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"Is it proper for one man to profit from the mistakes of another?" a bloke asked his minister.
"Definitely not" was the clergyman's answer.
"Are you certain?"
"In that case," said the guy, "would you mind returning the $50 I gave you after my wedding last year?"
A young priest, who is still unsure of the penance to dole out during confession, asks an older priest what he should give a cocksucker.
"Oh," says the older priest, "give the alter boy a dollar or so, if you feel like it. Personally, I never give them more than fifty cents."
The minister of a small congregation was about to start his sermon when he noticed a young woman in the front row, wearing a tight dress with her boobs almost hanging out.
He couldn't concentrate on his message to the flock, so he dismissed the service and asked to speak to the woman after everyone else had left the church.
When they were alone, the reverend said in his sternest lecturing voice, "just what do you mean coming to church dressed like that?"
"Why reverend, " the young thing replied, "all of my boyfriends tell me that they can hear the angels sing when they put their heads on my breasts."
"Hmm, well, let me check." said the man of the cloth, placing his head between her tits. After several minutes, he raised his head and said, "I don't hear any angels singing!"
"Of course not reverend," she said. "You're not plugged in yet!"
What did the bishop do when the priest admitted his homosexuality?
He defrocked him.
As the priest was leaving his church after the service, he accidentally bumped into a gorgeous blonde parishioner, knocking her left tit with his elbow.
"I'm so sorry," the priest gushed. Then after a moment of hesitation added, "but I'm sure if your heart is as soft as your breast, there's a place for you in heaven."
"Well," said the blonde, "if your cock's as hard as your elbow, we should go into those bushes and fuck!"
A little girl was playing up a tree near a church. The priest was taking a walk when he happened to look up the tree and saw the little girl. She had no panties on. He called her down and gave her money to buy a pair of panties. The girl was so happy and told her mommy about it. The next day when the priest was again taking his daily walk, he looked up the same tree and saw the young girl's mother up there. She had no panties on. He called her down and gave her two dollars to buy a razor.
What's the difference between acne and a priest?
Acne doesn't come all over your face until you're 15.
Two pedophiles were walking down the street one day when they came across a pair of small lacy knickers on the ground.
The first one picks them up, smells them and says "Aahhh, a seven-year-old girl."
The other grabs them from him and also takes a smell and says, "No, no...definitely an eight-year-old girl!"
The two of them are then smelling them in turns and arguing, "An eight-year-old!", "No, a seven-year-old!", "Definitely an eight-year-old!"....and so on.
The local priest is walking past as the two men argue and can't help but ask them what the commotion is all about.
The first pedophile tells the priest and asks him if he could sort out the argument, so the priest takes the knickers, has a good long sniff, and after pondering for a few moments, he looks at the two men and says:
"Definitely an eight-year-old girl...but not from my parish!"
"Dad, I think the vicar is a homosexual."
"What makes you think that son?"
"Because he closes his eyes when I kiss him."
A bloke was driving across the outback of Australia in his jeep when he came across an Aborigine sitting at the side of the road drinking from a flagon, so he decided to have some fun and he ran the Abo over. A few minutes later, he came across another Abo and he decided to splatter this one across the dusty outback road as well, which he did. Later, he came across a third Abo walking along the side of the road. Once again he ran the black bastard down.
Sometime later, he saw a priest hitchhiking. Due to the remoteness of the area, the man decided to give the priest a lift. He eventually came across another Abo and attempted to run it over too, when he remembered the priest was sitting next to him, the man thought to himself, "I can't hit the Abo with this priest here!" and he swerved just in time to miss the Abo.
"I'm terribly sorry, Father," said the man, "I don't know what came over me."
"Don't worry my son," said the priest, "I got the black bastard with the door!"
A priest walking through a park notices little Johnny, who is pouring fluid on an assortment of small rodents, then striking a match and watching them burn .
"What are you pouring on those mice, my son?" the priest asks little Johnny.
"It's a mixture of acid and petrol" little Johnny says with a smile.
"I think you would be better using a few drops of holy water, then let them run away" the priest says, hoping to stop little Johnny's morbid hobby.
"Oh yeah, what does it do?" little Johnny says looking the priest in the eyes.
"Well, I placed a couple of drops on a lady with a large tummy and she passed a baby" the priest replies with all sincerity.
"Big fuckin' deal," says little Johnny with a sneer, "I put two drops of my stuff on a rats arse and it passed a fucking motor bike!"
What do you give the pedophile who has everything?
Another parish.
A black priest and a white priest were arguing about what colour God was. The argument was getting very heated when one of their parishioners suggested they hold a combined prayer meeting and ask God.
"Tell us, oh God," they chanted, "If your holy presence could be considered black or white!"
There was a great pause and a great voice filled the church and said, "I am what I am!"
"I told you so!" said the white preacher.
"What do you mean?" said the black priest "The voice didn't say he was white!"
"I know," said the white priest, "but if God was black he would have said 'I is what I is!'"
The pastor of the church was speaking a few words on proper conduct to the Sunday school class.
"Willy," he said to the model boy in the front row, "Do you know where little boys and girls do bad things?"
"Sure I do!" replied Willy, "At the back of the churchyard!"
It was about a month ago when a Dutchman in Amsterdam felt that he needed to confess, so he went to see a priest.
"Forgive me father," said the Dutchman, "for I have sinned! During World War two, I hid a Jewish man in my attic!"
"Well," replied the priest, "That is no sin."
"But I made him pay me money for each week that he stayed." said the Dutchman.
"I admit that isn't good, but you did it for a good cause." said the priest.
"Oh thank you father," said the dutchman, "but can I ask you one more question?"
"What is it son?"
"Do I have to tell him that the war is over?"
What do you call a black priest?
Holy Shit!
A rabbi, a priest and a minister were having a discussion as to how they divided up the collection plate. The minister explained that he drew a circle on the ground, tossed the collection in the air, and that all the money that landed in the circle was for God and all that landed outside was for himself and the parish. The priest said that his system was similar: he just drew a straight line, tossed the money up, and what landed on one side was for God and on the other for himself and the church. The rabbi admitted that his system worked along somewhat the same lines. 'I just toss the plate up in the air,' he explained, 'and anything God can catch, he can keep!'
One day a very, very drunk man got on a bus and fell into a seat next to a priest. The priest looked at the drunk and found that his face was covered in lipstick and he had a half bottle of whisky sticking out of his pocket.
Suddenly the drunk turned to the priest and said, "Father, do you have any idea what causes arthritis?"
"Yes," the priest replied, "It is caused by loose living, wicked women and too much alcohol!"
"Well I'll be damned," said the drunk in surprise.
The bus carried on it's journey and the priest, feeling a little guilty, nudged the drunk in the shoulder and apologised to him.
"I'm very sorry," said the priest, "I didn't mean to come on all strong. Tell me, how long have you been suffering from arthritis?"
"I haven't," replied the drunk, "I was just reading here that the Pope is!"
One evening a drunkard was staggering down the street when he saw the city cathedral. He climbed the stairs very slowly, went into the building, where he knocked over a load of pews before getting to the side aisle and going into the confessional box.
The priest, seeing that the man was in need of spiritual help, went into the other side of the confessional and smelling the booze said, "May I help you, my son?"
"Ughhhhhh, I dunno," replied the drunk, "Do you have any toilet paper on your side?"
One day a vicar was driving down the road when a police car came behind, flashed it's lights and pulled him over to the side of the road.
"The reason I stopped you," said the policeman, "Is that you were speeding! Have you been drinking sir?"
"Only water, officer." replied the vicar.
"Then why is it I can smell wine on your breath?" said the policeman.
"Oh my Lord," replied the vicar, "He's done it again!"
One day a man went to his local church and said to the secretary, "Excuse me, can I speak to the fat bastard vicar please?"
The secretary, highly offended, turned to the man and said, "If you mean the pastor, then please refer to him as pastor or brother, but you may certainly not refer to him as the 'fat bastard vicar!"
"Well," said the man, "I have just won the lottery and I wanted to give him $50,000 to help the building fund."
