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Clear Choice brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 105 Designs von 18 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Site will offer an online tutoring marketplace for both students and tutors using a freelance model like elance.com, odesk.com, guru.com, 99designs.com, etc.
elance.com - clean, simple organization
mint.com - main header area (large heading, intro text, video)
99designs.com - casual but professional style, color scheme
We are just looking for a homepage design.
Homepage Top
1. Logo in left corner.
2. Login section in top right corner.
• See TutorVista.com for example of top right login section.
Homepage Main Menu
1. Main menu will be a horizontal menu of four text options underneath the top section. The menu items should be easy to read but not so big/bright that they take attention away from the main header area beneath them.
For examples, see the horizontal main menu on guru.com (My Account, Hire, Manage, etc.) or tutorvista.com (Home, How It Works, Online Tutoring, etc.) or 99designs.com subpages like http://99designs.com/buttons-icons (launch a project, browse projects, how it works, help).
2. Text for menu items should be left justified (from left to right): Get started for free, How it works, Pricing, FAQs
Homepae Main Header Area
The main header area's job is to introduce the site to new visitors and give them a basic idea of how it works and why they should join. It should be easy to read, informative and make them want to explore the site further.
We want the main header area to have a similar layout to compete.com, mint.com or 99designs.com, with a large heading, some text and links, and a video intro/overview. We like simple and clean.
For examples of main header areas that we like, see mint.com, 99designs.com, compete.com or visiblegains.com.
Large heading:
"Find the online tutor who matches your needs and start learning today!"
"Need help passing a course? Want an "A"? Concerned about who tutors you? TutorWeb helps you choose, from our many tutors, the one who is just right for you. Then come to your tutor's convenient online classroom and start working together live, 1 on 1! This is THE best way to learn.
Links under text:
"Watch the short video" "Learn more"
"Get started for free >" (this should be a button)
Homepage Under Header Sections
The purpose of these sections is to further explain the site's benefits and expand on the information in the main header area.
We are flexible as to how these sections are arranged on the page. They can either be arranged 1 on top of the next like visiblegains.com or 99designs.com subpages (http://99designs.com/web-design), or they can be arranged in columns like mint.com (Stay Safe and Secure, Get Ready for Taxes, Feeling the Love) or tutorvista.com (Get the TutorVista Advantage!, News, Features).
Here are the sections in order of importance:
How it works
The "How it works" section will summarize our tutoring process in a few easy steps. Each step should have a relevant image to the left of it, and be a link to the corresponding section on our "How it works" page. Here are the steps for this section: Choose your tutor, Work with your tutor 1-on-1, Pay for your session.
Meet Dr. Tom
The "Meet Dr. Tom" section will introduce Dr. Tom Hancock, the site's co-founder. This section will have a picture of Tom and then a few sentences or text bullet points, followed by a link to Tom's section in our About Us page.
The "News" section will include logos of different news organizations and websites that cover TutorWeb. Each logo will link directly to the news article in questions (either on our site or elsewhere). See the "In the News" section on elance.com as an example.
For Tutors
The "For Tutors" section will provide a brief overview of how the site can benefit people who would like to offer tutoring services, plus give them a sign up link.
Browse Tutors
The "Browse Tutors" section will allows parents/students to browse tutor profiles and find tutors that may be a good fit for their needs. This section will simply list major subjects that the site offers tutoring in. Parents/students will then be able to drill down from general subjects to more specific ones and see tutors offering teaching services in those areas. See the "Top Skills on Elance" section on elance.com as an example.
Standard footer items: About Us, Blog, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Site Map
General Site Information
1. Name for the site is TutorWeb, and the URL is http://www.tutorweb.com.
2. Site will offer an online tutoring marketplace for both students and tutors using a freelance model like elance.com, odesk.com, guru.com, 99designs.com, etc.
For parents/students:
• They will be able to sign up to the site and post a project describing the kind of tutoring they need, their budget, etc. Tutors will then be able to view posted projects and bid on them. After a parent/student has selected their tutor, they will be able to engage in online tutoring sessions through the site using virtual whiteboards, voip, instant messaging, assignments and quizzes, etc.
For tutors:
• People who want to be tutors will be able to sign up for free and offer their services on the site. Tutors will be able to list their education, experience, teaching ideas/strategies/philosophies, rates, etc. on their profile pages. Tutors will be able to find students either by bidding on tutoring projects that parents/students post, or by having parents/students contact them directly after browsing their profile.
For payment/fees:
• Parents/students will pay the agreed amount into an escrow account before the tutoring, and the site will then deduct a percentage fee and pay the remainder to the tutor once the tutoring session(s) is complete.
3. We would like the site to combine the functionality of the elance-type sites with the more casual style of the major online tutor sites such as tutorvista.com or tutor.com. We also like the following sites and would be happy to incorporate some of their styling ideas if possible: 99designs.com, mint.com, seomoz.org.
4. The colors should match the logo provided. The feel should be professional but not formal.
5. Site should be designed for 1024x768 resolution.


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SolarWinds MSP Manager Make Running an IT Service Business Look Effortless.
Solve Your Customers' IT Issues Quickly and Efficiently
Solve Your Customers' IT Issues Quickly and Efficiently
You're in this business to make money (and to provide outstanding IT service). Yet, too often, help desk software eats into profits by tying engineers up in overhead.
SolarWinds® MSP Manager™ breaks this pattern by giving you the ability to capture the critical elements you need without bogging you down in minutia. MSP Manager helps you provide value that keeps your clients loyal with features like:
Access all of your customer knowledge from one IT service management system.
Make life convenient for your customers with your own brandable customer portal.
Keep on top of your business' health with crystal-clear dashboards and reports.
Solve issues fast while onsite with our MSP Manager mobile app.
Simplify logistics with easy and quick scheduling.
Capture the essentials with quick ticketing that lets you get back to work.
Streamline your billing with batch invoicing.
Every non-billable moment an engineer spends adding unnecessary details on a ticket costs your business. And over time, those costs can really add up. MSP Manager provides a quick ticket feature that you can access from any screen whenever you need it. It captures the essential information, like the customer's name and service items as well as the ticket details, then lets you get back to work in seconds. That adds up to radically improved efficiency—and more profit for your business.
The MSP Manager Mobile app puts the information technicians need to solve customer problems right at their fingertips. From the app, they can open and work tickets, track their time, view customer information and ticket histories, access device details and passwords, and much more. And you can even set up push notifications to immediately alert technicians when a ticket is assigned to them or an issue status changes.
How long does your staff spend invoicing and billing? A few hours? Days even? MSP Manager helps cut down your billing time. It tracks every billable moment, lets you apply the correct contract rates and, when the time comes, makes it simple to batch export invoices directly to your accounting software.

