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OverviewThis is an important route for peakbaggers because it is the easiest way to climb Harvard and Columbia together. On this route you will almost completely circle Mt. Columbia. At 14 miles round trip and a whole lot of vertical gain, it will also wear you out. Start early and pay attention to your route!
North Cottonwood Trailhead
To reach the North Cottonwood Trailhead, measure from the junction of US 24 and Chaffee County 306 in the center of Buena Vista. Drive 0.4 miles north on US 24 to the junction of Chaffee County 350. Drive 2 miles west and turn right (north) onto Chaffee County 361 at the T. Drive another mile north and northwest to the next T and a sign for North Cottonwood Creek. Turn left (south) there. Follow this road (Chaffee County 365) briefly south then west into the forest. At mile 8.2, reach the North Cottonwood Trailhead, which is at the wilderness boundary. You are now at 9,900 feet.
Approach, i.e. Getting to the Top of Mt HarvardFollow the South Slopes Route to the summit of Mount Harvard. If you reach the Harvard summit after noon, or if the weather turns stormy, consider returrning the way you came instead of continuing around to Columbia.
Route Description
Follow the ridge off of Harvard, to the east. Descend to the left of Point 13,516, then continue in a southeasterly direction to about 12,800'. There is no need to descend all the way to the creek. Rather, contour at about 12,800' to the south. If you find the going very difficult, you are too high. Lose more elevation to get off the ribs and gullies.
The first time I did this route we tried to contour at a higher elevation, maybe 13,200'. That was a mistake. We thought we would be smart and save ourselves some lost elevation, but instead we wasted a whole lot of time on the steeper slopes beneath the ridge. The result was a long and arduous climb, lost clothing, and a delayed arrival on the Columbia summit. It grew dark long before we got back to the car. Even with good route selection, this is a long, round trip hike.
Finish your climb on Columbia's gentle, north or east slopes.
After you reach the summit of Columbia, descend its west slopes to rejoin the trail at the bottom of Horn Fork Basin. Finding the trail down below is a little difficult, so plan your way while you are still high on the slopes where you can see everything. Some say the screen on Columbia's west side is miserable. Others consider this the easiest part of their day.
This route may be done in the opposite direction. However, that leaves you with a longer hike back to your vehicle and little opportunity to beat an early retreat.
Essential GearNo special gear or equipment is required for a summer climb. Based on my experience, rain gear recommended. Natasha adds that low-cut gaiters for the lengthy hike down the scree on Columbia would lower one's frustration level.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it is recalling 694,000 Sienna minivans in North America because of the risk of rolling away while parked, officials said.
The recall involves 2004-2005 and 2007-2009 model year minivans that have defective shift lever assemblies, The Detroit News reported. The shift levers could be moved out of park without the foot on the brake pedal, which "could result in a vehicle rollaway," Toyota said.
Twenty-one minor accidents that included two minor injuries have been reported, the company said.
The Toyota recall covers 615,000 vehicles in the United States, 56,000 in Canada and 23,000 in Mexico.
Also Thursday Hyundai Motor Co. recalled 760,000 vehicles in North America because of brake light issues, while Nissan Motor Co. recalled 908,900 vehicles -- most of those in Japan -- because of faulty sensors that could cause vehicles to stall, the newspaper said.
The Hyundai recall covers the following models: 2006-2007 Accent, 2009-2011 Elantra Touring, 2007-2008 Entourage, 2009-2011 Genesis, 2007-2010 Sonata, 2006-2008 Tiburon, 2009-2011 Veracruz and 2006-2007 and 2009-2011 Tucson, as well as the 2007-2011 Kia Azera.
Nissan's recall affects the Infiniti M, X-trail sport utility vehicle and Serena minivan models sold mostly in Japan.

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At press time, the build-your-own-burger joint Phil's Grill (www.phils-grill.com) was preparing to open a Warehouse District location (748 Camp St., 504-309-7702) Saturday. Phil de Gruy opened the original Phil's Grill in Metairie (3020 Severn Ave., 504-324-9080) in 2007, and there's also a Harahan location (1640 Hickory Ave., 504-305-1705).
Phil's Grill allows patrons to choose everything from patty (beef, turkey, bison, tuna, portobello, veggie) and bun (white, whole wheat, onion, French bread, etc.) to cheese (Havarti, cheddar, Parmesan, herbed goat cheese, etc.), toppings (pickles, sauteed mushrooms, fried egg, pineapple, coleslaw, etc.), premium toppings for $1-$2 more (smoked bacon, avocado-tomato relish, black bean and turkey chili) and condiments (barbecue sauce, ranch dressing, jalapeno aioli, horseradish honey-mustard, etc.). The menu also features a selection of gourmet burgers, including a turducken burger and the Fat City, a deep-fried American cheese-stuffed Angus beef patty. There also are sides, shakes, floats, desserts, craft beers and a full bar.
Phil's Grill occupies a space that housed the final location of Cosimo Matassa's J&M Recording Studio from roughly 1965 to 1980. The redesign incorporates some elements marking its place in music history, including eight bronze musical notes inlaid in the distressed concrete floor at the entrance.
The Camp Street location is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.


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Warren Misunderstands Finance: New Book
Americans aren't borrowing too much; rather, they are investing in a better life. And almost everything Sen. Elizabeth Warren has told you about consumer credit is wrong.
Those are some of the takeaways from a new book called Consumer Credit and the American Economy, according to one of its authors, Todd Zywicki, a law professor at George Mason University.
Zywicki is a longtime vocal critic of the CFPB - the government agency that was the brainchild of Warren prior to her becoming senator and was mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act - which seeks to protect consumers from abusive financial products and practices.
But in an interview with ThinkAdvisor, the law professor and author worried that such products and practices are not clearly defined by stature and that the CFPB's entire approach is uneconomic.
While admitting his area of expertise is consumer credit, he said the debate over whether a fiduciary standard should be imposed on all financial advisors is analogous in that, from an economic perspective, any rule change will have a cost.
In the interview, the bankruptcy law professor eschewed discussion of securities regulation, but sticking to his area of expertise said that "when it comes to consumer credit, Washington's approach is to wish away unintended consequences."
He cited as an example new rules issued late last year by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that effectively persuaded banks to eliminate direct deposit loans that the OCC deemed as essentially high-cost payday loans.
But in so doing, the OCC essentially left poor consumers at the mercy of payday loan companies and bank overdraft fees by limiting market competition and consumer choice.
"You really have to think about the cost of doing things," Zywicki said, noting that consumers with impaired credit will have to pay higher interest so well-intended rules that limit their choices will effectively increase their costs.
Read more: Zywicki isn't completely anti-regulation ...
The free-market oriented law professor says he is not opposed to regulation per se.
"I distinguish between what I think of as market-reinforcing and market-replacing regulation," a distinction he said he feels that Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, and many in Washington with similar mindsets, fail to grasp.
"Market-replacing regulation includes setting interest rate ceilings and banning certain products like payday loans. Market-reinforcing regulation includes sophisticated laws … that harness the forces of competition [to promote consumer choice]," he said.
