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Google Books, the doomed project to build the world's biggest library online, provides a powerful lesson in the danger of "blind faith" in technology, according to British director Ben Lewis.
Presenting his new film "Google and the World Brain" in competition at the Sundance Film Festival, Lewis said the failure of the online giant's plan marks a victory over those who believe the Internet can encompass everything.
"Around four years ago, I began to think that there was a kind of blind faith in the Internet and the technology," he told AFP at America's biggest independent film festival, held in the snowy mountains of Utah.
"There was a kind of naive belief that technology would cure the world of many serious problems, and that it would make us more intelligent. And I just thought that was a kind of false God."
"And I decided that I wanted to make a film that stimulated or began to develop a sort of critical way of thinking the Internet, but still balanced. I wanted to present the dilemmas, the dreams and dangers."
He decided to base his film on Google Books, a project which was already well underway at the time to digitize every book in the world's top university and public libraries, to create a universal and free global library.
The film shows the enthusiasm generated by the project in its early stages, when prestigious institutions including Harvard University welcomed Google and its money-saving digital offer with open arms.
But fairly quickly it ran into problems, notably in Europe where the head of the French Bibliotheque Nationale, Jean-Noel Jeannenay, rebuffed the Californian upstarts, and backed a rival online cultural library, Europeana.
Google also rapidly ran into opposition when it began digitizing works not in the public domaine, as copyright holders cried foul. The film presents the crusade by a Chinese author, Mian Mian, against the search giant.
Threatened with legal action, Google agreed negotiate a deal with American publishers and authors, but that was ruled unlawful and litigation is continuing.
Lewis said the setbacks for Google—which has nevertheless used the books it has already digitized to improve its search engine, according to experts—have reshaped the future of the Internet.
"Google Books in its old form is dead. They actually got stopped by quite a conventional international alliance of institutions, individuals and governments," he said.
"That shows that it's not inevitable that the net goes in a certain way. It's not like we don't have any control over these giant Internet corporations and we just have to sort of go along with it. We can change it, if we want to."
One of the biggest question marks hanging over Google Books, fueling mistrust in the project, is the commercialization of digitized books, as opposed to the original free-for-all library model.
"We all associate libraries with the community, with sharing things, something that shouldn't cost money, that everyone should have access to," said Lewis. "And in our hyper-capitalist globalized world, it's a big issue.
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Note well: It's a poll of adults, not a poll of voters, so it's no predictor of how next year's vote will shake out. But I want you to see it anyway because it corroborates other recent polls showing a historic collapse of Congress's standing among the public. Never in modern times, through the financial crisis, the Iraq war, or Clinton's scandals and impeachment, have American adults been quite this disgusted with their reps. It's come to this:
Only 41 percent of people questioned say the lawmaker in their district in the U.S. House of Representatives deserves to be re-elected – the first time ever in CNN polling that that figure has dropped below 50 percent. Forty-nine percent say their representative doesn't deserve to be re-elected in 2012. And with ten percent unsure, it's the first time that a majority has indicated that they would boot their representative out of office if they had the chance today.
"That 41 percent, in the polling world, is an amazing figure. Throughout the past two decades, in good times and bad, Americans have always liked their own member of Congress despite abysmal ratings for Congress in general," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Now anti-incumbent sentiment is so strong that most Americans are no longer willing to give their own representative the benefit of the doubt. If that holds up, it could be an early warning of an electorate that is angrier than any time in living memory."
As for all members of Congress, the poll indicates only a quarter of the public says most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected.
Among registered voters, the split is slightly better but still underwater at 45/48. Gallup polled this same question today and found the split among registered voters at 54/34, which is slightly better than the numbers last fall before the midterms. But there's a new low lurking in their data too. When you ask whether most members of Congress should be reelected, the graph falls off a cliff:
That's fully seven points lower than the previous record low, and that's why Charlie Cook thinks next year "we could very well see a situation where voters just start throwing incumbents out of windows." Is it true that the public's blaming all incumbents regardless of party, though? Sort of: In CNN's poll, both parties are waaaay underwater when registered voters are asked whether most members of that party deserve reelection. For Democratic representatives, though, the split is 39/57, which is actually a few points better than where they were before the midterm bloodbath last year (36/60). For Republican representatives, the split is … 31/65, which is worse than both the Democrats' numbers last year and the GOP's own numbers before the 2006 and 2008 wipeouts. At 33/59, the GOP's favorable rating is also lower than it's been in five years. And of course the tea party's affected too:
Pew has a new poll out today on the tea party as well. Note the line on independents. Granted, it's still a roughly even split, but it wasn't so even just six months ago:
Ace says he's discounting the CNN poll because, after all, the whole point of the tea party is to offer tough medicine. When you go around telling people plain truths about the welfare state being unsustainable, don't be surprised if they don't hug you for it. The only problem with that theory: The recent polls on the debt-ceiling deal show that somewhere between 70 and 80 percent of the public either likes the amount of spending cuts in the deal or thinks they should have gone further. The public also likes the balanced-budget amendment that House tea partiers were pounding the table for, so there's no obvious substantive reason why they'd punish the tea party in polls now. So why the backlash, then? Presumably it's because of the tactics. Maybe they didn't like the brinksmanship with the economy in the middle of a hellishly slow "recovery." The Democrats' strategy, led by President Present, is to sit back and let the tea party bleed some of its popularity on an aggressive "tough choices" agenda and the occasional serendipitous (for Democrats) political overreach. That way, when the real battle finally begins over entitlements, independents will be more suspicious of the tea-party brand than they were before. It's a gutless, cynical, irresponsible strategy given the magnitude of our spending problem, but it's not stupid. It may have worked to some extent here.


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Just watch it. It's classic Madonna in that old-school "Blond Ambition" way that was fun and mean and uppity and honest and awesome. I'd rather watch this on a loop for two hours than her supposedly shitty new movie W.E. any day. But which will go down in camp history, this video or the phrase "I absolutely loathe hydrangeas."


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McLendon Wi-Fi - what's the deal?
To McLendon residents,
Has anyone else been experiencing really, really slow wireless internet speeds? I thought it may have been a virus (on my Mac???) until I plugged in an ethernet cable and all was fine. It seriously takes about 3 minutes to load the Drew homepage and get to webmail. And on busy nights, I won't even be able to access the internet.
We pay a $150 technology fee - does that include this? I figure they should include some free coffee while we wait for the pages to load for that cost.
Anyone else with a similar or different experience?
Edit: I lived in the building last year, and it was never as bad as it is now.
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Probably over time, people become more and more accustomed to using wireless networks, so usage of the wireless network here becomes more commonplace over using the wired network and it becomes congested. Over time if people realize that the wired network runs stupid fast we might see more people switch over to it and the speeds should reach an equilibrium.
