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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Paying It Forward
11 comments:
- Shell in your Pocket said...
What a cute blog! I love your header picture...so sweet!
Happy Monday!
-Sandy Toes
- September 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM
- Lori said...
You deserve every one of these awards!! :)
- September 29, 2008 at 10:12 AM
- nest of posies said...
Thank you, thank you Sebi. You are too kind.
I am thrilled with my first award, and coming from you makes it extra special. Sharing our family photos & posts with each other has been a real joy for me. My heart smiles everytime I read a comment or post from you. Miss you bunches! xoxo
- September 29, 2008 at 3:59 PM
- Buzzings of a Queen Bee! said...
Oh my gosh, thank you so much for my sweet award! I am so excited!! :) I love your blog too and am so glad that I found it! Congratulations on your awards as well!
- September 29, 2008 at 9:42 PM
- paige said...
sweet sebi, thank you so much!
that just makes my day
i found your blog a couple of weeks ago & have truly enjoyed your entries and the peek into your joyful blessed life.
you are such an incredible mommy & and inspiration to everyone you touch.
so glad we met
- September 30, 2008 at 9:40 AM
- Heidi said...
You have such a beautiful family and inspirational blog. Thanks for posting!
- October 1, 2008 at 11:43 AM
- LovesPINKandPEARLS said...
i sent you a blog invite!
- October 2, 2008 at 9:05 AM
- Naturally Caffeinated Family said...
Wow, congrats!!
- October 2, 2008 at 9:08 AM
- 3 Peanuts said...
You are so sweet. How did you know that I could use a little pick me up? LOL! How are you adjusting to the new babe? He is so cute.
I will post about this soon.
- October 2, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- Lori said...
Hey girlfriend! Thanks for all the sweet comments today, I appreciate each and every one!!!
I hope you're doing better and getting some shut-eye?!
Have a great weekend! ((hug))
- October 3, 2008 at 4:08 PM
- Sandra said...
Hope all is going well for you with your new baby. Have a great day - and - I hope you are getting some sleep :)
- October 3, 2008 at 11:35 PM


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The 103rd Infantry and the rest of the 26th Division left the Neufchateau training area on February 5, 1918 and headed for the front in the Chemin des Dames sector of the Aisne line. After briefly billeting in Soissons, the American units moved into the trenches on February 9. This was intended to be a time of final "on the job" training for the New England troops while holding the sector along with the French. What would follow was the baptism of fire for Sam and his men. Following are notes from Sam's Pocket Diary:
"Feb 5/18 Borded train at 12 noon, train started at 12.45, arrived at Soisson 9 am Feb 6. Hiked to barracks at Crouy arrived at 2 pm. Left Crouy at 8 am 7/18 marched to Hill #60 arriving at 11.30 for mess and rest. Rested in dug out until 4 pm Feb 7 when the signal scouts and intelligencs entered the third line the rest of the company being Billeted in the town of Soysons until 6 pm Feb 9 when the different platoons moved in with their different Battalions. 1st Sgt. Clerk moved in at 10 pm Feb 10 with field desk, typewriter…"
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It's late and I'm feeling a bit fuzzy, so apologies in advance if anything is unclear. I'll try to keep this as an extremely simplified broad overview, and I'm being slightly lazy with terminology.
Go read about smart cards and USB tokens utilizing certificate/key structures. There are a lot of them, including both wholly proprietary systems and open ones. Some are very simple and meant for single user, some are intended for enterprise/government-class systems. The OpenSC project is one of the major open source efforts, and can be integrated with OpenSSL and used by various applications, including Firefox. It's not very newbie friendly I'm afraid, but at least it has some terms that can get you started in searches. I'll try to find some better resources as well (it's been a long time since I first started playing with this stuff), but you shouldn't have any trouble finding information via search engine.
What that kind of token does is offer secure hardware storage of various keys/certificates (or potentially other arbitrary data). The token itself is secured via a PIN, which must be entered by the user. A couple of modes of operation are typically possible depending on the hardware. One is that a key file is stored on the token, and after authorization a program can request the file and then use it directly. The other (better) way is to use the token's onboard hardware crypto. The token can perform operations using stored private keys, and the private keys cannot leave the token at all. The data rate will be limited by the interface and the capabilities of the chip.
Naturally it's possible to use such tokens as part of a larger PKI system or WoT if additional authentication is desired, but that's not necessary for something like 1Password. It'd be enough that the data was secured with a full key that was not kept anywhere on the client system (or any other system for that matter). So the user must both possess the token (something you have) and the PIN (something you know).


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Sticky ginger lemon drizzle cake
Nutrition and extra info
- Freeze un-iced sponge only
Nutrition: per slice
- kcal541
- fat27g
- saturates16g
- carbs71g
- sugars51g
- fibre1g
- protein5g
- salt1g
- 140g butter, cut into cubes, plus extra for greasing
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 300g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is an alkali which is used to raise soda breads and full-…
- 4 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 140g dark muscovado sugar
- 140g black treacle
- 140g golden syrup
Golden syrupgoal-dun sir-rup
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- 300ml whole milk
- 1 large egg
For the lemon drizzle
- zest and juice 1 lemon
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- 50g granulated sugar
- 50g preserving sugar or crushed sugar cubes
For the lemon curd filling
- about ½ jar good lemon curd
- 2 balls stem ginger, diced
For the creamy icing
- 4 tbsp syrup from the stem ginger jar
- 100g soft cheese
- 200ml double cream
- 3 tbsp icing sugar, sieved
Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a deep 20cm round cake tin with baking parchment. Put the flour, bicarb and all the spices in a food processor, add the butter and whizz until it has disappeared, then tip into a mixing bowl (or rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs).
Put the sugar, treacle, golden syrup and milk in a saucepan and heat, stirring gently, until the sugar has dissolved. Turn up the heat and bring the mixture to just below boiling point.
Pour the treacle mixture into the dry ingredients, stirring with a wooden spoon as you go. Beat in the egg until the mixture resembles a thick pancake batter. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 50 mins-1 hr, until a skewer poked in the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool completely in the tin.
Split the cake through the middle. For the drizzle, stir the lemon zest and juice into the sugars, then immediately spoon all over the top half of the cake.
For the filling, mix the lemon curd with the diced ginger. For the icing, beat together the ginger syrup, soft cheese, cream and icing sugar until thick enough to hold its shape. Spread the lemon curd filling all over the cut side of the bottom cake, dollop the creamy icing on top, then sandwich with the other half of the cake. The unfilled ginger cake will mature well for up to 3-4 days if wrapped well in baking parchment then foil.


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Hi!!! I need some help...
The exercise is:
You have to implement a data structure to represent graphs,directed or undirected,that tries to avoid the wasted space in the representation of a graph with adjacency matrix and the difficulty of searching the edges with adjacency list representation.
We consider that the vertices are numbered from 1 to nverts and the exit degree of each vertex is at most MAXDEG. If deg[i] is the exit degree of the vertex i then the neighbors of the vertex i can be saved at the matrix edge[i][j], 1<=j<=deg[i].
Write a program that reads the datas from a file: if the graph is directed or undirected(1 or 0), the number of vertices (nverts),the number of edges (nedges) and the first and the last vertex of each edge.
Write the function dfs that, with argument the data structure that you implemented before for the representation of a graph, prints the edges by the depth-first search of a graph.
What I've done so far is: I wrote a program that reads these information from a file, calculates the exit degree of each vertex and creates the matrix edge[i][j].
What data structure do I have to implement???


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Access denied -- but a grieving mother is fighting for her right to log in.
Karen Williams' 22-year old son was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2005, and since then, she's been trying to retrieve the digital information from his Facebook account. His page has been kept under lock and key by the social network, according to the Associated Press.
An obscure federal law keeps it thus: the 1986 Stored Communications Act has been used by technology industry lobbyists and lawyers to ensure that companies are not compelled to share the data of deceased users, even with family members.
Williams has support in the Oregon state Legislature nonetheless. Lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal to make available the "digital assets" of the deceased, the news agency reported.
The bill was watered down from an initial form thanks to lobbying from lawyers who represent companies who own "social media accounts, from Facebook to Flickr," the AP reported.