"Wait one minute," replied the secretary, "The fucker has just got out of the shithouse!"


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Saudi Arabia: Companies to pay fines for hiring more migrants than Saudis
Saudi Arabia-based private sector companies that employ more foreigners than Saudis will have to pay 200 Saudi riyals (Dh195.80) a month for each excess non-Saudi, the labour minister has said.
The measure, to be implemented on Thursday, aims to help provide Saudi nationals with more employment opportunities, Adel Al Faqeeh said.
"There are no taxes imposed on foreigners in Saudi Arabia and they benefit from all the facilities and assistance provided by the state, including electricity and fuel," he said. "The application of the measure cannot be considered a tax. It is an opportunity for private companies to enhance their working environment by employing Saudi nationals. It aims at increasing the chances of Saudis of getting hired," he said at a press conference in Riyadh.
Companies that have equal numbers of Saudis and non-Saudis will be exempted from the new measure.
The generated funds will be channelled to the Human Resources Development Fund to support the employment of Saudis, the minister said.
Saudi Arabia has been pushing for making its nationals more attractive to the private sector by providing them with adequate training and by introducing a series of restrictions on hiring foreigners.
Last year, it introduced a quota system that imposed a minimum number of Saudi employees on private companies.
Non-Saudis dominate the private sector amid reports that they make up around 90 per cent of the labour force.
"Changes in the labour market have to be gradual and it is in everybody's interests that the private sector does not get seriously affected," Al Faqeeh said.
The minister said that efforts to employ Saudi nationals have been successful with the hiring of 390,000 Saudis, including 90,000 women, since the launch of the dedicated system "Nitaqat".
Saudi Arabia is home to around 27 million people, including nine million foreigners, mostly Asians.
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- Construction costs fall in Dubai
- Western tourists flock to Iran, could generate $30B in new revenue

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May 18, 2012 9:05 AM
Natural blondes have all the fun during the summer. Well, in terms of hair. We know some redheads who get down any time of the year. But the blondes in our friend circle always seem to get blonder as the summer months fly by, and we thought it was the sun bleaching out their already golden locks. Turns out they were all using Serge Normant Meta Blonde Reviving Shampoo ($26), which is almost like cheating. The shampoo contains gold enhancers, coating their hair in a blindingly bright layer of shine. We tried to replicate their look by using their shampoo when we came over. But we soon realized that it's not their hair that makes them fun, it's the booze.
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François Truffaut is director and writer whose name has become synonymous with the French New Wave movement – a period in cinematic history wherein France's influence on the art of film was at its strongest, and helped to reshape the idea of cinema itself by focusing on more personal, ordinary stories than on grand, big-budget tales. Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows' (1959) is a perfect representation of that new cinematic focus as the film follows the life of Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), a fourteen-year-old Parisian boy who, lacking proper guidance and a nurturing atmosphere, begins to act out and delve into a life of petty crime.
A film that focuses on characterization at the expense of plot, Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows' is a slow but fascinating work that comes across as a labor of love as Truffaut's camera deftly maneuvers around the Parisian landscape and shows us a side of the City of Lights that is anything but complimentary. Indeed, the Paris of Truffaut's film is a gritty and grim interpretation of the city, composed of cramp tenements and soot-painted apartments that only further drive home the idea that Antoine Doinel is stuck in a miserable, dank world that he wants nothing more to escape.
But while the city itself may be portrayed in a less than flattering light, Truffaut's camerawork proves to be rather deft and beautiful despite its simple style. Long, lingering shots are common in the composition of Truffaut's film, with Truffaut taking much delight in drawing out a single shot longer than most other directors would. But nevertheless, Truffaut's instincts are more often right than wrong, and the action that occurs during these long shots are, for the most part, imbued with enough animation to keep one's interest.
Despite being only fourteen-years-old at the time of filming, Jean-Pierre Léaud's performance is a spectacular one, his careful use of facial expression and the dead-pan delivery of some of his lines portraying Antoine as a smart but misguided youth whose maturity and desire to run away from his mundane, unhappy existence often calls to mind another youth by the name of Holden Caulfield (albeit, without all of the self-righteousness that makes Caulfield so unbearable at times in J.D. Salinger's 'Catcher in the Rye').
Whether it's standing up to his cruel French teacher, his parents, or the police, Léaud manages to portray Antoine as a mature yet fragile young man who seems to want to be treated as an adult, and yet shies away from this desire as soon as his wish is granted (particularly noticeable in the scene where Antoine's petty crimes – or more accurately, the police – finally catch up with him).
Léaud's performance is helped tremendously by Claire Maurier and Albert Rémy, who play his mother and father respectively. Maurier, playing an egotistically and selfish wife to Rémy's kinder, but ultimately weak-willed and frequently absent husband, help to create a household that practically simmers with tension whenever Antoine is home and interacting with his parents. It is Léaud's interactions with Maurier and Rémy, along with other adults or "authority" figures, that helps to generate a great deal of tension and suspense in an otherwise slow, and somewhat meandering film.
Although Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows' might be lacking conventional action (indeed, there are times when 'The 400 Blows' comes off more as a documentary on 1950's Parisian families than as a fictional story), it is the little moments and hints that Truffaut weaves into his film that helps to prevent 'The 400 Blows' from becoming boring or monotonous (most of the time anyways). A simple but effective tale about a young man's attempts to escape the dreariness of his life, Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows' is a slow but beautiful and fascinating film that, while not perhaps everyone's 'cup of tea', is the perfect film for those wanting a film that is a bit more personal and intimate than a big-budget blockbuster or redundant remake.
Find the nearest Blockbuster (assuming they still exist) near your home so you can rent this film almost immediately. Or, if you prefer that movies came to you instead, set up a Netflix account and start your ordering as soon as possible.


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The growing theft of smartphones and the kill switch bill defeat in the California legislature has a more serious issue finds The New York Times Sunday report. The continual debate on smartphone theft is leading towards vigilante justice.
Most smartphone owners are finding the app that finds ones smartphone when lost. In the case of a young Los Angeles woman, she awoke one morning after a Saturday night out to discover her iPhone missing. She hit her "find my phone" locater and set off to the address listed. She did find her phone at the location. In her situation, no violence occurred and she left with both her phone and her roommate's phone after a short time of negotiation with the alleged thief.
The problem is that more people are using the find my phone app and seeking out alone to retrieve their phone. Some are not so fortunate to leave with their phone without violence according to San Francisco district attorney and former police chief, George Gascón. People are taking the law into their own hands and some are "getting hurt" according to Gascón.
Since 2011 according to the Consumer Reports, cell phone thefts have arisen 26 percent in Los Angeles, 23 percent of thefts involved cell phones in San Francisco last year and Apple products were 18 percent of the total grand larceny thefts in New York City in 2013. All of cell phone thefts totaled 3.1 million reported last year.
Growing statistics are making it harder for cell phone owners to guard their highly sought after possession of communication need and social mobile access. The problem has brought "kill switch" proposed bills to state legislatures. Last week in the California state legislature the bill died. It was killed off by certain interests. The vote resulted in 11 Republicans and seven Democrats blocking passage of the bill, even though law enforcement strongly backed it. The final vote in the State Senate was 19-17 excluding the abstentions.
Another issue of ethics and lobbying has arisen since the California legislature in both houses received $2 million in contributions during the 2012 campaign time period. Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) wants to try and present the kill switch bill again but time and lobby money is an upward battle. A mandatory kill switch on cell phones has been aggressively fought against by the telecom industry.
The reason that carriers are reluctant to provide the mandatory feature is the fear of losing the insurance fees attached to their monthly program menu. Consumer Reports show that many smartphone owners do not take the extra step to protecting their device which is made available on smartphones. The use of PIN codes for access and apps for tracking do not get installed by owners. It is a $2.5 billion annual cost for phone replacement and insurance premiums.
At this time while government legislatures grapple with the kill switch bills, all iPhones with iOS 7 have the Apple activation lock, so no one will activate or erase your information without your Apple ID and password. Samsung has partnered with Lack and embeds its device with recovery software on all of its smartphone for a fee after the first year.
