Falcons take 20-13 lead over Saints in 4th quarter

Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez (88) makes a catch for a touchdown as New Orleans Saints Saints middle linebacker Curtis Lofton (50) defends during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez (88) makes a catch for a touchdown as New Orleans Saints Saints middle linebacker Curtis Lofton (50) defends during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez (88) makes a catch for a touchdown as New Orleans Saints middle linebacker Curtis Lofton (50) defends during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Lance Moore (16) makes a catch between Atlanta Falcons' Sean Weatherspoon, obscured, and Charles Mitchell (26) during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) throws under pressure from New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis (98) during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner (33) celebrates with wide receivers Julio Jones (11) and Roddy White after scoring a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)

ATLANTA (AP) ? Drew Brees led two time-consuming field-goal drives before throwing his third interception to set up an Atlanta field goal that gave the Falcons a 20-13 lead early in the fourth quarter Thursday night.

The New Orleans' defense held Atlanta without a first down for five straight possessions in a span that began early in the second quarter and carried through most of the third quarter.

Garrett Hartley kicked field goals of 21 and 52 yards in the third quarter for New Orleans.

The Falcons looked dominant while building a 17-0 lead early in the second quarter. Brees, who threw two first-half interceptions, regained his touch as the Saints scored 13 straight points.

The first-down drought for Atlanta ended after William Moore intercepted Brees' pass late in the third quarter. Matt Ryan then completed an 18-yard pass to Tony Gonzalez and a 20-yard pass to Roddy White to set up Matt Bryant's 29-yard field goal, pushing the Falcons lead to sevens.

Michael Turner had a 3-yard scoring run in the first quarter, and Ryan threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Gonzalez early in the second quarter before the Falcons' offense stalled.

The Falcons, motivated by four straight losses in their NFC South rivalry with New Orleans, took a 17-7 halftime.

Brees has been sharp against the Falcons, averaging 302.8 yards passing as the Saints won 11 of the last 13 in the series, including a 31-27 win in New Orleans on Nov. 11.

Brees threw two interceptions before finally leading a touchdown drive late in the second quarter.

On third-and-9 from the Saints 21, Brees completed a 32-yard pass over the middle to Lance Moore. Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann drew an offside penalty on a third-down play from the Atlanta 26 to keep the drive alive.

Officials initially ruled Pierre Thomas scored on a 10-yard run, but a video review showed his knee was down before he crossed the goal line. Mark Ingram scored from the 1.

Brees led the Saints on another drive but ran out of time. The half ended following Brees' fourth straight pass to running back Darren Sproles, this one inside the Falcons 5. With the Saints out of timeouts, Brees couldn't get his team back to the line before time ran out.

The Falcons made a strong statement on their first possession. Atlanta gained 71 yards on five straight running plays after opening the drive with a 9-yard pass from Ryan to Gonzalez. Turner started the spree with a 35-yard run. Jacquizz Rodgers had back-to-back 14-yard gains before Turner stormed in from the 3.

With his touchdown, Turner snapped a tie with former Falcons receiver Terance Mathis to set the franchise career record with 58 total touchdowns. Turner also has the team record with 57 rushing touchdowns. He caught his first career touchdown pass in Week 4 against Carolina.

Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud intercepted a pass from Brees intended for Marques Colston in the end zone to end the Saints' first possession.

In the second quarter, Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon intercepted a pass off running back Chris Ivory's hands, setting up Bryant's 45-yard field goal. The pass from Brees was behind Ivory.

Atlanta cornerback Asante Samuel left the game after aggravating his right shoulder injury. Samuel had been listed as questionable with the injury, and he didn't make it through the Saints' opening drive.

Brees completed a 38-yard pass to Joseph Morgan on a third-down play. Samuel, who was covering Morgan, walked off the field with his right arm kept close to his chest.

The Falcons listed Samuel's status as questionable. Robert McClain and Chris Owens took over for Samuel at cornerback.

Atlanta receiver Harry Douglas returned after leaving the game with an ankle injury in the first quarter.

Associated Press

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QB decision all about playoffs

November 28, 2012, 8:57 am

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Watch Jim Harbaugh's Wednesday press conference live on CSNBayArea.com at 11:55am. He is expected to announce who will start at QB this Sunday vs. the Rams.

Coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday is expected to supply the answer to the question, Alex Smith or Colin Kaepernick?

In order to answer that question, though, Harbaugh first had to ask himself something else.

Which quarterback gives the 49ers the best chance to advance in the playoffs this season and win the Super Bowl?

That's it. That's all that matters.

This is not about which quarterback gives the 49ers the best chance to win Sunday in St. Louis or the following week against the Miami Dolphins. This is all about winning the Super Bowl on the first Sunday in February.

Oh, sure, there are smaller parts to the puzzle, such as . . . Which quarterback can make all the throws? Which quarterback is a better decision-maker? Which quarterback can keep plays alive with his feet? Which quarterback can make the better pre-snap reads to get the offense into the best plays?

But it all comes down to whether Harbaugh believes Kaepernick, with another five regular-season games as a starter, will be better able to lead the 49ers into the playoffs than Smith.

Perhaps, there's no wrong answer.

Perhaps, there's no right answer, either.

[RELATED: 49ers' Walker expecting Alex Smith to start Sunday]

This is not about what's fair. If that's the case, Smith would get his job back after being sidelined with a concussion. This is not about loyalty. This is not about building for 2013 and beyond. This is not about making sure the 49ers get some return on their investment to trade up in the second round for Kaepernick.

It's all about the cold reality of winning football games.

It would seem that Harbaugh telegraphed his intentions after Kaepernick's breakout performance against the Chicago Bears. The coach who all along had stated Alex Smith was his guy, was suddenly noncommittal about declaring Smith as his starter when he got healthy.

Even with the answer for today, it does not mean that things will not change before the playoffs begin. (And the 49ers are definitely going to the playoffs with a 2 1/2-game lead in the NFC West.)

If Harbaugh goes with Kaepernick, he must be prepared for a bump or two in the final five regular-season games. After all, he's a young guy with tons of potential who is still learning on the job. But if Harbaugh sticks with the veteran, Smith will be on a short leash after Kaepernick had his opportunity to show what he can do.

