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60" VIZIO LED 1080p 120Hz Smart TV w/ Mount Kit
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- Refresh Rate: 120Hz
- HDMI Inputs: 3
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- Fits 37" to 70" Flat Panel LCD and Plasma Visual Display Products
- Color: Semi-Gloss Black
- Profile from wall with optional (included) Tilt bar: 1.5"
- Includes 8'foot HDMI cable, screen cleaner and cloth
Introducing the all-new 2014 E-Series 60" (60.00" diag.) LED Smart TV with an ultra-narrow 10mm frame, crystal-clear LED-lit picture and a faster, easier-to-use Smart TV experience. With built-in Wi-Fi included, the E-Series connects you to the latest hit movies, TV shows and music from premium apps like Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, iHeartRADIO, VUDU, HuluPlus, YouTube, Pandora and more. And not only is it smart, this TV is packed with the latest technology—like Full-Array LED for superior light uniformity, and Active LED Zones x16 for deeper black levels with an ultra-high 5 million to 1 contrast. Full HD 1080p and 120Hz effective refresh rate makes them perfect for sports and fast action scenes.
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- 5 million to 1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio – Ultra high contrast for stunning color & detail, from deep blacks to radiant whites
- Active LED Zones x16 – Dynamically adjusts the LED backlight per zone creating deeper, pure black levels and higher contrast
- Advanced color management – Ensures optimal accuracy of color and detail across all your devices
- Ambient Light Sensor – Intelligent backlight sensors automatically adjust to surrounding brightness for a great picture in any room
- Built-in Wi-Fi – Connect with high-speed wireless for easy, clutter-free Internet access
- DTS Studio Sound™ – Simulated surround sound solution with deep bass, high frequency detail and clear dialog for an immersive surround experience using the TVs built-in speakers
- Energy Star 6.0 – More energy efficient than conventional LCD TVs to save you even more on energy bills
- E-Series Signature Design – An ultra-narrow frame, a thinner side profile and slimmer new base makes the new E Series a perfect upgrade to any room
- Full-Array LED backlight – Distributes LEDs across the entire screen delivering superior light uniformity and picture performance
- New TV settings menu with built-in user manual – More intuitive menu system with quick, onscreen access to the user manual. No need to search for a paper user manual
- Smart remote – Easy to use remote with one-touch access to your favorite movies, TV shows, and more
- VIZIO Internet Apps Plus® – Instantly enjoy the latest hit movies, TV shows, music and even more premium apps straight from the Internet to your TV
- Class Size: 60"
- Screen Size (Diag.): 60.00"
- Design: 10mm Slim Frame Design
- Smart TV: Yes, VIZIO Internet Apps Plus®
- Backlight Type: Full- Array LED
- Local Dimming: Yes, Smart Dimming: 16 zones
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (1080p)
- Refresh Rate: 120Hz
- Clear Action : 180
- Built-in Wi-Fi: Yes, 802.11n
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Dynamic Contrast Ratio: 5M to 1
- Viewable Angle (H/V): 178o/178o
- Number of Colors: 1.07 Billion (10-bit)
- OSD Language: English, Spanish, French
- Speaker Power Output: 10W x 2
- DTS StudioSound: Yes
- DTS TruSurround: No
- DTS TruVolume: Yes
- HDMI: 3 (1 side / 2 bottom)
- Component: 1 (down)
- Composite: 1 (down)
- Tuner: 1 (down)
- Ethernet: 1 (down)
- USB: 1 (side)
- Analog Audio Out: 1 (side)
- Digital Audio Out (SPDIF): 1 (side)
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- USB Music: Yes
- USB Photo: Yes
- USB Video: Yes
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- Energy Compliance: ENERGY STAR 6.0
- Power Consumption: 86.3W
- Standby Power Consumption: <1W
- Ambient Light Sensor: Yes
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- Mount Pattern: 400mm x 400mm
- Screw Size: M6
- Screw Length: 10mm
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- Remote Control: XRT112
- Battery Type: AAA x2
- Fits 37" to 70" Flat Panel LCD and Plasma Visual Display Products
- Includes 8'foot HDMI cable, screen cleaner and cloth
- Load Capacity: 165 lb Maximum
- Color: Semi-Gloss Black
- Material: Steel
- Weight: 9.50 lbs
- Integrated bubble level guide
- Profile from wall with optional (included) Tilt bar: 1.5"
- Lockable mounting arms for theft deterrence and added safety
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- GS/TUV & UL safety certified
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Charlie Sheen promised "awesome" success for his upcoming FX show "Anger Management," during a video message to advertisers at the network's upfronts presentation on Thursday.
The former "Two and a Half Men" star also joked that its success would be followed by a "whole lot of credit taking."
FX will debut Charlie Sheen's "Anger Management" in June along with Russell Brand's late night show "Strangely Uplifting."
Also read: Charlie Sheen to Ashton Kutcher: Sorry, You Don't Really Suck
During the presentation, network president John Landgraf told advertisers that FX plans to order two to three more scripted dramas in the next year. They will join a lineup that includes "Justified," "American Horror Story" and "Sons of Anarchy," as well as the upcoming "The Americans."
FX posted its most successful year in history in 2011 and said every returning series was up from the previous year. Landgraf said the network may also add another comedy, but said he did not know what the new comedy or dramas would be yet.
Also read: Charlie Sheen Coming Back to 'Two and a Half Men' … in Kathy Bates Form
The network said it topped last year's advertising expectations and gained viewers even as its competitors, including TBS, TNT and USA – the top-rated cable network – slipped.
Landgraf conceded that FX is down in the first quarter of this year – like many cable networks – but said the slide was expected because of lower inventory of new movies.
Also read: FX's 'Always Sunny' Model: Low Costs, Total Freedom
He said it hadn't hurt the network with advertisers and that revenue was up 10 percent for the fiscal year ending in June.
FX has greenlit several off-speed high profile comedies following the model established with "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
That approach calls for giving show creators an unusual degree of freedom in exchange for less money up front.
The network then rewards them if their shows turn into hits.
Landgraf has had less leeway to use the model with dramas because of their high production costs. But he noted that "The Shield," which helped establish FX and set the bar for basic cable dramas, debuted a decade ago this month.
"I really care about trying to uphold the legacy of that show," Landgraf said.
The first of FX's upcoming dramas, "The Americans," stars Keri Russell and follows two KGB spies in 1980s America. It is executive produced by Joe Weisberg and "Justified" creator Graham Yost.
Landgraf also said FX was the sole ad-supported network to offer "critically acclaimed comedies and dramas."
That's true for now, but USA is in the process of branching off into comedy. Turner, meanwhile, airs its dramas on TNT and comedies on TBS.

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I went back and watched the Phantom Menace to get the taste of Episode 8 out of my mouth. Won't be watching Episode 9.
If there's one thing that lets me know not to take someone's opinion on the movie seriously, it's if they claim the prequels were in any way better. They completely dwarf the sequel trilogy in terms of annoying flaws and just plain failure at basic storytelling and character conception.


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"The Pulitzer Prize (pronounced /ˈpʊlɨtsər/) is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City."— Excerpted from Pulitzer Prize on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial WritingEdit
- 1917 - "The Lusitania Anniversary", editorial from Frank H. Simonds of the New York Tribune
- 1918 - "Vae Victis!" and "War Has Its Compensations", editorials by Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal
- 1920 - "Law and the Jungle", editorial by Harvey E. Newbranch of the Evening World Herald
- 1922 - "The Unknown Soldier", editorial by Frank M. O'Brien of the New York Herald
- 1923 - "To an Anxious Friend", editorial by William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette (Kansas)
Pulitzer Prize for Public ServiceEdit
- 1918 - The New York Times, for its public service in publishing official reports, documents and speeches by European statesmen relating to the progress and conduct of the war.
- 1919 - Milwaukee Journal, for its strong and courageous campaign for Americanism in a constituency where foreign elements made such a policy hazardous from a business point of view.
- 1921 - Boston Post, for its exposure of the operations of Charles Ponzi by a series of articles which finally led to his arrest.
- 1922 - New York World, for articles exposing the operations of the Ku Klux Klan, published during September and October, 1921.