Starting July 2015, smartphones sold in the U.S. will have a feature to remotely delete all data by the authorized owner of the smartphone according to CITA, the association that represents the wireless industry. That is over a year away.
The construction worker in San Diego, who chased the thief onto the beach where the fist fight was broken up by police and the New Jersey man who attacked an innocent man, is presenting growing concern as to where this will end. Will it be resolved in the legislature, the courts or on a beach in a fight? View the video atop and listen to district attorney Gascón, who sees it as a moral obligation of the telecom industry, and asks it to work with the legislatures and legal officials.


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a clear sign for Dundee (A 90). This will involve a right hand turn at a round about at the bottom of
steep hill, follow this around Aberdeen (straight ahead at roundabouts and lights). At the end of
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now be on the A90 to Stonehaven/Dundee stay on this dual carriage way for approximately 40 miles. When you see a sign for Brechin take this turn off, you will then come on to a roundabout take the left hand turn (Edzell) going under the dual carriage way follow this for approximately 5 miles, you will pass through a little village called Inchbare. Carry on straight-ahead Edzell is the next village. Go through the arch and to the end of the village we are on the main street. Good luck hope to see you soon
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Twitter's IPO Timing Isn't All That Great
Carol Kopp
It will take more than 18 months for the Facebook "fiasco" to fade from memory.
Unless you're one of those high rollers who run a mutual fund or a hedge fund, you probably didn't get invited to any of the stops on this week's
(NYSE:TWTR) road show, the obligatory show-and-tell by company executives in advance of an initial public offering (IPO).
That's okay. It is being called "the most eagerly awaited market debut since
(NASDAQ:FB)," and that ought to tell you all you need to know.
It doesn't look like the Twitter IPO will cause the same system-crushing frenzy, or the same horrible hangover, that Facebook's debut caused in May 2012.
In fact, it looks like the small investor is going to sit back and watch what happens to this one. After all, procrastination has worked out quite well for Facebook investors. After famously closing below its IPO price in May 2012, the stock just kept sliding, falling to a low under $19 last August. Since then, it has gained steadily, and is now above $50.
This time, several wealth managers
told Reuters
that they would advise their clients to wait until after the IPO, and buy Twitter only if and when the stock tanks. Others said they had not had any inquiries from clients about the IPO, and wouldn't recommend participating in it if they did.
In any case, individual investors may well own a bit of Twitter stock anyway, through their mutual funds or 401(k) investments.
Twitter executives have
gotten some credit
for keeping their expectations—and their offering price—modestly low.
The company has said it will sell 70 million shares at a price of $17 to $20 each when it launches the IPO, as early as Nov. 7. That would value the company at about $11 billion, less than the $15 billion some analysts were expecting. The
New York Times
suggests that Twitter may still raise the price, if it finds
"exuberant demand"
in the road trip.
There's also little chance of the technical glitches that enraged investors on Facebook's big day.
Some of the techies who work for the New York Stock Exchange devoted last Saturday to a test run of the initial public offering of Twitter shares, in advance of the actual event.
The test apparently went off without a hitch. Maybe they can rub the noses of their rivals at the Nasdaq in that small victory.
But it seems that the Facebook experience caused an epiphany of sorts for the small investor. In short, we've wised up.
For those who haven't, Forbes.com has an analysis of the actual
performance of recent IPOs
. It offers pretty definitive proof that the famous first-day "pop" in price for an IPO benefits the company's founders and early investors, and its underwriters, but not so much the retail investor.
That was pretty much what happened with Facebook's stock last year—except that even
institutional investors
lost about $500 million on the IPO, at least short-term, due in part to malfunctioning at the Nasdaq.
In Twitter's case, there's also the plain fact that the company isn't making money yet, having moved only recently into monetizing mode.
an updated filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month, Twitter said its revenue more than doubled in the third quarter, to $168.6 million in the third quarter, from $82.3 million the year before. Its net loss rose to $64.6 million, from $21.6 million.
The company is continuing to spend heavily on sales and marketing, and on research and development, and may not start actually turning a profit until 2015, according to
one of the underwriters
of the stock offering.
According to Bloomberg News, much of that research and development cost is for
creation of apps
that complement Twitter. The company wants to own those apps, and the advertising that is carried on them, rather than cut revenue-sharing deals with external app developers.
Twitter's strength is in its 230 million users, and its growing reputation as a place to make and break news.
Collecting Twitter followers is becoming something of a competitive sport for anyone with anything to communicate. This week, Pope Francis tweeted his gratitude to his followers, after
passing the 10 million mark
. As
points out, that's triple the number of his immediate predecessor, but a tad fewer than Kanye West has collected.
It's also way fewer than the number of followers for the three most popular names on Twitter. Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga each have more than 40 million followers.
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I had heard about vehicle donations on All Classical. When my 98 Taurus began to require more frequent trips to the garage - it had 150,000 miles on it - the idea it needed replacing began to grow. I knew the trade-in value was very low - if not non-existent - so I looked into the idea of donating the car. I got the phone number from All Classical and made the call. It may have taken 15 minutes to set the whole thing in motion. We put the snow tires in the trunk, left the music tapes in the car along with the little bottle of touch up paint and waited for someone to pick it up. Two days later the doorbell rang and the caller said I needed to sign the title - which I did and it was done. Others who had done the same thing said it was easy to do and I can only agree. I'm glad the opportunity was there to take advantage of.Mary Larson
I'm absolutely thrilled! Everyone was so efficient and timely. The auction company actually came out the same day and was so polite and friendly. I am so thrilled WCPE is going to get such a wonderful donation. I can't think of a better place to have the money go! I thought it would get just $700 or $800 and it sold for $4300! Mae Bell
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We highly recommend Center For Car Donations and the car donation program for any non‐profit organization in search of an additional revenue source. Jacquie and her staff are responsive, professional, and great to work with. The Center For Car Donation program is by far the easiest means of raising funds we have ever experienced.Kent-Boys and Girls Club of South Coast
We feel so fortunate to be doing what we do in the Bay Area, where there is such generosity towards something like KALW-and to then have you handle this aspect of people's expression of that generosity, that is even better.Annette Bistrup-KALW
I was very pleased with the simple process. I called, and they came within an hour to tow the car that I wanted to donate. The tow truck driver was friendly and helped me with the paperwork. I will definitely tell my friends about this organization.Tack
Everything went smoothly, and the center walked me through all the steps and followed up on what they said they would do. My charitable organization received a sizable sum to help their efforts. I was very satisfied.Donnie
I recently donated my 1984 Mercedes 300SD to All Classical Music. It was fast, easy to arrange, and I was able to get a nice tax break when my 30-year-old car sold for more than $500!Elizabeth
Since switching to the Center for Car Donations, our revenues doubled, then tripled, and have since climbed to around $120,000 per year. This, in the poorest state in the nation. The service Jacquie and the Center for Car Donations staff give is exceptional every week. They are absolutely wonderful to work with.Mary Oishi-KUNM 89.9 FM


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Thai Red Curry Chicken Soup
After the hurricane when we came down with colds, I had an impulse to make chicken soup. But being congested, I really wanted something I could taste. I always love Asian soups, and a little spice sounded like a great idea. And it was. But next time, I won't wait to be sick to make … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Side Dishes
Well, it's been a challenging couple of weeks on the M&M front; first the hurricane and then my computer decided to die on me. Consequently, I feel like Thanksgiving has snuck up on me. I don't think I will be making a full Thanksgiving meal this year, however I will do a Thanksgiving-inspired menu. I … Continue reading
Roasted Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese
We survived the hurricane without any damage beyond getting a little stir-crazy, so I have to feel pretty grateful. We didn't lose power or have any terrible flooding, but all we could do for days was watch the damage on TV. Of course, one of my first plans of action was to get to work … Continue reading
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In the summer, we all switch over to cold soups, which I don't really enjoy all that much. I'm not a big fan of raw onion or raw garlic, so gazpacho has never been a favorite…until now. A little bit of heat with the juicy tomatoes and the refreshing watermelon makes a delicious summer soup … Continue reading
Asparagus, Ramp, and Leek Soup
It's that time of year where everyone goes crazy over ramps. I tend to like them best in pastas and risottos or with eggs, but I decided to try them in this soup. It's the perfect spring soup, which I like to leave a little chunky by using my immersion blender. If you can't get … Continue reading
Ochazuke is one of my favorite comfort foods and I've been craving it this week as I'm sick with a cold. A nice, light broth combined with salmon for protein and rice for substance makes it a perfect one bowl meal. I may be congested, but thankfully I can still taste this. It's traditional pub … Continue reading
Beet Soup
Last year we tried Urban Organics, who brought us a box of produce every week. I had no idea how many beets we would end up getting, and I kept trying to come up with new things to do with them (and the beet greens). It seemed there's a dearth of good vegetables in winter, … Continue reading
Moroccan Lamb Soup
After more than a week of eating healthy, this soup tasted so great with just a little ground lamb. I've started craving carbs, but not meat– until I started smelling this meat cooking. Because it had been a while, the soup was even more satisfying. I don't cook a lot with all these spices, so … Continue reading
Shrimp Bisque
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Cannabis stores in Colorado are reported to have made more than $1m statewide in a single day of trading after it became legal on New Year's Day.
