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Tuesday Morning Running Back Week 9: New Yorkers Take Giant Step BackwardNovember 10, 2009
Sunday wasn't a good day for Chris Snee.
It's bad enough that his late holding penalty helped to cost the Giants the game.
However, what if your boss was also your Father-in-law? How much explaining would you have to do then?
Snee's holding penalty deep in the red zone, forced the Giants to settle for a field goal, and gave Phillip Rivers an opening to steal the game, which he promptly did.
But Snee isn't the only one to blame for the defeat. While talking with a friend who happens to be a Giants fan yesterday, we concluded two truths about the Giant defense.
1. The secondary has more holes in it than an old pair of underwear.
2. Steve Spagnuolo is sorely missed.
Drew Brees shredded the Giant secondary a few weeks ago and subsequent quarterbacks have taken his lead. It is in desperate need of an upgrade.
And while Bill Sheridan may be an adequate defensive coordinator, he has yet to show the inventiveness of his predecessor.
Any real Giants fan will tell you that it was Steve Spagnuolo's scheming that won the Super Bowl, not David Tyree's miracle catch.
Now, the Giants have lost four straight, and are looking up at both the Cowboys and the Eagles in the division.
While they are currently in position to win at least at wild card spot, their margin of error is at most two games with Atlanta, Chicago, Green Bay and either Dallas or Philadelphia clipping at their heels.
Five weeks ago this was the best team in the NFC.
Five weeks later, the Giants are now searching for answers.
Elsewhere in week nine action:
- Myles Austin had a quiet night for the most part. But when it mattered Tony Romo could count on his favorite target who scampered for a winning touchdown and put the Cowboys in first place.
- Yes Bengal fans, you can start talking playoffs. All you needed to do was watch your team score on their three possessions, and the Ravens shot themselves in the foot from there.
- I don't like him personally but I got to admit Ochocinco is pretty entertaining. I had to laugh when he jokingly tried to bribe an official after getting a penalty.
- Dolphins rookie Vontae Davs had an interesting day on Sunday. While he did pick off a Tom Brady pass, he was the recipient of a vicious Randy Moss stiffarm that put the game out of reach.
- The Saints are now 9-0 for the first time in their history thanks to Drew Brees leading a comeback and their defense forcing three fumbles.
- Michael Turner has finally found his groove and that's got to make both the Falcons and their fans really happy.
- I understand DeAngelo Hall might have been angry over the way the Falcons treated towards the end of his tenure there. But to instigate a melee on the sideline in which coaches were involved is a bush move and should be grounds for suspension.
- Speaking of idiotic moves, the Bears Tommie Harris got himself ejected after he struck a Cardinal in the head. Without his presence on the defensive line, Kurt Warner torched them for five touchdowns.
- I guess the Cardinals thought the Bears were what they thought they were.
- Vince Young's grit and Chris Johnson's power running have transformed the Titans into a team that can at least finish with a respectable record.
- Mr. Snee wasn't the only Chris to have a bad day on Sunday. The Texans Kris Brown missed a 42 yard field goal as time expired and the Colts were able to escape with a victory. The sad part is he had made a kick from 52 yards out earlier in the game.
- Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio put his team through grueling tackling drills in full pads to send a message to his team after their embarrassing loss to the Titans last week. It worked this week as the Jaguars beat the Chiefs.
- Hey Tampa Bay, you're a winner! Maybe you should wear those god-awful duds for the rest of the season. They seemed to bring you luck.
- Kudos to Matt Hasselbeck who spearheaded a Seahawk comeback from 17-0 down to avoid being the first team to lose to the Lions at home in two years.
- Last night's Denver Pittsburgh game could be summed up as a tale of two halves. Denver controlled the ball in the first half but couldn't score. Pittsburgh controlled the ball in the second half and took advantage by scoring two touchdowns that were the difference.
- Happy Veterans Day to all you vets out there, and thanks for all you do for our country.
- Week 10 has two marquee games on the docket with the Colts and Pats and the Steelers and Bengals. I can't wait to share my thoughts with you, but we'll both have to wait till next week. See you then!


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Since graduating from Lakewood High School 27 years ago, Ray Milton's career has bounced between his two passions, boxing and baking. These days he's leading with his pot holder instead of his glove and has recently opened Sugar Rays Bakery at 230 Fourth St. N.
"Sometimes I call it the boxing gym when I mean to say the bakery," Milton said laughing, as he rang up an order of freshly baked protein bars full of coconut, whey powder, flax seeds, wheat germ, organic brown sugar and honey.
Though he's a health-conscious vegetarian, his 700-square-foot store next to Orange Blossom Catering is full of many decadent creations including red velvet cupcakes, cinnamon whiskey cake, sweet potato pie, croissants, breads, muffins and rolls. He also sells Kahwa coffee, and in turn, Kahwa coffee shops sell his assorted scones.
During high school Milton bagged groceries at Albertson's on 54th Avenue S and was promoted to cleaning up the bakery when he was 16. He showed such an interest in baking that someone taught him to make doughnuts, then bread and pretty soon the works. After high school he worked at Publix and Grant's Bakery at Seminole Mall. From 1988 to 1995 he was a baker and pastry chef at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront.
All the while he was training boxers from amateurs to one champion. In 1999 he opened South Side Boxing Gym on 16th Street S and ran that for four years, but still kept a hand in the mixing bowl by holding regular bake sales at a gas station on 18th Avenue S.
"About once a week I would go to the gas station, set up a table and load it with cakes and pies. I'd sell sweet potato pies, pound cake, carrot cake, coconut cake, apple pie, pecan pie. People would start piling up," he said. He plans to start bake sales in that same area this month.
Milton stays busy. He trades his apron for a suit and tie on weekends when he's a bouncer at Bishop's Tavern at 260 First Ave. N.
Milton is at the bakery by 5 a.m. most days so he can have a case full of fresh, hot food when it opens at 8. He expects he'll be coming in even earlier when he increases his production for the holidays and fills special orders for pies, cookies, breads and gluten-free creations.
He has photos of himself with numerous boxers including Joe Frazier. Although he has met the namesake of the bakery he doesn't have a photo of Sugar Ray Leonard.
"I met him in 2000 in Tampa when they had Olympic trials over there," said Milton, who couldn't decide if he likes boxing or baking more. "The business of boxing I don't like. But the art of boxing, I love. I love baking but the business of baking can be tough. But with any business, it's going to take time."
News researcher Natalie Watson contributed to this report.

