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In the October 2013 issue of Texas Highways, Babs Rodriguez's account of a fall fishing getaway shows how so many wrongs can make a right. Here's the full story.
One fall break I decided that Elliott must learn to fish. Immediately. For someone who's big on planning, a spur-of-the-moment camping trip with a seven-year-old is capital C-crazy. And for no good reason I can remember, having set my sites on Lake Livingston State Park, just past Huntsville, I only briefly consider the hurricane spinning nearby in Louisiana.
Because other folks have not lost their minds, we cross the 84,000-acre reservoir to find our target campgrounds deserted. We have our choice of timber A-frames, and while I insist upon thinking the storm is more wobble than whir, I do choose a screened shelter with less wind exposure. There is a sleeping loft in the hut, but Elliott pitches his tent on that platform. Below, his father and I are left more exposed to what might come.
We settle in, then dash for the stables, open only on a limited weekend schedule after Labor Day. The flick of a tail disappearing into the forest as we arrive signals a horsey adieu. Plan A is scuttled; the steeds won't be back for a week.
If I'm disappointed, Elliott is giddy. He's seen the camp store sign offering live bait and the siren call of night crawlers has him twitching. Let the fishing begin! Almost.
Elliott's rod has been stored with the bail open and a favorite "fish attractor" on the line. A filament web ensnares two of three rods. He and I head off with the single functional rod, but not so far that we don't hear his father's multi-syllabic curse when the rig he has just untangled topples into the campfire, instantly melting away the line and warping the rod.
I focus on teaching Elliott to bait a hook. As I show him how to place the hook he offers the minnow an apology and requests to keep one as a pet. Keeping them alive to fish another day is my goal, having seen the filthy hands he keeps plunging into their water. I pick up the minnow bucket and toss it as far as can out into the lake. What a shame that the rope at my feet was not actually tied to the bucket at the time. My husband dutifully jumps in to retrieve it.
"I just want to fish and fish and fish and fish … ." He chants himself to sleep.
At least one of us is having a great time.
Minnows having failed him, Elliott determines that tomorrow the worms will do a better job of luring in the lunkers for which the lake is famous. By bedtime marshmallows have been roasted and consumed in a ritual that includes this conversation: Elliott: "How do you like yours?" Me: "Brown." Elliott: "Is that after black?" He douses the flames with spittle.
The next morning he heads for a portion of the shore where the walkway has collapsed, intuiting that fish will like this runoff area. When I find him tugging, hand-over-hand, a tautly horizontal line I realize he is hauling in his very first fish, so excited he has thrown aside the rod and reel.
He beams at me. "I am so proud of myself I could cry!" he says. For a minute I think we both might. I become the mistress of night crawlers, as he pulls in a stringer of sunfish.
Just after noon, the lake goes frothy and the storm begins pelting us with cold pellets of rain. We bolt for shelter. We have positioned the sliding barn-style doors of our shelter at the head and foot of our bed, but the sides of the shelter are only screened panels. Elliott's bed will stay dry in his lofted tent, but ours will get misty – or worse – from blowing rain. Still, there is a strange comfort in the lack of options. Boats are out, bikes and hikes impossible, but we cheerfully hunker down and read to one another. The storm continues through the afternoon, taking on a howling intensity after sunset. Our camp wood is soaked, our chairs have been whipped into a river of runoff, and now it's apparent that our air mattress is slowly going flat.
Elliott is tucked away in his tent, but concerned that he is fretful, I start to climb the ladder. I stop when he calls down: "Did you ever not want to sleep because you just want to keep doing what you've been doing?" The storm couldn't have been farther from his thoughts. "I don't want to sleep. I just want to fish and fish and fish and fish…." He chants himself to sleep.
We leave the next day without coming anywhere close to ticking-off all the boxes on my to-do list. We rode no horses, rented no canoes, hiked no trails. We lost gear to fire, camp chairs to a flash flood and needed snorkels to sleep. And yet, somehow, the trip has been a roaring success.


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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:10 pm
Post subject: Help! I'm a dough Dodo -- Knead advice re elasticity
So I made some dough for naan for the first time last night. I've never used yeast before, and never made bread.
The dough rose and I punched it down and kneaded it for a few minutes. Made a bunch of golf-ball sized balls and let them rise for an hour or two.
Rolling them out was a nightmare! Never mind that the dough stuck to everything despite covering myself and the kitchen in flour -- the big problem was the dough's elasticity! It just kept shrinking back and I couldn't make very good "pancakes" for cooking.
So what's the deal here? What am I doing wrong? Will the elasticity decrease with more kneading? Should I add oil? Drench everything in even MORE flour?
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>>too wet
could be - I always use the same flour and weigh ingredients, including the water. that makes for min. issues - but it can still happen.
>>too elastic
hush. there be people who'll be happy to take that dough off your hands,,,
roll/press it out, let it relax, roll/press again.
use a dusting of flour on the surface and the tools - don't try to mash it "all in one go" - doing a bit and flipping it, little dusting.... that'll get you there.
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Jim Cooley
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Thanks for the tips. I did use a scale, 5 oz. to the cup of AP flour.
I did some reading, and I think the trouble was too much kneading -- it developed the gluten (whatever that is!).
Next time, I'll try as little kneading as possible.
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:23 pm
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Jim Cooley wrote:
Thanks for the tips. I did use a scale, 5 oz. to the cup of AP flour.
I did some reading, and I think the trouble was too much kneading -- it developed the gluten (whatever that is!).
Next time, I'll try as little kneading as possible.
The high elasticity of the dough is probably due to "too much" gluten from kneading, but don't worry about that. Roll the dough into a ball, let it rest for a few minutes then roll the dough into a disk and let it rest for a few more minutes. (5 minutes should be fine). You can cover it with some plastic wrap while resting to prevent drying out. The resting period allows the excessive gluten bonds to break down (from the weight of the dough itself) allowing you to roll it out without it bouncing back like a rubber band. Any time your dough starts to snap back, set it aside for a minute or two and then roll again. It will respond differently. Generally, while one piece of dough is resting, I'm working on another piece of dough - by the time I'm done with rolling the last one, the first one is ready to be rolled again.
As for the wetness of your dough - you probably aren't using enough flour. 5 oz per cup is a good starting point and many professionally written recipes try to use that as the standard, but in most recipes designed for home cooks 5.7 oz per cup (160 g) works better. I'm not sure where the 5 oz per cup comes from because when using the scoop and level technique, I never get 5 ounces. Triple sifting flour gives me around 125 g per cup (4.4 oz) and settled flour gives me 160-200g per cup (5.7 - 7 oz). I think I can get 140g (5 oz) per cup when I sift just right using only the measuring cup to "fluff" the flour before scooping it out of the container.
