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Kyle Petty Charity Ride ends in Daytona Beach Saturday
Published: Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 8:54 p.m.
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DAYTONA BEACH — The 20th annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America is rolling east from California and will end at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort/Ocean Walk Village.
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WHAT: Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America
WHERE: Daytona Beach Hilton Resort, 100 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach
ARRIVAL: The riders are scheduled to arrive at the Hilton at 3 p.m. Saturday
CELEBRITIES: Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker, former NASCAR drivers Harry Gant, Geoff Bodine, Donnie Allison, Petty
ONLINE: Go to kylepettycharityride.com for updates
The annual motorcycle adventure helps raise money for Victory Junction, a camp created by the Petty family to enrich the lives of children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses.
Over the past two decades, more than 7,330 riders have logged more than 10.7 million cumulative motorcycle miles and donated nearly $15 million to Victory Junction Camp and other children's charities.
Petty said this ride is unique because it started on the Pacific Coast and will end on the Atlantic Coast.
"I know this sounds crazy, but we started the ride in Carlsbad, Calif., on the ocean and we wanted to end the ride on the ocean," Petty said in a telephone interview during a stop in New Mexico.
"We started from a Hilton on the ocean in California and we're ending at a Hilton on the ocean. We started on the Pacific Coast and we'll end on the Atlantic. It's the first time we've left an ocean and stopped at the next ocean."
The ride began last Saturday and when it is finished the riders will have covered 2,674 miles.
Petty is joined by more than 200 motorcyclists, including several celebrity riders such as NASCAR legends Geoff Bodine, Harry Gant and Donnie Allison, plus Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker.
The public is welcome to greet the riders when they reach the Hilton Resort at 100 N. Atlantic Ave. The celebrity riders will be available for autographs and photographs.
"We are honored that the charity ride will end at the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort/Ocean Walk Village," said Jason Reader, vice president of operations for Pyramid Hotel Group.
"With this being the first coast-to-coast ride, what better place to end than at the beautiful beach of Daytona. We hope to see every NASCAR and bike fan come out and welcome the riders as they finish their journey across America and to support Victory Junction."
Petty is a former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, who now works as a television analyst for Fox Sports and TNT. He is the son of Richard Petty, the undisputed "King of stock-race racing."
Kyle Petty said Daytona Beach is like his "second home" because of his family's involvement in Speedweeks in February and the Coke Zero 400 staged in July.
Petty points out that he was born in June 1960, and attended the July 4 Firecracker 400 that year as a newborn.
"We'd spend almost three weeks in Daytona during February," he said. "Then we would come back in July and spend two weeks down here on vacation.
"I tell people all the time I thought Daytona was the only place the Atlantic Ocean touched the United States because that's the only time I ever saw it."
As a race driver, Petty spent even more time here, because of testing and various promotions over the years. He looks forward to Saturday's "finish line" at the Hilton.
"We look forward to hanging out with the public for a couple of hours when we get there," Petty said. "We stay at that Hilton when we race and they've been really good to us over the years."
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The final instalment in Peter Jackson's adaptation of JRR Tolkien's novel The Hobbit sees Bilbo and company engaged in a massive war that will determine the future of Middle-Earth.
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The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
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A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug.

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College Hockey:NCAA Issues Apology, Clarification to Miffed BU-SLU Fans
INDIANAPOLIS — On Wednesday, the NCAA issued a clarification and apology to viewers of Sunday's Boston University-St. Lawrence game whose broadcast services cut away from the matchup during overtime.
Television broadcasts of both the East and West Regionals are produced and syndicated by the NCAA, which sells broadcast rights nationwide. Both Fox Sports New New England and Midwest Sports Channel-Wisconsin left the six-hour BU-SLU matchup — the longest in NCAA tournament history, eventually won 3-2 in four overtimes by St. Lawrence — to broadcast a previously-contracted NBA game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics.
Chris Farrow, NCAA Productions' assistant director of broadcast services, issued the following statement:
"We certainly understand [viewers'] frustration in having one of the most exciting hockey games in NCAA championship history interrupted in the middle of overtime action.
"NCAA Productions has no air time available to it. We produce the coverage of a number of NCAA championships not covered by our contracts with CBS or ESPN and provide that coverage to local, regional or national networks for airing. All networks have a number of pre-existing contractual arrangements that they must honor. Such was the case, Sunday, March 26 …
"We apologize to all the loyal fans of those two universities who wanted to see the end of the game, and we recognize that our apology may not ease your frustration. NCAA Productions is pleased that we can produce and deliver all games of the tournament without overlap. Unfortunately, we have no control over local programming."
Farrow also stressed the NCAA's strong ties to both networks, noting that "over the last two NCAA hockey championships, both MSC and FSNNE have aired 13/16 (81%) of the NCAA regional hockey games live. No other station or network has expressed as much interest as these two regional sports networks. … FSNNE and MSC should be applauded for their continued support of NCAA college hockey."
The NCAA national semifinals will be broadcast Thursday, April 6, on espn2, and the championship Saturday, April 8, on ESPN.
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Go-kart racing is a growing recreational sport for people of all ages. The first go-kart was developed by Art Ingels in 1956 using a surplus lawnmower engine. Today's go-karts are more responsive and faster, with some reaching speeds of 200 miles an hour. Building a go-kart track requires planning and considerable space to attract riders and keep them coming.
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Install fencing around the track to keep onlookers a safe distance from the racing go-karts.
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Photos: Underground Music Showcase – Friday, July 20, 2012
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Photos from the 12th annual Denver Post Underground Music Showcase, which began Thursday, July 19, and continues through Sunday. The UMS will cram more than 300 musical and comedy performances into an arty stretch of South Broadway.