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There wasn't a day that passed when a young Archie Payer didn't send a letter to his older brother, a World War II serviceman stationed thousands of miles from their McAdoo home. Stephen A. Payer was 19 when he died, shot down in a B-17 bomber as it flew outside of Berlin, Germany.
The Payers never received complete details about what happened to Stephen, who enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force after graduating from McAdoo High School in 1943. But because they were so close, Archie never stopped wanting to find out more.
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On Wednesday, February 27th, we will be joined by CGD Research Assistant Kevin Ummel for an introduction to Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA), as well as a "sneak peek" at new data. At its core, CARMA is a massive database containing information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide. Power generation accounts for 40% of all carbon emissions in the United States and about one-quarter of global emissions. CARMA is the first global inventory of a major, emissions-producing sector of the economy. The objective of CARMA.org is to equip individuals with the information they need to forge a cleaner, low-carbon future. By providing complete information for both clean and dirty power producers, CARMA hopes to influence the opinions and decisions of consumers, investors, shareholders, managers, workers, activists, and policymakers. CARMA builds on experience with public information disclosure techniques that have proven successful in reducing traditional pollutants. Join us at 6:30pm for casual conversation and snacks -- and we'll get the official part of the program started around 6:45pm. Hope you can join us! Warm regards, Heather Haines
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The bizarre spring temperatures this weekend had me packing up our toques + scarves for lighter fare. (OH, DON'T WORRY. I'm pretty sure that by doing that I have tempted the Gods and we will have a humdinger of a snow storm in April. That's okay with me!) Dan agreed with the toddlers that it was officially summer so they were ripping around in barefeet and short sleeves. I, on the other hand, am the one who has to look after them all (YES, even YOU Dan!) when they are sick and miserable so I was racing after everyone like a giant BUZZ KILL with sweaters + socks. It's MARCH for heaven's sake! We are usually still under a foot of snow.
The sunshine was incredibly lovely though.
My sweet new hat shows a bit of script work that I did for a fundraiser. Check it out and snatch up one of these adorable hats (or the shirts, too!) - proceeds go to a good cause. $18 including shipping. Good prices and great hat. (*MOM if you are reading this - don't order one because I might have ordered you one already.)
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Today: I am FINALLY done the elk. He's signed! He's going to a new home in a fancy new house out way out West where the cowboys roam. As soon as the light is right - I'll photograph him so I can pack him up and get him onto the new leg of his journey. His fierceness has convinced me to get out another canvas. Who knows what will come of that. It's Monday. I'm hopeful.