That said, I'd suggest using the wired network:
We are aware of it, but we can't just flick a switch and fix it. It seems to be that as more and more people have more and more wireless devices (smartphones, tablets, video games, etc.), the network is becoming more congested and it's harder for the wireless to work. Also, anything that runs at 2.4 GHz (Wiimotes; Bluetooth headsets, printers, speakers; microwave ovens; cordless phones; etc.) add interference that the access points and computers have to continually adjust for which affects performance.
One thing that would almost certainly help is if people turned off their own access points. That just causes even more interference and messes with everyone. We can't legally disable them, but we can ask you nicely to stop using them. We bought some new wireless testing equipment and will be using that to see if we can optimize the signal quality, but in a dense setting like a residence hall we don't know what the limits are.
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Thanks for the information, and I hope the new tests help to reveal potential improvements. I've been using the wired network on one of my computers and it is phenomenal, but I only have one ethernet access port in my room. I do hope the speed remains close to what it is for a long time. It's the other computer I'm using simultaneously, the one I have to use the wireless for, that causes the hassle.
Would I be able to use an ethernet splitter to get two signals from the jack?
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Adding ports to your room
I'd recommend getting a small ethernet switch - don't bother with a router. To maintain speed, you;d need to get one that's gigabit capable (usually marketed as 10/100/1000 Mb). You should be able to get a decent four or five port gigabit switch for under $30, and I think I've seen some on sale for under $20 lately.
In terms of the wireless, it's going to be interesting. We actually have pretty sophisticated access points - one of the few brands that's any good at limiting interference and optimizing the signal. We made some configuration changes over the summer, and now we have to survey during peak usage times. We're going to focus on a couple of buildings in detail, get the best picture of what's going on that we can, and see if we can apply what we've learned to the other buildings.
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Apr. 5, 2012 -- An athlete's knack for completing a pass or scoring a goal may depend as much on sharp mental skills as superior physical abilities, a new study shows.
Researchers in Sweden gave a battery of psychological tests to 57 male and female soccer players. About half the players were athletes from Sweden's elite Allsvenskan league. The other half came from lower Division I teams.
Researchers found top athletes scored higher than 95% of the population on certain measures of brain function.
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Executive functions are also the basis of something coaches call game intelligence.
"Game intelligence is about being able to read a play and acting quickly on that," says researcher Predrag Petrovic, MD, PhD, a professor in the department of clinical neuroscience at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
As a group, the soccer players had better executive function scores than members of the general population. And the elite players had significantly better scores than the Division I players.
"So it seems that the better player you are, the higher you score, basically," Petrovic says.
Phillip Tomporowski, PhD, a professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of Georgia, in Athens, says in an email to WebMD that the study is "quite interesting and relevant" and helps further dispel the idea that athletes are all brawn and no brains.
"Indeed, the ?dumb jock' is a myth," he says.
Tomporowski studies the effect of exercise on executive function in older adults, but he was not involved in the new study.
One question the study can't answer, Tomporowski says, is whether a person has to be born with high executive function to make it as a top-level team player, or whether those skills can be honed through practice.
"That is the question," says Petrovic, "Our working theory is that both are true."
"You need good executive functions to be an elite player. However, it is also possible, to a certain extent, to train your executive functions so you can become better at this, as well," he says.
What's more, Petrovic says, high scores on executive function were able to predict which players would be more successful over time.
"We were able to follow at lot of these players for two seasons and we could show that those who had higher scores, that would predict that they would make more goals and more assists in these two coming seasons," he tells WebMD. "You can look for who can become a talent."
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The CapTimes' excellent series of stories in response to the Race to Equity report continued this week with a powerful piece written by Boys and Girls Club of Dane County CEO Michael Johnson. We urge you to read it. One of the key themes and recommendations is we need to get to know each other.
Johnson recommends having someone of a different color over for dinner. There's a different opportunity this weekend, offered by Reverend Alex Gee, whose own personal story generated a great deal of discussion when it appeared in the CapTimes a few weeks ago.
Rev. Gee has made a commitment to keep the dialogue over racial disparities in Madison going and he has called a town hall meeting for Saturday, from 2 to 4 p-m at Fountain of Life Church at 633 West Badger Road.
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I have chronic low back pain, neck pain and migraine headaches. I feel sure that most of the pain is due to a car wreck in my thirties. I was stopped at a red light to make a left-hand turn when a drunk driver plowed into the back of my car. I did have on my seat belt, but it was before the days of air bags, so I suffered quite a jolt. My car was pushed through the light and into a parking lot on the other side of the street.
I wasn't injured (at least not in a visual way), and I was so angry I didn't go to the hospital. I just wanted to scream at the lady. Which I did. It helped me emotionally, but not so much my back and neck.
Last year, my husband and I were talking to our doctor about physical therapy, and we came up with the idea of installing a hot tub for hydrotherapy. Let me tell you, I was all over that idea.
Well, my wonderful husband went and bought me a hot tub almost immediately. And we have both reaped the benefits. It has been great at relieving my back and neck pain. When I wake up with a backache and the beginning of a headache, it is the first place to go. The backache goes away and the headache usually calms down dramatically.
Here's what the health specialists have to say about hot tubs and their benefits: hydrotherapy, or warm water therapy in hot tub spas, consists of three main healing ingredients: heat, buoyancy and massage. Hot tub hydrotherapy on a regular basis provides physical health benefits that go much deeper than just relaxation and pleasure.
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As for stress, warm water massage stimulates the body to release endorphins that reduce stress. Also, a hot tub's hydrotherapy jets dilate blood vessels to help prevent headaches. When it comes to nightie-night time, a 15-minute soak in a hot tub will have you sleeping like a baby. Soaking in hot water about 90 minutes before bedtime lowers your temperature, thus helping those with difficulty sleeping. This all-natural sleep aid can also be achieved by soaking in a tub of warm water – it doesn't take a hot tub!
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Hot tub and spa use by athletes has soared to repair injured muscles. Tennis Magazine said, "Your skin and muscles loosen and relax from the increased blood circulation" and if muscles are injured, "a soak in a hot tub or whirlpool increases blood flow to the injured area, bringing nutrients to help repair the damage."
The Arthritis Foundation found that warm water hydrotherapy can help those with arthritis. According to the Arthritis Foundation "The soothing warmth and buoyancy of hydrotherapy makes it a safe, ideal environment for relieving arthritis pain. Using a spa adds another component to the therapy – massage."
Doctors and researchers have also found healing benefits for those suffering with diabetes. A Colorado study at the McKee Medical Center showed that patients who spent 30 minutes per day in a hot tub reported a 13 percent decrease in blood sugar levels, improved sleep and a higher sense of well-being. A hot tub is a natural and successful in stress relief, blood pressure, headaches and the acceleration of the healing process.
