do. It doesn't matter if we were playing together during this lockout or not, we're still going to have good chemistry."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks.
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Colorado (2-1-0) at Sharks (3-0-0), 1 p.m. CSNCA
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View from the Corner: Dome theater to host card
Updated 12:33 am, Sunday, March 25, 2012
The fight week itinerary is set for Saturday's boxing card at the Alamodome's Illusions Theater. Seven bouts will be featured.
The fight involving Austin super featherweight Casey Ramos and Gerardo Robles has been scratched. Ramos reportedly is suffering from a strep throat infection.
Thursday — Open public workouts, ChampionFit Gym; noon, Ivan Najera, Adam Lopez; 12:30 p.m., Kelly Pavlik, Evgeny Gradovich; 1 p.m., Francisco Leal, Aaron Jaco
Friday — Public weigh-in, 3 p.m., Ojos Locos Sports Cantina, 5809 NW Loop 410
Saturday — Top Rank Live! fight card, Illusions Theater at the Alamodome; doors open 5 p.m., first bell 6 p.m.
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Evgeny Gradovich (12-0, 6 KOs), Igrim, Russia, vs. Francisco Leal (16-5-3, 10 KOs), Mexicali, Mexico, 10 rds, featherweights
Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KOs), Youngstown, Ohio, vs. Aaron Jaco (15-2, 5 KOs), Sarasota, Fla., 10 rds, super middleweights
Ivan Najera (6-0, 5 KOs), San Antonio, vs. James Lester (9-7, 4 KOs), Detroit, 6 rds, lightweights
Saul Rodriguez (3-0, 3 KOs), Los Angeles, vs. Ricardo Valencia (1-2, 1 KO), Houston, 4 rds, featherweights
Eduardo Alicea (2-0, 2 KOs), Cleveland, vs. Joe Haros (1-0), Del Valle, junior middleweights
Luis Zarazua (3-0, 1 KO), McAllen, vs. Victor Sanchez (1-3), Houston, 4 rds, featherweights
Adam Lopez (1-0, 1 KO), San Antonio, vs. Lamar Charlton (1-2-1, 1 KO), Ocala, Fla., 4 rds, bantamweights
Tickets: $100 VIP, $50 and $25 — available at Alamodome box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-5000.
S.A. pair falls: Two San Antonio boxers fought on a Triple-A Promotions card March 17 in Robstown.
Junior welterweight Donald Escobar (0-3) was knocked out by Pedro Martinez (3-1, 2 KOs) of Laredo at 2:39 of the fourth round, while Daniel Sanchez was stopped by Marty Gutierrez of Robstown at 1:13 of the second round of a four-round lightweight bout.


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me and my buddies were bsing the other day about the random funny shit that happens. i was just posting this to get some stories from everybody else. we all know laughter is the spice of life.
i remember when time we were watching some ppl drive on a hole and standing about half way down the fairway (out of the way). well i was looking at the basket and somebody and one go a little off line and it beaned me right in the temple. funny thing is i didnt even realize it until my friend was asking me if i was alright (yes i was messed up was smoking something). i guess it worked out for the person who threw it b/c they would have ended up buried in the trees.


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In the upper Salmon River region of central Idaho, the Boulder-White Cloud Mountains preside over a patch of rocky wild land that harbors bighorn sheep, black bears, mountain goats and elk.
Though it had been a national monument for more than a century prior to 2013, central California's Pinnacles area was considered something of a hidden gem.
Dave Matthews' international music legacy has influenced millions of people worldwide, but his legacy doesn't stop there.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced significant progress towards fulfilling her vision of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC) on Jan.
America's oil and gas bubble has long fueled the livelihoods of many western states, but only in recent decades have economists started to look at what happens when that bubble bursts.
Few places in the U.S. are more prized by the avid recreationist than the Pacific Northwest.
Grand Canyon National Park is undoubtedly one of America's most beloved national parks, attracting about five million visitors every year who come to hike, camp and raft the river at its depths.
Those of us who are committed to America's lands are becoming increasingly concerned about what has been referred to as the "constituency crisis." While millions still love enjoying our wild places, there has been a decline in interest in the past few
With the 50th anniversary of The Wilderness Act looming, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell was asked to do the unthinkable.
From weird invasions of moose parasites to strange vandalism cases on our public lands, there was no shortage of drama in places that are otherwise known for their peace and tranquility. In case you missed them, we thought we'd share a few.


