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Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major focus of our research efforts in Southern California. Our researchers study the prevention, incidence, treatment, and outcomes of cardiovascular disease, and develop interventions aimed at helping people reduce their risk factors. Our clinicians are also involved in clinical trials to study the efficacy and safety of new treatment options.
An Observational Cohort Study of the Risk of Thromboembolic Events among Adult Patients Treated with KCENTRA® Compared with Plasma for Urgent Reversal of Vitamin K Antagonist Therapy in the Setting of Acute Major Bleeding.
The goal of this study is examine the risk of thromboembolic events among adult patients treated with KCENTRA compared with plasma for urgent reversal of vitamin K antagonist therapy in the setting of acute major bleeding.
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Approaches to Genetic Heterogeneity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
The main goal of this study is to use state of the art approaches to identify relevant genes based on a very large sample of patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a common disorder with multiple adverse consequences. It is known that OSA has a genetic basis, but to date no convincing gene variants have been identified. This study uses OSA obtained from multiple institutions in the United States. It is the largest study ever proposed for identifying genes for this common sleep disorder.
Corinna Koebnick, PhD, MSc
Cardiovascular Disease, Genetics
Automated Outreach to Increase Adherence to Cholesterol Lowering Medications in Patients Who Did Not Fill a New Prescription
The major goal of this project is to test the effectiveness of a low-cost, generalizable intervention to improve patient adherence to newly prescribed medications to lower cholesterol.
Stephen F. Derose, MD, MSHS
Cardiovascular Disease, Medication Adherence
Cardiovascular toxicity following aromatase inhibitor use
The aim of this cohort is to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with endocrine treatments for breast cancer.
Reina Haque, PhD, MPH
California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)
Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Pharmacoepidemiology
CV Benefits and Safety of Glucose-Lowering Therapies in Adults with Diabetes
The primary goal of this study is to assess the impact of specific glucose-lowering strategies on cardiovascular events and on mortality in order to identify whether some glucose-lowering strategies confer more cardiovascular benefit than others.
Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes
Database Cohort Study to Assess the Risk of Serious Angioedema in Assocation with Sacubitril/Valsartan use in Black Patients with Heart Failuer in the U.S.
The overall goal of this study is to provide real-world estimates of the incidence of angioedema among both HF patients initiating sacubitril/valsartan and HF patients initiating an ACEI, with a primary focus on Black patients.
Cardiovascular Disease, Pharmacoepidemiology
Development of a CKD Discordance Index to Identify High Healthcare Utilization
The goals of this pilot project are to develop a chronic kidney disease (CKD) discordance index defined by the presence of chronic conditions and treatments that oppose, contradict, or complicate CKD treatment or worsen kidney function in a subsample of CKD patients from KPSC
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Cardiovascular Disease, Kidney Diseases
Diagnosis of Hypertension in Specialty Clinics
High blood pressure can be missed in patients who do not have regular visits with their primary care provider. The goal of the present project is to estimate the efficacy of blood pressure assessments in specialty clinics. We will compare recognition, follow-up, and time-to-treatment between patients first recognized in specialty care to those in primary care.
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Disparities in Progression to Renal Replacement Therapy
This retrospective cohort study will explore the reasons for the increased incidence of end-stage renal disease in African Americans and Hispanics by focusing on quality of care for diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease.
Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Kidney Diseases
HIV Status and Incidence and Outcomes of Heart Failure
The overall goal of this study is to identify optimal treatment strategies to reduce the impact of cardiovascular disease complications in HIV-infected patients, focusing on the understudied diagnosis of heart failure
Cardiovascular Disease, Infectious Disease
HMO Research Network Cardiovascular Research Network (CVRN)
The purpose of this program is to establish a collaborative CVRN among 15 member plans of the HMO Research Network to create a unique national resource that leverages the network's CV expertise, diverse community-based study populations, and rich electronic data systems.
Kaiser Permanente Real-world Heart Monitoring StrategY Evaluation, Treatment Patterns and Health Metrics (RHYTHM) Study
The overall goal of this study is to characterize the clinical utility of ZIO® Patch monitoring vs. other monitoring strategies by linking ZIO® Patch data on arrhythmia burden and timing to detailed clinical information.
iRhythm Technologies, Inc.
Moderate Hypertension in Pregnancy: Safety and Effectiveness of Treatment
Evaluating the effect of treating mild-to-moderate hypertension in pregnancy, compare the risks of clinically important outcomes with different medications, and determine whether the benefits and risks vary by maternal race/ethnicity or obesity status.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Cardiovascular Disease, Maternal and Child Health, Pharmacoepidemiology, Women's Health
Optimizing Risk Stratification and Comparative Effectiveness Research for Atrial Fibrilliation
The major goals of this project was to develop a collaboration of population-based researchers as well as a research platform using a contemporary cohort of about 40,000 adults with atrial fibrillation to improve comparative effectiveness studies, risk stratification of outcomes and the planning and conduct of future observational studies and randomized trials for atrial fibrillation.
Cardiovascular Disease, Comparative Effectiveness
Population-based diabetes in youth registry: SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth, Phase 4, California Site
The aims of this study are (1) to ascertain prevalent diabetes cases in calendar year 2017 among youth age <20 years at diagnosis, using cost-efficient approaches that maximize use of information in the electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative databases, (2) to continue to ascertain newly diagnosed (incident 2015-2020) diabetes cases in youth age <20 years, using cost-efficient approaches that maximize use of EHRs and administrative databases, (3) to determine agreement between the etiological classification of diabetes type using biochemical markers and provider assessment; to describe selected clinical characteristics at diagnosis, and to establish an infrastructure that facilitates the development of more detailed ancillary studies by storing biological samples and preserving contact with potential study participants, and (4) To optimize efficiency of SEARCH surveillance activities through targeted Development and Validation (D&V) Projects designed to utilize electronic health data to operationalize each of the three tiers of surveillance to the extent possible. (1U18 DP006133)
Jean M. Lawrence, ScD, MPH, MSSA
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RBC Heart Pragmatic Clinical Trial
The objective of the trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of systematic testing and treatment of reduced iron stores vs. usual care on the risk of hospitalization in older patients with heart failure and previously unexplained anemia. The goal of the pilot study is to determine the feasibility of conducting the full trial.
Statin Utilization in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia
The major goal of this project is to assemble and characterize an analytic cohort of Kaiser Permanente Southern California members with incident critical limb ischemia (CLI) and to determine the rate of statin utilization and statin intensity among patients with CLI over time.
Amgen, Inc
The ACA Impact on Hypertension Treatment and Control
The major goal of this project is to describe the characteristics of newly enrolled versus established members following implementation or the Affordable Care Act and to examine hypertension prevalence and control rates among new and established members in the Kaiser Permanente Southern California region prior to and following the Affordable Care Act.
Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG)
The Comparative effectiveness of Warfarin and New Oral Anticoagulants for the Extended Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
The overall goal of this project is to provide information on the benefits and harms comparing different treatment options for the extended treatment of VTE, information that can be used by clinicians and patients in deciding on the optimal treatment strategy.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Cardiovascular Disease, Comparative Effectiveness, Pharmacoepidemiology
The Economic Benefits of Triglyceride Lowering Among Patients with Diabetes and Severe Hypertriglyceridemia
The overall goal of this non-interventional study is to analyze the economic impact of triglyceride lowering and to determine whether this differs among patients who did and did not receive therapy to intentionally lower triglycerides.
The Health Care Burden of Moderately Elevated Triglycerides
The overall goals of this project are to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with moderately elevated triglycerides and to calculate the burden of disease in this cohort.
Amarin Corporation
Trends in Incidence of Hospitalized Acute Myocardial Infarction
