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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Procter & Gamble Co. PG, -0.30% on Thursday confirmed its prior second-quarter earnings and sales targets. The Cincinnati company continues to see earnings of 81 cents to 83 cents a share on sales growth of 5% to 8%. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call, on average, forecast earnings at 83 cents a share. Organic sales, or sales excluding acquisitions, divestitures and currency exchange, are still seen growing 4% to 6%.
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Norway establishes embassy office in Iraq
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is visiting Baghdad on Monday 29 June. He will have meetings with Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hosiyar Zebari, Minister for Human Rights Wijdan Michel Salim and representatives of NGOs and the UN. “I have hoped to be able to visit Iraq for quite some time, and I am pleased the opportunity has now come,” said Foreign Minister Støre.
“Contact between Norway and Iraq has lately become closer, and I will therefore inform the Iraqi Foreign Minister today that Norway will establish a diplomatic presence in Baghdad,” said Mr Støre.
Norway will establish an embassy office in Baghdad, which will be under the Norwegian Embassy in Amman.
“I also hope to obtain more information about democratic, social and economic developments in Iraq, where a lot still remains to be done, although progress has been made. In order to get an overview of the situation, I will meet civil society representatives and the International Committee of the Red Cross in addition to the Iraqi authorities,” said the Foreign Minister.
On 15 May, the Norwegian and Iraqi authorities signed an agreement on the return of Iraqi nationals, and implementation of the agreement will be one of the items on the agenda in the Foreign Ministers meetings. The Norwegian business sector is considering increasing its involvement in the Iraqi energy sector, and this will also be a topic of discussion.

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In 2008, their economic worldview and unrestrained corruption precipitated a global economic crisis that literally caused, and is still causing, billions of people to suffer — in response, they quickly protected the plutocrats who caused the crisis while leaving the victimized masses to cope with the generational fallout. Even now, Western elites continue to proselytize markets and impose free trade and globalization without the slightest concern for the vast inequality and destruction of economic security those policies generate...
Corrupt elites always try to persuade people to continue to submit to their dominance in exchange for protection from forces that are even worse. That’s their game. But at some point, they themselves, and their prevailing order, become so destructive, so deceitful, so toxic, that their victims are willing to gamble that the alternatives will not be worse, or at least, they decide to embrace the satisfaction of spitting in the faces of those who have displayed nothing but contempt and condescension for them.
Next week should be interesting.
Gold did a $100 overnight move last night at one point from the low to the high, before giving some back today.
We are still waiting on a proper breakout, but the ice has been broken.
And we have only just begun.
Have a pleasant weekend.


Indian police said they have arrested 25 people, suspected of supplying the alcohol to roadside restaurants where it was sold to travellers and villagers in northern Punjab state.
The death toll from people drinking tainted alcohol in India's northern state of Punjab rose to 98 on Sunday, according to officials and local media reports.
Police arrested 25 people, suspected of supplying the alcohol to roadside restaurants where it was sold to travellers and villagers.
The police chief for Punjab state, Dinkar Gupta, said the first five deaths were reported on Wednesday night in two villages in Amritsar district. Over the past three days another 48 deaths were reported Amritsar and two others districts, Tarn Taran and Batala.
Six police officers and seven other officials have been suspended for failure to prevent the sale of tainted liquor as a magistrate began an investigation into the deaths in three districts.
A government statement said the deaths were due to “spurious” alcohol and a crackdown on illegal alcohol manufacturing in the state was ordered.
Deaths from illegally brewed alcohol are common in India, where the poor cannot afford licensed brands from government-run shops. Bootleg liquor is cheap and often spiked with methanol to increase its potency.
In 2019, at least 133 people died after drinking tainted liquor in two separate incidents in India’s northeast Assam state. The victims were mostly tea plantation workers. That same year, another 80 people died from tainted liquor in northern Uttar Pradesh state.


