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A quality, functional pad
By Stew
from Gainesville, VA
This is a notepad that will stand up to whatever life brings. As a fountain pen user, I needed a high quality paper that brings out the best in my pens and inks, yet is affordable. The Rhodia pads were the perfect answer. I'm a photographer and naturalist who spends a good deal of time in the field, so the elements can be rough on my tools. The Rhodia's water and dirt resistant cover allows me to focus on the task at hand rather than on whether I'll be able to read my notes at the end of the day.If you're looking for a luxury notebook to chronicle your memories, a bound journal is more suitable. The pad's detachable pages offer flexibility, but don't have the "legacy" feel of a bound book. The Rhodia offers quality and functionality, performing exactly as intended since the the 1930's. The times may have changed, but the Rhodia's versatility and simplicity have not.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Not for Fountain Pens
By SeattleAuthor
from Seattle, WA
I ordered three of these pads, specifically because they were touted as great for fountain pens. However, while the quality of the paper is great, the ink from my pens doesn't "fix" and remains smudge-able for many minutes (10+). With the Levenger paper I've used the ink fixes in about 3-4 minutes.The Rhodia paper and the pads themselves are high-quality and I especially like fold-back cover on these pads, and while I'll use them with other writing instruments, they were a disappointment for fountain pen use.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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By Misskaren
from Bronx, NY
I have been a fan of Rhodia pads for a long time. I used to have two favorite stationery stores and scour their shelves. There is a feeling to the paper that is unmistakable. I just got a really good fountain pen and it calls out for the lined Rhodia pad. The combination of a valuable pen and delightful paper makes my penmanship better. In an era when email has replaced handwriting, Rhodia is almost an ideal of sorts.
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An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.
A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle. Smaller circles
touch it and the sides of the triangle, the process continuing
indefinitely. What is the sum of the areas of all the circles?
Rectangle PQRS has X and Y on the edges. Triangles PQY, YRX and XSP
have equal areas. Prove X and Y divide the sides of PQRS in the
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As Altoona-Blair County Development Corp. searches for land to develop another industrial or business park, a large tract of land in Logan Township is now available.
About 193 acres known as Phase II 17th Street property is now for sale as a "prime industrial park site," according to Art Wilkin, an agent at Howard Hanna Johnston Realty.
The land is located behind Logan Town Centre.
When developer Greg Morris announced plans for Logan Town Centre in January 2000, he said a later phase of the project called for a modern business park behind the stores.
The parcel was included in Morris' recent bankruptcy proceedings, but as part of a bankruptcy court settlement, Morris was given sole ownership of this tract of land, said his attorney, John Lacher of Pittsburgh.
"He is the 100 percent owner," Lacher said.
The property is listed at $5 million, but the price is negotiable, Wilkin said. Since the property was listed in April, Wilkin said he has received a lot of calls with questions about the property but no serious interest.
"It is very early in the process," Wilkin said.
Wilkin said the land is the perfect site for an industrial park.
"There are utilities in place in Logan Town Centre that could be extended into the property above it. This tract is larger than Logan Town Centre," Wilkin said. "People thought that it would be cost prohibitive to develop the site because of the terrain. It was the same type of land that Logan Town Centre was built on. For an industrial park you don't need the land all on one level. ... Movement of the dirt would be significantly less for this phase than Logan Town Centre."
The site is a Keystone Opportunity Zone, which provides tax breaks for new eligible businesses.
Neither Morris not ABCD returned calls about the land.
Meanwhile, ABCD Corp. soon will make a final decision whether to proceed with construction of another business park in Greenfield Township.
ABCD Corp. has until June 1 to exercise its option to purchase an approximately 140-acre site, which includes 75 to 80 developable acres and would adjoin the existing Walter Business Park, home to the Sheetz Distribution Center and Sheetz Bros. Kitchen.
Mirror Staff Writer Walt Frank is at 946-7467.


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EAST LIVERPOOL - The Potters completed the sweep against the Panthers.
The East Liverpool volleyball team used big runs in all three games en route to a 25-23, 25-15, 25-8 victory over Buckeye Local at Potter Fieldhouse.
The Potters also won the freshmen and JV matches to record the sweep over the visitors from Jefferson County.
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Buckeye Local's Becca Rector hits the ball over the net as East Liverpool's Mary Davis (left) and Kiara Cowart go for the block Thursday night at Potter Fieldhouse. Also pictured are East Liverpool's Taylor Ward (5) and Morgan Campbell. (Photo courtesy Jimmy Joe Savage)
Last year, East Liverpool won all five matches down at Buckeye Local as the Potters recorded victories in the 7th grade, 8th grade, freshmen, JV and varsity matches.
With Thursday's win, the Potters are now 7-5 on the season. With the loss, the Panthers drop to 6-6.
"It was good to get back," East Liverpool head coach Bob Shansky said. "Last night was a bad night. We didn't play well. We were without Taylar Jordan, and the kids didn't step up.
"Tonight, we were without two starters, but we had some kids step up.
"This was a big win for us. They had the same record as us coming in. It was a big OVAC game. It was big for OVAC points. I'm happy that we were able to get the win."
East Liverpool built double digit leads in each of the three games, but Buckeye Local did not go away. In the end, the Potters were able to right the ship en route to the sweep.
"We by far didn't play our cleanest game," Buckeye Local head coach Shelby Luther said. "This was a very-important game for us. East Liverpool was second in the OVAC, and we were fourth. We just didn't play well. We can play much, much better than we did tonight."
Individually for the Potters, Madison white tallied a match-high 22 points to lead the way.
Also, Jordyn Adkins delivered 11 points and 38 assists, Morgan Campbell collected 47 spikes and 23 kills and Kiara Cowart contributed eight kills.
Finally, Caitlyn Davis chipped in with 14 spikes and six kills, and Taylor Ward recorded 18 spikes and five kills.
Becca Rector recorded eight points, one ace, six kills, seven assist and one dig to lead the way for the Panthers.
Also, Morgan Fedorko delivered four points, one ace, three kills and one dig, Morgan Staten netted two points, four kills, two assists and three digs and Kayla Fillipovich chipped in with three points, four kills and one dig.
Next, Amy Balk added two points, one kill and one dig, Lexus Fedorko contributed five assists and two digs and Kaylee DeCesare tallied two assists and three digs.
Finally, Kierstyn Czuchran collected three kills and two assists, and Preslie Renforth finished with three digs.
In the first game, the Panthers built an early 5-1 lead, but the Potters stormed back to take a 17-6 lead. Buckeye Local did not fold despite the 11-point deficit, and the Panthers scratched and clawed their way back into the game.
The Panthers battled all the way back to tie the score at 21, and the score was one again tied at 22. East Liverpool scored the next two points to go up 24-22. A point by Buckeye Local made it 24-23, but the Potters were able to score the final point of the game to come away with the win.
"I have to give my girls credit," Luther said. "We faced a 17-6 deficit in the first game, and our girls fought back to tie it. I have to give them credit. They have a ton of heart. They love to play the game.
"This was a tough loss. Our team goal this year is to make it to the OVAC's."
In the second game, the hosts built a 19-9 advantage before the visitors once again battled their way back into the match. The Potters respond to the run by the Panthers, and East Liverpool pulled away from the 10-point win to go up 2-0 in the match.
East Liverpool jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the third game. Then, the Potters extended their lead to 23-6. Buckeye Local scored a couple late points, but it was not enough as East Liverpool won the game by 17 points to sweep the match.
The match was East Liverpool's fourth in three days. Tuesday, East Liverpool hosted a tri between Oak Glen and Weir. Wednesday, East Liverpool played at home against Poland.
The Golden Bears and Bulldogs recorded wins over the Potters, while the Potters picked up a win over the Red Riders.
"What was tough is we didn't have all of our kids," Shansky said. "We lost Taylar, and then Jordan Chupa came down with an illness.
"It's tough because a lot of these kids haven't played together before. It took them some time to get used to playing together.
"Eventually, they got the ball to the hot hand. Morgan Campbell was hot tonight. Kiara Cowart played well. All of the kids played well. It just took them some time to get used to playing with different kids."
East Liverpool won the JV Match, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22.
Individually for the Potters, Sierra Voorhees recorded 14 points, five aces and 10 assists, Sierra Nichols scored seven points to go along with four kills and Kylie Kreefer contributed seven points.