Pulitzer Prize for DramaEdit
- 1918 - Why Marry?, a play by Jesse Lynch Williams[1]
- 1920 - Beyond the Horizon, a play by Eugene O'Neill
- 1921 - Miss Lulu Bett, a play by Zona Gale
- 1922 - Anna Christie, a play by Eugene O'Neill
- 1959 - J.B. play written in free verse by MacLeish, Archibald
Pulitzer Prize for HistoryEdit
- 1917 - With Americans of Past and Present Days by Jean Jules Jusserand
- 1918 - A History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 by James Ford Rhodes
- 1920 - The War with Mexico by Justin H. Smith[2][3]
- 1921 - The Victory at Sea by William Sowden Sims and Burton J. Hendrick[4]
- 1922 - The Founding of New England by James Truslow Adams
- 1923 - The Supreme Court in United States History by Charles Warren
- 1935 - The Colonial Period of American History by Charles McLean Andrews (only volume 1 is out of copyright)
Pulitzer Prize for the NovelEdit
- 1918 - His Family by Ernest Poole
- 1919 - The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
- 1921 - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
- 1922 - Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
- 1923 - One of Ours by Willa Cather
Pulitzer Prize for PoetryEdit
- 1918 - Love Songs by Sara Teasdale (special citation)
- 1919 - Cornhuskers by Carl Sandburg and Old Road to Paradise by Margaret Widdemer (special citations)
- 1922 - Collected Poems, by Edwin Arlington Robinson[5]
- 1923 - The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver, A Few Figs from Thistles, Eight Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay
- 1933: Conquistador by MacLeish, Archibald
- 1953: Collected Poems 1917–1952 by MacLeish, Archibald
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyEdit
- 1917 - Julia Ward Howe by Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott, assisted by Florence Howe Hall
- 1918 - Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed by William Cabell Bruce
- 1919 - The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
- 1920 - The Life of John Marshall, 4 vols. by Albert J. Beveridge
- 1921 - The Americanization of Edward Bok by Edward W. Bok
- 1922 - A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
- 1923 - The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, 3 vols. by Burton Jesse Hendrick (only vols. 1-2 out of copyright)
- 1926 - The Life of Sir William Osler, 2 vols. by Harvey Cushing
- 1929 - The Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, by Burton Jesse Hendrick
- 1932 - Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography by Henry F. Pringle
- 1938 - Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott by Odell Shepard
- 1944 - The American Leonardo: The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse by Carleton Mabee
- 1952 - Charles Evans Hughes, 2 vols. by Merlo J. Pusey
- 1955 - The Taft Story by William S. White
- 1959 - Woodrow Wilson: American Prophet by Arthur Walworth


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McCann were looking to renovate the way Nespresso advertised it's blends. In light of rising competition, they needed to say we are the industry leaders.
London Calling
Landor London has a generous mix of nationalities. London Calling was our way of showing our mutual appreciation for the strangest parts of our city.
Times Gin launch campaign
Mixing international flavours with international news seemed like a good idea but I'm not sure how productive the paper was after its launch.
The Sunday Times
With a new, faster, easier to use website in their pocket, The Sunday Times wanted a packshot to sell it. Fortunately they bought into a more interesting campaign than the one originally requested.
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Tablet edition
This was Simon Davenport's concept. I was brought in last minute to art direct.
Sherwood Interim Management
The logo was designed to show the alchemy of turning lead into gold, which is essentially the role of an interim manager.
Believe in better awards
A call for entries campaign for one of the many awards initiatives put on by Sky, to reward employees who have gone beyond what's expected of them, and so benefit of the company.
The Sunday Times
The art of dining
Just one of the countless food promotions the paper feeds the nation.
Britain & Irelands Next Top Model
The hunt was the idea that fed the off-air, digital and the on-air promotion for the 7th series of Britain & Irelands Next Top Model. It came with a fashion twist.
The Drum
Not sure I deserve it more than other brilliant creatives in the UK but I'm one of The Drum's top 100 Designerati. Monkey must have made a Shakespeare.
News UK
Graduate brochure
The graduate brochure is designed to attract the brightest new talent by showing the News group has a lot more going for it than simply the newspapers.
The Sun
True Crime
The concept for the True Crime campaign came from the lovely interns working at CHI. As they were relatively fresh, I was asked to Art Direct the shoot with them so I played daddy.
Got to Dance
All four judges were arranged to appear as one solid unit but with individual poses specific to their dancing style (or just simply damn hot for Davina). The brief was to draw attention to the new judge, Aston from JLS.
Made in Bunch
Bunch asked creatives around the world to make a range of characters based on their logo. This came together under the theme Made in Bunch and then published in their book Bastardised.
Consideration campaign
A series of ads designed to inform the major power base in Britain of the positive influence Sky has had on the country.
Failed projects
I wanted a place for projects I liked but ultimately failed to become.
A series of Christmas cards printed using a nearly extinct Gocco printer.
News UK
ADWEEK Superpano
The Unquiet Film series from The Times covers some hard hitting stories. Using the harrowing trial of Anthony Loyd and Jack Hill, to promote the Superpano as a format worthy of investment, was guaranteed to keep the reader's attention.
Katie TV
The unstoppable Katie Price launched on Sky Living with a program designed to break down preconceptions and show her as the successful business woman she actually is.
Philippe Starck
Hotel concepts
A Philippe Starck hotel deserves attention to detail in even the traditionally mundane items that surround you on your stay.
An old camera, some designers and a rarely bright summers day made for a poster set.
Amazon exhibition book
Somerset House hosted the Sky Rainforest Rescue exhibition which showcased the work of Sebastiao Salgado and Per-Anders Pettersson. The book was designed to accompany the exhibition.
Ipsen Getranke
The logo for this German alcoholic drinks distribution company was loosely based on a bottle opener.
We were asked to run with existing assets for the Spy campaign due to very tight deadlines, but we pitched an idea that offered a lot more engagement and narrative with the promise it could be shot in time.
Our department started a newspaper to promote ourselves and as an escape from the restrictions Sky. The brief was simple, do whatever you want. Your inspiration? The humble Biro.
IPA Book
BMB is one of the nicest agencies I've had the privilege to freelance for. I was lucky enough to be given the chance to design a book to showcase their incredible culture.
Katie Press
To accompany the Katie TV promo, 48 sheets and press ads were shot to push the lady on a public going through drastic reality TV withdrawal symptoms.
Mischcon de Reya
Promotional gift
This premier law firm holds an impressive gallery of art within their head office which led to an idea. Give their most premium customers a collectors piece with 10 prints from young artists destined for greatness.
Welcome pack
Buying a Mercedes-Benz doesn't mean you can walk out of the showroom with your purchase. This welcome pack gets posted out, while you wait, to start the new affair with your Mercedes-Benz.
Private banking brochures
A suite of three private banking brochures was created to launch the literature style of the newly re-branded Kaupthing Bank. They set the standard for the rest of the banks literature.
The Rankin street exhibition was the first in a series of Sky Arts installations to hit Tottenham Court Road.
B-Class launch
A series of lifestyle shots taken for the online launch of the Mercedes-Benz
B-Class to define the target market.
Efuah Boney
Promotional leaflet
Balancing body and spirit is at the heart of Pilates. This idea led the creative for the promotional leaflet for Efuah Bonney's Pilates studio.
Sky Media
Channel Explorer
Making sense of where to place your media on Sky is made easy with the channel explorer.
Sky 3D
It's not every day you get to work with Sir David Attenborough who gave you the planet and everything that lives on it. What a legend.
The redundant phono socket nagged away at me while working on concepts for JBL. Although it wasn't to the brief it became the richest territory for entertainment.
Wire Sky
Promotional board
To get people's attention at the South West Design Exhibition, we decided to go phallic. It clearly stood out against the more traditional portfolios most of the other agencies put on display.
Why waste energy hunting for food when your food can come to you?
Moone boy
Spy and Moone Boy launched at the same time and were the first of a new style of posters to use symbolism as a means to explain the theme of the show.
Parkinson: Masterclass
Sir Parkinson is a classic and genuinely lovely to work with. His move to Sky Arts was celebrated with a campaign that gave a British legend a modern twist.
The Sun
Man V Fly
The Sun is nuts. They created an online show of minor celebrities going head-to-head with a fly. Slightly one-sided you may think but there's always the hope one of the celebrities may catch a tropical disease, which will make the world a richer and safer place to live.
B-Class launch
For Mercedes-Benz, the B-Class is the most versatile car in their range aimed at a younger, less affluent market. These images were used in the promotional material in the build up to the launch.
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San Francisco-based artist Vanessa Gade turns the interplay of pendant and chain into a dynamic sculptural statement. Inspired by her city's inherent dualism, marked by its powerful feats of engineering (like the Golden Gate Bridge) and its peaceful Southern Californian shorelines, Vanessa captures this rich and varied landscape in the motion and tension of her bold, kinetic pieces.
In this particular necklace, Vanessa was compelled to utilize the strong shape of the circle in a way that she had never seen before. She wanted to create a piece that would be both unique and thought provoking, but that would also celebrate the shape in a clean and uncluttered fashion. Her vision was realized in this striking sterling silver necklace and this pair of earrings, as well as this necklace, in which a circle, articulated in oxidized sterling silver, is interlaced with a crisscrossed net of 14 karat, gold-filled chain that glides fluidly with the wearer's movement. The unique relationship between the negative and positive space in Vanessa's pieces emphasizes their dependency on each other in a romantic and beautiful way, evoking our deep connection and reliance on those who support us. Handmade in San Francisco, California.
