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In the last three posts we have discovered that coaching is essential to every great moment; the necessity for coaching at this particular moment in the life of the American church and the crucial role a coach plays in the life of a leader. In the next few paragraphs I'll give you a coaching tool that is simple and reproducible. The following are six coaching questions that will grow great leaders. If you can remember just six words you can begin to use it with your leaders starting today. I use it with the apprentice leader of my small group. I also use it when coaching church planters and network leaders. I will give you a word to remember; then a question that goes with that word and a brief explanation behind the genius of that question.
1) YOU - "How are you?"
Never forget that at the heart of effective coaching is a relational investment. It may sound cliché, but it's still true: "People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." I begin every coaching conversation by checking in and asking, "How are you doing?" Don't let the simplicity of this underwhelm you. Notice over the next week how many meetings you are in where no one bothers to check in and ask how you're really doing. So, when you coach, make sure you ask about their marriage, their kids, their physical well-being. All these things impact a leader. This question allows the coach to show that he cares first, before moving on to the tasks at hand.
2) CELEBRATING - "What are you celebrating?"
The next coaching question gives you a great opportunity to celebrate how God is at work in the life and ministry of the person you are coaching. Some churches have weird cultures where if you talk about where you are winning, it seems like you are bragging. This question gives the people you are leading permission to talk about wins and you can celebrate together. You get to catch them doing it right!
Asking this question also reinforces the values and vision of your church and/or ministry. We should celebrate what we value! If we value life-change, leadership development, reproducing groups, people being baptized – celebrate it! In addition to reinforcing values and vision, moving from "How are you?" to "What are you celebrating?" keeps the tone of the coaching meeting very relational and positive. It's tempting to quickly focus on what's not working or what is broken. This question keeps the conversation focused on where the leader is feeling successful.
3) CHALLENGES - "What challenges are you facing?"
The next coaching question is, "What challenges are you facing?" You might be thinking, "We finally got to something productive." Yes, the previous questions are very relational, but remember that when it comes to coaching the relationship really is the task. This third question gives your leader an opportunity to talk openly about the things that aren't going very well in his group, team or ministry. Obstacles and challenges need to be acknowledged and owned before they can be addressed and overcome. As a coach, part of your role is to ensure that you provide a safe, confidential, and empowering environment for your leaders to talk openly about these challenges.
4) DOING - "What are you doing about it?"
Once a leader has disclosed some areas where he or she may be experiencing some challenges with their life, group, or ministry it is tempting to quickly move into "fix-it" mode and try to solve the problem for him. No! Don't do it! There are times when a leader will need your insight and wisdom. However, the best way you can serve a leader is to help them tap into the wisdom and insight God has already given them to deal with the situation they are facing. It is the coach's role to draw those answers or solutions out of the leader. Asking the question, "What are you doing about it?" and then listening is what your leader needs most. Other questions like that: "What would you like to see happen?" "What would need to take place in order for change to occur?" "Who might be able to help overcome this challenge?" When the leader answers those questions it will empower him or her and increase the their confidence in their ability to address whatever challenge they needs to resolve. You are trying to develop leaders who can solve their own problems and meet challenges. You do not want to create a dependency on you.
5) HELP - "How can I help you?"
If you never get to the fifth question because the leader has already come up with an action plan, considers yourself an extremely effective coach. The goal is not to answer all of your leader's questions or solve all her challenges. Remember - the goal is to help him or her discover the answers herself so that when you're not around she will be able to deal with the challenges that come her way. But there are times when a coach needs to step in and offer whatever assistance is necessary to help a leader in need and so we ask, "How can I help you?" And once the leader you are coaching tells you how they can help, you need to come through for them.
6) PRAY - "How can I pray for you?"
The best way to wrap up a coaching conversation is to ask the leader how you can be praying for him or her. It is also a great opportunity for you, the coach to ask the leader to be praying for you. This is one way a coach can help the leader know that this relationship is mutually beneficial. After the leader has had a chance to express some areas where he or she is in need of prayer, take a few moments to pray for the leader and reassure them that you will be praying regularly. The most attentive and active coach can only occasionally be available to his leader. However, prayer can be the sustaining environment that provides continuity and the assurance that you are keeping the leader in your thoughts in between huddles and one-on-one meetings.
I'd love to get your feedback on this important topic. Have you tried these questions and did they work for you? What other questions do you effectively use in your coaching?


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Detroit businesses, state and local partners to train talent for IT industry
Friday, April 13, 2012
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Wayne County Community College District, Workforce Intelligence Network, Detroit Workforce Development Department, and local IT companies will launch a new initiative
DETROIT – On Monday, April 16, 2012, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD), Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN), Detroit Workforce Development Department (DWDD), and local IT companies will launch a new initiative to meet the growing need for skilled IT professionals in southeast Michigan.
With support from the MEDC, the Shifting Code program will train 32 participants in Advanced JavaScript at WCCCD's School of Continuing Education Training Center in Downtown Detroit. The initiative will assist experienced programmers develop critical skills needed to meet the demands of employers partners.
"While there has long been a need to develop a more robust IT talent pipeline in southeast Michigan, Shifting Code takes a significantly different approach to addressing this need," said MEDC President and CEO Michael A. Finney. "Having a public workforce development system that is responsive to the needs of industry is part of our commitment to reinvent government and create more and better jobs in Michigan. This program is 100 percent demand-side, employer-driven, and project based."
Employer partners include the IT in the D companies, an industry focused response to address the skill gap and IT talent shortage in the region. Headed by Compuware, Quicken, GalaxE Solutions, and Marketing Associates, the group has identified skilled needs and projects that will be the focus of classroom-based training. IT in the D will also provide mentors for program participants as they move from the classroom to practicum experiences.
"We recognize that the needs of the IT sector can change very quickly," said Dr. Curtis Ivery, WCCCD Chancellor. "If we are to meet the training and professional development needs of these employers, our services must reflect this."
Shifting Code was launched by the MEDC in January 2012 to provide advanced short-term training opportunities for IT and high-tech professionals looking to upgrade their advanced skills in high-demand technical computer systems and software development. The first cohort in Ann Arbor focused on Drupal programming. Additional cohorts are currently under development and will be announced at the Shifting Code website at www.mitalent.org.
WIN, a partnership of eight southeast Michigan community colleges and seven workforce development agencies, has played a significant role in facilitating the collaboration of public and private partners with WCCCD taking the lead role of developing the curriculum, assessing program participants and providing faculty in the delivery of classroom-based instruction.
The training will take place at the Wayne County Community College District Administration Building, located at 801 W. Fort Street, Detroit, Mich.
About Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is the state's marketing arm and lead advocate for business development, job awareness and community development with the focus on growing Michigan's economy. For more information on the MEDC and our initiatives, visit www.MichiganBusiness.org. For Pure Michigan® tourism information, your trip begins at www.michigan.org. Join the conversation on: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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Younger players might have a ball monkeying around with Sega's latest adventure.
Aimed at a younger demographic, I can't really berate Super Monkey Ball Adventure for not being the game that I want it to be – despite how immature I may act at times. This game takes the Monkey Ball series in a logical new direction but it doesn't actually reach its destination.
Super Monkey Ball Adventure still incorporates the monkey-in-the-bubble platform/puzzle premise but it incorporates a story that includes character interaction, hence the word "Adventure" in the title. The Story mode is kind of like seeing your favorite Saturday cartoon series made into a big-screen movie – of the low budget variety starring Eugene Levy as someone's dad.
If you're unfamiliar with the basic gameplay of Monkey Ball read on. Using the pair of analog stick controllers on the PS2 you maneuver a large ball around that has a monkey stuck in it. Don't ask. The environments are obstacle traps filled with hills, ramps, ledges, booby traps and other precarious perches. Some of these environments are continually moving forcing you to think before you act, hence the puzzle-solving aspect of the gameplay. The list of moves in previous Monkey Ball games was rather limited to rolling and bouncing around. In this game you can jump, stick to walls, hover, combust into flames, become invisible and even deliver punches courtesy of a cartoon inspired, spring loaded boxing glove. The gameplay is an amalgam of platforming and puzzle-solving but the bottom line is to keep the monkey ball rolling to the end of the level and not end up falling off the platform.
In the great land of the five Monkey Kingdoms, disharmony has befallen the individual kingdoms and several factions are unwilling to give their blessing to the union of the Prince and Princess. Once a happy place, all of the kingdoms are in turmoil over various situations and to add insult to injury many un-well wishers wish nothing but doom on the two love monkeys who have taken refuge at Jungle Island. Here they run into the
Monkey Ball gang consisting of AiAi, Mee Mee, Baby and Gon Gon who all agree to take on the quest of lending a hand to the various kingdoms to help them out of their dilemmas in an attempt to restore happiness and allow the Princess and Prince to marry. I'm sure that somewhere in the game developers' handbook there has been a market study indicating that Princesses and Princes appeal to the most impressionably demographic (anyone under 10) with the most disposable income (that would be mom and dad).
The developers realize that having the monkey roll around in a ball, and you can choose any of your favorites at the outset to do this with, can get a little tedious so they have included a story that involves you doing different tasks for other monkeys throughout the five kingdoms. Most of them are fetch quests in which you traverse through each challenging environment to pick up and deliver a specific item. Now that the game includes new moves the tasks can be a little more imaginative including destroying a bee's nest. Doesn't that sound like fun?
While this may be all fine and dandy, there still remains one huge annoying quandary: The monkey never leaves the ball. At no time can you escape from the ball and do some things that come naturally to monkeys such as climb, jump, swing or huck your feces around. This is frustrating, not to mention malicious treatment of the damn monkeys. Has the SPCA been notified about this game?
What this game does well is to establish a gameplay format that is easy to understand and relatively easy to play. The pace is relaxed and focused, making it very comfortable and enjoyable to play in a mindless kind of way. It doesn't get particularly frenetic, at least not in the Story mode, and considering how smooth and responsive the controls are with the dual analog sticks controlling the ball and the left and right shoulder buttons controlling the camera there isn't much to complain about from a technical standpoint. Sure the gameplay gets redundant, but so do many classic games. The environment keeps changing and new moves are added so there are always slight changes to keep one interested.
For a little more spice on your banana there is a Challenge mode that lets you run the obstacle courses within a given time limit. There is also a four-player Party Games mode that features mini-games such as Monkey Race, Monkey Target, Monkey Fight, Monkey Bounce, Monkey Canon and Monkey Tag. This collection of mini-games games are really easy to pick-up-and-play and are perfect for parties where youngsters need more stimulation brought on by heavy doses of sugared drinks and treats.
Graphically the game is firmly relegated to the average category. At least you can see the layout of the area clearly and know immediately where to go, unless of course it's part of the puzzle to confuse and confound you. All the graphic elements including the trees, grass, rocks, structures and surreal flourishes do not blend very well. They all look prefabricated and not naturally occurring. The monkeys are cute but that can really get on your nerves after a while. They use an annoying monkey chat that sounds like baby talk. The music is also a little irritation, it's somewhere between a circus melody and a lullaby. I know that adding Nine Inch Nails to the soundtrack might be a little harsh but tunes with a bit more meat on them surely wouldn't offend the kids.
Super Monkey Ball Adventure is at least recommended for a rental. It's good clean fun but the smile on your face, like the one painted on a clown, will be wiped off in time.


