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Calling All Beach Bums — Walk 2 Beach/Boards & Rentals(10th) in Ocean City
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 8
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Ocean City Suites
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 1,000 - $ 3,195 / week
Ocean City Condo deals
stays between: 8/21/14 & 2/16/15
deal expires in: 3 days
FREE Local Gym Passes - up to $64 VALUE!
Keep your workout routine going even when you're on vacation! Book today & receive complimentary local OCMD Gym Passes to use during your visit to this home!
- FREE Gym Membership ($64)
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stays between: 8/21/14 & 2/16/15
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FREE Welcome Bag of Starter Amenities - a $25 VALUE!
Begin your vacation at the Beach, not the grocery store! Life's necessities will already be waiting for you, such as Dish Soap & Detergent, Hand Soap, Paper Towels, Bag of Gourmet Starbucks Coffee, Sweetener, Creamer & more!
- FREE Welcome Bag ($25)
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vacation rental description
Great Downtown Location
The Ocean block location of Ocean City Suites (Floor 2) is the perfect vacation spot for your classic Ocean City experience! Located right on Baltimore Ave. between 10th & 11th St., this 3-BR, 2-BA condo is just 1 block from the Beach, Boardwalk & popular OCMD attractions. Many shops, bike rentals & restaurants close by, including Thrasher's French Fries, Candy Kitchen, Hammer Heads Raw Bar & Grill, and Malibu's Surf Shop.
All-New Appliances & Furnishings
Newly-refinished in 2012, this gorgeous home has been lovingly decorated with plush furnishings, flat-screen TVs/DVD, brand new kitchen appliances, gas fireplace & so much more. Spacious, private deck is the perfect place to relax, with great views overlooking all the action on Baltimore Ave. and plenty of space for outdoor dining & entertaining. Best of all, you can forget about the stress of battling (& paying) for a parking spot! Park your car in OC Suites private parking & leave it there – because you are already where the action is!
***Inquire about Large Group Specials — 1st Floor (3-BR) & 3rd Floor (2-BR) are also available for up to 8-BR accommodations. Entire house sleeps 22!!!***
Please Note: Our properties do not allow group rentals to guests under the age of 25. Therefore, online bookings for group rentals will not be honored.
Availability: This property is only available for weekly rental with Saturday check-in dates & FlexStay during Off-Season (check-in any day of week, 3- or 4-night min). Please speak with a Vacation Coordinator to confirm when the Off-Season begins for this property. Non-smoking. No pets, please.
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Vantage Resort Realty (410) 723-2002
condo rental amenities
Unit Amenities:
- Ideal Downtown OCMD location
- Easy walk to Beach, Boardwalk, Dining & Rides
- Private Deck
- Newly-remodeled & Never-rented
- Brand-new Kitchen Appliances
- Gas Fireplace
- High-end furnishings
- Private 2-Car Parking
Bed Sizes:
- Master Bedroom - Queen bed
- Bedroom #2 - Queen bed
- Bedroom #3 - 2 Queen beds
Guest Benefits:
- Free Starter Amenities (Gourmet Starbucks coffee, dish soap, bath tissue, etc.)
- Complimentary Business Center
- Sunny Days Guaranteed!
- Free Concierge Service
- Free Gym Membership during your stay
activities and attractions in Ocean City Maryland
Just put on your flip-flops and go! Located right on Baltimore Ave. between 10th & 11th Streets, Ocean City Suites is just an easy, 1-block walk away from the Beach, Boardwalk, and popular OCMD attractions. Also just a short drive from West Ocean City Outlets, numerous world-class golf courses & the wild ponies of Assateague Island National Seashore Park.
vacation rental rates
2013 Season
08/31/13 - 09/20/13 $320-$440/night..................$1600-$2200/week (3-night min)
09/21/13 - 10/04/13 $300/night.......................................$1500/week (3-night min)
10/05/13 - 12/27/13 $200/night.......................................$1000/week (3-night min)
2014 Season — Now Booking!
12/28/13 - 05/09/14 $299/night.......................................$1495/week (3-night min)
05/10/14 - 05/30/14 $359-$499/night...................$1595-$1895/week (3-night min)
05/31/14 - 06/20/14 $499-$539/night...................$2295-$2695/week (7-night min)
06/21/14 - 07/04/14 $599/night.......................................$2995/week (7-night min)
07/05/14 - 08/22/14 $639/night.......................................$3195/week (7-night min)
08/23/14 - 08/29/14 $639/night.......................................$2295/week (7-night min)
08/30/14 - 09/05/14 $639/night.......................................$2995/week (7-night min)
09/06/14 - 09/26/14 $539-$559/night...................$2695-$2795/week (7-night min)
09/27/14 - 10/03/14 $299/night.......................................$1495/week (7-night min)
10/04/14 - 11/21/14 $259/night.......................................$1295/week (7-night min)
11/22/14 - 12/26/14 $239/night.......................................$1195/week (7-night min)
* Rates are subject to change without notice. Pricing excludes taxes, additional options or fees.
* Each reservation will need to sign a Lodging Agreement.
* Each reservation will have 10.5% tax, processing fee and travel guard damage insurance or
refundable security deposit.
* We do business in accordance with federal Fair Housing Law. Equal Housing Opportunity.
* We are licensed REALTORs.
Vantage Resort Realty (410) 723-2002
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Ocean City
- Spend a relaxing day on the Beach.
- Walk the famous Ocean City Boardwalk.
- Sample some Eastern Shore cuisine.
- Hunt for bargains at West Ocean City Outlets.
- Play a round of golf or visit a water park.
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FA chairman David Bernstein stripped Terry last week, prompting the coach to go on Italian television to say he "absolutely" did not agree with the decision.
The decision was taken to prevent Terry from leading England at the European Championship in June while awaiting a criminal trial on a racism charge the following month.
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The biggest news ahead of the UEFA Champions League semifinal between Barcelona and Chelsea is that Gerard Pique will not be starting. He's surprisingly been left on the Barcelona bench. Otherwise, Barca's lineup is as expected. Pep Guardiola was probably always going to go with a four-man back line, but if Pique is not starting because of fitness concerns, it more or less ties his hands. Chelsea have made one surprising selection, picking Raul Meireles in midfield. Here are the lineups
Chelsea Lineup (4-2-3-1): Petr Cech; Ashley Cole, John Terry, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic; John Obi Mikel, Raul Meireles; Juan Mata, Frank Lampard, Ramires; Didier Drogba
Barcelona Lineup (4-3-3): Victor Valdes; Adriano, Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves; Sergio Busquets, Xavi Hernandez, Cesc Fabregas; Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Alexis Sanchez
If you're in the United States and looking for this game, it might not be where you expect. This game is not on FOX Soccer Channel because it has been moved to FX, a bigger channel available in more homes. You can still catch the game on FOX Deportes in Spanish. In Canada, the game is on Rogers Sportsnet regional networks, and you can find the game on ITV 1 in the UK.
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Lavender Vanilla
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A well-balanced blend of herbal lavender and calming vanilla. A great addition to any aromatherapy line.
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Remember to use the correct percentage of fragrance oil according to the type of wax you're using. As always, it is recommended that you make a few test candles to be sure you're getting the fragrance result that you want.
