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Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) on Friday agreed to sell its Red Lobster chain to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital for $2.1 billion, as the restaurant operator pushes forward with plans to reshape its portfolio.
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The all-cash deal follows a disclosure late last year that Darden would spin off Red Lobster from the company's other restaurants, including Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse.
Red Lobster, which has 706 locations in the U.S. and Canada, accounts for 30% of Darden's revenue. In recent quarters, the seafood chain has lagged behind its Darden peers. Same-store sales fell 8.8% in the company's third quarter.
Darden expects to gain net proceeds of $1.6 billion. Roughly $1 billion will be used to retire debt, while the remaining funds will go toward a new share buyback program of up to $700 million. The Orlando-based company also said it will maintain its quarterly dividend of 55 cents a share.
The transaction is expected to close in fiscal 2015 during the first quarter, which ends in August.
San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital, which has invested in struggling retailers like Zale (NYSE:ZLN) and Ann (NYSE:ANN), obtained debt financing from Deutsche Bank, Jefferies and GE Capital. It announced a separate $1.5 billion sale-leaseback deal with American Realty Capital Properties (NASDAQ:ARCP), and those proceeds will be used to fund the Red Lobster buy.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley served as financial advisors to Darden. Jefferies and Deutsche Bank advised Golden Gate.
Shares of Darden fell 3.4% to $48.98 in recent trading. The stock was down 6.8% year-to-date as of Thursday's close.
Activist investors Barington Capital and Starboard Value have been critical of Darden, urging a bigger breakup. Barington has called for Darden to put its real estate holdings in a new company and separate its growing brands, such as LongHorn and The Capital Grille, from its larger restaurants like Red Lobster.
In a letter sent to Darden chairman and CEO Clarence Otis in February, Starboard warned it was "prepared to take all steps necessary to hold the Board accountable for its actions," saying the plan to unload Red Lobster would be "value destructive."
The firm also voiced support for a shareholder vote on the move. Earlier this week, Starboard sent another letter that criticized Darden for alleged delays in scheduling a special meeting.
Darden has said its plans for Red Lobster wouldn't need to go up for a vote. On Friday, the company indicated it will convene a special meeting sometime after filing a preliminary proxy statement with the SEC later this month. However, Darden noted its deal to sell Red Lobster is not contingent on the outcome of that meeting.
Jeffrey Smith, Starboard's CEO and chief investment officer, said the Red Lobster deal is "the wrong transaction, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons."
"The announced sale woefully undervalues Red Lobster and its real estate assets," Smith said in a statement. "We seriously question the decision to rush such a transaction rather than wait to hear the views and perspectives of shareholders on this critically important topic."
Barington also criticized Darden for moving forward with a sale of Red Lobster without getting the go-ahead from shareholders.
"It is unconscionable that the Darden Board would enter into an agreement to sell the Red Lobster business for what amounts to a 'fire sale' price after shareholders clearly indicated that they did not want the company to enter into any transaction unless it was subject to their approval," Barington chairman and CEO James A. Mitarotonda said.
Darden said it conducted a "robust process" to find a buyer for Red Lobster and explored other alternatives, including a spinoff or a sale of just the chain's real estate holdings.
"By enabling us to bolster the company's financial foundation and increase our focus on the Olive Garden brand renaissance program, we believe this agreement addresses key issues that our shareholders have raised, including the need to preserve the company's dividend and regain momentum at Olive Garden," Otis said in a statement.
The move allows Darden to capture Red Lobster's value while avoiding the risks tied to operating the business in a challenging environment, lead director Chuck Ledsinger added.
Darden also said it has successfully slashed costs and doesn't anticipate an increase in general and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales, despite lost revenue after selling Red Lobster.

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Gran Turismo. Travel in big style. That means combining dynamic performance and comfort - and transforming distance into free space. BMW Motorrad's vision was the essence of this philosophy - the pure sense of Gran Turismo. This vision has now taken shape in the K 1600 GT.
The in-line 6-cylinder engines by BMW are legendary. A myth which has been realised once more in the K 1600 GT - but now more compactly than ever before. 1649 cc, 118 kW (160 bhp) and a maximum torque of 175 Nm. Even the facts are impressive. But the riding experience is even more inspiring. The transversely installed power units delivers an extraordinary level of dynamic performance as well as refined running smoothness.
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This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
The suspect in a triple-homicide shooting spree at a Midvale house earlier this week allegedly went from room to room, methodically and perhaps selectively gunning down his victims.
That account is contained in a probable-cause statement that accompanied the Wednesday night arrest of David Fresques, a 25-year-old ex-con with gang ties and a long, violent criminal history.
Fresques was nabbed about 8 p.m. after the stolen pickup truck he was driving collided with a parked car near 3700 South and 300 East in South Salt Lake.
Fresques sparked the investigating officer's suspicions by acting "very nervous," and giving a false name, said South Salt Lake police spokesman Gary Keller in a news release. The officer requested additional help and was able to keep Fresques calm until backup arrived.
"As the driver's false information began to unravel and his true identity was revealed ... Fresques was safely taken into custody and handcuffed without incident," Keller said.
Fresques was interviewed by Unified Police Department detectives and booked into Salt Lake County jail on suspicion of one count of aggravated murder, two counts of murder, one count of attempted aggravated murder, one count of aggravated burglary and one count of possession of a firearm by a restricted person.
Fresques, who was not armed when arrested, had been on the run since Tuesday morning after he allegedly shot and killed a man and two women at a Midvale home at 8286 South Adams Street (450 West), described by UPD as a known drug house.
UPD late Wednesday identified the three people killed in the shooting as Omar Paul Jarman, 35, Shontay Nichole Young, 34, and Danielle Beatrice Lucero, 26.
A fourth person, a woman, also was shot and was in serious condition Thursday at an unspecified hospital.
Four other people in the home Jose Fernando Garcia, 38, two other males and a female were uninjured. Residents Garcia and Esther Arrendondo, were facing eviction from the home, according court records.
According to a jail probable-cause statement, Fresques known by the street moniker "Twisted" had arrived at the Midvale house early Tuesday morning and gotten into an altercation over an unspecified issue with "one of his associates." A witness told police that Fresques pulled a gun and started shooting.
A witness said he "opened the door to a room where a female and [the witness] were and shot her with a firearm. A witness heard more gunshots from inside the residence" as Fresques allegedly went from room to room and continued firing.
Fresques was identified by the survivors after police showed them a photo lineup, the statement says.
Early Thursday, Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder said Fresques was being "extremely uncooperative" with detectives. The search continued for a second male suspect, the sheriff said.
Winder cautioned that while the second suspect remained at large, Fresques' arrest "does not at all resolve this case." He had little information on the second suspect other than he was a male associate of Fresques and was believed to have been at the scene of the shootings.
Winder said he was nonetheless relieved to have Fresques "off the streets. [He is] an extremely dangerous individual [who allegedly] played a very active part in this tragedy."
Winder cautioned, too, about simply characterizing the slayings as a drug deal gone bad. "This is a complicated triple homicide, almost a quadruple homicide [and] we're still looking at what the motive might be and specifically what occurred."
Fresques has a long criminal record, having been sent to Utah State Prison in 2008 for one to 15 years in a robbery case. He was paroled in July 2010 but was returned to prison on a parole violation. He was most recently paroled in November, according to parole authorities.
On the day of the shooting, prosecutors in 3rd District Court filed a third-degree felony charge of unlawful possession of another's identification and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor, against Lucero. Court documents allege that Lucero and another man were inside a car using heroin in West Valley City earlier this month and that Lucero had identification cards belonging to four other women.
Lucero had been scheduled to make an initial appearance on the charges Thursday.
Utah court records for Young show that she had pleaded guilty to a handful of misdemeanors, including attempted forgery, shoplifting and disorderly conduct between 2006 and 2010, but had no cases pending.
Jarman's criminal record dates back to 1999, and in addition to a number of traffic violations, domestic violence and child-support issues, includes felony drug possession and distribution counts.
On Jan. 28, a 3rd District judge had issued an arrest warrant for Jarman after he failed to appear in court on a charge of third-degree felony possession of a controlled substance.
That case stemmed from a Jan. 7 traffic stop in Salt Lake County in which Jarman consented to a search and the officer found a baggie of a substance that field-tested positive for methamphetamine, according to charging documents. The stop was in the area of 7200 South and State Street, about a mile from the scene of Tuesday's shooting.
Unified Police Department spokesman Lt. Justin Hoyal urged anyone with information about this case to call UPD at 801-743-5851.
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FRISCO, Texas – FC Dallas has traded defender Jeremy Hall to Toronto FC for the Canadian side's second round natural selection in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, the teams announced today.
Hall joined FC Dallas in an August deal that sent midfielder Eric Alexander to Portland. Hall appeared in four games for the Dallas side, making two starts. Overall, he has appeared in 58 MLS games, starting 50 and tallying five assists in three seasons.
A Generation adidas graduate, Hall attended Maryland where he won an NCAA title in 2008, after leading the Terps with 14 goals and seven assists. He played two seasons with the New York Red Bulls before being traded to Portland.
Jeremy Hall
Position: Defender/Midfielder
Height: 5-11
Weight: 165
Born: Sept. 11, 1988
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
Previous Club: Portland Timbers
College: University of Maryland
Citizenship: United States