It was Vanessa's passion for history and photography that initiated her path to jewelry design. While studying to become a historian at the University of California, San Diego she volunteered to help construct the new darkroom on campus, directly adjacent to the metalsmithing studio. Fascinated by the tools, stone, and molten metal, she wandered inside and never looked back.
Bold, kinetic and sculptural with an elegant interplay of angles and curves, Vanessa Gade's jewelry makes a contemporary statement balanced with timeless style.
The diverse urban landscape of Sand Francisco provides the ideal creative backdrop for Vanessa's work and can be seen in the architectural qualities of her jewelry designs. The structural nature of her pieces is gracefully countered by a fluidity and movement influenced by her love of the ocean and her youth along the beaches of Southern California.
She describes her work as contemporary, with clean lines and a minimalist aesthetic reminiscent of Japanese and Scandinavian design. Particular pieces have been inspired by everything from art deco architecture, ikebana flower arrangements, suspension bridges and even criss crossing power lines. Her designs tend toward an asymmetrical pattern encased within a perfect circle.
She enjoys the challenge of creating a perfectly balanced geometric structure that still maintains an element of movement, all the while utilizing the negative space as an integral part of the design.
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Simon Best, M.D., is a fellowship-trained laryngeal surgeon whose clinical interests are focused on voice and airway disorders, including the comprehensive care of professional voice users and performers. Disorders he treats include recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), vocal cord paralysis, laryngeal cancer, precancerous vocal cord dysplasia, benign laryngeal lesions (polyps, cysts, nodules), and laryngeal and tracheal stenosis. He has expertise in the operative management of vocal cord disorders, including laser surgery (KTP laser) and office-based management of vocal cord papilloma, dysplasia, and vocal cord paralysis.
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Program
Dr. Best has a particular clinical and research interest in Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis, and sees patients from across the county for specialized care for this disorder.
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The clinical program directed by Dr. Best includes operative and office-based laser for papilloma, utilizing the KTP (Potassium Titanyl Phosphate) laser. This laser allows for very precise excision of papilloma while preserving underlying vocal function. Adjuvant therapy with bevacizumb (Avastin) is also available for aggressive cases of papilloma, and can help delay disease recurrence. The goal for almost all adult patients with RRP is to transition to office-based laser for papilloma, and Dr. Best has many papilloma patients who have been able to completely transition to office-based surgery, thus avoiding general anesthesia.
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In addition to treatment, the Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Program includes the Best Laboratory which is a recipient of an NIH-funded grant. Current research includes immunobiology of RRP and the development of novel immunotherapies to target the underlying viral infection. This research is conducted in collaboration with the Head and Neck Cancer and Cervical Cancer research groups at Johns Hopkins who also study HPV-related diseases.
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- Massachusetts General Hospital / Otolaryngology (2012)
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Research & Publications
Selected PublicationsBest SR, Friedman AD, Landau-Zemer T, Barbu AM, Burns JA, Freeman MW, Halvorsen YD, Hillman RE, Zeitels SM. The safety of bevacizumab (Avastin) for the treatment of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis. In press.
Best SR, Starmer HM, Agrawal Y, Chien WW, Hillel AT, Francis HW, Tamargo RJ, Akst LM. Risk factors for vagal palsy following cerebellopontine angle surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Mar 23.
Starmer HM, Best SR, Agrawal Y, Chien WW, Hillel AT, Francis HW, Tamargo RJ, Akst LM. Prevalence, characteristics, and management of swallowing disorders following cerebellopontine angle surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Nov 18.
Best SR, Ha PK, Blanco RG, Saunders JR Jr, Zinreich ES, Levine MA, Pai SI, Walker M, Trachta J, Ulmer K, Murakami P, Thompson R, Califano JA, Messing BP. Factors associated with pharyngoesophageal stricture in patients treated with concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck. 2011 Dec;33(12):1727-34.
Best SR, Fakhry C. The prevalence, diagnosis, and management of voice disorders in a National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) cohort. Laryngoscope. 2011 Jan;121(1):150-7.
Peng S, Best SR, Hung CF, Loyo M, Lyford-Pike S, Flint PW, Tunkel DE, Saunders JR, Wu TC, Pai SI. Characterization of human papillomavirus type 11-specific immune responses in a preclinical model. Laryngoscope. 2010 Mar;120(3):504-10.
Best SR, Peng S, Juang CM, Hung CF, Hannaman D, Saunders JR, Wu TC, Pai SI. Administration of HPV DNA vaccine via electroporation elicits the strongest CD8+ T cell immune responses compared to intramuscular injection and intradermal gene gun delivery. Vaccine 2009 Sep 4;27(40):5450-9.
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Getting into a stew — or tagine — could prove to a very tasty idea on Labor Day. But, if you are a little confused about what a tagine is, don't feel alone — the word actually has two meanings.
First, "tagine" is the name given to those fabulously spicy aromatic stews coming from Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
And secondly, it's also the word for describing the traditional knob-handled ceramic vessel the stew is cooked in.
I explored tagines and the intoxicating pleasures of North African cuisine late in life, but since discovering Ghillie Başan's superlative "Tagine: Spicy Stews from Morroco," in 2007, I like to think I've made up for lost time. So, apparently, have a lot of other folks, as I seem to come across recipes for tagines with a great deal of regularlity.
Even Paul Hartley's delightful "The Heinz Tomato Ketchup," with it's interesting Heinz ketchup history and 40 ketchup-inspired recipes, offers a recipe for Moroccan Fish Tagine, a tasty dish made with snapper, olives and preserved lemons.
In case you haven't yet tried the provocative, piquant flavors of North African cuisine, making a tagine for upcoming Labor Day celebrations might be a good way to get started.
Tagines are not hard to make, not overly expensive to prepare and will showcase, beautifully, the fruits of your Labor Day labors.
Sue Ade, a Lowcountry resident since 1985, is a gourmet baker and collector of vintage cooking utensils and cookbooks. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 683-0375.
Recipe courtesy of "Tagine" by Ghillie Başan, photography by Martin Brigdale/Ryland Peters & Small publishers, www.rylandpeters.com
1 pound fresh mussels in their shells, scrubbed clean and rinsed
1 pound shrimp in their shells, thoroughly rinsed
Freshly squeezed juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 to 6 shallots, finely chopped
1 fennel bulb, chopped
1 to 2 teaspoons harissa paste (recipe follows)*
⅔ cup cream
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
A generous bunch of cilantro, finely chopped
Put the mussels and shrimp in a wide saucepan with just enough water to cover them. Add the lemon juice, cover the pan, and bring the liquid to a boil. Shake the pan and cook the shellfish for about 3 minutes until the shells of the mussels have opened. Drain the shellfish, reserve the liquor and discard any mussels that have not opened. Refresh the mussels and shrimp under cold running water and shell most of them (you can, of course, leave them all in their shells if you prefer, as long as you are prepared for messy eating). Heat the olive oil in a tagine or heavy-based casserole dish. Stir in the shallots and fennel and sauté until soft. Stir in the harissa and put in 1¼ cups of the reserved cooking liquor. Bring the liquid to a boil and continue to boil for 2 to 3 minutes, reduce the heat and stir in the cream. Simmer gently for about 5 minutes to let the flavors mingle, season to taste with salt and lots of black pepper and stir in the mussels and shrimp. Toss in half of the cilantro, cover with a lid, and cook gently for about 5 minutes. Sprinkle the remaining cilantro over the top and serve immediately. Serves 4 to 6.
Kitchen Ade note: For the purposes of this recipe, I served the shrimp peeled and deveined. Also, be sure your casserole is designed for top of stove cooking. If not, use a Dutch oven designed for top-of-stove use. Also, harissa is very hot. Start with a minimal amount and go from there, according to taste.
8 dried red chilies (ancho or New Mexico), seeded
2 to 3 garlic cloves, chopped
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
¼ cup olive oil
Put the chilies in a bowl and pour over enough warm water to cover them. Let them soak for 1 hour. Drain and squeeze out any excess water. Using a mortar and pestle, pound them to a paste with the garlic and salt (or whiz them in a food processor). Beat in the cumin and coriander and bind them with the olive oil. Store the paste in a sealed jar in the refrigerator with a thin layer of olive oil floating on top. It will keep well for a month. Makes about ¼ cup (a little harissa goes a long way).
