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I have been wanting to really dealve into gluten-free baking for a long while now. Of course, life always gets in the way, and before you know it a year has past.
But I decided last week that enough was enough. It was time to start experimenting with the GF baked goods. Plus I've noticed that we have customers asking us at the cart for GF treats. So I got to work and you know what? I had some great success. The first thing I did was take a recipe from our site for the GF Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. The are delish, but I wanted to play around with a homemade flour blend that didn't have bean flour in it. I love the chickpea flour, but it does have a somewhat of a strong flavor in baked goods. So I messed around with a rice flour blend, and the bars were amaing! So good in fact, that we're now serving them at the cart. I am addicted, because the rice flour leaves them really chewy, along with their ooey-gooeyness.
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In this week's edition of the Mid-Ohio Valley's Most Wanted we have for you a Wooster, Ohio woman wanted for failing to face her indictment on drug charges.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office is looking for 31-year old Heather Manges.
Authorities tell us in July of 2010 troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol arrested Manges during a traffic stop on Interstate 77.
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A 36-year-old Port Chester man was charged with disorderly conduct Tuesday when he refused to get out of the roadway in downtown Port Chester as a village DPW crew was trying to clear piles of snow, according to Port Chester police.
A village officer was assigned to traffic safety duty as the DPW was clearing snow at Westchester Avenue and North Main Street at 1:27 a.m. when a man - carrying an open container of alcohol - came through the area walking in the middle of the roadway.
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I've been bugging a realtor friend to give me a guest post on what the effect of messing with the mortgage interest deduction might be on housing price recovery. That might be the least of our worries, if this analysis by Tim Smith is correct. Tim blogs on Echo Boomers (Americans born between 1980 to 1995. My littlest echo, all 6'3″ of him, will be starting college in the fall.) Tim's previous guest post concerned the education bubble, which I think might burst, but he thinks will explode.
Homeownership? No Thanks, That Was Your Dream
Bernanke could cause mortgage rates to plummet to 1%. It wouldn't matter. Obama could offer 10% back of the home value for every home purchase. It wouldn't matter. Alan Greenspan and George W. Bush could keep yapping about the value of homeownership and how it's the American dream. That wouldn't matter either. Our leaders face a major shift in the housing market that few recognize: the Millennial generation (also called Echo Boomers, due to their massive size). The trouble with Echo Boomers is that few understand them and realize how different they think and act than other American generations.
I spent over five years working for Wells Fargo Bank NA, and the last year and a half of my career I collected data on Echo Boomers (specifically born from 1980 to 1993, a different range than other studies). Why? Because I couldn't control who called and the legal data were already compiled by Wells Fargo (birthdate, location, et cetera). I recognized the opportunity I had to interact, study and assess everything I needed to know about Echo Boomers, all while seeing how they actually managed money. After all, people can say anything, but their bank accounts don't lie.
Consider, for instance, that 90% of U.S. born Echo Boomers has less than $1,500 in assets . What type of home could be covered by a down payment of $1,500? Or even if Echo Boomers didn't give the bank a down payment, how many financial emergencies could they face with $1500? If people have few financial assets, the likelihood of facing foreclosure increases.
But the Federal Reserve, politicians and banks seem to miss this about Echo Boomers because this is only the beginning of the larger trend. This generation doesn't prepare. This generation doesn't save. And this generation values fun over both. I know because the easiest rapport-building question to an Echo Boomer was, "So, what do you do for fun in your area?" Baby Boomers and Xers on occasion answered the question, while Echo Boomers always answered it. Even some in the media caught on this trend as seen in the origin of the phrase, "Generation Y works to live, not lives to work". But homeownership requires planning and saving, even if a person places no down payment.
The lack of assets isn't the only encumbrance to housing: Echo Boomers value education, people and leisure more than other American generations. Of the Echo Boomers I spoke with, 13% were homeowners, yet less than a third reported interest in owning a home someday (with female Echo Boomers wanting homes more than male Echo Boomers). They preferred graduate degrees, living in social areas (not suburbs) and freedom instead of homeownership. A few of these Echo Boomers will need a decade to pay off their student loans after which another large loan, like a mortgage, might lack appeal. And while suburbs seem to offer community and safety, they also add transportation costs with a lack of social diversity.
Finally, Echo Boomers question the importance of homeownership. Greenspan, Bush and others can claim that homeownership is the American dream, but if that's true, it's only a recent dream. I failed to find one reference to homeownership as the only American dream before the Baby Boom generation. And based on my many conversations with older Americans (from the Great Depression), owning a home was never their dream. Many wanted to own their own business, leave their kids better off, and find meaning and purpose in their life. None of that requires a home.
Even the Nobel prize winning economist, Paul Krugman, challenged the value of homeownership . What some real estate agents don't tell anyone is that under some circumstances, homeownership never pays for itself (consider that an owner never recovers the loss from homeowner's insurance, interest paid on a mortgage, home-maintenance costs, and the time that he or she worked on the home).
Make no mistake; our economy can recover without housing despite opposite assumptions . Americans can learn to produce more with less. Americans can learn to value the things that come for free. Americans can learn to live with more people instead of fewer. And frankly, that's what I see us Echo Boomers already doing.
"This generation doesn't prepare. This generation doesn't save. And this generation values fun over both." You are right, except one would suggest "this generation" began earlier in the late 1960s during the peak of Vietnam War.
The worrying part is the coming generation seems to be even worse, no thanks to Iraq and Afghan Wars. (vzc1943)
While I agree that we can achieve an economic recovery without housing, I do believe it will take a very long time. The economy is seriously improving, but has reached a point of stagnation because there is not quite enough demand to push it into growth. A normal housing and mortgage market would add 3/4 to 1 Trillion dollars to the GDP annually. I bet that would push us into a sustained growth pattern.
You were doing OK until you quoted Paul Krugman, who seems to take positions purely for their obnoxiousness.
It's kind of interesting that your conclusions about Echo Boomers and the fact that they "don't plan…don't save…don't have a dream for homeownership" would lead one to conclude that because this is who they are, that their value of being social, etc. is greater than or 'better' than opposing points of view.
My own son is one of those Echo Boomers who does fit your description although he is one of those 19% that owns a home.
