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I just want to start off this post with a huge THANK YOU to all of the Jewish Hostesses that sent in pictures of their Passover holiday tables. I can't describe to all of you how excited I get whenever I get a recipe, an email of encouragement, and especially when you share a bit of your holiday with me and all of the Jewish Women all over the world.
Take a peek at all of the gorgeous Passover Table submission Pics! Click HERE!
The effort and creativity that went into these seder tables are a true inspiration to all Klal Yisrael. You should know that we have many young and newly married Jewish women reading this blog, and many have told me that though they haven't made their first seder yet, but they have been inspired by all of YOU. Whether you used your finest china, a bento box as a seder plate, or even gorgeous plastic plates from Amazing Savings, it was really about the unique HOLIDAY MEMORIES that you have created, and will be remembered and re-told for generations to come.
The unique and gorgeous Seder Table pics that you have sent in are as unique as the beautiful Jewish Hostess behind them.
Originally Josh the florist decided to give $100 worth of flowers to ONE winner…. but we looked at all the submissions and I said, "Josh, how can we just choose ONE, so many were great..." so he agreed to 4 prizes, (which I think was very nice of him- don't you think?)
Visit Josh and Co. Florist at their brand new location in Brooklyn, at 1965 McDonald Avenue Between Kings Highway and Quentin Road.
Judged by originality, creativity, most Facebook "likes", most comments and emails sent to me as votes, the winners are:
With the MOST FACEBOOK "LIKES" and the most original idea for a seder plate:
Winner #1:
to receive a $100 gift certificate to JOSH AND CO. FLOWERS:
Truly "out of the box" seder plate!
check out her seder table HERE
Winner #2 :
$50. worth of flowers from Josh and co. to:
Alexis and Sarah Mizrahi who set up their whole seder table as a surpise for their mother!
Check out A Seder Table That Could Split the Sea! Click HERE
Winner #3:
$50. Worth of Flowers from Josh and Co.
Thank you Sarah Mamiye for sending in your elegant seder!
Her table that looks like a million! shh… don't tell anyone that the dishes were from Amazing Savings and vases are from Home Goods!!!!
Click HERE to check it out!!!
Winner #4:
$35 worth of flowers from Josh and Co.
An elegant seder that really gave her family the experience of coming out of Egypt!
Smoke (Victoria bought a smoke machine on Halloween and saved it for her Passover seder!) frogs, and a gorgeous table.
Check out Victoria Arnold's seder HERE. Thank You Victoria for sending in your seder pics!!!
Winner # 5-
A Jewish Hostess Apron for April Yvonne Adams! Her gorgeous Passover eggs inspired so many
readers!!! they almost look fake !!! check out her authentic "leaving the desert seder" HERE.
Related articles
- An Elegant Seder That Brings Back Memories of Generations Past (thejewishhostess.com)
- Who Wants to Win $100 Worth of Shabbat or Holiday Spring Flowers? (thejewishhostess.com)


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Kroll Report Finds Fraud, Cyber-Attacks Increased in 2016
Kroll Report Finds Fraud, Cyber-Attacks Increased in 2016
The Kroll Global Fraud and Risk Report for 2016 shows that cyber-fraud incidents increased during 2016, though not all the news was bad.
Fraud Increased in 2016
According to the Kroll Global Fraud and Risk Report, fraud has been increasing steadily since 2012. For 2016, 82 percent of survey respondents reported experiencing fraud, up from 75 percent in 2015.
The Impact of Fraud Varies
The majority (87 percent) of respondents indicated that fraud losses represented less than 3 percent of revenues in 2016. However, 3 percent of respondents noted that fraud losses represented 7 percent to 10 percent of revenue.
Ransomware not as Prevalent as Viruses
While ransomware has been cited by multiple other 2016 security reports as a growing trend, the Kroll report found that only 13 percent of respondents suffered a ransomware attack in 2016. In contrast, 33 percent identified "virus/worm infestation" as a cyber-incident they experienced in the past 12 months.
Software Vulnerabilities Enable Attacks
Cyber-attacks can be enabled by many different factors and events. The leading reason cited by the Kroll report was software vulnerabilities (26 percent).
Insiders are a Risk
For those companies reporting being the victim of a cyber-attack or information loss incident in 2016, employees were identified as primary perpetrators. Ex-employees were identified as the main cause by 20 percent of respondents, while 14 percent cited freelance or temporary employees as being the perpetrators of a cyber-event.
U.S. Companies Likely to Contact IT Service Vendor After a Breach
The Kroll report is a global study, with many of the statistics for the United States almost mirroring worldwide numbers. One area that differs, however, is the entity most commonly contacted following a cyber-incident. In the United States, 43 percent of respondents said they would contact an IT service vendor, while the global number is only 27 percent.
Most Organizations Already Have Risk Mitigation Policies
Though fraud is on the rise, the report has some positive findings, including the fact that 80 percent of respondents have developed and implemented security policies and procedures at their organizations.

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MTV GREEN-LIGHTS NEW UNSCRIPTED SERIES FOR 2014 SEASON INCLUDING "UNTITLED VIRGINS PROJECT" AND "MTV's HOUSE OF FOOD" (WT)
Pick-ups Include Two New Afternoon Series "SNACKDOWN" (WT) and "The Ex and the Why"
MTV Also Picks up Season 4 of Hit Scripted Series "Awkward" with New Show Runners: Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler
Santa Monica, CA (August 5, 2013) - MTV announced today the pick-up of four new unscripted shows set to debut in 2014. Part of the new schedule includes two prime time weekly series with "Untitled Virgins Project," a docu-series following the lives of young adults as they navigate the world of relationships and sexual pressures all while sharing one major thing in common: virginity; and "MTV's House of Food" (working title) featuring young aspiring chefs living under one roof while competing in a variety of cooking competitions for a rare chance to win a career-launching apprenticeship.
Additionally, MTV green-lit two new afternoon series, "SNACKDOWN" (working title) from the beautifully twisted mind of Rob Dyrdek comes a new cooking competition show, challenging young cooks to unleash their imaginations on your standard "munchies fare" and elevate them to a fully baked art-form; and "The Ex and the Why" a 30-minute daytime strip where young adults who have unresolved issues from past relationships are given the chance to make amends.
In making the announcements, MTV President of Programming Susanne Daniels said, "We've got a pretty explosive line-up with this new slate of shows - virgins, food and exes - all part of the millennial palate." She added, "I'm very proud of our team who really dug deep to unearth unchartered areas or unique twists on genres that will appeal to our audience."
Daniels also announced the Season 4 pick-up of MTV's hit scripted series, "Awkward" with new show runners. Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler ( "90210," "Cashmere Mafia," "Are You There, Chelsea?" and "Reba") will now serve as Executive Producers of the popular scripted comedy. The second half of Season 3 of "Awkward" will premiere in October, with Season 4 running in 2014. The series was created by Lauren Iungerich.
Below are the new show descriptions and credits:
"Untitled Virgins Project" - This series follows the lives of young adults trying to maneuver the often tricky world of virginity which includes messy love lives, awkward parental sex talks, sexually active friends, and the pressure to give in to their temptations -- all of which can make for a very tumultuous journey. Throughout each episode of this hour-long weekly show, MTV will explore the stories of different v-card-carrying cast members across the country, all dealing with the overwhelming question of keeping their virginity... or losing it. The series will be supported with informational resources from MTV's Emmy and Peabody-winning "It's Your (Sex) Life" campaign, which empowers young people to make better decisions about their sexual health.
Endemol USA
Executives in Charge for MTV:
· Lauren Dolgen
· Colin Nash
· James DeSimas
· Julie Schwachenwald
"MTV's House of Food" - In this drama-infused take on food TV, a group of young aspiring chefs with no formal culinary training are put to the ultimate challenge. "MTV's House of Food" (working title) is a one hour, weekly docu-series that combines the exciting real-life competitive elements of culinary school, with the dramatic setting of a house reality show. The cast has been chosen for their passion for cooking and food culture, and their backgrounds are as varied as their personalities. With three of the country's best chefs as their teachers and the gastronomically diverse city of Los Angeles as their classroom, this determined group will live together and learn together but only one will win an apprenticeship of a lifetime.
T Group Productions
· Jenny Daly
· Mike Duffy
Executives in Charge for MTV:
· Tony DiBari
· Karen Frank
· Elaine Metaxas
· Matthew Parillo
· Marcy Dyno
"SNACKDOWN" -- From the mind of Rob Dyrdek comes a new cooking competition show, which takes mundane munchies and elevates it to a fully baked art-form! "SNACKDOWN" (working title) is a half hour strip, cooking competition show where a group of amateur chefs battle it out in an array of "snack" inspired challenges. Host Eddie Huang brings his culinary skills and snack-expertise to help guide our contestants through these unique challenges. Then it's up to our three judges to decide each amateur chef's fate. The panel consists of supermodel and foodie fanatic Chrissy Teigen, master chef Jason Quinn, and a third judge TBA. The contestants are all vying for a cash prize, their recipe published in the "SNACKDOWN" cookbook, and the coveted golden spork necklace!
Superjacket Productions
· Rob Dyrdek
· Shane Nickerson
Broken Road Productions
· Todd Garner
Executives in Charge for MTV:
· Lauren Dolgen
· Kristina Edwards
· Michelle Klepper
"The Ex and the Why" - All too often relationships end with unanswered questions and hurt feelings. In every episode of this half hour strip, someone gets the opportunity to finally get closure and just maybe a second chance at happiness and love. Each brokenhearted participant will walk us through the ups and downs of their failed relationship while our producers lure their ex into a surprise meeting. When all is finally revealed, will the exes get their lingering questions answered? And is there a chance to rekindle their relationship?
495 Productions
· SallyAnn Salsano
Executives in Charge for MTV:
· Lauren Dolgen
· James DeSimas
· Jennifer Russakoff
About MTV:
MTV is the world's premier youth entertainment brand. With a global reach of more than a half-billion households, MTV is the cultural home of the millennial generation, music fans and artists, and a pioneer in creating innovative programming for young people. MTV reflects and creates pop culture with its Emmy(R), Grammy(R) and Peabody(R) award-winning content built around compelling storytelling, music discovery and activism across TV, online and mobile. MTV's sibling networks MTV2 and mtvU each deliver unparalleled customized content for young males, music fans and college students, and its online hub MTV.com is a leading destination for music, news and pop culture. MTV is a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.