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WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to increasing energy efficiency and reducing costs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy announced today the creation of the State Energy Efficiency (SEE) Action Network. This network is meant to help states achieve maximum cost effective energy efficiency improvements in homes, offices, buildings and industry by 2020. Strengthening energy efficiency initiatives across the country helps to save money and protect the environment at the same time.
"In the clean energy future, energy efficiency is action number one. We can cut greenhouse gases and protect our environment while we save money for homeowners, schools and businesses," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "With strong federal support, our state partners can realize these benefits even faster than expected and move aggressively into a clean, affordable energy future."
"Expanding energy efficiency is one of the quickest, most cost-effective ways we can address climate change and grow America's economy," said Energy Secretary Steven Chu. "The State Energy Efficiency Action Network will help provide states with the technical and policy support they need to invest in energy efficiency, saving energy and money for families and businesses across the country."
The SEE Action Network will be led by the U.S. Department of Energy and the EPA. Through the Network, DOE, EPA and other member organizations will assist states with their energy efficiency initiatives, including residential efficiency programs, financing solutions, and improving availability of energy usage information. It will address the full range of challenges to implementation by providing targeted technical assistance to states in order to reach ambitious national energy goals to greatly improve our nation's economy and environment.
The SEE Action Network will drive energy efficiency by using a broad set of goals developed in the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, but will strive to reach these goals five years earlier than originally envisioned. These goals range from establishing state-of-the art billing systems that provide consumers with consistent information on their energy use and costs to developing strong state policies to ensure robust energy efficiency practices.
The new SEE Action Executive Group will meet for the first time in early March. A number of working groups will continue to meet throughout the year to deliver results on specific goals.
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As the old expression "a canary in a coal mine" suggests, the small songbirds have long been a symbol of a type of early-detection system -- a way of indicating something that might otherwise remain unknown. And just as the old coal mine canaries alerted miners to invisible gases and fumes, the camera is capable of capturing moments that might pass unrevealed, or undiscovered. The striking pictures in Japanese artist Lieko Shiga's series, Canary -- currently on display at the Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam FOAM -- references this powerful metaphor with images that are not immediately recognizable, nor easily understood, but that are nevertheless laden with meaning.
The Amsterdam show is comprised of an extensive body of work first published as a book in 2007 -- a book that has since become something of a classic among photobook collectors. The majority of images in Canary are utterly fantastical, bordering on the surreal: a giant animal skull in a room lit by mysterious blue light; a fireball writhing in midair; a woman floating above the half-naked body of a man lying in bed. Elaborate and visually arresting dreamscapes, the pictures' effectiveness is largely achieved through an intriguing interplay between light and color. However, much of the work is also manipulated: relying on analog technologies, some negatives appear scratched while other effects appear to have been produced in the darkroom. The extent of this manipulation varies. As Shiga points out: "I always try to approach the subject in its own way." The photographer's methods, in other words, are dictated by the subject of the image, and not the other way around.
Perhaps because most of the images in the Canary series were produced at night or in dark, interior spaces, the work at-once possesses and exudes an unsettling, ambiguous aura. The viewer's sense of stumbling upon another's intensely personal dreamscape is heightened even further in the photos where the identity of the subject is disguised.
In "Restaurant Surtaj," for instance, the details of a restaurant interior recede before the eerie presence of a woman whose face is obscured by a ghostly black presence. The photograph has the palpable sense of a half-remembered dream. The dreamer struggles to give shape to a dream -- perhaps even recalling the table number in a restaurant -- but can not bring into focus the face of her dinner companion.
Shiga's work is strongly reminiscent of the black and white photography of Masatoshi Naito. In his classic project, Tono-Monogatari, from 1983, Naito interrogates the complex relationship between mysticism, spirituality and Japanese folklore in a striking series of nocturnal landscapes and portraits. By manipulating the photographic negative or print, however, Shiga also points to the inherent vulnerability of the human body. If not suspended, as it were, in Shiga's imagination, many of her subjects would fall, collapse or drown, simply as a consequence of the laws of physics.
The emphasis on the body perhaps relates to Shiga's past experience as a dancer, which she practiced before teaching herself photography. Rather than depicting or documenting a recognizable physical world, however, Shiga instead employs photography as a means of choreographing an emotionally and psychologically complex inner landscape.
Lieko Shiga is a Japanese fine-art photographer.
Marco Bohr is a photographer and writer based in London. He maintains the Visual Culture blog.


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High Priority Free Software Projects
The FSF high-priority projects list serves to foster the development of projects that are important for increasing the adoption and use of free software and free software operating systems. Our list helps guide volunteers and supporters to projects where their skills can be utilized, whether they be in coding, graphic design, writing, or activism. The FSF does not ask to run or control these projects; some of them are in fact GNU projects (and all are welcome to apply), but we are happy to encourage them whether they are done under our auspices or not. We hope that you can find a project here where your skill, energy, and time can be put to good use.
Some of the most important projects on our list are replacement projects. These projects are important because they address areas where users are continually being seduced into using nonfree software by the lack of an adequate free replacement.
We also have a separate list of projects that require reverse engineering and a list of completed high priority projects.
Please email any suggestions you have about the list to email@example.com so they can be reviewed by the editorial committee.
(This list is in no particular order.)
- Gnash, the free software Flash player
- Coreboot, the campaign for a free BIOS
- Free software replacement for Skype
- Free software video editing software
- Free Google Earth Replacement
- Help GNU/Linux distributions be committed to freedom
- GNU Octave, free software Matlab replacement
- Replacement for OpenDWG libraries
- Reversible Debugging in GDB
- Free software drivers for network routers
- Free software replacement for Oracle Forms
- Automatic transcription
Gnash, the free software Flash player
Although Gnash handles many popular sites and media (such as YouTube), much work is needed to be a full replacement for Adobe's Flash player. Visit http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ for more details about installing and using Gnash.
Ways to help. The easiest way to start helping the Gnash project is to use the program and to file bug reports. If you want to find out how to become a contributor to the Gnash project, consider joining the Gnash developers mailing list (email@example.com), the Gnash discussion mailing list (email@example.com), or dropping by #gnash channel on irc.freenode.net.
Coreboot, the campaign for a free BIOS
In many cases the BIOS or boot firmware is the only thing standing in the way of a person running their system using exclusively free software (learn more about the FSF's Campaign for a Free BIOS). Visit http://www.coreboot.org to learn more about the development of Coreboot, supported systems, and how you can get started running a free BIOS.
Ways to help. One of the biggest ways you can help the Coreboot project is to encourage vendors to release their specifications so that the Coreboot software can be made to run on those systems. If you wish to learn more about becoming a Coreboot developer, visit the #coreboot channel on irc.freenode.net, or join the Coreboot mailing list to talk with the current developers. One additional area where there is a need for development and attention is in the development of a free software VGA BIOS on graphics cards. We encourage you to pressure graphics card manufacturers to release their VGA BIOS as free software. If you'd like to begin development on a free software VGA BIOS, a good starting point would be the Geode LX chipset by AMD, for which full documentation is available. Also, some coreboot ports still rely on proprietary microcode -- we need to separate the list into ports that do and don't, and for the ones that do, we need to figure out how to replace the proprietary bits or work without them.
Free software replacement for Skype
The Chinese government, for example, was found to have been spying on Skype conversations already, and they are probably not the only ones. We do not want to encourage the creation of a Skype compatible client, but instead, we want to encourage you to create, contribute to, or promote the use of free software replacements for Skype, such as Ekiga, and to encourage adoption and use of free VoIP, video, and chat protocols such as SIP and XMPP/Jingle.
Ways to help. Developers are needed to work on the projects developing a free software replacement for Skype. There are a number of such programs, such as Ekiga, Twinkle, Coccinella, QuteCom, and Jitsi. Unfortunately, these programs only replace some of Skype's functionality, and only in some situations. The Mingle project builds on Jabber to provide multiparty calling, and is supported by a grant from the NLnet Foundation. NLnet also supports the openMSRP project in this area. Developers should consider helping free software VoIP and video, chat, and multimedia communications projects.
Not a developer? There's still a lot you can do. Using one of the free software Skype replacements listed above is a great start. You can also help by contributing to the documentation and tutorials for such projects, as well as filing feature and bug requests.
Everyone can track progress and stay up to date with replacements for Skype on the LibrePlanet wiki.
Free software video editing software
More and more everyday computer users are becoming amateur videographers, and we need to make sure that their operating systems come complete with free software to meet their needs.
Ways to help.There are a number of quality, free software video editing programs, such as Kino, Cinelerra, AVIDemux, Kdenlive, LiVES, Lumiera, as well as PiTiVi, Blender, and the Open Movie Editor. Along the way, the easiest way to help is to use these editors and to encourage others to do the same. You can help these projects directly by submitting bug reports, adding features, improving usability, and creating tutorials, guides, and documentation.
Free Google Earth Replacement
Accessing Google's data may not be possible, so any client should work with various other data sources, including free map data projects such as OpenStreetMap.
Ways to help.Develop or improve a 3D rendering engine that reads KML files on par with Google Earth. Contribute to free map data services such as the OpenStreetMap project, and contribute to geographical map programs such as Marble.
Help GNU/Linux distributions be committed to freedom
Ways to help. See a complete list of free GNU/Linux distributions that could use your help. To learn more about what makes for a free GNU/Linux distribution, see our Guidelines for Free System Distributions. You can also help by working to move other popular distributions that don't currently meet the criteria toward being fully free.
GNU Octave, free software Matlab replacement
GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab.
Visit http://www.gnu.org/software/octave for more information on downloading, installing, using, and getting involved in the GNU Octave project.
Ways to help. We encourage you to create high-level packages in GNU Octave with the goal of creating replacement functions for packages provided by Matlab. You can learn more about getting involved in GNU Octave by joining their mailing list and checking the "help wanted" page.
Replacement for OpenDWG libraries
Ways to help. The GNU package LibreDWG is a free C library to handle DWG files. It aims to be a free replacement for the OpenDWG libraries. (DWG is the native file format for AutoCAD.)
Reversible Debugging in GDB
Ways to help. See this general information about GDB's current support for reversible debugging, and this list of additional tasks (at the end of the page). If you have further questions please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Free software drivers for network routers
Ways to help. We need your help in developing free software drivers and other low-level software to run network routers. One way to do this is to contact the device manufacturer and ask them to release their specifications and/or code as free software. If you know of routers that do not require the use of proprietary software please let us know by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com. Projects seeking funding in this area should consider applying for a grant from the NLnet Foundation.
Free software replacement for Oracle Forms
Ways to help. If you are interested in working on this project, please join the mailing list -- replacementforms-discuss.
Automatic transcription
Ways to help. If you are interested in working on this project, please introduce yourself and help with building the wiki page detailing the work that needs to be done.