Housing may not have been considered an American Dream as you suggest even of Baby Boomers, but housing ownership does provide a ticket to wealth building that is simply the most accessible to the most people with the most long term benefits.
Those benefits include not only financial stability, but neighborhood, community and family stability. If we do not continually encourage people to own their own home, they will be relegated to paying rent which is simply another way of paying someone else's mortgage so THEY can accumulate the wealth that comes with ownership.
The suggestion that people need mobility and flexibility and should sacrifice the community investments in homeownership is not a recipe for success to help MOST people.
Sure some need no committment, don't plan or save and want that right, but those same people can also complain about how things are and ask the governement to do more for people who don't do for themselves.
The current condition of the housing market is the absolutely BEST scenario for the average person to wake up, step up and find something to invest in for themselves to live in. They should lock in long term low interest rates, buy within their means and demand that banking and lending institutons provide high quality financing while the government should be pressuring lending institutions to get back to the business of common sense underwriting and make good loans (instead of waiting for rates to rise before making more loans).
The flipping game is over, but buying may just be the best opportunity for most people. Buy within your means – buy for the long term. There is just no greater tool to accumulate assets over the next 10 years.
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tboontee – Agreed. The wars are not helping our economy whatsoever.
lcr1946 – While housing can be helpful, I think that the energy crisis is more of a concern. If we can reconcile our issues with energy, we will see a significant recovery regardless of housing.
whrosen – Not a huge fan of Krugman either, though I agree with some of his points on renting (my argument would be that it depends on the individual – some value freedom and flexibility, others value stability and routine).
Vito Simone – I make numerous English mistakes a day, so no worries. As far as your argument goes, some Echo Boomers over the next ten to twenty years will probably follow what you write – they will settle down. Renting has value, but as you list, so does homeownership; it depends on the person's values. Thank you for providing a good counterpoint.
Peter Reilly – Excellent point. I've seen the term "delayed adolescence" to describe my generation, so perhaps Echo Boomers are just 10 years behind where other generations were at their age.
Many Echo-Boomers these days believe the housing market is for suckers and that banks will only cheat them. I think its not hard to see why they believe that.
1) Housing is still about 15% over priced, and over supply is still rampant. This will take time, not congress.
2) Everyone has to live somewhere, so they rent from someone else, the house still exists.
3) Peoples priorities change as they age, have families, etc.


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Crews looking for a missing Somerset man in Ohiopyle State Park now are focusing their efforts on the Youghiogheny River.
Jeremy Walker, 29, was last seen on New Year's Eve. He was reported missing on Wednesday.
Searchers have covered an 0.7-mile radius from a visitors center, located in the former Ohiopyle Train Station, where Walker's vehicle was found.
"We have done an exhaustive land search at this point. ... We have pretty much exhausted all possibilities that he is on land, which is leading toward our focus on the river now," said Ohiopyle State Park Assistant Manager Stacie Hall.
More than 100 individuals have participated in the search.
"We are so grateful for the outpouring of love and support for Jeremy and our family," posted the missing man's brother, Jody Andrew Walker, on Facebook.
"Over 140 volunteers and trained personnel searched for Jeremy yesterday. We still haven't found him, but a huge 'thank you' to everyone! Please keep us in your prayers."
Searchers from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland have assisted.
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Walker's whereabouts are known until slightly before midnight on Dec. 31. Tracking dogs followed his scent to a walking bridge near the old train station. The bridge crosses the Youghiogheny River.
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Walker's financial records and computer have been studied. Investigators have considered the possibility he hopped on a passing train or walked away. "We've run through a dozen scenarios," Hall said. "When you look at the probability of them, something like (him getting on a passing train) is pretty low, but it's always a potential that he's out there happy and warm somewhere, and we just can't find him."
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ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo's second in command today sought to calm the dispute between the Democratic governor and the party's co-chair that has caught the eyes of party insiders across the state.
At issue is the criticism from Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner over Cuomo's new budget plan that the mayor has suggested short-changes municipalities struggling to keep their finances afloat.
Criticism by most state politicians of the governor, who is not shy about defending himself from any barbs, has been remarkably rare over the past two years. At a time when Cuomo has been trying to rally Democrats statewide to embrace his fiscal plans, Miner's criticism – played out this week in various media interviews – has been more than noteworthy since she is Cuomo's handpicked co-chair of the New York State Democratic Committee that he controls.
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"I've heard nothing come up in any conversation I've had or any conversation I've heard that would indicate that," Duffy told a Buffalo News reporter.
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Duffy, a former mayor of Rochester, earlier this week told Syracuse reporters that a control board – which could essentially take over the financial decision-making for that city – could be an option for Syracuse if Miner did not like the governor's budget solutions, which include a controversial borrowing-type plan for localities to use against future savings from the state's pension fund.
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By Cam Huffman
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Winners of seven straight heading into Saturday's girls basketball game with Class AAA No. 1 Greenbrier East, Washington outscored the Spartans 15-4 over the final six minutes of the game.
The bad news for the visitors from the Eastern Panhandle is that the late run had everything to do with what had happened the previous 26 minutes.
East (9-0) used an attacking defense and some hot shooting from the perimeter to open up a lead as large as 30 points and defeat the Patriots (8-5) 75-57 to stay undefeated.
The final Washington surge came with the Spartan starters sitting on the bench cheering on the reserves.
"For them to be (9-0), from my vantage point, is incredible, that's all there is to it," said East head coach Jim Justice, who's a perfect 19-0 this season as the coach of both the boys and girls teams. "But they deserve it. They've worked unbelievably hard, and they're a great, great bunch of kids."
The Spartans, who have won every game this season by double digits, set the tone in the opening minutes Saturday, scoring the game's first 13 points. Elizabeth Romeo knocked down a pair of 3-pointers to start the scoring, and then East found some easy buckets, forcing Washington turnovers with its full-court press.
Point guard Chloe Honaker knocked down a 3-ball with 6 minutes left on the first-quarter clock to complete the 13-0 run as the Patriots struggled to find an answer.
Washington, though, didn't go away.
Settling down to break the Spartan press and passing the ball well to find quality shots, the visitors quickly cut into the lead, pulling within seven, 24-17, on an Amber Curry putback just before the end of the opening quarter.
"We jumped up 13-0, and at the end of the first quarter we were up seven," said Justice. "Usually when that happens, you're in a dog fight."
