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Back when we were in New York, we visited the new 9/11 memorial.
The Empire State Building, that craziest of tall buildings, was built in the 30's and was the tallest building in New York until the 70's, when the twin towers were built, each being taller than the Empire.
But, after 9/11 attacks, it was again made the tallest in the city, until just a few months ago, when the new World Trade Center One, also known as freedom tower, (going to be 1,776 feet tall, for the signing of the Declaration of Independence), surpassed it.
At the foot of the rising tower are the original footprints of the North and South tower, now made reflecting pools, the names of all the dead from every facet of the attack, every flight, inscribed on the sides, almost 3,000 of them, in all.
Now, I'm not sure exactly what the purpose of terrorism is, putatively it's a holy war, but I think that's rather dubious.
I happen to think it's an attempt to cause as much damage to the human race as possible.
And, measured by that criteria, it's hard to imagine being more successful with the resources they had.
If, say, the siege of Leningrad is one of the saddest events in human history because of how much life and how many resources were wasted for absolutely nothing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad
then 9/11 has to be one of the saddest events in human history because of how much was "accomplished" with how few resources.
Really, it might be one of the most "successful" ventures in human history.
That's because, 9/11, in my mind, isn't over, and won't be, for a long time. With 19 people, versus minimal security, bin Laden managed to take over 4 planes, and with them collapse 2 of the most important buildings in the world, and cause damage to another vastly important one.
2,977 people, from 90 countries, were killed.
Comparably, a rather small number, (considering it's figured about 1,500 people died in car crashes that happened because people were too afraid to fly after 9/11) if it's compared to various other tragedies in history, and to the population of the country as a whole.
But the toll in deaths, though great, was not by any measure all of the damage. Probably nearly every single American, and many around the world, had to watch as those 2 mighty towers smoked black smoke into the sky, before collapsing.
About 3,000 died, but the attack was felt by everyone.
One of the things that was sad to me, is that this tragedy is felt by most to be an "American tragedy", as if it only affected Americans.
See, I look at the globe, and I see a lot of lines, dividing land and people from each other. A lot of these lines have absolutely no geographic basis, they're nothing but lines in the mind, drawn by people, for reasons that, at the core, amount to just xenophobia.
Why we can't feel every tragic death that happens to other human beings around the world the same as if they happen to human beings who happened to live in the same arbitrary area as us, I don't know.
But worse, once it was felt we had our "American tragedy", that should have been a general human tragedy, then it was time for payback.
The casualties of the wars I like to think of as "9/11 ongoing", the Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan, altogether equal about 40,000, and counting.
Once again, the death toll and the financial toll only show the tiniest portion of the immense damage, including the rise of Islamaphobia in the United States, and hugely unpopular drone strikes and collateral damage ruining whatever credibility our country might have ever had in the Middle East.
Add to that a general "Us vs. Them" mentality, where Us is the United States, Christians, and "Them" is Muslims, or Arabs, although in many people's minds those 2 things are the same thing.
Photos were released rather recently of U.S. soldiers pissing on the dead bodies of Taliban soldiers, and yet, well, some comments:
"They should get ribbons for that."
"whats the problem with posing with dead hajis again?"
"Number of protesters after the 16, mostly women and children were killed: 250
Number of protesters after the Korans were burned: 200,000
A backward culture that values a book more than it values it's women and children deserve to have their dead pissed on."
"Fuck em!! I'm sure the people who were burning alive on 9/11 in the towers or the people that jumped 80 stories were thinking gee I hope nobody pisses on dead camel jockeys because of this"
No doubt, those are some of the crazier Americans out there, but it hits on a common theme: Americans are angry about 9/11, and figure that since we got attacked "first", we'll kill them all, and piss on their bodies, and laugh about it.
My basic point in a nutshell: We got attacked, but not really "first", we've just been meddling in the Middle East since the Cold War era to attempt to stop Soviet advancement, and some of the more radical Middle Easterners decided the way to respond was by killing a lot of people.
After that, we retaliated with an attack on the group we unfortunately supported for many years, the Taliban, and have been fighting against them ever since, and then decided, somewhat oddly, to invade a completely unrelated Middle Eastern Country hundreds of miles away and change their government.
Or in essence: NOTHING GAINED, all that's come of it is more ignorance, more death, more violence, more refugees, and more arrogance on the side of America, and it all just makes me more ashamed of the human race.
It's hard to be more "successful" than that. Too successful, as Osama bin Laden found out almost 10 years afterwards, finally, finally, the cycle of violence, destruction, and violence he'd started had come full circle, and now, at last, it had come for him, leaving him as just one more casualty in a war of ignorance.
I'm seeing the 9/11 Memorial for the first time next week. People visiting always helps you be a tourist in your own town... ;-)
"You can judge the whole world on the sparkle that you think it lacks" - Dawes, When My Time Comes (http://youtu.be/Z0FrcTX6hWI)
But also for another quite personal reason that will not even be remotely obvious to the average reader. Thank you!
The Arab world seems hellbent on referring to this quagmire we(U.S) find ourselves involved in as a holy war. If you look back in history, to the dawn of Islam, you can see a correlation between Christian vs. Islam. Indeed, many holy wars have been waged. The western world doesn't actually see what is going on today in this way. However, I think the Arab world can't help but think our motives are to destroy their culture and Islam itself. If you look at what we have done across the globe with regard to insurgencies, installing favorable leaders, and allying ourselves to Israel, time and again, it always seems to blow up in our face. I think Afghanistan is a perfect example of that.
The Arab world, as a whole, cannot even agree amongst themselves. They've been killing and conquering their own people since the days of the great empires. For the sake of argument, let's say the Arab world unites all factions and destroys Israel. They'd be dancing in the streets in all major cities in the middle east, burning Israeli flags, as well as, ours. Of course, Egypt tried and failed to take back lands that Israel had laid claims to. How? With U.S. supplied military equipment and training.
Political solutions never seem to pan out because the Arabs want the land back given to Israel. Not just the West Bank either, I truly believe they want it all. Without this on the bargaining table, there can be no peaceful or political sloution. I realize this sounds pretty radical, and I've been scrutinized heavily for saying it aloud in the past and I'm sure I will be again, but I can't help coming to this conclusion.
The middle east wants no U.S. involvement in their business. They also want the destruction of Israel. The only thing they want from us is our money! Frankly, we don't even need their oil, it's just more convienient.
I'm afraid all these people, 911, Iraq war, Afghanistan, and more have all died in vain.
but look at this quote:
"Political solutions never seem to pan out because the Arabs want the land back given to Israel. Not just the West Bank either, I truly believe they want it all." (underlining mine)
Who, exactly, is the antecedent to "they": The Arabs or the Israelis? As it reads, this remains somewhat ambiguous.
After the disastrous decision in 1948 by the United Nations to form the state of Israel on Arab land (with primary support coming from U.S. Christian Zionists in the vain hope that it would hasten the prophesied Armageddon), the West Bank remained in Arab hands.
But Israel has all along contended that all of present Israel plus the West Bank (and more) was "given" to them in a covenant with God (dating back to the days of Abraham and Moses)!
