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While you might not own any them, you've probably heard of bitcoins, a floating currency backed by no government entity. You may also be aware that these coins are backed by blockchain technology, a decentralized system in which all participants track everyone's holdings on their own individual systems. In this world, buyers and sellers can exchange bitcoins untraceably, making bitcoins perfect for criminal use.
In fact, some readers may have first heard about bitcoins when a Hollywood, CA hospital recently had all its data assets frozen by malware hackers, who demanded a ransom of $3.4 million in bitcoins before the hospital could have its data back. (The hospital ended up talking the ransomware attackers down to paying $17K, and when it paid that sum, IT leaders got back control.)
What's intriguing, however, is that blockchain technology may also be a solution for some of healthcare's most vexing health data security problems. That, at least, is the view of Peter Nichol, a veteran healthcare business and technology executive consultant. As he sees it, "blockchain addresses the legitimate previous concerns of security, scalability and privacy of electronic medical records."
In his essay posted on LinkedIn Nichol describes a way in which the blockchain can be used in healthcare data management:
- Patient: The patient is provided a code (private key or hash) and an address that provides the codes to unlock their patient data. While the patient data is not stored in the blockchain, the blockchain provides the authentication or required hashes (multi-signatures, also referred to as multi-sigs) to be used to enable access to the data (identification and authentication).
- Provider: Contributors to patient's medical records (e.g. providers) are provided a separate universal signature (codes or hashes or multi-sigs). These hashes when combined with the patient's hash establishes the required authentication to unlock the patient's data.
- Profile: Then the patient defines in their profile, the access rules required to unlock their medical record.
- Access: If the patient defines 2-of-2 codes, then two separate computer machines (the hashes) would have to be compromised to gain unauthorized access to the data. (In this case, establishing unauthorized privileged access becomes very difficult when the machines types differ, operating systems differ and are hosted with different providers.)
As Nichol rightly notes, blockchain strategies offer some big advantages over existing security, particularly given that keys are distributed and that multiple computers but need to be compromised for attackers to gain access to illicit data.
Nichols' essay also notes that blockchain technology can be used to provide patients with more sophisticated levels of privacy control over their personal health information. As he points out, the patient can use their own blockchain signature, combined with, say, that of a hospital to provide more secure access when seeking treatment. Meanwhile, when they want to limit access to the data it's easy to do so.
And voila, health data maintenance problems are solved, he suggests. "This model lifts the costly burden of maintaining a patient's medical histories away from the hospitals," he argues. "Eventually cost savings will make it full cycle back to the patient receiving care."
What's even more interesting is that Nichols is clearly not just a voice in the wilderness. For example, Philips Healthcare recently made an early foray into blockchain technology, partnering with blockchain-based record-keeping startup Tierion.
Ultimately, whether Nichols is entirely on target or not, it seems clear that health IT players have much to gain by exploring use of blockchain technology in some form. In fact, I predict that 2016 will be a breakout year for this type of application.


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RE: Disabled Vet, out of condition and trying to buy a bike
I started biking back in 1985 and have been out of biking almost 20 years. I was fairly savvy on the equipment of the day. It's changed quite a bit. This is the question I put to BikesDirect: I need some help picking a bike. I began serious biking in 1984-85 and became very serious "touring bike" rider. I last owned a Trek and for various reasons I have not biked since that time. I always had problems with pinch-flats but MTB bikes of the time simply weren't made for distance riding. Now days I have put on weight 6'2" 255-270 lbs. From my reading I've decided a Hardtail 29er might best suit me. Something I can put a rather tight nob tubeless kevlar tire with a large footprint and 120TPI or higher. I thought only front fork suspension with my weight. Perhaps 30-spd with heavy duty derailleur and hvy duty crankset. The new very good hydraulic brakes seemed ideal. The area where I am ignorant is in frames . . . It seems AL remains the best choice (cost-effective) among materials but there are so many types or configurations with different types of buttressing joints --- Please help with what ya'll think are the top choices and if you agree with my choice of a "29er Hardtail" as well.
I was thinking of spending $500 - $700 but would go for $1000 if the ideal bike stood out. Also as a closing thought, I became attached to toe-clips and wonder what the current thought on their use is Their Answer:Are you going to be trail riding or pavement riding?
If you can have just one bike, make it a Motobecane Elite Sport/Trail/Adventure Dual Sport model...It's the perfect choice for the rider who wants a bike that's fast on the road, capable of spirited off-road excursions, and ready for everything in between.
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/elite_adventure_x5.htm So, what do you think of this equipment choice and how does it compare to the bike I found on BikeShopWarehouse for $299.00? Please take a look and offer your advice and criticism.
Thank you,
Bill Huckabee
Main Frame: Aluminum alloy 6061
Fork: 700C Suspension fork, Suntour SF11-M3010AL
Crank Set: Suntour CW9-XCC 28/38/48T
Bottom Bracket: Suntour BB10-XCT, Sealed Cartridge Unit
Pedals: MTB 9/16in
Front Derailleurs: Shimano FD-TX51M6 Top pull
Rear Derailleurs: Shimano Atlus RDM310DL Black
Shifters: Shimano ST-EF51 21-SP Black (21 gears total)
Free Wheel / Casssette: CHJ 13-32T 7 speed
Chain: KMC Z-51
Front / Rear Hubs: Formula DC19/25 Aluminum Alloy Black with Quick Release
Spokes: Stainless Steel
Rims: 32H DA17 Double Wall, Aluminum Alloy, 700c Black anodized
Tires: Kenda Kross Plus 700x42c
Brake Set: CS V-Brakes Aluminum Alloy silver
Brake Levers: Shimano ST-EF51 21-SP Black
Handlebars: Flat Bar w/ 6 degree rise
Tape / Grip: WTB Dual Comfort Density
Stem: 1.125in Threadless Aluminum
Saddle: WTB Speed V Sport SE
Seat Post: 300mm, Black
Seat Clamp: QR Aluminum Alloy Black Finish, 31.8mm
Colors: Screamin' Yellow, Sterling Silver
Sizes: SM(15.5in), MED(17.5in), LG(19in), XL(21in), XXL(23in)

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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Spoilers will be present within the article.
- "The Three Broomsticks and I go way back, further than I care to admit. I can remember when it was One Broomstick!"
- —The Three Broomstick's age[src]
The Three Broomsticks is a popular inn and pub in the all wizarding village of Hogsmeade and is often frequented by students from the neighbouring Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The inn is often warm, crowded, and a bit smoky, but clean and welcoming.
A mirror behind the bar reflects the cosy atmosphere, and drinks such as Butterbeer and Firewhisky are served in glasses and in foaming pewter tankards, as well as gillywater, Mulled Mead, red currant rum, and even cherry syrup and soda with ice and an umbrella. The Three Broomsticks is owned and operated by Madam Rosmerta.
Early history
The Three Broomsticks was allegedly as old as Hogsmeade itself; popular rumour suggested that the village founder, Hengist of Woodcroft, lived there during medieval times.[1] It can be suggested that the village grew over time, as it was so near Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The proprietor of this establishment was Madam Rosmerta. She managed the Three Broomsticks for at least twenty years, since Harry Potter's father, James Potter, was a student at Hogwarts.
Recent history
- "Here, you've earned a drink. Something from the Three Broomsticks, you won't have tried it before."
- —The Butterbeer found at the Three Broomsticks
Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger enjoyed drinking butterbeer at the inn, where they frequently encountered Rubeus Hagrid and other regulars as well. During the 1993–1994 school year, Harry was unable to go to Hogsmeade because of the events surrounding Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban. However, Harry sneaked into Hogsmeade to have butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks with Ron and Hermione. There they overheard a group of Hogwarts professors talking with Cornelius Fudge about Sirius Black, thus unknowingly revealing to Harry the secret that Sirius was his godfather while Harry hid under their table to avoid being seen.
During the 1993 school year, owing to the escape of Sirius Black from Azkaban, a number of Dementors were assigned to patrol Hogsmeade Village. This caused a certain amount of trouble for Madam Rosmerta, as it discouraged visitors due to the grim atmosphere that follows Dementors.
During the 1994-1995 school year, it was in this pub that Harry is invited by Hagrid to come and see the dragons that will make up the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament; at the same time, it was learned that Alastor Moody's magical eye can see through Harry's Invisibility Cloak. Later in the same year, Harry was offered information on beating the Second Task by Ludo Bagman, which he refused, and Hermione told off Rita Skeeter, an action that resulted in Rita writing a scurrilous story for Witch Weekly about Hermione.
- "You should have said it was really annoying, but I'd made you promise to come along to the Three Broomsticks, and you really didn't want to go, you'd much rather spend the whole day with her, but unfortunately you thought you really ought to meet me and would she please, please come along with you and hopefully you'd be able to get away more quickly."
