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Americans love racing. NASCAR, lawnmowers, whatever — if it moves, we'll race it. The same goes for R/C cars, trucks and anything else with a motor. During the fall and winter, HobbyTown USA in Holland and Aaron Mermin host indoor soft track racing and R/C rock crawling.
"The racing and rock crawling events are staggered," said race coordinator Mermin. "One weekend we'll race the 36 and 24th scale cars and trucks, and the next weekend we'll compete in rock crawling."
The Losi brand-specific indoor soft track racing requires participants to pay a $5 entry fee but "Everyone wins something," Mermin said. "There are cash prizes for the winners of each class of racers, and everyone will get store credit just for entering the race."
Racing takes place every other Saturday at noon, with driver meetings at 11 a.m.
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On the weekends opposite soft track racing, HobbyTown USA hosts R/C rock crawling. Rock crawling is intense for the driver of the crawler and the spectators.
"The rules for rock crawling are national," Mermin said. "The crawling is based on a points system — he who has the lowest points after a crawl wins." Mermin said drivers acquire points for things like touching certain objects, needing to reverse, or actually rolling their vehicles down the rock crawling course. "You have points deducted every time you make it through a gate; the objective is to have the lowest points at the end of a crawl or even have negative points."
Rock crawling costs competing participants $10 per event.
Indoor rock crawling and soft track racing only take place during the colder months and will come to an end in February.
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Its been 16 years since the College of Charleston last played at the CSU Fieldhouse on the campus of Charleston Southern.
Any more games like this, and it might be another 16 years before the Cougars come back to the Buc Dome.
College of Charleston guards Andrew Lawrence and Anthony Stitt each scored 18 points as the Cougars held off a furious Buccaneers rally to edge crosstown rival Charleston Southern, 72-67, before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 1,001 on Wednesday night.
For years the Buccaneers were forced to play this game at the North Charleston Coliseum when they were hosting the game with their downtown rivals. In the last year of their contract, the Bucs decided it was time to move the game back to the Buc Dome.
The Bucs definitely benefited from their home-court advantage.
This is a great atmosphere, Lawrence said. Its a tough place to play. The fans are definitely on top of you. You can hear almost everything they say. It was a fun game to play in.
It was a game of runs, as the Bucs fought back from a 14-point second half deficit. The Cougars led 66-52, with 5:39 left to play, but CSU used a 12-0 run, led by point guard Saah Nimelys seven points and Arlon Harpers three-point play to pull to within, 66-64, with 2:10 to play.
We fought hard, we showed a lot of heart to get back into the game, but we just came up a little short, said Nimley, who finished with 20 points.
Lawrence, who connected four 3-pointers on the night, hit two free throws with 1:40 left to put the Cougars up 68-64.
But Harper, who finished with 20 points as well for the Bucs, drained a long-range 3-pointer to close the gap to 68-67 with 40.1 seconds left.
The Bucs chose to foul Lawrence on the Cougars next possession and the senior stepped up and hit two more free throws to give the Cougars a 70-67 lead with 31.5 seconds left in the game.
Andrew did a great job down the stretch hitting his free throws, said College of Charleston coach Doug Wojcik. We missed two free throws all game. Thats a great stat line.
The Bucs had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds, but Harpers 3-point attempt hit the front of the rim and Lawrence came up with the rebound with 10 seconds left in the game.
Both of their guards Nimley and Harper are really good, Lawrence said. That team is going to win a lot o games in their league.
The College of Charleston used two strong runs in the first half to open up double-digit leads only to have the Bucs claw their way back into the game.
There just isnt any quit in this team, Charleston Southern coach Barclay Radebaugh said. Everyone on this team has a huge heart. There isnt an selfish bone in anyones body on this team.
The Cougars used a 13-0 run early in the second half to break open the game early in the second half. Adjehi Barus jump hook gave the Cougars a 54-42 lead with 5:37 to play.
Baru added 11 points and eight rebounds, while Willis Hall had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Cougars.
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But after beating Vancouver in a wild-card game and upsetting top-seeded San Jose and Seattle in the next two rounds, the Galaxy finds itself right back where it ended last season: at the Home Depot Center playing Houston, the Eastern Conference wild-card winner, in the MLS Cup final Saturday.
"We could play this in Anchorage if they asked us to," Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena said after training Tuesday. "[But] playing at home should be an advantage in an MLS Cup. We hope it helps us a little bit, because we're going to need all the help we can get.
"I'd rather be playing in L.A. than Houston."
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Speaking of the weather, the Galaxy and Dynamo met once in the regular season, in Houston, in steamy conditions so oppressive Arena argued the game shouldn't have been played.
It was and the Dynamo won, 2-1, beating a Galaxy team missing four starters.
The Galaxy has lost just four times in 26 matches since then, however, and Houston Coach Dominic Kinnear says there's little resemblance between the team he faced in May and the one he'll meet Saturday.