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Sheriff's deputies remain on the lookout for a black man in his 20s who measures 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds.
The suspect, who has an Afro-style haircut, was last seen headed east on Gordon Highway wearing a black Braves baseball cap, no shirt and black shorts.
About 3:50 a.m., a McLane Food Services deliveryman who was dropping off an order at the restaurant said the robber pointed a silver or chrome semi-automatic pistol at him and ordered him to surrender all of his money and cell phone.
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Der Spiegel has a very interesting two-part article on the current crisis in investment banking. It's well worth reading as an indicator that the economic slide that began in 2007/08 isn't over yet, and may in fact be getting worse (as I and other informed commenters have been saying for some time). Here are a couple of extracts.
Last fall, only a few weeks apart, a businesswoman and a banker went to the Coq d'Argent, an upscale restaurant and hot spot in the world of London high finance, located on the top floor of a shopping complex, to end their lives.
The woman put down her purse and jumped from the restaurant's cozy rooftop terrace. The banker, an investment specialist, jumped into the building's atrium around lunchtime.
The "City," the casual term the financial center uses in reference to itself, was shocked. The suicides are the most glaring expression of an apocalyptic mood that seems to have gripped all of London. Hospitals are reporting a high incidence of patients with alcohol problems, while top restaurants are fighting for every customer.
The crisis has struck at the heart of the financial center. In 2012, banks began to downsize their investment banking activities. For years, the area had been seen as a playground for those seeking instant riches and guaranteed success, and it provided tens of thousands with sometimes exorbitant incomes.
October 30 would become a horrific day for the financial district after the Swiss bank UBS announced that it was slashing 10,000 jobs in the sector. On one morning alone, the bank's London office let hordes of bankers go. Some were intercepted at the entrance, still carrying their coffee in to-go cups, only to be shown the door a short time later with a piece of paper filled with instructions.
All he felt was hate, says a 51-year-old who was among those affected by the recent layoffs. For him and others like him, the chances of finding a new job are slim. The competition is also doing its utmost to downsize. Morgan Stanley plans to lay off 1,600 employees in the coming weeks, Lloyds is cutting as many as 15,000 jobs worldwide, and Deutsche Bank has just eliminated 1,500 jobs in its investment banking division.
An era seems to be coming to an end, the era of an industry that led us to believe that what it did was useful. In reality, though, it was lining its pockets by conducting more and more reckless transactions and involving itself in increasingly insane deals and products.
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The machine ... made the banks rich and made it easier for the rest of the world to live on borrowed money. In the end, however, it began to destroy itself, generating one scandal after another.
Banks manipulated the LIBOR interest rate, which affects financial transactions worth hundreds of trillions of dollars. They foisted risky assets on customers and became involved in money laundering and tax fraud. Traders like Kweku Adoboli (UBS), Jérôme Kerviel (Société Générale) and Bruno Iksil (JPMorgan Chase) gambled away billions through risky transactions, either on their own or with their departments.
Former German President Horst Köhler once described the financial markets as a monster controlled by investment banks. Since 2008, politicians have been trying to tame the monster and assume control.
For instance, they want banks to set aside more capital as collateral for risky deals in the future, which means that many areas will hardly be profitable anymore. Banks and bankers are to be forced into a tighter corset -- but they are fighting back.
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Bankers are especially upset over the move to sharply curtail personnel costs. There is no other industry in which workers cost as much as in investment banking. "This is the only industry in which labor has exploited capital," jokes one adviser.
For this reason the mass layoffs at UBS -- which is completely abandoning large portions of its investment banking business following the appointment of Axel Weber, the former president of Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank, as supervisory board chairman -- are seen as a warning sign for the entire industry. It is "as if Daimler stopped making sedans," says the head of the German division of a major US investment bank.
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The most ambitious social experiment Google has yet attempted may only be days old, but the company is already claiming early success in uncovering new subtleties in the way the Facebook Generation wants to live its life online.
This week's announcement of Google+, a service that is only available as part of a narrow, invitation-only trial, marks the beginning of a concerted attempt by the world's most powerful internet company to maintain its relevance in the social networking age.
Data Google has been collecting show that new tools to make it easier for users to segment their online social connections into smaller groups are already influencing how they interact, says Vic Gundotra, the executive spearheading Google's social efforts. Women, in particular, have been making much greater use of these more limited sub-networks, he says.
Freed of the concerns about who will see what they are posting, people are already showing signs of opening up about themselves far more, Mr Gundotra adds.
For Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook and high priest of the culture of online "sharing" it has ushered in, the challenge is direct.
Something has been fundamentally "broken" about online social networking, according to Google. "In the real world, people change how they behave" depending where they are or who they are talking to, says Mr Gundotra: online, they have been forced to present a single version of themselves to the world. That means not only losing control of who sees private information about them, it also makes it impossible for people to maintain the different personas they adopt in different situations.
Google's gambit has raised two big questions about the future of life online. One is whether it really is possible, as the company claims, to hand internet users back control of their own lives.
The other: whether, even if it succeeds in bringing new subtleties to social engagement, this will do Google any good in its attempt to reverse the swing towards Facebook. If it fails, a single company could be set to dominate the world's social life online for at least the next generation.
The feature of Google+ that is designed to give users a greater sense of control, called Circles, is aimed at a familiar complaint about Facebook.
People "struggle to navigate social situations online because they find that they have to simultaneously negotiate their friends from college drinking days, their colleagues at work and their kid's friends' parents," says Danah Boyd, a social networking researcher who has studied the field since its early days. "Social media creates a series of context collapses that rupture social dynamics in funny ways."
As a result, many users step back from posting actively on Facebook. New members of the service often follow a common pattern, says Ray Valdes, an analyst at Gartner: "sharing a few things, maybe oversharing, then dialling back when the novelty wears off and settling into [becoming] a passive observer."
Advocates of the merits of wider posting of personal information online, however, argue that this represents a mistaken, and backward-looking, approach to the new networks.
"Online, there's this temptation to think you can stop information spreading – you can't," says Jeff Jarvis, associate professor of journalism at the City University of New York and author of an upcoming book on the merits of online sharing.
The internet makes the sharing of information friction-free, according to Mr Jarvis. So even if you tell something only to a small group of friends, there's no way to control how it is spread after that. In the online world we are all defined by what others say or post about us, adds Ms Boyd: as a result, we will have to get used to a new sense of "networked privacy" that will be very different from the sense of personal privacy we used to enjoy.
If there is an erosion of the barriers that made the old sense of privacy possible, Facebook has taken full advantage of the changing norms.
"They presume the more open you are with your data the more you'll use the system," says David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect, which was published last year.
At times, it can feel as though Facebook is deliberately playing on a generational divide as these changing norms take hold. With usage among the young far higher, it has encouraged the wider sharing of more information in public with progressive changes to its rules.
"We are all moving towards using Facebook the way young people use it," says Mr Kirkpatrick.
According to Google, this slide towards a more open way of living online – and the sometimes uncomfortable social adjustments it forces on people – is not inevitable.
"I do think digital information flows more freely than atoms do in the real world," says Bradley Horowitz, vice- president of product management at Google. "But we believe strongly that software can give people control."
Facebook is almost certain to strike back, says Mr Valdes. It launched a pre-emptive move against Google late last year with its own feature to make it easier to set up smaller sub-networks – a service known as Groups, which has led to the creation of 50m more narrowly-defined sets of connections. Getting a durable lead over Facebook, whose membership of more than 700m has a strong reason to stay connected, will be hard.
"The chances of Google+ having an impact on Facebook are almost nil," says Mr Kirkpatrick. "There's not going to be a slightly better Facebook that beats Facebook." But Google's move into social networking looks like the beginning of a long war.
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Pullattu (Sour Dosa) is one hit dosa recipe. Dosa is a wonderful, flavorful Andhra's breakfast item. Dosa can be made with 'n' number of variations and each one of them would make us equally tempting. No wonder! It so happens that some of the restaurants go for a 'Dosa Mela' (serving atleast 30 varieties of dosa ) at times to attract the crowd. Let me list how many I remember.. plain dosa, masala dosa, ulli / onion dosa, pesarattu, upma pesarattu, egg dosa, karam dosa, chutney dosa, paneer dosa, palak dosa, rava dosa, godhuma dosa, pullattu, uthappam, veggie dosa, atukula dosa / sponge dosa…. OMG the list doesn't seem to end!! Will bring out the recipe for each one I have listed 🙂
Dosa is something which should go directly to the serving plate from the hot dosa pan. It's only then one can really enjoy it. Pullattu has few variations too. Some use rice flour + maida and few use just rice. I am showing you the second one here but would also explain the first one. Dosas are not made once in a lot for all the family members and served. One has to wait for their turn 😀 No waiting.. it's your turn now.. here is the recipe, Happy Cooking!!
1 cup Rice
1 cup sour curd
2 carrots shredded or finely chopped
1 Onion finely chopped
5 green chillies finely chopped
Salt to taste
1 tsp cumin seeds / jeera (hand crushed)
My Recipe:
1. Take the sour curd in a bowl and pour 1 1/4 cup water to it. Mix well to make buttermilk and soak the washed rice in it overnight.
2. Next morning, collect the soaked rice from the buttermilk and put it in a mixi jar. Make a loose paste of it adding some buttermilk or water.
3. Collect the mixture back into the buttermilk bowl. Add the chopped onion, carrot, chillies, jeera and salt. Mix well.
4. Heat a non-stick dosa pan spray some oil over it. Make sure that the batter has a pouring consistency. Take a ladle full of batter and pour it from outside in. Since it's in pouring consistency you will not be able to spread it. So just pour it in circular motion and fill the gaps with the little amounts of batter again. So, these dosas might not take a perfect circle shape 🙂 Put some oil on the edges to make it crispy.
5. Let it cook until golden brown on the edges and then reverse it on the pan.
6. Cook until 30-40 secs so that it's lightly golden brown.
7. Send it right to the serving plate along with some chutney / pickle.
The other way of making Pullattu batter:
1. Mix 1 cup of rice flour and 1/2 cup of maida with 1 cup of sour curd. Make it into pouring consistency adding some water and rest it for an hour.
2. Add onion, carrot, chillies and jeera and prepare dosas as explained above.


