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The Chicago Blackhawks' hope to come back from a 3-0 first-round series deficit to the Vancouver Canucks could depend on how much emotion they can muster heading into Tuesday's Game 4 at Chicago's United Center -- anger, perhaps, over the failure of the National Hockey League to punish Raffi Torres for his head-high Game 3 hit on Brent Seabrook, or maybe embarrassment, as the defending champions, at being on the brink of elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
There's nothing like a little hate and pride to provide the proper motivation.
"It's just concrete evidence of how much we dislike that team, and it's added motivation to our situation," Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews told the Chicago Sun-Times, referring to the Torres hit. But "it's not the only thing that's going to be motivating us to play our best hockey."
There's no doubt the Canucks have made a bold statement, outplaying -- and outhitting -- the team that knocked them out of the playoffs in each of the past two postseasons. Payback for the Canucks could come Tuesday, which prompted Seabrook to suggest the only strategy that would change the momentum: "To win the game and take it back to Vancouver, that's the best way we can get back."
And the Blackhawks could have a few new weapons to make that happen. Coach Joel Quenneville said Monday that center Dave Bolland, who was instrumental in shutting down the Sedin twins in last season's playoff series, could be ready to play after recovering from his concussion.
"We're optimistic (Bolland) could play," Quenneville told the Chicago Tribune. "He's been waiting a long time to get back in the lineup. Based on the timing, he's ready to play. He wants to play. You have to like his competitive spirit. The bottom line is, he'll do anything he can to be part of the team again."
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Quenneville also was optimistic forward Bryan Bickell could return from a wrist injury, although veteran winger Tomas Kopecky will not play because of an upper-body injury.
Game 4 is at 8 p.m. ET. If the Canucks win, the series is over. If the Blackhawks win, Game 5 would be Thursday in Vancouver.
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"Yup, they do stinky tofu, and they do it well." - on Gu Shine
no. No they really don't.
I can most likely eat more than you...
"Yup, they do stinky tofu, and they do it well." - on Gu Shine
no. No they really don't.
@JacobEstes - no. Absolutely not. I'd prefer if we continue making up words and complaining.
@BigWoollyMammoth - please do! It does give off kind of a pretentious - douche - bro vibe, but the food isn't half bad. I can't think of many burgers I'd prefer in the immediate vicinity.
@texas blues - I dunno, but it's surely less than the number of adults who fail to realize how ridiculous using the term "foo foo" sounds
lol U MAD BRO?
best stick to White Castle.
I hate everyone who hates this.
if only "Jon" were actually a "Jen"...
homogeneity - that is what this comparison needs. Putting eggs in some and duck in another upsets the uniformity of comparison.
On a side note, the photo of the noodles from Food Sing Corp 88 looks like it was prepared 清燉 vs. 紅燒... if that's actually the case, isn't it kind of unfair to call the broth bland? That's kind of what the name suggests.
"Ignore any of the advice you see on Yelp or Foursquare" that's all you had to say :)
those fries look unnaturally even in coloration/cooking. That is awesome to me haha.
@Kenji - nah, they have 'em. PYT does a really good thin classic cheeseburger, but most places like to do pub-style grilled burgers (which makes sense, since most places are bar-ish)
@sdfishtaco - you're right, the absence of McDonald's and White Castle really upset the balance of the competition. You should send them a letter so they're aware of this injustice.
@JeffreyP - holy crap you know your potatoes... and fries. I kind of just uh... put them in my mouth? Then I decide if I like them? Haha, I am clearly no expert on fried starch sticks. Definitely learned something today though!
@Erin - gimmicky yes. Totally delicious, also yes. I really like cranberry sauce in sandwiches. It should be a condiment option on everything.
@Rodzilla - to be honest... no. But that didn't detract the experience. It was mostly about the union of poultry, stuffing, gravy, and saaauce.
@jlewfoodie - werd. I'll probably get another one before I leave Philly.
bahahaha Robyn you look so perturbed by your burger
@DavidPD - if turd tastes good...
@Burger365 - haha yeah, good eye. They're an add-on and not at all part of the standard burger, but I've gotten really bored with eating plain cheeseburgers all the time so I've gotten in the habit of adding frivolous toppings. It felt right at the time.
what's to understand... you make ancho flavored syrup and a bowl of salty chocolate.
Then you hoard it.
@sdfishtaco no one said it was new. I said it was good, and sorry... I forgot to convene the burger council to discuss what I'd be eating this week. I'll try to avoid that in the future.
other people like medium-rare too? Good to know. Haha :)
@Adam - she's actually now running the ops apparently. I did not know this when I went (I actually thought it was a fictional name). In fact, I wasn't even planning on writing a review of the place until I saw the burgers.
ugh, yeah I guess it was a slip-up on my part.
good thing no one actually reads T+L. I'd know, I used to work for them.
Philadelphia is outraged.
I don't care if I win (nor do I think I'm even supposed to enter...)
but I'm gonna second the Luther Burger - for no other reason than to piss off the burger assholes purists :)
@DavidPD - agreed. I have a great deal of love for a nice pungent bleu cheese, although this was a bit too much. I overheard a couple to the table next to mine ask for it on the side... seems smart.
@Burger365 - I love brioches :D (just an opinion, don't hate me). The bread definitely didn't detract in this situation, although I do agree there should be more bun diversity in Philly...
@sdfishtaco - yessssss, that sums up what I thought perfectly. Too much complication, not enough proper execution. The price is a tad high for what you get, but ignoring that... the beef is really really good.
wait wait wait... so I'm paying MORE to get less? I demand they put my pesticides and fertilizers back where they belong.
this is wack. I'm quitting if non-beef burgers wins.
@suerocks - oh. Good to know not to trust Yelp. Or 90% of the blogs in Philadelphia. Almost all of them were gushing over how great the burgers were... which makes no sense considering how good most of the pub burgers here are.
@Rodzilla - can't erase childhood memories man. I still associate French bread pizza with HS cafeteria pizza, regardless of how good it might be.
@hotdoglover - just my opinion, but these are the types of things that belong in a blog post (hint hint)... not message boards for discussion. I have no problem with an opinionated post, but I can see why some would think this "three part series" sounds a bit... commercial?
I'm gonna assume everyone else is going to list the famous places so I'll leave that off the list... but Steak Queen on Penn's campus makes a cheesesteak marinated in soy sauce for something slightly different.
Aside from that there's the usual suggestions of Jim's and Cosmi's that are worthy of looking into.
This was recently done for Seoul, and I have a similar query for HK.
As wonderful as Taiwan is, I was offered the opportunity to visit Hong Kong for a few days (and of course I took it, given its reputation for food). I'll be there for the better part of 2 days, and I'm looking mainly for food suggestions, although general tourist suggestions are equally welcome!
Try to avoid the Michelin 3 star suggestions though... I'd like to not go broke on this trip haha. Thanks guys!