The major goal of this project is to examine recent trends in incidence of hospitalized myocardial infarction among members in the Kaiser Permanente Southern California region aged 35 years and older.
Understanding Screening and Statin Utilization Rates for Patients at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease for Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC)
The overall objective of this study is to examine trends and patterns of lipid screening and statin utilization from 2009 to 2015.
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How currencies move stockmarkets
These charts illustrate how and why US, UK and Japanese stockmarkets are affected by currency swings.
David Brett
Investment Writer
Many factors move stockmarkets but the strength of a country's currency can have a surprisingly large bearing.
Several high profile events have underlined this in the past year – most notably Brexit and Donald Trump's US election win.
The way currencies affect stockmarkets are different in each country.
Rising currencies may serve to help share prices in one country and hinder them in another. It largely depends on where companies in a country make their money – home or abroad?
We look at three examples in the US, UK and Asia.
How the US dollar moves the S&P 500
Donald Trump's election as US president caught some investors by surprise, but after an initial wobble US stocks rallied.
The S&P 500, the benchmark US share index, rose 10% to new all-time highs in the month following Trump's election on 9 November.
There are many factors that can influence stockmarkets, but the strength of the US dollar, which gained 3% during the same period, was a key driver.
Trump's election on the back of "America first" policies, which included encouraging US businesses and consumers to "buy American" and huge infrastructure spending plans, raised inflation expectations and the prospect of interest rates rises.
Higher interest rates can mean higher rates of return and this makes currencies more attractive to investors. Then in turn, a stronger dollar supports the earnings of US companies that generate most of their revenues in the US, providing the currency doesn't become strong enough to hurt export demand.
Despite some weakness in December 2016 the US dollar has continued to strengthen following Trump's election.
As the chart below illustrates, more than 70% of the revenues generated by US companies listed on the S&P come from the US. France is next biggest contributor, followed by the UK.
Why populism may be good for markets
The inner ring illustrates that 99.8% of the companies on the S&P 500 have registered head offices (i.e. they are domiciled) in the US.
The outer ring is the important part. It shows the regions from which S&P 500 companies generate their revenues. All but 29.6% are generated inside the US.
How sterling moves the FTSE 100
In contrast to the S&P 500, the majority of FTSE 100 companies generate their revenues from outside the UK.
So, when the Brexit decision sent sterling tumbling the FTSE 100 rose sharply. In the three months following Brexit, the index rose 10.4%, while the pound fell 12.8% against the dollar. Why is this?
The majority of FTSE 100 companies receive their revenues in foreign currency. This money is worth more when converted back into pounds when sterling is lower.
Consider a simplified scenario of currency movement. If the exchange rate was $2 to the pound then every $1,000 of revenue would be worth £500.
However, if sterling weakened and the exchange rate moved to $1.50 to the pound, then every $1,000 of revenue would be worth £667. The outcome is that revenues increased 33% as a result of the fall in sterling.
As the chart below shows, 71% of revenues generated by FTSE 100 companies come from outside the UK.
The strength of sterling against the euro is also important given the large chunks of revenue accounted for by France, Germany, Italy and other eurozone countries.
How the Japanese yen moves the Nikkei 225
Revenues from Nikkei 225 companies are more finely balanced and therefore currency movements tend not to have such a dramatic effect on the stockmarket.
As the chart below shows, 53.2% of revenues generated by Nikkei 225 companies come from inside Japan.
Why revenue exposure is important for diversification
Imagine you are a US investor investing in a company listed on the FTSE 100 to diversify your portfolio away from the US.
It is understandable that you might expect that you are gaining exposure to the UK market, its currency and the benefits of its economy.
But there is a real chance that the company you are investing in could be generating most of its revenues and profits from the US. In reality you would not be diversifying your portfolio at all.
Currency moves are by no means the main reason why stockmarkets rise and fall but they are important depending on which regions listed companies are exposed to. It is something that investors might consider when building a diversified portfolio.
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Starts near Salmon Falls bridge where you pick up the Darrington Trail but on opposite side of road in back of the parking lot. Starts on a steady, mild climb with some switchbacks. Lots of rocks (fist sized and bigger) all over the trail after any sort of substantial rain. Trail overlooks the American river, winds through manzanitas. There are a couple of spots to take in some good views. Sections of flow on smooth hard pack, berms, and twisty through oaks and pines. Once you cross into Cronin you're riding mostly horse trail. Visit the old movie set then ride Gerle loop for a fun, smooth pedal through lush green pines. Excellent beginner loop or just blaze it for the experienced.
Parking lot off of Salmon Falls Road, free bathrooms.
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People who use the corruption mantra are almost always projecting; i.e. projecting their own crimes onto others. The self righteous are always projecting their crimes on to others.
They have no other vision to sell. They hold the masses in contempt and don't want to offer the country anything. When a 37-year old Bhutto spilt from Ayub, he was immediately attacked and blamed for everything.
Without any proof of course. He was blamed for not even being a Pakistani citizen, not being a Muslim and of course a traitor. Funny how none of this came up when he was the foreign minister in Ayub's cabinet. Anyways, this is not to say that Bhutto, Benazir and Zardari were/are saints.
They certainly never claimed to be. But at least they had some kind of economic and political vision instead of this mud slinging.Now whenever many young, urban upper-middle class folks are asked what is the problem, their answer is always:"Two families have looted Pakistan for 70 years.
Imran Niazi needs at least 10 more years to sort this mess."By Imran's own definitions and parameters that he stressed on in his "22 years struggle", he is the most corrupt and incompetent.
So clearly his blind supporters have no clue what they are talking about. His (dwindling) supporters in Urban Central Punjab harp about how a couple of Western Fast Food Chains came to Lahore recently – which for them is the ultimate sign of progress. His supporters in Urban Sindh keep yearning to move to Lahore which they think is Paris. And feel that their lives are impoverished because 2-3 Western Fast Food Chains opened 6 months earlier in Lahore than they did in Karachi.
These are the same deluded and cultish apologists of PTI who claim to be experts in everything that has happened on every square inch of Sindh in the last 12 years.
They also worship the over-priced swill at Starbucks. You will need cartons of Panadol and many baths (if you still have access to running water) after engaging in any debate with this lot. Between 5-10 years ago, this same lot were worshipping at the alter of the Sharif family business dynasty.
Then they swung faster towards PTI than Imran's famous in-dippers in the 1980s. Because that's how they were programmed to.
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US Tax Disputes
Keeping an eye on US tax controversy and litigation developments.
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Sweeping Tax Obstruction of Justice Decision
By Jeff Erney
IRS Administration
Tax Crimes
In a decision that could have far reaching consequences in both the civil and criminal tax realms, on June 27th, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the conviction of Carlo Marinello, who was found guilty of obstructing justice by failing to maintain proper books and records and failing to file tax returns.
The Supreme Court will likely settle a dispute that emerged among the lower courts about the proper scope of the obstruction statute under the Internal Revenue Code. The Supreme Court's decision will have obvious consequences in the criminal tax world. That is plain. What is less apparent, is the power the decision could have in a civil audit. Depending on how the Supreme Court rules, it could provide the IRS a substantial criminal hammer to wield against taxpayers who dispose of, or fail to maintain, business records, even if they have no knowledge that a criminal investigation has begun.
The Supreme Court will likely hear argument on this case in the fall and issue a decision sometime after that. We will keep you updated on the case, so be sure to check back.
The below facts come from the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
In 1990, Carlos Marinello founded a freight service company that couriered packages between the United States and Canada. He kept little documentation of his income and expenses, and shredded or threw away any documentation that he may have had. From 1992 onward, Mr. Marinello did not file personal or corporate tax returns.
In 2004, the IRS received an anonymous tip and opened a criminal investigation into Mr. Marinello and his company. That criminal investigation was closed the next year because the IRS could not determine if the unreported income was significant. Mr. Marinello had no knowledge of that investigation. Around that same time, he consulted with an attorney and an accountant who advised him he must file returns and maintain proper business records. Despite that advice, Mr. Marinello did not do so.