- —Harry meeting up with Hermione in the Three Broomsticks[src]
In the 1995-1996 school year, Harry's fifth year, needing a place to meet with other students who would later form Dumbledore's Army, Hermione chose to meet at the Hog's Head, rather than the Three Broomsticks, believing it would provide more privacy. This hope proved illusory, which may be why Hermione chose the Three Broomsticks for a later meeting with Harry, Luna Lovegood, and Rita Skeeter.
At this meeting, Harry talked briefly with a morose Hagrid, who was thinking about his family, then was interviewed by Rita for The Quibbler about his experience the previous year when Voldemort had returned; the main wizarding newspaper, the Daily Prophet, was heavily influenced by the Ministry of Magic and refused to print the truth about Voldemort's return.
- "Madam Rosmerta, can he come into the Three Broomsticks while I go up to the school and get help for him?"
- —Harry Potter regarding the weakened Dumbledore[src]
While Harry, Hermione, and Ron do visit the Three Broomsticks in the 1996-1997 school year, Harry's sixth year, it is a cheerless visit, and culminates in the trio seeing Katie Bell being jinxed by a package she had apparently received there. As a result, Hogsmeade weekends are cancelled for the rest of the year.
Harry does pass the Three Broomsticks later in the year, with Professor Dumbledore, but they do not enter: Dumbledore tells Madam Rosmerta that he fancies a quieter drink and heads towards the Hog's Head. Returning from that trip, which had been cover for retrieval of one of Voldemort's Horcruxes from a mysterious cave, Harry and a greatly weakened Dumbledore return to Hogsmeade, where they are met by Madam Rosmerta who warns them of the Dark Mark floating over Hogwarts. She loans them two brooms, and Harry and Dumbledore fly to the school, where the Battle of the Astronomy Tower soon begins.
It turns out that Harry's suspicions were right and Draco Malfoy, who had become a Death Eater, had been given the mission of killing Dumbledore by Voldemort himself. Malfoy had placed Madam Rosmerta under the Imperius Curse, and thus had been aware of Dumbledore's absences. It had been Madam Rosmerta, under Draco's control, who had given the jinxed necklace to Katie Bell earlier in the year.
Harry does not attend Hogwarts for his seventh year in the 1997-1998 school year, but he does return there to hunt down a final Horcrux. Apparating into Hogsmeade, Harry triggers the Caterwauling Charm, bringing Death Eaters out of the Three Broomsticks. Luckily, they are given sanctuary from Aberforth Dumbledore, the barman of the Hog's Head and Albus Dumbledore's brother.
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Behind the scenes
- According to Hermione Granger, in Sites of Historical Sorcery it is mentioned that the inn at Hogsmeade served as human headquarters for the 1612 goblin rebellion[2]. It is unknown if the inn mentioned in the book is The Three Broomsticks.
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, several Shrunken Heads rudely tell Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley that underage wizards weren't allowed in the pub that day. This may or may not be standard limitation, but is never mentioned in the books.
- Because Ron and Hermione were forbidden to enter that day in the Prisoner of Azkaban film, Harry, who had his Invisibility Cloak with him, was the only one to overhear Fudge's conversation with the Hogwarts' Professors about Sirius Black. Also for the film their conversation was moved to a private room with both Rubeus Hagrid and Filius Flitwick being absent.
- In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince we learn that Madam Rosmerta kept broomsticks behind her bar.
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Madam Rosmerta had hired a waiter and a barman.
- Also, in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Horace Slughorn mentioned that he remembered when the inn was once called "One Broomstick," although it is implied that he was intoxicated while he said this and may have intended the statement as a joke.
- There is a recreation of Three Broomsticks located in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The set of Three Broomsticks that appeared in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is actually based on that part of the park.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Exterior only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (DS version only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game) (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Notes and references
- ↑ Hengist's Chocolate Frog Card in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 5 (The Dementor)


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Internet 101
"We must not be rash and use e-commerce for the sake of e-commerce," says Vanyi-Robin, 27, who founded Visualcom two years ago to help companies use the Internet in Latin America. Since then he's snagged clients that include Taiwan-based computer-maker Acer. Although the young, French-born executive may be short on professional experience, he's done the research -- a 300-page, Internet-related business plan researched in Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina for the University of Miami, where he was a graduate assistant in information services. He graduated in 1995 with an MBA.
In Latin America, he says, "the end users as we know them in the U.S. are simply not there yet." Translation: The PC-owning, Internet-surfing, credit card-wielding, upper-middle-class army of consumers who like to browse and buy directly off Web sites doesn't exist in Latin America. According to reliable estimates, there are only something like 1 million Internet users in Brazil and another million in the rest of Latin America combined, mainly in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela. But even as that group grows, there are other enormous obstacles to American-style Internet sales. Relatively few Latin Americans have credit cards, for example -- no small speed bump on the information superhighway.
When Visualcom started working with Acer, that company's Latin American unit already knew about some of the barriers in Latin America: phone and Internet service provider regulations, costs and quality vary from country to country, and government-run postal services are generally unreliable. "In Colombia, you can wait half an hour for a dial tone," says Luis Guardia, marketing production manager for Acer Latin America. Getting a second phone line for a computer can take months.
And delivering products to Latin customers can be a costly headache, too. "The problem with the mail is that in most places, if the package looks like something valuable" -- like a computer -- "it will never arrive," Guardia says. That means turning to costly, private parcel companies to deliver goods ordered from a Web site. And yet, he says, "as a computer company, we knew we had to be online" in Latin America as elsewhere. Acer had developed Web sites for the more Internet-savvy countries -- Brazil, Mexico and Argentina -- but needed a general, Spanish-language site for Latin consumers elsewhere.
Acer liked Visualcom's common-sense approach: Use a Web site to help consumers learn more about your products, find local distributors to buy from and get service if something goes wrong. Visualcom also understood the Web-site realities in Latin America: Many people own older, slower, memory-limited machines with slow modems or phone lines. A busy Web site with memory-intensive graphics that take forever to materialize on screen would just drive people crazy.
The Latin American site that Acer developed (www.acla.acer.com) is simple, clean and easy to use. Each page is one screen-length and concise. Users can click on product names to get technical specifications, or point to a location to get a local vendor's name, address and telephone number. There's even a "text only" option so viewers with slow machines can skip time-consuming graphics. But you can't order a computer online.
So once a basic site is developed, how can you help Latin consumers find it on the Web? Vanyi-Robin shies away from the standard American search engines. Instead, he recommends local, country-specific engines, links to related sites and traditional advertising to promote the address. In short: Just keep it simple. Unfortunately, he says, "lots of American companies are so excited about using the Internet they think it has to work the same everywhere. But by trying to be too cute, you lose the message."


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Topic Index - Digestive and Liver Disorders
Digestive & Liver Disorders Home
The Digestive System - An Overview
Problems in Prenatal Development of the Digestive Tract
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Intestinal Malrotation / Volvulus
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It didn't take long for McSteamy to find new work!
Less than a week after Eric Dane's character Mark Sloan made his final appearance on Grey's Anatomy, the actor has signed on to Michael Bay's new TNT pilot Last Ship.
TNT developing shows from Tom Clancy, Matthew McConaughey and Nigel Lythgoe
The plot is based on a post-apocalyptic 1989 William Brinkley novel about a navy crew who are among the only survivors on the planet after a global catastrophe. Dane will play Captain Tom Chandler, "a career Navy man and a loving father and husband who's never home as much as he'd like to be," according to TNT.
Without a Trace's Hank Steinberg will serve as showrunner and is penning the pilot, along with The Closer's Steven Kane. Bay, Steinberg and Kane will be executive producers.
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Having once been an oil skimmer himself, Bill Nye knows just as much about oil spills as he does about every other scientific topic. So leave it to him to succinctly and simply explain the challenges of cleaning one up.
CNN recruited the science guy and former Giz contributor to take a look at some viewer-proposed solutions for cleaning up the oil spill and explain how effective they might be. Nye, as he always does, makes the science here easy to understand without dumbing it down, and one of the things he imparts is that while there are many proven methods of cleaning up a spill, very few are scalable to a disaster of this magnitude.
A good deal of my science knowledge comes from watching Bill Nye as a kid, and it's a pleasure to see him around again to illuminate one of today's most pressing scientific issues. So anyway, Bill, what's really the deal with climate change? [BuzzFeed]


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Diana Nyad is swimming for two days for charity
NEW YORK - The 64-year-old woman who swam from Havana to Miami is churning toward the halfway mark in her marathon Manhattan swim to benefit victims of Superstorm Sandy.
