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Friends, I currently have two dilemmas in my life. #1 school starts in less than two weeks. #2 I am currently swimming in zucchini.
School starting in two weeks makes me sad. I love having my kids home during the summer and I really enjoy the more laid back schedule. We are trying to implement the "school time schedule" this week, but it isn't going so well. After a couple of months of eating dinners late, staying up until the sun is more than set, and just kind of flying by the seats of our pants, the school schedule adjustment is going to be brutal. Brutal, I tell ya!
My zucchini troubles are typical this time of year. I go a little overboard at the farmers market, or the neighborhood veggie stand, and then I remember that I've kind of taken a little cooking hiatus over the summer and have all this zucchini to use up and nothing planned to take care of it.
The good news is my two dilemmas can be somewhat solved together. In an attempt to get "school time ready" I am back to planning our menus for the week. I know very well I can't go into the crazy schedule of the school year without some kind of plan in place. So, I sat down to make my first menu plan since May and guess what I made sure to implement in just about every meal somehow… zucchini!
This Bacon Fried Rice recipe is one of my all time favorite recipes. It's simple, full of great tasting veggies, and has OSCAR MAYER Bacon in it to make it even more amazing. It's a great back to school night dinner (you can use leftover rice and scrambled eggs if you have them, to make it even easier!). I usually put cubed up Chicken Thighs with my fried rice, but I love how bacon completely changes it to a whole new, delicious meal.
Bacon Fried Rice
3 cups water
2 cups instant rice (brown or white)
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil, divided
1 small yellow onion, chopped
1 small zucchini, coarsely chopped
¼ cup petite baby carrots (if you use bigger carrots, just peel and dice)
2 Tbsp. minced garlic
½ tsp. red pepper flakes
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 cup frozen peas
12 slices fully cooked OSCAR MAYER Bacon, cut into bite sized pieces
2 eggs
BRING water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in rice.
COVER and reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
HEAT 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions, zucchini, petite baby carrots and red pepper flakes. Cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables become tender. Add minced garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add cooked rice, soy sauce and bacon to the skillet. Cook for 1 minute. Add frozen peas and cook for an additional minute.
SCRAPE fried rice mixture to the side of the pan and add 1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil to the empty space in the pan. Heat the oil for 1 minute.
ADD the two eggs to the oil and allow to cook through, scrambling as they cook. Once the eggs are cooked, remove from heat and stir the entire fried mixture together. Serve and enjoy!
For more recipes and ideas, visit my blog at dineanddish.net.
You may never order pork fried rice again after trying our homemade version. Not surprisingly, bacon gives this dish that extra touch of amazingness.
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Hey Marty,
Sorry it's not going well. Maybe it's the time you're available and/or your skill rating. I've found two regular partners through this site who I play with weekly. But, yes, I had about 3 or 4 flake while I was searching for people to play with, so I know it's not all good here. My schedule is very tight, so it was hard at first to find people to play with, but now that I've found these two partners, I'm also not looking as much as I used to. And like someone else said, I can't do those, "wanna play today or in a few hours" requests.
So, what's your skill rating and when are you available to play?
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Christopher Thompson's Closing the Deal: NH should be proud of Amazon proposalBy CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON
January 20. 2018 4:41PM
Last week, Amazon released its short list of 20 cities it's considering for its second corporate headquarters. The company chiseled down the list of 238 proposals to get to the 20 potential locations. Unfortunately, New Hampshire didn't make the cut.
I've spoken to a lot of people about Amazon's announcement, and there's mixed feedback. A lot of people are very disappointed. Some people I know are shocked at the news and seriously expected New Hampshire to at least make it to the finals. Others thought it was for the best and didn't think the project was a fit for us in the first place.
I think it's safe to assume there are some pretty smart people at Amazon who are working on this project and considering a lot of different factors. But I was shocked to see Boston on the list of finalists over New Hampshire
I'm not exactly sure how they made their decision, but I have to wonder if they really analyzed some of the factors associated with a new headquarters in Boston versus New Hampshire. Take the cost of living as an example. By taking a quick ride up Intertate 93 and crossing into our great state, the average cost of rent is nearly cut in half. And I won't even get into quality of life and all of the other major advantages New Hampshire has over Massachusetts.
Being born and raised in New Hampshire, I recognize my bias, but some of it is really common sense. Why would you want to put your headquarters in a city that people can barely drive into? Getting into Boston is a miserable experience, and that's just making it there. Now try navigating your way around the gridlocked streets and getting to work on time. Good luck with that.
Even though New Hampshire won't be considered for Amazon's second headquarters, the process our state leaders went through putting together the proposal was well worth it. In business, there are deals you win and deals you lose. Sometimes when you lose, it's due to factors that are completely out of your control. And our loss is certainly an example of that. However, there are a lot of positives that are important to focus on. And everyone in business can learn from the experience.
Collaboration: If you haven't seen the proposal New Hampshire put together for Amazon, it's a must read. The document is packed with all of the great things our state has to offer and really shows how unique and special our state is. There was serious collaboration amongst state departments as well as people from the private sector needed in order to produce a compelling document like that.
It's evident a lot of time, effort and brain power went into producing it. And I'm sure the collaboration was healthy, productive and appreciated by those involved. Everyone who worked on it should be extremely proud.
Publicity: As I'm sure you've seen since New Hampshire submitted its proposal, there has been a lot of media coverage on this topic. It's created a platform to talk about the New Hampshire difference and a way for other companies to learn about what the state has to offer.
Sure, there are other cities that have that same opportunity, but for New Hampshire, it's a unique opportunity to spread the word and expose others to our state that otherwise may not have ever learned about its advantages. We've already heard officials report that other companies have expressed interest in moving to New Hampshire as a result of the proposal we submitted to Amazon.
A Chance to reflect: One of the most important things to do after you lose a deal is to take a step back and reflect on what you could have done differently to change the outcome. In our case, losing allows us to really drill into the what and why we need to recruit large companies like Amazon to our state. We can identify our shortcomings and find ways to make changes and increase our odds.
Rail is a perfect example. Although we don't know for sure, lack of public transportation in New Hampshire could have been a strike against us. And we're already seeing dialogue and stronger interest in rail as a result.
In the end, our odds of closing the Amazon deal were pretty long. But we absolutely put our best foot forward and did the best job we could trying to sell New Hampshire to Amazon.
Regardless of whether you win or lose, doing everything you possibly can to win is what's most important.
Christopher Thompson (email@example.com) is the vice president of business development at Talient Action Group in Manchester. Closing the Deal appears weekly.
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You have to wonder what dirt Glen Sather has on Bob Gainey. It is one thing for Sather to be able to move Scott Gomez's odious contract. It is even another thing for Sather to get back forward Chris Higgins – never mind a warm body. However, it is amazing that Sather was able to wrest away defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko in the same deal without giving up any of the Rangers main assets. While blueliner Doug Janik was also acquired from the Habs, it is expected the Rangers will let him walk as an UFA.
The losses of Tom Pyatt and Michael Busto are negligible when compared to the treasure Slats extorted from Gainey. I guess all those years of being in the NHL have finally paid off for Sather as he collects on the some of the favors he accumulated over the years.
"It gives us a lot more options or availability to do other things," "We're not up against the cap now. We've got lots of cap room. It just makes the options more inviting to us. Now, I'm not sure what's going to happen," Sather explained during a conference call. "We also have some depth with some of the kids we have in the minors and we wanted to make some room for those guys."
"Since this deal happened, I've had three other calls. It doesn't take long for people to realize you're going to make changes."