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Totally lucked out! I searched Armslist.com, found a dealer in Detroit and got the payment ready to purchase the Shield and have it sent to a local shop. I made one last ditch call to Gander Mountain in Thorton, CO and was told that they just received four in, put one on hold and picked it up within the hour. I was so lucky! FYI - I almost bought a .40 a few weeks prior but passed for the 9mm. It's my daily carry...
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Before Bret Michaels was admitted to the intensive care unit after suffering a major brain hemorrhage late Thursday, he was a leading contender on the new season of "Celebrity Apprentice." His co-stars on Donald Trump's reality competition reached out to the Poison frontman on Monday (April 26) hoping for the best during his medical emergency.
"I am hoping for a speedy recovery," fellow '80s musical superstar Cyndi Lauper said, according to E! Online. "He is a strong-willed person, so I am feeling very positive that he will pull through like a champion. My thoughts are with his family."
While Australian chef Curtis Stone had it out for Bret during a previous "Celebrity Apprentice" challenge that involved a country-star makeover, he had nothing but kind words for the rocker. "He's a nice man, and I've got great wishes for him," Stone told E!.
WWE Diva Maria Kanellis is also pulling for the "Rock of Love" star. "All you can do is hope and pray for him and his family," she said. "He's a strong man, so I hope he recovers very quickly."
As for "Celebrity Apprentice" boss Donald Trump, he told TMZ that Michaels is in "big, big trouble and the prognosis is not great."
"He turns out to be an amazing competitor, and ultimately, that is the thing that could save his life," Trump said.
The latest update from Bret's camp on BretMichaels.com said the singer's condition hadn't changed: "As of now Bret remains in ICU under 24 hour surveillance. Further testing this week will help locate the source of the bleeding."
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Former Vice-President Dick Cheney said that Hillary Clinton was a "disappointment" to him as Secretary of State, according to ABC News on Sunday. In his interview with Jonathan Karl on the show, "This Week," Cheney said that he was "impressed" with Clinton's "potential" when she became Secretary of State, but that because of Obama's "philosophy," Clinton was not operating according to the ideology of a strong country that is "prepared to use that strength when necessary." Cheney also stated that he believed that President Obama's policies of withdraw from Iraq as opposed to active engagement in that region.
When asked about his own decisions pertaining to Iraq and the Middle East during his tenure as Vice-President, Cheney stated that there are no "good" or "easy" answers to the Iraq crisis and that spending time debating over events that are eleven or twelve years old will detract attention away from the crisis in Iraq as it is unfolding now.
Cheney was highly critical of Senator Rand Paul (R,Ky), stating the Senator basically is an "isolationist," and warning that such policies not only did not work in the 1930's but also will work today in the post 9-1-1 world after "19 guys armed with airline tickets and box cutters came all the way from Afghanistan and killed 3,000 of our citizens." Cheney stated that Paul:
"...Doesn't believe we ought to be involved in that part of the world."
Cheney also stated that although he has not yet chosen a candidate to endorse for the GOP (Grand Old Party), that the candidate he does select will be able:
"......to provide the leadership in the world, basically, to maintain the peace and to take on the al Qaeda types wherever they show up."
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney was born on January 30, 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He attended the University of Wyoming where he acquired both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in political science. He was elected to Congress in 1978 from the state of Wyoming and was elected House Minority Whip in 1989. He was appointed Secretary of Defense by President George H.W. Bush and served for the duration of his term, from 1989 to 1993. He administered America's engagement in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and served as the Chairman and CEO of Halliburton during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, from 1995 to 2000.
Both during and after Cheney's Vice-Presidency, he was criticized greatly by thousands of liberals, moderates and even some conservatives, for his policy of implementing the water boarding method of interrogation which is widely considered to be a horrendous form of torture.
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A study found the average woman will spend around $4,000 on bras during her lifetime. However, despite the fact that many women own over a dozen bras, they only wash them every two months!
"The unsavory revelation, however, that they don't clean them that often has prompted warnings that the undies could cause skin complaints and even make a bra fit badly," The Daily Mail wrote regarding the information.
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We said we would not be those parents.
We live in LA, but our kids will not be Hollywood, we said.
Then we first chance we got, we took a four-year-old to an awards show.
Well, whatever. It was fun.
Actually, we've been to a lot of these live events, and The Gorilla and I both agree that the Kids Choice Awards is the best by far. Instead of the vibe being tense and "cool," it's fun and cheerful. Also it's very (very) well done.
We had side stage seats, a great close up for the fun opening number. This also meant we weren't far from Marky Mark.
During the commerical breaks, huge crews would come out and clean the floor of all the splattered slime.
We weren't sitting too far from Duck Dynasty head Willie and his wife. My husband turned to me and said, "The Duck Dynasty wives have a tell-all in Us Weekly. I almost bought it."
Understand that he didn't mean for me.
We thought it was really cool that they gave the first Lifetime Achievement Award to producer Dan Schneider, creator of multiple tv hits like All That, The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorius, and Sam & Cat. Behind-the-scenes geniuses don't usually get recognized so publicly.
The Gorilla produced & directed a segment called Slime Rodeo that turned out really funny. We cheered when it ran.
And what's a little Nickelodeon without a little slime?
About midway through the show, Pigtail asked if we could go to McDonalds so she could play on the slide.
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I had SO MUCH FUN with this party! My daughter Bailey's favorite thing in the world is DOGS. She loves real dogs, stuffed animal dogs, pictures of dogs, anything dog related she loves. So when it came time to plan her party guess what she chose?! DOGS!!!
