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Media queries should be directed to:
Tel: +353 1-637 1777
Wednesday 8th September 2010: In the High Court today Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan confirmed the appointment of Mr. Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton as Examiner to Comhfhorbairt (Gaillimh) trading as Aer Arann.
The company has been in Interim Examinership and under the protection of the Court since August 26th following a petition made by the airline to the High Court.
Aer Arann continues to operate normally during the period of examinership, flying all Aer Arann services and all Aer Lingus Regional services operated under the airline's franchise agreement with Aer Lingus.
No flights have been cancelled or are planned to be cancelled and reservations can continue to be made on www.aerarann.com. All bookings for Aer Lingus Regional services can continue to be made with confidence on www.aerlingus.com
Aer Arann will remain in examinership for an initial period of up to 70 days. The airline is using this time to re-organise and re-structure the business under the protection of the Court.
Aer Arann and the Examiner are also using the time to negotiate with potential investors and a number of parties have expressed their interest in the airline.
Aer Arann
"in examination (under the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990)"
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Crosby Hall
The largest female residence hall on campus, Crosby Hall has 10 floors for living and houses over 700 residents. Crosby was built in 1971. Each floor is composed of three wings, a small kitchenette, and a lobby. Each wing is accompanied by its own set of restrooms and trash room. The first floor is home to a convenience store, a laundromat, and lounge. Each room is furnished with built-in dressers and desks, closets, and a twin extra-long bed for each student. Ethernet hookups, wireless internet, basic cable, and a phone line that can be activated free of charge is also included in every room. A 24-hour front desk, two resident assistants on each floor, two live-in residence hall directors, and student ID card readers on all exterior doors make Crosby a safe and secure place to live.
Front Desk: 662-915-4136
Graduate Community Directors: Dalny Ruel (Upper Crosby) — email@example.com or 662-915-4521; Eleanor Kahn (Lower Crosby) — firstname.lastname@example.com or 662-915-2158
Floor Plans
- First Floor – PDF
- Second-Ninth Floor – PDF
- Tenth Floor – PDF
- Double Room – PDF
- Corner Room (rooms ending in x06, x07, x08, x09, x26, x27, x28, x29, x46, x47, x48, and x49) – PDF
- x21 Room – PDF
Width = 48 inches
Depth = 23 inches
Shelves = 48 inches wide and 18 inches deep
Rod to floor = 62 inches
Width = 39.25 inches
Height = 69 inches
Sill = 3.5 inches
Top of window to floor = 98 inches
Width = 38.5 inches
Depth = 23 inches
Height = 30.25 inches
Width = 20 inches
Depth = 24.25 inches
Height = 30.25 inches
Mattress (twin extra long): 35 inches x 79.25 inches x 6.5 inches
Frame: 38.75 inches x 85 inches
Bed can be raised to 30.5-34″ off the ground and can be lowered in 3″ increments

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Free Christian Prayer Phone Lines
Sometimes it helps to pray in agreement with another. There are many wonderful online Christian prayer groups and prayer request forums. Sometimes though you just need to unburden yourself and pray with someone else and have them help you keep faith in Christ.
During those days when you want to agree with someone else, but don't want to share your problems with a friend, you can reach out to a friend (you don't know) in Christ.
Here is a directory of free prayer phone lines and their operating hours:
1. TBN: 1-800-784-2433 *24 Hours
2. NPCA: 1-877-664-7729 *24 Hours
3. Our Prayer: 1-845-704-6080 *7a.m.-10p.m.
4. Biblical help for youth in Crisis: 1-800-HIT-HOME
5. Grace Help Line: 1-800-982-8032 *24 Hours
6. 700 Club Hotline: 1-800-759-0700 *24 Hours
7. Need Jesus Hotline: 1-800-NEED-HIM
8. National Prayer Line: 1-800-4-PRAYER
9. Mercy House Cult Hotline: 1-606-748-9961
10.River Ministries: 1-866-85RIVER * 7:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
11. The Voice for Love: 1-541-488-0426 Daily 11a.m.- 11p.m.
12. Schambach Ministries: 1-903-825-9361
*If you have a free prayer line you would like to submit for this directory, please let us know.
www.shalombewithyou.com does not endorse or vouch for the qualifications, suggestions or practices of any and all of these listed phone resources. We are not responsible if these resources have switched from a free phone service to a pay phone service. You are responsible to make your own investigation and for your own actions.
* Prayer should never be a substitute for receiving medical attention. If you, or someone you love is experiencing suicidal thoughts or harmful tendencies towards themselves or other individuals, please help them contact a qualified physician in addition to praying for them. www.shalombewithyou.com does not assume any responsibility for any personal decisions or choices made by its readers.


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Nautilus recalls elliptical machines over fall hazard
Updated On: Dec 06 2011 11:50:04 AM EST
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Tuesday that Nautilus Inc. has issued a voluntarily recall for about 10,000 elliptical exercise trainers due to a fall hazard.
According to a news release, the equipment was sold for about $1,000 under the model name Schwinn 460, at Nautilus.com, Amazon.com, Dick's Sporting Goods, AAFES and other specialty fitness retailers nationwide, between July 2008 and May 2011.
The agency said Nautilus has received nine reports of foot plates detaching or breaking during use -- one incident resulted in a consumer striking his knee.
Consumers were urged to stop using the recalled models immediately and contact Nautilus at 800-259-9019 for a free repair kit that includes an extended warranty.
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HD-ModURL module for Joomla 2.5
Don't have your modules cooped up in Menu Items.
Use HD-ModURL to add free range HTML to any URL on your Joomla site.
what is this? | what's the point? | how does it work? | what to do after installing? | what's this all about again?
What is this?
HD-ModURL is a module that outputs HTML to a Joomla page depending on the URL rather than the menu item. It is ideal for adding text, images or other HTML code to a single page that shares the same menu item as various other pages (eg. Blog pages, Virtuemart product pages or other components).
What's the point?
Sometimes you don't want to apply a module to a menu item, you want to apply it to a specific URL.
HD-ModURL checks the URL of the page that it is applied to and will only render your HTML if it matches the URL that has been specified.
Therefore many different instances of HD-ModURL can be applied to the same menu item but only the ones that match the correct URL will be displayed.
How does it work?
It grabs the URL of the current page and if it matches up with the one that you have specified it will output your custom HTML. It does not require the domain of the URL to operate and works with or without SEF enabled pages.
You can also specify that it displays on all URLs that contain a specific element in its path. For example, with the following URL's...
...the element -story occurs on the 1st and 2nd URL; The element third occurs on the 3rd URL; and the element /blog/ occurs on all three URLs.
What to do after installing?
Install the zip file via the administration install manager as per any other module. Once it has installed go to the module manager and select HD-ModURL. Enable the module, select the module position and then either select the menu item you wish it to appear on or leave it set to "All" (either way, it will only display on your chosen URL).
Enter the target URL in the first URL box. This does not require the domain name therefore http://www.example.com/blog/01-first-story would only require /blog/01-first-story (don't forget the opening slash).
If you wish to target an element of the URL then change "Use element instead" to Yes then enter the target element in the "Element of URL" box.
Finally enter your HTML in the bottom box and click on save or apply.
What's this all about again?
One of the first things that all beginners have to get their heads round when they start building Joomla sites is the use of the menu manager, specifically how we depend on it to generate the URLs that enables us to view the live webpage. No matter how many articles you publish they have to be linked to at least one menu item in order to appear on the live site; and if you want to add a module to that page it also has to be applied to the same menu item.
In the case of the menu item type known as the article layout this is straightforward enough, allowing you to link one menu item to a single article to create a webpage. So far so good.
1 menu item + 1 article = 1 webpage
However with other types of menu items you lose that same level of control. With the menu item type known as the Category Blog layout for example, a whole section/category of articles is allocated to the same single menu item. Each webpage that is generated is now part of a collective, your previous ability to apply a unique Custom HTML module to an individual page has now been lost.
1 category/section + 1 menu item = Potentially hundreds of webpages
The same problem occurs with components (such as K2, Zoo or Virtuemart) which also require a single menu item to create many different webpages.
1 component menu item = Potentially thousands of webpages
So, If a client wanted you to do something as simple as adding a module to a specific blog entry (without it appearing on all the other blog entries) or applying a different style to a single Virtuemart product page (without it changing the style of all product pages) you would have a problem.
The problem is you don't want to apply a module to a menu item, you want to apply it to an URL.
HD-ModURL is similar to the Custom HTML module but it checks the URL of the page that it is applied to and will only render if it matches the URL that has been specified, therefore many different instances of HD-ModURL can be applied to the same menu item and only the ones that match the correct URL will be displayed.