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Zug, Switzerland – 13 November 2015 – Further to the announcement made by Coca‑Cola HBC AG ("Company") on 24 June 2015 of a share repurchase programme, the Company announces in conformity with Listing Rule 12.4.6R that on 12 November 2015, it purchased 75,000 of its ordinary shares of 6.70 CHF each at an average price of 1,539.72 pence per share (minimum price of 1,535.00 pence and maximum price of 1,540.00 pence)
The repurchased ordinary shares will be cancelled upon receiving approval from the Company's shareholders and subsequent implementation of a capital decrease. Until such approval is obtained, the repurchased ordinary shares will be held in treasury.
As at 12 November 2015, Coca‑Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 368,032,487 ordinary shares, of which 1,802,837 ordinary shares are held by Coca‑Cola HBC AG (including the repurchased shares) and 3,430,135 ordinary shares are held by its subsidiary, Coca‑Cola HBC Services MEPE, in treasury. Since announcing the share repurchase programme on 24 June 2015, the Company has purchased 1,787,912 of its ordinary shares.
|Coca‑Cola HBC Group
Maria Livaniou
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About Coca‑Cola HBC
Coca‑Cola HBC is a leading bottler of The Coca‑Cola Company with a sales volume of more than 2 billion unit cases. It has a broad geographic footprint with operations in 28 countries serving a population of approximately 590 million people. Coca‑Cola HBC offers a diverse range of non-alcoholic ready to drink beverages in the sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, tea and coffee categories. Coca‑Cola HBC is committed to promoting sustainable development in order to create value for its business and for society. This includes providing products that meet the beverage needs of consumers, fostering an open and inclusive work environment, conducting its business in ways that protect and preserve the environment and contribute to the socio-economic development of the local communities. Coca‑Cola HBC is ranked beverage industry leader in the Dow Jones Sustainably World and Europe Indices, and is also included in the FTSE4Good Index.
Coca‑Cola HBC has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: CCH) and its shares are listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: EEE). For more information, please visit http://www.coca-colahellenic.com.