Source: http://www.csnbayarea.com/11/28/12/Harbaughs-QB-decision-all-about-playoffs/nbcsportsniners.html?blockID=807089&feedID=2800

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New grant funds autism research at SDSU

Public release date: 29-Nov-2012
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A NIMH award will fund an SDSU scientist's research on brain network connectivity in autistic children and adolescents

The research, supported by a four-year grant totaling $600,000 from the National Institute of Mental Health, could help with early-detection, diagnosis and treatment of children with autism.

Brain networks

Scientists have found that the human brain is organized into a collection of several networks that work together to support various behaviors and functions.

Researchers have identified that at least two of those networks are linked to social behavior. These two social brain networks are activated when trying to make inferences about others' feelings, emotions and intentions.

"There is evidence that individuals with autism spectrum disorders have atypical brain connectivity," Fishman said. "Some brain networks show increased or over-connectivity, while other networks show decreased or under-connectivity."

Fishman's research will help demonstrate whether this atypical connectivity within, as well as between the two social brain networks links to the impaired social functioning characterizing autistic children and adolescents.

Making connections

Despite a great deal of research devoted to understanding autism spectrum disorders, large-scale studies of brain network connectivity in autism using multiple brain imaging methods are rare.

The grant will allow Fishman, along with SDSU psychology professor Ralph-Axel Mller, to study a total of 160 children and adolescents, 80 with autism and 80 who are typically developed, from the ages of seven to 18.

She will use two neuroimaging techniques to make inferences about brain network connectivity: functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Fishman will examine the connectivity within and between two key social brain networks in both groups, exploring the relationship between age and brain organization.

"It will be interesting to see whether the atypical connections will have already been formed by age seven in children with autism, or whether they will continue to diverge from the typical pattern throughout late childhood and adolescence," Fishman said. "The results of this study will help us understand how brain networks are organized in typical and atypical development, which is instrumental for developing innovative treatments for autism, such as neurofeedback, aiming at reorganization of atypical brain connections."

The research includes an alliance with the Center for Autism Research, Evaluation and Service and University of California, San Diego.

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About San Diego State University

San Diego State University is the oldest and largest higher education institution in the San Diego region. Since it was founded in 1897, the university has grown to offer bachelor's degrees in 89 areas, master's degrees in 78 areas and doctorates in 21 areas (Ph.D., Ed.D., Au.D., and DPT). SDSU's approximately 31,000 students participate in an academic curriculum distinguished by direct contact with faculty and an increasing international emphasis that prepares them for a global future. For more information, visit www.sdsu.edu.

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A NIMH award will fund an SDSU scientist's research on brain network connectivity in autistic children and adolescents

The research, supported by a four-year grant totaling $600,000 from the National Institute of Mental Health, could help with early-detection, diagnosis and treatment of children with autism.

Brain networks

Scientists have found that the human brain is organized into a collection of several networks that work together to support various behaviors and functions.

Researchers have identified that at least two of those networks are linked to social behavior. These two social brain networks are activated when trying to make inferences about others' feelings, emotions and intentions.

"There is evidence that individuals with autism spectrum disorders have atypical brain connectivity," Fishman said. "Some brain networks show increased or over-connectivity, while other networks show decreased or under-connectivity."

Fishman's research will help demonstrate whether this atypical connectivity within, as well as between the two social brain networks links to the impaired social functioning characterizing autistic children and adolescents.

Making connections

Despite a great deal of research devoted to understanding autism spectrum disorders, large-scale studies of brain network connectivity in autism using multiple brain imaging methods are rare.

The grant will allow Fishman, along with SDSU psychology professor Ralph-Axel Mller, to study a total of 160 children and adolescents, 80 with autism and 80 who are typically developed, from the ages of seven to 18.

She will use two neuroimaging techniques to make inferences about brain network connectivity: functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Fishman will examine the connectivity within and between two key social brain networks in both groups, exploring the relationship between age and brain organization.

"It will be interesting to see whether the atypical connections will have already been formed by age seven in children with autism, or whether they will continue to diverge from the typical pattern throughout late childhood and adolescence," Fishman said. "The results of this study will help us understand how brain networks are organized in typical and atypical development, which is instrumental for developing innovative treatments for autism, such as neurofeedback, aiming at reorganization of atypical brain connections."

The research includes an alliance with the Center for Autism Research, Evaluation and Service and University of California, San Diego.

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About San Diego State University

San Diego State University is the oldest and largest higher education institution in the San Diego region. Since it was founded in 1897, the university has grown to offer bachelor's degrees in 89 areas, master's degrees in 78 areas and doctorates in 21 areas (Ph.D., Ed.D., Au.D., and DPT). SDSU's approximately 31,000 students participate in an academic curriculum distinguished by direct contact with faculty and an increasing international emphasis that prepares them for a global future. For more information, visit www.sdsu.edu.

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Virginia Tech scientists discover record-breaking black hole energy blast

Public release date: 28-Nov-2012
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Powerful quasar outflow lives up to predictions

Virginia Tech physics researchers have discovered a quasar with the most energetic outflow ever, a finding that may answer questions about how the mass of a galaxy is linked to its central black hole mass and why there are so few large galaxies in the universe.

Researchers studied the quasar known as SDSS J1106+1939 in great detail using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Paranal, Chile the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory, and found the most energetic quasar outflow ever discovered.

The rate that energy is carried away by the huge mass of material ejected is equivalent to two trillion times the power output of the sun.

"This is about 100 times higher than the total power output of the Milky Way galaxy it's a real monster outflow," said Nahum Arav, an associate professor of physics in College of Science and leader of the research team, which includes Benoit Borguet, now a postdoctoral researcher now at the University of Liege, Belgium; Doug Edmonds and Carter Chamberlain, both graduate research assistants at Virginia Tech, and Chris Benn, a collaborator who works with the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes in Spain.

The findings were released today (Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012) by the European Southern Observatory.

Theorists have predicted energy flows of this magnitude, and simulations have suggested these outflows impact the galaxies around them, but it has all been speculation until now.

"For the last 15 years many theorists have said that if there were such powerful outflows it would help answer many questions on the formation of galaxies, on the behavior of black holes, and on the enrichment of the intergalactic medium with elements other than hydrogen and helium," Arav said. "This discovery means we can better explain the formation of galaxies. There are hundreds of people doing the theoretical side of the work. They hypothesize outflows in their simulations, and now we've found an outflow in the magnitude that has only been theorized in the past. Now they can refine their already impressive models and base them on empirical data."