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JAPAN 151B: The Nature of Knowledge: Science and Literature in East Asia (CHINA 151B, CHINA 251B, JAPAN 251B, KOREA 151, KOREA 251)
"The Nature of Knowledge" explores the intersections of science and humanities East Asia. It covers a broad geographic area (China, Japan, and Korea) along a long temporal space (14th century - present) to investigate how historical notions about the natural world, the human body, and social order defied, informed, and constructed our current categories of science and humanities. The course will make use of medical, geographic, and cosmological treatises from premodern East Asia, portrayals and uses of science in modern literature, film, and media, as well as theoretical and historical essays on the relationships between literature, science, and society.nnAs part of its exploration of science and the humanities in conjunction, the course addresses how understandings of nature are mediated through techniques of narrative, rhetoric, visualization, and demonstration. In the meantime, it also examines how the emergence of modern disciplinary "science" influenced the development of literary language, tropes, and techniques of subject development. This class will expose the ways that science has been mobilized for various ideological projects and to serve different interests, and will produce insights into contemporary debates about the sciences and humanities.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Wang, S. (PI) ; Zur, D. (PI)
2018-2019 Spring
4-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 1
04/01/2019 - 06/05/2019 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM with Wang, S. (PI); Zur, D. (PI)
Instructors: Wang, S. (PI); Zur, D. (PI)
JAPAN 160: Classical Japanese Literature in Translation (JAPAN 260)
Prose, poetry, and drama from the 10th-19th centuries. Historical, intellectual, and cultural context. Works vary each year. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
JAPAN 164: Introduction to Premodern Japanese (JAPAN 264)
Readings from Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and early Edo periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors: Reichert, J. (PI)
2018-2019 Autumn
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 3
09/24/2018 - 12/07/2018 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at School of Education 230 with Reichert, J. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2018-12-12 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Reichert, J. (PI)
JAPAN 170: The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception (JAPAN 270)
Approaches to the tale including 12th-century allegorical and modern feminist readings. Influence upon other works including poetry, Noh plays, short stories, modern novels, and comic book ( manga) retellings. Prerequisite for graduate students: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.nnThis course must be taken for a minimum of 3 units and a letter grade to be eligible for Ways credit.
Last offered: Autumn 2017 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
JAPANGEN 75N: Around the World in Seventeen Syllables: Haiku in Japan, the U.S., and the Digital World
Preference to freshmen. Origins of the haiku form in Japan, its place in the discourse of Orientalism during the 19th and early 20th centuries in the West, its appropriation by U.S.devotees of Zen and the beat poets after WW II, and its current transformation into a global form through the Internet.
Last offered: Autumn 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
JAPANGEN 92: Introduction to Japan
Required Japanese majors. Introduction to Japanese culture in historical context. Previous topics include:shifting paradigms of gender relations and performance, ancient mythology, court poetry and romance, medieval war tales, and the theaters of Noh, Bunraku, and Kabuki.
Last offered: Winter 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II
JEWISHST 9N: What Didn't Make it into the Bible (CLASSICS 9N, RELIGST 9N)
Over two billion people alive today consider the Bible to be sacred scripture. But how did the books that made it into the bible get there in the first place? Who decided what was to be part of the bible and what wasn't? How would history look differently if a given book didn't make the final cut and another one did? Hundreds of ancient Jewish and Christian texts are not included in the Bible. ¿What Didn't Make It in the Bible¿ focuses on these excluded writings. We will explore the Dead Sea Scrolls, Gnostic gospels, hear of a five-year-old Jesus throwing temper tantrums while killing (and later resurrecting) his classmates, peruse ancient romance novels, explore the adventures of fallen angels who sired giants (and taught humans about cosmetics), tour heaven and hell, encounter the garden of Eden story told from the perspective of the snake, and learn how the world will end. The seminar assumes no prior knowledge of Judaism, Christianity, the bible, or ancient history. It is designed for students who are part of faith traditions that consider the bible to be sacred, as well as those who are not. The only prerequisite is an interest in exploring books, groups, and ideas that eventually lost the battles of history and to keep asking the question "why." In critically examining these ancient narratives and the communities that wrote them, you will learn about the content and history of the Bible, better appreciate the diversity of early Judaism and Christianity, understand the historical context of these religions, and explore the politics behind what did and did not make it into the bible.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Penn, M. (PI)
2018-2019 Autumn
3 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
09/24/2018 - 12/07/2018 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at 460-334 with Penn, M. (PI)
Instructors: Penn, M. (PI)
Notes: Introductory Seminar. Preference to first-year students; sophomores admitted if space available. Advance sign-up process and deadlines at http://introsems.stanford.edu.
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JEWISHST 37Q: Zionism and the Novel (COMPLIT 37Q)
At the end of the nineteenth century, Zionism emerged as a political movement to establish a national homeland for the Jews, eventually leading to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. This seminar uses novels to explore the changes in Zionism, the roots of the conflict in the Middle East, and the potentials for the future. We will take a close look at novels by Israelis, both Jewish and Arab, in order to understand multiple perspectives, and we will also consider works by authors from the North America and from Europe. Note: This course must be taken for a letter grade to be eligible for WAYS credit.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Writing 2
Instructors: Berman, R. (PI)
2018-2019 Autumn
3 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Writing 2 |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
09/24/2018 - 12/07/2018 Mon, Wed 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM at 260-003 with Berman, R. (PI)
Instructors: Berman, R. (PI)
Notes: Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores; first-year students admitted if space available. Advance sign-up process and deadlines at http://introsems.stanford.edu.
JEWISHST 53: Exploring Jewish Spirituality (RELIGST 53)
It was once accepted as fact that Judaism is a purely rational religion devoid of any authentic mystical tradition. But the past century of scholarship has reversed this claim, demonstrating that the spiritual life has been integral to Judaism's vital heart since ancient times. This yearning for a direct immediate experience of God's Presence, a longing to grasp the mysteries of the human soul and know the inner dynamics of the Divine realm, has taken on many different forms across the centuries. This course will introduce students to the major texts and core ideas of Jewish mysticism and spirituality, tracking their development from the Hebrew Bible to the present day. Close attention will be paid to the sources¿ historical context, and we will also engage with broader methodological questions regarding the academic study of religion and the comparative approach to mysticism.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors: Mayse, E. (PI)
2018-2019 Autumn
4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 3
09/24/2018 - 12/07/2018 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at 200-032 with Mayse, E. (PI)
Instructors: Mayse, E. (PI)
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JEWISHST 86: Exploring the New Testament (CLASSICS 43, RELIGST 86)
To explore the historical context of the earliest Christians, students will read most of the New Testament as well as many documents that didn't make the final cut. Non-Christian texts, Roman art, and surviving archeological remains will better situate Christianity within the ancient world. Students will read from the Dead Sea Scrolls, explore Gnostic gospels, hear of a five-year-old Jesus throwing divine temper tantrums while killing (and later resurrecting) his classmates, peruse an ancient marriage guide, and engage with recent scholarship in archeology, literary criticism, and history.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Penn, M. (PI) ; Abbott, P. (TA) ; Shaukat, M. (TA)
2018-2019 Winter
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
01/07/2019 - 03/15/2019 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 160-124 with Penn, M. (PI); Abbott, P. (TA); Shaukat, M. (TA)
Exam Date/Time: 2019-03-20 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Penn, M. (PI); Abbott, P. (TA); Shaukat, M. (TA)
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Jerry Brown has gone underground for a few days, and with good reason. He's ahead in the polls, and doesn't want to take the risk of saying something stupid that might put his lead at risk.
Maybe Meg Whitman should try this too.
Yes, it would violate the conventional wisdom for the person trailing in the polls to take herself off the trail. But Whitman has proven herself such a lead-footed campaigner that she may be better sticking to TV ads. This week has been a disaster. She bungled an appearance at the Women's Conference (Maria Shriver's annual estrogen extravaganza that fills the Long Beach Convention Center) so badly that thousands of women booed the would-be first woman governor.
U.S. & World
On Thursday, Whitman, in an appearance on Fox News, revived the controversy about her former housekeeper -- an undocumented immigrant whose public complaints about Whitman damaged her candidacy -- by saying the woman should be deported. Whitman and her campaign had avoided saying that previously (they said that was a decision for the authorities), and appeared to have put the issue behind her. But then Whitman opened her mouth and trouble ensued, leading to stories on virtually every TV station in the state.
Both Whitman and Brown have several rallies planned for this weekend. But why bother? Meg and Jerry, why not do yourselves -- and all Californians -- a favor and take the weekend off? At this point, more speeches from the two of you aren't going to help anybody, least of all yourselves.


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U.S. Atlantic Coast April 22, 2001 (580 Kb)
China, Korea, & the Sea of Japan April 24, 2001 (1.9 Mb)
Even as the vast cloud of dust from Chinaoriginating around April 7, 2001blows eastward from North America's Atlantic coast, a new dust storm is now blowing from China over the Pacific. This pair of true-color images was collected by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS). The top image, acquired April 22, 2001, shows haze over the mid-Atlantic United States extending well out over the Gulf Stream. The bottom image, acquired April 24, reveals that a significant amount of dust is still blowing out of Asia. Near the top of the full size Asian image you can also see smoke plumes from fires in Russia drifting southward to blend with the windborne dust.
The early April dust cloud started as a sand storm sweeping across the Taklimakan Desert in western China and then across the Gobi Desert in eastern Mongolia. Heavy winds lifted the dust high into the troposphere where, scientists believe, the plume intermingled with smoke from industrial pollution in southeast Asia before it was pushed out to sea toward North America. When the April 7 dust cloud arrived over Colorado, it was estimated to be about 2,000 km (1,250 miles) long and 6.4 km (4 miles) thick.
Image provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE


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Peanut butter – peanut brittle:
vegetable oil (for greasing the surface you are working on. but if you are like me, and own a Silpat, you don't need it. )
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup (don't ask me what the difference is between light and dark corn syrup, because I don't know. My guess is that like brown sugar, it usually doesn't make much difference, light or dark.)
1/2 cup water
1 cup chopped lightly salted dry roasted peanuts
1 teaspoon creamy (smooth) natural peanut butter (made with only peanuts and salt)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Line rimmed baking sheets (also known as jelly-roll pan) with foil; brush with oil/lay out Silpat on pan.
Bring sugar, corn syrup and 1/4 cup of water to a boil in heavy medium sauce pan over medium high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Boil without stirring until syrup is deep amber, swirling occasionally, about 10 minutes. Immediately stir in peanuts and all remaining ingredients. Scrape out mixture onto prepared pan.
Spread out into 13×9 – inch rectangle. Be sure to work quickly, before it starts to set up.
Cool completely. Break or chop up as desired.


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GreenAustralia brauchte ein neues Print oder Verpackung Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 128 Designs von 26 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Space Ads, Sustainable advertising - Bicycle Billboards
Our company provides outdoor advertising within Australia.
The product we would like to promote is our bicycle billboards.
We want the customers to see how we can stand out from the crowd.
Target market: Media professionals
Age: 25 - 40
Income: 60k - 150k
Occupation: Media planner, buyer, marketing manager, marketing agency, media agency, advertising agency
Education: Formal education in advertising, marketing or media
Product: Bicycle billboard - outdoor advertising
We require a 5cm strip advertisement which will be placed in an marketing industry magazine.
The Flyer is A5 Size
Orientation is at the discretion of the designer.
Viewers must be able to see clearly what it is that we do (photos of the bicycle billboards can be sent to you if you require)
Must be exciting
Must Stand out! and CAPTURE ATTENTION
Must use at least one of the photos attached
Easy to read website and phone number
Must include our logo
Must include slogan "Sustainable advertising, Guaranteed to be seen"
Must include contact details: phone 1300 606 701, email email@example.com, web: http://www.spaceads.com.au
and the words "Bicycle Billboards"