Diana Nyad started her 48-hour swim Tuesday morning in a 40-yard pool set up in Herald Square. Her aim is to raise money for people still struggling a year after Sandy.
Just before 3 a.m. Wednesday, Nyad had been in the pool for more than 18 hours and had raised over $54,600.
Last month, the native New Yorker became the first person confirmed to have swum from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.
She told The Associated Press on Monday that one of her swimming companions in Manhattan will be a dog named Roscoe that survived Sandy's floodwaters.


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Modern Genomics: How to identify microbial species.
Classic methods dependent upon comparative morphology and culturing fall short for the following reasons -
- Prokaryotes are incredibly diverse with relatively little morphological distinction (can't tell them apart under the microscope).
- Fewer than 1% of the known microbes in any given environment can be cultured (the great plate anomaly).
The Answer - Molecular systemetics based upon 16s rRNA sequences (thanks to Carl Woese, the father of modern microbial systematics).
- The 16S rRNA gene is ideal because much of it is conserved due to structural constraints but some of it is not. This allows for variability in the gene sequence useful in making phylogenetic comparisons.
- Because the gene is only about 1550 bp in length and it portions of it are conserved, it is possible to construct primers that will amplify this gene in a major portion of the organisms present in any given environment.
- After PCR amplification, it is possible to sequence the gene and make comparisons with other members of the microbial community or members of its own species.
Sequencing 16s rDNA from individual organisms has given us the ability map phylogenetic relationships between single celled organisms based upon how similar their 16s genes are. A classic example of this is shown below in the "Tree of Life" published by Norm Pace in 1997.


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Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
Character Dining, Fine/Signature Dining
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Children under the age of three (3) may share from an adult's plate at no charge. If a child under three years old chooses to order an item from a separate à la carte menu, the guests will be charged the price as noted on the menu.
For all-you-care-to-eat buffet locations
Should guests inquire about our policy at buffet locations offering all-you-care-to-eat for one price, please note the following:
Guests ages 21 and older may purchase two (2) alcoholic beverages per valid photo ID at the following Disneyland Resort and Operating Participant locations:
Savor upscale California fare and an extensive wine list in an elegant setting at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.
Join some favorite Disney Princesses at the luxurious Napa Rose for an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind adventure featuring enchanting activity time, a delicious three-course breakfast and personal visits with Disney Princesses!
Celebrate a special occasion or simply toast to the good life with artfully presented wine country cuisine.
A warm-hued craftsman décor inspired by the natural beauty of the Golden State provides the perfect backdrop for a relaxed yet refined evening at this premier dining destination. Enjoy your meal with a view of Disney California Adventure Park, at the Chef's Counter of our bustling exhibition kitchen or in the casual comfort of the Napa Rose Lounge, where walk-up seating is available and Guests can order from the same tantalizing menu.
Browse an incomparable selection of regional wines paired with seasonal fare inspired by California's bounty of produce, meat, game, poultry, seafood and farm-fresh specialty ingredients. Napa Rose's expert sommeliers are happy to recommend the perfect wine pairing to complement your meal.
For over 10 years, Chef Andrew Sutton has been telling the story of the Napa Valley through his food. He continues to astound with his fresh, innovative cuisine and invites Guests to interact with him and his talented kitchen staff at the Chef's Counter, where you can order from the house menu or "The Vintner's Table" prix-fixe menu. Chef Sutton can even create a tasting menu tailored to your preferences.
Since its launch in 2002, Napa Rose has received accolades and awards from a number of esteemed organizations including the Wine Spectator, Zagat, The Southern California Restaurant Writers and the Orange County Business Journal.
Discover how to book advance reservations and review parking information to prepare for your visit to Napa Rose.
Advance reservations are highly recommended and can be booked online through Check Availability tool up to 60 days prior to your visit.
Complimentary 5-hour parking—your choice of either valet or self-parking—is included with a Napa Rose validation and is available at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.
After the initial 5-hour period, Guests will be charged as follows:
Enjoy the terrace view, or sit by the fireplace, with a refreshing beverage and small bite—no reservations needed.
After an amazing meal, why not continue the indulgence? Experience new levels of elegance at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa—the well-appointed rooms, state-of-the-art fitness center and pristine pools combine modern sophistication with classic Craftsman beauty.


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Siem Reap and Angkor Wat, CambodiaKirsty Turner
Before you visit Angkor, stop by Miniature Replicas, where you will see sculptures of all the temples situated in a lovely garden. This is a good way to get an idea of how much there is to see and plan your time accordingly. There are also a number of modern temples situated around Siem Reap, such as Wat Bo with its beautiful paintings and former royal palace Wat Dam Nak, which provide an interesting contrast to the wonders of Angkor.
Angkor Wat is a major symbol in Cambodia; it appears on the flag, on coins, posters and just about anything else you can name. The site was reopened in 1991 after nearly two decades of closure due to civil unrest. The best way to start a tour of Angkor is to visit Phnom Bakheng in time for sunset. Not only is admission free, but you can get your pass made, avoiding the crowds the next day.
Get up early the following day and hire a moto with a driver for the day so that you can travel in style. Head straight to Angkor Thom, which is surrounded by a vast moat, before moving on to the Terrace of the Elephants, which is over 300 metres long.
The next temple to visit is the enchanting jungle temple of Preah Khan, while the nearby Neak Pean is a symbol of the lake that lies at the top of the universe.
It is best to allow around four hours to see Angkor Wat properly, so perhaps devote the following day to exploring this magnificent temple. According to records, it took around 30 years to complete Angkor Wat, which measures an impressive 65 metres and covers some 500 acres.
The mighty Wat is built on several levels. The Gallery features 1,000 Buddhas where Buddha effigies of all descriptions line the corridors, while the temples picture galleries display scenes from Hindu epic texts the Ramayana, the Battle of Kurukshetra, and other epic scenes such as the Judgement of Heaven and Hell. 1,500 apsaras or 'heavenly dancing girls' wonderfully decorate the second level interior.
Now it is time to screw up you courage and climb to the very summit of the top level, which is a privilege that was originally reserved for the High Priest and the King. 480 steep steps lead up to the five towers, which lie waiting like the Holy Grail at the end of a virtuous quest. Ascend the 70 degree angled steps carefully and walk around the outer gallery, enjoying the magnificent view, which is incredible from all angles. Watch the sun set before slowly descending once more.
Most people find it difficult to leave Siem Reap and you need to allow at least through days to explore thoroughly.


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Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are an American professional football team based in Miami, Florida. They are part of the National Football League (NFL), and are the oldest major-league professional sports franchise in the state of Florida.
The Miami Dolphins are part of the American Football Conference (AFC) and play in the AFC East Division with the New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills and league rivals The New York Jets.
The Dolphins play home games at Dolphins Stadium (formerly known as Joe Robbie Stadium and Pro Player Stadium)
The team was founded by Joseph Robbie and began playing in the American Football League as an expansion team in 1966. They joined the NFL with the AFL-NFL Merger.
The team made its first Super Bowl appearance following the 1971 season in Super Bowl VI, losing to the Dallas Cowboys. In 1972, the Dolphins completed the NFL's fourth undefeated regular season and won the Super Bowl, making them the only team to complete a Perfect Season. The team also won Super Bowl VIII, making them first team to appear in three consecutive Super Bowls, and the second team to win back-to-back championships. Miami also appeared in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX, but lost both games.
The Dolphins were coached by Don Shula, the most successful head coach in professional football history, for the majority of their history. Under his leadership, The Dolphins had losing records in only two of 26 seasons. Six future Hall of Fame members played for Miami during the 70s, including running back Larry Csonka and quarterback Bob Griese. During the 1980s and 1990s quarterback Dan Marino became the most prolific passer in NFL history, breaking numerous league passing records. He led the Dolphins to numerous playoff appearances and Super Bowl XIX.
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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Zingerman's Praise the Lard Gift Box
This wraps up our daily holiday giveaway series on Serious Eats. Happy new year to all!
The Serious Eats Holiday Giveaway series continues today with a chance to win the Zingerman's Praise The Lard Gift Box. I think it is the quite simply the best pork product group ever assembled in one gift box. Before I get into that, there are two important points I need to tell you:
- Discount: You can buy this gift box or anything at Zingerman's for 10 percent off. Use the promo code SERIOUSBACON when you call or check out. Good now until tomorrow, January 4.
