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Hmmmm......not a moderator however we are all adults and we still do have freedom of speech, at least for now. It is some of our opinions in here that someone who has never had to actually do anything in his entire life should not dictate to us how we should live ours. 0potus is doing this to win a political argument not because it is best for the country. He has added more to the national debt than all previous presidents COMBINED and that is ok with you? Not for the normal uninsane taxpayer who knows this debt will be passed on for generations. We will be leaving our children a legacy of economic ruin due to a vote buying scheme. It's sad really when you take an honest look at it. The ACA is nothing more than LBJ's great society on steroids. Let's take a look at what LBJ thought about folks when pressing for his social engineering, ""I'll have those n#%+=^s voting Democratic for the next 200 years." —Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One -
The democrat plantation indeed. Buying votes at the expense of the American taxpayer and ultimately at the expense of America herself as we simply run out of money. Terrific, fantastic job there dems!
Lana I have a thick skin I grew up a free thinker and still am a free thinker.
Whoa........ Elite, I'm going to personally apologize to you for the criticism you received here today, you're my friend, and you didn't deserve that.
I could take you inadvertently telling me to kiss you #ss, but now your reduced to calling a long time members either ignorant or stupid ?
Beowulf, let's give Elite1grey credit where credits due before calling him ignorant......or stupid. Notice the article below I copied with attached LINK. That article he submitted came from a neutral fact checking bipartisan publication. Others I've seen here on Politi-link, practically get an Idea off of a youtube video, blogs and perhaps underneath a snapple cap and swear 'their' news is Gospel.
The next laughable insult you've made to Elite1grey (and probably every other person that doesn't assert your views) was: "If you wish to live in la la land...." Oh, the arrogance......
Ignorant, uniformed, stupid, living in la la land you say???,
Pfffft, Let me define what my opinion of la la land is, a bunch of Teabagistanian Terrorist pawns waving a confederate flag in front of the Whitehouse that don't realize their being 'pimped' into a covert power play by a small fringe of Billionaires and corporate players.
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Elite1grey. . . . .funny how a liberal progressive is the only one that can be the arbiter of who has facts and who doesn't. Just in case you actually believe that last statement. . . . .then you aren't ignorant. . . .you're stupid! If you would look back and actually read my posts, yes. . . .I have posted little tidbits of what you would call TEA Party talking points. . . .but MOST of what I post are very much factual. Just because you don't wish to recognize the truth when it hits you between the eyes is not my problem. . . .but yours.
If you wish to live in La La land. . . .be my guest and keep regurgitating the liberal progressive nonsense about how wonderful the government will be when it takes complete control of our lives. I'll be the one still living the ORIGINAL American Dream where one can do and say what they want. . . when they want and where they want. Keep trying but while you are correct that the old conservative group is dying (THANKS BE TO GOD), those that consider themselves true conservatives will either be backing a TEA Party member. . . . . or a strict Constitutionalist to get this country BACK onto the tracks that our founding fathers chose to use originally!
Beowulf give it up you are not qouteing facts your qouting what otheres are saying it i s not hard to find out facts
I voted for the president 2 times I had also voted for Reagen I vote for the Best Person for the job not the party line . tell me who was running for president in the last election that had anything worth votieng for.
THE ex governor of Mass. that is a joke he had inplimented ACA for the state and it worked so why not for the country. Who bailed out the banks the republicians who is killing the country the republicians. You sound old enough do you remember SEEING the air that you breathed Do you remember rivers burning epa is what stopped that so why do the republicians want to get rid of it they are the ones that Voted it into law the old guard has fallen and no one cares to help it sure not the TEA party there a freaking joke They want to kill our country not fix it.
LanaNJ. . . . .FIRST off, I never called you a POS! Yes, I have called Obama a POS. . .because he is! Mark my words, history will show that he was the absolute WORST President to date, which is a feat since Carter currently has that position. As for making more money than you. . . . .you have a great need for theatrics and creativity to find where I said I make more money than you. However, since YOU have decided to bring YOUR daughters into this, I really do not care how much any of you make but ". . .newer model Jaguar. . . ."(s) are a dime a dozen so that really doesn't impress me. In fact, nothing you have written has impressed me. . . .much less really impressed me.
CNN (Clinton News Network) along with the 3 free networks are nothing more than mouthpieces for the JACK A$$ in the Oval Office! While they will occasionally report something of newsworthiness. . . . .it is seldom and only for appearances. When you actually listen to the stories, you can here them traveling in a "left" circle because they are almost lying down on their left side! If Bush or Reagan had done a mere FRACTION of what this a$$hole is doing. . . . .they would have been all over it like a bum on a baloney sandwich. For proof of that look at Watergate!
No LanaNJ, I did not. . . . .nor will I call you a POS. I WILL call you ignorant. . . .but that is fixable. . . .stupid if forever and cannot be fixed.
You try to say that you worked the books. . . . .sorry, but that is not like the person that makes the decisions. That is only putting little numbers into little columns and doing the simple math. When you actually start a business and live or die by it and it alone. . . . .come back and talk to me about how RICH you are. . . . .or were. I've done it and it while there are exciting parts to it. . . . .there are also nerve racking moments trying to figure out how you are going to make ends meet.
No LanaNJ. . . . . .you may think you know what you are talking about. . . . .but from your own writings, it is plainly obvious that you don't have a clue as to what an entrepreneur goes through. Doing books is nothing like getting out and talking to people trying to get them to buy your product. Knowing that if you don't make a sale. . . . .you won't have earned anything that day. . . . .week. . . . .month. . . . .or even year. If Mr. Tucker were still alive I would tell you to ask him how much he spent on research/development, manufacturing and finally the legal issues when the big three did what they could to push him out of the auto industry. An industry where HIS COMPANY made the BEST AUTOMOBILES in the market at that time. They were the most innovative, safety minded and downright BEST AUTOMOBILES MADE AT THAT TIME! Yet, he only made just slightly under 50 working models and lost his backside in legal fees due to the legal fights he had to go through.