Apart from regulation, Zywicki's new book sought to clarify two other key points he thinks that Warren seems not to understand.
One of those issues concerns why people borrow. The professor said there is a prevalent belief that "people borrow to live beyond their means and sustain a level of expenditure that is not viable" — in other words that other people use consumer credit irresponsibly.
But Zywicki said that is not so. "Households and consumers use credit for the same reason businesses do: "to buy capital goods, and smooth income and expenses; that's overwhelmingly the reason people use credit cards."
By buying a washing machine, he said, "people don't need to schlep to the laundromat each evening; [that's] no different than a construction company buying a back hoe rather than hiring 10 guys to dig a hole with shovels.'
Another key myth, he said, is that people have too much debt because of credit cards — that they are goaded into buying things they don't want.
Zywicki said the burden of consumer indebtedness has not increased over time, but people's purchasing power has increased as credit choices have expanded.
Forty years ago, he said, someone wanting to buy a new refrigerator or bedroom set went to the dealer, signed a finance agreement, paid 40% interest plus an application fee and made costly payments for 36 or more months.
"Today we just put it on a credit card; it's just better" than the installment loans of the past.
High-charging personal finance companies that bought the loans retailers made — "all that stuff is gone," he said, adding that the effective APRs have come down.
Read more: Bureaucrats doing more harm than good ...
Returning to the core subject of regulation, the professor and author said that "history tell us you cannot reduce the need for credit among consumers" and further that one of the unintended consequences of regulation is that "it invariably ends up hurting those we want to help."
In other words, the primary victims of well-intentioned but paternalistic bureaucrats, he said, are "low-income people who are bearing the brunt" of regulations concerning financial inclusion and servicing the unbanked.
The Credit Card Act of 2009, for example, "absolutely pummeled low-income consumers" by raising costs and limiting access to more affordable credit.
Similarly, the CFPB's qualified mortgage rule "undermines the ability of community banks to use their knowledge of customers to design products that work for them." By pricing these institutions out of the market, the ironic result he said — "in light of the financial crisis" — is that big banks are "gobbling" market share.
Zywicki doesn't disagree with Warren about everything. He agreed with her that Dodd-Frank has not ended "too big to fail," and said there was "unquestionably a problem with mortgage debt" leading to the financial crisis.
He added that "we've seen an unbelievable rise in student loan debt, which seems to be a problem, especially when it interacts with one-size-fits-all regulation that creates problems with people getting housing."
But a key concept he wants readers to understand is that consumer loan debt is unlike the federal government's debt, which he said entails "borrowing from the future to fund consumption today, such as [future payments to] retirees."
The difference is that the entitlement state is problematic because it is not a form of investment, whereas consumers generally borrow to buy houses and cars and to increase human capital through student loans.
[The postwar affordable suburban homes] in "Levittown was financed by consumer credit," he noted. If you think leaving tiny urban apartments with rented furniture for your own home in the suburbs is a problem, "then credit cards are a problem; but if lives are better off, then you have a different perspective on things," he said.
"As long as there has been consumer credit, there have been people who have misused it … and people who have been worried about how others use it; but overwhelmingly people use consumer credit to make their lives better off," he said.
In 1968, a congressional study found that loansharking was the mafia's No. 2 source of revenue. Since people are going to access credit, it is best to promote competition and access rather than leave poor consumers especially few options.
"We need to respect consumers as grown-ups," Zywicki concluded. "Recognize that consumers make mistakes, but understand that people know better what to do with their lives than well-intentioned bureaucrats."
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My Trusty Pelikan
I prefer fountain pens, though I did learn to master flexible dip pens like Gillotte. Fountain pens allow you to draw for long stretches without dipping into a bottle and there are no sudden blobs of ink on your nearly finished drawing.
Which brings me to Ink.
I used to use FW waterproof India ink, but the new owners changed the formula from carbon to acrylic. I was in dispair as ran low on my old supply of the good FW, but finally found a great,, very waterproof and flowing India ink. It's made by Dr. Ph. Martin's. I tried several of the Dr. Martin's inks and the most waterproof (if that matters--it does to me, since I color my work in with watercolor) one are these two:
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I've tried every other Waterproof India Ink I could get my paws on and none were truly waterproof. They also had serious flow issues.
My pen may not work for your needs, but I thought I'd let you know.
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If you watch me, you most likely noticed it.
I have no idea why I discovered it so late, though.
I dunno if I'm smart or rather stupid. I write in English, which is not my first language.
That would be German... great, if I wrote about people shouting orders, but that's not the case right now.
Thing is, it's been a long time since I visited any school. I have got no idea how acceptable my English still is.
I would greatly appreciate a native speaker reading my story (or a chapter, at least) and comment on my language, common mistakes and so on.
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Genre: Contemporary, mild Science Fiction
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Last Thursday, there was a major event in American letters and literature: the publication of the long-awaited Class with the Countess: How to Live with Elegance and Flair, written by Countess LuAnn de Lesseps. Make that former countess LuAnn.
Who wouldn't want advice from the woman who, on a recent episode of The Real Housewives of New York City, talked to kids about self esteem by laughing at and mocking one girl whose career goal was to be a babysitter, and responding to another girl's modeling dreams by saying that girl could lose weight?
As if that wasn't enough, LuAnn later bragged about "mentoring girls" on her blog, insisting–without any hint of irony!–that "girls who are supported by positive role models and provided with information on the physical and emotional changes that occur during adolescence have less depression, teen pregnancy, and substance abuse problems."
As a cast member on The Real Housewives, LuAnn–like all of the cast members during this amazing, drama-filled season–is pretty much someone who preaches what she doesn't practice. (Amazingly, she's not even the worst one this season.) Still, she's now on tour so she can spread her classiness.
The book's reviews on Amazon are nearly all negative, and tend to city her hypocrisy. One mentions that her co-writer, who was seen on the show, isn't mentioned on the book's cover.
LuAnn may be on the road to some self-awareness, though. she recently told People that she "was devastated" over her split with the count, and said, "When I wrote the book I felt very secure. And that's totally changed."


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The Real Battle Won't Be on Facebook
It's all very well to 'friend' pages calling for a boycott on cottage cheese. The problem is a lot more complex than that.
On Thursday, TheMarker's Yoram Gabison revealed the true bonanza of Apax Partners and Mivtach Shamir in their purchase of Tnuva. The land Tnuva owns in Tel Aviv alone is worth several times the amount they paid the kibbutzniks - and then there's the cheese.
The numbers show that the increase in raw-material prices around the world was not the real reason prices of cottage cheese and other dairy products increased. That was a smoke screen. To recap, Tnuva buys the raw milk it uses to make its goodies at a price set by the Dairy Board.
Now, from January 2008 to June 2011, for instance, Tnuva raised the price of cottage cheese by 39%. But the price it paid for milk rose by just 3.8%.
