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Atlanta CEOs discussed "Closing the Gap," addressing the economy and the implications of the market for achieving the "American Dream." The panel featured Jack Guynn, Moderator (Retired President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta); John Wieland, Chairman and CEO, John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods; Robert Balentine, Chairman and CEO, Balentine; Richard Smith, Chairman and CEO, Equifax; and, Thomas Fanning, Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company. View the video here.
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University presidents from around the country discussed "What Are We Doing Right in Higher Education?," addressing the state of higher education. Featuring: Kevin Riley, moderator and editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Dr. Mark Becker, president, Georgia State University; Dr. John McCardell, vice chancellor, Sewanee: The University of the South; Dr. John Sexton, president, New York University; Dr. James Wagner, president, Emory University; and, Dr. Lawrence Schall, president, Oglethorpe University. View the video here.
On October 25, the Oglethorpe Women's Network hosted "Why OWNership Matters: Duplicating Kinko's Success," as part of the Rikard Lecture Series, which introduces students to current issues in business as presented by successful business and civic leaders.
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Laird lands back in Houston after fine spring
HOUSTON -- When the Astros sent Brandon Laird down at the end of the spring despite a solid performance at the plate, they told him he would be needed in Houston at some point during the season. And it didn't take long for the club to give him a call.
Laird, called up on Thursday when Brett Wallace was sent to Triple-A Oklahoma, joined the club on Friday after hitting .353 with five doubles, two homers and 14 RBIs in 12 games with the RedHawks. He hit .328 with three doubles, five homers and 12 RBIs in 29 games this spring, but was called into manager's Bo Porter's office and sent down.
"The meeting in Spring Training wasn't what I was expecting, but like Bo said, 'Go down there and take care of your business and we'll see you soon,'" Laird said. "I went down there and did what I needed to do and got some good at-bats, and just worked hard and got back here."
Laird, who can play first and third and maybe some outfield, admitted he was keeping close tabs on the Astros while he was at Triple-A and was sleeping when he got the call from RedHawks manager Tony DeFrancesco telling him he was heading to Houston.
"I was hoping it was a matter of time and I wanted to concentrate on what I had to do down there," he said. "I didn't want to go down there and mope and not work hard, and then be down there longer. I wanted to continue what I was doing in the spring and fortunately I did, and I'm excited to be here now."
Porter said Laird should have made the club out of Spring Training.
"You can only take 25 guys," the skipper said. "Like I explained to him, he was a victim of a numbers crunch. He's been around the game and been in different organizations, and he understands what happens. To his credit, he went to Triple-A and didn't hold his head down, and warranted being called up."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Social media is alive with messages of condolence to the family and friends of fallen Riverside police Officer Michael Crain.
Hours after the name of the 11-year veteran was released Sunday, Operation 12-24 launched a Facebook page in tribute to the officer who was gunned down while on duty.
"We've done a number of line of duty deaths," he said. "Obviously this (case) is a special circumstance, and I don't know how much we can do with (the page), just because of the ongoing manhunt," creator Bill Benson said.
Authorities believe Crain was killed by former Los Angeles police Officer Christoper Dorner, a suspect in two other killings.
Dorner remains at large.
Operation 12-24 created the page to allow the public to post their condolences to Crain's family and friends, Benson said. It will also allow administrators to post updates to where donations can be sent and made in Crain's name.
In addition to allowing people who "like" the page to post their condolences, the page also allows other police departments across the state to see if they are able to attend services, which are planned for Wednesday at Grove Community Church in Riverside.
By noon, there were more than 2,500 likes on the page.
Crain's ex-wife Jennifer M. Fry Crain posted on her Facebook profile a small tribute to the fallen officer. "He was a good man and a great father to our son. I don't know how we'll manage without him. He deserves all the tributes and accolades he receives."


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I went to my weekly Dhamma class yesterday, which is provided by a Sri Lankan monk. He's been a monk for 13 years and spent most of his life in Sri Lanka; he now essentially lives in the Vihara in London.
At the end of the class, a student asked about what can be done to help others when they are ill. For example, Christians can pray, etc. The monk said they do paritta chanting. He did that a number of times in Sri Lanka. Some terminally-ill people, where doctors said they would die within a few days, have recovered very quickly after such chanting. He explained that such chanting, done with good intentions (i.e. loving-kindness), generates some sort of spiritual energy and produces positive results. I haven't realised before this more "popular" aspect of Theravada Buddhism.
Has anyone heard or witness similar stories? I find this quite interesting, I would like to learn more about it.
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This study investigates the ability of ultrasound to measure the volume of a brain hemorrhage in the acute phase after hospital admission.
It is known that approximately 30% of patients admitted with a brain hemorrhage will suffer from enlargement of the hematoma within the first hours after admission.
In this study the investigators measure the volume of the hematoma every 30 minutes up to 6 hours after admission and every 2 hours between 6-12 hours.
|Stroke Cerebral Hemorrhage
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|Volume Measurement and Progression Surveillance of Intracerebral Haemorrhage Using Transcranial Ultrasound
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This study investigates the use of transcranial ultrasound (TCU) for the surveillance of patients with intracerebral hemorrhages. Using transcranial ultrasound makes it possible to visualize and follow the bleeding progression through 3 points of the scull where the bone is thin enough to allow the penetration of sound waves. This can be done at bedside. Today the investigators do not know for sure if clinical parameters determine a haematoma expansion. TCU will allow us to follow the haematoma progression serially in the acute phase and relate the haematoma expansion to parameters like blood pressure, neurological status (NIHSS-score) and radiological signs of ongoing bleeding (spot signs) on CT-angiogram (CTA).
- Bedside ultrasound volume assessment is accurate in estimating the haematoma volume compared to computer tomography (CT) and can dynamically document the haematoma expansion.
- The haematoma expansion is accompanied by neurological deterioration and happens only with patients with CT demonstrated spot signs.
- The haematoma expansion is observed with patients with high blood pressure.
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- To validate the accuracy of ultrasound (US) compared to CT in estimating haematoma volume with ICH patients.
To measure ICH volume serially in the acute phase using US and up to 12 hours aiming at:
- Describing the timing of the haematoma expansion.
- Relating to neurological deterioration, systemic blood pressure and detection of spot signs on CTA.
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- Patients admitted to Bispebjerg Hospital stroke unit with CT demonstrated spontaneous ICH
- Hospital admission within 4,5 hours after symptom onset
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- GCS>8 (non-comatose)
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- Lack of informed consent
- Underlying Pathology (tumor, AVM, aneurism)
- Lack of temporal bone window
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01472224
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Keywords provided by Hanne Christensen, Bispebjerg Hospital:
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Kenmore Council requests state funds to address regional tolling impacts
Ever since the state announced that it would pay for a new 520 bridge with a toll, City of Kenmore officials knew that it would impact their residents.