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Glastonbury Festival organisers have announced the full shortlist for this year's Emerging Talent Competiton.
The 120 finalists were chosen by Glastonbury's judging panel, made up of some of the UK's top music writers, all of whom selected their three favourite acts.
The longlist will be narrowed down to just 8 acts who will compete at April's live finals for a slot on one of the main stages at this year's Festival.
But, for now, they can all bask in the glory of making it this far!
2 U I Bestow
1. Connor Linnie
"Wonderful guitar driven folk"
2. Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion
"This track could make a bond movie soundtrack"
3. Ailie Blunnie
"Love song that has some beautifuly descriptive lyrics"
Amelia's Magazine
1. Arthur Rigby & the Baskervylles
"Lush orchestration and multi-layered vocals to tell a tale of loneliness and heartbreak"
2. Alev Lenz
"Her swooping vocals carry a beautiful melody of heartbreak and dreams across softly twinkling keys"
3. George Boomsma
"A simple slice of folk which showcases swoonsome vocals from North Yorkshire's George Boomsma"
Bitter Fingers
1. Ella On The Run
"Shimmering, effortless dark pop with whooshes and drum machines all over the shop"
2. Bouts
"Delightfully wonky guitars open up a well-measured indie racket that's way ahead of what most boys with guitars are doing these days"
3. Ben Cipolla
"One of the most interesting voices I've heard in a long time"
Black Plastic
1. Benin City
"They sound like London's equivalent of TV On The Radio, which is saying a lot."
2. Brolin
"Brolin's sound feels very contemporary, melding his R&B sound with an exposed male sensitivity and indie production"
3. Aztec Doll
"Aztec Doll have a seriously deep sound – inky dark pop-punk jams"
Breaking More waves
1. Gibson Bull
"An acoustic based singer songwriter with sweet and gentle melodies, but on the song Skin & Bones he adds a modern twist by adding soft beats"
2. Cosmo Sheldrake
"Quite simply the most absurdly innovative and eccentric artist
3. Wednesday's Wolves
"Graceful female harmonies that float into the ears like a tender kiss"
Brixton via Anywhere
1. Wasuremono
"The inventiveness isn't at the expense of commercial potential, as this is warm, hum-able music"
2. Dicepeople
"Dark electro-gothy outfit. They'd They'd make people's night on a late-night stage."
3. Amy Dearlove
"Excitingly unpredictable"
Cats band crushes
1. Codes
"Capturing delayed guitars, clever vocals layered with rhythms and syncopated electronics up the tempo to an uplighting end product"
2. Crooked Hands
"Stunning harmonies and rewarding songwriting showcase quiet detail that triumphs into cascading joy."
3. Darktown Jubilee
"Polished sounds flavoured with a distinctly UK feel"
Charming Man
1. Bloom
"Bloom are as laid back as they are urgent. Ready To Run might begin patient and stylish but it climaxes in a release of thrashing guitars"
2. Hero Fisher
"Murky, dark and compelling"
3. Hurdles
"Upbeat, sharp and most certainly festival friendly"
Consequence of Sound
1. Big Tent & The Gypsy Lantern
"Unexpected twists and turns in melody and tempo are bridged by sharp harmonies"
2. Echo Raptors
"Echo Raptors delivers a clean, positive sound that bridges that of the great guitar bands of early West Coast and classic 90s Britpop yet with a fresh, contemporary spin"
3. Eyes For Gertrude
"Reaches determinedly for higher ground, illuminated by delicious vocal flourishes and rousing bluegrass accompaniment"
Crack in the Road
1. Glitches
"Bold, energetic and really well written"
2. Gecko
"If we (fingers crossed) get sun at Glastonbury this year, I can't imagine many better songs to go crazy to."
"Perfectly pop, I'm a sucker for this sound and these guys nail it."
Crack Magazine
1. Hot Feet
"Hot Feet's languid folk stylings feel as effortless as they do warming"
2. Umbrella Assassins
"Umbrella Assassins are gnarling, heavy, guitar-laden fuzz-rockers with a punk-rock sensibility"
"Teem Teem Teem Teem's melodic alt rock isn't far removed from established bands like Yuck and Dinsoaur Jr… A perfect festival draw for a hot afternoon."
Devil has the best tuna
1. Lili Dulcie
"Sounds like Suzanne Vega at her mournful best"
2. Johnny Parry chamber Orchestra
"Sounds like Sufjan Stevens and Nick Cave joining forces with a host of angels to perform the soundtrack to the life of Edgar Allen Poe"
3. Lara Smiles
"London singer Lara has dropped a pop bomb on the world"
Don't Watch Me Dancing
1. Liza Flume
"A strange, pretty and entrancing take on the more traditional singer-songwriter model"
2. Meltybrains?
"Immersive, ambient music with lovely, weird electronic harmonies in the vocals"
3. London Afrobeat Collective
"Delightful, uplifting Afrobeat that packs a punch with soulful vocals and funky guitar grooves"
Dots and dashes
1. Nadine Carina
"Liverpool-based, but Swiss-born and bred songstress with a keen ear for the eccentric"
2. Molly
"A beyond versatile singer-songwriter with the voice of a precocious Sarah McLachlan"
3. Nick Edward Harris
"Redolent of a more raggedy, musically exploratory Nick Mulvey"
Drowned in Sound
"Old Man Diode's innovative palette transgresses endless boundaries."
"Fusing influences as far and wide as abstract jazz, post-rock and traditional Japanese math time signatures they're one of the most unique outfits treading the boards at the minute"
"A richly textured variant of soulful R&B that works just as well live as in the recording room"
Faded Glamour
1. Louis Barabbas
"Together with his band, The Bedlam Six, the charismatic Louis Barabbas delivers an all-consuming live spectacle."
2. Fickle Friends
"The Brighton quintet burst with an infectious energy, suitably displayed on standout track 'Swim'."
3. Lily & Meg
"The duo's charming folk offerings are likely to warm the heart of any audience."
Fear of Fiction
1. Halves
"Euphoric and orchestral, Halves create a reverb drenched soundscapes somewhere between the lofi charm of Youth Lagoon and Broken Social Scene"
2. Tessera Skies
"Piano led pop comes in many forms, but none more sincere than Tessera Skies"
3. The Mono LPs
"With vocals overflowing with Alex Turner-esque swagger, The Mono LPs combine a unique variety of influences, from floor stomping country to garage punk"
Flying with Anna
1. Fifi Rong
"Sublime vocals over interesting Massive Attack influenced beats."
2. Corey Fox-Fardell
"Great mix of acoustic guitar and electronic sounds. Love when the beat drops on the chorus."
3. Florentina
"Great soul voice from a young artist."
Gold Flake Paint
1. Drops
"Gorgeous, intricate guitar loops and an over-bearing sense of warmth that constantly radiates."
2. Grandfather Birds
"Impassioned indie rock; all quiet tension set against big hooks."
3. Tythe
"Pretty damn infectious pop music with an understated electronic edge."
Hot Cakes
1. Loved Ones
"A very immediate track with a catchy, albeit melancholic, chorus that will get stuck in your head"
"The male / female duet that kicks in after about a minute is superb"
"Atmospheric and dynamic, layers upon layers build throughout as the track goes on to reach a really satisfying crescendo"
It's All Indie
1. The New Union
"Their sound is reminiscent of early Bloc Party and new Maccabees. "Now" is easily the best track I've heard this year!"
2. The Old Silent
"With gorgeous harmonies and big guitars they remind me of Blur crossed with Crowded House."
3. The Ratells
"With big and bold choruses and lovely guitar tones they're certainly an exciting prospect!"
Judges Utd 1
1= The Little Unsaid
"Singular, minimal acoustic mastery openly capable of inflicting a fully maximised emotive feel"
1= Only Girl
""Bittersweet" swoons around your heart with sparse, early 90's r&b grooves and a ghostly sweet vocal"
1= The Merrylees
"A cosmic and nostalgic sound full of enjoyable guitar chops, trumpet swoons and melody."
Judges Utd 2
1= Empress Nights
"Otherworldly, haunting soundscapes with passionate vocals against a backdrop of shimmering guitars and soft, restrained piano twinkles, the result is as bold as it is beautiful."
1= The Ragamuffins
"Purveyors of brassy chest-thumping and organ swirling mayhem"
1= Treasureseason
"Jess Bartlet's deadpan vocal brims with typically British reserve"
Just Music That I Like
1. Cadbury Sisters
"The trio blend their vocals around exquisite fingerplucked acoustic melodies and the result is simply beautiful."
2. Leisure
"Sexy-smooth electro-pop rhythms which stand out thanks to a super slick melody and a deviliously gorgeous 90's inspired soul vocal"
3. Georgia and the Dales
"Traditional folk harmonies set amongst rich, quick-paced instrumentation"
moleskin 90
1. The Wax Collection
"Great melodies – especially the interplay between the two guitarists"
2. Deep Throat
"The strength of all their voices in harmony is great. Very raw energy"
3. Danny Toeman
"Great voice, good range, very tight backing tracks & a charismatic stage presence."
Michael Cragg
1. Izzy Bizu
"Izzy's voice is just insane. It's the sort of voice that could probably work in any context, but I like how she avoided going with a completely 'vintage' or retro feel, which would have been easy to do, instead choosing to make a song that feels fresh"
2. Jamie Jooste
"The incredibly catchy False Alarm constantly walks that fine line between showing strength and vulnerability, which is sort of the key to all amazing pop songs"
"A really upbeat, carefree song with a catchy melody"
Music liberation
1. Wild Swim
"Wild Swim are a five piece from Oxford who make slow, dark, hypnotic and ethereal pop songs"
2. La Petite Mort
"La Petite Mort blend a hybrid of shoegaze, psychedelia, new wave, and pop into something which somehow comes out sounding fresh, aligned and vibrant"
3. Will Samson
"Fragile, heartfelt vocals wrapped around soft ambient electronic beats, glitches, hisses, and whatever else"
Music like Dirt
1. Rhain
"Captivating skills on the piano"
2. Rebecca Vaughan
"Smokey but lovely voice, accomplished guitar playing and crucially a couple of very catchy tune"
"Reid's warm electronic sounds would have the Glastonbury crowds nodding their heads and waving their glow sticks in equal measure"
Neon Filler
1. Letters to Fiesta
"This Manchester-based four piece has a stadium-sized sound with epic indie rock oozing out of every pore… her voice is stunning"
2. Dana Immanuel
"Stellar banjo player Dana Immanuel has an incredible voice that acts as a welcome call to arms for bluegrass and folk music fans everywhere"
3. DB Cohen
"Combines a mix of heartfelt acoustic guitar numbers and the Two Tone-esque bombast of a full brass section"
"Thoroughly zeitgeist-capturing modern electronic R&B music."
2. July Child
"Subtle blend of soul and electronic genres with pleasing vocal."
"Nice mix of modern pop, rap and acoustic instruments."
Pigeon post
1. Ronika
"In a world where pop – in places – has become a bit of a complicated mess, Ronika offers something brilliant in its simplicity"
2. Muncie Girls
"Like all great pop-punk, the band are indebted to the filth and the fury of the 1970s and the sugarry pop of the 1980s, while making both influences completely their own"
3. Run Tiger Run
"A perfect example of why jittery, edge-of-your-seat guitars and earnest vocals are always going to be winner"
Play Pause Rewind
1. Sahara
"If these lads released an album tomorrow I would buy it for sure."
2. Ryan Vail
"Derry electronic whizz kid Ryan Vail really jumped off the page as a perfect festival artist"
3. Ronan Macmanus
"Llyrically very astute and cutting, he delivers songs from the heart and you believe him when he delivers them"
Real horrorshow tunes
1. Sula Bay
"Roving experimentalism tempered by the soulful and downright ethereal touches that this young songwriter and producer brings to the fore"
2. Shannon Wardrop
"Fiery angst folk from Maidenhead that, taking cues from the likes of Sharon Van Etten, delights and galvanises in equal measure"
3. Squarehead
"Well constructed quirky left of centre pop music from this Dublin trio"
1. Soldier On
"There is a punky rawness to them but crafted with a tidy band unison, leading to an edgy, banterous sound."
2. Sons of Caliber
"Harmonies in this song just had me reaching for that pint of cider and getting comfy in a field for a big afternoon of music"
3. Sebastian Blake
"Music with natural funk and blues, this has summer passion written all over it"
The House of Coxhead
1. Jamie Graham
"Fantastic voice and great live… destined for big things"
2. Jack Durtnall
"Refreshing lyrics and a very cool tone to his voice."
3. Didjitalis
"There aren't enough House bands out there, so it's nice to see these guys doing something different. And they have a didgeridoo."
The Line of Best Fit
"London trio FURS embody everything an exciting pop band should"
2. Waltzer
"Waltzer have something of Smashing Pumpkins about them in that balance between anthemic pop hooks and bitterness"
3. The Blackwhite
"The Blackwhite's subtle folk sensibilities get underneath your skin immediately with their fragile intimacy but do nothing to prepare you for the pop rush that invariably follows"
The 405
1. Sweet Benfica
"A very sweet and tender track"
2. Stevie-Jo Dooley
"Really interesting, especially her voice and vocal approach"
3. Sophia Nicole
"Her voice reminds me of Alessi's Ark – which is never a bad thing"
The White Noise
1. House of Hats
"Hearty folk grass roots that's all-round great for the soul, and for fans of The Lumineers and The Civil Wars"
"Takes you on a wondrous adventure; accelerated instrumentally with surprises of string orchestral elements yet still retaining its Indie Folk tale similarly to Fleet Foxes"
3. Fangclub
"The chorus throws you into a nostalgic wall of Seattle grunge that will have you wall-punching and head-banging for days"
Resonance FM
1. The Fauns
"A gorgeously expansive piece of shoegaze"
2. The Black Tambourines
"The Black Tambourines hone in on a certain style 1960s surf motif which I can't quite put my finger on, and reinvent it with expertise"
3. The Darlingtons
"A vast, echoing sort of alternative rock music"


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Halloween Sheets
Halloween Piano Music Sheets
Halloween Sheets
Halloween is a fun time and children are the most excited about it. They are excited to visit the malls and acquire their precious costumes that they will try every day. The fun is never over, and most of cannot be tamed anymore. If you have little children at your home and you want to incorporate the fun of Halloween into them, then you can use Halloween sheets which will help them to get the essence and also learn new things.
How Can Halloween Sheets Help?
Halloween sheets are mostly made up of worksheets, tasks, and activities that can help your child discover Halloween. It may be a coloring sheet with a pumpkin on it, or it can be a paragraph about Halloween. It can also be crafts related to Halloween and the season of fall. Worksheets are also important for a child and young minds to help them have a grip on learning, and it also makes education interesting for them. So, if you help your child with a worksheet, then they will be happy too.
Worksheets or any activity related to Halloween can be printed from Halloween Fun, and then you can add your own touch to it by other products.