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This fragrance smells to me like the baby magic lotion I have for my baby and I LOVE the smell but it really does not smell like lavender or chamomile to me. I added another true lavender oil to it to my liking.
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I personally do not like lavender - at all. In fact, I can't stand it. BUT I had purchased a candle from a museum scented Lavender and Vanilla because something appealed to me about this fragrance. It is lemony soft.

 So I decided to try to duplicate that awesome smell - and I did! This Lavender Vanilla from Candle Science is perfect! I used 10 oz fragrance and 1/2 oz yellow beeswax to 3.5 oz EcoSoya PB. Presto! The magic formula! (I make tarts not candles).

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I got this as my free sample because a friend said she liked this scent. I'm going to have to order more because it's my new favorite!!! The herbal lavender and sweet vanilla are a perfect combination. Cold throw is nice but haven't burned it yet.
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I put this in EcoSoya Advanced and it smells like baby powder. I got no sense of lavender OR vanilla out of it.
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Starlight Parade floats lit up a beautiful night in Portland on Saturday.
The parade had it all: marching bands, floating jumbo jets, glow-in-the-dark umbrellas and 100 illuminated entries.
Thousands of people lined the 2.25 mile route in downtown Portland. The parade got started at 8:45 p.m. and its three sections highlighted tradition, volunteerism and the city's weird side.
The Portland Winterhawks served as the Grand Marshals of the parade, riding down the route holding a certain trophy - The Ed Chynoweth Cup - awarded to the Western Hockey League champion every year.
The parade isn't the only thing happening at the Rose Festival this weekend. CityFair's carnival atmosphere runs through Sunday, and CountryFest will bring big names in the country music world to Waterfront Park.
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I am looking to make a pad and understand closed cell foam is the best to use. Has anyone made a pad before and where can I find this stuff?
It's my understanding that the best pads incorporate both open and closed cell foam. I think you want the open cell in the initial impact area (i.e. the top) and the closed cell in the middle or on the bottom. I just Googled "closed cell foam" and came up with all sorts of places to buy it online. I doubt you'll be able to find it in Prescott for a reasonable price; Phoenix or the inter-sphere are probably gonna be your best bets. When you finish it, you should post some pics and helpful info that u learned along the way for others that might wanna make their own as well. Good luck! --Marc
Maybe I'm mis-remembering, but I think most pad designs have a thin layer of closed cell foam on top and a thicker open cell layer below. That way the impact of a fall is spread out over a wider area of the pad. The closed cell helps distribute the force of a fall so it is caught by more of the squishy open cell layer making for a softer landing.
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"Looking at Post-Mubarak Egypt through a comparative glance at post-Suharto Indonesia" Dr. Giora Eliraz, Research Associate, Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Affiliated Fellow at KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, Netherlands.Hosted by the International Law Society, UW Law Global Affairs, and the Southeast Asia Center at the Jackson School of International Studies About two years and a half passed since the outset of the Arab Spring in Egypt and this country is still immersed in political turmoil. Hence, a comparative view at the case of Indonesia's democracy seems useful for suggesting some significant insights for thinking on the future of democracy in Egypt that is covered now by thick fog. Indeed, Indonesia's democracy still has some obvious shortcomings, but such comparative view also further illustrates the considerable, impressive distance that has been covered by Indonesia in its moving through a democratic path during the recent 15 years.Dr. Giora Eliraz is the author of Islam in Indonesia: Modernism, Radicalism and the Middle East Dimension and the monograph, Islam and Polity in Indonesia: An Intriguing Case Study. He is a Research Associate at the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Affiliated Fellow at KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, Netherlands. Dr. Eliraz holds a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and served as a Visiting Fellow at the Southeast Asia Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – One student was transported to an area hospital after a wreck involving a school bus.
According to MetroSafe, the crash happened around 7 a.m. Monday on Southern Avenue at Hazel Street.
Ben Jackey, with Jefferson County Public Schools, reported bus number 0756 was hit from the side by a Ford Taurus while transporting students to Kennedy Metro Middle School.
Jackey said 24 students were on board the bus and an unknown number of them are complaining of minor injuries.
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She is survived by three children, Steve Sanderson (Darlene) of Jasper, Tanya Sanderson Marks of Birmingham and Diana Arnold (Thomas) of Carlsbad, Calif.; and nine grandchildren, Steve Sanderson Jr., Marty Marks, Margaret Marks, Morgan Marks, Amanda Marks, Hastings Lucille Marks, Justin Arnold, Conner Arnold and Hunter Arnold.
She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, who will be truly missed.
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Left end of the wall, at left end of cave opening. The route climbs rightwards out the left arch of the cave for 3 bolts, then turns the lip with some exciting gym-maneuvers. Once over the lip, the route climbs straight up for two bolts, then traverses right to the 6th bolt, then straight up past 3 more bolts. Once above the lip, don't be suckered left onto two new bolts in the black streak.


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On Feb. 3, Super Bowl Sunday XLVII will commence. Some people look forward to the game, the funny commercials and the halftime show ( Destiny's Child reunion!). But others are solely there for the wings, the nachos and the pizza—and rightfully so.
There's something about Super Bowl food that gives the day an almost Thanksgiving-like aura. Both events boast a big, communal meal—except on Super Bowl Sunday, it's usually deep fried and covered in Buffalo sauce.
In and around Plymouth, there are plenty of local places to pick up snacks to fulfill your game day needs.
- Plymouth as several grocery store locations: Cub Foods on Nathan Lane, Cub Foods or Lunds & Byerly's on Vicksburg Lane and SuperTarget or Rainbow Foods on Vinewood Lane.
- If you don't want to venture out into the cold, you can consider having New Hope-based Coburns Delivers bring snacks, premade trays, drinks and other food related items delivered right to your door. Visit the Corborn Delivers website for how to get started.
- Consider picking up or preordering sandwiches at Erbert & Gerberts Sandwich Shop, Subway, Quiznos, Cousins Subs, or Jimmy John's.
For more food destinations in Plymouth, check out the Patch directory.
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Wendy's Super Easy Super Bowl Guacamole
- 1 bag of ripe avocados (4) from Trader Joe's
- 1 container of fresh salsa from Trader Joe's (spiciness dependent on your taste)
- 1 – 3 large cloves of garlic, pressed or finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 bag of tortilla chips
- Peel and pit avocados.
- Mash the avocados in a non-metal bowl (if one or more of them seems a wee bit under-ripe, chop instead of mashing).
- Drain the fresh salsa well (I usually use the lid to squish the salsa down and pour the liquid into the sink) and add it to the mashed avocados.
- Add the pressed or chopped garlic and the cumin.
- Mix well, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs (adapted from Rachael Ray) - serves 8
- 2 pounds ground white meat chicken
- 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, pressed or finely chopped
- 1 cup cilantro or parsley, chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
- 1 cup hot sauce (such as Frank's or Cholula)
- 3 scallions, green and white parts thinly sliced
- Store-bought, good quality blue cheese dressing for dipping
- 1 bag pre-cut celery sticks
- 1 bag pre-cut carrot sticks
- Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground chicken with the onion, garlic and cilantro or parsley, and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Shape the chicken mixture into balls—you should have 32 meatballs in total.