The muscle relaxing and joint loosening benefits of hot tubs help those with depression, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, tendonitis, scoliosis and bursitis. Thermo spas hot tubs have even been known to provide significant help for those afflicted with diseases as serious as multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy.
So, the verdict is in: you can't go wrong with a hot tub or Jacuzzi if you are suffering from chronic pain, arthritis, insomnia – the list goes on. Hydrotherapy has been used for thousands of years. It's a natural therapy, safely used by hospitals, physiotherapists and health spas around the world. And now it is used by me. I will be the first to say that it relieves back pain and headaches.
Caution: If you are pregnant, have high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, or any other medical condition, you must consult with your physician before beginning any hot water therapy program. Infants and children are more sensitive to the effects of heat, and experts recommend shorter soaking times. Always consult your doctor.
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1 fresh tilapia,clean,remove scale and gills,cut into 1/2 with head attached
1 tbsp salt
4 tbsp rice flour + 4 tbsp APF
soy sauce to taste
1/2 canola oil
Sambal Belacan Sauce :
10 fresh hot long red chili (I mixed with some green chili)
2 tbsp toasted belacan(dry shrimp paste)
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 calamasi or lime to squeeze
Sambal Belacan Sauce:
1: Wash and drain red long pepper,cut into 2 inch each. Add toasted belacan(don't toast until too dry),red long pepper,salt and sugar in blender.Grind with blender..Or use mortar and pestle to crush all the ingredients until smooth fine.
2:Remove the paste from blender and store in a air tight container.Scoop the necessary portion into a sauce plate,squeeze lime or calamansi,mix well.
1:Heat skillet with oil at medium heat..Rub fish with salt thoroughly and coated with flour mix.Shake the excess flour before place on the skillet.When skillet is red hot,place coated fish on and fried both side until golden crisp brown.
2:Remove fish from skillet to a plate,sprinkle some soy sauce on it before serve warm with sambal belacan sauce.


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Feels good, doesn't it? It's that time of year again. The start of a new NFL season, as the Steelers report to Latrobe for training camp. This is otherwise known as the unofficial end of the Pirates season.
What follows is a pre-training camp 53-man opening day roster projection. I'll do one more of these before the final cuts, after we see these guys play in some preseason games. Also, I've tied up a few loose ends regarding the Casey Hampton situation, as well as training camp previews for the offensive line, secondary, and wide receivers. Without further ado:
Quarterbacks (3): Ben Roethlisberger, Charlie Batch, Dennis Dixon
Runningbacks/Fullbacks (5): Willie Parker, Rashard Mendenhall, Mewelde Moore, Gary Russell, Carey Davis
Wide Receivers (5): Santonio Holmes, Hines Ward, Nate Washington, Limas Sweed, Willie Reid
Tight Ends (3): Heath Miller, Matt Spaeth, Jon Dekker
Offensive Line (9): Marvel Smith, Chris Kemoeatu, Justin Hartwig, Kendall Simmons, Max Starks, Willie Colon, Jason Capizzi, Sean Mahan, Darnell Stapleton
Defensive Line (7): Aaron Smith, Casey Hampton, Brett Kiesel, Travis Kirschke, Chris Hoke, Ryan McBean, Kyle Clement
Linebackers (9): James Harrison, James Farrior, Lawrence Timmons, LaMarr Woodley, Larry Foote, Bruce Davis, Arnold Harrison, Keyaron Fox, Mike Humpal
Cornerbacks (5): Ike Taylor, Bryant McFadden, Deshea Townsend, William Gay, Travis Williams
Safeties (4): Troy Polamalu, Ryan Clark, Anthony Smith, Ryan Mundy
SPECIAL TEAMS (3): Jeff Reed, Daniel Sepulveda, Greg Warren
- The Casey Hampton situation is a little disappointing. The conditioning test itself is not all that hard… it's eight 100-yard runs that are much more like jogs than sprints. For an NFL player who had all offseason to get in shape and end up failing this test… well, it speaks to his dedication. It was easy to see that Hampton was overweight towards the end of last season, and he obviously hasn't done much since then except play beer pong at a Penguins tailgate party. This isn't the first time Hampton failed the conditioning test, either. He failed it in 2003, as well, but he turned in his usual fine season that year. So, the hope is that this failed test lights a fire under him to get his ass in shape
- The offensive line has the potential to be better this season, even with the loss of Faneca. A healthier left tackle (Marvel Smith), a young guard getting his first crack at a starting job (Kemoeatu), a new center who's better equipped to handle bigger nose tackles (Hartwig), and a well-compensated and hopefully more motivated right tackle (Starks) could elevate this line to where they need to be, if they all pan out. Of course, you still have a piece of shit (Simmons) at right guard, and should any of the interior O-lineman go down, Sean Mahan waits in the wings. For some reason the team has refused to try Colon at guard, which I find disappointing. I maintain that the best line we could field would be, from left to right, Smith-Kemoeatu-Hartwig-Colon-Starks. Instead, we'll probably get Smith-Kemoeatu-Hartwig-Simmons-Colon.
- The secondary shouldn't have much turnover. This might finally be the year McFadden unseats Deshea, but in this day and age the #3 CB is almost considered a starter so we'll need them both. Ike will continue to provide solid coverage to go along with stone hands. Gay will provide very good depth as the #4 CB. The #5 CB spot (should the team decide to carry five) is wide open. I like Travis Williams, an undrafted free agent from East Carolina, to get the nod as of now. He has reportedly shown solid return and coverage skills thus far. At safety, competition for the starting free safety spot will be waged between Clark and Smith. Give the nod to Clark, who's more conservative approach and veteran savvy is a better fit when paired with Troy. But I'm not giving up on Smith, who will only be in his 3rd year. People want to remember the New England game, but forget that he was playing very solid ball before that. I like Ryan Mundy to beat out Tyrone Carter for the final safety spot. Mundy has the smarts for either safety position; his ability to line up the West Virginia defense in his first and only season with the Mountaineers after transferring from Michigan speaks to his ability to quickly pickup a playbook and learn a defense.
- The wideouts, like the secondary, shouldn't have much turnover. It's pretty cut and dry. The starters will be Holmes and Ward. It's unknown right now who will be #3, but I'd put my money on Nate, at least until Sweed becomes more comfortable with the position. Wide receiver is one of the toughest positions to learn, so patience is needed with regards to Limas. Many are tabbing Dallas Baker as the #5 guy, but I'm not giving up on Willie Reid. I really like him as a receiver. He's sure handed, and he is super-shifty. He just needs to stay healthy. I also still hold out hope he'll flash some return ability. One darkhorse to keep an eye on: undrafted free agent Micah Rucker, a 6'6'', 220-pounder who runs the 40-yard dash around the 4.5 mark and hails from tiny Eastern Illinois.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Your 53-Man Roster Projection; Tying Loose Ends
Feels good, doesn't it? It's that time of year again. The start of a new NFL season, as the Steelers report to Latrobe for training camp. This is otherwise known as the unofficial end of the Pirates season.