No LanaNJ. . . . .you are for a system of government that tells you when you will be able to wake up, what you can eat, when you take a $hit, what you will do for a living, how you will get the necessary things to live with and then when it is all over. . . . .when to go to sleep. Why? That is what I would like to know because if that is what you are looking for. . . . go commit a crime and get thrown into jail! They have FREE HEALTHCARE, along with a DENTAL PROGRAM. . . . .FREE FOOD and all the company you could want to keep! I personally choose to make my own way through life making those decisions for myself and telling anybody who believes that Obama is the best thing since sliced bread to KISS MY A$$!
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Democrats already agreed to "a deal that Republicans wanted, that Eric Cantor said would be a win."
Bill Burton on Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 in an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire"
Bill Burton says Rep. Eric Cantor called deal with Democrats a win
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Whatever damage Democrats might incur through the government shutdown, they have found some satisfaction in trying to highlight the gap between House Republican leaders and their more tea party-oriented members. Former White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton worked that theme in an appearance on CNN's Crossfire.
In response to the charge that President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are unwilling to negotiate, Burton shot back, "We have negotiated a deal that Republicans wanted, that Eric Cantor said would be a win."
We wanted to verify the claim that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., had signed off on a deal. But before we do that, it's helpful to put Burton's comment into the context of the rapid fire exchange on Crossfire. In that conversation, the issues of re-opening the government and avoiding a default on the national debt became intertwined.
At one point, Burton said "If there is a bipartisan majority that will pass this that we can use to avert this shutdown, why the theatrics? Why flirt with disaster?"
A few moments later, co-host S.E. Cupp pressed Burton on the debt ceiling.
Cupp: "I'm saying, attach the debt ceiling to spending cuts, deficit reduction ...And you haven't answered yet why the president won't negotiate if he thinks defaulting is so catastrophic."
Burton: "Well, two things, ... No. 1, he has negotiated. We have negotiated a deal that Republicans wanted, that Eric Cantor said would be a win."
Burton used the deal on a stop-gap spending bill to counter the claim that Obama is unwilling to negotiate. But the question was aimed at negotiations on the debt ceiling.
The temporary spending deal Burton had in mind broke down when House Republican leaders failed to bring their fellow Republicans along. However, keeping the government open technically is a separate issue from raising the debt limit.
Cantor and the budget deal
We contacted Burton's office for details on Cantor's role leading up to the shutdown. They sent us to a memo Cantor wrote to his fellow Republicans in early September. In it, he told them to expect a short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open.
Such a resolution, Cantor wrote, would be "at sequester levels" and "contain $64 billion in less spending compared to the current funding levels President Obama signed into law a mere five months ago."
If Obama signed off on that, Cantor continued, Obama "would be endorsing a level of spending that wipes away all the increases he and congressional Democrats made while they were in charge and returns us to a pre-2008 level of discretionary spending."
Cantor ended his memo on an upbeat note: "Upon return to Washington, if we stay focused on our solutions and how they can benefit all Americans dealing with their everyday challenges, I am convinced we will achieve more significant policy victories in the months ahead." That leaves little doubt that Cantor saw a short-term continuing resolution in a positive light. It wouldn't necessarily be the resounding victory that Burton suggested but it was something Cantor could say was a net gain for the GOP.
We asked Cantor's office if Burton had captured the gist of Cantor's memo. "We were simply laying out our legislative agenda at the time," Cantor's press secretary Megan Whittemore said.
"We believe maintaining current spending levels is a good thing, which is why that was included in every one of our CR solutions which passed the House," Whittemore said. "We also believe we must tackle the challenges of ObamaCare, which was also addressed in all of our CR solutions."
While Cantor's memo does lay out a strategy to defund and delay Obamacare, he kept that separate from the section on a continuing resolution. That's consistent with what we now know was the House Republican leadership plan.
Several news articles described a deal struck between House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., back in July. On national television, Boehner did not rebut that there was an understanding that there would be a cut, in the range of $70 billion, in exchange for a clean continuing resolution, one that said nothing about defunding the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.
Three days after the memo appeared on the Web, the National Review reported that Cantor planned to bring two measures to the floor. One would be the continuing resolution and the other would amend that resolution to defund Obamacare. Both items would go to the Senate separately with the expectation that the Senate would pass the spending resolution and kill the amendment. The president would then be able to sign a clean bill.
But a week after that, Cantor's plan crumbled under pressure from members of his party who were unwilling to compromise. About two dozen House Republicans refused to sign on to any measure that funded Obamacare. Ultimately, they prevailed and the House Republican leadership efforts to avert a shutdown failed.
One final note: Burton talked about a budget deal in the middle of a conversation that dealt mainly with the debate over raising the debt ceiling. While the two issues are now linked, there is no evidence that there was ever a deal between Republicans and Democrats on allowing the government's borrowing limit to rise.
On the contrary, even as House Republican leaders were trying to sell their troops on a strategy to keep the government open, they said they wanted a showdown on the debt ceiling. Burton's comment addressed only half of the current impasse.
Our ruling
Burton said Democrats had struck a deal to avert a shutdown with Republicans that Cantor considered a win, implying that Republicans were going back on previous agreements.
Cantor's legislative agenda memo from early September is in line with that and described the benefits of that approach. Cantor also attempted to keep that deal alive through a legislative maneuver until tea party members refused to go along.
As for whether Cantor called the plan "a win," he didn't use that word. But he did include it on a list that he said would result in "significant policy victories."
Burton's statement does not apply to the standoff over the debt ceiling, though, which was what he was asked about. On the other hand, it did speak to the broader challenge of negotiating successfully if the parties don't speak for the block of votes they need to deliver.
We rate the claim Mostly True.
AJS, you being a Moderator, are you signing off on this:
~Called me a $hit piece?
~You've referred to a formal GENERAL as being a two faced hypocrite.
~Repeated referring to the POTUS as a J^CK ^SS (call him anything, but why a curse?)