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How Does the Lordship Advocate Define Repentance?
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Nathan Busenitz is the personal assistant to Dr. John MacArthur. In late 2006 Nathan invited me to enter a series of what grew into protracted discussions at the Pulpit Magazine web site over the Lordship interpretation of the gospel. (John MacArthur's Grace to You ministry operates Pulpit Magazine)
As for Nathan personally, I have never met him, but he is one of the most pleasant men I have ever sharply disagreed with doctrinally. It was refreshing to debate the Lordship Salvation issue with Nathan at his site. I believe Nathan and I gave an object lesson on how men can disagree sharply, and yet charitably.
At the height of our discussions I encouraged Nathan to expand our discussion to other important and related doctrines, but he was not very interested in discussing anything other than repentance. That was a little frustrating because the Lordship interpretation touches on numerous Bible doctrines. The repentance question, however, became a very important and revealing discussion because it is with repentance that the Lordship advocate takes some of his most serious doctrinal missteps. Through my interaction with Nathan we get a clearer picture of Lordship's view of repentance, salvation.
During our on line discussion Nathan stated,
"Lordship sees repentance as more than just a change in dependence. It is also a change of allegiance. It includes a willingness to submit to the authority of Jesus Christ…. Lordship Salvation defines sin as rebellion or 'lawlessness' (which is how 1 John 3:4 defines it). To turn from (or forsake) one's rebellion is (by definition) to begin submitting." Nathan's definition of repentance (representative of the Lordship position) requires a lost man to be inclined (i.e., make a decison) to stop sinning and "start obeying" to receive the gift of eternal life. This is to tell a lost man that he must turn over a new leaf to be born again. Nathan's repentance is telling a lost man that he must make a commitment to change his behavior, which is telling a lost man he must repent toward good works. I am certainly not suggesting that a lost man who thinks he can pray for salvation, while at the same time is determined to continue his sinful ways, can be genuinely born again.
"If I truly hate my sinfulness, and am broken over it, I will be simultaneously inclined to stop doing it. And as I earlier pointed out, the inclination (or desire or willingness) to stop sinning is the inclination to start obeying. And an inclination to start obeying is a change of allegiance (from self to God)."
For the record here, and in my book, I strongly object to the reductionist Crossless gospel associated with Zane Hodges, Bob Wilkin and the Grace Evangelical Society. Nathan's repentance, however, demands a commitment for reformation of life to receive the gift of eternal life.
Lordship Salvation's repentance confuses sanctification (growth of a believer) with justification, (God declaring/making a sinner righteous). For Lordship advocates anything short of a commitment to obedience is not repentance, and would leave the lost man dead in his sins, no matter he believed about his guilt before God or the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Upfront commitment to the kind of behavior expected of a spiritually mature Christian is the Lordship advocates definition of repentance.
Referring back to Nathan's comment above he wrote,
"Lordship sees repentance as more than just a change in dependence. It is also a change of allegiance."As soon as I saw Nathan's use of "allegiance" in his definition of repentance I had an immediate concern. I followed up with two questions for Nathan based from a passage of Scripture.
I posted the above twice to Nathan's attention at Pulpit Magazine, but he never replied to it. It is a question Lordship advocates cannot answer! Lordship's repentance, which calls for commitment, submission, and allegiance infringes on the finished work of Christ. A commitment to do what is right is misplaced dependence. That is depending on behavior for salvation. That is works dependence!
"Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God," (John 12:42-43).
The Bible says they were not open about, and would not confess a "change of allegiance." Did they biblically repent; were they believers?
Nathan also wrote,
"Lordship teaches that repentance includes a turning from lawlessness and rebellion, which necessarily means a willingness to surrender, and a turning to God."This is where Calvinism's regeneration before faith is a key issue. Nathan's order is wrong! Lost man cannot turn from sin, but he can turn to God to deliver him from sin and Hell. To be saved, must a man depend on a commitment to and promise of righteous living, or must he depend on the finished work of Christ? Must a lost man make a decision to stop sinning and commit to obedience and allegiance for salvation? To be born again, a man cannot trust both a personal commitment and the finished work of Christ.
Salvation comes by the total unconditional transfer of a man's dependence to God alone through Christ's atoning sacrifice and resurrection, and occurs apart from any personal upfront commitment to the "good works" (Eph. 2:10) expected of a mature born again child of God.
A proper understanding of repentance can only be drawn out of a study of its precise theological usage in the New Testament, and must be based upon its primary meaning, a change of mind.
The above is not meant to be an exhaustive treatment or discussion of the doctrine of repentance. I have posted Nathan's opinion on repentance, which is representative of most Lordship advocates. The revised and expanded edition of my book is nearly complete. In the book there are numerous pages dedicated to a thorough discussion of repentance.


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Uehara, who will turn 38 years old on April 3, has pitched for four seasons since coming over from Japan. In 2012, he had a 0.639 WHIP in 37 games for the Rangers. In 36 innings (injuries cut his season short), he walked only three batters, while striking out 43.
Peter Abraham says that the Red Sox "have coveted Uehara for years".
Marc Normandin, Over the Monster:
Despite spending his entire career in the AL East and AL West, in parks that favored hitters while in Camden and Arlington, he owns a 2.89 ERA, 153 ERA+, has struck out just under 10 batters per nine innings, and, most eye-poppingly, has punched out eight times as many hitters as he has walked.


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The First 48 Season 19 Episode 26 () - Watch Online
The First 48 is an American documentary television series on A&E. Filmed in various cities in the United States, the series offers an insider's look at the real-life world of homicide investigators. While the series often follows the investigations to their end, it usually focuses on their first 48 hours, hence the title. Each episode picks one or more homicides in different cities, covering each alternately, showing how detectives use forensic evidence, witness interviews and other advanced detective skills to identify suspects. While most cases are solved within the first 48 hours, some go on days, weeks, months, or even years after the first 48. The shortest investigation was led by Det. Brenda Wescott, who arrested a suspect, just 6 hours into the investigation. Dion Graham is featured as the narrator, and is the only member of the cast to be in every one of the episodes.The series was nominated for a Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award in the Continuing Series category by the International Documentary Association, eventually losing out to American Experience. By season 6, The First 48 had become the highest rated non-fiction justice series on American television, and had gained considerable critical acclaim along with controversy. The season 8 premiere, "Gone", which aired on January 1, 2009, garnered a domestic audience of 2.3 million viewers making it the series' most watched episode, at the time.
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text: The Lok Sabha elections in Bihar is set to ensue in April and the political parties have announced the contenders who will box it out to establish their reign in the constituency. Find out the names of the expectant candidates and their constituencies, right from the outset. We will flesh out the complete list of Candidates contesting for 2019 Bihar Lok Sabha elections.


