Downstream operators Tesoro Corporation and Western Refining, Inc. investors have approved their $6.4 billion merger and acquisition deal. The companies are expecting the transaction to be completed by the first half of 2017.
About 99% Tesoro investors and 80% Western Refining shareholders have voted in favor of the deal. In Nov 2016, Tesoro first announced its plans to acquire Western Refining. Stockholders of the acquiree have been offered $37.30 per share or 0.435 shares of Tesoro common stock for each Western Refining share held. After the completion of the acquisition, however, Tesoro is expected to increase the number of authorized shares of its common stock from 200 million to 300 million.
The merged company is expected to garner $325–$425 million in synergies, generating substantial stockholder value.
The merger depends on the fulfillment of customary closing conditions. This includes the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
Tesoro was founded in 1968. The company, which is primarily engaged in petroleum exploration and production, began operating as Alaska's first refinery near Kenai in 1969. Today, Tesoro is a FORTUNE 500 company and one of the largest independent petroleum refiners and marketers in the Western U.S. The company is headquartered in Texas.
Western Refining is an independent crude oil refiner. The company is also a marketer of refined products and operates, primarily in the Southwestern region of the U.S., including Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas. This company is also headquartered in Texas.
For the last two years, Tesoro's shares have been outperforming the Oil and Gas - Refining and Marketing Industry. During this period, the industry registered a decrease of 12.93%, whereas Tesoro's stock lost 11.91%. Over this period, Tesoro witnessed its shares gaining a maximum of 29.72%, while the industry's highest increase was of 9.85%.
Both Tesoro and Western Refining carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks from the same space include Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (PARR - Free Report)	and Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE - Free Report)	. Both Par Pacific and Cenovus sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
In the current quarter, Par Pacific's sales are estimated to grow 46.10% year over year. The company had a positive earnings surprise of 666.67% in the last quarter of 2016.
For the current quarter, Cenovus' sales are likely to increase 96% year over year. In the last quarter of 2016, the company had a positive earnings surprise of 583.33%.
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illy caffè: Where Coffee Meets Art + a HUGE GIVEAWAY!!
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Whether I'm traveling the world or staying put at home, there's one thing that always brings me comfort. Coffee. No matter how foreign a country can feel, there's always a sense of familiarity and comfort when I find a local coffee shop. In fact, that's one of the one things I always search for when exploring a new city. Hunting down a coffee spot that represents the flavors of that destination. Within a simple cup lays a wealth of information about this city. Whether it's the type of beans they use, the method of brewing, or even the type of milk that's offered— each offers a glimpse into the culture that fostered it.
illy caffè is no different. You may have spotted this coffee shop in cities around the world, with its signature red logo and carefully designed cups. Despite having 140 markets around the world, illy caffè is still family-owned and stays true to their mission to "provide the best coffee in the world." Today, I'm sharing the story of illy caffè with you, and why their passion for coffee resonate so strongly for me.
The story of illy caffè began in the early 1930s in Italy, when Francesco Illy began to produce and market coffee and chocolate under the Francesco Illy brand. As they grew, the mission stayed the same, but technology changed. As a result, Francesco began to focus on innovation. He patented the Illetta, the first espresso machine that featured automatic water dosing. After that, he invented pressurization, a way to store the coffee beans so that they retained their aromas when being shipped. In the late 70s, Ernesto Illy (Francesco's son), invented the first-ever portioned system for espresso. Those little coffee pods that are now commonly in everyday households? It began with Ernesto. As you can see, the Illy family takes their coffee seriously.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST COFFEE. IT'S ART
However, what really distinguishes them from other coffee brands is not just their dedication to the taste of coffee, but also the entire sensory coffee experience. With their slogan being "The Art and Science of Espresso," it is no surprise that the design is a key differentiating factor for illy caffe. In addition to carefully curating the look of the actual espresso itself— from the creamy, nut-brown color to the art within the foam, illy has also focused on the design and tactile experience of the cup itself. Like couture fashion, illy knew that they had to find the right "haute couture dress" for their cup, and in 1990, called on Matteo Thun, a celebrated designer that was part of the world renowned Ettore Sottsass Memphis Group. Matteo then designed the signature illy espresso cup, one with a distinct style that's also highly functional.
The focus of art and design doesn't stop there. In 1992, they started the illy Art Collection, where they partner with hundreds of famous contemporary artists to design a custom cup. From Marina Abramović to Jeff Koons to Yoko Ono, each contemporary artist has "painted" the signature illy cup to embody their celebrated style of art as well as the spirit of illy caffè. The quest for beauty expands beyond just the cup as well. Each illy caffè is designed intentionally to not only embody their mission and slogan, but retains a positive influence of the local culture where it is located.
They recently opened their flagship San Francisco store, a large, open space in the Financial District. Not only is it a coffee shop, it's also a retail space where you can see all the art cups in person. Moreover, it will soon have an education arm to bring together the community around coffee. I love that they focus on the quality of coffee, the sensory experience of the cafe, and also community in each location!
To celebrate the recent opening of their San Francisco Flagship, I'm partnering with them to give YOU one of their brand new Y3.2 Espresso & Coffee Machine!! What I love most about this is that unlike other at-home espresso machines, this packs a lot of power in a small machine. Perfect for city-dwellers like me! To enter, head to Instagram and follow the instructions in the post. Contest ends Oct 6!
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Winning Hearts And Minds In The War On Plagiarism Summary
ENC1102 Chapter 2 Active Reading Exercise Readings "Winning Hearts and Minds in the War on Plagiarism" by Scott Jaschik "The Maker's Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts" by Donald M. Murray "Tabula Asiae" by Michael Ondaatje Directions Answer the following questions. Submit your completed document to the appropriate submission drop box in the Blackboard Assignments folder. 1. Considering what this unit presented about nonfiction genre, identify the primary genre of each of the readings. In Winning Hearts and Minds in the War on Plagiarism" Jaschik essay was based more on reflection and personal opinions because his were on different studies by different professors on the "war on plaguarism" among students and how common plagiarizing is and the different methods used to change that. Mr. Murray begins by discusses Peter F. Drucker method of a "zero draft" and how the writer should begin counting drafts after the first draft is complete. He explains how many writers feel, that after the first draft is completed it then can be edited to say what is exactly meant. Murray explains how we need to be critical readers and when editing. He states, "[w]riters must be their own best enemy"…show more content…
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With critical thinking always question authority to make sure there is truth behind a story before you go and tell it to someone else. According to University of Phoenix Your College Experience (2011) Academic writing is the form of writing academically such as explanatory writing and exploratory writing. Exploratory writing helps you to freestyle write and write in your own words where as explanatory writing helps you back up your exploratory writing. Being able to distinguish the two is pretty much self
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The subject of torture is being brought to the American public and citizens' opinions are forming everywhere. To show these opinions I am conducting my own survey to go along with my paper. The survey will be a question or questions about torture, to get the thoughts of people, people chosen for my survey will be my own family and friends plus random selections from my fellow students around campus. Possible sources for my paper include books, newspaper articles and scholarly journals. My main bulk of research is from books and the books I used so far are: Being Good, Ethics, Torture in the Eighties, Report of Torture, Politics of Pain, History of Torture, Torture and Truth and War, Torture and Terrorism.
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Bruce Dawe Homecoming Summary
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"The Awakening" and double consciousness Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" is one of the most influential yet controversial literary pieces of its time. It is a staple of American Literature and its breaking down of gender roles along with its unprecedented modernist views make it an essential piece to teach in this class. The journey of self-discovery Edna goes through is one that many college students and young adults can relate to; the search for balance between what society asks of us and our personal desires and dreams. Chopin's story represents a struggle we can all learn from in some way. The first lesson that students can take from this story is acknowledgment of societal control gender roles placed on people.
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In the analysis step I analyzed the arguments of the topics by writing down the controversies surrounding the issue and writing the claims of the topic. Other key steps taken to design the research question was to create an outline with bullet points to structure my argument. These steps are very similar to what scholars and professional writers do to write a research paper. Every writer must start by familiarizing themselves with the topic by researching from reliable sources. Professional writers must use reliable sources because it is very important to provide the reader with accurate information.
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Children and their families march from the Sodus Point Fire Hall to the Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum where young participants can participate in games and craft projects and enjoy music. A clown and face painter will be waiting at the museum. Start at the Sodus Point Fire Hall, 8364 Bay Street, Sodus Point, NY. Museum admission is just $1 all day.


