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"Nothing there is beyond hope, nothing that can be sworn impossible, nothing wonderful, since Zeus, father of the Olympians, made night from mid-day, hiding the light of the shining Sun, and sore fear came upon men."Dateline 08/03/99
www.earthview.com/ages/history.htm "Archilochus"
We may know there's a scientific explanation for them, but solar eclipses continue to exert an almost magical power over us. It's not at all clear we've decreased in gullibility since the days when Columbus used his fore-knowledge of an eclipse to hoodwink the [www.earthview.com/ages/mystified.htm] Jamaicans. And even though we know better, during each total solar eclipse, there will be people blinded by the too tempting sight of an eclipsed sun.
The Eclipse Dragon
On the other hand, we don't beat drums, fire arrows into the sky, and stand up to our necks in water in an effort to appease the gods as did the ancient Chinese and Indians. Both the Chinese and the Indians thought a snake attacked the sun during an eclipse. Noise making was an effort to scare the creature away. The earliest recorded eclipse was in China on October 22, 2134. According to an About.com Astrology Guide [URL = http://astrology.about.com/library/weekly/aa101599.htm], then two court astrologers lost their heads because, since they had failed to predict it, the emperor had been caught unprepared to make the necessary dragon-scaring noise. Almost a millennium later, in the fourteenth century B.C., an eclipse was described by a Chinese seer as three flames eating the sun.
Eclipse Omens
Eclipses have been seen as evil omens whose presence changed the course of battle. In the eclipse of 585 B.C. -- the one Thales of Miletus, is said to have predicted -- five years of fighting ended between the Medes and Lydians as a result of an eclipse. In 413, the frightened Athenians suddenly abandoned their plan to move from Syracuse when a lunar eclipse appeared. The result was a rout by the Syracusans.
Harmless Eclipses
Eclipses may not have been universally feared. The people who built Stonehenge may have derived a sense of control from performing calculations of solar eclipses. Oddly, there is nothing in Egyptian literature about eclipses, although there is speculation that some of the symbols may be ecliptically based.
Scientific Understanding of Eclipses
The Babylonians have been credited as the first to calculate the regular intervals at which eclipses occur*. It was through contact with the East that Thales of Miletus was able to make the prediction that marked the beginning of the Greek scientific/philosophic era. While there is some doubt as to whether Thales accurately predicted the eclipse attributed to him -- because he didn't fully understand all the cycles necessary to calculate the date and because Herodotus' reporting leaves room for doubt -- he is credited with predicting the May 25, 585 B.C. eclipse.
*Update (07/25/09) from email:
"The most remote eclipse record is likely a Rg-Veda description of a solar eclipse observed by Atri about 3928 B.C." in my new article:
Eclipses, Cosmic Clockwork of the Ancients
From http://www.csudh.edu/phenom_studies/ greekphil/greek01.htm: History Of Philosophy In The Classical Period (600 B.C.-600 A.D.):
Thales predicted a total solar eclipse which was visible in Asia Minor in the midst of the battle between Media and Lydia. Herodotus mentioned in his Historia, Book 1, 74: "Suddenly a total solar eclipse took place in the midst of the battle between Lydia and Media. Thales of Miletus had predicted that that solar eclipse would occur at that time and at that place."
Today we can calculate the dates of the total solar eclipses which could be seen in Asia Minor where that battle took place: September 30, 610, June 21, 597 and May 28, 585. In his Natural History, Pliny says of Thales: " ...it was the fourth year during the 48th panathenaia." Since the first Olympic Games took place in 776, the 48th Olympic Games took place approximately 588 B.C. -- in other words, the May 29th, 585 date.
Addendum (2009): According to Early Greek Philosophy, by John Burnet, the date given by Thales, according to Pliny (NH ii/53), is OLXLVIII.4. "Olympiadis XLVIII anno quarto praedicto solis defectu...."
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Michael Bisping followed up a first round illegal knee on the ground with some brutal punching in the following round to finish Jorge Rivera at UFC 127.
Bisping apologized for some of his trash talk and behavior after the fight which included spitting on Rivera's corner and refusing a conciliatory hug from Rivera.
The bitter rivals didn't waste any time with touching gloves before the fight. Rivera came out lunging forward but Bisping easily made him miss. Bisping took him down with almost four minutes left. Rivera stood back up. After a hard right landed for Rivera, Bisping went for a single leg that went nowhere. Bisping followed with a double leg that worked with about 2:45 left. Bisping landed some hard ground and pound but added an illegal knee to the head while Rivera was down on the ground. Rivera took his time getting up but the doctor allowed him to continue. Bisping lost a point. Rivera came out aggressive. Bisping went for another double leg but got stuffed. Bisping got him down with just under a minute left. Bisping landed hard shots on the ground. Rivera stood up but ate more shots doing it. Bisping talked some trash after the end of the round.
Bisping opened up kicking but slipped on the mat and took a punch from Rivera. Rivera appeared to tire and backed up. Bisping landed a hard punch and then a series of rights. He added knees and more rights. Rivera looked hurt and tired. Rivera ducked and covered and Bisping battered him out.
Rivera's internet videos to hype the fight got a lot of attention for the fight and aggravated Bisping. The weigh in and pre-fight press conference were dominated by Bisping's furious, curse-filled rants.


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5 Ways to Become a Checking Account Genius
Know your options
In today's world, every checking account comes with a string of features -- online bill payment, overdraft protection, automatic withdrawals, direct deposit and e-alerts, to name a few.
To evaluate the options available, start by looking at the fees to make sure they are reasonable -- or better yet, nonexistent, says Travis Parman, spokesman for Ally Bank based in Detroit.
Then move on to other factors, such as customer service. "Increasingly, people have hectic schedules and need to bank any time of the day," says Parman. Some financial institutions offer 24/7 e-chat assistance, e-mail communication options and phone services.
And don't overlook the online banking option. Online financial institutions save money on overhead, and those savings often get passed on to the customer, Parman says.
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As noted in Bankrate's 2010 Checking Study, free checking accounts are on the decline.
Fortunately, getting a free checking account is not impossible. You may need to simply sit down with a banker and ask, "How can I get this account for free?" says Denise Winston, founder of Money Start Here, a financial education company in Bakersfield, Calif.
Signing up for features such as direct deposit or an automatic savings plan can often get you that free checking account.
