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Shoot! That isn’t a peace pipe. Now we will have to start negotiating all over again.
So much for diplomacy. Must be time for Obama to step up to the plate.
Yep you read it right. There is at least one Republican that loves Obamacare.
And that is because he is retired and both his premium and his deductible dropped dramatically using Arkansas’ Obamacare Marketplace.
Here is the article with the details.
People are fascinated with what other people think is important. Take for instance how to travel light or what to keep on a deserted island.
While updating my LinkedIn.com profile the other day, I received a message about a blog post titled “Things I Will Carry”. I was curious to see what that person considered the most valuable items to carry.
Well soon as I read it, another message showed up about things another person will carry.
Then another and another.
So I Googled it and found 773,000 websites with things I will carry. Now that is a lot of things. Who could possibly carry them all?
What was really odd was people said they would carry their fetish or their geekiness.
I will defend any geek and accept most fetishes, but to tout them on a blog is over the top.
I will stick to my blogs about death, zombies and President Obama. Did I actually put all of those in the same sentence? Awesome!
P.S. Being an engineer, I have to confess, I will always carry a pen to write with. But no pocket protector for me.
In a good way. Let me explain
2. Some (Walgreen) employees could end up paying less than $5 a month for a plan offering minimal coverage.
3. “This is good for EMPLOYERS because it makes their costs more predictable,” said Thomas Buchmueller, a health economist who teaches at the University of Michigan. “But it is also a good thing for EMPLOYEES, who will have more choices.”
4. Aon Hewitt said that the number of workers joining its (private) exchange in 2014 is five times the number currently enrolled. (Editor: Due to shift from individual insurance companies.)
5. 28 percent of the companies (surveyed) expect to join private health exchanges within five years.
6. The (private health-care) exchanges allow workers to shop for health benefits from a wide menu of insurance plans offering an array of coverage options and prices.
7. The idea behind private exchanges, like Obamacare, is to stoke competition that would lower prices while giving employees more options.
To confirm these facts, refer to this website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/walgreens-moves-workers-to-private-health-care-exchanges/2013/09/18/46f2c074-2082-11e3-8459-657e0c72fec8_story.html
I predict that health-care insurance companies will NOT survive unless they are part of public OR private health-care exchanges.
I predict that the exchanges will reduce the number of plans in the next few years. Care First has already lowered their number from 62 to 8.
Some of the companies that are in private exchanges include: eHealthInsurance, BenefitMall, Liazon Corporation, ConnectedHealth, Choice Administrators, TowersWatson -Extend.
Some of the companies that are in public exchanges include: Celtic, Kaiser, CIGNA, Access Health, Care First (Blue Cross / Blue Shield)
For more information visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_marketplace
President Obama wasn’t going to let Syria’s President Bashar Assad be the only one with a Bill Cosby impersonation.
The President is seen here saying, “Anybody got any frizzle frazzle?”
The Obama response was prompted by a news report on The Daily Show Tuesday Sept 10 by Aasif Mandvi. In this video clip of the report is a Cosby impersonation by Assad during his Charm Offensive.
Enjoy these rare moments between wars as politicians let down their guard.
For some reason I am suddenly craving a pudding pop.
Here is the complete summary of Obama’s speech marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington in 37 sentences.
In 1963, 200 years after the Constitution was written and 100 years after emancipation declared, that promise, those truths remained unmet.
People by the thousands from every corner of our country marched.
Dr. King’s oratory gave hope to millions.
In the face of hatred, marchers fought for freedom via discipline and persistence.
As a result, Civil Rights and Voting Rights laws were passed.
But the work of this nation is not complete.
Marchers were seeking jobs as well as justice.
For what does it profit a man, Dr. King would ask, to sit at an integrated lunch counter if he can’t afford the meal?
King’s dream is every American’s dream.
But unemployment remains twice as high for blacks and Latinos.
The gap of wealth between races has grown.
There is a shadow of poverty hanging over our youth.
The measure of progress is whether all hard-working people, regardless of race, can join the ranks of the middle-class.
This remains our great unfinished business.
Technology and global competition have not helped.
Our policies have suffered due entrenched interests that failed to give a fair deal.
We were told that greed was good and compassion ineffective.
That inequality was the price of a growing economy.
Elected officials blamed the government for economic woes.
Legitimate grievances evolved to criminal behavior.
Thus progress stalled, hope was diverted and we remained divided.
We now have a choice between the status quo or making change.
We are masters of our fate.
We need to work together and regain empathy.
Courage comes from our interracial experiences.
We need to turn towards one another and find we do not walk alone.
We can stand together for good jobs, good health care and good education.
The road will be long and we will stumble. That’s how a movement happens.
The marchers back then were young and fearless.
They dared to dream different and to imagine something better.
The urgency remains. The flame remains.
Tireless teachers, successful businessmen, mothers, fathers, and veterans are marching.
Change does not come from Washington but to Washington.
When you take on the mantle of citizenship, you are marching.
People who love their country can change it.
When millions of Americans join together in brotherhood, we live up to the true meaning of our creed as one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Obama, shown below, steps into the latest US technology on his summer vacation.
The $90 million prototype features a 4 foot high translucent screen that surrounds the cart which is equipped with a silent electric motor. Many tiny cameras, strategically placed around the cart, project the scenery to the opposite side to make the cart invisible.
Press Secretary, Jay Carney, said, “The stealth features of the cart and its mobility are better than a Harry Potter invisibility cloak.”
The President was enjoying his vacation and the new invention until a golfer did not see the cart and blasted a tee shot into one of the screens. That prompted Obama to quip, “We’ll have to work on bullet proof screens next.” The President’s comment resulted in a 10% jump in the futures price of bullet proof commodities.
Rumors are circling that Halliburton wants to purchase 100 of the stealth carts for their petroleum engineers in Iraq even though nobody has seen a petroleum engineer in Iraq in 3 years.
He is talking about the large inflated rubber duck floating in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour.
The concept is from Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. The duck is taller than Obama towering 16.5 meters high. Soon teenagers will be attempting to climb to the top of the duck which will result in the biggest belly flops seen since the “Splash” show premiered.
It is not every day you get to see how productive a President can be.
President Obama is filtering water for drinking. See this article for more information.


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|Bruins shake lines up following ugly loss||12.21.10 at 11:34 am ET|
WILMINGTON — Nobody could have been happy following the B’s 3-0 loss to the Ducks on Monday, and Claude Julien responded by shaking up the offensive lines in practice on Tuesday. Brad Marchand remains out, so the lines were as follows:
Lucic – Savard – Horton
Recchi - Bergeron – Seguin
Wheeler – Krejci – Ryder
Paille – Campbell – Thornton
A couple of quick thoughts to consider:
- Looks like that generation-spanning line might finally get some serious time. The Recchi – Bergeron – Seguin line looked good in training camp but has never been a fixture in the regular season.
- Nathan Horton finally gets Marc Savard to set him up. This could mean improved offensive production, but Horton’s entire game needs a shot of energy.
- There was a bit a brief exchange between Savard and Bergeron at one point in the skate, with the two exchanging cross-checks. It didn’t seem serious or something that lasted throughout the practice, but it’s good to see some fire from a squad that’s been lethargic.
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Earth materials include solid rocks and soil, water, and gases of the atmosphere. Materials have different physical and chemical properties which make them useful in different ways. Earth materials provide many of the resources that humans use.
Earth and Space Science
Earth Systems, Structures, and Processes
In prior years, students learned that water plays an essential role in Earth systems, including shaping landforms and weather. In grades 4-5 students learn how Earth materials change and how they can be used for various purposes. They learn that Earth materials include solid rocks and soil, water, and gases of the atmosphere. People use many of these materials as resources to meet their needs. One of the most important Earth resources is soil, since people depend on fertile soil to grow food. The processes that produce soils offer an excellent opportunity for students to understand how Earth materials change gradually over time, and provide a solid grounding for later study of landforms and large-scale changes of Earth’s surface that students will learn in middle school.

