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MARTINSBURG - No one spoke during a public hearing at Thursday's Martinsburg City Council meeting to take comments on an ordinance council members had already passed to float up to $2 million in bonds to pay for the design stage of a new wastewater treatment plant.
After the hearing, council members passed several resolutions - all on 6-1 votes - to enact the ordinance and loan agreement with the West Virginia Water Development Authority as well as to approve bond counsel's fees and to reimburse the city for advance expenses for the new sewer treatment plant.
Councilman Donald Anderson cast the lone no vote on each of the resolutions.
During the meeting, he asked if the cost to the taxpayers for the bond issue had been determined.
Mayor George Karos answered, "No."
Addressing the mayor, Mark Spickler, the city's finance director, said, "There is no additional cost - current revenues will sustain the loan."
The loan is for 20 years at 3 percent interest. The loan will be paid off with revenues collected from sewer customers, not tax dollars. Sewer rates will not increase because of this bond issue.
"I do not want any more increases to taxpayers," Anderson said after the meeting. "I asked them what the cost to taxpayers would be and they don't know."
While the existing sewer plant meets the requirements of its current permit, it will not comply with new, strict pollution limits mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay restoration program.
The EPA's so-called pollution diet for the bay dramatically reduces the amount of nutrients getting into the bay via its tributaries. Nutrients - nitrogen and phosphorus - are produced in the sewage treatment process.
Martinsburg is in the Potomac River watershed and the Potomac River is one of the bay's major tributaries.
In Martinsburg's case, nutrients from its sewer plant are discharged into the Tuscarora Creek. The creek's waters eventually make their way to the bay.
The total estimated cost of the new plant is about $47 million. It must be operational by Dec. 31, 2015.
In another matter, council members approved an application for an EPA Chesapeake Bay Regulatory and Accountability Program grant. The total grant would be for $50,000 with the EPA contributing $37,500 and the city contributing $12,500.
The vote was 6-1. Anderson voted no.
If awarded the grant, the city would hire a consultant to review all its ordinances and regulations dealing with stormwater management to see if they comply with the EPA's Chesapeake Bay program.
Reducing nutrient and sediment pollution from stormwater runoff is another of the targets in the EPA's pollution diet for the bay.
After reviewing the city's ordinances and with stakeholder and public input, the consultant would make recommendations for changes, if necessary, to the city's ordinances and regulations to bring them into compliance with EPA requirements.
In related matters, Karos called a special council meeting for 5 p.m. Oct. 18 to take up items related to the sewer improvement project.
That meeting will be followed immediately by a meeting of the council as a whole for a stormwater overview.
- Staff writer John McVey can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 128.

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Holiday "priority" despite credit crunch
The credit crunch will not stop over a third of Britons taking a summer holiday abroad this year, new research has found.
An ICM poll carried out for the BBC discovered that despite rising living costs and fuel prices, more than one-third are still set to leave the country for a break.
However, there were various factors determining who was planning to go where, the survey said.
Of 1,007 respondents, those from Scotland were least likely to forgo sun and sea due to money worries. The most travel-happy age group was the 18 to 24-year-old bracket.
But residents in the Midlands were most likely to stay at home, it was found.
According to travel operators" association Abta, Spain was the most popular hotspot for Brits heading abroad, although the biggest areas of growth were seen outside the eurozone.
And recent research from Tesco Personal Finance, Britons are not setting themselves any spending limits while on holiday.
Nearly 63 per cent of those asked in a survey said they did not restrict themselves to a certain daily budget.
Family – Theme Parks – Treat the family to a day at one of the Disney resorts or to a splashing day out at a Spanish waterpark.


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TAHOE, Calif. - Bears, bears and more bears. These days at Lake Tahoe, it's all about the bears. Whether you adore them at any cost, are afraid of them, or want them all gone, they are a major topic and sometimes a hotly debated one. Rumors and folklore abound.
It was a natural for us at the Gatekeeper's Museum: We asked visitors what they wished they could learn about at the museum. Time and again the answer came back: bears! Thus, the "Ursus Among Us: The American Black Bear in the Tahoe Basin" exhibit was born. It has been a somewhat complicated birth.
First, what the exhibit is not. It is not a BEAR League exhibit. It is not a Department of Fish and Game exhibit.
It is a history exhibit, presenting information about both natural and cultural histories of the Tahoe Basin. The exhibit is built around two themes: The American Black Bear Up Close and Personal, the history of black bears as wild animals (did you know at one time there were three bear species here?).
Bears and People: It's Complicated, the history of people and bears here, from ancient Washoe times through the present day (did you know ancient Washoe people had to contend with both black bears and grizzlies?).
We worked with CA Department of Fish and Game staffers Mario Klip, Jason Holley and Marc Kenyon; BEAR League founder Ann Bryant; CA State Parks Sector Superintendent Brian Barton and "Bear Ranger" Lisa Fields, Washoe Tribe officials and more while designing the exhibit. These groups sometimes disagree, but came together to help us and contribute to this informational exhibit. All are very pleased with the result.
Our research revealed a fascinating surprise about Tahoe Basin bears. We all know that in addition to the American Black Bear, the basin also had the California Grizzly (the bear on the California flag). The last California grizzly was killed in 1922. However, in the last Ice Age, the Giant Short Faced Bear roamed North America! Standing 6 feet tall at the shoulder, this giant bear was especially prevalent in California. It was startling to realize that today we deal with only one of three historic species - and the smallest, most docile of the three at that.
The history of black bears as wild animals section features traditional panels rendered using metal sculpture, accompanied by three video clips shot by an Ely, Minn. research team. The clips cover bears from birth through their first year, bear communication, and what bears eat in the wild, respectively. The history of bears and people in the basin starts with the ancient Washoe people, through the arrival of European Americans, through the present day. With this exhibit, we have learned about both bears and people.
Next week: What have we learned about black bears as wild animals?
The Gatekeeper's Museum is located 130 West Lake Blvd. by the "Y" in Tahoe City. Visit www.northtahoemuseums.org or call 530-583-1762 for information.
- Marguerite Sprague is the executive director of the North Lake Tahoe Historical Society and has a bachelor's degree in biology with an animal behavior emphasis.


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U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford responded to his ex-wife's most recent divorce filing - which includes a request that he face a mental evaluation and undergo parenting classes - by calling the claims "preposterous, crazy and wrong."
"Divorce has many different tragedies and in some cases, unfortunately, unrelenting bitterness seems to be one of them," he said in a statement given to South Carolina news media Wednesday by his congressional office.
