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16 February 2012
London & South East's Under 15s and U18s contenders looking to put down a marker with the England Women's selectors will be hoping for better luck with the weather than last weekend's Senior team when they take on their South West counterparts at Esher RFC on Sunday (February 19).
While the Seniors are reorganising their postponed schedule, the two age-group squads representing London & SE are heading to Molesey Road for the start of their RFUW Divisional Programme campaign.
The Rugby Football Union for Women Divisional Programme forms an integral part of the RFUW Player Pathway, which can see players progressing from club rugby to representing their county, their division and their country.
Players selected for the Divisional Programme have been chosen by their Constituency Body and if they are successful at that level, they can earn an England trial or qualify for the Under 18s and Under 15s RFUW National Talent Development Groups.
Maggie Alphonsi, the England flanker who is Divisional Talent Development Officer for London and South East, said: "The U15s have a very good team this year with a mix of experience and youth.
"The team will be led by Sarah Bern who is one of our Talent Development Group players and she will be looking to emulate the efforts of the team last year.
"This Sunday will be a good match as the South West team also has a mix of players so will present a good challenge for the London and South East U15s squad."
London & South East finished top of the win-loss table in both age groups in last season's programme, although the matches are primarily about developing players.
Alphonsi said of the U18s side: "The team will be led by Essex prop Cath Pugh who was the captain last year and will be looking to emulate the efforts of that team against a capable South West team."
RFUW Division Programme, Sunday February 19, 2012:
Under 15s: London & South East v South West at Esher RFC (1pm); Midlands v North at Five Ways OE, Worcester (1pm).
Under 18s: London & South East v South West at Esher RFC (2.45pm); Midlands v North at Five Ways OE, Worcester (2.45pm).
London & South East Women's U15 v South West:
Harriet Austin (Hertfordshire and Hertford), Sarah Bern (Surrey and London Irish, capt), Eleanor Boatman (Surrey and London Irish), Jessica Boyd (Surrey and London Irish), Georgia Bradley (Essex and Rochford Hundred), Jessica Breach (Sussex and South Sussex Barbarians), Tazmin Bricknell (Kent and Aylesford), Charley Brunton (Sussex and Worthing), Hermione Caddick (Sussex and South Sussex Barbarians), Alex Clay (Hampshire and Solent Sirens), Izzy Collis (Sussex and South Sussex Barbarians), Hayley Everett (Hertfordshire and Old Albanians), Emily Ferguson (Essex and Rochford Hundred), Zoe Harrison (Hertfordshire and Welwyn), Rosie Kay (Hertfordshire and Hertford), Aegean Leech (Kent and Aylesford), Daisy Lengthorn (Kent and Aylesford), Ella Levey (Kent and Aylesford), Georgina Neary (Kent and Aylesford), Elizabeth Nicholl (Kent and Aylesford), Megan Okey (Essex and Thurrock), Ellena Perry (Hertfordshire and Welwyn), Chloe Rix (East and Lakenham Hewett), Faye Smale (Essex and Rochford Hundred), Laura Tolley (Kent and Aylesford), Hannah Trenholm (Surrey and London Irish), Rebecca Wadhams (Kent and Aylesford), Katy Walker (Hertfordshire and Hertford), Hannah West (Hampshire and Solent Sirens), Lucy West (East and Colchester).
Head Coach Simon Burgess, Assistant Coach Samuel Carpenter, Manager Melanie Liley, Physio Kevin Powell.
London & South East Women's U18 v South West:
15 Sydney Grayson (Hertfordshire and Welwyn); 14 Lotte Clapp (Hertfordshire and Welwyn), 13 Rochelle Smith (Surrey and London Irish, vice capt), 12 Emma Sword (Surrey and London Irish), 11 Sioghan Longdon (Surrey and London Irish); 10 Flo Williams (Kent and Aylesford), 9 Sammy Parker (Kent and Folkestone); 1 Cath Pugh (Essex and Rochford Hundred, capt), 2 Lydia Beard (Kent and Aylesford), 3 Scarlett Cooper-Wall (Hertfordshire and Welwyn), 4 Lydia Davey (Surrey and London Irish), 5 Bowenna Jackson (East and Southwold), 6 Maddy Lockwood (Essex and Rochford Hundred), 7 Amber Luke (Surrey and London Irish), 8 Fran Hall (Hampshire and Solent Sirens).
Replacements: 16 Zoe Joslin (Hampshire and Solent Sirens), 17 Oren Blindell (Hertfordshire and Welwyn), 18 Courtney Arberry (Hertfordshire and Welwyn), 19 Zoe Barber (Hampshire and Solent Sirens), 20 Vicky Childs (Hampshire and Ellingham & Ringwood), 21 Gabie Archer (Sussex and Worthing), 22 Rebecca Prichard (Surrey and London Irish).
Head Coach Stuart McIntyre, Assistant Coach Jack Baird, Manager Lindsay Topham, Physio Jennifer Graham.


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I hope the Caps are taking this one loss very seriously. Their worst quality, for decades, has been that they wake up to The Danger, ONE game later than they should. I've covered it time after time. I think it'll be different with this bunch. But you absolutely don't want to start brin ging up ghosts by letting the Rangers back to 2-2. I'll be in MSG on Wed for Game Four.
(By the way, when you have a great name like "Madison Square Garden" that evokes countless great memories, and not just sports, why on earth would you start calling it "MSG." Oh, the Monosodium Glutamate Arena.)
Of course all Caps fans and long-time D.C.-areas folks know exactly what you fear. Those Caps who've just arrived here and say, "Those years are in the past. This is now. It's not relevant," sound too much like a million Red Sox teams that said, "That has nothing to do with us." It shouldn't. But, after a franchise passes a certain point, it does. It just does. You have to beat your history, too. And facing it is part of beating it. You see this in other sports all the time. Even in golf, Tom Watson never won a U.S. Open until he conceded that he needed to win one to be considered a truly great player and that his Open record wasn't what it should be (0-for-10 at one point).
