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How To Make French Onion Soup
French onion soup is a bistro classic, the most homey and delicious example of good cafe cooking. But only a handful of frugal ingredients make up this restaurant favorite. Onions, broth, salt, and butter mingle in a slow magic that transforms them into a wildly luxurious bowl of silky onions and dark broth. If you've only eaten French onion soup in restaurants, you'll be shocked at how easy it is to make in your own kitchen.
Here is a step-by-step recipe for making the best French onion soup you've ever eaten. It's one of the simplest yet most satisfying soups, and one to learn by heart.
The Magic Ingredient: Time
French onion soup is probably the most dramatic example of how time is the magic ingredient in cooking, transforming humble foods into a final dish that is far, far more than the sum of its parts.
With French onion soup, the lengthy cooking time has two phases: Caramelizing the onions slowly and deliberately, and then simmering the broth for a long time with the caramelized onions. Skimping on either side will yield something a little less than the French onion soup of your dreams, but fortunately most of the time is hands-off. You can even do the simmer in a low oven (250°F) or in a slow cooker
The Best Pot for French Onion Soup
You've probably seen a hundred photos of French onion soup served forth from a rustic French country crock, tall and fat-bellied. But that's not the pot it was cooked in, I can almost guarantee you. The best pot for making French onion soup is one that is even wider than it is deep, with plenty of surface area to help the onions caramelize and broth to evaporate and concentrate.
My favorite pan for this task is a deep 6-quart Le Creuset sauté pan, but a wide Dutch oven or stockpot would also do well.
Simple Is Beautiful (But Herbs Are OK Too)
The beauty of French onion soup is how incredible it tastes even though there are only a few ingredients: onions, salt, pepper, fat, and broth. It doesn't need anything more.
But you may be tempted to give it a few personal tweaks; I fully support this. I love adding a whole star anise, a bay leaf or two, or a sprig of rosemary. But these aren't necessary; just like the optional wine and Julia Child's own suggested finishing splash of brandy, they are fully at the discretion of the cook.
On Cheese & Toast
The cheesy toast, however, is what we all love and desire on our French onion soup — the finishing touch! Leave it off at your peril; your dinner companions may send you back to the kitchen to put it on!
I do, though, have opinions on the cheese and toast served on top of French onion soup. The point, in my world (and in Julia Child's recipe, which this tutorial is based on) is for the cheese to melt into the soup, making it heartier and more satisfying. The point is not for the cheese to congeal on top of the soup, like pizza toppings. You want finely grated cheese, much of which will disappear into the soup, only to be found in long, melting strands by your spoon.
The toast, likewise, shouldn't cover the soup, but be a welcome toasty garnish, soaking up the soup and breaking into bites you can actually fit on your spoon.
Now I may be in the minority here; most of The Kitchn editorial staff is firmly on Team Cheese Lid, which is totally fine! If you want a thick, relatively unmelted lid of cheese, grate your cheese very roughly and and add additional layers during the baking process.
But do try it like this, too. There's quite a lot of cheese in the soup pictured; it just has melted into every delicious bite. Bon appetit!
How To Make French Onion Soup
Makes 6 to 8 one-cup servings
What You Need
2 1/2 pounds
yellow onions
3 tablespoons
unsalted butter
2 tablespoons
olive oil
1 teaspoon
salt, plus more to taste
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon
8 cups
beef, chicken, or vegetable broth
3 tablespoons
1/2 cup
white wine, optional
1/4 cup
brandy, optional
6 to 8
baguette slices, toasted
1 1/2 to 3 cups
shredded Gruyere or Parmesan cheese (1/4 to 1/2 cup per serving)
Minced raw shallot or onion, to garnish
- Equipment
Chef's knife and cutting board
4-quart or larger heavy pan, such as a deep sauté pan or Dutch oven
Wooden spoon
Oven-safe bowls or mugs, optional
Baking sheet or dish
Cut each onion top to bottom: Peel away the skin.
Slice into half moons: Slice each half of the onion into thin, evenly-sized half moons.
Cut the half moon slices in half: You will have at least 6 cups of chopped onions. But don't worry too much about quantities with this recipe; if you have an extra onion to use up, throw it in!
Melt the butter with the oil: Melt the butter in the pan set over medium-low heat.
Add the onions: After the butter foams up and then settles down, add the onions and stir to coat with the butter.
Cover and cook for 15 minutes: Cover the pan and cook for 15 minutes on low heat.
Season the onions: Remove the lid. The onions should have wilted down somewhat. Stir in 1 teaspoon salt, a generous quantity of black pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon sugar (this helps the onions caramelize).
Cook the onions for 40 minutes to 1 hour: Turn the heat up to medium and cook, uncovered and stirring every few minutes, until the onions are deeply browned. Turn down the heat if the onions scorch or stick to the pan; the browning doesn't come through burning, but through slow, even caramelization.
Heat the broth: As the onions approach a deep walnut color, heat the broth in a separate pot.
Add the flour: Add 3 tablespoons flour to the caramelized onions and cook and stir for about 1 minute.
Add broth and simmer for at least 1 hour: Add the hot broth to the caramelized onions and bring to a boil. If using wine, add this now too. Lower the heat and partially cover the pan. (If you want to add other aromatics such as herbs or spices, do so now.) Cook gently over low heat for at least 1 hour or until the broth is slightly reduced.
Taste and season: Taste and season with additional salt and pepper if needed. Add a finishing splash of brandy, if desired!
Top with toast and cheese: Heat the oven to 350°F. Divide the soup between small but deep oven-safe bowls. Top each with a slice (or two) of toasted baguette and sprinkle grated cheese in a thick layer over the bread and up to the edge of the bowl.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes: Place the bowls on a baking sheet or in a casserole dish. Bake until the cheese is thoroughly melted.
Broil until the cheese is browned: Turn the oven from bake to broil and broil the soup for 1 to 3 minutes or until the cheese is browned and bubbling. Remove carefully from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before serving on heatproof dishes or trivets. Serve with freshly ground pepper and minced fresh onion or shallot, which provides a welcome bite in contrast to the very sweet and mellow soup.
Recipe Notes
Flour Optional: The flour added to the onions gives the soup a little bit of thickness and body, just enough to nudge it beyond broth-with-onions. But it's optional; if you want to keep it gluten-free just omit the flour.
Raw Onion Garnish: The raw onion or shallot garnish is a really great part of this recipe, in my opinion. It's a classic garnish for French onion soup and it balances the sweet soup with a bit of bite and crunch. Try it!
Based on and adapted from Julia Child's Soupe à l'Oignon from Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Recipe originally published September 2010 and updated January 21, 2015.