"Since the time of the divorce I have tried to do everything in my power to be both a good dad and a former husband," his message continued. "It seems that nothing I can do at this point is enough, appropriate or adequate. The different accusations and requests made are, by their very nature preposterous, crazy, and wrong."
Sanford's comments came a day after ex-wife Jenny Sanford filed a new complaint in their four-year-old divorce case in which she said a "substantial change of circumstances" had developed. She asked for several new actions by the court, including new limits her ex-husband's visitation with their youngest son, age 16.
In his response, Sanford, R-S.C., said he chose to address the filing publicly because some of the issues raised by Jenny Sanford hit on his roles as both a parent and as the 1st Congressional District's elected representative.
"I have avoided responding in these sorts of things as best I could over the past five years and I want to continue to do so," he said. "But when accusations are made that would suggest inadequacy in my role as a father or inadequacy in my professional role as a congressman, they have to be addressed."
He added, "I think anybody who knows me in the Lowcountry knows that these accusations are false." Sanford did not respond to several requests for comment Wednesday from The Post and Courier.
On Tuesday the involved and drawn-out divorce duel between the two saw a new filing in Charleston County Family Court made by Jenny Sanford's legal team. It raised various new allegations and requests for the court to consider. Her filing asks the court to bar both of them from the following:
Exposing their youngest son "overnight to a member of the opposite sex not related to the plaintiff or defendant through blood or marriage." Sanford is engaged to Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentine woman whose affair with Sanford led to the scandal that marked his final years as governor. They have not announced a wedding date.
Making any negative comments about the other in the presence of their youngest son.
Discussing any aspect of this case around their youngest son.
Taking illegal or unprescribed prescription drugs or "excessive amounts of alcohol" while responsible for the care of their youngest son.
Jenny Sanford also is seeking to have a guardian ad litem - a court-appointed official - to look after their youngest son's best interests on the ongoing legal proceedings, and she is seeking to have the case sealed from the public.
Her request to seal the record cited the previous media and public interest in the case, as well as her son's status as a high school sophomore.
A call to one of her attorneys in the new filing, Taylor J. Moore of Mount Pleasant, was not immediately returned Wednesday.
Sanford is running unopposed Nov. 4 for a new term. A hearing on the case is scheduled for Sept. 15 in Charleston.
Reach Schuyler Kropf at 937-5551.
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Christmas has come a few days early for Zoë Saldana.
The actress has received a gift in the form of a little white rescue pup that she adopted just days before the holiday.
"Meet Mugsy!!! Rescued her last week – my best friend named her – ha! She's adorable and super smart," Saldana Tweeted Thursday, with a photo of the wiry-haired pooch sitting in the passenger's seat of a car.
Perhaps spending timing with her boyfriend Bradley Cooper's dog Charlotte is what persuaded the The Words star to adopt a furry friend of her own. Saldana spent Thanksgiving walking outdoors with the white chow/retriever mix, who is definitely one of the leading ladies in Cooper's life.
"She has to like my dogs," The Hangover star told PEOPLE in 2009 of what he looks for in a potential girlfriend. "My dogs and I come in a package."
Here's hoping Charlotte and Mugsy have already hit it off!
Zoë Saldana's Early Christmas Gift: A New Rescue Dog!
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Is it wrong to know we have 37 days left, with 3 of them as half days for final exams?
Is it wrong to know we have 37 days left, with 3 of them as half days for final exams?
From Star Wars Episode VII: the Broadway Edition... FN and the Amazing Technically-Poe's Dream Jacket.
Closer, ever closer..........
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Our final day this year is June 25th. My classroom will be like a sauna the last few weeks and the students and teacher will just love it.
"The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see, the future is. But this I am sure of - do their duty the Jedi will." --Yoda from Attack of the Clones.
Our last day's 6/10, but next year, our district's changing the calendar and starting TWO WEEKS EARLIER!?! Shorter summer, and it'll be much hotter for the first part of the school year, but we'll be done before June starts. Ugh.
Now 32 days left...
From Star Wars Episode VII: the Broadway Edition... FN and the Amazing Technically-Poe's Dream Jacket.
UT starts "layoffs across all campuses" next week, which is kinda nerve wracking. I survived the last round of them in December AND I'm listed as teaching a class in the fall (they haven't renewed my full-time contract yet. dammit), so i'm wondering if i'm at risk or what. It's a crappy situation as our Pres is focusing on turning the university into a "product" that is medical/tech driven, leaving out any notion of the arts and humanities. It's assinine. We're offering FREE enrollment for students with high GPA's and our enrollment is really high for next year. so, how this *** figures that UT can deliver a quality education with overstuffed classes and understaffing is beyond me.
I've talked to my superiors and bosses and they say that they can't imagine me NOT returning next year as a full-timer, but until I get a full-time schedule, i'm not holding my breath. It's not their fault at all, they're at the mercy of the system just like myself.
Needless to say, i'm sending out apps ALL over the country. Meh.
Also: Toni Morrison spoke here on friday and I guess slammed his ideas in front of a few thousand attendees; sorry I missed it.
"Woke up at 9.55am. Soon as I woke up, I looked at Suzanne and she looked at me. I said, 'Did I tell you about the immune system?' Suzanne starting laughing, I said, 'it's amazing.' She said, 'Not now.'"
Yesterday, my wife had called here aide to prepare for today's happening in their classroom. Somehow, the conversation progressed off topic and it was established that her aide and I went to school together. As a matter of fact, we were in the same second and fourth grade classes. I hadn't met her aide this year, and since she's been twice married and divorced, her last name wasn't familiar to me at all. Weirder still, she lived in Spain the same time I did! Strange coincidences! What do you call this, karma?
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
From Star Wars Episode VII: the Broadway Edition... FN and the Amazing Technically-Poe's Dream Jacket.
Today our governor announced a half percent pay cut for all teachers in the months of May and June. That translates to $75 dollars being deducted from each check in those two months.
On top of that, teachers are being required to take 10 hours off in what the governor called "flexible furlough," between June 1 and Dec. 31.
