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On Saturday, countless volunteers will canvass the Neosho area in hopes to collect non- perishable food during the annual Newton County Food Basket Brigade community door-to-door pick up event.
I would like to personally ask readers to look through your cabinets, cupboards, and pantries or even go to the grocery store and purchase some canned food and other non-perishable food items so that others can receive food for Christmas this year.
For a complete story on this, see Wednesday's Neosho Daily News. But for now, here are some facts. First off, the event will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., where the volunteers are asking for the non-perishable food in a bag and be put outside on the resident's porch or in a visible site. They will then come by and pick the food up. They may also knock on your door to ask.
Think about it, a can of green beans or corn can feed a family in a household.
For the last few years, I have covered this event, by walking the streets of Neosho with volunteers, and asking them numerous questions. One question comes to mind, "why do this?" Their answer is simple, "neighbors helping neighbors."
Prior to going out this Saturday, you can bet that I will be searching our cabinets for food so that others can have a Christmas dinner and general staples to last at least two weeks.
So if you can, put some non-perishable food outside your home so that others can have food to eat.
It is a busy time in Southwest Missouri, especially with Christmas parades, the food basket brigade, Shop with a Cop, Newton County Christmas for Kids, the Crosslines Toy Drive and other events leading up to Christmas, which is only 19 days away.
Todd G. Higdon is a staff writer and writes a weekly column for the Neosho Daily News. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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VAIL, Colorado - Red Sandstone students are pinning their hopes on bowling pins.
Red Sandstone is raising $37,000 to pay a librarian, a position cut during the school district's last round of layoffs.
Red Sandstone students decorated bowling pins and they'll be auctioned off, along with about anything else they can think of to raise some money.
They've been thinking pretty hard, because they're already about halfway to their $37,000 goal, said Jenn Bruno, who's helping put the event together.
Local artists, cultural icons and friends of education have also been busy decorating special pins to be auctioned.
"We feel that it's essential that the school has a librarian as soon as possible, and we want to be in charge of our own destiny," Bruno said. "It opens up the entire world of books to these children."
The Pin It to Win It project started with Josh Carbo, who didn't have a kid at Red Sandstone, Bruno said.
"He just wanted to make a difference," Bruno said.
Carbo is manager of bowling operations at Bol. Over the last three years, Bol has piled up more than 200 cracked and used bowling pins that can no longer be played.
Carbo gave all 200 pins to Red Sandstone Elementary, and "Pin It, To Win It" was rolling.
"We wanted to make a difference locally," Carbo said. "The kids at Red Sandstone Elementary are the local kids from Vail, Red Cliff and Minturn. We see them at Bol. We wanted to make a difference for them, and make their school a little better."
Each student and family at Red Sandstone Elementary received a pin to decorate. Student's creations will be voted on in a school contest to determine the most creative, funniest and best pin in each grade level.
The students will vote on the Tiger's Choice Pin (best overall pin) and there will be a Teacher's Pick.
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The Gridley Boys' basketball team travelled to Durham on Thursday of last week for the Durham Invitational Basketball tournament.
On Thursday, in a rematch of last year's Northern Section Division IV title game, the Bulldogs battled tooth and nail with Central Valley, staying within points the entire game until finally falling 53-46. The Bulldogs struggled with the quickness of Central Valley's defense, according the Coach Nathan Link. Tyler Abrego led the team with 18 points. Sam Cota finished with eight, while Mat Scott and Leo Espinoza each added 5.
The boys bounced back in the second round with a 58-55 victory over Oroville. After having a 9-point lead at the half, Oroville gave the Bulldogs a scare by rallying to take the lead by the end of the 3rd quarter.
"The kids handled the adversity well and bounced back to finish the game strong. We did a better job of knocking down free throws late in the game to hold onto a 58-55 win."
Abrego, again, led the team and finished with a game high 21 points. Mat Scott scored 14 points, while Shobi Khan added 8.
The Bulldogs found themselves up against an aggressive Las Plumas defense in the Consolation Championship game on Saturday. However, Gridley's defense proved to be even more aggressive and held Las Plumas to a combined 12 points in the 2nd and 3rd quarter. Abrego again carried the Bulldogs, this time to a 58-51 victory. Abrego finished the game by leading all scorers with 28 points. Scott finished with 10, and Emery Haddy scored five.
"We had a great weekend," said Link, "We had a bit of a rough start, but played well on Friday and Saturday to win the Consolation Championship."
Tyler Abrego earned all-tournament honors by averaging 22 points and over 12 rebounds in the three games. Mat Scott also played well, according to Link, and averaged 10 points and eight rebounds per game.
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Yarn Profile: Rowan Linen Drape
First Impressions
Linen Drape, the newest in Rowan's lineup, evokes pleasant images of summer. There's a dry, almost stringy texture to it, which is typical of linen blends. It comes in 10 colors that range from bright white and turquoise to a subtle celery and dusty pink.
Knitting Up
Such was not the case here, with the occasional exception of the last stitch at the end of a row.
Otherwise, it knit up quickly and easily, with minimum snagging. My stitches were steady and even, and the yarn was overall a pleasure to manipulate.
Blocking / Washing
My swatches did not bleed or fade in the water, and once dry the color was identical to the unwashed swatch. The yarn filled out slightly to give the fabric a more solid texture, but there was no change in gauge.
Then only a small amount of fiber would detach from the body of the yarn, producing tiny easy-to-remove pills. I can imagine that single strands within the yarn might snag, but you could easily fix them with a crochet hook and some patience.
All these elements -- plus the availability of gorgeous patterns from Rowan -- make Linen Drape a solid choice for warm-weather knits.
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Linen Drape
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55% linen
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22-24 sts over 4 inch square using U.S. 3-6 (3 1/4-4mm) needles
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Machine washable in gentle warm cycle. Alternately, hand wash in soapflakes; do not soak; cool rinse; do not wring; short spin; do not leave wet; reshape and dry flat away from direct sunlight; use damp pressing cloth.
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It is funny that organic cinnamon taste nothing like store bought cinnamon. The cinnamon is very good. The price is not out of control. I use the cinnamon with the raw honey that I purchased every morning and before I go to bed. I am also eating better and I have lost 25 lbs. Using the cinnamon and honey keeps me focused on my day and it taste great.
Fantastic product!
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Very happy to be able to find organic ceylon cinnamon which does not seem to be availabe in New Zealand. Smell and taste of the same have exceeded my expectations. Will definitely order again!
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Extremely fragant, gorgeous for cooking. Will buy again.
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high quality cinnamon....I just don't like that it is so pricey
Best cinnamon ever!
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Desire to Focus on IPS
By Gerry Haskins-Oracle on Mar 14, 2011
I like stuff which is well designed (minimalist), well engineered, high quality, with well thought out usability.
