text: Our successes in our efforts to reduce waste are defined by our ability to master the four Rs: REFUSE REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE Responsible waste management starts with purchasing. Whether purchasing material for office supplies, construction projects, or food and retail sales, we strive to first reuse what is available or choose items that are environmentally friendly. At the end of the life cycle, we then make every effort to reduce what is sent to a landfill through an intricate reuse/recycle effort. Refuse What we do at the Aquarium: Just say no! Cutting off consumption is the best way to reduce the waste stream. At the Aquarium, we've said "no" to disposable servingware in the cafes by switching to reusable plates and silverware and by eliminating straws and lids. At staff meetings, coffee is served but not with disposable cups—staff need to bring their own reusable mug to get their caffeine jolt. What you can do: Ditch Junk Mail 100 million trees are chopped down each year for junk mail. For every 1,000 of us who succeed in halving our personal bulk mail, we will save 170 trees, nearly 46,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, and 70,000 gallons of water each year. There are many services that will remove you from junk mail lists for a small fee; just type "stop junk mail" into your Internet search engine. BYOBottle Carry water in a reusable container rather than buying bottled water. Paper or Plastic? Neither! Avoid the store's plastic and paper bags and bring along a reusable shopping bag, available at the Aquarium gift shop. You can save trees and reduce landfill waste in meaningful ways by choosing products with minimal packaging, using cloth napkins instead of paper, and paying your bills electronically. Reduce What we do at the Aquarium: For Watermarks, our magazine, we selected recycled paper and vegetable-based inks and wind power, saving the following resources in 2011: 149 fully grown trees; 105 million BTUs; 7,004 pounds of solid waste; 63,287 gallons of fresh water; 13,723 pounds of greenhouse gases. What you can do: When you do purchase something new, choose products with the least packaging, such as those sold in bulk. Reuse What we do at the Aquarium: When you walk across the exterior harbor footbridge, do you feel a little spring in your step? We used 98,342 plastic milk jugs to renovate it! Compost bins are in the Aquarium' cafes for guests to use after eating, and our staff also participates by composting rather than throwing biodegradable materials in the trash. In 2011, 20 tons of food waste was composted into nutrient-rich soil—some of which even came back to us for use in the planters in our Waterfront Park! The Aquarium Animal Programs staff repurposes toilet paper tubes, used towels, plastic bottles, old phone books, and other materials for education programs and animal enrichment. We turned 53 wetsuits into 575 bottle cozies, sold in our gift shop, which kept 92 pounds of neoprene out of landfills. Aquarium staff members look forward to office supply swaps and book swaps. Staff members bring in office supplies, books, DVDs, and CDs they no longer want, and browse their coworkers' castoffs. What you can do: Buy "vintage": Thrift stores and consignment shops offer a treasure trove of clothing and goods, and the low prices are an added bonus! Take those bags and boxes of styrofoam packing peanuts that are hogging your closet space to your local packaging and shipping business, so they can be reused. Recycle What we do at the Aquarium: Through Waste Management, the Aquarium recycled more than 45.7 tons of plastic, glass, aluminum, cardboard, and paper in 2011. The Aquarium also participates in a battery recycling program. Staff can recycle used alkaline and lithium batteries, instead of throwing them in the trash, which end up in a landfill and leak toxins into the earth and waterways. Americans purchase nearly 3 billion dry-cell batteries every year. If all those batteries were simply discarded, they would fill more than 600 large school buses. In 2011, the Aquarium recycled 448 pounds of batteries, keeping toxic materials such as lead, nickel, cadmium, and mercury out of landfills. Outdated computers, printers, and other equipment are donated to CDM eCycling, which refurbishes any reusable equipment, and then donates it through its Second Life program to charities and other nonprofit organizations that otherwise could not afford this technology. In 2011, the Aquarium diverted 1,788 pounds of electronics from the landfill through eCycling. When CDs, DVDs, and handheld devices wear out, the Aquarium works with a company called GreenDisk to recycle this "technotrash" instead of clogging landfills and contaminating soil and ground water with harmful chemicals. In 2010, the Aquarium recycled 347 pounds of technotrash. What you can do: Recycle everything you can: paper, cans, glass, aluminum, motor oil, scrap metal, and plastics. You might be surprised at how much can be recycled. Visit earth911.org to find out what, how, and where to recycle in your area. Look for groups that could benefit from your gently used electronics. Also, many electronics retailers will recycle your old or broken equipment for you. Dispose motor oil and anti-freeze through a local service station or recycling center. A one-quart container of oil disposed of at the local landfill can contaminate up to 2 million gallons of drinking water. Back to the Top


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Four things that make energy prices irrelevant
May 9, 2018
May 9, 2018
Oil prices are on an upswing. Optimism is back. And recent earnings harken back to the "heady days" of 2014. So, it's business as usual, right? Not quite.
As described in Accenture Strategy's "The writing's on the well," a number of factors—from energy demand growth to resource abundance to changing consumer behaviors to the energy transition—are converging to create what we call compressive disruption. This sort of disruption is based on incremental changes that accumulate over time. It's characterized by new technology uses, new ways of delivering services and new competitive players. While not as immediately jarring as big bang disruption, the combinatorial impact of these changes requires oil and gas companies to stage a bold response. An unconventional path is often the best—if not the only—way forward.
Industry leaders are already preparing. More than three-quarters (82 percent) of energy executives agree that their current business models will be unrecognizable in as little as five years, according to Accenture Strategy research.1 Another Accenture Strategy study found that 40 percent are accelerating innovation as a strategy to drive growth in the next three years.2
Re-engineering their DNA to shift from a commodity player to a consumer-centric enterprise is already on most energy executives' radar.
So what new business models will their innovative approaches yield? We've identified four possibilities.
Re-engineering their DNA to shift from a commodity player to a consumer-centric enterprise is already on most energy executives' radar. We found that 73 percent of CEOs across industries acknowledge the need for products, services and experiences that are more meaningful to their customers.4 On-demand services such as fuel-on-demand, two-way grid and connected consumer access may hold particular appeal.
Regardless of what business model companies pursue, they need to keep five things in mind.
In short, oil and gas companies cannot take their current incumbency for granted. Nor should they be swayed by recent price increases to act as if they are operating in a "normal" business environment. We advocate they act with urgency, as if they were competing in a sub-$30 environment. If they do, they just might reap the benefits of a $200 world.
1 Accenture Strategy Ecosystems Research, 2018
2 Accenture Strategy Revenue Growth Research, 2017
3 Accenture Strategy Global Consumer Pulse Survey, 2017
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What's your favorite cheap summer fun?
Gerald Soriano: "I like to do creek walking at Moormans or in other streams and then pick some tunes with my friends."
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WWJ's Joe Donovan quits on-air
Donovan: 'Good-bye Detroit. Thank you for listening all these years'
DETROIT – After more than 4 decades on WWJ radio, morning anchor Joe Donovan quit while on-air Friday morning.
He has not commented publicly about what led to his resignation.
