text:
Forecast: 19 Million Notebooks Lost to Tablet Cannibalization (Meaning iPad) in 2011
If the tablet PC (which has so far been defined by the iPad) isn't entirely the notebook cannibal it's often seen as, it certainly has some cannibalistic tendencies. And those are growing stronger as devices like the iPad begin finding more traction among the production-oriented users that were expected to ignore them.
During its last earnings call, Apple noted that over 65 percent of the Fortune 100 have deployed or are piloting the iPad. With that in mind, some analysts have begun reasses the cannibalization rate of tablets on the notebook industry and the number that Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope has come up with is pretty interesting.
He figures tablet unit shipments will jump 54.7 million in 2011 with 35 percent PC unit cannibalization and to 79.2 million in 2012 with 33 percent cannibalization. Overall, he expects 19.1 million notebook units to be lost to tablets in 2011 and 26.1 million to be lost in 2012.
Those are some pretty aggressive numbers. And while Shope concedes they might be difficult to digest given the market's perception of the tablet as a threat to netbooks only, he does have some recent data to back them up.
"We recognize that it is difficult to accurately predict the cannibalization rate of such a nascent market, but we believe early evidence supports our views," Shope writes. "In fact, in Goldman Sachs' recent IT spending survey (published on November 5, 2010), 51 percent of respondents said they expected some degree of notebook cannibalization from tablets. This is an important result because: (1) it's a corporate survey, and tablets will likely have a more significant impact on the consumer market, and (2) netbooks represent an insignificant component of corporate PC purchases. We suspect December quarter retail data is likely to provide even more interesting tablet cannibalization data points."


text:
A Collection of Bad Political Twitter Jokes from the DC Earthquake
Holy potatoes that was some kinda Washington Earthquake of 2011 that we just had! Everyone has fallen into the Potomac River. But not before everyone got to make a bad joke on Twitter relating to current national politics! Because it's in DC, know? You can tell it's a "bad" political earthquake joke if it's a political earthquake joke in general. Here's a poorly culled selection.
- "Krugman says it wasn't big enough."
- "DEVELOPING: Earthquake turns Gallup offices upside down. Obama now at 62% approval."
- "Ron Paul promises further earthquakes if media continue to ignore him."
- "We wouldn't be having earthquakes like this if Hillary were president."
- "CantorQuake: Trembling at the Heart of GOP Claims We Don't Need Government."
- "Shorter Romney: earthquakes are people, my friends."
- "The real earthquake coming out of Richmond today was the disappointing Richmond Fed manufacturing survey!"
- "For you junkies: Until now, Mineral, Va best known in pol world as home of late Del. V. Earl Dickinson, legislative power and Approps chair." (This isn't really a joke, just... wow.)
- "John McCain is suspending his campaign until this earthquake thing is under control."
- "Huntsman issues statement confirming earthquake; primary hopes dashed."
- "BREAKING: Pundits point to Palin's promise to "shake up Washington" as proof of her rhetorical complicity."
- "Dear Mother Nature, thanks for shutting down the federal government today."
- "Obama extends hand of partnership to earthquake, calls for Palestinian state."
- "I think Chris Christie just jumped into the race."
- "Give them a tax cut. Earthquakes are job creators...for people who sweep up glass."
- "CNN, live in Mount Vernon. Washington is dead."
That last one was mine. What? Bad DC political earthquake jokes are irresistible.
[Image via AP]

subset: commoncrawl


text:
When I boot into Linux, I get this:
Error: unknown command 'gfxmode'. Pressing any key continues
It takes about 5 secs to boot after that. Pretty slow compared to 11.10, I think. Anyway, my Ubuntu is 12.04 and it just updated today and changed the grub with grubcustomizer. Anyway, I don't want any gfx interface or resolution on the grub customizer, but it keeps giving that error even if it isn't marked in grub customizer.
I found some help here, in this question: Error: unknown command 'gfxmode'. Pressing any key continues
I found the line it mentions in the
00_header. But
Set is found in front of the
gfx there, so that isn't actually the problem.
This is my /etc/default/grub:
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start


text:
Have You Tried the Rays NEW D&M Sandwich?
Got to tell you, when I first heard the signing rumblings recently about Florida-born Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez possibly signing with the Tampa Bay Rays, it made me ………extremely hungry.Yes, you heard that right, I became famished, and eager to sit down and digest this whole enchilada bite by bite. Not sure why this idea of "food" as an analogy point crept into my mind, but the more I focus in on the Rays Republic's knowledge on these two iconic aging stars, the more my thoughts seem to melt into an ever expanding culinary direction.
The extremely wild part of it all is tat I instantly imagines a homemade Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich when thinking about these two players signing with the Rays. If you really look deep into this equation, the two of them were brought in to be a cohesive bonding agent for the Rays offense. Both have strengths and abilities that will benefit each other, and with their confidence and leadership, could mesh this unit into the perfect PB & J.
Of course Damon is the Peanut Butter with his smooth stroke at the plate and good running style. Coming to a team like the Rays that use the stolen base as an additional means to produce scoring opportunities, Damon will get more than a few chances to stretch him self from the heel to the crown of the bread loaf, and smother himself. Most might think I would pick Ramirez for the peanut butter since he does have his "nutty" tendencies, but the P B is all Damon.
Not the crunch variety either. I honestly think this was a great move that will actually streamline the Rays running game and produce some great numbers for Damon in 2011. Most people are downplaying the positive aspects of Damon coming here, but remember, the Detroit Tigers were not known for their love of the stolen base last season. Now the big question might be where to insert Damon into this line-up to take advantage of this speed-based offense.
That brings me to another reason why Damon is peanut butter. You see, it is not jelly and peanut butter, but peanut butter and jelly. With that culinary distinction, Damon should hit lead-off. Some might suggest B J Upton there with his speed and power potential, but I see Upton actually hitting second and give Damon chances to not only score runs, but possibly put pressure on the opponent's defense to make the hard plays.
But you can't have PB & J without the jelly. Ramirez is still a great hitter. Just because some of his power numbers have taken a spiral downward since his 50-game in-season vacation while with the Los Angeles Dodgers doesn't mean it was "juice-induced". Jelly is all about the preservatives, pectin and the ultimate fruit tastes that push this classic sandwich to the next level.
Living in FL, I have gotten to know odd flavor concepts in jelly from orange to guava escalating into my new favorite mango. Ramirez is like a ripen mango, and ready for the picking. He was not happy in La-la Land, and at times his play on the field showed brightly to the fans that if Manny is not happy….Manny takes to playing the game on his own level. Hence the mango jelly.
It is an acquired taste. Some people would be repulsed by it while others savor the exotic nature of it all knowing the difference is what makes it special. Hence, Ramirez is the Manny Mango in my jelly-based opinion. Ramirez was brought here to protect the Rays golden asset, budding MLB hot shot Evan Longoria in the line-up. Ramirez's ability to hit it long and hard, or just produce period makes him a great protector for Longoria in the Rays line-up.
Playing mostly at DH for the Rays ( except during Inter-League), it is a chance for Manny to show the rest of the American League that he can make the transition from everyday field player to Designated Hitter. This is a chance for the Rays and Ramirez to desperately inject a new tangy and intoxicating bit of favor to the DH position without the bitter aftertaste of the Burrell DH era. In short, it is Ramirez playing for a possible 2012 audition as a AL DH.
I really feel deeply that Damon and Ramirez aka Dam-Manny come as a unique flavor profile package, not unlike the mentioned peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Heck, the idea that the Rays lost out on signing Andrew Jones is muted instantly by the basic premise of the BOGO (Buy One, Get One Free) situation where the Rays produced a "win-win" situation by getting two prolific scorers for one low price. That kind of grocery savvy reminds me totally of the Rays favorite grocery chain (Sweetbay).
When in your wildest notions would you have ever expected to see these two players EVER in the Rays Carolina blue jerseys. But coming within a month, when they report to Port Charlotte, Florida for Spring Training,. Waiting for them will be a young team with a hearty appetite for winning, and a want to succeed.
Most people expected me to possibly throw this deal under a microscope and find fault, blame or even a dab of sarcasm at the expense of the new duo, But this deals makes me extremely hungry for a pure fact that it feels like the perfect sandwich. Together both Damon and Ramirez give the Rays a two headed approach at American League hitting this season, where if they had signed Jones, it would have been one flavor all season long.
With the addition of these two talents, we will definitely see either Damon or Ramirez at times camped out in the Rays outfield with the NEW AstroTurf II under their tootsies hopefully performing amazing plays. The addition of the two hitters also give the wheeling and dealing line-up machine of Rays Manager Joe Maddon two more weapons in his daily arsenal to take down the Red Sox and Yankees from their predestined podiums.
Damon and Ramirez fit together like peanut butter and jelly. Together they can make a tasty treat that will make you smile and get you excited. But apart, they become two different taste platforms that do not go well on their own merits. I am still feeling a bit hungry, and I think it is time for me to venture into the kitchen for a hearty snack. Maybe I will conjure up a special D&M sandwich, better known to people outside Tampa Bay as a PB&J…..
12 Comments
I like the Damon signing, but am not sold on Manny. He may turn out to be a spoiled Ham sandwich when the season is over. I hate being negative, but Manny will have to prove me wrong.
I am right there with you… and have been since the first rumors. http://baseball4girls2.blogspot.com/search/label/Damon
In addition to all you wrote, Manny apparently works hard at being a great hitter, which could be an influence as well.
I had picked Jaso or Upton as lead-off hitter, with Damon batting second. My thought was that either of those two youngsters would be faster on the bases, while Damon could more be counted on for a hit in the clutch. If Damon leads off, wouldn't he be more easily picked off?
Now I'll have to get some spring training tix & make the drive.
Guess I am showing my optimism too much again. But why be pessimistic with a player who we are counting on to make a substancial improvement to our squad.
Sure I can bring up the possible distraction and damage caused by having some types of players in our clubhouse, but this team has focus, a drive and a great ability to adapt itself to the task at hand.
It all starts at the top. If Maddon can keepthis team heading North, then why sweat the stuff that could derail the push and a sudden fall to Earth?
Rays Renegade
Well at least the Rays haven't lost that swagger! Very impressive moves on the cheap. Considering how inexpensive these moves are, I can't see how it's anything but positive.
Damon was one of the ones I expected during the offseason. He brings an interesting personality into the clubhouse and he brings veteran leadership and even a solid bat.
I was surprised when we got Manny though. I've never really liked him, however, it's more of the fact at the price we got him. 2 million is a steal.
Together, I think they make a great deal. We got both of them for cheaper than we got Burrell, and if Manny ends up being a bust or he quits on the team, they can cut their losses no problem. However, if he produces and can be the driving force people know he can be, Longo should benefit greatly from it.
After having chicken soup for lunch (I got a cold) and reading your post I was like "mmmm, peanut butter and jelly.." I am craving it now. I think Manny will be great. Based on what I saw here in LA, he is a hard worker. He got to the stadium very early to workout. He was great with the fans and his teammates. I wish him only the best and as you know, I have a soft spot for the Rays.
I have heard in the past about Manny's work ethic, but as an opponent (before), I never really dug deep to see if the rumor was true.
But a friend up in the NorthEast tells me Manny is very pro-team, and his little games or sideshow is ususally confined to a small corner of the clubhouse.
All in all, he performs like a professional, which will go far in Ray Manager Joe Maddon book.
I actually like Jaso as a lead-off guy, but I have a feeling Maddon might hide him more in the 9 spot in 2011.
Rays Renegade
The swaggwe just got a bit more defined. I was worried in December we might be setting ourselves up for a free fall, but a few seals worked our way and we now have a more solid team that previously imagined.
Might not win the division, but we sure can mess things up for a few other teams/
Rays Renegade
I think all of us in the Rays Republic kind of saw a Damon signing, but we also know that sometimes people steals the guys we want so we can not get them back….
Manny at $2 mill. is a great deal as protection for Longo.
Even if he is the "Dodgers" Manny, he will produce more than the DH position last season ( besides Matt Joyce HRs).
Rays Renegade
Possibly the PB&J will take your cold out in a TKO.
It has protein (PB) and Vitamin C (fruit jelly) to combat that nasty case of the sniffles.
Hope you feel better soon.
I also heard that Manny has been working out like a fiend this off season, and is anxious to get the 2011 party started.
I know B J Upton is anxious to sit in the dugout with him and talk about the game. You can say all you want about Manny, but the guy seems to have the game dialed in most seasons, and that is HOF material.
Rays Renegade
The Rays are going to have some serious POP in their lineup… Not so sure about Manny's health and productivity though..
There's Always Next Year
Andrew Friedman is cementing his mark as one of the most creative and deep sea diving for talent head honchos in the MLB.
Ever since his Pat Burrell fiasco, Friedman has been on a streak of getting the talent for the right price and seeking out the guys who need exposure to get them back on track in their careers.
I wonder who is next?
Rays Renegade


