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Growing up, my mom made this egg bake for special holidays -- it would be a bigger breakfast/brunch before heading out to eat a 2pm meal. You can make the breakfast ahead of time, which allows you a chance to enjoy the holiday morning too!
It's filling.
And full of good veggies to get your day started off right :)
You can make it up the night before so all you have to do in the morning is bake it!
And, the recipe is adaptable -- dump in what you like, exclude what you don't!
Mom's Egg Bake - Finding Joy in My Kitchen
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4 C hash browns*, thawed
3 C broccoli florets
1 C peppers, diced
1 C onion, diced
1 1/2 C ham, diced
6 oz. mushrooms, sliced
1 1/2 C extra sharp cheddar cheese
4 eggs
2/3 C milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
Lightly grease an 9x13 glass baking dish with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, mix together potatoes, peppers, broccoli, onion, and ham.
Spread half of the potato mixture into the pan.
Sprinkle with half of the cheese.
Then, spread the rest of the potato mixture over the top and sprinkle with the rest of the cheese.
{At this point, you can cover and refrigerate over night, then, pick up the recipe with adding the eggs in the morning}
Mix together the eggs, milk, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Pour over the potato mixture.
Bake at 375 for 40 minutes. Let the dish stand for 5 minutes before serving.
*If you wish, visit Laura's blog to find out how you can make your own frozen hash browns!! I usually just shred potatoes fresh for hash browns, but Laura has a great frozen hash brown system down at her place!


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Make Your Tests Deterministic
HEADS UP! This article was written for an older version of node. More up-to-date information may be available elsewhere.
Non-deterministic issues like race conditions or thread deadlocks are very difficult to test, because they are by nature hard to reproduce. Fortunately, in the JavaScript world, we only have a single thread, so we are safe, right? Well, not really because...
Execution order of callbacks can cause the same race condition issues that plague multi-threaded environments.
Let's say we need a function that will return an array of timestamps representing the last modification time of a set of files.
var fs = require('fs');
var getLastModified = function(files, done) {
var timestamps = [];
files.forEach(function(file) {
fs.stat(file, function(err, stat) {
if (timestamps.length === files.length) {
done(null, timestamps);
To unit test this code, we need to mock out
fs module (using real file system would require setting up some initial state, cleaning up afterwards and would make the test slow). That's pretty easy with node-mocks - we can use a fake in-memory file system.
// Jasmine Syntax
describe('getLastModified', function() {
var mocks = require('mocks');
var mockery = {
// reate a fake in-memory FS
fs: mocks.fs.create({
'one.js': mocks.fs.file('2012-01-01'),
'two.js': mocks.fs.file('2012-02-02'),
'three.js': mocks.fs.file('2012-02-02')
// load the module (using fake FS)
var getLastModified = mocks.loadFile('get-last-modified.js', mockery).getLastModified;
it('should return last modified timestamps for every file', function() {
var spy = jasmine.createSpy('done').andCallFake(function(err, timestamps) {
new Date('2012-01-01'), new Date('2012-02-02'), new Date('2012-02-02')
getLastModified(['/one.js', '/two.js', '/three.js'], spy);
// wait for done callback
waitsFor(function() {return spy.callCount;});
This unit test passes, but the production code is broken. Even worse, it sometimes works, sometimes it does not... The problem is that this code relies on the order of
fs.stat callbacks, which is preserved in the mock version of
fs, but can't be guaranteed on real fs - it's non-deterministic.
Our solution needs to simulate the problematic behavior during the test.
We could make the fake
fs to fire callbacks in a random order, which would be very similar to the real
fs behavior. However, that would result in a flaky tests that sometimes pass, sometimes not - just like our production code. Yep, we could do "stress" testing - execute the test multiple times, to make the probability of failing bigger, but that's still flaky.
What we really want is our tests to be always deterministic - reliable, not flaky. So we need to simulate this behavior in a predictable - controlled way.
That's why the
fs mock uses something called
predictableNextTick, which behaves similar to process.nextTick, but fires callbacks in a specific order.
Let's add this line into our unit test:
mocks.predictableNextTick.pattern = [1, 0];
Suddenly, the test is failing, because now the
fs.stat callbacks are fired in different order than they were registered. They are fired in order specified by the pattern - second callback first, then first, then fourth, then third, etc...
The important thing is, they are ALWAYS fired in THIS order. It's predictable, deterministic !
This was very simple example of an issue, that can easily happen when dealing with asynchronous APIs. The same type of issues can happen in web applications as well, for instance by sending multiple xhr requests. In production, this behavior is out of our control. However, in order to guarantee correct behavior of our code, we need to be sure that it handles correctly all these different situations. The best way to do that is by simulating these situations in a fully controlled - a deterministic way.
The full source code of
predictableNextTick implementation can be found on github.
The full source code of this example is on gist.
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Everyone loves Indiana Jones. That's just science. But you've also probably seen all of them a hundred dozen times. You could go through and watch all of the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles on Netflix (actually, yeah, do that too). Or you could take a night and watch all of these wonderful documentaries about how the Indy films were made.
My favorite is the Temple of Doom, because it's easily the darkest, and the most stuff went wrong on the set, which always makes for a good doc. Or it might just be because that's the VHS I chose from the McDonalds promotion in the 90s. Anyway, here are the first parts of all of the docs, all of which are up in their entirety on YouTube.
So yeah, there's your Friday night. No time for love, Dr. Jones.


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That noise. Good God. It's a constant braying, brawling cacophony that strangles your senses and sends your sense of bewilderment ricocheting against a rock face. And it's some rock face. We're deep in the mountains near Bologna in an Aventador Roadster with a special police escort, and, somewhat ironically, the spirit of Ferruccio Lamborghini is being celebrated along the Futa Pass in a sadistic exhibition of joy. Oh, and noise.
Why ironic? Let's step back into the 1950s. Mr Lamborghini himself, Ferruccio, famously wanted a quiet word in Enzo Ferrari's ear to talk shop. Ferruccio is not impressed with the build quality and sound proofing on his Ferrari 250, and wanted something quieter, and more comfortable. Enzo is having none of it, thus provoking Ferruccio to use his own mechanical expertise and considerable self-made wealth to pursue his passion for exotic motoring. He starts his own company. He builds his own supercars. And today, his spirit survives through a pantheon of loud, raucous, uncomfortable and gloriously punky supercars. Italians, eh?
This year marks 50 years since Ferruccio's break with Enzo Ferrari; 50 years since he pooled his considerable talent, wealth, and poured heart and soul into creating Automobili Lamborghini, the company bearing his name that would go on to build some of the world's most iconic supercars.
Current Lamborghini president Stephan Winkelmann, a unimpeachably cool man, decided that an appropriate tribute would be a 350-gun salute of Lambo customer cars parading through historic Italy, through the winding roads and mountain passes and the villages to the people, reminding the home crowd that this is all the work of a farmer. The Giro began in Milan, driving down through to Rome, then back up to Bologna and finally to the factory in Sant'Agata.
"It was simply an idea to have our cars and our people in our home country," boss Winkelmann told TG.com. "We didn't want to do a small event for the 50th because we are growing in numbers, growing in fans, in owners, so there is a need to do something big." It certainly was big. It attracted Lamborghini clientele from all corners of the globe, including a tiny TG contingent joining in with an Aventador Roadster. We weren't going to miss this.
On the morning of the Rome to Bologna stretch, TG bumped into Japanese soy biscuit manufacturer Masahiro, who had spent three months shipping his Gallardo to Italy to join the parade. He even died his hair in the Italian tricolore and shaved in a '50' sign on the side. His English wasn't too good, but his enthusiasm – and friendliness – was bubbling over. He even wanted his picture taken with our Aventador and us. Then there's the Japanese chap with a pink Lamborghini Diablo GT – complete with the Godfather theme tune as the horn – who opened up his doors for all to see. Mark, from the Lamborghini Club Australia, shipped his beautiful green Miura from Oz to take part, and you can tell what being part of this community meant to him from the smile on his face.
Fate, it would seem then, intertwines like-minded souls, because with Top Gear's eternal search for speed, two more affable chaps from Wales – Robin and Rhodri – came galloping forward in a jet black Murcielago SV bringing good tidings of oversteer.
And that set the scene within minutes. Every single owner we bumped into – including Kris Singh, an American who actually owns one of the three Lamborghini Venenos, is a lifelong Lamborghini fan ("I remember having the posters on my wall as a kid") and even named his two-week old daughter Miura – opened up their cars and their enthusiasm to the hundreds of other owners and thousands watching.