Posted by Dave Wannstache at 10:44 PM
8 comments:
- Stanley said...
Jon Dekker? I thought the only reason he was around every training camp was because he was banging Cowher's daughter.
Stache: Which borderline player do you see creating the most yinzer buzz this year? You know, the player who makes a few nice plays against the Eagles 4th string quarterback and everyone thinks he will tear up the league if given a chance. I think Gary Russell won this award last year.
- July 28, 2008 at 12:51 AM
- Dave Wannstache said...
Dekker gets a job because this team needs a third tight end and he's the best of the rest.
With regards to the borderline player creating a buzz, you gotta look at a skill position player. I think people are going to be intrigued by Micah Rucker, because of his measurables. He's fast, he's tall, and there is a track record for yinzers loving certain receivers in training camp (the fawning over Zamir Cobb a few years ago as an example). He's probably too raw right now, though, so I see practice squad at best for him.
- July 28, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Sweed will have an immediate impact. The 3-year rule is bullshit with tall receivers. All he has to do is jump, the man has been doing that since pee-wees. I see 7-8 TDs in his future.
- July 28, 2008 at 10:13 PM
- Dave Wannstache said...
Sweed could definitely have an immediate impact in the red zone. I would be shocked if he gets 7-8 TDs this season, though.
As a receiver between the 20's, though, it's gonna take him some time for him to acclimate. Once he understands the playbook and learns his route combinations and can play without thinking, that's when you'll see him start making huge contributions. But like any receiver, it's going to take some time.
- July 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Let's see if 'stache can nail the 53 man roster like he nailed the first round of the NFL Draft
- July 29, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- Jay said...
Come on Stanley, you dont actually believe that Dekker crap do you? Cowher would have had him swimming with the fishes if he was slamming his daughter.
And for the record, Limas Sweed will see minimal playing time IMO.
- July 29, 2008 at 4:05 PM
- Pat said...
sounds like sweed wowed them at practice today though
- July 29, 2008 at 7:59 PM
Nick Eason and Trai Essex will make the team. We also have a 5 man reserve...
- July 30, 2008 at 11:00 AM


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REAL NAME: Dalip Singh
7' 3", 408 pounds
BORN:August 27, 1972 in India
NICKNAMES: Giant Singh
Some may remember him as the Giant Singh, others may have noticed him during his appearance in The Longest Yard, but by now the wrestling world knows him as the Great Khali, having attacked the Undertaker and dismantled World Champion Rey Mysterio.
Born in India, Dalip Singh worked as a road laborer and police officer for the Punjab Police Department before turning to bodybuilding, winning the title of Mr. India in 1997-98. Immigrating to the United States in 1999, Singh trained to become a pro wrestler at the All Pro Wrestling Boot Camp. Known as the Giant Singh, he made his debut on October 7, 2000, teaming with Tony Jones against the West Side Playaz 2000.
In May 2001, Singh was training with another All Pro wrestler Brian Ong, who took a flapjack move from Singh. Somehow, the move went wrong, leading to a severe injury to Ong; compounded with previous injuries and concussions, Ong died a few days later. A lawsuit against APW and Singh resulted in a $1.3 award of damages.
In August 2001, Singh headed to Japan to compete in New Japan Pro Wrestling. Masahiro Chono led Singh and Giant Silva into battle as Club 7. The tallest tag team in wrestling history, Club 7 gained some early victories, including defeating Yutaka Yoshie, Kenzo Suzuki, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Wataru Inoue in their debut at the Tokyo Dome on October 8, 2991 but soon began to suffer several key defeats, including in the semi-final round of the IWGP Tag Team tournament on March 17, 2002. Silva eventually turned on Singh and defeated him at Tokyo Nippon Budokan in August 2002.
Singh also gained famed outside of the wrestling ring, appearing in the 2005 Adam Sandler film The Longest Yard which featured other pro wrestling stars including Steve Austin, Goldberg and Kevin Nash.
Signed to a WWE developmental contract on January 2, 2006, Singh spent some time in Deep South Wrestling. He initially came to the aid of Tommy Dreamer who was being attacked by Freakin' Deacon and Palmer Cannon, but would just weeks later join forced with former foes Deacon and Cannon.
Singh would only stay in DSW a few months before exploding on to the WWE scene, attacking the Undertaker during a Smackdown match against Mark Henry on April 7th. With Daivari at his side and known as the Great Khali, he made his WWE wrestling debut on April 21st, defeating Funaki on Smackdown.
Already signed to meet the Undertaker at Judgment Day, Khali defeated Rey Mysterio on Smackdown on May 12th in a non-title challenge match set up by JBL.
Khali defeated the Undertaker at Judgment Day and sent the Undertaker reeling as the Phenom disappeared for several weeks. With the Undertaker out of action, the Great Khali cut a path of destruction throughout the Smackdown ranks.
However, when it was time to face the Undertaker at the Great American Bash in a Punjabi Prison match, it was the Great Khali who was out of action, downed when tests detected a diseased liver.
Khali would return and eventually face the Undertaker, losing a Last Man Standing match on Smackdown in August.
Khali bounced around all three WWE brands, destroying Tommy Dreamer on ECW, and squashing his opponents alternately on Smackdown and RAW.
In spite of finally picking on someone (nearly) his own size, Kane, Khali would prove unstoppable as WWE pushed him over Kane at WrestleMania 23.
His next opponent, though, would prove to be even more unstoppable -- John Cena, who defeated Khali at Judgement Day and ECW One Night Stand.
Khali soon got drafted to Smackdown, where he began feuding with Batista. Khali would capture the World Heavyweight Championship by winning a battle royal on Smackdown and successfully defended it against Batista and Kane in a three-way at the Great American Bash. Both Batista and Kane would continue feuding with Khali, but it would be Batista who would take the belt, beating Khali at Unforgiven. Batista would retain his belt against Khali at No Mercy in a Punjabi Prison match.
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Continuous data protection (CDP) was bleeding-edge a few years ago, but it's re-emerging as the best technology for protecting organization's virtual environments.
- Arun Taneja, Taneja Group
Continuous data protection (CDP) was bleeding-edge a few years ago, but it's re-emerging as the best technology for protecting organization's virtual environments.
In 2006, Taneja Group published a technology brief titled "Continuous Data Technologies: A Paradigm Shift." Back then, we maintained that the traditional method of data protection was seriously flawed and needed a fundamental overhaul.
