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Intel 'Lynnfield'
Next-gen Core i7 - and Core i5
We reset the IMC voltage back to Auto and changed the CPU Core Voltage from a fixed value to an offset value. This means that the motherboard uses the regular dynamic voltage setting plus an amount that we choose in the Bios. We selected +0.2V and found that our Core i7 870 would run most of our benchmark tests at 3.96GHz with Turbo Boost and HT enabled. We got better results by disabling Turbo Boost which makes sense as 3.96GHz is way beyond the realms of the maximum 3.6GHz Turbo Boost speed that applies with this CPU. In addition, it was clear that the stock Intel CPU cooler was at the limit of its performance.
By this stage, we also had a sample of a 2.66GHz Core i5 750 so we strapped it to the Asus on the same +0.2V setting and found it would overclock to 3.8GHz. The absence of HyperThreading was apparent in Cinebench, but there's no denying this an impressive turn of speed. It also suggests that Lynnfield has the same 1GHz potential for overclocking as the i7 900.
With this information we returned to the Gigabyte and tried to use the same method for overclocking but it was not possible. In the Gigabyte Bios, you either set the CPU Core voltage as Auto or as a fixed value, but it does not offer the option applying an offset that delivered the results on the Asus board. We don't want to write off the GA-P55M-UD4 as it was clearly using a Beta Bios, but this is certainly something that overclockers should watch for once Lynnfield goes on sale.
All in all, we were deeply impressed by the performance and low power requirement of Lynnfield and feel confident that the Core i7 860 will be the processor of choice through to the end of 2009. This doesn't nail down the coffin lid on Core i7 900, but it does mean that the 32nm 'Westmere' Core i7 will have to deliver impressive results and the subsequent six-core update will need to play a blinder. To the best of our knowledge, LGA1156 will top out at quad core, but that will put it bang in the mainstream for the next year or three. ®

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Women have more
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries than men:
women athletes injure their ACLs up to 8 times as often as men
athletes.footnote 1 Experts have identified three areas where
differences between men and women may affect the risk of ACL injuries.
Some studies suggest that the differences in ligament laxity may be due to changing
hormone levels. These studies have shown that there is change in ligament laxity
during the menstrual cycle and that women are at greater risk for an ACL injury
during the ovulatory phase of their cycle than at other times. Other studies have not found a relationship between the menstrual cycle and laxity in the ACL.footnote 2 How hormones affect the ACL is not known.
Training and
rehabilitation programs for women may take the above factors into account. A
program may include exercises to:
CitationsSeroyer S, West R (2007). Anterior cruciate ligament section of Injuries specific to the female athlete. In PJ McMahon, ed., Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Sports Medicine, pp. 259-260. New York: McGraw-Hill. Honkamp NJ, et al. (2010). Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in adults. In JC DeLee et al., eds., Delee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: Principles and Practice, 3rd ed., vol. 2, pp. 1644-1676. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
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About FairGlow
Well, there's a basic position entrenched in pirates that they won't pay, so what YOU call "the public" are not "customers". I know you claim otherwise, that pirates actually buy more than other people, and they're promoting, and so on, but it's highly significant how you phrased that.
The specific method is the idea and the implementation is the source code.
I've never heard of anyone including the source code in the patent. The text typically generalize the idea (specific method) into uselessness to cover as much ground as possible.
So are you saying that what happens in your brain is not a 'concrete reality' and apart from the real world ??
> It could also be carried out by writing it on a bit of paper, in that form it is no longer abstract and lives in the real world.
The idea is still abstract. All you have is an instance of the idea applied on paper.
> I could carve it into a length of wood and hit you over the head with it, it's THAT REAL.
You are hitting with a piece wood, whether carved or not.
> an algorithm that can be implemented is by definition NOT abstract. Just because you say it is does not change that fact.
The implementation is just an instance of the idea. The idea may be implemented in many different forms due to the different physical limitations of the operating environment.
The patent is typically on the idea and not on the implementation, because the latter is much more narrow and easily circumvented.
You are assuming there is no middle ground. I find it very unlikely that many respondents wouldn't pay if better offers were available to them.
As many (all?) studies have shown, people are perfectly willing to pay if they can get what they want in a way that the like it. So, all I read from the reasons stated is that the respondents are dissatisfied with the legally available options. And they provide a good summary of what needs to be addressed in order to get them to pay.
1) If what you say is true, then there should be many examples. Maybe you'd enlighten us with one?
Maybe you should compare to the the BRIC countries, which the fastest growing markets right now and see if they really have stronger patent legislation.
2) Where does trolls fit in this? They are neither inventors, nor manufacturers.
3) I agree, "People get patents because they want to protect their investment". This is contradictory to (1), where you hold that patent lead to more innovation, rather than simply protecting what has been.
4) Patents are nothing like property rights. You cannot have any property rights over my property, even if I copied yours. That is what copyright or patents are for. You might argue that it is an extension of property rights, but then you should really look it up in the history books and see where all those rights originate from. I think that will prove most enlightening.
I like #2 too and think it is a great suggestion.
For what it's worth, here are a few suggestions of my own, for the things I see as the most problematic areas:
5. Require usable documentation.
6. Require utilization.
7. Patent Office licensing.
The actual usage of the patent should be described in such detail that others can reproduce the result. The scope of the patent is in how it is actually utilized and all other uses are non-infringing, and may be patented separately by the one using it in that way. Therefore non-practicing entities cannot hold patents.
Licensing terms (including cost) and conditions should be determined by the patent office and not the patent holder, so that anyone can reasonably make use of the patent. This should include provisions for non-commercial usage, including open source, educational and scientific, or similar usage.
There are plenty of examples on TechDirt where artists have successfully embraced free as part of their business model.
Just because most creators/artists haven't tried it doesn't mean that is doesn't (or cannot) work as a sustainable career.


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MEMs see high employment rates
The Dartmouth
October 14, 2011
As undergraduate students anxiously attend the College's career fairs in search of jobs, students in the Thayer School of Engineering's Master of Engineering Management degree program experience consistently high success rates in finding employment through a substantial support network operated through both Thayer and the Tuck School of Business, according to program administrators interviewed by The Dartmouth.
The MEM program, combines the principles of engineering with those of business management, has been dually run by Thayer and Tuck for approximately 20 years, according to program director Robert Graves.
Within four to 10 months of receiving their degrees, 95 percent of MEM program graduates secure employment, according to Associate Director of Thayer School Career Services Jennifer St. Laurence.