- Arrange the meatballs on a wire rack on a foil-covered sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake until the meatballs are cooked through and golden brown, about 10-12 minutes.
- While the meatballs are baking, melt the butter in a large, flat bottom pan over medium heat.
- Add the hot sauce and whisk to combine.
- In the pan, toss the baked meatballs in the hot sauce to coat (you may do this in batches) and transfer to a serving platter.
- Place the blue cheese dressing in a small serving bowl and garnish with chopped scallions.
- Serve the meatballs with toothpicks alongside the blue cheese dressing, celery and carrot sticks.


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The Man in the City Sculpture Project is comprised of 30 sculptures located on the rooftops throughout the City of Detroit.
John Sauve created the Man in the City project in 2008 and has exhibited it in Benton Harbor Michigan, on New York City's Highline and most recently on New York City's Governors Island.
The Man in the City Project creates a metaphor for life that transforms the skyline and encourages people to look around.
In the discovery process one becomes aware of their own sense of place within the City of Detroit.
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The Centre for Rural Health (CRH) was established in 1997 under the Regional Health Strategy of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA). We aim to improve access for rural and remote communities to appropriate health services by encouraging students to pursue a career in rural practice and supporting health care professionals working in these areas. The CRH is one of eleven University Departments of Rural Health established around Australia, and is linked to these other Departments through its membership of the Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN).
The CRH is a research-focused academic unit that is uniquely positioned within an island state. We promote rural health through teaching and supporting the clinical placement of undergraduate students by maintaining a network of learning and accommodation sites across rural and remote communities in Tasmania. The Centre delivers a contemporary continuing education program to working health professionals and, through flexible teaching arrangements, offers a range of graduate programs in e-health to students in Tasmania and elsewhere. We welcome graduate research students and create a supportive, learner-friendly environment in which they can undertake their studies. By drawing on a wide range of skill sets and methodological expertise, staff engage in a vigorous and diverse program of high quality rural health research that position the department as locally relevant, nationally competitive and internationally recognised. Current areas of research include: ageing well; climate change and health; health mapping; food security; interprofessional learning, education and practice.


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The Oreo cookie hits 100!
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Must credit Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
With photo/graphic: SH12C026OREO100YEARS
By REBECCA SODERGREN
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
If you think junk food is a modern invention, you're wrong.
Oreos are celebrating their 100th birthday on Tuesday.
Turns out they were far more unsinkable than one of their contemporaries, Titanic. The ship sank in 1912, the same year the Oreo was first made.
It was born the "Oreo Biscuit," produced by National Biscuit Company, later known as Nabisco. In 1921, the name changed to "Oreo Sandwich." Since 1937, it has been called the "Oreo Creme Sandwich," although folks usually call it the Oreo cookie.
Originally, Oreos were packaged in bulk tins sold by weight; grocers paid 30 cents a pound for the first ones.
Now Oreos are sold in more than 100 countries. They're the top-selling cookie in the world, with $1.5 billion in worldwide revenues.
After the United States, the most Oreos are sold in China (where one variety has green-tea-ice-cream-flavored filling), Venezuela, Canada, Indonesia and Mexico. Last year, the cookie entered three new markets: Poland, Germany and India.
China also sells Oreos with raspberry-blueberry or orange-mango filling. Indonesia has strawberry, blueberry or orange filling. Mexico has "Oreo Trio Chocolate" -- three different kinds of chocolate in each Oreo (one each in the two cookies and a third in the filling). A limited-edition Birthday Cake Oreo featuring colored sprinkles in a vanilla-cake-flavored creme (think funfetti) debuted in late February, and will be on store shelves through April.
Basil Maglaris, associate director of corporate affairs for Nabisco's parent company, Kraft Foods, said one of his favorites is a three-layered Oreo covered with fudge, sold individually wrapped in Argentina.
Oreos didn't change much in their first six decades or so. There was a short-lived lemon-creme variety in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1970s that Oreo variations began to proliferate. Modifications sold in the U.S. have included Double Stuf, mint creme, fudge and white fudge coating, vanilla Oreos, holiday frosting colors and more. "Cookies 'n' Cream" ice cream debuted in 1983.
The recipe for the traditional Oreo hasn't changed much over the century, but the design has. The original design had a narrow wreath around the outside with "OREO" on a plain surface; today's embossment, which dates back to 1953, is crammed with flowers all around the "OREO" letters. As Maglaris notes, the more crevices, the better milk clings to the cookie.
Which brings up an important point: How do you eat your Oreos?
We know milk dunkers, coffee dunkers and purists who would never permit a soggy Oreo to pass their lips. Kraft markets the cookies by touting the "Twist, Lick, Dunk Ritual" -- in fact, the "Twist" first appeared all the way back in 1923 on trolley-car ads -- but evidently only about half of Oreo eaters pull their Oreos apart before eating. And some puller-aparters don't lick out the frosting once they do get the cookies apart.
Some people play with their frosting before eating, carving shapes or letters into it or molding it with their fingers. You can go to the Oreo Facebook page (one of the top five Facebook brand pages in the world) to see pictures of goofy designs people have made in their frosting.
And you thought Mom told you never to play with your food.
Well, this will come as no surprise to Mom: Everybody's been ignoring her for 100 years.
(Tested by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
One of my friends noted -- groused, actually -- that weird Oreo recipes have been proliferating on Pinterest lately: monster-size chocolate-chip cookies with Oreos inside them, deep-fried Oreos, Oreo doughnuts (an Oreo fills the doughnut's hole), Oreo martinis, Oreo muffins (chunks of Oreos in place of, say, blueberries), Oreo pancakes. This brownie -- unfortunately named, especially in light of the controversy fueled by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh -- is one of the weirdest, definitely for the serious junk-food junkie.
-- Rebecca Sodergren
For the brownie layer:
10 tablespoons unsalted butter
1-1/4 cups white sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
For the Oreo layer:
About 16 to 20 Oreos
For the cookie-dough layer:
1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)
1/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1-1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
For the brownie layer:
In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the sugar and cocoa powder; whisk to combine and remove from heat. Add the salt, vanilla and eggs and continuously whisk until the eggs are incorporated. Add the flour and continue to mix. Set batter aside.
For the cookie-dough layer:
Cream together the butter and sugars in a mixer. Add the egg and vanilla, making sure to scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl. Add the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder and mix on low until everything is incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips. Set dough aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line bottom of a 9-by-9-inch baking pan with foil, then spray foil with baking spray.
Layer the cookie dough on the bottom of prepared pan, pressing down to form the bottom layer.
Place a single layer of Oreos, touching but not overlapping, on top of the cookie-dough layer.
Pour the brownie batter over the Oreo layer. Spread with rubber spatula to even it out.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Test with a knife. If the knife comes out clean, let the brownies rest before serving. If the knife comes out with batter on it, bake the brownies about 5 minutes more.
-- pinterest.com
(Contact Rebecca Sodergren at pgfoodevents(at)hotmail.com.)
