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this recipe's great! i followed all the other reviewers' advice and made half the recipe. i left the bread out for 4 hours to rise at room temperature because my car repair took longer than i thought it would. the resulting bread had this great complex flavor, but was not at all sweet. since i love sweeter challah, i think the next time i'll add a 1/2 cup more sugar like one person said. the bread baked at 350 for 25 minutes, and i think the next time i'll bake for just 20-23 mins. i had no problems with the bread rising, since i put the dough in the oven to rise with a pilot light on.flag if inappropriate
My favorite challah so far. Made full batch in Zoji breadmaker on dough cycle. It almost managed to mix and knead it all before being overwhelmed. I only had to take it out a knead in a little more flour by hand. Would have been fine if I had halfed recipe to make just one loaf. Did the double layer braid because it is pretty and impressive looking. Experimented with the two loaves on cooking time after reading other reviews. Used double form cookie sheets for baking both. One cooked at 400 degrees for five minutes and then turned down to 350 and watched it. Took it out at only 13 minutes when it was golden brown. (VERY moist and great flavor but not crispy on bottom). Second loaf I repeated the 400 degrees for five minutes but left it in about 20 minutes for a deeper brown crust. Slightly dry inside...which my husband thinks is often a problem with challah. Both were great, but I like the taste of the more moist loaf better. Will make again! On rising times...recipe directions were great but I used a warm, open oven to provide a warm setting for rising since it is a chilly day here. Challah is a time-consuming bread, but worth it on a weekend.flag if inappropriate
I have tried many challah recipes, but I really loved this one. I agree with others about the baking time: I baked the first loaf as directed, but the second one I baked at 350 the entire time and it came out much better. I also substituted Chardonnay for the 2/3 cup of water and instead of 3/4 cup sugar, I used 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup honey. It came out delicious!!!flag if inappropriate
I seem to be the only person that found the dough rose beauifully within the given time. However my loaves browned in 10 minutes! I had to cover them with foil and after 10 more minutes remove them from the oven. The bread has a glorious smell, texture and taste, but was a little dry. I feel like it baked too much, although for only 1/2 time stated in the recipe.flag if inappropriate
Just finished making this -- did all of the kneading by hand (took a little over ten minutes). I agree with the other reviewers that most of the rising times should be a bit longer. I cut the recipe in half (using three eggs) and made four tiny loaves in mini loaf pans (half made four perfect sized loaves). Put the pans on a baking stone, and baked at 400 for 10 minutes and 15 minutes at 350, and they baked up perfectly. They are a little sweeter than I'd like, so next time I'll use less sugar, but I'll definitely make this recipe again. Very fun bread to make.flag if inappropriate
As a person who has never made challah before, I found the directions rather cryptic~results unoutstanding and rather bland. "Almost" is a good word to put in front of the recipe.flag if inappropriate
I've made challah before, and the dough from this recipe went without a hitch... However, next time I would allow the dough to rise alot longer than half an hour after shaping. When it came out of the oven, my lovely braids had cracked.flag if inappropriate
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To "A Cook" on 10/6/05: Did you add all the water called for or just the first 1/2 cup? I have made this recipe many times without any problem, even with a variety of flours (all purpose, bread flour, and whole wheat). Please try it again; you won't be sorry!flag if inappropriate

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This is a guest post from Phyllis Cuttino, director of clean energy at The Pew Charitable Trusts.
After several decades in laboratories and niche applications, clean energy technologies are primed for accelerated and widespread expansion in the global power sector. In the United States and around the world, solar, wind and other renewable energy sources will represent a significant share of the new generating capacity deployed in the coming years and decades. These technologies will also be in demand as the world addresses persistent and emerging local and global environmental challenges and because clean energy will be sought after in the push to achieve greater energy security.
For all these reasons, the future of clean energy is bright. Less certain is the forecast for the United States' competitive position in this fast-growing sector. On a variety of key measures–from innovation and manufacturing to deployment and exports–the United States is struggling to maintain its lead in the global economic and technological race.
Discussions with industry and other experts across the country reveal tremendous frustration about the inability to capitalize more fully on the emerging clean energy moment. Having invented and brought to market many of the prevailing clean energy technologies, U.S. scientists and entrepreneurs now find themselves buffeted by policy uncertainty and stiff international competition.
The United States has a proud history of public-private partnerships in advancing national competitiveness in key sectors–from railroads and automobiles to telecommunications and conventional energy sources. In view of current and projected investment trends, U.S. leadership in clean energy is ripe for the same kind of cooperation between business and government.
Above all, industry and other practitioners in the clean energy field desire some degree of long-term policy certainty. These leaders are highly confident of the ability of American industry to succeed as the clean energy marketplace expands at home and around the world–provided there is consistency and consensus in policy.
Policies that encourage the deployment, innovation, manufacturing and trade of clean energy technologies will help bolster the competitive position of American industry. In the process, these initiatives will enhance the nation's economic, environmental and national security prospects.
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Thank you The Pew Charitiable Trust, for Sharing this!
I don't think we really have a choice in the matter. It's just something we have to suck it up and do.
"bright" is not really a word I think of for our future. I hope clean energy does win the day.
