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To the end, Hitler rued the Third Reich's failure in rousing Muslims en masse to his cause.
MOST GERMANS saw Adolf Hitler as the savior of the Aryan race, but he was an equally epochal figure for Iranian Muslims. That's because the Fuhrer was the "Hidden Imam," the Mahdi, a long-awaited Islamic messiah expected by Iran's Twelver Shi'ites to usher in an era of universal justice on earth. Or so Nazi propagandists would have Iranians believe. Let no one say the Nazis weren't creative: if turning Muslims against the Allies required a bit of religious legerdemain, so be it.
Or rather, make that a lot of sleight of hand. In their zeal to draw on Islamic sources and traditions for their outreach to Muslims during the war, Nazi propagandists weren't above producing their own textual readings of the Koran and the hadiths. They identified Jews as the Masih ad-Dajjal, a sinister false messiah who is the Mahdi's arch enemy in Islamic eschatological tradition and was now out to subjugate Muslims worldwide. Only Hitler could save the faithful from this supreme evil.


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Nars Artistry Brushes are a new series of lovely tools that I will be examine over the next few posts. Given the breadth of this collection, I'm going to proceed by first showing pictures of all of them in detail. I will be offering some thoughts about the brushes in some later posts.) These are available at Nordstrom.com, Barneys, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nars Cosmetics online.
Here is the entire set (click to enlarge):
This post will cover the Nars Artistry #30 Precision Lip Brush ($26). This was way, way cooler than I imagined a lip brush could be, and the price is quite modest given the ingenuity of the design. This slim, elegant little brush comes capped to ensure that product doesn't migrate throughout your purse or elsewhere.
With the cap off, the bristles remain hidden inside the slim case:
That is, until you put the cap onto the back. The pressure from the cap on the back of the handle pushes the bristles upward. The action is quite smooth and intuitive. Awesome! And you can use your brush in your gorgeous bag, which can stay clean.
This little brush is ingenious! Flat side:
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I'll be offering more thoughts about these in upcoming posts. These are available at Nordstrom.com, Barneys, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nars Cosmetics online.
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Complex - The days of brick and mortar video game retail outlets are numbered. We know it, they know it, everyone knows it. With digital distribution on the horizon with next generation consoles, it's almost certain that the old way of selling video games is rocketing into a collision course with extinction.
Unless the next gen consoles do block used games I don't think gamestop will go away.
I have 3 gamestops close to home and I've never had a bad experience with the employees, even one time when trading a game an employee offered me more money to buy my game than I was getting as trade in credit.
I think if they came up with a new digital download model retail could stick around.
Something like:
Go in store, buy the game, downloads in store with their Fibre connection in a second, you take the USB stick home, plug it in console and it installs. Something like that could work but it is dependant on game sizes getting much bigger and quicker than home broadband speeds getting faster
I was going to apply at GameStop but they told me that they don't hire gamers.
I used to work for GAME in the UK and 'gutting' was also standard practice there. It wasn't for theft prevention reasons, it was simply stock control. The guts are always sold last so if a customer came to the counter with a case and the sales guy goes to the drawer to grab the game and there is one gut left, they know they're selling the last copy. Once the guts are gone, in theory all the cases are gone from the shelf so there aren't any products being displayed that aren't actually in stock. Issue is; publishers pay stores like GAME to display their titles simply for marketing purposes (whether in stock or not) so you will often walk into a GAME store, pick up a title, only to be told they are sold out. Frustrating stuff. The chart in GAME is paid for, it isn't based on sales numbers at all so if for example Activision pay GAME to display Call of Duty at No.1 in the chart for 4 weeks, then whether or not that title is actually in stock, GAME will have to display dummy cases at No.1 in the chart. You'll often walk into a GAME store on a Thursday evening and see a title in the chart prior to launch with a 'coming soon' sticker on it. Horrible company to work for, I've moved on, up and out of retail now but I sure don't have fond memories of working there.


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A case in point is the brouhaha regarding Elsevier's publication of "fake" medical journals in Australia, which is seemingly another hotbed for pharmaceutical marketing excess.
It has been said that Elsevier "colluded with Merck to produce a fake journal, the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine (AJBJM) to promote rofecoxib and other Merck products." That's how critics described it in correspondence to The Lancet -- a real medical journal published by Elsevier. The authors call for Elsevier to either divest itself of of either its medical publishing or pharmaceutical services division (see here).
Elsevier admits it should not have called these publications "journals," but was silent on whether or not it "colluded" with Merck. It just says, in effect, such a lack of "disclosure" will not happen again: "We have done a full internal review of all our publishing practices and are finalising a set of revised guidelines to ensure that this type of misrepresentation and lack of disclosure is not repeated," Elsevier said in reply to the letter to The Lancet.
Elsevier fully intends to continue its marketing relationship -- or "collusion," if you prefer -- with the pharmaceutical industry.
"It is certainly fair to raise the issue of the compatibility of medical publishing and service to the pharmaceutical industry, and we value input from the scientific community on this subject. However, it should be noted that Excerpta Medica is very clear and transparent in stating that its mission is to help pharmaceutical companies publish and market their research. This is a legitimate and important function, assisting in the dissemination of advancements in pharmaceutical research that aid medical professionals every day. When one or more companies fund the research or the publication, that information is clearly disclosed."There's that word again, "disclosure" or "disclosed."
But is disclosure enough?