Quasars are light phenomenon produced as material falls into a black hole producing a huge amount of energy. The bigger the black hole, the bigger the quasar. The Milky Way, according to Arav, is a big galaxy with a "smallish" black hole. The black hole at the heart of quasar SDSS J1106-1939 is massive, estimated to be a thousand times heavier than the black hole in the Milky Way.

And while black holes are noted for pulling material in, quasars accelerate some of the material and eject it at high speed. The larger the quasar, the more material it can take, the higher speed it can accelerate it, and the further it can eject the material.

"Quasars have been known for 40 years," Arav explained. "We were able to figure out how to measure the mass of mechanical energy the black hole is putting out by calculating the size of the outflow, how far away from the black hole it was, and how much mass it had per unit area."

The quasar's outflow is at least five times more powerful than the previous record holder, also discovered by Arav and his research group in 2009, and material from the outflow is inferred to be about a thousand light years away from the black hole at the heart of quasar SDSS J1106-1939.

Every year, according to the team's analysis, a mass of more than 400 times that of the sun is streaming away from the quasar at a speed of 8,000 kilometers per second.

"I've been looking for something like this for a decade," Arav said, "so it's thrilling to finally find one of the monster outflows that have been predicted."

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The European Southern Observatory contributed information to this report.

The study was supported from NASA STScI grants GO 11686 and GO 12022 as well as NSF grant AST 0837880.

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Contact: Rosaire Bushey
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Virginia Tech

Powerful quasar outflow lives up to predictions

Virginia Tech physics researchers have discovered a quasar with the most energetic outflow ever, a finding that may answer questions about how the mass of a galaxy is linked to its central black hole mass and why there are so few large galaxies in the universe.

Researchers studied the quasar known as SDSS J1106+1939 in great detail using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Paranal, Chile the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory, and found the most energetic quasar outflow ever discovered.

The rate that energy is carried away by the huge mass of material ejected is equivalent to two trillion times the power output of the sun.

"This is about 100 times higher than the total power output of the Milky Way galaxy it's a real monster outflow," said Nahum Arav, an associate professor of physics in College of Science and leader of the research team, which includes Benoit Borguet, now a postdoctoral researcher now at the University of Liege, Belgium; Doug Edmonds and Carter Chamberlain, both graduate research assistants at Virginia Tech, and Chris Benn, a collaborator who works with the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes in Spain.

The findings were released today (Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012) by the European Southern Observatory.

Theorists have predicted energy flows of this magnitude, and simulations have suggested these outflows impact the galaxies around them, but it has all been speculation until now.

"For the last 15 years many theorists have said that if there were such powerful outflows it would help answer many questions on the formation of galaxies, on the behavior of black holes, and on the enrichment of the intergalactic medium with elements other than hydrogen and helium," Arav said. "This discovery means we can better explain the formation of galaxies. There are hundreds of people doing the theoretical side of the work. They hypothesize outflows in their simulations, and now we've found an outflow in the magnitude that has only been theorized in the past. Now they can refine their already impressive models and base them on empirical data."

Quasars are light phenomenon produced as material falls into a black hole producing a huge amount of energy. The bigger the black hole, the bigger the quasar. The Milky Way, according to Arav, is a big galaxy with a "smallish" black hole. The black hole at the heart of quasar SDSS J1106-1939 is massive, estimated to be a thousand times heavier than the black hole in the Milky Way.

And while black holes are noted for pulling material in, quasars accelerate some of the material and eject it at high speed. The larger the quasar, the more material it can take, the higher speed it can accelerate it, and the further it can eject the material.

"Quasars have been known for 40 years," Arav explained. "We were able to figure out how to measure the mass of mechanical energy the black hole is putting out by calculating the size of the outflow, how far away from the black hole it was, and how much mass it had per unit area."

The quasar's outflow is at least five times more powerful than the previous record holder, also discovered by Arav and his research group in 2009, and material from the outflow is inferred to be about a thousand light years away from the black hole at the heart of quasar SDSS J1106-1939.

Every year, according to the team's analysis, a mass of more than 400 times that of the sun is streaming away from the quasar at a speed of 8,000 kilometers per second.

"I've been looking for something like this for a decade," Arav said, "so it's thrilling to finally find one of the monster outflows that have been predicted."

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The European Southern Observatory contributed information to this report.

The study was supported from NASA STScI grants GO 11686 and GO 12022 as well as NSF grant AST 0837880.

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Major quakes can trigger faraway events

Major earthquakes might set off incredibly slow earthquakes thousands of miles away, new research suggests.

These findings, detailed online Sept. 11 in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, shed light on how earthquake zones might communicate with each other over large distances, scientists added.

The cluster of devastating earthquakes that rocked the globe during the past decade from Japan to Sumatra to Haiti is one reason why scientists are investigating whether temblors in different parts of the world are linked to one another. Although research to date suggests that major quakes aren't likely to trigger other massive quakes around the globe, they can set off tremors worldwide.

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Now researchers find that large quakes might also trigger mysterious slow earthquakes thousands of miles away. One kind of slow earthquake known as a slow-slip event can last for weeks, shifting the Earth as much as an ordinary earthquake of magnitude of 7 would in mere moments.

The investigators focused on the magnitude 8.8 Maule earthquake that struck Chile in 2010. They found it generated surface waves that, within hours, set off tremors in the Guerrero region of southwestern Mexico 4,140 miles (6,660 kilometers) away. Data from GPS stations also revealed the earth there began moving southward at the same time tremors there began.

The tremors and movements of the GPS stations lasted for about six months after the 2010 Chile quake.

"Such an observation may indicate that the Maule earthquake triggered a slow-slip event in Guerrero," said researcher Dimitri Zigone, a seismologist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Near Guerrero lies a subduction zone, where a tectonic plate under the Pacific Ocean is diving under the continental North American plate. The seismic energy from Chile apparently increased the stress in the segment of the subduction zone near Guerrero, which may explain the resulting slow-slip event.

"The fact large quakes can have effects so far away could be important because it may change the recurrence time between earthquakes in a specific location," Zigone told OurAmazingPlanet. "Usually we assume that the seismic cycle ? the recurrence between earthquakes ? is regional, on a single fault system or at a plate boundary, for example. If these large-scale interactions exist, it may indicate that even at large distances, a mega-earthquake can modify the conditions in another region."

Follow OurAmazingPlanet for the latest in Earth science and exploration news on Twitter @OAPlanet. We're also on ?Facebook? and? Google+.