I don't often click buy immediately when I see a pattern release, but when StyleArc announced this "Elita designer top" pattern, I had to buy it immediately! Though I'm not entirely sure what makes it designer? I'm especially glad that they released it simultaneously as a printed pattern or a pdf, because I vastly prefer the latter, and it meant I didn't have to wait for it to ship from Australia before I could get started.
The pattern is essentially a cross-over wrap top, with a shawl collar that extends in front and joins itself to create a really long loop, which the pattern calls a "trunk". This nomenclature amused me way more than it should! Anyway, you're supposed to double the loop back over your head to get a sort of double-cowl effect.
I love this design – the first time I wore it I had two friends pleading with me to make versions for themselves! My only gripe on the download is that StyleArc don't print their symmetrical pieces on the fold, so the entire Back piece had to the pieced together here, when it could've saved a significant amount of paper to just have half the piece. It's also kinda annoying to only have one size per pdf, even though you get three sizes (as separate pdfs) when you order. I'm generally only one size, but this could be a bummer if you usually mix sizes. Their paper patterns are the same, though, so it's not like the pdfs are any worse.
I had to shorten the "trunk" by 8cm to fit it all into the 2m of mustard yellow wool/viscose jersey I'd bought from Guthrie & Ghani (now sold out in this colourway). Some other reviewers found that the trunk creates a weird, triangular fold at the neck and recomended changing the angle of the trunk piece, but I cut mine as is and I don't have that fold – perhaps because mine were shortened to begin with? In any case, there's still plenty of length left to create a nice cowl shape, so I would recommend it if you're a tad short on fabric, too.
The only other change I made was to cut four ties instead of two so I could include an inner closure to the wrap. The tie makes a little bump so I'd recommend actually using a snap here instead, but it really works to keep it from gaping open at the front like I'd seen in other versions.
This pattern calls for a lot of raw edges (with instructions on when to finish them if you'd rather), and I resisted the urge to do the sewist's thing of finishing off every single edge, and embraced the rawness. I'm glad I did, as I really like the look and it works well with the texture of this knit.
In future, the only thing I'd change is the sleeves – they're a bit too wide and slightly short for my liking. If they were narrower & longer (more like my Surf to Summit sleeves, actually) then it'd feel a bit more cosy.
It goes without saying, but I'd totally make this again. It feels really stylish on, really brightens up my wardrobe, and is a great layering piece for transitional spring or fall weather.
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Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive, colorless, odorless gas. It is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers and the second leading cause of lung cancer overall. It can collect in homes, buildings, and even in the water supply. Radon gas is formed naturally when uranium-238 undergoes radioactive decay, producing energy and several radioactive products such as radon-222 and thorium-232. The thorium later decays to emit energy and radon-220. Radon is more commonly found where uranium is relatively abundant in bedrock at the 320 surface, often in granite, shale, and limestone. The EPA produced a map of the US showing geographic variation in radon concentrations, divided into three levels of risk: low, medium, and high (Figure 10.20).
In the South Central US, the highest radon concentrations are generally associated with black, organic-rich Pennsylvanian shales in northeastern Kansas and the northwest corner of Missouri, and black Cretaceous shales in north-central Kansas. Radon risk in western Kansas is associated with Neogene sandstones containing volcanic ash layers. (Figure 10.21). Volcanic ash can be high in uranium that eventually decays to radon. Water moving through the ash into the surrounding sandy layers carried with it uranium-rich dissolved silica that precipitated between the grains of the sandstone.
Radon is chemically inert, meaning that it does not react or combine with elements in the ground, and it can move up through rocks and soil into the atmosphere. It is dangerous primarily when it accumulates indoors, creating a health hazard similar to that of secondhand smoke. Radon gas finds its way through cracks in basement foundations, sump pump wells, dirt floor crawlspaces, and basement floor drains. It can also be found in well and municipal water. Since radon is more easily released from warm water than from cold water, one of the greatest forms of exposure likely occurs while showering in water with high radon levels.
Radon cannot be detected by sight or smell, so there is no way that the body can sense its presence. Fortunately, with proper monitoring and mitigation (reduction) techniques, radon gas can be easily reduced to low levels. One technique that is often used in homes involves sealing cracks in the basement floor, covering drains, and installing ventilation systems. A well-ventilated space will prevent the radon from accumulating and will reduce the risk of exposure. Most states have licensed radon mitigation specialists who are trained in the proper testing and mitigation of radon levels in buildings. The EPA has also published a homebuyer's guide designed to help citizens make informed decisions about radon gas. For radon in water, filtration systems can be installed to mitigate exposure in the home.
Figure 10.21: Radon risk levels at the surface in the South Central US.