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Miniaturized GPS receiver for passive and active antennas. Many GPS applications, such as portable devices or telematics units, require a built-in antenna. However, an external antenna connector is often desired for GPS performance or reliability reasons. This is what the new A1084-A GPS receiver supports with its second antenna pin and on board antenna switch, whilst the A1084-B supports both passive and active antennas on a single antenna pin. This very compact SiRFStar III based GPS receiver comes completely shielded with a lid and with benchmark-setting GPS performance on a very small footprint.
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By John Goralski
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Kyle Smick's first punt pinned New Britain behind their 20 yard line for their first possession of the game. His second one spanned more than 47 yards before coming to rest just outside the Hurricane 10-yard line. On Friday, Oct. 11, Kyle Smick was toying with the Hurricane's special teams players like a bully in the school yard, and it was giving his offense a chance to warm their engines.
"In the beginning of the game, it really seemed like a battle of special teams and field position," he said with a grin after Southington's 38-7 conference win. "I just want to go out there and do my best to help the team out and get us the best possible spot on the field. Regardless of how the offense is doing, I do hope to perform well for the team by kicking the ball as far as I can or whatever the situation might be."
"He's unbelievable," said Blue Knight quarterback Stephen Barmore. "He works really hard at practice, and he works really hard in the off-season to make sure that he's on top of his game. I don't know if I've ever seen any other high school kicker that can kick it out of the end zone. That just speaks volumes to his hard work and what he's accomplished."
Smick rarely gets a chance to assert himself during games since the Knights usually score in red zone possessions, but fans have started to enjoy the senior's halftime showcases where he sometimes drills 50-yard field goals while the teams make their final adjustments.
Against New Britain, Smick finally had his chance to affect the game as the Knights used to battle of field position to set the stage for the victory. Each punt seemed to pin New Britain deeper and deeper in their zone. His 33-yard field goal was the only scoring in the opening quarter. By the end of the game, Smick had booted three kick-offs right out of the end zone.
"I don't know how many touchbacks he had tonight—maybe three or four definitely," said the Blue Knight coach Mike Drury. "When he's able to do that against a team like this that has the potential for a big return with their speed, it's huge. Then, he has the ability to kick field goals when we need it."
It wasn't until the first play of the second quarter that Smick's teammates finally joined in the fun. After three possessions that ended in a punt or a field goal, Barmore connected with Alex Jamele for a 32 yard score. The tandem connected for touchdowns from 32 yards, 4 yards, 54 yards, and 2 yards as Southington opened a 38-0 lead with 8:09 remaining.
"They definitely had some skilled corners, and they were very fast, but the linemen gave Stephen great time. Stephen threw up a great ball, and that gave me time to do…you know," Jamele said. "When I see him in trouble, I do the best I can to give him a target. I don't want to see him go down, so I've got to do something to make sure my quarterback is all right."
Barmore completed 15 of 28 passes for 225 yards but struggled at times to find a second receiver. More than half of his passes (8) were to Jamele. Four of his five touchdown throws were to his main receiver. Barmore completed one touchdown throw to Jasen Rose. Tyler Hyde rushed for 84 of Southington's 111 yards on the ground. The rest was up to Jamele and Smick.
"We knew that they could fly around and had tremendous speed to the football. They have athletes, and they are a very solid team," said Drury. "Defensively, we did a great job, and field position really helped us early on."
For the third week in a row, Southington starters left the field with a varsity shutout, but New Britain managed to turn a late interception into a 44 yard score. Southington's junior varsity held on for the win, and the Knights improved to 4-0.
Now, Southington will take to the road to face Hall. The Warriors (3-1) have rallied for three straight wins after losing to Glastonbury in their opener. Last week, Hall beat East Hartford, 40-19. The game is schedule for Saturday, Oct. 19, and Drury said that his Knights will need to play a good game to get the win.
"We can't make mistakes. We have to stop the penalties and things like that," he said. "We've really been shooting ourselves in the foot in certain circumstances, and we know that. We can't afford to have those sorts of things in big games, but we're going to be focused. We'll be ready to go, and we're excited for next Saturday."
Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
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PEORIA — Several familiar central Illinois faces may not make it on election ballots after all, thanks to a series of challenges to their third party candidacies for statewide offices.
Libertarian governor candidate Chad Grimm of Peoria, running mate Alexander Cummings of West Peoria and Green Party secretary of state candidate Sheldon Schafer of Peoria could be booted from the ballot along with the rest of their nominees for constitutional office thanks to the objections filed by Democratic and Republican party loyalists.
Both campaigns are trying to make an issue of it, both in the court of public opinion and, in the case of the Green Party, in a federal courtroom where they sued this week challenging a number of issues in the petitioning process and the review by the Illinois State Board of Elections.
Schafer — a two-time Green Party candidate for Congress in the 18th District — said the problem has grown with changes in the election code, "each year making it harder and harder so that fewer and fewer people can participate in the political arena."
Illinois law requires candidates from third parties — and those running as independents — to submit many more signatures already to get on the ballot than those running under the banner of the established parties, Republican and Democrat. For statewide office, while candidates from the two familiar parties have to file 5,000 names on nominating petitions, others must come up with 25,000 people willing to provide a John Hancock. (It's higher still in some congressional races; in the 18th District, a candidate would have to file more than 16 times the 1,014 signatures a GOP candidate would need or the 626 a Democrat has to file.)
That's one of the most direct ways Republicans and Democrats make common cause to discourage competition, a longtime observer of state government said.
"They're not going to try to make it easy for people who are going to challenge the monopoly," said Kent Redfield, an emeritus professor at the University of Illinois-Springfield. "The rules are written by the people in power … The Democrats and Republicans will fight each other on (changing) different aspects of election law on early voting or same-day registration, but when the issue is a challenge to the monopoly that the Democratic and Republican parties have on Illinois elections, clearly the rules are written to discourage third parties and independent candidates."
The Libertarian Party ticket turned in 43,921 total signatures, and not quite 24,000 have been challenged by a pair connected to state Republicans. The Green Party ticket fielded just fewer than 30,000 signatures and about 12,000 have been challenged by an official connected to state Democrats. Constitution Party candidates also face a similar challenge.
For Grimm, the hearings and line-by-line review of petitions is "nothing that I haven't gone through before," he said earlier this week, freshly back from eight hours reviewing signatures at the election board's headquarters in Springfield.
His petition signatures were challenged two years ago when he tried to run against state Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, and a local panel tossed him from that ballot. This time, the party got a much more substantial cushion of signatures.
But while the challenge is going on, party volunteers and candidates take time away from work to be there for hearings. Meanwhile, "it's very hard to raise money when you can't say you're (officially) on the ballot," Grimm said, labeling it "absolutely one more way" to wear down third party campaigns.
"This is just tying up the process," he said.
Schafer agreed, calling it — and the need for so many more signatures to begin with — "an onerous process, way, way beyond reasonable limits" and a challenge to any group's ability to build a party over the long term.
He defended the value of third parties, even if candidates aren't yet winning many elections.
"Third parties have always introduced different perspectives into campaigns and different ideas," he said. "As long as third parties are shut out of the process, it becomes more and more ingrown. … I've said many times that if we keep doing what we've always done, you keep getting what you've always got."
Voters, too, Schafer said are more discouraged than ever — particularly in the current campaign — with their choices from the two major parties, and described how much easier it was to get signatures on petitions compared to his two runs for Congress.
But Redfield said from his years of watching political matters, the courts may not find much merit in the lawsuit the Greens filed, particularly the argument that it's unconstitutional to require new parties to file a full slate of candidates for all statewide offices. He said that so long as there's some kind of logic behind the reason, courts tend to defer and say such matters are "a policy decision best made by the Legislature."
Likewise, on the process for handling some of the signature reviews and challenges, "just because something is wrongheaded or inefficient doesn't make it unconstitutional," Redfield said. "… The courts would just as soon not referee an election contest."
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Doctors perform Miami's first mother-son corneal transplant
Miriam Aguirre Santos gave her son life. In her death, she gave him sight.
Aguirre Santos, 61, died Sept. 30 in Miami Beach after a heart attack, but not before repeating and writing down her final wish: that her eyes be used to restore her son's vision.
Days later, doctors at Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute performed what they say is the first mother-son corneal transplant in the history of the institute or the Florida Lions Eye Bank. Juan Aguirre can see clearly out of his left eye for the first time since he was a boy.
"It's like a whole new world has opened up," Juan Aguirre, 39, said Thursday in an examination room at Bascom Palmer, part of the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. "I'm seeing things like I never did before. Everything is very, very colorful."
Aguirre's eyesight was damaged at age 5, when a drunken motorcyclist struck him as he walked with his family in their native Cuba. His left cornea became badly scarred, and Aguirre struggled to see out of that eye.
"The cornea is like the window of the eye," said Dr. Guillermo Amescua, the ophthalmologist who operated on Aguirre. "Juan's injury was like if you smashed the windshield of your car. It's very cloudy and hard to see anything in front of you."
Aguirre and his family moved to South Florida in 1980, about two years after the motorcycle accident. Despite Aguirre's injury, he managed to forge a successful music career, living and performing in New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and elsewhere.
He has recorded and released six albums of roots, Americana, blues and jazz under the name Diablo Dimes. His music — and growing collection of body art — appeared on several episodes of the South Beach-based reality show "Miami Ink," and he has upcoming musical gigs booked at Art Basel and the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.
Aguirre said his eye disability made him a better guitarist.
"I couldn't cheat when I was learning chords," he said. "Even if I looked down to see where my fingers were, it didn't do me any good."
Aguirre relocated to White Post, Va., in the rural Shenandoah Valley about a year and a half ago with his wife and two children. His younger sister, 38, also lives there.
They found a place in Virginia for their mom, hoping that the slower pace and country air would be good for her. In recent years, Aguirre Santos had developed diabetes and high blood pressure and struggled with depression, her son said. Her husband died about 20 years ago.
"We thought we could get her to settle there, but she wasn't having it," Aguirre said. "She loved Miami too much to leave. She loved being with her friends here."
So Miami is where she stayed. Her death late last month — on her birthday — set off an unlikely chain of events.
When doctors discovered that Aguirre Santos, an organ donor, had healthy corneas and a request to donate one to her son, the clock started ticking. Corneas can be preserved a maximum of seven days after death for a transplantation to be successful.
"When I talked to the family, I told them there was basically a slim-to-none possibility that everything would fall in line for this to work. It would take a miracle," said Elizabeth Fout-Caraza, executive director of the Florida Lions Eye Bank. "His cornea could have been too scarred. He could have had a cold and we wouldn't be able to operate. Any number of things could have happened."
Aguirre flew from Virginia to Miami to be checked out by Amescua, who rushed back from Honduras, where he had been doing charity cataract surgeries for the poor. Aguirre said he couldn't find an eye surgeon in Virginia who was ready to receive the cornea from Miami and proceed with the operation in time.
Amescua, who said he performs about 50 of the approximately 46,000 U.S. corneal transplants each year, operated on Aguirre on Oct. 1. He cut a hole about 8 millimeters in diameter from Aguirre's left eye, then grafted the eye with a matching piece of Aguirre Santos' cornea. Aguirre went home to Virginia the next day, after a follow-up exam.
"In about nine months to a year, he should be seeing better than he has his whole life," Amescua said.
Aguirre returned to Miami this week for a checkup with Amescua and for his mother's funeral on Sunday.
Other than her desire to give her son one of her corneas, Aguirre Santos' decision to be an organ donor was unknown to her family. Aguirre, who also is a donor, said it was difficult at first for some of his relatives to accept.
Amescua said organ donation is stigmatized in many in Hispanic communities. While Hispanic Americans make up about 17 percent of the country's population, only about 13 percent of organ donors in 2012 were Hispanic, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"She helped someone else with her other eye. She saved a woman's life in Boca Raton with her liver. Her kidneys went to another person," Aguirre said. "When my family saw all that she was able to do for other people in that way, they understood."
Through the healing process, Aguirre said he often finds himself looking at a mirror, staring into his left eye.
"It's wonderful and overwhelming at the same time," he said. "I look at my face, and I know a part of her eyes are part of me now. I know that she'll be with me forever."