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Aunt Emily's Lip Smacking Strawberry Sauce - Tv Food and Drink

This is a recipe for my Aunt Emily?s Lip-Smacking Strawberry Sauce.? Aunt Emily is not exactly the warm, inviting face of home and hearth you might imagine on a jar of desset topping, but she is definitely worth a few minutes of your time.? She met my Uncle Raybon on a blind date at a mini-golf and pirate-themed adventure park just before the bicentennial.? They were married six weeks later, the second time for both.? The first piece of furniture they split fifty-fifty was a tiki bar with light up palm trees and wooden, half-pineapple ashtrays.? It was the focal point of their sunken den, and the home base for all their football parties.? Raybon would mix the drinks and Emily would sit on one of the stools, sipping and barking out raunchy jokes with set-ups always involving someone who farted at the worst possible time.

While she was married, Emily worked as a cocktail waitress in a hotel bar.? Her bouffant Brenda Vaccaro hair was almost exactly as wide and exactly as red as the short, ruffled skirt that was her uniform.? In between the hair and the skirt was a crowd of hilly cleavage and a deep, weary tan. Emily liked to twirl in her waitress skirt before she left the house and say, ?It?s the preferred look for today?s cocktail gal? Mexican square dancer with super titties.?? Then she would run her fingers in circles around her blouse where her nipples were underneath and stick her tongue out sideways like a rock star, while my mother shouted out her name with reproach and the rest of us fell on the floor.

I remember that Emily was always more socially fearless when she had a cigarette going.? When she wasn?t smoking, her hands weren?t sure what to do with themselves, and the attention they required took away her ability to focus on anything.? With a Pall Mall and a martini, she could re-tell a story exactly the way Robert Klein had told it on tv.? Without them, she was a downright kook, though that never stopped her from contributing.? Once, she was recruited by my parents to audition as part of a team for Family Feud. When the mock-host challenged them with, ?Name something you bake in the oven.? my dad said, ?Pies.? My mom said, ?Cakes.?? Aunt Emily wrung her hands and frantically spat out, ?Tennis shoes!?? Next, they were asked: ?Name something you dig out of the ground.?? Dad went with potatoes.? Mom came up with onions.? My Aunt Emily said, ?People!?? They were not asked to stay and meet the Executive Producer.

She divorced my Uncle Raybon in the middle of the 1980s because she said he loved beer cans more than he loved her can.? She moved with the children that weren?t his to Philadelphia where she got a job helping to re-write a company?s old greeting cards so they?d rhyme and could be re-issued. Eventually, she talked her way into a writer job with a product branding firm and re-located to Norfolk.? Now in her sixties, she still lives there today.? After my twin brother Dax sent her a link to TvFoodAndDrink.com, she e-mailed me her recipe for this strawberry sauce, which she swears was invented by her great grandmother whose real name was Lucille, but that everyone called ?Lippy.?? The e-mail reads:

?Tell people I?ve watched young men fall to their knees after tasting this sauce, but that may have something to do with what they were eating it off of at the time?ha!? But seriously Gar, you know any men out in Hollywood with long, overgrown curly hair?? I mean real tumbleweeds!? Tell them I?m coming to visit you and I want to play desert island games with them? ha HA ha! Mai Tais on Emily!?

Despite her countless inappropriate body gestures and endless drunken nights ending in, ?I?m fine!? I?m fine!? Aunt Emily has actually done darn well for herself in the professional world.? If you?ve ever been to the grocery store and passed bottles of Sloppy Uncle Pete?s Rootin? Tootin? Barbecue Baster or picked up some Sane Granny Margaret?s Soup in a Bag with the cartoon old lady winking as she stirs up chowder in a burlap sack, you?ve seen the work of my Aunt Emily.? She says that adding the name of a fictitious cherished family member to a product, then adding an oddball back story about them adds an immeasurable ?comfort value? that just about everyone will embrace.? That makes sense to me, even though it?s coming from a member of my family who?s never been very interested in sensible behavior. I haven?t actually laid eyes on the woman in over twenty years.? I can?t imagine what she might look like now.? In my head it?s still the wide ruffled skirt, the big hair, the youthful cleavage and the just-slightly twisted brain that wrote this on my eighth grade graduation card: ?Whenever you don?t have anything to say, just go ahead and make a pile of shit up! ?Love, Aunt Emily.?

Aunt Emily?s Lip Smacking Strawberry Sauce

• 1 quart strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

In a small pot over medium heat, combine the strawberries, sugar, water, lemon zest, lemon juice and cornstarch. Bring to a simmer and whisk gently until mixture thickens slightly. ?Allow to cool slightly, then serve over ice cream

Source: http://tvfoodanddrink.com/2012/11/homemade-strawberry-sauce/

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THE LONG RUN ? Replacing addiction with a healthy obsession ...

In his memoir, ?The Long Run,? Mishka Shubaly chronicles his journey from ?irreverent young drunk? to ultra-runner. The author sobered up by running five miles at a time, then 10, then 50.

It was Shubaly?s editor who first suggested he write about his road to recovery.

?I told him point-blank, ?No one wants to hear me cry about how I f***ed up my own life,? ? Shubaly said. ?And I was totally wrong.?

When ?The Long Run? was published on Amazon?s Kindle Singles list in 2011, it hit No. 1, bumping Stephen King out of the top spot.

The book?s popularity may have been a surprise to Shubaly, but experts know he?s not alone in using exercise to overcome addiction. Groups have been popping up around the country to help people stay sober by staying active.

?It?s a great way to introduce people into something that then later becomes ? sort of their coping mechanism, as opposed to picking up a drink or a drug,? said Scott Strode, one of this year?s top 10 CNN Heroes. Strode?s nonprofit, Phoenix Multisport, provides free athletic activities and a sober support community to thousands of people in Colorado.

In 2008, the National Institute on Drug Abuse pledged $4 million to research the effect of physical activity on drug use. Preclinical research has provided evidence that exercise can help treat ? and even possibly prevent ? addiction, and now human trials are taking place.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, abuse of illicit drugs and alcohol contributes to the death of more than 100,000 Americans every year. While intervention and treatment programs have improved, relapse rates range from 60% to 90% in the first year of sobriety, the institute said.

?Habits play an important role in our health,? the institute?s director, Dr. Nora Volkow, said in a National Institute of Health newsletter. ?Understanding the biology of how we develop routines that may be harmful to us, and how to break those routines and embrace new ones, could help us change our lifestyles and adopt healthier behaviors.?

