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That's why when Kelly walked into Gillette Stadium two years ago — and he's been there three times total — ears perked up among the Patriots' coaches, including Belichick.
Kelly had become friendly with former Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien while both were rising in the college ranks. The UNH coaching staff would visit Brown, where O'Brien was coaching, for pickup basketball games and to talk X's and O's.
Kelly told the Patriots he was moving to a no-huddle that only used one word to signify everything involved in a play.
Sideline calls take too long. Wristbands too.
One word is all that is needed.
Kelly's overall message to the Patriots: Don't put a limit on your players' minds; they will learn whatever you teach them.
"I was interested to hear how he did it," Belichick said. "I would say he expanded it to a different level and it was very interesting to understand what he was doing. Certainly I've learned a lot from talking to Chip about his experiences with it and how he does it and his procedure and all that."
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Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China is conducted under a wide variety of laws and administrative regulations. In accordance with these laws, more than sixty Internet regulations have been made by the People's Republic of China (PRC) government, and censorship systems are vigorously implemented by provincial branches of state-owned ISPs, business companies, and organizations.
The Golden Shield Project is part of what is sometimes known outside of mainland China as the Great Firewall of China. It is used to block and filter out many websites. So how do you find out if your website is blocked by the Great Firewall of China?
China Channel Firefox Add-on
You can use China Channel Firefox add-on to find out if your website is blocked or not. You can experience the censored Chinese internet at home. From the project webpage:
The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet user outside China to surf the web as if they were in China. Take an unforgetable virtual trip to China and experience the technical expertise of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (supported by western companies). It's open source, free and easy.
Install China Channel Firefox Add-on
Grab add-on here
Install and restart Firefox.
Click on Tools > China Channel > Manage Proxies To setup proxy > Click on the OK button in the popup window to finalize the installation process.
Select "CHINA CHANNEL" and click "GO", you will get connected through a random proxy server in China now.
Now can browse net via china based proxy server. Try to visit your website and see if it is blocked or not:

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Adding an SSD to a hackintosh HD installation
There is much interest in Apple's new Fusion Drive for Macs, where an SSD and conventional Hard Drive are paired into one drive. Files are automatically moved between the SSD and HD depending on usage, so the most frequently accessed files reside on the faster SSD and the HD provides greater capacity for infrequently used files. The feature sounds like a step forward for users with more files than a reasonably priced SSD can store, but there are still many answers and reliability tests needed before it's something to recommend for use on a hackintosh.
After recently buying a 128Gb OCZ Vertex Plus SSD from Aria, for the bargain price of £40, I have been looking at ways to use this with my 2Gb hard drive. I recently added a Seagate 2Gb 7200.14 drive, using my previous 2Gb drive as a backup. The new Seagate gave a big boost to read/write performance, going from around 50Mb/s read/write on the old HD to 140Mb/s read/write on the Seagate 7200.14. This testing was done using the free Blackmagic Disk Speed Test app for the Mac appstore, so while in no way comprehensive does show a big speed increase for sequential access.
The OCZ Vertex Plus SSD is an older generation device that gives around 160Mb/s write and 200Mb/s read speeds. This is way below the 500MB/s+ speeds that newer SSD's can offer, but this was intended as a cheap test before committing to a more expensive SSD. The next decision is how to use the two drives, with three main options available: Read more…
Switching from BIOS to UEFI
For the past few generations of OSX on generic Intel hardware there has been a choice between using a DSDT matched to your motherboard and BIOS, or a selection of additional files to provide full hardware support. My own machines have used the DSDT approach, where a well edited DSDT file provided the best compatibility and smoothest experience. Many of these DSDT files are available with all the hard work done for you at tonymacx86, whose selection of files cover seven motherboard manufacturers including my favourite Gigabyte.
Earlier this year there was much excitement at Gigabyte's release of the Z77 motherboards which used a new UEFI rather than the traditional BIOS. The biggest surprise here was that Gigabyte boards with the new UEFI did not need a DSDT file for all hardware to work, simplifying the job of getting a hackintosh running well. My own board, a GA-Z68XP-UD3 had a beta UEFI available, soon followed by release U1g. I followed a couple of great guides at TonyMacX86 for upgrading my motherboard from BIOS to UEFI, then configuring the UEFI settings (this is for 7 series motherboards but worked well for me). Read more…
iPad WiFi 3rd generation review
The launch of The New iPad is following a similar pattern to some previous Apple device launches. The initial reviews are a mix of "it's amazing", "it's a great device with frustrating Apple limitations" and "it's rubbish, no-one will buy this but Apple fanboys". Shortly followed by a much hyped hardware scandal, in this case the device becoming a bit warm under intensive use. While the 2% of Apple and Android advocates rage, the other 98% of the world (the people Apple targets) continue to buy the iPad in ever-increasing numbers.
Having lived with The New iPad for two weeks (iPad G3 for the rest of this article), here are some thoughts. As the owner of a first generation iPad I skipped the iPad 2, so all of my comparisons are between the two iPad's I have owned and used daily. Read more…
iPad 3rd Generation unboxing and screenshots
My new iPad arrived at around 11am, so here are my first thoughts and some unboxing photo's. More to follow as I compare it to my 1st Generation iPad, with some screengrabs from both to get an idea of the improvement in screen resolution.
The new screen is the first thing that impresses, and the difference between icons for Apple's updated apps and those still at lower resolution.
Thoughts on the new iPad
The image above sums up my thoughts, I ordered a 64Gb WiFi only iPad 3rd generation as soon as they were available for pre-order in the UK. As the owner of a 32Gb first generation iPad that I use every day it didn't take much consideration. I recently read 35 years of the weekly UK comic 2000AD (over 1700 issues) on my iPad, and as a subscriber to the comic I can't wait to see it on the 3 megapixel HD+ display. I want to see how much better HD video looks , and photo's, and text. That's enough reason for me to want one asap, without the huge processing and graphical performance boost over the first iPad. Decent camera with iMovie and iPhoto? This just highlights the different approach Apple takes to the competition. It's not about the hardware specifications, it's about what you can do with the device.
The one thing I can't grasp is how some news sources have claimed the new iPad (iPad G3) offers little more than "incremental improvements". Sure, the iPad G1 had a good screen, and the iPad G3 has a better screen, but that's like saying 1080p HD is just a little jump over standard definition. The iPad G3 camera can be described as just an improvement over the iPad G2 version. That doesn't acknowledge that the iPad G2 camera was poor and the iPad G3 camera is a 5 megapixel version of the iPhone 4S camera, one of the best phone camera's currently available.
I don't use the Android operating system, but I am happy that it exists and continues to be very popular. Likewise, I'm happy that Microsoft has a Windows 8/Metro strategy that looks credible. Aggressive competition is good for the consumer, and drives innovation. Unfortunately some people just can't seem to spot a killer product that has in previous models twice proved to be a massive success.


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Emilia Clarke is used to showing skin in the popular HBO series "Game of Thrones." But it appears she's classing up her wardrobe a bit for her upcoming Broadway debut in "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Clarke will star as Holly Golightly in Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg's adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella-turned-movie. She'll have big shoes to fill as most of the world remembers Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie about a flighty New York socialite and her writer friend, Paul Varjack, whom she refers to as "Fred."
Also read: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Heading to Broadway – With 'Game of Thrones' Star
On Wednesday, the first pictures of Clarke as Holly were released (right).
Cory Michael Smith, who is currently appearing off-Broadway in Samuel D. Hunter's in "The Whale" at Playwrights Horizons, has been cast at Fred. Additional casting has not yet been set.
Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen on "Game of Thrones," received a SAG Award nomination in 2011 along with the cast of the fantasy series. "Game of Thrones" did not make the cut at this year's SAG Awards.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is scheduled to begin previews March 4, 2013, with opening set for March 20 at the Cort Theatre.


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Hi manumintu, i only heard ectopic pregnancy from a friend but i believe the experience was very painful. i hope things are okay now with ur family.
this is not my experience but my sister's. She gave birth to her healthy baby boy, now an adorable part of our family in Dr. Ann Tan's clinic. i was there in the clinic and i was impressed how things were done smoothly though my bro in law was nervous.
I checked Dr. Tan's website here http://www.anntan.com.sg/ivf.html and saw that she also caters the service. do give it a try to ask coz she's a really nice doctor. praying also for your family's miracle. don't give up and please continue to hold on to your dream.


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Baboon adopts bush baby
Clinging to the under-belly of a baboon, Gakii, a 3-month-old orphaned bush baby has plumped for an...
Clinging to the under-belly of a baboon, Gakii, a 3-month-old orphaned bush baby has plumped for an unlikely surrogate-mother.
In the grounds of the Nairobi Animal Orphanage, the duo cavort around in each others' arms, drink milk out of the same bowl and poke mischievously at a Reuters television camera.
"This is not normal. It has not happened here and I guess it has not happened anywhere else," said Edward Kariuki, a warden at the animal home in the Kenyan capital.
Kenya, however, has a history of unlikely cases of fostering among orphaned animals.
In 2004, a giant tortoise adopted and became an inseparable friend to a baby hippo washed out to sea off the coast of Kenya in the aftermath of the southeast Asia Tsunami. The pair became an Internet sensation.
Two years earlier, a full-grown lioness baffled experts in the east African country when she adopted a baby oryx -- a kind of antelope normally deemed a tasty morsel by the predators.