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When billionaire Jacob McCallan discovers Avery Novak is pregnant, he insists on being there for his baby. yet fiercely autonomous Avery won’t placed her belief in Jake simply. Will a visit to romantic Paris swap Avery’s mind?
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Predicting Automotive Interior Noise Including Wind Noise by Statistical Energy Analysis
Authors: Yoshio Kurosawa
The applications of soundproof materials for reduction of high frequency automobile interior noise have been researched. This paper presents a sound pressure prediction technique including wind noise by Hybrid Statistical Energy Analysis (HSEA) in order to reduce weight of acoustic insulations. HSEA uses both analytical SEA and experimental SEA. As a result of chassis dynamo test and road test, the validity of SEA modeling was shown, and utility of the method was confirmed.
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2007 was a very good year - we pick the top 10 dining spots
Sometimes we get so caught up in our daily lives that we don't stop to take stock, but this year-end column on the year's best restaurants forces me to do just that. I didn't think 2007 was a particularly great year - until I looked at the list of places I've reviewed and realized that in fact it was one of the best in a long time.
While there's always a spate of new restaurants serving Italian-Mediterranean-California in noisy loftlike surroundings, this year's best openings added new options to the dining scene. One of them, Ubuntu, may just be the top vegetarian restaurant in the country. I haven't been to all of them, naturally, but I'd be surprised to find one that's as focused and innovative. The reincarnation of Cafe Majestic is a restaurant where you can actually have a conversation in relative peace and quiet, and diners at Nick's Cove can have exceptional food and a view.
This year, I gave 14 places three stars overall. Am I getting soft?
I wondered that myself, but after looking at the list and revisiting some places, I realized that the dining scene broadened considerably this past year. Great restaurants seemed to pop up all over the Bay Area - half of my Top 10 are outside San Francisco.
A lot of really good places that opened this year didn't make my list for various reasons.
One is Spruce, the most talked-about restaurant of the year. I'd go back in a minute, but the food garnered only 2.5 stars; I'm optimistic it will get better. Pescheria is another place that required a lot of deliberation. I love its casual trattoria charm, and a recent return visit showed that it's still very satisfying; ask me tomorrow, and it might make the list. Others, such as Salt House, have improved during the past year, building justifiably loyal followings.
Staff changes kept other places off the list. Meadowood, which reopened after being closed for several years and received a three-star review from me and two stars from Michelin, is losing its chef, Joseph Humphries. He'll stay until the end of January, so if you want to taste his food in that setting, there's still time.
Nua, the chic wine bar in North Beach, also has a new toque; the food's still good but doesn't quite hit the heights it did when I reviewed it. Cav, too, has a new chef, and the cooking is just as good, including what I think may be the best charcuterie plate in the city. However, I didn't include it in my list, because the wine bar/restaurant is actually a couple of years old.
As you can see, I'm trying to find excuses for leaving out some restaurants, because in other years the second 10 might easily have made it into the Top 10. And here's another cop-out: I'm not listing them in order of preference but rather in order of review date, from earliest to latest. Most of the Top 10 restaurants opened this year, although a few, such as Perbacco, opened in late 2006, but the reviews couldn't be published until 2007 because of The Chronicle's three-visit policy.
This Italian-inspired restaurant would make my list for the breadsticks alone. Pencil thin, buttery and crisp, they're addictive. Yet this isn't a one-note restaurant. Chef-owner Staffan Terje also produces great charcuterie, exceptional pasta and main courses such as duck breast, sliced in two and served over chestnut polenta and roasted pears. With a side of beet greens sauteed in garlic, it's a meal to remember. Desserts are also exceptional, especially the "ugly but good" Piedmontese hazelnut meringue cookies. The interior is a long, narrow space with several seating areas and an open kitchen in back, but it has a very sophisticated urban ambience, appropriate for its Financial District setting.
Really, I'm not swayed by the fact that Wood Tavern makes one of the best Manhattans in the Bay Area. The drink only warms me up for what's to follow. Chef Max Dimare offers familiar yet stellar offerings on a menu that generally features about seven appetizers and nine main courses. It could be an amazing soup, rich rabbit rillettes or a fish stew with octopus, clams, mussels, black cod and Portuguese sausage in a lobster broth. The place is always crowded, but the staff has adjusted well in the transition from a laid-back neighborhood spot to a white-hot destination.
In a world of bombastic noise levels, this refined restaurant is like a soothing sound chamber, with comfortable padded chairs and soft music playing in the background. Its butter-toned color scheme is a quiet backdrop to Ian Begg's boldly flavored food in dishes such as Dungeness crab salad layered with citrus, avocado mousse, radish and frisee, or pan-seared foie gras with Brussels sprouts and golden raisin sauce. Main courses include butter-basted halibut with shaved fennel, beets and a mustard sauce, or venison loin with blood orange and fiddlehead ferns.
Stephen Barber and Gene Tartaglia are reprising the winning partnership they forged at Mecca, this time opening a high-end barbecue restaurant in Napa. The handsome, refined interior features dozens of beautiful black-and-white photographs, but Barber's 'cue steals the show. The ribs need nothing to enhance their natural goodness, but each table has a variety of sauces so people can add their own. There's a great chicken soup, mini lamb burgers and homey desserts such as a bourbon pecan pie, chocolate ice cream sandwich and a hot fudge sundae.
It may be a prejudice, but people are continually surprised to find this caliber of restaurant in the Westin Hotel on Third Street just off Market. I can't tell you how many times people have written me to let me know they were skeptical but became converts after tasting Richard Corbo's take on rustic Venetian-inspired food. His specialties include a stellar sformato, a dense souffle made with lobster and ground polenta when I visited; perfectly done arancini (risotto balls); and halibut cheeks with polenta and jalapeno-mint marinara. With a sexy interior and one of the best outdoor spaces in the city, it's a great addition to the dining scene.
It's hard to believe that this remote, rustic restaurant is in the 415 area code; it could be hundreds of miles away. It's also hard to fathom that Pat Kuleto spent more than $10 million to create the illusion that he merely cleaned up this venerable spot and opened the door. It has a great fireplace for winter, amazing views of Tomales Bay year-round, and a San Francisco sensibility about food. There are outstanding fish tacos, excellent barbecued oysters - a must in this region - exceptional clam chowder and fresh local seafood such as petrale sole. You can also get a very good burger. Nick's is the kind of place that pleases a wide range of palates.
With Spanish plates crafted by Mark Denham and an all-Spanish wine list, this compact Marina restaurant offers some of the best rustic plates around. Diners can drop in to sit at one of the tables or at the 18-seat copper-topped bar. The menu is weighted heavily toward appetizers such as a cool gazpacho made of Gypsy peppers; rich mushrooms topped with a slow-poached egg; roasted bone marrow with a fennel salad; and house-made charcuterie. There are only four main courses, but all are beautifully executed, including petrale sole a la plancha and slow-roasted piglet with Brussels sprouts. For dessert, you need look no further than the pan con chocolate sprinkled with sea salt and olive oil.
Of all the restaurants that have opened in the past couple of years, this is the most exciting. Billed as a yoga studio-restaurant (you can see the shadows of students behind translucent glass on the mezzanine), it's one of the most significant restaurants to open since Greens. Chef Jeremy Fox, who was the chef de cuisine for four years at Manresa in Los Gatos, produces a "vegetable-based" menu using many ingredients from the restaurant's garden. Cauliflower is roasted and tossed with a puree and baked in individual iron pots, then topped with shavings of fresh cauliflower, for example. He also does a rustic stew of black radish, sunchoke and turnip, and a wild nettle pizza. The look of the place, with rock walls, lofty ceiling and a beautiful sculpture at the bar, makes this a prime Wine Country destination.
The original Plumed Horse in Saratoga opened in 1952, but new owners, a new chef and a multimillion-dollar redo have made this into an entirely new restaurant. Its cutting-edge design, with a barrel ceiling, blown-glass chandeliers that change colors, and a three-story glass wine cellar, creates a modern stage for Peter Armellino's contemporary California-inspired menu. Look for some interesting "surf and turf" variations such as Monterey red abalone with pork belly, artichokes and a meaty glaze; and sea scallops paired with smoked duck. Some main courses have subtle Asian influences, such as Beijing-style squab with a dried plum sauce and ginger cabbage.
It has such a warm, cozy feel that SPQR is a place in which I could eat every night. Shelley Lindgren and her partners, who also own A16, have created a charming restaurant with food that looks to Rome for inspiration. The menu, orchestrated by Nate Appleman and Daniel Holzman, offers more than 20 appetizers. At $7 each, three for $18 and five for $28, it's a great deal because you can get pork soffritto spooned over fresh shelling beans; celery and tuna conserva salad; house-made pork sausage with farro, cucumbers and mint; sweetbreads with celery; or fried Brussels sprouts and potatoes with capers, lemon and garlic. Lindgren creates a wine list of Italian labels many people haven't heard of, but she's adept at coming up with extraordinary matches for the food.
The Best of 2007
BarbersQ 3900-D Bel Aire Plaza (at Trancas and Highway 29), Napa; (707) 224-6600. Lunch, dinner daily. Beer and wine. $10.95-$19.95.
Cafe Majestic 1500 Sutter St. (at Gough in the Hotel Majestic), San Francisco; (415) 441-1280. Breakfast daily; dinner Tuesday-Saturday; Sunday brunch. Full bar. $25-$29.
Ducca 50 Third St. (near Market in the Westin Market), San Francisco; (415) 977-0271. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Full bar. $24-$34.
Laiola 2031 Chestnut St. (near Fillmore), San Francisco; (415) 346-5641. Dinner nightly. Full bar. $19-$23.
Nick's Cove 23240 Highway 1, Marshall; (415) 663-1033. Lunch Wednesday-Monday, dinner daily. Full bar. $12-$32.
Perbacco 230 California St. (near Battery), San Francisco; (415) 955-0663. Lunch weekdays; dinner Monday-Saturday. Full bar. Main courses: $20-$29.
Plumed Horse 14555 Big Basin Way (at Fourth Street), Saratoga; (408) 867-4711. Dinner nightly. Full bar. $32-$39.
SPQR 1911 Fillmore St. (near Pine), San Francisco; (415) 771-7779. Lunch (or brunch), dinner daily. $17-$19.
Ubuntu 1140 Main St. (at Pearl), Napa; (707) 251-5656. Lunch, dinner daily. Beer and wine. $13-$14.
Wood Tavern 6317 College Ave. (near Alcatraz), Oakland; (510) 654-6607. Lunch Monday-Saturday; dinner nightly. Full bar. $12-$23.

