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The very mission of the Meals On Wheels program is to feed the elderly and disabled with healthy, nutritious meals.
That can be a costly and overwhelming task.
The Lutheran Service Society, the largest provider of Meals on Wheels services in Pennsylvania, last year began seeking to serve more locally-sourced food and increase the quality and amount of food delivered to its clients. At the same time, it aimed to keep costs manageable and grow to serve more communities.
In taking on that mission, the society created a successful model that it now hopes to share with other Meals on Wheels programs across the country.
"When we asked ourselves, could we get more meals out the door—more nutritious food, more local foods, more fresh foods—while keeping our costs down, we didn't know if it would work," said Patty Davidson, chief development officer at Lutheran Service Society.
After working on this project for several months, the answer turned out to be yes, she said.
The project was funded through a $50,000 grant through the Walmart Foundation and the Meals On Wheels Association of America Building the Future Vision Grant Program. The program is a joint venture between the Walmart Foundation and the national Meals on Wheels association.
Lutheran Service Society is located in Ross Township, but its Meals On Wheels Program has more than 35 kitchen locations, including one in Coraopolis. It serves approximately 2,000 elderly and disabled adults a day in the Greater Pittsburgh area and two sites in West Virginia.
"Most people don't know that there are literally thousands of pounds of food that is wasted because the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank simply can't process it and get it out before it spoils," explained Davidson.
The Food Bank partnered with the Lutheran Service Society by passing on the donations to the society. The society, in turn, began to use the food for the meals not only served through numerous Meals on Wheels sites but also in its Springboard Cafe program.
The Springboard program is a job training/food service subsidiary of the society that trains people who are typically difficult to employ to work in the food industry. All of the donations and food orders now are processed at Springboard, according to Davidson.
The cafe staff and volunteers take the donated food and quickly turn it around into nutritious meals for the Meals On Wheels clients. They also serve meals at the cafe program site on Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh and a few local homeless shelters.
The society now makes most of the meals at the central location, then delivers them to the sites so that the food donations can be used in a timely manner. Greater quantities of food also can be purchased and used more effectively at one site. While all cold-food meals are prepared at Springboard, five other locations also prepare hot food in addition to Springboard.
"We have found we waste far less food this way," Davidson said.
The new model has also increased the nutrition in its meal deliveries to two-thirds of the Recommended Daily Allowance of nutritional content for seniors.
"There is research that shows that seniors who have the two-thirds RDA are less likely to end up in the hospital, and if they do, their hospital stays are shorter," said Davidson.
The new program has also produced great savings—a decrease of $1.30 per meal in raw food and food production expenses.
"When you consider we are putting out over 780,000 meals per year for Meals On Wheels, that translates to more than $1 million dollars that we can expect to save in the coming year," said Davidson.
That amount doesn't reflect all expenses or some rising costs, Davidson said.
"We are very optimistic, though, that the benefits of the new model—the terrific opportunity for partnership, the food rescue, the increase in quality and quantity of food being delivered, and the opportunity to reach more underserved communities, in addition to the cost savings—will far outweigh any new expense that results from the model," she said.
John Dickey, the society's chief operations officer, said volunteers also are a huge factor in the savings.
"We need more volunteers and with more, we could be serving even more meals everyday to those in need," he said.
The Lutheran Society hopes other programs will follow its model as it disperses information about it through the national Meals on Wheels association.
The Society has a video on YouTube.com that shows the impact of the grant award. It is also available for viewing from the agency's Facebook page: facebook.com/LutheranServiceSociety.


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I've been marking the anniversary of the birth of Ray Gricar for four years now. Today is the 68th anniversary of the missing former Centre County District Attorney's birth. Last week was the 3 ½ year anniversary of the "review panel" formed by incumbent (and unopposed for re-election) District Attorney, Stacy Parks Miller. Next week, it will be the 8 ½ anniversary of Mr. Gricar's disappearance.
I noted last year that, 2011-12 would not have been a good year if Mr. Gricar was still present. This year was not too much better, but it could have been worse. The report that Mr. Gricar was brutally tortured, murdered, and tossed into a mine shaft (with four other corpses) by a former Hell's Angel was largely discredited. That is good news, because, even if Mr. Gricar was murdered, it might not have been that brutal.
Still, as we approach the 8 ½ year mark, the mystery remains. Mr. Gricar could be reading this, downing a Grey Goose Martini. He could read have last year's blog, or the ones before that, but have died since then. Conversely, he could have never celebrated a birthday after his 58th. Mr. Gricar could have murdered, or committed suicide, in April of 2005.
This past year has been pretty much a lost year in terms of finding the cause of Mr. Gricar's disappearance; there have been others like it, longer ones. The Gricar case is much like the Susquehanna River in Lewisburg. At times, rages in full flood stage, swift and deep. At other times, its shallow waters slowly flow, showing nothing of the fury it can muster. Today, it is placid. Next year, it may not be. I guess the same thing can be said about life in general.
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Patrick Rugo '07 and Megan Van Ess were married in Santa Cruz, Calif., on April 26, 2014. Pat attended UCSF Medical post-graduation and is a doctor of physical therapy at Kaiser Permanente. Megan works as a registered dental hygienist. Many SCU alumni friends and family were in attendance as they exchanged their vows under the redwoods and overlooking the Pacific. Patrick's mother is Michele Rugo M.A. '01. The couple resides in San Francisco.
Cara Daw '07 and Lucas Jones M.S. '10 were married at Mission Santa Clara on March 16, 2013; by officiant Luis Calero, S.J., M.Div., S.T.M., '83. Bridesmaids included Maid of Honor Tara King '07, J.D. '10, Jackie Da Costa '07, Kelley DeGoede, Sheila (Jones) Dokulil, Michelle Hostrup '07, Katie Miller, and Katie Omura '07. Groomsmen included Best Man Nick Svoboda, John Daw '03, Michael Daw '02, Andy Dokulil, Alex Reinkordt, Ben Stalder, and James Vaske. Cara is an active CPA and works in the Finance department at Google Inc. Luke is the Engineering Lead at GENWI, a Silicon Valley-based startup. The couple now resides in San Mateo.