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The Rascals: Eddie Brigati (from left), Gene Cornish, Dino Danelli and Felix Cavaliere.
When: Through Nov. 10
Where: Cadillac Palace Theatre,
151 W. Randolph
Tickets : $45-$75
Info: (800) 775-2000;
Run time: 2 hours and 20 minutes, one intermission
Article Extras
Updated: December 8, 2013 7:02AM
The best way to think about "Once Upon a Dream: The Rascals," the hybrid of jukebox musical and concert making a brief stop at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, is to see it as the Rip Van Winkle-like incarnation of a rock band.
Just shift the setting from New York's Catskill Mountains to Garfield, New Jersey, and the story might go something like this: Four guys get together in the early 1960s (three had already played in another band). They then head down to the proverbial "parents' basement" and realize they just might possess that miracle mixology that makes for a great band.
Beginning in 1965, The Rascals soared with a series of Top 20 hits. One of the few American bands to survive The British Invasion, they went on to ride that wild, world-changing wave that was the sexual revolution, the war in Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement.
Things begin to fall apart by 1972 and the guys more or less went to sleep for four decades, only to reawaken at the prompting of musician-actor-director-producer (and E Street Band guitarist) Steven Van Zandt who sends them out on a quite different sort of tour. Like their audience, they have become visibly aging baby boomers (check out the Playbill photo of the four in their youthful prime). Yet their onstage energy, and the driving spirit of their music, seem untouched by time, even if their peace-and-love message and psychedelic backdrop might prompt you to dig out your go-go boots and love beads.
Though primarily a greatest hits concert, the show is infused with video sequences that mixes archival footage full of shimmying and twisting with key flashback scenes played by actors, and current oral history narration spoken mostly by Felix Cavaliere.
The "original four" remain exuberant performers: Cavaliere (the power keyboardist whose voice is still in terrific form); Dino Danelli (the hard-driving drummer), Gene Cornish (the formidable, soulful guitarist) and Eddie Brigati (the impish singer and tambourine slapper whose voice is frayed, but who dances around the stage with infectious joy and energy).
Listening to "Good Lovin'," "Lonely Too Long," "It's a Beautiful Morning," "How Can I Be Sure" and "People Got to be Free," the soundtrack of the '60s comes flooding back, even if much of the show is overly amplified and many of the lyrics (simple and repetitive as they might be) get lost. The elaborate projections and light show (the work of Marc Brickman and Anthony Fransen) also take you back in time with their Peter Max-like aesthetic.
The show's one glaring misstep comes with a video reenactment of Eddie and his brother as boys, in an argument that ends with a gunshot. Sure, in the 1950s it was probably a toy cap gun, but in 2013, the Chicago audience hears a far more disturbing sort of pop.
Nostalgia prevails here, yet today's Eddie is a realist, sardonically noting: "We thought, for a second, that there would be no more fear, hate, war or prejudice."


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The Malone Stax Pro 2 is an economical and solid option for transporting two kayaks using after-market or factory load bars. Strong octagon shaped posts, easy no tools assembly and total rust resistance mean years of service from this carrier. The two posts fold down for better aerodynamics and low clearance when not in use. Comes with all hardware, straps, safety tie-downs and blocks to carry two kayaks.
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Good rack that works well if you follow the instruction. I'd recommend it.
Bought this carrier about a year ago. Although it is an economical two kayak rack, it is a bit of a hassle to set up and if you dont strap the kayaks six ways from Sunday they occasionally shift while driving. I wish I would have bought a j-hook type, although more expensive for two kayaks, it certainly would be more stable and less of a hassle to load.
Currently mounted on homemade 1" steel square stock rails and they are very secure. Folding feature is nice and I think it looks sharp. Negatives are the straps and plastic wing nuts. I've never trusted friction straps before so I immediately replaced with rachets. Plastic wing nuts disintegrated after 4 trips in the heat of a Missouri summer. Fortunately, after all the plastic wing nut breaks away the actual securing nut is metal and I just keep a ratcheting wrench in the Jeep for removal/adjustment of system if needed. Couple small tweaks from being a 5 star system, but hard to beat for the price!
the brackets are for universal for round or square cross bracing really dont work that well on round cross bars. You get use to it


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Heat Beat Knicks 113-66 Behind Leslie's 23 Points
The Miami Heat defeated the New York Knicks 113-66 in Summer League play on Wednesday.
Travis Leslie with 23 points on 9-for-13 shooting to lead the Heat.
Jeremy Tyler had 18 points on 8-for-12 shooting and eight rebounds. Jerome Jordan had 10 points and nine rebounds.


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How bond elections work
By 01/30/2003 00:00:00
The Ellis County Press
MIDLOTHIAN - Bonds are like taking out a loan from taxpayers to pay for improvements and additions over an extended period of time.
To make it easier for readers, voters and taxpayers, excerpts from an interview with Midlothian Independent School District Chief Financial Officer Larry Keiser are being used as an educational piece for the upcoming bond
elections in the Midlothian, Waxahachie school districts.
'It's like a mortgage. We don't have that kind of money sitting around,' said Keiser, referring to the MISD's $99.535 million bond proposal.
A group of financial advisors and other professional firms hired by districts package the bond proposal for voters, who then decide on Election Day whether or not to help the districts pay for new schools, or athletic facilities.
If an installment - or phase - in the bond election calls for $15 million to be used immediately for a new junior high, as in the case of the Waxahachie ISD, the financial advisors will meet with the construction managers to discuss when the school will be constructed and go through any necessary legal processes.
Corporations or individual investors, via a brokerage firm like Merrill Lynch or Stanley Morgan, can purchase bonds in $5,000 increments when the bonds are 'sold.'
The financial advisors will advertise the sale of bonds on what is called the 'bond market' to underwriters - or investors.
The underwriters will call to find out information about the bonds and if bought, the bonds are funded 30 days later using electronic wire transfers.
As with home mortgages, Keiser said, the bond sales would have closing dates.
Each investing underwriter would have accumulated interest on their investment and actually get paid every six months.
'MISD pays interest every February and August,' Keiser said. 'Sometimes, the big folks buy half-a-million dollars in bonds. So every six months, someone gets a check. I have [a million] sitting waiting to be [dispersed] right now.'
Then, Keiser said, the school district will wire interest payments to the Bank of New York, their paying agent for the interest and principle.
Companies like Standard & Poor's or Moody's will rate districts - or even cities - by using letter charts.
'The more 'As' the better,' Keiser said. 'It's just like with grades in school. As are better than the Bs.'
The MISD has a solid bond rating, Keiser said, noting the district's ability to absorb debt is reputable.
'That's why these [investors] invest in school districts,' he said. 'They know this is a [solid venture].'
City and school district tax rates are divided into two portions: the Interest & Sinking fund and the Maintenance and Operation fund.
The M&O rate is used to pay salaries and all expenses related to the day-to-day operations of the school district.
The I&S fund, or 'debt service,' pays for the district's debt.
If the MISD bond election passes, taxpayers, according to Keiser, would see a 22-cent tax increase over three years - the amount in taxes a resident pays depends on their appraised home value.
Midlothian's tax rate is currently one of the highest in the area at $1.72 per $100 of home valuation.
The WISD has a tax rate of $1.68 per $100 of home valuation.
Money collected on the increases is funneled into the debt service account to pay down the 'loan' the district took to pay for schools and improvements.
'For a $100,000 [valued] home, the total tax increase is about $4.58 per month,' Keiser said. 'So you're only talking about $13.75 [a month]. In the end, you're talking only $165 for three years.'
Both the WISD and the MISD are facing an explosion in new home sales and student population growth.
Keiser said the need for additional classrooms is crucial, but like Waxahachie, some schools included in the bond proposals won't be built until absolutely needed.
'Right now, the facilities should get us 10 years down the road,' he said. 'None of us like higher taxes, but these aren't big dollars. Five or $10 a month [increase] isn't a reason to move.'