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By: Katy Grimes, Cal WatchDog
SACRAMENTO — With the Republican Party at such a low ebb, the supermajority Democratic Party is advancing connections everywhere.
In particular, there’s cross-pollination between groups pushing for overtime for domestic workers — and groups receiving Obamacare money. In some cases, they’re the same groups. Continue reading

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By Guest Blogger, Elegy
Have you ever gone back to someone who you know is bad for you? Or you don’t even go back to them, so much as they’ve appeared and you’ve allowed them in your life? You feel like an idiot, because how could you be so stupid as to let this person back in to shatter your heart? Because you know better, the only logical answer seems to be that you’re an idiot.
I know this feeling.
I know remembering how things used to be, having the mental disconnect between how uplifting and strong something used to make you feel, then looking up to the mess that is the present and recent past, where it turns into something that only leaves you in a hyperventilating heap of exhaustion, unworthiness- and numbed. The last of which a clear coping mechanism when you just can’t afford to feel anymore.
How do you know when you’re being abused? How do you know when you’re the abuser? How can you be mad at someone for what they’ve done, when you feel like you’re the one who let them do it? You allowed them back into your life, and somehow reopened the scarred wounds in your heart. It’s toxic; emotionally and mentally traumatic. And you keep cycling back, thirsty for more of the same. And yet no matter how much you drink in, you’re left parched in normalized despair.
But then you have your friends, the ones who actually love you- the ones who can show you what love is without hurting you. They make it a point to say it isn’t that you’re stupid, or an idiot. It’s not that you’re simply too weak, or you don’t love yourself enough or more than you love your abuser.
It’s not that simple at all, stop beating yourself up. It’s that you had so much love, and you loved someone so deeply…. You gave and sacrificed a large and personal piece of yourself. You can’t just take that back quickly, or easily.
And then it gets even more complex. How do you recognize what you see in yourself? I was the victim of emotional abuse, but I still cannot put two and two together. Cognitive dissonance, my favorite little term, I think sometimes I’m its favorite, too, if words could have favorites. Every word I say feels like I’m reading it out of the abuse victim’s handbook. “There it is; page 34, paragraph D.” She never hit me. She didn’t have a mean thing to say about or to me (well, actually that’s not true- just nothing I’m aware of recently). She’s not a bad person (or is she?). There’s so much more I could say about these two frames of thought…. If all of this is true, why is it that I’ve come out of this shell shocked, with some form of PTSD, anxiety, unworthiness, and just… shaken to my core? How can I be an abuse victim without an abuser?
I guess at some point I can’t allow myself to carry the entire load, nor can I let her get away with feeling simultaneously painting herself as a victim and innocent of the pain she caused me because she’s sorry, didn’t mean it, and didn’t know any better. That I should be the one feeling sorry for her mistakes. But she did know better, meaning she knew what she was doing-whether it was down in her heart or at the forefront of her mind, it doesn’t absolve her of her actions. Just because what she ultimately lacked was the strength to take responsibility for the adult decisions made, doesn’t mean she’s immune from consequence.
I know wanting to save someone from themselves, and simultaneously wanting to be saved from yourself. I’m used to pulling myself out of the muddy pit of spiritual decay; This is the third time around I guess, so while it still hurts, it’s almost become a second-nature-like skill. “Oh, time to drag myself out again? All right, I’m pretty sure my hand will instinctively know to grab where the sturdiest rock is.” Sometimes my mind still echoes the question flicked towards me, “what would I do without you?” Well, it didn’t have to be that way. Once I demanded something tangible, a real recognition of my value as a person, you never came through. You retreat to the familiar, even if that familiarity is being a victim, and wishing if only instead of creating something, no matter how hard. But I don’t want to be that girl, the girl who wished or waited. Even to the point of hating that girl when I see her in myself. I know I need to stop that, too, as it goes against my philosophy of accepting and loving myself; I have to love the parts I’d prefer not to have, too.
Emotions aren’t rational; they may never go away so much as me just becoming numb to them.
And I wish I could wrap this post up in a nice, pretty little bow for you, but this is a process. Just when you think you’re getting better, that you’ve gotten over it, life throws you another curve ball. And it’s easy to think, “Well, fuck my life! I’m just not getting any better after all, am I?” but that’s not true. At least for me it’s not. It’s quite the opposite. Instead of saying “go back, you didn’t set your foundations” I think that it’s life’s way of saying, “you made it past the first level, now you get to start from the beginning again at the next level.” It’s all just levels, where we’re continually evolving (and if you’re stagnant, life has a way of going from asking, quietly, to telling, loudly), we’re always starting over again at that next level. First we’re students at the very beginning, then we’re in college at the very beginning. Next thing you know, you’re at the next level- at the start of your career. Sometimes you’ll even go back to school to change careers, or boost your career. It’s a cycle, and if you feel like you’re repeating the same one over and over again, maybe it’s time to get off the ride- just remember to see if there’s something different about it this time, a new lesson you need to take away with you when you leave.

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Mobile VR isn't a particularly celebrated genre, but Ubisoft is giving it a shot with Virtual Rabbids: The Big Plan, coming soon to Google Daydream.
In Virtual Rabbids, a few tricky Rabbids have stolen and scrambled up top-secret nuclear safety passwords. It's up to you to travel to different locations and uncover the missing digits.
The Daydream's controller will make interacting with the environment around you much more effective and natural, and with a bunch of different elements to mess around with you may have some entertaining situations and puzzles to look forward to.
Unfortunately there's not much information available on the game as of yet. Its teaser trailer doesn't reveal much, other than to let us know that the same style and humour will be present - oh, and that it'll be coming out in 'spring'. We'll keep you updated when we know more.