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Fairway Announces Two Promotions
Fairway is pleased to announce the promotions of David Drljaca and Pradhis Maharaj to the position of Senior Manager. Read on to find out more.
Fairway Director Paul Cacchioli and Stephen Blakey of Network Rail have written an article entitled, Signposts to Claims-free Project Delivery, which has been published on Practical Law's construction blog.
Disputes within the construction industry are commonly viewed as an inevitable part of doing business with mitigation focussed on remedies and contractual defences. The article explores how enhanced collaboration can improve the effectiveness of capital programmes and challenge the inevitability of disputes. The authors consider how a number of initiatives including the Commerical Director's Forum (CDF) and dispute avoidance panels (DAP) can significantly impact team effectiveness and produce positive project outcomes.


SALEM, Va. -- Virginia Wesleyan College's men's basketball team either left its defensive game at home in Virginia Beach, or lost it somewhere on the trip to Roanoke College.
It definitely wasn't with the Marlins on Saturday at Roanoke's Bast Center, where Virginia Wesleyan surrendered its highest point total of the season in a non-overtime contest, falling 84-79 to the host Maroons. The University of Mary Washington scored a season-high 95 on the Marlins, accomplishing that in double overtime in December.
The upset, which dropped the Marlins to 17-6 overall and to 10-4 in the ODAC, put a dent in VWC's recent No. 3 ranking in the South Region. Three ODAC teams are in the region's top eight and all three have lost since the rankings were released last week.
It was a loss that also overshadowed an impressive effort by seniorD.J. Woodmore (Virginia Beach/Landstown), who scored 21 second half points en route to a game-high 28. He also pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds, recorded two blocks and two steals, and dished out one assist.
VWC never led as Roanoke (11-10, 5-8) jumped out to an 8-2 lead on the scoring of Daniel Eacho (North Chesterfield/Monacan) and Julian Ramirez (Palmyra/Fork Union). The Maroons pushed out to a 34-23 lead with 3:16 remaining in the first half, and entered the halftime break with a 38-30 advantage.
Scoring by senior Aaron Clark (Virginia Beach/Tallwood), rookie Khory Moore (Arlington/Wakefield), and Woodmore helped pull the Marlins within a 49-43 score with 15:22 remaining in the game. VWC had the chance to cut deeper into the lead in the next three minutes, but could not get shots to drop, going 0-for-5 in a span that also saw the Maroons remain scoreless.
Stefan Vulevic (Montenegro/Roanoke Catholic) hit a free throw to restart the scoring however, and Roanoke pushed back out to an 11 point advantage. A triple by Woodmore pulled VWC within six points again with 11:03 on the clock, but Roanoke answered with a 14-3 run to open up a 69-52 lead with 7:15 remaining.
Roanoke led 79-66 with only 3:33 on the clock, when VWC ignited a strong finish that ran out of time. The Marlins outscored Roanoke 13-5 in those final minutes led by Woodmore with seven points.
The victory was Roanoke's first over Virginia Wesleyan since 2007, snapping a streak of nine straight VWC victories in the series. Virginia Wesleyan has won 15 of the last 17 games played against Roanoke.
In addition to Woodmore's 28 points, senior Colby Heard (Virginia Beach/Tallwood) tallied 13 points for the Marlins, and Clark finished with 10. Moore tallied nine.
Andrew Daniels (Fairfax/Oakton) led Roanoke with 22 points, Eacho finished with 18, Ramirez scored 13, and John Fitchett tallied 10.
Virginia Wesleyan, which entered the game as one of the top three-point shooting teams in the nation, struggled from behind the arc. The Marlins put up 39 triple attempts, but hit on only six. Roanoke hit 5-of-13, but helped its cause by connecting on 25-of-35 free throw attempts. VWC hit 14-of-19 freebies.
Virginia Wesleyan closes the home portion of the regular-season schedule on Wednesday, Feb. 19, hosting Shenandoah University in conference play at 8 p.m.


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I would try on the North/North West side of town, like Shavano Park - near DeZevala or Vance Jackson, Stone Oak, or maybe even Castle Hills. They are all nearish to La Cantera and/or North Star Malls for the shopping :3, decent variety of retail stores and restaurants like Freetail micro-brew so as long as you don't mind a little driving, then getting around town isn't as much of a hassle. The only downside I can think of is dealing with 1604 and it's usually horrid traffic if you want to head north of the city.
If you want something more downtown try Alamo Heights/Terrell Hills or the Southtown/King William areas. They are just a hop from downtown, and you have North Star just north of you and you have Blue Star microbrewery in the downtown area. The downsides to these areas are the prices of housing. They tend to be higher than you'd find in the NorthWest and it seems to be much more residential unless you are along the highway or downtown. The crime rate is much higher the closer you get to the south of the city as well, so keep that in mind.
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My folks actually lived in Alamo Heights when I was born and they told me the same thing -- bit pricey. Who knows, though, I mean, I'm an adult now, right? I'll keep the south side thing in mind. St. Louis is much the same way, except with the north side. Our area is reasonably safe, but if a car doesn't get broken into outside my place once per week, we wonder if something is wrong and I can't say it's something I'll miss.
Thanks a lot for the microbrew info! It's a small thing, but boyfriend and I live across the street from one of the Schlafly breweries in St. Louis, and we fear we've become spoiled.
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Stock Futures Rise Ahead of Housing Data
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Stock futures were pointing to a higher open Wednesday, with the S&P 500 poised to extend a two-month high as investors remained optimistic about a deal on the U.S. "fiscal cliff."
Also helping to lift sentiment was stronger-than-anticipated data on German business confidence, with Germany's Ifo survey indicating that sentiment advanced for the second straight month in December, rising to 102.4 from 101.4.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 36 points, or 36.04 points above fair value, at 13,312. Futures for the S&P 500 were up 3.25 points, or 4.06 points above fair value, at 1444. Futures for the Nasdaq were up 9.75 points, or 11.46 points above fair value, at 2711.
"A stronger euro ... an approaching fiscal deal should continue to fuel the year-end rally which we believe will take the indices higher in these last trading days of the year," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital.
Major U.S. stock averages soared Tuesday as signs of progress on the "fiscal cliff" talks and improving homebuilder confidence lifted investors' spirits.
House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday and proposed a so-called "Plan B," which the White House subsequently rejected. Stocks continued to climb despite the political posturing.
At 8:30 a.m. EST, the Census Bureau is expected by economists to report that housing starts fell to a to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 873,000 in November from 894,000 units in October.
Building permits are expected to have risen to a pace of 875,000 in November, from 866,000 in October.
Paul Diggle, an economist at Capital Economics, is penciling in a decline of 1.6% in starts in November to 880,000 annualized after building permits fell by 2.5% in October, partly reflecting negative effects from superstorm Sandy.
However, he noted that at this level starts would still be some 24% higher than a year ago, and 70% higher than their recent floor in February 2011.
Overseas markets showed strength amid hopes that a U.S. budget deal will be reached before Jan. 1 in Washington. The FTSE 100 in London was up 0.63% and the DAX in Germany was higher by 0.23%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index finished higher by 0.57% and the Japan's Nikkei average settled up 2.39%.
Gold for February delivery was up 70 cents at $1,671.40 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, while February crude oil contracts were up 36 cents at $88.76 a barrel.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury was rising 5/32, diluting the yield to 1.806%. The dollar was off 0.28%, according to the U.S. dollar index.
In corporate news, UBS(UBS) , the Swiss bank, admitted to fraud, agreeing Wednesday to pay about $1.5 billion in fines in the Libor rate-rigging scandal.