It seems that the topics listed in "Hot in Talk" and "Latest Topics" are the same (maybe slight variations, but they mirror each other fairly well). Would it be possible to modify the query for hot in talk to reflect greatest change in posts over the last 24 or 48 hour periods? I think I might be nitpicking here, just a "nice to have" feature I guess.
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She loves the taste of blood, hates the sun and if you ask, she will tell you she died in a train accident back in 1892. Meet actress Seregon O'Dassey, a would-be vampire living in New Jersey. And she is not alone.
"It's like a religion. There are [vampire] houses, pageants and clans [with their own] presidents and ministers," she says.
For a pastime with dark, antireligious overtones, vampire fashion is spreading across the United States, fueled by the "Twilight" movies and hit TV shows like "The Vampire Diaries" and "True Blood."
The phenomenon is like an organized religion, with its own rules, priests, private gatherings and celebrations.
Hundreds of "vampires" attend balls every few months. The next vampire ball will take place in Philadelphia on July 31.
Believers in this sect-like lifestyle range from teenage devotees of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" to adults who got hooked on Ann Rice's "Vampire Diaries" in the 1970s.
Rice is credited with turning the European model vampire — exemplified by Dracula, the horrific Transylvanian character at the center of Bram Stoker's 19th century novel — into a more user-friendly American version.
Still, this is an age of kinder, gentler vampires.
In the very un-Transylvanian setting of New Jersey, O'Dassey keeps the curtains in her apartment closed against the sun and decorates with bat motifs.
She actually enjoys garlic, the traditional weapon against vampires, and her blood consumption is modest, to say the least.
"Every once in a while I drink blood. I make a prick on my finger and taste the blood," she says.
And there's no chance of leaving nasty marks on her neighbors' necks. "We don't bite. That should never be done. Everything should be consensual," O'Dassey cautions.
Joaquin Latina, who claims to be 2,744 years old — even if his passport puts him at 35 — says he has been fixated on vampires since childhood.
He has read all the literature on the subject and never misses an episode of "True Blood," which he rates far above the more anemic "Twilight."
"Vampires are not monsters as such. They are more beautiful than the average person, and they are immortal. It's a dark ideal of mankind. Today they are more like rock stars," Latina says.
The only problem in this thriving vampire environment, Latina says, is that New York has become "too clean and law-abiding over the last decade."
"New York is too safe now for vampires," he says. The best vampire scene, Latina says, is in Philadelphia.
Sociology professor Robert Thomson, who teaches at the University of Syracuse in upstate New York, says vampire culture has been around for a long time, even before "Twilight" and "True Blood."
However, "Twilight" domesticated the vampire. "It got rid of the Eastern European monster," Thomson says. "Vampires are surprisingly marketable. They are mysterious, dark and very, very attractive and erotic."
He says the vampire movement takes style and attitude. "There's a sense of belonging to a community. It can also be a branding," Thomson explains.
There's no shortage of branding out there. Modern vampires going to the Philadelphia ball could, for example, pick up an outfit at Vampire Freaks boutique in New York's East Village neighborhood, and purchase custom-made resin fangs for $138 at another vampire-friendly establishment.
If that isn't enough, there is always the vampire tour of Central Park run by a man (or vampire) who goes by the name John Seward, the character in Stoker's "Dracula" who attends to patients at the psychiatric asylum.
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The progress of relocating a small historic structure has stalled as another step has been added to the process.
A variance request has been submitted regarding the Kitchings Mill Library and its prospective relocation into the city limits.
The plan to move the structure to the Aiken County Historical Museum property from its current location on Highway 4 was approved by the City Design Review Board in early March. But, the Board asked that the applicant, museum Executive Director Elliott Levy, come back in April with a clear plan of exactly where on the property the library would be located.
That item was on the table at the next Design Review Board meeting, but was continued.
Now, the Board of Zoning Appeals will look at a variance request to allow the building to be located approximately 15 feet from the property line rather than the 50 feet that is required by the City's zoning ordinance, said City Planner Susan French.
French said that initially, the idea was to put the building upon a steep hill behind the Banksia, which houses the museum. According to the applicant, that would require significant grading that will not only make the library difficult to access, but it wouldn't blend in with the other structures on the property. Therefore, it would be ideal to locate it farther back.
If the Board of Zoning Appeals approves the request, the item will be returned to the Design Review Board in June.
Levy said that the process is taking a lot longer than he expected but it's important that this structure gets preserved.
"It (the library) can be the place to tell about the small communities that a lot of people don't know about, and if the only thing that people know about Salley is the Chitlin Strut, that's shortchanging that area and its history and its heritage."
The Kitchings Mill Library was established by Della and James Kitching around the turn of the century.
Della had a desire to promote literacy to the Kitchings Mill community. She stocked the library and set up a foundation to maintain it.
About 25 years later, the foundation was no longer able to sustain the library, so the property reverted to Della Kitching.
The Kitchings Mill Library building was occupied by her descendants until 2012 when Jerry Waters, who last owned the property, was contacted by the family of then-resident Virginia Surles, who was moving into an assisted living home. Surles tasked Waters to assist in the preservation of the old library.
The Board of Zoning Appeals meeting will be held May 28 at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers, located at 214 Park Ave. S.W.
Amy Banton is the city beat reporter and has been with the Aiken Standard since May 2010. She is a native of Rustburg, Va., and a graduate of Randolph Macon Woman's College.
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Local residents of RoxasCity, Capiz were alarmed of alleged rising incidents of unexplained killings of domestic animals such as goats and chickens.
The culprit of these killings are those crypto-animals commonly known as chupacabras.
Chupacabras were seen in many places inPuerto Rico,Mexicoand other places inLatin Americaand said to be behind the killings (by blood sucking) of goats and cattles.
Recently, in a remote area inRoxasCity, a poultry raiser in brgy. Dumolog named Jojo Canobia was shocked and scared when he saw a dog-like animal attacked his chickens and found them headless.
Another local resident, provincial engineer Joel Jumbas reported an attacked of chupacabra killing his two goats. The chupacabra sucked the blood of his goats.
Chupacabra (also chupacabras /tʃupa'kabɾas/, from Spanish chupar: to suck, cabra: goat; goat sucker) is a cryptid said to inhabit parts of the Americas.
It is associated with the ancient myth of the chimera or griffin, and more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities.
The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary.
Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1990 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as Maine, and as far south as Chile.
It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail.
Most biologists and wildlife management officials view the chupacabra as an urban legend.
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Osborn Maledon in Phoenix has named four new partners: Sharad Desai, Mary O'Grady, Erick Ottoson and Kristin Windtberg. Desai represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil litigation, including appeals. He received his law degree cum laude from New York University School of Law in 2006. O'Grady's practice focuses on appeals, civil litigation and administrative law. She received her law degree cum laude from Arizona State University College of Law in 1987. Ottoson is an intellectual-property attorney, focusing on patent litigation. He received his law degree magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1999. Windtberg focuses on employment litigation, employment counseling and commercial litigation. She received her law degree summa cum laude from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2006.
