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Impress the kids with this Set of Zoku Space Pops. Be as imaginative as you like and add different ingredients for different looks and tastes. All you have to do is simply pour your ingredients into the molds, insert the reusable sticks and then pop them in the freezer and your done! Why not use yoghurt, juice or even fruit to create out of this world ice pops?
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"Combining humane sensibility with common sense, wisdom, knowledge, wit, and sheer intelligence, David Barash's writing is a tonic for the mind." (Richard Dawkins)
"An enjoyable and often funny look at Biology"
This is a thoroughly entertaining look at biology through the lens of culture, literature and politics. At points it is a diatribe against the right, but then conservatism has allied itself against science for the last 20 to 30 years, so this backlash is to be expected. I only wish it was a bit less opinion and more fact. I also wish, and this is a great compliment, that is was longer. I would really recommend this to anyone who feels that a defense of science and reason is needed in this polarized world of believer vs non-believer and liberal vs conservative. Barash pulls no punches in his arguments against the Bush administration's war on reason, and criticizes Tom Delay and Potter Stewart alike all while through the lens of biology and Darwin's foundations on natural selection. It is interesting to read just how he does this, but more interesting to go along for the (diatribe) ride.
"Natural Selections - A nice surprise"
When I selected it, I was hoping it wouldn't be another one I'd have to force my way through. It was great and really good info. If you have researched this far, then go for it.
"Now I Understand Why We Do The Things We Do!"
A thoroughly enjoyable book whether you're "into" science and biology or just the average lay person.
The author keeps the book moving and light enough to enjoy without me having to break out a dictionary to look up every other word.
I really enjoyed the book and now have a better understanding of my fellow man (woman).
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"More advocacy than education"
I love learning about, and believe quite firmly in, the topic of specific evolution by means of natural selection. I'm also a fairly religious person. How I reconcile those two aspects of my personality is my business. Most books on the topic of natural selection seek to enlighten and educate the reader on the subject. This book, on the other hand, seems much more interested in advocating for natural selection as a concept that cannot possibly co-exist with religion, and occasionally sought to make its case in a manner that I found cumbersome, condescending, and even insulting. What's worse, these seemed to serve no purpose other than to delay the transmission of what was otherwise great content.
None of this is to say that there should be no books advocating for natural selection at the expense of religion. That's fine. But this book gave no indication of being such. I was disappointed to find that it was.
The narration itself was solid. Great, in fact. Read almost exactly as I'd have expected the author himself to have done it.
"Where's the Science?"
There was far too much references to literature and movies. This would be better suited for a science class for English majors.
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The real issue here is, we simply do not know how we will be attacked. Anytime someone says, "Well, I just hope I'll be able to chamber a round before I need to fire," they're making an assumption as to what their particular situation will be. But, the same goes for the people who say that you won't have the ability to chamber a round before you need to fire. That's as much an assumption as the first statement.
If I wanted to make sure I was covered in any circumstance, I'd sling an AK over my shoulder and carry it everywhere. But that's not practical, so I make a compromise and carry a much smaller, less effective handgun. I make compromises when I carry that too. In an effort to aid in concealment and retention, I use a holster that takes a little bit of extra time to draw from than say an open top OWB holster. I'd love to carry two spare magazines, but I usually don't because I don't have a good, comfortable method of carrying two spares that are in a location that's available immediately, and in a place where they won't move around. So I compromise by carrying one spare.
Carrying a weapon is all about compromises. We compromise on weapon, clothing, holster, ammunition, just about everything. For me, the compromise of a little potential additional safety, by losing some ability to fight is simply not one I can make. You may decide the compromise is worth it. Just because your situation and comfort level allow you to carry Condition 1 does not mean that someone else's decision to carry Condition 3 is wrong. It's right for them. I personally would never recommend it, except in certain, very specific circumstances. However, if we're ever at the range together, and you tell me you carry Condition 3, I'll probably talk it over with you, and at least find out why you do. My father in law carries his 1911 Condition 3, and we have the conversation just about every month. But he's not comfortable with having a round in the chamber, under a raised hammer, and he understands what that means in certain circumstances, and he's accepted that.
Bottom line: I would recommend everyone consider carrying Condition 1. But if you are not comfortable, or for whatever reason you decide that you simply can't carry Condition 1, then don't!
Also, someone mentioned carrying a gun in Condition 2. I would only recommend this with a gun with a decocker, and in that case, (likely a DA/SA) it would really be considered Condition 1 (since a trigger press will fire a round, without manually cocking the hammer). If you've been doing this with a 1911, I really hope you've never had an ND...and I hope you never have one in the future. Lowering a hammer by thumbing it down and pulling the trigger on a live round is incredibly dangerous.
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Grateful Dead: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at 'Fare Thee Well'
Now that the Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary "Fare Thee Well" shows are on the books, it's time to take a look back at — and behind the scenes of — the concert event of the season.
Of course, we already gave you everything you needed to know before the Dead took the stage for their first reunion set in Santa Clara on June 27, but all that background information couldn't really prepare us for the massive scale of the shows, which drew tens of thousands of fans out to say goodbye while capping a half-century creative journey that's so prolific it could only be contained in an 80-disc box set.
The music continued in Santa Clara on June 28 before the surviving members of the Dead migrated to Soldier Field in Chicago for the three-night stand they've billed as their last-ever live performances together. Augmented with auxiliary players Bruce Hornsby and Trey Anastasio, the band took the stage July 3, July 4 and July 5, retracing the steps of their long, strange journey along the way.
In addition to reading the show reviews linked in the above paragraph, you can check out our Fare Thee Well set list recap page — and start counting down the days until Nov. 20, when the concerts make their way to CD, DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats in a variety of editions that include an exhaustive, multi-disc Exclusive Complete Version as well as a complete overview of the July 5 show and a truncated audio "highlights" set spread out over two discs.
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by L. Cuttino Alexander
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There is something liturgical about saying goodbye—to send someone off on a journey. It really is a ritual. There's a procession, the call and response, prayers, silences.
You know what it's like—even when it's farewell for just a short period of time. There's the tepid stroll down the driveway. A hug. Some words. A tear or two. Another hug. And we stand there at the threshold, clinging tightly to the moment, hoping to make it last just a little bit longer. But eventually the whistle blows or the flight is called or the clock starts ticking. And we're left there alone at the threshold, at the end of the driveway, craning our necks, holding onto the sight of that person for as long as we can. We've all stood there.
This ritual of goodbye is on my mind as we read the story of Jesus' ascension. Now, it's not the first time that we've read this, of course. Luke closed his Gospel with the image of Jesus being lifted up, disappearing among the clouds. It's a poetic ending to a poetic gospel: the scorned and broken prophet of Galilee is raised from the tomb and then raised from the bonds of Earth itself. The King of Glory crowned and ascended… and he sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. Jesus has gone up. Amen. And yet, my dear Theophili, Luke sees it fit to begin his story of the church by retelling Jesus' farewell.
It's not hard to put ourselves in the disciples shoe's here. Jesus is their beloved teacher, a friend and a leader. From the moment they dropped their nets and answered his call, Jesus completely and utterly transformed their lives. People were healed, a boy raised from the dead. Meals were shared, fellowship renewed. And even in the darkest moment, even in the face of betrayal and torture and death, they were witnesses to the ultimate demonstration of God's astonishing and powerful love.
But on that hill, as Jesus gave his final instructions, did they know what would happen next? We can't really tell. But we can imagine the urgency of a farewell: The tepid stroll up the hill, and the tears, the hugs, the wistful silences. A promise and a charge from the teacher. But the disciples aren't quite ready: "Just a few more questions before you go, teacher." "Just one more thing…"
Eventually the time would come and Jesus would slip away from them. And they would be left, mouths gaping open, craning their necks, straining their eyes, and holding onto the sight of him for as long as they can. Jesus has gone up.
But, Theophili, this story is just getting started. Two men stand before them (in dazzling clothes, perhaps?). The men question the disciples: "Guys, what are you looking at? Jesus isn't there anymore. But he's coming back in the same way he left."
Forgive me for a minute as I speak for the disciples, but what are those two talking about? "Jesus has gone up, but he'll come in the same way you saw him go." What does that even mean?!
It's tempting to take these words a little too literally: If Jesus blasted off into space, then we can only expect him to shoot back down like a meteorite, still smoking from reentry. Or maybe he'll come the Charles Wesley route: "Lo he comes with clouds descending . . . robed in dreadful majesty!"
But let's not forget the story that Luke has already told us…how this savior already came to us: it's the story of a fragile lamb, born in a dirty stable. The story of a prophet who was welcomed home by an angry mob, waiting to throw him off a cliff. The story of a king who held court amongst prostitutes and junkies and weirdoes—whose crown was a ring of thorns. The story of a messiah who was first lifted up nailed to a cross.
Jesus has gone up, robed in majesty, yeah sure. But Jesus is also going up bearing the scars of his passion.
Back on Earth, the disciples were probably a bit stunned at the interruption of these two strange visitors. A little dazed, flooded with emotions, they staggered back to Jerusalem as instructed.
It would be one thing if this was the end, if Jesus was up there in the clouds somewhere, looking down on us from his lofty throne. But we know: this story is just getting started. In a few days time, we'll celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, the moment when the Holy Spirit will come flooding in to recharge their lives. This is the promise that Jesus made on that hill just before he went up: "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;" he tells them. "And you will be my witnesses . . . to the ends of the earth."
That march down the hill and back to Jerusalem is the beginning of something bigger than the individual disciples. This is the beginning of a movement, of the church. These individuals, gathered by Jesus will be sealed and sanctified by the Holy Spirit to become the body of Christ to the world. Jesus, through his disciples and through the power of the Holy Spirit continues to act in the world.
In other words, Jesus has gone up, but Jesus hasn't gone anywhere. Jesus was present in that upper room in Jerusalem as the disciples' tongues caught fire with the power of the Spirit. And Jesus was on that Damascus Road as a Roman agent was blinded by the Truth. Jesus was in the prison cells and the banquet halls; he was in the healings and the proclamations at the far edges of the Empire. Jesus has gone up, but Jesus hasn't gone anywhere.
And Jesus is present with us now. He is present as we bathe the new sojourners of our fellowship and he is present as we bid farewell to those completing their journey. Jesus is present in the breaking of the bread wherever that may be—here in this chapel or in some vast cathedral or gathered around a modest table. Jesus continues to hold court in the soup kitchens and hospital rooms and, yes, on the cold, dark streets of this city. And even as he is lifted up in glory, he bears the scars of our pain and our misery and our torment. Jesus has gone up, but Jesus hasn't gone anywhere. He is right here—standing alongside us and within us and above us.
Like the disciples, we will soon be standing on a threshold, saying our goodbye liturgies. Some time ago, we left our nets at home and answered the call of Jesus. We came here to study and learn—to become more effective and educated disciples. And we leave this place completely and utterly transformed. In just a few weeks, we will be scattering across the country and across the globe.
Some of us will be making a not-so-tepid march down the aisle of St. Thomas to claim our diplomas. Some of us will be embarking on the challenge of CPE or Internship. Others will simply be starting a period of well-earned rest.
But wherever we go next and whatever we do next, we carry Jesus' promise: "You received power when the Holy Spirit came down upon you." And baptized by water and the Spirit, we are shaped by Jesus' charge: "You will be my witnesses in Chicago and in America and to the ends of the earth."
Dear Theophili, his story—our story—is just getting started.
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Just wanted to share my never fail 2nd day routine!
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Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 05:23PM
: Just wanted to share my never fail 2nd day routine!
Hey darlin's!
I have such hideous luck with 2nd day hair. But, I put up with it because I would just rather sleep in.
However, lately, I have really been digging my 2nd day hair. It all started when I was really frustrated with my hair a couple of weeks back. I ended up getting a haircut which helped enormously, and I went with my gut and started really focusing on products that would help with shutting out the humidity.
Anyway, back to the point, I finally discovered a second day routine that almost looks as good as the first. I scrunch in CCCC Lite, and then scrunch Pattern Pusha in on top. That's it! Nothing else. No pomades, no water, no protein spray. I discovered it totally by accident and then did some experimentation and it is truly just these two products scrunched into dry hair the next day. I have a little extra volume and my curls perk right back up! It is a teeeny bit producty feeling as compared to my first day hair (ouidad climate control gel), but it looks so good I don't care.
Just thought I'd share in case it works for someone else!
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My hair loves protein!
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Zach Mettenberger throws; Craig Loston cuts hair, looks fast
Published: April 9th, 2014 | Tags: Alfred Blue, Anthony Johnson, Cam Cameron, Craig Loston, Ego Ferguson, J.C. Copeland, Jarvis Landry, Jeremy Hill, Lamin Barrow, LSU, Odell Beckham, Trai Turner, Zach Mettenberger
More than 150 personnel representing NFL teams — including five head coaches (Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints, Mike Zimmer of the Minnesota Vikings, Rex Ryan of the New York Jets, Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chip Kelly of the Philadelphia Eagles), as well as offensive line coaches from the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers — were present to see 17 athletes work out at LSU's pro day on Wednesday.
The workout was held indoors and run on FieldTurf.
Quarterback Zach Mettenberger (6-foot-4 1/2, 229 pounds) is less than five months removed from knee surgery (following a left ACL tear in the Tigers' regular-season finale), and was unable to go through the runs and jumps. He did, however, throw the ball. LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron orchestrated the entire part of the offensive portion of the pro day.
Odell Beckham, WR (5-11, 195 pounds) — Beckham stood on his numbers from the NFL Scouting Combine (he was a top performer in his position group in both the 20-yard and 60-yard shuttles). He was sensational in catching passes and punts in the on-field workout (Beckham was a first-team All-SEC selection as an all-purpose player, third-team All-American pick as an all-purpose player and earned the Paul Hornung Award as a result).
Jarvis Landry, WR (5-11 5/8, 196) — Landry — who was at the combine — ran the 40-yard dash in 4.63 and 4.60 seconds. He had a 30 1/2-inch vertical jump and 9-foot-5 broad jump. He did the short shuttle in 4.59 seconds and the three-cone drill in 7.59 seconds.
Trai Turner, G (6-2 3/8, 306) — Turner stood on his 40 time from the combine (he was a top performer in his position group in the event). Turner had a short shuttle time of 4.77 seconds and a three-cone drill time of 8.10 seconds. He had an 8-foot-6 broad jump.
Ego Ferguson, DT (6-2 7/8, 302) — Ferguson ran the 40 in 5.16 and 5.13 seconds. He had a 29 1/2-inch vertical jump and an 8-foot-3 broad jump. He did the short shuttle in 5.03 seconds and the three-cone drill in 8.00 seconds. He worked out really good in the positional drills.
Lamin Barrow, LB (6-1 3/4, 237) — Barrow ran the short shuttle in 4.31 seconds and opted to stand on the rest of his numbers from the combine (he was a top performer in his position group in the 40 and broad jump). Barrow was worked out by a linebackers coach from the New Orleans Saints and was described as being a very good athlete.
Anthony Johnson, DT (6-2 1/8, 311) — Johnson stood on his numbers from the combine and went through a position drill conducted by five defensive line coaches from the NFL. He was described as looking good moving around.
Alfred Blue, RB (6-2 1/4, 221) — Blue ran the 40 in 4.72 seconds on both attempts. He had a 32-inch vertical jump, and then stood on the rest of his numbers from the combine. Blue is described as a very good receiver coming out of the backfield.
J.C. Copeland, FB (5-11 3/4, 268) — Copeland ran the 40 in 4.97 and 4.94 seconds, and then stood on the rest of his numbers from the combine (he was a top performer in his position group on the bench press). Copeland is a former offensive tackle who was moved to fullback. He showed very soft hands catching the ball out of the backfield during the pro-day workout.
Jeremy Hill, RB (6-0 3/4, 234) — Hill ran the 40 in 4.53 seconds on both attempts. He had a 31-inch vertical jump and did the short shuttle in 4.59 seconds. He is described as being a smart player with an ability to play all downs. He is another LSU running back who also has soft hands catching the ball. At LSU's pro day, he worked out as both a running back and flanked out wide with the ball being thrown to him as if he were a wide receiver. This is a player who has a chance to be the first running back selected in the draft.
Craig Loston, SS (6-0 1/2, 213) — Loston had a 32-inch vertical jump and then stood on the rest of his numbers from the combine. He had a very good day working out. The most notable thing about Loston between the Senior Bowl and LSU's pro day was that he cut his hair. He looked sharp and quicker with his hair cut. Loston likely improved his draft position, and probably has a chance to get picked sometime between the bottom half of the second round to the early portion of the third round.