Washington was unable to cut into the lead any further in the early minutes of the second quarter, though, and when Bianca André finally hit a 3-pointer for the first points of the second quarter, she sparked a 9-0 run that helped East take full control.
André — a first team all-state pick a year ago, who finished with 20 points, 17 rebounds and six assists — followed up the 3-ball with a steal and an easy layup.
Romeo, who had 15 points and five boards in the game, did her best André impersonation on the next inbounds pass, scoring off another steal, and André closed the run with a final steal and a bucket, making the score 33-17 with 3:29 left before halftime.
The Spartans took a 43-26 lead into the locker room, holding Washington to just nine points in the second quarter, and then scored nine of the first 10 points of the second half to really put the game on ice.
Ahead 64-37 after three quarters, East built a lead as large as 67-37 before turning to its bench to play out the final six minutes.
Chaunté McDowell matched André's huge night with 20 points and four rebounds, and Honaker ended the game with 12 points and six assists.
Jackie Hess was Washington's top scorer with 15 points and seven rebounds, and Kylie Nelson had 10 points and eight boards. Kenya Dozier had a game-high 16 rebounds to go along with five points and three assists, but the Patriots shot just 30 percent from the field and struggled from the foul line.
The Spartans will put their undefeated record on the line Friday and Saturday when they make a trip to the Eastern Panhandle to take on Martinsburg and Hedgesville on back-to-back days.
"These kids came in with almost a little chip on their shoulder," said Justice, whose team won the Class AAA championship last season but began the 2012-13 campaign without two key players from that squad, Cheyenne Hooper and Anna Hammaker, who moved back to Tennessee in the offseason. "Everybody was saying, 'You lost those kids, and you don't have a chance.' I can't tell you how long this journey is going to last, but it doesn't matter to me if it lasts another day. What they've accomplished to date is remarkable.
"The first day of practice, I said, 'We may be lucky to win five games.' We had to change everything. When you lose a 6-foot-6 post player and a D-I point guard, it makes it really tough. What we had to do is become very aggressive, very well conditioned and have all five of our kids getting the 50-50 balls and rebounding the ball. That's what we've done."
Washington will try to start a new run Tuesday when it takes on Millbrook (Va.).
— For team coverage check us out online at
www.register-herald.com and look for the "In The Paint" link.
Washington (8-5)
Kenya Dozier 2 1-8 5, Kylie Nelson 4 2-2 10, Morgan Adams 3 0-0 6, Jackie Hess 4 5-6 15, Alycia Lambert 3 3-4 9, Kirsten Doleman 1 2-4 4, Amber Curry 3 1-2 5, Christina Collins 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 14-26 57.
Greenbrier East (9-0)
Elizabeth Romeo 5 3-4 15, Bianca Andre 7 4-4 20, Maddee Carroll 1 0-2 2, Chloe Honaker 4 2-3 12, Chaunte McDowell 7 1-2 20, Kristen Talbott 0 0-0 0, Victoria Krystynak 0 0-0 0, Kat Walton 0 2-2 2, Lexi Tincher 1 1-3 3, Caitland Boggs 0 1-2 1, CeCe Grant 0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Mize 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 14-22 75.
3-pointers — W: 3 (Hess 2, Curry), GE: 11 (McDowell 5, Romeo 2, Andre 2, Honaker 2); Fouled out — W: None, GE: Mize.


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Antoine Ashley, a.k.a. Sahara Davenport, died Monday of heart failure, a rep said in a statement issued Wednesday.
Ashley, a 27-year-old drag performer, competed as Davenport on the second season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and was the six-year boyfriend of Season 3 performer Manila Luzon, a.k.a. Karl Westerberg, who'll appear in the upcoming "RuPaul's Drag Race: All-Stars" starting later this month.


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|#331 Subject: did you hear Posted: 01/05/2006 22:22:26
they're also making us say "holiday" trees now. but what about the christmas tree sale that's always in my school parking lot. its a freakin catholic school! what the hell, they're gonna make them change the sign to holiday tree sale next year? that is bull SHIT i tell you! BULL SHIT!!!
|#332 Subject: did you hear Posted: 01/05/2006 22:22:55
they're also making us say "holiday" trees now. but what about the christmas tree sale that's always in my school parking lot. its a freakin catholic school! what the hell, they're gonna make them change the sign to holiday tree sale next year? that is bull SHIT i tell you! BULL SHIT!!!
|#333 Subject: dammit that's another thing i hate Posted: 01/05/2006 22:24:00
the attack of the double post!
|#334 Subject: I Hate White People Posted: 01/15/2006 11:21:40
Now, before you go and get your panties in a jam, a quick look at my profile picture will confirm that I, too, am white. But we have all seen them. If you think you haven't then, keep reading. These are the people at grocery stores that refuse to bag their own fuckin groceries. And its usually only wite people who do this. I know, I worked at Food Lion. These are the people that have the biggest orders and a certain way they want things bagged. Then, after bitching you out over the wrong price of a bag of flour, they stand back, arms crossed, and watch you, and only you, bag their fuckin groceries. Then when it takes longer than five minutes to bag their shit, they get pissed off and yell at you some more. TEH FUCK!? What is going through these people's minds that they think they have the right to yell at me for doing my job? And before you ask, Why couldn't you call a bagger over? well, the answer is simple my friends, baggers don't respond to the call of the cashier in Food Lion. It's either that or they're all busy with other lines or things in the store. So most of the time, cashiers are screwed, which is another thing i hate. So, maybe the proper title for this entry isn't I Hate White People, but, I Hate Working For Grocery Stores And All The People That Bitch And Complain To The Cashier While Doing Buisness Therein.
|#335 Subject: I hate Posted: 01/16/2006 14:45:34
thoser people who tell on you even though they are 18 and telling on people is a kid's game.
|#336 Subject: oh, boy, here i got, super rant time.... Posted: 01/16/2006 17:56:30
Ok, i hate: whitetrash, rednecks, whiggers, stubborn people, liars, sluts, whores, bitches, my ex-girlfriend, sexual haressers, old people(really old people who live by the 1930 standers), critics, politics, and a whole hell of a lot more, but i am just so mad right now i can't type...
|#337 Subject: sometimes..... Posted: 01/17/2006 01:22:55
I don't want to EVEN SEE PEOPLE on my tv,....yep, happened recently,....put it on some nature channel stuff, turned the sound down, and put on a instrumental cd(did'nt even want to hear human voices)....I believe it's called 'misanthrope" when you get like this.