Of course... Israel is the one that "wants it all!" For they acknowledge no law or force that would desecrate a sacred covenant with God! (post emoticon for extreme sarcasm)
I hope that is what you meant.
I know that Israel believes they have divine rights to the entirety of the territory. I was a little rushed, I apologize for being ambiguous. But I meant the arabs. I believe the arabs(especially fundamental islamists) desire to 'conquer' the Israeli's, essentially by destroying them. Then, they(fundamentalists) would have complete control of Jerusalem. It was a thought on my part, I could be completely wrong.
It's a very complicated and thorny issue to begin with. I didn't like generalizing, using 'Arabs', but my response was written in two stages.
I wrote part of it on my coffee break and finished on my lunch break. So, there was bound to be some factual omissions. I'm sure your aware of the many arab nations involved.
I realize the United Nations drafted the final plans to establish the state of Israel, however, the British(In tandem with other european countries) established the first agreements for jewish settlers to begin immigrating to 'The land of Israel'. Some of which was done illegally. The british had 'sovereignty' over what is present day Jordan, after defeating the Ottoman's(Turks) who had control of present day Syria and Jordan. Or am I mistaken?
can be traced back to 1917 and the Balfour Declaration by Britain:
However... what, for me, is most egregious is the fanaticism that existed in many Christian communities here in the U.S. in the late 1940s: They were imbued with the certainty that if only Israel could be reconstituted in its biblical setting (a prophecy to be fulfilled preceding Armageddon), the end of the world would be nigh... and all believers would be reunited in heaven!
In the church of my childhood this is a very vivid memory! Without the fanatical support of the Christian Zionists, the displaced Jews (victims of WW2) would have settled elsewhere: Many alternatives existed... but all rejected as anything other would have been inconsistent with biblical prophecy. God couldn't do it on his own; he needed help! :(
Oh... the tragedy of blind belief!
I'll never understand holy rollers. I recognized at an early age some things just didn't add up with Catholicism, specifically the Vatican.

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Watching "The Celluloid Closet" now, as an openly gay man, the negative images of Hollywood didn't affect me as they were intended. But then, I realized that I didn't come out until I was 23, and I couldn't think of any movie role that featured a gay character that helped me see myself while growing up.
In addition, the lack of gay characters also shows the straight world the distorted image it wants, that we don't exist. Gay youth particularly have a hunger to see themselves, to identify. It's a hunger that still goes by relatively unsatiated.
"The Celluloid Closet," a gripping documentary based on the late Vito Russo's book of the same name, was produced and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, who won an Academy Award for their 1989 HBO Documentary "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt," about the AIDS Quilt.
The movie, which will be released theatrically in March, begins with a montage of swishy mimes, self-hating homos and effeminate bachelors from Hollywood's history. It was shown in a special one-time-only preview on Home Box Office on Jan. 30.
"These were fleeting images, but they were unforgettable, and they left a lasting legacy," Lily Tomlin narrates over the montage. "Hollywood, that great maker of myths, taught straight people what to think about gay people -- and gay people what to think about themselves. No one escaped its influence."
Tomlin, who helped get the movie produced, has recent come under attack by writer Armistead Maupin, who is featured in the documentary and wrote Tomlin's narration. He told Michael Musto, a gossip columnist for the Village Voice, that Tomlin was going to use the Celluloid Closet's release to mark her own coming out.
"I feel profoundly disappointed and slightly used," Maupin told Musto. "I'm angry at Lily because she led several of us to believe she'd use this film as a vehicle for coming out. I would never have accepted the project if I thought that wasn't the case.
"At one point, Vito told me he wanted an out-of-the-closet actor to narrate the film. My feeling was it should either be an openly gay person or a sympathetic straight person. Instead, I have to endure the cruel irony of a film called The Celluloid Closet narrated by a closeted person!," Maupin said.
Despite Tomlin's backpedaling, the film is still essential viewing.
The earliest clip in the documentary is a 1895 experimental film by Thomas Edison which shows two men dancing for the camera. Such begins a chronological tour through cinema's lavender vault, intercutting film footage and present-day interviews with writers of gay films and actors such as Harvey Fierstein, Tony Curtis, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon and Tom Hanks.
When films in the 1920s started dealing openly and sometimes positively with homosexuality, lobbies formed to censor the movies, which led to the Hays Code and the Legion of Decency ratings of the mid-1930s.
The new measures forced gay content in the movies to be more covert, such as Peter Lorre's gay character in The Maltese Falcon, who wears perfume and nearly fellates his cane while talking to Humphrey Bogart. The novel, according to the documentary, had Lorre's character as openly gay, but the movie was only able to hint -- broadly.
Movies about gay killers, self-loathing lesbian prison wardens and married women lured into lesbianism were apparently unaffected by the code.
Sal Mineo's character, Plato, in Rebel Without a Cause was obviously gay. He idolized the James Dean character and had a picture of Alan Ladd in his high school locker. It also featured scenes of male bonding between the two characters which people sometimes interpret as being about homosexuality.
"Rebel was about tenderness, intimacy. It was an attempt to widen the permission to love when men were supposed to be one way with each other," Rebel's screenwriter Stewart Stern says in the documentary. "I think if I were writing that script again today, I would be much more specific about Plato. I would let him be an outcast because the gang thought he was a fag. And let his isolation come from that opinion."
Plato, being an obviously gay character, was, of course, killed in the movie.
Gore Vidal, the screenwriter for Ben-Hur, provides the funniest insight of slipping homosexual subtext into a movie. He decided that in the back-story of the movie, Ben-Hur and Messala used to be lovers. When they meet again, many years later, Messala wants to start the relationship back up.
So, Vidal and the film's director tell the actor playing Messala about the back-story, but not to Charlton Heston, who played Ben-Hur.
"Don't say anything to Heston, because Chuck will fall apart," Vidal recalls the film's director telling him.
So, the two share an intimate scene, and only one actor was aware of the subtext -- even while locking arms to drink from goblets.
Richard Dyer, a film historian, notes that expressing homosexuality in real life in those days was the same way, it was all covert and reading between the lines. "The movies were in the closet, and we were in the closet," Dyer says.
In 1959's "Pillow Talk," Rock Hudson, a gay man perceived then by most of America to be heterosexual, poses as a straight man posing as a gay man. In "Spartacus," from 1960, Anthony Curtis is chosen to be Spartacus' "body servant," with no further reference as to what that means. In a deleted scene shown in the documentary, Curtis is then shown bathing Spartacus with a dialogue dripping with gay subtext.
But in most instances, characters with a questionable sexuality died, by their own or someone else's hand, before the end credits rolled.
"It's not always like it happens in plays, not all faggots bump themselves off at the end of the story," one character tells another in 1970's "The Boys in the Band," a bittersweet movie about gay men, in which no one dies in the end. Some films of the 1970s began featuring openly gay characters, but not all were positive.
In 1980, "Cruising" had Al Pacino exploring the gay S&M scene in a murder thriller, which drew gay protesters upon its release.
"Making Love," a 1982 movie, featured a gay romance between Harry Hamlin and Michael Ontkean. The film studio's trailer featured a "warning" about the subject matter of the film, which contains both actors undressing one another, running their hands over each other's naked torsos and kissing passionately.
Also in 1982, "Personal Best" featured a lesbian relationship with full-frontal nude scenes.