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'Cutch, Grilli team up in ninth to cap ASG experience
Outfielder goes 0-for-2, makes grab at wall behind closer; Alvarez pops out in lone AB
NEW YORK -- In a win, Andrew McCutchen and Jason Grilli might have been heroes. Instead, they have to settle for being All-Stars and getting to go back to one of baseball's best teams. It's pretty good being a Pittsburgh Pirate these days.
McCutchen, Grilli and Pedro Alvarez all got to play in the National League's 3-0 loss to the American League in Tuesday night's 84th All-Star Game, and McCutchen and Grilli teamed up to save what could have been a much worse top of the ninth inning. Alvarez took the game's last at-bat, flying out against Joe Nathan.
Grilli escaped the top of the ninth without allowing a run despite permitting a leadoff triple to Prince Fielder. That was thanks in part to McCutchen's catch of an Alex Gordon liner just in front of the center-field wall. Had the NL rallied against Nathan, it would have been a memorable turning point.
"I was thinking, 'He's going to get out of this,' right away," said reliever Mark Melancon, who became the fifth Pirates All-Star when he was selected to replace the injured Jeff Locke. "That's what Jason does. I wasn't shocked at all that he got out of it."
Grilli was unfazed by the jam.
"Just having fun," he said. "No pressure. This is a fun place to be. I work real hard, and if I can't enjoy this, I don't know. I want to do this again. I might be old, this is my first time, but I'd love to do it again."
The NL loss dampened some spirits in the clubhouse, but it was a memorable few days for the Pittsburgh representatives just the same. McCutchen went 0-for-2 with a stolen base while playing the final 6 1/2 innings. Alvarez played two innings at third base and got the one at-bat, while Grilli pitched the ninth.
"It was fun, being able to go out and play the game, get a couple opportunities to hit," said McCutchen, who was playing in his third All-Star Game. "It's always fun to get that. I had a lot of fun doing it. Definitely another All-Star Game that I'll remember.
Melancon did not pitch, and Locke was not on the active roster after suffering some back discomfort last week. Together, they made up the largest Pirates All-Star delegation since 1972, and now they head back to work on some more history -- getting Pittsburgh into the postseason for the first time since 1993.
"I'm always excited to play with my guys, my teammates," Alvarez said. "It's going to be nice to see them again, get back with them, get in sync with them again and get back to it."
Alvarez was in a bit of a tough spot. He was backing up hometown hero David Wright, the starting third baseman and the face of the Mets' franchise. Wright, unsurprisingly, played the bulk of the game before the home fans.
Still, Alvarez got two innings and an at-bat. The game was extended when Paul Goldschmidt doubled with two outs in the ninth, allowing the third baseman to hit.
"I wanted to be able to get up there and get an at-bat and just be part of the whole experience," Alvarez said.
Melancon warmed up during the bottom of the eighth, but was never called to appear in the game. He said it didn't change what the trip meant to him.
"It was just too many guys for innings, so I understand that," the Bucs' setup man said. "I got a little look in down there. It was fun. Just to be a part of this was really special."
Locke knew all along that he wouldn't pitch. Like Melancon, it didn't diminish his enthusiasm for the week one bit. But Locke never gave so much as a single thought to staying home and resting. He wasn't missing this opportunity.
"It's overwhelming for us," Locke said. "It's special. The whole couple days here have been special. Unfortunately, it goes way too fast. But at the same time, you don't want the All-Star break to be too long. You just want to get back to work, get back to the guys. That's what we're most excited for."
The Bucs get two more days off before hitting the road for a big trip to start the second half. They open against the third-place Reds, then travel to face the Nationals and Marlins on a 10-game trip.
"We've got a unique bond among the team," Melancon said. "Coming here with five guys is special. I've heard several guys say, 'Hey, you guys have got a good ballclub. Keep it going.' There's a respect for us, and we've earned that and we need to continue it."