Mostly these days I hate our prez....such an arrogant little bastard......ruining our image(americans) across the globe....can you say...expatriot in the near future?
|#338 Subject: I only hate one thing..... Posted: 01/17/2006 01:23:00
|#339 Subject: people Posted: 01/17/2006 18:54:42
some people are jerks like brothers an sisters.
|#340 Subject: part 2 Posted: 01/17/2006 23:20:17
i also hate religious people, people that think they are worshippig some false god, and they have to be right, if you say one damn thing that is againest the stupid religion they have a rope around your neck about to hang your sorry ass, so fuck'um i hate them, but i do give credit to those damn Witness peopl, they are great are showing up at the only time you DON'T want to be bothered, like right after work, you fucking come home fro ma very stressful day, and they are sitting in your bushes watching you, "oh, i think he had a shitty day today, lets go" then as soon as you sit down in your favorite chair, the fucking doorbell rings, and yu don't know what they want until you open that damn door then you are stuck, you try so hard to get them to leave its like, you say "ok, i am soory but i need you people to leave i have to go do something", then they say "oh, ok, well here is another pamplete about how to make time for the lord." then you are like " no really i have to go pick up my kids" and they say "oh ok, you have kids, well here is another pamplete on how to let you children know about the lord", then you get fed up and scream " I AM GOING TO FU
CKING KILL YOU IF YOU DON"T LEAVE MY HOUSE NOW!!!!!!" and they say, "oh, ok, well here is another pamplete on how to control your anger." ok so i actually hate them damn religious people too, i hate all religions, i will stick to just having an idea about what is after life and that will be enough for me....
|#341 Subject: yeah Posted: 01/18/2006 22:45:22
those people scare me. eeew!
and to the guy that hates catholics-what's so bad. i just wanna know. what's so fuckin bad about us. (sorry. i don't like anyone dissin someone else's religion. especially without a reason. so dude, don't take this personal.)
|#342 Subject: I... Posted: 01/19/2006 00:07:48
I can't stand where I live anymore, this messed up country and the ignorance that continues to take place. I can't deal with politics because the democracy only serves those in power. I can't deal with the church's influence in our government because they make excuses to fulfill their needs... and the public buys it. I can't take society thinking it's all about the government screwing them over when they do it to themselves. I hate how there are only 5 companies that run this country (Bertelsmann, News Corp, Disney, Viacom, TimeWarner) and they control all the information people ingest.
I can't stand the mindless routines, the unambitious women I'm constantly seeing, or the fake people who have something to prove. I can't deal with not being close enough to anyone for them to know me, I can't find those I want to know me. I hate that I can't quiet my thoughts down and have trouble sleeping. I don't hate people but I do hate society... it's pathetic.
I hate how monetary value costs so much, and you can't take it with you. I can't stand the people who choose ignorance over dealing with what's in front of them. I can't stand people who pick on the weak.
|#343 Subject: agree with ya...... Posted: 01/19/2006 02:24:44
Yep,...what you say is true....the thing that will fu-k us up is thinking we need to follow the pre-fab blueprint of what is success, and what will make us happy in life....a degree?...ummm no...I know plenty of people with them who are miserable or cannot find a job,OR have a great job-kids- material things and are STILL LOOKING for happiness....
on a personal note,... I hate the whole ipod culture...please!!!! who has 5000 favorite songs?.....yea, good marketing, but what a load of of crap.....I may be alittle older (wiser? i don't know)...but I'm still not too lazy to change out my disc on my SONY walkman....something 99% of people do not have time for now.....half our problems are from being OVER stimulated, and want EVERYTHING on demand...bunch of lazy spoiled fu-ks we've become.
|#344 Subject: And last but not least.... Posted: 01/24/2006 13:30:49
I really don't like white republican males who drive SUV's, have a business degree and think they rule the world...which basically is most "Frat boys" who finally graduated and now HAVE TO work in some cubicle....kissing the ass of their manager,who's kissing his boss's ass...and on,and on....
|#345 Subject: i hate everyone in this stinking site especially you Posted: 01/25/2006 18:06:00
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|#346 Subject: hating Posted: 01/25/2006 18:11:34
ok violentHFSfan, i have a reason, they are a fucking monopoly, look back to the history of the Catholic church, they have more blood in thier history then a lot of countries, it is insane! i am not gonna expalin about what kinds of things they did, because i am in a hurry right now, if you want to know more just ask me. also i hate people who type in a blog and fuck up words so simple to spell and are to lazy to go back and fix little errors, in there blog, it annoys the hell out of me, no watch i am gonna look through this later and find atleast one of those errors in my blog...
|#347 Subject: no i know all about violence in the church Posted: 01/25/2006 21:12:33
after covering that over the course of about five units on the persecutions and all that and then doing a project on Bloody Mary Tudor in religion class, i'm good. i'm just saying that all of that happened in the past. things change, which is why there is rarely a latin mass anymore...anyway, not all catholic want to kill the protestants or the jews or any other religious group. that's just a stereo type. and the really crazy religious radicals.
and thanks for actually spelling my name right. it ticks me off that no one can ever spell it correctly
|#348 Subject: irony's a big, fat bitch.. Posted: 01/26/2006 00:26:40
..NOTICE: this is not being done as an act of hate, but only for humorous purposes...
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|#349 Subject: What? Posted: 01/26/2006 03:03:18
Dude, how can you get offended in a club called 'I Hate People Club.' No one should have to justify themselves. Hate them too.
|#350 Subject: This club Posted: 01/26/2006 11:43:01
is meant more for venting your frustrations to everyone here or no one, not to flame or bash. although I'm pretty much relaxed on whatever people have to say, they have to say it.
|#351 Subject: I hate Posted: 01/26/2006 21:18:20
people who think they know everything but, they not the smartest person to talk to. There is so many of them in my school.
|#352 Subject: I hate ass kissing at ...(fill in the blank) Posted: 01/28/2006 15:44:01
I used to work as a doorman(bouncer) at a popular club here a few years back.So the owner was coming in one day,his first visit to this 3 story nightclub where people dropped serious$ etc.ALL of my managers were running around like chickens,making sure everything was just right.They specifically told us doormen to be "at our best" and welcome him by calling him "Mr. Mcphadden"...so he shows up, and all the managers are with their fake ass smiles and nervous and shit,and I stepped in front of him,put out my hand and said,
"How are you Lance"(using only his first name).You could see the faces of my managers cringe, and then look at me like...you are soo gone.