"I think straight men are more uncomfortable with two men making love, because somehow that mean's you're weak," says Whoopi Goldberg, who played a lesbian character in The Color Purple. "And people equate weakness with male sensuality toward other men, not realizing that that's a ridiculous theory. ... Like being a man is based on who you happen to be boning that day."
Other movies, like "Fried Green Tomatoes" water down the sexuality of its lead characters, and make them ambiguous, but not necessarily queer.
Tom Hanks attributes his acceptance as a gay lawyer with AIDS in 1993's "Philadelphia" to his "everyman" sceen persona. "Because of it, this idea of a gay man with AIDS is not scary," he says. "You don't have be threatened ... because little Tommy Hanks is playing the role."
Gay films such as Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy" don't get much screen time in the documentary, which focuses mainly on mainstream Hollywood's dealing with gay subject matter. Some people have also criticized the film for including the controversial "The Silence of The Lambs" and "Basic Instinct" among a montage of positive "real" images of gays and lesbians.
But with films such as the delightful "The Wedding Banquet," "Swoon," "Parting Glances," "The Crying Game," and "Jeffrey" (which comes out on video in the middle of February), a new era of positive images is beginning in Tinseltown.
"The long silence is finally ending," Tomlin says near the end of the feature. "New voices have emerged, open and unapologetic. They tell stories that have never been told -- about people who have always been there."


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You're really harsh dude. She looks decent to me --Casey
got her e-mail address?? open house….
Wow I think she's damn fuckable. And so do the other guys fucking that pussy.
Damn, do all the guys that fuck her get together and talk about how good her Pussy is? Haha.
Seriously.. this bitch looks like a direct result of all the incest going on down in Alabama with those dumbass racists … Way to go Hillbilly Moron Club ….
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Gov. Nixon announces a $91,000 grant awarded to the Village of South Greenfield for water system improvements
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Volume 37-041 For Immediate Release: Feb. 3, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, -- Gov. Jay Nixon announces the village of South Greenfield in Dade County has been awarded a $91,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The village will use these funds to construct a new water storage tank and replace some distribution mains.
The grant funds come from a $50 million bond sale in November of 2007, which funded Clean Water Initiative for water and wastewater improvements. The funds will be used in conjunction with a 50 percent match from the village. The project is estimated to cost $660,000 and is expected to be completed in 2009.
The Department of Natural Resources' Water Protection Program will administer the grant funds. For more information, contact the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Water Protection Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1192.


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Combining a love of funk, prog and odd-house, 22 year old Slugabed presents the "soundtrack to your nights of digital pleasure-seeking", 'Sex', out on Ninja Tune April 9.
Slugabed has been steadily gaining a rep, having already remixed Starkey, Eprom and Kelpe, and releasing his EP on Planet Mu.
Since the release of his album and remix of Roots Manuva's all-time great 'Witness (1Hope)', he's played at Berghain club in Berlin as part of Scuba's SUB:STANCE night, toured Canada and remixed both Eskmo and Stateless for his new home label.
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Hayden Panettiere's Florida Romp With Boyfriend Wladimir Klitschko in Instagram Pictures
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In an attempt to uncover the real Panettiere, we cyberstalked her fan pics on Instagram and created a narrative of what occurred over the past few days on her South Florida vacay with behemoth boxer boyfriend, and possible fiancé, Wladimir Klitschko. Everyone's speculating they're engaged because she's wearing a ring, but it's on her right hand, not left. He's Ukrainian, so maybe that's what "they" do over there. Or maybe she's just wearing a ring.
Our food blog Clean Plate Charlie reported yesterday it they spotted the starlet at Off the Hookah on Monday night at the Life's a Drag party, complete with, well, drag queens and fans and drag-queen fans. But more on that in our photo diary of Hayden's South Florida holiday.
We imagine they had rough but loving, sensual sex and relentless orgasms at someplace like the Shore Club, SLS, or the Standard. On second thought, we take it back. These two look like Betsey type of beach bums.
Now, on to Sunday. It looks like Easter was spent further north since all of the day's photos were taken on Hollywood Beach. Hayden and her homegirls seem to be enjoying a man-free brunch of stringy slop. But maybe that's just the photo.
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The Influence of Pelvic Position on Lower Extremity Stretching
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The Influence of Pelvic Position of Lower Extremity Stretching
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- Why lower extremity stretching is essentially flawed
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Christ meditation
A Christ meditation
It is of importance for the development of Christ Consciousness to do a Christ meditation regularly. Everyone can search for his or her own individual rhythm and variety in practicing this meditation. A Christ meditation 'fine-tunes' and enlightens your whole being. The chords of your soul are attuned to the divine love. Our chakra's are activated, especially the highest three: the crown chakra, the frontal chakra and the heart chakra.
India and Christ Consciousness
In India the frontal chakra is known as 'the spiritual eye'. Yogananda (1893-1952), a highly developed yogi, who is known all over the world, built a bridge between East and West and said that the lotus flower with two petals ( the frontal chakra) is the basis for meditation. He described 'the spiritual eye' as 'the entryway into the ultimate states of divine consciousness'. He considered Christ Consciousness to be part of that, and described it as follows: Christ Consciousness is the 'oneness with the universal intelligence of God in all creation'.
The meditation:
Start with the basic position for every meditation. Sit straight up on a chair and put both feet on the ground; let the earth support them. You may lean if that feels good. You may notice that you are still too much 'in your thinking'. It helps if you touch your body with both hands from head to feet. In this way you become fully involved in the meditation.
Close your eyes and rest your hands in your lap, let your right hand (or your left hand if you are left-handed) support your other hand. Breathe in deeply several times. Open up your heart and try to feel as much gratitude as you can. Stay perfectly silent within yourself and focus on your deepest being. Take your time!
Say to yourself: 'I am' or: 'I am (your name)'. Let go of all thoughts and relax, be aware of your inner silence. Breathe in deeply again if you still feel any strain.
When you are ready you open your soul for Christ and say to yourself: 'Christ in me'. Repeat this several times and try to call forth an image. You can of course visualize Christ, full of shining love. A mild, soothing and peaceful light is possible. Choose a mood that fits you. Do this for a couple of minutes until you feel satisfied or you feel that it is enough. You can add something to it, for example: 'Christ in me and his Spirit lives in me'.
Now visualize the Christ-Sun above your head and let the golden light flow through you, from your crown to your toes. Let the light also shine around you and fill your aura. Live intensely in Christ-Sun for a while. Do this with undivided attention. While remaining in full concentration say again: 'Christ in me'.
Now try to imagine that the infinite love of Christ flows through you and into the world. Say to yourself: 'Christ in the other and in the world' or only 'Christ in the other'. Feel new love arising again and again and don't spend energy that you do not have. This step can be taken after having meditated for a longer period, a few weeks or months, or when you are ready to share the love of Christ with all people on this Earth. In your thoughts or in reality you can make a gesture of blessing for the world. Find a form that suits you.
Now focus again on yourself. Put your hands back in your lap and go back to the basic position. Take all the time you need to come back to yourself. Make an inner gesture of gratitude and breathe in deeply. Put your hands on your head to close the flow of energy. This will also prevent unwanted energy to enter your body.