Ionic liquids—salts made by combining positively charged molecules (cations) and negatively charged molecules (anions) that are liquid at relatively low temperatures, often below room temperature—are increasingly being investigated for uses in batteries, supercapacitors, and transistors. Their unique physical and chemical properties, including good ionic conductivity, low flammability and volatility, and high thermal stability, make them well suited for such applications. But thousands of ionic liquids exist and exactly how they interact with the electrified surfaces of electrodes remains poorly understood, making it difficult to choose one for a particular application.
Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have demonstrated a new method for observing in real time how the ions of such liquids move and reconfigure as different voltages are applied to the electrodes.
When ionic liquid electrolytes come into contact with an electrode, a special structure consisting of alternating layers of cations and anions — called an electric double layer (EDL) — forms at the interface, but tracking the real-time evolution of the EDL, where the electrochemical reactions take place in batteries, is difficult because it is very thin, only a few nanometers thick, and buried by the bulk portion of the ionic liquid.
Until now, scientists have only been able to look at the initial and final EDL structures by using microscopy and spectroscopy techniques; the intermediate structure has been harder to probe. To visualize the structural changes of the EDL and the movement of ions as voltage is applied to the electrodes, the Brookhaven team used an imaging technique called photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM). In this technique, surface electrons are excited with an energy source and accelerated into an electron microscope, where they pass through magnifying lenses before being projected onto a detector that records them. Local variations in the photoemission signal intensities are then used to generate contrast images of the surface.
In this initial demonstration, the team changed the voltage applied to the electrodes, the thickness of the ionic liquid films, and the temperature of the system, all while monitoring changes in photoemission intensity.
They found that the ions move and arrange themselves according to the sign and magnitude of the applied voltage. Cations gravitate toward the electrode with the negative bias to counter the charge, and vice versa for anions. As the difference in potential increases between the two electrodes, a highly dense layer of cations or anions can accumulate near the biased electrode, preventing further ions of the same charge from moving there — a phenomenon called overcrowding — and reducing ion mobility.
For very thin films, the number of ions available for rearrangement is small, so the EDL layer may not be able to form. In the thicker films, more ions are available and they have more room to move around. They rush to the interface and then disperse back into the bulk upon overcrowding to form a more stable structure. The team further explored the importance of mobility in the rearrangement process by cooling the thicker film until the ions virtually stopped moving.
The team plans to continue their research using the new aberration-corrected low-energy electron microscope (LEEM)/PEEM system. This will enable them to study not only the structural and electronic changes, but also the chemical changes of the ionic liquid-electrode interface, all in a single experiment. By determining these unique properties, scientists will be able to select the optimal ionic liquids for specific energy storage applications.
For more information, contact Ariana Tantillo at 631-344-2347.


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AC Milan are one of the teams interested in signing Lille midfielder Renato Sanches, but there is big competition to overcome.
According to what is being reported by Calciomercato.it, Renato Sanches can move on this summer if a team comes along and offers €35m. The report mentions that Milan are interested in landing the Portugal international and stand out as the Italian candidate to sign him.
However, Paolo Maldini will have to overcome large international competition if he is to sign the former Benfica starlet. The report cites French newspaper L’Equipe in claiming that Arsenal, Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Barcelona are all keen on him.
The player himself has a preference: Sanches wants to try a new experience in Spain and join Barca, but given their financial problems at the moment it seems like it could be a long shot. Despite some physical problems, Renato had 1 goal and 4 assists in 29 total appearances last season.


It’s a Social World After All
What is the most popular content category on the Web? Social networking of course.
In fact, social networking accounted for 19 percent of all time spent online in October – which is almost 1 out of every 5 minutes. This is a steady incline from 2007, when social networking only accounted for 6 percent of time spent online.
The most popular social site, Facebook, now reaches more than half of the world's population, and accounts for about 3 in every 4 minutes spent on social networking sites and 1 in every 7 minutes spent online around the world.
However microblogging has also gained momentum in the social space. Twitter grew 59 percent over the past year, and now reaches 1 in 10 Internet users across the world. But other microblogging services are also gaining traction, such as Tumblr and Sina Weibo. Sina Weibo is the leading Chinese microblogging site, and is ranked as the tenth social network globally, while Tumblr ranks twelfth globally and has recently seen a growth rate of 172 percent.
So aside from being everyone’s favorite past time, what is driving the popularity of social media? The answer could be mobile devices, which allow users to update statuses on the go, check-in with location-based services, redeem coupons or deals and more. According to the ComScore report, 32 percent of the total U.S. mobile population reported accessing social networking sites on their phone in the month of October, while 24 percent of the mobile population from the five leading European markets also claimed to have engaged with a social network via their mobile devices.
And although people use social networking for many different reasons, it continues to be an affordable and effective marketing avenue for businesses, especially since it reaches such a large audience.
A noteworthy statistic from the study reveals that social networking leads all content categories in the number of display ads delivered. In October, 28 percent of U.S. display ad impressions came from social media, and 5 percent of all ad impressions viewed in the U.S were socially enabled. Facebook is currently the largest publisher of U.S. display ad impressions, delivering 28 percent of display ad impressions in the third quarter of 2011 – which is more than the other four major portals combined.


NEW YORK — For years, New York — a city not accustomed to being second banana — has looked on as Silicon Valley has solidified its influence over the technology industry.
Sure, New York has added tens of thousands of good-paying tech jobs while the Wall Street job engine has sputtered. And the city’s startups pulled in $1.94 billion in venture funding in the first three months of this year, the most for any quarter in five years and second only to Silicon Valley, according to the research firm CB Insights.
But the big hit — the next Google or Facebook or even Salesforce, a powerhouse in online services for business — has proved elusive.
To improve the odds of fostering that next big thing in New York, executives at tech startups, big tech companies, and venture firms are creating a new policy and advocacy organization, Tech:NYC. The nonprofit will be formally announced at an event this week.
Tech:NYC has no set agenda yet. But its approach, said Julie Samuels, the executive director, will be to work early with city, state, and federal officials on issues that affect tech companies before laws are passed. Some broader issues like taxes, schools, and affordable housing also help determine whether people want to work and live in a city.
“New York is in a competition to be where startups are going to locate and bigger tech companies are going to grow second and third offices,” Samuels said.
The new organization arrives at a time when the path ahead for the local tech economy is uncertain. New York, it seems, has become fertile ground for startups, but has very few breakout winners.
There have been some notable failures. In the last two years, Fab, an e-commerce marketplace for designer furniture, housewares, and other merchandise, and Quirky, an online network for inventors, both collapsed, losing hundreds of millions of dollars for venture investors.
Silicon Valley venture firms suffered some of the biggest losses on those New York startups.
In January, Foursquare, a social app that uses location technology, raised $45 million, but at a price that cut its valuation nearly in half. And the Gilt Groupe, a fashion e-commerce service, was sold to the Hudson’s Bay Co., the department store conglomerate that owns Saks Fifth Avenue, for $250 million, about a quarter of its onetime valuation.
Startups are inherently risky. That is why venture capital firms invest in a broad portfolio of companies, so a few winners can make up for the losers.
In New York, it is not the setbacks that stand out as much as the scarcity of lucrative paydays — startups sold to the public or to other corporations for $1 billion or more.
There have been a few over the years. In 2007, for example, Google paid $3.1 billion for DoubleClick, an online ad-serving service. In 2013, Yahoo bought Tumblr, a microblogging platform, for $1.1 billion. Last year, Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods, went public at a valuation of $1.8 billion, and traded above that for a while but has since retreated.
Yet those are exceptions.
“Big exits really haven’t happened yet in New York,” said Fred Wilson, cofounder of Union Square Ventures, a New York venture capital firm. “It’s a valid criticism.”
That should gradually change, he argued, as the New York tech community matures. Wilson also said that New York entrepreneurs were influenced by the trading culture of Wall Street. They are more inclined, he said, to build a company, sell it, cash in, and move to the next one than some Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who dream bigger and view their company as their life’s work.
A study last year by Compass, a research firm, pointed to the potential of New York, and to how far behind the Bay Area it is. The study looked at various factors including the funding, market reach, talent pool, and startup experience of various locations to come up with a ranking of “global startup ecosystems,” excluding China, Japan, and South Korea.
New York ranked second overall, but was way behind by some measures. Compass estimated the value of all Bay Area startups — including sales to companies, public offerings, and private valuations — at $264 billion to $323 billion. The comparable estimate for New York startups was $41 billion to $50 billion.
Still, the New York tech economy has shown impressive job growth. An analysis by Jason Bram, a researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, concluded that from 2007 to 2015 New York tech employment grew by more than 60 percent, to 126,170 workers. By contrast, tech employment in the Bay Area was more than 370,000 as of 2014, the most recent figure in the Fed analysis.
The gap is hardly surprising, given Silicon Valley’s decadeslong head start and singular focus. “Technology innovation and entrepreneurship — that’s our business in the Valley,” said Steve Blank, an entrepreneur who lectures on technology and innovation at Stanford, Columbia, and New York University.
In New York, Blank said, “tech startups have been layered on top of the city’s existing industries,” including advertising, media, and finance.
But New York is increasingly a place for the deeper computer science for which Silicon Valley is known. Facebook, for example, has a large artificial intelligence lab in New York, headed by Yann LeCun, who is also a professor at NYU. And there are now AI startups in New York, including Clarifai and Geometric Intelligence.
Columbia and NYU have also strengthened their engineering departments and added programs in new fields like data science and machine learning, and are increasingly working with startups and nurturing spinoff ventures. Cornell Tech, founded in Manhattan in 2012, is dedicated to tech entrepreneurship.
And tech giants like Facebook, Google, and IBM have been aggressively hiring engineering talent for their New York outposts.
Nathan Richardson, chief executive of Trade It, a financial technology startup in New York, has worked in the Bay Area and in New York. Until recently, New York was regarded in Silicon Valley as a place to find business, advertising, and Web design talent.
“But you didn’t recruit engineers in New York,” Richardson said. “That’s changed dramatically.”
For some New York tech startups, the proximity to the industries they serve is essential. Sprinklr, for example, provides cloud software that allows major brands like Nike and McDonald’s to monitor their reputations and marketing on social networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Sprinklr works closely with the New York advertising and marketing community. “We’re an ideal company to be here,” said Ragy Thomas, its founder and chief executive. His startup has raised $125 million in venture funding and is valued at $1 billion.
After Charles Phillips took over as chief executive at Infor, a business software company, he decided to move the headquarters to New York. Infor had been based in Atlanta, mainly because of the previous management team.
So Infor was destined to relocate, and since it had hundreds of developers in the Bay Area, the board assumed the move would be there. “They thought I was crazy choosing New York, but they went along with it,” recalled Phillips, a former senior executive at Oracle.
New York, he figured, was closer to many of its corporate customers, making in-person meetings more convenient. And because Infor’s software was being overhauled for ease of use, he has hired software developers from New York advertising companies and fashion houses as well as the Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology.
“We’ve picked up some great programmers who understand design,” Phillips said. “And I wanted my engineers to be around people who weren’t all engineers.”