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Crude futures settled slightly lower Wednesday, as investors paused ahead of weekly U.S. oil-inventory data and a key jobs report later this week.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery settled 24 cents lower, at $96.65 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after falling as low as $95.90 in overnight trading. Brent crude on the ICE futures exchange closed 1 cent higher, at $113.62 a barrel.
Oil prices held close to flat for most of the trading session after rebounding from early lows following the decision by China to raise interest rates. Traders say they are holding off on making bets until clearer signals emerge on how the U.S. economy is faring, and whether U.S. oil supplies would continue to decline.
On Friday, the government is set to release its monthly employment report, which is expected to show a modest 54,000 increase in U.S. jobs in June. Recent economic data has made oil traders cautious about betting on higher prices, as a slowdown in the U.S. recovery will likely mean lower consumption of oil and fuel products.
Separately, U.S. oil stockpiles are expected to show a fall of 2.4 million barrels when data from the Department of Energy, due 11:00 a.m. EDT Thursday, is released. Gasoline inventories are seen rising by 200,000 barrels, while stocks of distillates, including heating oil and diesel, are expected to rise by 900,000 barrels.
"We're getting inventories tomorrow, and Friday is the big jobs number. We're going to be sitting on our hands until then," said Stephen Schork, head of trading advisor Schork Group.
Uncertainty surrounding the direction of the global economy has left the oil market without clear signs of how oil demand will fare through the rest of the year. The U.S. is entering a slow patch in its recovery, while the Euro-zone struggles to contain Greece's debt crisis. Meanwhile, Chinese authorities are attempting to slow down a rapid rise in the price of food and other goods, but measures to contain inflation could also hamper economic growth.
The People'e Bank of China said early Wednesday it will raise benchmark interest rates by 0.25 percentage point, the third increase this year.
The move initially stung crude markets worried about the country's ability to control inflation while also maintaining growth rates. But futures quickly rebounded, which some analysts took as a sign of market optimism.
"While today's trade had all of the appearances of a holding pattern...the complex still sent off some bullish signals given its ability to easily absorb some seemingly negative news," said Jim Ritterbusch, head of trading advisor Ritterbusch and Associates, in a client note.
Crude futures have held below $100 a barrel for nearly a month, settling around the mid-$90 range. A drop towards $90 following the decision last month by the International Energy Agency to release 60 million barrels from strategic reserves was quickly reversed.
Front-month August reformulated gasoline blendstock, or RBOB, settled 2.02 cents, or 0.7% higher, at $2.9976 a gallon. August heating oil settled 0.67 cent higher at $2.9633 a gallon.


