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Led by Ligety, US gets most golds at ski worlds
SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) -- Julia Mancuso got the ball rolling with an almost forgotten bronze medal on the same day Lindsey Vonn had a season-ending crash.
Ted Ligety followed with three golds to earn the title from local media of "Der Koenig von Schladming" - "The King of Schladming."
And 17-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin capped a historic world championships for the U.S. Ski Team by fighting off a serious case of nerves to win the slalom title.
In the end, even without Vonn and Bode Miller - who is sitting out this season to recover from left knee surgery - the U.S. had the most golds at worlds - the first non-European nation to achieve the feat.
"It's been incredible - hot and cold," U.S. Alpine director Patrick Riml said Sunday. "The rest of our team is stepping up so big."
The showing was even more impressive considering the scene, with huge crowds in this ski-crazy nation averaging 30,000 fans, and nearly all of them pulling for Austrian skiers.
While the Austrians led in total medals with eight, the U.S. topped the International Ski Federation's table with four golds. Austria and France were next with two golds each.
"It's nice being in Austria and beating up on the Austrians on their home turf," said Ligety, who won in super-G, super-combined and giant slalom. "They always dominate the sport and they always kind of seem like they should be dominating the sport so it makes it all the more satisfying to beat them."
But Peter Schroecksnadel, the powerful president of the Austrian ski federation, didn't see it as a loss.
"In the U.S., they don't count golds, they count the overall number of medals," Schroecksnadel said. "So there we are No. 1."
Riml, who is Austrian, wasn't surprised by Schroecksnadel's comments.
"He just turns it the way he wants it," Riml said. "That's OK. We won the most World Cup races this year and we'll lead that when we leave the World Cup finals and we got the most gold medals at the world championships. That's pretty good."
Indeed, the U.S. has 14 wins between men and women on this season's World Cup circuit to Austria's nine. Also, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Germany led with three golds to the Americans' two but the U.S. had the most overall medals with eight.
"(We're) best in the world for sure," Riml said. "We saw it three years ago. We saw it this year on the World Cup."
If Vonn and Miller come back fully healthy next season, there's no telling how strong the U.S. might be at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
"Potentially we have a very, very good team," Ligety said. "If Bode gets fully healthy and motivated he has a really good chance of winning medals in the speed disciplines, and then Lindsey can win whatever she wants, basically, if she's healthy and feeling good again. And I'm sure Mikaela will be close to being a contender in the giant slalom as well, so we have a lot of good medal chances."
Indeed, Shiffrin finished sixth in the giant slalom here for her top career result in that discipline, and she has plenty of room for improvement, according to her coaches.
Besides Vonn, three other U.S. women finished on the podium this season in downhill - Stacey Cook, Leanne Smith and Alice McKennis - to go along with Marco Sullivan and Steven Nyman on the men's side.
"Our goal is not to have just one (contender) per event," Riml said. "We got to have two and three."
Entering the 2006 Turin Olympics, the American spotlight was largely on Miller, while in Vancouver it was almost entirely on Vonn. This time, maybe it will be on the entire team.
"There is so much pressure on those athletes already, and if you strengthen our team that takes away a lot of pressure from everybody," Riml said.
One key to strengthening the team has been the opening of two key facilities in recent years: the Center of Excellence at the team's home base in Park City, Utah, an ultra-modern physical training and education facility; and a speed training center for downhill and super-G at Copper Mountain, Colo.
The Center of Excellence was designed to replicate the style and feel of a college campus and includes strength-training areas, ski ramps, a nutrition center, rehabilitation facilities and a sport science lab.
Sounds like a great place for Vonn to use as she recovers from surgery to repair two torn tendons in her right knee.
Besides allowing its own athletes optimal training before the North American speed races at the start of each World Cup season, the Copper facility has enabled the U.S. to arrange key deals with other federations by allowing teams such as Austria, Italy and Russia to use it, too.
In exchange, the Austrians allowed the Americans to train on the worlds' courses in Schladming on several different occasions earlier this season; the Italians opened up several of their training sites - perfect when the weather is bad in Austria and Switzerland but sunny on the southern side of the Alps; and perhaps most valuable of all, the Russians have given the U.S. free access to the Olympic slopes in Sochi - something no other team besides Russia has.
"With that venue we're in the driver's seat and we can choose and pick who we want to work with," Riml said. "Obviously we want something in return."
Over the next couple of weeks, a group of about 10 Americans led by Ligety and Shiffrin will fly to Sochi for an in-season training camp.
"It is preparation for the next chapter," Riml said. "To have the opportunity to be on that hill it's priceless. That's why we try to build those relationships all over the world."
As for the next worlds, the U.S. won't need to build any partnerships. That's because they'll be held on home snow in Vail-Beaver Creek, Colo., in 2015.


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New Patent Reform Law Already A Good Thing... For Patent Attorneys
from the but-of-course deptWhile it seems pretty clear that the patent reform bill that became law a few weeks ago won't actually do much to improve our broken patent system, one area of business it's helping tremendously is in increasing demand for patent lawyers. Due to the new law, suddenly law firms are scrambling for more and more patent lawyers:
Patent lawyers are in such demand that their specialty may account for more than 15 percent of law firm job openings while representing just 3 percent of lawyers in the United States.The NY Times article above goes on to point out that the new law has especially made things much more complicated, thereby increasing demand for patent lawyers. It also mentions how law firms are really seeking people who could have been contributing to actual innovation, but have left engineering for the law instead:
Such lawyers typically have degrees in fields like engineering as well as law. Some law firms are now almost doubling recruitment fees to meet the growing demand for specialists in intellectual property, or I.P., particularly in technology, said T. J. Duane, a principal at a legal recruitment firm, Lateral Link.
The ideal candidate would hold a doctoral degree in electrical engineering, have graduated from a top 10 law school and have worked for four years at a strong law firm, Mr. Duane said.This is not a good thing. A functioning patent system is one where the rules are clear and fewer lawyers are needed. The fact that the clearest immediate impact of the change in the law is the opposite should give the politicians who supported this law a pretty big reason to rethink it.
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If you saw my sneak peak of this post earlier... did you guess correctly?
Does anyone else have a child who loves Angry Birds at their house... or am I the only one?
This afternoon I was in a bit of a power struggle with my son because he really wanted to play the iPad and I really wanted him to come play with me and use his imagination. We had been crafting with paper bags for Tinkerlab's awesome paper bag challenge and I still had supplies out, so I said, "Hey, what do Angry birds look like? Could we make some from paper bags?"
He was hooked immediately. I drew, he painted, we stapled and stuffed, and then we played our game.
Then my son grabbed our large Melissa and Doug blocks and built tall towers for the pigs. Next time we need to make more pigs.
If you are unfamiliar with Angry Birds, it is a game that's has a goal of getting rid of the pigs. The pigs are blocked by different structures and the Angry Birds fly through the air and try and knock down structures and ultimately get rid of the pigs.
For our first version of the game my son was the human slingshot and he made the birds catapult through the air to knock down the pigs. As we kept playing he came up with more and more versions of how we could play and I was so pleased to have gotten him off the iPad and creating!
He had to make sure to give me his best "angry" face while we were playing as well.


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Though mobile graphics drivers have historically been available only from the laptop manufacturer, Nvidia finally posted their official drivers on their site. Say goodbye to those 3rd-party hacked and often buggy drivers!
Mobile GPU drivers were so scarce because those drivers are very customized, from hotkeys to smooth suspend and resume functions on each individual laptop. As a result, many advanced users have had to scour forums for drivers hacked together by other users, and that's not the most reliable way to upgrade or update software. So it's great to see Nvidia offering broad support for driver updates on their own site, especially since they say they've been hard at work to ensure compatibility and retention of features across all manufacturers. Hopefully these official releases will be more stable than the unofficial hacks. [Notebook Review via Engadget]


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Interesting read and I wasn't aware of some of the facts behind the open-source entrepreneur Bob Young. From the BBC article:
Bob Young is a self-confessed contrarian with a strong desire to change the world by allowing people to share and collaborate. The approach has served him well and has helped turn the Canadian into a multi-millionaire. Bob YoungFrom the outset, his software company Red Hat bucked the trend set by the big players like Microsoft which stubbornly guarded every line of code and charged whopping fees to maintain it.
And don't forget to check out the video which explains how Red Hat got its name.