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UT's Plant Hall Painted Back to Its Original Color
Published: Jun 10, 2008
After several decades and 18 layers of paint, The University of Tampa Plant Hall's original exterior color scheme has been uncovered by researchers.
And for the next few months, the original colors of the old Tampa Bay Hotel's verandah ceiling, window sashes, columns, rafters, crown molding, balustrade, deck and crescent moons will be brushed on by professional painters.
Those colors are representative of Plant Hall's color scheme from 1892-1920, according to Cynthia Gandee, executive director of the Henry B. Plant Museum.
"The decade of the 1890s was dominated by the Beaux Arts revival of classical architecture, which favored more restrained exterior coloring," Gandee said.
The trim colors will include a greenish gray, light grayish olive and dark bluish gray. The carved crescent moons will be highlighted with metallic aluminum paint.
"It's a tedious job, but we're excited to return to the color scheme of the glory days of the hotel," Gandee said. The restoration project will take approximately eight months.
The paint chronology investigation was completed by Robert A. Furhoff from Restoration of Interiors of Chicago and Abell Garcia Architects. The team investigated photographs and analyzed paint chips to determine the original color scheme and the chronology of paint jobs.
Ultimately, the researchers identified four major phases to the building's paint scheme, which followed trends in fashion in architectural color. Gandee said the Tampa Bay Hotel design plans in 1891 called for dark red and medium gray colors consistent with the Moorish style of architecture. But, because construction of the building came at the very end of the era of polychromatic architecture, the designed color scheme was repainted almost immediately.
Furhoff said that the original interior and exterior colors were intended to draw more focus on the architecture outside and the décor inside.
"The coloring was intentionally quiet for use as a background," Furhoff said.
Currently, the Plant Hall trim is cream.
The painting is being completed by Specialized Services Group of Tampa, which has painted Plant Hall before and did paint restoration work for the museum and Fletcher Lounge.
The cost of the project is approximately $465,000, and is being paid for by the Plant Hall Preservation Trust Fund, which is funded in equal parts by UT and the city of Tampa.
For more information, contact Gandee at (813) 258-7300.
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Step 1: The Recipe
Quick & Easy Nut Clusters
makes 2 to 3 dozen
12 oz. semi sweet Chocolate chips
6 oz. butterscotch chips
1 lb nuts
optional: 1/4 bar of gulf wax**
**Gulf wax is a candy grade paraffin wax found in the baking isle near the gelatin and jam making supplies. It helps the chocolate harden so it won't melt when handled. It also makes it easier to mix the chocolate with the nuts. A box comes with 4 bars of wax.
I usually double this recipe to make a huge batch!
Step 2: Step 1: Melt Chocolate and Butterscotch
If you choose to use the Gulf wax, which I always do, add it here as well. Cut the 1/4 bar of wax into as small of chunks as possible. This helps it melt faster.
Step 3: Step Two: Mix the melted chocolate with the nuts
Pour melted chocolate over the nuts and stir until all the nuts are completely covered.
Step 4: Step 3: Spoon out clusters.
As promised, that's it and you're done! Store chilled, in an airtight container, in the fridge for up to two to three weeks. The butterscotch chips help give extra flavor to the candy. Considering the output, this choco-nut-cluster gives you great bang for your time and buck!
And thanks for the info on using Gulf wax - seeing big boxes of wax in the food aisles always creeps me out, so I have been a bit scared of using it.


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This sit-up support device is designed to hold a person's feet when they are performing bent knee sit-ups. Primarily, it consists of a base plate that is rendered stationary to the floor by a clamp that fastens to a door. The device also includes quick-release straps on the base plate, for comfortably holding the user's feet, and a threaded shaft and sleeve are provided in conjunction with the clamp, to force the base plate hard down to the floor.
1. A sit-up support device comprising, a substantially rectangular base including foot strap means, a clamp adapted to be secured to a door bottom by clamp screw means, hinge means pivotally connecting said base to said clamp, and an adjustable length shaft means connected between said base and said clamp so as to prevent upward movement of said base.
2. A sit-up support device as set forth in claim 1, wherein a plurality of cut-out openings are provided through said base and a rod is received in said base and traverses the cut-out openings for attaching said strap means to said base and said strap means comprising, a pair of straps for engaging a user's feet.
3. A sit-up support device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said adjustable length shaft means comprises an internally threaded sleeve and an externally threaded shaft telescopically received in said sleeve, and a knurled wing nut received on said shaft which is rotated to engage against said sleeve to lock said base against upward movement.
4. A sit-up device, as set forth in claim 3, wherein the ends of said adjustable length shaft means are forked so as to pivotally attach to brackets on said base and said clamp.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to devices for physical fitness, and more particularly, to a sit-up support device.
2. Description of Prior Art
Devices have been devised to aid in physical fitness and are of several kinds. The sit-up support device in accordance with the present invention, is designed to be used as a support for the feet when doing bent knee sit-ups, and is employed anywhere there is a door to clamp it to.
The principal object of this invention is to provide a sit-up support device, which will be employed as a support for one's feet when doing bent knee sit-ups.
Another object of this invention is to provide a sit-up support device, which will be of such design, as to clamp to a door and hold the user's feet comfortably and securely in place by means of quick-release straps, and it will hold any size foot or shoe.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention, showing the straps partly broken away;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view, taken along the line 2--2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modified form of door clamp for the invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view, taken along the line 4--4 of FIG. 3, and
FIG. 5 is a rear view of FIG. 3, shown in elevation and illustrating the clamp rotated ninety degrees in phantom lines.
A sit-up support device attachable to a door, comprising a base with a door clamp attached and including hinge means. The base further includes adjustable strap means for holding the feet of the user.
Accordingly, a device 10 is shown to include a rectangular base 11 having spaced cut-outs 12 therethrough. A rod 13 transverses the cut-outs 12 and strap brackets 14 are received on rod 13 and brackets 14 are secured to quick-release and adjustable straps 15 that are provided for holding the user's feet, whether they are in shoes or not. A hinge 16 is fixedly secured to one longitudinal side edge of base 11 at one end and is similarly secured to the bottom of a "U"-shaped clamp 17 that is designed to be received under a door 18 to hold device 10 stationary to the floor. Clamp 17 is provided with a set screw 19 for fastening clamp 17 to the door 18, and an internally threaded sleeve 20 is provided with an end fork 21 that is pivotally secured to a bracket 22 by a pin 22a. Bracket 22 is fixedly secured to clamp 17 and sleeve 20 threadingly receives a threaded shaft 23 that has a fork 23a fixedly secured to one end. A pivot pin 24 is received through fork 23a and a bracket 25 which is fixedly secured to the top center of base 11, and a knurled wing nut 26 is provided on shaft 23, so as to lock the adjustment of shaft 23 in sleeve 20 when nut 26 is in engagement with the bottom end of sleeve 20.