The State Department of Transportation's original survey stated that it would only add 50 cars a day to SR 522 and the Sammamish River Bridge.
"We knew that was too small of a number," said Kenmore Mayor David Baker. "The Legislature now agrees with us on the impacts. The state has admitted that it is more like a 10-15 percent increase."
But now with some in the state Legislature proposing an I-90 toll to help pay for the 520 bridge, Kenmore officials feel they have more leverage to get mitigation funds. The Kenmore City Council unanimously passed a resolution requesting mitigation resources from the state of Washington to address impacts from regional tolling at the city's Jan. 28 meeting. And the city might be getting help from a new and somewhat unexpected ally - the chair of the House Transportation Committee Rep. Judy Clibborn (D-Mercer Island).
"She is fairly supportive of Kenmore's transportation issues," said Baker, who met with the representative in Olympia on Thursday. "There is the possibility of mitigation in the new transportation package."
That package has become very controversial for many of Clibborn's constituency on Mercer Island as it includes tolling for the I-90 bridge.
"I was pleasantly surprised that she asked us to put it down in writing and get it into the hopper, so to speak," said Baker.
There are four east-west corridors - SR 522, SR 520, I-90 and I-405 - connecting the communities that surround Lake Washington. With tolls already on 520, city officials expect that Kenmore traffic could worsen with the addition of I-90 tolls.
The city has not received mitigation funding as a result of SR 520 tolling impacts. City officials believe increased traffic resulting from SR 520 tolling has negatively impacted the city with noise and air pollution, increased traffic volumes, increased parking in neighborhoods as a result of increased transit ridership and increased congestion on city corridors.
City officials are concerned that cumulative impacts of Washington State Department of Transportation activity, including tolling, on other Lake Washington east/west corridors will not be evaluated for Kenmore specifically.
"We have been doing this for years," said Baker about trying to get mitigation funds for local roads. "We want to make sure our voices are heard."
Last fall the Kenmore City Council discussed the possibility of tolling the Sammamish River Bridge to help pay for replacing the aging west bridge. That discussion quickly died when residents in and outside of the community voiced their disapproval. The west bridge was constructed in 1938, while the east bridge was built in 1970.
"Several large cracks in the west bridge that had been relatively stable since 1998 are now 'moving' and wider," according to city documents.
But replacing the bridge could cost $20 million and city officials contend that the additional traffic diverted from the 520 bridge because of tolling is aging the Kenmore thoroughfare faster.
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FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — The Nimitz Hotel museum at the Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site-National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg will be closed for renovations beginning July 31. However, all other facilities located on the campus will remain open to the public.
The main campus includes the National Museum of the Pacific War-George Bush Gallery, the Japanese Garden of Peace, the Pacific Combat Zone, the Plaza of the Presidents, the Surface Warfare Plaza, the Memorial Wall, the Veterans Walk of Honor and the Center for Pacific War Studies.
The state historic site is the only institution in the continental United States dedicated exclusively to telling the story of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and World War II in the Asiatic — Pacific Theater.
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Exterior renovations of the hotel, originally built in the 1850s, include replacing the roof and extending the staircase to the third floor. The renovation project is expected to be completed in 18-24 months.
All exhibits inside the hotel will be replaced with more current exhibits all focusing on the life and military career of Admiral Nimitz, a Fredericksburg native. The second floor will be converted into an education center. The ballroom will be updated to host receptions and other events, and will return to its 19th century ambiance. Other renovations to the historic property will include a meeting room with seating for 55 and new audiovisual equipment.
During the renovation, the historic site's Main Street entrance will be closed and entry will be through the George Bush Gallery on Austin Street. Entrance fees are $5 for adults, $3 for students, and free for children 12 and younger. Visitors who have a Texas State Parks Pass can get in free. The buildings are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. The grounds are open from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The FOMC's OptionsCommentary by Bob McTeer
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When I was on the FOMC (1991-2004), I arrived at the meetings with "soft conclusions" formed. By that I meant I went in with my preferences, but with a mind open enough to be persuaded otherwise. Tonight, my conclusions are softer than usual, but here is the context of tomorrow's FOMC decision as I see it.
The State of the Economy
The economy, never strong, has weakened further. The last two headline real GDP numbers, while weak, nevertheless overstated strength. The headline numbers were 3.0 percent in the 4th quarter and 1.9 percent in the 1st quarter. Stripping out inventory accumulation, however, leaves real final sales at 1.1 percent and 1.7 percent respectively, and less than 1 ½ percent growth over six months.
We have two consecutive declines in monthly retail sales; monthly jobless claims are drifting back up; industrial production declined in May; and the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index dropped substantially in May.
While welcome, the recent further decline in inflation reflects weakness. The PPI declined 1 percent in May after a decline of 0.2 percent in April, and no change in March. The CPI declined 0.3 percent in May after no change in April.
Clearly, whatever the case for additional ease by the Federal Reserve, it has increased recently. In terms of the dual mandate, employment/unemployment has worsened while inflation has improved.
What about QE3 or continuation of operation twist?
Operation Twist—the sale of short-term securities and purchase of longer-term maturities to put downward pressure on longer-term interest rates—expires at the end of the month. To end it would probably put some upward pressure on longer term rates and would be taken as a tightening of policy. To continue it may be less of a disappointment to markets, but it is unclear that it would do much new good.
One problem with operation twist is that the security purchases and sales offset each other with no net impact on Fed assets and total bank reserves. The FOMC has said it would replace maturing securities alongside operation twist, but there has really been no net increase in its total assets in recent months. If additional stimulus is needed, Fed purchases should not be sterilized, or at least not fully sterilized. We need some new growth in Fed assets, bank reserves, and the money supply. Under the circumstances, such growth is unlikely to be inflationary. The growth in money that we've had has been offset by a decline in velocity.
Many say past growth in these variables did no good; so why have more growth. That ignores the counterfactual: what would have happened if the past growth hadn't occurred? I believe that, as in the Great Depression, banks would have tried to satisfy their outsized appetite for excess reserves by shrinking other assets, including loans and investments.
What about reducing interest payments on bank reserves?
One way to encourage banks to utilize their excess reserves by increasing loans and investments and, thereby, pumping up growth in the money supply would be to reduce the 25 basis points the Fed now pays on reserves. I'd hate to see that happen because it took so long for the Fed to get authority to pay interest on reserves, which is an issue of fairness to banks. However, at the margin, given the low level of other short-term interest rates, that should make a small positive difference. Nevertheless, I'd be inclined to vote against this option.
What about doing nothing?
This option has some appeal since "the training wheels have to come off sometime." While I would hate to see this option result in shrinkage of bank reserves and money, some slight upward pressure on interest rates I would welcome. These artificially low rates are distorting the markets, and it's time to relieve the pressure on savers. However, I'd hate to see the negative market reaction to such a bold announcement. Someone said recently, and I don't remember who, that rising stock prices are the only form of stimulus that doesn't involve debt. Maybe the FOMC should purchase a broad index of domestic equities.