My latest gadget arrived on Friday - a HTC Desire HD and I'm tickled pink with it.
It replaces my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic whose screen I cracked in the gym a couple of weeks ago. For those who know me, they'll read that last sentence with incredulity. But yes, I attend the gym once a quarter whether I need to or not.
I put the Nokia in the rectangular holder on the exercise bike and it fell straight on the floor. Thinking I'd simply missed the holder, I picked it up and put it in again, only for it to fall straight back to the floor, hitting the leg of the exercise bike and cracking the screen. Looking into the holder, I saw it's "designed" with a big hole in the bottom of it - presumably sponsored by the local phone repair company. Who designs a holder for iPods/phones with a ruddy great hole in the bottom of it ? Arrgh.
Anyway, rather than pay EURO 80 for another new screen, I was due an upgrade so it was time to get a "smarter" phone. The Nokia XpressMusic is great for playing music, but I found it useless for web browsing due to it's glacial connect times (which may be at least partially due to my local provider), slow loading, and small screen. But the Nokia's web capabilities did come in handy in an emergency when I got stuck in Spain last year due to the Icelandic volanic ash cloud.
I spent a couple of evenings googling smartphone reviews and reading everything I could find.
Since I purchased an iMac last year, and Santa Claus brought iTouches for the kids, I was leaning towards the iPhone4, perhaps partially due to Apple's slick marketing. But one of the reasons I bought the iMac (apart from my natural UNIX affiliation to MacOS, the 27" screen, cool design, and my engineers telling me how cool everything Apple is), was exasperation with Microsoft for continually changing how to change/fix settings on its various releases. Being a 25 year UNIX veteran, I'm pretty amateurish at finding my way around Windows, but having grasped the basics of XP, I found it really frustrating having to re-learn how to do the same functions on Vista and my father-in-law's Windows 7 laptop.
While I'm very happy with my iMac, the Apple iTunes lock-in and Apple marketing machine gives me a slightly uneasy sense of deja-vu with Microsoft from 10-15 years ago. Granted, Apple designs Operating Systems and hardware a hell of a lot better and I don't think any company will ever again get away with that sort of monopolization tactics.
Anyway, the consensus amongst most of the smartphone reviews was that the HTC Desire / Desire HD is superior to the iPhone4 and Samsung Galaxy S. And being Android based, it satisfies my UNIX principles too. And so far, so good. It's intuitive, fast, well designed, with good apps, and all very well integrated. Pity about the appalling battery life, but there's always a socket or USB connection nearby. I carry the charging cable with me in my coat pocket.
So my HTC Desire HD joins my favorite gadget collection alongside the superb Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 camera I bought at Christmas, the SunRay which I've used as my main computer at work for the last 10 years and which is truly excellent (allowing me to bring my desktop session with me anywhere in the world), my Pansonic G10 FullHD TV, the kids' PS3, and my all time favorite, my Rado watch.
The Rado fulfills the pinnacle of design IMHO. Beautifully minimalist, utterly unscratchable (and believe me, I'm a Philistine - I do gardening and DIY with it on), and perfectly functional apart from the date field which is so small that it's very hard to read even in good light. Four years on, and it genuinely looks like I bought it yesterday. Truly a product which exceeds even my most demanding expectations.
As I've mentioned in previous postings, Image Packaging System (IPS) is a single-tier packaging architecture which in Solaris 11 replaces the old System V (five), Release 4 (SVR4) based 2-tier package and patching architecture in Solaris 10 and earlier releases.
IPS architects, Bart Smaalders and David Comay, spent a lot of time with me around the Solaris 10 Update 3 timeframe to understand the deficiencies in the SVR4-based patch architecture, and helped fix the issues around patching Zones and applying arbitrary change to a live boot environment.
Bart and David have used that deep understanding of the deficiencies of the SVR4-based patch architecture when designing IPS to ensure their design addresses these and other issues. The result is a highly flexible IPS architecture. Feature and process development is continuing as the target audience moves from developers in OpenSolaris, to ISVs and evaluators in the currently available Solaris 11 Express release, to meeting the needs of Enterprise production customers in Solaris 11.
You can learn lots more about IPS at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/technologies/ips-323421.html and by trying in out in the current Solaris 11 Express release.
I, for one, will not be sorry to see the back of patches. While my team and I have done our best to improve our customers' patching experience over the last decade, it's very difficult to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Much of the work to be done between now and the Solaris 11 release revolves around defining and communicating the processes and best practices which we recommend customers adopt around maintaining Solaris 11.
While we still have a lot of work to do, I look forward to adding IPS to my most favorite technology list.


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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:58 pm
Post subject: Birth plan ??
Hi ladies,
I have seen my midwife today well A midwife I haven't seen the same one more than once!
Anyway she said that I should be thinking about a birth plan for the twins. Now its easy to find a birth plan for a singleton that I could use as a template but I haven't seen one yet for twins.
My question is did you have a birth plan and if so what was/is it??
Maria xx
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:44 pm
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I had a birth plan for Archie and it wasn't even looked at and I just told them what I wanted, with Charlotte I just made sure I had made a note of the important things I wanted, like being told the sex, skin to skin asap, oh to cut cord but again I just told them what I wanted, nmake sure your birth partner knows what you want for all eventualities and fingers crossed it will go how you want it.
I tend to just wing things lol xx
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:07 pm
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The only thing I would say is to not put in 'I don't want......' as I have heard some midwives will try and hold you to is as you may just say things when in alot of pain.
ie if you write I definately don't want an epidural like my friend the mw tried talking her round for ages when all she really wanted at that point was an epidural!
I expect you will have more people at the birth with it being twins?
Although when I was induced a lady came in having twins and she got examined, the mw walked out the cubicle and she shouted her waters had just gone, they wheeled her to delivery and it felt like no more than 20 mins later the mw said she had twin girls!! Very quick and normal delivery I was amazed!x x
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Well I aint really asking too much I dont mind any type of pain relief at the end of the day in this day and age I personally dont see why we should suffer too much pain if there are things that can be done safely. I would love a natural delivery and if I can push I will however if I need a section then so be it the only thing I really dont want is the use of forceps xx
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:26 pm
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I didnt make a birth plan. Didnt really get a chance to either lol but tbh its a total waste of time with a twin pregnancy IMHO! As long as you have an idea in your mind of how you hope things go, i think thats all you need as a twin labour can go any way at all. I had no idea if i would be able to deliver naturally or anything until it came to pushing and at the beginning was asked what my plan for pain relief was (which was gas and air and pethidine and no epidural). Two minutes before giving birth i was begging for an epidural obviously couldn't get one though but it shows how much our ideas change once we are in the situation. I say wing it with a rough idea in your mind of pain relief, etc xx
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:26 am
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Maybe tell your OH if there are any things you definately do or don't want so he can speak to the midwives for you , towards the end when I was getting the really inrense contractions I couldn't talk, not because of the pain just because I was focusing on my breathing so much it was almost like I wasn't really there I have 4 friends who've had natural births with twins((two sets of identical girls and one set boy/girl ) 3 of them had other children first and all said the labour was the same as for a singleton with regards to pain and time and once the first was out the second came within minutes , the 4th it was her first labour , I watched one on the telly the other day and as the doc was handing the first to the nurse the second one shot out on it's own so FX you get that type of delivery xx
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:52 am
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Thanks for your replies ladies
Jennaxhx All I really want for the birth is to be able to stay as mobile as possible, for OH to cut the cords, both my birth partners to stay with me throughout (if its a section OH will be with me) and NO use of forceps I would rather have a section! As far as pain relief I am open to any form I will see how I go but I am not gonna rule anything out. Maybe I can put that in my maternity notes as I know that writing a strict birth plan is gonna be useless there are only a handful of things that I want to happen which listening to other BS I will be allowed anyway.