To positive, for what I am experiencing right now and predict will be our children's' and children's' children's' futures.
I clicked on the link at the end of the article and it led to something from Pew Charitable Trusts about Clean Energy and how the world is investing in clean energy and R&D to improve clean energy and the United States is falling behind. Among other things they said the United States is investing only $5 billion a year in clean energy R&D which is only 2% of total US government R&D while energy is 9% of GDP, and that US government spends $80 billion a year or defense R&D. Our own military leaders are telling us that clean (renewable) energy can do more for our national security than anything our military can do with weapons. We should follow our military leaders advice and divert some of that R&D money from defense into renewable energy. I would not mind at all if the federal government would heavily subsidize the transition of our too big to fail fossil fuel firms from fossil fuel to renewable energy. Every business needs lots of money as in bottom-line profit to make a living for its owners. Anything in its mission statement beyond that is prediction about how best to go about making money. I wish government would subsidize our too big to fail oil firms to switch from tar sands petroleum to algal bio-diesel and our coal and gas firms to switch from coal and gas to wind, solar, and geothermal electric power.
Good news for the world. The U.S. needs to catch up. I will invest in foreign cars from now on.
One thing that will never change is capitalism's quest for maximum profits and it doesn't care where those profits come from. Clean energy's ace in a hole is that it's sources (and potential for profit) are virtually unlimited. Fortunately for the planet, dirty energy's downfall is that it's sources are finite. So a clean energy future it is. It seems at least mildly ironic to me that after a large percentage of the human race dies off due to our current mistreatment of the planet, there will be just that many fewer people left in need of our new unlimited energy resources.
Ronald Reagan was a stupid idiot. The moron took the solar panels down from the White House and declared renewable energy is dead, and dirty fossil fuels are our future. The myopic vision of Reagan, along with his complete ignorance is the reason we are not farther along today with our development of clean renewable energy. We should have listened to Carter, who understood that clean renewable energy was our best option for the future.
Today Germany leads the world in clean renewable energy, getting 25% of their electricity from clean energy. Germany leads the world in solar power even though they get less sunshine than every state in the USA. The German feed and tariff has proven that solar power can be decentralized and put on almost every home and business. German soft cost are one half the USA's for solar installations. Germany set a record on July 7th and produced 40% of their electricity needs for a short time from solar power. Germany is fazing out nuclear power, and has proven that with the right policies, clean renewable energy can become a reality. But since big oil, and the dirty fossil fuel industry own our politician, it can't happen in the USA.
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Swimwear Brand Seafolly Expands in the U.S.
The brand hopes to double its worldwide sales over the next three years.
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Actress Gina Rodriguez Partners With Lingerie Start-up Naja
The Golden Globe-winning actress is now an equity holder and partner at Naja, a lingerie start-up.
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Skiwear Brand Fusalp Unveils First Flagship
The chalet-style boutique in the Marais stocks the skiwear brand's first ready-to-wear collection.
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The sports apparel line will feature professional team logos under a fan's arms.
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Intimacy Stores Re-branded as Rigby & Peller
The U.K.-based intimate apparel chain took over Intimacy's U.S. locations this week.
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The 11-year-old women's sleepwear and ready-to-wear brand is looking to new categories and licensing opportunities to fuel its expansion.
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Italy's lawmakers voted this week to reject a law that would have protected LGBT citizens from discrimination.
Italy's Chamber of Deputies, which is dominated by Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservatives, voted 293 to 250 against widening existing protections that already cover discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, ethnicity and nationality.
Hate crimes, and particularly those against LGBTs, have seen a sharp increase in recent years, and campaigners are angry that lawmakers have chosen to ignore this problem.
Following the vote Paolo Patane, head of gay rights association Arcigay, told AFP: "This parliament has betrayed justice and civility and has decided to support the violent."
He added the EU should "help us face this extremely dangerous rise in homophobia, xenophobia and racism that the Italian parliament has decided to legitimise."
The reason for lawmakers rejecting this legislation may be tactical. Reports suggest lawmakers feared that once they formally recognized the discrimination faced by LGBTs and moved to protect them, it would become harder to justify denying LGBTs other rights — the eventual outcome, obviously, being a debate on marriage and adoption, rights for same-sex couples that many lawmakers in the Catholic region oppose.
As indicated above, campaigners have now said they will turn to the European Union in order to force legislators to enact nondiscrimination legislation.
Article 21 of the European Union's "European Charter of Fundamental Rights" bans discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, a move supported by several other viable provisions. You can find out more about those here.
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Beth M , I have already informed my E.M.P. to just how you said it, thank you.
Go after Italy, EU!
That's no surprise! Italy is getting more and more fascist all the time.
A) Given the horrific record of Berlusconi, I'm surprised the vote was as close as it was. Italy has in the last decade become a refuge for straight Catholic males--and no one else.
B) Nikolas K--Wow. Um, wow. Children who are up for adoption want homes. They want someone to love and care for them. I am a foster (and soon to be adoptive) parent, and I work closely with foster children and parents from all sorts of backgrounds. Children don't care if the homes they go to have one parent or two, parents of the same race or ethnicity, or parents who are straight or gay--children need love and stability, and LGBT parents can provide these just as well as straight parents.