The IRS was not done with Mr. Marinello yet. In 2009, the IRS re-opened the investigation and interviewed him. Mr. Marinello admitted to not filing returns and to shredding most of his business records.
The United States charged Mr. Marinello with nine counts of tax-related offenses. The conduct alleged in the indictment occurred prior to Mr. Marinello's interview with the IRS in 2009. One of the offenses charged was for obstruction of justice under 26 U.S.C. § 7212(a). Section 7212(a) makes it a crime to "obstruct or impede . . . the due administration of this title." The government alleged that Mr. Marinello violated this section by, among other things, "failing to maintain corporate books and records for [his company]" and "destroying, shredding and discarding business records of [his company]." Mr. Marienllo was found guilty of the offense.
Decisions Below
Before the trial court, Mr. Marinello argued that to commit obstruction of justice under section 7212, one must have knowledge of a pending IRS investigation. The trial court rejected such an argument, holding that all that was necessary was for the jury to find that Mr. Marinello intended to obstruct the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws. He appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York City.
Before the Appeals Court, Mr. Marinello again argued that the obstruction statute requires knowledge of a pending investigation. A panel of the Second Circuit disagreed, holding that the statute "criminalizes corrupt interference with an official effort to administer the tax code, and not merely a known IRS investigation." In doing so, the Second Circuit aligned itself with 3 other appeals courts. It also reinforced a circuit split, as the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio had reached a different conclusion on the same question.
Mr. Marinello sought review before the full Second Circuit. While the court declined to review the decision of the panel, two judges dissented from the denial of review and warned of the consequences of the court's decision. Judge Jacobs wrote ominously that if this decision was allowed to remain the law of the land, "nobody is safe: the jury charge allowed individual jurors to convict on the grounds, variously, that Marinello did not keep adequate records; that, having kept them, he destroyed them; or that, having kept them and preserved them from destruction, he failed to give them to his accountant." The decision affords, he wrote, "oppressive opportunity for prosecutorial abuse."
Potential Consequences
As Judge Jacobs warned, should the Supreme Court uphold the decision, a taxpayer should be weary about engaging in any of the conduct, such as disposing of business records, that landed Mr. Marinello in jail. As Judge Jacobs so succinctly put it, "How easy it is under the panel's opinion for an overzealous or partisan prosecutor to investigate, to threaten, to force into pleading, or perhaps (with luck) to convict anybody" (emphasis in the original). Now, more than ever, it is important that taxpayers in civil cases are represented by competent counsel aware of the potential criminal pitfalls an otherwise cautious taxpayer may find themselves in.
Contact Jeff Erney for questions about this post. Jeffry.Erney@dentons.com
About Jeff Erney
Jeff Erney is the chair of the US Tax Controversy practice, which was recognized by The Legal 500 in 2020 for outstanding work in contentious tax. Jeff focuses his practice on tax litigation and dispute resolution. When representing clients faced with complex issues, he draws on years of experience as a senior tax attorney for the Office of Chief Counsel with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as well as his background as a certified public accountant (CPA), to most effectively provide counsel.
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2010 Olympic letdown still tough for Marian Hossa
By Chris Kuc and Chicago Tribune reporter
They were less than 20 minutes from pulling off what arguably would have been the greatest sporting achievement for their hockey-crazed country when the whistles began.
Holding a two-goal lead in the third period of the bronze-medal game of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Slovakian players began a parade to the penalty box against Finland that ultimately cost them the lead, the game and what would have been the nation's first Olympic hockey medal.
"For a small country like us playing for third place was a huge deal — not just for our players but for everybody at home," said Blackhawks and Slovakia winger Marian Hossa. "Everybody was watching that Olympics. We had a great tournament, and after two periods we really thought, we can do it. Then one period later it was disappointment."
Upset victories over Russia and Sweden followed by a loss in the semifinals to eventual gold medalist Canada put Slovakia in position to go home with some magical hardware. But the dream began to unravel when Finland was awarded a two-man advantage early in the third and cashed in to cut the Slovaks' lead to 3-2. Just over a minute later — when the teams were at even strength — the game was tied when Olli Jokinen scored the first of his two goals in the game.
Then midway through the third, Hossa was sent off for tripping, and Jokinen scored what proved to be the game-winner as the Finns eventually prevailed 5-3.
"So close but also so far," Hossa said. "We ran into some penalty trouble. We felt like some of them they didn't have to be called. It's behind us, but it's tough still when you think about it."
The fourth-place finish was Slovakia's best since it began Olympic play in 1994, but that is little consolation to those on the ice that day.
"It was a big disappointment," said Hawks and Slovakia center Michal Handzus. "It's a small country and not favorite to win a medal or be that close. It would have been huge for our country and for everybody on the team.
"It still hurts, and it probably always will. We played a great game. The last 10 minutes we had so many chances. We hit the post and were pressing. There are no regrets, but it still hurts and it still feels like we gave it up.
"If you win a bronze, it's almost like a gold back home because we're 5 million people," Handzus continued. "It's tough to compete against countries like Canada, the U.S or Sweden. We are a hockey country. Everybody loves hockey back home … and is watching and cheering for the team."
Hossa and Handzus will be back for a chance at redemption as the veterans again will don the Slovakian sweater during the Games in Sochi, Russia. Like in '10, Slovakia will not be a favorite but hopes to surprise with a team that has seen significant turnover from the roster that came, oh, so close.
"It's going to be a different team this year," Handzus said. "We were talking before the last Olympics that for a lot of guys it would be their last Olympics. We had a very strong generation that was done after that Olympics. It's going to be pretty much the same thing for like five guys as this will be the last Olympics for them.
"Now we have a little bit different mix. We have a lot of young guys just coming up, so it's going to be good for us. Again, we won't be favorites, but I think we can surprise if we play our game."
Hossa and Handzus will be joined on Slovakia's roster by several other NHLers, including Zdeno Chara, Marian Gaborik, Tomas Kopecky and Jaroslav Halak.
"There are expectations, but the team is going to be way different," Hossa said. "There will be more young players without as much experience. People realize back home what our chances are. We can definitely surprise some big dogs, but we know where we're at with our team."
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We are nuts about our Yonanas machine.
Right before Mother's Day we were all at Costco, prowling for samples,.. ugh, shopping for groceries. We talked our mom into letting us buy that for her for Mother's Day. As soon as we got home, we immediately put it together and rummaged through all the fruit in the house. It came with a recipe book, that we have used since ten, but that first day, we experimented. We use it so much, we leave it out on the counter.
When we first bought it, we got a CASE of bananas from our local Bountiful Baskets. We stayed up LATE peeling bananas, chopping apples, and peeling oranges. We put all of the fruit in individual bags so that went the mood strikes, the ingredients are ready. Different types of fruit are mixed together in the bags, some according to the recipe book and some "Medley made" recipes.
Put the fruit in and press the plunger down.
Our fruit separated into bags is ready to go!
The final fruit-full ice cream - without the cream!
St. Louis is a great city with lots to do. It was an enjoyable day. A few of the things that are fun to do might include going to the ball park, walking around downtown (make sure to check out the splash pad), and of course seeing the arch is a must.
The trip to the dairy was an outing with the Girls Scouts, but it was an incredible trip. The dairyman was wonderful to visit with us and answer every question. He introduced to girls to every cow, by name. We had a terrific evening at the dairy.
It was about a 30 minute drive from Lubbock - and well worth it.
We stocked up on raw milk, cheese, sour cream and even some soaps and lotions too!
The Schwan's Man comes to our house every few weeks and when our mom buys stuff from the Schwans man, we really like it alot. We have lots of favorites - like the bagel dogs and the ice cream. We don't have to go to the grocery store for that long when we get stuff from the Schwans Man either, but we really like it when our mom lets us go out to the truck to help get the stuff because the Schwan's man can make it snow!