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Want to Play?
By Paula Yoo
Illustrated by Shirley Ng-Benitez
Six Pack: $47.70
It’s a warm, sunny day, and the gang heads to the neighborhood playground to play. What should they play? Henry wants to play basketball, and Padma wants to play Follow the Leader. Finally Pablo comes up with a great idea: to play pretend. It’s a game that everyone can do easily. They can pretend to be archaeologists, astronauts, and explorers. There’s no limit to what they imagine they can be!
Check out this interview with Paula Yoo and Shirley Ng-Benitez on the CONFETTI KIDS series: "Emergent Readers Dive Into Books With A Character-Cast Reflecting Cultural Diversity."
Check out and download the Confetti Kids Activity Guide for more fun with the entire series.
Click here to buy the complete Confetti Kids series collection.
About the Creators
is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Warren Wilson College. She is a television writer and freelance violinist living in Los Angeles. Her TV credits include The West Wing and Eureka.
is a children’s book illustrator who creates with watercolor, gouache, pencil, and digital techniques. She also loves to create 3-D creatures from clay and fabric. She lives in the Bay Area of California with her husband, their two daughters, and their pup.
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Six Pack: 9781620143049
Junior Library Guild Selection
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Interest Level:Grades K - 2
Reading Level:Grades 1 - 2
Childhood Experiences and Memories, Cultural Diversity, Friendship, Games/Toys, Multiethnic interest, Realistic Fiction, Collaboration, Imagination, Neighbors
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Emergent English, Diverse Background English Collection Grades PreK-2, Realistic Fiction Collection Grades PreK-2, Emergent Dual Language, 2016 Book Collection, Pedro Noguera Diverse Collection Grades PreK-2, Bebop English Guided Reading Level I, Confetti Kids Series Collection

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|Offered By||Dickies International Boat Sales - Dickies of Bangor|
LM 27 Classic motor Sailor built 1973 and fitted with a Nanni I29hp inboard diesel in 2005. Interior and exterior steering in the spacious cockpit, fully battened mainsail with lazy jacks, furling headsail . Major refit 2021 - 22. Lying Ashore Bangor
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The LM 27 is a popular choice for those looking to escape poor weather yet still enjoy helming on the tiller from the large aft cockpit. This example has interior and exterior steering in the spacious cockpit, fully battened mainsail with lazy jacks, furling headsail and asymmetric cruising chute.
"Zenta" in its last ownership underwent continuous and extensive refurbishment to all systems in that time to facilitate extended and unassisted cruising.
The fuel tanks give a range in excess of 700 nautical miles under engine.
Two separate water tanks and systems in the bow and stern can provide up to 30 man days.
The current owner has carried out a complete interior refit in 2021-22.
LM 27 built in 1973 by LM Glassfiber A/S to their own design. White GRP hull with styling stripe, superstructure and decks with non-slip surfaces. Long keel with encapsulated ballast. Wheel and tiller steering to keel hung rudder. Semi-enclosed wheelhouse with full cockpit cover.
The accommodation offers four berths in two cabins with 6' headroom. There is a V-berth forward with hatch to the foredeck and stowage under berths.
In the saloon to starboard there is a dinette table and seating for four which converts into a double berth with storage below. There is further storage in cave lockers along the hull.
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A hatch in the wheel house roof provides good vision when close maneuvering or the ability to steer and control the engine whilst standing on the side deck with lines in hand when coming alongside or taking a buoy.
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The Cabrini men’s and women’s cross country teams ran in their second competition of the season at the Ursinus Invitational on Sept. 8. The women’s team placed 5th out of the 6 teams and the men’s team placed 4th out of the 8 teams.
The women’s team ended with a final score of 141, behind first place Franklin and Marshall College with 46 points and Ursinus College in second with 56 points. Freshman Diana Gapinski made 18th place for Cabrini College.
The team competed without their top runner, senior Carolyn Roberts.
According to cross country head coach Tom O’Hora, Roberts turned her ankle in the previous week’s Delaware Valley Invitational. She will begin training in a few days and O’Hora believes she will be healthy for the Philly Metro Meet on Sept. 22.
The men’s team scored a total of 85 points, with freshman Eddie Penatar finishing 3rd and junior Justin Walsh finishing 14th out of a total of 65 runners.
“The Ursinus meet was just a training for us,” O’Hora said, “because it was hot, I asked all the runners to take it easy and not go all out. Considering that and the high level of competition, we did very well. There weren’t many teams at the meet, but they were quality teams.”
Cabrini’s cross country teams are working well with the new freshmen who have joined the team according to O’Hora.
“The freshmen have been great! They have mixed in very well with the veterans of the team.”
The Cabrini cross country team will compete in the Philly Metro Meet at 12:15 p.m. at the Belmont Plateau at Fairmont Park on Saturday, Sept. 22.