From January 2008 to January 2011, the price of cottage cheese rose by 29%. But the price Tnuva paid for milk dropped by 8.8%. Cottage cheese, a favorite among Israeli households, has been a cash cow for Tnuva.
What enabled Tnuva to raise its prices like that, regardless of the price of inputs? Mainly, the high level of concentration in the dairy market.
Tnuva's share of the cottage cheese market is about 70%. With an iron grip like that, you can raise prices without explaining anything to anybody. And its behavior in the cottage cheese market is just one example.
Here's another from this week. Apax, which owns the controlling stake in Tnuva, also controls Psagot, the biggest investment firm in Israel. Psagot was one of the investment firms that did not peep about the public's rights in another transaction, in which another concentration group, IDB, sold agrochemicals company Makhteshim-Agan Industries to China National Chemical Corporation. This week it turned out that IDB was prepared to pay the public $45 million more to avoid a court hearing on the class-action motion against it over unfair conduct in the sale.
Who took IDB to court? Was it the investment managers at Psagot, who control vast amounts of the public's money? Perhaps the investment managers at Clal Insurance, another member of Nochi Dankner's IDB group? Not at all. It was an 82-year-old retired accountant who owned some shares in Makhteshim-Agan and believed he deserved more, and while about it, protected the public as well.
Some may have thought the battle to reduce economic concentration in Israel is populism, or that the competitiveness committee was the artifact of somebody's whim. They didn't get the point. Now they do, in the form of a favorite food. Now these people are fighting like tigers to lower the price of cottage cheese, and they feel as if they're railing against the weather.
But, dear reader, there are pure economic reasons for the high price of cottage cheese and other products. Namely, Tnuva raises prices because it can, because it has new managers who have to deliver the goods to their bosses in London.
Making a profit is not a bad thing. That's the economy's life's blood. The problem is that the market isn't competitive enough.
It's a shame the kibbutzim didn't think of that when they sold Tnuva; they could have made a lot more off the sale, gratifying their bankers (another concentrated lot ).
The fight on Facebook is cute, as tens of thousands of people flock to "friend" the boycott sites. Maybe even it will move things a little. But the real struggle isn't cute and it isn't populist. It's complex. If the group of youngling cottage-cheese warriors on the Internet really cared about Israeli society, it would support the economic concentration committee.
Meanwhile, the retail chains such as Super-Sol, Blue Square and Rami Levi have suddenly sprouted halos. Their executives grant interviews left, right and center, sometimes off the record. Their message is: It isn't our fault.
They have nothing to do with the bounding prices. It's the food manufacturers' fault, they insist. For their part, they heed the public's pain and do everything in their power to lower prices (for a day or two ).
But they too benefit from the high prices, since they live off the margin between the price at which they buy the product from the manufacturer, and the price consumers pay. The higher the price, the bigger the margin, in general.
Also, part of the battle the chains are waging against the food manufacturers is because of the trial of Super-Sol ex-CEO Efi Rosenhaus. Super-Sol, yet another member of Nochi Dankner's IDB group, has a 35% share of the organized retail market.
Rosenhaus is suspected of not allowing food manufacturers to lower prices and offer special deals to the public - at rival chains. He punished suppliers who rebelled against the diktat and gave low prices to Blue Square, by yanking their products from Super-Sol shelves, says the prosecution. In other words, Rosenhaus is on trial for allegedly - illegally - fighting against the public's interest.
If the chains really have changed their spots after Rosenhaus' indictment, here's an idea for them. Super-Sol, and Blue Square while about it, have private labels. They can lower prices of those products without waiting for the branded-food manufacturers to take up the challenge. True, none have private-label cottage cheese. But they do have hundreds of products. We may assume that lowering the prices of private-label products would depress prices up and down the aisles, as the food companies fight to stay in the game.
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New product from the BBC/Ice Cream Spring/Summer 2010 Collection will be released this weekend. The drop includes the Wabash Carnation shirt, matching the Rose Blazer that we presented ealier on. Also they present a matching fishing hat, a new denim jacket and a new backpack.
Take a look at the new BBC/Ice Cream releases after the jump.


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Southern Methodist University has named criminal and family law scholar Jennifer M. Collins dean of the Dedman School of Law.
Collins, who is a law professor and vice provost at Wake Forest University, will begin her duties at SMU on July 1.
Aside from her career in academia, Collins has experience as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Columbia and spent most of her time in the homicide section, where she prosecuted more than 30 jury trials.
She was also an attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel. Before that, she briefly worked in private practice in Washington.
Collins said she accepted the job because it was the right time professionally and personally to take on a new challenge. She said she was extremely impressed with SMU.
"SMU is an absolutely outstanding institution," she said. "I was so impressed when I made the visit with the faculty, students and incredibly dedicated, welcoming alumni base. I thought it would be a terrific community to join."
Collins succeeds John Attanasio, whose 15-year career as Dedman's dean ended earlier this year after Ludden and SMU President R. Gerald Turner declined to renew his contract. Some alumni and financial donors were angry about the sudden and unexplained ouster.
Early feedback on Collins' appointment has been positive.
Mike Boone, who served on the search committee and is chairman-elect of SMU's Board of Trustees, said Collins' qualities and experience made her the perfect candidate.
"It was clear there was an overwhelming support for her on the committee," said Boone, one of the co-founders of the law firm Haynes and Boone. "I don't think we could find anybody better in the country."
Alan Feld, another Dedman graduate who served on the search committee, agreed.
"She's going to be a terrific dean and she's a really good appointment," said Feld, a named partner at the law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. "I think she'll be very good at facing up to whatever the strategy will be to move the law school forward."
Collins prevailed in a group of six leading candidates, according to various faculty and staff. The ultimate decision was up to SMU Provost Paul Ludden.
Out of the six candidates, two were current deans at other law schools, sources said.
Prominent Dedman alumnus Darrell Jordan was not involved in the dean search but said he trusted the decision of those involved.
"I will give her every benefit of the doubt, and I hope that she's a great dean and can deal with all the various responsibilities," said Jordan, a commercial litigator at the law firm Dykema and a previous president of the State Bar of Texas. "I think her résumé stood out from others. The fact that she's prosecuted and has real-world experience will be an asset."


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I'm still wondering is there any difference ?
I'm currently using 4GB. But intend to move to maybe 8GB or 16GB.
Maybe someone could explain a bit about these amount of memory ?
My 2cents:
If your everyday applications requires 8gb to run efficiently, having 4gb of ram will make your system slow.
If your everyday applications requires only 4gb to run efficiently, there is no significant difference between having 8gb, 16gb and 32gb of ram.
then again, with the dirt cheap prices of ram these days, you can never have too much of it. might want to consider ramdisk-ing your ram for high speed storage
task manager is the simplest and quick way to check your memory usage. if the memory usage is more than your physical memory, that means the excess memory usage is spilled to your harddisk swap space and this will slow down your system performance significantly. so, check how many excess and add the physical memory accordingly.
Download rainmeter for your desktop. The stock skins already have CPU and RAM usage meters.
