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Dear Rev. Graham: My husband retired last year, and two months later we sold our home and moved South, like we've always dreamed of doing. But now we're wondering if we made a mistake. We don't know anyone here, and it's too far from our children. Did we make a wrong decision? -- Mrs. P.F.
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At the closing of Somerset County's acquisition of more than 300 acres of open space in Hillsborough are, seated, left to right, Somerset County Freeholder Director Peter S. Palmer and Bryce Thompson. Standing, from left, are Hillsborough Township Administrator Anthony Ferrera; New Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJCF) Assistant Director/Director of Statewide Land Acquisition Greg Romano; Catherine Bacon Winslow of Bedminster, second vice president of NJCF's Board of Trustees; Hillsborough Township Committeeman Greg Burchette; Duke Farms Executive Director Michael Catania; Thomas Boccino, Principal Planner, Land Acquisition, Somerset County Engineering Division; and Somerset County Park Commissioner Helen Haines, who also represents both the Hillsborough and Somerset County open space advisory committees.
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The cuts will help free up resources for the sheriffs department, Sheriff Jim Arnott said. But town leaders are concerned about whether a sales tax increase passed in April will be effective and whether the sheriffs department is reciprocating services the municipality departments provide.
Our officers make almost as many calls in the county as the city, Mayor Brenda Ellsworth of Ash Grove said at a meeting of the Greene County Mayors Association. It doesnt feel like reciprocation when our officers go into the county.
The mayors association met in Battlefield City Hall on Thursday, bringing mayors or representatives from all municipalities together to discuss the cuts in enforcement, the only new business on the agenda. The sheriffs department announced Thursday that deputies will not respond to calls that are priority three and above or those that are non-life-threatening.
The cut in enforcement only affects municipalities with police departments. However, mayors said Thursday the smaller departments dont all have the resources to cover every call around the clock.
If we have any transport (of prisoners) to Springfield, were essentially unmanned, Mayor Tim Smith of Fair Grove said.
Some questioned a 1/8-cent sales tax passed in April to provide funding for the sheriffs department, including new officers. That tax, which will begin to be collected in October, will start flowing into county coffers in January.
I guess Im thrown back by the promises of the sales tax, said Mayor Tom Keltner of Willard.
Arnott said he cant hire new deputies until February, and even then, doesnt know that hell have enough people to lift the new policy. He pointed out that hes asked for funding for as many as 50 new deputies but only got enough to eventually fund 18 with the new tax. Arnott has promised to review the enforcement policy quarterly.
Most precincts with municipalities voted for the tax with most having a margin of at least 10 percent in favor of support. Staffords precinct supported the measure 50.12 to 49.88 percent.
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Changes to enforcement, which take effect Oct. 1, was first announced to local police chiefs on Aug. 8.
If we had this information in April, we could have made some adjustments and this could have been a softer blow, Smith said.
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I was reading a crazyguybike journal and the girl said everyone asked about the tan circles on her hands. Do people ask you?
When people see my tan circles they avert their eyes in silent horror. After years of therapy, I've learned to live with the shame and heartbreak.
Dead last finish is better than did not finish and infinitely better than did not start.
I got the "dot tan" last Sunday. It was a beautiful day here in NYC, so I decided to put some miles on my newly acquired Trek 520 (10 years old, but it's new to me. Thanks, Tom!). I was wearing some old pretty low-tech gloves -- leather padded palm, mesh back. At the end of the day, after a shower and a change of clothes, I got together with some friends for dinner. A few of them asked what was wrong with my hands. Lots of little dots all over the backs. It took me a minute to realize what had happened.
Tell 'em it's pigmentosa curiosa. It's benign, non-contagious and correlated with (choose one or more):
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I've got that as well. It looks like I have cornrows in my skin.Originally Posted by Saintly Loser
I hope all you single cyclists out there realise you now have a new way to spot potential partners off the road. Check the back of their hands and then try to guess what kind of bike they have. If a chick tried that line on me I would be so impressed I would be willing to sleep with them there and then.
I was on a shuttle bus in Yosemite some years back and had significant bike glove tan marks. A little girl saw it and asked her mom what was wrong with my hands. Her mother pointed out that I was a cyclist and the marks were from gloves. Other than that one time, no one really notices.
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Nice to know there are still some true gentlemen willing to make a noble sacrifice.Originally Posted by ignominious
Dead last finish is better than did not finish and infinitely better than did not start.
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Doors Open by Ian Rankin (2008)
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This is not an Inspector Rebus book.
Three friends without any criminal past, but all art lovers, stage a heist of valuable art from the storehouse for the Scottish Museum. They get help from a local mobster. Since the mobster had been under surveillance, the inspector is able to figure out what happened, mostly, fairly straight-on.
Problem with the plot for me was the the art Professor who first proposes the job to his friends initially makes it sound like the plan is genius because no one would even know that there was any theft, but then it turns out to be another thing entirely and no one raises a question about it.
I know it's somewhat heretical but I've never been a fan of Ian Rankin's most famous creation. However I do like to try other things Rankin writes, even when I suspect it's not really my thing; a category which DOORS OPEN, being a heist tale, definitely belongs to. Happily though I found myself well entertained.
The heist in this instance involves the theft of paintings from the National Gallery's warehouse in Edinburgh. The thieves are a Robert Gissing, a professor and curator; Mike Mackenzie, a software millionaire who is a little bored with life and Allan Cruikshank, a banker. The three friends decide, almost on a whim, to relieve the gallery of a few of its undisplayed works during the annual 'Doors Open' day when various institutions around the city offer public tours. During their planning, which includes adding a weed-smoking art student who specialises in copying famous works to their number, they realise they need a bit more infrastructure and so enters Chib Galloway, a former schoolmate of Mike's and a local petty crook. The heist itself occurs about halfway through the novel and the rest of the book depicts things going rather horribly awry.