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Vermont school faces invasion by technologyBy VIVIAN YEE
The New York Times | November 12,2012VERSHIRE — Past the chicken coop and up a hill, in a spot on campus where the wooden buildings of the Mountain School can seem farther away than the mountains of western New Hampshire, there sometimes can be found a single bar, sometimes two, of cellphone reception.
The spot, between the potato patch and a llama named Nigel, is something of an open secret at the school in this remote corner of Vermont where simplicity is valued over technology. "We're at the periphery of civilization here," said Doug Austin, a teacher.
But that is about to change.
The school offers high school students, many from elite private institutions in the Northeast, a semester to immerse themselves in nature. The students make solo camping trips to a nearby mountain for a day or two of reflection and practice orienteering skills without a GPS device. Between English and environmental science classes, they care for farm animals, chop wood and read the works of Robert Frost. And in the process, many say, they stopped scouring the campus for its sparse bars of reception and lost the habit of checking their Facebook pages at every opportunity.
As the rest of the country got high-speed Internet, Vershire (population 730) has lagged, relying on landlines shared among neighbors, dial-up and (for homes that face the right way) satellite Internet service that cuts out when the weather is rough. But cellphone signals have been seeping in, and soon there will be more.
This fall, technicians will start laying fiber-optic cable to bring high-speed Internet to the town. Cellphone coverage is expected soon after. "Right now we're the Third World country of Vermont," said Gene Craft, the town clerk. "We'd like to be in touch."
That presents a challenge for the Mountain School: how to regulate the use of smartphones and other devices that serve as a constant distraction for 21st-century teenagers, who are here to engage with the rural setting and with each other.
True to its mission of encouraging "collaborative learning and shared work," the school asked its students and alumni to develop a technology policy that will determine whether to ban phones, allow them in a limited way, or leave the decision whether to disconnect to students.
Many students, alumni and teachers have asked Alden Smith, the school's director, to declare a ban. But the school has always held that its students can be trusted to make good choices, he said. "We have to figure out the balance between how to preserve the values we have," Smith said. "But I tend to think that adolescents, particularly the ones we get here, when mentored, will rise to the occasion when trusted with real responsibility."
To make phone calls from the 300-acre campus, students must take turns, using prepaid calling cards, at small phone closets in each dorm. At the recommendation of alumni, there is no Internet service in the dorms, only in the academic building, and incoming students are strongly discouraged from bringing DVDs or loading videos on their laptops. (Even where there is Internet service, any online activity that requires significant bandwidth — watching a video on YouTube, for example — means a loss of signal to others because the town's fair access policy limits bandwidth to the school.)
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The Turkey Trot officially sold out last week as it reached its maximum allotment of runners, but the the YMCA Buffalo Niagara still seeks volunteers, particularly on Nov. 28, the day of the race.
Specifically, volunteers are needed Thanksgiving morning to help control traffic at intersections to ensure the safety of participants, in the chute area to help keep the crowd moving, and at the buses to help with the orderly loading and unloading of participants.
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Prosser snapped the rebound of right winger Nino Niederreiter's shot past Dallas goaltendeer Kari Lehtonen from close range for just the third goal of his career. He said it was an understatement to call this his biggest goal in the NHL. "Yeah, by far. There's not many of them, so it's pretty easy to say," said Prosser. "It was a great day all around. As a team we're feeling good right now. Even though, like I said, they were kind of taking the play to us, we all knew on the bench if we stuck with it, if we stuck with the game plan, we were going to be alright." Defenseman Ryan Suter, who did not have a goal as of Dec. 29, now has six goals in the last 11 games after he scored in the second period as Minnesota (27-19-5) won for the seventh time in the past nine games. Rookie left winger Erik Haula also got his first career goal for the Wild. Center Ryan Garbutt and right winger Alex Chiasson scored for Dallas (21-19-8), which had a decided offensive advantage in all three periods, but has won just one of its past nine games. Lehtonen had 16 saves for Dallas. "His first shot is 10 minutes into the game and a tough play...I don't think they're easy for goalies but you can't make excuses either," said Stars coach Lindy Ruff. "You've got to get big saves at big times and that can turn the tide for you. You look at the work put into the game and you're happy with that, but you're not happy with just getting one point." Dallas had six consecutive shots on goal to start the game and a decided offensive advantage throughout the first period but found itself trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Haula, a rookie who was a star on the other side of the Mississippi River at the University of Minnesota last season, made a highlight reel play for his first NHL goal. At the far blue line, Haula shipped the puck off the boards and around Stars left winger Erik Cole, springing himself on a breakaway. Haula's wrist shot from the left circle eluded Lehtonen to give the Wild an early lead. "Something you dream about. It's a long time coming. It's something I've definitely been thinking about," said Haula. "It was unbelievable. The reaction from the crowd and a standing ovation ... it took me a while to kind of get over it and chills to go away, but it was unbelievable." Later in the first period, Stars center Shawn Horcoff was assessed a double minor for high sticking, but Dallas held the Wild without a shot on goal during the four-minute span. The Stars peppered Minnesota goalie Darcy Kuemper for much of the second period and broke through near the midway point of the game when Garbutt deposited the rebound of a long-range shot by center Vernon Fiddler that Kuemper had stopped. Kuemper, making his fourth consecutive start in goal for the Wild, finished with 33 saves. "He was awesome. Plain and simple," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "We were under siege a lot of the night but there were opportunities where he came out and made a play and relieved some of that pressure. When you see that kind of confidence, for sure your team feeds off that." The 1-1 tie didn't last long. Suter's wrist shot from the blue line made its way through a forest of sticks, skates and bodies in front of the Dallas net and ended up over the goal line. The Wild, already playing without captain Mikko Koivu and alternate captain Zach Parise, lost another key player for a time early in the third period. Dallas left winger Andre Roussel, attempting to clear the puck near the Stars net, hit Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin in the face with his stick on the follow-through. Bleeding profusely, Brodin left the game. Roussel was not penalized on the play. Brodin returned later in the third period and finished the game. Dallas forged a 2-2 tie midway through the third period on a power play when Chiasson poked the puck over the goal line during a scramble in front of the Minnesota net. It was Chiasson's ninth goal of the season but his first since Dec. 3. "It's been a while. You go through a phase where sometimes maybe you think too much. They say a lot has to do with confidence and I'll be the first to admit that," Chiasson said. "After that goal I felt so much more comfortable on the ice, just playing, finding spots that I'm used to getting. But it would have been better ending up with two points." NOTES: On Friday, the University of Minnesota beat Ohio State 1-0 before a state-record crowd of 45,021 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. After the game, Gophers coach Don Lucia made a plea for the NHL's Winter Classic to come to Minnesota. "Quite frankly, the next team that deserves to play in this game is the Wild," Lucia said. 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New Piedmont District alignment goes into effect
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After more than a year of discussion and planning, the Virginia High School League's new six-division classification system and new district alignments are now in effect. The Western Valley District became extinct Monday, and Halifax County High School joined Tunstall High School, GW of Danville, Martinsville High School, Magna Vista High School, Bassett High School, Patrick County High School and Franklin County High School as members of the new Piedmont District.