Once you have an account, be wary of overdraft fees. "Not only do they tend to be the larger single fee, but they're the ones that can be tapped multiple times without (you) even realizing it," says Daniel Penrod, senior industry analyst for the California Credit Union League in Ontario, Calif.
To avoid late charges, sign up for e-mail or text alerts that notify you when your balance is low, or sign up for overdraft protection.
Learn more about the fees to watch for at Bankrate's report on checking trends.
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Lichtenstein, who runs New York-based hedge fund Steel Partners, has a five-year-old daughter with Bond, his former fiancée.
He alleges that Cader, the current boyfriend who also owns part of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, conspired with Bond, the daughter of a former HSBC chairman, to conceal her financial standing so she could get more than $50,000 monthly in child support, the report said.
Lichtenstein's suit says that Bond and their daughter had been living in Cader's $26,000 per month apartment in Hong Kong, according to the report. Lichtenstein's suit also claims that the apartment and more than $3.5 million in cash were disguised as loans.
The fund manager's suit said that because of this, a Hong Kong court awarded his ex "one of the largest" child support payments in Hong Kong consisting of $41,800 a month and other expenses including school, medical and travel.


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"Now, Megan drives me nuts trying to get me to share my feelings about our relationship. I'd be happy to talk about anything else -- work, current events, pop culture. But I'd rather repair the plumbing than be lured into a touchy-feely discussion. Chores have become my priority, in part because they're an easy escape.
"Megan accuses me of being emotionally distant, but the truth is, I'm like that with everybody. I'm on good terms with my sisters and mother, but I don't feel the need to talk to them often. I don't have any close friends. I'm what you'd call a happy loner.
"Megan's complaints about my so-called 'boundaries' make me angry. I also hate that she questions me about everything I do around the house. Yes, I'm guilty of yelling, cursing, and giving her the silent treatment. My communication skills definitely need improvement. But the more she pushes me, the more I push back and the more unhappy we become.
"I know Megan wishes our marriage were more traditional, but I was surprised that she threatened divorce. Although I'm skeptical about couples counseling, I'm willing to try. I love Megan, and I can't imagine my life without her."


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From the exhibition New Work, currently on view at Luhring Augustine, New York until March 17, 2012.
The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.
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Finishing cookies doesn't have to be a complicated task. Cookies can instantly turn from plain to decorated, but it does take practice and patience. When each and every cute cookie is decorated and dry, wrap them. Fit a plastic bag or a sheet of plastic wrap over each one and tie it shut with a colorful ribbon! Use several different colors, and get the kind you can curl so they cascade down from each cookie.
Go to: Step-by-Step Cookie Baking and Decorating Projects
1. Pick a recipe that makes has little leavening and makes a flat cookie instead of a puffy one. They decorate much more easily and look better. Sarah's Creative Cut-out Sugar Cookies Recipe is a perfect recipe to use.
2. Next, cut out and bake your cookies. Let them cool thoroughly on a wire cake rack before mixing the colors and frosting. Don't mix too much in advance because the icing will crust or dry out. (Crusting is a thin layer of icing that hardens on top. It can be difficult to remove. If you stir even a small amount into the icing, you ruin it.)
3. When cookies have cooled, mix cookie icing - First separate icing into small bowls before coloring. You may need larger or smaller amounts depending on the color being used. Cover immediately with a damp paper towel as they can dry quickly. Leave some white in case you need to correct a color.
4. For piping decorations, you can piping bags for each color, fitted with a decorating tip or use a squeeze bottle with the tip cut-off.
SARAH SAYS: For small, quick piping jobs, when you don't want to dig out the pastry bags, you can use parchment cones, a small zipper top plastic bag or even a squeeze bottle.
If using a plastic bag, fill halfway with icing, remove excess air, seal the top and snip off a tiny bit of one corner. You're now ready to pipe away! For a large amount of cookies, a pastry bag is best.
For parchment cones, fill about half full. Set each one in a tall drinking glass for each of the colors you are using and keep within reach. First put a damp piece of paper towel in the bottom of each and then put your parchment cones in the glasses with the tips resting on the paper towel to keep them from drying out and clogging the opening! If you are using buttercream, you really don't need to do this, but I do anyway.
6. You are now ready to decorate.
ICINGS: I have several different kinds of icing that I use frequently for decorating cookies.
Royal icing: is probably the most popular icing that cookie decorator's use. It can be optionally tinted and piped. It is preferable because it holds up very well if the cookies need to be stacked, shipped, stored, etc. However, if cookies have piped flowers or other raised designs on them, they tend to snap off so store or ship in one layer only with plenty of cushioning. Royal icing works great for very fine detail work.
Dry Fondant Icing: This is a dry powder that you just add water to, and it can be purchased at cake decorating stores. It is very easy to use, and tastes great. It works great as a glaze, but if you would like very fine detail work, you'll need to mix up some royal icing. Also, fondant covered cookies don't freeze well.
Simple Powdered Sugar Glaze: It can't be used for detail work, but works well as a simple glaze. Cookies covered in this glaze do not stack well.
MAKE A HOLE FOR HANGING: Select a firm cookie recipe, such as sugar or gingerbread. (You can even use premade cookie dough from the grocery store!). When the unbaked cookie is on the baking sheet, cut the hole with a drinking straw where you are going to thread a ribbon. Make sure it is punched all the way through and is large enough, as during baking, the hole will close slightly as the dough expands. Also, don't place the hole too close to the edge, as it could crack when trying to put a ribbon through. As soon as the cookies are out of the oven, "re-cut" the holes with the straw again. When cool, decorate and let dry. Thread with ribbon and hang.
QUESTION: Can I use cookies as ornaments for Christmas decorations?
SARAH SAYS: Of course! One year, my kids and I baked all sorts of cut-out sugar cookies and decorated them. We hung them with brightly colored satin ribbon, all over the Christmas tree, including the actual cookie cutters. They added a shimmer from the reflection of the lights. It was so beautiful! The only drawback was that our two dogs ate the entire cookie ornaments that they could reach that were hanging around the bottom of the tree -- oh, well!!
SUGAR: Cookies can be decorated with sugar before or after baking. To help the sugar stick before baking, brush each cookie with beaten egg white with a pastry brush, top with a light coating of sugar and bake. After baking, apply to sugar to wet icing or piping gel.