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The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY for short) was founded by three Washingtonians shortly after their high school graduations. What started as a one-day showing of young filmmakers’ work has now grown into the largest international festival for filmmakers under 25 years of age. It’s currently an annual three-day showing at the SIFF Uptown and Cinerama theaters in downtown Seattle.
The Central Branch Library recently had a showcase of some of the best pieces from last year’s NFFTY lineup. Works ranged from the highly comical “Iceberg” about Marcus, a teenage thespian, cast as the iceberg in his school’s production of “Titanic”, to a hard-hitting visual story about terrorism in Egypt titled “Trapped”. In addition to other comedic and dramatic shorts, they screened music videos, a documentary, and the 2015 NFFTY trailer (which can be seen here) that alluded to the same high quality of work to come in this year’s festival.
NFFTY this year takes place the weekend of April 23-26. There are panels with professional filmmakers and a variety of films to see, all grouped by common themes. A Day pass gets you access to all of the sections of events/showings on that day. You can see all of them, or just go to the few that pique your interest the most. There are some sections of family-friendly shorts (all noted on the festival website as “Family”), selections of historical dramas, thrillers, animation, a feature-length film, and so much more! It’s a perfect opportunity to see young people make beautiful, meaningful, intelligent work and it is always a blast.
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Perth, Oct 30 (UiTV/IANS) – Virat Kohli would be eyeing ICC Hall of Famer Mahela Jayawardena’s record as the most prolific run-scorer across T20 World Cups when India take on South Africa in one of their most crucial Super 12 outings here later on Sunday, with the charismatic batter just 28 runs away from the landmark.
While the legendary Sri Lankan cricketer has 1,016 runs from 31 matches in T20 World Cups, Kohli is on 989 runs from just 23 games. India skipper Rohit Sharma is currently fourth in the list with 904 runs from 35 T20 World Cup games.
Following a lean phase earlier in the year, the 33-year-old Kohli found his groove in the Asia Cup in the UAE and in the bilateral series leading up to the event against Australia and South Africa, and blossomed in the game against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 23.
Kohli has attributed his success to fitness and meticulous preparation, and in the build-up to the tournament he had said those are the two most important things for him.
“Fitness for me is probably more important than having cricket practice. I honestly feel that having a fit body makes you think better as well,” Kohli had said in the build-up to the event. “So, it could help people in their work, sport, anything. When you’re fit, you just want to start your day well, look forward to doing a lot more, on an everyday basis rather than just dragging yourself through the day.”
Kohli is also dubbed ‘Master of the Chase’ and his T20 World Cup scores while chasing fortify the point.
In chases across the five T20 World Cup campaigns, Kohli has made 541 runs at a strike rate of 135.92. Dismissed only twice in his 10 knocks, Kohli’s latest match-winning chase against Pakistan means his average has soared to a staggering 270.50. Outside of an unbeaten two runs against Scotland coming in at the end of their winning chase in 2021, Kohli’s lowest score is 23 (27) in Nagpur back in 2016.
Former New Zealand cricketer Ian Smith recently spoke highly about Kohli’s unbeaten 82 after his chase against Pakistan.
“He’s a genius, the way he plays, and he’s a genius in the way he’s worked the game out. And he’s a genius in that he knows exactly what to do, when to do it, and when to push the go button,” said Smith to ICC.
“When he finished, we had shots of him kneeling down and punching the pitch surface, punching it to relieve the pressure on himself.”
As for Kohli’s record chase, a failure against South Africa may just be delaying the record. When asked on Kohli’s form, and the record beckoning, Proteas pace bowler Anrich Nortje re-iterated South Africa’s primary focus — to continue on their winning ways after the big win over Bangladesh.
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Renal protection in sepsis: Is hypertonic sodium (lactate) the solution?
Annals of Intensive Care volume 9, Article number: 28 (2019)
Hypertonic sodium solutions are useful for minimizing secondary brain injury from cerebral edema but also attractive for “small-volume” resuscitation in severe hypovolemia and shock because they rapidly mobilize endogenous water from the intracellular reservoir, thereby reducing endothelial cell volume and restoring microcirculation.
In an exhaustive study in endotoxic pigs, Duburcq et al.  showed that early fluid resuscitation with hypertonic sodium lactate (HSL) attenuated disseminated intravascular coagulation-associated renal microvascular thrombosis and improved renal function. HSL performed significantly better than 0.9% NaCl [normal saline (NS)] and hypertonic sodium bicarbonate (HSB).
Two striking findings emanate from this study. First, resuscitation fluids substantially interfere with pathophysiological events that occur during sepsis. Fluids indeed have a direct and intimate contact with damaged and activated endothelium and may be involved in the early intricate endothelial-mediated inflammatory and coagulation processes that determine the course of sepsis (e.g., the intrinsic beneficial effect of 20% albumin infusion on skin endothelial function in septic shock patients ). The mechanism of action, however, remains hypothetical, clearly differs between fluids, and probably is multifactorial. Second, hypertonic solutions are not created equal. This is illustrated by the observation that HSB, despite equal amounts of sodium and similar alkalizing, osmotic, and anti-inflammatory effects as HSL, had no better effect on acute kidney injury (AKI) than NS.
The study of Duburcq et al. suggests a poor protective renal effect of NS in early sepsis. In recent years, NS has been increasingly stigmatized as an undesirable and even detrimental resuscitation fluid. However, this kidney-unfriendly profile of NS is not reflected in clinical scenarios. Yunos et al.  linked NS administration to the development of hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis and AKI. However, lactated/balanced crystalloids and 20% albumin were substituted for 4% albumin, gelatin, and NS according to an unblinded before–after protocol. Which of these changes contributed to the improved renal outcome and whether unidentified confounders may have influenced the incidence of AKI is unknown. Infusion with 0.9% NS versus Plasma-Lyte® in healthy volunteers produced hyperchloremia and significant reductions in mean renal artery flow velocity and renal cortical tissue perfusion in the NS group. However, relevant AKI was not evidenced as shown by similar concentrations of an AKI biomarker in both infusion groups . A meta-analysis assessing high- versus low-chloride infusion in 6253 perioperative and critically ill patients found a significant but weak association between high-chloride-containing fluids and a higher incidence of AKI. Excluding the 2 most-weighted studies from this analysis, however, rendered the AKI endpoint non-statistically significant . A subsequent cluster crossover randomized clinical trial did not demonstrate differences in AKI in intensive care (IC) patients who received either NS or Plasma-Lyte® . The recent SALT cluster-randomized, multiple-crossover trial comparing the administration of similar volumes of NS and balanced crystalloids in 974 IC patients showed no difference in a composite “major kidney-related adverse events” endpoint including death, dialysis, and persistent renal dysfunction . Importantly, none of the above studies could demonstrate an increased mortality rate in NS-treated patients.
Crystalloid fluids with lower chloride content and a strong ion difference, or the so-called balanced solutions, may contribute to a better clinical outcome. Zampieri et al.  reported lower hospital mortality and a reduced incidence of AKI from days 3–7 after IC admission in a large cohort of critically ill patients receiving Ringer’s lactate. This beneficial effect was more pronounced as the total administered volume increased. Surviving patients received proportionally more Ringer’s lactate and less NS than non-survivors. Of note is that only few septic patients were included. Most studies compared balanced solutions with NS. No study has evaluated the effects of hypertonic versus balanced fluid resuscitation on morbidity and mortality.
Scant evidence indicates that administration of hypertonic saline is associated with fewer perioperative complications, a shorter IC stay, and better survival . Lactated hypertonic solutions additionally improve cardiac performance . A French multicenter trial studied the effects of infusing no sodium bicarbonate versus 4.2% HSB to maintain pH > 7.30 in IC patients. Septic shock was present in 55% of HSB recipients. Each fluid was administered as a 30-min bolus infusion with a maximum of 1000 mL within 24 h. The probability of survival at day 28 between the control and HSB group was not significant. HSB-treated patients, however, had lower need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) and were less dialysis-dependent at IC discharge. HSB also decreased 28-day mortality in patients with more severe AKI . The recently published HYPERS2S trial in mechanically ventilated patients with septic shock found no significant difference in organ failure and mortality between patients treated with 3% hypertonic saline or NS. Compared with NS-treated subjects, the hypertonic saline group showed a trend (p = 0.13) to less need for RRT. Results also argued against hyperchloremia, which was significantly more frequent in the hypertonic saline group, as a factor increasing the risk of developing AKI .
In their endotoxic shock model, Duburcq et al.  previously reported a lower cumulative fluid balance in HSL-treated animals as compared to the NS and HSB group. This was associated with significantly enhanced oxygenation, hemodynamics, cardiac performance, and microcirculatory function. In septic patients, maintenance and replacement fluids had a more absolute impact on fluid balance and sodium/chloride levels than resuscitation fluids . Thus, it remains unclear whether clinical, and in particular renal, outcome depends on the use of a specific hypertonic resuscitation solution or on curbing an inappropriate fluid creep.
Concern also exists about the use of HSL. In an ovine model of septic shock, administration of HSL was associated with more pronounced decreases in blood pressure and cardiac function, earlier onset of impaired tissue perfusion, and shorter survival time .
We agree with Duburcq et al. that hypertonic, and particularly lactated, solutions deserve to be evaluated as resuscitation fluids, preferentially in a large randomized clinical trial enrolling carefully selected and homogenous patient groups, choosing the appropriate control fluid (balanced crystalloid rather than NS?), and assuring a thorough assessment of relevant outcomes and safety issues.
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MQM condemns brutal bus attack in Karachi
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan's most progressive and liberal party, has strongly condemned the brutal bus attack on a bus carrying passengers from the Ismaili community that left at least 45 dead and 15 injured in Karachi this morning.
Commenting on the unprovoked massacre, Founder and Leader of MQM, Mr. Altaf Hussain said, "I condemn this barbaric and criminal act on a religious community group. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed and injured in this attack."
He further added, "It is tragic that innocent passengers are being targeted in the name of religion. This was a brutal act of terrorism. The perpetrators of this massacre must be brought to justice."
MQM is the largest political party in Karachi, a city of 23 million inhabitants. It has been by far the most vocal against the rising terrorism and sectarianism in Pakistan and has itself paid a heavy price for its views, losing scores of workers and four sitting lawmakers in recent years.