The key now is for Sather to resist the temptation of the past two years – the results which hamstrung the organization in the first place. During the past two years, Sather rushed out of the box to sign two of the exact same players (Chris Drury/Scott Gomez and Wade Redden/Michal Rozsival).
With salary cap space, Sather has the chance to let someone else set the market for a change as he sits back and reads the tea leaves. Even if the Rangers don't, or are unable, to sign any offense help, the team is still sitting pretty with a much valued commodity in the NHL – salary cap space – even after he takes care of his own RFAs Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky (something which he should do before another team launches a preemptive strike).
Sather has also positioned himself well in terms of being able to move one or more of his defensive prospects for help at forward without doing too much damage to his organizational depth.
As he moves forward, Sather should not only concern himself with landing a "big fish", but he should be looking at the bottom of the ocean for some hidden gems. He needs to find his own Patrick Sharp.
The Blackhawks forward was nothing more than a NHL fourth liner/AHL top six forward prior to being traded to Chicago from Philadelphia. After scoring 14 goals in 72 games with the Blackhawks and Flyers in 2005-2006, Sharp has averaged 27 goals during the last three seasons and that average would be higher if he didn't miss 16 games this year with a sprained left knee.
The key is to identify such a player and that is where Sather has to rely on his professional scouts. With the salary cap always looming large, it is important to be able to be able to go beyond the surface of raw numbers in order to find talent.
The acquisition of McDonagh, and to a lesser extent Valentenko, enhances the Blueshirts cache of prospects. With McDonagh in the fold, the Rangers now own five of the top 52 prospects that were rated by The Hockey News in their Future Watch 2009 issue: Evgeny Grachev (#19), Michael Del Zotto (#32), McDonagh (#37 – 3rd rated Canadiens prospect), Artem Anisimov (#48), and Bobby Sanguinetti (#52).
The web site Hockey's Future's rated McDonagh as Montreal's number one prospect (ahead of P.K. Subban and Max Pacioretty, THN's number one and two prospects) and Valentenko as their 11th best prospect.
Valentenko is a 6-2/220 defenseman who was Montreal's firth round pick (139th) in the 2006 NHL Draft. He played for their AHL affiliate in Hamilton in 2007-2008 and registered one goal and 16 assists and 58 PIM in 57 games with the Bulldogs. He started this season in Hamilton and played four games before returning to Russia. The Canadiens gave him a leave of absence to return to Russia to tend to family problems. While back home, he signed a three-year deal with Moscow Dynamo.
Interestingly enough, Valentenko supposedly blogged about his decision to leave Hamilton. In an online blog, the 22-year-old wrote that he was lonely and had grown weary of promises of recalls that the Canadiens did not follow through on (even though he was among the wave of recalls for the 2008 playoffs). According to Valentenko, he has the ability to return to the NHL after two years with Moscow Dynamo.
Here is how Hockey's Future described Valentenko, a player they view as someone in the "Bryan Marchment mold":
"Valentenko is blessed with a big shot — one that earned him hardest AHL shot honours in the 2007-08 season. He combines that with a physical game that borders on, but never crosses into, dirty play. Valentenko's been described as one of the most-hated players in the AHL and combines an ability to get under opponent's skin with the willingness to back it up."
"His offensive abilities are limited, but he's able to play a solid fundamental game: making the smart first pass, starting the rush, and taking care of his own end."
McDonagh, perhaps the prize of the deal, was the Canadiens first round pick (12th overall) in the 2007 NHL Draft. The 6-1/200 McDonagh was named the winner of the 2007 Mr. Minnesota Hockey award given to the state's top seniors. He has spent the last two years playing for the University of Wisconsin, where he was a teammate of top prospect Derek Stepan last year. McDonagh experienced a bit of a sophomore slump as he posted 5 goals and 11 assists in 36 games after posting 5 goals and 7 assists in 40 games as a freshman.
Herb Zurkowsky had the following write up of McDonagh in THN's Future Watch 2009 issue:
"After suffering from the sophomore jinx this season, McDonagh's play has improved and he's looked upon as a leader by his teammates and coach. He is a strong skater and represented the U.S. at the WJC."
"The Habs would like to see him open up and rely on his natural instincts, but McDonagh's considered physically ready to turn pro as soon as he learns the fundamentals of the pro game. He'll surely turn pro before finishing his final two years at Wisconsin."
In 2007, the International Scouting Service rated him as their 19th best prospect and compared his game to that of Dan Boyle. Here is what ISS wrote about him in 2007:
"Good skater – Quick feet – Good hockey sense. McDonagh is an offensive d-man with good puck skills. Impressed ISS scouts with his play at the U-18 championship in Finland. He showed that he is able to skate the puck up the ice or make a smart simple pass. Moves the puck crisply. Does a nice job in D zone identifying his man and then going to him. Has good feet, contains his man well off the rush. Worked well with Kevin Shattenkirk on the PP. Did a nice job of playing between the dots vs. the rush – during 1 on 1s forced man wide. Showed a nice ability to get a good shot off while on the move. Used in all situations – even, PP and PK – logged lots of minutes. He brings a variety of skills to the game. He is a well-rounded player and willing to compete hard every shift."
Chris Higgins is a 6-0/200 forward who was the Canadiens first round draft pick (14th overall) in the 2002 NHL Draft. The 26-year-old is a RFA who made $1.9 million last season. While he tailed off offensively last year (12 goals and 11 assists in 57 games), Smithtown, Long Island native posted three 20-goal seasons (27,22,23) the previous three years.
Last year was a lost season for Higgins as he missed six games due to a groin injury suffered in late October 2008 and then missed 19 more games mid-December 2008 through late-January 2009) due to a hand injury.
Interestingly, Higgins scored his first NHL goal against Kevin Weekes and the New York Rangers on October 6, 2005 at Madison Square Garden.
Faceoff.com offers the following scouting report on Higgins:
ASSETS: Has tremendous quickness and two-way aplomb. Can line up anywhere and be used in virtually any game situation. Owns above-average offensive upside.
FLAWS: Isn't strong enough to win a lot of battles in the corners. Needs to display more offensive consistency at the big-league level.
CAREER POTENTIAL: Top six winger.


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Mumbai: England batsman Jonny Bairstow, who was dismissed in the final over before lunch on day three of the ongoing second Test against India here today, may not have been out as per the laws of cricket.
Bairstow stretched forward and tried to flick left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha against the turn and the ball went to Gautam Gambhir at silly point, struck the fielder`s hand and hit his helmet`s grill and dropped back into his hands.
The batsman walked off immediately and the fielding side as well as not out batsman Kevin Pietersen too walked off the field for lunch with the two umpires.
But replays later showed exactly what happened and the two umpires, Tony Hill and Aleem Dar, were seen having a discussion with India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni just before they trooped out for the start of the second session.
It was not clear what exactly transpired in the conversation between the two umpires and the India captain. The decision stayed and Samit Patel came out to bat after lunch with Pietersen.
Incidentally, in the last series between the two teams in which India was whitewashed 4-0, a huge controversy had erupted in the second Test at Trent Bridge, when Ian Bell, who was on 137, left the crease thinking that a hit by his partner at the wicket Eoin Morgan had crossed the boundary and that the two umpires had called tea.
Fielder Praveen Kumar threw in from the deep after the ball had stopped just inside the ropes back to the middle and the bails were taken off. The Indians appealed and Bell was given out.
The batsman walked off but was reinstated after Dhoni, in a rare gesture of sportsmanship following a discussion between the two teams` managements, withdrew the appeal and Bell batted on before getting out at 159.