Also, the amount of flour needed could vary on a day by day basis due to humidity.
I find that the proper texture for naan dough is slightly tacky but pulls away cleanly from the skin. (any bits of dough on your skin should be "grabbed" by the dough you are rolling/kneading) Keep adding flour until you get that to happen.
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That makes a lot of sense. As Sherlock Holmes would say, I'm guilty of "seeing, but not observing" because in India they ALWAYS let the dough balls for chapatti or naan or parotta rest before rolling them out as you can see below.
is how it should be done. BTW, those are parotta, not chappati he's making...
I'll also check the amount of flour.
They came out tasty enough, so I'm eager to try again.
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Nov. 29, 2008
STORRS, Conn. - UConn claimed its third Nutmeg Classic championship at Yale's expense Saturday night at Freitas Ice Forum, besting the Bulldogs 3-2. This marked the third time that the Huskies have beaten the Bulldogs by a goal in the tournament title game. Senior forward Crysti Howser scored both of Yale's goals and sophomore goalkeeper Jackee Snikeris, who stopped 21 shots, won the Laurie Belliveau Award as the top goalkeeper at the tournament.
UConn (9-6-2, 3-4 Hockey East) controlled play for much of the early going, but the Bulldogs were actually the first team to score. Howser stuffed in the rebound of junior forward Caroline Murphy's shot at 7:31, but the Yale lead was short-lived. A penalty on the Bulldogs 16 seconds after the goal gave UConn the chance to even the game on the power play, as Rebecca Hewett's shot from the point was deflected into the net behind Snikeris by Nicole Tritter.
Another Yale penalty 31 seconds after the UConn goal led to the Huskies taking the lead. Jennifer Chaisson's deflection of a slap shot on the power play at 10:50 made it 2-1.
Yale (4-6-0, 2-4-0 ECAC Hockey) missed out on a golden opportunity to tie the game early in the second when the Huskies were hit with back-to-back penalties. Yale had four minutes of power play separated only by eight seconds, but the Bulldogs did not score. Howser tipped a pass from freshman forward Aleca Hughes into the netting behind the goal, and the Huskies ended the long stretch of penalty killing with a short-handed chance for Monique Weber that Snikeris stopped.
Shortly after that Snikeris went for a puck in the crease that she could not get to; the Huskies were able to take advantage of the situation with a goal from Michelle Binning at 9:24 that made it 3-1. Weber nearly made it 4-1 when she got a breakaway four minutes later, but Snikeris made a pad save to keep her team within reach.
The Bulldogs needed a break, but they did not get one on one of their best chances of the night. Howser deflected a pass from behind the goal on net, and it fluttered in the air behind UConn goalie Brittany Wilson just in front of the goal line. Wilson was able to get her stick on it in time to knock the puck away.
A penalty on UConn with 1:57 left in the second period led to several quality scoring chances for Yale. Wilson got a piece of a wrister from Howser with her blocker, then later made a save on a slap shot from sophomore forward Bray Ketchum off a pass from senior defenseman Helen Resor. Senior forward Maggie Westfal sent a wrist shot high, and Wilson made a stick save on a hard shot from freshman defenseman Heather Grant off a pass from junior forward Mandi Schwartz. Snikeris had to make a stop on a short-handed try by Binning as the second period came to a close.
"I think we got into more of a rhythm as the game wore on," said Yale head coach Hilary Witt. "We attempted more shots than they did, but they got more through to the net [as shots on goal]. That's a credit to their kids getting in front of shots and blocking them."
Yale got another chance to creep closer a minute into the third when Murphy drew a high-sticking call, but the Bulldogs were unable to capitalize on the power play. They made the final minutes interesting when senior forward Danielle Kozlowski picked the puck out from a pile of players in front of the goal with Wilson out of position and passed it to a wide-open Howser, who deposited her second goal of the game with 2:42 to play. Murphy, who generated the initial rush at the net, picked up an assist.
"There were some scrums in front of the net that went their way, and some scrums in front that didn't go our way," said Witt. "But Howser was able to get in position to put a couple rebounds away."
The Bulldogs pulled Snikeris with just over a minute to play and had three faceoffs in the UConn zone, but could not get the equalizer. Resor sent one slap shot just wide and had another pair blocked. The Huskies tied the puck up along the boards to run out the clock for the win.
Snikeris stopped 38 of 41 shots in two games to earn the Belliveau Award, which is named after Yale's All-American goaltender from the Class of 1998. UConn's Tritter was named most valuable player.
Yale hosts Brown Thursday at 7:00 in its final game before Winter break.
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STOCKTON - When former Stockton Police Chief Blair Ulring retired in 2011, he walked away with $413,836 in earnings for the year.
STOCKTON - When former Stockton Police Chief Blair Ulring retired in 2011, he walked away with $413,836 in earnings for the year.
That sum didn't even make him the highest-paid Stockton employee.
Mike Niblock, the city's former director of community development, retired and then came back to work on special assignments, earning $436,086 for the year.
They both tripled their base pay by cashing in their unused vacation and sick time, what's called in city-salary parlance "sell backs" and "pay offs."
City officials overseeing the budget today admit that these figures are mind-boggling to the average working stiff. What's worse, the city paid these sums at the peak of its financial crisis leading to bankruptcy.
"I understand people's frustration," City Manager Bob Deis said.
But he added that the scenario creating these huge payouts has been corrected. The City Council in February 2012 temporarily froze lump-sum payouts in a desperate measure to stem the tide of departing employees and to conserve cash.
In 2011, the city paid a total of $6.5 million to a mass exodus of employees. With measures city leaders took, that dropped to $1.6 million in 2012.
New terms brokered in labor negotiations this summer resulted in permanent changes, Deis said.
While the city is in a state of fiscal emergency, active employees cannot sell back unused vacation time.
For departing employees, the city by state law has to pay them for unused vacation days, but there is a cap on the amount of vacation time one can accrue.
Deis said these measures put an end to the shocking figures Ulring and Niblock pocketed on their way out.
"It's not going to happen again," Deis said. "Employees agreed to eliminating this."
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Carney: Release of Snowden hurts China relations
June 24, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it is "not buying" that the decision by Hong Kong authorities to let admitted leaker Edward Snowden leave for Russia was a technical decision. It says it was a deliberate choice to release a fugitive and that "unquestionably" damages U.S.-China relations.
White House spokesman Jay Carney says the U.S. assumes that Snowden is now in Russia and that the White House now expects Russian authorities to look at all the options available to them to expel Snowden to face charges in the U.S. for releasing secret surveillance information.