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For those of you that have been regular readers of my blog you know that I'm a girly girl at times and at other times I'm the total tomboy. Those are the times that I personally like, while mommy prefers that I'm in dresses and have tea.
That is so not going to happen any time soon I can assure you. I'm the Evel Knievel of toddlers. I like standing on my rocking horse while rocking without hands.
Well when the kind people at PlaSmart Toys offered to send me a PlasmaBike I was super excited. I was being introduced to my very first balance bike. I already had a tricycle but now I was getting a two-wheeler. Awesome!
My PlasmaBike arrived in a big box which I expected but know the greatest thing about this? There was no set up needed. Yeah all you do is take it out the box and you're ready to go. I couldn't wait. I started pushing it back and forth in the house until mommy decided that she was going to take me outside even though it was getting late.
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Here are some of the great features that you and your little one are going to love. Extra large wheels for stability and balance. Those big wheels also keep my PlasmaBike upright when I'm not on it so it doesn't fall over like those other bikes.
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Hey guys, Stephen here at MetaGeek.
One question we get quite a bit is:
"When I plug in the Wi-Spy Chanalyzer does not see it in the upper right hand corner, where can I get the drivers or how do I install the Wi-Spy so that Chanalyzer will see it?"
It is pretty easy for first time users to not know their way around the software which makes this actually a great question!
So first off, it is important to note that the Wi-Spy is not a wireless network adapter. The items in the upper right hand corner of Chanalyzer are only your wireless network card(s)/adapter(s). These are used in order for Chanalyzer to pull the information it needs for the "Networks Table" tab.
The Wi-Spy actually shows up as a HID Compliant device and is automatically detected by Chanalyzer. A good way to confirm this is to see if Chanalyzer is displaying stuff in the density and waterfall view. If it is, then your Wi-Spy is working perfectly
The Wi-Spy's job is to detect all of the RF data in the band you are looking at. While it is detecting this data, Chanalyzer pulls the data and displays it on the screen in the density and waterfall view so you can visually see what the Wi-Spy sees. Pretty cool stuff eh?
*NOTE* Normally, spectrum analyzers do not have the capability to detect individual AP's and their information the way Chanalyzer does. That's because spectrum analyzers listen for ALL the RF data and can't pick out which RF signal is which. The way in which Chanalyzer is able to show you AP information in the "Networks Table" tab is because Chanalyzer also uses your wireless card/adapter to get this information because your wireless card/adapter only probes for AP's and has the ability to decipher the AP's information. Even more pretty cool stuff eh?


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djdawg wrote:Thank you for this thread...I was wondering about using Luan for skinning a teardrop as I used it in my hot dog cart. I like working with it because it's inexpensive and easy to use. (and easy to bend to a certain extent)
I too have had a few spots bubble and I hate it. I had painted my cart so I thought a decent exterior paint would keep this from happening but apparantly not. However it was some time between skinning the cart and when actual paint was applied so who knows. I appreciate your experiment and when I finally move forward with this I'll do the same.
You mentioned something about applying something else as a final coat....do you think this could be an exterior paint? Would that do the trick?
Most epoxies are not UV resistant and need something else applied over them that is UV resistant. The more you do and the better the quality of products that you use, the better your results should be. This goes for whatever paint you use, too. (For mine, I ended up using a type of boat paint.) Also, it is especially important to coat all cut areas, joints and plywood ends very well as, if moisture can find a way to wick in, it will; and, the cut ends offer many opportunities for this to happen.
Damage can occur that is caused by road rubble, tree limbs, sun baking.....If "it" can happen, whatever "it" is, it will. If the paint on your car gets chipped or scratched, you touch up the paint to prevent rust. Metal takes a lot longer to break down than plywood. Do the best you can and be diligent in repairing any damage found. Provide shelter for your trailer, if you can. That's the best that I can tell you.
Best wishes on your build, DJ.


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- 2 sliced Medium Tomatoes
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- Place the chicken strips in a small bowl with the teriyaki sauce,cover and place in the fridge for 1 hour or for maximum flavor leave overnight.
- To cook teriyaki chicken,heat oil on a hot grill,remove chicken from marinade and cook on each side for 8 minutes or until cooked through.Allow to cool completely before slicing.
- Place a wholegrain wrap flat on a work surface and spread mayonnaise evenly over the surface.
- On one side of the wrap,put a layer of lettuce,followed by 4 chicken slices,then sprinkle cheese and spring onions top with tomatoes.Wrap and roll tightly,then cut in half.


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Tom Torlakson, state superintendent of public instruction, held meetings in Coronado Saturday to talk about "how the arts and creative education can transform California classrooms."
And in the next few weeks, the California Joint Committee on the Arts will hold hearings on SB 789, which would require the governor to develop a "creativity index" to measure creativity in public schools statewide.
Authored and introduced by Sen. Curren Price, D-Los Angeles, the bill was approved by the Senate and is now moving toward Assembly passage.
The efforts of Torlakson and Curren represent an auspicious start to reinventing K-12 education, and San Diego is ready. San Diego schools have their financial woes, we know. But few of us know how much progress is already being made to merge the arts and sciences and in the process redesign the curriculum through "arts integration."
"Arts integration" is not well understood but is simply interdisciplinary education, using the tools of the arts.
Many people don't take the term "arts" seriously. But we now know a lot more about learning and about how "arts integration" works. The California Alliance for Arts Education and the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities have said as much after years of research and study. According to the Obama committee's report, "Cutting-edge studies in neuroscience have been further developing our understanding of how arts strategies support crucial brain development in learning."
Recently, California State University San Marcos, in collaboration with the San Diego County Office of Education, demonstrated to third- and fourth-graders in North County that it pays to DREAM (for Developing Reading Education through Arts Methods). DREAM is an "arts integration" project, which trains "teachers to use visual arts and theater activities in class to improve students' reading and writing skills."
CSUSM reported that "using theater to teach literacy is an especially effective tool and one that deserves continued exploration." More importantly, it said that students scored higher on the state standard tests and on reading comprehension tests.
San Diego Unified, the largest district in the region, has been infusing the arts across the curriculum at the elementary level for several years. According to Karen Childress-Evans, visual and performing arts coordinator, "theater concepts and strategies help students more easily access content knowledge in other academic subject areas." But more, the visual arts, theater and dance are all used to make all the courses, particular science and math, easier to comprehend, and enjoy. Student attendance is up and where the techniques of art integration are fully embraced by both the principal and the teachers, the students are excelling.
In the Lakeside School District, National City and Chula Vista and elsewhere in the county, similar initiatives are being deployed. In Chula Vista and National, over 400 teachers and more than 9,000 students at 17 schools have been trained through an independent nonprofit called CoTA, a collaboration of teachers and artists. The results here too, are impressive.
School-in-the-Park, in Balboa Park, has been working since 1999 with Rosa Parks Elementary using the park as an adjunct to the classroom, and several of the museums in the park coordinate the Collaborative Arts Resources for Education program, a school-based collaboration among four premier arts organizations in San Diego: the Museum of Photographic Arts, La Jolla Playhouse, the Mingei International Museum and the Timken Museum of Art. While not arts integration per se, it is a noteworthy effort to put art-based experiences into the curriculum.
In a 2004 book, "The Jobs Revolution; Changing How America Works," Richard Riley, former U.S. secretary of education, predicted: "The top 10 in-demand jobs in the future don't exist today. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist, using technologies that haven't been invented, in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet."
That was almost 10 years ago. But now we are at a crucial juncture in the history of education. It is vital that we merge the arts and sciences, as High Tech High has done, by integrating all the disciplines into projects that students work on each semester. Doing so we can create the kind of curriculum at almost no additional cost that insures the higher order thinking and problem-solving skills that will determine student success in the workplace of the future.