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Covering Mass Shootings: Resources for Journalists
Mass shootings challenge the skill, capacity and ethics of news professionals. Below please find tip sheets and other resources for journalists covering these tragedies.
Mass shootings challenge the skill, capacity and ethics of news professionals. Below please find tip sheets and other resources for journalists covering these tragedies.
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies has released a briefing paper on the trauma of hate-based violence, reviewing existing research on its impacts and evaluating the mental health needs of targeted survivors and communities.
This comprehensive series offers a ground-level view of the effects of violence on children and their families, showing not only the psychological toll on young souls, but also the success stories, and scarce resources that are available to help. Judges described this package as a "brilliant body of work" comprised of a "thoughtful mix of beautifully executed stories." They recognized the "tremendous thought and planning" that went into the project, and the "incredible level of trust" the reporters built with the community after initially encountering much skepticism. Originally published by NOLA.com | The Times Picayune in June 2018.
This multimedia piece explores the violent death of Robert Adams, a 19-year old Inuit man in Arctic Canada, the impact of his death on his community, and his father's subsequent fight for mental health services, coroner's services, and justice system services for Inuit in the North. Judges described "Death in the Arctic" as a "truly impressive reporting feat" offering "rare insight into an isolated, chronically ignored community." They underscored the "intimacy" and "narrative force" of the project, calling it "profoundly moving and affecting," and the photography "stunning." Originally published by Radio Canada International – Eye on the Arctic on December 14, 2018.
Mass shootings challenge the skill, capacity and ethics of news professionals. Below are tip sheets and other resources for journalists covering these tragedies.
This meticulously reported series offers a ground level, panoramic view of the devastating and profound impact of gun violence on children's lives. The results, at once harrowing and revelatory, provide a fresh and compelling look at one of the most pressing issues of our time. Judges called this package a "remarkable series spanning multiple events of violence, each examined with unflinching clarity and emotional rawness." Originally published by The Washington Post between April - December, 2017.
Employing the highest standards of video production, "We Are Witnesses" captures the enormity of the jail-court-prison complex, while keeping an intense focus on the individual lives affected and provoking dialogue around criminal justice reform. Judges praised its "innovative" approach to storytelling, exploring "multifaceted trauma" from "many different angles," and "refusing cliché at every level." The series was created by The Marshall Project in partnership with Participant Media, The New Yorker, and Condé Nast Entertainment, and ran on both The Marshall Project and The New Yorker websites.
Seventeen students and teachers were killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Please consult our resources in covering this tragedy and its aftermath.
Seamus Kelters, who died suddenly on September 27, 2017, was an influential chronicler of Northern Ireland's civil conflict and co-author of Lost Lives: The Story of the Men, Women and Children Who Died As A Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles. An early Dart Center Ochberg Fellow, he played a central role in the evolution of trauma-aware journalism. We asked several friends and colleagues for remembrances of Seamus and his work. Below, reflections and recollections by Susan McKay, Scott North, Donna DeCesare, Frank Ochberg, Joe Hight, Elana Newman, Gavin Rees and Bruce Shapiro. Scroll down for excerpts, and click to the right to read the full pieces.
Nieman Storyboard interviews Mother Jones reporter Mark Follman about his landmark investigation into the staggering price of the firearms epidemic: an estimated $229 billion a year.


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Need to build endurance
by, October 22nd, 2012 at 08:18 PM (2498 Views)
After my first swim meet this weekend and a week off, getting back into the pool today I feel like poop, and at square one. Based on my time results, I realize I have a LOT of endurance work to do. The first 50 of my 100 fly at the meet was 28 and lets just say I died . Badly haha.
Days of highschool and five hour practices are long behind me, I no longer have the ability to just go train for hours with having a 15 month old, so I will have to train smart to build endurance, and I never really had time restrictions on my training in the past. How am I planning on improving this?
1. Change my warmup from a 500 free/pull to a 1,000.
2. Instead of doing sets of 50s swim fly in practice, I will consider using my monofin and doing days with sets of 100s. Im a bit wary of using fins because for some reason it feels like it actually makes my kick weaker. So maybe I can try just swimming it straight but I think my stroke would break down too much.
3. I need to add time in the gym and do some running. My goal is to run 15-20mins each day before getting in the pool. Today I did 15 mins and it didnt feel bad at all.
4. Start doing pushups and situps.
5. I did find another local gym with a pool so I could train at night time for a second practice or do cardio,weights, hopefully this will make a big improvement.
If anyone has any ideas about how to build endurance when it comes to fly or in general, feel free to share J


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Pumpkins are beautiful from the inside out, and I love everything about them. Their color, their shape and the glorious "stuff" inside, have always been both a delight and a curiosity to me. As soon as they arrived at the market, sometime around late September, I began stocking up on pumpkins because I enjoy looking at them around the house and yard for as long as the season allows. When Halloween came, my big pumpkins were used for Jack-o'-lanterns, with the little sweet "sugar" pumpkins earmarked for recipes for the soups that I plan to enjoy as starters before the upcoming Thanksgiving meal. Fortunately, the inexhaustibly talented award-winning cookbook (and other kind of books) author Crescent Dragonwagon, loves pumpkins, too, and one does not have to search long or hard to find tasty pumpkin soup recipes in "Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook," a cookbook written by Dragonwagon in 1992, when she was the chef/owner of Dairy Hollow House, a country inn located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Of the two soups featured here, Dragonwagon wrote that guests at the inn said that the Pumpkin-Apple Soup with Curry and Cream "alone was worth the price of dinner" and that folks "scraped clean" the bowls in which Pumpkin and Tomato Bisque was served at the First Eureka Bank's Christmas party. You will find making Pumpkin and Tomato Bisque a breeze and the Pumpkin-Apple Soup, fun - its stock is made from, among other things, the seeds and strings of fresh pumpkin, an unpeeled onion and potato, and garlic with their papery skins left on. With its garnishing of crème fraîche and diced fresh apples, the soup flavored with curry and the zest of a fresh orange, is rustically elegant and tastes like autumn. If, by chance, ghosts and goblins have made it hard to still locate a fresh pumpkin, keep in mind that butternut squash makes a good substitute and will work in recipes calling for fresh pumpkin.
Sue Ade, a Lowcountry resident since 1985, is a gourmet baker and collector of vintage cooking utensils and cookbooks. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 683-0375.
From "Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook," by Crescent Dragonwagon," used with permission
Cresent Dragonwagon is an award-winning author of more than 50 books, including children's books and cookbooks/cookbook-memoirs. Her most recent books are "Bean By Bean: A Cookbook: More than 175 Recipes for Fresh Beans, Dried Beans, Cool Beans, Hot Beans, Savory Beans, Even Sweet Beans!" (published February 2012) and "All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep" (a children's book published October 2012). Visit Crescent Dragonwagon at dragonwagon.com.
1 small to medium sweet-eating pumpkin, seeds and strings removed and reserved, cut into pieces roughly 4 inches square
3 crisp, well-flavored apples, such as Granny Smiths, Staymans or Winesaps, unpeeled, cores with stems removed and reserved, fruit diced
Seeds and strings from the pumpkin
Cores with stems of the apples
2 heads garlic, papery skins left on, whole
1 large onion, unpeeled, quartered
1 large potato, unpeeled, quartered
Zest of ½ orange
1½ teaspoons salt
6 cups spring water
APPLE-ONION SAUTé
Pam cooking spray
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons mild vegetable oil, such as corn or peanut
1 large onion, diced
2/3 of the apple dice
1 tablespoon best quality curry powder
Assembling and garnishing
the soup
½ cup apple juice concentrate, thawed
1 cup heavy (whipping) cream or evaporated skim milk
3¼ cups of the pumpkin-apple stock
1/3 of the apple dice
Crème fraîche (optional), recipe follows
Make the pumpkin-apple stock: In a large soup pot, combine all the stock ingredients and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down to low and let simmer, covered, 45 minutes. Let cool. Strain and discard the solids. Meanwhile, make the pumpkin purée by steaming the pumpkin pieces over boiling water until they're tender when poked with a fork, about 10 to 12 minutes. Drain the cooked pumpkin in a colander. When the pumpkin is cool enough to handle, remove the peel. Put the peeled pumpkin in a food processor and buzz to a purée. Prepare the apple-onion sauté: Spray a 10-inch skillet with the Pam and in it heat the butter and oil over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until somewhat softened, about 3 minutes. Add two-thirds of the diced apples, and sauté another 2 minutes, stirring often. Sprinkle the curry powder over the apples and onion, and continue to cook, stirring often, another 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat, and scrape half of the mixture into a food processor. Put the remaining onion-apple sauté in a large soup pot. Deglaze the skillet with ¼ cup of the stock, and scrape the pan contents into the pot. Add 3 cups of the pumpkin-apple stock and the pumpkin purée to the pot. Bring the mixture to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer gently for about 10 minutes. Stir the soup occasionally. Meanwhile, add the apple juice concentrate to the ingredients in the food processor. Buzz until smooth. Add this mixture to the soup pot with the heavy cream or evaporated milk. Continue cooking the soup over low heat until very hot. Do not permit it to boil. Serve the soup garnished with the remaining diced apple and a dab of the optional crème fraiche.
CRèME FRAîCHE
Crème fraîche keeps for a week or so, beautifully.
2 cups heavy (whipping) cream
2 tablespoons cultured buttermilk, preferably Bulgarian-style*, or unsweetened, plain, additive-free yogurt
In a quart glass jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the cream and the buttermilk or yogurt. Shake the cream and the buttermilk or yogurt for about 30 seconds to combine. Let it stand in a warm place. Leave the cream mixture until thickened but still a little liquidy, about 12 hours. (It sets up as it chills.) It can be used right away, but is best after aging overnight in the refrigerator. Makes about 2 cups.
*Kitchen Ade note: Bulgarian-style buttermilk is very thick buttermilk.
"Delicious, rich, elegant and a majestic orange-red. Hard to believe it, but there's no cream in this wonder." - Crescent Dragonwagon, author "Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook"
3 to 4 tablespoons butter or mild vegetable oil, such as corn or peanut
1 large onion, chopped
3 to 4 cups well-flavored chicken or vegetable stock
1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes with their juices
1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
4 cups freshly made pumpkin or butternut squash purée, or canned pumpkin purée
Salt to taste
Roasted red pepper purée for garnish (optional), recipe follows
In a 10-inch skillet, melt the butter or heat oil over medium-low heat. Add the onion and sauté slowly, stirring often, until limp but not brown, 6 to 7 minutes. Stir in 3 cups of the stock, and let simmer, partially covered, about 15 minutes. Pour the tomatoes with their juice into a food processor. Add the maple syrup or honey, and purée. Strain the stock, and add the strained out onions to the processor. Buzz again, and if an extra-smooth soup is desired, put through a power strainer. Add the tomato-pumpkin purée to the stock. Season with the salt. Reheat and serve very hot, garnished with the red pepper purée if using. Serves 8 to 10 as a starter.
Red bell peppers
Pam cooking spray
Lemon juice
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a baking sheet well with Pam. Place the peppers on the baking sheet and poke each one once with a fork. Bake until most of the skin is charred and the peppers are slightly collapsed, about 30 to 40 minutes. Cover the peppers with clean kitchen towels and let cool to room temperature. Core, seed and peel the roasted peppers. Cut the flesh into large pieces, then purée in a food processor. In a heavy saucepan, quickly boil the purée until reduced by half. Season with salt and the lemon juice. Set aside for garnish.