Psychology professor Mark Smith researches the effects of exercise on addiction in laboratory rats. One of his first preclinical studies on the subject showed lab rats that had access to an exercise wheel in their cage were much less likely to self-administer cocaine than their sedentary counterparts.

He and his colleagues have also completed several follow-up studies, duplicating the results with male and female rats; with low, medium and high doses; with heroin; and with different models of substance binges and relapses.

?I was amazed at how consistent the effects of exercise were,? Smith said.

Other researchers have published animal studies with similar results. For example, a 2009 study in Pathophysiology Journal showed treadmill exercise reduced morphine use in male rats. And in 2011, a study in the journal Current Neuropharmacology demonstrated animals? preference for saline over amphetamines when they exercised.

?These results lead us to conclude that a previous practice of regular physical activity may help in preventing amphetamine addiction,? the study?s authors wrote.

While evidence mounts that exercise may help prevent and treat addiction, scientists are trying to figure out why.

To get clean, addicts often give up their past social lives, including any friends who use. During their recovery, they have a lot of free time and not a lot of support.

Understanding the biology of how we develop routines that may be harmful to us ? could help us change our lifestyles. Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Exercise and sporting groups could help fill that void, said Richard Brown, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University and director of addictions research at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

When Brown and his colleagues started their human study on exercise and alcohol abuse, they theorized that physical activity would reduce the depressive symptoms alcoholics often suffer from, thereby reducing the risk of a relapse.

They asked one group of study participants to work out once a week with the rest of the group and to work out on their own another two to three days. At the end of a three-month follow-up, the researchers found the exercise group had fewer drinking days and fewer heavy-drinking days than a group that didn?t exercise as regularly.

What the researchers didn?t expect was feedback from participants who said they enjoyed the structure that regular exercise provided to their lives.

?They liked the fact that they were getting healthy and doing something for themselves,? Brown said.

Exercise provides a ?high? that could be important for addicts trying to combat cravings, experts say. In addition to decreasing anxiety and stress, physical activity helps increase levels of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine, a chemical that?s associated with feelings of pleasure, is often diminished over time by substance abuse.

Some researchers have hypothesized that addicts are simply replacing one addiction with another. Smith?s response? Fantastic.

?One of those addictions leads to basically a devastation throughout all aspects of your life and probably premature death,? he said. ?The other addiction leads to improved cardiovascular health, better self-esteem, better self-efficacy and maybe some joint problems when you get older. It?s an apples-and-chain saws comparison.?

Brown has more theories on why exercise may help addicts stay clean. In unrelated studies, exercise has been shown to regulate sleep, a common problem for addicts early in recovery. It can even improve cognitive function, something that?s often impaired by chronic substance abuse.

?These are just hypothetical,? Brown said. ?They need to be tested.?

While scientists search for more answers, Shubaly said he is content knowing that running works to keep him sober, day in and day out.

?For me, exercise is the opposite of alcohol,? he said. ?Alcohol is the easiest, fastest and most effective way of saying: ?I don?t care. I don?t care about the good things in life or life at all.?

?Exercise, especially for someone who has been a sedentary alcoholic for a long time, is brutally difficult. And, as such, it?s a very meaningful way of saying: ?OK, I actually do care now. I care a lot. I care enough about my life that I am willing to endure this torture to get better.?

?Doing the hard work of exercising totally reversed my worldview. I went from a life that was headed toward one thing to a life of nearly infinite potential.?

Source: http://www.pokerheadrush.com/2012/11/26/the-long-run-replacing-addiction-with-a-healthy-obsession-jacque-wilson/

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Bonds, Clemens, Sosa set to show up on Hall ballot

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2007, file photo, San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds, right, hits his 761st career home run, a solo effort, off Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Chris Capuano in the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco. Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are set to show up on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, and fans will soon find out whether drug allegations block the former stars from reaching baseball's shrine. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2007, file photo, San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds, right, hits his 761st career home run, a solo effort, off Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Chris Capuano in the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco. Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are set to show up on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, and fans will soon find out whether drug allegations block the former stars from reaching baseball's shrine. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

FILE - In this July 23, 2007, file photo, New York Yankees starting pitcher Roger Clemens throws against Kansas City Royals' David DeJesus in the first inning of a baseball game in Kansas City, Mo. Clemens, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa are set to show up on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, and fans will soon find out whether drug allegations block the former stars from reaching baseball's shrine. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

FILE - In this June 20, 2007, file photo, Texas Rangers' Sammy Sosa acknowledges cheers from fans after hitting his 600th career home run against the Chicago Cubs in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas. Sosa, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are set to show up on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, and fans will soon find out whether drug allegations block the former stars from reaching baseball's shrine. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp, File)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are set to show up on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, and fans will soon find out whether drug allegations block the former stars from reaching baseball's shrine.

The 2013 ballot will be announced Wednesday.

Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza and Curt Schilling are certain to be among the other first-time eligibles. Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines are the top holdover candidates.

Longtime members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America will vote through next month. The much-awaited results will be announced Jan. 9, with players needing to be listed on 75 percent of the ballots to gain induction.

The upcoming election is certain to fuel the most polarizing Hall debate since career hits leader Pete Rose's betting problems put him on baseball's permanently ineligible list, barring him from the BBWAA ballot.

Bonds, Clemens and Sosa each posted some of the biggest numbers in the game's history, but all were tainted by accusations that they used performance-enhancing drugs.

Bonds is baseball's all-time home runs leader with 762 and won a record seven MVP awards. Clemens ranks ninth in career wins with 354 and took home a record seven Cy Young Awards. Sosa is eighth on the home run chart with 609.

Fans, players and Hall of Fame members have all chimed in about whether stars who supposedly juiced up during the Steroids Era should make it to Cooperstown.

Many of those opposed say drug cheats should never be afforded baseball's highest individual honors. Others on the opposite side claim the use of performance-enhancing drugs was pervasive in the 1980s and 1990s, and shouldn't disqualify candidates.

If recent voting for the Hall is any indication, the odds are solidly stacked against Bonds, Clemens and Sosa.

Mark McGwire is 10th on the career home run list with 583, but has never received even 24 percent in his six tries. Big Mac has admitted using steroids and human growth hormone.

