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Hot Dogs
Yes, really. Though you'll receive no shortage of excellent restaurant recommendations from locals (Dill, Grillid, etc.), one of the best meals you'll eat on your trip will also be the simplest: a hot dog. Specifically, the hot dog from Baejarins Beztu Pylsur, a kiosk down near the waterfront. Ask for it "with everything" and the dog (a heady blend of beef, pork, and lamb stuffed in a casing so snappy it actually pops when you bite into it) will come dressed in sweet Icelandic brown mustard, ketchup, and tangy rémoulade, all sandwiched into a bun flecked with both raw and crunchy deep-fried onions. Eat it standing up, and later grab a pack of Baejarins' frozen pylsurs-to-go at one of the duty-free shops in the Keflavik Airport. Just make sure the cashier gives you a veterinary certificate so U.S. Customs doesn't confiscate your hot dogs upon re-entry. That would be devastating.


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video: the promise ring – rumor has it [adele cover] (2012)
hey lookit – the promise ring are back! and wouldn't you know it, they're covering adele's percussive smash "rumor has it" for a.v. club's undercover, and surprisingly staying very faithful to the original, if adele could scream her guts out that is. watch the performance above.
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Romney Flips Back On His Flop
October 26, 2011
Well, that didn't take long. One day after being ridiculed for showing up at a phone bank in Ohio that was making calls on behalf of upholding Ohio's Senate Bill 5, the new law aimed at public employee unions, but refusing to actually endorse the law (as he did back in June), Mitt Romney has flipped back again. On a visit to Virginia today, he declared that he was "110 percent" for the Ohio ballot issue to uphold the law. "I fully support Gov. Kasich's Question 2 in Ohio," Romney said. "I'm sorry if I created any confusion there." No, no confusion at all.


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Sephora Until Dawn Collection Holiday 2010
Sephora has some fairly inexpensive gift sets in their new Holiday Collection, Until Dawn, that could prove interesting. I already reviewed the eyeliner set they have which did indeed turn out pretty great so I'm intrigued by the other sets they have available.
Let's take a look!
A set of five mini eyeshadows from Sephora's Mono Line Eye Shadows.
Includes Shades:
- Sweet Candy
- Midnight Kiss
- Engagement Ring
- Made in Manhattan
- Swimming Pool
A set of seven waterproof eye pencils.
Includes Shades:
- Deep Black
- Flashy Grey
- Flashy Indigo
- Flashy Violet
- Flashy Ultra Green
- Flashy Brown
- Flashy Ultra Brown
A collection of six mini lip glosses in a range of shimmery colors.
Includes Shades:
- Frosty White
- Pin-Up Pink
- Gorgeous Red
- Purple Red
- Cute Pink
- Golden Beige
A set of five creamy eyeshadows with diamond dust to make eyes shimmer for the holidays!
Shades Included:
- Butter Cream
- Taupe
- Violet
- Teal
- Silver
So far the liner collection has proved very good. I also picked up the cream eyeshadow set which I'll review for you shortly. After a very brief swatch and a play, things are looking promising on this set as well.
Sets are $20 each but with the Friends and Family Event ongoing you can get them for $16. Not too bad a price in my opinion.
All are available exclusively at Sephora.
10/28/10 14:58 Misato-san:
I'll look forward to more reviews from you because those sets are really not expensive at all ^^
10/28/10 16:11 Josie:
Can't wait to see the cream shadow review! Those look really nice!
10/28/10 16:26 Fembot:
I wish Sephora would stop trying to hawk their own line of makeup and just stick to offering us more luxury brands in store. The only piece from their line I've ever thought was worth the more-than-drugstore–but-cheaper-than-counter price is a lipgloss.
10/29/10 18:11 Tinkerchelle:
Hey Muse!
How ya been? I totally agree with the positive reviews on those lines. Got the set that came out last season and loved them! In fact, a couple of them are nearly gone. Looks like it's time to re-up!


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Football Arizona: Gridiron Roundup: Presented By A & D Autobody: 7 on 7 passing league rules (click here)
Coach Mo Football Rules 7 on 7 spring ball
Each team will have 7 players on the field at all times. There will be a center, which will be one of the three offensive players on the line of scrimmage.
|If the offensive team fails to gain a first down, possession of the ball changes and the opposition starts its drive from its 10-yard line.
|All possession changes, except interceptions, start on the offense's 10-yard line.
|Teams change sides after each 20 minute half, which includes 5 minutes of halftime
|Players/Game Schedules
|Teams must field a minimum of five (6) players at all times.
|Age Determining Date
|September 1
|Dead Balls
|The ball must be snapped between the legs, not off to one side, to start play. Coaches can agree to allow side snapping if we have a new team or if a team is in "developmental" status.
|Substitutions may be made on any dead ball.
|Play is ruled "dead" when:
— Ball carrier's flag is pulled.
— Ball carrier steps out of bounds.
— Touchdown or safety is scored.
— Ball carrier's knee hits the ground.
— Ball carrier's flag falls out.
All players who rush the passer must be a minimum of seven yards from the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped. Any number of players can rush the quarterback. Players not rushing the quarterback may defend on the line of scrimmage.If a player hits the quarterbacks arm while he is trying to pass, it will be deemed roughing. Referees are allowed to give a verbal warning.Sportsmanship/Roughing
If the field monitor or referee witnesses any acts of tackling, elbowing, cheap shots, blocking, or any unsportsmanlike act, the game will be stopped and the player will be ejected from the tournament. FOUL PLAY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.Trash talking is illegal. Officials have the right to determine offensive language. (Trash talk is talk that may be offensive to officials, opposing players, teams, or spectators.) If trash talking occurs, the referee will give one warning. If it continues, the player or players will be ejected from the game.
"Incitement" is a terrible problem at the youth level and will not be tolerated. Penalties
All penalties will be called by the referee. Coaches & parents must refrain from calling penalties. Defense:
|5 yards and automatic first down
|10 yards and automatic
first down
|Illegal contact
(holding, blocking, etc, roughing.)
|10 yards and automatic
first down
|Illegal flag pull
(before receiver has ball)
|10 yards and automatic
first down
|Illegal rushing
(starting rush from inside 7-yard marker)
|10 yards and automatic
first down
|Illegal motion
(more than one person moving, false start, etc.)
|5 yards and loss of down
|Illegal forward pass
(pass received behind line of scrimmage)
|5 yards and loss of down
|Offensive pass interference
(illegal pick play, pushing off/away defender)
|10 yards and loss of down
|Flag guarding
|10 yards (from line of scrimmage) and loss of down
|Delay of game
|Clock stops, 10 yards and loss
of down
|Referees determine incidental contact that may result from normal run of play. All penalties will be assessed from the line of scrimmage.
|Only the team captain & a designated coach may ask the referee questions about rule clarification and interpretations. Players cannot question judgment calls.
|Games cannot end on a defensive penalty, unless the offense declines it.