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Joseph P. Lyons, 75, a resident of Jamestown for many years and currently a resident of Portsmouth, died on Sept. 29, 2011, at Newport Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Maureen B. (Kennedy)
Lyons for 24 years.
Born in Newport, a son of the late Cornelius and Florence (Palmer) Lyons, he moved to Jamestown at the age of 3 months and resided in Jamestown until May 2005.
Joe was a machinist for Brown & Sharpe for 34 years. Prior to that, he was a Jamestown postal employee.
Besides his wife, he is survived by his daughter, Lisa Lyons Delany of Harleysville, Penn.; his step-children, Donna M. Chelf and Thomas J. Perry Jr., both of Portsmouth, and Pamela L. Thompson of Westerly; 10 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild; his two sisters, Ann Nugent of Moraga, Calif., and Ellen Lyons of Newport; and his faithful, fuzzy companion Coco. He was the brother of the late Jude Lyons.
Memorial contributions may be made in his name to Jamestown EMS, P.O. Box 8, Jamestown, RI 02835.


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(Staten Island, NY) - From its inception, Priests for Life, a leading pro-life advocacy organization, has been monitoring the harm done to women by the abortion industry. The organization today ran a full-page ad in USA Today, which followed an ad in last Friday's Wall Street Journal.
"All over this country women have been severely hurt and many have died from so-called 'safe and legal' abortions, not only because of dangers inherent to the procedure, but also from the unscrupulous practices of abortionists, who have mistreated, maimed, sexually abused, and killed their patients," said Father Frank Pavone. "Abortion is the most frequently performed surgery in the nation and yet it is also the most unregulated surgical procedure in the nation. Making it legal has not made it safe."
"Our ads identify only three examples of young women who lost their lives while getting a legal abortion," added Fr. Pavone. "We have lists of many more, but nobody knows the full number, because these deaths are covered up. One thing is certain: the more you search, the more you find.
"Today, we call on NOW, NARAL, and Planned Parenthood to join us in seeking an investigation of the standards by which abortion clinics do or do not protect the health of their patients," Fr. Pavone said. "If these groups are truly concerned about women being harmed and exploited, they will call for an end to abortion malpractice and violence against women. If they don't, they show themselves to be more protective of the abortion industry than of women's lives and health."
Priests for Life will run additional ads to call more attention to this critically important issue. In addition, the organization will publicize, on a regular basis, other research on the abortion industry and the harm it has done to countless women across the nation, highlighting many cases that have gone unreported by the media and pro-abortion movement.
This is part of the $12 million paid media campaign which Priests for Life announced earlier this year. The ad campaign will include radio and television advertising.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th May 2009 09:41 UTC, submitted by lemur2
It slipped by us, but the KDE team has released another minor bugfix release of KDE 4.2, version 4.2.3, a few days ago. Being a bugfix release, there are few user-visible changes, but still, there are a few things that stand out. "Online IMAP filtering in KMail has been fixed, KMail's system tray icon now reacts to changes to folder properties and updates the number of emails shown there automatically, and bugfixes, performance improvements and optimization in KHTML - painting and interoperability with web standards has been further improved."


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K -- Dillon is actually closer to drive to from the Valley than Pt. Reyes even though it looks farther away. The wind is side on and there is a huge area on the inside where the waves are knee high.
You could also hit Bodega Bay and kite in the harbor, no waves at all. Similar drive time.