It's a treat to get to eat doughnut in the mornings for breakfast. We never get to go inside the doughnut store. We're always on our way somewhere else! When you get to go inside and see all the different kinds of doughnuts and oh that sweet smell is really good. It was hard to choose what kind of doughnut to get - round ones, long ones, dark ones and white ones. until I saw doughnut holes with chocolate and sprinkles on them. Our mom said we could get whatever we wanted - and I did! Boy they were good.
At Rise and Shine doughnuts, I really like the kolaches too... they are warm and have cheese and sausage in them. It was a great breakfast.
We all went to get our teeth cleaned a week ago after school was out, but I had to go back. I have cavities. I know. I need to brush more and better and all that stuff. But I had to go back today to get a filling and to get one of my baby teeth pulled. I was pretty nervous.
But in the waiting room at Kool Smiles, they have movies and computer games and even a slide and stuff for little kids. That helped me to forget about what was about to happen. I was hoping that they might forget about me too, but they didn't. When they called my name, my heart jumped into my throat.
When the dentist helper explained what was going to happen, she said that there would be some hot bubble gum stuff, then a misquito bite, some pressure with the pulling, and then it would all be over. Let me tell you though, it was no misquito bite - more like a spider bite! wow-ee That tooth looked so wierd and cool with all the roots attached. It was big and sort of spikey.
My mom says the tooth fairy doesn't pay must for teeth with cavities, but I guess we will see about that.
Plagued by that ago old question, Where to Go Eat after Church?, we landed on Lujans. Located at 101st and Slide Road, Lujan's serves a "Texican" Feast and will soon be open on Mondays too! On Modays they will be serving free margaritas all day long our waiter told us.
Even though they were busy and there were other people waiting, because there are so many of us, we got to go sit at the big round table right when we walked inside.
It's a fun, friendly place. It looked awesome. I really liked the statues and vases on the divider. The vase looked like a crocodile bit it or something - really cool.
We like the music too. Our baby brother kept dancing to it.
They ran out of colorsheet/kids menus, but they gave us some crayons and white paper so that we could draw our own pictures, but as soon as the chips and salsa arrived, we were sort of done coloring. Then we got some queso too - yummy!
After we ordered our food, it didn't take long at all for our food to come out. There wasn't a lot of time to wait.
There were so many choices on the kids menu, everything from chicken bits to tamales to choose from. It was great to choose from so many different things. We ordered an enchilada, a tamale, burrito and Addison just had rice and beans because that's her favorite.
The chips were warm and wonderful. We really liked the salsa, but the queso was our definite favorite. We always like the cheese sauce.
Preston loves tamales. "They were so yummy," he said. Our baby brother ate all of his beans and then all of our moms too! He really liked those beans.
The best part about the food was what came last - fried icream with carmel and chocolate. It came with 4 forks and we kept pasing it in a circle until it was all gone. We all said how much we loved tht ice cream. It was a big treat and really exciting to get to have it.
We saw the Kids Eat Free sign on the way in the door and it sort of made our parents want to come back for dinner too.
Prices range from about $3 for kids meals to about $15 for a steak meal.
Lujan's has been in Lubbock for 20 years and our waiter, Noel, has been at Lujans for 14 of those. He knows the menu by heart - that was cool when he told us eveything on the kids menu. He kept moving so fast and helping a lot of other people too. Other people helped us too by bring more chips, extra napkins, and that kind of thing.
Clayton loved the fried ice cream so much he said, "This place gets an A+ from me for sure! wow" and the other kids agreed too!
McAlisters looks really good. Their pictures and stuff were all over the walls, pictures of people and teams and food. Those were cool. I really like the ones of the famous singer.
When you come in, you order at the counter and then go sit down, hang your order number on the stand on the table. Then the guys bring the food out to you.
Seperating the tables are some curtains that my baby brother started playing peek-a-boo with the people on the otherside. That was a little embarrasing, but the other people were like college kids and they were laughing with him.
We just talked to each other and watch the baby tease the college kids. There wasn't much else to do while we waited on the food come come.
The kids menu has a bunch of choices, like sandwhiches, mac and cheese, and even nachos, but the menu was hanging from the celing behind the counter and it was kind of hard to see because we're pretty short. The tables had paper menus on them all, but we didn't see those until we ordered and went to sit down.
The kids items all came with a small package of Teddy Grahams and the mac and cheese come with a side item too. "The pita pizza was really good with lots of cheese and sauce," Preston said. Even though it was different from the pizza I'm used to, it was awesome. "The cheese sauce on the nachos were hot and cheesy, said Clayton. It even had some good tomatoes in it. Addison and Trenton ordered Mac and Cheese and cleaned their plates.
The sweet tea was voted the best part by all of us... it was so good!
Mom and Dad said the price was right. It only costs .99 for a kids meal when you dine-in. Our whole family ate for about $20.
When we got to the resturant around 7pm, there weren't many people there, but after they brought our food it started to get busy. The waiter forgot to bring my brother a fork and we had to go take out cups and ask for refills. The waiter did come back over and appolgize for forgetting the fork, which was cool.
We actually forgot to order food for my little brother and when the waiter brought the food to the table, we asked him if he could help us. It was awesome because he said sure, took our money at the table, and brought the food right back. Our baby brother was happy about that. So were we!
We would really like to go back. Great sweet tea and a helpful waiter, plus awesome food... it's a keeper!
Mid way into the kids first full week off school for the summer, we met at Beef O'Brady's after work. While we were there, we decided that this would be the start of our adventure sharing. So we talked about what we saw and how we felt about it. We made a plan for what we would say and how we would say it, thinking about what you might like to know about the places we visit around Lubbock.
Located on the north side of Lubbock in a strip mall off of 4th and Loop 289, Preston says, "it's hooked up with a lot of other stores so that we can get a bunch of stuff done or stop to eat when we are running errands."
On the inside it's sports themed and according to Clayton, "the posters on the wall are cool, especially the ones of local kids and teams." With about 5 TV's any where you look, it's a pretty cool place to go. We arrived at about 5:30pm and there was only one other table occupied, but by the time we left there were quite a few tables full of families.
"You can tell that they like kids here," noticed Addison, "because they have color sheets and crayons. The color sheets were full of activities like a word search, a word scramble and counting games. The pictures and stuff were about school being out, which was neat because we are out of school now.
were plenty of activities to keep the kids occupied until the meal arrived.
The menu choices are varied from fish and chips to salads, burgers and wraps. The guys shared an appetizer combo and an order of chicken wings. My mother and I both chose to try a salad, a southwestern and a shrimp salad.
The kids menu is on the back of the main menu as pictured below, with more choices than most family oriented resturants. Addison choose to have the macaroni and cheese and each kids meal comes with a side dish choice and a cookie. Choices of sides are anything from a fruit cup or broccoli to cole slaw or curly fries.
The food arrived shortly and was seasoned and flavorful. The salads were fresh and the pieces of vegetables and chicken were bite sized, which was nice, those salads at some other places with huge awkward pieces are just, well - awkward. There were 3 dressing choices with my salad and 2 skewers full of shrimp with my mothers.
Addison ate every bite of her kids meal. The boys even tried the broccoli, the side choice with the chicken wings, with some Ranch dressing. "I really didn't want to try it," said Clayton, "but once I did it wasn't that bad." All of the food - even the broccoli - was quite tasty.
The price for the meals are quite reasonable for the amount and quality of food, about $5-10 per meal.
They have a punch card for lunch - buy 6, get the 7th free.
The wait staff was friendly, but not overly attentive. The food did not arrive all at once to the table. After asking for some appetizer plates, I had to get up and go ask again. They were helpful is splitting checks and helping with using the Groupon.
We appreciate when restaurant managers come by to check on the tables, to make sure that everything is going well. Even more than that, we appreciate when managers and owners are active in giving back to the community. Beef O'Bradys is pleased to partner with organizations around the South Plains by providing cards that when presented while paying out offers 10% of the check back to the organization.
After watching the first episode of Nickelodean iCarly, where the main character decides to do a web show, my kids decided that they would like to do a "show". Choosing to share our experiences with others, sounded like a really fun idea.
After going to a restaurant or on an outing, we talk about how we felt about it and what we each think and then we share those thoughts and ideas with you.