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It had to take a whole lot of luck to win Tuesday night's big $355 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing against astronomical odds.
But guess what? If you picked numbers 15, 47, 4, 25, 8 and mega number 42, out of all the people who lined up in 41 states and the District of Columbia, you did it.
So congratulations. Now, what do you do next?
First of all, you won't ever see the full $355 million. Off the top, the lottery withholds 25 percent for federal taxes, and then another 6 or 7 percent for those who have state taxes, which vary by location. And you still could owe many millions more.
Lee McDaniels won $5 million in September. On Tuesday, he was relaxing on a golf course outside Atlanta.
"After taxes and everything," he said, "I got about $2.8 million."
His advice for the big $355 million winner? Take some time to get your affairs together, study up and get a financial advisor.
"I would just take about a month before I would do anything," he said.
Margaret DeFrancisco of the Georgia Lottery Corp. had more advice.
"Change your phone number and learn how to say no," she said.
Then, there's always the question of whether you should take the annuity or the much lower one-time payment?
Financial analyst Ray Lucia said that, for purposes of this daydream and this huge jackpot, "I'm going to take the annuity payment of about $9 million a year, net of tax."
For the $355 million jackpot, the annuity would pay $13.6 million each year for the next 26 years, so you won't be able to spend all of your winnings at once.
Jackpot Grows to $355 Million
The jackpot grew to such a huge sum because Friday night's drawing failed to produce a winner for the multi-state lottery's top prize, which was estimated to be $290 million.
By Tuesday, the jackpot had reached $355 million after 15 consecutive drawings that started Nov. 12.
Mega Millions jackpots begin with $12 million and roll over to the next drawing until there is a winner.
A winner of the jackpot may receive the prize in a cash option of about $208.3 million.
Other smaller monetary prizes can range from $2 to $250,000, depending on how many numbers are matched.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever won was $390 million in March 2007, according to the Mega Millions website.
Big Lottery Dreams
Although the odds of winning Mega Millions' top prize are about 1 in 176 million, that hasn't stopped people from dreaming big.
"I'm going to retire ... you can believe me," Mega Millions player Johnny Bethea said.
"When you see me I'm gonna be in Argentina somewhere," he added.
Across 41 states, the nation's capital, and even the U.S. Virgin Islands, players have lined up for a chance at the big money.
"It's exciting. You think, 'What am I going to do in my plane, where am I going to go, how big a house will I live in.' It's a level of fantasy we all engage in, somebody will win that, it could be you," said Emily Oster, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Winning Strategies?
Some Mega Millions players told ABC News they were picking numbers from birthdays to home addresses.
"I won the lottery before with four numbers," lottery player Tracy Wingfield said.
Mathematicians and lottery officials said that the odds of winning are always the same regardless of how many people play because they always draw from the same set of numbers.
Five numbers are picked from a set of balls numbered 1 to 56 and one mega number is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 to 46.
Letting the computer choose your numbers or quick picks does not necessarily increase your chances of winning.
Statistically, it doesn't matter and playing the same number time after time doesn't help you win any faster.
Experts also said it's a misconception that your chances are better if you live outside a big city.
New York state leads the way with 23 Mega Millions winners and more than half of those winners came from New York City.
"I have had people say they don't buy tickets in Atlanta, that they actually drive out of town. It's all one giant computer system, so it doesn't matter," said DeFrancisco of the Georgia Lottery.
But some players such as seven-time lottery winner Richard Lustig have come up with their own winning method.
"Most people buy a $1 ticket and win $10, and they put the $10 in their pocket," Lustig said in an October interview with ABCNews.com. "Those people are playing the game wrong. Instead, he said, if you win $10, you should buy $11 worth of tickets because "if you lose, you only lost a $1."
Using this method, Lustig won $98,000 in a Fantasy 5 game and $842,000 in 2002.
Whatever the strategy used to win, the possibilities seem infinite for would-be winners.
"Go buy an island ... in the Caribbean, that's the plan," player Camden Ahlberg said.
ABC News' Michael S. James contributed to this report.


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There's been a lot of debates over whether Hurricane Sandy and the damage that it caused in the Northeast was in part the result of climate change. But Sandy appears to have had at least something of an impact on the role that climate change has had in the Presidential race. Up till now, climate change has been a missing topic in the official debates and in the campaign in general. But now, NYC Mayor Bloomberg (who up to this point had refused to endorse Obama or Romney) has come out with an endorsement of Obama based primarily on the President's actions to address climate change, and Romney's opposition to those efforts. It's not clear to me that Bloomberg actually has much weight in the states that matter most for this campaign — New York and New Jersey, for example, are pretty safe states for Obama. But it's the first time I've seen climate change take center stage in this campaign, and it's about time.
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text: Rumors Have Their Way with the Grains October 12, 2012 07:30 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Jen Russell AgWeb Product & Project Manager Email Markets traded down Friday following rumors of a U.S. purchase of Argentina corn. Market expert Jerry Gulke explains what this means looking ahead. Despite an initial bullish reaction to the Oct. 11 USDA reports, the grain markets traded down Friday following rumors of a U.S. purchase of South American corn. Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says that now that USDA has given us some firm production numbers in both corn and beans, trade is switching focus to demand. Around midday on Friday, rumors surfaced of someone in the U.S. buying 600,000 tons of corn from Argentina. "If you're going to buy import corn from somewhere else, that takes away some demand from the perceived shortage of supply," Gulke says. "I tell people that a free market is not a fair market, and we love a free market until our ox is being gored." Gulke says he's concerned about what might happen in the market moving ahead, because USDA's October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates didn't factor in the Argentina corn purchase. "I think with USDA, they deal in facts," Gulke says. "They don't deal in innuendos, so when that corn lands in the United States, then they'll say it has been imported. Rumors don't count for much except to move the market." Gulke says that hopefully by next week, the truth will be sorted out from the rumors. "The market is telling us a lot of things out there that I don't like, and we'll see how it pans out over the weekend." Back to news