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Water will find its way into your basement in any way it can. Even if you seal off your concrete walls and install a perimeter drain, leaks can still occur through a variety of possible ways.
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Plumbing failures are one of the most destructive household breakdowns. They can cause damaged furnishings and even damaged walls.
The last thing that any homeowner wants to deal with is water in their basement. Standing water can leave your basement in ruins and create problems for the rest of your home, as well as being extremely difficult to handle on your own. There are a few reasons why your basement gets wet such as sump pump failure, cracks in your foundation or floor slab, leaky water heaters, or plumbing floods. All can cause severe damage to the structural integrity of your home and lead to mold infestations. When you choose to waterproof your basement, you’re protecting your most valuable asset, your home, as well as your loved ones from the risks of basement water. At Innovative Basement Authority, we have almost two decades of providing proven waterproofing systems and solutions for homeowners in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana.
Causes of Your Wet Basement
None of these signs are pleasant to experience, and there could be several reasons why your basement and the rest of the house has these problems. But something at the heart of many of these issues is the ground on which your home was built.
The soil underneath and around your house, as well as the health of that soil, has a tremendous impact on the structure.
There are many kinds of soil throughout the country and the world, but there are three basic ingredients that make up soil and its texture – silt, clay and sand, as well as a combination of any or all them. NASA Earth Observatory maps show how much of these ingredients can be found across the country. Faster-draining sandy soils can be found in southern states. Clay soils that hold onto water and silt soils that tend to have intermediate drainage properties are found across the country.
The West North Central region that includes Minnesota, North Dakota and eastern Montana has a good mix of all three. You can find out specifically what soil you are dealing with by searching your address through the Web Soil Survey from the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.
A very large hole had to be dug in the ground to accommodate your home’s foundation and its construction. Once the foundation floor and walls were built, a gap remained between the walls and the rest of the earth. The soil that was dug out was then replaced or “backfilled” to fill that gap.
This backfilled soil is loose, fluffy, and not as dense compared to undisturbed soil on the property. This allows water to collect in the soil immediately surrounding the house and create a “clay bowl,” as well as put pressure on the walls.
This constant force exerted on the walls by saturated soil is known as hydrostatic pressure. When this force becomes too much for the walls to handle, they will begin to crack and bow inward. Water can easily find its way in through any cracks and openings, and your home’s structural stability also is at risk.
The backfilled soil around your home will settle over time, and it can sink towards your foundation at a sloped angle. Ensure the ground around your home’s foundation has proper grading and slopes away from the home, not toward it. It should be at least one inch per foot for six feet. Draining water in the wrong direction can cause it to accumulate next to your foundation, contribute to hydrostatic pressure, and eventually seep into the basement. This is likely to happen when you don’t compact the fill dirt around the foundation.
Mother Nature can be unpredictable at times, and Minnesota, North Dakota, and eastern Montana all see their fair share of wild weather. Heavy rainstorms can dump a lot of water on the ground with nowhere to go, and wintertime snow melt results in runoff water. All this water can then find its way inside through saturated soil and wall cracks.
A footing drain was installed just outside the foundation walls as your home was constructed to help keep water away. But this drain can easily clog and allow water to collect by the walls.
Similarly, if you have clogged or above-ground exterior drainage pipes, water can easily puddle next to your home and find its way inside any crack or gap in porous block foundation walls. Above-ground downspout conductor lines also are tripping and safety hazards, so placing these lines in the ground and directing them far away from your home is the best way to keep water from downspout conductor lines out of the house.
The best basement waterproofing method involves interior drainage, and a reliable sump pump is at the heart of this system. Many sump pump systems are installed with metal basins placed in the floor. They typically have lids that rest on top of the basin as well as openings for discharge pipes. Some may not have lids at all, rendering them ineffective troublemakers. The metal basins can easily rust and corrode, and partial or nonexistent lids allow water to evaporate back into or flood the basement. This leads to unpleasant odors and moisture issues that defeat the purpose of the sump pump in the first place. Debris and other items also can easily fall into the system and damage the pump if the sump pit is not completely covered.
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Basement Waterproofing Solutions
Preventing leaks and moisture problems is essential for any basement. Not only does basement flooding cost homeowners thousands of dollars in water damage repairs each year, but the damp environment in basements with moisture problems can also lead to mold growth, pest infestations, high utility bills, and structural damage. Learn more about our proven and trusted basement waterproofing solutions below and contact our experts to get your basement water under control.
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Preventing leaks and mold growth is essential for any basement. Given the naturally damp environment of a basement, installing a vapor barrier on a wall is essential for protecting the room.
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Home waterproofing measures shouldn’t just protect your home. An energy-efficient dehumidifier, for example, can keep your basement free of moisture while lowering your energy bills too.
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Is Basement Waterproofing the Right Solution for Me?
The vast majority of foundation damage is caused by water. Not only does water infiltration cause structural damage, but a leaking foundation can lead to several other problems, such as mold growth, increased humidity, and musty odors. At Innovative Basement Authority, we offer foundation waterproofing solutions to help you combat foundation water problems, protecting the safety and stability of your home for years to come.
The average homeowner will be able to spot obvious damage such as leaking, floods, or cracks around their basement. However, there are often other, subtler signs of damage that you might not catch that will help you prevent the worst damage from occurring.
- Musty Smell
If you notice a rather rank smell permeating throughout your first floor but nowhere else in your home, it is possible your basement has flooded or is facing other moisture-related issues. It will not help if this space grows overly warm and makes any water or even raw sewage that managed to seep through smell even worse.
It is also good to keep in mind that this musty smell may come from other additional sources as well. Mold and mildew often tend to give off musty stenches of their own. Pests may also emit certain odors to attract others of their kind to your home as well.
- Shifting Walls
Pay attention to any shifts in your home’s infrastructure. Your home’s foundation is meant to keep your home steady and upright. It also keeps the lower levels of your home relatively dry. Of course, if your basement is constantly facing moisture issues, chances are your foundation might also face similar damage without your knowledge.
When your walls, doorways, or window sills begin to tilt out of alignment, you can bet that the problem lies with your foundation. A shifted or uneven foundation allows more moisture to flood your basement. It is a vicious cycle that only feeds into more property damage. This is why you need to call the basement experts at Innovative Basement Authority to inspect your basement right away!
Most homeowners are able to recognize when their current drainage systems are faulty. However, smaller issues can quickly grow out of control, too.
It can be difficult for homeowners to pinpoint the true origin of these issues. Here are a couple of ways to know your basement is facing any waterproofing issues you might not be able to spot
- Consider the Climate
The climates in Midwestern states like Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and eastern Montana all tend to be the same. You face hot, humid summers and cold, snow-laden winters. Both can result in excess moisture soaking into the soil around your foundation and infiltrating your basement. This leads to leaks, flooding, and foundational issues.
Excess moisture threatening this space can be especially dangerous. A severe storm might wash away the supporting soil under your foundation and cause it to shift or even crack altogether. As a result, you might find your basement flooding more often.
- Hire a Basement Inspector
While some projects like painting can be completed through DIY work, basement waterproofing is not one of them. It’s important to have the right solutions at hand to fix the specific problems you are facing with your leaking basement.
Therefore, you need to leave any basement repairs or installations to the basement experts at Innovative Basement Authority. We have worked in countless basements and implemented several different basement solutions tailor-made for each home. Leave any repairs to us and reap the benefits of a dry basement today!
If you have noticed spreading cracks in your basement flooring, don’t panic. This may be a serious issue, but it is not a disaster. There are many solutions available to fix cracks in a basement floor and prevent them from recurring at a later date. We at Innovative Basement Authority specialize in foundation repair and basement waterproofing measures. Our team is expert in identifying the precise causes of damage and dampness in a basement and will be able to provide you with a solution that is entirely tailored to your property and situation.
When it comes to fixing a cracked and leaky basement floor there are four basic steps our team always takes.
Investigation and Drainage
Investigating the precise causes of cracks in a basement floor is an important step that cannot be missed. If all the contributing factors are not discovered and dealt with, the cracks will simply recur. The list of possible factors include foundation heave, hydrostatic pressure, settlement, and subsidence. Each of these will cause different secondary problem signs to show themselves.
Our team members are very skilled at identifying underlying causes. Once we know exactly what is causing the cracks in your basement floor, our team will take steps to prepare it for repair. This means draining any standing water in your basement to ensure your space is in the best possible shape to go ahead with repairs.
Waterproofing and Restoration