"You know I love the guy but I swear he writes like freaking Yoda."-Dean Winchester
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Last week a pioneer in animal welfare died at her renowned sanctuary near Sacramento. Pat Derby, a Hollywood animal trainer, used love and trust to train Flipper, Lassie, the Lincoln-Mercury Cougars and many other performing animals, including animal actors on the sets of "Gunsmoke," "Daktari" and "Gentle Ben." She crusaded against abusive treatment of animals in entertainment and advocated for the circus elephant in particular. The Positive Reinforcement Training now in general use undoubtedly evolved from Derby's success. Pat wrote that she developed her own methods, "affection training," and was stunned by the abuse and neglect she saw among other animal trainers in the entertainment industry. Her 1976 autobiography "The Lady and Her Tiger" was the first to expose the cruel treatment of performing animals.-
In 1985, with partner Ed Stewart, and with the financial support of aware Hollywood friends like Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke), Derby founded the Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary, the first designed to care for elephants. Located in Galt, it became a model for how to provide for the possibility of natural animal behavior in captivity. Derby felt that although the animals were safe and loved in her sanctuary, they were still captive and that was inherently wrong. The animals who could never be released back into the wild at least were free from cage confinement, starvation, beatings and chaining - which was their life in roadside exhibits, stage shows, zoo exploitation, as victims of exotic pet owner ignorance and neglect, on big-game shooting ranches and trafficked in the horrific black market trade.-
The Performing Animals Welfare Society became the lead voice calling attention to the plight of animals in captivity. Pat appeared in front of Congress and was a frequent guest at animal cruelty workshops. She willingly shared her unique knowledge so that others could learn to recognize the tricks of the performing animal trade and participate in rescue and prosecution. Derby advocated for all performing animals, but especially exotic species like elephants, apes, monkeys, lions and tigers. A second 23,000-acre sanctuary in San Andreas, Ark 2000, is a retirement community for more than 100 exotic animals.-
It is legend how elephants responded when Pat was present. In her book, Derby explained, "It had to begin with elephants. I was born in love with all elephants, not for a reason that I know, not because of any of their individual qualities - wisdom, kindness, power, grace, patience, loyalty - but for what they are altogether, for their entire elephantness." As a child in Sussex, England, Pat became fascinated with the circus elephants but dismayed at how the were treated. She recalled "Elephants bring out a fury in many men as no other creature does: a rage to dominate and to hurt." Derby recounts how each circus visit she would find at least a moment when she could be alone with an elephant: "I would be standing alone in that shadow that was home, between those scratchy, gunny sack feeling legs, while a trunk touched my face with a cold, sticky daintiness to see who I was and as far over me as the ceiling of my parents' bedroom, a heart like an oven roared and flamed. I was never afraid. I breathed the elephants in as they breathed me in, and I disappeared into their rumbling tenderness - so much so that I could never understand how my father knew where to find me, nor how he could see me at all when he came looking."
As a singer and dancer, Pat Derby understood what it was to be a performer. Later, with her husband, Ted, she bred, trained and rented out performing animals. The couple went through ethical and moral dilemmas trying to maintain their stable of actors in a national economic crisis. They parted amicably after long, repeated debate about acceptable methods to train them. The hard financial times brought Pat to her final decision that she must act to protect performing animals. "The Lady and Her Tiger" ends with: "If I've tried to do one thing in this book, it's been to combat the romantic nonsense that so often leads people to try raising wild animals. I hope that it also holds something of the kindness and courage of gorillas, the deep humor of elephants, the old-fashioned family responsibility of wolves, the sweetness of cougars, the joyous silliness of Siberian tigers. And the acceptance and understanding of who they are, and what is right for them that belongs to all animals, no matter what we do to them, as it should belong to us all."-
- Provided by the Lake Tahoe Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help "Keep Tahoe Kind." Dawn Armstrong is the executive director.


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the toppest of all lels, includes top hell and top gun. very popular on sites such as reddit and 9gag :^)
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The gayest possible variation of "lol". Sad little unfunny children attempt to use this as a means of "being different from the crowd" when it only makes them look like complete and utter faglords. Anyone normal human being who has any respect for themselves would do right to stay away from this acronym forever.
Kid A: Hurr durr Is got swag.
Kid B: Liek Top LeL xD :^) :3!!?!?
Kid B: Liek Top LeL xD :^) :3!!?!?
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|A New Gap-Opening Mechanism in a Triple-Band Metal
A "wire" of indium only one or a few atoms wide grown on a silicon surface comprises an ideal test laboratory for studying one-dimensional (1D) metals. A new example comes from a collaboration between researchers from Yonsei University in Korea, the ALS, and the University of Oregon, who have discovered that the phase transition from metal to insulator that occurs at low temperature in indium wires on the silicon (111) surface involves not only the expected shift in the electronic structure (band-gap opening) but also a band restructuring that gives rise to an energy gap in a second band.
Low-dimensional metals have attracted much attention because of their unique electronic properties, which often lead to exotic physics, including unconventional superconductivity, charge and spin density waves, and violations of the usual rules for interactions of electrons with either other electrons or lattice vibrations and other "excitations" (non-Fermi liquid behavior). Research on 1D metals has been enriched by the synthesis of quite novel materials, of which carbon nanotubes and metallic atomic wires on surfaces are recent examples.
To make metallic atomic wires, researchers deposit metal atoms on insulating substrates, where the atoms form self-organized 1D atomic chain structures that are often macroscopic in length but truly nanoscopic in width, spanning just one or a few atoms. Successful recent syntheses are the formation of indium wires on a flat silicon (111) surface [the Si(111)4×1-In surface] and gold wires on a series of regularly stepped (vicinal) silicon surfaces [Au/Si(557), Au/Si(5512), and Au/Si(553)].
These atomic wires have well-defined 1D metallic electronic structures, commonly with one or more bands that are partially filled by electrons at energies up to the Fermi energy EF and with nearly ideal band dispersions (continuous dependence of electron energy on momentum k). Moreover, metal-insulator transitions occur at transition temperatures ranging from about 100 to 300 K in which the continuous bands are broken by an energy gap around EF. Since they are accompanied by lattice-period-doubling lattice distortions, the transitions are assumed to be due to the Peierls instability that is inherent in a 1D metal, especially one with a half-filled band.
The Korean-American collaboration made its measurements of indium wires on silicon with the soft x-ray angle-resolved photoemission endstation (Electronic Structure Factory) at Beamline 7.0.1, which provides unprecedented flexibility in collecting data in a large volume of the Brillouin zone (unit cell in momentum space) over a wide temperature range and in preparing samples in situ, two features that were crucial in the present study. The indium wires have three metallic bands, one of which is half filled while the others are less than half filled.
The team found that in the insulating state below 125 K, the expected band-gap opening of the half-filled band was accompanied by a restructuring in which the band with the smallest filling disappeared, owing to an interband interaction in which the electrons of the disappearing band transferred into the third band, which became half filled. Thus, the ground-state band structure consisted of two bands with energy gaps at the same momentum kF, a condition giving an energy advantage to the period-doubling lattice distortion associated with a charge density wave (CDW) and a Fermi surface "nesting" vector qCDW = 2kF.
The researchers believe that this first-ever observation of the band restructuring due to a strong interband interaction introduces a new gap-opening mechanism in a multiband metal. The physical origin of the direct interband charge transfer needs to be clarified but may be related to the complex interactions of the lattice with defects and with the complex multiple 1D bands with varying band fillings.