Rafael Palmeiro is among only four players with 500 homers and 3,000 hits, yet has gotten a high of 12.6 percent in his two years on the ballot. Palmeiro drew a 10-day suspension in 2005 after a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, and said the result was due to a vitamin vial given to him by teammate Miguel Tejada.

Associated Press

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The unappreciated Jay Cutler

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If you don?t like Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, you?re not alone. A poll of fans conducted last season found that Cutler was one of the Top 5 most disliked players in the NFL.

And if you?re looking for reasons not to like Cutler, you saw one when the Bears beat the Vikings on Sunday: Cutler committed one of the dumber penalties of the day when he ran out of bounds and then threw the ball at Vikings cornerback A.J. Jefferson. Throwing the ball at an opponent is an automatic 15-yard penalty, as every NFL player should know. Yes, Cutler can be an idiot sometimes.

But if you don?t think Cutler is a good quarterback, well, you?re wrong. Cutler?s abilities were on display in Sunday?s 28-10 win over the Vikings, but they were even more on display in the way the Bears completely fell apart without him a week ago against the 49ers. And Cutler?s importance to the Bears is on display in every game he misses: In the last three years, in games Cutler both started and finished, the Bears are 26-9. In games Cutler either missed entirely or was knocked out because of an injury in the first half, the Bears are 1-8.

No, Cutler doesn?t put up the kinds of numbers that the NFL?s elite quarterbacks produce, but Cutler doesn?t have anywhere near the kind of offensive talent surrounding him that the NFL?s elite quarterbacks have. The Bears have had one of the NFL?s worst offensive lines for Cutler?s entire tenure in Chicago, and they only got a high-level wide receiver for the first time this year, when they traded for Brandon Marshall.

I believe it?s that Chicago offensive line and that Chicago receiving corps ? as well as, yes, acting like a jerk at times by doing things like throwing a ball at an opponent ? that has made Cutler one of the most underappreciated players in the NFL. This is a good quarterback, playing on a team that appears headed toward the playoffs, in the NFL?s second-biggest media market, and he should get more credit than he does.

Cutler has a great opportunity, however, to change the way he?s regarded over the next couple of months. With the Bears right in the thick of the NFC playoff race, Cutler has the chance to do what he didn?t do when a knee injury knocked him out of the NFC Championship Game a couple years ago, and play the best football of his career on the biggest stage. I think Cutler is going to open some eyes in December and January. And maybe by February, he won?t be unappreciated anymore.

Here are my other thoughts on Sunday?s games:

Robert Ayers was the toughest player in the league on Sunday. Ayers, a backup defensive end for the Broncos, found out late on Saturday night that his father had died suddenly. But instead of heading home right away, he decided to stay in Kansas City to be there for his team against the Chiefs. Ayers played and played well in a 17-9 win in which the Broncos? defense shut down the Chiefs? offense, then was awarded a game ball in the locker room afterward and headed home to tend to his family.

Jared Allen got away with a brutal cheap shot. While his teammate Antoine Winfield was returning an interception, Allen launched himself directly into the head of Bears offensive lineman Lance Louis, delivering a hit that knocked Louis out of the game. Allen said after the game that he thought the hit was legal, but he?s wrong. That?s a blatant penalty that the officials somehow missed, but the league office won?t. Allen is in for a big fine.

The Chiefs got too cute. Kansas City?s opening drive against Denver was running smoothly, with an emphasis on running: Out of the Chiefs? first nine offensive plays, eight of them were runs, and those eight runs produced 48 yards. So what on earth were the Chiefs thinking with the play they called on third-and-3 in the red zone? Instead of running it again, the Chiefs called a bizarre trick play on which running back Peyton Hillis took the snap, ran to his right, then turned around and threw it to quarterback Brady Quinn. Hillis?s pass showed that there?s a reason he?s not a quarterback: He threw an ugly duck that didn?t even get close, falling to the ground a few feet in front of Quinn. That was a dumb play call that stopped a promising drive.

Something has to be done about the officials, Part 1. Everyone saw the horrendous call on Thanksgiving in which the officials somehow ruled that Texans running back Justin Forsett had run 81 yards for a touchdown, even though he was obviously down after just eight yards. But on Sunday not as many people noticed that the opposite mistake was made in the 49ers-Saints game: San Francisco receiver Michael Crabtree caught a pass, got hit, put his hand down to steady himself and kept running, about to break a big play ? except that the officials whistled the play dead, wrongly thinking Crabtree had been down. If we can?t count on the officials to get it right on a call as fundamental as whether or not a player was down, what can we count on them to get right?

Something has to be done about the officials, Part 2. Remember during the lockout, how everyone complained that the replacement refs were dragging out the games by taking way too long to make their rulings? No delays from the replacement refs were as bad as the ridiculous delay late in Sunday?s Ravens-Chargers game. After Ray Rice made an amazing play to turn a short pass into a first down on fourth-and-29, the officials delayed the game by a whopping 10 minutes to watch a replay and re-measure the spot of the ball, only to discover that it had been correctly ruled a first down on the field all along. A 10-minute delay late in the fourth quarter of a close game takes all the energy out of the building. Make the call and move on, refs.

Anyone want to help Charlie Batch out? With Batch, the Steelers? 38-year-old third-string quarterback, pressed into duty on Sunday, the Steelers needed to get big games from their running backs. Instead, Pittsburgh?s four running backs ? Rashard Mendenhall, Jonathan Dwyer, Isaac Redman and Chris Rainey ? combined for just 49 yards on 20 carries, while fumbling six times. Mendenhall and Rainey had two fumbles apiece, while Dwyer and Redman each had one. The Steelers? eight turnovers were the most for any NFL team in one game since 2001, and the Steelers were upset by the Browns.

Jim Harbaugh made the right decision. Colin Kaepernick is a better quarterback than Alex Smith, and if anyone doubted it before, no one should doubt it after Kaepernick led the 49ers to a big win at New Orleans on Sunday. Harbaugh was wise to bench Smith in favor of Kaepernick, who is now 2-0 as a starter with wins over the Bears (playing without Cutler) and Saints. With Kaepernick under center, the 49ers are going to be a tough team to beat in January. Although if they meet again in the playoffs, I like the Bears? chances with a healthy Cutler.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/26/nfl-morning-after-the-unappreciated-jay-cutler/related/

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The Value Of Brick And Stone Masonry | Barocks Home ...

Did you know that every architectural choice you make affects the your home?s resale value? You may not be thinking of selling now, but the decisions you make today in masonry will weigh heavily when you are ready to sell. A wise homeowner makes careful choices.