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Toby B brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 121 Designs von 21 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Hey we are marketing a new Web 2.0 software startup to US and global small growing businesses.
The startup makes software that helps businesses be more productive by sharing tasks amongst each other in a team. These tasks are put into "pailz" (buckets) - that can then be passed from pail to pail until complete.
We are modelling ourselves on companies like: Freshbooks.com, tickspot.com, basecamp, remember the milk and expensify.
We come from a background of social media and business process management software.
We are an upstart and we want to include game features in the application so we have a fun outlook while helping people getting serious work done.
18-50 year old company managers in small businesses, mainly male. We are targeting small firms between 2-50 employees who are just starting to choose software to streamline their business processes.
These people tend to be:
- self driven, motivated
- time poor
- highly aspirational and entrepreneurial
- quick thinking
UPDATE - I've just added two new images - mock ups by my wife. We'd be interested in seeing a design based on these!
We will award prize tomorrow morning.
We are looking for a clean, clear logo in the tradition of Web 2 software design.
The logo should include:
- the word Pailz
- one or more pails (bucket)
- one or more tasks moving between the pails
The logo could include:
- human icon
The logo will need to stand out from the crowd in marketplaces such as itunes, google market (http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/) and directories such as go2 web2: (check out http://www.go2web20.net/)
The pail is probably the trickiest part of this. We ideally want a pail that can eventually be part of the web application design itself - tasks would be inside the pail with words on.
This is an entirely new brand.
Having done competitions before, and running a design agency in London, I will be happy to provide ample and quick feedback to designs. I will provide general feedback for all too.
For the winning (and runner up designers) there is potential for paid work after the competition as we seek to build out the design into web sites, web apps and other market materials as we require.
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I have been using IU7 since spring. I think I did a factory reset, upgraded to IU7, than added devices. I only have 15 devices plus some vitual switches, many are z-wave. Has been pretty stable. Some inconsistencies in operation, but it mostly works.
The one thing I did which for me that was the most impactful in its stability was placing the vera on its own subnet/vlan . Once I did this, the number of unplanned LUUP restarts dropped to less than a couple per week.
REALLY? I would have never thought to do this, but you found that it made a difference? Prior to doing this, was your experience as bad as what others say in this thread? My first and only Vera experience has been with IU7, and it's been less than perfect, but it's been generally usable except a few times recently I've had to reboot the vera physically for some reason.My vera is plugged into a local smart switch, and it would be easy to put on it's own vlan.. I am curious what exactly your experience was before doing so?Thanks!Steve


