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HOUSTON -- There was only one word to describe Oakland's play through four innings on Monday night against the Houston Astros.
"Ugly," player after player and manager Bob Melvin said.
As ugly as the start was, the Athletics managed to put it behind them and rallied for a 4-3 win.
Josh Reddick put Oakland on top with a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Athletics remained perfect this season against the Astros.
Chris Young hit a solo homer for the A's, who are 10-0 against their new AL West foes this season and 15-1 all-time. The Astros have lost six straight overall.
Houston took an early 3-0 lead thanks in part to Oakland tying a season high with three errors -- all in the first three innings.
"That was the overriding feeling at the end of the game was that as badly as we played at the early part of the game, we stayed with it," Melvin said. "We didn't give up. We didn't put our heads down and say, `Oh well, we are just having a bad game."
Young's shot cut the lead to one in the seventh before Reddick's drive to right field off Wesley Wright (0-4) made it 4-3.
"It's one of those things where, you know that is the right matchup; it's the matchup you want," Houston manager Bo Porter said. "If you don't win that matchup, you don't deserve to win the game."
Young also tripled for another big game in his hometown.
Three of Young's nine homers this season have come at Minute Maid Park, and he's hit eight home runs with 30 RBIs in 22 career games in Houston.
Young is hitting .333 against Houston this season, but just .165 against everyone else.
"Fortunately, (Young) came up with a big at-bat," Reddick said. "I think that got the energy up in the dugout that we really needed to get going, especially since we left so many runners on base early on. After that happened it kind of picked us up a little bit."
Ryan Cook (3-2) pitched a perfect seventh for the win and Grant Balfour did the same in the ninth for his 26th save. Balfour, who is the only closer without a blown save this season, has converted his last 44 chances dating to last season, an Oakland record and the sixth-longest streak in major league history.
Chris Carter drove in a run for Houston and shortstop Jonathan Villar singled, scored and had a stolen base in his major league debut.
Oakland starter Tommy Milone allowed five hits and three runs -- two earned -- in six innings.
"Just the way it went, obviously there was something that was off," Milone said. "As a team, I don't think we felt comfortable on the field or at the plate. But we were able to stay in the game and get those big hits when we needed them."
Dallas Keuchel yielded five hits and a run with five strikeouts in six innings for Houston.
Justin Maxwell doubled to start the Houston second and stole second base. Maxwell scored and J.D. Martinez reached on an error by shortstop Jed Lowrie to make it 1-0.
Villar got his first major league hit with a bunt single in the third. Villar, who stole 31 bases in Triple-A this season, quickly swiped second. Carter's single to center scored Villar to extend the lead to 2-0.
Carter scored on an error by second baseman Grant Green when he couldn't make the catch on a routine fly.
Josh Donaldson singled to start the Oakland sixth before a double down the right-field line by Nate Freiman. Reddick drew a walk with one out to load the bases, and a sacrifice fly by Green got Oakland within 3-1.
Keuchel escaped the inning when he struck out Seth Smith.
Game notes:
The series continues Tuesday when Houston's top pitching prospect, Jarred Cosart (1-0), will be recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City to make his second major league start against Jarrod Parker (6-6). The 23-year-old Cosart took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and got the win in his debut against Tampa Bay just before the break, allowing two hits and no runs in eight-plus innings. ... Home Run Derby winner Yoenis Cespedes was out for the fourth straight game because of a sore left wrist but is feeling better. Melvin said Cespedes did a lot of work in the cage and will take batting practice Tuesday if he doesn't feel any soreness. Melvin isn't sure if Cespedes could play Tuesday. ... A's LHP Brett Anderson, who has been on the disabled list since May 1 with a stress fracture in his right foot, threw 35 pitches in a bullpen session. "He threw the ball really well," Melvin said. "You could tell he was excited to be out there and he didn't have any issues with his foot." Melvin said Anderson will throw another bullpen session Wednesday.
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Mentality of Tribal Warfare
There is no greater prison than a mind enslaved by delusions or false beliefs.
One common delusion is that of tribal warfare, where groups of people are organized by ideology or shared common traits, lineage, or other factors, and are turned against other groups to induce conflict or war.
What we must realize and share with others is that we are not separate tribes, but rather, one people, united by a common bond with Divine Power, Presence and Consciousness.
One common people separated only by ideology, race, ethnicity or culture, all of which pale in comparison to the enormity of the Divine Potential we each share.
Let us not be misled by ego, the false deceiver within composed of fear, anger, guilt, depression or other negative emotions, and their corresponding false beliefs.
The seed-atom of Divine Consciousness is within each of us, awaiting for our attention to awaken it.
It is time for the entire world to wake-up.
Dr. Ron.

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Getting acquainted with the possible 2016 field
The new Associated Press-GfK poll offers a look at how nine potential 2016 presidential candidates appeal to the public.
Though the 2016 presidential campaign remains distant, Americans are getting to know those most likely to run. Hillary Clinton is best known; 9 in 10 offer an opinion about her. On the GOP side, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is best known, with nearly three-quarters offering an opinion on him.
Awareness increased significantly for all nine potential candidates tested, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren making the biggest gains. Warren is one of two who are least known: 56 percent don't know enough to have an opinion about her and 61 percent say the same about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Among Republicans, Jeb Bush is most popular, with 56 percent holding a favorable opinion of the former Florida governor. Majorities have positive impressions of Perry and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz generates more positive (46 percent favorable) than negative (14 percent unfavorable) impressions, while Walker remains broadly unknown even in his own party — 57 percent don't have an opinion either way.
Christie generates mixed reviews, with 45 percent viewing him favorably, 35 percent unfavorably. Thirty-nine percent of conservative Republicans see Christie more negatively than other Republicans (26 percent), a potential hindrance should he face the deeply conservative GOP primary electorate.
Eight in 10 Democrats have a positive view of Clinton. She tops both Vice President Joe Biden, who had a 71 percent favorable rating and Warren, who had 33 percent favorability. Clinton's popularity crosses ideological lines, with 84 percent of liberals and 80 percent of other Democrats viewing her positively. Biden fares better among liberal Democrats: 80 percent favorable vs. 66 percent among other Democrats.
Most Democrats, 51 percent, say they don't know enough about Warren to have an opinion, but she is more popular among liberals (42 percent favorable) than moderate or conservative Democrats (28 percent).
The AP-GfK Poll was conducted July 24-28, 2014, using KnowledgePanel, GfK's probability-based online panel designed to be representative of the U.S. population. It involved online interviews with 1,044 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points for all respondents. It is larger for subgroups.
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Sign me up, gonna run it down NE's throat
Sign off here if you're with me.
It seems like based on people's post here that everyone's forgot what this man was brought in to do. Kill it in the red zone. Hello - Florida bowl championship with Chris Leak?
I don't give a sh*t if Tebow's listed as a QB, LB, RB whatever - he's gonna save our bacon late in more than one game this year... I can't believe how rampantly this notion has been lost on Jets nation.
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Sign me up, gonna run it down NE's throat
He's built like a Mack-Truck. He's rushed for 887 rushing yards with an average of 5.3 yards per carry to go along with 12 rushing TD's over the past two years; he'll become a force to be reckoned with down inside the red-zone.
Love how Tebow is open to pretty much anything they ask him to do, and i hope goal line is one of them.
OT:His calves are ripped. (no homo)
I see Tebow extending drives, giving the defense plenty of time to rest. We simply need more TOP on offense than on defense.
Tebow may be a good football player, but he's a primadonna, IMO. It distracts from other things, but it's still annoying.
Some fans walk in here and think they know everyone.
The ten posts so far in this thread paint a pretty good picture of the word "polarizing."
I am FAR from a "Tebow-lover" -- I never want to see the guy anywhere near the top of our QB depth chart.
