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London Welsh Membership 2014/15
Play your part in London Welsh's return to the Aviva Premiership by becoming a club member, and enjoy all these exclusive benefits for just £50!!
- £10 off your first full priced adult match ticket*
- 10% discount when purchasing an adult ticket to all further matches
- Entry into International ticket ballot for England Internationals at Twickenham and Wales Internationals at the Millennium Stadium
- Entry into prize draw to win 2 VIP Hospitality places for the London Welsh v Saracens match on May 16, 2015
- Use of Clubhouse and Members Bar at Old Deer Park, Richmond, for any London Welsh event or to watch London Welsh amateur sides play
- Members only newsletter – twice a year
- Subscription to The London Welsh Weekly – our weekly newsletter
Membership pack inclusions:
- Membership card
- A copy of 'Year of the Dragon' - review of the 2013/14 season
- London Welsh Supporters Club newsletter
- London Welsh car sticker
*Please call office for this to be redeemed on 01865 717 661
Membership commences on 1st August 2014 and runs until 31st July 2015
London Welsh Junior Dragon Membership 2014/15
Let your kids enjoy all of these benefits when they become a London Welsh Junior Dragon – our exclusive club for our under 16s supporters - and all for just £20!!
- Get your first match ticket Free*
- 10% discount on all further match tickets purchased
- 10% discount at London Welsh Rugby Camps
- Opportunity to apply to be match day mascot
- Join Dewi the club mascot for the Junior Dragons lap of honour on the pitch before a game - at the Saracens fixture: 16th May 2015
- Free beanie hat
- Birthday in match day programme and PA announcement at match
- Christmas card
- Junior Dragon Membership card
- Letter from club captain
- Members only Junior Dragon newsletter twice a season (posted)
*This offer applies to tickets priced at £10 only.
*Please call office for this to be redeemed on 01865 717 661
Junior Dragons must be accompanied by an adult who has purchased a ticket
Seasonal: 1st August 2014 – 31st July 2015
Enjoy all of the benefits of a standard season ticket, plus many more by joining London Welsh through the Patron Membership. Enjoy complimentary tea and coffee as well as your free match day programme and daily newspapers from the comfort of a private suite. With bar service available for all matches, enjoy the rugby in a luxurious setting whilst experiencing the atmosphere from the best seats in the house.
All this available for just £750 per person.
Guaranteed seat for all 16 games (11 Aviva Premiership, 2 LV= Cup and 3 European matches) at the Kassam Stadium *, as well as:
- Use of a private suite for Patrons
- Priority application for International tickets ballot for England and Wales home games at Twickenham and Cardiff **
- Complimentary tea & coffee
- Complimentary match day programme for all home matches - posted to you if you can't make the game!
- Complimentary daily newspapers
- All of the benefits of a normal Season Ticket
* Does not include any knock-out matches or Semi-Finals or Finals.
** All Members will be given the opportunity to enter into a ballot for the opportunity to purchase England and Wales match tickets for the Autumn Internationals, and the RBS 6 Nations.


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'Star Wars' actor releases vintage on-set photos
The Wookiee most definitely wins this round.
Actor Peter Mayhew, 69, who portrayed the large, hairy Wookiee Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" franchise, took to his Twitter account Thursday night -- appropriately called @TheWookieeRoars -- to release dozens of vintage photos taken on the "Star Wars" set.
While some of the photos depict him, a large number focus on his co-stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill and director George Lucas.
Perhaps the most surprising gems feature the elephants that were transformed into the large, domesticated banthas and a singular photo of American actress Koo Stark "who played Camie in "Episode VI"," Mayhew explained in a tweet. "Her scenes didn't make it to the final film."

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Ace designer Manish Malhotra says that his designs are not for women who are size zero. He believes the size zero concept is passe, and that women concentrate more on fitness nowadays.
"Size zero is passe. Women are fit today. Look at the actresses! Even with children, they look amazing. But my clothes are not for size zero women," Malhotra told IANS in an interview.
He has designed costumes for a plethora of actresses like Kajol, Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra.
His designs are extremely glamorous, but Malhotra stresses on the wearability of his clothes in a big way.
"That's how I see clothes. I don't understand making clothes for an audience where people will just see clothes and not imagine wearing them. I think something completes its journey of being beautiful when one wants to buy and wear it," he said.
As cinema completes its 100 golden years this year, the designer admits that costumes in films have evolved and are moving towards a more realistic domain now.
"Cinema has evolved...black and white to the fabulous 1960s, fun 1970s and bad 1980s. I think today movies are real, not just glamorous. I guess it is good. Clothes (in films) are far more real now," he said.
For now, the designer has associated himself with Colgate's new product, Colgate Visible White. He has designed an entire line inspired from Colgate colours - red and white.
"It (the campaign) is a young interpretation. It gave me a thought of red in summer. Red is considered bridal wear, but today's women are out there. They are being themselves and red signifies that," he said.
The designer feels that it is important to have basic hygiene to remain stylish.
"It is great that toothpaste is a part of style regime. Everything starts from a basic regime. You can't be stylish only by wearing something nice," he said.
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no offense but u all never make size 0 for anybody cuz whennever an indian trade fair comes down to my country I never find anything nice to fit :'( sorry if I offended anyone
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I think he meant that his designs are not only specifically for size zero's, he designs clothes for all shapes and sizes.
OK good! He dont design clothes for size 0 women! what if the women is size zero not by her choice but she is petite. Being size zero doesnt mean that you are unhealthy. I am size zero and very hygienic/healthy.
agree with u ...
Chill guys maybe he has changed his opinion on size zero things, who doesn't?
I love his designs
guys why he do look like sidharth malhotra
dnt u think?
priyanka n katrina r the best dressed...
he is the best designer for sure in the industry
i luv his designs to the core!!!! they r very femi9 <3
just luv all that glitz nd glam *_*
wish sum day i will get to wear them *sigh*
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Best Use of Digital Technology - online training tool for Airbus pilots www.usebeforeflight.com, .
The judges (Jim Muttram, RBI Managing Director (@jmuttram) and Dominic Duffy, Chief Executive, Ceros (@dominicduffy) said: "There's nothing fussy about the site and it seems to achieve its objective quietly and convincingly. Clearly the front-runner.
"This site is very focussed and sets out to do one thing very well. From the testimonials it seems they perform a very valuable function for Airbus pilots and the web technology does offer a considerable benefit (£3.75 an hour vs. £200 in a Sim).
"The site design is not very flashy but seems well liked by the audience and the flash training screens seem to do their job very efficiently. This gets my vote because it is web technology being used to solve a real problem for the benefit of aviation."
UseBeforeFlight's testimonial:
Best Use of Social Media- Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) launched in 2010 PT6Nation, a community for operators and fans to meet and share stories through words, images and video.
The judges (Sergio Mello, Chief Execuitive, SatisFly and Jon Ostrower, Flightglobal's FlightBlogger) said: "PWC has successfully started the first OEM-run social network, stepping outside the bounds of the established networks such as Facebook and Twitter, but harnessing their integration.
"[It] [formed a niche community around its "PT6 nation" of 6000+ operators, by stepping past the traditionally conservative and risk-averse corporate culture that can slow the adoption of social media strategies. PWC has successfully developed a B2C tool to connect with its customer base in an open digital medium."
Antonio Farragi, e-communications leader at Pratt & Whitney Canada on winning the category of Best Use of Social Media


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Delegates, politicians and conventioneers migrated to Fort Worth for the annual Republican Party of Texas state convention. These are the top quotes from the event, from the high-profile figures to the rank-and-file attendees.
Photo By Mike Ward / Houston Chronicle"Less government. More fun." — Wrist bracelets being handed out to delegates Saturday the GOP state convention.
Photo By Max Faulkner/Associated Press"Three days is about all of this fun that I can stand. It's time to go home." — Tired GOP delegate Marielena Proctor of Fort Worth.
Photo By Rex C. Curry/FRE"Normal Texans aren't here, sir. They're back home working." — GOP conventioneer and tea party activist Jill Fenner of Tyler, chuckling about all the discussion about "normal Texans" during the Republican sessions.