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Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder passed down through families.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, or sometimes oats (including medications). When a person with celiac disease eats or drinks anything containing gluten, the immune system responds by damaging the lining of the intestinal tract. This damage affects the body's ability to absorb nutrients.
For specific information about the disease (including symptoms and treatment), see: Celiac disease.
Carefully following a gluten-free diet helps prevent symptoms of the disease.
Staples of the gluten-free diet include:
You can eat foods such as pasta, bread, pancakes, and pastries made with alternative grains (rice, buckwheat, tapioca, potato, or corn flours and starches).
You can buy these products through local and national food companies, or you can make them from scratch using alternative flours and grains.
Other food items you may use for cooking include:
The gluten-free diet involves removing all foods, drinks, and medications made from gluten. This means not eating anything made with barley, rye, and wheat. All items made with all-purpose, white, or wheat flour are prohibited.
Obvious sources of gluten include:
Less obvious foods that must be eliminated include:
There is a risk of cross-contamination. Items that are naturally gluten-free may become contaminated if they are made on the same production line, or moved together in the same place, as foods containing gluten.
Eating at restaurants, work, school, and social gatherings can be challenging. Call ahead and plan. It is important to read labels before buying or eating, due to the widespread use of wheat and barley in foods.
Despite its challenges, maintaining a healthy, balanced diet is possible with education and planning.
Once you have been diagnosed with celiac disease, it is very important that you talk to a registered dietitian who specializes in celiac disease and the gluten-free diet.
Joining a local support group is also recommended. Support groups can help people with celiac disease share practical advice on ingredients, baking, and ways to cope with this life-altering, lifelong disease.
See also: Celiac disease support group
Your doctor might prescribe a multivitamin and mineral or individual nutrient supplement to correct or prevent a deficiency.
Gluten-free diet; Gluten sensitive enteropathy - diet; Celiac sprue - diet
Green PH, Cellier C. Celiac disease. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:1731-1743.
Gemrad CE, Powell DW. Approach to the patient with diarrhea and malabsorption. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 143.
Reviewed by: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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- online: larger publications such as our Annual report and the Portfolio presentation of our projects
Go to our online publications - digital: many technical documents and all publications from before 2020 are accessible via this page.
- print: mostly publications for meetings and advocacy regarding specific audiences.
The objective of the 2018 High-Level Meeting was to help decide the scope and character of a future third EDCTP programme, EDCTP3, and how it…
Engaging African governments to strengthen national health research systems with complementary international collaboration
The EDCTP high-level meeting was organised as a side meeting during the 68th session of the WHO AFRO Regional Committee meeting and took place in Dakar,…
EDCTP Annual Report 2017 - Maintaining momentum
Development and strengthening of the national health research systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Report of the EDCTP-WHO kick-off meeting for the project to develop en strengthen the national health research systems in sub-Saharan Africa. The meeting was held…
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Print became the first of the mass media in the nineteenth century, as industrial technologies of production and distribution were gradually applied to newspapers, periodicals and books. These changes affected all areas of publishing, including the sciences. There are two main ways in which publishing affected the sciences: firstly, in the communication of discoveries and new results within the scientific community; and secondly, in the discussion of science and nature among the general public. There were, however, many points of overlap between these areas, as the distinction between professional and popular spheres was still in the process of being made. Hence, scientific bestsellers such as Constitution of Man (1828) and Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844) were certainly popular in terms of their sales figures, but also made claims to expertise. Even some more acknowledged scholarly works, such as Origin of Species (1859), sold enough copies to prove their popularity with the general public.
Men of science had been communicating their discoveries through print long before the nineteenth century, usually through books, but also, from the late seventeenth-century, through the pages of periodicals. In the nineteenth century, the big change was the increasing importance of periodicals. At the beginning of the century, there were relatively few journals, and no strong incentive for men of science to publish at all. By the end of the century, publication had become crucial to a career in the sciences, and publication in one of the many increasingly specialised journals was the most usual way for new results to appear.
In the first few decades of the nineteenth century, the Royal Society and its Philosophical Transactions ceased to be seen as a suitable forum for increasingly specialised work. Specialist scientific societies began to spring up (the Geological Society in 1807, the Astronomical Society 1820, Chemical Society etc.), and they began to issue their own Transactions, Proceedings, and Quarterly Journals. There were also a few journals issued by commercial publishers (such as Taylor and Francis's Philosophical Magazine, 1798), but these tended to suffer from financial troubles, closures and mergers until about mid-century, by which time there was a more established market for that sort of publication. By the time Nature was launched by the publisher Macmillan in 1869, the size of the scientific community had increased, and the publication of papers had become a central part of a scientist's career. Hence, Nature was able to find both contributors and readers.
In terms of publications on the sciences for the general public, things also changed significantly in the nineteenth century. In the eighteenth century, there had been some books on the sciences for non-specialists, but these - like most books of their time - were relatively expensive works, and only for the upper ranks of society. During the nineteenth century, the application of production techniques such as steam printing, mechanical paper-making and stereotyping made printing large numbers of cheap publications viable, while new techniques of distribution, including the railways and the penny post, but also the growth of shops and advertising, meant that the cheap publications could be physically transported to their market of readers.
At the start of the century, a typical volume could easily cost 10 shillings. In the 1820s, a volume of a new work might still cost that much, but a volume of a reprint might only be 5 or 6 shillings. By mid-century, reprints at 5 or 6 shillings were common, and some were available at 2 or 3 shillings. In the second half of the century, new books also benefited from cheaper prices. A similar story could be told for periodicals, which increased in periodicity (from quarterlies, to monthlies, to weeklies) over the first half of the century, and fell in price. The weeklies of the 1840s and 1850s typically cost a penny.
As far as the sciences are concerned, general treatises for educated middle-class people were produced throughout the century, with their prices gradually falling. The more important innovation was the development of a scientific literature adapted for lower-middle and working-class people- adapted in both price and style. Some philanthropic attempts had been made in the late 1820s to produce cheap works on the sciences (e.g. by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1826-46), but these were rarely commercially successful. The efforts did demonstrate, however, that the sciences were seen (by liberal Whigs) as valuable knowledge for the working classes. By the 1840s, commercial publishers (e.g. William and Robert Chambers) were beginning to produce successful series of popular science works - these were usually cheaper, shorter, and less technical than their predecessors for middle-class readers. The institutionalisation of the sciences, in universities and (by the 1870s) in schools, can also be seen in the developing trade in textbooks.
There were some periodicals in the 1820s which included a large proportion of scientific material as part of their 'instructive and amusing' mission (the Penny Magazine and Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, both of 1832), and by the 1860s, there were specialist popular science journals (Recreative Science, 1859, and Popular Science Monthly 1895). There was also a whole range of more specialist but still general interest magazines, usually cheap but not very cheap, such as the Mechanics' Magazine and Darwin's favourite, the Gardeners' Chronicle 1841.
In addition to specialist science journals and books, scientific material also appeared in more general publications. The SciPer project is investigating the scientific content of a range of periodicals, from literary journals to children's magazines. And from the 1840s onwards, science could make news, with new discoveries, or meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, appearing in the newspapers.
All of these changes in the publication of science for laymen indicate that science was growing in public appeal throughout the century - people wanted to read about it, and publishers were able to provide a range of books and periodicals for different audiences. Publishers were thus crucial to the developing professionalisation of the sciences (by providing places to publish results) but also, and perhaps even more significantly, in increasing the public awareness and understanding of the sciences. The end result was that the sciences in the late nineteenth century had achieved a level of cultural authority undreamt of in the early years of the century.
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Fairyland, Book 2
Synopsis: September has longed to return to Fairyland after her first adventure there. And when she finally does, she learns that its inhabitants have been losing their shadows—and their magic—to the world of Fairyland Below. This underworld has a new ruler: Halloween, the Hollow Queen, who is September's shadow. And Halloween does not want to give Fairyland's shadows back.
Fans of Valente's bestselling, first Fairyland book will revel in the lush setting, characters, and language of September's journey, all brought to life by fine artist Ana Juan. Readers will also welcome back good friends Ell, the Wyverary, and the boy Saturday. But in Fairyland Below, even the best of friends aren't always what they seem. . . .
Review: I was really curious to immerse myself in the second volume of Fairyland after a first magical and colorful volume.
A year has passed since the end of the previous novel and September is now 13. But this girl hopes for returning to this magical country to see her friends she is missing so much. Yet no one comes to get her and nothing is possible. In any case until, according to two people, she manages to find a way to return to Fairyland. However, the world she left is different than it is now… Indeed, it seems that every person living here is losing his shadow disappearing in Fairyland below, causing them to lose powers and skills they might have before. But September is determined to understand what is happening and to go in that other universe to change the process. This is how she discovers that her shadow Halloween has since become the queen and is stealing all the shadows of the world to leave them the opportunity to live the life that they can actually have. But September is determined to oppose this and in this environment, she will discover the shadows of her friends and will understand that they are not exactly like the characters she had learned to love. Oh yes because they act quite differently and are quite complementary of the real ones. But while our heroine shares a new adventure, accompanied by some shadows but also by a new character, a dodo fun to explore, it could be that she realizes that nothing is all white or black and her research may well have a very different result.
I took a great pleasure in discovering this new novel and in returning once again with September in Fairyland. We can only appreciate all the characters that we discovered once and still hope to see them again in the next book. It's pretty interesting to see that the girl keeps a cool head and does not try to be considered for something she's not. She does not want to be queen or a princess but only herself and nothing else. Her confrontation with the shadows of the world fascinated me because it is true that everything is very different here but I was curious to see the differences with the original characters. Also I found the end really well done and everything was really touching. I'm curious to see what the author will present later anyway!
But that's not all because we also have some bonus at the end of the book as Catherynne M. Valente visits this world she created and thus have a discussion with Ell that affects us particularly. It's very touching to see her conversation with one of her creations.
In any case it was a very nice novel full of magic and characters we love. A very nice surprise once again and a story we should not hesitate to share.


