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If you are interested in experimenting with sous vide cooking, Salmon is a great way to get started.
Salmon, and most fish, only need to be cooked for a short amount of time, normally 10-20 minutes. This makes it easier to keep the temperature constant without expensive sous vide equipment. Sous vide salmon also has a drastically different texture than normal salmon.
As with many sous vide foods the temperature you use to cook the salmon creates differences in the texture of the finished product. Most chefs recommended sous vide salmon cooking temperature is 122°F (50°C) but some people prefer the sous vide temperature of 113°F (45°C).
Almost all salmon sous vide recipes call for it to be cooked for 10 to 20 minutes.
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There are many variations on sous vide salmon, especially concerning the flavorings added but here is a step by step overview that is the foundation for most of the recipes.
Simple rub the seasonings on the salmon or place them into the pouch. There are countless options for flavoring your sous vide salmon from simple salt, pepper, and olive oil to more complex and exotic flavors. Feel free to experiment with any flavor combinations you enjoy, some favorites are:
Place the salmon and seasonings into the vacuum pouch and seal it using your vacuum sealer. If you don't have a vacuum sealer here are some more options for sealing sous vide food.
There are many techniques and equipment for maintaining sous vide temperatures. Pick the one that you will use for your salmon, we discuss the "Sous Vide on the Stove" below, and heat the water to the temperature you want to cook the salmon to.
Place the salmon pouch into the heated water bath and cook it for 10 to 20 minutes.
For more information on the cooking times you can read my detailed article which addresses why is there a range in sous vide cooking times.
You can then serve the salmon as is, quickly sear it off to add texture, or add sauces and other a la minute plating techniques.
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La Esclava Isaura is the passionate Brazilian story of a white slave, Isaura, who dangerously resists the advances of her master and farm owner, Leoncio, the son of the man who was obsessed with Isaura's mother.
Isaura dreams of freedom, and when she finally flees with her father, she falls in a desperate kind of love with a good-standing man named Alvaro. Alas, this love is fleeting, as Leoncio tracks down Isaura and brings her back to the farm, where love and perhaps death awaits.
Performed by a full cast in Spanish.
Isaura the Slave, an audiobook dramatized in Spanish based on the famous story written during the abolitionist campaign of 1875 by Brazilian Bernardo Guimaraes, is the story of a beautiful and educated white slave, daughter of a mestiza that passed through terrible times because she did not give herself to the sordid desires of the owner of the house, Mr. Almeida. Isaura was brought up and educated by his wife, a kind woman that taught her to read, to write, and to play the piano. Isaura's dreams of freedom were truncated by Leoncio, who assumed the management of the house. Leoncio became obsessed with the slave, but Isaura escaped with the help of her father to another city, where she met Alvaro, a handsome young noble man, who fell in love with her. The story gets intense when Isaura is found by Leoncio.
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"In this well-rendered narration the voices are clear, well paced, and excellently dramatized, particularly in moments of dialogue." (Criticas)
"Excellent dramatization, and a beautiful story"
I is a beautiful story. The Dramatization, music and sound effects makes you feel that you are part of the story.
"Esta historia desperto mi imaginacion"
Que lindo usar tus sentidos al escuchar esta historia. Aprecie mucho usar mi imaginacion cuando escuchaba esta novela....me encanto. Ahora estoy adicta a escuchar libros por esta via.
"Well dramatized, though boring"
I didn't like it at all... It seemed like a cheap novel...
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Compaq Presario 722US Laptop Review
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The physical design of the Presario is impressive. It has an aesthetically pleasing exterior with several useful functionality considerations. The chassis feels sturdily built, with excellent placement of controls, including touchpad buttons and four-direction scrolling controller.
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On the left is an air vent, fixed floppy drive and two PCMCIA slots. The PCMCIA bay shows well thought out design: its spring loaded doors slide open when you insert cards, but pop back closed after you remove them. This is a welcome improvement over the Sony Vaio FXA36's PCMCIA slots that use removable dummy cards to fill that void that can easily become lost after removal.
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On the right of the Presario is the optical drive, which is a CD-ROM, DVD, and 4x4 speed CD-RW. Beside the optical drive are two standard audio mini-plugs for microphone and headphones.
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The rear sports the AC adapter socket, S-video and VGA outputs, parallel and PS/2 ports, and the two USB ports. Some NOC denizens may mourn the loss of the serial port for use with DTE adapter cables for serial logins into proprietary routers, but most people these days, with all their peripherals being USB would not notice. Incidenteally, these plugs are beneath a folding, plastic cover. This particular cover has a minor physical problem making it difficult to close until we figured out a small trick. The left corner would need to be popped in before the right. I also find the placement of the USB ports to be sub-optimal, being beneath the plastic cover and too close to each other. In contrast the two USB ports of the Sony Vaio are conveniently outside the covered portion, and on opposite ends of the backside, allowing easier access and less fumbling while plugging in devices.
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Here are external media and volume control buttons along with the main power button. Strangely volume controls seem to be broken in Windows XP, but it works fine in Linux. This is an exact opposite of what I would have expected. I will need to do further digging into how Linux recognizes this device as I had previously thought nobody wrote a driver for it. I also have no explanation as to why it doesn't work in Windows, and I would have no chance in finding an answer because of the lack of source code. =P
It is also worth noting that careful attention was even put into the design of the Presario AC adapter. Attached to the power cord is a Velcro strap to bind the wire together after rolling it up. Small detail, but useful in practice.