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Excellent location typically Latin. Beautiful people, shows with Latin bands who play the Merengue and Salsa. Great to dance and have fun with friends starting with a happy hour on Friday.
Only go there on fridays for Runway!! You'll have a good time.


The legal duel between the U.S. and Swiss America's Cup camps, thought by some to have finally been settled, flared up again Tuesday with a pair of press releases.
The Golden Gate Yacht Club, home to software mogul Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle syndicate, issued the following release.
The Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG) club, home to the two-time winner and present holder of the Cup, team Alinghi, promptly issued a reply.


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Home Security App for secure chat and encrypted messages from your mobile phone
App for secure chat and encrypted messages from your mobile phone
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If we want to exchange secure messages on the cell phone for interception and spying purposes, we should forget the vast majority of the normal applications we use on the phone, including Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
Even though most of these apps have provided end-to-end encryption, a lot of data travels on inaccessible servers and we don't know if they can still be reached by a judicial warrant or by a particularly skilled hacker.
For this reason, we have decided to collect the best ones in this guide App for secure chat and encrypted messages from your mobile phone, so you can chat with your friends and relatives in absolute security, with powerful encryption that cannot be intercepted with a simple hacking of the connection servers.READ ALSO: The most used chats on Android and iPhone
Best apps for secure and encrypted chat
What features must a secure chat app have?
Best secure and encrypted apps
Even if all the apps promise to be safe and inviolable, it is necessary to check if there are some intrinsic safety features, verifiable only by external bodies (such as for example the EEF, definitely the most reliable agency for this type of question).
According to the EEF report a truly secure messaging app should have the following requirements.
Encrypt messages at all stages of communication
End-to-end encryption so that employees of the company that manages the messaging service cannot read the communications
Ability to check with whom you are communicating
Security of communications history in case cryptographic keys are stolen
The app code can be judged by external and independent inspectors
The design and implementation of cryptography is documented
The code has been checked over the past year
If an application does not meet at least one of the first four criteria, it can be considered unsecured. This means that the most popular communication applications like Facebook Messenger, iMessage, Skype, Snapchat, Viber, and WhatsApp are insecure. The worrying thing is that all parent companies, except for Apple, they can decipher and read any message exchanged. The natural consequence is that governments and authorities can request timelines to read these messages when they deem it most appropriate.
After all this interesting and even a little upsetting speech, you can not help but accept reality and continue to text with friends and relatives with the usual apps, as long as you do not want to really establish communication in certain circumstances secure and encrypted. Although they work differently, there are a few applications that respect all parameters for secure, encrypted, and waterproof communication.
Those who are concerned about privacy or if they want communication that leaves no traces and cannot be intercepted can then use for example Signal Messenger, one of the safest end-to-end encrypted apps available for Android and for iPhone / iPad.
This app does not use any intermediate server and therefore allows you to send messages and make calls in a completely secure and interception-proof way. You can send instant messages with text, images, GIFs, and videos in the chat, all exchanged with maximum security in and out. On the app, we can also increase the security of messages by setting a security PIN, which will also encrypt the app files stored on the phone (they cannot be recovered without).
We also talked about Signal in the guide Secret and untraceable chats with Signal on Android, iPhone, and Web.
Alternatively, we can also use the secret mode of Telegram, the famous messaging chat available for Android and for iPhone / iPad.
By opening the side menu of the app we will find the item New secret chat, which allows you to exchange messages with a trusted contact without going through any server and also to protect the contents exchanged (secret chat notifications are anonymous). To further increase the security level of the chat we can set a self-destruction timer, which will destroy all messages after the set time.
In case of a secret call, the encryption is high and we can check in real-time if it has been violated or modified, checking the emojis displayed at the top (they must coincide with those visible on the app of our interlocutor).
To learn more we can read our Calls with Telegram, safe, and of superior quality.
If we are looking for a real alternative to Signal or Telegram we can try the app Wickr Me, available for Android and iPhone.
This app allows you to chat securely and privately, without the possibility of intercepting messages, with end-to-end encryption. The peculiarity of this special application, widely used by hackers, is that it is one chat with self-destructing messages, as seen also on Telegram in private mode.
Another app similar to the previous ones is ChatSecure, available only for iOS and Mac.
The app is free and uses "cryptographic open source libraries", such as XMPP, OTR, and Tor, to ensure that messages remain completely private and intercept-proof.
Finally, we wanted to point out the Silent Circle app, a paid application (with a rather expensive subscription) for Android and iOS that works a bit like Skype and allows you to make fully encrypted phone calls and video calls, suitable for business users.
It is also possible to call users who do not have the application installed and the call will be encrypted with a military security level. However, Silent Circle is aimed at business people or politicians with delicate positions.
There is no shortage of secure and advanced encrypted apps, so every time we have to send a compromising message or secretly chat with friends or relatives, we make sure to use one of the apps at the top, since (in the vast majority of cases) they are really simple to use.
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Understanding the reasons of wrinkles is the initial step to removing them. Below are several of the major adding factors to creases, and what you can do regarding them.
1. The setting. This can be more damaged down into manufactured and natural surroundings. There are chemicals in even more places than you can picture, as well as numerous of those chemicals add to premature wrinkling of the skin. Do what you can to transform your house as well as work environment right into a more natural and less fabricated atmosphere. When it involves the natural globe, the largest danger is too much exposure to the sun. You still require sunshine so the body can create vitamin D, however you shouldn't exaggerate it to the point of getting sunburned. Restriction your direct exposure to a healthy and balanced quantity. If you will be outdoors for a prolonged amount of time, after that cover up with clothing as well as sunscreen.
2. Poor diet plan. What goes right into your body will be assessed the beyond your body. If you eat just fine-tuned garbage, after that your skin will certainly experience, as well as you will certainly have extra creases. Improving this problem is as easy as eating the ideal foods.
3. Dehydration. Consume alcohol lots of liquids throughout the day. Go for 64 ounces every day, yet do not stress if you're a little above or below that number. If you're obtaining thirsty, after that it's a sign that you require to consume even more water.
4. Bad behaviors. Excessive high levels of caffeine and also alcohol can add to creases, so appreciate them in small amounts. If you smoke, then quit. Smoking will certainly make your skin appearance terrible, and is a virtual warranty to being tough and also wrinkled.
The above sources of wrinkles are largely within your control, yet you still might need to find even more means to get rid of creases. Luckily, the manufacturers of skin care items have come up with outstanding breakthroughs in recent times. The tricky part is determining which items measure up to their assurances and also which ones don't. Bear in mind that unbelievable cases need amazing proof. You ought to also read the small print to see what the claims in fact mean. It may take a little bit of experimentation to discover the anti-wrinkle items that function best for you, however it will be worth it in the future.
Getting rid of creases can be carried out in numerous various means. The important things to keep in mind is that you don't have to deal with having creases when you can have smoother, younger-looking skin rather.
For those customers looking to buy anti aging skin products, it is necessary to remember that no 2 anti aging skin items are alike. With this reality in mind, it after that becomes possible to come to be a sensible buyer when it comes time to purchase anti aging skin items: when seeking anti aging skin items customers require to look for specific high qualities within the anti aging skin items they are thinking about for purchase. What kind of active ingredients does the anti aging skin items consist of? How does the anti aging skin items work? Is the anti aging skin items you wish to acquire really worth the cash you intend on costs?
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This morning when I left the house the rising sun was filtering through a variegated canopy of oak leaves.
This evening when I returned the aptly named flame maple, which just yesterday was mostly green, was glowing red in the setting sun.
The house is peaceful, with a candle lit on the mantle and leaves drifting by the window. A doggy snore or two breaks the silence, but otherwise I am enjoying the stillness, which is so very rare and so very good for my soul. Felix is leaf-watching too.
Finally, a few days out of the office after months of insanely busy work. Since the temperature is supposed to dip below freezing tonight, I decided to scrounge around the yard and see if I could join in on the Flowers In The House party over at SmallButCharming. There are lots of lovely flowers there; go take a look!
My lavender is having a last hurrah, so I rounded up some sage, thyme, Thai basil, dusty miller, a few tiny spirea blooms and one last lovely aster and squeezed it all into a blue mason jar on the windowsill.
Felix stopped by for a sniff. It is a very fragrant bouquet!
I can't resist the gorgeous leaves that drop like gems onto my walkway from the flame maple we planted a few years back. Here they are on the mantle along with some snips of coleus, sweet potato vine, and fading sedum. The long-stemmed dish was my maternal grandmother's; I love the golden glass with the autumn leaves.
Today is Boss's Day, but I didn't remember that at all until my staff surprised me with lovely flowers and a gift certificate for a massage.
How fortunate I am to work with such talented and thoughtful people!
Can't find any words today, but Kasey and I did find a lovely field of yellowed soybeans and some blue, blue sky on our walk.
The other night at band rehearsal, the lyrics of a song reminded me and my band mates (my sister and a childhood friend) of the paper dolls we used to make as children. Some prowling around in a box of memorabilia in my basement unearthed a battered tin Sucrets box. Remember Sucrets– those powerful little beige lozenges that would make our eyes water and our tongues numb? Inside the box was the paper doll baby, about the size of a quarter, that I made about 40 years ago, complete with a tiny baby wardrobe. Some little moment of my childhood self is captured in those teeny scraps of paper, which is why, after all these years, I've never been able to bring myself to toss them.
tastefully aligned on the stones.
and the frantic pace of work leaves me without words to write most days.
But the play of light in the changing trees and the fog across the river every morning don't go unnoticed.