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Britney Spears: 'Hold It Against Me' Lyrics!
Britney Spears and her assistant Brett snuggle up to Santa Clause in this festive new shot posted on her Twitter account.
The 29-year-old pop princess has been busy working on her seventh studio album, which will be released March 2011 and executive produced by hitmakers Max Martin and Dr. Luke.
Luke — who has described Britney's new sound as harder, electronic, and grimier — recently teased on Twitter: "The first word of the Britney song is 'hey'… The 3rd word is 'there'… Hey over there… please (4th word)… forgive (5th)."
Now the lyrics to the new song, reportedly called "Hold It Against Me", have been making the rounds on the Internet. Click inside to check them out…
Britney Spears: 'Hold It Against Me' Lyrics!
Hey, over there, please forgive me
If I'm coming on too strong
Here to stare, but you're winning
And they play my favorite song
So come near, little closer
Wanna whisper in your ear
Say it clear, little question
Wanna know just how you feel
(Chorus – JustJared.com)
If I said my heart was beating loud
If we could escape the crowd somehow
If I said I want your body now
Would you hold it against me?
Cuz you feel like paradise
And I need a vacation tonight
So if I said I want your body now
Would you hold it against me?
Hey, you might think, that I'm crazy
But you know I'm just your type
I might be, little hazy
But you just cannot deny
There's a spark in between us
When we're dancing on the floor
I want more, wanna see it
So I'm asking you tonight


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Gold Futures Drop Sharply at the Open
Something odd happened in the gold market this morning.
Gold futures are down 1.4% at $1,717, and since hitting a 2012 high of $1,796 on Oct. 4, have been as volatile as the rest of the broader market. But this morning's swift drop at the open caught people off-guard.
Dow Jones' Tatyana Shumsky posted the following on the wire this morning:
A flurry of sell orders wiped $20 from the price of gold in the opening minute of Comex floor trading, sending December futures toward $1,710/troy ounce. More than 13,000 contracts changed hands during that first minute.
"Gold is one of the most-emotional markets out there," notes RJO Futures' Bob Haberkorn. "When there's a panic, that can be an opportunity to come in and buy."


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Britney Spears Releases 'Ooh La La' Lyric Video, Shares Pics From Actual Video Shoot
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Britney Spears is beginning her takeover of the pop music world once again, and she's kicking off her domination with a lyric video for her new single 'Ooh La La'! The clip features words all in blue and a brief cameo by Smurfette — it is for her movie, after all.
In addition to her new lyric video for 'Ooh La La,' Brit Brit is also in the process of filming a live action clip for the song! How do we know this? The pop star went ahead and shared stills of her upcoming vid, which was directed by Marc Klasfeld. As usual, Britney looks stunning in the stills — no surprises there!


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Malvern, PA, August 27, 2013 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced that Repeat Business Systems has been officially confirmed as a Ricoh Certified Production Printing Professional Services Provider through Ricoh's CHAMPS program for dealer transformation.
The distinction certifies that Repeat Business Systems' staff has successfully completed all Ricoh Services certification requirements, qualifying the dealer to analyze customer business challenges and prescribe custom services drawing from the Ricoh Production Printing Business Group's expertise. This certification is a component of CHAMPS, a program designed to deliver Ricoh services to dealers and help transform their business model to meet customers' most pressing information management needs.
Repeat Business Systems' professionals are specifically certified experts on delivering Ricoh's production printing services and professional services related to production printing systems. Several of the dealer's employees passed a rigorous certification examination that followed weeks of intensive training through Ricoh University, the company's comprehensive training organization.
"Congratulations to Repeat Business Systems and its newly certified staff," said Jim Coriddi, Vice President, Dealer Division, Ricoh U.S. "This certification arises from a unique and transformative program in our industry. The overall goal is to enable our dealers to do more to address their clients' most pressing business problems. We remain committed to supporting our dealers with programs that allow them stand out as the best source for information management in their region."
About CHAMPS
Ricoh's CHAMPS program is designed to help dealers transform their business model to meet customers' most pressing information management needs. The program combines a proven methodology, best-in-class resources and Ricoh's industry-leading services to create custom solutions that improve customer business performance. The program makes it easier for the Ricoh family group of dealers to leverage what they need, when they need it, while lowering their document-related capital investment and helping accelerate profit generation opportunities.
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Repeat Business Systems, founded in 1987, is an award winning leader in office technology, servicing the Albany capital region, Tech Valley, southwest Vermont and western Massachusetts. Repeat Business Systems is locally owned and operated with a national reputation for excellence. RBS is an authorized dealer for Ricoh, providing sales, solutions support, service, and supplies for multifunction and stand-alone copiers, fax machines, scanners, and printers. In addition, Repeat Business Systems offers network services, managed print/document services, workflow analysis, full IT and Professional Services and consultation in order to increase efficiency and provide a significant cost savings to their valued customers.
For more information, visit www.repeatbusinesssystems.com.
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Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in about 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2013, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,924 billion yen (approx. 20 billion USD).
The majority of the company's revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information. Ricoh also produces award-winning digital cameras and specialized industrial products. It is known for the quality of its technology, the exceptional standard of its customer service and sustainability initiatives.
Under its corporate tagline, imagine. change. Ricoh helps companies transform the way they work and harness the collective imagination of their employees.
For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com/about/.