3-1, 2-0, 2-0, 2-0, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 2-0 are the eight series leads of two games that the Caps have gone on to lose in '10, '09, '03, '96, '95, '92, '87, '85.
Two years ago at this time I thought, "It doesn't matter. Who cares about the '90's and '80's? Drop the subject." Then they did it again back-to-back in '09-'10, so it's this team that put the subject right back on the table.


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By Jan
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Comments about KitchenAid White French Door Refrigerator:
I love the adjustable shelves, the large freezer and the shelves on doors have an easy to clean rubber lining and are also adjustable. Nothing to dislike at all.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By phil
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Comments about KitchenAid Stainless French Door Refrigerator:
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By Dolores the chef
from Wheeling, IL
The only concern that we have with our new frig is that when you open the left door it hits our countertop.
Not flashy but does everything we wanted
By Strummer
from Chicago, IL
We needed a replacement for our 15+ year old Amana. Most of the fridges we looked at had in the door water and ice. This is great but takes up a lot of room in the door on the inside. This has filtered water inside and conventional ice maker, neither of which take up any room in the door. This gives lots of room in the doors and good visibility to contents. So far the cooling is very even throughout. The old fridge was freezing everything in the lower shelves and too warm at top. This one seems very evenly cool. We chose the all white, but stainless is also available.
Pricey but worth every penny
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Love this sleek design, perfect for my galley kitchen. Large, customizable shelves for storing large platters, birthday cakes, etc. Door shelves have removable grip pads making it easy to clean.
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An excellent choice
By Bakerlady
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I switched to this refrigerator from a very large, all refrigerator, commercial model. I couldn't stand the noise any longer from the large compressor but was afraid I would not have enough room. I am a serious cook and cook everything from scratch every day. I am delighted to say that this refrigerator has room for everything. I'm using the freezer section to store grains and flours rather than as a freezer. I prefer a freezer without a defrost cycle. But the refrigerator has a lot of room and the interior design is just brilliant with the door bins and the pull out platter bin. The crispers are also nice and hold a lot. I had none of this before, just a huge box with deep shelves. I am very happy with my Kitchen-Aid refrigerator and the bonus is, it is amazingly quiet. It is more than quiet. It is silent. The reason I did not give it 5 stars is the water line has not been hooked up so I can't rate that aspect. Also, while I like the glass shelves , it seems more difficult to slide items on them.
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attractive fridge
By mjg
family use, cold as i wanted, have to make sure doors close right
family use, like the design, stainless steel french doors, fridge on top, freezer below, would have liked pull out shelves
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poor delivery service: driver complained about delivery to 2nd floor; light damage on wall in stairway & didn't have courtesy to let me know, damage to side of fridge, again didn't let me know; complained he needed special equipment and/or 4 men to haul it up to 2nd floor - very dissapointed. Second team who delivered second fridge very courteous very helpful as I expected from ABT.
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We were searching for a French Door Frig with an internal water dispenser under 69" height in order to fit under our kitchen cabinets. Not a lot of choices out there. This was perfect for both our criteria! No regrets so far. Fingerprints on stainless steel is not too bad if you use a SS cleaner/polish. We had side-by-side previously- more space/ ability to organize with this FrenchDoor version.
Always great service.
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By Bonnie
from Huntley
I purchased this refrigerator in June, 2012. It is now Feb. 2013 and the freezer has not been working for a month. The unit runs continuously trying to cool the freezer that will not cool without the needed part...which is on back order until next month. I had to throw away all of the food in the freezer and, of course, will have to pay for the extra electricity being used by this defective product. I want a new refrigerator to replace this one.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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I like your comics but I think you may be being a little harsh on Simon. Other than that your art is awsome and the comic is really funny
Have you ever considered drawing Lupin the 3rd and the gang? Cause your style really reminds me of those comics. Especially Zenigata!
Also a big fan of that Double-K comic. Great job!
Some good stuff man, can't wait for the next chapter. Kanimas even more badass than ever (though of course, whether it be his speeches, big brotherness with Simon, jokes, or just being badass, no one can capture what made kanima awesome) also it was a little annoying at first with Simon being a lot more of a pussy than he ever was, but I'm used to it now. I want me some of that spiral now!
I've seen your work and I've added some of your Zelda fanart to my favorites and I wanted to ask you this, are you the author behind Scott Pilgrim vs the World?
I'm not! Just a fan of his.
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maquisSyllabification: ma·quis
Pronunciation: /mäˈkē /
Definition of maquis in English:
noun (plural same)
1 (the Maquis) The French resistance movement during the German occupation (1940–45).
Example sentences
- It was common knowledge that the Maquis had waged an attack on German guards that very morning and had freed as many as three hundred American prisoners of war.
- I also pointed out that the Maquis were not a force resisting colonialism in the sense of the term we understand either in the Raj or in Iraq.
- It was at that time that the Maquis became a potent force of the resistance movement.
1.1A member of the Maquis.
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- We meet Gaspar, the bull-necked boss of the local Maquis, obviously still enraged by the compliance of his neighbours.
- At the drop area the Maquis failed to flash their reception lights and caused the mission to be aborted.
- There were 22,000 German troops in the area and initially 3-4,000 Maquis.
2Dense scrub vegetation consisting of hardy evergreen shrubs and small trees, characteristic of coastal regions in the Mediterranean.
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- In the same area, H. spontaneum also occupies an array of secondary habitats, such as open Mediterranean maquis, abandoned fields, and roadsides.
- Its roots grow deep in the rocky earth of maquis and chaparral.
- It's an island where isolated villages cling precariously to crags, wild boar snuffle for food and bees grow drunk on the nectar from the maquis - the fragrant scrub that cloaks the island's ancient bones.