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Choose a dark blue, ivory, or gold tablecloth with a ravishing design. Find a 90 inch or 70 inch round tablecloth, or go with one of the many oblong options from 60"x84" to 60"x140" in size. Pick out designs like damask, Victorian lace, or buffalo check, and let your dining room take shape.
No longer just for opulent banquets and other fancy affairs, tablecloths are a staple of everyday decorating in today's home. For a trace of warmth in an austere dining room, let a gold tablecloth from Waterford(R) Linens add a honeyed glow. The shimmering fabric is a gorgeous foundation for black charger plates, creating a color dynamic that speaks to the room's relaxed sophistication.
Interested in more of a rustic farmhouse feel? You can't go wrong with a black and white checkered tablecloth. Buffalo check lends itself gorgeously to the warm grays that often dominate this style—those found in say, a birch bark vase or a whitewash egg crate filled with a decanter and glasses.
A log cabin look is easily achieved with a plaid tablecloth. Likewise, a checkered tablecloth with a small-scale print is also an option, reminiscent of a picnic blanket spread over a grassy, sunlit meadow. Red and white check looks glorious beneath a simple glass vase brimming with white blooms.
Before you get too carried away with design, it's usually a good idea to decide first which size you'll need. A 70 inch round tablecloth is an excellent choice for a table on the smaller side. This might be ideal for either a 36 or 48 inch round table, so long as you don't want the fabric overhang reaching the floor. If you find that you do need a little extra overhang, however, a 90 inch round tablecloth might be more your speed.
For those with a traditional rectangular or oval table, an oblong 60"x120" tablecloth is an apt choice, though you can also find dimensions like 60"x84" up to 140", depending on your needs. Generally speaking, a 6 or 8 foot long rectangular table will look best with the 60"x120" size. Anything shorter in length will require the 60"x84" dimensions, while even longer tables are certain to require the 60"x140" tablecloth.
- For round tables, measure the diameter of your table. Then, measure the desired drop (from the table's edge down to where you would like the tablecloth to hang.) Multiply the drop by two. Then add it to your diameter measurement. This will give you the necessary diameter of your tablecloth.
- For rectangular or oval tables, measure the width of your table. Then, measure the length. Next, measure the desired drop (again, from the table's edge down to where you'd like the tablecloth to hang.) Multiply the drop by two. Then add this measurement to both the width and the length. This will give you the necessary width and length of your tablecloth.
Still not sure exactly which size to buy? You have a couple of ways to go about this:
It's as simple as that! Decide on which color you need, whether that's dark blue, crisp white, or rich burgundy, and give your ordinary dining table a decorative boost.


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Daniel Kramer. Photo: mariinsky.ru |
The American-British director, 39, is currently staging ENO's new Tristan and Isolde. His work with ENO extends backs to 2008: he was selected as part of ENO's young director's initiative for which he directed Punch and Judy at the Young Vic, which won the South Bank Show Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera. He also directed Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle for the company at the Coliseum in 2009.
He is nevertheless best known for his work in theatre, notably as an associate at the Gate, Notting Hill, and the Young Vic, plus being creative associate at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is at a stage of life and career at which we can expect him to be hungry for success and creative about how to achieve it.
ENO says: "The appointment was made by a panel of ENO Board Members chaired by Harry Brunjes, including Louise Jeffreys and Anthony Whitworth-Jones. The views of members of the Orchestra and Chorus and the senior artistic team were also taken into account. Daniel was unanimously chosen as the exceptional individual from a very strong field of candidates."
Daniel Kramer says: ""I am honoured to join this wonderful Company. The core of English National Opera is its unique Company spirit – its award-winning orchestra and chorus and its incredible staff, stage and house crew. My intention is to champion this family and to inspire audiences night after night with a thrilling programme of musical diversity, attracting audiences from opera to operetta through to popular music. We will work, too, with the wider community outside the Coliseum, to develop emerging talent and new audiences. We are here to play and sing for you. I hope you will join us in this new chapter of our evolution."
I'm just waiting for the howls of outrage to start sounding round and about at the inclusion of the words "popular music". But if ENO is to remain the company we love and treasure, it needs a figure who can inspire confidence, around whom there is a genuine creative fizz, and who can attract a strong music director to stand alongside him. First sense is that Kramer fits the bill. Can he bring back the glory days? Let's hope so and wish him well with all our hearts, because it probably won't be easy.