Well, he came,had some drinks and left....asking the managers..."Who's that guy with the name tag that reads"
"DOOR_GUY"?...I like him, he treated me just like another customer.
|#353 Subject: Here's one for ya... Posted: 02/06/2006 01:33:32
This sucks.....and yea,I'm calling ya out on this.Some guy called "rosie trader" has looked at the clubs I'm in and joined all of them with no intentions of ever posting in them...just to get some dumb-ass 1up points....and he's in 13,000 clubs.
|#354 Subject: he's what's known as.. Posted: 02/06/2006 06:41:20
..a point whore. i've seen him in just about every club on the site and i kicked him from one of mine just tonight. for some reason, a few tards on this site think the whole points system actually means something.....when in actuality it's just to try to get people to interact more (my theory anyway). so yeah, i hate point whores, but what can ya do?
|#355 Subject: ummm.... Posted: 02/08/2006 12:57:17
i don't really hate any body today.....but it's still early too!
|#356 Subject: ... Posted: 02/09/2006 02:05:57
"I can't stand where I live anymore, this messed up country and the ignorance that continues to take place. I can't deal with politics because the democracy only serves those in power."
You know, there is always Blairia...
It's easy to become a citizen, too. Very few requirements.
And since it's a dictatorship and not a democracy...I get to boss you around. (And you'll like it, too.)
How about it?
|#357 Subject: well... Posted: 02/09/2006 07:13:18
...i hate guests at the hotel i work at. who needs em? all they do is mess up our beds, dirty up our laundry, use our showers, eat our breakfast.....oh yeah, and pay our bills.....damn. i don't want to be here anymore....
well, i guess there's always Blairia....
|#358 Subject: what is this place called .... Posted: 02/10/2006 20:39:07
"BLAIRIA"...how do I get there?
|#359 Subject: can BUSH do even MORE damage to america? Posted: 02/18/2006 23:23:37
Ok, let's let the same country that spawned OSAMA, own our
sea-ports...yea, that's a good idea(sarcasm)
|#360 Subject: *** Posted: 02/19/2006 11:27:21


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Dungeon Tiles for D&D MiniaturesCartography by Rob Lazzaretti
This month's maps are dungeon tiles suitable for use with D&D miniatures. These are prototype dungeon tiles that are useful with roleplaying game play or for freeform miniatures play. (They are not the terrain tiles found in the D&D miniatures skirmish game. D&D miniatures skirmish terrain tiles are 5 x 8 squares in size.)
Rob says: "There's nothing more fun than being able to build your dungeon right before the players' eyes then inhabit it with any variety of monsters."
The hallway tiles are perfect for interconnecting all the various rooms through the dungeon. Make several copies and connect them together.
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Linear belt actuator: Animatics Corp. acquires HLD
Santa Clara, CA – Animatics has acquired UK-based Harmonic Linear Drive LTD. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Harmonic Linear Drive, or HLD, is a traditional linear belt actuator that circulates the belt in an unusual way. The technique yields substantial gear reduction inherently, without a gearhead.
Santa Clara, CA– Animatics
Animaticshas acquired UK-based Harmonic Linear Drive LTD. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Harmonic Linear Drive, or HLD, is a traditional linear belt actuator that circulates the belt in an unusual way.
"When we discovered the HLD technology, we had to buy the company," said Animatics CEO Robert Bigler. "The HLD belongs with the SmartMotor. It delivers ball screw performance at a belt drive price and with no practical length constraint."
Jim Hawkins, president of Animatics, said, "The elimination of so many components and their costs make the HLD a natural extension to the SmartMotor. The further elimination of the gearhead and brake costs put our customers even further in front of their competition by getting them to market faster and with a lower engineering and manufactured cost."
Previously sold in the U.K., the consolidation will make the HLD available through Animatics offices in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Units are manufactured in multiple grades, ranging from low-cost rollers to dual profile rails for maximum moment loading, the company says. The SmartMotor-HLD union delivers a linear actuator without the cost and failure modes related to separate controller, amplifier, gearhead, and brake, as well as associated cables. Resulting actuator is smaller, faster, and more reliable than traditional solutions.
Animatics and other integrated motor manufacturers continue to experience rapid growth because the technology combining controller, amplifier, and motor has won global acceptance. Machine builders benefit from faster development times and improved reliability inherent to systems with reduced component counts.
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Conservative Blog Sprawl Is A Serious Threat To Progressive Blogosphere Dominance
by Chris Bowers, Thu Jul 07, 2005 at 02:43:41 PM EDT
More importantly, what I did find was an undeniable conservative advantage in conservative blogosphere sprawl outside the top sixty-six blogs. Looking at all 250 blogs in my study, here is how each group of ten breaks down by ideology:
Lib Con 1-10 6 4 11-20 5 5 21-30 7 3 31-40 6 4 41-50 4 6 51-60 2 8 61-70 2 8 71-80 4 6 81-90 3 7 91-100 5 5 101-110 6 4 111-120 7 3 121-130 3 7 131-140 3 7 141-150 6 4 151-160 3 7 161-170 5 5 171-180 1 9 181-190 1 9 191-200 3 7 201-210 3 7 211-220 4 6 221-230 5 5 231-240 4 6 241-250 5 5(How to read this chart: there were six liberal blogs and four conservative blogs in the top ten of all blogs, five liberal blogs and five conservative blogs in the second ten of all blogs, etc.)
Of the top sixty-six blogs, thirty-three were liberal and thirty-three were conservative. However, from 67-250, only seventy were liberal while one hundred and fourteen were conservative. That is almost exactly a fifty-percent conservative edge in terms of total number. Even without these numbers, the chart makes it obvious that conservatives dominate outside of the top forty or so.