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PANAMA CITY � An ode to the city�s military foundations will be the topic of discussion for commissioners during Tuesday�s workshop.
PANAMA CITY � An ode to the city�s military foundations will be the topic of discussion for commissioners during Tuesday�s workshop.
As part of the Downtown Marina Redevelopment Project a memorial walk area to honor those who have served in the military is planned. Memorial Walk will honor all five branches of the military, but what that project will consist of is yet to be determined.
�The military salute has always been a part of our community and it is only fitting we do something to recognize that relationship,� said William Whitson, Community Redevelopment Agency director.
Memorial Walk comes after the removal of the F-101 Voodoo fighter jet from the property. The overall theme of the project is �Five forces, one mission.�
The design of the project revolves around the idea of homecoming. Five pillars representing the five branches of military form a semicircle around the centerpiece � a bronze statue of a service member being greeted by a woman and child.
The �Flame of Freedom� memorial, dedicated by the American Legion in the late �60s, will be relocated to the memorial walk area, as well.
�It had fallen into disrepair over the years and it was just sitting there,� Whitson said. �We said lets clean that up and find a place for it. It was small enough it would work, whereas the jet was just too large.�
Memorial Walk is expected to be rolled into the Civic Plaza Project � the first phase of the marina project totaling about $2.3 million. It lies on a 16-by-16-foot plot of land in the northwest area of the marina. Memorial Walk itself is slated to cost about $130,000. The most expensive portion of the project is the bronze statue costing about $44,000.
A memorial walk advisory committee -- composed of an amalgam of officials, veterans� affairs officers, Tyndall Air Force Base representatives and naval base representatives -- was formed to work with AECOM, the marina project designers, to develop the proposal for commissioners� consideration.
Pieces of the recently departed jet will be reworked into medallions. The medallions will be given to the families with ties to the jets and military branches in Bay County.
�They�ll be distributed to special people throughout the community,� Whitson said. �That way the jet will always be with us in the community.�
Commissioners will also discuss the scope of plans for the three or four development pads that will be available on the marina after the redevelopment project.
The workshop will convene at 2:30 p.m. in City Hall and the city�s regular meeting will be held at 4 p.m.
During the regular meeting commissioners will:
� Vote on Academy Park, the first phase of the SweetBay development on the old airport property. Academy Park will consist of 274 homes and University Academy on a 66-acre expanse at the north end of Lisenby Avenue.
� Hear updates on the city�s BP oil spill economic claim.
� Consider a pilot program to allow sidewalk cafes and flexible street cafes within the downtown area.
� Hear an ordinance creating a municipal service benefit unit for canal dredging in Kings Point Robinson Bayou.
� Vote on new leases for the Panama City and St. Andrews marinas saving the city about $100,000 and allowing people to live aboard their boats at St. Andrews.
� Consider an agreement with Gulf Power for underground electrical service for marina lighthouse renovations.
� Consider awarding $190,359 to Sunbelt Fire, Inc. for a self-contained breathing apparatus and rapid intervention for the fire department.