For decades, the basic method of data protection was based on copy making. To protect a file we made a copy of it and stored it elsewhere -- but we did it as inefficiently as possible. For backups, we would start with a full backup to tape. That meant every bit of data in that volume was transferred from primary storage where it resided, through the application server, over the local-area network (LAN), into the media server and then onto tape. Nightly incrementals came next and any file that had even a slight change was dragged through the backup process again. A bunch of snapshots were taken and these stayed on the primary storage and hogged space. Some snapshots were backed up and occupied space on tape. In a typical IT environment, it wasn't unusual to find anywhere from 10 to 100 copies of the data on primary storage and tape combined. Often, the cost of protecting data outweighed the cost of primary storage by a factor as high as 5-to-1.
We argued in 2006 that after a volume's base image was copied changes to data should be captured only once at the time of creation. Because each change was time-stamped, the recovery system should be able to build the contents of the volume from any point in time (APIT). Using this methodology, we would never need a backup window. No fulls and incrementals, and the recovery point objective (RPO) would be whatever we wanted it to be, even zero. The recovery time objective (RTO) would be very fast, too, since the volume image could be grabbed from any point in time. Companies like Mendocino and Revivio promoted this method, but failed. Still, we felt the fundamentals were right and perhaps the concept was ahead of the available technology.
In parallel, other developments were poised to impact data protection in a big way. Vendors like Data Domain (now EMC), ExaGrid, FalconStor, Quantum and Sepaton said that rather than storing multiple copies of data on slow, unreliable tape, we should toss out all that duplicate data and store it only once on inexpensive SATA disks. Files were split into chunks and only one copy of each chunk was kept on disk. When data was replicated, these new systems only sent unique chunks across the wide-area network (WAN) and thereby maintained a capacity-efficient environment on the remote site as well. Good sound thinking, we said. And surely IT responded well, as demonstrated by the success of many of these companies and a drastic drop in tape sales over the past four years.
But the fundamental process of data protection still hadn't changed. We still ran fulls and incrementals, and we maintained a remote location. And, typical of conservative storage professionals, we often still maintained tape behind disk. So our Iron Mountain expenses stayed with us. But we felt better because backups were faster and more reliable, as were recoveries.
In the past few years, we've seen a resurgence of the continuous data technologies (CDT) idea. And this time, vendors have developed products that work. Finally, we think the idea of CDT will get a fair shake and a shot at commercial success. So why would these new products be successful now when they weren't in 2006? Two things are different today. On the conceptual front, we all recognized that just because we could create the image of a volume as of any point in time, it didn't mean we should. APIT images may take you to an RPO of zero, but an image that's inconsistent with the state of the application isn't very useful. Your RPO for data may be zero, but your RPO of the application could be hours or days. Instead, the more meaningful point in time for recovery is the last consistent state. To make this concept work one needed the ability to generate very rapid snapshots. And for mission-critical applications that often ran on multiple systems and had multiple databases, the system needed to be quiesced across the board for a consistent snapshot to be taken. This level of sophistication wasn't available in 2006, but it's now commonplace.
On the technology front, a fundamental piece that hadn't yet matured in 2006 was virtualization. And virtualization makes the CDT concept come to life, along with the availability of multicore processors. But first things first. Because our focus has now shifted away from "true continuous" to "very rapid but consistent," we need to rename the technical approach. We now define this new category of storage as vDPAS, for Virtual Data Protection and Availability Storage. The benefits of this type of storage are numerous, including:
- No backups ever
- Excellent capacity optimization
- Near instantaneous recovery of applications, not just data
- Easy to assign different service-level agreements (SLAs) to different applications
- Images can be mounted instantly, requiring no full image to be created before a volume can be mounted
- Works the same way across physical and virtual servers
- Minimal IT involvement
- Ability to make current images available to test and development groups at the press of a button
- One main source for all data protection tasks
- Applicability to cloud
Several companies, in our view, have made the vDPAS concept a reality in the last few years. Probably the best example is Actifio's implementation. But many others have been striving toward this concept, such as Dell AppAssure and InMage. Almost certainly, legacy vendors are feverishly working toward this new functionality, but they have to juggle sales of current products with introducing a product that could have a negative impact on their current revenue. Still, in the next three years we expect the entire market to offer products in the vDPAS category. It behooves you to take a closer look at these products and to start planning for a major overhaul of your data protection environment. Once you see the magic of this idea you'll say goodbye to full backups forever. Good riddance!
BIO: Arun Taneja is founder and president at Taneja Group, an analyst and consulting group focused on storage and storage-centric server technologies.


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Freeman thriving with runners in scoring position
NEW YORK -- Jason Heyward has repeatedly said Freddie Freeman has been an "RBI hog" since the two began their professional careers together in 2007. Through this season's first two months, Freeman has simply legitimized this description.
"I don't know what the deal is when there is a guy in scoring position, I don't know if I concentrate harder or what the deal is," Freeman said. "But I want to get those guys in."
Freeman's power potential has provided him the opportunity to maximize run-producing opportunities in the manner he did with his two-run home run in the first inning of Friday's series opener against the Mets. But the Braves' first baseman has also shown the ability to simply make things happen like he did with the check-swing that produced the walk-off single in Tuesday's win over the Twins.
Despite missing two weeks in April with a strained oblique muscle, Freeman entered Sunday with a team-high 30 RBIs. This has been a product of the Major League-best .486 (17-for-35) batting average he had produced with runners in scoring position.
"I believe there are guys out there that when there are [run-producing situations], they get it done," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I think [Miguel] Cabrera is one. I think Manny Ramirez in his heyday was one. Carlos Lee was one of those guys. For whatever reason, they step up their game. ... [Freeman] is a contact guy, which I believe you have to be to be that guy."
On the way to striking out 129 times during last year's injury-plagued season, Freeman struck out once every 4.81 plate appearance. He has improved to once every 5.59 plate appearances this season.
Through his first 35 games this year, Freeman has struck out once every 6.50 plate appearances with runners in scoring position. On the way to notching a career-high 94 RBIs last year, he struck out once every 5.68 plate appearances with runners in scoring position.


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Google Finally Speaking Up About Problems With Patent System
from the good-for-them deptBack when Google first put forth its stalking horse bid for Nortel's patents, the company explained its position by basically dancing around the issue of just how ridiculous patents had become. It made it clear that it was looking to buy the patents for defensive purposes, but couldn't bring itself to really condemn the problems of the patent system. Some patent system supporters have tried to claim that this was actually Google realizing the value of patents.