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Washington, DC— Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement this morning after Republicans blocked a Democratic bill that would protect taxpayers from bailing out oil companies like BP when they are found responsible for oil spills like the one damaging the Gulf of Mexico:
"The fundamental principle behind the Wall Street bill we'll finish this week is accountability. Those who created the mess bear the responsibility for cleaning it up. One of its most important provisions promises taxpayers they will never again be asked to bail out a big corporation that acted recklessly and put our economy at risk. When it comes to the ongoing catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, our motivation is no different.
"As much as 20 million gallons of oil have leaked into and across the waters of the Gulf Coast since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank nearly a month ago. That's double what spewed from the Exxon Valdez. Eleven crewmen immediately died horrific, unnecessary deaths. In the weeks since, an enormous tourism industry has been slowed and business at countless fisheries has been threatened at a time the Gulf Coast can hardly afford more economic hardship. Our environment has been polluted and life has been disrupted for many along the coast. With every passing day, those consequences only compound.
"It is the responsibility of Congress and the Administration to investigate this disaster. And it is the responsibility of BP – and anyone else found culpable – to foot the bill for their damages. They must be held accountable. Some estimate this disaster will cost more than $14 billion. We have to put our foot down and make clear that taxpayers will not pick up the tab. I will do everything in my power to make sure the polluters pay the price.
"That's why we tried this morning to move to a bill to make sure BP pays for its negligence by raising the arbitrary and clearly insufficient liability cap on the companies responsible for disasters like this one. But Senate Republicans objected in an effort to protect their friends in Big Oil and corporate America. Every time Republicans help oil companies escape accountability for their own misconduct, they put taxpayers at risk."
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CELINA, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio sheriff's deputy whose police dog died after being left in a hot cruiser says he accepts responsibility for what happened.
The Dayton Daily News (http://bit.ly/RP9JSZ ) reports that Mercer County Deputy Chad Fortkamp was suspended for 45 days without pay. Fortkamp left his dog Zak in his patrol car last week while he finished some paperwork at the office.
Zak suffered from a pre-existing heart condition that likely was aggravated by the temperature inside the car. The K-9 Unit's veterinarian said that even a healthy dog may have not survived the heat.
At a news conference, a teary-eyed Fortkamp apologized, saying he would always love and miss his dog.
The sheriff's office plans to suspend the K-9 program after losing two dogs in the last three years.
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TORONTO, On: The premium Tie-Down line for power sports enthusiasts in Canada for over five years, Steadymate by Kinedyne, is now readily available to the U.S. consumer. The catalog featuring Steadymates world-class products became available July 1st, 2010.
We have been eager to present the Steadymate® product line to American consumers for some time now, said Larry Harrison, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Kinedyne Corporation. Our research showed that there was no recognizable brand in the market place and no true four-season solution that also dealt with trailers and pick-up trucks.
Steadymate by Kinedyne wants to remind recreational vehicle owners that safety in transit is just as important as safety in the water and on the trails. All built beyond compliant, Steadymate is sure to meet all tie-down needs:
* Cinchtite tie-downs and accessories for motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles in transit are the most-trusted tie-downs on the market; with a wide variety of web sizes and working load limits, theyre as strong as you need them to be.
* Transom Trappers I, II and III ensure safe transport of your boat or personal watercraft, allowing owners to rest easy when their water toys are trailered.
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Backlogging from the weekend. Thanks for the swap, Veronica! :) I enjoyed this one both hot and cold on Saturday. It was very enjoyable. The base is mild and the strawberry flavor natural but not overwhelming. I'm glad I got to try it but it isn't going on my order list or anything.
I can't believe I hadn't tried this one yet. I got it from a generous Steepster in a swap. Apologies because I've forgotten who it was!
Anyway this is really excellent! I did a nice long steep on it just under boiling. I usually prefer green oolongs (this one has very dark, long twisty leaves), but MAN, this one tastes just like apricots to me! So sweet and juicy with some undertones of spice and maybe dried crunchy fall leaves. Wonderful! Looking forward to steeping it again and seeing if it transforms in any way :)
I'm not sure what to make of this one! It is a lot richer and earthier than I expected. And kind of smokey though I'm sure it isn't actually smoked like a lapsang. That is the only thing I can think to compare it to though, a VERY mellow lapsang! Interesting. A new experience for sure :)
I was thrilled to see this in my most recent package of samples from Nina's since I'm such a big fan of jasmine teas! I don't believe I've ever tasted lotus in a tea before. I'm not sure I can pick it out over the jasmine flavor/scent. This is a particularly flowery jasmine! The base tea is a little richer and heavier and less sweet than my beloved jasmine pearl teas. Nice if you are in the mood for something with a little more body to it! This is basically a fancier version of the basic jasmine tea they serve at my favorite Chinese restaurant. Classic and sophisticated :)