I got in touch with Amanda from Amanda's Parties To Go and asked her pretty please, can you create a dog collection for me?? She came through big time with the CUTEST new puppy party printables to pull this party off with so much style!
First step in planning any party (for me) is the cake. For her a dog paw-ty, Bailey wanted her cake to resemble her favorite dog, our family dog, Charlie. This was probably one of the most difficult and stressful cakes I've ever made as Charlie is the best and cutest dog in the world! ;) Talk about pressure!
My favorite addition to the dessert table had to be the dog house cookies. They were so yummy and so cute! (what a combination!)
Upon arrival each girl was given a dog collar to wear with her name on a little bottle cap tag. I found the tags (they're actually key chains) at Party City in the party favor section! They were perfect for what I needed. I used the little 1 inch circles from Amanda's collection for the girls' names.
Party activities:
My mom and I painted little dog faces on the little girls.
We had frisbees out in the yard for the girls to play with.
We rented a jumper and had a little little girls pretending to be dogs, jumping and yapping. (not annoying at all)
I had the girls do a scavenger hunt to find their very own puppy pet. I gave them clues that led them all over the house to find their dog as well as accessories for their new pup.
The first clue led them to the adoption center. Inside each bag was a little pup (that I found at the good ol' Dollar Tree). ;) Then they were given another clue that led them to the place where they could find a little dog house for puppy. Once they found their dog a house, they needed to search for dog food! The next clue led them to Reese's cereal in little dog-like bowls. After they found all the dog essentials (food and shelter) they needed to find accessories for their dog! The next clue led them to the doggy bags which included a felt bone, a leash and a mini frisbee toy (dogs love frisbees!). This game was a big hit. The girls loved the excitement of searching for their new puppy friend!!
After all the activities we sat down for some "pup-eroni" pizza. ;) The "dinner" table was so precious! The girls ate out of bone shaped dog bowls (found at the Dollar Barn) and drank out of bone shaped sippy cups found at thepartyworks.com.
Then it was cake time, more play time and then clean up time. All in all it was a great, fun party!!!
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The Houston Public Library (H.P.L.) is seeking an Assistant Director of Digital Strategies (PN# 11976). He or she needs to be "a dynamic information technology professional."
The Assistant Director of Digital Strategies will "provide visionary and transformational leadership in today's digital library environment while envisioning and preparing for the library of the future. This individual is smart, strategic, creative, and results-driven with extensive experience in providing support for public services, especially in a system with multiple locations; and has deep knowledge in operational improvement and change management."
The Houston Public Library is a Department of the City of Houston. The Assistant Director of Digital Strategies works in the Automation Section of the Digital Strategies Division.
The reporting location is the Central Library, located at 500 McKinney Street, Houston, Texas 77002. Typically, the Assistant Director of Digital Strategies will work from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., though the workweek will vary in terms of days worked. The schedule is subject to change.
The Assistant Director of Digital Strategies (A.D.D.S.) will provide leadership for the H.P.L. Digital Strategies team, and, in keeping with H.P.L.'s vision and mission, will create a fresh direction for H.P.L. systemwide technology services. The A.D.D.S. will work in partnership with H.P.L. Leadership, H.P.L. Divisions, and the City of Houston Information Technology Services Department (H.I.T.S.) to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate leading edge technology strategies that support H.P.L.'s business operations, and continuously improve cost effectiveness, service quality and customer service delivery.
Reporting to the Library Director, this position is an exciting executive leadership opportunity in a forward thinking organization. The A.D.D.S. serves as an integral member of the Houston Public Library Executive Leadership Team and plays a critical role in leading H.P.L. into a future that will include state of the art technologies that support innovative information delivery, engaging learning spaces, and stellar customer experiences.
The City of Houston states, "The ideal candidate will have demonstrated success aligning people, processes and technology; excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal and customer relationship skills; and is successful interfacing with executive management, business partners, stakeholders, and staff. The individual we seek can quickly build trust and work successfully in a large, diverse, urban environment."
Essential responsibilities for the Assistant Director for Digital Strategies include providing overall vision, innovation, and leadership for H.P.L.'s digital services; serving as a member of the Executive Leadership Team; providing leadership for the H.P.L. Digital Strategies Team (D.S.T.); implementing team building and development opportunities for D.S.T. to facilitate innovation and to ensure continuous delivery of effective, efficient, leading edge technology services; establishing and direct the strategic and tactical goals, policies, and procedures for the division; identifying and address user needs and resolve problems in a timely manner; developing and implement a system to continuously analyze and improve upon technology standards, procedures and policies across the library to gain efficiencies and improve processes; partnering with the City of Houston Information Technology Services Department (H.I.T.S.) to ensure H.P.L.'s compliance with citywide technology standards, and to ensure optimal support for H.P.L.'s technology operations; serving as the H.P.L.'s liaison to H.I.T.S.; represent H.P.L. on citywide technology meetings and on citywide technology committees and teams; monitoring performance of H.I.T.S. through an operational level agreement, automated systems monitoring, and other measures; establishing services metrics that align with H.P.L. standards and goals that demonstrate value to H.P.L.'s staff operations and excellent customer service delivery; leading and encourage continuous research within H.P.L. to ensure current knowledge of industry trends and emerging technologies for Library staff; serving as a link to the wider world of library technology and technology in general through broad engagement with vendors, local and national Library colleagues, and participation in national professional organizations; managing vendor relationships and contracts to maximize service level performance and minimize costs; proposing hardware/software solutions to accomplish H.P.L.'s vision and mission; managing, tracking, and controlling technology operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing and operations; and providing general oversight for the Houston Area Library Automated Network (H.A.L.A.N.). The H.A.L.A.N. is a consortium of libraries, including Houston Public Library, served by a common integrated library system (I.L.S.) through contract with the City of Houston and housed at the H.P.L.
