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Monday, January 30, 2012
The World's Greatest Chefs Talk About their Favourite Kitchen Tools [Video]
Gingrich says space exploration in US tradition (The Arizona Republic)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Special election set for June 12 to fill Giffords' seat (Reuters)
PHOENIX (Reuters) ? Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday ordered a special general election to be held on June 12 to fill a congressional seat vacated by Tucson Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, who resigned to focus on recovering from a gunshot wound to the head.
The Republican governor also set an April 17 primary to choose the candidates who will vie to replace Giffords in what has proved to be a highly competitive district in southern Arizona.
Giffords left office on Wednesday, cutting short her third term representing Arizona's 8th congressional district as she continues to recover from a gunshot wound that left her with faltering speech and physical impairments.
She was shot at close range by a gunman who opened fire at a meet-and-greet for constituents outside a Tucson supermarket on January 8, 2011. Six people were killed and 12 others were wounded.
Giffords, in a resignation letter read aloud on the floor of the House of Representatives by close friend and fellow Democrat Deborah Wasserman-Schultz, said her district "deserves to elect a U.S. representative who can give 100 percent to the job."
Giffords won re-election by a slim 4,000 votes during the last election in 2010, brightening Republican hopes that the seat may again be within their gasp. Before Giffords, it was held by Republican Jim Kolbe for 22 years.
Republicans now hold a voter registration advantage of 6 percentage points over Democrats in the district.
District voters will go to the polls twice more this year, with the regular election primary scheduled for August 28 and the general election on November 6. The regular election will be held under redrawn congressional lines that all but make it a dead-even split between Republicans and Democrats.
Possible Republican candidates for Giffords' seat include state Senator Frank Antenori, who on Friday became the first to announce his bid in both elections, as well as Dave Sitton, a University of Arizona sports broadcaster, and Jesse Kelly, who lost to Giffords in 2010 and had strong Tea Party backing.
Among Democrats believed to be considering at run are Steve Farley, a state representative and assistant majority leader, state Senator Paula Aboud and state Representative Matt Heinz.
Also mentioned as a possible candidate has been Giffords' husband Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut. But Kelly quashed speculation that he might run for her seat during a video-conference call with Arizona reporters on Wednesday.
He also said there was a "pretty good chance" that Giffords would endorse a person to replace her, a move that political observers say promises to provide a big boost for any candidate.
The accused gunman in last year's shooting spree, Jared Loughner, 23, has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges stemming from the rampage, include first-degree murder and the attempted assassination of Giffords. He was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial last May.
(Reporting by David Schwartz; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Paul Thomasch and Cynthia Johnston)
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan (AP)
TOKYO ? A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued.
The temblor was some 20 kilometers (12 1/2 miles) deep and hit at 7:43 a.m. local time (2243 GMT Friday), the Japanese earthquake-reporting agency said.
Last year, a magnitude-9 quake on March 11 and subsequent tsunami about 140 miles (230 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing.
Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world.
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Romney responds to Gingrich immigration shot (AP)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? Notable moments from the GOP presidential debate Thursday night in Jacksonville, Fla., just days before the state's Jan. 31 primary:
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IMMIGRATION FIGHT
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney had their sharpest exchange when Gingrich said Romney was the most anti-immigrant candidate in the GOP field. Romney responded indignantly, reminding Gingrich that Romney's father, George, was born in Mexico.
"The idea that I'm anti-immigrant is repulsive," Romney fired at Gingrich. "Don't use a term like that. You can say we disagree on certain policies, but to say that enforcing the U.S. law to protect our borders, to welcome people here legally, to expand legal immigration, as I have proved, that that's somehow anti anti-immigrant is simply the kind of over-the-top rhetoric that has characterized American politics too long."
Romney also asked Gingrich for an apology for an ad Gingrich recently pulled from airwaves that attacked Romney on immigration policy. Gingrich didn't offer one.
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MOON SHOTS
Gingrich's proposal for a permanent American colony on the moon was mocked by Romney, who said Gingrich is developing a pattern of pandering to local voters.
"If I had a business executive come to me and say I want to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, I'd say, `You're fired,'" said Romney, a former businessman.
He then noted Gingrich's calls for a new interstate highway in South Carolina, a new VA hospital in northern New Hampshire, and widening the port of Jacksonville to accommodate the larger ships that will soon be able to transit the Panama Canal. Romney said promises like that were what had caused a massive budget deficit in the first place.
Gingrich defended himself saying he'd find plenty of things to cut and shouldn't be mocked for setting priorities.
"You don't just have to be cheap everywhere. You can actually have priorities to get things done," he said.
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MEDICAL RECORDS
The oldest candidate in the race, 76-year-old Rep. Ron Paul, said he'd be happy to share his medical records with the public if he were the nominee. Then he one-upped his fellow candidates by challenging them to a 25-mile bike ride.
He had no takers.
All of the candidates said they'd release their medical records for scrutiny. Paul, who would be the oldest president ever elected, said his records are short, about a page long.
Gingrich vouched for his competitor's fitness. "I'm confident that Dr. Paul is quite ready to serve if he's elected. Watching him campaign, he's in great shape," he said with a laugh.
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FIRST LADY CHATTER
Asked what their wives would bring to the position of first lady, the candidates were happy to gush about their better halves.
Paul, married for 54 years, says he's got an anniversary coming up next week. He also plugged his wife's work as an author ? of "The Ron Paul Cookbook."
Romney praised his wife for battling multiple sclerosis and breast cancer.