"I look for it to be an overall positive experience," Halifax County High School Athletic Director Allen Lawter said of the school's move into the Piedmont District.
"It's going to be interesting because it is different. I'm sure there will be some bumps in the road just because of the changes. But, I think it will be a good thing. We're waiting for August to get here and get cranked up."
Lawter and the athletic directors of the other seven Piedmont District schools have met numerous times, as have the principals of the eight district schools. The prevailing attitude, Lawter said, has been positive.
"I haven't been in many meetings with the principals, but I think the ADs (athletic directors) are going into this very open-minded," Lawter pointed out.
"I don't think anybody is going into this thinking this is not going to work. I think it's more of an attitude that we've got to make it work, and we're going to make it work. I can't speak for the other former Western Valley District schools (GW and Franklin County High School), but they (officials of the Piedmont District schools) have been very welcoming to us."
The move to the Piedmont District will be a positive move for Halifax County High School on two fronts — one being it will mean less travel, and secondly, student-athletes should not have to miss as much class time.
"I have not done a cost analysis," Lawter said, "but we feel there will be some savings — not only money-wise but time-wise. I'm interested in seeing if we can have the kids out of class less and get them back home after games earlier.
"As much as anything," he continued, "we feel like it will be a positive safety measure. We feel traveling Route 58 to and from a majority of our games will be safer than traveling Route 501 and Route 40. While we will still travel those roads some, there won't be nearly the number of trips on those roads now that we're in the Piedmont District."
As far as preparations go for the start of the new era of the Piedmont District, Lawter says things are about 90 percent complete. The big thing Lawter and the Piedmont District school athletic directors are still working on is scheduling.
"One of the things we are struggling with is that just about every school system in the Piedmont District has a different spring break," Lawter pointed out.
"We are having to make some adjustments to the spring (sports) schedules we had done because of spring break. You're not working with one week, now you're working with about four different weeks among all of the schools."
Another scheduling item Lawter says is being looked at is situations regarding postponement of games due to inclement weather.
"We were all pretty familiar with each other's weather policy in the Western Valley District as far as weather postponements and such, and that is something else we've got to deal with and get used to with the new district," Lawter noted.
Work on scheduling the Piedmont District's post-season district tournament schedules has not yet been wrapped up.
"Because we are having a district tournament, we are having to make a few adjustments," Lawter noted.
"I'm not saying it's a great number, but we're having to make a few adjustments because of conference tournaments. Most of that was planned out pretty well. What you're doing is you're having to fit in another round of tournaments in the post-season that had not been there in the past."
All of the Piedmont District schools are now dealing with an eight-team district as opposed to a five-team district. And, with all eight teams participating in the district tournament, it will mean an extra round of district tournament games.
There is another circumstance that comes into play.
"Our region, the 5A North, is working with different-sized conferences within the region," Lawter pointed out.
"So, where we have a four-team conference, and all you have to do is set up a semi-final and a final, some conferences in the region have eight teams, which means a three-day tournament. You have to factor that into the situation as well."
Because district tournaments now will have no impact on whether or not a team will advance into conference play, if inclement weather or other circumstances occur that would necessitate shortening or not completing a district tournament, it will not create any problems, Lawter said.
"With that situation of the district (tournament) not having any bearing on moving on to conference play, there may be situations in which if you get a weather postponement and you can't fit it in, as opposed to having to do something like playing four ballgames in a week, you may not make it up, which is different from the past," Lawter explained.
"Although the athletes would play less games, they won't be forced to play under unbearable conditions like having to play four games in a span of five or six days."
All in all, Lawter says things are well within the realm of the new Piedmont District.
"I think we're in pretty good shape," Lawter remarked.
"All of us are on the same page with everybody else."


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Only the most dedicated of shoppers can find it in them to shake off the tryptophan, crawl out of bed before dawn and battle long lines for big Black Friday bargains. But America is nothing if not a country of consumers. This year, the National Retail Federation predicts 134 million shoppers will show up to swipe their credit cards.
Wonder where you can find Black Friday discounts on the Peninsula? Or maybe you've already made your list and checked it twice, but don't know what time you need to be at Best Buy to score that flat-screen TV you've been eyeing? Patch has you covered with a list of local store hours to map out your Black Friday shopping.
Chain stores with multiple Peninsula locations:
- : 12 am to 10 pm. Target's website is offering store specific maps for shoppers to download, with the locations of bargains marked on the map.