The proof of you two having to constantly chime in, leads me to believe you guys are reduced to fear that the members here might start debunking these non-news articles for themselves.
Additionally, If I'm so uninformed, you wouldn't have a worry in the world, right?
Beowulf, I've noticed when it comes to actual 'policing, you have great hindsight. Respecting a member that doesn't agree with you doesnt seem to be your specialty and you are WAAAAAY out of line:
~Called me a $hit piece?
~Assumed I never put in a 40 hour work week?, I went limping back to work after I broke my leg-BOTH JOBS
~You've repeatedly called our Commander in Chief a Jck a_s? Why stop there, how about the 'N' word next?
~You've referred to a formal GENERAL as being a two faced hypocrite.
~I worked the books for our 30+ ran family owned business.
~I've been employed in Leadership Roles, and during my studies, I helped a Classmate w/his BUSINESS PLAN.
Um, how did you conclude YOU make more money then I do? I have a 2 daughters w/masters, one who at 24 owns a house and just bought a Newer model Jaguar--stop ASSuming 'we' need your tax money.
So too bad so Sad, I have a different (and researched opinion) that differs from your Teapublican Party of responsibility (ha ha) that constantly regurgitates things like..... "I can prove my flat tire had to be the result of another one of Obama's failed policies."
Beowulf I don't think she sees it as a lottery, I think she has simply been misinformed by listening to the ignorance spewed by 0potus. Let's keep in mind here who we are talking about, a community organizer whose checkered past could not have passed a top secret security clearance. However because he is "clean" and "articulate" and had a political machine big enough to defeat McCain (that was easy) he now has the key to the cookie jar. His wealth redistribution plan sounds great to the masses because they fail to realize their own potential because for three going on 4 generations now they have been fed from the public trough built by LBJ. Why shouldn't they get what everyone else has? It's all in the name of "fairness". Why not accept the drug pushing dreadlock wearing tattooed up disrespectfully pants hanging low life thug as a police applicant? It's all in the name of fairness. They fail to realize it because they fail to conform to what life takes for excellence, commitment to anything above themselves. I liken it to the crab in a bucket theory. If anyone here has been crabbing (I have) you catch the crabs using a string with a piece of raw chicken tied to the end of it. Slowly you pull the crab out of the water until you can net it and place it in your bucket. In a good spot the bucket slowly fills. As it fills various crabs will attempt to climb to the top of he stack to get out of the bucket only to be dragged back in by their fellow doomed compadres. Liberals are he crab in a bucket theory personified.
KCecala, you have to remember that LanaNJ has never run a business and has absolutely NO idea what she is talking about. She is in the dark that the rule of thumb is that a business doesn't even come close to breaking even until the 3rd year and that is if the owner(s) did not take a dime for themselves. She seems to believe that just because a government office is dressed out lavishly. . . . .that the business world can afford the same.
By not having run a business, she does not know ALL of the taxes, insurances and other "required" expenditures that a business is required to take care of before the owner(s) EVER see a dime of profit. She doesn't understand that there are some businesses (such as lawyer's offices) that have a larger expenditure to outfit an office because "LOOKS" are everything when trying to "sell" someone to come to their business to DO business with them. She doesn't know how much salespeople get to go out and knock on doors all day long to advertise the business. She isn't aware of the liability that a business has to think about and prepare for before EVER opening the doors or offering up a new line of widgets.
No, LanaNJ is just another mouthpiece for that piece of $hit in the White House. Spewing her idiotic comments and remarks without ever thinking about the actual truth of what she is spewing. She doesn't see the owner's day that is 14, 18 and even 20 hours long many times. . . .forfeiting the family life to give their children the life that they never saw themselves. She looks at what the government supplies her, but doesn't give it a second thought that the money came from her, you and me before the government ever got the chance to waste it. LanaNJ sees it as a lottery where she may get the chance to strike it rich without ever putting forth the effort to obtain it without having the government redistribute it from the likes of you and I.
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I guess I am missing something. How can people afford to pay 595.00 a month for the ACA? That is with a 10,000.00 a year deductible. I didn't pull these numbers from my bum either. These are real people I work with. They make about 300.00 a week. You do the math. If they don't pay the penalty is 4000.00 a year. Then it's their license and tax liens on their homes. Not that they will ever be able to own one. My employer isn't rich. She is a small business owner and single mother of three. She complied with Obama care. The deductibles are still too much for the employees at 350.00 a month.
It may be the law of the land but at what cost? Can we have healthcare now?
I agree that too much Government intrusion has a certain lackluster and can be of concern, but ironically they're a treasure trove of Americans who accept Social Security, Disability, Unemployment, SNAP, Free Government Money for their College students et al.
Let's see what a Tea Party's fantasy would look like, keep in mind they are funded by BIG MONEY/KOCH
~Instead of my (WEALTHY) Employer matching my Social Security, I just receive back what I paid into it.
~Any money I save shouldl pay for my 2 surgeries I had that totaling 112,000.00 surgeries, (I was discharged my third day of Physical therapy b/c my coverage lapsed.
~Disability payments should be considered too socialist, so for those 3.5 of months I was out of work, oh well.
~No Unemployment or Partial Unemployment since I work two PT Seasonal jobs, hence Dr. Visits come straight out of my pocket for a good 5 months out of the year.
~Should we cut out the Gov Grants for College in which 2 of my received to obtain their masters,hence now repaying their share of taxes?
~Let's take away all our SNAP for our struggling Veteran's families while their spouses are deployed?
~Let's let the infrastructure decline, perhaps some un-unionized folks can volunteer to repair it out of their own money. I Could just see the Wall Street Wigs out their contributing to finance this.
~No Gov monies to sports venues that generate up to 6,700 jobs for the community, hence pays HEFTY taxes., w
~Kill the EPA, I'm sure our children and grandchildren have a spare planet they can go to, ask Newt.