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Georgia Tech's Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) is proud to announce that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy named Juan Pablo Vielma (Ph.D. IE 2009) as one of the recipients of the 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE award represents the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
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In 2009, Vielma earned his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was advised by Dean's Professor and Stewart Faculty Fellow Shabbir Ahmed and A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Institute Professor George Nemhauser.
He obtained a B.S and M.S. in mathematical engineering from the University of Chile. Vielma spent a year at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center as the 2009 Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellow. He went on to serve as an assistant professor of industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh prior to joining the MIT Sloan School of Management in July 2012. Vielma has been affiliated with the MIT Operations Research Center since 2012.
His research interests include theory and technology for linear, nonlinear, and stochastic mixed integer programming, as well as optimization models in natural resource management, marketing, and statistics.
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We are now finishing the first quarter of our fiscal year and are off to a good start as we look at the balance of our organization's health. When thinking about the right balance, most people automatically think of financial performance but that is only one aspect of our organization's health just as it is in our personal lives.
A few years back, I was with a running group in Cincinnati. At the time, we were running for a couple of hours and people started talking about what race they were preparing to run (it seemed that very few people in their right minds would run that long just for the sake of doing it). The best answer came from Jennifer who said that she was "training for life.'' She figured that if she could keep pace with a group that was preparing for a race, then she was always within reach of doing the same if needed. That reminds me of the "continuous readiness" mindset that health systems and many organizations need to meet regulatory compliance and overall performance day after day.
I am pleased to see our continued focus in this area. We have made great strides with issues that had been a concern in the past. Congratulations to our GI team that has had four months straight of 100% of charts with the appropriate signature, date and time, an issue toward which we have made great strides over this past year.
Our patient falls with injury have remained minimal, so we track patient falls in general. (I am pleased to see a reduction of almost 20% over last year.) Our team has made great strides through patient education and increased rounding.
Our Emergency Department (ER) has made significant strides in reducing diversion (closing the ER to ambulances). While last year our ER was closed for almost three hours per day to ambulances, that issue is essentially non-existent today. We have started to focus on overall length of stay in our ER with 85% of patients getting treated and released. In just the past four months, we have reduced our average length of stay by 17%.
I look forward to hearing from you on your company's status and examples of how you keep the pulse on your organization's overall health.
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Over the last few years our hospitals have used a balanced scorecard to measure organization health. The challenge is getting the quality data with the same discipline that we are able to gather financial data. This is the reason that I believe many hospitals have tended to focus on financial data. Not because of values but because of timeliness and availability.
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Q: User input to update a object in a record My data model:
I have a object called skill review which has skill__c,level__c as a lookup fields. I have a interview object which has skill review in a related list. I have a visualforce page where I have a level variable as a selectList. I would like the level(1-5) entered by the user to be updated in Level__c object of skill Review object. Below is my VF page and controller for that:
VF page:
<apex:page standardController="Interview__c" extensions="SkillReviewExtension" showHeader="false">

  <apex:form >
       <apex:pageBlock title="Candidate Skill Evaluation" id="skills_list">

           <apex:pageBlockButtons location="top">
            <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!save}"/>
            <apex:commandButton value="Edit" action="{!Edit}"/>
           </apex:pageBlockButtons>

            <apex:pageBlockTable value="{! SkillReview }" var="ct" >
               <apex:column value="{! ct.Skill__c}"/>
               <apex:column value="{! ct.Level__c}"/>
               <apex:column headerValue="Level">
                   <apex:selectList value="{!Level}" multiselect="false" size="1" rendered="{!isEditMode}">
                        <apex:selectOption itemValue="1" itemLabel="1"/>
                        <apex:selectOption itemValue="2" itemLabel="2"/>
                        <apex:selectOption itemValue="3" itemLabel="3"/>
                        <apex:selectOption itemValue="4" itemLabel="4"/>
                        <apex:selectOption itemValue="5" itemLabel="5"/>
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                    <apex:outputText value="{!Level}"/>
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               <apex:column headerValue="Description">

               </apex:column>
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Controller:
public class SkillReviewExtension{

    private final Interview__c review;
    public  boolean isEditMode {get;private set;}
    public String Level{get;set;}
    List<SkillReview> skillReviewList;

     public SkillReviewExtension(ApexPages.StandardController stdController) {
        this.review= (Interview__c)stdController.getRecord();
        }

    public List<Skill_Review__c> getSkillReview() {
        skillReviewList=new List<skillReview>();

        List<Skill_Review__c> results = [SELECT Id,Name,Skill__c,Level__c FROM Skill_Review__c where Interview__c =:review.id ];

        system.debug(results.size());

        //Level=results[0].Level__r.Description__c;
        //skillReviewList.skillReview[0]=results.clone();
        return results;
    }

    public PageReference save(){
        isEditMode=false;
        return null;
    }

    public PageReference edit(){
        isEditMode=true;
        return null;
    }

}

A: With your screenshot i assume there are 5 records in Level__c object with Names as 1,2,3,4,5.
So instead of hardcoding SelectOption values i would create a method to pull the Id and Name of Level__c records to populate SelectOption as below
public List<SelectOption> getOptions(){
    List<SelectOption> options = new List<SelectOption>();
    for(Level__c level : [Select Id,Name From Level__C Order by Name limit 5]){
        options.add(new SelectOption(level.Id,level.Name));
    }
    return options;
}

In Visualforce page will change this
<apex:selectList value="{!Level}" multiselect="false" size="1" rendered="{!isEditMode}">
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="1" itemLabel="1"/>
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="2" itemLabel="2"/>
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="3" itemLabel="3"/>
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="4" itemLabel="4"/>
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="5" itemLabel="5"/>
</apex:selectList>

to
<apex:selectList value="{!ct.Level__c}" multiselect="false" size="1" rendered="{!isEditMode}">
    <apex:selectOptions value="{!Options}"/>
</apex:selectList>

A: This controller (unrelated stuff stripped out) will keep the Skill_Review__c objects in the view state so the changes made in the page are automatically set back in the collection in the controller and so can be directly updated in the save method:
public class SkillReviewExtension {

    public List<Skill_Review__c> skillReview {get; private set;}

    public SkillReviewExtension(ApexPages.StandardController sc) {
        Interview__c review = (Interview__c) sc.getRecord();
        this.skillReview = [
                select Id, Name, Skill__c, Level__c
                from Skill_Review__c
                where Interview__c = :review.id
                order by Skill__c
                ];
    }

    public PageReference save() {
        update skillReviewList;
        return null;
    }
}

The Visualforce is then:
<apex:selectList value="{! ct.Skill__c }" multiselect="false" size="1">
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="1" itemLabel="1"/>
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="2" itemLabel="2"/>
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="3" itemLabel="3"/>
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="4" itemLabel="4"/>
    <apex:selectOption itemValue="5" itemLabel="5"/>
</apex:selectList>

This is assuming the Skill__c field is not a picklist field; if it was apex:inputField could be used and the options would be automatically provided.