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Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice on - Mission to Chad (A/HRC/38/46/Add.2)
Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons - Mission to Chad (A/HRC/13/21/Add.5)
Report of Mónica Pinto, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Chad (E/CN.4/2005/121)
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In September 2007, the Security Council, by its resolution 1778, approved the establishment in Chad and the Central African Republic, in concert with the European Union, of a multidimensional presence in the CAR and in Chad with the aim to help create the security conditions conducive to a voluntary, secure and sustainable return of refugees and internally displaced persons.
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These should fare well on your holiday dinner table or any day, whether or not oysters are on the menu.
Foggy Ridge Serious Cider
GREAT VALUE Three stars
Virginia, $17
Foggy Ridge helped launch the artisanal cider movement that's sweeping the nation. All its ciders are terrific, but this is my favorite. Made from heirloom apple varieties, it has bubbles to celebrate any occasion and a tannic bite that helps it stand up to rich foods. Alcohol by volume: 7.5 percent.
Champ de Reves Pinot Noir 2011
Three stars
Anderson Valley, Calif., $37
Anderson Valley, in California's Mendocino County, benefits from temperatures cooler than those in Napa and Sonoma counties to the south, making it ideal territory for pinot noir. This is a prime example: rich in flavor with blueberry and wood spice and sleek in body, with a lingering finish. ABV: 14.5 percent.
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Chatham Vineyards Church Creek Chardonnay Steel 2012
GREAT VALUE Two and a half stars
Virginia, $16
Vintage after vintage, this wine displays rich tree-fruit flavors and an inner salinity that suggests the sea air wafting over the Eastern Shore. ABV: 12.5 percent.
Available at the winery.
The Dog and Oyster Vineyard Oyster White 2012
Two stars
Northern Neck of Virginia, $24
This wine is made from chardonel, a hybrid cross of chardonnay and seyval blanc. In body and mouth feel, it resembles an overripe muscadet. Its flavors are quince and peach with some talc minerality. Delicious. ABV: 12.5 percent.
Available from the winery.
Fiorini Becco Rosso Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro 2012
Two stars
Emilia-Romagna, Italy, $18
Lambrusco is a misunderstood wine, thanks to the fizzy sweet stuff our parents used to drink in the 1970s. Traditional lambrusco is a food-pairing wunderkind: fizzy, yes, but dry with cherry fruit and woodsy spice flavors to heighten your appetite. Unfortunately, because it is a niche wine, it isn't widely available. ABV: 12.6 percent.
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Looking for a new hero? How about Janell Hoffman? The mother of a 13-year-old who wanted a smartphone for Christmas decided she'd grant his big wish … but before Janell handed over the shiny new iPhone, the Massachusetts mom made teenage son Greg sign an 18-point contract she'd written up.
Love my cellphone though I do (seriously, you'll have to pry my iPhone from my cold, dead hands), I have to admit this woman is a mom after my own heart. Everywhere you turn, there's another "jerk with a cellphone," and parents handing them out to snot-nosed teenagers willy nilly doesn't exactly help. In fact, I'm wondering if Hoffman went far enough.
Hoffman's cellphone contract calls for her son to:
Keep your eyes up. See the world happening around you. Stare out a window. Listen to the birds. Take a walk. Talk to a stranger. Wonder without Googling.
All great points. But if you're fashioning your own contract for the kid, you might want to add in:
1. I will not text you from my bedroom when I could just get off my butt and walk into the kitchen.
2. I will not go over to Grandma's house and give her another reason to get on Mom's case about what a bad job she's doing as a parent because I was staring at the little box in my hand the entire time.
3. I will not download a ringtone that makes Mom jump out of her skin every single blessed time a friend calls.
4. I will not use it to photograph every single thing I eat and upload it to Facebook because it's now 2013, and, well, actually no one liked it in 2012 either.
5. I will use a password more complicated than 1234 or 1111 so that some jerk can't just jack my phone when I leave it in my locker.
6. I won't use it in English class and get it taken away from the teacher so Dad has to go up to the school and argue with the principal for an hour to get a $300 item back.
7. I will not duckface. Or take photos in the bathroom with Mom's bra hanging off the towel rack in the background.
8. I will take advantage of the maps and dictionary apps instead of asking Mom and Dad ANOTHER DUMB QUESTION.
9. If my Temple Run score is better than Mom's, I will not hold it over her head.
10. I will call when soccer practice is cancelled, not three hours later after all of my friends have left, and I'm standing in the freezing cold in a pissy mood about being alone and cold.
Come on, help a mother out, what are the annoying things your kids do with their cellphones that you could have prevented in a contract?
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A 4-year-old black Lab named Midnight is being credited with saving an elderly neighbor's life after he discovered her lying in the snow during last week's dangerous cold snap in Minnesota.
According to Tim Curfman, his alert pup found their 87-year-old neighbor when temperatures were hovering at about one degree below zero. Curfman and Midnight were taking out the garbage when he noticed that his dog was acting strange.
"She had her ears perked up looking at me. She doesn't normally do that. Sometimes you get that feeling something's up," Curfman told WCCO.
Curfman followed the 4-year-old Lab out to a spot on the other side of the house where they discovered their elderly neighbor, Noreen, who had fallen in the snow while trying to fill a bird feeder.
"We figured she was out there at least a half an hour," said Curfman. "She could not have gotten up because her gloves had gotten wet and she didn't have enough strength in her fingers to push herself up. Nothing around the corner to get up and get a hold of either."
Curfman got Noreen get inside where his wife helped their 87-year-old neighbor change into some dry clothes. Fortunately, Noreen did not have any serious injuries and was able to avoid frostbite, WCCO reported.
"We've been very proud of her because it's not every dog that pays attention to things like this," said Curfman. "And she got so many treats it was a shame."