Of course, to many of us, it demonstrated the exact opposite. Google was demonstrating the ridiculousness of the patent system by showing that it was ready to pay billions not for the "innovation," but to avoid wasteful lawsuits. Of course, in the end, the patents went to a coalition of companies that didn't include Google, and it seems likely that we'll start seeing them in litigation pretty quickly. Even then Google was pretty quiet about its opinion on patents.
That seems to be changing. The company's General Counsel spoke with TechCrunch's MG Siegler and finally seemed willing to say what's widely known in Silicon Valley: that patents do the opposite of encouraging innovation and they represent a tremendous tax on innovation:
"A patent isn't innovation. It's the right to block someone else from innovating... Patents are government-granted monopolies... We have them to reward innovation, but that's not happening here."Nothing exactly earth shattering, but it's nice to see Google finally willing to come out and state the obvious, rather than holding back. Now, if only our elected officials would listen.


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U-M to develop guide for parents of children with disorders of sex development
When a child is born with a disorder of sex development, decisions regarding gender assignment and genital surgery are often made quickly and under pressure.
Quite often those decisions are surgical and often irreversible. Former patients and health care advocates have long complained that parents are provided inadequate information to make decisions for their child with a disorder of sex development.
But with a new award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), researchers at the University of Michigan hope to provide parents with the tools needed to make decisions about disorders of sex development (DSD).
"When a child with a disorder of sex development is born, parents are often experiencing enormous distress," says David E. Sandberg, Ph.D., director of the Division of Child Behavioral Health at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases at the University of Michigan Medical School.
"The right decisions about gender assignment—is it a boy or a girl—and the best course of action (for example should there be surgery? what kind? when?) are not obvious."
"Parents can make decisions that they think are in the best interest of the child that they will regret later."
DSD is a term that describes a wide range of diagnoses that affect the development of sex organs, whether due to chromosomes, hormones, or other factors.
Sandberg said despite significant progress, genetic diagnosis does not necessarily offer clear guidance for parents about gender assignment or best treatment. "It can open the door to additional uncertainties," he says.
Sandberg's project, which has a proposed budget of about $1.3 million, would create a decision-making aid that could be used in genetic counseling and test-result disclosure that would prepare parents to be fully involved in management or treatment plans for their children.
"We want to support parents becoming actively involved in making those decisions, and reduce the likelihood of future worry and regret about decisions that have been made," he says, adding that the guide will educate families about sex development of the body, how disorders are diagnosed (especially how to interpret genetic test results), and possible relationships between diagnostic/genetic testing, decisions about care, and known consequences of those decisions on their child and entire family.
Sandberg plans to introduce the decision-making guide into care for persons affected by DSD and evaluate its effectiveness through an existing network of medical centers supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The DSD – Translational Research Network is comprised of health care providers and researchers at the University of Michigan/C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, UCLA, UCSF, Seattle Children's Hospital and other medical centers.
PCORI funded the project as part of an effort to help patients make better-informed health decisions.
"Today marks a major milestone in our work as we build a portfolio of comparative clinical effectiveness research that will provide patients and those who care for them better information about the health care decisions they face," said PCORI Executive Director Joe Selby, MD, MPH. "These research projects reflect PCORI's patient-centered research agenda, emphasizing the inclusion of patients and caregivers at all stages of the research."
PCORI is committing $40.7 million in funding for a slate of 25 projects, which were approved by PCORI's Board of Governors following a competitive, multi-stage review process involving scientists, patients, caregivers and other stakeholders. Proposals were evaluated on the basis of scientific merit, engagement of patients and stakeholders, methodological rigor and fit within PCORI's National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda.
The awards were part of PCORI's first cycle of primary research funding and selected from among nearly 500 completed applications submitted earlier this year. All proposals were approved pending a business and programmatic review by PCORI staff and completion of a formal award contract.
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Solution to ancient rock puzzle posited
A superplume, or massive episode of volcanic eruptions that related to extensive melting of the Earth's mantle, could explain the puzzling reappearance of major iron formations long after the rise in atmospheric oxygen about 2.4 billion years ago, which should have prevented iron forming, according to a study published in Nature this week.
The research team, led by Professor Birger Rasmussen of Curtin University, includes Dr Janet Muhling from The University of Western Australia's Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis.
Iron formations are unique sedimentary rocks composed of iron and silica and are unlike any modern rocks, the study noted. Most iron formations were deposited in the oceans before free oxygen first accumulated in Earth's atmosphere about 2.4 billion years ago (the so-called Great Oxidation Event).
However, the re-occurrence of major iron formations nearly 500 million years later has been an enduring enigma for geologists.
Major iron formations about 1.9-1.8 billion years old occur in both North America and Australia. However, because the Australian iron formations were thought to be significantly younger than those in North America, it was uncertain whether they provided information about the composition of the global ocean or conditions in a restricted or closed basin.
The new study has dated volcanic ash beds in the Australian iron formations, showing that they were deposited at the same time as those in North America.
"These results show that the deposition of iron formations from two different continents was synchronous 1.9 billion years ago and therefore probably reflects the composition of the global ocean," the study said. "The deposition of major iron formations shows a remarkable correlation in time with a short-lived but intense interval of global igneous activity, a possible mantle superplume event, which suggests that processes deep within the Earth radically changed the chemistry of the global ocean."
"We suggest that extensive basaltic magmatism related to the superplume released vast volumes of iron into the global ocean, overwhelming the supply of oxygen and promoting the deposition of iron formations across the world," Dr Muhling said.
"The equally dramatic disappearance of iron formations some 40 million years later can be explained as a consequence of rapidly waning igneous (volcanic) activity that allowed the ocean to become dominated by seawater oxidants once more.
"Our findings not only explain the sudden appearance and disappearance of iron formations circa 1.9 billion years ago, but also provide an explanation for the preservation of an oxygen-rich atmosphere above an oxygen-poor ocean. The relationships between the chemistry of the hydrosphere and atmosphere, and deep Earth processes provide insights into significant events in the evolution of the Earth," Dr Muhling said.
Dr Muhling's co-researchers are from Curtin University, the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum's Geological Survey of WA, and the University of Manitoba in Canada.
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The neighborhood we live in now is in stark contrast to the neighborhood we left in California. Since we moved into townhomes owned by the seminary, you can guess that there are other young family residents, resulting in many other kids for Judah to play with. Back in California, Judah had no friends his age in the neighborhood and the closest playground was a 15-minute drive. The closest playground here? About 20 feet from my kitchen window. 🙂
Needless to say, Judah is having the time of his life. And, he is being forced to share his toys. Today, he clobbered a girl twice his size as she ran towards his Hot Wheels collection that he so proudly displayed on the sidewalk. Then after the blow, he yelled "Mine!" That's when I clobbered him. Not really. But, that's when I wanted to. :
Judah's a good kid. But, he is really having to figure out this sharing thing. I mean, he just turned two, and he's never had to share his own toys very often, so I should give him some slack. But, I'm going to nip it while it's hot.