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Marrying Mr. Darcy is a role-playing game where players are one of the female characters from Jane Austen`s novel Pride and Prejudice. Players work to improve themselves and become more desirable as potential wives for the available Suitors. The ladies do this by attending Events and improving their Characters, but advantage can be gained by the use of Cunning. All of their efforts are in hopes of securing the husband that will make them the most satisfied character at the end of the game.


We live in a crazy world. Mental stimuli is everywhere. We all have deadlines, responsibilities, relationships, careers or school, etc., etc., etc. But our minds are cups that can only hold so much.
The thing is, most of us don't spend time "emptying" our cups. That's what meditation is. It empties your mind, so you can feel clear and focused when you go back into your life.
Here are 3 unusual forms that might work for you instead of sitting and chanting "Ohhhmmm...."
You don't have to write about anything in particular. Just write what's on your mind. Clear out those thoughts that clutter your focus, and put them on the page.
You don't have to be a DaVinci to enjoy drawing and get the meditative benefits from it. Just doodle. Or scribble even. Let your thoughts process and unfold as you get into the trance-like state that comes with putting pen to paper.
Going for a solo walk through your town is an amazing form of meditation. Practice noticing things: trees, people, buildings, animals. Just walk, observe, listen, and think.
Same thing as walking, but on a bike. Get into a steady rhythm of pedaling, and just notice everything around you. Get in touch with your surroundings and what's going on inside your head.
Lifting weights can be extremely meditative. You put your music on. You get in the groove. Before you know it, you're in a trance-like state, clearing your head. Here's a tip to make it even more meditative: Before each exercise, close your eyes for a second, and take a deep breath. You'll go into the exercise more focused, and your mind will calm down, too.
None of the above involve being in front of a computer or TV screen. They're very "analog" activities. To clear your head, and get in touch with yourself, you've gotta pull away from the digital toys. It just doesn't work any other way.


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Happy new year! I hope your break was FANTASTIC and you are all rested and ready for RECONCILIATION and FIRST EUCHARIST! Time is really going to fly by now! Let's start with just a few things to we can slowly get back into the swing of things!
Monday: FIRST DAY BACK! YEAH!!!! So...if it is raining as much as they are predicting...we are going to have quite the first day back. Oh, I did promise the students homemade brownies...which are baked, cut, and ready for school tomorrow!
Friday: First Friday mass! Dress appropriate!
LONG WEEKEND! No school on Monday the 16th in honor of Dr. King!
Did you all receive your letter from Jonette Mauch regarding the Family Retreat for the 22nd of January!!!???? RSVP please!
That's it for now! OH...one more thing...please make sure to work with your child on his/her subtraction facts. We are getting into two and three digit subtraction and they really need to be comfortable with regrouping!
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The illustration depicts a study by SLAC and Stanford, including cryo-EM imaging (left), that discovered how a cellular machine called TRiC (right) directs the folding of tubulin (yellow tangle at the center of TRiC). Tubulin is the protein building block of microtubules that serve as the scaffolding and transport system in human cells. The results challenge a 70-year-old theory of how proteins fold in our cells and have profound implications for treating diseases linked to protein misfolding. (Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
A SLAC-Stanford study revealed four intermediate steps in folding a human protein called tubulin, all directed by the inner walls of a cellular machine called TRiC (yellow). The process starts when a strand of tubulin enters the TRiC chamber. One end (green) hooks into the inner chamber wall; then the other end (light blue) attaches in another spot and folds, followed by the green end and two more folds of the middle sections (dark blue and red). The folding is directed by areas of electrostatic charge on the inner wall and by "tails" of protein dangling from the inner wall, which hold and stabilize the protein in the right configuration for the next step in folding. The protein core (dark blue) contains pockets (orange) where GTP, a molecule that stores and releases energy to power the cell's work, plugs in. (Credit: Yanyan Zhao/Stanford University)
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Landmark study reveals how TRiC nano chambers direct Protein Folding
Scientists have challenged a 70-year-old theory of how proteins fold in our cells, having discovered how a tiny cellular machine called TRiC directs the folding of tubulin, a protein that is the building block of microtubules, which serve as the cell's scaffolding and transport system in humans. The results of the study could have profound implications for treating diseases linked to protein misfolding, it was suggested.
Scientists have previously thought that while TRiC and similar machines known as chaperonins provide a passive environment conducive to folding, they were not directly involved in the process.
It has been estimated that up to 10% of the proteins in human, animal and plant cells are assisted with folding within nano-chambers into their final, active shapes. Many of the proteins that fold with the aid of TRiC are also intimately linked to human diseases, including certain cancers and neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's, Huntington's and Alzheimer's diseases, said Stanford Professor Judith Frydman, one of the study's lead authors.
A lot of anti-cancer drugs, she added, are designed to disrupt tubulin and the microtubules it forms, which are really important for cell division. So targeting the TRiC-assisted tubulin folding process could provide an attractive anti-cancer strategy.
"This is the most exciting protein structure I have worked on in my 40-year career," said SLAC/Stanford Professor Wah Chiu, a pioneer in developing and using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and director of SLAC's cryo-EM and bioimaging division. "When I met Judith 20 years ago, we talked about whether we could see proteins folding. That's something people have been trying to do for years and now we have done it."
During the decade long study the researchers captured four distinct steps in the TRiC-directed folding process at near-atomic resolution with cryo-EM and confirmed what they saw with biochemical and biophysical analyses.
At the most basic level, Frydman said, this study solves the longstanding enigma of why tubulin can't fold without TRiC's assistance: "It really is a game changer in finally bringing a new way to understand how proteins fold in the human cell.
"Compared to the simpler folding chambers of chaperonins in bacteria, the TRiC in human cells is a very interesting and complicated machine," Frydman said. "Each of its eight subunits has different properties and presents a distinct surface inside the chamber and this turns out to be really important."
"These structural snapshots of intermediate stages in the folding sequence have never been seen before by cryo-electron microscopy," Frydman said.
Due to the complexity of the analyses and the pandemic interlude, the study went on for so long that many of the people who worked on it have moved on to other jobs. They include postdoctoral researchers Daniel Gestaut and Miranda Collier from Frydman's group, who carried out the biochemical part of the project and pushed it forward, and Yanyan Zhao, Soung-Hun Roh, Boxue Ma, and Greg Pintilie from Chiu's group, who performed the cryo-EM analyses. Additional contributors included Junsun Park, a student in Roh's group, and Alexander Leitner from ETH in Zurich, Switzerland.
The work was supported by grants to Wah Chiu and Judith Frydman from the NIH and grants to Soung-Hun Roh, who is now an assistant professor at Seoul National University, from the Korean National Research Foundation and Suh Kyungbae Foundation (SUHF).
Citation: Daniel Gestaut et al., Cell, 8 December 2022 (10.1016/j.cell.2022.11.014)
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Has anyone on here been to the claim? I went here in February for a weekend, ran a few buckets thru the A51 sluice. Found a few colors but noy much to talk about. Just wondering if anyone else has been there and what they thought of the place.
Parked at the corner in the road, looked it over about 5 years ago, but didn't do any sampling. Then went on up the road to the other claim. Didn't have a helo to get down to it. We were just exploring that day, and have never got back up there Now have access to non-gpaa claims down off Sharps, so never got around to it.