Now, looking individually at each blogosphere, compare the traffic of each grouping of ten blogs relative to the overall traffic total of their respective ideological blogosphere:
Lib Con 1-10 69.0% 54.6% 11-20 14.4% 14.2% 21-30 7.5% 8.4% 31-40 3.0% 6.3% 41-50 2.0% 4.0% 51-60 1.6% 3.2% 61-70 1.1% 2.2% 71-80 0.8% 1.9% 81-90 0.4% 1.4% 91-100 0.3%* 1.2% 101-110 NA 1.0% 111-120 NA 0.8% 121-130 NA 0.6% 130-147 NA 0.7%(* = 91-103)
(How to read this chart: The ten most trafficked liberal blogs received 69.0% of all liberal blog traffic, while the ten most trafficked conservative blogs received 54.6% of all conservative traffic. The second ten most trafficked liberal blogs received 14.4% of all liberal blog traffic, while the second ten most conservative blogs received 14.2% of all conservative traffic, etc.)
The conservative advantage in smaller blog traffic is tremendous. In fact, for blogs ranked 67-250, conservatives hold a whopping 1,469,730 to 861,827 weekly page view lead over progressive blogs (70.5%). Even more stunningly, the conservative blogs ranked 67-250 make up 21.5% of all conservative blogosphere traffic, while the liberal blogs ranked 67-250 make up only 8.3% of all liberal blogosphere traffic--a five to two edge in favor of conservatives. Clearly, smaller blogs are a much, much more important part of the conservative blogosphere than they are a part of the liberal blogosphere.
Now, right now you may be asking why this is important. Who cares if conservatives are leading among smaller blogs--that means that liberal blogs have an even larger lead among large blogs, right? While that is certainly true, it is also true that the smaller a blog tends to be, the more locally focused it tends to be. For a party obsessed with running a a fifty-state strategy, and with a midterm election coming up where all politics are indeed local, an edge among small, local, political blogs also means an edge in small, local, political races. While progressives may be taking a decisive edge in general blogosphere discourse, it could also be argued that conservatives are taking a decisive advantage in targeted blogging that will provide them with real, tangible benefits in the 2005-2006 elections.
Pennsylvania is an excellent example of this problem. Philadelphia is arguably the nation's lefty blogging capital. With at least fifteen of the one-hundred and three lefty blogs in this study, not to mention ten of the top fifty most trafficked left wing blogs, you would think that local Pennsylvania blogs are dominated by liberals, right? Wrongo. The only two sites in the blogads traffic rankings that were dedicated solely to Pennsylvania statewide politics were Grassroots PA and Keystone politics, both of which are conservative blogs. Much the same can be said for Politics PA, which does not use BlogAds. Even in a region steeped in popular left wing blogs, conservatives ruled the local political blogging scene. Don't even get Matt Stoller started on the superior strength of local conservative web log rings.
To a certain extent, this is probably the result of several large progressive blogs offering quick and easy ways to take part in large communities, something that is not found nearly as often on large right-wing blogs. Why start a local blog when you can just have a diary on Dailykos? Whatever the cause, however, this is a serious problem that progressives must both accept and face. Certainly there are some very good local lefty blogs communities, but overall local blogging is dominated by conservatives. The Thune bloggers are just one example of the impact this can have on a campaign. If we do not invest our time, energy and monetary resources into building a superior local blog infrastructure to conservatives, the advantage of our overall traffic lead will be significantly muted. It is almost as though Democratic electoral problems with suburbs and exurbs are being repeated in the blogosphere. We dominate the big cities, but are getting whacked outside of them. If we are truly going to build a better blogosphere, progressives must respond to rapidly expanding conservative blog sprawl.
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Just a little while ago the left's beloved leader, Barack Obama, said, "Everything there is to say about health care has been said, and just about everybody has said it."
Oh, do I wish you would take your own advice and simply shut up, then. Maybe, in addition to this tactic, you should also listen.
The public is against the present health bill proposal by a three-to-one margin, but you still don't listen. The Republicans have come up with plenty of common-sense alternative proposals, and you don't listen.
Only your subservient mainstream media and your delusional left-wing followers hang on your every word. The best term to describe these mindless followers would be lemmings.
The Encarta Dictionary would define the term as a subarctic rodent, but a more apt description is the definition of a lemming as a doomed conformist. "A member of a large group of people who blindly follow one another on a course of action that will lead to destruction for all of them."
Can't get a more perfect description than that.
Nevertheless, all their leader needs is a microphone, a teleprompter, the mainstream media and a selected group of followers, and he is so caught up in his own self-grandeur that he is oblivious to everything else.
On second thought, maybe we should just let him rant away. The 2010 elections will prevent this radical and the leftist, secular leaders in both the Senate and the House from causing any more damage.
There are many House Democrat seats that are vulnerable, some estimate as many as 60. If the Republicans can gain 40, we can finally say goodbye to Nancy "I can't blink" Pelosi permanently.
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When it comes to strength and conditioning at the collegiate level in Oklahoma, no name is more prominent than Rob Glass. The well-known Oklahoma State assistant coach has been shaping and molding bodies on the OSU football team since 2005.
Glass' background is unquestioned.
Yet, Northeastern State strength and conditioning coach John Murray has something that Glass doesn't. A background in military fitness.
That's right, Murray, at one time, was an instructor and master fitness trainer in the Army during Operation Just Cause and Desert Storm.
"I trained people in special skills," Murray said. "Specialty skills was rotary aircraft (helicopters). Anything to do with them."
And don't think that NSU football players aren't aware of Murray's qualifications when it comes to training.
"They know that," Murray said. "They'll often refer to that a lot of times."
Since Murray joined the NSU coaching staff six years ago, he's been the de facto conditioning coach, orchestrating exercise regiments throughout the course of each calendar year. However, it wasn't until January of this year that Murray was officially labeled as NSU's "strength and conditioning coordinator."
"At the Division II level, you wear a lot of hats, and that's one of the primary reasons that (NSU head coach Kenny Evans) hired me," Murray said. "He said, 'John, I need some guys to have discipline and be bigger and stronger.' So after serving as a master fitness trainer in the Army for a long time, the two kind of fit together."
Looking back, Evans says hiring Murray as a trainer and disciplinarian was one of the best decisions he ever made.
"When I got here, I tried to assess all the needs we had," Evans recalled. "They had no one working in the football strength area. Players didn't have set hours where they would come work out. No one would run a strength program the way they were running it here; it was pretty astonishing, really.