The H.A.L.A.N. Division Chief reports to the A.D.D.S. The latter administers the H.P.L.'s technology staff and public training centers. He or she continuously develops training opportunities for the public and staff in using emerging technologies and applications.
The position requires stooping and bending; lifting of library materials up to twenty pounds. One must be able to move freely throughout the Central Library to file or retrieve library materials. Obviously, one must be able to effectively communicate orally and in writing.
This minimum education requirement is a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology, Business Administration, Public Administration or a closely related field.
A Master's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems/Technology, Library Science, Business Administration, or Public Administration is strongly preferred.
This job requires seven years of experience in Information Technology and/or Administration, with at least three of those years in a significant managerial capacity. Management experience in an I.T. organization or environment is strongly preferred.
Note that a Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology, Library Science, Business Administration, or Public Administration may be substituted for two years of experience. This job does requires a valid driver's license and compliance with the City of Houston policy on driving (AP 2-2).
Preference will be given to individuals that have the ability to lead a team of fifteen or more employees; ten years of IT experience – platform, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture; five years of experience with distributed and high-availability network across multiple locations; three years of Cloud Technology experience; five years of experience with web-based technologies; familiarity with ITIL or ITIL certification; five years of experience with external customer service operations environment; current and proficient knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word); experience working with people of diverse backgrounds; the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; and strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
In addition, preference shall be given to eligible veteran applicants provided such persons possess the qualifications necessary for competent discharge of the duties involved in the position applied for, such persons are among the most qualified candidates for the position, and all other factors in accordance with Executive Order 1-6.
No skills test is required. However, the Houston Public Library may administer a skill assessment evaluation. This position is subject to random drug testing and if a promotional position, the candidate must pass an assignment drug test.
To apply for this job, submit an application online at www.houstontx.gov/hr/jobs for the Assistant Director of Digital Strategies position, PN# 11976. Attach a cover letter and résumé including at least three professional references and current salary.
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Information-Theoretic Limits on Sparse Signal Recovery: Dense Versus Sparse Measurement Matrices
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Wei Wang, Martin Wainwright and Kannan Ramchandran
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We study the information-theoretic limits of exactly recovering the support of a sparse signal using noisy projections defined by various classes of measurement matrices. Our analysis is high-dimensional in nature, in which the number of observations n, the ambient signal dimension p, and the signal sparsity k are all allowed to tend to infinity in a general manner. This project makes two novel contributions. First, we provide sharper necessary conditions for exact support recovery using general (non-Gaussian) dense measurement matrices. Combined with previously known sufficient conditions, this result yields sharp characterizations of when the optimal decoder can recover a signal for various scalings of the sparsity k and sample size n, including the important special case of linear sparsity (k = θ(p) using a linear scaling of observations (n = θ(p)). Our second contribution is to prove necessary conditions on the number of observations n required for asymptotically reliable recovery using a class of γ-sparsified measurement matrices, where the measurement sparsity γ(n, p, k) ∈ (0,1] corresponds to the fraction of non-zero entries per row. Our analysis allows general scaling of the quadruplet (n, p, k, γ), and reveals three different regimes, corresponding to whether measurement sparsity has no effect, a minor effect, or a dramatic effect on the information-theoretic limits of the subset recovery problem.
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Mini-14 and a brand new SR22. Love them both. Putting the mini away for a bit. The SR22 is cheaper to shoot, and with that extra money I'm looking at an SR9 in the next few months!
2-a P97 and an SR9C.
My wife and I collectively own 4. She has a 22/45 LITE, an SR22 Pistol, and a 10/22. I own a Speed-Six .357 Magnum revolver.
I have a GP100 in .357Mag and a SP101 in .357Mag. Out of all my guns these get the most range time.
Ruger LCP, SR9c, LCR-357 and 10/22 takedown.
I have a Blackhawk .45/.45 ACP convertible (two cylinders). I shoot the .45 ACP round for target practice, but when not shooting it, it hangs loaded with .45 LC JHP's on my bed post to greet any uninvited late-night guests. This is a fantastic handgun, in my opinion.
I am looking to get a 77-22 in the near future, possibly trading one of my M1 Garrand's (or one of my other guns I don't shoot too much) for one. There better be a quality scope included in the deal! :-)
All total there have been 10 occupying my shop but only four remain in use having sold the others. Currently: MkIII 22/45, Single Six 22 Mag, P97DC, and the newest (yesterday) Blackhawk Convertible 45 Colt/45ACP. My first Rooger cost me $37.50 and when the cost went up to $41.50 I thought the world was coming to an end. Well, the world 50+ years later is still here and the cost keeps going up. Now, that's some change! These are good guns and worth every hard-earned penny. Their utility and value cannot be under estimated.
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Old single six flat gate
new ss single six
MK II three, one blue govt. mod bull barrle, one slab side, one standard
blue security six
one speed six
one redhawk in 44 mag
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I have a LC9, and a LCR .357 on order which should be in week after next.
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Redhawk .44 5.5"
Oh yeah, and I have one Smith and Wesson 500 Magnum 6.5" WHY??? Cause Ruger doesn't make a 500 magnum.....well not yet anyway.
Ruger SR22
Ruger MKIII 4
Ruger LCR (22LR)
Ruger LC9
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22 Mk 1 from 1976. I love the special inscription on the bicentenial models.
Super Blackhawk, 7.5 inch (I think), blue, 44 mag, dead sexy.