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While it may be impossible to pinpoint who exactly first imagined the monsters—vampires and werewolves and zombie—that populate folklore, we do know the origins of Casters. These supernatural sort-of-witches found in the Beautiful Creatures YA series, the first of which has is now a movie, were invented by the books' authors, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. With Twilight done, it's looking like romantic interest in vampires may be waning as well. Garcia and Stohl told TIME, speaking about the movie adaptation, that their teenage relatives and students specifically requested new supernatural beings to follow.
Kami Garcia: But [the teens in our lives] said to us, 'We want a story from a boy's point of view, because we love Twilight and all these other books we've ready but they're all from a girl's perspective. And we want the boy to be the regular mortal and we want to girl to be the one with the power.'
Margaret Stohl: 'And no more vampires. We're done with vampires.'
KG: 'You need to create your own supernaturals.'
MS: 'And nothing generic. They're all starting to sound the same to us. Put it somewhere really specific.'
KG: So we had to meet the criteria or we had to hear about it. I had to hear about it at work and she had to hear about it at home, and then they were emailing and facebooking us criticism. They were worse than any editors.
(WATCH: The Trailer for Beautiful Creatures)
Casters, introduced in 2009 in the first Beautiful Creatures book, believe that "witch" is a derogatory term. ("That's such a stupid word, really. It's like saying jocks. Or geeks. It's just a dumb stereotype," explains the book's heroine, Lena Duchannes.) Casters have powers, can do spells and are either "claimed" for good or evil. They're inspired by the witches we all know—from the tale of Hansel & Gretel to The Wizard of Oz—but re-imagined by the authors.
As the world of young-adult paranormal romance continues to expand, they're not alone. Twilight gave its vampires new abilities (sparkling!), and other recent blood-sucker-centric books have also altered the creature's constitutions, straying from the basic no-light-or-garlic model. In 2009's House of Night (becoming a movie in 2013), humans are "marked" to evolve into "vampyres" and then attend a school for "fledglings;" 2007's Vampire Academy (the movie of which is in development) also takes place at a sort of Hogwarts for the undead.
It doesn't stop there. Here are seven other newly adapted paranormal beings populating the teen novels that will be moving into movie theaters in the next year or so.
(MORE: Does Twilight Really Ruin Real-Life Romance?)
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Software maker Red Hat continued its recent momentum on Wednesday, comfortably beating Wall Street's fourth-quarter forecasts.
Updated from 5:37 p.m. ET to reflect the company's outlook.
RALEIGH, N.C. (TheStreet) -- Software maker Red Hat(:RHT) continued its recent momentum on Wednesday, comfortably beating Wall Street's fourth-quarter forecasts after market close.
The Microsoft(:MSFT) and Oracle(:ORCL) rival reported revenue of $297 million, an increase of 21% on the same period last year, and well above analysts' forecast of $291.22 million. Red Hat reported its fourth-quarter results after market close.
Excluding items, Red Hat earned 29 cents a share, up from 26 cents a share in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were looking for earnings of 27 cents a share.
Investors welcomed the numbers, pushing Red Hat's shares up $4.48, or 8.72%, to $55.87 in extended trading.
"The strength of our fourth quarter was a fitting conclusion to a remarkably strong year for our business," explained Jim Whitehurst, the Red Hat CEO, in a statement. "Our investments to expand our geographic sales footprint and add sales people with targeted industry and product knowledge has accelerated our growth."
The open source software specialist also announced a $300 million share repurchase program after market close on Wednesday.
For the first quarter, Red Hat expects revenue between $307 million and $311 million, above Wall Street's forecast of $306.2 million. Excluding items, Red Hat expects earnings between 25 cents a share and 27 cents a share. Analysts have predicted earnings of 27 cents a share.
Red Hat also projected full-year sales between $1.34 billion and $1.36 billion and earnings, excluding items, between $1.16 a share and $1.20 a share. Analysts are looking for sales of $1.3 billion and earnings of $1.15 a share.
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Red Bull KTM reached several milestones at a soaking Grand Prix of Valencia as Pol Espargaro rode fantastically in a restarted MotoGP race to finish 3rd and secure the factory's first ever podium in the premier class.
History made in Valencia! Espargaro walks MotoGP podium while Oliveira and Oncu win
For the seventeenth year in a row the flat, curling and short Ricardo Tormo Circuit hosted the Grand Prix de la Comunitat Valenciana in eastern Spain and the last round of MotoGP. The climate presented difficulties across the weekend with continual showers and thunderstorms ensuring all sessions - aside from a respite for Qualification on Saturday afternoon - were wet and slick. Red Bull KTM bade farewell to Bradley Smith in what was his final outing for the team since being the first rider to join the MotoGP project early in 2016. The Grand Prix will go down in the annals of KTM's decorated racing history for the results achieved against the odds.
Pol Espargaro revelled in his best qualification run of the season on Saturday and occupied a strong 6th position (the second row) on the grid. The Spaniard had looked fast and competitive through the soaked track as well as damp and then eventually dry conditions. He immediately launched into a top five position in the opening exchanges of the wettest race of the year. The 27 year old fought with Marc Marquez and was holding 4th spot until he crashed at Turn 2 and remounted. With a damaged RC16 Pol persisted to reach 8th when the race was red-flagged due to track conditions and partial flooding. The grid waited and then resembled in the same ranking at the time of the stoppage – for 14 laps - and from that point Espargaro attacked again, running in fourth he was promoted another position courtesy of Valentino Rossi's fall. He then deflected the pressure from Dani Pedrosa to grab 3rd place: his first podium appearance after five seasons in the premier class and the first for the RC16 at the site of the bike's maiden race as a wild-card in 2016 and after just 38 Grands Prix.
Smith had to plough through from the last row after a technical issue restricted his potential in Q1 on Saturday. The Brit was typically astute and reached 6th place in the rain until an untimely crash at Turn 13. Smith's determination not to end his KTM stint with a 'DNF' meant he pushed his racebike back to the pitlane and was lucky to arrive back within the five-minute window of the red flag being shown. He was able to restart in 16th on his second machine and then arrived to 8th: his highest classification after two years of hard work and perseverance with the RC16.
Espargaro ends 2018 14th in the MotoGP standings with nine points-scoring finishes and having suffered two injury problems. Smith classified 18th.
Espargaro: "It's unreal. I felt good all weekend in wet and dry conditions. I was playing around all weekend with a few Yamahas and I was fast; I could do good lap-times. To always be in the top eight was building my confidence up. It was wild out there. The red flag was like a 'message' because the bike was still working after that big crash and I said to myself 'man, this is your opportunity, take it'. I just pushed and Valentino was so fast, super-fast. I stayed in that position and was safe, then I fought with Dani but could finally finish in third position. After this year it is unbelievable for me, for my team, wife and all the crew around me. Finally we are super-happy with the results for KTM today. You don't know how much effort and investment they are putting in the project and for them to finish the year in those positions was amazing."
Smith: "Some things are just meant to be. I was pushing back to get to bike No.2 just to finish the race because there was only fifteen guys at that point. I did not want to 'go out' like that, with a crash and thinking 'what could have been': that's not what I'm about. I was running inside the top ten and my ambition this weekend was to get six points so I might be able to beat Pol in the championship. I got eight but he did a fantastic job today. It was obviously great to see and great for the team and all the boys. I'm happy I go out on my 'high' this was my best result. I cannot ask for much more."
Mike Leitner (Team Manager): "For the whole KTM group and Red Bull this was a fantastic day. We knew a result like this would be possible because we were 'there' in dry and wet conditions, especially with Pol but Bradley was there as well. To finish the season with a podium and eighth position for Bradley is very nice. It is great that he leaves in that way and we wish him all the best with his future. I don't think we expected this podium but it was super-crazy and for Pol to recover from a crash, come in and focus again and perform again to make the podium is a wonderful story that I don't think anybody would have believed this morning!"
Pit Beirer (KTM Motorsport Director): "I said all year that we are better than we could prove on paper because we had injured riders and we were not so lucky. We fell into a big hole in Sachsenring at a time when we were first in warm-up with a new bike and we thought 'now we'll make progress' but Pol injured himself at the next race. Everything went wrong. There was a critical moment two months ago when we looked at the new bike and elements like the chassis and, together with strong people at the factory, we decided to stick to the plan because we were sure we were on the right way. It was important not to lose the direction and today was the first big payback. We had Pol completely free of pain and with a good feeling. In this sport you need super-fit riders to compete on this level. This is a big payback for the whole company. I think every single department in KTM was somehow integrated to make this project work and the whole race team and everybody else put in so many hours. Third place is perhaps more than we expected today but this is the best way to give something back to racing people: a result. It means so much and it is difficult to find the right words how I feel."
Moto2 & Moto3
Red Bull KTM Ajo's Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder had already confirmed 2nd and 3rd positions in the 2018 Moto2 FIM World Championship standings and had only their personal podium tallies to work towards in Valencia. For Oliveira it was the last Grand Prix in Moto2 before his switch to the MotoGP class and the Portuguese rode maturely and confidently to record his third triumph of the year. Miguel pursued Alex Marquez and gratefully inherited the lead when the Spaniard tumbled on the last corner. Brad Binder was one of many fallers but KTM enjoyed a 1-2 with Iker Lecuona scaling the podium for the first time in second place. Red Bull KTM Ajo also secured the Team's crown.
Oliveira: "Alex made a mistake and I was able to cruise until the last lap. It was definitely hard to keep focus. I was trying to control the pace and the advantage. I'm glad we finished the season on a high. It is definitely a nice goodbye to the category and the guys on the team deserve this title because they worked non-stop through race weekends, tests and at the factory. I'm glad for these last three seasons and I want to thank them all. Moving onto KTM and MotoGP I feel ready, I just need time and then we'll see what happens."
As usual Moto3 opened the Sunday schedule with the first wet race of the day. In a 23 lap affair in which there was a high rate of attrition with just 20 finishers debutant and rookie Can Oncu made history by taking his KTM RS250 GP to the chequered flag on his very first attempt. Oncu rode consistently and smartly through the rain to become the youngest ever race winner, the first from Turkey and the first to triumph on his maiden GP outing in 27 years. He was joined on the podium by John McPhee, who took his KTM to third position.
Oncu: "I was not taking much risk. I was riding normal. It's a really nice feeling to write a new story as the youngest rider ever [to win] and to finish on the podium means I am two-times happy! In the Rookies I learned how to fight and to ride the KTM, as well as manage the races and not to crash. To be here was my dream and there are some incredible riders, incredibly fast. I'm ready to see how we will be next year."
2018 has finished, but '2019' is only hours away. Red Bull KTM will unpack their 2019 RC16 on Monday for Espargaro and debutant Johann Zarco to take their first laps with a view to next season on Tuesday and Wednesday in Valencia.
Results Race MotoGP Ricardo Tormo Circuit 2018
1. Andrea Dovizoso (ITA), Ducati 24:03.408
2. Alex Rins (SPA), Suzuki +2.750
3. Pol Espargaro (SPA), KTM +7.406
4. Michele Pirro (ITA), Ducati +8.647
5. Dani Pedrosa (SPA), Honda + 13.351
Other KTM
8. Bradley Smith (GBR), KTM +33.111
Standings MotoGP 2018 after 19 of 19 rounds
1. Marc Marquez, 321 points
2. Andrea Dovizioso, 245
3. Valentino Rossi, 198
4. Maverick Viñales 193
5. Alex Rins 169
Other KTM
14. Pol Espargaro, 51
18. Bradley Smith, 38
Results Race Moto2 Ricardo Tormo Circuit 2018
1. Miguel Oliveira (POR), KTM 45:07.639
2. Iker Lecuona (SPA), KTM +13.201
3. Alex Marquez (SPA), Kalex +22.175
4. Mattia Pasini (ITA) Kalex +28.892
5. Remy Gardner (AUS), Tech 3 +30.106
11. Dominique Aegerter (SWI), KTM
DNF. Brad Binder (RSA), KTM
Standings Moto2 2018 after 19 of 19 rounds
1. Francesco Bagnaia, 306 points
2. Miguel Oliveira, 297
3. Brad Binder, 201
4. Alex Marquez 173
5. Lorenzo Baldassarri 162
Results Race Moto3 Ricardo Tormo Circuit 2018
1. Can Oncu (GBR), KTM 43:06.370
2. Jorge Martin (SPA), Honda +4.071
3. John McPhee (GBR), KTM +6.130
2. Fabio Giannantonio (ITA), Honda +12.897
5. Enea Bastianini (ITA), Honda +14.735
Other KTM
6. Jaume Masia (SPA), KTM +21.984
9. Marcoz Ramirez (SPA), KTM +33.411
10. Celestino Vietti (ITA), KTM +39.008
Standings Moto3 2018 after 19 of 19 rounds
1. Jorge Martin, 260 points
2. Fabio Giannantonio, 218
3. Marco Bezzecchi, 214
4. Enea Bastianini 177
5. Lorenzo Dalla Porta 151