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BATON ROUGE, La. - Each summer, Louisiana recognizes a Teacher of the Year. And today 24 teachers learned they are regional finalists for the coveted state title. These finalists, along with 15 Principal of the Year finalists, will be honored during the Sixth Annual Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence Symposium and Celebration in July, when Louisiana's Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers and Principals of the Year are named, along with Louisiana's 2013 Teacher of the Year.
"These extraordinary finalists are a testament to principals and teachers across our state who are changing lives every day through their dedication, talent, and service to our children," State Superintendent of Education John White said. "We want to congratulate these individuals, and we look forward to recognizing their success and celebrating the work of all our educators during the Symposium in July."
Principals and teachers are selected based on their leadership and teaching skills, respectively, as well as their dedication and respect of students, parents and colleagues; demonstrated school and community leadership; affiliations with educational organizations; ability to inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities; and their commitment to their profession.
The selection process begins at the local level, where principals and teachers compete for the district title. Based on the geographic location of the school district, district winners advance to one of eight regional competitions, where elementary, middle and high school finalists are selected. The 24 regional teacher finalists named today and 15 principal finalists announced in February will now be interviewed by a state selection committee, which will make the final selections for the state elementary, middle and high school winners. Additionally, Louisiana's 2013 Teacher of the Year will advance to the National Teacher of the Year competition.
"We want to thank and commend these exemplary educators for their accomplishments and for their dedication to our children," Board of Elementary and Secondary Education President Penny Dastugue said. "We applaud them and look forward to paying tribute to them and our entire education community later this summer."
As in previous years, Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge will award the Teacher of the Year a one-year lease to a brand new car. Principal and teacher winners and regional finalists will also be awarded cash prizes, along with other donated prizes.
Elementary School Level
Mendy Van Hoven - New Sarpy Elementary School, St. Charles Parish
Sabrina Dixon Jenkins - Highland Elementary School, East Baton Rouge Parish
Pamela Woods Hughes - Pecan Grove Primary School, Ascension Parish
Raegan E. Quebedeaux - North Elementary School, St. Landry Parish
Erica Guillory - R.W. Vincent Elementary School, Calcasieu Parish
Beth Thomas - Rosepine Elementary School, Vernon Parish
Bridget Wiley Bridges - J.L. Jones Elementary School, Webster Parish
Melissa Folsom Williams - Highland Elementary School, Ouachita Parish
Middle/Junior High School Level
Sandy Rockwell - Edward Hynes Charter School, Orleans Parish
Amanda Warren - Lake Harbor Middle School, St. Tammany Parish
Amy Crain - Dutchtown Middle School, Ascension Parish
June M. Bergeron - North Vermilion High School (Middle School Level), Vermilion Parish
Kristy Curlee - Hathaway High School (Junior High Level), Jefferson Davis Parish
Monica Alphonso - Anacoco Elementary School (Middle School Section), Vernon Parish
Afiya Code - Greenacres Middle School, Bossier Parish
Amy Lou Linder Weems - Ouachita Junior High School, Ouachita Parish
High School Level
Amanda Baudot - Hahnville High School, St. Charles Parish
Margaret Westmoreland - Walker High School, Livingston Parish
Tricia Prevost Corbin - South Terrebonne High School, Terrebonne Parish
Craig Wall - Northside High School, Lafayette Parish
Amanda Booth Bonney - LaGrange High School, Calcasieu Parish
Dewey Gladen Eaves, Jr. - Zwolle High School, Sabine Parish
Melanie Schweiger - Stanley High School, DeSoto Parish
Kyle Falting - Ruston High School, Lincoln Parish
Merlyna Valentine - St. Rose Elementary School, St. Charles Parish
Mary Jane Smith - Honey Island Elementary School, St. Tammany Parish
Niki Fryou - Hattie A. Watts Elementary School, St. Mary Parish
Anne D. Herrmann - Plantation Elementary School, Lafayette Parish
Elwin Brent Washington - Brentwood Elementary School, Calcasieu Parish
Shelly A. Colvin - Woodlawn Middle School, East Baton Rouge Parish
Lori Charlet - Gonzales Middle School, Ascension Parish
Bobby Badeaux - Edgar Martin Middle School, Lafayette Parish
Patricia Schooler - J.I. Watson Middle School, Calcasieu Parish
Judy R. Grooms - Emmett E. Cope Middle School, Bossier Parish
Denise Carpenter - Riverdale High School, Jefferson Parish
Nanette B. McCann - Baton Rouge Magnet High School, East Baton Rouge Parish
Erica Merrick - West St. John High School, St. John the Baptist Parish
Laura LeBeouf - Kaplan High School, Vermilion Parish
Steve A. Thomas - Rosepine High School, Vernon Parish
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7 years ago
This is a good usability feature, the dropdowns add real value. I don;t care for combining the bookmarks in the address bar too much, as this simply makes it too crammed.
It should _not_ however treat the querystring the same way as the other parts of the URL, as the qs variables are really not "levels" but just a flat list. IMO anything after the file name must remain the way it was originally; e.g. foo.com > search.html?category=antiques&item=Clock&pages=3
Or you can add more value by providing a collapsable editable listbox with querystring items. Also in-page anchors (#) should probably have a different character than > and the URL should not always end with > because you do not know whether you are looking at a directory or a document. 4 points though for the very useful features within the main part of the URL.
It would be nice to have some proper chevrons (instead of using the ugly characters > and v)
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I highly appreciate your input. As far as querystring is concerned, an address for a page can have all sort of complexities, for ex. in any forum, that querystrings actually do refer to levels i.e. Main forum>Sub forum>Post>(Reply/comment). That is why the querystring is greyed out a little. I'll think of something more useful.
About the editable listbox suggestion, I will look further into it and certainly consider it for the next major version.
I will see whether the chevrons are supported in all types of encoding etc. (I had better symbols for both > and v but they were showing up once inside the urlbar)
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Value Line is regarded as the best independent research available. More than just recommendations, Value Line provides the rationale behind its picks for greater understanding.
Among the many features found in each week's edition of Value Line's Selection & Opinion service is a list of the seven best and worst performing industries over the past six weeks. These rankings can be found on the inside back cover of Selection & Opinion. The roughly 1,700 stocks in the Value Line universe are currently divided among about 100 industries. Notably, for the purposes of calculating these results, the performance of each stock is equally weighted to the others in its industry (i.e., irrespective of market capitalization).