Also, Elise Smith tallied three kills.
The Potters won the freshmen match, 25-21, 25-23.
For East Liverpool, Kinsey Woodyard delivered eight points, and Cori Webb and Taylor Johnston each tallied five points
Both teams are scheduled to return to the court Monday.
East Liverpool is scheduled to play at home in a tri-match against John Marshall and Youngstown Ursuline. The tri is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.
The Panthers are also scheduled to be at home as Buckeye Local will take on Buckeye 8 rival Bellaire in another important match for the Panthers.


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The Stetson University women's soccer program will host a Prospect Identification Camp on June 7-8 for current high school aged players (13-19) looking to become Stetson Hatters or to continue their development as a player.
"This Prospect ID Clinic will be geared primarily for 2016 and 2017 high school graduates," head coach Manoj Khettry said. "We should more than likely have a very strong handle on our 2015 recruiting class and want to make sure that we are identifying and having the best possible 2016 and 2017 recruits exposed to Stetson University and our soccer program."
The Prospect ID Camp will expose campers to the standards and style of coaching and expectations at Stetson University.
Location: Stetson University Athletic Training Center
Cost: $225 for Residents (Includes housing and dinner, breakfast and lunch), t-shirt and written evaluation
$200 for commuters (includes all meals), t-shirt and written evaluation
Only on-line registrations will be accepted; no refunds unless cancellation occurs 2 weeks prior to the beginning of camp (and must be accompanied by a Doctor's note)
Only 60 field players and 8 goalkeepers will be accepted
Schedule is as follows:
Saturday, June 7, 2014
|1-2 pm
|2:30 pm
|All Camp Meeting
|3-4:30 pm
|Training #1
|5 pm
|Dinner at Dining Hall
|6-9 pm
|Training # 2 and Small sided games
|9:30 pm
|Lecture: The College Recruitment Process
|10:30 pm
|Back to dorms
|11 pm
Sunday, June 8, 2014
|8 am
|Breakfast in dining hall
|9-11:30 am
|Training # 3 or 11 v 11 games
|Lunch in dining hall
|1-2:30 pm
|11 v 11 games
|3 pm
|Camp closing remarks
Players will be evaluated by the Stetson coaching staff, including head coach Manoj Khettry and assistant coach Stephanie Demake. The Prospect Identification Camp will center on becoming technically cleaner, playing and keeping possession in tight spaces, small-sided games, as well as a Power-Point presentation geared to educate players (and family members) about what it takes to be a college soccer player.
This camp is intended for players with a high level of interest in playing at the NCAA Division 1 level and Stetson University.
Note: Stetson University camps and clinics are open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).
For this prospect ID, there will be only 60 field players and 8 goalkeepers accepted.
To register for the Women's Soccer Prospect Camp, Click HERE!


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One Book One Bloomington Voting!
What if everyone in our local community all read and discussed the same book? Earlier this spring we read the excellent Room by Emma Donoghue and I am certainly looking forward to next year's selection as well.
As in the past, we are asking the community what they want to read together in 2013. It's time to vote!
Anytime before December 15, you can cast your vote for one of six titles that are nominated for the 2013 One Book One Bloomington and Beyond community read. All of the nominations this year are books that have been banned or challenged. The winning title will be announced in January and book discussions and related programs will happen throughout the Spring of 2013. Read about each nomination and cast your vote on online!
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Does Race Matter When It Comes to Treating Depression?
By Jessica Friedel, NAMI Communications Intern
Depression knows no racial, ethnic or national boundaries, but according to a new study, it appears that treatment does.
In a study published in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, a panel of researchers from the University of Michigan and Indiana University studied data from 1993-2007 and found that Caucasians are more than one-and-one-half times more likely to be prescribed antidepressants than Hispanic or African American minorities when receiving treatment for depression.
The cause of this discrepancy is multifaceted. The study supplemented previous studies, which have found sociological factors such as race, ethnicity and health insurance status to affect doctors' prescribing habits. However, the catalyst for such habits is not so much race as it is health insurance standing. Medicare and Medicaid patients are 31 and 38 percent less likely to receive a prescription for antidepressants. In addition, some racial and ethnic groups are less likely to take antidepressants, because of certain attitudes, according to study co-author Dr. Hsien-Chang Lin. Language barriers and religious beliefs also play a role in the differences in care.
Loretta Jones, founder and executive director of Healthy African American Families agrees with Dr. Lin and points specifically to depression among African Americans. Jones told The Atlantic that because of the stigma associated with mental illness, African Americans are less likely to take antidepressants because they are less likely to ask for them.
NAMI Greater Milwaukee's Brenda Wesley, trained mental health educator and facilitator told the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel that many minorities wait too long before seeking help, causing doctors to misdiagnose patients living with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia due to their elevated symptoms.
In an interview published in NAMI's The Advocate, Dr. Annelle Primm discussed African American attitudes toward health care and the focus on faith instead of medicine when it comes to mental illness. The interview can be read here.
NAMI recognizes the need to eliminate disparities in mental health care, and so created the NAMI Multicultural Action Center (MAC) in 2002. Not only does MAC attempt to decrease stigma through public education, it also cultivates strong partnerships with multicultural organizations in order to directly address issues that affect diverse communities. MAC regularly publishes content that offers information and updates on topics concerning multicultural issues in mental health. Additionally, MAC publishes Avanzamos, a Spanish-language magazine to provide Latino communities with information and resources on mental illness.
To ensure that every person affected by mental illness gets the treatment he or she needs, it's important to educate not only health care providers about the discrepancy in care, but also educate the communities who may not be aware of treatment options or trust the health care system in the United States.
NAMI offers many resources for individuals of diverse communities, such as the faith-based outreach program Sharing Hope , publications tailored for ethnic groups and much more. Visit NAMI's MAC web section to explore these topics.


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Has this happened to you? You're walking down an aisle at the supermarket and you pick up a product you've purchased many times before.
Dish detergent, deodorant, a cake mix. It looks the same as it always has, but something just isn't right.
Look closer. The item you know and love has changed a bit. The package may appear to be the same size, but that bottle, box or carton holds less than it used to.
"Shrinking" groceries are nothing new. Half-gallon cartons of ice cream became 1.75-quart cartons, then 1.5-quart cartons. Cereal boxes seem to be on a continual decline, ounce by ounce. One of my favorite cereals has gone from 12 ounces to 9 ounces. Nine ounces barely lasts a week at our house.
Over the past year, I've seen a popular brand of dish detergent drop from 9.5 ounces to 9 ounces. I've seen my deodorant go from 2.6 ounces to 1.4 ounces. Incredibly, the deodorant is now 47 percent smaller, but the price stayed the same.
The Consumer Reports' blog Consumerist.com calls this phenomenon the "grocery shrink ray," and they've documented dozens of instances of it on the site. Many think that shrinking groceries are a new phenomenon, yet there are news articles dating back more than 30 years that document rising production costs and smaller product sizes. One article from 1977 notes that a popular brand of candy bars would be reduced in weight by 12.8 percent, and that the same candy bars already had undergone two previous downsizings that same year.
As manufacturing costs increase, companies can choose to raise prices on an item or reduce the size of the item and keep the price the same. The general belief seems to be that shoppers would rather the price stay the same, even if they're taking home less product.
There are some items for which I'd rather see the prices slightly increase than see the items downsized. My biggest pet peeve? Cake mixes.
Perhaps you've noticed, but nearly every major brand of cake mix got smaller over the past year. For as long as I can remember, boxed cake mixes have contained 18.25 ounces of mix. Now, they contain 15.25 ounces of mix. While I can appreciate, and make, a cake from scratch, I do have several favorite recipes, including a delicious lemon streusel, that require 18.25-ounce cake mix.
If you're curious about the streusel recipe, and how to upsize the cake mix to 18.25 ounces, visit jill cataldo.com/lemon.
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Top Definition
Cackleberry was a well used slang word for egg during the 1950s
How about a couple of boiled cackleberries for breakfast?
από John Wisbey 7 Μάρτιος 2005
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Can you define these popular missing words?
cackleberry another word for an egg.