- If you recount your fondest pork memory in the comments of this post, you'll be entered to win the Praise the Lard Gift Box, mailed directly to you We'll choose the winner at random from among the comments below. Commenting will close at 3 p.m. ET tomorrow, January 4
OK now listen to what's in it:
- A pound of Benton's Bacon: In a country full of worthy candidates, Allan Benton's intensely flavored bacon just might be my favorite
- Broadbent Kentucky Sausage: Why is this Kentucky sausage, which comes in a cloth bag, so delicious? It's made with fresh ground pork, sage, red pepper, salt, and a secret ingredient or two and then smoked over green hickory for 24 hours. That's why? 'Nuff said
- Sam Edward's Virginia Breakfast Sausage: The Edwards family has been making this sage-y sausage for over a hundred years ago, so you can be sure they have the recipe and the process down pat
- Spanish Chorizo: Subtle, rich, fantastic, real chorizo from Spain made with pork, garlic, and paprika, then all cured in a room dried by smoke of a smoldering fire
- Zingerman's Peppered Bacon Farm Bread: Bacon+Pepper+Zingerman's Bakehouse Bread=Serious Deliciousness
- Mo's Bacon Bar: Bacon+Chocolate=A sweet kind of serious deliciousness
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The rise of interest in steampunk has led to a number of previously obscure works becoming well-known. Though many people are familiar with Victorian tales of boy geniuses with steam-driven machines, there is a once-famous and now nearly forgotten poem that created the entire idea of boy geniuses in the first place.
Meet Darius Green, the boy whose adventures launched an idea that continues to the present day.
Some date the beginning of steampunk to Edward S. Ellis' dime novel SF tale, The Steam Man of the Prairies, or the Huge Hunter (1868). Whether or not The Steam Man of the Prairies is the first steampunk novel or merely an extremely influential and early work of steam science fiction, it is generally accepted that The Steam Man of the Prairies is the first "Edisonade."
As coined by critic John Clute in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), the Edisonade, "derived from Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in the same way that "Robinsonade" is derived from Robinson Crusoe," is a story about an American boy inventor "who uses his ingenuity to extricate himself from tight spots and who, by so doing, saves himself from defeat and corruption and his friends and nation from foreign oppression." The primary means by which the boy inventor does so is through the invention of a steam- or electricity-based vehicle, which he uses as transport and as a weapon.
The Edisonades flourished in the dime novels of the 1880s but faded in the 1890s and was eventually succeeded by adult inventor tales and by juvenile series inventors like Tom Swift. The Heroic Engineer of pulp science fiction, and his descendants in contemporary science fiction, are in a direct evolutionary line from the work of Jules Verne and from the Edisonade, and in that respect Edward S. Ellis can claim to be one of the inventors of steampunk.
But Ellis didn't work in a vacuum, and the idea of the boy inventor was not his creation. Thomas Bulfinch, in 1860, published The Boy Inventor : a Memoir of Matthew Edwards, Mathematical-instrument Maker, a biography about the youthful English inventor, but The Boy Inventor was strictly non-fiction. The Boy Inventor, which can be read here http://www.archive.org/details/boyinventormemoi00bulf was popular, but more influential on Ellis was John T. Trowbridge's "Darius Green and his Flying Machine."
"Darius Green" was first published in 1867 and was instantly popular, the 1867-1868 equivalent of a Top 10 hit. And like a Top 10 hit it would have been hard for Ellis to have avoided hearing or reading "Darius Green," whose central figure has many of the characteristics of the later Edisonade boy inventors, albeit without their success. Here is the poem.
Darius Green
If ever there lived a Yankee lad,
Wise or otherwise, good or bad,
Who, seeing the birds fly, wouldn't jump
With flapping arms from stake or stump.
Or, spreading the tail
Of his coat for a sail,
Take a soaring leap from post or rail,
And wonder why
He couldn't fly
And flap and flutter and wish and try —
If ever you knew a country dunce
Who didn't try that as often as once.
All I can say is, that's a sign
He never would do for a hero of mine.
An aspiring genius was D. Green;
The son of a farmer, — age fourteen.
His body was long and lank and lean, —
Just right for flying, as will be seen;
He had two eyes, each bright as a bean,
And a freckled nose that grew between,
A little awry, — for I must mention
That he had riveted his attention
upon his wonderful invention,
Twisting his tongue as he twisted the strings,
Working his face as he worked the wings.
And with every turn of gimlet and screw
Turning and screwing his mouth round too,
Till his nose seemed bent
To catch the scent,
Around some corner, of new-baked pies,
And his wrinkled cheeks and his squinting eyes
Grew puckered into a queer grimace,
That made him look very droll in the face,
And also very wise.
And wise he must have been to do more
Than ever a genius did before,
Excepting Daedalus of yore
And his son Icarus, who wore
Upon their backs
Those wings of wax
He had read about in the old almanacs.
Darius was clearly of the opinion
That the air was also man's dominion.
And that, with paddle or fin or pinion,
we soon or late
Shall navigate
The azure as now we sail the sea.
The thing looks simple enough to me;
And if you doubt it,
Hear how Darius reasoned about it.
"The birds can fly,
An' why can't I?
Must we give in?"
Says he, with a grin,
"'T the Bluebird an' phoebe
Are smarter'n we be?"
Just fold our hands an' see the swaller
An' blackbird an' catbird beat us holler?
Does the leetle, chatterin', sassy wren,
No bigger'n my thumb, know more than men?
Jest show me that!
Er prove 't the bat
Has got more brains than's in my hat,
And I'll back down, an' not till then!"
He argued further: "Ner I can't see,
What's th'use o'wings to the bumblebee,
Fer to git a livin' with, more'n to me; —
Ain't my business
Important's his'n is?
That Icarus
Was a silly cuss, —
Him and his daddy Deadalus.
They might 'a' knowed that wings made o'wax
Wouldn't stan' sun-heat or hard whacks.
I'll make mine of luther
Er suthin' er other."
And he said to himself, as he tinkered and planned :
"But I ain't goin' to show my hand
To mummies that never could understand
The fust idea that's big and grand.
They'd 'a' laft an' made fun
O'creation itself afore 'twas done!"
So he kept his secret from all the rest,
Safely buttoned within his vest;
And in the loft above the shed
Himself he locks, with thimble and thread
And wax and hammer and buckles and screws,
And all such things as geniuses use; —
Two dead bats for patterns, curious fellows!
A charcoal-pot and a pair of bellows;
An old hoopskirt or two, as well as
Some wire and several old umbrellas;
A carriage cover for tail and wings;
A piece of harness; and straps and strings,
And a big strong box
In which he locks
These and a hundred other things.
His grinning brothers, Reuben and Burke
And Nathan and Jotham and Solomon, lurk,
Around the corner to see him work, —
Sitting cross-legged, like a Turk,
Drawing the waxed end through with a jerk,
And boring the holes with a comical quirk
Of his wise old head, and a knowing smirk.
But vainly they mounted each others backs
And poked through knot holes and pried through cracks;
With wood from the pile, and straw from the stacks
He plugged the knot holes and caulked the cracks;
And a bucket of water, which one would think
He had brought up into the loft to drink,
When he chanced to be dry,
Stood always nigh,
For Darius was sly!
And whenever at work he happened to spy
At chink or crevice a blinking eye,
He let a dipper of water fly.
"Take that! An' ef ever yet get a peep,
Guess ye'll ketch a weasel asleep!"
And he sings as he locks
His big strong box:
"The weasel's head is small an' trim,
An' he is leetle an' long an' slim,
An' quick of motion an' nimble of limb,
An ef yeou'll be
Advised by me
keep wide awake when ye're ketchin' him!"
So day after day
He stitched and tinkered and hammered away,
Till at last 'twas done, —
The greatest invention under the sun!
"An' now," says Darius, "hooray fer some fun!"
'Twas the fourth of July,
And the weather was dry,
And not a cloud was on all the sky,
Save a few light fleeces, which here and there,
Half mist, half air,
Like foam on the ocean went floating by;
Just as lovely a morning asever was seen
For a nice little trip in a flying machine.
Thought cunning Darius: "Now I sha'n't go
Along 'ith the fellers to see the show.
I'll say I've got sich a terrible cough!
An' then, when the other folks 'ave all gone off
I'll hev full swing
To try the thing,
An' practyse a leetle on the wing."
"Ain't goin' to the celebration?"
Says Brother Nate. "No; botheration!
I've got sich a cold — a toothache — I —
My gracious! — feel's though I should fly!"
Said Jotham, "Sho!
Guess ye better go." But Darius said, "NO!"
Shouldn't wonder 'f yeou might see me, though,
'Long 'bout noon, ef i get red
O'this jumpin', thumpin' pain 'n my head."
For all the while to himself he said:
"I'll tell ye what!
I'll fly a few times round the lot,
To see how't seems, then soon's I've got
The hang o'the thing, ez likely's not,
I'll astonish the nation,
And all creation
By flyin' over the celebration!