At the end of his Friday broadcast he said, "Good-bye Detroit. Thank you for listening all these years."
Co-workers said they were shocked by his leaving.
"He had a great voice and he was very smart. He was a great writer," said Dick Kernen or Spec Howard School of Media Arts. "You will look long and hard to find anybody who ever worked with him who will ever say a bad word about him."
Donovan worked for the all-news radio station since 1976.
Donovan described his career in radio on the Detroit.cbslocal website:
There is nothing like being on the air when a major story begins to break. After more than three decades at WWJ, I feel the same excitement as the first day we began broadcasting the latest news the minute you want it. The change in the tools to do that has been incredible, from old time clunking teletype machines to high-speed internet and worldwide digital communications. Still, my favorite technology is old fashioned book. Reading is my favorite pastime, especially non-fiction and biography. The most fun part of my day is researching and assembling my daily on-air and web "Joe Donovan's Detroit History".
Watch: Joe Donovan remembers Sonny Eliot
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Argument preview: The Fair Labor Standards Act and oral complaints
On Wednesday, in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, the Court will hear oral argument regarding whether the anti-retaliation clause of the Fair Labor Standards Act applies to complaints made orally. Jayne Zanglein and Davida Falk of Western Carolina University preview the case for the American Bar Association's PREVIEW of U.S. Supreme Court Cases; the ABA has generously agreed to share some of its previews "" which are authored by practitioners and scholars in the field "" with SCOTUSblog. You can read the case preview here; PREVIEW's website is here.
Recommended Citation: Anna Christensen, Argument preview: The Fair Labor Standards Act and oral complaints, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 11, 2010, 2:09 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2010/10/argument-preview-the-fair-labor-standards-act-and-oral-complaints/


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New In Business Site
We are excited to announce a change to benefit readers of both In Business magazine's online statewide platform, IBWisconsin.com, and those of the more regional IBMadison.com. After beta testing a new content-management database/Web platform and developing new capabilities, the testing period is over. We are now migrating our newly redesigned IBMadison site over to the new platform and have rolled IBWisconsin into that platform as well.
Both sites will immediately benefit from the merger.
Subscription to the weekly business ezine will remain free, and IB will continue to write Web-exclusive stories not found in the printed pages of In Business magazine. In addition, we will merge all of our business and political bloggers for both publications via one ezine, emailed to both readerships on Tuesday.
The new site now has a fully developed statewide component alongside regional reporting, and we will add more directories in Phase II.
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Virtual Machine Chimney, which is new in Windows Server 2008 R2, enables virtual machines running within the Hyper-V server role to benefit from the TCP Chimney Offload feature. Virtual Machine Chimney can offload external virtual network processing from multiple virtual network adapters to a physical network adapter on the management operating system. When Virtual Machine Chimney makes TCP Chimney Offload available to virtual machines, the management operating system can also use TCP Chimney Offload for normal network traffic. Offload processing for virtual adapters is not prioritized; processing is offloaded on a first-come, first-served basis.
An external virtual network is a virtual network that connects virtual machines to physical networks by using a physical network adapter.
For a virtual machine to use TCP Chimney Offload, the virtual machine must be running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 or, if running Windows Server® 2008 or Windows Vista®, the Integration Services Setup Disk must be installed on the virtual machine. TCP Chimney Offload is not available for virtual machines running earlier versions of the Windows operating system.
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SKF 7th Annual Wind Farm Management Conference 2012
Paris, France 19 - 20 June 2012
"It is a real pleasure to see how this annual event has developed into a natural meeting point for sharing knowledge and experiences of wind farm operation and maintenance. The very open atmosphere between key actors in the wind industry, seeing them join forces and openly share experiences and learn from each other, is both very rewarding and stimulating for us. This helps making wind farms more efficient and competitive, which benefits the whole industry as well as each participating party."
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Venice Simplon Orient Express Author in Residence
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While I was writing this novel I was lucky enough to be made Writer in Residence for the Venice Simplon Orient Express, travelling in splendour from Victoria to Venice, then staying at the Hotel Cipriani on the island of Giudecca. How could I fail to be inspired? My characters came to life en route, and the story unfolded.
A few dates in Veronica Henry's diary for Summer 2013
Monday 20 May 2013 1100 – 1300 The Sally Naden Show BBC Radio Lancashire to discuss the Quick Reads Literacy Scheme
Thursday 13 June 2013 1000 – 1600 Edinburgh Central Library to discuss my Quick Read A Sea Change
Wednesday 3 July 2013 1000 The Bookshelf at Trematon Hall, Cornwall – to talk about being writer in residence on the Venice Simplon Orient Express
The Orient Express. Luxury. Mystery. Romance
For one group of passengers settling in to their seats and taking their first sips of champagne, the journey from London to Venice is more than the trip of a lifetime.
A mysterious errand; a promise made to a dying friend; an unexpected proposal; a secret reaching back a generation…As the train sweeps on, revelations, confessions and assignations unfold against the most romantic and infamous setting in the world.
Arriving from Orion Books on 4th July 2013
View from the window – Cipriani Hotel Venice The image below are taken from a bedroom window of Palazzo Vendramin Palazzo Vendramin is a 15th-century residence linked to the Hotel Cipriani through an ancient courtyard and a passageway lined with flowers. It houses 16 suites and rooms with sweeping vistas over the gardens and across to St Mark's Square. These views have been [more]
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I never thought how a simple photograph at a family birthday could capture the essence of an open education until my niece recently turned one year old.
Most often, an open education is thought of in terms of a traditional classroom setting or more recently, in terms of a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). This way, a textbook, a syllabus, or an entire curriculum is mapped out and presented in an orderly way and a teacher or professor imparts knowledge to us.
But an open education can also take a more associative path or an independent approach to learning, such as with downloading photos. It might entail teaching a sibling about open source while taking photos at a family gathering or having a family discussion about open source and how to use it.
Most of us, however, still tend to associate learning through an institution like MIT or an organization like the American Library Association. And while schools, institutions, or organizations can and do provide formal instruction or training in open source, sometimes the best way to learn about open source is to teach yourself or others about it. One way to accomplish this is to learn how to download photos or videos and then share or post them to an open site.
When my son turned one year old in 2006, we had a digital camera and could take and download photos or videos but not much else. We couldn't stream them or post them to an open site to share them either, or at least I don't recall so. With my niece's recent birthday everything seems to have changed. Knowledge about downloading photos with open source software has suddenly become available and accessible. Today, there are many ways to stream photos or videos the open source way.
However, time and convenience with Apple or other proprietary systems often prevail and the open source way gets sidelined or ignored.
Few people, including my brother, stop and question why Apple deliberately makes streaming photos or videos so convenient and effortless. They don't question why they need to continue to buy or upgrade their products. Without stopping to think or expend energy, a person can send numerous photos and videos with one click of a button.
Few people stop and question the impact Apple or Windows operating systems have or how they have infiltrated into our daily lives. Instead, many continue to shell out money for unnecessary upgrades or software programs without realizing or thinking of the open source way.