The novel's plot starts strongly offering a more believable heist than most in that it doesn't involve a load of fanciful technology and the motivations for the three friends are also credible. That doesn't mean the reader doesn't question the sense of their plan (could a painting that's only a few days old ever fool anyone for more than a moment that it is an old masterpiece for example?) but it's not difficult to imagine three blokes of a certain type talking themselves into carrying out this kind of hair-brained scheme. And even when things start to unravel I stayed with them, accepting that one of them would fall apart when the reality of what they'd done hit home and that someone else might get greedy after the event. But by about the three-quarter mark, when the Viking thug called Hate and the policeman not assigned to the investigation but butting in because he could made their presence felt, I'd lost my capacity to suspend disbelief. These elements felt like over-the-top nonsense but they weren't quite ridiculous enough to take the book into full blown comedy caper territory so, for me anyway, it ended up in a kind of no-man's land of awkwardness.
There are a lot of characters in DOORS OPEN and it's a fairly short book so none of them is terribly well fleshed out and quite a bit of what we 'know' about them relies on our understanding of certain stereotypes. That said there is some genuine black humour in some of the dialogue between the characters and the references to other, more famous heist tales are nicely done.
As someone who is a bit fed up with genre publishing's current conservatism, manifest most starkly in its capacity to push series well beyond the point where they cease being creative, I have to applaud the decision to publish something like DOORS OPEN. It's not a perfect novel but it is pretty entertaining and full of genuine surprises right to the end.
From Wikipedia Doors Open is a 2008 novel by crime writer Ian Rankin. It is his first stand alone thriller in over 10 years. The story was originally published as a serial novel in The New York Times Magazine. Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on Amazon In the article: Plot outline | Related works From Publishers Weekly In Scottish author Rankin's intricately plotted heist thriller, software millionaire Mike Mackenzie, high-end banker Allan Cruikshank, and college art professor Robert Gissing devise a plan to liberate forgotten works of art from a warehouse storing the overflow from Edinburgh's museum collections. The trio commissions an art student nursing an antiestablishment grudge to paint fakes to swap for the originals, and Mackenzie's chance meeting with schoolmate Charlie Chib Calloway, now one of the city's most notorious gangsters, allows the group access to muscle and weapons. But cracks soon appear in the plan, with an inquisitive detective inspector, who's been on Calloway's trail for months, getting too close for comfort. Using the smalltown feel of Edinburgh to advantage, Rankin (_Exit Music_) gives his caper novel a claustrophobic edge while injecting enough twists, turns, and triple crosses that even the most astute reader will be surprised at the outcome. (Jan.)
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An excellent story of a raid on the National Gallery of Scotland, mostly from the point of view of the upper-middle class robbers who hire an underworld boss as an accomplice, and also that of the detective investigating them. I expected the tension to be about whether or not they would be caught - and knowing Rankin, either is possible - but in fact there was an excellent twist at the end when the real story is revealed.
Ian Rankin's Doors Open is a heist-cum-caper story set in contemporary Edinburgh, and his first novel since he announced that he was not planning to write any more Rebus stories. A group of middle class academics and a banker get involved in planning and executing the 'perfect crime' – a plan to 'steal' artworks from galleries across Edinburgh whilst they're not on public display. Like most stories of this kind, it doesn't turn out to be as straightforward as first planned, and events soon start to spiral out of control. There's the obligatory Rankin stock characters – the disgruntled police officer and a local small-time crook that has delusions of grandeur by believing he's actually Edinburgh's Mr Big. The ending's just about OK, but nothing spectacular, and at times I had to force myself to care enough about these lacklustre individuals enough to finish the book.
The writing was fairly low-key – no stylistic challenges to be found here – with a somewhat wearing use of copious amounts of dialogue to explain the plot and keep things moving. I would assume that this is a book that could easily be adapted into a fairly uninspiring ITV drama, as there would be relatively little for the screen writer to do when adapting it for the screen. I can't really recommend this, except that it's an easy read, great for a long train journey say, when it doesn't matter if your attention wanders, or you're distracted by the noisy family across the aisle.
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For the right man, all doors are open...Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. He is looking for something to liven up the days and perhaps give new meaning to his existence. A chance encounter at an art auction offers him the opportunity to do just that as he settles on a plot to commit a 'perfect crime'. He intends to rip-off one of the most high-profile targets in the capital - the National Gallery of Scotland. So, together with two close friends from the art world, he devises a plan to a lift some of the most valuable artwork around. But of course, the real trick is to rob the place for all its worth whilst persuading the world that no crime was ever committed. But soon after he enters the dark waters of the criminal underworld he realises that it's very easy to drown...… (more)
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- For the wreath used in heraldry, see torse.
A wreath is an assortment of flowers, leaves, fruits, twigs or various materials that is constructed to resemble a ring.[1]
In English-speaking countries, wreaths are used typically as household ornaments, mainly as Christmas decoration. They are also used in ceremonial events in many cultures around the globe. Wreaths have much history and symbolism associated with them. They are usually made from evergreens and symbolize strength, as evergreens last even throughout the harshest winters. Bay laurel may also be used, and these wreaths are known as laurel wreath.
The word wreath comes from Middle English wrethe and from Old English writha, band.[1]
Ancient Etruscan wreaths[edit]
Wreaths were a design used in ancient times in southern Europe. The most well-known are pieces of Etruscan civilization jewelry, made of gold or other precious metals. Symbols from Greek myths often appear in the designs, embossed in precious metal at the ends of the wreath. Ancient Roman writers referred to Etruscan corona sutilis, which were wreaths with their leaves sewn onto a background.[2] These wreaths resemble a diadem, with thin metal leaves being attached to an ornamental band.[3] Wreaths also appear stamped into Etruscan medallions. The plants shown making the wreaths in Etruscan jewelry include ivy, oak, olive leaves, myrtle, laurel, wheat and vines.