Far from bragging about their own cars – Kris rocked up in an Aventador coupe with a colour scheme mirroring the Veneno (he had it first, mind) – each was more interested in what everyone else had brought along. "I'd be driving in a parade," Kris told TG.com, "and I wasn't sure which one I wanted more – the Lamborghini in front of me or the Lamborghini behind me."
Londoner Simon travelled up from Blighty with his wife, stopped off in Reims for the Porsche RS festival and ended up in the parade in Italy. He didn't ship his precious 6.0-litre V12 Diablo over though, he just topped it up with fuel, sorted out his music selection and got on the road. "Look at it," he told us, "does it look like I'm precious about it? I don't even wash it, I just drive it." I ask if the Diablo had given him any problems on the drive down, and he responds with a look to suggest I had better ask him something else.
"This event has just been fantastic," he enthuses. "Part of the route took in the Mille Miglia, and I now have total respect for those guys who averaged 90mph back in the 50s – how the **** did they do that with old cars and **** roads?"
A point proved most unfortunately by poor old Austrian Rich Albert and his yellow Countach. He was in a five-car Countach parade when suddenly, the car leading was forced to turn left, panicked, slammed on the brakes and sent the four behind, including Rich, slamming into the back. He makes a gesture suggesting the tyres on his Countach aren't as wide as modern cars. "It was like skiing," he told us. I ask him if the damage is terminal, and he shrugs his shoulders, smiling. "Oh well." [How's this for spirit, though? Later, rumour has it he got an overnight train back to Austria, picked up a Diablo and finished the tour.]
Still, all along the route we were treated to a demonstration of just what Lamborghini means to Italy. Police escorts (who would later get a standing ovation in the Piazza) led us out from the centre of Rome – with nary a complaint from drivers forced to move out of the way for us – through to Orvieto and Arezzo, where it was practically a ticker tape parade. Locals herded out in their hundreds to see 350 Lamborghinis cruising through their locale, cheering and waving us on, shouting, hollering and waving flags in celebration. A sight we will remember for some time is that of an elderly lady being pushed along in her wheelchair to the side of the kerb just so she could wave her arms at the cars. They like their Lamborghinis in this part of the world.
From Arezzo, it was on through to San Giustino Valdarno, then to the famous Passo Della Raticosa and a winding, twisting route that will remain in the memory for a long, long time. The morning's sunshine had given way to a moody, thickening grey and light greasing of rain, but it only intensified the sheer hammer's blow of horsepower on display. Michael Mann – director of Heat – couldn't have scripted this scene better.
Suffice to say, the Aventador beasted those mountain roads like every single poorly executed and overused motoring analogy you can think of. The sound of TG's V12 echoing in unison with a Miura, Countach, Diablo, Gallardo, Murcielago, 400GT, Espada and about a dozen other Aventadors meant anyone within oh, about ten miles, would have thought Thyrus itself, the mythical Italian dragon from the Middle Ages, had descended once again to terrorise Terni. Did we mention the noise?
"I think Ferruccio would be proud of the company we have built today," boss Winkelmann tells TG.com, "especially after this drive," he says with a giggle. "We followed his initial idea of being courageous, emotional, extraordinary and," he says with a cheeky smile, "being the bad boy."
A very distinguished Lamborghini alumnus is inclined to agree: none other than test driver Valentino Balboni, a man who served under Ferruccio and is currently overcome with emotion at the event. The man is literally being mobbed in the Piazza by adoring fans, he stops and takes time with everyone, including TG. "I am not so sure it was in Ferruccio's mentality for Lamborghini to become so big," he tells us, "but I am sure he is happy in his grave. It was a huge honour to work – and walk – with the man.
"For me, still here representing Lamborghini is a big honour. Don't forget, Ferruccio was a real genuine farmer, he had a lot of charisma but also had a lot of motivation, so I hope the future of Lamborghini keeps the spirit and tradition of the old Lamborghini." Balboni, aside from being an absolute gentleman, is an old school warrior, a man who has drifted every single Lamborghini for the last 40 years. "I hope it keeps the old roots alive – this is very important, ok? We are here today, with these beautiful cars – you know, like this Aventador – with lots of high technology, but everybody should remember the roots of Lamborghini. He was a farmer, a poor man who started with nothing. His life was a big challenge."
None is more aware of this than Winkelmann, who provides a fitting conclusion to Balboni's request for respecting roots. Speaking to us on the morning of the concours event – won by a ludicrously desirable (and loud) Miura Jota – he said: "We have only one bullet to use for a third model. The Estoque was an absolutely outstanding car and got an outstanding reaction, but in the last few years the development of the SUV segment made incredible steps." The Urus hovers into conversation, and Stephan laughs.
"Anyway, look over there [pointing to a jet black Lamborghini LM 002]. In our DNA there is not only super sports cars, we have other things. Yes, the Miura is the car that absolutely made the difference for Lamborghini, but I personally like the LM."
So it was fitting that later that night, at a gala dinner for the parade, Winkelmann officially announced that yes, Lamborghini will put the Urus SUV into production, to appear on your streets at some point in 2017.
Looking back on the history of Lamborghini, the enthusiasm of this punky community and the spirit of Ferruccio, we'd like to think the headstrong Italian would be smiling up there. Happy 50th, Lambo.
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Local radio personalities beg in tune for charity.
June 23, 2003
To raise money for the city's annual Community Chest drive, a radio personality from each of five different Summerset FM stations spent an hour last Thursday morning begging on a downtown street corner, singing songs in his or her station's music genre to entice passersby to contribute money. Given the bits below, can you solve this hard Logic Puzzle of each singing beggar's full name and station, the sum he or she raised, and the city corner where he or she worked (each was at the intersection of a different downtown street and avenue, including one at 1st Ave).
Each of the five begged a different amount of money, from a high of $200 to a low of $80; the WHOB-FM personality isn't the one who made the $80.
Jeff took in twice as much money singing his station's oldies as Miceli made singing country.
Alice wasn't the one at the 7th Ave. corner in downtown Summerset.
Neither the WHOB-FM nor the WMAY-FM on-air personality was the person who picked a Palmetto St. intersection as a prime begging spot.
In the hour of panhandling, the WGIV-FM personality cadged $40 more from passing pedestrians than Lenderman, who isn't Molly, did.
The beggar at the King St. corner gathered $20 less than the one at the 6th Ave. intersection and half as much as the WZZZ-FM personality did.
Molly made more for the Community Chest than the radio personality who was at the corner of Lincoln St. and 5th Ave.; the latter isn't Chan.
Returning fundraisers Chan, Green, and the WRKP-FM personality finished 1-2-3 in the most-money-begged order in last year's event.
George and radio rival Lenderman made on-air bets with each other as to who would beg the most money.
Jeff, who isn't on WZZZ-FM, ceded the Railroad St. intersection to another personality and moved to another corner.
O'Henry and the personalities at the 3rd Ave. and 7th Ave. locales were asked by patrolling policemen to explain their panhandling activities.
Daniel, who wasn't at the King St. intersection, brought in $20 more than the personality who worked the Harbor St. corner.
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Scott Kelby continues this series of retouching hair with coloring! Scott writes:
This is fairly common, especially if you're working with an art director who wants the model's hair to match the clothes, but luckily, most of the time, a change of hair color is fairly subtle, and not from one extreme to another.
Step One: Here's the image where we're going to (eventually) change her hair color from blonde to brunette, but we're going to have a couple of stops at different colors along the way, along with a technique variation, so you've got lots of options (especially if your subject, or client, wants a big variation in color).
Step Two: Start by getting the Quick Selection tool (W) and then literally paint over your subject's hair to select it. If it over-selects, and starts selecting her face, you can remove that spillover by pressing-and-holding the Option (PC: Alt) key and painting over the spillover areas to deselect them.
Use a fairly small brush, and just keep painting until it's all pretty much selected (as shown here). Also, you don't have to worry about making a perfect selection for two reasons: (1) we're going to have Photoshop fine-tune the selection for us in the next step, and (2) we'll automatically have a layer mask, so we can fine-tune the mask just by painting on it if it needs tweaking. So, relax, and get your selection kinda close, then move on to Step Three.
Step Three: Once your selection is in place, and while you still have the Quick Selection tool, go up to the Options Bar up top and click on the Refine Edge button (As shown above, right). This brings up the Refine Edge dialog, and gives you a preview of your selection (you can choose to view your selection on different backgrounds—choose the On White background from the View pop-up menu, so it looks like it does here). You can see from the selection we have here, it's pretty harsh and jaggy, but don't worry — that's all about to go away.