Paradoxically, millions, if not billions, of people use digital technology to take photos or videos and download them without any expert help or formal training or instruction. Yet these same people do not seek out or acquire the indispensable knowledge gained from using open source, though no expert help or formal training are needed to gain this knowledge.
So what is stopping so many people from using open source to download their photos and videos? How can we bridge this disconnect between such widespread use of digital technology and the desire to learn and use open source? How can we use a simple photograph, a birthday, or a family gathering to help the process of learning and using open source?
Perhaps this kind of "open source education" can begin with one discussion, and then many discussions. I learned about open source and became an advocate. I taught my son, my husband, my brother, and his family about open source. It's not rocket science, but it is priceless.


text: The firm founded by famed distressed-securities investor Marty Whitman just launched a fund that should pay juicy yields. By Steven Goldberg, Contributing Columnist September 10, 2009 Interested in income? The average high-yield bond fund has returned 33% so far this year -- more than double the return of the major stock indexes. From March 9, when the stock market bottomed, through September 8, the average junk-bond fund gained 44%, compared with a 53% return for Standard & Poor's 500-stock index. RELATED LINKS Investments That Pay You Every Month Want Dividends? Look Overseas The easy gains -- in both junk bonds and in stocks -- are likely behind us. But Third Avenue Management, the investment firm founded by Marty Whitman, an authority on distressed securities, has just launched a fund that could be the pick of the litter for yield-hungry investors. The fund's managers won't predict its yield, but I expect it'll be roughly 8%. Sponsored Content Third Avenue Value Focused Credit (symbol TFCVX) is run by two veterans. Manager Jeff Gary, 47, has more than 20 years of experience in the sector, most recently as head of high-yield investing for BlackRock. Tom Lapointe, 40, senior research analyst, has 15 years of experience. Whitman, who worked as a bankruptcy specialist before starting Third Avenue Management in 1990, recently wrote a book entitled Distress Investing: Principles and Technique. In short, he knows how to select top-notch high-yield experts and how to work with them. Advertisement Whitman's firm, which today is majority-owned by Affiliated Managers Group, hasn't opened a new fund in eight years. All of Third Avenue's other four funds have been good performers. There are plenty of other reasons to be excited about Focused Credit. First, it's a new fund. "We have a clean slate with no legacy positions," Gary says. The fund, which launched on September 1, had just $50 million in assets at the end of its first week. That means Gary and Lapointe can buy only what they really like (as opposed to holding on to stuff that they might not sell for tax reasons). The negative to a new fund: Expenses are high, at 1.40% annually. Focused Credit is extremely flexible -- a huge plus in the complex and arcane world of high-yield investing. Gary will apportion assets among straight high-yield corporate bonds, leveraged loans, high-yielding convertible bonds and distressed securities. Distressed securities are obligations of companies in default-or on the brink of it. He currently views leveraged loans -- loans made largely by banks to firms that already have a lot of debt -- as relative bargains. Leveraged loans rank ahead of bonds in a bankruptcy, and "recovery rates," the percentage of a borrower's assets that investors recover in the event of a default, are about 60%. Advertisement In junk bonds -- bonds issued by companies that have a substantial risk of default -- recovery rates average about 16%. Yet the average junk bond is trading at a rich 83 cents on the dollar. Bottom line: If you own a pure junk fund, you could get hurt. That doesn't mean Gary will shun all junk bonds, which still offer enticing yields. The Merrill Lynch High Yield Constrained index yields 11.3% -- nearly eight percentage points more than the yield of ten-year Treasury bonds. At the height of the financial crisis, the spread between junk and Treasuries was 22 points. Another advantage for the new Third Avenue fund: It will own only 50 to 60 securities, with no more than 5% in any one security. In contrast, the biggest 25 junk funds own about 350 issues, on average. "A lot of these funds are too big," Gary says. "By investing in a limited number of companies, we can do deep-dive research." Gary and Lapointe have four analysts assisting them, plus access to research from the firm's 21 other managers and analysts, including Whitman (Whitman runs Third Avenue Value, which invests mostly in stocks but also in distressed debt). Focused Credit will invest almost exclusively in corporate debt and will avoid risky structured products and mortgage-related securities. Gary is leery of financial companies; balance sheets for many financials are hard to decipher. Advertisement In the current environment, plenty of otherwise-strong companies are beset by debt. "We look for companies with good pricing power, barriers to entry, a strong market share and good management teams," Gary says. In keeping with Third Avenue's "safe and cheap" mantra, Gary and his team start by tearing apart a company's financials and determining what could go wrong. "We make sure that we understand and analyze the risks we take," Gary says. He says banks will maintain tighter-than-normal lending standards for several years. Indebted consumers, meanwhile, won't spend nearly as much as they did previously. If he's right on both counts, plenty of hard-pressed companies will have nowhere else to turn for financing but the junk-bond market. For many years, I thought that junk bonds and similar securities -- which typically offer stock-like returns in exchange for stock-like risks -- had a place in most investors' portfolios. I turned bearish on junk a couple of years ago. With the worst of the financial crisis behind us, I think it's time to wade back into this part of the market. I doubt that you'll find a better way to dip your toes in the water than the new Third Avenue fund. Steven T. Goldberg (bio) is an investment adviser.


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Select photos as Austin Berry, Hunter Jumper, Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Daniel Paladini, Quincy Amarikwa, Gonzalo Segares, Michael Videira, Paolo Tornaghi, and Aron Hyde were all out on the runway at ROOF on theWit strutting their stuff for the Chicago Fire Foundation.
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OAKLAND — Rocsil's Women's Shoes and Accessories at 1701 Telegraph Ave. has survived recessions, earthquakes, urban renewal and more fashion trends than there are shoe sizes.
But after more than 30 years the owner, Fred Brown, will turn over the keys on Dec. 31 to a new proprietor: San Francisco restaurateur Jim Woods, who plans to turn the 1909 storefront into a bar for beer and empanadas.
The bar will add one more attraction to the once-blighted downtown since brightened by Flora, Duende, the Fox Theater, Bar Dogwood, Make Westing and other venues.
They have been important marketing tools to generate press about Oakland's charms instead of its crime rates. But the shift means one less retail business in a downtown dominated by bars and restaurants. Like cells, they just keep multiplying.
The lack of diversity is prompting concern about whether there is a vision for the long-term health of the district — or a vision at all.
"We need retail. We need actual retail," Brown said.
Actually, there are more shops downtown today than there has been in decades.
But it is sparse and the after-hours nature of the entertainment business make it unlikely shoppers will make it through the door, especially on Telegraph between 16th and 23rd streets. That dissuades merchants from wanting to open shop there. It becomes a vicious cycle.
"Bar on bar on bar is just bad business," said Travis Kuhl, owner of Kuhl Frames and Art, a custom framing shop on the corner of 17th Street and Telegraph.
Nearby, the owner of SoleSpace shoe store, Jeff Perlstein, matches his store hours with the businesses around him and programs evening events.