But I still recognize that he can serve a productive role on this team, and it's ridiculous how many times I have to hear "it was just a PR move" or some other nonsense.
To be honest, I thought I was talking to a kindred spirit -- apparently I was wrong . . .
This is the only part of Tebow i'm truly excited for (the special teams stuff is more a gimmick). Even though we led the NFL in goal line TD conversions, we may blow the rest of the NFL away this year.
I absolutely loved the Tebow pick-up, and love how things are playing out in camp so far, it is exactly what I thought they'd do, and I knew both QB's would buy in.
Tebow wasn't brought in to supplant Sanchez, he was brought in because he's a do everything football player, and does it with paramount intangibles, work ethic, and character, he's a leader, and he exudes confidence and a can do anything when the bullets are flying attitude.
Today was a very good day, and I love how both Sanchez and Tebow seem to be settling in together on the team, despite the media created circus show.
Tebow is another tool that the Jets can use...and how they use that tool will make/break him as a Jet. He brings a different skill set to the offense...an offense that I think is in flux right now with rookies and veterans..an offense under a new coordinator that needs to "find itself"...as far as timing, it couldn't be better...how well it works, we shall see.
While I have no intent of changing my status, my faith has nothing to do with someone's success (or lack thereof) on the football field. I wasn't for the trade when it happened, but I do believe they can get more than 4th round value out of him, so that's really all I can ask. I only wrote what I did because you said "I think we all understand" what Tebow offers -- unfortunately there are QUITE a few fans on this site who clearly don't.
My problem isn't religious, but objective. The guy CAN help this team, and I wish certain haters (not saying you) would focus a little more on that and a little less on what they don't like off the field.
Hopefully once the season starts we'll have more relevant topics to discuss than critiquing how the guy looks topless
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Pretty much the only reason I don't utterly hate Tebow being here.
Tebow in the goal line is cool, but we were already 1st on red zone efficiency last year anyway (iirc). What I'm more excited for is Tebow in on 3rd downs. I mean we WERE great in the red zone, but we just weren't there enough. So, hopefully Tebow converting 3rd downs will increase our trips to the red zone.
I don't get the premise of this entire thread and it shows a level of INSANITY!!!
I mean didn't the Jets have the best redzone offense in all of football last year
Didn't Tebow have the worst 3rd down efficiency rate in all of football last year
I don't get it, Sanchez has had more fourth quarter comebacks than almost any QB since he has entered the NFL.....
Why in the world would we put a player in who actually performed poorer than our own starting QB.......
I for one am NOT against Tebow and I am glad he is on the team but I think that we have to be realistic and understand that to use him the coaching staff has to be creative and not "fix" what wasn't broken!!!
Come on people..... Good Grief!!!


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Richard Schulhof will step down as deputy director of the Arnold Arboretum on September 18 to lead the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden as its chief executive officer beginning in October.
Richard Schulhof became Deputy Director at the Arnold Arboretum in 2002, having previously served the Arboretum as a Putnam fellow, as director of education and public programs, and as a member of the Arboretum's Visiting Committee for Harvard University. In his seven-year tenure as deputy director, Richard directed horticultural and educational programming at the Arboretum, initiating important advancements as part of the institution's strategic planning process. These endeavors include the creation of the Arboretum's Landscape Management Plan, which set exemplary standards of care for the living collection through a zonal approach to landscape management. Richard also oversaw the implementation of new programs supporting science education for urban schoolchildren and Head Start students, collaborating with Boston schools and private donors to launch new programs for teacher training, field study experiences, and in-class instruction. In the realm of visitor services, Richard supported enhancements to the Arboretum's system of wayfinding and interpretation in the landscape.
"I am sure I speak for everyone in expressing our profound appreciation to Richard for the many years of leadership and dedication that he brought to the job of deputy director," remarked Arboretum director Bob Cook. "He has accomplished a great deal in the past decade, effectively shaping a first-class public museum and its staff who are all deeply committed to excellence in education and horticulture. While we regret Richard's departure, we wish him good fortune in this new challenge, with the certainty that he will continue to offer exceptional leadership in the public garden arena."
Richard's new position will enable him to return to southern California, where he was raised and where members of his family still reside. Before joining the Arnold Arboretum staff, he served as executive director of Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, California. His experience in public gardens also includes horticultural internships at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino and the Mildred Mathias Gardens at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard holds an undergraduate degree in landscape architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and masters degrees in public garden administration from the University of Delaware and in forestry from Harvard University.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Harper became the youngest unanimous MVP winner in baseball history Thursday, capturing the NL award despite his Washington Nationals missing the playoffs.
Josh Donaldson took the AL MVP, earning the honor after helping boost the Toronto Blue Jays back into the postseason for the first time since 1993.
Harper turned 23 on Oct. 16, after the playoffs had already started. He got all 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
The 2012 NL Rookie of the Year led the majors in slugging percentage and on-base average. The outfielder hit .330 with 42 home runs and 99 RBIs.
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UPDATED 3:44 a.m.: The following is a list of road closures in and around Boulder County due to the ongoing flood emergency as compiled by the Boulder Office of Emergency Management.
The Boulder OEM also has prepared a map of area road closures. (Warning: It's slow to load).
Of the list, though, officials warn: "The list and map of Boulder County road closures are not all-inclusive and the accuracy of the information cannot be guaranteed. Due to rapidly changing weather conditions and unpredictable floodwaters, all road closures are subject to change at any time."