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Atlantoraja platana
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Atlantoraja platana (Günther, 1880)
Common Name(s):
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A4bd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
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|San Martín, J.M., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Kyne, P.M.
|Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Haywood, M. & Kulka, D. (Shark Red List Authority)
A small (to ~60 cm total length) moderately rare (M.F.W. Stehmann pers. obs.) softnose skate endemic to the Southwest Atlantic off southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina (23° to 45°S). A continental shelf species recorded from depths of 19 to 181 m whose range is facing intensive fishing pressure. Demand for skates is increasing on an international scale, resulting in growing fishing pressure on skate species along coastal and continental shelf waters of Argentina and Uruguay. In these countries, Atlantoraja spp. are mainly taken as bycatch in coastal demersal multi-species fisheries. Since 2000, however, specific targeting of skates has occurred. Fishing pressure is also known to be intense across the species' range in southern Brazil, where demersal trawl fisheries operate and skates are landed as part of multi-species fisheries. Species-specific catch data are not available for A. platana, however, significant declines have been shown for both the similar-sized A. cyclophora and the larger A. castelnaui, both of which are sympatric with A. platana. Given heavy fishing pressure, increasing demand and documented declines, both A. castelnaui and A. cyclophora has been previously assessed as threatened species. As such, A. platana is assessed as Vulnerable as, while specific data are lacking, it is reasonable to assume that it too will have faced similar declines in the past and suspect that it will face similar declines in the future. Furthermore, it is apparently absent from localities where it previously occurred due to habitat degradation, mainly from pollution. Continued monitoring, species-specific catch data and improved management are urgently needed.
|Range Description:
|A Southwest Atlantic endemic species, distributed from 23°S to 45°S.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Uruguay
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – southwest
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|Moderately rare skate (M.F.W. Stehmann pers. obs.) with patchy occurrence across its range. It is rare north of 26°S.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Benthic on clay, mud and sand substrates on the continental shelf at depths of 19 to 181 m (Menni and Stehmann 2000).
Females mature at 45 to 50 cm total length (TL) and males mature at 47 to 53 cm TL (M.F.W. Stehmann pers. obs., unpubl. ISH records 'W. Herwig' expeditions). The maximum recorded size for A. platana is 73.4 cm TL (Zaro 1979).
Like other skates, this species is oviparous. It has an annual reproductive cycle, with an egg-laying season from January to September, with a peak in January (Peres and Vooren 1993). Food includes fish, penaeid crustaceans and cephalopods (Peres and Vooren 1993).
|Major Threat(s):
Trawl fishing along the distribution and in the habitat of this species is intense, while demand for skates is increasing in the international market. In the coastal and continental shelf waters of Argentina and Uruguay this has resulted in rising fishing pressure on all skate species. A. platana is taken mainly as bycatch in fisheries for coastal demersal species (multi-species fisheries) and in Argentina the Atlantoraja species has been known to be landed since 1994. There are only seven records of A. plantana from 1993 to 2005 on the Argentine shelf (A. Massa pers. comm.) however species specific data were not previously recorded. Since 2000, however, one vessel has been specifically targeting skates. For these fishing activities, species-specific landing statistics are generally unavailable as all species of batoids are recorded as "unidentified rays and skates". In Argentina, declared landings of skates and rays increased significantly during the 1990s from 910 MT in 1993 to 5,701.2 MT in 1994 and to 12,443.7 MT in 1996 (Chiaramonte 1998). Landings continue to rise and were 17,465 t in 2003 (Massa et al. 2004).
Fishing pressure is also known to be intense across the species' range in southern Brazil, where demersal trawl fisheries operate and skates are landed as part of multi-species fisheries. While species-specific data are required from southern Brazil, Amorim et al. (1997) stated that in the pink shrimp fishery off São Paulo, Brazil the catch per unit effort of discarded batoids (4.6 kg per hour) is approximately three times higher than that of the target species (1.4 kg per hour).
Perez and Wahrlich (2005) noted an overall discard rate of 69% for skates taken in the deepwater monkfish gillnet fishery off southern Brazil (between 22°´44 and 34°21´S). While, Atlantoraja castelnaui and A. cyclophora were identified amongst these skates, A. platana was not. Perez and Wahrlich (2005) surveyed between depths of 132 to 607 m and so the interaction of A. platana with this fishery is likely minimal.
Menni and Stehmann (2000) note that the species was historically recorded from Punta Lara, near La Plata in Argentina but that its more recent absence from this locality is likely due to pollution.
|Conservation Actions:
|No conservation measures exist in Brazil. In Argentina, the only management strategy for skates is an annual total catch for skates distributed in the coastal waters of Buenos Aires Province. For 2003 this was 4,000 MT. Continued monitoring, improved fisheries data collection and species-specific catch data are needed across the species' range. Given the increasing international demand for skate products, and increased exploitation in the Southwest Atlantic, trade management measures are also essential (Perez and Wahrlich 2005).
|San Martín, J.M., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Kyne, P.M. 2007. Atlantoraja platana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63110A12608554. . Downloaded on 22 September 2018.
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Art Skilled Mechanical Behaviors of the Structural Calcites, Aragonites and Organics within Indonesia White-pearl Oyster
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Structural calcites, aragonites, and the bonding organic network decide the microstructures and mechanical properties of the mollusk bivalvia shell. The Vickers hardness and induced crack propagations on the calcites and aragonites were tested and observed by micro-hardness tester and SEM. The fracture process and mechanical behaviors of the aragonite tablets in the tensile tests were synchronously detected by acoustic emission (AE), which recorded the dynamic mechanical behaviors during the fracture process: fracture of the organics and friction of the mineral bridges at the first two stages; wear and fracture of the mineral tablets at the third stage. These mechanical behaviors and the corresponding AE events showed several critical features, which suggested that the underlying fracture dynamics during the fracture process displayed a self-organized criticality (SOC). The results also implied that the disorder and long-range correlation between local micro-fracture behaviors may play important roles in the nacre's deformation and fracture process.
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Photographer Lewis Levine went to Gulfport and New Orleans days after Katrina hit.
He documented the devastation and also delivered canned goods and dog food.
"I quite honestly have never witnessed any natural disaster like that. I hope we never witness anything like that again," Levine said.
Coastal Empire volunteers who put their lives on hold to help after Katrina say they have no regrets. And even today, there is still an outpouring of thanks.
"They said that Claxton will always be embedded in their heart. And not to worry if anything ever happens here. D'Iberville would be the first ones here to take care of us," Van Meter said.
She says she would help out again in a heartbeat if another disaster occurred.
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The end of September means one thing in the Northern California Lowrider scene and that is the annual Woodland Car Show. For the last few years, the show has been held at the Yolo County Fairgrounds in Woodland, CA., and has been a Lowrider Magazine-sanctioned show. This sanctioned show was held in September, just a couple of weeks before the Lowrider Magazine Las Vegas Super Show, and it gave new contenders wanting to compete for the sweepstakes a chance to qualify. This of course brought out the best in all comers and this show did not disappoint one bit.
Anticipation was heavy the Saturday before the show, as the Lowrider Magazine truck rolled into the fairgrounds, bringing with it hundreds of show cars that filled up all five buildings in no time. Some of those show cars included "Heavy Hitter," "Strictly Business," "Sky's the Limit," "Darkside Dynasty," "Game Over," "Hawaiian Punch," and a few others. Some of the car clubs in attendance included UCE, Goodtimes, Traffic, Rollerz Only, Evil Threat, Cali Life, Luxurious, Padrinos, Impalas, New Style, Tradicionals, Unique, Premacy, Low Creations, Elite, Ragz 2 Envy, Skanless, Lindsay's Finest, Parliament, Brown Persuasion, California Lifestyle, Socios, Blvd Kings, and a few others. A few of the clubs that made the trip from Southern California included Imperials, Klique and the Stylistics.
Despite the rain that fell earlier in the day, the show was filled with some beautiful rides and beautiful women as well. We were able to get the chance to snap a few pictures of some of these lovely ladies at the show, including Sacramento model Darling Danika and Barbie Rodriguez from Santa Rosa. We thank these ladies for their company and we ask our viewers to keep an eye out for them because they will both be feature models in the near future!