Nat I am better off telling my sister (She is the other birth partner) my OH would probably be trying to ask me how I felt and what I wanted LOL he is very supportive and is so looking forward to being a dad but he does tend to panic in some situations bless him LOL
Maria xx
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:34 am
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Maria don't want to be the bearer of bad news as far as forceps go but generally if they're needed it's because baby is in the birth canal but stuck or not decending quickly enough and they are very reluctant to perform sections at that point as it can be more dangerous to pull baby back up , but ventouse is a much gentler option that can be tried first I've been at 2 births were ventouse was used, my SIL and my DD both after epidurals (epidurals increase your risk of needing assistance) and it's not so bad , yes you still have a small cut (but I had that with my first just because he kept slipping back and it healed fine) but you just have a small cap put on baby's head and you push and they pull , baby will have a bit of a lump after but nothing like what can happen with forceps, although forceps in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing shouldn't cause a problem but just looking at them makes me shudder My sis had a baby that got stuck during a home birth ( no forceps available there ), the midwife suggested standing up and he shot out , so staying upright and mobile and standing or squatting for delivery is definately a good way to open up your pelvis and give baby maximum head room so to speak An open mind is the best way to go though but don't forget it's your labour and if you want to do something and they can't give you a really good reason for not doing it then I'd insist on doing it your way xx
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:17 pm
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I dont know for definite that this will be the case but when I was in labour I was confined to a bed the entire time as they said they like to keep an eye on twins' heartbeats during labour. I can't say that is what they will want to do with you but dont be surprised if they do, which will stop you being able to move about unfortunately.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:53 pm
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Nat, I know that I have to be flexible but I really don't want them to use forceps on me the suction cup yes, but I would rather have a section!
Jennaxhx, I know that they will probably want to monitor the boys but I am hoping that I can at least sit on a birthing ball.
I havent written a plan as such just a few bullet points:
My birth partners, My fiance Pete and My sister Caroline, to stay with me at all times.
If I have a section then Pete is to be with me.
I want to be able to stay as mobile as possible and have the use of a birthing ball.
I don't want forceps to be used, I would rather have a section.
I am open to any form of pain relief
I would like Pete to cut the cords
I would like skin to skin as soon as possible
I would like to breast feed as soon as possible
I don't think that is too restricting xx
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have a look at the AIMs web page. They have some great links and stories of twin births. |Really lovely gentle labours.
I suspect they will try and 'enforce' the CFM rule on you - BUT NICE guidelines state there is really no benefit, and you are far more likely to end up with a CS. They often try and pressure you into CFM with twins to cover their Trust Policy, and to protect themselves.
I really would avoid a epidural like the plague (esp with twins). You are far better off keeping mobile and upright. Leaning over the bed is good if you get tired. You will need a very strong birth partner if you dont want to be railroaded into unnecessary interventions.
if you look under articles there is one called Twins Twice.
Brilliant site.
I would pin a copy of your birth plan to the labour room door (and on your notes) - and INSIST anyone that comes in READs it!
Be informed, and really think about what YOU want.
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The roads became slick due to the freezing slush and new snow on top of it. Temperatures also went into free-fall, causing icy roads.
All Sleepy Eye Schools started two hours late on Monday, a day which also marked the first below zero temperatures since Feb. 2012.
The Sleepy Eye area received about 6.5 inches of snow during the weekend's snowfall event. Other area totals include: Redwood Falls, 13 inches; Marshall, 10 inches; Jeffers, seven inches; Mankato, seven inches and Madelia, five inches.
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It looks like things are progressing to get a permanent bulliten board for east park.
the parks dept is checking it out. they've priced it around $800 for the roofed bulliten board. of course the concrete will be extra.
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ETSU interviewing football coaches
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - In its search for a football coach, the ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has started interviewing potential candidates.
Interim Athletic Director Dr. Richard Sander confirmed with News 5 WCYB Sunday evening, that there will be up to nine interviews over the next several weeks.
"Right now we are in the process of interviewing football coaches," Sander said.
"We have eight or nine that we will have vetting interviews with. We will narrow that down to a couple, bring them to campus and then make the ultimate decision. Hopefully by June 1 we will have that decision made and have someone that will lead ETSU's football program."


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I was looking at the power ratings and was suprised to see the Georeg Mason University did not have any information listed. The are having the best start in school history so you might want to pay a little to them. They have 2 votes for the AP Top 25. They are 14-3 overall and 7-0 in the CAA. You guys should really include them.
This thing is awesome! I wish I had known about it earlier. My team is OUT. Still cool to follow though. What's better than MARCH MADNESS?!?!!? Can't wait.
Agreed. March is the best month of thte year. UCLA IN 2009!!!
Who's your team?
My team is out also. Richmond couldn't make it happen this year. I grew up in Villanova though so I'm eager to see the Wildcats do well in the tournament. Also, after seeing BC beat Duke the other night I'm sort of hoping BC gets into this tournament. I know it won't be an easy road for them but they played well. I was sitting behind the Duke bench (a friend of mine works at BC so got sick staff tickets) and they didn't know what to do with BC. Fun to watch. Thankfully made it out alive also after the student section stormed the court like it won a national championship.
Maryland. No dice this year. I don't know what happened with them but it wasn't pretty.
BC/Duke game was siiick. I can't believe you were there. Heck of a game to see in person. I watched on tv and can't said I didn't enjoy seeing Duke get taken down.
I'm looking forward to this thing changing at 3pm (I believe that's when it changes everyday) and UConn dropping. PITT BABY! Anyone see the game last night? Now that was a good game.
It's going to be very hard for BC to get in. They still play away against Miami-Florida (2/21), home against Florida State (2/24), away against NC State (3/04) and home against Georgia Tech (3/07). I'm eager to see what they do now that they've taken down Duke. In the beginning of the season they took down UNC then lost to Harvard. Umm…what is that?!?! Hopefully they've matured since then and will sweep the rest of their schedule. I'd like to see them in the tournament too. Rice is fun to watch. He's a great player for them.