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HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - A new segment of a connector in Harrisonburg has been named in honor of a police officer killed in the line of duty in 1959.
Media outlets report that the city held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for the Manuel Trenary Memorial Highway. The east-west connector's new segment is the third of four planned construction phases.
Trenary was killed in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect on Oct. 7, 1959.
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A K-8 school in the Tucson Unified School District was awarded by the Arizona Educational Foundation with a $500 check and a banner presentation as an A+ School of Excellence.
Rose K-8 school is one of 28 in the state to be recognized with the honor. Four of them are in Southern Arizona, according to a news release.
The A+ School of Excellence Program assesses outstanding public schools and judges make trips to the campus.
Bobbie O'Boyle, Executive Director of the Arizona Educational Foundation, told Principal Stephen Trejo that Rose impressed the judges, according to a news release.
Trejo has also been named a Rodel Exemplary Principal for 2013.
"You, your staff, your students and your community are to be commended for overall excellence and for all the hard work and collaborative effort it took to earn this award," O'Boyle said about the honor. "Based on your outstanding application and a very memorable and impressive site visit to your campus, your school has truly earned the Arizona Educational Foundation's A+ School of Excellence designation."
Superintendent John Pedicone, and Governing Board members Kristel Foster and Mark Stegeman were also in attendance at the assembly celebration with the entire student body, teachers and staff.
"I would like to acknowledge the hard work, focus, and enthusiasm of our students, said Trejo at the assembly, and reminding his students "the best way to predict your future is to create it."
The A+ School of Excellence designation is active through January 2016.
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For those of you who don't have HBO this might be a good time to check it out. Not only does the new series Girls by Lena Dunham premiere this weekend, but next week we get Julia Louis Dreyfus in VEEP. And of course there is the brilliant Game of Thrones which has such amazing female characters.
HBO has done a great job with the promotion for this series. Almost too good. The show and Lena are everywhere. They should thank their lucky stars that they have such an articulate spokesperson in the show's creator/writer/director/star - Lena Dunham.
I want to pause for a moment and note that it has been a long time since I saw a woman and such a young woman to boot have so many credits on a show. Watching the credits roll after the first episode I literally had a flashback moment to when I saw Yentl as a teen and saw how many credits Barbra Streisand had at the end of the film. While TV and film are different, seeing a woman take on this many roles behind and in front of the camera (I wonder if Lena sings?) is still quite striking almost 30 years later.
And I also love that this show is so clearly Lena's vision. To see a young woman with such strong vision and to be able to defend it and speak about it in such a strong way almost makes me weep. And while she wrote the first three shows herself, the writer's room is populated with other many other women. This is a young woman who embraces other women, and loves other women which is so clear from the moment the show begins. There is none of this competition crap. This is a pure lovefest.
And the vision is about young women. Granted, these are a certain type of young women. Overeducated and underemployed and white. People may have taken issue with calling 25 year olds girls. What Lena says is that at 25 these are still girls because they are still trying to find their place in the world. They don't feel like adults yet. They don't act like adults yet. So they are still girls. Of course she enhances that with one early scene when the two best friends played by Lena (as Hannah) and Allison Williams (as Marnie) wind up falling asleep together because Marnie can't stand to be in bed with her adoring boyfriend.
BES | April 18, 2012 2:01 PM
Here is the thing. I can walk in any women's locker room in the city for free and watch women dress, undress and shower. I don't do that and either do other women because we find the idea creepy and boring. So showing me some malecentric view of women is not going to be entertaining to me or other women regardless of whether the company producing it employs a high percentage of women to write the show. It just doesn't work for entertainment from my perspective and my perspective is all I care about when I am deciding what to watch.
BES | April 18, 2012 1:56 PM
"Because the HBO model will allow us to really see bodies"
This is the problem for me. I don't want to see and criticize and analyze ANY women's bodies for entertainment I don't care if they are regular women or idealized typical media women. Sure this is a great opportunity for regular women who work in the business but I don't see it as an entertaining option for women viewers. I don't think that the interests of women working in media and women consumers of media have ever been the same thing. I expect to be entertained or informed when I watch media and the show just doesn't appeal to me mostly because I know of the HBOization of stories and have never found it appealing.
Maria | April 12, 2012 1:00 PM
Awesome! I have been following Lena's career since Tiny Furniture, and I am very excited for her success with Girls. Cannot wait to see it! Thanks for posting this!
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Up until today, Voigtländer is a famous well-known brand of German photo history. The "pedigree", which already exists since 1756, shows a lot of famous products and inventions. The modern photography with metal cameras was not only invented, but also considerably controlled for decades by Voigtländer. Even today, Voigtländer offers an attractive and modern range of cameras, lenses and films to its clients and fans. In case you need informations about older Voigtländer products, please take a look at the website of the specialized bookstore LINDEMANNS: www.lindemanns.de
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This granola is delicious and utterly wholesome. Plus, it's totally versatile: you can make it with your favorite ingredients, and eat it with either yogurt or milk. This granola is exceptionally rich in protein, fiber, and Omegas. It's true that there is brown sugar, honey, and butter in it -- but much less than in most granola recipes, and if it takes a bit of sugar and fat to shepherd that lovely flock of whole foods into my children's bodies, that's fine with me. You might want to start with a little less flax and a little more honey, and then tip the balance slowly each time you make it.
f your family doesn't share a titanic aversion to sunflower seeds, please feel free to add them here. Along with cinnamon, which is another normal granola additive that I don't add. If you want fruit-raisins, dried cherries, or those rolly dates that look like bird poops-wait until the granola has baked and cooled, then stir it in.
Yields 10 cups
Heat the oven to 300ºF.
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a very large bowl (hands are nice for this, as are children), then melt the butter and honey together in a small saucepan, add the vanilla, and stir it into the dry ingredients, mixing with a wooden spoon (preferably one that doesn't hold an aromatic memory of garlic or cumin) until everything seems well moistened.
Now spread the granola evenly on two very large rimmed baking sheets (I think mine are called "jelly roll pans," and they're 12 inches by 17 inches) and bake for 15 minutes.
Now take the pans out of the oven and use a spatula to stir the granola around -- the edges may have started to brown a bit, and the idea is to move it often enough that all of it browns without any of it burning; be especially wary of the wheat germ, which likes to hide out at the bottom of the pan where it can char in peace.
Put the pans back in the oven (switching their positions), and bake another 10 minutes, then stir them around and return them to the oven.
After another 10 minutes (35 minutes altogether), evaluate the granola for doneness: it should be fairly golden and toasted-looking; if it's not, return it to the oven for a few minutes at a time, stirring at each checking until it's done; bear in mind that it will continue to toast a bit in the hot pans after you remove them from the oven.
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US President Barack Obama is willing to up pressure against the Iranian nuclear
program if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will open talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on
borders and security issues, The Sunday Times reported.
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report, the US promised to raise the heat on the Iran issue in return for more
open talks with the Palestinian leader even if core
issues such as Jerusalem and the issues of Palestinian refugees is not
The Times quoted Aaron David Miller, of the Woodrow Wilson
Center, an adviser on the Middle East to six US secretaries of state as saying
"Barack Obama does not want to be the American president on whose watch Iran
acquires a nuclear weapon or be accused of presiding over the demise of what's
left of the two-state solution."