"There are tendencies in the way they play, in the way they shape up," he said during a conference call Tuesday. "The difference is personnel. The players that were missing make L.A. a better team."
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The Galaxy head into the title game healthier than they've been in more than two months. Arena said captain Landon Donovan, who missed the final Western Conference playoff game with a tight right hamstring, will play. Midfielder Juninho, who didn't start in Seattle because of an inflamed Achilles, also will be available.
Even defender A.J. DeLaGarza, who hasn't played since spraining his left knee in September, could suit up and be on the bench. DeLaGarza has been participating in full-squad practices for more than a week and played well in a 60-minute scrimmage this week.
"We're going to let A.J. get through the week of training, see how he holds up," Arena said. "But I'm optimistic that he'll be able to be part of our team on Saturday."
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Organizing Rural Women: The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, 1897-1919
McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2004 - Social Science - 240 pages
In Organizing Rural Women Margaret Kechnie looks at the history of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, popularly known as the Women's Institutes (WI), from the time the first branch was formed at Stoney Creek in 1897 until federation in 1919. Kechnie challenges the popular mythology that the WI began when Adelaide Hoodless called on farm women to organize and received an overwhelming response. She reveals that Hoodless had little to do with founding the WI, that early response to the organization was both disappointing and discouraging, and that for the first thirty-four years of its existence the WI was led by men, who defined the constitution of the organization and set many of its policies. In order to ensure the success of the WI the Ontario Department of Agriculture provided funds to hire organizers and the organization was encouraged to develop branches outside farming areas, even if this meant ignoring the needs of farm women. By the end of the World War I the WI had become one of the largest women's organizations in the province but was widely known not for its emphasis on scientific home management but for its community activism.
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were effective in implementing the first SHRP. Beyond engaging state departments of transportation (DOTs), which remain the primary user group, mechanisms must be established to engage metropolitan planning organizations and local governments, law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical services, railroads, utility companies, automobile manufacturers, university researchers, and others, depending on the specific products under consideration. SHRP 2 implementation should also be coordinated with other technology transfer and dissemination processes, even as a focus on the uniqueness and branding potential of SHRP 2 products is maintained.
Recommendation 2: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) should serve as the principal implementation agent for SHRP 2 , in partnership with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Transportation Research Board ( TRB). NHTSA should exercise a leadership role in the long-term stewardship of the safety database.
The SHRP 2 implementation agent should have a national scope, extensive knowledge of the highway field, experience with implementing research results and new technologies, established relationships with transportation agencies, and the ability to provide funding and technical support to state DOTs and other potential users of SHRP 2 products. The committee considered three organizations of national scope as candidates for this role: FHWA, AASHTO, and TRB. All three organizations are active in promoting highway innovation; all have experienced staff and access to potential users of SHRP 2 results. TRB and AASHTO have relatively small staffs, nearly all of whom are located in the Washington, D.C., area. Either organization would need to undergo significant restructuring to administer the SHRP 2 implementation program, including hiring many new staff and establishing a presence or mechanisms to provide timely, on-site support to users of SHRP 2 products throughout the country.
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Assistant Professor, Advanced Education Programs, Fort Hays State University. Full-time tenure track position beginning August 13, 2013. Required Qualifications: An earned doctoral degree in counselor education and supervision, preferably from a CACREP-accredited program, or have been employed as full-time faculty member in a counselor education program for a minimum of one full academic year before July 1, 2013. ABD accepted. Successful candidates should be well-rounded, with diverse institutional, educational, research, and experiential backgrounds; practical/relevant experience in school or community counseling settings, leadership, and/or teaching in a higher education setting; and have a record of scholarly activity and service to the larger community.
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Strong showing for Southern's Blash at states
Southern Vance's Damonte Blash came up just short of a third-place finish in the state Saturday in Greensboro.
Blash was forced to injury default his third-place, 126-pound match with Carrboro's Stephen Dreher at the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 2-A State Championships.
Blash, the Mideast No. 2 seed, led Dreher 4-3 in the second period before the two knocked heads. Southern conceded the match rather than risk Blash potentially competing with a concussion. Dreher was the top seed in the Mideast and the top-ranked 126-pounder in 2-A entering the tournament.
Blash advanced by Thomasville's Ahsan Butt, the Midwest No. 3, prior to the Dreher bout on Saturday.
Blash's fourth-place finish marked the third consecutive top-four finish in the state for a Southern wrestler. Xavier Gregory finished third in 3-A last season at 195 pounds and fourth the season prior.
Southern's Sikem Caceres was eliminated from the consolation round of the 113-pound competition on Friday and Kavoris Perry, a 152-pounder, lost in the first round Thursday and was eliminated on Friday.
The Raiders finished with 14 team points, which had them tied for 38th out of 64 teams after Blash was eliminated.


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Chart of the day: nuclear weapons - who has what?
The number of nuclear warheads in Russia, the US and the rest.