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Cat Fanciers have specific needs: Keep good records, produce pedigrees, do genetic calculations. The ultimate tool for the fancier is now here: The Cattery's Standard™ 2019.
The Cattery's Standard™ 2019 offers the cat fancier a thorough and easy-to-use product for tracking pedigrees, genetics, competition, veterinary history, breedings and financial transactions. More than any other product, The Cattery's Standard™ is thorough.
The Cattery's Standard™ was written in co-operation with ten cat fanciers of various backgrounds, most of whom had little or no computer expertise. Why did we stay away from computer experts? Because we did not want a product for computer experts, but rather one which did the job for cat fanciers.
Pedigrees the Easy Way!
Only The Cattery's Standard™ 2019 has PedFast™ V, the fastest and easiest way to get pedigree ancestors into a computer program. Other programs require you to enter ancestors from the oldest generation first, linking the parents as you enter the animal's record. A real pain. Only The Cattery's Standard™ puts you into a form which looks and acts like a five generation pedigree (we keep generations going back forever, but can only fit five at a time on the window).
If a cat exists in the database, you click and pick him/her off a list. We fill in the rest of the pedigree. If you do not know the cat's registration number, no problem. Leave it blank. We'll put one infor you. We give you visual confirmation of the results. You see it right away. You can add titles without leaving the window.
How About...
How about capacity to hold all these pedigrees? One of the leaders in this market can store 65,535 cats. We can handle 2.1 Billion Cats! We also let you freely exchange cats with each other using our BXF™ Import-Export facility (more about this later on).
How about pedigree printing? You have choice of font. You have choice of color for titled cats (requires a color printer). If you have a scanned picture of your cat, we'll print it on the pedigree too. Simply put, it's the best and easiest program for cat fanciers.
Competing was never so easy!
Competition is so easily tracked with The Cattery's Standard™ that you will hardly realize that you have made an effort to track it. Every ring and judge is easily entered. Unlike other products which started out for dogs and were made "compatible with" cats, our competition module can accurately track what a real cat show does.
To the left is a thumbnail of our cat show record. Click on the picture to see a full-size picture of how we store our records. We can handle any number of rings from 1 to 100. We can store up to 65,536 shows per cat! Of course, you have a variety of reports you can produce, including judge tracking and individual cat performance statistics.
Vet Visits, Shots and Heats
The Cattery's Standard™ has it all. Vet Visit tracking by cat, by vet, or by reason the cat went in. Financial tracking of costs. Define your own visit reasons (unlimited capacity). Set reminders for follow-up visits automatically.
The Cattery's Standard™ tracks and prints vaccinations separately. You get the most common vaccinations pre-loaded, and can add, change or delete an unlimited amount of records. Of course, you get reports, both on paper and on screen.
The Cattery's Standard™ tracks heat cycle information for all your females. Quick, easy, reliable.
Share Your Data!
The Cattery's Standard™ excels at one thing more than any other cattery program! You can share your data with anyone. The Cattery's Standard™ exports your records into its proprietary BXF™ format, and will read BXF™ files as well. This means that anyone else with The Cattery's Standard™ can send you their cats for use in your pedigrees without involving a third party or paying any sort of fee. This also means that, as they become available, you will be able to download free databases full of cats! The Cattery's Standard™ is smart enough to merge databases correctly, and not to make duplicate cats.
The Cattery's Standard™ can use one of our free utilities to read in CompuPed™ 3&4, Breedmate, Cat Trax and other databases and make them into BXF™ files. You therefore can use the databases of your friends with these programs)! Free!
DataMaster™:Super-Powered Data Manipulation
The Cattery's Standard™ 2019 has DataMaster, redefining the power of cattery software. Now, you can fix naming errors such as improper use of the possessive in cattery names, bad capitalization rules, goofy color abbreviations and the like in seconds, not days!
What DataMaster does will knock your socks off. Some of the power:
Here is the power you need to make your database the best it can be!
Got a Question about the program, ask Sheegwa™!
The Cattery's Standard™ 2019 is by far the easiest cattery program ever devised. There is simply no contest. However, with all of the power in TCS 2019, there are times when there is a question that simply needs to be answered.
On every screen in TCS 2019, the help for that screen can appear in a bar to the right of the page. Click the Sheegwa™ button to have the help always appear. If you don't need the help, just click it again and it hides away.
Save yourself time and maybe even a call to support! Use Sheegwa™ to quickly answer even the toughest questions! When it comes to making your program easy to use, the others haven't even thought of what we've already done!
Crystal Ball - The Next Generation of Genetics
The Cattery's Standard™ offers genetic information of a different flavor. Instead of just spitting out one number per cat for inbreeding (we do that as well. In fact, out of all cat programs, only TCS hascertified accurate results ), you can enter traits on cats in the pedigree going back ten generations. You then can analyze the traits of the ancestors and see how often they appear! Get a feel for your planned litters from a whole new perspective.
That's just one benefit. See the impact of ancestors on a pedigree with our inbreeding percentages report. See a pedigree for a planned mating with the Hypothetical Pedigree function. The next generation of genetics is here now.
Sample Pedigree (Click for PDF):
TCS 2019 offers you the ultimate in Pedigrees: MegaPed™.
MegaPed™ uses custom-designed formats to empower you to create the most stunning pedigrees you can imagine. With a simple interface, tight integration with TCS 2019 and flexibility unequalled in any programavailable today, MegaPed™ is the answer to virtually every pedigree question.
The Cattery's Standard™ is designed to run correctly on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. The minimum configuration for this program is:
Generally speaking, any Windows computer made on or after January 1, 2012 will run TCS 2019 without issue.
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All in all, The Cattery's Standard™ 2019 is the most complete, the easiest to use, and the most cost-effective software for the cat fancier. Here's a recap of the program's features:
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First-and-10: Look at Johnny Football now—better than he's ever been
1. I don't want to get on a soapbox, but …
We were all there a few months ago, chastising and criticizing and scolding Johnny Manziel for being a knucklehead in those long offseason months.
Now look: the player nearly everyone thought couldn't avoid failure on the field because of his nonsense off it is playing better than ever.
Better than the redshirt freshman in 2012 who won the Heisman Trophy.
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Better than the hell-bent, wildly successful ball of energy and excitement that made every play an adventure—and lifted the profile of a team that finished third in its own division to heights it couldn't imagine a season earlier.
"The one thing you can say about Johnny," says Alabama safety Vinnie Sunseri, "is he's a baller."
That, everyone, is the best compliment Manziel can get. Especially from another player.
Want to know just how much better Manziel has become? His numbers in two benchmark statistics that define the quarterback position—completion percentage and yards per attempt—are way up. He's completing 73.2 percent of his passes—an increase in 5.2 percentage points (68 percent) from 2012—and is nearly two full yards better in yards per attempt (8.54 in 2012 to 10.25).
And that's after all of those SEC defensive coordinators privately bragged all offseason—and you guys know who you are—that nine months of dissecting Manziel tendencies would change everything. That and an offensive line that isn't nearly as talented as last year's group.
So much for that whistling through the graveyard.
Want to know why Manziel is the best quarterback in the game right now? Because he's performing at a higher level despite dealing with an awful Texas A&M defense (113th in the nation in total defense) that leaves him with zero margin for error, leaving every game—every play—on his shoulders to win or lose.
Oregon's Marcus Mariota has better numbers. Mariota also has a better defense (No. 18 nationally) and an easier schedule. You can pump up Washington all you want; they're not Alabama. They're probably closer to Ole Miss.
The problem now for Manziel is his marquee game was a month ago, which in the microwave world we live in, may as well be a year ago. Manziel won the Heisman last year with a huge game in a big upset of Alabama—and he'll need a similar moment this season.
That means he needs LSU to keep winning and beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 9, then roll into Baton Rouge two weeks later against what will be the hottest team in the SEC, and beat the Tigers with another you-can't-catch-me performance.
Manziel is likely playing his final season in College Station. What better way to make this season his best than to orchestrate another November upset that knocks the national title race sideways?
One that leads to another Heisman Trophy.
MORE: Bowl projections | Exit Poll: FSU or Clemson this weekend?
2. The lexicon according to Lesicon
Hundreds of years ago, when a great explorer set out to find the new world and change the course of history forever, do you think he ever once imagined a man of great sporting accomplishment, of tremendous want, explaining the courage of his travels with such dutiful majesty?
Christopher Columbus, meet Leslie Edwin Miles.
This is your day.
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3. Scarlet letter
We've been saying this over and over since the very first season of the BCS, all the way back when Clint Stoerner somehow fumbled away victory and gave Tennessee a free pass along the way to the 1998 BCS National Championship Game.
Do your job and let it play out. Because the safest, surest way to reach the national title game in the BCS era is to win every game.
Unless, that is, you're Ohio State. Then you're going to need help.
That's what makes Michigan's regression this fall all the more difficult to digest if you're scarlet and gray. The loss last weekend to Penn State wasn't an anomaly—and won't be the only one this season.
So Ohio State's dream of playing unbeaten Michigan in the regular season finale, then getting another game against the then-one loss Wolverines in the Big Ten Championship Game to—key point here—strengthen its BCS resume, is over.
Instead of controlling its destiny, an unbeaten Ohio State—which, frankly, isn't a given—won't reach the BCS title game if there are more than two unbeatens not named Ohio State and Louisville. The Buckeyes don't (and won't) have a better resume than an unbeaten SEC, Pac-12 or ACC champion, or even unbeaten Baylor from the Big 12.
At some point, voters will realize the highest-ranked team Ohio State has beaten in its 18-game winning streak is then-No. 16 Northwestern.
We're a long way away from the first week of December when it all shakes out—heck, we're still days away from the first BCS poll (hide your eyes, Buckeyes)—but it's easy to see where this is headed unless Ohio State gets help.
Another unbeaten regular season, another season locked out of playing for it all.
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4. The playoff is here, we'll have a can of beer!
In the spirit of the announcement of the College Football Playoff selection committee, it's my duty to remind you what you're getting into—because heaven knows you're all giddy with the idea of your "playoff" making everything all candy and cream soda come 2014.
Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long, a man of great integrity, is your new CFP committee chairman. Sounds like such an official title.
This is the same man who fired Bobby Petrino because he lied to the university, then—wait for it—hired John L. Smith. Need I remind you how that worked out?
Long will be the point man of this transforming system you're all so giddy about. A system that will be more controversial and secretive, and less inclusive and definable, than the old system that worked with various tweaks for, I don't know, more than a century.
Now, go get 'em, tiger!
5. The Weekly Five
Admit it, you've waited all season for this: unbeaten Louisville gets its biggest test of the year this week against—ahem—UCF. Five even more epic challenges we'd love to see Louisville take on:
1. Playing Rick's guys in a pickup game (imagine the rebounding edge!)
2. The AAC all-stars vs. Louisville: take the Cardinals, lay the points.
3. Watch an entire game cutup of future ACC rivals Virginia vs. Wake Forest—without passing out.
4. Hitting a three-horse teaser at Churchill Downs.
5. UCF? Try throwing down with the TSA, baby.
MORE: Best Big Ten trophies | 3 down, 14 undefeated teams remain
6. What is and what will be
We're halfway through the 2013 season, and the crazy, convoluted beauty that is the BCS race is just beginning. A look back, and a look forward:
— Best game, first half: Clemson, 38, Georgia 35: One of those rare non-conference games that had it all: great quarterback play, momentum shifts, key turnovers and defensive stops, and one defining hero (Clemson QB Tajh Boyd).
— Best game, second half: LSU at Alabama, Nov. 9. The game of the year, every year. Some tried to sell Texas A&M-Alabama as the new biggie in the SEC. Please. What's bigger, what's more enjoyable than Les Miles vs. Nick Saban with everything—and I mean, everything—on the line? Nothing.
Others of impact: Oregon at Stanford (Nov.7); Texas at Baylor (Dec. 7), the SEC, Pac-12 and ACC Championship games (Dec. 7).
— Best player, first half: Johnny Manziel (see: above).
— Best player, second half: Baylor QB Bryce Petty. The schedule gets tougher, Petty plays full games, and the numbers become Heisman-worthy. If you thought RG3 did the unthinkable for Baylor, wait until Petty leads the Bears to an unbeaten regular season.
— Biggest surprise, first half: Missouri: A 6-0 start with blowout victories over Indiana, Vanderbilt and Georgia—all on the road. If only QB James Franklin could have stayed healthy all season.
— Biggest surprise, second half: Everyone (except Louisville) is losing. That's right, Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Clemson, FSU, Miami—all with losses. How fitting: mass chaos in the last season of the BCS.
— Biggest disappointment, first half: Notre Dame. Tommy Rees still makes poor decisions, and that defensive line with all those high NFL picks has forgotten the Alabama game is over.
— Biggest disappointment, second half: Michigan. Should have lost to Akron, should have lost to UConn. Finally lost to Penn State. Still has road games against Michigan State, Nebraska and Northwestern—and that little game against Ohio State.
7. Like it or not, it's McCoy
Mack Brown made a definitive statement after last weekend's Red River Rivalry that made it clear where Texas is headed this season at the most important position on the field.
"It's Case's team," Brown said of backup quarterback Case McCoy.
He then redefined that statement on Monday, adding "until (starter) David (Ash) returns."
Here's the problem with that latest statement: as of early this week, one Texas source said Ash hadn't spent one day without concussion symptoms since he left a game three weeks ago after another hit to the head.
Ash could still play this season—he could also not play again. That uncertainty is more than likely what led to Brown's statement, especially considering Texas planned this entire season around the development of Ash—whom Brown thinks can be an elite quarterback.
So it really is Case McCoy's team. Better hope he comes up with a few more of those rainbow deep balls—and no more pick-sixes.
8. Seize the moment
Let me take you back to a time of great joy in the SEC, a day when everything couldn't have been more perfect in the conference where very few things aren't.
No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game. This wasn't big because it guaranteed the SEC a sixth straight national title, it was big because it was a five- or six-hour recruiting pitch for the strongest conference in the game.
Every coach will tell you the game is about players. Those with the best players usually win.
That means recruiting is critical—and it means accessing new ways to reach high school players is vital. Enter, this weekend's FSU vs. Clemson game.
The national television, primetime showcase for the ACC is a big chance to make recruiting inroads in the south, the very area the SEC has dominated and stocked its rosters for years.
Best-case scenario this week for the ACC: Miami doesn't stumble Thursday night at North Carolina (Canes are 1-4 at Kenan Stadium since joining ACC) or the following week against Wake Forest, and FSU beats Clemson ON Saturday in a last-second thriller and beats NC State a week later to set up FSU vs. Miami on Nov. 2.
Two bitter rivals in a game that once dominated college football, playing as unbeatens for the right to move into the third position behind Alabama and Oregon. Those big games, those big moments, are the key intangibles sold by SEC coaches year after year on the recruiting trail.
Want to play in the biggest and best games; in the most important games that everyone watches? Come play in the SEC.
That's why this month is so important for the ACC.
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9. The Choice
The best part, the absolute best part, of USC's victory over Arizona last week was Trojans athletic director Pat Haden saying afterward that interim coach Ed Orgeron would be considered for the head coaching job.
Let's see, from gauging the interest of Tony Dungy, to an emotional assessment of Orgeron—who just this week told his USC players that the Notre Dame game wasn't any bigger than any other game.
Hey, Pete Carroll wasn't USC's first choice more than a decade ago. Then again, neither was Lane Kiffin.
10. A Big Green Wave
Curtis Johnson has led Tulane to five wins in the first seven games of the season.
Just thought I'd mention that since Tulane, which is building a new on-campus facility, won four games in the previous two seasons combined.
Hello, BCS athletic directors searching for a coach.