- 4th Street and Hawthorne Avenue
- 9th Street at Balsam Avenue
- 28th Street at Kalmia Avenue
- 28th Street at Spruce Street
- 30th Street at Pearl Parkway
- 55th Street at Pearl Parkway
- 61st/63rd Street from Jay Road to Valmont Road
- 75th Street from Jay Road to Valmont Road
- Arapahoe Avenue at Foothills Parkway
- Arapahoe Avenue at Old Tale Road
- Arapahoe Avenue from 55th Street to Cherryvale Road
- Baseline Road at Meadowbrook Drive
- Baseline Road/Flagstaff Road west of Grant Place
- Bow Mountain Road from Wagon Wheel Gap Road to Pine Brook Road
- Broadway at Arapahoe Avenue
- Broadway at Iris Avenue
- Broadway at Pine Street
- Broadway at Table Mesa Drive
- Broadway at Violet Avenue
- Broadway at Rosewood Avenue
- Broadway from Quince Avenue to Lee Hill Drive
- Cypress Drive
- Foothills Parkway (SH 157) from US 36 to Pearl Parkway
- Frontage Road at Baseline Road and 28th Street
- Juniper Avenue (500 block)
- Linden Avenue/Linden Drive west of Broadway
- Spine Road at Lookout Road
- Spring Valley Road at Linden Avenue
- Spruce Street (300 block)
- Sunnyside Lane at Mariposa Avenue
Boulder County
- 7th Street and Pleasant Street
- 39th Street from Neva Road to Nebo Road
- 39th Street from Ogallala Road to Plateau Road
- 41st Street and Oxford Road
- 600 block of Sugarloaf Road
- Arapahoe Avenue between 19th Street and 20th Street
- Boulder Canyon Drive between Boulder and Nederland
- CO 7 (US 36) from Lefthand Canyon Drive to Neva Road
- Diagonal Highway at Mile Marker 40
- Eastbound US 36 at Table Mesa Drive
- Four Mile Canyon Drive from Boulder Canyon to Poorman Road
- Gold Run Road at Dixon Road
- Golf Club Drive at Pebble Beach Drive
- Highway 7 at Mile Marker 24
- Lee Hill Drive at Olde Stage Road
- Left Hand Canyon Drive at Lee Hill Drive
- Lefthand Canyon Drive from Foothills Highway to Peak to Peak Highway
- North 63rd Street from Bluebird Avenue to Modena Lane
- North 75th Street from Arapahoe Road to Baseline Road
- North 83rd Street at Yellowstone Road
- North 95th Street from Lookout Road to Valmont Road and from Arapahoe to Baseline
- Old Tale Road at McSorley Lane
- SH 93 (South Foothills Highway) from 64th Parkway to SH 128
- SH 93 (South Foothills Highway) from Greenbriar Boulevard to Eldorado Springs Drive
- Sunshine Canyon at Green Rock Drive
- US 36 Westbound closed at Table Mesa
- US 36 Eastbound closed Closed at Table Mesa to FlatIrons
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- Lookout Road from North 109th Street to North 115th Street
- North 119th from Kenosha Road to Jasper Road
- Crane Hollow Road from Hygiene Road to St Vrain Road
- Hygiene Road from North 75th Street to Crane Hollow Road
- North 75th Street from St. Vrain Road to Hygiene Road
- North 75th Street from Nelson Road to Hygiene Road
- Horizon Avenue from Majestic Drive to Panorama Point
- South 120th Street from Commerce Court to South Boulder Road
- Airport Road from Fordham Street to Diagonal Highway 119
- Airport Road from Rogers Road to 17th Avenue
- Airport Road from St. Vrain Creek to 9th Avenue
- Boston Avenue from Hover Road to Price Road
- Bowen Street at 2nd Avenue, south to Boston Road
- County Road 1 at the St Vrain River
- Diagonal Highway 119 from Fordham to Hover
- Gay Street at 2nd Avenue south to Boston Road
- Hover Street from Nelson Road to 9th Avenue
- Hover Street from Rogers Road to 3rd Avenue
- Hover Street and southbound lanes of Highway 119 headed south towards Boulder
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- Main Street (US 287) from Ken Pratt Boulevard to Boston Avenue
- Main Street (US 287) from 3rd Street to Ken Pratt Boulevard
- Missouri Avenue from Pike Street to Main Street (US 287)
- North 75th Street at Coyote Trail
- Price Road from 2nd Avenue to Boston Road
- Roads parallel to the St Vrain River
- South Pratt Parkway from 3rd Avenue to Missouri Avenue
- Sunset Street from Boston Avenue to Donovan Drive
- Sunset Street from Nelson Road to 3rd Avenue
- Ute Highway from 75th Street to McCall Drive
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• North 95th Street from Valmont Road to Lookout Road
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It is 6 days until Thanksgiving, and thoughts turn to turkey dinner. But turkeys are HUGE, and, unless you're cooking for a big family or a bunch of guests, a whole turkey, even a small one, really is just too much. For smaller gatherings, consider a boneless turkey breast. Today, we're going to cook a boneless turkey breast in the slow-cooker. (Technically, it is a "turkey breast roast" because the de-boned turkey breast has been rolled into a roast shape and bound with a string net.)
Our ingredients are:
Turkey breast roast – thawed
¾ cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons olive oil
Squirrel's Low-sodium Cajun Spice
Remove the turkey breast from its package (but leave the string net on), rinse it under cold water, and pat it dry with paper towels. Coat with olive oil and then rub a generous amount of Squirrel's Low-sodium Cajun Spice all over – top, bottom, and sides.
Place something in the bottom of your slow cooker to hold the turkey about ½ inch off of the bottom. (I've got a nice little wire rack that works well. An upside-down saucer would work, too.) Fill the bottom of the slow cooker to just below the level of your rack. (The chicken broth adds flavorful humidity to the slow cooker, and keeps the turkey nice and moist. Nobody likes dry turkey!)
Place the turkey in the slow-cooker, skin side up. Cook on high for 1 hour, then cook on low for 6 hours. After 6 hours, check internal temperature with a meat thermometer. Your turkey breast is done when the center reaches 170+ degrees.
Remove from slow cooker, place on a rack above a drip-pan, tent with a sheet of aluminum foil, and allow the turkey breast to rest for 15 minutes.
Slice and serve! Serves 6 (or four with some sandwiches later) (or two with lots of sandwiches for later!) Enjoy!
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Both new and established companies face many challenges when it comes to getting their technology right. A company's team is its lifeblood, and selecting the right people to help execute the vision and accomplish business goals is crucial.
Many companies today are hiring outside experts to get a different perspective, extra horsepower, and unbiased specialized expertise across multiple functions. In fact, more than twice as many U.S. tech companies today are turning to outside consultants to help support their tech needs than in 2013, according to BDO's 2015 Technology Outlook Survey.
Consultancy firms can help with everything from one-off projects for companies that don't have enough time to pull together a team, to long-term projects that require a team with deep experience in an emerging or cutting-edge technology. Hiring a consultancy group can benefit early-stage companies by enabling them to focus on their business and products first, instead of on recruiting software developers. Established companies can benefit from a highly skilled and business-oriented external team that is ready for fast-paced product development and able to quickly adopt the company's methodology, infrastructure and process.
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Rocket Man, thanks for reminding me about our excursion to Fenway Park in June of 1971. It's a game that many New Englanders of a certain age still remember, and not just because of the near riot. The Red Sox were in first place, as were the A's. Sonny Siebert hadn't lost all year (I think he was 8-0). Vida Blue hadn't lost since early April, to my Washington Senators in the old Presidential Opener. I think his record was 10-1. Boston's powerful line-up, led by Rico Petrocelli that night, did enough damage to give the Sox a 5-3 victory, if I recall correctly. The next day, the headline in one of the Boston papers read "Vida Blue is 10 and 2." But this was the high-point of Boston's season. Soon they did their annual swoon. Meanwhile Oakland went on to dethrone the Twins as champions of the old AL West. The next year, they won the first of three consecutive world titles.
Believe it or not, Rocket Man, I don't follow baseball closely any more. The 1994 strike converted me from a fanatic into a casual fan. I'm still interested in the historical side, but rarely watch games except during the play-offs. This year, I'll be rooting for the Twins to win their third World Series, or fourth if you count the one they won in Washington in 1924.
As Rocket Man says, I failed miserably in my attempt to turn him on to soccer. However, I believe that if he saw a high quality match at Highbury Park in North London or the Nou Camp in Barcelona, he would see some merit in my arguments, as he did that night at Fenway all those years ago.
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NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana's sugar-cane crop appears to have suffered less damage from Hurricane Isaac than first thought, according to one expert.
But Kenneth Gravois with the Louisiana State University AgCenter said next year's crop probably will be hurt worse than this year's because about half the seed cane was planted late.
With about four-fifths of the cane still in the fields and a harvest that runs into early January, he wouldn't make fresh predictions on the total crop loss from Isaac. After the storm came ashore Aug. 28, flattening many fields in sugar-producing coastal parishes, estimates of the loss ranged as high as $60 million.
Farmers are hoping for good weather through the remainder of the harvest season. There's always the chance a run of wet weather could bring in gobs of mud on the cane. Some sugar would be lost as mud and sugar were separated from crushed cane at the mill.
"We knew we had a good crop going in, and it looks like we've got a good crop coming out the other side" of Hurricane Isaac, Gravois said.
Isaac flattened all 1,000 acres of cane that Gravois' cousin, Gary Gravois, was growing in Napoleonville. But even then, Gary Gravois said, he was cautiously optimistic because the winds appeared to have blown straight across the fields. The cane "all went in one direction — it wasn't tangled," he said.
Within two weeks, he said, "the crop started going back toward the sun."
About 380,000 acres of the 425,000 planted this year were damaged by the storm.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's September monthly forecast estimates Louisiana's production this year at nearly 12.8 million tons of cane sugar — up 1.43 million tons from last year, with yield at 30 tons per acre. Florida, which planted 410,000 acres, is expected to produce 15.6 million tons.