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NCAA Championship Game AnalysisPosted by rtmsf on April 4th, 2011
Nearly 350 teams start practice on October 15 with a single goal — to play on Monday night. UConn and Butler are the two teams left standing; it promises to be another epic national championship game for the annals.
#3 Connecticut vs. #8 Butler – National Championship (at Houston, TX) – 9:21 pm ET on CBS.
A year ago, when Butler advanced to the championship game against Duke, they were an unmitigated surprise, the very essence of the Cinderella story that gets talked about every March. One look at the personnel changes since that team (losing Gordon Hayward as an NBA Lottery pick, along with all-glue guy Willie Veasley and big man Avery Jukes to graduation), coupled with the Bulldogs' struggles early in the season this year (starting 4-4 on the season and 6-5 in Horizon League play), and most people would consider this year's run to the championship every bit as surprising as last year. But a closer look reveals a Butler team that is now riding a 14-game winning streak, a team that has turned things around on the defensive end. After allowing more than a point per possession in their first 23 games, they've trimmed that number to under 0.96 points per possession by locking down opponents and cleaning the defensive glass. Coupled with their capable offense, highlighted by key veterans Shelvin Mack and Matt Howard and newly efficient contributors like Andrew Smith and Shawn Vanzant, while it is still a remarkable accomplishment for the Bulldogs to be in the championship game, it is not nearly the shocker that last year's run was. Conversely, while the average fan will see the name UConn in the championship game and barely bat an eye, the fact that the Huskies have made it this far is a bombshell. At the start of the season, they were picked by Big East coaches to finish tenth in the conference, and only improved upon those projections by a single slot (9-9 Big East), despite being in and out of the national top ten all season. The Huskies dropped seven of their last 11 conference games and it looked like their overreliance on All-American guard Kemba Walker was taking its toll. But as they have done all season with their backs against the wall, Jim Calhoun's club has come back swinging, winning five games in five games to take the Big East Tournament title, and backing that up with five more consecutive wins in the Tournament. While Walker has continued to be excellent, it has been the emergence of freshman wing Jeremy Lamb and sophomore center Alex Oriakhi as consistent contributors that have allowed the Huskies to flourish. Lamb has scored in double figures in every game in that winning streak, while Oriakhi has averaged just under ten rebounds per game in that stretch, acting as perfect complements to Walker's 25.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. Freshman point guard Shabazz Napier has also been an important spark off the bench. As with any team that faces UConn, slowing Walker will be priority number one. Junior defensive specialist Ronald Nored should get plenty of up-close-and-personal time with Walker, but Brad Stevens has made it clear that containing Walker is not a one man job. Expect the Bulldogs to try to clog the lane and make it more difficult for UConn to get penetration, while still making sure to keep an eye on Lamb – the Huskies' best three-point shooter – on the perimeter. UConn will counter offensively with a veritable ton of ball screens for Walker, and off-the-ball screens for Lamb. The Huskies will also try to get guys like Oriakhi, Charles Okwandu and Roscoe Smith involved inside, hoping to take advantage of a relatively foul-prone Butler interior players Howard and Smith. On the offensive end, Butler will look to Mack and Howard for their offense most often, but a hallmark of the Butler Way is balanced offense, with players up and down the roster called upon at various times throughout the game. In the end, expect this game again to be tight throughout. However, the Huskies have shown the ability time and again throughout this tournament to weather a big run by the opposition, change momentum on a spectacular play by Walker, and then couple efficient offensive execution with steely defense down the stretch to eke out a nailbiting win. While it is awfully hard to pick against Butler given what they've done, it says here that UConn has one Kemba too many for the Bulldogs. Unless, of course, they find the range and some better luck on their halfcourt bank shots at the buzzer.
The RTC Certified Pick: Connecticut 61, Butler 60.