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I'm so happy to share my most recently finished quilt. My sister runs the Relay for Life drive for her company and she asked me to make a quilt for her to enter into a raffle. Yay! What a great excuse to make a quilt. I chose to use Kate Spain's Terrain fabric for this quilt and based it on this quilt made by Bryan House Quilts.
These blocks are each 26" square and with the added borders came out to a perfect queen sized quilt. I thought that since this quilt will be in a raffle it needed to be "traditional" enough for those who like traditional quilts and yet still have a "modern" flair to it. I hope I succeeded in achieving that balance.
The backing is mostly Kona purple (even though it's showing more blueish in the picture) with a strip of Terrain on the back.
A friend of mine, Gail, from my quilting guild did the longarm quilting on it and I think she did a perfect job! Thank you Gail!
I made this quilt in memory of my father who died of cancer and my sister who is a cancer survivor! I hope and pray this quilt raises a lot of money for cancer research and finds a home where it is well loved.


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Results of the 43rd Chugach Alaska Corporation Annual Shareholders' Meeting
Monday, October 17, 2016
The results of the 43rd Chugach Alaska Corporation Annual Shareholders' Meeting held on October 15, 2016 at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel include the re-election of two incumbent directors Julie E. Kitka (left), David J. Totemoff, Sr. (right) and newly elected director Joshua R. Nadell (center). Please congratulate the new Chugach directors!
Election Results:
Timothy A. Christoffersen 49,191.261 shares
Julie E. Kitka 68,242.764 shares
David J. Totemoff, Sr. 54,168.999 shares
Joshua R. Nadell 78,426.961 shares
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Barnes & Noble has had "known" connectivity issues with its Nook Simple Touch line for more than two weeks, according to complaints on its customer discussion board.
The customers had trouble syncing their e-book libraries with the new device, an issue that B&N support staff apparently acknowledged individually to customers.
One customer wrote that an online support representative said the issue was server related, but he hoped it would be resolved within 24 to 48 hours. That was two weeks ago.
"My comment to him at the end was -- why are they continuing to sell them if they know there is a problem?" the customer wrote.
The thread continued, with customers exchanging tips and posting as recently as today.
It's not clear if all the issues have been resolved, but we have a message into Barnes & Noble and will update when we get more information.
Update, September 5 at 12:01 p.m. PT: Barnes & Noble said it fixed the problem overnight. Read our story about that, "Barnes & Noble fixes Nook Simple Touch sync issue," here.
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So unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know the 2014 Detroit Motor Show is in full swing.
But with so much shiny new metal on display, what have been the showstoppers? The cars everyone wants to see, that caused journalists to gasp and rush forward like a pack of wild animals?
Well, after elbowing fellow journos out of the way and walking what feels like a million kilometres, our men on the ground bring you this – the highlights of Detroit 2014…so far.


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1. How did exhibitions, such as the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 contribute to the fascination with American Indian art and culture? Can you think of anything you've seen in a museum that made you curious to know more?
2. Why do you think people at the time of the 1876 Exhibition were so curious about objects used and made by American Indians? If needed, refer to Reading 2.
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U.S. Embassy Japan Travel Alert (May 16, 2011)May 17 (Tue ), 2011
The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo is transmitting the following Travel Alert that was issued by the Department of State in Washington DC.
May 16, 2011
This Travel Alert replaces the Travel Alert for Japan dated April 14, 2011. The U.S. Government is updating its recommendation on the safe use of the Tohoku Expressway and the Tohoku Shinkansen Railway through the 50-mile evacuation area. Using the same analysis we would use in a similar situation in the United States, the U.S. Government believes it is safe for U.S. citizens to use the railway and expressway for transit through the area. Other portions of this Travel Alert remain unchanged from the Alert published on April 14. This Travel Alert expires on July 15, 2011.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
The assessment of technical and subject matter experts across United States Government agencies is that while the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains serious and dynamic, the health and safety risks to areas beyond the 50-mile evacuation zone, and particularly to Tokyo, Nagoya (Aichi Prefecture), Yokohama (Kanagawa Prefecture), nearby U.S. military facilities, and the prefectures of Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Gunma, Iwate, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Shizuoka, Tochigi, and Yamanashi, and those portions of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures which are outside a 50-mile radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are low and do not pose significant risks to U.S. citizens.
This analysis takes into consideration both various age groups and the classification of the severity of the situation at Fukushima Daiichi as a Level 7 event by the Government of Japan, which reflects what has transpired since the initial incident and the potential long-term effects in the area surrounding the plant.
This assessment reflects inputs from our national laboratories as well as the unanimous opinion of the U.S. scientific experts on the ground in Japan. Furthermore, they are consistent with practices that would be taken in the United States in such a situation. Based on the much reduced rate of heat generation in the reactor fuel after one month of cooling and the corresponding decay of short-lived radioactive isotopes, even in the event of an unexpected disruption at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, harmful exposures to people beyond the 50-mile evacuation zone are highly unlikely, and there would be a significant amount of time to best assess any steps that might have to be taken.
The situation at the plant is dramatically different today than it was on March 16, when we saw significant ongoing releases of radioactivity, the loss of effective means to cool the reactor cores and spent fuel, the absence of outside power or fresh water supply for emergency management, and considerable uncertainty about the condition of the site. Today, while the situation remains serious, and there is still a possibility of unanticipated developments, cooling efforts are ongoing and successful, power, water supply, and back-up services have been partially or fully restored, and planning has begun to control radioactive contamination and mitigate future dangers. Our coordination with the Japanese is regular and productive, and we have a greatly increased capacity to measure and analyze risks.
On April 14, 2011, the Department of State lifted Voluntary Authorized Departure, allowing dependents of U.S. government employees to return to Japan.
Out of an abundance of caution, we continue to recommend that U.S. citizens avoid travel within the 50-mile radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. U.S. citizens who are still within this radius should evacuate or shelter in place.
Though the U.S. Government is not currently making changes to its recommendation to avoid travel to the 50-mile radius, we are updating the recommendation on the safe use of the Tohoku Expressway and the Tohoku Shinkansen Railway through the 50-mile evacuation area. These transport routes are currently open to public use. The U.S. Government believes it is safe for U.S. citizens to use the railway and expressway to transit through the area. This updated decision is based on measurements taken by U.S. Government scientists; more information may be found at the Department of Energy website, http://blog.energy.gov/content/situation-japan/ .


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Bill Egan finally gets military discharge
Papers come 66 years after he served with Alaska Territorial Guard
(AP) Sixty-six years after Bill Egan retired from military service, his family finally received his discharge papers.
Egan, who hailed from Valdez and later became Alaska's first governor after statehood in 1959, served with thousands of other territorial guardsmen during WWII. Egan and his fellow territorial guardsmen weren't given papers marking the end of their service. The guardsmen served as volunteers, going back to their everyday lives when the war ended.
Egan's son, state Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, finally got his father's papers in the mail last week, APRN and the Juneau Empire reported, long after Congress passed legislation in 2000 requiring the U.S. Secretary of Defense to issue discharges to everyone who served in the Territorial Guard.
Verdie Bowen, director of Alaska's Office of Veterans Affairs, said it has been tough tracking down every member of the guard, noting that relatives of deceased guardsmen often didn't know they had served.
Dennis Egan was shocked when he got the papers.
``I'm thinking, oh my God, I've been summoned to jury duty,'' Egan told a reporter for the Alaska Public Radio Network. ``So, I open this box, and there it is. And I just broke down.''
Bill Egan retired from military service in 1947. He went on to serve as a delegate to the constitutional convention and before he became Alaska's first governor, logging three terms.
When the territory of Alaska was attacked by Japanese forces during the war, a few thousand residents came together - serving without pay - to form the Alaska Territorial Guard.
The guard disbanded when the war ended and did not receive formal discharge papers.
Bill Egan flew planes during the war, earning a medal for surviving a kamikaze attack. Dennis Egan always thought his father's discharge papers had been lost during a 1964 earthquake.
Members of the Territorial Guard ``weren't too worried about fancy medals and crap back then,'' he said. ``And things were just overlooked.''
Dennis Egan would like to know more about his father's time in the Territorial Guard, but said he didn't talk much about it when he was alive. Bill Egan died in 1984.
Dennis Egan said receiving the papers provided an ``enormous sense of closure.''