The number of nuclear warheads in Russia, the US and the rest.
by George Eaton Published
While the "international community" is focused on ensuring Iran doesn't get its hands on a nuclear weapon, today's chart of the day looks at just how well-armed some of its members are.
Under the terms of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, there are officially only five "nuclear-weapon states" (China, France, Russia, the UK and the US) but four states that were not party to the treaty - India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea - have since acquired nuclear weapons.
South Africa became the first country to voluntarily give up its nuclear weapons in 1989, followed by the former Soviet republics of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, whose warheads were transferred to Russia in 1995-96.
Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan and South Korea all gave up secret nuclear weapons programmes.


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We're experimenting from Chrissy Freer's new book Supergrains: Cook Your Way to Great Health here on Crave. With the help of some Random House employees and some amazing bloggers, we share with you the: Ten Days, Ten Grains Challenge. For 10 days, we'll feature our experiences using the ten grains from Chrissy Freer's book! It's day 4 of our challenge and you're headed to my kitchen where I learned that oats are so much more than a bowl of cereal!
When I hear the word oats, I automatically think of a bowl of oatmeal. I can't help it, I just do. However, that mentality has completely shifted after picking up a copy of Chrissy Freer's Supergrains. In this section of the cookbook, there were oats on burgers, there were oats in cookies and even on top of fish. I decided to take a stab at creating the Lemon, Herb & Oat Crumbled Fish located on page 149. This felt like a mighty feat, mostly because I've never pan fried a piece of fish in my life, but this is called the Supergrains Challenge, so I took the plunge and my stomach and I are thrilled I did, because this dish was delicious!
First things first, this recipe requires very little ingredients. Many of the components I already had in my home; oats, lemons, flour. The most expensive thing in the entire recipe was the fish itself. I purchased a piece of halibut from the deli and went home to create this very simple and tasty meal.
After reading the instructions three times, just to be sure I was doing everything correctly, I separated the eggs, flour and the oat/dill/lemon combo to create different dipping stations. Once dipped, I placed the halibut in the fridge for 30 minutes as instructed. Little did I know that it takes almost nothing to cook a piece of halibut, so when the 30 minutes were up, I cooked the piece of fish in a frying pan for 3 minutes. See what I mean? EASY PEASY!
What I bit into was a flavorful, crispy piece of fish that had made me wishing I had created more to have leftovers for tonight. The lemon gave it an extra zest and the oats themselves created a crunchy coating that was a healthier choice than a deep fried option.
Not only did I have a healthy dinner, but it satisfied my appetite and was absolutely delicious. Now that I've got over my "oats are a cereal" way of thinking, I know that I can now incorporate them into my diet in new and innovative ways!
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Supergrains: Cook Your Way to Great Health by Chrissy Freer
Published: Jan 08, 2013 by Appetite by Random House
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Although he never attended Cornell University, actor Ed Helms was invited to give this year's commencement address. If you're a fan of the former hit TV show, The Office, you know why. Click to check out his hilarious message for the graduating students.


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Many people refer to Android versions by "codenames" rather than version numbers (e.g. Android "Gingerbread"). What are the names of the various versions of the Android OS, and how are these names chosen?
Each version of Android since 1.5 has been developed with a specific codename. These codenames are chosen alphabetically, and have thus far all been dessert items (or, generically, sweet/sugary foods). Some codenames are associated with more than one version number, while others are limited to only a specific one, and the reason for this inconsistency is not currently known. The naming typically appears to correspond to changes in the developer API levels, but this is not always true (example: 3.0 and 3.1 are both "Honeycomb" but they have different API levels).
The following names are used for the currently existing Android releases. Note that versions 1.0 and 1.1 were not publicly named. However, Android 1.1 was internally referred to as "Petit-Four" (noted in Traroth's answer, confirmed here):
Froyo: (short for "frozen yogurt")
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Eldarerathis summarized it very well. To add some things: The 1.1 version was internally called Petit Four by Google, and that's how it all began. Google is installing a giant pastry on their lawn at Mountain View each time a new version is about to be launched.
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The Washington Capitals will open the 2012-13 home portion of their regular-season schedule tonight against the Winnipeg Jets at Verizon Center. Washington dropped its first contest of the season 6-3 in Tampa Bay on Saturday night and will face its second Southeast Division opponent in as many games tonight.
Tonight's game is the start of four games in six nights for a Washington team that looked as if they need more practice time than game time during Saturday's loss in Tampa.
Saturday's loss showed why not having a training camp could hurt teams with new head coaches, like the Capitals. Washington did not perform well and failed to play sound fundamental hockey, which led to a lot mistakes and penalties. While one playoff hero from last season shined for Washington, one did not. Caps net minder Braden Holtby allowed goals on the first two shots he faced and subsequently, Washington was never able to hold a lead. Holtby allowed six goals on the 34 Tampa shots.
He did not get much help from his defense or his special teams, especially his penalty killers. Washington was called for six consecutive penalties over a span of 30 minutes and 21 seconds and the Bolts took advantage scoring three power play goals.