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FIBA World Cup: Nick Nurse finds common ground with frustrated Lithuanian head coach
SHANGHAI, China — There's not been a lot about the officiating at this FIBA World Cup that has made Nick Nurse smile, but the outburst from the Lithuanian head coach Saturday night managed to do just that.
Dainius Adomaitis did not go quietly when Lithuania's tournament ended with a loss to France on Saturday night.
The fiery head coach took the podium post-game and launched into a tirade about the lack of capable officiating in the tournament. Still livid over the refereeing in a loss to Australia that prevented them from winning the Group of Death, Adomaitis then looked on helplessly as officials botched an obvious goaltending infraction on Frenchman Rudy Gobert as he connected with the cylinder as he was knocking away Jonas Valanciunas' free throw in the dying seconds of a game that would have given Lithuania a lead.
Instead, France took the ball the other way and sealed the game with a Nando de Colo bucket.
The Lithuanians sent an official protest to FIBA which reviewed the play and admitted a mistake was made. FIBA's response was to take away any remaining games the officials involved were to call in the tournament, but that doesn't change the result for Lithuanian, a team that has been together two months preparing for this tournament.
Adomaitis made sure he had his say before he left, calling the officiating at the FIBA level "a f—ing joke."
Nurse seemed to be in full agreement with Adomaitis' assertions.
"It's awesome," Nurse said. "He's 100% right, he's 100% right. It's a travesty most of it is. We've (Canada) had the same ref three games in a row (Bulgarian Martin Horozov). "There's 84 f—ing countries that they draw from for referees, and we've had the same ref three f—ing games in a row?"
Nurse and his team are 12 full hours ahead of everything going on back home in Canada but that did not keep Canada's head coach from catching the final set of Canadian tennis sensation Bianca Andreescu's U.S. Open win earlier Sunday morning in Shanghai.
"I watched it this morning, well, I think I watched it late," Nurse said. "The texts had already started coming in, and I was like 'I gotta check in on CNN or whatever'… Set two was just starting, so I got to watch set two. It was good."
Nurse was impressed with Andreescu's fight.
"Yeah awesome, everybody's excited, and it was really good to see her take the charge and kind of re-assert herself at the end. It was great," Nurse said. "She's got some swag."
Asked about assertions that Andreescu's win might trump the Raptors' NBA championship run in terms of Canadian high points for the year, Nurse refused to be baited.
"I think they're both great, I don't think you have to pick either one," he said. "I just think it's really cool. And I know she's going to get a lot of love, if it's anything like what we've got, she's going to get a lot of love for years to come.
The focus of the German team all tournament has been scoring point guard Dennis Schroder and Nurse says it's no secret who Canada's weapon against Schroder will be.
"Obviously Cory (Joseph)'s one of our better defenders, certainly on the perimeter," Nurse said.
"Certainly he's a focal point, super quickness and super speed that we've got to worry about, and we'll have to have multiple coverages ready for him and multiple defenders ready for him, like with any great player really."
But while the focus on Germany is at the point guard position their bigs which include NBA players like Daniel Theis (Boston) and Max Kleber (Dallas) pose an issue as well.
"It's a little bit like Lithuania where they're big all over, it's like they've got 4s and 5s playing at the 3 and 2 it seems like," Nurse said. "So yeah, we'll have to again focus on the rebounding and just the overall fighting for the ball within eight to 10 feet of the basket."
QUICK HITS: Canada have lost their last 20 games played against a European team in the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Their last win against a team from Europe was in 1986 against the Netherlands … The 29 points by Kyle Wiltjer in his last game against Jordan is the most for a Canadian player in a FIBA Basketball World Cup game since Kory Hallas in 1994 when he had 31 against Argentina … Germany have lost eight of their last nine games played against teams from the Americas in the FIBA Basketball World Cup, but the last two have been decided by less than five points.


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Kingsley's Steakhouse and Cigar Lounge, Australia
OK, I did all the work for you. Kangaroo doesn't taste like chicken. By consensus it's gamey and has a metallic aftertaste. That's why you usually see it on menus around Sydney accompanied by a heavy and strong-flavored sauce. No different at Kingsley's Steakhouse and Cigar Lounge, where "Skippy" filet is served with Tasmanian Mountain Pepper BBQ Sauce. Take your cue from the name of the restaurant -- have a steak. And, of course, a cigar.
Kingsley's has a steak menu that will be familiar in name to the American visitor. Be aware, however, that this is not prime beef, though you won't be paying premium prices. The strip loin, a nearly 11-ounce New York strip steak, can be had for only $15, but it doesn't have the marbling that you'd want to give it that real beefy flavor. There is a certified Angus rump steak on the menu, as well as filets. For the more adventurous, there are steak specialties, which range from oysters to prosciutto, to king prawns to béarnaise sauce served on top of or inside the beef. If you're really hungry, you can have the Kilo T-Bone, an advertised 35.2 ounces of beef for a little more than $23. Explore the exclusively Australian wine list, but don't overindulge yourself too much; you want to be able to make it over to the cigar cabinet and then downstairs to the lounge.
Kingsley's has a better selection of Cuban cigars than many Sydney cigar shops, and it keeps its inventory in proper condition. On a recent visit the list included three Cohibas -- the Lancero, Exquisito, and Panetela. The Lancero ran $21. Most attractive of all were the several sizes of Hoyo de Monterrey. I chose a Double Corona -- not a cigar I often smoke back home due to a lack of time -- and was happy to find it had the expected nutty taste, but it also had a not-unusual problem in many Cuban cigars: a very tight draw.
I might have been better off with a Montecristo No. 2, but all the ones I've seen and tried on my visits to Asia and Australia have tended to be mild. A better choice, though smaller, might be the Partagas Serie D No. 4, a robusto that consistently impresses. Kingsley's listed the price of a box at about $283, just more than $11 a stick. Hell, at those prices, buy a round for your new best friends at the bar.
The cigar bar that sits in Kingsley's basement might remind Americans of the time when every U.S. bar and restaurant was carving out space to call a cigar room. Happily, Kingsley's cigar lounge carries little pretense. Its walls are decorated with the covers of old Cigar Aficionados and recent issues rest on end tables next to brightly colored sofas and chairs. The bar has only four seats, but plenty of standing room, which is usually necessary on Wednesdays through Fridays when the downtown after-work cocktail seekers fill the joint.
The bar has a full range of refreshments, and since the local beer is Australian, it's world-class. Try a Victoria Bitter, known as VB, or a Carlton Lager, though if anyone urges you to try Cooper's instead, don't argue. Your thirst quenched, move on to something that goes better with your Cuban cigar. Surprisingly, Australia produces an excellent rum, Bundaberg. Kingsley's pours two types, gold and black. The Bundaberg black is remarkably smooth and has a slight sarsaparilla overtone. Nice stuff.
Maybe the best thing about Kingsley's is the attitude. It's clearly Australian -- "No worries, mate" -- and the staff is friendly and quick-witted. The whole place, in the oldest of industrial sandstone buildings (circa 1833) in the Sydney CBD (Central Business District), gives you a sense of being solid. Just don't walk past it. The front door is in off the street and the sign that advertises it is not all that noticeable.
Kingsley's Steakhouse and Cigar Lounge
29A King Street
Sydney City, Sydney, Australia
(61) 2 9262 4155
Open for Lunch and Dinner


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FRS Team past & present
Between FRS‑Holland's start in August 1980 and 2010, some 20 presenters have been active on the station. Many of them have hosted the German Show.
The first German presenter was Chris who hosted the German Show between August 1980 and January 1982. After a two month silence he presented the International Listeners' Letters Show between April 1982 and March 1984. George Strong joined in March 1982 but already left in July of that year. His successor was Michael who presented the popular German Show between August 1982 and December 1983. One of the most popular German FRS presenters was Danny Kay who took over from Michael in December 1983. Danny presented his final FRS show in December1989. Just four months later a new deejay took over: Johnny Best, better known as 'JB' . In December 1990- a couple of months after the 10th birthday- celebrations, Stefan Kramer got involved and for a while he & Johnny took turns until Johnny left in the Spring of 1992. Stefan Kramer stayed until August 1997. For almost a year FRS was without a German presenter. A quite unique situation... In June 1998 Marc Jones joined and presented his alternative music show Off Beat until May 2005. It would take another year and a half before a new German presenter joined the FRS team: in Dec. 2006 Jan van Dijk became the 7th German presenter in FRS' history. As we speak, Jan is still presenting the FRS German Show. From December 2007 onwards Jan got company from a second German presenter named Mike Anderson. Mike stayed till May 2010, he left a few months before the 30th anniversary celebrations would start (October 2010).
Barry Stephens did the English Service & FRS Golden Show right from the beginning until July 1985. Mark Stafford & Tony Mitchell presented their FRS Shows between December 1987 and October 1996. American Al Muick participated in the DX programme in 1981. Many years later he joined the Voice of Peace crew as an engineer. Fred van Es was for a 3 year period the main man in the Musical Express. Fred started in August 1980 and his successor Bert van Leer continued that show between February 1984 and May 1987. Another Dutchman who was on FRS right from the beginning was Frankie Fanatic. Remember his Album Show which was last heard in April 1981. Gerd was a regular co‑presenter in the ILLS between 1985 and May 1991. And Perhaps almost forgotten is Steven Reath who did five stints in 2001 starting in March of that year and finishing 9 months later in December. He presented the FRS Golden Show. Dutch presenter Frank Carson did a total of 4 shows in 2003 & 2004. He started in Nov. 2003 and only a year later in November 2004 his FRS career was ended. September 2002 saw the debute show of Paul Graham. He's has been doing irregular editions of the FRS Golden Show and the 1980s Show eversince and is still involved. November 15th 2009 saw Dave Scott's debute on FRSH. Dave is a SW veteran who ran the successful UK-based SW pirate Radio Apollo in the mid 80s. Dave continues on FRS presenting Radio Waves. Another SW veteran is Roger Davis who founded well known British SW free radio SW station Britain Radio Int. (which- like FRSH- began in 1980!). It was in December 2012 when Roger was asked to join the FRS ranks knowing that Paul Graham wasn't always able to take part in a broadcast. Eversince Roger has presented the FRS Golden Show while Paul concentrated on 80s music in his 1980s Show. We may not forget to mention Brian who is in charge of FRS' technical operations since 2009. He's is a very dedicated engineer doing an excellent job!
And then the die hards.....Peter Verbruggen never ever missed a single FRS broadcast. Joop ter Zee was involved right from the beginning with FRSH. He missed just 3 months in 1982 and stayed until his tragic death in June 2000. Joop was involved in many shows: the ILLS, the FRS Golden Show, FRS Magazine, the Short SW Parade and last but not least the famous Sounds Alternatives. Peter Verbruggen presented more than 175 editions of FRS Goes DX and was also involved in the ILLS (=the FRS Mailbox Show) and still hosts FRS' Breakfast Show FRS Magazine. One person is left: the one & only Bobby Speed who's been involved in the technical part of the story since the very beginning until now. This was a potted history of FRS‑Holland's team for the period August 1980‑ 2015.
A total of 23 different names have been active for or on FRSH between 1980- 2010. Six of them are still active nowadays. These 23 names represent 20 different people. Strange? The answer is no.... when you realize that Tony Mitchell and Mark Stafford are two names for one and the same person, that also applies to Barry Stephens ánd Steven Reath ánd Georg Strong and Mark Jones.