Cleats are allowed, except for metal spikes. Inspections must be made. All players should wear a protective mouthpiece. Sagging or exposed undergarments will not be tolerated and are grounds for dismissal.Note: There are no kickoffs, and no blocking is allowed.
|A tiebreaker will occur, with a flip of a coin to determine possession. After a 2-minute break, the teams will each have 4 plays to score from the 20-yard line, until the tie is broken. There is no defensive scoring in overtime.


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Including, but not limited to;
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rufferson on desura forums wrote:A huge thanks for the release, it's a real milestone, right in time when linux gaming is not a geeky thnkg anymore, but becoming a mainstream.
One Q though - is there any particular reason to link agains lcms 1? Original binary was using only lcms2 while desura's version is also linked with v1:
[ruff@mo release]$ ldd SalvationProphecy | grep lcms
liblcms2.so.2 => ./lib/liblcms2.so.2 (0xf564e000)
[ruff@mo release]$ cd ~/desura/common/salvation-prophecy/build/release/
[ruff@mo release]$ ldd SalvationProphecy | grep lcms
liblcms.so.1 => not found
liblcms2.so.2 => ./lib/liblcms2.so.2 (0xf567a000)
[ruff@mo release]$
I see this in the ldd output on my machine:
build/release$ ldd SalvationProphecy | grep lcms
liblcms.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/liblcms.so.1 (0xb5728000)
liblcms2.so.2 => ./lib/liblcms2.so.2 (0xb5678000)
Interestingly, I see some standard libs (such as libfreeimage) also pointing to both:
build/release/lib$ ldd libfreeimage-3.15.1.so | grep liblcms
liblcms.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/liblcms.so.1 (0xb703f000)
liblcms2.so.2 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2 (0xb6f8f000)
My executable (SalvationProphecy) is not explicitly linking against liblcms.so.1. So it looks like an inherited dependency.
Here's what I think is going on. During testing, as users report missing libs on their particular distro, I have added them into the installer. So for example, if a tester emailed me and said the game wouldn't run because libjpeg is missing on Debian, I would include libjpeg in the next release. Most likely, one of these recently added libs had the extra dependency of liblcms.so.1.
I'll have to think about how best to handle this. Most people don't seem to encounter this as a problem, likely because their systems include liblcms by default. I suppose the easiest solution is just to include both liblcms and liblcms2. But maybe there's a better solution.
Is this preventing you from playing the game? If so, what distro and architecture(32/64)?


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Hein Verbruggen angrily denies saying there is no evidence against Lance Armstrong
But former UCI president stops short of acknowledging that disgraced rider did dope
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Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen has issued a statement in which he angrily refutes claims that he believes there is no evidence against Lance Armstrong. However, the Dutchman stops well short of saying that he believes that the United States Anti Doping Agency has established that the disgraced cyclist is guilty of the charges made against him.
An article published in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf this morning stated that the 71-year-old had said that Armstrong had never tested positive, "not even by USADA," and that "there is therefore no trace of evidence."
In a statement issued this morning through the UCI, Verbruggen said: "I vehemently protest against the article in De Telegraaf of Thursday morning by Raymond Kerckhoffs and Hans Ruggenberg. That article wrongly suggests that I would have stated that notwithstanding the USADA file there is no evidence against Lance Armstrong. I made no statement at all on this subject. The heading above the article ['Geen bewijs tegen Armstrong' – 'No evidence against Armstrong'] is absolutely wrong and misleading.
"While giving the impression that it is about a complete interview I simply sent some sms [text messages] to these two gentlemen giving a reaction on Ms Lemond's statement that a sum of money had been paid in order to cover up a positive test of Lance Armstrong."
It was reported earlier this week that Greg LeMond's wife Kathy had claimed in a 2006 deposition in the SCA Promotions case that Armstrong's then sponsor Nike had paid Verbruggen $500,000 relating to the cover-up of a doping control that Armstrong had failed in 1999. Nike, which terminated its sponsorship of Armstrong yesterday, denies the allegation.
"My reaction was strictly limited to the fact that Lance Armstrong was never found positive by the anti-doping laboratories, that there was no positive test and that there was nothing to be covered up," continued Verbruggen.
"I completely distance myself from the article in De Telegraaf and in any other medium that would use it."
USADA's Reasoned Decision in the Armstrong case does however outline a positive test for a banned corticosteroid during the 1999 Tour de France that the agency says he was able to head off by producing a backdated and wholly bogus prescription for a saddle sore cream said to contain the substance.
That prescription was signed by US Postal Service team doctor Luis Garcia Del Moral, banned for life earlier this year by USADA after he chose not to contest its charges.
USADA's dossier also includes testimony from Tyler Hamilton and Floyd Landis, as well as from a doctor working at a drug-testing laboratory in Lausanne, regarding a "suspect" test by Armstrong for EPO during the 2001 Tour de Suisse, one that would be considered a positive test under current rules.
It is claimed that Bruyneel and Armstrong visited the UCI to persuade it to take the investigation of the sample no further, coinciding with the cyclist promising to make a $100,000 donation to the UCI, which he eventually paid in 2005.
Earlier this week, blood doping expert Dr Michael Ashenden, who helped devise and run the UCI's biological passport until April this year, said that it would be "sinister" if the governing body had accepted Armstrong's payment while suspecting him of having doped.
"For the honorary president of the UCI to say he [Armstrong] hadn't doped, in the face of everything, I really have to question what his motives were to say that. I find that absolutely flabbergasting," Dr Ashenden told BBC Radio 5 Live on Monday.
Even if the UCI were to be given the benefit of the doubt that they had no such suspicions in 2002 when the offer of that donation were made, in 2005 when they reminded him that he hadn't paid there were enough widespread and detailed allegations in circulation to suggest that taking his money might not be the wisest option.
Current UCI president Pat McQuaid has since said that it would think carefully about ever accepting another donation from a rider.
Today's statement stops well short of Verbruggen, who remains honorary life president of the UCI, saying he accepts that Armstrong is guilty of the charges that have led to USADA imposing a life ban on him and stripping the Texan of results including his seven Tour de France victories.
Last year, reacting to Tyler Hamilton's claim that the UCI had conspired with Armstrong to cover up that 2001 test in the Tour de Suisse, Verbruggen said: "There is nothing. Lance Armstrong has never used doping. Never, never, never. I say this not because I am a friend of his, because that is not true. I say it because I'm sure."
However, in a book presented to Verbruggen when his tenure as president of the UCI ended in 2005, the cyclist described him as "a great friend," signing off by saying, "thanks for everything."