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But can you really blame him? After the collapse in talks between the Mayor's Department of Education and the UFT last month, Albany went ahead and extended the deadline for yet another month for the City (and other areas - it's just not us!) to come to some sort of agreement on teacher evaluations ... More >>
In standard labor law, the employer can allow deduct from a worker's wage if it's authorized by the employee and has some sort of benefit for him or her. In New York, the same applies but there is an exception: deductions can be "made in accordance with the provisions of any law or any regulation is ... More >>
Ever since the Post's Albany columnist Fred Dicker reported on Monday -- based solely on two unnamed sources -- that a deal for an MLS stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is "close to being wrapped up" and that construction "could begin early next year," the story has bounced around the journove ... More >>
Bullying, both on- and offline, has been hitting headlines lately. The trial conviction of Dharun Ravi, the Rutgers student who webcam-ed his homosexual roommate Tyler Clementi, has developed into a major story about the horrors of pressured teasing. The documentary Bully dug deep into the ... More >>
As the Empire State Pride Agenda starts to mobilize lobbying efforts in Albany, it has become clear that the group will once again focus on GENDA, the Gender Employment Non-Discrimination Act. This decision, however, has prompted questions about the general direction of the organization, which is ... More >>
Will teacher rankings be made public? This is a complicated question, and will likely be decided soon by New York pols. But first, a bit of background. Remember that various media outlets published in February 18,000 New York City teacher ratings, after the United Federation of Teachers lost a len ... More >>
If you've been following recent developments in the capital, you've probably heard that Dems in Albany have been pushing for a $1.25 minimum wage increase -- from $7.25 to $8.50. And most New Yorkers would be OK with this boost. This change would impact more than 600,000 New Yorkers who are someho ... More >>
New Yorkers may want to ensure that they have fair representation in our fine democratic system, but sometimes it can be difficult to get jazzed up about the nitty-gritty of mapmaking. But new technology available this redistricting cycle is making it easier for advocates and academics to get involv ... More >>
Dan RobinsProtesters have formed a human chain around Occupy Albany's info tent. Occupy Albany, one of the longest-lasting Occupy encampments -- and the only one to issue specific demands -- is currently being evicted, according to Capital Tonight's Twitter feed. The Albany occupiers recent ... More >>
We got yet another fascinating look inside the Albany favors factory yesterday when Andrew Cuomo released his latest revelation in the state pension fund scandal. Pat Lynch, the uber-lobbyist and close friend and ally of Sheldon Silver, was slapped with a half-million-dollar fine and banned f ... More >>
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 25, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 12 A holy war in Albany for the 'Right to Life' By Robin Reisig The New York State legislature is probably going to practice medicine again this spring. Abortion medicine. Catholics opposed to killing "th ... More >>
Governor Paterson has hopped on the blog train with Straight Talk, Straight Answers, which would be far more interesting if it were called Crooked Talk, Crooked Answers, but we suppose that sort of thing doesn't fly in Albany. The governor and senior administration officials say they will use ... More >>
A reader gently notes that we gave Buffalo businessman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino too many L's in his name. So we went to double check. And boy, are we glad we did.
For a guy who was supposed to have been the most widely admired man in the Capitol Region, Joe Bruno so far hasn't gotten a lot of help from his friends. Yesterday's unhelpful testimony at the former state senate leader's fraud trial in federal court in Albany came from one of his former top aides ... More >>
It's a wonder modern children survive past their teens, overprotected as they are from dirt, walking, etc. Now we have the state demanding parents keep their kids in car booster seats until the age of eight. The old law let children out of the ass-cradles when they reached seven, but the new ... More >>
We know this stretches the definition of news, but the Albany special sessions haven't accomplished much in the way of deficit reduction. Sheldon Silver informs us the hard-working assembly has been churning out bills, including one inspired by the sad case of Leandra Rosado that will make it ... More >>
This week's special session of the legislature in Albany hasn't been too dramatic. Gay marriage was punted in the senate yesterday, and the bill probably won't be revisited until next month. Senators and assemblymembers are enjoying their Veterans Day holiday without having voted on the deficit red ... More >>
You think your commute is bad: In Philly SEPTA is on strike, which has screwed up transit especially much for the poorer folks who live furthest from their workplaces. Such trains as there are, are overcrowded, and this morning one of them caught fire; passengers panicked and kicked out the w ... More >>
Why's there a poll out on primary day? The new Marist Poll is not about present candidates, but about the state senate, and as was seen in other recent polls, the state's voters hate their elected representatives. 70 percent remain "angry" about this summer's Albany Coup, 68 percent want "major chan ... More >>
Ev'ybody gotta eat, right? So after the Albany Democrats gave fat raises to their staffers, and city council gave fat raises to their staffers (in emulation of the Mayor's similar largesse to his staffers), the boys and girls of the MTA hadda have their hands out, too. NY1 predicts raises of betwee ... More >>
As promised, the state senate is back in session and working on a revival of mayoral control of New York City schools, which was allowed to lapse during the Albany Coup, requiring the Mayor to set up a dummy Board of Ed. But in the run-up to that long-awaited act, they're added a select senate commi ... More >>
The state senate laid out its new member items, and it's hilarious or grim reading depending on whether you read it as a student of human nature, or as a taxpayer. Jimmy Vielkind has the list. The $85 million feedbag of discretionary items for senators' constituents includes $2 million for Pedro Es ... More >>
Governor Paterson is going on TV at 5 p.m. He will almost certainly address the Albany Coup, which is a month old today, but no one know what specific remedies he will offer. The Albany Times-Union thinks he may announce the appointment of a lieutenant governor, a move which attorney general Andrew ... More >>
Oh yeah, in case you're wondering, there's a lot of talking going on in Albany and no sign of advancement. There's another special session scheduled momentarily. Democratic sorta-leader John Sampson says he'll run through some bills, and attempts to rebrand what we had come to know and love as the ... More >>