Blackhawk, 4 inch, blue, .357 mag
Blackhawk, 4 inch, blue, .45 Colt
I SHOULD have another, but when my father died his girlfriend got to his stash of good guns before I did and my Security Six .357 magnum disappeared, along with a few other treasures.
And a magazine from a P series 9mm. You get odd bedfellows when you inherit a large collection. The Blackhawks are the new models. Now my job is to have none and find good homes for all of them.
SR40 and 22/45
Redhawk 41mag
Single-Six 22lr/22mag convertible.
Three. So far. :smt033
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Recipe: Klappertaart
Fusion food is a topic that causes lively debate among foodies. While some embrace it like I embrace bad 80s music, self-confessed food purists abhor it – what's the point of combining two seemingly different cuisines just for the sake of experimentation? Why fix something that simply ain't broke?
Despite popular belief, however, fusion food is not a new phenomenon. Austrian celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, for example, has been marrying European techniques with Asian ingredients long before Teage Ezard wowed Australians with wasabi-infused oyster shooters. But even then, Puck isn't doing anything particularly new.
Our ancestors have been enjoying fusion food for centuries now. When European powers colonised faraway countries, they unknowingly created fusion food when they had to modify their dishes according to what ingredients were available to them in their new homes. The beef-loving French colonialists in Vietnam arguably contributed to what is now a well-loved soup noodle dish called phở (from the French pot-au-feu, meaning 'pot on the fire'). Similarly, French baking techniques combined with Vietnamese staples such as pork, coriander, daikon and fish sauce led to the bánh mì, a sandwich that boasts a colourful fusion of contrasting flavours and freshness.
As an Indonesian, it's hard to deny the impact that the Dutch had on Indonesian food today. In 1619, the Dutch East India Company colonised the spice-rich archipelago of Indonesia for commercial purposes. When the company's charter expired in 1799, the Dutch government governed Indonesia until independence in 1949. Today, the Dutch influence is still prevalent from beautiful Colonial-era stock architecture in cities such as Bandung and Surabaya to the food that's still being enjoyed by millions around the country.
One such dish is the famous dessert called klappertaart, which hails from Manado, North Sulawesi. In Dutch, klappertaart means 'coconut tart', however its texture resembles that of a baked custard dessert. This wonderfully sweet – and indulgent – treat combines Dutch dessert-cooking techniques with cinnamon and fresh coconuts, both of which are common ingredients in Indonesian cooking.
Some klappertaart recipes contain egg whites for a crispy meringue topping, however this simplified version purely focuses on the creamy, cold custard. I'd even go so far to say that this klappertaart is fusion cuisine – it's very hard to find canarium nuts at your local supermarket so walnuts are used here.
Enjoy your klappertaart – perhaps you might see a variation of it at your local Mod Oz restaurant one day!
500 ml milk
50 grams plain flour
30 grams tapioca
50 grams sugar (you can add a little bit more if you have a sweet tooth)
50 gram butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon rum
1 tablespoon condensed milk
1 tablespoon raisins or sultanas (and extras to top)
2 tablespoons walnuts, coarsely chopped (and extras to top)
3 egg yolks, whipped
Meat from two young coconuts, chopped
Cinnamon powder, for dusting
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Mix half the milk (250 ml) with flour and tapioca in a bowl, set aside.
3. Mix the rest of the milk with sugar in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat until it simmers.
4. Stir the milk and flour mixture from step 2 into the saucepan.
5. Bring the mixture to boil, then remove from heat (but don't turn it off just yet).
6. Fold in the butter, vanilla essence, rum, condensed milk, raisins or sultanas, and walnuts.
7. Return the saucepan to low-medium heat and fold in the egg yolks and coconut meat.
8. Stir the mixture for a minute, or until the custard is smooth and thick. Remove from heat.
9. Pour the custard into ramekins or a big baking tray.
10. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
11. Let the klappertaart stand at room temperature to cool down, and then store in the fridge until it's ready to be consumed.
12. Just before serving, garnish the top with raisins or sultanas, and walnuts, then dust with a bit of cinnamon powder.
Side Notes:
1. Some recipes tell you to top the klappertaarts with raisins/sultanas and walnuts before putting it in the oven. I'd recommend topping the klappertaarts AFTER taking them out of the oven – both the custard and the raisins/sultanas contain lots of sugar and sugar burns really easily. Avoid this by topping the custard after they're safely out of the oven – oh, and by not forgetting to take them out!
2. If you don't like walnuts, try substituting with almonds.
3. If you can't find fresh young coconuts (or can't be bothered chopping them up), then store-bought shredded coconut meat will work.
12 Comments on Recipe: Klappertaart
I've heard of that saying "confusion not fusion" but some of the most fabulous cuisines are fusion-like the Cajun and Creole food of New Orleans! 😀 I've never heard of klappertart before so this was really interesting!Reply
Fusion foods rock, though I didn't know these dishes were around for so long! But I love this recipe for klappertaart, it is new to me but looks awesome
What a gorgeous dessert! And I'm all about some fusion!Reply
That looks really good, and so unusual!Reply
I've never come across a klapertaart before – I love all those flavours so thanks for introducing me to this gorgeous looking dessert.Reply
Like Guus Hiddink, you got the Dutch Touch!Reply
These look so delicious I've actually never heard of Klappertaart before but definitely something I like because I love any desserts that is made out of Condense milk hehe YUM!