Get up and move all your limbs. A short walk is also wonderful. Drink a glass of water and return to your usual daily routine.


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Oil-induced Tourism Slump: No Match for our Pun-tastic Slogans
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Although the April 20 catastrophe has already released 6 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, our beaches remain mostly pristine--but Mr. and Mrs. New Jersey Snowbird don't exactly "get" that. As a result, Gov. Crist called for $35 million from BP to kickstart a tourism campaign to promote our clean beaches. BP pledged to part with $25 million, but today Senator-hopeful Kendrick Meek said nuh-uh: $100 million, please.
With scientists predicting that oil from the spill is going to boomerang up Florida's Atlantic coast via a loop current, we need to get cracking on that tourism campaign. And though by "we," I meant Florida's tourism department, the responsibility naturally falls upon The Juice. See our top five picks for anti-oil campaign slogans, after the jump:
5. "Oil spill? No, someone just dropped their glass of Kahlua. You're not square, right?!"
4. "Petroleum? I hardly know him!"
3. "What's the only oil on the beaches? Suntan oil. VISIT Florida does not condone the use of skin cancer-causing agents."***
2. "Don't worry: This was crude oil. Only the most refined fuel can penetrate the private beaches of the Breakers."
1. "Florida Beaches: Where the people are slick, the sunscreen's never greasy, and the waves will fuel your afternoon fun."
***Actually, David Halstead, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, really did debut this line during a news conference. Sadly, he did not say the italicized portion. SPF, guys. SPF.
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Mediterranean Meal Plan: Week 4
By Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D. & Tracy Olgeaty Gensler, M.S., R.D.
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Toast and Peanut Butter
Spread 2 slices whole-wheat toast with a total of 4 teaspoons peanut butter and 2 teaspoons jam. Have 1 cup fat-free milk and 2 plums or 1/2 cup blueberries.
Greek Salad
Toss together 2 cups mixed greens, 1/2 cup sliced tomatoes, 1/2 cup sliced cucumbers, 1/2 green pepper, 1/3 cup feta cheese, 1/2 small red onion, cut into thin rings, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano (to taste), 2 teaspoons olive oil, and red vinegar to taste. Top with 1 pickled, slightly hot pepper and 5 Greek olives. Serve with 1 small whole-wheat pita (check label for no more than 60 calories).
No snack
Dinner at an Italian Restaurant
Order spaghetti with tomato sauce (i.e., marinara sauce) with shrimp or chicken. For instance, have the Chicken Giardino pasta, dinner size, or the Shrimp Primavera, lunch size, at Olive Garden. (You may order lunch portions at dinner.) If your restaurant doesn't have shrimp or chicken, order spaghetti Bolognese, which is a tomato/ground beef sauce. Have about 1 1/2 cups total about the size of 3 tennis balls topped with 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Pair with a side salad (no cheese) with 2 teaspoons Italian dressing and a 4-ounce glass of wine.
Daily calorie total: 1,499
Fat: 53 g
Percent of daily calories from fat: 31%
Saturated fat: 16.8 g
Percent of daily calories from saturated fat: 10%
Carbohydrate: 174 g
Percent of daily calories from carbohydrates: 45%
Fiber: 21 g
Protein: 77 g
Percent of daily calories from protein: 20%
Cholesterol: 113 mg
Calcium: 835 mg
Sodium: 3,011 mg
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on January 2, 2013 | 2 commentsTake a look at the sweet bundle of joy that is Ryan Murphy and David Miller's son! Sharing the gorgeous picture seen here, the Glee and American Horror Story creator introduced the public to newborn Logan Phineas Miller Murphy over the holiday. "Thanks to everyone for the kind wishes," Ryan Murphy tweeted along with baby's first… Read more »
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on December 26, 2012 | 2 commentsWelcome to fatherhood, Ryan Murphy and David Miller! The couple became dads on Christmas Eve with the arrival of a baby boy. Announcing news of their son's birth, the Glee creator and the photographer sent an email to family and friends just hours after his arrival. E! News reports the message read, "Logan Phineas Miller… Read more »
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on November 6, 2008 | 38 commentsOne of the most frustrating aspects of changing my son's diaper is that as soon I put a clean one on him, he'll have a poopy explosion five minutes later. You'd think my baby boy was doing this on purpose, just to tease mommy. Of course, he's not. It's just Murphy's law of diapering. Humorous,… Read more »
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Hello GD, when I started playing lol, I - for whatever reason - didnt use my awesome nick i use everywhere, instead I thought of something new. Now I really would want to Change that, but after some time I made a smurf to Play with friends who are new to the game and used my real nick there. I could talk myself into paying for 1 namechange, but 2 would be too much. Is it possible to delete my old account?
You could send a ticket to Riot Support and ask them to do that.
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https://support.leagueoflegends.com/...g-Your-Account That should do it, just make sure you ask them if your name becomes available after you've done it so that you don't assume it is and pay for a name change in vain.


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Location: Applegate Valley is a sub-appellation of the larger Rogue Valley AVA in SouthernOregon. It stretches 50 miles north from the California border to the Rogue River just west of Grants Pass.
Wine history: Applegate Valley's wine history began in 1852 when an early area settler named Peter Britt planted wine grapes. In 1873, he opened Valley View Winery, Oregon's first official winery. Valley View closed in 1907, then prohibition hit. It wasn't until the 1970s, after modern pioneers began discovering the neighboring areas' quality wine growing conditions, that Applegate Valley experienced a resurgence of winemaking. It began with a few family-run wineries that planted their roots and opened their doors. Today, this area is an important winegrowing region turning out a diversity of high-quality wines. The appellation became official in 2001.
Climate: Applegate Valley has a moderate climate that generally enjoys a warm, dry (just 25.2 inches of annual rain) growing season with hot days and cool nights perfect for warm-climate varieties.
Soils: Applegate Valley's soil types are typically granite in origin, and most of the area's vineyards are planted on stream terraces or alluvial fans, providing deep, well-drained soils that are ideal for high-quality wine grapes.
Topography: Applegate Valley is surrounded by the Siskiyou Mountains, which were created by up-thrusts of the ocean floor as a plate forced its way under the continental shelf. The Siskiyou National Forest borders the Applegate Valley to the west, and the Rogue River National Forest to the east. Vineyards are typically grown at higher elevations up to 2,000 feet.
This area of Southern Oregon is home to a pair of award-winning festivals celebrating music and theater: The Britt Festival in historic Jacksonville and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. Both towns, in addition to Medford, offer upscale, market-fresh restaurants, charming inns and bed and breakfasts, cafés and boutique shopping. Nearby are wilderness areas and mountains for hiking and skiing, North America's deepest lake, Crater Lake, the legendary Rogue River, which offers incredible fishing, white water rafting and jet boat excursions, and there are more than ten public golf courses to choose from. In the sleepy town of Central Point is the famous Rogue Creamery, which produces one of the world's greatest blue cheeses, among other flavors. Swing in and buy a sampler before visiting Applegate Valley's tasting rooms.
Below are some links to help you plan your trip.