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Berisha pumped for A-League grand final
Feisty Albanian sharpshooter Besart Berisha has declared Sunday's A-League grand final against Perth "his moment" promising Brisbane fans he'll try to play the game of his life.
The Pristina-born 26-year-old, who played for first division club Hamburg before stints with several European second-division clubs, has never won a title which is why the thought of breaking through has him so pumped.
To achieve it front of 50,000 fans - most hoping Brisbane become the A-League's first back-to-back champions following last year's Suncorp Stadium heartstopper - has him even more excited.
"This is the first time in my career I have the chance to win a title and a very special title," an exuberant Berisha told AAP on Wednesday.
"This is my time, my moment."
Berisha's trademark, apart from his passion, is how much he gives of himself in pursuit of victory.
"I always give 100 per cent, but this game is so special to me, I will give 200 per cent," he said.
"I will run more than I have ever run, I will try to score more goals than I've ever scored."
Berisha's unbridled passion earned him a yellow card in Tuesday night's 2-1 Asian Champions League loss to Ulsan when he was booked for dissent even before the second half started.
It was the latest in a goal-filled debut season dotted by emotional outbursts and highlighted by his bare-chested challenge to Sydney FC's Pascal Bosschaart after taking offence to some alleged comments about his family.
Perth will try to upset the A-League's leading goal scorer but Berisha said nothing would distract him from the job he has to do.
"Of course I am prepared," he said.
"But at the end of the day, it's not about me. It's about the team. I have to do things that are good for the team and make the team strong.
"They (Perth) will try everything. Everybody will try everything to win the game and I will also try to hurt Perth."
Coach Ange Postecoglou acknowledges Berisha's passion is as much a part of his game as his uncanny ability to score goals - 19 of them during the regular season.
"At the end of the day, I am a passionate man - I cannot change this," Berisha said.
"I grew up like this and I learned this way to play in Europe.
"This game (soccer) is more than a game to me. It's my life - it's my love.
"I will go out with everything I can do in my body to stop Perth and try to win this game.
"With so many people behind my back, I will enjoy this moment and nobody will stop us."
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> Lady Gaga is a biker babe in a new still from the soon-to-be released "Judas" video.
> The U.K. is considering banning the showing of gay kisses on television before 9pm.
> Just when we thought he couldn't get any stupider, Donald Trump compares gay marriage to the use of an "ugly putter" in golf.
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In October 1909, Grade won 40,000 marks in a competition seeking the first German airplane with a German engine to complete a figure eight of three kilometers. Within a month, he could fly Libelle nonstop for 55 minutes, seated in chariot position and warping the wings by grasping overhead wires.
Defying the overall storyline of aviation history, Armand and Henri Dufaux first gained fame as helicopter designers, delivering partially working models and running engine demonstrations as early as May 1905. Only then did they turn to fixed-wing design. The brothers' first prototype, the Dufaux 1, was shown off in Geneva and Paris, and led to a series of designs culminating in a 1908 triplane, which was to function as a tilt-rotor, with an engine that could pivot to provide either vertical or horizontal thrust. Brilliantly advanced, it never left the ground.
Taking great liberties in designing his biplane in 1909, Baron Pierre de Caters studied the type III airplane of French designer Henri Farman and copied nearly every pulley and screw.
The following year, de Caters devised a sturdier monoplane with a front-mounted, 100-horsepower Argus engine and a 45-foot wingspan. The aircraft required quite a bit of muscle to fly. The baron grunted through turns he executed via wing warp pulleys anchored to the wheel struts, and a rudder bar responded to stomps of his foot.
In another example of aero-appropriation, Harry George Ferguson and Joe, his brother and partner in an automotive garage, would visit air exhibitions in France and England and take careful measurements of the parked aircraft. Throughout 1909 Harry fashioned his own airplane with 26-foot wings, pairing it with an air-cooled 35-hp engine by J.A. Prestwich. At Hillsborough Park in Belfast on New Year's Eve 1909, Ferguson's 32-foot monoplane achieved a maximum altitude of 12 feet; it stayed aloft for some 400 feet. The Belfast Telegraph reported: "The roar of the eight cylinders was like the sound of a Gatling gun in action. The machine was set against the wind, [and] the splendid pull of the new propeller swept the big aeroplane along as Mr. Ferguson advanced the lever…. Although fierce gusts of wind made the machine wobble a little, twice the navigator steadied her by bringing her head to wind, the first successful initial flight that has ever been attempted upon an aeroplane." Well, the first in Ireland, anyway.
Two of the world's earliest journals devoted exclusively to aviation, Aero News and the professional journal Aeronaut, served as inspiration for young readers and would-be designers Janos Adorjan and F. Dedics. The two jointly designed a 25-hp, two-cylinder engine, which was built by the Köhler Brothers factory to power an elegant design named the Strucc (Ostrich). At 617 pounds, the Strucc had a wingspan of 26 feet, three inches, and was 24 feet long. In the Second International Air Race, held in June 1910, Adorjan became the first Hungarian to fly in his country in his own design. There were 29 competitors; the Strucc came in third.


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Hi there--I'm making this carrot cake recipe http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Carrot-C..., (trying to use up my loads and loads of CSA carrots--the pumpkins and squash will be next on my list of vegetables to maniacly use up...) which calls for 2 cups of granulated sugar. Silly me, I only have about a quarter cup of sugar. But I do have ultrafine "baker's sugar." Since I've already got something else in the oven, I don't want to leave it to run to the grocery store for more sugar right now... Will I be okay with the baker's sugar? Are there any adjustments I may need to make to the recipe--maybe pull back on some of the sugar, since, presumably, the baker's sugar would dissolve more?