Gays ARE the same as straights. (Thought I'd try that out--if we can just lump people together under "gays," we can do it under "straights" too, right?)
Good for them. A Christian country must have boundaries.
p.s. Fascism is alive and 'well' in Italy - Berlusconi is a role model there as well. And so, boycotting Italian tourism and products is the natural next step for LGBTQ people and our straight allies. There are plenty of other wines, etc. to buy and places to visit that deserve our patronage - ITALY DOES NOT.
Italy has embarrassed itself. It is living in the Dark Ages where sexual preference freedom and marriage equality issues are concerned. You can thank that gold-plated international pedophile ring calling itself the "Vatican," for that.
Surprising, despite Berlusconi's awful influence, that Italy is so far behind the times on this issue. It really does take away some of the allure of the country.
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We start by identifying your child's strengths and weaknesses. It is through understanding his or her weaknesses that we can structure a program that will improve their grades in school.
Providing the right tutor is essential to your child's success. The key objective of the home tutor is to boost your child's understanding of their school's current lessons while at the same time developing effective study habits. Our tutoring is aimed at helping your child perform at their full potential.
You can be sure of positive results with better grades with Above Grade Level of Brentwood. This is not just a promise but it is a proven fact.
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Our FREE skill level evaluation will help you identify your child's potential and what they stand to gain from in-home tutoring. In addition, it acts as a guide for preparing the right curriculum for your child's needs.
Why Structured Evaluations are Important
Above-Grade-Level advocates that a structured evaluation be completed out before anything else. The importance lies in the fact that it is only through this process that we can identify your child's learning gaps. This process determines the critical aspects to address to design a customized academic program aiming to better their grades.
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Your child is unique and it is important that every child take a customized evaluation that will help us bring out the best in every student. Our Skill Level Evaluation, despite being customized, must also be in line with the States Standards offered by his or her current school.
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Our Skill Level Evaluation is offered for FREE. Alternative evaluations seeking to achieve similar results will cost you about $150. The evaluation is taken online by your child for your convenience. Following this, we will then conduct an in-home assessment where you as the parent(s) will to review the end product with us before it is implemented. It is then at this point that you can decide to accept our home tutors for your child's in-home tutoring.
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Our in home tutoring is a one-to-one program that includes all aspects of the learning areas included with standard English language arts. Mastering the English language will require a complete understanding of these learning areas. The English language learning environment we create will help to elevate your child's overall advancement when in the classroom. Review a few of the specialties that we tutor to students.
These are just a few of the tutoring specialties we provide for students.
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- English
- Reading
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- Writing, Spelling, and Grammar
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Why don't you sign up today? The critical area for students who are in grade P-12 is the communication skills. The Above Grade Level of Brentwood in-home tutoring addresses this area as far as English is concerned. After a few sessions with our home tutors, your child will be able to communicate clearly regardless of the grade.
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Standardized Student Assessment
Before a child goes through English tutoring, he/she must go through an assessment to determine their weakness and strength. We offer Skill Level Evaluation for free. We then design a learning plan considering the needs of the student.
Our expert home tutors administer the learning plan along with our proprietary curriculum. This is how a strong foundation is established with regards to our in-home English language tutoring. Apart from just helping in other lessons taken by your child, we also mentor a child to develop study habits.
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Math Tutoring
Above Grade Level math tutors teach math concepts to students at any grade level. Our math tutors are qualified to address the specific math areas in which your son or daughter needs help.
Our expert-developed math curriculum is designed to improve students' math grades and to increase students confidence in all subjects. Here are a few of the math subjects and grade level tutoring we offer:
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- Algebra and Geometry Tutors
- High School Math Tutors
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Our unique program for math tutoring begins with a free Skill Level Evaluation that pinpoints your student's academic strengths and weaknesses. Based on the evaluation, we identify the specific problem areas and design a customized learning plan.
The learning plan forms the foundation for our in-home math tutoring and is administered, along with our proprietary curriculum, by our expert tutors. Our tutors can also help students with lessons they are currently learning in school to ensure their success. Our Above Grade Level tutors also mentor your child in developing effective study habits. These foundational study habit skills instill self-confidence to ensure your child performs well at school.
This strategy is the basis for the in-home instructional program administered by our specialized math tutors. Our math help programs not only help with the scholastic subject matter, but also help your child to develop practical study habits which can create self-esteem in his or her math abilities. Our tutors will help your children with the classes they are already taking, to ensure immediate success.
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Reading And Reading Comprehension Tutoring
If a student can understand what he/she is reading then he is bound to be successful in his studies. Comprehending what you read helps you advance in academics and learn more in your entire life.
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Spelling, Grammar And Writing Tutoring
A student is able to communicate effectively if only he/she is able to write concisely. This also helps a child to attain higher grades. We offer you specialized tutors who are able to instill communication and writing skills into your child. Our proven systems guarantee results. It will only be a matter of time before your child starts completing written assignments with proper grammar and spelling.
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Advancement And College Prep Tutoring
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Phonic And Vocabulary Building Tutoring.
The ability to continue writing and reading is enhanced by a strong vocabulary. Above Grade Level of Brentwood specialized language tutoring gives your child the chance to build his/her vocabulary and make it strong with time.