~Deregulate everything, we see how well that turns out (i.e. Texas Plant Explosion)
~No more small business loans via the Government, use your savings if you have any savings left after paying out of pocket for all the above listed.
I can go on..........
The ACA/ObamaCare is the Law of the land and not up for negotiation, don't like it? Get elected!
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Sorry, Beowulf is correct. The Conservatives HAVE passed the funding on everything except Obamacare, just asking for a one year delay. The Senate refused to even consider the bills. Obama and Reid want complete funding AND and unlimited debt ceiling given to them before they will 'negotiate'. At that point there is no negotiation as they have everything! Ple the blame where it belongs, on Reid and Obama, not where the Liberal controlled mainstream media places it, on the GOP. Wake up folks and check both sides completely before you come to any conclusion. Mine is that Obama wants to become basically a Dictator or President for life or to destroy the USA.


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KNOXVILLE (WATE)-- The Lady Vols extended their winning streak against Ole Miss to 25 games on Thursday night with a 94-70 win at Thompson-Boling Arena.
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"You're not going to win a whole lot of games and we're not going to do the things we say we want to do and play the way we're playing."
Ariel Massengale led the Lady Vols with 23 points.
Tennessee led 45-29 at the half.
"This is a team right now that is very talented but we're underachieving," said Warlick.
"I've got mad at them, I've raised my voice, I've threatened them, I've been nice. When our backs are against the wall we play pretty hard. I don't have an answer. We play in spurts."
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Army warns Tamils to be wary
A top Sri Lankan Army commander has warned the Tamil people in the country's north to be wary of elements attempting to undermine the hard-earned peace. Speaking to the local people after distributing grants to former LTTE combatants for their rehabilitation, Jaffna Commander Maj Gen. Mahinda Hathurusinghe invited the Tamil diaspora to help the needy rather than undermining normalcy "Various groups in Tamil Diaspora are now in the process of undermining the hard-earned peace in the country. Instead of disturbing peace now being enjoyed by people of Sri Lanka, those groups must come forward to help destitute people to make their life better using money being wasted on creating dissension among communities in Sri Lanka," he said.
Hathurusinghe said as all communities in the island had suffered irrespective of ethnicity by the LTTE's campaign for a separate state, now it was the time to forget the dark era of the past and unite as one nation that is Sri Lanka.
The civil war in Lanka ended in 2009 with the defeat of the LTTE and killing of its top leadership.
In the first phase, each of some 25 of the ex-LTTE combatants released after rehabilitation were offered rupees 50,000. The balance rupees 200,000 will be granted in future.
The army also handed over a house built by the troops to a war widow. Some 84 kids of four pre-schools in Alaveddy area were given school uniforms, shoes and exercise books as New Year gifts. Another 50 students were given parcels of exercise books.
Sri Lanka is wary of the pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora domiciled in the West who the government claims are looking for an opportunity to revive the LTTE activity.(Hindusthan Times)
-29+98 # 2012-04-14 18:17
Make Sure you are not warns by NATO. looks like you all on the way to invite NATO to this Island
-90+40 # 2012-04-15 13:42
Diaspora always had sweet dreams like forming so called "elam" under Prabahakaran aka canibal, Army didn't sacrifise 15,000 lives to hand over north and east back to racial elements, dream on mate....
-3+2 # 2012-04-16 11:06
Well said we all sinhalese tamil muslims ALL suffered not just a selected few as all of them say......
-14+94 # 2012-04-15 13:28
You confirm militarisation of the North by the Govt. Please leave civilian advice to be given by civil administrators/leaders.
-66+45 # 2012-04-14 18:28
No, not again. We have no issues with our tamil brothers and hope they will not fall prey to the trouble seeking diaspora's intention to ignite the flames of war and hatred.
-22+136 # 2012-04-14 19:16
there is a correction; you did not win peace, but you won the balle against LTTE. If there is a peace, there would be no need for peace talk with TNA, or abdctions.
-9+91 # 2012-04-14 20:04
It is time to recruit Tamils to the Army instead of talking the past...also it sound like North is still under the military control..
-13+118 # 2012-04-14 20:06
Yes Sir, You've touched the Raw nerve of the Issue.
1. A Tamil has to be appointed as the Governer of North to Impliment Progress.
2. Stop Colonisation. Let the Sinhalese or Tamils live anywhere they want to.
3. Recognise all Minority communies as ethnic Communiity of Sri Lanka.
Thank you.
No more Sinhala Country.
-11+92 # 2012-04-14 20:11
Do not think the Tamils are fools. Permanent peace is depends on how you all treat them. Let them enjoy the life as sinhaleese. You are treating them as slaves thats why you are afraid of threats from out side.
-12+59 # 2012-04-14 21:03
LTTE WILL REVIVE UNLES & UNTIL MAXIMUM DEVOLVED POWER THAT INCLUDES lAND & POLICE IS GRANTED TO A MERGED N & EAST. SECULAR STATE WITH ALL 3 LANGUAGES EQUAL WITH NO PRIMACY TO SINGALA WILL INSPIRE CONFIDENCE. THERE MUST BE AN ATITUDINAL CHANGE IN THE PRESIDENT TOWARDS THE TNA TO GO THE EXTRA LENGTH & FIND A SOLUTION.
-7+82 # 2012-04-15 00:33
Ask yourselves why did Tamils go abroad? Why are there still refugee communities in India? Statistically, compared to a Singhalese, why is that a Tamil has lost more loved ones in the civil war? As I see it the future is very bleak. Prabha is only statistic, but as long as the GOSL plays games with the people of the country, there are already hundreds of Prabha's, Wijeyweera's and Fonseka's growing wanting JUSTICE. We will see for how long this game of everything is all right now is kept going.
-61+24 # 2012-04-15 13:01
Many migrated for economic reasons, nothing to do with the war and they are still trying to create disharmony between the Tamils and Sinhalese to justify their refugees status. Tamils lost more because the war was fought in Tamil areas but Sinhalese also suffered. Don't forget the Tigers also killed thousands of Tamils and recruited hundreds of youngsters which you conveniently forget. Luckily not everyone thinks negative like you.