According to the Washington Capitals Mike Vogel, including last spring's Stanley Cup playoffs, Washington had gone 40 games without allowing as many as three power-play goals in a game prior to Saturday's trio of Lightning strikes. The Caps were victimized by three power-play goals in a 5-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks at Verizon Center last Feb. 13.
Despite the three-goal loss, there were some encouraging signs. The playoff hero that continued his post season success was Caps right-winger, Joel Ward.
Ward, who scored the Caps biggest goal of the 2012 playoffs when he slid a Game 7 rebound past Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins in overtime to give the Caps a 4-3 series victory, scored two goals in Tampa on Saturday night, one on the power play.
The two goals by Ward are already one third of his total goal scoring production from all of last season and was the first time Ward has scored twice in a contest since he did so as a member of the Nashville Predators during Game 5 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs (second round) against the Vancouver Canucks.
New Caps players also had a positive impact on Saturday's contest. Mike Ribeiro, Wojtek Wolski and Jack Hillen all made their Capitals debuts on Saturday in Tampa Bay. Ribeiro recorded his first two assists as a Capital while Wolski tallied his first goal with Washington.
For the first time since the 2002-03 season and just the fourth time in franchise history (1978-79, 1997-98 and 2002-03), the Capitals opened the season with a new head coach. Oates, the 16th head coach in franchise history and fourth to have played for the team, made his NHL head-coaching debut in the place where his short coaching career began on Saturday night.
Oates was an assistant coach with the Lightning in 2009-10 and he spent the last two seasons as an assistant with the New Jersey Devils.
Oates leads his team to the ice tonight against a Winnipeg team that played the Capitals tough last season. Winnipeg handed the Caps a tough home loss late in March last season that had many doubting the resolve of Washington.
After forging a 3-0 second-period lead over Winnipeg in a key game for playoff positioning, Washington gave back two of those goals in a span of just 71 seconds in the second period. Then Washington spent virtually the entire third period chasing the Jets and playing the equivalent of a prevent defense, which prevented the Caps from winning the game. The result was a huge setback at the time, as Washington dropped a stunning 4-3 overtime loss to the never say die Jets.
The loss ruined the Capitals perfect 22-0-0 record in games in which they led after 40 minutes. They had also not coughed up a lead of three goals in any of their 74 previous games in 2011-12. Winnipeg was 0-22-3 in games in which they had trailed after 40 minutes.
The Caps rebounded to make the playoffs but the Jets managed to even the season series at 2-2-2. Five of the six matchups between these two teams were decided by one goal last season. Tonight's contest is the first of five meetings between these two clubs this season.
The Capitals finished 2011-12 with a home record of 26-11-4, the eighth-best home record in the league. They surrendered just 99 goals on home ice last season, the 10th best mark in the NHL. Washington is 23-8-3-4 at home against Winnipeg all-time and are12-6-2 in their last 20 contests vs. the Jets.
Despite having a relatively young in age roster, Washington enters the 2013 campaign considered a veteran team. They do not have a rookie on the opening-night roster for the second-consecutive season and the last time the Capitals opened a season with a rookie on the roster was in 2010-11. The Caps had three first-year players take the ice to start that season (John Carlson, Marcus Johansson and Michal Neuvirth).
There is a lot of homegrown talent on the roster as Washington has 11 players on the opening night roster that were originally drafted by the team. Nine players were signed as free agents while three were acquired via trade. Defenseman Tom Poti appeared in his first NHL game in over two seasons on Jan. 19 at Tampa Bay and recorded his first assist since Dec. 21, 2010, vs. New Jersey. Prior to Saturday, Poti's last NHL game came with the Capitals on Jan.12, 2011, also at Tampa Bay.
The Capitals have gone 10-0-0 in their last 10 home openers and have not lost a home opener since Oct. 6, 2000, vs.Los Angeles. They have outscored their opponents 48-21 in those 10 games.
Alex Ovechkin led the Capitals with six points (four goals, two assists) in six games against Winnipeg last season and has recorded 69 points (34 goals, 35 assists) in 48 career games against the Winnipeg franchise, his highest total against any NHL team.
While Caps coach Adam Oates hasn't settled on a goaltender for Tuesday's game against the Jets, Michal Neuvirth may not be a bad start for Oates first home game. Neuvy is 6-2-1 with a shutout, a 2.74 GAA and a .918 save pct. lifetime against the Jets.
While the Jets were one of the bets teams in the NHL last season, they were one of the worst on the road. Winnipeg was 14-22-5 on the road last season, 27th among the 30 NHL clubs and 14th among Eastern Conference teams.
Winnipeg finished 11th in the NHL with 221 goals last season. It was 10th with 158 goals in 5-on-5 play. So far this season, Winnipeg's offense has struggled. The Jets have managed just two goals in 125 minutes over their first two games. One of those was a power-play goal from Dustin Byfuglien, the other an even-strength strike from fourth-liner Chris Thorburn.