- 5 am to 11 pm. Of the three big-box stores, Best Buy is the only one that already has prices online. Click here to get to the page. Some low prices will only be available from 5 am to 9 am. Best Buy hands out tickets on a first-come first-served basis to customers two hours before the store opens for limited-quantity items. However, Best Buy reserves the right to refuse to give a ticket to a customer if their participation is deemed unlawful by local law enforcement agencies. For more information, see the " Doorbuster FAQs " on Best Buy's website.
- Barnes and Noble : 9 am to 10 pm
South San Francisco:
- : 8 am to 8:30 pm
- Radio Shack : 5:30 am to 10pm
Daly City:
- Serramonte Center : 6 am to 10 pm
- Kohl's : 3am to midnight
San Bruno:
- Tanforan Mall : 6 am to 10 pm
- : 7 am to 9 pm
- : 7 am to 9 pm
- : 8 am to 9 pm
- : 8 am to 9 pm
- : 8 am to 8 pm
- Most smaller boutiques downtown plan to keep normal hours.
Half Moon Bay
- Toque Blanche, a gourmet cooking store on Main St., will be holding specials throughout the day on Black Friday from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
-First 20 Shoppers get 20 percent off any purchase
-Free coffee and breakfast snack until noon
-20 percent off any green or red merchandise all day
-Free shipping Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday
-Enter drawing to win $100 gift card
Foster City:
- : 9 am to 6 pm (Costco Club members only)
San Mateo:
- Hillsdale Mall : 7 am to 10 pm
Menlo Park:
- will be holding early bird specials from 5 am to 3 pm before closing at 9 pm
Palo Alto:
- Fry's : 5 am to 9 pm


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By D.E. Smoot
Phoenix Staff Writer
City councilors approved a revised ordinance Monday that clarifies procedures that historic preservation commissioners use to determine whether the demolition of certain structures is appropriate.
Commissioners recommended this month the revisions to the amended ordinance that deals with buildings that may have some historical significance. The revisions addressed concerns expressed in December by city councilors, who rejected an earlier version of the amended ordinance.
Councilors' primary concerns centered on the potential financial burden for property owners relying on economic feasibility to prove the necessity for demolition. Another concern was based on proposed rules that would have prohibited applicants from presenting new evidence during an appeals hearing.
City Attorney Roy Tucker said the recommended revisions attempt to balance councilors' concerns with commissioners' duties. That balancing act proved productive, as councilors unanimously approved the second round of revisions.
"What this (first part) does is it no longer restricts the evidence that may be considered, it opens it up," Tucker said, noting that it also validates the commission's authority and better defines its duties.
Tucker began drafting the ordinance after the Historic Preservation Commission denied a certificate of appropriateness needed for a demolition permit to be issued to the owner of the former S.H. Kress Building. City councilors overturned the commissioners' decision, saying they failed to consider the economic feasibility of saving the structure.
The council's decision sparked a debate about the role of the Historic Preservation Commission and the evidence its members could consider. Most city councilors said economic feasibility of restoration, if it is proven to be a deterrent, should trump historical preservation.
The amended ordinance includes less stringent language that would "strongly encourage" the production of a professional report for commissioners to consider during a hearing. An earlier version would have made it mandatory.
The new guidelines also provide commissioners the authority to consider all evidence before city councilors rule on a decision that is being appealed. If an appellant submits new evidence during an appeals hearing, city councilors will be required to "return the application" for a certificate of appropriateness "to the Historic Preservation Commission for further consideration" within five days or as soon as practicable.
Besides requiring commissioners to include economic feasibility in its equation for certifying the appropriateness of an application for restoration or demolition, the amended ordinance imposes new duties for property owners. In the case of a demolition permit, applicants would be required to present "documentary evidence" that "tends to establish" at least one of three things:
• The structure contributes nothing to the integrity of the historical district, and demolition would have no adverse effect.
• The structure poses an imminent threat to public health and safety, and demolition would remove the threat.
• The structure has no viable economic use.
An owner of a building eyed for demolition would have to provide documentary evidence sufficient to prove any one of those factors. Evidence could include reports from structural engineers or other professionals or detailed affidavits submitted by an owner.
Ward III Councilor Randy Howard asked administrators to study ways to prevent investors from buying up buildings that may have some historical value and "sitting on that property" until it deteriorates to a point it cannot be salvaged or restored. Howard also argued for the need for increased inspections of vacant buildings.
City Manager Greg Buckley said some municipalities have moved toward a system that would require owners of vacant buildings to obtain permits periodically. Buckley said he would bring various options for councilors to consider soon.
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just a lite request, some forums around the place use post modding systems . such as rooster teeth having the cool zing plus and minus modifiers. while i'm not suggesting we rip that system off but given the largest amount of action around here is in the speculative forums. maybe some form of post rating system.
like a good theory dropdown box on each post. with options ranked from "read it again" to "excellent theory" etc. with the posted value being the averaged post score and how many were positives/negatives.
i have no idea how well that works into a work vs value equation. but i figure if it's not asked it can never happen


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December 1976:
You are a devout Christian with an even more devout husband. At 22 you already have three children, ages 1, 5 and 6.
Right now, as you lie in bed a few weeks before Christmas, your husband Larry (not his real name) brings it up again, as he has since your oldest daughter Mary (not her real name) was born. "What are we going to do about Christmas this year?" He's uncomfortable with the Santa Claus you grew up with and would rather not participate in the idea.
Weekly Bible study has convinced him (and has just barely convinced you) that the concept of Santa Claus is a demonic ploy to sway children from the real meaning of Christmas—the birth of our Lord and Savior.
"But they don't understand any of that," you say, thinking of the closet of toys you hope to find courage to tell him about at some point before Christmas.
Frustrated, he mumbles something about "The Dark Helper of the Bishop St. Nicholas" before falling asleep.
This year, you compromise. You stop signing, "From Santa," on gifts. You hope your husband will grow out of it.