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RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600mhz CL9 4x4GB
GFX: Palit GTX 1070 Super Jetstream
PSU: FSP Aurum Platinum 80+ 550W Semi Modular
HDD: Internal Zotac 120GB SATA3 SSD , 2TB Samsung F4 Spinpoint , 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM, 1TB 3.5" WD elements (convert internal), 320GB 2.5" WD elements (convert internal)
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I find 8gb to be the sweet spot for most people.
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I also think 8gb is nice but recently read an article say 16 gb is the best!
ram no difference in how many GB if you never utilise them. only difference come when it uses more than what you have
You can always use unutilized memory as a RAMdisk. Great for a scratch drive for photoshop, games and such depending on the size.
Look at it this way in terms of cars, what is the real difference between a 2.0L and 1.5L toyota. Will it help you? If you drive long distances to Malaysia every week, a 2.0L car might be a better idea while driving in shit traffic inside a city like Singapore really doesn't give much of a difference.


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Walker, Cutch happy to see Hurdle extended
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
PITTSBURGH -- Clint Hurdle was unsure of the impact his contract extension would have in the clubhouse. In his view, players who care will be neutralized by those who do not.
"That's been my experience," said Hurdle, attributing that to both his playing and managerial careers. "There will be some players who care, and some that don't. So I don't know how much difference it will make for players."
Two veteran Pirates players, however, saw positives in the stability, citing the transparency that makes Hurdle easy to play for.
"He lets us do our own thing in the clubhouse. It's our clubhouse, and he doesn't interfere with that," said second baseman Neil Walker. "He just does his job. At the same time, he knows when to voice an opinion or a thought, and when to lay off."
"It's pretty simple to get along with Hurdle," said center fielder Andrew McCutchen, who recalled that getting a read on the new manager in 2011 was also a simple process. "As soon as he stepped in, he pretty much showed the type of person he was going to be. It made it easier on us.
"It wasn't like we had to feel him out, for what we could and couldn't do, or what we could or couldn't say. It made it a lot easier for us to know the boundaries pretty early."
Not having to learn new boundaries, possibly for as long as four more years, will also simplify life for the clubhouse denizens.
First number, last word
382: At-bats between regular-season homers at PNC Park by the Cardinals, from Matt Holliday's sixth-inning blow off A.J. Burnett on Aug. 27, 2012, to Matt Carpenter's fifth-inning shot off Gerrit Cole on Friday night.
"Jokingly, I told people close to me that I was working on a new angle, to be the only manager not to have a contract, and see how that played out." -- Hurdle, who along with Milwaukee's Ron Roenicke had been the only two of the 30 MLB managers without a guaranteed contract beyond 2014, until Saturday's announcement of his three-year extension by the Pirates.
Worth noting
• Paul Goldschmidt started Saturday's game with MLB's fourth-ever 26-game hitting streak spanning two seasons. The first to do it? Pirates shortstop great Dick Groat, 1961 to '62. Also to accomplish it were Ralph Garr (1971-72) and David Wright (2006-07).
• The Pirates' 2014 Media Guide runs 352 pages. Hefty, but not even in the same ballpark as the media guides of the A's (652 pages) and the Red Sox (612).
• McCutchen's two-run triple Friday night gave him 201 RBIs at PNC Park, tying him with Jack Wilson for second-most at the yard. Jason Bay drove in 241 runs at PNC Park, including one as a visiting player.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Wartburg Knights wrestling team defeated Coe College, 24-10 on Thursday, January 30, 2014.
- Wartburg improved to 7-0 in Iowa Conference Duals.
Wartburg has an overall winning streak to 51, which dates back to the 2011-12 season.
- Wartburg is 15-0 on the season.
The Knights have now won 172 straight duals against IIAC opponents.
- Coe is now 6-1 in Iowa Conference duals which solidified its second-place finish in the standings.
- These two teams will meet again for the Iowa Conference Championship Dual on Friday, Feb. 14 at Wartburg at 7 p.m.
- Pinero won his 22nd match of the season and seventh major decision of the year.
- Welter won his 22nd match of the season
- Williams won his team-best 31st win of the season and remained undefeated against Division III opponents
- Soriano recorded his 27th win of the year


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Gregory S. Ezra was born in London, England. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemistry from Oxford University. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree in 1980 with P. W. Atkins, he joined the University of Chicago as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow to work with R. S. Berry. He then joined the Chemistry Department at Cornell University, where he serves now as a Professor. He has received Sloan and Dreyfus Fellowships, and in 1988, he was awarded the Medal of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Nonlinear Science and the Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, and he is a Member of the graduate field of applied mathematics at Cornell. His research covers many aspects of the few-body problem in chemistry and physics. He is interested in the role of symmetry in physical problems, classical, semiclassical, and quantum approaches to atomic and molecular systems, and geometric aspects of Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian dynamics.
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The Edmonton Oilers sent Taylor Chorney back to Oklahoma City today. This suggest Jim Vandermeer is close to ready and that the club feels Chorney needs more "seasoning" in the minors.
In a long season there are small things that indicate where these young men are on the depth chart. Whereas losing a player to waivers might keep him on the big league roster at the beginning of the year, said player better deliver when called upon or someone is going to pass him on the depth chart.
Here's what has happened during the 10-11 Oilers season along the blue:
- Opening Roster: Whitney-Gilbert, Smid-Foster, Vandermeer-Peckham and Strudwick the 7th man.
- November 16: recall Shawn Belle.
- November 24: Oilers reassign Shawn Belle.
- December 27: recall Jeff Petry.
- December 31: recall Shawn Belle.
- January 2: Oilers reassign Shawn Belle.
- January 9: recall Taylor Chorney.
- January 22: Oilers reassign Taylor Chorney.
When we suss out all those travel miles we can assume the following:
- Jeff Petry has skipped past all of the minor leaguers and a few of the major leaguers on the depth chart.
- Shawn Belle impressed enough in his first recall but may not have done as well his second time up. Either that or the team wanted to reward Chorney for hard work on the farm.
- Alex Plante is not among the top recall options this season. If true, that's a step back for a player who appeared to be playing well.
- I would think Belle, Chorney and Plante would be among the group considered for recall when Vandermeer is dealt at the deadline. I wouldn't count out AHL vet Bryan Helmer who is killing it in OKC after signing with the Barons.


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LOS ANGELES -- With four future Hall of Famers, the Los Angeles Lakers have some kind of imposing offense.
That wasn't what it took to beat the San Antonio Spurs.
It took some kind of defense.
Kobe Bryant scored 12 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Shaquille O'Neal had 17 points, 19 rebounds, and 5 blocked shots and the Lakers beat the Spurs, 88-76, Saturday night to win the Western Conference semifinals in six games.
It was the completion of an improbable comeback and sent the defending NBA champions home for the summer. Exactly a year earlier, it was the Spurs celebrating a conference semifinal triumph on the same court to end the Lakers' quest for a fourth straight title.
"It was a big series for us, playing the defending champs," Bryant said. "Last year they knocked us out and we had an opportunity to return the favor."