If some one doesn't eat eggs, ask them if they would prefer a cackleberry
If some one doesn't eat eggs, ask them if they would prefer a cackleberry
"Dear, would you care for another egg?"
" No I would rather a cackleberry"
" No I would rather a cackleberry"
από Colin 'missing in action' Theobald 21 Ιανουάριος 2005
An egg of a chicken or common domesticated fowl
The hen laid a cackleberry today.
I had bacon and two cackleberries for breakfast this morning.
I had bacon and two cackleberries for breakfast this morning.
από Emma Chizett 17 Νοέμβριος 2006
Australian slang for eggs.
Joe: Hey dude you want a cackle berry?
Zack: WTF?!
Zack: WTF?!
από AJAJAJAJAJ 8 Μάρτιος 2009
A small animated creature that lives in the Village of Oville on the Island of Pax. Not unlike an elaborate Smurf Village. The online game is similar to Club Penguin and Webkinz but for a younger group. Child safety is the goal of this company.
The 51 citizens of Oville include six grownups, ten Cackleberries, a few denizens and a bunch of friends. Cackleberries are born of dormant bird, fish, reptile or insect eggs. Each Cackleberry has an ethnic genealogy but no race.
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Coordinating and Designing Print Publications
The Office of Marketing and Communications manages the design, printing, and delivery of printed materials for our campus clients. We produce strategic materials for the Office of Admissions, the President's Office, etc. We can provide complete photography, editorial, and graphic design services or work with materials provided by the client. The types of print publications we might work on include the following:
To submit your request for a print project, fill in the required information on our Print Project Request Form.


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Top Definition
A general term used to indicate suprise and/or displeasure by the "internet" set, largely referred to as Anonymous.
Two gay men are having sex.
God: "lol wtf."
God: "lol wtf."
goingtomoonbrb tarafından 3 Mayıs 2006, Çarşamba
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Can you define these popular missing words?
A term coined by ftjer "generica" which is used to describe the feeling where you laugh but aren't sure why.
can also be used to laugh at someone's peculiar behavior.
can also be used to laugh at someone's peculiar behavior.
"lolwtf you're stupid"
"lolwtf you're stupid"
lolwtf tarafından 14 Nisan 2005, Perşembe
To laugh (maybe) at an odd moment that can be considered as a what the fuck moment.
Person 1: *sees two having sex and a shark eating them* Lol wtf was that about.
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Earthquake Diary: 27 May
02 June 2008, 20:51
by Liu Lei
Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China: As the IFRC team in Sichuan gets stronger, more volunteer interpreters are needed. Just over these last three days, people from ten different fields have joined the team. I was originally put in the position of Operations Support as a volunteer interpreter, but now we have a bigger team with seven foreigners, which means at least four more volunteers need to be found to give interpretation support. I found them through my connections and now I have to play a coordination role between them and IFRC staff.
According to the plan, our team is divided into three groups to operate different things. Then I am picked up again to go with the water sanitation group to give a basic assessment in Dujiangyan City which was seriously damaged by the quake.
But during this emergency, things change so quickly. When I arrive at the IFRC office in the early morning, the logistics coordinator needs to quickly check all of the Sichuan Red Cross's goods transportation systems because he has to find the confirmation note and urgently give feedback to donors. And there are two batches of tents, about 1,200, from Germany and Sweden on the way, but the local Red Cross seems hasn't been informed in time. So worries from IFRC arise due to the coming 100,000 tents in the near future.
In order to address this problem I must quickly help the IFRC logistics coordinator to understand the pipeline for cargo, find some problems it may have and give some suggestions on efficiency. Otherwise, the donors will be dissatisfied with the logistics work.
So in the morning the logistics team has a meeting and the overall map of processes is now more clearly understood by IFRC logistics coordinator. And then we find some problems with it and give some suggestions which can quickly be adopted by the Sichuan Red Cross.
In the afternoon, we together with logistics staff from the Sichuan Red Cross visit Chengdu Airport logistics team which was set up by Red Cross after the earthquake. We check all procedures of logistics issues in the airport including customs clearance, cargo offloading, transportation, waybills and receipt notes, etc. Even then there are some shortcomings in the process but it can be worked out well. Gradually it will be perfected under the guidance of the IFRC logistics specialist.
During the afternoon, an aftershock of 5.7 magnitude hit, which was clearly felt in Chengdu.


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Thousands of area residents woke up Wednesday morning and quickly realized they were outside their comfort zones. They could not watch the morning news on their televisions. They couldn't access the Internet on their computers, tablets or cell phones. No Facebook, no Twitter, no email.
In our modern world, this is enough to set people's teeth on edge. Thousands of local Suddenlink Communications customers started Wednesday - a beautiful, sunny day - with a bad attitude.
What caused their cable, Internet and landline telephone service outages? Was it a bad storm outside our area that brought lines down? Was it a technical glitch Suddenlink was experiencing?
Nope. It was the world's dumbest copper thieves.
The service disruption "was very likely the result of copper thieves" who cut two lines in the Rich Mountain area of Beverly, according to a press release Suddenlink sent out Wednesday afternoon.
Suddenlink technicians found two cuts in a fiberoptic line described as "a major artery" of the company's cable system. Officials suspect that the cuts were made by copper bandits, stealing the wire to strip it down, remove the copper and sell it to make an illegal profit.
There was only one problem for the thieves: fiberoptic cable lines don't contain copper.
But these thieves were determined to bring home the gold... er, copper. Suddenlink employees believe that after the crooks sliced open the fiberoptic cable and discovered there was no copper inside, they sliced into a telephone line, Senior Trooper S.E. Hevener with the Elkins detachment of the West Virginia State Police said Wednesday.
Telephone lines do contain copper, so the thieves will apparently have something to sell.
"We're looking at scrap yards to see if anyone turns in anything suspicious," Hevener remarked. "Anyone who has seen any suspicious vehicles in the area is asked to call the state police." The Elkins detachment may be reached by dialing 304-637-0200.
We sincerely hope these criminals will be caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The outage merely inconvenienced most of us, but some elderly residents depend on their landline phones as their only means of calling for help in an emergency. To have that essential service taken away from them just because Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dumber wanted to steal some copper infuriates us.
Also, anyone thinking copper thievery is an easy way to make a buck should take note: this is a dangerous crime.
Copper theft is "very dangerous," Randolph County Sheriff Mark Brady said after copper wire was stolen from the radio tower at Rich Mountain last year. "The money they can make for the copper is what tempts them do it, but people have gotten electrocuted doing things like that."
Copper thievery also strikes us as a case of high risk for little reward. Last year two Randolph County men were arrested and charged with breaking into the AES Laurel Mountain Windmills property and stealing copper ground leads. Each of the men was charged with four felonies. And how much did they make for selling the copper? A grand total of $311.10.
If this is a "get-rich-quick scheme" the people who buy into it aren't just criminals. They must also be idiots.


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Seneca County commissioners Thursday agreed to put $5,500 toward the purchase of Tasers for the sheriff's office.
The appropriation would be combined with an $8,100 grant and a $900 match from the sheriff's office to purchase 15 Tasers.
Seneca County Administrator Stacy Wilson said that because the county paid the minimum amount from the Workers Compensation Program, an appropriation to the General Fund could pay for the remaining Tasers and would not have a negative impact on the budget.
Commissioner Fred Zoeller supported the additional funds, saying not having enough tasers could result in higher gun usage.
Due to the revenue brought in by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement program, Board President Jeff Wagner supported the appropriation and said he would be willing to consider more appropriations for equipment, such as vehicles, at a later time."It would be an incentive to continue the program," Wagner said.
Zoeller was concerned about having enough in the budget to buy new vehicles and said he wanted to be prepared when it happened. They suggested the sheriff's office estimate when the vehicles would wear out so that funds can be available in the budget.
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During a meeting Thursday morning, the Seneca County?Board of Commissioners:
Authorized a fund advance repayment of $8,000 from the Highway Safety Grant Fund to the General Fund.
Approved an appropriation adjustment of $4,475 for Delinquent Care and Custody Fund.
Approved a supplemental appropriation of $13,734 for the Delinquent Care and Custody Grant Fund.
Approved a supplemental appropriation of $8,000 for the Delinquent Care and Custody Grant Fund.
Approved the resolution establishing the SFY14 Community Correction Fund.