Life slows a pace or two in the picturesque Applegate Valley. Small wineries with big wines can be found all along the meandering roads and rivers. Come meet our grape growers, step into their vineyards and share a glass of wine. If you haven't visited the Applegate Wine Trail, then you haven't truly experienced southern Oregon wine country.
A visit to a winery in Southern Oregon can involve much more than just tasting wine. Located in beautiful valleys with stunning vistas, a family member or winemaker may be pouring wine in the tasting room, or be nearby to share stories and special wines with you. Many wines are only available at the winery or have very limited distribution, so be sure to take some wines home to share your discovery of Southern Oregon wineries with friends and family.
Southern Oregon offers some of the state's most refined and rugged adventures. On the one hand there's the Tony-Award winning Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and the visits to the nearby vineyards, chocolatiers, and cheese makers, and of course the fine restaurants that serve the fruits of their labor.
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Coyle warns Wigan over Al-Habsi
olton boss Owen Coyle has warned Wigan that they will not be able to land goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi on the cheap. The 28-year-old joined the Latics on a season-long loan over the summer, in a deal worth £1million. He has excelled since moving to the DW Stadium, with a number of assured displays moving him above Chris Kirkland in the first-team pecking order. Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is now keen to strike a permanent deal in January, having been suitably impressed by the Oman international. Coyle, though, insists there is no guarantee that an agreement will be reached, as he will be looking to bring in a sizeable fee for a player of Al-Habsi's pedigree. "The only way they can keep him for good is by paying our club a large transfer fee, if indeed that's acceptable to us," said the Trotters manager. "Wigan can make as much noise as they want. "Ultimately I will decided whether Ali Al-Habsi is a Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper or not."
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In Year Two we start to feel very grown up as we are beginning to learn cursive writing, do really hard sums with units, tens and hundreds and study interesting topics about Christopher Columbus and the Aztecs. However, we still have time for a lot of fun: drawing, colouring, painting, making things and generally enjoying all the different activities a school such as ours has to offer.
I like the class atmosphere to be relaxed, yet hard working. I encourage the children to express themselves, share their interests and knowledge with all of us in the class.
I believe in a friendly, open environment where boundaries are clearly demarcated, but within which all children have the freedom to learn, develop and enjoy themselves without hindrance.
Speaking and listening: Pupils actively take part in discussions, answering questions, offering information and expressing opinions. Children develop the ability to extend conversation by adding more details as discussion progresses. Children's vocabulary continues to be extended. Listening to stories and non-fiction texts are part of daily activities.
Reading: Children are encouraged to comment on ideas and events in stories. Character motivation and predicting outcome is explored. Children continue to read with the class teacher, and increasingly with greater independence in school and at home. A regular reading time of 25 minutes is incorporated into each day. Children are encouraged to use the primary library to read fiction and non-fiction texts.
Writing: Children develop their ability to write stories, poems, accounts, instructions, record observations, label diagrams, express ideas and opinions. Correct grammar and punctuation becomes increasingly important and is taught as part of general writing and in distinct lessons.
Spelling: Weekly spelling lessons are supplemented by words or patterns to be learnt as homework. These are followed up by a spelling test.
Handwriting: Correct letter formation, regular size and spacing is expected as children begin to use cursive script.
Number: Addition and subtraction facts to100 and beyond; number differences; sharing; halves; quarters; fractions; using money; times tables and an introduction to multiplication and division forms the basis of number work.
Shape: 2D and 3D shapes; exploring their properties; recognising and tessellating.
Measures: Angles; turns; positions; using metres; centimetres; litres and the language of measurement.
Handling Data: Surveys; diagrams; bar charts; tally charts; pictograms.
Grouping and changing materials: This unit focuses on how materials can be changed using heat and cold. Manufactured and natural materials are grouped and studied.
Variation (in plants and humans): Looking at how animals and plants can be classified, grouping by similarities and exploring why these groupings occur. Within an animal or plant group such as birds or trees we explore differences and similarities.
Using electricity: Identifying the uses of electricity; discovering how simple circuits work; drawing and making simple circuits.
Plants and animals in the local environment: Looking at plants and animals in the immediate environment; how a range of different species can be found in a small area; how animals and plants ensure their continuance through reproduction.
Clothes (through portraiture): Examining how clothes have changed over time; identifying unusual garments and looking at the evolution of items such as dresses, hats, trousers.
The Aztecs: Study of an ancient non-European culture. How did they live? What did they eat, wear, believe? What artefacts are still available to us for study and what do they tell us?
Map work: Including European countries and capitals; rivers; mountains; the continents and oceans; labelling; naming and recognising.
The seaside: Our local seaside. What does it offer? Why do we frequent the seaside? How is it different from our local environment?
An island home (St Lucia): A contrasting locality; similarities and differences with where we live; how the local environment is used to benefit local people and tourism.
Drawing from nature with an emphasis on line, colour, shape and texture. Using a variety of materials including: paper, paint, clay, pencils, graphite, charcoal, card, crayons, and reclaimed materials. Inspiration comes from the local environment, the work of others and the imagination.
Vehicles: Analysing the basic structure of moving vehicles. We design and make a vehicle of our own using a range of materials.
Puppets: Making a textile product; joining pieces of fabric; taking inspiration from a literary source.
Games: Ball skills; striking and fielding; football skills; racket skills. Relays and obstacle circuits.
Gymnastics: Jumping; balancing; rolling; following a sequence of moves. Dance: expressive movement using music.
Athletics: Running; skipping; hopping; jumping.
Dance: Inventing and sequencing moves to music, using ideas and imagination as inspiration.
Pupils sing a variety of songs aimed at developing musicality, creativity, sensitivity and improving skills in rhythm, counting, language and co-ordination. They listen and respond to a range of recorded music and perform on percussion instruments. They learn how sounds are produced on instruments. They begin to understand the role of notation in written music.
Children are expected to read at home daily. In addition weekly spellings will be given to learn at home, followed by a test at the end of the week. Maths homework is given on weekly basis. On occasion children may be asked to finish or research specific pieces of work at home.


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Workshop Description : The descriptions of what sporting champions do and think. The content is proposed as a model to be emulated by developing athletes and for evaluating established athletes. The workshop is designed for athletes, parents, and coaches.Format : The workshop involves listening to lectures and taking notes in the supplied workshop manual. The writing of notes is crucial to understanding and retention. As much as possible throughout the workshop, the user should translate examples given in the lectures to his/her sport and record them as such. Because there are so many sports, it is not possible to provide examples for all. It is the user's responsibilitly to perform that translation function.There are two forms of communication associated with this workshop, personal recording and auditory lectures. They have been designed to allow participants to progress at their own pace. Individuals who have difficulty in directing their own study might find it difficult to complete this experience. If you have attended workshops and clinics associated with your sport, and enjoyed the experience, then one should expect to successfully complete this workshop. To access lectures and to download the workshop manual click on the link that is highlighted above. The manual should be downloaded first, and then lectures activated within each topic. |
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Feb 01, 2007 Version 2.2.1- This version is now compatible with Windows Vista. Otherwise it is identical to previous version.