Who: Nikolai, a forty-five-year-old man from Yakutsk, Siberia, turns immortal after he is changed by Georg Kyov at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Nikolai creates Pietro Salvato and Elena Berlinger. After the death of his immortal father, Georg, Nikolai becomes the leader of the Kyov Clan.
Features: Caucasian, gray streaks in otherwise honey-blond hair, bright green irises.


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Maurice Halprin, dit Monty Hall (né le  à Winnipeg au Manitoba et mort le  à Beverly Hills en Californie) est un acteur, un chanteur et un journaliste sportif canadien, mais il était surtout connu pour avoir présenté des jeux télévisés aux États-Unis.

Il fut le présentateur vedette du jeu télévisé Let's Make a Deal de 1963 à 1986, puis pour une courte période en 1990.

Hall est récipiendaire de l'Ordre du Canada et de l'Ordre du Manitoba.

Biographie

Monty Hall a obtenu un diplôme de sciences (titre de Bachelor of Science) en biologie et zoologie à l'Université du Manitoba en 1945, alors qu'il préparait son entrée en études de médecine, un projet qu'il laisse de côté pour commencer une carrière dans le milieu de la radio. D'abord animateur dans une station de Winnipeg, il déménage à Toronto, où il animera des émission pour la station CHUM et fondera sa propre compagnie de production. À la télévision de CBC, il animera l'émission Matinee Party jusqu'en 1954.

À partir de 1955, année où il se rend à New York pour réussir une carrière dans la télévision, il a présenté, créé ou produit plusieurs émissions : il est, entre autres, présentateur de Video Village sur CBS en 1960, producteur de Your First Impression pour NBC et de Split Second pour ABC. Il a fait de nombreuses apparitions de vedette invitée à la télévision (The Odd Couple, Love American Style, The Flip Wilson Show, The Dean Martin Show et The Nanny) et, pendant l'été 1978, il parcourt les routes des États-Unis avec la comédie musicale High Button Shoes.

Il doit surtout sa célébrité à un jeu télévisé, Let's Make a Deal, créé en 1963 en compagnie de l'auteur/producteur Stefan Hatos. Il présentera ce jeu populaire pendant de nombreuses années sur plusieurs grands réseaux de télévision américains.

Le , une étoile sur le Walk of Fame d'Hollywood lui est consacrée. En mai 1988, il devient membre de l'Ordre du Canada « pour son travail humanitaire au Canada et dans les autres nations du monde ».

Vie privée
Monty Hall a été marié pendant plusieurs années à Marilyn Doreen Plottel ( – ), une productrice et auteur de la télévision américaine, et il avait trois enfants : Joanna Gleason, actrice, Richard, producteur à la télévision et Sharon, réalisatrice et auteur à la télévision.

Expressions dérivées
Un paradoxe mathématique porte son nom, le problème de Monty Hall. L'énoncé de ce problème est directement inspiré du concept de Let's Make a Deal qu'il a présenté pendant de nombreuses années, ou plus précisément de la phase finale de ce jeu, nommée The Big Deal of The Day. Le nom du problème qui fait directement référence au présentateur a été donné la première fois par Steve Selvin lorsqu'il a décrit ce paradoxe dans une lettre publiée dans l'American Statistician en août 1975.

Dans le domaine des jeux de rôle, le terme « Monty Hall » désigne un scénario caricatural que l'on appelle en français « porte-monstre-trésor ». Dans ce domaine, le jeu MountyHall a été créé en référence à Monty Hall.

Notes et références

Liens externes

  Biographie sur le site officiel de l'émission Let's Make a Deal

Naissance en août 1921
Naissance à Winnipeg
Étudiant de l'Université du Manitoba
Acteur américain du XXe siècle
Acteur canadien du XXe siècle
Acteur canadien de doublage
Nom de scène
Chanteur américain du XXe siècle
Chanteur canadien du XXe siècle
Journaliste américain du XXe siècle
Journaliste canadien du XXe siècle
Membre de l'ordre du Manitoba
Allée des célébrités canadiennes
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Officier de l'Ordre du Canada
Décès à 96 ans
Décès à Beverly Hills
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A solemn vigil to remember the the Dakota War of 1862 will begin midnight in Mankato at midnight on Christmas Day. It will continue into the next day, the Rochester Post Bulletin reports, exactly 150 years before the day when 38 Dakota warriors were hanged.
The evening will begin with a night time fire lit along the Minnesota River. In the morning hours on December 26th, dozens of riders on horseback will travel to Reconciliation Park in downtown Mankato. Sandee Geshick, a Dakota woman from Cansa'yapi, the Dakota name for the Lower Sioux Indian Community, near Morton. That's where the Dakota War began in August 1862, and her ancestors were caught up in the events of that year and what came after.
The hangings in Mankato were the last act in the 1862 war, but just the beginning of a long history of exile and grief for the Dakota people.
"Ever since I learned what happened when I was a child, I have not forgotten them," Geshick says. "You do things to honor their memories, whether outside praying by yourself or by taking part in the walk or ride."
Geshick has relatives who are riding in the memorial horse ride from the Crow Creek reservation in South Dakota, through the Lower Sioux area and along the Minnesota River, which was the homeland of the Dakota people for centuries, to Mankato for the 150th anniversary of the executions on Wednesday. The ride began Dec. 10.
Some say Dakota people have avoided Mankato since 1862 as a place of bad memories or "bad medicine." For Geschick, who's 61 and a cultural consultant on Dakota history, it's not really that. But the site of the hangings is a place where reconciliation can occur. It has to.
There are other sites in the Minnesota River valley, from Redwood Ferry to Camp Release, where atrocities were committed by Dakota warriors and whites alike. But it's in Mankato where the final, public atrocity was committed in front of a huge audience and where all paths to reconciliation have to pass through.
For Mankato, it's a ghastly part of the city's history that was more or less been buried, more ignored than acknowledged, for a century. Beginning in the 1970s, the balance between "ignored" and "acknowledged" began to shift. The dedication in 1997 of the "parkette" that's now called Reconciliation Park was a big step on a long road.
"We need to continue to bring awareness of what happened to our ancestors," Geshick says. "I want people to know of that brutal history, and to not let that history die and fade away."
The Blue Earth County Historical Society has decided against displaying a piece of timber believed to be part of the gallows used to hang 38 tribal members during the U.S.-Dakota War. That hanging in Mankato was the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The historical society is marking the 150th anniversary of the war. Its director says the group is not trying to hide the timber, it just doesn't have the capacity to display it.
The Minnesota History Center for two years has been intensely researching the six-week conflict in 1862 and what led up to one of the most heart-breaking chapters in state history, KARE 11 reports. Research of the complex episode included interviews with direct descendants of settlers and native people. The culmination of the work will be on display beginning Saturday, in time for the 150th anniversary of the war.
On August 17th a century-and-a-half ago the first victims of the U-S Dakota War were killed in the Minnesota River valley. The conflict lasted six weeks and killed about 600 settlers as Dakota bands tried to reclaim their ancestral homelands. Gov. Mark Dayton has declared a Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, with flags flying at half staff.


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Once upon a time there were two friends...
Truth be told, there may have been a little romance in the beginning, when they were barely out of their teenage years, but principally it has been a great friendship, fueled by the love of cooking. One was from a big Chicago Italian family, in which all the women, and some of the men, cooked with purpose and passion. This one loved not only meatballs and pecorino cheese, but sports and motorcycles and reading history. The other one, a little older and wiser, was from sturdy Kansas stock, and as the oldest child grew up cooking when Mom was at work, and in high school learned from an old Army cook, and also from her Aunt Grace, who owned a from-scratch restaurant. Both friends went to Grinnell College in Iowa, where they met, and both gravitated to San Francisco after college, where, miraculously to them, a gay culture revolution and a food revolution were happening simultaneously.
That these two would open a restaurant together many years later is a deeply satisfying synchronicity. It is a restaurant built around pizza, that irresistible combination of bread and cheese and choice toppings that is one of the most beloved foods on the planet. The first thing Liz's 19-year old self ever made for Wiley was a pizza (along with a delicious pinto bean soup). Pizza is fun, informal, celebratory, brings people together (ya gotta share the pie), goes with wine and beer like nobody's business, and brings a smile to everybody's face. What better foundation for two friends to make a living, not to mention work with food and a bunch of incredible young people every day, plus have friends and neighbors from all over Dayton walk hungrily and thirstily through the door?
Wheat Penny Oven and Bar is a very personal, homemade restaurant that expresses all we've learned, what we like to eat and drink, what we are excited about, and what we think you'll really like. People ask us all the time, what kind of pizza is it? For us it's hard to pin down with a label. It is definitely American-style. Neither of us has even been to Italy. It is deliberately not wood-fired pizza. We cook it in a big, hot Baker's Pride deck oven. The dough is allowed to develop a minimum of 48 hours before being shaped. Once baked, the crust sports a large char-pocked cornice that has big, chewy air pockets and is firmly crisp on the bottom. Italian-style pizza tends to be more sparsely topped; ours is a little more cheesy, saucy and juicy, but only a little more. Our pies are made with a strong ethic regarding balance of ingredients–no double cheese or meat lover's overload. Our toppings don't generally go on raw; we cook and season each ingredient for maximum texture and flavor. Each pizza's cornice gets a swipe of extra virgin olive oil half-way through baking. Every pizza is garnished before being cut, with coarse salt or fried garlic or snipped herbs or ground cheese or a scraping of lemon zest, whatever is appropriate to the pie.
Some might call our pizza California-style. That makes sense—we were there when Alice Waters (Chez Panisse) and Judy Rodgers (Zuni Café) were getting established and paving the way for EVERY SINGLE THING that is happening culinarily nowadays. We would take the train over to Berkeley just to stand on the sidewalk and stare at Chez Panisse's posted menu for that evening. I ate my first oyster in that restaurant and I still have the shell.
In January 2012 Liz went to Tony Gemignani's International school of Pizza in San Francisco, which was like aiming a huge blow torch at her already-ignited passion for pizza and Italian food. Her time there served to bring us full circle, back to the city where as two young cooks thirty years before, we rode every inch of street on a motorcycle. A city where rosemary grows like a hedge, and as we walked to work over the hill from the Haight to the Castro, we would pick it as it spilled over people's fences to cook with the evening's roast leg of lamb. A city where Liz rode her Honda in the rain before dawn all winter long to her job as a bread baker at Joyce Goldstein's Square One restaurant. A city where Wiley line-cooked by night and hand-sharpened knives off the back of her VW van by day, which enabled her to walk into any kitchen in the Bay Area she was curious about and get to know the chefs.
Back then we would talk into the night about what we had cooked or learned at work that day, what we were reading, what restaurant we had heard about and wanted to seek out, what dish we were going to try at home. Now that we are working together again we talk every day about the exact same things. Time definitely passes, but some things never change.