See you're an awesome cook and dessert maker! Here you keep saying you don't have much of a sweet tooth hehe ~Reply
What an interesting dish to try. Can't wait!Reply
I love klappertart. I'm an Indian living in Melbourne. I'm from Indonesia and my mom was born in Manado and she introduced me to klappertart. I'll definitely try to make this. Quick question though – where did you get the coconut flesh/meat?Reply
Hi, that recipe looks awesome. Went to Manado last year and I loved this dessert. Miss it so much!! Was just wondering though, the tapioca, is that tapioca flour or the tapioca you buy from Asian shops?Reply


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Original post by Dennis Hartman of Demand Media
Employee benefits help employers attract and retain skilled workers without necessarily offering higher wages. One type of benefit that many employers offer is a means of saving for retirement. Employer-sponsored pensions and supplemental retirement annuities are two of the options available to employers and employees. Each has its own benefits and limitations for both employer and employees.
Employer-sponsored pension plans and supplemental retirement annuities have several basic similarities, but different structures. Both help provide income during retirement; however, pension plans are pools of funds that employers administer to provide pension payments for all of their eligible retirees. Supplementary retirement annuities, which are optional and exist to augment workers' pensions, apply only to the specific workers who own and contribute to them.
Employer Contributions
From an employer's point of view, the cost of contributing to a worker's retirement plan is among the biggest differences between a pension and a supplemental annuity. Employers who choose to sponsor pension plans may require employees who participate to submit to paycheck withholdings. Employers add to these funds, or cover the cost of contributions entirely on their own. Supplemental retirement annuities rely entirely on paycheck withholdings, which employers administer but individual workers pay.
Annuity Options
Supplemental retirement annuities and pensions each have several options for employees who use them to choose from. Pensions can pay out lump sum benefits at the time a worker retires or ongoing payments, which are also known as annuities. A supplemental retirement annuity makes its payments over time, either for a specified duration, or for the lifetime of the retiree. Workers can also choose to invest in their own retirement annuities with the money they earn, removing the need for any employer sponsorship, and providing an outside means of supplementing retirement income.
Tax Consequences
When employees contribute to their own employer-sponsored pensions they receive less taxable income. Tax on this income is deferred until the money is withdrawn, which reduces the tax liability for the retiree. Supplemental retirement annuities provide the same tax savings when workers contribute to them through an employer with pretax income. Workers who purchase their own supplemental annuities buy them with income that is already taxed. This means that only the interest they earn is taxable at the time of disbursement. Both supplemental retirement annuities and employer-sponsored pensions are subject to additional tax penalties when users withdraw funds before they reach age 59 1/2.
- IRS.gov: Pensions and Annuities
- U.S. Department of Labor: SEP Retirement Plans for Small Businesses
- CNN Money: What Are the Different Types of Annuities?
About the Author
Dennis Hartman is a freelance writer living in California. His work covers a wide variety of topics and has been published nationally in print as well as online. Hartman holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University and a Master of Arts from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Bruce made local news when he wandered into a Lilburn CVS store on March 6 sporting extensive burns, damage to one of his eyes, and torn flesh where his ears used to be. He was rescued and treated by the dedicated volunteers of the Society of Humane Friends of Georgia, which also worked to rehabilitate him through Operation Second Change jail dogs program of Gwinnet.
Dogs like Bruce are unfortunately all too common, which is why pet rescues are so vitally important. And Bruce's case certainly aids in highlighting how beautiful a relationship can be with a rescue dog.
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April 7, 2014
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The 2014 Southeastern Conference and NCAA Seattle Regional Champion Alabama gymnastics team will compete in the evening session of the NCAA Championships Semifinals Friday, April 18 in the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center (BJCC) starting at 7 p.m. CT, it was announced today.
"I can tell you that even after more than 30 years, advancing to the NCAA Championships never gets old," UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. "Our goal every year is to be on the floor of the national championships with a chance to win. This is the next step toward that goal."
Alabama, which won its eighth SEC title at the BJCC last month, advanced to its 32nd consecutive NCAA Championships on Saturday by winning its NCAA-best 29th regional championship in Seattle.
The Crimson Tide will face defending NCAA Champion Florida as well as past champions Utah and UCLA along with Penn State and Nebraska in the semifinal round of the NCAA Championships. LSU, Georgia, Oklahoma, Stanford, Michigan and Illinois compete in the first semifinal session on Friday starting at 1 p.m.
"We've competed against Florida and Nebraska twice this season and we're very familiar with Utah, UCLA and Penn State," Patterson said. "They're all great teams and we're going to have to be at our best to advance to the Super Six. That's what makes this championship so exciting - you have to be at your best if you want to advance."
The top-three teams from each semifinal will advance to the NCAA Super Six Team Final, which gets underway Saturday, April 19 at 6 p.m. Tickets for the Birmingham-based championships can be purchased at www.gymnasticschamps.com.
"We had such amazing support from our fans at the SEC Championships and that gave our ladies a tremendous boost," Patterson said. "We're looking forward to returning to Birmingham and competing for a national title in front of the best fans in the nation."
Alabama will start the semifinal session on a bye before starting competition on the uneven bars, the same rotation the Tide followed in Saturday's regional championships.
"We know that we have to compete on all four apparatus and we have to be at our best, so the order doesn't really matter to us," Patterson said. "That being said, I do like the fact that we are competing in the last rotation and control our own destiny as we attempt to advance to the Super Six."
This year marks the fifth time that the NCAA Championships have been hosted in the state of Alabama. The 1991, 1996 and 2002 championships were hosted in Tuscaloosa while the 2005 championships were hosted in Auburn. Alabama won the 1991, 1996 and 2002 championships and was second in 2005.


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David and Patricia Thompson are the owners of Cheveley Park Stud which have won nearly four dozen Group 1, 2, and 3 races in the 2000s. Situated in Newmarket, England, Cheveley extends to just under 1,000 acres and hosts several top class stallions including Dutch Art, Kyllachy, Medicean, Pivotal, Virtual.