Over their heads I'll sail like an eagle;
I'll balance myself on my wings like a sea gull;
I'll dance on the chimbleys; I'll stan' on the steeple;
I'll flop up to winders an' scare the people!
I'll light on the libbe'ty pole, and crow;
An' I'll say to the gawpin' fools below,
'What world's this 'ere
That I've come near?'
Fer I'll make 'em think I'm a chap f'm the moon!
An' I'll try a race 'ith their ol' bulloon."
He crept from his bed;
And, seeing the others were gone, he said,
"I'm a-gittin' over the cold 'n my head."
And away he sped
To open the wonderful box in the shed.
His brothers had walked but a little way
when Jotham to Nathan chanced to say,
"What on airth's he up to, hey?
"Don'o,—the's suthin' er other to pay,
Er he wouldn't 'a' stayed to hum today."
Says Burke, "His toothach's all 'n his eye!
He never'd miss a Fo'th-o'-July
Ef he hedn't some machine to try."
Le's hurry back and hide in the barn
An' pay him fer tellin' us that yarn!"
"Agreed!" Through the orchard they all creep back,
Along by the fences, behind the stack,
And one by one, through a hole in the wall,
In under the dusty barn they crawl,
Dressed in their Sunday garments all;
And a very astonishing sight was that,
When each in his cobwebbed coat and hat
Came up through the floor like an ancient rat.
And there they hid;
And Reuben slid
The fastenings back, and the door undid.
"Keep dark!" said he,
"While I squint an' see what the' is to see."
As knights of old put on their mail, —
From head to foot
An iron suit,
Iron jacket and iron boot,
Iron breeches, and on the head
No hat, but an iron pot instead,
And under the chin the bail, —
I believe they called the thing a helm;
And the lid they carried they called a shield;
And, thus accoutered, they took the field,
Sallying forth to overwhelm
The dragons and pagans that plagued the realm; —
So this modern knight
Prepared for flight,
Put on his wings and strapped them tight;
Joined and jaunty, strong and light;
Buckled them fast to shoulder and hip, —
Ten feet they measured from tip to tip!
And a helm had he, but that he wore,
Not on his head like those of yore,
But more like the helm of a ship.
"Hush!" Reuben said,
"He's up in the shed!
He's opened the winder, — I see his head!
He stretches it out,
An' pokes it about,
Lookin' to see'f the coast is clear,
An' nobody near; —
Guess he don'o' who's hid in here!
He's riggin' a springboard over the sill!
Stop laffin', Solomon! Burke, keep still!
He's climbin' out now — of all the things!
What's he got on? I van, it's wings!
An' that t'other ting? I vum, it's a tail!
An' there he sets like a hawk on a rail!
Steppin' careful, he travels the length
Of his springboard, and teeters to try its strength.
Now he stretches his wings, like a monstrous bat;
Peeks over his shoulder, this way an' that,
Fer to see'f the' 's anyone passin' by;
But the' 's on'y a ca'f an' a goslin' nigh.
They turn up at him a wonderin' eye,
To see — the dragon! he's goin' to fly!
Away he goes! Jimminy! what a jump!
Flop — flop — an' plump
To the ground with a thump!
Flutt'rin an' flound'rin, all in a lump!"
As a demon is hurled by an angel's spear,
Heels over head, to his proper sphere —
Heels over head, and head over heels,
Dizzily down the abyss he wheels, —
So fell Darius. Upon his crown,
In the midst of the barnyard, he came down,
In a wonderful whirl of tangled strings,
Broken tail and broken wings,
Shooting stars, and various things!
Away with a bellow fled the calf,
And what was that? Did the gosling laugh?
'Tis a merry roar
From the old barn door,
And he hears the voice of Jotham crying,
"Say, D'rius! how de yeou like flying?"
Slowly, ruefully, where he lay,
Darius just turned and looked that way,
As he stanced his sorrowful nose with his cuff.
"Wall, I like flyin' well enough,"
He said; "but the' ain't sich a thunderin' sight
O' fun in't when ye come to light."
I just have room for the moral here;
And this is the moral: Stick to your sphere.
Or if you insist, as you have the right,
On spreading your wings for a loftier flight,
The moral is, Take care how you light.


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What is Moving Coil?
At the heart of all SMAC actuators is the moving coil, also described as a voice coil actuator. The essential principle is the same as you will find in any permanent magnet loudspeaker. The voice coil sits in a strong magnetic field, and by passing a current through the coil a force is generated in either direction. With SMAC actuators, the moving coil makes an ideal linear motor.
The amount of force generated is governed by the equation:
F is the force generated
N is the number of turns in the winding (Constant)
I is the current flowing through the winding and
B is the magnetic flux (Constant)
Therefore, by controlling current we can accurately control the force output.
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- Lower moving mass with the voice coil actuator means extremely high acceleration and velocity, as opposed to the heavier "moving magnet" technology used in most linear motors.
- Safe and energy efficient: operates at low current, typically at 1.5 amps at 24 volt DC.
- Quite (< 55dB), airless operation: no expensive compressed air generation required. No air consumption or air leaks to attend to. No compressed air generating environmental particulate contamination.
- No pressure valves, no force fluctuations caused by air pressure fluctuations.
SMAC Unique Features and Advantages
- Fully programmable in Position, Acceleration, Velocity and Force.
- Direct drive = no backlash, a very high degree of accuracy & repeatability.
- Sub-micron resolution (5µm to 100nm)
- Force control = Soft-Land capability: light force without damaging parts/material being handled.
- >250 million cycles MTBF = long operation life
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- "On the fly" adjustable movement allows quick changeover.
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- Digital and analog input/output channels.
- SMAC linear motors are a servo system, hence can be programmed to decelerate smoothly and quickly. Mechanical slamming can be totally eliminated.
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Hollywood Life claims that Hulk Hogan has been on DWTS Producer's list for a long time, but he keeps saying no – they also claim that their insiders also heard Tiffany, Queen Latifa and Snooki, backing up TMZ. Um, okay. 🙂
According to our set insider, Hulk Hogan has been top on ABC's list for some time, but he keeps saying, "NO!" Apparently, they've had discussions to ask his daughter, Brooke Hogan, instead, but they hope the 58-year-old pro wrestler eventually decides to do the show.
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What follows is a list of the top 10 UConn football players drafted. Wondering about guys like Nick Giaquinto and Brian Kozlowski? They worked in the NFL, sure, but they weren't drafted. This history is not as rich and the names not as big as on the basketball side, but UConn has had 36 players drafted, 21 since 2005.
WILL BEATTY, LT, New York Giants
UConn career: Letter winner 2005-08 and was an important blocker as running back Donald Brown rushed for a school-record 2,083 yards in 2008.
NFL career: Selected by the Giants in the second round of the 2009 draft, 60th overall
Comment: Beatty didn't reach his full potential at UConn until his senior year but the Giants have seen it. Beatty signed a five-year, $38.75 million contract in February 2013. He played in all 16 games his rookie season. But the Giants' starting left tackle broke his leg in the 2013 season finale and is questionable for the 2014 opener. Beatty was on the roster when the Giants won the Super Bowl in 2011 but didn't play because of an injury.
TYVON BRANCH, S, Oakland Raiders
UConn career: Letter winner 2004-07 and was recognized as one of the fastest players in college football at the time, particularly as a kick returner. In '07 he led the Big East, averaging 29 yards a return, and had been the only player in school history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same season before Nick Williams did it in 2010. Branch nearly had a third in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in '07.
NFL career: A fourth-round pick of the Raiders, 100th overall, in 2008. Was designated the team's franchise player in 2012 and signed a four-year, $26.6 million deal that was reworked for salary cap reasons. He missed much of 2013 with an injury, but has 445 tackles, including seven sacks, going into his seventh season. He also has four interceptions.
Comment: Branch is one of the fastest athletes to come out of UConn, winning the 2004 national indoor track championship in the 60-meter dash (6.82) as a senior at Cicero-North Syracuse High. He has grown into a good NFL player, although after going down with an injury in Week 2 last season, Raiders fans are going to want to see how one of their top investments performs in 2014 along with another UConn player, Sio Moore, who the Raiders took with the 66th overall pick (third round) in 2013.
CODY BROWN, DE, Montreal Alouettes via Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets
UConn career: Letter winner 2005-08 and was third all-time in sacks with 24 and third in tackles for a loss with 45.5, and was named first-team All Big East as a senior.
NFL career: Was part of UConn's first class that saw as many as four players selected in the 2009 draft. Brown was one of three who went in the second round, to the Cardinals with the 63rd pick overall. Brown sustained an injury the summer and was waived in 2011.