Texas and Hawaii, the other major sugar-cane states, have 46,000 and 17,000 acres respectively, and are expected to produce 1.6 million and 1.4 million tons of sugar.
Last year's crop, when prices were at a 40-year high, was worth $638.4 million to Louisiana farmers, up from $503.4 million in 2010, according to the AgCenter's annual crop summary. Factories got another $443.1 million, according to the American Sugar Cane League. Prices have fallen below the levels of either of those two years, but are above those of 2009, when the net farm value was $447 million.
Early in September, the AgCenter estimated hurricane losses to sugar cane at about $60 million.
The AgCenter's Gravois said the early loss estimate included increased planting costs, which affect future years more than the current crop. Each year's planting provides four years of cane, and about half Louisiana's seed cane had been planted before the hurricane.
"Our crop was planted late," Gravois said. "We did finish getting it planted. Normally, next year our later-planted cane wouldn't produce as well. But it's better than not getting it planted at all."
If seed cane is straight and tall, each acre of harvested cane can plant 5 to 8 acres of land. Crooked canes must be cut up for billet planting, which can cut an acre of seed cane to as little as 3 planted acres.
As to losses for the current crop, Gravois said, "It's always the harvest conditions after a hurricane that will give you a plus or minus. Right now we have excellent weather and the harvest is going well. I would put it at less than $60 million."
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NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana's sugar-cane crop appears to have suffered less damage from Hurricane Isaac than first thought, according to one expert.


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I think Rivals is a super descriptive and funny book. I love it because it's about baseball and I love baseball. My favorite part is when Josh gets hit by the ball because its the most descriptive part in the book. I like Josh because he never gives up. He is like me because I never give up when I play sports . The book reminds me of an event in my life too. Once i got a go-ahead walk-off triple to win the All Star game 6-5.
I would recommend this book to baseball fans because it's about the Little League World Series. Interesting parts in the book are exciting description at the games, the umpire's house, and Mickey Mullen Jr.'s personality. Tim Green's spectacular writing style make this book a rival with other baseball books.


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Mixing a career with mommyhood is never easy. There are dozens of questions that can plague a new, working mom: will she go back to work? If so, how soon? Will she have to work on her maternity leave (like a certain, high-profile CEO)? Questions that are, in short, mostly focused on what happensafter the little bundle-of-joy arrives. But a new study from the University of Essex might inspire more consideration on the before, as it has found that working after eight months of pregnancy is as harmful to babies as smoking, reports the Guardian.
Women who continued to work after they were eight months pregnancy had infants half a pound lighter than those who left work between six and eight months. Babies whose mothers worked or smoked throughout pregnancy grew more slowly in the womb. Stopping work early in pregnancy was especially beneficial for women who had fewer levels of education, which suggests that performing physically demanding work while pregnant was strongly linked to lower birth weights. The effect was also more significant in older mothers, as babies born to mothers under 24-years-old were unaffected.
"We know low birth weight is a predictor of many things that happen later, including lower chances of completing school successfully, lower wages and higher mortality. We need to think seriously about parental leave, because-as this study suggests-the possible benefits of taking leave flexibly before the birth could be quite high," said Professor Marco Francesconi, one of the authors of the study.
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ATTENTION Lion King Fans! There Is Some AMAZING News For You
The circle of life is really a thing.
The Lion King is set to return to the cinemas but it won't the the same as the one with fell in love with 22 years ago.
Walt Disney have announced that is has tapped up Jon Favreau for a reimagining of its 1994 animated blockbuster. It is now on the 'fast track to production.'
Soon after, Favreau tweeted ''excited for my next project." He included lion and crown emojis.' Ket details have not yet been released but in April, two "Untitled Disney Live Action" movies were put on the calendar: Aug. 3, 2018 and Dec. 25, 2018.
The new Lion King will include songs from the original.
Favreau was the man behind the recent live-action version of The Jungle Book, which earned $965.8 million worldwide after its April debut.


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Close-Up Views of the GOODS Field
These three close-up views show the rich variety of galaxies that appear in the new panoramic, full-color image of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) field, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The full field reveals 7,500 galaxies in various stages of assembly and stretching back through most of the universe's history.
Astronomers combined new observations taken by the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and data taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) to make this mosaic.
The image combines a broad range of colors, from the ultraviolet, through visible light, and into the near-infrared. Such a detailed multi-color view of the universe has never before been assembled in such a combination of color, clarity, accuracy, and depth.
Hubble's sharp resolution and new color versatility, produced by combining data from the two cameras, are allowing astronomers to sort out the various stages of galaxy formation. These three views reveal galaxy shapes that appear increasingly chaotic at each earlier epoch, as galaxies grew through accretion, collisions, and mergers. The galaxies range from the mature spirals and ellipticals in the foreground, to smaller, fainter, irregularly shaped galaxies, most of which are farther away, and therefore existed farther back in time. These smaller galaxies are considered the building blocks of the larger galaxies we see today.
Ultraviolet light taken by WFC3 shows the blue glow of hot, young stars in galaxies teeming with star birth. The orange light reveals the final buildup of massive galaxies about 8 billion to 10 billion years ago. The near-infrared light displays the red glow of very distant galaxies – in a few cases as far as 12 billion to 13 billion light-years away – whose light has been stretched, like a toy Slinky, from ultraviolet light to longer- wavelength infrared light due to the expansion of the universe.
The WFC3 observations were taken in September and October 2009; the ACS observations in 2004. The view covers a portion of the southern field of a large galaxy census called the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), a deep-sky study by several observatories to trace the evolution of galaxies.
NASA, ESA, R. Windhorst, S. Cohen, M. Mechtley, and M. Rutkowski (Arizona State University, Tempe), R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), P. McCarthy (Carnegie Observatories), N. Hathi (University of California, Riverside), R. Ryan (University of California, Davis), H. Yan (Ohio State University), and A. Koekemoer (Space Telescope Science Institute)


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As Disney California Adventure reaches the midway point of a $1.1-billion expansion, I'd like to take a speculative look at what Walt Disney Imagineering might have in mind for Phase 2 of the massive renovation project.
DCA's extreme makeover was necessitated by the on-the-cheap, off-the-shelf nature of the nearly decade-old theme park that even Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger now calls "mediocre."
Phase 1, which began in 2008, fixes about a third of the flawed park. What I'm interested in looking at here are the possibilities for the other two-thirds.
Most of the proposed plans that have come to light remain firmly in the "what if" stage. In some cases, Disney announced and then postponed attractions. In other instances, the ideas have filtered out into the online community. In all circumstances, Disney remains officially mum, guarding future projects as closely held secrets.
Quite naturally, any sequel to the wholesale reimagineering of DCA remains contingent on the success of Phase 1, which wraps up in 2012. So far, the crowds have responded positively to the uptick in quality (Toy Story Midway Mania dark ride), spectacle ("World of Color" water show) and attention to detail (Silly Symphony Swings wave swing).
And the best is yet to come. Crews have broken ground on Phase 1 projects that demonstrate Disney's commitment (the $100-million Voyage of the Little Mermaid dark ride), ambition (the 12-acre Cars Land) and heritage (Buena Vista Street entry plaza).
Mouse watchers believe if Phase 1 continues to pay dividends, Iger will pony up more money for Phase 2 starting in 2013. The operative word here is "if."
So far nothing has been announced for Phase 2, but Imagineers have been busy dusting off old plans and dreaming up new ideas for the re-emergent Anaheim theme park. As any Disney fan knows, these "blue sky" proposals can change repeatedly over the course of development – and many never see the light of day.