Waterproofing measures are a necessary step when it comes to repairing this kind of damage in your basement. If you have foundation damage, this will need to be repaired before we can finalize the repairs to your basement floor. If your foundation is intact, there are several potential waterproofing measures that can be taken to help manage the water seeping into your property through the cracks in your basement floor.
Once the source of the cracks has been addressed and the dampness in your basement is under control, our team will restore your floors to their former state. By backfilling cracks and applying fresh concrete, our team will leave you with a smooth and flawless finish. You should let this new layer cure for three days before you walk on it or apply weight to the surface.
Problem signs often signify damage that has already been done. The most an average homeowner can do after spotting them is to call foundation experts like Innovative Basement Authority to repair these issues. Identifying what causes your walls to tilt or bow in the first place is key to the prevention of further damage.
- Hydrostatic Pressure
If you live in a humid or wet climate like Minnesota, North Dakota, and eastern Montana, you may find the soil around your home constantly taking on a lot of water. Severe storms, humidity, and melted snow all contribute to this huge influx of moisture both in the air and condensing around your home. The more water your soil attempts to absorb, the heavier it gets. This can put immense pressure against your foundation, which in turn will cause it to shift or even crack. This is known as hydrostatic pressure.
Hydrostatic pressure can also crack your foundation from within as well. Moisture might become trapped within your concrete basement walls or foundation. This moisture will freeze in the winter, causing the ice to expand and thus break your foundation.
- Clay Bowl Effect
The fault may not even lie with poor foundation maintenance, but a defect that comes from how foundations are constructed. Contractors will dig a large hole in the ground where they plan to lay your home’s foundation and basement. Once these pieces are installed, they will then backfill some of the soil around the remaining space left.
Unfortunately, this makes the soil much looser than before. This makes it much easier for a heavy storm to wash that soil away. Your foundation will either shift from its original position or settle and crack altogether.
Moisture can be quite tricky to deal with, especially if it ends up pooling in your basement. Leaks, floods, mold, and other moisture-related issues can certainly be a hassle. You then might want to know how this water is even able to infiltrate your home in the first place. Leaks alone have a variety of causes, leading many Sioux Falls homeowners to look them up, so they can implement repairs to stop them. However, it is always best to leave any repairs to the basement experts at Innovative Basement Authority. We will do a thorough sweep to ensure that we will not miss any possible repairs you might overlook.
Leaks can form from rainwater or melted snow absorbed in the soil starting to press up against the walls from the outside. This can cause your walls to start leaking over time. Ignoring small leaks is not a good idea whatsoever. They always can expand out wider and flood your crawl space if you do not repair them in time. Similarly, your basement walls might start to bow in from this pressure. This moisture also may stem from broken plumbing pipes, which can create a whole slew of other problems, too.
Cracks along your basement walls or floor can also allow water to more easily flow into the basement. Indeed, moisture can help to widen cracks even further and thus lead to leaks widening as well. It is a perpetual loop that can only be stopped once you call the experts to repair this damage in your basement as soon as possible. Our interior drainage system is top-notch and can protect your basement against any leaks or large floods. We can also implement other repairs such as closing up cracks.
An interior drainage system will be installed around the inner perimeter of your Twin Cities’ basement, as its name implies. The only visible portion of this system will be the wall flange installed along the wall and floor joint. Most of the water from leaks tends to gather here. The system then will capture any moisture that tries to seep into your basement and redirect it to the powerful sump pump, the heart of the entire drainage system.
The sump pump has a complex float system that lets it know how much water has entered its system. Once it reaches a specific amount, the pump will then activate on its own and work to pump water away from your home. You will not have to worry about rushing to turn it on yourself in the middle of a storm, for instance. Our pumps can drain thousands of gallons of water. Should your power go out during a blizzard, if you have a battery backup attached to the sump pump, it will still keep churning out water, slush, and ice from your home with ease.
It also has an alarm system that will sound once it turns on and when it is running on low battery power. You can call our basement experts to replace the back-up battery so that it will not shut down in the middle of a huge storm. Installation of this system typically takes less than a day and will not interfere with any other pipes around your home. You can enjoy a completely waterproof basement after just a few hours.
Why is Basement Waterproofing Needed?
Protects Your Home Against Mold
Mold, rot, and dust mites all have a common weakness: they all need ample moisture and humidity to survive. When humidity levels drop below 60%, they will not be able to thrive. Mold and dust mites can wreak havoc on both your health and your home like no other. In just a few years, they can significantly damage your home and personal property, while allergens from mold spores and dust mite waste damage your health. By sealing out humidity from outside air and elements with a vapor barrier and installing a dehumidifier, you can protect yourself from mold and dust mite problems.
Protects It from the Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure
A well-designed drainage system and landscape go a long way toward preventing hydrostatic pressure. But you may still experience issues with subsurface water and underground water that has soaked the soil rather than drained away. This water fluctuates seasonally with changes in rainfall, resulting in hydrostatic pressure. The most effective solution to this is installing interior drains. Interior drains relieve the buildup of pressure against the structure and block moisture from seeping through your walls and causing a wet basement.
Increases the Value of Your Property
By waterproofing your basement, you are also increasing the value of your home. When you go to sell your home, a waterproof basement appreciates your home’s value by offering more living space. It also increases the resale value of the house; on the other hand, if waterproofing is not done in the basement, then houses are often sold at a much lower price. Having waterproofing systems in place also protects your home from future damage resulting in costly repairs.
Common Basement Waterproofing Tips & Mistakes
Helpful Tips for Waterproofing Your Basement
- Waterproofing the basement will reduce the energy costs of your house. When the basement does not have any mold or cracks, then limited cool air will enter your house during the winters. Similarly, during summers, the seepage and moisture in the house cause your HVAC systems to work harder to get rid of moist air. This will ultimately reduce the energy bills for your house and make your living environment more comfortable.
- Gutters’ main purpose is to catch rainwater and whisk it away through downspouts. If your house doesn’t have gutters, it’s a good idea to install them. Gutters with proper downspouts and downspout extensions are a great way to keep water away from the edge of the home’s foundation and away from the basement. If you already have gutters, it’s best to regularly inspect and clean them to make sure they’re not crammed with debris or have any damage. Consider installing gutter protection as well, such as a gutter guard to prevent debris from clogging up your gutters.
- Condensation and humidity can make a basement damp. Condensation occurs when water from cold pipes reacts to warm air. To stop condensation from forming, you can insulate your pipe with foam insulation. You can also insulate the walls of your basement to help prevent condensation. You can reduce the level of humidity by using a dehumidifier. These alongside other waterproofing systems increase efficiency in your HVAC systems.
Mistakes to Avoid When Waterproofing Your Basement
- The soil immediately outside of your foundation is less dense than the rest of the soil surrounding your property due to the loosely compacted backfill soil. With that said, the top six inches of that soil will be spongy and soak up more water than the rest of the soil. To keep this from happening and allowing that soaked-up moisture to enter your foundation, your yard needs to be properly graded to ensure any water runoff flows away from your home.
- Many homeowners think that they’ll be able to save time and money with DIY repairs. However, we recommended that when it comes to waterproofing your basement, you call in the experts. Most of the solutions that you can purchase in big box stores end up being temporary and causing more damage. Things such as waterproofing paint or sealant cause lime in concrete to create an effervescence bubble between the wall and the paint, which will eventually break off and cause a bigger issue.
- Basement waterproofing goes beyond the basement itself. If you’ve experienced water in your basement, you may need to turn your efforts outside. The water may have come as a result of mismanaged water runoff. Check to make sure that your home is adequately equipped with properly placed gutters and downspouts. The water needs to be directed at least eight feet away from your foundation to efficiently prevent water from leaking into your foundation and then into the interior of your basement.
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Extreme weather is common in Bismarck. Cracks and leaks are familiar results, but they should be addressed right away. Trust Innovative Basement Authority.
Fargo’s hot, humid summers and freezing winters put stress on a home’s foundation. These extreme elements need constant monitoring when it comes to the health of your home.
Grand Forks Metro Area
Snowy winters and hot, humid summers are all too common for Grand Forks homeowners. These conditions, plus the area's soil, put your home at risk.
Saint Cloud, MN
Homes throughout Minnesota, but especially in Saint Cloud, deal with foundation problems. From leaking basements to musty crawl spaces, Innovative Basement Authority can help.
Sioux Falls, SD
The soil around your Sioux Falls home could play a big role in why you’re having foundation problems. The clay soil expands and shrinks, causing major problems.
Duluth-Superior Metro Area
Located in the heart of Minnesota’s Land of 10,000 Lakes, your Duluth-Superior home is likely to experience foundation problems. Find a permanent solution for your home.
Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metro Area
Those in the Midwest are used to harsh elements. However, your Minneapolis-Saint Paul home is not. Foundation problems like flooding in areas with a lot of snow and rain are all too common.
The red soils so commonly associated with the Midwest cause structural failure. Helical piers, concrete lifting, and other solutions can protect homes from damage.