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Second Period Dooms St. Norbert in Loss to UW-Stevens Point
From Sports Information Director, January 3, 2014 | Women's Hockey
by Dan Lukes, email@example.com, (920) 403-4077
DE PERE - St. Norbert College allowed three second-period goals which proved to be the difference in a 3-1 loss to UW-Stevens Point in a non-conference game at the Cornerstone Community Center.
The Green Knights (5-5-1) took the early lead against the Pointers (12-1-1), who are ranked fifth in the USCHO.com Division III Poll. Tarraneh Dadgar scored on a shot from the left circle just 4 minutes 1 second into the game to give St. Norbert an early 1-0 lead. Allie Patrick and Danielle Rozon registered assists on the score.
St. Norbert held an 11-4 shots-on-goal advantage in the first period before Stevens Point answered in the second period. The Pointers converted three odd-man rushes to take the lead. Allie Tanzer scored Stevens Point's first two goals at 7:40 and 11:02, and Janel Winters added the third goal at 19:12.
Stevens Point outshot St. Norbert 29-27, and both teams were 0-for-3 on the power play. Kaley Gibson made 26 saves in the loss for St. Norbert, while Janna Beilke-Skoug made 26 stops for the Pointers.


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"The theme of this year's show – 'Change Happens Here' – is meant to demonstrate our commitment to working with the decision makers and innovators in the industry; to ensure the right connections are being made with the thought leaders of the industry to capture the best thinking and values in our products." –Charles Stringfellow, CEO of Brown's Automotive and chairman of The Washington Auto Show.
It was almost too big for one person to cover – 65,000 square feet of space packed with more than 700 vehicles from over 42 domestic and foreign manufacturers, along with a gaggle of other products – from fast re-charging system for electric vehicles to new processes for turning waste paper and other "organic trash" into vehicle fuel, with engines re-designed to efficiently burn such biofuel.
Indeed, it took me three hours just to conduct a cursory walk-through of the 2010 Washington Auto Show – barely scratching the surface of all the interesting things laid out for viewing.
[Here's a quick "snapshot" of just a few of the many sights at the 68th annual Washington Auto Show.]
SAE International and the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) co-located with the auto show this year, bringing top thinkers in advanced technology and public policy together under one roof.
In particular, the electric vehicles and related technology displayed under the auspices of the EDTA demonstrated some of the new paths being blazed in this area vehicle technology.
[Click here to view a photo gallery of these all-electric vehicles.]
All-electric cars and trucks weren't the only "alternate fueled" models on display at the show – not by a long shot. Cars and light trucks that operate on hydrogen-powered fuel cells, natural gas, gasoline-electric hybrids, even ethanol-electric hybrids, got some time in the spotlight.
[A photo gallery of these vehicles is available for viewing here.]
Then there are the concept vehicles: cars and light trucks sporting prototype designs and powertrain that represent some of the latest thinking going on in the automotive realm, both in the U.S. and overseas in Europe and Asia.
[You can take a gander at the concept vehicles displayed at the show by clicking here.]
But of course, what's an auto show without luxury vehicles, I ask you? Big money sedans and sport cars built for the rich and shameless right alongside fully-restored classics from the past; vehicles only affordable for folks with a working knowledge of two words the rest of us are quite unfamiliar with these days: disposable income.
[Here are just a few of the sharp rides that were at the show – click here to see them.]
It wasn't just about the products, either, as many company executives were on hand to describe some of their future strategies when it comes to the market – from green technologies to safety systems.
Below are some of Ford Motor Co.'s CEO Alan Mulally comments from the show
Mulally also took questions from the attending journalists, discussing everything from green technologies to safety systems.
My only regret about attending the 2010 Washington Auto Show is that I only had but three hours to try and take in everything on display. Next year, I'm going to try and carve out a lot more time for it.


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"Pulling Strings" takes a bit of a hit by being the third Latin single-dad comedy to roll into American theaters in a month. And though it is funnier and out-charms "Tio Papi," it lacks the whimsy, magical realism and kid-friendly sentiment of the sleeper hit, "Instructions Not Included."
But this tale of a mariachi singer denied a visa, who then tries to trick and charm the American embassy staffer who turned him down, is a winning vehicle for singer/actor Jaime Camil.
Alejandro (Camil) is raising his nine year-old daughter alone, and fears that what the Catholic school nuns are telling him is true — that he's botching the job. She needs to go spend time with her grandparents. In Arizona.
Having no property, permanent address or passport, he gets little more than the no-eye-contact dismissal from U.S. Embassy functionary Rachel (Laura Ramsey of "No One Lives" and "Kill the Irishman"). Rachel's mind is on her next assignment, a transfer to the London embassy.
But as coincidence would have it, her colleagues hire Alex's superb mariachi band for her going away party. Lots of shots of Jose Cuervo later, he winds up taking her home, in only the most gallant sense. It's just that he hides her top-secret laptop computer as leverage for a days-long "search" and "get to know you" mission that he figures will win her over and get his daughter the visa.
What works here is the mariachi milieu of Mexico City. Alex cooks up an elaborate scheme to drag Rachel from one "contact" to another, tracking down the missing laptop. There's Cosme the taxi owner, Margarito, the "underworld" sage, Gus, Alejandro's "manager." As they trek back and forth through the city, mariachis play "La Bamba" and the diplomatic "gypsy" finally samples the cuisine and the life of the city she's never bothered to get to know.
The mariachi scenes come close to taking off — a delightful romantic serenade here, a traditional birthday party there. More could have been done with this whole big band in big hats and costumes, piling into a single ancient Chevy Suburban.
Alejandro and his wise-cracking bandmate (Omar Chaparro) convince relatives to mob the band to convince Rachel that they're a big deal — "Like eh, Justin Bieber-Mexican!"
Hollywood veterans Tom Arnold (playing Rachel's boss) and Stockard Channing (her mother) have little funny to say or do.
"Did you know there's no 911 in this country!?"
Third act complications in the plot — obstacles to the computer recovery — are both tedious and entirely too obvious.
And the lovely Ramsey, who can manage a decent drunk scene, doesn't bring much heat or set off comic or romantic sparks with Camil, who is most at home in his offhanded scenes with Chaparro.
But "Pulling Strings" scores sentimental romantic points about the difference between "meeting lots of people" and actually getting to know them, and the simple idea that whatever shortcomings a musician single-father has, a child belongs with her dad.
And the bilingual, handsome, musically and comically gifted Camil shows us charisma that could have Hollywood calling. If you manage to get studio executives to show up for a movie about mariachis.
(Read Roger Moore's interview with Jaime Camil here)
MPAA Rating: PG, for language and brief smoking
Cast: Jaime Camil, Laura Ramsey, Omar Chaparro, Tom Arnold, Stockard Channing.
Credits: Directed by Pitipol Ybarra, written by Issa Lopez, Georgina Riedel, Gabriel Ripstein and Oscar Orlando Torres. A Pantelion/Lionsgate release.
Running time: 1:49