Research conducted by J.R. Ahn, J.H. Byun, and H.W. Yeom (Yonsei University, Korea); H. Koh (Yonsei University, Korea, and ALS); E. Rotenberg (ALS); and S.D. Kevan (University of Oregon).
Research funding: Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea through the Creative Research Initiative Program. Operation of the ALS is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publication about this research: J.R. Ahn, J.H. Byun, H. Koh, E. Rotenberg, S.D. Kevan, and H.W. Yeom, "Mechanism of gap opening in a triple-band Peierls system: In atomic wires on Si," Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 106401 (2004).


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Crystal Rainbow Makers, Set of 3
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Perception of dairy as "bigger is better" has some merit
Perception of dairy as "bigger is better" has some merit
A report was published in the August 2011 Journal of Dairy Science that found milk produced on large-scale dairies had lower levels of bacteria than milk produced at smaller ones, although all of the dairies met Grade A requirements.
Steve Ingham, food science professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, was the lead researcher and is now a food safety administrator with the state.
The findings of this report upset some smaller producers because the "smaller is better" concept did not hold true. The personal attention some of the smaller operators believe they provide and larger herds do not; were not seen in the milk quality results. Unfortunately, smaller producers often chose to use the terms "factory farms" to describe their fellow dairy producers – pitching one demographic of the industry against the other. The national average for herd size continues to rise due, in part, to purchasing input costs in bulk results in lower input costs per unit.
Larger herds have more employees, so they each have specialized responsibilities, such as milking, calf care, or reproduction. We've all heard the phrase "jack of all trades and master of none." Larger operations have the ability to hire individuals to handle specific tasks, and, when you can focus on doing one thing well, it becomes the most important task. Trying to be a "jack of all trades" is a valuable asset, but where is the focus? Just getting all the tasks completed might be the focus. Because of their size, large operators have the ability to hire trained staff, purchase new equipment, and invest in technology – all which can impact milk quality (as seen in somatic cell counts).
However, just having a large herd does not guarantee low SCC milk; nor does having a smaller herd mean higher counts either. But, as producers, we must understand what the research is telling us – on average, larger herds have milk that is lower in somatic cells which can affect milk shelf-life and the ability to convert milk into dairy products.
Look over the DHI (Dairy Herd Information) data below as provided by USDA:
2010 Avg. herd size: 145 cows Avg. SCC: 285,000
• The top 5 states for the lowest somatic cell average 622 cows (177 to 1647 cows) and have somatic cell counts of 170,000 to 189,000.
• The 7 leading states for cow numbers (596 to 1,970 cows) average 214,000 SCC and average 22,037 pounds of milk per cow. Larger herds (on average) produce more milk per cow. The national SCC average is quite a bit higher at 285,000 SCC and lower milk production (21,149) per cow.
• The highest 5 states for SCC average 395,000 SCC and average 105 cows per herd (all under 145 cows), while the national average is 285,000 SCC. The highest SCC results all came from herds smaller than the national average.
Based on this USDA data, the national statistics support the findings of this Wisconsin report.
The take-aways:
• Dairy producers need to stop throwing stones at each other. The school-yard lesson applies here: You cannot make yourself look better just by tearing down others. We see it too often in political campaigns, and no one looks good in the end.
• Your herd SCC is not predestined by your herd size and location. Your management dictates your own herd's results. There may be challenges with climate and facilities, but you ultimately have to manage those obstacles.
If all producers, regardless of size and location, continue to produce high-quality milk and respect the diversity of our dairy landscape, the entire dairy industry and all consumers will benefit.
Link to the study's abstract can be found here. The entire report can be found in the August 2011 Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 94, Issue 8 , Pages 4237-4241.


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quote: It's very likely that we'll have tablet hybrids displacing notebooks/desktops for 90% of the market, with docks and monitors for desktop use, and a few years later I can see PadFone type devices where smartphones become the only computing device. What else are we going to do with ever increasing mobile computing power? All things considered, I think MS has chosen a pretty optimal solution to the disruptive impact of mobile technology.


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do any of you worthless humans have the power to come and join me in a fight to become more than human
Love... is just a different kind of pain.
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A talented, extremely good looking white resident of the Bahamas. Though he is white, the natives consider him one of their own. Very few have attained this glorious position. This title cannot be taken, only given.
Eleuthera has but one conky mojo.
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Carshow's "Factory-Look"Navigation systems are designed to replace the existing factory audio systems for your Chevy Equinox. This navigation system gives you peace of mind that you will never have to stop for directions or get lost again. Designed to plug into the factory wiring harness, maintain a factory look and integrate with factory steering wheel controls
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This Carshow multi-media navigation system not only gives you directions, but also integrates with the GM factory systems like OnStar, XM Satellite Radio, standard or Bose Audio (Does not support Bose Centerpoint audio systems), Bluetooth, steering wheel control and more.
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RouteDisentis – Oberalppass – Andermatt – Gotthardpass – Airolo – Nufenenpass – Gletsch – Grimselpass – Interlaken – Spiez – Gstaad
- Length: 212km
- Duration (50km/h): 4.25h
Highest Elevations
- Nufenen Pass, 2478m
- Grimsel Pass 2165 m
- Gotthard Pass, 2108m
- Oberalp Pass, 2044m
The tour continues via the Gotthard Pass to Airolo. On the summit of the pass (2109m) is the Gotthard Museum, which depicts the development of the pass and of transit traffic. From the Gotthard Mountain one can reach Airolo on two different routes. The expressway runs below galleries, whereas the old Tremola Pass Road is paved with cobblestones and leads downward in hairpin bends.
From Airolo one travels through the Val Bedretto valley to the Nufenen Pass and from here in wide bends to Ulrichen and Gletsch, and further over the Grimsel Pass to Meiringen. Grimsel is a landscape defined by ancient rocks and elemental forces. This old pass road at the cantonal border between Bern and Valais and the watershed of the North Sea and the Mediterranean offers mountain adventures ranging from easy walks to climbing a vertical granite mountain face.
From Meiringen, the tour leads alongside Lake Brienz to Interlaken, which is located between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. Interlaken – at the foot of the towering trio of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau – is a vacation and congress destination of international repute and an ideal starting point for innumerable excursions.
The journey continues via Spiez on Lake Thun through the Simmen Valley to Gstaad, the destination of this tour. The holiday region Gstaad-Saanenland in the Bernese Oberland offers an interesting mix of visitors. In addition to many stars and starlets in the chalet village of Gstaad, the small neighboring villages offer attractive tour package for families with children.