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KSAT anchors thrilled about new TV digs
SAN ANTONIO — KSAT-TV's newscasters have been looking even more chipper of late — and it isn't just because of continued strong ratings.
Everyone from Isis Romero to Ursula Pari to Mark Austin to Leslie Mouton raved about their upcoming move into TV digs that finally will take them into the 21st century.
"I love where I work," Mouton said, "but this is a very old building, and it's so exciting to think of having a brand-new desk, more space and updated bathrooms and makeup areas!"
Her morning/noon co-anchor agreed. "I like the idea that everything will be new, including the furniture," Austin said. "When I arrived in late '98 it was vintage Washington Post."
The place bore a strong resemblance to the 1976 film about Watergate, "All the President's Men," he explained.
"All that was missing was Jason Robards screaming 'WOODSTEIN!' from a corner office," he said. "Why was 'rust' such a popular color in the '70s?"
The drabness will be gone as early as next May. KSAT's faded and outdated old offices — at 1408 N. St. Mary's St., where employees have worked since the ABC affiliate first signed on as KONO-TV back in 1957 — will be traded for a roomier, brighter, two-story, state-of-the-art station and studio that will be enhanced by "a front yard" of trees and lush foliage. Another plus: Staffers get to remain in their nostalgic location just north of downtown. The new KSAT, from OCO Architects and Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, is being constructed in the station's parking lot.
"It's a big step into the future," KSAT General Manager Phil Lane said. "We visited Rackspace, Facebook and Linked-In, along with other offices that have innovative, creative, open-spaced floor plans to improve workflow and create a sense of community for employees."
Romero, who co-anchors the 10 p.m. news, wrote that she is "thrilled" about the new building.
"I've always thought of KSAT as an innovative place to work, and our new facility will certainly reflect that," she added. "Though working in a construction zone can be trying, there's a mutual sense of accomplishment as we see it come closer to completion."
Romero and KSAT anchor vet Pari emphasized how psyched they are about what promises to be a greatly improved newsroom that will facilitate better storytelling and editorial discussion. On a lighter note, both women said they're thrilled about areas that also will accommodate the cosmetic side of television news: makeup, hair, clothes.
"The dressing room should be really nice," Pari said. "I spend far more time in it as I grow older!"
However, Romero did bemoan one thing: the "tearing down of (meteorologist) Steve Browne's garden," a patch next to the current station where he grows lettuce, kale and tomatoes. Every year, Browne makes a festive spaghetti dinner for his co-workers from the veggies in that garden.
The anchorwoman need not fret. Station spokesman David Cuccio promised a new Browne garden, "and outdoor kitchen as well!"
On the move
KSAT's planned move is just a part of a citywide trend that has local TV outlets moving into modernized new stations.
Univision affiliate KWEX-TV already has relocated from its historic downtown site to a new Northwest San Antonio location: a $10 million building off De Zavala Road that better services new technology.
Next up: a gradual move by WOAI-TV staffers from their vintage station and studio downtown to KABB's current building off Northwest Loop 410 and Babcock Road. Among other things, the relocation will help the sister Sinclair stations share various news resources.
The first stage involves the relocation of behind-the-scenes employees — sales, promotions, executive offices — into a new building adjacent to KABB, to be completed by January. That will open up the second floor of KABB's current building, which eventually — somewhere between April and June — will become a newsroom that will accommodate both WOAI and KABB staffs.
Why the mass S.A. relocations of late?
"We've been taking all this 21st century technology and cramming it into old buildings," WOAI general manager John Seabers said, adding that it's time "we all got smart buildings."
Jeanne Jakle's column appears Wednesdays and Sundays in mySA, and she blogs at Jakle's Jacuzzi on mySA.com. Email her at email@example.com.


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When I am stressed out, I bake or cook. So, watch for lots of baked goods this week. Today was a rough day. Found out that Jon's wrist (navicular bone) is chipped/fractured. The dr from the urgent care called me back this afternoon and told me that the radiologist read the x-ray and called back right after we left last night. We have an appointment for Jon to see the orthopedic doctor on Wednesday morning.
This morning I wanted to make my little, injured man feel better, so what better way than GF Cinnamon Rolls?? I used the Chebe Cinnamon Roll Up Mix and made the recipe using the method for the almond sticky buns on the back. I subbed walnuts for almonds though. They turned out wonderfully and it took Jon's mind off his pain for a bit. 🙂 Here is a picture (not that great b/c it was still dark out):
They are darker in color than typical cinnamon rolls for a couple of reasons. One, the mix has cinnamon in it. Second, the mix calls for applesauce (hey, didn't I just make a bunch of that??) and my homemade applesauce is darker in color b/c of the brown sugar/cinnamon/nutmeg mixture I season it with.
Chebe Cinnamon Walnut Sticky Rolls
1 package Chebe Cinnamon Roll Ups
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Butter and/or Pam
9 inch pie pan or cake pan
1. Make mix according to directions.
2. Roll out into a rectangle.
3. Grease pan with butter or Pam.
4. Sprinkle 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup walnuts over the bottom of the greased pan.
5. Spray dough with Pam or spread with butter and sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup walnuts over the rolled out dough.
6. Roll up into a log-like roll.
7. Slice in 1/2 inch slices and place swirl side down in pan.
8. Bake at 350 for 10-14 minutes, checking frequently.
9. Cool slightly, then invert onto a plate.
10. Enjoy!
One recipe down, one or 2 more to go for the day. I had to do something to keep my mind (and my fingers off the lap top) off of Jon's injury.
I set off next on a marathon applesauce making event. I made a small batch the other day, today, I filled that 4.5 qt. crock pot to the rim! I peeled, cored and cut up 22 apples. YIKES! Not only did I want to freeze some, but I need some for upcoming recipes this week (applesauce cake and applesauce cookies). Here are some pics of my stuffed crock pot:
Apples before:
In the pot, ready to slow cook:
I started them at 10:30 AM and just packaged up my containers at 8:30 PM. Boy did it smell good in here!
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The ductus arteriosus is a normal blood vessel that connects two major arteries — the aorta and the pulmonary artery — that carry blood away from the heart in a developing fetus.
The lungs are not used while a fetus is in the womb because the baby gets oxygen directly from the mother's placenta. The ductus arteriosus diverts blood away from the lungs and sends it directly to the body. When a newborn breathes and begins to use the lungs, the ductus is no longer needed and usually closes during the first 2 days after birth.
But when the ductus fails to close, a condition called patent (meaning "open") ductus arteriosus (PDA) results, in which oxygen-rich blood from the aorta is allowed to mix with oxygen-poor blood in the pulmonary artery. As a result, too much blood flows into the lungs, which puts a strain on the heart and increases blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries.
The cause of PDA is not known, but genetics might play a role. PDA is more common in premature babies and affects twice as many girls as boys. It's also common among babies with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, babies with genetic disorders (such as Down syndrome), and babies whose mothers had rubella (also called German measles) during pregnancy.
In the vast majority of babies with a PDA but an otherwise normal heart, the PDA will shrink and go away on its own in the first few days of life. Some PDAs that don't close then will close on their own by the time the child is a year old.
In premature infants, the PDA is more likely to stay open, particularly if the baby has lung disease. When this happens, doctors might consider treatment to close the PDA.
In infants born with other heart problems that decrease blood flow from the heart to the lungs or decrease the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the body, the PDA may actually help, and the doctor might prescribe medicine to keep the ductus arteriosus open.
Babies with a large PDA might have symptoms such as:
If a PDA is suspected, the doctor will use a stethoscope to listen for a heart murmur, which is often heard in babies with PDAs. Follow-up tests might include:
The three treatment options for PDA are medication, catheter-based procedures, and surgery. A doctor will close a PDA if the size of the opening is large enough that the lungs could become overloaded with blood, a condition that can lead to an enlarged heart.
A doctor might also close a PDA to reduce the risk of developing a heart infection known as endocarditis, which affects the tissue lining the heart and blood vessels. Endocarditis is serious and requires treatment with intravenous (IV) antibiotics.