I empathize with a publisher that wishes to help its advertising clients promote their products within their publications, even to the point of publishing sponsored articles. I do that myself in Pharma Marketing News. That's all well and good for trade publications. But mixing up marketing and editorial content in the medical field is another thing altogether.
That's why I believe there must be at least a "firewall" between marketing and publishing within the medical publishing arena. Transparency is just not enough.
If medical publishers don't take steps more drastic than issuing guidelines about transparency, they will come under increasing scrutiny from regulators similar to that leveled against the for-profit CME industry (for more about that, see "Pharma Shifts Support of CME from MECCs to Physician Societies").
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A Genetically Engineered Person and self-proclaimed "party girl," Echo Adams loves her diplomatic job entertaining alien bigwigs for the Galactic Federation. But the Bureau of Alien Affairs has discovered she's much more than she thinks—that a rogue scientist endowed her with skills and psi abilities dwarfing those of common GEPs. And suddenly Echo's luxury life is over, replaced with a far more dangerous one: a special agent expected to not only chase bad guys but eliminate them.
Echo hates being stuck on Madrea—a planet of technophobes off limits to Federation visitors—hunting for a stolen quartz crystal with a powerful alien life form embedded inside. She despises the Bureau's restrictive rules—especially the one warning her away from the dangerously seductive commander of the king's army. And if she doesn't learn how to use her alleged super-psi powers soon, her partying days—in fact all of her days—will be over for good.


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Steel does not melt at 800 degrees Celsius, more like 1500!!! Whoever heard of a racing saloon BMW weighing 2.5 tonnes, even septic "short tons"!!! I suppose this programme on this channel is not intended for knowledgeable watchers
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The Way-Back MachineI was just thinking on my way to work this morning how glad I am that it is 2014. The year just sounds friendly, doesn't it? By re-activating this long-dormant blog, however, I am transporting myself back six years, to the day I first opened its virtual pages: my opening salvo in the Minnesota Multitypes Libraries' "23 Things on a Stick." Yes, it was January 2008, I was a librarian at Metropolitan State University (hence the "MetroRebecca" handle), and I grabbed onto that half-year project and used it to drag myself kicking and screaming into the 21st century. I didn't do all the 23 things, but I did quite a few. Then I left Metro State and spent a couple of years in some cool short-term librarian positions (I look back with special fondness at my six months as a school librarian at Mounds Park Academy) before landing a coveted "permanent" slot in an academic library. Those six years have been a fun ride, professionally speaking. And, perhaps, I owe it all to those 23 Things.
The new program, which runs from today (15 January 2014) to 15 June, focuses on "23 Mobile Things" — so I probably shouldn't be writing this blog entry from a desk computer. (Baby steps, baby steps.) Nonetheless, I am supposed to write a blog post, then register the blog as the first Thing.
To participate in 23 Mobile Things, each participant needs a blog. In the blog you will write posts about each Thing you do, what you learned, and how you could use the concepts or apps in your work or for yourself.What do I hope to get out of the current Things? Another six years of fun, that's what.
If you already have a blog you can register it, but when you write posts for this program please include "23 Mobile Things" and the number of the Thing you're doing somewhere in the title of the post. This is just so it's easier for us to find each post. ... Write a blog post for Thing 1 telling us what you hope to get out of the program.
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This is a story about a man and his passion for great barbecue. On June 20, 1998, Ralph Taylor and his good friend, Tim McGuire, entered their first ever barbecue cook-off at Columbus Acres in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The brand new team surprised themselves and everybody else that day by winning first place pork! From that day forward, Ralph has been on a wild and crazy road that traveled from Frisco, Colorado to Kansas City, Missouri to Lynchburg, Tennessee and home again to Fort Smith.
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The Pink Flamingo BBQ team cooked their first Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS) sanctioned cook-off in October, 2001. The KCBS is the largest and most respected competition barbecue organization in the world. And I guess it was typical of the Pinks' optimism when they chose the American Royal Open as their first KCBS event. The Royal is the largest BBQ cook-off in the country and features almost 500 BBQ teams each October. They didn't win any ribbons that year, but they had the time of their lives and vowed to return. And return they did. Pink Flamingo BBQ won 1st place Sausage at the 2003 American Royal and because of that, every customer at Ralph's Pink Flamingo BBQ gets a complimentary piece of the world's best sausage.
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Of all the onetime Disney stars, Vanessa Hudgens has always seemed particularly eager to shed her squeaky-clean image.
While Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez were still trying to appease their tween fanbases, Hudgens was dealing with blowback from an infamous nude-photo scandal. And following the conclusion of the "High School Musical" franchise, she almost immediately began taking on dark film roles instead of sticking with more PG-fare. This year alone, she's been seen as a concubine, a bikini-clad party animal and a runaway stipper.
Up next? A pregnant teenager. On Thursday, Roadside Attractions announced that it had acquired "Gimme Shelter," based on the true story on a 16-year-old homeless teen who finds refuge at a women's shelter. The film is set to premiere at Indiana's Heartland Film Festival next month, and Roadside plans to release it in January.
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Hudgens, 24, physically transformed herself for the movie, chopping off her long locks and spending two weeks living in a shelter for research.
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Hudgens seemed at home as a gun-toting college girl in "Spring Breakers" earlier this year, but her turn as a pole dancer in the crime thriller "The Frozen Ground" was not embraced by audiences in August.
Clearly, Hudgens has lofty aspirations: In the October issue of Marie Claire, she said she aspires to have a career like Meryl Streep's and wants to win an Oscar.