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George Daniel... Author of Dynamic Nymphing mentioned that he nor the US team ever used these euro nymphing styles in competitions... Though year after year competitors from Poland, France, Spain, etc... were winning world competitions left and right...
Some of these euro styles are really out of the norm though for the traditional fly angler... using 25' leaders with no fly line off the reel... and casting with the weight of your fly... you'd make a fly purist head spin if you told him about this 20-30 years ago... I'm sure many of them said "that's not fly fishing"
Now it's always possible to know a technique but not know the name or know that it is named... I'm sure plenty of us have read books and gone "oh that's what that's called... I already do that"... There's probably no doubt that some US team members did tight line... but they didn't do it like the euro folks
Ive said this before but I cannot for the life of me understand how we lose at all in these competitions!With so many great fly guys in the U.S. we should be kicking butt!Maybe the team should do some recruiting.
Ill go as far to say there are probably guys on this forum who could do better!
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Discussion in 'Texans Talk' started by Honoring Earl 34, May 4, 2005.
Would you give nexts years second round pick for Crash Winslow ?
I'd give up a 3rd and no more. His attitude off the field would create even more problems for our locker room. His attitude on the field would make us better though. Oh and he can't stay healthy...
NO THANKS!!! He is a head case and on top of that he may not even play this year, due to his motorcyle injuries.
I'd give em a twin pack of twinkies. And maybe a strawberry yoohoo.
... and a bucket of Gatorade for Winslow.
I'd give em Bennie Joppru....
Same thing isn't it?
You could package JJ Moses for him. We already have the KR we want that contribute in other areas for the team, and we don't have enough TEs.
No I will keep Bennie and give them Bosellie
You have it wrong there guys. We should give up Mercelis the Rapper for Kellen The Soldja.
I wouldn't trade a used condom for Winslow.
Would his accident be such an issue if he didn't make such a big deal about his contract and how the Jets would've picked him at # whatever last season?
I'd trade a second for him. He may be a headcase... but he'd be a HUGE upgrade at TE (If he plays, obviously).
How bout Gaffney and Bruener for Winslow and a 4th rounder? I would love to have Winslow on our team because he has skills and we don't at TE so having him would only make us better, but I don't want him if we have to give up a 1st rounder or a definant starter (Ex:Andre, DRob, Carr. NonEx: Gaffney, Earl)
That pretty much sums it up for me as well. This guy isn't an annoyance, he's a CANCER! I'm not sure his Ego could fit in Reliant Stadium unless the roof was open. It's a shame he's not 1/10th as classy as his dad.
No thank you ... I'll take my chances with BJoppru & what we currently have as opposed to having him (WinslowJr). He seems to be quite the headcase & not real responsible or serious about his job. God knows we have already have a couple of immature guys on the roster (PBuchannon & APeek) which makes me all the more worried that we lost a veteran leader like AGlenn eek: ... JMO.
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like the browns would trade him. puh-lease
I like him since I also like the Hurricanes, but if he can't make it a year without getting hurt what would he be to us.
This guy is a monster and he is an amazing TE, if he clears up his off field problems and tones down the ego a tad bit he will be quite a superstar. He will be a pro bowler and if you wouldnt give up a 2nd rounder you are crazy. There is no way the Browns would trade him especially for a draft pick. By the time the draft comes around and they could use the pick he should be fully recovered and ready to roll like a soldjah.
I wouldn't trade anything for him, because the only reason he would be traded is because his team knew he is permanently damaged. If he'll be back to what he was supposed to be he would never be traded.
question- trade for winslow?
answer- NO!!!!.....stupid.....stupid.....stupid :brickwall
i mean dont we already got anough inured/injury prone people on the team?
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Toys "R" Us has appointed Michael Melzer as managing director, Central Europe, responsible for the company's operations throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland, including 91 stores and four e-commerce sites.
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Starbucks Coffee Company and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) on Thursday unveiled the first-ever Starbucks store on a train.
Foot Locker Inc. said Wednesday that it will buy German athletic store chain Runners Point Warenhandelsges (RPG) for 72 million euros ($94 million) as it expands in Europe.
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Former Egypt's prime minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif and the former ministers of interior and finance are expected to face trial on charges of corruption, a judicial source told AFP on Sunday. Nazif, "former interior minister Habib al-Adly and former finance minister Yussef Boutros-Ghali will face trial, charged with misusing public funds and unlawful gains valued at 92 million Egyptian pounds (15 million dollars)," he was quoted as saying.
The three, along with a German businessman, are accused of illegal profiteering from a deal to import new vehicle number plates.
Nazif was remanded in custody on April 10.
Adly is already facing trial for fraud and is due to face criminal charges in connection with the shooting of protesters.
Boutros-Ghali, a nephew of former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali and who held a senior post in the International Monetary Fund, is out of Egypt.
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|Gospel Choir Concert at Calvin
November 1, 2005
This weekend gospel choirs from several Michigan colleges and universities will raise their combined voices at a free praise and worship concert at Calvin College.
The concert - featuring choirs from Calvin, Grand Valley State University (GVSU), Hope College, Ferris State University, Western Michigan University and the University of Detroit-Mercy - will take place at 6 pm on Saturday, November 5 in the Fine Arts Center at Calvin (doors will open at 5 pm).
"My idea is to bring as many colleges as possible together to worship in one place," says Jermale Eddie, project coordinator for Calvin's multicultural student development office, which is sponsoring the event along with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, the college's Student Activities Office and the Lake Michigan Credit Union. "This is something that's happened in other Michigan colleges. But this is the first time it's coming to Calvin in a long time."
Eddie, himself a former tenor in the GVSU choir, coordinated the multi-choir concert last year at his home church, New Hope Baptist, working with his friend Wesley Morgan (also a former GVSU tenor), and the two joined forces to plan this year's event as well.
"Last year was standing room only," says Eddie.
Though each choir is scheduled to perform two to four numbers each, Eddie says the concerts sometimes can get a little free-form with regard to time.
He jokes: "There's never a time when these things end."
Eddie is hoping the upcoming concert will build Calvin's relationship with the community both within and beyond Grand Rapids.
"This is getting publicized in the Kalamazoo and the St. Jo-Benton Harbor area," he says. "I'm hoping that everybody will show up, across all racial barriers, because this is just part of kingdom building. I love unity and I love partnering with other colleges. And I'm excited to bring the community to Calvin."
He hopes too that the event builds another kind of relationship.
"It's not a concert to me," he says. "It's praise. It's worship and adoration."
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PULASKI, TN–Atco Tool & Design machinist Richie Loftus, diagnosed four months ago with Hodgkin's Disease, has already exceeded his allotted number of sick days for the year, his employers warned Monday.
"It's unfortunate, what's happening with Richie, but company policy clearly states that employees are permitted 15 sick days per year," Atco Tool & Design office manager Mike Phelan said. "Richie's already missed a month and a half of work since June. You just can't run a business that way."
Loftus, 32, admitted that his constant fever, crippling fatigue, and malignant splenomegaly has affected his job performance.
"I've definitely missed my share of days," said Loftus, diagnosed with Stage III Hodgkin's lymphoma on June 20 after a steady decline in health prompted a biopsy. "I've tried to keep my chemotherapy sessions down to just one a week so I don't have to drop down to part-time at Atco and lose my health coverage, but it's been tough."
Though Loftus used a majority of his sick days after the diagnosis, Phelan noted that he had not been a paragon of regular attendance beforehand.
"By the time Richie went in for his tests in late June, he had already missed a heck of a lot of work," said Phelan, leafing through Loftus' personal file. "In fact, the week before the disease even started, he was out for three days because of headaches, nausea, and vomiting."
"And even when he was here," Phelan continued, "he wasn't anywhere near as productive as we'd have liked, always needing to lay down in the break room. So we're not exactly talking about the most reliable employee to begin with."
Loftus said he has tried to make adjustments in his approach to the job, but it has been difficult.
"I've tried to find a way to get around this whole illness thing," said Loftus, resting on his living-room couch after a morning of radiation therapy. "Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of job where I can work from home, even if I had the energy and lucidity to do so. And even when I can make it into the shop, it's tough to work the machines, because these club fingers I've developed are just as ridden with subdural hemophilia as the rest of me. I feel terrible about being such a drain on AT&D."
Nearly broke, Loftus recently asked Atco Tool & Design management if he could take some of the 22 paid personal days and 31 vacation days he has accumulated during his six years with the company, and use them as sick days. The request was denied.
"They said I couldn't do that, because that would open up a whole can of worms, with employees messing around and mixing up the different types of paid leave," Loftus said. "They did say, though, that I should feel free to use my vacation days and take a nice trip to Hawaii or somewhere–so long as I don't get any treatment while I'm there."
Added Loftus: "Hawaii probably wouldn't be much fun, anyway, what with this explosive diarrhea."
Loftus' expensive treatment is 80 percent covered by his employee health plan, a benefit that is costing Atco Tool & Design a significant amount of money.
"Richie's type of extended-illness coverage costs this company an extra $22 per employee per month. That adds up. Not only that, but he goes through Cisplatin, Cytarabine, and Dexamethasone like they were going out of style," said Atco Tool & Design general manager Mel Huffinger. "And those drugs are not cheap, that's for sure. Richie would have to work here another 45 years without a single major illness for us to break even on him. And we all know that ain't gonna happen."
"I feel for Richie, obviously, but I don't think anyone would hold him up as a model employee," Phelan said. "He's a decent guy, and I hope he gets through this and becomes a healthy, productive worker again as soon as he can. But right now, he's hardly giving us incentive to hire Hodgkin's Disease sufferers in the future."