"But that's a lot to ask of businesses," he said.
And that doesn't guarantee sales because evenings aren't good shopping hours.
City officials and developers often say that will change with the influx of bodies and disposable income from San Francisco, where rents are reaching a crescendo. But Brown and his fellow merchants aren't convinced the city will make the right decisions to harness their presence.
"If the city wanted retail it would be here," Brown said, gesturing outside his storefront window to a street lacking parking meters or even a time limit. Cars take up the spots for hours, even days at a time, making it harder for potential customers to access the few nearby stores.
Norcal Health Care, which provides medical marijuana evaluations, pounced on the issue by claiming the city wanted to oust it from its street-level 1901 Broadway location to make way for "another bar or restaurant."
The Oakland Planning Department refused to renew Norcal's conditional use permit in order to free up prime storefronts, Oakland's business development services coordinator, Aliza Gallo, said.
"That really is a great entry way into 19th Street leading to Fox Theater," Gallo said. (Nearby, BART is opening a bike shop and cafe that will be run by subcontractors.)
Restaurant and bar owners also have begun to worry about oversaturation.
Brian Kendall, project manager for Oakland's downtown facade and tenant improvement program, said he is confident oversaturation is unlikely because space is running out.
Vacancy is effectively at about 5 percent on Broadway and Telegraph between 16th and 27th streets, Kendall said. He was standing inside a Julia Morgan building on Broadway above Grand Avenue whose original facade is being "unwrapped" from under a layer of 1960s-era cement. That is next to a similar building being turned into a business incubator that will be called The Hive.
But once a property owner opens the doors to an entertainment business there is little chance the address will make way for a store.
Retail is tough downtown and "success is not a given," said Sarah Filley, co-founder of Popuphood.
It can, however, be a good fit for the right business, such as Saint Harridan, which specializes in suits tailored for women and transgender men. Popuphood helped the owners sign a temporary testing-the-waters lease downtown two doors down from another success retail story with a niche following — Oaklandish.
Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney, whose district includes downtown, said, "Our time is now."
Speaking during an Oakland Business Development Corporation luncheon celebrating the "rebirth" of the Broadway Corridor, she said residents were tired of having to drive elsewhere to spend their retail dollars.
The Sears building could provide an anchor to keep that money in Oakland. Alan Dones, a developer who heads the Oakland-based Strategic Urban Development Alliance, is negotiating to purchase the 400,000-square-foot building and turn it into a housing-retail-office complex.
If entertainment uses prevail, however, the development could reinforce homogeneity.
For now, at least it appears entertainment will dominate.
The Township restaurant and Urban Agriculture shop is under construction at 1545 Broadway. Next door will be the Flight Deck, a black-box theater, artist co-working space. A bar is slated to move into the bottom floor of the Cathedral Building. And two well-known East Coast restaurateurs are shopping for a location downtown.
It's hard not to get swept up in the excitement after years of neglect.
But this is the moment to pause, said Jose Corona, chief executive officer of Inner City Advisors.
"We have to balance it somehow."


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Science in the Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI) rests upon strong fundamental research activities and an exceptional range of instruments and experimental approaches as well as theoretical methods.
The institute operates a unique processing line for new gate materials and strained silicon, both of which are important building blocks for even smaller and more powerful transistors for energy-efficient mobile devices such as notebooks and cell phones. As a major investment, PGI has set up the Helmholtz Nanoelectronic Facility (HNF) – a modern clean-room centre devoted to the development of materials, structures and processes in the nanometre regime for the chips of the future.
Method development is also a priority. We are therefore continuously expanding and updating the existing suite of methods to meet future challenges in the investigation of novel materials and new phenomena. At the same time, the expertise and knowledge acquired through our fundamental research is used to develop novel technologies and device concepts in information technology.
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"The Host" Movie Gets DirectorFeb 10th, 2011 | By Krystal | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News, The Host
Variety is reporting that Susanna White will be directing the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's The Host.
Susanna White ("Nanny McPhee Returns") is attached to direct the feature adaptation of "The Host," author Stephenie Meyer's follow-up to "The Twilight Saga."
Nick Wechsler will produce the indie through his eponymous banner, along with Chockstone Pictures' Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz.
Andrew Niccol ("The Truman Show") wrote the sci-fi drama, which concerns a young woman whose body is inhabited by a benevolent alien soul after an invasion of Earth.
Some of White's past work includes Generation Kill, Bleak House, and Jane Eyre. You can view all of her film credits over at IMDB.
So, what do you think of the choice in director? Do you think that having a woman director will bring new angles to the finished product? Or did you have someone else in mind?


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Sunny skies take over after severe storms roll through Maryland
Severe thunderstorm watch lifted in Baltimore area
Severe weather prompted alerts for another day this week.
The National Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the entire state Friday. The watch was canceled early for much of central Maryland by the 7 p.m. hour. It expired at 9 p.m. for southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore.
At 8 p.m., a tornado warning was issued for northern St. Mary's and southern Calvert counties, but it was canceled early at about 8:30 p.m. after the storm had weakened and moved on.
At about 4:30 p.m., a tornado warning took effect for about a half hour for northeastern Cecil County after Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near Cherry Hill moving east at 25 mph. The tornado warning expired at 5 p.m.
Radar showed spotty areas of severe storms all afternoon.
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What are the odds that a small town like Russell, Kansas would have two senators growing up there during the 1930s? Russell was an oil boomtown. Must have been one of the better places to be in the Great Plains during the Depression; what with the Dust Bowl and everything. Arlen Specter grew up there before moving on to Yale Law School and Philadelphia.
On November 22nd, 1963 JFK was shot. Lyndon Johnson named a commission to investigate the assassination. It was called the Warren Commission after Chief Justice Earl Warren. One of the members was Republican congressman Gerald Ford. He tabbed Specter to become one of the lawyers for the commission. Specter was he one who developed the "single bullet theory", the one where Kennedy and John Connolly were hit by the same bullet.
Ford was an up and coming star in the Republican Party. At the 1964 GOP Convention, he nominated George Romney (Mitt's father) for president. Barry Goldwater won the nomination and got crushed by LBJ. So did the Republicans in general. They lost quite a few seats in the House. A group of Young Turks in the House revolted against leadership and named Ford as the Minority leader. They included Charles Goddell (NFL commish Roger's dad), Donald Rumsfeld, and Bob Dole. Ford was ecstatic. It was his dream to someday become Speaker. Bt that wasn't what Fate had in mind for him.
One of the consequences of the JFK assassination was the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. This Amendment is one you rarely hear about (it isn't a hot-button issue), but it provides a way to fill Vice Presidential vacancies. The last time the U.S. had no Vice president was between Kennedy's death and the swearing in of Hubert Humphrey in January of 1965. Spiro Agnew resigned in 1973 and Nixon had to pick a new veep. He wanted to pick someone like John Connolly, Nelson, Rockefeller, or Ronald Reagan, but Ford was picked instead. Congress would have it no other way.