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Stonington schools recommend disbanding some looping programs
Stonington — School administrators have recommended disbanding three combined-grade programs but preserving a fourth.
The recommendation calls for keeping the seventh- and eighth-grade CRICKETS program at Mystic Middle School and disbanding the fifth- and sixth-grade programs at Mystic and Pawcatuck middle schools. The Mystic program is the May/Junes program, while the Pawcatuck programs are called PFish and Otters.
There are currently 180 students in the combined-grade programs, known as looping programs.
The recommendation is a culmination of a review by school officials to determine whether or not the programs are able to meet new state standards. With the Common Core State Standards, to be implemented this fall, comes annual testing of students to determine if they are meeting the standards for their grade.
The concern is that students in the looping programs will not have had all the grade-appropriate curriculum instruction required for the testing because students learn material from both grades over a two-year period.
The recommendation was presented to the school board on Thursday.
A large group of students and parents, many of them affiliated with the challenging CRICKETS program, urged the school board at a meeting last month to not eliminate the programs. Students in CRICKETS score between 5 and 15 points higher on state mastery tests than their peers.
School officials are now recommending that the three fifth- and sixth-grade programs become individual fifth- and sixth-grade classrooms in 2013-14. This is because the new Common Core Standards are organized in clusters for K-5 and 6-8, making the differences between the fifth- and sixth-grade standards significant, according to the recommendation.
The recommendation states that although teachers have indicated there are various ways to meet the new standards within the fifth- and sixth-grade looping programs, "the administration feels that separating the grade level expectations is in the best interest of academic achievement for all students."
The recommendation states that an expected decrease in enrollment at Pawcatuck Middle School next year also poses "a number of challenges and opportunities to reconfigure the classroom settings in those grades."
It adds that aspects of the programs, such as group learning and project-based learning, will be incorporated in all classrooms.
"This doesn't mean that the good things about these programs won't remain in some way," school board Chairwoman Gail MacDonald said Thursday.
The reconfiguration will equitably distribute students in heterogeneous groups, which was not the case with the looping programs because placement was based on parental preference, the recommendation states.
Because of fewer differences in the Common Core Standards between grades six and seven, the report said the CRICKETS program will remain in place for 2013-14. Though no details were included, the recommendation states that the selection process must be changed to ensure the class matches the overall demographics of each grade level.
Currently, students who wish to apply submit their names, and the class is chosen by lottery.
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The San Francisco Giants and pitcher Sergio Romo agreed to a two-year deal Wednesday, avoiding salary arbitration.
Romo, who earned $1.575 million last year, filed for $4.5 million for a one- year salary when teams and players exchanged figures on Jan. 18. The Giants countered with a $2.675 million offer.
Romo, who turns 30 on March 4, went 4-2 with 14 saves and a 1.79 ERA in 69 relief appearances last season. He also allowed just one earned run in 10 2/3 innings over 10 playoff games, including three saves in San Francisco's four- game sweep of Detroit in the World Series.
In 276 career games with the Giants, Romo is 20-9 with 17 saves and a 2.20 ERA.


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The animated and inclusive art world of Pike County compares favorably to the Manhattan art scene for Joan Standora of Hemlock Farms.
The animated and inclusive art world of Pike County compares favorably to the Manhattan art scene for Joan Standora of Hemlock Farms.
She was one of nine artists exhibiting paintings at Chant Realty at 106 E. Harford St. in Milford, Pa., at an "Art After Dark" display on a recent Saturday night.
"I was pleasantly surprised to see the level of interest in art in this community," Standora said. "In New York it's about business. Dealers run the art world and dictate who gets seen, who will be important. Some of the art being sold is horrible, but people pay thousands."
In that world where gallery owners give art arbitrary value, she said, "some art never leaves the gallery."
Gallery owners convince buyers to make an "investment" in an "avant-garde" artist, and the amount they pay for the work that then stays on display becomes a testament to the artist's value for others.
"It drives the cycle," she said. "Here, everyone's work is seen. There's an openness. And look, this is a real estate agency, and they have a show."
Having been an art teacher, art therapist, then a psychotherapist specializing in addictions, Standora has returned to art, studying figure painting at the Art Students League. She describes that latter experience as "supportive of all people who want to become involved in making art."
"Tuscan River," her painting on display in the Chant hallway, depicts an Italian river, to which she is drawn by its "grace, serenity, and history," as both her parents came from Italy — her father from the north, her mother from Sicily. She has visited five times, staying in a mountain villa with friends.
The water itself was most challenging to paint, she said. "I wanted the reflection, but not static. I wanted to show movement. It took me a while."
Nellie Carr also painted water, but she did it more whimsically in "Reflections on a Lily Pond," hanging down the hall from Standora's piece.
Carr began painting with oils in her Chicago childhood, but put it down to marry a "Jersey boy" and raise a family. She began working in banks right after high school, going through seven mergers with PNC before her retirement, she said. Retired teacher Elva Zingaro painted a place she cherished in "Home Sweet Home" of a quaint Westchester park building that, inside to the right, provides informational pamphlets and maps, and, to the left, restrooms.
"When I first saw it, I said, 'I could live here,'" said Zingaro. "I took out my paints and painted in plein air."
She and Chant Realtor Audrey Lanham shared a moment of excitement when they realized they both spent their early youth in Yonkers and knew the same places.