Evander Kane scored 30 goals for the Jets last season. He was the youngest player in the league to reach that plateau and Captain Andrew Ladd had 28. Bryan Little had 24 and seven other players , six of whom are still on the roster, scored at least 10.
Byfuglien (10) and Kane (eight) have combined to account for nearly a third of Winnipeg's 55 shots on goal thus far this season. Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec was solid in Monday's game against the B's, but was less than perfect vs. the Ottawa Senators in Winnipeg on Saturday, as the Jets fell 4-1.
Al Montoya may get the start tonight but Pavelec started 67 of Winnipeg's 82 games last season. Lifetime against the Capitals, he is 8-9-1 with two shutouts, a 2.69 GAA and a .916 save pct. In his first nine appearances (eight starts) against Washington, Pavelec was 1-7 with a 4.11 GAA and an .876 save pct. In his last 11 outings (10 starts) against the Capitals, Pavelec went 7-2-1 with a very tidy 1.53 GAA and a .950 save pct.
Returning to the playoffs for many of last season's post- season qualifiers may not be as hard as many think however. The last time the NHL played a shortened 48 game tilt in 95-95 , all but two of the 16 teams that made the playoffs in 1993-94 returned. All eight Western Conference playoff teams in 1995 were the same as '94, and six of the eight teams in the Eastern were the same. The only changes were the Quebec Nordiques and Philadelphia Flyers, who replaced the New York Islanders and Montreal Canadiens -- and neither newcomer made the playoffs because of the shorter schedule. Quebec finished first in the East and went on to win the Cup as the Colorado Avalanche in 1996; the Flyers were third, beginning a stretch of 11 seasons in which they would finish no worse than fifth in the East.
Last season, with 82 games 15 of the 16 teams that owned playoff berths after 48 games still had them at the end of the season. The lone change was that the Phoenix Coyotes supplanted the Minnesota Wild, who faded after a fast start. Thus, while it's not impossible to "steal" a playoff berth in a shorter season, it doesn't figure to be easy.
This is all-good news in the Nation's Capital. Since the 2007-08 seasons, the Capitals averaged 26.8 wins and 58.6 points. However, when factoring in the 2007-08 season the better barometer would be to measure Washington's final 48 games when they posted a 30-13-5 record after Bruce Boudreau took over just before Thanksgiving for Glen Hanlon and led the Caps to a stunning turnaround, winning coach of the year honors.
Using the final 48 in 07-08, the Caps average 28.4 wins and 61.8 points.
Starting fast will the key to having a good season for every NHL team in 2013. Twelve games into a regular 82 game season represent just 14.6 percent of the season but now 12 games is a quarter of campaign.
Since the start of the 2008-09 season, Washington checks out just fine in that category as well. The Caps have started quickly enough not to worry in the past four seasons. They have averaged 8.5 wins over the first dozen games during that span, including last season when they began the season with a franchise best 7-0-0- mark. That included wins over Detroit, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in the process.
Be sure to check back all season long as Capitals Corner brings you game information stats and recaps as well as a weekly Blog Talk Radio Show on the Fanspeak Radio Network. Following the Super Bowl, Capitals Corner can be heard on Mondays from 8-10.


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Food temptations abound at this time of year, and all those parties with buffet tables can mean packing on an extra five to ten pounds by the end of the season.
Registered dietitian Jane Dummer suggests creating your own step-by-step system for navigating the buffet, including your favourites, but also keeping calories in check:
1. Scan the Table: Take in all the delicious options available and plan what you really want to make room for on your plate.
2. Mini-size: Using a smaller plate not only makes a normal portion seem larger, but it's also a great way to manage your portions and calorie intake. For beverages, opt for portion-controlled sizes, such as bottled water or Coke mini-cans, for example, which are 100 calories or less per serving.
3. Go for Colour: Make healthier food choices at the buffet by skipping the bland-coloured appetizers and instead focus on adding a selection of colourful vegetables to your plate.
4. Slow Down: Take your time and be mindful of what you are eating. "It can take up to 30 minutes for stop signals to hit your brain. Pace yourself by savouring each bite so that you don't over-indulge," says Dummer.
5. Move Out and Socialize Strategically: To avoid overeating, move away from the food. Focus on the purpose of the party—great conversation and good times with friends.