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For fans of modern blues and/or classic rock looking for a quality axe that can take them from slicing bridge-pickup leads to funkier dual-pickup sounds and gristly neck-pickup tones, the Bluesboy is well worth checking out.
When the late Leo Fender sold his cataclysmically industry-altering enterprise to CBS in 1965, it was due to health issues, not a lack of ideas or passion. A few years later, when his health had improved and he was approaching the end of his consultancy/noncompete period with Fender, he amped things up again. He went on to pioneer active basses with his Music Man StingRay design, and then he partnered with his old Fender-days friends, drafstman George Fullerton and Dale Harris, to create G&L in 1980.
G&L (named after George and Leo) has put a lot of its focus on refining the proven formulas that made Leo a god of guitardom—and they've mostly followed that route since Leo's passing in 1991. The Comanche and S-500 built on the Stratocaster recipe with, among other things, tweaks to the vibrato and pickups that are intended to offer greater tonal flexibility and setup precision. The ASAT did the same for the Telecaster formula.
In 2003, G&L introduced the Indonesian-made Tribute series, which includes more affordable versions of the company's mainstays, in addition to the more modern-leaning recent Ascari and Fiorano solidbodies. Here we take a look at the ASAT Bluesboy Classic Semi-Hollow.
Trad Looks with a Modern Twist
No guitar illustrates the overall aim of G&L
design more than this ASAT Bluesboy.
It echoes the venerated original Fender
Telecaster and the later Tele Custom and Tele
Thinline with its light (roughly 6-pound),
two-chambered swamp-ash body, which
features a single f-hole, a bridge single-coil,
and an alnico neck-position humbucker.
Meanwhile, its traditional "ashtray"-style
bridge assures it will appeal to those who've
adapted their picking-hand techniques to
the peculiar-but-endearing design, and yet it
also seems to promise both '50s-style tones
and modern-day precision with its six individually
adjustable brass saddles. Similarly,
the control array—volume and tone knobs
paired with a 3-way pickup selector—and
the 22-fret bolt-on maple neck are reassuringly
old school for players who want traditional
T-style looks, feel, and operation.
Overall build and setup quality on the Bluesboy is very good. The clear-orange finish is smooth and evenly applied other than some spotty application on the inner edges of the f-hole (which also has a little roughness on its interior edges). The neck pocket is impressively tight (the very minor unevenness where the pickguard fits around the neck has absolutely no effect on playability and is only noticeable up close). The ASAT's controls are super solid, too. The pickup selector offers up reassuring clicks so you know right off the bat that the right position is engaged, and the knobs stay where you set them and feel reassuringly robust. If you do a lot of volume-knob swells, you may wish they required a tad less effort to turn, but otherwise you'll breathe a sigh of relief, knowing the knobs will never slip to another setting even under the most Townshend-like picking-hand assault.
As for neck playability, the Bluesboy's medium-jumbo nickel frets are nicely beveled and polished, with a comfier feel at the ends than plenty of more expensive guitars we've seen. Likewise, the medium C-shaped profile occupies a great middle ground that should be comfortable for players with big or smallish hands.
Tone Boy
Tested through a Goodsell Valpreaux 21
augmented on occasion with an overdrive
pedal, the ASAT proved to live up to
the Bluesboy part of its name and then
some—although it's worth noting that it
depends what sort of blues you're into. If
you're a fan of fat, amped-up, Chicago-style
blues—i.e., if you dig the sounds of,
say, Joe Bonamassa or Jonny Lang over
those of John Lee Hooker or Hound Dog
Taylor—you'll dig its hotter-than-vintage
bridge pickup. The G&L MFD (magnetic
field design) single-coil was designed by
Leo Fender, but it's got a more searing,
midrange-y sound than most traditional
T-style fans would expect from the guy
who brought us the wiry-sounding Esquire.
For that crowd, the bridge pickup's substitution
of a more modern, Strat-type
response for classic Tele spank and twang
will likely be at odds with both the guitar's
vintage aesthetics and the perceived reasoning
behind using brass saddles—which
many T-style enthusiasts tend to view as
a step toward authentic '50s-style Tele
tone. Some of that lack of spank is probably
attributable to the guitar's chambered
design—because a semi-hollow body will
never get the same amount of snap as a
solidbody—but it's primarily due to the
voicing of the electronics.
Solid build and quality components. Searing, corpulent
Lack of traditional Tele spank. Mid-heavy tone circuit
may feel limiting to some.
G&L Guitars
That said, the MFD blazes in a classic-rock/modern-blues way that will definitely please players looking for power, sustain, and zing. In fact, the ASAT Classic Bluesboy would be a wonderful choice for Chicago-blues fans who are simply tired of toting around the same S-style guitars that are so common in that field. And if you're into wooly, woofy neck-humbucker sounds that seem to fill every nook and cranny of your practice space, you'll totally dig the AS4255C alnico unit. Switch to it, and you've instantly got so much seething corpulence that it can turn even a moderately distorted amp into a fuzz machine. And when you dial the Bluesboy's tone knob back, the effect is even more pronounced, because the tone pot seems to primarily impact midrange—and that's especially apparent with the neck pickup. This nasal-leaning sweep in the ASAT's tone control is a drastic effect you'll either love or find limiting. If you dig a guitar that enables you to get a parked-wah type sound without a wah, you'll find it gloriously wicked—it cuts through a mix in an unstoppable way that can veer toward either rocking, thinned-out Michael Schenker-type tones with the bridge pickup or more psychedelic jam-band sounds with the neck or both pickups engaged.
If you prefer a neck humbucker with a clear, bell-like response that you can fatten up or mellow out by reining in the tone control, you could easily swap out the tonepot capacitor for a value that enables you to get that sound while also taking advantage of the Bluesboy's other virtues.
The Verdict
Although the Tribute ASAT Classic
Bluesboy Semi-Hollow's vintage aesthetics—especially its use of an ashtray bridge,
brass saddles, and a Leo Fender-designed
bridge single-coil—might lead some to
think it proffers traditional T-style twang,
those seeking the prototypical sounds that
powered early country and blues may find
themselves a little surprised at the guitar's
hotter sonic signature. That said, its build
quality and playing comfort make it a very
promising candidate for mods that could
totally get you into spankier territory, too.
Players most likely to dig the Bluesboy are those looking for more sizzle. If you're a fan of modern blues and/or classic rock, and you're looking for a quality axe that can take you from slicing bridge-pickup leads to funkier dual-pickup sounds and neck-pickup tones so gristly that you may very well be able to take your tamely set fuzz box off your pedalboard, the Bluesboy is well worth checking out.
Watch the video demo:


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Michael Lyons
British art has produced some great modern sculptors: from Henry Moore to Jacob Epstein, from Barbara Hepworth to Lynn Chadwick. It is as though, after centuries of academism, a creative force has been released that is able to be continuously regenerated, to such a point that it has almost produced a kind of school, or at any rate a line or movement that is markedly British. Artists like Kenneth Armitage, Philip King, Antony Caro, Eduardo Paolozzi and the Anglo-Indian Anish Kapoor, to mention but a few, are proof of this ability to turn out great sculptors. In this lively and intellectually stimulating context we find Michael Lyons, a true artist, generous and able to tackle the hard task of the sculptor with an extremely personal vocation, drawing inspiration from poetic forms, with continuous references to nature and to its organic and morphological changes, the same nature in which his works live in symbiosis, having within them a dynamic breath of life. The work of Michael Lyons is not sculpture of the type that "carves away", but on the contrary a continuous assembling, adding and agglomerating of pieces and forms which, when put together, create dynamically concentric and structurally solid compositions that expand into space, creating movements with a totem-like inspiration. His Chinese experience was of particular interest for his artistic maturity, for it helped better define the poetic character and the sense of a type of sculpture that is close to an oriental concept of art, inspired by signs. This view is tied to the forms and contents of his work and, thanks to this relationship, produces a communion of language that, rather like an impluvium, collects the sense of a plastic force in which it can recognise itself and dialogue, and that generates new visions and future prospects in Michael Lyons.
Vincenzo Sanfo


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Forum Post: Netanyahu implicated in nuclear smuggling from U.S. — big story in Israel
Posted 11 years ago on Aug. 7, 2012, 4:36 p.m. EST by frogmanofborneo
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http://mondoweiss.net/2012/07/netanyahu-implicated-in-nuclear-smuggling-from-u-s-big-story-in-israel.html 30Reddit3 Google The Israeli press is picking up Grant Smith's revelation from FBI documents that Benjamin Netanyahu was part of an Israeli smuggling ring that spirited nuclear triggers out of the U.S. in the 80s and 90s.
Arutz Sheva, the nationalist Israeli press:
Declassified FBI documents from a 1985-2002 investigation implicate Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in an initiative to illegally purchase United States nuclear technology for Israel's nuclear program.
Netanyahu was allegedly helped by Arnon Milchan, a Hollywood producer with ties to Israeli prime ministers and U.S. presidents.
The original story was broken by Grant Smith at antiwar.com, "Netanyahu worked inside nuclear smuggling ring":
On June 27, 2012, the FBI partially declassified and released seven additional pages [.pdf] from a 1985–2002 investigation into how a network of front companies connected to the Israeli Ministry of Defense illegally smuggled nuclear triggers out of the U.S.* The newly released FBI files detail how Richard Kelly Smyth — who was convicted of running a U.S. front company — met with Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel during the smuggling operation. At that time, Netanyahu worked at the Israeli node of the smuggling network, Heli Trading Company. Netanyahu, who currently serves as Israel's prime minister, recently issued a gag order that the smuggling network's unindicted ringleader refrain from discussing "Project Pinto."
The Hebrew paper Ma'ariv, in translation:
According to FBI documents released by the United States, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was involved in smuggling in the 70s from the U.S. components of Israeli nuclear program, and assisted by the businessman Arnon Milchan, who according to previous publications was a former Mossad agent.
The documents, declassified in part by the FBI after partial classification removed, describe the findings of the investigation has been performed between the years 1985 to 2002 on about how a network of front companies a U.S. security firm illegally smuggled equipment used for weapons seeds out of the U.S..