The equity markets have backed off some from last month's highs, but continue to hold onto strong gains year to date. The Value Line Arithmetic Average, for instance, has advanced 19.5% so far this year, including a 3.4% increase for the period covered in our latest Industry Price Performance rankings (April 30th to June 11th). In this environment, an industry needed to climb nearly 9% over the past six weeks to qualify for a spot in our top seven. The Trucking Industry was the top performer over this stretch, rising 12.0%. Securities Brokerage (+10.1%), Entertainment Technology (9.4%), Internet (+9.3%), Life Insurance (+9.1%), Auto Parts (+9.0%), and Power (+8.9%) stocks did well for investors, as well.
In looking for investment ideas among the best performing industries, we are starting at the top and the 10 stocks that make up our coverage of the Trucking Industry. Notably, this has been a difficult space for investors for most of the current bull market. Granted, shareholders of J.B. Hunt Transport (JBHT) and Old Dominion Freight (ODFL) have been rewarded with impressive share-price gains in recent years, as earnings at both of these well-run businesses have climbed steadily amid rising revenues and expanding margins. Still, the majority of the trucking equities have been stuck in low gear for most of this stretch.
The last six weeks, though, have been a different story. Shares of JBHT and ODFL were solid, rising 2% and 12%, respectively, but it was one of the industry's long-time laggards, Arkansas Best (ABFS), that made the biggest contribution to the group's presence among the best-performing industries. The company, which has about 10,000 employees, is a provider of freight transportation services. It offers a wide variety of logistics solutions, including less-than-truckload (LTL) and full-load shipments, expedited ground and time-definite delivery, freight forwarding, and freight brokerage.
Arkansas Best has been in prolonged funk, failing to turn a profit in three out of the past four years, and we suspect 2013 will be a challenge, as well. Helped along by last year's purchase of Panther Expedited Services, the top line should climb at a high-single digit pace, to about $2.25 billion, but earnings are likely to struggle to get back into the black, likely finishing just $0.05 a share or so above breakeven. Notably, the company's difficulties appear to be at least partly related to an inefficient cost structure. It has been saddled with one of the highest labor-cost ratios in the LTL industry. Optimism that changes for the better are on the horizon appears to be contributing to the market's surge in enthusiasm for this equity.
In all, ABFS stock has roughly tripled in price since last fall, including an advance of roughly 85% in the latest six-week period. The recent gains have likely been driven in large part by the anticipated benefits of a new labor agreement. In early May, Arkansas Best's largest subsidiary, ABF Freight Systems, reached a tentative deal with the Teamsters on a 5-year contract. (Subsequent news that the company had received and rejected overtures from industry rival YRC Worldwide about selling the ABF Freight business seemed to add to the enthusiasm here, as well.) Meanwhile, Arkansas Best is also moving to freeze its non-union pension plan and halt the accrual of future benefits. These actions should produce material savings down the road.
Overall, these recent moves appear to lend further credence to our long-term outlook for a healthy recovery in profits. Earnings should rise to $0.80 a share in 2013 and may well surpass $2.00 by 2016-2018, well below what the company earned prior to the last recession, but a welcome change from the losses that have prevailed in recent years. Overall, though, we think ABFS stock is currently best suited for momentum investors. With the recent advance in the share price, appreciation potential for the 3 to 5 years ahead is only about average. Too, the stock gets a low mark for Price Stability (25 on a scale from 5 to 100) and its dividend yield of 0.6% will do little to entice income-oriented accounts.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of a 3-year-old girl who was sitting on a front porch when an argument broke out, police said Saturday.
Douglas Woods, of Philadelphia, has been charged with murder, three counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault and other charges, according to Officer Tanya Little.
Three-year-old Tynirah Borum was shot in the chest by a stray bullet while getting her hair braided at about 9:40 p.m. Friday in the Grays Ferry section of the city, according to police. Officers put her in their patrol car and rushed her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead less than an hour later.
Three adults were injured, one critically.
"She was everything to us," Renee Bradford, a friend of Tynirah's mother, told WCAU-TV. "She didn't deserve this. She was simply trying to get her hair done. For her to get shot in the chest? She's a baby. No baby deserves to die like that."
Police said the gunfire erupted during an argument between a man on a bicycle and a 24-year-old man. The cyclist fired three shots from a handgun, shooting the other man in the head, police said. The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Stray bullets hit Tynirah, a 28-year-old female bystander shot in the left arm and a 21-year-old male bystander shot in the right leg.
Witnesses said the shooter fled on the bike.
"There's nothing much you can say about this tragedy," Mike Collins, the victim's cousin, told the news station. "That was my little cousin. It hurts."


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Everybody loved the Eagles' draft. Sports Illustrated's Peter King loved the Eagles' draft. But King has posted an analysis online that walks you through the Eagles' second day draft maneuvering, all of the dizzying trades, and comes to this conclusion:
What would you think if I told you the Philadelphia Eagles got third-, fifth-, sixth- and seventh-round draft choices, plus half a starting cornerback for nothing in this year's draft?
That's right. For free. There are no smoke, mirrors or cheating involved. Only thought and effort.
For moving down six spots in the third round -- eventually taking a player they were considering for that 85th pick anyway -- the Eagles got filthy rich. I am shocked more teams don't run their draft the way the Eagles do. It s almost irresponsible that teams don't do it the Philadelphia way.
"Actually, I'm happy more teams don't,'' said Tom Heckert, the Eagles general manager. "If more teams did, we wouldn't be able to do what we do.''
Traditionally, King loves him some Eagles. He likes the coach, likes the front office. He is spot on here, though, and it is hard to find a cynical counter-argument. It is a thorough analysis of the maneuvering and the conclusion is clear: if Cornelius Ingram really is a player they considered taking in the third round then this was intelligent theft.


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Rating: !! 1/2 (out of 4)
A man cannot live on one type of burger alone--certainly not a beef-obsessed man like Burgerelli. Thick char burgers certainly are satisfying, but my tummy has rumbled recently for the lace-like edges of a pressed griddle burger. Edzo's Burger Shop fits the bill, but wherefore art the rest of the griddle burger barons? Parts and Labor, a mechanic-themed bar and burger restaurant that opened mid-December in Logan Square, serves only these precious pressed patties. Owner Russ Grant, a partner in Boiler Room and Simone's Bar, comes from venerable burger lineage; his father opened and operated Wonderburger in Mount Greenwood for more than 50 years. Is griddle burger greatness hereditary? Burgerelli put his taste buds to the task.
The burger: Parts and Labor's menu is blissfully simple, which makes ordering a breeze even if one has quaffed one of the handful of craft beers on tap. The Classic Double Burger ($5) arrived with its patties hot and surprising juicy, each beefy round ringed by the requisite crisp edges. The flavor of the beef, combined with the simplicity of toppings, reminded me of a fast food hamburger, but without the grease, or, heaven forbid, the plebeian torment of a drive-through window. One may add bacon ($1) or an extra patty ($2), or forgo meat altogether and substitute a vegan black bean patty on a vegan bun.