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It is a question that may become even more common for journalists and bureaucrats alike thanks to a decision made by the Allen County Ethics Commission just days before the exoneration of Col. David Augustine of the 122nd Fighter Wing.
The commission investigates conflict-of-interest charges against county employees, and before July 11 had accepted complaints on signed forms. From now on, however, written complaints will be accepted even from those wishing to remain anonymous – a decision that was not unanimous and illustrates both the potential dangers and benefits of the change.
Board President Abraham Schwab, who teaches ethics at IPFW, said the change could give courage to people who are reluctant to lodge a complaint for fear of retribution. On the other hand, people with malicious intent may be emboldened if they believe they can use the system to discredit bosses, co-workers or others they don't like.
And that possibility is very real, said Tom Hardin, an attorney and board member, because the complaint forms are public record, meaning I and other journalists will have access to the complaint forms regardless of their authorship or legitimacy.
"If people can accuse a county employee without identifying themselves, it could allow a person to not think things through and be certain (before lodging a complaint)," he said.
No doubt there are those who believe Augustine was the victim of just such a smear campaign: charges made from the shadows, widely reported in the media, and finally discounted – but only after calling his integrity and judgment into question.
The Augustine case, however, may represent the best argument for allowing – and discounting – anonymous sources.
Lost in the official exoneration was the fact that most of the allegations against Augustine – most involving the alleged misuse of government funds and property – were fairly accurate. The Guard merely concluded the decisions were permissible under existing regulations.
Personally, I found some of the expenditures to be extravagant, and believe a government $17 trillion in debt shouldn't be spending $85,000 on speech classes. If exposing some of the activities produces a little thrift, some good will have come from this.
But that only raises another and perhaps more troubling issue: The specificity and relative accuracy of the charges indicates they were levied by someone with direct knowledge of Guard activities. As such, that person may also have known that what Augustine did was permissible.
So was the anonymous accuser merely misinformed? Or malicious?
"It's irrelevant who the accuser is. We take them all seriously," said Lt. Col. Cathy Van Bree, public affairs officer for the Indiana National Guard, who said she does not know whether Augustine's accuser is a Guard member.
In this case, it didn't matter. The allegations were specific enough so that a thorough investigation could be conducted. But what happens if an anonymous complaint alleges misconduct that cannot be proved or disproved by the official record or other traditional methods of investigation? How can someone who refuses to be identified be asked for information to prove his or her allegations?
In that case, Schwab and Hardin agreed, the complaint may not get very far. Anonymous charges, Schwab said, will have to be "robust" from the outset.
I use anonymous sources sparingly, and only when I know I can trust them and am satisfied that they have a good reason for secrecy. I believe the media was right to report the very specific allegations against Augustine, but what are journalists to do should the County Ethics Commission receive a sensational complaint that can't so easily be investigated?
There are laws to protect whistle-blowers from retaliation. There are laws protecting people from slander and libel. In between there is a huge gray area in which charges that may or may not be true can be leveled by people whose identities may or may not be known, and not just where the ethics commission is concerned.
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HILTON TARRANT: Mike Brown is the managing director of etfSA, an online provider and comparison of exchange traded products available in the South African marketplace. Mike, you are launching a retirement annuity platform and a number of funds being launched on the back, I guess of etfSA. These are exchange traded product-based RAs, is that correct?
MIKE BROWN: That's correct, yes. etfSA has been running a website business on ETFs, giving all the facts and performance data and all the information you need on ETFs for the last three years. Now we've launched a specific, separate, in fact, website specifically targeted at running portfolios using just ETFs, exchange traded products but for the purposes of retirement annuity funds.
HILTON TARRANT: The costs here, given the retirement reform currently underway by Treasury and a number of discussion papers out there and calls for comment, costs are under the spotlight. Your all-in cost and this is something that you do obviously talk about a fair amount on the website 1.35% excluding VAT per year, that's an all-in cost, what is that 1.35% made up of?
MIKE BROWN: Well, the asset management…when we've outsourced the various functions in the portfolio, so the asset management has been run by Nedbank Capital and they're amongst the top two or three people in terms of doing passive management products in South Africa and they're quite big in this whole area. That asset management fee of 35 basis points per year and that runs all the three different portfolios, it picks up all the costs of rebalancing the portfolios, for people who sign into the portfolios all their brokerage charges, debit order costs and everything are all picked up on that 35 basis points. So that's the one part of the fee, the second part is you have to outsource the administration of a pension fund to what's called a 13B administrator, which is somebody who is registered with the Financial Services Board as an administrator and here we've got a company called Multilect, who've been in this business for 20-odd years or so running mainly umbrella fund administration but they then run the clients' accounts, so if you're doing a R300 a month debit order they'll collect the debit order and go and invest it into the portfolio for you and send you statements and you can look up your portfolio online and you'll get tax certificates at the end of the year and all the rest. So that's the admin cost and the portfolio cost. Now the Treasury says that those costs should come in at less than 1% per annum. The next cost, which is 0.5% is the cost of running the business because you have to employ people, call centres and people to answer queries and to do compliance and to have a board of trustees and to be audited and to give advice because people ask advice. So we'll do everything within 50 basis points, so the whole thing together is 1.35% and that's what you call now in terms of the new terminology reduction and yield, in other words if you invest in this fund you never will pay more 1.35% costs over the life of the fund. That's quite low because the reduction in yield typically in retirement funds is quite a lot above that.
HILTON TARRANT: Mike, when you were putting this together and putting together all the building blocks did you benchmark that cost? Did you look around and did you say we need to come in at under 1.5% or we need to come in at X percent?
MIKE BROWN: Yes, we got permission, we got registered with the FSB three years ago to run retirement funds and it's taken me three years to find administrators and asset managers who will come in around the sort of costs we want. You can get any of the big platforms to administer your fund but then they want 175 basis points upfront and 1% or 2% per annum to run things and so on and so forth. You say, well, we can't do it at that sort of cost and they say, well, don't worry we'll just lose those costs somewhere, you can tell people what your costs are and we said no, we want to have a full, clean, upfront cost that covers everything so that people know when they're saving for retirement and when you're saving for 20, 30 years low costs make a heck of a difference. So we benchmarked across the whole industry, I spoke to just about everybody in the industry, I could probably write a doctoral thesis on how to administer retirement funds and what the costs are and that's the number we came up with. That's as low as we can get for a startup fund but it's very, very competitive.
HILTON TARRANT: Mike, who's the target market here? Surely everyone in South Africa who could get an RA already has an RA?
MIKE BROWN: Well, retirement funds are quite interesting because they're retail funds, people who have a retirement annuity fund it's in your own name, not like a pension fund where you have a group fund where you contribute or your employer contributes to a group pension fund, a retirement annuity fund is in your own name. It's reasonably big, there are about R400m in retirement annuity funds but that's very small, that's compared with trillions of rands in unit trusts. So the retirement annuity business in South Africa is relatively small mainly because retirement annuity funds have got a bad name, the performance has been very bad and the costs have been very high. So it has had a bad name, whereas the actual mechanism of a retirement annuity fund is very good and you can see from retirement fund reform that's the way that Treasury wants to move, it wants everybody to run their own retirement fund, to have full preservation so that if you leave your employer you can transfer your money into your own retirement annuity fund but you can still make contributions to that but you can't take any money out. In other words preservation is there until you reach retirement age at 55. Now the Treasury has made it quite attractive because they've said 15% of your salary can go into a retirement annuity fund and that will rise to 27% of your salary from the 2015 fiscal year. So they're making it very attractive and there are all sorts of other elements within a retirement annuity fund, the portfolio can be rebalanced without capital gains tax and there are all sorts of advantages in terms of your beneficiaries because your retirement annuity fund doesn't enter your estate so you can pass on your retirement annuity to your beneficiaries without any estate duty and so on. So the retirement annuity structure or the things behind the product are quite good. We think that by coming up with a really good product – and we think this is one of the better products around – at reasonable costs and so on we will be able to penetrate into that retail market.
HILTON TARRANT: What about marketing and distribution? Presumably if you get costs this low you're obviously taking out a portion of costs that some of the bigger existing, more entrenched players do spend on rather lavish TV ads and billboards and all sorts of thing?
MIKE BROWN: Ja, unfortunately that's one of the issues, I can't go to the people who are in my fund and say I'm going to spend a couple of million rand financing the Lions rugby club or team or some other lost cause because we won't have that sort of money. We're always saying we're going to cap our total expenses at 50 basis points over and above what we're paying for admin and for asset management. So we'll always be a little bit behind the curve in terms of being able to do distribution but we're finding more and more people are buying products online. Internationally – and South Africa is a bit behind the curve here – but 70% of all retail products, including retirement products, in America go online, go direct. Only 30% is going through brokers and intermediaries and all the rest, and it's starting to move that way in South Africa as well. So if your product is simple enough and if you go to our website you'll see that everything is out there, we're completely transparent, we tell you exactly what the portfolios are, every single component of the portfolios, how they performed, what the risk is, what the standard deviation is, all the rules of the fund and the disability benefits and all this, you can read everything up. There's nothing there that you've got to say, well, I don't know what's going on because everything is there. So it's completely visible and it's quite possible for people to go and just do it themselves. So if they do need financial advice, well, we'll pay a trading commission to financial advisors who are registered on the platform but there's no upfront commissions or any of these other things and there's no performance fees and there's no kick-backs and claw-backs to financial advisors, it's just a straight trading fee and you have to approve that fee and the maxium we've set that at is 1% per annum.
HILTON TARRANT: Mike, if we look at the three funds how do the three differ?
MIKE BROWN: Well, there's a CPI plus three, which is a sort of low risk fund for somebody who's probably getting relatively close to retirement, CPI plus five and CPI plus seven. We use purely ETFs in that so the CPI plus three I think has got nine different ETFs and the CPI plus seven has 13 different ETFs and across all different asset classes. So it meets the Regulation 28 requirements and so on in terms of the asset allocation. But what's been very interesting because everybody says you can't get CPI plus seven in South Africa, well, if you look at the history on our fact sheets – and this is really historical, we've had to go back ten years, Nedbank's had to do that – that CPI plus seven portfolio has given you 17.5% per annum and the target would be 13% CPI plus seven. Now nobody is getting 17.5% per annum, even if you have a 1% cost in there you're still getting 16.5% per annum. Now that's a very, very good return and you can do that because of the low risk and the bigger consistency of performance that you get out of ETFs and, of course, the low cost. In fact, that you're getting the benchmark without it being eroded by high costs. So we think the product is very competitive and we think when people go and look at it and they come to our seminars and hear about it we think it's certainly one of the options out there that perhaps should be considered by people. Let's face it, you have to have some additional savings for your retirement, you can't just purely rely on your pension fund that your employers set up for you.
HILTON TARRANT: You are running a seminar next week here in Johannesburg, where…?
MIKE BROWN: On August 21, which is next Wednesday, it's at Nedbank head office, corner of Rivonia Road and Fredman Drive. No cost or no charge but if you want to come just get onto our website and you can sign up electronically on that, we just need to know you're coming so that we can arrange parking for you and give you tea and a biscuit or something like that, so have some catering. So the website is www.etfsara.co.za and all the details of the seminar are on that. Ja, we'd welcome as many people who want to some along and hear about it, we'd like to see you.
HILTON TARRANT: Mike Brown, the managing director of etfSA.