Recipe courtesy "The Heinz Tomato Ketchup Cookbook," by Paul Hartley; food photography by Peter Cassidy/Ten Speed Press publishers, 2008, www.tenspeed.com
1 tablespoon olive oil, plus extra for brushing
1 medium onion, chopped
4 plum tomatoes, sliced
2 tablespoons Heinz Tomato Ketchup
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
2 cups fish broth (you could use chicken or vegetable)
4 red snapper fillets (about 6 ounces each), halved diagonally (mullet or sea bass are equally good)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
12 black olives, pitted and halved
1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
½ preserved lemon, finely chopped*
1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon chopped fresh mint
Heat the 1 tablespoon of oil in a large pan and fry the onion gently for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook for a few more minutes. Stir in the ketchup, cumin and paprika, then gradually add the broth. Turn the heat up to high for 2 minutes, then take the pan off the heat and keep warm. Preheat the broiler, brush the fillets with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Broil, skin side up for about 5 minutes. While the fish is cooking, add the olives, tahini, preserved lemon and herbs (reserving just a little of the herbs for garnish) to the sauce in the pan, stir gently and reheat. Check the seasoning. Put the fish into four warmed bowls, spoon over the sauce and scatter the remaining herbs over the fish. Makes 4 servings.
*Kitchen Ade note: Making authentic preserved lemons is a lengthy process, requiring at least two weeks of brining. For a quick version, ready in about 30 minutes, try Shortcut Preserved Lemons (recipe follows).
1 cup water
3 tablespoons kosher salt
2 firm organic, unwaxed lemons, washed, dried and quartered
Cut lemons into quarters. Rub approximately 1 teaspoon of salt over each piece. Place lemons in a small saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil. Simmer for 30 minutes or until liquid is reduced to ½ cup and lemon rind is tender. Remove from heat, then cool to room temperature before placing lemon and remaining liquid in a sterilized jar; refrigerate. To use, remove what you need from the jar. Rinse, dry and pat dry, then chop before adding to desired dish. Will keep for up to 1 week.
1 large whole egg
1 large egg yolk
1 (13½-ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
1 cup milk
1 (5-ounce) can evaporated milk
⅓ cup honey, or ½ cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca (such as Kraft Minute Tapioca)*
1 teaspoon rose water,* or 1 teaspoon vanilla
In a medium saucepan, combine egg, egg yolk, milks and honey, whisking to blend. Stir in tapioca, allowing tapioca to stand for 5 minutes. (Standing will soften and swell tapioca, giving it maximum thickening properties.) Bring mixture to a boil, over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add rose water, then cool slightly. Pour mixture into clean jars (equipped with lids) for individual servings, or into a 1-quart jar (or similar container). Cover tops of pudding with a piece of plastic wrap to prevent skin from forming, then chill. Once mixture is cold, remove plastic wrap and cover with lids for storing. To serve, garnish pudding with roses (free of sprays or pesticides), berries or jams. May be made up to 2 days ahead. Makes 6 (½-cup) servings.
Kitchen Ade note: Before removing tapioca from the box, be sure to stir contents to thoroughly combine.


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Every summer, when kids get out of school and it is time to find something fun to do, why not come to 4-H Camp Timpoochee.
4-H Camp offers line dancing, marine science activities, kayaking, snorkeling, arts and crafts, GPS and campfire games, archery and team building opportunities throughout one week at the Okaloosa County site.
A week at Camp Timpoochee is a lifetime of memories, friendships and life skills � and a great week of fun.
I attended Camp Timpoochee as a camper, counselor-in-training, counselor, staff member and adult volunteer. I came home each summer with new camp songs added to my repertoire, new friends and tons of fun games and ideas to share with others.
Nothing can describe the wonderful experience a child gets the first time he or she goes off to camp and experiences it for the first time. My camp memories are still very fresh and I always smile when I think back on all the great times I had.
You do not have to be a 4-H member to attend with us, but maybe if you go and experience what camp and 4-H have to offer, you might think about joining one of our clubs.
Have the experience of a lifetime!
If you have any questions about the 4-H program, clubs or camps, call the Okaloosa County Extension office at 689-5850.
Let us answer your questions and provide you with information to get started in a great life experience with 4-H.
We have camp packets available and ready. There is a limited amount of spots, so visit http://okaloosa.ifas.ufl.edu/4hy/ to print a packet or stop by our office at 3098 Airport Road, Crestview, to pick one up.
Haley Worley is an agent at the Okaloosa County Extension office in Crestview.


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Sergio Tu, the 2016 elite men's time trial champion in Taiwan, has signed a deal to join the Team Sunweb Development squad for 2018. Considered one of the top young road racing talents to emerge from Giant's home country of Taiwan, Tu has been racing Giant bikes for several years, including 2016 when he raced with the Denmark-based Giant-Scatto UCI Continental team.
Tu, who this year finished 5th in the men's Under-23 time trial at the Asian Road Cycling Championships, has been loosely connected with the Team Sunweb organization for the past several years. With the help of Giant, the team's official technical partner, Tu was first introduced to Team Sunweb coaches in 2014. The teenager's talent and ambitions made him a perfect match for Team Sunweb's mission of developing young talent, so they helped guide him toward his first European racing experiences.
"Giant Taiwan gave me an opportunity to go to The Netherlands and meet with Team Sunweb CEO Iwan Spekenbrink and coach Marc Reef," Tu said. "That was the most important thing that has happened to me in my cycling life. After that, they helped to support me with coaching suggestions. In 2015, I raced and trained in Holland with [Team Sunweb coach] Rude Kemna's club team. In 2016, I joined Team Giant-Scatto. I'm very thankful for family, Giant, and all the people who support my dream to race at the professional level."
Tu's upward trajectory also fulfills a mission at Giant to help develop young riders and support them at various levels. Some well-known examples include seven-time Colombian downhill national champion Marcelo Gutierrez, who started racing with Giant at the local and regional level in South America, and 2017 Giro d'Italia champion Tom Dumoulin, who started racing with Giant through the Team Sunweb program at age 22 four years ago.
"Giant is always working to help athletes achieve their dreams and compete at the highest level, from developing the bikes and gear that give them a competitive edge, to supporting them along the way," said Giant Chief Branding Officer Phoebe Liu. "And as a global brand with roots in Taiwan, we are proud to be an integral part of Sergio's journey to compete at the highest level of cycling."
To follow Tu and the entire Team Sunweb organization, including its elite men's and women's teams, along with its men's development squad, go to www.teamsunweb.com.