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BMW has already tantalised its performance coupé fans with the recent revealing of the M4 and M235i, and now it looks like the good times are set to roll on with an M2 in 2016.
After hearing various mutterings from BMW insiders recently, the UK's Auto Express can practically confirm that an M2 is on the way.
Of course, it's not known exactly which parts bin BMW will be raiding to power the hottest 2 Series.
Most publications are speculating that it'll get a more powerful version of the N54 3-litre TwinPower straight-six found in the current M235i. Yet, according to Car and Driver, a detuned, single-turbo version of the new M3 and M4's high-revving N55 six-cylinder monster motor is also a possibility.
So how much power will it make? Outputs of between 268 and 283kW are being bandied about the internet.
One thing's for sure, BMW's answer to the Mercedes CLA 45 AMG is not going to be tame and it's going to need a chassis to match its extra urge.
This is where items like the new Active M Differential, found in the new M3/M4 might come in handy.
We wait with bated breath.
Sources: Auto Express, Car and Driver


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Playground rumours, squabbles about siblings and plans for a fight after school.
A Sydney inquest has heard those were the events leading up to the death of 15-year-old Aaron Jones, who collapsed during a fight with a schoolmate on the corner of Durham and Kent Streets, Minto, on November 23, 2011.
Counsel assisting the coroner, Senior Sergeant Sasha Harding, told Glebe Coroner's Court on Tuesday there had been some disagreements concerning the younger siblings of the year 10 student and another boy, who cannot be named.
After some rumours about previous fights, the two Sarah Redfern High School students arranged to meet and fight at the Minto intersection near their homes, the inquest heard.
"Available evidence suggested Aaron initiated the physical altercation," Senior Sergeant Harding said.
Some punches were thrown and "this resulted in Aaron losing his balance and falling on the ground and losing consciousness", she said.
He was then taken to Campbelltown Hospital, where he died, but a cause of death has not been established, the inquest heard.
The officer in charge of the investigation, Detective Senior Constable Scott Holyday, said he believed the boys met intending to have a verbal argument.
"On this occasion, the intention of the meeting was to have a verbal altercation ... until the altercation occurred," Detective Holyday said.
He attended the post-mortem examination and could not see any obvious injuries, other than on Aaron's knuckles.
"It didn't appear there were any signs of injury ... resulting from a high level of aggression or violence," he said. "It seems there wasn't any intention of harm by either party."
The inquest heard Aaron had a history of asthma and other family members had heart problems.
A woman who drove past the scene of the fight, Natalie Brizzolara, sobbed as she remembered giving Aaron CPR.
"I saw the boys standing there and then I saw him on the ground and he wasn't OK."
She told police one of the boys had told her he punched Aaron in the head once and he fell down, the inquest heard.
Ms Brizzolara said her impression was that it was all an accident.
"[The boys] were not quite in shock yet, but once I said that he's not OK I think that they were in shock."
Still in tears as she finished giving evidence, Ms Brizzolara whispered "sorry" to Aaron's mother as she walked out of the courtroom.
The inquest continues before deputy state coroner Hugh Dillon.


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To understand the etiology of metabolic disorders, including obesity and type II diabetes, it is essential that we gain better insight into how stored and available energy sources are monitored by the central nervous system. In particular, a comprehension of the fine cellular interplay and intracellular mechanisms that enable appropriate hypothalamic and consequent endocrine and behavioral responses to both circulating hormonal and nutrient signals remains elusive. Recent data, including those from our laboratories (Andrews et al., 2008;Benani et al., 2007;Anderson et al., 2009;Jaillard et al., 2009;Campanucci et al., 2010;Diano et al., 2011) raised the notion that ROS generation is not merely a by-product of substrate oxidation, but it plays a crucial role in modulating cellular responses involved in the regulation of energy metabolism. We have observed that suppression of ROS levels diminish pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) cell activation and promote the activity of neuropeptide Y- (NPY)/ agouti related peptide- (AgRP) neurons and feeding, whereas ROS activates POMC neurons and reduces feeding. We found that ROS levels in POMC neurons are positively correlated with leptin levels in lean and ob/ob animals, a relationship that is diminished in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. Furthermore, high fat feeding resulted in hypothalamic proliferation of peroxisomes and elevated PPAR mRNA levels. Peroxisome proliferation in POMC neurons by the PPAR agonist, rosiglitazone, decreases ROS levels and increases food intake in lean mice on high fat diet. On the other hand, suppression of peroxisome proliferation in the hypothalamus by the PPAR antagonist, GW9662, increases ROS and c-fos expression in POMC neurons, reversed high fat feeding-triggered elevated NPY/AgRP and low POMC neuronal firing, and, resulted in decreased feeding of DIO mice. Intriguingly, central administration of ROS alone increased c-fos and pStat3 expression in POMC neurons and reduced feeding of DIO animals. Taken together these observations gave impetus to the central hypothesis of this application, which is that peroxisome proliferation governed by PPAR in the hypothalamic leptin-targeted neurons confers to cellular leptin resistance. The following specific aims are proposed to test our hypotheses:
SPECIFIC AIM 1 to determine the effect of ablation of leptin receptors selectively in AgRP or POMC neurons on high fat diet-induced peroxisome proliferation and impaired hypothalamic neuronal activity.
SPECIFIC AIM 2 To assess the effect of selective ablation of PPARgamma in POMC-, AgRP- and leptin receptor -expressing neurons on hypothalamic circuit activity and metabolic phenotype development of mice on standard chow and high fat diet. Understanding hypothalamic sub-cellular mechanisms that underlie cellular and behavioral responses to metabolic alterations will enhance the potential to develop better strategies to combat metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes.
This proposal aims to investigate signaling modality connecting specific neuronal function and associated feeding behavior. Successful completion of these studies will deliver new drug targets for metabolic disorders, including obesity and type 2 diabetes. To understand the etiology of metabolic disorders, including obesity and type II diabetes, it is essential that we gain better insight into cellular mechanisms used by the central nervous system to monitor circulating signals and to respond appropriately. One of the remaining enigmas is the mechanism that determines leptin resistance in diet-induced obesity. To date, the neurobiological substrate of leptin resistance, a mechanism that entails the inability of increased leptin levels to promote a decreased feeding and body weight in diet- induced obese subjects remains elusive. Thus, the understanding of these hypothalamic cellular mechanisms is important and will lead to the development of better strategies to combat metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes.
|Toda, Chitoku; Kim, Jung Dae; Impellizzeri, Daniela et al. (2016) UCP2 Regulates Mitochondrial Fission and Ventromedial Nucleus Control of Glucose Responsiveness. Cell 164:872-83
|Dotolo, Raffaele; Kim, Jung Dae; Pariante, Paolo et al. (2016) Prolyl Endopeptidase (PREP) is Associated With Male Reproductive Functions and Gamete Physiology in Mice. J Cell Physiol 231:551-7
|Kim, Jae Geun; Sun, Ben-Hua; Dietrich, Marcelo O et al. (2015) AgRP Neurons Regulate Bone Mass. Cell Rep 13:8-14
|Koch, Marco; Varela, Luis; Kim, Jae Geun et al. (2015) Hypothalamic POMC neurons promote cannabinoid-induced feeding. Nature 519:45-50
|Kim, Jung Dae; Toda, Chitoku; D'Agostino, Giuseppe et al. (2014) Hypothalamic prolyl endopeptidase (PREP) regulates pancreatic insulin and glucagon secretion in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111:11876-81
|Mattace Raso, G; Santoro, A; Russo, R et al. (2014) Palmitoylethanolamide prevents metabolic alterations and restores leptin sensitivity in ovariectomized rats. Endocrinology 155:1291-301
|Long, Lihong; Toda, Chitoku; Jeong, Jing Kwon et al. (2014) PPARγ ablation sensitizes proopiomelanocortin neurons to leptin during high-fat feeding. J Clin Invest 124:4017-27
|Toda, Chitoku; Diano, Sabrina (2014) Mitochondrial UCP2 in the central regulation of metabolism. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 28:757-64
|Kim, Jae Geun; Suyama, Shigetomo; Koch, Marco et al. (2014) Leptin signaling in astrocytes regulates hypothalamic neuronal circuits and feeding. Nat Neurosci 17:908-10
|Diano, Sabrina; Liu, Zhong-Wu; Jeong, Jin Kwon et al. (2011) Peroxisome proliferation-associated control of reactive oxygen species sets melanocortin tone and feeding in diet-induced obesity. Nat Med 17:1121-7