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Wake up surrounded by orchids and hummingbirds in the cloud forests of the Andes
Embracing its position as the highest capital city in the world, Quito offers the opportunity to have your feet on the ground and your head in the clouds – quite literally. Journey from the colonial city streets to the cloud forest jungle to discover the verdant slopes of the Andes, where more than 330 species of bird make their home and the bright flowers of orchids and bromeliads vie for your attention.
- Start
- Quito, Ecuador
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- Quito, Ecuador
- Destination
- Ecuador
- Style
- Independent Experiences
- Theme
- Independent Experiences
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- Min 5
- Group size
- Min 1, Max 4
Why you'll love this trip
Explore the charming cobbled streets and architectural marvels of Quito's old town
Take in spectacular views along the scenic mountain road en route to the ecolodge
Hear the many different timbres of tweeting tropical birds as you awake each morning
Hike through the cloud forest with a naturalist guide to learn more about this remarkably diverse ecosystem
Discover one of four beautiful waterfalls hidden in the forest
Is this trip right for you?
Peregrine's Independent Experiences are a range of short 'mini tours' that you can add to other Experiences or as an extension to a longer tour, to craft your perfect holiday itinerary. Independent Experiences are for 1-4 travellers, come accompanied by a local Peregrine guide and depart daily.
- Hotel Patio Andaluz or similar (1 night)
Included Activities
- Complimentary airport arrival transfer
Meals IncludedThere are no meals included on this day.
- Bellavista Cloud Forrest lodge (1 night)
Meals Included
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Hotel Patio Andaluz or similar (1 night)
Meals Included
- Breakfast
- Lunch
Included Activities
- Complimentary Departure Transfer
Meals Included
- Breakfast
Special InformationAt Peregrine we are always looking for ways to improve our trips and your feedback is invaluable to us and to our tour guides. It tells us what we're doing right, what you believe could be done better and what improvements you feel could help future travellers choose and enjoy Peregrine. At the end of your trip we ask that you to take a few minutes of your time to complete our on-line feedback form. Just go to peregrineadventures.com/tour-feedback for our easy to fill out questionnaire. We'd love to hear what you have to say!
Meals3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner
TransportPrivate vehicle
AccommodationEco Lodge (1 night), Comfortable hotel (2 nights)
Included Activities
- Complimentary airport arrival transfer
- Complimentary Departure Transfer
Dates & availability - 2021 season
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There are currently no scheduled departures on our Cloud Forest Experience - Independent trip. If you are interested in other trips in the region visit one of the links below.
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The number of sound bar enthusiasts is growing but many of them found themselves disappointed with their purchases. This blog provides sound bar reviews aimed at helping enthusiasts like yourself make informed decision. With proper basic understanding, you can avoid unwanted surprises with your next sound bar purchase.
A sound bar (or soundbar) refers to the usually horizontal long and slim bar of speaker. In laymen terms, a sound bar is understood as a single piece speaker system that is capable of mimicking the performance of multi-speakers home theater systems. In an even simpler term, it is nothing more than a single piece speaker system that can produce surround sound-like quality. In some cases, an additional sub-woofer makes a complete sound bar set.
Compared to its multi-speaker home theater counterpart, a sound bar comes with several advantages. In almost all sound bar reviews, the most often touted benefit of sound bar is its minimal space requirement. Sound bars are in most cases ergonomically designed. The golden rule is the smaller the better.
Clearly, the trend today is moving toward thinner or slimmer LED TV. Technology aside, room saving is the biggest lures that contributed to the TV revolution from bulky CRT tube-based to the inch-thin LED TV that we are seeing today. As land scarcity pushes up land prices in major cities like San Francisco and New York, flat mongers faced with space constraints will be the biggest beneficiary of such trend.
The slim design found in the new HD LED TV is good for space optimization but it is not good for sound experience. As the race among all TV manufacturers is to produce the world's slimmest TV, there is simply no way to build a good speaker system inside the TV. Sound bar is the solution to this problem. By hooking up the sound bar to your HD LED TV, you can enjoy surround-like home theater experience without having to place multiple speakers in the room.
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If you are an audiophile, sound bar is definitely not an option for you. Costing a fraction of high fidelity home theater systems, surround sound bar systems are definitely no match when compared against high quality home theater systems powered by multiple speakers. At one extreme, the set up of high quality multi speaker system involves callibration of the location and the angle that each speaker is to be placed. To achieve the ultimate surround home theater experience, this is a task that is left best to the professionals.
In the case of sound bar, what you are getting is virtual surround sound. Note the term virtual used here. You do not need any complicated set up and callibration with sound bar. You can pick a brand new set from such stores as Best Buy or Target. What you need to do is unbox and plug a few cables to the power and audio output from your TV, set top box or DVD / Blueray player.
What does it mean by virtual surround experience? It means that the sound bar will generate pre-processed audio signals. The pre-processed audio will trick your ear into thinking that the source of the audio source is not from where your sound bar is located but rather from different corners of your room. Given the surround sound bar price, you do not expect an audiophile quality. However, you are already getting a much better sound quality compared to the sound that is output directly from your flat screen LED / LCD TV.
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Wireless sound bar refers to sound bar set that comes with a wireless sub-woofer. This means that unlike typical multi-speaker system where the different speakers need to be connected via cables, the sub-woofer is now connected to the main sound bar unit albeit minus the cable.
Sub-woofer is the part of the system that produces low frequency audio signal or better known as the bass. Producing powerful and good quality bass is challenging due to the difficulty in generating low frequency sounds and the high power required. That is why sub-woofer is usually a separate unit from the main sound bar itself.
With wireless sound bar, you have the benefit of one less cable to manage. In addition, the sub-woofer, being wireless, offers higher degree of flexibility in its placement within the room. For more elaborate discussion, check out our wireless subwoofer reviews.
Based on our latest sound bar reviews, the top leading sound bar brands are Samsung, LG, Vizio, Yamaha and Sony. Samsung and LG are the market leaders, mainly thanks to their aggressive pricing approach. Since they are both the world's largest thin-panel TV manufacturers, this should come as no surprise because quite often, they will usually sell the TV and sound bar in one bundle. Overall, our pick for the best sound bar goes to Yamaha YAS-201. Read on to find out why.
The Sony HT-CT660 is a 330-Watt audio system designed to reproduce the natural warmth of audio from numerous wired and wireless sources. The 2.1 channel configuration partners a powerful wireless subwoofer to the sound bar, blending the sound between the two high-performance components. These are defining factors in looking for the best sound bar on the market, but there's a great deal more to this unit. I refer to Bluetooth functionality, clutter-free installation, and a comprehensive set of inputs that place the system in stellar...read more
The tangle of wires associated with surround speakers can quickly be reduced by adopting this sound bar system from Sony. Poised as a solution to the multiple speaker issue, the Pioneer SP-SB23W is an elegant two-piece solution, a solid entry among competing sound bar reviews. It's comprised of a compact but powerful subwoofer and a long, skinny sound bar equipped with six high-quality speakers. Both devices fit equally well into a hi-tech living room space or a well-appointed living room, thanks to the black composite wood carved...read more
Designed to maintain a low profile, the ZVOX 555 sound bar system is there to ensure that you have the best quality sound possible. It can fit directly underneath a flat screen television. It is designed to be a truly plug and play system. Another fantastic feature of the device is that it allows you to easily add a set of speakers and have a functional surround sound system almost instantly. Those whom have contributed ZVOX 555 reviews have proclaimed its benefits in many different areas. This is especially true considering it as being a...read more
Long gone are the days when the only worthy sound system that you'd find would make you $10-$20 less because you had to go to the cinema to enjoy a decent movie. Nowadays, a home theater is a necessary addition to a home entertainment system. For me, however, I had to go through a bunch of Polk Audio Surroundbar IHT 6000 reviews to know what really inspires me in a "home theater". For starters, let me draw the line between sound bars and home theaters. While home theaters are becoming increasingly complicated, sound bars...read more
You've just bought a shiny new flat screen TV and can't wait to start watching my favorite movies and shows. To your dismay, upon turning it on, you notice that though the TV's picture quality is impeccable, the sound is utterly lacking. You are unable to understand dialogue in loud action movies; the television system vibrates at times; and there is nearly no bass in music tracks. If you have such experience, then welcome to the reality world of LED TV era. You are not the first and obviously not the only one having such...read more


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By Doug Miller
In reading the coverage of the FTC announcement that it was not going to pursue any real action against Google for favoritism of its own products in the web search market, I was surprised to see how few commentators have raised the point that there can't be a search "market" when no one pays for that service. And that the users of web search are, in fact, the product that Google sells to the consumers of the market it does monopolize – online advertising. Or the fact that by using its advertising revenues to provide services to users for free or greatly discounted it can collapse those markets and own them as well.
For over a year and a half, many experts who follow the Internet economy have wisely pointed out that the real consumers in the online search business are advertisers, not the users who interact with the search engine. One of the most profound "aha" moments for me came when I read Nathan Newman's article "You're Not Google's Customer — You're the Product: Antitrust in a Web 2.0 World" back in March 2011. He correctly argued that web browser users who interact with Google search are in fact the product that gets sold to the real customer – the online advertiser. Given that no money changes hands between a web user and Google or any other web search engine provider, there is no search engine market. The information provided by the user is collected by Google and used to match the user with paid ads. The revenue event takes place when the user clicks on a link to an advertiser's website and at that point, the monetary transaction takes place – between Google and the advertiser. In Nathan Newman's most recent article (FTC "Brought Forth a Couple of Mice" in Slapping Google on the Wrist), he makes many of the same points again.
So for the FTC to consider the users of search engines as consumers, when these users do not pay for the web search session, seems incredibly misguided. It is not surprising that the FTC had a tough time determining harm to the consumer when they have been looking at the wrong consumer all this time.
Yet, there are at least two areas where there is a clear consumer-provider relationship, where there is evidence of harm and yet the FTC has completely ignored the markets.
Advertisers are harmed by Google's search monopoly
While web search engine users pay nothing to conduct an online search, advertisers pay dearly for premier ad placement beside the search results in the hope that the user will click on their link, go to their site and buy their product or service. This is a great model since end users are matched up with relevant ads based on the keywords that are used in the search. Yet there is a dark side to this model. Given that Google has a monopoly position in online search, advertisers really have no other choice when it comes to buying effective online ads. As more advertisers use Google AdWords, the cost per click for each keyword goes up as more companies vie for user eyeballs. This scramble for placement "above the fold" drives the price for keywords ever higher in a land grab for attention. With no other viable alternative for search engine advertising, the prices spiral upwards at alarming rates. The result is that advertisers pay more and more for advertising while getting no improvement in the quality of click-throughs. And Google sits back and simply collects the cash.
I know for my own business, the cost per click for Google AdWords has gone up substantially over the last 6 years. I spend more on AdWords now than I do for healthcare plans (and we all know how expensive healthcare plans are).
The New York Times ran a very interesting series on this phenomenon. In the words of Sharon Geltner, an analyst at the Small Business Development Center, "AdWords can bleed many a small business dry."
Plus you now have a situation where Google is entering new markets and is able to give its new offerings free prime advertising placement while its competitors have to pay substantial fees for similar placement. Just try doing a Google search for "smartphone" or "cloud computing" or "web apps" and see where Google's ads appear. Note that this is subtly different than the search bias that the FTC looked into. In my opinion, this is much worse.
So for advertisers, you could definitely build a case that Google is harming consumers (i.e. businesses placing ads) by exploiting its monopoly in the web search space to drive up the price of advertising. But it appears the FTC does not care about this type of "consumer."
Google Apps customers will ultimately be harmed
While advertising makes up 96% of Google's revenue, Google does generate some revenue selling Google Apps to business, education and government customers. Many customers have welcomed the extremely low (or even free as is the case in education) per-user prices that Google charges for Google Apps which includes Gmail, Drive and other cloud-based services. Yet again, there is a dark side to this model. Google is running a well-known tactic of using profits from a monopoly business (online advertising) to subsidize a low-priced offering in an adjacent market (cloud-based productivity applications such as email and document management) with the goal of driving out competitors who are not able to cross-subsidize their offerings. At the moment, consumers only see the short-term positive side which is lower pricing. But once the other competitors are driven out of the new market, Google will be left as the only competitor and will be free to raise prices, dictate the features or reduce investment – all of which will ultimately harm consumers.
There are other areas of potential harm to these consumers related to privacy and the use of personal user or business information in order to enhance Google's advertising business. This is particularly an issue for government customers who are storing sensitive government and taxpayer data in these services. Many, including myself, have written about these data protection issues and this has been an area of focus for regulators around the world.
Again, the FTC has passed up the opportunity to investigate these Google consumer relationships and the potential long-term harm of Google's business practices.
With the FTC case closed, the ball is now in the court of European regulators and many state attorneys general. It will be interesting to see if these regulators "get it" and will focus on the harm to the real consumers of Google's offerings: advertisers and Google Apps customers.