Nov 01, 2005 Version 2.2- Added support for accessing Digital Cameras using the TWAIN driver system. If you have your camera's TWAIN drivers installed, then you will be able to import your pictures directly from the PicsToCD Import Pictures screen.- Modified the program to allow for multiple search paths in the Search for Pictures screen.- Added support for many newer models of CD and DVD burners. In addition to this support we have modified the program to work with the new Burner Identification Wizard that is provided in the setup program. The Burner ID Wizard will allow you to select a compatible CD burner for any unrecognized burners that may be installed in your computer.
Oct 23, 2003 Version 2.1- Added support for many newer models of CD and DVD burners.
Jun 24, 2003 Version 2.0- You may now create multiple albums on a disc. When the program asks you to insert a disc you may insert a disc that contains an existing picture album. The new album will be created on the disc and a "master" index page will allow you to select from any of the albums on the disc. This feature will only work with albums created with version 2.0 of the software. NOTE: This feature can be disabled from the Advanced Options screen (see Advanced Options in the help file).- We have added a "visual selection" screen as an alternate method of selecting pictures to include in your album. You can switch back and forth between the standard selection list and the new Visual Select screen at will.- PicsToCD will now offer you the opportunity to save an "album in progress" if you need to "Cancel" before completing your album. Once saved, the album can be reloaded when you next start PicsToCD.- If you have multiple CD burners installed in your computer, you can now select which burner to use to create your album. The selection is provided on the Create CD Picture Album screen. NOTE: PicsToCD attempts to determine the drive letter that Windows has assigned to each burner. If the drive letter shown in the selection list is not correct please see Advanced Options in the help file for instructions on how to assign the correct letter.
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Devils players Jacob Josefson #16 and David Clarkson #23 celebrate a first-period goal by teammate Bryce Salvador in Game 4.
The play of goalie Henrik Lunqvist is a big reason the Rangers are up 1-0 against the Devils.
New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist takes shots during warmups at Madison Square Garden on Monday.
New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist is perfect on 19 shots through two periods in Game 7.
N.Y. Rangers'' goalie Henrik Lundqvist, grabbing some water during a break in the action, played his first NHL game in his home country and got huge support from the Stockholm fans.


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For most of its 5,000-year existence, China has been the largest, most populous, wealthiest, and mightiest nation on Earth. And for us as Westerners, it is essential to understand where China has been in order to anticipate its future. These 36 eye-opening lectures deliver a comprehensive political and historical overview of one of the most fascinating and complex countries in world history.
You'll learn about the powerful dynasties that ruled China for centuries; the philosophical and religious foundations-particularly Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism-that have influenced every iteration of Chinese thought, and the larger-than-life personalities, from both inside and outside its borders, of those who have shaped China's history. As you listen to these lectures, you'll see how China's politics, economics, and art reflect the forces of its past.
From the "Mandate of Heaven," a theory of social contract in place by 1500 B.C.E., 3,000 years before Western philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, to the development of agriculture and writing independent of outside influence to the technologically - advanced Han Dynasty during the time of the Roman Empire, this course takes you on a journey across ground that has been largely unexplored in the history courses most of us in the West have taken.
In guiding you through the five millennia of China's history, Professor Hammond tells a fascinating story with an immense scope, a welcome reminder that China is no stranger to that stage and, indeed, has more often than not been the most extraordinary player on it.
Disclaimer: Please note that this recording may include references to supplemental texts or print references that are not essential to the program and not supplied with your purchase.
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"A good listen"
Yes because it is a great crash course to Chinese history and seems to cover all of the main events.
That depends on the subject. He wasn't a particularly great story teller and didn't really make the subject come to life. I was interested in most of the lectures so I could pay attention, but occasionally he would dwell on some less interesting topics and I would lose interest.
I certainly enjoyed the audiobook but it was not one I could listen to for hours at a time because the Professor was not very energized. I was also disappointed that he did not talk about the building of the Great Wall at all. However, it was a great introduction/overview of Chinese History.
"Good broad brush information"
The professors speach candence was too slow for me. I had to play the entire thing on 2x speed for it to be tolerable.
Great information overall with some solid broad brush coverage of the subject. I would have liked to have gotten more details in a number of places, but that would have made it too long.
Learn, understand, then decide whether you accept or reject.
"Rich in Content and Substance"
China is one of the most interesting and long-running civilizations in the world. This course covers the history of the Kingdoms before the Chinese unification, and move us through a rich history with colorful characters all the way to the twentieth century. I strongly recommend it for interesting presentation and thoroughness.
"A great overview of Chinese History"
This was a very thorough and enjoyable overview of Chinese history. The professor does a great job touching on many important subjects and nuances in Chinese history, including even an overview of Chinese geography, which I think is essential for understanding the history of any country. Like all history it can become a little dry or hard to remember or distinguish all the different peoples and dynasties at some points. I would highly recommend these lectures to anyone looking for a good, thorough overview of Chinese history from the earliest times to the near present.
"Broad Overview of China's history"
For someone living and working in China, this course was interesting and informative. It gives only a broad overview of China's history and is really a starting point for those interested in China's history. The professor presented the lectures well, and held my attention.
I have been listening to books on tape for over 20 years. Starting with audio tapes, then CD's and now downloads.
"A long and deep culture"
It is in the upper part of my list. I have been a teaching company listener for years with over 50 series of lectures. I knew very little of China and now have scratched the surface
The Opium Wars compared Britain to a current drug cartel using violence to control the movement of drugs. It is such an interesting and awful mark on the west.
I learned a lot about Buddhism and the other religions of China, which I knew next to nothing about
No, it is so good and rich I tried to listen to no more than two lectures at a sitting.
"Great summary on Chinese history"
This is a must listen course for people interested in understanding where China has been and where it is going.
"Good starting point for learning about china"
the first third had its ups and downs, was too high-level to hold my interest sometimes, but i got more into the narrative as it moved into history i was a little familiar with (e.g. the mongols). highly recommended for anyone completely new to chinese history.
"Great Overview of the History of China!"
I teach beginning ESL in the U.S. Most of my students have recently immigrated here from China. In addition to learning the language, we discuss the history of the U.S. (from 1492...) -- why do we celebrate Christopher Columbus, and, who are the "Pilgrims"? -- to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; George Washington and Abraham Lincoln; the World Wars; Slavery; Immigration, etc... I purchased this book/class because i felt it important to have an understanding of the rich and expansive, literally thousands of years of history, of the country they are from. This book is a very good introduction into the "vastness" of the history of the country and its people.
"China's vast history in a few hours!"
Enjoyable overview of China and its long history. Aids my understanding of the world today.
"Wonderful set of lectures"
This set of lectures was definitely one of the best I have listened to. Really engaging, the lecturer covers an incredible range of eras in these lectures. One of the best things about it for me was that it give you an in depth outline of how each of the Chinese dynasties fits in with the other, which then enables you to read into which ever one interests you the most without feeling totally lost (the Harvard UP set on Chinese Imperialism is particularly good for this).
All of the lectures were really well put together, though perhaps a couple of the most memorable were the ones on the ancient civilisations and the evolution of the writing system, simply because it speaks to the origin of language itself, which is always fascinating. The other is probably when Wu Sangui opened the gates of the Great Wall at Shanhai Pass letting the Qing forces through, then allying his forces to help them take the capital at Beijing. Wu did all this mainly so that he could ensure that the recent usurper of the Ming throne, Li Zicheng, didn't take the woman he loved into his harem. Dramatic events!