The Spurs shot 30.2 percent, including 21.3 percent in the second half when the Lakers outscored them, 49-37.
"We came out and played a second half where our defense hung together again and made them struggle for shots," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said.
"That was really our demise in the series," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said of his team's offense. "I thought that defensively, they were wonderful."
Tony Parker, so outstanding in the first two games, shot 4 of 18 in scoring 9 points and had only three assists in the finale.
"We knew Tony was cutting us up," Jackson said. "We just threw the wall at him, basically, threw bodies at him."
The Lakers will face the winner of the Minnesota-Sacramento series, which is tied, 3-3. Game 7 is Wednesday.
The Lakers became the eighth team in NBA history to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first two games. The last team to accomplish such a feat was Houston, which did it in the 1994 and 1995 conference semifinals against Phoenix en route to championships.
After a pair of 10-point victories over Los Angeles to begin the series, the Spurs had a 17-game winning streak and the Lakers appeared to be in big trouble. Little did anyone know the Spurs wouldn't win again this season.
"We knew that if we did what we're supposed to do, that we'd be fine," O'Neal said. "When we play hard and play with kind a lot of passion and when you believe like that, anything can happen."
Gary Payton, who along with Karl Malone joined the Lakers this season in search of his first championship ring, had 15 points and seven assists.
Bryant also had seven assists to go with seven rebounds for the Lakers, who shot 44.6 percent and won despite being outrebounded, 49-39.
Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 20 points and 11 rebounds, but shot just 7 of 18. Manu Ginobili added 16 points, Devin Brown had 15, and Robert Horry scored 12.
"They adjusted their game plan and it worked for them," Duncan said. "We didn't shoot the ball as well as we could have."
About the Lakers' defense, Duncan said: "It's tough because Shaq's back there, that's a big part of it. You can get by them at points. Having Shaq back there as a safety really causes some problems. It was a very good defensive scheme, more than anything."


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The Obama administration reports the auto bailout will only end up costing taxpayers about $14 billion out of the $80 billion originally spent. Not too shabby, the administration contends-- considering the downside if GM and Chrysler had been obliged to liquidate.
Bear in mind, though, that the key variable in this equation is GM's stock price. The Treasury Department still owns 33 percent of GM's common stock – 500 million shares in all. They'd be worth about $14.4 billion if the government sold at the current price of roughly $28.75. But that's already 13 percent less than they would have fetched at the $33 per share the government got for 28 percent of the company back in a November 2010 initial public offering.
In other words, the taxpayer has suffered big paper losses since the IPO — losses that will crystallize on the government's books if and when it sells. Given what's happening to the stock, the Treasury Department has decided to hold for the time being. As if to underscore the wisdom of that position, CEO Dan Akerson announced today that investors should consider GM a "long-term" stock.
Alas, this situation is full of dilemmas, both for GM and the taxpayers who still own a third of it. The government can't sell to the suddenly cash-rich GM itself, as has apparently been discussed, because at today's lower-than-the-IPO price, that would look too much like another bailout/sweetheart deal. Nor can it sell to the public too soon, for fear of bigger taxpayer losses, and the attendant political backlash.
Meanwhile, the mere fact that the government owns so much of the stock probably depresses its price, for at least three reasons: a) the "government motors" stigma with the car-buying public b) investors steer clear of a firm they believe is still subject to political manipulation and c) perhaps most important, investors are loath to pay a premium for GM shares now, anticipating that Washington might dump up to 500 million of them on the market at some point in the not-too-distant future.
I see no easy solution. But one thing is clear: there's probably no way the government is ever going to be able to sell out of GM at the break-even price of $53. And if the stock market really tanks, dragging GM down with it, then the losses from the bailout will be huge indeed. Maybe Treasury should just get out while the getting's good.


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I know that you can't bring any food into Australia (not even the nuts from the plane) but can you take food to Europe? I'm thinking of "special" food - like Christmas cake, nuts, chocolates etc. Is there any restriction - especially for France and Italy?
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I have not had difficulty in taking food like unopened chocolates, biscuits, twisties, tinned soup etc into Switzerland. Nor have I had trouble taking chocolate from Switzerland to Australia. We are expat Ozzies living in Switzerland and we miss some of the silly foods we liked at home that we can't get in Europe like Tim Tams, Time Out chocolate bars, Twisties, and Cambells soup so when we come back from a visit to Oz we bring some back in either checked or carry on luggage with no problems. I always take some Swiss chocolate back to Oz when we go because it is fabulous, I declare it to customs and have never had any difficulties. I have taken food, including grocery shopping, to and from France and Italy from Switzerland without problems but only by car.
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I can't recall any problems taking food in unopened packages into Europe. Like LynnP, we bring back "silly" food, snacks we can't get in Europe and have the rare, immature, unhealthy craving for: Cheez-its, Twizzlers chocolate licorice, Rice Krispie Treats. Also, we take back some practical food items like cooking sprays.
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Most food restrictions are related to preventing the transmission of diseases or pests, so fresh fruits and veggies are out. In general, the more processed a food is, the more likely to be permitted. So baked goods (bread, cookies, Cheez-Its, etc.) and canned goods (soup, etc.) are generally permitted.
Since the recent incidents with mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth disease, many countriers are also restrict the import of ALL meat products.
The US Dept of Agriculture has a web site about what's not permitted entry into the US, perhaps the EU has a similar resource.
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I always pack these required items before traveling and never have a problem:
1 big box of Velveeta and 1 can of Cheese Whiz when going to Switzerland.
A package of Ding Dong's and a loaf of Wonder Bread when going into France.
A jar of Ragu sauce in case the pasta is dry when going to Italy. Also a can of spaghetti-o's in case of hunger on a train.
A box of instant Rice-a-roni paella sytle when traveling to Spain.
A bunch of Hershey bars when going to Belgium.
Some frozen Mrs. Paul's fish sticks and tater tots when going to London (this requires packing in dry ice).
A jar of Folger's instant crystals when going to Vienna.
Any more??
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I always take a can of Reddy-whip to go along with the Folgers when traveling to Vienna!
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I can't top that, guys.
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I always take coals to Newcastle
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Licorice to Holland, just incase I can't get the real thing! mmm...
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There isn't a simple answer to this question: within the EU, individual countries are allowed to override Union rules when they believe public health issues are at stake.
And - except when the French think they have an opportunity to score points off the Brits - most customs oficials throughout Western Europe simply don't bother with food inspections in the way their Australian and American peers do.
However, as an English-language illustration, DEFRA's FAQ page gives the easiest summary of rules applied through most of Western Europe: www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/illegali/allow/allowances.htm
No European administration (except possibly the Irish) would waste energy on cake, nuts or chocolates.
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Thanks everyone for your reassurance - I just didn't want to have to face being forced to leave our treats for the customs guys to scoff down!(and as we arrive in the afternoon on Christmas Eve,we can't rely on sourcing them locally).
Patrick - what are ding dongs and instant crystals?