-9+78 # 2012-04-15 01:58
In Srilanka today we have too many speakers advising people. But do they really care about the people. Before you advice Tamils, why don't you stop abductions???
-17+18 # 2012-04-15 05:25
Handouts are not the answer to Reconciliation. The Mindset of the people has to change. It is only the Politicians, who have the Gift of the Gab, (if nothing else) who can change the attitude of the people. The President has to give the correct Leadership for this to happen. It will not happen by itself!
-34+8 # 2012-04-15 12:55
Ranjan, I am sure you never lived in srilanka. That's why all your claims are wrong.
-1+24 # 2012-04-15 14:09
Wary, your statement is suites, in fact not for Tamils in Sri Lanka, but it should for rulers of the country, there are the people who can develop the current situation in to repeated arms struggle nor peaceful solution in SRI LANKA.
-4+41 # 2012-04-15 17:50
Will this country ever have a Tamil or Muslim PM and Speaker along with a Sinhala President? That will be the day we will have real peace and harmony!
-4+41 # 2012-04-15 18:02
No broblem with tamils, or with Singhalese it is the Government that is creating problems
-1+31 # 2012-04-15 15:14
Need someone talking people smile and relax. People are filled with tsunami fear, cost of living obstacles, white van abductions mental tensions and so on.
-1+33 # 2012-04-15 18:06
Sri Lankans regardless of their race face abductions, extrajudicial killings, threat to freedom of speech, and many types of human rights violations.
-0+2 # 2012-04-15 21:26
A doctor from Israel says: "In Israel the medicine is so advanced that we cut off a man's testicles, we put them into another man, and in 6 weeks he is looking for work.
"The German doctor comments: "That's nothing, in Germany we take part of the brain out of a person, we put it into another person's head, and in 4 week she is looking for work.
"A Russian doctor says: "That's nothing either.
In Russia we take out half of the heart from a person, we put it into another person's chest, and in 2 weeks he is looking for work.
"The Sri Lankan doctor answers immediately: "That's nothing my colleagues, you are way behind us....in Sri Lanka, about 6 years ago, we grabbed a village lawyer from down south with no brain, no heart, and no balls....we made him President of the country, and now...the whole country is looking for work!!."
-0+1 # 2012-04-15 22:00
A doctor from Israel says: "In Israel the medicine is so advanced that we cut off a man's testicles, we put them into another man, and in 6 weeks he is looking for work.
"The German doctor comments: "That's nothing, in Germany we take part of the brain out of a person, we put it into another person's head, and in 4 week she is looking for work.
"A Russian doctor says: "That's nothing either.
In Russia we take out half of the heart from a person, we put it into another person's chest, and in 2 weeks he is looking for work.
"The Sri Lankan doctor answers immediately: "That's nothing my colleagues, you are way behind us....in Sri Lanka, about 6 years ago, we grabbed a lawyer from down south with no brain, ....we made him President of the country, and now...the whole country is looking for work!!."
-2+9 # 2012-04-16 08:03
what is the buissness army is having with the public after 3 years of ending the war ? why not the civil authorities give such items like school books,pencils, shoes and uniforms etc to the public ?? the country lost the peace with the invasion of army in the eighties instead to solve civil problem is continuing till today. only peace can be achieved after complete withdrawal of army from the north and east.
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Let the tamils to live peace in the country... dont put unncessary wording and harsh tamils..
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Ranjan Silva- Why do you say minority communities should be recognized? Do you think SL has minority communities? After all we are Sri Lankans.
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We have had a couple of teachers assign homework in school that requires them to use the internet (eg. 'look up XYZ online, write a short report on it').
What are people's opinions on this? Should schools be doing this or not?
I can see both sides of the argument:
The internet is an excellent resource for homework! With the introduction of VLEs even more so now than it was a few years ago.
Electronic transfer of work saves paper :)
It's discriminatory against poorer families (or those families that choose not to have a computer/internet access).
Cheating can happen.
My personal response to the discriminatory aspect of it is that schools now have lots of computers, available during lunchtimes and after school, our local library has computers for people to use too. So they have plenty of access to them.
What do people think? Have we hit that point where it can be expected that people will do internet based homework?


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The Harrison County Fillies softball team won its fourth consecutive regular season tournament last weekend and look to maintain its momentum heading into post-season play in two weeks.
Harrison County has an overall record of 22-3 and has won 16 games in a row. They have won 21 of its last 22 since starting the year with a 1-2 record after the first week of the season.
The Fillies went 3-0 and won their own McDonald's Derby Classic Tournament over the weekend.
Harrison County baseball coach Mac Whitaker is not a happy man.
With just more than a week and a half left in the regular season, his Thorobreds have still not shown the consistency, especially at the plate, that his previous championship teams have had.
Tuesday night on the Hilltop, his Thorobreds were soundly defeated by visiting Tates Creek, 9-1, as their season record slipped to 15-7.
By all accounts, the inaugural high school tennis tournament at the nearly brand-new Hilltop Tennis Complex on Saturday was a huge success.
Six teams competed in boys and girls singles and doubles action in the Harrison County Open Tennis Tournament (HOTT), and also competed against extremely windy conditions.
Junior pitcher Jared Martin tossed the second seven-inning perfect game in school history last Thursday as Harrison County defeated Simon Kenton 2-0 in the first game of the McDonald's Classic.
"I was aware of the perfect game after a few innings, but didn't really worry about it at all," said Martin. "The first batter of the game hit the ball hard to left field, but they didn't hit too well after that."
The Harrison County Fillies softball team kept its winning streak alive, winning six games over the weekend and capturing the championship of the Whitley County/First Priority Invitational Tournament.
The Fillies now have won 11 games in a row and 16 of their last 17, as their season's record stands at 17-3.