Lanham painted "Happy Flowers," also on exhibit, from sunflowers in her yard, though she changed the color.
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Stunner! State to help infertile 'gay' duos
Proposal would extend treatments to homosexuals, lesbians
Majority Democrats in the California legislature over the years have demanded that school children celebrate the life of homosexual activist and reported sexual predator Harvey Milk.
They've also demanded that children as young as 5th grade be taught any consensual sexual behavior is "safe" as long as you "protect" yourself. And bisexuality and transexuality are "normal."
But the state's new proposal, AB 460, the "Health care coverage: infertility" proposal by California homosexual advocate Tom Ammiano takes the state's pro-homosexual actions to a whole new level.
AB 460 would extend the idea of "non-discrimination" to homosexuals and lesbians regarding fertility, allowing them to be classified as "infertile" if they are unable "to conceive a pregnancy or to carry a pregnancy to a live birth after a year or more of regular sexual relations without contraception."
They would then be eligible for insurance coverage for "treatment of infertility, except in vitro fertilization, under those terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the group subscriber or the group policyholder and the plan or the insurer."
"Coverage for the treatment of infertility shall be offered and provided without discrimination on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, domestic partner status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation."
"No wonder California taxpayers are going bankrupt," said a commentary at Breitbart.com. "Even biology must take a back seat to political leftism now."
The commentary said the legislation's "fact sheet" notes that insurance companies are refusing coverage "based on[the policy holder's] not having an opposite sex married partner with which to have one year of regular sexual relations without conception."
Pondered Breitbart.com, "Makes sense, due to biology."
The proposed change would apply the requirement that insurance companies provide benefits for "Treatment for infertility," which includes "procedures consistent with established medical practices in the treatment of infertility by licensed physicians and surgeons, including, but not limited to, diagnosis, diagnostic tests, medication, surgery, and gamete intrafallopian transfer…"
It applies to homosexuals and lesbians alike the provision, "For purposes of this section, 'infertility' means either (1) the presence of a demonstrated condition recognized by a licensed physician and surgeon as a cause of infertility, or (2) the inability to conceive a pregnancy or to carry a pregnancy to a live birth after a year or more of regular sexual relations without contraception."
California has a long record of legislatively promoting homosexuality and other alternative lifestyles. Just last year lawmakers demanded that any counseling involving sexual orientation change for minors be banned – even if the minor and the minor's parents requested it.
That law is on hold while it is fought over in court.
It would require all counselors dealing with minors to affirm homosexuality and all its variations under all circumstances, regardless of the requests of the minor or his or her parents.
Earlier, the California lawmakers' pursuit of a free-sex atmosphere in public schools and elsewhere included a vote in which the majority Democrats killed a plan that would have cracked down on intimate relationships between school teachers and their students.
The unsuccessful Assembly Bill 1861 would have made it a felony if any teacher or employee of a public or private school "engages in a sexual relationship or inappropriate communications with a pupil."
Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, has created a Rescue Your Child website, which encourages parents to seek out church schools or homeschooling options for their children.
His group explains that already in California's public schools children as young as 5th and 7th grades are told they have the "individual" and "personal" right to engage in "respectful" sexual activity with anyone as long as it is consensual and males wear a condom.
California has adopted numerous sexual indoctrination bills, including SB48, which requires positive portrayals of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in public school social studies and history classes.
Others cited by Thomasson's group:
- SB 543, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010, "allows school staff to remove children ages 12 and up from government schools and taken off-campus for counseling sessions, without parental permission or involvement. The purpose is to permit pro-homosexuality teachers and administrators to remove sexually confused children in 6th grade and up from campus and take them to pro-homosexuality counselors who will encourage them to embrace the homosexual lifestyle."
- ACR 82, approved by the California Legislature in 2010, "creates de facto 'morality-free zones' at participating schools (pre-kindergarten through public universities). Schools that become official 'Discrimination-Free Zones' will 'enact procedures' (including mandatory counseling) against students from pre-kindergarten on up who are accused of 'hate,' 'intolerance,' or 'discrimination'." What is the hate? Peacefully speaking or writing against the unnatural lifestyles choices of homosexuality and bisexuality.
- SB 572, signed by Schwarzenegger in 2009, establishes "Harvey Milk Day" in K-12 California public schools and community colleges. In classrooms, schools and school districts that participate, children will now be taught to admire the life and values of late homosexual activist and teen predator Harvey Milk of San Francisco the month of May.
- SB 777, signed by Schwarzenegger in 2007, prohibits all public school instruction and every school activity from "promoting a discriminatory bias" against (effectively requiring positive depictions of) transsexuality, bisexuality and homosexuality to schoolchildren as young as five years old. SB 777 means children will be taught their "gender" is a matter of choice.
- AB 394, signed by Schwarzenegger in 2007, effectively promotes transsexual, bisexual and homosexual indoctrination of students, parents and teachers via "anti-harassment" and "anti-discrimination" materials, to be publicized in classrooms and assemblies, posted on walls, incorporated into curricula on school websites, and distributed in handouts to take home.
- SB 71, signed by Gov. Gray Davis in 2003 and implemented in 2008 through the new "sexual health" standards approved by appointees of Schwarzenegger and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, teaches children as young as 5th grade that any consensual sexual behavior is "safe" as long as you "protect" yourself with a condom, and teaches children that homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality is "normal."