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The Jean Banchet Awards for Culinary Excellence — the local Emmys equivalent to the James Beard Foundation Awards — is the annual ceremony celebrating the achievements in Chicago's restaurant community. This year's nominees were announced Tuesday morning at the Fairmont Chicago hotel, and the names will be of no surprise if you dine around downtown Chicago with any frequency: Charles Joly, Lee Wolen, Curtis Duffy, Carrie Nahabedian et al.
These nominees were chosen via an online public vote in late October, and, as is the case with online public votes, can turn into a ballot-stuffing campaign. It's a given that restaurants with larger social media outreach fare better. Then again, every one of these restaurant awards — be it the Beards or Eater.com — is in essence a popularity contest, just with varying degrees of voting transparency. With the Beards (full disclosure: I'm a voting member), a national committee of 17 food critics and writers debate over the nominees, then open up final voting to restaurant professionals and media. The Banchets are peer nominated, with winners chosen by a group of chefs and beverage professionals in January.
Even if the Banchet nominees are determined by who can get the most fans in front of a computer, the finalists this year are a fair and deserving representation of the places most buzzed-about around town. Yes, the suburbs are underrepresented, and there's a back-patting insularity among a certain class of restaurants. But those involved with the event say it's a work-in-progress and improving each year. And the fact that the awards gala (Jan. 31 at The Fairmont) is a $100 to $500-a-head ticket benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, its charitable intent outweighs whatever fixable flaws in the nominating process.
Two things are for certain: With little exception, most of the names below are doing excellent work and worthy of your patronage. And even if just for once a year, it's fine to let Chicago restaurant industry folks kick back and enjoy each other's company on a Friday night.
Here are the nominees:
Restaurant of the Year
Acadia, Brindille, Embeya, Grace
Chef of the Year
Curtis Duffy (Grace), Carrie Nahabedian (NAHA), Paul Virant (Vie, Perennial Virant), Andrew Zimmerman (Sepia)
Pastry Chef of the Year
Lisa Bonjour (mk), Craig Harzewski (NAHA), Elissa Narow (Vie, Perennial Virant), Leigh Omilinsky (Cafe des Architectes)
Best Chef de Cuisine
Ali Ratcliffe-Bauer (Brindille), Andres Padilla (Topolobampo), Sean Pharr (NoMI Kitchen), Nicholas Romero (Grace)
Rising Chef of the Year
Thai Dang (Embeya), Nicole Pederson (Found), Tom Van Lente (TWO), Lee Wolen (nominated for The Lobby at the Peninsula Chicago; Wolen is taking over Boka in January)
Rising Pastry Chef of the Year
Dana Cree (Blackbird), Sarah Mispagel (Nightwood), Thomas Raquel (Acadia), Bobby Schaffer (Grace)
Best New Restaurant
Fat Rice, Found, Gather, Travelle, TWO
Best Sommelier
Valerie Cao (Grace), Chad Ellegood (NoMI Kitchen), Richard Hanauer (The Langham, Chicago), Arthur Hon (Sepia)
Latest Dining
Best Mixologist
Charles Joly (The Aviary), Paul McGee (Three Dots and a Dash), Danielle Pizzutillo (Embeya), Sergio Serna (The Drawing Room)
Best Restaurant Design
Balena, Boarding House, Brindille, Embeya
Best Restaurant Service
Balena, Grace, Nightwood, Sixteen
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Okay, you all had so many questions about Achiote, so here we go.
A few choice facts from Wikipedia:
• Achiote is a shrub or small tree from the tropical region of the Americas. The name derives from the Nahuatl word for the shrub, achiotl.
• It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto, produced from the fruit. The plant bears pink flowers and bright red spiny fruits which contain red seeds. The fruits dry and harden to brown capsules.
• While it has a distinct flavor of its own, it can be used to color and flavor rice instead of the much more expensive saffron.
• The seeds are ground and used as a subtly flavored and colorful additive in Latin American, Jamaican and Filipino cuisine.
Here is what they look like in the package:
Every Latino market I've been to has these in the spice section. It might be a different brand name, but they'll have it.
Here is what they look like out of the package:
The Achiote Molido (powder) you use just like any other spice – just sprinkle it in while cooking. The Achiote Entero is different. You have to extract the flavor/color from it first. There are different methods but I usually make Achiote Oil.
Simply put a few tablespoons of cooking oil in a small pot over medium heat. Mix in about a tablespoon of the Achiote Entero. Mix while it's cooking and watch the color of the oil. You will see it turn sort of yellow-ish, then orange-ish, and when it starts to turn from orange to red, remove from heat! … Do not allow the Achiote to turn black (burn) – that means you cooked it too long. It only takes a minute or two to cook.
Once the oil has cooled, you can remove the Achiote by pouring the oil through a sieve into a jar, or by simply fishing them out with a spoon. You can use the oil right away or store it, (though I don't know if this should be stored in the cabinet or refrigerator or for how long it will keep. I always use mine right away.)
Alright, chicas, I hope you appreciated this post. My Suegra watched me take photo after photo of Achiote. If she didn't think I was a weird gringa before, she certainly does now.


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Like most little girls (and some boys), I always dreamed about what my family would look like when I was grown up. As I got older and had boyfriends I thought I'd marry (although thank goodness I didn't!), I had even more specific ideas of what my life would be—how many kids we'd have, what sexes I'd like them to be, where we'd live, and how we'd balance work and parenting.
When my boyfriend-now-husband and I started talking about having a family, we decided almost immediately that two kids would be our max (both for the sake of our sanity and of our finances), but we didn't easily agree on the when and where and what and why of the rest of it. In fact, I think the only other detail we saw eye-to-eye on is that we'd like to have a girl…and now here we are with two boys. Ah, the best laid plans…
I always wanted to be a "young" mom—meaning I thought I'd be done having kids by 30—but the way things turned out, I had my first at 29 and my second at 33. I also never thought I'd be a work-from-home mom, and yet here I sit, working from home while the baby naps in the other room andthe older kid is at preschool, where he goes five days a week. I never thought I'd want to move back to Utah, where I grew up, but over the past few years I've seen how having kids can dramatically shift my priorities such that being close to extended family becomes more important than living somewhere cutting-edge and cool.
Now that I'm here, living this life, I of course love my family the way it is and wouldn't change a thing. But that imagined life…I still think about it sometimes, about what might have been if I'd been in charge rather than Nature and Chance.
Does your family look like you thought it would?