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Various Cheats and Hints for NBA Live 2001Home / Playstation /
This page contains NBA Live 2001 Hints for Playstation called "Various Cheats and Hints" and has been posted or updated on Aug 21, 2008 by jerseykid23. Let us know what you think of this Hint by thumbs voting.
- Developer: NuFX
- Publisher: EA Sports
- Genre: Sports Traditional Basketball
- Release Date: Oct 16, 2000
- ESRB: Everyone
Various Cheats and Hints
Defeating Michael Jordan one-on-one:
Make one point and the ball goes to winner mode. When he checks the ball, go with turbo Down/Left and then quickly make a circle around him, go for the sheet, and dunk away. Keep at this until you master faking him with a roll around cross over.
Save player creation points:
Buy the options for create player super player: mohawk, eye patch, etc. Create your player and use the options that you bought. Save the roster, then load challenge from the memory card. If done correctly, you will have your created player with the new options as well as the original points that you bought the options with.
Strong pass:
Press L2 + X in one-on-one mode to pass the ball quickly to your opponent.
Between the legs pass:
Press R2 + X in one-on-one mode to pass the ball between your legs to your opponent.
Rolling pass:
Press R1 + X in one-on-one mode to pass the ball by rolling it to your opponent.
Throw the bows (elbow):
Hold the ball and press R2 + Triangle + Left or Right. This will not work if you are in the paint. However, if you have the ball and are not dribbling it you can do it.
Try all the awards in NBA Live Challenge:
Earn 100 points, then save the game. Reset the PlayStation. You should still have the 100 points. You select any reward, but do not save the game. If you do not like that particular reward, just keep resetting. You can buy any reward.
Easy basket:
When they check the ball to you, fake the shot and they will jump. Run around them and dunk the ball.
Cheap fouls:
Post up on the baseline and spin out of bounds. On a fast break, stop when you get under the basket and press R2 + Circle. When you face up, press Square repeatedly, then shoot.
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Forkly App Matches Your Tastes To Nearby Restaurants & Bars
Where should I go to eat? What should I order? Those two basic yet complex questions plague diners the world over. Forkly, a startup from veteran entrepreneurs Martin May and Brady Becker, may have the answers. Forkly for iPhone [iTunes link], released on the App Store Tuesday, seeks to understand your taste buds and the taste graph -- how your tastes match up against the tastes of others -- of the world in aggregate.


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Updated Friday, January 11, 2013 at 12:31 AM
Garfield High teacher Kit McCormick was supposed to bring her ninth-graders to the school's computer lab Wednesday so they could take a district-required reading test.
Instead, they stayed put, joining a schoolwide protest against that test and others that are known as the Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP.
MAP testing was scheduled to start at Garfield before the December holiday break, but so far not a single class has shown up at the lab to take it.
On Thursday, the teachers publicly announced their unhappiness with the test at an after-school news conference, saying it's a waste of time that doesn't help students or teachers.
Monty Neill, the executive director of FairTest, a national organization opposed to high-stakes uses of standardized tests, said he could remember only one other time that so many teachers at one school boycotted a test, and that was in Chicago more than a decade ago.
With about 20 teachers standing in support behind her, McCormick was one of three teachers who explained that Garfield's faculty has no problem with state testing, or testing in general. But they say this particular test has a number of problems, everything from what it covers to how well it measures achievement.
Nearly the entire faculty and staff at Garfield have signed a letter listing those concerns and others. Even teachers who don't give the exam, because they don't teach the tested subjects, signed the letter.
McCormick said she was particularly dismayed when a district staff member told her that the test's margin of error is greater than the gains her students are expected to make.
In a statement, district administrators defended MAP, saying it helps the district analyze student achievement and measure how much students improve over time. They said they expect all teachers to give all required tests and will determine on a case-by-case basis what to do with those who refuse.
In the past, the district has disciplined at least three teachers who declined to give other, state-required tests, including former Eckstein Middle School teacher Carl Chew in 2008.
But administrators also stressed that they're in the middle of a review of all tests that Seattle Public Schools students take, including MAP, with a report due to the School Board this spring.
"We want to examine whether or not there are legitimate concerns about any test that we have here in Seattle Public Schools," said Bob Boesche, the district's interim deputy superintendent.
"We want to do that, however, together, and we want to do that with the right expertise in the room, including those who have designed our tests and those who are using them," Boesche said.
Garfield teachers, he said, will be invited to participate.
Seattle schools give MAP exams two or three times each year to students in grades one through nine and to some older students. The district uses the results as one way to measure the progress of students and schools, and, starting this year, the performance of teachers.
Does the fact that the test will play a part in their evaluations worry the teachers?
"Very," said Mario Shaunette, head of Garfield's math department.
"Ditto," said McCormick.
Jesse Hagopian, a history teacher, said he hopes Superintendent José Banda will work with teachers rather than discipline them, given that Banda is new to the district and wasn't the one to bring in the MAP test.
Linda Shaw: 206-464-2359 or email@example.com
Teacher concerns about MAP testsIn refusing to give MAP tests, Garfield teachers listed nine concerns. Among them:
• They don't know what content the test covers.
• Ninth-graders who receive extra support are tested more than others, even though they are the very students who can't afford to lose classroom time.
• The time needed to give the test, which is administered online, ties up the school's computer lab for weeks.
• The results can be artificially low because many students don't take the test seriously.
• The district purchased MAP under the late Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson, who was on the board of the company that sells the exam, which teachers consider a conflict of interest.
English teacher Kit McCormick, left, discusses Garfield High School teachers' decision to refuse to give the MAP test to their students, during a Thursday news conference.