Wreaths were worn as crowns by Etruscan rulers. The Etruscan symbolism continued to be used in Ancient Greece and Rome. Roman magistrates also wore golden wreaths as crowns, as a symbolic testament to their lineage back to Rome's early Etruscan rulers. Roman magistrates also used several other prominent Etruscan symbols in addition to a golden wreath crown: fasces, a curule chair, a purple toga, and an ivory rod.[4]
Ancient Greece and Rome[edit]
In the Greco-Roman world, wreaths were used as an adornment that could represent a person's occupation, rank, their achievements and status. The wreath that was commonly used was the laurel wreath. The use of this wreath comes from the Greek myth involving Apollo, Zeus' son and the god of life and light, who fell in love with the nymph Daphne. When he pursued her she fled and asked the river god Peneus to help her. Peneus turned her into a laurel tree. From that day, Apollo wore a wreath of laurel on his head. Laurel wreaths became associated with what Apollo embodied; victory, achievement and status and would later become one of the most commonly used symbols to address achievement throughout Greece and Rome. Laurel wreaths were used to crown victorious athletes at the original Olympic Games.[5]
Other types of plants used to make wreath crowns also had symbolic meaning. For example, oak leaves symbolized wisdom, and were associated with Zeus, who according to Greek mythology made his decisions while resting in an oak grove. The Twelve Tables, dating to 450 BC, refer to funeral wreaths as a long-standing tradition.[6] Olive wreath was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games.[7]
Modern wreaths[edit]
Harvest wreath[edit]
Harvest wreaths, a common household decoration today, are a custom with ancient roots in Europe. The creation of harvest wreaths in Europe can be traced back to ancient times, and is associated with animistic spiritual beliefs. In Ancient Greece, the harvest wreath was a sacred amulet, using wheat or other harvested plants, woven together with red and white wool thread. The harvest wreath would be hung by the door year-round.[8]
Harvest wreaths were an important symbol to the community in Ancient Greece, not merely to the farmer and his family. The festivals devoted to Dionysus, the Oschophoria and Anthesteria, included a ritual procession called the eiresîonê. A harvest wreath was carried to Pyanopsia and Thargelia by young boys, who would sing during the journey. The laurel or olive wreath would be hung at the door, and then offerings were made to Helios and the Hours. It was hoped that this ritual would bring protection against crop failure and plagues.[9]
In Poland, the harvest wreath (wieniec) is a central symbol of the Harvest Festival, Dozynki. Wreaths are made of different shapes and sizes, using harvested grain plants, fruit and nuts. The wreath is then brought to a church for a blessing by a priest. The tradition includes a procession to the family home from the church, with a girl or young woman leading the procession and carrying the wreath. The procession is followed with a celebration and feast.[10] Ukraine, Hungary, and other Eastern Europe cultures also have similar rituals that began as part of pre-Christian culture.
Advent Wreath[edit]
Since the classical use and symbolism of wreaths, the meaning and representation has taken on differing views, depending on the culture. In Christianity, wreaths are used to prepare for the Advent season or the "coming of Christ."[11] The first known association with these now modern day wreaths dates back to the Lutherans in Germany in the 16th century. In 1839, Johann Hinrich Wichern used a wreath made from a cart wheel to educate children about the meaning and purpose of Christmas, as well as to help them count its approach. For every Sunday of Advent, starting with the fourth Sunday before Christmas, he would put a white candle in the wreath and for every day in between he would use a red candle.[12] The Advent wreath is constructed of evergreens to represent everlasting life brought through Jesus and the circular shape of the wreath represents God, with no beginning and no end. The Advent wreath is now a popular symbol in preparation for the coming of Christ, to mark the beginning of the Christian Church's year and as décor during the Christmas festivities.
Funeral and memorial wreaths[edit]
The symbolism of wreaths has been used at funerals since at least the time of Ancient Greece, to represent a circle of eternal life. Evergreen wreaths were laid at the burial place of early Christian virgin martyrs in Europe, the evergreen representing the victory of the eternal spirit over death.[5]
In early modern England, a wreath custom existed for the funerals of "young maidens". A young woman of the same age as the one being mourned would lead the funeral procession, carrying a wreath of white flowers to represent the purity of the deceased, and "that eternal crown of glory reserved for her in heaven".[13]
By the Victorian era, the symbolism of flowers had grown to become an elaborate language, and the symbolism of funeral wreaths was no exception. Flowers represented life and resurrection. Specific flowers were used in funeral wreaths to represent particular sentiments. Cypress and willow were used for crafting wreath frames, and were associated with mourning by the Victorians.[5]
Wreaths are commonly laid at the tombs of soldiers and at memorial cenotaphs during Memorial Day and Remembrance Day ceremonies. Wreaths may also be laid in memory of persons lost at sea, either from an accident or due to navy action. In a memorial service at sea, the wreath is lowered to the water and set adrift.
Wreaths worn as crowns[edit]
A wreath may be used as a headdress made from leaves, flowers and branches. It is typically worn in festive occasions and on holy days. Wreaths originally were made for use with pagan rituals in Europe, and were associated with the changing seasons and fertility. Christianity accepted the symbolism of the wreath based upon its Roman association with honour and moral virtue.[14] During the Middle Ages, Christian art featured depictions of the Virgin Mary and various saints crowned with wreaths, much as figures from Roman and Greek mythology were depicted wearing wreaths, as well as Roman and Greek rulers and heroes.
Maypole wreath[edit]
Wreath customs in Europe have survived over many centuries. The observance of May Day in England includes Maypole festivities, culminating in a race by young unmarried men to climb to the top of the Maypole to capture the May Day wreath perched at the top of the pole. The winner of this contest would wear the wreath as his crown, and would be recognized as the May Day King for the rest of the holiday. Plants traditionally used to make Midsummer wreaths and garlands include white lilies, green birch, fennel, St. John's Wort, wormwood,[15] vervain and flax. The flowers used in making the Midsummer wreath had to be picked early in the morning before the dew had dried; the belief was that once the dew dried, the magical properties of the plants evaporated with the dew.[16]
Midsummer celebrations are still observed in Germany and Scandinavia as well, with Maypoles and wreaths playing a prominent role, similar to England.