The bun: A standard ungrilled Turano burger bun, sans seeds, remained remarkably intact throughout my meal. A Burgerelli tip, dear readers: Keep the paper wrapping around the burger as long as possible to minimize squishing and keep the juices from sullying one's clothes.
The fixings: Parts and Labor's burgers come dressed only with two slices of American cheese--fully melted, bravo!--thin onion slices, lettuce, pickles and mayo. To this lineup, Burgerelli added a generous smear of ketchup and mustard, bottles of which were easily accessible at the center of the communal table at which I was seated. I tasted no surprising or exceptional flavors, but the classic lineup of accoutrements did take me back to the no-frills burgers of my youth.
Everything else: To stretch one's budget, order a $10 combo, which includes the double burger, one of five side dishes ($3 on their own) and a "swill" beer (of the Hamm's, Pabst or Coors Banquet variety) or shot. Having sampled the onion rings, curly fries and fried giardiniera, Burgerelli endorses the latter, which adds the spice, crunch and vinegar tartness that the cheeseburger needs. As I drained my bottle of Miller High Life and wiped my mustache, I briefly considered ordering a fried Twinkie ($5) or one of the more than a dozen exotic-sounding sodas on the menu, but my waistband protested.
Bottom line: For an old-fashioned griddle burger and beer, Parts and Labor is a budget-friendly and satisfying choice, even if the burger doesn't make a lasting impression.
Pro tip: Use the bar's ATM, show your receipt to your server and receive a free shot of Fernet Branca amaro.
The Great Burgerelli is a fearless seeker of fine burgers. firstname.lastname@example.com


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According to the Asthma Society of Canada, doctors define asthma as "chronic inflammatory disease of the airways." With asthma, the airways in your lungs (bronchial tubes) overreact to allergens or irritants (triggers), causing them to become inflamed and constricted. These airways carry oxygen and air to and from your body. When they become constricted or tighten, breathing becomes difficult and they begin to make more mucous, which causes even more constriction.
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When bronchial airways tighten and become narrow as a reaction to some type of trigger, asthma symptoms are likely to occur. They can be moderate to severe, depending on the trigger and the person. Symptoms might occur only during acute asthma attacks or you may have mild symptoms all the time, only at night, or only after a strenuous workout routine (exercise-induced asthma).
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In an acute asthma attack, these symptoms rapidly become even more severe and, as the airways get even tighter and more inflamed, along with increased mucous production, you might also experience:
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Having an asthma attack plan of action helps you to recognize the early symptoms of an attack so you can prevent a full-blown and far more serious and severe asthma attack. It is especially important for a child with asthma to be able to monitor his or her own symptoms and to be able to let a teacher or caregiver know when urgent help is required so that appropriate action can be taken.
What Causes Asthma?
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While it's not really clear why some people get asthma and others do not, many health care professionals believe that asthma has its roots in genetic and environmental influences. Asthma symptoms usually occur as a reaction to certain triggers that set the symptoms in motion. Triggers are generally classified as allergens or irritants, and may include:
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- Foods (nuts, shellfish) or food additives and preservatives (MSG)
- Menstrual cycle for women
- Certain medications, including beta-blockers, aspirin and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- Emotional stress
- Household chemicals or odors (cooking)
- Weather – cold temperatures, wet weather
Asthma Diagnosis and Classification
How is an asthma diagnosis made? Are there any specific tests for it? To diagnose asthma, a health care professional will usually take a full health history, including family medical history, and inquire about the presence of any symptoms that appear to be asthma-related and what might be triggering those symptoms (allergies, pets, smoke in the home, foods, etc.).
Next, he or she also will conduct a physical examination and perform certain tests to determine the presence of:
- Wheezing while exhaling
- Nasal inflammation (swelling) and an increase in mucous production
- Other types of allergic conditions (i.e., skin rashes, eczema, hives)
- Breathing difficulties, by using lung function testing to see if and how well air is expelled from the lungs
After the health care practitioner has rendered an asthma diagnosis, he or she must then go about classifying the severity level of the asthma. Depending on the frequency and severity of the individual's asthma symptoms, a classification that ranges from mild intermittent to severe persistent is applied. That classification is then used to decide the specific course of asthma treatment that is required.
Asthma Medications and Treatment
The goal of traditional asthma treatment is to control the asthma symptoms and to prevent full-blown flare-ups that can be scary (to both the sufferer and those around him or her) and life threatening.
Traditionally, the asthma sufferer is prescribed preventive asthma medication and is asked to be vigilant about avoiding specific asthma triggers that will aggravate his or her asthma symptoms. Allergy testing and treatment may also be advised.
The asthma sufferer will also be advised on what to do if he or she notices a sudden dangerous shift in the severity of their symptoms and how to respond to acute asthma emergencies.
Medications to treat asthma generally fall into several categories, including:
- Inhaled corticosteroids are the most often prescribed long-term use asthma medications, to reduce inflammation in bronchial airways.
- Long-acting beta-2 agonists (LABAs) are inhaled long-acting bronchodilators that open up the constricted airways and reduce inflammation. They are often prescribed with inhaled corticosteroids to treat asthma.
- Leukotriene modifiers, also inhaled, open bronchial airways and reduce inflammation and mucous production.
- Cromolyn and nedocromil (Tilade) are inhaled to reduce asthma symptoms by decreasing allergic reactions.
- Theophylline, an oral daily bronchodilator that opens bronchial airways and relaxes muscles that line the outside of the airways.
- Allergy injections to desensitize against asthma allergens, particularly dust mites.
For more information on the medications used to treat asthma, please see the side bar to this article and a related article "Asthma Medications: Are the Rewards Really Worth the Risks?"
Worried About the Risks? Try An All-Natural Approach To Deal With Asthma
Many people worry about the side effects of asthma medication. And… if you're a parent, you also worry about your children's asthma symptoms, feeling as though you are caught between a rock and a hard place. To medicate or not to medicate, that is your question and your concern, and neither choice seems to be preferable, because possible outcomes for either choice could prove disastrous.
So, what if you knew about a natural solution that has shown exceptional results in research testing on patients with asthma? Would you be interested in it, either for your child or for yourself? Would you like to know more?
The sponsors of ChooseNatural.com are natural health care providers who believe in surgery-free and drug-free solutions to most of the world's ills. And… since chiropractic is the most sought after alternative health care discipline, there are countless others who see it as a viable alternative as well. And, you thought Chiropractors only treated bad backs!