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From: <email@example.com> Subject: 2nd RFD: rec.gardens.ecosystems moderated Newsgroups:news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.gardens, rec.gardens.roses,triangle.gardens,uk.rec.gardening, alt.sustainable.agriculture,sci.bio.conservation, sci.bio.botany,sci.bio.ecology REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) moderated group rec.gardens.ecosystems This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) proposing the creation of a new moderated group named rec.gardens.ecosystems. This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural details are below. CHANGES from previous RFD: Re-editing of moderation policy for greater clarity. Three groups have been added to which a pointer to the RFD will be posted after it has become availab;e in news.announce.newgroups. Two additional sections and an additional appendix added to the FAQ Newsgroups line: rec.gardens.ecosystems Ecosystems and organic gardening (Moderated) RATIONALE:rec.gardens.ecosystems Organic gardening is becoming increasingly popular with home gardeners. Organic Gardening, the magazine, conducted a survey in 1995 showing that the number of home gardeners in the U.S. had grown to a total of 78 million. A little over one third of those gardeners used mostly organic gardening techniques, a little under one third used mostly non-organic techniques, and the remaining one third used a combination of organic and non-organic gardening methods. Organic gardening was found to be the gardening system of choice for most beginning gardeners and significant numbers of experienced gardeners were moving toward the greater use of organic gardening techniques. This popularity is also seen within the Internet community. The use of environmentally friendly products and cultural practices for the home garden are routinely discussed on the newsgroups: rec.gardens, rec.gardens.roses, triangle.gardens, and alt.sustainable.agriculture. The same is true in the U.K. with uk.rec.gardening. There are a number of newsgroups on organic farming for the agricultural community plus a number of newsgroups on ecology for the academic community. There is also the Organic Gardening List, a news letter on organic gardening from the University of Kentucky and the Environment List, a newsletter on environmental issues from Cornell. In addition, there are a number of related news letters from both private and commercial sources. There are many webservers and home pages devoted to organic gardening as well. All of these point to a potential for significant readership and participation. The goal of organic gardening is a healthy, vigorous garden that is in harmony with nature. The purpose of rec.gardens.ecosystems is to provide a forum on ways to achieve that goal in the home garden. The selection of the name, "rec.gardens.ecosystems" was to give emphasis to that purpose. It is recognized that there is a potential problem involving cross posting particularly with rec.gardens. Rec.gardens.ecosystems is proposed as a moderated group utilizing a robomoderator primarily to minimize this problem. The robomoderator is intended as the only moderator at work and it will refuse cross posted articles and articles containing binaries automatically. The use of human moderators will be minimized as much as possible. CHARTER:rec.gardens.ecosystems Reasonable expectations in terms of scope and content: Rec.gardens.ecosystems is intended as a newsgroup for the discussion of the ways nature works within the garden. Successful organic gardening is more demanding than non-organic gardening because it requires a working knowledge of the ways the total natural community interrelates with the physical and chemical environment of the home garden. This is the basic meaning of the term, ecosystems. The reason for selecting the name, "rec.gardens.ecosystems" was to emphasize that the focus of this newsgroup is on gardening in cooperation with nature. Michael Pollan said, "... the garden is a middle ground between nature and culture." That middle ground should be a place friendly to both sides. Organic gardening can be defined as gardening with environmentally friendly materials and environmentally friendly cultural practices. Those materials considered as "environmentally friendly" are, for the most part, those materials approved for use and listed in the International Certification Standards of the Organic Crop Improvement Association. A copy of that Standard will be included as Appendix A in the group FAQ. Those practices that are considered as "environmentally friendly" are those practices traditionally associated with organic gardening and/or Integrated Pest Management. Rec.gardens.ecosystems is also proposed as a newsgroup with a Frequently Asked Questions or FAQ component. The FAQ will attempt to answer the bulk of the questions asked by home gardeners employing organic gardening techniques. Because the ecosystem of one area is often so different from the ecosystem of another and because organic answers tend to be so regional, the content of the FAQ will be based on discussions in the group and on the existing knowledge and experience of volunteers who help maintain the FAQ. =20 The basic content will be as follows: Index: Section A: Basic Orientation & Definition of Terms Section B: Soils: Structure, use of Soil Amendments & Mulches Section C: Composting & Use of Compost Section D: Plant Nutrition Section E: Cultural Practices Section F: Botany for the Home Gardener Section G: Plant & Soil Disease; Treatment & Prevention Section H: Plant & Soil Pests; Treatment & Prevention Section I: Gardening for Wildlife Section J: Growing Edible Crops/Growing Organic Foods & Products Section K: Vegetarian & Vegan Gardening Appendix A: OCIA's International Certification Standard Appendix B: Recommended Reading Appendix C: Related Newsgroups, Websites, & Off-line Addresses Appendix D: Moderation Policy Appendix E: Glossary of Botanical Terms An updated copy of the FAQ will be posted in rec.gardens.ecosystems every two weeks. The FAQ Maintainers may decide to change the posting frequentcy if and when the FAQ becomes available by other means such as FTP, WWW or Automated E-mail. Maintainer: Bill Robinson <email@example.com> Maintainer: Ronald Zwaagstra <firstname.lastname@example.com> Note:The FAQ maintainers will make a concerted effort to keep the content of the FAQ current, relevant, and accurate. The information in the FAQ can be used freely but at one's own risk. The FAQ maintainers can not be held responsible for any damage caused by the information in the FAQ. Reasonable expectations of rec.gardens.ecosystems as a whole: Gardening with just environmentally friendly materials coupled with just environmentally friendly cultural practices and getting good results requires a working knowledge of the ecosystems operating in that particular garden. For the most part, it is a more complicated way to garden. The reader should expect some of the discussions to be relatively technical. Moderation Policy: The moderation policies for rec.gardens.ecosystems have a number of goals. One goal is to eliminate or reduce cross postings. The only crossposted articles allowed are administrative postings like RFDs and CFVs. A second goal is to help the discussions stay focused on ecosystems and organic gardening. A third goal is to discourage inappropriate postings. The moderation system consists of a robo- moderator supported by human moderators. The planed moderation program is expected to meet these goals. The robomoderator is intended as the primary "moderator at work". It has the ability and is given the authority to perform three functions during periods in which it is the primary moderator: 1.) To reject cross posted articles or articles containing binaries, (PGP signatures O.K). 2.) To check whether the poster has engaged in off-topic postings (such as, but not restricted to, =91flames' or non-authorized commercial postings) and attempts to continue such postings even after an explicit request by the moderating team has been sent that such practice cease. In the event that both conditions are met, the article is referred to the human moderators for consideration. 3.) To approve and post all other articles independent of the human moderators. Except for forged messages, the moderators will not cancel any messages. The human moderators may update the robomoderator so as to reduce the number of off-topic postings. It should be noted that as the robomoderator is usally the only moderator at work, some amount of off-topic (see below) posts should be expected. The responsibilities of the human moderators are to maintain the robomoderator and to handle those situations that require individual attention. When the human moderators see a need to shift moderation to their control, they will first post an advanced notice on rec.gardens.ecosystems stating the intent to shift to human moderation (assisted by the robomoderator) and state the reasons for doing so. The human moderators take over for an unspecified length of time and will be assisted by the robomoderatoro checking for cross-posts, binaries, and approved posters. The human moderators may elect to give auto-approval status to any number of posters during those periods of human moderation. All human moderators have the right to accept or reject articles for rec.gardens.ecosystems. The reasoning behind the temporary shifting to human moderation is to provide the human moderators with the means to deal with difficult situations, these include but are not restricted to flamewars and a high percentage of off-topic postings. Articles that are blatantly commercial and have nothing to do with home gardening or articles that contain foul or offensive language, e.g., flames, are considered inappropriate for rec.gardens.ecosystems. Articles that are aimed at demeaning individuals as a result of their age, nationality, race, religion, gender or sexual orientation are also considered inappropriate. In the event that such an article should appear, the human moderator would contact the author, attach a copy of the group charter as a reference, and request the author's cooperation. In the event that all efforts to gain cooperation fail, the human moderator may elect to have all future articles from that author auto-referred to human moderators for individual consideration. The author would be notified by the human moderator if the decision was to reject the article. Articles advocating the routine application of materials prohibited by the International Certification Standards, as specified in Appendix A of the group FAQ, are considered inappropriate as well. The same general procedures as described above would be followed with the exception that if such a posting would actually appear in rec.gardens.ecosystems, the human moderator would also post an article stating that the application of that material in that paticular way violates the International Certification Standard. As technology and circumstance change, it will undoubtedly be necessary to update the moderation policy from time to time. In which case, the changes would be posted to rec.gardens.ecosystems. The group FAQ will also contain the most recent version of the moderation policy in Appendix D. Commercial Postings: Articles announcing or promoting commercial products, services, or publications by commercial sources may be posted provided that they are appropriate in an organic gardening program. The articles must be approved by the moderator prior to posting. Commercial postings without pre-post approval will be considered as inappropriate and treated as above. Replacement of moderators: Moderators may be replaced in a vote organized by an independent vote-counter using the automated UseVote software. The voting period lasts for a period of 20 to 30 days, stated in advance in the Call For Votes. The Call For Votes must appear in rec.gardens.ecosystems. Moderators are replaced when the replacement candidate obtains a 2/3 majority with a minimal difference of 100 votes. The results of the vote are published in rec.gardens.ecosystems. The original proponent for a moderator replacement is allowed one article in the group calling for support. The subjectline for that Call For Support should read:"Moderator replacement, Call For Support". The formal replacement process requires the support of at least ten past-posters with the number verified by the moderator group. A formal discussion on the replacement may then begin. The subjectline for the formal discussion should read:"Moderator replacement, Request For Discussion". Calls For Support and Requests For Discussion will only be accepted when at least six months have passed since the last request for discussion of moderator replacement. Resignation of moderators, expansion of office: Moderators in office may resign or choose to increase their number. In such case, they may appoint a new moderator without a formal group vote. Anyone who would like to volunteer to become a moderator should notify one of the moderators. The moderators may ask the group for their opinions regarding a candidate moderator. Those who would wish to reply should do so by sending their comments directly to the moderators by private e-mail rather than posting in the group. The acceptance of a new moderator is then posted in rec.gardens.ecosystems. Conflicts between moderators: The moderator team will be supervised by a Moderator Supervisor who is not engaged in actual moderation. If the moderators have a conflict that they can not resolve by themselves, the Moderator Supervisor decides the issue. The proposed moderators propose the first Moderator Supervisor. The Moderator Supervisor may propose their successors to the moderating team. The moderating team must agree on the selection of the follow-up supervisor. END CHARTER MODERATOR INFO: rec.gardens.ecosystems Moderator Supervisor: Don Chapman<firstname.lastname@example.com> Moderator: Bill Robinson <firstname.lastname@example.com> Moderator: Ronald Zwaagstra <firstname.lastname@example.com> END MODERATOR INFO. PROCEDURE: This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroup should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue for a minimum of 21 days (starting when the first RFD for this proposal is posted to news.announce.newsgroups), after which a Call For Votes CFV)may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussions warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens. All discussions of this proposal should be posted to news.groups. This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet creation guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Newsgroup" and "How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these documents (available in newnews.announce.newgroups) if you have any questions about the process. DISTRIBUTION: The RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.gardens,rec.gardens.roses, triangle.gardens,uk.rec.gardening,alt.sustainable.agriculture, sci.bio.conservaton,sci.bio.botany,sci.bio.ecology. After the publication of the RFD in news.announce.newsgroups, the RFD will also be posted in the following newsletters: Organic Gardening List (email@example.com), Environment-L (email@example.com), and Compost-L (firstname.lastname@example.com). Pointers to the RFD will be posted to bionet.plants, bionet.population-bio, and rec.gardens.edible. PROPONENT INFORMATION: Proponent: Bill Robinson <email@example.com> Proponent: Ronald Zwaagstra <firstname.lastname@example.com>


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Our Food.