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The success of any student matters to Above Grade Level of Brentwood, TN. If you master science then there is a higher chance of having a profitable career. This is why our in-home science tutoring are aimed at helping your child thrive in science classes.
We tutor physics, biology and environmental science. Our science tutors have excelled in their academic subjects. They handle students from middle-school to students who take college-prep courses. Our tutors also mentor and teach every step of learning science including homework, labs, experiments, exams and science projects.
In conclusion, it is important to understand that our system was developed by academic experts to fit your child's needs. To have a successful academic progression, a student needs excellent study habits provided by our Brentwood science tutors. Home tutors of Above Grade Level of Brentwood, TN's tutoring help students have self-confidence in life and in the classroom.
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Above Grade Level in Brentwood, TN cares about the personal success of a student. Our tutoring includes a unique study plan that will help a student see a distinct increase in their understanding of various school subjects, such as science. Many students taking science-related subjects might find the material challenging as they move up in school. This is one reason for low grades. Tutoring in science will help students to better comprehend the subject matter for any science classes.
The basis for the success of Above Grade Level programs is our one-to-one learning technique. This is a system that was developed by experts and is customized to fit the needs of a student. The result of in home tutoring programs is a student who will excel academically and have self-confidence to succeed in the classroom.
If you are interested in any of the services that we provide or simply want to get in contact to see what else we can offer then get in touch with us. Call us, or contact us online today!
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The call for proposals for 2015 concurrent sessions has closed.
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October 7-9, 2015
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About the Conference | Call for Proposals | Submit Proposal | Questions
The 2015 Community Health Conference will be held October 7, 8, and 9, 2015, at Cragun's Conference Center in Brainerd. Concurrent session presenters must be available on Thursday, October 8th and Friday, October 9th. MDH will develop the conference schedule after presenters are determined.
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Sessions formats may include individual presentations, panel discussions, skill-building activities, demonstrations, games, theatrical performances, multi-media shows, and more! Please contact the conference coordinators for information on AV and internet capabilities.
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- All sessions run 70 minutes total
- Each session will be limited to three presenters
- All selected applicants are expected to work with conference staff to incorporate feedback from the conference planning workgroup into their presentation
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Selection of concurrent session proposals is based on the session's ability to:
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- Run within the time allotted (60-minute presentation, 10-minute Q&A)
- Include a perspective related to local public health or community-based health (presentations that include multiple perspectives are encouraged)
- Provide ready-to-use or adaptable tools, resources, or other materials
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- State two to three learning objectives that participants will achieve
- Include a brief description that will be used for the conference program
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Declining Manufacturing Employment in the New York-New Jersey Region: 1969-99, the latest edition of the New York Feds Current Issues in Economics and Finance is available.
Between 1969 and 1999, the New York-New Jersey region experienced a steeper drop in manufacturing employment than any other area of the United States. Economists Jason Bram and Michael Anderson trace much of the sharp job decline to the geographic dispersion of manufacturingthat is, the movement of manufacturing activity from the older, more industry-intensive states of the Northeast to the less industrially developed states of the South and West.
The authors maintain that the substantial job losses incurred in recent decades have made New York and New Jersey less dependent on manufacturing and thus less vulnerable to ongoing weakness in this sector. As a result, manufacturing can be expected to place less drag on the regions economy in the years ahead.
In their analysis of the 1969-99 period, the authors show that the phenomenon of dispersion can explain almost all of New Jerseys above-average manufacturing job loss and part of New Yorks. The remainder of New Yorks job decline reflected generally slow growth in overall employment rather than factors specific to the manufacturing sector.
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Our government tried to do war on the cheap, failing to recognize the back-end cost of veterans with disabilities. True, it increased funding for VA programs each year - by amounts far below the rapidly increasing needs of our disabled heroes.
By using the tightest definition to minimize the casualty count, politicians deny reality, preparing a ruinous future for all disabled veterans, especially our youngest generation. In no way is America prepared to deal with the aftermath of today's wars as it will be experienced by veterans in the VA.
This is not meant as criticism of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but to present a more complete picture of the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.
Much is made of the idea that veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan differ from past generations of America's defenders. Actually, that's been true of every generation of veterans to date, and the veterans' movement has accommodated those differences.
But one thing will always be the same. Veterans age, and the costs of war last a lifetime.
A soldier who suffers a severe brain injury in Iraq today will still be a disabled veteran 60 years from now when reaching the age of today's World War II veterans. Our nation will still owe that veteran every care in the world.
We must not allow self-serving rhetoric to shortchange any American hero - not now, not ever!
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Raptors, ACC scramble after shot clock meltdown in Game 1
PA man Herbie Kuhn replaces shot clock during key stretch of NBA playoff opener. MLSE vows fix for Game 2.
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The crowd did its part, in full throat from beginning to end.
The game was intense and played at a high level, so the players did their job.
The letdown when the Toronto Raptors played their first home playoff game in six seasons was obvious: the Air Canada Centre itself.
On a day that turned public address announcer Herbie Kuhn into something of a human stopwatch, the 15-year-old building wasn't up to snuff.