Approved allowing the board to enter into an agreement/contract with the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties on behalf of Seneca County Juvenile Court.
Authorized the contract/agreement with Zeis Development Ltd. to supply materials and labor to construct a 24-foot by 24-foot garage on behalf of the Seneca County Juvenile Court.
Hired Caleb Vargas as an intermittent maintenance worker for the Seneca County Maintenance Department through the TANF Summer Youth Employment Program effective July 1.
Hired Justin Romig as an intermittent maintenance worker for the Seneca County Maintenance Department through the TANF Summer Youth Employment Program effective July 1.
Wilson said the sheriff's office is considering buying a 15-passenger van for ICE transportation.
Wagner suggested Sheriff Bill Eckelberry come before commissioners to give more detail on the need for additional vehicles.
Commissioners also were informed by the Bureau of Underground Storage Tanks that the tank underneath the Annex Building is still considered contaminated. The county will be required to go through remediation again under the bureau's new rules.
Zoeller asked if it were possible to shut down the tank, but the bureau does not allow shutting it down without remediation.
"I don't like ongoing liabilities," he said, calling for "any long-term, affordable remedy" to the problem.
In other business, David Graham from Workplace Benefits of Ohio discussed getting a new quote for county insurance. The program would be free and Graham said an audit of utilities could be included.
The program would compare the Workplace Benefits of Ohio coverage through Allstate to the county's coverage with Colonial and Aflac.
Graham said benefits of the Allstate coverage include a better cancer policy and a payroll deduction for those who do not have short-term disability options.
He asked for the opportunity to share the information with elected officials and employees and would meet with those interested. If more than five people requested the new program, he would seek an open enrollment period.
"We want the county to have the lowest cost, highest value product," Graham said.
Commissioners suggested sending information to the auditor.
In other news, commissioners approved the Joint County Ditch resolution in accordance with Wyandot County and discussed the county's involvement with the possible widening of SR 53.
Zoeller said getting a group to present the project to Ohio Department of Transportation would improve the chances of success.
"United, we'll have a better voice," he said. Representatives from Wyandot County voiced support for joining forces on the project.
The board is to receive updates on the Wolf Creek Ditch project and decide whether it will be ready to be discussed at its July 16 meeting.
The board is to meet again at 10 a.m. Tuesday. New Riegel is under discussion for the next quarterly meeting location.


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the 'starting channel' bar loads about 9/10ths then just freezes. Looks like I'm going to have to stick with radio for today.
Ya, I'm getting the exact same thing. Really sucks ass because I was looking forward to wathing this one as I haven't caught a game in a while.
O well, I should probably be working on an essay right now anways. Maybe this is a sign.


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Meaning fine, OK, or allright.
Everything is ducky.
de Justin 6 janvier 2004
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Object that makes your bath time so much fun.
Person who does the above.
Person who does the above.
Rubber Ducky, Your the One,
You Make My Bath Time So Much Fun
Wanna Be My Ducky?
You Make My Bath Time So Much Fun
Wanna Be My Ducky?
de Bunny69 9 octobre 2005
Whatever you say, ducky.
de Minshue 9 octobre 2007
dolla bills, benjamins, washingtons, money
yo hoe you got any duckies for dinner tonight?
de mofo & little boo 19 octobre 2007
A cute character from the children's film The Land Before Time. She is small, green, swims, and has a big mouth.
"My name is Ducky. Yep, that is what ist is, yep yep yep!"
de Silverina 28 mai 2005
Breasts of women.
Duckies is old English slang for boobs. There are love letters from Henry the 8th to Anne Boleyn saying that he cannot wait to rest his head upon her fine fine duckies.
de captain503 17 juillet 2013
duckies are the cutest things in the whole wide world. Varieties are the rubber ducky, live ducky, quacky ducky, yellow ducky and so many more
Girl: I want to go out
Boy:no thanks, I am busy playing with my ducky
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Passwords are broken. Privacy needs a helping hand online. And we live too much of our lives online to let any one site or provider own too much of it. What we need, says Mozilla vice president Jay Sullivan, is Privacy 2.0.
"From a pure browser technology point of view," Sullivan says, Mozilla has solved many of the issues it set out to deal with in 2004. ("We have gone from 97% IE to a world with great competition," he adds; "be careful what you wish for!").
But that means there's a new set of problems around identity and privacy and letting users be in control of their own information.
"What we have created is a world where people are really living more and more of their lives on line. It's almost like Privacy 2.0. Privacy [online] used to be [about] cookies and pop-up windows and artefacts of the browser itself; now it's about your real life - your location, your medical records.
"The challenges to personal information are bigger than ever. To keep users in control of their online experience now is starting to be more and more about their personal preferences, their social circle, how they feel about different issues... How do we make it so that information is not siloed in particular places on the Web where you should really own it?"
Why should it be in the browser?
Is the browser really the best place to do this? As a browser developer Mozilla is bound to think so, but Sullivan also points out that we already call browsers 'user agents'.
"We kind of backed into this word but it actually turns out to be pretty a pretty accurate description of what we want to do - which is 'as you navigate into this world, who's acting on your behalf? Who's your agent, helping you?'"
Mozilla is far from the first organisation to try and solve the issue of online identity and accounts (indeed, in a past life Sullivan worked at Firefly on a system that Microsoft bought and turned into Passport). One difference is that it's starting with small ideas that could lead to big changes. "We're not attempting to reinvent everything," explains Dan Mills, Lead Engineer at Mozilla Labs;
"We're focusing on ease of implementation." He's working on a technology called Account Manager which would let you log in and out of sites through the browser and have it create and remember a long, complex, secure password Mills calls a secret, which Mozilla's Weave technology will sync onto other devices for you.
Trivial changes
He calls the changes websites have to make 'trivial' and Mozilla is already talking to properties like Google and Yahoo about what it would take to get them to support the idea.
This would make logging in to different sites consistent, it would give you more control about what info to share and, says Mills, "we would eliminate a whole set of phishing attacks" because it would be clear where you were logging in and when a supposedly familiar site was a fake site (because it would ask you for new details).
It's also just easier, which will matter more when Fennec brings Firefox to smartphones (in beta now for the Nokia 900 and coming this year for Android, says Sullivan); using Weave to sync encrypted copies of secrets and passwords that have been saved on your desktop means you'll be able to log in just as easily on a phone.
Sullivan demonstrates this by logging in to a secure internal Mozilla system in Fennec without ever having typed in his password on the phone. "Before I wouldn't even have bothered trying," he says; "It's the difference between giving up and doing something."
"One thing to keep in mind," Mills points out, "is that the status quo is to ask users for their username and password on other services and that is fundamentally broken." Despite the security problems passwords cause, Sullivan doesn't want to sound like an alarmist. "How do you provide something positive and engaging, that's not framed in the negative?
It can be a little fearmongery… I don't what to just make people get scared and run away from the Internet. How do we enable them to do awesome things and through that give them a path that happens to be safer and more protected? We want to do all these awesome things but we want to do them in the right way."
What kind of awesome things? Once the browser knows you're logged into a site, it could look for details of your online contacts (another Mozilla Labs project). When you want to share a news story you enjoy by email (even in the age of Twitter, that's still the way most people share links), the browser could give you a dropdown list of your contacts on any website.
Or you could find out which of your contacts are reading the same site at the same time, without anyone but you finding out who your friends are. That's where Mozilla has an advantage, suggests Sullivan.
"The thing that's different about what Mozilla can do from Google or Facebook - they have to make money, they have investors, they have [to make] returns. We're from the opposite approach. We don't really care about the money; our goal is to always be on the side of the user. It's kind of liberating! We don't have to say 'how are we going to monetise these things?'"
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Similar to a high five, except for as soon as your palms touch, you each wrap your thumb around the other's hand.
That comeback was so awesome, I had to give him a hand hug.
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A Hand Hug is a unique expression of love. It's different from a regular hug because it just involves using your hand. You can give a Hand Hug to your friends, co-workers, peers, or anyone who has a hand. Hand Hugs cheer up people's days and allow you to connect with them.
You look like your having a bad day, here's a Hand Hug!
додав Hand Hug 23 Травня 2007
when two people take their right hands (or left if they so wish) and act as if they are giving each other a high five. however, instead of a high five, they wrap their thumbs around each other's hands and wave side to side.