text: The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group Topical Group of the American Chemical Society December 1997 Meeting High Throughput Screening Date: Wednesday, December 3, 1997 Place: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Building 401, 59 Route 10, East Hanover, NJ 07950 Itinerary: Social Period & HTS Vendor Show, Bldg 401 Cafeteria - 5:00-7:00 pm Presentations and Panel Discussion, Bldg 401 Auditorium - 7:00-9:15 pm Pre-Registration: For security purposes you must pre-register for this meeting. Indicate names of attendees and company affiliation. Email: dennis.france at pharma.novartis.com Fax: (201)503-6136 An exciting agenda is planned for this meeting centered around High Throughput Screening. During the Social Period which will feature pizza and refreshments, there will be a HTS Vendor's Show. Following will be two presentations, then a group of panelists with diverse experience in automated drug discovery will lead discussions on a wide variety of topics. If you have topics that you would like to discuss in the open forum panel discussion, please send them to zaayenga at lab-robotics.org and the list will be presented to the panel. Members interested in presenting a poster are encouraged to do so. Open career positions at your company may be announced or posted. There is no fee to attend the meeting. HTS Vendors Exhibiting: ----------------------- Amersham Life Science Inc. Argonaut Technologies Beckman / Saigan Instruments Inc. Biodot / Cartesian Technologies Bohdan Automation Inc. LJL BioSystems Inc. Millipore MDL Information Systems Molecular Devices Packard Instrument Company Tecan US Inc. TekCel TomTec Inc. Zymark Corporation ---------------------------------- Poster: Automated Weighing, Labeling and Compound Dissolution Jane Riley Bohdan Automation Inc. Presentation: Strategic Approaches to Cellular Transcriptional HTS Assays Dr. Mel Reichman Vice President Drug Discovery OSI Pharmaceuticals Uniondale, NY Presentation: Development of an Ultra-High Throughput Screening System: Plate Design, Liquid Handling & Image Analysis Dr. Kevin Oldenburg Director of Biomedical Screening Dupont Merck, USA Recent advances in plate design, liquid handling, and imaging have made it possible, for the first time, to create truly ultra-high throughput screening systems. The key engineering challenges which needed to be overcome in order to develop these systems as well as system limitations will be discussed. Data from model systems will be presented comparing the results obtained from the miniaturized format with those obtained from the standard 96-well format. These results demonstrate that the signal to noise ratio and robustness of an assay can be preserved upon miniaturization. The flexibility of this system should make it amenable for screening of not only pharmaceuticals but also for agrochemicals and applied materials. For more information contact: Chairman: Dennis France dennis.france at pharma.novartis.com (201)503-6030 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Vice Chairman: Ed Kanczewski kanczee at aa.wl.com (201)540-6479 Warner-Lambert Secretary: Andy Zaayenga zaayenga at lab-robotics.org (732)302-1038 Plexus Innovative Technologies Treasurer: William Haller bhaller at ompus.jnj.com (908)218-6341 Ortho-McNeil Directions to Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover NJ From New York City: Via George Washington Bridge: Follow Route 80 West to intersection of Route 287 in Parsippany. Take Route 287 South to Route 10 East (exit 39A). Proceed east on Route 10 to Ridgedale Avenue. Turn right onto Ridgedale Avenue and proceed 0.4 miles to Novartis entrance on left. Via Lincoln Tunnel: Follow signs to New Jersey Turnpike. Take Turnpike South to exit 15W. Proceed West on Route 280 to Edwards Road exit. At the end of the exit turn left. This is Edwards Road which turns into Ridgedale Avenue. Follow Ridgedale Avenue across Route 10 to Novartis entrance. From 287 North: Take Route 287 North to Route 10 East (exit 39) and follow to Ridgedale Avenue. Turn right onto Ridgedale Avenue and proceed 0.4 miles to Novartis entrance on left. From Newark Airport: Take Route 78 West to exit for Route 24 West. Proceed on Route 24 to Ridgedale Avenue in Madison, turn right, and follow for several miles to Novartis entrance. From the West: Take Route 80 East to Route 287 in Parsippany. Take Route 287 South to Route 10 East (exit 39A) and follow to Ridgedale Avenue. Turn right onto Ridgedale Avenue and proceed 0.4 miles to Novartis entrance on left. From the South: Take the New Jersey Turnpike to the Garden State Parkway North. Leave the Parkway at exit 145, follow signs to Route 280 West and proceed as outlined above. ---------------------------------- TECAN U.S. is pleased to sponsor this mailing and meeting of the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group. TECAN is committed to the on-going development and delivery of flexible laboratory automation products including liquid handling, separation, and detection instruments. Visit our new U.S. website at http://www.tecan-us.com (11/17/97), or visit our corporate site at http://www.tecan.com. ---------------------------------- Visit the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group homepage at http://lab-robotics.org


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Some patients may soon find out more about their genetic risks than they wanted to — such as whether they are at higher risk for breast cancer or a heart condition — if doctors heed the advice in a long-awaited report issued Thursday.
The report's authors, led by a Boston medical geneticist, urge doctors who sequence a patient's full set of genes for any medical reason to also look for two dozen unrelated genetic conditions, and to tell the individual if they find any of those conditions lurking in the DNA.
The recommendation by a national organization of genetics specialists is the first real effort to delineate how broadly testing laboratories should look for, and reveal, additional potential genetic problems — even if the patient is a child. The conditions are only ones in which advance knowledge could be used in prevention or treatment.
Reaction to the report was mixed. Most physicians and bioethicists commended the effort to establish ground rules for how to deal with the vast amount of information in the genome. But they also raised a spectrum of concerns, especially about whether patients should have a choice in what they want to be told about their genes.
"I give them a lot of credit for taking it on," said George Annas, a bioethicist at Boston University School of Public Health. "Second, I think it needs more work. . . . You can't just take away patient autonomy."
The guidelines, approved in a vote late Tuesday afternoon by the board of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, were issued as rapid technology advances have made whole-genome sequencing cheaper and faster. Just a handful of people now have their full genomes sequenced as part of medical care, but many predict that within a few years it will become more common.
Although the recommendations are not binding, they provide important guidance to doctors.
"I'm pretty proud of this, as the first response by an organized medical body to the completely revolutionary aspects of using whole genome sequencing in the practice of medicine," said Dr. Robert C. Green, a medical geneticist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He co-led the group that winnowed the list from 90 genetic conditions to a minimum of 24 that should be searched for in routine testing.
All of the conditions on the list are rare, many of them carrying risk of cancer or heart disease. The specialists who drafted the recommendations estimated that 1 percent of patients undergoing sequencing will have a gene for one of the conditions on the list.
Informing patients they have a gene could help them prevent or treat the disease. For example, a person told he or she carries a gene that causes polyps to grow in the colon and increases risk of colon cancer could get a colonscopy earlier. Knowing they carry a gene that causes extremely high cholesterol could lead people to make lifestyle or diet changes, or take medication to help prevent heart attacks at a young age. Some well-known genes — for example the one that increases risk of developing Alzheimer's disease — were not included.
The Laboratory for Molecular Medicine of Partners HealthCare has sequenced the DNA of a half-dozen families, and its policy is to prepare a "general genome report" that includes anything of medical relevance, a much longer list than the new recommendations, said its director, Heidi Rehm. So far, patients have had the option to decline secondary findings.
Alan Beggs, director of the Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research at Boston Children's Hospital, said that as the hospital prepares this year to fully launch genome sequencing as part of clinical care, the recommendations will be taken into account. The guidelines do not apply to sequencing done for research purposes.
The Foye family of Pine Brook, N.J., has seen firsthand how genome sequencing can have unexpected payoffs. They signed up for a genome sequencing study at Children's Hospital because they hoped to understand the cause of 12-year-old Adam's rare muscle-weakening disease. Last year, the family got the answer — mutations in a gene called Titin —
In an illustration of how seeking even fairly limited genetic information can ripple outward, understanding Adam's disease helped his mother, Sarah Foye, receive a diagnosis for an unusual heart rhythm abnormality. The same mutation causing Adam's disorder caused his mother to have cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle disease that is now being closely monitored. Other members of the family are having their DNA sequenced, to provide information that will help researchers understand Adam's disease and possibly reveal their own genetic risk for heart disease.
"For me, it did introduce some context of worry, but it gave us an action plan," Foye said. For Christmas, she and her husband gave each other a membership for 23andMe, a company that provides genomic information directly to consumers.
Dr. Isaac Kohane, chairman of the informatics program at Children's Hospital, anticipated the problem of sequencing turning up unexpected findings in the genome, and in 2006 coined the term "Incidentalome" to describe the problem. He voiced concerns this week that patients and physicians might be confused about the implications of having some of the genes on the list.
The list includes mutations in two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, that dramatically increase risk of breast and ovarian cancer in women with a family history of the disease. The problem, Kohane said, is that the risks such mutations confer are far less well understood in the general population, and the preventive action women could choose to take is extreme: surgery to remove their breasts or ovaries.
"We can actually envisage the following: It's going to be affordable, almost immediately, if not next year, to get a genome sequence for less than the price of an MRI," Kohane said. "Does that mean we're going to have all these BRCA1 mutations now presented to a health care system whose doctors are not well equipped to assess the meaning of those mutations?"
The recommendations also make two major departures from typical practice in medicine and research.
Instead of allowing patients to opt out, telling physicians there are some results they do not want to learn, the recommendations suggest patients be told if they have any of the mutations. Green said it was similar to the way medicine already handles incidental findings. If a radiologist sees a dark spot on an X-ray, for example, the doctor would inform the patient and investigate it further.
The recommendations also specify no age limit for which conditions to identify, meaning that if a genetic risk relevant only in adulthood is found in a child, the parents should be told. Green said the group's reasoning was that such information could have benefits for the parents or other family members, who might learn of a life-threatening disease risk from a son or daughter.
But ethicists talk of the importance of maintaining an "open future" for children and not using children for parents' benefit.
The guidelines "go very far in privileging the concerns of the lab and the concerns of the clinician over the rights of individual patients, and the rights of kids to be protected from certain information" until they are old enough to make the decision for themselves, said Susan Wolf, a professor of law and medicine at the University of Minnesota.
Even the team that put together the recommendations said it was far from the final word, suggesting that the list will evolve over time.
"We're sure we didn't get it right," Green said. "We're sure people will find evidence something shouldn't be on the list and some things should be. But it's a starting point."
Carolyn Y. Johnson can be reached at cjohnson@
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(4.4 kilometers)
1 to 1.5 hours
1 to 1.5 hours
Difficulty: 3/10.
Appreciation: 8/10. Nice views of the harbour from unusual angle. A quick and easy hike to nice views and old WWII bunkers.
Transportation: Yau Tong MTR exit A1, there and back.
Why it's worth it:
Garmin: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/314877376
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Get out at Yau Tong MTR Exit A1 |
Walk towards Lei Yue Mun road. |
Head right on Lei Yue Mun road |
Walk towards the roundabout. Cross the street and head left on Ko Chui Rd |
Follow the blue signs announcing the cemetery. That's actually MacLehose section 3 |
About 500m of slight ascent on the road leading to the cemetery, you'll see a sign for Maclehose. Cross the street and climb the stairs |
You will be walking around devil's peak for a while and by the cemetery. You will have a good look of the peak on your left. |
Once you get here, turn around and retrace your steps around the peak. |
You can cut through the wood or keep walking and take path to the right. |
Climb. |
Quite large walls. |
Great views. When your done. Head back down. |
Basically retrace your steps back to Yau Tong MTR |