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Motown Legends: My Girl (1993)
|Artist: Temptations
Learn more about Motown Legends: My Girl:
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Collectables Records
Sku: 63921964
Release Date: 12/7/2004
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. My Girl ~ The Temptations (R&B)
2. I'm Ready For Love ~ The Temptations (R&B)
3. Don't Look Back ~ The Temptations (R&B)
4. You've Really Got A Hold On Me ~ The Temptations (R&B)
5. Paradise ~ The Temptations (R&B)
6. (I Know) I'm Losing You ~ The Temptations (R&B)
7. My Baby ~ The Temptations (R&B)
8. Two Sides To Love ~ The Temptations (R&B)
9. I've Passed This Way Before ~ The Temptations (R&B)
10. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) ~ The Temptations (R&B)
11. End Of Our Road, The ~ The Temptations (R&B)
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info
|All songs written or co-written by William Robinson or Norman Whitfield except "I'm Ready For Love" (Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland, Jr.), "Paradise" (Berry Gordy) and "I've Passed This Way Before" (William Weatherspoon/James Dean).
|This is part of ESX Entertainment's Motown Legends series.
|The Motown Legends series are all compact, tight packages, and this ten-song compilation of Temptations sides is no exception. The tunes range from the pre-David Ruffin era to songs from the I Wish It Would Rain LP. Al Bryant sang with the Temptations when they cut "Paradise," a '50s-sounding number led by a young full-throated Eddie Kendricks doing a Frankie Valli imitation in his most hysterical falsetto. It begins with Melvin Franklin's deep bass and features some thumping harmonies. Fans unfamiliar with the pre-"The Way You Do the Things You Do" Temptations will be surprised at the sound. On "Two Sides to Love," Kendricks is more relaxed; the beautiful ballad was one of the more popular songs on the With a Lot of Soul album. The late Paul Williams' definitive lead on "Don't Look Back" is as eloquent as ever. Williams sounds like an elder instructing a youth on the perils of love. Richard Street leads a driving rendition of Gladys Knight & the Pips' "The End of Our Road" that nearly rivals the original. Ruffin shines on "I Know (I'm Losing You,") an uptempo monster that begins with a killer Cornelius Grant guitar riff that grabs you from the get-go. His rendition of "I've Passed This Way Before" is slower then big brother Jimmy Ruffin's, and isn't as arresting. And his remake of Martha & the Vandellas' "I'm Ready for Love" is strictly MOR; in fact, it was pulled from the Temptations' In a Mellow Mood set. Four different lead singers are featured, with the most prominent missing-in-actions being Dennis Edwards, Damon Harris, Ali Woodson and Glenn Leonard. ~ Andrew Hamilton
Producer: Diana Reid Haig (Compilation); Gary E. Mansfield (Compilation)
Compilation Appearances
Associated Artists and Works
|Edwards, Dennis
|Four Tops (The)
|Soul Alive! Greatest Hits in Concert ~ Four Tops (The)
|Ross, Diana
|Supremes (The)
|The Temptations (Surf)
Technical Info
|Release Date : 03/14/2006
|Original Release Date : 1993
|Catalog ID : 8431
|Label : Collectables
|Number of Discs : 1
|Studio/Live : Studio
|Mono/Stereo : Stereo
|SPAR Code : n/a


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Thank you for checking out this website. And congratulations on your upcoming Bar or Bat Mitzvah!
How exciting! Now, let's guarantee you have a fantastic and enjoyable day – full of meaning, accomplishment, and fun! (Believe it or not, that does take some planning!)
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Mitzvah…is it for you?
If you are looking to have an "average" Bar/Bat Mitzvah – one that is stressful and not very organized, one where the guests hardly get to see you, one where you are so exhausted that you can hardly smile. One where it seems like you're constantly putting out "fires" and solving emergencies. One where "so many things just went wrong"…
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Then you've come to the right place.
You want your son or daughter's Bar or Bat Mitzvah to be a wonderfully emotional day. You want to have everything go smoothly and perfectly, you want to have a great time. You want to see all your guests, and have them also have a fun time. Well, believe it or not, the photographer and videographer you select to document your Mitzvah can make or break your special day – not just your photographs and video!
Because your photographer and videographer have a big influence on how the day goes, by the way he treats you and your loved ones, and the way he conducts himself throughout the event. And, of course, the photographs and the video should tell the story of the Bar or Bat Mitzvah in a beautiful way, with a tempo and flow that represent how the day unfolded.
All of these memories pass so quickly. The food is eaten, the flowers wilt, and the DJ packs up his speakers…
it's the photographs and video that remain.
That's why photography and video are so important to help make this a day you will always remember.


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Kristan Higgins is the only author I know who could make a connection between Gollum of Lord of the Rings and TLC's Say Yes to the Dress. And, no, Gollum is not getting married. (That I know of.) If he were, he'd no doubt find Kristan lurking in the back of the church, rubbing her hands together as she devised ways to disrupt the proceedings so she could get ideas for her next book. She's calculating that way. (Like you didn't know.) Seriously … no, wait, we're talking about Kristan Higgins … here, she regales us with how she came upon the idea for her latest release, out today (Feb. 26), The Best Man. (Oh, and if you stick around until the end and leave a comment, you could win a copy of her Too Good to Be True.)
Kristan: Like a lot of authors, I often come up with scenes before I come up with a book or character.
In the case of The Best Man, the scene was a woman being left at the altar.