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Originally published Friday, April 12, 2013 at 7:51 AM
Bipartisanship breaks out on Capitol Hill, for now
A filibuster averted. A likely accord on immigration reform. A former Republican presidential candidate thanked - publicly! - by the Senate's top Democrat. Lawmakers of both parties lunched together for the first time many could remember, agreeing to agree on the heroism of Sen. John McCain and the tragedy of the Newtown, Conn., massacre.
Associated Press
A filibuster averted. A likely accord on immigration reform. A former Republican presidential candidate thanked - publicly! - by the Senate's top Democrat. Lawmakers of both parties lunched together for the first time many could remember, agreeing to agree on the heroism of Sen. John McCain and the tragedy of the Newtown, Conn., massacre.
Bipartisanship broke out on Capitol Hill on Thursday, a newsy development after years of polarization that infuriated the public, brought Congress to a near-halt and the country to the brink of economic disaster. It could all blow to pieces by the time you read this article - fierce disputes remain on gun control and immigration, among others issues. And looming over it all is a midterm election next year with big implications for the divided government and President Barack Obama's legacy.
But let history record that for a full day in battle-scarred Washington there it was: legislative progress, bipartisan bread-breaking and the emotional stuff of human relationships long-mourned and little-seen in recent years.
Obama helped set the harmonic tone in his budget Wednesday, calling for cuts that Republicans have been urging in benefit programs for years. The gesture was widely seen as an effort to preserve the prospects of immigration and gun control legislation.
But at the center of all of the civility was McCain, the president's vanquished GOP opponent from the 2008 presidential election. The gruff Washington veteran, Vietnam war hero and, lately, scolder of would-be obstructionists in his own party threw cold water on a filibuster threat by 13 conservative senators who oppose gun control.
"What are we afraid of?" the Arizona senator said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation." "Why not take it up and amend it and debate?"
A bipartisan gun control deal by freshman Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., inspired Senate conservatives to drop their filibuster plans, even though many Republicans who allowed the legislation to advance said they were unlikely to vote for its passage. Also helping to remove the obstruction were the family members of some of the 20 children and six adults murdered by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School who had spent days lobbying lawmakers for stricter gun control laws. Several lawmakers said they were brought to tears in those meetings.
On Thursday, the Senate departed from its streak of legislating by filibuster. Under the grim gaze of Sandy Hook victims' relatives, 16 Republicans voted with 50 Democrats and two independents to begin debate on tightening the nation's gun laws. In the gallery over the chamber, some in the delegation wiped away tears, held hands and appeared to pray as each senator cast a vote.
Much emotional debate lay ahead and the Toomey-Manchin bill's fate was far from certain. But after the vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gave Republicans - "especially John McCain" - some rare, nationally televised credit for the progress.
"There have been many things written in the last several months about how the Senate cannot operate," Reid, who frequently decries congressional dysfunction, said on the Senate floor. "John McCain has been a leader in this country for 31 years. People respect his opinion."
Senators then adjourned to spend time together at a lunch for McCain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his release from captivity in Vietnam. In a gilded room named for John, Robert and Edward Kennedy, surrounded by black-and-white photos of a young McCain returning on crutches, Republicans, Democrats and independents dined on enchiladas and tilapia as McCain revealed harrowing details of his captivity and torture.
The account of McCain's five years as a POW was new to some in attendance. Several said they were moved to tears by it, reminded again of bigger matters than how this or that vote would go over with certain constituents back home.
"It makes you think about the human condition," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said.
Even Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican tea partyer whose 12-hour filibuster delaying the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA director inspired a rebuke from McCain, emerged reporting good times.
"He got a standing ovation from both parties," Paul said. "The idea of defending the country brings everybody together."
Late in the day, there was even more apparent progress: Four Democratic and four Republican senators reached agreement on all the major elements of sweeping legislation to remake the nation's immigration laws, and expect to unveil the bill next week.
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Alan Calan wrote:
> I bought one of those on Sunday in anticipation of the snow storm. I
> also wanted to use up a William Sonoma credit that I had. So, what
> went wrong:
> I followed the recipe for egg pasta provided in the manual of the
> roller/cutters. It said 3.5 cups of flour (I used 125 grams x 3.5 or
> 437 grams), 3 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and one tablespoon of water.
> It made very dry dough that would not come together. So I started
> adding water and I'd bet all in all I added close to a 1/2 a cup or
> more.
> The dough seemed better. I cut it into 4 pieces and let it sit for 20
> minutes. I then made the first batch of linguini. I ran it through
> the roller till I got to five, only folding on the #1 setting. What
> should I have done next? I took out the roller and put in the
> linguini cutter. It worked pretty well even though the linguini was
> much too long. I put the linguini in a twisted pile like they do in
> videos. I just remembered there might be some you tubes on this.
> I put the roller back and did the next piece of dough but this time
> cutting it in half again. So now what again? do I roll out all the
> dough and then cut? That is what I did but I did not lay out the
> rolled pasta dough straight, I folded it once crossing over the end
> under it. I did that 6 times and then put in the cutter.
> I could not separate the dough into a straight piece again and it
> became a nightmare. I did the best I could and then put the cut
> linguini and a tent like shape. When I finished, everything stuck
> together. I guess keeping it straight would have been the best idea.
> I'd appreciate any technique questions. The woman in William Sonoma
> said she makes the dough on the counter, making a whole in the
> mountain of flour and putting the eggs and water in the hole and
> incorporating the flour. She said it makes for lighter pasta. I
> wonder if I used too much water.
> Alan
You almost certainly used too much water. Properly done, the dough will
not really come together in a coherent form until you've run it through
the rollers on #1 a number of times, folding it in half after each pass,
effectively kneading it. After a while of this the raggedy dough will
start to hold together better and become more uniform and a bit elastic.
Once it's holding together you can let it rest for a bit before rolling
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12 Sandwiches That Get a Boost from Avocado
Avocado is one of those foods that makes everything taste better. You probably already eat it plain and make it into guacamole, but one of the best uses for the green fruit may be to pile it onto a sandwich. Here are 12 ways to up your sandwich game with the addition of bright and creamy avocado.
Want more avocado ideas? Check out these recipes that prove avocados are for more than just guacamole.
Sardine Salad Sandwich
Rich, delicious sardines not only contain more of the good stuff (omega-3s, calcium) and less of the bad (mercury) but are a sustainable choice. Mashed with canola mayonnaise in a sardine salad, they are the foundation of a formidable tower of nutrients, including sliced avocado, hard-boiled egg, tomato, and arugula. For an alternate take on the sardine sandwich, pair the fish with ripe tomato and savoy cabbage or Swiss chard.
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Gluten-Free Quinoa Flake Pancakes
First times are exciting but subsequent times can be as well with the right attitude. Remember the first time you watched your mother make pancakes and the thrill you experienced from discovering that those heavenly rounds are made from batter; that batter is made from eggs, flour and milk; that heat can transform liquids into solids and solids into liquids. Remember how that shook your world forever. That's why I believe pancakes, cakes, pies and such are meant to be approached with a fascinated attitude that's filled with wonder every single time because they are the source of so much joy.
I love how versatile pancake batter is. It can be used for waffles without any modifications and a host of other treats with a few modifications. This pancake recipe was originally a waffle recipe I saw on Lauren's blog and liked right away because of how good it looked and the nutritious ingredients it contained.
Quinoa Flake Pancakes
Adapted from Celiac Teen
Makes 8 pancakes
. 2 eggs, separated
. 1/3 cup applesauce
. 1/2 tsp vanilla
. 1 1/2 cups milk
. 1 cup millet flour (originally 1/4 cup millet flour, 1/4 cup tapioca flour,
1/2 cup sorghum flour)
. 1 cup quinoa flakes
. 2 tbsp brown sugar
. 1/2 tsp baking powder (originally 2 tsps)
. 1/2 tsp cinnamon
. 1/4 tsp salt
. Mix together egg yolks, applesauce and vanilla in a medium bowl.
. Add milk.
. Mix together dry ingredients in a large bowl.
. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Stir until moist.
. In a separate bowl, whip egg whites until peaks form.
. Fold 1/2 of the egg whites into the batter. Fold in the other half.
. Preheat a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Spray it with cooking spray. Ladle the batter onto the pan and brown on both sides. To make waffles, simply cook batter on waffle iron according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Serve with a lots of maple syrup!
I adopted Lauren through Adopt a gluten-free blogger.
P.S. Shout outs to these wonderful bloggers: Cara, Velva, Monique, and Kalyn.


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Classic Stuffed Peppers
Submitted by amberablue on June 9, 2010 - 4:17pm
Marinated Pepper creates traditional texture + excellent taste. A savory + decadent main course. Photo coming soon!
marinaded raw eggplant (melanzane crude marinate)
Submitted by pianissima on April 20, 2008 - 7:25pm
Servings:4-5 servings as a condiment
this is one of those "i can't believe it's raw" dishes. my entire family loves this. you have to make A LOT more than this if you want it to last as it reduces to not very much… plus, it's delicious.
the recipe is adapted from my favorite cookbook, "verdura." the book itself is neither raw nor vegan, but many of the recipes happen to be both (or easily modified)! there is an entire section on raw pasta sauces.


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10 Mistakes That Will Make You Call the Plumber
A pipe springs a leak, the drain backs up, or you need professional help with the water lines when remodeling a bathroomthese are all good reasons to phone a plumber. But sometimes you pick up the phone in need of emergency help after making a boneheaded mistake. We asked the pros what errors they see most frequently so you can avoid them.
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Cranking on a Faucet Handle
Repeat after me: Pushing or pulling really hard on a faucet handle when you turn it off is not going to stop a leak or a chronic drip. "One of the most common things homeowners do is crank on it when it's not working," Holland says, and pushing too hard can break the handle without solving the leak or drip problem.