In the Whitley County tournament, Harrison County won all of its pool play games, defeating Cumberland County on Friday night, 7-0, and two more pool play games on Saturday, 14-5 over McCreary Central and 6-3 over Middlesboro.
By his own admission, Clif Marshall, was not one of the fastest running backs in Harrison County High School football history. In spite of his lack of blazing speed, Marshall is in the unique position of helping prospective NFL players earn thousands, if not millions, of dollars by improving their own 40-yard dash time by fractions of a second.
The Harrison County Middle School boys' soccer team finally surrendered a goal on Tuesday night, but is undefeated in Bluegrass Conference play with a couple of weeks left in the season.
The 8th Grade Colts are currently 8-0-1 on the season and have two home games left in the regular season, before beginning post-season tournament play.
On Tuesday, they defeated Royal Springs Middle School 3-1, and allowed their only goal of the year, a penalty kick goal after a questionable foul call inside the box.
Youth baseball/softball
Any boy or girl wanting to play T-Ball, ages 5-6; Instructional League, ages 3-4; or Girls Fast Pitch Softball, ages 9-12 will need to complete a participation form this week at the Cynthiana-Harrison County Recreation Department. T-Ball participants should be informed of their teams by their coaches by Friday, May 1.
It was a busy week for both the HCHS Breds and Fillies track teams as both competed in a pair of invitationals.
On Thursday, Harrison County hosted the 40th annual Harrison County Invitational, and both teams fared extremely well.
The Breds romped to an easy team win, racking up 177 points to outdistance second place Pendleton County (95.5). The Fillies portion of the meet saw them tie with Lafayette for the top spot with 122.5 points apiece.
The Harrison County Thorobred and Fillies braved the cold Saturday and had their best results of the season in the Scott County All Comers Meet in Georgetown.
Both teams finished second in their respective meets, with host Scott County winning both meets convincingly.
With eight teams participating in both meets, the Scott County boys piled up 211 points while Harrison County finished a distant second with 115. Franklin County was third, Paris fourth, Tates Creek fifth, GRC sixth, Sayre seventh and Dunbar eight.
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South Africa won't become another Zimbabwe
Dear Editor,
This is in response to Michael Dingwall's letter of July 2. I would never want to see the beautiful rainbow nation of South Africa disintegrate economically like Zimbabwe. Western sanctions played their part in destroying the economy as well. However, to make claims that there should be no fast-track programme in aiding blacks re-empower themselves economically via land reform is downright disgusting.
I've never seen 5,000 blacks or people of colour go to settle in any European country and hold it hostage economically. So why the reverse in Africa? Is our homeland not ours to manage? Dingwall's assessment of South Africa's nuclear disarmament is weak at best. The nuclear programme was scrapped as a result of international discussions which at the time favoured few countries having nuclear capabilities for military purposes - that's why Iran is getting a fight.
Dingwall's assessment of the current situation in South Africa is wrong socio-economically and historically. Although the country has corruption issues, to say that the blacks should be content and "learn" from their "betters" is just an example of verbal apartheid masking as diplomacy. Social justice should be for all - blacks, whites, coloureds and Asians. Why shouldn't it apply to the country's majority where two-thirds are black? America and most other European outposts follow this same trajectory. For blacks, a luta continua!
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- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
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- kosher salt and black pepper
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- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds (optional)
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- 3/4 pound salami, thinly sliced
- Pour about 1 inch of water into a large saucepan or pot. Fit a steamer basket in the pan.
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- Chop the cauliflower into ½-inch chunks; transfer to a large bowl. Add the oil, raisins, capers, 1 teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, and (if desired) vinegar and caraway seeds. Let stand for 5 minutes.
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- Calories 622Calories From Fat 32%
- Fat 22g
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- Carbohydrate 78g
- Fiber 6g
- Sugar 13g
- Protein 23g
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It has been 6 years since Mason et al. [ApJ, 647, L65-L68, 2006] drew attention to a remarkable aspect of the behavior of energetic ions in some solar energetic particle (SEP) events. If the intensity histories j(E,t) of ions of two species (O and Fe) were compared for two different values of energy/nucleon (EO≠EFe) by normalizing their hour-averaged intensities near the maximum of the event, their histories remained almost identical for more than a day (Fig. A). The most probable value of the ratio was EO/EFe=2 for the 14 SEP events reported or Fe energies differing by a factor ~50 (EFe=0.273 MeV/n and EFe=13.2 MeV/n).
Explanations for this "energy-shift" were later offered in the literature using diffusion-convection transport equations with adjustable propagation parameters, e.g., Sollitt et al. [ApJ, 679, 910-919, 2008]. Recently Roelof [AIP Conf. Proc., in press, 2012] derived a different transport equation that describes the "reservoir"-like decay phase of SEP events characterized by small field-aligned intensity gradients [Roelof et al., J. Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1243-1246, 1992] that immediately implies the energy-shift. ∂lnf/∂t + [ξvb+V⊥+(2/3)ε∇×(B/B2)]⋅∇lnf +(1/3)(∇⋅V⊥)∂lnf/∂lnp = - vB∂(ξ/B)/∂s
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1998. The factor (EO/EFe) found in 14 SEP events.
In the above equation: f = phase-space density = j/p2; ξ = pitch-angle anisotropy parallel to the magnetic field (B=bB); ds = differential distance along the field line; V⊥ = plasma velocity transverse to B, p = mv = particle momentum; and ε = (total energy/charge) for non-relativistic ions. Note that v and ξ appear only as a product, and in the decay phase of SEP events ξv ≈ 2(γ+1)V|| according to the Compton-Getting effect. Thus if the ion species exhibit similar power-law intensity spectral slopes (γ = -∂lnj/∂lnE), then the factor (ξv) is correspondingly independent of ion species. The only parameter remaining in the equation is (ε), since dlnp = (1/2)dlnε, so if two ion populations in an SEP event are ordered solely by energy/charge at some time t = t0, then their intensities must evolve identically for all t > t0 and we will have the situation depicted in Figure A. However, when we express ε = EM/Q in terms of mass/charge, we see that the energies/nucleon for the two ion species must be in the ratio EO/EFe = (M/Q)Fe/(M/Q)O.