De Telegraaf published Hein's SMS to their reporter:
"Enige wat ik kan zeggen is dat er heel, heel veel verhalen en verdachtmakingen zijn, maar geen spoor van BEWIJS. Is er ook niet. LA werd nooit positief bevonden; ook niet door USADA. En wie de kontroleprocedures kent weet ook dat er niks te regelen valt, enz enz. Maar ik ben het "moe"stadium al beetje voorbij. Mooie nacht! Hein"
Which translates to:
All I can say is that there are lots of stories and accusations, but not a trace of PROOF. And it doesn't exist. LA was never found positive; not by USADA either. And if you know the control-procedures you know there's nothing that can be fixed, etc etc. But this is already beyond the "tired" stage for me. Good night! Hein
(BEWIJS can translate as proof or evidence. He means there's no evidence at all in the first sentence, and with the 2nd, means that there will never be proof - seemingly because he thinks only doping control tests can constitute proof).
posted by Paul J [764 posts]
18th October 2012 - 12:28
posted by Clenbutador [15 posts]
18th October 2012 - 13:19
Can't wait for the day, or night, Hein and Pat say, 'It's goodnight from him, and goodnight from me'.
posted by antonio [1093 posts]
18th October 2012 - 17:47
So Hein has clarified his SMS:
"A clarification is required to the story published in De Telegraaf on the 18th of October. I texted Hans Ruggenberg. The texts I sent concerned only the alleged corruption that Nike now also formally denied. My position is that there has never been evidence of a positive laboratory test of LA and so there could have been nothing to pay off. The lesson for me in this is that short texts are not an ideal way to clearly make a point, the text was interpreted differently than I had intended."
So he says he was responding to the allegations that Nike paid $500,000 to shut down the '01 EPO positive in Tour de Suisse. Of course, if the allegations are true then there was no positive *because* of the money. However, we do know the head of the lab has described the result as "suspicious" - not a definitive positive.
Further, Hein is wrong generally that LA never tested positive. Lance has done so on at least 7 occasions. He tested positive for corticosteroids in 1 sample, and positive for EPO in 6 samples, from the '99 Tour de France. The UCI just never sanctioned Lance for it.
posted by Paul J [764 posts]
18th October 2012 - 21:37
As previously stated ... UCI == CrockOfShite ... a dangerous, deluded and incompetent CrockOfShite
To slo to live, to slo to die! ::-}
posted by OldnSlo [130 posts]
18th October 2012 - 22:50
Ditto Antonio's comment. It's high time Pat stepped down and a new era of cycling authority emerged from these pitiful ashes. Absolutely, 100% not interested in any statement the UCI cares to release. Everything they stand for has been undermined via the USADA findings.
posted by Alb [112 posts]
18th October 2012 - 23:06
I think Verbruggen should keep his head in the sand and keel over. The UCI remain unforthcoming with the truth. If they were not complicit in the whole affair they were certainly ineffective for over 15 years. Let's get rid of these stawlwarts..Le Mond for president They seem to be dragging there asses, as usual, in ratifying the USADA report. Hoping to see if this mess will die down. But there is no sign of this abating with the Italians getting on board over the Ferrari affair.
Brink back Henry the V111 I say.'Off with their heads!'
posted by Seoige [104 posts]
19th October 2012 - 5:15
As previously stated ... UCI == CrockOfShite ... a dangerous, deluded and incompetent CrockOfShite
You forgot "Corrupt beyond belief".
posted by The Rumpo Kid [590 posts]
19th October 2012 - 14:19
The only way to save professional cycling is to completely dismantle the UCI and any other organization associated with the last 15 years of cycling. Their total lack of credibility and honesty does irreparable harm and de-legitimizes the sport.Time to start over.
Michael R. Smith
posted by American tifosi [37 posts]
19th October 2012 - 19:58


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65 Years of the United Nations and Finally an Agency Focused on Women's Rights
After 65 years of advocating to ensure "the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family," the United Nations has finally given in to the pressure of advocacy groups and established an agency devoted to equal rights and protection for women across the globe.
The agency is called UN Women.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said "UN Women will significantly boost UN efforts to promote gender equality, expand opportunity, and tackle discrimination around the globe."
In its effort to reduce global poverty, the U.N. has four existing funds or programs focused on women's issues, but the results have been unsatisfactory, reports The Nation: "Around the world and inside the UN, women were often sidelined. Globally, countries signed agreements protecting and benefiting women but did not implement or enforce them."
In 2000, the United Nation adopted the Millennium Development Goals. Among the goals are: halving extreme poverty, dramatically reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS, providing education opportunities, and promoting gender equality. The target date for the Millenium Development Goals is 2015.
In June 2010, the U.N. reported advancements in reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Malaria rates have declined, major advancements have been made in getting children into schools, and HIV/AIDS education and treatment have dramatically increased.
However, according to The Nation, the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals scorecard shows "major indicators specifically on women and girls lagging behind targets in other areas, such as poverty reduction."
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been in his position since 2007 and says, "I have made gender equality and the empowerment of women one of my top priorities—from working to end the scourge of violence against women, to appointing more women to senior positions, to efforts to reduce maternal mortality rates."
With the establishment of this new agency, and the efforts of advocacy groups such as CARE and Women for Women International—as well as Ban Ki-moon's dedication—equal rights and protection for women is closer than ever.


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wow. depressing
Replace "they" with "we", that is the reality for many human beings on earth right now
For those who thumbed down: It's hardly unscientific to claim that we're having a severe and unecessary negative impact on the environment. Dead zones in the ocean should be nuff said.
woah, extreme. bro.
Well...if they can't farm drink or breathe, then I think we're off the hook for an explanation.
"To what, accursed lust for gold, dost thou
Not drive the hearts of men?"
--Virgil, The Aeneid
A sorry record
When I was a child, I spent several years telling anyone who'd listen that I was an alien from a distant galaxy. Why? Because, after learning too much of the collective behavior of the human species, I wanted nothing to do with it.
Here is our idea of a modern economy: We wrest vital natural resources from our sustaining ecosystem, wreaking unspeakable destruction upon the place from which we take them and anyone or anything that lives there; we force those born in the wrong place or the wrong economic class to convert them to indestructible garbage; and finally, we "throw away" the garbage precisely as if there were an "away." Then we move on to a new, unspoiled place, and do it all over again.
Yes, if I die tomorrow, I will be ashamed of the way I have left this country. That's why I fight for change.
Yeah! Take that, somebody!


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Candidate: Arash Baratloo
Advisor: Zvi Kedem
Metacomputing on Commodity Computers
10 a.m., Tuesday, January 26, 1999
7th floor conference room, 715 Broadway
The advantages of using a set of networked commodity computers for parallel processing is well understood: such computers are cheap, widely available, and mostly underutilized. So why has the use of such environments for compute-intensive applications not proliferated? A major reason is that the inherent complexities of programming applications and coordinating their execution on networked computers outweighs the advantages.
In networked environments populated with multiuser commodity computers, both the computing speed and the number of available computers for executing parallel programs may change frequently and unpredictably. As a consequence, programs need to continuously adapt their execution to the changing environment. The execution of an application must therefore address such issues as dynamic changes in effective machine speeds, dynamic changes in the number of available machines, and sudden network and machine failures. It is not feasible for an application programmer to write programs that adapt to the behavior of a system whose critical aspects cannot be anticipated.
I will present a unified set of techniques to implement a virtual reliable parallel-processing platform on a set of unreliable computers with temporally varying execution speeds. These techniques are specifically designed for automatically adapting the execution of parallel programs to distributed environments. I will explain these techniques in the context of two software systems, Calypso and ResourceBroker, that have been built to validate them.