Step Four: To get a much better, smoother, and more encompassing selection, go to the Edge Detection section of the dialog and turn on the Smart Radius checkbox.
This helps you get a better, more accurate edge around your selection (especially helpful with hair), but just turning on the checkbox isn't enough—you need to then take the Radius slider and drag it to the right (as shown here), and you'll see the edges start to change from harsh to very usable (as seen here). Again, they don't have to be perfect—you can always edit the mask we're going to make in a moment by just painting on it. So, at this point, we're definitely closer, but if it's not perfect, just roll on.
Okay ... so now, let's add some color ...
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In years past, Yvan Valentin crafted elaborate mousse-filled meringue cakes for Frank Sinatra, built a towering croquembouche (a cream puff pyramid decorated with pulled sugar) for Jane Fonda and Ted Turner's wedding and constructed a chocolate replica of downtown's Union Station for President Clinton.
But these days, the well-pedigreed French pastry chef is more interested in the rough-hewn chocolate truffles that are the heart of his Leimert Park chocolate factory and wholesale bakery. "What is most important to me now is not how beautiful is the chocolate, but how is the taste," explains the 49-year-old chocolatier in his persistent French accent.
These may not be the jewel box-worthy, cocoa butter-painted chocolates one might expect from the former pastry chef at L'Orangerie, the late, legendary white-glove French restaurant. But to Valentin — a handy last name this time of year — the nooks and crannies on each classic French truffette are pretty perfect just the way they are. Though he has experimented over the years by adding caramel to one ganache filling and dusting another with matcha tea powder, for the most part, Valentin has let that craggy dark chocolate coating tell its own flavor story.
"Chocolate is such a noble ingredient, it doesn't need so much to be good," he says, standing in the former retail shop for the long-shuttered Grace Bakery on Jefferson Boulevard that now serves as his truffle production facility. He opened Yvan Valentin Chocolate Truffles when he stepped down as L'Orangerie's pastry chef 18 years ago.
"There is not one chocolate that is ever the same — ever," he says, cradling two of the three-quarter-inch cocoa powder-dusted nuggets in the palm of his hand.
Valentin says inherent variety in hand-dipped truffles is why he is content to still make just six flavors. He started the business with his signature dark chocolate bonbons, a delicate dark chocolate shell filled with a creamy ganache made from three types of dark chocolate. Over the years, Valentin has added a chocolate caramel-filled "cappuccino" filling, a praline truffle (chocolate hazelnut cream) and a white chocolate version with white chocolate orange-liqueur cream. More recently, the matcha-tea-dusted dark chocolate truffle and a tart yuzu-dark chocolate ganache have passed his rigorous chocolate taste tests.
Behind the small chocolate room, Valentin's two dozen employees work to fulfill daily bakery orders 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (The truffles are made only on weekdays, when Valentin is on site.) He also opened a wholesale bakery, Sweet Temptations, at the same time he started the truffle company. Thousands of croissants, the bakery's most popular item, make daily treks around the globe, being served on several airlines. Valentin's breakfast pastries (including the croissants), pies and elaborate French cakes are delivered daily to Southern California specialty retail shops, corporations and high-end hotels such as Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach and L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills.
Aside from a few chocolate-induced smile lines and gray curls, Valentin almost could pass as the enthusiastic teenager who had his first dark chocolate love affair more than 30 years ago.
After he graduated from pastry school, the Roanne native spent several years honing his soufflé technique at Maison Troisgros, a long-revered Michelin three-star restaurant in his hometown. When he turned 21, Valentin says, he decided to continue his education abroad. "Travel is how you become more creative."
His two-year tour du monde included pastry stints in Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Spain and Tahiti. Valentin settled in L.A. in 1984 when the Troisgros family recommended him for the L'Orangerie position. "That is how it worked then at the French restaurants, by recommendation," he says.
For the next eight years, Valentin soaked up life in the limelight as a young Los Angeles pastry chef. He fondly recalls the virtually limitless budget he had for quality ingredients and the high-end clientele that was always eager for his next creation, no matter how elaborate. But at some point, the croquembouche party had to end.
"I was in my early 30s, a time when you need to move, to do things, or you will be stuck," he says, brushing cocoa powder off the white apron tied snugly around his pristine chef's jacket.
Nearby, 29-year-old Samuel Gobet is piping chubby coins of dark chocolate ganache onto a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet. (Valentin's brother, Frank, a restaurateur in Saint Jean La Bussière, France, recommended the aspiring chocolatier for the job.)
To make the dark chocolate truffles, Valentin's favorites, the piped chocolate filling is chilled until firm and then dipped one by one into melted dark chocolate. Like most chocolatiers, Valentin uses a small tabletop tempering machine to keep the coating chocolate at a constant temperature (even the slightest change in temperature can cause streaking and a gray, chalky texture).
Rolling the finished truffles in cocoa powder intensifies the chocolate flavor. "You must treat the chocolate very carefully, it is always changing," says Valentin, pouring a little cocoa butter into the tempered chocolate to keep it from becoming too thick. "It is why I prefer to make the chocolates than the same croissants, over and over."
Valentin's penchant for perfection made the transition from pastry chef to wholesale baker a bit tricky.
"The hotels, they come and tell you what they want, not the other way around," he says, tasting the crust of a lemon bar that an employee has just pulled out of an oven.
"My problem was the first 10 years in this business, I was trying to be too French, no wavering," he says. He still wears a formal double-breasted chef's jacket to work every day.
Eventually, at the request of clients, Valentin agreed to add American-style pies, bar cookies and breakfast muffins to his menu. "These, they are a bit sweeter pastries, for the Americans," he says while a bakery assistant cuts up lemon and pecan bars for a 1,400-person catering order. "You have to cooperate with your customer, but I cannot ever produce something I cannot eat myself."
When it comes to his beloved truffles, Valentin is not as generous with his customers. "People must respect chocolate," he says, adding that several new Asian clients have been particularly receptive to his style of lightly sweetened chocolates. "The Japanese like things not too sweet, like the French."
For Valentine's Day, he shipped 1,200 pounds of chocolate to Japan for several new high-end department store clients in Ginza, Kobe and Tokyo. The matcha-tea-dusted truffle and a yuzu-spiked ganache version were recently added to the truffle lineup with that growing Asian market in mind.
Valentin says he also hopes to one day grind his own cocoa beans for the ganache. A lofty goal, as a bean-to-bar operation would require a substantial investment, not to mention several extra hours in the workday that are already in short supply.
"I should be more in the office now, I know," he says, grinning, as he stands beside a baker's cart filled with truffles. "But I love being out here, with my beautiful chocolate."
Yvan Valentin Chocolate Truffles, http://www.yvanvalentin.com, are available at Andrew's Cheese Shop in Santa Monica, Larchmont Village Wine & Spirits and Joan's on Third in Los Angeles, and Nicole's Gourmet Foods in South Pasadena. They will be available for mail order in March.
In years past, Yvan Valentin crafted elaborate mousse-filled meringue cakes for Frank Sinatra, built a towering croquembouche (a cream puff pyramid decorated with pulled sugar) for Jane Fonda and Ted Turner's wedding and constructed a chocolate replica of downtown's Union Station for President Clinton.


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kangaroo, name for a variety of hopping marsupials, or pouched mammals, of the family Macropodidae, found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. The term is applied especially to the large kangaroos of the genus Macropus. Kangaroos have powerful hind legs designed for leaping, long feet, short forelimbs, and long muscular tails. The hind legs are also used to deliver blows at enemies when the animal is cornered; the feet are sharply clawed. The tail serves as a balance when the animal leaps and as a prop when it stands; the usual posture is bipedal. The handlike forepaws are used for grasping. As in most marsupials, females have a pouch surrounding the teats. The single young is born in an immature state after a gestation period of about 40 days and is suckled in the mother's pouch for about six months. After it begins to graze it returns frequently to the pouch for shelter and transport until it is too large to be carried. Kangaroos feed on grass and other vegetation; they are the chief grazers of the Australian plains. Day-active animals, they move about in herds called mobs and sleep on the ground at night. Males are called boomers, females flyers; the young are called joeys. Because many types of kangaroo have valuable hides, and because they compete with domestic livestock for grazing land, kangaroos have been extensively hunted and are now extremely reduced in numbers.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Classification
- Types of Kangaroos
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The hay tool and skid-steer manufacturing business is a bit dirtier since billionaire corporate raider Harold C. Simmons started lobbing dirt clods at Gehl Equipment Company. Last December, Simmons, on behalf of a group of disgruntled activist shareholders, started voicing his intention to buy the West Bend, WI, based manufacturer. Meanwhile William D. Gehl, the company's chairman, chief executive, and grandson of the company founder, had until recently insisted that his company was not for sale. According to Gehl, Simmons didn't really want to buy the company, but was instead trying to drive up the price of Gehl stock.