As usual with this sanctioned show, the performers for this event were top notch and didn't disappoint. Hip Hop stars Rodney O, Paul Wall, and The Game rocked the stage and left the crowd's energy at a fever pitch. This year's show is scheduled for Saturday, September 29th, and the show will also celebrate the 35 Years of Lowrider Magazine.We hope to see everyone out there again.


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Ole Miss looks for the season sweep of South Carolina as the Rebels host the Gamecocks on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Tad Smith Coliseum. In their first meeting, Ole Miss held on to win 75-74 in Columbia, S.C., behind a career-high 22 points from Anthony Perez.
Ole Miss is 5-2 in Southeastern Conference play and tied for second in the league standings with Kentucky, two games behind league-leading Florida. A win over South Carolina would tie last year's team and the 1937-38 team for the best start to SEC play through eight games.
The team's two leading scorers, Marshall Henderson and Jarvis Summers, combined for 42 points while the rest of the team combined for 28 points, with no other Rebels in double figures in Wednesday's 86-70 loss at Tennessee. The Volunteers also held a decisive edge in rebounding (45-27), points in the paint (36-24) and second-chance points (19-4).
"We didn't get a lot of production from anyone other than those two," said head coach Andy Kennedy after Wednesday's loss. "You know Marshall was a volume guy tonight, but he made a few and kept us in it. Jarvis got in some early foul trouble and that took away from his aggressiveness. Those two guys have been pretty steady for us, we obviously have to get contributions from others, and that's really what's allowed us to get off to a 5-1 start, we were getting contributions from other people. Tonight, that wasn't the case."
South Carolina won its first league game Wednesday, an 80-52 home win over Texas A&M, having dropped its first six league games. The Gamecocks shot 52.2 percent from the field while limiting the Aggies to 35.6 shooting. Four players scored in double figures, led by a pair of freshmen in Duane Notice and Sindarius Thornwell with 19 points each.
"It feels good to win," said South Carolina head coach Frank Martin after Wednesday's win. "As a coach, you sleep a little bit better after a win. If we were 6-0 and got beat today, I would have been miserable. I can't pay attention to the record. I'm happy for our kids. They deserved to win. They went out and earned it. They have stayed positive even though results haven't gone their way. We have to feel good about it, but we can't celebrate that we won because then we will go in there on Saturday and not play well. We have to embrace the process of what we have done."


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At roughly 1/3 the weight of an equivalent volume of steel, aluminum is lightweight yet strong enough for a wide range of uses. It is a good conductor of heat and electricity, resistant to corrosion, and non-toxic, making aluminum suitable for a variety of industries. Major markets for aluminum include various consumer and commercial end markets such as transportation, construction and building, and packaging.
Due in part to its presence in several other markets, aluminum prices are subject to various external forces as well as other markets' conditions. Changes in the industries that use aluminum in their products can have a significant impact on the aluminum industry itself. In addition, many of the end uses of aluminum involve the production of durable goods, which tend to fluctuate cyclically with changes in general macroeconomic conditions. The 2008 Financial Crisis and global slowdown in early 2009 has destroyed demand for many durable goods, causing aluminum's price to fall approximately 50% from mid 2008 to early 2009.
The final product of a three-stage production process, aluminum is made from an oxidized form of aluminum called alumina, which is in turn sourced from bauxite, a naturally-occurring source of alumina. Companies in the aluminum industry are generally involved with only one of the three stages of production, though some larger companies handle multiple stages in-house.
Aluminum futures contracts are traded on the New York Commodities Exchange under ticker symbol AL. Futures contracts are delivered in every month of the year. (For more information on commodity tickers, check out the ticker construction page.) Futures and traded average price options are also traded on the London Metal Exchange LME as well as other exchanges across the world.
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Among developed countries, transportation is the single largest end market for aluminum. Changes in demand for automobiles, airplanes, commercial trucks, etc., can impact aluminum prices significantly.
Automobiles used to be made almost entirely of steel, but new passenger cars and light trucks now contain an average of 300 pounds of aluminum, a significant increase from fifteen years ago. Foreign car manufacturers have been quick to increase their use of aluminum, while the "Big Three" domestic auto companies Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), General Motors (NYSE:GM), and Daimler Chrysler (NYSE:DCX) have been slower to trade steel for relatively more expensive aluminum, focusing instead on cutting costs and prices. On the whole, though, the auto industry's demand for aluminum is trending upward, which could cause aluminum prices to rise as well.
In the aerospace industry, aluminum has long been used to construct airplanes and helicopters, though there has been a recent rise in the use of carbon fiber composite materials. These composites are lighter than aluminum, stronger than steel, and much easier to assemble, a combination that poses a threat to aluminum's dominance in the aerospace industry. Airplane manufacturers have announced plans to build models composed of as little as 20% aluminum by weight, a significant decrease from the 50% of previous models. The rise of carbon fiber composites in aerospace manufacturing could decrease demand for aluminum and put downward pressure on prices.
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The building and construction market accounts for a significant portion of the total demand for aluminum. In developed nations, around 15-20% of all aluminum produced goes to the construction end market, while this figure is higher in developing countries at around 30%. For residential construction, aluminum is commonly used in doors, roofs, and structural framing, while aluminum is used primarily for structural applications in the nonresidential market. Surges in residential or commercial construction can increase demand for aluminum, resulting in higher prices, while housing slumps or slow nonresidential construction can lead to lower aluminum prices.
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You might have heard the news, Western Digital was the first company to release a 2TB internal drive. Yep, you read right. That's 2000 GB of storage in one single drive. When I get back home, you can be sure that I'll upgrade all of my pesky 400 GB, 320GB and 500 GB to 2TB! That being said, what are you going to do with all of those drives? You can either throw them away, recycle them, or give them away. I try to move them around to other computers that I have, but most people don't have 5 or 10 computers laying around at home. The Drive Dock is a solution to this problem.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State Police on Wednesday were looking for a woman who slipped $1,000 inside a Christmas card she gave to a trooper, saying that while he is grateful for her gift he is legally barred from accepting it.
The unidentified woman approached Trooper Christopher Maniscalco on Sunday while he was investigating a complaint in the town of Guilderland, outside Albany.
She told the trooper that she often saw him around, commended him on his good work, and wished him a Merry Christmas, as she handed him a holiday card, police said.
Maniscalco discovered the $1,000 inside the card when he opened it after his shift.
Police cannot accept such gifts under state law.
Authorities hope to find the woman - described as blonde, 5 feet 8-inches tall and about 40 years old - to find out whether they might donate the money elsewhere on her behalf.
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TOWN OF WILSON, Wis. —
A Sheboygan County girl is recovering after falling out of a second-story window Sunday.
Sgt. Matt Spence said the 6-year-old girl from the Town of Wilson fell about 10 feet from a second-floor window at a home on Wahgouly Road.
Spence said she landed in a seated position and sustained serious injuries.
The girl was taken from the scene by Flight For Life to Children's Hospital in Wauwatosa.
Spence said the initial investigation suggests the fall was accidental.
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|There's an app for that: It's March '61, and
Martha Patricia O'Malley is the first woman to apply
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Fifty years ago, in the fall of 1961, the University of Santa Clara admitted women as undergraduate students for the first time. Quietly forging the way ahead of them were student nurses, in training at O'Connor Hospital and taking classes on the Mission Campus in the late 1950s. My older sister, Vera, was one of them. That she studied here also gave me courage when the good and forwardthinking Jesuits, led by President Patrick Donohoe, S.J., announced they would admit the tradition-shattering freshman class of 1961.