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The Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library will host a series of free tax-assistance sessions through the American Association of Retired Persons Tax Aide program. No appointments are necessary during the sessions on Tuesdays from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through April 11 at the library, 3701 Voltaire St. For more information, call (619) 531-1539, or visit www.sandiegolibrary.org.
The Point Loma Art Association will host its popular art show at the Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library, 3701 Voltaire St. The show runs through April. A reception is planned for March 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (619) 222-9825, or email email@example.com.
THURSDAY, Feb. 27
The Ocean Beach MainStreet Association will host its regular Sundowner social event for local merchants and residents to introduce one of the newest businesses in town, OB Rock 'n' Roll school. The event takes place from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Ocean Beach Playhouse, 4944 Newport Ave., Suite E. Munchies and drinks will be provided by Surfrider Pizza Café. For more information, call (619) 224-4906, email email@example.com, or visit www.oceanbeachsandiego.com.
SATURDAY, March 1
The Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church will host a pipe-organ concert by internationally acclaimed Maestro Hector Olivera of Buenos Aires to benefit the Presbyterian Urban Ministries and UPLIFT in San Diego, as well as the church's annual Day of Service in May and a seminary in Pakistan. The concert takes place at 7 p.m. at the church, 2128 Chatsworth Blvd. Tickets are $20 at the door. For more information, call (619) 223-1633, or visit pointlomachurch.org.
MONDAY, March 3
The Ocean Beach Woman's Club hosts its regular monthly meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The first hour is dedicated to social time and food, followed by a discussion on ideas for improving the club's front garden in the midst of the group's 90th anniversary later this year. The meeting takes place at 2160 Bacon St. For more information, call
(619) 222-1008, or visit www.obwomansclub.org.
SATURDAY, March 8
Winston's Beach Club will host a Red, White and Blues Food Drive and Fundraiser for the Miramar Marine Family Food Locker from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Performances by Robin Henkel and Whitney Shay, Jon Atkinson, Michele Lundeen and Blue Streak, Chet and The Committee, Tony Tomlinson with The Fremonts. The event takes place at Winston's, located at 1921 Bacon St. Cost TBA. For more information, call (619) 222-6822.
MONDAY, March 10
Robin Henkel Band with Horns and guest Whitney Shay perform at Humphreys Backstage Lounge from 7 to 11 p.m. Free. 21 and up at Humphreys, 2241 Shelter Island Drive. For more information, call (619) 224-3411.
SUNDAY, March 16
Animal lovers will have a chance to bring home a new loving pet during an Ocean Beach pet-adoption event set to take place at Shades Oceanfront Bistro from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will present puppies, dogs, kittens and cats from the San Diego Humane Society, Second Chance Dog Rescue, San Diego Spaniel Rescue and Almost Home Animal Rescue. Shades is located at 5083 Santa Monica Ave. For more information, email email@example.com or Elkie Wills at firstname.lastname@example.com.
SATURDAY, March 22
The American Academy of Pediatrics CA-Chapter 3 (AAPCA3) will hold its fifth annual "Read and Romp" event from 9 a.m. to noon at the McMillin Event Center at Liberty Station. The family-friendly fundraiser encourages parents to read to their children and promotes a love of reading. Proceeds benefit the pediatric literacy program Reach Out and Read San Diego, a program of the local AAP chapter. The cost is $15 per person or $50 for a family of four, which includes admission, activity tables, a character meet-and-greet, storytelling, music, dancing and continental breakfast. To register, visit www.rorsd.org.
WEDNESDAY, March 26
The Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library will be host to a free presentation by Road Scholar Ambassador Jull Swaim, who will discuss the world's leading nonprofit educational travel organization. Road Scholar is the name for programs created by Elderhostel, Inc. The presentation takes place at the library, located at 3701 Voltaire St., at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (619) 531-1539.
FRIDAY, March 28
Bethany Lutheran Church in Ocean Beach will host another offering in its annual Holy Trinity Concert Series, this time featuring the dynamic up-and-coming Irish band FullSet, which was nominated for Best New Irish CD in the 2013 Irish Music Awards. The concert takes place at Bethany Lutheran Church, 2051 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $23. For reservations and more information, call (619) 222-0365, or email email@example.com.
SUNDAY, March 30
Brunch with blues music by Robin Henkel and Billy Watson from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Humphreys Backstage Lounge, 2241 Shelter Island Drive. Brunch is $43.50. For more information, call (619) 224-3411.


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Artichokes and truffle cream make these poached eggs an elegant brunch dish. If you use porcini (cèpes in French), leave the stems attached but trim the side and bottom of each stem well.
- Yield
- Makes 4 light main-course servings
- Active Time
- 1 hour
- Total Time
- 1 hour
- For artichokes
- 1 lemon, halved, plus 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 4 large artichokes (10 to 12 ounces each)
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- For sauce
- 3 ounces small fresh porcino or cremino mushrooms (3), trimmed
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon white truffle oil
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- For eggs
- 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
- 4 large eggs
- Garnish: finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Prepare artichokes:
- Squeeze juice from 1 lemon half into a bowl of cold water, then drop same half into water.
- Cut off stem of 1 artichoke, then trim 1/4 inch from end of stem to expose inner core. Trim sides of stem down to pale inner core, then rub with other lemon half. Drop stem into acidulated water.
- Cut off top inch from same artichoke with a serrated knife. Bend back outer leaves until they snap off close to base, then discard several more layers of leaves in same manner until you reach pale yellow leaves with pale green tips.
- Cut yellow leaves 1/2 inch above top of artichoke bottom with a sharp knife and trim dark green fibrous parts from base and sides of artichoke with a sharp paring knife. Rub artichoke bottom all over with same lemon half, then drop artichoke into acidulated water.
- Trim remaining artichokes in same manner.
- Put 2 quarts water in a 4-quart pot and whisk in flour. Whisk in oil, salt, and remaining tablespoon lemon juice and bring to a simmer.
- Add artichoke bottoms and stems and simmer, partially covered, until just tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove artichokes with a slotted spoon (leave cooking water in pot), then cut a 1/4-inch slice from each bottom (reserving trimmings) so that artichokes will stand upright. When artichokes are just cool enough to handle, pull out all pointed inner leaves and remove fuzzy choke. Return artichokes to water to keep warm. Cut reserved trimmings and stems into thin slices for sauce.
- Make sauce while artichokes simmer:
- Thinly slice mushrooms. Combine cream, mushrooms, cheese, and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt in a small heavy saucepan and simmer until sauce is slightly thickened and reduced to about 1 cup, about 10 minutes. Stir in truffle oil, pepper, salt to taste, and sliced artichoke pieces. Keep sauce warm.
- Poach eggs and assemble dish:
- Butter bottom of a 2-quart heavy saucepan and add 1 1/4 inches water. Add vinegar and bring to a simmer. Break 1 egg into a cup and slide into water. Repeat with remaining eggs, spacing them apart, and poach at a bare simmer until whites are firm but yolks are still runny, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Transfer eggs as cooked with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain and season with salt and pepper.
- Drain artichoke bottoms and put 1 egg in each. Transfer to plates and spoon sauce over and around eggs.
Cooks' notes:
· Serving eggs with runny — not fully cooked — yolks may be of concern if there is a problem with salmonella in your area. Look for pasteurized eggs in the shell.
· Artichoke bottoms and stems may be cooked 1 day ahead. Pour off half of cooking water and replace with cold water (to stop artichokes from cooking further), then chill artichokes in same water, uncovered. Reheat in water before serving.
· Artichoke bottoms and stems may be cooked 1 day ahead. Pour off half of cooking water and replace with cold water (to stop artichokes from cooking further), then chill artichokes in same water, uncovered. Reheat in water before serving.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories453
- Carbohydrates20 g(7%)
- Fat37 g(58%)
- Protein14 g(28%)
- Saturated Fat20 g(99%)
- Sodium1131 mg(47%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber7 g(30%)
- Monounsaturated Fat13 g
- Cholesterol290 mg(97%)