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The crew of the Arctic Sunrise in Greenland. The Arctic Sunrise reached 'the ice bridge' in the Robeson channel, at 82.4 North, near the border between Greenland and Canada.
For the past two weeks, scientists and crew from the Arctic Sunrise have been busy gathering data, collecting samples and setting up cameras to record the break-up of the Petermann glacier, one of Greenland's largest. A large crack has been forming for the past few years, and a massive piece of the glacier is expected to break off soon.
At 82 degrees North, far from any inhabited area, the impact we have on our environment is sadly evident. The data gathered so far by the on-board scientists is grim. 27 kilometers away from the sea, on the glacier, a large river has formed. The scientists estimate it runs at 50 cubic meters per second - you could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in less than a minute at that rate. This river feeds a large and deep melting whirlpool. Measurements there have shown that at around 60 meters depth, the salinity of the water rises - indicating that warm ocean currents from further south in the Atlantic are accelerating the ice melt at a rate much faster than on the surface.
Last year, a 37 kilometer square ice island broke off. This year, the far end of the glacier has already broken away, but much more is expected.
When this new ice island escapes and slips out to sea, it means that more of the 'grounded' or land-based part of the glacier could slip into the sea water and become part of the floating tongue - the end of the glacier that lies on the sea. This has implications for both global sea level rise, as well for the Greenland ice sheet itself, best explained by the 'champagne cork' analogy- if the deterioration of Greenland's glaciers continues, it could open the way for a larger release of frozen fresh water, from the vast ice sheet that covers most of Greenland, into the ocean - thereby contributing to a major rise in sea levels.
Polar bears, seals, icebergs, are all marks of a unique environment endangered by unchecked greenhouse gas emissions. As climate conditions change in the North, it also means life gets a lot harder for the local Inuit population. Their lifestyle and food sources are extremely dependent on the presence of ice. As the species they normally hunt migrate further North, they cannot hunt anymore. The Arctic environment is extremely sensitive to changes.
Bad news is coming from other sources as well. A recent NASA study has shown that the ice cap is not only getting smaller, it's getting thinner and younger. Sea ice has dramatically thinned between 2004 and 2008. Old ice (over 2 years old) takes longer to melt, and is also much harder to replace. As permanent ice decreases, we are looking at ice-free summers in the Arctic as early as 2030.
They say you can't be too thin or too young, but this unfortunately doesn't apply to the Arctic sea ice. Polar bears are the first to suffer from it, but many other species could be affected as well.
World leaders have committed to limit global temperature rise below 2 degrees at the recent G8 meeting, but have not indicated how we will achieve this. Strong emission cuts are needed if we want to prevent runaway global warming.
UPDATE August 20, 2009: The phrase "ice-free summers" in the article above was cited innaccurately on BBC's HardTalk as suggesting the complete loss of land ice as well as sea ice from the Arctic. The phrase is used, exactly as it is in the NASA report from which it is taken, to refer to ice-free waters. Click here for further clarification.
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Self Consciousness and Other Thieves Of Peace
This is for people who are almost socially crippled by self consciousness, either due to their illness or other flaws they think they may have. Most shy people fall into this category. I heard this quote on TV today and remember when I was told this many years ago and how much it changed my life.
People are usually so busy worrying about how THEY appear to others, or how they look, or about the many things they have to get done today, or about the pain they are in at the moment, that they do not notice things about you that you might be so self conscious of.
For those of us with chronic illness, at the beginning of our illness, we often feel like we owe everyone who sees us or is in contact with us an explanation or apology of what we can't do and why. The only people's opinions about us that matters are people who are in direct connection with our daily life. For those people, I have sent a letter of explanation of my limitations to clergy (if I have a church job), or employer, or family members who would badger me about what I was NOT doing right. That works quite well. I have stopped worrying about what most others think of me. I think its because I no longer have the strength to worry. All my strength is now used just to survive each hour or each day, and worry drains more energy, so I refuse to let that worry steal any of my precious little strength. The only opinion that really matters is God, myself, my spouse (because mine is loving and accepting, but not all are). If I am doing my best, that's all I can do.That's all the Lord expects of me. Even angels can do no more than that. People have to learn to adapt to my limitations, because I just can't live up to everyone else's expectations.
Success is not based on money, but on satisfaction with your life. Perfectionism is not necessary, and it is destructive to your health and soul. I think the more "stuff" you have, the more you have to worry about and take care of, so I am simplifying by getting rid of things I don't use. I can do with less clothing. That would mean less energy spent on laundry. There are other things we could find in our life that are time/energy/peace thieves.
I've also started weeding out activities that are stealing my peace, and being conscious of how much time I spend on the computer, TV, other time wasters that add to my stress when I realize I have used my energy on those instead of things that would make my life better; or activities that would simplify my life and bring me more peace. Make peace and strength and joy your goal, not how much you can buy or how much you can squeeze into a day.
We are not human DOINGS, we are human BEINGS.
We need to learn how to just "Be", and know that God is with us, and learn to feel that very palpable feeling of when He IS with us, comforting us, strengthening us, guiding us.
When I look into my future, I want to picture a lady who is peaceful, with a smile, despite the pain and exhaustion, and a sense of humor, knowing how to pace myself, and accepting gracefully that there will have to be times of recovery where I will have pain and exhaustion. I guess all of us need to learn patience during those times. There are many small steps that can be taken to achieve those goals. I don't want to envision the person I used to be: Never happy with the amount I accomplished, letting my "lists" rule my life, never accepting what I did as good enough, never taking time to enjoy the small pleasures in life, never taking time to listen to the Lord, instead of just talking to Him, then not spending time to try to hear the answers. "Hearing Him" takes practice. At first, you may get impressions or inspirations, and wonder "did this idea come from me or from the adversary or from the Lord?" But as we act on those promptings and guidance, we soon hear/feel His guidance more loudly/strongly.
May you feel the strength and comfort that comes from the Lord. May you feel that He knows you and your limitations, He expects less from you than you think He does, and He expects less from you than your church might, and less than the world might expect. May you know that you only have to try to improve on your own life, (making it simplified and more peaceful, not more materialistic), and may you try not to be better than anyone else, but try to be better (in your own goals) tomorrow than you were yesterday.Bless each of you!Sheila
P.S. I really need to publicly thank the Lord for letting me live in the age of Internet! How did people who were sick and possibly stuck at home alone ever survive without it?