Wreath symbolism in England[edit]
By the Renaissance period, wreaths became symbols of political and religious alliances in England. Protestant reformers such as the Puritans saw wreaths and the holidays they were associated with, such as May Day, as being pagan corrupting influences that destroyed healthy Christian morality. Soldiers confiscated wreaths in Oxford on May Day of 1648.[17] During the Interregnum following the overthrow of Charles I of England, wreaths symbolized Royalist sympathies. In Bath (England), the coronation of Charles II of England was marked with a procession of 400 maidens in white and green, carrying "gilded crowns, crowns made of flowers, and wreaths made of laurel mixed with tulips", and led by the mayor's wife.[17]
Saint Lucy's Day crown[edit]
Saint Lucy is traditionally depicted in Christian artwork wearing a wreath as a crown, and on the wreath stand lit candles symbolizing the light of the world represented by Christ. Sweden in particular has a long history of observing Saint Lucy's Day (St. Lucia's Day). "St. Lucia's crowns", made of a brass wreath holding candles, are part of the customs associated with this holiday.[18]
- ^ a b "Wreath". The Free Dictionary By Farlex. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ Higgins, Reynold Alleyne (1980). Greek and Roman Jewellery. University of California Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-520-03601-7.
- ^ Deppert-Lippitz, Barbara; Anne R. Bromberg, John Dennis (1996). Ancient gold jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-936227-19-1.
- ^ Hadas, Moses (1952). A History of Latin Literature. Columbia University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-231-01848-7.
- ^ a b c Batchen, Geoffrey (2006). Forget Me Not: Photography and Remembrance. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-56898-619-7.
- ^ 12 "The Laws of the Twelve Tables" Check
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Anyone who has rendered himself deserving of a wreath ... shall have a right to have the said wreath placed upon his dead body
- ^ Αρχαίοι Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες: Οι τιμές στους Ολυμπιονίκες.
- ^ Hastings, James (2003) [1916]. Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 16. Kessinger Publishing. p. 778. ISBN 978-0-7661-3693-9.
- ^ Mitchell-Boyask, Robin (2008). Plague and the Athenian imagination: drama, history and the cult of Asclepius. Cambridge University Press. pp. 50–1. ISBN 978-0-521-87345-1.
- ^ Zamojska-Hutchins, Danuta (2002). Cooking the Polish Way. Lerner Publications. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-0-8225-4119-6.
- ^ "Advent", Harper's Magazine (New York: Harper and Brothers Publishing, 1896) p. 776
- ^ Angie Mosteller, Christmas: Celebrating the Christian History of American Symbols, Songs and Stories (USA: Celebrating Publishing Inc., 2008), p. 154-155
- ^ Hulme, Frederick Edward (1877). Bards and blossoms; or, The poetry, history, and associations of flowers. Oxford University: Marcus Ward & Co. pp. 50–1.
- ^ Goody, Jack (1993). The Culture of Flowers. CUP Archive. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-521-41441-8.
- ^ Ferreira, Jorge; Janick, Jules (2009). "Data sheet about Artemisia annua" (PDF). Purdue University. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ Simmons, Adelma Grenier (1994). A world of wreaths from Caprilands: the legend, lore, and design of traditional herbal wreaths. JG Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-57215-000-3.
- ^ a b Goody, Jack (1993). The Culture of Flowers. CUP Archive. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-521-41441-8.
- ^ Simmons, Adelma Grenier (1994). A world of wreaths from Caprilands: the legend, lore, and design of traditional herbal wreaths. JG Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-57215-000-3.
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|Look up wreath in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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Bill Janz: Youthful spirits drive Christmas heartbeat
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Bill Janz is a former columnist for the Milwaukee Sentinel and the Journal Sentinel.
Christmas is a sound, much softer than the chaos surrounding it. Christmas is not just a shout, it is a whisper, nearly unheard, a feeling, nearly unfelt. Thump, a sound so tiny that it cannot be heard, except by me, and, I hope by you, grandchildren. »Read Full Article


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In 1963 Willard sold his lumber business in Anacortes, WA and returned to school at the age of 52. He graduated from the San Francisco School of Mortuary Science in 1964 and began his career in funeral directing. He completed his apprenticeship at Green's Funeral Home in Bellevue and received his state funeral director/embalmer licenses. In 1965 he purchased Chapman Funeral Home in Friday Harbor where he and his wife Bernice made their home for 2 years. In 1967 he, along with his son, Bob, founded Evans Funeral Chapel in Anacortes, which remains with the family, being currently owned by his son Bob. Willard was active in the funeral business until 1988, but continued to be involved for another 5 years, finally retiring at the age of 84. Willard passed away on September 9, 2002; nevertheless, his vision of serving families with the utmost respect and dignity lives on.


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Memories of Royal Cornwall Show sought for archive
Posted: May 24, 2014|
Visitors to this year's Royal Cornwall Show are being encouraged to bring their old photos, cine film and memories along with them to be recorded for future generations.
Cornishmemory.com – run by community interest company Azook – is aiming to collect as much history as possible during the show which takes place on June 5-7 at Wadebridge.
The project is designed to capture material from the late 19th and the 20th century which relates to Cornwall and all things Cornish.
These will be digitally recorded and posted on their website and available for future generations to view as part of the re:collect project.
So far, the project has scanned more than 11,000 images, digitised more than 100 hours of cine film and 300 hours of audio interviews.
The majority of material so far has been garnered from established collections and museum archives.
Richard Trant, from Cornishmemory.com, said he was looking forward to capturing the show's history.
"We encourage show-goers to bring along with them any old Royal Cornwall Show or farming related photos, cine film and quirky stories that we can very quickly scan or digitise using out state-of-the-art equipment," he said.
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Wow! Lance's kinky sextacular has me all jealous. Though I haven't been playing durty games in shady hotel rooms on the beach, things have gotten somewhat better since my last post. I've managed to sleep off the majority of my new-job exhaustion, and the BF has been really good about trying to get to bed at a reasonable hour even on the weekend. This Monday he even got up for work when I did, which has never happened before.
Sex Update
We're still not having sex quite as much as I would like, but we are managing to get in some solid nooky in in the weekends (including more pool sex…that thing is like an aphrodisiac, I can't believe that we haven't been using it more in the last year we've been at this place). We managed to even work in a weekday last week, so I have high hopes that we're on our way to getting a rhythm in place.
The fact that other couples have/have had this problem, too, has helped me relax immensely. I am in many ways a true Virgo and major changes in my routine are quite upsetting to me (though I am on the cusp of Leo and capable of real warmth and spontaneity, big adjustments that I know are permanent are very, very tough).