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A Brief Look at Buying Bitcoins Online
When you are referring to bitcoin, what you are referring to is actually a special kind of digital currency that functions outside of the influence of centralized banks. Bitcoin is a kind of digital, online currency system that was invented in 2009 and functions with no centralized bank acting as a middle man in all transactions. Using bitcoins as your preferred form of currency has a variety of advantages. If you are interested in learning more about bitcoins, all you have to do is visit a bitcoin exchange website.
Many of you are probably wondering what the advantages of using bitcoins online may be. If you have a credit card or an online account, why would you use bitcoins instead? The problem is that, with traditional currency, you actually leave yourself vulnerable to hackers to a certain extent, as well as open to identity theft. With bitcoins you will not experience these problems. Bitcoins offer you a purely confidential way to make purchases online.
When you use bitcoins, the purchase is completely anonymous, just like using cash. If you use bitcoins to make purchases, the transaction itself will not be traceable to you and there will be no digital information trail that provides hackers with a way to get their hands on your personal information. Bitcoins are actually the perfect solution for small businesses who want to do business online, because there are no fees at all for any bitcoin transaction because there is no mediating financial institution. These days there are many people who are buying bitcoins because they are anticipating a sudden rise in their value.
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Can cannabis kill COVID-19? Memphis doctor weighs in
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - News of cannabis compounds preventing COVID-19 has been making the rounds on social media.
Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Stephen Threlkeld says the buzz all started with a study published by researchers from Oregon State University.
“They basically took two components or acids that are part of cannabis - lot of ingredients obviously in the plant - but two little acid components. They found that in a petri dish, when you pour that acid in there, that it could actually bind to the spiked protein of the coronavirus,” said Threlkeld.
Threlkeld said the research study could potentially prompt a clinical trial, but there are some drawbacks to the research done so far.
“It’s merely a study where they poured things into a petri dish to see what happened,” said Threlkeld. “We’ve seen this hydroxychloroquine, we’ve seen it with high concentrations of ivermectin, you can see the same thing with battery acid.”
None of which have proven to be clinically beneficial against COVID-19.
“There are a lot of hurdles that have to be crossed,” said Threlkeld. “As we’ve seen in other medicines like ivermectin, yeah, that can inhibit the virus in a petri dish but at many, many times the concentration that’s ever been approved for human use.”
Threlkeld said there is nothing right now to suggest that people who use cannabis recreationally or medicinally can prevent themselves from contracting COVID-19.
“You need to do those things that we know prevent exceptionally well and that is the vaccine,” he said.
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The old rule used to be eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. A new study, however, suggests that seven portions a day can reduce your risk of premature death by an astonishing 42 percent, reports the Los Angeles Time.
The study by U.K. researchers was published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
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Recent news headlines are pretty depressing.
“No Pants Subway Day” Yes, it is what it sounds like! In 60 cities across the world people rode the subway sans their pants. Acting as if everything was normal people waited, boarded and rode the subway in their boxers, briefs and panties. The twelfth annual event is said to have attracted over 4,000 participants in New York City.
As we shake our collective heads in utter disbelief and disgust, there is more….
“Marijuana advocates lay groundwork for legalization in Mass” New reports indicate that pro-recreational marijuana initiatives are expected in various states in 2016 including Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada. And Alaska is close to being the third states to legalize the drug.
Even some so-called conservatives are saying the war on drugs has failed, so let’s legalize pot. Plus it will provide more revenue in taxes for the government. Unbelievable!
“Alex Rodriguez sues to overturn ban” The New York Yankees super-star who was suspended for 162 games by Major League Baseball for using performance enhancing drugs is now suing MLB for reinstatement! Incredible!
In addition to those stories, we have Utah being the 17th state to adopt same-sex marriage. There was a shooting yesterday in a Florida theater over the use of a cell phone. The Octomom is charged with welfare fraud. A New York woman punches an elderly Wal-Mart greeter. The stock market falls to a two month low. And there continues the toxic atmosphere in Washington, D.C. among politicians who can’t get along or accomplish much “for the people.”
Ok, enough, I know! Besides, ThePreachersWord is supposed to be a “delightful word”! Right? But, let’s admit it. We all get discouraged over the depressing news from time to time and find ourselves asking, “What’s the world coming to?”
A fair question. But maybe we should ask “Who’s coming to the world?”
In the first place it’s not all bad news! Buried on the back page, or not reported at all are good people quietly going about their business doing good. A man rescuing a little boy who’s fallen into a sewer. A teenager girl organizes a prayer group at school. A teacher donates her kidney to a sick student. An Oklahoma woman who confronted a thief who stole her wallet and then bought him groceries. A man who leaves a $100 tip for a waitress, then writes a $5000 check for her college tuition.
Some of these stories briefly make the news. They make us feel good. But they are quickly forgotten. Buried in our consciousness. And then swallowed up by more bad news.
What’s the world coming to? It would be well for us to remember:
1. Paul Harvey was right. “It times like these, in helps to recall that there have always been times like these!” The Bible even records periods of history among God’s people that were dark and dismal. During the Judges “every man did what was right in his own eyes.” Not much has changed.
2. There’s still a lot of good people in this world. Honest people. Honorable people. God-fearing people who have not bowed down to “the god of this world.” And I can be one of them! “The salt of the earth” and “the light of the world.”
3. God is! He is alive and well. He sees. Hears. Knows. Cares. And God in His providential care will provide for His people. He will vindicate their cause.
4. The Gospel is still the GOOD NEWS! It tells us of God’s love. Jesus’ sacrifice for sin. The Holy Spirit’s revelation of God’s Word. It gives us help. Hope. And direction. It provides peace. Pardon. And protection. The Gospel says: “A better day is coming!” “A better world is prepared.” And “a better body is awaiting!” Ahh, GOOD NEWS indeed!
So, turn off CNN, Fox, and CBS. Put down the newspaper. Shut down the computer. Put away the smart phone. Tune out the bad news. And pick up a Bible. Read about God. Learn about Jesus. And find the Faith to overcome this world’s craziness.
Oh, and take a moment to pray. God’s waiting to hear from you. And He’s got some GOOD NEWS for you!
–Ken Weliever, The Preacherman
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Ken, I love reading your blog daily! It is an encouraging, uplifting, focused way to start my day . I thank you for your example and your faith and the time you put into all the efforts for The Lord to spread His love and His word. May He continue to bless you and sweet Norma!!
I appreciate your kind words
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The Official Cooking Pot of Utah?
Well for Utah it is the infamous Dutch Oven. Who knew states even had an “official cooking pot”?
We were wondering how this ever came to be and believe it or not this is a fairly recent addition to all things officially Utah. In 1997, the Utah State Legislature passed a bill designating the Dutch oven the official State Cooking Pot. It gets even better, Utah is the home to the he International Dutch Oven Society and every year they run an annual competition, called the World Championship Dutch Oven Cook-Off. So, you might not be entering into the World Championship Dutch Oven Cook-Off, but you can still impress your friends with a “gourmet” dutch oven meal while camping along the Arkansas River.
We’re taking camping food to the next level and throwing out the hot dogs, bratwursts and hamburgers and using our trusty dutch oven. Here are a couple of our favorite dutch oven recipes. Feel free to share with us your favorite camping recipes. Enjoy!
Dutch Oven Pizza:
What you need:
- 1 box Pizza dough mix
- 1 can pizza sauce1/2lb mozzarella cheese
- 1/2lb pepperoni
- 1 aluminum pie tin
- Prepare the pizza dough per mix directions
- Spread dough inside pie tin and up the sides.
- Top with sauce, cheese, pepperoni.
- Place 4 pebbles in dutch oven to raise pie tin off bottom.
- Set pizza in dutch oven
- Put dutch oven on top of 12 briquettes and cover with 14 briquettes.
- Cook for 15-25 minutes.
Dutch Oven Chicken Enchiladas
What you need:
- 1 1/2 pounds Chicken Breast, no skin, no bone — cut in 1″ cubes
- 12 large Flour Tortillas
- 12 small Corn Tortillas
- 1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
- 1 can Cream of Chicken soup
- 1 1/2 cups Salsa
- 1/4 cup Green Chiles, diced
- 1 medium Green Bell Pepper, chopped
- 2 medium Onions, chopped
- 1/2 cup Mushrooms, canned
- 1 can Black Olives, sliced or chopped
- 1 pound Monterey Jack Cheese
- 1 pound Cheddar Cheese
- 2 cups Sour Cream, light
- Shred both cheeses together.
- In a large bowl, mix chicken, cheeses, green pepper, onions, mushrooms, olives, chilies, soups, salsa and sour cream.
- In a 12 inch Dutch oven, place a layer of corn tortillas on the bottom and then a layer of flour tortillas.
- Next add a thin layer of the mixed ingredients.Repeat flour tortillas and mixed ingredients in layers until the top layer.
- Place a flour tortilla on top and then a layer of corn tortillas.
- Using 8 – 10 charcoal briquettes on the bottom, and 13 – 15 charcoal briquettes on the top.
- Cook for about 30 minutes or until chicken is completely cooked.