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The Environmental Protection Agency will investigate claims by two magazines that the Ford C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid aren't living up to their 47 mpg overall rating, The Detroit News reports.
According to a statement released on Saturday, the EPA will review data from Consumer Reports' tests of the Ford hybrids, in which both hybrids fell well short of the 47 mpg earned in all three EPA categories (city, highway, combined).
Consumer Reports says its most accurate numbers for the C-Max are 35 mpg city, 38 mpg highway, and 37 mpg combined. The Fusion scored 35 mpg city, 41 mpg highway, and 39 mpg combined.
Green Car Reports also noticed a discrepancy in the Fords' mpg numbers. It could only get 40 mpg out of the C-Max Hybrid.
The EPA did not say what form its investigation would take or, as is the case with Hyundai and Kia, it would consider penalizing Ford. The agency did say that it believes the variability inherent in switching back and forth from gasoline to electric power might be the source of the problem.
"There's absolutely no doubt: A hybrid is going to be far more variable than a conventional vehicle," Linc Wehrly, director of light-duty vehicle center compliance at the EPA's Ann Arbor, Michigan laboratory told the Detroit News.
Ford agreed; a spokesman said the company has received varying mileage reports from customers, including some above 47 mpg, depending on driving style and driving conditions.
Consumer Reports says the Toyota Prius got six fewer mpg in real-world testing, and Car and Driver says the Camry Hybrid also missed the EPA mark in its tests.
However, the EPA's own survey of consumers still show a bit of a discrepancy. On its Fueleconomy.gov site, the EPA allows owners to post their mileage, and displays the average next to the official mpg ratings.
As of this writing, the C-Max Hybrid was rated at 39.4 mpg, based on results from 33 owners. The Fusion Hybrid scored 40.6 mpg, based on 15 owner reports. Both groups included vehicles from different states with roughly equal amounts of city and highway driving.
The Prius, rated at 50 mpg combined, is currently scoring 51.1 mpg in the real-world survey. The Camry Hybrid is rated at 40 mpg combined, and is currently scoring 39.8 mpg.
Depending on the results of its investigation, the EPA could force Ford to lower its mpg ratings, taking away a significant selling point for the Blue Oval's wares. Ford could also find itself in the same position as Hyundai and Kia, who are compensating owners that bought cars with inflated mpg claims.
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On the first day of the 2009 Academy of Management Conference, I attended a great panel discussion on the topic: "Success in Academia". I might add "and Beyond", as the advice given is also relevant to learning, personal productivity and career in general.
The participants were three Academy of Management Laureates, each of them with an academic career spanning over 40 years.
• Distinguished Professor Michael A. Hitt, from Texas A&M University
• Emeritus Professor Edwin A. Locke, from The University of Maryland, College Park
• Distinguished Professor Fred Luthans, from The University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
The discussion focussed on the journey to become an independent scholar. I have structured their advice into 5 sections:
1. Learning through apprentiship
• Stage 1 – Learn to analyse data by analysing existing datasets. Research assistantship is a useful step in this direction. "Data analysis is not just a science, it is also an art." Edwin Locke
• Stage 2 – Get involved in the design of studies.
• Stage 3 – Know how to write. The method and results sections are considered to be the easiest. The introduction is the most difficult to write. Reviewers have a hard time getting past the data.
• Stage 4 – Write the discussion section – the easiest to write.
• Stage 5 – Job search preparation. At The University of Maryland a job preparation seminar takes place several times a year, addressing the topic of what it is like to be a professor. All candidates are requested to try 2-3 times their job interview presentation.
• Stage 6 – Seek individual advice customised to personal values, interests. Doctoral students are very poor at introspection.
2. Guidance through mentoring
• Senior academics are interested to provide help with questions about ethics, strategies, getting citations, making tenure upon finishing with the dissertation, etc.
• Professor Michael A. Hitt supervised 85 doctoral students over 40 year career. His mentoring methods changed from early, mid to late stage in the career.
• PhD. students fall in two categories:
1. Irrational type – fixed idea, can't get out of it.
2. Smart and creative – you can have a rational discussion with them.
Assistant Professors are more rigid.
3. Mistakes made by young researchers
• Junior faculty not getting involved in research soon/early enough. They are unlikely to get tenure as a result. Some don't get it and some don't want to.
How to avoid it: An option is to volunteer to review research and make comments.
• Research students lock in on a topic way too quickly after the first exposure to a seminar – topic.
How to avoid it: Take at least one year of review and thinking before locking in a PhD. research topic.
• Not a good idea to select a topic the supervisor has done work in.
How to avoid it: Instead the following rule should be used: pick a topic that interest you; if the supervisor has some knowledge or interest, will supervise.
• Researchers don't do parallel research. They start one project and stick to that. The linear process is a disaster. The tunnel vision doesn't work. The duration between design and acceptance extended from 1 to 5 years now due to reviews and reviewers. An assistant professor has about 6 years to make tenure.
How to avoid it: Need to hedge your risks, especially under time pressure. Always work on multiple projects. 5-7 projects at the same time.
• PhD. students shouldn't be involved in reviewing papers for academic journals. An unexperienced reviewer has tunnel vision, often picks on one thing and expands on it, while missing the point of the article. There are many junior faculty members on the editorial boards of journals. One reviewer didn't know what self-efficacy meant.
4. Personal research productivity. Personal habits that help being productive.
1. Productivity takes effort, time, concentration and motivation.
2. There is no substitute for hard work. Hard work trumps intellect.
3. To be a world class expert you need 10,000 hours of effort in that field.
4. Avoid procrastination , although it is common in any field around the world.
5. It helps to choose – when and where to work to be productive.
6. You need uninterrupted time to work on research.
7. Establishing rituals and goals works for research productivity. You have got to set up and customise rituals and routines – specific times and specific behaviours. We all use them in day to day life – from being an athlete to brushing teeth. Examples:
• 7-11pm every night in the office at home.
• Stay at home on a particular day: i.e. Thursday.
• Write early in the morning: 7-11am.
• University office time late in the afternoon.
• Rule – only work in the office.
• 5pg./day = x pages/year.
8. Once you have a ritual, feel good for doing it or feeling guilty for not going it.
9. Collaboration is also important. Working with others is important as you get a lot more done – division of labour helps. Need to be sure the uni tenure doesn't penalise collaborative research.
10. Delegation. Data analysis can be delegated to others. There are new mantas – hierarchical linear regression. The method should reflect what you need.
11. Motivation. To be a good researcher for a long time you have to love it. The entire process – conceptualising, designing, writing , dealing with reviewers. You have to love writing and the process of discovery. You also need to be tenacious in the face of failure.
12. Develop ability to work fast.
13. Keep up to date with business news – Business Week, Fortune magazine.
5. Career Advice
• Career success comes from research – this is how you get distinguished professorship. A large portion of the pie for research. In the order of priority: 1. Research, 2. Teaching, 3. Committee work
• Goal in research – do good work. Not fame and popularity.
• Exposure from textbooks helps a lot for promotion and tenure.
• On teaching: not value in listing tools and listing theories. A better way to teach management is to teach principles. Write chapters around principles. Integrate knowledge into principles and sub principles.
• The data is not what you want.
• Need to be open in the approach to research.
• Pay attention to what is being done, not just doing it
• Insert a set of values in what you do.


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For the first time it's equipped with a patented start/stop/reset mechanism which allows the watch to be used to the limits that humans can dive – but it can go much further as each watch is tested to resist and go beyond 2000 feet.
The famous GRAHAM lever and patented system activates the chronograph without fail. Placed on the left side of the case, the trigger has been re-designed to become the only control pusher of the chronograph start/stop and reset, making it easy for divers to activate the functions even with thick neoprene gloves.
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Dancing With The Stars Season 18 Finals: Astrology Study And Numerology Predictions
Hi All! It's Vogue back again to introduce another one of DonaMadrina's fun Numerology Prediction posts. This time she analyzes the couples numbers for the Finals of Dancing With The Stars Season 18!! Dona also goes through last week's numbers for what happened in the Semi-Finals. I've also included a little Astrology information in this post at the end for you to think about in mixing up things further. 🙂 Ok, let's get started, shall we?
Battle of the 9's – Part II
by DonaMadrina
WEEK 9 Reviewed
So Charlie went home! 🙁 Was that surprising to me from the numbers? Yes…and no.
As I mentioned last week, numerology is as much an art as a science. Knowing how to "read" the numbers takes years of practice, especially when there is so much duality in the charts, i.e. too close to call.
Hindsight is golden, as they say. And, darn! I wished I had talked about "Week 9's" numbers in the verbiage of Part I. Though I included the charts, had I elaborated on them, we'd have seen an important piece of information that might have hinted at Charlie possibly being in trouble. Charlie's elimination is much more obvious now – but this is hindsight. Read more..


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B.J. Novak appears at the Atlanta History Center on Friday, February 21, 2014 at 7:00 PM.
Press Release:
B.J. Novak's literary debut is an endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive, and startlingly original collection that signals the arrival of a welcome new voice in American fiction.
In One More Thing, a boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes – only to discover that claiming the winnings may unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins – turning for help to the famed motivator himself. A school principal unveils a bold plan to permanently abolish arithmetic. An acclaimed ambulance driver seeks the courage to follow his heart and throw it all away to be a singer-songwriter. Author John Grisham contemplates a monumental typo. A new arrival in heaven, overwhelmed by infinite options, procrastinates over his long-ago promise to visit his grandmother. We meet a vengeance-minded hare, obsessed with scoring a rematch against the tortoise who ruined his life; and post-college friends who debate how to stage an intervention in the era of Facebook. We learn why wearing a red t-shirt every day is the key to finding love; how February got its name; and why the stock market is sometimes just…down.
B.J. Novak is a writer and actor best known for his work on NBC's Emmy-Award winning comedy series "The Office" as an actor, writer, director, and executive producer. He is also recognized for his standup comedy performances and his roles in motion pictures such as Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Disney's Saving Mr. Banks, and Sony's upcoming Amazing Spider-Man 2. He is a graduate of Harvard University with a degree in English and Spanish literature.
This lecture will be held at the Atlanta History Center. Tickets are $30 members; $40 nonmembers. Each ticket includes lecture admission and a copy of One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories. Reservations are required for all lectures. Please call 404.814.4150 or reserve your tickets online at AtlantaHistoryCenter.com/Lectures.
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