You know who else needs to work on their sharing skills? Chick-fil-a. I need them to share their various sauce recipes. Specifically, their Polynesian sauce (right, Steph?). 😉 But, trying to find a "copycat" recipe for them is pretty much impossible. So, I took a few packets from their restaurant the other day and will be playing around in my kitchen with the ingredients listed.
Even though Chick-fil-a does have a honey mustard sauce, this honey mustard recipe is actually reminiscent of their "Chick-fil-a Sauce," (although definitely not exact). There are many different ways to make honey mustard. Some people use horseradish, others add more honey, then someone else might throw in some OJ. I like to keep it as simple as possible, with ingredients I always have on hand. This formula is just that and creamy, tangy and the perfect dip for our chicken nuggets.
Honey Mustard Sauce
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 3 Tablespoons honey
- 2 Tablespoons yellow mustard
- Juice from half a lemon (or 1 Tablespoon)
- Combine all ingredients and stir. Cover and chill 2 to 3 hours before serving.
- Source: Adapted from Paula Deen, via The Food Network


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XM50 - ESMexpress COM with PowerPC MPC8548
Computer-On-ModuleThis product has been discontinued.
The XM50 is a rugged Computer-On-Module (COM) of the ESMexpress family featuring a PowerPC MPC8548 or MPC8543 CPU. It is designed for industrial automation, medical computers, in-vehicle computers, and embedded computers in transportation. The XM50 supports conductive cooling technology and is 100% EMC proof.
Main Features
Technical Data
- 800 MHz up to 1.5 GHz
- Please see Standard Configurations for available standard versions.
- e500 PowerPC core with MMU and double-precision embedded scalar and vector floating-point APU
- Integrated Northbridge and Southbridge
- 2x 32 KB L1 data and instruction cache, 512 KB / 256 KB L2 cache integrated in MPC8548/MPC8543
- Up to 2 GB SDRAM system memory
- Soldered
- DDR2 with or without ECC
- Up to 300 MHz memory bus frequency, depending on CPU
- 16 MB boot Flash
- 2 MB non-volatile SRAM
- With GoldCap or battery backup on the carrier board
- 128 KB non-volatile FRAM
- Serial EEPROM 8 kbits for factory settings
- Three ports via ESMexpress connector
- SATA Revision 1.x support
- Transfer rates up to 150 MB/s (1.5 Gbit/s)
- Via PCI-to-SATA bridge
- Six USB 2.0 host ports via ESMexpress connector
- OHCI and EHCI implementation
- Data rates up to 480 Mbit/s
- One USB client port via ESMexpress connector
- Via UART-to-USB converter
- Data rates up to 115.2 kbit/s
- 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
- Handshake lines: none
- Three 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels with MPC8548/E
- Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels with MPC8543/E
- Two LED signals per channel for LAN link and activity status and connection speed
- Accessible via ESMexpress connector
- One x1 or one x2 or one x4 link via ESMexpress connector
- PCIe 1.x support
- Data rate 250 MB/s in each direction (2.5 Gbit/s per lane)
- 1 line from board controller via ESMexpress connector
- Usable for LED
- Real-time clock (with GoldCap or battery backup on the carrier board)
- Temperature sensor, power supervision and watchdog
- +12V (9..16 V), 12 W approx.
- Dimensions: 95 mm x 125 mm (conforming to ESMexpress specification)
- ESMexpress PCB mounted between a frame and a cover
- Weight: 250 g (incl. cover and frame)
- Temperature range (operation): -50..+85°C Tcase (ESMexpress cover/frame)
- Temperature range (storage): -50..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300 m to +3,000 m
- Shock: 15 g, 11 ms (EN 60068-2-27)
- Bump: 10 g, 16 ms (EN 60068-2-29)
- Vibration (sinusoidal): 1 g, 10 Hz - 150 Hz (EN 60068-2-6)
- EMC behavior depends on the system and housing surrounding the ESMexpress module.
- MEN has performed general, successful EMC tests for ESMexpress using the XC1 evaluation carrier according to:
- EN 55022 (radio disturbance)
- IEC 61000-4-3 (electromagnetic field immunity)
- IEC 61000-4-4 (burst)
- IEC 61000-4-5 (surge)
- IEC 61000-4-6 (conducted disturbances)
- Linux
- VxWorks
- QNX (on request; support of the FPU is currently not provided by QNX)
- INTEGRITY (Green Hills Software) support available. Please contact Green Hills for further information.
- OS-9 (on request)
- For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.
- Several PowerQUICC III types with different clock frequencies
- MPC8548 or MPC8548E
- 1 GHz, 1.2 GHz, 1.33 GHz or 1.5 GHz
- MPC8543 or MPC8543E
- 800 MHz or 1 GHz
- System RAM
- 512 MB, 1 GB or 2 GB
- With or without ECC
- 0 MB or 2 MB
- 0 KB or 128 KB
- Ethernet
- Only two channels instead of three with MPC8543
- PCI Express links: one x8 link
- Reduces operation temperature range because of higher DDR SDRAM clock
- QNX (on request; support of the FPU is currently not provided by QNX)
- OS-9 (on request)
General Linux BSP for A17, EM9, EM9A, EK9, F50C, F50P and XM50
VxWorks 6.4/6.5 BSP (MEN) for A17, EK9, EM9, EM9A, F50C, F50P and XM50
VxWorks 6.9 BSP (MEN) for A17, EK9, EM9, EM9A, F50C, F50P and XM50
This product is designed to work under the INTEGRITY RTOS from Green Hills Software. An INTEGRITY Board Support Package for this board is provided by Green Hills Software. For more information and product support please contact Green Hills Software (www.ghs.com).
MENMON (Firmware) for XM50, F50C and F50P (object code)
A Windows USB2UART driver from FTDI is available for XM50, XM51 and F50P/F50C Windows hosts.
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Josh Richman of the Contra Costa Times just issued a bombshell about the Ricky Gill campaign as apparently the Lodi Memorial Hospital's CEO had to tell Republican congressional candidate Ricky Gill's mother to lay off soliciting votes or campaign donations from patients. This is not a Doctor I would want to visit.
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Gill's mother, Dr. Parampal Gill, is a prominent obstetrician in San Joaquin County; Gill is challenging Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, in the 9th Congressional District.
A former hospital employee, speaking on condition of anonymity, said she was one of those who complained to hospital administrators.
"She handed out her son's cards at Lodi Memorial Hospital, and she even would go as far as to say things to them like, 'I delivered you a beautiful baby and in return I want four votes,'" the former staffer said. "The hospital has a no-soliciting policy which I assume extends to physicians… I was offended for and on behalf of patients."