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So I was driving the other day when I was caught behind a rusty Saab with spinning rims. Despite how hilariously disgusting it was, I wasn't laughing at this Saab, as the driver believed cruising at a steady 10mph on 30mph road was somehow appropriate. I attempted to pass the car several times, but, miraculously, […]
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God made a farmer
February 9, 2013
Wheat, gliadin, zonulin, auto immune, inflammation and you! Yes You!
January 22, 2013
Dr. William Davis, author of the NY Times bestseller, Wheat Belly, recently attended a conference in which Dr. Alessio Fasano spoke. Dr. Fasano is a noted celiac disease investigator who has dissected out the details of bowel "leakiness" characteristic of the disease.
Among the issues he highlighted was the fact that Homo sapiens have a gene that no other species possesses, a gene for a modified form of the protein haptoglobin. Ordinarily, haptoglobin is responsible for "cleaning up" free hemoglobin in the bloodstream. Hemoglobin is contained within red blood cells but, when damaged, free hemoglobin is released which is toxic; haptoglobin then "cleans" up the hemoglobin for disposal.
Humans are the only species with a modified form of haptoglobin, programmed by a gene acquired after human predecessors, Australopithecus, diverged from "Pan" apes, chimpanzees and bonobos, and transitioned towards ancestral Homo species. This protein is haptoglobin 2. The functions of this protein are distinct from haptoglobin's role of hemoglobin scavenging.
Haptoglobin-2 has another name: zonulin. Zonulin proteins are found within intestinal cells, or enterocytes, with production/release triggered by various foreign bacteria, such as strains of E. coli and Salmonella Once triggered by bacteria, zonulin is responsible for creating bowel "leakiness," allowing water to leak into the bowel: diarrhea, an adaptive response that develops in response to foreign invaders to flush them out. (Cholera toxin is the penultimate example of this effect, resulting in gallons of watery diarrhea.)
By a quirk of nature, the wheat protein, gliadin, mimics the effects of foreign bacteria and it, too, triggers zonulin. But this function is flawed in that it generates a two-way response: Not only can water exit, but intestinal contents are able to gain entry in the opposite direction: into the bloodstream.
Among the most fascinating findings of Dr. Fasano's work: The gliadin-zonulin leak effect occurs not just in people with celiac disease or gluten-sensitivity; it occurs in everybody. The effect is longer and more pronounced (5-fold greater) in the enterocytes of people with celiac disease, but the effect of increased two-way leakiness spares nobody.
Only humans have the gene for haptoglobin-2 or zonulin. Chimpanzees and other primates do not have this gene. Interestingly, humans experience 75 different forms of autoimmune disease, while chimps experience none. Dr. Fasano presented compelling evidence, including increased zonulin blood levels, that this mechanism of intestinal leakiness underlies multiple inflammatory and autoimmune conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Crohn's disease, celiac disease, and type 1 diabetes.
Dr. Fasano was reluctant to declare that, based on his findings, bowel leakiness induced by wheat gliadin was sufficient reason to banish all wheat from the human diet, as he is a very careful scientist who feels he has to further explore this avenue and chart out all the details before making such a bold pronouncement. But I have no such qualms. And, besides, the potential for bowel leakiness is only one among many reasons to lose the wheat.
Lose the wheat, lose the zonulin-triggered bowel leakiness that can lead to the myriad forms of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
Learn more at http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/
Nearly half of supermarket chicken tainted by feces
June 8, 2012
Poultry Products Rarely Tested for Contamination, Cause 1.5 Million Illnesses a Year
Nearly half the chicken products marketed by national brands and sold in supermarkets are contaminated with feces, according to laboratory test results of chicken samples from 15 grocery store chains in 10 major U.S. cities. The testing was conducted by an independent analytical testing laboratory at the request of the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
PCRM investigated chickens from Perdue, Pilgrim's, and Sanderson Farms, as well as 22 other popular brands. Testing revealed that 48 percent of the chicken samples tested positive for fecal contamination, indicated by the presence of coliform bacteria commonly found in chicken dung. The bacterial species E. coli is a type of coliform bacteria and a specific indicator used by slaughter and processing plants to check for fecal contamination of food products and water.
Chicken samples from every city and every grocery store chain tested positive. In Dallas, 100 percent of the chicken bought at the Kroger's store tested positive for fecal matter. In Washington, D.C., 83 percent of the chicken bought at a Giant store and 67 percent of the chicken bought at a Safeway tested positive. Samples were also tested in Charleston, S.C., Milwaukee, Phoenix, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Miami, and San Diego.
"One in every two supermarket chickens is contaminated with feces," says PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D. "Meat packers can't avoid contaminating poultry products during production, and consumers are cooking and eating chicken feces in about half the cases."
Skinless chicken breast was particularly likely to have fecal traces, and both "organically produced" and "conventional" products were frequently contaminated.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now considering privatizing poultry inspection. The proposal would reduce the time poultry workers have to inspect each carcass for feces and could result in more contaminated chicken products reaching supermarket shelves.
The results of independent lab tests were as follows:
Fecal Contamination of Chicken Products in 10 U.S. Cities
|Grocery Store
|Chicken Products with Fecal Contamination
Charleston, S.C.
|Harris Teeter
Chicago, Ill.
|Dallas, Texas
Denver, Colo.
Houston, Texas
Miami, Fla.
Milwaukee, Wis.
|Pic 'n Save
|Piggly Wiggly
Phoenix, Ariz.
San Diego, Calif.
Washington, D.C.
A 2009 USDA study found that 87 percent of chicken carcasses tested positive for E. coli after chilling and just prior to packaging. Every year, contaminated poultry products cause approximately 1.5 million illnesses, 12,000 hospitalizations, and 180 deaths. However, most people eating cooked chicken feces have no symptoms and are unaware of what they have ingested.
No wonder we're sick!
June 7, 2012
Chili's Molten Lava Cake – 1,070 calories, 51 g fat, (26 g saturated), 143 carbs
And no wonder restaurants don't want to post the nutritional info on their menus.
These aren't the worst offenders–but here's a sampling of some of the meals that even health-conscious folks might consider ordering.
Marie Callender's Spanish Omelette: 1,550 calories, 78 g fat (25 g saturated), 2,980 mg sodium
Baja Fresh Chips and Gaucamole: 1,340 calories, 83 g fat (8 g saturated), 950 mg sodium
California Pizza Kitchen Tuscan Hummus with pita: 861 calories, 4 g satuated fat, 1,562 mg sodium
Ruby Tuesday Buffalo Shrimp Quesadilla: 1,465 calories, 89 g fat, 3,528 mg sodium
Houlihan's Fire Grilled BBQ Salmon Salad: 1,182 calories, 61 g fat (9 g saturated), 1,719 mg sodium
T.G.I. Friday's Santa Fe Chopped Salad: 1,800 calories
Panera Bread Tuna Salad on Honey Wheat Sandwich: 750 calories, 47 g fat (9 g saturated), 1,130 mg sodium
Chipotle Grilled Chicken Fajita Burrito: 870 calories, 30 g fat (13 g saturated), 1,940 sodium
Thank you to the Healthy Librarian at:
Food contamination
October 3, 2011
September 29, 2011
What the average American consumes in a year
June 19, 2011
The average American is 36.6 years old and eats 1,996.3 lbs. of food per year. The average man is 5'9" and weighs 190 lbs. The average woman is 5'4" and weighs 164 lbs.
Each year, Americans eat 85.5 lbs. of fats and oils. They eat 110 lbs. of red meat, including 62.4 lbs. of beef and 46.5 lbs. of pork. Americans eat 73.6 lbs. of poultry, including 60.4 lbs. of chicken. They eat 16.1 lbs. of fish and shellfish and 32.7 lbs. of eggs.
Americans eat 31.4 lbs. of cheese each year and 600.5 lbs. of non-cheese dairy products. They drink 181 lbs. of beverage milks. Americans eat 192.3 lbs. of flour and cereal products, including 134.1 lbs. of wheat flour. They eat 141.6 lbs. of caloric sweeteners, including 42 lbs. of corn syrup. Americans consume 56 lbs. of corn each year and eat 415.4 lbs. of vegetables. Every year, Americans eat 24 lbs. of coffee, cocoa and nuts. Americans eat 273.2 lbs. of fruit each year.
These foods include 29 lbs. of French fries, 23 lbs. of pizza and 24 lbs. of ice cream. Americans drink 53 gallons of soda each year, averaging about one gallon each week. Americanseat 24 lbs. of artificial sweeteners each year. They eat 2.736 lbs. of sodium, which is 47 percent more than recommended. Americans consume 0.2 lbs. of caffeine each year, about 90,700 mg. In total, Americans eat an average of 2,700 calories each day.


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Because we're all coastal elites here at Deadspin, we asked a Texas native to give us a sense of how the Josh Hamilton saga is unfolding in the Lone Star State. Piously, reports Jonanna Widner.
Praise be, it looks as if the spirit of the Lord done loosed the tongue of another member of the Josh Hamilton "support system" — none other than his wife, Katie, who is no doubt the most aggrieved party in all this mess.
Late on Sunday night, Katie Hamilton — or K-Ham, as I like to call her — took to the Dallas Morning News Rangers blog to respond to the hundreds of commenters who've been blessing us all with their opinions on the Hamilton matter.
Now, before we get into that, let's remember where we are here. Josh and Katie Hamilton's salvation story is taking place in North Texas, where for many folks Christianity and sports dovetail at an early age. Here, life shuttles continually between the Friday night lights and the Sunday morning pulpits, and the constant Bible-thumping begins to sound a little like the beat of the world's biggest drum.
I grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth Jesusplex, and I can confirm that sports here — from Little League to the pros — are infused with the Good Word. When I was about 12, for instance, the third baseman for my fastpitch softball team got smacked in the noggin by a line drive — after she had crept even closer to the batter in case of a bunt. Her dad — our first-base coach — responded by laying hands on her and praying.
Then there are the Cowboys, once helmed by famous savior-lover Tom Landry, who once proclaimed on national TV, "You have to believe in Jesus Christ to play for the Dallas Cowboys." The edict may still hold-years later Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin sat at the feet of Dallas preacher T.D. Jakes, the devil-fighter whose "prosperity theology" posits bling as God's blessing. The new Cowboys Stadium is home to "I Am Second" acolytes like Jason Witten (who by the way, might have the most boring testimony on the face of the earth). If you need more evidence try going here, here and here, for starters.
Cowboys Stadium sits a stone's throw from Hamilton's domain, Rangers Ballpark. And both mega-stadiums are plopped in the middle of Arlington, home to clusters of mega-churches the size of shopping malls. The Hamiltons' saga is taking place in the midst of Jesusland, and because of that, it's playing out in a unique way.
Take Katie's appearance on the DMN web site. K-Ham's comments were mainly in response to postings from another commenter called "JJ," who questioned the wisdom of the Rangers possibly signing Hamilton to a fat long-term contract after his recent shenanigans. K-Ham's first response, while infused with Jesusness, proves pretty thoughtful, and indicates that she didn't exactly forgive Josh in a knee-jerky kind of way:
…to all those who "just can't forgive" Josh for this one night- I have a question for you: Why is it that I (his wife- the one whom he hurt the most, by far through this) can forgive him, but you can't?...Again, he's not perfect- this was a night that he's certainly not proud of, but I am very proud of how he handled it. He was very honest with me and those involved and didn't try to hide anything or cover up his mistake…
In His Grip,
Katie Hamilton
OK, that's a decent argument (although … "In His Grip"?!). But when JJ responds with an accurate portrayal of the duality of the situation — fans' response to Josh as a man versus their response to him as a player — K-Ham starts to lose her grip, as it were (all sic'd):
JJ, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. I have one question for you? JOsh drank ONE NIGHT! one night-and not during the season- ONE NIGHT IN 4 YEARS. How many other major league players or people on the earth for that matter, can you say that about. Probably not many. He drank ONE NIGHT IN FOUR YEARS and YES that is an absolute fact. So, if that one night is a make or break for you, then so be it.
And then a bit later:
One day we will leave baseball...it certainly doesn't last forever. However, GOD gave Josh that talent and it's FOR HIS GLORY. There are always "what ifs" in life. And yes, it was ONE NIGHT- you can choose to believe what you want. JOsh is in no way shape or form "chasing millions" that very thought or statement sickens my stomach. This job isn't about money, fame or "being a homerun king"...none of those things bring happiness and if that's what it was all about- neither Josh nor myself would be a part of it. WHat is IS about is glorifying God through a talent that HE gave Josh- and being obedient to the call in which He has placed on our lives. Which for right now.,,,IS BASEBALL.
Why is it the Christians always bust out with the all-caps? Maybe K-Ham is building a big wall of capital letters as a bulwark against what might be the truth, a truth none of us really wants to believe, but a truth that seems pretty apparent upon glancing at those bar photos: Josh Hamilton looks really happy in those pictures. He looks like a man whose life for the past five years has been, as he once put it, "Park. Home. Park. Home," a man who has been living day after day within arms' reach of his 60-something babysitter, and a man who, for a few hours, finally has some room to explode. Hamilton looks like a man unleashed.
I guess it probably does take a God with a strong grip to ward off such demons, and boy, does God have his fingers wrapped around Arlington. North Texas may in fact be the only place in the Major League universe that provides enough of a Christian bubble for the Hamiltons to keep believing. It plays here.
In the long run, despite the all-caps and the brimstone, this is probably a good thing. After all, Hamilton's religious conversion is the reason he's alive, and it's the reason he was able to man up and come clean to his wife and to the media about his giant slip-up. Say what you will about the relentless Bible-thumping, but if you listen to Hamilton's press conference on Saturday, you can't say he's not honest, or accountable, or remorseful, or embarrassed. North Texas will understand, which is probably why K-Ham felt comfortable making a cameo on the DMN's web site. (Imagine what would have happened if she had done likewise in, say, the New York Daily News' comments section.) This is a part of the country that knows sin and knows redemption and has seen plenty of its athletes walk the path between the former and the latter and back again. Josh Hamilton couldn't have picked a better place to redeem himself a second time.
The former Arts Editor of the Santa Fe Reporter and former Music Editor of the Dallas Observer, Jonanna Widner started her writing career covering the scintillating world of small-town Texas Little League and high school football. She has since moved on to write for several other outlets, including Bitch, Draft and Curve magazines. She also just finished the Dallas-Fort Worth handbook for Moon Publishing, so please buy it.