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take Tabane's name...
and then redo it as "Ta Bane"...
then... convert "ta" to TeH" and pronounce Bane as bunneh...
teh bunny...
probably explains her bunny ears
|2011-02-23, 13:09
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Also, the pun with Tabane's name is funny, but sems a little stretched
|2011-02-24, 20:36
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given the events from ep8, is it feasible that the anime will cover up toe the ending of the same fight shown in the first episode, the one against I believe was Silverior Gospel (and in which Houki gets her Akatsubaki, also introduced in ep1, and Ichika reaches the second shift, showing off his setura), without missing too imporant pats from the LN?
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|2011-02-24, 23:01
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I noted one thing so far, the title of the anime episodes match with the title of the chapter of the Light Novel.
Like This:
Volume 1
Chapter 1 = Episode 1: All my Classmates are Female
Chapter 2 = Episode 2: Class Representative Selection Match!
Chapter 3 = Episode 3: The Transfer Student is the Second Childhood Friend
Chapter 4 = Episode 4: Showdown! The Class League Match
Volume 2
Chapter 1 = Episode 5: Boy meets boy
Chapter 2 = Episode 6: My Roommate is a Young, Blonde Nobleman
Chapter 3 = Episode 7: Blue days ~ Red switch
Chapter 4 = Episode 8: Find out my mind
Volume 3
Chapter 1 = Episode 10(?): Rain maker - The heart of a young girl is the fog of a clear day
Chapter 2 = Episode 9: Ocean's eleven - 11 o'clock sea!
Chapter 3 = Episode 11(?): Thin red line - Standing on the boundary line
Chapter 4 = Episode 12(?): Dressy White
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Maybe it's just me, but i think that
Rain maker - The heart of a young girl is the fog of a clear day
might be skipped, unless said chapter is too important.
also, have the epilogues of the novels been included in the episodes?
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got 2 quick questions:
1) is it true that vol 7 will be released on 25 march?
2)if is it true will someone able to read it be kind enought to post a summary first possible plese? since vol 6 endend whit a damn cliffhanger
(sorry if my english is bad)
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So far, Kuroi Shinigami has been kind enough to write a summary of every chapter of the Novel. I'M NOT SAYING that he will definitely do it again, but if we can expect something, it would be from him
as for the release date, I have no idea about it
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|2011-02-25, 12:06
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Well, the novel has been scheduled to come out 25 March on MF Bunko official site, but vol 6 was delayed before even though it's been scheduled so there's still the possibility of delay. About the vol 7 summary. I'm thinking of making a simple summary this time and write the translation after I finish vol 6 instead, but I don't know, I'll see whether I'll make a simple or detail summary after I get my hand on the book and finish reading it(usually around 3-4 weeks after it comes out to get the book, and another week or two to finish reading it).
About the event in vol 3 chapter 1, it's basically a prologue chapter or some kind. It's the usual harem antic, one part tells about how Laura keeps sneaking into Ichika's bed naked and Houki's mad when she finds it, then about Houki's worry about her keep growing chest, then another part tells about the time Ichika and Charlotte is shopping for new swimsuit together, followed by Ichika's talk with Chifuyu about which girl he wants to make his girlfriend, and about Laura getting really smitten by being called cute by Ichika. It won't affect the plot much although there's a lot of fanservice shot so I guess they'll combine that chapter with the second one which is also about playing at the beach.
I'm actually glad they're gonna combine the two "build-up" chapter into one episode this time so they can invest more time for the epilogue and battle time. I don't want the horror of watching episode 8 last few minutes incoherence to happen again ><.
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Laura: "You will be my bride......"
am i wrong?
Call me sick if you want, but all that fan-service should be included in the episode, but if you are saying that it is short enough to be included, it would be great, specially the part about Laura senaking into Ichika's bed, and the obvious pummeling he would receive, probably from Houki
And after checking the introduction battle of the first episode, the 2° shift already tok place, because at the end of that intro, Ichika attacked using Setsura, meaning they spoiled the scene a little.
Anyway, I just hope that if the anime is going to consist of 12 episodes, it would be great if the studio is ready for a second season. But given that the first season is gonna consist of only 3 volumes, ending with a good climax, the hypothetical second season would consist of volumes 4, 5, 6, which would leave everybody with a huge cliffhanger (just like shakugan no shana second season). On the other hand, the could leave volume 4 out (which would be an absolut shame), and make it 5, 6, and 7. But my guts tell me that the story won't be finished in 7 volumes, meaning that in order to cover the whole story, at least three seasons would be needed
To summarize, the damn anime is gonna be to damn short, and the damn author has all of the IS readers eating from his/her palm
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Hmmm... For me, the scene after battle goes like this. *A little scene involving Laura's background* *cut* *Laura wakes up and talks very little with Chifuyu(they cut a lot of the dialogue here) **cut*
*Ichika suddenly goes eating with Chal and talks with Houki and Yamada sensei tells them the bath can be used now(even though there's no indication in earlier episode that Ichika likes to bath in big bath and he doesn't get time to use it because he's the only male)**cut*
(this is where it starts to get awkward)*Suddenly they go to bath together(in the novel, there should be a scene that indicate that Ichika go to the bath first because Chal tells him to go there first and she will enter after Ichika is finished, but Chal suddenly enter in the middle of his bath)**skip(they didn't even animate the getting out from the bath scene or the early morning scene where Chal tells Ichika to go first. After all, Ichika should notice that Chal is using her female uniform if Chal didn't tell him to go first)*
*final awkward scene of Laura kissing Ichika(this feels awkward because the newtype things between Laura and Ichika is cut a lot, and they leave out the explanation what that newtype things actually was*
It really feels awkward for me because they leave a lot of the important explanation that makes the after battle epilogue flows better(even the supposed explanation that Ichika's attack is too easy to read and that Reiraku Byakuya is supposed to be able to bypass the AIC of Laura, not to mention the part where Ichika make Laura falls for him) and instead enters too many fanservice scene(especially on last episode, they could cut the part where Chal trips on her pants and make Ichika pass out instead). That's why I support the director's decision to combine the two fan-service filled prologue into one episode this time.
There's also the "you're going to be my bride" scene in the anime. I'm not sure about fansub, but I'm pretty sure I heard "omae wa watashi no yome ni suru" in the raw(or something like that with the same meaning).
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There's also the "you're going to be my bride" scene in the anime. I'm not sure about fansub, but I'm pretty sure I heard "omae wa watashi no yome ni suru" in the raw(or something like that with the same meaning).
The subs are right. She really does say that because someone gave her wrong ideas about Japan.
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Just checked the MF Bunko official site. They delay IS vol 7 to april 8th, and considering MF Bunko usually publish their novel on the end of a month instead of start of a month, I really think they're going to push back the release date again. Well, I guess we'll have to wait longer to see what happened to Ichika after the cliffhanger at vol 6.
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Jim Parsons With His Own Mini Sheldon Cooper!