This class would include 70 freshmen coeds, several sophomore and junior coeds, and one lone senior transfer student, Mary Somers Edmunds '62, who became the first woman to earn a bachelor's degree from Santa Clara. And there were 1,500 male students.
I was delighted to have the chance to be one of these women. Most lived in an apartment complex rechristened the Villa Maria and made part of campus. Because my parents couldn't afford that, I lived at home. The first day of class, the bus from Mountain View to Santa Clara seemed to take an eternity. On campus, I and the rest of the women faced the hazing all freshman did, including having to wear red-and-white beanies. We were also on the receiving end of some especially obnoxious behavior that first year. There were actually boys who threw food at us in the cafeteria.
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Clara, Sept. 11, 1961. Patrick Twomey '64 aids
three freshmen, left to right, Linda Biber '65,
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Other professors were won over quickly by young women who were eager to learn and forceful in their convictions; and some of the professors recognized the historic change for what it was. To be one of those women, you had to be someone who wanted to be a pioneer. You may have been encouraged by your grandfather who went here, or a great-uncle. But most women were going to be strong from the beginning. And they probably became more assertive.
Santa Clara made me a stronger person spiritually, academically, and socially. Certainly as I raised four children and saw their educational and other opportunities, I could encourage them to press into areas that other people hadn't gone before. In my professional career, too, I had no qualms about walking into a room filled with male doctors and telling them to put out their cigarettes and pay attention so we could get to work planning the next medical conference.
In 1962, the number of women enrolled at Santa Clara grew to 400. And other Jesuit, Catholic all-male schools began to become more inclusive as well—of women and many other groups. But for us, only once we were out of Santa Clara did we truly realize what we were doing, and how things were changing for women in society.
Those of us who were lucky enough to have been among the first women on campus celebrate all of you who are now among the best that Santa Clara has prepared for the world. We have honored and will continue the mission of the Jesuits: to be competent, conscientious, and compassionate women, mindful of the rich history and tradition of our great University. Being engaged as alumnae has also been a privilege—and tremendously rewarding over the decades.
I am honored to be the first of three generations of Bronco women, followed by our daughter, Betsy '87, and our granddaughter, Megan McIntosh '10. All of us—including my husband, Bill '62, and our son Bart '90—hope that the tradition will continue.
Go Broncos!
Gerri Beasley '65
Immediate Past President of the
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|Visit the Alumni Association's Tradition Shattered website for a timeline of women at SCU, stories, archival photos, and more!
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There was a welcoming group of sophomore boys that met us at our apartments, the Villa Maria. They carried in our bags, and that was the only time they were allowed into that facility. The apartments at the very back were very popular, since the RA was in the front. There was a lot of sneaking in or out of the screen windows, because of curfew.
More seriously, what the Jesuits taught me is the freedom to explore and to be there for others; that's why I went into teaching. There were times, with some of the male students behaving badly, when Fr. Lou Bannan would come talk to us and ask how we felt about it. Then he'd pretty much tell us: "Just ignore it, it'll go away." It did. He also told us, "You know, you won't realize this until later, but you really are part of something very special." And we were. Pat Pepin Dougherty '65
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This is amazing!! The have admittedly taken for granted the courage and conviction with which you and so many other women paved the way for our generation not so very long ago. Thank you for your shining example!


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Bombardier Transportation were awarded a contact to supply an INTERFLO 250 solution that includes the specification, delivery, installation, test and commissioning of the signalling system on the bridge that connects Sweden and Denmark.
The INTERFLO 250 solution supplied includes EBI Lock computer-based interlockings with local control, EBI Cab ATC onboard equipment, EBI Switch point machines, EBI Light optical signals, EBI Track train detection as well as providing interfaces for interlockings and automatic train protection (ATP) between Swedish and Danish signalling systems.
The Oresund link is 15 km in length with 4 stations. Up to 200 trains pass through the link each day.


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On December 1, 2009, Forrester Research announced the acquisition of Strategic Oxygen from Monitor. Strategic Oxygen provides marketing professionals with data to help target marketing campaigns more effectively. While of interest to Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals, it will be a separately-priced offering and not included in that RoleView.
This acquisition is of little interest to analyst relations (AR) teams as Strategic Oxygen does not track IT or telecommunications markets nor does it advise enterprise technology buyers on products from vendors like Accenture, Cisco, IBM, or SAP.
In a case of bad luck from a publicity point-of-view, Forrester announced the acquisition on the same day that Gartner acquired AMR Research. The Gartner acquisition overshadowed the Forrester announcement, but that does not mean that Forrester's M&A move is less significant. Rather, it provides important insights into Forrester's strategy.
The first insight is that M&A continues to be an ongoing tool for Forrester even though it has been quiet on that front since the JupiterResearch acquisition in July 2008. Forrester is sitting on approximately a quarter-billion in cash, cash equivalents, and short term investments. It also generates very good cash flow from operations so it definitely has the resources for an aggressive M&A strategy. Forrester simply takes a conservative approach to M&A to ensure a high level of success.
The second insight is that Forrester continues to look beyond the IT organization. Forrester did not have a significant presence in the IT organization prior to closing its acquisition of Giga in early 2003. The Giga acquisition gave it a substantial footprint in the IT organization, likely making it the number two end user advisory firm after Gartner. While Forrester's end-user clients provide a steady revenue stream, it has done its recent primary investment in expanding its Continue reading
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Big news for the 2012 Dodge Charger is the addition of a new SRT8 model to the lineup. With a 6.4L, 470-horsepower Hemi V8, big Brembo brakes and 20-inch wheels, and 2-mode adaptive dampers, the new model is a menacing performance sedan. Elsewhere, SXT models come standard with a new 8-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters, while the unit is optional on SE models.
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The Dodge Charger's aggressive looks hint at the classic muscle car that shared its name, yet the car is a roomy, practical and comfortable mid-size 4-door sedan for the 21st century. At the top of the line, the new Charger SRT8 brings serious high performance. Chargers come in both rear- and all-wheel-drive form. The Charger features a near-50/50 weight distribution, so it has surprising poise on curvy roads. Prices start at a very affordable $25,495.
A full-size sedan with three different engine options, the 2012 Dodge Charger offers RWD and seating for five. The base SE trim is equipped with a 3.6-liter V6 engine, paired with a 5-speed automatic transmission, that produces 292 hp while achieving 31 mpg highway. The SXT trim level upgrades the transmission to an 8-speed automatic. For increased performance Dodge offers an intermediate R/T trim level featuring a 5.7-liter HEMI® V8 engine that produces 370 hp, 5-speed automatic transmission, and optional AWD. For maximum performance, drivers should opt for the SRT8® trim level which features a 6.4-liter HEMI® V8 engine that produces 470 hp/470 lb-ft of torque, 20-inch SRT wheels, Brembo® brakes, leather trimmed bucket seats with SRT embroidery, functional hood scoop, SRT8 badging, and adaptive damping suspension. Available features include hill start assist, remote start, HID headlamps, heated front/rear seats, overhead LED lighting, Garmin® navigation, rear back up camera/park assist, and a 9-speaker sound system. Safety is comprised of anti-lock braking, front/rear head airbags, dual front side-mounted airbags, emergency braking assist, engine immobilizer, stability control, traction control, electronic brake force distribution, and brake drying. The Charger is backed by a 3-year/36,000-mile warranty.