What about promising low interest rates beyond 2014?
This is a terrible idea, in my opinion. Of course, I thought the two earlier promises, the latest through 2014 were mistakes as well. They do work to help hold down long term rates now, as long as the Fed is credible, but I don't think the lost of flexibility, and possibly credibility, is worth it.
So, where do I come out?
I could probably be persuaded to go along with the do-nothing option. However, going into the meeting tomorrow morning, I would be inclined to support a statement along the following lines:
"While we are not proposing another formal program known popularly as QE3, or even a formal continuation of the maturity extension program, known popularly as operation twist, we do expect to resume normal open market operations with a view to preventing a contraction in total Federal Reserve assets and promoting modest growth in bank reserves and the money supply. To the extent that this requires purchases of securities, we will probably choose the longer-dated maturities and will opportunistically purchase guaranteed mortgage backed securities. We do not view this as a major campaign, but as a return to normal discretionary open market operations."


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Local artists cover town this weekend to 'Paint Berlin'
The public is welcome to observe these artists perform their work on any of the event's days, Aug. 10-12.
Painters may choose any scene on which to base their work, as long as it is within the town limits, according to Anna Mullis, executive director of the Worcester County Arts Council, organizer of the third annual event.
"It's an experience for our artists to network and for people to come out on the streets," she said. "It is our mission to promote the local arts around Worcester County and we're really proud of our artists."
About 20 artists participate yearly and spread out in town to paint on Friday and Saturday, the first two days of Paint Berlin.
The final day, Sunday, is a gathering in front of the Atlantic Hotel, where the freshly created works of art will be judged and then available for sale from 1-4 p.m.
Called the Wet Paint Sale, aptly named because the paint may literally not have time to dry completely, works could cost anywhere between $75 and $500, depending on the artist and type of painting.
Before the paintings exchange hands from artist to art enthusiast, they will be judged by Gary Brotman, professor of fine art at Salisbury University.
Monetary awards will go to Brotman's top three picks, and to one People's Choice award voted on by the public.
David Simpson, and Ocean City native and Worcester County Arts Council board member, has painted during the last two events. He earned first place last year.
"It's definitely a privilege and an honor to paint a local town that has so much history involved," said Simpson.
Artists tend to stay around the downtown area and visit more prominent locations such as the Atlantic Hotel and The Globe, though they have no specific areas in town they must paint.
Registration for artist participation ended Aug. 3, but all are encouraged to come out and see local artists in action.
For more information about the weekend-long event, visit http://worcestercountyartscouncil.org.
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It is well established that local variables can introduce race conditions. We have more recently created data value references and while these can also introduce race conditions, their design specifically provides help with read/modify/write usage. It even forces all usage through this construct (border nodes on inplace element structure). What if all local access used border nodes on an inplace element structure? This would give a safe read/modify/write construct to locals (and perhaps globals).
Control references allow encapsulation of UI related code. Inheritance of control classes allows subVIs to be written to handle multiple types of controls (same subVI can be used for numeric and knob). However there are cases where this falls short. If you want to have a subVI that changes the height of a button, string or listbox, you can't do that without the subVI having specific code for each supported control. What if you could get a data value reference to a specific control property? This means the height property from any control just turns into a data value reference to a UInt32 and a subVI wouldn't care which control it came from.
Locals can only be accessed from the diagram of the same VI. A subVI can access the value through a property on the control reference. However, this approach requires that the panel be loaded into memory and that the access happens in the UI thread. What if you could get a data value reference to a control's terminal? This would allow access to be passed to a subVI without UI related overhead and with safe read/modify/write semantics.
Here is a picture showing the current functionality and some mockups of what the new functionality might look like.
Would adding references to "pieces" of controls like this be useful? Would it be too confusing to have all these alternatives? Would using property nodes instead of inplace element access be preferable? Tell me what you think.
This is all interesting, but I have to admit that it does seem confusing.
The reference to a property certainly seems to have potential, and should allow writing more generic subVIs, but unfortunately it puts the burden of selecting the correct property on the user of the subVI, which is probably a big issue.
I'm not sure what I think of local or global access through the IPES. It would certainly provide better control over potential race conditions, but I don't particularly like the amount of real-estate that the IPES takes up. Forcing us to have local access only through that will annoy me in that respect. The same applies to direct access to the terminal through the IPES in subVIs, although that's less of an issue, since I don't do that from subVIs using the Value property unless its a utility subVI which is responsible for some generic task.
It will also take up a lot more space on the diagram. That can be very tight at time and I see little improvement using this. Training is the only way to keep this from happing not bigger more complicated code that can still get you right back to where you are today.


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Lou isn't all that important to what we are trying to do. Still, he has actually played with good hustle and energy with decent D prior to tonight's game. I don't think he's awful and I think he'll improve after more time with his new team. He'll never be a world beater, but we don't need him to be either.
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10:32am Monday 10th March 2014
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10:32am Monday 10th March 2014
By John Light
MATTY Taylor has made a welcome return to Forest Green with manager Ady Pennock choosing to recall the self-proclaimed fox-in-the- box back to the New Lawn after his goalscoring exploits at Skrill Premier rivals Chester City.
I applaud the recall, and with the games coming thick-and-fast, I hope Matty is used in his favoured striking role.
If we can defeat Salisbury City at home on Tuesday and Braintree on Thursday, can we dream of a play-off push?
Saturday was a splendid Forest Green day, both on-and-off the field. It reminded me of the immortal words of Hannibal Smith, leader of the redoubtable A-Team.
"Isn't it wonderful when a plan comes together" were his words at the end of every episode of the gung-ho TV series. His words summed up the feelings of so many of us.
Perhaps the sun had put everyone in a good mood, but there was so much more. Families abounded, the Fair Trade presence added an extra dimension. Presidents Day brought with it nostalgia and the true friendship of football. The Carol Embrey suite was buzzing. There were so many reasons to be proud of our club, and then came the football!
It was a hugely enjoyable match, with plenty of open play. Both sides wanted to win and if you took your eyes off the pitch for a moment you missed something. The referee is to be admired. Wisely he used words rather than cards to keep matters in order, and it worked, others follow that example please. He allowed the game to flow and that is what it did.
Manager Ady's team selection met with widespread approval. The reassuring presence of James Turley again featured as did the combatative Paul Green in midfield. The bench was a strong one and Rovers looked well set up to take on the successful Cambridge side.
So it seemed when James Norwood scored a thrilling opening goal, but Rovers as a team are starting matches slowly. A long Cambridge corner to the far post exposed the all too frequent fault of aerial defending, and the scores were level. A swiftly engineered breakaway gave the visitors another goal and a heavy defeat seemed likely.