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With rooms remade and all kept simple, condo design shines
Today's lesson is this: Sometimes more space is not better space.
James Kuan knows it well. Before moving to the midcentury perfect Lamplighter condo tower in Seattle, Kuan lived nearby, loitering there until a spot in the Lamplighter (with its sparkling swimming pool and garden patios) became available: "There's still one person here with no cellphone, so that's why we still have the buzz box."
Patience rewarded, Kuan snagged a 1,000-square-foot unit before it even hit the market. Didn't much matter about the shag carpeting, sea-foam-green walls and shuttered closet doors. Kuan was in.
"There's not a lot of midcentury on Capitol Hill," Kuan says. "A friend of mine said, 'What are you buying?' I said, 'Don't worry, it's got good bones.' I took enough art in high school to know that it had harmony in the spaces."
Upon moving in, Kuan, now a doctor who knows about bones, did a quick five-day refresh: tearing out the floor for Marmoleum, painting the place white.
The home improvements, however, did not make it a home improved.
"I just always remembered what Eames said, that furniture shouldn't be in the way. There should be traffic flow."
And Kuan wanted to go with that, the flow.
"How Prentis describes it is, it's kind of like coming into a cave, and then it opens up," Kuan says of his designer, Prentis Hale of SHED Architecture and Design.
It certainly does, right up to the newly opened kitchen-dining-living area, 30-foot-wide deck and all that lies beyond: a Seattle's-best view of the Space Needle, EMP museum, downtown and mountains beyond. How this all happened was fairly simple.
"I let SHED guide me rather than micromanage them," Kuan says. "Contemporary and modern stuff can become kind of cliche and trendy. So much of it is fussy. I didn't want trendy. I didn't want fussy. I wanted interesting, but not quirky or weird."
The idea, initially, was to remodel the kitchen and bath, but you know how it goes. One space leads to another.
And here, that is exactly the point: The old galley kitchen, for instance, now offers that Eames flow. A utility wall there, however, provides just the right amount of closure ("I'm not always as neat as I should be," Kuan says), and holds the refrigerator, microwave and space for cabinets. All of it hidden from view beyond this room.
The entry was enlarged by converting a bathroom into a laundry room, but other rooms were made smaller. To define some spaces, Hale sought to enclose them. Sliding doors, meanwhile, offer shared spaces rather than dedicated ones, most notably in the master bathroom. A slider there closes off the toilet from the rest of the room to become a guest powder entered off the hall. The toilet has a hand-washing station atop the tank. When it is flushed, the faucet flows with water to wash hands, draining to fill the tank.
There is no fussy or trendy to be found. The minimal palette includes rift-cut white oak cabinets and paneling, Milestone, Marmoleum, painted drywall and tile flooring.
Interiors are all Kuan, who enjoys rooting around in secondhand shops. The coffee table came from eBay. The yellow entry chair, Goodwill outlet. The Eames dining table, Craigslist. Six Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs, Pacific Galleries.
"In Canada, I didn't grow up in a place like this. But one day I was talking to my mom, and she said, 'James, you know, you always wanted to live in an architect-designed place.'"
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HAWAII — Twenty-two feet below the surface, the robot glider towed me slowly through clear Hawaiian seas. The day before, a similar glider named Benjamin had arrived in these same waters. Benjamin and three companion gliders had traveled all the way from San Francisco — more than 3,000 miles — powered by only the motion of ocean waves.
Before they left California, Liquid Robotics VP of Operations Graham Hine blessed the gliders by smashing a bottle of champagne on one of their frames, asking nature for assistance: "Neptune, god of the seas, and Aeolus, god of the winds, we ask for your blessings upon these vessels that are going to transit from here to parts formerly unexplored by this kind of robot."
The gliders had endured an epic journey from California to Hawaii, but they were on a mere layover — they're in the middle of an attempt to cross the entire Pacific. There's a world record for "greatest distance by an autonomous wave-powered vehicle" at stake, and on Monday four of the gliders left Hawaii to resume their quest to cross the world's largest body of water on mostly wave power. The next leg of their trip will take them some 5,000 more nautical miles to the coasts of Australia and Japan.
The Wave Gliders' journey is more than just a title grab for a machine that was first created as a modest tool to track whale songs. And the journey is more than just an endurance test for the machines, which are capable swimmers.
For Liquid Robotics, the gliders' long-term mission is to get as much data from the ocean as possible.
Over the course of their journey, Benjamin and its three Wave Glider companions — Piccard Maru, Fountaine Maru and Papa Mau, all named after famous ocean explorers and mariners — will capture about 2.25 million data points on the ocean's physical characteristics. Liquid Robotics is making this data free to the public. In fact, the company is holding a contest to seek out novel proposals on how to use the data — the one with the most scientific potential wins. And the winner of the contest, called PacX, will receive six months of Wave Glider use as a prize. That, plus BP — yes, that BP — is throwing in a $50,000 research grant for the winner.
The first leg of the trip took Benjamin — named after Benjamin Franklin, who had studied the gulf stream — more than three months to complete. This is roughly 15 times longer than it would take a very fast sailboat.
I could see why.
To bystanders, a Liquid Robotics Wave Glider looks like a buoy, hardly moving at all. But I found that while swimming with a glider, if I looked down to adjust my dive mask for only a few seconds, it was already hastily swimming away.
The subtle, slow-but-steady, wave-powered drive of the Wave Glider is at the heart of what makes this technology so special. Machines that are passive enough to benefit from ocean power generally drift. But pilots can steer Wave Gliders using solar-powered electronics and satellite communication equipment, while all of the locomotion (the most energy-expensive element of any robotic vehicle) comes from the ocean itself. There's no such thing as a perpetual motion machine, but these machines can nearly rove the oceans until they break.
Eric Brager, Test and Evaluation Manager at the Liquid Robotics R&D lab, says, "Even when it appears flat at sea, there's enough ocean energy that the Wave Glider can still always be moving forward."
The Wave Glider's design is simple: A surfboard-sized float bobs on waves, big or small. That motion is transferred through a streamlined, 7-meter, rubber-and-steel cable to a submarine that cruises in the deeper, calmer waters. "In the rough open ocean, seven meters down, there's virtually no up and down wave motion," Brager says.
Indeed, oceanography teaches us that wave turbulence greatly diminishes below the surface of the water. For example, if you have a wave with a 20-foot length trough to trough, the waters underneath will be only 5 percent as turbulent 10 feet below the surface. The Wave Glider exploits this simple fact of physics to transform wave energy into forward motion.
Here's how it works: When the floating, surface-skimming portion of the Wave Glider attempts to force the submarine portion to flow with a wave, the sub is forced to carve upward through its relatively still waters. As this happens, an array of pivoting wings on the submarine lock into diagonal angles, transforming the bobbing wave motion into zig-zagging forward thrust at around 1 to 2 knots.
Because the solar array on top of the Wave Glider only has to power the rudder, satellite communications and whatever sensors are plugged into the modular payload, the glider, powered by the ocean's endless undulations, can theoretically last much longer, and travel much farther, than any other ocean-going unmanned vehicle. That means a Wave Glider can go where a boat can — albeit slowly — but with the longevity of a buoy. This makes a Wave Glider an ideal platform for oceanic data collection.
During their pit stop in Hawaii, the gliders have been circling near Liquid Robotic's R&D lab a few miles north of Kona on the Big Island. The lab, which sits on a dock, has on its wall the original prototype of the wave glider — it includes a wing-like whale tail and a surfboard. Another room is filled with crates containing Wave Gliders soon to be delivered into seas all over the world, and experimental next-generation gliders.
The building also houses a two-story-tall scaffolding set-up that simulates the strain of thousands of hours at sea on the Wave Glider's mechanical drive components. This is where the engineers learned how to build an umbilical cord that can withstand hundreds of thousands of waves, big and small.
The lab is also where engineers apply wisdom gained from the California-to-Hawaii leg of the foursome's journey. During their four-month voyage, the gliders encountered a storm with 26-foot waves and winds that maxed out the on-board sensors at 60 knots. A sailboat belonging to a Canadian family, only a few hundred miles away from the path of the gliders, needed to be rescued when their mast broke in the foul weather. But the Wave Gliders and their tethers held — just as they did in past storms.
Brager says the team wasn't worried: "As fragile as they might look to some, I felt fairly confident that the things would stay together since we've been through storms like that before. We've done quite a bit of rough-water testing."
Conventional wisdom tells us that larger boats survive much better in the open ocean, so there's something to be said for an ocean craft that lets the water rush about it to do what it will. When explorer Thor Heyerthal took the Kon Tiki, a balsa raft of traditional Peruvian design, to sea in 1947, he observed that waves would come onto the deck, then harmlessly pass through the floor of the boat. This design stands in stark contrast to a modern hull, which would have taken on water and sunk without a bilge pump to swiftly remove the flood. And this speaks to the brilliance of the Wave Gliders: They don't resist the flow of water, but rather exploit this very motion in the high seas.
Despite their seaworthy design, sometime during the first leg of their journey from San Francisco to Hawaii, half of the gliders suffered malfunctions that affected their ability to steer. Piccard, in fact, stopped turning without explanation. When the Liquid Robotics engineers recovered the glider, they found it had been scratched up all over. And then they found a tooth stuck in the umbilical cable.
The cause of failure? The glider was "seriously savaged by a major shark," reads a statement on the PacX Liquid Robotics blog.
Sharks have chewed on the Wave Gliders before. And, normally, sharks present far less of a threat to a Wave Glider than even a storm. Some researchers believe that sharks, using their electromagnetic sensing Ampullae of Lorenzini, sometimes become curious about metallic objects and may bite them. But the sharks normally bite the glider's wings, doing no more harm than scratching off the anti-fouling paint that keeps the hull clean of microorganism growth so it may slipstream through the water. (When Benjamin was removed from the water, barnacle growth only occurred on the sections where this special paint had come off, or on areas left unpainted. This fouling is a major concern for the longevity of a glider at sea, as a dirty sub can lose up to half of its already meager speed.)
But in the case of Piccard, the glider suffered significant shark damage when the shark bit down on a particularly vulnerable section of the umbilical tether. The engineers took care to reinforce the vulnerable part of the cable before deploying it for the second leg of the Pacific crossing. They have yet to identify the kind of shark by the tooth fragment it left behind.
The gliders, moving slowly through the ocean for long stretches of time, also attract wildlife that mistake the vessels for flotsam. In the pelagic regions of the sea, often referred to as deserts, tiny fish will sometimes take refuge under the gliders, much as as they would under a floating palm leaf or tangle of kelp. Those fish attract predators, and some Liquid Robotics clients have been known to toss fishing lines near the gliders when they visit them for service.