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8 Of The Worlds Best Hotels For Post Workout Relaxation
August 16, 2010 by Shaun
Filed under The Fitness Bug
If you are new here, you might not know about one of my other passions.
Spontaneous traveling!
If you want to know a little more about Shaun's traveling his-story, read these posts
The Ultimate 'Done For You' Bodybuilding Regime (Greek)
How Shaun Sinclair Has Built Muscle As A Hardgainer
And just in case you haven't noticed, I have actually written a number of these articles whilst on my spontaneous travels. However, most of my wildest traveling shenanigans happened before I started this site. But like some of you traveling fanatics, I am always going to be looking for some new places to travel to and experience.
Since this is the bodybuilding lifestyle, why don't we look for places where we can travel, train and have tourist fun all within the space of a single hotel!
After all, the 'fun' element is what keeps us motivated for the long term… right?
- Truly unique hotels
- Great gyms
- Over the top amenities
… Is the name of the game here. Now, I haven't yet visited any of the following destinations, but word of mouth has done a good enough job to let me know that presence needs to be felt in these places in the very near future.
(Image credits: by exquisite-design.com)
#1 The Enclave Cliff Side – The Post Ranch Inn (California)
- Natural
- The woods
- The sea
- The view
- No TV
The natural environments completely do it for me. Especially in an age where everything is digital, which in most cases consumes the whole of our day. The pictures alone already have me sold, let alone the reviews. Bodybuilding, fun and real relaxation…. I would think so!
The devils in the detail
- Gym
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Spa
- High speed internet (I'll still try and stay away)
- Free parking
- Room service
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#2 Pure Modern Prestige – W Los Angeles – Westwood
- Service
- Stylish
- Cool
- Trendy
I've been told that this is the place Hollywood stars like to stay. If so, then it's quite easy to see why it would attract the 'part' crowd. More importantly, there are good words about their gyms to, with some using the words 'state of the art'. Good training, good parting, good vibes… I think this could be a winner by my standards.
The devils in the detail
- Business centre
- Top gym
- P.A.W – Pets Are Welcome
- The Acura experience – Get shown around the city in style
- Heated outdoor swimming pool
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Internet
- Sauna
- The 'W' living room
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#3 Screams Concept – Hotel Unique (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- Concept
- Unique
- City view
I don't know about you, but the idea of a 'ship themed' hotel in the middle of a hot city just screams TAKE ME THERE! I love anything that has a theme behind it, and from what I've seen inside and from what I've learned from others, this place simply rocks and it's all about 'the experience'. Oh, and they have the most important thing… a top class gym, with a popular pool side!
The devils in the detail
- Top class gym
- Plasma TVs, CD/DVD players with access to hotel's DVD library
- Work station
- Italian Jacuzzi tubs, separate showers
- Concierge
- Valet parking & car service
- Champagne offered upon check-in
- Rooftop SKYE Restaurant & Bar with breathtaking views of Sao Paulo
- Rooftop red swimming pool with subwater sound system.
- The Wall Bar & Cyber Café
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#4 Eastern Elegance Extreme – Ritz-Carlton Hotel Sanya (China)
- The full package
- Ultimate luxury
- Tropical
This place is basically a beach destination where all of the hotels run across the entire beach. This hotel sits right at the end, which means, if this hotel is as good as it looks and as good as everyone says, then peace and quiet away from the crowds is what you will get here. I gave the keyword full package because it also makes for a great families destination for those with kids, from what they have on offer. But where this one seems to win over others is the catering for non gym activities such as yoga and outdoor cycling. Any how, I'll be give my own verdict soon enough.
The devils in the detail
- Water sports
- Gym
- Tai chi
- Yoga
- Lagoon Pool
- Tennis
- Adults program
- Vegetable Garden
- Ritz kids program
- Ritz kids club
- Golf (several clubs)
- Spa (different variations)
- The Cube bar
- Several dining options (indoor/outdoor)
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#5 European Euphoria – Adriana, Hvar Hotel (Croatia)
The best things I'm hearing about this place is that it is good, however, it wouldn't be much without the great back drop of a location (Hvar). It has been said to be quite noisy. With that being the case I would assume a short city break would suit this one.
The devils in the detail
- Roof top pool
- Sensori spa (Experience)
- Gym
- Internet
- Business centre
- Restaurant
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#6 City Central – Empire Hotel (New York)
City life
I've only been to New York once, but I may have to stop of at this place one time seeing as it's in the city centre and targeted at a younger crowd. Most people seem to talk about the pool scene on the roof and the bar. The reviews maybe mixed, but I'll judge for myself.
The devils in the detail
- Gym
- Roof top swimming pool
- Business centre
- Restaurant
- Hip bar
- Pets allowed
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#7 The Spa – La Sultana Marrakech (Morocco)
That Spa
This place probably does have a lot going for it as many people do say. But I just want to hit that spa (see picture below). I've always wanted to visit Morocco, so I guess I'll see what all the fuss is about.
The devils in the detail
- Spa (Zen experience)
- Lounger bar
- Restaurant
- Heated swimming pool
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#8 Kampala Serena Uganda
I don't know much about this one, but I like the look of it and that whole tropical 'thing' does it for me. Besides, they're meant to have good facilities for business clientele. I will see about this one.
The devils in the detail
- Bambara Residents' Lounge with Bedouin Terrace
- The Lakes, all-day brasserie
- The Mist, cocktail bar
- The Explorer, Italian bistro
- The Pearl of Africa, fine-dining experience
- The Sesse Pool Terrace bar and café
- Panoramic roof terrace for private cocktails and social events
- Garden auditorium
- Swimming pool area with rock-built waterfall
- The Maisha Mind Body and Spirit Spa
- Running track in the grounds and golf course (nearby)
- Hair and beauty salon
- International Conference Centre to seat 1,500
- Business centre
- Limousine service
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As you can see, I've only listed places that the majority have voted as 'great'. When that is the case, the outcome is usually great for new visitors, apart from some fussy oddballs of course. The bodybuilding lifestyle is all about balance. One way to do that is by enjoying yourself at the same time, pre and post workout, all of which are definitely catered for in the hotels mentioned. I will visit all of these places in time, and when I do, expect a full hardcore review of each one.
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Paper or plastic? California legislators are poised to make that question as relevant as the "regular or unleaded" query. The Assembly has already blessed a bill that would make California the first state in the nation to ban the use of plastic bags, and the Senate could vote on it any minute now.
Editor's Note: Late Tuesday, lawmakers rejected the bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags.
As far as the Governor is concerned, his signature on the bill is considered, well, in the bag.
California leads the nation in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the environment cleaner. Just take a look at the controversial Assembly Bill 32. It's California's definitive charge on protecting the environment.
Three years ago San Francisco passed a law aimed at reducing plastic bag consumption. Palo Alto and Santa Clara county have since followed suit and it looks like San Jose may be next. Assemblywoman Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) authored the bill which would make California the first state to ban plastic bags at grocery, drug, and some other stores.
According to California officials, people in the state use 19 billion plastic bags each year. Ironically that breaks down to 1 bag for every dollar the state is in debt. That's a lot of bags. They also claim it costs the state $25 million to get all those bags to the landfill.
Despite a nearly complete lack of Republican support, Schwarzenegger seems likely to sign the bill into law if it gets as far as his desk. He's big on the environment with his support of AB32 and this is likely to appeal to him.
Opponents of the bill include the American Chemistry Council. It includes plastic manufacturers like Exxon Mobile, Dow and Chevron. Tim Shestek is a member of the council which has also retained four powerful lobbying firms who will fight hard against AB 1998.
Peter M. Grande is another dissenting voice. He's the president of a plastic bag manufacturing plant in L.A. County. He cites that at his factory alone, 200 people would lose good paying jobs immediately. So is he pro business and anti-environment?
Los Angeles County estimates that 85 percent of consumers would switch to paper bags instead of those re-usable "green" bags. Grande points out that the reason stores and consumers switched to plastic bags in the first place was to reduce the use of paper bags. The paper ones leave a heavier footprint, cause the destruction of trees and result in three times the greenhouse emissions of plastic bags.
Environmental issues always seem to raise controversy in AB 1998 is no exception. I'm all for helping the environment and I'm fine taking reusable bags to the grocery store. But what am I going to use to pick up after my dog?
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OWASP Newsletter 4
Sent to owasp-all mailing list on 31st Jan 2007
- 1 OWASP Newsletter #4 (31-Jan-07)
- 2 OWASP projects that need your help
- 3 Featured Project: WebGoat 5.0 RC1
- 4 Featured Item: OWASP Documentation Projects
- 5 Latest additions to the WIKI
- 6 OWASP References in the Media
OWASP Newsletter #4 (31-Jan-07)
Welcome to OWASP Newsletter #4
- OWASP Top 10 2007 RC1
- As mentioned last week, we finally got the new version RC1 (Release Candidate 1) of the OWASP Top 10 out for review, criticism and comment. We take all comments very seriously (seeSylvan von Stuppe, so please do spend the time to check this version and speak up your mind.
- WebGoat
- See below for a feature on one of our longest and most famous projects, which has released WebGoat 5.0 RC1 containing a bunch of new lessons created via an OWASP Autumn of Code sponsorship.
- OWASP Grants
- Talking about the AoC (Autumn of Code), if all goes well we will close it officially next week, and will announce the SpoC. SpoC has you must be guessing by now, is the OWASP Spring of Code (still with no connection with Google's Summer of Code) :)
- Support for Non-Profits
- As you can see on the updated pages section, we also made a small change in our membership criteria, where we changed the 'Educational Members' category to be 'Educational and Non-Profit Members'.
- RSA Meetup
- If you are going to the RSA conference next week, drop a line to Brian Bertacini from the San Jose OWASP Chapter for details on an OWASP get-together.
Recommended Reading
- The brilliant OWASP Testing Guide Presentation
- SDLC for the "Geek",Cross-Chapter cooperation
- Reporting Web Vulns
- the Waterfall 2006 conference (I think next year I will be doing a presentation on 'Security by Obscurity, don't advertise (or link to) your site' :)
- http://www.securitybullshit.com - "Humorous look at an industry spinning out of control" by the uncompromising Mark Curphey
Don't forget, if you want something to appear in the next version, please add it to OWASP Newsletter 5.
Dinis Cruz
Chief OWASP Evangelist
London, UK
OWASP projects that need your help
- OWASP Top 10 2007 RC1 - Convert the Word (or PDF) file to wiki pages on owasp.org (open to all since anybody can edit the owasp.org website).
- OWASP Top 10 2007 RC1 - We are opening review of the Top 10 2007 until February 28, 2007. Please review the document and provide feedback to the [email protected] mail list. If you cannot make public submissions or feedback but still wish to make your voice heard, please mail vanderaj (at) owasp.org. Please note: This document is not to be used or referenced until after its release.
- OWASP Testing Project v2.0 - Now that the The OWASP Testing Guide v2.0 has reached the 'Release Candidate 1 milestone, the time has come to make sure that everything is 100% and that there is nothing major missing (review process ends on the 10th of Feb).
- Online Questionaires: I (Dinis) want to do a OWASP wide survey, what solution should I use to create, deploy and manage it?
- WordPress guru needed: Our blogs (http://blogs.owasp.org/) still looks miserable. We need somebody to help Mike de Libero to sort it out (and while you're there get a feed to put on owasp.org and the next version of the OWASP newsletter)
Featured Project: WebGoat 5.0 RC1
WebGoat Overview
WebGoat is a deliberately insecure J2EE web application maintained by OWASP designed to teach web application security lessons. In each lesson, users must demonstrate their understanding of a security issue by exploiting a real vulnerability in the WebGoat application. For example, in one of the lessons the user must use SQL injection to steal fake credit card numbers. The application is a realistic teaching environment, providing users with hints and code to further explain the lesson.
To get started, read the User and Install Guide
WebGoat 5.0 Release Candidate 1
Thursday January 17th, WebGoat 5.0 Release Candidate 1 was released. Special thanks to the many people who have sent comments and suggestions and those who have put in the effort to contribute their time to this release.
The 5.0 release would not have been possible without the efforts of Sherif Koussa and OWASP Autumn of Code 2006.
This version can be downloaded from OWASP's Sourceforce repository: WebGoat 5.0 RC1
Please send all comments to webgoat AT g2-inc DOT com regarding this release candidate.
Featured Item: OWASP Documentation Projects
I wrote this on an email the other day, and realized that it was a good list of our best documentation projects:
- OWASP Top Ten Project "The OWASP Top Ten provides a powerful awareness document for web application security. The OWASP Top Ten represents a broad consensus about what the most critical web application security flaws are. Project members include a variety of security experts from around the world who have shared their expertise to produce this list"
- OWASP Guide Project "The Guide is aimed at architects, developers, consultants and auditors and is a comprehensive manual for designing, developing and deploying secure web applications."
- OWASP AppSec FAQ Project "This FAQ answers some of the questions that developers have about Web Application Security. This FAQ is not specific to a particular platform or language. It addresses the common threats to web applications and are applicable to any platform."
- OWASP Testing Guide "This project's goal is to create a "best practices" penetration testing framework which users can implement in their own organizations and a "low level" penetration testing guide that describes how to find certain issues."
- OWASP CLASP Project "CLASP (Comprehensive, Lightweight Application Security Process) provides a well-organized and structured approach for moving security concerns into the early stages of the software development lifecycle, whenever possible."
- OWASP Honeycomb Project "In the Honeycomb project, OWASP is assembling the most comprehensive and integrated guide ever attempted to the fundamental building blocks of application security (principles, threats, attacks, vulnerabilities, and countermeasures) through collaborative community efforts."
- OWASP Application Security Assessment Standards Project "Currently there is a lack of standardization over what constitutes an application security assessment. With no single set of criteria being referenced, it is suggested that OWASP establish a set of standards defining and establishing a baseline approach to conducting differing types/levels of application security assessment. The standards should be flexible in design to accommodate a range of security assurance levels. The standards should not be viewed as placing requirements on any party. Rather, the standards should make recommendations about what should be done to be consistent with what the OWASP community believes is best practice. Adhering to the standards should help increase end user organization confidence that assessments meet an industry agreed-upon approach.?"
- OWASP Application Security Metrics Project "This OWASP Project will first identify and provide the OWASP community a set of application security metrics that have been found by contributors to be effective in measuring application security. This will be followed by the development of new metrics that build on the initial metrics foundation to fulfill unmet metrics requirements. The goals of this Project are to make a baseline set of application security metrics available to the OWASP community and subsequently to provide a forum for the community to contribute metrics back into the baseline."
Latest additions to the WIKI
New Pages
- Top 10 2007 - Top 10 2007 RC1 Public Comments & Review page
- Guide to SQL Injection - Article examining the possibility of tampered SQL query data exploiting your database and/or application.
- Member Offers - New offers available for all individual OWASP Members and employees of OWASP Corporate Members.
- Announce:Web Honeynet - Web Honeynet project announcement by SecuriTeam and the ISOTF.
- Code Auditor Workbench Tool - Ideas about a source code analysis tool to aid security consultants
- OWASP News 2006, OWASP Community 2006 - Pages containing the OWASP news stories and community events from 2006.
Updated pages
- Membership - Add reference to the Member Offers page and changed the 'Educational Members' category to be 'Educational and Non-Profit Members'
- Installer details for ORG - Information on how to build an installer for ORG using WiX
- SQL Injection - Updated with links to the SQL Injection pages in the OWASP Guide, OWASP Code Review and OWASP Testing Guide
- OWASP Stinger Project - Updated with new release information (2.4 RC1)
- .Net Research Links - Several new CLR links
- Fuzzing
- Testing for SQL Injection , Testing: Information Gathering , Reviewing Code for SQL Injection
- minor edits or comments: Talk:JAAS Tomcat Login Module , (added link to Orizon Blog) , OWASP Stinger 3 Ideas
New Documents & Presentations from chapters
- OWASP Testing Guide Presentation
- OWASP Top 10 2007 RC1.pdf or OWASP Top 10 2007 RC1.doc - the new version of the OWASP Top 10 (Release Candidate 1)
- From the Belgium chapter:
- Jan 07:
- OWASP BE 2007-01-23 OWASP Update.zip - OWASP Update including 2006 poll results
- OWASP BE 2007-01-23 WebGoat-Pantera.zip - OWASP WebGoat and Pantera presentation
- OWASP BE 2007-01-23 AOP security.zip - AOP Security presentation
- Jan 07:
- From the Israel chapter
- Jan 07
- Nov 06 (OWASP IL mini conference):
- Jul 06:
- ValidationQuestionnaire.doc
Latest Blog entries
- from Life of an OWASP Chapter Leader
- from /dev/sec/webapp
- from Security Tales From The .Net Crypt
- from Orizon post
- from Dinis Cruz Blog
OWASP Community
- Feb 26-Mar 1 - Black Hat DC
- OWASP members receive a $100 Briefings discount by inserting BH7DCASSOC in the box marked "Coupon Codes"
- Feb 22 (18:00h) - London chapter meeting
- Feb 20 (18:00h) - Rochester chapter meeting
- Feb 15 (18:00h) - Seattle chapter meeting
- Feb 15 (18:00h) - Washington DC (MD) chapter meeting
- Feb 15 (18:00h) - Washington DC (N. VA) chapter meeting
- Feb 15 (18:00h) - Seattle chapter meeting
- Feb 14 (18:00h) - Toronto chapter meeting
- Feb 13 (18:00h) - Ireland chapter meeting
- Feb 12 (18:30h) - Switzerland chapter meeting
- Feb 7 (18:30h) - Boston chapter meeting
- Feb 6-7 - [email protected]
- Feb 6 (18:00h) - Melbourne chapter meeting
- Feb 2 (14:00h) - Chennai chapter meeting
- Jan 31 (15:00h) - Mumbai chapter meeting
- Jan 30 (11:30h) - Austin chapter meeting
Application Security News
- Jan 23 - Greasemonkey Backdoor Proof of Concept - A simple Greasemonkey script that illustrates the potential for abuse by hooking a backdoor to your browser using Javascipt and AJAX techniques.
- Jan 23 - Web Honeynet Project Announcement - The newly formed Web Honeynet Project from SecuriTeam and the ISOTF will in the next few months announce research on real-world web server attacks which infect web servers with: Tools, connect-back shells, bots, downloaders, malware, etc. which are all cross-platform (for web servers) and currently exploited in the wild.
OWASP References in the Media
This week we have two examples of non compliance with the OWASP brand usage rules, namely the #8. The OWASP Brand must not be used in any materials that could mislead readers by narrowly interpreting a broad application security category. For example, a vendor product that can find or protect against forced browsing must not claim that they address all of the access control category.
- Java Source Code Analysis Available for Developers to Improve Software Security and Quality - quote "Java Security Analysis Aligned with OWASP -- KDJ's vulnerability analysis provides excellent coverage of the vulnerabilities from the OWASP Top 10 list."
- Ounce Labs Simplifies Regulatory and Policy Compliance With New SmartAudit - quote : "1. OWASP Top Ten: Identifies the existence and location in the source code of any of the Top 10 most critical web application security vulnerabilities, a list complied by the Open Web Application Security Project."
The problem with these claims is that it is very hard to know what exactly do they mean. At least in KDJ's case they say "...excellent coverage..." versus Ounce Labs' "...any of the Top 10...".
One idea that is currently being debated is if OWASP brand usage rules should state that if a company makes claims such as the ones above in relation with the OWASP Top 10 (or other OWASP materials), they MUST include a reference to a publicly accessible page that 'explains' how well they 'think' each element of the Top 10 is covered.