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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Executives at two leading drug companies were among six people arrested Monday and charged with insider trading in what federal prosecutors said was a five-year-long scheme that netted more than $1 million.
Among those charged were 42-year-old John Lazorchak, director of financial reporting at Celgene Corp., a biotech drug maker based in Summit; and Mark Cupo, 51, who held a similar position at Sanofi-Aventis, a France-based pharmaceutical company with U.S. headquarters in Bridgewater.
Along with 42-year-old Mark Foldy, a high school friend of Lazorchak's who was a marketing executive with Stryker Corp., a medical technology company, they passed privileged information on their companies' merger and acquisition plans, financial results and regulatory applications to others who would make stock trades based on the information, according to the criminal complaint released Monday.
Lazorchak, of Long Valley, faces 26 counts of securities fraud and Cupo, of Morris Plains, faces 23. Each count carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. Cupo faces one conspiracy count and Lazorchak and Foldy, who also lives in Morris Plains, face two apiece.
"Investors have entrusted their life savings to the integrity of financial markets and the belief of a level playing field," Michael Ward, special agent in charge of the FBI in New Jersey, said in a statement. "Insider trading corrupts the process and tilts the playing field in favor of those privileged few with access to information not available to the public, and at the expense of unsuspecting and unknowing investors."
According to the criminal complaint, Lazorchak tipped Cupo to Celgene's impending purchase of Pharmion in 2007. Cupo then allegedly told two friends, Lawrence Grum of Livingston and Michael Castelli of Morris Plains, who made stock trades based on the information.
Lazorchak also allegedly passed the information to Foldy and Michael Pendolino, a Nashua, N.H., chiropractor who was a high school friend of Lazorchak's. Foldy and Pendolino tipped off friends and family members, the criminal complaint alleges.
Grum, 48; Castelli, 48, and Pendolino, 43, each face conspiracy and multiple securities fraud counts.
Other deals described in the complaint as being the subject of insider trading included Celgene's acquisition of Abraxis, Stryker's acquisition of Orthovita Inc. and Sanofi's acquisition of Tennessee-based Chattem Inc., maker of Gold Bond skin products and Icy Hot pain relief packs.
All six defendants were scheduled to make initial appearances in U.S. District in Newark on Monday afternoon. Via email, Foldy's attorney declined to comment; attorneys for the other five defendants didn't respond to emails.
A spokesman for Sanofi said Cupo resigned from the company "very recently." He said Cupo worked in the finance department as a senior director, a middle-management position, but was unsure how long Cupo was employed there. Sanofi is cooperating with the investigation, the spokesman said.
A spokesman for Celgene said in an email the company terminated Lazorchak on Monday.
"Celgene continues to cooperate fully with authorities on this matter and it is our understanding that the investigation involved only one employee and not the Company itself," spokesman Greg Geissman said. "Celgene is currently exploring its legal remedies. The actions taken by this employee violate Celgene's values, guiding principles and formal policies."
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Roy Oswalt has passed his physical will make his Phillies debut tomorrow night against Washington at Nationals Park.
If the Nationals thought that too many Phillies fans made their way to D.C. for the season opener, imagine what this might be like.
"I'm at a point in my career where I just want a chance to get back to the World Series like I did in '05 with Houston," he told ESPN.com. "I'm excited to be going to Philly. I love watching Roy Halladay pitch and I think with him and [Cole] Hamels the three of us can feed off each other."
Oswalt is getting on a plane and flying into Washington tonight.
"He really wanted to pitch tomorrow. He didn't want to wait," agent Bob Garber told the Daily News. "He's in great shape. He's healthy. He feels good. A pitcher like Roy, you can pitch for a long time."
Oswalt was scheduled to pitch tomorrow night for Houston prior to the deal so he will remain on his usual turn. J.A. Happ was set to pitch for the Phillies.
As for the reports that Oswalt did not want to come to the Phillies, Garber said that was not the case.
"Roy never said he didn't want to go to Philadelphia," he said. "He never wavered about Philly. We never had anything in front of us until yesterday. He slept on it overnight and woke up and wanted to be with the Phillies."
Garber indicated the Oswalt camp figured the four teams that were involved were the Rangers, Cardinals, Yankees and Phillies.
The Astros get J.A. Happ, minor leaguers Anthony Gose and Jonathan Villar.
They also are expected to pay $11 million to the Phillies. Oswalt is owed about $5 million for the rest of the season and $12 million next season.
"There's a lot of money being sent between teams," Garber said. "That's why it took a while [to finalize]."
The Phillies did not extend Oswalt's $16 million option for 2012, but increased the buyout should the option not get extended, reportedly by $1 million.
"There was a change in the buyout," general manager Ruben Amaro said Jr. "[The amount was] not deemed significant."
"I didn't want [the option] to be a deal breaker," Oswalt told ESPN.com. "It wasn't about the money, it was about getting a chance to go somewhere and win. I was confident that we could always find a way to overcome that."
The Phillies now have Oswalt, Roy Halladay and Cole Hamels at the top of their rotation.
"I like our chances with the three pitchers at the top of our rotation," Amaro said.
As for Oswalt waiving his no-trade clause, Amaro said, "He's pretty excited about coming here. One of the things that he has as a result of his contract status is he had the right to refuse the trade. In some ways, we're very fortunate he allowed himself to be traded to Philadelphia without really getting a whole lot for it."
Oswalt has had back issues in the past, but Amaro said the two team doctors and trainers and a back specialist were all consulted.
"We did our due diligence," Amaro said. "He has had injections. We knew about them. We know about them. We feel confident that at the very least he will be able to play at the level accustomed at least through the 2011 season."
Happ, 27, was 1-0 with a 1.76 ERA in three starts for the Phillies this season. He was originally selected by the club in the third round of the 2004 draft and finished second in National League Rookie of the Year voting last season. For his career, he is 14-5 with a 3.11 ERA in 47 games (31 starts).
Gose, 19, was hitting .263 with four home runs, 20 RBI and 36 stolen bases for single-A Clearwater. He was a second-round selection by the Phillies in the 2008 draft and led all minor league players in stolen bases (76) last season.
Villar, also 19, was hitting .272 with two home runs, 36 RBI and 38 stolen bases in 100 games for single-A Lakewood. A native of the Dominican Republic, Villar was originally signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies in May of 2008.
And now this, according to Fox, Gose has already been flipped by the Astros to Toronto for Brett Wallace, who last year was flipped from Oakland for Michael Taylor after the Halladay deal.
The Phillies appear to have their man. One of the biggest remaining hurdles between the Phillies and a rotation that includes Roy Oswalt has been eclipsed, according to a source familiar with the righthander's thinking, as the veteran righthander is prepared to waive his no-trade clause and green-light a deal with the Phillies.
Several reports have the Astros acquiring lefthander J.A. Happ and minor league outfielder Anthony Gose, and the Phillies receiving $11 million from Houston, although the Daily News has not independently confirmed the terms of the package.
FoxSports.com reported that a third player headed to Houston is shortstop Jonathan Villar, who is still at the bottom of the Phillies' minor league system.
No word yet on the status of Oswalt's $16 million option for 2012.
Oswalt was scheduled to pitch tomorrow for the Astros, although it is unclear if he will be in Washington in time for the Phillies' game against the Nationals.
Happ arrived as usual at Citizens Bank Park today and was spotted running wind sprints in the outfield. However, he was later greeted with hugs from his teammates.
It is unclear whether physicals have been scheduled.