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Resident Evil 3 Vs. Resident Evil 4: Separating Survival Horror from Survival Action
Not all horror video games are created equally. Some focus on creating an atmosphere of isolation and vulnerability. Others rely on shock to frighten the player, while making sure there's enough firepower laying around to shoot horror right in the face. Confused? Perhaps this handy graphic will help.


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Volunteer rips off $4,300 from Vancouver non-profit
VANCOUVER, Wash. - A Vancouver non-profit that works with low income and special needs kids examined its books recently and noticed that a volunteer had been skimming cash from its account.
The Kids Cooking School aims to teach children basic kitchen skills, plus table manners, gardening and shopping skills.
Heidi O'Connor founded Kids Cooking School three years ago. She said in February a volunteer who was in charge of buying groceries used the group's debit card to buy fast food and clothes. The volunteer even used the car on a vacation in Texas.
The family member of the volunteer bookkeeper had been sick, so the extra purchases only recently came to light.
At first O'Connor thought the misused funds only totaled $1,200.
When they confronted the volunteer, O'Connor said she returned the debit card, left a check for $700 and quit.
Only later did it come to light that the volunteer stole $4,300.
"You start adding it up and you're wondering 'why is our bank account so low?" O'Connor said. "There was only $300 in there when I called her."
O'Connor said there may not be enough money left in their account to stay open.
"How do you explain to them? And the special needs kids, this means the world to them," O'Connor said. "And their parents - their parents can't find another place to work with their kids like we work with them."
Another volunteer called the Clark County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday to report the theft. KATU is not naming the suspect until investigators press charges.
Investigators say that since some of the money was paid back this case may end up in small claims court.
The school has set up an online fundraiser page to help replace the stolen funds. O'Connor said they can also use WinCo or Grocery Outlet gift cards to help buy groceries.


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Last week I finally revealed my 20 pound weight loss. Phew! This week as it so happens, I'm writing about packing on the weight . . . for my little daughter, that is.
Two months ago at Lily's well-check appointment her pediatrician said that she was under weight . . . and that I needed to plump her up a bit. Oh boy. When I heard that my heart started to race and my ears got hot and I started to get very weepy. I couldn't help but think that I was doing something wrong. The doctor assured me that I was doing everything right, rather it was my daughter's personality (picky eater) and her activity level (would rather be toddling than eating) that made eating very uninteresting to her (and such a challenge for me.) She suggested that I start supplementing her diet with a store-bought children's high calorie shake twice a day. Of course after that appointment I dashed to the nearest pharmacy to buy loads of the stuff. Unfortunately, Lily showed little interest in the taste of it. I sat there exhausted and frustrated and took a look at the calories (habit from my own diet) then I glanced over at the ingredients.
There seemed to be a million ingredients none of which I could pronounce. Yikes.
I thought there has to be more wholesome way to do this. Then I remembered . . . Almond butter! I discovered almond butter back when I started my diet, it's packed with protein and calories.
I tinkered around in the kitchen and came up with a recipe that Lily loves. She had her weight check up appointment last week and she gained two pounds in two months. The doctor was pleased enough to give me a high-five. She even asked me for the recipe!
The doctor suggested I give her breakfast in the morning before I give her the first shake. But to be honest with you, my daughter is an unhappy camper until she gets her shake first thing in the morning. Hmm, sounds like me with my morning coffee. So she gets the shake first . .. followed by a late breakfast. She gets the second shake during bedtime stories with dad.
Here's the very simple recipe.
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 2 table spoons almond butter (I use whole foods 365 organic roasted)
Put ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. (I use a magic bullet.)
My little one doesn't drink dairy so I use vanilla almond milk and vanilla coconut yogurt. You can use any type of milk or yogurt of your choice. The calorie booster in this shake is the almond butter. This recipe will fill a 10 oz straw cup (like the one pictured above). It's about 330 calories with the ingredients I use. I usually make enough for two shakes.
You can add any frozen or fresh fruit you like as well. However I have found that even with the magic bullet mixer little chunks get stuck in her sippy straw. Also optional, avocado or flaxseed oil. I've tried to add these to Lily's shake but she has turbo taste buds and can sense when the original shake recipe has been tampered with.
I hope this comes in handy for any of you who might have finicky little eaters. It sure came in hand for us.
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There are no pros except that Dr. Loury was nice.The cons on the other hand are several. This laser procedure did not work at all and i have never experienced so much pain in my life. It left like I was being tesed every time the laser was used on my skin. By entire body tensed up so much that I had sever back, neck, shoulder, and even leg pain for days after the recovery period.
The recovery was nothing because the treatment never worked. They said i should count on missing work for 2 weeks. I could have gone back in 4 day because i never turned red, flaked, peeled, crusted...nothing. It was a joke!!!! My follow up appointment the Dr said he didn't see any change in my skin but couldnt offer to have me do it again because of the pain. he felt absolutely horrible.
On the other end, the corporate office offered a menial refund that is absolutely a joke. I spent good money on a procedure that had zero effects. My consultant Susie (nice lady) never said there was a chance that it wouldn't work even though she convinced me that it was the perfect procedure for me. Had she said..."you might feel pain, and there is a chance no results will come of it" i would not have had it done. This is a joke of a company. I would never recommend it to anyone because they don't stand behind their work or their word. I am sad to have to write this as i was so looking forward to the results Susie promised me. The corporate office responded that i pai 1/2 price for the procedure so I should just be happy. Who conducts business this way? Oh and by the way, i spent close to two hrs in total for the consult, the time I had to wait was ridiculous.