"So through a special donation, we were able to hire Coach Murray, and he's helped develop our conditioning program. In fact, our strength program is probably double what it was when I got here five years ago."
Murray is now also in charge of the H.A.W.K.S program at NSU. Evans said the acronym stands for: habits, attitudes, work ethic and knowledge to equal success.
"We consider that to be our program that'll put us over the edge," Evans said. "Some people would describe (Murray) as old school with stuff in the weight room, but it's done nothing but improve our program. Maybe I'm old school, too."
As the NSU assistant coach with the most longevity during Evans' current six-year tenure, Murray was also promoted to assistant coach in January.
"I'm humbled and I appreciate Coach Evans' confidence in me to be able to step into that role," said Murray, 48. "It's a lot of stuff that I've done before."
Evans said Murray was a natural fit to be the new assistant coach
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So it sounds like you've researched both sides, FF. So if you have, and this is the interpretation that you choose to take from that, then fine. You worry about it. I think it's a waste of time and energy though, and I don't think you're in the majority. The loudest maybe (which can sometimes seem like the majority), but not the majority. People always need something to be worried about. The Cold War. Y2K. 6-6-06. Bird flu (finally something actually tangible!) When something is no longer able to be feared, something else will always come around.
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I have been struggling with this one. Two months ago, I would have said yes. Absolutely. No question. Now..... I just don't know. Home losses against their two top competitors over the last week has me questioning their ability to play on that level, and my guess is, it has them questioning it too.
The Lakers and Spurs are champions. Been there, done that. The Mavericks, while always in the hunt, have not toppled that championship mountain.
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Well, the Chief did it to me again... Is there any other way???
As a few of you know, I've been pushing for Citizens On Patrol in our town for about 3 years now, but the PD has always disallowed it based on liability. It's been an emotional rollercoaster all the way, involving the Mayor, Town Council and all that trying to get past the liability paranoia.
Well, the Chief finally approved it... Last night we had a meeting... Then I come to find out that members who have CHL's (Concealed handgun Licenses) - which I do - are automatically banned from the program. I don't know whether to cuss or cry
At the meeting last night, I offered to sign a legally binding contract allowing them to search my car at any time while I'm on patrol, and which also specifies a $5,000 fine if I have a gun.
Hell, I'll make it $10k, because I'm not going to break the rules - I proved that in another city where I quit when they came out with rules against carrying pepper spray. I could have broken the rules, but I didn't.
But, the Chief said the only way I could join the program is relinquish my CHL license, so it'd be illegal to carry a gun (I told him that there was NO WAY that would EVER happen).
Supposedly, his goal is to keep patrol members on a legal leash by making it illegal to carry a gun - But the stupid thing is, they could STILL legally carry a loaded rifle or shotgun in their patrol car - Nothing forbids doing that in Texas (as far as I know). So he really accomplished nothing
I think this is all B.S. retalliation for being a pain in his butt, because neighboring towns don't have this requirement - but his only requirement is to make it illegal to carry a pistol while on patrol - So is there a way that I could legally refute my CHL for the short time I'm on patrol, while retaining it when not on patrol???
I've racked my brain, and can't think of a way.
It's really a turn of events when you see me trying to give up my rights, but I've worked hard to get to this point, and I believe in the program.
If I can't think of a way, I'm probably done with this PD for good, because I'm tired of messing with the old coot.
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I am new here, just wanted to chime in. I am on our counties CCOP and they are big about weapons too. I believe they have the same rules. We just FINALLY got approval to carry radios. Everyone on CCOP has to pass the test of codes and phonetic alphabet to get the radios in our trucks. I know in other counties near us, they have the authority to carry cuffs and write citations. I do think it sucks they aren't taking your word on not carrying your gun while on COP patrol. You would think they rather have people honest and sign a paper stating they won't, than having the worry of others hiding it. Hope you get it all figured out!**********************
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That is absolutely ridiculous. You pass the background check and do the paperwork to legally carry a gun, yet they don't trust you to leave it at home if ordered? What a joke. I assume you aren't allowed to open carry down there?
06-07-06, 08:57 PM #4FishTail Guest
I smell a lawsuit for unfair discrimination coming on...probably in Federal Court.
I smell a comparison to the Boy Scouts excluding gays, atheists and females
06-07-06, 09:06 PM #6Originally Posted by LongTail
But I don't want to damage the very program I pushed for.
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06-07-06, 09:11 PM #7FishTail Guest
Which do you think is more important? A COPS program or a COPS program that allows CHL holders on it?
06-07-06, 09:12 PM #8Originally Posted by Virginian
Since we passed the new Peacible Traveling provisions, though, the burdon of proof lies with the State on whether or not you're on what they consider "Traveling" (a long trip) - You can take a pistol in your car if you're "Traveling", but can't pack it around, concealed or unconcealed.
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06-07-06, 09:14 PM #9Originally Posted by LongTail
Like I said, I don't want to damage the program... I just wish there was a way to sign over my rights temporarily, and I'd do it - but not permanently.
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06-07-06, 09:14 PM #10FishTail Guest
What you also have to think about is this: if you piss the Chief off that much his officers just might start to pay "extra attention" to the COPS when they're out and about. 5 mph over, rolling a stop sign etc.
More than likely, he'd cancel the program before he did that - That sorta thing got the last Chief fired.
I've thought of starting up a private patrol group, with the pissed-off people who have CHL's. May do that, I haven't decided. Then we could be armed, legally, and really piss him off
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06-07-06, 09:23 PM #12FishTail Guest
All depends on how you want to relate to the local police. If you went against my Chief's wishes and started acting all pissy I'd probably consider you a bunch of losers and wannabes and dismiss you out of hand, without bothering to get to know you. Which, to my mind, kinda defeats the purpose of COPS in the first place.
I'd play along with the Chief and let the program settle in before pushing for change regarding CHL holders. Don't hit him with too much at once.
Sorry to hear you're having problems becoming involved with the program.
Some people assume because you have a CCW you have an agenda, they don't consider you have rights.
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06-07-06, 10:40 PM #15Originally Posted by [B
...Next Please!Just because your sign off after you're shift is done, doesn't mean that it's over and put blinders on. You're a cop 24/7 wether you like it or not. If thats something you can't handle, you should find a new line of work!