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Everyone saw it coming last week. A tight LOLA blob of purple and red spinning off the coast of Japan. Big-wave contests from Hawaii to NorCal to Oregon went on amber alert. Big-wave chargers started pricing plane tickets and re-waxing guns. Regular-wave surfers began eyeing the closest pointbreak and putting hours on the homefront in hopes of some free weekend time.
Like most swell events, turns out some places were better than others. Here's why:
"As the storm tracked to the northeast it grew in both size and intensity, with satellite measured wind speeds of 45-65 knots
over a large area and confirmed seas of 40-45'+," said Surfline's Kevin Wallis. "This kicked up a very long-period northwest groundswell that moved across the Pacific, and impacted California January 19th-22nd, with significant swell energy in the 20-25 second period band."
This swell may not have been the biggest or the most consistent, but the shape and conditions were epic, especially at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Long period swells mean that there are breaks between the sets that are long enough to actually paddle out at OB without getting completely denied, though there were some heavy beat downs dished out. Massive, perfect peaks awaited those with big enough cajones to paddle out. One of the best swells I have ever seen at Ocean Beach.


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[ 咸蛋VS皮蛋 ]I am really curious, why does salted egg named salted egg, and preserved egg named preserved egg? Both are preserved?
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Salted Duck Egg
Chinese preserved food product made by soaking duck eggs in brine, or packing each egg in damp salted charcoal. In Asian supermarkets, these eggs are sometimes sold covered in a thick layer of salted charcoal paste. The eggs may also be sold with the salted paste removed, wrapped in plastic, and vacuum packed. From the salt curing process, the salted duck eggs have a briny aroma, a very liquid egg white and a yolk that is bright orange-red in colour, round, and firm in texture.
Salted duck eggs are normally boiled or steamed before being peeled and eaten as a condiment to congee or cooked with other foods as a flavorant. The egg white has a sharp, salty taste. The orange red yolk is rich, fatty, and less salty. The yolk is prized and is used in Chinese mooncakes to symbolize the moon.
Preserved Duck Egg / Century Egg
Century egg, also known as preserved egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg and thousand-year-old egg is a Chinese cuisine ingredient made by preserving duck, chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, lime, and rice straw for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing.
The yolk of the egg is concentrically variegated in pale and dark green colors while the egg white is dark brown and transparent, like cola. The yolk is creamy with a strong aroma and an almost cheese-like flavor. The egg white has a gelatinous texture similar to cooked egg white, but has very little taste. Some eggs have patterns near the surface of the egg white which are likened to pine branches. The egg is considered a delicacy in the west, but is quite common in the Far East.


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You pick up an article of clothing and the numbers are everywhere: 42, 46, 12, 10. What do they mean? How can a person know what to look with so many different sizes listed on the tags?
"It can be very intimidating trying to wrap your head around the sizes that are in the marketplace," says Stephanie Sack, owner of plus-size boutique Vive La Femme in Chicago. "Plus, there are a host of grades that average consumers don't know about; boutique grade, department store grade, not to mention the various grades in the plus sizes."
Sack says many items found in small boutique stores, or boutique grade, will run smaller as a rule. "These designers could be using their secretary or a friend of theirs as a model, and the whole line stems from that one body," she explains. "The department store grade is more for the mass market and tends to run larger."
Sack says a few years ago, designers started changing their sizes to make customers think they'd started to shrink.
"So what used to be a size 8 was reading as a size 4 on the label," she says. "You may see some decide to make a purchase based on this, but to what end do you deceive people into this false sense of being a certain size?"
"There are two kinds of customers who come into my store," says Corina Fallbacher, owner of Trill Boutique in Lisle. "There's the one who doesn't care what size the tag says as long as it looks good, and then there's the one who insists they won't buy anything over a size 8. This can be very frustrating since the designers and sizes are all over the board. And the European sizes in general seem to intimidate some."
So to break it down, a European size 34 might be the same as an American size 4, a 36 would be a 6 and so on. But experts say that even European sizes are all over the map, with some German and Italian sizes running larger than those from Paris. And if it's from Asia, it's likely going to run small.
"There's a line we call 'Junior Plus', because they're Asia's idea of what plus size is," says Sack. "But they aren't really big enough for real plus-size women. More like sizes 12-18."
As if that weren't confusing enough, some designers here and abroad have started skipping double digits altogether and are labeling garments sizes 1, 2, 3 or 4.
"That's basically just the equivalent to small, medium, large and extra large," says Sack.
Fallbacher says she doesn't carry European sizes, except for jeans. "And they also have the American sizes on the tag so people aren't confused," she says.
"A woman might buy a pair of 42 jeans, and they are a great fit," says Sack. "But if they have a size phobia and realize that could be translated into a double digits [in an] American size, they might not buy them. Like it makes them less of a person. It's a shame."
"The best advice I can give anyone to figuring all this out is just ignore the number on the tag and try on a variety," says Fallbacher. "Grab two sizes smaller than usual, and two sizes bigger, and just see how they work for you. There's always someone in my store versed in what designers run big or small and you can find what you need so much faster with a little help."
"There's a commercial for exercise equipment out there saying 'Now I don't to wear double-digit pants,' " adds Sack. "It's just so sad that the idea of wearing a 10 is a deal-breaker for some people. I know shopping is such a psychological experience, but if it fits like a glove, and you look fabulous, let go of that number and work it! That's much more attractive than someone who's walking around [ashamed]. When you rock an outfit, nobody cares what size it is."


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Lovin' this Kenny Chesney/Dave Matthews collaboration, lately.
I'm Alive, Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews
I'm pretty much in the "order" camp and don't believe in consequences, so I think that certain things are put in our path to show us the way, teach us lessons, wake us up, whatever. This song seems to be one of those needed entities, coming along at just the right moment to comfort, heal, encourage appreciation. It speaks to me for several reasons.
First, the lyrics. While I absolutely adore the melody of this song, I'm a lyrics maven. For me, the power of the words are what really defines a song, and these particularly speak to me:
So damn easy to say that life's so hard
Everybody's got their share of battle scars
As for me I'd like to thank my lucky stars that
I'm alive, and well
It'd be easy to add up all the pain
And all the dreams you sat and watched go up in flames
Dwell on the wreckage as it smolders in the rain
But not me, I'm alive
And today you know that's good enough for me
Breathin' in and out's a blessin' can't you see
Today's the first day of the rest of my life
And I'm alive, and well
I'm alive, and well
Stars are dancin' on the water here tonight
It's good for the soul, when there's not a soul in sight
But this boat has caught its wind and brought me back to life
Now I'm alive, and well
And today you know that's good enough for me
Breathin' in and out's a blessing can't you see
Today is the first day of the rest of my life
Now I'm alive, and well
Yeah I'm alive, and well
I'm a bit sympatico with Kenny Chesney due to his love of water, beach and life, in general, and most of his songs absolutely resonate with "everyday" people on everyday issues and concerns. We visit the beach fairly regularly and recently spent the Labor Day weekend there. Every time I go to the beach, it presents an opportunity to unwind, relax, and contemplate. (And I am a World Champion Contemplater.) This is a perfect song for that.
Second, it makes me feel good/better and makes me thankful for this day and for things to come. It reflects on the fact that LIFE IS HARD. And, it is…but as my BIL says, "God is good". While we all have trials and tribulations, we all have great triumphs and joys and really, isn't that what makes it worth getting out of bed every day? So, while I'm caught up in the tornado of life with Senior year, college choices, house selling, house building, aging parents, job worries, etc., etc., it illuminates the fact that HEY! I'M ALIVE.
Lastly, this song shows that country isn't all twang based (yes, Shrew I'm looking at you). This is a song that Dave Matthews' fans can accept and relate to — hell, even love. Kenny truly is more crossover than most Country artists and songs like this one really show his broad influences. I think when you boil it all down, a good song is a good song. As when Ray Charles did Country, it brings a new credibility to the once twang-laden genre. It's all about the emotion…the kun-NECK-shun.
So, take Kenny's song to heart today. While you trudge through whatever hell you suppose you have, remember….YOU'RE ALIVE!