What are PSU's chances?
PSU has a slim chance now after stumbling in the middle of the Big 10 season. After the big win at Michigan State, the wind went out of the sails quickly at Happy Valley. Looks like another year without the Lions in the dance.
Lion are on the bubble fa sure fa sure. Beat a quality team in Michigan State but losses to Temple and Rhode Island hurt the Nittany Lions. They need to bring back those brothers that carried them to the sweet 16 like 10 years ago.
Ah the Crispin brothers would be nice and put big ole Calvin Booth down low. If you had Battle and Cornelly from this year's squad with those three guys, well that's an Elite 8 team and Big 10 champion. But as it is the Lions did get a nice win at Illinois last night.
Kansas looking solid as a 4 or 5 seed, despite losing all five starters from the national championship team. I will take it.
I will admit, though, that a team as young as the Jayhawks could either go far because they're too stupid to know better; or they could be ripe for an early upset because they get stage fright.
Either way, I'm excited to see it play out.
yea huskies in has automatic and 17 seed and tar heels automatic and 2 seed! whoo
The Longhorns will make a decent showing in the postseason....they have been rusty all year but when it comes to tournament time they will step up. Beware of big Dexter inside....
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Sequel Pro
MySQL Database Management for Leopard and Snow Leopard
Sequel Pro is the premier tool for viewing, editing and managing MySQL databases on Mac OS X.
It is a fork of the popular but abandoned CocoaMySQL project.
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After starting using this, I just even refuse to touch phpmyadmin again. Like my tutor said, can't live without it. Hope it will be always free of charge! Nice app!
I use this to tap into my local and remote databases. It's invaluable.
This app is fucking amazing. It literally blows my mind. It's 100% pefectly integrated and natural in OSX. It's like the Coda of MySQL.
If these guys would make a PHP IDE i'd give them hundreds of dollars for it.
If you are still using PHPMyAdmin then join the future and get this app.
They are also ludicrously helpful and effective on their bug tracker. This is open source being done spectacularly well!
Excellent, indispensable tool which I use extensively for my everyday work. Very Mac-like look-and-feel. All the features you need for getting work done with MySQL, and nothing more (that's a definite plus!)
i own a navicat license but never use it because sequel pro is so much nicer.
perfect... simply perfect app
I submit some suggestions to the development team and they response very fast. With users' and developers' effort together, we can make this great application better and better.
Thank you, Sequel Pro. It is really cool.
oh man, this is hot! seriously, i just went through all the mysql apps, this one is sexy and performs very well!
A very nice app that works just perfect for me. Thanks to the devs!
CocoaMySQL has been my favorite mysql gui.
Very happy CocoaMySQL lives on as Sequel-Pro.
So far the changes in Sequel-Pro look fine.
I like that I don't get an error when I browse for data, double click, copy and deselect the row. This always bugged me in CocoaMysql.
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What image pops into your head when you envision downtown Lafayette?
A quiet village, with tree-lined streets, that would make Norman Rockwell smile?
A bedroom community, dotted with fine shops and restaurants, where people move to escape the city?
A bustling suburb, with too many cars and too little parking, that could use high-density housing and mass-transit solutions?
If you can't decide, don't worry. Not even the residents can agree.
During a Monday night City Council hearing on the proposed 72-unit Town Center Condominium project near the BART station -- "behind the Panda Express," as locals say -- residents who spoke took turns debating the essence of their community.
"We live in Lafayette, as opposed to Walnut Creek or near the Pleasant Hill BART station, because we like its semirural feeling," said one man opposed to the project.
"I hear people talk about semirural living," said another. "This site is on a freeway and a mass transit station. This is an urban location. It deserves an urban solution."
Twenty-five residents spoke across an hour and 20 minutes -- more opposed than in favor of the project -- but most striking were the differences in their visions for the community.
One saw the proposed four-story, 55-foot-high residence as a "big, ugly building" that would block majestic views of the ridgeline. Another saw it as a "beautiful" solution for those wanting to downsize and shed their dependence on automobiles.
Lafayette was settled in 1848 and incorporated in 1968, but perhaps at no other time has it experienced the growing pains it is confronting now.
Five residential projects along Mt. Diablo Boulevard are in various stages of planning and development. They range from row-house town homes to senior residences to midrange and luxury condos, numbering more than 700 units in all. Plus, a 315-unit apartment complex, Terraces of Lafayette, is proposed for a hilltop south of Deer Hill Road.
Quaint little Lafayette seems to be bracing for population explosion.
"This is a town that's not accustomed to growth," City Manager Steven Falk said. "There was rapid growth from 1950, when we had 5,000 residents, to 1965, when we had 19,000. But then we plateaued at about 24,000, and we've been like that for years."
Falk knows his numbers: The town's population in 2000 was 23,908; in 2010, it was 23,893.
Many residents at Monday's meeting clearly were alarmed by what lies ahead. They presented a laundry list of concerns they foresee in a more densely populated Lafayette: overcrowded schools, obscured views, traffic jams, parking woes.
"I think we have to focus on the number of projects going up on Mt. Diablo Boulevard," one woman said. "We have heard there will be no impact on traffic. But if you look at the whole picture of five projects, how much traffic will there be?"
The reasons behind this phenomenon are open for debate, but Falk thinks Lafayette has become a development target at least partly because of its highly regarded school system.
"Because Lafayette voters have stepped up and funded the schools, housing developers are now rushing the doors," he said. "People who value education are interested in moving here. Developers see the chance to make money."
It's no surprise some residents are resistant to change. But they're going to find out change is a persistent thing.
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Some beautiful work by Johan Prag a Swedish Art Director living and working in Tokyo, Japan.
Before moving to Tokyo, he was part of renowned design agency Stockholm Design Lab where he among other things worked on the rebranding of Scandinavian Airlines System as well as on several award winning television identities.
His work encompasses many areas relating to design and advertising including – Branding, Advertising, Art Direction, Photography, Computer graphics, Motion graphics, Product design and Packaging design


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Blessed Andrew Dotti
- Andrea Dotti
Born to the nobility. Military commander. Joined the Servite Order in 1278. Worked with Saint Philip Benizi. Priest. Held several offices in the Order. Noted preacher. Known in his day for his personal penances. Visionary and miracle worker. Late in life he retired to Montevecchio to spend his final days in prayer and solitude.
- 31 August 1315 at Borgo San Sepolcro, Italy of natural causes
- 1806 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants haven't set their final World Series roster yet, but they have set their rotation. Barry Zito will start Game 1 on Wednesday, followed by Madison Bumgarner, Ryan Vogelsong and Matt Cain.