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WHOA Patrick, I need you for restaurants for some of our posters.
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Cute Answer Patrick....You are funny!!
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Ozgal, in Patrick's absence, I'll jump in and reply. If I recall correctly, DingDongs are a confection sort of like chocolate Twinkies--a chocolate cake like substance wrapped around a white chemical icing-like filling. They supposedly have a shelf-life of100 years. Folger's instant crystals is an instant coffee product.
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This was a helpful question for me as well, however, I am still not clear on one area of concern.
Can you take homemade items, such as Christmas cookies?
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Thanks for telling, Betsy. To be honest I don't think I've ever had a dingdong or a Twinkie and didn't know exactly what either is, but the names make for fun journalism, just like the shelf-life line.
Folger's Crystals are the God awful instant coffee product that they used to have a lot of commercials about. They'd go to a great restaurant of the world and substitute those things for the regular coffee and nobody could tell the difference. Yeah, right. I never could understand why a great restaurant would let them show their regular coffee was so bad that people thought it tasted like instant.
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This is kind of sick, but I always pack about 10 cans of Sam's Cola from Walmart. As much as I lover everything about European food, their sodas suck. Way to sugary. I'm thirstier AFTER I drink them. Sam's Cola is almost as cheap as water and gives me a tiny little taste of home when I'm back in my hotel room. (Sounds like a commercial)
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From the site I pointed you all to: "chocolate and confectionery are permitted as long as they do not contain fresh cream".
Basically, dairy products (which means chhese and milk, not chocolate) from non-European sources are banned.
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I've never thought about taking food but I do take my Marcella Hazan and Julia Child cookbooks with me so I can instruct the restaurants how I want my food prepared. I find the chefs are very grateful for the advice.
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January 13, 1972, Greencastle, Ind. - Robert H. Farber, dean of DePauw University, and his wife, Edna, have been appointed directors of a goodwill travel mission to the Orient, which will begin June 28. The Farbers will head a group of educators who will visit with their counterparts in Hawaii, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand and the Philippines. (at left: the Farbers at a silver anniversary wedding reception at the home of Dr. and Mrs. William F. Kerstetter in 1971)
The group will also meet with education officials of foreign governments and the United States representatives abroad. Conferences are also scheduled at a number of foreign school and universities.
The purpose of the trip is to promote goodwill and understanding between Americans and their counterparts abroad. The Farbers directed a similar mission to Western Europe and Russia in 1970.
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- Amid criticism that he's too moderate, Sen. John McCain on Saturday said the Arizona GOP Senate primary should be about fixing the economy, not political ideology.
"My focus is on jobs and the economy, and jobs and jobs and jobs," McCain said.
He spoke at a campaign rally with one of the Republican Party's rising stars, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown.
McCain is facing a primary challenge from the right in what is expected to be the toughest re-election campaign of his Senate career. Former Phoenix-area congressman and talk-radio host JD Hayworth announced in January that he would challenge McCain.
Hayworth says McCain, a four-term Senator, isn't conservative enough for Arizona Republicans. He's criticized McCain for working with Democrats on high-profile issues, including measures that would restrict campaign donations and allow a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Brown became a conservative hero when he won his Senate seat in January in a special election to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. His election gave Republicans the crucial 41st vote needed to defeat Democratic legislation in the Senate.
Brown won his seat with help from "tea party" groups, a constituency that Hayworth is working hard to court. But Brown criticized Hayworth for a campaign ad that depicts McCain as a character from the movie "Avatar" under the caption, "John McCain: Nominee for best conservative actor."
"You can vote for somebody who has been fighting the battles, not only for our country but in Washington, or not," Brown said. "You can listen to the rhetoric or the mean-spirited advertising, or not."
Hayworth has dismissed Brown's support for McCain as political payback after McCain was one of the first prominent Republicans to support Brown's long-shot bid for Senator in Massachusetts, a strong Democratic state.
McCain and Brown spoke to about 150 spectators. Saturday's event was considerably smaller than the one a day earlier that drew upward of 1,000 people to a gymnasium at Grand Canyon University, a small Christian school in Phoenix. When a microphone failed, the senators spoke without it and were easily heard.
The Tucson area is a Democratic stronghold. Even though McCain won Arizona's 10 electoral college votes in the 2008 presidential election, President Barack Obama won Pima County, which includes Tucson.
As they did on Friday, McCain and Brown spent most of their time criticizing spending in Washington and the health care overhaul proposed by Democrats. They said federal budget deficits will burden future generations with considerable debt.
"For the first time, I think the American people are really aroused and speaking out against the generational theft we are committing," McCain said
Dick Dobson, a 75-year-old financial planner who splits his year between Tucson and Iowa, said he's a little more conservative than McCain but admires the senator's ability to balance the competing demands of the right and left.
"He seems to be right on the money for most conservative issues, and that's why I back him," Dobson said.
Brown's daughter played Saturday for Boston College in the semifinal game of the ACC basketball tournament. The senator's Arizona trip forced him to miss her game. Instead, he watched Arizona edge past Southern California in two overtimes.


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The survey of U.S. restaurants found several key areas where foursquare is outpacing Yelp's popularity. For example, 86 percent of chain restaurants have a presence of foursquare compared to 81 percent for Yelp.
"A big surprise was that less than five percent of independent restaurants have a mobile-enhanced Web site, but more than 70 percent were active on Foursquare," said Terry Dankel, a spokesman for Restaurant Sciences, Newton, MA.
"Chain restaurants are ahead of independent in all areas of online marketing, however independent restaurant are taking better advantage of social marketing, with Twitter tweets and Facebook likes outnumbering those of chains by 30 to one," he said.
"With more than half of America with a smartphone, consumers are increasingly searching for a restaurant on their mobile phone. It is essential to have a mobile site that makes it easy for consumers to get the information that they need quickly – the menu, the hours of operation, the ability to press a button and call the restaurant."
A broad presence necessary
Key findings from the report include that chains and independent restaurants report an average of more than 300 foursquare check-ins per location. Chains are also nearly ten times more likely to have a mobile site than independents.
As smartphone penetration grows, consumers are increasingly using their devices to search for restaurants and find reviews. Users are also engaging with social media via their phones.
Foursquare's strength in the restaurant space could continue to grow thanks to the recent introduction of Promoted Updates from the company.
Promoted Updates appear in a user's Explore Tab and showcase special offers and events at nearby businesses. When users search a term in the Explore tab, they might see a relevant, promoted special deal at a nearby location.
For example, a recent promoted deal from The Standard Miami offered foursquare users half off drinks.
While the findings suggest foursquare is being embraced by restaurants, these businesses still need to make sure they have a broad presence so they can reach as many mobile users as possible.
"Yelp is an expert at gathering user content," said Andrew Osis, CEO of Poynt Corp., Calgary, Canada. "Foursquare is good at finding people that are in your store – and even that is wearing off, as customers are becoming fatigued with telling the world where they are.