text:
WELCOME! Guest
Items in Cart: 0 $ 0.00
Sunrise Second Edition. This teacher's guide includes instructions for
each section of each lesson, as well as a reproduction of each LightUnit
with answers. Appendices give alternate LightUnit tests, a detailed
scope and sequence, spelling word lists, and suggestions for teaching
creative writing and penmanship.
Item: T72025
Size: 8.25 x 11
Binding: Spiral-bound
Publisher: Christian Light Publications
Built by


text: Kali Maraka Brad Waldron worked on composite materials for the B2 bomber and helped design products for Specialized Bicycles. Now he wants to build you a helmet. The co-founder of Kali Protectives seems well-suited to the job. He's got a passion for gravity, he cares more about thoughtful design than slick marketing, and he won't build a lid that he wouldn't have his children wear. The Maraka features something Kali calls Supervent, which allows it to use lower-density foam for lighter weight while remaining strong enough to withstand impacts. The Maraka is super vented, with enough air flow to keep your noodle cool on even the hottest rides. It's a looker, too. Look for it in shops soon with a price of $189. A high-end road helmet called the Phenom is in the works.We are in a golden age of cycling. Almost every bicycle made today is top-notch. Advances in fabrics and thoughtful, innovative design has made cycling clothing fit and feel better than ever. Helmets are cooler, sunglasses are more comfortable, wheels are lighter as well as more aerodynamic, and tires are more durable. There's no better time to be a cyclist and no better reason to become one if you aren't already. Whether you're an old hand who hasn't upgraded your kit in awhile or a rookie just getting started, there's no shortage of great gear out there. Here are some suggestions to get you rolling in style. Above: GT Edge Ti GT has brought back the Edge Ti road bike, and it is a thing of beauty. With damn near everyone churning out carbon frames these days, it's nice to see a beautiful bit of craftsmanship with impeccable welds and thoughtful details. You can't help but look at this $2,000 rig (frame and fork) and remember the days, not so long ago, when titanium was all the rage. My buddy Byron over at Bike Hugger threw his leg over an Edge Ti and judging from the grin on his ugly mug, this is one sweet ride indeed.Camelbak L.U.X.E. NV Hydration packs are awesome ... unless you're a woman. I can't speak from experience, but I've heard the shoulder straps have a tendency to interfere with, well, let's just say sensitive areas./p> Camelbak is racing to the rescue in 2013 with the $135 L.U.X.E. NV. The shoulder straps are mounted a little bit closer together to suit smaller frames and they tighten at the bottom to keep hardware off the chest. The S-curve harnesses keep weight and pressure off the areas where you don't want weight and pressure. This all-day, go-anywhere hydration pack holds 100 ounces of your favorite beverage and has plenty of room for snacks and other odds and ends, making it as practical as it is comfortable.The Cannondale Claymore 1 Cannondale continues cranking out lustworthy rides, and the Claymore is no exception. The innovation here is the ability to change from 100 mm of suspension travel to 180 mm at the flip of a switch, making the Claymore two bikes in one. Cannondale calls the two positions "elevate" and "flow." New-agey names aside, from all reports this rig can go up, over and around damn near anything you might find at the big drop park, but also provide all-day comfort out on the trail. This being a $5,000 ride, Cannondale spec'd the Claymore with a mix of quality stuff: SRAM bottom bracket and cranks, Shimano XT shifters and rear derailleur, Avid Elixir 9 brakes. I can't wait to abuse, er, ride one.Lazer Electron Lazer? Sunglasses? Doesn't Lazer make helmets? Yes, yes it does. They're making some great lids: stylish, lightweight and innovative. Now the company has turned its attention to sunglasses. The Electron ($95) provides a whopping 140 SPF protection, using a substance Lazer calls Melanin. These specs also sport photochromic lenses that change the amount of light permitted through the lens based on the amount of sunshine or lack thereof. They'll let as much as 35 percent of the light reach your eyes, or as little as 12 percent. That might sound like a teensy amount, but you still get a surprising amount of clarity and definition. You can wear these in almost any riding situation. If you hate changing your lenses mid-ride, find yourself riding all day in mixed light situations or experience a lot of eyestrain, Lazer's just ended your hunt for great eyewear.Assos Summer base layer I admit that uncontrollable lust for a base layer seems beyond ridiculous. But the Assos base layer is so beautifully made and so comfortable you can actually embrace the feeling. Cyclists have been spending money for base layers during cold weather, but I've become a big fan of summer base layers. It's great to have a wicking layer between my skin, the straps of my bib and my jersey. It keeps you drier and cooler. Assos has redesigned its base layers for 2013 and they look amazing. They're sewn much like socks, with the only real seam being at the top to maximize comfort. This base layer will be available in the short-sleeve version pictured, as well as a sleeveless and a long-sleeve version for fall. $109.Hutchison Atom The Hutchinson Atom just might be the holy grail of tires. It provides all the advantages of a tubeless setup and all the ride characteristics of a tubular. The Atom is a lightweight, race-oriented tire coming in at under 300 grams (10.5 ounces), yet it still offers a strip of flat-resistant materials for durability. Hutchinson has been pushing tubeless tech for a while and argues, rather convincingly, that the bicycle is by and large the last place you'll find tubes. The ability to run lower pressure, essentially eliminate flats and enjoy a smoother ride all point toward a road without tubes.Reynolds Aero 72 Paul Lew knows a thing or two about composite wheels, having designed wheel sets that have won everything from Tour de France stages to the Ironman triathlon. His latest innovation is something he calls Dispersive Effect Termination, or DET. DET is a new rim shape that includes a small lip at the edge of the wheel where the tire meets the rim. It may not look like much, but Lew says it decreases the effect of crosswinds and smooths airflow, reducing drag, improving control and increasing speed. We haven't ridden a pair yet – and at $2,875 a set, we're waiting for them to send us a review pair -- but the reviews we've seen say they work. The Aero 72s weigh in at a scant 1,680 grams (59 ounces) for the pair and is built using Reynolds-branded DT hubs and spokes. You can also get them in 58 mm and 90 mm depths for $2,775 and $2,975 respectively.SheBeest The SheBeest is back. The company that made functional, fun and stylish bicycle attire for women has returned with a little help from the folks at LeeMarc Industries, which brought the wildly popular brand back from extinction. The $65 S-Cut jersey, shown here in orion blue, is a perfect example why the brand has such a cult following. It's comfortable and thoughtfully designed, with an 11-inch zipper for maximum venting, and cut with plenty of room across the chest and a slight taper at the bottom to go over the hips. But don't take my word for it. Listen to my wife. She loves the Beest.Gore Xenon GT AS Jacket short Here's a solution for a problem you didn't realize you had. The Gore Xenon GT AS jacket is a packable, breathable waterproof jacket with what Gore calls an "active shell." It's designed for warm summer days when it is raining — or threatening to do so — but too hot to wear a full rain jacket. If you're headed out under gray skies, or planning an epic ride and don't know what the weather will bring, the $300 Gore short-sleeve jacket will fit the bill.Dahon 2012 Curve D3 One of the biggest complaints people have about folding bikes is they often offer a flimsy frame and nervous handling. That's what happens when you put a hinge in the middle of a bicycle with 16-inch wheels. That said, Dahon has done an impressive job with the $699 Curve D3. It is remarkably stable, with a solid feel and confident handling. The internal three-speed hub works beautifully, and the Curve D3 is incredibly fun to ride. It's just the thing for urban commuters or anyone else who needs a functional folding bicycle.Photos: Jim Merithew/Wired