The record day took place on Wednesday and the industry is expected to generate up to $2.34bn in 2014, KDVR reported.
But many of the stores are unable to gain access to banking services due to a federal law which states that cannabis is an illegal substance.
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A magazine and a restaurant have more in common than you think: high overhead, no margin for error, and, in this economy - both shrinking to nil. So, we do our best to report the good of what's going on and try to stay away from the doom and gloom.
That's why, only the most egregious of customer service gaffes make the final cut - and yes, please in the comments tell us whether you think my reaction was the right one.
The scenario: We've had guest in Park City from Switzerland for three weeks who's been jonesin' for sushi. And while my sushi boycott has been in effect for more than six months, on the eve of her leaving, it was time to give in.
The Pinebrook Oh Shuck's/Ahh Sushi was the chosen venue. Not just for its proximity to our home (one-beer's walking distance) but for its Wednesday Night Locals' Special (yes, we're on a budget and flash-frozen fish is flash-frozen fish) ...$3 nigiri, $3 single-item rolls and $4 Funky Charlie rolls (an unagi/tuna/avocado thing) with $3 domestic schooners (32 oz.) to wash it down.
The Giants game was on ESPN and we settled in for an evening of peanut shells and pool.
(Oh, O'Shucks how I loved thee: Seen here Billy Demong w/his hardware during the Locals' Special days)...
The restaurant, meantime, was empty but for a couple-a local bro-brah types at the bar and a family of four (two young-'uns) playing shuffleboard while mom and dad had a beer.
Our server greeted us, we ordered a couple schooners and asked to start with Sake nigiri plus a spicy tuna roll. Noticing we were pointing at the 'Local's Special' (sic) portion of the menu, he told us the offer was no longer valid.
The conversation went like this:
Server: "Um, sorry, we're not doing the Locals' Special anymore." Andrew: "Um, since when? Tonight?" Server: "It's been about two weeks." Andrew: "Well, I know you don't want to hear this - but we come here a lot, and, well, even if we just walked in for the first time, you handed us a menu with 'Wednesday Local's (sic) Special' on it." Server: "Sorry, we don't have it anymore. We're doing our happy hour special instead, which is pretty much the same thing." Andrew: "OK then, we'll have your happy hour special then: A couple Sake nigiri and a spicy tuna roll and I'm going to order some...." Server: "That expired at 6." (Andrew checks watch, it's 6:05). Andrew: "Look, I don't want to be a pain in the ass, but, again you gave us a menu with this option on it. You need to honor the option." Server: "Don't blame me, I just do what I'm told." Andrew: "Thanks. OK, can you get your manager over here?" Server: "Sure."
Now there's uncomfortableness. The server no longer wants to serve us and the table is feeling the bad vibes. This, restaurant managers of the world, is where you come over and make things better - generally:
Manager approaches: Manager: "Hi, do you have a question about the menu?" Andrew: "Yes, hi, I'm Andrew - thanks for coming over. ...Look, we're sorta regulars here and have enjoyed your Locals' Special before. We saw it on the menu tonight and were told we can't order it. Is that true?" Manager: "Yes." Andrew: "You understand it's on the menu. You need to honor what's on your menu." Manager: "We can't." Andrew: "So, I can't order anything off this menu? You're no longer serving food or beverages?" Manger: (Rolls eyes) "No, just everything on the top half. All our specials are no longer good. We ordered new menus. They should be here in two weeks." Andrew: "OK, but in the meantime you either have to honor what's on the menu, or cut that part off." Manger: "..." Andrew: "Tell you what, is there any way we can just order the Locals' Special that's here - on your menu - one last time with the understanding that next time, when we come in, we'll be seeing a different menu?" Manager: "No." Andrew: "Why not?" Manager: "It's not in the computer." Andrew: "Really?! That's your answer." Manager: "Yes." Andrew: "Let's try this one more time. I am the customer. You are the manager. You gave me a menu when I walked in. I ordered off it. You told me that I can't order the special on the menu. Now, I need to know what my options are. Is there anything you can do to make good on this portion of the menu that I'm reading off of but is no longer, according to you, valid?" Manger: "No." Andrew: "Could we get the happy hour special that ended five minutes ago?" Manger: "No." Andrew: "There's nothing you can do, no mountain you can move, to honor what's here or at least try to make good?" Manger: "No. Sorry. No." Andrew: "Great. Awesome. I know you don't want to hear this but I spent a number of years as a server/bartender and nothing like this ever happened on my side of the table or the side you're standing on." Manger: "Yeah, well - sorry." Andrew: "'K, fine. I have to get up and walk out and never come back then, you understand this." Manger: "Fine."
...And walk out we did.
So, O'Shucks. I get it. It was an isolated mistake. But you lost a customer in a bad economy. I know it's shoulder season and I know there are a million critical moments in a restaurant every day. It was a single bad decision and I'm just one customer. Perhaps this winter, when the crowds come and the new menu is in place, it'll be all good.
But, customer service is customer service, and it doesn't matter if someone is going to spend $15 or $500, if you're in a business where every dollar counts, you better make sure you've got people to count on.
P.S. - Better start checking your google and yelp reviews too. Looks like I'm not the only one.


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Is your congregation up-to-speed on Maryland's new stormwater legislation and how the law affects your congregation? Learn what your religious organization needs to know about Baltimore City's stormwater fees, stormwater green projects, the new Blue Water Congregations program and the Religious Structure Special Fee Reduction.
What is the stormwater fee?
In 2012, Maryland's General Assembly passed stormwater legislation that approved a fee that will provide a dedicated and ongoing source of funding for reducing and treating stormwater pollution as mandated under the federal Clean Water Act and state laws. The fee was approved for private properties in Baltimore City and nine counties. The stormwater fee is based on the amount of impervious, or hard, surfaces on a property.
What is Baltimore City doing with the stormwater fee revenues?
The stormwater fees fund the staff and capital needed to implement Baltimore City projects that reduce and treat polluted run-off. Initiatives include; Citywide mechanical street sweeping, illicit discharge detection and elimination and preventive stormwater inlet cleaning.
How is my congregation's stormwater fee calculated?
Baltimore City charges non-single family properties $15 per quarter per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU). An ERU is equal to 1,050 square feet of impervious surface; the average size of a row house. Click here to find your congregation's stormwater fee and property data.
Available to ALL Baltimore City congregations, the Religious Structure Special Fee Reduction lowers the per ERU fee from $15 to $3 on non-taxable buildings used as places of worship or K-12 education.
How does my congregation apply for religious organization reductions and credits?
The Religious Structure Special Fee reduction is NOT automatic and all congregations must apply by filling out this application along with documentation (maps and tax-exempt proof). If approved, your fee reduction begins the date the application is received by the Department of Public Works; reductions and credits are not retroactive.