Manager Bruce Bochy said Tim Lincecum will pitch out of the bullpen.
"He's better served at this point helping us out of the bullpen," Bochy said. "He gives us another weapon there. He's resilient."
Bochy said he will be able to use Lincecum in back-to-back games and for three or four innings at a time.
"He gives you more versatility in the bullpen," Bochy said. "That will help."
Zito lasted 7 2/3 innings in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, turning the tide in a series the Giants trailed 3-1 at the time. Bochy tried to call Zito throughout the day Tuesday and was eager to give him the news, but Zito had left his phone at the ballpark after Monday's Game 7 victory.
"I was proud to tell him," Bochy said. "I told him, 'I'm glad to hand you the ball.' "
Zito was left off the postseason roster in 2010. On Wednesday he will face Justin Verlander in the World Series opener.
"I couldn't be happier for him," Bochy said. "It wasn't easy not to put him on the (2010 roster) but the way he handled it was so impressive."
Bumgarner has a 14.73 ERA in the postseason but said he has made mechanical adjustments since starting Game 1 of the NLCS. He hasn't pitched since Oct. 14 and said his body responded well to the break.
"I definitely do feel fresher," Bumgarner said.
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.


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A Long Island family's day at the movies ends in tragedy as they realize that Tom Hooper's adaptation of Les Misérables is an incredibly sad film.
"We've been to funerals of family members and cried less," says Mr. Ferguson as he and his wife bawl their eyes out while their kids Ryan and Kevin have the time of their lives.
Les Mis star Russell Crowe also got a kick out of seeing two adults leave his movie feeling appropriately miserable. "Classic," he tweeted, missing out on a perfectly good opportunity to ask the Fergusons, "are you not entertained?"
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One of the most controversial issues facing federal lands today has to do with an obscure federal law known as "R.S. 2477." The law was passed in 1866 and essentially authorized construction of "highways" on some federal lands. The pertinent language consists of a single sentence that reads as follows: [T]he right of way for the construction of highways over public lands, not reserved for public uses, is hereby granted." Congress repealed R.S. 2477 in 1976, but highways established as of the repeal were not affected. With current regulations making it practically impossible to establish new roads on federal lands, one strategy for land use proponents (we'll call this group "Off-roaders") is to show that routes they wish to use don't require new approval because they were established under R.S. 2477. These efforts are often opposed by those who want access to federal land restricted (we'll call this group "Environmentalists"). To illustrate the controversy, let's discuss how the pertinent terms of R.S. 2477 may be interpreted by each group.
What is a "highway"? To off-roaders, a highway is any type of thoroughfare, be it a footpath, road, or primitive trail, which is open to the public. Under this definition, mere use by the public is sufficient to make a public highway. Alternatively, Environmentalists contend that a highway is only a vehicular road connecting towns. As such, it would require a high degree of use by the public and a significant degree of construction or improvement. It might even require a formal "acceptance" by the government just to make sure that it is public. On this issue, federal courts have said that a primitive path not connecting towns can be a highway for purposes of R.S. 2477.
What constitutes "construction"? Off-roaders view "construction" as continuous use over a period of time that establishes a path. Environmentalists take a narrower view and argue that construction requires affirmative road-building. On this issue, federal courts have ruled that "mechanical construction" is not required to establish a R.S. 2477 highway.
What are "public lands, not reserved for public uses"? Off-roaders argue that land can only be reserved for public uses explicitly. They might consider a national park to be reserved for public uses under applicable law, but they would not consider something like a grazing district to be reserved for public uses. Not surprisingly, Environmentalists argue more restrictively that any lands set aside for any specific public purpose by the federal government should be exempt from R.S. 2477 claims.
In light of the controversy, all three branches of government at both the state and federal levels have attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, to resolve R.S. 2477 issues. Notably, Colorado Representative (now Sen.) Mark Udall proposed bills that would narrowly constrain R.S. 2477 highways. In the absence of clarification by the legislative or executive branches, many disputes end up in federal court.
A recent major case involved a county in Utah that removed federal signs that prohibited off-road vehicle use on federal lands and replaced them with signs that purported to open new routes to the public. The county argued it had title to the routes because they were established under R.S. 2477. Following challenges by environmental groups, the federal court found that the county could not open the routes without first establishing their existence in court under R.S. 2477. In the wake of this decision, there are now numerous R.S. 2477 cases pending in federal court, particularly in Utah.
The drafters of R.S. 2477 did not provide guidance as to what it meant, so many issues remain unsettled. For the foreseeable future, there will likely continue to be conflict between groups with differing views about how federal lands should be used.
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The Super Bowl is over, but the party is just getting started in New Orleans, where balls, galas, and beads are thrown with much fanfare. When the spirit of Mardi Gras takes over Dallas-Fort Worth, it does so in three ways: with Cajun food, jazz music, and outrageous costumes.
Grab a feather boa, a couple of friends, and follow our weekend guide to navigating the North Texas Mardi Gras madness.
Oak Cliff acts as Dallas' French Quarter
Oak Cliff is throwing the biggest party for Mardi Gras weekend. The celebrations kick off Saturday, February 9 with the 4th Annual Dash of the Beads 5K at Kidd Springs Recreation Center. The race begins at 10 a.m. and takes a new route from years' past. Proceeds from the event benefit non-profitFinding Inspired Dog Owners, which is developing the neighborhood's first dog park.
Saturday night, The Kessler Theater hosts OCarnivale Masquerade Ball. For $50, patrons enjoy live music from Club Wood and the Inner City All-Stars, as well as free food and New Orleans-style Hurricane cocktails. Attendees are encouraged to go all-out on attire, as there will be a costume contest.
Sunday, February 10 is sure to be a fun day in Oak Cliff starting at 1 p.m. with theBishop Arts District Crawfish Boil and Beer Garden. Following eats and drinks is the notorious Mardi Gras parade, which in past years has attracted crowds of 10,000. Just $20 will buy you a seated spot on the bleachers to gawk at marching bands and floats traveling from W. Davis Street to Bishop Arts.
Where to find the best costumes
Stop by the Cedar Springs neighborhood Saturday for a festively flamboyant carnivale that includes dancing, face painting, and one-of-a-kind couture. The party spans five bars — Station 4, Sue Ellen's, Throckmorton Mining Company, The Rose Room, and JR's — and we hear there will be a butt-sketch artist on hand, so you can cross that off your bucket list.
McKinney's furry friends can celebrate, too! Join them Sunday, February 10 for the Krewe of Barkus parade in the city's town square, where canines of all sizes will strut their best costume for judges and take part in training sessions.
Where to hear the best music
Grammy award-winning polka band Brave Combo will perform a Mardi Gras-themed show backed by the Dallas Wind Symphony on Fat Tuesday. "New Orleans jazz and zydeco meet Brazilian Carnival with a little bit of Caribbean reggae," the website says. Tickets to the 8 p.m. showing range from $19 to $49 and can be purchased here.