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HOUSTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Vatican says it has created what amounts to a nationwide diocese for Episcopalians who convert to Catholicism in the United States.
The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter will allow ordained Episcopalian clergy members to convert and essentially take their congregations with them. Since the Episcopal Church, the main American branch of the Anglican Communion, has leaned more liberal in recent years, many conservative members of the church are looking to leave the faith.
Recently the Episcopalian Church has allowed the ordination of female and homosexual priests as well as changes in the liturgy.
The New York Times reports priests who are married may remain married and serve the church under a 1980 exemption to celibacy made by the Vatican; however, they cannot become bishops.
The collective will have its headquarters in Houston and will be headed by Jeffery N. Steenson. Steenson, formerly a bishop and father of three, left the Episcopal Church in 2007 and became a Catholic priest in 2009.
Steenson will now report directly to the Vatican as an ordinary, and will now be a member of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.


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We develop computer software for horse record keeping and are looking for a new website template to feature our new company. We want a nice clean look that incorporates our colors as well as photos of horses
equineIQ, Inc.
Smart Solutions for the Horse Industry
Desired Color Scheme:
Purple (R:107 G:78 B:122, HTML:#6B4E7A), Gold (R:255 G:203 B:5, HTML:#FFCB05), Black
Desired Style:
As far as style, we like a modern Web 2.0ish look (gradients, clean lines, etc) yet still business professional. We don't want to look too techy but we do like the clean and sharp look of these type of sites.
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equineIQ is a new company that focuses on developing computer software for horse owners and horse businesses. Our current website can be seen at http://www.equineIQ.com. The majority of horse owners are female. Many people are involved in the horse industry for the rewarding and enjoyable lifestyle.
A few notes about our preferences for the website:
- Horse owners enjoy their horses and like to see pictures of horses, so the website should include pictures. These pictures should include horses with minimal extra accessories on the horse. People may be included if the clothing is generic (i.e. no cowboy hats, helmets, jackets)
- The website should links to these areas: Home, Solutions, Jobs, About, News, Contact
- There will not be a lot of content on the website, so this design will be a higlight of the website.
- We want to avoid too much western (tooled leather, spurs, cows, etc) or old fashioned look
We would like to see photos of horses. If you use stock photography, please ensure you have the proper license. If you use a sample stock photo (such as from iStockPhoto), we can purchase the license for the photo if your design is chosen. The guidelines for all photos are the same as above. We like pictures that show people (mainly women or couples or families) enjoying spending time with their horse/horses.
As far as style, we like a modern Web 2.0ish look (gradients, clean lines, etc) such as mentioned in http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com…-guide.cfm and http://smashingmagazine.com/2006/12…ns-in-2006 . We don't want to look too techy but we do like the clean and sharp look of these type of sites.
Website: equineIQ, Inc.
Domain: http://www.equineIQ.com
Tagline: "Smart Solutions for the Horse Industry"
Colors scheme: Purple (R:107 G:78 B:122, HTML:#6B4E7A), Gold (R:255 G:203 B:5, HTML:#FFCB05), and Black.
Format: PSD with layers
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Examples of sites we like:
http://www.rammfence.com/ (masthead with photography and transparent menu, lots of pictures)
http://www.unitedvetequine.com/ (picture of lady and horse)
http://www.andis.com/USA/lg_animal/horse.asp (nice use of colors, testimonial fades into picture of lady and horse)
http://www.chris-cox.com/ (person with horse comes onto the page and has grass - panoramic cutout with grass)
http://www.cattlesoft.com/products.aspx (cows at bottom come on to page)
horse.purina-mills.com/ (nice big picture with text and boxes on top of it)
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Staples Packages Five Small Notepads In Five Separate Boxes
Dear Staples:
Thanks for your recent delivery of the items we ordered. Your drivers must know how to drive fast because it always arrives very fast and we think that's swell. However, your shipping department might be drinking on the job or something because the amount of packaging used for our most recent order was ridiculous. You might want to go down there and check.
Here is the major malfunction:
The shipment was prepared such that each of the…
Item Number: 708146 –
Ampad Gold Fibre® Designer Series Top Wirebound Writing Pad, Brown, Wide Ruled, 8 1/2? x 11 3/4?
Quantity: 5 Price: $3.58
..that I ordered was packaged and shipped in a separate box. Are you kidding me? Its just too much for me to bear! In addition to being very un-environmental, shipping one NOTEBOOK in a box that measures 2 feet by 1 foot 2 inches is costly, perhaps costing US more money and YOU for certain. We dont pay you for shipping, so it's not like it was a clever ruse to squeeze more money from this cash cow.
I am speechless! SEE attached photos of the carnage from ALL the packaging from the delivery. I ordered 41, no wait, 38 items from you and they were shipped in 8 different boxes, most of which I could fit in! And I am not a dwarf OR a child. Actually, 1 item is backordered so 37 items shipped. The other 3 items were catalogs that I have requested NOT to have delivered since I do all my ordering ONLINE. That's 4.625 items per box. And the "items" were things like "pens" and "highlighters" not "Hummer engines" or "flat screen tv's." Is this some kind of joke? If so, it's not funny Staples, not funny. Most of the items could have fit in one box. Didn't YOU see An Inconvenient Truth like the rest of America?
Above: Large mess cleaned up by ME, not staples.
My Account Manager has been the most helpful and enthusiastic customer representative I have ever had the pleasure to interact with, but the firestorm-a-brewing right now may be enough to have cost you a customer. Silly Staples.
The amount of time I spent breaking down boxes and properly discarding those "plastic bubbles" used to cushion each individually boxed notebook was ridiculous. You have wasted my time Staples.
And I am very, very upset.
The stupid shipping gang is a menace to the environment. Bubblewrap makers gaze dreamily as Walmart, Crate & Barrel, and Staples strike fear into the hearts of forests everywhere. Does an insider want to let us know how these packaging nightmares, which are a waste to everyone but the shipping companies, make it out the door?
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Il Complice
Enio Legisamòn (his last name is also written as Leguizamón) was born in Santiago del Estero. He studied at the Pan-American School of Arts in Buenos Aires, together with Alberto Breccia. After obtaining his degree in 1958, he went to work for the publishing houses Nómina and Yago. For the latter, he illustrated the series 'Misterix', that was originally drawn by Paul Campani. In 1962, he joined the publishing house Columba, and he also worked for the Charlton Comics Group in the USA. At Columba, he created the character 'Sam Malone' with text by Guillermo Saccomanno, and he continued the 'Bull Rocket' series in cooperation with Gustavo Trigo and with scripts by Héctor Germán Oesterheld.
Gente del Blanco
In 1974, Legisamòn created the crime series 'Chinatown' with scriptwriter by Ray Collins for Ediciones Record. He continued his collaboration with Collins at Columba, where they launched the series 'A Quemarropa'. Between 1980 to 1995, he created the saga 'Gente de Blanco' for the Columba magazine Intervalo. He continued to work for the publisher throughout the 1990s with series like 'La Estatua', 'Little Italy' (1991) and 'Johnny y Mick', all published in Nippur Mágnum.
He cooperated with Eura Editoriale from 1988 to 1997, illustrating series like 'Perro y Gato', 'Detective Jr.', 'Doppelkiller' and 'La Sagrada Familia'. He worked for the Italian publisher Bonelli from 1999, where he illustrated episodes of the series 'Julia'.