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This is so AWESOME!!!! I adore Shledon and the fact that he took the time to respond is wonderful. Congrats : )ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Amy :)Delete
This is so cute! It was so nice of him to send you a picture! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Grace! I know I was so surprised to see the picture, and that he took the doll on Conan!Delete
LOVE this! How terrific is he to take that pic and send to you. Awesome. Very, very happy for you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Lisa :)Delete
Do you sell these?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hello, I do sell premade Sheldon Dolls. But unfortunately I am not taking any orders at the moment.Delete
Just saw him on Conan! Congrats :) lil Sheldon was adorable!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! I know it was exciting seeing Sheldon on TV with his doll :)Delete
Watching Conan Obrian, Jim parsons is on with the doll :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Alicia! It was very exciting seeing Jim Parsons with the doll I made him. He is such a sweet guy :)Delete
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2012 at 9:57 PM
Saw Jim Parsons on Conan tonight on tv, he had your gift on there and mentioned your name and that it was dear to him! CongratulationsReplyDelete
Thank you, it was really exciting seeing it last night on TV :)Delete
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2012 at 10:39 PM
Did you catch Conan tonight ? :). Amazing little dolls! CongratsReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, I got to see it! It was very exciting to see Jim on TV with his doll!! :)Delete
Way to go! Saw him on Conan with his doll! :DReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Allison! It was so exciting seeing Jim on TV with the ami I made him. Words can't even describe how happy I am :)Delete
- AnonymousDecember 7, 2012 at 6:35 PM
The doll is so adorable. Please let us know when you will be seeking them again.ReplyDeleteReplies
I will make sure to post when I am free to make more! And I hope to have a giveaway next year for a Sheldon Doll :)Delete
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I am so happy for you! I have sent him a Harvey rabbit doll I made, and A Harvey photo book, with CD. And a plush soft kitty key ring (for good luck at the emmys) Though It didn't provide much luck. In all, I just asked him to sign a photo that I sent in with the book, along with a SASE. I sent to WB and to Roundabout in NY. I never got anything back. (sigh) I guess he really liked your doll. It is really cute, you are so talented! I am glad that you heard from him, I was beginning to think that nothing mattered to him. I glad to hear that is not true! BreannReplyDeleteReplies
Hello Breann,Delete
Thank you so much! I am still very excited about it :) I will never forget it. And I am sorry you never got a reply.
I have a problem with the pattern of Sheldon, do not understand the part that puts 100 in relation to the hair, can you help? Thank you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Are you talking about the wig cap?
This is amazing, I am happy for you that Jim was able to recieve Mini-Sheldon 100% all the way and safe. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I am so happy that he got it!!! And he is such a sweetheart to actually reply to me.....he is so amazing :)Delete
I would dearly love to be a proud owner of one of your Sheldon dolls. - Heather TReplyDeleteReplies
awww you are too sweet Heather! Once I am done my little waiting list then I will be having a draw for a Sheldon Doll for all the Jim Parsons/Sheldon fans out there like me :):)Delete


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Here's the Mets' lineup tonight at Philadelphia:
Jose Reyes, SS
Daniel Murphy, 2B
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Beltran, RF
Jason Bay, LF
Ike Davis, 1B
Josh Thole, C
Jason Pridie, CF
Mike Pelfrey, RP
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In late February 2012, Twitter hit 500 million users. This milestone has cemented Twitter as a major Social Media player. With this large user base, companies should be seriously considering integrating twitter with their marketing strategies. Benefits of integration include increased followers, brand awareness, and potentially a better bottom line. Here are some tips for increasing your followers.
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I am a Leadership Development consultant (Executive Producers) who focuses on developing leaders who focus on what people do RIGHT...their strengths. This creates engaging environments that producer results and a better life both on and off the job. My focus is on frontline, second line and aspiring leaders. I run workshops, create customized development solutions, collaboration sessions, executive coaching, and have leadership blogs under development. I focus on the positive in people and their talents. My goal is to Produce Executives who Produce Results.
Clients and those who want to ensure that their life priorities are clear and those who need some encouragement around their priorities. Managers, Leaders, and Individuals who want to better place their priorities are the target. My primary audience are my clients.
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If this latest report on our TV viewing habits is any indication, Fido is going to be one depressed puppy dog. Forget about spending quality time with Fido and the family, not to mention the Lord. Many Americans would rather spend time alone with their televisions, even when they're at home with their spouse and children.
At least that's what the numbers from an alarming new survey reveal. We have truly come to the point where we have completely redefined our relationship with our TVs. As scary as this seems, we now see the TV as less than a means of entertainment and more and more as a "companion." I don't know about you, but outside of some of the really good religious programming such as EWTN and maybe some of the classic movies channels, when I turn on the TV I am not seeing too many folks that I want to hang out with — unless you consider Honey Boo Boo's clan and the Kardashians as good, wholesome company.
Commissioned by LG Electronics and released late last month, the survey results are great news for the electronics industry, but bad news for those trying to get closer to God and each other. Here are just a few of the statistics:
• 38 percent of Americans turn on the TV as soon as they wake up.
• 61 percent fall asleep with the TV on.
• 45 percent switch on their TV within just 15 minutes of arriving home.
• 35 percent say their relationship with their TV is so strong, they would rather watch the same show at the same time as family members, but alone in a separate room.
• 73 percent leave their TV on for background noise and while doing chores.
How sad is it that we value our favorite shows so much that we will walk away from our loved ones, shut the door and plop down in front of the TV? We do this, according to the survey, because we simply do not want to be bothered or have interruptions during our favorite programs. How many people are convincing themselves that this is actually family time just because their kids have not left the building?
In his interview with the Argentinian weekly Viva, marking 500 days of his pontificate, Pope Francis stressed the importance of parents spending leisure time with their children. I can't read the pope's mind, but it is pretty clear that sitting around watching TV in separate rooms was not what he was referring to. He said he would often ask mothers in Buenos Aires how often they played with their children: "It was an unexpected question. It is hard. The parents go to work and come back when the children are asleep."
In the case of the moms, they weren't lounging around. They were working long hours trying to help put food on the table.
But the pope still stresses the importance of downtime together, including sharing in cultural activities such as art and reading.
Replacing family with TV is one major issue. Then there is our relationship with God. Sexual and violent content, and mindless reality TV shows make up a majority of today's programming. I would much rather hear about TV viewers and radio listeners watching and listening to Catholic media and falling asleep to the words of, say, Mother Angelica or Father Mitch Pacwa. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case.
When I sat down to read this study, I couldn't help but remember what Pope Benedict XVI told us several years ago: "We can no longer hear God. There are too many frequencies filling our ears." Apparently we can't hear our family members any more, either.
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Dear moms, i´m very worried and i need some advice:
My daughter has been with diarrhea for 9 days, so we took a stool test and she has no bacteria or virus. I took her to the doctor because she got worse (depositions every time she breastfed) so he ask for another test to see if she is lactose intolerant... turns out it supposed to be positive (this is a PH test). She is 7 mo and we have never had this problem before. His recommendation is to wean the baby immediately, and start with delactosed formula but I'm not ready for that and also not my daughter. So i proposed to try an absolute 0 dairy diet and he told me that i can give it a try. Right now her only symptom is this strange diarrhea and nothing else. I wasnt sure about this diagnosis so i also took her to a pediatric gastroenterologist and he thinks it is almost impossible to develop a lactose intolerance if the baby has never had this problem before, so he gave her a medicine for 6 days... she got better but now we are like day 1 again! (green mucus diarrhea every time she takes my milk)
I need some advice in here... anyone has or knows a baby who developed a human milk lactose intolerance?
It is posible that a 7mo baby develop a human milk lactose intolerance?
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A solar-powered plane making its initial cross-country voyage sometime in May will be stopping in St. Louis, Lambert Airport officials said Tuesday.
The exact date of takeoff for the Solar Impulse will depend on the weather: The plane is so light and delicate it can't fly through clouds or bad weather.
Plans call for the Solar Impulse to take off from San Francisco and fly to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. It will make four stops in between — Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. The stops other than St. Louis had been previously announced.
Each flight leg will take 20-25 hours. The plane is expected to stay at each stop for about 10 days. It is expected to arrive in late May in St. Louis, home to one of aviation's greatest pioneers, Charles Lindbergh.