Not so! This team is growing in confidence and courage. The defence settled down, midfield became more assured and Cambridge were pegged back.
Then came disaster. Sam Russell rushed from goal and in getting to the ball clattered a Cambridge forward. The resulting penalty was saved easily and that proved to be the game's turning point. Before half time we had the unusual sight of a Jared Hodgkiss headed goal, as splendidly executed as it was surprising.
The second half started well and continued that way. A Norwood inspired third goal gave us a lead we never looked like surrendering. Any Cambridge threat was snuffed out by an improving defence.
It was not just the players were deserved credit. A large, boisterous and happy crowd fully backed the team. We were a true twelfth man. The players could hear us!
There were many suggestions for man-of-the-match, a true indication of how well the team played. My candidate was James Norwood. He is audacious, entertaining and, most important of all, he delivers.
His energy on Saturday was amazing considering his midweek exploits. Hodgkiss pushed him close, giving his best left-back performance and of course scoring.
The post match press conference was a most relaxed affair.
Ady is like Bing Crosby at his best, doing things at his own pace, totally in control and with a twinkle in his eye.
Talking about training in the busy week ahead, he spoke of the importance of recovery sessions. His aims for the remainder of the season were two fold, finish as high as possible but also plan for next year.
My view of the league is of an even but high standard.
With the exception of Hyde anyone can beat anyone else. Three up is a valid aim. Has anyone heard a whisper about a campaign for a situation or league clearly merits?
If you do not believe me watch Cheltenham. As I left the Carol Suite on Saturday I saw a man wearing a tee-shirt and jeans. He had longish hair. He was glowing and quite right too. He knows the cost, now we are seeing the value.
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Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to attend the incident on Cwmavon Road, Blaenavon yesterday at around 4.15pm.
Gwent Police initially said the incident involved three cars, but has since said it involved just two - a Peugeot 207 and a Subaru Impreza.
The driver of the Subaru, a 47-year-old man from the Abertillery area, was confirmed dead at the scene.
The driver of the red Peugeot, a 23-year-old woman from the Beaufort area, suffered minor injuries and was taken to Nevill hall hospital where she remains receiving treatment.
Cwmavon Road was closed in both directions between the Shop Road junction and the Capel Newydd Avenue junction. following the collision and was reopened at around 9.30pm.
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at 4.24pm to reports of a road traffic collision on the A4043 between Cwmavon and Blaenavon.
"Two rapid response vehicles, two emergency ambulances and a BASICS doctor attended, and two people were taken to Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny."
A Gwent Police spokesman said: "Specially trained officers are supporting the family and officers investigating the circumstances are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the collison to ring Gwent Police on 101 quoting log 317."


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To test how eating walnuts affects brain function, researchers randomly selected 64 college students to follow their regular diet or their regular diet plus walnuts for 16 weeks. For 8 of the 16 weeks, half the group ate three slices of banana bread providing ½ cup walnuts per day, and the other half ate banana bread without walnuts.
All participants then ate their regular diet without walnuts for six weeks (called a washout period). The walnut and no-walnut groups were switched for the last eight weeks, so that everyone had an eight-week period of eating walnuts and an eight-week period of not eating walnuts.
Nonverbal reasoning, verbal reasoning, memory, and mood tests were conducted at the study's initiation, after eight weeks of intervention, and again after the second eight weeks of walnut and no-walnut diets.
Inferential reasoning (the ability to draw accurate conclusions from a group of facts) was tested by reading the students a short narrative followed by five statements, after which they had to decide whether the statements were true, partially true, false, partially false, or whether there was not enough information to make a judgment.
After analyzing the test results, the researchers noted an 11.2% increase in the ability to perform inferential reasoning among the students when they were on the walnut-supplemented diet compared with the no-walnut diet. They detected no significant increases in mood, non-verbal reasoning, or memory.
This study suggests that in young, healthy adults, walnuts may improve inferential reasoning. One study doesn't prove walnuts are going to improve your brain function, but there aren't many downsides to adding them into your healthy eating plan. Our tips and hints will help you get more walnuts into your diet.
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Hello, and welcome to the Fairfax County Health and Safety Podcast
for January 9, 2013. I'm Jim Person, Fairfax County emergency
information officer. Coming up, learn about this year's statewide tornado
drill, National Radon Action Month, wintertime home fires and winter
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Virginia's annual Statewide Tornado Drill will take place Tuesday, March 12, at 9:45 a.m. The tornado drill is an important statewide safety exercise. In recent years Virginia has been hard hit by multiple tornadoes that have cost lives and left extensive property damage. Some communities continue to recover from devastating tornadoes. In each of the past two years, some 1.2 million Virginians have registered to participate in the Statewide Tornado Drill. Registration for this year's drill is now open. To register and to learn more about planning a tornado drill, go to www.vaemergency.gov and click through the rotating graphics at the top of the page, or go to www.ReadyVirginia.gov. The Statewide Tornado Drill is sponsored by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Ready Virginia and the National Weather Service in cooperation with local emergency management offices. If you'd like assistance in planning a tornado drill at your workplace, contact the Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management at 571-350-1000, TTY 711; or by email at email@example.com.
EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency, is promoting National Radon Action Month in January to encourage all residents to test buildings for radon – an invisible, odorless, tasteless and potentially deadly gas that can cause lung cancer. EPA offers four steps to protect against radon poisoning:
Test your home. Radon testing is easy and inexpensive. Learn how to
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Attend a National Radon Action Month event.
Spread the word about radon and encourage your friends and neighbors to
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- If you are considering buying a new home, look for builders who use radon-resistant new construction and purchase a radon-resistant home.
For more information about radon and safety, visit EPA's National Radon Action Month website. EPA.gov has more details.
During winter, the chance of home fires increases. Having home fire sprinklers not only saves lives, but can increase chances of surviving a fire by more than 82 percent. Additionally, they can decrease home damage up to 97 percent. Best of all, fire sprinklers are a low cost way to help save lives if a fire does happen. For other fire safety tips, visit the U.S. Fire Administration website at www.usfa.fema.gov or the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Web page at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr.
Finally, when a winter storm is imminent, the National Weather Service will issue a winter storm warning or blizzard warning six to 18 hours before the storm strikes. This is a signal to take the necessary precautions to keep you and your loved ones safe. Start preparing today before a winter storm warning is even issued with the following steps:
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That's it for this edition of the Fairfax County Health and Safety Podcast, produced by the Fairfax County, Virginia government. Thanks for listening. Additional information about health and safety topics and emergency preparedness may be found online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov. And remember, if you have a police, fire or medical emergency, call 9-1-1. For non-emergency needs, call 703-691-2131.