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Yo, come over here Lil B. Come hit this shit
[Verse 1]
Welcome to Death Valley
If you're strong, better wake up
I'm standing tall, niggas brake when they wake up
Look 'em in the eyes and see a coward
Look me in my eyes and see a man with the power
Power in the do, like power
Snooze gets you locked in about an hour
Look at big bro while he's in interrogation
Police looking at me, not telling what I'm doing
Boy, I'm silent. G cold if you thugging, better watch it
Get deals like they drafted me from Compton
Home innovators, house raid like the Raiders
Full squad coming 100 deep
Hundred miles they're running
Anthony and the Johnsons
Listening to 'em while I'm rolling my weed up
Get humble by the simple fact that I'm rolling this weed up
Niggas ask if I'm based living
Like Taylor Gang, I'm on a mission
So high that we rolling five-deep with no pot to piss in
All started from a dream and forgotten wishes
I'mma be a broke rapper before I wash some dishes
Sell weed to the cops, throw me fifty years
Yeah, a nigga dying
Ain't nobody shedding tears
Lack sucker nigga died, shit I was happy still
Looking at the casket, how they gonna kill my friend?
Death Valley, we all seen [...] devils and most demons
Giving up non-believers, under-achievement, haters and false preachers
Killers in all regions
Death Valley is a place with no speaking
Nigga steal from the church and pray to the deacon
If you fake, bruh, I don't fuck with ya by myself
As I got the switcher on my lap at all times
Load the pistol
Bullets like a pimp with a bitch, cause they bound to hit you
Rappers from my own city start some sneak dissing
Huh, you ain't get a show in five years
Still missing
How much you make for a show? Couple fives is missing
Guy like me, I make all five digits
All cash, straight to the bank with it
Ex-robber so you know ain't no safe in it
And you know I don't trust nobody
Only family [...]
I'mma lay a nigga down on the spiritual mattress
He gonna fall through the clouds and the semen is grass
Wake him up, Red Flame is the last dedication
Shouts out to Lil Wayne for the dedication
Lil B, a hundred miles they're running
Blue Flame history, Red Flame is a cosine
Uh huh, Red Flame is his cousin
Welcome to Death Valley, nigga
You know, these little stories in my mind
Red Flame is a lot of hatred, and a lot of anger in my soul right now
For some suckers
And the haters and the bitch motherfuckers
That, you know, try to play the realest
How're you gonna try to play the rawest?
And that's why I got that Red Flame in my soul and it's burning
Shouts out to the cousin, Blue Flame
Lil B
Red Flame mixtape
Go download all the golden collectibles
Download the based freestyles
Remember, the rare golden collectibles are not based freestyles
That's a whole different--
Even if a based freestyle on there, it's still rare golden collectibles
Red Flame
Lil B seems to personify, metaphorically, the oppressive heat of California's Death Valley desert in this song.
Over the outro, we also get some very #rare insight into how the Basedgod classifies his own music.


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Creating Opportunity through Information Technology
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When a summer lightning storm zapped a crucial computer network component at Alleghany County Social Services in Sparta, North Carolina, the department's computers went down, idling 19 employees and jeopardizing their ability to get out Medicaid checks and food stamps. A call to the Blue Ridge Business Development Center (BDC), also in Sparta, brought a team of troubleshooters on the run. In less than two hours, BDC technicians had the system back up. "If that had happened before the BDC was here," says Sandra Ashley, director of social services, "we'd have probably been tied down for two weeks."
The Blue Ridge BDC is a nonprofit economic development organization serving a sparsely populated area where the eastern continental divide follows the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This area includes four North Carolina counties (Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, and Surry) and part of Grayson County, Virginia. What distinguishes the BDC from most other economic development organizations serving rural areas is its use of information technology (IT) as the principal vehicle for achieving its mission.
The BDC's origins go back to 1999, when a coalition of local governments and nonprofit organizations partnered with Wilkes Community College (WCC) to create a "cyber campus." This added distance-learning capabilities to the WCC Alleghany branch campus, in Sparta, linking it with WCC's main campus in Wilkesboro, about a 45-minute drive away. "Once we had the cyber campus in place and were seeing the ways technology could be used as an educational resource," says Patrick Woodie, BDC's executive director, "we began to turn our attention to using it to create economic opportunities."
A Three-Part Strategy
The timing was perfect. Private-sector sponsors were funding the development of the State of North Carolina's Rural Internet Access Authority (RIAA), also known as the e-NC initiative, to encourage affordable broadband Internet access in rural areas of the state. Competing for grant funds with more than 20 other organizations, the Sparta group laid out a three-part strategy for IT-based economic development:
- training,
- small-business development (including a business incubator), and
- a plan for providing comprehensive IT support to a wide range of public and private organizations.
In the fall of 2001, the Sparta-based group received an RIAA "telecenter" grant and adopted its present name, the Blue Ridge Business Development Center.
Using funds from the RIAA grant, the Economic Development Administration, and the Appalachian Regional Commission, the BDC renovated a former sewing factory, a 43,000-square-foot building set on an eight-acre tract of hillside adjacent to the county high school. In June 2003 the renovated facility opened, equipped with top-of-the-line information and telecommunications technology, to serve as a base for all three elements of the BDC strategy.
Training. The Alleghany campus of WCC, a key partner in the original IT coalition, occupies about one-third of the new center's floor space. WCC administrative representative Kathryn Abernathy notes that WCC now has 17 classrooms, up from seven at its previous location, and the new facility has substantially enhanced WCC's distance-learning capabilities. Abernathy adds that WCC hopes to expand its partnership with the BDC to include an extensive IT program that would offer students work-study opportunities with the BDC.
The BDC also provides some introductory training to widely used software—such as Microsoft Word and Excel—directly to area organizations, including the public school system and the local hospital. WCC classes are available for those who need or want more in-depth training. The BDC also offers an open computer lab to the public during the week and on Saturdays.
Small-business development. A business incubator was high on the list of ideas that led to the BDC's formation, and the factory renovation was undertaken with that purpose in mind. The facility's offices and public areas would fit in at an upscale mountain resort—refinished hardwood floors, skylights, and a solarium where a loading dock once stood. Suite layout permits easy expansion as a business grows.
The BDC aggressively seeks out fledgling firms that offer resources to other Alleghany County businesses. Its initial business tenants were two graphic arts firms, Blue Ridge Graphics and Goosedown Graphics, the latter of which specializes in designing the kind of Web sites businesses need for secure financial transactions. More recent tenants include an accountant, an engineer, and a consultant who helps large companies develop sites for expansion or relocation. The Alleghany County JobLink Career Center, a nonprofit "one-stop" employment and training center, also has offices in the newly renovated building. The center provides employers with various labor-market services (e.g., screening applicants and administering proficiency tests) and helps job seekers with job searches.
Regional IT support. The most innovative element of the BDC economic development strategy is what technology services and resources director George Matuck calls an "IT department for our region." The concept grew out of talks with local business leaders, says Woodie, BDC executive director. "They were having to go out of this community for any kind of technology services because the expertise was simply not here locally. We saw this as a way of sustaining ourselves and recapturing lost revenue back into the community."
Now Matuck, a former IBM executive, leads a team able to exploit the capabilities of the BDC's impressive technology equipment. Pointing to one piece of electronics, Forrest Hamm, a BDC technology specialist, says, "We could run three counties off this one switch." Hamm also points to equipment resembling a VCR. It is actually a hard drive that can store 9.6 terabytes (a terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes) of data. "We could back up every server in Alleghany County and have plenty of room to spare," he says.
The emergency IT support that saved the day after lightning struck Alleghany County Social Services' network is just one example of the department's capabilities. Many local organizations—from public agencies to private business firms—contract with the BDC for a host of IT support services, not just emergency support.
"I wouldn't want to operate this system without [the BDC] being there," says Duane Davis, Alleghany County superintendent of schools. Davis estimates that the BDC saved the district "at least $80,000" in 2003. He also describes how BDC technical experts help train teachers to take full advantage of the Internet and other high-tech resources as they prepare lesson plans. He adds that teachers are willing to experiment because they know fast technical help is available from people who understand their needs.
The BDC's IT support for the area's regional library system, including 13 branch libraries in four counties, has enabled these libraries to maintain a high level of service despite budget cuts.
One of Alleghany County's largest private employers, NAPCO, has benefited from BDC's IT support services. NAPCO makes a variety of cardboard products: game boards, laminated three-ring binder notebooks, and jigsaw puzzles. Samples line its conference room walls: a Monopoly board, for example, and the first version of Trivial Pursuit. Although NAPCO currently has 85 employees (and at times as many as 200), the business is too small to make cost-effective use of an in-house IT staff. Still, downtime costs serious money, and the firm also needs periodic computer support to monitor production and to inform customers of the status of their orders. The BDC helps fill this need. "They know our operation," says Henry Hayes, NAPCO's director of administration and finance, "and what can help it run faster. They're constantly advising us on where we need to upgrade."
Helping Organizations Work Better
The BDC's IT capabilities offer other resources to local institutions. In 2004 Alleghany Memorial Hospital expects to contract with the BDC to allocate some of those terabytes of hard disk capacity. The hospital would use this hard disk space for secure offsite storage and automatic backup for its medical and financial records. Ralph Castillo, the hospital's chief financial officer, says the process will save money, strengthen privacy safeguards, and enhance the hospital's ability to comply with federal regulations governing patient access to medical records.
Although the BDC has only been in existence a short time, Woodie reports that the center has either directly created or played a key role in the creation of 42 new jobs. (This total includes some jobs for BDC staff, but the organization's IT work not only makes it self-sustaining, it also meets the goal of bringing back tech-support revenue that would otherwise flow out of the area.)
"We've got a lot of ideas," Matuck says, "and we can't do everything at once."
Maybe not, but the BDC helps a lot of other organizations do their work better. Woodie, Matuck, and the BDC staff understand that rapid exchange of information is crucial to regional development, but that the real power of information technology isn't only that it enables people to do the same things faster and cheaper. More important, IT can make new strategies—such as new educational opportunities in the schools and better customer support for businesses—feasible.
For example, the BDC's expanded facilities and IT capabilities are causing at least one local company to consider a dramatic change in its business model. Currently, this company markets its product in bulk to wholesalers, but its management sees an opportunity to profit from retail sales via the Internet. The renovated BDC building has open space well suited for warehousing and fulfilling small orders, and it has something that doesn't exist elsewhere in Alleghany County—computer resources for receiving and tracking orders online. If this idea materializes, it will in effect add a new business to an existing one, creating new jobs.
It's natural to use familiar physical metaphors to describe the virtual world created by information technology—"the information highway," for example. By contrast, the best way to explain the BDC's overall strategy is an analogy from the virtual world—a Web site's hyperlinks. These links enable users to jump instantly to relevant information, whether that information originates nearby or halfway around the world. Bit by bit, the agencies and businesses in the Blue Ridge Mountains are linking with each other and with outside customers and suppliers. The BDC's investment in technology is impressive, but what ties its efforts together is a vision of a region whose citizens and organizations can connect not just faster, but in new ways.
Fred D. Baldwin is a freelance writer based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.