"She is a real champion and a fighter," he said.
Gingrich said he's met each of the candidates' wives and said they'd all be "terrific first ladies." He says his wife, Callista, would bring a tremendous artistic focus and would be a strong advocate for music and music education.
Rick Santorum says his wife is "my hero" because she gave up a successful career to help raise their seven children.
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MOM IN THE HOUSE
Santorum got a big applause line when he introduced his mom, 93-year-old Catherine Santorum. During the debate's introductions Santorum said he was glad to have his mother at the debate. And, it turns out, she can help turn out the vote for her son ? she is a north Florida resident. When she stood up to be recognized, the debate hall gave her loud applause.
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NO LOVE FOR TSA
Even before the debate started a rowdy, Paul-supporting crowd at the University of North Florida debate site shouted jeers toward the Transportation Security Administration. The anti-TSA chants came days after Paul's son, GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, was stopped by security at the Nashville airport when a scanner set off an alarm and Paul declined to allow a security officer to pat him down.
Police escorted Paul away, but allowed him to board a later flight.
Ron Paul has already used his son's experience to promote his "Plan to Restore America," which would cut $1 trillion of federal spending in a year and eliminate the TSA. He has said the incident reflects that the "police state in this country is growing out of control."
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Friday, January 27, 2012
PFT: Manning, Irsay: No 'hard feelings between us'
APNew Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano said at his introductory press conference this afternoon that he?s going to build the kind of team that becomes a hot ticket in Tampa Bay, playing winning football that will make the fans proud.
?We?ve got to re-connect with our fan base, and I can?t wait to do it because we have to earn your trust,? Schiano said. ?This Buccaneer football team will earn your trust. We?ll earn your trust on the football field. We?ll earn your trust in the community. Something that you can be proud of.?
When he got his first question, Schiano was asked how quickly he thinks he can turn around the fortunes of a team that ended the season on a 10-game losing streak, and he said he views it as his job to turn things around immediately.
?I don?t believe in doing anything except to be the best, so we?re going to try to be the best today, starting today,? Schiano said. ?How long that will take, I can?t tell you that, but we?re going to work to be the best we can be every single minute. And I?ve said this many times: When our best is the best, we?ll be Super Bowl champs.?
Schiano is a much more conventional choice than the first college coach the Bucs tried to hire, Oregon?s Chip Kelly, and he described his coaching philosophy as one he learned from his old boss, Joe Paterno.
?Great defense, win the special teams battle, and be a physical offensive football team that takes shots down the field,? Schiano said. ?Physical, run the football physically and take shots down the field. That formula works.?
Schiano said he didn?t take the job until he had time to study the team, its personnel, the ownership, the front office and the facilities, and he concluded that the Bucs have a young core of talented players who can win right away.
?I?m very impressed with the young group, that core group,? Schiano said.
Now Schiano?s job is to turn that core group into what Raheem Morris failed to make it last year: A winning team.
Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/colts-issue-joint-manning-irsay-statement/related/
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Skip the stove, use the microwave
For the specific tasks at which microwaves excel, they?re much more efficient than stove tops and ovens.
Let?s get this out of the way right off the bat. For the specific task microwaves excel at, they?re much more efficient than stove tops and ovens. The basic stats on energy use prove this to be the case.
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However, the savings are relatively small. Per comparable use (one hour in the oven versus fifteen minutes on the stovetop or in the microwave), you?re saving on the order of 1 to 1.5 kW by using the microwave ? a savings of about $0.20 per hour of stovetop use, in other words.
In truth, though, the savings are bigger than that. Let?s dig in a little deeper.
The one task that microwaves really excel at is bringing water to a boil. They can do this much faster than virtually anything else in your home (except for perhaps a magnetic induction stove top, which is an incredibly expensive investment).
I can bring a few cups of water to boil in our microwave in about two minutes. On our stovetop, it takes about eight to ten minutes to bring a similar amount to a boil. That?s a savings of six to eight minutes in the middle of meal preparation, which can make a quick meal really fast and a slower meal faster. It can get our family to the dinner table earlier and allows us to have more quality family time after supper. That?s a real value for us.
Simply put, for every cup boiled in the microwave, it takes me about four minutes less time to do it than on the stovetop. It also saves approximately $0.03 doing it that way.
This simple step is something that saves both time and money. Let?s say I?m going to boil some pasta on the stovetop. I get out a large microwave-safe bowl, fill it with a significant amount of water, and microwave it. The time to bring it to a boil or near-boil in the microwave is far lower than on the stovetop, so I?m actually boiling my pasta much faster by bringing the water to boil in the microwave. I?m also saving $0.05 or so by doing it this way.
The same idea is true in almost any recipe that requires a hot or boiling liquid. It?s far more efficient to simply get cold water out of a tap or cold liquid from the refrigerator and boil it in the microwave than to use the stove top or oven.
Typically, I don?t fully cook things in the microwave. Because they excel so well at one specific thing ? raising liquids to a boil ? they?re often poor at other things, such as properly cooking a dish of food.
Thus, my usual technique is to bring the liquid to a boil in the microwave, then just transfer it to whatever I?m cooking in on the stove top or the oven.
It?s a simple little thing, really. It?s never going to make you rich, but it does save a few cents. More importantly, it saves something else ? a bit of time. Simple changes that save both time and money are valuable ones.
This post is part of a yearlong series called ?365 Ways to Live Cheap (Revisited),? in which I?m revisiting the entries from my book ?365 Ways to Live Cheap,? which is available at Amazon and at bookstores everywhere.
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