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Spinach with Balsamic Bacon Beer Vinegarette Dressing Burgers
The idea for this burger came from a salad dressing that I love to make. This balsamic beer bacon reduction is infused in the beef patty and I also use it as a final touch to glaze the patties. The bacon is served as a topping, along with blue cheese, spinach and a cucumber garlic aioli.
Cucumber Garlic Aioli:
1 cup chopped cucumber
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
½ cup mayonnaise
8 strips of diced smoked bacon
½ cup chopped yellow onion
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup lager beer
¼ cup balsamic vinegar
1 ½ pounds ground chuck
¼ cup Sutter Home White Zinfandel
2 teaspoons kosher salt
½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
8 ounces blue cheese crumbles
2 cups baby spinach
Vegetable oil, for brushing the grill rack
6 onion hamburger buns
Prepare a medium fire in a charcoal grill with a cover, or preheat a gas grill to medium. To make the Cucumber Garlic Aioli, combine the cucumber, garlic and mayonnaise in a food processor. Blend on low speed for 40 seconds, or until a smooth consistency. Transfer the aioli to a bowl and refrigerate until serving. To prepare the dressing, dice the bacon and place in a 12-inch fireproof skillet. Cook the bacon on the grill until lightly brown. Drain most of the bacon drippings leaving about 3 teaspoons of it remaining in the pan. Add the onions to the pan and sauté until translucent. Combine the brown sugar to the pan. When the sugar dissolves deglaze by adding the beer. Turn the heat to low and reduce this liquid by half. Add the balsamic vinegar and simmer for one minute. To make the patties, combine 1/8 cup of the dressing, ground chuck, white zinfandel, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Handling the meat as little as possible to avoid compacting it, mix well. Divide the mixture into 6 equal portions and form the portions into patties to fit the rolls. Brush the grill rack with oil. Place the patties on the rack, cover, and cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes. Flip the patties over and cook on the other side for 4 to 5 minutes. Turn the heat to low and glazed each burger with 1 teaspoon of the dressing. During the last few minutes of cooking, place the rolls on the grill rack and toast lightly. To assemble the burgers, spread each roll bottom with one teaspoon of the cucumber garlic aioli. Place a patty on each roll bottom and top with the blue cheese, a portion of the spinach, and the dressing. Add the roll tops. Makes 6 servings.
You'll find that this burger has the taste of a refreshing spinach and cucumber salad.


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For whom the bell tolls
- A junior doctor's tale
I'm awoken from my sleep by that noise. The piercing klaxon of the cardiac-arrest pager shatters my peaceful slumber like a claw hammer meeting a precious china vase.
I gasp. I'm confused and disorientated as, for a second, my brain attempts to make sense of the unfamiliar surroundings in which I find myself. Instantly, a dozen questions rush into my head, each vying for supremacy in the limited space of my semi-conscious mind. Where am I? What time is it? What's that noise? Why am I awake?
It only takes a second for me to regain my bearings. I'm on the sofa in the doctor's mess at the hospital. An hour or so earlier, the anaesthetic registrar on call had taken pity on me and told me to go and try and get some sleep. Fat chance. I didn't think I would be able to but, despite my reservations, unconsciousness had quickly enveloped me with its unknowing caress. I had gratefully welcomed its loving arms and drifted off into a long, deep, unsensing sleep - the sort of sleep that you only get when you're truly exhausted. As a house officer, I used to joke that this was the sort of sleep that was only ever experienced by junior doctors and the dead.
But that was over now.
This screeching klaxon is a truly horrific way to be awoken from such peace. I'm aware of my heart hammering inside my ribcage and, as I sit up, I have to pause as a wave of nausea passes over me. I take a breath. I know what that sound means. Somewhere in this hospital, somebody has died. Right at this second, nurses on one of the wards are scrambling around, gathering pieces of equipment in a last, desperate attempt to revive him or her. The klaxon of the cardiac-arrest pager is the final tolling of the bell for this patient. Whoever it is has finally come face to face with their own mortality and, as their bell tolls, they stand before their destiny. Whether they stand before St Peter and the pearly gates to heaven or before Cerberus and the gates of Hades, only they shall know. Regardless of what destiny awaits them, it's our job as members of the cardiac arrest team to try and rescue them from their final judgement, or at least delay it for a little while longer.
The klaxon finally relents and the tinny, dismembered voice of the switchboard operator comes through to my pager.
"…Cardiac Arrest, Beeches Ward… Cardiac Arrest, Beeches Ward…
Cardiac Arrest, Beeches Ward… Cardiac Arrest, Beeches Ward…"
I feel for my second shoe and shove my foot into it. My body feels heavy and lethargic and I stagger as I stand. I ignore the irritated grunts of the surgical registrar who was attempting to sleep on the other sofa and head towards the door, towards the rest of the hospital, towards Beeches Ward.
I stumble into the corridor outside the doctor's mess and the brilliant fluorescent lights cause pain to my sleepy, darkness-adjusted eyes. I squint, then screw them closed and rub them and start to make my way down the corridor. The initial shock of waking up has now subsided and my body is starting to respond to what I'm urging it to do. I start to run. A gentle jog at first, but I slowly pick up the pace, rounding corners and sidestepping linen trolleys as I hurry towards where I am needed.
As I run through the bowels of the building, I become aware that I am not alone. Up a head of me, I can hear of one of my fellow team members running to the same place that I am. Each of his footfalls echoes down the clinical, deserted corridors of this hospital at night time and I can hear his rasping breath as he struggles to get to Beeches Ward as quickly as he can.
I arrive at my destination and pull open the doors to enter the ward. Inside, a surprisingly calm and serene scene greets me. The ward is illuminated only by a dim, yellow glow from the desk lamps at the nurses' station towards the far end. The darkness feels oppressive, like it's somehow clinging to me as I make my way through it. I walk further inside, catching my breath and pulling a pair of rubber gloves from their wall-mounted box as I go. I wonder if there's been a false alarm. Perhaps, there's been a mistake and there was no real reason for me to dash round the hospital at all. Maybe I'm still asleep and all this is a nightmare, the sort of twisted joke that my sub-conscience plays on me more and more often these days.
My hopes of a last-minute reprieve evaporate as I venture deeper into the ward. I hear the electronic triple-salute of the defibrillator and, as I approach, I can make out a female voice breathlessly counting out chest compressions.
"… 26… 27… 28… 29… 30… and breathe…. and breathe… 1… 2… 3… 4…"
I enter the four-bedded bay where this drama is playing itself out. The curtains are drawn around the bed of the patient in question, a soft pool of light spills onto the floor underneath them and I can make out silhouettes moving around the bed. The torso that the voice belongs to bobs up and down hypnotically in time with her counting.
"… 14… 15… 16… 17… 18…"
I glance to my left and catch the eye of one of the other patients in the bay, an elderly gentleman in a burgundy nightgown. He stares at me and in his eyes I see fear in its purest form.