What follows is a land-by-land compilation of possible attractions and thematic changes for Phase 2:
Buena Vista Street
(An idealized vision of a 1920s Southern California streetscape when Walt Disney first arrived in Los Angeles.)
* Original plans for the Carthay Theater called for the screening of a "Walt Disney Story" biographical film. The latest plans have the Blue Sky Cellar preview center moving into the space.
* An exclusive Carthay Circle Club on the upper floor of the Carthay Theater. Disney has quietly put out feelers to Club 33 members and those on the long waiting list for the private Disneyland club. The Interior of the DCA club would replicate an idealized version of an early Disney animation studio on Hyperion Avenue in Hollywood.
Paradise Pier
(A 1920s and 30s seaside amusement park-themed land with Victorian architecture.)
* An E-Ticket ride next to California Screamin', with an entrance in the helix of the roller coaster track leading to a new backstage attraction.
* A D- or E-Ticket attraction in the other helix where Maliboomer once stood. The area is currently being turned into a character meet-and-greet location. The tacky strip mall-themed Man Hat n' Beach souvenir shop façade likely remains unchanged in anticipation of this forthcoming attraction.
* An E-Ticket ride in place of Goofy's Sky School, itself a rethemed version of the Mulholland Madness wild mouse roller coaster. Current proposals for the location include an original thrill ride or a character-based attraction. An early concept called for a Ratatouille coaster to occupy the space.
* Disney's original plans called for the since-removed Maliboomer drop tower to become a Green Army Men parachute drop ride. The same "Toy Story" theme could replace the nearby Jumpin' Jellyfish ride, which was originally scheduled for removal in Disney's initial plan.
* Early plans called for the Fun Wheel Ferris wheel and the California Screamin' queue to get entrance facades to match the Paradise Pier area's new Victorian seaside theme.
* Imagineers have previously discussed Halloween and Christmas holiday overlays for the Toy Story Midway Mania dark ride.
(The existing Hollywood Studios Backlot becomes Hollywoodland, representing the 1930s Golden Age of Hollywood.)
* Transform the space around the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride into the Golden Era of Hollywood (expanding the footprint of the area into the Timon parking lot).
* Add an enclosed lobby to the Hyperion Theater and a street façade to close off the view of the outdoor queue area. Disney announced and then rescinded plans to replace the current "Aladdin" stage show with a "Toy Story" musical.
* An E-Ticket attraction in the former "Who Wants to be a Millionaire – Play It" sound stage.
* Several replacements have been floated for the "MuppetVision 3D" movie, including "Mickey's PhilharMagic" from the Magic Kingdom (which apparently won't fit in the DCA theater) and a 3-D story based on the "Chronicles of Narnia" (a film franchise recently dumped by Disney).
* Removal of the modern pop-culture signage above the shops along DCA's Hollywood Boulevard.
* The unused Hollywood & Dine food court in Stage 12 remains empty for future expansion.
(The former Condor Flats and Golden State lands combine to form a single land themed to a 1950s-era Yosemite-like national park.)
* Grizzly River Rapids receives animatronic bears, condors and other creatures once envisioned for the raft ride. Animatronic characters under construction for the Grizzly Trail area at Hong Kong Disneyland would fit perfectly.
* An E-Ticket ride in place of the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. Proposals for the location include an outdoor adventure attraction or a mine-train ride.
* A circuitous train ride around Grizzly Peak as envisioned in concept art featured in the "Disney Mountains: Imagineering at its Peak" book.
* The Soarin' Over California hang-gliding tour makes way for the long-awaited Soarin' Over the World replacement.
* Convert the Cannery Row-themed Pacific Wharf food court to a San Francisco motif and combine the eatery area with the already-existing but unrealized San Francisco block.
Cars Land
(A faithful re-creation of the isolated Route 66 town in the Pixar movie "Cars" designed to evoke the automobile culture of the 1950s and 60s.)
* A drive-in theater-themed sit-down restaurant where diners eat in vintage cars while watching a movie on the big screen. The concept was part of the initial pitch for Cars Land that has since been postponed.
* A C- or D-Ticket on an unused corner of the new themed land scheduled to open in 2012.


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GM's old mild hybrids, such as the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, delivered all the flashy hybrid badges without the big fuel-economy gains. This time around, things are different.
The 2013 Buick LaCrosse eAssist offers a comfortable ride and an inviting interior with unobtrusive fuel-saving technology.
As in 2012, the 2013 Buick LaCrosse comes with a standard electric-motor-assisted eAssist four-cylinder engine or an optional V-6 engine; I tested the eAssist. The only major change this year is that Buick's IntelliLink multimedia system is now standard. Compare the 2012 and 2013 versions here.
Buick's largest sedan competes in the near-luxury body-type segment, a limited field that includes the mainstream Volkswagen Passat and the upscale Lexus ES 300h. The Passat comes in five- and six-cylinder gas and four-cylinder diesel trims; the ES 300h is a four-cylinder hybrid. Compare all three sedans here.
It's all to good effect: The car is both surprisingly potent and efficient. It felt stronger than expected, especially in a car that weighs close to 4,000 pounds. The powertrain moved the LaCrosse without a problem and never felt lacking, thanks to an assist from a lithium-ion battery pack and a 15-kilowatt electric motor. The motor combines with the 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine for 182 horsepower total. The LaCrosse eAssist is EPA rated at 25/36 mpg city/highway, compared with the two-wheel-drive V-6's 17/27 mpg (all-wheel drive is a V-6-only option, rated 17/25 mpg).
The Lexus ES 300h, however, delivers 40/39 mpg from its hybrid system, which combines an electric motor with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder for a total of 200 hp. Also more impressive is the Volkswagen Passat TDI's 31/43 mpg rating, compliments of its satisfying 2.0-liter diesel four-cylinder. Though it only makes 140 hp, 236 pounds-feet of torque at 1,750 rpm make it lively from a stop and strong on the highway.
Power delivery in the LaCrosse is smooth, and shifts around town are well-timed, but the six-speed automatic's downshifts seem a bit delayed on the highway. At cruising speeds, the LaCrosse has impressive road isolation, making for a pillowy ride and a hushed interior. You pay for the compliant ride in the handling department, however; it's by no means an agile car. The sedan's full heft is felt hustling through corners.
The Buick LaCrosse earns another point in the refinement column for its automatic stop/start engine. In fact, it's smoother than many similar Mercedes-Benz and BMW systems, which can sound harsher and feel more abrupt. The LaCrosse's transitions were barely perceptible by comparison.
The regenerative braking system will give drivers pause, however. The brakes have a non-linear action and a stiff, brick-like feel. The response is mushy initially, then lurchy toward the end of the stop; it makes for an overall unnatural sensation.
My test car had leather seats and surfaces and a leather-wrapped steering wheel, which are standard on all but the Buick LaCrosse base model, and the materials felt rich — even the padded plastic. Blue ambient lighting and contrast-color stitching tie the cabin's design together.
The newly standard IntelliLink multimedia system is refreshingly intuitive, and its large touch-screen buttons have a quick response time. If that's not your style, you can use the center dial and traditional push-buttons instead. Setting the radio presets was a no-brainer, as was pairing and connecting my phone with Bluetooth and launching the Pandora internet radio app. Navigation is an $895 option available on all but the base model; it's a $2,625 option on the ES 300h and an extra $1,660 on base Passat TDIs. It's standard on the uplevel version of the Passat TDI.
The Buick LaCrosse Premium's curved, twin-cockpit setup makes the cabin look and feel expansive, and I had plenty of head- and legroom in front. Although the LaCrosse is the longest sedan of the three, it offers slightly less front headroom than the VW. The Buick is roomier than both in back, however, with 40.5 inches of legroom, compared with the Passat's 39.1 inches and the ES 300h's 40 inches.