Scat Lounge has long been a staple of the Fort Worth jazz scene, and on Tuesday, February 12, they're bringing in a sliver of New Orleans — Alcedrick Todd and Chris Milyo of the Krewe of Swing. Scat Lounge begins serving up red beans and rice promptly at 7 p.m., so don't be late. Food is available only while supplies last. This event is free.
Fat Tuesday specials
Is your Fat Tuesday plan to find a nice wide chair and plop down in it for several hours indulging in good food and good times? The Free Man, Razzoo's Cajun Cafe, The Pour House, Bone Daddy's, and Buttons Restaurantare all hosting Fat Tuesday parties. If you're looking for something adventurous, head to theDallas Arts District for a "dishcrawl,"which is similar to a pub crawl but focused around food. If you're looking for something mellower, Hotel St. Germain has a set menu for $45 a head. And, yes, that includes King Cake.


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Artist Esad Ribic rejoins writer Jason Aaron on "Thor: God of Thunder" #19.NOW, and CBR has a preview of the issue!
"Avengers" #24.NOW is the beginning of writer Jonathan Hickman's next groundbreaking Avengers arc, featuring art by Esad Ribic and more, on sale Dec. 24!
Although "X-Men: Battle of the Atom" #2 concludes the X-Men crossover event, the issue struggles with the weight of the story for a disappointing bookend.
Marvel has released a cornucopia of new variant covers for "Battle of the Atom," including second print variants and upcoming covers by David Lopez, Phil Noto, Kris Anka and Esad Ribic.
Doug Zawisza gives "Thor: God of Thunder" #11 4.5 stars, calling Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic's conclusion of the "God Bomb" arc "the greatest Thor story for the present."
Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic's God Butcher story arc concludes in "Thor: God of Thunder" #11, and CBR has an exclusive preview of the August 14-releasing issue.
Doug Zawisza gives "Thor: God of Thunder" #9 4.5 stars, saying creative team Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic "have done a fantastic job building timeless adventures."
Ryan K. Lindsay gives "Thor: God of Thunder" #8 by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic 4 stars, calling the issue of the Marvel NOW! series "a warped look at how intricate and involved myths can sometimes become."
Marvel has provided CBR with an exclusive first look at Esad Ribic's art from his and Jason Aaron's "Thor: God of Thunder" #8. Chapter two of the "Godbomb" saga hits May 8.
"Thor: God of Thunder" writer Jason Aaron shines light on the upcoming "Godbomb" arc which sends the title character's three incarnations to a dark future world to foil the plans of the villainous God Butcher.
This week, writer Jason Aaron arrives at A-i-C to talk the mad origins of "Thanos Rising," explain the growing saga of three Thors and alongside Axel tease the possibility of "Origin 2."
Doug Zawisza gives "Thor: God of Thunder" #5 4 stars, saying Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic have "birthed an intense new foe for Thor and the grander Marvel Universe while giving Thor's mythology more depth and agility."
Courtesy of Marvel, CBR presents exclusive previews for Jonathan Hickman and Adam Kubert's "Avengers" #6 and Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic's "Thor, God of Thunder" #5!
Ryan K. Lindsay gives "Thor: God of Thunder" #4 4 stars, calling the issue by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic "a mighty issue enjoyable on its own that leaves readers with the best feeling a monthly comic could deliver."
Ryan K. Lindsay gives "Thor: God of Thunder" #3 by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic 4 stars, saying, "Everything in this book works toward pushing its boundaries and amazing the reader."
James Hunt gives "Thor: God of Thunder" #2 4.5 stars, calling the second issue from Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic "a comic that can match his movie incarnation for visual thrills and visceral fun."
In "Thor: God of Thunder" #1 writer Jason Aaron put past, present and future incarnations of Thor on the trail of a cosmic powered serial killer. CBR spoke with him about the issue's events.
Doug Zawisza gives "Thor: God of Thunder" #1 by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic 4 stars, calling the Marvel NOW! debut of the Asgardian God "pulls out all the stops, bringing stories of Thor from across the timeline."
Courtesy of Marvel Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of Jason Aaron Esad Ribic's Marvel NOW! series, "Thor: God of Thunder" #2, on sale in late November.
"Scalped" writer Jason Aaron visited the CBR Tiki Room at New York Comic Con to discuss "Thor: God of Thunder," more creator-owned books, his latest tattoos and his Hollywood plans.
Marvel Comics is rolling out new details of its Marvel NOW!, starting with the hammer-swinging exploits of three different Thors as Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic explain what "God of Thunder" does differently from Midgard to the far reaches.
Marvel has released a first look at Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic's "Thor: God of Thunder" #1, which launches the Asgardian God's Marvel NOW! series. The mystery of the God Butcher begins November 14.
Marvel has released a first look at Esad Ribic's interior pages for "Thor: God of Thunder" #1 written by Jason Aaron. The Marvel NOW! incarnation of the Asgardian God begins November 1.
This November, Thor begins a millennia-spanning hunt for a serial killer known as the God Butcher in "Thor: God of Thunder." CBR News spoke with writer Jason Aaron about the series.
Marvel has unveiled Esad Ribic's cover for "Thor: God of Thunder" #2 by Jason Aaron. The Asgardian God's hunt for the God Butcher spanning thousands of years continues in November.
Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic have been confirmed as the creative team on Marvel's "Thor: God of Thunder," with the writer promising the series will star three distinct versions of the Norse deity.
Today's Marvel NOW! teaser reveal shows that Jason Aaron and Esad RIbic are set to prove themselves worthy when they take on the task of relaunching Thor's series in November.
Award-winning crime novelist Megan Abbott makes her comics debut in "Untold Tales of the Punisher MAX" #3. CBR spoke with her about the issue and her unpublished Vertigo graphic novel.
Courtesy of Valiant Entertainment, CBR presents a preview of Swierczynski, Garcia, Lozzi & Gaudiano's "Bloodshot" #1. The most dangerous weapon alive returns to stores July 11.
CBR News spoke with writer Rick Remender about his plans for "Uncanny X-Force" including a fantasy style battle in Otherworld and an epic arc that turns the series upside down.
Chad Nevett gives "Ultimate Comics Ultimates" #7 4 stars, saying "Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic and Dean White have produced one of the best comics at Marvel."
Warren Simons, Dinesh Shamdasani, Fred Pierce and Hunter Gorinson take CBR behind the curtains of Valiant's talking "X-O Manowar" variant cover while offering a look at some exclusive Cary Nord art.
CBR has the first word on Valiant Comics' new Pullbox Exclusive Variants, a program the publisher hopes will strengthen the bond between retailers and customers. Plus, an exclusive look at new pages from "X-O Manowar" #1!