- AB 1785, signed by Davis in 2000, required the California State Board of Education to alter the state curriculum frameworks to include and require "human relations education" for children in K-12 public schools, with the aim of "fostering an appreciation of the diversity of California's population and discouraging the development of discriminatory attitudes and practices," according to the state legislative counsel's digest.
- AB 537, signed by Davis in 1999, permits teachers and students to openly proclaim and display their homosexuality, bisexuality or transsexuality, even permitting cross-dressing teachers, school employees and student on campus, in classrooms, and in restrooms.
The state legislature even demanded earlier students in public schools every year honor Harvey Milk, a homosexual activist and reported sexual predator, as well as an advocate for Jim Jones, leader of the massacred hundreds in Jonestown, Guyana.
In honoring Milk, schools are advocating for the acceptance of what Milk sought: the entire homosexual, bisexual and cross-dressing agenda; a refusal to acknowledge sexually transmitted diseases spread by the behavior; his behavior as "a sexual predator of teenage boys, most of them runaways with drug problems"; advocacy for multiple sexual relationships at one time; and "lying to get ahead"; according to SaveCalifornia.com.
A 1982 biography of Milk tells of a 16-year-old named McKinley, who "was looking for some kind of father figure."
"At 33, Milk was launching a new life, though he could hardly have imagined the unlikely direction toward which his new lover would pull him," the book says.
It also states, "It would be to boyish-looking men in their late teens and early 20s that Milk would be attracted for the rest of his life."


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His crossing (when he decides to cross it) is ridiculously poor. Figo's a much better player all round than him. Portugal would be much better off with Simao on the left and FIgo on the right for mine. All very well to have a guy pulling off some amazing tricks but if he's not crossing it in to a head there's no point in it. I can remember about 3 times against Iran when he beat 1 player (partially) then took a pathetic shot. That's the sotr of stuff he normally does. When he has a great match he gets the end product. More often than not his showboating comes to nothing.
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:35 am
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i know that one cannot just divide recipes to make smaller portions. how does one do that?
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It depends on the recipe. Actually, in most cases, you can simply divide or multiply a recipe (best when halving or doubling... going up 16x can lead to problems). What isn't so easy is adjusting cooking times.
What are you trying to divide?
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I am tryiing to divide a bread recipe.
Mediterranean Olive Bread
1 package of active dry yeast
¾ cup warm water about 110˚F
¼ cup sugar
½ cup butter or margarine
4 large eggs
About 5 cups of unbleached all purpose flour
1 cup each Spanish style pimento stuffed olives and pitted ripe olives, drained and patted dry
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What about the baking instructions?
For a bread like this - it works pretty well to just divide all the ingredients in half. The yeast is the trickiest part as measuring out 3.5 g of yeast is difficult without scale accurate to 0.1 g. If you end up with a tad less yest, it's okay - rise times will need to increase. Too much and rise times should be reduced.
Depending on how it's supposed to be baked, the baking times make not need any adjustment.
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well, it just needs to be for 45minutes and need to be risen twice. once without the olives added and once with the olives added. I have made this full recipe and no problem. it turns out great. but because i will be trying to use a toaster oven(small). it won't fit.
thanks a lot michael.
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Baking time will probably need to be adjusted. This will be completely dependent on your toaster oven and then pan (both shape and color make huge differences) you will be using and it will be hard to predict. First time you do this, start checking at 30 min and then every 5 min after that. When you reach the suitable "done" point, remember that time and next time you bake the same recipe in the same toaster oven start checking 5 minutes before that as verification.
Toaster ovens are often poor at providing even baking temperatures throughout the volume of the oven as well as through the baking process, so your bread might not come out as nice as with a larger oven. However, most toaster ovens have a light and glass window which lets you visually check the status of the bread without opening the door. Every time the door is opened there is significant heat loss that will extend the baking time (making the time recorded inaccurate for future use - but a good guide; that's why I recommend using that only as a starting value for future baking where you can continue to refine the baking time for your particular setup).
As for rise times, volume increases are what we're looking for, but in most cases the same rise time produces the same amount of rise. For example, if your dough takes 3 hours to double in volume, usually a halved recipe will also take 3 hours to double. But, keep in mind that a half packet of yeast is hard to control - so you may need to extend or be able to shorten your rise times.
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A packet of yeast contains 2 1/4 teaspoons, so you'll need 1 1/8 teaspoons if you halve the recipe. But like Michael said, a little more/less yeast isn't going to mess up your bread--it's just going to shorten/lengthen the rising time.
That said, my initial thought was why go to all the trouble for a little bit of bread? You can make the recipe with the quantities specified, and then divide it in half when it is ready to rise. Put one half in the refrigerator to slow down the rising process long enough to get the first loaf baked off before the second loaf is ready to bake. If you pull the dough out of the frig when the room temperature dough is ready to shape, that should buy you more than enough time.
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Bread has to be one of the hardest things to cook. Other than the recipe are there any other helpful tips when cooking bread? Such as a special pan or cooking spray?
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Sometime it's hard to make a smaller portion. My mom is the living proof. When she was younger, she was always making portions for 6 people, when she got married and moved away, now shes making the same portions but for 4 of us. Each day I'm telling her that it's too much, but after 20 years, she still continues with her own way.
If you ask me, I'd say use math. Make everything proportional and with amount of ingredients you'll be accurate, just I'm no chef so maybe in practice math wont do
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The CEO of Yahoo is right. There's something to be said for being in the office with your fellow employees. I had an entirely different cartoon in mind for today when a staffer came up to me and said, "Are you going to draw a cartoon about Mayor Caviar?" Even as I was telling him I hadn't planned on it, today's cartoon was forming in my mind.