Birthday Update, Woot!
Speaking of Virgo, the fact that my birthday is approaching is awesome! This weekend! The BF actually just called me to ask if I had any preferences for a gift (he and I have like 3-page single spaced bulleted lists of gift ideas that are organized by category…yes, that's the Virgo part of me for sure). It's nice because we can get things that we know we like, and the lists are so long that there's still no telling what the other person would get.
We are probably just going to do dinner someplace nice for the actual day…I'd considered having a party but totally slacked when I started this new job and before I knew it, it was too late to plan something (plus I don't really have my *own* friends here yet, and while I like his friends, it's not quite the same).
Other "Couple-Friendly" Activities
Since this is turning into a kind of potpourri of my life right now, I should also say that our latest "couple" activity that isn't sex is cooking together. We're both veggie (he switched about two and a half years ago, just before he met me, while I've been veggie for about 8 years) and own a ton of cookbooks, plus a vegan friend of mine runs a cooking blog. She not only lists the recipes, but how they turned out and how easy/difficult they are to cook, which is a nice screening tool.
This weekend we made the baked tofu for about the fifth time (see my guest post on dadshouse blog for the recipe…I know there are some tofu doubters out there and I actually usually don't care for tofu dishes myself, but this is seriously one of the five most fucking delicious things I have ever put in my mouth) and also vegan won tons in our deep fryer.
We will definitely make the won tons again (and the Tofutti Better than Cream Cheese was surprisingly indistinguishable from "real" cream cheese…Better than Sour Cream is next on the list to try). They are actually one of the nicer foods to cook together as a couple since one package of won ton wrappers makes so many that one person stuffing them and one person deep frying them makes for a nice little assembly line that allows both people to talk while they work. However, I think we will make them when we have a bunch of people over, because the recipe makes a shit-ton of won tons and they aren't nearly as good reheated. Unlike the baked tofu, which is fucking unbelievably mindblowingly fantastic hot or cold.
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As I scanned headlines in a feed of wine-related news the other day, an ad caught my eye: "Shenandoah Valley Winery," it said. Because the winery wasn't identified, and because it was grouped with several real-estate ads, I wanted to try to figure out which Amador County winery was for sale. I clicked on the tease and was taken to WinerySite.com, which provided a bit more information - 65 acres, $1,995,000 - but no identity. The brief listing, however, included an email link to Ed Keller, a real-estate agent in the Sierra foothills. But before I contacted him, I visited his website, which has an entire section devoted to just vineyards and wineries in the Mother Lode.
I was startled by that section in two respects. For one, it includes far more properties for sale than I ever would have guessed - 21, nearly all of them with existing vineyards, several with wineries. Secondly, many of the prices didn't seem outrageous. If someone were looking to get into the wine business in the foothills, now might be the time to make that leap, given the range of listings and the rebounding economy. I do have to wonder, however, what all these listings say of the state of grape growing and winemaking in the region. Is the area saturated? Is the appellation's standing not growing in esteem and popularity? Or might the number of vineyards and wineries for sale simply indicate that several people simultaneously want to get on with the next phase of their lives?
When I got in touch with Ed Keller, he mentioned that he didn't think the number of vineyard and winery listings is unusually large, given how much the industry has grown in the region over the past 30 years. He also said that people who put wineries up for sale customarily don't want their identity revealed, though sooner or later that will become known, and in some cases actually could help a sale, I'd think. So I never found out the name of the winery and its 65 acres that are on the market for about $2 million.
In looking at photos and reading information on the other listings, however, I have a hunch as to who at least a couple of them are. The "Fair Play vineyard estate" (53 acres of vines, 4,500-square-foot home, $2,495,000) sure looks like it could be part of the Perry Creek Winery site, though the winery itself isn't mentioned. And the "Shenandoah tasting room and home" (1,900-square-foot house, small vineyard, five acres, $995,000) could be popular and ideally situated Bantam Cellars.
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Tom Webb was promoted to associate head coach on July 25, 2007, after serving the Eagles as assistant coach for the past three campaigns. He oversees the EWU post players and handles the recruiting coordination and scouting and assists in all facets of the basketball program. In his time at Eastern, the Eagles have had four post players attain All-Big Sky Conference accolades (Sydney Benson, Jamie Chicane, Felice Moore and Julie Page) and one who is currently playing professionally in Europe (Page). Webb joined the Eagles in time for the 2004-05 season after an impressive four-year head coaching stint at Northwest College in Powell, Wyo. The Trappers went 94-32 under his tutelage, posting the most wins in school history (26) in back-to-back seasons. While at the school, Webb garnered two Wyoming Community College Athletic Conference (WCCAC) Coach of the Year awards, a pair of WCCAC championships and a 2003 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) academic championship. Over the course of his career there, he coached two Kodak All-Americans, a pair of NJCAA All-Americans and a dozen Academic All-Americans. Webb has coached alongside a pair of Hall of Fame coaches in Don Meyer of Northern State (S.D.) and Northwest College's Ken Rochlitz. Those two coaches have a combined career record of 1,387-626, good for a .689 winning percentage. In fact, when the records of every head coach he has worked for is added up, it comes to an incredible 2,115-1,100 record and a .658 winning percentage. Webb earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1998 from Southwest Minnesota State before completing a master's degree in 1999 in teaching and learning at Northern State. He is engaged to be married to Gina Gonnella of Spokane, Wash., on June 27, 2008, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.


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While the pro-abortion movement continues to lie about the intentions and goodwill of the pro-life movement, the fact remains that we pro-life supporters want nothing else but to support and nurture those who have been victimized by the tragedy of abortion. Every child allowed to be born will be loved and cared for. Every woman who has been a victim of abortion will be loved and cared for as well.
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Hello everyone,
sooner or later every interactive web site has to deal with the problem of unexpected/unwanted double requests. These double (or triple, ...) requests occur when a user performs a Windows-style double click on a link or a submit button. They can also be caused by network problems and browsers/proxies that repeat the last request after a given timeout.