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Stage 16 winner.
Stage 16 winner.
"I'm certainly riding smarter at this point of my career. I realized I have to be in it to win it. In the past, I was scared before it arrived. Now I tell myself: 'If you try your best, the worst thing that can happen is to lose a bike race.' My new state of mind opens doors to many opportunities. [The time off racing before being cleared after a banned substance was detected in a test] was certainly a lesson of life for me. Previously, I accepted whatever happened. After that I took a different outlook at life. I've told myself: 'Stop living someone else's life'. Goals are sometimes very hard to understand. In the past I've tried to win Grand Tours. Now I know I can win 7-days Tours. But I can't compete in Grand Tours against the likes of Contador, Nibali, Valverde… I have to get out of the overall classification to be able to break away. Had Alberto not crashed, I would probably not be here as a stage winner. I would have been very tired by now because of defending the yellow jersey. Alberto wouldn't have won the Tour easily. Nibali is in the form of his life. There would have been a great battle. Now we have to wait for next year to see that battle and I can tell you that Alberto is already thinking of next year's Tour de France. Now that I got my opportunity to win, I could be grateful to him for having abandoned the Tour but no, I'm heartbroken.
Our plan B to go for stage wins has been studied carefully. I knew today and tomorrow's stages were adapted to my characteristics. I remembered this finish from 2010 when Voeckler won, so I knew he'd be motivated again. But it was very hard to get into the breakaway, particularly because of the strong head wind. We couldn't make it until Garmin managed to put one guy in the front group. After 30km, I was in a breakaway with four guys and one of them was sitting on, not taking any turn. He was the Europcar rider [Kévin Reza]. He was saying: 'No, my team-mate is chasing behind'. Then at the bottom of the last climb, when we were three riders left, Voeckler said to me: 'I can't ride, I have a team-mate behind'. I told him: 'I already heard that 200km ago!' I wasn't going to be fooled on that one. With three Europcar riders in the front group of 21, Voeckler could control, but when they were two out of five, it became harder for him. It's great it worked out fine for me! It's the dream of every cyclist to win at the Tour de France."


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A copper mine owned by the Hindustan Copper Ltd.
Ancient underground mining dating back to 13th century BC.
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Hormonal changes caused by menopause soften the biologically-driven rivalry between women for healthy and virile male partners, according to a study published Wednesday.
A Taiwan man, infertile due to cancer, has become the father of twins after the sperm he had frozen 13 years ago, was used to impregnate his wife, a newspaper reported Saturday.
Expecting mothers who have an alcoholic drink or two a week do no harm to their unborn children and may have sons who are better behaved, a study said.
Doctors have started using powerful new DNA tests to screen fetuses for a wider range of genetic abnormalities, spotting more problem pregnancies early but stirring fears that the results will increase abortions as well as confuse and needlessly alarm many couples.
A woman in Japan suffering a brain haemorrhage while about to give birth died after being turned away by eight hospitals, prompting anger over Japan's strained medical system.
Pregnancy has long been blamed for addling women's minds but new work by Australian researchers finds this idea may be nothing more than an old wives' tale.
A woman raises the pitch of her voice during her most fertile period of the month in an unconscious boost to her femininity, according to a study published Wednesday in the British journal Biology Letters.
As fewer Australian women use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to help them get through the menopause, fewer of them are becoming breast cancer cases.
More than half a million women still die each year in pregnancy and childbirth, often bleeding to death because no emergency obstetrical care is available, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Scientists in France on Wednesday said they had figured out how a germ that causes potentially lethal food poisoning can be transmitted from a mother to a fetus.


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Google, Apple, and Amazon all pursued licensing deals for The Beatles music, according to a published report.
The New York Post wrote today that all three of the digital powers were in the running, but Apple triumphed. Apple announced Tuesday that iTunes would start offering The Beatles catalog for download. Beatles songs will be available at iTunes through 2011. The financial terms of the deal were not released
According to the Post, Roger Faxon, EMI's CEO, initiated the talks and helped convince Apple Corp., the Beatles' business management company, to sign off on a digital agreement.
For years, the Beatles chose to forgo offering songs for download. That didn't stop many fans from ripping Beatles' CDs to their computers or downloading them illegally off of peer-to-peer services.
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Columbia Toddler Kids' Frosty Slope SetSTYLE # SC0216
This set has an Omni-Shield coating that resists liquids and stains that range from melted snow to the dirty grass underneath. That means you sip hot cocoa without worrying over tonight's massive laundry cycle. The durable nylon face and lining make the Frosty hand-me-downable. The insulation in both the jacket and bib is designed to increase warmth and decrease weight so Junior stays warm and doesn't have bulk holding him back while he plays. A snap-back powder skirt and leg gaiters keep snow away from undesirable locations, and reinforced fabrics overlay in all the right places to keep your son dry so he can kneel and sit in the snow without getting wet.


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Beauticians, whether they are self-employed or employed by the salon they work for, have a variety of tax deductions to choose from that they can claim on their tax return. Using these deductions properly can reduce overall taxable income, which will effectively decrease tax liability.
Gifts for Clients
Purchasing gifts for clients is typical in this industry. According to Melissa Masters, Arizona Cosmetologist, "your clients are constantly buying you gifts, so you need to at least try and reciprocate on the major holidays." Gift purchases have a $25 limit that is deductible per person that you give the gift to per year. The employee and the self-employed can claim this deduction.
Purchasing Tools of the Trade
Along with gift-giving to butter up the client, tools are needed to cut and color hair. These tools are a deductible expense that can be claimed on a tax return.
The self-employed individual can deduct the full cost of the equipment in the year of purchase by taking a section 179 expense deduction. You also have the choice of spreading (depreciating) the cost over the useful life of the item and claiming a portion of the cost over several years. Which method you choose will depend on a myriad of factors, including your current overall taxable household income. Review all the factors affecting your tax liability before making this decision.
An employee can deduct the cost of the tools purchased if they do not receive reimbursement from the employer for them. They deduct the cost in the year of purchase; however, the deduction is limited to any purchase amounts that are exceeding 2 percent of their adjusted gross income.
Entertainment and Meals
While meals and entertainment may not be as important as tools are to the beautician, they can be a tax deduction if a business use can be claimed.
The general rule is meals and entertainment expenses are deductible up to 50 percent of their purchase costs, with limited exceptions. To claim the deduction, the purchase must be for business and the taxpayer will need a written record of the activity. Keeping the receipt with a written log on the back of who was in attendance and the business nature of the meal or entertainment will meet this requirement. These rules apply to the employee and the self-employed individual.
The Internal Revenue Service allows a tax deduction for any purchase necessary for the operation of a business. This applies to the self-employed and the employee. As long as you are able to justify the necessity of the expense, it can be deductible. The Internal Revenue Service will look at the expense through the eyes of a prudent person. If the expense would appear reasonable to a prudent person, you can deduct it.
How to Claim the Deduction
For the employed individual, expenses will be deducted on Form 2106. File this form with Schedule A on your personal 1040 tax return.
The self-employed individual will deduct expenses on a business tax return. The type of return they file will depend on the structure of the business. If it is a sole-proprietorship, a Form 1040 Schedule C is filed. A partnership files Form 1065 and an S-Corporation files Form 1120-S.