Mason et al. [2006] quote from the literature representative charge values in these energy ranges QO = 6.67 and QFe = 11.67. Since MO = 16 and MFe = 56, demanding the same energy/charge results in EO/EFe = 2.0 as in the event in Fig. A. The variation of values for EO/EFe found in the 14 events is not inconsistent with the range of values for QO and QFe in different SEP events, supporting the interpretation that "reservoir" decay phases of SEP events are ordered simply by total energy/charge (ε). This item was contributed by Edmond C. Roelof of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.


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Fury over 'appalling' plans for speed humps in South Way, Leavesden
4:30pm Friday 1st March 2013 in News By Rebecca Perring, Reporter
Proposals to introduce nine speed humps on a road in Leavesden have been met with outrage.
As part of plans to build 425 homes on a site in Aerodrome Way, developer Bellway Homes now wants to introduce speed humps on South Way, which will fulfil traffic calming requirements.
The road's speed limit would also be reduced from 40mph to 30mph and during a full council meeting on Tuesday, district councillors expressed their opposition to the humps.
Councillor Chris Whately Smith said: "I could not be more outraged. I think it is absolutely appalling.
"There isn't a single resident that wants these humps. It looks as though we will get them through the back door.
Bellway has also put forward proposals to install two pedestrian crossings, with one included near the park entrance to make safer access.
Councillor Sara Bedford said: "Everyone is against the speed humps and residents must let the county council know how they feel.
"The speed humps will be uncomfortable for people, especially those elderly residents. If they are put in, drivers will begin to avoid the road."
Hertfordshire County Council's highway department will now consider these proposals over the next six weeks in order to draw up a traffic order.
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5:10pm Fri 1 Mar 13
abbotshornet says...
Despite the headline I always thought South Way was in Abbots Langley, we already have far too many road humps/traffic calming in Abbots Langley. I live in Abbots Langley and everywhere I drive in Abbots Langley I have to continually break and swerve to try and save my car from being damaged by these things in my path.
To travel by car from my home in Abbots Langley to the nearest town where I work I cannot avoid traffic calming of some sort, enough is enough, what we do need (so it will never happen) is a better road system to assist people to get from "A" to "B" quickly & safely,
What is required is a new road linking the bottom of Furtherfield with the round-about next to the studios, this would mean I would not have to drive along the stretch of road in question at all!
6:20pm Fri 1 Mar 13
Roadrunner38 says...
6:45pm Fri 1 Mar 13
Sara says...
HCC seem to be saying that they want measures to ensure the soon to be limit of 30mph is obeyed and that very little apart from speed humps will do. As developers, Bellway have to come up with a scheme that meets HCC's requirements, then pay for its installation.
8:39pm Fri 1 Mar 13
MarsLander says...
11:16pm Fri 1 Mar 13
Paul Gadd says...
3:46am Sat 2 Mar 13
John Dowdle says...
With the increasing shortage of school places, GP and hospital places in South West Hertfordshire, what provision is being made by the developers to meet the cost of the additional services needing to be provided for the new families moving into the development?
What contributions are being made by the developer to social services and community services provision?
Never mind these short-term hump gimmicks, let us hear about much longer-term provisions and effects.
6:55pm Sat 2 Mar 13
Sara says...
Yes, speed cameras would have a similar effect, but it is almost impossible to get cameras installed any more.
7:21pm Sat 2 Mar 13
John Dowdle says...
9:50am Sun 3 Mar 13
theturpster says...
How many of you wish you hadn't bothered?
3:39pm Sun 3 Mar 13
John Dowdle says...
It will be a sorry day when we are all forced to go back to a way of life where only the wealthy can afford private transport.
The anti-car brigade are tilting at windmills if they expect the majority of people in society to want to go back to a way of life that existed a century or more ago.
Car drivers are also occasional pedestrians, so we do appreciate both sides of a situation, unlike closed-minded people who know only one side to any situation.
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Sir Des Champs
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The sponsors and Sky Bet are among the firms who now go 2/1 about Nicky Henderson's charge who won the Boxing Day showpiece two seasons ago and finished second to Kauto Star last year.
Sir Des Champs had been well backed in recent days but trainer Willie Mullins told www.racingpost.com: "Having talked things over with the Gigginstown House team we've decided that Sir Des Champs will stay at home rather than go to Kempton and the plan is to run him in the Lexus Chase on December 28."
Eddie O'Leary, racing manager to owners Gigginstown House Stud, added: "Because of the weather we are leaning towards Leopardstown.
"I think there is as much rain at Kempton as there is over here, so there is going to be no better ground over there."
Sir Des Champs faces a rematch with Flemenstar there who beat his rival in the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase earlier this month.
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There hasn't been much said about the pending decision by the NCAA Student Clearinghouse, which will determine the eligibility of Alex Len for the 2011-12 basketball season. Most of the focus has been on the 2012 recruiting class, and rightly so, I guess.
If Len is cleared to play this season, by the time Cleare, Layman and Allen - and whoever else the Terps pick up - arrive in College Park, Len will have had roughly 30 NCAA games under his belt. Considering the number of freshman we'll be relying on in 2012, how important will it be for the Terps to have an experienced big in the lineup? True, we'll have Pankey, Padgett and Parker (assuming none of them transfer), but let's face it, Len is more likely to be the focal point if he plays this year, and will likely see more playing time than the 3 Ps.
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With just a few days left in the regular season, here's a look at how the Western Massachusetts boys high school hockey playoff picture is shaping up as of Wednesday morning. In Division III-A, the teams are all set, with only the seeding left to be determined. Division III still has two teams vying for playoff berths.