The problem with double requests is when they execute an action that changes the persistant state of the application. An action to delete a mail from a folder will delete the mail on the first request and then throw an exception on the second request because the mail can't be found any more.
One common solution to this is to deal with it in the business logic: If you try to delete an non-existing object, just silently return and do not throw an exception. On the other hand, the business logic tier should not know about the shortcomings of the transport protocol (presentation tier).
Is there any "best practices" solution?
I am thinking about implementing a
filter that allows the following: Each action that is known to cause problems needs to be appended by a special parameter that should probably be pseudo-random, but could also be a sequenced number. The parameter needs to be embedded in the href attribute of a link or as a hidden field in a form. The filter is executed very early in the filter chain, detects the parameter and blocks all other requests with the same random id until the first one returns. All blocked requests will not be delegated down the filter chain but will return with a copy of the first request's response. Additionaly, the response is associated with the random id in a hashtable for at least 5 minutes, and each late arriving request with an existing id also returns the pre-generated response.
What do you think about it?
Has this already been implemented somewhere?
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Mar 13, 2004 15:56:00
We had this application with all these impatient users and a slow connection.
Can you believe there are people who manage to click a link 5 times a second (Proven by Logfile entries - dreadful)
We didn't want to handle the subject on the server side. Since all our links use javascript anyway we changed the JS function-call that's called by the link.
The function that's called by the link changes the link's href to "#".
So only the first click fires, all subsequent click don't do any harm.
Works like a charm since then
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Do stressful situations make your blood pressure rise? If so, your phosducin gene could be to blame according to a team of researchers, at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, that has identified a role for the protein generated by the phosducin gene in modulating blood pressure in response to stress in both mice and humans.
The team, led by Lutz Hein and Ulrich Broeckel, generated mice lacking phosducin and found that they had increased baseline blood pressure when compared with normal mice and that they showed enhanced increases in blood pressure in response to post-operative stress. Analysis in humans indicated that a number of phosducin gene variants were associated with certain stress-dependent blood pressure responses. Further, one gene variant in particular was associated with elevated baseline blood pressure.
These data led the authors to suggest that phosducin might be a good target for drugs designed to alleviate stress-induced high blood pressure. In an accompanying commentary, however, Guido Grassi, at Clinica Medica, Italy, notes that further studies are needed before the therapeutic implications of these data can really be determined.
More information: Phosducin influences sympathetic activity and prevents stress-induced hypertension in humans and mice. View this article at: www.jci.org/articles/view/38433?key=ch6PLgvm06ENhpLnhy41
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Over the weekend in Indy, I spoke to a few NFL scouts and assistants about some draft hopefuls. I'm not sure any player here sparked a worse reaction than Vontaze Burfict. Seems the Arizona State linebacker has gone from being plagued by yellow flags to eliciting red ones now.
"I wouldn't touch him," said one scout. "He does have some talent, but he is so undisciplined on and off the field. The guy is completely out of control. There's no way you could trust him. I can't believe they (ASU coaching staff) didn't cut him loose."
Burfict, who measured in at 6-feet-3, 248 pounds (about 12 under his playing weight this season, he said), has received a lot of hype over his college career. Much of it stemmed from some of his thunderous hits, but it was his recklessness that also dogged him and the Sun Devils from his first season at ASU to his last. He was selected to some all-American teams as a sophomore in 2010, but didn't even earn All-Pac-12 honors in 2011 before he opted to enter the draft as a junior, when he made just 69 tackles on a team that many thought would win at least 10 games but instead finished just 6-7.
"I played average," Burfict explained to reporters in Indy. "I could've played better. That's what hurt me at times. The coaches kind of messed me up. I didn't know if I would start a game or be benched. It hurt me, but I tried to fight through it."
NFL personnel folks cringe when they hear a player publicly put some of the blame on his coaches.
"You just scratch your head at some of the knucklehead things he does on tape," said one NFL coach. "It was the same thing over and over and over again with him. He seemed to personify why that team always seemed to underachieve."
One of things Burfict was asked about by the media in Indy was his role in a rumored locker-room fight with an ASU wideout. Burfict confirmed the incident, adding that he wished it never happened.
"We're not supposed to hit each other in seven-on-seven," Burfict said. "We had an argument, and we brought it into the locker room. We started chattering about it. He started rough-housing me. He pushed me, and my first instinct was to swing. And everyone thinks I'm the bad guy because my first instinct was to swing on the guy."
The draft is always full of "boom-or-bust" guys. That's Burfict, although because he's had so many issues, he'll probably be less of a risk since few people project him as such a high draft pick any more.
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Burfict from yellow flags to red ones?
I was certainly happy to see Burfict pass on his senior year and move on to oblivion. He personified what has been wrong
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Burfict from yellow flags to red ones?
I was certainly happy to see Burfict pass
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Burfict from yellow flags to red ones?
I see the Jets taking a chance on him. Rex Ryan may be the guy to shape him up. If not they are used to players calling each other and the coaching staff out to the media.
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Burfict from yellow flags to red ones?
I too cringe when I see a player blame his coaches, but as an ASU fan, I can also understand. ASU fans are really happy to see Dennis Erickson go. I think Erickson failed to set the proper tone and probably sent mixed messages. Don't get me wrong, there's risk with Burfict. He needs a hard ass, established coach who will set a clear tone with him.


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That's the number of electoral votes in the six states on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign bus tour, which takes him to Wisconsin (10 electoral votes) and Iowa (6) today.
Romney will conclude the tour tomorrow in Michigan (16), his birth state. He visited New Hampshire (4) on Friday, Pennsylvania (20) on Saturday and Ohio (18) yesterday.
President Barack Obama won all six states in the 2008 election with margins ranging from 4.6 percentage points in Ohio to 16.5 percentage points in Michigan. Four of the six states voted Democratic in the 2004 presidential election, with Iowa and Ohio opting to re-elect Republican President George W. Bush. All but New Hampshire and Ohio voted Democratic in 2000.
Romney needs to wrest some of these 74 electoral votes from Obama to win the presidency. Obama won 365 electoral votes in the 2008 election, adjusted to 359 to reflect a reallocation of electoral votes after the 2010 census. That's 89 electoral votes more than the 270 needed to win.