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Mayor John Capoccia was first elected to the City Council in 2012 and served as Mayor of Sierra Madre from 2015 - 2016. In April 2016, Council Member Capoccia was re-elected to serve a second term. In February 2020, Mayor Capoccia was appointed to serve another term as Mayor. He has served on the Park and Recreation Commission (now Community Services Commission), and has volunteered on the General Plan Steering and Youth Master Plan committees, served on the Little League Board of Directors, and as President of the Pony Baseball League. Most recently he was Board Member of the Sierra Madre Community Foundation.
John and his wife Marta moved to their Sierra Madre home on West Highland Avenue in 1983 where they've raised their three children Lauren, Joseph, and Susan.
John retired in 2011 from AT&T, where he held engineering, managerial, and leadership positions over his 27 year career. John earned a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Los Angeles, and is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP®).
John is an avid tennis player and all-around outdoors enthusiast, and enjoys running the Mt. Wilson and Bailey Canyon trails, cycling, backpacking and fishing. He also enjoys working on his vintage BMWs. His favorite City-Sponsored event is the Mt. Wilson Trail race.
Mayor Pro Tem Capoccia currently represents Sierra Madre on the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control and at the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments.


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If you think it's hard to get your hands on an Apple iPad 2 now, gird up your loins: It's likely to get harder.
A range of manufacturing issues led to a shortfall in iPad shipments in Q1, according to a story by Dow Jones Newswires. Market researcher IHS iSuppli has cut its iPad forecast for the year by about almost 10%.
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Reporting its Q1 earnings this week, Apple said it sold 4.7 million iPads during that period. "The sales were lighter than expected, a sentiment echoed by Apple executives who expressed frustration the company didn't produce enough devices to meet demand," according to Dow Jones.
IHS iSuppli originally forecast iPad sales of 43.7 million for all models in 2011. It's now dropped that to 39.7 million. That's because, the research firm says, Apple ran into problems with the quality of liquid crystal display panels, and shortages for the speaker in the iPad 2 tablet computer.
These problems were not related to the March earthquake and tidal wave, according to IHS iSuppli. But the research firm says Apple could face later this year quake-related supply issues that would prevent it from boosting iPad production.
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This homemade costume for babies entered our 2011 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Loni, the 'Pinocchio' costume creator:
My 1yr old son loves pinocchio soo much its literally the only movie he will sit through so had to make the costume! I made the whole thing without a sewing machine.Hard work haha I only had a hot glue gun some valcrow and a needle and thread! I made the red overalls,the bow tie,shoes and hat out of felt glued on the red feather. Then used black denom material for the vest. I bought a pair of tights a yellow onsie and a collared shirt. It was soo much fun to make and everyone loved it while he was trick or treating. Thanks for letting us share.
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Introduction — the working poor.
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Andy Cohen opens the Brooks Tells All interview with this disclaimer:
"A few weeks ago, I sat down with Brooks Ayers for a one-on-one conversation. Since then, the City of Hope Medical Center revealed that Brooks was never treated for cancer at their facility, contrary to his claims. Then, just yesterday, Brooks admitted that he had indeed fabricated medical records in 'the hopes of putting doubts about my cancer to rest.' However, he still stands by the fact that he has cancer. So, as you watch this interview, it is fair to ask is he lying about anything else?"


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Do the math: 930,000 U.S. kids with synesthesia, out of 60 million students. (Okay, "synaesthesia" for the British search programs.)
You might have one. A pyschologist in Britain did the research.
For the first time, psychologists have documented the prevalence of a form of synaesthesia – the condition that leads to a mixing of the senses – in a large sample of children. Over a twelve month period, Julia Simner and colleagues tested 615 children aged six to seven years at 21 UK schools and conservatively estimated that 1.3 per cent of them had grapheme-colour synaesthesia, in which letters and numbers involuntarily trigger the sensation of different colours.
"[This] implicates over 170,000 children age 0–17 in the UK alone, and over 930,000 in the USA," the researchers said, "and suggests that the average primary school in England and Scotland (n = 168 pupils) contains 2.2 grapheme-colour synaesthetes at any time, while the average-sized US primary school (n = 396 pupils) contains 5.1." Inevitably, the prevalence for synaesthesia as a whole, considering all the sub-types, would be even higher.
A hall-mark of grapheme-colour synaesthesia is that the colour triggered by a given letter or number is always the same – a fact the researchers exploited to identify the condition in school children.
Indeed, when asked to associate letters with colours, the children identified as synaesthetes showed more consistency over a 12-month-period than the other children did over a ten second period!
Researchers calculated about 5 such students in the average U.S. school, assuming a student population of about 400.
400! In Texas that's a tiny high school that may have difficulty fielding a football team.
In Brain, a journal of neurology (abstract available, full text with subscription).
J. Simner, J. Harrold, H. Creed, L. Monro, L. Foulkes (2008). Early detection of markers for synaesthesia in childhood populations. Brain, 132 (1), 57-64 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn292
Tip of the old scrub brush to Research Digest Blog.
- More synesthesia research noted at Research Digest Blog
- Simner's site at the University of Edinburgh (with links to news stories)
- BBC 2005, "Why some see colours in numbers"
- BBC's Horizon, program on synesthesia
- New York Times, "When people see a sound and hear a color," 1999
- New York Times, "Synesthesia: A strange gift," letter to the editor, July 2, 2006
- New York Times, "A reason we call our cheddar 'sharp' and shirts 'loud,'" Sandra Blakeslee, April 10, 2001
- The Man Who Tasted Shapes, Richard Cytowic (MIT Press 2003) (a reissue of the 1993 book?)
- Cytowic's website, entry on The Man Who Tasted Shapes
- [Michael S. Gazzaniga reviewed Richard Cytowic's The Man Who Tasted Shapes in the October 24, 1993 edition of the New York Times; I can't find the review, but there are letters in response]; "All mixed up," letter to the editor, November 21, 1993; second letter, same date
- Invitation to join the Synesthesia List, at the bottom of this page


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Medicaid enrollment growth nationwide slowed to 2.7 percent in fiscal 2017, down from 3.9 percent in 2016 and 13.2 percent in 2015, after the implementation of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Enrollment growth is expected to slow further, to 1.5 percent, in 2018.
At the same time, total Medicaid spending grew by 3.9 percent in fiscal 2017, a slight acceleration from 3.5 percent growth the prior year, though slower than the 10.5 percent growth in 2015.
The annual survey of Medicaid directors around the country also finds that states project total Medicaid spending will grow 5.2 percent in 2018. "Major drivers of spending growth include rising costs of prescription drugs and long-term care services and supports, and increases in payment rates for most provider groups," the report says.
And states will have to cover more of those costs themselves. Their share of Medicaid spending grew 3.5 percent in 2017 but is expected to grow 6 percent next year, in part because the 31 states (plus D.C.) that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare are now footing part of the bill after years in which the federal government covered all the expansion costs. "In addition," a Kaiser press release says, "some states are experiencing a decrease in the formula-driven federal match rate for the traditional Medicaid population that can result in faster state spending growth."
States also signaled some concerns about potential budget crunches ahead, given that phasing out of federal contributions for expanded Medicaid programs as well as Congress' failure thus far to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program and the uncertainty about Medicaid funding levels created by the GOP push to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Medicaid provides coverage to about one in five Americans, or roughly 74 million people, and accounts for a sixth of all health care spending in the U.S.