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45. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and LinuxBadr Jun 29, 2012 5:40 AM (in response to diebels)
diebels wrote:
If anybody's running Ubuntu 12.04 here, try out this ppa:
It worked on my HP mini 210-4000
Follow the instructions here http://daily.siebler.eu/2012/06/ubuntu-12-04-driver-for-intel-cedarview-atom-n2000-und-d2000-serie/
46. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and LinuxNarnian Jun 29, 2012 6:04 AM (in response to Corentin)
I have Linux Mint 13 Mate 64-bit on my netbook with an N2600 CPU(GMA 3600 GPU), and the resolution is perfect, and I can watch video and Flash with no problems. No problems playing 720p and 1080p, but the CPU usage is at about 80% for 1080p. If there was a linux driver for the GPU, then the that would take all the work off the CPU. EDIT: And playing 1080p video files, the CPU is at about 60-65% usage.
Don't know what problems other people are having.
47. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and Linuxxabix Jun 29, 2012 6:39 AM (in response to Narnian)
Mine doesn't work at this step:
xabix@HTPC:~/.config$ sudo apt-get install cedarview-drm libva-cedarview-vaapi-driver cedarview-graphics-drivers
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
cedarview-drm:i386 : Depends: dkms:i386 (>= 1.95) but it is not installable
Depends: linux-headers-generic:i386 (>= 2.6) but it is not going to be installed or
linux-headers-generic-pae:i386 (>= 2.6) but it is not going to be installed
cedarview-graphics-drivers:i386 : Depends: xserver-xorg-core:i386 (>= 2:18.104.22.1681) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xorg-video-abi-11:i386
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
but the depedencies are installed maybe because I run 64 bits precise?
48. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and LinuxAdam Burston Jun 29, 2012 8:10 AM (in response to Corentin)
I currently bout a linux based laptop using the cedar trail cpu, but with a different dedicated gpu. Will keep you updated.
Dear Intel, I realize that some linux enthusiasts are quite hot-headed. However, I would greatly appreciate proper support for the cedar trail cpu. In exchange, I promise to let every linux forum that a regularly visit know that proper support has been provided.
I have really enjoyed using your chips in the past, and hope to continue doing so.
49. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and Linuxpeter Jun 29, 2012 11:19 AM (in response to Corentin)
Innovation Series: Offers lower power use and a small footprint to capitalize on the Intel® Atom™ processor's unique features.
thees matherboard people conecting to monitors and speekers, now over hdmi so vy cant use these bords.
Only for small servers.
Unique dn2800mt it is, gpu driver will by in future.
50. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and Linuxvtailor Jul 1, 2012 3:14 PM (in response to Narnian)
There is an alternative: Download MeeGo, store its file system somewhere as an archive, and copy out the kernel, modules, xorg, and associated powervr libraries into a compatible Linux system like slackware and possibly Ubuntu, which has been known to start up with a foreign kernel without crashing.
51. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and Linuxvtailor Jul 1, 2012 3:28 PM (in response to Tomek)
Gee whilikers, guys, the latest netbook Meego has a working xorg for the powervr chip. All you need is a Linux that can be installed on your netbook as is, then altered, copying the Meego kernel, modules, xorg and powervr libraries into the netbook Linux. There are several versions of Slackware on which that approach works resoundingly well; and some, but not all, versions of Ubuntu can be subverted into using the pieces from Meego. The meego kernel has built-in alsa sound which is extremely good, it has built-in cpufrequency ladder permanently set to 'ondemand' and it boots up to a gma500 framebuffer (/dev/fb0) text console which you then follow by startx to get the MeeGo xorg directory into action. This probably means you need a rescue flash stick system like RIPLinuX to do all this subverting.
When your Xorg.0.log finally reads:
[ 838.877] PVRPreInit: done
[ 838.877] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 838.877] (II) pvr(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 838.877] (II) pvr(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: pvr
[ 838.877] (II) EXA(0): Driver allocated offscreen pixmaps
[ 838.877] (II) EXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
[ 838.877] (II) Solid
[ 838.877] (II) Copy
[ 838.878] (II) Composite (RENDER acceleration)
you'll know you have copied in all the relevant MeeGo powervr libraries. Don't forget /etc/powervr.ini and put 'video=LVDS-1:d' on the kernel command line in grub. And, remember to delete the original /usr/lib/xorg directory that comes with your system before replacing it with the one from MeeGo.
52. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and LinuxStimbus Jul 1, 2012 7:11 PM (in response to Corentin)
The MeeGo driver sucks. 3d didn't work and only certain resolutions work. It designed for netbooks with small screens. It was a big waste of time setting that up.
53. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and LinuxKashyap Jul 2, 2012 12:44 AM (in response to Corentin)
There is a ppa for cedarview on Ubuntu, You guys might want to see this
54. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and Linuxxabix Jul 2, 2012 3:09 AM (in response to Kashyap)
To add on this
These drivers were made for us at Canonical for OEM machines shipping Ubuntu 12.04 because the meego drivers don't support 12.04 userspace.
There is no 64 bit support and there never will be unfortunately, and they also do not work with >=4GB ram in the machine.
There is nothing we can do about that, they don't even make 64 bit windows drivers for the machines. Also, the drivers will only ever work in 12.04 (where they will soon be uploaded to for 12.04.1),
They wont update them for 12.10 and newer. Sorry to bear the bad news but these machines are an absolute nightmare and this was the best we could get
55. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and Linuxvtailor Jul 2, 2012 5:39 AM (in response to xabix)
I must not be as hard to please as some of the people on this group. In fact, I get remarkable 3dfx from the full Meego setup on slackware. I don't know what anyone has to be apologetic for, it is a fairly robust, yet interesting graphics chip. And it is for a desktop board with modest ambitions. So what is everyone so critical about? You'd think you were engaging in personal attacks, rather than dispassionate professional evaluation. Especially, if a psychological test of your own eye resolution would yield insensitivity to the claimed effects.
Anyway, this morning as a lark, I installed the kernel-adaptation-pc-3.0.0-10.1.i586.rpm kernel package from the Meego repository on my test slackware system, leaving Xorg intact, and added a 'Modes' line to the xorg.conf file with my monitor resolution (another realistic use of resources based on the Intel minimalist philosophy), and changed from vesa to fbdev. It actually works, rather well, using the gma500 colour framebuffer as basis. It runs the peacekeeper benchmark with a value of 760, right up there with the full Meego installation and previous attempts using 915resolution and uvesafb (URL: http://peacekeeper.futuremark.com/results?key=5dtR&resultId=2507912 ). And everything else I care about, like the fonts being in good focus, and the Mplayer system working, is right there.
56. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and LinuxMariusz Jul 2, 2012 5:01 PM (in response to vtailor)
vtailor, I don't quite understand why do you need a Meego kernel if you only use fbdev. Recent kernels (> 3.4) support it directly. The problem is that the Meego package (not only kernel, but also vaapi and xorg that provide video acceleration) are i386 and do not support 4 gb ram. Nothing to be happy given that the cpu is capable of EMT64/amd64 and boards do support 4 gb ram.
57. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and Linuxvtailor Jul 2, 2012 6:14 PM (in response to Mariusz)
Mary, if you don't understand the fine points of working with the Cedarview, why are you on this group? With the MeeGo kernel, you get a frame buffer that will let fbdev.so draw the screen in monitor resolution. All you have to do is add a
Modes "monitor_resolution"
line to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
With a standard distribution kernel, you get a vesafb frame buffer by requesting it on the command line. And adding, e. g., 'Modes "1366x768"' simply doesn't work with fbdev.
If you have Nothing to be happy about, why don't you keep it to yourself, since it is irrelevant to me.
58. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and LinuxNarnian Jul 2, 2012 6:49 PM (in response to Corentin)
For those who don't know it, Meego is defunct. Hacking around with a defunct kernel is hardly the optimal solution to the problem of a lack of drivers. As can be seen in this thread and elsewhere, the results are rarely successful.
Intel needs to provide Linux drivers for the Atom Cedar Trail, because right now, these CPUs are crippled where Linux is concerned.
59. Re: GMA 3650 aka. PowerVR sgx545 and Linuxxabix Jul 3, 2012 8:47 AM (in response to Mariusz)
Are we sure that 3.4 adds support for it?
What I mean is what kind of support are we talking about? with 3D? on 64 bits kernel? by default in Quantal or would we need to compile its own kernel still?


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**** Winner Update: This giveaway is now closed.*** Our lucky winner is… Laurie Underwood who said "Ice Cream and alcohol – two of my favorite things! What a wonderful combination!" on October 10th, 2011 at 9:50 pm. Congratulations Laurie! We hope you enjoy your Ice Cream Happy Hour book! Cheers! ****
Okay, okay…. I know it's not cake. But if there is anything that naturally goes with cake, it's ice cream. And if there's anything I love as much as cake, it's ice cream. Not to mention ice cream with a kick! So today's featured recipe {and giveaway!} is right up my alley.
"Ice Cream Happy Hour" is a clever new book with ice cream recipes based on classic cocktails… Coffee with Kahlúa, Chocolate Martini, and Strawberry Daiquiri. These homemade frozen delights not only taste amazing, they also serve up a surprising kick – there's a shot of alcohol in each cup! Today we're sharing the recipe for the Chocolate Martini Ice Cream AND one lucky Half Baked reader will win a copy of Ice Cream Happy Hour! Someone has bowls of intoxicatingly tasty ice cream in their future!
Chocolate Martini Ice Cream
Makes about 1 quart
1 ½ cups milk
1 ½ cups heavy cream
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 egg yolks
6 ounces dark chocolate, chopped, or dark chocolate chips
½ packet (½ tablespoon) gelatin
1/3 cup cold water
1/4 cup cold (refrigerated) chocolate liqueur
1/4 cup cold (refrigerated) vodka or vanilla vodka
- Mix the milk, heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla extract in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Continue heating until the mixture is steamy and makes a slight sizzling noise when you move the pan. This is called scalding.
- While the milk mixture heats to scalding, whisk together the egg yolks
in a medium bowl until they're light in color and slightly fluffy. Whisk the egg yolks and temper
- Gently stream about one-third of the hot milk mixture into the eggs while whisking continuously. This is called tempering. It's important to whisk while streaming the hot milk. If you just pour in the hot milk and then whisk, you may get scrambled eggs.
- Pour the egg and milk mixture into the rest of the milk mixture in the
saucepan and stir continuously on low heat with a heatproof spatula or flat ended wooden spoon. Make sure you scrape the bottom evenly while you continuously stir.
The custard is thick enough when you can draw a line on the back of the spoon with your finger and the line retains its shape. Note: If you have health concerns regarding eggs, you can check the temperature using an instant-read thermometer inserted into the middle of the custard.
- Melt the chocolate. Place the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl with a fine-mesh strainer on top. Pour the hot custard through the strainer into the chocolate. Stir until the chocolate is completely melted.
- Cover with plastic wrap so that it's directly touching the entire surface of the custard and none of it is exposed to air. This prevents a skin from developing. Transfer the container to an ice bath and let it cool for about 30 minutes to stop the cooking process. Transfer the container to the refrigerator. Chill until the custard is completely cold, at least 8 hours.
- Dissolve the gelatin in the cold water. Pour the water into a small saucepan or microwave-safe container and evenly sprinkle the gelatin on top. Allow to sit until the gelatin appears to have absorbed as much water as it can, about 2 minutes. This is called blooming. Gently warm over low heat and stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved into the liquid, about 3 minutes.
- Spike the custard with the cold chocolate liqueur, vodka, and gelatin mixture. Refrigerate the alcohol until completely cold. Do not speed up the process by putting it in the freezer, which may make the gelatin set up too much before it is added to the custard. Pour the gelatin into a medium bowl and whisk in the cold alcohol until combined. Do not attempt to skip this step by pouring the alcohol directly into the sauce pan or microwave-safe container with the gelatin. There might be enough residual heat to heat up the custard and prevent it from thickening in the ice cream maker. Pour the cold custard into a large bowl. Stream the alcohol and gelatin mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into the custard and whisk until thoroughly blended.
- Churn the ice cream for at least 20 minutes. Pour the cold custard immediately into the ice cream maker and churn for at least 20 minutes, or as directed. Due to the alcohol content, you may wish to churn it longer to get the desired thickness. If you don't want to serve the ice cream immediately, or you want a firmer texture, transfer it to a freezer proof container and freeze for several hours before serving.