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Before I get into the subject of today's fabulous adventure, I want to congratulate the whole rest of Developer Division on the tremendously exciting product that we are formally launching today. (I've done very little actual coding on Visual Studio 2012 and C# 5.0, being busy with the long-lead Roslyn project.) Asynchronous programming support in C# and VB is of course my favourite feature; there are far, far too many new features to mention here. Check out the launch site, and please do send us constructive feedback on what you do and do not like. We cannot respond in detail to all of it, but it is all appreciated.
Returning now to the subject we started discussing last time on FAIC: sometimes the compiler can know via "static" analysis (that is, analysis done knowing only the compile-time types of expressions, rather than knowing their possibly more specific run-time types) that an "is" operator is guaranteed to produce a particular result.
But before we get into that, let's briefly review the meaning of "is" in C#. The expression
x is T
for an expression x and a type T produces a bool. Generally speaking, if there is a reference, boxing or unboxing conversion from the runtime value of x to the type T then the result is true, otherwise the result is false. Note that in particular user-defined conversions are not considered. The intention of the operator is to determine if the runtime value of x is actually a useful value of the type T, (*) and therefore we add a few additional caveats:
So, knowing that, try to think of some situations in which you know for certain that "x is T" is going to always produce true, or always produce false. Here are a few that you and I know are always true:
int i = 123;bool b1 = i is int;bool b2 = i is IComparable;bool b3 = i is object;bool b4 = "hello" is string;
Here in every case we know first, that the operand is not null, and second, that the operand will always be of the given type, and therefore the operator will always produce "true".
Before we go on, another aside! I want to briefly review our criteria for when to make a warning: the warning in question has got to be (1) thought of, (2) possible to implement cheaply, (3) identify code that is both plausibly written by a real user and almost certainly wrong, but non-obviously wrong (4) be work-around-able should the code actually be correct and (5) not turn huge amounts of existing code into spurious errors.
Of these four lines, only the third strikes me as plausibly written by a real user and almost certainly wrong; the user must not realize that every int always implements IComparable. The other ones are just weird. Interestingly enough, the C# 5 compiler warns about the first three, but not the fourth.
There are a lot more situations where you know that the result will always be false. Can you think of some? Here are just a few off the top of my head:
bool b5 = M is Func<object>; // M is a method groupbool b6 = null is object;bool b7 = b5 is IEnumerable;bool b8 = E.Blah is uint; // E is an enum typebool b9 = i is double;
The first two follow the rules of the spec. The latter three are cases where we can know via static analysis that the value cannot possibly be converted to the given type by a reference, boxing or unboxing conversion. We produce a warning for all these trivially-analyzed cases. (Though of course again some of these examples -- b6 in particular -- are unlikely to show up in real code.)
That was a whole lot of preamble to the question I actually want to consider today, which is "how far should we go?" when making these sorts of static analyses for the purpose of warning that an "is" expression is always false. We could go a lot farther! I started this series off with a puzzle about the cases where there is no compile-time conversion from x to T, but nevertheless "x is T" can be true; today I want to talk about what we do when there is no compile-time conversion from x to T, and hey, x is T really cannot possibly be true as a result. There are lots of cases where you and I know that a given expression will never be of a given type, but these cases can get quite complex. Let's look at three complex ones:
class C<T> {}...static bool M10<X>(X x) where X : struct { return x is string; }static bool M11<X>(C<X> cx) where X : struct { return cx is C<string>; }static bool M12<X>(Dictionary<int, int> d) { return d is List<X>; }
In case M10 we know that X will always be a value type and no value type is convertible to string via a reference, boxing or unboxing conversion. The type check must be false.
In case M11 we know that cx is of type C<some-value-type>, or a type derived from C<some-value-type>. You and I know that there is no way to get the same generic class type into a type hierarchy twice; there is no way to make something derive from both C<some-value-type> and C<string>. So the type check must be false.
In case M12 we know that there is no way to make an object that inherits from both the dictionary and list base classes, no matter what X is. The type check must be false.
In all these cases we could produce a compiler warning, but we are rapidly running up against the "possible to implement cheaply" criterion! I could spend a lot of expensive time coming up with heuristics which would not make a difference to real users writing real code. We have to draw the line somewhere.
Where is that line? The heuristic we actually use to determine whether or not to report a warning when we detect that there is no compile-time conversion from x to T is as follows:
This is far from perfect, but it is definitely in the "good enough" bucket. And "good enough" is, by definition, good enough. Of course, this heuristic is subject to change without notice, should we discover that some real user-impacting scenario motivates changing it.
(*) And not to determine the answers to other interesting questions, like "is there any way to associate a value of type T with this value?" or "can the value x be legally assigned to a variable of type T?"
(**) There are some small spec holes here and around these holes are minor inconsistencies between the C# 5 compiler and Roslyn. We do not say what to do if the expression x is a namespace or a type; those are of course valid expressions. The compiler produces an error stating that an expression with a value is expected. Similarly for write-only properties and write-only indexers. The C# 5 compiler produces an error if the expression is a void-returning call, which technically is a spec violation; Roslyn produces a warning, though frankly, I'd be more inclined to change the spec in this case. The specification does say that "x is T" is an error if T is a static type; the C# 5 compiler erroneously allows this and produces false whereas the Roslyn compiler produces an error.
(***) This is a lie; there is one case where the compile time type of x is an open value type and T is a class type, and there is no compile-time conversion from x to T, and "x is T" can be true, and therefore the warning must be suppressed. Can you write a program that demonstrates this scenario?
In response to the question in your footnotes, one program in which a warning would be suppressed would be:
static bool M<T,Z>( T x ) where T : struct where Z : class
return x is Z; // no warning here, even though (Z)x is illegal.
With the definition of M<,>() above, the following code will be true:
bool isZ = M<int,object>(42);
Assert.IsTrue( isZ ); // passes
Awesome post as always.
As a side note, could you provide any timeline for Roslyn suport in visual studio 2012 RTM?
At last we have an answer to the Clintonian question of what the meaning of the word "is" is.