In use, device 10 clamps to the bottom of the door 18 by tightening the clamp 13 with the screw 19. The shaft 23 and the sleeve 20 are telescopingly adjusted until the base 11 is securely pressed to the floor. After the above have been effected, the user places both feet on the base 11 and places the nylon straps 15 thereon, and tightens straps 15 to a point where they are comfortable to the user.
Referring now to FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, a modified clamp 17a is shown to include a first "L"-shaped member 27, the tongue 28 of which is slideably received in a slot 29 of a second "L"-shaped member 30. Members 27 and 30 are received on door 18 and a set screw 31 is provided through member 27 for tightening on door 18. Members 27 and 30 are adjustable to and away from each other, for clamping to doors 18 of various thicknesses and are fixed in any desired width apart by means of the two fasteners 32 received in the elongated slots 33 of tongue 28. A third member 34 engages with second member 30 and is fastened thereto, by a bolt fastener 35 receiving a wing nut 36. In this instance, bracket 22 is fixedly secured to a face of third member 34, rather than the clamp 17 heretofore described, and the sleeve 20 is also the same as was described.
In use, modified clamp 17a functions in the same manner, as was described of clamp 17, with the exception, that it is adjustable to fit doors 18 of various thicknesses and member 27 is pivotal.
While various changes may be made in the detail construction, such details will be within the spirit and scope of the present invention, as defined by the appended claims.
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UT women blast Kent State during 'Rockets for Cure' fundraiserWritten by Nate Pentecost | | email@example.com
When the University of Toledo women's basketball team stepped onto the hardwood at Savage Arena on Feb. 16 they did so motivated by reasons far beyond their Mid-American Conference (MAC) title hopes.
They were playing for starting forward Lecretia Smith, who was attending her grandfather's funeral.
They were playing for former Rocket Ashley Barrett who is, for a second time, battling leukemia.
They were playing for senior center Yolanda Richardon's cancer-stricken father, and every other individual who has endured, or is enduring the tribulations of a similar battle.
Adorned in pink for the fifth annual "Rockets for the Cure" fundraiser to support the Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Northwest Ohio and cancer research, an impassioned Toledo squad dismantled Kent State 82-45.
A crowd of 5,712 — the fourth largest turnout in program history — was there, commemorative pink towels in hand, to share in the victory.
"We were very happy today to have such an amazing fan base show up to support a great cause, and also support our team," said UT head coach Tricia Cullop. "5,700 smiling faces in the stands certainly helped inspire our team, but also this cause inspired our team."
The team's warm-up shirts were emblazoned with a pair of hearts on which Barrett's and Richardson's father's initials were inscribed in honor of their fight against cancer. When the warm-ups came off, the Rockets (22-2, 10-1 MAC) began using the fuel provided by the cause they have championed to help them rack up their second-largest point total of the season.
Sophomore guard Stephanie Recker, who started in Smith's stead after winning the spot in practice this week, found twine first, draining a three-pointer from the wing.
"[Starting for the first time] felt amazing," said Recker, who tied Janelle Reed-Lewis for the second-most points on the team with nine. "I knew it was so going to feel awesome, but the thrill it gave me was unexplainable.
"Filling [Smith's] shoes is a big thing to do. She does a lot for the team so I knew I'd have to step it up."
Back-to-back lay-ins from fellow sophomore Inma Zanoguera gave Toledo a 7-0 lead and forced a Kent State timeout 1:23 seconds into the game. She finished tied with reserve Ana Capotosto and Golden Flashes (3-21, 1-10) guard Tamzin Barroilhet for a game-high 10 points.
Barroilhet (team-high 10.1 ppg) banked in a bucket on the ensuing inbounds pass, to which the Rockets responded with 21-straight points, taking a commanding 28-2 advantage with 11 minutes until the break.
Cullop slowly pulled her starters, but the reserves held steady, taking UT into the locker room with a 45-19 lead.
The disparity ballooned to a game-high 45 just before the six minute mark of the second half when Rockets freshman guard Michele Hayes was fouled while hitting a runner in the lane and made good on an old-fashioned three-point play.
As the game wound down, Cullop again turned to Hayes and her other bench players to close out the stanza. In a true team effort, every UT player who entered the game lit up the scoreboard.
"You usually see a lot of teams who have one or two players who score in the 20s every game, but a lot of times with our team we have four or five people with around the same amount of points." Recker said. "We're all unselfish and we are share the basketball, so it's really cool to get everyone involved."
Toledo shot 54 percent (33-of-61) from the field, including 44 percent (8-of-18) from beyond the arc. The Rockets held Kent State to 37 percent (17-of-46) shooting, forcing 23 turnovers.
The only blemish on an otherwise spotless day for UT was the 19 turnovers caused by the Golden Flashes.
"There were things in this game we could have done a lot better. We had too many turnovers today," Cullop said. "The one thing that I really like is everyone that came in scored and everyone did something really positive and that's what you want to see out of your team."
With their cross-division match-ups now behind them, Toledo has three MAC West showdowns remaining before the conference tournament March 9. Next up for the division-leading Rockets is a clash with Northern Illinois (7-17, 2-9), whom the Rockets squeaked out a 44-42 win against Jan. 26 in DeKalb.
"Everyday the motivation for myself and for our staff is to give everything we can to prepare this team for what we want most and that's [the NCAA Tournament]," Cullop said. "More than the teams we play, we want to get better so we can reach that goal. It's not going to be easy, there are a lot of MAC schools saying the same thing right now."
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Candidates for sheriff face off for final time at forum
With just 25 days before Election Day, Chief Deputy Dennis Carpenter and Cmdr. Geoff Dean met one last time Thursday night in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
In their last scheduled forum together the two men who are trying to become Ventura County's next sheriff did their best to make an impression on voters and to distinguish themselves from each other. They also expressed relief that after nine forums in six months, they're finally finished and can focus on the closing days of the campaign.
"Hallelujah," said Dean, a sentiment quickly echoed by Carpenter.
But this last face-off doesn't mark the end of the hard campaign.
Up until now the race between the two veteran lawmen has largely been about personality and style rather than issues. On Thursday night, Dean, 53, tried to highlight his executive-level experience: 6 1/2 years as a chief deputy handling three of the four main commands and his ability to lead.
"My drive and leadership ability is one of my finest qualities," Dean said in response to a question about what set him apart from his opponent. "I have a long history of leading people to success and inspiring them. Let's face it, we're in the people business. People serving people and the ability to lead and motivate is critical."