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NGC 636 (również PGC 6110) – galaktyka eliptyczna (E3), znajdująca się w gwiazdozbiorze Wieloryba. Odkrył ją William Herschel 10 stycznia 1785 roku.

Zobacz też
 Lista obiektów NGC

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

0636
Galaktyki eliptyczne
Gwiazdozbiór Wieloryba
Obiekty astronomiczne odkryte w 1785

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Q: Thresholed sum in python A friend of mine was asked the following at a job interview for junior python dev.

A building has one elevator. Employees wait in an ordered line to take the lift up. The elevator has a maximum mass capacity. How many trips is the elevator going to do? The masses of the passengers are provided in an (ordered) list.

The following C-style loop will do the job, true, but isn't there a concise (hopefully a one-liner) for such a canonical problem?
#!/usr/bin/env python3

MAX_MASS = 280  # kg

def how_many(masses):
    trips = 0
    total_mass = 0
    for m in masses:
        # Elevator full - depart.
        if total_mass + m > MAX_MASS:
            trips = trips + 1
            total_mass = 0

        total_mass = total_mass + m

    # Not full but some passagers remain.
    if total_mass > 0:
        trips = trips + 1

    return trips

if __name__ == '__main__':
    passangers = [19, 22, 34, 33, 82, 91, 77, 31, 87]
    trips = how_many(passangers)
    print(trips)

A: You can use itertoosl.accumulate to shorten this a bit:
from itertools import accumulate as acc

def trips(masses, mm):
    i = res = 0
    while i < len(masses):
        res += 1
        i = next((i for i, a in enumerate(acc(masses[i:]), i) if a > mm), len(masses))
    return res

Algorithmically, the slices are a bother (O(K) in time and space), but you can replace masses[i:] with islice(masses, i, None).
If you allow recursion, you can get this down to:
def trips(masses, mm):
    if not (n := len(masses)):
        return 0
    return 1 + trips(masses[next((i for i, a in enumerate(acc(masses)) if a > mm), n):], mm)

trips([19, 22, 34, 33, 82, 91, 77, 31, 87], 280)
# 3

Some docs:

*

*itertools.accumulate

*enumerate

*next

*itertools.islice

A: Here's a solution using reduce:
from functools import reduce

def how_many(masses, MAX_MASS):
    def my_func(acc, m):
        trips, tmp = acc
        return (trips + 1, m) if tmp + m > MAX_MASS else (trips, tmp + m)

    return reduce(my_func, masses, (1, 0))[0]

The call to reduce returns a tuple, so we take the first element which is the number of trips.

A: I guess you could abuse textwrap.
from textwrap import wrap

def how_many(masses):
    return len(wrap(' '.join('.' * (m-1) for m in masses), MAX_MASS-1))

(Might produce a wrong result when there's an employee with mass 1 kg, but that seems rather unlikely.)

A: Using split_before from module more_itertools to split when the mass becomes too much; and using ilen from the same module to count the splits.
from more_itertools import split_before, ilen

def count_trips(seq, max_mass):
    def acc(x):
        if acc.mass + x <= max_mass:
            acc.mass += x
            return False
        else:
            acc.mass = x
            return True
    acc.mass = 0
    return ilen(split_before(seq, acc))

print(count_trips([19, 22, 34, 33, 82, 91, 77, 31, 87], 280))
# 3   ( [[19, 22, 34, 33, 82], [91, 77, 31], [87]] )


These are supposedly sound bites and phrases of The Hulk from the upcoming movie THE AVENGERS, all taken from Hasbro's electronic 10-inch 'Super Smash Hulk AFCS' action figure. Click on each link to see what you think!
NOTHING CAN STOP THE HULK!
HULK READY FOR FIGHT...LETS GO SMASH!
YOU WANT MORE? HULK GIVE YOU MORE!
Lou Ferrigno has revealed he recorded his voice-overs back in January but these toys were probably developed way before then. Either way, this is probably close to what the green giant will sound like. We'll find out on May 4th when The Avengers hit theaters.