(***) static bool M10E<X>(X x) where X : struct { return x is System.Enum; }
The table in ECMA-335, 6th Edition, §II.10.1.7 "Generic Parameters (GenPars)" is somewhat related.
The Enum case is the one I had in mind. Nice! -- Eric
Trying to grasp the deeper meaning of your article, I became a bit wondered about the decision on when the generate warnings.
Your criterium nr 3 for generating warnings seems not to address a very common case where warnings (and errors) are actively used by a programmer, or to say the least, by me.
The most common thing we do to software is not so much create it, but change it. A change in one part of a program might very well create an obvious bug somewhere else. Obvious, but unseen. These cases fail the nr 3 criterium, but if i could pick only one situation for producing warnings, this would be it.


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Washington, D.C. – Nov. 21, 2002 – They're considered the Oscars of college teaching: Each year four college professors are tapped by The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as U.S. Professors of the Year for their dedication to teaching, commitment to students, and creative approach to education.
Today, one of those four winners is a Santa Clara University professor and award-winning author, Francisco Jimenez. Professor Jimenez grew up in migrant labor camps in the Central Valley and went on to earn degrees from Santa Clara and Columbia. He and three other professors, two from Indiana and one from Maryland, were selected from among 400 nominations.
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The Professors of the Year were honored today at a luncheon at the National Press Club.
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In addition to the national honor, his most recent book was selected this week to be the single book read in schools and libraries throughout Silicon Valley in a community reading project. The San Jose Public Library Foundation and the Santa Clara County Office of Education are sponsors of the project, called Silicon Valley Reads, to identify a book that they will ask everyone in Silicon Valley to read.
Breaking Through also is the 2001 winner of the Southwest Texas State University Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award. Breaking Through is the sequel to The Circuit, another autobiographical novel by Jimenez. Breaking Through can now add the Rivera award to its long list of accolades, including selection as a Booklist Editor's Choice, American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, a Smithsonian's Notable Book for Children and Young Adults and a New York Public Library Book for teenagers.
His two picture books, La Mariposa, a Smithsonian Notable Book, and The Christmas Gift, an American Library Association Notable Book, also tell the story of his younger years, for younger readers.
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John Najar knows the inside of mechanical closets in every building on the UC Davis campusand he knows how to find them in the dark.
In fact, about a third of his 25 years on campus has been spent on swing or night shift, whether as a janitor in the early days or since then as a mechanical and electrical operations repairman.
A former helicopter crew chief for the Army during the Vietnam War, the Sacramento resident had his eye on Davis when he got out of the service. He started by cleaning buildings on campus while going to school at Sacramento City College, where he studied industrial mechanical electrical technology.
After just a few years, he advanced to repairing the campus lighting system and related circuitry for three years. Since then, for nearly 20 years, hes been with the electrical maintenance unit, solving mechanical and electrical problems.
"I use my voltage tester like my right hand anytime there are problems," Najar says, explaining that many mechanical problems are related to lack of electricity. Hes often called by the Fire Department to check on fire alarms to see if a faulty detector is the problem.
And he runs into other campus night workersmany working late in labswho are surprised to see him walking down the hall.
"They think it is unusual to see workers out after midnight but I tell them, Although the doors may be closed, this campus doesnt stop running. Its our job to make sure everything is maintained properly."
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Big, juicy meatballs simmered in a bright tomato sauce on top of tender pasta. A sprinkle of salty Parmesan and subtly sweet basil brings this dish together. With such a deep, rich flavor, what could be better? The aroma that this creates in the house is absolutely drool-inducing.
As said in other pasta posts, I am a carb freak. I love pasta, bread, muffins... mmmm! I had a huge craving for spaghetti and meatballs, but I know that normally they aren't very health-oriented! I didn't want anything greasy, so I decided to make it the focus of my recipe makeover for the week. This recipe not only brings you all the deliciousness of spaghetti and meatballs, but is half the calories and gives you a hearty, balanced, and flavor-packed dish. My family adored this recipe!
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Serves: 8
Serving Size: overflowing 1/2c. pasta, 3 meatballs, 1/3c sauce, and 1tbl grated Parmesan
Serving Size: overflowing 1/2c. pasta, 3 meatballs, 1/3c sauce, and 1tbl grated Parmesan
Calories/Serving: 436
- 13.25oz package of uncooked whole wheat spaghetti
- 1 pound 93% lean ground beef
- 1.2 pounds extra lean ground pork
- 1/3c. Italian breadcrumbs
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/4tsp pepper
- 1/8tsp salt
- 1/4tsp garlic powder
- Cooking Spray
- 3 cups Fire Roasted Tomato Marinara (seriously, use this recipe! It is super quick and the flavor is unmatched. Plus it is much lower in sodium/calories)
- 1/2c. grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4c basil, finely sliced
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine beef, pork, breadcrumbs, egg, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. When thoroughly mixed together, divide the mixture into 24 large meatballs (I do this by dividing the whole thing in half. Divide each half in half. That will separate it into quarters. Divide each quarter in half. That leaves you with 8 balls of meat. Now, divide those eight balls each into 3. You now have 24 large meatballs!)
- Heat a large nonstick skillet lightly coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Place the meatballs in the skillet, and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side (until golden brown). Once all the meatballs are golden on all sides (I usually have to turn them about 4 times), pour the 3 cups of marinara over the top of them. Place a lid on the meatballs and gently simmer for 20-30 minutes, or until meatballs are cooked all the way through. Make sure to check at 20 minutes to avoid overcooking.
- For each serving, take a bit more than 1/2c. pasta and ladle on 1/3c. sauce and 3 meatballs. Top with 1/2tbl basil and 1tbl grated Parmesan. Ta-da! This will last in the fridge for up to a week (Confession: I actually like it even more the next day!)


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Dare you carry out your contract kill in... a haunted house?!
By Tim Colwill on January 10, 2014 at 1:30 pm
Squenix and I/O have updated Hitman: Absolution with three new contracts.
PC players will get a new contract set in a haunted house, while PS3 players get to deal with a "pyromaniac ice cream seller". Xbox 360 players get to experience a donut shop massacre. Tasty.
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