I also happen to have a lot of powdered sugar, brown sugar, molasses, and honey lurking in my cupboards, in case anyone thinks one of those would be a better substitution.
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Overview Incidence Symptoms Evaluation Treatment questions for doctor specialist Home Care pain in adults pain in children ring removal skin wound warning signs Complications Underlying Cause Types Anatomy
Painful Hand after Injury Anatomy
To better understand hand injury, it helps to understand the anatomy of the hand.
The anatomy of the hand includes:
- Bones:
- Phalanges or finger bones (14)
- Metacarpal bones:
- Articulate with the phalanges (5)
- Carpal bones:
- Articulate with the wrist (8)
- Blood vessels
- Nerves:
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- Strong bands that hold the joints together
- Tendons:
- Strong bands that attach muscles to bones.
- When a muscle tightens, the tendon pulls on a bone causing an area to move.
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Luella Bartley will launch a book in September dedicated to London street style and English style icons.
Tilda Swinton is photographed by Ryan McGinley for Pringle of Scotland spring 2010.
Fashion's obsession with 13-year-old girls as expressed through Lolita looks on the spring runways.
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Don't worry, Santa. Steve Schirripa's days as a Sopranos mobster are over. The actor sticks to spreading holiday cheer now.
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The Offspring is coming to France! So I draw a comic about it!
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The Offspring is coming to France! So I draw a comic about it!
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Snoopy? Schould I search for Wally? Huhuhu. I don't know french but I get it, only last line you could translate, if you want.
Poor kid.
i had a hard time reading it, first i don't know any french. second its not big enough
Stagediver killed the little man?
Who have you replaced Greg with?
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Kevin: We never talk about my glasses; they're cool! We talk about Greg's penis, we can talk about my glasses.
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This is a review of the Morphy Richards Kettle Accents model 43062 which is a stainless steel kettle featuring a black enamelled coating, with twin water gauge so you know how much water is in the kettle viewing it from each side (it can hold up to 1.5 litres, I boil only what I need at a time to save energy so keep a keen eye on this), but also rests on a 360 degree cordless base. Our kettle failed and as I enjoy a few cups of tea a day I was in a bit of a rush to replace it. Ok, so I feel rather foolish about the fact that this kettle purchase became my shining example of what happens when I don't make time to research the product. Instead, I allowed myself to succumb to it's sleek looks, but have found myself boiling over with annoyance ever since.
Things started out so well. I was truly in love with the sleek black finish and clever flip lid design the moment I saw this kettle in store, and couldn't wait to get home and try it out, eager for a nice hot cuppa. So what went so wrong? Here is my bad experience in all it's sorry details.
We live in a hard water area, and accept that as such we get through the lion's share of de-scaling products, but I feel that I should have had more than a couple of weeks enjoyment from my new kettle before the inside AND outside were completely coated in limescale, worst around the lid, and for some bizarre reason, along the handle. So I de-scaled the kettle, only to find that the black enamel started peeling around the lid and spout. As harsh a chemical as a de-scaling agent may be, surely a kettle of all things ought to stand up to it's treatment. So much for my good looking kettle, it was starting to look very shabby, very quickly. I could only hope it would at least perform it's task of boiling water well. Surely?
As I became more familiar with my new kettle, I began to notice a couple of more serious design flaws, which I felt put the user at risk of potentially a nasty accident. Firstly, I realised something was not quite right with the angle of the handle, meaning it's pour was really off balance, and the more water I boiled in it at once, the more awkward it became to pick up and pour, so when making many cups at a time for guests, I began to boil only half a kettle at a time, I felt I would rather boil two lots of water than risk dropping a kettle of scalding water. I notice from a quick look online, that a later on edition of this kettle model 43173 has a different shaped handle so whilst I can't comment on it's use, from appearances alone it looks more balanced, so perhaps other consumers of it's predecessor fed back similar issues which have led to this later change. My second issue being, that even after boiling, the cool to touch body of many plastic models these days mean that you don't risk burning your fingers if you happen to touch the body of the kettle, not so with this metal cased body, I have scalded my fingers on a few occasions, by absent mindedly touching the body of the kettle to see if it has boiled, as most of us do, I am sure.
What really finished this kettle off for me, was that the flip lid design of the kettle could easily have been it's best feature, but very quickly the lid became difficult to release at the touch of the button, seeming to catch on the inside of the kettle, so I would have to encourage it to open fully by hand, worse still, it wasn't long before even this failed to work and there were occasions where I ended up prising the lid off with a knife's edge, until one day the lid just snapped clean off of it's hinges, indeed, by this point I was feeling I was about to flip my own lid.
I have never ever been so disappointed in a product like I have this one, never encountered so many issues with a product as I have this one, and all from a reputable make such as Morphy Richards, and am seriously shocked that it even scraped through quality control standards to be on the shelves in the first place. I'm sorry to have to say that the only recommendation I can make about this kettle, is stay well clear. If however, you are still prepared to take a chance, be sure to keep it's two year manufacturer's warranty safe. It only deserves the one star because it did look nice to begin with.
I bought one of these from Robert Dyas, I NOW guss it must be a problem model as Robert Dyas were selling them at well under list price, manufacturer dumping a product they know if faulty?
First one failed at 9 months, lid jammed and you scald your self with steam when you try and pour out boiling water, second one replaced by Robert Dyas failed in same way after 6 months, that is 15 months into a 24 month guarantee.