In other news, shortstop Jimmy Rollins is out of the lineup for a third consecutive game after fouling a ball off his foot Monday against Colorado.
Also, Domonic Brown is not in the lineup. Ben Francisco will play rightfield. Manager Charlie Manuel had said Brown would play against some lefthanders, but apparently not this evening against new Diamondback Joe Saunders, who was acquired Sunday in the Dan Haren trade with the Angels.


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Frame-Worthy Valentine's Cards
Call it cheap if you will but we just got back from a 2-for-1 mission of sorts. A mission to roundup Valentine's cards that can do double duty; lovely enough that you want them framed on your wall to appreciate them year round. Only 3 real criteria had to be met to make our short list: likely to make a kid/youth smile, be artful, and not cause visiting guests to want to say "hey, why do you have a Valentine's Day card on your kid's wall?". We found 10 that passed our rigid test:
Here they are, 10 beautiful frame-worthy cards for year round enjoyment.
1. Octopus Love Valentine's Day Card (about $3 each), by Mélanie Kimmett
2. He's Her Lobster Valentine's Day Card (about $3 each), by Mélanie Kimmett
3. Scooter and Hearts Valentine's Day Card ($3 each), by twoguitars
4. Record Player and Hearts Valentine's Day Card (about $3 each), by twoguitars
5. This Robot Loves You Valentine's Day Cards (3-pack, $5), by Spareroom Workshop
1. Valentine, Romantic hearts in Paris Streets (about $4 each), by Eye Poetry Photography
2. Valentine Postcard Set (3-pack, $6), by Honey Tree
3. Scrabble Heart ($4 each), by xoazuree
4. Eco-Friendly Geometric I Love You Card ($3 each), by Nikki Cross Applesauce
5. Hello Love Valentine Card (about $2 each), by Simply Pretty Prints


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Neuqua Valley runs out of comebacks
All through the postseason Neuqua Valley's baseball team rallied to stay alive.
The comeback 'Cats couldn't do it again on Friday.
Mt. Carmel put in an impressive effort all over the diamond while rolling to an 8-0 victory over Neuqua Valley in the Class 4A semifinals at Silver Cross Field in Joliet.
With the loss the Wildcats (30-10) will play St. Charles East in the third-place game at 3 p.m. Saturday. Mt. Carmel (33-8) faces Libertyville (28-11) in the title game at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
"We weren't getting on top of the ball," said Wildcats senior shortstop Matt Wollnik, who had one of his team's 5 hits. "We were just popping everything up and we just couldn't get that big hit to get it on the ground and hit it hard."
It wasn't going to happen against Mt. Carmel left-hander Marko Boricich (8-1), who struck out five and walked two in an 85-pitch complete game. Three of Neuqua Valley's hits came in the bottom of the sixth with the Caravan already ahead 7-0.
Neuqua Valley starting pitcher Cody Coll (7-4) was strong through three innings, retiring seven straight leading up to the top of the fourth. That's when Mt. Carmel broke through for 4 runs on RBI singles by Jason Gasser and Tom Hayes. An error allowed 2 more runs to score.
Eight of Mt. Carmel's 12 hits came in the fourth and fifth innings. The Caravan added 3 runs in the fifth on consecutive RBI hits by Gasser, Beau Filkins and Hayes.
"We got a chance to see (Coll) and see what he's got," Gasser said. "Everyone started picking up his fastball and his changeup and his curveball. He's a really good pitcher, but I thought we just had more heart and we just wanted it more."
Neuqua Valley's fate began to be sealed with the game still scoreless in the bottom of the third. Wollnik singled, stole second and moved to third on a Josh Piotrowski sacrifice. The Wildcats, however, couldn't get him home with one out.
Neuqua Valley loaded the bases in the sixth inning, but Boricich escaped with an inning-ending forceout.
"I thought that if we would have scored that (third) inning, it might have changed the game," said Neuqua Valley coach Robin Renner. "But who knows? We certainly would have played with a little more energy. You never know, but you can go, 'What if?'"
Mt. Carmel added its eighth run in the seventh inning. Eight players had hits for the Caravan, four drove in runs and five scored runs.
"It's probably one of the better lineups I've pitched against this season," Coll said. "One through nine they're always attacking that first pitch. I was just leaving it too close and they were getting a swing on it. They were just finding holes, and that's just baseball."
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Why I Started This Blog
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OMG... you sound just like me. I have folders full of genealogy documents I've had since I was a kid: some of the items are irreplacable and all are priceless, yet they're all yellowing and have marks on them in my 12-year-old handwriting... what was I THINKING?! My goal is to get them all scanned in and into protective sleeves in some sort of order. I keep redoing my database to make sure that everything is cited, everything is perfect... then I find an issue and realize I should just start all over.ReplyDelete
I still have my very first pedigree chart filled out by hand. It is starting to yellow, but I have it in a protective sheet. Even though some of the info is wrong on it, I just can't give it up, since it was my very first. I feel like I've done my database over at least 3 times. Mostly b/c when I was a kid and kept moving from computer to computer through the years, I was not savvy enough to know to backup my database. Granted I had no sources cited either, so it's probably just as well...LOL! I will just be so glad when I get everything completely into Legacy and into one filing system in my filing cabinet. I think it will have to wait until I retire in 30 years...LOL!ReplyDelete
Sounds like you're doing a very thorough job, Jennifer.ReplyDelete
I'd like to hear more about your impressions of Legacy versus FTM now that you have experience using both. I've used FTM for so many years and often considered switching but never really investigated it deeply. What is your opinion of the pros and cons of each?
Hi, Lisa! Well, I haven't used FTM since version 16, so this may be a little outdated. I think I've heard through the grapevine that it has improved. At the time I switched, I didn't like the way sources were printed on family group sheets in FTM. They printed as notes rather than as footnotes at the bottom. I just felt the footnotes at the bottom looked more professional. I didn't feel there was a lot of leeway in what to include in the reports either in FTM or to get them to look right. Sometimes my pedigree chart would print on 2 pages. I would play with the settings, and still couldn't get it right. I liked the sourcing system in Legacy better, and like it even more now with SourceWriter. Legacy also had better events and events reports functions, as well as chronological/timeline reports, than FTM had at that time. I think, overall, I started using FTM as a beginner and had just grown out of it by the time I had been doing research for 13 years or so. I've even thought about moving on to The Master Genealogist, but have decided to stay with Legacy, especially since it now has SourceWriter. You can download a free version of Legacy. It will only be missing a few of the more advanced functions (it may be missing SourceWriter).ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your opinion, Jennifer. I plan to give Legacy another look.ReplyDelete


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Important aspects of research relate to food security and the manner in which impoverished people are able to rehabilitate and sustain the environment. Products of SST's research are published in books and scientific journals as well as in reports, and are reflected in films.
SST has coordinated projects with participation from Rhodes University, The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the University of Fort Hare, working in collaboration with the Keiskamma Trust, conducted research on the state of food security in the small coastal town of Hamburg, South Africa, in the face of climate change. These initiatives have been supported locally (e.g. PetroSA) and from overseas (e.g. START).