Blame this on my unhealthy addiction to Say Yes to the Dress, a show I watch the way Gollum hunches over Precious — pale, muttering, obsessed. I love weddings. I go to every wedding I'm invited to. Sometimes, if I've gone too long without a wedding, I crash one … it's easy if you know what to say. "The second I saw those two together, I knew this day would come" works great. If you see someone giving you the stink eye, just say, "It's so good to see you! How've you been!"
So a wedding gone wrong … oh, the thrilling horror of it all! The dashed hopes and heartbreak! The wasted hours/days/weeks/months/years of planning! All that food … the flowers … and what are you supposed to do with that dress? Oh, the humanity!
We writers feed off this sort of misery. I couldn't wait to write the story.
And so, poor Faith Holland. She's a sweetheart, a lovely young woman who's only ever had one boyfriend: Jeremy Lyon, a guy so perfect and kind and wonderful she can't quite believe she found someone like him. He's literally the boy next door. He's a football god, a good son, a doctor, for the love of Pete!
Oh, and he's also gay.
Only one person seemed to have had that information before the wedding, and that would be Levi Cooper, Jeremy's best man. Would it have killed him to say something? Huh? Hm? That's what Faith wants to know. Levi always had a way of making her feel invisible, or boring, or irritating, but this is above and beyond the call.
Three years after the debacle, Faith comes back to Manningsport, N.Y., to visit her family and hopefully protect her widower father from a gold digger, to help with the grape harvest and maybe, just maybe, make peace with Jeremy.
Dealing with Levi, who's now police chief of their tiny town, is not on her agenda. Of course, fate has other plans. It usually does.
So answer me this … have you ever been to a terrible wedding? If not, what was the BEST wedding you ever went to, and what made it great? I'm giving away a copy of Too Good to Be True (which also features a ruined wedding, now that I think about it) to one of you commenters, so don't be shy!
For more information on The Best Man or any of Kristan's books, visit her website, www.kristanhiggins.com, or find her on Facebook.
Index of Kristan's antics at HEA (most often with Jill Shalvis):
Kristan wants to know: Who's your best man?
Offering advice for the lovelorn
Riffing on bad Christmas gifts
Getting inappropriate over fall TV's hunks
Embarrassing themselves (willingly)
Providing beauty tips (No. 1: Darkness)
VIDEO: Getting philosophical (OK, not really)


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Gang responsible for three raids on Barclays bank in Gloucester handed jail terms
Posted: February 28, 2014|
A gang of robbers responsible for raiding the same Gloucester bank on three occasions has been jailed.
The gang of four, from south London, targeted security guards picking up cash from banks across the West.
They raided the Barclays branch in Hucclecote three times between June 2011 and April 2012.
During another raid two gang members were attacked by an 88-year-old man with a walking stick.
Old soldier and former policeman Gordon King set about the pair with his trusty wooden support as they were robbing the Lloyds TSB branch in Bath in January 2012, earning himself a bravery award in the process.
The gang raided Barclays in Hucclecote on June 14 2011, returning on September 20 of the same year and again in April 2012.
They got away with a total of £100,000 from their robberies, and were caught following a protracted investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit, aided by the valuable descriptions Mr King and other passers-by were able to get during the raid in Bath because the men were delayed.
Yesterday, a judge in Sussex sentenced the men.
Three were from south London: Caston Francis, 52, from Tulse Hill, Leroy Hall, 36, from Streatham and Clifford Griffiths, 36, from Wandsworth, while 33-year-old Leon McKenzie is from Orpington in Kent.
Hall was jailed for six and a half years, McKenzie got six years, Griffiths received a five and a half year sentence, while Francis was jailed for five years.
Mr King, who was given a bottle of whisky by bank staff and a new walking stick by police, said he was pleased with the sentences.
"Even now I get stopped in the street by people who recognise me and ask me about what happened," he said.
"My daughter says I was a silly fool, but I just did what I thought was right."


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Reviews and news of films, foreign and mainstream
Monthly Archive for February, 2007
Oscar 2007: Lose the shadow dancing. Now.