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Please welcome Abby Niles to the virtual offices today! Abby is here to chat about her new release Extreme Love.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Abby Niles] A bull-headed pain in the butt who'll bend over backwards for those she loves.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Extreme Love?
[Abby Niles] Extreme Love centers on Caitlyn and Dante.
Dante is a popular and undefeated MMA fighter and is used to women falling all over him. When he meets the beautiful Caitlyn, and she does the exact opposite, he loves the challenge she represents and makes it his mission to get past her defenses. Dante is also training for his title shot against the also undefeated, Richard Sentori, who is notorious for using any means necessary to get under his opponent's skin in the hopes he'll enter the cage fighting with emotion and not with his head. Dante, however, is always focused, but when Sentori discovers Dante's one weakness, that focus is put to the test.
Caitlyn has recently lost 80 pounds and is struggling to banish the last of her life-long insecurities. When Dante storms into her life, and is more man than she's used to dealing with, she feels greener than ever and tries to push him away. She also doesn't want to encourage the attention of a cage fighter, a sport she finds appalling. But Dante's not the sort of man you just push away, and as her need for him grows, so does her need to accept herself and his career. Can she come to terms with the violence he willingly embraces every time he steps into the cage or will watching Dante eat a fist be too much for her to handle?
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Abby Niles] Back in 2008, I was in a really bad place in my life. I'd lost a ton of weight after being overweight since childhood. I'd gone from weighing 245 pounds to 167 pounds, from wearing a size 22/24 to wearing a 12, and yet, I still couldn't stop scowling at myself in the mirror. I'd naively believed that losing the weight would fix all the image issues I had with myself. Maybe for some, losing weight does that, but it didn't for me. My dark, chewy chunks were embedded deep and refused to let go and it was stopping me from accepting the body I'd busted butt for. I knew who I was when I was overweight. I'd spent 28 years as that Abby. This new Abby was overwhelming and I clung to the old me because I was terrified of the new me. I knew I couldn't continue like this and I needed to find a way to let go. The idea of Extreme Love came to me one day. Caitlyn became my catalyst. As she started her journey to accepting her new body and new life, I did also. I cried so much while I wrote this book. But it was cleansing. As Caitlyn grew as a character, I grew as a person. I'm forever grateful to her.
As for the MMA portion of the story. I'm such a HUGE fan of the UFC, and Caitlyn needed someone who would bring her far outside her comfort zone and refuse to back down. Who better than an undefeated cage fighter who isn't used to losing?
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Caitlyn?
[Abby Niles] Flustered, aroused, fighting
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Dante had a theme song, what would it be?
[Abby Niles] I always thought of the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter theme song when writing this book.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Caitlyn is never without.
[Abby Niles] Can't say never, but she carries her gym bag in the trunk of the car at all times since she never knows when she'll get the urge to use the steam room, which is her sanctuary.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Dante's bedroom?
[Abby Niles] Man, you're really making me think right now, lol. Let's see…a mess, potpourri, a chick movie.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Caitlyn's greatest regret?
[Abby Niles] Not losing the weight before she had.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Abby Niles] Really my influences come from everywhere. Movies, songs, other books, something I see or overhear, my own personal life, fears etc. There really is no rhyme or reason to it.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Abby Niles] Silence, coffee and coffee
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Abby Niles] I'm totally a Jennifer Amentrout fan-girl now. I devoured the Lux Series, and I'm impatiently waiting for the next book.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Abby Niles] I have a series that turned me on to reading in 6th grade. The Sweet Valley High books. Anyone remember those?
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Abby Niles] Sleep. Yeah, I know not very exciting, but between being a single mom, having a day job and writing, a good night's sleep is rare.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Abby Niles] Website: www.abbynilesauthor.com
Twitter: @abbyniles
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abbynilesauthor
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
You can purchase Extreme Love from your favorite bookseller or by clicking the link below. Available in digital and print
About the book:
New body. New clothes. New men.
Used to the average Joe, Caitlyn Moore is overwhelmed when the supremely masculine Dante Jones walks into her life and expresses an interest in her. At first she pushes him away, refusing to encourage the attention of a cage fighter. Then she learns Dante has a love 'em and leave 'em reputation. What better way to fine-tune her non-existent flirting skills than with a male who won't stick around? But Dante has no intention of being a practice dummy; he's out for all or nothing. Now Caitlyn must accept Dante—violent career and all—or let him go.
Dante "Inferno" Jones has one goal: win the Welterweight Championship. At a time when focus is crucial, the last thing he needs is a distraction. Yet Caitlyn Moore becomes a challenge he can't resist. When the light-hearted pursuit shifts to a battle to win her heart, his focus is shot. Faced with losing the biggest match of his career, Dante must decide if his extreme life also has room for Extreme Love.


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Whether prepared at home or in a restaurant, lobsters have traditionally been cooked by immersing them in a pot of salted water which has been heated to a rolling boil. Lobsters die within seconds upon being immersed in boiling water.
This cooking method also offers the advantage of retaining the delicate texture and flavour of the product, an important consideration given the fact that lobsters are a high-priced consumer product. Crustaceans such as lobsters and crabs, are generally sold live and cooked live to ensure top quality and product safety.


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There can be a cloud of mystery surrounding new technologies. HTML5 Video is especially problematic since it is not just one technology, there are multiple codecs and file formats. When is a good time to adopt? Is it possible that you can adopt too late or too soon?
In this IBM developerWorks article, I show the progression of the early days of the Internet and choppy, "cross your fingers and hope it works" digital video to its current state of the browser vendors attempting to reclaim native video from the Adobe Flash plugin.
The idea behind HTML5 Video was simplicity… but the current result is not so simple. This article defines some of the difficult video terminology to make it easier to understand how it works, so that you can look at today's fragmented situation and still make the best decisions for you or your company.
I'm also quite honored to have had my blog voted as best article of the week, and displayed prominently on the Web Development front page.
Article: Introduction to HTML5 Video
You may also be interested in the video and the presentation upon which this article was based.


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I've been chipping away at a project that turned out to really want a triplestore as its backend. One thing led to another, I clambered onto the shoulders of a couple of guys that did most of the spadework for me, and now there's a handy client library for querying a triplestore, as well as adding triples to it and deleting them from it. It's in working order now (ox is based on it), but constructive feedback is always welcome.
It's inherited a BSD licence, so you're free to do with it as you will.
The repo: https://github.com/equill/cl-4store