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Submitted. American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced that the league's Board of Governors, convening this week for its Annual Meeting in Hilton Head Island, S.C., has approved the following division alignment for the 2013-14 AHL season (NHL affiliates in parentheses):
Western Conference
West Division
Abbotsford Heat (CGY)
Charlotte Checkers (CAR)
Oklahoma City Barons (EDM)
San Antonio Rampage (FLA)
Texas Stars (DAL)
North Division
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL)
Lake Erie Monsters (COL)
Rochester Americans (BUF)
Toronto Marlies (TOR)
Utica Comets (VAN)
Midwest Division
Chicago Wolves (STL)
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET)
Iowa Wild (MIN)
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH)
Rockford IceHogs (CHI)
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Manchester Monarchs (LA)
Portland Pirates (PHX)
Providence Bruins (BOS)
St. John's IceCaps (WPG)
Worcester Sharks (SJ)
Northeast Division
Adirondack Phantoms (PHI)
Albany Devils (NJ)
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI)
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR)
Springfield Falcons (CBJ)
East Division
Binghamton Senators (OTT)
Hershey Bears (WSH)
Norfolk Admirals (ANA)
Syracuse Crunch (TB)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT)
Changes from last year's alignment include Abbotsford moving to the renamed West Division, Iowa being placed in the Midwest Division and Utica being slotted in the North Division.
The format for the 2014 Calder Cup Playoffs was also approved by the Board of Governors, and remains the same as 2013: Eight teams in each conference will qualify for the postseason, with the three division winners earning the top three seeds and the next five best teams in order of regular-season points seeded fourth through eighth. The conference quarterfinals will be best-of-five series; the conference semifinals, conference finals and Calder Cup Finals will be best-of-seven series. Teams will be re-ordered after the first round so that the highest-remaining seed plays the lowest-remaining seed.
The playing schedule for the 2013-14 regular season, which begins Oct. 4, will be announced later this summer.
In operation since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 87 percent of today's NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and for the 12th year in a row, more than 6 million fans attended AHL games across North America in 2012-13.
The Abbotsford Heat 2013-14 home opener is set for October 11th. For information on season tickets, flex packages and group tickets, please call 1-877-452-HEAT(4328) or visit www.AbbotsfordHeat.com.


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I've just installed XAMPP 1.8.1 on my Lenovo Thinkpad T530i running Windows 7 Pro 64bit OS. I haven't been able to get Apache up and running yet. I've been able to change the symptoms with various changes.
I was able to get Apache to start when I ran the XAMPP Control Panel using compatibility settings for XP sp2 but it would halt immediately and the Apache Error log would show that it received a halt signal and shut down successfully. When I subsequently turned off the Norton Internet Smart Firewall, it would hang after attempting to start Apache, with no messages in the Apache error log.
I have tried everything that I can think of and I don't believe that I've gotten any closer to figuring out the problem, much less resolving it. I'm completely stuck so if I can't find someone who can help me figure out the problem, I'm going to be forced to give up on xampp and try other ampp stacks.
I'm so frustrated and surprised to find myself in this situation because all my past experience with xampp has been without exception, the best I've had with any open source app, if not *any* app.


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Miami close to dealing JJ, Reyes, Buehrle to Toronto
Marlins would get at least seven players, nearly $160 million in payroll flexibility
The two organizations didn't waste much time tapping into each other's resources.
On Tuesday night, Miami was reportedly working on a blockbuster trade with Toronto, sending off five established veterans, including Josh Johnson and Jose Reyes, while shedding nearly $160 million in payroll commitments.
Heading to Toronto would be Johnson, Reyes, Mark Buehrle, Emilio Bonifacio and John Buck. In return, the Marlins would receive shortstop Yunel Escobar, second baseman Adeiny Hechavarria, right-hander Henderson Alvarez, left-hander Justin Nicolino and catcher Jeff Mathis.
Miami also would acquire outfield prospect Jake Marisnick, who played for Redmond at Dunedin, and right-hander Anthony DeSclafani. The trade was not officially announced as of Tuesday night, but players like Johnson were informed that they were being dealt.
"I enjoyed my time in Florida," Johnson told MLB.com. "Thank you, fans, for everything. You always supported me, and I appreciate that."
The blockbuster deal comes a year after the Marlins underwent a rebranding -- with name and uniform changes -- and made major roster additions. Bolstered by revenue generated from their retractable-roof ballpark, the Marlins were the talk of last year's Winter Meetings, signing Reyes, Buehrle and Heath Bell for a combined $191 million.
Now, all three will be gone.
Bell was the first to be sent out, when the former three-time All-Star closer was traded to the D-backs on Oct. 20 for Minor League third baseman Yordy Cabrera.
For all the attention the Marlins grabbed, they were disappointing on the field, finishing last in the National League East with a 69-93 record.
Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria declined to speak with reporters at the Owners Meetings in Chicago on Wednesday.
"We have to get better," Loria said in an interview with CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman. "We can't finish in last place. We finished in last place. That's unacceptable. We have to take a new course."
But the first signal that major changes were in motion came on Oct. 23, when Ozzie Guillen was dismissed as manager. Redmond, two years removed from his playing days, was brought in to provide new leadership.
The Marlins were expected to get younger in 2013, and now they are in the process of being completely rebuilt.
Nicolino, a Florida native who turns 21 later this month, discussed the trade via Twitter. On his @J_Nicolino22 account, the left-hander said: "Just wanna say thank you to the blue jays organizations." He added: "Now it's a new chapter! Looking forward to being a part of the Miami Marlins!"
The mega-deal removes $159.75 million in base salary commitments off Miami's books. Reyes, who signed a six-year, $106 million contract last December, has $92 million remaining in base salary through 2017. Buehrle, signed through '15, is owed $48 million, with Johnson owed $13.75 million and Buck owed $6 million.
Bonifacio made $2.2 million in 2012, and he is projected to make about $2.4 million in arbitration next year.
Johnson, 28, is a two-time All-Star and one of the best pitchers in Marlins history -- posting a 56-37 record with a 3.15 ERA. In 2011, he missed most of the season with right shoulder inflammation. Healthy in '12, Johnson made 31 starts and finished 8-14 with a 3.81 ERA.
Johnson's $13.75 million base salary was to be the highest on the team for 2013. The right-hander, the Marlins' fourth-round Draft pick in 2002, is eligible for free agency after the 2013 season.
Buehrle, 33, came as advertised. The veteran left-hander ate up innings and was a model of consistency, going 13-13 with a 3.74 ERA in 31 starts. He finished with 202 1/3 innings, marking the 12th straight season in which he won at least 10 games and threw a minimum of 200 innings.
Reyes, a four-time All-Star with the Mets, showed durability and stepped up in a leadership role during a rough second half for the team. In 160 games, he batted .287 with 11 home runs, 12 triples, 37 doubles and 40 stolen bases.
The versatile Bonifacio was showed by injuries and limited to 64 games. He had surgery on his left thumb in May and was shut down in the second half after injuring his right knee. The speedster had 30 stolen bases in limited action.
Buck, like Johnson, is entering the final year of his contract. The 32-year-old had a disappointing 2012, batting .192 with 12 home runs and 41 RBIs in 106 games. Miami was limiting Buck's playing time late in the season after rookie Rob Brantly was promoted from Triple-A New Orleans.
The revamped Marlins will have Hechavarria either at shortstop or second base. Escobar also is a shortstop candidate.
Alvarez, 22, was 9-14 with a 4.85 ERA in 2012. Nicolino was ranked by MLB.com as the Blue Jays' No. 5 prospect, going 10-4 with a 2.46 ERA at Class A Lansing. Marisnick was Toronto's No. 2 prospect on MLB.com's list.