As a result of what team officials called a "signal path failure," the 24-second clocks and game clocks above both baskets broke down midway through the third quarter of Toronto's 94-87 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday.
The snafu, with NBA commissioner Adam Silver in attendance, wouldn't even let officials use backup 24-second clocks at the corners of the court, so Kuhn became the voice of time.
He would intone the start of the shot clock with every change of possession — as if NBA players don't know it starts at 24 — and then call out the 15-second, 10-second and five-second marks before a "five, four, three, two, one" countdown.
It was equal parts high comedy and farce — hours after Raptors GM Masai Ujiri, MLSE boss Tim Leiweke by his side, sparked controversy by shouting "F--- Brooklyn" to fans on hand to catch the game on the big screen in Maple Leaf Square (Ujiri apologized at halftime).
"New cables will be run (later Saturday and Sunday) to ensure no issues arise on Tuesday, and the NBA will inspect both the fixed and backup systems for Game 2," according to a short statement from Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Kuhn declined comment.
The players competed outside their comfort zone for about 18 minutes of a crucial post-season game because of the gaffe.
"It was definitely tough because you are used to looking up to see the time," said Raptor DeMar DeRozan. "We just tried to help each other out when the announcer called down from 10 seconds.
"I've never played a game with the shot clock completely off. That was a first for me."
Brooklyn's 36-year-old Paul Pierce, mocked — along with teammate Kevin Garnett, 37 — for his advanced age leading into Game 1, was in the same boat as DeRozan.
"I don't remember if I've ever played (in a game without a clock) since I'm a dinosaur," he joked.
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Carmaker launches a Twitter-based "race" that also includes a strong Facebook play.
Mercedes-Benz is among the first brands incorporating a heavy dose of social media into its Super Bowl marketing - a strategy that others will adopt in the next six weeks.
The carmaker yesterday announced on its Facebook page a contest-oriented "The World's First Twitter-Fueled Race" campaign. Visitors to the page can enter the contest after "liking" the brand and filling out an application that includes submitting a Twitter handle. Participants must have a driver's license and be U.S. citizens. Finalists will be notified via direct message on Twitter on Dec. 24 and will then be asked to create a short video about why they should be selected.
Here's the ad copy for Mercedes Benz USA's Facebook page, which had 29,500 "likes" on Friday:
"If selected, you and a co-driver of your choice will embark on Feb. 2, 2011, from one of four cities -- New York, L.A., Chicago or Tampa -- with a pair of Super Bowl tickets and a specially outfitted Mercedes-Benz. You'll need to beat out three other teams headed to Dallas. You'll need to complete a series of challenges along the way. And you'll need gallons of Tweets from your Twitter followers to fuel you to victory."
Four two-person teams - one for each aforementioned city - will try to accrue the most Twitter followers and Facebook "likes" while they race to Dallas, the Super Bowl's host city. The team with the most social media tallies wins a Mercedes Benz 2012 C-Class Coupe.
While several agencies are participating, according to a Mercedes spokesperson, Seattle-based digital shop Razorfish is leading the effort. The spokesperson said it has not been determined whether the brand would run a TV spot during the Super Bowl.
Christopher Heine was a senior writer for ClickZ through June 2012. He covered social media, sports/entertainment marketing, retail, and more. Heine's work has also appeared via Mashable, Brandweek, DM News, MarketingSherpa, and other tech- and ad-centric publications. USA Today, Bloomberg Radio, and The Los Angeles Times have cited him as an expert journalist.
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The Complete Guide to Refinancing Your Student Loans
What if there was a way to cut the cost of your outrageously priced student loan? That's what refinancing promises: ideally, you save thousands of dollars in interest over the life of your loan. But that's not necessarily the whole story. Here's everything you should consider before refinancing. »


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Textile Fibers, Dyes, Finishes and Processes
- Von Moody, Auburn University
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This book combines Von Moody's original work and research in the carpet industry with the well respected 1986 textile source book, Textile Fibers, Dyes, Finishes, and Processes: A Concise Guide, by Howard L. Needles to produce a unique practical guide on all aspects of the preparation, manufacture, and performance of carpet. It addresses the structure and properties of fiber, carpet construction, coatings, dyes, finishes, performance, and recycling, among other topics. This volume is an indispensable reference for all practitioners in the carpet industry.View full description
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The Gallerina Guide to NYC's Ugliest Buildings
This week, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) unveils its latest Guide to New York, the must-have architectural bible that tracks -- block by block -- the city's significant structures. To celebrate the book's release (it's been a decade since the last update!), we combed through its 1,000-plus pages to come up with our own guide...to the city's 10 homeliest buildings.
Tell us what's on your list of NYC's ugliest buildings.
A word about our unscientific methods: To keep things perfectly arbitrary, we stuck to 20th and 21st century architecture, while looking for the perfect combination of gaudy color palettes, cheap materials, and bloated/lazy/oppressive design. Naturally, we have buildings of all functions from all five boroughs, all of which figure in the newest edition of the AIA Guide to New York. And, naturally, this means that lots of hideousness got left on the cutting room floor. Never fear, architects and developers: we still adore you for your congeniality.