Two of the prime minister's aides will arrive
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issues, The Times reported. If the report over Obama's attempt to appease Netanyahu is authentic,
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
© Copyright 2014 Albany Herald
Former President Jimmy Carter is not scheduled to teach Sunday School this Sunday at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating the 32 anniversary of its pastor, the Rev. H.B. Johnson Jr., and his wife, Portia S. Johnson, at 11 a.m. Sunday. The Rev. Tony None of Phenix City, Ala., will speak at the 10 a.m. worship service. The pastor's banquet will be held in the gym after the worship service. The Rev. Rod Baptists of Columbus will be guest speaker at the banquet.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its annual Men's Day celebration Sunday. Guest speaker at the 11 a.m. serivce will be James E. Deen, past president of the Laymen's Auxiliary, General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia Inc. Also participating in the ceremony will be Albany Police Chief John Proctor. The church is located at 325 Whitney Ave.
Baconton United Methodist Church will host a gospel sing at 7 tonight featuring South Georgia Quartet of Warner Robins. A love offering will be taken and refreshments will be served.
Grace and Hope Covenant Church will continue revival services through Sunday. Services tonight and Friday are at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday services at noon. A Women on the Move for Christ program is planned at 4 p.m. Sunday. The church is located at 309 N. Washington St.
Greater Pines Chapel Missionary Baptist Church will mark its 25th anniversary with a series of services beginning Sunday. The following churches and ministers will be in charge.
First Southern Methodist Church will have an indoor yard sale on Nov. 16 beginning at 7 a.m. All proceeds will go to Southern Methodist Missions. The church is located at 2510 N. Hilltop Drive.
Liberty Parkway Church of God will host "A Special Night of Gospel Music" will be held Nov. 15 at 1501 Schley Ave. The concert will feature Greater Vision and the Perrys, two of southern gospel's most popular groups. No tickets are required; a $10 donation per person will be requested at the door. An offering will be received during the concert for FCC Ministries. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m.; doors open at 6:30 p.m., and all seating is general admission.
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MCKINNEY – As Texas struggles to maintain its aging highway system, anger is growing after the state's transportation department suddenly announced it would pay to keep small air traffic control towers open.
The move ignited controversy from critics who accuse the state agency of worrying about keeping operations smooth for private jets while millions of drivers slog through congested highways on the ground.
"I'm not quite sure why TxDOT -- who seems to be broke and wants to charges us more to drive on roads -- has all of a sudden come up with money to keep open the Dallas Executive Airport," said Katrina Pierson, a Tea Party activist in Garland. "They definitely want to keep the private jets in the air, for whatever reason."
Thirteen Texas air traffic control towers were set to lose federal funding as early as next week due to forced cutbacks in Washington triggered by the sequestration. Dallas Executive Airport in Oak Cliff and Collin County's Regional Airport in McKinney were the only North Texas towers on the list.
Texas Department of Transportation officials announced Thursday morning they are pairing with Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Aviation Industry to pass an initiative to ensure the 13 towers remain open. If approved, the state would foot a $7 million bill to keep the towers operational for one year, said TxDOT spokesman Mark Cross. The agency insists the money would come out of the $60 million it uses annually to plan, build and maintain community airports across the state.
"Safety is our No. 1 priority on the ground as well as in the air. This is something that we have to support in any way that we can," Cross said. He added TxDOT hasn't decided how much money each airport would receive or when, saying the plan is still in its infancy. "All of them [the airports] do not have resources that will allow them to continue their operations as they are now."
The Texas Transportation Commission will vote on the measure at 9 a.m. on April 4th at TxDOT's headquarters in downtown Austin.
The other 11 towers include: New Braunfels, Brownsville, Easterwood Field College Station, TSTC Waco, Lone Star Executive Houston, Georgetown Muni, San Marcos Muni, Sugarland Regional, Stinson Muni San Antonio, Tyler Pounds Regional and Victoria Regional.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, himself a vocal player in the sequester fight, supported the state's proposal.
"I am glad to see Texas leading," Sen. Cruz said. "I think this is Texas responding to the game playing by the federal government and by the Obama administration.
Yet for years TxDOT has warned lawmakers it was in a funding crisis. Last month, the agency's chairman told a finance committee in Austin that soon there may not be enough money for new highway expansion or construction projects unless TxDOT received billions more. TxDOT has accrued $13 billion in debt. Lawmakers have proposed dipping into the Rainy Day Fund or raising the annual vehicle registration fees by $50 to make up for the gap.
"They (TxDOT) are always broke, and when they go broke they come back to the taxpayer to get more money," Pierson said, "that's the solution TxDOT is pushing at the same time funding corporate jets."
Supporters say the move is motivated by safety. The airports could continue to operate without air traffic controllers; pilots would use the Unicom system to coordinate their landings and takeoffs among themselves. Yet it's a dangerous idea, pilots insist, especially over North Texas' congested skies.
"When you come to the airport there's a lot of other airplanes going to that same airport- leaving that same airport," said pilot Don Callaham, who's been flying out of Collin County's Regional Airport for 14 years. "It gets busy."
The McKinney airport sees 280 flights a day and relies on a tower that requires six employees to keep it manned 16 hours a day year-round. Operating the tower costs $650,000 a year.
Yet before TxDOT's announcement, the small airport had already found a way to keep its tower open. The local City Council decided last week it would pick up the tab through September- a burden TxDOT will now likely bear.
"I understand how folks might feel," Ken Wiegand, the airport director, noted, "but this is an important part of the economy. The aircraft that are flying out of here fly for companies that are employing most of the people that are buying cars and driving on the highways."
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Trina Songs, Videos, & Albums
On Pull Over, single number two off debut album Da Baddest B*tch, Trina's oversized posterior earned her a citation from Miami emcee-turned-traffic cop Trick Daddy. Thirteen years later, her booty is still among the... Read More
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I've always wanted to set the record for "most words censored in a DJBooth intro," and thanks to Trina's new single My Bi**hes I think I've finally got a pretty good fu**king chance. The first we've heard from the... Read More
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They took the 15 of us hunger strikers to ASU-Hell-Row
CDCR is back to its original torturer tactics
by Mutope Duguma
Written Nov. 27, 2011 – The CDCR (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) did everything but kill us this last go-round because, as I have said, the torture can always be seen in their policy. We had always stipulated that we were on a peaceful nonviolent hunger strike. This way no one could accuse us of causing any problems against CDCR and the prisons we're held in throughout California.
We prisoners are made to suffer indefinite SHU terms in solitary confinement for nothing, while being subjected to constant attacks by prison officials in order to encourage our debriefing.
On Sept. 29, 2011, about 30 guards, two to each prisoner, came to escort us to Administration Segregation Unit ASU-H-Row, which was soon termed "Hell-Row." Each of us was ordered to put on only our shoes, socks, boxer shorts and T-shirt. Each of us complied with these orders without incident.