Carpenter, 56, pushed the notion that he has the experience needed with more than a year as chief deputy working directly on the current budget problems. He said he is known for developing talent and managing teams, a skill he learned as a sergeant and has continued with since then. When he was asked about what he would do to improve communication with front line deputies, Carpenter said that he'd keep meeting directly with deputies to hear them out.
"I'd continue to do exactly what I've been doing (since becoming chief deputy in charge of patrol). I'd ride along with deputies. Provide them with an opportunity to ask me whatever they want," he said.
And perhaps alluding to Dean's demotion by the current sheriff, Carpenter said he has an "unblemished" 35-year record of law enforcement in the county.
Both men were in home territory, having spent much of their careers in the east county. Carpenter, in fact, spent four years as chief of police for the city of Thousand Oaks.
The forum, moderated by California Lutheran University political science professor Herb Gooch, attracted more than 100 people and was broadcast live by the local public access television.
The two men have gone head to head enough to be able to recite each other's opening statements, and on many issues they are closely aligned.
Gooch tried to coax out differences between the two men on several policy issues, including their stance on whether to cut back the hours or close the East County Jail to save an estimated $1 million.
Carpenter as a chief deputy over the last year has been intimately involved in cutting $11 million from the department budget and said future cuts may be needed.
"We should consider closing (the jail)," he said.
But he offered that it may be possible to save money by simply changing the hours of operation to the busiest times of the day. He said the jail could also be operated more effectively by having both a male and female deputy. That way female suspects wouldn't have to be transported to the main jail in Ventura, he said. Carpenter said there is one other possibility now available not just to keep the facility open but to draw in new revenue. The county is currently negotiating with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house individuals awaiting deportation or deportation hearings at the jail.
Dean said closing the jail should be at the bottom of the list of cuts.
"This gets thrown out annually," Dean said. "I can't promise it won't happen, but it's at the bottom of my list."
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Pluralism and Diversity
May 5 & 6, 2009
Visiting Keynote - Samuel Scheffler, New York University
"The Good of Toleration"
Faculty Keynote - Will Kymlicka, Queen's University
Deadline for submissions: March 16, 2009.
Submissions are invited from graduate students on the theme of Pluralism and Diversity which may be broadly interpreted to include questions in social and political, ethical and meta-ethical thought.
Submissions should include two documents: (1) a paper no longer than 4000 words, which includes an abstract of 250 words maximum and contains no self-identifying information; (2) a cover sheet that includes the (i) the title of the paper, (ii) the author's name, institutional affiliation, and contact information (email, phone number, address) and (iii) the word count.
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(a) Is skilled, or has knowledge, in the profession of boxing;
(b) Is of good moral character;
(c) Is physically fit and mentally sound;
(d) Will conduct his business in the best interest and welfare of the public, preserving the safety and health of participants and the best interests of professional boxing generally;
(e) Will adhere to and comply with all the rules and regulations of the commission pertaining to such license.
In the case of a corporate applicant, these factors shall pertain to its officers, directors, principal stockholders and employees.
Every license and licensee shall be subject to such rules and regulations, and amendments thereof, as the commission may prescribe.
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The Purchasing Division provides professional purchasing for all supplies and services necessary for the efficient operation of City departments. Our focus is to promote a climate that fosters good business relationships between our suppliers and the City.
Purchases are made under the authority granted in the City Charter. Competitive bids are solicited and not subject to negotiations. Awards are made to the lowest and best regular responsible bidder meeting specifications and on the basis of the lowest ultimate cost to the City.
Local Business
The City promotes securing goods and services from local businesses. Local businesses are an important part of a competitive bid process. The City takes steps to maximize the use of local business enterprises in purchasing and contracting activities by providing information about the City's procurement process and procedures.
Bid Opportunities
- Bids are advertised in The (Stockton) Record.
- Bids are posted to the City's Bid Flash web page, and you may subscribe to receive emails of all bids as they are posted.
Stockton Municipal Code 3.68 Bidding, Contract and Purchasing Procedures (see External Links below)
For all instances where vendor personnel enter City property to repair, install, service, construct, consult, etc., the City requires a certificate of insurance verifying coverage. Whenever insurance is required on a purchase order, the vendor will be supplied with complete requirements for coverage.
For additional information about City of Stockton insurance requirements, please view the Risk Services web page or contact Risk Services.
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All purchases charged to the City of Stockton require a purchase order. If an individual calls you and attempts to place an order without a City purchase order number, you are cautioned to request an authorized purchase order number and obtain the name and department of the individual. The purchase order number is vital to doing business with the City. A purchase order ensures that you will be paid.
There may be times during an emergency when an order must be placed after hours or on weekends, during times when the Purchasing Division is closed. At such times, during a true emergency, purchases without purchase order numbers will be approved. Be sure to obtain the individual's name and department and request identification if the order is placed in person. Department personnel are instructed to obtain a purchase order number from the Purchasing Division the following business day. The employee who placed the order will contact you with an authorized purchase order number.
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Valley Theater Movie Showtimes
9360 SW Beaverton/Hillsdale Highway
Beaverton OR 97005 map
Prices:adult: 4.00, senior: 4.00, child: 4.00
7:00pm, 9:30pm
User reviews on Valley Theater
Bad service and cold pizza. If they hired enough people to staff the ticket counter AND the refreshment stand AND the projector room, and they turned the heat on, this has the potential to be an ok place. After several visits to a freezing theater and long lines for beer and tickets, we're done with the valley theater, unfortunately.
Get your Bimart card and use it to get 2 for 1 admission on Tuesdays. Buy your beer and pizza, and relax in a casual place. Two people can have a nice date for less than 20 dollars, just like 30 years ago. Beloved and I go frequently, and have never been disappointed.
If you like warm beer, cold popcorn with an unknown liquid squirted on it with an old style mustard/ ketchup bottle passing as butter, sticky floors, squeeky seats this is the place for you. Its a little less expensive then a modern theater, but you will get what you pay for. Spend the extra ten bucks and be comfortable.
Great movie theather.Love going here to enjoy the movies.And always Great to visit with the people who work here they are always so friendly.And the price is always right.
Our family LOVES the family matinee. It's packed on the weekends, so arrive a bit early. We enjoy all the chatter and clatter that comes from little ones and have found the staff, management and others to be extremely tolerant and welcoming, (although I do wish they would ask parents of crying babies to exit to the lobby.) Thank you Valley Theater!
Parking is easy, and the price is right!
Great theater for cheap movies later in the evening at which you can get a beer and a popcorn. Never usually too busy and most films come through here for a week or two before going to DVD. People who like old campy-looking candy ads that play before the movie will be pleased. Now that a matinee at the regular theater is up to $7, I see a lot more movies here.
This review is not for the overall theater but for the family matinee. If your children are young and unable to sit still for 2 hours or talk once in a while, this is NOT the matinee for you. Unlike other family matinees I\'ve been to, there is not much tolerance for children. I suggest finding another theater, or waiting a few weeks and renting the movie.