December 1977:
He doesn't grow out of it. This year, when you discuss Christmas with your husband, he seems even more zealous than before. You think drastic measures may be in order.
While he's working the night shift, you call to your oldest daughter Mary, now 7 years old. She's watching Rudolph in the living room with her brother and sister. The reindeer has just redeemed himself to "Santa Christ," as Larry would say. In her bubble-gum encrusted nightgown, Mary comes to your bedroom. When she sees that you've laid out all of the gifts on your bed, she stands at the door frame in shock.
You tell her, in the sweetest voice you can muster, that you're letting her in on a very special secret and that you need her help wrapping gifts. You tell yourself you're doing this—destroying her Santa illusion—for your husband, as Mary stares at the Holly Hobby doll house she wanted, sitting lopsided near your pillows.
This year, you compromise with Mary, too. "We can pretend we are Santa's elves," you say.
December 1978:
You come home late after spending too much money at the mall.
"Where have you been?" screams Travis (his real name), now 3 years old and prone to angry outbursts. Mary knows exactly what you've been up to. She scuttles the bags of gifts from the front door to your bedroom while you take Travis to the kitchen as a diversion.
Your other daughter, Lisa (not her real name), has gone overlooked in all this fuss (as usual). She barges in on Mary hiding the gifts in your closet.
Lisa cannot keep a secret. She will never be able to, as you will find out so many times over the years. As you are pouring Travis a second glass of milk, she races right up to you and beams maniacally because she has caught you in a great big lie.
"I know all about it," she tells you, smugly. Please please please don't let her tell the youngest, you beg sweet Jesus. Thankfully, she knows better.
That night you'll dream of a Claymation Santa Claus and Satan standing in a burning cauldron. In this dream, your husband Larry lies dead on the ground.
December 1979:
There is no bedroom Christmas conversation this year. You aren't sure why, but Larry has stopped going to Bible study. He even watched a few cartoon Christmas specials with the kids.
You wake up three days before Christmas with a list in your head. Most of this is from "randomly placed" scraps of paper your daughters have cut out of their grandmother's Sears catalog. Larry has also offered gift suggestions. (Gift suggestions!) He's worried his 4-year-old son is too effeminate.
On Christmas morning, your daughters open up their matching jewelry boxes, matching sweaters, and matching earrings. For the first time ever, they look at you in disgust for lack of imagination. You'll soon learn they will forever resent getting the exact same things as each other, every year, just because they are sisters.
Your son Travis opens up his presents, the presents you bought at Larry's insistence. There is a suction-cup bow-and-arrow set, which he'll never learn how to use, and a Tonka truck, which he promptly throws down in disgust. Travis cries that Santa didn't read his Christmas list. He cries that he hates Santa Claus. He yells that Santa had better die by falling into a chimney fire. He yells that he wanted Star Wars action figures and piano lessons.
You look at Larry. His face is a mixture of horror and anger. Since giving in to the Satanism of Santa for the first time, he has been sent a wrathful rebuke from God in the form of an ungrateful son. He rushes off to shovel snow out of the driveway, and yells at your daughters, "Tell him there's no Santa Claus!" You know your son heard that terrible declaration, but out of guilt he will pretend he hadn't for a few more years and instead take a more aggressive tack in his "letters to Santa," leaving them for you—and only you—to find.
Larry will never speak about this to you again. Santa, as it turns out, was evil after all.
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The Department of Finance as it is now called dates back to Confederation, even though some functions it performed already existed under various constitutional regimes. One example is the Inspector General who became the Minister of Finance in 1869.
At various times, the Department of Finance has included Treasury Board, the Comptroller of the Treasury, the Royal Canadian Mint, Income Tax Inspection, old age pensions and superannuation, and the Tariff Board.
At the time of Confederation, there was absolutely no need to reorganize the established system. The British North America Act maintained that, until the federal Parliament should make other provision, all legislation in force at the time of union would remain in effect. All provincial civil servants who performed duties not assigned exclusively to the provinces were to become employees of the Government of Canada. By virtue of this agreement, the provincial Department of Finance of United Canada became the nucleus of the new federal department, and the personnel in the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick departments continued to perform the same duties in the branch offices.
The first legislation affecting the Department of Finance enacted after Confederation was enacted in 1867. In many ways, it resembled the provincial legislation of 1864, but a number of major amendments had been made. The Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries and the Deputy Minister of Militia were added to the Board of Audit, which increased its membership to nine. All payments from the Treasury were to be made by cheque signed by the Receiver General and the Minister of Finance, but no cheque could be issued without a warrant of the Governor General in Council. No warrant could be prepared without a certificate from the Auditor General certifying that the expenditure had been authorized by Parliament. If the Auditor General refused to issue a certificate on the claim that there was no parliamentary authority for the expenditure, the Minister of Finance could order the expenditure if the Attorney General, in a written opinion, stated that such authority existed. In such cases, the Auditor General had to submit to Parliament through the Minister of Finance all documents on the subject. The provision for emergency expenditures for public works without parliamentary sanction, which had been contained in the Act of 1864, was reenacted, but it was expanded to include emergency expenditures of all types.
In 1869, an Act was passed which provided a statutory basis for the Department of Finance and a Federal Treasury Board. The latter had already been created by an order in council on July 2, 1867 and consisted of the Receiver General and the Ministers of Finance, Customs and Inland Revenue. Treasury Board, which was also required to serve as a committee to the Privy Council, was responsible for examining and reporting on all matters relating to finance, revenue, expenditure and public accounts referred to it by the Privy Council or which, in its estimation, had to be brought to the Council's attention.
In 1870, following a report by Civil Service Commissioners recommending the merger of the accounting and audit branches of the Department of Finance, the office of Deputy Inspector General was abolished and his duties and authorities were transferred to the Auditor General who was given the additional title of Deputy Minister of Finance. The legislation which brought about this change in the organization of the department did stipulate, however, that the Deputy Inspector General in office at the time, William Dickinson, would retain his title as long as he remained an officer of the Department of Finance.