I look away.
I step inside the curtain. I have a job to do.
The scene that greets me is a scene that I have seen several times before and my heart sinks as I comprehend the futility of the situation.
On the bed lies the body of a man. My initial glance tells me that this man
is was in his eighties and had obviously been unwell for a long time. His small, withered body lies lifeless and unmoving in the middle of the vast sea of his ward bed. As I glance over his cachectic form, I can clearly make out each rib, each bone, each sinew. The low lamplight turns the hollows of his eyes into deep crevasses, adding further to his skeletal appearance. He is wearing nothing but incontinence pants and even these are too large for his puny frame. His little legs stick out in an almost comical fashion, like those of a new-born baby. As we enter this world, so we shall leave it.
A student nurse kneels next to him and towers above him. She has both hands planted in the middle of his emaciated chest and with an unremitting, metronomic rhythm, she pushes the weight of her upper body onto the dead man's chest, crushing his lungs, his blood vessels and his heart together in a desperate attempt to prevent the last, solitary ember of life from extinguishing completely.
"… 22… 23… 24… 25… 26…"
I know that it's already too late.
"… 27… 28… 29… 30… and breathe… and breathe… and 1… 2…"
Her voice is husky and breathless as she pants out her count. I briefly pause to regard her as I move towards the old man's head, picking my way round the scattered detritus that accumulates during these events. Her face is flushed and shines with the perspiration caused by her exertions. As she bounces up and down, her ample figure undulates mesmerisingly and her long, auburn hair succeeds in its bid for freedom, escapes from her hair band and cascades down to obscure her young face. Her vigour and her youthful glow contrast starkly with the man that she is crushing beneath her hands - yin and yang; hope and despair; life and death.
I put on the latex gloves that I picked up on the way in. Typically, they're too small and the right one splits as I push my clammy hand into it. Nevermind.
I take the oxygen mask from the ward sister and push it firmly onto the man's face. I look down at him as I do so and his eyes stare back at me, unblinking, unknowing, unliving. He has vomited. It strikes me that this was the very last thing he did before he died, a final parting shot to life that left him in this state – "good bye cruel world," indeed.
I reach round behind me and pick up the plastic suction tube. I shove it unceremoniously into his mouth, dislodging his false teeth as I do so. The suction tube thirstily slurps up the vile red-brown fluid that foams out of his mouth with every chest compression that the student nurse does. I satisfy myself that I've drained his mouth sufficiently and clamp the oxygen mask back on the man's face. As I do so, I can feel his face through my torn glove. His course stubble bristles beneath my fingers. His skin is cold and waxy but the vomit that's running down his cheek is still warm. This sensation provokes a visceral reaction within me. Revulsion slithers through me and I have to close my eyes and concentrate on stopping myself from retching.
"… 29… 30… and breathe…"
I snap back from my personal reverie and do what I came here to do. With my left hand, I tighten my grip on the old man's face and with my right, I squeeze the bag that forces oxygen into his lungs.
"…and breathe…1… 2… 3… "
As she recommences the chest compressions, more blood stained vomit pours out of his mouth. I sigh as I push my fingers onto his mouth and pull his false teeth out.
"Two minutes is up," comes the voice of one of the other junior doctors.
"Okay, let's have a rhythm check," says the medical registrar, who is presiding over this whole sorry charade.
He squints at the monitor which is displaying chaotic wiggly lines. He frowns and then concludes, "It looks like VF. We need to shock. Charge to 150 please."
The defibrillator whirrs into life as it charges itself and prepares to deliver the electrical pulse intended to restart the octogenarian's heart.
"Everybody stand clear… Shocking now."
The old man's body convulses at the electricity surges through it. It's back arches heavenward as if it's performing one last, grotesque dance. A glance back at the defibrillator tells me that the wiggly lines on the monitor have smoothed out into one flat line - asystole. Just when you think that things can't get any worse, they inevitably do.
"Let's give him some adrenaline and continue CPR." instructs the medical registrar and the student nurse tucks her hair behind her ear and resumes what she was doing before.
"1… 2… 3… 4…"
CRACK. A loud sickening snapping noise emanates from his chest and causes the student nurse to pause.
CRACK. It happens again. Under the pressure of her compressions, the old man's ribs have snapped, like twigs carelessly trodden underfoot. His emaciated body is literally crumbling in front of us.
"Carry on." Instructs the medical registrar sternly.
"6…? 7…?" Her voice is quieter now, she's barely whispering. I'm sure she can feel bone crunching against bone beneath her fingers and she continues to press into the pensioner's chest. I look up at her and see tears in her eyes. They drip down her nose and fall onto the dead man's neck where they mix with his bloody vomit and form a river running onto the bed.
A friendly hand touches her shoulder and the ward sister gently says, "I'll take over now, dear" and gestures for her to step aside.
"What are his pupils doing?" the medical registrar asks me.
I don't need to look, but I do so anyway, just to be sure. His eyes are half open and I peel back the lids to regard the state of what lies beneath. All I see are hollow, empty globes, whatever life was once there has definitely departed. "Pupils are fixed and dilated." I tell him.
"Could be the atropine," says the medical registrar, more in hope that expectation. We both know the reasons are more profound than temporary blockade of his parasympathetic nervous system. We both know that to carry on would be futile.
"I doubt it," I say. "I think that this man's ship has sailed. Even if we get him back, he won't be coming to the intensive care unit. I think that carrying on is pointless."
I look around. The house officer is studiously staring at his watch, timing things and trying his hardest not to look at the corpse in front of us. The student nurse still has tears streaming down her face and is being comforted by one of the staff nurses. Bless her, she's probably never seen anything like this before. She probably gave him his last supper earlier in the evening. She probably still thinks that most people get better and those who don't die peacefully. If continues working in the hospital, she'll soon have such idealistic notions stripped out of her psyche. She'll soon learn.
The medical registrar looks at me and holds my gaze for a couple of moments. He sighs. "You're right, I guess. Does anybody disagree?"
There are no dissenters.
"Okay, let's stop."
My hands fall to my sides and the whole team looks at one another.
"Thank you everybody," says the medical registrar. "We tried our best."
His words are of no comfort to the student nurse who can no longer contain her crying. She is lead away towards the coffee room by the ward sister. Her sobs grow quieter as they leave and I pause for a moment to look at the old man in front of me.
Is this how it ends for all of us? I wonder. Is this how we die? Covered in our own vomit with our body broken by a stranger's hands? Whatever happened to dying with dignity?
That last thought causes a wry smile to play on my lips. "Dying with dignity," There's a quaint notion. There is no dignity in death, only pain and suffering right up to our last breath and, as tonight proves, sometimes the pain and suffering continues even after we have died.