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Trick Tip: Nosepresses with Chris Brewster
Alaskan shredder Chris Brewster teaches you how to nosepress. One of the more stylish tricks around, nosepresses can be done on just about anything from a mellow flatbox to a kinked rail. Start slow and work your way up keeping your weight over your front foot and holding your tail up.


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This a a first bash at an Interspire Emailmarketer connector to the OrderForm Page
Sadly, I had to modilfy the OrderForm.php class to get the connection to my new classes. I guess I could simply have replaced the class but then I would have to keep reflecting new base code changes. I could also have experimented with decorators but I had no idea what I am doing in this case.
This package has a class that extends DataObject so that I can record what has happened for testing purposes. Thus it does not extend OrderForm so as a result I have to pass the form data as an argument to the main function processExtender(). I have tried to make the modifications to OrderForm.php as generic as possible. There are two areas:
1. Add a form element to let the user decide whether ot not to opt in to whatever you choose (see _config.php).
2. In processOrder() actually do the send to Interspire.
There is a report module included to facilitate checking of what's happened and provide the Interspire response. Note that there is no response ither than SUCCESS if the email already exists in the Interspire database.
Ultimately that and the $myextender.write() could be removed or perhaps tied to whether it is dev mode to not. ie.
if(Director::isDev()) $myextender->write();
so the database is not kludged up with a lot of worthless test rubbish.
This is my first attempt at all this so sorry if its garbage! I must learn more OO php. The decorators are the most confusing.
My next will be an autocolumnising YAML template of a type I have used a lot with ModX and Interspire stores (see http://www.yaml.de. Dont confuse this with the markup YAML.


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Arabella Carlisle
b.19 Jul 1857 Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, United States
d.25 Jul 1937 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States
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Crook County News (WY), 5 August 1937, page 4, col. 1 [footnote.com]
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Died at her home 1326 Jackson, St., Sioux City, Iowa, July 25th, Mrs. Osborn, wofe of W. W. Osborn. She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, W. W. Osborn, three daughters, Mrs. Leah Hoback, New Haven, Wyo.; Miss Charlotte, at home, a married daughter in Washington, Carl at home and several grandchildren. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 99 page 54
Mrs. Arabella Carlisle Osborn. DAR ID Number: 98171 Born in Berrien County, Mich. Wife of Walter W. Osborn. Descendant of Henry Glover, as follows: 1. Daniel Carlisle (1797-1872) m. 2nd 1852 Hannah L. Glover (1823-1906). 2. David Glover (b. 1775) m. 1800 Tammerson Hall (1778-1843). 3. Henry Glover m. 1754 Hannah Lewis (1732-1807). Henry Glover (1732-1800) served as private in Capt. Able Richards' company, Colonel McIntosh's regiment, Massachusetts Line. He was born in Milton; died in Dedham, Mass.


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Ohio truck meet 2014 sign up - June 22nd
It's time for another Ohio truck meet. For those that have seen our meets before you know the format. Get a bunch of truck nuts together, load a trailer to the the limits, hook it up and flog each truck up a hill and hope nothing breaks! For those that haven't seen this before here is our past 7 meets: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
The event will me on Sunday June 22nd. We'll meet at the WalMart parking lot located in Milllersburg, OH (1640 S Washington St.) at 8am. From there a short BS session will ensue followed by a caravan back to my house. At that points it's hook and tow time. Lunch will be served (usually grilled meat of some sort, the typical sides), followed by more hook and tow time until everyone that wants to tow has been able to.
Towing is purely optional. Many come just for the truck talk and general conversation that goes on.
Post up if you are interested in coming or have questions.I can help with places to stay, things to do since I am located in the largest Amish population in the US many decide to make a weekend out of it.
By the way this is an official invite for Jimmy Fallon!
I will be there ready to tow if Jimmy Fallon is there.
Ha! I think there is a fat chance Jimmy Fallon would show up but I had to invite him right? ;) What I would like to see that is based in reality is for a 2015 6.7 and some Chevy and Dodge trucks to make it.
Yeah that 2015 and the new exhaust brake would be nice to test. Some Dodge and Chevys to tow up the hill would be great too.
So how much weight this time around? I am good for 22K
Probably right at 15K again. That is the heaviest bumper pull dump trailer I can get a hold of.
I would love to come out but I don't think the wife would be on board with it. I will have to ask her if she is interested in going to the Ohioan Amish country. It's about a 7 hour ride which would be a really long day for a hill climb. ;)
We should have plenty of Fords to drag any Chevys or Dodges that show up out of the way. :D
I'll try to make it this year, but I'm on call that week so my schedule could change.
I'll be there, but without a truck.
Well hold on a minute. If there is going to be Dodges and Chevys to pull up the hill Im game. I wont miss that.}>
I would love to come play, and could easily make up some reason to be in the area for work Monday, but thats the day I get back from my Honeymoon....
Hey I've been looking out for this for awhile. I really want to go this year. I don't see why I shouldn't be able to make it this year. So I should be going this year, at least I plan on it. So count me in!
It'll be interesting to see if any Dodge's or Chevy's show up. And I'd be up for towing a prius up the hill! }> LOL
Looking forward to it.
Tom, sorry if I missed something, but what happened to your F150??? I thought you really liked the EcoBoost? :-huh
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Léon Theremin presents a concert of his Music from the Ether on February 14, showcasing the self-named electronic instrument he invented.
The theremin was the first electronic instrument to be heard in Carnegie Hall. A novelty at the time for its eerily smooth tone, the instrument has since earned a place in countless horror film soundtracks, and on the Beach Boys song "Good Vibrations."
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Anime of Tomorrow
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Shakugan no Shana III (ongoing)
February 2, 2012Posted by on
Impression – finally living up to its legacy
Autumn 2011 to winter 2012 (24 episodes) (more info)
For Shana fans who endured the disappointment that was season two, the third and final season started pretty rocky and didn't look very favorable as a contender to redeem the series. There was a lot of really confusing, unnecessary summarizing of the previous season that I'm fairly certain didn't succeed at getting new viewers up to speed and only served to delay new content for a couple episodes. But once that got out of the way the story really started to take off and there wasn't any sign of the romantic quagmire that stifled season two's first half. Once again we get treated to the thought-provoking scenario of existence itself being a harvestable resource and the continuation of the secret war that is to determine the fate of not only lives but memories as well. The changes that have happened in the characters' personalities are huge and could have had disastrous consequences if they hadn't been so carefully constructed to match the growing ambitions of the young people as they begin to find the adults they are to become. There's a lot of names and faces to remember as the war reaches its crescendo, but if a slow start is my only other complaint, then I'll gladly give Shana III my seal of approval.
Shakugan no Shana III Ep. 1
October 8, 2011Posted by on
Initial impression – excited
Autumn 2011 to winter 2012 (24 episodes) (more info)
And so begins the final season of one of the greatest anime series. Already in this first episode we have a wild twist that shakes up the ending to Shana II and allows for some wild speculation as to just what the future may hold. It's difficult to tell what's going to happen or what the tone of this season will be compared to Shana I and II. The drawing style and composition seem to lean towards a more Shana II style, but that may just be due to advances in animation technology since this all started back in 2005. However, I can't see how the plot could take the slow and boring route that Shana II's first half became infamous for. The characters are just not set up to have time to be taking it easy. At the same time, this new arrangement of motives and positions also has nothing in common with Shana I, either. I think we're looking at a whole new creation that's going to watch very differently from any Shakugan no Shana that we've experienced thus far and I can't wait to see more!


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JavaRebel 2.0.1 released
We're happy to announce the JavaRebel 2.0.1 release. It is a maintenance release incorporating all the bugfixes that have accumulated during the past two months. It also updates the bundled plugins to the latest versions.
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- Fixed a deadlock that caused infinite startup.
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