"The history of flight is traced through our city with the support of Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis nearly 90 years ago," Lambert Airport director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said. "We are extremely proud to host a new aerial wonder as it demonstrates the next generation of aviation technologies."
The Solar Impulse — with the wingspan of a Boeing 747 but as light as a car — is powered by about 12,000 photovoltaic cells that cover the wings and charge its batteries, allowing it to fly day and night without jet fuel.
It is designed to showcase the potential of solar power and will never replace fuel-powered commercial flights. The single-seat plane cruises at around 40 mph.
Solar Impulse founders Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg will take turns flying the plane.
Borschberg, in a statement, called the plane "a flying laboratory for clean technologies." He said the prototype has been in the works for seven years.
Lambert officials say the Solar Impulse will have a public viewing during its stop in St. Louis. Details will be announced later.
The flight will be streamed live on Solar Impulse's website, http://www.solarimpulse.com/en/tag/across-america .
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*For Tuesday's lecture (10.2) please read the Rad51 paper up until the bottom of the left column on page 601 and study figures 1-3. The Rad51 paper is linked from the front page of the DNA Engineering module.
*For Tuesday's lecture (10.2) please read the Rad51 paper up until the bottom of the left column on page 601 and study figures 1-3. The Rad51 paper is linked from the front page of the DNA Engineering module.
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Fall 2012
Instructors: Angela Belcher, Bevin Engelward, Shannon Hughes-Alford, Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak
Writing Instructor: Leslie Ann Roldan
Oral Presentation Instructor: Atissa Banuazizi
Graduate TAs: Jenny Kay, Eric Ma, and Jackie Ohmura
Lecture: T/R 11-12 (16-220)
Lab: T/R 1-5 or W/F 1-5 (56-322)
Seminar Room: 16-336
Welcome to 20.109! For many of you this will be the first time in a research lab and for others it will not, but it is our goal to make this class a useful and fun introduction to experiments and techniques in biological engineering. There is not time enough to show you everything you'll need to know if you go on to do research, but after taking this class you should feel confident and familiar with some fundamental experimental approaches and lab protocols. You will develop good habits at the bench, ones that will increase the likelihood of success in your work and ensure the health and safety of you and those around you. By the end of the semester, you should also be aware of good scientific practice, having had some experience with report writing, notebook keeping and publicly presenting your data. All of us involved in teaching 20.109 hope you will find it a satisfying challenge and an exciting experience that has lasting value.
- To submit your major assignments, access the Stellar drop-box that's here
- T/R lab: Your lovely diagnotic digest gels are now posted to the Talk page for M1D5. Check out your results and ask if you have any questions about what you see!!
- For Tuesday's lecture (10.2) please read the Rad51 paper up until the bottom of the left column on page 601 and study figures 1-3. The Rad51 paper is linked from the front page of the DNA Engineering module.
- Agi's current office hours schedule will always be posted on the Talk tab of her user page, linked here. This coming week, Monday office hours will be held from 12:30-1:30 (I have a one-time conflict at the usual 2-3), and Tuesday office hours from 4-5 pm. Note that I'm happy to answer questions about optional homework assignments that you have tried.
- I've just posted my M1D3 notes -- with apologies for forgetting to do so before traveling this weekend. Consider putting a "watch" on the Schedule page to always know when lecture notes have been posted. Hope to see some of you at office hours this afternoon! AgiStachowiak 12:13, 25 September 2012 (EDT)
- Since a few people have had trouble locating the gels I ran after class last week, the link to them is here. You can also reach this page by going to the M1D3 page and then clicking the "talk" link at the very top of the page.
- Hi all -- for this week, Agi will have office hours from 4-5 pm on Tuesday, in 16-319. Future OH will be some combinations of Mondays 2-3 pm and Tuesdays 4-5 pm (some weeks both days).
- Hi all -- for this week, Agi will have office hours from 2:30-3:00 pm, in 16-319. Future OH are TBD, pending more responses to the poll.
- Hi folks -- just a reminder that Agi's office hours poll is linked at here. Please fill out tonight if you can!
- NK office hours will be Mondays from 10-11 in lab, starting Monday Sept 24th.
- A note about quizzes: The material will be primarily based on 1) the previous lecture and 2) the lab introduction material (with perhaps some minor questions from the protocol) of the lab you are about to complete. For example, your quiz on M1D2 will be regarding the material given in the M1D2 introduction and the M1D1 lecture.
- There will be no student written quiz on Tuesday/Wednesday of this week (9.11 and 9.12) since we'll be having a Lab Certification. Quizzes will start on Thursday/Friday of week 1and you should assume there will one every day EXCEPT the first day of a new module OR a day there is a Lab Certification.
- T/R lab: Here is a doodle poll to help me find a good time to hold office hours: http://doodle.com/a39irvzex9f4ify6 Please respond by Thursday Sept 13th.
- You will need your lab notebooks on Tuesday/Wednesday (9.11 and 9.12) to record the work you do at the very end of lab.
- For Tuesday's lecture (9.11), we will have the LateNiteLabs folks visiting and they will walk through the virtual lab environment. If you have a laptop that you can bring to lecture on 9/11, you might enjoy walking through the labs with them on your own computer.
- Please check out the Assignments link so you and your lab partner can make your choices no later than M1D3.
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The lyrical animation, with its meditative attention to nature, bears the unique stamp of Japan's Studio Ghibli, cofounded by the great "Spirited Away" animator Hayao Miyazaki.
Disney TV star Bridgit Mendler brings an effective if limited friendliness to Arrietty; Will Arnett and Amy Poehler are relatively restrained as her parents; Carol Burnett runs through a career's worth of vocal flourishes and aural panic attacks as the housekeeper.
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Deeply felt anime about loneliness and friendship.
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Parents need to know that The Secret World of Arrietty is a charming and unexpectedly profound anime film from the Japanese studio responsible for movies like Ponyo, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle. It's full of heart but also has some sad moments and tackles some somber themes -- including illness (Arrietty befriends a child who is said to be dying) and estranged family relationships -- which may make it a little intense for the youngest moviegoers. There's a kidnapping, and a sick young boy's mother sends him away to stay with a relative for a while -- a separation that may upset some little kids. But overall the movie is very sweet, and there's no swearing, smoking, drinking, strong violence, or overly sexy content to worry about.
Educational value: Teaches kids about the importance of communication and the value of understanding other people's circumstances.
Messages: The movie's strongly positive message is to be brave and reach out to someone (even those you don't quite understand); chances are the world will embrace you, too.
Role models: Arrietty is a strong teen who's brimming with confidence, compassion, and a healthy sense of self. Though she does sometimes go against her parents' will, she never does it out of malice and is always acting out of the goodness of her own heart. On the other hand, the housekeeper shows a discomfiting mean streak, which is played for laughs.
Violence and scariness: A human destroys the Borrowers' habitat. An important character is kidnapped but later rescued. The main character befriends a child who is said to be dying, which could upset some kids.
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For most observers, the main focus of their attention is what goes on on the field. But for any professional sports team, success is built from much more than just the events on the field. There is a ton of work behind-the-scenes to ensure that everything goes smoothly, especially when travelling on the road.
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Everyone likes to complain about how much money doctors make. Many people hear the word "physician" and equate it with a mansion, BMW, and lavish vacation. But physicians don't make nearly as much as you think.
After finishing high school, physicians spend a minimum of 11 years in training. Specialized physicians train even longer, sometimes for as long as 20 years. These are years spent making no money while in school, or making very little money during residency and fellowship. And by the time these individuals are "real" physicians, they are already in their mid-to-late thirties and have spent years struggling financially to support themselves and their families.