Calypso gives a programmer a simple tool to build and effectively
execute parallel programs on a set of commodity computers. The
notable properties of Calypso are: (1) a simple, intuitive programming
model based on a virtual machine interface; (2) separation of logical
and physical parallelism, allowing the source code to codify the
algorithm rather than the execution environment; and (3) a runtime
system that efficiently adapts the execution of the program to the
dynamic nature of the runtime environment. ResourceBroker is a
resource manager that demonstrates a novel technique to dynamically
manage the assignment of computers to parallel programs.
ResourceBroker can work with a variety of parallel systems, even
transparently managing those that are not aware of its existence, such
as PVM and MPI, and will distribute available resources fairly among
multiple computations. As a result, a mix of parallel programs,
written using diverse programming systems can effectively execute
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I did a trip in the Sierras last Summer and did a lot of fly fishing. I used a MSR Blacklite pan to fry the trout that I ate. I have been thinking that it might make more sense to poach the trout I catch. Of course there are the options of roasting them on a stick or skewer, or of wrapping them in foil and placing them over coals if open fires are allowed.I am a bit of a weight weenie so the fry pan rubs me the wrong way a bit, but it still isn't too hard to keep base weight around 10 pounds of so even with it and a few other splurge items.So what method do you prefer and what gear do you use to accomplish it?
Usually when we are fishing in a wilderness area we are are able to cook fish over a small cooking fire as there are existing fire pits. We put the fish in a small bit of foil which makes cleanup a bit easier or we grill it on a stick. You could poach easily in a Ziploc bag.
"You could poach easily in a Ziploc bag."I wonder how well the following would work:1. Boil some water.2. Place trout in ziploc3. Add some butter, herbs, salt, pepper, and maybe white wine if any of that is available4. Add boiling water to ziploc5. Place ziploc in an insulated cozy or wrap in some clothing6. Wait for trout to cook while preparing some veggies and maybe a starch7. Dinner is served!Anyone done this or some variation?
In my experience you have to boil the fish for more than 5 minutes to cook them thoroughly, so I doubt that just putting them in a Ziploc with boiling water would cook them all the way. Poaching works just fine, but I don't think the fish tastes as good as when you fry them in a pan or cook them over the coals.
"I don't think the fish tastes as good as when you fry them in a pan or cook them over the coals"+1 seems like a waste of a good fish to poach it
Shioyaki Style I used to sprinkle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper, wrap them in foil, and place them on the coals. Tastes great this way, but I prefer not to have to pack out the fishy foil for recycling.If I can't make fire, then I'll bring along thai rice noodle soup and poach bits of the fish in the hot broth.
I agree that frying or the foil method produces a tastier fish. Foil maybe a bit better for keeping the fish moist inside but as Ike says it's a mess to pack out the fishy foil. And a bear attractant too, probably. Jetboil with fry pan is my preferred method.
Boiling is the easiest way.
A number of people have mentioned that fried trout taste better than poached trout. There's a reason for that: Flavor is spelled F-A-T. Fats and oil pick up, enhance, and increase flavor. That's why potato chips (which are fried) taste better than boiled potatoes (unless you put butter on them).To make up for the lack of oil in poached trout, I make a powdered bullion mixed with garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and other tasty powders for my poaching liquid. It helps, but it's still not as good as fried!
"I used to sprinkle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper, wrap them in foil, and place them on the coals. Tastes great this way, but I prefer not to have to pack out the fishy foil for recycling.If I can't make fire, then I'll bring along thai rice noodle soup and poach bits of the fish in the hot broth."+1 By far the 2 best ways, IMO.
"A number of people have mentioned that fried trout taste better than poached trout. There's a reason for that: Flavor is spelled F-A-T. Fats and oil pick up, enhance, and increase flavor. That's why potato chips (which are fried) taste better than boiled potatoes (unless you put butter on them)."Frying will also disperse volatile flavoring compounds into the air, where they will disperse on the breeze and bring every bear within a couple miles, if not more, to investigate. They will also adhere to your clothing. It is asking for trouble in bear country. Best option is to not fish in bear country. 2nd best is to use a less odorous method, like poaching or baking in foil and then burning the foil and its contents to an odorless crisp. IMO.
Not to diss anybody, but in Colorado, high elevation lake ecosystems are a tough place to grow up and live.I've seen 16 - 18" trout that look like footballs in the fall and needle fish in the spring.Harvesting fish makes more sense in warm water fisheries. My exception would be brook trout which overpopulate steams and lakes. Just an opinion
Policy statement for California Trout on planting of high elevation lakes in California. Introduction:California Trout places great emphasis on using objective science to determine policy. Many of our native trout are already listed as threatened, endangered, or species of concern. Now we have a new concern, amphibians are facing a global decline. We face a dilemma over trout policy in the Sierra Nevada, and especially the high country above treeline. Over the years, starting with private activity, but mainly through the efforts of the California Department of Fish and Game, a recreational fishery was created in the lakes and streams. Both native and non-native trout have been planted, and non-native trout have been planted above native fisheries. This has resulted in downstream incursion to the detriment of native trout. Lakes have also been planted over and over even though the existing fish are reproducing. This has stunted the fish populations in these lakes; if left alone, it has been argued that some could become trophy trout lakes.A more immediate problem is that introduced trout prey on Mountain Yellow-legged frogs. They prey on the tadpoles in high elevation lakes so efficiently that they can't co-exist. The result is a conflict because the frogs have declined to a point where they may be threatened with extinction.To be sure the overall causes of frog decline are complex, and pesticides blown into the mountains as well as emergent diseases contribute to the decline of the frogs. Researchers have noted several factors that could be affecting these populations, including 1) Chytridiomycosis fungal infections, 2) Contaminants such as pesticides and acid rain, 3) Exotic species introductions such as trout and bull frogs, 4) Forest management practices, and 5) Ultra violet radiation. A substantial body of research seems to show that trout and frogs cannot co-exist in the high country lakes where the frogs are native and trout are not. The dilemma is what to do: keep the recreational fishery or reduce it or eliminate it altogether to save the frogs?More than 70% of the lakes having trout have reproducing populations that are or would become essentially wild fish if trout stocking were halted. Backpack or horsepack trips into the high country to fish, especially to fish for wild California Golden trout, is a long standing tradition for many Californians. It is one millions of people would find truly difficult to give up.On the other hand, maintaining bio-diversity within our wild lands is a constant struggle. Aldo Leopold once pointed out that a good tinkerer always saves all the parts, lest one be needed later. In the same way, while we've tinkered by planting trout, it would be a bad idea to let the frogs die out. The consequences are hard to predict and may be adverse to other species.The historic range of the frogs includes meadow and stream habitat. The ecology of the Mountain Yellow-legged frog life history is not complete for mid-elevation sites, and the research on frogs in the high lakes is continuing. There is also much to be learned about the interaction of toxic contamination and disease on the fertility and immunity of the frogs. Scientists don't have all the answers so far.It is encouraging that scientists have found lakes and streams that still have frogs. Many of these are isolated, however, and it appears necessary to remove trout from at least a few lakes in order to create habitat for viable populations that can withstand sudden adverse environmental events. Yet some proposals have suggested 20 to 30% of the lakes with trout