How Does Chiropractic Care Affect Asthma?
Chiropractors believe that most illnesses and conditions can be traced back to a problem with the central nervous system. Since you live your life through your nervous system, if something is out of whack, then symptoms begin to appear, symptoms that never would have appeared if your nervous system was functioning at an optimal level.
What causes your nervous system to get out of whack? A misaligned spine, and that's the reason why chiropractors move bones – to put spines back into proper alignment so that nerves can function correctly.
How does your spine get misaligned? Generally, through some type of head trauma that occurred at some time in your life. Maybe it happened during the birth process, when incredible pressure was exerted on your neck and spine as you came through the birth canal. Maybe it happened when you fell off your tricycle when you were three. Or, when you were hit in the head with a baseball when you were 10.
"It really doesn't matter when or where you were hurt, but nearly everyone suffers some type of head trauma in their lives as the result of an accident or injury," explains this chiropractor in Covington, WA. And, it is these types of accidents and injuries that cause the spinal misalignments that result in nerve dysfunction. When nerves malfunction, the areas that they control become weakened and sick because the communication between that body part and the brain is severely diminished, or maybe even cut off entirely.
Think about it: what happens to your cell phone when you hit a "dead spot" between towers with no reception? It usually has a very weak signal or… it doesn't work at all. Why is that? Because the communication link between the phone (body) and the cell tower (brain) is being interfered with by a mountain or a valley (spinal misalignment) that makes communication impossible!
The same scenario happens with your body when interference prevents your nervous system from carrying messages back and forth between your brain and your body! Chiropractors receive special advanced education and training to be able to locate and correct this interference (spinal misalignment) to restore proper brain-body communication.
Pretty impressive, right? And, plenty of former asthma sufferers will tell you that chiropractic works! Because, you see, once the interference is removed, the body heals itself and many of the symptoms of asthma are either reduced or even eliminated! Then, you aren't forced to choose between two potentially risky options!
True Healing Rather Than Simple Symptom Relief
That's another thing about chiropractors – they aren't interested in only treating symptoms. They want to find causes of conditions so they can help to eliminate symptoms. They want them gone, not simply masked and covered up by medications that have some pretty scary side effects.
Research into the benefits of chiropractic care for treating asthma has shown favorable results. One such study, conducted among 16 asthma treatment facilities and involving 420 patients in Australia, concluded that patients who received chiropractic adjustments displayed a significant improvement in asthma symptoms, along with an increase in immune system function that researchers expected would be influential in preventing future asthma attacks. The International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) cites numerous studies in the following conclusion that validates the benefits of chiropractic for children with asthma:
"76.5% of patients with bronchial asthma said they benefited from chiropractic treatment. Peak flow rate and vital capacity increased after the third treatment. Significantly lower quality of life impairment rating scores were reported for 90.1% of children after 60 days of chiropractic care. During this same time period the average number of asthma attacks decreased an average of 44.9%, and asthma medication usage was decreased an average of 66.5%. Among parents of asthmatic children who had received chiropractic treatment, 92% considered this treatment beneficial."
Impressive results to be sure, and these same types of results are repeated in our sponsors' practices every day. Although no one can guarantee specific results, our sponsors will show you testimonials from patients that indicate marked improvement in asthma symptoms after receiving chiropractic adjustments.
Please, give yourself the gift of knowledge and call one of our sponsors to talk about your asthma, or that of a loved one. Then agree to visit the sponsor's practice for an examination and consultation. You'll be relieved to have finally found a compassionate health care professional who wants to help you to help your body find release from the cause of your asthma, once and for all.
Asthma Medications: The Side Effects Are Risky and Potentially Dangerous!
Traditional healthcare advocates the administration of several different types of asthma medication for long-term use and rescue use for an asthma attack. We've listed some of the more frequently prescribed asthma medications and the potential side effects of each:
|Asthma Medication
|Health Risks
|GlaxoSmithKline (ADVAIR, Serevent, fluticasone and salmeterol [generics]) Inhaled corticosteroids or ICS for short, have become the mainstay of asthma treatment for persistent asthma in children and adults. These medications work in various ways on the immune system to prevent inflammation of the airways and airway spasms (broncospasms/asthma attacks) in people with asthma.
|Side effects include upper respiratory tract infections, headaches, sore throat, bronchitis, coughing, nausea/vomiting, sinus infections, hoarseness or voice changes, muscle pain or bone pain, fever, runny nose, sneezing, conjunctivitis ("pink eye"), tooth pain, constipation, joint pain or arthritis, shakiness (tremors), sleeping problems, increased sweating, underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), vaginal yeast infection, irregular menstrual cycle or menstrual problems, thrush, abdominal pain (or stomach pain), diarrhea, bloody nose, dizziness, muscle cramps or spasms, breathing problems that become worse, irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia), rapid heart rate (tachycardia), high blood pressure (hypertension), high blood sugar, agitation, aggression, anxiety, restlessness, depression, osteoporosis, eye problems, including glaucoma or cataracts, frequent or severe infection of any type, allergic reaction ( unexplained rash, hives, itching), unexplained swelling, wheezing, difficulty breathing or swallowing and increased risk of asthma-related death.
|Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Schering-Plough (FORADIL AEROLIZER, formoterol [generic]) DEY Pharma (Perforomist, formoterol [generic]) Used as a maintenance treatment for asthma and to prevent bronchospasm (asthma attack) in adults and children 5 years of age and older. Also used in the treatment of exercise-induced asthma.
|Side effects include viral infection, bronchitis, chest infection, dizziness, anxiety, headache, sleep problems (insomnia), back pain, muscle cramps, sore throat, dry mouth, cough, stuffy nose, skin rash, itching, voice changes, chest pain, fast or pounding heartbeats, tremors, shaking, restless feeling, wheezing, choking, breathing problems, increased thirst or hunger, urinating more than usual, worsening in asthma symptoms.
|DEY Pharma (AccuNeb), DAVA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Vospire), Astra-Zeneca Pharmaceuticals (Arm-A-Med), Teva Pharmaceuticals (ProAir HFA), SHERING CORPORATION (Proventil, Proventil HFA), GLAXOSMITHKLINE (Ventolin and Ventolin HFA), albuterol [generic] Used for prevention and relief of bronchospasm (asthma attack) in individuals with asthma and exercise-induced asthma.