Robert Dyas refused to replace second time as it was over 12 months old, they only guarantee for 12 months despite box says clearly on all sides, 2 year guarantee.
Would cost nearly £8 to send it back to Morphy Richards, and then it will only last a further 6 months?
I will not be buying any more Morphy Richards products and I am in the market for an Iron, Kettle and Vacuum.
This kettle is very attractive and looks great in the kitchen when new, unfortunately it has not under gone very thorough testing by it's manufacturers.
The black paint on the stainless steel body starts to come off where the top meets the lid and the lid jams after about 6 months use.
In the process of jaming, the back hindge lifts so when you pour boiling water out of the kettle steam escapes from around the lid to body joint and you can scald yourself, at least until you get wise to the problem.
Has a two year guarantee, but who want's to go to the trouble and cost of sending it back.
My first one lasted 9 months, the replacement 6 months, at £30+ an expensive mistake.
Am now looking for a reliable, light weight, quick replacement.
What has happened to product quality and testing these days? You can't even rely on the 'old names' any more.
I purchased this kettle a couple of months ago and paid around £35 for it. So far, no problems with it.
Main feature for me is that it is black and stylish which I found hard to find.
It is a quiet, quick kettle and looks good. It has a flip lid (a button to flip it open for those not in the know!) Also it has a 2 year guarantee which a lot of kettles do not have.
Excellent value for money.
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As the city approaches the anniversary of last year's tsunami the North Coast Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is conducting a workshop for emergency preparedness.
The workshop will be from 1 to 3 p.m. at the SBDC office at 225 H St.
The workshop will focus on emergency preparedness from two perspectives: To protecting employees as required by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CalOSHA) and protecting the community after such an event.
Statistics by the Institute for Business and Home Safety indicates that 25 percent of business that suffer a disaster never reopen.
To register call the SBDC at 464-2168, space is limited. For more information about the workshop call Environment, Health, Safety and Homeland Security/REBRAC at 269-4007.
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For public servants, most of you are preparing to face the fallout of the new budget and DRAP, while private sector companies wrestle with increasing intrusion from global competition or the market disintermediation of online players. In either case, your organization is undoubtedly in the process of or preparing to undergo a "transformation".
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KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Ulster County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach said Monday the distribution of about $200,000 seized by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team among participating municipalities may have to be decided in court if the parties cannot agree on how to split up the cash.
Auerbach said he will not allow Ulster County to release from its bank� account money seized by URGENT without a formal agreement between municipalities about how to distribute the money.
The old agreement under which the task force has been operating since 2007 was never approved by governing legislative bodies like town governments and the county Legislature,� the Comptroller's Office said in a report released Monday.
Forty-five percent of seized money was supposed to be distributed equally among participating agencies, according to the report, but that didn't happen and neither did other agreed-upon accounting requirements.
"There are many other obstacles to a true accounting of the URGENT program, as you'll note in the report," said Auerbach at a press briefing. "The problem here is not with the law enforcement, it's with the finances and the record-keeping. These agencies should be enforcing the law, not drafting contracts and administering hundreds of thousands of dollars."
County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum said Monday he had just received the report and wanted to fully read it before he comments. He has previously been critical of Auberbach's intervention, saying in part that he has never encountered an issue police could not resolve for themselves.
Deputy Comptroller Joseph Eriole said informally "chopping up hundreds of thousands of dollars" is not an appropriate way to do business, and "this important program is on a tightrope with no net."
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The report said a new agreement, which the county Legislature was initially going to consider last month until it was tabled, also had serious flaws like excluding the city of Kingston, which left URGENT. City officials now want Kingston's share of asset forfeitures, and Eriole said the new proposed agreement would not resolve the problem of how to divide the money.
Ronald Clum, county director of internal audit and control, noted the report lays out several payback scenarios in which Kingston gets between nothing and $50,000 worth of reimbursements. Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo said he is open to different solutions as long as the city is fairly compensated for its part in URGENT.
All along, municipalities were supposed to be getting their cuts of seized cash, but the report said there has been informal agreement to reinvest in URGENT. It was difficult to detail how that money was spent because of poor record-keeping, Eriole said, but it was generally used to pay for expenses like equipment and informants.
Auerbach said it is possible the poor accounting could have enabled former Kingston police Detective Lt. Timothy Matthews to steal money from URGENT and the county.
In pleading guilty in Janaury to two felony counts of grand larceny, Matthews admitted stealing more than $50,000 from the city (for which he headed the city police department's Detective Division) between Jan. 1, 2001, and Feb. 3, 2011; and more than $50,000 from the county (for which he headed URGENT) between March 1, 2007, and Dec. 31, 2010, the District Attorney's Office said at the time. Matthews was sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison and ordered to pay $212,000 in restitution.
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One man is dead and a second wounded after a shooting Friday in the Sacramento suburb of Elk Grove.
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As local SWAT teams from Cary practicing an exercise descended upon a 200 home development near Raleigh, it was anything except business as usual today for American luxury home builder, Dole Brothers and the men who work for the company, many of whom were Mexican.
Eyewitnesses say that it was 8:30 in the morning when SWAT teams arrived with men carrying AK-47 Semi-automatic assault rifles.
"As soon as the men jumped out of a van, Mexican workers scattered," said Dole Brothers Superintendent, Richard Onion. "Assholes and elbows were all I saw."
The workers, many of whom had just arrived for work, were apparently not told about the drill probably because the superintendent didn't pay attention in his high school Spanish class.