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About Victor S. Ferrari, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Cosmetic Surgery Matthews North Carolina
After graduating with honors from Davidson College and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine (Chapel Hill), Dr. Ferrari completed a residency in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery. During his training he earned the prestigious title of "Chief Resident" in both specialties as well as teaching and research awards. After a Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship in Miami, he stayed in Florida for several years in private practice. During that time, he received other accolades such as the coveted "Physician Recognition Award" given by the American Medical Association. As a multi-lingual doctor, he has traveled overseas to be the keynote speaker at medical conferences and has instructed other plastic surgeons on his techniques. Dr. Ferrari is also a Fellow Member of the most exclusive surgical society in this country, the American College of Surgeons.
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery American Board of Plastic Surgery Professional Affiliations Christian Medical and Dental Association American Medical Association Kansas Medical Society Florida Medical Association Dade County Medical Association American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Greater Miami Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons North Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons World Medical Missions/Samaritan's Purse
In early 1999, Matthews plastic surgeon, Victor Ferrari, he decided to move his family back to his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Ferrari is the founder and president of Premier Plastic Surgery Center and Premier Spa. Specializing in cosmetic plastic surgery of the face and body, cosmetic surgeon Dr. Victor Ferrari skillfully utilizes the latest proven technology and lasers, as well as alternative medicines, to create natural-looking results with the shortest recuperation time.In summary, Dr. Ferrari is a personal, friendly physician whose extensive training and expertise will help you achieve your desired appearance.
For more information on Breast Augmentation prcedures in North Carolina, please visit our website www.beautifulresults.net or call us to 704-844-8344 for a consultation.
BREAST SURGERY PROCEDURES in Matthews North Carolina
Breast Augmentation Matthews (Augmentation Mammaplasty North Carolina)
Breast augmentation is a very popular procedure for women and among the most commonly performed cosmetic surgery procedures in Matthews North Carolina. A saline-filled breast implant is inserted under the crease in the breast, around the nipple or through the armpit. The breast implant can be placed under the breast tissue or beneath the chest wall muscle. After this cosmetic surgery procedure, breasts will appear "fuller" and more shapely in contour. Incision scars will fade or disappear over time.In certain unique instances silicon breast implants can be used.We use advanced pain management techniques which can greatly reduce and sometimes eliminate the postoperative pain that can sometimes be associated with this Matthews breast surgery. Many of our patients do not need to use any narcotic pain medications, thus avoiding the potential side effects of those drugs, and enjoying a quicker and more pleasant recovery.
Breast Reduction Matthews (Reduction Mammaplasty North Carolina)
Large, pendulous breasts may cause a woman to experience various medical problems caused by the excessive weight of the breast tissue. Problems with posture, skeletal deformities, back and neck pain, and skin irritations are common with this condition. Bra straps often leave indentations in the shoulder area. Many women, starting as early as the teenage years, are very self-conscious if they have unusually large breasts.Breast reduction in Matthews (reduction mammaplasty North Carolina) removes fat, glandular tissue, and excessive skin, resulting in smaller, lighter and firmer breasts that are better-shaped in proportion to the rest of the body.
Breast Reconstruction Matthews (After Mastectomy Surgery)
Reconstruction of the breast after a mastectomy due to cancer or other disease is quite possible with today's surgical procedures. Using the newest techniques, Matthews plastic surgeon Dr. Victor Ferrari is often able to create a breast that is similar in form and appearance to that of the natural breast. A consultation will provide you with information on the many available options for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction.
Breast Lift Matthews (Mastopexy North Carolina)
Over time, the effects of gravity along with the loss of the skin's natural elasticity begins to have a negative impact on the appearance of a woman's breasts. These factors, combined with pregnancies and nursing will often cause the breasts to lose their youthful shape and firmness.A Matthews breastlift, or mastopexy, is a surgical breast procedure to raise and reshape sagging breasts. The cosmetic procedure can also reduce the size of the areola (the darker skin surrounding the nipple). Breast implants inserted in conjunction with a mastopexy procedure can increase both firmness and size.
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OTHER COSMETIC SURGERY PROCEDURES in Matthews North Carolina
Facelift Matthews (Rhytidectomy North Carolina)
A facelift can considerably reduce these signs of aging by removing excess fat, tightening the underlying muscles, and redraping the skin around the neck and face. Facelifts can be done alone, or frequently performed in conjunction with another procedure such as a browlift, eyelid surgery, or nose reshaping. If your problem areas are limited to the neck, a more conservative procedure, known as a "necklift" will be recommended. In some cases, a facelift can reduce the outward signs of aging by ten or fifteen years.
Upper & Lower Eye Lid Surgery (Blepharoplasty Matthews)
Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) is designed to remove excess skin and fat from the upper and lower eyelids. The procedure can correct drooping upper lids that tend to sag with time and the puffy bags below the eyes. Blepharoplasty can be done as a single procedure, or in conjunction with other facial surgery such as a facelift or a browlift.
Nose Reshaping matthews (Rhinoplasty North Carolina)
Surgery to reshape the nose, (rhinoplasty) is among the most common plastic surgery procedures. This procedure can reduce or increase the size of the nose, remove an unwanted hump, change the shape of the tip or the bridge, narrow the width of the nostrils, or change the angle between the nose and the upper lip. The procedure restores an improved balance between the nose and other facial features. We take great care to achieve a natural result and to avoid the surgical look.
Forehead Lift Matthews (Browlift North Carolina)
A forehead lift or "browlift" is used to correct a drooping browline (eyebrow area) reducing the horizontal lines and furrows (worry lines) that often make a person appear angry, sad or tired. The procedure creates a refreshed, youthful appearance to the forehead area above the eyes.When performing a forehead lift procedure, muscles and tissue areas that droop or cause creases are removed or corrected to smooth the skin on the forehead to reduce frown lines and raise the eyebrows. There are two surgical methods, and during your initial consultation the procedure that works best for you will be recommended. The first is the most conventional method where a surgical incision is hidden just above the hairline. Browlifts are also performed using an endoscope which enables the procedure to be performed with a minimal number of incisions. While the traditional method can sometimes attain more lift, both methods create smoother, flatter skin on the forehead.
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GHS stands for Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.
The GHS is an initiative by the United Nations aiming to harmonize chemical hazard communication. This includes harmonized criteria for classification of substances and mixtures according to their physical, health, and environmental hazards, as well as harmonized hazard communication elements.
The first version of GHS was published in 2003 and updated each 2 years since.
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) below.
No, GHS will not lead to any change in the chemical composition of our products. Therefore, the hazard potential remains unchanged. Only the look of our labels and packaging will be affected.
No, GHS will not lead to any change in the intended use of our products. Only the look of our labels and packaging will be affected.
GHS is based on 16 physical, 10 health, and 3 environmental classes of hazard. These hazards are communicated by the combination of a pictogram, signal word, and statements of the hazard and the precaution to be taken.
Only labels for components that are classified under GHS as hazardous materials will be affected.
Before shipping the first GHS-labeled products, QIAGEN will begin including in each despatched kit box the Important Note (see GHS Labeling below) giving an overview of the coming changes due to GHS.
The new GHS regulation implies you must:
See the information below and visit the United Nations webpage (see External Links below) for more information.
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text: CVS-Caremark has agreed to retrain staff and take other steps to eliminate errors after New Jersey customers got the wrong medicine. CVS has to pay $650,000 to the state too after the investigation from the Division of Consumer Affairs. The pharmacy comingled various types of pills at five locations last year. In one case the CVS at 600 North Kings Highway in Cherry Hill comingled metoprolol, a high blood pressure drug, with risperidone, a medication for schizophrenia, according to the Division of Consumer Affairs. Three patients were given the wrong mix of drugs. In another case, customers seeking children's chewable fluoride pills were given a breast cancer drug.


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Happy, Healthy, Ready for School is an 18-minute resource video produced by Sesame Workshop in 2004, with support by PNC Bank. The video shows Elmo getting ready for his first day at preschool.
Elmo is in the park getting ready for his first day of preschool. Telly and Rosita are busy helping Elmo get ready by loading him up with all the supplies he'll need. When the trio runs into some problems preparing they are soon greeted by the Readys - Ready Betty, Ready Eddie and Ready Stan. The Betty, Eddie and Stan help Elmo get ready through song. First they teach Elmo, Telly and Rosita about the importance of a good breakfast, and a good night sleep. Eddie shows a film of two young boys named Lucas and Matthew and his family eating their breakfast and brushing their teeth.
The Readys then sing Elmo on his way to school. Elmo and the gang soon arrive at Sunny Days School. Elmo is excited but soon gets scared when Telly has to go to advanced triangle class and Rosita leaves him for her music class. Elmo feels alone and so the Readys pop in to tell Elmo about what to expect in the classroom. Stan then shows a film of Payton arriving for his first day at school and getting involved in the class.
Elmo then enters the classroom and admires all the letters, number and shapes on the wall and gets excited. The Readys jump in to sing about the things Elmo will learn and experience at school. Elmo shows Betty how smart he already is by counting the students in the class, and shows Stan that he already is ready for school because he knows the letters of the alphabet. Betty then shows a film of kids getting ready for school by practicing their letters, colors, shapes, sorting and measuring skills.
Elmo now feels ready for school and sings with the Readys and the whole class about how to get ready for school. The Readys job is done, and so they leave to help a flower get ready for spring. Elmo thanks the viewer for watching and introduces himself to the class meeting Luca, Rico, Tony, Rico, Jan, Rico, Mrs. Danni and Rico.
- Producers: Joseph Pipher and Christina Delfico
- Co-Producer: Kevin Clash
- Written by: Joey Mazzarino
- Directed by: Kevin Clash
- Content Director, Education and Research: Jeanette Betancourt, Ed.D.
- Music Composed by: Andy Mendelson
- Lyrics by: Joey Mazzarino, Chris Cerf and Andy Mendelson
- Senior Muppet Consultant: Kevin Clash
- Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop: Jason Weber, Michelle Hickey, Jane Pien
- Vocal Director: Dave Conner
- Kevin Clash as Elmo, AM Dog, Tony
- Martin P. Robinson as Telly
- Carmen Osbahr as Rosita, Luca
- Joey Mazzarino as Ready Stan
- Alice Dinnean as Ready Betty, Jan Brady
- Tyler Bunch as Ready Eddie
- Also featuring: Pam Arciero, Jim Martin and Paul McGinnis
The video was released as a non-commercial resource video on VHS in 2004. In 2006 the full video was made available as a free video download from Sesame Workshop via the iTunes Store as part of the Learn Along with Sesame series. It is also available for viewing on Sesame Workshop's official website (video).