According to Jeffrey Raymond, Chief of Baltimore City's Communications and Community Affairs Division, only one-third of Baltimore City's congregations have applied for this special fee reduction. Because Baltimore City can't determine which buildings on a congregation's property are for worship or K-12 education, it is contingent upon congregations to provide this data by applying for the reduction.
Also, download and carefully read the Non-Single Family Property Maryland Stormwater Guidance Document to identify if your congregation's property may be eligible for other credits including treatment, participation, vacant lot or small development.
How can our congregation reduce stormwater pollution?
The overarching purpose of the Maryland's stormwater legislation is to reduce, treat, or clean stormwater pollution before it enters waterways. If property owners take steps to reduce impervious surfaces, or capture and filter stormwater in rain barrels, green roofs, rain gardens and other approved projects, Baltimore City will reduce your property's fee.
Stormwater projects can be confusing and the good news is that two local Baltimore non-profits have stepped in and created Blue Water Congregations to guide Baltimore City and County congregations to the path of stormwater success.
Blue Water Baltimore and Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake developed the turn-key Blue Water Congregations with funding from The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The program is offered to congregations in the Gwynn Falls, Jones Falls, Herring Run and Baltimore Harbor watersheds. Click here for a map outlining these watersheds.
Baltimore Blue Congregations is your stormwater savior
The Blue Water Congregations initiative provides free technical, design, financial and landscape expertise and their consultants can walk your congregation through the stormwater process from A to Z. The first step in the process is a free water audit to determine your site's potential for managing stormwater pollution in a more eco-friendly manner. Impervious surface removal, rain gardens, rain barrels and special landscaping can all positively reduce and treat urban runoff.
Reach Blue Water Congregations by contacting either Bonnie Sorak ( firstname.lastname@example.com 443-799-0349) at Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake or Ashley Traut (email@example.com 410.254.1577) at Blue Water Baltimore.
Who is the Baltimore City contact for questions about fees, programs and reductions?
Visit the Department of Public Work's CleanWaterBaltimore website, under the 'stormwater' tab or call 410.396.5398 to speak to a customer service representative.
Faith-based groups making a difference
The stormwater legislation's goal is for Maryland's water quality to improve to healthy, responsible levels by 2025 as shown in the graphs above.
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Injured songbirds
Pick up the bird gently and place it in a safe covered container such as a shoe box, plastic tub, or pet carrier.
When an animal is injured, they have trouble regulating their body temperature and need to be kept warm with a heating pad or hot water bottle. They also may be in shock. Put the bird in a dark, quiet place and contact a rehabilitator.
Never leave a sick/injured or otherwise endangered bird on the ground outside; always pick it up, put it in safe containment, and bring it inside. Leaving the bird on the ground makes it susceptible to predators such as cats, dogs, grackles, and especially ants. Leaving the bird outside during our Arizona summers is equally damaging. If you have pets, put the bird in a bathroom, closet, or laundry room where you can close the door.
If you are squeamish about picking up a bird, approach it slowly and throw a lightweight towel over it. The towel will make it easier to catch and also it will be less stress on you and the bird. Pick up the bird with the towel wrapped around it and get the bird into safe containment.
When the bird is stabilized, check our Songbird ID section to determine what type of bird you have. Different rehabilitators are equipped to handle different species.
When transporting birds to a rehabilitator, use a covered box, small pet carrier, or even a brown paper grocery bag lined with an old towel. Paper clip or staple the bag shut. Do NOT put water in the transport container! The bird is too injured or stressed to drink and the water usually spills.
Do not use a cage to house or transport a wild bird. Stress is the number one killer of captive wildlife and the less an adult bird sees of humans, the better.
East Valley Wildlife 480-814-9339 (volunteers in SE Valley)
Liberty Wildlife 480-998-5550 (North Scottsdale)
Injured Bunnies
Follow basic instructions for injured songbirds. Adult bunnies and squirrels need sturdier containment such as a cardboard box or pet carrier. If you use a heating pad, place it under the container as bunnies can chew cords.
Injured Ducks
Follow basic instructions for injured songbirds. Place duck in cardboard box or pet carrier lined with an old towel. Keep warm and away from stress.
Contact East Valley Wildlife 480-814-9339.
If you are able to catch an injured duck and get it to a rehabilitator, the duck will get care faster.
Wing Injury
Male mallard with broken wing. Eclipse feathering (the males lose their mating feathers during the summer and change to look more like females) This male is in the process of losing the green head and will soon have mottled brown feathers until the fall. Call a rehabber if you find a duck with a broken wing.
Angel Wing
The disease manifests as an incurable anatomical condition which is acquired in young birds. Due to a high-calorie diet, especially one high in proteins and/or low in vitamin D, vitamin E and manganese, one or both carpus (wrist) joints are retarded in their development relative to the rest of the wing; for reasons unknown, if only one wing is affected it is usually the left one. The result is a wrist which is twisted outwards and unable to perform its usual function. Angel wing symptoms include stripped remiges (flight feathers) in the wrist area, or remiges protruding from wings at odd angles. In extreme cases, the stripped feathers may resemble sickly blue straw protruding from wings. In adult birds the disease is incurable and usually leads to an early death as affected birds are rendered effectively or totally flightless. In young birds wrapping the wing and binding it against the bird's flank, together with feeding the bird a more natural diet, can reverse the damage.
The only wild waterfowl populations known to be affected are those fed by man.
Injured Herons and similar waterbirds
These birds can be dangerous; herons use their long, pointed bills as a spear and can do serious damage.
Contact Liberty Wildlife 480-998-5550 to find a rescue volunteer.


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The inimitable Charlotte Kunold has struck again. As you know, Charlotte writes to persons all over the world who are RAWLIN/s or ROLLIN/s. She received the following from another gentleman in New Zealand, and we publish it because it's quite interesting.
Letter from MAX RAWLINS, 16 Wenderham Place, Nelson, NZ
"Dear Charlotte: Debbie, my daughter, has passed your letter on to me as she knows very little about the RAWLINS family.
I am sorry to say I can not be of any help either. My grandfather, CHARLES CHAMPION RAWLINS, was born in Lancaster, England, in 1846. Educated in Winchester, England, he was a mining engineer and civil engineer. His father was a paper maker and his mother's surname was Hunt according to the birth certificate. He was in Victoria, Australia, in 1880, and helped the police during the capture of Ned Kelly, their most famous outlaw, for which he received the 7th highest award of the reward money. He had married my grandmother in 1897, and my father was the eldest of four children, the last of whom died in 1979 in the Mt. Erebus air crash down at the South Pole. There was a big difference in my grandparents' ages. It's very hard to believe but we've never been able to find out my grandfather's situation before he married my grandmother. She would never mention it although we are sure he had another family somewhere.
Wishing you luck in your efforts. Yours Sincerely,
Further to the information from Robert Bockmiller concerning FRANCIS RAWLINGS Jr. .of Maryland, which appeared in the March 1996 issue.
JOHN R. RAWLINGS, b. March 27, 1891; Sgt. USA - WW I; dairy platform superintendent; died May 20, 1960; md May 8, 1921, to Agnes Schwallenberg. Had one daughter AGNES, b. ca 1923, who and Werner G. Schnoor.
FRANK TRUMAN RAWLINGS, b. Dec. 18, 1898; PFC USA, WW I; electrician in the USN; died Norfolk, Aug. 19, 1977; md June 17, 1920, Alice Lillian Sears, b. June 21, 1898. Had the following children: FRANK TRUMAN Jr, b. Aug. 7, 1921; GILBERT DOUGLAS, b. Apr. 29, 1930, graduated from the U. of Maryland 1951, chemist; md June 20, 1953 to Barbara Ann Hockman. Had son b. Wilmington, Mar. 22, 1955.
HAROLD MCCLELLAND RAWLINGS, b. Aug. 6, 1906 ; metallurgist; md May 18, 1934, to Myrtle May Rogers. Had children: PATRICIA CURRY, b. July 13,1935, who md Allen David Cline.