TINT / COLOR: Tint cookie dough with gel paste food coloring. Some cookie recipes tint better than others. We developed the Vanilla Shortbread Cookies with How to Tint Tutorial Recipe so it could be dyed and bake with vibrant colors.
Or, tint a little of the cookie dough with food coloring and pipe onto cut out cookies. However, after baking, your coloring will not be as intense after it is baked. Choose light colored dough, and add a small amount of paste color at a time to the then dough when almost mixed. Don't over-knead the dough in the process.
STAINED GLASS EFFECT: Cut rolled cookie dough into desired shapes about 1/4-inch thick. Cut out a design in the cookie with a cookie cutter or the tip of a sharp knife, leaving a border of about 1/2" or a little more. Place cookies on foil lined cookie sheets and carefully spoon ground hard candies into the spaces, filling to same thickness as the cookie. Bake until candy is melted and cookies are slightly browned. Slide foil with cookies to wire cake rack to cool thoroughly before removing. We used this with the Stained Glass Heart Sugar Cookies Recipe.
FRUIT AND NUTS: Press a whole nut or half of a candied cherry before baking, adding flavor as well as a nice festive color. Macaroons and Spritz cookies are often finished this way.
DIFFERENT SHAPES: Sometimes finishing a cookie is as simple as shaping it in a different way.
CUT-OUT COOKIE SHAPES: Rolled cookie dough can be cut-out with cookie cutters in every imaginable way. Sarah's Creative Cut-out Sugar Cookies Recipe is perfect for this.
COOKIE PRESSES: Stiff and buttery cookie dough used when making Spritz cookies is pressed through metal or plastic templates into bite size and differently shaped cookies.
COOKIE STAMPS & MOLDS: A ball of dough is pressed into a mold with an image. The best dough recipe to use with these stamps is ones with little or no leavening, so it won't puff, losing the image stamped on its surface.
COOKIES ON A STICK: Rolled and cut out (sugar cookies) or drop cookies (chocolate chip, etc.) can be baked on a stick.
SUGAR: The most basic way to finish a cookie is by applying sugar, which gives it a sweetened coating and a crunch, depending on the type used. It can be applied before baking such as large grained sugar, called "coarse grained" sanding sugar, my personal favorite or some cookies call to be rolled in powdered or granulated sugar right after baking to help the sugar adhere. Additional flavor can be added to a simple cookie by rolling in flavored sugar. You can even tint sugar.
Powdered Sugar: Powdered sugar covered cookies aren't always the most tidy to eat, but tasty none the less. These cookies go by so many names, Russian Tea cakes, Mexican Wedding Cakes, Snowballs, and so on. These cookies require at least two dustings of powdered sugar to complete. For example: nutty butter cookies are baked until just set, then rolled while warm in powdered sugar, then rolled again after they have cooled. With the first rolling, the powdered sugar will melt and create a tasty icing and a surface to stick on, then a powdery coating is added with the second rolling. Powdered sugar can also finish a sandwich cookie. Roll out your favorite butter cookie recipe, then cut out small holes in half of the cutouts. Bake and cool. Sandwich them together with your favorite preserves. Then coat the cookie half sides that have holes with powdered sugar.
Edible Sprinkles or Nonpareils: Brush the cookie with a simple glaze and sprinkle on. HOW TO TINT SPRINKLES.
Sugar Glaze: A simple glaze can add sweetness and additional flavor to homemade cookies. A shiny glaze can also be used.
Flocking: This process creates a sparkling effect on the tops of cookies. TO DO: Make a batch of Safe Royal Icing (if you wish to eat the cookies). While icing is still soft, hold the cookie over a baking sheet, and sprinkle it liberally with sanding sugar—a large-grain decorating sugar. Let the cookie sit for 30 minutes before shaking off excess sugar. Allow it to dry for several more hours before gently removing stray crystals with a soft pastry brush.
Paint Patterns with Colored Sugar: Use a paintbrush to paint patterns on baked cookies with light corn syrup, and then dip in colored sugar or sprinkles.
Stencil Patterns with Sugar: For patterns, use a stencil or paper doily and place over a freshly frosted cookie. Lightly sprinkle with powdered sugar, colored sugar or baking cocoa, using a small sieve. To make a stencil, fold a small piece of waxed paper into quarters, then in half, making a triangle. Cut shapes out of the folds and point. Unfold to use as a stencil.
Use Piping Gel to Add Sparkling Sugar to Your Cookies: For a festive look, you can top your cookie or the areas to be decorated with clear piping gel. Then, while still wet, sprinkle colored or sparkling sugar onto it. Piping gel can be also flavored with concentrated flavoring oils. Piping gel can also be used with a stencil. Use the same method as above and transfer an initial or name onto a wedding/birthday cake or cookies.
EDIBLE PHOTO COOKIES: To create your own photo cookie, an online company will print with food coloring, a photo of your choosing and then apply it onto a cookie that they bake for you. It is then shipped to you.
CHOCOLATE: Drizzle or dip cookie in melted or tempered chocolate, chocolate chips or candy melts. Before starting, place plain, cooled cookies or bars on a cooling rack that is set over a parchment or waxed paper covered sheet pan. To do, dip a regular eating fork into melted chocolate, allowing the first large drop of chocolate to drip back into the saucepan. Then using back-and-forth motions, drizzle chocolate over cookies. Another way to drizzle melted chocolate is to use a plastic bag. Fill the bag with icing, cut off the corner and gently squeeze chocolate onto cookies in straight lines, zigzags, spirals or squiggly lines.
Optionally, dip the other half of the cookie after the first half has dried. I freeze mine for 15 minutes to harden the chocolate before dipping again. I then dip the undipped side. (Try to hold the cookies on their sides; do not to touch the top of the previously dipped chocolate with your fingers or they will melt it and mar its surface.) Place dipped cookie on waxed paper until chocolate is firm.
Make multiple chocolate layers by dipping a single-dipped cookie into a second type of chocolate (after first chocolate is firm and frozen for 15 minutes), leaving 1/4 inch of first chocolate showing. For example, first dip the cookie in white chocolate and then in semi-sweet chocolate.
A fancy way to decorate with chocolate is to partially dip a cookie, one-third to one-half, into melted baking chocolate or chocolate chips.