Photo By Tim Fischer/Photographer"I told my wife, 'Did you ever think in your wildest dreams, that I'd be where I am tonight?' And she said, 'Honey, you're not in my wildest dreams.'" — Sid Miller, GOP nominee for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, about the night he won the runoff.
Photo By Associated Press"There was President Obama, me and the devil with hell freezing over." — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, relating how he posed for a photo at the White House when Obama signed into a law a bill Cruz authored, barring from entry into the United States an Iranian diplomat involved in the 1979 hostage-taking of Americans in Tehran.
Photo By Scott Morgan/Associated Press"Leave your cell phones on. I want to make sure President Obama hears everything we have to say." — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, alluding to controversial electronic snooping initiatives by the federal government.
Photo By Dave Rossman/For the Houston Chronicle"In the great State if Texas, gun control means hitting what you're aiming at." — U.S. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Photo By Charles Dharapak/AP"It's great to be back in America." — U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, R-Texas, explaining to cheering GOP conventioneers how he had just flown in from Washington.
Photo By Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle"I'm just enjoying the experience and making sure we're coming out united as one." — Houston state Sen. Dan Patrick, the GOP nominee for lieutenant governor.
Photo By Eric Gay / Associated Press"I have seen our government up close and, believe me, it's not pretty." — Katy state Sen. Glen Hegar, the GOP nominee for comptroller, telling the GOP convention how he will fight against waste, fraud and abuse.
Photo By Jim Cole/Associated Press"It's been a heck of a ride." — Texas outgoing GOP Gov. Rick Perry, on his 14-year run as the state's chief executive, the longest tenure in state history.
Photo By Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle"Government should give the people the tools opportunity without trapping them." — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, on why federal welfare programs approach government aid the wrong way.
Photo By RON T. ENNIS / McClatchy-Tribune News Service"It's not my goal to beat the Democrats, it's my goal to crush the Democrats." — Steve Munisteri, chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, extolling the GOP faithful about Obama operatives: "We need to send them back across the northern border that we didn't secure enough."
Photo By Kathy Willens/Associated Press"Washington Democrats think Texas is their new battleground. Texas will be their political burial ground." — Gov. Rick Perry, urging GOP state convention delegates to vote for Republicans in the November general elections.
Photo By Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle"Fellow conservatives, let's get to work, let's roll up our sleeves, let's rebuild America." — Gov. Rick Perry, sounding more like a presidential aspirant than Texas' chief executive.
Photo By Rex C. Curry/FRE"As great as Texas is today, I believe we can do better." — George P. Bush, the GOP nominee for Land Commissioner, son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and grandson of President George H.W. Bush.
Photo By Harry Cabluck/AP"Sen. (Kelly) Hancock sort of looks like Joel Osteen (and) preaches like him, too." — State Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, while sitting on a panel with Hancock.
Photo By Handout / Houston Chronicle" ... Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. Amen." — State Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, after leading the pledge to the Texas flag at the opening ceremony, with a one-word amendment.
Photo By Robin Jerstad"We need to stand our ground ... stand up for who we are. When you stand your ground, you don't lose your ground." — State Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, exhorting GOP conservatives not to modify their tea-party principles.
Photo By Edward A. Ornelas/San Antonio Express-News"Nanny state politics allow good workers to sit on a sofa instead of getting a job." — State Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, on federal welfare programs.
Photo By LM Otero / Associated Press"I really can't get enough elephant." — Kim Blumenthal, a GOP conventioneer from Dallas, as she wore two pachyderm pins and several stickers on her red coat, and an elephant hat.
Photo By Pat Sullivan/STF"Our lieutenant governor-elect (Dan) Patrick supports this." — A conventioneer said while addressing the GOP platform committee, even though Patrick is currently the GOP nominee and will face state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, in November.
FORT WORTH — GOP Lt. Gov. nominee Dan Patrick, facing opposition to his hard-line stance on immigration from some Republicans, on Saturday refused to back down as a possible platform fight on the issued loomed.
Patrick reiterated his calls to first secure the Texas-Mexico border, then address citizenship issues and "then deal with the people already here" — an apparent reference to the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants currently living in the United States.
"We are not against legal immigration, we are against illegal immigration," Patrick told the cheering crowd, insisting that tens of thousands of foreign citizens in Texas illegaly are criminals.
"We must not step back from this issue . . . The Democrats will not stand for safe communities, but we will."
He then added, to loud applause and a standing ovation: "We need to send a message to (U.S. House Speaker) John Boehner that we do not want amnesty."
"The border is secured when Texas tells Washington it is secured, not when Washington tells Texas it is secured," he said.
Within hours, the Republicans' biennial state convention as expected to vote on its platform that now includes wording unacceptable to many hard-liners on the immigration issue because they believe it will encourage a guest worker program and possible amnesty for many undocumented workers now in Texas.
Though a deal was reportedly in the works Saturday morning to avoid a floor fight on the issue, Patrick's comments were seem by many delegates as a sign that his position may prevail, at least in part.
Patrick also used his morning speech to bash Democrats — the Obama Administration for overreaching their authority, Democratic gubernatorial Wendy Davis for her support of abortion rights and Leticia Van de Putte, his opponent in the November general election, for supporting principles that Republicans oppose.
"Leticia Van de Putte and Wendy Davis are the same . . . Leticia Davis and Wendy Van de Putte," he said, noting they support abortion rights, more government, higher taxes and the controversial Obamacare federal healthcare program.
Patrick also reinterated his earlier position that Democrats will not hold half the Senate's committee chairmanships if he becomes lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor appoints Senate chairs.
At present, six Democrats chair Senate committees — half of the Democrats in the Upper Chamber. While Patrick is not giving specifics, senators say they expect that number may be cut by at least half if he wins in November.
"I'm not going to let you down," Patrick told the cheering crowd, reminding them that he "honor God, not government" as he noted several times that he is a Christian.
"God has guided, provided and protected," he said. "The Lord will deliver the victory."


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Selena Gomez Russia shows canceled because she's too pro-gay
Selena Gomez won't be performing in Russia any time soon. She has been denied entrance to the country for her pre-scheduled shows as part of an effort to tighten restrictions on artists who support gay rights.
Russia recently approved a controversial law that makes it illegal to spread "propaganda for non-traditional sexual relations" to minors, under threat of steep fines. Gomez was denied her request for a visa because she was deemed too pro-gay rights.
The Moscow Times, via Gossip Cop, reports that Russian authorities are making it more difficult for foreign musicians to enter the company after Lady Gaga and Madonna have openly advocated LGBT equality.
Gomez was scheduled to perform in St. Petersberg on Sept. 23 and Moscow on Sept. 25. She has not yet publicly commented on not being allowed into Russia.


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For the first time, Maryland is on track to meet its annual goal of awarding one-quarter of state contract dollars to minority- or female-owned businesses, Gov. Martin O'Malley said Friday.
O'Malley, who made the announcement at a state-sponsored minority business event in Towson, said the news was particularly meaningful because of the state's budget woes.


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|Chris Clark - Queen Creek Unified School District
|Chris Clark
|20897 E. North Loop Queen Creek, AZ 85242
|Campaign Phone:
|Campaign EMail:
|Campaign Website:
|Occupation/Main source(s) of income:
|Owner of AZ Family Financial Services, LLC
|Previous Occupations:
|B.A. Economics - University of Texas
|Birth Date:
|age 41
|Wife Judy, Austin (age 5), Kaitlyn (age 2) and a baby due any day
|How long have you lived in Arizona?
|23 years
|What is your party registration and how long have you been registered as a member of that party?
|Previous public offices you have sought/held:
|Mayoral candidate for the Town of Queen Creek
|Civic organizations in which you have been active?
|Chairperson for the Holiday Festival & Parade in Queen Creek, HOA President, organizer for the Queen Creek Neighborhood Summit, active member Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce
|Are you using public funds in your campaign?
|Do you have any sort of a criminal record or any outstanding civil judgments? Please be specific.
|What is the best piece of political advice you ever received?
|Provided by the Queen Creek Citizen Leadership Institute: �Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - Indeed it�s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead�
|What character trait best serves a public official?
|The ability to communicate clearly and effectively
|What character flaw most harms a public official?
|The inability to empower others to succeed
|What is your favorite book (besides a spiritual text)?
|To Kill a Mockingbird
|What is your favorite place in Arizona?
|I enjoy the recreation areas such as Roosevelt Lake and the Sunrise Ski Resort.
|Which Arizona political figure past or present do you most admire and why?
|Barry Goldwater because of his fiscal conservatism and smaller government views.
|Why are you running for school board?
|I have attended the board meetings for the past year and believe I have training and abilities that will be beneficial for the oversight of the district administration.
|Describe the top three educational challenges your district will face in the coming school year and explain your strategies to overcome those challenges.
|I think the top three educational challenges will be teacher retention and hiring, classroom size, and overall increased demand on school resources. The district has a projected student increase of 13% this year while funding from the state is likely to be cut further. Our teachers have received only minimal pay increases while having had there �steps� frozen due to budget constraints, yet we must find the funds to retain them and hire more. The district�s finances must be accurately assessed and optimized. We will need to establish new private partnerships and enhance our intergovernmental agreements to continue progressing. Our district will be the size of Chandler�s at build-out and it needs a solid foundation now to have continued success in the future.
|What spending issues in your district's budget do you challenge and what would you do instead?
|There are several key areas in the district budget, such as food services, where costs are not being truly accounted for except in aggregate. As a result, the actual cost or benefit of district contracts is unknown. I would like to see more profit center accounting to have more data for cost benefit analysis.
|While school districts cannot advocate an override, what can be done to help market an override for districts that have had recent defeats?
|The district can do a much better job of explaining the financial process so the citizens have a clear understanding of the need and benefit of the override as well as having confidence in the way their tax money will be managed.
|What effect has the emphasis placed on high results on the AIMS test had on your district, schools and personnel? Do you think it should be a high school graduation requirement?
|The AIMS test has become the focus of our children�s education rather than a barometer of their progress. A tremendous amount of time seems to be spent �teaching to the test�. I don�t presume to have all the answers to our problems, but perhaps there�s a way to use several different standardized tests in random sequence each year that measure the same skills so the focus becomes the curriculum and critical thinking skills.
|What role should schools play in issues such as sex education and preventing alcohol/drug abuse and teen suicide?
|I believe the schools are responsible for presenting the basic science of these areas and should make students aware of the counseling services available to them. The morals of these issues are the parents� responsibility.
|Should more schools in your district consider requiring uniforms or more standardized dress? Why or why not?
|I would be open to the idea of uniforms. I do believe in a conservative dress code for both students and teachers.
|What should your district do if anything to compete with charter schools, private schools and neighboring school districts? What should your district do to boost student enrollment?
|The district�s focus should be on achieving true academic excellence. Holding ourselves to higher standards and being innovative in our approach will create a natural attraction to our schools and town.
|Are there any particular programs or programs in the curriculum that you'd like to see changed? Please explain.
|I have not met with the district�s curriculum administrator yet, but all of the parents I have interviewed so far have spoken highly of him. The district�s finances need far more attention at this time.
|Are you satisfied with the performance of the superintendent and overall district leadership?
|I believe there is room for improvement in the performance of the superintendent and district leadership. Their needs to be greater emphasis on disseminating information to parents and teachers. There needs to be more accountability, and performance needs to be measured against specific milestones.
|Are you satisfied with the technology available to teachers and students in the district? If so, explain. If not, what specific technology would you support?
|I would like our schools to have state-of-the-art labs and as much technology in the classrooms as possible to enhance our children�s experience. I will investigate more grants and private partnerships to reach this goal.
|How do you feel about year-round schools?
|Year �round schools seem to provide some benefit for students by allowing them to retain more information and maintain steady progress throughout the year.
|Do you feel your district sufficiently communicates with parents and the community? If not, how would you improve that communication? How can you get the community more involved in schools?
|The district has made progress this year in communicating with parents, but there is much work to be done. I would like to have strong PTOs at each of the schools where the parents and teachers can interact in a positive manner to achieve set goals. Representatives from those groups could come to the district meetings to provide their perspective on solutions for issues we face. I have been the only person in attendance at most of the district meetings and I will work to change that. Communication is the next biggest challenge in the district after finances.
|If redistricting is an issue for your school district on the November ballot, what do you think about the issue? Are you in favor or opposed? Why?
|I�m in favor of the redistricting plans which will eliminate tremendous overhead costs for our state school system and provide more dollars in the classroom.
|With the closing of the Thomas J. Pappas Schools for the homeless this year, how should districts serve the influx of these students?
|The children that attended the Pappas Schools have distinct needs and the districts absolutely must make every effort to identify and track those children. The school counselors and teachers must be extra vigilant for signs of abuse, neglect, malnourishment, and emotional distress.
|What changes if any do you think should be made to the No Child Left Behind Act? How has NCLB affected your school district?
|I agree with many aspects of the NCLB, however, I feel that it creates a situation where our teachers and schools are under pressure to �teach to the test�. We must find a way to take the emphasis off of individual standardized tests while maintaining measurable progress.
|How long have you lived in the district?
|Since the beginning of 2005
|Do you have children in the district? If so, what schools do they attend and what grades?
|Not yet. Jack Barnes is our neighborhood elementary school.
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Mitt Romney adviser Norm Coleman, a former senator from Minnesota, reinforced those fears this week when he predicted ObamaCare won't be repealed, even if a Republican wins the White House in November.
"You will not repeal the act in its entirety, but you will see major changes, particularly if there is a Republican president," Coleman told BioCentury This Week television in an interviewthat aired on Sunday. "You can't whole-cloth throw it out. But you can substantially change what's been done."
Every Republican candidate — including Romney — has vowed to repeal the law. The Romney campaign quickly distanced itself from Coleman's prediction. "With all due respect to Sen. Coleman, he's wrong," campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. "Gov. Romney can and will repeal ObamaCare and is committed to doing so."
No doubt it will be difficult. Thousands of pages of regulations have been written and implemented that already are sinking deep roots into the health sector. In addition, tens of billions of ObamaCare dollars already have been spent that cannot be recovered.
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The repeal legislation would have to specify that the regulations that have been issued are void and acknowledge that money which already has been spent cannot be recovered, such as the $5 billion for health insurance for uninsured people with pre-existing conditions.
It will be a mess to untangle as the health sector already is reorganizing itself around the law and its many mandates. The administration is going full speed ahead in writing as many regs and implementing as many programs as fast as possible.
The biggest attack after repeal is that Republicans would take away health insurance from millions of people who otherwise would get it under ObamaCare. Republicans will have to offer a credible replace strategy, which Rep. Joe Pitts, chairman of the key health care subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, said would be offered this summer.
Full speed ahead:
Sebelius said in an interview on The Daily Show — which she no doubt wishes she hadn't done — that she's confident the Supreme Court will uphold the mandate, but that there are alternatives if it doesn't.
"I think we keep going," she said. "We find ways to encourage people to become enrolled and become insured. And the mandate's the fastest way to do it, and it just says, basically, everybody's got some responsibility. But there are other ways to encourage people to come in."·
Romney is stubbornly defensive about his law, even as Republican voters see it as the platform for ObamaCare. John McDonough, who helped design both RomneyCare and then ObamaCare, said the federal law is, "Massachusetts with three more zeros."
Romney's statements are just not selling with Republican voters. For example:
I offer suggestions for how Romney can adjust his position in my Spectator piece. Unless he takes steps to remedy his position, he will have trouble convincing Republican voters he is serious about repeal and will have an even harder time mapping a clear plan on health reform should he be elected president.
Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute, and Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute examine the continuing debate on ObamaCare, the impact and consequences of these policies, and an alternative path to improve health care for America.
SOURCE: The Galen Institute
The Galen Institute is a non-profit, Section 501(c)(3) public policy research organization devoted to advancing ideas and policies that would create a vibrant, patient-centered health sector. It promotes public debate and education about proposals that support individual freedom, consumer choice, competition, and innovation in the health sector. It focuses on individual responsibility and control over health care and health insurance, lower costs through competition, and a strong safety net for vulnerable populations. Galen's policies will promote continued medical innovation, advances in personalized medicine, and expanded access to health care and coverage in a 21st century Information Age economy.


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Criminology : A SAGE Full-text Collection (SAGE Journals Online)
Criminology: a SAGE Full-text Collection (SAGE Journals Online) includes the full-text of 24 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back twenty years, encompassing over 4,100 articles. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.
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At your Baja dealer soon! Don't let its size fool you - the Hammer X is destined for big on-water heroics. Trim, agile and scorching fast, this Baja sports a stunning design matched only by its high-performance motoring prowess. A low-profile stance and muscular rear vents give the Hammer X the look of a sleek roadster, while roomy cockpit seating, a V-berth that sleeps two, dedicated 25-quart cooler storage and a broad sunpad supply this Baja with the comforts of a cruiser. Add the signat ure brawn of a MerCruiser engine and the Hammer X is ready to rescue you from the ordinary.
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Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto Getting a Divorce — BREAKING NEWS!
Prepare your hearts. You are not going to want to hear this. Paul Wesley (Stefan) and his wife of two years, Torrey DeVitto, have decided to divorce, People magazine reports.
The Vampire Diaries heartthrob, 31, and his Pretty Little Liars actress wife, 29, first met way back in 2007 on the set of a film: Killer Movie. They wed in a private New York City ceremony in April 2011.
Paul and Torrey "have decided to amicably split. They will continue to remain good friends," Paul's rep tells the magazine.
We are heartbroken at this news. First Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev break up, now this!? That's it. True love is dead. We refuse to believe in romance or happiness ever again.
No word yet on the cause for the split, but we have a feeling that distance may have been a factor. Paul lives in Atlanta, Georgia full-time while filming TVD, while Torrey works in Los Angeles. Last year, the PLL beauty filmed a role on Paul's show, and he told fans at a May 2012 convention that getting the chance to work with his wife was a welcome change.
"It's fantastic because otherwise we'd be 2000 miles away, Los Angeles and Georgia, so it's very nice to be in the same geographical location," Paul said at the time.
News of Paul and Torrey's divorce comes just month after his co stars Ian Somerhalder (Damon) and Nina Dobrev (Elena) ended their long term dating relationship in May 2013. Not the best news in the world of TVD romance lately.
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JOHNSONBURG - The Elk County Tax Collection Committee voted Thursday to approve a resolution effectively ending the county's contract with the Central Tax Bureau (CENTAX) tax collection agency as of the end of the second fiscal quarter.
The announcement comes following ongoing difficulties with CENTAX, including payments and returns unaccounted for and the company failing to distribute collected earned income tax (EIT) monies to local municipalities and school districts.
Discussion over updating a four-year-old control system or replacing it continued during Thursday night's Ridgway Township Municipal Authority meeting.
The township's current SCADA [supervisory control and data acquisition] system, built and installed by Emerson Process in 2008, controls and monitors the tank levels and pump stations.
Emerson Process proposed a cost of about $73,900 to update the township's current system with a 90-day window of opportunity that is due to expire during the last week of August.
BOYERTOWN – The Wilcox American Legion team fought until the final out but fell short in a 4-2 loss to Milton Thursday afternoon at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, a loss which eliminated Wilcox from the Pennsylvania American Legion State Tournament.
A 12-member jury delivered mostly guilty verdicts Wednesday in well over 100 individual charges against Daniel Aiello, 27, of St. Marys, stemming from a succession of camp burglaries committed in Elk, McKean, and Cameron counties between late 2010 and 2011.
The verdicts came following hours of deliberation, with the charges and jury's decision delivered individually, designated by county and camp. Some charges were listed twice on the verdict slip as Aiello was charged with burglarizing a number of camps on two separate occasions.
Like so many in Ridgway, Mary Lynne Bellotti's YMCA experiences stretch back to her early childhood. Although her home was considered to be part of Ridgway, she actually lived about 9 miles out of town. She recalls it was a treat to walk to the YMCA after school; it was a great place to swim, play games or just hang out with friends.
"You go through many stages in your life," Bellotti said, "and each stage holds its own memories."
Edward R. Flacinski, 88, of 103 Clarion Rd., Johnsonburg, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at his residence following a lengthy illness.
He was born Feb. 29, 1924 in Johnsonburg, son of the late Stanley and Catherine Brzostek Flacinski. He married Shirley Nyquist, who survives, on Oct. 1, 1949 in St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church in Ridgway. He had resided in Johnsonburg all of his life. He graduated from Johnsonburg High School in 1942.
BOYERTOWN – Wednesday's game seemed to mirror Tuesday's through the first few innings.
Only this time, Wilcox was the team to score late runs for the victory.
Wilcox scratched out runs in the sixth and eighth innings for a 2-0 win over host team Boyertown Wednesday afternoon at Bear Stadium in Boyertown at the Pennsyvlania American Legion Baseball Tournament.
The second day in the jury trial of Daniel Aiello, 27, of St. Marys, charged with 134 counts of felony burglary and charges related to camp burglaries that occurred across Elk, Cameron, and McKean counties between 2010 and 2011, saw testimony from investigators as well as the defendant's half-brother, who is also charged in the crimes.
Mark Paul Kimes Aiello, 20, of Kane, testified Tuesday that his half-brother Daniel Aiello burglarized over 100 camps in Elk, Cameron, and McKean counties beginning in Benezette Township in November 2010.
ST. MARYS – From aircraft displays and a classic car show to an array of vendors, the St. Marys Municipal Airport's annual American Spirit Aviation Festival is hoping to attract a large crowd on Saturday, Aug. 25.
"We've been struggling in the past, but we are doing a lot better. Our nose is above water and we expect it to get better. This festival is part of all that, changing the image of the airport," said Alan McPherson, airport manager. "This has been an annual event and has been getting bigger every year. This year is more about seeing if we can make this go."
Due to a lack of funding and community support The River, a faith-based community teen center, at 20 Gillis Ave. in Ridgway will be closing its doors after four years of service to the community.
Teen Center Director Bill Braley and his wife Kristen have been with The River since its inception.


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The Vampire Diaries
Are Vampires Real?
Sucking blood for fun and profit
Look, people may have accused us of being obsessed with The Vampire Diaries, but we only take that love so far. For example, we don't surgically alter our teeth, bite our friends, and drink their Type O for funsies. But with a little creative Googling, you'll learn that such people do exist, including a former Bachelor contestant, Madison Garton. The blonde beauty, who also acts, has a set of pointy chompers that she started sporting after meeting the leader of of "the underground vampire world."
Now, we don't know where this underground world is, but Seregon O'Dassey, a New York vampire — who also models and acts (seriously, can IRL vampires do anything else?) — does. She told TimeOut New York that blood drinking is like sex — kinda dirty and not something you wanna do with multiple partners. Hear that, kids? Practice safe exsanguination.
Some vamps already have enough iron in their diet without drinking blood thankyouverymuch, and instead are considered psychic vampires. These individuals are anemic in the "life-force" department, so they feed off the emotions and energies of others. This type sounds way less sexy than the vampires that reside in Mystic Falls.
Are vampires real? Sort of, but none of them have the whiskey-swilling grace of Damon or the sculpted hair of Stefan. Our last words come from Swiss musician DJ Bobo, who is pretty convinced that "Vampires Are Alive."
One of the things that's so delightful about watching Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) make a meal out of Mystic Falls' ladies is that there aren't really bloodsucking dudes lurking in alleys waiting to drain our blood. And Stefan's (Paul Wesley) vamping trick where he races from one side of the room to the next? That can't really happen. Right?
Maybe we're just being paranoid, but we only have so many scarves, so we're not too keen on becoming someone's walking blood donor, à la Season 1 Caroline (Candice Accola). Therefore, we're getting all high school research paper with this subject in order to determine just how safe our necks are. Do vampires really exist? Read on to find out.
Vampires in history
Although it wasn't the first vampire story — John Polidori's "The Vampyre" was the first English-language story but the creatures have existed in folklore for centuries — Bram Stoker's Dracula was based on a real person. Vlad Tepes — or Vlad the Impaler, if you're nasty — was a historically bad dude from Romania who wanted to strengthen his territory, Wallachia, and preferred to impale his enemies on stakes. While the numbers are probably exaggerated, his victims are numbered between 40,000 and 100,000. Irish novelist Bram Stoker came across the name of Vlad Tepes in An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia: With various Political Observations Relating to Them (catchy title!), from which he took details for his book. We recommend Elizbeth Kostova's The Historian for an interesting spin on the Dracula tale, one which supposes that Vlad really was a vampire.
But if bad-news Katherine has taught us anything, it's that just because you're a lady vamp, it doesn't mean you're going to play nice. History holds a similar lesson in Elizabeth Báthory, a Hungarian countess who matched Vlad fairly well in the murder department. Along with four assistants, Elizabeth murdered a reported 650 girls so that she could bathe in their blood. Evidently, the 1600s version of Glamour reported that virgin blood was good for the complexion, and the Countess bought it. While her henchman were convicted, the Bloody Countess never went to trial but was bricked into her castle as punishment. They say her ghost still haunts the castle, thirsty for blood. No, we're totally kidding about that.
Vampires in nature
Although there is a variety of orchid known as Dracula, these pretty plants don't practice hematophagy (that's science for "they feed on blood"). There are loads of insect varieties that sustain on the red stuff — such as bedbugs, mosquitoes, and ticks — but the most famous sanguivores are vampire bats, naturally.
And may we say, these little suckers get a bad rap! Even though the mammals are only found in Mexico, Central America, South America, and some Caribbean Islands, the bats get blamed for biting humans all over Europe and North America. But come on, the winged critters only consume about an ounce of blood per feeding, usually from livestock or birds. Damon's appetite is hardly that dainty!
The truly squirmy part is that the bat's saliva, which gets injected into the prey, has an anticoagulant compound, so the animal bleeds long after the bat has flown off. It's not all bad, though; a drug used to treat heart attack and stroke victims is derived from the the spit stuff.


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It was tricky, but the greatest things usually are.
Coda for Mac started with a powerful text editor, then added essential web tools, wrapped in a clean interface. When the iPad came out, we decided we'd do it all again, but this time: to-go.
The foundation of Diet Coda is your sites: create one for each of your web projects, local—with Dropbox sync—or remote—with FTP or SFTP. With one tap, you're set, viewing and managing your files in our full-featured file manager.
Tap a file and you land in our highly-optimized text editor, which syntax highlights your code with ease. Now, try this: move the insertion point. Whoa. You just met the Super Loupe, some magnifying magic we think is the easiest way to precisely set your cursor. And, it should be noted, only Diet Coda has it.
Let's say you also have some snippets of code you re-use a lot. Tap the clips icon in Diet Coda, and load them in. Now you can insert them with a single tap. And let's say you accidentally inverted the values of your width and height tags. With our find and replace banner—and its breakthrough wildcard button—you can easily replace or swap or re-arrange your text.
We also threw in a full-featured SSH terminal. It lets you get down to business without leaving Diet Coda. Switch to the terminal anytime via our visual tabs. Our contextual keyboard also gives a selection of special characters quite smartly, as you type.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Slow Cookin' Sunday: Dairy-Free Hot Chocolate PLUS Halloween Bingo
Halloween makes life so hectic. (And yet you're saying to yourself, um, Halloween, is tomorrow. Hello?) I know, I know, but on Friday our preschool celebrated Halloween which in my world equated to a to-do list double its normal monstrous size. There were costumes, costume accessories, preschool Halloween game, goody bags, plus all of the other stuff that goes along with life. Holy moly!
Thankfully, the first item on the to-do list was handled by my mom (aka the master of all things sewing). Thanks to her and her magic powers, Tinkerbell and Peter Pan were successfully and quite adorably outfitted in their respective costumes:
While her sewing machine was purring away whipping up Neverland's most cherished outfits, I was busy making a Halloween bingo game for the preschool Halloween costume party.
To download these games, click here and then:
1. Print them out and trim them.
2. Print out an extra PDF and cut out the pieces from two boards to use for pulling out of a bag.
I decided not to make markers and instead had each child color the picture of what was drawn from the bag. The game took about 7 minutes to complete with 9 preschoolers. If you need it to last longer, print out as many bingo cards as you need to complete as many games as you wish to play. Recycle the used bingo cards.
They were so excited and kept jumping out of their seats yelling, "Bingo, bingo!!"
I also made some goody bags for them with some Halloween-themed items like bubbles, pencils, spider rings and erasers.
I used candy bags leftover from years passed and just put all of the items in there, tied it shut with some kitchen twine, covered it with ribbon and attached a black and orange tag I made out of scrap paper.
Phew! And then I started thinking about the real Halloween and how in the world I was going to warmly dress these kids without compromising the integrity of their costumes.
That was way too difficult of a thought to ponder, so instead I started thinking about about how wonderful it would be to have some warm hot chocolate when we came in from trick or treating.
And then, once again, I set out to make a Peter Pan-friendly (dairy- and soy-free) and of course, sugar-free hot chocolate because really, isn't there enough sugar slammed into Halloween already? The marshmallows, though, they definitely have white refined sugar in them. Everything in moderation, eh?
Dairy-Free Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate
Makes 4 Servings
3 cups chocolate almond milk, unsweetened
1 cup almond milk, unsweetened
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pour everything in a slow cooker and mix well. Set on low for one and half hours. Stir and serve. Top with marshmallows if you desire!
My older daughter hasn't stopped asking for this since I originally made it. I keep telling her to hold on till Halloween because when we get back from trick or treating, we'll have some piping hot chocolate to slurp while we "organize" each and every piece of candy.
Nutrition Information Per 1 Cup: Calories 98; Total Fat 3g; Total Carb 16g; Fiber 1g; Sugars 12g; Protein 2g
*Nutrition information has been calculated using an online recipe calculator tool.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Three-Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites
I love dressing the kids up, making cute costumes and decorations. I love the preschool parties. But I hate all of the candy. (I mean, I love all of the candy, but I hate having all of the candy around.) And now I hate the candy even more because I have a little girl who can't tolerate soy and dairy for the moment. So while everyone else is gobbling down chocolate bar after chocolate bar, she's like, hey, where's mine?
How can you deny this face? Oh, you can't. Which is precisely why I set out to make my favorite candy (yet again) dairy-free, gluten-free and soy-free and with a reduced amount of sugar, so she can gobble her fair share of Halloween candy too.
These are seriously good.
Three-Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites
Makes 24 Pieces
1 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Mega Chunks
1 cup salted roasted peanuts (I used the 365 brand from Whole Foods, which uses canola oil)
1 cup dates (I've used both Medjool and Deglet Noor)
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
Stir completely to ensure the entire bowl is completely smooth.
I used Wilton Halloween candy molds to make the festive pumpkins and spider webs. You can use anything that will hold a shape, even a mini cupcake pan would work.
Drop a teaspoon or so of chocolate into each mold and spread evenly. I used a lollipop stick for easy spreading.
Place in the freezer for a half an hour. Meanwhile, make the peanut filling by chopping the peanuts in a food processor until they resemble coarse crumbs.
Transfer to a bowl. Chop the dates in the same bowl of the food processor until a ball forms.
Add the peanuts back to the food processor and mix until a thick peanut paste forms. Take the molds out of the freezer and press the peanut mixture on top of the chocolate.
Place back into the freezer for another half an hour, then pop out of the molds and store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
My husband and older daughter had just come home from the hardware store when I was popping them out of their molds and they hovered around me in the kitchen with their hands stretched out like I was handing out 100 dollar bills or something.
No tricks in this house. All treats, for sure.
Nutrition Information Per Piece: Calories 104; Total Fat 6g; Total Carb 13g; Fiber 2g; Sugars 10g; Protein 3g
*Nutrition information has been calculated using an online recipe calculator tool.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Slow Cookin' Sunday: Chili
I've been plowing through the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder again and am almost finished with The Long Winter. I forgot how much I loved those books when I was a kid. It's so interesting reading these books as an adult, through adult eyes. It's like a whole new story.
I'm convinced I should have been a frontier woman, living in a cozy little shanty, churning butter, making bread each day and knitting socks. The things I love most about these books are the simplicity of life, the wonderful, strong values and the idea of family unity. I love that Pa played his fiddle every night. I love that even though most Christmas's brought only a meager piece or two of candy or a tin cup, each Ingalls' girl thought it was the most wonderful Christmas ever. They were happy with what they had -- not striving each day to have more, more, more.
I can't wait to read these books together with my daughters and it would be so great if we had the chance to actually see a few of their homesteads.
Food is such a central theme in all of these books and in the middle of Little House in the Big Woods while Laura was describing how her grandpa and grandma tapped maple trees, cooked the syrup and poured it over fresh snow and made little maple cakes for everyone, I thought, oh, I can do this. I want to do this!
Soon after, I stumbled upon the Little House Cookbook and wanted to read it because I was enamored by how they ate what they had around them, drying berries in the summer for winter pies and using honey in place of sugar from honey trees. Pa would go out and hunt when the need for meat arose and cows grazed in grassy pastures instead of being lined up behind fences choking down corn.
I just love these books.
So you can say that I've been inspired by hearty frontier type meals. I've been craving johnnycakes (fried cornbread) and hearty stews and thick hot meals. And it doesn't help that most days have looked like this:
Slow Cooker Chili
Makes approximately 6, 2-cup servings
2 lbs 90% lean ground beef
1 large onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cans chili beans
4 cups tomato soup (I use Trader Joes, but I used to use Campbell's when gluten wasn't an issue.)
Brown the ground beef in a large pan over medium heat.
When the meat is no longer pink, drain the fat. Off of the heat, add the onion and garlic. Season with salt.
Add the tomato soup and put it all in the bowl of a slow cooker.
Cook on low for 4 hours. Taste and season with salt. Transfer to bowls and serve, or refrigerate for later use. I think the flavor of the chili develops even more when it's allowed to sit for a few hours in the refrigerator.
Serve with cornbread. (I used Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Cornbread Mix; it's delicious.) This meal is only gluten-free. There's sugar and milk in the tomato soup; it's hard to find tomato soup that doesn't include all three ingredients, but since I knew our youngest wasn't going to be gnawing on chili, it being gluten-free was most important.
As I was trying to pinpoint just what it is about the Little House books that appeal to me, I realized what it was in an instant: The family has an unselfish loyalty to each other that is rarely seen, especially in popular culture. They all give of themselves to make each other comfortable. They let the youngest have what's left of the milk. They scrounge up their change to buy Pa a pair of suspenders for Christmas. Laura wants to become a teacher (even though she doesn't) so she can send blind Mary to school. They are always giving things up for the betterment of someone else. And that, I think, is just so wonderful in a time where me, me, me seems to be all of the rage.
Nutrition Information per one 2-cup serving: Calories 499; Total Fat 27g; Total Carb 11g; Fiber 6g; Sugars 6g; Protein 37g
*Nutrition information has been calculated using an online recipe calculator tool.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Strawberries 'N Cream Oatmeal
Since the days have been getting colder (and the mornings even colder), I've been scarfing down oatmeal in the morning. I'm not a nutritionist or a doctor, so I don't know how healthy this is, but how bad could oatmeal, goji berries, chia seeds and almond milk be? I also classify this as sugar-free because in my world, if I don't add white refined sugar or brown refined sugar to it, it's sugar-free.
Sometimes people like to send me e-mails that speak to the molecular composition of fruits and honey and maple syrup and argue that I can't say something is sugar-free because really they are all loaded with sugar, natural sugars, fructose, gluclose, blah, blah, blah. What I know is that refined sugar bothers me: It makes my joints ache, sparks cravings and disrupts my sleep patterns. Natural sweeteners on the other hand (not refined sugar) like honey, maple syrup, coconut palm sugar do not. I don't like hopping my kids up on sugar all day long either. So these sugar-free recipes are the recipes I strive to make.
I've been loving this particular oatmeal combination so much that I felt compelled to share. It's so easy that it can hardly be called a recipe. I find this particular breakfast to be filled with just the right combination of carbs and protein and fiber to keep my tummy full all morning.
Strawberries 'N Cream Oatmeal
1/2 cup oatmeal (I use Trader Joe's or Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free)
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
2 tablespoons goji berries
1/2 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon chia seeds
5 quartered strawberries
Place first three ingredients in the a large microwaveable bowl (much larger than you think because it will most likely boil over in the microwave).
Heat in the microwave for 4 minutes 30 seconds. Mix and heat for 30 seconds to a minute more until the oatmeal is thick and creamy. Add the next three ingredients and let sit for a few minutes. EAT!
Sometimes I make this and then throw it in a travel cup if I have to get out of the door fast, which seems to be every morning lately. One word of advice, submerge the travel cup in warm, soapy water as soon as possible or you'll have a big crusty mess on your hands.
And you'll be tempted to throw that travel cup away because you don't know what's been living in it while it's made a home in your car for a few days. But don't blame it on the oatmeal.
Nutrition Information: Calories 289; Total Fat 7g; Total Carb 49g; Fiber 8g; Sugars 14g; Protein 9g
*Nutrition information has been calculated using an online recipe calculator tool.
*Nutrition information has been calculated using an online recipe calculator tool.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Apple Butter Oatmeal Crumble
After accidentally putting pepper in my oatmeal this morning and then shrugging and taking a taste, I should have known what the day was going to bring: burnt cookies, hidden soy and a trip to the pediatrician -- again.
We've been sick in this house for a little over month, each of us passing on one nasty little virus after the other to each other. Yuck, right? I hope this trip to the pediatrician brings an end to it (and to think winter hasn't even begun yet.) But I must admit, summer was so good to us, only bringing a ruptured ear drum that produced one minor interruption to a splash-filled lazy day with a five second outburst, "Ow, that hurt." One trip to the doctor and seven days later it was forgotten. So the way I see it, we're sort of due for a string of icky nose drippy days. But one month of nonstop drooling, coughing and sniffing? We're ready for tissue-free days again.
So in between wiping noses and measuring out four different doses of antibiotics, I discovered an absolutely wonderful partner to the honey-sweetened slow cooker apple butter I made a few days ago -- oatmeal. And I don't mean in your bowl of piping hot oatmeal (which, by the way, is an excellent way to use said apple butter), but I specifically mean in a warm oatmeal crumble perfect for these 50 degree gloomy fall days that have settled all around.
Apple Butter Oatmeal Crumble
Makes 8 1/2 cup Warm Crumble Servings or 16 Chilled Bars
2 cups old-fashioned oats (I used Trader Joe's Gluten-Free Oats)
1 cup oat flour (I ground one cup of above-mentioned oats in the food processor until fine, like flour)
1/2 cup coconut palm sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon honey
3/4 cup soy-free Earth Balance spread or butter or margarine, softened
1 cup apple butter
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x9 pan with cooking spray. Remember when I flipped over my bottle of cooking spray and discovered (to my horror) that there was soy lethicin in it? Well, I bought a Misto and I love it!
You can fill this up with any oil of choice and spray away -- no unwanted ingredients added! Anyhow, set aside prepared pan.
In a large bowl, combine first five ingredients and mix well.
Add the honey and Earth balance, butter or margarine and mix on low with a handheld mixer until soft and crumbly.
Add two-thirds of the mixture to the bottom of the prepared pan, pressing gently with your hands. Add the cup of apple butter and spread to cover evenly.
Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture over the top of the apple butter.
Place in the oven for 35 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to slightly cool. The amazing thing about this recipe is that you can drop it warm into a bowl and top it with vanilla ice cream and a bit more apple butter and it's delectable. Or you can eat it without any extra toppings at all and it's still magnificent.
Or you can let it cool completely on a wire rack and then pop it in the fridge overnight and cut it into bars for an afternoon snack.
And it is just as delicious. Or you can have some warm and have some cold the next day. Talk about having your cake and eating it too.
Nutrition Information Per 1/2 Cup Warm Crumble: Calories 324; Total Fat 19g; Total Carb 35g; Fiber 4g; Sugars 8g; Protein 4g
Nutrition Information Per Bar: Calories 162; Total Fat 10g; Total Carb 18g; Fiber 2g; Sugars 4g; Protein 2g
*Nutrition information has been calculated using an online recipe calculator tool.
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I'll be honest, I am a fan of the WWE. I feel they are a very smart organization who knows how to put on a decent family friendly show. I say decent because they do not focus on the older males in the family. Instead they are trying harder to reach the children and women, hence John Cena in the top seat. He is a very charismatic individual who has the exact same appeal that Hulk Hogan once had.
Updated 03-10-2011 at 08:53 AM by JamFran
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Archive for the 'cities' Category
- October 20, 2014 When Pixels Become Nations* posted in Architecture, cities, urbanism, utopia tagged Micronations, nations, Politic, state, Volume
- August 10, 2014 Architecture in reverse: Agglomeration of Empty Shops posted in Architecture, cities, urbanism tagged Aristide Antonas, Athens, urban protocols, urbanism
- August 2, 2014 GAZA posted in cities, dystopia, utopia tagged Gaza, kill people, weapons
- February 15, 2014 Money is really the easy part* posted in Architecture, cities, Science, utopia tagged bitcoin, capitalism, cities, Infrastructures, TSmoney
- February 10, 2014 Fluid Currency* posted in Architecture, cities, Science, utopia tagged bitcoin, capitalism, cities, Infrastructures, TSmoney
- October 6, 2013 Money [the echo of nothing] posted in Architecture, Arquitectura, cities tagged capitalism, competition, Projects, TSmoney
- August 19, 2013 Housing the Remnants of Capitalism. posted in Architecture, cities, dystopia, urbanism tagged Dystopia, Projects, Speculatives, Students
- August 6, 2013 Ponte Tower. Fiction becoming real or the machine for making emptiness. posted in Architecture, Arquitectura, cities, dystopia, urbanism tagged Dystopia, Politic, Resilience, Resistance, TSmoney
- August 3, 2013 Capitalism: when the real is not impossible; it is simply more and more artificial* posted in Architecture, Books, cities tagged Money, Politic, Resistance, TSmoney
- June 4, 2013 The contradictory encounter of the full and the empty. posted in Architecture, cities, dystopia, urbanism tagged Contributions, houses, urbanism
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Money for nothing
Posted: February 4, 2014 at 2:44 a.m.
Even if we had a lieutenant governor, which we now don't, there'd be nothing for him to do. That helps explain why the Legislature will pass a bill in the fiscal session next week to keep the newly arising vacancy unfilled. That's until the general election pointlessly produces a new lieutenant governor starting next year.
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4334 S Manhattan Ave., Tampa, FL 33611
(813 221-7668
Categories: Restaurant
Cuisine: Vegetarian
Features: Catering, Dog-friendly, Kid-friendly, Takeout, Wifi
Cost range: 1.0-10.0
Payment options: Credit cards accepted
Alcohol: No alcohol
Parking: Lot
Not just vegetarian, but 100 percent vegan. Not just vegan, but much of the menu upholds the tenets of the raw food diet, where nothing is heated above 110 to 120 degrees, which keeps beneficial enzymes alive. Still, this funky outpost in a slightly sketchy neighborhood is not at all about asceticism. At Grass Root Organic Restaurant, diners can dive into platters of "live spaghetti with treatballs," raw sushi, exotic wraps and lush miso "sipp" with sliced coconut noodles. Hardly the food of deprivation and hippie delirium, dishes are colorful, flavorful and satisfying, even for the unreconstructed carnivore.


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Battlefield 4: China Rising Launch Trailer
Fight for dominance across the vast and majestic Chinese mainland in Battlefield 4 China Rising.
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Can I download this video?
I'm gonna be completely honest, the trailer looked fucking amazing...jeeeez.
Hey, DICE, how about you get the game out of Alpha before releasing DLC for it?
This trailer looks amazing, I can't wait to download it. Already picturing myself stealing the enemy's flag and escaping on the dirt bike to score one for the team.


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Jersey Shore
Jersey Shore Season 6 Premiere Sneak Peek: Deena Nicole Finds a New Meatball (VIDEO)
On Jersey Shore, sometimes learning new things can be a challenge. Like, learning to put underwear on before leaving the house, or how to kidnap a piece of cake in the middle of the night, or how to turn an alarm clock off. Deena Nicole has had to learn a lot of these lessons in seasons past, and in this sneak peek from Season 6, she gets a brand new one.
With JWOWW acting as Deena's substitute meatball, the pair does some day-drinking at the bar. JWOWW recites what later became the title of Season 6, Episode 2: "No Shame, Good Integrity." Deena doesn't know what integrity means, but she's pretty sure you have it when you flash your cooka at the club.
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Does picketing family planning clinics really change all of this?
If you are the kind of person that likes to picket family planning clinics, thinking you are doing something positive that can help make a difference, repeat the following after reading each of the statements in the following list: "Picketing a clinic will help change this."
- About half of all pregnancies in the US are unplanned (about 3.1 million each year)
- 70% of pregnancies to women in their 20's are unplanned.
- About half of all American women will have at least one unplanned pregnancy during the course of their life.
- About one third of all unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. (about 1 million each year) Very rarely does a planned pregnancy ever end in abortion.
- Slightly less than half of unplanned pregnancies are the result of birth control failure.
- About 20% of those birth control failures are caused by improper use.
- Slightly more than half of all unplanned pregnancies are the result of the failure to use birth control at all.
- Many Christian pro-lifers preach abstinence as the best and only acceptable method of birth control, failing to understand that married people also end up with unplanned pregnancies, and abstinence isn't really the best option if you want to stay married.
- Christian pro-lifers do not want sex education taught in schools, which includes education on birth control. They only approve of educational programs that preach abstinence.
- Christian pro-lifers do not want free condoms distributed to sexually active teens.
- Many pro-lifers are also against universal healthcare, which would make birth control more affordable to more people, and make medical care for children more affordable too. They are unwilling to provide any real help to women that choose to keep their babies or help to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
- There is a severe shortage of families willing to adopt minority children and children with special needs, and a severe shortage of foster families willing to take those children until adoptive families can be found. Minority women that opt for putting their children up for adoption instead of having an abortion are dooming their children to being raised in institutions. The same goes for any woman that opts to have a baby they know will have severe disabilities, that they know they are unprepared, unwilling, and unable to care for.
- Many Christians do not want gay and lesbian couples to have the right and ability to take those children out of those institutions and give them a proper home with a loving family, and a chance to live a normal life.