If price pumping was Simmons' intention, the strategy has succeeded. Before the buyout rabble got serious, shares of Gehl wallowed at about $10/share. Recently the price rose above $17, with Simmons and his partners Paul DeRobbio and Mark E. Schwarz saying they intend to own the company at $18/share. The takeover trio currently owns 6.4% of Gehl's stock.
Now the threat of a bona fide takeover appears more real after an official announcement from Gehl on May 9. In that press release, the company changed its position on selling, saying it will seek "strategic alternatives" to maximize shareholders' value, including a potential sale of the company. In doing so, Gehl opened itself to accepting other offers, which will likely force the raiders to make an official tender offer or withdraw their takeover bid.
Exactly what Simmons and his partners intend to do with Gehl if they can buy it is still a matter of speculation. It might be the classic corporate raid, in which Simmons used to specialize. Going back to an article in the March 27, 1990, issue of the Los Angeles Times, it appears that Simmons typically targeted companies with assets that could be divided and sold off. These pieces included "over-funded" pension plans. The takeover typically resulted in the liquidation of plan assets and their partial replacement with less-valuable annuities. In the 1980s, Simmons legally looted more than $200 million from the pension funds of Amalgamated Sugar, Baroid and NL Industries.
On the other hand, some Wall Street analysts think Simmons, whose net worth already exceeds $1 1/2 billion, may be intending to build instead of tear down this time around. According to financial analyst reports, word on the Street is that Simmons intends to use Gehl as a foundation for putting together a large equipment manufacturing and rental company. If true, this scenario leaves one looming question: What equipment company will the raider target next?
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Hi all,
I've been looking for the rate of blood flow in the human peritoneum in order to obtain a range of physiological shear stress values, for a set of protein-ligand interaction studies I have to do later on in my project (this is to do with ovarian cancer cells binding with mesothelial cells in the peritoneum).
However, I've been finding conflicting and confusing information in papers, and the vast majority are to do with peritoneal dialysis.
The figures I've seen most often are around 60-100 ml/min, but I've seen different rates based on clearance of different molecules.
Could someone tell me more about this, and provide me with a physiological range of shear stresses experienced in the peritoneum due to blood flow and/or lymph flow? Either of the figures (dynes/cm2 shear stress, or ml/min blood flow rate) I would appreciate references to accepted studies about this too.
Thanks a lot,
Shashwati Kala
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Team Saab/Salomon keeps applying the pressure on Team Nike/Rogue Valley Runners. Though Max and Erik won today's stage (Day Five), the winning margin was only 24 seconds. Think about it; run 24 miles over the hairiest terrain you can imagine to only come across the line 24 seconds before the chasing team. That's intense!
Tomorrow is the final day of the Transrockies Run. Skaggs and King have about a four minute overall lead on Team Saab/Salomon. Tomorrow, Day Six, has 21 mountain miles in store. Anything can happen...
Stay tuned...
Friday, August 29, 2008
Colorado Intense!
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- Rennaker said...
Awesome job guys! Looking forward to hearing some stories from you.
- Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:48:00 PM
- Trail Goat said...
Congrats to Erik and Max on a tremendous race! They fought hard everyday and in the end the best team won.
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Every October 9th I get a pang in my heart because it is John Lennon's birthday and he is no longer around to celebrate it. Not to get too weepy or wax too nostalgic, but I do miss the man. That is to say I miss the witty, sarcastic, experimental, bold and brash John Lennon – in other words the John Lennon before Yoko Ono.
I won't go into an "I hate Yoko" rant because I don't hate Yoko. I think in her early days she was an interesting conceptual artist and I even like a few of her songs but, to my mind, she sucked the life-force out of John and he, in turn, gave her a spotlight that unleashed her inner commercial aspirations. She turned the man who wrote "Revolution," "She Said, She Said" and "Rain" into the soft-bellied singer of the saccharine "Imagine" (sorry, I think the song is utter crap) and the sappy "Woman." Not to say John didn't pen soft ballads before Yoko, but the ones he did, like "This Boy," "Yes It Is," and "Girl" had grit, swagger and integrity. They never lapsed into bathos as did his later ball-less ballads ("Julia" excepted). I know John loved Yoko, and I assume she loved him (and not just because he was a Beatle, although the first Beatle she admits she was attracted to was McCartney) but I think they were bad for each other, artistically-speaking. He went almost perpetually soft (it is notable that the only real rock 'n' roll album he made in the 1970's (Rock 'n' Roll) was after his split with Yoko) while she went from from being an avante-garde conceptual artist to one with more commercial aspirations, often with mixed results. It is also notable that, after they reunited, it was Yoko that again de-balled Lennon. For whatever reason, she dissuaded him from making Double Fantasy a much heavier record than the fur ball that it became. (He had originally used Cheap Trick as the backing band on many tracks, and if you have heard any of the outtakes where they back John you can hear what a much better LP it would have been.) Have a listen: CHEAP TRICK AND LENNON.
Lennon is now known now mostly for "Imagine" and being a "peacenik" and his early persona is almost entirely forgotten, covered in layers of goo in much the same way Elvis is now remembered mainly for being a fat fuck who only played Vegas. I say, on this birthday year, that we go back and remember the John Lennon we first met in 1963-4. I suggest everyone watch A Hard Day's Night. If you haven't seen it in a while (or maybe never seen it) it's a revelation. It's quite obvious that it was John Lennon, and not Paul McCartney, who was the focus of the movie.
All of the major songs ("If I Fell", "I Should Have Known Better", "When I Get Home" and the title track, among others) are all Lennon. In fact, McCartney is regulated to just a few tunes (although spotlights) like "And I Love Her" and "Can't Buy Me Love." Viewed dispassionately, not as a contest between two major talents, A Hard Day's Night is so Lennon-esque you almost ache for McCartney, hoping he'll do something to escape Lennon's shadow – but he really doesn't, aside from the the "And I Love Her " set piece – otherwise he is totally in John's grasp, from one-liners to close-ups ( ever notice John sniffing that Coke bottle? Brilliant). Lennon totally steals the show. Oh. Paulie would make-up for it later (Let It Be was basically all about him) but in 1964 it was John Winston Ono Lennon who ruled the Beatles. And forever will.
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Little Girl Swallows Entire Pixy Stick, Pays the Price [VIDEO]
Bea and Sophie learned valuable lessons in too much of a good thing when the girls each devoured an entire giant sour-flavored Pixy Stix.
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Invisible light and special goggles may improve brain tumor surgery
Some day "night vision" goggles and beams of near infrared light may be able to detect tiny tumors and areas of cancerous tissue in the brain that surgeons can't normally see, say investigators at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer.
They say their advance, successfully tested in animals, is designed to help neurosurgeons define tumor "margins" -- the area where a tumor ends and normal tissue begins -- when they operate on patients with brain tumors.
"No one can determine tumor margins in brain tissue adequately right now, but our hope is that the emerging technology of near-infrared fluorescence optical imaging will provide this crucial information in real time to surgeons, as an operation is under way," says investigator Shi Ke, M.D., an instructor in the Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging at M. D. Anderson.
Ke is presenting results of an imaging probe that allowed detection of small tumors in the brain at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
When perfected, near infrared optical imaging of brain tumors may offer a "safe, non-invasive and highly sensitive" method that can improve surgical treatment, says Ke.
Although neurosurgeons now use diagnostic scans that pinpoint where tumors are prior to an operation, once the skull is open, soft brain matter shifts, making it difficult to know where tumor tissue ends.
Life expectancy of brain tumor patients is tied to the amount of tumor that remains, according to Ke, Research reported recently by neurosurgeons at M. D. Anderson found that if 98 percent of a glioma brain tumor is removed, patients survive for more than a year. If 95 percent of the tumor is removed, survival decreases by more than four months.
Although several research teams around the country have been experimenting with similar devices, collectively known as near-infrared (NIR) optical imaging, no one has tried it before in brain tumors, says Ke.
To make it work for brain tumors, Ke and others in a research team lead by Chun Li, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging, developed a special kind of dye that can find its way to tumors inoculated in the brain. They chose a dye found from an in vivo screening process that binds to many human tumors as well as in gliomas, but not to normal tissue. Then, using a NIR camera developed by scientists at Texas A & M University, they tested the ability of the dye to pick up tumors as they grew in laboratory mice.