Comment: Brown was part of a special group drafted. Four at one time was a record when it happened.
DONALD BROWN, RB, San Diego Chargers
UConn career: Letter winner 2006-08, he led the nation in yards per game with more than 160 in 2008 and became UConn's first AP All-American (second team). Career leader in net rushing yards (3,800) including the 2,083 in '08.
NFL career: The only UConn player selected in the first round, going to the Indianapolis Colts with the 27th pick in 2009. He signed a five-year deal and in 2010 became the third Husky (Brian Kozlowski and Nick Giaquinto) to play in the Super Bowl. He started 20 games and rushed for 2,377 yards and 17 touchdowns for the Colts before signing a three-year, $10 million deal with San Diego in March. He rejoins fellow UConn teammate and defensive tackle Kendall Reyes (second round, 2012).
Comment: The potential of Trent Richardson made it easier for the Colts to part with Brown, despite Brown having a fairly productive 2013 (537 yards rushing and six TDs on about five yards a carry). Brown will join Ryan Matthews and Danny Woodhead in San Diego in what could be a nice rotation at running back, particularly if Brown can become a top pass-catching option. He caught 83 passes for 767 yards and two TDs in his career at Indy.
DARIUS BUTLER, S, Indianapolis Colts
UConn career: Was a four-year starter (2005-08), two-year captain and was Mr. Versatility during his college career. Butler had 10 career interceptions (two for touchdowns), tied for ninth all-time in school history.
NFL career: Butler was the 41st overall pick for the Patriots, a second-rounder in 2009, signing a four-year deal. He spent two seasons with the Patriots, including a disappointing 2010. He spent the next season in Carolina before signing a two-year deal with the Colts in March 2013. He had four interceptions in 2012 and '13 in Indianapolis.
Comment: Butler is still a big-play defender but his fate was likely sealed in New England with an uneven performance against the Jets in 2010. He was burned for a touchdown and was called for pass interference twice on a Jets scoring drive. He was replaced in the starting lineup the next week. He has bounced back in Indianapolis.
JOHN DORSEY, LB Green Bay Packers
UConn career: Letter-winner 1980-83. Was named Division I-AA All-American (1983) and Yankee Conference defensive player of the year twice. Dorsey is the school's all-time leader in career tackles (495) and is the single-season leader with 184 in '83.
NFL career: Was a fourth-round pick (99th overall) of the Packers in 1984. Played five seasons with the Packers, recording 130 tackles, and had two fumble recoveries. He was also an accomplished special teams' player. He had 35 tackles on special teams in his rookie season (1984), still a team record. Dorsey's career ended freakishly: he sustained a knee injury during a pregame warmup in 1989 for the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lambeau Field.
Comment: Dorsey had been a longtime scout for the Packers and was in demand as a general manager for much of the past two decades before he accepted an offer to become the Chiefs' GM January 2013. He and Chiefs coach Andy Reid (they worked together in Green Bay in the 1990s) sent Chiefs fans on a wild ride in 2013 as the team went from 2-14 in 2012 to 11-5 and the club's first playoff appearance since 2010.
DAN ORLOVSKY, QB, Detroit Lions
UConn career: Letter winner 2001-04. Holds career records in: total offense (10,421), plays (1,710), passing attempts (1,567), completions (916) and net yards (10,706), touchdown passes (84) and interceptions thrown (51). He holds single-season records in: total offense net yards (3,444 in 2003), plays (565 in '03), passing attempts (475, '03), completions (288, '03) and net yards (3,485, '03). Led UConn to first bowl game as a Division I-A program and won it, the Motor City Bowl, in 2004.
NFL career: Was drafted by the Lions in 2005 with 145th overall pick, fifth round in 2005. His second tour with the Lions began in April when he was signed as the backup to Matthew Stafford, but Orlovsky has played for Texans, Colts and Buccaneers in between his Lions stints. He played in 10 games for Detroit in 2008, throwing for 1,616 yards, eight touchdowns and eight interceptions. In 2011, with the Colts, Orlovsky threw for 1,201 yards six touchdowns and four interceptions.
Comment: Orlovsky has been a serviceable backup who has proven to be a mentor as well. He continues to be a student of the game and would make an excellent coach. The Shelton native, born in Bridgeport, continues to be active in the community, consistently holding charity events and giving back. Orlovsky is one of the most beloved football Huskies of all time.
KENDALL REYES, DE, San Diego Chargers
UConn career: Letter winner 2008-11 and an All-Big East first team defensive tackle his senior season. He was a captain but also a force behind UConn's first trip to the BCS, the Fiesta Bowl, following the 2010 season.
NFL career: Was drafted by the Chargers with the 49th overall pick — second round — of the 2012 draft, the highest a defensive lineman had ever been drafted out of UConn. He started all 16 games for the Chargers last year and had 34 tackles, including five sacks.
Comment: Reyes had 5.5 sacks and nine tackles for loss as a rookie. His first two sacks came against already-NFL-great Peyton Manning. He is primed for an outstanding NFL career. His work ethic was unmatched at UConn and apparently he didn't slip at the next level.
DONALD THOMAS, G, Indianapolis Colts
UConn career: Letter winner 2006-07. No, he didn't play much college football. He made the team as a walk-on then earned a scholarship and was named first team All Big East in 2007.
NFL career: Thomas was selected with the 195th overall pick — sixth round — by the Miami Dolphins in 2008. He also played for the Lions before signing with the Patriots in 2011 and then the Colts in 2013.
Comment: Thomas was on the active roster for the Patriots in the Super Bowl in 2011 but didn't dress for the game. Last year, he became the starter quickly in Indianapolis before another injury (quadriceps) sent him to the injured reserve.
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ERIC TORKELSON, RB, Green Bay Packers
UConn career: Letter winner 1972-73
NFL career: Was selected 272nd overall in the 11round of the 1974 NFL Draft. Torkelson rushed for 1,307 yards on 351 carries and scored eight touchdowns. His best NFL season was in 1977, when he played in 14 games, carrying the ball 103 times for 309 yards and a touchdown. Torkelson also caught 11 passes for 107 yards. He would catch 19 for 140 yards in 1978.
Comment: Torkelson was the first player from his high school in Troy, N.Y. to play in the NFL.
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High prices for diesel and gas have driven eurozone travelers away from the pumps, leading to a drop in retail trade that is the largest in five months.
Reuters reported Wednesday that even though global demand for oil was sluggish over the past three months, thanks to tight economic conditions caused in part by the eurozone crisis, in August Brent crude neared $120 per barrel, and its price remained elevated throughout a good part of September and October.
Tightening belts kept eurozone motorists away from the gas pumps, and as a result, according to the European Union's (EU) statistics office, Eurostat, retail sales lost 0.2% in September from August's level. The broader EU, on the other hand, saw a gain of 0.1%.
Economists had predicted in a Reuters poll that sales would be down only 0.1% in September, but the data is not firm. Eurostat has already revised the August numbers up to a 0.2% gain from what was originally a 0.1% contraction.
The eurozone's overall output is expected to shrink by at least 0.3% for 2012, held down by steady pressure on households, which in turn cut their spending further.
Diesel and gasoline were not the only sales that were down. Clothing, electrical goods and other items, including such sectors as medical products, lost 0.6% in September. Food, drinks and tobacco, on the other hand, showed a gain of 0.8% in the eurozone while only rising 0.5% in the broader EU.


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Celebrity Foreclosures – How Can it Happen?
Two big celebrities faced foreclosure this week, as both Ed McMahon and Evander Holyfield joined the more than one million Americans being sucked under by the dive in real estate values.
Since we idolize and fanaticize about the live's of the rich & famous, is there a financial reality lesson here?
Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon: Well, if you spend more money than you make, you know what happens. And it can happen. You know, a couple of divorces thrown in, a few things like that. And, you know, things happen. You want everything to be perfect, but that combination of the economy, I have a little injury, I have a situation. And it all came together.
Pam McMahon: I think over the years, you know, it's just a kind of a combination of maybe Ed working so hard and not kind of looking at proper management, which happens a lot. … Because you're a celebrity, people think you have a lot more than you have. And you always want to take great care of all of your friends and your family and everybody, and you do. And you don't, and I think, you know, we didn't keep our eye on the ball. We made mistakes.
King: And are they foreclosing?
Pam McMahon: Yes, they are. …
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What's In Your Wallet? Probably Cocaine!
You know how you always feel a little uneasy going through airport security, even though you know you didn't do anything and there isn't really any possible why that you could be guilty of any of the myriad of crimes they are attempting to detect?
Well, not so fast…your wallet may just contain enough coke to get those specially trained dogs to turn their noses in your direction and give their handlers the magic wink that lands you in the slammer!