In 1878, the Department of Finance was reorganized to place the Auditor General beyond any political influence. The Audit Office was removed from Finance and established as a separate department. The Auditor was given authority to make all regulations governing his office, subject to Treasury Board approval. A Deputy Minister of Finance was appointed and was to be the ex officio secretary of the Treasury Board; he was also required to keep the accounts of the government's financial agents in England and the accounts of banks authorized to receive and pay public funds. Moreover, he was responsible for keeping the accounts of interest paid on Canadian stocks, bonds and other securities. He had to countersign and register all Canadian bonds, keep track of Dominion notes, bank savings deposits and other funds held in trust. The Deputy Minister of Finance prepared public accounts which then had to be countersigned by the Auditor General before being submitted to Parliament by the Minister.
The Act of 1878, which in all its essential features was modelled on the British Exchequer and Audit Department Act passed in 1866, transformed the Auditor General who was a servant of Cabinet into a servant of the House of Commons.
That same year, a move was made to abolish the Receiver General as a separate department, but due to unforeseen difficulties, the bill was not passed. The following year proved more successful, as the Minister of Finance became the ex officio Receiver General, and his Deputy Minister became the ex officio Receiver General.
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Anytime I can, I try to use fresh ingredients! Especially from my (little) garden! I have dreams of a large bountiful garden…and years to make that dream come true!
1 bag tortillas ($1.29)
2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded (or leftover chicken from crockpot meal) ($2 or free!)
1 cup cheese, shredded ($.83)
2 Corn Cobs ($.50)
1/2 cup dried red beans, uncooked ($.15)
1 Tomato, diced (Free from garden!) or 1/2 cup salsa ($.50)
1 T Vinegar (whichever you prefer)
1 T Oil (whichever you prefer)
*Note: I usually don't include "condiment" costs unless they are significant!
1. Soak beans overnight. Cook with lots of water on low for 2 hours or until tender. If you are in a rush, add a pinch of baking soda to speed up the cooking of the bean! When done cooking, rinse beans in cool water.
2. Shuck and boil corn cobs. Pull out and let cool. Cut off kernals. Mix with black beans, vinegar, oil, S/P. Add diced tomato or salsa. Chill or serve at room temp.
3. Place tortilla flat on lightly greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with shredded cheese and shredded chicken, then fold in half. Repeat until all the tortillas and filled and on the baking sheet. Bake at 400 for 6 to 7 minutes, flipping once halfway through. It will be ready when cheese has melted through and tortilla is crispy and golden.
My favorite tortillas come in bags of 10…so this will make 10 quesadillas! Plenty for us!
Cost $4.77 (or $5.27 if you use salsa)


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Hi there,
Since there's been some discussion about duties and brokerage woes when shipping Club Polk gear to Canada, I thought I'd post some hints I found on other deal boards.
Some of the most common ways of shipping:
USPS. They ship to Canada and hand over the package to Canada Post. Canada Post then assesses the duties and taxes.
One of the cheaper ways. Also one of the slowest.
UPS. They charge a brokerage fee. I find it annoying because they don't include the cost in with the shipping. They do this automatically unless you call and tell them you will clear the package yourself. This only works if you're near the airport where the goods cross the border.
It works well for me (Vancouver) because the UPS commercial terminal is near the customs office. Of course, not all UPS employees are aware that you can do this.
Fedex appears to include brokerage in their quotes. It's about the same as UPS but I like it because it's not a surprise when it arrives at your door.
Ship to cross border PO Box and go get it yourself. This also works for me cuz I'm 20 mins from the border. You can then declare the gear yourself.
Ship to friends in US and have them bring it up. This worked well for my transaction with criverajr. I had a Rotel amp shipped to friends in Seattle and they brought it up later. Drawbacks it takes a while but it's cheaper on shipping and I lucked out by not paying any duties. You also tend to be dinged by the "dinner tax". ;)
Other tidbits.
The customs and taxation is handled by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency.
Canada Postal and Duties:
The web site summarizes how duties should be applied.
Note: The value of goods are converted to Canadian dollars and then the duties applied. I thought the 60 dollar gift exemption was usd not cdn. I stand corrected.
If someone mails you an item worth $20 CAN or less, you don't have to pay duty or tax on the item
(see D8-2-2 for details).
$5 Canada post handling fee for duties if applicable.
Items that qualify as a "gift"
For an item to qualify as a "gift", another person must send it to you personally and must include a card or other notice indicating that it's a gift.
If you receive an imported gift by mail and it's worth $60 CAN or less, you don't have to pay duty or tax. If the gift is worth more than $60, you must pay duty and tax on the amount over $60 CAN.
For example, if a relative sends you a gift worth $200 CAN, you must pay the applicable duty, the GST or HST, and any PST on $140 CAN.
Check out the section on appealing the duties/tariffs.
Reassesment Request form
Personal exemptions to bring down the cost of duties. eg Stay a few days out of country and claim your 50 cdn exemption.
hope this helps.


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text: Brushstrokes columnist Debbie Meyer writes a monthly arts column in the Chapel Hill News and now The Durham News. She's also an animal lover, a mom to two adorable girls, and with husband Eric Brantley organizes an outdoor sculpture show every year called "Come Out and Play," on their farm six miles west of Carrboro. You've got one more chance to see it (free and lots of great food) this Saturday. Get the details at carrboro.com/comeoutandplay/


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Boston's original Channel 5, WHDH-TV, produced a local, weekday version of the "Bozo the Clown" children's program between 1959 and 1970. Booth announcer Frank Avruch played the title role. These excerpts are from a 1966 broadcast. Episodes videotaped at WHDH between 1965 and '67 were syndicated to markets that did not produce a local version of the show. All rights are acknowledged. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * Recollections from former WHDH-TV employee Ron Hopkins via tvdvdreviews: I worked in the Music Dept. of WHDH-TV/Channel 5 in the 1960s. Ed Carroll Spinney was Grandma Nellie, Mr. Lion and Kookie Kangaroo, along with a few others. Del Grosso was Clank the Robot. The reason for each playing more than one character was that it gave the show more variety and allowed them to work several days a week. During the Holiday Season, those of us in the Music Dept. would wear the costumes of the characters so that they could appear all on the same show. Ed Spinney would do the voice of each character off camera. When Frank Avruch was sick or injured – he broke his hip playing handball – Romper Room's Miss Jean's husband Bill Harrington would play Bozo's brother Nozo. Ed Spinney went on to become Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on "Sesame Street."
