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  • WASHINGTON–Shots of the Indianapolis skyline scheduled to air during the 2010 Final Four will be extremely depressing and will momentarily infuse viewers with a sense of overwhelming bleakness, the U.S. populace reported this week. "I bet they'll show night shots of the skyline, too. Which will look just as dead, because who wants to be caught in Indianapolis at night when everything is closed and there's nothing to do? I hope they just show the New York City skyline and cut to the game." At a press conference Thursday, Indianapolis mayor Greg Ballard seemed to be on the verge of defending his city, but ultimately sighed and agreed with the rest of the country.
  • IxEdit is a JavaScript-based interaction design tool for the web. With IxEdit, designers can practice DOM-scripting without coding to change, add, move, or transform elements dynamically on your web pages. Especially, IxEdit must be useful to try various interactions rapidly in the prototyping phase of your web application.
  • Very nice tables of what HTML5 & CSS3 properties & selectors are supported across various browsers currently.
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Lemon Capellini

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Weight Watchers

  • 6 ounces capellini or angel-hair pasta
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 1 – 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • Freshly ground pepper to taste

1. Cook the capellini according to package directions omitting the salt, if desired; drain.
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring
frequently, until softened, 2 – 3 minutes. Add the capellini, parsley, lemon juice, and salt; toss to coat. Serve, sprinkled with pepper.
Makes 4 servings
Wwight Watchers Points – 4
Recipe adapted from Weight Watchers Stir it Up Cookbook

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Parmesan Tiapia

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  • 1 pound of tilapia
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 T. garlic powder
  • 1/2 c. grated parmesan cheese
  • cooking spray

Mix together the cheese and the garlic powder. Put the egg whites in another bowl. Spray a skillet with cooking spray and heat over med-high. Then take the tilapia and dip in egg whites and then the cheese mixture. Press to coat. Pan fry on first side until brown and then flip. Cook until flaky, about 5-6 minutes total.
Weight Watchers points – 4

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IE7 Fixes

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I figured out my IE 7 display issues finally. Sorry for the delay – normally I don’t let problems like that linger, but I was having trouble finding a free hour to troubleshoot. Thanks to Wil for helping me pinpoint the problems.

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Southwestern Pork Tenderloin

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Weight Watchers

  • 1 T. chili powder
  • 1 1/2 t. sugar
  • 1 t. pepper
  • 1 t. salt
  • 1/4 t. onion powder
  • 1/8 t. garlic powder
  • 1/8 t. ground cumin
  • 1/8 t. cayenne
  • 1 (1 1/4 pound) pork tenderloin trimmed
  • 1 t. canola oil

Make the rub by combining all the spices in a large ziplock bag. Add the pork and rub the spices on it while in the bag. Leave in the bag in the refrigerator for 1-24 hours.

On the Grill:
Place the pork on the grill preheated grill rack. Turn occasionally until center reads 160 degrees for medium. 18-22 minutes.

In the oven:
Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Place tenderloin in shallow pan and roast for 20-27 minutes, until internal temperature reads 145F.

Transfer the pork to a platter and cover loosely with foil. Let stand about 10 minutes. Cut into 12 slices.

Serving size – about 3 slices
208 calories
7 grams of fat
663 mg sodium
1 gram fiber
32 grams of protein

Weight Watchers Points value-5 From the Savoring Summer cookbook

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