CANDY, DRAGEES, FRUIT & NUTS, ETC: Cookies can be finished with a variety of items such as candy corn, gumdrops, nuts, raisins, candied fruit, miniature chocolate chips, sprinkles and colored sugars. If using an icing or chocolate base, make sure it has not set before placing candy, fruit and nuts. In place of icing, you can use a drop of corn syrup or piping gel to attach decorations such as candies and nuts to baked cookies.
Cut unwrapped rectangular chocolate mints or rectangular toffee crunch candies diagonally in half from corner to corner to form triangles. Arrange triangles in fan shape, pinwheel or random pattern on frosting or melted chocolate on cookies or bars.
Place milk chocolate stars, unwrapped milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped chocolate-covered peanut butter cup candies or purchased chocolate leaves or other shapes on glazed or frosted cookies or bars.
Sprinkle crushed hard peppermint candies, crushed lemon drops, crushed peanut brittle or coarsely chopped candy bars over glazed or frosted cookies or bars.
1. Bake and cool the cookies. Roll the fondant icing 1/8-inch thick. Cut the shape out with the same cookie cutter used to cut the cookie out with. The shape will be slightly larger than the cookie and may need trimming because cookie dough shrinks when baked.
2. Brush the surface of the cookie lightly with powdered sugar if making a vanilla cookie or cocoa powder, if covering a chocolate or dark cookie.
3. Then, brush the surface of the cookie with a light coating of light corn syrup. Lightly press rolled fondant onto the cookie. Use royal icing to affix additional fondant decorations to cookies.
PAINTING WITH COLOR: Paint baked and cooled cookies in all sorts of colors.
~ Luster Dusts and Petal Dusts may be mixed with alcohol (white spirits) or lemon oil for painting. Add just enough alcohol or lemon oil to achieve a paint consistency. Luster dusts produce a shimmery, sheen finish and are available in several colors including shades of metallic gold and silver. Petal Dusts are used to achieve deeper hues with a matte finish.
~ Paint with Tinted Piping Gel: Place 2 teaspoons of piping gel in a small container. Dip the end of a toothpick (use a fresh one every time you dip) in either paste or gel colors. Dip the end in the piping gel, swipe a very small amount (colors are very concentrated) of color and stir. Only add enough until the right color is reached. Place cookie on waxed paper or wire cake rack and let dry.
~ Paint with decorating pens: Decorating pens called Foodoodlers, are fun to use. They are filled with food colors and can be used on any hard surface, such as cookies, etc. There are also Candy Writers, great for cookie decorating with colored chocolate. I have even used tinted colors packaged in small tubes, available from the grocery store.
~ Paint Molded Cookies with Egg Whites and Food Coloring:
Use only pasteurized powdered egg whites (Purchase from the grocery store. DO NOT use raw egg whites if consuming cookies), dissolve 1 to 2 egg whites worth as directed on the package. Whisk the egg white(s) until frothy. (DO NOT use raw if consuming), dissolve 1 to 2 egg whites worth as directed on the package. Whisk the egg white(s) until frothy.
Add enough powdered sugar to make a thin glaze. Tint with small amounts of food color or paste colors in a small bowl. (Dip a fresh toothpick every time).
Use a paint brush to paint on the colors. Place cookie on waxed paper or wire cake rack and let dry.
ICING: Piped Icing, Buttercream or Flooding Techniques. The next step in difficulty is to take your icing and pipe it onto the cookie. The same techniques are used as for cake decorating, but only on a smaller scale when decorating cookies. It doesn't take complex decorating skill, a simple open tube or even an airtight bag with the corner slightly snipped can be used to pipe lines and dots. Follow the techniques below for beautifully iced cookies.
POURED FONDANT: If you love that smooth finish that flooded royal icing leaves, then you might want to try poured fondant. While using this mixture, keep in mind that it can not go above the 100 degree F mark, or the sugar will begin to crystallize and will lose it's sheen and become to thick to pour.
To cover the cookies with poured fondant: hold cookie on a wide icing spatula over the bowl or pan of icing. With a serving spoon or ladle, pour the icing over it and let drip over the sides. Place the cookie on a cooling rack set over a parchment or waxed paper lined sheet pan to catch the drips.
The icing will set up in a few hours and the cookies can be packaged, wrapped and stacked without marring the finish. And, they are wonderful to eat, they stay soft on the inside and soften the cookie beneath, much better than the royal icing.
Tint Piping gel with either gel or paste colors so it is visible against the icing on a cake or it contrasts with a cookie.
Put it in a pastry bag fitted with a #1 tip or a plastic squeeze bottle (my favorite).
Draw a pattern on a piece of wax paper using an indelible marker.
Turn the wax paper over so the ink in on the backside. Spray backside with a light coating of vegetable oil spray.
You can lay the wax paper on top of a design and simply trace with Piping gel!
CAREFULLY place side with gel design on top of cake or cookie – it's best if you have let the frosting harden for a few minutes if decorating a cake. (If decorated with sparkling sugar, place right side up, if you can).
Carefully press the gel with your fingers – gently -- and then lift the wax paper off. The design will have transferred to the cake or cookie. You should be able to get two or three transfers from each sheet of wax paper.
Now use a slightly larger decorating tip (or squeeze bottle) with regular frosting and go over the gel outline then fill with colored Piping gel or icing. (Use gel or paste colors).


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SEAFORD, Del. - Police are searching for two men who allegedly robbed a person on Sunday night.
According to Seaford Police, they responded to Cedar Avenue, where a 37-year-old man told officers that he was riding his bike, when a Hispanic male asked for a cigarette. Police say the suspect then told the victim that he really just wanted his money.
During this confrontation, a vehicle with four black males reportedly drove up, one got out, and apparently hit the victim in the head. Police say the suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash from the victim, before fleeing.
The victim was treated at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital for minor injuries, and released. Suspect one is only described as a black male.
Suspect two is described as a Hispanic male, between the ages of 28 and 35, 5' 5"-8" tall, 145 - 155 pounds, last seen wearing dark colored shorts.
Seaford Police are asking anyone with information on this incident to contact them at 302-629-6644, or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. Tips can also be submitted to the TipSubmit website.