Marvel Comics has released a preview of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's "Ultimate Comic Ultimates" #7. The battle against Reed Richards continues February 29.
Courtesy of Marvel, CBR presents exclusive advance looks at Matt Fraction and Pasqual Ferry's "The Mighty Thor" #10 and Jonathan Hickman's "Ultimate Comics Ultimates" #6, both of which hit stores January 25!
Writer Robert Venditti and Editor Warren Simons spoke exclusively with CBR about the reboot of the Valiant Universe, beginning with the Cary Nord-illustrated flagship title, "X-O Manowar."
In the pages of "Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates," a new global super-power calling themselves the Children of Tomorrow threatens to take over the globe. We spoke with writer Jonathan Hickman about the book.
Chad Nevett gives "Ultimate Comics Ultimates" #3 4 stars, saying, "[writer Jonathan] Hickman is taking advantage of the freedom given on a book...[where] the status quo is able to change so freely."
Marvel Comics has provided CBR with exclusive previews previews of Jonathan Hickman's "Ultimate Comics Ultimates" #3 and Warren Ellis' "Secret Avengers" #18, both hitting stores October 26.
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ANTIOCH -- A shrine on a sidewalk Thursday morning marked the scene where police say a 16-year-old Antioch boy died the night before in a hail of bullets.
Authorities said Jose Guerrero was hit several times and was unresponsive when emergency crews arrived about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 4900 block of Country Hills Drive.
Police did not say whether the teen was targeted, if he knew who shot him or if they have any suspects.
"We're following up on the information we have," Antioch police Acting Lt. Tony Morefield said. "We certainly would love the public's help with this."
Deer Valley High principal Ken Gardner said Jose had been a student at that school before transferring to a continuation school, Prospects High School, this year.
The shrine on Thursday included a dozen candles, a wooden cross and some roses. The scene is not far from Knoll Park in a neighborhood of tract homes near Highway 4.
The killing was the city's third homicide in nine days, the only three of the year.
Antioch had not seen a homicide since New Year's Eve, but that streak ended April 8 when 36-year-old Rushawn Thomas was shot near Joe's Liquor & Food in the 1900 block of D Street. He died later at a hospital.
On Friday, the owner of Hardy Nix Jewelry store shot and killed 20-year-old David Carter, of Antioch, while police said he and another man attempted to rob the store. That shooting is considered a homicide under a law stating that anyone involved in a robbery that ends in a fatal outcome can be charged with murder, Morefield said.
Staff writer Paul Burgarino contributed to this story. Contact Rick Hurd at 925-945-4789 and follow him at Twitter.com/3rdERH.


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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies (Treats For Co-Irkers)
The reason I chose this particular recipe is because it's a family favorite and also since I've made these cookies numerous times, there was no need for me to taste the finished product to ensure their worthiness. Nary a chocolate crumb passed my lips today as I made five dozen of these babies. I'm patting myself on both my back and bodacious behind because I survived another day of temptation. YAY!
You will only need to read this recipe ONE time and you'll remember it forever. I think you'll be able to figure out why.
Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies (makes 2 1/2 dozen) recipe by Paula Deen
ONE (8 oz) brick cream cheese, room temperature
ONE stick butter, room temperature
ONE large egg
ONE tsp vanilla
ONE (18 oz) box moist chocolate cake mix
ONE cup powdered sugar
In a large bowl beat softened cream cheese and butter until smooth. Scrape down bowl and add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Scrape down bowl and beaters again and add cake mix. Beat to combine. Cover dough and refrigerate for at least two hours. I made mine yesterday and refrigerated overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Roll tablespoons full of dough into balls a little smaller than a golf ball. Roll balls in powdered sugar to coat. Place balls on ungreased baking sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a minute or two on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack to cool completely. Dust with remaining powdered sugar after cookies have completely cooled.
27 comments:
- Linda said...
You had me at chocolate.
Another good one Mags!
- January 14, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Megan said...
I'm so impressed not a single cookie passed by your lips. Your a better person then I! They're calling my name.
I have no problem with the use of a cake mix. Doctored all up, there just another ingredient.
- January 14, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- Sweet and Savory said...
Look at the chocolate inside, peeking out. This is a naughty cookie and that is probably why I want it.
- January 14, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- Moogie said...
Mags, did you lick the spoon? The bowl? Eat a couple of crumbs?
- January 14, 2010 at 9:30 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
These look great... I wouldn't be able to make these without sampling a few!
- January 14, 2010 at 9:44 PM
- Susan said...
Those look fabulous! Gotta' love Paula and her butter! :)
- January 14, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- Kathleen said...
My, oh, my. These sound sooooo good!
- January 14, 2010 at 10:39 PM
- Rosemary & Garlic said...
I was really hoping for another brussel sprout recipe.
- January 15, 2010 at 6:49 AM
- Pam said...
I love all things with the words gooey butter in the title.
- January 15, 2010 at 6:51 AM
- George Gaston said...
Mags... nothing wrong with using a boxed cake mix, if the results are like these delectable cookies.
I am going to keep this recipe handy for those "cookie attack" moments. Many thanks...
- January 15, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- Snooty Primadona said...
Did you say chocolate? Mmmmmrrrrrrrrrrrow! As much as I love sweets, I seldom ever eat them because once I get started I can't stop. I have many other reasons as well.
- January 15, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Co Irker said...
I'm sorry it took so long to remark on the cookie. But, I came in today and saw nothing on my desk and inside I died a little. Then the hubs called and sheepishly told me that I would have to brave the shift foreman's office - he'd forgotten us! Ah well no complaints.
They are good and moist. In fact, before I even peeked to see what they contained I called them cake cookies.
I won't even rib you about the CAKE MIX (the horror!)
Thank you so much our impressive ingeneu!
- January 15, 2010 at 8:36 AM
- June said...
Wow Mags, you've done it again. Good heavens you can BAKE girl! Good for you not giving into temptation. You inspire me.
- January 15, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- stephchows said...
ok WOOOOOOWWWWW!!!! I think I'd gain 10 lbs if I worked with your hubby LOL
- January 15, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- A Year on the Grill said...
are you saying you made these and didn't try any... they wouldn't have made it out my door
- January 15, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- All Our Fingers in the Pie said...
How could you not try one! I am not that strong.
- January 15, 2010 at 10:25 AM
- Federica said...
wowwwww ma sono favolosi!
- January 15, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Karen said...
Mmm, those do look good. Pretty easy recipe to remember!
- January 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Debbie said...
They look delicious. I love Paula Deen. I made a cookie very similar also this week but I think your recipe is better!!!
- January 15, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Sherry said...
I have a very similar recipe called Chocolate Crinkles that are made from scratch. This is MUCH better! I think I will use Red Velvet cake mix and make them for Valentine's Day. Ummm.