Me: I totally taught Mr. Shepherd the Handhug!
Kaylin: That's great!
KK was amused when she found out how to handhug. Now she, Kaylin, and Madi teach everyone they meet.
Kaylin: That's great!
KK was amused when she found out how to handhug. Now she, Kaylin, and Madi teach everyone they meet.
додав MadiPod 06 Червня 2007
The act of wrapping your thumb around someone's hand, while they wrap their thumb around the other side of your hand. Popularized mainly by middle-school students, Bruce Jenner and Scott Disick are also fans of the Hand Hug.
Tania: "Leo, Hand Hug!"
Leo: "This is adorable!"
Leo: "This is adorable!"
додав LuLuBee 07 Листопада 2010
An extremely awkward scenario that occurs when one person goes for the fist bump and the other for a more formal handshake, resulting in one person holding and fondling another's fist.
"Dude did you just handhuged me?"
додав Eglerian 05 Квітня 2015
The act of hugging someone's neck with your hands until they turn blue and pass out. In other words choking.
How did that guy kill the chick in the book?
He hand hugged her.
He hand hugged her.
додав cheekensheet 14 Вересня 2015
The hugging of hands; Placing hands together, then wrapping around the thumb and pinky.
I think he might like me back. I could tell by our prolonged hand hug last night.
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A seizure caused by or occurring while playing the Nintendo Wii.
Zelda gives me Wiizures.
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n.; To spaz out when playing the Nintendo Wii, creating the illusion of a seizure.
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California college fraternity hazing death of Austin native inspired Texas '911 lifeline' law for alcohol poisoning cases
It's been more than four years since Carson Starkey died from acute alcohol poisoning after a fraternity initiation ritual at California Polytechnic State University.
On that day in December 2008, Sigma Alpha Epsilon members put Carson into a vehicle to get him the medical help they needed. But they changed their mind and took him back inside a house out of fear they would get in trouble.
Carson's parents, Julia and Scott, made it their mission in the wake of their son's death to both educate young people about the dangers and signs of alcohol poisoning and to fight to eliminate the fear that they believe cost Carson his life.
They launched the nonprofit Aware Awake Alive, through which they spread their message and advocate for immunity laws or policies in states and at colleges across the country.
Thanks to the work of his family, friends and others, his legacy lives on through a 2011 Texas law that offers limited immunity for minors who call 911 in a possible alcohol poisoning case. The above clip includes Carson's story and the website for the nonprofit Aware Awake Alive includes a lot of other great resources and information.


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The 7 Most Ridiculous Things About Calling Out Fake Fangirls
Face front, True Believers! Your favorite comic book heroes like the X-Men are under threat from a dangerous new species, and these insidious aliens have escaped into the REAL WORLD. They're already all around you, acting like normal people and armed with terrifying physical powers of distraction. Are you prepared for ... THE FEMENONS?
Don't worry, friends, our comics will always highlight their physical differences! You'll never risk thinking that a Femenon is a real person!
Yes, the world of comics is under attack by legions of Fake Geek Girls. Fortunately, some brave men have stepped forward to defend their hobby from these imposters. Unfortunately, every single one is a raging asshole.
Fake Geek Girls
There have always been attacks on "fake geek girls," but recently some comics professionals have joined the battle. Which makes sense, because fights with imaginary women who don't wear many clothes is a big part of that industry. Although that doesn't explain artist Tony Harris (Starman, Ex Machina) waking up and thinking "I make my living drawing comics, so I'd better call the guys pathetic losers and the girls whores. That way I can concentrate on my true fan base: the invisible Zorblaxians, aliens free from gender who talk through the fillings in my teeth!" Harris posted a long Facebook rant decrying the cosplayers and the pathetic men they prey on, and used a detailed number scale to explain exactly how "hot" these women really were.
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This guy decided to explain hotness to people.
Here's a few choice quotes (but you should read the whole thing, one outpouring of blue balls crushed by their own overloaded pressure to create a pure diamond of misogyny):
"... according to a LOT of average Comic Book Fans who either RARELY speak to, or NEVER speak to girls. Some Virgins, ALL unconfident when it comes to girls ..."
His rant contains more sexual frustration than a monastery opposite a coed trampoline-testing park, and is less logical. You can actually see his intelligence decreasing as the rage burns out his remaining neurons, ending with that Algernonian flashback to the kindergarten where he developed his attitude toward women.
"... if ANY of these guys that you hang on tried to talk to you out of that Con? You wouldnt give them the fucking time of day. Shut up you damned liar, no you would not. Lying, Liar Face."
From this point, Harris swore revenge, and to destroy anything nice a female wanted to play with.
The Evil of Costumes
Harris' argument is that these fake geeks are psychic vampires, sucking up the attention of nerds.
"... the thought of guys pleasuring themselves to the memory of you hanging on them with your glossy open lips, promising them the Moon and the Stars of pleasure, just makes your head vibrate."
Harvesting the imagination of other people masturbating in order to power a psychic vibrator has to be the worst supervillain plan ever. He assumes that someone painstakingly crafting a character costume can only be doing it for men who like that character. He directly states that wearing a costume that a man might like implies the offer of sex. If he ever discovers swimwear, he'll have to be banned from beaches. The idea that a woman might like the costume, or anything, simply doesn't occur to him.
"And here it is, THE REASON WHY ALL THAT, sickens us: BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT COMICS, BEYOND WHATEVER GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH YOU DID TO GET REF ON THE MOST MAINSTREAM CHARACTER WITH THE MOST REVEALING COSTUME EVER."
He complains that some of them looked up the costume instead of memorizing all the stories. It's almost like comics have a visual component! As an artist, you'd think he'd know that. But after that rant, I'm not convinced that he remembers to breathe without a writer reminding him to.
Judging the Fake
The idea of standing in judgment over other fans is insane. You can't own geekdom. You enjoy it. That's what it's for. The only arena where your enjoyment can triumph over someone else's is martial arts, and comics trivia knowledge is the exact opposite skill set. The only comics person who gets to judge everyone in revealing clothing is Dredd.
Yo, Harris, THIS is what comic book artists do.
If you're calling someone out as a fake fan, what's your victory condition? Preventing someone else from liking things you like? When your plan is "prevent people from enjoying Superman," you're a Hostess snack cake villain, and even more irrelevant to the modern world. When someone appoints himself the World's Greatest Thor Fan, he needs to understand that Asgardians don't require defense against cooties. Those new fans aren't Skrulls. For a superhero, battling imposters isn't a problem, it's a Tuesday. And if you think the greatest Thor fan in the world is male, wow, you've been using a different Internet from me.
Many geeks are now shouting "KISSSSS" and getting wetter.
There Is No Such Thing as a "Real" Geek
The Internet is stuffed with idiots decrying fake geek girls. Fighting against fake geeks is like fighting against unicorns: You're an asshole, and even if they were real, your stated goal is trying to kill something wonderful. More people liking things you like is a good thing. If you're actively trying to keep people out of your hobby, you don't have one -- you have an excuse. You're not celibate because of your chaste devotion to Green Lantern. Using Iron Man's armor as an excuse to avoid people is the most tragic thing I've ever heard, and it was designed to be a defense mechanism.
Stark uses it for the opposite function.
If you want to be in charge of other geeks, great -- become a dungeon master. Set up an adventure, invite some players and realize that the whole point of liking things is to enjoy them together. Of course, every rant against fakes points out that they're not talking about the "real" geek girls. Which is weird, because I get paid to talk about why Iron Man can beat Batman, and I never sat for any official geek certification exam.


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A cool guy.
Wearer of shirts.
Has a girth.
Wearer of shirts.
Has a girth.
Wow, look at Stuchy today! Nice shirt, but no jesus tie.
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A term used to describe theiving of work and not handing it back.
Damn, that teacher sure is a Stuchy!