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Friday, April 6, 2012
Kawachi "Kizuna" charity project
Post by Nonjatta contributor Stefan of Tokyo Whisky Hub.
The day after the first anniversary of the Tohoku triple disaster, liquor retailer Kawachiya released three interesting single cask bottlings of which a portion of the profit (1,000 yen per bottle sold, to be specific) goes to charity. It's a timely reminder that many people in the Tohoku region are still suffering, so I can only applaud Kawachiya's decision to keep the need for continued support in the public eye.
Some of you may remember Kawachiya's earlier Suntory single cask releases (particularly their so-called "Elegant 1st Edition"). At some point in 2010, the people at Kawachiya realised that their stock was depleted and so they contacted Suntory to secure a few more casks. After 3.11, everything was put on hold, but soon afterwards the idea grew to release the casks they had selected as charity bottlings.
The three "Kizuna" bottles are Yamazaki single casks: two white oak barrels, one from 1999 (55% abv, 160 bottles) - the other from 1996 (54% abv, 126 bottles ... already sold out), and a so-called "Black Legend" Yamazaki, drawn from a Spanish oak ex-sherry butt, distilled in 1996 and bottled at 59% abv. There are 427 bottles of this Black Yamazaki, so that one may be available for a few more weeks. For more information, surf to http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/kawachi/kizuna/
6 comments:
- Michio said...
ordered the 'black legend' the other day. first fill sherry yamazaki can't go wrong :)
- April 8, 2012 at 11:09 PM
Just tasted the Yamazaki, Black Legend 1996. Beautiful big sherry dram, chocolate, spiced plum, stewed cherry, toffee, red dates... So balance ... It was outstanding!
My best young Yamazaki to date :-)
- April 10, 2012 at 1:51 AM
- Malta said...
The darkest "Black Legend" ever from Yamazaki! It was so balance all the elements come together. Alcohol, fruitiness, sherry cask, tannin, acidity...:-)
- April 13, 2012 at 7:15 PM
Absolutely outstanding! What a great young sherry cask whisky from Yamazaki. Fascinating! Bravo!
96 pts.
- April 14, 2012 at 2:15 AM
Just bought 3 bottles from Kawachiya. I was told the stocks are running low.... Hurry! Crab one while stocks last! Worth buying for further enjoyment :-)
I'm loving it!!!
- April 14, 2012 at 2:19 AM
As dark as black ink! As rich as sweet sherry
- April 15, 2012 at 12:50 AM


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I am researching the family of my 6th great-grandfather Nathaniel Brown, who was in Framingham in 1761, and spent the remainder of his life in Sudbury, Massachusetts. This is the first half of the search. The next time I post about this, I expect to have formed an answer. What follows is how the search has gone so far.
First, go see Midge
The first thing that I did was to visit the Goodenow Library special collections room in Sudbury, Massachusetts with genea-blogger Midge Frazel of "Granite in My Blood." Midge's husband and I are 5th (?) cousins in the Parmenter line; by coincidence, the Parmenter brothers we are descended from, Elias and Ezra, married girls with the same last name, Eunice and Susannah Brown. So we share this search. Midge had located the correct names for Susannah's parents: Nathaniel Brown and Elinor Hayden. There was pretty good evidence for the marriage and Elinor's family tree. We consulted some books while we were there, including Descendants of Deacon John Parmenter, Proprietor of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1639, published by Pioneering Parmenters of America, 2009. The question was, who exactly was Nathaniel Brown.
The Browns
Of course we wondered, could Susannah and Eunice be sisters. Both are listed as children of Nathaniel and Eunice Brown in the Sudbury "tan book" (Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, published by the NEHGS, 1903) in the birth records section, on pages 25 and 27. In the 1850 federal census, they were apparently living next door to each other in Sudbury (page 82 of 105), both widows, aged 70 and 79. The parents are mentioned in the marriage records for each. So they certainly seem to be sisters. Coincidentally, I am also descended from a third sister, Abigail,
Brown was a common name in southern New England, so pinning down this Nathaniel Brown was not going to be easy. Midge found a candidate in Nathaniel Brown of Newton, Massachusetts, son of Thomas Brown and Abigail Cheney. The obvious things one would try first in the search for evidence – census records, vital records, town histories, cemetery records, newspapers and deeds – were raising more questions than answers.
As I waited around for the time to explore some probate and court records, I took stock of the situation. I also have some probate microfilm on order.
The things we knew
Nathaniel and Brown and Elinor Hayden were married 29 Dec 1761.
As best I have determined from the Sudbury town records, Nathaniel and Elinor (Hayden) Brown had the following children:
- Elinor
- Jonas
- Hannah
- Abigail
- Susanna
- Uriah
- Thadde (us?), no death record found
- Eunice
- Thaddeus
- Joel
- Nancy
Looking at Elinor's family (names matching Elinor and Nathaniel's children highlighted in green):
- parents: Uriah Hayden, Hannah (Jennings) Hayden. Siblings: Eunice, Moses, Abigail (2), Hepseba, Ephraim, Susannah, Jonas, Lydia, Uriah
This is a striking case of a mother naming the children after her parents and siblings.
Another solid piece of evidence is the sale of property in Sudbury from the estate of Elinor's father, Uriah Hayden, to Nathaniel Brown in 1770. This included 60 acres, a house and barn and seemed to be the farm of Uriah Hayden prior to his death. The deed was recorded in 1784 in Sudbury, volume 88, pages 141 and 142. I was startled to see the name "Jonas Brown" in the deed but then recalled it was not recorded until 1784, when Nathaniel's son was 19. Nathaniel paid Uriah's sons Ephraim and Uriah, and the widow Hannah a price of 100 pounds. All the men are recorded as husbandmen (farmers).
This makes it appear that Nathaniel took over the Hayden farm fairly early in his marriage to Elinor. That sounds like something a person would do if they were a younger son, or didn't have a father as they reached adulthood.
The questions we ask
Based on what's here so far, a few possibilities for solving this appear:
- Who was Thaddeus named for? and how about Joel and Nancy?
- Could there be deeds telling more about Nathaniel's activities in Framingham and Sudbury?
- Based on a marriage date of 1761, could Nathaniel possibly have participated as a soldier in the Revolutionary War?
- Could there be a guardianship record for Nathaniel as a child?
- Death record or probate for Nathaniel?
I wondered if the Newton, Massachusetts family would include a Thaddeus.
- These are the possible parents of Nathaniel Brown: Thomas and Abigail (Cheney) Brown. They were both born and married in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in 1737 Thomas purchased property in Newton from his father, Ebenezer, and the family relocated there.
- The children of Thomas and Abigail were: Aaron, Joseph, Thomas, Ebenezer, Abigail, Mary, Susannah, and Nathaniel (youngest).
While a few of the names overlap with Nathaniel and Elinor's children, there is not a Thaddeus, Joel or Nancy to be found. So far, I am not coming up with enough evidence that the Nathaniel born to Thomas and Abigail in 1761 was indeed the Nathaniel who married Elinor Hayden. But the family includes enough matching names, and shows Nathaniel as a youngest son who might not have inherited from his father. So they are still in the running.
I tried searching for Revolutionary War records, first for Nathaniel Brown and then for a (hypothetical) Thaddeus Brown. "Nathaniel Brown" appears numerous times in the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors books (vol. 2, p. 668) and the entry dated in Sudbury is likely to be him, at least. But Fold3.com does not show any records that seem likely to be Nathaniel. Similar searches for Thaddeus Brown show a resident of the town of Harvard in Worcester County, Massachusetts who served in the Revolutionary War and later obtained a pension. A Thaddeus Brown was born in Cambridge in 1746, son of William, and there were other Thaddeus Browns in eastern Massachusetts as well. Nothing seems to link to a brother Nathaniel, or a Thaddeus Brown old enough to be Nathaniel's father.
There is a Middlesex County probate record for Nathaniel Brown of Sudbury in 1798, Case Number 3151. I have not seen this yet (I have ordered the microfilm from the FamilySearch Center), and for some reason I have not found his death in the Sudbury records. I cannot find a death record or date for Elinor, either. Her last child was born in 1786.
Early Massachusetts land records are available (although lacking an electronic index) at FamilySearch.org. Framingham, Sudbury and Newton are all in Middlesex County so I focused my research there. Other than the purchase of the Hayden property in 1770, the records I am finding do not seem certainly linked to this Nathaniel Brown. Surely, there must be one for the sale after his death in 1798.
Next Steps
- Look for land records from anywhere in Massachusetts that mention Nathaniel Brown among the heirs, selling a father's property. That will take a while. Keep pursing the land records made on his property after his death.
- Examine the probate records for Nathaniel Brown when the microfilm arrives.
- Review the microfilm for a 1752 probate record naming a Nathaniel Brown in Cambridge which involves guardianship (when it arrives). Perhaps Nathaniel lost his family early, and so didn't think of naming his children for those relatives. The early Middlesex probate index is here on Ancestry.com, or try this download here on FamilySearch.org.
- Look over the 1790 federal census for Sudbury and nearby towns, looking at the other Browns.
- Also seek any Thaddeus in Sudbury in the 1790 census.
- Keep trying to find any property Nathaniel might have owned in Framingham before his marriage (so far not finding any).
- Learn more about the Newton couple, Thomas and Abigail Brown. Look for a probate record for Thomas Brown of Newton; it may mention a location for son Nathaniel. If that fails, try to pursue the life of the Nathaniel Brown born to Thomas and Abigail of Newton – see if he can be eliminated.
- Talk to Midge again.
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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
October 2010
Saving Tropical Forests
Agricultural improvements aid in reducing emissions and in keeping food affordable
Improved crop productivity alone can't save tropical forests from agricultural encroachment as the world warms and population grows. Emissions policies must place a value on carbon in forests as well, this study shows. Enlarge Image
Results: Crop productivity improvements and the economic evaluation of carbon in forests together could prevent widespread tropical deforestation over the next 100 years as well as contribute to limiting climate change. But, if relying on either strategy alone, the world is at risk of losing many of its tropical forests, according to a report released October 4th in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition. Researchers at the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) and the University of New Hampshire, Durham, show that a form of economic incentive to store carbon in forests through a strategy to limit greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, combined with farming improvements not only preserves tropical forests but increases their extent.
Why It Matters: "A key point of this study is the importance of counting the forest carbon in mitigation strategies," said research scientist Allison Thomson of JGCRI. "Our previous work has shown that's important, but the contribution of agricultural technology as a climate mitigation strategy—in terms of how much it can contribute to reducing carbon emissions from land use change—is new. That hasn't been demonstrated before."
Read the PNNL press release on carbon and deforestation.
Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research within the Office of Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The Joint Global Change Research Institute is a unique partnership formed in 2001 between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. PNNL staff associated with the center are world renowned for their expertise in energy conservation and understanding of the interactions between climate, energy production and use, economic activity, and the environment.
This work was supported by: Allison Thomson, Katherine Calvin, James Edmonds, George Hurtt, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Marshall Wise, and Anthony Janetos of the Joint Global Change Research Institute, Louise Chini and George Hurtt of the Department of Geography, University of Maryland, and Steve Frokling of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham.
Reference: Thomson A, K Calvin, L Chini, G Hurtt, J Edmonds, B Bond-Lamberty, S Frolking, M Wise, and A Janetos. 2010. "Climate mitigation and the future of tropical landscapes." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Early Edition online the week of Oct. 4-8, 2010, 10.1073/pnas.0910467107.