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Getting Graphic: Israeli Comic Book Artist Gets the Eisner
Oy, so I didn't make it a Sunday update this week but all in good time. Because essentially, the biggest news to hit the art-and-design-o-sphere comes this week from Comic Con: Israeli comic book artist and illustrator Rutu Modan was just awarded an Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Novel in 2008 for her work, Exit Wounds.
Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, A young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father's death, he finds himself not only piecing together the last few months of his father's life, but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties.
I'm not so sure that today's Israel can be so easily categorized as a place where family ties are not strong. In fact, I believe quite the opposite is true. And you'll find Israel's biggest 'celebrities' eating Friday night dinner with their families before going out to the 'hottest' clubs. (I put that all in quotes because it's all so (ir)relevant, celebrity, fame, stardom, etc…) But don't let that detract from interest in or attention for the work. For sure, it's a prestigious award that was bestowed on one of Israel's decorated and renowned illustrators. So if anyone gets their hands on a copy and has a chance to read it, let us know what you think of the theme.
And in the meantime, we can all agree that the images, as they relate to the topics of terror and death, are indeed breathtaking. There's something of an older aesthetic or vintage look in the work, as if it draws upon the historical element of Tel Aviv despite its newness of subject and view. Whether it's by the coloring of the page, the people captured in the street scenes, or the simplicity of the fonts used as conversations. Check out a 5 page excerpt from the novel here.


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Charlottesville Breaking News
'Tragic accident:' UVA student dies in fall from roof
Man allegedly shoots woman in neck
As snow was falling over the county early Sunday morning, gunfire rang out just off of Hydraulic Road, and a woman became the year's first victim of a shooting in Albemarle. Charged in the incident is John Wesley Morris, a 53-year-old Charlottesville resident, who reportedly fled the scene and was captured in his vehicle in the Free Union/Earlysville area less than two hours later.
The victim, an unnamed woman, received a gunshot wound to her neck, but her injuries were described by an Albemarle County Police Department release as "non life-threatening." The release indicates that the March 27 incident occurred around 1:40am in the 1800 block of Inglewood Drive with the arrest around 3:05am on Buck Mountain Ford Road.
Published reports suggest that Morris is no stranger to violence. In 1985 he was convicted of the double homicide of Ricky Clements and Monte Wanless at the Pantops-area Hardee's restaurant. He was sentenced to 46 years, and according to the Department of Corrections, released in January 2008.
Trial continued: As Ragged fields erupt in green
Upper Bundoran: Manor house under foreclosure
Another grand Albemarle house is headed toward the auction block. Upper Bundoran, the house built by the son of the man who built Scott Stadium, is under foreclosure and will be sold on the courthouse steps April 18.
The 6,500-square-foot Georgian manor on 55 acres is part of the Bundoran Farm "preservation development," but its developer insists the rest of project is not in trouble.
"That's completely separate financing and a separate lot," says Robert H. Baldwin Jr., general manager of Edge Valley Preservation LLC, the company developing Bundoran Farm. "Foreclosures are never good. We take them very seriously."
Royal Bank of Canada is calling its $3.1 million credit line on Upper Bundoran, which has been listed for sale for $2.6 million. "It's underwater," acknowledges Baldwin.
The plan for the 2,300-acre Bundoran Farm is to keep most of its acreage under conservation easement as pasture, forest, and orchards, and to plant 108 residential lots in the middle of that. "Tax credits are not part of our plan," say Baldwin of the popular land preservation perk used by some developers, such as Biscuit Run's, to mitigate investment losses.
Bundoran Farm sales have picked up, with 17 lots recently sold. "We suffered like everybody else," says Baldwin. "For a year and a half, we didn't make a single sale...
Scream-worthy: Graeter's takes Charlottesville
Buckeyes are already familiar with Graeter's, the fourth generation family-owned Cincinnati ice creamery. Foodies may have heard Emeril Lagasse and Bobby Flay extol its virtues. Since it's now available at Kroger, the rest of us can give it a taste.
Never ones to turn down offers of free ice cream, the Hook staff savored the Mocha Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chocolate Chip, and tried unsuccessfully to wrest the Butter Pecan from an unrepentant colleague who ate the whole pint.
The secret to its sumptuousness is something called the French-pot method, in which the ice cream is made in two-gallon batches with, naturally, all-natural rich-as-sin heavy cream and cane sugar.
"I like it because it's custard style and creamy," says Rob Myers, whose father's family is from Ohio. He'd heard of the legendary ice cream, and when it became available at Kroger's, he was there. His favorite? Black raspberry.
Graeter's makes 24 flavors and 13 seasonal flavors, and sells for $4.29 a pint. Umm, where's the vanilla?


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Corrections Committee, Missouri House of Representatives
The Corrections Committee is a standing committee of the Missouri House of Representatives.
Per Rule 22 of the House Rules, standing, conference, interim and statutory committees in the Missouri House of Representatives are appointed by the Speaker of the House with minority members of regular standing committees being appointed by the Minority Floor Leader. Special standing committees are appointed by the Speaker with input from the Minority Floor Leader on minority leadership. The Speaker is responsible for designating the number of members of each committee. Unless provided for by the act or resolution creating a committee, partisan balance of committee membership is to match partisan balance of the chamber as closely as possible, save for the Ethics Committee, which is to consist of an equal number of majority and minority members. The chair and vice-chair of each standing committee are appointed by the Speaker. The Speaker, Speaker Pro Tem, floor leaders, assistant floor leaders and whips serve on all standing committees ex officio. The chair and a minority member of the Budget Committee serve on all Appropriations committees ex officio. Ex officio members do not hold voting power unless properly appointed.[1]
See rules: Rules of the House of Representatives - 97th General Assembly
|The Committee on Corrections may consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to adult and juvenile penal and correctional problems, the administration of correctional institutions, and the state penitentiary.[2][3]
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
|Corrections Members, 2013
|Democratic members (4)
|Republican members (8)
|• Linda Black
|• Paul Fitzwater, Chair
|• Rory Ellinger
|• Rick Brattin, Vice-chair
|• Kimberly Gardner
|• Kathie Conway
|• Bonnaye Mims
|• Dennis Fowler
|• Dave Muntzel
|• Bill Reiboldt
|• Shawn Rhoads
|• Bryan Spencer
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
|Corrections Members, 2011
|Democratic members (4)
|Republican members (7)
|• Linda Black, Chair
|• Paul Fitzwater, Vice-chair
|• Ron Casey
|• Ellen Brandom
|• Penny Hubbard
|• Rick Brattin
|• Paul Quinn
|• Kathie Conway
|• Shelley Keeney
|• Melissa Leach
|• Mike McGhee
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
|Corrections Members, 2009
|Democratic members (5)
|Republican members (7)
|• Paul Quinn
|• Mike McGhee, Chair
|• Sharon Pace
|• Scott Largent, Vice-chair
|• Ron Casey
|• Mike Lair
|• Linda Black
|• Jeanie Riddle
|• Thomas Todd
|• Kenny Jones
|• Chris Molendorp
|• Dan Brown
External links
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "Rules of the House of Representatives - 97th General Assembly," January 16, 2013. accessed January 21, 2014 (Rule 22)
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "Rules of the House of Representatives - 97th General Assembly," January 16, 2013. Accessed January 21, 2014 Rule 25(13)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.