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by David Radcliffe
Out Now: Issue 34
High Summer 2017
Edible Vineyard is a quarterly magazine that brings you stories behind the people who create, are inspired by, and taste the best seasonal and local flavors Martha's Vineyard has to offer. Savor good design, read compelling authors, and most importantly, share and eat good food.
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Create an LDIF data view for the administration data.
$ dpconf create-ldif-data-view admin-view example.ldif dc=example,dc=com
Enable the LDIF data view for the administration data.
$ dpconf set-ldif-data-view-prop admin-view is-enabled:true
Specify that the administrator view contains entries that are used by more than one entry in the payroll view.
$ dpconf set-ldif-data-view-prop admin-view contains-shared-entries:true
When this property is set to TRUE, deleting an entry in the payroll data view will not result in the deletion of the shared entry in the administrator data view. Adding an entry to the payroll data view will only add the entry to the secondary data view if it does not already exist.
Restart Directory Proxy Server for the changes to take effect.
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The Prefecture's capital is a beautiful city built on the location of ancient Trikki (according to mythology the nymph Trikki was the daughter of Pinios). Asklipios, the most important doctor of antiquity, originated from here. The Lithaios River flows through the city which is distinguished by historical Monuments, excellent urban planning, spacious squares, parks and pedestrian streets. It is located at a distance of 331 km NW of Athens and 215 km SW of Thessaloniki.
Let's walk around
We are starting off with the heritage listed traditional neighbourhood of Varoussi, known for its beautiful narrow alleys and the multi-coloured houses of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Most of the oldest churches of the city are here.
Go on with a romantic stroll along the banks of the Lithaios River (the river of Lithi = "forgetfulness" in mythology), which is a tributary of the Pinios. Ten bridges cross the river, the central one made of metal having been constructed by the French in 1886.
Walk up to the fortress towering above the hill north of the city. It is the well preserved Justinian fortress, today featuring a recreational area. On its east side there is the 17th century Clock, the emblem of the city, which has suffered destruction and restoration several times.
Alternatively, you can go around the beautiful city biking through the vast network of bicycle lanes the locals are so fond of and keen on using.
Must see attractions
-The ruins of the "most ancient and most eminent "Asklipion of Trikki", as it was called by Strabo, and its important extant Mosaics.
-The Archaeological Collection, displayed in a building under the fortress (25th of March St. & Machaonos St.)
-The Koursoum Mosque (16th century), at the entrance of the city coming from Karditsa.
-The Profitis Ilias Grove, also hosting a zoo.
-The central square Iroon Polytechniou, with a small lake in the middle.
-The central pedestrian street, Asklipiou with commercial stores and the most popular coffee shops. At the end of the Street there is the impressive City Railway Station, constructed in 1886.
-The Municipal Folklore museum in a historic building, No. 6 Garivaldi St.
-The Municipal Gallery and the Municipal Library.
-The Dorothea School (1875) used as an Exhibition Centre.
-The Centre of Folk Music exhibiting personal possessions of the famous composers from Trikala, such as Tsitsanis, Kaldaras, Virvos and others.
-The Kliafa Co, Centre for History and Culture. This is a multi-cultural centre that includes the City museum and is housed in the old ice factory of the Kliafa Company, a typical industrial building of 1926.
-The Katsikogianni museum (Pylis St, at Ampelakia square) exhibiting more than 1.000 paintings and 100 sculptures and designs.
-The Matsopoulos Mills (Pylis St, at the exit to Arta), located in a densely wooded area. It was built in 1884 and is now a cultural centre with a cinema, theatre, conference halls and event rooms, with a coffee shop.
Near-by destinations
The fir-clad Pindos mountain range with the traditional villages is there for you to discover. Elati and Pertouli (with its ski resort) and Pyli have developed to become famous destinations with winter holiday makers. At a stone's throw there is also the world famous breathtaking site of Meteora, a unique geological phenomenon.
For further information, visit the city's site
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There is nothing that visually stands out more than a rifle. It can be a modern urban environment, a dusty village in Iraq, or the middle of dense bush and the first thing that will grab someone's eye will be the shape of a rifle.
Camouflaging your equipment can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Here are three techniques for custom rifle painting.
"Sponging," using a rough sponge to blot on color, is one of the easiest techniques to use when painting your gun. Most people who have painted the inside of a home are familiar with this interior decorating standard.
The first step is to tape off any areas that you don't want to be painted or damaged, such as the lens and dials on optics, and iron sights. Make sure you cover other areas that are critical to its operations, such as the muzzle crown or bolt.
After donning a pair of gloves, I degrease the weapon to ensure there isn't any oil present. Depending on the weapon, you may need to prep the surface by lightly scuffing the parts. If you have wood stocks — especially anything with a slick clear finish — you may need to take extra time and sand it. Once you've prepared the surface, degrease again.
Spray a base coat using at least two colors, and blend one into the other to create the "blurring" effect. Then, taking a coarse painting sponge (available at any major hardware store or craft shop), sponge the next color onto the areas where the base colors meet.
I cut the sponge into different sizes and shapes and constantly rotate the shapes so I don't end up with a repetitive pattern. To apply the paint to the sponge, just spray it until it's good and moist, then sponge until it's dry. Then repeat.
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Video premiere: "Evening at l'étoile Restaurant"
Over the years, Dish has written extensively about l'étoile Restaurant on West Main Street and its ambitious owner/chef Mark Gresge, a pioneer in bringing fresh local produce to local restaurants. His efforts culminated in a USA Today feature this past summer. Now, if you haven't had the pleasure of eating at l'étoile (or even if you have) we offer a little virtual visit. The Dish, in association with HumbleDown Productions, presents the web premiere of an "Evening at l'étoile Restaurant." Enjoy!
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We have used L'etoile for years to cater an annual Sports Medicine meeting. The food and its presentation plus the staff are outstanding. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for.
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Remodelers are very encouraged to see a sustained increase in their business. Recent research and statistics seem to confirm a favorable outlook for the industry that should continue throughout the year.
According to The National Association of the Remodeling Industry's (NARI) second-quarter Remodeling Business Pulse (RBP) data of current and future remodeling business conditions continues to soar, as quarter-over-quarter increases are seen in nearly all sub-components measuring remodeling activity.
Remodelers are reporting the highest overall rating on general business conditions at 6.31, an increase from 5.97 during the first quarter. Since NARI first started tracking the RBP, through each of the last six quarters there has been a steady increase in the ratings.
"This summer, many companies entered the summer with a backlog of jobs, which is something most haven't seen in the past few years," says Tom O'Grady, CR, CKBR, chairman of NARI's Strategic Planning & Research Committee and president of O'Grady Builders, based in Drexel Hill, Pa. "What's also positive is that the inquiries and bid requests are still steady, which provides some more market stability for remodelers."
Here are some growth indicators in the second quarter of 2013:
- Business conditions increased 5.7 percent
- Number of inquiries increased 4.7 percent
- Bid request increased 3.3 percent
- Bids that became jobs increased 4.6 percent
- Sold job values increased 5.9 percent
This trend is expected to continue, as many remodelers project their sales still strong over the next 90 days. "As consumer confidence has increased, so has the confidence of the remodeling community," O'Grady says. "It appears that everyone has finally settled into this 'new normal' economic picture, and more bids are turning into remodeling projects, and at higher price points."
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"Plan B" is dead; what's next for "fiscal cliff"?
House Speaker John Boehner's big idea for a backup "Plan B" exploded Thursday night when, after days of wrangling with his own troops, he realized he didn't have enough votes to pass the tax cut part of his plan. With four days until Christmas and 11 until the effects of the "fiscal cliff" begin the big question today is: what happens now?
Obama and Boehner to talk?
Boehner sent House Republicans home for Christmas after last night's legislative collapse, ensuring nothing will be passed until Dec. 27 at the earliest, when members are due back in town. That leaves Boehner and President Obama to keep negotiating - something that ground to a halt after Boehner announced he was moving forward with his "Plan B" earlier in the week.