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The Jack Bologna Award
2007-2008 Award for Innovative Teaching
Criteria and Process for Selection of Recipient
Siena Heights University has received a donation to establish an award for five years honoring the innovative teaching style of Professor Emeritus Jack Bologna. The annual faculty development award consists of $500. A plaque bearing the name of the awardee is to be displayed in a prominent place at the SHU Metro-Detroit site since this is where Professor Bologna did most of his teaching and interacted with students.
Mr. Jack Bologna was a faculty member at Siena Heights for over a decade before health issues caused him to retire from the classroom in the mid-'90s. According to friends and colleagues, Bologna was proud to be associated with Siena Heights. Bologna was a strategic planner and the SHU Business Department's "go-to" person for international business and business ethics fundamentals. He has also been recognized as an expert in forensic accounting and computer-based frauds, but those who worked and learned with him remember Jack first and foremost as a dedicated and innovative teacher. Bologna always held his students in the highest regard. He set the standard, kept current, and always remained open-minded.
Nominations will include:
Nominations for this award for 2007-2008 must be completed and returned by Monday, March 28, 2008. Ballots will be available from March 17 to March 28 at 5 p.m.
The Nomination Ballot is located below. For your convenience, it will be found on on the website. You may print a copy and mail it in to the Awards Committee, or you make email nominations to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Nominations will be submitted to:
The Awards Committee
College of Arts and Sciences
1247 E. Siena Heights Drive
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June 14, 2000, 07:47 AM
I just came into a 44Mag. SSA with 4-3/4" barrel. The hammer is in the white and the frame is color case hardened. The stocks look like stag or an imitation of stag. What else can you tell me about this piece and the company. I haven't found any references to them; did comeone else make it?


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A funny thing happened when Don DiLego sat down to record a new album"he found he had written two.
The singer/songwriter who you likely know from his songs that have been featured on such television shows as Dawson's Creek and Roswell and various films has just released the Western & Atlantic EP. Working with Colin Killilea (Pocketknife), Marwan Kanafani (City Breathing), Erik Olsen (DiLego's longtime writing partner), and Gregg Williams (Dandy Warhols, Sheryl Crow), the result is a stroll back to the Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell sound that intrigued DiLego as a child. Perhaps that's not surprising when you consider Rolling Stone dubbed him "alt-country's next poster boy."
"Just this morning I was watching 'Walk the Line' [the 2005 biographical drama about] Johnny Cash," he said when asked about his decision to gather all the players in a studio and record Western & Atlantic live except for minimal overdubs. "It is only in today's era that having recorded everyone live [while the players are] together means anything. In the history of music, that was just the way you recorded things."
Not that DiLego is that far away from the roots of country. After all, he and musical partner Bree Sharp have a loyal following for their folk, alt-country duo Beautiful Small Machines. In fact, the duo's recent cover of a banjo version of MIA's "Paper Planes" was just selected as a Top 5 Pick of the Week by The Guardian of London. But in order to juggle his hectic musical schedule, DiLego will often use modern recording tools, like most other musicians, to finish a project. Perhaps the back-to-basics recording process for Western & Atlantic is what makes the early buzz around the EP so heartening.
"In a sense, this album that you are listening to was never meant to be," he said. "I went in to record [the next Beautiful Small Machines] album 'Magnificent Ram A' and found a lot of songs [I had written] went in a completely different direction [than what we intended for that album]. They were two very different groups of songs. Some were more along the lines of the singer-songwriter, Americana, which I love, and the others were a bit more off beat."
After gathering the Americana songs that ultimately went on a Western & Atlantic, DiLego planned to set them aside until others in urged him to release them.
Perhaps the songs took shape as they did because of the somewhat casual way that DiLego introduced them to his A-list players.
"I didn't give anybody the songs ahead of time," he said. "I just got in the room with my guitar and said 'This is one of the songs" and I'd play it. It would be the first time the musicians had heard it. They are a good set of musicians and everybody was adding to it. It was a very very cool time."
DiLego is proudest of the song "Here Comes the Regular," which has garnered much critical acclaim.
"That was not intended for the album by any stretch. That was simply a bunch of musicians in the room with their gear, playing live and saying 'This sounds nice,'" he said. "That song [quality which is completely live] really surprised me. I often tear things apart with a fine tooth comb trying to make them perfect. That was a moment I knew I didn't have to do that."
Find out more about DiLego and his music on his website.