Light in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum easily penetrated the skulls of the animals to "excite" the dye, and the emitted fluorescent signal was then captured by a CCD camera. The tumors shone with a brighter light than the normal brain tissue around them, says Ke.
The study is an important proof-of-principle that such a device can detect brain tumor margins and small tumors, he says. Now, investigators are testing NIR optical imaging in the earliest stages of brain tumor development, and they also plan to test its ability to distinguish melanoma, endometrial and prostate tumors.


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Just Mobile's $40 AluPen Pro, available in black or silver, is a revamp of the company's original AluPen stylus, adding 2-in-1 functionality in a slimmer package while preserving its predecessor's great design ethic.
Like the original AluPen, the 5.5-inch AluPen Pro is nicely balanced. It melds effortlessly to your hand, with its hexagonal ridges imitating the feel of a HB2 pencil (or at least a nicely-machined-aluminum version of one). On looks alone, the pen would not seem out of place on the desk of a company executive—when writing on paper, the Pelikan ballpoint twist pen takes charge, the rubber reduced to a simple black decoration.
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The New York Times reported at the top of page one yesterday on the $4.1 million in payments that a single physical therapist in Brooklyn got from Medicare in 2012. It's a shocking sum, and Medicare fraud is common in both physical therapy and the Brooklyn area. The therapist who received the money says that the billings are for his large, multi-office practice.
The point is broader: Reporters, medical trade association figures, investigators and researchers are poring over newly released data about Medicare spending. They're strengthening public oversight and the public's capacity to question this government program. It's data that the American Medical Association and other industry groups fought against releasing. There is risk that the numbers will lead some to unfair conclusions, perhaps even in the case of this Brooklyn physical therapist, but the public oversight it brings to the Medicare program and the circumspection it brings to fraudsters and others will be more than worth it. Data is a powerful oversight tool.
That's why I think it's good news that the House of Representatives passed the DATA Act yesterday. The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, introduced by Mark Warner (D-VA) in the Senate and Darrell Issa (R-CA) in the House, requires the federal government to adopt data standards for all federal spending and publish all of it online. This will permit the public to gather insights like the ones in that New York Times story across the vastness of the federal spending enterprise. It will make the diffuse cost of government a little more acute in the minds of many, positioning Americans to say specifically which spending should stop.
Change will not come instantly, and the legislation is not self-executing, but groups like the Data Transparency Coalition, a prime mover behind the legislation, appear poised to insist on full execution of the law. Implementation should not have the cost that the Congressional Budget Office estimated for it, and if it does, the billions saved thanks to availability of information to the public should justify the costs. If another "cost" of transparency is improvement of federal programs that should be eliminated, I think that beats the today's status quo of having them on the books and failing.
The DATA Act is not a direct response to a 2008 Cato event asking the Obama administration to "Just Give Us the Data." Indeed, the administration has been conspicuously unsupportive of transparency in this area, though transparency was a key campaign theme in President Obama's first election. Cato studies in this area since then include "Publication Practices for Transparent Government" and "Grading the Government's Data Publication Practices." We'll be repeating the grading study during the summer, though it's doubtful the administration's grades will improve by that time. We will use the data structures that the DATA Act requires in our Deepbills project, which shines light on Congress's proposals, including its plans for spending.


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Editor's Note: CNS staffer Mark Pattison traveled to the Holy Land in September as part of a study tour sponsored by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association and funded in part by the Catholic Communication Campaign. We will highlight his trip as the Vatican prepares for the Oct. 10-24 Synod of Bishops for the Middle East.
Israelis and Palestinians (and many of their neighbors) have been fighting or squabbling over the land both proclaim as their home for more than 60 years.
The Holy Land may be flowing with milk and honey, but not oil. Israelis and Palestinians have had the bad luck to claim one of the few oil-free patches of the Middle East as their homeland. How does that play itself out in real life?
Virgually every light fixture within sight in Israel and Palestine (and nearby Jordan, too) has been outfitted with a compact fluorescent bulb, which gives close to the same level of light as incandescent bulbs for a fraction of the energy usage.
If you want to buy a car in Israel, the tax the buyer pays exceeds the car's cost. That ought to be enough to curb driving. If not, the price of gas at Israeli service stations started at about six-and-a-half shekels, the Israeli unit of currency, for a liter (a little bit more than a quart). Translated into U.S. currency, that comes to $7.25 a gallon.
Water, though, is a more contentious issue. Palestinians have charged that Israelis have diverted more than 80 percent of the water that flows through their territory to help slake the thirst of Israelis within the nation's accepted boundaries, plus the more than 120 settlements built on land confiscated from the Palestinians. While the infrastructure is there to route water through Palestinian cities and villages, Israel controls the spigot. Many towns have to do without water two days a week. Some must go without even longer. According to Maria Khoury, wife of the mayor of Taybeh, West Bank, one nearby town is so parched that she knows when the water is running when she sees the village women hanging out their clothes to dry.


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The House Republicans have developed a track record of bait and switch when it comes to their approach to job creation.
Last week, House Republican leadership released a PowerPoint by Congressman Paul Ryan that they are using to educate the Republican Caucus on their top policy priorities. Ryan laid out the "Jobs Deficit" as the number one challenge facing America in his very first slide. Yet he failed to focus on jobs until the very last slide, which reads: "Keep taxes low; spur job creation and growth." Not quite the robust plan we need to put millions of Americans back to work.
Today Darell Issa tweeted a new Congressional GOP website, AmericanJobCreators.com– a site which implies a focus on job creation. The site consists of a form in which business owners can provide feedback to their elected representatives, but it asks just two questions, neither of them dedicated to job creation: "How is government holding your business back?" and "Please indicate the federal government agencies that oversee the regulations identified in your response (check all that apply)." AmericanJobCreators.com? Maybe AmericansAgainstRegulations.com was already taken.
And today's Forum on Job Creation held at the Capitol Visitors Center by the Republican House leadership was yet another misdirection play by the GOP. Today's talk was billed as a summit bringing business leaders from across the country together to discuss job creation, but putting people back to work was barely mentioned. Instead, the hour-long session served as a punching bag for regulations and corporate taxes and a PR blitz for the REINS act, which would require agencies to get approval from Congress for all significant regulatory decisions.
And they didn't let the facts get in the way of a good time, either. Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling of Texas asserted that the EPA was now trying to regulate spilt milk on dairy farms as they do for oil spills. This was first declared in an unsigned Wall St Journal editorial and repeated in a newsletter from Congressman H. Morgan Griffith, but the claim has been roundly rebuked as fiction by the EPA and Politifact. But that didn't stop Hensarling.
Congressman Hensarling: It's almost like you could sell a video tape of bureaucrats gone wild. I wake up and I find out the EPA wants to tell dairy farmers they have to have emergency spill plans like petroleum companies. I mean I heard one farmer, one of my colleagues said, to their dairy farmers, you know we've got an emergency plan if we've got spilled milk: The emergency plan is this: Here kitty, kitty, kitty. We laugh about it, but that's a burden on dairy farmers. I have dairy farmers in East Texas. They're going to now spend money on an emergency plan that's laughable when they could have been expanding dairy farms and jobs.
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October 15, 2013
A video blogger claims that there are hidden messages in the new $100 dollar bill which warn of future nuclear devastation in the United States.
Back in 2002, it emerged that when a $20 dollar bill was folded in a certain way it revealed images that resembled the 9/11 attacks, a story that caused quite a stir at the time since the notes were issued three years beforehand in 1998.
Are the hidden images in the new $100 bill a chilling prophecy of future events, or just another example of how people are obsessed with doomsday fantasies that require a huge leap in imagination and logic to believe?
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Amid a spate of promising economic news, home values are climbing. Now for the bad news.
For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing the milestone level of 400 parts per million.
We continue to ingest the hazardous waste known as processed and genetically modified foods. And if that's not enough to kill ya, there's talk of opening San Onofre again.
The Nuclear Regulatory Committee, a notoriously fractured committee composed of industry insiders, is about to rubber stamp a "no significant hazard" certification, allowing San Onofre to reopen its failed reactors as early as June.
"This is all based on hypothesis that has never been tested, so NRC is essentially approving an experiment," said Kendra Ulrich, of Friends of the Earth, a global network of nearly 2 million activists who urge policymakers to defend the environment.
Here's the background: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries replaced the 30-year-old San Onofre generators in 2010, and they failed two years later. We still don't know the cause. But we do know that thousands of cooling tubes have weakened.