Low-cut door openings mean taller passengers will have to stoop to get in the back. Once there, the second row is roomy enough for two adults, but the middle seat is kid-only territory. The front cabin's center console eats up knee space, and a high floor hump steals foot space. Add a stiff cushion and you have the least comfortable seat in the house.
The LaCrosse's trunk space also disappoints. Sixty percent of the backseat folds, but the opening is only a narrow pass-through. The battery blocks most of it, eating up a decent part of the trunk's cargo space. EAssist versions have just 10.9 cubic feet of trunk space (2.4 cubic feet less than V-6 models), which trails the ES 300h's 12.1 and the Passat's 15.9 cubic feet. Interior storage is also lacking: The center console is smaller than you'd expect in a sedan this size, and the tiny door pockets are practically useless.
GM's OnStar safety communication system is standard with six months of free service, as are six airbags: front and side-impact airbags for the front seats and two side curtain airbags that cover both rows. Seat-mounted rear side airbags are a $350 option across the lineup. Other available safety features include a blind spot warning system and adaptive auto-dimming cornering headlights that automatically swivel to illuminate upcoming curves when you turn the steering wheel.
Visibility forward and back is partially obscured due to the sedan's sloping roofline and its high belt line (with resulting short windows). The LaCrosse's side mirrors are also a bit small. The reverse-sensing system with backup camera helps, and it's standard on all but the base model. A camera is standard only on higher Passat trim levels, and it's a $740 option on the ES 300h. Click here for a full list of safety features and here for our Car Seat Check.
The LaCrosse splits the difference between the Volkswagen Passat TDI ($27,020) and Lexus ES 300h ($39,745). Leather seats on an ES 300h will cost an extra $1,370, and it will take another $440 to get them heated. Heated leather seats are standard on uplevel versions of the Passat.
The value leader is clearly the Passat, but diesel power doesn't appeal to everyone. The fuel-economy champ is the ES 300h, but its higher sticker and lack of standard equipment mean prices can quickly escalate. Again, the LaCrosse splits the difference, carving out a niche as a comfortable, efficient and relatively affordable sedan.


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ATCO's Pipelines & Liquids Global Business Unit delivers innovative, vertically integrated energy and industrial water solutions that make life easier for customers. Offering decades of expertise in natural gas transmission, distribution, infrastructure development, energy storage and industrial water, ATCO's Pipelines & Liquids Global Business Unit is well-positioned to serve customers in Alberta and around the world.
ATCO Gas is an Alberta-based regulated natural gas distribution company, serving more than 1.1 million customers in nearly 300 Alberta communities.
With more than 60 offices throughout the province, ATCO Gas provides service to municipal, residential, business and industrial customers. The company's core business is owning and operating a safe, reliable natural gas distribution system.
In addition, ATCO Gas provides expert consumer advice through ATCO EnergySense.
ATCO Gas is on call 24-hours-a-day to respond to gas odour calls and emergencies involving natural gas.
Visit our site: http://www.atcogas.com
ATCO Pipelines provides reliable and efficient delivery of natural gas and is committed to operational excellence and superior customer service while ensuring the safety of our employees and the public. With approximately 8,500 kilometres of pipelines and a peak delivery of 3.8 billion cubic feet per day, ATCO Pipelines is headquartered in Calgary with offices in Edmonton and facilities throughout Alberta.
Visit our site: http://www.atcopipelines.com
ATCO Energy Solutions builds, owns and operates Industrial Water, Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids related infrastructure to serve the midstream sector of Western Canada's energy industry. We offer tailored solutions for product storage, processing, and transportation that provide our customers with exceptional business value.
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ATCO's Electricity Global Business Unit delivers comprehensive and innovative electricity generation, transmission, distribution and related infrastructure solutions that make energy easy for our customers. By leveraging decades of experience and expertise, we provide customers with the cost-effective energy solutions they need, while keeping a steadfast commitment to safety, reliability, customer service and innovation.
ATCO Power leverages its decades of experience and industry-leading expertise developing, building and operating independent power generation facilities to provide customers with custom, cost-effective power solutions including: commercial and industrial power marketing, sales and distributed power generation.
ATCO Power has an ownership position in 13 power generation plants in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario with a combined capacity of approximately 3,591 megawatts (MW) and total ownership interest in 2,286 MW.
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ATCO Electric develops regulated distribution and transmission projects and plays a key role in the development of Alberta's energy-rich industrial sector. With more than 85 years' experience, the company operates and maintains a safe, reliable system of transmission and distribution lines, delivering power to homes, farms and businesses in 245 communities.
Headquartered in Edmonton with 38 district offices, ATCO Electric serves nearly 224,000 customers in energy-rich northern and east-central Alberta.
Through its subsidiaries - ATCO Electric Yukon, Northland Utilities (NWT) Limited and Northland Utilities (Yellowknife) Limited - the company serves customers in Canada's North. In addition, ATCO Electric provides expert consumer advice through ATCO EnergySense.
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A member of the ATCO Group of Companies, ATCO Electric Yukon has been providing electrical service to Yukoners for more than a century.
Today, ATCO Electric Yukon serves more than 17,000 customers in 19 communities from south of the Yukon border to north of the Arctic Circle.
ATCO Electric Yukon has customer service offices in Whitehorse and Watson Lake and plant operators in 10 communities.
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Northland Utilities is an equal partnership between ATCO Ltd. and Denendeh Investments Incorporated, which represents the 27 Dene First Nations of the Northwest Territories. Northland Utilities has two operating divisions: Northland Utilities (NWT) Limited and Northland Utilities (Yellowknife) Limited.
Northland Utilities has served the people of the Northwest Territories for more than 60 years delivering safe, reliable and cost-effective electricity services to more than 11,000 customers in Yellowknife, Hay River, Trout Lake, Kakisa, Dory Point, Fort Providence, Wekweeti, Enterprise and the K'atl'odeeche First Nation. It owns and operates more than 475 km of electric transmission and distribution line, five substations and five diesel plants.
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ASHCOR Technologies Ltd. markets coal combustion products from ATCO Power's coal-fired generating stations in Alberta.
The predominant product marketed by ASHCOR is called fly ash – the non-combustible residue remaining after coal is consumed in a power plant furnace. Designated as a supplementary cementing material, fly ash is primarily used as a partial replacement for Portland cement in concrete products and oil well cementing slurries.
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With nearly 5,500 employees and assets of approximately $20 billion, Canadian Utilities Limited is an ATCO company. ATCO is a diversified global corporation delivering service excellence and innovative business solutions in Structures & Logistics (workforce housing, innovative modular facilities, construction, site support services, and logistics and operations management); Electricity (electricity generation, transmission, and distribution); Pipelines & Liquids (natural gas transmission, distribution and infrastructure development, energy storage, and industrial water solutions); and Retail Energy (electricity and natural gas retail sales).
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CU Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO company. CU Inc. is an Alberta-based corporation with more than 4,100 employees and assets of approximately $16 billion; comprised of rate regulated utility operations in pipelines, natural gas and electricity transmission and distribution.
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ATCOenergy is a new electricity and natural gas retail company that serves residential, small business and commercial customers across Alberta. The newest addition to the ATCO family, ATCOenergy offers true value and real savings to Albertans.
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The ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen has been dishing up household advice and delicious recipes in Alberta for more than 86 years.
From cookbooks to cooking classes, ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen offers a variety of services including an answer line. Through this telephone, email and online live chat service, professional home economists answer consumer questions related to food, cooking, recipes, stain removal and other household problems.
The ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen Learning Centre in Calgary provides the public with hands-on learning from a team of experts. Professional staff offer a range of cooking classes to the public in Calgary, at their bright, modern Calgary Learning Centre, and in Edmonton in their modern homestyle kitchen as well as educational programs that deal with food safety, preparation, and other household dilemmas around the home.