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SL CJ spurns compromise bid by government
By P K Balachandran | ENS - COLOMBO
Published: 11th December 2012 11:28 AM
Last Updated: 11th December 2012 11:28 AM
Given the widespread opposition both at home and abroad to the impeachment of the Sri Lankan Chief Justice, Shirani Bandaranayake, some leading persons are trying to bring about a patch up between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the CJ so that the country's institutional framework is preserved and its international image does not get tarnished further. But success is evading these "secret" moves.
"The government wants a patch up, but the Chief Justice has rejected the moves," a source close to the CJ told Express on Monday. The CJ firmly held on to her stand that she was not guilty of any of the 14 charges, including the three on which she was indicted by the government-dominated Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) last week, the source said.
However, the Tamil daily, Sudar Oli, reported that the CJ had discussed the question of rapprochement with Lanka's top Buddhist monks, the Mahanayakes or Chief Incumbents of the Malwatte and Asgirya chapters of the Maha Sangha, in Kandy on Sunday. It further said unofficial representatives of the President and the CJ were to meet in Colombo last Thursday, but it did not happen.
Meanwhile, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka called for a day's strike in the CJ's support on Wednesday.
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True story: Beaches used to be my favorite movie and I knew all the words to all the songs and I haven't seen it in years yet I'm getting teary just thinking about it.
We have way too much going on right now. Like, coming and going more than ever in my whole life. Spinning plates. And stuff like that. But today- amidst far too much busy-ness we went to the beach with some friends passing through - like a big deep breath of fresh air it was.
We met up with dear Elizabeth and her whole family. In just a few hours I felt like, um, they could be my kids' godparents? Crazy much? Elizabeth and I already knew we clicked, but to see our kids get along just so, and how Ivy would rather be in her or her husband's arms than mine? It was a confirmation.
Why oh why has no one invented that time machine yet? I would be Elizabeth's neighbor and we would be best friends forever and ever. Maybe we still can be...
Tonight I am so thankful for that big deep breath of beach. And for a life that includes friends that I love so much it hurts.


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The 5 Most Spectacularly Unsexy Workout Videos Ever
Young At Heart Body Conditioning with Estelle, 1993When a woman is post menopausal, her body starts to deteriorate. Some say this is the natural aging process; others argue that it's because she no longer gets the workout of strapping herself into a 60-pound menstrual belt seven times a day. Whatever the reason, beloved TV icon Estelle Getty starred in an aerobics video to fight it. The routine was designed by fitness expert Raphael Picaud, a man far too foreign to be understood or trusted by the elderly. Which may be why Estelle and her co-hosts tentatively performed each movement as if Raphael was trying to trick them into snapping in half. They moved so slowly that I checked the credits for wax sculptors.
Estelle approached her sudden role as fitness guru with all the enthusiasm of a fluffer on the set of B.J. and the Bear -- numbly going through the motions while she wondered how she got there. And to give you an idea of the workout's intensity, the entire routine could be done while sitting in a chair. They moved so slowly that most of this tape's target audience thought they were looking at a photo of a tragic gas leak. In addition to that, the script was obnoxious enough to inspire your in-home caregiver to switch the labels on your medicine. Old people would rather watch their toe gout inflame than Young At Heart. If you brought this video up to Estelle, God rest her soul, she would change the subject to Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.
Women At Large: Breakout, 1987Women at Large is the first exercise program designed for large women by large women. Because when your target weight is "large" that really lets you relax. Hell, you can reach that goal with NCIS and a pizza.
The hostesses begin the video by listing their accomplishments and qualifications. Sharlyne has dropped four clothing sizes, has "redesigned her body," and has what she describes as an "incredible" resting heart rate of 60. Which I think means that 60 percent of her blood has retired to become butter. Her co-host Sharon is more modest with her achievements: she no longer requires special medication to stay alive. This video does not exactly shoot for the stars. They admit their goal is not to help you lose weight -- this is so you can one day use a regular toilet.
Like all workout videos, it warns you to consult with your physician before any physical activity. But if you're obese and your physician tells you not to work out, please don't make that the one time you ever listened to your physician. In fact, Google that physician's name after you hang up. Chances are you've been tricked by a cupcake salesman.
The video begins with seven obese women warming up to John Tesh music, maybe because it's the only thing that goes more awkwardly with a workout than seven obese women. Here's something I learned from this video: Fat women scream when they exercise. Not in pain, just because. Every time they change positions, one of them lets out a "Wooop!" or an "ooooh MY!" At one point during a long stretch to the side, each of them simultaneously shouted a variation of "Alright!!!" I can only assume that they were either not expecting their arm to remain attached or a stripper in a hot dog suit jumped out of a cake. In the large woman community, that's called a Triple Threat.
The video is a pie eating contest of emotions. After the three warm-up sections the workout finally explodes in a frenzy of arm whipping that can only be described as homicidal. Wait, wait I should have said HAMicidal. Seriously, these creatures are waving their arms around so wildly that brave fighter pilots can't even get close enough for their guns to be effective. They call this part of the video "Arm Charmers" because the arms of a fat woman are like snakes -- they can swallow an animal twice their size and spit poison when threatened.
If you were wondering what kind of fitness advice fat people give, Sharon shouts things like "Yelling helps you breathe!" and "This is great for working the armpit!" I didn't even know you could do that, but judging from the expanding wet spots on these women's leotards, it's not only possible to work an armpit -- it's possible to work an armpit so hard it throws up.
For several glorious minutes these women go way too hard. Enlarged hearts burst, local seismologists double check their instruments and the routine goes from flapping and screaming to sitting and screaming to laying and screaming to just laying. I think I get why they said you wouldn't lose weight -- this video's goal is to go straight from overweight to cardiac arrest.
During the section called "Reaching the Peak," the women are marching in place and Sharon's voiceover says, "Don't forget to keep breathing. If you can't talk or are having vision problems, you're working too hard. Just stop if you experience any of these signs and walk around rapidly a-" Right then, at what I estimate to be a very important point in her advice, her microphone cuts out and she never finishes. Sharon, you worked a fat woman until she was blind and your advice is for her to walk around rapidly? How's she supposed to do that? Bounce her cries off unseen obstacles like a viking boatsteerer? Because she can't talk either, remember!? Look what you've done!
Supporting my theory that Women At Large is a home suicide kit, everyone's outfit changes halfway through. That means that even these aerobics instructors couldn't finish 40 minutes of this workout in one day. A regular fat person has no prayer. They'd live longer if they threw out the tape and used the box as a cream cheese mold. I suppose the lesson here is never take tummy tightening advice from someone who has twelve tummies and that number doubles when she does a sit-up.