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Seniors work on their final school production
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Everyone remembers his favorite childhood stories, the ones he wanted to have retold as often as a parent would read them. At the top of many memory lists has to be "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
The Halifax County High School Drama Department is currently preparing a new version, "Snow White and the Dwarfs of the Black Forest," that is sure to be a lasting memory for a lot of young patrons. One group of performers is especially focused on performing their best for their young audiences. The members of the Class of '13 are working on their last school production and making their own memories of senior year.
The group consists of veteran and novice performers, but all are preparing for a stellar production. Several were members of last year's production of "Pinocchio" and remember the receptive audiences of families enjoying a live performance of a classic story.
Appearing on the school's stage for the first time are Vashaun Brandon, Jeremy Garrett, Ashley Wiles, Keziah Cash, Chaniqua Pointer, Alexis Bitar. And Daniel Haskett. While this is Haskett's first time on the high school stage, he has been in several Prizery summer productions and in Little Theatre shows.
Brandon and Garrett are sharing the role of the Magic Mirror and fill the spot with some excellent moments of sarcasm as they revel in making the Evil Queen worry that her beauty may be surpassed by a younger and sweeter Snow White.
The remaining senior rookies all play dwarfs or animals and are mastering the art of getting small and acquiring strange voices. This group is planning a very special presentation that will amaze the youngsters in the audience.
Leading the cast are two players who have appeared in productions at the school since their freshman year. Haven Simon and Elisabeth Brogden play the Queen and her loyal servant Dim Witty.
One creates the conflict of the play, while the other is the master of comic relief. Both have appeared in school competition plays as well as Halifax County Little Theatre productions.
Simon was last seen on stage in last spring's Little Theatre's "Brighton Beach Memoirs." Brogden has assumed many parts over the years with the high school, The Prizery and Little Theatre and has grown as an actress through hard work and a willingness to use her experience to grow her talent.
Seniors Cassie Puryear and Shereen Massimi will be working their magic in stage managing and lighting positions, running the show during performances. Both girls have been involved in theatre productions for all four of their high school years.
"Snow White and the Dwarfs of the Black Forest" is a delightful entertainment for all ages. The story is familiar but contains some new twists and turns. The senior members of the cast are providing talent and leadership to a large troupe of interesting characters.
The play opens at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, in the school auditorium. Additional performances are planned for Saturday at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. All tickets for the show are $5.
This is a wonderful time for families to make their own memories by experiencing their favorite storybook characters live and in person.


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Sometimes a Replica is just a reminder
The biggest story in replica jewelry these days is the production of knockoffs of the ring Prince William gave his fiancée Kate Middleton. The royal ring, which belonged to his mother Princess Diana, has a 16-carat natural blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds. Its value is put at between $150,000 and "priceless."
Replicas of the ring are being produced in China by the tens of thousands and sold around the world. Probably the cheapest are made of plastic and quartz crystal; they wholesale for 45 cents and retail for $3.
Obviously, these replicas are not trying to pass as valuable jewelry. They are for the souvenir market, much like an Eiffel Tower refrigerator magnet or a paperweight shaped like the Sphinx.
A slightly more upscale version is also available. On this ring, the surrounding stones are cubic zirconia — CZ, fake diamond — and the sapphire is low-cost synthetic stone. This $99 model is also just a cheap knockoff. Though its appeal is mainly as a cultural artifact, the ad copy tries to suggest that the piece is comparable to the royal ring and has enduring value as jewelry. Is anyone being fooled? If the Royal Ring crosses your desk, don't bite!
Period jewelry—making it new (& often better)
On the other end of the value spectrum is very fine replica jewelry, expertly crafted pieces patterned after jewelry styles from the past.
Jewelry styles are often associated with a particular time period, so jewelry made "in the style of" an earlier period is sometimes considered a replica. Contemporary craftsmen may replicate particular pieces from an earlier era, or they may make creative use of the signature features of that period to produce original creations.
Art Nouveau jewelry, for example, is much admired today. At its height from about 1880 to the First World War, the Art Nouveau movement was a revolt against the industrialization of jewelry-making. Jewelry of the period emphasized fluid lines, colorful enamel work and natural subjects, such as plants and the female figure.
One company has produced for modern buyers some of the same pieces it made when Art Nouveau was daring and avant-garde. These pieces are even better made than they could have been a century ago.
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Between high-quality jewelry and souvenir-grade stuff is a world of replicas, with something for every pocketbook. The Internet is full of sites trading on the name of a historical period, such as art deco, to market mediocre or poor quality merchandise.
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I have been searching for this cake for about two years now. In my experience, making white cake at home is just never as good as the bakery. (Sorry! I know some of you just cringed reading that.)
I am not kidding when I tell you that this recipe is it. The flavor is fantastic and the texture is truly perfection. Even the-pickiest-dessert-eater-ever, aka my hubby, loved it.
And I know you will too. As I noted in the recipe I found this cake on epicurious who got it from Cooks Illustrated. I have never been led astray with either of those sources so I am confident you will find the same success I did!
One major adaptation I did was using 8-in cake pans. The original recipe calls for 9-in and about 5 minutes less cooking time. If you plan on using 9-in plans please do consult the original recipe. The first time I made it I used 8-in cake pans with no time adaptation and was not as successful.