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For adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy
ACT 1: Week-54 secondary endpoint1,2*†‡§
*The safety and efficacy of REMICADE® were evaluated in ACT 1 (N=364) (ACT=Active Ulcerative Colitis Trial), a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial conducted in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis who had an inadequate response or were intolerant to conventional therapy. Patients presented with a Mayo score between 6 and 12, and an endoscopy subscore of ≥2. Prior failed or intolerable therapies in ACT 1 included oral corticosteroids,
6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), or azathioprine (AZA). Patients were randomized to the following treatment groups: REMICADE® 5 mg/kg (n=121), REMICADE® 10 mg/kg (n=122), or placebo (n=121). Infusions were administered at Weeks 0, 2, and 6, and every 8 weeks thereafter through Week 46. Final efficacy evaluations were completed 8 weeks following the last infusion. Concomitant treatment with stable doses of 5-ASA, corticosteroids, and/or immunomodulators was permitted throughout the study. Of patients receiving steroids at baseline, tapering was allowed beginning at Week 8. The primary efficacy endpoint was clinical response at Week 8; secondary endpoints included remission and mucosal healing.
†Patients who had a prohibited change in medication, had an ostomy or colectomy, or discontinued study infusions due to lack of efficacy are considered to not be in clinical response, clinical remission, or mucosal healing from the time of the event forward.
‡Reflects the proportion of patients receiving REMICADE® 5 mg/kg (70/121) and patients receiving placebo (79/121) who were receiving corticosteroids at baseline.
§Clinical remission was defined as a Mayo score of ≤2 points with no individual subscore >1 point.
References: 1. Rutgeerts P, Sandborn WJ, Feagan BG, et al. Infliximab for induction and maintenance therapy for ulcerative colitis. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:2462-2476. 2. REMICADE® Prescribing Information. Janssen Biotech, Inc.


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The euro approached a 10-month high against the dollar as Spain's borrowing costs fell at a 4.5 billion-euro ($6 billion) sale of bonds, underscoring increased confidence in European debt markets.
The shared currency climbed against most of its 16 major peers, while the yen slid to the weakest level since 2010 after Economy Minister Akira Amari said his earlier comments that excessive weakening of the currency was harmful were misinterpreted. The Swiss franc fell to the weakest level versus the euro since the nation's central bank imposed an exchange- rate cap in September 2011.
"Investors are reassured that we're not going to see an imminent deterioration in Europe from a fiscal point of view," Shaun Osborne, chief currency strategist at Toronto-Dominion Bank, said from Toronto in a telephone interview, "We've seen sovereign spreads narrow and market-stress indicators continue to improve."
The euro appreciated 0.4 percent to $1.3347 at 12:44 p.m. New York time after climbing earlier as much as 0.7 percent. It touched $1.3404 on Jan. 14, the strongest level since Feb. 29. The euro rose 2.1 percent to 119.94 yen. Japan's currency dropped as much as 1.7 percent to 89.91 per dollar, the weakest level since June 2010, before trading at 89.85.
The dollar pared its loss versus the euro after data showed U.S. housing starts rose 12.1 percent last month, more than forecast, and initial claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to 335,000, the lowest level since January 2008.
Volatility Climbs
Implied volatility climbed for a third day, reaching a four-month high. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s G7 Volatility Index, based on three-month options on Group of Seven nations' currencies, reached 8.81 percent, the most since Sept. 3, exceeding its 200-day moving average of 8.74 percent. It fell to 7.06 on Dec. 18, the lowest since August 2007.
Switzerland's currency slid against all of its 16 most- traded peers except the yen as speculation Europe's debt crisis is easing sapped demand for haven assets. The franc weakened as much as 1 percent to 1.2490 per euro before trading at 1.2482, down 0.9 percent. The Swiss National Bank capped it at 1.20 per euro after it surged to 1.008 per euro in August 2011.
"People are going back into risk assets," Eimear Daly, a currency-market analyst at Monex Europe Ltd. in London, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "The Pulse" with Guy Johnson. "People were so concerned about risk and were holding the Swiss franc as a highly liquid asset; now the fear has abated, and that's going to pull the euro up against the franc."
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Always curious about what your guy is thinking -- especially now that he's a pops? TheBump.com asked one brave dad (stay-at-home dad, Tait) to spill what's really going on in those mysterious dude brains of theirs. Here's what he revealed....
Baby books can drive you mad!
I did a lot of reading before my son, Finn, was born last April, and there were two questions that every book I read assumed guys needed answered: "Why is my woman acting so crazy?" and "So, am I still going to get laid?" Not only was this info useless, it was pretty patronizing. The simple answers are " hormones" and "not as much." (Look at that, hundreds of pages of reading saved.)
Crying + Poo = Not So Terrible
Before Finn, I had never even held another baby, so I didn't know what exactly to be scared of. Still, crying and poo were the source of my fundamental anticipatory fears -- not knowing what to do when the crying happened and, well, everything having to do with the poo. It turned out, both were needless concerns. The crying is all about context -- know that, know the fix. The poo is all about remembering that someone wiped your ass for a whole bunch of years, too, and you just need to get over yourself.
Mother Nature's pretty damn smart
For the most part, Mother Nature is all about giving you ramp-up time. You get nine months of mental and physical prep before actually becoming a parent. Then, once your package is delivered, you're given something like a two-month grace period to figure them out before their memories start forming and you might really start messing them up for life. They grow fast, but it's slow enough that you can always stay at least one chapter ahead.
Hospitals are a great source for (free) supplies
First, the docs and nurses will flat out give you a going-home kit. But then you can supplement that with as many swaddle cloths, binkies, beanies, breast shields, and diaper/burp cloths as you feel ethically at liberty of acquiring (I did not say stealing). They tend to be of very good quality, and believe it or not, I found that using the hospital-provided gear was a nice constant when I got home.
Who erased my memory en route from hospital to home?
In general, the transition home is tricky. I got so used to where everything was in the hospital, that the first few changes/feedings at home left me feeling like I'd never done it before.
I am a baby-feeding, diaper-changing ninja.
Personally, I have Mr. T to thank for making it through the first two months: "Be cool, fool" became my mantra. Everyone talks about the first two months as being the most difficult -- and it's true. But I evolved from being a nighttime zombie that was slow to wake into ... a baby-feeding, diaper-changing ninja. Essentially, it's about learning to be functional while dealing with sleep deprivation -- no mean feat.
I am a ninja who cries over a binky
I must point out that the difficulty of sleep deprivation cannot be stressed enough. Sobbing when a binky drops on the floor and skitters under the couch at 3 a.m. is not a normal reaction for a well-rested person. However, sobbing in such a fashion is perfectly normal when you've had at most 90 minutes of continuous sleep for the last 6 weeks and said binky has dropped from an inconsolable child's mouth.
Breastfeeding is absurdly tricky
Really, it's amazing to me that we survived as long as we did as a species on breastfeeding alone, given how difficult it looks. Very little will prepare you for it, and unless your partner is an earth goddess, there will most likely be misfires. There will certainly be tears for Mom and crying for baby. This is probably a good point to reiterate that your role as a dad will often be to act as a Zen rock garden of calm for Mom when you're all operating on zero sleep.
Hmmm... So I'm not the only stay-at-home dad on the block. Cool!
Being a full-time dad, I spend a lot of time at coffee shops with Finn while the wife's at work. I'm not sure what it was like before, but it feels like the Great Recession has thrust the primary-caregiving dad from avant-Euro oddity into banal commonality. I'd estimate that the midday stroller-jockey demographic in my 'hood runs 50 percent nanny, 30 percent moms, and 20 percent dads. I'd better start brushing up on the feature differences between the Bugaboo and the Orbit stat so I can keep up with the small talk.
So why, then, don't public restrooms help us out?