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Don't get us wrong, we drive very carefully as it's the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis. But even a careful driver can get caught by bad traffic and a red light camera. These are devices that monitor intersections. If you get caught in the middle when the light goes red they take a picture and you get a ticket in the mail. Well, that's the way it used to be. This traffic camera countermeasure puts it to an end. As you can see, the noPhoto uses a flash of its own to overexpose traffic camera images.
The image above shows the prototype. The foil is reflecting a flash on either side onto the license plate using a flash sensor which acts as the trigger. According to the demo video after the break, the system can even defeat the pre-flash, and dual-photo types of cameras.
There are pretty tight restrictions on using lights on your vehicles (colors, placement, etc.). We wonder if this passes muster?
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Idahoan Foods takes home the top prize at a recent culinary competition, presented by ServSafe, a product of the National Restaurant Association. Representing Idahoan, Kendall College students Nick Wells, Jon Moss, and Dominic Hejna outshined the other teams with their dynamic personality and on-trend signature dish, Crispy Idahoan REAL Mashed Potato Croquette with Savory Braised Pork and Quick Pickled Apple.
During the 2013 National Restaurant Show weekend in May, Idahoan, among four other manufacturer sponsors, partnered with select Kendall College students to compete for a $300 cash award and other sponsor-donated prizes in a People's Choice competition. Each team put together a culinary demonstration using a preselected manufacturer product. The votes were based on taste, originality, personality, and presentation.
"Having the opportunity to work with such a talented group of culinary students has been an incredible experience," says David Henze, director of foodservice marketing for Idahoan. "Idahoan is honored to continue its support for these future chefs."
The ServSafe event provides opportunities for culinary students to hone their culinary skills and be exposed to over 200 attendees including chain operators across multiple segments, culinary influencers, food and beverage manufacturer brands, and media.
Idahoan is grower-owned and uses only 100 percent Idaho potatoes for its products. In Idaho, there is a constant supply of pure water, from mountain snow melt, and volcanic soil, which is nutrient-rich and loose, allowing potatoes to grow with proper drainage and deliver a high amount of solids per yield. Idaho also offers the ideal climate for growing potatoes to full maturity, delivering a full balance of flavor in each one.


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DIY landscaping lighting tutorial
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It is INCREDIBLY easy to install your own landscaping lights. There is zero work with electricity other than plugging it in. I think folks think there's a ton of wiring to do that's not the case at all. And none of it is done while something is plugged in or live.
I should start with some background first. One of my favorite past times, especially in the summer, is driving through neighborhoods at dusk and looking at houses. If you see me, wave and say hello, don't call the cops. :) I think houses look prettiest at this time of day. There was always one aspect of very expensive houses that I noticed – they all had landscape lighting that lit up there house at night. It made everything look even more lovely and without a doubt – more expensive.
So I figured out how to do it on my own and it's so easy to do! I've only done it on the front so far and that was a long time ago – for this post I went ahead and added some to the other side of the house.
The only thing you must have is an outside electrical outlet near where you want to install the lights. Keep in mind you will have a wire, so it can't go over a sidewalk or driveway. You CAN dig the wire into the lawn and in this tutorial I use them in mulch.
We'll start at the hardware store, in the outdoor lighting aisle. There are solar lights (I use some in the back but don't love them), but you'll want to head toward the low voltage lights:
Shop around! There are SO many options. There are path lights, deck lights, up lights (for trees), and floodlights (I prefer those for highlighting the house). Start picking out what you'd like to use. I think too many lights decreases the custom look that these add, so don't go overboard.
There are only three things you'll need to install the lights – the lights themselves, a power pack and wire. That's it!
I picked out some more flood lights:
This is where I will tell you this is not always a cheap project. But once you do it the upkeep is minimal – the light bulbs last forever. I got a set of lights (instead of individually) to lower the price just a bit – I wasn't using all of these this time but will use the others elsewhere later.
I didn't want to use flood lights on the side of the house because they would just be highlighting the boring siding. Instead I picked out path lights:
This is where you determine the next step – the power pack size you'll need. I had three path lights that were 11 watts each. The flood lights were 20 watts each, and because I wasn't sure how many I was going to use, I just rounded up to all six to figure out the power pack I needed.
After the fact I realized I could have gone with something lower, because I only used three flood lights, therefore my total wattage was only 93. But I didn't want to have to run back to the store. :) Also, I can use this one in another spot later and get a smaller pack for this area.
OK, you've got your lights and your power pack. Now you need to figure out the wire you'll need. There's a handy dandy guide for you:
I grabbed 14 gauge, and again, I could have gone smaller –16 gauge would have been fine:
As you can guess, the costs go down with the lower power pack wattage and with the lower wire capacity. So if you're doing flood lights you could do five for 100 watts and really save on the power pack and the wire. You could do nine path lights for under 100 watts as well.
The GREAT thing is you can avoid figuring all this out and just buy a kit – it has everything you'll need in it:
But if you want to mix up your lighting like I did (or you want more lights), you'll want to buy everything individually.
You just have to screw some parts together to assemble the lights:
The first step is figuring out where you want to place them. Play around with it:
Get a good idea of where you want them – after the wire is installed you won't be able to move them around much.
When you're good with the location, grab your wire:
Lay it out from one light to the last light. I give myself a little give between lights so I can move them around a little bit if needed. When you get to the outlet, cut the wire (leaving a little give).
This is the fun part. :) Remember NOTHING is plugged in till the last step. You are not dealing with wires that can hurt you. It's more dangerous to plug in a lamp. ;)
Each light has a little connector. You'll unscrew the bottom part of it, then run the wire through that bottom part and then screw the connector back together:
You see those sharp metal pieces in the photo to the left? Those are what pierce into the wire when you screw everything back together.
Make sure to screw it back together pretty tight, otherwise your light won't connect. This obviously keeps it water-free as well.
Keep going down your wire and connect each light. When you get to the end where your lights will be plugged in, you'll get to the final step. This is the only part that involves working with the wires.
Use a wire cutter to split the wire in half (it has a groove down the middle). You'll need about two inches separated:
Use the wire cutter to strip about 1/2 to 3/4 inch off the end of the two wires, then twist those wire together. Don't twist the two wires together – twist the strands of each one.
Grab your power pack and turn it over. Remove the screws and just place the wires into each section:
I show two ways of doing it here. I used the version on the right so the wires wouldn't be exposed to the elements as much. It doesn't really matter if they are – the wires on our other set are installed like the left and are fine.
This power pack has a spot for two wires to be plugged into it. So as long as they equal to 200 watts or less, you could have one set of landscaping lights going one direction from your outlet, and another set going the other direction.
Install the screws again, making sure to tighten as much as you can:
You're done! Whoot!
Just plug in your power pack and turn it on:
These have an option to keep them on all the time, turn on and then stay on for one to nine hours or to turn on automatically when the sun goes down. I use the auto setting.
After you've got the bulbs installed and it's on, you can adjust the placement of your lights a bit.
While I was at it I spray painted our hose guides that were looking a little worn:
It looks SO good!:
I forgot to add that after you're completely done, you'll want to hide the wire in your mulch.
I'm still playing around with the placement of the flood lights:
We just had some of the plants cleaned up when the mulch went down and the viburnum bush is looking a little thin:
It will fill in more though (this thing grows like mad!).
It's hard to get a shot from the front with the trees but hopefully this gives you an idea of the difference it makes!:
Our utility boxes are on this side of the house and I have plans to hide those (but make it possible to for the utility folks to see them easily). I have a few more plants I plan to add to this side as well:
The list never ends, inside or out, and I love it! :)
I hope this tutorial helps those of you who are interested in tackling this on your own. It is really one of the easiest do-it-yourself projects. Please don't be intimidated by the wires – once you get one light connected you'll see how simple it is! Landscaping lights make a house look so pretty at night, and they're nice added security too.
The total cost of my project was about $180, but that includes three lights I can use elsewhere and extra wire as well. Also, as I mentioned, the power pack was more than I needed, so I'll get a cheaper one and move that to the back when I start the lights around the deck and patio.
Let me know if you have any questions or if I didn't address anything you're wondering about!
Here's an easy image to use if you'd like to pin this one! (Hover over photo and click the button on the upper left.):
**To see how I added the DIY craftsman hardware on our garage door, go here!