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With the official opening of the Cabin Innovation Center for research and development at its Hamburg, Germany headquarters on April 1, Lufthansa Technik (Booth No. 343) has sent a strong signal that it intends to press on with its business strategy regardless of the continuing economic crisis.
According to Bernhard Conrad, head of design organization and innovation, the industry should not downplay the effects of this recession. But at the same time, he added, "It's important that we don't overreact. There is always a day after, and while we have to survive, we also have to continue to work toward the future."
The new, 67,800-sq-ft Cabin Innovation Center is proof that Lufthansa Technik has willingly invested in that position to the tune of just over $13 million. Modern test facilities to monitor the airworthiness of new products (pre-compliance tests) have been installed in a "qualification lab" that also includes an environmental test chamber and equipment to ensure electromagnetic compatibility, as well as vibration and crash test equipment.
Lufthansa Technik's office of airworthiness and the IP-management center also have been moved into the new building, with an eye to speeding up the decision-making process.
The Cabin Innovation core team currently numbers slightly more than 60 and that figure is expected to climb to 100. Lufthansa Technik expects there will be further benefits in terms of jobs created by supplier operations also housed in the building. The center is expected to eventually hold about 200 workers.
The five-story center also offers more than a nodding acceptance of "green" innovation, built using a combination of modular and solid structures with a façade that features a composite system for thermal insulation.
"This new facility marks an expansion of Lufthansa Technik's expertise in the field of cabin innovation, while also paving the way for the long-term growth of this business unit," said chairman of the executive board August Wilhelm Henningsen.
The cabin center is only part of a major investment program at the company's Hamburg site. The new engine overhaul center for CFM56 engines opened in January this year, and work has started on enlarging the airframe-related components business unit. Also, the landing gear services unit is expanding with investments in facilities and landing gear spares.


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A few lines about Christmas carols
By Jo Lee Ferguson firstname.lastname@example.com
Dec. 21, 2012 at 10 p.m.
This is the last time Answer Line will write to y'all before Christmas, so I'm taking a break today to celebrate one of my favorite parts of this holiday (you know, other than Christ's birth) - Christmas carols. They're the music to which many of our Christmas memories are set.
For me, those are memories of Christmas Eves spent in Jefferson with my cousins. We usually went caroling in my grandparents' neighborhood, at least until we all got too old (aka, too cool) to continue that tradition.
In honor of those days, here's a little trivia on some favorite Christmas carols:
QUESTION: What Christmas carol found itself in a sort of 19th century plagiarism battle?
ANSWER: That would be "Silent night! Holy night" (as it's translated from its original German title "Stille nacht! heilige night!"). There's an apparent fable centered around the origin of this carol that says it was written quickly, when the parish church organ in Oberndorf (in then Austria) died on Christmas Eve. As the legend goes, assistant priest Joseph Mohr and assistant organist Franz Xaver Gruber wrote the song quickly so it could be accompanied at the midnight mass with a guitar. (And hey, that's from a real-life book - "The New Oxford Book of Carols" - so it has to be true.)
While Mohr and Gruber are the song's authors, that account of why the song was created has been mostly discounted. Gruber was reported to have generously shared his work with other people, which is how a family singing group came to have a copy of it. They claimed it was a "newly discovered" folk carol from a place called Tyrol. That eventually led to the legal wranglings to declare Mohr and Gruber as its authors.
SIDENOTE: The original verses are quite different from what we sing today. The first original verse, for instance, is "Silent night! holy night!; Sleeps the earth, calm and quiet; Lovely Child, now take they rest; On thy mother's gentle breast; Sleep in heavenly peace! Sleep in heavenly peace," .... etc.

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Q: When was "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" written?
A: It first appeared in 1739 in "Hymns and Sacred Poems," by Methodist church leader Charles Wesley. The song wasn't married to the tune we sing it to today until the mid-1800s, though. That's when the lyrics were coupled with music by Felix Mendelssohn, which he had written for a festival marking the 400th anniversary of the printing press.

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Q: What Christmas carol author could I also have purchased insurance from?
A: That would be William Chatterton Dix, but only if you needed boat insurance. He was general manager of a marine insurance company in England and authored many hymns. He wrote "What Child is This" in 1865 to the tune of "Greensleeves."

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Q: What was the inspiration for "O little town of Bethlehem?"
A: Phillips Brooks, who was preacher at the Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia, visited the Holy Land in 1865 and rode by horseback from Jerusalem to Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. It's said (at least by the "Book of Carols") that the song came to him as he stood in a field near Bethlehem. He wrote the words down in 1868 and asked his church organist, Lewis Redner, to put it to music. It was performed for the fist time on Dec. 27, 1868.