Baby & You, 1998
A Complete Body Workout That You Can Share With Your BabyBaby & You is a team aerobics routine where your partner is an infant strapped to your chest. I suppose one of you is more like an unwilling prop. How do things like this happen? Did someone see a Shakeweight commercial and think, "I can make one of those myself with a little sperm and nine months of gestation." What's more notable than how pointlessly stupid this is is that this may be the first warning on a workout video that's there for someone's actual safety and not as legal umbrella for liability. I mean, besides the obvious risk of dropped babies, look at the dangers involved in using this tape:
This video has a chance of giving you something called "Bright Red Vaginal Discharge." I wouldn't wish that name on my worst enemy's band. What's the treatment for something as terrifying as Bright Red Vaginal Discharge? A wizard with a runed cork? I swear if I was a gynecologist I would misdiagnose the coming of a biblical apocalypse every single day I was at work. And if one of my patients came to me asking if she should do aerobics while wearing a baby I'd tell her to leave her the kid alone -- it'd be more medically responsible if I just gave her 22 breast implants instead.


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Can you really hold the iPad mini with one hand?
0. phoneArena 23 Oct 2012, 16:00 posted on
The new iPad mini comes with a 7.85-inch screen and very little bezel on the sides, and one of the reasons for the latter is easier one handed operation…
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1. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
While its price point and specs aren't of course going to match up correctly because its Apple after all. If you are in the market for something that does have a slightly larger and wider tablet for under 400 dollars, this is the device for you. I still would suggest anyone to pick up the Nexus 7 for 250 though.
12. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
"Can you really hold the iPad mini with one hand?"
I think it is wrong question because with one hand I can hold even pavement brick. The question should be: "Is it comfortable to hold iPad mini with one hand?"
My answer would be NO!
17. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Gotta give it to you there. Sure you can hold it with one hand, but that doesn't mean its going to be comfortable lol
18. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
24. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
since you guys have already hold one in your hands I wil take your answer . don't think you 2 gentlemen would lie right?
27. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I don't need to hold it because:
1. I already know dimensions (200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm) so I can draw the lines on the paper and see how much I will have to spread my fingers trying to hold it.
2. I already can see pictures in which people are holding it and it definitely doesn't looking very comfortable.
29. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Nice try bro, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out how uncomfortable it would be to hold with one hand for an average size person. Sure if you're Shaq or The Big Show, it'll be no problem. But they are marketing this device as a easy to hold with one hand tablet to compete with the 7 inch tablets like the Nexus 7. But in reality it is too wide to hold comfortably with one hand for most. I'm not saying don't buy this, if you want it, get it. Just don't be shocked when you can't hold it with just one hand so easily as they claim.
32. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
dude it was a question. chill you know I don't have a beef with you..or with PAU but I think is too early to tell on how comfortable it would be without anyone holding yet
35. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
*plays chicken hunting on repeat while sharpening a hatchet*
38. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
*gasps at the icp reference one phone arena*
Lol, never thought I'd see that one.
37. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Lol I'm perfectly calm, I am just letting you know. We aren't crapping out of our mouths in this one. It doesn't matter that its being made by Apple or anyone else. The big catch line, the big marketing magic they have is this is a mini I pad that you can easily hold one handed. People have issues with a 5.3 inch Galaxy Note because how wide it was, so how do you think this is going to work any better?
44. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
because they guy on the picture is holding it in one hand and I believe he is not in pain..lol
53. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
He's holding it for what? A couple minutes tops? Try holding it for 30 minutes or an hour and you'll get my point.
54. Quezdagreat (Posts: 428; Member since: 05 Apr 2012)
Hey man you can't win aganist these guys. They outnumber apple users 10 to 1 on this site.
I just sit back and read these guys bashing comments everyday and laugh
58. JC557 (Posts: 1521; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
Just like phones with 4.5" + displays? I remember the Apple crowd poo pooing that as well without having held one or attempt to fit it into their hipster jeans.
47. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
this is a stupid question and theory. why would anyone want to hold a tablet with one hand
61. someones4 (Posts: 625; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
Why can't they grip it at the sides like every other reasonable human being? why attempt to grip it from the back like a phone?
Can't anyone hold the normal ipad with one hand? they still need the other hand to operate it regardless.
I can hold an ultrabook with one hand and operate it just fine.
49. DaNTRoN (Posts: 135; Member since: 23 Jul 2012)
I lol'ed at gentlemen part. Thumbs up for some high class humor.
50. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3797; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Article after a week the iPad mini launch reads, 'Wrap around palm suction pads for iPad mini for easy one hand handling.'
57. IKnowGreat (Posts: 1; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
Uhhh, comfortably holding it in one hand would make the screen to small. I might as well use my iPhone if I want "comfortable."
60. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
*face palm* you missed out the entire point of this device all together....Apple is targeting users who want a smaller, easier to hold tablet that they can use with one hand, such tablets like the Nexus 7.
So why even bother get this tablet if you don't care for comfort? Get the 9.7 inch Ipad then. Lol people these days...
21. nicholassss (Posts: 368; Member since: 10 May 2012)
Flies in the face of their "our iphone screen is tiny and awkwardly skinny so you can hold it with one hand" argument.
39. blingblingthing (Posts: 531; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
They knew it was bs, it is the uninformed users that believed such crap that were left in the dark.
Plus wait a minute, wasn't it apple who taught us that anything less than 9.7 inches, users would need to file down their fingers to use?
55. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
Lol'd at those photos holding it with one hand. It looks so hard to handle! :))
But what the hell? They're too dumb to market it that it can be held with one hand.
20. jaoowolabi (Posts: 201; Member since: 07 Jun 2012)
I like the device but seriously Apple? No retina display? And have you see the new Macs?! lol woah...
52. MeoCao (unregistered)
This device is nowhere as portable as Nexus 7.
Apple use the form factor simply for convenience: it's essentially a shrunken iPad 2 so they have almost everything ready and new design is minimal.
30. deuel_18 (Posts: 54; Member since: 25 Sep 2012)
Or even Acer Iconia Tab A110 if you want to expand memory but dont like to invest much on screen resolution...
2. sithvenger (banned) (Posts: 371; Member since: 25 Aug 2012)
I can hold my iPad 3 with one hand, not that good though.
3. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
It's slightly thinner than the xyboard 8.2 which i can hold with 1 hand. However I have above average hands and it's not super comfy to hold with 1 hand.
4. redmd (Posts: 1269; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Apple: your hands are the wrong size.