FRANK TRUMAN RAWLINGS JR., b. Aug. 7,1921; served in the USNA 1944, Captain; md Frances Louise Nash in Weldon, NC, June 14, 1944. Had children: TRUDY ANN b. Sept. 8, 1947; LINDA LOUISE, b. Aug. 25, 1948.
FRANCIS RAWLINGS, Jr., md Sarah Hall in 1772 and had four children - JOHN, ELIZABETH FRANCIS III and JAMES. FRANCIS Jr. died ca 1782 and his widow Sarah md. Henry Baldwin. The Baldwins had one child, Sarah H11 Baldwin. Henry's wife Sara died ca 1788 and Henry md. Maria Woodward. Henry and Maria had two children, Elizabeth and William. FRANCIS Jr. was a tavernkeeper in Anne Arundel Co., MD. His parents were FRANCIS RAWLINGS Sr. and Luranah Tucker.
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ELLEN E., aged 5
(still from 1881 census of Gloucester
Henbury, near Bristol
JAMES ROLLINGS, head of household, aged 51, agriculture labour
spouse: Mary, aged 51
Servant to Fruiterer Robert Phipps in St. Philip & Jacob, Bristol
HENRY ROLLINGS, aged 16
ALFRED ROLLINGS, head of household, aged 36, collier ... of Westbury-on-Severn
spouse: Elizabeth, aged 34
children: GEORGE, son, aged 14
ELIZA, dtr., aged 15
RHODA, dtr., aged 11
FRED, son, aged 9
JOHN ROLLINGS, head of household, aged 40, coal miner
spouse: Elizabeth, aged 37
Children: SYDNEY, son, aged 10
HERBERT, son, aged 7
HUBERT, son, aged 4
LEONARD JAMES, son, aged 2
WILLIAM ROLLINGS, aged 86
SARAH ROLLINGS, aged 86
Both are listed as living in the Workhouse, Westbury-on-Severn.
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ROBERT CLINTON, b. Sept. 9, 1877, Kansas; died Aug. 11, 1964, Kansas; Married (1) Minnie Miller, had children Thelma Helen, Vesta Agnes, Roy Miller; Married (2) Alta VanBuren, no children
THELMA married Kyle Engler. She was born May 9, 1904-Kansas. She and Kyle m. June 6, 1931, had children Philip V., Robert, and Janet Elizabeth.
VESTA AGNES was b. Oct. 10, 1907, m. H.M. Jones Dec.15,1958, no children.
ROY MILLER, b. March 9, 1909, d. 1988 Kansas. Married (1) Thelma Alspaugh, had children Gwendolyn and Barrel. Married (2) Helen Astle, no children.
JOHN PAUL, b. Dec. 9, 1880, Kansas, d. Nov. 19,1962, Kansas Married (1) Carrie Johnson, had 1 child, Paulina married (2) Pearl Worthen
SARAH ESTELLE "SADIE", b. Apr.16, 1888, Kansas: d. July 11, 1955, Kansas. Married Walter Taylor, no children s87***************************************************************************
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Goalkeeper Adam Davies is Barnsley's first new signing of the summer and coach Mark Crossley believes he is good enough to be the Reds' number one in the future.
The 21-year-old – who has never played a professional game – came through the youth ranks at Everton before joining Sheffield Wednesday in 2012. He left Hillsborough at the end of the season that has just finished and has now signed with the Reds, on a two-year deal.
Davies will join long-serving stopper Luke Steele, who the Reds are expecting offers for, while 20-year-old third choice Christian Dibble is set to sign a new contract.
"I worked with Adam at Wednesday and he is very good goalkeeper," Crossley told the Chronicle.
"I am confident he will have a big impact at Barnsley. "He was on the bench for Wednesday quite a lot last season but then he got injured and lost his place. The manager wouldn't let him go out on loan so he didn't play any first team games. But anyone who has seen him play will know how good he is. I definitely see him as a long-term option for the number one goalkeeper at this club."
See today's paper for the full story including the latest on Luke Steele's future.


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Electric Cars Are Tough, Even For Chinese Industial Planners
Critics of Washington's generous support of the fledgling electric car industry like to say that government is no good at picking winners, and point to the failures of government-backed startups and sluggish uptake of electric cars in America as a sign the policy has failed.
But as the WSJ's Andrew Browne reports today from Shanghai, there's one place where state support for plug-in vehicles has been even less successful. Beijing's desire for the industry to take off has been met with an even bigger shrug from consumers:
More than a decade ago, state industrial planners seized upon electric cars as the answer to a set of industrial, environmental and national-security dilemmas. Developing electric cars, the planners thought, would enable China to leapfrog the world's leading manufacturers of combustion engine vehicles, who China otherwise could never hope to challenge. It would also reduce China's rapidly growing dependence on imported oil, which leaves the world's second-largest economy vulnerable to destabilizing supply shocks. And it would mitigate chronic pollution in Chinese cities.
In the West, many assumed that these policy imperatives, combined with China's vaunted prowess at rolling out transport infrastructure—as well as government ownership of the country's big carmakers—would assure the success of the national push for electric vehicles. China, it was widely thought, had the chance to lead the world in an emerging technology, while pioneering a more sustainable urban growth model. Even Warren Buffett took a stake in Shenzhen-based battery and electric carmaker BYD in 2008.
But China's electric car strategy hasn't worked out. Why?
A few factors are playing against the electric car in China, Browne reports. While the moneyed classes in the U.S. and Europe might see a Tesla as a luxurious badge of green credibility, China's elite "have little interest in buying an electric car to flaunt their concern for the environment," he reports. Lower and middle-income consumers buying their first car want to ride the open road, not be concerned about the limited range of more affordable electric vehicles.
Chinese carmakers haven't made many breakthoughs in electric car technology, and the government hasn't delivered on ambitious plans to blanket the country in charging stations. And to top it off, foreign manufacturers are worried about the loss of expensive intellectual property that would come with selling their electric models in the market.
The end result:
The upshot of all this is that China is hopelessly behind on its target for electric car ownership. The five-year plan calls for 500,000 battery-electric and plug-in electric vehicles by 2015, and five million by 2020. But last year, Chinese consumers bought only 11,375 electric cars and 1,416 plug ins, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. That's despite subsidies that go as high as $20,000 per car.
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Nate Andrews will follow his father's footsteps and coach football at NorthWood High School.
Andrews comes to NorthWood after stellar playing career with the Panthers.
NAPPANEE — It didn't take Nate Andrews very long to make one point clear — that coming to coach football at NorthWood High School was not about him, his family's legacy or a stadium named after his hall-of-fame father.
It was all about community.
"This is way too big of a deal for me because it's not about me first and foremost," Andrews said Monday, Nov. 11. "This is the Nappanee and Wakarusa community. This is NorthWood High School. This is NorthWood football. It's not Nate Andrews in any way, shape or form. This is everybody."
And with that, the prosperous Panther program took the first step forward into another era of football with an Andrews leading the way.
Surrounded by family, friends, NorthWood players and community members, Andrews, 36, was introduced as the school's fifth head football coach. The school named its football stadium Andrews Field for Jim Andrews, who coached from 1972-1991 before his tragic death in 1992.
As Andrews looked around the crowd gathered on Monday night, he spoke of the vast influences — those in the room and in this life — who helped mold him and prepare him for a job he's always coveted.
"It's definitely the top ... this is what I wanted to do. This is the dream job," Andrews said. "I'm fortunate enough to have a supporting famly that we can come and be a part of it. There's not another place out there I rather be."
Then a usually stoic and proud young man did something he said he doesn't do much. He got emotional talking about his dad.
"The support we've received is unbelievable. My dad is my role model, my idol ... always will be," Andrews said. "And I will continue to strive to do the things he taught me."
Andrews, a 1996 NorthWood graduate and 2000 graduate of Ball State University, coached the last two seasons at Western High School near Kokomo. He was 15-8 at Western, including a 9-2 season that ended last Friday night at West Lafayette. The Panthers shared the Mid-Indiana Conference title with Hamilton Heights, which a year ago was the Class 3A state runner-up.