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New Flight Schedules are on site With a New HUB and 127 Exciting Destinations.posted by Robert Clay on 2022-01-21
Missoula, Montana has been added to our ever growing list of HUBS giving us a new total of 254 flights to and from 127 locations. Once again, these schedules are to stoke your imagination and you are free to fly them or enter alternate routes of your own manually in vaBase ACARS. Every pilot is free to fly the schedule in any area or region and you may edit your route as you see fit. However if you add way-points or alter your final destination then that flight will have to be manually in ACARS to get credit for it. Otherwise the flights automatically log as complete whenever you complete your flight at the scheduled destination. Have Fun! Have Fun! Have Fun! Hopefully soon we will be adding more info as well as short help videos for anyone having trouble logging into ACARS or any other problem with flight simming you have run across. We don't claim to be experts but will help in anyway that we can. Also coming soon will be schedules for the area around the Colorado Rockies and Pacific Northwest including Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and up into parts of British Columbia and Southern Alaska. Please share your ideas for destinations you'd like to see on the schedule.


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Not long ago, I attended a meeting of the Bureau of Friends, a recently formed group of creative people devoted to the appreciation of beauty, the pursuit of quality and authenticity, and how best to attain those things without killing the planet.
Figuring out what to wear for Halloween is always a challenge. This year, I’m keeping it simple and letting the “treats” do all the work. The best thing about these sweets is that you don’t have to wait for Halloween to wear them, and your dentist couldn’t care less.
Milan’s Principe hotel has gotten a makeover — and it’s looking bene.
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Chinese takeover of biggest UK chip plant blocked by government
The global chip shortage will continue, and consumers will have to pay for it, an analyst from the International Data Corporation said.
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The U.K. government has blocked the takeover of the country’s largest microchip factory by a Chinese-owned firm over concerns it may undermine national security.
Grant Shapps, minister for business, energy and industrial strategy, on Wednesday ordered Dutch chipmaker Nexperia to sell its majority stake in Newport Wafer Fab, the Welsh semiconductor firm it acquired for £63 million ($75 million).
Nexperia is based in the Netherlands but owned by Wingtech, a partially Chinese state-backed company listed in Shanghai. Nexperia completed its acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab in 2021, and the firm subsequently changed its name to Nexperia Newport Limited, or NNL.
“The order has the effect of requiring Nexperia BV to sell at least 86% of NNL within a specifified period and by following a specified process,” the U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said in a statement.
Nexperia had initially owned 14% of Newport Wafer Fab but on Jul. 5, 2021, upped its stake to 100%.
A Nexperia representative was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC outside of usual business hours.
Government officials and lawmakers expressed concerns that the U.K. was selling a prized asset to a Chinese-owned company at a time of global shortages in semiconductors, which are still ongoing and expected to last until 2024. A national security probe into the deal was launched earlier this year.
The British government said Wednesday that the location of the Newport facility, part of a strategically important cluster of semiconductor expertise in Wales, was ultimately a national security concern.
Though not a particularly large company, Newport Wafer Fab runs Britain’s largest chipmaking facility, producing some 32,000 silicon wafers each month.
Nations are increasingly seeking to claw back control of strategically important industries such as semiconductors after widespread supply chain disruptions exposed an overreliance on China as a global manufacturing hub.
The move could further sour U.K.-Sino relations, which are already at a low point following moves from London to ban Huawei 5G equipment and grant people in Hong Kong special British visas that would eventually lead to citizenship.
The U.K. has previously investigated Nvidia‘s acquisition of Arm, a crucial chip design company, over national security concerns. The acquisition was shelved by the U.S. semiconductor giant in February.