9. phones522 (Posts: 94; Member since: 27 Jan 2010)
Some people have big hands, i can hold my iPad 1 like that just fine
33. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
I bet you can't. So lets do a challenge, take a photo of yourself holding the iPad with one hand.
63. phones522 (Posts: 94; Member since: 27 Jan 2010)
Ok i will and how do you want me to send it to you
5. matrix_neo (Posts: 334; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
That's ridiculous, I can't even hold my Samsung galaxy tab 7.7 with one hand and that's a little bit smaller with ipad mini. Apple misleading again, ifans will still ignore it.
10. phones522 (Posts: 94; Member since: 27 Jan 2010)
Like i said to the other comment not everyone has tiny hands and why would you hold it like that anyway its useless to
6. nbringer (Posts: 180; Member since: 11 Sep 2012)
It depends on your hand. I can not for example.
7. blingblingthing (Posts: 531; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
Wait a minute, So when the Iphone was a 3.5 inch screen it could be operated with one hand. But now the Ipad mini is 7.95 is is all good seeing you can just hold it with one hand?
8. ajac09 (Posts: 1481; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
Iphonearena aka apple lovers and believers. They are bigots when it comes to anything that isnt apple. Sad that they keep sticking there foots in there mouth lately. Iphone 4s.. perfect screen size dont need any bigger.. iphone 5 bigger screen guess what they are happy. Ipad mini 7.95 screen one hand works great yet on android devices one handed is just to big. I think Iphonearena are a bunch of idiots that needs to learn real journalism and stop being isheep. I really would like to meet the guy that runs this website.
36. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
I know right!
Before apple was refusing to build larger phones because they didn't want to ruin one handed use. But now aparrently even 7.85" can be comfortably used with one hand.
This changes everything
11. fokker-1 (Posts: 1; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
This looks like the Samsung Galaxy Note. Expect a lawsuit...
13. dicemoney (Posts: 58; Member since: 28 Mar 2011)
I'm so damn tired of all these iPad articles yes we get it
14. dicemoney (Posts: 58; Member since: 28 Mar 2011)
And this suppose to be a mobile phone site iPad is not a damn phone
15. StreetNerd (Posts: 819; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
lol new iPad, half year later wtf? what bout the iPad 3? o_0 Apple sure thinks their buyers are dumb.
43. brandnew234 (Posts: 18; Member since: 12 Aug 2012)
lol, u think apple buyer's are smart!
but in all seriousness, I bet MILLIONS will upgrade to the iPad 4, from the 3.
16. medicci37 (Posts: 1278; Member since: 19 Nov 2011)
I can hold the Nexus 7 in one hand. & use my other hand to hold all the money I saved, by not buying the mini.
19. Stuntman (Posts: 836; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
Where's the comparison on how easily you can hold the iPad mini and Nexus 7 with one hand?
22. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I can see what you did there! :D
23. antmiu2 (Posts: 312; Member since: 19 Jun 2011)
listen phone arena stop posting so many iPad mini articles 18 of 20 of the last articles are about it.. we dont care as much you
26. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
but they a lhave 30+ plus comment.. stop commenting on them if you dont want to see more articles.. is common sense..
25. letgomyeggroll (Posts: 138; Member since: 13 Jun 2012)
So would this be a copy cat of the other Android tablets because of the size? Why Apple think this is different from other tablets that they wont get sued?
28. tgtftw (Posts: 31; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
It's not a matter of fitting in hand, as it is fitting in a pants pocket. I think its too wide to comfortably fit in a back pants pocket, let alone comfortably fitting in someone's hand. Since the female gender tends to lean very strongly towards Apple Products they will have an even harder time holding the device with one hand.
31. harsha_bonmec (Posts: 14; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
"I dont think it will be comfortable to hold with one hand"
These were my first thoughts after ipad was unveiled.
More over 4:3 aspect ratio screen just looks weird! it should have been 16:9. Nexus 7 is very comfortable to hold in one hand and is almost the PERFECT size for 7 inch tablet!
34. soldiernation (Posts: 34; Member since: 09 Sep 2012)
I guess the bezel on other tablets helps so you can hold the side of the tablet without touching the screen.
40. eman99 (Posts: 369; Member since: 03 Aug 2010)
i rather buy a note 2 with better specs than this overlarge ipod
41. Aeires (unregistered)
Cramps ahead. For years iFans have been told 3.5" is the perfect size to fit your hand. Now they have to contend with nearly 8" of tablet. Oh Noes!
42. goesoer (Posts: 15; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
hahaha,, if u wanna hold with one hand, go with an iPhone,, problem solved, bro
45. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
If people can one hand this then why do Apple fanbois complain about the Note 2 being too big?
46. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
what a stupid question who even cares bout holding a tablet with one hand
48. smartphonelover (Posts: 37; Member since: 26 Nov 2009)
It's funny how Apple has kept the iPhone up to the 4S with a 3.5 inch display because of how easy they said it would be to use with one hand. The iPhone 5 seems the same way also with just extending the screen length wise. Then there's the iPad mini, which obviously isn't meant for one hand control, but they could have at least made it more comfortable for one hand holding. A 16 by 9 ratio 7 inch screen seems to be perfect for one hand holding with the fingers around the edges. Idk if the Nexus 7 will outsell the iPad mini due to it being an Apple product, but I will always recommend the Nexus 7 over this.
51. someones4 (Posts: 625; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
they would desperately hold on to the downgraded tablet rather than embrace the full glory of phablets. So sad...
Did Apple get the dimensions for this thing wrong?


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Scottish phrase given to one who instead of washes/showers/bathes, instead sprays themselves with deoderant.
'Are you going to shower before going out?', "naw, just gonna have a Dundee shower"
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The act of using deoderent in place of a real shower, like the unwashed people of Dundee.
No hot water left? I'll just have a Dundee shower.
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The original waterless shower. No shower? No problem! Just apply your spray on deodorant liberally and your good to go!
Mark - Did you see the queue for the showers this morning?
Johnny - Aye, I just went for a Dundee Shower instead!
Johnny - Aye, I just went for a Dundee Shower instead!
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Jennie Geisler: FOLD AND SEAL IN THE GOODNESS
Empanadas became trendy a couple of years ago on the coattails of all things mini and/or Latin American.
Sliders, mini cupcakes, mini pies, mini meatloaves, mini everything, made with recipes billed as Peruvian, Chilean or, in this case, Argentine.
These empanadas don't have to be mini -- or even Latin American -- though. The greatest part, in addition to the flavor, is that they fit comfortably in your hand.
Five things I learned:
1. Recipes for empanadas have been popping up on my radar for months, but I've been leery because they look like something I'd make a mess of.
I needn't have worried. As long as you don't put too much filling in, the crust folds over and is easy to seal.