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The Conundrum of K-pop Kisses
What's in a kiss? It can mean everything, or nothing. In some cultures, kisses are as casual as handshakes, while in others, they're only utilized in the most serious circumstances. If we judged South Korea's kissing culture by its appearances in K-pop and K-drama, we'd be led to believe that this particular show of physical affection carries serious implications in relationships.
However, despite these implications, there is also a disturbing lack of sincerity in K-pop kisses. Kissing seems to only happen under the most specific circumstances – whether fictional or otherwise – and what should be a naturally occurring action, out of mutual attraction, appears to be something sterile and scripted.
When it comes to K-pop, any physical interaction between the sexes is met with gasps, and often, disapproval. Despite this, kissing is incorporated into games and MVs and photo shoots in order to create that feeling of romance. As often as not, the kissing that occurs between members of the same sex is also heavily dosed with humor, disgust, or obvious showmanship. So when do members – that are being presented as romantically involved – get to kiss?
One of the most common places to spot K-pop kissing is on variety shows, where interactive activities like paper-passing games are played. This is a perfect example of why same-sex kissing is the norm. When groups go on shows where kissing games are played, they quite often play among their own groups – and we all know how many co-ed K-pop groups there are. An exception to the rule is the show All The K-pop. They paired boy group members with girl group members, in games where they are forced into close, physical proximity.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_pfRFVdDn0]
While the above formula has made for many amusing episodes, seeing all but perfect strangers smash their faces together, hasn't been very real. There has been a lack of solidarity — as in the friendliness among members of the same group — between participants. Due to the distance and little understanding between these boy groups and girl groups, awkwardness results from the games, making intimate sequences unexemplary of sincere affection.
Another setting for K-pop kissing can be found in reality shows like We Got Married and Romantic & Idol. These shows are equally, if not more, at fault for supplying insincere kisses. With WGM, for instance, the entire show is based around idols being part of a "couple." What do affectionate couples do if they've just gotten married? They kiss. Despite this, I can count the number of kisses I've seen on WGM on just one hand.
One of the most memorable of kisses is Adam couple, Gain and Jo-kwon's peck on the lips. While it was a cute on screen, it was challenging to feel like it was anything other than a gimmick. At least they got to kiss, though, which was far from what audiences got with Kwanghee and Sunhwa — they had asked their agencies for permission, but their requests were denied. In a show where the viewer is supposed to believe in the chemistry of its "couples," it can be off-putting and mood-breaking to find that a kiss is turned into a sterile act of business. It's no wonder that MBC hasn't been able to hold onto its viewer ratings.
WGM: Global Edition, a branch off from the original, has however been making waves with its recent displays of affection. Maybe it's because Heechul has always done whatever the hell he wants, or maybe it's because he and Puff aren't spring chickens as far as pop stars go, but their recent kissing has certainly been more intense than the usual K-pop fare. But no matter, their lip action has still be confined to the context of a photo-shoot, which has undeniably diminished its effects. In the couple's viewpoints, Heechul did seem to enjoy himself, but I'm not sure I can say the same of Puff. On that, I don't think it's difficult to conclude that forcing this type of contact is going to be counter-productive to creating authentic affections.
Finally, there are kisses in K-dramas. We've talked about how horrible these can be, but words cannot do justice to the ludicrous nature of kiss scenes in popular Korean media. Often, the participants look like they'd rather be anywhere else but smashing faces together, or they kiss so awkwardly that the emotions get completely lost. The weird directions these scenes take, have probably even left us wondering, why they are doing "that thing with their mouths?" In the end, even the most fictional kisses can't pull off convincing romances.
This begs the question: are there any real kisses for the idols of Korea? Actors and idols wax poetic about how difficult their kissing scenes are to film but rarely mention enjoying their co-star's company. Perhaps it is too dangerous to show any real emotion because of the need to uphold a reputation. While that may be valid, it doesn't explain why actors kissing in obviously fictional situations is also painfully fake. If kissing is meant to be private and between lovers in Korean culture, that's perfectly fine – in fact that is admirable in its own way – but if that really is the case, they should stop trying to fit kissing into pop culture, because it really isn't working.
Readers, what are your stances on this?
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Tags: All the K-pop, We Got Married (WGM)
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So I noticed a leak of engine oil and it's bad enough that I need to get it seen to because I have to keep refilling. It seems to come from or above the oil filter (the sides of it are covered: the white "jar" the oil filter, right?) and from there it drips onto the front diff or the structural bits just behind the front diff (the anti-roll bar rod?) and then onto the floor. It's not that bad if the engine is off but once the engine is started, it's a steady drip. What should I be looking at?
First thing to check is the oil-filter, is it screwed on tight (but not overtightened)?
i had a chance to clean under the car then started it up and I can see 2 thin streams of oil that appear to come from the 'neck' of the oil filter and run down the side of it. So I think you chaps are right. If I get a new one, ERR3340, I think it says on it (hard to read at that angle but Google thinks that's a Landy oil filter) does that come with all the sealing rings and gaskets I would need? Otherwise I don't know what those parts are called. I'll need a chain wrench too but Halfords have that for a fiver!
Ah that's great - thank you for the advice! It is much appreciated.
How long would the filter last? I believe it has the original still, from date of manufacture N reg. Would that be credible?
Depends on mileage and type of use but I also change mine twice a year (use Magnatec).
Probably no need for a wrench and never use one to tighten.
I tighten & untighten mine by hand but get an excellent grip by wearing latex gloves, the grip these give is excellent. There is a chance you might need a wrench to remove the old filter but try it by hand first.
If not the oil filter, check the vacuum pump.
Sits just above the oil filter.
Have you check the oil return pipe above on top of the engine? Bet you it's perished. That's why it leaks when the engine is running. Only a few quid to get a new one and a ten minute job to replace it!