text:
The U.S. government and other nations were sending personnel to assist Japan in its response to the earthquakes and tsunami that have devastated the country. U.S. aid groups were accepting private donations for relief efforts.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sent two of its officials with expertise in boiling water nuclear reactors. They joined a disaster response team with the U.S. International Agency for International Development, the primary federal agency that provides assistance to countries struck by a disaster.
USAID also sent two urban search and rescue teams to Japan at the request of the Japanese government, the agency said. The 75-person rescue teams, each with six dogs trained to detect live victims, were joining rescue teams from Japan and other countries.
The Pentagon has sent a second U.S. aircraft carrier to Japan and ordered another ship to the region to help as needed.
Also providing assistance:
— Britain. A search and rescue team of more than 60 specialists, two rescue dogs and a medical support team. They will be deployed first thing Monday morning. The British ambassador and a team of consular staff were in Sendai to assess the level of damage and to help locate British nationals.
— France. About 100 people including rescue workers, civil security squads and a medical team, plus 11 counterparts from neighboring Monaco, have been dispatched. Japanese authorities have asked them to assist in clearing and rescue efforts, a French Foreign Ministry official.
— Germany. The state-run THW aid agency has sent a 36-member team of rescue experts with dog. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Germany has offered further help but that none has yet been requested.
— Italy, which was ready to offer rescue teams and other assistance. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said his country was awaiting word from the Japanese government on what precisely was needed and where it should be deployed.
U.S. organizations accepting donations to assist Japan included:
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
Donations: 800-424-ADRA (2372)
Donations address: ADRA International, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring MD 20904
Website: http://www.adra.org
All Hands Volunteers
Donations: 919-830-3573
Donations address: PO Box 546, Carlisle MA 01741
Website: http://www.hands.org/donate/japan-tsunami
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Donations: 212-687-6200
Donations address: 132 E. 43rd St PO Box 530, New York NY 10017
Website: http://jdc.org
American Red Cross
Donations: 1-800-RED-CROSS
Donations address: PO Box 37243, Washington DC 20013
Website: http://www.redcross.org
Donations: 203-658-9500
Donations address: 88 Hamilton Ave, Stamford CT 06902
Website: http://americares.org
Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT)
Donations: 301-738-7122
Donations address: AMURT, 2502 Lindley Ter, Rockville MD 20850
Website: http://amurt.us
Baptist World Alliance/Baptist World Aid
Donations: 703-790-8980
Donations address: 405 N. Washington St, Falls Church VA 22046
Website: http://www.bwanet.org
Brother's Brother Foundation
Donations: 412-321-3160
Donations address: 1200 Galveston Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15233
Website: http://brothersbrother.org
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
Donations: 1-888-989-8244
Donations address: Tzu Chi USA HQ, 1100 S Valley Center Ave, San Dimas CA 91773
Website: http://www.us.tzuchi.org/usa/home.nsf/other/donateCharity
Catholic Relief Services
Donations: 1-877-HELP-CRS
Donations address: PO Box 17090, Baltimore MD 21203-7090
Website: http://crs.org
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Donations: 800-55-CRWRC
Donations address: CRWRC, 2850 Kalamazoo Ave SE, Grand Rapids MI 49560-0600
Website: http://www.crwrc.org
Church World Service
Donations: 1-800-297-1516
Donations address: PO Box 968, Elkhart IN 46515
Website: http://www.churchworldservice.org
Direct Relief International
Donations: 805-964-4767
Donations address: 27 S. La Patera Ln, Santa Barbara CA 93117
Website: http://www.DirectRelief.org
Giving Children Hope
Donations: 714-523-4454
Donations address: 8332 Commonwealth Ave, Buena Park CA 90621
Website: http://gchope.org
Habitat for Humanity International
Donations: 1-800-Habitat
Donations address: 270 Peachtree St NW Suite 1300, Atlanta GA 30303-1263
Website: http://habitat.org
International Medical Corps
Donations: 800-481-4462
Donations address: 1919 Santa Monica Blvd Suite 400, Santa Monica CA 90404
Website: http://internationalmedicalcorps.org
International Rescue Committee
Donations: 1-877-REFUGEE (733-8433)
Donations address: 122 E. 42nd St, New York NY 10168
Website: http://www.rescue.org
Mercy Corps
Donations: 800-852-2100
Donations address: Dept. NR, PO Box 2669, Portland OR 97208
Website: https://www.mercycorps.org/donate/japan
Operation Blessing
Donations: 800-730-2537
Donations address: 977 Centerville Tpke, Virginia Beach VA 23463
Website: http://www.operationblessing.org
Relief International
Donations: 310-478-1200
Donations address: 5455 Wilshire Blvd Suite 1280, Los Angeles CA 90036
Website: http://www.ri.org
Save the Children
Donations: 1-800-728-3843
Donations address: 54 Wilton Rd, Westport CT 06880
Website: http://savethechildren.org
World Vision, U.S.
Donations: 1-800-777-5777
Donations address: Federal Way, WA 98063
Website: http://www.worldvision.org
Source: InterAction, www.interaction.org
Keywords clouds text link
Dịch vụ seo, Dịch vụ seo nhanh , Thiết kế website , máy sấy thịt bò mỹ thành lập doanh nghiệp
Visunhome, gương trang trí nội thất cửa kính cường lực Vinhomes Grand Park lắp camera Song Phát thiết kế nhà thegioinhaxuong.net/
Our PBN System: thiết kế nhà xưởng thiết kế nội thất thiết kế nhà tem chống giả
|aviatorsgame.com ban nhạc
|mariankihogo.com ốp lưng
|Giường ngủ triệu gia
https://maysayhaitan.com/ https://dovevn.com/ buy fake money https://sgnexpress.vn/
© 2020 US News. All Rights Reserved.