Now Southern California Edison tells us that the reactor could not run safely for more than 11 months at 100% capacity. So it is proposing a test of five months at 70% capacity. Do you think this an acceptable risk to the 8.7 million of us who live within 50 miles?
This old, shuttered relic is built in a seismic zone on the Pacific. Hey, sounds like Fukushima. And we know how that played out.
A recent article in the New York Times showed, in a horrifying graphic, the hundreds of massive storage tanks at the 42-acre site in Japan filled with radioactive wastewater. Turns out that "groundwater is pouring into the plant's ravaged reactor buildings at a rate of almost 75 gallons a minute" and becomes radioactive, the article said.
A small army of workers is struggling to contain the continuous flow, and now Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) is chopping down a small adjacent forest to make room for more tanks. This doesn't mitigate the problem of another perfect storm of earthquake and tsunami.
But here's the deal, folks. We don't need nuclear power. We did fine last summer, right? The Independent Systems Operator (ISO), California's grid operator and evaluator of the likelihood of blackouts, has said that we have no additional risks without San Onofre. And we've also learned that buying energy on the market is cheaper than running San Onofre. So let's shutter it for good.
Edison and the NRC tried to cut this deal out of the public eye, with NRC allowing a 30-day evaluation period to determine whether a public hearing is necessary before Edison is given the go-ahead. Does this sound like democracy to you?
Fortunately, the good folks at Friends of the Earth fought the good fight, and on Tuesday announced the following on its website:
"In a stunning rebuke to Southern California Edison's bid to start up the crippled San Onofre nuclear power plant, the U.S. Atomic Safety Licensing Board ruled today that the reactors can not be restarted before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds a formal license amendment proceeding with full public participation.
"The prospects for Edison's plans to restart the San Onofre nuclear reactor unit two this summer have been dealt a major blow by this important decision."
This is a great step but is by no means over. We need to continue to put pressure on our local, state and federal representatives to counter Edison's considerable lobbying efforts. We need to let Henry Waxman, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, know that we stand with Barbara Boxer in stopping the NRC from this potentially catastrophic decision. Tell your senators and congressmen that putting your family at risk so that Edison can recoup its losses is unacceptable.
We have zero tolerance for failure. And no time to waste.
BILLY FRIED is the chief paddling officer of La Vida Laguna and on the board of Transition Laguna.


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CHINO HILLS – Sullivan Solar Power will host another luncheon to promote a special solar program for Chino Valley residents.
The event will cover solar technology, rebates, incentives, case studies and Chino Valley's Solar Program, this is valid through Aug. 30.
This informational presentation is at 11 a.m. July 20 at the McCoy Equestrian & Recreation Center, 14280 Peyton Drive, Chino Hills.
This program allows property owners in Chino and Chino Hills to go solar for $0 down and participants will be eligible for cash back incentives up to $2,500.
The seminar will last about an hour and refreshments will be provided.
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Information: ChinoValleySolarProgram.org or 1-800-SULLIVAN.
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In the present-day many software were out in the Internet and been market to people who they think will be extremely be in need for their software. Of course we're after in doing things as much as possible in the most fastest and easy way. It also saves time and money especially if you are in a marketing business field, knowing that nowadays, competition around online marketing business is highly increasing.
Most marketing business uses email marketing software in their business. Not only that, there also many mailing list software's that were out in the Internet for marketing use. Some of these software's are free and some were not. Each of this mailing software has its own functionality and features which sure meets every customer's needs.
We can't deny, that email newsletter is the most in demand these days in promoting business. Costumers could simply be touched by marketers easily. In line with these, we can use a list of email newsletter software that could give us excellent and better email newsletters for our business.
These kinds of software are really very useful for your business. And to be honest and frank, your business might not be able to survive with all the competition going on around you. We always aim for excellence whenever we set our minds to do. And when starting a business, you don't just worry about promoting it; you have to worry about many other things like how to deal with clients and how to improve your services or products.
For us, why marketing software's were really helpful? Let's see, software's like this are capable of delivering bulk email to your clients, sending newsletters and advertising your business is its first priority. It normally shows message histories and statistics campaign. It's also capable of sending/receiving emails, reporting and importing just like an ordinary email have.
What are some of its advantages? First, it expedites the way of direct marketing by delivering a customize email messages to customers/clients. Second, it has a scheduler which automatically sends your email at your setup time. Third, since email is free, frequency is free; it keeps a business/organization to keep in touch with their customers for free, which is preferable to businesses who undertake cost reduction. And lastly, it has an accessible tool which can provide you reports for tracking delivery in all transactions made.
On top of all this, you have to make your email newsletters and messages as attractive as possible. Some mailing software's include the ability to add certain templates for making mails which you can use if it's suitable to your tastes. Sending out creative and effective email newsletter can help boost up your company's or business' profile to other potential clients.
Email marketing software's main purpose is to help marketing business/organization achieves its goals in promoting or marketing it services to clients/customers. It also aims to give you full resources that you can use in managing your online marketing business in the future.


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Court Administration
On July 1, 1972, the Office of the State Courts Administrator (OSCA) was created with initial emphasis on the development of a uniform case reporting system to provide information on activity in the judiciary in the preparation of its operating budget and in projecting the need for judges and specialized court divisions.
The State Courts Administrator serves under the direction of the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court and the other six justices and oversees the operation of numerous court initiatives and administrative functions.
Additionally, the State Courts Administrator serves as the liaison between the court system and the legislative branch, the executive branch, the auxiliary agencies of the Court, and national court research and planning agencies. The OSCA's legislative and communication functions are handled directly by the State Courts Administrator and her executive staff.
More information on this structure is available in the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration maintained by The Florida Bar.
Office of the State Courts Administrator Values Statements
March 2012
- RESPECT - We treat everyone with dignity, courtesy, and respect.
- INTEGRITY - We are honest and trustworthy, and our actions are consistent with our words.
- INNOVATION - We anticipate future needs and develop and implement innovative solutions to organizational challenges.
- FLEXIBILITY - We adapt to challenges to produce the best results and are flexible in responding to the needs and responsibilities of our workforce.
- ACCOUNTABILITY - We are accountable to each other, the courts, and the public for efficiently using our resources.
- EXCELLENCE - We demonstrate the highest level of quality, professionalism, and service in our work and conduct.
If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation to participate in an activity, service, or program of the Office of the State Courts Administrator, please contact Ms. Debbie Howells at 850-922-4370 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Gawker recently posted an article that literally dug up a list of Bill Cosby's acts of alleged sexual perversion and molestation towards women and I do not know how to digest it. And now more women are starting to come forward, accusing one of our most beloved TV fathers of sexual assault. In the light of Woody Allen being publicly accused of sexual assault on his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow spreading from news outlets to blogs all over the internet and R. Kelly's past child molestation claims recently making headlines again after being swept under the rug 15 years ago, I'm left wondering–in the social media age, where we know way too much information about celebrities–how do we process their very public indiscretions and skewed morals?
Must Read: Stefanie Brown James, Helping 'Brown Girls' Learn To Lead
We live in a instant gratification kind of world now and everyday the internet slaps you in the face with eye popping photos and headlines that are salacious enough to distract you from work. Celebrities who used to be mystified and almost untouchable by the average person are now right at our fingertips, every single day. Even if they don't "@" us directly or RT our 140-character brilliance, we still feel connected to them as if we could assess them when we saw fit. There was a time where your only interaction with celebrities was by writing in to the fan club, seeing the snapshots of them by the paparazzi, or on their shows, at their concerts–but there was never a way to touch these people the way we can now with Instagram, Twitter, etc.
Feeling more connected to these celebrities, it's easier to be more judgmental on their morals, or on the questionable things that they have allegedly done before social media became a huge part of our culture. That's why it's easier to sweep things that happened before the social media age under the rug. Bill Cosby's alleged sexual assaults were a shock to me. I admittedly had no idea. The Gawker article claimed, "With shocking speed, it [Cosby's alleged sexual assault] was effectively forgotten. When the subject came up today, more than half the Gawker staff had no memory of any sexual allegations against Bill Cosby."
What Woody Allen, R. Kelly and Bill Cosby have in common is that their alleged sexual assaults took place prior to the microwave social media culture that is Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We've become conditioned in the last couple of years to receiving updates on everyone who is a part of our lives, right on the spot. And most times, we're "following" celebrities and know about their scandals before they even admit to it.