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Class meetings: Monday and Wednesday 2-3:15pm in Hanes 125.
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of theoretical statistics and measure theoretic probability at the introductory graduate level. Basic real analysis and linear algebra.
Registration: Enrollment and registration for the course is handled online.
Instructor: Andrew B. Nobel, Department of Statistics and Operations Research
Office: Hanes 308 Phone: 919-962-1352.
Hours: TBA
Course Overview:
STOR 755 is a PhD level course covering advanced
topics in statistical inference. The course is
appropriate for graduate students in Statistics,
Biostatistics and related fields of study. The
focus of the course is theoretical, emphasizing both
general results and the mathematical techniques
underlying their proof. Topics will be presented
in a detailed, mathematically rigorous fashion, and will
be as self-contained as the material allows. We
will cover asymptotic and non-asmptotic results,
with an emphasis on non-parametric problems.
Texts: There is no primary text for the course. Some of the initial material is covered in the book "Asymptotic Statistics" by Aad van der Vaart and the book. Other material will be drawn from tutorials, surveys, and research monographs.
Tentative Syllabus: The course will cover a broad range of topics, covering theoretical tools of importance and broad applicability in modern theoretical statistics. We will emphasize results whose proofs illustrate techniques of general importance. The following is a tentative list of topics: material covered will depend on available time and, to some extent, student preferences.
inequalities for sums of
independent random variables via Chernoff bound:
Hoeffding, Bennett, and Bernstein
Azuma-Hoeffding inequality and McDiarmid's Bounded
Difference inequality
The Glivenko-Cantelli theorem
Review of
expectations and variances of
random vectors
Definition and basic properties of the
general multivariate Gaussian distribution
Gaussian integration by parts, and applications
comparison theorem for Gaussian random vectors; Slepian's lemma
Review of the multivariate central limit theorem and
stochastic order symbols
The multivariate delta method and variance stabilizing transformations
Consistency and
asymptotic normality of method of moment
Uniform convergence of convex functions
Consistency and asymptotic normality of maximum
likelihood estimators and empirical quantiles
Extreme value theory for the Gaussian
Bounds on the expected maximum of sub-Gaussian
random variables
of the EM algorithm
median concentration inequality for bounded convex functions
Concentraion inequality for Lipshitz functions of Gaussian
random variables
Stein's method for normal
approximation, with some
Covering and packing numbers for pseudo-matric
Lower and upper bounds for the expected maximum of a
Gaussian process: minoration
and the Dudley integral
Vapnik-Chervonenkis theory of uniform laws of large
numbers, including shatter coefficients and
combinatorial dimension
Basics of empirical process theory
Prerequisites: Students should look over text of Casella and Berger and Chapter 2 of van der Vaart for a review of prerequisite material for the course.
Reading assignments and homework
problems will be set periodically throughout the
semester. In addition, students will be asked to read and prepare a brief written summary of a
research/survey/tutorial paper
related to the material in the
course. Subject
to the instructor's approval, the paper can be one
that is also related to the student's area of
``Concentraton Inequalities: A
Nonasymptotic Theory of Independence", by S. Boucheron, G.
Lugosi, and P. Massart (An extensive treatment of
concentration inequalities)
Other sources:
``Combinatorial Methods in Density Estimation'', by L. Devroye and G. Lugosi (Covers some elementary concentration inequalities, and VC-theory)
``Topics in Random Matrix Theory",
by Terrence Tau (Concise treatment of some basic
concentration results.)
``Multivariate Analysis",
by K.V. Mardia, J.T. Kent and J.M. Bibby.
(Graduate text on multivariate analysis)
Background reading
``Statistical Inference",
Second Edition, by G. Casella and R.L. Berger, Duxbury,
2002. (Introductory graduate level text on theoretical statistics)
``Mathematical Statistics", Second Edition, by P.J. Bickel and K.A. Doksum, Prentice Hall, 2001. (Introductory graduate level text on theoretical statistics)
Code: Students are expected to adhere to the UNC
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February 13, 2013
FILE - In this June 23, 2008 file photo, a US Airways jet takes off as an American Airlines jet is prepped for takeoff at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The merger of US Airways and American Airlines has given birth to a mega airline with more passengers than any other in the world. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
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American Airlines, US Airways to merge
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 8:07 p.m.
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline. The boards of both companies approved the merger late Wednesday, according to four people close to the situation.


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Bon taff les gars, j'attend le crash avec IMPATIENCE !
Crash Bandicoot Returns was originally to be a simple mod for Crysis. But thanks to Crytek and its graphics engine, the CryEngine 3, it finally gives us the opportunity to develop a game in itself, totally free and for PC. CBR will be a sequel and not a remake of the series.
Information on gameplay, story, HUD, characters, environments and bonuses. And in addition, 13 new images of MOD!
Posted by Lenox47 on Oct 4th, 2010
To properly put everything in its place, I want to clarify some points about Butterfly and Crash Bandicoot Return.
The project Crash is not a project created by the team, but by only part of the team, as Killer's Skill. And on Butterfly, we prefer to wait for the EC3 for several reasons :
I also specify that Killer's Skill has been developed by Merhunes and myself and nobody else. Apart from some external aid, as specified in the credits. And the leader of this project is Merhunes and not me, I want to make sure everyone understands that all the mods that we are not under the banner Anonym-Art Productions.
In terms of crash, here is the list of crew :
I have long thought stupidly adapt the 3 episodes of the series. But I finally decided to give the flavor of the day at certain levels and create additional levels based on new environments.
For the moment we have 3 levels it safe to do so. The remaining 3 others for the first Warp Room has not yet been decided. If you want to give your ideas, here's the link :
After several tries, I thought it was more appropriate to integrate the system that I developed with CyberAlien butterfly. There will be a full 3D interface.
I looked at the different characters of the series and I decided to incorporate only some of them yet. First, for reasons of scenario, but also because I do not intend to integrate boss as in other episodes. That said, nothing is fixed and we may add as many of you wish.
There will therefore :
If there are games or story that has very little importance, Crash in fact indeed gone. However, I wanted to make a full and interesting scenario. Always with humor and remaining within the spirit of previous episodes.
Anyway, the story takes place around the Warp Room. This famous piece here has a major role in the unfolding of history.
Each level of 6 levels will be filled to 100% to unlock all the bonus items.
Namely :
Beyond all things to unlock, you will receive an object from the start: A Backpack
This backpack will allow you to access your statistics, retrieve objects and carry Max the hedgehog ninja. This will help among others to open doors by roads too small for you and many other things.
Here is the concept of the backpack (images from Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped) :
Here is the end of this article. The next pictures should be those levels Wolverine and Tomb Stone. Feel free to visit this section to see your ideas come to life in this mod :
Bon taff les gars, j'attend le crash avec IMPATIENCE !