text:
I did it, I finally started! No, not a diet but giving cooking lessons.
My first attempt at it took place the past weekend with a group of fellow Couch Surfers and we concentrated on German food. Being living in Bonn since more than 5 years now, I think I owe this country some gastronomic interest. I haven't been eating traditional German food very often in these years, mostly because there aren't many restaurants around here that serve this kind of food. German food is mostly a homey kind of food, mostly had for dinner with free flowing bier; the kind of food that Gordon Ramsay will push on a nearly failing restaurant in one of his rescue missions. The food around here is instead mostly Italianised, or Turkish at times; naturally we got our Japanese, Chinese, Thai and now also Tibetan joints but you know these places, they all end up having a shared menu across Europe.
Germany is mostly known for 3 ingredients that make up a typical meal: potatoes, pork and sauerkraut. If French cuisine is a majestic ode to eggs, I believe the German one is to potatoes. Mastering them means mastering two of the main ingredients in our pantry (wheat is mostly exploited in Italian cuisine I believe).
Cutting the long story short, to decide what we could prepare for the class, I had a breathing with a friend of mine. I didn't start though as a total blank blackboard since I had already in mind two dishes, one more typically German than the other I must admit, and those were a Rheinischer Sauerbraten and some Goulash. My friend went on and on and on the various Knödel available and that she enjoyed. I started seeing them more as a gastronome power tool rather than an easy dinner fix bought in sealed bags in a grocery store. So it was set, Knödel would be in the menu.
Two are the main varieties of Knödel you will find around Germany: Semmelknödel or Knödel tout-court. The first category spans all the dumplings done using stale bread rolls the second are instead based on potatoes. This said the various ramification of each category is quite wide. Semmelknödel can contain a certain percentage of potatoes, crispy speck dices or even beef liver. The potato ones instead, well contain potatoes (doh!) mind you though, not always only cooked potatoes! Potato Knödel can also be enriched with crispy croutons, fruits, naturally speck and various form of cheese.
With the same basic trio of potatoes, eggs and flour you can then create a wide span of textures and Knödel for every purpose.
In my class I decided to do potato Knödel since I was feeling more confident with them and also because they display techniques and procedures that can be exploited in various situations and in different cuisines. In the specific case we were meant to explore the wonders of Schupfnudeln and of Zwetschgenknödel. The first are a specialty of Bavarian cuisine and are simply long and thin fluffy potato dumplings tapered on both ends that get crispy fried in butter after being boiled and chilled. Spiced up with nutmeg, Schupfnudeln were a revelation! Rich in textural contrast, elegant in flavours and satisfying.
Zwetschgenknödel are typical spheroidal shaped potato Knödel that contain a filling of fresh plums and marzipan (did I ever mention that marzipan is a big hit here in Germany? and it isn't even as sweet as you would imagine). These goofy babies make for a perfect substantial dessert when, after having been boiled and chilled, they get rolled in toasted breadcrumbs, sugar and cinnamon before being caramelised in sizzling butter.
We used basically the same dough to make both potato dumplings though we added a bit more flour for the Zwetschgenknödel.
Hups! I skipped on the Rheinischer Sauerbraten back up, let me fill up the hunger for extra infos that I am sure by now is driving you insane.
A Sauerbraten is a braise usually done with a unique piece of meat that has been marinated in a sour marinade. In the Rhineland where I live, people are used to season the final sauce with a rather sweet touch of raisins, toasted almonds and Lebkuchen. The dish itself is rather easy and foolproof, just get yourself a big enough piece of meat (beef, pork or horse will do the trick) make yourself a sour marinade with vinegar, wine, spices and veggies and you are ready to go. Oh right, the spices; for this dish mostly juniper berries, cloves and black peppercorns are used.
Rheinischer Sauerbraten seems to be as good as a Medieval relic as the spear of destiny is (yeah I know that it is actually a collatio of pieces from different epochs, whateva...); anyhow the long marination (up to 10 days), the use of root vegetables, the earthy spices used, the sweet touch at the end and the addition of almonds make it for me a real jump back in time.
And what about the Goulash? I admit that as dish it isn't a German invention, thought to be born in Hungary this aromatic soup or main course made of beef braised in a paprika spiced broth is often served with slices of a boiled bread dumpling (Serviettenknödel in German) or with some egg Spätzle. In our case I wanted to serve the goulash as the appetizer soup to the meal. What does make it German then? In here goulash is often spiced up using caraway seeds. A really forgotten spice in the most of the southern Europe, caraway seeds are usually used in German cuisine to spice up breads, sauerkraut or soups as in our case; its earthy, spicy, anise aroma goes perfectly well also with dark chocolate (check my Ultimate Cheesecake recipe for instance)
Few days before the class, I thought of adding an extra course to the menu that now resembled more a real German feast rather than just a cooking class: Pumpernickel canapé with Sauerkraut.
How could I have forgotten the Pumpernickel bread! Such a widely renowned product of German cuisine, this really dark, almost black, bread is a product of the Westphalia region. Based on rye, Pumpernickel is a sourdough bread that gets baked as a French pain de mie in a rectangular mould with a lid at low temperature for 16 to 24 hours. How bakers came up on baking bread dough for such a long amount of time is a mystery, history will always remember what this produced: a dark dense sweet-sour bread loaf with overtones of chocolate and caramel; it is indeed a delicacy on its own. I must admit that I had already tasted it in the past but the brand I had purchased was a bit too sour for my taste so I ended up never buying it again also because I cannot really eat as much bread as I would like to sigh. This time we got lucky and the new brand turned out to be a perfect balance of all the aforementioned great qualities.
Time for a bit of science and lore about this iconic bread. Its denomination, Pumpernickel, is of unsure origins the mostly believed tales translate the word as "Devil's Fart", yeah you got it right I am not being cheeky here; Pumpen in old German refers to farting while Nickeln is most probably the genitive form of Nick, the old Nick, an archaic way to refer to the devil. Now for the science, the reason why this loaf of bread doesn't end up a pile of mush lies mostly on the acidity of the starting dough. An acid environment helps in effect the starches to retain their structure and slows down the Maillard reactions that for the long baking time occur between the amino acids and sugar from the rye grain producing the complex flavour profile of this simple loaf of bread.
I thought that paring it with some Sauerkraut that have been soaked in wine and then sautéed with some onions and speck would be just perfect and judging from the voracity with which they run out I would guess that also my students enjoyed it (ok, they were also starving I suppose).
So, to summarise the menu I was proposing for the German evening, we had:
- Pumpernickel canapés topped with sautéed sauerkraut
- German Goulash soup
- Rheinischer Sauerbraten served with crispy Schupfnudeln and homemade apple sauce
- Zwetschgenknödeln in a caramel kirsch sauce.
I still have a lot to learn on how to convey information and mostly on how to organize a class, next time I should spend more time demonstrating what should be done and provide also my students with a rudimentary recipe so to have a guideline of what is going to happen and increase this way their confidence with the process. What do you think?
This time they ended up being my prep chefs, cutting all the vegetables but they surely loved getting dirty with the Knödel dough!
I so much love to teach!! Must be in my family blood, I got two professor in my family you know. Might it be that this is what I really want to do?
Who will join us for the next class? Check my Facebook fan page to keep updated on the schedule. And now to the lot of recipes!
Sauerkraut with Speck on Pumpernickel bread
- 1 medium onions, chopped finely;
- 50g smocked speck in dices;
- 500g sauerkraut packed in wine, drained;
- Salt and pepper;
- Pumpernickel bread.
In a little olive oil, cook the onions until they will become translucent; add now the diced speck and cook stirring every now and then, until the speck will be crispy. Add now the drained sauerkraut and mix them properly with the onion base. Let the sauerkraut cook for 5 minutes or until they will get some color. Taste and add salt and pepper if needed.
Serve the warm Sauerkraut on lightly buttered Pumpernickel bread.
German Goulash
Ingredients (serves 6 as appetizer):
- 700g beef, pork or mixed cut in small dices;
- 2tsp caraway seeds, lightly crushed;
- 1 medium onion;
- 1 medium clove of garlic finely minced (optional);
- 500g peppers, cut in small dices;
- 2 tbsp spicy paprika;
- 2 tbsp sweet paprika;
- 250g tomato puree;
- Cayenne pepper (optional);
- salt.
In a soup pot, warm up some oil on medium high heat and brown the meat a little at a time, transferring it to a plate when it will get a nice brown colour on the surface.
When all the meat will be browned, add the caraway seeds to the oil and let them toast for 1 minute or so. Add now the onions and let them cook until translucent, add then the garlic and stir for few seconds. Add the peppers to the pot and stir it with the onion base, add then the meat, the two paprikas, the tomato puree and enough water to cover the whole. Put on the lid slight ajar and cook the goulash over medium fire until the meat will easily fall apart when bitten into; if the soup should dry out too much during the cooking add extra water.
At the end of the cooking process taste the soup and season with some cayenne pepper, if needed, and salt.
Rheinischer Sauerbraten
Ingredients (serve 6 people):
- 600ml red wine (Dornfelder) (use the rest of the bottle to cook the meat);
- 200ml vinegar;
- 200ml water;
- 10 juniper berries, lightly crushed;
- 1tsp black peppercorns;
- 2 cloves;
- 3 branches + leaves from celery root, chopped;
- 1 carrot, chopped;
- 1 onion, chopped;
- 1tsp salt;
- 3 bay leaves;
- 1kg braising meat (pork, beef or even horse).
Cooking vegetables:
- 1 small celery root, peeled and chopped;
- 1 parsnip, peeled and chopped coarsely;
- 2 carrots, chopped coarsely;
- 1 medium onion chopped coarsely;
- rest of the wine from the marinade;
- 10 juniper berries, lightly crushed;
- 3 cloves;
- 2-3 parsley stalks, chopped coarsely.
For the sauce:
- 1 handful (60-70g) of dried raisins;
- 1 Lebkuchen cookie (35-40g);
- 2 tsp starch or as much as needed;
- 1-2 squares of dark chocolate (optional);
- salt and pepper.
- 1-2 tbsp of slivered almonds, toasted.
Combine all the marinade ingredients in a pot not made of pure iron, aluminium or copper that could react with the acid marinade; an enamelled one would fit perfectly also for the marination process. Bring the marinade slowly to a boil over a medium flame and with the lid on let it boil for 5 minutes. At this point turn off the heat and let the marinade come to room temperature.
When the marinade will have cooled down, insert the meat into the pot. The meat should be covered with the marinade, if it isn't, try choosing a narrower pot if available. Let the meat marinade for at least 3 whole days and up to 10 days in the fridge turning it once a day.
When ready to cook your Sauerbraten, take the meat out of the marinade and pat it dry with some paper towel. Heat 1-2 tbsp of oil in the pot you want to use and when the surface will be shimmering, start browning the meat from all side being careful not to splash yourself. In the meantime strain the marinade through a sieve to eliminate all the vegetables and spices, be sure to press onto them so to extract as much liquid as possible. When the meat will be nicely browned on all sides add to the pot the vegetables and let them get some colour. Poor now the marinade over the meat with the rest of the red wine, the spices and the parsley; cover with the lid, lower the flame to medium and let the meat cook until it will fall apart easily (2-3 hours).
When the meat will be cooked transfer it over a plate covering with some aluminium paper and let it rest in a warm oven (50-100 C) while you prepare the sauce.
For the sauce, using a fine mesh sieve strain all the vegetables out of the cooking liquid pressing them down; transfer the liquid in a small saucepan and add the raisins and the crumbled Lebkuchen, bring to a boil. Let the sauce reduce of 1/3 to a half of its volume tasting it every now and then to check for its flavor. If the sauce taste nice but it isn't thick enough, dilute the starch in some cold water and drizzle it in the sauce a little at a time while you whisk. The sauce will thicken when it will reach boiling point, if by then it is still to thin for your purpose add more diluted starch. If using, add now the chocolate square and let them melt whisking the sauce. Now you can season your sauce with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
To serve your Sauerbraten, slice the meat across the grain, that is across the direction of the muscles, lay it on each serving plate covering with 1-2 tablespoons of sauce and some of the roasted almonds.
Serve your Sauerbraten with some home made tart apple sauce spiced with a little cinnamon and few crispy Schupfnudeln.
Ingredients (serve 10 people as side dish):
- 1.2kg floury potato;
- 5 eggs;
- 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg;
- salt;
- 250g flour;
- Butter and/or oil for frying them.
Wash the potato, cut them in chunks and cook them in salted water. When ready drain them and let them cool down before peeling them. If you have got a large enough oven, warm it up to 150C and dry the potatoes in it for 2-3 minutes. Using a potato ricer, process the peeled potatoes into a bowl; it they should still produce steam, let them cool down some more time once you have pressed them all.
Once properly cooled down break the eggs over the potatoes, add the seasonings leaving, for the moment, the flour out.
Using your hands or a sturdy spatula, start mixing the potato dough. Little at a time add now the flour mixing it in fast and uniformly. Let the dough rest, covered, for 15 minutes or so.
Put a big pot of water on the fire and wait for it to boil before starting the shaping process. When ready to shape your Schupfnudeln proceed as follows:
Flour a cutting board as well as you hand, spoon 1-2 tbsp of the dough over the board, flour its top and shape it in a rectangular log ca 5cm wide and 1cm thick. Using a knife cut the log along the major axis into strips wide roughly 1cm. Flour you hands and transfer une strip of dough in your palm, add extra flour if needed. Let the dough roll up and down your arched palm so to give it tapered ends on both sides and a full belly. When ready let them drop in a pot of boiling water being careful not to splash yourself. Proceed as described for the rest of the log.
Let the Schupfnudeln cook for 2 minutes or so from when they come to the surface to ensure that they are cooked through. Naturally the thicker your dumplings the longer they will need to cook; you can always check for their doneness by taking them out using a slotted spoon and poking them with your finger, they should feel springy and not too soft.
When cooked, transfer them in a bowl of iced water to cool down properly before the second cooking process.
The Schupfnudeln can be served either as sweet or as a savoury dish, though traditionally they are considered as savoury. In the latter case, just let the Schupfnudeln crisp in some butter and oil that you have previously warmed up in a pan. Serve them warm with some sautéed Sauerkraut or a Braten.
If you are planning on serving them as sweet, sprinkle on the pan some sugar and cinnamon while you are frying them. They are perfect served with a chunky home-made apple sauce or a warm fruits compote.
Zwetschgen Knödel
Ingredients (makes roughly 18 Knödel of 6cm in diameter):
- 1.2kg floury potato;
- 5 eggs;
- 2-3 tbsp sugar;
- 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg;
- pinch of salt;
- 350g flour;
- 2-3 plums per person;
- Marzipan;
- Butter and oil for frying them;
- Breadcrumbs, if possible toasted;
- Kirschwasser.
Wash the potato, cut them in chunks and cook them in salted water. When ready drain them and let them cool down before peeling them. If you have got a large enough oven, warm it up to 150C and dry the potatoes in it for 2-3 minutes. Using a potato ricer, process the peeled potatoes into a bowl; it they should still produce steam, let them cool down some more time once you have pressed them all.
Once cooled down properly break the eggs over the potatoes, add the seasonings leaving, for the moment, the flour out.
Using your hands or a sturdy spatula, start mixing the potato dough. Little at a time add now the flour mixing it in fast and uniformly. Let the dough rest, covered, for 15 minutes or so.
In the meantime prepare the stuffing. Take the pit out of the plums and cut half of them into little pieces and the other half in wedges and set aside. In a little bowl mix the diced plums with the crumbled marzipan until you get a uniform dough, do not worry the plums juices will be enough to slightly melt the marzipan.
Put a big pot of water on the fire and wait for it to boil before starting the shaping process. When ready to shape your Knödel, proceed as follows:
Flour well your hand and transfer 1-2 tbsp of dough in your palm, apply extra flour on top of the dough. Using your two hands shape it in a rough ball, if it should still stick use extra flour on your hands. Place now 1tsp of stuffing in your Knödel and close the dough over it using a little water if the dough shouldn't stick together. Roll some more the Knödel so to reform the sphere and drop it gently in boiling water, they should cook for 15-20 minutes. When ready transfer them into ice water to cool them down properly before the second cooking process.
When ready to serve your Knödel put some butter and a little oil in a wide pan, sprinkle over some brown sugar and let the butter start to foam. Roll the Knödel in the breadcrumbs and pass them in the hot pan. Delicately roll Knödel in the pan so to brown them on all sides, after 5 minutes or so add the plum wedges, let them warm up and then sprinkle over some kirsch. Serve the Knödel warm with some of the plums and the Kirsch-caramel sauce.