During the three to seven years of medical residency, physicians in training who abide by the maximum 80-hour-work-week mandated by the Joint Commission make approximately $11 an hour before taxes. Some residents impermissibly work over 100 hours a week, which makes their hourly wage even lower. Many residents travel to numerous different hospitals, cover the cost of their own gas, and even have to pay for parking at the hospitals where they work. Residents pay hundreds of dollars to attend conferences to improve their knowledge in their area of practice and thousands of dollars to study for and take licensing exams.
Now, you might think that this is a small price to pay to make the big bucks starting at age 35. Wrong. Physician income decreased in 2011, malpractice insurance premiums and other costs are on the rise, and reimbursement rates are declining. Although the potential 26.5 percent Medicare reimbursement cuts were avoided in the fiscal cliff settlement, the fix is only temporary and the increases could still kick in sometime in the future.
At the same time, the cost of medical school tuition continues to increase faster than the rate of inflation. The average osteopathic (D.O.) medical school graduate has $205,675 in debt, and the average allopathic (M.D.) medical school graduate has $162,000 in debt. And as of July 1, 2012, graduate students were no longer eligible for subsidized Stafford Loans offered by the federal government, which will cause medical education debt to increase even more.
So, you think doctors are in it for the money? If they once were, they aren't anymore. Nearly half of all physicians regret going into medicine. And when asked whether they feel they are adequately compensated, only 51% of physicians say yes.
Healthcare costs could bankrupt our country, and the high cost of physician salaries is a contributing cause. However, we cannot reduce physician salaries until we reduce the cost of physician training. We cannot expect physicians to spend up to 20 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in training and then pay them a meager salary.
While your radiologist or orthopedist may be making enough money to be considered "rich," some physicians risk going broke. Your primary care physician may not even be making enough to pay off her medical school loans. Plus, high expenses and debt repayment cause all physicians' take-home pay to dwindle.
So next time you are jealous of your physician's salary, remember the time and sacrifice it took to earn that salary, and that her take-home pay isn't nearly as high as it appears.
And yes, I note in the interest of full disclosure, that I am engaged to a resident physician.


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10 hours - Audio CD Set
Mr. President
Volume 1
"These are little-known stories of the men who have lived in the White House...dramatic, exciting events in their lives that you and I so rarely hear..."
"Mr. President"
, a dramatic series that premiered over ABC Radio on June 26, 1947 and was heard until September 23, 1953, established its novel premise pretty much from the first broadcast: it dramatized weekly events in the lives of the various men who at one time held the highest office in the land, the Presidency of the United States of America. Created by Robert G. Jennings, "Mr. President's" 'hook' was that during each episode, the name of the President was withheld until a brief epilogue at the program's end. It became a challenge, then, for listeners to identify the subject of that week's drama...though students and scholars of American history probably had an advantage over the average listener by sifting through the clues frequently inserted in the scripts.
Essaying the role of the Commander-in-Chief was character actor Edward Arnold, a popular performer with audiences -- even if subtlety wasn't necessarily his stock-in-trade. Frequently cast in feature films as a well-fed capitalist and/or businessman, Arnold's contract at M-G-M necessitated that he make appearances on their "Good News" radio program from 1937 to 1940, and he later became a regular on Charlotte Greenwood's sitcom in the mid-1940s. (If you listen closely to extant broadcasts of "The Charlotte Greenwood Show," you can easily pick out the actor's distinctive guffaw...primarily because he seemed to be enjoying the show far more than the audience was.) By the time of "Mr. President's" debut, Arnold had demonstrated marked improvement in his radio acting, and made such a distinct impression in the role that he was often addressed as "Mr. President" -- even by President Harry S Truman, who became a good friend of the actor and invited him to the White House on many occasions.
Keeping Edward Arnold's excesses in check were a vibrant group of supporting actors who, though they may have been deprived of credit, made the greatest contribution to the program with their consistently top-notch performances. They included such Radio Row stalwarts as Betty Lou Gerson, Lurene Tuttle, Bea Benaderet, Hans Conried, Parley Baer and Joseph Kearns; Owen James was "President's" longtime announcer, with Dick Woolen handling the directing-producing and Basil Adlam providing the music.
To modern-day ears, "Mr. President" might come across as a little sentimental and very heavy on the patriotism, but its content isn't too far removed from the works of film director Frank Capra, whose films ("You Can't Take It With You," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," and many others) were sometimes referred to as "Capra-corn"...and often featured "Mr. President's" star, Edward Arnold. It is the unusually fine writing, however, that separates the program from its contemporaries: scribes like Jean Holloway, Bernard Dougall and Ira Marion crafted first-rate scripts despite the fact that at the time of the show's run there were only thirty-two men who had occupied the White House. (On occasion, though, the program would deviate from its normal regimen and either present repeat performances or, as a change of pace, a dramatization like that of Edward Everett Hale's classic short story, "The Man Without a Country," which is featured in this collection.
"Here's a story that happened in Washington a few years ago. Listen closely, and see if you can tell who the President was..." With that introduction from star Edward Arnold, listeners knew they were about to be entertained by a fascinating story - humorous, dramatic, or a combination of both - detailing an event in the lives of some truly great men. All of the episodes contained in this set have been taken from ABC network master recordings, originally from the collection of Jean Holloway, the writer of many episodes in the series. All of the broadcasts are uncirculated and are, in fact, likely the only recordings of these shows in existence. Radio Archives is very lucky to have located these one-of-a-kind recordings and we're pleased to make them available for the first time in over half a century.
He Went to Paris
Sunday, January 23, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
The Tall Target
Sunday, March 6, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
To the Victor Go the Spoils
Sunday, March 27, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
A Door That He Can't Open
Sunday, April 3, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Splitting Wood and Splitting Hairs
Sunday, May 8, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Ladies They Talk About
Sunday, May 15, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
He Went to Paris
Sunday, June 26, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
The Man Without a Country
Sunday, July 3, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Have a Little Faith
Sunday, July 31, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
The Beast of Buffalo
Sunday, August 7, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Strategy, My Boy, Strategy!
Sunday, August 21, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Boys Will Be Boys
Sunday, September 11, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
The Man of the Hour
Sunday, September 25, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Leadership in Crisis
Sunday, October 23, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Stormy Weather
Sunday, December 11, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Give and Take
Sunday, December 18, 1949 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Weighty Affairs of State
Sunday, January 1, 1950 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Sound as a Dollar
Sunday, January 8, 1950 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
A Gift Horse in the Mouth
Sunday, January 15, 1950 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Homeland Security
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Continuing to ramp up for its late summer launch, Al Jazeera America announced the hire of four news anchors.
The New York City-based cable news network will be available in some 50 million households starting in late August. Its parent company, Al Jazeera Media Network, purchased Current TV in January for $500 million.
The new network expects to have a staff of 800 at launch and will have a dozen bureaus including Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Nashville and New Orleans.
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The new hires are: Jonathan Betz, Richelle Carey, Morgan Fogarty and Del Walters. While a reporter for WWL-TV Channel 4 in New Orleans, Betz spearheaded the station's coverage of Hurricane Katrina, winning a Peabody Award for the team.
Carey hails from Atlanta and worked for seven years as a reporter and anchor for CNN. Fogarty was a lead anchor at WCCB News in Charlotte, N.C.; and Walters has won more than 20 Emmys during nearly 20 years serving as an anchor and investigative reporter for WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C.