Once all of us were removed from our cells, we were then led to the tunnel where we were met with another 20-30 officers who had created a "soul train line" for us to walk through. The 15 prisoners all come out of the short corridor D1-D4. Once all the prisoners were lined up in the tunnel with over 50-60 officers, it was a period of silence, which I believe was for the purpose of intimidation. It didn't work.
Once the leading officer, after about three minutes, instructed the officers to begin moving us out, we were led to the clinic, where some quack of a psychiatrist asked us were we "mentally sane" and many of us refused to respond. Once the last person was asked, we were escorted out of the tunnel and into the outside area. After about 200 yards of walking, we were going through another checkpoint where a correctional officer with a clipboard told the escorting officers that we go to the following cells.
It was a total of 12 cells: Three of the four were double cells for the seven New Afrikans. The rest were single cells for the four Mexicans and four whites. Upon getting all of us into our assigned cells, they then issued us pink/orange linen. We were removed from SHU and placed in ASU – reversing the usual sequence, when prisoners are placed in ASU first and once given a SHU term are placed in SHU.
So we were wondering why were we being placed in ASU when we were already in SHU? It would be minutes after being placed in ASU that we would learn that we were placed on Hell-Row for "concentrated torture." Yes, we were placed in ice cold cells and given nothing.
Many of us had never been placed in the new Ad-Seg cells. We realized that these cells are truly unfit for anyone to live in. They are compressed; you can be on the bottom bunk and have your feet resting on the toilets, you are two to three steps away from the front door and the cold blowers were deliberately turned on in order to make sure we suffered.
We were given inadequate clothing; therefore, we could not protect ourselves from the cold blowers. This was done in order to intensify our suffering in Ad-Seg in order to try and get us to eat. When the warden walked in H-Row tier and talked to each and every one of us, he said if you eat you can go back to your SHU cells. Each and every one of us refused to eat.
We were placed on Hell-Row for "concentrated torture." Yes, we were placed in ice cold cells and given nothing. The cold blowers were deliberately turned on to intensify our suffering in Ad-Seg in order to try and get us to eat. Each and every one of us refused to eat.
When the warden was asked why were we here, he said because we were the leaders of the hunger strikers which have caused a disturbance throughout the prison system. When asked who authorized our placement in ASU, he said Secretary M. Cate and Undersecretary S. Kernan.
We told him that there was no leaders of the hunger strikers; it's just negotiators/representatives who actually volunteered because they didn't want people dying on the hunger strike without ever having their voice heard, so those individuals who are the negotiators should be commended, not further tortured. I asked him why am I here; I am not no negotiator. He said I don't know, but I'll get back to you. He never did get back to me.
The officials continued to come around in order to try and persuade us to eat, but we continued to refuse to eat. The chief deputy warden came walking the tier and he told us if we don't eat we will be receiving CDCR rule violation reports. I told him if we are willing to lay down our lives for the 25 years of torture we have suffered – whereas you have been a conspirator – then what difference would a CDCR rule violation report make?
The cold blowers were turned up on high, and we continued to suffer. It should be clear we were forced to suffer on Hell Row 15 days straight until the negotiators made a deal along with our mediation team lawyers. And it should be clear that I am basically touching the surface due to the litigation pending.
The cold blowers were turned up on high, and we were forced to suffer on Hell Row 15 days straight until the negotiators made a deal along with our mediation team lawyers.
Once we were ordered back to our cells, we would discover that the correctional officers had deliberately trashed our cells. All our cosmetics, thermal tops and bottoms, political writings, legal material, books etc. were stolen – not confiscated – outright taken away from us while we were held in Ad-Seg.
We were then told that due to being on the hunger strike, we cannot go back on our normal diet. They placed us on record to get two lunches for breakfast and two lunches for dinner, but they gave us only one for breakfast and one for dinner.
It should be clear that all these retaliatory actions was deliberate in order to "instigate some violence" out of prisoners. It didn't work, and we remain very much committed and dedicated to our peaceful nonviolent protocol.
All these retaliatory actions was deliberate in order to "instigate some violence" out of prisoners. It didn't work, and we remain very much committed and dedicated to our peaceful nonviolent protocol. CDCR has used any acts of violence to dehumanize us in order to justify their inhumane policies.
Looking back on it now, we realize that CDCR has used any acts of violence to propagate against us all whenever they need to dehumanize us in order to justify their inhumane policies, decisions and treatment against us. We have lost our right to be paroled based on the criteria set by the Parole Board, family visits, visits, educational programs, nutritional diet, adequate medical treatment, pictures, food sales, news, TV and movies, weights etc. – all lost in the name of the threat to safety and security of the institution. All this is being lost based on how CDCR officials manipulate prison violence.
Therefore our question is what do we want for ourselves? We got prisoners still incarcerated on one-year-to-life sentences or seven-to-life sentences that go back to the '60s and '70s, prisoners still locked up on 15-to-life, 25-to-life on early '80s sentences when they have met all the criteria for parole. But the Parole Board is overseen by nothing but racist, money-hungry Board of Prison hearing commissioners and deputy commissioners who do not see nothing but criminals and modern-day slaves when a prisoner is before them.
So we, as prisoners, have to create the conditions behind these prison walls that will justify our own rehabilitation and humanity. Because the current practices is to keep us in an environment where we all remain immune to misery and half-life. We're responsible for our future.
Racist, money-hungry Board of Prison hearing commissioners see nothing but criminals and modern-day slaves when a prisoner is before them. So we, as prisoners, have to create the conditions behind these prison walls that will justify our own rehabilitation and humanity.
I told you all that many have died and many more will continue to die. Within the last few months we lost two prisoners in these torture chambers, one in the ASU, where the officials took us to torture us. The word is they committed suicide. Usually when someone commits suicide it's because they're unable to take the pressure that's being placed on them.
But here's something we all need to beware of: Medical has used psychiatric drugs to "treat pain" in low doses and all these drugs cause "suicidal thoughts" and chemical imbalances in the prisoner's brain functions, which is why many prisoners for the last 20 years have been turned into zombies because their medical treatment has been these drugs that have side effects that are associated with suicide.
Also, it's important to know that the torture prisoners have sustained over the last 25 years is unbearable for some, and prisoners are unable to get prison guards' attention if you are in an emergency situation – and this is in their ASU orientation manual. So we educate the people in the public as to what's going on, but there are a lot more prisoners who will be dying in these SHUs, Ad/Segs etc. because of medical neglect and real psychological evaluation.
Usually when someone commits suicide it's because they're unable to take the pressure that's being placed on them. But we all need to beware that medical has used psychiatric drugs to "treat pain" in low doses and all these drugs cause "suicidal thoughts." A lot more prisoners will be dying in these SHUs and Ad/Segs.
The torture is in the policy and I am aware of prisoners' situations because they're right here with me. We have guys who can't hear, see and are suffering from bacterial diseases etc. I personally think this quack Dr. Sayres gets off telling prisoners they only have a few more days to live.
The public has to realize that the system oppresses humanity for one purpose: to exploit them. Occupiers, we support you wholeheartedly. Corporate America is worth $23 trillion but the so-called people's government is in debt for $15 trillion. How does that work when many of these corporations get subsidies from the people's so-called government?