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UPI — May 29, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama has reportedly asked the Pentagon to draw up plans for a Syrian no-fly zone to cut off the Damascus regime's arms supplies from Russia and Iran. But the window for such an option is getting smaller fast.
Moscow has said it will deliver several batteries of Russia's advanced S-300PMU air-defense missile system, purported to be one of the world's most powerful anti-aircraft weapons.
The Americans have repeatedly said that Syria has one of the most formidable air-defense networks in existence, largely consisting of Russian missile systems delivered over the last few years.
But since late January, Israel's air force has carried out three strikes against Russian and Iranian weapons cached in Syria — and supposedly destined for Assad ally Hezbollah in Lebanon — and wasn't challenged by Syrian air defenses once.
That was largely because the Israelis fired stand-off precision-guided munitions at their targets from outside Syrian air space from the skies over neighboring Lebanon. That violated Lebanese airspace — something the Israelis often do — but not Syrian airspace.
Whether the Syrians will activate air defenses the next time Israeli warplanes attack remains to be seen. Nor is it known whether they would open fire on U.S. or allied aircraft enforcing a no-fly zone aimed at cutting off aerial resupply for President Bashar Assad's forces and allies from Russia or Iran.
Even so, a no-fly zone, enforced by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force using stand-off weapons to avoid direct contact with Syrian forces, would have a critical effect on Assad's ability to continue the war against those battling to end his family's 43-year rule.
But, possibly more importantly from the U.S. point of view, it would also be a major blow against Iran and its ability to support its strategic Arab ally and project power in the Levant and threaten Israel.
The allied no-fly zone imposed against Saddam Hussein after the 1990-91 Gulf War was pretty much one-sided with U.S., British and French aircraft rarely challenged.
The no-fly zone imposed on Libya in 2011 by the United States and its NATO allies, was of much shorter duration, but played a major role in the rebel victory over Moammar Gadhafi by knocking out his air defenses.
Syria's are considered far more sophisticated and effective.
Much of Syria's air defenses could be devastated by naval and air missile bombardment, but military analysts say they could still provide a stiff challenge.
Assad has around 300 flyable combat jets, mostly outdated MiG-21s, 23s and 25s with 35 more advanced MiG-29s interceptors, though these are heavily outclassed by U.S. frontline aircraft.
But its missile defenses, which the Russians have been upgrading since an Israeli air raid electronically zapped Syrian air defenses and knocked out a Syrian nuclear reactor Sept. 6, 2007, are arguably more effective.
The arrival of S-300s, which can track 100 targets simultaneously and engage 12 at a time, would clearly pose a serious threat to U.S. or allied aircraft. However, it would take a sizeable airlift to carry the five or six batteries, and possibly 100 missiles, to Syria and probably several weeks to deploy them with trained Syrian crews.
So if Obama does opt for decisive intervention, after weeks of inaction, and impose a no-fly zone, obviously the sooner he does so the better.
"The air line of communications between Iran and Syria is a key vulnerability for Iranian strategy in Syria," observed a May report by the Institute for Study of War.
"Iran would not be able maintain its current level of support to Assad if the air route were interdicted through a no-fly zone or rebel capture of Syrian airfields."
Tehran, and possibly Russia as well if it were so inclined, could conceivably use a ground route via Iraq, Syria's eastern neighbor, but these could be cut by Syrian Sunni rebels and their al Qaida allies in Iraq.
Resupply by sea through Syria's main ports of Latakia and Tartus, where the Russians have a naval base, is problematic since sea lanes can also be blocked.
"Given the limitations of sea lines of communication … air shipments remain Iran's most feasible method of supplying the Assad regime," the ISW analysis noted.


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Nearly three dozen downtown bars, restaurants and beer shops have agreed to halt alcohol sales to counter an early St. Patrick's Day celebration created by Penn State students, the most aggressive effort yet to curb drinking for the unofficial holiday known as State Patty's Day.
In exchange, each business will receive a $5,000 subsidy to help account for lost revenue. A committee composed of university and community leaders announced the plan Tuesday and listed 34 businesses that it said supported this Saturday's "alcohol-free zone."
Every downtown establishment that sells alcohol will refrain from doing so Saturday, said Damon Sims, university vice president of student affairs and co-chairman of a committee known as the Partnership: Campus & Community United Against Dangerous Drinking. The majority of the funds to pay for the subsidies to businesses would come from campus parking fees collected during previous State Patty's Day weekends, he said.
State Patty's Day was created in 2007 to celebrate St. Patrick's Day when it fell on spring break that year. But the holiday no longer falls during the break, and school administrators, student leaders and community residents have grown weary of a weekend that has become synonymous with excessive drinking and property damage.
Besides that, the last thing Penn State needs as it seeks to redeem its reputation after the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal is more negative attention.
Other schools have similar unofficial holidays, but Sims said he thought no other university community had gone to the extent of getting establishments to go alcohol-free.
"Everyone in the partnership really wanted this to go away. ... This became one of the few things that we thought of that we hadn't tried," Sims said in a phone interview. "Perhaps we can find more headway than in the past."
The weekend in recent years has also sparked talk on social media, which authorities have said has contributed to a spike in out-of-town revelers.
"This is an outside-the-box solution that businesses, the borough, student leaders and the University have embraced," Tom Fountaine, borough manager and committee cochairman, said in a statement that included declarations of support from student and business leaders.
Police, along with community, school and student groups, have ramped up efforts in recent years to counter the excessive drinking that marks State Patty's Day. Fraternities and sororities banned parties for Friday and all social functions Saturday. Volunteer opportunities have also been promoted as alternative activities in a day of service.
Last year, authorities said arrests dropped by about 13 percent to roughly 300.
"I don't think it's a bad idea. If you ask me, State Patty's Day is pretty dumb," fourth-year senior Nick Stuchlak said about the no-alcohol zone. After meeting fellow senior Nick Mattise at the university's main gate downtown, Stuchlak said he doesn't do anything special for the day, which he equated to just an excuse to drink.
But Stuchlak and Mattise both questioned how the move would affect how non-Penn State visitors would act.
"I think we've learned better in the past year how to act, but people from out of town — this isn't their town," said Stuchlak, of Scranton. "They actually have no stock in acting correctly."
Said Mattise, also of Scranton: "It's gotten out of hand with the out-of-town people."
The change is targeted especially at discouraging out-of-town guests from visiting for the purpose of excessive drinking, Sims said. "If it makes it a less inviting place, then it would achieve" the goal.
State Patty's Day this year falls on the weekend after the annual student-organized Dance Marathon, an event that generates positive publicity for the university. Students raised a record $12.3 million this year for pediatric cancer research and care.
Jennifer Zangrilli, director of operations at Dante's Restaurants Inc. and president of the Tavern Owner's Association, said the association was "excited and proud" to support the alcohol-free zone. "Our collective desire is to see our community and downtown not only grow but thrive," she said.
Food and non-alcoholic drinks will still be offered by establishments to appeal to "responsible visitors." Penn State's two campus hotels also planned to cut off alcohol sales Saturday.
Freshman Jeremy Smith, of Lansdale, remained a little skeptical. He said he doesn't plan on participating, but like Stuchlak noted that alcohol could still be purchased away from downtown.
"I don't know if it will have as big an impact as they think," Smith said. "There are so many places you can get things ... They would have to really, really go big scale to damper everything."
It was unclear how the initiative would affect establishments that weren't downtown. In previous years, state liquor stores closed early for the day.
Making downtown alcohol-free means the stepped-up police presence can focus on cracking down on house parties or otherwise unlicensed establishments, Sims said.


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Russia is the third most popular country for U.S. international adoptions after China and Ethiopia, but now the country's lawmakers are motioning to revoke their right to adopt.
A bill to ban Americans from adopting Russian children overwhelmingly won preliminary parliamentary approval this week.
"Foreign adoptions is a sign of ... our indifference," Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in televised comments on Wednesday, suggesting it would be better for Russia to raise its own children.
But the vote was also universaly cast as a retaliatory gesture against an American trade bill that orders the United States to deny visas to Russian human rights violators.
Plus: Adoption Through Facebook
The Russian bill that would ban Americans from adopting Russian children is expected to pass its final reading on Friday. However, it still needs President Vladimir Putin's signature to become an official law. If passed, it could have significant consequences: Americans adopted 962 orphans from Russia last year alone.
Plus: An HIV Adoption Story
That's a big if, though. The Kremlin has reportedly distanced itself from the measure. And protesters heckled deputies as they arrived for the vote on Wednesday. One activist held up before-and-after pictures of a Russian child looking bruised, then happy with his new American parents. Another protester told Reuters, "It deprives children of the possibility to grow up in families of loving parents."