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When John C. Frémont was replaced as commanding general of the U.S. Army's Department of the West, his position soon passed to Maj. Gen. Henry Wager Halleck. Henry Halleck was a mediocre tactician, but a crafty and devious administrator. Halleck showed the latter quality in an order he had issued on November 2o, 1861. It read:
1. It has been represented that important information respecting the numbers and condition of our forces is conveyed to the enemy by means of fugitive slaves who are admitted within our lines. In order to remedy this evil it is directed that no such person be hereafter permitted to enter the lines of any camp or of any forces on the march and that any now within such lines be immediately excluded therefrom.
2. The general commanding wishes to impress upon all officers in command of posts and troops in the field the importance of preventing unauthorized persons of every description from entering and leaving our lines and of observing the greatest precaution in the employment of agents and clerks in confidential positions.
While it is possible that Confederate forces in Missouri were using slaves as spies, it is even more likely that Halleck was using their supposed existence to keep fugitive slaves from seeking sanctuary with Union forces and expel those that were already there. Assuming that black Confederate spies even existed the value of whatever intelligence they brought back to the rebels was greatly outweighed by the news escaped slaves brought federal forces, and loss of their labor to the Confederates and gain of the same to the Union. There can be little doubt that Gen. Halleck's real aim was to appease Unionist slaveholders in Missouri and elsewhere worried and angered by Frémont's controversial proclamation that had sought to free the slaves of disloyal owners.
Horace Greeley's New York Tribune in its November 23 issue saw through Henry Halleck's subterfuge. The paper noted sarcastically:
It would be sheer affectation to pretend not to see that this order is a concession to Slavery, and that its true object is dissembled and would fain be concealed. Nobody on earth will believe that one fugitive slave has carried information to the Rebels where ten have brought the like to our camps. But suppose the contrary were the fact, what then? The obvious remedy for the asserted evil is not to repel all fugitives coming from the enemy to us, but take care that none should escape from our camps to him. White deserters are often spies for the service they have left, but no general ever thought of repelling the approach of deserters. On the contrary, they are always welcomed, with a perfect knowledge that they may be spies, every general taking the chances of getting more information out of them that they can glean in his camp and get away with. He questions them sharply, believes so much as he chooses of their replies, treats them civilly, unless he detects them in treachery, and takes good care that they do not desert back again. He would like to have the enemy send over half his force as sham deserters, and would gladly take the risk of their deceiving and outwitting him.
Gen. Halleck has invented a very different method. He is so afraid some negro will outwit him and return laden with information to Dixie that he drives every one out of his lines and forbids any more to come in! To such innocence, a resolve never to bathe for fear you might get wet, is the very acme of shrewdness.
Gen. Halleck is of course fishing for the good opinion of rebel slaveholders. Whenever he gets an encouraging nibble, we trust he will let us know it.
Henry Halleck's actions show both an antipathy to African Americans that he would demonstrate on several occasions during the Civil War, and his eagerness to prove to his superiors that he had no intention of reviving the policies of his predecessor that had so antagonized slaveholders in the Border States. Other Union commanders around the same time also sought to exclude escaped slaves from their lines. For example, the following order was issued in Kentucky on November 23: "No officer or soldier shall be allowed to arrest, secrete or harbor or in any way interfere with persons held to service (negroes), property of citizens of slaveholding States. By order of Col. John Cook, commanding Fourth Brigade."
Yet ultimately the actions of officers such as Cook and Halleck were futile. The slaves kept coming in Fall 1861 and seeking sanctuary with the Union army and getting it often enough from troops in camp if not their superiors at headquarters not to discourage their flight. Federal commanders might just as well have ordered the sun not to rise. It wasn't quite "self emancipation" but unquestionably slaves were playing an active role in gaining their freedom, subverting even Maj. Gen. Henry Wager Halleck's attempts to stop them.
Sources: 1) http://www.simmonsgames.com/research/authors/USWarDept/ORA/OR-S2-V1-C4.html; 2) http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1861-11-23/ed-1/seq-4/.