In 1976, Ford ran on his own. Rockefeller was his veep at the time, but Ford wanted to placate the more conservative wing of the party, so he nominated Bob Dole as his running mate. Dole was also from Russell, Kansas. His father ran a small creamery. He had large scales for weighing milk. One of his customers was a guy who ran a junkyard named Harry. He'd often use Doles scales to weigh his junk. Harry was Harry Specter and his son was Arlen. Two senators came from that town and they both were connected to Gerald Ford.


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TUCSON, Ariz. — The neurosurgeon treating U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Friday doctors are "actually confident" she's making progress in her recovery.
Dr. Michael Lemole said her eyes are opening more frequently and she can carry out more complex sequences of activity in response to commands and on her own.
She remained in critical condition with a breathing tube still in, though it is expected to be removed Friday. The wounded congresswoman may also sit up in a chair.
Once the breathing tube is removed, "they'll be able to hear her speak and evaluate her brain," Dr. Nancy Snyderman said on TODAY Friday.
The medical team at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., aren't as concerned about brain swelling at this point, Snyderman said, but are watching for signs of pneumonia and blood clots.
"She is progressing normally without any complications or setbacks. She's on schedule as we had hoped," said trauma chief Dr. Peter Rhee on MSNBC cable. "She's progressing at a good speed for this time period. Even overnight, she's made significant progress."
Rhee said the UMC medical team may at some point perform a tracheostomy, a surgical procedure to create an opening through the neck into the windpipe, in order to clear an obstructed airway.
Earlier, doctors reported Giffords has been sitting up, dangling her legs on the edge of the hospital bed and moving her limbs in response to commands. That's after she spontaneously opened her eyes during visits with her colleagues Wednesday night. She is able to lift both of her legs on command and is yawning and starting to rub her eyes, doctors said.
"She's becoming more aware of her surroundings," Rhee, who has treated soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, saidThursday.
But moving forward, Rhee expects changes to be less dramatic than they've been this week. "We'll see a lot of things in the next two months," the surgeon said on MSNBC cable Friday. "Then the changes will be more subtle for the next year ... and after that."
Six people were killed when gunman opened fire outside a Safeway store in Tucson on Saturday. Giffords, who investigators say was the primary target, was among 13 people wounded. Giffords remains critical and four patients are in fair condition. One patient was to be discharged Thursday.
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Giffords' neurosurgeon, Dr. Michael Lemole, said after five days of pushing for caution, "We're wise to acknowledge miracles."
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"Gabby opened her eyes," Obama said to a loud cheer from the audience on the University of Arizona campus, adding that the congresswoman "knows we are here." Although the president wasn't in the room at the moment Giffords' eyes opened, he said her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, had given him permission to break the news.
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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, three of Giffords' close female friends in Congress, were in Giffords' hospital room when she opened her eyes, NBC News confirmed.
"She was rubbing our hands and gripping our hands so ... we knew she could hear and understand what we were saying and she moved her leg, and so we knew she was responding," Gillibrand said.
Giffords' husband realized the significance of the moment. "Gabby, open your eyes, open your eyes," he said, according to Gillibrand. "And then she's struggling, struggling. And she opens her eyes," Gillibrand told NBC News. "And then he's just almost beyond himself, because he's so excited. And he said, "Can you see me? Can you see me?" ... If you can see me, give me a thumbs up.
"And she doesn't just put a thumbs up, she raises her entire arm," Gillebrand continues.
So, it was the biggest thumbs up she could have given.
"(T)he doctors couldn't believe what they were seeing," she said, adding later that "it was truly the most inspiring moment that I'd ever witnessed."
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Gillibrand said on CNN that Giffords signaled by raising her hand that she was able to see.
'A glorious, glorious experience'
Speaking on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" on MSNBC cable, Pelosi said: "We witnessed almost a miracle. We saw the power of prayer, the power of the effect of the excellence of her medical care and we saw a little girl power too because we were trying to amuse
Gabby, trying to get through to her about how much she was loved and missed in the Congress and what was waiting for her when she came back."
"And being there with her parents and her husband and when she opened her eyes was quite remarkable. ... It was a glorious, glorious experience. We thought we brought a little fun to the room and she reacted," she said.
Giffords' husband has remained by her bedside. Kelly is supposed to command shuttle Endeavour's final mission in April. NASA says Kelly remains commander of the mission while veteran astronaut Rick Sturchow will serve as a backup commander for the launch.
"I recommended to my management that we take steps now to prepare to complete the mission in my absence, if necessary," Kelly said. "I am very hopeful that I will be in a position to rejoin my crew to finish our training."
The difference between life and death
The path of the bullet that struck Giffords' brain, quick and quality medical care, and luck meant the difference between life and death, say her doctors and brain experts.
Doctors think the bullet pierced the front of Giffords' head and exited the back, slicing the left side of the brain, which controls speech abilities and muscles on the right side of the body.
Had the bullet damaged both sides of the brain or struck the brain stem, which connects to the spinal cord, the outcome would likely be worse — extensive permanent damage, vegetative state or death.
"So far, she's passed with flying colors of each stage" of her recovery, said neurologist Dr. Marc Nuwer of the University of California, Los Angeles, who is not involved in the congresswoman's treatment.
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When Giffords arrived at the hospital, doctors first checked to make sure she didn't have any other injuries. They took a brain scan and wheeled her to the operating room in a swift 38 minutes.
The same attack in the desert many miles away from a trauma center may have led to a different ending.
It's too early to tell the extent of damage Giffords suffered, but experts say it's rare for people with gunshot wounds to the head to regain all of their abilities. Damage to the left side of the brain can result in memory loss, difficulty reading and hand-eye coordination problems. Giffords' doctors have not been able to determine how well she can speak since she still has a breathing tube.
"Her full-time job now for the next year is working on her recovery and rebuilding her life around her disability whatever it may be," said Dr. Stephan Mayer, professor of clinical neurology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, who has no role in Giffords' care.
About 1.7 million people in the United States suffer traumatic brain injuries every year, with about 20 percent of them caused by violence, including gunshots. About 52,000 people die as a result of their injuries and about 275,000 are hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the deaths caused by traumatic brain injury, perhaps 35 percent to 40 percent are attributed to gunshots.
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Thome's Hot Bat Helps Phillies to a Win
The Phillies finally won a game last night, although by the skin of their teeth. The 9-8 victory over the Twins broke up a 3 game losing streak in a month where wins have been hard to come by.
The return of Jim Thome from the DL seems to have sparked an offensive explosion. After hitting at a rate of .100 before he went on the DL, Thome now has 10 hits in his last 5 games serving as the DH against the American League. Thome has also hit 2 home runs in that span, the longest of which was a whopping 466 feet last night. The slugger has officially returned!
A bunch of Phillies had big offensive days as well. Juan Pierre, Hunter Pence and Carlos Ruiz all had 3 hist. And John Mayberry Jr. racked up 4 RBI on 2 hits, including a 3-run homer in the 1st inning.