The Theresian Wing of the Old Royal Palace is accessible from the Third Courtyard (through the famous Bull Staircase) and also from the South Gardens.
The Royal Summer Palace, also called Belvedere, was built to the order of Ferdinand I from 1538 to 1560 on the eastern edge of the Royal Garden. The gallery, provided with an arcade and rich relief decoration, is the work of Italian stonemasons and the superstructure of the first floor and its unique roofing were built by Hans Tirol and Bonifaz Wohlmut. The Summer Palace was intended to serve as a scene of events organized for the entertainment of the court and also as a feature enhancing the pleasure of a sojourn in the garden.
In the late 18th century, the Summer Palace was placed at the disposal of the Austrian army and after its stay here its reconstruction had to be started in 1836. In the course of its realization, a monumental staircase originated as well as the decoration of a hall on the first floor in the form of wall paintings portraying themes from Czech history.
The Royal Summer Palace now serves mainly for exhibitions of creative art and artistic crafts.
The Italian source of inspiration of the Summer Palace is also illustrated by the way in which the adjoining part of the garden is laid out as a giardinetto with a regular composition of flower beds. The bronze Singing Fountain is the work of Tomáš Jaroš of 1564 to 1568. The special sound of the falling drops of water, bringing the ringing of bells to mind, can best be heard directly under the wide lower bowl of the fountain.
Access to Prague Castle from the northern side, from the Powder Bridge, is gained through the Pacassi Gate and a passage way which conceals the remainders of a Renaissance gate built of massive, roughly worked stone blocks.
In the latter half of the 16th century, during the reign of the Emperor Rudolph II, both sides of the gate were lined with stables. In the 20th century these stables were converted into exhibition rooms. Prague Castle Picture Gallery was established in one part, while in 1993 the second wing of the Imperial Stables was adopted for an exposition of creative art.
In the years 1567 to 1569, the so-called Large Ball Game Hall originated on the southern side of the Royal Garden, immediately above the slope of Deer Moat.
This Renaissance, richly decorated building has a dramatic history: until the 17th century it served successively for ball games and as a riding school and a stable. During the reign of the Emperor Joseph II, it was used as a military storehouse. In the 20th century it was damaged by static defects and gunfire. It was burned to such an extent that only the peripheral walls remained of it.
In 1952 its reconstruction was completed under the supervision of P. Janák, but the Ball Game Hall was concealed in the closed Royal Garden. It was made accessible to the public after 1989 and is now used mainly for exhibitions of creative art, concerts and important social events.
The Baroque facade of the Prague Castle Riding School from the late 17th century forms nearly one entire side of the streed called U Prašného mostu (By the Powder Bridge), which runs to Prague Castle from the northern side, across the Stag Moat.
In the mid-twentieth century the Riding School was converted into an exhibition hall.
At the same time, garages were built on the area of the open summer riding school. A garden was laid out on their roofing which affords an interesting and unusual view of St. Vitus Cathedral and a part of the northern bulwarks of Prague Castle.
A part of the front of Jiřská street is formed by a fence wall of the courtyard of the Supreme Burgrave's House. Above the entrance gate there are four coat-of-arms of the supreme burgraves of the 17th and 18th centuries. The burgraves, whose office developed from the function of the castle castellan, deputized for the sovereign in the times of his absence. The office was held by members of the most important noble families.
The seat of the castellans and later the burgraves was evidently situated on its present site already in the Romanesque period. In the 14th century the Burgrave's House served as the temporary residence of the later king and emperor Charles IV. After the fire of 1541 the palace was rebuilt in Renaissance style. In the course of another reconstruction carried out in the 60's of the 20th century, some of the original buildings were demolished and replaced with new ones.
The Black Tower, built as the eastern gate of the Romanesque fortification system, is also a part of the area of the Burgrave's House. The upper floor of the tower served as a prison, in particular for debtors.
Jiřská street runs from the square U Sv. Jiří (St. George square) in the direction of the eastern gate of Prague Castle. Standing on the southern side in its lower part is the Lobkowicz Palace.
Dwelling houses stood here already in the 13th century. Later two large Gothic houses belonging to Czech noblemen were built on this site. The construction of a palace building was started here before the mid-sixteenth century by Wolf Krajíř of Krajek and continued after him by the lords of Pernštejn, one of the largest Bohemian noble families of the 16th century.
The Renaissance palace had four wings surrounding a courtyard and it was outstanding for its rich architectural decoration. During the period from 1651 to 1668, Carlo Luragho adapted it in Early Baroque style for Eusebius of Lobkowicz, then the Bohemian governor. Two rooms and the chapel on the first floor have been preserved in their original form.
In 973, Prague Bishopric was established and at the same time the sister of prince Boleslav II, Mlada, founded the Convent of St. George at Prague Castle. This convent of Benedictine nuns was the very first monastic establishment in Czech lands. Abbesses of the Convent were held in high regards. In the early times they were members of the ruling dynasty, later of higher nobility. From the 14th to the 18th century, the abbesses assisted with the coronations of Czech queens. This, however, did not prevent Joseph II from shutting down the Convent during his reforms. The building itself has been rebuilt numerous times, it also housed the collections of the National Gallery. Now short-term exhibitions are held here.


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Creative Engineering announced that HighRoad Version 7 will be available in July 2001. Version 7 includes realistic visualisation of road designs, including the creation of drive through movies.
To create a drive through movie, all that the road designer needs to specify is the design speed and a sight distance. The resulting movie provides a realistic simulation of driving along the road - an ideal medium to show non-technical stakeholders.
Developed by a highway design engineer, HighRoad's key objective has always been to put simplicity and useability back into road design software. "3D views can be created without any extra work by the road designer," says Chris Baker, director for Creative Engineering. "All the textures such as pavement, concrete and grass are automatically applied."
In today's world clients and other stakeholders demand impressive visual presentations of engineering designs. Because the visualisation process is part of HighRoad, no additional work is necessary. Gone are the days of hiring specialised graphic designers to create simulations. Now the road designer can create movies with just one click.
Not only does this produce a photo-realistic movie, but it also provides the ability to judge whether sight distance requirements have been met. This is especially useful in cases of complex combinations of vertical and horizontal alignment. Such cases can be very difficult to analyse using old methods.
A realistic perspective view of a proposed project is an ideal way to assess its environmental and visual impact. Because the perspective view is based on precision road design data it is also a reliable way to determine the visibility of the project from key vantage points.
The resulting simulations can be deployed on the Internet for viewing by stakeholders at their own time and pace.
The 3D viewing enhancements are integrated with HighRoad's 'intelligent object' technology.
Therefore as well as having built-in capability to do calculations behind the scenes, the projectÕs objects now also store information about how they should appear in a 3D view. Commonly used objects (ie typical sections) can be stored in a library for reuse, and these become the building blocks of road networks.
Networks of interconnected roads can be synchronised so that changes in any one of the roads are carried through to the other related roads. Even a small change in the width of a road can affect the vertical and horizontal geometry of an attached side road and HighRoad handles this without prompting.
HighRoad's tools are adaptable to a wide variety of civil construction tasks, and because the graphical interface can be learnt quickly, it is proving to be productive for earthmoving contractors. In addition to designing buildings pads and access roads, the tools can be used for ring tanks, drainage channels, and irrigation storages. Designs can easily be transferred to the ground for construction by uploading direct to electronic survey equipment.
According to Chris Baker, "The overriding design consideration at Creative Engineering is that engineers should not have to spend months becoming proficient in the software that they use. By hiding the complexity of calculations behind an elegant graphical interface, HighRoad allows users to focus on the job at hand, rather than getting bogged down by complicated commands or engineering calculations."
The program is versatile enough to be used across the world from designing roads in the world's highest city, La Paz, Bolivia, to highway construction on the plains of Minnesota, USA. Other projects include designing a yacht basin in the Caribbean, seawalls in Ireland, highway design optimisation for design and construct projects in Sydney, cane farm irrigation in North Queensland, temporary coffer dam for mine construction in NSW, cobbled street rehabilitation in Belgium, urban arterial motorways in Colombia, and forestry road construction in the rugged Coast Range of western Canada.
This innovative software is an Australian product. Creative Engineering is a wholly Australian owned company and was established in 1986 to develop advanced road design software. This software is used around the world and has been sold in 38 countries. It is available in languages other than English, such as Japanese (Kanji), Italian and Spanish.
HighRoad will run on Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4.0 and Macintosh, and uses industry standard formats for road design and terrain data.
A demonstration kit is available for download.