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The first national study of four common sexually transmitted diseases among girls and young women has found that one in four are infected with at least one of the diseases, federal health officials reported Tuesday.
Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least one of the diseases monitored in the study human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, genital herpes and trichomoniasis, a common parasite.
The 50 percent figure compared with 20 percent of white teenagers, health officials and researchers said at a news conference at a scientific meeting in Chicago.
The two most common sexually transmitted diseases, or S.T.D.'s, among all the participants tested were HPV, at 18 percent, and chlamydia, at 4 percent, according to the analysis, part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Each disease can be serious in its own way. HPV, for example, can cause cancer and genital warts.
Among the infected women, 15 percent had more than one of the diseases.
Women may be unaware they are infected. But the diseases, which are infections caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites, can produce acute symptoms like irritating vaginal discharge, painful pelvic inflammatory disease and potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy. The infections can also lead to longterm ailments like infertility and cervical cancer.
The survey tested for specific HPV strains linked to genital warts and cervical cancer.
Officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the findings underscored the need to strengthen screening, vaccination and other prevention measures for the diseases, which are among the highest public health priorities.
About 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occur each year among all age groups in the United States.
"High S.T.D. infection rates among young women, particularly young African-American women, are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk," said Dr. John M. Douglas Jr., who directs the centers' division of S.T.D. prevention.
The president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Cecile Richards, said the new findings "emphasize the need for real comprehensive sex education."
"The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure," Ms. Richards said, "and teenage girls are paying the real price."
Although earlier annual surveys have tested for a single sexually transmitted disease in a specified population, this is the first time the national study has collected data on all the most common sexual diseases in adolescent women at the same time. It is also the first time the study measured human papillomavirus.
Dr. Douglas said that because the new survey was based on direct testing, it was more reliable than analyses derived from data that doctors and clinics sent to the diseases center through state and local health departments.
"What we found is alarming," said Dr. Sara Forhan, a researcher at the centers and the lead author of the study.
Dr. Forhan added that the study showed "how fast the S.T.D. prevalence appears."
"Far too many young women are at risk for the serious health effects of untreated S.T.D.'s, " she said.
The centers conducts the annual study, which asks a representative sample of the household population a wide range of health questions. The analysis was based on information collected in the 2003-4 survey.
Extrapolating from the findings, Dr. Forhan said 3.2 million teenage women were infected with at least one of the four diseases.
The 838 participants in the study were chosen at random with standard statistical techniques. Of the women asked, 96 percent agreed to submit vaginal swabs for testing.
The findings and specific treatment recommendations were available to the participants calling a password-protected telephone line. Three reminders were sent to participants who did not call.
Health officials recommend treatment for all sex partners of individuals diagnosed with curable sexually transmitted diseases. One promising approach to reach that goal is for doctors who treat infected women to provide or prescribe the same treatment for their partners, Dr. Douglas said. The goal is to encourage men who may not have a physician or who have no symptoms and may be reluctant to seek care to be treated without a doctor's visit.
He also urged infected women to be retested three months after treatment to detect possible reinfection and to treat it.
Dr. Forhan said she did not know how many participants received their test results.
Federal health officials recommend annual screening tests to detect chlamydia for sexually active women younger than 25. The disease agency also recommends that women ages 11 to 26 be fully vaccinated against HPV.
The Food and Drug Administration has said in a report that latex condoms are "highly effective" at preventing infection by chlamydia, trichomoniasis, H.I.V., gonorrhea and hepatitis B.
The agency noted that condoms seemed less effective against genital herpes and syphilis. Protection against human papillomavirus "is partial at best," the report said.


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I came across this timely article by the New York Times regarding bookstores in France and bookstores in the US and England. Yet another reason why France never ceases to amaze me.
The French, as usual, insist on being different. As independent bookstores crash and burn in the United States and Britain, the book market in France is doing just fine. France boasts 2,500 bookstores, and for every neighborhood bookstore that closes, another seems to open. From 2003 to 2011 book sales in France increased by 6.5 percent.
Full article – http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/books/french-bookstores-are-still-prospering.html