Now, ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen is serving up delectable dishes to the public at the ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen Café. Serving snacks, breakfast and lunch Monday – Friday from its own healthy recipes. The ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen Café is located at 919 11 Ave. S.W., Calgary.
ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen is proud to now be a part of ATCOenergy Ltd.
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ATCO Australia, headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, offers a full range of energy services. ATCO Australia develops, builds, owns and operates energy and infrastructure assets, drawing upon the expertise of ATCO's Global Business Units in electricity generation, transmission and distribution and natural gas transmission, distribution, gathering, processing, storage and liquids extraction.
Visit our site: www.atco.com.au
ATCO Gas Australia owns, operates and maintains the largest gas infrastructure network in Western Australia. The company serves Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Albany, Bunbury, Busselton, Harvey, Pinjarra, Brunswick Junction, Capel and the Perth greater metropolitan area, including Mandurah. Combined, ATCO Gas Australia has nearly 14,000 km of distribution mains connecting approximately 725,000 customers.
Visit our site: http://www.atcogas.com.au
ATCO Mexico is focused on developing, building, owning and operating new energy infrastructure assets to support the development of Mexico's energy infrastructure. Headquartered in Mexico City, ATCO Mexico began operations in 2014 to pursue opportunities in Mexico's energy market. The company's strategy is modelled after ATCO's Canadian and Australian operations and leverages the considerable expertise of ATCO's Global Business Units to deliver a range of innovative infrastructure solutions, including: electricity generation, transmission, and distribution; natural gas transmission and distribution; and workforce accommodation and site services.
Visit our site: http://www.atcomexico.mx
ATCO Electric and ATCO Gas established ATCO EnergySense in 2001 to provide Albertans with a variety of energy management services.
The ATCO EnergySense website provides energy efficiency information to help Alberta homeowners save money on energy costs, become more energy efficient and contribute to improving the environment. The website includes publications and interactive tools such as "The ATCO EnergySense House", an application designed to provide energy saving and safety tips for the home.
The ATCO Energy Education Mobile is a travelling classroom that visits schools and communities across Alberta. Through its interactive and unique learning experience, the Education Mobile teaches students and Albertans about Alberta's energy resources and energy efficiency.
ATCO EnergySense analysts perform commercial energy assessments on a wide variety of facilities including municipal, recreational, small to medium industrial, office, institutional and apartment and condominium complexes. Analysts recommend changes for improving energy efficiency, reducing energy costs and realizing environmental benefits. They provide a benchmarking metric to compare your energy consumption with similar facilities.
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Splashtop Inc. has released its Win8 Metro Testbed for Android remote desktop app, which allows software developers to simulate a Windows 8 environment on a tablet.
Positioned as an ideal tool for programmers looking to simulate the Windows 8 UI on Android devices, this version follows the company's Win 8 Metro Testbed for the iPad product, which has reportedly done well. The new solution works for Android tablets running Android 3.1 and up, with a target screen density of 600dpi (1280x800) and screen sizes of seven or 10 inches.
The developer proposition here is quite clearly the opportunity to test native Metro UI touch gestures on an Android tablet to code and compile new apps on their Windows PC. Windows 8 developers can use their existing Android tablets to test their applications and keep them current with new releases of Windows 8 Preview without having to purchase a new Windows tablet.
In response to the high demand from Splashtop fans and the developer community, we have provided a Windows 8 development platform for Android tablet owners," noted Mark Lee, Splashtop CEO and cofounder. "With Windows 8 Metro both iPad and Android developers can now turn their tablets into a development testbed to evaluate touch gestures and functionality of their app in a Windows 8 environment."
Win8 Metro Testbed enables native Windows 8 Metro touch gestures, including the ability to:
- Swipe from the right to view the Charms menu
- Swipe from the left to switch apps
- Swipe left/right in Internet Explorer to move between pages
- Swipe down to bring up additional menus
- Pinch to navigate files, folders, apps, and data with Semantic Zoom


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Sen. Graham chastises Obama for 'cheerleading' on guns
On the verge of introducing new legislation, Sen. Lindsey Graham says he believes that current bills pitched by Democrats were trending toward a national gun registry.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham criticized the president Wednesday for "cheerleading" for new gun laws in his State of the Union Address while ignoring the lack of enforcement of current laws.
In an effort to strengthen laws currently on the books, Graham said he would introduce legislation to make sure those who are deemed mentally ill are not able to obtain firearms.
Graham, who is up for re-election in 2014, did not detail how his bill would achieve this, but cited a recent case in his home state of South Carolina where such a restriction could have prevented a disturbed 28-year-old woman with a history of documented mental illness from buying a gun and using it to threaten a Charleston, S.C., private school.
The woman, Alice Boland, had been indicted in 2005 for threatening to kill President George W. Bush, but the case was dismissed after she pleaded "not guilty by reason of insanity."
"This to me is an outrage," he said. "If we had better laws on the books, she should have been found out when she tried to buy the gun." Graham indicated he wanted to explore the possibility of a registry for the mentally ill and wanted them barred from buying firearms at gun shows as well.
He suggested tougher penalties be implemented for prohibited individuals, like felons, who try to purchase firearms, but reiterated his opposition to a universal background check system, which would expand the checks to gun shows and other sales not currently covered by the law.
"My Democratic colleagues want to expand the background check law to make us all feel that we are safer. My retort to my Democratic friends is that you can't really feel safe by expanding a broken law," he said. "Clearly, the current system, before it gets expanded, needs to be reformed."
"Universal background checks are going to require universal registration," he said.
Since 1979, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been prohibited from using funds to establish a firearms registry. Information from instant background checks must be destroyed within 24 hours of an approved purchase.
Asked about these prohibitions, Graham said he believed current bills introduced by Democrats were trending toward a national gun registry.
Still, Graham said he would not block a vote legislation that would further regulate guns but said he preferred Congress find common ground so that a bill could actually pass the House and the Senate.
"No, let's vote, I don't disagree with the president, let's vote," he said. "Let's find something we can agree on."


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As is always the case once free agency opens, teams have been throwing money around left and right. That rush to the checkout line does not guarantee success, however.
And, already, some franchises appear as if they have done a better job than others hunting for deals. We take a look at the best and worst contracts handed out thus far ...
• Cliff Avril (two years, $15 million); Michael Bennett (one year, $5 million), Seattle: Was every other team asleep at the wheel here? Avril, arguably the premier free agent available this year, at $7.5 million per season was one thing. But Bennett on a deal that looks befitting a player trying to prove himself after injury?
The Seahawks obviously do not have an endless supply of available money under the cap, but consider the contracts of some of their most important players: Russell Wilson (cap hit of $681,000 in 2013), Bobby Wagner ($979K) and Richard Sherman ($601K), for example (all numbers courtesy overthecap.com). Those deals allow them to go after short-term solutions like the two pass rushers in a win-now attempt.
Eventually, Seattle will have to pay up to keep those players. But Avril and Bennett will be off the books by the end of 2014.
• Steven Jackson (three years, $12 million, $4 million guaranteed), Falcons: Feel free to include Reggie Bush's contract here, too, as the standard for running back deals -- Bush received an average of $4 million over four years, with $9.5 million guaranteed.
Consider this on Jackson's deal, though: Jackson, who will take over for Michael Turner as the Falcons' No. 1 back, received less guaranteed money than did Shonn Greene ($4.5m) to be Chris Johnson's backup.
• Wes Welker (two years, $12 million, fully guaranteed): It's rare to see a free agent ink a fully guaranteed contract, but the Broncos are pretty confident that they're getting their money's worth in Welker.