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12 Players to Watch at the World Cup 9s
With the World Cup 9s kicking off tomorrow, we thought we'd give you a run down of some of the top talents to keep an eye on.
Jake Trueman (England)
Trueman's selection may have come as a surprise, but it's a just reward for his performances this season. The 20-year-old was one of the main reasons Castleford made it to the play-offs in 2019 and will be looking to make an impact on his international debut. Playing what he sees and utilising space is when Trueman is most effective and that's what the 9s format offers in abundance.
David Fifita (Australia)
Now before you start looking puzzled – no, not the Wakefield one! This David Fifita plays for Brisbane and has often been described as a freak of nature. A man of his size and power shouldn't have the speed and technical ability he does, but that's exactly why he's been touted as a future star. In his rookie NRL season, the 19-year-old racked up nine tries, 106 tackle busts and 10 line breaks and was even called up to the Queensland State of Origin squad. He has unbelievable pace and will cause constant problems for opposition defences.
Ryan Papenhuyzen (Australia)
At the start of the season, Papenhuyzen was Melbourne's third-choice fullback, stuck behind Jahrome Hughes and Scott Drinkwater. It took just two months, though, for him to break into first grade and he hasn't looked back since. Known for his blistering speed and killer sidestep, Papenhuyzen is arguably one of the most dangerous attackers in the world and will be relishing his opportunity on the international stage.
Dylan Brown (New Zealand)
Brown is another who stunned fans in his rookie NRL season. Playing alongside Mitchell Moses in the Parramatta halves, the 19-year-old helped guide the Eels to the semi-finals, showing experience ahead of his years. His vision and ability to take on the line creates countless opportunities for him and his teammates, while his kicking name is often inch perfect. Brown will line up alongside Kiwi maverick Shaun Johnson and will likely take a lot of the pressure off the veteran, leaving him free to play his off-the-cuff style.
Peter Hola (Tonga)
NRL debut and a spot in the Tongan 9s squad!
Massive 2019 for Peter Hola.
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— NQ Cowboys (@nthqldcowboys) October 15, 2019
Front rower Hola is the latest star to commit to Tonga, showing the side's appeal is filtering down to their younger players as well the senior ones. The 20-year-old is a very mobile forward and made five appearances for North Queensland this season, as well as featuring regularly for their feeder club Northern Pride, where he made an average of 123 metres and three tackle busts per game. He's likely to have a bigger role for the Cowboys in 2020 and a good 9s tournament could push him even further up the pecking order.
Ronaldo Mulitalo (USA)
The young Cronulla Sharks centre raised eyebrows after being selected for USA, qualifying through his American Samoa-born mother. But he's likely to be one of the Hawks most influential players at the 9s. Despite playing just eight games in 2019, the 19-year-old has become somewhat of a cult hero, with his high-energy and enthusiasm both on and off the field garnering plenty of fans. Mulitalo is another who has deceptive agility for his size and will be a go-to man for Sean Rutgerson's side.
Regan Grace (Wales)
Wales are among the underdogs at tomorrow's tournament but aren't short of quality players, with Grace being the key one. He's built up a reputation in Super League for his speed and finishing ability but is relatively unheard of down under, which could play to his advantage. His style, like plenty of others, is perfectly suited for 9s and you can guarantee his pace will be utilised to the full with the extra space out wide.
Maika Sivo (Fiji)
2019 was a huge breakthrough year for Sivo. The 26-year-old finished the NRL season as top try scorer with 22 – a just reward for years of hard graft in the lower leagues. His fearless attitude to playing, combined with his powerful running, make him a strike weapon in attack and one that Fiji will undoubtedly look to exploit this weekend. The Fijians are in a tough group and have included several players from the Fijian domestic league, meaning Sivo will have to step up and take on a leadership role as one of the senior players.
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui (Samoa)
How do you pronounce Tino Fa'asuamaleaui?
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— Melbourne Storm (@storm) July 26, 2018
He's certainly not made front page headlines this year, but young back rower Fa'asuamaleaui has enjoyed a steady rookie season. He managed just five appearances for Melbourne in 2019 but was a standout for their feeder team, Easts Tigers. Still just 18, he has plenty of time to grow and has huge potential and will see this weekend as a chance to showcase his talent on a bigger stage.
Kayal Iro (Cook Islands)
Iro is one of the more unknown quantities going into the 9s, despite having one of the more recognisable surnames. The teenager is the son of Wigan, Leeds and St Helens legend Kevin Iro and will play under his uncle and Cook Islands coach – ex-Wigan player Tony. Iro currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors academy and is yet to make NRL appearance. However, he has been described as a versatile and athletic player with plenty of energy, so make sure to keep an eye out for him.
Caitlin Beevers (England Women)
Alongside the men's competition, four countries will also be battling it out for the women's World Cup 9s crown. Among them are England, who have one of the world's top young talents at their disposal. Leeds Rhinos' 18-year-old outside back Beevers has been a shining light in the Women's Super League over the past two years, with her mix of pace and agility terrorising many a defence. She was the Rhinos' top try-scorer last season with 18 and added a further 11 in 2019, so she's no stranger to finding the line.
Jessica Sergis (Australia Women)
Australia also have plenty of young stars in their ranks, including the recently crowned NRL Women's Player of the Year. Sergis' performances for St George Illawarra Dragons were honoured at the Dally M Awards, where she beat off competition from the likes of Brisbane prop Millie Boyle and Kiwi halfback Charntay Poko to win the accolade. The 22-year-old amassed four tries in six appearances in the NRLW, racking up 21 tackle busts, two line breaks and an assist as well. She's represented NSW Blues and the Jillaroos in the past two years and will be key if the favourites are to take home the trophy.
Notable mentions: Reuben Garrick (Australia), Dylan Brown (New Zealand), Bailey Simonsson (New Zealand), Justin Olam (PNG), Ash Handley (England), Reece Lyne (England), Brody Tamarua (Cook Islands), Jarome Luai (Samoa), Brian To'o (Samoa), Arthur Morgue (France), Jacob Kiraz (Lebanon), Kezie Apps (Australia Women), Ali Brigginshaw (Australia Women), Botille Vette-Walsh (Australia Women), Chantelle Crowl (England Women), Honey Hireme (New Zealand Women), Charntay Poko (New Zealand Women).
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Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn es el cuarto álbum de la banda canadiense Do Make Say Think y fue lanzado el 6 de octubre de 2003 por la discográfica Constellation Records.

Lista de canciones

Las pistas "Outer Inner & Secret", "Horns of a Rabbit", "Frederica" y "Ontario Plates" fueron grabadas en enero de 2003 en el Rockwood 2 Farmhouse en Rockwood Ontario. "Auberge le Mouton Noir" fue grabada en marzo de 2003 en The Black Sheep Inn. "It's Gonna Rain" fue grabada en Wakefield QC. "Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!", "107 Reasons Why" y "War on Want" fueron grabados entre marzo y mayo de 2003 en th' Schvitz en Toronto, Ontario.