Thank God Paterson made them work through the holiiday! On Saturday and Sunday New York's state senators came in, gaveled, postured, and finished in about three minutes, achieving nothing. But at least they can say they worked, which is more than we bums who pay taxes can say. Casey Seiler of the Al ... More >>
Hope you enjoy your holiday weekend while the Albany Coup keeps your state senators stuck in Albany -- hardly a vacation destination -- under orders by Governor Paterson. The respective party leaders are brassing it out, refusing to be pushed into a settlement, and Ruben Diaz Sr. says he's going to ... More >>
Tabloids call it a circus, but the lobbyists' goal is to squelch reforms
They had that special session last night in Albany and guess what? Nothing happened, again. That's why New York is pretending to have a Board of Ed today. (On the upside, the stalled senate kept a new city sales tax from going into effect.) Today in Albany there was a "leadership meeting" scheduled ... More >>
The new dummy Board of Ed, set up by city officials to comply with the old school charter that went back into effect because Albany failed to restore mayoral control, got down to the business of making Dennis Walcott its "president," putting Joel Klein back in charge, and formally asking Albany to p ... More >>
Felix Ortiz is a pain in the ass. In 2007 the Brooklyn assemblyman tried to get beer advertising out of the subways. Earlier this year he wanted to add taxes on strip clubs and beer, wine, and liquor -- beer, wine, and liquor, Mandrake! He has also introduced a doozy before the legislature: an ... More >>
At long last, a practical effect to the months-long Albany-MTA wrangle: the MTA approved the Albany plan and officially voted in a fare hike from $2.00 to $2.25 (and from $81 for a monthly to $89, and so forth). The new higher fares kick in on June 17. Upstate Republicans continue to bitch about t ... More >>
Governor Paterson greeted communters at the Bryant Park subway station this morning, in celebration of the MTA bailout plan that Albany passed last night, though no one seems in a celebratory mood -- not even the Governor. "The one thing that I learned through this process," Paterson said, "is that ... More >>
Albany lawmakers are behind closed doors, working on an MTA plan. A taxi surcharge and payroll taxes are among the remedies they're considering. Paterson's calling for "action." His new wrinkle is to offer constituents reimbursement of the payroll tax to their school districts -- a typical Albany Ru ... More >>
You know those MTA service cuts we were promised along with the new fare hikes as part of the Doomsday Fun-Pak? Well, the Authority's executive director just announced they'll be even worse and may include the end of all-night subway service. "I'm not sure the English language captures what goes be ... More >>
Albany has to decide in June whether to leave Mayor Bloomberg in charge of the school system, which privilege he attained in 2002. The Times mischievously profiles his Panel for Educational Policy, whose duties seem to involve holding meetings and being yelled at by parently at sparsely-attended hea ... More >>
Back in February it looked like bridge tolls were going to save us from the MTA Doomsday budget. But in March the tolls were tabled, and the MTA started lining up a crappier subway with $2.50 fares. But hark! What do we hear from Albany? They're talking about tolls again. Some modifications are bei ... More >>
In a rare moment of cooperation in Albany, Governor Paterson and the state legislature effectively ended the harshest provisions of the much-criticized Rockefeller Drug Laws today. The agreement ends mandatory jail time for first-time and non-violent felony offenders, something that advocates have f ... More >>
Albany's tripping over its dick on this one, so the MTA is going full speed ahead with the Doomsday Budget: its Finance Committee just voted to raise the fare to $2.50. If the full board goes along on Wednesday, a weekly pass will go from $25 to $31 and a monthly from $81 to $103. Well, at least th ... More >>
We noticed freenapkin.com; now here's the Craigslist freebie Twitter feed, Free_NewYork. There you can get a free four-person hot tub -- but "please take it only if you need it." Since Paterson's "hiring freeze," Albany's payroll gained more than 8,000 salaries, says the Buffalo News. BuffNews al ... More >>
The state's been counting on a proposed casino at Aqueduct Raceway -- or, as the board of horrible neologisms dubbed it, a "racino" -- but it appears the deal is off. Delaware North, the Buffalo company that Albany picked back in October to handle the project, now says it doesn't have the $370 milli ... More >>
There is little news coming out of Albany, but the estimable Liz Benjamin notes an ominous sign for the state senate Democrats, whose hope to claim a majority in Wednesday's vote is clouded by a rebel faction of city senators: Republican leader Dean Skelos is arranging for representatives of 1199 SE ... More >>
Say, aren't our elected representatives supposed to go to Albany and get sworn in on January 1? And isn't the fate of the elected Democratic majority -- the state's first since the Ice Age -- still unsettled? Would-be Majority Leader Malcolm Smith's biggest achievement recently was to pick up the en ... More >>
Spitzer's successor disses his bad old radical self
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The congestion pricing debate is coming to an end, and the plan looks doomed--just how doomed the plan is depends on which tabloid you're reading during your long commute. The Daily News calls it a "MAKE OR BREAK TIME FOR FEE IDEA" in their story about the deadlock in Albany, while the Post blames B ... More >>


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Inauguration Night Life: The Congresspeople of Congress
Earlier we gave you a taste of the red-hot celebrities who descended upon Washington in hopes of getting within eyeshot of mega-church mega-star Rick Warren!
What you may not realize is that inside the Beltway, the likes of Tom Brokaw, Michael Wilbon and company are considered second-tier celebrities. Sure they may have fame and fortune, but can any of those guys invoke cloture on floor debate or suggest the absence of a quorum?
For those kinds of stars, we want you to meet the men and women who keep Washington running… Escorts.
But also, here are some photos of us with members of Congress.
Here's California Congressman Henry Waxman, who celebrated his recent election as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee by purchasing a shiny new pair of platform shoes.
The hottest name in Washington right now (or at least since Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) lost re-election) has to be Roland Burris, the brand-new Senator from Illinois. Here he is caught off guard by a man wearing a wet cat on his head, whom he mistook for Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Sen. Olympia Snowe is a real nice lady who represents the State of Maine. She grew up in Augusta, moved to Auburn, but now lives in Falmouth, which is over under Cuxabexis down to the Penobscot County line, cross to Caucomgomoc, then get on a snow machine and head yourself down to Piscataquis… well… actually you can't get theah from heah.