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August 1, 2008
This newsletter is for public agencies, businesses, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders involved or interested in public-private partnerships for joint emergency preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.
Michigan State University (MSU) produces the newsletter through the Critical Incident Protocol (CIP)-Community Facilitation Program under a grant awarded by the Training & Exercises Integration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This newsletter provides ideas, suggestions, best practices, and lessons learned to establish critical incident protocols using public-private partnerships.
Michigan State University through the CIP Program will "enhance cities, counties, and region's capabilities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from man-made and natural disasters through public and private sector collaboration, communication, and cooperation." MSU facilitates public-private partnerships and the CIP Program is free of charge to participating communities.
Please visit our website at www.cip.msu.edu for more information about the program.
Participating Communities in the CIP Program
The CIP Program has been initiated in 41 communities in 23 states with over 3,300 participants establishing community public-private partnerships for joint management of critical incidents. We are looking to work with other cities, counties and regions. Is there a location in the nation that you think may be interested in developing a public-private partnership? If so, please let us know.
Currently, we are working with the following communities:
Alabama: Hoover
Arizona: Casa Grande
California: Mountain View
Colorado: Littleton
Connecticut: Norwalk
Florida: Western Panhandle
Illinois: Lake-Cook Regional, Libertyville
Indiana: Evansville
Kansas: Douglas County
Maryland: Annapolis, Carroll County, Rockville
Michigan: Marquette County, Monroe, Oakland County
Missouri/Illinois: Gateway Citizen Corps Coalition, St. Louis
Montana: Lewis & Clark County
Nevada: Clark County
North Carolina: Buncombe County, Greensboro
Ohio: Brooklyn
Pennsylvania: Allentown, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Perkiomen Valley
South Carolina: Horry County
Texas: Dallas
Utah: Layton, Sandy City
Virginia: Arlington County, Richmond
Washington: Redmond
Wisconsin: Brown County, Dane County, Eau Claire County, Milwaukee, Outagamie County, Racine County, Superior, Winnebago County
CIP Program Activities
August 1, 2008: Columbia, SC (Initiating the CIP Program)
September 9, 2008: Norwalk, CT (Facilitating Tabletop Exercise)
September 14/15, 2008: Atlanta, GA (ASIS Conference)
September 26, 2008: Detroit, MI (Initiating the CIP Program)
September 30, 2008: Naperville, IL (Initiating the CIP Program)
October 7, 2008: Dane County, WI (Facilitating Tabletop Exercise)
October 21, 2008: Lake-Cook IL Regional (Facilitating Tabletop Exercise)
October 21, 2008: Atlanta, GA (IEDC Conference)
October 26, 2008: Richmond, VA (EPA Conference)
Welcome Outagamie and Winnebago Counties, WI to the CIP Program
Outagamie and Winnebago Counties, Wisconsin have recently joined the CIP Program as our 40th and 41st communities. These adjacent counties are not only building a county-wide partnership but are planning on working together, along with Brown County who is also participating in the CIP Program. These three counties sit side-by-side and will focus on regional issues.
Each of these counties has a staff person whose primary function is public/private partnerships for crisis management. As the CIP staff works with various government agencies on a local, county, state, or federal level, we see more emergency management departments specifically assigning this function within their organization as a visible job title. This sends an important message to the community, businesses, and other organizations.
The State of Wisconsin has demonstrated a strong commitment to public/private partnerships by awarding financial grants to cities and counties over the last two years. The state has provided leadership by encouraging participants to stimulate collaboration between government, businesses, and non-profit organizations on how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the impact of man-made and natural disasters, critical incidents, and other related events. For more information on Wisconsin's project, please contact David Duecker, Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance at (608) 261-7538 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Catalog of Courses/Training
Traditionally, the federal government offers preparedness courses to government entities; however, more of these trainings are now offered to the private sector as well. For communities that have developed a public/private partnership or for others interested in preparedness courses, the following three sources are available:
The FEMA Training & Exercise Integration Secretariat/Training Operations (TEI/TO) Course Catalog has over 100 courses, which range from weapons of mass destruction terrorism to citizen preparedness. These courses are divided by level: awareness, performance and management.
The TEI/TO Course Catalog is available at: https://www.firstrespondertraining.gov/webforms/pdfs/gt_catalog.pdf.
The Federal Sponsored Course Catalog is another resource with over 100 courses available to both the public and private sectors, which highlight prevention, protection, response, and on-site incident management. Learn about these courses at: https://www.firstrespondertraining.gov/webforms/pdfs/fed_catalog.pdf.
The State Sponsored Course Catalog lists available training sessions across the nation according to mission areas: common, protection, response, (on-site incident management), and recovery. This catalog is available at: https://www.firstrespondertraining.gov/webforms/pdfs/state_catalog.pdf.
You may also access all three catalogs at: https://www.firstrespondertraining.gov/odp_webforms.
Of course, there are many other sources for workshops as well.
Review for Comment – FEMA Proposed Snow Policy
FEMA is soliciting comments through August 25, 2008 to develop a proposed snow assistance and severe winter storm policy. This is applicable to FEMA evaluating requests for a 'major disaster declaration', not an emergency declaration. Some of the proposed changes would:
o change the methodology used by FEMA to determine whether a snowfall qualifies as a record or near-record snowfall.
o change the procedure to use the highest National Weather Service historical data, rather than the lowest as currently used.
o change the processes for states to meet the criteria for a major disaster declaration.
To review and/or offer comment on the proposed policy, please refer to Docket ID FEMA-2005-0005 at http://www.regulations.gov.
Public/Private Partnership Websites
One way of promoting the value of public/private partnerships is for participating communities in the CIP Program to designate a website that profiles the organization. The Lake-Cook Regional Critical Incident Partnership (LCRCIP), which is located north of Chicago on the border of Lake and County Counties and the Brown County, Wisconsin Partnership provide leadership for collaboration and their websites serves as a mechanism to disseminate information to others.
The LCRCIP website states their purpose is, "to share best practices and lessons learned to improve our collective ability to respond to critical incidents in our community. Training and exercising emergency plans and learning about our strengths and weaknesses enable us to build a stronger response network, which improves our overall preparedness for any hazard that we face" (LCRCIP, 2008, para #1). For more information about the LCRCIP, please go to: http://www.lcrcip.org.
The Brown County website states their mission, which is, "bringing together key public and private sector stakeholders to identify mutual concerns and develop strategies to make communities safer" (Brown County Office of Emergency Management, 2008, para #1). For more information about the Brown County WI Partnership, please go to: http://bcppp.com.
Professional Practices for Business Continuity
Business continuity continues to expand as public and private sector professionals provide direction and guidance on how organizations can maintain operations and services during and after a disruptive event. The CIP staff, who provides training in this area, occasionally receives inquiries regarding business continuity and how to access additional information.
One excellent resource for business continuity is DRI International. DRI not only provides a wealth of information on business continuity but is one of the premier organizations offering certification for this discipline. To learn more about this organization, please visit their website at: https://www.drii.org
For additional information on business continuity, there are the ten professional practices available to download at: https://www.drii.org/professional_prac/profprac_details.html.
The subject areas include how professional practices came to exist; project initiation and management; risk evaluation and control; business impact analysis; developing business continuity strategies; emergency response and operations; developing and implementing business continuity plans; exercising and maintaining business continuity plans; public relations and crisis coordination; coordination with external agencies; and, sources and references related to business continuity/disaster recovery.
The Value of Public/Private Partnerships - Utility Company Perspective
Recently, the CIP staff participated in a panel discussion at a business continuity conference for utility companies. One of the companies illustrated why partnerships should be an integral component of a utility's business continuity program.
Here are a few reasons for partnering:
o The public sector needs to know your business, which you know best.
o The public sector knows the other players in the public sector better than you do.
o The public sector knows your neighbor and the neighborhood better than you do. (Cleary, 2008)
Here are some recommendations:
o Meet and discuss how interactions will take place during an incident – even if you do not "drill", identify assumptions of what is needed and required from each other.
o Periodically review people, assumptions, and changes to infrastructure and/or other aspects that influence planning (a good example is a road that was essential for emergency plant response but has now changed).
o Knowledge of partner's capabilities and limitations lead to informed decision-making (Cleary, 2008).
As the CIP staff works with more communities across the nation, we are seeing more utility companies involved in these partnerships for joint crisis management.
Recent Postings to the CIP Information Exchange Website
The CIP Information Exchange website is a large database for public and private sector professionals interested in homeland security, emergency preparedness, business continuity, disaster recovery, and emergency management. It also contains research publications, government documents, news items, and more.
To enter the CIP Information Exchange website, please go to https://angel.msu.edu and click on Angel Guest Account from the drop-down menu. Click on proceed and in the next webpage box, enter "msu.msu@angel" and "partnership" (both without quotation marks) as the password. On the next page, click on Critical Incident Protocol (CIP) – Community Facilitation, which launches the main menu.
Located in the folder "Bulletin Board - Information for all Communities" are a variety of recent postings, including:
o Family Preparedness for First Responders
o Training for Nuclear Waste Incident Response
o Schools Turn to VARS for Surveillance, Security Solutions
o Testimony on Emerging Threats before U.S. House of Representatives
o Public-Private Alliances to the Rescue – Aidmatrix Foundation
There are numerous other resources located on the website. To locate a specific topic, utilize the "search" function.
Past Newsletters
If you are interested in viewing past CIP Update newsletters, please go to www.cip.msu.edu and select "Newsletters" from the main menu.
If you have any topics and/or ideas for a future CIP Update newsletter, please contact Brit Weber at email@example.com or (517) 355-2227 or other MSU staff members. About every three weeks you will receive this newsletter via email. If you no longer wish to be on this list, please reply to this email.
The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or Michigan State University.
Lake-Cook Regional Critical Incident Partnership. (2008). Retrieved on July 30, 2008 from http://www.lcrcip.org website.
Brown County Office of Emergency Management. (2008). Retrieved on July 28, 2008 from http://bcppp.com/default.aspx website.
Cleary, Anne. (June 4, 2008). Power Point Presentation at EEI Business Continuity Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
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This one's another simple project, but I love the impact and the possibilities: think kid's room, dorm room, kitchen, or office. Why not use a fun message board to write reminders to yourself or notes to a roommate instead of paper?
You will need:
This would be a great message board to place outside a dorm room in place of a white board. If you want more color, simply paint the frame prior to putting the pieces back together.
LWolcott on August 29 at 6:44 p.m.
I have never used chalkboard paint. Can I use a regular paint brush, and will I be able to clean it with water?
mbullock on September 06 at 7:41 a.m.
Chalkboard paint is available as both spray paint and brush-on paint. I prefer the surface of the brush-on for most projects, but used the spray version for this one. You can use a regular paintbrush and wash it off with water. No icky paint thinner needed! I actually dream of having a whole chalkboard wall in my house someday.