Merci pour ton soutien buncool :)
C'est vrai que c'est un projet que j'attends avec impatience. Très joli boulot, très propre et pro.
Regardant une grande! Traducteur pour la victoire ;P
Your translator is dead i think lol I don't understand your sentence...
je pense qu'il a voulu dire "Great looking ! Translator ftw" mais son traducteur à vraiment fail
sinon ce mod est vraiment superbe, bravo :)
great looking gratulations nice job
Thanks! :)
WOW! Everything looks fo awesome!
And any more chracters planned? Like N.Gin, Tiny...
Thank you! For the moment, any others characters are planned.
If you're unsure what role Coco should play, maybe she could get vehicle levels, like in Crash 3: Warped. We know the CryEngine can do that. It was really fun riding Pura down the Great Wall of China, shooting down WW2 blimps, and the boss fight with N. Gin.
What what's also important is this: You have no voice actors. You should probably have voice actors.
For now, the votes are not planned and I have some ideas to solve this problem. No immediate character is expected. Only Crash, Cortex and Coco and Max are planned. I would add character only if I add Boss, which is not expected either.
The purpose of this mod is not to repeat a complete game, only to honnor the Crash Bandicoot's license and why not add a new dimension to the game by adding new features.
However, I do not plan to level with vehicles at the moment, or animals. But I admit being tempted to do another level or two with the Pooh and Pura.
omg, i love this! I think the hud needs to be smaller though.
Yes, I'll see what I can do for the HUD. But the images are not a good example, you should see once in the game, the HUD is not as impressive as it seems.
Woah woah woah! Brings back the memories of paying the old games. New ones can never ever beat the originals!
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wow wow wow! Ramène les souvenirs de payer les anciens jeux. De nouveaux ne peuvent jamais battu les originaux!
I do not claim to be able to do better than the originals, my goal is to honor this license, nothing more. By adding new course.
I sure do think this will be the best mod ever, I will buy crysis just for this mod!
Thank you ;)
We need dingodile!!!!! Btw
for voice actors I cant really play crash bandicoot the same without those voices from the characters in the old games.
Maybe you can contact voice actors that voiced the old characters. I think they would be more than happy to say yes


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temperature range for BIB
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Gore Bike Wear does not put temperature ratings on any of their pieces as some people naturally run warmer than others. That said, I personally would wear this piece to 45 degrees, below which I would probably switch to a piece with Windstopper (like this: http://www.realcyclist.com/gore-bike-wear-oxygen-so-bib-tight-mens ).
I generally run a little colder than others, for what that is worth.
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By Michelle Mondo, Staff Writer : September 10, 2013 : Updated: September 11, 2013 6:24am
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A woman found dead floating in a backyard pool on Labor Day has been identified as Shin Y. White, 44, according to the Bexar County medical examiner's office.
A pool maintenance man found White, partially clothed, around 9:30 a.m., Sept. 2, when he went to a house in the 3900 block of Fawnridge Drive.
Police at first were told the victim may have been a woman seen by neighborhood residents two days before her body was discovered. The residents told police the woman they saw appeared to be homeless.
Why or how White died hasn't been determined. At the time, police said it may have been accidental.


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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
About a dozen hardy members of the Surfrider Grand Strand loaded truckloads of debris from the Point on Sunday in an effort to clean up after the storms that hit the Grand Strand two weeks ago.
Decks from the oceanfront homes that were torn from their moorings, some with nails still intact, littered about half a mile of beach, posing a hazard to those that swim and surf in the area.
If we dont get it cleaned up, it could be carried back out to sea and it could injure a boater or surfer, said Leland Rottler, grabbing one end of an approximately 8-foot 2 by 4 and hauling it to a waiting pickup.
One of our members was out and saw the damage, said Bruxanne Hein, who was among the organizers of the effort, as she bent to pick up palm fronds, a small palmetto, and smaller sticks and leaves, loading it into a large trash bag.
There was even a dead dolphin, she said.
On Sunday, though, there was no sign of the mammal.
A group of steps proved daunting to the saws and other tools that the cleanup crew brought with them, but the volunteers found ways to dismantle the steps and wrestled the remains into a truck bed.
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The Amazing World of Stuart
Reviewed for Third Grade, 2010
It's two books in one! Stuart's Cape introduces us to Stuart, a mischievous yet charming little boy who is bored ... and bored little boys like to have adventures. Stuart decides to make himself a cape, and sure enough, adventures ensue! His toy dinosaur, gorilla and horse all come to life(-size!), his cat One-Tooth switches places with the garbage man and at one point, Stuart finds himself flying through the clouds. In Stuart Goes to School, the story continues all the way to school, where Stuart finds himself worrying about how to get everyone in his class to like him. The Amazing World of Stuart is a thoroughly entertaining book that will have both kids and adults laughing from the first page. Sara Pennypacker's delightfully clever writing coupled with Martin Matje's wonderfully silly illustrations make for a rip-roaring read. Ridiculously funny and full of imagination and whimsy, The Amazing World of Stuart is one of those great books that's simply a pleasure to read. (Scholastic, $5.99)


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We have this very cool report from Michael Gochfeld, author with Joanna Burger of "Butterflies of New Jersey: A Guide to Their Status, Distribution, Conservation and Appreciation" (Rutgers University Press,1997):
Giant Swallowtails Appear in New Jersey
The Giant Swallowtail, a southern species of butterfly, that rarely visits New Jersey, is showing up in unprecedented numbers in many north Jersey localities in recent weeks.
Butterfly watchers from the North American Butterfly Association have been seeing Giant Swallowtails in various favorite butterflying haunts since early August, and numbers continue to increase, as new individuals arrive from the south. Several butterfly species tend to migrate northward in late summer, but some of the Giant Swallowtails may be the offspring of the few that were seen in New Jersey in 2007.
Although called �Giant�, this swallowtail is only slightly larger than the very familiar and common Tiger Swallowtail from which it can be distinguished, by its entirely yellow under surface, and the broad yellow band across the black upper wing surface.
In the south the Giant Swallowtail caterpillars feed on various types of citrus, but in New Jersey their main plant host species is the Prickly Ash, Zanthoxylum americanum (which is not an ash at all). This bush is common in northern and western New Jersey, and Giant Swallowtails have been seen laying eggs which may give rise to future generations.
These striking butterflies can turn up anywhere in the state. Several butterfly-gardeners have reported individuals in central and even southern New Jersey, where Giant Swallowtails have been photographed nectaring at butterfly bush.
The "Butterflies of New Jersey" book by Michael Gochfeld and Joanna Burger considers this a vagrant, with only one or two records per decade, although it occurred more regularly fifty years ago. It was one of the victims of widespread pesticide use in the 1950s and 60s to control mosquitoes in residential communities and gypsy moths in state forests.