Heading into the IHSAA tournament, Western was ranked among the top 10 teams in both the Associated Press and Indiana Football Coaches Association polls.
Before Western, Andrews coached five seasons at Lapel with a 25-31 record. In his second season at Lapel, Andrew coached the team to a 10-3 record and a sectional title, the first for the school since 1995.
Andrews replaces Scott Hoover, who resigned Nov. 2 with a 30-27 record in five seasons with NorthWood. "To me, it just feels right. I don't know if a year or two ago it would have felt as right or a year or two down the road, but right now, it just feels like the right time," Andrews said. "Always in the back of mind, and definitely in my heart, this is what I wanted to do and this is where I wanted to be.
"And no matter where we went or what steps along the way we took, somehow, some way I feel like they were preparing us for a time like this."


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College Hockey:Wolverines Top CCHA Media, Coaches Polls; Spartans Picked Second
DETROIT — Michigan, the number-one team in the nation in the preseason USCHO.com men's Division I poll, has been picked to top its league as well.
The Wolverines, an NCAA tournament entry last season bolstered by the return of NHL draftee Al Montoya in net, topped both the coaches and media polls announced by the CCHA Tuesday at its media day at Joe Louis Arena.
Michigan, which earned 48 of 56 first-place votes in the media poll and 10 of 12 in the coaches' picks, is followed by Michigan State in both rankings.
Miami, Ohio State, Northern Michigan and Notre Dame round out the top half of the league, with the principal disagreement between the polls being the media's pick of NMU sixth versus the coaches' third.
Western Michigan was seventh in both polls, followed in differing orders by Bowling Green, Lake Superior State, Ferris State and Alaska-Fairbanks. The two sets of prognosticators agreed on Nebraska-Omaha as the CCHA's cellar-dweller.
Both polls appear in their entirety below.
2004-05 CCHA Preseason Polls
Media Poll
1. Michigan (48)
2. Michigan State (6)
3. Miami (1)
4. Ohio State (1)
5. Notre Dame
6. Northern Michigan
7. Western Michigan
8. Bowling Green
9. Ferris State
9. Alaska-Fairbanks
11. Lake Superior State
12. Nebraska-Omaha
Coaches Poll
1. Michigan (10)
2. Michigan State (2)
3. Northern Michigan
4. Miami
5. Ohio State
6. Notre Dame
7. Western Michigan
8. Ferris State
9. Bowling Green
10. Lake Superior State
11. Alaska-Fairbanks
12. Nebraska-Omaha
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Microsoft's innovative new touch mice – Touch Mouse, Explorer Touch Mouse and Arc Touch Mouse – offer a more natural way to navigate your PC. Now you can speed through long documents and web pages, move horizontally in spreadsheets, and much more – using simple finger movements instead of clicks. Whether you have a touch screen enabled PC or not -- you can enjoy a touch experience with the comfort and precision of a mouse.
How much touch you get depends on which mouse you choose. Regardless, we think that once you try Touch, you may never go back to a "regular" mouse again.
Microsoft offers a portfolio of Touch products that turn ordinary mouse functions into little moments of "wow" by responding to your finger movements. Learn about each of these products and find the right Touch Mouse for you.
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Once Windows 8 is available in stockists, you'll get the choice of a whole new set of gestures optimised for Windows 8 navigation. You can download Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center to experience these new gestures, or continue to enjoy the current Windows 7 gestures. Plus, since Windows 8 utilises vertical and horizontal scrolling, Touch Mouse will provide a smooth and effortlessly natural horizontal scrolling experience.
Wedge Touch Mouse looks and feels like no other device. Small enough to fit in your pocket, its compact frame is the perfect companion for your laptop or Windows 8 tablet when you're on the go. The artful, minimalist design gives you fluid, four-way touch scrolling. Plus Bluetooth technology means you can use it anywhere without the clutter of cables, wires, or transceivers. Even better, Wedge Touch Mouse goes into "Backpack Mode" (essentially a low power mode) to conserve battery power when your PC or tablet is hibernating or shut down. You can put your mouse in your bag and not worry if you turned it off because it will sense that it is no longer needed.
The perfectly portable Sculpt Touch Mouse is great for getting things done. The four-way touch scrolling pad lets you breeze up and down, left and right, and through long (or short) Windows documents, as well as horizontal Windows 8 screens, with just the swipe of your finger. When you scroll, you'll feel the nice surprise of tactile feedback. And, as with Wedge Touch Mouse above, it comes with Bluetooth technology, so you can take it with you but leave the clutter of wires and transceivers behind.
With its low-profile shape, Explorer Touch Mouse speeds up everyday tasks with a touch strip optimised for quick vertical and horizontal scrolling, making it ideal for surfing the web and managing spreadsheets. Plus, with Windows 8, Explorer Touch Mouse will provide a very intuitive and natural horizontal scrolling experience on the new Start Screen. Explorer Touch Mouse has customisable buttons and three scroll speeds that use haptic feedback (light vibration that signals scrolling speed). It also has a battery life of up to 18 months. Even better, Wedge Touch Mouse goes into "Backpack Mode" (essentially a low power mode) to conserve battery power when your PC or tablet is hibernating or shut down.
Arc Touch Mouse blends beauty and function. Haptic feedback (light vibration that signals scrolling speed) enables you to scroll vertically through documents or web pages as quickly – or as cautiously – as you need to, entirely by feel. And its innovative, bendable tail makes Arc Touch Mouse perfect for on-the-go use. Bend it to turn it on, flatten it to turn it off, and slide it into your bag. You'll barely notice it's there.
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In tonight's game, Justin Peele made a break on the ball, brought the ball down at the back of the endzone, and got both feet down. Touchdown?.....right?
In this case, wrong.
I noticed as Peele came down the official watched him fall all the way to the ground. And then he ruled incomplete. Naturally, Miami challenged the play, but it was upheld as being incomplete, and the fans went rather nutso, because it sure looked like a TD.
So, what gives? There's a new rule that was put in place this year (or more to the point, it actually clarifies an existing rule): when a player comes down with a ball at the sideline or endzone, they have to maintain possession as they hit the ground. Peele did not do that, and on the replay that was very clear.
So, no catch, and the officials got it right both times. I was moderately surprised that Sparano challenged it, but you never know what you might see, I suppose.
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Shaw leaves rugs to focus on LVT
[Dalton, Ga.]
Shaw Industries announced that it will invest more than $100 million to convert its area rug plant in Ringgold, Ga. to produce luxury vinyl tile (LVT).
The move takes the manufacturer out of the area rug business while expanding its LVT capability.
"LVT is such a good category. We sell it in every channel we work in — retail, specified commercial, multi-family," said Randy Merritt, president of Shaw Industries. "We plan to make some, but not all our LVT at the Ringgold plant. It will be a phased process. We will continue to partner with our key LVT suppliers for product. The main advantages to making it domestically are better lead times and more flexibility."
This announcement follows a $250 million investment in other recent expansion efforts in carpet tile, hardwood flooring, yarn extrusion and distribution.
The conversion is expected to generate 200 new jobs in the Ringgold area.
While the Tuftex division will continue to serve the area rug market, the economics of the rug business do not make it advantageous for Shaw to continue in that category, according to Vance Bell, chairman and CEO.
"The economics of the rug business today simply do not allow for future growth or encourage further investment.
We have been intentional about exiting this business at a time when more opportunities exist for our associates," he said.
While the company is officially exiting the area rug business, it will continue to fill orders for new and existing rugs until the yarn inventory is used up.
"Tuftex will continue its rug program and Shaw will continue to provide bound rugs from our carpet lines. We want to make it a 'soft' exit to give our customers enough notice so it won't hurt their businesses.
We will help them anyway we can," said Merritt. Most of the 400 associates employed by the Shaw Living Rug Division will have opportunities at other Shaw locations.