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Dreaming of a tropical beach vacation? Why settle for a beach side hotel when you can secure much more secluded accommodations for your getaway? If you really want to do your Caribbean vacation in a true haute style, how about renting a private island for yourself and your guests to frolic freely! Thanks to Virgin Atlantic tycoon Richard Branson, you can do just that. The private oasis is Necker Island, and it happpens to be the private oasis of choice for the rich and famous.
Necker Island is a tiny Caribbean island just 15 minutes from Virgin Gorda and a 30-minute boat ride from the island of Tortola. Branson first built a main villa on the uninhabited island when he purchased it back in the 1970s. Since then he has added several more residences around the main villa. Visitors can stay in one of the smaller residences, rent the large villa for themselves and a few guests, or rent the entire island and all of its residences for the secluded party getaway of a lifetime. The villa rents for around $5,000 per night, while the entire island goes for approximately $20,000 per night. If money is no object, the price is a steal in exchange for the complete privacy available to yourself and your guests. A Necker Island rental offers every luxury and amenity, including a large staff . Villa guests experience the tropical backdrop, private beach access and level of pampering that rivals the world's most exclusive results.


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Early one morning Det. Michael Wuchek grabbed a cup of coffee (milk, no sugar) at Starbucks en route to investigating a fresh murder case. He wouldn't consume another calorie until long after dark — nor would he notice. The episode offers a hint to how Wuchek came to be known as "Stickboy" on the street. It also offers a hint to how Wuchek and his allies managed to wrap up the case and make an arrest in a stunning 13 hours.
Rarely do murders get solved that quickly. Sometimes a combination of perseverance, teamwork and luck leads to quick closure for the cops and the families involved.
The way it did on Friday, Feb. 10, when Wuchek was the lead detective in the investigation of the murder of 39-year-old Edwin Woolfolk.
The day started early for Wuchek. The 34-year-old, eight-year veteran of the city force was asleep in his North Haven home around 4:30 a.m. when the phone awoke him. He had to come to headquarters. There'd been a serious shooting.
Wuchek showered, put on his shirt and tie, left for 1 Union Ave. Wuchek doesn't get these calls often. When he gets them, he said, he doesn't mind. He loves being a cop. "It's the best job in the world. It's never the same thing; every day is different." Wuchek stands 5-foot-7 and weighs just 125; that's why people he encounters in his investigations more often know him as "Stickboy" or "Stick" than know his real name. He wears a crew cut and a seemingly semi-permanent wry half-smile. He wanted to be a cop ever since he was growing up in Stratford. His dad was a constable there; Wuchek loved and looked up to his father.
The Key First Hours
Not long after stopping into the detective bureau, Wuchek went to the site of the shooting, a five-story brick building at Chapel and Winthrop called The Winthrop, a place where shootings and drug-dealing are all too common. There was blood in the front hallway, where a man had shot at Woolfolk five times, striking him twice, in the chest and leg.
The department assigns detectives to take the lead on investigations on a rotating basis. This was Wuchek's turn. "The whole job," he said, "depends on how it's run from the start" — when crucial evidence can be preserved or lost, when people's memories are freshest and some of the best information can be obtained.
Wuchek made sure the site was secured, the lobby's front entrance closed off. He checked in with the officers on the scene. One of them, Michelle Dobson, had managed to speak with the victim while emergency techs worked on him in the hallway before transporting him to the hospital. The victim told her he'd been shot by a man in the building with whom he'd been feuding since that Monday. He didn't know the man's name. He did know the apartment where he stayed, apartment 503. The victim himself didn't live in the building; his girlfriend and children did. He'd been leaving their apartment when he ran into the shooter in the front hallway.
Lots of people in the building heard the shots. No one apparently saw the shooting itself.
Word came from officers at the hospital that Woolfolk had died; the shot to the chest had done it. Meanwhile, Wuchek and Sgt. Marc Califiore went up to apartment 503. They interviewed the people there, including the suspected shooter, a man around 20 with a pending drug case. The four young men in the apartment agreed to come to headquarters to be interviewed. Though it was barely dawn, the building already buzzed with cops and wakened tenants. "There was too much chaos," Wuchek said, to conduct the interviews on site.
At headquarters, he and the other cops separated the four men, placed them in interview rooms and some offices in the third-floor detective bureau. The idea, Wuchek said, is to prevent witnesses from comparing notes on what they remembered and arriving, even unwittingly, at a combined single version that may omit or shade crucial details.
Wuchek conducted the interviews along with Det. Reggie Sutton. It's important to have the same people conduct all the interviews, he said, in order to build on information from one conversation to another. Also, it made sense to wait to interview the suspect until gathering information from everyone else.
It took hours. The interviews don't begin with questions central to the case, Wuchek said. "You get to know them first." The cops ask if the interviewees need anything to drink or eat. Where did you grow up? Where did you go to school? In this case, the interviewees were forthcoming; they showed no hostility. Or as Wuchek put it, "They weren't assholes. They were pleasant." He said they admitted being involved in the drug trade. They said the suspect, a native of Jamaica who crashed in the apartment regularly and whose mother lives in West Haven, entered the apartment shortly after the shooting. He had a gun with him. He left the gun somewhere in the kitchen.
"You've Got to Be Smarter and Luckier"
Armed with that information, Wuchek drew up a search warrant for the apartment. He went to the state courthouse, found a prosecutor; then they got in to see a judge to sign the warrant. The suspect remained in the interview room at headquarters, waiting.
Wuchek and Califiore returned to The Winthrop and apartment 503. They knew to look in the kitchen, but they didn't know where in the kitchen. From his experience with the state narcotics task force, Wuchek knew it could take a while to find the gun. "The drug dealers and the people in that industry are ingenious. They hide things in places you'd never guess," Wuchek said. "They're smart. You've got to be smarter and luckier." One time years ago he was searching a place for an hour before discovering a cache hidden in a three-inch by three-inch hole behind some wood baseboard moulding in the corner of a closet.
In the kitchen at the Winthrop, Wuchek and Califiore tried the cabinets, the refrigerator, the closets, then the less obvious places. After about 20 minutes, Califiore called out, "I got it." He'd removed a ceiling panel to discover the 9 mm handgun as well as bags of crack packaged for sale.
They contacted the department's identification bureau to come handle the evidence, and returned to headquarters. It was around 1 p.m. The suspect was still sitting alone, doing nothing, in the interview room, going on seven hours. The whole time, according to Wuchek, the suspect had been patient, not complaining. Wuchek hadn't eaten a bite since waking up. It didn't occur to him he was hungry. The clock on the case was ticking without interruption.