|Side effects include cough, nausea/vomiting, nervousness, tremor, headache, sinus inflammation, trouble sleeping, unusual taste in mouth, palpitations, fast heart rate, elevated blood pressure, nausea, dizziness, heartburn, throat irritation, sore or dry throat, nosebleeds, severe allergic reactions (rash, hives, itching), difficulty breathing, tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue, chest pain, ear pain, fast or irregular heartbeat, new or worse trouble breathing, pounding in the chest, severe headache or dizziness, unusual hoarseness, wheezing, increased risk of asthma-related death.
|Prometheus Laboratories Inc (Entocort EC), AstraZeneca LP (Pulmicort, Rhinocort, Entocort EC), budesonide [generic] Corticosteroid used to decrease inflammation in the lungs as a treatment for the symptoms of asthma.
|Side effects include coughing, hoarseness, dry mouth, loss of taste or unpleasant taste, stomach upset, allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue, breathing problems, changes in vision, white patches or sores in the mouth or throat, unusual swelling.
|AstraZeneca LP (Symbicort, budesonide/formoterol fumarate dehydrate [generic]) Budesonide is a steroid that reduces inflammation in the body. Formoterol is a long-acting bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways to improve breathing. The combination of the two is used to prevent bronchospasm in people with asthma.
|Side effects include headache, back pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, upset stomach, back pain, muscle cramps, sore throat, stuffy nose, joint or muscle pain, changes in voice, chest pain, fast or pounding heartbeats, tremors, nervousness, wheezing, choking, breathing problems, fever, flu symptoms, white patches or sores in your mouth or throat, worsening asthma symptoms.


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Visit some of Europe's finest cities from Barcelona to Berlin
Discover European class and grandeur on this journey from Barcelona to Berlin. Begin the adventure in Barcelona and wander among one of the largest concentrations of Gothic architecture in Europe. Cruise through France's canvas-perfect Provence region, stopping to admire Avignon before continuing on to Paris. Taste chocolate and beer in Belgium and Luxembourg, and perhaps learn how to pair the two, discover why Amsterdam captures the hearts of all who visit, and finish in Germany's fascinating capital – Berlin. Steeped in history and architectural brilliance, this 15-day adventure combines sights and cultural experiences that reflect old-world Europe and define modern European culture.
This trip covers some of the best food destinations in Europe. Enjoy cured meats, oils and olives in Barcelona and delve deep into the complex flavours of Parisian cuisine. Indulge in late-night seafood in Brussels and get onboard with Berlin's love of marinated meat and potatoes
The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre are iconic French institutions. Spend plenty of free time in Paris to see the major attractions as well the city's hidden gems
Gaudi's modern basilica, La Sagrada Familia, is like no other building you've ever seen. Still under construction after over 130 years, this Gothic masterpiece embodies Barcelona's artistic and progressive heart
Brussels is easily explored on foot and also has a great public transport system. Venture to the outskirts of the city and back without losing big chunks of your time
If you fancy a day trip out of Brussels, Bruge is the way to go. Visit a fairy-tale medieval town on an optional train trip out of the city.
The beating heart of modern Germany, Berlin is packed with history, arts and culture. The city's poignant memorials serve not just to recognise the past, but to educate new generations into the future
Amsterdam has been developed with cyclists in mind, so hire a bike and hit the charming streets with the locals (just watch out for those canals)
European trains are comfortable and often decked out with air-conditioning. Toilets are always available. Some of the trains have snack bars (or vending machines) and power points next to the seats but that cannot be guaranteed on every journey. Train travel is a fast way to traverse long distances, allowing you to avoid traffic jams and arrive right into the city centre. Please note that you will have to carry your own luggage on and off the train, and also up or down few flights of stairs as unfortunately some of the stations may not have lifts. It's recommended that you leave any wheelie bags/cases at home and bring a backpack instead, but please make sure it doesn't exceed our weight and size recommendations. You can find this information in the 'What to Take' section of the trip notes.
Summer temperatures can be extreme in many of the regions visited (over 40°C), which can be uncomfortable. It's important to use sun protection, wear layers to combat the heat and drink plenty of water. Please also note that not all hotels in Europe would have Air Conditioning system, but only fans. It may be uncomfortable for some in summer heat. Please carefully consider the time of the year you wish to travel and your suitability to that season.
As accommodation on this trip is twin-share, single travellers will share a room with another traveller of the same sex. If you'd prefer not to share, a single room supplement is available at an additional charge. Please ask your travel consultant for more details. Also, hotels in Europe often don't have double beds, but rather two single beds that can be pushed together. This trip is a great opportunity to get to know other travellers, so embrace it while you can.
This trip is designed to give you a fair amount of free time so you can explore each destination at your own pace. We will, however, take you on regular orientation walks, so you'll be on your feet quite a lot. While this may be tiring for some, it's the best way to get your head around a place and to set yourself up for further discoveries.
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July 26, 2011 -
As the nation's major credit rating companies threaten to downgrade the credit rating of the United States over the swelling size of the national debt, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will meet on Wednesday to examine the credit rating industry and the impact of Dodd-Frank Act changes to the regulation of credit rating agencies.
The Dodd-Frank Act contains an important provision, first proposed by House Republicans, to require the removal of statutory references to credit ratings from law and regulation. However, other provisions of Dodd-Frank have the potential to contradict this bipartisan goal.
"House Republicans were the first to propose removing references to credit ratings in all federal regulations. Our proposal garnered bipartisan support and was incorporated into the law, but other provisions in Dodd-Frank could undermine efforts to reduce the outsized role that credit ratings have come to play in our financial markets," said Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus.
Subcommittee Chairman Randy Neugebauer said, "The debt ceiling negotiations and the long-term fiscal health of the U.S. have brought a renewed focus on the credit rating agencies. This hearing provides an opportunity to discuss the state of the credit rating industry for the first time since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. The Dodd-Frank Act had conflicting goals. On the one hand, the Act attempts to de-emphasize the role of credit rating agencies in federal regulations and on the other hand, the Act further perpetuates and entrenches the government-sponsored oligopoly of the big three credit rating agencies. The former approach to reduce reliance on credit rating agencies enjoys widespread bipartisan support. This hearing will allow Members to explore these inconsistencies. The hearing will also provide Members on both sides of the aisle with an opportunity to hold regulators accountable for meeting their statutory obligations related to removal of references to credit ratings."
Credit rating agencies, 10 of which are also registered as Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations (NRSROs) in the U.S., rate the creditworthiness of the debt issued by public companies, countries and municipalities, as well as the risk of default for structured financial products including securities backed by mortgages, auto loans and student loans. Credit ratings play a major role in the capital market as they often determine borrowing costs and access to capital by market participants. While over 100 rating agencies exist worldwide, only three firms dominate the industry: Moody's Investor Service, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch Ratings.