That first inning was a bit unusual though. The Twins starter, P.J. Walters wound up leaving the game with 4 runs allowed without even recording a single out. It was later reported that he was experiencing shoulder pain.
So the Phillies caught a break and racked up 6 runs in one inning, adding 3 more later. But they still showed the same problems they have been dealing with all year. For example, they Phillies loaded the bases with NO outs in the 9th and once again, failed to score. They could not even muster a sac fly. That is just not going to win them ballgames.
And what has become another disturbing trend is the starting pitching. Cole Hamels, probably the Phillies' best pitcher not on the DL right now, has really fallen apart lately. Against the Twins, with that huge 6-run lead after the top of the 1st inning, Hamels got knocked around, allowing 7 runs over 6+ innings. Antonio Bastardo allowed one more, all of which turned a 6-run lead into only a 1-run lead.
Luckily, Jonathan Papelbon nailed down the win, having to record 4 outs in order to do so. But I am sure he was just glad to be able to pitch in a save situation, which there have been very few of lately.
Despite all the drama, there were a few great defensive moments thanks to Michael Martinez who also just came off the DL after breaking his foot in spring training. He made the last out of the game by catching a pop-up that was over his head and about to drop in the middle of nowhere. And earlier in the game, he dove to snag a ball hit hard up the middle and in the same motion, made an amazing glove toss to Jimmy Rollins at second.
The return of Martinez is a welcome site now that Freddy Galvis is on the DL with a back fracture (ouch!). Mikey-Mart is about the same offensively as Galvis and his defense, while not quite as spectacular, is still very solid. So welcome back, Mikey!
Although it may be a long shot, the Phillies 'could' – maybe – possibly – win this series with a victory tonight. Joe Blanton is pitching and he has given up a minimum of 5 runs in each of his last 5 games. Let us hope that trend ends tonight. Game time is 8:10pm.
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Houma's Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center will scale back on overtime and elective surgeries, and delay remodeling projects to absorb a $3.7 million budget cut.
Houma's Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center will scale back on overtime and elective surgeries, and delay remodeling projects to absorb a $3.7 million budget cut.
The hospital won't have to close departments or lay off any employees, but the move will still have an impact on patient services, said Chabert CEO Rhonda Green.
Green said the hospital plans an overall reduction in operations as a result of the cut.
With fewer employees getting overtime pay, fewer beds will be opened in the hospital's emergency room, meaning longer wait times for care, Green said. It will be more difficult to get more expensive elective surgeries, like orthopedic surgeries. It could also impact patient access to primary and specialty care clinics.
The hospital will put off major projects, including plans to renovate the recently closed labor and delivery unit to accommodate the hospital's growing oncology and cancer-care services.
"We're scaling back on expensive items. I've asked all departments to tighten their belts," Green said. "What we didn't want was to close services."
The state learned in late June that Congress was going to require $859 million in cuts to its Medicaid program. The Jindal administration applied a third of those cuts, $276 million, to the public hospitals run by the LSU Health Care Services Division.
Through administrative changes and plans at other hospitals, the impact was whittled down to $43 million, of which $3.7 million is being taken on by Houma's medical center.
State Rep. Gordon Dove, R-Houma, said Chabert was lucky to face smaller cuts compared with other hospitals in the state charity system.
"We feel like the administration understands that Chabert is a well-run hospital," Dove said. "We'll work during the legislative session to get them that money back."
State Sen. Norby Chabert, R-Houma, said local lawmakers don't agree with the cuts, but he commended the LSU Hospital system for its willingness "to not implement these cuts in a draconian way."
The hospital is named for Chabert's late father, who was also a state senator.
This is the first time hospital officials have been allowed to direct the cuts themselves, rather than implement a plan drafted by the LSU hospital system, said state Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville.
"Of all the recent cuts, these are the best thought out," Chabert said. "A near $4 million cut is hard to accept painlessly, but they've done a good job of doing that. I commend Chabert for doing the best they can with these cuts."
In March, a $2.9 million mid-year budget cut forced the hospital to close its labor and delivery unit and lay off more than 100 employees — about 10 percent of its staff.
"If we enable our administrators to deal with these cuts instead of having mandates come out of Baton Rouge they'll be able to begin cost-saving measures in areas that affect services in the smallest ways," Chabert said.
Chabert and Harrison said they will continue to push to make Houma's charity hospital more independent from the LSU hospital system.
During this year's legislative session, Chabert authored a bill that would have transferred the local medical center to a nonprofit board. The board would have been made up of three representatives from business and academia and another six divided equally between appointments by Jindal and the LSU hospital system.
While the plan would have exempted the Houma hospital from oversight by the LSU hospital system, it didn't completely back it out. The system would have still technically owned the hospital. The bill failed in the final hours of the legislative session.
Chabert is one of the few profitable hospitals in the LSU system, Harrison said, "and every year it has that profit swept from them and given to other hospitals that can't support themselves."
The opening of a huge new charity hospital under construction in New Orleans will only make the problem worse, Harrison said.
"I am not willing to sacrifice a good-running hospital for those who can't," Harrison said.
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Jermain Defoe is the hero in England today after he scored the only goal of the game that helped England move into the second round of the 2010 World Cup.
In a game that England dominated, despite some good chances by Slovenia to equalize, Defoe's goal was what separated the sides and enabled England to finish in second place in the group. England will now play on Sunday at 10am ET against either Germany, Serbia or Ghana.
Man of the match, for me, was England defender John Terry who put in a herculean effort to prevent Slovenia from scoring. And in one part of the game, you could see him diving through mid-air, low to the ground, to try to prevent a shot by Slovenia finding its way into the back of the net.
While this wasn't a glamorous England performance, it was enough to win the three points for England and to take the pressure off, if ever so slightly.
In terms of Capello's tactics, he got them right for the first time in the game. England were stable at the back and they were much better in midfield where Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney all linked well together.
When Rooney was substituted in the second half, there was no temper from the Liverpudlian. Instead, he walked off, keeping his dissatisfaction in check and allowed Joe Cole to come on in his place.
In the game, England had a goal disallowed for offside. And another shot that hit the post. But overall, they did what was necessary and can now be buoyed by the confidence to do well in the second round.
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CHICAGO – White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen's actions and impulsive words cost him again.
Major League Baseball suspended Guillen for two games, which began Friday, and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions during Wednesday's loss to the Yankees.
Home plate umpire Todd Tichenor ejected Guillen after arguing a called third strike on Paul Konerko in the first inning. It marked the 26th ejection of his career and first this season.
After the ejection Guillen logged onto his Twitter account (@OzzieGuillen) and fired off two tweets: "This one going to cost me a lot money this is patetic [sic]" followed by "Today a tough guy show up [at] yankee stadium."
As Guillen sat in the Sox's dugout before Friday's game against the Orioles, he showed his remorse for his actions. He said that while venting felt good at the time, Guillen regretted the tweets two minutes after he sent them. The suspension didn't shock Guillen, who took it in stride after a "great" conversation with the league.