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Atomically thin, strong graphene-based integrated circuits
August 31, 2012
To go beyond Moore's law and reduce the size of integrated circuits down to single-atom thickness, researchers led by Jiwoong Park, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell, have invented a way to pattern single-atom films of graphene and insulating boron nitride without the use of a silicon substrate.
The new "patterned regrowth" technique could lead to substrate-free circuits so thin that they could float on water or through air, but with tensile strength and top-notch electrical performance.
The technique combines graphene (single-atom-thick sheets of repeating carbon atoms) and hexagonal boron nitride, thin sheets of repeating boron and nitrogen atoms.
Patterned regrowth
Patterned regrowth, which harnesses the same basic photolithography technology used in silicon wafer processing, allows graphene and boron nitride to grow in perfectly flat, structurally smooth films — no creases or bumps. If combined with a semiconductor material, they could lead to the first atomically thin integrated circuit.
Patterned regrowth is a bit like stenciling, Park said. He and colleagues first grew graphene on copper and used photolithography to expose graphene on selected areas, depending on the desired pattern. They filled that exposed copper surface with boron nitride, the insulator, which grows on copper and "fills the gaps in very nicely."
"In the end, it forms a very nice cloth you just peel off," Park said.
"Devices made using this approach are likely to remain mechanically flexible and optically transparent, allowing transfer to arbitrary substrates for flexible, transparent electronics," the researchers said in the Nature article.
The research team, which includes David A. Muller, professor of applied and engineering physics, is working to determine what material would best work with graphene-boron nitride thin films to make up the final semiconducting layer that could turn the films into actual devices.
The work was supported primarily by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the National Science Foundation through the Cornell Center for Materials Research.


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Team Associated and Lucas Oil Head to AZ for the Final Round of the LOORRS!October 22, 2012
Event Name: Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Final Round and Challenge Cup
Event Location: Firebird Raceway Chandler Az
Event Date(s): October 26, 2012 to October 28, 2012
The greatest show on dirt makes its way to Chandler, Arizona for the final round of the 2012 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Season! Racers will also compete in the Lucas Oil Challange Cup for a chance to take home one of the largest pay checks in off road racing history! Be sure to keep an eye out for past Challenge Cup winners Carl Renezeder, Kyle LeDuc, and Rob Naughton as they look to hoist the cup for a second time. Team Associated/RC10.COM teammates Eric Barron, Travis Coyne, Robby Woods, Josh Merrell, and Carey Hart are also sure to put on an amazing show for the fans.
If you're one of the lucky ones to attend the race this weekend, make you sure to stop by the Team Associated booth to check out the RC demos and all the trucks on display. You might even get to see some of the LOORRS pro racers putting in some hot laps with their SC10s and signing autographs! Team Associated is proud to be the "Official R/C Car of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series" for 2012. This is our fourth year in supporting LOORRS, and we are stoked!
If you are not in the Chandler, AZ area or are unable to make it out to the race this weekend, don't worry - you can watch the LOORRS on a TV near you! For more information on the Lucas Oil Off Road Race Series, including a full race event and TV schedule, click on the link below - and we'll see you at the races!


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A challenging case: An unusual cause of blindness in a Siberian husky
Despite a lack of other obvious physical abnormalities or signs, systemic disease was suspected of causing this dog's eye problems.
Mar 01, 2007
The dog had undergone a laparotomy at Rowley Memorial Animal Hospital in Springfield, Mass., five months before presentation. During the surgery, an adrenal and a liver mass were excised. Histologic examination revealed that the masses were an adrenocortical adenoma and a well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma and that hepatocellular swelling with lymphohistiocytic and eosinophilic inflammation was present. The prognosis for the liver mass was considered good because hepatocellular carcinomas rarely metastasize and the histology report stated that complete removal is often curative. At that time, there was no serologic evidence of hyperadrenocorticism, thus the adrenocortical adenoma was considered nonfunctional.The dog had recovered well from the surgery, but three months later had been presented to Rowley Memorial Animal Hospital because of a cloudy right eye. Uveitis was diagnosed, and diagnostic tests were done to attempt to identify the underlying cause. The results of a CBC, serum chemistry profile, and urinalysis were normal. An abdominal ultrasonographic examination revealed a mass where the adrenal tumor had been removed, which was thought to be either a recurrence of the tumor or a suture reaction. A thoracic radiographic examination revealed a mild bronchointerstitial pattern in the caudal dorsal lung field that was suggestive of thickening of the lungs due to an infection or an infiltrative neoplasia but was not considered consistent with metastasis. The dog was sent home with prednisolone acetate 1% topical eye drops to be administered three times a day and deracoxib (2 mg/kg) to be given once a day for five days.
Several weeks later, the owner had moved to Colorado. After the move, the dog became blind and was presented to a veterinarian who started treatment with oral prednisolone (5 mg every day) and continued the topical prednisolone drops. The dog was referred to the Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital for further evaluation.


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Blog of the Week Big Lizards describes the two real branches of government, and distinguishes Presidencies based on whether they are State or Defense administrations:
Just forget everything. Forget everything They ever taught you — it's garbage anyway.
Yeah, yeah, I know what you learned; I learned it too. There are three branches of federal government, not two:
1. Excutive
2. Legislative
3. Dictatorial
But those are just the branches of the temporary government, the elected/appointed wing. There is another wing of the government… the permanent government. And that comprises only two branches:
* The State branch
* The Defense branch
Read it all. Dafydd is, I think, one of the most interesting and provocative bloggers on the web.


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The condvar_notify function is a critical-section function that activates threads that are blocked on the given critical-section variable. Use this function to awaken threads of execution of a given critical section. First, use crit_enter to gain ownership of the critical section. Then use the returned critical-section variable to call condvar_notify to awaken the threads. Finally, when condvar_notify returns, call crit_exit to surrender ownership of the critical section.
void condvar_notify(CONDVAR cv);
CONDVAR cv is a condition variable.
condvar_init, condvar_terminate, condvar_wait, crit_init, crit_enter, crit_exit, crit_terminate


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"He treats her like a queen. He does his best to do whatever she wants." Maria Sanchez, neighbor of Isidro Garcia, of Bell Gardens, California, who was arrested after a 25-year-old woman accused him of kidnapping her and holding her captive for 10 years.


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This week, Israel Today staff members participated in an event at a local charitible foundation where Purim care packages paid for by you, our readers, were distributed to needy Holocaust survivors.
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That these people of goodwill are Israel-loving Christians was a real shocker, especially for those who were so brutally treated at the hands of those who represented Christian nations.
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Dover murder suspect Mazzaglia will turn over handwriting samplesBy GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
September 08. 2013 9:39PM
DOVER — Murder suspect Seth Mazzaglia, 30, of Dover has agreed to turn over samples of his handwriting at the request of the state.
Mazzaglia is facing murder charges for allegedly strangling and/or suffocating Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott, 19, in his apartment the night of Oct. 9 before, during or after committing aggravated felonious sexual assault.
Jury selection in the trial against Mazzaglia is tentatively scheduled to begin on May 5, 2014.
A judge granted the state's motion compelling Mazzaglia to submit his handwriting for forensic examination on Aug. 19.
The state based its request on recent letters it received in which Mazzaglia had written to co-conspirator Kathryn "Kat" McDonough.
In the letters Mazzaglia, among other things, sets forth a detailed false account of the events that transpired with Marriott and directs McDonough to commit it to memory, according to court records.
He also allegedly attempts to frame friend Paul Hickok for Marriott's murder, and Hickok and Roberta Gerkin for disposing of Marriott's body and other evidence.
According to court records, Mazzaglia later said he dumped Marriott's body off Peirce Island in Portsmouth the night of the crime. Marriott's body has never been recovered.
In the letters, Mazzaglia also allegedly discussed plots to kill Gerkin, who with Hickok, saw a dead and partially clad woman in Mazzaglia's Mill Street apartment the night of Marriott's murder after being summonsed and escorted their by McDonough, according to the motion.
Mazzaglia also allegedly discusses plans to flee the United States and hide out in a country without a U.S. extradition treaty.
Mazzaglia was arrested on Oct. 12 and charged with Marriott's murder, three days after the University of New Hampshire sophomore was reported missing by her family. He has been held without bail in county jail since then.
The state is seeking handwriting samples to help prove Mazzaglia wrote the letters.
In July, McDonough pleaded guilty in Rockingham County Superior Court to hindering apprehension, conspiracy to commit hindering apprehension and witness tampering.
She received a reduced sentence of 1½ to 3 years in prison, presumably in exchange for cooperating with the state in the Strafford County case against Mazzaglia.
Mazzaglia's defense has until Oct. 2 to file any motions to suppress evidence. So far, the defense has received over 4,000 pages of discovery, according to court records.
The defense was granted a motion to depose New Hampshire State Police Trooper Joseph Ebert, who led a 10-hour interview with Mazzaglia between Oct. 12 and 13 that spanned Newington, Portsmouth, Dover and Durham.