When asked if he was able to get his men back, the 230 llb. Onion said that it took all day to coax them out of the woods. Some of them he says he hasn't heard from anymore. "We pretty much had to write that day off," he said.
The SWAT team's leader, Captain Jock Rock said that they had contacted the luxury home builder because a real life emergency would more than likely put them in harms way defending rich people and that they wanted to practice using luxury homes before they had the windows put in.
Spokesman for the workers, Manny Moreno, in an effort to smooth things over with the builder, said that the Mexicans were probably just practicing as well and offered to teach Mr. Onion Spanish, so he could communicate with the workers in the event this occurred again.
Moreno was reported to have encouraged the superintendent to contact him via "Mexican email" to solidify the deal. Mexican email is a pigeon.
The census bureau estimates that there are over 5 million illegal aliens working in the United States, many of whom are Mexican and over 10 million unregistered, Mexican email pigeons flying between the United States and Mexico.
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Calvin Borel, who has won the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) three of the last four years, has finally cemented a mount for the race that has made him famous.
Borel's agent, Jerry Hissam, confirmed April 27 that his client would be aboard Twice the Appeal in the May 7 Derby.
"They offered him to me earlier this week," Hissam said. "We were talking with the people from Master of Hounds too, but they were waiting on Ryan Moore. There were also a couple of others we were talking to, but I decided it was time to make a decision."
Twice the Appeal earned his way into the Derby when he won the March 27 Sunland Park Derby (gr. III) at 25-1. The son of Successful Appeal was ridden by Christian Santiago Reyes in that start. This will be Borel's first time on the colt, who was based in California with trainer Jeff Bonde before shipping to Churchill Downs.
Twice the Appeal took seven tries to break his maiden, finally doing so in December at Santa Anita. But he has won three of four starts since then—all with different riders. He will likely be a longshot in the Derby.
"Calvin has won with a couple of (Derby) longshots before," Hissam said. "One of them was from the same part of the country—I forget his name."
The horse Hissam was joking about was, of course, Mine That Bird, who won the 2009 Derby at odds of 50-1. Mine That Bird also made his final Derby prep in the Sunland Derby. Borel also won the Derby with Street Sense in 2007 and Super Saver last year.
"Calvin watched replays of (Twice the Appeal's) races the other day. He was impressed. The horse can lay off and finish strong. He's excited about the opportunity."
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Louisiana Tech Falls 35-34 to Cougars - Recap
Case Keenum led the way with 351 passing yards on Saturday as the Cougars picked up a 35-34 victory over the Bulldogs at Joe Aillet Stadium.
Houston did not, however, defeat the Bulldogs against the spread, which closed at 6 at most sportsbooks. Totals bettors, meanwhile, saw the game go OVER the closing number of 68.5.
Bryce Beall rushed for 63 yards, while Michael Hayes added 28 yards in the win. Justin Johnson and Patrick Edwards added 100 and 81 receiving yards respectively.
Lennon Creer rushed for 99 yards for Louisiana Tech, while Ray Holley added 62 yards. Nick Isham threw for 199 yards for the Bulldogs, while receivers Quinton Patton and Taulib Ikharo had 82 and 49 yards respectively.
Louisiana Tech was outgained by Houston 449-444 yards in Saturday's match, while the important battle of first downs was won 26-21 by the Bulldogs.
The time of possession battle favored Louisiana Tech as their offense was on the field for 34:14, longer than the 25:46 of their opponents.
Houston looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against Georgia State. Louisiana Tech will aim to get back on the winning track at Mississippi State.


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'Christmas' has been certified Diamond in Canada making it the first new recording to reach that sales plateau since Adele's album 21. Originally released in the Fall of 2011, Christmas has been a perennially best seller reaching the top of the charts each year during the holiday season. The album was currently at #6 on the Nielsen SoundScan album sales chart in Canada.
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Week 13: Vollmer only player not spotted at Patriots walkthough
The Patriots are holding a walkthrough today on the fields behind Gillette Stadium.
Colleague Monique Walker reports that the only player not spotted during the media-access period was tackle Sebastian Vollmer.
Linebacker Dane Fletcher, who has not been spotted in weeks, was on the field; Brandon Spikes, who has missed the last three games with a knee injury suffered against the Giants, was on the field but not in uniform.
Chad Ochocinco (hamstring), who missed his first practice as a Patriot last Friday, was on the field.
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After reports all week stated that UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn was in the process of filing a complaint against Georges St. Pierre, the Nevada State Athletic Commission notified FiveOuncesOfPain.com on Wednesday that Penn has instead filed a formal request for an investigation into alleged infractions committed by St. Pierre before and during their UFC 94 title fight this past Saturday.
"Dear Mr. Kizer," the letter begins, addressed to NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer. "This letter is prepared on behalf of Mr. Jay Dee 'B.J.' Penn who participated in the UFC welterweight division 'Championship Bout' on January 31, 2009, against Georges St. Pierre (hereinafter 'bout'). While this letter is not a formal Complaint to the Nevada Athletic Commission, it shall serve as a formal request to the Commission that it engaged in a comprehensive investigation and review of the activities involving and relating to Georges St. Pierre ('GSP') prior to and during the Bout."
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"Simply put, by lubricating GSP's body a highly slippery surface was created that completely neutralized an innocent participant's abilities and strategy to the advantage of GSP," a passage in the fourth paragraph reads.
The letter, drafted by Nevada-based attorney Raffi A. Nahabedian, asserts that by St. Pierre having been improperly lubricated Penn's greatest strength, his jiu-jitsu, was not as effective as it could have been.