06-07-06, 11:09 PM #16Originally Posted by tjpuclik2
Hey that's a great idea.
06-07-06, 11:57 PM #17Originally Posted by TXCharlie
That would be a really bad idea. If you wanna be a cop, meet the requirements, apply, go thru the hiring process and academy and hope you get hired.
06-08-06, 12:03 AM #18Originally Posted by LawEnforcementForums"And don't go home, and don't go to eat, and don't play with yourself. It wouldn't look nice on my highway", Buford T. Justice
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TXcharlie, I agree with LEOForums. I was initially confused because I thought you were already LEO and I was trying to figure out what kind of touch monkey chief was saying his guys couldn't carry while they were on patrol. But... Not LEO? Scary situation. Not for them, for you. Carrying puts a big fat target on you that says "shoot me first". COP is a great idea, but the idea behind it, in my eyes, is to augment the police, not [U]be[U] the police, ya know what I mean? Cuffs, guns... leave that to the guys that get paid to do that crap. Honestly, I don't know why you would want that responsibility or why you would open yourself up to the liability. Yeah, it is cool and everything, but cool sucks when you are getting sued for popping the cuffs on somebody or you get shot by a guy who thinks you are the real deal. If you want all the toys and the BS that goes with the toys, get on with a PD or SO and come play with us. If you don't want the nasty, low paying job that we have all come to love, then don't ask for the toys, man. Not trying to be rude or nothing, just saying, you are asking for all the benefits with none of the crap that goes with it.
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Part of my running around Wednesday night included being at Sweet Home for a nice halftime ceremony for Deshanaro "Day-Day" Morris, whose No. 4 was retired by the school.
I wrote about Day-Day around Christmastime.
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Day-Day offers thanks in a nice speech, and makes a promise about a certain ceremony to be held at Sweet Home in June:
Here's a cool shot of the championship rings owned by Pat McMahon, Morris and Josh Perez.
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By Jennifer Rigg
Thirty years ago Judy Schad packed up her young, city-dwelling family and headed to the country in hopes of fulfilling a life-long dream.
"I don't know why we did it," she said with a laugh. "We were kind of crazy, I guess."
Crazy, maybe, but determined, definitely. In just a few short years, Schad found herself somewhere she'd never expected to be — one of the most respected goat cheese makers in the country.
Capriole Farm, nestled in the hills of Greenville just outside Louisville, makes celebrated cheeses that are featured on menus at restaurants across the country, including Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. She has been featured in magazines from the New Yorker to People and Martha Stewart Living and has won more awards than she has room to display, including several from the American Cheese Society.
Raised in downtown New Albany, Schad married and moved to Silver Hills where she had three children. She spent her days working on a doctorate degree in Renaissance literature and was teaching English classes at the University of Louisville. But something, she said, was missing.
"I had a garden and raised green beans, and I wanted a cow," she said remembering her confined, city home. "I was just wanting more land to be able to do the whole 'back to the land' thing; to live a different kind of life."
In 1978, the family moved to 80 acres of farmland that they would later discover once belonged to the ancestors of Schad's husband, Larry Schad. They built a small log cabin and spent the days enjoying the rolling green hills, woodland areas and moss-covered ponds.
"We didn't know it at the time, but we had really come home," Schad said.
"We had no air conditioning, no garbage disposals, no anything for probably about five years," she said of her family's fresh, country start. "After awhile we decided we could do it, but we'd like some of the amenities of life."
And so she and her husband began adding modern conveniences to their small, modest home. As their comfort levels began to raise, an old, childhood wish made itself known again.
"I still wanted a cow," she said. "But my neighbor said, 'What you need is a goat.'
"Oh, he was a miserable creature," she said with a laugh. "I can't believe we got another one after that one, but we did."
Two goats became five, which became 15, and today, the cries of more than 500 goats fill the area around Capriole Farm. Each one, Schad says, has a name and each carry a very special place in her heart.
"They're just an animal you fall in love with," she said. "They each have their own personality and they each like you so much. And they're way too smart for their own good. They can figure out how to get out of any gate."
As the number of goats began to rise at Capriole Farm, the number of gallons of milk did also. Schad prided herself on being a good cook, but cheese making was never something with which she had experimented.
Schad decided to enroll in a cheese making class at a national goat conference in 1982. Still curious about producing the cheese commercially, she sought the advice of renowned cheese maker Laura Schenel, the first woman specialty cheese maker in the country. Then, in 1987, she traveled to Massachusetts and studied with Letty Kilmoyer, the first goat cheese maker in the United States.
"She let me come for a week or two and let me see if it was something I wanted to do commercially," Schad said. "I just fell in love and thought this might be something I want to do someday."
As her cheese making endeavor expanded beyond the walls of her home's kitchen, Schad began hauling her goats' milk to Hubers in Starlight
"The dogs ate a lot of bad cheese," Schad joked, "but we got better." And in 1988, Capriole Farm was born, the same year they won their first award from the American Cheese Society.
Capriole Farm is now a completely self-sufficient farm with cheese made only from milk harvested from their own goats. They make daily three different kinds of cheese — the common fresh, soft goat cheese, ripened cheeses and aged raw milk cheeses.
Schad began selling these cheeses to restaurants and at markets in Louisville, Bloomington, Indianapolis and Chicago. But her home state — after which she'd named cheeses like Mount St. Francis, Wabash Cannonball and O'Banon — didn't immediately embrace the product.
"We went door to door and asked, 'Would you like to taste this?'" she said adding that few were interested. "It was disappointing. I don't understand why people don't want to support their local communities. I guess people just don't even realize what's right in their backyards."
Several of Capriole's cheeses are now, however, featured at the New Albany Bistro.
Next year, Capriole Farm will celebrate 30 years and a dream that did come true. Schad fulfilled her wish of returning to the land and using it to its full capacity. But when asked if she feels success after all these years, Schad's answer is anything but direct.
"Success is relative," she said. "If success means getting up at 5:30 every morning and training a whole new mess of people, then I'm happy and I guess that's success. I didn't think I would probably ever be making the amount of milk we do or that we would have had the recognition we've had.
"The interesting thing, from a local standpoint, is that people need to realize that real food reflects a real place, real people, real animals. Ours is not just a label signifying nothing. It's a reflection of a real place. This is all a real piece of Kentuckiana. It isn't just romance, I believe in it."