Media watchers speculate that Al Jazeera America's biggest hurdle in the United States will be overcoming a perception held by some that the government of Qatar-funded news organization is anti-American.
Al Jazeera America has made a number of major hires of late. They include signing former CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien as a special correspondent, and signing investigative journalist and former ABC reporter Lisa Fletcher to host the news show "The Stream."
Elisabeth Hasselbeck gives emotional farewell to "The View"
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'Inventions' not always practical, but at least they're entertaining
Humans and animals alike have always found the stuff that comes from the weird brains of inventors nothing short of fascinating. Without a doubt, many so-called inventions cause us to question the wisdom of giving humans the ability to reason.
To think that the same organism that invented the wheel and the box also invented the mushroom peeler and the nose hair groomer is difficult to fathom. The last two items are testaments to God having a sense of humor.
Every time somebody says, "What will they think of next?" someone does just that. We haven't addressed the weirdest and the worst in a while. So, after nanoseconds of extensive Internet research, I am delighted to give you, our faithful readers, who have been waiting for minutes with bated breath – the results.
The terms geek, nerd and camping traditionally do not spend much time in the same sentence. Until now, that is. The Orange Company just revealed its perfect invention for the geek and the nerd who want to venture out into the wild and experience nature with its solar-powered "tent of the future," so to speak. The tent ensures that all geeky gadgets and electronics will function while the geeks and nerds enjoy their camping adventure.
Orange teamed with product design consultants, Kaleidoscope, to create a modern tent that harnesses solar energy to power gadgets and equipment via a wireless charging pouch. The tent uses a photovoltaic fabric to receive the maximum amount of energy directly from the sun throughout the day. The inventors even included integrated "glo-cation" technology to assist campers in finding their way back to the tent should they get lost. A mobile phone can send a text message to the tent, which will then cause the camp to glow so it can easily be seen.
The tent has a wireless control hub that illustrates the amount of energy generated, as well as the amount of energy consumed. A wireless Internet signal on a touch screen display and a heating system that kicks in at a pre-determined temperature are included for convenience and comfort. How we have survived so long without the ingenious non-camping-oriented camping gear is beyond my realm of comprehension. Nonetheless – I want one.
Unfortunately, the "tent of the future" is the highlight of our list of cool inventions. The balance of products now takes a serious nosedive.
Heading the list of really impractical, but entertaining inventions comes the "house that walks."
The prototype apparently walked around the campus of the Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridgeshire, England.
The eco-friendly house is powered by solar cells and miniature windmills, and comes with a kitchen, a composting toilet, a system for collecting rain water, one bed, a wood stove for CO2-neutral heating, a rear opening that forms a stairway entrance and six legs.
A collaborative effort between MIT and the Danish design collective N55, the house walks about five kilometers an hour – similar to the walking speed of a human.
The house can turn, move forward or backwards, change height as required, and can be programmed with GPS waypoints for traveling to destinations. This intriguing invention brings new meaning to the term, "She took my house in the divorce."
Then we have "digital BBQ tongs" to tell the temperature of meat through an LED display, and an item called a "dollar stretcher" that can literally stretch a dollar up to 14 inches without tearing it. I believe there are laws limiting its use.
Following these ingenious inventions, we bring you "the popcorn fork." Hey! I'm just the writer. Don't blame me for this weird stuff.
The fork is for people who dislike the greasy texture of popcorn on their hands. This multi-functional tool comes with a cap on the end that doubles as a saltshaker. Fortunately, it is not available in stores anywhere.
I refuse to give an overabundance of ink to the following items: The "high five simulator," and an apparatus for "kicking your own butt." The latter item is for those who have the need to fulfill the old saying, "I could just kick myself." If you don't believe that the last two items exist, look them up on the Internet. The inventor actually reveals his name.
The last item is named "bowlingual," and it helps dog owners understand their pet's language by analyzing and interpreting their bark.
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Benny Arnold McAlpine, 68, of Lexington, passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at his residence after a sudden illness.
Benny Arnold McAlpine, 68, of Lexington, passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at his residence after a sudden illness.
A funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Faith Missionary Alliance Church, where he was a charter member, by the Rev. Michael Gates. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the church prior to the service.
Benny was born in Forsyth County on July 14, 1944, to James Henry McAlpine and Alice Ruth Lee McAlpine. He was a graduate of North Davidson High School and attended Appalachian State University. He was a former aide to Congressman Earl Ruth and retired from the planning and zoning department of Davidson County. Benny was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Nancy Ruth Mizell.
Benny is survived by his brother, James Harold McAlpine and wife Nancy; sister Jo Anna Tally and husband Rick, both of Winston-Salem; six nephews; several great-nieces and nephews; and his extended special family at the Davidson County Governmental Center.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22038 or to Faith Missionary Alliance Church Missions, 1078 Gumtree Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27107.
Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel is assisting the family.


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There are a lot of reasons for the demise of radio...but it definitely started with the Telecommunications Act passed in 1996. If you're unfamiliar, read up on it. It damaged radio permanently. Clear Channel benefited from it and ruined a lot of great radio stations as a result. Problem is, advertisers continue to pull out of radio ads, which forces stations with thin margins to cut budgets and allow for cheaper salaries and mediocre personalities.
As a result of that, people have found and continue to find alternatives, like CDs, podcasts and mp3 players.
Radio will die when the buck stops and the buck keeps getting smaller. It's just a matter of time and radio will be dead.


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Babies to get 'gut bug vaccine'
Babies in the UK are to be vaccinated against a tummy bug which causes tens of thousands of cases of vomiting and diarrhoea each year.
Rotavirus infection is rarely fatal in the UK.
Using the vaccine has cut cases and reduced hospital admissions in other countries, including the US.
The Department of Health said the vaccine would be offered from September 2013 and would be given in two doses after two and three months.
The bug is very infectious and causes about 140,000 cases every year in the under-fives. About 14,000 will need hospital treatment.
Experts believe that vaccination would cut the number of cases in half and lead to 70% fewer hospital visits.
Prof David Salisbury, the director of immunisation at the Department of Health, said the virus "spreads very easily" and causes distress for children and families.
"Many people think of diarrhoea as something that all children get and that you have to put up with. But there is a way to protect children from this. I'd encourage all parents of young children to accept this vaccine when the programme begins next year."
He added the vaccine - which is administered in drops - had been "used very extensively" with "huge trials demonstrating both its safety and its effectiveness".
It is expected to cost £25m a year to vaccinate 840,000 children a year. However, the government believes cutting the number of cases will save the NHS £20m.
Prof Adam Finn, from the University of Bristol, said: "Rotavirus causes large epidemics of diarrhoea and vomiting in babies and young children every winter and with it, misery for thousands of families across the country.
"I'm pleased that another unpleasant illness that affects most children is going to be brought under control. It will also help hospitals cope in the busy winter months by reducing pressure on beds and front-line staff."
Dr David Elliman, from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said the vaccine would prevent a "huge amount of suffering" and save the NHS money.
"This vaccine will mean less pressure both on distressed parents who have to care for their children and of course the GPs and hospital services who are treating them," he said.


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- Mentoring Program: Cataloging and Classification Section, Committee on the Education, Training, and Recruitment for Catalogers: Mentoring program pairs new catalogers with experienced catalogers in the field.
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- Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC):
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- Asian/Pacific Librarians Association (APALA):
- Free division memberships to Spectrum Scholars, of any heritage, who are currently enrolled in LIS programs. Visit http://www.apalaweb.org to complete an application.