8:36: The preshow (see below) is over, and the proceedings begin with a lovely montage — by master documentarian Errol Morris ("The Thin Blue Line") — featuring comments from nominees high and low, minus any identifiers. A lovely way to remind us that the movies are a craft and not always a glitterfest. Who shaved […] [Read More]
Oscar pre-show: Two hours in which I could have been watching "Casablanca" on TCM
6:40 p.m.: The evening begins inauspiciously with the news that "Ghost Rider" has topped the box office for a second weekend. Meanwhile, E!'s red-carpet coverage features what I believe is the debut of the Glam-a-Strator, which is essentially the video effect that allows a weatherman to draw an arrow to indicate where that low-pressure front will be moving […] [Read More]
Not that "Corruption"
Christopher Bishop's independent film "Corruption" screens at Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady at 1 p.m. Sunday (tickets are $6, $4 students and seniors). Anyone who sought out the title in the movies section of our Web site recently might have found it was linked to a 1968 horror movie by the same title starring Peter Cushing. […] [Read More]
A bucket of popcorn, a laptop and thou
In yet another bold experiment in interactive journalism, I'll be covering the Oscar telecast live on this blog on Sunday evening, offering snippy commentary insight on everything from the musical performances to the glint of raw hunger in Martin Scorsese's bushy gaze. Stop by this digital conversation pit to weigh in on who wins, who […] [Read More]
Smith's swan song
The death of Anna Nicole Smith managed to heave up a regional connection with the news that her final film, the sci-fi spoof "Illegal Aliens," will not be screened in Johnstown or Vermont as previously planned. "Aliens" is the latest from Rutland, Vt.-based Edgewood Studios and house auteur David Giancola, whose films tend to ask probing moral […] [Read More]
Netflix needs hams
The video-by-mail service Netflix is trying to bandwagonize on the Academy's "great movie quotes" theme, by inviting consumers to perform their version of "a select number" of memorable movie lines and post the clips at http://www.netflix.com/oscars. Starting Monday (Feb. 12), participants can film and submit their rendition of famous lines from (their suggestions) "Gone With the […] [Read More]
Calling all budding screenwriters
Images Cinema in Williamstown, Mass., will offer a screenwriting seminar with "seasoned Hollywood writer and producer Dan Bessie" on Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24, at Northern Berkshire Creative Arts located in Heritage State Park in North Adams. The $75 tab includes lunch on Saturday. (It's co-sponsored by Northern Berkshire Creative Arts and Inkberry. […] [Read More]
Black magic
How did Sergi Lopez end up un-nominated for a supporting actor Oscar for "Pan's Labyrinth"? Anyone who has seen Stephen Frears' underrated neo-noir "Dirty Pretty Things" will remember Lopez's turn as the mephistophelean bell captain who holds IOUs on the rest of the characters — or at least a few of their organs — but […] [Read More]


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awesome Chinese dishes!Posted on 09 / 01 / 2014
We got 3 or 4 different Chinese-style dishes with tofu and vegetables, and they were all really good. The sweet and sour tofu was the best I've had anywhere and seemed a lot healthier than at a typical Chinese restaurant. They also have surprisingly good desserts. Plus, they are VEGAN!
Cons: really far from downtown Houston


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Club directors met on Saturday after claims by former owner Craig Whyte that he was involved with Green's consortium when they purchased the business and assets of the club last summer.
Whyte's allegations were accompanied by taped recordings of conversations between himself, Green and commercial director Imran Ahmad.
The board has confirmed it will probe the claims of the former owner, whose non-payment of tax forced administration and subsequent liquidation.
Having endured months of turmoil last year, McCulloch is keen to avoid another summer of uncertainty.
The skipper said: "A bit of clarity would be great. And just the truth. I think everybody deserves to know the truth."
On the pitch, with the Division Three title wrapped up, McCulloch and Kyle Hutton were on the scoresheet as Rangers ran out comfortable winners in a 2-0 victory over Clyde.
"I felt we deserved the win," he said. "We could have had another couple of goals.
"We had a couple of half-chances and shots from distance but we dominated possession and we were deserved winners."
McCulloch's strike was his 25th goal of the season.
But he claims he will have no complaints if Andy Little - also on 25 - beats him in the scoring charts come the end of the season. He said: "If I don't get top goal scorer, it's not the end of the world for me.
"Being honest, as captain, I would rather Andy Little got it. As captain, sometimes you've got to put the team first and put individuals first.
"I know how much Andy wants it and it would be good for him to get it."


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First I want to say this: I've seen a lot of people recently that arn't doing deads, but clean and jerks (not throwing it above their head). Is this better? Should I be doing them?
Anyway, on to my problem (with some background info):
Okay, I'm not a huge kid, I'm a okay sized kid. I just turned 16. I weight about 155 and am like 5'11". Just a few days ago I squated 3X10 at 135 (My squat has been doing really well, been adding at least 5 lbs each week). I bench 3X8 at 105. Nothing special, right. Anyway, I'm really going NOWHERE with deads. I think I know, but I don't know what to do about it.
I think I have decent form. But here's my problem: I can't dead two plates yet so the bar sits low and I don't let it touch the ground. This kills my grip because I never let the bar go. Should I be using straps? I have no idea how to use them and don't think my gym has any extras.
I guess I've never had a good dead feeling anywhere on my body. I dead so low, like 75lbs and my arms are stocked. I drop the bar and go on elsewhere. My grips not that horrible either. I static hold two 55 DBs for 3X60 seconds. I don't know what about deads is troubling me. What do you guys suggest?
Also, I was told to ride the bar up my legs, but this was bruising me a lot and giving my legs many red marks. How do you guys do this? And, how low do I want my butt? I usually have it extremly low, like, as low as the bar with a 10lb on each side. I saw this one guy doing it with 45s and his butt was more out, not low. It wasn't a straight leg deadlift though. Which way is better?


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