Am I Supposed To Stop Watching 'Cosby Show' Reruns Because Bill Cosby Is An Alleged Sexual Predator? [OPINION] was originally published on hellobeautiful.com


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1st August 2006, 10:12 PM
Hi, my name is Kim and I have been reading your forum for about a month now. I still have awhile before my puppy is even born (October), but I am so anxious to learn all I can about these babies! I have wanted a Cav for at least three years, but I was in college and just finished my first year of teaching and knew I couldn't take care of one as they deserve. I am moving in with my fiance in December, and he works out of town all week, so we decided this was the best time for us to "adopt". This way, I won't be alone all week and I will have something to dote upon! That was an awful lot of information... :) Anyway, I will be doing a lot of reading and definitely posting as things progress. So far, I have really appreciated all the information you have provided. Thanks so much, can't wait to truly be a Cav mommy!


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Dean's Office: Drs. Lucy Trice and Patricia Foster's article titled "Improving Diversity through Use of a Group Admission Interview" was published in the March issue of AORN Journal.Public Health: Dr. Lei-Shih Chen's articles, "Does Individuals' Perception of Personal Risk of Lung Cancer Affect Their Attitudes Toward Protective Health Behavior?" co-authored by K.A. Kaphingst and "Web-based Research: Lessons Learned from the Health Promotion and Genetics/Genomics Survey" co-authored by P. Goodson, were recently accepted for the 29th Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Accounting and Finance: Dr. John MacArthur published "Practical Guidelines for Using Replacement Cost Accounting in Resource Consumption Accounting: Important Lessons from History" in Cost Management, January/February 2008.The audio book of "Tell Me How You Love the Picture" by Edward S. Feldman and UNF Professor Dr. Thomas Barton is one of the six finalists in the non-fiction category for a ForeWord magazine Book of the Year award. Christian Hoff, a star of "Jersey Boys" on Broadway, is the reader of the audio book.Management: Dr. Diane Denslow had a paper titled "Teaching International Entrepreneurship Through Student Exchange: Observations, Obstacles and Recommendations," co-authored by Bryan Toney and Drs. Scott A. Jones, Frank Janssen and Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseb, accepted for publication in the Journal of Entrepreneurship Education. Dr. Bruce Fortado had a paper accepted at the 24th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium in Amsterdam. The paper was titled "Upsetting Organizations in Sub-theme Evil Tongues at Work? The Unmanaged Spaces of Organizational Gossip."Drs. Reza Vaghefi and Louis Woods' research paper, "Motor Drive: Sustainability of Competitive Advantage in the Battle of Two Titans," was the second most downloaded article from the spring issue of Business Strategy Review, as reported by the Social Science Research Network. The paper continues to be the favorite of the researchers.Marketing and Logistics: Dr. Adel El-Ansary had two papers published on China related topics. "The Impact of a Distributor's Trust in a Supplier and Use of Control Mechanisms Relational Value Creation in Marketing Channels," co-authored by Yi Liu, Lei Tao and Yuan Li, was published in the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2008. "Macro Antecedents, Micro Outcomes: A Frame of Reference for Understanding Marketing To, In, and Out of China," co-authored by David Whitsett, was published in Dr. Jeffrey E. Michelman and Chung Ping (Albert) Loh's book, "China as an Emerging Superpower: Challenges for China and the United States," and appears on pages 137-162. El-Ansary's "E-Marketing, 4th Edition" (co-authored by Raymond Frost and Judy Strauss) is now available in Chinese-Mandarin and has been selected for the designation of Business Administration Classic by Pearson Education (Prentice-Hall).Dr. Gregory T. Gundlach served as session chair for the special session "Legal Issues: Descriptive and Proscriptive Perspectives" at the 2008 Winter Marketing Educators' Conference: Marketing the Organization and its Products and Services, held in Austin, Texas, in February.
Dean's Office: Dr. Jerry Merckel was invited to speak on "UNF Research Innovation" at the Jacksonville Chapter of American Mensa in February. Also in February, Merckel participated in an National Science Foundation Advisory Board review of the new computer engineering academic program at Bethune-Cookman College.Department of Construction Management: Dr. Mag Malek hosted an exchange visit for 12 French Lycee Eugene-Livet students coming from Nantes, France, a Jacksonville sister city. This is an exchange program for construction management students between the two institutions. The visiting French students attended UNF construction management course lectures and were taken to various construction sites as well as a trip to the NASA Kennedy Space Center. Malek also attended a nationwide interdisciplinary conference for academic chairs focusing on academic administration.School of Engineering: Jean Fryman presented "What is an Engineer Anyway" to more than 250 students at the R. M. Patterson Elementary School and Cathedral Parish Day School as part of the School of Engineering's K-12 Outreach Program.School of Computing: Drs. Sherif Elfayoumy and Peter Wludyka, published "Bactermia in Patients with HIV and Hepatitis C: Analysis of the Dynamic Memory Management System (DMMS) Study" (with S. Maddirala, D. Bullock, K. Britt, S. Reddy, B. Cuhaci, R. Mars, G. Cu, V. Urquidi, L. Lambiase and N.S. Nahman Jr.), in the Journal of Investigative Medicine, Vol. 56 No. 1 and "Hepatitis C and Cirrhosis as Risk Factors for Bacteremia in Hemodialysis Patients" (co-authored by R. Sullivan, S. Reddy, K. Britt, S. Maddirala, B. Cuhaci, R. Mars, G. Cu, V. Urquidi, L. Lambiase, and N.S. Nahman Jr.), was presented at the American Federation for Medical Research Southern Regional Meeting in New Orleans in February.Recent papers by Dr. Albert Ritzhaupt include: "Development of the Electronic Portfolio Student Perspective Instrument: An ePortfolio Integration Initiative" (with O. Sinngh, T. Seyferth and R. Dedrick), published in the Journal of Computing in Higher Education, Vol. 19, No. 2); "Trends in School Technology Planning, Funding and Socio-economic Status" and "Socio-economic Status and Technology Integration in Florida Schools: A Longitudinal Study" (with A.E. Barron, T. Hohfeld and K. Kemker), "The Effects of Time-compressed Audio and Adjunct Images on Learner Recall, Recognition and Satisfaction" (with Barron and W.A. Kealy) and "High and Low Associability in Spatial Mnemonics and Their Influence on Verbal Recognition" (with Kealy and L. Perez), each presented at the American Educational Research Association in New York City. Ritzhaupt's "Conditions, Processes and Consequences of 1:1 Computing: The Impact on Teaching Practices and Student Achievement" (co-authored by Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh and K. Dawson), was presented and nominated for best paper award at the American Educational Research Association in New York City. The same article was also selected as the best paper at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education in Las Vegas, where it was published in the conference proceedings.Dr. Karthikeyan Umapathy has accepted invitation to serve as editorial board member for a special issue on service-oriented computing in the Journal of Database Management.Dr. Charles Winton recently conducted two Botball Robotics Educator's Workshops in California and Florida.
Dean's Office: Drs. Larry Daniel, Otilia Salmon, Marsha Lupi and Claribel Torres were joined by Jacksonville University's Dr. Christina Ramirez-Smith at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education in New Orleans in February.