"They told me why they got to do it and they talked to me about taking responsibility," Guillen said. "I shouldn't be [tweeting] during the game.
"I'm with them 100 percent, not because I'm here talking to you guys," Guillen added. "We talked about baseball, what we want for this game ... and we don't want this game to go where it shouldn't be."
Guillen is the first player, coach or team to be penalized for using social media during a game. MLB rules stipulate that social media messages must stop 30 minutes before a game and being ejected from a game doesn't change that.
Even with the repercussions, Guillen won't stop tweeting any time soon though he plans on staying clear of baseball related topics.
Sox General Manager Ken Williams doesn't understand the appeal of social media such as Twitter and believes there are more negatives than positives. Case in point: Guillen's suspension, which Williams saw coming.
"He understands," Williams said. "He's very contrite and I think he gets it. He's accepted all of the responsibility that has come with the action. We're mindful of the fact we don't have our manager and we have to be respectful of the umpires, and maybe even respectful of them to an even greater degree right now as a result of what they may be feeling at this time."
Williams has no issue with the suspension but regrets that the incident means the Sox are without their manager. Bench coach Joey Cora will manage the team during Guillen's two-game absence.
"I think Major League Baseball is there to be the caretakers of the game," Williams said. "And they have to do things for the whole of the game and this kind of falls into that category where if you let this whole social media thing get out of control – none of know what the boundaries kind of are right now to all of this and how to navigate our way through it.
"If I'm sitting in Joe Torre's chair, I'd make the same decision he just made," Williams added. "That's with the mindset it's in the best interest of baseball."
This isn't the first time Guillen's words have gotten him in trouble.
Guillen attended sensitivity training in 2006 using a derogatory term to describe former sports columnist Jay Mariotti. Outbursts have also been directed at Alex Rodriguez, former White Sox outfielder Magglio Ordonez and umpire Hunter Wendelstedt since he's managed the Sox.


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Rescuers Resume Search Efforts for Missing Wash. Woman on Naked 'Spiritual Quest'
Maureen Kelly, 19, of Vancouver, Wash., was last seen Sunday evening.
June 15, 2013 -- Authorities today resumed their search for a 19-year-old woman who vanished into a Washington forest on a "spiritual quest" sporting only a fanny pack, three days after they had to suspend the rescue effort because they didn't have enough people to look for her.
Maureen Kelly of Vancouver, Wash., has not been seen since she left Canyon Creek Campground at Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washington on Sunday evening, according to Skamania County Undersheriff Dave Cox.
Cox said there were "very limited resources during the week" to continue to search for Kelly. While organized search efforts were suspended on Wednesday, approximately 50 state-certified searchers have made themselves available for an all day search effort today, he said.
"It should be a good day to go find her," Cox told ABCNews.com today. "Right now we're hoping she wants to be found."
Cox said friends of Kelly's who were with her at the campsite expected her to return within a few hours. While she did not indicate when she would return, her friends called the sheriff's office just after midnight Monday morning to report her missing.
"She had talked about doing this spiritual quest for evidently quite some time," he said. "The folks that she was with, they felt that this was something she needed to do."
Cox said it is believed Kelly only had a knife, a compass and matches with her in the fanny pack.
Weather in the forest has been on the cooler side since Kelly went missing, Cox said. The region has received a good amount of rain and temperatures have dropped as low as the mid-40s at night.
In addition to hypothermia, Cox said there are a number of hazardous conditions that could endanger Kelly's life.
"There's always a risk of injury in the territory she's in -- it's very deep and rugged," he said. "There's a lot of debris on the forest floor, so she could slip on moss, or break a leg. There are a lot of different scenarios you could run into."
The sheriff's office does not have photos of Kelly for identification purposes, but authorities are aware of Kelly's physical characteristics.
"There aren't too many folks we know of that are missing here without clothes on," Cox said.
Kelly's family declined to comment to ABC News.
ABC News' Alyssa Newcomb contributed to this report.


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Electrically operated piston pump
KFA(S) series pumps include a maximum of two outlet ports to connect two independent lubrication circuits. A separate pump element is required for each outlet. Three pump elements with different delivery rates are available so that the volume of grease can be adjusted to individual circuit needs. This ensures that every lubrication point is supplied with an adequate amount of grease in each lubrication cycle. An integrated IG502-2-1 control and monitoring unit (model KFAS) operates in a time- or load- (pulse) dependent mode, with or without monitoring.Features and benefits:
Integrated control system provides:
- Non-volatile memory with PIN-code protection
- Storage of residual interval, lubricating cycle and faults signals
- Saved data in event of a power failure
- Connection for external pushbutton and inductive cycle switch
- Interval and contact times can be set independently
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Herbtastic Pork Chops
Pork chops can be prepared numerous ways but there's no easier preparation than smothering them with fresh herbs straight from the garden and firing up the grill. Add sliced summer squash to round out the meal. —Jenn Tidwell, Fair Oaks, California
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes4 servings
- 2/3 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup minced fresh sage
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
- 8 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 yellow summer squash, sliced lengthwise
- 4 bone-in pork loin chops (3/4 inch thick)
- In a small bowl, combine the first eight ingredients; reserve 1/3 cup for serving. Rub both sides of squash and pork chops with remaining mixture.
- Grill, covered, over medium heat for 4-5 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°) and squash is tender. Let pork stand 5 minutes before serving. Serve pork and squash with reserved herb mixture.
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This recipe came out great and was easy to cook. I had all the herbs growing in my garden and add a little basil. I will try this herb mixture on other foods.
Aug 21, 2012
This was absolutely fantastic!! I don't grow my own herbs so it was a tad bit expensive to buy all the fresh herbs but it was well worth it. I grill inside on my Jenn-Aire and my grill was not large enough to do all at the same time so I did the chops first and kept them warm while I did the squash. Served it with an Italian Pasta Salad I got from the TOH web-site. It was a great late summertime feast!


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Herring Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Rice Bran, Ground Rice, Rice Flour, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Rice Gluten, Brewers Dried Yeast, Oatmeal, Natural Flavors, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Soybean Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dehydrated Potatoes, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, L-Lysine, Salt, Dried Egg Product, Dried Kelp, Taurine, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Biotin, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Niacin, Garlic Flavor, Calcium Iodate, Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulfate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Chondroitin Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
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Crude Protein (minimum) 21.00%
Crude Fat (minimum) 10.00%
Crude Fiber (maximum) 4.00%
Moisture (maximum) 10.00%
Linoleic Acid (minimum) 3.50%
Calcium (minimum) 0.90%
Phosphorus (minimum) 0.70%
Manganese (minimum) 40 mg/kg
Zinc (minimum) 250 mg/kg
Vitamin A (minimum) 13,000 IU/kg
Vitamin E (minimum) 250 IU/kg
Thiamine (minimum) 10 mg/kg
Riboflavin (B2) (minimum) 6 mg/kg
Vitamin B6 (minimum) 10 mg/kg
Ascorbic Acid (minimum)** 60 mg/kg
Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA) (minimum)** 0.30%
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) (minimum)** 0.10%
Glucosamine Hydrochloride (minimum)** 600 mg/kg
Chondroitin Sulfate (minimum)** 475 mg/kg
**Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
Nutritional Adequacy Statement
Animal feeding tests using AAFCO¹ procedures substantiate that Natural Choice Herring Meal, Rice & Potato Formula provides complete and balanced nutrition for adult maintenance.