"Securing the critical new customers – and subsequent new revenue – is the ideal place to leverage mobile," he said. "Mobile is quickly becoming central to helping customers that are looking for a solution – 'I need food, and I need food near me.'
"Utility and functionality are the key dimensions here."
Minimizing customer frustration
With Google reporting that 64 percent of consumers searched for restaurants from their mobile phones over Valentine's weekend this year, the next step for many restaurants in optimizing the online presence is the establishment of a mobile site, per Restaurant Sciences.
Currently, chains are ahead of independents, with about half of chains having adopted some form of a mobile site compared to the almost non-existent mobile presence for independents.
The one area where independent restaurants bypass chains in the use of Internet marketing is in leveraging localized social media, such as Foursquare, Yelp and Twitter. This may be because they are independent and do not have a corporate structure using one Web site or Facebook page to represent locations. Therefore, they are better able to leverage localized online marketing.
"With ever increasing consumer adoption of mobile, restaurants should take advantage on all mobile technology," Mr. Dankel said.
"Consumers get frustrated trying to use desktop sites on a mobile device and consumers will gravitate to those restaurants who make it easy for consumers on a mobile device," he said.
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My little Sathya has recently completed his 1st birthday.On his birthday all the day was filled with happiness and he was more excited.As usually in morning we had pooja and prepared payasam,which we do regularly for birthday's.In the evening we had a cake cutting party.Actually we planned for photo cake unfortunately the machine was not working,later on we came to know that for 1st birthday we should not cut cake having his photo .He liked his cake very much and ate a small piece.
coming to the recipe i have prepared Naan(Indian bread) and chicken kurma for our Sunday's lunch.First time i have prepared this naan and it came really soft and hubby dear liked it very much and asked to prepare it often..it was quite easy to prepare.
This is the dough made with yeast,sugar,salt and milk.
Divide the dough into equal balls and make triangle shape by pressing with Palm
Place the Naan in baking tray and place it in oven to max.temp for 2to 3mins.In my oven i have max temp of 250degrees and i kept for 4mints
Once 4mints was done remove from the oven and reverse the Naan and place it for just 30seconds and then apply butter and enjoy soft and tasty Naan.
All purpose flour-3cups
Instant dry yeast-1tsp
Salt to taste
Warm water to knead
In A bowl take required warm water to that add dry yeast,sugar,salt and milk and mix well and set aside for 3mints.
Now add this water slowly to the flour to make a soft dough.And on the top of dough add oil and knead well.Set aside for 5mints.
Divide them into equal balls and make triangle shape by pressing with palm.
Now to make naan, set oven at maximum temp. Then place naan on baking tray and keep it into oven for 4mints and take out and flip it for 30seconds . After taking it out apply some butter on them. And they are ready to eat.
Note:According to your oven's temp adjust the time for making the Naan.As mine is 250 max i kept it for 4mints.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Naan (Indian Bread)
Posted by G.Pavani at 7:47 PM
Labels: All Recipes, Indian Breads
9 comments:
- aipi said...
Naan looks perfect , nice n soft dear.
Belated b'day wishes to little Sathya..may God bless him!
- August 16, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- Swathi said...
Belated birth day wishes, cute Satya,
Nan bread looks delicious. I haven't tried yet. I need to try .
- August 16, 2010 at 10:42 PM
- ♥peachkins♥ said...
I haven't tried naan.Maybe I should some time...
- August 17, 2010 at 2:03 AM
- Nandini said...
Birthday Wishes to your cute son:)
Soft looking naan!
- August 17, 2010 at 4:08 AM
- Sanjeeta kk said...
Like the detail pictures you clicked while making the Naan, Pavani.
Best wishes.
- August 17, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- G.Pavani said...
Thanks girls for ur wishes n lovely comments.
- August 17, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Premalatha Aravindhan said...
belated wishes dear! nan luks too gud! perfect...
- August 17, 2010 at 3:01 PM
- kitchen queen said...
Happy birthday to ur little one.the naan looks delicious and tempting.
- August 17, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- notyet100 said...
naan ,..its been nlong will try soon,..belated birthday wishes to ur son,.:-)
- August 18, 2010 at 9:57 AM
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Currently i have a softmodded (via letterbomb) new model wii on 4.3u...following the guides on here and have everything working fine except for some custom channels. on 4.2 modded i was able to use programs like customizemii and wadder to make my own channels, now using those programs i can not get the channels to work on 4.3, so i was thinking about downgrading to 4.2..
1st if anyone knows of a program where i can create my own channels on 4.3 that would be appreciated greatly
otherwise if i where to downgrade to 4.2 what are the Pros/cons of that?
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"will running newer games prompt me for an update? will i be able to play certain games on 4.3 that i cant if i downgrade?"
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Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
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Effective Date: 01/23/1999, Docket: RP99-192-000, Status: Effective
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 92 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 92 : Superseded
Superseding: Third Revised Sheet No. 92
RATE SCHEDULE FS (Continued)
3.8 Fuel Reimbursement
Shipper shall reimburse Panhandle in kind for fuel usage
and lost or unaccounted for Gas pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Service Agreement and as stated on the
effective Tariff Sheet No. 14 for service hereunder. If
the Stored Volume of the Shipper is not reduced to 20% of
Maximum Stored Quantity or less prior to the end of the
withdrawal period of any Contract Year as specified in
the Service Agreement, then Panhandle shall retain .25% of
the excess Stored Volume over 20% of the Maximum Stored
Quantity to compensate for additional compressor fuel
3.9 Negotiated Rates
Shipper and Panhandle may agree, on a prospective basis,
to a Negotiated Rate with respect to the charges
identified in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 herein which
may be less than, equal to or greater than the Maximum
Rate; shall not be less than the Minimum Rate; may be
based on a rate design other than straight fixed
variable; and may include a minimum quantity. Such
Negotiated Rate shall be set forth on Exhibit A of the
executed Service Agreement and on the currently effective
Tariff Sheet No. 27. The Maximum Rate shall be available
to any Shipper that does not choose a Negotiated Rate.
Shippers paying a Negotiated Rate which exceeds the
Maximum Rate will be considered to be paying the Maximum
Rate for purposes of scheduling, curtailment and
interruption, and calculating the economic value of a
request for unsubscribed firm capacity. In addition,
a Shipper that does not agree to pay any surcharges will
not be granted a scheduling preference that deems such
surcharges have been paid. Replacement Shippers may not
bid or pay a rate greater than the Maximum Rate and are
not eligible for Negotiated Rates.
In the event that capacity subject to a Negotiated Rate
which is based on a rate design other than straight fixed
variable is released, Shipper and Panhandle may agree on
billing adjustments to the Releasing Shipper that may
vary from or are in addition to those set forth in
Section 15.6 of the General Terms and Conditions in order
to establish the basis of accounting for revenues from a
Replacement Shipper as a means of preserving the
economic bases of the Negotiated Rate. Such payment
obligation and crediting mechanism for capacity release
shall be set forth on Exhibit A of the executed Service
Agreement. Nothing in this Section 3.9 shall authorize
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New Idea to Ease Housing Shortage / Builders May Be Given More Time to Pay for State Land
Treasury officials frown at the concept of the state guaranteeing bank loans to builders, as touted by Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias, but the problem is that local banks are nearing the ceiling on lending to contractors.