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There are so many reasons to use Facebook. Too many to list in this blog post. But, what I hope to convey is what I think, the only real reason to use it.
And yes, I understand I'm going out on a limb a bit.
I've been working on a series of posts about Facebook for a few months now and I'm ready to start putting them up. So, here's my first go at it.
Here's what I know about Facebook…
It can either greatly improve your life or it can bring a world of negativity into your life.
The great thing is … you get to choose.
It can either encourage you or suck your time away from you.
The great thing is … you get to choose.
It can either be used a tool to communicate with friends and family or it can be used to spread negativity.
Again, the great thing is … you get to choose.
This is how powerful this simple online website is! It has the potential to bring life to people. To get them connected. To get them engaged. But, way too often it does the exact opposite. People get more frustrated, they become more envious and jealous and the negativity just fills their mind.
In fact, I would be rich if I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say 'I'm so tired of the drama on Facebook.'
OK, so what's the real reason to use Facebook? Instead of listing a ridiculously long list, I'm just gonna cut to the chase and post what I believe is the only real reason to use Facebook. Here we go:
To bring life to others.
Yup, I really believe it's not about you. Its not about me. It's about bringing hope. Bringing joy. Bringing new ideas. Bringing new connections. Bringing new relationships and encouragement for old ones.
It's all about … bringing life to others.
Enough with the hate. Enough with the negativity. Enough with the late night 'woe is me' posts. Enough with hiding behind it. Enough with the name calling. Enough with the 'my life is better than yours.' Enough.
Enough. Please.
Please just use it to bring life.
Don't know how? Well, that's tomorrow's post.


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WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Comic Sans® typeface, one of Microsoft's most popular designs, has received a makeover courtesy of Monotype Imaging. Today the company has introduced the four-font Comic Sans Pro family of typefaces.
Featuring elements such as speech bubbles and cartoon dingbats, Comic Sans Pro extends the versatility of the original Comic Sans, designed by Vincent Connare for Microsoft in 1994. "Hats off to Monotype Imaging for enlivening Comic Sans and getting it back to its roots as a comic book lettering face. Now everyone can write with more panache – and look even more like a pro using swashes, small caps and other typographic embellishments," said Connare.
"Every day, millions of people rely on Comic Sans for countless applications ranging from scrapbooking to school projects," said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at Monotype Imaging. "Comic Sans is also a favorite in professional environments, used in medical information, instructions, ambulance signage, college exams, corporate mission statements and executive reprimands – even public letters from sports team owners to their fans. Breaking up with your spouse? Why not write a letter in Comic Sans Pro, embellished with a typographic whack!, pow! or bam! Comic Sans is everywhere, and now it's even better."
The Comic Sans Pro family includes regular and bold fonts, in addition to two new italic and bold italic fonts drawn by Monotype Imaging's Terrance Weinzierl. "Our aim is to put the 'fun' back in 'functional.' We can't wait to see Comic Sans Pro used in everything from second wedding announcements to warning labels," said Weinzierl. "Long live Comic Sans!"
Comic Sans Pro contains a versatile range of typographic features including swashes, small caps, ornaments, old style figures and stylistic alternates – all supported by the OpenType® font format. OpenType-savvy applications, such as Adobe® Creative Suite®, QuarkXPress™ or Mellel™ software are required to access these features. Comic Sans Pro can also be used in new versions of Microsoft® Office including Microsoft Word 2010 and Microsoft Publisher 2010. In addition, Comic Sans Pro includes a set of ornaments and symbols, including speech bubbles, onomatopoeia and dingbats, pre-sized to work well as bullets.
Based on the OpenType cross-platform format, Comic Sans Pro is available as individual fonts or as a complete four-font family pack. Each font contains more than 1,000 characters. In addition to the OpenType features, the fonts include the WGL Pan-European character set, which supports western and eastern European, Cyrillic, Greek, Turkish and Baltic languages. Comic Sans Pro fonts can be viewed, purchased and downloaded from www.fonts.com, www.linotype.com, www.ascenderfonts.com and www.itcfonts.com.
Customers may contact Monotype Imaging in the U.S. toll-free at 800-424-8973, or in Europe at (+44 0)1737 765959, or 001781 970-6020, option 2. Linotype may be reached at +49 (0) 6172 484-418. Customers from other parts of the world may dial 001 781 970-6020 (U.S.).
About Monotype Imaging
Monotype Imaging combines technology with design to help the world communicate. Based in Woburn, Mass. with offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia, Monotype Imaging brings text imaging and graphical user interface capabilities to consumer electronics devices such as laser printers, copiers, mobile phones, navigation devices, digital cameras, e-book readers, digital televisions, set-top boxes and consumer appliances. The company also provides printer drivers and color imaging solutions to printer manufacturers and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). Monotype Imaging technologies are combined with access to more than 14,000 typefaces from the Monotype®, Linotype® and ITC® typeface libraries – home to some of the world's most widely used designs, including the Times New Roman®, Helvetica® and ITC Franklin Gothic™ typefaces. Fonts are licensed to creative, business and Web professionals through e-commerce portals, direct and indirect sales and custom design services. Monotype Imaging offers industry-standard font solutions that support all of the world's major languages. Information about Monotype Imaging can be found at www.monotypeimaging.com.
Monotype is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Times New Roman is a trademark of The Monotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. ITC is a trademark of International Typeface Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. ITC Franklin Gothic is a trademark of International Typeface Corp. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Linotype is a trademark of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Helvetica is a trademark of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH. Microsoft, Comic Sans and OpenType are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Adobe and Creative Suite are registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. QuarkXPress is a trademark or registered trademark of Quark, Inc. and its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. Mellel is a trademark of RedleX. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2011 Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. All rights reserved.
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The Tracer tool is a debugging aid which gives you an interface to the LispWorks
facilities. These allow you to follow the execution of particular functions and help you identify where errors occur during execution.
To create a Tracer, choose Tools > Tracer or click in the Podium. Alternatively, a tracer can be created or displayed from within many other tools by choosing the command Trace > Show in Tracer in any menu whose commands operate on a traceable symbol.
LispWorks IDE User Guide (Windows version) - 25 Nov 2011