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The Depression Boom: As U.S. Population Ages, Mental Illness Rises
One Doctor's Focus to Treat Older Adults
By Courtney Reyers, NAMI Director of Publishing
With Baby Boomers reaching late adulthood, the chance for developing depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses could rise. Depression affects more than 6.5 million of the 35 million Americans aged 65 years or older. One psychiatrist in particular, Dr. Dilip Jeste, addresses the needs of older populations when it comes to mental illness. He specializes in late-onset schizophrenia, depression in older populations and psychosis. Currently, he is the Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging, and Director of the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He is also the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Jeste is the first Asian American to ever be elected president of the APA, and is the first psychiatrist from India to be elected to the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences. He is a renowned lecturer and accomplished author. NAMI was fortunate enough to recently speak with Dr. Jeste about his work. If you'd like to hear Dr. Jeste speak, plan on attending NAMI's National Convention in June.
NAMI: You focus on geriatric psychiatry. Can you speak to the difference in mental illness in older populations vs. the general population?
Jeste: Over the next 25 years, with the aging of the baby boomers, we will witness the largest increase in the numbers of people over age 65 in the history of mankind. What is less well-known is the fact that the numbers of older people with mental illness will actually increase at a disproportionately faster rate than those in the general population. This will be, in part, because of higher incidence of depression, anxiety disorders and substance use disorders among people born after the World War II than in those born earlier. Other reasons include decreasing social stigma, resulting in a larger proportion of older people being diagnosed with and treated for mental illness and an increase in the average life span of people with serious mental illness, which is currently 20 years shorter than that in the general population.
Just as children are not small adults, elderly people are not merely older adults. They have unique health care needs. The most common neuropsychiatric disorder in older people is dementia, especially Alzheimer's disease. While major depression is less common, milder forms of depression are far more common than in younger adults. Also, because of age-related changes in the functioning of liver, kidneys and brain, older people can only tolerate lower doses of most medications and are at a greater risk of developing a number of side effects. They also have special needs for psychosocial treatments (e.g., they are less likely to be living with their families). Additionally, they tend to have major physical illnesses and disabilities, have visual and hearing impairments, and have even less access to health care than younger adults. As a result, fewer than half of older Americans with mental illness receive the needed mental health services. They face the dual stigma of mental illness and aging. Finally, there is a severe shortage of workforce trained to provide the necessary mental and physical health care for the growing numbers of older adults.
Can you tell us your thoughts on "wisdom?" What does it mean to you, and how would you define it?
Jeste: I have developed increasing interest in the area of successful aging: what makes older people do well, feel happy and contribute to society at a high level. This led me to do research on wisdom and to study whether wisdom increases with aging. Wisdom, a unique attribute rich in history dating back to the dawn of civilization, is a newcomer to the world of empirical research. For centuries, wisdom was the sole province of religion and philosophy, but I believe it is a real entity with biological roots.
Defining wisdom is rather subjective, though there are many similarities in definitions across time and cultures. Components of wisdom that are commonly agreed on include: thoughtful decision-making, empathy, compassion or altruism, emotional stability, self-understanding, decisiveness and tolerance for divergent values.
Research suggests that there may be a neurobiological basis for wisdom's components. Several specific brain regions appear to be involved in different components of wisdom. Neurobiology of wisdom probably involves an optimal balance between more primitive brain regions (the limbic system) and the newest ones (pre-frontal cortex.)
Understanding the neurobiology of wisdom may have considerable clinical significance, for example, in studying and eventually treating disorders such as antisocial personality disorder and certain types of dementia such as the fronto-temporal dementia. In addition, age-associated wisdom may help to overcome the negative effects of diseases and stressors that are common in late life and lead to improved mental health and psychosocial functioning.
What are some challenges you see in your work in terms of older populations and mental illness?
Jeste: The existing infrastructure and financing of health care, pool of mental health care providers with adequate geriatric training and mental health care delivery systems are extremely inadequate to meet the challenges posed by the expected increase in the numbers of older adults with mental illness. A national crisis in geriatric mental health care is emerging. Today there are only about 1,800 board-certified geriatric psychiatrists in the U.S.—one for every 23,000 older Americans. That ratio is estimated to diminish to one geriatric psychiatrist for every 27,000 individuals 65 and older by 2030. Yet, little is being done to address this challenge. Deliberate and coordinated action is urgently warranted.
A basic problem is pervasive ageism. The aging of the population is often dubbed as the "silver tsunami." Older people are seen as a burden on the society, especially in terms of rising costs of Social Security and Medicare. Yet our study suggests that there is a growing number of old adults who can be productive and contribute to the society in many ways. Successfully aging seniors can, in fact, be a great resource for younger generations. I consider this "the positive psychiatry of aging," which will be the future of our field.
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Just found your blog recently and I'm so glad I did! I have a crock pot that I would love to use more and this recipe sounds wonderful. Defintly a must try!! I have you bookmarked and will be checking back often to see what new recipies you are trying.
Morning Steph,
I had to chuckle when I saw "or equivalent body parts" - maybe I've been watching to much crime tv. Or maybe it's just Monday.
I think I may have to try this with some tofu next week...
Have a great Monday! :)
Try this with 1 package of Lipton onion soup mix, 8 oz of Russian Salad dressing and 1 cup of the apricot preserves. It is great!
Thanks, country mouse!
geeky poet, I bet tofu would taste amazing.
anon, I bet that tastes great! It's hard to go wrong with apricot preserves. They are so yummy all on their own.
I can't wait to try this! Any thoughts on using frozen boneless breasts? Or what I could do if I need it to go 10 hours :)?
Apricot anything sounds good to me, so I pounced on this one. Great idea for a coolish day. Yum.
Yum! that looks excellent :-)
that looks reeeeeally good!
oh my goodness! This looks delicious! I'll add it to my menu for next week!
can't wait to try this one! looks yummy!
I have made several things from your site and all have been wonderful. I've also recently added a link to you in my "Daily Reads" section of my blog. Just thought you would want to know.
thanks, everybody!
Dana, thank you so much for leaving a comment---it means a lot that a rockstar has linked to me.
I really, really enjoy the recipe anonymous posted, with the onion soup mix, russian salad dressing and apricot jam. I worked in a restaurant many years ago and that's what they used to baste their chicken. Yummy!
Steph - I made this tonight/today. I did 6 boneless skinless breasts - FROZEN - for 7 hours and then it was on "warm" for the remaining 3. I served it with "sticky" rice and it was a HIT with my hubby (2 servings) and my girls.
this is also good with pork!
I wonder, could you use any other kind of preserves or jelly?
canadian saver, that is good to know. I need to keep my eyes open for Russian Dressing.
emily, I am so happy that you and your family liked it! thank you for reporting back.
jennifer, I am sure it would be wonderful with pork.
petunia, I bet a bunch of different types of jam/preserves would work. Orange marmalade, peach, lemon...
I guess it depends on what type of mood you're in!
I made this last night and it was so very yummy! We saturated our rice with the sauce! Even my two year old loved it! Thanks for adding to my recipe base!
question: in the ingredients photo you show chili flakes but not listed as an ingredient. Should I be adding it in? I have made it twice now without, showed my mom the site and she noticed that in the picture. I think it's fine as is but just wondering!
eeek! thanks, adam's mom, and adam's mom's mom!
I've updated the ingredient list.
I made this and it was awesome! DH told a friend and we sent him to your site. I will definitely try more of your recipes and links. Your wit and honesty make this site a great "read" as well. Thank you so very much.
I give you a five "smiley" star rating. :) :) :) :) :)
This was TERRIFIC! I've been cooking from your site ever since swim team practice started and killed my ability to make dinner in the afternoon. Lots of creative ideas - thanks! So far this is the best!
Hoo boy, this was good! I even burned it by leaving it too long, but I still ate the entire batch in one sitting...
I love this dish. I have some kids who don't eat sugar, so I made the apricot stuff by chopping a bag of apricots, and adding honey and orange juice. I let that cook for a couple hours in the crock, then proceeded to (mostly) follow your recipe. I like that your recipes are easy for me to adapt. Thanks for the great blog.
Another yummy recipe to add to my crockpot file.... thanks so much! The family loved this one, especially the sauce!
Wow, this is insanely good! I barely had the willpower to stop eating for long enough to comment. But I did, because I'm quite proud of myself for successfully making them. (This is my fourth or so attempt at a crock pot dinner, and so far your recipes have usually turned out to be my favorites.) Thanks so much for this one, and for all the others!
I'm the HUGEST fan of the Apricot/Lipton Onion/Russian Dressing recipe. Throw in some baby whole potatoes (in a can) and they are sooo soft and perfect!!