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- Spectrum Scholar/PLA National Conference Travel Grant: The grants provide $1500 for travel and housing arrangements, and complimentary registration to each of 10 Spectrum Scholars to attend the PLA National Conference, held every two years. For more information about PLA and the conference, visit the PLA web page at http://www.pla.org. To view the most current application and grant information, see Media:PLA_NC_Travel_Grant.doc.
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- Mentoring Program: http://www.reforma.org/mentoringprogram.html
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August 5, 2013
Professor Jonathan Parker
In February 2008, Congress passed a $100 billion stimulus bill aimed at shoring up an an economy on the edge of freefall.
The stimulus awarded a tax rebate of up to $600 per person or $1,200 per couple in hopes that recipients would spend the money and prop up the sagging economy.
Jonathan Parker, one of MIT Sloan's newest professors, said he believes the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act offers a promising opportunity to study a vexing question: Is household stimulus effective and good public policy?
"My research suggests that the stimulus payments did increase spending, and the extent to which they did informs us about the effects of similar policies on the economy." Parker said. "We now have a reasonable idea about the spending responses to hitting the Fiscal Cliff or to a proposed tax change."
"Whether the stimulus bill was good public policy, some will say 'yes,' others will say 'no,'" he said. "That's one of the things I'm studying."
Parker joins MIT Sloan from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, where he wrote several papers examining the impact of stimulus spending. He says at MIT he expects to continue to study stimulus spending versus austerity.
"My view is there is not a great case for either," Parker said. "A convincing quantitative picture is still murky. A requisite for clarifying that picture is a better understanding of how firms and households behave. That's what I'm continuously chasing."
This fall, Parker returns to MIT, where he received his doctorate in 1996. He joins an impressive roster of finance faculty at MIT Sloan, which is home to Nobel laureate Robert Merton and 2012 Time 100 honoree Andrew Lo.
"It's a great institution with fantastic colleagues, from the grad students to the most senior faculty member," Parker said. "It's an exciting place to be."
It is also a personal homecoming for Parker, who was raised in the Boston suburb of Newton.
As a child, Parker couldn't avoid being influenced by the academic life. Both parents worked at Boston University—his mother was an administrator, his father a professor of ancient Near Eastern languages and religion specializing in the ancient language Ugaritic.
While he didn't choose economics until college, Parker's studies began at the kitchen table.
"My mother was continuously coming up with mechanisms to make sure things were reasonably fairly divided between me and my brother," he said. For instance, one brother sliced a piece of cake and the other brother got to pick which slice he got. "There's something about that in economics, determining allocations in reasonable ways, understanding incentives, and thinking about how to make mechanisms that efficiently allocate resources," said Parker.
His parents sent him to the rigorous Roxbury Latin School in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Parker went on to earn a bachelor's in economics and mathematics from Yale University in 1988, and later a PhD in economics from MIT. The longtime headmaster at Roxbury Latin, F. Washington "Tony" Jarvis, an Episcopal priest who oversaw the school from 1974 to 2004, left a lasting impression.
"He was an inspirational figure for thinking about living for more than a house in the suburbs and the 2.5 kids and a minivan," Parker said. "It was about doing something bigger, better, and beneficial to other people rather than measuring success in life by income."
Parker studies household economics and asset pricing—the big economic questions that touch on people's everyday lives.
After posts at the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin, Parker taught at Princeton University.
In 2009, while at Northwestern, Parker was tapped to join a team of economists charged with devising a way to attach values to the assets in the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) portfolio. It was critical to find ways to help the government pin values to assets to protect taxpayers. There were many challenges, Parker said.
"How do we value claims the government holds against AIG, Citigroup, and most of the smaller banks in the U.S.?" Parker asked. "Many of the claims on these institutions held by the U.S. government—and so taxpayers—were not traded in the marketplace, so how do you figure out their worth? Given that some may not pay the government back, and the government controls policies that influence whether they will be able to, how do you price the risk in these banks?"
Parker's work studying the efficacy of stimulus spending started at Princeton with the tax rebates of 2001, and continued at Northwestern. There he set out in several studies to measure exactly what households did with their stimulus checks, and why, with an eye toward influencing future policy.
In 2012, Parker wrote "The Economic Stimulus Payments of 2008 and the Aggregate Demand for Consumption," with Christian Broda of Duquesne Capital Management. The pair used consumer purchase scans to see how the tax rebates were spent.
What they learned was that after rebates arrived, households raised spending 10 percent in the first week and 4 percent in the following seven weeks, then the spending trailed away. Almost all consumer spending was by households with incomes of $35,000 or less and with two months or less of liquid assets.
Parker said it is tough to sell stimulus programs if households believe they don't work and are costly because they add to the nation's long-term debt.
"The $64,000 question is, 'What do we do now—with the US debt to GDP as high as it is and a perceived need to increase spending for demand?'" Parker said. "There's a tough trade-off because household spending reflects not just cash flow, but also future concerns about who's going to pay, and will there be a default crisis?"
His research so far doesn't give a clear answer—stimulus or austerity. But then again, no one has the answer yet.
"Economists who get on TV and say 'I'm sure we should do more stimulus' or claim that the only way forward is austerity, they are not getting there from the academic evidence they've read," Parker said. "They're getting there from somewhere else."
"I'm always humbled by how little we know," Parker said. "The world is infinitely more complex than our economic models. So we're continuously learning. Some of the biggest questions in economics are still up for grabs."


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Global Semiconductor Sales Increase in October, Remain Above Seasonal Rate
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Dec. 4, 2012 04:55 PM
Americas spur October growth; industry projects slight decrease in global sales in 2012, followed by moderate growth in 2013 and 2014
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $25.22 billion for the month of October 2012, a 1.7 percent increase from the prior month when sales were $24.79 billion. Monthly sales topped $25 billion for the first time in 2012 and remained above the seasonal growth rate in October. Total year-to-date sales in 2012 were down 3.7 percent compared to the same time last year, but the deficit was smaller than it has been all year. Regionally, sales increased in the Americas by 8.1 percent, marking the region's largest sequential monthly upsurge in the last decade. All monthly sales numbers represent a three-month moving average.
"The global semiconductor industry has demonstrated impressive resilience this year, despite operating in a challenging global macroeconomic environment," said Brian Toohey, president and CEO, Semiconductor Industry Association. "Sales for 2012 continue to lag behind 2011 totals, but the gap has closed in recent months thanks largely to growth in the Americas. Sales for October were significantly above seasonal trends, and we expect to carry this momentum into 2013 and 2014, with moderate growth projected for both years. SIA will continue to advocate on behalf of the industry for policies that promote growth and allow the industry to flourish."
On a regional basis, sequential monthly sales also increased in Asia Pacific (1.3 percent) and Europe (0.2 percent), but decreased in Japan (-3.1 percent). In the Americas, combined sales from August through October grew sharply (15.5 percent) compared to sales from May through July.
Additionally, SIA today endorsed the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization's Autumn 2012 global semiconductor sales forecast, which projects that the industry's worldwide sales will reach $290 billion in 2012 – a 3.2 percent decrease from the 2011 sales total. WSTS projects year-over-year declines for 2012 in all four major regions: the Americas (-4.4 percent), Europe (-10.7 percent), Japan (-2.1 percent) and Asia Pacific (-1.4 percent).
Beyond 2012, the industry is expected to grow steadily and moderately across all regions, according to the WSTS forecast. WSTS predicts 4.5 percent growth globally for 2013 ($303 billion in total sales) and 5.2 percent growth for 2014 ($319 billion). WSTS tabulates its annual forecast by convening an extensive group of global semiconductor companies that provide accurate and timely indicators of semiconductor trends.
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