Up To 80% of All US Bills Contain Trace Amounts of Cocaine
Foreclosure Auctions: How to Buy a Foreclosed Home Part Three
Buying foreclosed real estate at auction is becoming more lucrative in recent months, but there are many things about the process that buyers should understand before they walk into the fire. It's not quite as simple as just going into an auction and bid on a home. There is a laundry list of things that you must do in order to set yourself up for the auction process.
Finding out the when and where
The first step is obviously to find out when and where the foreclosure auctions of your interest are going to be. There are a few different ways to do this. The most traditional way is to check the newspaper each Sunday, as banks usually take out advertisements to let people know about auctions. Today's internet age has changed the way banks operate, though. More times than not, they will advertise on the internet. One good website to check in order to find these auctions is E-Foreclosure Search
Six True Stories of people Who Found Cash and Turned it In. Would You Do the Same?
Being smart with your money isn't only about investing and budgeting. It's also about getting to know your attitudes, beliefs and values around money. Not to judge them as right or wrong, so much as just to become familiar with where our choices are coming from. Most of us have considered the question "If you found a big bag of cash on the road, and no one was around to see, what would you do?" Here are 6 true stories of people who faced a situation like that, and the choices they made. What would you have done?
Found Cash Case 1: Woman finds $65,000 in cash sitting in the road.
In early October, Debbie Cole, 53, was walking to the break room at Pinellas County Florida's Solid Waste Operations, when she happened to glance at the truck scale area where trucks weigh their garbage, and saw a clear plastic bag with a red stripe at the top, that had been run over several times. When she picked it up, she saw several stacks of cash, bundled and with labels such as "$10,000″. After being dazed a few seconds, she called her supervisor, who called her supervisor, who called the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Deputies picked up the bag. The grand total was $65,000. They were able to trace it back to Loomis, the armored car and money handling company. The money had fallen from an armored car that had passed through about 30 minutes before Cole found the bag.
Hiding Money and Valuables at Home: Tips and Tricks
I remember my grandmother used to keep three $100 bills in an envelope, and she'd put three marks on the outside, and keep it in a drawer. I never was convinced that was the best way to hide money in your house. But what are the best strategies for hiding valuables in your house, to keep them burglar-safe?
Over at Personal Finance Advice.com , there was an article some months back about the best place to hide money, based on a conversation with a burglar. The article had a few tips I wouldn't have thought of:
1. Burglars want to get out ASAP, but they'll generally keep looking till they find something, so the most ingenious hiding place could also result in more of your house being torn up. The burglar suggested hiding your real valuables and cash in a good place, but leaving somewhere more obvious, like in a drawer, $100- $300, so that the burglar gets enough to convince them that's probably about all there is, and it's enough to leave feeling like they've had not too bad of a haul.
2. Leave in an obvious drawer a fake list of Safety Deposit Box items that includes things like cash, jewelry, deeds, etc. make it appear there isn't much left that could be in the house.
3. Don't hide cash inside things that are themselves valuable. The burglar once robbed a house, and found no cash but did take an old stereo. The stereo didn't work- and a look inside showed why not- it had a big wad of cash stuffed inside it.
Another blog with some tips about where to hide cash at home is Thesimpledollar.com.
They offer some good suggestions, including:
- In an envelope taped to the bottom of a kitchen shelf
- In a watertight plastic bottle or jar in the tank on the back of your toilet
- In an envelope at the bottom of your child's toybox
- In a plastic baggie in the freezer
- Inside of an old sock in the bottom of your sock drawer
- In an empty aspirin bottle in the bathroom (bundled up with a rubber band around it)
- In the pocket of a particular shirt in your closet
- In a "random" folder in your filing cabinet
- In an envelope taped to the bottom of your cat's litter box
- In an envelope taped to the back of a wall decoration
The burglar from the first blog might well disagree with at least one of the recommendations above: inside a DVD case. Burglars might grab that case, especially if it's a movie they like.
If you do decide to keep some cash hidden at home, two common tendencies are 1. to keep using it, and not getting around to replace it for a while, and 2. to completely forget about it. So you might want to have a note on the fridge that says $1000 cash is hidden in toilet. Or maybe take a trick from my grandmother and have the note say III toilet.
Happy hiding.
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS KICKS OFF 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
WITH JAN. 8 TOWN HALL CONCERT FEATURING ROBERT GLASPER & JASON MORAN(Published: January 06, 2014)
Today marks the 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records, the most-respected and longest-running Jazz label in the world, which was founded when a German immigrant and passionate Jazz fan named Alfred Lion produced his first recording session on January 6, 1939 in New York City. Blue Note has gone on to represent The Finest In Jazz, tracing the entire history of the music from Hot Jazz, Boogie Woogie, and Swing, through Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Avant-Garde, and Fusion, and into Jazz's numerous modern day incarnations under the leadership of Bruce Lundvall, who revived Blue Note in 1984, and the label's current President Don Was, who took the helm in 2012.
Blue Note will celebrate its 75th Anniversary throughout 2014 with a series of live events beginning with a concert on January 8 as part of Winter Jazzfest at The Town Hall in New York featuring two of the label's leading artists: Robert Glasper and Jason Moran. The label will also be honored with a GRAMMY Museum exhibition, book releases, and various vinyl, CD, and digital catalog initiatives, as well as new releases from the label's current artists. Blue Note has also launched a Facebook app that allows fans to put their own face into classic Blue Note cover artwork designs by Reid Miles.
On January 6, 1939, Blue Note founder Alfred Lion brought two Boogie Woogie pianists - Albert Ammons and Meade "Lux" Lewis - into a studio in New York City to produce the very first Blue Note recording session. On January 8, 2014, two of Blue Note's current pianists - Robert Glasper and Jason Moran - will celebrate the label's 75 year history by beginning with Ammons and Lewis and presenting their personal Blue Note touchstones as well as their music from their own considerable catalogs. The concert - which is being presented by Winter Jazzfest - will also feature bassist Alan Hampton and drummer Eric Harland, as well as special guests vocalist Bilal and saxophonist and Blue Note artist Ravi Coltrane. Tickets are available at http://smarturl.it/bn75-t....
January 9 - Winter Jazzfest & Summerstage present the Revive Big Band at (le) poisson rouge celebrating Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary featuring special guests. Click here for more info.
February 20-March 1 - Portland Jazz Festival presents Blue Note @ 75 featuring Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, Eliane Elias, Dave Frishberg & Bob Dorough, and Bobby Watson & Horizon. Click here for more info.
May 11 - Jason Moran, who also serves as the Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC will present Blue Note At 75, The Concert. As the culminating event of a celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records, artists from the label's present and past roster perform including Moran, Norah Jones, Cassandra Wilson, Wayne Shorter, and surprise special guests. Click here for more info.
**Additional live events will be announced throughout the year.
The GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles will honor Blue Note's 75 year legacy with an exhibition that is set to open in March. The exhibit will present the label's iconic artwork and photography, as well as artifacts and music.
Blue Note's former President and current Chairman Emeritus Bruce Lundvall - who re-launched Blue Note in 1984 and presided over the label's flourishing for over 25 years - will release his biography Playing By Ear (written with author Dan Ouellette) through ArtistShare this month. Click here for more info.
Blue Note will commence an extensive vinyl reissue initiative on March 25 with the release of five classic titles (Art Blakey Free For All, John Coltrane Blue Train, Eric Dolphy Out To Lunch, Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil, and Larry Young Unity). The vinyl releases are set to continue monthly and will also include modern classics from Blue Note's recent catalog such as Joe Lovano Quartets: Live At The Vanguard, Jason Moran Soundtrack To Human Motion, and Terence Blanchard Flow. For Record Store Day in April, Blue Note will also reissue the label's first two releases as limited edition 12" vinyl: Meade "Lux" Lewis "Melancholy"/"Solitude" (BN1) and Albert Ammons "Boogie Woogie Stomp"/"Boogie Woogie Blues" (BN2). Other catalog releases including a 75 track digital bundle spanning Blue Note's entire history will be announced shortly.
Blue Note continues to maintain an incomparable roster of current talent, and 2014 will see new releases from trumpeters Takuya Kuroda (Rising Son, February 18) and Ambrose Akinmusire (the imagined savior is far easier to paint, March 11), as well as artists beyond Jazz such as Rosanne Cash (The River & The Thread, January 14) and Benmont Tench (You Should Be So Lucky, February 18). Further new releases will soon be announced from Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, Jason Moran, Joe Lovano/Dave Douglas Soundprints Quintet, José James, and two Blue Note legends: Bobby Hutcherson in a quartet with David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco and Billy Hart, and Wayne Shorter whose return to Blue Note Without A Net figured prominently in several Best of 2013 lists.