should be gill netted to remove trout.CalTrout feels that this is premature. Further study of habitat at low- to mid-elevations of the range of the Mountain Yellow-legged frog is prudent to determine which habitat type is best for recovery sites. The California Department of Fish and Game has recently announced a new policy intended to benefit the frogs by reducing the scope and frequency of trout planting in the Sierra Nevada. And the effects of diseases such as Chytridiomycosis fungal infections, which is present in the Sierra Nevada and has damaged or even eliminated populations of mountain dwelling frogs worldwide, needs to be assessed. It would make little sense to remove trout only to find the frogs perish anyway due to natural causes such as an epidemic disease. Policy:Accordingly, CalTrout announces the following policy with regard to planting trout and removal of existing trout in the Sierra Nevada to help frogs: 1. Do not plant lakes that have self-sustaining fisheries.2. Do not plant non-native fish above populations of native trout or other native fish species.3. Set a target of not more than 10% of lakes having planted trout to be eradicated over the next 10-year period.4. Make use of lakes already barren of trout for reintroduction of amphibians to the maximum extent feasible5. Select for removal only lakes bearing species exotic to California such as Brook or Brown to the maximum extent feasible.6. Select for removal only lakes without reproducing trout to the maximum extent feasible.7. Select headwater lakes or isolated water bodies near known populations of amphibians until all habitat types have been tried to determine what is best for recovery of frogs.8. Select only lakes without a history of high angler use or of producing trophy fish (16" or better for the High Sierra), and with low trout productivity to the maximum extent feasible. SUMMARYThis policy will allow scientists to fill in the gaps in the knowledge of the life history and habitat of the frogs and the way fish and frogs interact. After the fish are removed from a few lakes they can serve as "Living Laboratories," for re-introductions of amphibians or other native species where historically they may have existed. We need to allow good science to proceed until there are facts to support the assumptions that are being made in the field. We realize that this policy that allows some trout removals will not be acceptable to all of our members. Yet it is a logical and scientific solution to the dilemma. We encourage all members to get involved with the state and federal agencies working on this to help them determine which lakes are important to you and which ones are best suited to removal. A healthy environment with all the parts intact is worth conserving.
Lakes are big. Lots of fish. Wilderness lakes get very few visitors. It doesn't even make a dent in the fish populations. Almost all of these lakes were historically fishless and stocked for human recreation. Why not catch them and eat them?
I leave them in the lakes myself, but only because I prefer to fish rivers and streams especially small ones. I think it is perfectly reasonable to harvest a few trout where it is allowed.I am not a big fan of the "put and take fishing" we have a lot of here in the east. They in many cases, put hatchery raised trout in streams where they have no chance of surviving the hot summer just for folks to fish them out in the spring shortly after they are stocked.While I do release a lot of the fish I catch, I am not a big fan of folks who are too preachy about catch and release (not saying anyone here is). If you are opposed to eating fish on moral grounds I see no real way to justify catching them purely for your enjoyment.
Edited by staehpj1 on 10/27/2013 15:53:15 MDT.
Any non-native trout (and even rainbows in the Sierras can be non-native) taken from a lake means a better chance for yellow-legged frogs!
Not to rain on anyones parade. I was speaking with someone from resource management this summer in Tuolumne, and was told that NPS has told backcountry rangers to limit their intake of brown trout.By Tony BarbozaAugust 1, 2013, 6:36 p.m.Children and women of childbearing age should not eat bass, carp and larger brown trout caught in California lakes and reservoirs because they contain unhealthy levels of mercury, according to a state health advisory issued Thursday.Instead, they should opt for wild-caught rainbow trout and smaller brown trout, which have less mercury and higher amounts of healthy Omega-3 fatty acids, the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment says. The agency also suggests women over 45 and men limit themselves to one serving per week of bass, carp or brown trout more than 16 inches long.The warnings are the first to be issued statewide for freshwater fish and take effect immediately in hundreds of California lakes and reservoirs.To come up with the safe-eating guidelines, government scientists pulled together more than five years of data on mercury concentrations in fish from more than 270 lakes and reservoirs and compared them to acceptable human exposure levels."It's not our intent to scare people away from going out and catching fish and eating them, we just want to get them to think about which fish they're eating," said Robert Brodberg, lead fish toxicologist for California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. "We'd like to move people away from the fish that are higher in contaminants and toward those that are lower."Mercury, a poisonous metal that builds up in the flesh of fish, also accumulates in the bodies of people who eat them. Larger, predatory fish such as bass have more of the toxin, which concentrates in their tissues when they eat fish lower down on the food chain.The persistence of mercury in California freshwater fish is a legacy of past mining activity, according to the state agency. But mercury is also a global pollutant generated from coal combustion and other industrial activity and deposited from the atmosphere.Mercury can harm the brain and nervous system, particularly of children and fetuses, who are more susceptible to the poison because they are still developing.California officials have previously issued local fish advisories for dozens of lakes, rivers, bays and stretches of coastline to protect anglers from fish contaminated with mercury, PCBs and other toxins. They include some three dozen lakes, San Francisco Bay and a "red zone" from Santa Monica to Seal Beach.The new recommendations go into effect immediately for all lakes and reservoirs that are not covered by existing firstname.lastname@example.com
Edited by khumbukat on 10/28/2013 20:57:43 MDT.
Unless there is a mine up stream of the lake, I doubt that this warning would be truly applicable to Sierra high country lakes.
Yes, there are a few mines up really high, and I have seen fishermen working the streams below there. It doesn't seem like a very good idea. OTOH, there are very few mines that high. The Kearsarge Pass mines come to mind.--B.G.--
This is not a worry to me at all if I understand the problem correctly. My understanding is that the warning applies to big brown trout from lakes. I typically eat little trout from mountain streams.
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DURBAN - President Jacob Zuma on Saturday said there is no excuse for ANC members in government to not give people the services they need.
Zuma was delivering his January 8th Statement to ANC members during the party's 101st birthday celebrations at Kings Park Stadium in Durban.
The President said if the resources are available, then communities should be on the receiving end of those resources.
"Where infrastructure and resources exist to deliver services, there can be no excuse for these services not to be delivered."
He added that government must also intervene in mining.
"We call on the ANC government to place the state mining company in the forefront of the mining sector."
Zuma said that the National Health Insurance (NHI) fund will start operating in 2014.
The president made it clear that his government will push ahead with the NHI.
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He also focused on education.
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Zuma said decisive action is required to change economic patterns in South Africa.
The president also declared 2013 the year of unity and action.
"We will build the ANC's capacity to act truly as a vanguard movement for transformation to change the legacy of apartheid colonialists."
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He reminded the crowd of how far the country has come since the apartheid era, saying that its legacies should be eliminated.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Family and friends of a 75-year-old California grandmother beaten and kidnapped from her home last week might have known of the crime within moments if a device patented by an Indiana University researcher had been in use.