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Q: What is Answer Line's favorite Christmas carol?
A: "O Holy Night." The song originally was a French poem that was set to music by well-known 19th-century opera and ballet composer Adolphe Charles Adam. Today, we sing an 1855 translation by Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight (who the Los Angeles Times says became America's first major music critic). I get goosebumps every time I hear this song .... unless I'm the one singing it. I can't hit the high notes.
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Welcome back to my blog and Happy Holidays to everyone! It's been an amazing year and I'm excited to end on a such a high note with a few favorite Prairie Production wedding photos from Laura and Craig's big day.
With the first snowfall of the season behind us and the holidays quickly approaching this time of year always add an extra touch of excitement to the weddings I get to photograph. Not only was Laura, her mom, and her girlfriends in great spirits when I arrived, but the buzz of festive planning always puts a smile on everyone's face including my own. And I'm pretty sure that nothing can beat having your childhood pet around while getting ready for such an amazing milestone in your life! Laura met Craig at the gorgeous St.Ben's in Irving Park for her ceremony before slipping away to Union Station with her wedding party. With the way these two were beaming at each other I'd bet that they didn't even notice the wintery mix coming down outside! We met their guests at Prairie Production for their reception and I could tell how excited Laura was to see all of her hard work come together. The chinese lanterns and warms hues of amber were stunning and beautifully lit the room that would be host their guests for hours of dancing and sweet treats! Honestly, there is no other way I'd rather wind down my wedding season than with such a great dance party :)
Laura and Craig – thank you so much for letting me be a part of your big day!
Shout outs to the fantastic team of vendors who helped make this Prairie Production wedding day possible:
Planner: Livin It Up Events
Makeup Artist: Sonia Roselli
Hair Stylist: Renee Feldman
Videographer: Lexoria
Band: Stitely Orchestra
Florist: Exquisite Designs
Cake: Sweet Mandy B's
Caterer: Entertaining Company
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California Genealogy and History Archives
Sonoma County
|Albert and Frederick Eckert
Among the most enterprising young men in Salt Point township who are making a success of the dairy business we find Albert and Frederick Eckert, the former born in Bolinas, Marin county, in 1869, the latter near Sea View, Sonoma county, in 1882. Their father, Peter Eckert, was of German extraction, coming to California in the early days, and after spending some time in San Francisco located on Bolinas, where he was engaged in the butcher business. Subsequently he purchased a ranch near Sea View, Salt Point township, Sonoma county, which he improved, and here he resided until his death, in 1888. The mother, whose maiden name was Lena Sichel, also of German extraction, reared her family on the old homestead, and here she still resides. Of the union of these worthy parents were born nine children, as follows: Julius; Albert; Edward; Dora, Mrs. George E. Park; Lillie, deceased; Elvin; Frederick; John and Rosa, Mrs. George Call.
Albert and Frederick Eckert were educated in the public schools and from boyhood they learned farming and the dairy business, so they naturally drifted into the business in which they are engaged. Having leased for a term of years the John Cooper ranch of eight hundred acres, the McCappen ranch of eight hundred and seventy-three acres and a ranch adjoining of two hundred acres, as well as the Josephine Walsh ranch of thirty-five hundred acres, they maintain two dairies of one hundred cows each, besides being engaged in the cattle business. They manufacture butter which is sold to the San Francisco trade, Salt Point Creamery butter being in demand on account of its fine quality.
The brothers are very public spirited and
enterprising and there is no worthy enterprise but receives their
support and both are well and favorably known in business and social
affairs in their section.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Snow Day!
5 comments:
- Gemmita said...
that's why our flight was cancelled :(
Our return tickets were Boston/NYC/Barcelona and got cancelled. We ended up going to Amsterdam that night and I think it was probably one of the last flights to leave Logan!!
We have an apartment! you guys can come visit anytime!
- February 13, 2010 6:30 PM
- NoellieBellie said...
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- February 20, 2010 6:25 PM
- Zoila said...
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Scott McLaughlin commits such brutal violence, he needs to be kept behind bars indefinitely.
Scott McLaughlin commits such brutal violence, he needs to be kept behind bars indefinitely.
So says the Crown in its bid to have McLaughlin, 45, declared a dangerous offender.
Final arguments began Tuesday at McLaughlin's sentencing in Superior Court.
In a hearing that has consumed 41 days over the past 18 months, McLaughlin is to be sentenced for the 2009 kidnapping and rape of a 71-year-old Essex County woman.
Instead of arguing McLaughlin should serve a certain number of years behind bars, the Crown has applied to have McLaughlin labelled a dangerous offender — a designation that would keep him incarcerated indefinitely.
"He is in fact a violent offender," argued assistant Crown attorney Gary Nikota. "We have this vicious, senseless act" that should be considered in the context of a criminal history of "escalating violence," Nikota said.
McLaughlin's criminal record spans 30 years and includes more than 60 convictions. He was convicted of his first crime at 15, breaking into a neighbour's house at night and appearing in the bedroom of the teenaged girl who lived there.
With the exception of one five-month period, McLaughlin has lived his entire adult life behind bars or under probation, parole or some form of supervision.
In 1990, the Essex native was convicted of robbery and sentenced to a penitentiary term. He has been on parole for only two months when, in 1994, he held up the night clerk of a Calgary hotel at gunpoint.
Upon his release in 1999, McLaughlin again lasted only two months before committing a crime. This time, he held up a grocery store customer at knifepoint.
He beat up his father, knocking out one of the elderly man's teeth. When his then-girlfriend tried to intervene, McLaughlin beat her up, too.
Behind bars in Windsor, McLaughlin bragged of trafficking drugs to other inmates.
He threatened a guard before being shipped off to another facility for the safety of jail staff here.
McLaughlin's record suggests he is prone to fits of anger. "We don't know what sets him off, but we know that when he becomes angry, he loses control," Nikota said.
His kidnapping of the elderly Essex County woman was filled with gratuitous violence, court has heard. The woman, fearing for her life, did not resist as McLaughlin forced her to perform fellatio on him before raping her. Still, he beat the woman, threatened her with death and berated her. The woman's four-hour ordeal ended with McLaughlin dumping her at the side of the road in a snowstorm.
Nikota called the crime "coarse, savage and cruel."
"What would cause a person to do this to another person?" Nikota said.
McLaughlin's lawyer, John Liddle, makes submissions to the court next week.
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Like a major city, a cell teems with specialized workers
that carry out its daily operations—making energy, moving
proteins, or helping with other tasks. Researchers took microscopic
pictures of thin layers of a cell and then combined them to
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Prezista (darunavir), the first antiviral drug designed to treat drug-resistant strains of HIV. The drug is a molecule designed by Arun Ghosh, a synthetic organic chemist now at Purdue University. Ghosh created the molecule based on the structure of HIV protease, an enzyme that enables the virus to reproduce and the target of many existing therapies. Ghosh's molecule blocks the enzyme's activity by binding to its backbone. This region is less likely to change as the virus evolves, reducing the likelihood that the virus will become resistant to the new drug. The drug enhances the current approach for treating HIV infection and may be available to patients this year.
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What's the skinny on fat? Size matters. A team of researchers
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Ion channels are like carefully controlled doors into cells.
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One of the things that we've already determined about new moms is that they need help in adjusting to a new baby and a new season of life. They also like to know that meal time is going to happen everyday.
Oh my! I remember how ravenous I was in those early weeks!
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One of the features of this meal planning service is that the meals feature mostly fresh ingredients, with just a few pantry staples like spices, sugar, or oil. And, your fresh ingredients list is limited to 20, making shopping easier and more economical because you may be buying in bulk.
If you're looking to increase the freshness of your family's meals without going through a lot of mental gymnastics, The Fresh 20 is worth a try. The recipes will certainly please even picky eaters, without resorting to canned cream soups or refrigerated dough. And there's a cost estimate to each week's meal plan for ease of budgeting.
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Here's just a quick re-post of a Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert. One of the go-to immigration attorneys at my firm, Manuel Cairo, discusses the new Form I-9 below. For those who like new forms or learning about IRCA with your morning cup of coffee, enjoy.
New Form I-9 Has Arrived by Manuel H. Cairo
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires employers to verify the identity and employment authorization of all employees hired after November 6, 1986. To comply with that legal obligation, the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9), was created for employers to use for each employee hired. Employers are further required to maintain completed Forms I-9 throughout the respective employee's employment and thereafter either for three years after the date of hire or for one year after employment is terminated, whichever is later. An employer's Forms I-9 are subject to inspection by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Office of Special Counsel and the U.S. Department of Labor to ensure compliance with various immigration, anti-discrimination, and wage and hour laws.
Since its introduction, the Form I-9 has undergone several revisions. Past versions no longer valid for use include those bearing the following revision dates: May 1987, November 1991, May 2005, November 2007, June 2007, June 2008 and February 2009. An employer's use of an expired Form I-9 for completing the requisite verification process amounts to an administrative violation that may result in fines in the event of an inspection.
The current Form I-9 with the revision date of "08/07/09" expired on August 30, 2012. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) previously announced that employers were to continue using this version of the Form I-9 after that expiration date until such time a replacement Form I-9 became available.
On March 8, 2013, USCIS made available the much anticipated new Form I-9, which is available on their website, reflecting a revision date of "03/08/13" on the lower left corner of the form. Although employers should begin using the newest form immediately, older forms with a revision date of "02/02/09" and "08/07/09" are acceptable for use up to, and including, May 7, 2013.
The newest version of Form I-9 represents the most significant revision of the form since its last major revision in November 1991. Snell & Wilmer will host a Form I-9 training seminar in April to assist employers with navigating and understanding the new Form I-9.