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I wish to speak to you today about the tragedy of Europe.
This noble continent, comprising on the whole the fairest and the most cultivated regions of the earth; enjoying a temperate and equable climate, is the home of all the great parent races of the western world. It is the fountain of Christian faith and Christian ethics. It is the origin of most of the culture, arts, philosophy and science both of ancient and modem times.
If Europe were once united in the sharing of its common inheritance, there would be no limit to the happiness, to the prosperity and glory which its three or four hundred million people would enjoy. Yet it is from Europe that have sprung that series of frightful nationalistic quarrels, originated by the Teutonic nations, which we have seen even in this twentieth century and in our own lifetime, wreck the peace and mar the prospects of all mankind.
And what is the plight to which Europe has been reduced?
Some of the smaller States have indeed made a good recovery, but over wide areas a vast quivering mass of tormented, hungry, care-worn and bewildered human beings gape at the ruins of their cities and homes, and scan the dark horizons for the approach of some new peril, tyranny or terror.
Among the victors there is a babel of jarring voices; among the vanquished the sullen silence of despair.
That is all that Europeans, grouped in so many ancient States and nations, that is all that the Germanic Powers have got by tearing each other to pieces and spreading havoc far and wide.
Indeed, but for the fact that the great Republic across the Atlantic Ocean has at length realised that the ruin or enslavement of Europe would involve their own fate as well, and has stretched out hands of succour and guidance, the Dark Ages would have returned in all their cruelty and squalor.
They may still return.
Yet all the while there is a remedy which, if it were generally and spontaneously adopted, would as if by a miracle transform the whole scene, and would in a few years make all Europe, or the greater part of it, as free and as happy as Switzerland is today.
What is this sovereign remedy?
It is to re-create the European Family, or as much of it as we can, and provide it with a structure under which it can dwell in peace, in safety and in freedom.
We must build a kind of United States of Europe.
In this way only will hundreds of millions of toilers be able to regain the simple joys and hopes which make life worth living.
The process is simple.
All that is needed is the resolve of hundreds of millions of men and women to do right instead of wrong, and gain as their reward, blessing instead of cursing.
Much work has been done upon this task by the exertions of the Pan-European Union which owes so much to Count Coudenhove-Kalergi and which commanded the services of the famous French patriot and statesman, Aristide Briand.
There is also that immense body of doctrine and procedure, which was brought into being amid high hopes after the First World War, as the League of Nations.
The League of Nations did not fail because of its principles or conceptions. It failed because these principles were deserted by those States who had brought it into being. It failed because the Governments of those days feared to face the facts and act while time remained. This disaster must not be repeated. There is, therefore, much knowledge and material with which to build; and also bitter dear-bought experience.
I was very glad to read in the newspapers two days ago that my friend President Truman had expressed his interest and sympathy with this great design.
There is no reason why a regional organisation of Europe should in any way conflict with the world organisation of the United Nations. On the contrary, I believe that the larger synthesis will only survive if it is founded upon coherent natural groupings.
There is already a natural grouping in the Western Hemisphere. We British have our own Commonwealth of Nations. These do not weaken, on the contrary they strengthen, the world organisation. They are in fact its main support.
And why should there not be a European group which could give a sense of enlarged patriotism and common citizenship to the distracted peoples of this turbulent and mighty continent and why should it not take its rightful place with other great groupings in shaping the destinies of men?
In order that this should be accomplished, there must be an act of faith in which millions of families speaking many languages must consciously take part.
We all know that the two world wars through which we have passed arose out of the vain passion of a newly united Germany to play the dominating part in the world.
In this last struggle crimes and massacres have been committed for which there is no parallel since the invasions of the Mongols in the fourteenth century and no equal at any time in human history.
The guilty must be punished. Germany must be deprived of the power to rearm and make another aggressive war.
But when all this has been done, as it will be done, as it is being done, there must be an end to retribution. There must be what Mr Gladstone many years ago called 'a blessed act of oblivion'.
We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward across the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.
If Europe is to be saved from infinite misery, and indeed from final doom, there must be an act of faith in the European family and an act of oblivion against all the crimes and follies of the past.
Can the free peoples of Europe rise to the height of these resolves of the soul and instincts of the spirit of man?
If they can, the wrongs and injuries which have been inflicted will have been washed away on all sides by the miseries which have been endured.
Is there any need for further floods of agony?
Is it the only lesson of history that mankind is unteachable?
Let there be justice, mercy and freedom.
The peoples have only to will it, and all will achieve their hearts' desire.
I am now going to say something that will astonish you.
The first step in the re-creation of the European family must be a partnership between France and Germany.
In this way only can France recover the moral leadership of Europe.
There can be no revival of Europe without a spiritually great France and a spiritually great Germany.
The structure of the United States of Europe, if well and truly built, will be such as to make the material strength of a single state less important. Small nations will count as much as large ones and gain their honour by their contribution to the common cause.
The ancient states and principalities of Germany, freely joined together for mutual convenience in a federal system, might each take their individual place among the United States of Europe. I shall not try to make a detailed programme for hundreds of millions of people who want to be happy and free, prosperous and safe, who wish to enjoy the four freedoms of which the great President Roosevelt spoke, and live in accordance with the principles embodied in the Atlantic Charter. If this is their wish, they have only to say so, and means can certainly be found, and machinery erected, to carry that wish into full fruition.
But I must give you warning. Time may be short.
At present there is a breathing-space. The cannon have ceased firing. The fighting has stopped; but the dangers have not stopped.
If we are to form the United States of Europe or whatever name or form it may take, we must begin now.
In these present days we dwell strangely and precariously under the shield and protection of the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb is still only in the hands of a State and nation which we know will never use it except in the cause of right and freedom. But it may well be that in a few years this awful agency of destruction will be widespread and the catastrophe following from its use by several warring nations will not only bring to an end all that we call civilisation, but may possibly disintegrate the globe itself.
I must now sum up the propositions which are before you.
Our constant aim must be to build and fortify the strength of the United Nations Organisation.
Under and within that world concept, we must re-create the European family in a regional structure called, it may be, the United States of Europe.
The first step is to form a Council of Europe.
If at first all the States of Europe are not willing or able to join the Union, we must nevertheless proceed to assemble and combine those who will and those who can.
The salvation of the common people of every race and of every land from war or servitude must be established on solid foundations and must be guarded by the readiness of all men and women to die rather than submit to tyranny.
In all this urgent work, France and Germany must take the lead together.
Great Britain, the British Commonwealth of Nations, mighty America, and I trust Soviet Russia - for then indeed all would be well - must be the friends and sponsors of the new Europe and must champion its right to live and shine.


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Why Americans Refrigerate Eggs and Europeans Don't
Find out which foods can safely migrate from your fridge to your counter.
July 15, 2014— -- intro: Why is it that European eggs are stored on supermarket shelves while American eggs chill in the cold section?
The difference, experts say, has to do with the egg production process.
Unlike European eggs, American eggs are washed and sprayed with a sanitizer immediately after collection, then placed into a cooler. Bringing the eggs back to room temperature would increase the chance of bacterial growth, according to the USDA's egg grading manual. Bottom line: we have to refrigerate our eggs because our egg distributors do.
But even eggs that are clean on the surface can harbor unsafe bacteria, said Marianne Gravely, a technical expert with USDA's food safety hotline.
"Up until about 20 years ago, we thought inside the egg was safe. But then we discovered that the chicken can pass salmonella infection through its ovaries to the egg," she said, explaining that refrigerating eggs is an easy safeguard against bacteria wherever you live. Cooking eggs thoroughly also reduces the risk of foodborne illness, according to the USDA.
Though American eggs need to chill, these four foods are probably taking up space in your fridge when they can be stored safely on the counter.
Food Safety Tweet Chat Today at 1 PM, ET
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category: Foods that Don't Need Refrigeration
title: Butter
text: Some people prefer to keep butter at room temperature because it spreads more easily. Gravely said that's OK, though it might spoil more quickly.
There are two types of foodborne bacteria: those that cause illness and those that spoil food but don't make you sick. Butter is more prone to the spoiling variety, Gravely said. She recommends keeping half a stick out on the counter and storing the rest in the fridge.
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category: Foods that Don't Need Refrigeration
title: Whole Grain Flours
text: Processed white flour doesn't spoil at room temperature, Gravely said. Whole grain flours, on the other hand, do spoil because they contain more oil, she said.
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category: Foods that Don't Need Refrigeration
title: Tomatoes
text: Keeping tomatoes out of the fridge is not only safe, it makes them tastier, too.
French researchers recently found that the tomato's flavor results from a complex mix of sugars acids and aroma-producing compounds called volatiles. Chilling tomatoes causes volatiles to breakdown and damages the texture, rendering the fruit flavorless and pulpy.
Most fruits and veggies are perfectly safe to eat when left at room temperature, Gravely said.
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title: Condiments
text: Refrigerating your mustard and ketchup will prevent them from going rancid for longer, but leaving them out won't put you at risk for foodborne illness, Gravely said.
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category: Foods that Don't Need Refrigeration
title: Food Safety Tweet Chat Today at 1 PM, ETurl:
text: Questions about food safety? The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline can personally answer them for you. And you can find out more about food safety by joining our ABC Health tweet chat today at 1 p.m., ET.
Joining the chat is simple. Find out more here.