If Sandy Vinge had been using The Portal Monitor developed by Indiana University professor L. Jean Camp when kidnapped from her home, photographs taken at the victim's front door step would have been forwarded instantaneously to a pre-selected group of her closest friends and family members.
The device connects a home doorbell sensor to porch cameras that forward headshot images to a hybrid personal digital assistant. The specialized PDA then sends the images to cell phones in use by neighbors, family members or other pre-determined contacts.
Instead, Vinge was beaten, bound and held captive in the trunk of a car for 26 hours, allegedly by three young adults arrested after being stopped for a routine traffic violation while driving the victim's car.
"It can work any place with cellular phone service," said Camp, director of IU's Security Informatics Program. "It takes three photos a minute,and if the user doesn't override the function, the photos are sent automatically to select individuals."
Camp said the device also provides assets for families in non-crime scenarios such as when an elderly person may need assistance through social interaction with family supporters. It also addresses issues of wandering with respect to dementia patients, she said.
"There's the elderly person being pressured by the 'bad cousin' to loan money, for example," she said. "In this instance, a family member can be alerted and then use a social interaction to resolve the situation."
If wandering is a concern for a user suffering from dementia, they likely would not have the cognitive abilities to override the "send photo" function. The user's contacts would then receive photos im
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I'm trying to add borders around pictures that I'm inserting into a Word
2000 document. When I insert the picture, and just resize it (no other
editing), I can right click and get a 'borders & shading' option - than add
the border I want. BUT - I cannot get the 'borders & shading' option when I
right click on certain pictures -- and I presume it is because I have edited
them using MS picture editor. In looking for help, I ran across a problem in
Works - when some objects (pictures) are 'floating', the border/shading
option is not available. If I have moved these pictures, using 'click and
move'... instead of just using the space bar, enter or delete keys, did that
turn them into 'floating objects'? If so, how can I 'de-float' them? I once
was able to automatically add borders to ALL pictures that I inserted into a
document -- but can't seem to find that option again, either...this would be
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Her comments spread quickly across the Internet, and in the wake of the backlash, Serena Williams posted an apology on her website. To see what Serena had to say, just continue reading.
"What happened in Steubenville was a real shock for me. I was deeply saddened. For someone to be raped, and at only sixteen, is such a horrible tragedy! For both families involved — that of the rape victim and of the accused. I am currently reaching out to the girl's family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article. What was written — what I supposedly said — is insensitive and hurtful, and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame. I have fought all of my career for women's equality, women's equal rights, respect in their fields — anything I could do to support women I have done. My prayers and support always goes out to the rape victim. In this case, most especially, to an innocent sixteen year old child."


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Encountering Angels
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"In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
And he came to her and said, "Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!"
Or �Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you� (Lk 1:28)
Many people are familiar with this encounter between an angel and the Virgin of Nazareth named Mary. At this wonderful time of year we remember the encounter and we open our hearts and our homes to the One who came as a fruit of her "Fiat", her surrender, her response to the message.
The story of the encounter is taken from the pages of the New Testament of the Bible. The text has formed the words of an ancient Christian prayer called the �Angelus� which is prayed early morning, midday and evening throughout religious houses, monasteries and religious homes throughout the world.
Perhaps as children some of us recited this prayer in a Church service. Maybe we are among the many that still pause at the appointed hours every day to pray the words as a devotional practice in honor of the Incarnation.
It is repeated three times each day, morning, noon, and evening:
�The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord:
Be it done unto me according to Thy word��
It invites us to remember that scene so that we make it our own.
Picture the scene. Most historians place Mary�s age between thirteen and fifteen when this extraordinary encounter with the angel appeared.
I have had the honor of raising three daughters (along with two sons) through that season of their lives that is perhaps the most emotionally volatile, their teenage years. I love them deeply. However, I am not sure how any of them would have responded if visited or confronted by that Angel, Gabriel, who visited Mary of Nazareth.
For that matter, I am not sure how I would have responded. However, through the Biblical account, I know how Mary of Nazareth responded and I am forever grateful.
In the Christian tradition this event is referred to as �the Annunciation.� It has become the symbolic backdrop that has inspired some of the most beautiful art work in human history depicting the event. God sent a �messenger� to announce what He was about to do, not only in Mary but in the world as a result of her response!
Both the event and her response changed all of human history. Both the event and her response can be made our own if we enter into the mystery that is the prayer of Mary and learn to live a life of surrendered love as she did. Maybe we have read this story, accepted that it occurred, but actually believed that it had no real relevance to our own lives. It is time to think again.
Can we encounter God in our own daily lives? Does God still visit men and women? Does he still send �angels� or messengers to reveal His plans? Does he send them to us to speak His words to specific people?
The answer to all these questions is �Yes�!
The Latin word translated �angel� is angelu and the Greek is aggelos. Both are found in the ancient translations of the Jewish and Christian scriptures. They are variations of a more ancient word found in the Hebrew texts of the Bible. It is literally translated as "one going" or "one sent".
Angels �go� for God. They carry His word and initiate His actions. We could also call them messengers and ministers.
Angels are mentioned throughout the Old and the New Testaments of the Bible. They are also found in many texts that inform other religious traditions. In our contemporary age there is a �rediscovery� of angels and a growing interest in their actions in our midst. This is evidenced in our popular culture on television, at the Movies and in our bookstores. This interest reflects a deepening hunger for God and a desire to hear his message.
The public life, ministry and words of Jesus Christ are filled with references to the Angels. Even more present are the tales of their actions. They ministered to the Lord Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, where He suffered his anguish before the final act of selfless love at Calvary. They attended to Him in the Victory of the Resurrection and announced the meaning of the event to His followers who came to the empty tomb.
In the earliest account of the New Testament Christian community called the �Acts of the Apostles� and in the letters to the early Churches, found after the Gospel accounts in the New Testament, the presence and actions of the angels are everywhere. ...
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New television advertisements to promote tourism and create economic opportunities in upstate New York
ALBANY – The next phase of the 2014 winter-spring tourism campaign, featuring two television advertisements that promote recreational activities and tourism attractions in Upstate New York, launched this week. The 30 second spots highlight two great New York State assets, snowmobiling and baseball, and are part of ongoing print, television, radio and digital tourism advertisements through the I LOVE NY campaign.
"Upstate New York has some of the best tourist attractions in the world and we are committed to promoting them as go-to destinations for our residents and visitors across the globe," said Governor Andrew Cuomo. "With places like Tug Hill Plateau and the Baseball Hall of Fame, Upstate communities offer something for everyone all year long. Tourism plays an integral role in the economy, and we will continue our work to make sure it thrives, creates jobs, and generates new economic opportunities for our state."
The television ad featuring snowmobiling upstate is currently running, and the Baseball Hall of Fame ad featuring the legendary former NY Yankee coach Joe Torre will begin running on Mar. 6. Both ads will run in major markets, in-state as well out-of-state, on early morning shows and cable networks.
"With tourism ranking as the State's fifth largest employer, it is clear the industry continues to have a significant impact on the State's economic growth," said Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Kenneth Adams. "These commercials complement the great work the State has done in promoting tourism through its visible sponsorships and special events and builds on its ongoing successful advertising campaign to encourage travelers to visit and enjoy the very best of New York across the State."