The more people that are comfortable being inside a casino, the quicker the brick-and-mortar casino industry will recover to pre-pandemic levels.
That seems to be the case, at least on one side of the table as there is an increased number of applicants to dealer schools in Las Vegas. According to a report from a local Fox affiliate, a handful of dealer schools have actually hit the maximum number of students they are allowed to accept.
David Noll, owner of CEG Dealer School, told local reporters that he had to limit enrollment to the course on several occasions. He also said that many of the applicants were considered “back of house” employees that were looking to transition to a different sector of the casino industry.
Those positions include employees of nightclubs or live performances, which still don’t have a concrete timetable as to when things will go back to normal.
As for the gambling aspect of the casino market, governments around the country have steadily been easing restrictions on table games. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced in February that Silver State casinos could operate at 35% capacity, which was up from the 25% that was allowed when the market reopened last summer. Governors in New Jersey and Pennsylvania have made similar decisions within the last few weeks.
That number was raised to 50% in March and several major media outlets have reported that the city has seen a severe spike in tourism since the increase.
The return of tourists to Las Vegas should cause a spike in gaming revenue. In Nevada, casinos have experienced 11 straight months with year-over-year declines in gambling earnings.


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Goodbye Android – Original Galaxy Gear Smartwatch To Be Updated To Tizen
Samsung are trying to spruce up their original Galaxy Gear smartwatch by rolling out an updated software version to replace the Andriod software currently in use. The operating system known as Tizen will be introduced on the original Galaxy Gear smartwatch to bring it back up to date and keep it competitive with the rest of the devices on the market.
Aesthetically, there aren’t really any major differences between the two operating systems; but there are when it comes to performance. Tizen has a vastly improved battery life, faster performance and customisable shortcuts. It also has the ability to store music on the device itself with its standalone music player and also has voice command features; All this to increase the functionality of the original Galaxy Gear to that of the Gear 2 and other newer smartwatches.
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KrAZ – history of the Kremenchug automobile plant
Kremenchug Automobile Plant (KrAZ) is a company producing trucks and special-purpose machinery. It was founded as a bridge factory in 1946 and for the first eight years it specialized only in this field. However, in 1956 the plant was reorganized into a combine plant. The next two years, its main product was agricultural machinery. The whole KrAZ model range.
In the spring of 1958, the Kremenchug combine harvester was transformed into a heavy-duty truck factory by a decree of the Soviet authorities. The production itself was transferred from the Yaroslavl Automobile Plant.
The first products left the factory in the spring of 1959. These were the first-born dump trucks KrAZ-222. A year later, the dump trucks produced in Kremenchug were exported, not only to neighboring countries or Asia, but even to Latin America.
According to the results of the first ten years of operation the plant was awarded an honorary award of the Soviet government. By that time the KrAZ model range consisted of six trucks – models KrAZ 255, 255B, 255B, 256B, 257B, 258B. These machines without significant changes continued to be produced all the following years until the end of the 90s.
At the turn of the century, attempts were made to reorganize the enterprise, create joint ventures with foreign capital, and change the form of ownership. However, in 2000 the company, which at that time became the Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ”, finished with huge losses, after which the controlling interest was acquired by “Mega-Motors”.
In the nearest years the assembly complex in Vietnam has been opened, the contract on delivery for the Iraqi army of automobiles KrAZ-6322 of a various complete set has been concluded. In the next decade, the increase in production was carried out continuously due to military supplies to Georgia, Armenia and for the armed forces of Ukraine.
In addition, an assembly and repair plant was opened in Cuba to service the many thousands of trucks in the country. In spring 2014, the designers of the plant presented a completely new development of KrAZ H27.3EX.
And in the summer of the same year, an agreement was signed for the production of armored vehicles under license from the Canadian company Streit Group KrAZ Spartan and KrAZ Cougar (as if a Ford Coupé Mercury Cougar). Since then, the company has been supplying the domestic market mainly with military products and has completely abandoned any cooperation with enterprises and suppliers in the Russian Federation.