I peel off the torn latex gloves and wash my hands. I wash my hands again, and again, and again, in a perverse homage to Lady MacBeth, as if by cleansing them, I can scrub the memory of the last ten minutes from my soul.
I turn to leave, and as I do so, my eyes meet those of the gentleman in the burgundy nightgown. It's like he's looking all the way through me. Perhaps he and the dead man had become friends during their stay in Beeches Ward. There is an almost pleading look in his eyes, as if he's hoping against hope that we were his pal's salvation. I feel an irrational pang of irritation as I look back at him. There is no salvation here. I give a short, curt shake of the head and see him slump back down into his bed in response. I wonder if I should offer some words of condolence, but I quickly think better of it. I have no words to say. The bloody vomit that still stains my shirt says everything that needs to be said. I straighten up and walk away.
The student nurses muffled sobs play on my ears as I leave Beeches Ward and walk back into the impersonal, fluorescent-lit corridor.
I enter the warm darkness of the doctor's mess and retake my position on the sofa. The surgical registrar stirs as I disturb him from his slumber.
"Did they make it?" he asks me.
I snort in response. "Of course not. Don't be silly."
As I lie down, I can feel the adrenaline slowly leaching from my body. The energy is ebbing away like ripples on a lake and it leaves me feeling tired, so tired. I feel sleep start to envelop me again. As I descend once more toward that tranquil oblivion, a thought occurs to me: I never even knew the old man's name.


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AUSTIN, Texas - Tea party-backed Republican Ted Cruz has won the race for Texas' open U.S. Senate seat.US Senate
"I'm pleased to confirm to you that Texas has elected a new senator," Cruz said during his victory speech.
Cruz beat former Democratic state representative Paul Sadler. The ex-state solicitor general was heavily favored since Texas has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988.
He succeeds retiring Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Cruz has become a national sensation since his upset July victory over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to win the Republican senatorial nomination. That race was seen as a national test of the tea party's influence because Cruz painted the mainstream GOP choice Dewhurst as too moderate.
"At issue is what sort of nation will we be," Cruz said. "There are two ways to organize an economy. One: We can continue down to the path to European socialism. More and more debt, spending, taxes and regulation. Or two: We can return to our nation's founding principles, to free enterprise, fiscal responsibility, individual liberty and to the Constitution."
Cruz has since mended fences with state GOP leaders and says he'll work with both parties in Congress.
"Let me say this: If President Obama means what he says on the campaign trail, if he is interested in working to bring people together, to reduce the deficit and get people working, then I will work with him. But, if he is re-elected and intends to continue down this same path, then I will spend every waking moment to lead the fight to stop it," Cruz said.
Cruz wants to build a wall the length of the Texas-Mexico border and abolish three federal departments.
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WICHITA — A massage parlor owner accused of coercing women into prostitution recruited those who spoke only Mandarin Chinese so they would be isolated in Wichita, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.
Details of the case against 44-year-old Gary H. Kidgell, of Waltham, Mass., surfaced during a detention hearing in federal court in Wichita. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren refused to free him pending trial, upholding an earlier magistrate's order finding that Kidgell was a flight risk and a danger to the community.
A six-count indictment charges Kidgell; his wife Yan Zhang, 49, of Wichita; and employee Xiuqing Tian, 42, of Framingham, Mass., with a conspiracy to recruit women and coerce them to engage in commercial sex acts. The scheme allegedly started in June 2009 and lasted until at least August 2011. His co-defendants are also in federal custody.
The government alleges Kidwell and two co-defendants worked together and shared resources to operate nine Asian massage parlors in Wichita: AG Spa, Sun Chi Spa, Dragon Spa, Eastern Massage, Oriental Massage, Phoenix Spa, Sunflower Massage, Massage 600, and Ocean Spa.
It was not immediately clear how many women were employed at the nine massage parlors. The indictment lists four women, identified only by their initials, who were allegedly forced to engage in prostitution.
During a 2010 search of the massage parlors, officers found a notebook containing translations for sexually explicit phrases. Also found during the raid was copy for ads in a Chinese-language newspaper in New York, Chicago and San Francisco offering "massage parlor hiring" in Kansas.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hart also told the court Wednesday that once the women arrived in Wichita, Kidgell forced them to perform sex acts at the massage parlors in order to survive. He reimbursed only half of their air fare, then charged them rent to live at his house. The women were allowed to keep only $10 out from each $45 massage they performed. To get more money, they had to perform sex acts on customers.
The government contends all but one woman who worked at the massage parlors spoke only Mandarin Chinese, a move calculated to isolate them from the Wichita community: "It inhibited these women's ability to get help," Hart said.
But defense attorney David Freund disputed the prosecution's characterization that the women were isolated, arguing they could have called anywhere on a cellphone.
His defense attorney told the court he had not yet seen the government's evidence in the case, but urged the court to release his client on electronic monitoring and suggested the government could put him on a "no-fly list" to prevent him from leaving the country.
The prosecutor told the court Kidgell had a history of domestic violence and would also engage in "physical confrontations" with some of the women, noting one incident in which a woman who wanted to leave was beaten and locked in the bathroom.
After the Wichita Police Department "put the heat on" with two different undercover investigations, Kidgell moved his operation to Boston, Hart said.
Records obtained by the government show the Wichita massage parlors were put up for sale in an advertisement touting annual income in the $100,000 range, he said.
In urging the court to keep Kidwell in custody, the prosecutor noted that the sex trafficking continued when Kidwell moved his operations to Boston. His estranged wife, Zhang, stayed in Wichita and had been charged with prostitution in another case just prior to her arrest.
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Roasted Beet Hummus
I decided that this year for the Power of Pink, I wanted to try to make things that are naturally pink. In the past, I've always relied on food coloring or colored M&Ms to make my pink foods. I'm just upping the ante for myself.
I starred this recipe in my Google Reader a long time ago so that I'd remember to make it in October. This hummus is seriously BRIGHT PINK! It's kind of weird to eat something this color, but the color all natural due to the beets.
The flavor of the hummus isn't overly beet-y, which I was actually disappointed about… I have only recently started eating beets and this was the first time I ever bought some and prepared them at home (woohoo that means I've finished something on my 30-by-30!)
Hubby and I enjoyed this hummus on pita chips, fresh raw veggies, sandwiches, you name it. Next time I'd cut back on the cumin, but that's just personal preference.
I'm entering this in the Power of Pink Challenge. Be sure to submit your entry by the end of the month by making something PINK!
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Roasted Beet Hummus
Yield: ~3 cups
1-2 medium beets
1 can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, chopped finely
3 cloves chopped garlic
1/2 cup tahini or sesame paste
1 Tbsp cumin
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup olive oil
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. On a large roasting pan covered with foil, roast the beets for 40-70 minutes, or until smooth when poked with a fork. Remove from the oven and allow to cool, then peel and cut into small chunks.