But the two are at a stalemate, even though they're not that far apart in their proposals. In their most recent offers, Mr. Obama was offering $1.2 trillion in revenue and $800 billion in spending cuts; Boehner was offering $1
trillion in revenue and $1 trillion in spending cuts. Also, the president agreed to let the Bush-era tax cuts expire on those making over $400,000; Boehner is supporting a $1 million threshold, to the consternation of some in his party who don't want anyone's taxes to go up.
- Boehner: It's now up to Democrats to fix "fiscal cliff"
- House GOP pulls "Plan B" as fiscal cliff looms
The president is hoping to get to Hawaii for Christmas - he was planning on leaving town today but without a "fiscal cliff" deal, it's unclear whether he'll get to the Aloha State at all for the holiday. Meantime, Boehner wakes up today with the realization that he has a seemingly irreparable schism within his own ranks: there are just enough Republicans who refuse to budge on taxes and are demanding more spending cuts, especially on entitlement programs such as Medicare, therefore gumming up the works for any progress Boehner wants to make on the "fiscal cliff".
Ultimately, negotiations between the president and Boehner might be over, especially since it's clear to all parties after last night that Boehner doesn't have the votes to get any compromise through the House.
Obama and Reid to offer a solution?
Boehner seemed to throw up his hands after calling off the "Plan B" vote Thursday night saying the solution to averting the "cliff" is in the hands of Mr. Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
"The House did not take up the tax measure today because it did not have sufficient support from our members to pass. Now it is up to the president to work with Senator Reid on legislation to avert the fiscal cliff," Boehner said Thursday night in a written statement. "The House has already passed legislation to stop all of the January 1 tax rate increases and replace the sequester with responsible spending cuts that will begin to address our nation's crippling debt. The Senate must now act."
White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement tonight: "The President's main priority is to ensure that taxes don't go up on 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses in just a few short days. The President will work with Congress to get this done and we are hopeful that we will be able to find a bipartisan solution quickly that protects the middle class and our economy."
The Senate is in session today before recessing until Dec. 27; both the president and Reid will attend a memorial service for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, so action between the two, if any, would begin this afternoon at the earliest.
Over the "cliff"?
The only way to reach a deal may be to let the nation go over the "cliff." When that happens, the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts will mean that taxes on nearly all Americans will go up. That fact would seem to make it easier for House Republicans to back a "fiscal cliff" deal, since they would be voting for a tax cut, not a tax hike.
But going over the "cliff" could have significant consequences. To be clear, the "cliff" is actually more of a slope: The $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts are phased in over a decade - it's not the immediate punch to the cut that "cliff" implies - and there are budgetary maneuvers that can at least somewhat soften the blow of both the tax hikes and spending cuts. But going over the "cliff" could spook the markets and once again shake world perceptions of the ability of the U.S. government to function effectively. And if a deal is not reached relatively soon after the deadlilne, the $500 billion in tax hikes and $200 billion in spending cuts in the first year will likely start pushing the nation back into recession.
How will the markets react?
Many eyes will be on Wall Street to see how it reacts to the growing realization that the over the "fiscal cliff" scenario may be closer to reality than anyone hoped.
Things were not looking up early this morning: Asian markets across the board closed slightly down for the day after news of the "Plan B" withdrawal broke.


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The DIY Liberation Guide
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"To live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
Howard Zinn
Visit Liberated Places
Bussana Vecchia, Italy.
Photo by www.diluvi.com
… and come home inspired with ideas for free living. Here are a few we recommend:
Work in an Ecovillage (gen.ecovillage.org), or join a solidarity work camp to help grow local food or build a free space in a community. Volunteers for Peace, is an example: www.vfp.org
Spend a weekend touring local family farms (call ahead) or join a farm tour and talk to the people who grow your food. Find farms at www.localharvest.org, ask at your farmers market, or check the phone book.
Visit City Repair installations in the next city you visit—or in your own city. Find a list at www.cityrepair.org
Christiania, Denmark.
Photo by Elina Shatkin
Stay at Hotel Bauen, Buenos Aires, Argentina, which was reclaimed by its workers after the country's 2001 financial crisis. The hotel also offers free meeting spaces for area activists. Phone + 54-11-4372-1932.
Visit a squat like Christiania, a former military base in the center of Denmark's capital, Copenhagen (www.christiania.org). Or the idyllic village of Bussana Vecchia in Italy (www.bussana.com), once abandoned after an earthquake, then squatted by artists in 1960 and lovingly restored. Wikipedia's listing of squats is at wikipedia.org/wiki/squatting
Practice Your Voice
Speak up when you hear somebody perpetuate a gender-, race-, or other stereotype.
Sing out loud, on the street, on your break, in a community choir.
Write a column in a local or national paper, or in a blog.
Tell yourself how your day would look in a liberated world.
Tell your friends.
Stick notes on products in your store that are produced or marketed unethically. It's called guerilla communication, and there are lots of variations ...
Get Debt Free
Say good-bye to predatory lenders. Transfer balances from high-interest credit cards to one with a low rate, or take out a loan with a local bank or credit union.
Pay off old debt as quickly as possible and avoid new debt by keeping track of your expenses. Decide where money spent adds to your happiness and where to cut spending.
Question assumptions: Do you need or want a (second) car? Do you need pre-processed foods or could you make it yourself? Could you share instead of own? Could you buy used? Do you need it?
Start a zero-interest lending circle with your friends or colleagues. Set up a monthly contribution and take turns in using the fund created by all of you.
Ditch the dollar. Barter instead of buy, join a local currency or timebank, or start one: wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currency
Learn more: Your Money or Your Life, co-authored by Vicki Robin offers nine steps to change how you earn, spend and save money. Co-op America has info on living green without spending more: www.coopamerica.org
Get Stuff Free
|Photo by Mike Everett-Lane
Clothing Exchange: Get your friends together to swap clothes that you don't wear any more. Add a potluck and special theme.
Free Cycle: Give away what you don't need or want. Get what you do. Free and local: www.freecycle.org
Free ads: Find things others want to get rid of, or advertise your own: www.craigslist.org and some local newspapers and websites.
Dumpster Dive: Get a head-lamp, gloves, and a pole with a hook. A step stool helps, and with a buddy it's more fun. See www.freegankitchen.com for tips and recipes.
Couch Surfing: Stay in exotic cities or remote outposts for free. Or bring the world to your living room: www.couchsurfing.com
With the money you save, support others who are creating free spaces: local organic food, fair trade goods, union-made, green energy, local arts, your favorite non-profit.
No-Frills Guide to Squatting
Map Your Freedom
Point out liberated spaces in your area with Google's new map function—put community centers, co-housing, flex-car stations, farmer's markets, gathering spaces, and free events on the map.
Anti-Advertising Agency activists polled residents living near 10 Oakland bus stops regarding what advertising tactics they found most bothersome. The team designed bus bench illustrations for each neighborhood. The agency mission is to question the strategies of today's marketing media by co-opting the tools and structures they use. Also check out the billboard Liberation Front at www.billboardliberation.com
Free Your Inner Space
How can you liberate your inner space in the midst of a busy day? Here's how mindfulness can be part of everyday life, creating spaces where you can feel your heart's desire, your true passion, your burning question:
- Simply stop for a few seconds throughout the day.
- Pause and feel yourself in the moment.
- Listen to what you really long for in that moment.
- Learn to do this again and again throughout the day: before you get up, as you get out of the shower, when you leave work, as you get on your bike, at dinner.
- Let those pauses add up.
- From this new space, surrender to your deep longing.
Author Gunilla Norris
writes about mindfulness
in everyday life in
Inviting Silence (2005, Rider & Co.).
Toss a Flower Bomb
Here are some quick ways to beautify a highway median, an abandoned lot, or a parking strip. Make sure to use locally appropriate seeds.
Flowering Eggs
Blow out an egg and carefully fill the eggshell with compost and seeds of local flowers—perennials or drought-resistant annuals are best. Cover the hole with light-weight paper if necessary. Carry your seed eggs with you and toss when you see a likely spot.
Fukuoka Seedballs
Mix equal parts of seeds and dry compost, then add clay. Spray water over the mixture, and knead until it just holds together without crumbling. Roll into quarter-sized balls and dry. Easy to carry in your pocket. The seeds sprout once rain or sprinklers hit them.
Read David Tracey's Guerilla Gardening(2007, New Society Publishers) for tips on edible landscapes, sod sofas, and other green delights.
Learn Activism
Rosa Parks was not only an activist, but a trained activist. If you are a first-time organizer or a veteran looking to hone your skills, here are some places to go:
The Highlander Research and Education Center supports grassroots leaders of all ages with tools for building broad-based movements for change.