Mutope Duguma, aka James Crawford, has been reporting to Bay View readers on the hunger strike from the beginning. He is the writer of "The Call," the formal announcement that alerted the world to this massive hunger strike, "SHU prisoners sentenced to civil death begin hunger strike," "This hunger strike is far from over," "Pelican Bay SHU prisoners plan to resume hunger strike Sept. 26," "Greed drives solitary confinement torture," "Hip hop community, support our hunger strike!" "Retaliation at Pelican Bay: Letters from the SHU" and "We are willing to sacrifice ourselves to change our conditions." This letter was typed by Adrian McKinney. Send our brother some love and light: Mutope Duguma, s/n James Crawford, D-05996, D1-117U, PBSP-SHU, P.O. Box 7500, Crescent City, CA 95532.
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YYou degenerates are in prison because of your crimes against humanity! Therefore, any harsh treatment you experience is well deserved. In fact, the reasons why all of you are still living are all without merit. You willfully and purposefully committed crimes. You destroyed lives. Therefore, I can only hope that tougher laws are created to curb criminal acts by ending the lives of those who commit them.↓
Regardless of the actions, that landed these,men in prison the Shu is torture. Men on deatg row who have raped and murdered children are permitted contact visitation with their loved ones. Serial Killer Richard Ramirez was able to marry and kiss his wife.. Do you realize none of the men in the Shu have comitted crimes of Ramirez heinous nature..↓


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|Mindil Beach Sunset, Darwin (pic by Pilchard)
Does it REALLY take 7 days to drive the ~3000 km from Adelaide to Darwin?
|Source: http://www.goingrank.com.au/geography.html
Only if you want to see a few sights along the way on a REAL adventure! Car hire is the best option to experience a cross-section of Australia's unique countryside from the dry south, through the Red Centre deserts to the lush tropical north!
AND come to terms with the vast distances that road-tripping in Australia demands!
So follow my rough guide from Adelaide to Darwin via Uluru – with LOADS of optional extras! BUT … be warned! It might just mean your epic trek takes a few extra days!!
Day 1: Adelaide to Woomera
Distance: 487 km
Driving Time: 5½ - 6 hours (allow extra time for rest, food and sightseeing stops)
Scenery: Varied. After leaving Adelaide, drive through the scenic Clare Valley wine region; then along the edge of the Flinders Ranges to Pt Augusta. At this point, you're still on the Adelaide Geosyncline (yes, I'm showing off!)(Dad, are you reading this??) landform.
|Island Lagoon, via Woomera, South Australia
It's all Outback from Pt Augusta, and the drive along the Stuart Shelf, an extension of the Adelaide Geosyncline, is unremarkable but for some unexpectedly spectacular land formations.
Points of Interest:
- Salt Lakes and Claypans, including Pernatty Lagoon and Lake Windabout
- Island Lagoon Lookout and Nurrungar – now closed, this joint US/OZ facility was the site of several protests, most notably by current Senator Peter Garrett, one-time front man for Aussie rock band Midnight Oil
- Woomera Heritage Centre & Missile Park within the western world's largest land-based missile and rocket range
Enter the Woomera Prohibited Area (well … it gave ME a thrill!) 7 km off the highway from Pimba. The outdoor missile park's unusual collection of relics from rocket range days is all the more bizarre for its location.
|Outdoor Missile Park, Woomera, South Australia
The Heritage Centre's excellent displays show the fascinating heritage of this little town on the edge of nowhere that has variously included the Rocket Range, NASA Deep Space Tracking Station and a controversial Asylum Seeker detention centre.
READ: More about Woomera
- Spend an extra day exploring Woomera and nearby Roxby Downs, built in 1988 to support Olympic Dam – Australia's largest underground silver and copper mine
- Combine Days 1 & 2 and save Woomera for another visit
Day 2: Woomera to Coober Pedy
Distance: 365 km
Driving Time: 4 hours (allow
extra time for rest, food and sightseeing stops)
|Coober Pedy from Lookout, South Australia
Scenery: Central Tablelands, with mesas, low hills and salt lakes before reaching the Stuart Range near Coober Pedy, where the landscape is dominated by mullock heaps.
Points of Interest:
- Lake Hart – either a saltpan so white it'll hurt your eyes; or full of water!
- Glendambo Roadhouse complex and service centre – only place for fuel and food this leg
- Coober Pedy Mullock Heaps; Underground buildings and accommodation; and opal!
The most compelling argument I can think of for a) carrying water and b) having paid up Road Assistance membership, with a blown head-gasket, the car was, as the mechanic put it in technical terms, 'stuffed'.
|Underground at Coober Pedy, South Australia
Road Assist paid for a) a motel unit; b) bus fares to Adelaide; c) trucking the car to Adelaide for repair; and d) general expenses. I still shudder to think how much we'd have been out of pocket – so DON'T leave home without it!
Staying in Coober Pedy's underground accommodation isn't for the claustrophobic – but IS something to experience at least once! And looking for Opal, either in the tourist 'noodling' area OR 'finding' it at the nearest opal showroom can be very rewarding!!
Options: Stay another night and tour the nearby Breakaways and Painted Desert; the underground churches; and a working opal mine. Then take a round of golf at the Coober Pedy Golf Course. It DOES offer reciprocal rights to world famous St Andrews in Scotland after all!!
READ: More about Coober Pedy
Day 3: Coober Pedy to Uluru
Distance: 750 km
Driving Time: 8 – 8½ hours (allow extra time for rest, food and sightseeing stops)
|Road Train at Cadney Park Roadhouse, South Australia
Scenery: Varied. Once past the mullock heaps, red sandy soil and vegetation cover low hills, then the Indulkana range past Marla. Across the border, granite outcrops before entering the Amadeus basin, a former seabed.
Points of Interest:
- The Dog Fence – longest man-made structure in the world!
- Cadney Park and Marla Roadhouses
- South Australia/Northern Territory Border
- Sturt's Desert Peas, depending on time of year
- Kulgera Roadhouse
- Erldunda Roadhouse – a giant, caged echidna near the car park was once a prop for Expo
- Mt Connor
- Uluru and Kata Tjuta
|Do I really have to tell you what THIS is?
- Stay an extra night to explore Uluru and Kata Tjuta more thoroughly.
- Alternatively, take a detour to the remarkable Kings Canyon, and relive one of the more memorable scenes from cult Australian movie 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'!
Day 4: Uluru to Stuarts Well
Distance: 375 km
Driving Time: 4 - 4½ hours (allow extra time for rest, food and sightseeing stops)
Scenery: Central Desert and ranges.
Points of Interest:
- Uluru and Kata Tjuta
- Henbury Meterorite Craters
- Dinky the singing, piano playing dingo
|Dinky, the singing, piano playing Dingo, Stuarts Well, Northern Territory
Doesn't EVERYONE want to see a singing, piano playing Dingo?
|Rainbow Valley, Central Australia (pic by Pilchard)
- Stay an extra night and take a camel tour to nearby Rainbow Valley!