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M&M's Valentine's vacation
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In the week before Valentine's Day, Marvin Pincus had
two new customers for his (free-of-charge, of course) love advice
and fly-tying consultation services. He tied up a midge for one
client, a salmon streamer wrapped in lead for another, and wished
them well. This was his busy time, of course. He knew another would
come in mid-May, in desperate anticipation of June weddings.
Marjorie Pincus smiled. They'd both
been retired and on permanent "vacation" for years now.
"I'll go if it means I don't have to make the beds or do the
dishes," she said.
"The only thing is, what if someone needs the fly-tying love
advice service while we're gone?"
This bothered Marvin. A man who spent more than 40 years being
dependable every day can't be expected to just turn it off like a
"Honey," Marge said, "maybe you could designate someone to be on
call? Like a doctor does? You know?"
Marvin thought about that and buttered some toast. "Only one I
can think of who could tie flies well enough would be Delbert
McLean, our chamber of commerce. Knowing him, instead of giving love
advice, he'd talk them into starting a business here."
"You have a point," Marjorie said, laughing. "But what would be
wrong with just going away for a week and letting people figure out
their own love lives for a while?"
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Marvin sat quietly and Marjorie looked at him and thought how
maybe she should be his customer. She was under no illusion about
her looks. She was old. Old and wrinkled. She was hoping Marvin
wasn't just married to her because he was used to it. She studied
his face, and strangely, didn't really notice his wrinkles.
Marvin smiled at Marjorie then. "Any vacation ideas?"
She shook her head. He saw in her the years of love and
friendship, and he saw, right in front of him, the same gorgeous,
sexy young woman he was once ready to kill for. She hadn't changed a
He took her hand. "How about we drive for a hundred miles, get a
motel room, watch old movies and eat takeout pizza?"
"You're on!"
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2 cups plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup dark brown muscavado sugar
1/3 cup light brown muscavado sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
One 5-ounce block semisweet chocolate, chopped into chunks, such as Callebaut
One 5-ounce block milk chocolate, chopped into chunks, such as Callebaut
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment or silicone pads.
Whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Place the butter in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the sugars and continue mixing, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes longer. Add the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla extract. Add half of the flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Add the remaining flour mixture, again mixing until just combined. Remove the bowl from the stand and fold in the chocolate chunks.
Using a small ice cream scoop, spoon the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving at least 2 inches between each cookie, and bake on the middle rack until the cookies are lightly golden brown and still soft in the middle, about 11 minutes. Let the cookies rest for 2 minutes on the baking sheets before removing them to a baking rack with a wide metal spatula. Let the cookies cool on the baking rack for a few minutes before eating. Repeat with the remaining dough.


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Wikileaks no longer needs newspapers, newspapers need it.
This was not always the case. When the website first started publishing leaked documents it found it hard to get coverage in the 'traditional' media and the website's founder Julian Assange is hardly a big fan of newspapers. For the first year the papers and the website had a mutually hostile relationship, with occasional bits of coverage the exception rather than the rule.


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Kelly Preston And John Travolta Are Planning A Silent Scientology Birth! That Means No Noise During Labor!
Over the past few weeks the happy couple have been awfully quiet about Kelly's pregnancy, but it sounds like they will be even quieter during the birth of their baby boy!
John Travolta and Kelly Preston, who are expecting a son, are planning to follow the Church of Scientology's "silent birth" guidelines when Kelly goes into labor, RadarOnline.com reports. The mom-to-be, who is expecting a baby boy later this fall, will have to try and control her urge to yell when contractions hit, while her doctors, John and their daughter, Ella Bleu, 10, silently gather in the delivery room. Hmm, seems a little daunting right?
Kelly's not the first celeb to follow these rules — fellow Scientologists Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reportedly did the same thing when their daughter Suri was born four years ago.
According to Scientology teachings, babies should not be subjected to any kind of sensory discomfort or stress that could affect them in their future. Kelly and John will try and make sure that their son is born into a calm environment following the distress he will endure during the birthing process.
Do you know that IVF increases your odds of having a boy?
The couple, who lost their 16-year-old son Jett in January 2009 after he suffered a seizure, tried to follow the guidelines during the birth of Ella Bleu. Kelly admits that after 13 hours of labor at home, it wasn't easy to maintain the silence, "It got hardcore at the end because she was so big," she says. The labor got so difficult that Kelly told John she wanted an epidural, but heavy traffic didn't allow the couple to make it to the hospital!
Ella is the spitting image of her daddy!
We hope that the delivery goes smoothly (and quietly) this time!


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One Big Bottle: Schlafly Irish-Style Extra Stout
The brews we're sipping, one by one.
Editor's Note: So many beers, so little time. One Big Bottle will spotlight the brews we're sipping, one by one.
This special seasonally-produced stout from Schlafly Beer in St. Louis pours a nearly-opaque mahogany with a milk-chocolate-colored head. It's rich with sweet mocha flavor and a slightly nutty roast.
At the core of each sip you'll taste a chocolate-covered cherry; this beer is fruity with a hint of red wine and lots of cocoa flavor.
In the midpalate, there's earth and sassafras, and the finish is smoky roasted coffee. The carbonation is fine and the texture is silky.
At 8% ABV, Schlafly's Export stout holds its liquor pretty well.
We'd pair this beer with walnuts and goat cheese, or burnt ends with baked beans. It would work well with a sausage-topped pizza, too. If you're eating corned beef and cabbage, though, you should probably pair it with something a little more delicate.
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