When times are good, there's nothing like a little credit card abuse, especially on the company dime. I remember going to cartoon conventions and being pretty generous toward cartoonists who were either free lancers or working for small papers that were not paying for their cartoonist's expenses. Back then I was working for a paper in Ohio that eventually went out of business.
Appearances are everything in politics and things don't look so good with the mayor of one of the poorest cities in America eating high on the hog while some Hartford residents don't know where their next meal is coming from. Add to that the fact that Pedro looks like he's put on a little weight since he took office and it makes me concerned. He's not up there with Gov. Chris Christy of New Jersey who has gone for lap band surgery on his stomach. Looks to me like he's getting ready to run for the presidency. I don't expect Pedro to go that far, run for the presidency that is, but it wouldn't hurt if he cut back a tad, although caviar is darn near a health food. Maybe they should add it to the school lunch program. This from Wikipedia, if you can believe them:
Caviar is not only delicious, but it is also healthy. The delicacy has long been appreciated for its exceptional nutritional value. ¿¿• There are only 40 calories and 2.8 g of total fat in each tablespoon ¿• One tablespoon also has 1 gram of Omega-3 fatty acids, proven to reduce the risk of heart disease ¿• Just a spoonful supplies the daily requirement of the vitamin B-12 ¿• This treat contains significant levels of vitamins: A, C, PP, B2, B6 and B12. ¿• Caviar is rich in the amino acids Arginine, Histidine, and the essential amino acids Isoleucine, Lysine and Methionine ¿• Caviar is 25% Protein by volume, 18% fat, 4% carbohydrates


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Sports Concussions to be Examined at Santa Clara University Symposium Sept. 12
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 26, 2013 — With thousands of lawsuits pending and heartbreaking reports coming in regularly about the damage from sports-related concussions, what is the extent of the problem and what are the proposed solutions for this persistent dilemma?
Some of the top minds charged with analyzing and setting policy for sports in the United States will be on hand to discuss the topic Sept. 12, at the fourth annual Sports Law and Ethics Symposium at Santa Clara University. The event will feature keynote speaker Alan Schwarz, New York Times reporter and author.
The all-day symposium will be presented by Santa Clara University's Institute of Sports Law and Ethics. The event will take place Sept. 12 at SCU's Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., Student Activities Center, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Additional conference speakers will include:
* NFL Hall-of-Famer Ronnie Lott
*Three-time NFL All-Pro Brent Jones
*Boston University neurosurgery professor and NFL adviser Dr. Robert Cantu
*President of the National College Players Association Ramogi Huma
*Three-time NFL All-Pro Brent Jones
*Boston University neurosurgery professor and NFL adviser Dr. Robert Cantu
*President of the National College Players Association Ramogi Huma
*Olympic and World Cup soccer champion Brandi Chastain
*ESPN reporter Tom Farrey
*University of the Pacific athletics VP of external relations Ted Leland
A special lunchtime presentation will address "What we can learn from what happened at Rutgers," – regarding the abusive treatment of basketball players at that New Jersey university -- featuring presenters Jack Clark, head rugby coach at the University of California, and Jim Thompson, CEO and founder of Positive Coaching Alliance.
Cost: Students registered at an institute of higher education will be admitted free of charge. Others pay $175, including lunch, with a deadline of Sept. 5. Registration is available through the website: http://law.scu.edu/ai1ec_event/third-annual-sports-law-and-ethics-symposium/
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Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California's Silicon Valley, offers its more than 8,800 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, theology, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see http://www.scu.edu.
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Spinal surgeons at UC Davis Health System are enrolling individuals immediately following spinal cord injury in a multi-center clinical trial of an investigational compound that is being tested to determine whether it can protect and regenerate the spinal nerves after catastrophic injury.
To be considered for enrollment in the study, a participant must have suffered a spinal cord injury a maximum of 12 hours prior to the administration of the first dose of the investigational medication, and must be available for daily dosing for a total of 28 consecutive days.
The multi-centered clinical trial eventually will enroll a total of approximately 164 participants at acute-care medical centers throughout the United States. UC Davis is the only trauma center in Northern California participating in the clinical trial.
Acute spinal cord injury occurs in 13,000 to 15,000 individuals in the United States each year; well over half of the cases experience quadriplegia. The estimated lifetime cost of acute spinal cord injury for a 25-year-old patient is in the millions of dollars.
There currently is no drug treatment approved by regulatory agencies in the United States or European Union for treatment of patients with acute spinal cord injury. The current compound is called SUN13837and is being developed by Asubio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Paramas, New Jersey, as a treatment for spinal cord injury and stroke.
In the randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, individuals selected for participation will be assigned to receive either active treatment with the investigational medication or a placebo for a period of 28 days. Study subjects will be monitored throughout the study for adverse reactions to the drug and or procedures.
At UC Davis, the study is being led by Kee Kim, associate professor, co-director of the Spine Center and chief of spinal neurosurgery, and Eric Klineberg, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery. Ripul Panchal, assistant professor of neurosurgery, Cassie Spalding-Dias, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, and Daniel Nishijima, assistant professor of emergency medicine, also are collaborating on this clinical trial.