Division III
Agawam (13-2-3, 8-1-3 in Berry League)
Westfield (11-4-3, 9-3-2)
East Longmeadow (8-6-4, 6-2-4)
Minnechaug (9-6-3, 5-5-2)
Longmeadow (8-7-3, 6-3-3)
Ludlow (7-7-5, 3-6-3)
Out: West Springfield (1-14-3)
Notes: Ludlow has had its back against the wall for the last few weeks after a long winless stretch, but now needs to take just a point from its final remaining game against Minnechaug to get in. Since the best the Lions can finish is 8-7-5, they would likely take the bottom seed if they do get in, unless Longmeadow salvages only a tie from its last two games.
Longmeadow needs at least a point in its final two games, against East Longmeadow and South Hadley. A win and a tie with Agawam should help the Lancers' case if they get in, but they'll have to worry about qualifying first.
Agawam seems the best bet to take the first seed, provided that they finish strong. The Berry title is still technically up for grabs, but would belong to the Brownies if they win one of their remaining two games, against West Springfield and Minnechaug. The two remaining games for Westfield, which is technically in first place now, are non-league matchups.
Division III-A
Greenfield (16-1-2, 12-1-1 Fay-Wright)
South Hadley (6-9-4, 2-8-3 Berry)
Chicopee (11-6-1, 7-4-1)
Wahconah (12-6-1)
Chicopee Comp (9-6-4, 6-5-2)
Easthampton (8-6-0, 7-6-0)
Belchertown (9-7-3, 7-4-3)
Amherst (5-12-1, 3-8-1)
Mount Everett (0-16-1)
St. Mary (5-12-1, 2-8-1)
Taconic (4-13-1)
Turners Falls (6-12-2, 3-11-1)
Notes: The Fay-Wright champion Green Wave should take the top spot, with just one loss on the season. After that, South Hadley should get a bump from its two wins and three ties against Division III teams (wins over East Longmeadow and West Springfield; ties with Minnechaug, Ludlow and West Springfield). The Tigers have also beaten two playoff-bound DIII-A teams, Belchertown and Chicopee.
Wahconah has beaten South Hadley, 4-2, but lost badly to Chicopee, 10-2. The Warriors have had an easier slate than other DIII-A teams, with six of their wins coming against weak Taconic and Mount Everett teams. However, they've also beaten West Springfield and tied Ludlow, which should help their standing. Their matchup with Easthampton Wednesday could have some impact on seeding.
Chicopee, which could still finish second in the Fay-Wright, has a win against West Springfield counting in its favor. Chicopee Comp, which has won just one game in February, also tied West Springfield. Those two teams will meet on Friday to close out the regular season.


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CHICKAMAUGA, GA (WRCB) -- It's 30 minutes into nap time at the Academy For Little People in Chickamauga. Parents and workers fear that a proposed gun range will ruin the peace. It's a wake-up call for director Sharon Armour. "We don't want our kids hearing gunshots going off throughout the day," she says.A businessman who owns a gun shop in Fort Oglethorpe is looking to build an outdoor range at a, now vacant, farmers equipment shop on Highway 27 just outside the Chickamauga Battlefield. The proposal states the range will be used for firearm training and calls for manufacturing ammunition.Armour has been rallying parents to fight it since she learned about it last week. "Our first concern is with the safety of the children," Armour says. "Anytime there are firearms going off within 500 feet of kids, there is always a chance for danger. Stray bullets is a concern."Parents understand the risk is low, but even a low risk adds to the worry. Brandy Garner, "I'm sure they are shooting in the opposite direction but it is nerve-racking to think anyone would be shooting across the street from a school." According to the city zoning office, there are no rules on how close a shooting range can be to another business. If this happens, the gun range would be about 300 feet from the kids playground.We checked with the State of Georgia Zoning Association and cities get to make their own rules.Armour hopes the city council will put this proposal in permanent "time out." "One of our thought is if children keep hearing guns go off all day, what kind of message are we sending them."The daycare director has issued a petition to oppose the gun range.The first hearing will be Thursday April 19th at the Chickamauga Civic center at 7 P.M.The business owner was not available for an interview Monday.
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I speculated a couple weeks back that Vinny Prospal if we dealt him should net us a pick like Toronto's 2nd from Boston because of his expiring contract, ability to play in all situations and versatility as both a center and a winger. The question I am now asking myself as I keep reading about the Ray Whitney rumors from Carolina is was I undervaluing Vinny because all I keep seeing is that teams like LA and Pitt have floated the notion of first rounders for Whitney. I would think that while Whitney is a better pure goal scorer that the value of Prospal should be about equal to that of Ray. So, is the market overpaying for Whitney because of the dearth of teams selling at the moment, could and should Prospal net a similar return to that of Whitney and if that is the kind of return Prospal could get (potential 1st rounder) how can we not sell him?
Boston and Phx still jump out at me as teams with the need for another forward. Phx lost Upshall for the year this week and even though it is owned by the "league" i dont see how they could reject a deal to take on prospal's minuscule salary without it being some sort of collusive act by the other owners. Phx also does have an extra 1 this year from the Olli deal last year.


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Fresh Asparagus Quiche Recipe
- 1 pound fresh aspragus, trimmed
- 1 unbaked pastry shell (9 inches)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup shredded Swiss cheese
- 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- Cut eight asparagus spears into 4-in. pieces; cut remaining spears into 1/2-in. pieces. Cut all of the asparagus in a small amount of water until tender; drain and set aside. line the unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 450° for 5 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Remove from the oven and set aside. in a saucepan over medium heat, melt butter; stir in flour and salt. Gradually add milk; cook and stir until thickened. Stir a small amount into eggs; return all to pan. Stir in cheese and 1/2-in. asparagus pieces. pour into crust. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake at 400° for 35 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Arrange the 4-in. asparagus pieces in a spoke pattern on top. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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I have been making this recipe from my 1998 TOH cookbook for many years. I love the texture of the quiche because the eggs are tempered with the butter, flour, milk mixture after it is thickened. It makes for a much fluffier quiche. I use this as my base for every quiche combination I make...you will too!
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