"Mr. Penn's most critical offensive and defensive strategies, his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, were rendered useless and he was unable to effectively control GSP and engage his submission techniques due to Mr. Penn's legs and arm slipping out of the attempted holds/locks and GSP's ability to readily slip out of the holds/locks due to the highly slipper surfaces on GSP's body."
One interesting revelation made in the letter is that Penn's representatives assert that St. Pierre had a reputation for improper lubrication in the past and that Penn's camp expressed concerns to the commission before the bout.
"Because of Mr. Penn's prior experience and information provided to him before his participation in the Bout, a member of Mr. Penn's team informed Commission members prior to the Bout of the possibility of GSP being 'greased up' during the Bout or engaging in activities that may cause him to be/become slippery during the Bout," states the letter.
While the letter does not say so directly, there is language in the next sentence and a subsequent paragraph that could suggest that Penn's camp expected a greater degree of protection from NSAC.
"While this discussion occurred, Mr. Penn and his team believed that the Commission would be on heightened alert to guard against such illegal activities and would take every precaution to ensure Mr. Penn's safety and a fair and proper contest… Not withstanding these comments, it is clear that the Commission's obligations to ensure and guard against such corruption and unfair advantage were severly compromised as people openly witnessed the improper application of an illegal substance over the neck, shoulders, and back of GSP the critical areas of Mr. Penn's strategy to impose his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu submission skills and techniques during the Bout."
The letter goes on to add that Penn voiced complaints while the bout was taking place.
"Additionally, during the Bout, statements were made that GSP was 'too slippery' and that Mr. Penn could not grab or hold GSP because of 'how slippery' he was during the Bout."
The letter closes by saying that Penn and his camp are willing to meet with NSAC with the hope that "the activities of GSP and his agents are properly dealt with by the Commission" and that Penn had wanted to have a "fair and just bout" at UFC 94 while continuing to seek "a fair and just encounter against Georges St. Pierre."
The letter is signed only by Nahabedian with Penn and his Hawaiian-based attorneys Gary Levitt and Lawrence Epstein all carbon copied. Penn still has up until Feb. 10 to submit a formal complaint or protest.


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Let's talk Sound Cards, Hercules brand
Posted 07 July 2002 - 03:21 AM
So, I want a new card, it should support all of those 3D APIs and have 4 speaker output. I don't want any of that LiveDrive or Breakout Box crap. Just a simple sound card to play MP3's and games with. Oh and no Creative cards.
Opinions on these 2:
Hercules Fortissimo II and Hercules Gamesurround Muse XL, the Muse XL is cheap and looks like it could get the job done for me, anybody have this card?
Posted 08 July 2002 - 01:19 AM
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Posted 08 July 2002 - 05:33 AM
Only if you had an INtel chipet.
Spend the money on a new board bro.
Dump Via
Posted 08 July 2002 - 11:29 AM
Posted 08 July 2002 - 06:14 PM
Game Theatre XP
Only if you had an INtel chipet.
Spend the money on a new board bro.
Dump Via
No problems here with VIA chipset and DUAL cpu's with the Game Theatre XP >
Posted 09 July 2002 - 12:22 AM
Is the Santa Cruz out of the question?
It's pretty cheap and a Nice sound card.
Worked great on all my Via based systems.
Posted 09 July 2002 - 01:17 AM
Posted 09 July 2002 - 02:54 AM
Yeah I really want to dump my VIA board, as you know from my recent P4 posts and chipset talk, but I need to save a few dollars first and I am waiting on some new tech in the fall.
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Posted 12 July 2002 - 04:43 PM
I take a performance hit with my Live and 3D sound, how well does the Audigy do 3D sound? How about the audio quality? And what about VIA?
Posted 12 July 2002 - 07:27 PM
I know I said no Creative cards, but how is the Audigy?
I take a performance hit with my Live and 3D sound, how well does the Audigy do 3D sound? How about the audio quality? And what about VIA?
Overall I'm very pleased with the Audigy - my 1 & only grumble is the fact that CL have made it complient with the AC'97 standard, which means you can't have the Line In muted for playback but still be able to record with it, you have to keep switching it on or off if you go from recording something to playing back stuff. The good news is that this is only done in software, not hardware, so it's possible [hopefully] that they might release a seperate set of drivers that don't have this problem. There is supposed to be a work-around for this - uninstall the drivers then just use the Drivers Only install option when you reinstall them - but I haven't gotten around to trying that out yet [been too busy playing Dungeon Seige :D].
Oh, & on the VIA front - I have a KT7A-RAID v1.3, which has the KT133A chipset.
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But, the Creative/Via issues are much less prevelent with the Audigy.
Apparently it's a bit hit & miss - you could have 2 identical mobos, & an Audigy would be fine in 1 & not the other. I told them I had a KT7A-RAID v1.3, & they said they couldn't recall any issues with that specific v., though there were some issues with some boards of earlier model, but apparently the KR7A-RAID which is newer, has even more issues with it than the Live did. That's what he said anyway - so it's hit & miss.
If it makes you feel better, I spoke to Creative tech support & if you ask CL if a card is ok with your mobo, they say yes, & you're not happy with it [even if you just don't like it & it's working ok] you can take it back within the 1st 30 days, which is apparently on top of your normal rights.
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A 41-year-old Las Vegas man has been charged with indecent exposure for allegedly exposing himself outside of Armijo Elementary School last week.
Steven Gallegos, who, according to court documents lives on 500 South Grand Ave., was arrested Tuesday on the charge, which is classified as a petty misdemeanor. Magistrate Philip Romero set his bond at $5,000 cash.