- Skip Stuarts Well altogether and stay in Alice Springs (an extra 90 km/1 hour north)
Day 5: Stuarts Well to Tennant Creek
Distance: 600 km
Driving Time: 6½ hours (allow extra time for rest, food and sightseeing stops)
Scenery: Spectacular ranges
around Alice Springs, which flatten out into the grassy plains and
rocky outcrops of the Barkly Tablelands.
|Elvis Campsite, Wycliffe Well, Northern Territory
Points of Interest:
- Aileron Roadhouse
- Wycliffe Well Roadhouse complex, once proclaimed Australia's UFO capital
- Wauchope Hotel
- Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles)
Wycliffe Well Roadhouse's unusual murals, strange otherworldly figurines and Elvis campsite are worth a look. Just up the road past the Wauchope Hotel are the Devils Marbles. While they're at their best at sunrise or sunset, they're worth stopping for any time!
Then it's another hour or so up the road to gold mining town Tennant Creek.
|Devils Marbles at Sunset, Northern Territory
- Stop in Alice Springs for the night before continuing with this itinerary. Leave Stuarts Well early, and you'll have the whole day to explore the many delights of Alice Springs and surrounds, as near as dammit to the Centre of Australia
- Stay overnight at Wauchope for sunset/sunrise shots of the Devils Marbles. Tennant Creek is 106 km north.
Day 6: Tennant Creek to Katherine
Distance: 673 km
Driving Time: 7 – 7½ hours (allow extra time for rest, food and sightseeing stops)
Scenery: Barkly Tablelands
grasslands and cattle station country continue to Newcastle Waters.
Tropical vegetation hides many relics from World War II, before the
lush tropics of Mataranka and its thermal pools.
|Bitter Springs, via Mataranka, Northern Territory
Points of Interest:
- Kunjarra (The Pebbles), a smaller version of the Devils Marbles
- Cattle Stations, Roadhouses and small towns including Banka Banka, Renner Springs, Elliott, Dunmarra, Larrimah
- Daly Waters Pub – a popular traveller stopover with meals and entertainment
- World War 2 Memorabilia and outposts
- Mataranka and Bitter Springs Thermal Pools - once part of Elsey Station, where the events of Mrs Aeneas Gunn's classic Australian memoir 'We of the Never Never' took place.
READ: More about Katherine
Options: Stay 100 km south of Katherine at Bitter Springs, and soak in its famous thermal pools. Who could resist seeing the world's biggest man-made termite mound in Mataranka's main street? It even TALKS!
Day 7: Katherine to Darwin
Distance: 316 km
Driving Time: 3½ - 4 hours (allow extra time for rest, food and sightseeing stops)
Points of Interest:
- Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge)
- Historic Pine Creek
- Adelaide River's Historic Railway and War Cemetery
- Batchelor – Gateway to Litchfield National Park
Take a morning tour to Katherine Gorge or nearby Cutta Cutta Caves before completing the drive to Darwin. Although there's lots to tempt the inquisitive along the way!
- Stay an extra day to explore the Katherine Region more thoroughly, including a trip to the marvellous Edith Falls just north of Katherine, for swimming and bushwalking.
- Take the scenic route through Kakadu National Park to, with its distinctive landmarks, walks, tours and scenic attractions to Jabiru, then via Mary River and Humpty Doo to Darwin.
- Stay an extra day in Batchelor and explore the natural wonders of Litchfield National Park!
Darwin is an adventure in itself – you might want to consider an open-ended car rental arrangement – but it all depends on how much time you've got. It'd be easy to spend a further week exploring this Top End wonderland – but that's a whole new blog post!
Now all you've got to do is fly or drive somewhere else!


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"This was debut season for a soon-to-be-famous softball team made up of students from our toxicology grad program at the University of Wisconsin. We were the LD50's and true to our name, we ended the season winning half our games. Of course we couldn't have come up with our winning team spirit without our fabulous shirts from CustomInk! Maybe next year we'll change our name to the "LD90s" to win more games ;)"


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With empty glass bottles and a salvaged window adorning this mantel, it's unlikely the owner of this fireplace spent much on décor. But these well-loved items lend an antiquarian, nostalgic element that store-bought items simply can't offer. Source: Flickr User ..its.magic.. 9 / 14 What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 If you own a piece of artwork that might seem too diminutive hanging above a wide fireplace, just lean it on your mantel aligned left or right and accessorize to fill in the space. Source: Flickr User back_garage 11 / 14 What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simple or ornate, a mirror hanging above your mantel will do the trick, if only because it reflects all the other beautiful things in your home. Source: Flickr User lucyellen06 11 / 14 What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 If you have a few prints you'd like to display — be it by the same artist or different ones — just layer them and switch them around every so often to create a rotating gallery. 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My only disappointment was that the violin-piano duo team that played during dinner on our previous cruise was no longer there, and the only live music [besides the waiters'occasional song-dance routines] was a solo guitar one night, which greatly paled in comparison to the very outstanding former violinist and pianist. Being a professional violinist and pianist myself, this was probably the thing I was looking forward to most, as this team was really fine- please get them back!
Now, as for the most reluctant cruiser in our family, our 13-year-old daughter,who repeatedly said she'd rather stay with her 99-year-old grandma than go on a cruise, we tried to get her to go to the Adventure Zone as soon as we got there, but to no avail. However, after bemoaning her fate for three days, she finally decided to try it. Well, guess what? From that day on, she couldn't wait to get back to her new friends, and was very sad to leave today.
Next, I'd like to comment on the design of the ship itself. First of all, it's very beautiful, and so thoughtfully laid out in many ways. Though there were more tha 4300 people on board, we never felt overly crowded, except maybe the one sea day when every table at the pool [and every chair] was taken. But on the at-port days, we literally had the whole pool area to ourselves. After having experienced most of the ports already on previous cruises, we have little desire to go off the ship on those days. The most beautiful part of the ship is the entire middle, the mall itself. It is a feast for the eyes! But one of the most thoughtfully crafted aspects of the ship is the rooms themselves. Such wise use of limited space! For example, the bathroom, while quite compact, for me actually worked so well because everything was strategically placed. Especially the shower, which, though it was probably too small for some of the more rotund cruisers, was so perfect in my opinion because everything was right at your fingertips, and the water pressure and temperature stayed consistent. My only complaint was the water pressure in the sink was so weak and took so much longer to heat up, why I don't know, as the shower was just the opposite.But there were plenty of well-placed mirrors, the lighting was excellent, and though there weren't many outlets, we managed just fine.
All in all, Royal Caribbean has given us a great cruise experience both times.And though we only went to one show this time, and even though it didn't seem quite as good as before, the shows on our last Freedom cruise were really excellent. We have also been on three Disney cruises,and Royal is our favorite!We're already booked for next year on the Oasis, and I can't wait!


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NEW YORK — The price of oil jumped Wednesday on the first trading day of the new year, after a deal in Washington averted the dreaded fiscal cliff. The House voted near midnight to send the bill to President Obama after a tense day of brinksmanhip. Benchmark crude for February delivery rose $1.30 to finish the first trading day of the year at $93.12 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was as high as $93.87 a barrel at one point in the session.
More hurdles are ahead for the US economy, including a new deadline for more spending cuts in two months. In the meantime, oil analyst Phil Flynn said, ''ignorance is bliss, and this deal should propel oil to . . . near $96 a barrel.''