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See you in April!
Last summer, we switched to a 22-issue-per-year publishing schedule; that means we skip an issue four times a year. Look for the next HCN to hit your mailbox around April 13 -- now you'll have more spare time to work on your taxes.
Water on the Brain
For all of you folks who love to speculate about water supplies and grapple with water politics in the West, Oregon State University has published a brand new compilation of High Country News' best water stories. Water in the 21st Century West, edited by Pomona College professor Char Miller, includes stories published over the past seven years on subjects ranging from tearing down dams and restoring Indian water rights to the impacts of climate-induced drought and the latest water grabs by Los Angeles and Las Vegas. A companion volume, River Basins of the West, will be published by OSU in the fall. To order the first book, call us at 800/905-1155 or go to hcn.org/store.
Adventures in remote education
Editor Jonathan Thompson and associate editor Jodi Peterson recently each presented a seminar to Northern Arizona University students -- over the phone. They spoke to assistant professor (and HCN contributor) Peter Friederici's advanced editing class about nonprofit journalism and about selecting, writing and editing stories. Fortunately, our office phone wasn't sensitive enough to pick up any background snoring.
Kudos for writers
The work of two HCN writers will be appearing in the 2009 edition of the Best of American Science and Nature Writing, to be published next fall by Houghton-Mifflin. The anthology's guest editor, New Yorker environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert, chose freelancer J. Madeleine Nash's "Back to the Future," a story of past and future climate change, from our Oct. 13 issue. And she also selected contributing editor Michelle Nijhuis' story called "To Take Wildness in Hand," which describes the promise and perils of "assisted migration" of species. That story appeared in the May/June '08 issue of Orion magazine. Michelle notes that "the research (done in Florida) involved truly fascinating people and places, and -- hands down -- the worst hotels I've ever stayed in."
Clarification, and bird I.D.
Our Feb. 16 issue, "Two Weeks in the West" mentioned WildEarth Guardians' recent successful challenge of increased oil and gas drilling in Santa Fe National Forest. The appeal was not handled by the group's lawyers; Jeremy Nichols, director of the group's climate and energy programs, filed it himself. And "Canary in the Old Growth," also in that issue, contained an imposter: the "northern goshawk" pictured is actually a Cooper's hawk. Photographer Jim Parrish says the photo was taken during last fall's migration study, when the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources banded many Cooper's hawks.