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Crowns & Bridges
Dental Crowns
A crown is a covering that will wrap and protect the entire surface of a tooth, allowing it to look and function just like the original tooth. Crowns work to strengthen the tooth while protecting the existing structure, extending the life of the tooth longer that it would be with a filling or another restoration.
Reasons for Choosing a Dental CrownDental crowns can correct a variety of problems that you might be experiencing with your teeth:
Types of Dental CrownsThere are three main types of dental crowns available, and we'll help you choose the right one for your mouth:
All Porcelain: The all porcelain crown is one of the most aesthetically pleasing options, but it is generally only recommended for the front teeth. When placed on the rear teeth, the risk of fracture with these crowns will increase.
Gold: Gold crowns are extremely durable, and they are best suited for the back molars where they cannot be seen. Gold crowns are useful for people who clench or grind their teeth. Gold crowns tend to be most similar to your natural teeth, which will allow the tissue to quickly adapt to the restoration, and a minimal amount of your natural tooth structure will need to be removed to have the crown put into place.
Porcelain Fused to Metal: This type of crown will feature a metal base with porcelain attached to the outside, making the restoration more attractive than an entirely metal option. If you want the durability of a gold crown but want your tooth to look as natural as possible, this would be a great selection. Some risk does still exist regarding fractures, but in the event of a chip or break, it is usually just the outer porcelain portion that is damaged.
The Dental Crown ProcedureIf you'll be getting a dental crown, you can plan on having two appointments to complete the process. At your first visit, the tooth will be prepared by removing decay, and the surface will be shaped so it can fit the crown. We will take impressions of your teeth so your customized crown can be created, and you'll likely wear a temporary restoration while we wait for your crown to be finished.
At your follow-up appointment, we'll take off your temporary crown and will carefully place the permanent one in place. We'll also ensure proper bite and spacing.
After your appointment, we'll encourage you to follow up with us regularly. While proper oral hygiene is essential, you'll also need regular dental care to ensure that your crown is in the best possible shape.
Dental Bridges
A dental bridge is a fixed (non-removable) appliance and is one of the traditional dental methods for replacing missing teeth.
The type of bridge used most often is called a fixed bridge, and consists of two crowns that go over two anchoring teeth (abutment teeth) and are attached on either side of the artificial teeth (pontics), filling the gap created by one or more missing teeth.
Dental bridges are highly durable and will last many years with proper home care; however, they may need to be replaced or re-cemented due to normal wear.
Reasons for a Fixed Bridge
What does a fixed bridge involve?Getting a bridge usually requires two or more visits. While the teeth are numb, the two anchoring teeth are prepared by removing a portion of enamel to allow for a crown. Next, a highly accurate impression (mold) is made which will be sent to a dental laboratory where the bridge will be fabricated. In addition, a temporary bridge will be made and worn for about two weeks until your next appointment.
At the second visit, your bridge will be carefully checked, adjusted, and cemented to achieve a proper fit and comfortable bite.
You will receive care instructions at the conclusion of your treatment. Proper brushing, flossing, and regular dental visits will aid in the life of your new bridge.
Call us at 540-377-1223 to schedule your appointment with us.


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Since its founding in 2011, the local Bagby Restaurant Group has quickly become a name patrons can trust, both in the dining room and at the bar. Its Harbor East operations — particularly Ten Ten and Fleet Street Kitchen — are examples of finely tuned and thoughtful restaurants with bar programs that match.
In November, the group opened its first restaurant, Cunningham's, away from the city. The zip code may be different, but Bagby's hallmarks — fine execution, attention to detail, a stellar selection at the bar — were evident on a recent Saturday night in Towson City Center's newest restaurant.
It was Baltimore County Restaurant Week, so at around 8 p.m., the bar — rectangular-shaped and annexed from the larger dining room — bustled loudly with the last of the dinner crowd. Seats at the bar were full, so we took a high-top table nearby. The two TVs in the room played the same college basketball game on mute, seemingly sending the message, "You could watch a game here but why would you?" It's not that type of setting.
That's a good thing, because Towson — an area known more for its surplus of chain restaurants than fine dining — needed an elegant spot like Cunningham's. It was difficult to tell if the bar and dining room were full because of the discounted Restaurant Week specials or if it was the community quenching its thirst for a sophisticated date spot. Either way, it was encouraging to see both areas busy.
So far, the food has garnered much of the attention, but the bar program — developed by Bagby beverage director Tim Riley — deserves recognition. The cocktails, which use in-house ingredients and fresh juices like other Bagby bars, tasted great on a chilly night, with just the right amount of booze for warmth. Of the 10 cocktail choices, we first ordered a Lutherville ($11), a pleasing concoction of Riverboat Rye Whiskey, Dolin sweet vermouth, Fernet Branca, Lustau sherry and the Cognac-based liqueur Benedictine. For a cocktail with five components, the Lutherville surprised and impressed with its sophisticated balance.
Even better was the Brooklynite ($8). The ambitious cocktail mixes three different kinds of rum — equal parts Gosling's and El Dorado Rum, along with shorter pour of the extremely powerful Smith & Cross Jamaica Rum. It's finished with honey, lime and angostura bitters. At 114 proof, the Smith & Cross Rum is strong enough to ruin cocktails made in the wrong hands. But at Cunningham's, the Brooklynite was remarkably smooth and not nearly as sweet as I feared.
In terms of beer, Riley had to be clever and discerning with his six draft choices. He smartly selected four local brews (Stillwater Artisanal Ales' Stateside Saison, Union Craft Brewing's Duckpin Pale Ale, Brewer's Art's Ozzy and the Union/Brewer's Art collaboration Hampden on Rye) and two types not from Maryland (Yards' Love Stout and Sixpoint's The Crisp). There was no resisting a Hampden on Rye ($7), the deliciously spicy collaboration between two of Baltimore's most trusted names in beer. It is not the most common local beer to find on tap, and it's foolish to pass on once found.
As our night wound down, so did the foot traffic around the bar, which made it easier to appreciate the beautiful design of Cunningham's. The white stone bar looked pristine, and the handsome antique pots arranged above the bar kept it from feeling sterile. The glass walls are nice but bittersweet, since most views surrounding Towson City Center simply lack.
Our server was quick with refills and just about everything else. Perhaps it was the rush of Restaurant Week, but he seemed preoccupied with his every next move, and never seemed to connect with us as patrons. Working fast is part of a server's job, but so is making a customer feel comfortable and guiding him through a menu. Cunningham's is a young operation, and I expect, with time, the adequate service to improve.
Those around Towson have plenty to celebrate with the opening of Cunningham's, from its contemporarily lush design to its above-average bar program. And with it, the Bagby Restaurant Group has taken a significant step in expanding its reliable touch beyond city limits.
Back story: Bagby Restaurant Group, responsible for Harbor East's Ten Ten and Fleet Street Kitchen, opened its first restaurant, Cunningham's, outside of the city in late November. The restaurant, along with its striking bar, is set in the renovated Towson City Center's plaza level.
Parking: Complimentary valet in an adjacent garage.
Signature drink: The Brooklynite ($8) is made with three types of rum, honey, lime and angostura bitters.
Where: 1 Olympic Place, Towson
Contact: 410-339-7730, cunninghamstowson.com
Latest Food & Drink
Open: 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 5 p.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday; 5-9 p.m. Sunday


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Agustin Gandino drops the mighty sounds of 'Deep Thoughts' and here at Mondo we are very excited to unleash his debut.
The original mix has bags of energy all underpinned by a killer techno inspired bassline and simplistic chord arrangement. Agustin's Club Mix on the other hand builds upon that original bassline, developing it into a crunchy funked up monster, whilst still keeping that lush groove and vibe from the original.
On the flip Igor Dyachkov returns to remix duties and injects his much loved sound and prowess. Doing what he does best, Igor delivers a lush, feel good groove and a quite sublime bassline. Coupled with that quirky, simplistic hook and huge big room breakdown, this is guaranteed to cause carnage when dropped!
Agustin Gandino is set to take the trance family by storm so grab this while it's hot!
- Original Mix
- Club Mix
- Igor Dyachkov Remix


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A Study of the Orbital Periods of Deeply Eclipsing SW Sextantis Stars
David Boyd
5 Silver Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TX, UK
Presented at the 100th Spring Meeting of the AAVSO, May 21, 2011; received February 13, 2012; revised March 23, 2012; accepted March 25, 2012
Results are presented of a five-year project to study the orbital periods of eighteen deeply eclipsing novalike cataclysmic variables, collectively known as SW Sextantis stars, by combining new measurements of eclipse times with published measurements stretching back in some cases over fifty years. While the behavior of many of these binary systems is consistent with a constant orbital period, it is evident that in several cases this is not true. Although the time span of these observations is relatively short, evidence is emerging that the orbital periods of some of these stars show cyclical variation with periods in the range 10–40 years. The two stars with the longest orbital periods, V363 Aur and BT Mon, also show secular period reduction with rates of –6.6 × 10–8 days/year and –3.3 × 10–8 days/year. New ephemerides are provided for all eighteen stars to facilitate observation of future eclipses.
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The American Automotive Policy Council (AAPC) represents the common public policy interests of its member companies – FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company. These three companies are the heart of the industrial base of the United States and an engine of the American industrial economy. They remain committed to U.S. investment as a key part of growing the American economy and exporting to markets across the globe. Together, FCA US, Ford and General Motors' unwavering commitment to innovation, research and technology development, advanced manufacturing and investment in human capital helps drive America's economic success, solidifying the U.S. as a competitive global leader.
Who We Are
Governor Matt Blunt
Governor Matt Blunt is the President of the American Automotive Policy Council and the former governor of Missouri. He was elected Missouri's 54th governor in 2004, carrying 101 of the state's 114 counties.
As governor, he erased a $1.1 billion budget deficit, cut taxes, enacted lawsuit reform, fostered a business climate that created over 70,000 new jobs, and increased education funding by $1.2 billion.
In 2011, Governor Blunt was appointed AAPC president by its three member companies. FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company noted his leadership as governor of one of the U.S.'s top automobile and component producing states.
Prior to his election as governor, Governor Blunt served in the Missouri House of Representatives and as Missouri's Secretary of State. As Secretary of State, he reformed state election laws and used technology to increase customer convenience while also reducing costs.
Governor Blunt graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in History. Upon leaving active duty in 1998, he remained in the Naval Reserve for nearly ten years and was mobilized for six months after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Governor Blunt and his wife Melanie have two sons, William Branch and Brooks.
Charles D. Uthus
Vice President for International Policy
Robert Engel
Vice President for Domestic Policy
Nicholas Coutsos
Chief of Staff
Teddy Coin
Legal Counsel, Assistant to the President
American Automotive Policy Council, Inc.
1030 15th Street NW, Suite 560W