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this video was actually part of a larger story that appeared in print on Sunday. Hardy varieties were identified in that story, with details concerning their origin and culture contained in a graphic. click here to read the story:
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We plant and we hope, but chances are we will have unripe tomatoes at the end of the season. Reader Pat Winecker of Flemington has kindly sent along a recipe for a green tomato relish.
Pat writes:
Here is something to do with those green tomatoes, don't throw them on the compost pile.
Sweet Green Tomato Relish
2 quarts of chopped green tomatoes
2 chopped green pepppers
2 cups of chopped onion
1 pint of vinegar
1/4 cup of salt
3 cups of sugar
1/2 mixed pickling spices tied in a bag
The tomatoes don't need to be peeled, just coarsely chopped. This recipe is from WWII and was one that my mother made every summer with the red tomato chili.
Mix all ingredients together in a large pot and bring to a boil. Turn heat down and simmer slowly for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the spice bag and pack the relish into pint or half pint jars. Process in a hot water bath** for 10 minutes. Yield about 4 pints.
**A hot water bath means putting the jars in a single level in a large flat bottom pot, cover the jars with water and bring to a boil, turn the heat down to simmer for 30 minutes. Lift the jars out of the water and allow them to cool, you'll know they sealed when each lid clicks or stays depressed in the center.
NOTE: I realize this may seem daunting to today's working woman, but it is very simple and requires no special equipment. Canning jars are available in supermarkets and the half pint jars with pretty lids make a terrific hostess gift. This relish tastes like the kind of green relish you put on hot dogs, only better!!


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Here's a look at some of the top events happening April 4-10 around the Pikes Peak region:
- Denver is rockin' all weekend at Sports Authority Field, and it's not about the Broncos. Join thousands of music fans at the three-day SnowBall Music Festival, which moves to Denver for the first time from its traditional mountain venues of Winter Park and Avon, coming to The Park at Mile High, 1701 Bryant St.. Here are a few of the names performing: Pretty Lights, GRiZ, PLM Party, Busta Rhymes, The Juan Maclean, What So Not, STRFCKR, Yeasayer and Brother Ali. Getting there: light rail, RTD buses, Uber car-pickup system, bustoshow.org from cities including Colorado Springs. Details: $50 daily, $149.50 for three days, $399.50 VIP; snowballmusic festival.com


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Many years ago, it was a given that the bride's family would take on the responsibility of paying for the wedding costs. The groom's family generally paid for the rehearsal dinner and the honeymoon, but other than that, all other costs were usually taken care of by the family of the bride.
These days, though, things are much different. Due to inflation and financial difficulties among many families, many engaged couples must pay for at least some of their own wedding costs.
For a small number of couples, this change in how wedding costs are handled hasn't been a big problem; these people may have solid jobs with significant incomes. But, for most couples, having to pay for their own wedding costs can be quite a burden.
And, no matter how much a couple tries to economize, wedding costs are certain to be rather sizeable. From the engagement ring to the wedding itself, from the reception to the honeymoon-all of these costs add up, regardless of how thrifty a couple tries to be.
Even if a couple decides to elope, deciding to skip conventional wedding-related events such as the rehearsal dinner, there are still some hefty costs involved. Just because you elope doesn't mean that there isn't a honeymoon. After all, there are still rings to be purchased-and no couple wants to buy bargain basement priced engagement and wedding rings, right?
This is where getting a loan can make great sense. Either member of the couple can get an individual personal loan for an amount that will cover the wedding costs. And, by getting a loan, the couple can afford to pay for the rising wedding costs. They can afford to have the wedding they want to have, complete with the exact decorations, food, entertainment, and honeymoon that they want. And, the couple can get the very best diamond engagement and wedding rings with which to express their love for each other.
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One of the holiest Hindu temples, the shrine of Vaishno Devi is dedicated to the Goddess Shakti. Affectionately also called as Mata Rani and Vaishno, the temple is the manifestation of the Mother Goddess. The temple is situated at an altitude of 5200 ft., a distance of approx. 12 kms from Katra.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1 (Saturday): Departure from Ahmedabad Railway station by Sarvodaya Express-2473 at 11:35 hrs.
Day 2 (Sunday): Arrive at Jammu Railway station at 14:40 hrs, pick-up by bus for Hotel in Katra. Check in at Hotel, have Dinner & overnight stay at Hotel.
Day 3 (Monday)
After breakfast proceed for Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine. Return to hotel late evening. Have dinner & overnight stay at Katra.
Day 4 (Tuesday)
After early breakfast proceed to Jammu by coach. Arrival Jammu & catch Swaraj Express-2472 at 11:15 hrs to Vadodara. Overnight train journey
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Arrival Vadodara at 11:50 hrs.
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Next up, the Warwick: Less than a mile away, four stars and under $200 a night. The three-star Time hotel, about a mile away, came in at $175. The famous Hotel Elysee was the same distance and priced at $255 and four-and-a-half stars. Last, the Kimberly Hotel, four stars and $349 per night.
The Winner
All in – location, star rating and price – the best deal for me was at 6 Columbus at $245, the price I got on Hotel Tonight.
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Keep in mind this is the deal that worked best for me in this particular scenario. Hotel Tonight did have its cons: You can't book until noon the same day while I could start shopping early in the morning on every other app. Plus, it gave me far fewer choices: nine in total. As a comparison, Booking.com had 345 to choose from. And while Hotel Tonight is great in a big city like New York, it doesn't have options in more remote locations, making it a less-than-ideal options for a road trip.
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Highlights: No. 1 Arizona men's basketball holds off UCLA
Jan 9 '14
The No. 1 Wildcats roll into Westwood and take down the Bruins 79-75 on Thursday night. Both teams had four players score in double digits, but it was Nick Johnson's game-high 22 points that lifted Arizona to the win.


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Just signed up for this last week and now hooked. So here's a topic. I've never been to America but keen to go to New York. So where should I eat - Love food not keen on formal stuff but will put on a tie and comb my hair if the food's worth it - and again as long as the food's good don't mind if it's dear..I've been saving.
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AutoCAD 3D Tutorial: How to use the Sweep Command
I hate sweeping…I have two dogs and it seems like I spend half my life sweeping up hair around the house. If only it was actually as easy as a simple command I could type in on my iphone and it would be done.
hah I can wish can't I?
Anyway, I'm not talking about that kind of sweeping today. In todays video I'm going to explain the sweep command in plain Autocads 3d workspace. The sweep command along with the revolve command are two of the most useful and easiest to learn when you are starting out in designing in AutoCAD in 3d.
In the video below I'll show you how to create your profile as well as the path to sweep it along. By the end of this simple 3:00 minute you'll be sweeping like a pro;)
Check out the video here:
Hopefully I've been able to explain the sweep command to your liking, but if you have any questions at all please just ask in the comments below. Or just say Hi, I'm lonely.
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