According to recent projections, it is estimated that 8.8 million more visitors traveled to New York State in 2013 than in 2012, representing an increase of 4.2 percent. In addition, the industry is projected to have generated $7.7 billion in state and local taxes with direct spending expected to have reached $61.3 billion, up 7 percent from 2012 and double the national average.
The tourism industry is also projected to have added 24,800 jobs, a 3.1 percent increase from 2012, also double the national average. In total, leisure and hospitality is projected to have finished the year with 818,700 jobs, making tourism the third fastest growing job sector in New York State.
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The Strongest Woman I Have Ever Met. ~ Verena Toth
What would you do if you know you have only one year left to live?
How would you feel if you experience you're going to lose control of your body more and more each day? What would you wish if you had to plan your own funeral? I know a woman who has answers to all of this.
Who could be the strongest woman? Is she a female world champion in weightlifting? Is she the manager of a giant business company with world-wide fame? Is she the soldier at the front line or a single mother with three jobs? Perhaps she is a voluntary nurse in the Third World? No doubt all of these women are very strong, brave and exemplary. They gain all of my respect and deference.
I met a woman who tops them all.
A fifty-year-old mother of four children—married. She sits in a wheel chair and is suffers from ALS, a motor neuron illness. This is an incurable, hardly investigated and fatal illness with which the nerves and connection of the muscles are destroyed in the body completely. Gradually all muscles stop working within only few years.
At the end of this inevitable fate is a respirator, artificial food, and life-sustaining measures. The average life expectancy of the diagnosis amounts from about two to five years.
I met her for an interview that I've wanted to write for my newspaper. I was concerned about the interview.
I wondered: What questions can you ask her? Can you talk about death? Can you ask her if she knows what will happen with her within the next years or months?
We sat at the table and I begged her to tell me from the beginning.
She received the diagnosis of ALS two years ago, which changed her life and of her family since that time completely. "It went off quite insignificantly. I noted that I had no more strength in the feet."
She stood in the middle of life, privately as well as professionally as a freelance physiotherapist, before she heard the determining words: It is ALS. Already half a year after the diagnosis and she required a wheel chair.
"Since that day I have to realize every day I am losing the control of my body more and more. Last week I could lift my leg out of the wheelchair alone, today I need help from my son or my man. My family and our friends perform since that time with superhuman strength. They are brave, understanding and hard-working," she said.
She told she handles her illness with many open talks to her family and friends. I realized her need for dark humor to help deal with being sick and that she had found acceptance.
"I must not read constantly about that on the Internet, in books or papers and brood over it. I cannot change it anyway," she told me.
Of course there are also the lonesome sad moments and thoughts of what still approaches her. However, it still pushes away them: "Everything step by step." And so I understood that she is prepared—not desperate.
We talked very openly, and felt familiar and close. She told about her experiences as a handicapped person in a wheelchair. I told her about my mentally challenged sister.
I didn't know how much time passed but suddenly and somehow we came to the topic of death and funerals.
"I don't want a big thing. I don't want momentous speeches. I am not that important. They only should remember who I was. I don't want the people wearing black clothes. They should wear all colours of life."
She told me about her favourite music that should be played. As I imagined the situation, tears welled up in my eyes. Recognizing my tears she said: "I don't want to make people cry about me. I am a fun-loving person and I want them to remember me like this."
"My big aim is to experience the youth initiation of my 13-year-old daughter. It will be next year," she said. At this moment I thought about the meaning of time.
One year. What is one year? Only 365 days. What would I do in the remaining time of only one year? My thoughts revolved in my mind. I felt panic, fear and despair.
"We don't waste our time with sorrow, anger and fighting," she said and stopped my depressing thoughts, "because our time together is precious. We are living with more awareness and much more pleasure. It is all and the best we can do."
This woman taught me what it really means to enjoy every minute of your life. Be careful with your time. Love and live whole-heartedly.
And she gave me one of the greatest and precious gifts that I will keep in my mind and my heart for ever. She shared with me one of the valuable hours left in her lifetime and allowed me to hear and tell her story.
Recently I visited her again. Only a few weeks later the signs were obvious. The sickness marching on—unstoppable, destructive, relentless—and time passing away. But she looked into my eyes, still with the same confidence, openness and kindness as before.
Now it is clear: I am absolutely convinced this is strongest women I've ever met.
She is able to carry a burden that is more heavier than every barbell. She is able to manage a family company with much more impact in the world. She is braver than every soldier at the front line. And she is an inspiring example for everyone of us.
She really knows what it means to live.
Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
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The truth is we are stricken with illness and dis-ease to either surrender to it and allow it to consume us or to rise above the illusion that we are incapable of aiding our body to heal. Our lifestyle (diet, environment, mental, medical and spiritual choices) all have an affect on us. Raw Vegan foods should be considered for her recovery with the add of medicinal plant that will help to fortify her body so that the immune system can help the body detox and recover. Please be kind enough to revisit her and en.Courage her fight for her life – she IS worth it and her loved ones deserve the grace of her presence. The pHmiracle by Dr. Robert O Young and the Gerson institute are a good start. Both offer books. The Gerson Therapy book gives a lot of information about exposure, instructions on how to heal at home and many testimonials as well. There are many video's on youtube also. See the Gerson Miracle, the Beautiful Truth and Dying to have known. Many terminal patients sent home by modern allopathic doctors giving these patients a death sentence have been saved. Time is of the essence, please act swiftly Blessings
Thanks for your words and yes, I will visit her again. We are still in contact. And these meetings are changing my life as well as I hope I could make a difference in her life too.


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While some worry that Walmart's planned new Springfield stores may overshadow local businesses, some near the Glenstone location say it may be a boon.
Looking through her storefront window, Brenda White peered at an empty lot across the street.
That lot, near the corner of Glenstone Avenue and Bennett Street, will soon be home to a Walmart Market -- a 40,000-square-foot supermarket including a pharmacy and a bakery.
White, owner of Julie's Chewies, 1325 South Glenstone Ave., thinks her gourmet sweets shop may benefit when the world's biggest retailer moves in.
"We're hoping it'll draw in a lot more traffic," she said.
White acknowledged Walmart's history of taking market share from local businesses but she says her store is selling something different.
"If they want a gourmet cookie, they aren't gonna carry those," she said.
Leaning against a display case filled with triple chocolate chip and cinnamon spice cookies, White said she expects her storefront to get noticed by motorists headed to the new market.
"Walmart doesn't deliver," she added. "We do."
Jo Ann Harrison, of the next-door Country Cakes and Catering, echoed White's sentiment.
"We get a lot of people who say, 'We were driving down the road and saw your cakes in the window,'" Harrison said.
She hopes the Walmart Market will increase that exposure.
"When they pull out of the driveway, they'll see our stores," she said.
One of the closest stores to the market site is Asia Food & Gift Market, 1314 South Glenstone Avenue.
The owner there, Sangyeal Lee, said he welcomes the new store.