The lecturer was really good, in all honesty I listened to the lectures at 1.5x speed, mainly because the speed people naturally give lectures tends to be a tad on the slow side.
"Interesting but slow delivery grated in the middle"
Chinese subject is perhaps too vast a subject to tackle in even a long set of courses such as this and certainly Professor Hammond seemed to struggle to make it manageable in the middle sections of this course. I confess I zoned out a little and got a bit lost in the series of dynasties in the Middle Ages. That being said the rest of the course was fascinating and it really picked up in the later periods when it is, perhaps, easier for a westerner to relate to the individuals involved.
My only serious gripe with the course was Professor Hammond's delivery. He is clearly knowledgable and highly qualified but at times it sounded like his heart wasn't in it with a lot of sighs and very flat delivery. That combined with a habit of finishing a sentence with "OK?" grated a little but not enough to spoil the overall product.
"Fabulously interesting series of lectures"
No idea but it was excellent in it's own right.
Prof Hammond delivered the lectures with an infectious enthusiasm for his subject
I was riveted to Prof Hammond's narrative throughout and wasn't bored once
The realisation that China has a 3000 year competitive advantage over Western economies, bureaucracies and political systems
I'm guessing it won't be long before our children are learning Chinese history as part of the mainstream curriculum unless we find a way to compete against the soft power and relentless expansion China has been exercising over the last 30 years backed up with the best part of 6000 organising themselves better than we do.
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The war in Iraq, Brazil's nuclear history and its desire to be an international mediator explain the two disparate countries' relationship.
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil and Iran are hardly the tightest of allies, but an outside observer would be forgiven for thinking differently after this week.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington urging U.S. President Barack Obama to hold back on sanctions against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and company. Meanwhile Lula's minister of development, Miguel Jorge, was in Tehran, presenting a smiling Ahmadinejad with an official Brazilian soccer jersey. The image was splashed across newspapers and websites here.
Elite political commentators — who are often critical of Lula's close relations with controversial regimes — had their usual field day. "Countries have always done business with whatever countries suit their interests," wrote Clovis Rossi, a columnist for the nationally distributed Folha de Sao Paulo. "But what is not tolerable is to cozy up with those who capture, torture and mistreat the opposition, who brutally limit public liberties … . The Brazilian government's gesture covered the green-and-yellow team jersey with blood."
Brazil has become, in some ways, Iran's best remaining friend in the Western world. In May, much to the dismay of Jewish groups as well a large chunk of the educated elite, Lula will visit Tehran.
Analysts, and Lula himself, have given a wide variety of reasons to explain the two disparate countries' relationship.
Perhaps the most obvious is how the situation echoes what happened in the lead-up to the Iraq War. When then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell made his famous February 2003 speech stating the case for war against Iraq, Lula had just begun his first term. "I already saw a war in Iraq happen because of chemical weapons whose existence society was led to believe in, and to this day do not exist," Lula recently told reporters. "I do not want that to occur with Iran."
Then there is Brazil's own history, which has striking parallels with Iran's present predicament. The United States strongly opposed Brazilian efforts to develop nuclear technology in the 1970s, which led to a secret program. "Brazil's lesson from that period is that international pressure will produce the opposite of the intended effects," said Matias Spektor, coordinator of the Center for the Study of International Relations at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro. "Rather than kill the program, it will accelerate the program. Facing a hostile world community, they will want to have a weapon to deter any potential interventions."
Brazilian government officials have noted that other members of the U.N. Security Council — including China, a permanent member, and Turkey, which like Brazil holds a rotating seat — also oppose sanctions on Iran. Brazil's policy is clear, Lula's top adviser on international relations, Marco Aurelio Garcia, told reporters: "We don't want Iran to be involved in the production of nuclear arms, we want Iran to have the right to produce nuclear energy specifically for peaceful goals."


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Humphry Slocombe
The Cream of the Crop: Recipes from Humphry Slocombe and Bi-Rite Creamery
This month, two of the city's top ice cream shops debut their cookbooks – Humphry Slocombe (Chronicle Books) and Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones from Bi-Rite Creamery (Ten Speed Press) - each with a very distinctive personality. We dish out two awesome recipes to DIY.
Secret Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies from Humphry Slocombe
7x7 asks the city's chefs for the recipes to their most loved cocktails, bar snacks, starters, mains, and desserts. If there's a dish you can't stop thinking about and want to make at home, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Your wish may end up on the blog, along with the actual recipe from the chef.
If you've only had Jake Godby's innovative ice cream at Humphry Slocombe, you're missing out. His cookies are buttery, soft, and packed with rich chocolate, perhaps my favorite in SF. Pour yourself a tall glass of milk, or indulge with a scoop of Secret Breakfast.
Makes 30 cookies
The Humphry Slocombe Factor: Is the Joke On Us?
Elizabeth Weil's feature profile on pastry chef Jake Godby, the owner of the cultish ice cream shop Humphry Slocombe, came out in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine. As she is apt to do, Weil turned what I thought would be the expected, all-praise-wacky-ice-cream-flavors piece into an article that subtly presented a couple thoughtful ways to view SF's food world. She writes of Godby:
Katie Christ: All Hail Olive Oil, Ice Cream and Crack
Being a consummate generalist, I'm in awe of specialists. You know—people who dive full bore into their subject or project and emerge with pure genius. Perhaps it's a hopelessly wandering curiosity that plagues me, but I readily admit to not possessing this kind of attention span or drive. Whatever it is, I'm grateful to the specialists of our local food world for sharing the delicious outcome of their passions.


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Designed to mimic a sleek, modern five-star resort, the new establishment offers guests a chance to immerse themselves in the hotel experience. There's everything from "check-in" to "maid service."
Neon lights, sleek loungers, and sheer floor-length curtains fill the rooms of this mod new Washington Avenue spot, which moved into the space formerly occupied by B.E.D.
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RECAP: Celebrity Apprentice: So much ego. So much crazy.
Jenn Hoffman breaks down the ego and the crazy
Two perfect elements for a successful episode of The Celebrity Apprentice.
One of the celebrities with the most ego and the most craziness this season is Star Jones. Her smarmy, smug, self-absorbed attitude is totally out of control. I pray she doesn't win this competition because it will only prove that uselessness and ugliness prevail. My goodness, I really dislike her.
The show opens with Richard Hatch telling us his evil plan to earn his teammates respect while manipulating the hell out of them and to tell you the truth it's kind of fly. Team Hatch all the way.
We learn the task this week is to write a children's book and share the story via live performance in front of a live audience of kids. OMG… all these crazy people, plus kids? Yes, yes, yes.
This week Eric, The Donald's youngest spawn with ex-wife Ivana, helps advise on the task. Erik Trump is no Ivanka, but he's relatively articulate and it's clear he inherited his father's penchant for slicked back hair and a big ego. I love that he's basically 12 years old and telling successful, famous and grown adults what they did wrong. God bless America.