Without further ado, and in no particular order, our list of the New York skyline's gnarliest barnacles (the numbers each match the respective photo in the slideshow at bottom):
1. PALAZZO CHUPI, West Village (2007). This Curbed.com whipping boy -- designed by grandiloquent artist/film director Julian Schnabel -- is a muddle of Mediterranean styles rendered infinitely more unattractive by an exterior color palette that appears to have been inspired by a box of feminine care products. Don't believe me? Here's what the AIA has to say: "This 12-story eruption is a mess of competing balconies, arched windows, faux-Venetian details, and hot pink stucco. At a smaller scale, it might be funny, but it's too big to be a good joke." Especially if you live next door.
2. CO-OP CITY, Bronx (1968-1970). The single largest residential development in the U.S. was inspired by iconic architect Le Corbusier's 1920s plan to build a modern city that could accommodate three million people and lots of cars. But what might look good on a maquette, doesn't always work in real life. In this case, the buildings are dour, the public spaces, a chore to walk through and, overall, the design and materials have not aged well. The AIA describes them as a "non-environment, largely designed by bureaucrats with not a scintilla of wit." Unfortunately, New York is riddled with structures just like these.
3. WESTIN NEW YORK, Times Square (2002). Like a lady who leaves the house wearing every last piece of her costume jewelry, this unfortunate building -- designed by the Miami firm Arquitectonica -- is a hot mess of horizontal and vertical lines, odd angles and garish colors. "Histrionic" and "sadly banal," is how the AIA puts it. Ultimately, it's the sort of urban renewal project that could make one nostalgic for the Times Square of hookers and porn palaces.
4. WOODHULL MEDICAL CENTER, Bushwick (1977). If this were a factory churning out motor oil, I might consider this modern building well-designed. But it's a hospital, a place where the wounded and the sick go to heal. And the sulking exterior and massive scale do little to inspire that. (Unless being terrorized into getting better counts.) There is a mitigating factor: Woodhull lets uninsured area artists swap services for health care.
5. HEARST TOWER, Columbus Circle Area (1927-28 and 2006). On their own, each of the structures that comprise this unusual pairing are attractive. But, together, not so much. The structure consists of a zig-zagging, contemporary tower, designed by British starchitect Norman Foster, that emerges from the shell of a 1920s deco building -- an architectural juxtaposition that led the AIA's writers to draw a comparison to the belly-bursting monsters on Aliens. Not good.
6. WATERSIDE PLAZA, Kips Bay (1974). Brutal to the point of looking Soviet, these residential structures on the east side of Manhattan are worthy of being cast in some dystopic sci-fi flick à la Gattaca. Moreover, they're completely disconnected from the rest of the city by the elevated rush of traffic on the FDR. The over-all effect: off-putting.
7. SOCIETY OF ST. PAUL SEMINARY, Staten Island (1969). Sometimes ugly can be charming -- as is the case for this flamboyant building. Flourishes include slanted windows and some unusual floating staircases on the roof, details that have earned it the AIA honorrfic of "Staten Island's most bizarre building." Yes, it's ugly, but we love it -- in the same way we love dogs that look like this.
8. CITYLIGHTS, Long Island City (1998). More bland than ugly, it's probably unfair to pick on this tower designed by Cesar Pelli (the architect behind the MoMA-adjacent Museum Tower). But its total boringness is symbolic of all the tedious condos that have cluttered the city's skyline since the late '90s (think: the East River waterfront, McCarren Park, much of the west side of Manhattan, anything Trump). Worse: the tower feels disconnected from the neighborhood around it, a purgatory for pedestrians approaching from the east.
9. WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART, Upper East Side (1963-66). Marcel Breuer's bunker/museum is historic, important and, in its day, seriously avant garde. The AIA describes it as a "must-be-seen modern object." But that doesn't make it pretty.
10. METROTECH CENTER, Downtown Brooklyn (from 1989). This 11-block development at Flatbush and Tillary is an architectural mixed bag -- some of it interesting (Davis Brody Bond's sleek Othmer Residence Hall), much of it a snore (15 Metro Tech Center). Walking through this dull morass can be soul-crushing. But the real problem here, says the AIA, is the way in which one company appropriated a vast swath of public space and made it into their own quasi-private territory, complete with battalions of security guards. The complex should serve as a lesson on letting developers and architects build monuments to themselves, with little consideration for how these projects might weave into the greater urban fabric. It may be a lesson we have yet to learn. Metrotech's developer, Forest City Ratner, is now working on another behemoth 22-acre project nearby: the highly controversial Atlantic Yards.
Do you have some architectural heinousness of your own that you would like to share? Submit photos to our Flickr pool. We'll feature the ten best -- er, ugliest -- ones in a slideshow on this site next week.


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A sales tax proposal in Newkirk that would have supported capital expenditures also failed, but proposals elsewhere in the area fared much better.
School bond issues in Cushing, Verden, Kremlin-Hillsdale were all supported, as was $22 million in upgrades at Rose State College.
Revenue generated by the new Rose State bonds will finance an expansion and renovation project at the college's library, repair its swimming pool and upgrade technology campuswide.
The Rose State district includes the Midwest City-Del City School District and portions of the Choctaw and Oklahoma City school districts.