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First ingredient is a named meat product
Insufficient meat content, mixed quality ingredients, controversial filler, fat of unidentifiable origin
The first ingredient is a named meat product, in meal form. It is the sole meat ingredient in the food, and is followed by four grain products ahead of the fat content. This gives us very little confidence in the meat content of the product. This is a fish meal ingredient, but We find no guarantee on the manufacturers website that protein sources are ethoxyquin-free (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
The grains are of mixed quality. Rice is decent quality grain, but rice flour (in dog food, commonly a byproduct of human food production) and rice bran are both grain fragments we consider primarily filler. Wheat is one of the most common sources of allergy problems in dog food, and in flour form (in dog food, commonly a byproduct of human food production) is a grain fragment. Gluten Meal is the dried residue from rice after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in wet milling manufacture or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm. In plain English, that bit of the grain leftover after most of the nutritious bits have been removed. Soy is a further product commonly linked to allergy probleams and which we prefer not to see used in dog foods.
Poultry fat is a further low quality ingredient rarely found in anything but very low quality foods. Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
We note that this product includes synthetic vitamin K, a substance linked to liver problems and that is progressively being removed from better quality dog food products.
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- Xiamen,China
- 30days
- 10,0000
Clear Drawstring Backpack
PVC available in your choice of several colors
reinforced eyelets
your business logo or advertising slogan prominently displayed
Clear Drawstring Backpack
PVC available in your choice of several colors
reinforced eyelets
your business logo or advertising slogan prominently displayed
Item number: DCLD-1
Product Material: clear pvc
Product size: 17*14 inches
FAQ ( Frequently Asked Question)
1. Are you a manufacturer or trading company ?
Xiamen Daysun Industrial is a bag manufactory.
Our vision is to be the most professional bags manufactor in the world.
2. Do you accept OEM orders ?
Yes, We do.
Your perfect design,and your brand logo or other brands authorized by your company are well accepted.
3. What's your loading port?
Xiamen (Seaport & Airport).any other port in China would be ok.
4. What's your MOQ ?
500-1000pcs.sure,trial order is welcome.
5. Delivery time?
It depends on the bag's styles and quantity.normally, is 35days-45days.
For urgent orders,we can do some adjustment to push the delivery time.
6. What's your usual payment term?
T/T, L/C, paypal,West Union,
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You need to pay half of sample making cost,and it is refundable after your order.
After your first order,you will get the free sample from us.
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You should send us your logo with ai or pdf format,and advise us the pantone color no. for each color.
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5% materials are from Taiwan;
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Choreography by: Angelin Preljocaj
Music by: John Cage
Set to a haunting John Cage score filled with sounds of thunder, fire, and breath, this impactful work inspired by the Salem witch trials features a cast of eight that utilizes simple yet versatile scenery pieces and concludes with a prickling finale.
Angelin Preljocaj's Spectral Evidence, set to a selection of works by John Cage, is the French choreographer's second commissioned work for NYCB. Preljocaj is the Artistic Director of Ballet Preljocaj, which has been based in Aix-en-Provence since 1996. The choreographer previously worked with NYCB in 1997 when he created the ballet La Stravaganza, set to works by Antonio Vivaldi, Evelyn Ficarra, Robert Normandeau, Serge Morand, and Ake Parmerud. Spectral Evidence had its world premiere at NYCB's 2013 Fall Gala and features costumes designed by Belgian designer Olivier Theyskens and lighting designed by Mark Stanley.


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This Blog focuses on Ancestor Stories, both the stories themselves about my family's ancestors and discussions of where they come from and how to prepare and share them. These stories may be non-fiction or fiction – we will always tell which is which, of course. Also see my KINNICK blog and The HOMEPLACE Series Blog, left sidebar, scroll down.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Wordless (nearly) Wednesday - I'm in the 1940 census!
Wordless (nearly) Wednesday - I'm in the 1940 census!
Union Twp, Carroll County, Iowa - Leverne, 24, Eileen, 21. and William, son, age messed up.
Date of Census: May 1, 1940 - I would be become 1 year old on July 1, 1940.
Note that we lived nest to H.L., Kate and Ralph Preston. H.L. (Harry) was my Dad's mother's brother. We were at # 4 on this Mappy Monday post.
Families are Forever! ;-)
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If you ask a market forecaster how confident they feel about predicting the future of this current stock market rally, I suspect you'd get a rather sheepish answer.
It seems a growing number of investors may feel this is one of the most unpredictable markets in memory. Not to imply that stock markets are ever predictable, but there are times when trends are more certain and, as they say, the trend really is your friend. In this post, I'd like to discuss why some consider this to be one of the most hated rallies in recent memory. It's hated in part because so many investors have been waiting on the sidelines for that inevitable pullback that has yet to materialize. It's hated in part because the economy is still pretty fragile. However, on that note, it has also been said that we don't invest in the economy, we invest in stocks. History bears witness to this as there have been many periods when stocks performed well amid a weak economy. True enough, but can the stock market continue to climb and shrug off bad news?
We are creatures that require reasons for why things occur. What reasons can there be for the continued run up in stocks? After all, Europe is in recession, China is slowing and here at home, the employment picture is not exactly rosy. That said, stocks continue their ascent. What's the catalyst? Many point to the Fed. Now I know this isn't ground-breaking news. However, as the central bankers of the developed world engage in a massive monetary expansion, stocks appear to be one beneficiary of the liquidity surplus. What keeps me up at night is this: How long can this continue and how might it end? Actually, it's the latter which concerns me most.
As we continue to gorge ourselves on capital cache, and possibly contrary to public perception, business and individual loan balances are near all-time highs. So is the Fed succeeding after all, much to the chagrin of its detractors? Possibly, but the longer this monetary expansion continues, the harder it may fall. It reminds me of Humpty Dumpty, though I'm not exactly sure how he got up on the wall in the first place. Especially since he appears to have eaten a high-calorie, high-fat diet. Or perhaps it's just genetics. After all, he is an egg.
Bloated as our money supply is, and of course good 'ol Mr. Dumpty, are we witnessing yet another Fed-induced bubble? The irony is that most do not recognize a bubble until it pops. If the reverse were true, then bubbles might never occur. I'll leave you by paraphrasing something I heard a few weeks ago: "Getting in the market at this time is like trying to pick up a nickel in front of a bulldozer."
However, you should never behave that way without the proper attire and insurance in place. And to return to our beleaguered forecasters, I suppose their new motto could read, "It's much easier done in reverse."