In a small frying pan, heat the tablespoon of olive oil. Add the onions and garlic and saute until soft, about 4 minutes.
Whisk together the lemon juice and olive oil in a small bowl.
In a food processor, chop the beets, onions, garlic, and chickpeas together until smooth. Add the tahini and cumin, and process again. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl, then replace the lid. While the blades are running, slowly add the lemon juice and olive oil mixture until the hummus is at your desired consistency.
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That color is unreal! I've made beet green hummus but I'll have to try using the actual beets sometime!
wow that is pink!! I've been trying to think of a recipe for natural pink too instead of just food coloring but I can't figure anything out
What a great idea – it's such a beautiful color!
Pink is my favorite color! I'm not a fan of beets, but I would make this just for how cool it looks. 🙂
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You even made hummus look amazing!! That color is stunning! How pretty would that look on a table at a party?
How fun – I love beets and the fuchsia is such a conversation piece!
This is SO pretty!! And perfect for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! I'm sure it's delicious too 🙂
I have made a similar recipe in the past and when serving, place a swipe of creme fraiche in the center, makes it look even more dynamic! Great stuff, great way to get people to eat beets!
That is so PINK! And so CREATIVE!!!! Love it, love it!! I've never had beet hummus either…but it actually sounds delicious…
This looks delicious! It reminded me of borscht…yum!


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Tomorrow I'm going a business trip up to Reston, VA (DC pretty much) and I was going to stop and play some courses on my way up I-95. I might play some courses in or around DC too. My plan currently is try to play Bryan Park in Richmond and Loriella Park. I also might try to play Seneca Creek Park in Maryland since it looks like its only 20-30 minutes from Reston. I'd like to stop and play the Grange, but I'm not sure I'll have time to.
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CHICAGO — Indianapolis-based appliance and electronics retailer HH Gregg is looking to Leo Burnett USA and Spark SMG, a full-service media agency of Starcom MediaVest Group, to help it expand brand awareness for its products.
"From the beginning, Leo Burnett and Spark demonstrated a deep understanding of our business and our vision for the future," said Jeff Pearson, SVP of marketing. "After a diligent process we chose Leo Burnett and Spark as the best agencies to help us build a winning national brand."
Leo Burnett will lead all brand positioning, strategy and creative initiatives for HH Gregg, and Spark will conduct all media buying and planning, including traditional and digital media.
HH Gregg is a growing retailer of home appliances and consumer electronics, which operates more than 228 stores throughout 65 markets in the United States and is located primarily in the Midwest, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
"When we first met the HH Gregg team there was immediate chemistry between our two organizations," said Bill Hickman, chief growth officer of the Leo Burnett Group. "Now, four months later as we announce our new relationship, I have no doubt that this initial 'chemistry' will result in a longstanding partnership filled with genuine collaboration and transformational creative work."
The account will be led from the Chicago offices of Leo Burnett and Spark SMG. The first campaign is scheduled to launch later this year.
"HH Gregg is a key player in the electronics market. As they continue to grow, we look forward to working with them to introduce their brand to new audiences in new areas of the country," says Chris Boothe, CEO of Spark SMG.
The specialty retailer carries home appliances, televisions, computers, consumer electronics, home entertainment furniture, mattresses, fitness equipment and related services in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Leo Burnett works with leading brands such as the Coca-Cola Company, Fiat, Kellogg's, McDonald's, Nintendo, P&G, Samsung and Tata.


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PURCHASE, N.Y. PepsiCo has announced the appointment of Timothy Cost to the newly created position of EVP global corporate affairs, effective Dec. 1.
Cost, who will report to PepsiCo chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi, will be responsible for strengthening and protecting PepsiCo's corporate reputation and strategically aligning its communications, public policy, foundation, investor relations, global health and agricultural policy and regulatory agendas.
Cost has nearly 30 years of experience in corporate affairs and investor relations, including executive positions at several of the world's leading companies. He joins PepsiCo from APCO Worldwide, a public affairs and strategic communications firm, where he was executive vice president.


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Polish game-maker CD Projekt Red has finally, formally announced "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," the last game in Geralt's planned RPG trilogy. Details are rather limited, but there are a few things that can be figured out. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will will be an open-world game, reportedly 30 times larger than the world of "Witcher 2," and larger than "Skyrim." The game introduces a new "monster hunting" secernaio that apparently involves gathering clues first. We're sure to hear a lot more about Wild Hunt in the next few months, but that is all that is known for the time being. "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" is slated for a 2014 release.
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5 Go-Anywhere Gadgets for the Techy Traveler
In one long-ago episode of The Simpsons, Homer's half-brother Herb invents a machine that translates baby babbling into English. It's a cute cartoon premise that someone at Biloop Technologic took way too seriously. The company produces a Cry Translator app that can supposedly tell when a baby is hungry, bored, sleepy, stressed, or uncomfortable simply by analyzing her cries. All one has to do is hold the iPhone 50 to 60 centimeters away from the baby and wait 3 seconds.
Despite the app getting wide press coverage, customer reviews have been decidedly negative, with some complaining that the "translations" are arbitrary and inaccurate.
You have until Sept. 7 to help Pixie Scientific meet its $25,000 goal on Indiegogo to develop and test Smart Diapers. Yes, Smart Diapers. Designed for neurotic parents, these disposable undergarments have a chemically treated tab on the front that changes color based on the bacterial, electrolyte, and pH levels of your kid's urine. Mom or dad scans the tab with a smartphone and a Pixie Scientific app analyzes the data and then issues an alert if there is need for a doctor. According to the company, Smart Diapers (which will cost 30 percent more than normal diapers) can help identify health issues such as a urinary track infection or type 1 diabetes. But the diapers must still undergo a pilot study and be registered with the FDA. As an Indiegogo back, you could receive a year's supply of Smart Diapers for $800.
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'Why do fans like me put up with the antics of the NHL? Because the NHL has our beloved Buffalo Sabres, and life without the Sabres would be downright unlivable. When you bail the NHL out of jail at three o'clock in the morning, you make him promise that he will still get up for work in the morning and give us our Sabres. When you get up in the morning and the Sabres aren't there, then you feel cheated. You want your bail money back, but you know you are not going to get it. Sometimes you just want to punch the NHL in the mouth.'
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The cost of the Marine Corps Veteran license plate includes vehicle registration fees, taxes, and a group fee of $15. The group fee supports the Military Family Relief Fund.
If you are an active service member, you must provide an active military identification card and a current Leave and Earnings Statement. You will receive the plate in the mail within 14 days.
If you are a non-active duty serviceman you must provide a DD214 or other military documents issued by the United States Department of Defense verifying a veteran's honorable discharge from the armed forces. If you have a "V" military indicator on your driver's license, you can show this in place of your DD214 or other military documents. You will receive the plate in the mail within 14 days.
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