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Beginning on Tuesday, March 9, fans can call the ETSU ticket office at 423-439-ETSU (3878) and request to be put on the "waiting" list for NCAA tickets. Once the NCAA informs the ETSU athletic department of the number of tickets available for both the men's and women's events, the process of determining priority for those tickets will begin.
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This came to my inbox today (I've removed my e-mail login name). I think this must be a phishing attempt.
1) I don't remember having a PayPal account. If I did at one time, I haven't used it in three years.
2) Per the PayPal site, they would have used my real name if this was a valid email.
Look at the link I'm supposed to click. Does that look suspicious to you?


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West Bridgewater, Mass., Nov 3, 2013 / 04:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the season of Advent draws closer, Catholic Relief Services and a fair trade group are encouraging consumers to be mindful of where they buy their Christmas gifts.
"We ought to be aware of how we're connected," said Rodney North of Equal Exchange, a fair trade group based in Massachusetts.
Since 2007, Catholic Relief Services has worked with Equal Exchange to involve more U.S. Catholics in their work of improving the lives of those in developing nations. Now, thanks to a revamped online store and Christmas bazaar program, it's easier than ever to support rural communities.
"The relationship began because of this coincidence in values," North told CNA in a recent interview.
Catholic Relief Services works to help improve the well-being of those in need, usually on the ground level of charities, while Equal Exchange works as a "friendly buyer" for small farmers and farming co-ops throughout the world. Even if the market forces prices down, Equal Exchange guarantees a fair wage for their products.
"If nothing else, this partnership is educating people about their connections with others," North explained. "Every day through the banana you buy, through the coffee you drink, you're connected to these people and you should think about that."
While most people are familiar with the constant fluctuation of marketplace prices, he said, what many people may not realize is the devastating impact these changes can have on producers in developing nations.
"That's one reason why they have low prices year after year after year so they can never escape their poverty, they can never scratch enough together to climb out of that hole," North said.
"Now that we know this sort of grim reality of how the marketplace works, we have choices; we're encouraging you to make this other choice to seek out fair-trade products where people are trying to do right by the small farmers, to give them a break," he added.
After buying products at a fair price, Equal Exchange then sells them online and gives churches and other community organizations the opportunity to sell them as well, particularly at annual fairs preceding Christmastime.
More than 5,000 congregations and community organizations have purchased Equal Exchange products to sell at their annual Christmas fairs. While this might sound like a large number, North pointed out that this leaves more than 300,000 congregations and place of worship that do not offer fair trade products.
When consumers purchase products through this particular option, they are both generating funds for their own congregation and supporting Catholic Relief Service's overseas projects by funding a small-farmers' sustainability program.
"When farmers come together, they get a little more power," North explained.
By joining with other local producers, these communities can pool their money to build warehouses, trucks for shipping and even hire a person to conduct quality control, thus improving their products – and quality of life – even more.
Coffee, chocolate, handmade crafts and artisan gift wrap are just some of the items available, all of which comes from people who are receiving fair wages for their work.
North said that those interested in learning more about selling fair trade products at their Christmas fairs can visit: [equalexchange.coop/programs/holiday-bazaar](http://www.equalexchange.coop/programs/holiday-bazaar). Simply by requesting more information, people can be entered to win $500 in fair trade merchandise to sell at their fair.


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SALEM (AP) — Oregon's timber harvest last year was up 36 percent from its 2009 recession low.
The state Department of Forestry says the harvest increased a third straight year to 3.75 billion board feet.
The 2009 harvest was 2.75 billion board feet.
A Forestry Department economist, Brandon Kaetzel, says the increase is due to a strong export market and improving housing starts in the United States.
The department reported Monday the largest increase in logging was on tribal lands, followed by private forest lands.
Logging on federal, state and county lands decreased or stayed about the same as the year beforeLane County was the biggest timber producer in western Oregon in 2012 with 590 million board feet.
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Because clients have several choices to make regarding ash trees on their property, you will be called upon to help them choose a reasonable management plan. The first step when evaluating an ash tree in a landscape is to assign it a relative value based on its position in the landscape, its condition, the cost of removing and replacing it vs. keeping it alive, and the owner's willingness to invest resources in it over time.
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1 Low value ash trees: ones that are not integral to the landscape and that the owner does not wish to invest resources in to protect chemically. Also, includes ash in poor conditions for any reason.
2 Moderate value ash trees: ones that the owner wishes to keep alive until NS replacement trees are large enough to provide benefit.
3 High value ash trees: ones that are important to the landscape and in which the owner is willing to invest resources on a yearly basis. Trees must be in good condition initially.
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He has value as long as Jerome Simpson is out, for sure, and probably still after that. I like what I'm seeing out of Christian Ponder at QB, especially when he looks Jenks' way 10 times like he did on Sunday. Last week: 6 receptions, 67 yards, 1 TDThis week: vs. Cardinals
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Real Property Tax Relief, Number of Homestead Exemptions
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Reduction in Taxes, by County, Tax Year 1989
Homestead exemption property tax reductions were granted to
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Qualified senior citizens or disabled homeowners receive tax
reductions based on their total income, provided that the
income does not exceed $16,500. The taxes on the property
owned by such taxpayers were reduced by $56,094,357. The
average tax reduction amounted to $199.17.
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amounts reimbursed to each county for the homestead
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Liverpool secured the biggest kit deal in English soccer history today after it was revealed that the Anfield club had signed a deal with Warrior Sports, according to The Daily Mail. The agreement will net Liverpool a staggering $41 million a year (£25 million), which smashes the previous record of Nike's £23.5 million deal with Manchester United.