Princess Haya bint Al Hussein was tagged in 2008 as Champion Owner of flat racing in Great Britain for having won the most prize money during the season. In 2008, New Approach won the prestigious Derby Stakes. In the same year, Raven's Pass won the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. In 2009, Hussein was made the first Patron of Retraining of Racehorses.
Michael Tabor is one of four racehorse owners in the world to have owned both a Kentucky Derby winner as well as an Epsom Derby winner. Tabor also won the Belmont Stakes with Eclipse Award winner Thunder Gulch. The billionaire Englishman has campaigned many of his runners in partnership with Susan Magnier, wife of Coolmore Stud owner John Magnier. Hurricane Run was voted the World's Top Ranked Horse for 2005 by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).
Aga Khan is a dominant force in the U.K. and European horse racing scene. His distinct green racing silks frequently finish first in Group 1 races from The Arc to the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Aga Khan operates the largest horse racing and breeding operation in France and is a record winner of The Prix de Diane, sometimes referred to as the French Oaks. He owns Gilltown Stud near Kilcullen, Ireland, and Haras de Bonneval breeding farm at Le Mesnil-Mauger in France. He also owns Calvados stud farms.
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Liberal's Cody Crabaugh was feeling good Saturday night. So good that when manager Brandon Kitch came to take him out of the game in the eighth, he didn't want to come out. Crabaugh went the deepest of any BJ starter this season as Liberal defeated Derby 6-4 Saturday night at Brent Gould Field in front of a big home crowd.
Crabaugh, the 6'5" right hander from OCU, struck out seven and walked two in allowing two runs. Tennessee Martin's Trevor Lundgrin pitched hte eighth and UTA's Chad Nack worked a scoreless ninth for his first save.
The Twins scored first in the third. Liberal scored two in the fifth when Wichita State Tyler Baker laced a two RBI single to right to score OCU's Dalton Bernardi and UTA's Derek Miller. Liberal scored two more in the sixth when Miller hit a laser to left which was dropped for a two run error. Liberal scored twice in the seventh after Baker doubled and scored on an RBI single from Louisiana Tech's Stephen Gandy and an RBI single from OCU's Johnathan Sigado.
Derby rallied with three in the eighth to make it 6-4.
Liberal is 9-3 overall and 7-3 in the Jayhawk. Derby falls to 4-9 overall and 4-7 in the Jayhawk.
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Wizards Watch: Of Podcasts & Unearthed Arcana
"Let's talk of graves and worms and epitaphs…" ~ Richard II (Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard II {Act III, Scene 2})
This week started out as a fairly lackluster one in the realm of content from the official Wizards of the Coast site. It is somewhat understandable, what with the month of August drawing to a close on Monday, there was not a lot that Dungeon Magazine and Dragon Magazine had left to unveil, except their Art and Map Galleries. Couple that to what is undoubtedly some last minute logistics in preparation for PAX Prime in only a few days, and I suppose a "slow" news week is not too surprising.
[Editor's Note: Personally, I find myself compelled to download those galleries. There are usually some wonderful gems in them to use as illustrations in my D&D campaign sessions, crop into portraits for Character Builder, or just simply as a nice bit of art to throw into a blog on my website.]
But I was please see things start to pick up later, first with the release of the D&D Podcast on Wednesday entitled Essentials, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, and then followed by the announcement by Steve Winter of a new Dragon Magazine column Unearthing "Unearthed Arcana" in his September Editorial.
And today, we have seen the first release of the Unearthed Arcana column with an article by Peter Schaefer called simple, Curses!.
D&D Podcast
If you have not checked out the D&D Podcast, and still have some reservations regarding the new D&D Essentials line, I recommend you give it a listen when you have a free half-hour. Essentials, Ravenloft, Dark Sun was hosted, as usual by Mike Mearls and Jeremy Crawford, and they open the program with yet another attempt to explain what the D&D Essentials Red Box will mean to the 4E Gaming Community. Spurred by the recent Penny Arcade comic strip (where Tycho is outraged at the prospect of Essentials), Mike and Jeremy once again stress the importance of the Red Box as a gateway for new Players and Dungeon Masters to learn about D&D 4E, and to have a "complete experience" without having to spend a ton of cash on a stack of books.
[Editor's Note: By the way, the Red Box will hit shelves on September 7th, and I already have a copy on pre-order to review. I also have a few gamers lined up to try the new 4E "gateway" out, including a friend who has not played D&D since 2nd Edition, and his wife who has never played D&D at all! Am definitely looking forward to revealing their reactions as part of my review process, and to see if the Red Box works as intended!]
The hosts of the D&D Podcast went over the materials included in this new Starter Set:
- Four Iconic Character Class using the new Essentials builds Slayer (Fighter), Warpriest (Cleric), Thief (Rogue), Mage (Wizard)
- A unique "Solo" adventure by James Wyatt to help guide new Players into a Class best suited to their "play-style".
- A Short Adventure, complete with dungeon map and tokens.
- Plus enough DM Tools to continue creating additional encounters and rooms to add to the adventure.
Personally, having experienced a demo of Essentials using the Red Box Character classes at GenCon – and I might add that our DM was none other than Jeremy Crawford himself – I still am surprised at the concerns over the Essentials line. Even the hosts of the D&D Podcast admit they feel a bit like broken records having to stress exactly what Essentials is and is not over and over again. I cringed a bit at Mike Mearls' World of Warcraft analogy, likening Essentials to the new Cataclysm Expansion, which will change some of the Players beginning experiences, but the game of WoW will remain the same. It is not an entirely inappropriate analogy, however, as a WoW Player, I know that there will be some pretty sweeping changes made for Characters of all levels, which from what I have seen of Essentials is actually not the case. Traditional D&D 4E Characters and Builds will remain the same, but there will be some less "complex" builds out there to play as well. Mike also pointed out that now some board posters are referring to Essentials as D&D 3.9, which is again an inaccuracy.