The arrest warrant affidavit filed in San Miguel County Magistrate Court states that the Las Vegas Police Department was called on Aug. 28 after a witness saw Gallegos masturbating in the parking lot.
By Charles D. Brunt
Albuquerque Journal
Midway between the small towns of Roy and Trujillo in northeastern New Mexico are 16,030 acres of pristine woodlands nestled among high, narrow mesas surrounded by cliff-lined canyons. The untrammeled Sabinoso Wilderness, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, would be a hiker or a hunter's wonderland but for one problem.
You can't get to it.
The following individuals were booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center between Aug. 28 and Sept. 4:
Anthony Tapia, 26, aggravated battery, Adult Probation Office warrant: Probation Violation (new charges)
Adam Luna, 26, bench warrant: Failure to appear
Jesse Benavidez, 47, battery on a household member
April Alcon, 23, drug court violation, 24 hour hold
Christien Lucero, 21, bench warrant
Clifford Montaño, 39, bench warrant: Failure to pay fines, Adult Probation Office bench warrant: Aggravated assault
By Russell Contreras
The Associated Press
An Albuquerque attorney said Tuesday he has a recording of the governor's top aide telling one of his clients that he never uses state email to conduct business because "I don't want to go to court (or) jail."
But the aide said the small recorded clip released to reporters is out of context, and he vowed to file an ethics complaint because the full recording outs a young female relative of the aide as a witness in a sexual assault case.
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Friday, Sept. 7 — West Las Vegas school administrators were experiencing serious problems in providing sufficient classroom space and textbooks to an increased enrollment of nearly 200 students. Total enrollment this year is expected to reach 1,800, as compared to 1,632 last year, according to Superintendent Phillip Gonzales. Montezuma school, with two classrooms, had already reached an enrollment of over 70 and it was found necessary to transfer all third-grade students to the North and South Public Schools to relieve this load.
Tri-County Farmer's Market harvest festival
Celebrate the harvest at the corner of Sixth & University from 7 am to sell out on Saturday. Buy fresh produce, baked goods and herbs while listening to four bands play — Los Tropicales, Rainy Morning Blues Band, Corn Courage, Carl Bernstein & Marilyn Priddy — during the harvest festival.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 10-15 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northeast wind 10-15 mph.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In an impassioned speech that rocked the Democratic National Convention, former President Bill Clinton proclaimed Wednesday night, "I know we're coming back" from the worst economic mess in generations and appealed to hard-pressed Americans to stick with Barack Obama for a second term in the White House.
THUMBS UP! NEW BUSINESS. It looks as if Las Vegas is going to get its first modern brewery. New Mexico Craft Brewing has been approved for the necessary licenses so it can make, distribute and sell its beer at 1212 Railroad Ave. Some 15 new jobs will be created, with manager Miguel Melendez saying the company's goal is to "stay true to Las Vegas and to our area" by keeping its beer "as local as possible" — all the way down to local artists creating product labels that tell the story of this area.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Rod Brind'Amour had two goals and two assists Friday night to lead Carolina past the Washington Capitals, 4-1.
Erik Cole had a goal and three assists, as he and Brind'Amour formed a two-man attack for the Hurricanes -- who beat the Capitals, 5-0, Nov. 9, and have won four times in their last five games.
The Hurricanes led, 2-0, at the second intermission, and never trailed.
Carolina goalie John Grahame was beaten once on 22 Washington shots.
Richard Zednik scored a power-play goal at 9:28 of the third period after assists by Ben Clymer and Kris Beech. Goaltender Olaf Kolzig gave up four goals on 29 shots in Washington's second straight loss.
On the power play, the Hurricanes scored twice in six chances, and the Capitals went 1-for-5.


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Watching the Nebraska Senate primary results tonight?
As usual, The Fix likes to give you a scorecard to keep track. Here's a quick rundown of who needs to win and where in the GOP primary between Ben Sasse, Sid Dinsdale and Shane Osborn. It's our list of five key counties:
Douglas County: This is the state's most-populous county (including Omaha) with more than one-fourth of the state's population and about one-fifth of GOP primary voters. Dinsdale, a banker from Omaha, will probably want to win this area by a decent margin in order to have a good shot to win -- both because it's his home and because it's the state's least-conservative area. Dinsdale, as the Wall Street Journal's Reid J. Epstein notes, has run more on his Nebraska roots than his ideological purity, which isn't exactly his strong suit.
It's also worth noting that Osborn lives in Douglas County -- though given his experience in statewide office, he's less reliant on a certain region. Sasse is from nearby Dodge County, so he's got some Omaha-area roots too.
Lancaster County: The second most-populous county in the state, this one is home to Lincoln. It was also a big source of votes for Osborn when he won his 2006 primary for treasurer. While he took 63 percent statewide, he took 68 percent in this county. Osborn was no slouch in Douglas, though, taking 66 percent there. He performed less well in rural counties, but still won all over the state.
Hall County: They say the 3rd Congressional District decides statewide GOP primaries -- and that goes double when all the candidates are from the Omaha area in far eastern Nebraska. The highly rural 3rd generally comprises about 40 percent of GOP primary voters, despite being one-third of the state's population. It's also very conservative and older. Sasse needs to win counties like this one, which is the biggest in the 3rd district and home to Grand Island. And he probably needs to do it by a good clip.
Buffalo County: This county neighbors Hall and is home to Kearney. Pretty much all of the Buffalo County stuff also applies here. The two counties comprise between 5 and 6 percent of the primary electorate, so they are more bellwethers for western Nebraska than big sources of votes.