By the way, I'm really enjoying my candle! Thank you!
- January 15, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- Mags said...
Thanks for all your comments guys! I held strong and didn't eat any of the cookies. The rest are going with me when I visit the boys today.
- January 16, 2010 at 5:57 AM
- Velva said...
How I wish I could be your 'co-irker" to enjoy these cookies. A few of these chocoloate cookies with a good cup of coffee and life would be good.
Serioulsy, these cookies look absolutely delicious.
- January 16, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- Maria said...
I wish I had one of these right now!
- January 16, 2010 at 9:19 PM
LOVED LOVED LOVED the cookies Marge! Thank you! Our friends devoured the rest of them :( Now there are none left for us. See you soon!
- January 18, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Mags said...
Tell Laura I Love Her: I'm so glad you guys enjoyed them! Thanks for leaving a comment...it tickles me, it does.
- January 19, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- frugal southern mom said...
Hey I found you on Year on the Grill! I love your recipes, especialy this one!I am from Alabama, what part did ya move from?
- January 26, 2010 at 7:59 AM
- Mags said...
frugal southern mom: Welcome to my blog. Hope you'll come back! Hubby worked/lived in Birmingham for about a year before we moved here to Indiana.
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March 22, 2011 -- Obese teens don't have enough fresh produce, dairy products, or fiber in their diets and may be more likely than normal-weight teens to develop heart and other health problems, new research indicates.
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Researchers analyzed blood tests of 33 obese youths between 11 and 19 and compared the results to those of 19 normal-weight youngsters in the same age group.
Dietary quality was deemed poor in all study participants. The obese teens had about the same daily intake of calories, grain, protein, and fat servings, but significantly fewer portions of dairy, fruit, and vegetables.
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- The levels of an amino acid called homocysteine -- shown to be related to the development of blood vessel and heart disease -- were 62% higher in obese youngsters than in those of normal weight.
- The blood of obese teens showed more signs of oxidative stress that leads to inflammation, and an increase in blood vessel damage and stiffening.
"The metabolic abnormalities suggest that the process of developing heart disease has already started in these [obese] children, making it critical for them to make definitive lifestyle and diet changes," says senior study author Ashutosh Lal, MD, of Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, Calif.
In the study, obesity was defined as having a body mass index (BMI) higher than the 95th percentile of children the same age. Normal weight was defined as having a BMI below the 85th percentile.
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"Looking at the numbers you would think these children might feel sick, but they did not," Lal says. "They are apparently feeling well, but there is a lot going on beneath the surface."


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SAN JOSE -- Simmering tension in an East San Jose neighborhood erupted into a brawl Thursday night that sent five people to the hospital, including two with stab wounds, police and neighbors said.
The fight broke out around 10:45 p.m. in the 1800 block of Darwin Way, off Bermuda Avenue east of South King Road, according to the San Jose Police Department. Witnesses said the some of the combatants were armed with knives and baseball bats.
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- Apr 17:
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- Mercury News editorial: Approve Signature plan for San Jose Mineta airport
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- Airport curfew delays decision on jet facility
- Google airplane facility goes before San Jose City Council
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- Mercury News editorial: Promising plan for Mineta San Jose International Airport
SAN JOSE -- Atlantic Aviation, the chief competitor to a proposed new $82 million facility at Mineta San Jose International Airport that will give Google's co-founders a place to park their growing fleet of aircraft next to other tech execs' jets, on Friday filed an appeal with the city, saying San Jose erred when it decided Atlantic's bid didn't fulfill requirements.
Atlantic also said its proposal could generate more revenue for San Jose than any other submitted, so the city must select Atlantic's proposal for recommendation to the City Council, according to the criteria established in the bid.
"Atlantic offered the airport up to $295 million over 25 years to ensure the airport's vacant land was put to its highest and best use," Atlantic CEO Louis T. Pepper said in an email."The city would have gained $10 million on the first day of a contract with us."
City Attorney Rick Doyle on Friday said Atlantic Aviation has the right to appeal and had met next Tuesday's deadline to do so. He would not comment further on the appeal.
San Jose Aviation Director Bill Sherry last week hailed what he and other city officials believe is the optimal proposal submitted from Signature Flight Support and Blue City Holdings -- the company representing the Google fleet -- that would result in a privately funded 29-acre facility on land that was formerly a parking lot on the west side of the airfield.
In addition to building five hangars for planes owned by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and Chairman Eric Schmidt, Signature officials said the company will build two other hangars to house private jets to be used by other members of Silicon Valley's corporate elite who are seeking private jet facilities but don't want to drive to San Francisco.
According to a detailed memo Sherry released last week, Signature's operation would generate at least $3 million annually in rent and other fees to the struggling city-owned airport that has been working to attract more commercial and private planes, increasing revenue to repay the costs of a recent $1.3 billion airport renovation.
But Pepper said Signature's vision, which includes a total of 270,000 square feet of building space, isn't the best outcome.
"Unfortunately, the airport has chosen more buildings over long-term financial strength," Pepper said. "It is particularly disappointing that having built excess, unwarranted capacity at the commercial terminal, the airport is seeking to do the same for general aviation on the west side."
Pepper said Atlantic is hopeful that the City Council "sees this as a missed opportunity" and will seek a broader array of proposals that will "provide the airport with sensible alternatives for development of its vacant land."
For years, debate has been swirling over how best to develop the 44 acres of land.
Last April, the City Council asked staff to proceed with a plan to develop the area, and a request for proposals was issued in August. Proposals from Atlantic Aviation, which has been at the airport since 2006, Ross Aviation and Signature Aviation, were received by the Dec. 4 deadline. But according to Sherry's memo, the proposals from Atlantic and Ross were deemed "nonresponsive."
The memo said the Atlantic Aviation proposal did not include several documents requested in the bid and omitted other information, and the Ross Aviation proposal did not meet the minimum requirements for aviation fuel storage.
All along, Atlantic has been opposed to another large fixed based operator locating at the site, saying there is already plenty of capacity to handle private aviation growth. A company spokesman said only 60 percent of its hangar space at San Jose's airport is being used.
Of the three major bidders, Atlantic also was particularly frustrated with last week's news because it had built a new $60 million terminal with hangar space at the airport in 2008. Its proposal sought to create an alternative plan to attract different types of uses for the land, including retail, office space and even solar farms.
But Sherry's memo said Signature's proposal scored 991 points out of a possible 1,000. The highest priority selection criteria, the memo said, "should be total revenue generated to the airport followed by revenues generated to the city's general fund."
However, in his company's appeal, Pepper said Atlantic could guarantee 23 percent more revenue than the city requested.
The City Council's Airport Competitiveness Committee is expected to take up the matter at its meeting next Friday, and Sherry said it could go to a full council vote as early as April.
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