Wuchek finally went in to see the suspect along with Detective Sutton. They read the suspect his rights; the suspect signed a form waiving his right to have a lawyer present.
The cops leveled with him, according to Wuchek: They had the gun. They knew the story. (They'd heard two versions of what the argument was over. One version: the shooter began arguing with Woolfolk on Monday over an argument Woolfolk had been having with his girlfriend. The other version: They were arguing about drugs.)
"He told us he was a drug dealer. He told us he did the shooting," Wuchek said of the suspect. "He didn't know the other person's name. He said he was having a fight with him and he feared for his safety."
Sutton and Wuchek taped the confession; then Wuchek prepared an arrest warrant. By now, court was closed. So they called a judge and visited him at home to have him sign the warrant. The judge set bond at $1 million. The detectives returned to the station and arrested the suspect. He was booked and held in the lock-up.
Most of the time when someone's murdered, it can take weeks or months, or years, to complete an investigation. Rarely are there cases like this which take little more than half a day.
Though it was an intense half day. At 6:30, "I finally took a break," Wuchek said. There was still work to do. He spent a couple of more hours collecting reports, checking in to make sure other cops had prepared their supplemental reports, ensuring the evidence had been collected and preserved.
"Everything just fell into place," he said. "Everybody did textbook, did a great job." His job as lead investigator wasn't to do the hardest or most important tasks, he said. It was "to take everybody's good work and put it together. I am just the extension of everybody's good work." The greatest satisfaction in making such a quick arrest, he said, was the knowledge that the families involved "get closure."
By 9, Wuchek was back home in North Haven with his wife Stacy and 7 year-old daughter Shelby. Stacy took a look at him.
"Are you hungry?" she asked.
"I didn't eat all day."
She made him a favorite meal: two grilled cheese sandwiches. "White bread. Regular cheese, American cheese." Yes, Stickboy realized, he'd been hungry.
(To read other installments in the Independent's "Cop of the Week" series, click here, here, here, here, and here.
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Posted by: Sandi | February 17, 2006 2:18 PM
You go Stickboy!
Posted by: Chellsey | February 18, 2006 9:30 AM
That is my cousin....
Mike I Love you
Posted by: TONY WUCHEK | February 20, 2006 9:45 AM
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Taxes are back on the table at the Vermont Statehouse.
Two days after the governor reached agreement with legislative leaders not to raise any broad-based taxes to balance the budget, lawmakers are again looking at changes in income tax brackets which would see the wealthiest Vermonters pay more.
That's one of the issues up for discussion Friday as lawmakers work toward adjournment.
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Testing for differences in the tails of stock-market returns
AbstractIn this paper, we use a database consisting of daily stock-returns for 20 countries to test for similarities between the left and right tail of returns as well as for cross-sectional differences. To mitigate the issue of dependency between stock returns, we estimate the distribution of extremes over subsamples of two months. We document a good fit of the model and show that the left and right tails of returns behave very similarly. Across countries, we find that extremes are located at different levels and that their dispersion varies. On the other hand, the tail index, characterizing large extreme realizations is found to be constant worldwide. Our results are not due to a lack of power. We also discuss the results from an economic point of view.
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- Jondeau, Eric & Rockinger, Michael, 2003. "Testing for differences in the tails of stock-market returns," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 10(5), pages 559-581, December.
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Missoula, MT (Sports Network) - Will Cherry tallied 16 points as the Montana Grizzlies defeated North Dakota at Dahlberg Arena, 78-58, to set a Big Sky Conference record with their 25th consecutive league win.
The Grizzlies (18-4, 14-0 Big Sky) broke Weber State's previous record of 24 straight conference victories, which has stood for 43 seasons.
Kareem Jamar added 14 points, nine rebounds, and six assists for Montana in its milestone victory. Eric Hutcheson and Spencer Coleman scored 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Troy Huff paced North Dakota (10-13, 7-7) with 23 points on 11-of-20 shooting from the floor while Jamal Webb posted 14 points, seven rebounds, and four assists. The setback snapped UND's two-game winning streak.
North Dakota came out of the gate slow to hit on just 39.1 percent of its field goal attempts in the first half. Montana took a 40-21 lead into the intermission by shooting 53.3 percent from the floor in the opening stanza.
Although the visitors heated up to shoot 51.9 percent from the field after the break, the Grizzlies extended their lead by a point in the second half by converting 11-of-14 at the charity stripe.
Montana held a narrow, 35-31, edge in the rebounding battle while North Dakota finished the contest with 22 turnovers.
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Serie Signature - Americaine Pale Ale - Les Trois Mousquetaires
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Ratings: 44 | Reviews: 26 | Display Reviews Only:
Quebec (Canada)
3.25/5 rDev -9.5%
08-13-2014 23:45:52 | More by slowfade
Quebec (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
07-27-2014 22:38:59 | More by BrunoPettipas
Quebec (Canada)
2.25/5 rDev -37.3%
07-05-2014 21:25:09 | More by Triat00
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
05-12-2014 00:59:57 | More by Kroehny_Loves_Hops
Quebec (Canada)
3.35/5 rDev -6.7%
A: An amber color with a very slight haze. Topped with about a finger and a half of creamy looking very slightly beige head. Lacing and retention were fantastic with each sip leaving a noticeable mark behind.
S: Slightly spicy and grapefuity. A lot of sweet malt comes through as well though.
T: Not as hoppy as I would have expected but this is good. For once a pale ale is a pale ale and not a low ABV IPA. I get a fair bit of caramel type malt along with a slight bread like note, the base of a great PA. Some grapefruit hops but also some spicy flavors come through. Very well balanced and no one thing stands out too much.
M: Creamy, smooth and pretty easy going. Carbonation might be a tad high but overall pretty good.
O: This is a great example of what a pale ale should be IMO. It has the nice malty backbone but also offers some great hop flavor and aroma too, both equally balanced and complimenting of each other.
05-02-2014 23:46:39 | More by Haydn-Juby
Alberta (Canada)
4.14/5 rDev +15.3%
haven't tried one of their brews in quite some time
very nice appearance. Deep copper orange, very cloudy, with lot's of of fine carbonation bubbles. Amazing, rich creamy head.