We had a great time with Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, who wants you to know that Omaha is the home of the College World Series and Warren Buffett — and is a great stopover on your way to Wichita.
And here is Florida Senator Bill Nelson, who is also a nice man. Although come to think of it, maybe this one is Ben Nelson, which would make the other guy Bill. We understand that this kind of confusion is always popping up between President Jimmy Carter and Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter.
Jesse Jackson, Jr. looked trim and fit at the Illinois State Society Gala, and the ladies on his arm would certainly agree. No doubt Jackson had just arrived from a 3 hour sparring session at Sugar Ray Leonard's Maryland gym, preparing for his upcoming prize fight with Rep. Michele "Rambo" Bachmann (R-MN) on the House floor.
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I refer my readers to http://www.uri-geller.com/courts.htm. On this site, you'll find very carefully selected and edited excerpts from a 1998 book – "Uri Geller – Magician or Mystic?" by Jonathan Margolis. The author fell completely for Geller's charm and freely accepted the most ridiculous stories and claims made to him, despite having interviewed me and other skeptics. The point is made again: the public vastly prefers woo-woo over reality. What you see below is 1,252 words taken directly from Geller's own site, in a most interesting style. It's a continuous series of words without breaks for paragraphs, selected from all over the Margolis book, purposely discontinuous to confuse the reader, and under the general heading "A Letter from Uri Geller's Lawyer to James Randi". Actually, it consists of bits from over a dozen lawyers, and is largely a listing of lawyers Geller has used, again and again, over the years. His litigious nature is quite evident here. its punctuation is ridiculous, and it's mostly disconnected phrases and hyperbole that make no sense. The errors you'll see here are not mine, they're Geller's…
When Sylvia Browne died, Montel Williams offered this sappy eulogy: "A beacon that shined [sic] for so many was extinguished today, but its brightness was relit and will now shine forever for many of us from above."
To explain to this apparently dense man where his judgment has reverted to the level of a 5-year-old, I'll point out that Browne was not at all funny "ho-ho" but frightening – to anyone with any compassion. She fed eagerly on the insecurities, the grief, the need and desperation, of her victims. They turned to her for help, at great cost -- $850 for a 20-minute telephone chat as she squatted before the TV camera like a taloned Jabba the Hutt confronting Luke Skywalker – played by Montel – and graveled out anything-but-funny, unfounded, useless, and damaging pap that added to their confusion and pain – but which made Montel and his sponsors ecstatic, because they could hear those cash register sounds as their products slid off store shelves.
And she let 10+ years go by yet never tried for the JREF million-dollar prize, as she'd agreed to do when we both appeared together on Larry King Live so many years ago…
I agree with JREF President D.J. Grothe that we do not celebrate her death, even as we criticize the way she lived. But I'll be quite frank with you, I cannot mourn at Browne's passing — she really hurt far too many people, and always so unapologetically.
It's unfortunate that she only stopped hurting so many people by dying.
The JREF sends our condolences to Sylvia's family and loved ones. No one celebrates her death, but skeptics do criticize how she lived. Her dismal track record at predictions -- she confidently predicted she would die at 88, not 77, for instance -- would merely be laughable if they did not hurt so many people. Remember Sean Hornbeck. Or Amanda Berry. The number of people she hurt with her pretend supernatural abilities is nearly as high as the number of her failed predictions. It is sad that it took death to stop Sylvia Browne.
D.J. Grothe is president of the James Randi Educational Foundation
A few years ago I was involved in a project where my investigative team tested a local ghost-hunting group. We invited them to investigate a home we said we feared to be haunted, to see if they found something where there was nothing. After a few hours of trudging about the house with digital recorders and KII meters in hand they declared the place to be haunted. In fact, they gushed that the house was "worse than Amityville." The full story can be heard here at the Token Skeptic.
A few weeks ago the opportunity arose for another similar project. Local skeptic "Charles" whose home security camera captured an image with an interesting anomaly approached me. He showed it to his colleagues at the hospital where he works but only two out of eleven people thought there was a natural explanation for the image. The rest believed the image showed either a demon or a spirit.
The legal system is not the way to teach people to think rationally. Legalism is a way of thinking that often relies on carefully constructed logic, but should never be mistaken for reality – or for that matter, with right and wrong. The legal system isn't a moral system, and if your only defense of questionable behavior is that you didn't break the law – or weren't convicted of a crime – there's a strong chance you're living a less than moral life. As a prosecutor friend of mine likes to say, the law is a blunt instrument – not a scalpel.


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Sunny Studios
Kassiopi, Corfu, Greece
Sunny Studios Introduction
The Sunny Studios boast a great central location in the quaint fishing town of Kassiopi, the ideal base for exploring the picturesque Island of Corfu. Studios provide simple, yet traditional accommodation within close proximity of the pretty harbour and its selection of tavernas, shops and bars. From here you can also take a short journey by water taxi to one of the many neighbouring beaches.
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• Studio for up to 3 (max 3 adults/1 child) consists of • Twin beds • Extra bed • Kitchenette • Fridge • 2 electric rings • Oven • TV • Shower and wc • Fan • Balcony or terrace
• Swimming pool • Sunbeds and parasols
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• Nearest beach: 300 metres • Main resort area: 150 metres • 8 studios • Child age: 2-10 years • Official rating: B class • Some facilities and activities may incur a local charge
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Emma Levitt
Emma was born in Swaffham Bulbeck as the oldest of nine known children of John Levitt (a labourer) and his wife Elizabeth (née Skeels).
Emma married Charles Newman, a blacksmith, in 1847 and the couple are noted as living on the High Street of Swaffham Bulbeck with at least six children.