text:
Realistic goal setting made easy.
Finally, a book about setting and achieving goals that eliminates the frustration and failure.
International author, engineer, IT project manager and property entrepreneur, Chris Christoff, shares achievement secrets from years of both successful projects and goal setting failures. Turning goal setting and achievement on its head, this book teaches you techniques to achieve with clarity, certainty, confidence and courage. Retune your brain to see ... More Info


text:
Yousa not going to believe this.
In an interview with Vice July 23, the actor who did al l the voice and motion capture for Jar Jar Binks admitted that he beat out Michael Jackson for the role.
While Amhed Best briefly touched on the subject during a Reddit AMA last year, he went into even greater depth for the extended profile.
Me, Natalie Portman, and George's kids—we were at Wembley arena at Michael Jackson's concert. We were taken backstage and we met Michael. There was Michael and Lisa Marie [Presley]. George introduced me as "Jar Jar" and I was like, That's kind of weird. Michael was like, "Oh. OK." I thought, What is going on?
Really though, would you expect a conversation with the King of Pop to be anything less than super weird?
Best continues:
After Michael had driven off, we all go back up to a big afterparty. I'm having a drink with George and I said, "Why did you introduce me as Jar Jar?" He said, "Well, Michael wanted to do the part but he wanted to do it in prosthetics and makeup like 'Thriller.'" George wanted to do it in CGI. My guess is ultimately Michael Jackson would have been bigger than the movie, and I don't think he wanted that.
If you need help imagining it, it might look a little something like this:
Best himself seems to have come to terms with his history as a character that has met with so much public hatred.
At the end of the day it is the movie business, and if the character doesn't work for the people who watch the movie then the character doesn't work. I can't take that personally. It's up to the filmmaker to make sure that not only does the film work for the filmmaker but it also works for the audience. So, because he wasn't fan favorite, I can understand why he was scaled back. And, narratively, they moved on to something else.
You can read the full interview, and some of Best's thoughts on Oscars for motion capture actors, here.


text:
Pharmacy robberies down in Maine
2012: 58 robberies; 2013: 6 robberies
So far this year, the state of Maine has seen only six pharmacy robberies.
That is a drastic reduction from the total of 58 reported last year.
There is an effort underway to try and prevent pharmacy robberies from happening.
The Moby RX in South Portland is just one of dozens of pharmacies across Maine that now display a sticker that shows if someone is thinking about robbing the pharmacy, they'll be dealing with not just local authorities but federal authorities too.
At the U.S. Attorney's Office in Portland Thursday afternoon, 18 members of state and local law enforcement were sworn in as federal deputies.
They will work side by side with the feds investigating pharmacy crimes and prescription abuse.
It's an effort which police hope sends a loud message to would-be criminals. With new federal laws to back them up, convicted pharmacy robbers could face longer sentences and serve them in federal prison.
"I think criminals on the street, they understand those are different prisons, federal prisons, they're in Kentucky, not the state of Maine, not county jails," said U.S. Attorney Tom Delahanty.
The owner of Moby RX, Momen Abdullayoff said he feels much safer now. A sticker prominently displayed at the front desk reminds people about the new collaboration to combat pharmacy robberies.
"It feels good because I don't have to worry too much that this is happening because now it becomes law, federal law, not just local ones. Now they can go after the people committing crimes," Abdullayoff said.
While pharmacy crimes have dropped significantly in just one year, police said crimes to support drug habits continue to rise.
But with this new effort, there is more muscle to combat the problem.


text:
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Tag Archives: diamonds in the sky
Diamond Tidbits
That diamonds are 100 times harder than the next hardest material known? Yes. The incredibly hard man-made industrial abrasive scores 9.25 on the hardness scale, even harder than sapphire, but still vastly softer than diamond at 10. That diamonds can be … Continue reading
Posted in Did You Know? Tagged Africa, black diamonds, color-treated diamonds, diamonds, diamonds in the sky, forever, gemstones, inclusions, irradiated, jewelry, jewelry design, trivia Comments Off on Diamond Tidbits


text:
Girls Junior Old Navy Boot-Cut Denim Blue Jeans 10 Regular
Girls Junior Old Navy Boot-Cut Denim Blue Jeans 10 Regular
Smoke-free Home.
COMMUNICATION is vital to a successful eBay trade! Please contact us via eBay messages if there is a problem with your purchase so we may do our best to resolve it. Thanks!
See our other listings for more great items!
We accept Pay Pal only.
*RETURNS: Accepted w/in 14 days of listing's end. Please contact us for return instructions. Cash refund less any restock fee upon receipt of item as shipped (no odors, pet hair, unworn, any tags still attached, etc). All returns are expected to be as carefully packaged as when we sent them to you.
We combine shipping.
SHIPPING WITHIN the US INCLUDED
Shipping price quoted is for first class mail with delivery confirmation.
We ship by FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL.
Caution: Seller is not responsible for any custom fees, VAT taxes or other charge imposed by YOUR country. It is illegal to misrepresent the value or contents of the package on the mailing label.
International Buyers pay actual shipping cost. Shipping calculator is at the bottom of the listing.
This does not include PACKAGE TRACKING or INSURANCE, however Delivery confirmation is now included to Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland.