If you're wondering, like me, who are Warrior Sports, they're a US-based sports uniform company who specialize in uniforms for lacrosse teams. They also create hockey uniforms. Warrior Sports are headquartered in Warren, Michigan. In 2004, they were acquired by New Balance. And in 2007, they acquired Brine Sporting Goods. Brine is a more well-known soccer brand in the United States, where Brine soccer balls, goalkeeper gloves and shin-guards are quite well-known.
While the £25 million a year kit deal is twice as much as what Liverpool were getting from Adidas, my biggest concern is whether Warrior Sports can create a professional and aesthetically pleasing soccer kit. The first new Liverpool kit designed and manufactured by Warrior Sports will debut in the 2012-13 season, so they will have plenty of time to perfect the design.
According to The Daily Mail, Liverpool sell approximately 900,000 shirts a year. Only Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid sell more soccer shirts.
While 25% of Premier League clubs are owned by American companies, American businesses are getting their share of the action when it comes to securing kit deals with Premiership clubs. Under Armour recently signed a deal with Tottenham Hotspur beginning with the 2012-13 season. Several clubs in the Premier League wear Nike, an American company. Many clubs wear Umbro, a brand which is owned by Nike. Adidas and Puma, meanwhile, are German companies.
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Last year, my son was accepted into a doctoral program at the University of Washington in Seattle. In the four years it will take him to finish, we will want to visit. The fact that he is studying the effects of climate change in UW's biology department makes it even more compelling for us to make green travel choices.
Last year, my son was accepted into a doctoral program at the University of Washington in Seattle. In the four years it will take him to finish, we will want to visit. The fact that he is studying the effects of climate change in UW's biology department makes it even more compelling for us to make green travel choices.
The distance from Hendersonville to Seattle is approximately 2,700 miles. If we choose to fly, a passenger mile in an airplane, traveling at full capacity, is equal to the passenger mile consumption of an automobile traveling the same distance.
However, air travel has a particularly negative impact on the atmosphere because planes emit a stew of harmful gases in addition to carbon dioxide. Also, as planes cruise in the upper atmosphere, the gases they release have an even greater impact than gases released on the ground. This makes airplane travel almost twice as harmful as driving a relatively fuel-efficient car.
We try to offset the ill effects of our travel by making donations to organizations that work for a cleaner and healthier environment. The Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO), a local grass-roots organization, is a good choice.
This concept, known as carbon offsetting, has gone mainstream. Now the major travel booking sites such as Expedia and Travelocity will link the conscientious traveler to organizations that help the environment. Expedia has partnered with Terra-pass, and Travelocity with the Conservation Fund.
Research by consultant Paul Gridley for Train Chartering states that travel by train uses up to 70 percent less energy and causes up to 85 percent less air pollution than planes. Amtrak's scenic express train from New Your City to Seattle takes three days. The reviews of the experience, including the meals and sleeper car, are very favorable. It would take us an extra day to get to New York from here, but this sounds appealing.
Other than walking, bicycling across the country would be the least polluting. A touring cyclist, averaging 40 miles per day, could make it to Seattle in 65 days. My husband and I are only recreational cyclists and like to travel with our bikes on a bike rack. We are always looking for places to stop that offer good cycling facilities.
Camping is another passion of ours, and we hope to visit our nation's most spectacular natural areas between here and Seattle. We were inspired to make a cross-country trip back in 2009 when public television presented the series "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," which documented the history of our parks and the people who made them happen. Learn more about it at www.pbs.org/nationalparks/.
Tent camping has been a part of our lives for years, but now, wanting for a little more shelter, we started looking at the plethora of camper options on the market. Finally, we decided on an aluminum-framed slide-in truck camper. We ordered the base-model shell and had it outfitted at Morehead Design Lab in Mills River.
As I wrote this column, we were on our camper's maiden voyage, trying it out in Florida campgrounds for a couple of weeks. On one of our first nights out, a man from the campsite next door walked over to ask about our rig. At his campsite, we could see a long travel trailer (fifth-wheel style) parked behind his truck.
When we compared our vehicles, they both got approximately 19 miles per gallon on the highway, but when he pulled his heavy camping trailer his mileage dropped to 8 mpg. Our truck's mileage, with the camper on its bed, was averaging 17 mpg. We have promised ourselves that when a new, more efficient truck comes on the market we will get one, but until then our six-cylinder Nissan will have to do.
Our neighbor was amazed that we didn't plug in to the electric outlet provided at each campsite. "Don't you need to plug in to run your television?" he asked. I couldn't help but smile when I answered, "No, we like to get away from our television when we camp!"
Our camper's auxiliary battery runs the LED lights, the fan and a small refrigerator, and it will recharge our cellphones. It charges as we drive along and also gets input from a small, flat solar panel mounted on the camper's roof. For the most part, our camper's shakedown trip has been successful, and we're ready to take it across the country this summer.
We believe traveling green is a commitment. It often takes a little extra effort, but not much. If we can't find a place to recycle on our travels, we ask. Public demand can influence competitive image-seeking businesses, which may change their ways if enough visitors inquire. Being aware of our energy and resource use comes easy after years of practice, even when we're away from home.
I hope you are planning a trip on one of these cold winter nights. As H. Jackson Brown Jr. once wrote: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Katie Breckheimer is a longtime Environmental and Conservation Organization member and volunteer. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.