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Whenever we have actuallyn’t gotten a repayment by its deadline, we text you a reminder that the repayment needs to be made. You can find expenses connected with belated payments, and standard interest percentage is calculated on delayed payments. The costs linked to belated repayments are specified in your agreement therefore the Inbank cost list. In the event that problems in repaying the mortgage are going to this hyperlink longer that is last please contact Inbank as quickly as possible, therefore we will get a versatile solution together.
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Alt-pop songstress returns with relentless new single.
We’ve been missing Actor for far too long. It feels like a lifetime ago that she knocked us back with Uppercut, so we are beyond excited for her latest single – the driven alt-pop of Girls Do.
Channeling a sense of Chvrches spliced with a fuzzy take on modern pop, Girls Do is the kind of comeback single that most artists dream of. Bringing in some “outsider sarcastically longing for the mainstream” vibes to sit comfortably atop the relentless drum rhythms. The end result is dramatic, melodic and a breath of fresh air to break up the polished bubblegum pop many artists are happy to produce. Actor proves herself both universally appealing and appropriately unique, combining the best of everything into three minutes of joy.


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Open Hardware Monitor Alternatives for Linux
A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more. Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/Gj5YmBb - flightlessmango/MangoHud
- - MangoHUD is the most popular Linux alternative to Open Hardware Monitor.
Hardinfo is a system information and benchmark tool for Linux. It shows detailed system info, including hardware, environment, and kernel. It can use lm_sensors and ACPI for temperature and battery information. It also has four CPU banchmarks and two FPU benchmarks.Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.5.1, released in April 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
Opinions about Hardinfo as a Alternative to Open Hardware Monitor
hwinfo/libhd are used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used to generate a system overview log which can be later used for support.
CoreCtrl is a Free and Open Source GNU/Linux application that allows you to control with ease your computer hardware using application profiles. It aims to be flexible, comfortable and accessible to regular users.
GWE is a GTK system utility designed to provide information, control the fans and overclock your NVIDIA video card and graphics processor.
GOverlay is an opensource project that aims to create a Graphical UI to help manage Linux overlays.
GST is a GTK system utility designed to stress and monitor various hardware components like CPU and RAM.
cinnamon-cpufreq-applet - Port of Gnome 3 CPUFreq applet to Cinnamon - with some fixes.
fancontrol is a shell script for use with lm_sensors. It reads its configuration from a file, then calculates fan speeds from temperatures and sets the corresponding PWM outputs to the computed values.
Linpack is a benchmark and the most aggressive stress testing software available today. Best used to test stability of overclocked PCs. Linpack tends to crash unstable PCs in a shorter period of time compared to other stress testing applications.


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For today's mishmash of fresh movie news in a boring postholiday week I first have some pics for you: directly from the set of David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method" you can see first images of Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud and Michael Fassbender as his student Carl Jung. The movie will tell the story of the intense relationship between the two famous psychologists and how their conflict birthed psychoanalysis. The film is out next year and also stars Vincent Cassel.
Daily update on "X-Men: First Class" casting process: surfer Erica Hosseini has revealed that she has auditioned for the role of Willow, a character similar to Mystique which could mean lots of body paint on a naked body :) Willow has a shape shifting ability but when she mimics others she always has some marks on her face which are revealing her true identity.
Celebrating their Independence Day this weekend, American Internet users were also voting for the actor whom they would like to see in the role of Uncle Sam over at WENN.com. Believe it or not, it seems Americans have a great sense for irony so they've chosen Jim Carrey for the winner with 46% even though he is actually a Canadian. 26 % of votes have secured a second place for Robert De Niro, while crazy Chris Rock took third spot with 25%. People really have a good sense of humor :)
Milla Jovovich has posted some pics over at Twitter from her first dress rehearsal for the historical adventure "The Three Musketeers" directed by her husband Paul W.S. Anderson. She will wear luxurious 17th century gowns playing the naughty Milady de Winter. As one of the villains, Milla says Milady will do crazy fight sequences in the big, long dresses which are mostly white. Coming out next April, the film will also star Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz, Orlando Bloom, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Matthew Macfadyen, Mads Mikkelsen...