The longtime Patriot is not a No. 1 receiving option -- he has to play a pretty specific role out of the slot -- so he was never going to get paid like one. But his contract came in at a little less than what Brian Hartline just signed for in Miami; Welker made 44 more catches than Hartline last season.
• Keenan Lewis (five years, $26 million, $11 million guaranteed), Saints: Pick just about any of the recently signed cornerbacks and drop them in here -- Chris Houston, Dunta Robinson, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Greg Toler and Derek Cox all came in at or around $5 million per season.
Lewis, though, stood above those players in the free-agent pecking order heading into March 12. So, even at $11 million guaranteed, the Saints have to feel like they scored a nice deal.
• Chris Canty (three years, $8 million, $2.8 million guaranteed), Ravens; Cullen Jenkins (three years, $8 million, $3 million guaranteed), Giants: Jenkins, released by the Packers, actually signed prior to the start of full-fledged free agency -- a benefit afforded him by his release in Philadelphia. Canty could have done the same after being cut by the Giants but needed until the 12th to find a home.
Either way, both deals are solid and cap-friendly. The Giants wanted to move on from Canty and, in Jenkins, found a reliable replacement at a nearly identical price.
Canty, meanwhile, helped the Ravens stem the tide against the ongoing exodus of former defensive starters. The 30-year-old appears to be a terrific fit for the Ravens' 3-4 front (New York plays a 4-3).
• Jared Cook (five years, $38.5 million, $19 million guaranteed), Rams: Jared Cook has never made more than 49 catches in a season and he has eight career touchdowns. Yet, the Titans are paying him like an elite tight end -- a max of $7.7 million per season puts Cook right in the same neighborhood as Aaron Hernandez, Vernon Davis, Jason Witten and others.
So, the bar is high, to say the least.
Cook was one of the more intriguing players on the market, because there's long been a belief that he could thrive outside Tennessee, where he was somewhat underutilized. The Rams had better hope that opinion is correct.
• Jermon Bushrod (five years, $35.9 million, $22.5 million guaranteed), Bears: Bushrod should send Drew Brees a fruit basket or something for this deal.
Bushrod is an upgrade over J'Marcus Webb on Jay Cutler's blindside, but anyone expecting him to be Joe Staley or Ryan Clady is going to be sorely disappointed. In fact, Bushrod was not even that much better than Webb last season -- Bushrod rated out as the 44th-best tackle on Pro Football Focus; Webb at No. 47.
A lot of Bushrod's success can be attributed to Brees' penchant for getting rid of the football quickly. Cutler is not cut of the same fiber, in that regard. Bushrod will improve the Bears' line, but he needs to be borderline elite to justify that contract.
• Erik Walden (four years, $16 million, $8 million guaranteed), Colts: I ... don't get it.
Walden recorded 3.0 sacks in each of the past three seasons with Green Bay, so the Colts will use him as a pass-rushing linebacker in their 3-4. But Walden was probably the worst Packers' defender last season, and possibly in 2011 as well. By all accounts, Green Bay barely even budged when Walden his free agency. Indianapolis might know something we all don't, but this feels like a costly miss.
• Mike Wallace (five years, $60 million, $27 million guaranteed), Dolphins: Before we get too far into this, the Dolphins had to have a No. 1 receiver. Without getting a legit top guy to play alongside Brian Hartline, this offense and QB Ryan Tannehill had no chance.
But, wow. The $27 million guaranteed alone is enough to make you take a step back, especially when considering how contentious Wallace's final year in Pittsburgh was. And, broken down even further, the contract revealed that while Wallace will stand as a mere $3.25 million cap hit in 2013, he'll count $17.25 million against it in 2014.
That is, to say the least, staggering. Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland has gone all-in to try to turn around this team. If they don't win in 2013, though, Ireland likely will be out of a job, and the new general manager will inherit a bit of a salary mess.
• Jerome Simpson (one year, $2.1 million), Vikings: That may not sound like a lot, until you consider that Simpson missed three games to suspension last season, caught just 26 passes for all of 274 yards, did not score a touchdown ... and received a raise over his 2012 contract.Percy Harvin


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UMass basketball player Derrick Gordon is happy now. He uses words such as "free" and "fun" to describe his coming-out process after he became the first openly gay player in Division I college men's basketball on Wednesday.
"Why now? Because I'm comfortable with myself," Gordon told USA TODAY Sports in a phone interview Wednesday afternoon. "I didn't feel like hiding anymore. It was killing me, eating me alive. No one should have to go through that. I want to help kids who don't know how to handle (being gay). I want to show you can be an athlete and be gay."
Gordon told USA TODAY Sports he currently is not dating anyone but had a boyfriend in the past.
First the sophomore guard had to get past the "nerve-racking" feelings that derived from years of hiding. Gordon came out to his family Sunday, he told his coach Sunday night and his teammates Wednesday before making the news public Wednesday in Outsports and on ESPN.
FULL SUPPORT: Coach, team back Gordon
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"When I came out to my parents, I was shaking the whole time," Gordon said. "My parents kept guessing what I had to tell them. My mom got it on the fifth try. Mothers know best. My father was shocked but came around and is supportive of who I am. That's the comfort level I needed."
UMass coach Derek Kellogg said Gordon was audibly nervous when speaking to him over the phone late Sunday night. After Gordon delivered the news to his coach, Kellogg's response was quick and to the point.
"I told him we loved him, and he's a part of our family no matter what," Kellogg told USA TODAY Sports. "I said, 'We'll be here for you through everything.'
"I'm proud of him for coming out, I think it's really courageous what he's doing. … I think this kind of thing can unite us more than anything. And now it's out in the open so I think that helps make it more comfortable. ... He wanted to finally be himself. He didn't want to hide anymore. We support him 100%."
Kellogg helped Gordon when he struggled to tell his teammates.
"I got choked up a couple of times," Gordon said. "It's not an easy thing to tell somebody. It's a serious situation because you're worried about how people are going to respond."
Gordon said the reception from his teammates has been a "weight lifted" off his shoulders.
"It's a relief to know they've got my back, and I've got theirs," he said. "Now that's out of the way, I can play more freely, and we can work to have our best season next year."
Gordon, who started all 33 games in 2013-14 for the Minutemen and averaged 9.4 points, said he isn't scared to visit opposing teams' gyms and their heckling fans.
"If someone calls me a name, I've got thick skin, man. I'm out there focused on winning," said Gordon, a Plainfield, N.J. native who played at St. Patrick's High School — a powerhouse program where Kyrie Irving played.
Gordon decided he wanted to come out publicly after UMass' season-ending NCAA tournament loss to Tennessee in March. Gordon said he drew inspiration from Jason Collins, who came out to Sports Illustrated last year and became the first active openly gay player in NBA history in February. Gordon said he speaks to Collins on the phone regularly for advice, he said.
Gordon spent two weeks working with his support team before announcing the news. That support staff is led by former NFL player Wade Davis, who is openly gay.
"I was deeply moved watching Derrick open his heart to his UMass basketball family," said Davis, who is the executive director of the You Can Play Project, a group that works to ensure respect and safety for all athletes without regard for sexual orientation. "His desire to invite his teammates into his life speaks to how athletes view their teammates as their family."
After Gordon broke his own news Wednesday morning, he posted a photo of himself in a #BETRUE T-shirt on Instagram with the caption: "This is the happiest I have ever been in my 22 Years of living...No more HIDING!!!...Just want to live life happy and play the sport that I love...Really would love to thank my family, friends, coaches, and teammates for supporting me."
Gordon realizes he'll be on a national platform, along with UMass, based on his decision. And he's embracing it wholeheartedly.
"When someone who's in a similar situation looks at someone like me, I want them to realize that they can do this too," he said. "You'll hear, 'gays aren't allowed in sports.' I don't believe that. Not one bit."
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