The hearing will take place on Wednesday, July 27 at 10 a.m. in room 2128 Rayburn.
Witnesses scheduled to testify:
Panel I
John Ramsay, Deputy Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities Exchange Commission
Mark Van Der Weide, Associate Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Board
David Wilson, Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief National Bank Examiner, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Panel II
Deven Sharma, President, Standard & Poor's
Michael Rowan, Global Managing Director, Commercial Group, Moody's Investors Service
James Gellert, Chief Executive Officer, Rapid Ratings
Jules Kroll, Chairman and CEO, Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Larry White, Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University
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It's her cutest design yet!
Rebecca Minkoff and husband Gavin Bellour welcomed their second child on Monday morning, the designer tells PEOPLE.
"We are beyond thrilled to announce the arrival of our beautiful and healthy baby girl, Bowie Lou, who was born naturally at 9:13 a.m. on August 4th," the couple tell PEOPLE.
"She is perfect in every way and our hearts are full of love."
"Welcome Bowie Lou Bellour! 8 lbs., 2 oz.! #happymonday," the new mom captioned a photo introducing her sleeping newborn baby girl on Instagram.
Minkoff and Bellour are already parents to 2½-year-old son Luca Shai, who, the fashion designer joked, had nicknamed his baby sister Gouda.
In June, the couple were showered with love during a whimsical baby bash. "I have more energy, which I'm surprised about, [but] I'm not as nervous because I know exactly what's going to happen," Minkoff said of her second pregnancy.
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Panthers RB Stewart injures ankle vs. Jets
Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart injured his
right ankle late in the first half of the team's preseason game
against the New York Jets on Sunday night.
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The Panthers announced in the third quarter that Stewart was out
for the rest of the game.
On first-and-goal from the Jets 9 with just over 2 minutes left
in the half, Stewart took a handoff from Cam Newton and went down
the right sideline for 7 yards before he was knocked out of bounds
on a hard hit by LaRon Landry. Stewart stayed down for a few
moments before being helped to the bench.
After trainers looked at Stewart's right leg, the running back
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Wrightsville Beach is burning once again.
Wrightsville Beach is burning once again.
The 2014 Got To Be NC Competition Dining Series kicks off Monday with the third installment of Fire on the Dock, eight nights of heated culinary contests staged at the Bluewater Waterfront Grill.
Thanks to a revamped format and focus on tourism, local chefs strapping on their battle rattle will contend for the hosannas of famished foodies from both the home front and afar.
"By coming in January, we hope to spark additional interest in the Wilmington dining scene during the off-season," series spokesperson Kristen Baughman said. "It's been a successful tactic in other regional competitions, and we hope the same will be true for the coastal region."
In addition to moving the event up a month, the schedule has been tightened to a three-week window and the field halved to eight contestants. Previous events sprawled from February into April. Baughman said this both boosts the quality of each meal and relieves stress on the chefs, many of whom work in small restaurants, sometimes as owner-operators.
Kirsten Mitchell, who's just finished planning and unveiling the new winter menu at Wilmington's 1900 Restaurant & Lounge, is returning for her third stab at winning the red jacket awarded to the eventual champion and the $2,000 in prize booty that comes with it. She's made deep runs through the brackets in past years and said that the time demands are significant.
"It was long and very taxing, but it's fun to see people come out and support you," Mitchell said.
Several of the voices cheering on those inspired acts of kitchen acrobatics will belong to diners entirely unfamiliar with the field.
Food writer and cooking instructor Heidi Billotto serves as the official blogger (HeidiBillottoFood.com) for the Charlotte-based Fire in the City, and is caravanning down to Wrightsville with curious gourmands in tow. She'll be sitting in as a judge for the final round, but has found the roughly four-hour drive an easy sell to urbane palates desiring an off-season taste of the shore.
"It's a fun excuse to give people from Charlotte a road trip to the beach at a time when they aren't thinking about visiting the coast," Billotto said.
Billotto has been with the Competition Dining series in one capacity or another for several years, even before organizer Jimmy Crippen pushed statewide with the Fire on the Rock contest he'd long hosted at his Blowing Rock inn and restaurant. While her professional focus is keenly honed on Queen-city culinarians, Billotto is eager to taste the best the state has to offer, and is planning an outing to all of last year's regional winners. For her, the state presents boundless opportunities to seek out new flavors, and the Competition Dining Series is facilitating an impressive degree of exposure.
"I think North Carolina needs to toot their own horn a little bit about all the great chefs we have here," she said.
For Crippen, the series has turned into a full-time vocation following the sale of his inn last year. Working alongside the state's finest kitchen talent has sparked the flame for the next chapter in his career.
"After 18 years, it was time," he said of the transition. "I've got big dreams for this whole series to grow, and now I can really focus my energy on it."
While based in the Wilmington area and drawing a sizable field of competitors from local eateries, area cooks have all come up short in the previous outings.
Chef Josh Petty, a fixture at Sweet N Savory for the past seven years, was a semifinalist in 2013, falling to eventual winner Gerry Fong of Persimmons in New Bern. He isn't about to pass up a chance to sneak out of his usual digs for a shot at redemption.
"It's a good little vacation," Petty said. "Anything to get away from work, even if it's more work, is a good thing."
Eager to start chopping, frying and wowing the crowd, Petty finds the new format stirring, eliciting a string of expressions that would be as at home on the sideline as the grill line.
"You've got to be on your game. You've got to let it all out. You've got to go big or go home," he stated. "I'm stoked."
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text: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the superstar model-turned-songstress with a freewheeling lifestyle, now hands the job of first lady to a twice-divorced journalist who's the first presidential partner to enter the Elysee Palace out of wedlock. And as Trierweiler prepares for her new role alongside President-elect Francois Hollande, in the wings is the woman whose man she stole — Segolene Royal, the mother of Hollande's four children and a former presidential candidate now seeking her own seat of political power. Only in France.


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New mom Miranda Kerr will model a $2.5 million diamond-studded bra when she returns to the Victoria's Secret runway at an upcoming fashion show.
The supermodel, who is married to actor Orlando Bloom, will strut her stuff at next month's event in the aqua-colored Fantasy Treasure Bra, partly created by Long Island's London Jewelers – and she can't believe she will be wearing more than 142 carats of white and yellow sparklers on her chest alone.
Kerr tells People.com, "It's such an honor to wear the bra. And it's such a piece of artwork! It's absolutely stunning – it kind of feels a little mermaid-like – but I can't believe I'm wearing $2.5 million on my chest."
The lingerie presentation will mark Kerr's return to the catwalk for the lingerie and underwear brand since giving birth to her son Flynn earlier this year.


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