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- 1 cup milk at room temperature
- 6 large egg whites at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened but still cool
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare two 8-inch cake pans.
- Make sure milk and eggs are room temperature.
- Pour milk (I used skim) , egg whites, and extracts into medium bowl and mix with fork until blended.
- Mix cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in bowl of electric mixer at slow speed. Add butter, cut into cubes and continue beating on low for about 1-2 minutes.
- Add all but 1/2 cup of milk mixture to flour mixture and beat at medium speed for 1 1/2 minutes. Add remaining 1/2 cup of milk mixture and beat for about 1 minute.
- Pour batter evenly between two prepared cake pans.
- Bake until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 27 to 30 minutes.
- Allow cake to cool to room temperature.
- Frost cakes with favorite frosting.
- Just barely adapted from epicurious, taken from Cooks Illustrated.
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The Griffin Slap for iPod nano are cool, fun, multi-color slap bracelets straight from the 80's that Griffin has brought back with a vengeance for the tech of 2010. They are easy to put on your wrist, just hit them against your wrist and they wrap perfectly around your arm. [iMore Store link].
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Agreed, can't wait for my LunaTik to arrive!
HAHAHAHAHAHA FAIL BY Tipb team. Those wrist straps sucks. Can't wait for lunatik.
Georgia ur a kiss a$s
I'm just kidding. Ur sexy
Georgia Kitty-Kat, if I were locked into Verizon and were forced to settle for some random junky Android phone, I'd be all over the iPod nano with a wriststrap. But that's in an alternate universe that I'm glad I'm not in. Still love the nano watch concept though.
lunatik is the werd. Can't wait for mine to come. It is so cool that I bought in even though I don't even have a Nano and I don't have plans to buy one!
maldaly, in that case you have too much money
I bought the griffin black.. it is sooo uncomfortable lame pop watch.. I was on a quest to find a decent nano band and finally found iCuff. I bought the woody edition, leather band that looks like wood with design on it. check em out at icuff.com
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Its Adult Education programs are primarily ESL classes and work in collaboration with the families in training component. The center's parent educator works with the ESL teacher to provide developmentally appropriate activities for children while parents are participating in the ESL class. Its family fun nights also provide educational learning activities for both parents and children.


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A crackdown on subway freeloaders has resulted in more than 600 citations being issued since July 9.
The Transit Police released numbers on Thursday for "Operation Fare Game." So far, 636 citations have been handed out.
There are various ways to avoid paying your fare. One tactic is "piggybacking," or walking in right behind someone who did pay. Another is holding the sensor open for people behind you, as are prone to do.
The citations carry fines. A first offense is $50, a second will cost you $100 and a third will set you back $300. If you don't pay up within a month, your driver's license could be put on "nonrenewal" status — the same as happens when you don't pay parking tickets.
Freeloading deprives the perennially cash-strapped system of revenue. The trips those freeloaders were trying to make that resulted in the 636 tickets would by $1,590 worth of rides at CharlieTicket prices.
Fare jumpers probably cost the T a few million dollars a year, an MBTA Advisory Board member told WBUR for a report they aired in March.
For concentrated fare evasion damage, nothing beats the inside job where a T contractor sold fake passes. The scam, which was exposed last year, cost the MBTA somewhere around $5 million in lost fares.


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It is a small and secluded South Weymouth neighborhood surrounded by woods. This is an unpaved road where only six houses stand, and the only sounds that can be heard come from the neighbor's horse chewing on grass or the woodpecker hammering away at a tree.
But the house at the very end of Oakdale Street has provided neighbors with some suspicion. They have witnessed house parties and vehicles full of young adults traveling to and from the home.
Unnamed neighbors said 20-year-old Brandon Runge, who lived at the residence, appeared friendly and was never rude to his neighbors. One mother said he appeared normal and would often walk his dog and always wave to her.
Runge is now a fugitive of the law after he escaped his home last Friday through a window and fled into nearby woods before police could execute a search warrant of his Oakdale Street property.
Police found guns, bags of cocaine and marijuana, prescription pills and baths salts along with $20,000 in cash at the home.
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Police are still searching for Runge. He is described by police as a 5' 9'' white male, around 150 lbs., brown hair, and brown eyes. He is originally from Scituate and currently has 10 warrants for his arrest.
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Today, July 11, is National Collector Car Appreciation Day across the U.S. That means...
Lexus sport-coupe concept slips out ahead of Detroit show reveal
Lexus had given us the heads-up that it was bringing a sports-coupe concept to the Detroit auto show. A teaser photo was released, but a full reveal was supposed to wait until the show in January.
That plan is toast, courtesy of the Internet. Road & Track magazine touted its next issue with a video on YouTube--since pulled--that revealed the Lexus LF-LC. Another photo of the car has shown up on the Web site of the U.K.'s Car magazine.
The LF-LC is another salvo in Lexus's bid to boost the excitement level of its styling. The grille builds upon the nose that debuted on the LF-Gh concept that previewed the redesigned Lexus GS sedan. And the coupe styling makes us believe that Lexus is thinking that it might be possible to release a successor to the now-departed SC coupe, which was based on the platform used for the LS sedan.
One thing we did see in the Web video was a hybrid badge, placed just in front of the rear wheel well.
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Gas prices in Connecticut continued to drop in the lead up to the holiday season. The average price per gallon dropped from $3.83 to $3.81 in the past week. A month ago the average price was $4, according to price tracking website ConnecticutGasPrices.com.
The national average is $3.43. An analyst at GasBuddy.com, the parent company of ConnecticutGasPrices.com, said he doesn't think prices will improve much in December.
"I don't see how gas prices could greatly improve between now and Christmas, given the new military action in the Middle East and other pressures," Patrick DeHaan said in a statement. "It's all but certain the national average will not drop under $3.25 per gallon, which could lead to a perilous start to start to 2013."
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