The first thing you need to do is research. Choose a knowledgeable realtor and ask him or her what?s hot in your area. Great economical choices are both brick and stone masonry for the exterior of your home. For a long stretch of time throughout American history, people have loved the durability they provide.

Plus, they denote clear signs of quality to any potential buyers. Siding and stucco are also good choices, but they don?t have the attraction value these two dynamos have. As soon as a potential buyer drives into your driveway, they?ll be checking out the curb appeal.

Not only will you be able to pass along the value of the home to the next homeowner, but they can pass it along too. Sound building materials like these just can?t be beaten.

If you?re planning to buy a home made of brick or stone masonry, always take great care with the home inspection. Check to see if any cracks have arisen within the mortar. These may be the result of the house settling or some other wall stress.

Also, check the weep holes system. These holes drain excess moisture directly behind the walls. Make sure they?re not filled with debris. Check the ground level areas where these holes could possibly be allowing moisture in during heavy rains. All in all, these two materials are mostly maintenance free and long lasting, while adding value to your home.

When you visit the brick and stone masonry company, you?ll be pleasantly surprised at how many choices of color and style there are. Many stores have faux walls, which help give you a better idea of how the exterior will look when finished.

But one of the best ways to decide is to drive around a few neighborhoods and check out the styles and colors for yourself. You?ll soon be able to easily determine which option you want to enhance the exterior of your home.

Cost is always a consideration as well. Today, there are numerous companies who install these materials so do your homework, ask around and you?ll soon find one who has the competitive pricing you need.

And, there aren?t many problems associated with brick and stone. The protection they add to a home creates a fortress-like atmosphere. Remember the story of the Three Little Pigs? When the wolf huffed and puffed he could not blow down the house made of brick.

Brick and stone masonry exteriors have both proven successful surfaces over time. Just look at the oldest homes in America, and you will see the ones created from these two products have stood the test of time. After all, it?s a large investment you?re protecting ? your home and your family.

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Source: http://www.barocks.com/the-value-of-brick-and-stone-masonry

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Proven Tips And Advice For Effective Internet Marketing

If you do your research and act wisely, you will find that profitable Internet marketing is possible. There are so many ways to launch a company on the Internet, they all take time to do. There are only 24 hours in a day, so wasting time will only hurt your profit margins. Continue reading to gain tips on managing your time while marketing your business.

The creative use of headlines can go a long way in getting your site noticed by the search engines. These should be catchy and showcase something that you are offering for sale on your own site. Graphics can also go a long way. Graphics are sometimes more professional looking than headlines.

You should learn to utilize HTML tags. Your important content is indicated by these tags and will be displayed in bold. Search engine spiders will evaluate your website based on what these tags emphasize. Be sure to highlight your critical keywords.

Make sure your purchasing software uses strong encryption. You should offer a secure payment method like Paypal so users will feel comfortable making transactions. Make sure that all of your customer?s personal and payment information is sent to your server in a secure, encrypted form.

A lot of readers will approach any claims you make with a healthy grain of salt. That?s a result of many years of people being exposed to misleading advertising. As a consequence, you must provide proof for what you state on your site. You might include reviews, testimonials, before-and-after photos and test reports, for instance. Don?t make any claims that you can?t back up. You want to remember that your customers are people and that they want to deal with someone they can trust. Don?t ever try and pull a fast one. It is vital to gain a good reputation so that your customers will keep coming back.

Subscribers will be your main source of increased profit. You can help to assess your site by beta testing two different versions with two different groups of subscribers. Then, you will be able to infer which version helped get the most subscribers.

Gaining and keeping the trust of your customers is critical. Do not provide advertising content that cannot be supported by evidence. Making false claims is the quickest way to scare your customers away. Only supply your customers with the most honest claims. You will want to be able to verify them if need be.

You should include a section on your site for customer contacts. Most visitors will enjoy reading what other people have gathered from their experience with your product. This produces a sense of comfort for your customer, and ordering your product is more likely.

Avoid spending too much money on advertising. Not all forms of marketing online require an investment. If you are interested in investing, ensure you get the most out of it, banners are a way to do this.

You do not have to spend all of your time with Internet marketing. If you want to be successful, you should use your time to the best of your ability.

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10 TIPS FOR A GREAT WEB DESIGN - Work On the Internet

Let us put it this way, there are people who are born with natural talents but without proper guidance and usage that particular talent may just simply go to waste.? A skill is something that we can learn and hone over time and through constant training we may be able to master it.? Learning a skill can be acquired through studying, research, experimenting, and gathering information from people who are adept to it for example, in web designing.? Below are ten simple tips which can give you a head start in bringing out the Picasso and the Michelangelo in you.

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1. Free yourself: A free mind and spirit is essential for creativity.? By freeing yourself, you can follow what you want, your desires, your dreams and it allows you to be independent.? That?s why we make sure that our designers have enough creative freedom for them to deliver the highest quality of Riyadh web design possible.

2. Educate yourself: Look as many things as you can.? Be open-minded.? Travel a lot.? Expand your horizon by experiencing things that are new to you.? This way, you improve your work.? Smart Touch Web Design Company in Riyadh has regional branches in Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt and other areas in the Gulf region.? Periodically, we exchange ideas about the latest techniques and trends available and encountered making it possible for us to be flexible in all of our web design services.

3. Experiment and challenge yourself: Mistakes make things better.? It is only by trying again and again will you find out if your ideas work or not.? Try different approaches, use dummies, create different versions, and test your ideas on different things.? Probably you may end up with something nice and unexpected.? We try to go out of the box from time to time.? We would love to offer unique Riyadh web design approaches for your web design requirements.

4. Be original: It is hard to be all authentic with all of the influences that surround us every day.? Just be yourself.? As one of the top web design companies in Riyadh, we take our company?s integrity very seriously.? Being influenced is normal but it is only by merging these influences with your own style will you be able to make something new.

5. Write down your ideas: This will help you remember your great ideas and many times it will help you create new ones.? Writing down notes is like organizing your thoughts so you won?t have to end up running around in circles.? Before we take on any Riyadh web design job, we make sure to jot down every single information and idea from the client and our designers.

6. Love what you do: Don?t let the fire in your heart burn out.? Trust your work and always find ways to keep the passion burning.

7. Be more than a designer: Expand your horizons.? Inspirations, usually the best ones, come not only from web design but from other fields as well.