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Monday, August 22, 2011
Don't Think I Don't Think About It
So many, that I'm having trouble choosing one for this post.
So for now, I will just type.
Until last Tuesday, I was a little lost in La La Land. Being on vacation really let us FUHGEDDABOUDIT.
It was a bonus to not think...(Wait, hold that thought...I got my song)
Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't"
For all you Hootie haters, sorry...I like the the country version of the Hoots, minus his Blowfish.
I have to say it was the first time in a long time, Steve and I really didn't feel the stress of it all in full force.
And the best part? There were ten days of it. Not just a few hours here and there or a day or two. I slept better than I have in so long. I felt more rested, more relaxed, more at ease.
But everyone knows what "back to reality" can feel like...
The post vacation blues. It's the day your horse n' carriage turn into a smelly (VERY smelly, according to my friend, Ed), dirty old Honda and your glass slippers break into a million pieces, cut up your feet and leave you beggin' for a pedicure.
A few days pass and you realize, the emotions that also took a mini vaca, will slowly or quickly creep back on in.
A few days pass and you might feel like you already need another vacation.
But a few days passed and I realize that reality is every single day I live. And though some days are surely greater than others, it is my life. And each day there are things, and more importantly people, who make it so beautiful.
It has been a little while since I've written a post that is deep and vulnerable. And trust me, they're coming. After all, I am at least a week into my two week wait and my hormones are raging.
Twinkie says...
But ya know what Mr. Twinkie...Too bad. I've got me some pictures.
And let's let Monday be simple. We've got the rest of the week to dig deeper.
I knew "back to reality" would go a lil' something like this...
Get back to cleaning on Tuesday.
Get a call from my boss for help.
Help. Then help some more.
Somehow say yes to a window job booked for tomorrow afternoon. (Yippee)
Feel the pressures of "our journey" (sounds so much better than our situation, doesn't it?)
But when times are busy, it helps. Might make me crazier at times...but it helps.
Still, "don't think I don't think about it"...I do. I am.
I can't complain. I cleaned Tuesday and Wednesday and was already off on Thursday.
I know the food pictures are gettin' a little old.
Just one, I promise.
Thursday I brought breakfast over to Kim's house. Doesn't it look so healthy and low carb?!
It was raining like crazy all afternoon, which I was happy for. It kept me in the house, forced me to tidy up and get back into the groove of things.
Steve and I got an impromptu invite to have dinner at Kim and Adam's. Sorry, no pics. I know...sad, huh!?
The food was delicious. But, my favorite was reading their son, Noah, his bedtime story.
Well, kinda reading...if you count two sentences. :)
Here's me (and apparently my best impression of the mask from "Scary Movie") and cutiepie Noah. He just gave me a super neato "Cars" bandaid for my fake boo boo and was all ready for me to read him his "Thomas the Tank Engine" book.
Reading went a little something like this. (I will improvise. you know I don't remember the exact sentences)
I get my reading voice ready. Noah is intently waiting. Kim is sitting on the floor in front of us. And I begin.
Me - "Thomas the Tank Engine...
Thomas and his tank engine went to visit the island of Sodor" *me sounding it out* So - door? so - dor? (looking at Kim for help)
Sodor (hahaha, you know I forget which it is still)
*Noah looking at me like, just read, lady!!
Me - "Once Thomas and friends reached the island of Sodor, they ran into their buddy, Sir Toe-fum Hoat (yep, that's how I pronounced it.)
You all know Sir Toe-fum Hoat, right?!
*Kim roars with uncontrollable laughter. I start hysterically laughing bc I realize that the first letter in "Hatt" is a "t" and not a "u"...(maybe I need to make an eye dr's appt.)
Though, come to think of it. "Haut" wouldn't sound like "Hoat" anyway. LOL
But uh, no...the real laughter is that I don't even know who Sir Topham Hatt is. And that I beyond mangled the poor man's name.
I see Topham. I hear TOE-FUM. (am I the only one? yea, I'm pretty sure I am) Through Kim's squeals she manages to tell me, "It's Topham Hatt...You know, like Top em' hat."
Kim and I - laughing so hard we feel like we did 1,472 sit ups.
Noah - gets up from bed. walks to Kim with book in hand. "Mommy, you read this to me"
More uncontrollable laughter.
End of story.
Friday, I ended up getting that "no more glass slipper" pedicure. After all, it was in celebration of Kelly's birthday.
Don't be bustin' on our feet, now. I know Kelly has a hiding pinky toe. And mine, well they are just chubby, wide, Frankenchubs...but I must say, our colors compliment each other very well. And the rainy windshield backdrop just enhances the beauty that is our feet.
I suggested we take a trip to Amish Country. Nothin' says Happy Birthday like a lil' Pennsylvania Dutch home cookin' all for the low low price of, all you can eat for $12.
So we headed off.
We only had a few run ins on our way. One with a horse n' buggy gone wild. And one with a crazy man in knee socks running towards Kelly's car like a giant rabid beaver.
We ate. A very sad amount for what we were braggin' about eating before we got there. We felt like they pumped tranquilizers into our food. Food Coma alert!! We got full way too easily. But once our eyes hit this (okay, so 2 food pics)...
Our tummies made some room. I get so giddy in the dessert section of Shady Maple. Yep, that's what this lil' slice of heaven is called. Look it up! Shady Maple Smorgasboard in PA.
I carelessly dressed up my ice cream. Imitation Reeses Pieces dancing all over the counter and floor like jumping beans. Kelly and I laughing our butts back to our seats.
After, I needed to show Kelly the amazing gift shop of SMS. It is HUGE. Full of anything and everything. And always fun to browse and try some fun things on.
How perfect is this "Crazy Cat Lady" tee on me?! I almost bought it.
And, doesn't Kelly look darling in her hat?!
Me and Kelly
We even stopped at Walmart on our way back. We figured we would start gathering enough pictures for "The People of Walmart-Lancaster Edition"...but seriously, there were none worth taking. People watchin' wasn't what we had hoped for. Bummer dude.
We ended our day with an hour and a half chat, stuck in Kelly's car, in my driveway because of the torrential downpour and lightening storm. Such a fun day, as always. We never know what we are going to get into! :)
Check Kelly out @ Stay At Home Trader.
We had our friends, Leslie and Jamie visiting til Sunday afternoon. Saturday, we hung out all day. Sat outside on the deck and took in the nice weather. We almost got attacked by a swarm of angry wasps after we met a preying mantis. It was quite an eventful afternoon. Steve, Jamie and Leslie share an "appreciation" as Steve would call it, for good beer. And, a LOVE for Pearl Jam. There was beer. There was Pearl Jam. There is always good conversation. I love when they tell stories of meeting Steve at school and how "different" he was but yet, still so much the same.
We went to a lil' yummy spot for dinner Steve has always wanted to take them there. And it just so happened, we were lucky enough to go on a night my brother was playing. We got front row seats. ;)
My brother, Nicholas
Jamie and Leslie
Me and Steve
Yesterday's weather was horrendous. The kind that makes you just want to stay put in the house all day and lazy it up on the couch. After some breakfast, a movie... *ha, if you're reading Leslie, Steve watched it 4 more times today ;)
and saying goodbye to our guests, I had some offices to clean. Blech. I drove with my flashers on the whole way. Basically swam my car to cleaning and felt the rain start to bring on some emotions. It didn't help that I listened to Adele during all my drives back n forth.
Reality truly is every single day. Whether it be a day alone or a day with loved ones. A sun shiny day or a dark and stormy one. An Adele song or a country song. They are all..life. And I'm doing my best to live it...live it up...and live through the good, bad, happy n' sad.
There have been tears this past week (hence, "don't think I don't think about it"). There have been moments of pure happiness this past week. I feel some deeper, more emotional posts coming later this week.
I'd add another picture, but Twinkie's getting a little angry over here.
Lucky for Twinkie and all you lovely people, I'm done posting pictures and almost done typing!! :)
Ok, one last paragraph. A few weeks ago, the Mr. surprised me. He told me he nominated me for the "CBS Philly's Most Valuable Blogger Awards".
I was flattered and thought it was sweet but had no idea what it was. I'm not big on competition, so I was a little uneasy. When I found out I made the list, I was happily surprised. So basically, what I'm tryin' to say is...give this LINK a little click click a' rooni. Press "VOTE" :) You can vote once a day. No pressure. I told my friends if they don't vote for me, they can expect a swarm of angry minions at their door. So, at least I can count on a few votes.
Ok, I think I've taken enough of your Monday morning away already.
Thank you everyone, for your well wishes and sweet n' funny comments on my last few posts. They always make me smile!
Wishing everyone a sunshiny Monday!!
Hope your weekend was wonderful!
Lots of LOVE,
20 comments:
- Erin said...
I voted for your blog, Maria. You are the sweetest and strongest person. It blesses me that you take everything in stride. The fact that you and your husbands desire is to be strong for each other will make a wonderful marriage. I wish you many blessings and full hearts!!
- August 22, 2011 at 6:03 AM
- Stephanie of Gumdrop Pass said...
It looks like you've managed to have some fun since coming back to reality! :) (Can I just say that the cat lady t-shirt looks OUTSTANDING on you? I can't believe you DIDN'T buy it!).
I'm heading over to vote for your blog now - congratulations on making the list!
Keep on tacklin' that reality girl! Have a happy Monday! <3
- August 22, 2011 at 6:06 AM
- Stephanie of Gumdrop Pass said...
Oh, and P.S. It seems like all of my favorite bloggers live in Philly! Seriously - you and about 4 others that I follow religiously! Perhaps I should contemplate a move... ;)
- August 22, 2011 at 6:09 AM
- Ginger@gingersnapcrafts said...
Hi! Found you on Mingle Monday. :) New follower. Hope your Monday is off to a great start. :)
- August 22, 2011 at 6:29 AM
- Cami said...
Twinky is so cute :)
Great post - loved it!
<3-Cami from First Day of My Life
- August 22, 2011 at 6:59 AM
- Kelly @ Stay at Home Trader said...
HAHAHAHAHAAHA I love that you used the pic from when we had our feet up on my dash! hahahahaha! I was sitting in the waiting room BUSTING OUT laughing through this. You are so funny!
Noah is so stinking cute - and BAHAHAHHA those Thomas the Train characters aren't named anything normal anyway! LOL! I think we've all had our SUUU-DOOOORRR and Sir Tap-that-a** moments :)
Hope you have a good week. I'm praying that the 2nd half of your 2ww goes quickly for you!
Thanks again for hanging out, and for making my b-day extra special
- August 22, 2011 at 7:45 AM
- Nicole Gilbert said...
So this is random and has nothing to do with your post but I think it will make you laugh. We had Taco bell for lunch today and I said to my husband "I can't eat Taco Bell and not think of Maria!" don't worry it's not a bad thing you just now have me obsessed with it too! My husband was like next time I get to pick the food haha...
- August 22, 2011 at 10:41 AM
- Moosey Mommy said...
I just voted for you! I loved reading about what you have been doing. I got excited when I saw a new post come up from you in my bloggie list. Simple things amuse me, I know! lol
- August 22, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- Mrs. E said...
I totally voted again =D Thinking of you!! xoxoxo~
- August 22, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- Muhammad Israr said...
cute cat...and the donuts seems very delicious :)
- August 22, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- mom said...
I voted for you!! Fun post and pictures :-)
- August 22, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- LOVE MELISSA:) said...
Such a fun and great post. Voted for you!
- August 22, 2011 at 2:16 PM
- Mrs. JRose said...
Voted for you! That is awesome Mr nominated you! Loved reading your words and love the food pics! :))
- August 22, 2011 at 3:09 PM
- Diana said...
Ok so this is going to be bizzarre... so I'm at lunch and THIS SONG comes on and I sit there and think..."oh that Hootie! I like him as a country singer more!!" And then u post about it!!
AHHHHHHHHHH.. so wierd!!
1. Love yalls pedicures!
2. Kelly and u.. awwww.. yall came out so cute in the pics! and Noah is adorable!
3. Of course i voted and continue to vote!! =) ur blog rocks!!
4. praying that u get extra GREAT news this month.
5. u make me happy!
6. but don't ever wear that cat shirt again! LOL.
sending u biiiiiiiiig hugs gf!
- August 22, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- Maria said...
Ha! The book that you read to Noah, Gavin has too. We never watched the shows but Gavin insists that it is said "So-Door". LOL Whatever. I say "soder" just to make Gavin crazy.
I hope that all of your tears are because of pesky pregnancy hormones taking over. :)
- August 22, 2011 at 6:11 PM
- Melissa said...
So sweet of your hubby to nominate you! I definitely voted. Your blog never fails to make me smile, even when it brings a tear to my eye too. You are awesome!
- August 22, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- waitingforarainbow said...
Gotta say... I'm having a rough night, and your post made me smile and giggle multiple times. You deserve that blog award for so many reasons. I look forward to your next post (as always). I get so excited for them... whether they're silly or sad, because no matter what they affect my emotions, and I feel you. You're an AMAZING writer...(but perhaps not the best reader? haha<3)
P.s. Should have bought the cat shirt!
- August 23, 2011 at 1:01 AM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
You need a vacation after a vacation in my opinion (or at least plans for another one to look forward to). I have been to Lancaster. We ate at Mary Yoder's, I believe. It was like 10 years ago so I can't remember exactly. I am glad you had some time off with your hubs to relax! Have a great rest of your week! XOXO, Kerstin
- August 23, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- Debi Gerhart said...
Hi, following through the blog hop. Come on by and say hi. http://thespringmount6pack.com
- August 24, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- Aleisha McD said...
Hey lady! OF COURSE you make that crazy cat lady tee look good!! CURSES!! How is that even fair?? I'd make that crazy tee look...well...even crazier. I adore you and am sending you love from Utah. (Would LOVE to visit Amish country one day! The landscape seems so flat, yet LOVELY. With no mountains to help with my direction, I'd probably get lost!)
- August 24, 2011 at 10:46 PM


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