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Hello PikiranMedia’s Friends! Have you ever heard of the mythical creature named Keong Mas? This fascinating creature is a prominent figure in Southeast Asian folklore, and her story is one that is often passed down from generation to generation.
For those who may be unfamiliar, Keong Mas is a beautiful golden snail that is said to possess magical powers. According to the legend, the snail was once a beautiful princess who was cursed by an evil witch. In order to break the curse, the princess had to marry a prince and produce a child. However, the witch placed a condition on the princess – she must run away from the palace on her wedding night, and the prince must find her before sunrise.
The princess obeyed the witch’s command, and the prince spent the entire night searching for her. As morning approached, the princess transformed into a golden snail and crawled into a nearby river. The prince caught the snail, and as he held it in his hands, the creature transformed back into the beautiful princess. The couple was married and lived happily ever after.
In Southeast Asian culture, the legend of Keong Mas is often used to teach lessons about the consequences of greed and the importance of kindness and generosity. Her story is also a reminder of the power of love and the importance of being true to oneself.
While the tale of Keong Mas may be ancient, it still holds relevance today. In a world where people often prioritize materialistic possessions and monetary gain, the story of a beautiful princess who transforms into a snail serves as a reminder of the importance of focusing on what truly matters in life – relationships, self-discovery, and personal fulfillment.
One interesting aspect of Keong Mas is the various interpretations and adaptations of her story across different Southeast Asian countries. In Indonesia, for example, she is known as the ‘golden snail princess’ while in the Philippines, she is referred to as ‘Maria Makiling.’
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With Southern California scrambling for the second time in 15 years to head off massive water shortages, Utah and other states in the Upper Colorado River basin are concerned.
That concern has Utah legislators considering a proposal to effectively limit water exports from Utah to other states.While the legislation affects all Utah water resources, the primary focus is on the Colorado River drainage. Well-financed California groups have sought for years to acquire upper basin water rights that could be transferred to diversion points in the lower basin.
The Colorado River proved the savior for drought-plagued Southern California in 1976 and 1977 and officials there hope to repeat the scenario.
Colorado River water officials say it now appears Southern California will be able to divert up to 1.2 million acre-feet of water from the river without forcing extra releases from Lake Mead or Lake Powell.
"It looks like the Central Arizona Project's anticipated draws were over-optimistic and there should be enough water available to Southern California without additional releases," said Wayne Cook, director of the Upper Colorado River Commission. "The CAP facilities are not maturing as rapidly as had been expected."
Cook said additional releases would have had minimal impact on Utah this year.
"The extra water would have come from Lake Mead this year since it has more water in storage at the present time," Cook said. "If extra releases continued, there would have been some impact on Lake Powell over time because of rules requiring storage in the lakes to be equalized."
The Los Angeles area has rights to 550,000 acre feet of Colorado River water. The district has traditionally diverted an additional 650,000 acre-feet of unused water through its aqueduct. Initial projections for 1991 indicated only 800,000 acre-feet would be available, prompting the request for the extra releases.
Cook said upper basin states such as Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming have resisted the pressure to sell thus far and he expects that resistance to continue.
Cook said droughts tend to raise conjecture that lower basin states are heading for a showdown with the upper basin states over the allocation issue. Cook feels that these fears are overstated and that the states are committed to working within the existing compact to meet the needs of all participating states.
"The purpose of the 1922 Colorado River Compact was to reserve water for the upper states because it was expected that they would develop more slowly than the California area," Cook said. "The challenge right now is to use the excess water prudently during the interim to meet needs in other areas while protecting those water rights for the future."
A 1964 Supreme Court decision involving an Arizona suit against California reduced California's claim to Colorado River water from 5.2 million acre feet annually to just 4.1 million.
"California is in a position of having to wean itself from Colorado River water and that is a difficult process, especially during droughts," Cook said. "Their only other option is to convert agriculture water from the Colorado to culinary use through conservation measures."
Nearly half of the culinary water for Southern California comes from the north end of the state through the California State Water Project, Cook said. Because the northern part of the state is suffering more intensely from the current drought, that supply has been substantially reduced.
Cook said current plans for this summer are for normal water releases. He said both the downriver water supply and the generation of hydropower should not be adversely affected this summer.


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Dreams of striking it rich. That’s what was on the minds of many lined up today at the Cue-Nique Lottery II stand at Strawberry Square in Harrisburg as they traded in their hard earned cash for lucky Powerball lottery tickets.
“It only takes one,” said Carolyn Potts of Silver Spring Township as she purchased a ticket for her brother, Bill Foltz, also of Silver Spring Township.
Over lunch, the Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to $550 million, up from $500 million as more people than expected across the country purchased lottery tickets. It is the second-highest jackpot in lottery history, behind only the $656 million Mega Millions prize in March.
"Oh God. You wouldn't believe it, honey. It's fantastic," said Walt Boyanowski, who was running the lottery machine at Cue-Nique.
He said sales were up by 60 percent due to the Powerball frenzy.
While the odds aren’t even in your favor — experts say you have a one in 175 million chance — it’s not stopping hundreds of thousands from taking a shot at the record lottery.
The line was at least 25 people deep at Cue-Nique. For many, just playing – and, dreaming – was worth it for the $2 per ticket price.
“The excitement of it. It’s a good feeling whether you win or lose. It’s a good feeling,” said Tracy Metz of Carlisle.
Maribeth Soto of Susquehanna Township said she would pay bills and take care of her family if she wins, but admitted was just taking a chance by purchasing $10 worth of tickets.
“It’s just the excitement. What the heck, why not take a chance?” she said.
With that kind of prize, ticket buyers admitted they would have a hard time spending more than a half a billion dollars. Roy Bridges of Harrisburg said he figured he’d help his family.
“It would be a good surprise. It would be a great surprise,” he said. Bridges purchased four tickets and said he only plays when the jackpot is high.
David Cantwell of Marysville had bigger dreams: “I’d quit my job and tour with my band.”
There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the jackpot already has reached a record level for the game. It was first posted at $425 million and climbed on Tuesday to $500 million.
Tickets for the Powerball drawing will be available until 9:59 p.m. today. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m.


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