8. Love your critics: It is fine to hear people praising and liking your work but the real learning comes from those who make a valid and constructive criticism.? That is why we are encouraging our clients to send us their suggestions and reactions before and after each web design jobs so that we will be able to assess ourselves hence, improving our level of service.

9. Exercise: Do not over expose yourself to the computer.? Stand up and do some stretching or do something good for your body like going to the gym.

10. Communicate: Keep connected.? Ask questions.? Do not be afraid to ask for help and try something else.

Dr. Luz del Carmen A. Vilchis Esquivel says in the article Understanding Design from a Design Perspective, ?Each of the designer?s requirements is manifested as a skill ? a natural ability that enables him to realize a creative behavior ? but this generic attitude is formed and learned across time, the designer acquires knowledge, methods, technical skills and is particularized to constitute the dominion of what really matters here:? graphic design.?

To all of the aspiring web design artists out there:? these are just some of the other hundreds of tips that you will get elsewhere but remember that their success or failure will always still be in your hands

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Dancing With the Stars Finals: Which All-Star Should Win?

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Activist groups boycott Cyber Monday

In preparation for Cyber Monday, the Day of Virtual Shopping that takes place on the first Monday after Thanksgiving, online retailers are pulling out all the stops. Free shipping deals! Exclusive online promotions! A set of Ginsu knives with every purchase! (OK, maybe no knives, but you get the idea).

Clearly, this year's Cyber Monday - a term coined in 2005 by Shop.org, the online arm of the National Retail Federation - is shaping up to be a big one. According to comScore, which measures digital commerce, consumers spent some $1.25 billion in 2011, up 22 percent from 2010. And this year should show similar growth.

Not everyone is happy with the online consumption. Some organizations and companies have asked shoppers to take a deep breath before pulling out their credit cards - or, more pointedly, to boycott Cyber Monday altogether.

On Nov. 8, Jobs with Justice and American Rights at Work, a labor rights advocacy and campaign organization, launched an anti-Cyber Monday campaign. Its goal is to get consumers to sign a pledge not to shop on Cyber Monday because of "dangerous, sweatshop-like working conditions facing U.S. warehouse workers who fulfill online orders for retailers like Wal-Mart and Amazon," Sarita Gupta, executive director of Jobs with Justice and American Rights at Work, said in a statement to ABC News. On its website, the group cites workplace injustices including the "backbreaking pace of work," "extreme temperature," and "expendable employment," among other issues.

The group says it was inspired by recent strikes by Wal-Mart employees and warehouse workers. In mid-September, workers in Southern California went on a 15-day strike that included a six-day, 50-mile pilgrimage for safe jobs. Around the same time, hundreds of people marched in Dallas and San Diego, demanding better work conditions.

On Wednesday, workers at a Wal-Mart-contracted warehouse in Mira Loma, California went on strike to demand better conditions at their facility, according to Warehouse Workers United, a union-backed group that represents workers. The workers are employed by NFI, a logistics company, and Warestaff, a temporary labor agency-not Wal-Mart. But all of the merchandise that flows through the facility is headed for Wal-Mart stores.

Chris Allen, 39, a striking worker, told ABC News, "The conditions inside the warehouse are really unsafe. We don't have good equipment to perform our job. We need new dock ramps, new carts, new scan guns. People are still getting hurt out there."

Kathleen Hessert, a spokeswoman for NFI, said that the allegations against its warehouses are "totally false," and that the company "unequivocally maintains a safe workplace where people are treated with respect and dignity and it holds the staffing agencies to those same standards."

Kory Lundberg, a Wal-Mart spokesperson, said that the boycott "is just another exaggerated publicity campaign aimed at generating headlines to mislead our customers and associates."

But Wal-Mart is not the only target.

Two years ago, PETA staged a Cyber Monday protest against DKNY's "pelt-pimping" Facebook page. This year's target is the fashion store Bebe, said PETA spokesperson Danielle Katz. She said PETA is encouraging consumers to complain to Bebe's customer service line and tweet anti-Bebe messages.

Last year, Patagonia, the sportswear company, asked customers not to purchase the 60 percent recycled polyester R Jacket, one of its best-selling items, because making it "required 135 liters of water, enough to meet the daily needs (three glasses a day) of 45 people." On its website, the company noted that transporting the jacket to its Reno warehouse generated nearly "20 pounds of carbon dioxide, 24 times the weight of the finished product, and that the jacket left behind two-thirds its weight in waste.

"Because Patagonia wants to be in business for a good long time - and leave a world inhabitable for our kids - we want to do the opposite of every other business today," it wrote. "We ask you to buy less and to reflect before you spend a dime on this jacket or anything else."

(Of course, this begs the question: If Patagonia is so worried about the environment, why offer the jacket in the first place?)

This year, the website's homepage will feature the message "Don't Buy What You Don't Need," Patagonia spokesperson Jen Rapp told ABC News.

Representatives for DKNY and Bebe did not respond to calls from ABC News.

Kathleen Grannis, a spokesperson for the National Retail Federation, told ABC News that "retailers monitor working conditions both in stores and in their warehouses very closely, abide by the law and take employee relations very seriously. Not just during the holidays, but every day."

But Gupta said she was unimpressed. "Our goal is to get this message to the retailers: that consumers care more about the workers in these warehouses than just getting a good deal."

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Dee-Jays makes donation to cancer center

Dee-Jays BBQ Ribs and Grille in Weirton on Thursday, presented representatives of the Tony Teramana Cancer Center with a contribution of $3,500 following its annual ?Power of Pink? fundraiser in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Among those taking part in the presentation were, from left, front, Jacqui DeFranco and Donna Brown from Dee-Jay?s; Susan Miller, director of the Teramana Cancer Center; and Lynn Barbe, oncology patient advocate. In back are Dewey Guida and Michael Guida. -- Craig Howell

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Five Chinese children found dead in dumpster

Macau News.Net Sunday 18th November, 2012

The bodies of the five boys, all aged around 10, were found by a trash collector in a dumpster along Huandong road in Bijie city Friday morning, Xinhua reported Sunday.

According to the Beijing News, the police suspected the boys may have died as they tried to sleep in the dumpster to survive the cold night.

Bijie is a mountainous city located in northwest Guizhou, 200 km from the provincial capital of Guiyang. It drizzled Friday night and the low temperature hit six degrees Celsius, according to the local weather report.

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