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We are again back in the "good graces" of Mother Nature and will meet the passengers in the Keizer area and look at the final decision for a launch site today. After looking at the "pi-ball" this area will work so we move to a Middle School parking lot for the assembly. The gang gets the balloon out and hooked up, we start the inflation and after a few minutes she is full and ready for some heat. Once we are standing I call for the passengers to board and we are off the lot a couple minutes after 8 AM. The track is a duplicate to the pilot balloon of earlier and we drift across Keizer toward the river and West Salem. We cross over City Hall (where we will picnic later). We move over the river and into West Salem, then over the Cemex Plant on the way to our LZ (landing zone) on a "friendly" private housing area. We are in this area 5/6 times a year and this is number one for 2013. The gang has moved into the field as we cross the fence they catch us. We have picked up a bit of a breeze on the surface so the boys fight the fabric as we get the heat out. We get the balloon bagged, the passengers do the "sit" and we head back to Keizer for the picnic.
Rich & Irene: "Very fun and exciting trip! First time in a hot air balloon. Great crew & stories! We felt safe and comfortable….Thanks!


Tonight we had a meal that has been a useful fall-back for us if we don't manage to plan ahead (or, in this case, put off doing recipes and realized we'd done everything we picked in advance). We made lemon chicken with a tasty rice pilaf and a random vegetable choice (this time, spinach).
Normally, we've got about a week's worth of recipes figured out, selecting specific dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Food allergies have made throwing together dishes a little more difficult, so if we work out the week's recipes in advance we alleviate some of the stress that would manifest itself when we're picking what to eat. It also puts all of the shopping into one trip, so we've managed to ease both demand for supplies (one big shopping trip with a carefully-composed shopping list) and what do to each time we have to cook (look at the menu list for the week). Another handy side-effect is that we can go back a few months and pick dishes we've not made in a while to speed up the process of putting together the week's menus—then we can flesh out the remaining spots with new ideas. At least one dish a day is something we've done before.
Alton Brown, host of Good Eats on the Food Network, has done a bunch of cool books which tend to include great recipes. We've made a wide variety of his recipes (another side-effect of food allergies: you cook just about every single meal, and don't eat out much), and like just about all of them. This time, it was his rice pilaf that's incredibly easy. I'm including a link to his book at the bottom of this post because no-one has risked trying copyright attribution to post his recipe publicly. (Nope, I'm not going to try either, at least in any detail.) Anyway, it's a simple process of melting some butter, toss in diced onions and garlic, then rice for a few minutes, then a whole bunch of water (or stock, or in this case we did 2/3 veggie stock and 1/3 white wine), and cover it and stick it in the oven for about 20 minutes. Out it comes, sits for a minute uncovered, then gets fluffed up. The end result is an awesome rice pilaf that goes with a wide variety of recipes.
My choice was a Lemon Chicken recipe that appears in the first of Susan Branch's great set of cookbooks. It's some flour-dressed pounded chicken breasts put into oil & butter for only a few minutes; having bashed it into a thinner piece of chicken, it accelerates the cooking time. Once the chicken's done, you take it out and make a nice sauce with some more butter, some fresh chopped parsley, and a bit of lemon juice.
Sources: I'm Just Here for the Food by Alton Brown, and Heart of the Home by Susan Branch.


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ABOUT IKARIA
Embrace the uniqueness and authenticity within yourself!
Introduction to the flora and the fauna of the island
Ikaria preserves its natural beauty, landscape and wilderness until today. It's one of the most unique islands of Greece featuring many ecosystems such as mountains, green forests, flowery hills, clear rivers, waterfalls, wetlands and valleys which provide home and shelter for many rear species of plants and animal species alike, some of them can only be found in Ikaria.
Many of Ikaria's natural areas are officially protected and belong to the Natura 2000 initiative within the categories of Areas of Exceptional Natural Beauty, Important Bird Areas, and CORINE Habitats.
Since the island has not yet been transformed by human activities it conserves its wilderness even today. The ancient forest of Randi lies in the center of the island and it is said to have 300 year-old oak trees which makes this forest one of the oldest in the Mediterranean region.
On the south part of the island which is "decorated" by the great lime rocks of Atheras unique species can be found such as the Paeonia mascula cariensis and Iberis runemarkii.
Other important species are Campanula hagielia, Pteris dentata, Corydalis integra, Muscari macrocarpum and Galanthus ikariea, Digitalis cariensis (found only in Ikaria), Dianthus elegans, and Symphytum anatolicum.
The island gives home to reptiles like the Mediterranean Gecko lizard (Hemidactylus turcicus) the snake-eyed lizard (Lacertidae Lacertinae) and the so-called "lizard of Ikaria" (Lacerta oerizeni) is found only here. The most common snakes are the ephios (Coluber juguralis) and the sapites (Malpolon monsessulanus). None of the snakes of the island is poisonous.
The coastline and the wetlands provide ideal nesting places for many bird species, some of them rare ones, like the wild seagull, the sea raven, the Bonelli's eagle (Hieraatus fasciatus), the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) and the golden falcon (Falco biarmicus).
Endangered species such as the Mediterranean seal, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates) and the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) also find shelter in the surrounding waters of Ikaria, especially on the north side of the island.
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Less than three weeks from his enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Ravens great Ray Lewis shrugged off the notion that he might be anxious about his induction speech almost as nonchalantly as he did opposing blockers in his prime.
Lewis, 43, is part of an eight-man class that will raise membership in the Hall of Fame to 318. He will be joined by wide receivers Randy Moss and Terrell Owens, linebackers Robert Brazile and Brian Urlacher, general manager Bobby Beathard, safety Brian Dawkins and guard Jerry Kramer.
New Hall of Famer Ray Lewis says in a video that his oldest daughter is a "female me."
Lewis credited former Ravens teammates Bennie Thompson and Eric Turner for mentoring him and showing how to be a professional. Lewis said Thompson urged the then-rookie to join him for workouts between morning and afternoon practices at training camp and cited Turner for fortifying his confidence.
Lewis also said he enjoyed matching wits against quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning the most. "Every time each one of us walked off the field from each other, we always gave each other mad respect because we knew what it was going to come down to," he said.
Despite a 17-year career that included two Super Bowl titles and seven first-team All-Pro selections, Lewis acknowledged that being admitted to the Hall of Fame is somewhat bewildering.