Also in Oklahoma County, two new members were elected to the city council in Nicoma Park.
The incumbent mayor of Nicoma Park, however, will face off against one of his two challengers in a runoff election, as will the top two vote-getters in both of the Oklahoma City Council races.
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Presidential Scholarship
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$12,500 per year ($6,250 for tuition and $6,250 for on-campus housing). Total potential value over four years is $50,000. Non-Missouri residents will also receive a full waiver of non-resident fees.
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Complete the Missouri State Presidential Scholarship Application and apply for admission by December 1.
Selection criteria
Rank in the top 10 percent of class (or have a 3.90 grade point average on a 4.00 scale) at the end of the sixth semester and have an ACT of 30 (or SAT of 1330*). ACT or SAT scores taken during or before October of the senior year will be considered.
Finalists will be selected following an on-campus interview process. Qualified students who apply but are not chosen will receive the Board of Governors Scholarship and be considered for the University Scholarship.
*SAT score reflects the sum of the Critical Reading and Math portions of the SAT only.
Renewal criteria
Complete 30 Missouri State credit hours each academic year with a 3.60 cumulative Missouri State grade point average.
Additionally, to renew for their fourth year, students must complete an average of 40 hours of community or campus service each year during their first three years.
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Board of Governors Scholarship plus $2,000 per year for the first and second years to be applied to on-campus room and board. Total potential value over four years: $24,000 plus the Study Away voucher. Non-Missouri residents will also receive a full waiver of non-resident fees.
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How To Replace The Starter On A 2001 Ford Focus Car
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chad huth: Horrible got the SOHC SPI Starter is disconnected but it won't come out just sitting up there stuck by the exhaust Any1?
hoohoohoblin: Changing the starter in this car will be the most difficult thing you do in your entire life. It is awful!
arturogonzalez1218: freaking focus! I'm about 4 hours in and have encountered a bolt that won't come off! freak this car and the person who designed the mechanics
hoohoohoblin: If your car has the Ztec engine, it should be a lot easier than it is on the SOHC engine on my car. A simple socket set and some flat wrenches should be all you need.
Erick Larrea: I am about to attempt to replace my starter on my '04 Ford Focus. If I could get an exact list of what tools I have to use... I would appreciate it.
Timothy Smothers: Man my clothes were destroyed and the oil and grease was matted in my hair, I looked like Wiley coyote after he gets blown up. And I definitely had some Fat Tire ale to drink the pain away.
hoohoohoblin: Ha ha! Anyone reading this who hasn't done the job may think you are exaggerating, but it really was that bad when I did it too, minus the mosquitoes.
Timothy Smothers: Okay. I came here to announce that after the worst 10 hours of my life, grease, grime, and hordes of mosquitoes, blood scrapes, bangs, pinches, cuts, and extreme muscle fatigue. Plus 150.00 I did this job. F*ck this. It was hell and consumed my whole day off. Thanks for posting this video it was a big help. I will answer any questions and give tips to whoever needs it.
hoohoohoblin: You're welcome! I'm glad I could help.
hoohoohoblin: There aren't any bolts. It pressure fits with pegs that go into rubber grommets. Just pull up and it will come out.
hoohoohoblin: You're welcome.
weirdguywithaknife: This video is QUITE helpful, thankyou.
hoohoohoblin: Yes! I think they designed it to be installed before the engine goes into the car, which works great on the assembly line, but not so great in the driveway when it needs to be replaced.
uzerap: A bloody awful job. Whoever dreamed up this design should be sentenced to an eternity of removing and installing starters on 2001 Focus SPI engines.
MrDrizzle901: Does anyone no qere the ground wire goes thats above the top two bolts im confused
hoohoohoblin: This one is frustrating because it's a really simple job, but it's in a location that's almost impossible to get to.
cuzuman: I have a 2001 Ford Explorer sport. and there are things I can do and things I can't do, Luckily, I know this guy who knows Fords In and out. and helps me out most of the time.
hoohoohoblin: No. I was able to get the starter in and out from underneath the car without removing any parts of the engine or exhaust, but it was a really tight fit and no fun whatsoever. I also have some cool new scars.
hoohoohoblin: I have those same scars. It is possible to do, but just barely. It helps if you have small hands.
Jenny Wren: I'll be spending the duration of my evening cursing the engineer that thought putting the top bolt under a bracket and making it darn near impossible to remove was a good idea. *grumble* Looks like I'm adding a few new scars to my knuckles and the tops of my hands tonight.
How To Replace The Starter On A 2001 Ford Focus Car 5 out of 5


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TT National | Sharp Cheddar Sauce
To learn more about this recipe, read the related story, "Sauce Boss," in our National edition.
Sharp Cheddar Sauce
Yield: 3 cups
Cook Time: 12 minutes
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2¼ cups whole milk, divided
1 cup lightly packed grated extra-sharp aged cheddar cheese
¼ cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
½ teaspoon kosher salt
⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Pinch cayenne pepper
Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
We test and taste every recipe we publish. While we collaborate with a lot of talented chefs, we adapt and tinker with everything in our test kitchen. (It smells really good in here). Our goal is to make sure every recipe works as well in your home kitchen as it does in ours. So go on, get cooking with confidence.