Some Wackadoodle stuff we see from the men:
Richard Hatch dressed as a giant baby, Jose Canseco dressed in drag, Lil' Jon being a surprisingly fantastic actor, Mark McGrath becoming sexier every minute, Meatloaf crying over basically nothing like 45 times, random uncomfortable hip hop breaking out during a play for five year olds, terrified children being assaulted with confetti, Gary Busey.
Batshit stuff we see from the women:
Dionne Warwick and Star Jones being pigs and demanding all the credit (in written form!) for the entire project, Lisa Rinna unsuccessfully trying to control a table full of hens, LaToya Jackson crying over basically nothing like 45 more times than Meatloaf, Marlee Matlin's translator eerily starting to resemble John Leguizamo, Niki Taylor being the only voice of reason, Hope Dworaczyk basically not being on the show.
"I know my ABCs and my 1,2,3's…" Both plays are a total trainwreck, and the kids look scared out of their minds. In the end Trump consults with some publishing lady and Holly "who the hell am I, and why am I famous?" Robinson Peete, and they collectively decide the men's book is less retarded so the guys win. Meatloaf cries again. Gary Busey has no idea where he is. The men go back to their set – I mean their suite – at the hotel.
Boardroom tiiiiiiiiiiiiime.
Trump should automatically fire Dionne and Star for their selfish demand to have their names put on the front of the book. The request is gross, self serving and completely goes against the idea of a team effort. Dionne and Star are eager to demand all the credit for creating the book, but accept none of the blame when the concept they created sucks. They are poor sports and awful role models. In fact, Dionne and Star are the two must self-serving people I've ever seen on this show – and I've seen some pretty selfish shit. I don't care if Dionne is a legend, because she's also a legendary bitch.
While Dionne and Star refuse to take responsibility for the loss, project manager Lisa Rinna is totally unable to articulate why they are to blame. It's almost sad to see Lisa cower in the corner while her team trounces her. As a contestant, your ability to survive in the boardroom depends on your ability to argue, manipulate and fight like hell. When Trump is firing questions at you, it's kill or be killed. Even if you are wrong, you must make it appear that you are right, or the stronger competitor. The bottom line: Fight, fight fight! Kill kill kill!
Lisa Rinna is fired because her team sails her down the river, and she refuses to fight back upstream. She was a weak project manager, but more importantly she didn't do the one thing the winner of this season of The Celebrity Apprentice will have to do:
I wish I was on this season just so I could be the one to do it.


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im from east sussex and next saturday fingers crossed i will be getting my mitts on a smax titainium tdci.
im currently running a lexus is200 navigator thats being px'd for the smax.only had the lexus for 5 mths,proved to be an expensive mid life crisis project, i px'd a ford galaxy tdi ghia for the lexus,and have regretted it ever since.LOVELY CAR but not for me.so time for me to get back into a mpv.
oh i normally live here,
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The first official 'bog snorkeling championships' were held in Wales in 1985. The competitive sport involves a 60 yard trench that is dug out of a peatbog. Snorkelers must be sober, but a wetsuit is optional. The sporting event has become internationally known and has attracted competitors from around the globe. For many years, ASWM has suggested a wetlands tri-athalon, which would involve bog snorkeling in one leg of the race. Perhaps the other two might be leap-frog relays through a meadow and kayaking through a swamp. There are a number of different ways to prepare a course a and hold an event so it's important to check local, state and federal regulations before organizing such a sporting event in area wetlands. Negative impacts on wetlands should be avoided or minimized. Here are some links to bog snorkeling championship photos.
The World Bog Snorkeling Championships
Extreme Bog Snorkeling in Wales
Cookeemama's Rambles: Welsh Bog Snorkeling Championships (includes video)
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Liberty Bell (disambiguation)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Liberty Bell is a bell associated with the American Revolution.
Liberty Bell may also refer to:
- Liberty Bell Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania where the bell was hidden
- Liberty Bell (Berlin), a bell in Berlin, Germany
- Kaskaskia Bell, a bell in Illinois, US known as the "Liberty Bell of the West"
- The Liberty Bell (annual), an abolitionist publication from the 1800s
- The Liberty Bell (march), a musical work by John Philip Sousa
- Liberty Bell (album), the US title of Australian singer Kate Miller-Heidke's album Fatty Gets a Stylist
- Liberty Bell (song) from the 1998 album, How To Measure A Planet? by the Dutch rock band, The Gathering. Written by René Rutten (music) and Anneke van Giersbergen (lyrics).
Other uses[edit]
- Liberty Bell 7, one of the spacecraft of the Mercury spaceflight program
- Liberty Bell Mountain, a mountain in Washington, USA
See also[edit]
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Liberty Bell. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |


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Dear Lord, I pray for all involved here that you lead, guide and direct them and bring them home safely. Please bless their families with strength, guidance and comfort while they are away. In Jesus precious name, Amen. |
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The new site is totally swell. I've gotta do a group presentation tomorrow for school in front of class and non-school people and I am.. how do you say.. shitting myself. Ha, hopefully it won't go too bad. We have to dress appropriately so I'm gonna wear my dickies pants, chucks, studded belt, shirt and skinny tie. Oh I'm gonna look so very dykey.. which is good/weird and I'm gonna be catching the train so I dunno, gonna get some attention (not always a good thing, unless from cute girls). I'm not sure if I'm nervous about the presentation or what people are gonna think of what I'm gonna be wearing. I know that's stupid, I'm usually confident about the stuf I wear. Might be the presentation that is freaking me out. Arr I dunno.
So Tims (the best mate) coming over for the weekend again. We usually do pointless things and get wasted etc. I've talked about the girl he is friends with who could be bi and knew I was queer, Em. She called me with Tim's phone the other day because he was driving and it kinda caught me off guard, she called to invite me to eat with them. Ok so she's kinda cute and Tim keeps saying we would get along and how she said she thinks I'm cool. No I don't reckon anything would go on there, but I feel like I wanna invite her to come with Tim and hang out with us for the weekend. It is a bit weird though because I've only met her twice and yeah.. I have that gut feeling like we could become good mates for some reason. Maybe it's just coz I feel like she knows me already since she knows I'm gay and it'll be the first person to know that beforehand.. Hmm maybe I'm just a bit loco. She wouldn't have anywhere to sleep, me and Tim share a bed.. Does anyone else here share a bed with the straight opposite sex? It's not strange is it..? Oh well so Tim might think it's a bit funny if I ask Em to come along too. Maybe later on, I don't think I will ask.
Better get back to work kids. Ciao.
Yeah presentations are a pain in the bum,doing one myself next week:/,
your outfit will be tres deadly though!Its cool that you are just going for the dykey look and being yourself.
Tim's friend sounds cool,why don't you invite her to go out a few places with you guys first before asking her to stay over?That way you can get to know her a bit better so it wont be so out of the blue.
Oh and nah its not weird to share a bed with Tim,could be a little kinky though if his friend was staying over too,lol,just kidding!Sorry that was probably a bit inappropriate just had to say it.


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On Sunday, December 10 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings,) NATURE takes you to the deepest enclaves of the Amazon for a first-hand look at macaws, with an encore presentation of the The Real Macaw.
Playful, intelligent, and beautiful, Macaws are large brightly colored members of the parrot family.
Known for its impressive intelligence, see a macaw easily solve a jigsaw puzzle.
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