Pale malts, a nice fruitiness with hints of clove and allspice come to mind when smelling this brew
Solid malt backbone, appropriately hopped without going overboard. The added spiciness is an inspired touch.
Solid medium mouthfeel with an almost smooth creamy character
I really liked their interpretation of the style. Well crafted and nicely balanced.
04-24-2014 03:40:34 | More by Shadman
Quebec (Canada)
1/5 rDev -72.1%
03-16-2014 11:43:33 | More by Mack
Quebec (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
12-02-2013 00:14:56 | More by wizo
Quebec (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
10-15-2013 15:52:58 | More by Whatup14
Ontario (Canada)
3.85/5 rDev +7.2%
Appearance: It has a nice deep hazy orange color to it. It has a nice off-white head that dies down moderately and leaves some lacing.
Smell: The aromas definitely give out hints of floral hops, citrus, grapefruit, some pine, caramel and biscuity malts.
Taste: Like the aromas, it has some floral hops, faint citrus and grapefruit, a piney/grassy bitterness, sweet caramel and biscuity malts.
Mouthfeel: It has a medium carbonation with a nice overall balance and feel.
Drinkability: It's a very smooth drinkable beer accompanied with good flavors and aromas.
08-25-2013 23:36:41 | More by SebD
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
07-27-2013 16:50:53 | More by kwjd
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
07-15-2013 01:57:07 | More by GoHabsGo
Quebec (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
06-25-2013 16:09:57 | More by Krakpoff
Ontario (Canada)
3/5 rDev -16.4%
05-26-2013 15:39:12 | More by cfalovo97
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
04-19-2013 22:47:10 | More by 4ster
Quebec (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
03-14-2013 13:40:43 | More by Noyt
Quebec (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
03-01-2013 02:04:26 | More by wookievath
Quebec (Canada)
4.5/5 rDev +25.3%
02-10-2013 05:54:22 | More by Kloug
British Columbia (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +18.4%
11-29-2012 01:16:28 | More by KalanM
Ontario (Canada)
3.25/5 rDev -9.5%
09-14-2012 00:37:21 | More by Molson2000
British Columbia (Canada)
4.2/5 rDev +17%
Poured from a 750ml bottle. Lots of yummy cereal and spice notes on the nose. Yep, by "Americaine" they mean hopped-up. The billowing white head is enormous and the beer is clear orangey-copper. All the hops promised in the nose is delivered in the mouth--tons of citrus rind and exotic spice. Still pretty well balanced. An excellent pale ale that almost drinks like a low ABV IPA.
07-28-2012 00:19:43 | More by CookstLiquor
Quebec (Canada)
3.48/5 rDev -3.1%
Poured from a 375ml. bottle, bottled 06/2012.
Appearance: Honey colored body with a massive head that is neither slow nor fast and leaves spotted lacing all around.
Smell: Leafy, floral hops, citrusy (think lemon) and fresh-cut grass.
Taste: White grapes, grassy and ever so mild grapefruit. Nice orange notes in the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel: Easy to take bitterness (read: low) and ends very clean and abruptly. The feel doesn't linger very much.
Overall: Disappointed with this one. Billed as an American pale ale, i would expect more guts to it. I've had APAs that weren't aggressive but were better than this. It's ok but you can do better.
07-09-2012 11:14:50 | More by papat444
Alberta (Canada)
3.1/5 rDev -13.6%
750ml bottle. Yet again, one of those shitty, impossible to open corked bottles, until you break out the pliers from the storage room - boo!
This beer pours a hazy, dark reddish amber hue, with two fat fingers of chunky foamy off-white head, which leaves some sparse spider web lace around the glass as it sulks away.
It smells of sharp caramelized malts, a bit of hearty menthol, and strong leafy, grassy hops. The taste is hefty bitter, herbal hops, warm pale malt, and a weird lurking booziness, given the proclaimed standard strength ABV.
The bubbles are here and there, and generally non-consequential, the body an understated medium weight, and not all that smooth, given the strange swirling indistinct and zingy new-world spiciness.
Wow, what a mind-fuck of a beer. Here I'm expecting a mellow, slightly hoppy pale ale, but instead I get a weirdly spicy affair - askew without the heat or alcohol, if you can imagine. Not really what I wanted right now, I guess.
04-15-2012 04:16:53 | More by biboergosum
Quebec (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
02-10-2012 20:00:14 | More by oldp0rt
Ontario (Canada)
3.63/5 rDev +1.1%
A pleasant surprise! Purchased after Mondial in June and should probably not have been stored this long, but waiting for "a special occasion" and it has held up remarkably well.
Orange-hued amber with decent cappuccino-coloured head. Mouthfeel is decent, but unremarkable. Aroma of caramelized malts and citrus hop elements is really nice, but unfortunately these same hop flavours don't translate into the taste.
Flavour is pleasant, but not as well balanced as I'd choose. The finish is sharp and bitter, without the anticipated tropical fruit. Would have liked to try this fresh, as if it has sweetened and/or mellowed with age, it must have been quite a beast to start!
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Serie Signature - Americaine Pale Ale from Les Trois Mousquetaires
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Cheddar and Apple Sandwich
Serves 1| Hands-On Time: | Total Time:
- 2 slices of bread (preferably multigrain, Italian, or French)
- 1 teaspoon whole-grain mustard
- 1 ounce thinly sliced Cheddar
- Several pieces of thinly sliced apple
- Spread 2 slices of bread with whole-grain mustard. Top 1 slice with Cheddar and several pieces of apple. Sandwich with the remaining bread.
Nutritional Information
- Per Serving
- Calories 279Calories From Fat 37%
- Calcium 255mg
- Carbohydrate 33g
- Cholesterol 30mg
- Fat 11g
- Fiber 5g
- Iron 2mg
- Protein 13mg
- Sat Fat 6g
- Sodium 551mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101 .
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- Publicly support me.
Do you have my back when Cousin Amy laughs about my choices for birth, breastfeeding and parenting? Even if I'm not around to hear it, will you put in a good word for me? Simply say something like, "She's done a lot of research and seems to know what she's doing."
- I don't expect big gifts.
Big gifts may be more common place, but I don't expect you to keep up with the Joneses. I'm perfectly happy with a lovely handmade blanket and your presence.