"Our CEO did have a conversation with Dr. Gill about this and it came about because we had a staffer bring to our attention that she heard Dr. Gill saying something like this to a patient," hospital spokeswoman Carol Farron confirmed this week. "We have had no complaints from patients themselves, however a staffer did bring it to our attention and it's our policy and our practice if a staffer brings a concern like this to our attention that we would speak to any of the parties involved and just caution them that it's not appropriate behavior. Because we didn't have any direct patient complaints, that's as far as we took it."
The hospital's vice president of nursing also spoke with Dr. Gill about the verbal solicitations, Farron said.
"Dr. Gill has a right to advocate for her son, just like any mother would," Gill campaign spokesman Colin Hunter said today.
Jennifer Simoes, chief of legislation at the Medical Board of California, said things like handing out campaign literature or soliciting votes wouldn't be actionable by the board, which deals with Medical Practice Act and quality-of-care violations.
"However, absent permission of the patient, using information from patient's medical records for anything other than the care and treatment of the patient, is something that the Board would look into if we were to receive a complaint," she said. "The Board would look at the facts of each individual case to determine if there was a violation."
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After on Monday, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that PSA (Peugeot-Citroën) is planning to buy the struggling Opel brand in order to get a chance against the Volkswagen Group, Opel released a statement claiming the French are talking bollocks.
We can probably trust the Frankfurters on this one, as just two month ago, General Motors was pretty confident about keeping Opel as it's a key player in the company's future plans in Europe.
While Opel/Vauxhall tries to get back on track with its brand new premium hatch, the (less than perfect) Adam, PSA also has enough on its plate as currently they seek the European Union's approval for getting a $9.2 billion state loan guarantee from the great people of France, of whom PSA has already decided to fire 8000...
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The other day, I found myself in dire need of something full of chocolatey goodness, but there were no chocolate chips in sight.
I dug into the fridge and located a few bars of unsweetened baking chocolate, so I bit into one out of sheer despair. (Did I mention I really, really needed some chocolatey goodness?)
I figured, I've always liked hardcore dark chocolate so what's the diff between chocolate made of 90% cocoa, and chocolate made of 100% cocoa? 10%, that's what.
Never again. It took me hours to get rid of the bitter taste and pasty feel in my mouth.
Hey, don't look at me like you've never done anything stupid yourself.
How about chewy brownies as dense as fudge, making use of those evil unsweetened baking chocolate bars, without bitter regrets as an aftermath? Well, it does sound better for sure.
These are the ones I made yesterday and again today.
They're originally from the same book as yesterday's muffiny adaptation.
I used 1/2 cup of blended silken tofu to replace the eggs, and threw in 1/4 teaspoon baking powder. I don't think the latter made any difference, but it's not like it hurt either.
I also added about 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips. Because if you're gonna go chocolatey, might as well go all the way. (Especially when you have to make up for the fact you were foolish enough to bite into a bar of unsweetened chocolate.)
I baked them in the baker's edge pan since I rarely use it in other ways than as a stove-top dust collector and super chic decorative item.
Word of warning: mine looked quite greasy when they came out of the oven, but after some quality time in the fridge, they were as good as new.
And they don't taste greasy at all. I'm still planning to try and see if lowering the margarine just a hair would work without altering the chewiness factor.
They're really best eaten cold from the fridge. I made a half-assed attempt at throwing them in the freezer for a while, thinking it'd be a good way to curb my brownie enthusiasm, and yet they magically ended up transferred back to the fridge instead. I blame little fairies for that. You know the ones.
Edited to add my new take on them, just as chewy and delicious, with less fat, and less sugar. And finally, this version does not look greasy like the original one up there did upon coming out of the oven.
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Nonstick cooking spray
113 g (4 ounces) vegan semisweet chocolate (chopped bar or chips), plus 66 g to fold in batter
1/4 cup (60 ml) liquid coconut oil
120 g (1/2 cup) blended soft silken tofu (plain or vanilla vegan yogurt would work well too)
200 g (1 cup, loosely packed) organic light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
120 g (1 cup) barley flour, whole wheat pastry flour, or all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, or gas mark 4). Lightly coat an 8-inch (20-cm) square baking pan with spray.
Combine 113 g chocolate with oil. Heat in the microwave in 1-minute increments, stirring occasionally to make sure the chocolate is melted but doesn't overheat.
Stir the blended tofu, sugar, salt, and vanilla in the melted chocolate. Add the flour and 66 g chocolate chips or chunks, and stir to combine with the wet ingredients.
Place evenly into the prepared pan, and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the edges just begin to pull away from the pan.
The brownies are at their absolute best when they are given time to cool in the pan, and chilled in the fridge (still in the pan) for a few hours.
Store in the fridge for up to 4 days.
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BOSTON – Wine by Design today announced the release of two limited edition wines to honor the heritage and fan base of the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox Club Series Reserve wines include a 2011 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and 2012 Chardonnay from California's Sonoma Coast. These limited edition wines are being produced by Wine by Design, which is officially licensed by Major League Baseball Properties and are now available for purchase at select New England retailers and at redsox.com/wine.
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The Boston Red Sox Club Series Reserve wines were procured from premium vineyards within California's famed Sonoma region that source fruit to many prestigious brands. The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the legendary Alexander Valley with bold developed flavors of chocolate, tobacco and cherries with rich tannins and superior color. The 2012 Chardonnay from the renowned Sonoma Coast is French oak aged, with deep, rich flavors of apple and citrus. The Club Series Reserve wines were carefully chosen with the goal of offering wines that fans would embrace.
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NBA star LeBron James will donate $2.5 million to support the Muhammad Ali exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the museum announced Thursday.
"Muhammad Ali: A Force for Change" opened in September to honor the legacy of the boxing champ, social activist and world ambassador whose contributions transcended the sports world.
The exhibit spans two galleries and highlights his community activism, resistance, politics, spirituality and culture in addition to his athletic achievements.
"Every professional athlete, regardless of race and gender, owes a huge debt of gratitude to Muhammad Ali," James said in a Smithsonian news release.
The LeBron James Family Foundation and James' business partner, Maverick Carter, donated the funds.
In the 1960s and '70s, Ali spoke out against racism and the Vietnam War, refusing to be drafted and facing a draft evasion conviction. He also raised the profile of the Nation of Islam after converting from Christianity and changing his name from Cassius Clay.
After his boxing career, Ali continued to do social and humanitarian work. He died in June at the age of 74.
Sports gallery curator Damion Thomas said the museum is "extremely grateful" for the Cleveland Cavaliers star's support.
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Lonnie Ali, Ali's widow, said she was "overwhelmed" by James' generosity.
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