2. I doubled the recipe because it only made four empanadas. There's no way that was going to be enough, even if I hid them from my co-workers. My runner husband could easily eat three in one sitting.
3. Stop me if you've heard this one: I thought I had 2 pounds of ground beef at home, so I didn't buy any.
Right. I only had 1 pound and needed it for something else.
I wrung my hands for a few minutes, poking around in places where I might have hidden it from myself, but in the interest of time gave up and used Italian sausage.
Yes, yes, yes. Decidedly not Argentine, a country that prides itself on its beef. In fact, more traditional recipes actually call for diced steak.
At this point, my empanadas were actually calzones without tomato sauce, or British pasties, so let's just call these "hand pies."
My point is, you can make them with any ground meat and seasoning mixture. Just use the skeleton of this recipe and fill it with whatever suits your fancy.
4. The only thing that worried me about this plan was what to do about the seasonings. The original recipe called for cumin and paprika. I didn't think cumin would work with the Italian seasonings already in the sausage, so I nixed it.
The next time there's plain old ground beef in the house, I'm going to go all out with the cumin as well as some ground red pepper. I really know how to live.
5. The recipe called for a chopped up hard boiled egg, traditional for Argentine food.
Have at it. I didn't feel like making one -- or even six -- so I nixed that, too.
By this point, I'd given up on these tasting anything like Argentine anyway, but that didn't stop them from disappearing.
JENNIE GEISLER writes about her adventures as a home cook every Wednesday. You can reach her at 870-1885. Send e-mail to email@example.com. Visit her blog at GoErie.com/blogs/loaves. Follow her on Twitter, @etngeisler.


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hey guys! looking for a hitting partner near the mira mesa area. I usually play at hourglass park (miramar college) after 5pm. I'm looking to rebuild my stamina and just have fun! I'm a pretty decent player..used to play in high school, but that was years ago! Let me know if anyone's down to hit or play some games!
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Hey man, I'm down. I usually play on base, (MCAS Miramar).. they have artificial grass lighted courts. Just email me and we can set something up.
I had no idea they had grass courts on base! I've played on those two hardcourts by one of the buildings with a pool and volleyball outside.
I can't get on base anymore since my ID expired, but hourglass park is about 5 minutes away from miramar. Pretty clean courts that stay lit until 10pm...only thing is it gets a kinda busy sometimes and we might have to wait.
What days good for you? I'm good any time after 5pm...
I'm good pretty much everyday..Even today if you want. My number is 910 650 0302, text me and we can set up a time..
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Internet Explorer Corporate Vice President Dean Hachamovitch steps off the keynote stage at MIX11 to answer your questions.
This segment was recording live as part of Channel 9 Live at MIX11 on April 12th 2011.
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LISBON - Three people have been charged in connection with defrauding the Ohio Lottery Commission, one of whom owned and operated the East Liverpool convenience store where the alleged crime occurred.
Served with secret indictments issued by the Columbiana County grand jury were:
- Saleh M. Fahmawi, 38, of Canfield, charged with theft, telecommunications fraud and receiving stolen property.
- Ashraf M. Fahmawi, 26, of Canfield, charged with theft, telecommunications, fraud and receiving stolen property.
- Rouz A. Elkady, 35, of Canfield, charged with receiving stolen property and theft.
According to Ohio Lottery Commission records and OLC information officer Marie Kilbane, Saleh owned and operated the Convenient Food Mart, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, and his brother, Ashraf worked there. Elkady is Saleh's girlfriend, and all three were living at the same address at the time of the alleged crime.
Acting on several anonymous complaints about possible lottery theft occurring at the store, the OLC sent an undercover agent there on Aug. 23 with a bogus Instant ticket programmed to be a winner worth $10,000. The agent handed the ticket to the clerk to be checked and then walked to the back of the store to get a soda pop. The agent then heard chimes from the lottery scanner that denotes a winning ticket and was told by the clerk he had won $25. The person handed the ticket was later identified as Ashraf, who reportedly turned it over to Saleh to be checked.
The agent was paid $25 and left. The bogus ticket was later validated for $10,000 the same day from the store, and Elkady filed a claim for the $10,000 on Sept. 7.
OLC investigators, accompanied by East Liverpool police, went to the convenience store on Sept. 19 and questioned Saleh, who was read his rights but indicated he did not understand English very well despite being in the United States for six years. The investigator asked him how was he able to operate a business and become a lottery retailer without understanding English. Saleh laughed and stated he did not know what they were talking about or anything that was going on.
OLC officials removed the lottery terminals from the store the same day. The store has since be sold to a new owner.
Kilbane emphasized the majority of lottery operators are honest, and she reminded customers they can check tickets for themselves by using store scanners or going to the OLC website.


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In a detailed statement to PEOPLE, the singer clarifies what he calls incorrect reports – based on a clip of an interview with Larry King airing Wednesday night – about the events with Rihanna that led to his arrest:
"There have been reports on the Internet that I didn't remember what happened that night with Rihanna. I want to try and set things straight.
"That 30 seconds of the interview they used of me was taken from a one hour interview during which that same question was asked something like four or five times – and when you look at the entire interview you will see it is not representative of what I said.
"The first four times – or however many times it was – I gave the same answer – which was that I didn't think it was appropriate for me to talk about what happened that night. I said it was not right for me and it really wasn't fair to Rihanna. The fifth time – or whatever it was – I just misspoke. I was asked, 'Do you remember doing it?' and I said, 'No.'
"Of course I remember what happened. Several times during the interview, my mother said that I came to her right afterwards and told her everything. But it was and still is a blur. And yes, I still can't believe it happened because it is not me or who I am, nor is what happened like anything I have ever done before.
"As I have said several times previously, I am ashamed of and sorry for what happened that night and I wish I could relive that moment and change things, but I can't. I take full responsibility for my actions. What I have to do now is to prove to the world that this was an isolated incident and that is not who I am, and I intend to do so by my behavior now and in the future."
Court-Ordered CounselingRight after the incident, Brown tells PEOPLE, he was "distraught" and immediately "went to my mom on the same night and told [her] what happened and broke down."
With the sentencing behind him, Brown is eager to start the court-ordered counseling sessions. "I want to find out what really transpired as far as me that night. I just want to talk to [the counselor], someone who has dealt with this and has an expertise because I think it would be helpful for me to learn how to channel [the anger] and understand my feelings."
Brown says he'd never claim to have forgotten the assault or spend time defending his behavior: "I feel like there's no need to make any excuses. At all."
For the full interview with Brown and his mother – who calls hearing her son's confession on the night of the assault "the most painful moment of my life" – pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday