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"A slow-cooker can be a life saver on a busy day. Simply toss slow-cooked beef and veggies with cream cheese and cooked fettuccine and dinner's on the table."
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1 pound
cubed stewing beef
1 cup
chopped onions
1 cup
chopped mushrooms
1/2 cup
beef broth
1/2 cup
PHILADELPHIA Herb & Garlic Cream Cheese Spread
1 tablespoon
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fettuccine, cooked, drained
Delicious!! I did brown the stew meat on the stove first, and then threw the onions in the pan for just a couple of minutes to absorb the flavor of the drippings. Once that was done, I added the broth directly to the pan to loosen things up and then I put everything in the slow-cooker. As I said, delicious!! My husband was STILL talking about how good dinner was at 11:00 p.m.!
This was so so. It seemed to have a bitter taste to it and was not as creamy as a normal beef stroganoff. I followed the instructions as stated.
54 Ratings
I prefer to make this in a Dutch Oven, but for those that were disappointed w/ this recipe (lacked flavor). Add 1T.garlic pepper,1T. Worcestershire and substitute beef stock for broth. (not really necessary, but punches it up for those that like a little more "zing").
Very quick and easy recipe, nice for workday supper. Sauce thickens upon cooling--we first thought it was too "soupy" but we just needed patience!
This recipe is excellent! I used chive cream cheese (because I couldn't find the herb & garlic flavor) and it came out great. Definitely a keeper!
This was good and so easy! I followed another reviewers suggestion and coated the meat in flour before browning. I also added a tablespoon of garlic and some worstershire sauce to the mix. Yummy!
Sooo Good. I could not find herb & garlic spread so used Chive & onion like the other reader but added my own herbs. Also, because we like thick, I made a thickener, such as flour and broth and added that as well. Very, Very Good. Thank you. Will make it again
This recipe is so easy. It will be added to my collection of faves. I did lightly flour and saute the beef before putting in in the slow cooker. I also seasoned it well, with salt, pepper, garlic and steak seasoning. My entire family loved it!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
PHILLY Slow-Cooker Beef Stroganoff
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 532
Calories from Fat: 226
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There were two John Boehners on 60 Minutes last night. There was the macho unrelenting leader who looked directly into the camera and called out President Obama for his rhetoric and said he refused to compromise with Democrats. Then, there was there was the emotional wreck brought to tears by the thought of children going to school.
The tough Boehner came out first. He was quick to fight back when Lesley Stahl asked about Obama comparing the GOP to hostage-takers and Boehner to a "bomb-thrower."
"Excuse me, Mr. President," he said. "I thought the election was over. You know, you get a lot of that heated rhetoric during an election. But now it's time to govern."
And for Boehner, governing means "finding common ground" but not "compromising." The difference between the two may seem subtle, but Boehner is adamant in opposing the latter term.
"I reject the word," he said. "I made it clear I am not going to compromise on my principles.... When you say the word 'compromise'... a lot of Americans look up and go, 'Uh-oh, they're gonna sell me out.' And so finding common ground, I think, makes more sense."
It might make the most sense to a base in search of a strong leader who won't cave to Democratic wishes -- wishes that many of them believe led the country in the wrong direction. But, while Boehner managed to appear fiscally tough, emotionally he just couldn't keep it together.
First, viewers learned that the GOP leader must keep a safe distance from schools -- because the very sight of school children brings him to the verge of tears.
"I can't go to a school anymore," he said. "I used to go to a lot of schools. You see all these little kids running around.... I can't talk about it." And with that, just talking about how schools make him emotional, made Boehner emotional. "Making sure that these kids have a shot at the American dream like I did is important," he said, choking over his own sniffles.
Talking about the American Dream is clearly a sensitive subject for Boehner. It was the topic that set him off earlier this year when releasing the "Pledge to America," and it set him off again as the 60 Minutes interview came to an end. While sitting in his father's old bar, Boehner again began to weep when his wife, Debbie, who was sitting beside him, spoke about how proud she was of her husband.
At first, John Boehner pretended he just had a runny nose, but nobody believed it. Stahl asked Debbie Boehner if her husband really cried all the time, and she said he's ratcheted it up recently.
"He's going through an emotional period, too," she said. "I mean, this isn't you know, as you say this is not an ordinary job. Whoever would have thought that he'd be in this position. He was a janitor on the night shift when I met him. He's come a long way."
CORRECTION: The original version of this report misspelled Lesley Stahl's name.
Full interview available at CBSNews.com

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Dip in to scour the latest Deadline Day titbits...
Picture 9 – Nice to see Stavros Flatley in the public eye again
….Now I expect you to post the pics of the 10 most beautiful fans at the African Cup of nations
just sayin, but if this was euros or copa america would the headline read "passionate" why do they have to be labelled terrifying?
why do they have to be labelled "terrifying" and not passionate? Would the headline be the same if this were pictures of fans from copa america or euro who also go all the way to support their teams?
this just doesn't feel right to make fun of pies, just sayin. a little disrespectful don't you think?
This looks like a lot more fun of a time than most Euro games
@question man – These are decidedly more terrifying than anything I've seen in the Euros or Copa America. They're obviously all passionate, no one's disputing that, but I'm certainly not going to forget the teeth on picture number 10 for a while I can tell.
You just missed my man, with an irresistible laugh
i'd take this "terrifying" crowd over what i saw on tv during the euros.
Im African! And Im terrifying! Im so offended!
Whats terrifying is the underlying racism contained in the headline and captions.
[…] There are some pretty scary AfCoN fans, and these are the scariest. […]
#4 looks exactly like djimon hounsou
Crazy guys, those Africans! Brilliant seeing them at the World Cup, they're certainly more fun than a lot of Euro fans (okay Holland excepted).
#9 is epic, totally get the Indy Jones reference.
#10: What the hell does this dude eat? Concrete?
Hold on…
Just looking at #9 again, and noticed he appears to be balancing his drum on his todger.
Sweet jesus, I fear for his wife.
NONE of these are terrifying at all!! These are ALL focking awesome ((except for the dipshit in #4))!!
#3 is the best!! Go Burkina Faso!!
if you dont think #10 is terrifying you CRAZY
Yep, of course because they are african (black) all these candyasses will find it offensive and get offended..take a chill pill! and ask yourself..would you want to meet one of these guys in a dark alley? nope.
not because they would hurt you but because they would scare the shit out of you even if they are just going back home from the game.
this racism shit is getting so tired. stop getting offended by fucking everything and the world will b a better place!
yolo is right, ignore racism and it will go away on its own.(sarcasm)
bitches need to stfu on the left AND the right.


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Latin American Cuisine: Colombian Arepas
The most basic arepas in the Bogotá region are made with starchy white corn flour pressed into cakes about 1/4-inch thick then griddled. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. You'll find arepas stuffed with cheese and baked on hot stones in coal-fired ovens. Arepas with sour milk cheese worked right into the dough. Arepas made like a pancake with sweet corn on a hot griddle. Golden yellow deep-fried puffy arepas split open and stuffed with an egg. Tiny arepitas eaten as a snack. Move out of Colombia into Venezuela, and you'll find thicker arepas split open and stuffed with fillings ranging from cheese and beans to pork or shrimp. More


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NEW ALBANY, a flourishing city, capital of Floyd county, Indiana, on the right bank of the Ohio river, 2 miles below the falls, 3 miles below Louisville, and 136 miles below Cincinnati. Lat. 38? 18' N., lon. 85? 51' W. It is the southern terminus of the New Albany and Salem railroad, which extends to Michigan City, 287 miles, and is nearly completed. It is remarkable for its rapid growth and active trade; in fact, it may be considered the most commercial town in the state excepting Madison, which contains a nearly equal population. Steamboats arrive and depart daily to all points on the Ohio and Mississippi. The streets are wide and straight, and furnished with pleasant sidewalks. The town contains about 12 churches, a collegiate institute, a Presbyterian theological seminary, 2 banks, and 2 printing offices. Two newspapers are published. Steamboat building is carried on more extensively here than at any other place on the Ohio, scarcely excepting Cincinnati; there are also manufactories of iron, brass, bagging, &c. A plank-road, 20 miles long, extends from New Albany to Corydon. Laid out in 1813. About 1640 buildings have been erected in the city within last the year. Pop. in 1840, 4226; in 1850, 8181; in 1853, about 14,000.
Felix Emmanuel Schelling Biography
Felix Emmanuel Schelling, educator, was born at New Albany, Ind., Sept. 3, 1858; son of Felix and Rose (White) Schelling; grandson of Ulrich and Barbara (Mesmer) Schelling and of George Busby and Jane (Hamilton) White. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1881, LL.B., 1883, M.A., 1884; practised law, 1884?86, and in March, 1886, was married to Caroline, daughter of James Alexander and Hannah (Palmer) Derbyshire of Philadelphia. He was at the University of Pennsylvania as instructor in English, 1886?89, assistant-professor of English literature, 1889?91, professor of English literature, 1891?93, and in 1893 became John Welsh centennial professor of English literature. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Franklin and Marshall college in 1898. He was elected member of the Modern Language Association of America and of the American Philosophical society. He is the author of: Poetic and Verse Criticism of the Reign of Elizabeth (1891); The Discoveries of Ben Jonson (1892); Life and Writings of George Gascoigne (1893); A Book of Elizabethan Lyrics (1895); A Book of Seventeenth Century Lyrics (1899); The English Chronicle Play (1902).
A Biography of George Brown Goode
George Brown Goode, naturalist, was born in New Albany, Ind., Feb. 13, 1851; son of Francis Collier and Sarah Woodruff (Crane) Goode; grandson of Philip and Rebekah (Hayes) Goode, and of Israel Cooper Crane; great-grandson of Samuel and Mary (Collier) Goode; great, great-grandson of Samuel and ???(Bunnell) Goode, and great, great, great-grandson of Samuel and Martha (Jones) Goode. This Samuel was born in the Island of Barbadoes in 1655, and settled with his parents in Virginia about 1734. George Brown Goode's paternal grandfather had removed with four brothers from Virginia in 1804, and settled in the new state of Ohio; and his maternal grandfather came from New Jersey about the same time and settled in New Albany, Ind. George was graduated at Wesleyan university (Conn.) in 1870, and after a brief post-graduate course in zo?logy at Harvard under Agassiz, organized a natural history museum for Wesleyan university and was its curator, 1871-77. He visited Bermuda to make zo?logical explorations, 1872; studied in the Unified States national museum, 1872-73, and then became associated with Professor Baird in the work in the Smithsonian institution and as a volunteer in the U.S. fish commission on its organization, where he had charge of the division of fisheries and statistics. He was occupied in zo?logical explorations from Nova Scotia to Florida and the Bermudas; was principal curator of the national museum, 1875-80; assistant director, 1881-87, and assistant secretary of the Smithsonian institution in charge of the national museum, 1887-96. He was married, Nov. 24, 1877, to Sarah Ford, daughter of Orange Judd of New York city. Their son, Kenneth Francis was born Dec. 8, 1880. In 1887, as statistical expert for the Halifax fisheries convention, he prepared and published the first comprehensive statistics of the fisheries of the United States, and as special agent of the tenth census, he directed the fishery census of 1880, and subsequently supervised the publication the first seven volumes of "The Fishery Industries of the United States." In 1887 he was appointed United States commissioner of fish and fisheries to succeed Professor Baird and resigned the office at the end of six months in order to give his entire attention to the National museum. In 1876 he had charge of the exhibit of animal products and fisheries at the Philadelphia exposition; in 1880 he was commissioner to the International fishery exhibition at Berlin, and in 1883 U.S. commissioner in charge of the American exhibit at the International fisheries exbibition in London. He was also a member of the government boards for the New Orleans exposition in 1884 and the Ohio Valley centennial in Cincinnati in 1887; was commissioner to the Columbian historical exposition in Madrid, 1892, and in 1893 was a member of the government board for the World's Columbian exposition. In 1890 he prepared for the national commission of the Columbian exposition the plan upon which the official classification of the exhibition was subsequently based. He was one of the board of management of the American institute of civics and vice-president and registrar-general of the National society of the Sons of the American Revolution in the organization of which he took part as well as in that of the Daughters of the American Revolution, whose badge was designed by him. He was a member of the National academy of' sciences; fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, of the American philosophical society, and of the American academy of arts and sciences; a member of the American society of naturalists, of the American, Virginia and Columbian historical societies; also corresponding member of the Zo?logical society of London, the Soci?t? Zo?logique de France, the Society of natural history and anthropology of Moscow, the Soci?t?, Naturale d'Aquiculture de France, the National Fisheries societies of Germany, Great Britain and Japan; and received from the Queen Regent of Spain the decoration of Commander in the Royal Order of Ysabel la Catolica. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Indiana university and that of LL.D. from Wesleyan university. Besides many papers in the proceedings of scientific societies he published: The Game Fishes of North America, with colored plates by Kilbourne; American Fishes; The Beginnings of American Science; The Origin of the Scientific and Educational Institutions of the United States; The Museums of the Future; Virginia Cousins (a genealogical work) and, with Tarleton H. Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, an illustrated treatise on the deep sea and pelagic fishes of the world. He died at Lanier Heights, near Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 1896.
Charles Woodruff Shields - A Biography
Charles Woodruff Shields, educator, was born in New Albany, Ind., April 4, 1825; son of James Read and Hannah (Woodruff) Shields, and grandson of Patrick Henry Shields . He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1844, A.M., 1847, and at the Princeton Theological seminary in 1848, was licensed to preach by the presbytery of New Brunswick, N.J., in 1848, and was ordained by the presbytery of Long Island, Nov. 8, 1849. He was pastor of the church at Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., 1849?50, of the Second Presbyterian church at Philadelphia, Pa., 1850?65; was professor of the harmony of science and revealed religion in the College of New Jersey, Princeton, 1866?1903 (serving also as professor of history, 1869?82), and was made professor emeritus in 1903. He believed in the establishment of an American Catholic church through the organization of the Congregational, Presbyterian and Episcopal polities as taken from the New Testament, and used his influence to secure the use of the Presbyterian prayer-book of 1661, for churches that require a liturgy. He was ordained priest in the Protestant Episcopal church, Dec. 13, 1898. He was twice married: first, Nov. 22, 1848, to Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Bain of Albany, N.Y.; and secondly, April 2, 1861, to Elizabeth, daughter of John K. Kane, of Philadelphia, Pa. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1861,? and that of LL.D. from Columbian university, D.C.,in 1878. He is the author of : The Booker Common Prayer as amended by the Presbyterian Divines (1864); an appendix entitled: Liturgia Expurgata (1864); Religion and Science in Relation to Philosophy (1875); Philosophia Ultima (2 vols., 1877 and 1889); The Order of the Sciences (1882); Essays on Christian Unity; The Organic Affinity of Presbytery and Epicopal, essay; The Christian Denominations and the Historic Episcopate, essay (1892); The Presbyterian Book of Common Prayer (1893); The United Churches of the United States, essay (1896); The Reformer of Geneva (1898), and The Scientific Evidences of Revealed Religion (1900). His complete works. were subsequently included in six octavo volumes.
William Andrew Jackson Sparks - A Biography
William Andrew Jackson Sparks, representative, was born near New Albany, Ind., Nov. 19, 1828; son of Baxter and Elizabeth (Gwin) Sparks. His ancestors on both sides were of the early settlers of Virginia from England, and on the paternal side are believed to have been of the colony that founded Jamestown. He removed with his parents to Illinois in 1836, and being soon after left an orphan, worked on a farm and at intervals attended the country schools. Subsequently He taught school and was graduated from McKendree college, Lebanon. Ill., B.S., 1850; studied law with chief-Justice Sidney Breese ., and was admmitted to the bar in 1851. He was married, April 16, 1855, at Edwardsville, Ill., to Julia E. Parker. He was receiver of public moneys for the Edwardsville (Ill.) land-office by appointment of President Pierce, 1853?56; was elected for Illinois, in 1856, Democratic presidential elector; was a member of the house of representatives, in the Illinois legislature in 1857?58, and a state senator, 1863?64; a delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1868, 1884 and 1896, and a Democratic representative from the sixteenth Illinois district in the 44th-47th congresses, 1875?83. He was appointed by President Cleveland in March, 1895, commissioner of the general land office, serving for nearly three years, when he resigned. He subsequently retired from active business. In 1903 he was a resident of St. Louis, Mo.
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Floyd County Facts:Seat: New Albany
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Cafe at Rosemont
Just got word that after 22 years, the Cafe at Rosemont in Stockton, NJ has closed. Such a shame, will fondly remember many cozy evenings there with friends. A little gem of a place. R.I.P.
The Cafe at Rosemont was seized by the state of NJ for nonpayment of sales tax. Although it initially seemed that the cafe would reopen, their web site confirms that it is permanently closed. I for one shall miss it greatly.
Btw, the cafe was in Rosemont, not Stockton.
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Certainly no offense taken! I'm somewhat of a stickler when it comes to restaurant locations. A couple of years ago I wandered around Metuchen, NJ (fairly small town) trying to locate a restaurant that a friend had recommended. Never did find it because the place turned out to be near Metuchen and certainly not within walking distance. :-))
Of course, the location of the Cafe at Rosemont is now of academic interest only.
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Need help selecting drum heads
I usually play hard and fast. Punk, metal and alternative are my main three uses for my kit. I'm a bit unsure on the exact meanings of 'sustain', 'attack', etc., so some clarification on that would be good, too.
I want a good short hitting sound with none of that annoying ring after the hit. Like I said, punk metal and alternative are my styles, so what would be the best heads to buy? I'm talking snare, bass, and toms.
Re: Need help selecting drum heads
Most guys playing your kinds of music like 2-ply clears over 1-ply clears, such as Remo Emperors over Ambassadors, or Evans G2s over G1s. Using coated versions of these batters will warm up the sound a little.
These will likely have what you refer to as "annoying ring." But did you know that the better you learn to tune, the more that "annoying ring" becomes a "nice lively sound?" And that a nice, lively sound projects better than a muffled, dead sound?
If good tuning won't take away enough "annoying ring" for you, there are a variety of premuffled heads you can try. Remo pinstripes, Evans EC2, many more.
Any good snare will sound good, and give you a wide variety of sounds, with a coated Ambassador or G1, but here again there's that pesky annoying ring. I'll let others advise you for heads that will get rid of that since I think muffled heads on anything but a cheap snare is a waste of a good drum.
BTW, "attack" is the initial sound of the stick striking the head. "Sustain" is how long the main pitch of the drum continues after striking it. I think of "ring" as how long the upper overtones continue after striking the drum, although some drummers use these interchangably.
Re: Need help selecting drum heads
+ 1 on everything DD said. That thud / wet puddle sound you seem to strive for is usually the product of building the sound from hours of adding outboard effect in the studio. Live, it's a waste of time. Even in driving rock, you may think your kit sounds great but the audience will just be hearing amplified EQ'd attack.
The "annoying ring" is largely lost in a live environment. If you want a degree of control (assuming you tune your drums well), on toms, try Evans EC1's. They offer some control but still allow a good level of sustain. On kick, try Evans Emad. No dampening whatsoever in the shell. Take the foam ring out for live & put it in for studio stuff. Tune the batter head to just above lowest fundamental tone & use the reso to give more or less sustain. Remember, hearing your kick drum in the mix depends on the kick producing frequencies that are different to those produced by the bass guitar. You'll need some kick sustain to achieve that, even when going through a serious PA system. A dead kick played without being mic'd won't even be heard unless the whole band plays whisper quiet. For some snare control without dampening, I suggest the Evans Genera HD dry. It's a vented & coated head that reduces ring yet still allows sensitivity & shell tone to prevail. Tuning is everything.
Re: Need help selecting drum heads
I fully agree with everything drumtechdad said. That "annoying ring" is an attribute of improper tuning. I for one always tune for the greatest resonance and sustain from a drum by finding it's "sweet" spot. I know a lot of metal drummers would rather hear a thump from their drums than a tuned pitch with any kind of sustain. I run Evans G2 clears over G1 clears on most of my kits. The only exception is my vintage Pearl kit where I run G2 coated over the G1 clear heads.
Much of what you want to hear can be had simply by the tuning of your drums. If you want a subtle amount of control from your snare drum, I would recommend an Evans Power Center Reverse Dot for it's batter. For the toms, 2 ply coated heads would be the first in line for a small degree of control, followed by EC2 and for the highest degree of muffling, the Evans Hydraulic. Although I wouldn't buy Hydraulic heads for my kits, there was a time I played a set of DW Collectors and with proper tuning there was still a good amount of tone and resonance coming from the toms. For bass drums, well it all depends on the drum and beater. As I said, I prefer to run my drums open, so I usually use an Evans EQ4 for it's batter. It has a small internal ring, but is far more open than say an Emad batter head.
I keep referring to Evans heads because over the last three or four years that's what I've been playing and recently more familiar with. I did play Remo for about 47 years and they are also great heads.
It's really a trial and error game if you really have no starting point. Check out the Evans website, I believe that they have descriptions on how certain heads affect the sounds of the drums.
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Well tuned Remo Ambassadors with Emperors on top will do you pretty well. Whack some moon gel on them and they'll sound a lot less ringy, but it won't cut it out completely. The only way to can cut it all out is if you tune them so high it chokes the head. Live you won't notice it, as long as you have the heads tuned properly.
An Aquarian Superkick II is worth looking at too. Good, solid head with a very nice thick sound if it's tuned just above slack.
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If you're a young punk, here's some advice from an older one. Hold your heads by the rim in the shop, tap them and find a "deader" head for your batter, this can reduce the amount of muffling you have to do and can reduce the "ring" you're talking about. I like Aquarian response 2 heads at the moment because they're a thicker coat, over coated ambassador's on the toms, and the thinnest clear quality bottom head you can find for your snare, I use Evans. As a batter Evans are good at first but I don't think they hold up as well as Aquarian or remo for hard punk.
Don't be afraid to audition in the shop, make them set up a few drums with the heads you want to try and smack the cinnamon out of 'em, it's your money they want and you have to spend it wisely.
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Just a question for those Evans reverse dots, anyone else had them dislodge and fall into the drum?
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I bought a set of Aquarians because I wanted a nice "thump" without a lot of sustain, and I found the Performance II's on the toms and the High Energy on the snare work great, plus a Super Kick II on the bass.
No idea about resonant heads, those are still stock on mine.
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Thanks for all the help. I'm going to print the majority of this thread out and take it with me to Billy Hyde =D
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Wait, I need another bit of help.
What is a 'Brush Finish'? I get the impression that the texture of the head is kinda like sand on top of a head. I want a smooth snare head, so I don't think this is the way to go. Clarification would be good =)
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Brush finish = coated.
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Thanks, everyone. I've decided on the following:
- Evans EC1 Edge Control Clear 10" Drumhead - $33.95
- Evans EC1 Edge Control Clear 12" Drumhead - $36.95
- Evans EC1 Edge Control Clear 16" Drumhead - $45.95
- Remo 14" Emperor BF - $36.95
What do you guys think?
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They are very dark-sounding heads. The rings make most of the overtones go away, thus making them easy to tune. They are also 14mil single-ply heads, so they sustain a great deal (one of the reasons we tried them). If you don't want sustain, they're not ideal. A coated 2-ply would have considerably less.
I have no idea what a 14" Emperor BF is.
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The famous China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra made its India debut to a thunderous applause from a housefull audience at Mumbai's Ravindra Natya Mandir on Friday. The performance, as part of the India-China Music Festival 2012, will be repeated at the Siri Fort auditorium in Delhi on November 27.
The festival, a part of India and China's cultural diplomacy efforts, is significant as this year has been declared as the year of Indo-China friendship by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the outgoing Chinese President Hu Jintao.
The China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra was founded in the year 1949. Since then, it has taken the lead in establishing the Chinese orchestra pattern and consists of renowned musicians from China. Zhang Zihong, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of China, noted that the orchestra offered Indians a deeper understanding of Chinese culture. "This will facilitate more frequent cultural exchanges between China and India," he said.
In Mumbai, the 100-member orchestra, led by chief conductor Pang Kapang, played the national anthems of both countries before letting traditional and modern Chinese music take over. Thus, soft oriental rhythms alternated with peppy, foot-stomping numbers. A magic show was also included into the evening's repertoire.
The orchestra also showcases traditional Chinese instruments and 30 traditional and modernised instruments were used to create a larger-than-life musical confluence in Mumbai. Just when the audience, among them a sizeable number of Chinese expatriates, got used to the Chinese melodies, the orchestra struck up the tunes of Aajao Tadapte Hai Armaan from the Bollywood film Awaara in order to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema.
Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut credited the late filmmaker Raj Kapoor with popularising Hindi film music in China. "I am confident that this performance will open up new opportunities for cultural exchange between the two nations," he said.
The show in Delhi will celebrate the Bollywood connect further as singer Kavita Krishnamurthy will perform with her violinist husband, Dr L Subramaniam and son, Ambi Subramaniam. The show will mark the Subramaniam Jr's debut as a vocalist. Expect 14 songs such as Rahe na Rahe hum, Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil and Ajeeb Dastan hai Yeh.


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Breast-related ailments are more commonly seen in women than in men. Opposed to common belief, breast ailments can occur at any time during a person's lifetime. It is thus essential for men and women to understand the normal development and ageing process of the breast. Being aware of normal changes that occur in the breast at different development stages can help you identify unusual developments in your breast. Most changes that occur are due to benign conditions and can be detected through regular Breast Self-Examination (BSE). This also helps in early detection and treatment of Breast Cancer.
Breast Structure
Breasts, technically known as mammary glands, are glandular organs that produce milk in response to hormonal changes that occur during childbirth. Breasts are made up of two main types of tissues:
1. Glandular Tissues: The glandular part of the breast has 15-20 lobes with a number of lobules and ducts surrounded by fatty and supportive tissue. The lobes are connected to the nipple by ducts to produce and deliver milk.
2. Supporting Tissues: The supporting tissue of the breast includes fatty tissue and fibrous connective tissue that gives the breast its size and shape. In each armpit there are about 20–30 lymph nodes (glands) that drain fluid from the breast. These are a part of the lymphatic system that helps the body fight infection.
Between 0.4 and 6% women have an extra breast or pair of breasts, although these tissues may not look like a breast, they can be misdiagnosed as lymphatic or cystic. These are usually found in the lower armpit and are known as accessory breasts. Some women can even have extra nipples. These are usually below the breast or above the belly button on an imaginary line between the normal nipples and the groins. Accessory breasts and extra nipples aren't something to worry about and don't need to be removed.
Breast development and ageing
Changes during the development of breast happen as early as puberty and they constantly change through adolescence, childbirth and menopause. These developments are mainly affected by variations in the levels of estrogen (the female hormone that is responsible for typical female sexual characteristics) in the body. Here are some natural developments one can notice:
There are numerous breast ailments that can occur during various stages of one's life. Breast ailments thus can be categorized under these four age groups:
Common Breast Concerns
Breast Pain
Breast pain is very common and rarely indicates cancer. It is more prevalent in younger women or older women who use hormone replacements. It can be mild or severe enough to impact one's daily activities.
Breast pain can be cyclic or non-cyclic. Changes in cyclic pain are experienced during the menstrual cycle. It starts as a dull aching pain in both breasts before the menstrual cycle. Once the period starts the pain reduces and the breasts feel lumpy and may be swollen. It affects young, menstruating women.
Non-cyclic pain is more constant and does not vary, although it can come and go. It is usually a tight, burning pain or soreness and mostly occurs in one breast although it may occur in both. This type of pain is more common in women after menopause.
Occasionally, pain might be felt in the breast but is actually caused by other conditions like a pulled muscle in the chest wall or rib cage. This pain usually affects one side of the breast and worsens when you take a deep breath. You should consult a doctor if the pain worsens over time or if the pain persists daily for more than 2-3 weeks or interferes with your life.
What causes breast pain?
Breast Cancer is a disease in which certain breast tissue cells undergo uncontrolled abnormal growth and form a malignant tumor. A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that grow and invade the surrounding tissue or spread to distant areas of the body.
Breast Cancer commonly develops in cells in the inner lining of the milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Other forms of Breast Cancer form in the glands that produce milk (lobular cancer) or in other parts of the breast.
How does Breast Cancer Occur?
Breast Cancer is caused by mutations or abnormal changes that occur in the genes responsible for the growth of cells and also for keeping them healthy. These genes are present in the nucleus of a cell and are known to be the "control room" of every cell.
Our body usually follows a healthy process of cell growth that involves healthy cells replacing old ones as they burn out. However, over a period of time, mutation causes certain genes to be active and deactivates certain other genes in a cell. This changed cell then divides without following an order and in the process produces many more cells just like it. This forms a tumor.
What is the incidence of Breast Cancer?
Cervical cancers top the list of most common cancers affecting Indian women, with breast cancer rapidly competing for the top position. As per a survey conducted by ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research), for every 22 women there is one woman who is affected by breast cancer in India as compared to the one in eight women reported in the US. This indicates that breast cancer affects a lesser number of women in India in comparison to women in western countries. However, the incidence varies between urban and rural women. In Mumbai, about 27 new cases per 100,000 women per year were found, while in rural Maharashtra it is only eight per 100,000 women.
What are the causes of Breast Cancers?
How is Risk Assessment for Breast Cancer performed?
Risk assessment is performed using a Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool developed by the National Cancer Institute and National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel project (NSABP). The tool allows a health professional to project a woman's individual estimate of breast cancer risk over a five year period of time and over her lifetime. He/she then compares the woman's risk calculation with the average risk for a woman of the same age. There are some risk factors included in the tool.
Most Common Types of Breast Cancer:
Ductal carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
Ductal carcinoma accounts for 85-90% of all cancers. This is a condition in which there is growth of ductal cells inside the milk ducts of the breast. "In situ" (Stage 0) means that the abnormal cells are refrained/controlled in one place and do not metastasize. DCIS does not progress to invasive cancers mostly. Usually there are no signs and symptoms except a small lump which causes nipple discharge and this is what brings the patient to the surgeon. Diagnostic Mammogram shows deposits of calcium (micro calcifications). DCIS can be diagnosed also by Fine needle aspiration biopsy, core needle biopsy, and open surgical biopsy. The treatment modality consists of Lumpectomy, Radiation, and Hormone therapy for women for hormone-therapy receptor positive DCIS.
Lobular carcinoma in situ:
Lobular carcinoma accounts for about 8% of all reported cases of cancer. This is a condition in which the lobule where the milk accumulates in the breasts is filled with atypical cells which are localized (so referred to as in situ). Although being a precancerous condition, this does not lead to breast cancer but women with LCIS are at a greater average risk of developing breast cancers at some point in their life. There are no signs and symptoms of breast cancer in this condition; breast biopsy is the only means of diagnosing the disease. Treatment consists of lumpectomy and patients are thereafter advised to have regular mammograms (once every year/two) and clinical breast examinations (once/twice in a year)
HER2–positive breast cancer
HER2-positive breast cancer is caused by a gene called HER2. This cell encourages cells to divide, grow and also repair themselves. When cells have many copies of this gene, they along with the cancer cells multiply and grow faster. This particular type of cancer caused by the HER2 gene is more aggressive than other forms of breast cancer.
Inflammatory breast cancer
This cancer starts in the milk ducts and spreads to the skin and lymph systems. This condition is accompanied by pain and skin changes. It can be diagnosed by a mammogram and an ultra-sonogram.
Invasive/Infiltrative breast cancer
Here the cancer cells which are present in milk ducts/lobes spread to and invade healthy surrounding tissues. Invasive cancer metastasizes through lymphatic and blood streams.
Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC)
The most common types of breast cancers (IDC) which invades the breast tissues in the milk ducts are:
The not-so-common Invasive Breast Cancer Types are:
Various treatments are available for patients suffering from breast cancer. While some of these treatments are standard, some are still being tested via clinical trials.
Staging Breast Cancers:
Staging indicates the severity of a person's cancer. This is decided based on the extent of the primary tumor and the extent to which cancer has spread to other parts of the body.
Staging is important because it helps the doctor decide the appropriate treatment and the stage helps in estimating the person's prognosis.
Cancer cells can also break away from the tumor and enter the bloodstream or the lymphatic system, spreading from the primary site to lymph nodes or other organs, where they may form new tumors. The spread of cancer is called metastasis.
The international TNM classification recognized for staging is:
What are the symptoms of Breast cancers?
Usually DCIS and LCIS are seen without a lump or with the presence of just one lump but generally the symptoms are:
What are the methods/investigations of Diagnosing Breast cancers?
What are the standard treatments for Breast Cancer?
Is increased breast size a risk factor for Breast cancer?
Studies have shown that women with larger breasts are at a greater risk of developing Breast Cancer before menopause than women with smaller breasts. Cancers develop on the outer rim of the breast due to more tissue mass.
If either of the parent's side has it does the risk of breast cancer increase?
If anyone from the paternal side has breast cancer, there is little or no chance of developing breast cancer. The risk doubles if a first degree relative (mother or sister) suffers from it. If more than two first degree members suffer from breast cancer, the risk increases by 50%.
Do birth control pills cause Breast cancers?
Studies have indicated that girls under the age of 18 who regularly use this method of contraception have a 30-40 % risk of developing Breast Cancer (Reported more in western countries).
There is also evidence that HRT used by post-menopausal women increases the risk (63%) of development of breast cancer.
Does wearing an under-wired bra increase the risk of breast cancer?
It does not cause breast cancer but women who wear ill-fitting bras may develop fat necrosis.
Is Breast cancer preventable?
Breast Cancer can be prevented if you:
Does getting an annual mammogram increase the risk of cancer?
Annual mammograms do expose a patient to radiation but to a negligible amount. However, doctors recommend getting routine physical check-ups done once every two years after the age of 50 as a precautionary measure.
No, men suffer from breast cancers too. Research has shown that for every 100 women suffering from breast cancer, one male is diagnosed too.
What is the latest development in Breast cancer treatment?
How is Breast Reconstruction Surgery done?
In cases where a patient has to undergo a mastectomy, breast reconstruction may be considered. Breast reconstruction can be opted for at the time of the mastectomy or in the future. Reconstruction of the breast can be done in two ways. One method is to use the patient's non-breast tissue to rebuild the breast. The second method involves the use of implants that are filled with silicone gel or saline.
Advices/ Key points:
Breast Self-Exam (BSE)
BSE is good practice for women starting their 30's. If you practice BSE on a regular basis, you will be aware of how your breasts normally feel.
When to do BSE?
Women over 30 years of age should follow BSE regularly. BSE should be performed about one week after the beginning of each menstrual cycle. After menopause, it should be done at the beginning of each month.
How is Breast Self-Examination (BSE) done?


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Topic: Is vacuum distillation best to recover iso amyl alcohol and manufacturing esters?19 April 2011
Michael R. Resetarits Forum Moderator 22 Posts
Re: Is vacuum distillation best to recover iso amyl alcohol and manufacturing esters?19 April 2011 at 1:29pm
Generally, when pressure drop reduction is important, engineers choose packings instead of trays. The question that you asked, though, is more of a processing question than a distillation question. Nevertheless, I passed your question along to Dan Summers, of Sulzer Chemtech, and he provided the following input for you:
1.) I would use structured packing if the water content of the feed is low
2.) Yes they need to go to vacuum
3.) Watch out though – amyl alcohol forms a second liquid phase with water. If two liquid phases – may want to reconsider trays
4.) No pressure will break the ethanol-water azeotrope in my experience
The Fusel draw is loaded with all kinds of aldehydes, ketones, esters and other alcohols in an ethanol-water mixture. Typically the water content is low (less than 10%). Ordinarily in fuel ethanol plants, they simply add the fusel oil back in with the ethanol. Why do you want to split out the amyl alcohol from such a nasty stream?
Editor's Note: Mike Resetarits, technical director of Fractionation Research Inc., is our new distillation expert.
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Re: Is vacuum distillation best to recover iso amyl alcohol and manufacturing esters?3 October 2012 at 12:12am Last edited: 4 October 2012 at 8:48amAmyl alcohol( especially iso amyl) is produced from fusel oil by batch Distillation. Amyl Esters can then be manufactured out of it. Amyl alcohol or esters find many uses and it is a viable business so it makes sense to produce it provided enough fusel oil can be sourced.We have engieered few such plants in India. Packed Columns are best, but vacuum offers no specific advantage as none of the azeotrope will shift or vanish. Going for vacuum will only increase the column diameter. There are many azeotropes of C2 to c4 alcohols with water but amyl which is C5 alcohol specifically iso amyl can be separated at bp range of 128 to 132 deg C at atm pressure. The Fusel oil stream is indeed very nasty one, but it has many uses. Pl refer to attached paper / contact @ firstname.lastname@example.com


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Dusty runs into Lucy at The Lakeview and tells her about Meg's decision to move back in with Paul. Lucy can't believe that Meg is doing this and offers to find the babysitter again. Dusty refuses her offer. Dusty goes upstairs alone. Lucy follows him to his room. He doesn't let her in at first but finally gives in. He opens the door and sees Johnny there! Johnny jumps into his arms, making Dusty feel better. They play trains. He thanks Lucy for this.
Dusty goes to see Meg and says he'll prove that she was set up. Meg wants details but he won't tell her. She tells him to get out of her life but he won't leave. He asks her to give him a day to make his plan work. She angrily says she'll do anything for Eliza – even letting Paul seduce her! She cries and Dusty goes to her. He tells her not to go back to Paul and insists that Paul isn't over her. He leaves.
Lucy goes to Fairwinds to plead with Paul. He says she can come clean with Meg about everything – but she had better be prepared for him to tell Craig everything, too! She tries to get through to him, begging him to share Eliza with Meg. Paul refuses and says Children's Services will never believe her or Dusty because of their past actions. She leaves. Eliza gets fussy and Paul can't console her so he calls Meg. She hears the baby and Paul tells her about Eliza's cough. Meg gets worried and says she'll be right there. She arrives a few minutes later and realizes Eliza has a very high fever. She grabs the baby and heads for the door, telling Paul to come along to the hospital.
Lucy and Dusty meet at The Lakeview. She tries to think of any other option that might help Meg without ruining her plans. Dusty leads her upstairs. Lucy makes a few calls and believes they have tracked down the babysitter. She and Dusty hurry away.
Lucy and Dusty get to an apartment building and learn that the babysitter left for South America. Lucy is excited by this but Dusty says this is the end of her private detecting and it's time they go to Meg and to Children's Services. Dusty says if they show Paul's criminal history that will make Lucy look good. She storms off, saying he is risking her work for Meg! He catches up to her and she angrily says this is his way of paying her back because of Johnny. He says this is not about Johnny, it is about Meg and Eliza. She pleads with him to understand that her humanitarian mission is more important! "If Meg really loved you, she would be with you. Wake up!" Lucy exclaims. Dusty reminds her of her reasons for going into medicine and says she can save Eliza right now and that will save both Meg and him, too! "What is that worth to you?" he asks.
Meg rushes Eliza to the doctor. Paul follows and acts like this isn't a big deal. He gives the doctor Eliza's medication and the doctor takes the baby into an exam room. The doctor comes back and says Eliza has pneumonia! Meg turns on Paul and says she would never have allowed this to happen. "Because of your selfishness Eliza could die!" Meg says. The caseworker arrives and Meg fills her in. She doesn't throw Paul under the bus, though, and even insists this could have happened to either of them. The caseworker leaves. Paul questions what Meg did. She says Eliza is the important thing, not their fighting! Paul storms off to the chapel and Meg follows. She tells him about Eliza's treatment, obviously upset. Paul reassures her, saying Eliza will be okay. They sit down. Paul thanks her for being there and apologizes. They pray for the baby together. Paul asks God not to punish Eliza for his sins and Meg stops him. She says this isn't a punishment, it is an illness. Paul doesn't understand so Meg takes over the prayer and thanks God for the antibiotics that will save their child. Paul apologizes again and they promise to work together for Eliza's sake. Paul lights a candle and Meg asks God for strength – and then takes his hand! Lucy comes in with Dusty! They watch for a second but then leave. Lucy says she should talk to Meg now but Dusty holds her off so she suggests that Meg is back with Paul and she shouldn't tell anyone anything! Dusty walks away.
Lucy goes to see Paul, who says she will pay for double-crossing him with Dusty. He crows that now that he has custody Dusty will really pay. Lucy can't believe he took Meg's child because of Dusty. He threatens that if she doesn't get Dusty in the sack now he'll tell Craig but then decides he won't tell Craig since he already beat Dusty. "What you're doing to Meg is despicable," Lucy says. A while later Meg arrives, surprising Paul. He won't let her hold the baby and tells Meg she doesn't belong there. He goes on about Meg leaving Eliza alone and rubs in the caseworker's decision. She accuses him of setting this up but he won't admit anything. Meg asks what they can do to make things right and offers to come back to him so they can be a family! Paul puts the baby to sleep and then tells Meg she doesn't love him. She says she never stopped but can't look him in the eye. She begs him for another chance, for Eliza's sake. He asks if she will uphold the old-fashioned vows and marry him; she says she will. "Prove it," he says! Meg starts to undress slowly and tears form in her eyes. Paul impassively tells her to go farther. She drops her dress and asks him to make love to her. "Save it for Dusty. You deserve each other," he says and tells her to get out! Meg gets dressed and asks how he planned this, too. He admits he did and tells her to get out. She asks to hold Eliza and he gives in. Meg hugs her and promises to get her back. The baby cries and Paul grabs her back. Meg runs out.
Dusty goes to see Lucy at the hospital and tries to get through to her about coming clean. Lucy feels badly about what happened but insists that the courts will side with Meg. Dusty insists that she tell Children's Services about Paul's blackmail. She refuses, saying the people with the FGA need her to be silent. Dusty doesn't believe her and tells her to get the truth ready – or he'll tell everyone everything! He leaves. Lucy calls someone and says she has to deal with Dusty because she won't risk the operation.
Paul calls Lucy at The Lakeview and reminds her how important it is to get Dusty into bed. She says Dusty is there and hangs up. Paul calls Meg and reports that Dusty is with Lucy but Meg pretends not to care. She hangs up on him.
Lucy keeps pressuring Dusty to keep up their plan with Paul but Dusty says he isn't going to do this pretend dance with her because Paul will turn on her sooner or later anyway! Meg arrives at the suite a while later and listens at the door. She finally knocks and, seeing Lucy's outfit, asks for Dusty. Lucy misleads Meg a little about Dusty. Meg tells her about Paul, wishing she could shut him out. Lucy advises Meg to put space between herself and Dusty so Paul will back off! Meg turns to go and Lucy tells her that Dusty was there earlier but he left to see Paul. Meg demands details but Lucy refuses. Meg tells her about Dusty's warnings about Paul but Lucy still won't tell her anything. She shows Meg out. Lucy says if she needs answers, Meg should ask Dusty.
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Binh Danh
"It's almost my religious practice when I make my own artwork because I'm coming up with my own concept about what is life, what is death, what is consciousness, what is history."
-- Binh Danh
Each of the faintly rendered faces peering out from Binh Danh's leaf prints tells a story, as well as asks questions about history -- likewise for Danh, who moved from war-torn Viet Nam as a young child in 1979. His work stems from his own unanswered questions about what happened in his native country. As he attempts to navigate the boundaries existing between personal and collective memories, he has used his work to give a face to the human costs of war.
Danh is not a photographer in the conventional sense -- instead he works from an existing archive of photographs depicting the war's many victims that he collects from various sources. Once he finds an appropriate image, he uses digital technology to make a negative transfer. From there, his work takes on a decidedly organic quality.
A lifelong interest in science primed the young artist to invent his own development process, which he coined "chlorophyll prints." Danh begins by gathering leaves from his garden. Then he takes his negative image transfer and places it over a leaf, sandwiching the items between two sheets of glass. The arrangement is laid in the sun for a period of time (days or even weeks) until the ghostly visage appears. If it meets his approval, he then fixes the leaf in resin. According to the artist, this form of photography mirrors the continuing cycle of nature.
Spark catches up with Danh as he prepares for a collaborative installation with photographer Elizabeth Moy for their exhibition at the Intersection for the Arts (May 3 through June 17, 2006). Moy, whose father served in Viet Nam, shares an affinity with Danh in that her work seeks to reimagine the past. Seen together, their photographs create a space for reflection and contemplation of history that resonates in present times.
Binh Danh earned his B.F.A. in photography from San Jose State University and his M.F.A. from Stanford University in 2004. He has completed a residency at Cite Internationale Des Arts in Paris and has exhibited widely in the Bay Area, including shows at SF Cameraworks, the Kearny Street Project, the Oakland Museum of Art and the Triton Museum of Art. His work is included in the collections of the Oakland Museum of California and the University of California, Santa Cruz's Special Collection.
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On Friday, President Obama issued a second round of waivers, in theory to give countries more time to disentangle themselves from their financial dealings in Iran. Reuters reported:
The United States granted 180-day waivers on Iran sanctions to China, India and a number of other countries on Friday in exchange for their cutting purchases of oil from the Islamic Republic. President Barack Obama's administration has now renewed waivers for all 20 of Iran's major oil buyers, after granting them to Japan and 10 European Union countries in September. Friday's action was the second renewal for all 20 after Obama signed the sanctions into law a year ago.
Among the countries issued waivers were South Korea, Turkey, China, India, and South Africa. Iranian officials gloated. According to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency:
"Every once in a while, US is forced to withdraw from its policy of sanctions and pressure against Iran because of the hardships that its people, friendly countries and allies are facing due to Iran sanctions, and this time the US has had to think again about Iran bans in order to reduce these pressures and meet its need to energy and oil products," [Ahmad] Bakhshayesh, [a member of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee] said.
Herein lies the problem. Many of these countries—Turkey, for example—make no secret of their refusal to abide by the sanctions (perhaps the Congressional Turkey Caucus might ask Namik Tan, Turkey's ambassador to the United States to explain). As another Fars News Agency story relates, "At least seven companies from China, India, South Korea and South Africa continued to have investments in Iran's oil and gas sectors in 2012 despite Western sanctions." In other words, Obama is waiving sanctions not only on countries which import fuel from Iran, but also those whose investments enable Iran to develop such oil and gas resources in the first place.
President Obama should not confuse adulation with respect. When it comes to the overseas view of the American president, it is hard not to believe "push-over" and "gullible" are the descriptions most commonly used.


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Happy Labor Day from Gut Check (Enjoy Your Hot Dog!)
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This weekend, of course, marks the unofficial end of summer and, with it, the backyard grilling season. Before you throw some wieners on the grill, you should check out this Times report on complaints to the USDA about hot dogs contaminated with foreign objects.
The documents...tell numerous cringe-inducing tales of foreign objects disrupting all-American meals. Band-Aids, a rubber glove, and even a lock washer (used to secure a bolt) are all described in snappy detail.According to the Times report, plastic is responsible for the largest percentage of complaints. Somewhat disturbingly, the second-highest percentage goes to "Misc."
Happy Labor Day, everyone! Enjoy your cookouts. We'll be back Tuesday (unless the hot dogs kill us.)
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Dark Energy
Dark Universe | Transient Universe | Outer Solar System | Near Earth Objects | Milky Way | LSST Tour
Dark Matter | Dark Energy | 3D mass
Dark energy is a mysterious force that is accelerating the expansion of the universe. The expansion has slowed the clustering of dark matter, one of the universe's main building blocks. If we could measure the precise history of the Hubble expansion, and chart the development of mass structure, we could test theories of the physics of dark energy. Diffrent theories predict different scenarios.
The LSST will enable scientists to study the dark energy in four different and complementary ways:
- The telescope will image dark matter over cosmic time, via a "gravitational mirage." All the galaxies behind a clump of dark matter are deflected to a new place in the sky, causing their images to be distorted. This is effectively 3-D mass tomography of the universe.
- Galaxies clump in a non-random way, guided by the natural scale that was imprinted in the fireball of the Big Bang. This angular scale will be measured over cosmic time by LSST, yielding valuable information on the changing Hubble expansion.
- The numbers of huge clusters of dark matter are a diagnostic of the underlying cosmology. By charting the numbers of these (via their graviational mirage) over cosmic time, LSST will place another sensitive constraint on the physics of dark energy.
- Finally, a million supernovae will be monitored by LSST, giving yet another complemtary view of the history of the Hubble expansion.
Something Is Ripping The Universe Apart
Recently the composition of the universe has become even more puzzling: observations imply an acceleration of the universe's expansion over the past few billion years. In order to explain such an acceleration, we need "dark energy" with large negative pressure to generate a repulsive gravitational force. The evidence comes from studies of the total energy density of the universe and from supernova observations. Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background have shown that the total energy density of the universe is very near the critical density needed to make the universe flat (i.e. the curvature of space-time, defined in General Relativity, goes to zero on large scales). Since energy is equivalent to mass (Special Relativity: E = mc2), this is usually expressed in terms of a critical mass density needed to make the universe flat. Ordinary matter such as stars, dust, and gas account for only 5% of the necessary mass density. Observations have shown that dark matter cannot account for more than ~25% of the critical mass density. Both the microwave background and supernova observations suggest that dark energy should make up ~70% of the critical energy density. When added to the mass-energy of matter, the total energy density is consistent with what is needed to make the universe flat.
Over the expansion history of our universe, densities have fallen by factors of trillions. Why is the dark energy density today within a factor of three of that of dark matter, whereas it evolves very differently with time? Moreover, the dark matter density is only a factor of five larger than that of ordinary matter. Understanding this may lead to advances in fundamental physics. It is possible that what we call dark matter and dark energy arise from some unknown aspect of gravity. Thus, the highest energies and the universe on the largest scales are connected. Today the worlds of particle physics and cosmology are coming together in a transformed world view. Now, even the notion that the galaxies and stars comprise most of our universe has been abandoned. Emerging is a universe largely governed by dark matter and an even stranger dominance of a smoothly distributed and pervasive dark energy.
Dark Energy And The Fate Of The Universe
Cosmologists understand almost nothing about dark energy even though it appears to comprise about 70 percent of the universe. They are desperately seeking to uncover its fundamental properties: its strength, its permanence, and any variation with direction. The evolution of the universe is governed by the amount of dark matter and dark energy. The densities of dark matter and dark energy scale differently with cosmic scale as the universe expands. This evolution in cosmic scale is schematically shown in the figure below for several cosmologies. In a universe with a high density of dark matter, the Hubble expansion continues to decelerate due to the gravitation attraction of the dark matter filling the universe, ending in a big crunch. In a universe with a lower critical density of dark matter, the expansion coasts. In a universe with dark energy as well as dark matter, the initial deceleration is reversed at late times by the increasing dominance of the dark energy.
If the hypothetical dark energy continues to dominate the universe's energy balance, then the current expansion of space will continue to accelerate, exponentially. Structures which are not already gravitationally bound will ultimately fly apart. The Earth and the Milky Way would remain undisturbed while the rest of the universe appears to run away from us.
The nature of dark energy is currently a matter of speculation. Some believe that dark energy might be "vacuum energy", represented by the "cosmological constant" (Λ) in general relativity, a constant uniform density of dark energy throughout all of space that is independent of time or the universe's expansion. This notion was introduced by Einstein, and is consistent with our limited observations to date. Alternatively, dark energy might vary with cosmic time. Only new kinds of observations can settle the issue.
What kind of universe do we live in? To test theories of dark energy we would like to measure the way the expansion of our universe changes with cosmic time. For a universe with a given mass density, the time history of the expansion encodes information on the amount and nature of dark energy. Dark energy affects two things: distances and the growth of mass structure. Measuring how dark matter structures and ratios of distances grow with cosmic time -- via LSST weak gravitational lensing observations -- will provide clues to the nature of dark energy. A key strength of the LSST is its ability to image huge volumes of the universe. Such a probe will be a natural part of the all-sky imaging survey. Billions of distant galaxies will have their shapes and colors measured. Sufficient color data will be obtained for an estimate of the distance to each galaxy. This will enable a unique probe of the physical nature of the dark energy that appears to fill the universe.
If, due to this dark energy, the expansion of the universe has been accelerating the development of mass structures via ordinary gravitational infall will be impeded. The time development of mass concentrations is sensitive to the physical nature of the dark energy itself: the so-called equation of state (pressure divided by energy density). In its deep wide-angle survey the LSST will be able to pin down the equation of state of dark energy to better than a few percent, at high confidence. Due to its wide coverage of the sky, LSST is uniquely capable of detecting any variation in the dark energy with direction. In turn, this will tell us something about physics at the earliest moments of our universe, setting the course for its future evolution.
The world of quantum gravity at a fraction of a second after the big bang, when the universe was so hot and dense that even protons and neutrons were broken up into a hot soup of quarks, connects to the world as we now see it - a vast expanding cosmos extending out 14 billion light-years. Dark energy and dark matter are relics of the first moments when unfamiliar physics of quantum gravity ruled. A route to understanding dark matter and probing the nature of dark energy is to measure cosmic shear over the last half of the age of the universe - at a time when dark energy apparently had its greatest influence. LSST does this in several independent ways. These probes of the nature of dark energy by LSST are complimentary to those of space missions measuring the cosmic microwave background and very distant supernovae. Indeed, since we understand so little about dark energy, it is prudent to pursue all these lines of investigation.


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Killian is located in Louisiana.
Killian, Louisiana has a population of
Killian is
family-centric than the surrounding county with
22.41% of the households
containing married families with children.
The county average for households married with children is 35.7%.
The median household income in Killian, Louisiana is
The median household income for the surrounding county is $57,150
compared to the national median of $53,046.
The median age of people living in Killian is
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The average high temperature in July is 92
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The average rainfall is approximately 64.8 inches
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Editor's Note: Featured comments are the most thoughtful or eloquently stated comments from our Facebook page and crestviewbulletin.com and do not necessarily reflect the newspaper management's views.
Praise for Crestview murder case's investigators
Every time I drove by Ms. Melvin's home, seeing how Mother Nature was taking over the property, I wondered if the case would ever be solved.
Such a tragedy and waste of a life.
Thank goodness we had dedicated law enforcement determined to find the truth and solve the case.
Thank you for your hard work.
Shirley Perring
Antioch Road's potholes have been an issue
Antioch Road is horrible. People are constantly swerving into other lanes trying to avoid hitting holes that are going to blow their axles out of place. This has been an issue. I drive with three small children and am terrified to get hit by a car that's swerving to avoid these holes every time I leave my house.
Amanda Emily Ann Ducharme
What to do about road repairs
Everyone that wants change needs to flood the county roads supervisor with emails and letters stating their concern. I have emailed two times with no answer!
From storm damaged roads still not fixed — Oak Hill — to issues with Antioch — heavy traffic, pot holes — to S.R. 85 — inadequate turn lanes/lanes in general — we need changes!
Crestview keeps growing but no one is looking to upgrade the infrastructure.
Todd Lawrence
All local football teams need EvoShields
Excellent news that the Haugen Foundation has provided the Shoal River football players with their own customized EvoShields.
I hope all of the Okaloosa and Walton County Schools' football teams will apply for the grants to get the EvoShields for all of their players, too!
Jean Mitchell
Beyond campaign attack ads...
The sad thing, really, is there are real issues to be discussed. There are real decisions facing the county in the next few years that will have impact beyond our lifetimes. Our kids deserve better.
Loree Arrington
Here's another campaign pet peeve
One for me is putting campaign signs up in illegal areas. If you can't be bothered to ask someone's permission or find out who owns the land then you don't deserve to be in office.
Keith Prestridge
Proposed Hospital Drive service road needed
This has been needed for a long time. I can't think of anyone who wouldn't support it.
Silvia Clem Womack
Solution for smoker debate
The solution is simple. Charge the business owner a couple hundred bucks a year rent ....
Paul Jensen
Instead of focusing on the smoker...
I think the city should be focusing more of their efforts on other things with this city like improving roads and traffic issues. Also trying to get more businesses to set up in Crestview.
Scott Zamorski
Why give unincorporated residents a tax increase?
Yep, stick it to the rural residents to pay for what will mostly benefit the urban ones. That makes sense.
David Hall
Could current tax revenue fund repairs?
Why won't the current tax money supposedly saved pay for these road repairs? Why is the solution to always raise taxes? Where is the county reserve money?
What about state emergency funds everyone supposedly received to make repairs? I'm sorry but I don't agree with this one bit!
Melissa Kennedy-Shaffer
Praise for estate's K9s for Crestview donation
Thank you for such a generous donation to a cause Diane Gilbert would have loved.
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South Portland neighborhood debates 1-way traffic on Ocean Street
SOUTH PORTLAND — Business owners, their customers and residents of the city's Knightville neighborhood are weighing the options: Make Ocean Street one-way, or lose coveted angled parking spots.
For many businesses, the answer is clear.
"I love it," insurance agent Amy Alward, whose office is located near the drive-in parking spots, said about the one-way proposal.
A $2.9 million road project scheduled for this summer to widen sidewalks and replace utilities underneath Ocean Street originally called for the elimination of about 20 angled parking spots just north of the Legion Square traffic circle. The area wouldn't lose any parking, but all spots would have been made parallel.
But several business owners complained, saying that the elimination of the angled spots would make visiting their shops and offices less convenient and could drive customers away.
"If you take away that parking in a business district, you give people a reason to go elsewhere," Alward said Monday.
So the city floated the idea of reconfiguring Ocean Street to be one way. That would allow for wider sidewalks and other cosmetic work, while maintaining the angled spots.
At a recent City Council meeting, City Manager Jim Gailey said the plan as presented would be to make Ocean Street one way northbound from E Street to C Street, although "staff is also open to the entire length of Ocean Street to be one way, if that's the will of the neighborhood and of the council."
Michael Drinan of Drinan Properties, which owns Alward's office building, led a drive to collect signatures from business owners and customers urging the city not to eliminate the angled parking. He told councilors on Feb. 22 that he supported the one-way reconfiguration of Ocean Street.
The council will discuss the plan and take public comment on March 12. The Waterfront Market Association is scheduled to discuss the proposal on March 2 at Verbena Eat Right cafe, 103 Ocean St.
Verbena's owner, Melissa Coriaty, said she'd rather not say where she stands on the one-way plan, but that she's heard "mumblings" from people both for and against it.
"We're just happy the city is working with us," she said. "We hope we can come up with something that makes everyone happy."
Coriaty said the elimination of drive-in parking would affect a certain kind of customer, but by no means everyone.
"People would probably be less likely to get a quick cup of coffee if they have to parallel park a block away," she said.
While most of the business owners with storefront access to the drive-in spots support the one-way plan as a way to preserve the easy parking, Knightville business owners are by no means unanimous.
Scott Parker, owner of the Griffin Club bar farther down Ocean Street, said he thinks the city should stick with its original plan, although he admitted he was partial because the original plan would create parallel parking where his business doesn't have any now.
His customers want to be able to leave whichever direction they want, he said. He also said delivery trucks may have a harder time navigating the area if the street is one way.
"It'd be a pain in the butt," Parker said.
Members of the Knightville-Mill Creek Neighborhood Association also wonder what effect the plan would have on the area's largely residential "letter" streets, especially if the businesses push for all of Ocean Street to be one way all the way to Thomas Knight Park.
Leah Lippmann, the group's chairwoman, said residents understand the business owners' concerns, but fear motorists will be pushed to the letter streets to reverse direction.
"Some people are delighted about it, and others think it needs to be looked at more critically," Lippman said Monday. "They're concerned about what it means for them, but I don't think anyone living down in the neighborhood wants the businesses discouraged in any way."
Caroline Hendry, a Planning Board member who lives on B Street, is one of those concerned residents.
"I think we all wish success for the business community, it should not be at the inconvenience of people who live here," she said on the neighborhood association's Facebook page.
She also said "parallel parking on one side of the street and angled parking on the other and a single lane in the middle could be a disaster in the making."
While the city is soliciting the input of businesses and residents, there is only so much wiggle room. The ultimate goal is still the road and utility work, so whatever Knightville decides it wants has to fit within the scheme and budget of the plan.
Assistant City Manager Erik Carson said the appeal of the one-way option is that the only change it would require is changing the painted lines on the road.
"Changing the street to one way wouldn't require any changes in the construction documents, which is critical," he said Monday. "The utility work is driving this project. (The one-way proposal) doesn't change the road width or anything else."
Andy Holmes, an A Street resident, was at Thomas Knight Park Monday with his dog. He said he doesn't think the one-way plan will dramatically increase traffic in his neighborhood, which he said is pretty light on traffic anyway.
"It sounds like a good compromise, I guess," Holmes said.


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Oisin -- "Even end of the human race don't look like happening anytime soon. It'll all be a gradual process of papering over our lives until we are no longer humans but slaves to a deadly automaton... Of course this may have already happened."
Originally posted by Ezekiel
Fair enough, paying in cash works, and maybe you get payed in cash, but even cash jobs require you to have some sort of records kept for tax reasons etc. (which defeats the whole purpose of no bank accounts fot secrecy)
Also, I dont know about american ISP's but with my ISP i had to have some sort of banking/financial details to get an account with them.


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2 cups chopped or pulled roast chicken, mix of light and dark meat
1/2 cup mayonnaise (or to taste)
1 cup sliced red grapes
1/3 cup slivered almonds
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I'm sitting here looking at the All-NBA D-League teams and that first-team squad is nice, but then I checked out the honorable mention list.
I could pick five guys from that list and seriously challenge the first team.
I'm sitting here looking at the All-NBA D-League teams and that first-team squad is nice, but then I checked out the honorable mention list.
I could pick five guys from that list and seriously challenge the first team.
I saw this guy when he was at Georgetown years ago when I was a beat writer for The Dominion Post in Morgantown, W.Va.
Big wide body. Space eater. Score a ton (seventh on Georgetown's all-time career scoring list at 1,750 points).
Michael Sweetney was an effective college player, but after being the ninth overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, his pro career fizzled. Sweetney only averaged 6.5 points and 4.5 boards in 233 games and with two teams in the Knicks and the Chicago Bulls.
Now he's going to attempt to rekindle his career in the D-League.
The BayHawks are filling the roster void left by rookie point guard Cedric Jackson, who signed a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs earlier this week.
Since All-Star point guard Tony Parker will be out six weeks with a broken right hand for the Spurs, San Antonio will likely keep Jackson for at least two 10-day contracts and might keep him for the remainder of the season.
Erie BayHawks (15-25) at Albuquerque Thunderbirds (18-22)
Saturday, 9 p.m., Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, N.M.
On the air: WJET-AM 1400, www.nba.com/dleague (live stream).
Players to watch, Erie:
SF Jackie Manuel (Expected to play tonight after missing Tuesday's win against Sioux Falls with a stomach virus.). … SG Blake Ahearn (Averaging 21.6 points in his three games with Erie since being traded from Bakersfield for D-League All-Star rookie power forward Alade Aminu). … SF Ivan Harris (Scored 21 points Tuesday after not scoring in Erie's previous game against Iowa).
Players to watch, Albuquerque:
G Keith McLeod (After not scoring in an Feb. 25 loss at Idaho, McLeod has averaged 31.1 points in his last six games. He went for 44 in a March 3 loss at Dakota). … G Antonio Agudio (Averaging 15.4 points and shooting 42.8 percent from 3-point range). … SF Trey Gilder (Traded to Albuquerque from Maine for center Kurt Looby on March 5, Gilder is averaging 13.9 points this season.
Fast facts: Erie — The BayHawks are without rookie point guard Cedric Jackson, who signed a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs this week. … Shooting guard Mike Gansey has averaged 26 points and shot 13-of-23 from 3-point range in his last three games. … Erie has won its last two games.
Fast facts: Albuquerque — The Thunderbirds' leading scorer, Carlos Powell, is now overseas playing in China. The top pick in the 2009 D-League Draft, Powell averaged 22.1 points in 33 games for them. … Albuquerque snapped a seven-game losing skid in Wednesday's win against Fort Wayne.
BayHawks up next: at Idaho (Saturday, 9 p.m.), at Utah (Monday, 9 p.m.).
— Duane Rankin
Here's a look at video highlights from Friday night's season openers in the D-League.
Sioux Falls Skyforce 112, Maine Red Claws 95
Boston Celtics second-year forward Bill Walker had 25 points and 11 rebounds for Maine, but the expansion franchise lost its first game in the D-League.
Albuquerque hasn't completely faded away, but the Thunderbirds are becoming less and less of a threat to the Erie BayHawks' playoff hopes.
After the Colorado 14ers pounded by them by 28 points Wednesday night, the Thunderbirds now need to win their final two games and have Erie lose its final two games in order to catch the BayHawks for that eighth and final playoff spot.
Albuquerque owns the tiebreaker against Erie.
The Reno Bighorns are scuffing at the heels of the Erie BayHawks (25-23) in this D-League playoff chase.
An expansion franchise just like Erie, Reno (24-24) is just a game behind the BayHawks after its 124-118 upset win at Austin (29-18) on Tuesday night.
As we all know, Reno started the season in reverse. The Bighorns lost 12 of their first 13 games.
Boy how times have changed. Reno has won its last four games and 12 of its last 16.
The league leader in double-doubles with 28.
The co-team leader of the Erie BayHawks along with Jackie Manuel.
The versatile lefty forward able to make crafty shots with either hand.
It's Erik Daniels, who on Monday earned first team All-D-League honors along with league MVP, Iowa center Courtney Sims, Austin Toros forward Marcus Williams, Dakota guard Blake Ahearn and Albuquerque guard Will Conroy.
Well deserved.
Averaging 21.1 points and 10 rebounds, the 6-foot 8-inch Daniels has played in all 48 of Erie's games. Not bad for a guy who came to training camp not in the best of condition.
He was the 7th overall pick in the 2008 D-League draft.
With the way he's played this season, Daniels, who is 27 years old, has set himself up for an opportunity to make some serious money overseas and/or a tryout with an NBA team.
So if he doesn't return to the D-League next season, Daniels will leave Erie having made his mark.
Let's focus here solely on the Erie BayHawks' chances of making the D-League playoffs.
As of today, the odds seem to be in their favor that they'll make the playoffs in their expansion season in the league.
With two games left, Erie (25-23) has the eighth and final playoff spot. The D-League expansion franchise closes out the regular season with back-to-back games against Fort Wayne (19-29).
Erie plays at Fort Wayne on Friday night and at home against the Mad Ants on Saturday night. Erie is 3-2 against Fort Wayne.
The BayHawks are a game ahead of Albuquerque (23-23). Now the Thunderbirds can win their last four games and it wouldn't matter what Erie did in its final two games because they own the tiebreaker against the BayHawks.
Here's the problem Albuquerque faces:
The Erie BayHawks (25-23) are still holding on to the eighth and final playoff spot after the Albuquerque Thunderbirds lost at Reno, 115-101, Sunday night.
Had the Thunderbirds (23-23) won, they would have been tied with Erie for that eighth spot and they own the tiebreaker against the BayHawks. So Erie would be on the outside looking in again.
In looking Erie's chances to win the Central Division and get one of the top three playoff seeds, Rio Grande Valley helped Erie by beating the Central Division-leading Iowa Energy, 113-101, Sunday night.
Now Iowa (26-22) is tied with Dakota (26-22) for the Central Division lead while Erie is just a game behind both of them.
Just for the record: Former Erie point guard Cliff Clinkscales had four points, five assists and five rebounds in helping Rio Grande Valley beat Iowa.
Now back to our originally scheduled point.
Remember, Erie has the tiebreaker edge against Iowa, but not against Dakota.
Iowa's final two games are against Dakota and Sioux Falls (24-24). The Energy have lost four straight games, six of their last seven, but their final two regular-season games are at home.
Dakota's other game is at home against Anaheim (15-32).
Now Erie's final two games are this upcoming weekend against Fort Wayne. The BayHawks play at Fort Wayne on Friday night and at home Saturday night.
The Erie BayHawks did more than just lose to the Reno Bighorns, 108-101, Saturday night.
The BayHawks (25-23) missed out on a great opportunity to draw even closer to taking over first place in the Central Division and further solidify a playoff spot.
Now Erie is still in possession of that eighth and final playoff spot, but Albuquerque gained some ground on Erie and remember, the Thunderbirds (23-22) own the tiebreaker against the BayHawks.
More importantly, Erie missed out on a chance to pull within a half game of the division-leading Iowa Energy (26-21).
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2014 Family Easter Bunny Bash
Craig Ranch Regional Park Family Easter Bunny Bash Canyon Ridge Christian Church, St. Judes Ranch and VFC Media Group present the first major event at the new Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas. Join us for the Craig Ranch Regional Park Family Easter Bunny Bash on Saturday, April 12, 2014 (628 W. Craig Road, N. Las Vegas, NV 89032). The Easter Bash festivities begin at 10:00 am and go to 2:00 pm. Children and adults will merrily hop along the Easter Bunny trail collecting goodies along the way, which peaks with your child's picture with the REAL Easter Bunny. The fun continues with an (age specific) Easter Egg Hunt from toddlers to 11 years old. In Addition, the Family Easter Bunny Bash will have bounce houses, a children's bunny hay maze, plenty of exciting games, a bounty of treats for the kids, great food and lots of surprises for the entire family. As an added surprise, carnival rides will be offered for an additional fee. In addition to the fun, games and excitement the Family Easter Bunny Bash will offer a variety of specialty food trucks in our Bunny Bash Food Court. This is your chance to choose from 8 different varieties of delicious food from popular vendors in Southern Nevada. Tickets are now available for immediate purchase. Purchase tickets online for huge discounts: Children are only $5.00 and two parents are free. Purchasing tickets at event: Children and adults $5.00 each. For more information on purchasing tickets visit BunnyBashNV.com or contact VFC Media Group at 702-673-8702. Celebrate the Easter season at the Craig Ranch Regional Park Family Easter Bunny Bash on Saturday, April 12, 2014, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm. It's going to be a BASH!
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Favilla Baritone Ukulele (SOLD)
A sweet looking and sounding baritone from the last heyday of ukes. This baby is all original, has no cracks and shows very little playing wear. There are a few small dings including one ear the endblock. The action is great and the tone is deep and woody.
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