Dodge County: This county is home to Midland University, where Sasse serves as president. It's also quite close to Omaha, though, meaning it's not clear that Sasse has a big advantage. In fact, you could make an argument that each man has a pretty good shot here -- Osborn's 2006 numbers were close to his statewide numbers -- so it might be an indication of where the broader race is headed.


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Fourth Annual Gremlinz Games in North Lake Tahoe
The 4th annual Gremlinz Games went down this Sunday at Donner ASI in North Lake Tahoe. It's a time I look forward to every year. The sun is out, no one is stressing about video parts and the transition from winter into spring is in full effect. When I arrived, the only person at the site was Silver Serino but that would change fast. The Gremlinz are a resourceful bunch and took what little snow there was and created a course filled with Banked turns, cliff drops, step-ups, tree gaps, hips, qp's, gap to hips… You name it, it was there. There were so many lines to get creative on. Silver was the first shredder to take on the course and he noted that the banked turn was full G force insane. Andrew Brewer started to put together creative lines like the cliff drop to banked turn to hip. At some point someone handed me a brownie, which I ate. Life can change in an instant and often does. Jeremy Landy, more affectionately know as Lemi, took on the banked turn and got shot out to the rocks and suffered a severe trauma to his head. Christopher Cushman and Jeffrey Sponzo were on the site and assisting Lemi and maintaining order. From the injury sustained, it became obvious that flight would be necessary. I went to set up an LZ pad for the helicopter. I started to grab needles to make an X in the flattest and widest zone I could find with the help Silver Serino and Andrew Brewer. Andrew had the great idea to grab a shovel and make the X out of snow. All in all, it was a best case scenario and the care flight showed up and got Lemi in the air and to the hospital to get the help he needed.
After the heli had gone, Terry Mane, got the crowd back into the festivities, which was a tall order, and the day was dedicated to Lemi. He had done so much in building the course, that the homies carried on and rode for him. It was after all the adrenaline had worn off that I remembered that brownie. For the rest of the day, I walked around aimlessly trying my best to take photos, haha. All in all, considering the fact that Lemi was seriously injured, it was a good day and the homies rode hard and people had a good time. It was great seeing homies like Jordan Wells, Shayne Sayers, Chris Cushman, Jay Quintin from Smokin Snowboards, Sponzo, Niko Cioffi, Tyler Lynch, Andrew Parsons, Ben Birk and Jason Tackitt amongst others. It's in times like these that I realize that we are surrounded by quality individuals and that when life happens, we'll have the friends there to help us out.
Lemi is now in stable condition at the hospital and a fundraiser has been created to help offset the medical bills had been set up. You can find the info here:
If you can, please help out a good dude get back on his feet.


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Scobee beats out Chung for weekly honor
Somehow, Jacksonville kicker Josh Scobee beat out the Patriots' Patrick Chung for AFC special teams player of the week honors.
Scobee's 59-yard game-winning field goal, which gave the Jaguars a surprising 31-28 win over divisional rival Indianapolis, was impressive, but the argument can be made that kickers are supposed to kick.
Chung blocked a punt that led to a quick New England touchdown and blocked a field goal that was scooped up by teammate Kyle Arrington (after a heads-up play by Jarrad Page to bat the ball forward) and returned for a touchdown. He was also on the field for Brandon Tate's kickoff return touchdown.
Rob Ninkovich, who had two interceptions and a sack in Miami, was one of the nominees for AFC defensive player of the week.
A league spokesman said a committee within NFL offices chooses the player of the week honorees.


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SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Economic and Educational Development Authority plans to ask the Sheridan City Council for funds to complete a business-ready certification process of its property at the High Tech Business Park.
If approved, the project could cost around $28,000 and would be funded by one-cent contingency funds.
At their meeting Tuesday, SEEDA representatives said the process stands to drastically increase the city's visibility among businesses looking for development opportunities.
See the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Sheridan Press.


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The Weekend Eurodollar Game
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- Author(s): WARREN L. COATS
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- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1981.tb00650.x
A growing number of large U.S. banks have used artificial Eurodollar transactions in connection with the heavier weighting of Fridays in the calculation of required reserves to significantly reduce the impact on them of that requirement. This reserve avoidance behavior bestows an unintended and inequitable benefit on those banks engaging in it, unnecessarily increases risks from credit exposures and potentially distorts money stock measures. The incentive for this activity and hence its practice can best be removed by paying interest on required reserves or weighting Fridays equally with all other business days in the reserve requirement calculations.


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Sexual abuse is a subject not many wish to talk about, sadly it's something I come face to face with each day when speaking with the members of my Facebook mums group. I have build rather a thick skin to such subjects but how can one even begin to understand sexual assault on a child? Today a brave mom breaks the taboo by revealing sexual assault she suffered at the age of 14 and one that effects her some 20 years on.
When I was sexually assaulted at the age of 14 I was at the swimming baths with school, I was so scared I just froze. Thankfully my swimming group got called out and I was able to leave. I just ran, nothing was done about it due to lack of evidence.
This experience has left me scared and although it happened 20 years ago now, I am still too afraid to visit the swimming baths. I am not even able take my own children swimming due to the sexual assault .
Being sexually assaulted drained away my self worth and made me feel dirty and vulnerable. This man stole my innocence and my confidence and has allowed my own parenting to suffer years later.
Please show your support by leaving a comment. To show this mom she is not alone with fighting back against sexual assault.