Intérpretes

Do Make Say Think
 Ohad Benchetrit – guitarra eléctrica, bajo, saxofón, flauta
 David Mitchell – batería
 James Payment – batería
 Justin Small – guitarra eléctrica, bajo, teclados
 Charles Spearin – guitarra eléctrica, bajo, trompeta

Invitados
 Brian Cram - cuernos
 Mr. Jay Baird - cuernos

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Reseñas de Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn en Constellation Records

Álbumes de 2003
Álbumes de post-rock
Álbumes en inglés


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AUSTIN — A Big 12 loss at home against Kansas would not have been the résumé-tanker the loss at Georgia was, but it would have been another tally in the loss column for a team that for multiple reasons, needed the win.
The win provided a résumé-booster instead, as the Longhorns defeated the No. 11 Jayhawks 73-63 behind a 16-point performance from Dylan Osetkowski.
Texas trailed Kansas for nine seconds the entire game, but let's look at all 20 minutes.
20:00-14:24 – Bad transition defense gave the Jayhawks their only lead of the game, lasting less than 10 seconds until Jaxson Hayes flushed a dunk at the opposite end to tie it. The game would remain tied until the 17:42 point when Dylan Osetkowski set the tone with his first of back-to-back points in the paint against a smaller Jayhawk lineup. Both teams kept the starting five on the floor until the media timeout, a lengthy stretch of basketball for anyone, but Texas' energy and dedication to its best offensive principles resulted in an early lead for the Horns, 6-5.
14:24-11:42 – Texas shut out the Jayhawks in this portion, including a sequence where Kerwin Roach made one of his handful of three-pointers over the 2-3 defense of Kansas. That quickly led Self to switch back to man and allowed for Texas to run its regular offense instead of struggling to force the ball into the post against zone. Snoop's back-to-back threes were followed by one of three shot clock violations on the evening by KU. Holding KU scoreless over this portion of the game was part of the strong defensive tone Texas needed to set against a team that has struggled to break 60 during the conference season. 12-5 Texas, 6-0 Texas in the segment.
11:42-7:48 – Kansas responded to Texas' defensive stretch with seven points over almost four minutes, most of them assisted by Texas mistakes. Several players missed shots from inside and out, but continued to play tough defense. Texas maintaining and building a lead over this portion of the game despite its sloppy play boded well for Shaka Smart's team, and started building more and momentum and belief for those in burnt orange in the Erwin Center. 20-12 Texas, 8-7 Texas in the segment.
7:48-3:50 – Texas went on one of its typical end-of-half dry spells, scoring four points over the short portion. However, the defense held its end of the bargain once again, limiting Kansas to four points. Another shot clock violation forced by Texas told the tale of the tenacious defense played against a team it had a size advantage against. 24-16 Texas, 4-4 in the segment.
3:50-0:00 – However bad the previous spell was, this one was much worse and forced Smart to take a timeout with 1:41 left in the half. After the timeout, the offense wasn't much better. It was embodied by volatile end-of-half offense from younger and older players alike, capped by a Roach forced three in isolation. Despite everything going about as right as things possibly could for this Texas team in this situation against Kansas, Texas entered the half leading only by three. 26-23 Texas, 7-2 Kansas in the segment.
20:00-16:23 – After forgetting what offense was at the end of the first half, Texas found it quickly in the opening portion of the second half. Courtney Ramey recovered from a play at the end of the previous 20 when he passed up an open layup to run down clock for a final possession when he hit a three pointer to get things started. Hayes followed it with a make of his own, and Texas went on to score nine over the first three-plus minutes of the half. Texas continued to do what it had done well in the first half in this early portion, and extended the slim lead it had at the half. 35-27 Texas, 9-4 in the segment.
16:23-13:48 – Poor stretch that was short. 35-30 Texas, 3-0 KU in the sequence.
13:48-7:50 – The early portion of this segment was all Texas. Osetkowski continued to utilize his size in the post against Kansas' guard-heavy lineup, and once the Jayhawks started to bring help, he found Ramey for a three. Self's timeout helped to right things for his team, as the visitors split the play the rest of the segment. 46-38 Texas, 11-8 in the segment.
7:50-4:35 – For the entire evening, Texas' lead seemed to reside in the 8-10 point range. The Longhorns' offense wasn't terribly quick as they scored only two fast break points. Most of the work by the Longhorns on offense came as the result of Texas' preference to pass or drive inside before creating a two-pointer or dishing to an open perimeter shot. Texas found that here with work from Febres outside the arc twice, and several Osetkowski shots. 56-47 Texas, 10-9 Texas in the segment.
4:35-0:00 – The wildest section of the game. The score remained 56-47 when a timeout was called at the 3:38 mark. From that point, Texas scored 17 while Kansas scored 16. With 1:16 remaining, Hayes connected with a dunk for Texas' only fast break points. Kansas' scored a three pointer in response, cutting Texas' lead to four. From there, Roach's game became unpredictable. For better or worse, he took the game in his hands. He turned the ball over a couple times, missed a free throw late in the game, and tried to make several passes that weren't there. He also effectively dribbled against Kansas' late game press, hit his other free throws (along with the rest of his teammates all game), and helped Texas get to a ten-point win over the conference's best program this century. Texas won 73-63, with the Longhorns winning the final segment 17-16.
In the end, Texas won seven segments, KU won two, and one was tied.


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HomeNewsWe Will Prosecute Sponsors Of Criminal Elements Now— Buhari
We Will Prosecute Sponsors Of Criminal Elements Now— Buhari
He said the government was already going after financiers of criminal elements but was constrained by the strike by judiciary workers.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his administration is going strongly after financiers of criminal elements and those who supply arms to them.
The President stated this on Friday while receiving members of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) led by Co-Chairmen, Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar and President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence, Rev. Dr. Samson Supo Ayokunle, at the State House.
He told the religious leaders that the government was already going after financiers of criminal elements but was constrained by the strike by judiciary workers. He noted that now that the strike has been called off, the prosecution will commence.
A statement by Buhari's spokesman, Femi Adesina quoted him as saying, "Fortunately, this strike has been called off and prosecution of some of these people would soon commence, while our security agencies expand their network in closing in on the others.
"The administration remains committed to quickly pushing this dark side of our history behind us and we are currently making sure that funding would not hamper our efforts."
He said the last Federal Executive Council meeting approved some funds for the security agencies, which would be put to judicious use.
"As I mentioned yesterday, in Lagos, we would not relent in our efforts at clearing these criminals from all parts of our land including the forests,'' he said.
President Buhari said the government had a major role to play in providing security, adding that "besides the imperative to abide by democratic processes is the important aspect of support of the citizenry to the security agencies by providing relevant and timely information.''
"I must confess that I am more pained than anyone can imagine with the ongoing security challenges because, as you noted during your meeting, they have increased the hunger, pain and anger in the land,'' he noted.
President Buhari assured that efforts were already ongoing to create a more conducive environment to address both direct and indirect causes of challenges including areas of job creation and employment generation while appreciating religious leaders for their significant roles in national development, particularly in shaping perspectives.
"Your role is critical in putting the correct perspective out to Nigerians,'' he said.
The President thanked the religious leaders for their patriotism and commitment to ensuring peace and understanding.
"I have listened to you and I am particularly happy that your meeting clearly identified specific and major roles for both the Government and the people of Nigeria. This is what has been lacking for some time in the national discourse on addressing our current security challenges.''
He also stated that he's an unapologetic believer in devolving power to the people.
Buhari said the contentious issue of restructuring, true federalism or devolution of powers remains a constitutional matter only the National Assembly can deal with.
"On the contentious issue of restructuring or true federalism or devolution of powers, as you all know, this is a constitutional matter with which only the National Assembly can deal.
"I remain an unapologetic believer in devolving power to the people and that is why I signed the Executive Order granting autonomy to State Legislature and Judiciary. Unfortunately, this was met with some resistance at the state level and led to more than two months of strike action that has cost the country a lot of pain.
"Luckily the National Assembly has nearly completed the constitutional review process, which I hope would address some of the burning issues agitating the minds of our people.''
NIREC, led by Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, and President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle, thanked the President and advised the government to fund the armed forces better to confront the myriad of security challenges facing the country, block sources of illegal arms, publish names of those who fund terrorism and try them.
The body also advised the President to curb unemployment rate and recruit more people into the police force.
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