SAHDs are still the minority, though, and there are always subtle reminders. Aside from the obvious, like Similac's tagline ("Strong Moms") and Dreft reminding us all to wash things that will touch the baby, including "Mom's blouses" (I took the liberty of using the Dreft on my white tank tops and trucker's caps anyway; I hope they didn't mind), Koala Bear Kare changing stations are placed tantalizingly out of reach -- in the women's bathroom.
TheBump.com guest blogger and stay-at-home dad extraordinaire Tait, lives in Venice Beach, Calif. with his wife and baby Finn. For pregnancy and parenting advice, tools, photos, and more.
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WORTH TWP — A kitchen fire late Thursday afternoon heavily damaged a house just north of Moraine State Park.
The fire broke out around 3:45 p.m. at the wood-frame, single-story house at 494 Mount Union Road.
Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Company Assistant Chief Ken Taggart said owner Michael Rogers was heating up some cooking oil on the stove when he went to attend to a customer at Rogers Rifle, Rod and Reel, the business located on the property.
While talking to the customer, Rogers apparently forgot about the oil, which eventually ignited, Taggart said.
Malcom Rogers, Michael's father and the house's co-owner, called 911 and firefighters were able to quickly get control of the fire.
"We knocked it down in 30 minutes," Taggart said.
No one was injured, but Taggart said the house, which is insured, sustained heavy damage, particularly to the kitchen and roof.
Slippery Rock VFC Chief Dave Taggart estimated damage at $25,000. He said the fire has been ruled accidental.
Fire officials noted that the kitchen of the house was recently remodeled and the owners were planning to work on the house's porch soon.
In addition to the Slippery Rock VFC, volunteer firefighters from Portersville and Scott Township, Lawrence County, assisted at the scene. The last crews were back at their station about 6:15 p.m.


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In the aftermath of the Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four Americans, President Obama and members of his administration repeatedly peddled a false narrative of the attack they claim was based entirely on talking points produced by the intelligence community. But as ABC News reports today, the talking points used by President Obama and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice following the attack were, in fact, "scrubbed" by the White House and State Department numerous times to remove any reference to terrorism or prior warnings of a possible attack. Here's more from the report:
"ABC News has obtained 12 different versions of the talking points that show they were extensively edited as they evolved from the drafts first written entirely by the CIA to the final version distributed to Congress and to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice before she appeared on five talk shows the Sunday after that attack.
"White House emails reviewed by ABC News suggest the edits were made with extensive input from the State Department. The edits included requests from the State Department that references to the Al Qaeda-affiliated group Ansar al-Sharia be deleted as well references to CIA warnings about terrorist threats in Benghazi in the months preceding the attack. …
"In an email to officials at the White House and the intelligence agencies, State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland took issue with including that information because it 'could be abused by members [of Congress] to beat up the State Department for not paying attention to warnings, so why would we want to feed that either? Concerned'"
The Obama administration is refusing to make these unclassified e-mails available to the public. Yesterday, Speaker Boehner called on the administration to release these e-mails so the American people can judge for themselves how the administration handled the aftermath of the Benghazi attack:
- "A Republican campaign to highlight the Obama administration's handling of terrorist attacks on U.S. posts in Libya last year gained momentum on Thursday. House Speaker John Boehner demanded that the State Department release more emails about the assaults in Benghazi that killed four Americans on Sept. 11." (Reuters, 5/9/13)
- "His move was the first of many expected by Republicans in the coming days and weeks to try to force the White House to divulge more documents and allow additional witnesses to testify. Republican-led investigations into the siege on Benghazi — which cost four Americans, including the former ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens, their lives — have been growing in intensity and scope." (The New York Times, 5/9/13)
- "'The goal here is to get to the truth,' Mr. Boehner said. 'The reason this is still under way is because the White House has done everything possible to block access to the information that would outline the truth. And the question you have to ask is why?'" (Wall Street Journal, 5/9/13)
- "House Speaker John A. Boehner on Thursday called on President Obama to release a cache of emails that Republicans say clearly prove senior White House and State Department officials sought to mislead the American public about the Benghazi terrorist attack during last year's election campaign." (Washington Times, 5/9/13)
- "Boehner, an Ohio Republican, said the public should have access to emails a senior State Department official allegedly emailed her superiors after the 2011 attack to relay that she had told the Libyan ambassador the attack was conducted by Islamic terrorists." (UPI, 5/9/13)
- "'Somebody clearly decided they didn't like the references to Islamic terrorism, and made changes in this document. The American people deserve the truth. And they will get the truth,' Boehner said during a Thursday press conference on Capitol Hill." (MSNBC, 5/9/13)
- "The Ohio Republican went on to say that the White House has claimed it made 'stylistic changes' to Rice's talking points, but it failed to mention that senior officials directed the changes to the talking points. 'Last November, the President said he was 'happy to cooperate in any way Congress wants.' This is his chance,' Boehner said." (Politico, 5/9/13)
- "Boehner said Republicans wanted the release of emails that indicate senior State Department officials knew the incident was a terror attack before the administration sent U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to sit for television interviews in which she did not label the killings as terrorism." (The Hill, 5/9/13)
- "Boehner specifically urged the Obama administration to make public a set of internal emails that some lawmakers had been able to review but not keep. … Separate emails, though, allegedly depict the White House and State Department pressing lower-level officials to remove references to terrorism in talking points about the attacks." (Fox News, 5/9/13)
- "Boehner also called for the release of e-mails that, according to a House report, show the White House and State Department were involved in rewriting CIA talking points that led U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to describe the attacks as apparently unplanned." (The Washington Post, 5/9/13)
- "'The White House continues to claim it only made stylistic changes to talking points used by (U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations) Susan Rice, ignoring the fact that seniors White House officials directed the changes being made to those talking points,' Boehner said." (CNN, 5/9/13)
The pressure is mounting on the White House to come clean about what the American people were told immediately following the Benghazi attacks. As Speaker Boehner said yesterday, "Congress is going to continue to investigate this issue using all the resources at our disposal" to get the answers the American people deserve.


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The sympathy for the untimely passing of former Pachuca goalkeeper Miguel Calero was heard throughout the soccer world this week. For former teammate and fellow Colombian Oscar Pareja, the Rapids head coach, Calero's death was difficult news to accept.
Pareja and Calero were teammates for three years with Deportivo Cali and on the Colombian National Team. In 1996, with Calero in goal and Pareja in the midfield, Cali won their first championship in 22 years. The two had remained in contact during their time in Colombia, and their spouses had also become friends.
"It's an indescribable sadness," Pareja told ColoradoRapids.com from England. "Miguel was a person that was full of life, with a young family, and had so much more to give as a person and to our sport. This is just incredibly sad. On behalf of my wife, Sandra, and our family at the Colorado Rapids, I want to express our sincere condolences to Miguel's wife, Sandra, and their children."
The 41-year-old Calero was initially hospitalized in Mexico City last weekend with cerebral thrombosis and then declared brain dead by doctors on Monday. Pachuca confirmed his passing on Tuesday, as Pareja was about to derpart to England for a scouting trip.
Local soccer fans may recall Calero and Pachuca's appearance at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on July 31, 2007, where the Tuzos defeated Chivas Guadalajara 1-0 in a SuperLiga match in front of 14,069 fans.
(Photo: Oscar Pareja with former Rapids midfielder Carlos 'El Pibe' Valderrama and Miguel Calero while with Deportivo Cali).