For my part, I think that the only way to understand Essentials is to play Essentials, and 4E Gamers will have that chance at the D&D Worldwide Gameday on September 11th. We will have to wait and see if things calm down after more of the 4E Community have experienced Essentials. And for those lucky enough to be attending PAX Prime next week, Mike and Jeremy will be on hand doing more demonstrations of D&D Essentials!
Mike and Jeremy also discussed their Ravenloft experiences with the old I6 Module, and segued into looking at the new Ravenloft Boardgame which is also due out in September. Mike claimed that he was looking into creating scenarios using elements from this new D&D Boardgame and combining it with the Wrath of Ashardalon Boardgame which will be released in December.
Having seen the Ravenloft game in action at GenCon, I have to say it is definitely a nifty product, and good for those game nights when a few MIA gamers from a D&D session threatens to ruin the evening. My only reservation about pre-ordering one is the pricetag: Amazon lists Ravenloft Boardgame at a whopping $62.75 ($64.99 retail)! Compared to other popular board games like Settlers of Catan by Mayfair, the new D&D Boardgames are looking a bit steep on their pricing. Of course, Settlers does have expansions…
There is also a nice interview segment in the podcast where Shirley Mazzanoble chats with Dark Sun Lead Developer and Designer Rodney Thompson. Rodney discusses his experiences as a freelancer and how he got his start as a Designer on the Star Wars RPG. He also talks about the D&D Train, where a number of WotC staffers traveled from Seattle to Chicago by rail, giving them two full days of gaming time before driving to GenCon 2010. Overall, it turned out to be a really nice interview segment with one of the pivotal minds behind the new Dark Sun.
And finally, the D&D Podcast closed with couple questions from the Mailbag. In my opinion, the best question was: Can Ragnar Thunderwhacker climb as part of a charge?
The answer from the experts is a resounding YES – you can move up to your speed, which can include a climb action as part of the movement, and could also swim and jumb as well. And I agree with the hosts about the name Ragnar Thunderwhacker – an awesome dwarf name if ever there was one!
Unearthed Arcana
As Steve Winter promised in the September Editorial, the new Unearthed Arcana column was launched today with Peter Schaefer's Curses! I like the idea of this new column, featuring material which the R&D Department has experimented with but have not chosen to release into "official" channels.
Material in Unearthed Arcana will be variant rules, open to playtesting and modification, but will not be published in Character Builder or the DDI Compendium. Obviously, much of the material can be ignored by Dungeon Masters if they choose, as it will not be part of any official rule set. But I think that the idea of seeing some of the ideas and concepts that the Designers in the 4E R&D group come up with will be not only entertaining, but insightful as well.
The first installment of the new Unearthed Arcana deals with a different way of looking at curses, which rather than being static effects instead have a progression like a disease. Over time, a victim can slowly succumb to more and more hideous effects of the curse if they do not resist it. And even if they resist it, and move back up to a lesser level of affliction, the best the Hero can hope for is to maintain the curse at its basic threat level. Remove Affliction can help get rid of it entirely, and the Author provided alternative methods of removing each curse which might save time and gold on a costly ritual.
While the actual details of the article cannot be revealed here, as it is DDI Content from Dragon Magazine, I have to say I rather like the idea of these progressive curses. The Author provided a wide level range of curses, and from a variety of sources – fey, divine, arcane, and primordial – which shows just how flexible the variant can be. I am sure that DMs who read this first installment of the Unearthed Arcana will be considering how to add these pesky new curses to their own campaigns, or making variants of them up for themselves – so Player-Characters beware!
All told, both the D&D Podcast and the new Unearthed Arcana column are definitely worth taking a listen to and a look at this weekend, in case you missed them. There is lots of good stuff in there to start off the month of September, and I cannot wait to see what the next Unearthed Arcana has in store for us!
So until next blog… I wish you Happy Gaming!
Acknowledgements: Artwork courtesy of Wizards of the Coast (Dragon Magazine #390).
One Response to "Wizards Watch: Of Podcasts & Unearthed Arcana"
I do think the Unearthed Arcana column looks interesting. As a rules tinkerer myself, I like to see other peoples' tinkerings.
The specific curses seemed of mixed fun value. Some, like the fire one, would be fun to use, but some I can't actually picture inflicting on a PC for very long: particularly the blind/deaf one. How would you pull it off without making the player feel useless?
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Suppose you wish to form an image of a 1cm wide object, 50cm away, on a sensor measuring 20mm. How can I calculate the magnification factor required and the focal length of the lens? I'm not sure how to begin.
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Hint: If the object is 1 cm and the image is 20 mm, what is the magnification ratio? You should have a relation between object size, image size, object distance, and image distance-that will give you the image distance. Then you should have a relation between object distance, image distance and focal length. That will give you the focal length.
Added: The magnification factor is $m=\frac {20 \text{mm}}{1 \text{cm}}=2.$ Then let $d_o$ be the distance to the object, which is $50$ cm. Let $d_i$ be the distance to the image. $m=\frac {d_i}{d_o}=2$, so $d_i=100 cm$ $\frac 1f=\frac 1{d_o}+\frac 1{d_i}=\frac 1{50 \text{cm}}+\frac 1{100 \text {cm}}$. So $f = \frac {100}3 \text {cm}$