I luuv your blog! I just stumbled upon it and will definitely try this recipe!!
I've made the Lipton Onion Soup Mix recipe with a can of whole cranberry sauce (in place of the apricot preserves, which I'm sure is also delicious) for years. It's my go-to recipe when I need to make a meal for someone. The Russian Dressing can be hard to find sometimes. I like the Wishbone and have only been able to find it at Wally World.
My husband made this last night and it was deeeelicious. Will definitely make again and wouldn't hesitate to make it for company. Thanks!
Steph, about how many pounds of meat is "6 chicken thighs"? I plan to make this with pork (it was on sale!) and need to convert.
Also, what do you think of adding some fresh apricots to this? We have some we need to use up, but I am afraid they would turn mushy if I add them at the beginning...?
Hi Graceling,
I'd guess 3 pounds or so of meat. As for the fresh apricots, if you do decide to throw them in (are you still going to use the jam?) I'd dice them and add in the last two hours.
Hi, could you just use chicken breast? Would that work? Thanks sherry D.
I have made this so many times- and make a fried rice to go with it-I have used chicken tenders also that works really well---thank you so much!
I'm making a meal for 12 people this week; could I double the recipe if I've got a large crockpot? Do I cook it longer? Thanks so much for this amazing website! I will visit this often.
Yay Crockpots!
Hi Catherine,
sure! Usually you don't need to increase the cooking time when you double and increase the size of the slow cooker. I'd set the timer for the same amount of time, and then adjust if necessary.
xxoo steph
we loved this tonight! thanks-even tho i was/am a devote blog follower, i'm loving my cookbook, too!
This is the first recipe I made in my brand new slow cooker that arrived yesterday.
It's definitely a winner!
Thank you so much for this fantastic site and all the humorous comments on the recipes :-)
I do have one question, how do you know if the food is ready?
I was so afraid to undercook the chicken that I ended up overcooking it a little. Next time I would like to prevent this, but I don't know how (yet).
Hi Faragon,
Congratulations on your new slow cooker! I'm glad you liked this recipe. To see if the chicken is done, it's the same way as in traditional cooking: cut into it, and see if the meat is cooked through and the juice runs clear.
I don't follow the no-peeking advice. I peek and stir and taste quite often while I slow cook.
oxox steph
You certainly don't have to be a kid to like this. I am a grandma who would love it.
I just made this tonight and LOVED it! I'm always looking for easy recipes and this one really is. We will definitely be having this again.
Thank you so much for sharing all your amazing recipes! You're making life as a new mother a lot yummier!
I made the crockpot apricot chicken recipe and the whole family liked it. My six year old decided that I should "make probably 16 or 17 more recipes from that crackpot lady"! ;) He is a very picky eater and yes, he did mean "crock pot".
Could I use a different kind of fruit? Perhaps peaches or pears? Or fruit cocktail? Yeah...I'm a rebel.
Yum, yum yum. Just did this with Mango jam and a pork tenderloin roast. EVERYONE liked it...even my (sometimes) picky kids. Thanks for another winner, Steph!
One of my friends sent me the link for your recipes because I was looking for some crock pot recipes. The fact that they're gluten free has absolutely made my day!
Made this recipe 3 times in the past 6 weeks -- been a hit every time.
I added 1 cup of whole cranberries to this and it was GREAT!
I just made this today but added in 2 tablespoons of creamy peanut butter. I also added chopped onion, bell pepper, celery and carrots in the last hour and vented the lid to reduce the sauce a bit. Served it over brown rice and it was SO GOOD. It reminded me of Yoshinoya rice bowls I used to eat as a kid!
Inspired recipe! My adaptation - instead of the preserves, I used 1 c. dried apricots pureed in the food processor with a little orange juice and honey (thanks to the commenter above) and enough water to make it the consistency of preserves. I discovered that it wanted to burn on the bottom, so I had to stir it and add a little more water. Served shredded on toasted hamburger buns. Savory and really good!
This turned out great. It was a little juicy, so to thicken up the sauce a bit a I added 1 can of cream of chicken soup. It added just enough to make it more sauce like and less watery. (Although the flavor was great without the addition of the soup) Will definitely try this one again. Thanks for the recipe!
Making this for my husband and myself right now. Last time he said he wanted it spicier, so I'm going to throw a whole Serrano in about 30 min. before it is done. Going to serve with brown rice and a Creamsicle Parfait for dessert!
BTW, I think you and I have the same spice rack!
Awesome awesome awesome blog!!!!
As someone who has in recent months jumped on the gluten free bandwagon. I have found it near impossible to find gluten free recipes online that don't contain 55 types of different flour. I'm usually just looking for a simple dinner recipe but the gluten free recipes always include some sort of flour (severe lack of thinking outside the box LOL!!)
Anyway thank you for this fantastic blog!!
I'll be venturing here on a daily basis :-)
I just made this tonight and I LOVE it! Even my 2 yr old who refuses to eat most anything loved it. I poured the left over sauce into a container to save. It will make a great sauce for many other things too!
Just made this today and everyone loved it! Even my 4 year old who generally doesn't eat much meat ate every last morsel. Thank you so much for this and all the other yummy recipes on here! I served it over rice and added a finely chopped yellow pepper and 2 handfuls of baby spinach during the last 30 minutes.
Made this tonight and it was a hit!! We are a family of 5 and I made this with 8 chicken breast and it was ALL gone and they were wanting more!! (3 growing boys!!!) Fixed it with white rice and green beans.
Will definitely fix this regularly!!
Love this! I made it with fresh boneless, skinless thighs. Checked it after 4 hours on low and it was DONE, so I ate it for lunch. Also, I used Polaner's sugar free with fiber preserves (sweetened with Splenda) and it came out great!
If you are having trouble finding the red Russian dressing, Kraft's Catalina dressing or a country French dressing works just as well.
I'm so glad I found this. I have seen all the recipes for the onion soup mix/preserves, and onion soup mix/preserve/salad dressing. Right now, though, I'm trying to avoid all processed foods, extra sugar, MSG, soy, etc. for one month. this was the ticket. I had apricot jam sweetened only with fruit juice and instead of onion flakes (we don't have any!) I just sliced an onion in the bottom of the cooker. I used mustard powder since we didn't have Dijon. hope it will work well! (we're a boring kitchen. it's unusual to use anything other than salt & pepper & butter on our food...so I've made quite a departure with this month of meals!)
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"After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we've decided to end our marriage," they say in a joint statement. "We entered our relationship with love and it's with love and kindness we leave it. While privacy isn't expected, it's certainly appreciated."
According to a source, Johansson initiated the split. The actress has started apartment-hunting in New York City and is currently in Jamaica with some girlfriends, the source adds.
However, last month the pair were spotted looking cozy together at New York hotspot Avenue.
Johansson, 26, and Reynolds, 34, tied the knot in a quiet September 2008 ceremony in a wilderness retreat in Vancouver, which is Reynolds's hometown. The ceremony was attended only by a handful of close family and friends – and no photos were released.
"It was my mission to have a moment of privacy, to do something for myself," Johansson told the Los Angeles Times of the hush-hush affair. "I was happy with the results of that."
The pair remained fairly mum about their relationship, only rarely giving up small tidbits about their married life.
But the actress told In Style in April 2010 that she enjoyed cooking for Reynolds – and her domestic life with him. "There's a nice comfort in that. That part of your life is certain, in a way. You've got your home in that other person."
Reynolds, who is PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive, told PEOPLE that the best thing about married life was, "You get to hang out with your best buddy every day."
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"I could definitely write an eighth, ninth, tenth," the celebrated author, 45, told Oprah Winfrey during an interview scheduled to air Friday. "I'm not going to say I won't. I don't think I will … I feel I am done, but you never know."
Speaking in Edinburgh, where the interview took place, Rowling said she felt something of a loss upon finishing the saga's last installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. "It was a bereavement," she said.
Not that she's completely put down her pen. Rowling plans to write more books, and feels there is no need to match or top her previous achievement.
"I did it. I'm really proud I did it," she said. "But this is a new phase."
Billions, Yet WorriesAnd though she went on to become richer than Queen Elizabeth II – selling more than 400 million books about her young wizard and his pals – Rowling recalled that the Harry Potter series almost didn't happen. Turned down by 12 publishers before one finally agreed to print the first book, Rowling was informed by an agent: "You'll never make money selling children's books."