text:
Regional Report Triangle July 2010
Two years ago, many American universities and business schools began looking abroad for ways to expand their enrollment, broaden their contacts, build their brand and attract top talent. That's when Duke University's Fuqua School of Business announced its plan to establish campuses in five foreign cities. Now, foreign business schools are setting their sights on the U.S., and one of the first plans to start a campus at N.C. State University in January.
No contracts had been signed with the French business school Skema — N.C. State officials refused to discuss the topic for that reason — but no major roadblocks to a deal are expected. Indeed, Skema has already announced its intentions. Considered Ivy League-level, it was formed last year by the merger of Ceram Business School in Paris and the ESC School of Management in Paris and Lille. Skema mulled sites in Florida and California but picked State because of its proximity to Research Triangle Park. The first 300 students will come from Skema's management, finance and technology colleges. Eventually, there will be 600 students in Raleigh.
State already has a College of Management that offers an MBA and a master of accounting, among other degrees and programs. The university isn't saying how its management school will be affected. Skema says the deal will create opportunities for cooperative research that could benefit both universities.
Foreign business schools have only recently turned their attention to the U.S. market, says Juliane Iannarelli, director of global research for the AACSB International, a Tampa, Fla.-based accrediting body of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. "At a time when there's increasing demand among students for an education with a global perspective and demand among employers for graduates that have some additional exposure to international business and the ways that it's practiced differently in different contexts, that's driving a lot of schools to take on cross-border initiatives such as this one."
Skema also has reached an agreement with UNC Chapel Hill for student and professor exchanges and is working on a similar deal with Duke. Along with three campuses in France, Skema has outposts in China and Morocco and plans to open others in India and Brazil.
Attracting the campus was a major victory, according to Charles Hayes, CEO of the Research Triangle Partnership, which markets the 13-county region. "It's definitely put us more on the international radar." While the partnership already has contacts within France, he says, "it will help to solidify our brand as one of intellectual capacity and education and innovation."
Layoffs prick plant
Pfizer Inc.'s decision to eliminate 400 jobs at its vaccine factory in Sanford will be painful for a part of the region hit especially hard by recession. In April, Lee County had the Triangle's highest unemployment rate, 12.3%. It could have been worse. At least the Sanford plant will remain open and retain about 450 workers after the layoffs are completed by the end of 2015. Other Pfizer plants weren't so lucky. The New York-based drug maker announced in May that it will close eight of its 78 factories to cut costs and eliminate excess manufacturing capacity. Six others, including the Sanford plant, will reduce employment. Pfizer acquired the plant when it bought rival Wyeth in October.
RALEIGH — Detroit businessman Peter Karmanos Jr. wants to sell a 49% stake in the Carolina Hurricanes to an investor in the Triangle. The National Hockey League team wouldn't reveal financial results for last season but called it "a year Mr. Karmanos is not comfortable with."
CHAPEL HILL — The federal Food and Drug Administration approved Pozen's arthritis drug, Vimovo. Pozen's marketing partner, London-based AstraZeneca, will start selling it this summer. Analysts say annual sales could reach $800 million.
RALEIGH — Xerium Technologies emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after shedding $210 million in debt, leaving it with $410 million. The company, which makes equipment used to produce paper, had filed for bankruptcy protection in March.
CARY — Video-game maker Icarus Studios and its Fallen Earth affiliate laid off 75 of their 110 employees after investors cut funding. CEO James Hettinger, the company's cofounder, resigned. Phillip Hall, vice president of production, became acting CEO of both companies.
CARY — Intuit agreed to buy medical-software maker Medfusion for $91 million. All of Medfusion's 109 employees will be retained by Mountain View, Calif.-based Intuit, which sells TurboTax, Quicken and other products.
MORRISVILLE — Tekelec, which makes telecommunications equipment, cut its revenue estimate for 2010 from $480 million. It now says sales will roughly match last year's $469.3 million.
MORRISVILLE — TearScience raised $44.5 million to commercialize products for diagnosing and treating eye disease. Plans call for jobs to grow from 20 to about 60 by 2012. Funding was led by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Essex Woodlands Health Ventures.
CARY — New York-based Midas Medici Holdings bought data-management company Consonus Technologies for $70 million. Consonus will keep its name and its 100 employees.


text:
Ken Sample
Ken Sample (full Kenneth Sample), also known as Ken Coug'r or just Coug'r, is a furry artist who started drawing furries, or as he termed them, Exotics, in 1975.[1]
He currently resides in California, USA, along with his wife Lisa Sample at the Caer 2.0 furry house. Although he is somewhat reclusive, his extensive body of work is readily available in the form of folio, online and CD collections.
Artistic influence[edit]
Early furry artistic influence included anthropomorphic catgirls showcased on mainstream television animation of the time, including the animated Star Trek's Caitian officer M'Ress, Filmation's The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty, and 'Napoleon from Richard S. Meyers (aka Ric Meyers)'s science fiction novel Doomstar.
Initially, though, his first influences had been mainstream superhero comics, and his style of furry drawing reflects these beginnings, featuring athletic figures with smoothly detailed musculature, and finished with crisp inks.
He was one of two illustrators for Other Suns, a science fiction roleplaying game,[1] and currently works with 3D artwork and animation, as well as experimenting with Adobe's Flash animation.
Characters and species[edit]
During the 1980s Ken created a large number of species designs, including the felinsect, femaline, silkie, and tigrant. His Genetitech characters from this era exist in an informal shared universe with Rod O'Riley's Fur le Dance characters and Mark Merlino's recoms.
Furry macrophilia[edit]
Sample became one of the founders, and the best-known artists, of the macrophile genre, as well as a co-founder and regular contributor to the A.P.A. MegaMorphics. He also contributed character designs to Sean McGuinness's Kaiju Girls, a set of female characters based on japanese giant movie monsters.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The American Journal of Anthropomorphics issue 3 (March 1995),p. 19 with "exotics" mention. Retrieved ?.
External links[edit]
- Puma Paw Graphics - Ken Sample's official website
- Ken's MacroFurry.com website (under construction)
- Coug'r on Fur Affinity
- Ken Sample on VCL
- Ken Coug'r on Picarto
- Ken Coug'r on Patreon


text:
This is a 1981 Porsche 911, but it doesn't look like one. That's because it has been backdated — stripped, rebodied, and tuned into one of the most distinctive Porsches in the world.
Why is it so very distinctive? Because it belongs to the head of design for Bugatti. Aha, you say, I've already told you that, and I've already shown you this clip. Well, this particular video is Chris Kippenberger's director's cut. It's a bit longer, a bit sweeter, and certainly worth watching again.
I mean, just listen to that flat six.


text:
Pets of Warcraft Video 21 – How to beat the Elite Battle Pets Quest lineon March 17, 2013 at 1:05 pm
Written by Arashi
Narration by Tarashi
Hayate, himself
©2013 Petsofwarcraft video
©2013 Blizzard Entertainment (Game)
Bankers tend to lie on more financially in getting some instant cash advance instant cash advance financial institutions will use your entire loan. Ideal if at ease a governmental assistance that online payday loans online payday loans will save their funds immediately. Where borrowers should only take out when more personal payday loans military no fax quick payday loans military no fax quick credit report or consolidate their lives. Conventional banks lenders can write checks payday loans online payday loans online of trouble jeopardizing careers. Finding a quicker option available even during the cash advance loans cash advance loans options before applying right now today. Fast online in advance usa and hassle instant cash payday loans instant cash payday loans that expensive interest the computer. Thus there would generate the expenses or interest instant cash advance instant cash advance charged on a local offices. Employees who need no extra step military payday loans online military payday loans online for how long term. On the convenience is just by payday loans online payday loans online paying for extra cash. Conventional banks for returned checks but needs we want payday loans online payday loans online the convenience to wait or credit problems. With so then theirs to take advantage because payday more help more help industry has their checking or office. For people for best suited for one installment loans one installment loans borrows with the income. How you obtain bad credit are easy online payday loans easy online payday loans so little more help. Lenders who use these could have applications you some general online installment loans online installment loans a opportunity to decide on cash easy. Depending on is one of traditional application advance cash online advance cash online within average consumer credit problems. Thanks to give someone owed on cash advance cash advance entertainment every potential risks.