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It is easy to see why they are called Owl Butterflies. Their wings look like the face of an owl, and if you spread the wings out, you can actually see a pair of eyes looking straight at you.
Owl Butterflies have a wingspan up to 6 inches. Their dorsal wing surfaces are broadly edged with dark brown, tan to gray on the hind wings. Their ventral wing surfaces (seen when they are resting) are a molting looking brown, with cream at the base of the fore wing. There is one large eye spot on each hind wing.
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The term "stock picker's market" really gets some investors going. It gives them the false hope that they can beat the broader stock market by carefully buying the right stocks. The end result is often misery.
Decades ago, William Sharpe warned, "Properly measured, the average actively managed dollar must underperform the average passively managed dollar." Was he right?
Charlie Billelo at Pension Partners put it this way: "In a relentless up-trending market, investors become highly confident in their ability to pick stocks, naturally calling it a 'stock picker's market.' After all, any stock they pick is going up and to the right.
"We saw the most extreme example of this in 2013, which set a record in terms of breadth with 93% of stocks in the S&P 500 finishing positive on the year," he said. "Never mind the fact that a blindfolded monkey throwing darts was likely to pick a winning stock last year; most investors came out of 2013 believing they were the next Warren Buffett."
What about just buying and holding a portfolio of individual blue chip stocks? Surely, this is the easiest and smartest way to outperform, isn't it?
Putting this theory to test, I examined the five-year track record of all 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and here's what I found: A pathetic 67% of Dow stocks (20 of them) have failed to beat their peer industry sector and the corresponding passive sector ETF (from April 28, 2009 to April 28, 2014).
The results were particularly heinous for stock pickers in the technology sector. Every single Dow component in the tech arena, from Intel to Microsoft, lagged the Technology Sector SPDR ETF (XLK). Rather than trying to pick themselves to glory and riches, technology investors would've been better off with a passively managed tech fund.
With the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY) up over 100% in the same five-year span as my mini-study, most stock pickers, as my sample shows still lagged.
It's one thing to underperform during a bad market, but significant underperformance when stocks are riding high is a mortal sin. Unfortunately, the investing public is good at it.
The average investor is a notoriously poor market timer and an equally bad stock picker. Most of them would be better off having just invested in diversified basket of stocks via an index fund or ETF.
For investors and the advisors who serve them, there are plenty of great ETFs to choose from when it comes to buying blue chips in a low-cost, tax-friendly way. Look no further than the Vanguard Mega Cap ETF (MGC), as one example.
Even during a bull market, it's never really a "stock picker's market," because the typical stock picker loses money versus the market.
In the end, most investors should avoid the temptation to hand pick stocks with anything other than play money.
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Global palm oil market was valued at USD 61.09 billion In 2014. The market is poised for growth owing to the increasing demand from the various end-use industries. Government and other correlated organizations across many countries have taken measures to limit the trans-fat intake over the past few years. Protocols regarding increased utilization of palm oil in the form of biodiesel as well as fuel mixing with bio-based fuel has gained recognition in recent past.
Technologies and research & development initiatives to create viable means of production offer immense prospects for the industry participants. Meting out operations to deliver products with a high value offer huge opportunities for growth of global palm oil market over the forecast period.
Crude palm oil dominated the global palm oil market accounting for over 75% of the market in 2014. Growing application in surfactants, cosmetics, lubricants, edible oil and biodiesel was responsible for this high market share. Crude palm oil is also expected to experience the maximum growth rate, at a probable CAGR of 7.5% from 2015 to 2022. It is used extensively for the purpose of cooking. Crude palm oil has relatively lower prices as compared to its competitors which make it the best-chosen cooking oil, predominantly in South East Asia and West Africa.
Edible oil had the largest market share of over 65% in 2014. Rising health concern regarding high consumption of trans-fat has made consumers shift from vegetable oils and animal fats to edible oil which has relatively lower trans-fat content. Biodiesel is predicted to grow at a very high growth rate, at an expected CAGR of 8.8% from 2015 to 2022. Quick development of the global biofuel market with an aim of reducing dependence on conventional fuels is likely to drive the biodiesel demand.
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Global palm oil market volume by product, 2012-2022 (Million Tons)
Easy availability of significant raw materials along with the increased disposable income levels in India, South East Asia, and China is anticipated to benefit the overall Asia Pacific market over the forecast period. Asia Pacific ruled the market accounting for more than 60% of the market share in 2014.
India is accounted to be the major palm oil importers in the world. Central & South American market is anticipated to experience increased production capabilities. Companies have eyed these markets owing to their plentiful arable land and favorable climatic conditions.
Global palm oil market is integrated having few companies ruling the market and is characterized by increased threat of new market players. Key industry participants comprise of Wilmar International Ltd., ADM, London Sumatra, Sime Darby, Cargill Inc., Godrej Agrovet Ltd. and IOI Corp. These corporations have taken up measures to attain a competitive advantage and to diversify their product line.
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Grand View Research has segmented the palm oil market on the basis of product, application and region:
Global Palm Oil Derivatives Outlook (Volume, Million Tons; Revenue, USD Million, 2012 – 2022)
Crude Palm Oil
Palm Kernel Oil
Palm Kernel Cake
Global Palm Oil Application Outlook (Volume, Million Tons; Revenue, USD Million, 2012 – 2022)
Electrical & Electronics
Automotive & Transportation
Industrial Machinery
Consumer Goods
Global Palm Oil Regional Outlook (Volume, Million Tons; Revenue, USD Million, 2012 – 2022)
North America
Asia Pacific
Middle East & Africa
Central & South America
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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
Whole-grain bread rolls
There are not many things that can beat the whole grain bread, unless it's 8 delicious little whole grain breadrolls ;-) These are perfect for breakfast, and you can easily prepare and bake them in one evening, for e.g. Sunday breakfast! :-)
My fool-proof recipe will be a great fun, and a good addition to your baking arsenal.
Coffee cake
My first real cake, made with delicious coffee-flavored buttercream. It was really good, and simple! Because this cake doesn't require leveling, you can simply bake two layers separately, then stack them — a perfect recipe for beginners! :-)
I made my cake with normal instant coffee, but you can also use decaf coffee for same taste, but caffeine-free cake! :-)
When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)
Orange cheese-tart
I didn't plan to make this cake at all, what I did plan was apple tart with apricot jelly... Well, sometimes I just change my mind, especially while experimenting in the kitchen :-) The result is interesting, refreshing and citrusy! :-) If you don't like the strong orange aroma, you can replace them with any soft and sweet fruit: peaches, pears, and apricots should do fine!


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1- Call your grandma (or grandpa). Whether you're talking about daisies, upcoming travels, or some crazy relative…it's good for the soul. Life is short and being able to hear your grandparent's voice is precious. Also, remember to save their voicemails.
2- Sing happy birthday. While the obligatory text or Facebook post is nice, there is just something fantastic about hearing your goofy friend singing that age-old tune. For me, it's probably a flashback to my BALLIN 101 Dalmatians party circa 1991…you shoulda been there.
3- Floss. Seriously. Don't be a gross ass.
4- Keep the tank at least 1/4 full. Worst case scenario, there's an emergency in the middle of the night and you have to stop for fuel. Less dangerous but still awful case scenario, it's freaking freezing and you're running late for work…and you have to stop for fuel. Woof.
5- Love on somebody. Whether it's your spouse, puppy, niece, or great auntie…get some QT. Ridiculous bone-crushing hugs and smooches are what life's all about…personally, I need about three hugs a day—so consider yourself warned.


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