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Some things to see at the RWM show
RWM 2014, the recycling and waste management show, is fast approaching. It takes place at the Birmingham NEC from 16th to 18th September.
As always, there will be machinery on show that is sure to be of interest to Digger Blog readers, with all the latest kit for scrap and waste handling.
Equipment distributor Blue Group will have a large presence at the event. Its stand will include the brand new Terex Fuchs MHL250E long-reach materials handler, pictured above.
Watsons' personal flavour
This is Sir Malcolm, a 22-tonne Doosan DX225LC-3 crawler excavator recently added to the fleet of Barnsley-based Watsons Groundworks Ltd (WGL).
Company owner Carl Watson names all his machines after friend, family or staff, and this new machine is named in honour of Malcolm Reynolds, who at 71 years young is the most experienced plant operator in the Watsons team. Malcolm is currently driving his namesake machine on site.
WGL has also bought a Doosan DX62R-3 and a DX85R-3 to meet rising demand. The new 8-tonne DX85R-3 (called Ollie, after a mate of Carl's) is one of the first to be delivered in the UK and follows on from the purchase of five of the 6-tonne DX62R-3 excavators by Watsons at the end of last year.
Lynch lays on the fun
The plant operator event of the year. That's how Lynch Plant Hire is advertising its upcoming family open day.
The Lynch 2014 Family Plant Show & Operator Open Day takes place on Sunday 31st August at Codham Hall Farm in Warley, Brentwood CM13 3JT.
The event will give operators the chance to test and show off their skills by taking part in several challenges.
Seven beam lift
I don't know much about this photo except that it shows some very impressive rigging, with seven spreader beams in combination.
It's clearly an Ainscough crane but I am not sure whether it is an LTM 1750-9.1 or the massive LTM 11200-9.1. If the latter, it is the UK's largest telescopic crane, able to lift 1200 tonnes at 2.5 metre radius.
I gather the photos shows a very recent heavy lift at the National Waterways Museum. That's all I can tell you at this stage, I'm afraid, but I was sufficiently impressed by the photo that I thought it worth sharing.
New ZW-5 wheeled loaders from Hitachi
News from Hitachi, and the arrival in Europe of a pair of new wheeled loaders in the 12-tonne class.
Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe (HCME) has introduced the ZW140-5 and ZW150-5.
Like the older models introduced five years ago, they have hydrostatic transmission but whereas the old machines were 96kW and 107kW respectively, the new models both have a 5.2-litre four-cylinder water-cooled turbo engine rated at 113kW and use less fuel, Hitachi says.


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Coleman Called Out By Ray Rice
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Check out this video of 105.7 The FAN's Jerry Coleman our man on the scene in New Orleans, getting singled out by Ray Rice in front of over 5,000 national & international reporters.
Ray celebrates the, uh….benefits of traveling & not being a big fella!
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Yahoo! Reports Drop In Profit But Rise In Sales In Q2
A sign is seen in front of the Yahoo! headquarters July 18, 2006 in... News PhotoCalifornia,Economy,Finance,Headquarters,Internet,Making Money,Sunnyvale - California,Technology,USA,YAHOOPhotographer Justin SullivanCollection: Getty Images News 2006 Getty ImagesSUNNYVALE, CA - JULY 18: A sign is seen in front of the Yahoo! headquarters July 18, 2006 in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo! Inc. reported second quarter earnings of $164.3 million or 11 cents a share, down 78 percent from the second quarter of 2005 when the company reported earnings of 754.7 million, or 51 cents per share. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)


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Mississippi State left fielder Demarcus Henderson dives for a ball hit by Oregon State's Kavin Keyes for a triple that scored Danny Hayes in the fourth inning of the opening game of the NCAA College World Series on Saturday in Omaha, Neb.
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OMAHA, Neb. -- Adam Frazier saw it once the ball left Jonathan Holder's hand. TD Ameritrade Park reacted once it left Danny Hayes' bat.
The Oregon State first baseman sent the final pitch of the game a few feet shy of the bleachers in right field. Mississippi State's Hunter Renfroe stumbled in his initial trek to the ball, but recovered, snatching it against the wall to secure the Bulldogs' 5-4 win in the College World Series opener Saturday.
"He hung that pretty bad. I shook his hand coming through the line, I said, 'You better get it down,'" Frazier said. "Hunter kind of scared me, too. He was ...


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"The potential importance of neurogenesis in sexual behavior, sexual cues and reproductive function has provided new insights," said Dr. So. "These insights might provide a better understanding of sexual dysfunction, sexual disorders and normal sexual functioning."
"These reviews show that the process of neurogenesis has far-reaching implications, including a beneficial exercise-induced response to stress and some degree of involvement with sexual behavior and reproduction," said Prof. Shinn-Zong Lin, professor of neurosurgery at China University Medical Hospital, Taiwan and chair of the Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cell Research where this work was first presented. "The studies reinforce the importance of a naturally occurring process that, until recently, was believed to be impossible."
Citation: Lau, B. W-M.; Yau, S-Y.; So, K-F. Reproduction: A New Venue for Studying Function of Adult Neurogenesis? Cell Transplantation 20(1):21-35; 2011.
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