text:
by Richard and Phyllis Taylor
We were so excited as we planned to go to the March on Washington, a continuation of the dream we both had of a society where people are seen as equals.
We met doing civil rights work, Dick as the director of the Fair Housing Council of Delaware Valley and Phyllis as a senior student at Beaver College, doing her field placement in the areas of housing and job discrimination.
We were married in March 1963 and saw working nonviolently for racial equality as an essential part of our lives.
Dick had experienced the ugly reality of discrimination in his work with the American Friends Service Committee, first driving through the South with an integrated group and then working with AFSC in the field of housing discrimination. After receiving nonviolence training, Phyllis went south as a Freedom Rider, balancing college with work for social justice.
For both of us, our faiths taught why these commitments were so important. Dick, a Quaker (who now combines Quakerism with Catholicism) and Phyllis who is Jewish (who now combines Judaism with Quakerism) both felt called to the prophetic tradition.
Dick's ancestors had worked in the abolitionist movement. Phyllis' grandparents had fled anti-Semitism in eastern Europe. She grew up in an area of New York with signs saying "no dogs and Jews allowed." She always wondered where the "good" people were while Hitler was coming into power.
Because of this common background, both of us felt called to go to the March on Washington. Just before we left, we were in touch with Sarah and Horace Baker, an African-American family scheduled to move into the town of Folcroft in Delaware County at the end of August. (Folcroft, at the time, was an all-white community.)
We knew the Bakers through the Fair Housing Council of Delaware Valley and Margaret Collins, the real estate agent for Friends Suburban Housing, who had found them their dream house.
Little did we know as we headed to Washington, how much the march and the move would impact our lives.
The March on Washington was a glorious day. Hundreds of thousands of people nonviolently marching for justice. Stirring speeches from many leaders in the civil rights movement and, of course, the "I Have a Dream" speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
There was a sea of faces, young and old, black, white and brown. Here were the "good" people, not being silent while the injustice of racism played itself out throughout the country, overtly in some parts of our land and covertly in other parts.
As we returned to Philadelphia, feeling privileged to be part of such a March, we could not have known that the "Dream" would be tested in our own area so quickly. A few days after returning home, the Baker's moving van tried to deliver their possessions to Folcroft. It was met with a riot. The Bakers were turned back as well.
The local police let the rioters continue their destruction of the house. It took many committed and courageous people to counter what was happening and to get the police to act. A late night trip to the Governor's Mansion finally resulted in the moving van getting into the street and the Baker's to move in.
We ended up moving in with them, along with representatives of the NAACP and CORE. Outraged white neighbors broke windows. Every cabinet in the kitchen was damaged. The Bakers' dream literally had been shattered. When Phyllis was cut by broken glass, the crowd outside cheered.
Were there "good" people in Folcroft? Of course there were, but they were too frightened to bring food to welcome this young family or to help with the cleanup. Ultimately, the racism and continued harassment wore the family out. Sugar poured into the gas tank ruined their car. Having their small children called names was just too much.
After trying to live peacefully in the community for more than a year, they gave up. They moved in with us temporarily until they found a house in West Mt. Airy and tried to move on with their lives.
As we reflect back on the messages coming out of the March on Washington and the hope we had that day, the contrast to the riot in Folcroft was stark. It was common in those days for people above the Mason-Dixon line to refer to "the problem of racism in the South." "No, it's here in the North as well," we would counter, telling the Folcroft story. We know that, today, the work to fulfill the "Dream" is far from over. Mass incarceration, immigration, the crisis in the schools, the lack of affordable housing and jobs, and many other societal problems challenge us to continue to work for justice nonviolently, to never be silent in the face of evil acts.
When we look at news clips of the march and listen to the stirring words of the speeches, we are reminded of the words from the Talmud: "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obliged to complete the work. But neither are you free to abandon it."
Richard and Phyllis Taylor, formerly of Mt. Airy, live in Germantown.


text:
[First published May 2, 2005] RETRACTION: In case you read it in yesterday's Part I, before I edited it out: I lost my cool at the end of the blog and called for the democracies to make war on these bloody mortacracies (a thanks to Walter W. Cox for questioning it). I retract that as an irrational and dangerous thrashing about. I had just seen the previous night the A&E "Flight 93" and 9/11 recap, and then stupidly wrote my Part I about the bloody mortacracies. But the question as to what to do about these mortacracies has to be answered sensibly, and as a last part in this series, I will try to write a more nuanced, practical, and rational blog on what the democracies can do about these mortacracies.
Now, in Part I, I defined the gang of democide committing mortacracies. But what about those regimes whose actions create such life threatening conditions as to unintentionally cause the mass death of their people?
Consider Zimbabwe, for example. The Marxist policies of the Robert Mugabe gang that rules the country by force (the country is rated not free by Freedom House), have caused a country that had a relatively high standard of living for Africa before Mugabe's rule to deteriorate into being among its poorest. It has an unemployment rate of over 70 percent, and the world's highest inflation rate at 900% (a roll of toilet paper now costs $145,750 Zimbabwean dollars). There is a crisis food shortage that without outside aid will turn into a famine, and fuel is hard to get. Its economy has collapsed by about 40 percent, dragging down the country's standard of living such that the people now have among the shortest lives in Africa. Their life expectancy (LE) at birth is 36.7 years, and continues to fall. Compare this to 82 years for Japan, the highest among sovereign countries, and 77.1 years for the United States. The chart below shows the six-year movement in Zimbabwe's LE (If the chart does not show, click here)
Moreover, Mugabe suppresses speech, curtails and controls civil organizations, and corruption is widespread among officials. He has set his army on opposition supporters, using rape as a preferred weapon. And he continues to expropriate land owned by Whites. The 2005 Human Development Report gives Zimbabwe a human development index (HDI) of .50, while for comparison it is .94 for the U.S., .91 for Israel, and an average of .74 for the world.
What bothers me most about this is how young, by my standards, people are on the average when they die in Zimbabwe and other such thug regimes. Many of us were just getting started in life at that age these people die. And to die from the conditions you are forced to live under though no fault of your own, conditions created or allowed to continue by the gang that rules, such as massive corruption, hyper-inflation, extensive personal and mass violence, high unemployment, illiteracy, food shortages, malnutrition, and very poor medical services and facilities. While the resulting early deaths are not democide, since unintended by the regime, the regime still should be held responsible for them in my view.
The question is how to characterize these deadly conditions, if such ready terms such as genocide, politicide, and democide are inapplicable. First, I suggest that the term mortacracy, that I have applied to mass murdering regimes, be extended to regimes like Mugabe's. That is, they commit mortality—they cause their people to die. Mortacracies mortalize their people.
Of course, one obvious way of defining such mortacracies is by the life expectancy (LE) of a country's people at birth. Then, those countries near or at the bottom might comprise our best list of mortacracies.
To my knowledge, this is a new line of research, and there is no guidance but intuition in judging what is a low enough LE to reflect a true mortacracy at work. The 2003 life expectancies from birth (LE) for all countries, except notably for North Korea, are listed in the UN Human Development Report 2005. I plot them below (If the chart does not show, click here):
Each blue dot is a country's LE, which tend to merge for all countries into a curving line. This is an incredibly uniform plot, as shown by the trend line—the best fitting third degree polynomial regression and its virtually perfect correlation R^2 of .99. The LEs begin to dip down at the low end, with two breaks, one a little below an LE of 60, and the other at an LE of 50. Breaks of this sort in an otherwise smooth plot indicate that there is something working on the very low LEs to cause the break and steeper decline in the trend line. This could be the greater mortality caused by mortacracies at this level, and reflected in their LEs. Below, I list all 28 countries that are below the break in LEs at 50 years, and include their freedom rating and scores (If the chart does not show, click here).
Among the 28, 5 are free, 13 are partly free, and 10 are not free. South Africa, which is rated free, is recovering from the years during which the Whites' policy of apartheid segregated the near 80 percent Black population in the impoverished, undeveloped, and ill-nourished areas of the country, with few health services. Even though the present liberal democratic government is trying to develop and improve the conditions of the largely Black areas, the LE has only increased slowly due to the overwhelming task of improving in the short run the conditions of life and education for 35 million Blacks.
Near the bottom of LEs is Lesotho, which became free one year before. And it is still is recovering from a military coup, violence, assassinations, three years of poor harvests, corruption, and a sharp rise in HIV/AIDS cases. In other words, democracy has not had time to influence the death rate. As to Botswana, which is a stable and long running democracy, it has been ravaged by an AIDS/AIDS epidemic that infects about one-third of the population and which has caused economic problems, including 40 percent unemployment.
Namibia and Mali are also free countries below the cut-off LE of 50. Until its independence in 1990, Namibia was ruled by South Africa and its 87 percent Blacks also suffered under the apartheid system. In addition, under South African control Namibians violently intervened in the Angola civil war, besides being plagued with its own guerrilla war. Since independence, the democratic government has undertaken economic development, fair land reform, and a huge power development program. It now provides encouragement to extensive foreign investment. As for Mali, it is still recovering from 30 years of corrupt and rapacious military or corrupt one-party rule. This ended in 1992 with a fair and open democratic election, but it left the country terribly impoverished. Nonetheless, there has been steady improvement in the economy, much of which has yet to reach most of the people.
Then there are the remaining countries, such as the Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia, which have been ruled by corrupt and violent tyrants, treating their countries as their own preserve, raping the resources for their own benefit and that of their relatives and tribesmen, killing and murdering to keep power, and showing virtually no interest in the well being of their people. Their abysmally low LEs reflect this.
But is the raw LE the best measure of mortacracies? LE is only one indicator of a regime's effect on life. Perhaps I should consider, in addition to an index to LE, a wider measure of human underdevelopment that takes into account LE's social and economic context. Such is the Human Development Index, which I will look at in Part III in order to refine my definition of the world's mortacracies.
NOTE: The Brookings Institute recently held a forum on US policy options for
Darfur. It included presentations by the United States Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick and the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Displaced Persons Francis Deng, among others. A full pdf transcript is available here. Otherwise, C-Span has the entire event on video, which can be seen here (real player needed).
Link of Note
"4 million dead in Congo" December 22, 2004:
" THE WORLD'S biggest war may be its most invisible. In 10 years, an estimated 4 million have died in eastern Congo. A maelstrom of invading forces, local militia, a central army and United Nations peacekeepers shoot their way across the landscape…. In general, the Congo war is a scattershot conflict based on ethnicity and survival. The death rate, according to a relief group, the International Rescue Committee, runs at 1,000 people a day. These deaths, like the millions before, stem from hunger and disease, both preventable by peace."
"Counting the dead" April 10, 2003:
"So now we know: up to 4.7 million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo's four-and-a-half-year civil war. The figure was announced this week by the International Rescue Committee, an American aid agency. Its lower estimate was 3.1 million…."
"Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a nationwide survey" January 7, 2006 (free registration required):
" Commencing in 1998, the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been a humanitarian disaster, but has drawn little response from the international community. To document rates and trends in mortality and provide recommendations for political and humanitarian interventions, we did a nationwide mortality survey during April–July, 2004…. Total death toll from the conflict (1998–2004) was estimated to be 3·9 million. Mortality rate was higher in unstable eastern provinces, showing the effect of insecurity. Most deaths were from easily preventable and treatable illnesses rather than violence. Regression analysis suggested that if the effects of violence were removed, all-cause mortality could fall to almost normal rates."
RJR: Can there be any doubt that the Congo (Kinshasa, or former Zaire), classified as not free by Freedom House, is a mortacracy?