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My favorite is to bake it in the oven and 15 minutes before it's done, sprinkle salsa and FF cheese on top. Yummy! I usually have this with broccoli and red skin potatoes (that I bake with evoo, garlic, and onions). Mmm!
If you chop up the chicken and grill it, it's really good with black beans, rice, corn, tomatoes, and chiles/peppers. I'm having that tomorrow! You can add anything you'd like (salsa, low fat tortilla...). Needless to say, I love mexican food haha! Stir fry is good too though!
- Brown the chicken with some olive oil and red pepper, cut into strips. Stir fry zucchini, assorted color bell pepper, carrots, red onion with some spices I don't cook creatively - I know I use all of my red spices on the chicken, all of my green spices on the veggies. I'll look at the names tonight if you are interested, as it is my planned meal for tonight). Toss together, serve over angel hair pasta.
- Brown chicken with taco seasoning, cut into strips and make quesadillas with lite wheat tortillas and lowfat Mexican cheese, salsa
- Cook chicken until not pink, simmer with Vindaloo seasoning, vinegar, a little salt, water, and sauteed onion. Serve over a small portion of white and wild rice. Spicy.
- Make mini pizzas - low fat mozzarella cheese, pita bread, turkey pepperoni optional, pizza sauce, fresh tomato. Same green spices in my cabinet from the first meal.
Since it's getting cold, how about make a big batch of chicken barley soup?
I throw in boneless chicken tenderloins
chicken bouillon or broth
whatever veggies I want (my favs are cabbage, carrots, onion, celery, and zucchini. Sometimes, I'll add a can of diced tomatoes.
bring to a boil and simmer for a couple hours
Make soup or chili. You can make up a big pot, have leftovers for dinner later in the week, and freeze some for a quick dinner in the future. There are tons of great chicken soup and chili recipes on CookingLight.com.


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You remember the infamous scull scarf from Alexander McQueen, right? Well ten years on, Damien Hirst has come forward to collaborate with the British brand on thirty one-off designs. They were adapted from Hirst’s entomology series of butterflies and other insects. The skull is a major theme here with lots of kaleidoscopic design and shapes. It’s all about symmetry here.
If you want a piece of the collection head over to AlexanderMcQueen.com, where they are being exclusively sold from today!


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Lima has pedestrianised its historic city centre, in particular the streets around Plaza de Armas.
In this context, Senalizacion Girod proposed the new Nova marker, an innovative product with straightforward installation and outstanding durability thanks to its shape and flexibility. The Lima authorities tested the signs, and then placed an order.
As for the Squale, it won over Peruvian companies thanks to its stability and perfect suitability for winding roads. The roadway separator boosts safety, thereby reducing accidents.


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Third Harmonic Bio’s initial public offering (NASDAQ:THRD) opened today for trading at $20.50 after pricing 10,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17 per share, the average expected range. The initial public offering volume was raised from 9,000,000 shares.
Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Cowen and Lifesci Capital act as guarantors for the offer. Subscribers have a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,635,000 additional shares of common stock at the IPO price.
Third Harmonic Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing the next wave of medicine to treat allergic and inflammatory diseases.

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Rik Shannon, project manager for the group Iowans with Disabilities in Action, says there’s a disparity between Iowans who vote and Iowans with disabilities who vote.
“In the last presidential election in 2012, that gap between the rate at which voters with and without disabilities turned out was about 5.7%,” Shannon says. “It was even a little higher in Iowa, up to about 6.3%.” According to research from Rutgers University, had people with disabilities voted in the same numbers as able-bodied people in the last presidential race, another ten-million votes would have been cast.
This is National Disability Voter Registration Week and Shannon says he wants to make sure the voices of Iowans with disabilities will be heard at the polls in November.
“We’re really hoping to use this campaign to raise awareness of people with disabilities about the importance of engaging in the 2016 election,” Shannon says. “Getting them registered to vote is just the first step in becoming a voter.”
Iowa does offer same-day voter registration, meaning, people can register at their polling places on Election Day, but Shannon says people should sign up now instead. “It eliminates some of the hassles and some of the time that it takes to register on Election Day,” Shannon says. “You do have to jump through a couple of extra hoops. People may have some difficulty producing the proper identification or proof of residence. That’s a whole lot easier to do if you register early.”
You can register to vote at the Iowa Secretary of State’s website: sos.iowa.gov. Iowans can also register at county auditors’ offices, driver’s license stations, DHS offices and other state agencies serving people with disabilities.


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Disneyland attraction lines were longer this Christmas season during an annual passholder ban compared to 2021 when Magic Keyholders packed the Anaheim theme park, according to wait time data released by Disney.
Disneyland and Disney California Adventure average wait times rose 10% during the busy holiday period while Magic Key annual passholders were prohibited from entering the parks, according to an analysis of Thrill Data metrics.
SEE ALSO: Disneyland’s most crowded days of 2022 — See the list
Thrill Data scrapes wait times released through the Disneyland mobile app and uses data analytics to track trends and generate charts about the visitor experience at the parks. Disneyland does not release daily attendance figures or discuss crowd levels.
For the first time in decades, Disneyland and DCA blocked all annual passholders from visiting the parks from Dec. 21 through Jan. 1.
The 2022 Christmas holiday season offered a glimpse of what a passholder-free Disneyland could look and feel like during what is traditionally the busiest time of the year at the parks.
Average wait times at Disneyland and DCA were 42 minutes during the 2022 passholder blockout compared to 38 minutes during the same 12-day period in 2021, according an analysis of wait times collected by Thrill Data. The average 2022 holiday wait factor was 9 on a 10 scale compared to an 8 wait factor during the same period in 2021, according to the Thrill Data metrics.
The big difference: Disneyland experienced a wait factor of 10 out of 10 on five straight days from Dec. 27-31 in 2022 compared to only a single peak wait factor day during the same period in 2021, according to Thrill Data.
SEE ALSO: Disneyland announces virtual queue for ‘World of Color – One’ – What you need to know
Longer wait times for Disneyland and DCA attractions did not necessarily translate to more crowded conditions during the holidays — in part because visitors waiting in longer ride queues help free up space on theme park midways.
The queue for the popular Rise of the Resistance attraction reached “epic proportions” during the holidays with wait times rising to three hours in part due to visitors using the Genie+ Lightning Lane paid service to skip the standby line, according to MiceChat.
“Overall, the parks were very enjoyable during a season when they were nearly impossible to navigate in the past,” according to MiceChat. “Disney learned something: They can charge top dollar for park tickets and front of line, block passholders, create a better park experience and still make a record amount of money per guest.”
The absence of annual passholders during the 12-day holiday period changed traditional traffic patterns at Disneyland and DCA. Tourists less familiar with the parks stumbled upon nighttime spectaculars rather than filling walkways and streets to wait for the fireworks and water shows like in-the-know passholders. Disney parking garage entryways were relatively quiet in the afternoon as tourists arrived early and after-work rushes by passholders were nonexistent.
SEE ALSO: Disneyland submarines already rusting badly after yearlong refurbishment — See photos
In years past, passholders got blamed for the massive holiday crowds at Disneyland and DCA, according to MiceChat.
“What Magic Keys should be worried about is that Disney now knows they can fill the park without them,” according to MiceChat.
Disneyland used the yearlong pandemic closure to reboot the four decade-old annual passholder program — launching the new Magic Key program in August 2021.
A year later, Disneyland introduced a new Inspire top-tier annual pass with no park access during the two weeks at Christmas and New Year’s that replaced the former Dream Key with year-round access.

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