Hoping to ease painful constraints on bank lending to building contractors, the Finance Ministry is thinking of giving them more time to pay the state for land.
To advance its policy of preventing housing prices from continuing to climb, the state needs to encourage construction, which has been growing more slowly than demand for years. The question is how to do that.
Treasury officials frown at the concept of the state guaranteeing bank loans to builders, as touted by Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias, but the problem is that local banks are nearing the ceiling on lending to contractors.
Under the Bank of Israel's rules, a bank may not extend more than 20% of its total loans portfolio to the real estate sector, including construction of housing and infrastructure.
Several banks, including one of the five largest in the country, has already hit that limit. The central bank warned the bank in question that it was approaching that point, and urged it to reduce the proportion of its loans portfolio earmarked for the building industry. The bank managers shrugged, insisting they want to continue working with the builders with whom they have been doing business for years, but now can't - and they add that they aren't the only ones with this problem.
In practice, the Bank of Israel claims, some 45% of total credit in Israel has been directed to the real estate sector.
Another way the state could stimulate the construction industry is by giving builders more time to pay for land - a solution also proposed by the committee headed by Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg.
It is not unusual for builders to buy land today to build on tomorrow, when "tomorrow" is many years from now.
Under the law, the state may earmark no more than the equivalent of 15% of the state budget to guarantees, and that includes guarantees given to the Israel Electric Corporation, and foreign trade risk insurance coverage. Meanwhile, outstanding credit to the local building industry has reached about NIS 200 billion.
Atias first tried to persuade the Bank of Israel to lift that 20% ceiling, but failed. He then tried his luck at the treasury, but it rejected his idea that the state guarantee construction loans. After meeting several times, however, treasury officials have agreed that help for the sector needs to come from the state budget, not from guarantees, hence the idea of giving builders more time to pay for land.
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BISHOP BLESSES YOUNG FARMERS' PLOUGH: Food 'a powerful weapon' [Newark]
South Notts. Advertiser, 11th Jan. 1985, Vol.133:6948, pp.20,41
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Media magnate heads £250m deal to merge papers
Northern Ireland newsman David Montgomery is said to be poised to re-enter the press hall with a new plan to create a new £250m newspaper company.
The mercurial media magnate (63), born in Bangor, is thought to be head of a new consortium, backed by private equity firms, which aims to set up Local World.
On Monday, Trinity Mirror confirmed that it is working with the owner of the Daily Mail on the proposed venture, which will comprise the regional paper assets of Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) and Iliffe News & Media.
The three newspaper groups could have 75% of the new business.
DMGT has also confirmed that it is in talks regarding the future of regional newspaper arm Northcliffe Media.
The division includes the Leicester Mercury, Bristol Post and Derby Telegraph, as well as 26 local news, information and classifieds websites under the 'thisis' banner.
The proposed deal is expected to value Northcliffe at little more than a tenth of the £1.2bn offer reportedly rejected by DMGT in 2005.
Conditions in the industry have deteriorated sharply since then, with Northcliffe's operating profits falling 37% to £17m in the year to November 2011.
The other partner is Yattendon, the family-owned media and property group, which runs 39 daily, weekly and Sunday titles through Iliffe News & Media.
Trinity Mirror has more than 130 regional daily and weekly newspapers, with key titles including the Liverpool Echo, Manchester Evening News and Western Mail.
Montgomery, a former editor of the News of the World and former chief executive of Mirror Group, now Trinity Mirror, is thought to have lined up the private equity backing to finance the deal.
He founded a German-centred investment company, Mecom Group in 2000, specialising in mergers and acquisitions of newspaper and media companies in continental Europe and sold his own interest in Local Press, the group that included the News Letter and Derry Journal, to Johnson Press in 2005.
Bringing together Northcliffe, with 91 titles, and Iliffe means a merger of companies that are currently listed as the fourth and 11th largest publishers by circulation.
Johnston itself is undergoing huge changes, with plans to cut more staff at its Irish business as it continues to revamp its operations.
Last week it emerged the group is introducing a voluntary severance scheme.
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- Born in Bangor, County Down, in 1948.
- Attended Down High School and Queen's University Belfast where he studied history and politics and edited the The Gown.
- Joined Daily Mirror, in 1973, becoming became chief sub-editor in 1978.
- Joined The Sun in 1980.
- Returned to Mirror stable to work on The People before going back to to News International.
- Appointed editor of News of the World from 1985 to 1987.
- Appointed as editor and managing director of Today newspaper, seeing the circulation double to 600,000.
- Appointed director of News (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of News International.
- Returned to Mirror Group as chief executive between 1992 and 1999 following the death Robert Maxwell in 1991.
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Not guilty plea from Willmar woman charged in infant's death
OLIVIA -- Nicolle Marie Mercedes Prechel, 31, of Willmar, forfeited her opportunity to challenge whether there was probable cause for felony charges of criminal vehicular homicide.
She entered not guilty pleas to felony charges of criminal vehicular homicide during an appearance Monday in district court in Olivia. She is charged with having been intoxicated when she allegedly backed her van over a tent and killed 3½-month-old Whyatt Sander of Redwood Falls on July 5 in Renville County's Beaver Falls park. Monday's court appearance was scheduled as an omnibus hearing on whether probable cause existed for the charges against her. They carry a maximum 10-year prison sentence.
Prechel's defense counsel told the court they saw no need to challenge the factual basis for the charges, nor did they have any constitutional issues to bring before the court.
By formally entering not guilty pleas to the charges, Prechel set in motion a possible jury trial on the charges.
Prechel, who appeared in court wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, has been held in the Renville County Jail since her arrest on the day of the incident despite a reduction in her bail. Family members, including Sheena Hinshaw and Jacob Sander, parents of the victim and relatives of Prechel, were among those who witnessed the brief proceeding.
It followed discussions in chambers involving District Judge Steven Drange and the attorneys involved in the case, prosecutor Glen Jacobsen with the Renville County Attorney's office and defense attorney Curt Reese and Joseph Parise of the public defender's office.
At an earlier hearing, Judge Drange told the attorneys he did not want to see a last minute plea agreement resolve the matter. He reiterated that point on Monday. He told the attorneys that a plea could be worked out up until the date of a pre-trial conference on Sept. 28. After that date, he told the attorneys he would only accept a straight plea to the charges filed against her.
The court set Oct. 28 as the date for a trial.
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In this evening masterclass, the Guardian's Martin Argles and Sean Smith present and discuss their work as photojournalists. Sean has experience as a war photographer in conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Chechnya and many other countries and Martin specializes mainly in domestic political subjects. During their talk they will suggest ways that interested photographers might use the ideas and techniques behind photojournalism to broaden the scope of their own work. There will be time for a Q&A session at the end of the event.
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