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Named All-CAA Third Team wide receiver... started all 12 games at wide receiver... led team with 54 receptions for 679 yards and 3 touchdowns... averaged 12.6 yards/reception and 56.6 yards/game with long reception of 61 yards (vs Rhode Island)... served as team's lone punt returner with 13 returns for 138 yards, averaging 10.6 yards/return with 56-yard TD return (at Lehigh)... won Gold Helmet Award, CAA Special Teams Player of Week, College Sporting News All-Star, CFPA National Punt Return Performer of Week and Beyond Sports Network Offensive Player of Week for performance at Lehigh on Sept. 10... made team-leading 5 grabs for team-high 62 yards in NCAA second-round playoff loss at Montana State... recorded 3 catches for 90 yards, including career-high 61-yarder, in win over Rhode Island... made 8 receptions for 132 yards in loss at William & Mary... made 7 catches for 54 yards and a TD (5-yard reception from Decker) in win over Holy Cross... playing in home town, tied career high with 10 catches and posted personal-best 166 receiving yards and 2 TDs in win at Lehigh; added 56-yard punt return TD (see awards above)... had 4 catches for 18 yards, including 3-yard TD reception from James Brady, in spring Blue-White Game
2010 Statistics
Appeared in all 13 games, starting 12... made 50 catches for 585 yards and 6 touchdowns, ranking second on team in receptions, TD catches and yardage... averaged 11.7 yards per catch and 45.0 yards per game... had 5 receptions for 27 yards in NCAA D-I quarterfinal loss at No. 5 Delaware... secured 5 receptions for 42 yards, including a 5-yd TD catch from Kevin Decker in NCAA D-I second-round win at No. 13 Bethune-Cookman; made 2 catches for 33 yards... 3 catches for 92 yards, including career-high 56 yard reception for a TD (from R.J. Toman) in win at No. 9 Villanova... 2 catches for 33 yards in win over Towson... had a reception for 20 yards in loss to No. 4 William & Mary... had 3 catches for 29 yards, including 11-yard TD reception from R.J. Toman, in inaugural Colonial Clash victory over No. 12 UMass at Gillette Stadium... 1 catch for 4 yards in win at No. 6 James Madison... led way with 7 catches for career-high 93 yards, scoring on a 20-yard reception from R.J. Toman, in Homecoming triumph over No. 11 Richmond... made 6 catches for 62 yards in loss at Maine... set career highs with 10 receptions and 2 TD catches, notching 81 receiving yards, in win over hometown Lehigh... registered 6 receptions for 81 yards in loss at Rhode Island
Saw action in all 13 games for the Wildcats... pulled in 15 catches for 281 yards and 2 touchdowns... tallied a career-high 4 receptions for 70 yards and 1 touchdown against Ball State (Sept. 12)... notched multiple receptions in five games... averaged an impressive 18.7 yards per catch on the season
Redshirt season
Career Highs:
Yards 11, vs Dartmouth, 2009
Carries 1, vs Dartmouth, 2009
Longest 11, vs Dartmouth, 2009
Touchdowns n/a
Yards 166, at Lehigh, 2011
Receptions 10, 2x, last at Lehigh, 2011
Longest 61, vs Rhode Island, 2011
Touchdowns 2, 2x, last at Lehigh, 2011
Punt Returns Longest 56, at Lehigh, 2011 (TD)
Before UNH
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(A) Ayesha is shorter than Neha but taller than Kavya.
(B) Nazneen is shorter than Kavya.
(C) Deepti is taller than Nazneen.
(D) Neha is taller than Deepti.
1.Who among them is the tallest?
(a) Ayesha (b) Neha
(c) Kavya (d) Nazneen
2.Which of the given information is not necessary to answer the above question?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
Key: 1. b 2. c
In terms of height we have:
Ayesha < Neha……….(1)
Kavya < Ayesha…(2)
Nazneen < Kavya…(3)
Nazneen < Deepti…(4)
Deepti < Neha………(5)
Combining (1) ,(2) and (3) we get Nazneen < Kavya < Ayesha < Neha
From above relation and (5), it is clear that Neha is talest among them.
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As statement C is not used in the decision-making it is not necessary.
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A decision on how to proceed with acquisition, change management, data migration and other aspects of the new system is expected next year, Navy Capt. Michael Weiner, director of the EHRWA planning office for the Military Health System, said at the FedScoop's FedTalks 2010 conference today.
The Defense Department deployed its digital medical system in 2000; upgrades to a new platform, known as AHLTA, completed in 2006. DOD began planning for EHRWA in 2009 -- as the White House and Congress started economic stimulus law funding to encourage digital medical system adoption nationwide.
"We want to change to a new electronic health record system," Weiner said. "We hope to bring the nation with us and share the lessons learned."
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To Stan...if we can do it...then let's just do it!!!!!!! To DOD: " "COME ON, MAN" !!!!!!!!!!!! (Try to remember that learning brings about a change in behavior. This should be your metric.)
To Been There: I agree with you that we could have achieved and can achieve electronic medical records. I find it interesting that you were an AF recruiter because the program that I mentioned was the Armed Forces Entrance and Examination System (AFEES) proposed in 1974-75 time frame. While we lost the program, we were told off the record, that our proposed system was superior then the winning proposal but was more expensive. I guess not since the ther system doesn't exist!!!!!
Stan and Paul...RE: Recruits. Having been both a AF Recruiter and an AHLTA SME I have some thoughts on this...There are about 65 MEPS, that recruiters funnel recruits and paperwork to and through. The recruiters, at least some, have laptops that could, if they don't, be loaded with the SF 93...completed in their office and emailed to the MEPS. Any medical records collected from the recruit/applicant could be scanned and sent along with the SF93...the MEPS could 'register' the recruit, create a AHLTA record and put all this data into Clinical Records Module ahead of the day of the Phy.Exam. This would help "start" the medical record of each new military member. This is/was NOT rocket science. We do have the technology, we could have done this and we still could do this. "COME ON, MAN" !!!!!!!!!!!!
In response to Paul, I do believe we have the current technology to satisfy many of the needs of the user community but based on your comment it certainly appears that there is no disciplined approach being applied to the gathering of the user information needs. In the late 1960s a group of us defined a set of user requirments for a Medical Information System and in the mid 1970s I was involved in responding to an AF RFP for a Medical Iformation System to track a recruits medical history prior to and throughout the recruits service career. This information was also to be used and updated for those veterans who were under the care of the VA. Unfortunately the low bidder was the winner and I don't believe the system was successfully implemented.
There has been PLENTY of 'input'. Over 10 years worth. That's not the problem. The problem is that those receiving the input have their own agenda...be it a contracting company, one of the SG's, DOD or even the local IT shop. Everyone wants to protect their little empire. The real point of concern should be at the 'point of care'...where the provider meets the patient. "COME ON, MAN" !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Don't you love when you have a secret to share? We're pretty excited around here to spill the beans about our newest product. Several months ago we started talking about the idea of partnering with a local artist and printer to produce some custom tea towels for the store. Today we are thrilled to be sharing the results of that collaboration with you.
Many of you may already be familiar with Melissa Rau's exceptional work through her lovely store, Red Bird Studio. Mel is a talented artist and a loyal customer of Bolt's so it was natural to think of her right away when we began the brainstorming process. And it turned out that the delicate style of Mel's work paired beautifully with our orginal vision. I was pretty thrilled when we met to look at the first round of drawings!
The finished artwork made its way down the street to the Make House, where Nathan Reimer hand printed it onto 200 towels. How fortunate we are to have so much talent right here on our very own street!
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With the Arizona Diamondbacks' playoff hopes looking bleak with just 32 games remaining, many fans are hoping to see some of the young talent in the organization for the rest of the season.
Tuesday night, they will.
"David Holmberg is on his way," manager Kirk Gibson announced following Monday's 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres at Chase Field.
The 22-year-old left-hander will make his Major League debut against the Padres Tuesday night.
"He's been throwing the ball good and you want somebody who has the ability to throw any pitch at any time, and that's kind of who he is," Gibson said. "He's not David Wells yet, but he's got a curveball, slider, changeup and moves his fastball around and knows how to pitch.
"Again, we've been a good defensive team, so if he can keep the ball in play and let us take care of it, we like our chances."
Holmberg, whom the Diamondbacks acquired in 2010 from the Chicago White Sox in the Daniel Hudson trade, has spent the entire 2013 season at Double-A Mobile. In 25 minor league starts, Holmberg is 5-7 with a 2.66 ERA and 115 strikeouts and 47 walkes in 152.1 innings of work. He ranks fourth in the Southern League in ERA and second in innings pitched.
The former second-round pick last pitched August 21 when he threw seven scoreless innings and allowed just three hits in a 1-0 win over the Jackson Generals.
Holmberg will become the fifth D-backs pitcher to make his big league debut in 2013, joining Charles Brewer, Eury De La Rosa, Chaz Roe and Zeke Spruill.
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