Blue Note has proved itself to be an innovator not only musically but also technologically, most notably with the 2012 release of our much-heralded Blue Note Spotify App, which created a space within the popular streaming service to explore and discover music spanning the entire history of the label, as well as the Blue Note by Groovebug App which is available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users. Now Blue Note has introduced a fun Facebook App that allows fans to insert their own face into classic Blue Note covers. Choose between six cover artwork designs by influential designer Reid Miles and see how you would look on the cover of your own Blue Note record! Click here to check out the app and share.
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It took the joining of many natural forces to create and define one of the greatest Jazz labels there has ever been: Jazz-loving German immigrants on the run from Nazism (Alfred Lion & Francis Wolff), a New Jersey optometrist moonlighting as a recording engineer (Rudy Van Gelder), a classical music-loving commercial designer (Reid Miles), and slews of the most incredible musicians that have ever walked the earth (too many to name them all here). The elements that each brought to the table-impeccable A&R instincts, elegant and insightful photography, sterling sound quality, strikingly original cover artwork, and consistently transcendent music-were all essential to the label's early success. Together they created a vivid Blue Note identity. The whole could not have existed without each of the parts.
Blue Note's legendary catalog traces the entire history of the music from Hot Jazz, Boogie Woogie, and Swing, through Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Avant-Garde, Fusion, and on. The label's stars from the early years form a true Who's Who: Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Donald Byrd, Andrew Hill, Ornette Coleman.
After a brief dormancy from 1981-1984 during which producer/historian Michael Cuscuna kept the label's legacy alive with a series of reissues on EMI, Blue Note returned reinvigorated by the leadership of Bruce Lundvall and has since established itself as the most respected Jazz label in the world. Blue Note is still home to some of the most prominent stars and cutting-edge innovators in Jazz today, and at the same time has broadened its horizons to include quality music in many genres.
Under Lundvall's stewardship, Blue Note had its share of commercial successes from Bobby McFerrin, Dianne Reeves, Cassandra Wilson, Us3, Medeski Martin & Wood, Norah Jones, Al Green, Anita Baker, Amos Lee, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis. The label also remained a haven for the most creative voices in Jazz including Ambrose Akinmusire, Patricia Barber, Brian Blade, Terence Blanchard, Don Byron, Kurt Elling, Robert Glasper, Stefon Harris, Charlie Hunter, Lionel Loueke, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, Greg Osby, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, John Scofield, Jacky Terrasson, Chucho Valdes, and many more.
In 2011, veteran record producer and musician Don Was joined Blue Note as Chief Creative Officer and soon became President of the label with Lundvall continuing to provide guidance as Chairman Emeritus. With Was at the helm, Blue Note has renewed its dedication to Lion's original vision that "any particular style of playing which represents an authentic way of musical feeling is genuine expression." In the 21st century Lion's words still ring true and provide a blueprint that includes Robert Glasper Experiment's visionary melding of Jazz, R&B, and Hip-Hop and Elvis Costello's funky collaboration with The Roots, as well as bringing the legendary saxophonist Wayne Shorter back to the label where he made his early classic albums, and continuing to sign singular voices in Jazz such as saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and vocalist Gregory Porter. Blue Note Records is one of the flagship labels of the Capitol Music Group.
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FROM working with schools to attending calls for crime, it has been a varied three years for PCSO Lori Jones.
But now she is bidding farewell to the Rose Hill, Littlemore and Iffley neighbourhood policing team tomorrow.
PCSO Jones is moving back to her home town of Blackpool to study midwifery in September.
She told the Oxford Mail: "It will be a sad day when I leave my area.
"I have had an amazing nearly three and half years here and it has taught me a lot about life. The people I've met along the way are some of the best people I've had the pleasure to meet."
PCSO Jones has been working with children from the John Henry Newman Academy in Grange Road, Littlemore, on the School Traffic and Road Safety (STARS) project this year.
She worked with the youngsters to bring about the clean-up of a pathway leading to the back of the school. They also learned about road safety.
PCSO Jones was also involved in the successful enforcement of a Designated Public Place Order (DPPO) in Cowley Road, Littlemore, which came into force in October last year and gives police powers to stop people from drinking in a public place.
And she has been a regular face at Littlemore Parish Council and Rose Hill Tenants' and Residents' Association meetings, as well as community events including Rose Hill's annual Christmas party on the estate.
Rose Hill and Littlemore county councillor Gill Sanders said: "She has been a really excellent part of what is a very good team.
"She has got to know an awful lot of people and her knowledge of the area and residents has been invaluable and will be difficult to replace.
"She will be very, very sorely missed. We wish her well."
Mrs Sanders added: "The thing with the PCSOs is that they are a brilliant source of knowledge and expertise. They are a very, very valuable part of looking after our community."
Rose Hill city councillor Ed Turner said: "We have got a great police team in Rose Hill and Lori is a brilliant example of that.
"She is very committed to supporting the community, has been a friendly face at community events, and she has been a wonderful PCSO.
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This is a Queen Elizabeth II Gold Sovereign from 2003 with the fourth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley. The reverse features the traditional George and Dragon design.
The sovereign is a 22ct gold coin of the United Kingdom, with 7.99 grams and a nominal value of one pound sterling. Struck from 1817 until the present time, it was originally a circulating coin accepted in Britain and elsewhere in the world; it is now a bullion coin and is sometimes mounted in jewellery. In most recent years, it has borne the well-known design of Saint George and the Dragon on the reverse—the initials (B P) of the designer, Benedetto Pistrucci, may be seen to the right of the date.
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4 Artichoke bottoms, peeled, cleaned, see Artichokes with Rice in Olive Oil
2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/3 cup water
1-2 garlic cloves
2 tbsp Turkish bread without the crust, crumbled
2-3 tbsp strained (creamy) Turkish yogurt, plain
2-3 tbsp old Turkish kashar cheese or any kind of hard salty cheese
1/4 tsp paprika
Extra virgin olive oil
Place artichokes, extra virgin olive oil, 1/3 cup hot water and salt in a small sized pot. Cover and cook over a little bit under medium heat until the artichokes are tender or no more water at the bottom in it. Add the the bread without crust and garlic. Use the immersion blender to puree the mixture until its smooth. If you like you can leave some little chunks of artichokes:) Add the creamy yogurt, grated cheese and paprika, mix with fork or spoon.
Serve the Artichoke with Creamy Yogurt Dip with roasted red pepper and toasted pide slices. Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil all over the top just before serve.
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Chicken's dark meat is great for grilling because it stays very moist and really soaks up the flavors of a marinade—in this case, an Asian-inspired blend that balances sweet and savory. The addition of meaty mushrooms and bright green baby bok choy makes this a one-dish dinner you can take straight from grill to picnic table.
- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- Active Time
- 45 min
- Total Time
- 4 hr (includes marinating)
- 3 large garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1/3 cup dry Sherry
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon finely grated peeled ginger
- 2 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
- 1 1/2 pound skinless boneless chicken thighs, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 1 pound baby bok choy (5 to 6 heads)
- 1/2 pound large cremini mushrooms, stems trimmed flush with caps
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- Equipment:
- 14 (12-inch) wooden skewers, soaked in water 30 minutes.
- Marinate chicken:
- Mince and mash garlic to a paste with a pinch of salt.
- Boil soy sauce, Sherry, and brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 2/3 cup, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in garlic paste, ginger, and sesame oil, then cool to room temperature.
- Pour half of marinade into a large sealable bag and chill remainder for basting. Add chicken to bag and marinate, chilled, turning bag occasionally, at least 3 hours.
- Make kebabs:
- Prepare grill for direct-heat cooking over medium-hot charcoal (medium-high heat for gas).
- Meanwhile, halve bok choy lengthwise and blanch in a large pot of boiling salted water (2 Tbsp salt for 5 qt water) until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Immediately transfer with tongs to an ice bath to stop cooking. Pat bok choy very dry, then, bending leaves, thread 3 or 4 halves (through bulb and leaves) onto each of 3 or 4 skewers. Put on a tray.
- Toss mushrooms with vegetable oil. Thread mushrooms (through sides) and chicken (discard marinade) onto remaining skewers, alternating them. Put on another tray.
- Oil grill rack, then grill chicken-and-mushroom skewers, covered only if using a gas grill, 6 minutes. Turn over and baste with some of remaining marinade, then grill, turning and basting occasionally (but not during last 3 minutes), until chicken is just cooked through and mushrooms are tender, 6 to 8 minutes more.
- Lightly brush bok choy with oil and grill, covered only if using a gas grill, turning once, until grill marks appear, about 2 minutes total.
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