Emma pre-deceased her husband Charles in 1892. He later appears as a widower living in Newmarket with their son Elias and his young family on the 1901 census. Her mother died less than two years before her.
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1825, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire.
18th September 1825, Swaffham Bulbeck parish church, Cambridgeshire.
- Charles Newman (1820-1906) on 9th August 1847 at Swaffham Bulbeck parish church, Cambridgeshire.
- Alfred Newman (1849-1933) married Harriet Cooper (1854-1925)
- Charles Newman (1851-?)
- Rebecca Newman (1852-?)
- Daniel Silas Newman (1855-?) married Elizabeth (1861-?)
- Harriet Newman (1859-?
- Elias Newman (1863-?) married Eliza Steed (1872-?)
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4th March 1892, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire.


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Hey peeps,
okay here is my situiation atm. I´m in a Guild that has 42 Members with a decent Pool of good players in it. The Guild Leader ( which is my Brother ) sends invitations to players of other Guilds that are not even ready for raiding.
Yesterday we went to Bastion of Twilight in a 10 Man Grp, which is okay for me. We´ve been there now for quite few weeks. Some players of the other Guilds dont pay attention to the Boss mechanics, and somtimes i would like to knock some heads against a wall, because of that.
Our Setup :
Warrior Tank
Feral Druid
Elemental Shaman
Resto Shaman
2 x Shadow Priests
Holy Paladin
Holy Priest
>> and the Mage ( which is me )
At some point i dont understand why the Guild Leader is setting up Grps like this, because he doesnt have all Buffs avalible for the Fights. I´ve already told him that
this Setup is crap bla bla. Instead of inviting people with knowledge, he is just inviting peeps who are nice. I mean nice peeple are cool to me , but this aint gonna
get us somewhere . No boss will be conquered cause somone is nice O_o
so what should i do ? Leave the Guild ? Or should i try to tell the Guild Leader again
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Pulis calls for Eagles to step up
Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis is full of praise for his players but insists they must reach a higher level to retain their Barclays Premier League status.
The Eagles have won just twice away from home heading into Saturday's game at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland.
Palace are 16th, three points clear of second-bottom Sunderland.
"From when I came in to where we are now, we have done fantastically well," Pulis said.
"I have a great group. What we have to do is to step up another level to get us over the line."
Palace suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Southampton last weekend and Pulis remains frustrated by some of the refereeing decisions that went against his club.
"Against Southampton, in the first 20 minutes we had two great opportunities where the linesmen flagged," he said.
"I've been on to the Referees' Association and the linesmen should get those decisions right because the two were onside.
"(Glenn) Murray was through on goal and had just the goalkeeper to beat.
"In the second half when (Southampton defender Jose) Fonte brings down (Palace's Yannick) Bolasie, that is a sending off.
"In Premier League games, you need things to go for you and they never did. If Murray had been allowed to go on and score, it would have been a different game."
Pulis does not expect anything to come easy this weekend.
"It will a tough game, it always is," he said.
"They are a big club, the fourth or fifth best supported in the Premier League. It's absolutely fantastic for us to go to the Stadium of Light and play against a great football club."
Sunderland were eliminated in the quarter finals of the FA Cup after a 3-0 loss at Hull City last weekend.
They have had their own share of problems, winning just six league games all season, including three at home.
"I'm surprised to see Sunderland where they are," Pulis said.
"I thought they would be higher up. You look at the squad, they have some very good players.
"(Sunderland coach Gus) Poyet is a good manager.
"He did a very good job at Brighton and he's gone on to take Sunderland to a (Capital One) Cup final and came very close to going to a (FA) Cup semi-final.
"I'm sure they will be up for this game. We have to go there and stand up and fight our corner."
It has not helped Pulis that their leading scorer Marouane Chamakh is still sidelined with a hamstring injury.
"We missed Chamakh on Saturday," Pulis said.
"Murray did really well against Southampton and it would have been great to have played Chamakh with Murray but that's not possible.
"The important thing is that we get back to what we've been doing well and fingers cross, over the next 10 games, we get the breaks that my players deserve.
"We have to stick together, make sure we get through the last 10 games and give it the best we possibly can."
The Eagles have the worst striking force in the Premier League when playing away from home, having found the net just six times in 13 away games.
"The one real disappointment is in set plays," Pulis said. "We should be scoring more from set plays."


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RENO, Nev. (AP) - A 31-year-old habitual criminal has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for shooting into an occupied vehicle in a Reno casino parking garage in a dispute after the Erotic Ball in 2012.
A Washoe District Court jury convicted Evaristo Rodriguez in October of assault with a deadly weapon.
Judge Janet Berry sentenced him Friday as a habitual criminal based on a record that includes the stabbing of two men in 2001 and shooting of another after he made bail on the stabbing charges.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Hicks says Rodriguez served nearly seven years of a 15-year prison sentence. But after his release in 2009, he was arrested again for assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated stalking before the shooting at the Silver Legacy in October 2012.
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Joost on brink of adding commercial breaks
Joost, the telly-over-the-internet service set up by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, is soon to launch commercially. From today, beta testers of the service will be able to invite other people to join. Later this month adverts from partners will start appearing. Ad partners include Coca-Cola, HP, Intel, Nike, …
Old news?
They've been sending out invites from last week, also adverts have been available in the UK since yesterday. T-Mobile and Shampoo companies seemed to be the choice when I was accessing. Their program range is still fairly limited in the Uk, potentially a lot of the deals are focused in the US.
Tell me when to reinstall
No content worth watching, and it's yet another peer to peer app that disguises what it's doing to your bandwidth.
Wake me up when they have some decent content.
joost = license to install spyware inside
around the middle of April i got an invitation from them to join their trials and use their new tv-via-p2p internet tv channels.
I go to their site, at https://www.joost.com/download/ to download the installler... and what do i get ? a slap-in-the face license.
I took the time to actually read the license they display (i know...wow factor) and what i read in that license gave me the willies..