Although the Walmart market will compete with nearby supermarkets, Lee said he isn't worried.
Lee's store is stocked with specialty foods imported from countries like South Korea, Japan and Thailand.
"Walmart is not competing with my items," Lee said. "Any kind of business that moves next to me is good."
Nearby Smillie's IGA supermarket owner, Bill Smillie, doesn't quite share those hopes but said he isn't afraid of the competition.
"We learned a long time ago we couldn't worry about the other guy. We can't do anything about it," Smillie said.
The other Walmart Market will be built near the corner of Republic Road and Golden Avenue.
Each store is expected to employ about 90 people. A timeline for construction has not yet been announced.
Walmart Market stores are the size of typical supermarkets, averaging one-fourth the size of its supercenters.
There are currently 185 market stores. The company announced plans last month to accelerate the opening of the stores.


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Verdugo Hills officials said changes in the healthcare industry — brought on by Obamacare and other shifts — are bringing financial pressures on many small, independent hospitals.
"Community hospitals are an endangered species," Dr. Donald Barber, a longtime member of the hospital's medical staff, said in July. "I think [the merger is] going to put us on a much firmer financial ground to hopefully continue to provide excellent care to the community."
Summer of the bear
It was a big summer for bears, who lumbered down from the Angeles National Forest again and again to visit homes in the foothills.
Wildlife experts said they saw nothing special in the increase in sightings, placing credit or blame as much on increased media attention as on forest habitat still recovering from the 2009 Station Fire, the dry winter of 2011-12 or other ursine quality-of-life factors.
One La Cañada bear incident ended sadly, as a bear emerging near the McDonald's at Foothill and Vineta Avenue early on Aug. 26 was struck by a car. The bear was euthanized later in the day.
A 400-pound black bear known as Meatball, aka Glenbearian, became famous for snacking on frozen meatballs from a North Glendale freezer and making other sorties to civilization. After Meatball had been captured, tranquilized and returned to the forest twice, on Aug. 29 wildlife crews found him on the 5000 block of Ocean View Boulevard and used bacon, honey and a McDonald's Happy Meal to lure him into a trap.
He is now at a San Diego County wildlife rescue center, which is seeking to raise funds to pay for an expanded habitat.
Portantino out of office
Assemblyman Anthony Portantino was forced out of his habitat, as well, but he saw it coming. California's legislative term limits law required the former La Cañada City Council member to give up his Assembly post in November.
Portantino at first considered a run for Congress and then a challenge to another former La Cañada City Council member, state Sen. Carol Liu. Portantino opted not to run for anything in 2012 and will tend to family affairs, though he has said he remains interested in elected office. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D- Silver Lake) now represents La Cañada.
Tragedy strikes the young
Tragedy struck La Cañada on Memorial Day, when 6-year-old Emily Fu drowned in her family's pool during a block party on Indianola Way.
Another terrible incident sparked a community discussion about bullying and the pressure on teens. Drew Ferraro, a 15-year-old sophomore at Crescenta Valley High School, committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a three-story campus building during lunch period on Feb. 10. His parents have since sought $2 million from the Glendale Unified School District, accusing officials of failing to take actions to block bullying. The school has denied the claim.
Year in Review: JPL reaches Mars, Leko let go, a new market sprouts up
Also: A bear roams through the neighborhood and Sprouts sets up shop on Foothill Boulevard.
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Every November, we gather as a community for an evening of fellowship and recognition and give thanks for our many blessings. November's "Together We Serve Celebration" featured a recap — in music and images — of the 365 days we've experienced since our last all-church dinner. For those of you who were unable to make it to the dinner — or for those of you who want to see it again — here it is. Enjoy!


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The first Catholic mass in Wellington, New Zealand, was celebrated by Bishop Pompallier on Christmas Eve 1840. Wellington's Catholic community was served by visiting priests until the arrival on January 12, 1843 of Father Jeremiah Joseph Reily (1799-1880), a priest from the Capuchin order and at the time the personal chaplain to the son of Lord Petrie.
He celebrated his first mass on February 5 that year in a private house in Woodward Street, which in those days was very close to the waterfront. There were 100 Catholics present and with the services of a resident priest they determined to build a church as soon as possible. Wellington's first Catholic church, the Chapel of the Nativity of our Lord (also known simply as Fr. O'Reily's Chapel), was erected within weeks on nearly the exact site that St. Mary of the Angels Church now occupies. The same year a presbytery was built for Fr. O'Reily a little further up the hill in Mount Street.
For seven years Fr. O'Reily was the sole priest in the parish that stretched from Lower Hutt in the north down to Port Underwood across Cook Strait in the South Island. In 1850 Bishop Viard and five priests from the Society of Mary arrived in Wellington to establish a diocese and augment the efforts of Fr. O'Reily. Bishop Viard established his seat at Hill Street on the site now occupied by the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Fr. O'Reily continued to live alone.
Fr. O'Reily's original chapel was enlarged several times until a decision was made to build a new church in 1873. Blessed and opened on April 28 1874 the first St Mary of the Angels cost just 1500 pounds to build, very cheap, even by the standards of the day. Fund raising for the church was almost singlehandedly undertaken by Fr. O'Reily who even went overseas for contributions. The church, a robust Gothic timber structure, was designed by William Clayton, Colonial Architect at the time, and best known for two of New Zealand's finest 19th century buildings, the Government buildings (1876) and Government House (1871). Clayton designed the church to be extended when funds permitted. The church also lacked many internal embellishments and adornments when opened. Nevertheless, at the time of its opening the "Wellington Independent" described the church as a "cathedral in miniature".
Fr. O'Reily died in 1880. Although a man of simple tastes his indefatigable efforts as the pastor of, initially, a huge parish endeared him to all he came in contact with. He had been prominent as a crusader for temperance. An estimated 8000 people marched in his funeral procession and thousands more lined the route. He had no assistant priest until Father M. Kearney, the first Marist priest, arrived in 1875 and in his later years he lived in a small room attached to the church, declining to move into a presbytery built for Fr. Kearney. In 1883 a public meeting in Wellington resolved to build a monument to Fr. O'Reily which can be seen today at the Mount Street cemetery. The huge contribution made to the development of Wellington by Fr. O'Reily was ultimately acknowledged by the Wellington City Council when it renamed the former Ellers Avenue, which runs along one side of St. Mary of the Angels, to O'Reily Avenue.
In 1883 the Pope, through Archbishop Redwood, granted the parish to the Society of Mary, the Marists, in perpetuity, formally securing an arrangement that has lasted to this day. Through the 19th century and again in 1902 and 1913 the parish steadily diminished in size until it became strictly the inner-city parish it is today. In 1892, under the direction of parish priest Fr. J. Devoy the church was extended to its full size, to Clayton's original design. The side aisles were drawn out to the width of the transepts and the church was lengthened.
Disaster struck the parish on May 28, 1918 when a fire quickly took hold of the building. It could not be saved. Insurances amounted to 2,525 pounds, scarcely what would be required to rebuild the church, but it was quickly decided to proceed.