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WASHINGTON, February 28, 2012 – Pilgrims and tourists who visit the Dead Sea soon will have more than mud packs, seaside resorts and Lot's wife to call on.
Coming in April is a new multi-million dollar museum on the Jordan side of the lake about one of the world's most fascinating natural features. It's all about the geological, human, and ecological history that spans many centuries.
Located in Ghor es-Safi, Jordan, The Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth has a scheduled April opening very near the Byzantine era monastery that commemorates Lot's cave and his flight from the wicked ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah which God destroyed.
The Old Testament describes how Lot and his two daughters escaped the destruction and hid in a cave, but Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt because she disobeyed God and looked back at the cities (Genesis 19). A natural formation on a hillside above the Dead Sea is tagged Lot's wife pillar.
Jesus Christ recalled the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Luke 17 when he warned "Remember Lot's wife" and said that "it would be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed," meaning every person's eternal destiny would hinge on their spiritual allegiance to God or something earthly.
The Dead Sea has also been called the "Sea of Arabah", the "Salt Sea," and the "Eastern Sea" in the Bible. The Arab people have always known it as Bahr Lut (Lot's Sea). The surface of the Dead Sea is at 1,312 feet below sea level, making it the lowest water surface on earth. The lake is 47 miles long and has a maximum width of about 10 miles.
The new museum's permanent exhibition hall has four sections with different themes:
Origins of the Dead Sea; Eco-system; Man and the Dead Sea; and Will the Dead Sea Really Die? The Dead Sea's conservation needs run throughout the exhibits, and the museum's two documentary films, "Ecology of the Dead Sea" and "Dead Sea in Danger" contribute to the appeal.
Ancient tombstones also contribute to the museum's story. They were recovered form the region's many cemeteries of Arab, Jewish and Christian communities of people who lived and died through the ages. There are also artifacts from the sugar industry that flourished during the Mamluk period (13th-16th centuries) in Zoar (now Safi), as well as handicrafts and daily implements used by Bedouin and villagers who live in the area today.
The Dead Sea has drawn pilgrims and tourists to its shores for centuries. It's bounded on the west by modern Israel and on the east by Jordan. Hotels and resorts populate the area, and visitors often indulge in spa mud therapies and sea floats in the mineral-laden water that keeps them afloat.
The Dead Sea has no outlet, and fresh water evaporates quickly because of the hot desert climate. It is seven times more salty that the ocean. Fish cannot live in the water, and most other life forms perish there also. The sea's chemical products such as potash, bromine, gypsum, and salt make the sea economically valuable, as does the growing health resort industry.
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Land of Nod Princess and the Pea Bedding is like something out of a fairytale. Actually, that's exactly what it is. The quilt depicts a stack of mattresses topped with an adorable princess from the memorable children's story. A cheerful little pea sits at the bottom. The coordinating shams help complete the look.
Note: Lifestyle image for reference only; coordinating bedding pieces sold separately.
Material: Shell: 100% Cotton; Fill: 100% Polyester
Brand: Land of Nod
Wow. This selection from the Land of Nod (they are partners with Crate & Barrel) is a feast for the eyes. You can decorate your peanut's room with adorable rugs, curtains, and pillows, but the fun doesn't stop there. We also have a tiny pink speedster, bath toys, and tutus for girly girls.


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West Midlands News: Third of incapacity benefit claimants in West Midlands deemed fit to work
- Details
- Published: Tuesday, 24 April 2012 04:30
- Written by Jonathan Walker
Assessments on incapacity benefit claimants have found that more than one in three of the West Midlands are fit to work.
The figure emerged in checks on those who currently qualify for incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or income support paid on the grounds of illness or disability.
Of the...
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Littell's Living Age/Volume 169/Issue 2189/An Oriental Tribute on the Opening of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition by the Queen
|←A Visit to the Leper Hospital of Bergen
|Littell's Living Age by , translated by Edwin Arnold
Volume 169, Issue 2189 : An Oriental Tribute on the Opening of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition by the Queen
|When First the Willows' Budding Spray→
|Originally published in Academy.
(Literally translated from the Arabic of Habib Anthony Salmoné.)
Is it Paradise I gaze on? do the Garden's gates unfold?
Brothers I tell me, am I dreaming? are these visions I behold?
All the lands of one dominion into one rejoicing brought
In this palace of their pleasure. Such a marvel what hash wrought?
Yea! I know! I see the truth now! Seeking light the sun arose,
My blind eves irradiating: midst her realm Victoria goes;
Of the West supreme Sultana she hath bid the South, and North,
She hash bid the East attend her, bringing all their treasures forth;
Verily, she wears the signet worn by Suleiman of old,
Gifted with those magic letters carved upon the stone in gold.
And this brings her all she asks for: as unto that King of Kings;
What, forsooth, should be denied her of the whole world's precious things?
For the blue sea is thy sapphire, and the golden stars do write
Allah's name upon its surface with their rays of magic might;
And its wide tides wash to Britain all the riches of the main,
Flowing in with ships of treasure, ebbing out with ships again.
Like winged birds they skim the ocean, messengers thy children send
Out of all the British nations unto thee, their Queen and Friend.
'Tis a world, a whole vast people, gathering joyfully to-day,
All their hearts in one heart blended thus their reverence to pay.
East and West with one love blended bless thee Queen in unity;
Allah, Lord of Lords I vouchsafe us long such brotherhood to see!
Then what enemy shall daunt us? who shall do Britannia wrong?
In such majesty united, in such mighty kinship strong.
Lo! thine Empire clusters round thee, all its richest, and its best!
Peace and happiness be with thee; this thine East prays, as thy West.


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Mini-shredders will love the Scout.
Start 'em early, so they grow up to be big, strong snowboard stompers; start them out right with the Forum Scout Snowboard for kids—Forum's smallest snowboard. Forum scaled down everything on this snowboard to meet the demands of your mini-grom. Smaller size, super-soft flex, smaller price tag, it pretty much has everything you want in a little package. The PU/wood core and sidewall construction of the Scout makes this board easy to learn turns on and durable enough to last your mini-me through a few seasons of abuse. The Scout has a loose feel so Junior can get into turning; snowboarding should be fun, not a fight. *If this ride is a little too small, check out the Forum Mini Youngblood Snowboard for slightly larger groms.
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This is a past year's model that we are now out of. You may be interested in this forum kids board though: http://www.dogfunk.com/forum-youngblood-mini-doubledog-snowboard-kids
Slick board!
Cool design, nice flex, easy turn and super light and fast


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Parent Hacks admin: Google grumpiness
Parent Hacks has done something to upset the Google gods. Either that or there's a disturbance in the Force, because my site search box (which is powered by Google) is seriously wonky. It's not finding much of anything. Till it's fixed, your best bet for finding past hacks is to browse the archives and use your browser's search function to scan the page.
Anything else I should know? Is the site loading ok for you? Everything seems fine from my vantage point, but it's always nice to check it to be sure it's working for you, too.


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December 22, 2014
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