They display it in a tiny window... i had to select it all, copy into clipboard and paste it into another program to view it properly.
Practically it says they can install and any software they want without asking me, provided that the software they install claims to display a license and that license is accepted.
Here are the relevant quotes:
2.1.1 Joost and the Joost™ Software will, and will permit third parties to, display advertising and other information within the interface of the Joost™ Software and/or in connection with the display of content and programming, in all cases without compensation to you. Joost or the Joost™ Software serves, and permits third parties to serve, advertisements within or adjacent to the content and programming delivered to you by the Joost™ Software. You understand and agree that Joost or the Joost™ Software, or applicable third parties, may include content-targeted advertisements or other related information, as further described in the Joost Privacy Policy. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Joost™ Software, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser.
all clean, right ?? WRONG. here's what comes next a bit further:
4.1. You hereby acknowledge and agree that the Joost™ Software may be incorporated into, and may incorporate itself, software and other technology owned and controlled by third parties. Any such third party software or technology that is incorporated in the Joost™ Software falls under the scope of this Agreement. Any and all other third party software or technology that may be distributed together with the Joost™ Software will be subject to you explicitly accepting a license agreement with that third party. You acknowledge and agree that you will not enter into a contractual relationship with Joost or its affiliates regarding such third party software or technology and you will look solely to the applicable third party and not to Joost or its affiliates to enforce any of your rights.
4.2.3. When installed on your computer, the Joost™ Software may periodically communicate with Joost servers and/or Joost™ Software installed by other users. Additionally, third party software installed on Your computer may periodically communicate with third party servers for the purposes described in the license agreement or privacy policy between you and that third party.
what ?! third party software may communicate with third party servers ??? isn't this the core definition of spyware ??
12.8. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Claims. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Luxembourg, without regard to conflict of law rules thereof. The parties hereto expressly understand and agree that any action brought by you against Joost arising out of this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the courts located in Luxembourg, and any action brought by Joost against you arising out of this Agreement shall, at the election of Joost, be brought in either the courts located in Luxembourg, or the applicable courts of the jurisdiction in which you reside. The parties hereby consent to, and irrevocably submit themselves to, the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts as set forth in this section. You further agree not to bring claims on a representative, class member basis, or as a private attorney general, and agree not to assert any claims against Joost unless such claims are asserted by you in the forum required by this Agreement no later than one year following the date that your claim or cause of action arose.
HUH ?? any lawyer around that actually has a license to practice in Luxemburg ?? not many i think, thus lawsuits there are VERY expensive.
and double HUH ... no class action lawsuits are allowed? are they nuts ?
Also..what forum ?? there's no address mentioned in the license agreement itself, maybe the one on their website.
Practically what they say is that they could install any software that claims to show a license to the user and would not install if the user says no... now where did i hear that ?? right... a ton of junk 'helpers' out there claim to behave like this but in reality they dont.
And then Joost says it's not their fault if the software they installed turns to be...let's suppose..a keylogger... and this is where the next bit comes into play: the joost installer itself is trying to do something nasty: What the hell is the joost installer trying to do with my yahoo messenger ?? zone alarm warned me immediately that joost is trying to inject something into the ym process (and i have a screenshot of it too).
yuck.. i clicked cancel install and delete.
this software is thrown in the bit bucket.
Also, there's no way you can register on their PUBLIC support forum from the web and start asking questions. They DO NOT allow asking questions prior to installing the app and agreeing to the slavery 'license' agreement.
The only way you can register to get access and post questions on their PUBLIC support forum is by installing their application.
The only way to install their application is by clicking "OK" to that stupid license-to-install-spyware agreement.
Do you see a pattern here ?? they locked out the critics of their app, and only allow inside the slaves that already agreed to be whipped and not fight back.
Very old news
Have had adverts on this for months; agree with Andrew, no content worth watching and Ady the reason they ask you to agree to all that is they can no longer read your mind since you started wearing the tin foil hat
'No content worth watching, and it's yet another peer to peer app that disguises what it's doing to your bandwidth.'
Cant comment on the content but a little program called Netlimiter gives you all the control you want over up and downstream for most apps.
Lets not forget the network problems
At home on my 8mbit connection it will work most of the time, but here at uni I have no chance. There is a http proxy in place and Joost can't yet go around it - Skype works fine though....
Legal definition of the word "Forum"
Just for those who don't know what the word "Forum" means in the Joost license (see "joost = license to install spyware inside"); this is simply the legal term designating any legal court under the Luxemburg jurisdiction:
Clarification re Joost widgets
One thing perhaps not yet sufficiently clear from the legalese docs is that Joost has an extensions system ("Widgets") that allows viewers to choose - consciously and carefully whether to install little bundles of functionality created by others. They show up in the "My Joost" area alongside the existing clock, chat, news ticker, tools,etc and are built from standard Web technologies such as XML, XHTML, CSS, RDF, Javascript... So a big design choice here was sandboxing:
- should Joost allow these widgets to know anything about what's currently being watched?
- should Joost allow these widgets ways of talking to the outside world?
Given a tentative "yes" on both of these, it is of course important that users understand that they're installing a limited form of 3rd party software and potentially accessing external data services, who will have their own privacy policies. An alternative would be to limit the Widget system so that only Joost-authored widgets were possible, or that they can only access Joost Web services. The current design puts some responsibility in the hands of the Widget-installing viewer, with the hope of creating a rich ecology of Joost Widgets and associated sites. But we're very open to feedback on the best tradeoffs to make here.
I'm posting this from my gmail account, ... but if folk have further thoughts on this, especially on the tradeoffs around 3rd party widgets, drop me a note using danbri-at-joost.com.
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One day a year just isn't enough.
May 10th, 2012 | 11:45 PM
I don't have children yet, so Mother's Day is still all about celebrating my own special Mom, Carolyn.