Despite being a billionaire today, "I do still worry" about money, given her past history of being a single mother with so little cash she was close to being homeless, she said. She is now married to her second husband, anesthesiologist Dr. Neil Murray, and the couple have three children between them.
Rowling said she has few regrets about her life, but one is that her mother, who died six months after Rowling started writing the first book, never got to see the phenomenal success of the series, which blossomed into several movies and a theme park in Florida.
However, Rowling mentioned that she did turn down one opportunity – when Michael Jackson said he wanted to make a musical based on the books.
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April 29, 1928 – March 22, 2013
Monsignor S. Paul Ayoub, who led Mother of Divine Grace Catholic Church in Cheektowaga for more than three decades, died Friday in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 84.
He was the last pastor to serve in the parish beside the Kensington Expressway on Old Maryvale Drive, which was founded in 1946. Appointed in December 1975, he remained in the post until 2009, when the church was merged with Infant of Prague Parish and he retired.
Born in Brooklyn, he attended St. Bernard Seminary in Rochester and was ordained May 30, 1953.
His first assignment was at St. Joseph Parish in Bliss. In 1954, he became assistant pastor at St. Martin's Church in Buffalo. He became a teacher at Notre Dame High School in Batavia in 1963 and taught there until he was assigned to the Cheektowaga parish.
While in Batavia, he also served as a weekend assistant at St. Peter's Church in Le Roy, chaplain of the Newman Center at Genesee Community College and pastor of Holy Name of Mary Church in East Pembroke.
He was appointed a prelate of honor and received the title of monsignor in 1993.
Survivors include a nephew.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today in St. Columbkille Catholic Church, Fort Myers.


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Nausea, vomiting, tiredness, headaches… the list goes on. These are a just few of the symptoms women experience when they are pregnant. Now add an illness on top of that. Oof. Talk about feeling horrible. So what is the best way to deal with being sick while pregnant? Here are a few things you can do:
Get as much rest as you possibly can. If you already have a child, or children, nap when they nap or have someone come take care of them while you get some sleep. The more you rest, the faster you will heal and the better you will feel.
Take Your Vitamins
Be sure you are still taking all your vitamins and if you haven't added Vitamin C to your daily intake, you should think about it. Studies have shown that Vitamin C could reduce the frequency, duration, or severity of a cold. If you don't want to add yet another vitamin to your prenatal regimen then stock up on lots of fruits and veggies.
No, not booze! Drink lots of water. Water will help keep you hydrated, which is very important during pregnancy, but will also help flush out toxins. Try to carry a water bottle with you at all times so you are sure not to forget to drink up!
If you need to, you can take certain medications while pregnant. Be sure to first talk to your obstetrician before taking anything. I keep a list my doctor gave me on my refrigerator that looks like this:
Headaches/Pain: Tylenol/Extra Strength Tylenol
Allergies: Benadryl, Claritin, Zyrtec, Allegra
Cough: Robitussen DM
Congestion: Sudafed
Heartburn and Gas: Maalox, Mylanta, Gas-X, Tums, Zantac 75
Combination Medications: Tylenol Cold, Tylenol Sinus, Tylenol PM, Nyquil, Dayquil
Most importantly, remember that you can't do it all… especially when you don't feel well. Take some time for yourself to heal and hopefully you will feel better soon!
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When you're sprung and in a club, wanting to bang somebody, but the only chick DTF is ugly with a butter face. You take a BUTTER SHOT or two to get ready to bang her. Butter shots are typically high in alcohol content, like doubles or everclear.
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Regulation of Gene Expression in Autoimmune Disease Loci and the Genetic Basis of Proliferation in CD4+ Effector Memory T Cells.
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|Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and subsequent dense-genotyping of associated loci identified over a hundred single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variants associated with the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), type 1 diabetes (T1D), and celiac disease (CeD). Immunological and genetic studies suggest a role for CD4-positive effector memory T (CD+ TEM) cells in the pathogenesis of these diseases. To elucidate mechanisms of autoimmune disease alleles, we investigated molecular phenotypes in CD4+ effector memory T cells potentially affected by these variants. In a cohort of genotyped healthy individuals, we isolated high purity CD4+ TEM cells from peripheral blood, then assayed relative abundance, proliferation upon T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation, and the transcription of 215 genes within disease loci before and after stimulation. We identified 46 genes regulated by cis-acting expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL), the majority of which we detected in stimulated cells. Eleven of the 46 genes with eQTLs were previously undetected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Of 96 risk alleles of RA, T1D, and/or CeD in densely genotyped loci, eleven overlapped cis-eQTLs, of which five alleles completely explained the respective signals. A non-coding variant, rs389862A, increased proliferative response (p = 4.75×10-8). In addition, baseline expression of seventeen genes in resting cells reliably predicted proliferative response after TCR stimulation. Strikingly, however, there was no evidence that risk alleles modulated CD4+ TEM abundance or proliferation. Our study underscores the power of examining molecular phenotypes in relevant cells and conditions for understanding pathogenic mechanisms of disease variants.
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Every morning I sit on my couch facing this window and the sun shines through, every morning, casting shadows from the dogwood bush outside.
It's something so little, so simple, but I love it. It's like a gift.
I remember choosing those curtains (I've been meaning to replace them for a long time now)- they were supposed to be just temporary in a near-end pregnancy fit I was having before Ivy was born. I had to have new curtains. I drove my big belly and three small children all over town, even to one store three times because I kept exchanging for a different style. (I had ironed each set, too.)
Last night at dinner I was telling the kids all about my little business trip tonight to Chicago and what I'll be doing tomorrow. Gray wanted to know if I'll win a reward? Like a trophy?
Carter hoped my prize would be a treasure! Or a fortune! A fortune is worth more than anything else in the world.
Then they all decided that actually fortune cookies would be the most awesome prize of all
Little do they know that they are my treasure, my fortune. Every day.
[And now, how could we not watch this video together? Hugs!]
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LOYSBURG - The deeper a team advances in the playoffs, the more important it becomes to take advantage of opponent breakdowns when they occur.
Bedford was able to do just that Saturday in the District 5/9 Class AA sub-regional boys soccer game at Northern Bedford's Panther Community Stadium.
The District 5 champion Bisons moved on to the opening round of the PIAA playoffs with a 3-1 win over District 9 winner Bradford.
"We were sharp from the start," Bedford coach Jeff Thomas said. "We had four corner kicks in the first three minutes and passed the ball around really well. We looked fresh and didn't get fatigued as the game went on."
Bedford plays the District 7 runner-up back at Northern Bedford at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The 19-1 Bisons scored a pair of goals 2:28 apart midway through the first half for a 2-0 lead. Junior Blake Baer got the first one when he took a pass from Sam Felix and put a low, hard shot into the left side of the net.
"We know at this level, teams are going to take advantage of breakdowns," Bradford coach Wes Lohrman said. "On the first goal, we had a breakdown on our internal pressure. It was a low shot from a decent distance."
Sam Felix dished out another assist moments later. Garrett Thomas fielded the short, chip pass and slipped it by Bradford goalkeeper Ty Riley.
Lalo Munoz scored midway through the second half to give Bedford an insurmountable 3-0 lead.
"On the second goal, we didn't maintain our balance outside, and they were able to make a play on the weakside. Same thing on the third goal," Lohrman said.
Bedford was able to take advantage of the weakside breakdowns because the team has "a lot of lefties and righties," Thomas said.
"That's one of the nice things about our team. We're not one-dimensional," he said.
Bradford managed just four shots on goal while Bedford put 15 shots on the Owls net.
"We weren't able to generate any kind of attack. Our first touch was off and the decisions with passes weren't very good," Lohrman said.
Bradford got on the scoreboard with 5:28 in the game when Justin Wells rolled one in off an assist from Ben Jordan.
Bradford0 1 - 1
Bedford 2 1 - 3
First Half: BE-Baer (Felix), 11:54; BE-Thomas (Felix), 9:26.
Second Half: BE-Munoz (unassisted), 19:50; BR-Wells (Jordan), 5:28.
Records: Bradford (10-8-1); Bedford (19-1).


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