Shaw expects to be manufacturing LVT in Ringgold by the second half of 2015, according to Merritt. By repurposing the rug facility to a new LVT manufacturing site, the company will be able to shorten the timeframe to begin manufacturing the product, utilize an existing facility, and keep jobs in the Ringgold area, according to Shaw. Shaw has been participating in this market for three years, but up until this point has not manufactured LVT.
"We will continue to invest in businesses where we see future growth and opportunities," continued Bell. "Over the past few years, we have developed a significant business and market-leading position in the LVT flooring category. This new facility will provide domestic manufacturing for a portion of our product line, allowing us to further enhance our product development, service, and overall customer satisfaction."
For the time being, Shaw Living continues to manufacture rugs in Ringgold, according to Susan Rich, Shaw director of corporate communications. "Supporting our customers through this transition is extremely important," Rich said. "We have available finished goods and yarn inventory to service our customers through a transition period, which may vary by customer," she noted, adding, "Eventually, Shaw will be selling the rug production equipment."
Shaw Living will participate in the Atlanta Rug Market and the Vegas Market at the World Market Center.
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American Women Work 59 Days for Free
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The disparity in pay between female employees and their male counterparts gives employers a 22.6% discount on labor.
What's it going to take for women to earn the same paycheck as men for the same job? About 60 extra days in a woman's year, apparently.
The Huffington Post and the Institute for Women's Policy Research did some analysis and determined that women would have to work another 11 work weeks and four days a year to be paid the same amount as their male colleagues. Since women make only 77.4% of what their male counterparts bring home from the same job, they'd have to put in 22.6% more hours to earn equal pay.
Lawmakers haven't been especially proud of that disparity and approved the Lilly Ledbetter Act against pay discrimination back in 2009. They're currently pushing the Paycheck Fairness Act that would make it illegal for employers to fire workers for discussing compensation.
Still, a 2011 study from the Institute for Women's Policy research found that women, on average, make 82% of what their male counterparts make, while nearly half are either not allowed or are strongly discouraged by their employers from discussing pay information with co-workers.
According to the Democratic Policy and Communications Center, women make $434,000 less than men on average over the course of their careers. That starts right after college. Congress' joint economic committee says women make $7,600 less than men immediately following graduation. And it continues to the latter stages of their career, when Catalyst says women make up just 6.2% of top earners.
But that's OK, right? All that new legislation is going to make everything nice and equal, no? Kind of.
The gender pay gap is going to close, but the Institute for Women's Policy Research says it won't happen until 2056 at this rate. When today's workers' granddaughters finally achieve pay equity with their male coworkers, it will be because grandma worked an extra 2,537 days for free to make it happen.
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Two of the most outspoken, quotable musicians in the land will be hitting Iowa on Thursday. Hank Williams Jr. and Ted Nugent will be performing at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs on July 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets to see the Nuge and Hank Jr. are $47 to $77 (plus fees) through Ticketmaster.
Ted Nugent is as famous for his hunting and political tirades as he is his music. In fact, the "Motor City Madman" has been known to combine all three--blistering through songs like "Wango Tango", "Cat Scratch Fever", and "Stranglehold" while criticizing Obama and anti-gun lobbyists in between, and then firing a flaming arrow across the stage into a target on the other side. The former frontman for The Amboy Dukes and Damn Yankees is a regular at Republican events, was inducted into the National Bowhunters Hall of Fame, and is a board member of the National Rifle Association. Nugent has collected five multi-platinum albums, one platinum album, and two gold albums over the years. His latest album Shutup & Jam! came out on July 8.
Hank Williams, or Bocephus as he is sometimes called, infamously launched into an anti-Obama tirade of his own at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. The staunch Republican famous for songs like "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", "Dixie on My Mind", "Born to Boogie", and "There's a Tear in My Beer" is one of country music's most decorated performers. Hank Jr. has won multiple Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, CMT Awards, CMA Awards, ACM Awards, and TNN Awards. He is an inductee of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and was named a BMI Icon Award winner. The singer has racked up 42 Top 10 Country singles (including ten #1 songs) and 31 Top 10 Country albums (including nine #1 albums). Hank Williams Jr. released his latest studio album, entitled Old School New Rules, in July of 2012.
Don't be surprised if this concert is as much about politics as it is about music, but at least the music will be top notch...


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Kids can find endless ways to entertain themselves outdoors, but some days outdoor play isn't an option. If you find yourself stuck inside, pestered with cries of "I'm bored", encourage your kids to liven up their day with these fun ideas. Most ideas don't require adult assistance.
1. Build a fort- It can be as easy as throwing a sheet over a table, and letting the kids set up their lair underneath.
2. Write a book
3. Make a pet rock
4. Have a dance party
5. Have a fashion show
6. Write a letter to friends, out of town family members, the president, their teacher.
7. Draw/Color- YouTube has lots of great "How to" drawing videos if your kids claim they can't draw
8. Cardboard boxes- Make a robot costume, bean bag toss, club house, garage for toy cars, a dollhouse and so much more!
9. Make a movie
10. Science experiments- Even simple experiments like Mentos in Diet Coke, or Baking Soda in vinegar are great fun for kids.
11. Play board games
12. Invite your child's friends over. They'll entertain each other.
13. Read- Have "reading time" where family members sit together and read their own books, or read something together.
14. Go on a scavenger hunt- Bonus points if you add missing items to the list, like the remote control.
15. Pretend the floor is hot lava.....you touch it, YOU DIE!
16. Play Simon Says
17. Cook/Bake something together- Kids love to sprinkle cheese on a pizza, flip pancakes, and stir batters.
18. Make up a Song
19. Create a holiday that only your family celebrates- Let the kids name the holiday and dream up some fun traditions.
20. Play board games
21. Crafts- Set out some markers, paper, scissors, and glue and let your kids dream something up.
22. Legos- Everyone can work together to make a town, or have everyone make an animal for a Lego zoo.
23. Make a photo album or collage- Print copies of family photos, or photos of the kids with their friends to use.
24. Make a time capsule.
25. Put together a puzzle- Let the kids pick it out.
26. Hide and Seek
27. Watch a movie
28. Start a band- Don't have any instruments? Make some!
29. Sock ball fight!
30. Word games- Hangman/Crossword puzzle/Word search
31. Blow bubbles in the bathtub
32. Play restaurant- Let the kids make menus, give them your order, and let them serve you.
33. Play-Doh
34. Teach new skills- Use the summer to teach your children to make their own lunches, do the dishes, etc...
35. Play dress up
36. Cards- Go Fish, Speed, Old Maid, Crazy 8s, I doubt it are all great for kids
37. Put on a puppet show or play-Encourage kids to make sets, costumes, or puppets, and write a script before performing.
38. Play store- Have the kids set it up and create the money you'll "spend" at their store. That'll keep them busy for awhile!
39. Room redecorating- They can color make posters for the walls, color their lampshade with markers, etc...
40. Have a tea party


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Most children love to get their hands dirty. Why not take that natural inclination this spring and turn it toward gardening? You don't need a lot of space, or even a garden. You can effectively grow many vegetables in containers.
Reserve a container or a portion of garden for each child. You can take the opportunity to point out how plants need sunlight and water, but don't belabor the point home. Children have a natural curiosity and learn best when they're having fun.
One fun project, and a way to get your children to eat more vegetables, is to grow a salad in your garden. In Fresno, it's too late in the year to start lettuce, but you can plant cucumber, tomatoes, peppers and almost anything else you like in a salad.
Prepare the soil by removing any weeds, digging it up, adding compost and raking it smooth, or simply fill up the container. Let your child help pick out the seeds or seedlings. For seeds, radishes sprout and mature quickly. Carrots and green onions are also good choices. A new cultivar of carrot from Burpee, Organic Carrot--Kaleidoscope Mix, has purple, yellow red and orange carrots.
For a long term project, plant pumpkins for a Halloween harvest, your children will love to grow their own jack o' lanterns. Lawn and Garden has a pumpkin, Lumina, that is white when it matures.
Children love to plant the vegetables, they'll enjoy watering them this summer, and maybe, just maybe, when the vegetables mature, they'll love eating them too.