Many of my friends have kids, and I love hearing their hilarious stories about what the little scamps get up to in an effort to please Mom on 'her' day: Sloppy art projects; sloppier breakfasts in bed; backyard plays and impromptu evening jam sessions on drum kits fashioned from pots and pans.
Of course, I have special memories of doing all of those things myself – even scars on my knuckles from the disastrous time I attempted to make Mom my 'specialty' (cheese melted on Portuguese Sweet Bread) in the toaster oven. Mother's Day reminds me of the wild lilacs that grew along the remote dirt road I grew up on. Every year, my brother and I would sneak out before Mom came downstairs, snipping as many of those fragrant lavender blooms as we could carry. Though this became our annual ritual, Mom never failed to gasp in delight, as though we'd brought her the moon instead of an armful of wildflowers.
She deserved so much more, this woman who was always in the front row at my choir concerts or cheering like a maniac at my soccer games. She cried with me the first time I had my heart broken. She cried with me the day I got engaged.
Now that I'm grown, my relationship with Mom has shifted. It's become less about trying to please her and more about finding a balance, finding a friend. I want her to be proud of me, and I want her to be proud of herself for raising kids who became loving, conscientious, and ambitious adults.
I still have cooking disasters. All the time, actually. And the first thing I do when I realize I've used salt instead of sugar or have added too much milk to the damned mashed potatoes is call Mom. Though I moved 3000 miles away from home, she always picks up the phone, no matter what time it is. She always knows just what to do.
My mother was on my left arm as I walked down the aisle at my wedding, and I imagine she'll be there in the hospital when I finally do have a child. (Does a hospital waiting room have a front row? If so, I know exactly where she'll be.) How do you thank someone for that? How do you properly celebrate the unconditional love and support that a person has shown you for your entire life?
I don't know the answer. But I do know that Mother's Day has taken on a whole new significance for me, particularly now that I'm the same age my mother was when I was born.
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The Crazy Things Our Kids Do
Being a mom is a tough job and we love our kids, but sometimes things just get crazy
May 3rd, 2012 | 8:20 AM
Leave it to the little ones to stump us with the most unusual occurrences.
Here's one story from Grabriela, a Plum District Consultant who lives in Connecticut:
Last Sunday afternoon my 5-year-old, Charlotte, lost her first tooth. She is almost six and has been watching her friends lose teeth all year, waiting eagerly for her turn. That evening, we were getting the girls ready for bed when we suddenly heard screaming, crying and huge commotion. My husband and I ran to where the girls were to see what the problem was. We found both of our girls in a panic and managed to figure out that Charlotte had taken her loose tooth and shoved it up her nose! When we tried to assure Charlotte that there was no reason to be scared. She explained to us that she was not scared, she just needed to know if the tooth fairy would still come!
We looked in her nostril and saw nothing. My husband – who happens to be a doctor – looked up her nostril with an otoscope and then looked at me, bewildered, and said, "I can't see anything." I then asked, "So what do we do?" After 6 years of specialty training at some of New York's top medical centers, and seeing "everything", he said, "I have no idea. I have never seen anything like this!" Leave it to a 5-year-old to completely stump a seasoned medical professional.
The rest of night involved a number of phone calls consulting other medical professionals. On Monday morning we visited an ENT doctor, who also looked completely dismayed. She looked up Charlotte's nose with an otoscope and saw nothing. After further exploration, which involved a fiber optic camera and a lot of squirming, it was determined that she must have swallowed it! The ENT doctor made Charlotte agree to never put anything else up her nose, they shook on it and we were on our way.
In the end, Charlotte was no worse for the wear, even when I told her that I would not be retrieving her lost tooth when it finally reappears. In case you are wondering, the tooth fairy did come. She left money and a note stating her disappointment and asking that Charlotte not shove any more teeth in her nose. Lastly, it has occurred to me that this is karma for all of the crazy (and often disgusting) things I did to my parents. What's a mom to do?
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Decoding Myths about Birth Order
Have you noticed certain traits in one of your kids and not the other? The order they were born in could determine key personality traits.
April 30th, 2012 | 3:50 PM
Kerri R. lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is the proud mom to three little girls: Clara (6), Sisi (4), and Lenie (2). It is no great coincidence that as a youngest child of five kids herself that she loves working in sales!
Have you ever wondered why a firm "NO" elicits such different responses from your children? In my household, the oldest will promptly behave, the middle will burst in to tears and the youngest will give me her cutest grin and start singing Disney tunes.
There is no doubt that birth order is definitely at play and it powerfully influences who we are, the job we choose, who we marry, and even how we parent. Dr. Kevin Leman, author of The Birth Order Book, provides an in-depth look at the characteristics of first, middle, last, and only children.
Here's a quick breakdown of the dominant traits of people who are born in this order. Do you think he's spot on when it comes to your own kids?
- Firstborn children tend to be perfectionists, reliable, well organized, and overall people pleasers. They are our CEO's, presidents, and are likely to work in a science or engineering field.
- Middle children are the hardest to define as they are influenced from all directions. They may be described as the peacemakers and are very sociable as they look for friends outside the family. They are mentally tough and independent.
- Youngest children, as you may have guessed, tend to love the limelight, and are often described as affectionate, engaging and tenacious. Many salespeople and comedians are youngest children.
- The 'Lonely Only' tends to have many traits similar to a firstborn, but with 'super' in front of them. They also tend to be creative, comfortable with adults at an early age, and possess strong language skills.
Although we can't choose the order we're born in, every child can break out of their birth order stereotype!
Source: The Birth Order Book by Dr. Kevin Leman
Sibling smiles! Kerri and her girls at home.
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Thanks to London Loves Business and The Skinny Bib for alerting me to a new BBQ joint in London (Soho district) called Pitt Cue Co. You know how I love how people spin traditional barbecue outside of the United States so it's nice to see that they are working on putting out what appears to be Carolina style mixed with Texas with a little St. Louis thrown in (still waiting to find out what type of wood and type of smoker they use).
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