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President Obama is planning to deliver a big speech on jobs and the economy. His wish list for Congress will likely include more government infrastructure spending. So that citizens know what the president is talking about, they should review the success of the government's past infrastructure projects.
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Federal Spending Hits $4.1 Trillion
If you looked at the new CBO report on the budget, you may have noticed that federal spending this year will be $3.6 trillion.
In fact, federal spending this year will top $4 trillion. But virtually all reporters and budget wonks (including me) routinely use the lower number when discussing total federal spending. I don't think the higher $4 trillion number even appears anywhere in the CBO report.
Private Wage Growth Outpaces Federal
Average private sector wages in the United States rose 3.1 percent in 2010, slightly more than the 2.5 percent increase in average wages of federal civilian government workers. The growth in federal wages was the slowest in at least two decades, and it coincided with a rebound in private wages after the recession, according to new Bureau of Economic Analysis data (see Table 6.6D).
Maddow's Big Thoughts on Infrastructure
Is Rachel Maddow sure she wants the government to "think big," as she says here standing in front of the Hoover Dam?
The Dumbest Budget 'Plan' Yet
Are you aware of the budget plan that promises to cut federal spending by 25 percent per year and has been endorsed by seven Republicans running for president? I just found out about it this week in Steve Chapman's latest column. Having checked it out, I think I know why I hadn't heard of it: it's the dumbest "plan" out there.
HUD Subsidizes Wealthier Indiana County
The Indianapolis Star recently ran an article on a relatively wealthy county in Indiana that has received $3 million in HUD Community Development Block Grant funding since 2005. I lived in Hamilton County for three years and it has a well-deserved reputation in Indiana as being the home of the state's hoity-toity. I don't believe the federal government should be subsidizing community development for any locality, but subsidizing wealthier areas of the country is extra ridiculous.
Rick Perry's Spending Record
In his run for the Republican nomination, Texas Governor Rick Perry is positioning himself as a staunch fiscal conservative. Does his spending record match his recent campaign language in favor of smaller government?
Terminate the SBA
There's plenty of talk about cutting the federal budget these days in Washington. And there's lots of fighting over the size of the federal government. But there has been relatively little discussion about the scope of Uncle Sam's activities.
Fannie Mae: No Hope or Change
The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama has assigned his staff with the task of designing a new set of government guarantees behind the U.S. mortgage market. Although as the Post also reports the "approach could even preserve Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." That's correct. Despite their role in driving the housing bubble and the already $160 billion in taxpayer losses, President Obama appears to be considering just putting the same failed system in place. Of course, we'll be promised that it will all work better this time.
Washington Post Asks for Budget Plans
The Washington Post's editorial board issued a challenge to the president and his Republican opponents: "show us your plans" for deficit reduction. In fact, the Post says it would be "delighted" to receive plans from its readers. However, the Post isn't interested in "meaningless promises" to cut "waste, fraud, and abuse"—it wants specifics:


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Silver (now Newton) has been adopted!
Silver and his brothers and sister were plucked from an unrewarding life in a local auto salvage yard. Taken in for 'rehabilitation' a little older than we usually take kittens, our instincts were rewarded as they all were easy to handle right off the bat. We could not see returning them to their harsh beginnings in the great outdoors. None of these kittens (Silver, Sammy, Sunny, Sassy) has ever done anything more overt than hiss while becoming accustomed to life with humans...and Sunny has never even done that.
Silver remains a little guarded, is cautious and quiet until he gets to know you, and still might greet you with a hiss when in his cage...which he seems to think means, 'Hi there, pet me, pick me up, bring on the feather wand!' He becomes more relaxed and used to interacting with people each day, likes being petted, and studiously checks emails daily on his fosterer's lap, nose tucked under her elbow, purring up a storm. And, as proof of his gentle nature, we have no difficulty clipping his nails! Having begun life in stark, bleak surroundings, with only dirt clods as playthings, Silver has learned to enjoy little balls and toy mice, and loves batting at dangling objects in his cage while luxuriating in his hammock.
Silver is a gorgeous guy, with a glistening, silken white and gray medium-length coat, plumed tail, tufted ears, and greenish eyes. He certainly gives the impression of having some Maine Coon ancestors, but is an undeniably darling kitten on his own, as you find him, without needing to attribute physical resemblance to a particular breed. This charming fellow deserves a place in your home, where he can fully relax and give you his heart, possibly in the company of your friendly kitten or young, playful cat.
The Fine Print — While Community Cat Rescue would love to make our adoptable cats and kittens available to everyone, everywhere, we must limit our adoption service area to San Francisco Peninsula cities and towns. We simply do not have the volunteer-power or financial resources to make home visits (required for all adoptions), delivery of adopted cats/kittens and follow-up visits outside the Peninsula. An occasional, rare exception might be made, but it is not the rule.
Did you know black kittens have the hardest time finding homes, despite their wonderful personalities? So give them a look, because adoption fees for solid black or black and white kittens are only $25. All kittens are spayed/neutered, microchipped with lifetime registration, tested for FIV/FeLV, and vaccinated too.
THE FINE PRINT – Adoptions limited to Peninsula locations. Exceptions possible.