The Ruckus Society provides environmental, human rights, and social justice organizers with tools, training, and support for direct interventions.
Earth Activist Training graduates have done bioremediation in New Orleans, started community gardens, set up permaculture camps for major mobilizations, and helped restore watersheds.
The Rockwood Leadership Program teaches activists organizational as well as inner skills to support their on-going work.
Wanted to Trade
There is no better way to experience the joys of car-less living than without a car. Lend the car to a friend or park it in a different part of town for a week to make space for creativity and your community support to kick in. Stick the money you save in the piggy bank and treat yourself to something fabulous at the end—maybe a cool bike light, or a transit pass? And why not bring a car free day to your city. Europe has a great concept: www.mobilityweek.eu
Just Walk Out ...
Kick your TV addiction. Or your shopping habit. Or screw up the courage to leave a soul-crushing job, school, or relationship. Here's how to get started:
... And Walk On
Just walked out, and searching for what can be next? Find a mentor.
Walked out successfully? Be a mentor.
Carrie Ellet at Girls for a Change has some tips:
- Don't be afraid to ask someone you admire.
- Set up a way of work—establish consistent meeting times and frequency.
- Decide on a goal or timeline that will signify the end of your mentoring relationship.
- Be honest about what kind of time you can give. If it turns out you can give more, great! But if you can't meet your promises, this can be damaging to the relationship.
- Be sincere in empowering your mentee to make progress in their goals.
- Instead of leading, ask questions, listen, open your networks, and share your resources.
Learn more about a mentor program for young activists at www.girlsforachange.org
|Lilja Otto wrote this article as part of Liberate Your Space, the Winter 2008 issue of YES! Magazine. Lilja is the consulting editor on this issue of YES! Magazine.


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You would think that an organization whose mission is "to advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world" would want success for every person, including the unborn because, after all, they too will be students one day. In fact, they are students as they begin learning the voice of their caretakers from inside the mother's womb.
As Jaclyn Stewart points out in an article, "Studies show that even in the womb, your baby is listening. If you talk to your baby frequently during your pregnancy, or even just talk a lot in general, your baby will be able to recognize the sound of your voice when he[/she] his born. This is an important first step in the learning process
It is admirable for an organization to provide a "public education to prepare every student to succeed" only if it applies to ALL students.
Georgia Right to Life, in cooperation with other pro-life groups, is organizing a protest at this year's NEA Convention in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia World Congress Center on July 1, 2013 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. The NEA Convention is June 26-July 6, 2013 with some 16,000 members expected to attend. Your help and participation is needed to show support for the youngest of students, the student learning from what should be the safest schools of all, free from violence; free from discrimination; a smoke free environment; and provided with healthy meals.
Georgia Right to Life points out on their website that,
Lurking beneath this admirable mission, however, lays a deceptive family planning resolution, as follows:
• "The National Education Association supports family planning, including the right to reproductive freedom.
• The Association urges the government to give high priority to making available all methods of family planning to women and men unable to take advantage of private facilities.
• The Association also urges the implementation of community-operated, school-based family planning clinics that will provide intensive counseling by trained personnel."
At the 1998 NEA Assembly in New Orleans, LA, a first time delegate asked the following 3-part question (from the resolution above) at the microphone:
• Through the words "reproductive freedom" in our Resolutions document, does the NEA support the choice to abort after the first trimester?
Response from the chair: Yes.
• Through the words "reproductive freedom" in our Resolutions document, does the NEA support a woman's choice to abort after viability?
Response from the chair: Yes.
• Through the words "reproductive freedom" in our Resolutions document, does the NEA support the decision to abort up to, and including delivery, commonly termed by the media a "partial birth abortion?"
Response from the chair: We have NO limitations.
According to their website, their vision is a great public school for every student offering equal opportunity. By equal opportunity they "believe public education is the gateway to opportunity. All students have the human and civil right to a quality public education that develops their potential, independence, and character." [Emphasis added]
The NEA espouses great sounding rhetoric like "We believe public education is vital to building respect for the worth, dignity, and equality of every individual in our diverse society" while with the other hand committing $60 million for President Obama's re-election campaign in 2012, the most pro-abortion president in America's history.
If you live in Atlanta and you believe that ALL students, born and unborn, deserve a quality education, public or private, show your support by coming out to the Georgia World Congress Center July 1 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Stand with other like minded teachers, students, mothers, fathers, clergy, and other pro-lifers to demand that the NEA remain neutral on the issue of abortion. If you can't come for the full four hours, come when you can. If you can't come or you don't live in Atlanta, please spend some time praying for those that will show up and for the NEA, that they will stand for life in addition to education of our children.


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SANTA CLARA — Aaron Rodgers is coming to play at Candlestick Park for the first time in his career, something he envisioned doing in a 49ers uniform until they passed on him in the 2005 draft.
Instead, Rodgers will lead the No. 3-seed Green Bay Packers (12-5) into a divisional-round playoff game Saturday against the No. 2 49ers (11-4-1). Kickoff is at 5 p.m.
A Cal product who grew up a 49ers fan in Chico, Rodgers is 2-1 all-time against the 49ers. All three of those games came in regular-season action at Lambeau Field, including a 30-22 defeat to the 49ers in this season's opener.
Here is a game-by-game breakdown of Rodgers against the 49ers:
Nov. 22, 2009: Packers 30, 49ers 24
Stat line: Completed 32 of 45 passes (71.1 percent) for 344 yards with two touchdowns, no interceptions, two sacks and a 108.0 passer rating.
Summary: After a rocky 5-4 start to his second season as Brett Favre's successor, Rodgers delivered a big win in his first meeting with his boyhood team, the 49ers. Rodgers' passed for 274 yards in the first half as the Packers took a 23-3 lead. The 49ers pulled to within 30-24 with 5:56 left.
Quote: "It's fun to play against a team that you idolized growing up and watched every Sunday after church. You've got to give those guys credit. I think in the second half, they fought a little harder." — Rodgers
Dec. 5, 2010: Packers 34, 49ers 16
Stat line: Completed 21 of 30 passes (70.0 percent) for 298 yards with three touchdowns, no interceptions, four sacks and a 135.1 rating.
Summary: The Packers led 14-13 before Rodgers' delivered a 61-yard touchdown pass to Donald Driver against a bumbling 49ers defense. Rodgers' two other touchdown passes went to Greg Jennings, starting with a 57-yard shot on a free play as Ahmad Brooks jumped offside on third-and-1. Two months later, Rodgers won Super Bowl MVP honors in Arlington, Texas.
Quote: "At first we were getting him rattled, getting him off the field, getting him buzzed a little bit. Giving a guy who's good at what he does an opportunity to feel good — that kind of leads to more. And they started making plays, big plays." — 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis
Quote II: "I have to look at the film to look at what the heck happened." — 49ers coach Mike Singletary
Sept. 9, 2012: 49ers 30, Packers 22
Stat line: Completed 30 of 44 passes (68.2 percent) for 303 yards with two touchdowns, one interceptions, three sacks and a 93.3 rating.
Summary: Rodgers' first interception in three games against the 49ers was a costly one, as NaVorro Bowman picked him off in the fourth quarter to set up Frank Gore's 23-yard touchdown run on the next snap. Rodgers rallied to lead a touchdown drive, finding James Jones for a 49-yard completion to set up their ensuing 10-yard scoring strike. Rodgers' final, last-minute pass, however, got broken up nicely deep down field by Chris Culliver.
Quote: "It's one game. This is a team that was in the NFC Championship last year. It's a good team. Hopefully we see them down the road in the playoffs." — Rodgers
Quote II: "Maybe we'll see them again in the NFC Championship." — Brooks, who sacked Rodgers to help thwart the Packers' final drive
Jan. 12, 2013: Packers at 49ers
Stat line: TBD (Rodgers was 23 of 33 for 274 yards with one touchdown, no interceptions and three sacks in a 24-10 wild-card win Saturday over Minnesota).
Summary: TBD (Rodgers will try doing what Brett Favre did four times since 1995: eliminate the 49ers from the playoffs).
Quote: "He can extend plays with his feet. The playbook is as big as when Alex (Smith) was in there, so obviously he knows the offense." — Rodgers, postgame Saturday night about the 49ers offense with quarterback Colin Kaepernick instead of Alex Smith.
Quote II: "They're a different team. We'll look at the pass schemes, more recent. We'll have to find a way to block up their Pro Bowlers inside." — Rodgers, postgame Saturday on the 49ers defense
Quote III: TBD (Rodgers is scheduled to speak with 95.7 The Game on Monday between 10 a.m. and noon. He will be the Packers' representative on a Tuesday afternoon conference call with Bay Area media.)
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.
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