March/April Milestone Anniversaries:
35 Years:
Patricia Gardner (Physical Facilities)30 Years:Barbara Christy (Enrollment Services)Dorothy Demps (Enrollment Services)20 Years:Ernest Bell (Physical Facilities)Lois Scott (Music)Marcella Smith (Networking Services)
15 Years:
Ethel Dennis (Physical Facilities)Lan Nguyen (Controller's Office)10 Years:Leroy Baker (Physical Facilities)Amy Graham (Information Technology Services)Angela Graham (Treasury)Thuan Phan (Human Resources)Jitendra Rohatgi (Controller's Office)Sheila Spivey (Women's Center)5 Years:Elton Brown (Physical Facilities)Andrew Calloway (Physical Facilities)Renee Goldstein (One-Stop Center)Kathleen Halstead (University Housing)Glenda Kelsey (Thomas G. Carpenter Library)Elizabeth McNamara (Admissions)Tracy Merrill (Campus Police)Clinton Pittman (Physical Facilities)Congratulations:
Dr. Annabel Brooks (Student Affairs) is the recipient of the 2008 Susan B. Anthony Award, which was presented at the 20th Anniversary Women's History Month Luncheon, hosted by the Women's Center. Brooks is the 15th recipient of the award, which is given annually by the Women's Center to a member of the campus community who provides a positive role model for the women of UNF and works for feminist advocacy and education.Lisa Gaetjens (Coggin College Career Management Center) married Jerry LaPorte March 22 in Longboat Key. The couple enjoyed a honeymoon cruise in the Eastern Caribbean.Joycelyn McDuffey (President's Office) retired in February after 15 years of service to UNF.Kimberly Benton Matthews (Athletics) married Andy Matthews Jan. 26 in Sanford.Judy Smith (Philosophy) announces that her son, Samuel Smith, who is presently serving in Iraq, was recently promoted to staff sergeant.Terry L. Smith (CCEC Dean's Office) was recently promoted to director of academic support in the College of Computing, Engineering and Construction.Dr. Carolyn Williams (History) was honored at UNF's Women's History Month Luncheon with the Women's Center's Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes Williams' unsung dedication to diversity and tireless advocacy of feminist ideals throughout her career.Welcome
Welcome to the following new employees, who began working for UNF January through early March:
Randy Blankenship, admissions/registrar officer in the One-Stop Center
Kelly Buoye, coordinator of academic support services for the One-Stop Center
Christopher Cadiz, broadcast engineering tech in the FEEDS Center
Hing Chin, custodial worker for Physical Facilities
Cynthia Coates, grants assistant in Exceptional Student and Deaf Education
Trudy Cochrane, office assistant in Academic Center for Excellence
David Doyle, maintenance mechanic for University Housing
Howell Evans, adjunct professor in English
Samuel Fogle, accountant in the Controller's Office
Bethany Glassbrenner, admissions/registrar officer in the One-Stop Center
Patricia Hanford, director of advancement/alumni affairs in Major Gifts
Virdell Hayden, maintenance mechanic for Physical Facilities
Paige Helmer, fiscal assistant in the Controller's Office
Noreen Irizarry, program assistant in Physical Facilities
Christine Johnson, coordinator of research programs in the Florida Institute of Education
James Joiner, law enforcement officer for Campus Police
Barbara Kaeding, senior fiscal assistant in the Controller's Office
Harold Lloyd, law enforcement officer for Campus Police
Chan Luu, custodial worker in Physical Facilities
Clara May, senior information specialist for Continuing Education
Sheryl McLean, accounts payable associate in University Housing
April Moore, coordinator of academic support services in Arts and Sciences
Anthonly Parise, coordinator of computer applications in Advancement Services
Daniel Richardson, senior store/receiving clerk in Purchasing
Theodore Richardson, custodial worker in Physical Facilities
Onofre Rios, custodial worker for Physical Facilities
Carol Shea, coordinator for the Training and Services Institute;
Shannon Simon, coordinator of research program services in Exceptional Student and Deaf Education
Brandon Smith, coordinator of Environmental Health and Safety
Deborah Smith, registered nurse in Student Health Services
Donald Smith, maintenance mechanic in Physical Facilities
Benjamin Stout, groundskeeper for University Housing
Jhon Solis, maintenance mechanic in Physical Facilities
Abdoulaye Sy, custodial worker in Physical Facilities
Melody Taylor, executive secretary in Academic Affairs
Shawn Weiker, secretary in University Housing.
Q - From Jeremy Hoyt (School of Computing): Although electric cars are still being developed for the open market, electric mopeds and motorcycles are currently available. These vehicles require recharging after each use to preserve the life of the batteries. Does UNF plan to make accommodations for staff and faculty who want to commute using electric vehicles?
A - From Vince Smyth (Auxiliary Services): As technology evolves and needs change, the University will review the requirements and consider any service that can reasonably be implemented.Q - From Dorreen Daly (Student Affairs): For those of us who have been at UNF more years than we'd care to admit, some areas around campus we have been informally referring to by a particular name for years seem to be changing as new folks come to work here. For example, we have always called the circular driveway in front of Building 1, the flagpole driveway, but recently I heard it called the president's circle. What's the scoop?A - From Zak Ovadia (Facilities Planning): There is no official name of this driveway. The only roadways officially named at UNF are: UNF Drive, Betty Holzendorf Drive, Alumni Drive and the North-South Road. The road leading to the new residence halls will be called Osprey Ridge Road. Named roads must get approval from the City of Jacksonville.


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Sensei Harry Cook, and his family and students visited our Hikari Dojo last night. We enjoyed learning from him and meeting his students. They are returning to England tonight.
One of the concepts he mentioned was that of "float, sink, swallow, and spit," which come from the Chinese martial arts, particularly the White Crane system. While I have seen these terms used in Chinese martial arts and mentioned by various Karate instructors, I must admit that my own sensei have never used these terms.
To demonstrate "float," Cook Sensei had my second son, Charles, grab his neck and attempt a choke. Cook Sensei blocked my son's hands upward. This "floating" motion countered the choke.
To counter a grab, he slapped my son's hands down -- sink.
When pushed, he absorbed and redirected the attack -- swallow.
Finally, when striking my son, he demonstrated the concept of "spit".
Float, sink, swallow, spit -- many Karate movements can be categorized using these terms.
That said, it seems to me that much of Karate is "spit, spit, spit, spit." We tend to hit a lot.
It is good to study concepts from other martial arts to better understand Karate. However, we have to be careful as each art has its own emphasis, strengths, and weaknesses. In Judo, the saying is "maximum efficiency with minium effort." This also applies to Karate, but the emphasis of Judo and Karate differ.
When generating power using the koshi, it is possible to compare the feeling to wringing a towel. This will make sense to someone who understands koshi from physical experience, but could confuse a person who has not personally experienced it. In the Japanese tea ceremony, I understand that there is a part where a hand cloth is wrung. This is sometimes referred to in Kendo, as a comparison to how the shinai (bamboo sword) is held. If we describe koshi mechanics by comparison to the tea ceremony, it might make sense to some people but not to others.
I wonder if a similar situation exisits with "float, sink, swallow, spit." Do these terms have deeper meanings? Are they shorthand for concepts that are taught and explained in depth in the Chinese systems?
I think this way about many of the concepts we see applied to Karate. In Cook Sensei's case, his physical demonstration of the concepts made them much clearer to me and my students.
The next time I see Sifu Andrew Lum (a well known Tai Chi and Kung Fu instructor here in Hawaii), I think I will ask him about "float, sink, swallow, and spit."
Charles C. Goodin
Float, Sink, Swallow, Spit
Sensei Harry Cook, and his family and students visited our Hikari Dojo last night. We enjoyed learning from him and meeting his students. They are returning to England tonight.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Tuesday, September 12, 2006


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We are slowly but surely starting to put some finishing touches on some of Client Awesomes house and it's coming together FABULOUSLY!
check out the Family Room bookshelves....pretty snazzy!
We are still filling in frames, and picking out more gorge, but this is whats happening so far.
Also I have filled in more pillows in the kitchen nook!
Have ya'll forgotten about the giveaway?
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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
54-Year Old Teacher Denied Two Assistant Principal Positions Because of Her Age, Federal Agency Charges
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against Thomasville City Schools based in Thomasville, N.C. The federal agency charged that Thomasville failed to hire Arlene Lent for two assistant principal positions because of her age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
Thomasville Schools has four schools in its jurisdiction and Lent applied for assistant principal positions at two of those schools, Liberty Drive Elementary School and Thomasville Middle School. Lent learned that she was not selected for the Liberty Drive Elementary School position in August 2007, and the Thomasville Middle School position in January 2008.
According to the EEOC's complaint, Lent worked as a teacher at Liberty Drive Elementary School when she applied for the positions. Lent, who has a North Carolina principal's license, had 16 years of experience in education at the time of the alleged discrimination. Notably, she had worked for an entire school year as an administrative intern supervising 35 teachers as well as support personnel and more than 500 students. The EEOC alleges in its complaint that Thomasville Schools selected two younger, less qualified candidates for assistant principal positions over Lent because of her age (54 at the time she was denied the jobs). The EEOC said Lent met all of the minimum qualifications for the positions while neither of the younger candidates who were selected met the qualifications. For example, neither of the selectees who were 39 and 35 years of age, respectively, held a principal's license.
Refusing to hire a candidate because of her age violates the ADEA. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (EEOC v. Thomasville City Schools, Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-00686), after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement. In its complaint, the EEOC seeks back pay, rightful-place hiring, and liquidated damages for Lent, as well as injunctive relief.
"Too often, age bias is the determining factor in hiring decisions and older applicants are simply written off and not given a fair chance to compete," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District Office. "Employers cannot refuse to hire qualified older workers because of their age; it is illegal as well as unfair and counterproductive."
Tina Burnside, EEOC supervisory trial attorney, added, "Federal law makes clear that employers may not discriminate based on age, and the EEOC will continue to combat that practice."
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.