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Master of Science in Biotechnology
The following faculty members work with and teach students in the M.S. in Biotechnology degree program:
Professors: Larry P. Ammann (Mathematics), Ray H.
Baughman (Chemistry), Lee A. Bulla (Molecular and Cell Biology), Santosh R.
D´Mello (Molecular and Cell Biology), Rockford K. Draper (Molecular and Cell
Biology), Sam Efromovich (Mathematics), Donald M. Gray (Molecular and Cell
Biology), Donald A. Hicks (EPPS), M. Ali Hooshyar (Mathematics), Stephen D.
Levene (Molecular and Cell Biology), Betty S. Pace (Molecular and Cell
Biology), Lawrence J. Reitzer (Molecular and Cell Biology), Li Zhang (Molecular
and Cell Biology), Michael Q. Zhang (Molecular and Cell Biology)
Associate Professors: Mark C. Anderson (SOM), Gregg R. Dieckmann (Chemistry), Gail A. Breen (Molecular and Cell Biology), John G. Burr (Molecular and Cell Biology), Ovidiu Daescu (Computer Science), David L. Deeds (SOM), Ernest M. Hannig (Molecular and Cell Biology), Warren J. Goux (Chemistry), Robert L. Kieschnick (SOM), J B Lee (Electrical Engineering), Dennis L. Miller (Molecular and Cell Biology), Paul Pantano (Chemistry), Stephen Spiro (Molecular and Cell Biology)
Assistant Professors: Jung-Mo Anh (Chemistry), Yan Cao (Mathematics), Pankaj K. Choudhary (Mathematics), Mieczyslaw K Dabkowski (Mathematics), Wenchuang Hu (Electrical Engineering), Nirup M. Menon (SOM),Tianbing Xia (Molecular and Cell Biology), Zhenyu Xuan (Molecular and Cell Biology), Hyuntae Yoo (Molecular and Cell Biology)
Senior Lecturers: Mehmet Candas (Molecular and Cell Biology), Robert Marsh (Molecular and Cell Biology, Joseph C. Picken (SOM), Robert L. Robb (SOM)
The M.S. degree in biotechnology is intended to prepare students for careers in biotechnology and biomedicine and to assist currently employed professionals in enhancing their career opportunities.
Biotechnology captures the exciting possibilities made possible by the decoding of the human genome and by the advances in bioanalytical instrumentation, and the field is projected for continued rapid growth. The M.S. in Biotechnology is designed so that students may enter the program with a wide range of prior disciplinary backgrounds, prepare for and take the four core courses, and, by choice from a wide range of approved electives, tailor the remainder of the degree program to their career opportunities. In this manner, students may develop areas of additional depth in fields such as:
• molecular and cell biology
• chemistry
• engineering and computer science
• health care policy
• management and business administration
The M.S. in Biotechnology requires 36 hours of courses, typically twelve courses of three semester hours each. Students may also elect to prepare and defend a thesis; more than 36 hours may be required for such a program.
The M.S. in Biotechnology is administered by the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. Students seeking further information or advisement should contact the Molecular and Cell Biology Department office.
Core Courses
The core consists of four courses – BIOL 5376 Applied Bioinformatics, or CS 6325 Introduction to Bioinformatics, BIOL 5381 Genomics, BIOL 6373 Proteomics, and BIOL 6384 Biotechnology Laboratory. Students enrolled in the M.S. in Biotechnology program will have priority for enrollment in BIOL 6384. Students who can demonstrate that they have acquired the material and/or skills in a core course may petition the Committee on Biotechnology for permission to substitute an approved elective course.
Program Policies
The program is open to all students who hold a bachelors degree, although those with laboratory science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering degrees are particularly encouraged to apply. In general, students will not be admitted to the M.S. in Biotechnology program if they require more than two courses in order to be ready to take the core courses.
Every student admitted to the M.S. in Biotechnology program shall consult with the program advisor(s) and develop a mutually agreed degree plan. All requests for deviations from the degree program described in this catalog shall be discussed first with a program advisor, who will forward the request to the Committee on Biotechnology for decision.
There are no formal prerequisites for most of the core courses, and a student, after obtaining consent of the program advisor, may attempt one or more core courses. However, the level of the BIOL core courses is such that most students will want to have mastered the material in the following courses:
General Chemistry (two
semesters, with lab)
Organic Chemistry (two semesters, with lab)
BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I (with workshop)
BIOL 3361 Biochemistry or BIOL 6352 Modern Biochemistry I
BIOL 3301 Classical and Molecular Genetics or BIOL 6V31 Molecular Genetics
BIOL 3302 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology or BIOL 6356 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell BiologyThe four core courses should be taken in the following order: BIOL 5376 Applied Bioinformatics, BIOL 5381 Genomics, BIOL 6373 Proteomics, BIOL 6384 Biotechnology Laboratory. Consent of instructor is required for core courses taken out of this sequence.
BIOL 6384 Biotechnology Laboratory is a skills based course. Students must show that they have adequate laboratory skills in order to enroll in BIOL 6384.
Students who elect to prepare and defend a thesis must satisfy the M.S. thesis procedures specified by the department of their thesis supervisor.
As a general rule, any UTD graduate course that is approved by the advisor as being relevant to the student's tailored degree plan may be taken as an elective for the Biotechnology M.S. program. Students should consult the program advisor for the current list of recommended electives.
A joint program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, administered through the Mathematical Sciences Department, is also available, and courses offered within that program are also available as electives.


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Spacey, in Baltimore filming the Netflix production House of Cards, has been frequenting Annapolis hot spots. According to Men's Journal, Metropolitan is one of his favorite spots — ever. "It's both a music venue with live bands and a bar with a roof deck. A very cool place," Spacey told the magazine.
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Hokkaido Sweet Potato Steamed Cake
Difficulty: Medium
Servings: 1-2
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
1. Shred sweet potato using the Bosch kitchen machine
2. Mix the cream, butter and 120g of fine sugar till light and fluffy with the Bosch kitchen machine using the cake mixture tool between speeds 3 to 6.
3. Add 1 egg and 3 egg yolks to mixture. Add vanilla extract. Cream until smooth.
4. Add coconut milk to Japanese full cream milk into the mixture.
5. Sift flour add a pinch of salt.
6. Fold flour into the batter gently.
7. In separate bowl, whip 3 egg whites with 80g of fine sugar with the Bosch kitchen machine egg mixture tool between speeds 4 to 7 till you get stiff peaks.
8. Add egg white mixture to the batter and fold the egg white into mixed batter till consistent.
9. Add shredded sweet potato and fold in gently.
10. Pour batter into individual cupcake cases.
11. Steam at 80˚C for 20 minutes; and another at 100˚C for another 10 minutes using an oven steamer.
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As Fielder exits, Brewers will move forward
Club will have two additional picks in 2012 Draft as compensation
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com | 01/24/12 4:55 PM EST
MILWAUKEE -- What had been inevitable for months became reality on Tuesday. Prince Fielder, the big kid drafted by the Brewers nearly a decade ago who developed into one of baseball's best sluggers, has found a new home in baseball.
Fielder struck a nine-year, $214 million deal with the Detroit Tigers, first reported by CBSSports.com and pending a physical exam. When made official, it will end a Milwaukee tenure that dates back to June 2002, when a Brewers team in the midst of the worst season in franchise history made Fielder the seventh overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft. Only right fielder Corey Hart has been with the organization longer. Fielder even predated general manager Doug Melvin, who was hired in September 2002 and on Tuesday called Fielder the cornerstone of the Brewers' return to relevance.
"My approach with Prince is that he helped turn this organization around," Melvin said. "He took us from a level where we were rebuilding, and he was 'the guy.' He was here even before Ryan [Braun] was. Prince, I feel proud of the opportunity we were able to give him here, and he capitalized on it.
"We traded Lyle Overbay coming off a monster year for Lyle Overbay [at the 2005 Winter Meetings, clearing a spot in the big league lineup for Fielder], and that was a huge gamble. Prince stepped up. What else can you ask? The guy plays every day, every inning, and he brought a lot of great emotion to this franchise. [TABLE="class: floatLeft, width: 200"]
"In some sense, I'm glad he got a good contract that he's satisfied with. We knew early on that we probably weren't going to be in it. I think Prince probably knew that, too."
Fielder's long-expected departure will help the Brewers bolster their next wave of talent. He was a Type A free agent, so Milwaukee will get Detroit's first-round pick in the 2012 Draft (27th overall), plus a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds. Because the Brewers already owned the 28th overall pick by virtue of their 2011 regular-season record, they will own back-to-back selections in next year's first round.
But the Major League club has a huge hole to fill. Fielder was a three-time National League All-Star, three times finished in the top four in NL MVP balloting and bashed 230 home runs, second in Brewers history to Hall of Famer Robin Yount.
Fielder is also the Brewers' all-time leader with a .390 on-base percentage, ranks second (to longtime teammate Braun) with a .540 slugging percentage and third with 566 walks. He's sixth in club history with 656 RBIs, though every member of the top five played at least 150 games more in a Brewers uniform than Fielder's 998.
"He's been our franchise," said Hart. "He's a star. He's a game-changer. Having him made our team scary."
The Brewers had not seriously discussed a contract extension with Fielder since 2010 Spring Training, when Melvin, assistant GM Gord Ash and principal owner Mark Attanasio met with agent Scott Boras in Los Angeles.
Melvin called it Milwaukee's "best pitch," though he would not reveal once and for all the terms of that pitch. It's been reported in some places as five years and $100 million, and other places as six years at $120 million or more.
Since then, the Brewers have allocated resources elsewhere, including contract extensions for Braun, Hart, Rickie Weeks and Yovani Gallardo.
"We had to go on and do our business," Melvin said.
Unable to find common ground on an extension, the Brewers and Fielder avoided arbitration last winter with a $15.5 million, one-year deal and tried to win in 2011 with a remade pitching rotation. It worked to the tune of 96 regular-season wins -- a franchise record -- and a five-game series win over the D-backs in the NL Division Series. The Brewers went as far as Game 6 of the NL Championship Series before falling to the eventual World Series champion Cardinals.
Fielder, who had been admittedly frustrated in 2010 after his contract talks did not progress, bounced back in 2011 with one of his finest all-around seasons. He batted .299 in the regular season with 38 home runs and 120 RBIs, and played all 162 games for the second time in three years.
After the Brewers' NLCS ouster, Attanasio promised the Brewers would be part of the Fielder "sweepstakes," and indeed Melvin had a handful of sit-downs with Boras this winter. But they focused mostly on other clients, and never, according to Melvin, discussed a one-year deal that would have allowed Fielder to re-enter free agency next winter.
"We never had that conversation, and if we did, it was way, way back, so far I don't even remember it," Melvin said. "He was never going to sign a one-year contract. Whoever put that [rumor] out there was obviously not involved in it."
The next time Fielder sees the Brewers, he will be an opponent. The Brewers play three American League Central teams in 2012, but the Tigers are not one of them.
"I think everybody saw how our fans feel about Prince Fielder," Attanasio said in October. "The entire stadium was standing for his [final] at-bat, and it's clear that the fans love Prince, and the organization loves him, too.
"One of the great things about Prince, and there are a lot of them, is that the guy plays 162 games, and if it was up to him, he would play every inning of every game. You talk about a bedrock out there, who is out there every single day bringing emotion, that's Prince."
The Brewers will have to find a new bedrock at first base. At the moment, longtime prospect Mat Gamel is penciled in at that position. He batted .310 with 28 home runs and 96 RBIs last season at Triple-A Nashville.
Milwaukee will also rely on its pitching, including a five-man starting rotation that returns intact from 2011. Also back are setup man Francisco Rodriguez and closer John Axford, giving the Brewers, on paper, an extremely competitive staff.
"We have our pitching back," Hart said as the Brewers packed their bags in October. "Our pitching was the difference, and we're excited that they're all going to be back. We'll have 95 percent of our team back next year, and I'm sure Doug will do what he always does, and go out and find guys that fit in. I don't expect us to be anything less than we were [in 2011]. Hopefully, the experience will make us better."