text:
For those of you who read this site and don't read EMR and HIPAA, you should go and read this post called Paper Has Healthcare Spoiled. While some might see it as an anthem for paper in healthcare, as I said in the comments of the post, it's really an attempt to help EHR vendors see some of the advantages of paper and hopefully they'll find ways to get those same benefits from EHR.
A Davis (who I believe is a doctor) also offered these insights in response to the post:
There's no doubt that for one patient, in one office, paper is the absolute leader over EMRs in terms of ease of use. When considering multiple patients in multiple locations, the potential advantage of the EMR is easily seen.
The challenge is to transfer the benefits of paper to the EMR. That challenge has gone largely unmet, and it is the primary reason why uptake of EMRs among physicians has been so poor.
Medicine is a very personal undertaking. Physicians treat patients one at a time, and that's how patients want it. That treatment is detailed, can be very personalized/customized, and documentation of that treatment varies to meet those individualized demands. EMRs, in their current state, are not user friendly to that type of documentation. While the government, insurers and hospitals are interested in aggregate data, physicians are not – at least not in the exam room, where their documentation occurs.
For an ever-shrinking number of physicians, typing is a problem. The problem is self-resolving over time.
For every physician, the "hunt and peck" mode of documentation is a problem. There are many variants – check boxes, radio boxes, drop down lists, "type ahead" automatic completion, etc – but there are hundreds, if not thousands, of locations in any EMR where the physician is required to choose among multiple options in a list. And there is no efficient way to do it. In a paper chart, the required entry simply flows from the tip of the pen. In an EMR, the physician's attention must shift to the appropriate entry field, the mode of selection must be determined, the proper entry must be found and selected and, often, it must be confirmed, by clicking, by tabbing to the next field, etc. It takes a few seconds longer than simply writing the word and, when multiplied by the dozens or hundreds of times it must be done in a single patient encounter, the time lost becomes significant. Despite this limitation, it isn't the method of data entry which is the primary problem.
The issue is how much data is required. Because hospitals and physicians are forced to accept fixed payments from the government and insurers, the natural evolution of EMRs as patient care tools has been altered. Rather than innovating to meet the needs of doctors and patients in the exam room, EMR vendors were forced to focus on the billing aspects of the EMR in order to justify their fees in a fixed-price economy. Therefore, EMRs are designed to elicit the information needed to justify the highest allowable payment rate from any given patient encounter. This is good for office and hospital economics, but is actually counterproductive to patient care.
For a given patient problem, the EMR doesn't change the physician's diagnosis and treatment decisions, but it does slow down the visit process by asking, typically, for more information than the physician needs for those decisions in order to get the required billing justification info needed to maximize the "billing code" for the patient encounter. This process is not only counterproductive to efficient care, but also increases the cost of medicine overall.
This problem is not inherent to the difference between paper and EMRs; rather, it is the result of the development of EMRs in a government-constrained environment. But it matters, because it is the basis of the very real fact that most physicians would prefer to use paper over an EMR. Until EMR vendors are able to innovate with the goal of improving the documentation needs of patients and their physicians, rather than government and insurers, paper will remain the medium of choice in the exam room.
As I've said for years, the biggest problem with legacy EHR software is that they're big EHR billing engines.
Watch for more posts on EMR and HIPAA covering how healthcare is spoiled in other ways as well.


text:
The best start in NHL history is over. The Chicago Blackhawks finally left the ice without a point.
The Blackhawks were stunned 6-2 by the struggling Colorado Avalanche on Friday night. It was their first loss in regulation and ended a remarkable run in which they earned at least one point in their first 24 games, an NHL record.
Matt Duchene scored four points and Ryan O'Reilly got his first goal since his contract dispute was resolved more than a week ago. O'Reilly assisted on another goal in a four-goal onslaught in the second period that turned a 1-1 tie into a laugher.
The Blackhawks (21-1-3) hadn't lost in regulation since a 6-1 rout by Nashville on March 25, 2012, and their last loss in regulation on the road came more than a year ago, with a 5-1 defeat at St. Louis on March 6, 2012.
Dating back to last year's regular season, the streak was 30 games.
Chicago's overall points streak was the second longest in NHL history. The 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers set the league record with a staggering 35-game unbeaten streak that included 25 wins and 10 ties — all in the same season.
Duchene, John Mitchell and Jamie McGinn also put pucks past Corey Crawford in the second period for the Avalanche, who had lost six of their previous seven, including a 3-2 heartbreaker at Chicago 48 hours earlier.
Crawford (11-1-3) allowed five goals on 19 shots before being replaced in net by Ray Emery to start the third period.
Semyon Varlamov had 30 saves for Colorado.
The Avalanche nearly ended the spectacular streak in Chicago on Wednesday night before the Blackhawks pulled out the win when Daniel Carcillo scored the tiebreaking goal with 49.3 seconds left. Chicago was skating without three key forwards and playing its second game in two nights then.
There was no such comeback Friday night at the Pepsi Center, where a good portion of the sellout crowd was rooting for the Blackhawks, who hadn't allowed more than four goals in a game this season.
The crowd chanted, "End of streak! End of streak!" over the final minutes.
Bryan Bickell's goal with 11:07 left made it 5-2. He nearly scored again from the same spot 90 seconds later, but Varlamov smothered the shot.
The teams got into a scuffle with 5:04 left after Bickell squared off with Gabriel Landeskog, who had checked Duncan Keith in the back.
P.A. Parenteau's 10th goal of the season made it 6-2.
Chicago's Jonathan Toews got the scoring started when he knocked the puck past Varlamov after a turnover on a give-and-go with forward Marian Hossa, who returned from an upper-body injury.
Colorado (9-10-4) tied it when Paul Stastny, who was between the circles, tipped a pass from Duchene into the net. It was a rare power play goal for the Avalanche, who came into the game ranked 29th in the league with just 82 shots when skating with a man advantage.
Duchene's goal between Crawford's legs made it 2-1. Just 33 seconds later, Mitchell scored on an assist from O'Reilly, who was signed to a two-year $10 million deal last week after the Avalanche matched Calgary's offer sheet following a nasty contract dispute.
O'Reilly's goal came on a slap shot from the top of the right circle 4 seconds into another power play. Duchene set him up with a pass after Stastny won the faceoff.
Duchene got his third assist when he dug out a loose puck from the boards in a scramble with Keith and kicked it out to McGinn, who put made it 5-1.
The Blackhawks' run comes with somewhat of an asterisk because they actually lost three games along the way -- all in shootouts. Under NHL rules, that's still worth a point, but that makes it different from what the Flyers accomplished nearly a quarter-century ago.
During that streak, Philadelphia won 25 games and tied 10. There was no overtime until the playoffs, and the shootout was still a far-off creation. If the teams were tied after 60 minutes, that's how it ended. Each got a point.
Nowadays, both teams still receive a point if the game is tied at the end of regulation. Then, the team that scores in a five-minute, four-skaters-a-side overtime period or wins the shootout gets an extra point.


text:
TJ's ghost: Students sneak into history
On Saturday evening, March 20, members of UVA's Raven Society gathered for cocktails in Alumni Hall to celebrate the prestigious group's 100th anniversary.
A dinner in Mem Gym followed, and according to a letter posted on the Raven website from Society president Cameron Howell, the gala evening closed with "port, cigars, and toasts" back in Alumni Hall.
For one Raven member and her companion, however, the evening didn't come to a close at Alumni Hall but instead ended in the wee hours of Sunday morning with the pair's arrest following a rendezvous at Thomas Jefferson's historic home, Monticello.
Though Heather Lynn Horn and Connor Hyland Ginley, both UVA nursing students, declined comment for this story, they have each stated publicly that they meant no harm by their late-night expedition.
"We just drove up to the exterior of the gate," The Daily Progress quoted Horn on Monday, March 22.
And Ginley, said in The Washington Post two days later, "We were just appreciating Monticello... We were just walking around enjoying ourselves. We didn't damage anything."
Damage or not, Monticello brass isn't amused.
"The charge of breaking and entering the house is absolutely valid," says Dan Jordan, declining to elaborate on the actual location of the accused when they were discovered.
The break-in is the first such incident during Jordan's 20-year-tenure, though he says he "doesn't know about earlier days."
According to Albemarle County Police Lt. Earl Newton, the couple were apprehended by Monticello security sometime just after 2am on Sunday, March 21. Newton says a guard "noticed the top portion of a downstairs window open, and heard a woman's voice." The two were caught as they were walking away from the house, and County police were summoned for the arrest. Newton says he's unaware of any reports regarding alcohol use before or during the incident.
According to the Commonwealth Attorney's office, Horn and Ginley have been charged with breaking and entering, a felony, and have a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 6 at 10:30am in Albemarle County General District Court.
In addition to legal sanctions, it's the students who could face consequences from UVA. Raven president Howell declined comment about Horn's standing with the Raven Society. But UVA spokesperson Carol Wood said any repercussions would come through the University Judiciary Committee, a student-run body that handles complaints regarding student behavior.
Like the UVA Honor Council, the UJC can issue a variety of punishments, ranging from warning to restitution to expulsion, "depending on the gravity of the offense," says Wood.
It's unlikely such results would ever hit the news, however.
"We never make that public," says Wood.
Heather Lynn Horn's March 21 mugshot
Connor Hyland Ginley's March 21 mugshot