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Removing control chars (including console codes / colours) from script output
I'm working on a script to work alongside a program that I'm writing. What i'm trying to do is assess the level of completion of a number of clients using another script. My script does pretty much exactly as I want, but there are some color constants that are inserted into my XML output, which mess things up when I'm parsing the XML into PHP later. long story short, I have a sed expression that I'm using which removes the first portion of the color constants, but it fails to remove the trailing escape sequence which looks something like ^[(B - thus my problem.
Here is the sed sequence I'm using:
sed -r 's/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,3}((;[0-9]{1,3})*)?)?[m|K]//g'
I'm wondering if there is a separate sed sequence I could run afterwards to remove the trailing sequence. I've tried using
sed 's/\^\[\\(B//'
But it doesn't seem to remove anything. I don't necessarily need an answer, if someone has a good guide on sed and color codes, that would also be super helpful. I've googled around, but the answers I've found just seem to remove the opening portion of the color.
Thanks for your help.


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Magic Springs
The only theme park in Arkansas. There is a few good rides, but the park is outdated and falling apart. The park has changed management like 15 times because apparently having shitty food that you stand in hour in line in for someone to fill a soda cup is what makes a theme park great. They advertise having concerts during the summer, but are just cheap ways for emerging artists to get extra dough between tours. The even have special tickets for dumb nuts: the season pass, because people are too stupid to waste money more than once.
Hey! Lets go to magic springs!
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I wasn't able to get around to doing a follow-up post on the new site design, and, after reading all your comments in our post about it, I realized that I need about three uninterrupted hours in order to craft one. Promise: Come Monday, I'll have all the answers. Until then, feel free to send bugs to us at firstname.lastname@example.com, or leave your problems/questions in the comments below.


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Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2012 / 06:04 pm ().- Sunday homilies should promote repentance, instill a sense of mission and lead Catholics to grow in understanding their faith, the U.S. bishops said in a new document on preaching.
"The ultimate goal of proclaiming the Gospel is to lead people into a loving and intimate relationship with the Lord, a relationship that forms the character of their persons and guides them in living out their faith," the bishops emphasized.
In "Preaching the Mystery of Faith: the Sunday Homily," the bishops offered a reflection on preaching for priests, deacons and those who are responsible for forming them.
Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to approve the document – which will also be translated into Spanish – on Nov. 13 at their fall general assembly in Baltimore. The vote tally was 227 in favor, 11 against and four abstaining.
The bishops noted that Catholics have asked for "more powerful and inspiring preaching" in surveys, and that the laity can become discouraged by a "steady diet of tepid or poorly prepared homilies."
Homilists should respond to this desire by preaching with a "sense of urgency and freshness," connecting Scripture, the Eucharist and the Creed, they advised.
As an "intrinsic part of the Sunday Eucharist," the bishops said in the document, every homily must be centered on the person of Christ, whose death and resurrection are at the heart of our salvation.
"If a homilist conveys merely some example of proverbial wisdom or good manners, or only some insight gained from his personal experience, he may have spoken accurately and even helpfully, but he has not yet spoken the Gospel," they stated.
And while "every effective homily is a summons to conversion," the bishops also said this does not mean that a homilist should "simply berate the people for their failures."
Instead, the clergy should emphasize the "offer of grace" and do so with "pastoral sensitivity."
This invitation and "promise of grace" is an important context, particularly when addressing those who do not regularly attend Mass or discussing the moral challenges presented by Church teaching on delicate issues such as sexuality and marriage, they added.
The bishops also acknowledged that many Catholics seem to lack knowledge of Church teaching and be in need of stronger catechesis.
Since "the Sunday liturgy remains the basic setting in which most adult Catholics encounter Christ and their Catholic faith," they counseled homilists to use the opportunity to present Church doctrine.
Over time, the homilist should cover the entire scope of the Church's rich catechetical teaching, including its stance on critical issues such as the respect for human life, the importance of religious freedom and justice for the poor and migrants.
"Homilies are inspirational when they touch the deepest levels of the human heart and address the real questions of human experience," the bishops said, noting the importance of incorporating both ordinary experiences and the deeper hopes and longings that give meaning to them.
"Our encounter with Jesus inevitably leads to mission," they noted, adding that homilies are incomplete if they do not inspire a sense of mission that translates love of Christ into love for others.
Building on the New Evangelization, the Year of Faith and the call for a renewal of preaching by Pope Benedict XVI at the 2008 Synod on the Word, the bishops explained that preaching is a participation in the apostolic continuation of Jesus' ministry.
They pointed to Mary as an example of hearing and proclaiming the Word of God without hesitation.
In their personal lives, homilists should work towards ongoing spiritual renewal, seeking to lead lives of holiness with a deep love of Scripture and respect for Tradition, they said.
The effectiveness of preaching can also be improved through an understanding of contemporary culture, including the music, movies and websites that are a part of the people's lives.
The bishops offered several factors to consider when preparing homilies, including the growing individualism in modern culture, the need to speak respectfully about other religious traditions and the cultural diversity of Church communities.
"Once he has come to know the customs, mores, practices, history, and religiosity of a people, a homilist can draw on that richness in order to make his presentation of the faith fresh and enlivening," they said.
Tags: USCCB, Liturgy, Homilies
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