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Microsoft is preparing to announce the first public release of Silverlight, the new name for what was formerly Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, or WPF/E. The technologies will be formally announced at the "Mix07" conference, which starts on April 30 in Las Vegas.
Silverlight is a set of technologies that are based on the Windows Presentation Foundation programming interfaces that shipped with Windows Vista. Formerly codenamed Avalon, the WPF toolkit allows all sorts of different multimedia types to be displayed on the screen, including vector graphics and video files. The language used to construct WPF objects is Microsoft's XAML, a XML-based user interface composition language. The idea behind WPF was to cleanly separate the user interface from the program itself. WPF/E was intended to be a cross-platform version of WPF that didn't have all the features of WPF, such as 3D acceleration support.
Silverlight running on Firefox, panning and zooming a vector image. Image courtesy of Microsoft.
Now, with the fancy new Silverlight name, Microsoft is planning on positioning Silverlight as a replacement for other web-based graphics technologies, such as Adobe's Flash. Microsoft is pushing the fact that Silverlight can deliver streaming videos encoded with its own VC-1 codec, which can be delivered in up to 720 lines of resolution. Flash, currently the king of streaming video on the Internet thanks to YouTube, is limited to 576 lines.
On the server side, Silverlight applications will work fine with Linux-based web servers, but Microsoft is encouraging people to use Windows-based servers by bundling extra tools to make the process easier. Windows Server "Longhorn"—the server version of Vista expected to ship later this year—will come with Streaming Media Services for deploying VC-1 video for Silverlight clients.
Microsoft will have to work hard to get developers to move away from solutions like Flash that have worked for many years, but the Redmond giant is nothing if not patient. The company will present Silverlight at the National Association of Broadcasters conference this week, and plans to demonstrate an trio of Silverlight applications: a Major League Baseball online stats and video system, a suite of set-top box apps made by IPTV technology developer Brightcove, and an Internet video player that can seamlessly overlap small banner-type ads created by advertising media developer Eyeblaster.


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Food at Work
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On a recent episode of The Office, the secretary, Pam, is charged by management to keep an eye on her boss, Michael (Steve Carell), recording his every move. This grows difficult because the day she's supposed to do this is Pretzel Daya man comes once a year to the office with a pretzel cart, and everyone in the building lines up for fresh, hot pretzels. Michael spends his entire day waiting in line.
The paradox herethat Michael spends his entire day at work doing something that he could do much more quickly if he weren't at workbrings to light the way food operates for most white collar workers in America. It's a necessary respite, an almost all-consuming need for pleasure that makes the hours of repetitive typing, e-mailing, and phone-answering tolerable. Food is the carrot that dangles in front of the donkey: It's what gets us through the first few hours of the day (where will we go to lunch?) and what gets us through the second half of the day, too (what will we eat for dinner?).
Thinking about food at work accounts for the popularity of food blogs (especially blogs like San Francisco's Burrito Eater or New York City's Midtown Lunch that reveal places to eat near the office), the expansion of easy home-cooking shows (a 30-minute meal after an eight-hour day has its appeal), and the escalation of normal work fare (coffee and muffins) to more refined options (lattes and scones). My friend Lisa's office gets bakery deliveries that include pretzel croissants and tubs of lychee fruit. Other friends, such as D., have to plan office birthday parties on a regular basis because her co-workers demand a moment for cake and soda at least once a week. These small doses of food help keep the people happy, and staying happy at work is something many struggle to do.
Case in point, Lisa once decided to bake cookies for her friend's birthday at work. She recounts the story on IM:
Lisa: i brought in cookies for my friend's birthday
Lisa: and i put them on the file cabinet near my desk that is in a frequently passed area so that everyone could enjoy them
Lisa: my boss came by in the morning and took one
Lisa: and didn't actually say anything to me
Lisa: then five minutes later he called the girl who sits next to me
Lisa: and told her to bring all the cookies into his office
Lisa: and she told me that he asked for them all
Lisa: and i was like "umm... those aren't his cookies and he didn't actually even say thank you for the one he already ate... that is not cool"
Lisa: especially since the guy whose birthday it was hadn't come in to work yet
Lisa: so i went to his office to reclaim them
Lisa: except his door was closed and he was meeting with two other people (both from our company) and sharing my cookies with them
Lisa: and then his door finally opened
Lisa: and i went to get them
Lisa: but he wasn't in his office
Lisa: so i just went in and took them back
Lisa: and i passed him in the hallway on the way back to my desk
Lisa: and said "I'm taking my cookies back"
Lisa: and he just sort of grunted at me and kept walking.
Her boss was subsequently fired (for unrelated reasons)still, a small victory for food in the workplace.
Actually, the bureaucracy that Lisa describes speaks to the larger issue when it comes to food at work: (big word alert!) institutionalization. Work, like school, camp, and prison, is an institution. Institutions, as I learned in a law school psychology class (I got a C in the class so don't take what I'm saying too seriously) operate like mothers: feeding, nurturing, and structuring the day for the "children." People who enjoy institutions tend to have oral personalitiesthey like to be nurturedand it makes sense, then, that people at work crave food.
Doesn't it feel special at the office when someone brings in gourmet doughnuts? Moreso than if you went to the gourmet doughnut shop by yourself and had one? That's because it's happening within the walls of an institution. It's like your mother letting you stay up past your bedtime or your teacher giving you a free homework pass. The context is what gives you that rush: It's the rush of momentary liberation, a freedom that seems otherwise unattainable.
I never understood the power of food at work until I, myself, was at work at a law firm in Los Angeles. The coffee at this office was terrible. They had this machine where you inserted little packets of your choosing into a slot and then hot water came down and brewed you an individual cup. I hated it (though many people liked it). And though they did bring in doughnuts every day, after a while, the thrill of doughnuts grew old.
Since this was a period in my life when I was discovering cooking, I decided one night to make a mango cake from one of Sara Moulton's cookbooks. The kitchen where I lived (a tiny apartment complex for actors in Burbank) was ill-equipped, and I barely had enough equipment to cut the mangos and mix the batter. But I finished the cake and it tasted goodreally goodand I thought I'd take a few pieces to work.
I wrapped these pieces in aluminum foil, put them in a plastic bag, and took them into my cubicle. I didn't know many other people yetI had just a few friends and these were the ones I gave the cake to.
I may as well have sent "I hate you notes" to everyone else. Word quickly spread about my cake, and interns began popping up at my desk. "I hear you made cake," they said.
"Oh," I said. "I'm sorry there isn't any left."
The looks they gave me were death glares. It was like bringing a few bottles of water into the desert and tossing them off casually to the parched people closest to you.
"Next time make enough for everyone," one of the senior associates snapped later in the day.
Yikes. I learned my lesson. I gave up law and decided to become a writer. Now I'm my own boss, and I reward myself with food the same way I rewarded myself with food in an office, only I won't spend the whole day waiting in line for a pretzel because it's my time I'd be wasting. I suppose that's ultimately how food relates to work: When you're working for others, it's time you get to take back for yourself. To plant your ass in a chair for eight or more hours a day entitles you to coffee, cookies, and cake. If your boss takes them away, you storm the Bastille and demand them back. "Let us eat cake," should be the rallying cry.
The evidence suggests that a little food goes a long way at work.
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