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Thierry Magnien, Service Platforms
Marko Kaiser, CTO
Technical Evangelist, Combell
John Moylan, Senior Systems Administrator
CBC, Canada's public broadcaster, and its website, cbc.ca, face the same content delivery and scalability challenges as most world-leading media properties in the current digital landscape.
Boozt Fashion, a Swedish e-commerce leader, aimed to keep operations lean and efficient while delivering high-performance, personalized e-commerce user experiences. Varnish Plus helped Boozt manage these challenges.
With the support of Allenta, RCS MediaGroup implemented Varnish Plus for advanced access control solutions for their digital media properties.
A major telecommunications company used Varnish Plus to create its own DIY CDN and to embrace Varnish Plus's high-performance and flexibility advantages.
CacheFly, a leading CDN provider, relies on Varnish Plus to supercharge their high-performance content delivery offer.
Using Varnish Plus has allowed Transport for London (TfL) to provide cost savings and better serve the commuters of London.
Learn how Nikon cut their page response times by more than 50% and improved organic traffic by more than 60% during the three months following their implementation of Varnish Plus.
Serving fresh data is vital for Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. With Varnish Administration Console, a solution in the Varnish Plus solution suite, they are able to serve their customers fresh data in a consistent manner.
Surfline shares how they have used Varnish Plus to keep its web and API services and user numbers growing while staying fast and nimble, riding the waves even in peak traffic situations.
This case study describes how Norway's most popular online news site uses Varnish Custom Statistics solution to monitor web traffic and resolve problems in real-time.
Globo is the largest commercial television network of Latin America. After implementing Varnish Plus, Globo saw a fast return on their investment, they could reduce the hardware they relied on and their website performed better.
"Varnish is such a flexible solution that all our paywall-needs could be met within a very reasonable timeframe and with minor adjustments to our publication and payment systems," said Christian Stavik, editor-in-chief of FVN's online edition.
Ireland's National Public Service Broadcaster (RTÉ) relies on Varnish Plus for delivering content. It has now become an essential part of their toolkit.
sheego depends on Varnish Plus for advanced web caching support, content replication and resilience for their business-critical online shop site.
Waoo is a national content and fiber broadband company in Denmark. It provides digital experiences to fibernetworked consumers in Denmark. This includes TV, internet and telephony services.


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Tesco.com has created a Web site for the U.S. Safeway supermarket chain, which, according to reports, looks almost identical to Tesco's U.K Web site. The project will kick off at five Safeway stores in Portland, Ore., on Monday, and is expected to debut across the Safeway chain in the coming months.
U.S. grocery giant Safeway teamed up with Tesco last summer, in a deal that saw Tesco pay $23.2 million (16 million pounds) in exchange for a 35 percent stake in Safeway's existing home shopping operations, called GroceryWorks.
Tesco is hoping that its business model will prove successful in the United States, which has already seen the high-profile collapse of Webvan--a dot-com retailer that spent more than $1.15 billion in a failed attempt to succeed in the highly competitive grocery market.
Tesco's business model is radically different than Webvan's was, and is based on the idea of using a company's existing infrastructure to serve Internet customers. Rather than building new warehouses, Tesco operates a "store pick" system in Britain, where orders submitted over the Internet are assembled at the nearest local store. Safeway.com will now use this model.
Webvan put its faith in high-tech infrastructure, creating an immense warehouse in California that was reported to cover 330,000 square feet and contain five miles of conveyor belts. The company believed that its workers would be up to 10 times more productive than traditional shoppers, ensuring significant productivity gains.
However, the move didn't pay off and, in July 2001, Webvan filed for bankruptcy.
In contrast, Tesco's Internet arm has clicked with British Internet shoppers. It announced recently that its online arm would become profitable earlier than expected, after it enjoyed solid sales growth in 2001.
Some analysts have warned, though, that the "store pick" model may not be as popular with American shoppers.
Graeme Wearden reported from London.


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adornedwithgrace's review of Everyday Minerals Double Ended Eye Shadow Brush
6 reviews
50% would repurchase
Package Quality: 2.7
Price: $$
Package Quality: 2.7
Price: $$
Not tested on animals
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I used to think it didn't make much of a difference with what kind of brush you used for applying eyeshadow, but I was wrong! For most of my life, I was using the sponge applicators, and just recently some Sonia Kashuk brushes from Target. I got the EM Eyeshadow Brush as a "freebie" when I ordered one of the EM Mini Kits, and I just fell in love!
The rounded end is super soft and is just the right side for sweeping color on the whole lid while the angle side is perfect for the crease area. Again, the texture on them is great and I haven't noticed any shedding on them. I just recently bought another kit and got a second one as my "free" brush-I want to collect a few more of them so I don't have to keep washing them when I change colors. Even if you don't want to necessarily shell out the $8 for this brush, I think you'll find it worth it as one of your choice brushes in any of the kits or as a "free" one in the EM Mini Eyeshadow kit where you get this brush AND ten eyeshadows for just $18. It is a real steal since the Bare Escentuals eyeshadows have HALF the amount in them and cost about $10-13 EACH.
Sorry...I know this is supposed to be about the brush--but don't let this be your only purchase!
UPDATE: I still haven't had a lot of shedding of this brush as some of the other reviewers have mentioned---maybe I just got lucky? But it appears to have been discontinued anyway, so hopefully they will improve on these. continued >>
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On this edition of Conversations from Studio B, host Jenny Nelson talks with Ali Ziyati about Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
Regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam, Ramadan is observed through a month of fasting in which adult Muslims must reframe from eating, drinking and smoking between sunrise and sunset.
Nelson and Ziyati discuss the history and importance behind Ramadan to the Muslim faith, as well as many of the traditions involved, including the memorization and recitation of the Quran and post Ramadan celebrations.
"Ramadan is a moment when Muslims around the world actually pause and rethink their closeness to God and what it takes to be a good Muslim. In addition to fasting – there is a lot more to it than no food or drink or anything. There are a whole lot of activities – social activities with neighbors, charity, prayer, reading the Quran and so forth", says Ziyati.