- Keep the cute stories about my childhood to a minimum.
I know you're excited to share stories of me as a child. Just remember, my work colleagues are listening. They don't need to know I streaked through the neighborhood or cussed like a sailor. Pick a cute story and let that be your only one. (You might even clear it with me first.)
- Don't steal my thunder.
Being a mom is super exciting and scary. My friends and family have gathered to celebrate my journey towards motherhood. Please keep in mind that this is my big day and I do want you to be a part of it. Help me pick out my outfit for that special day. Help me plan for the hostess gifts and games. There is plenty of room for you in my baby shower.
- Be nice to my friends.
You might know or like my friends, but even if you still blame Ashley for corrupting me as a teen, smile at her and be friendly. (For all you know her mom feels similarly about me.)
- Praise me for what I'm doing right.
Things have changed a lot since I was born. I might make different choices. But rather than point out how different we are, look for that common thread and tell me you approve.
- Help keep down the horror stories.
You are a leader in the family. The other women will follow your lead. Please help me keep down the horror stories about birth and parenting. I don't need to hear about Aunt Lil's 90 hour labor or the 15 pound baby born to your sister.
- Don't make fun of my gifts.
Yes, I really did ask for a breast pump and I'm thrilled I got it.
- Keep the relatives in line.
When eccentric Aunt Erin starts talking about goat farming or some such, can you reel her in? It's my party and I don't want to play family police officer.
- Know that I love you.
I'm trying just as hard as I can to be a good parent. Sometimes I'm going to do things differently. It doesn't mean that I don't love or respect you, just that I have to find my own way.
You might also take the time to read an open letter to you from the grandmother in your life and what she'd like you to know about your baby shower.


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Download that comes with 8.0 is missing config files and languages folder. Are they no longer necessary?
Hi Navy#1
You still need to install additional files for Event Calendar and the download should still contain a languages folder within the Web contents.
In reply to Farrukh:
The download is missing several files. It does not match the instructions for the install for v4
In reply to Navy#1:
Where did you get the 8.0 files from? If you downloaded the free version from the website; then the Calendar files are not in the package.
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|Wednesday, 05 February 2014 22:45
Whether you're following a weight loss plan or simply maintaining healthy habits, finding foods that are nutritious sources of protein and promote satiety can help curb your urge to snack throughout the day.
Wholesome soyfoods can replace other foods in your diet that might be adding too much fat, sugar and cholesterol. Soyfoods also provide highquality, complete protein, shown to increase satiety, the feeling of fullness. "Soy protein can play a major role in satiety," said Russ Egbert, director of protein research at Archer Daniels Midland Co.
"We know that diets that are high in protein are more satiating than diets that are high in carbohydrates or high in fat." Regardless of your lifestyle or age, protein is an essential nutrient your body needs, and compared to other common protein sources, the soybean is a giant.
The soybean is upwards of 38 percent protein, says Karl Weingartner, director of the International Soybean Program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Fish such as salmon contain about 18 percent protein, while a T-bone steak is about 22 percent.
In addition, a recent study published in Molecular Food & Nutrition Research found that soy fiber has "favorable effects on body weight, body mass index and fasting LDLcholesterol levels in overweight and obese adults," all factors that are helpful in weight loss and managing high blood pressure.
"The soybean by its nature is a complete food. It's very high in protein, it contains valuable oils, essential fatty acids, fiber, even the sugars in it are considered to be prebiotics," said Peter Golbitz, director of international business development for the SunOpta Grains and Foods Group.
Simple substitutions make it easy to incorporate soy into your favorite dishes:
• Combine an avocado, a cup of extra-firm tofu and salsa for a lighter guacamole
• Substitute soymilk into garlic mashed potatoes
• Energize your child's morning breakfast with proteinrich soy yogurt
• Fix a quick, healthy dinner with soy-based burgers in place of traditional ground beef
• Toss fresh edamame on top of your favorite salad
• Select delicious whole soy nutrition bars as snacks Or, you can experiment with new recipes such as this protein-rich, low-carb Soy and Spinach Artichoke Dip for guilt-free indulgence.
Soy and Spinach Artichoke Dip
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12 servings
cheese, mayonnaise and pepper in mixer bowl.
Fold in spinach, artichokes and green onions.
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There's already several threads for rage and fury. Here's one for rational thought. (Maybe too soon, I know.)
It's probably a given that Kahn will do all he can to get the #2 spot from Philly. Also a given that we'll have to overpay. How much is the upgrade from Cousins to Turner worth to us? Is there a scenario where Philly parts with the #2 without us giving up the #4? Do we even see value in that, assuming the Nets will prefer Favors to Cousins (I admit I'm not a huge Cousins guy)?
I don't see PHI salivating at either anyone on our roster. Maybe Rubio would interest them. And they may try to stick us with Brand's contract, which I hope we wouldn't consider. I'll throw out a few options - which seems most palatable? (or offer your own hypothetical)
A. PHI #2 for MN #4 and #16
B. PHI #2 for MN #4 and #23 and Pek
C. PHI #2 for #16 and #23 and Love
D. PHI #2 for #16 and Rubio
I'm leaning toward something like C, just because I hate the idea of giving up assets to get what we should have had in the first place (a pick two spots higher).


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I just came across this. I think it a gem:
There are some great excerpts:
excerpt of Interview with Larry Davis, Trainer for the Oakland Athletics
By Sega Sports
Late 1990's
Q: Give us an example of one of your favorite players?
A: My favorite player was Dave Kingman.
Q: Any special reason?
A: Dave Kingman was one of the first players who really appreciated a lot of the little things we do. But, you know there's been a lot of great players. Dennis Eckersly was a great guy. Steve McCatty was a great guy. There's been a lot them. But Kingman would do really nice things. One time I was repairing some glasses. I had one of those little cruddy eyeglass repair kits, and he said, You need a better screwdriver than that. I said, Well this is what I have. No big deal. So he finds a Brookstone, or whatever that store is, and the next day he comes in with a new toolkit for me, like the kind jewelers use. He did stuff like that all the time.
Who knew that Dave was a nice guy? He had a bad rep with the press but I guess that only goes so far.
I actually remember when Kingman hit that ball that never came down in the metrodome although I was only 7 years old at the time.
Does anyone else have any dave kingman memories?


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