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Cute Fabric Trimmed Towels
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Add a cute trim to any towel you have. Decorate the plain ones you have or make a cute Christmas towel out of the plain red and green cloth. Simplicity shows us how to make these cute fabric trimmed towels in seven easy steps.
- Fabric for trim
- Towels to be embellished
- Optional additional trims, such as ribbon, rick rack, etc.
- Measure the width of the towel. Cut the fabric strip the width of the towel, plus one inch.
- Determine how deep you want the finished fabric band to be; double this measurement and add one inch. Cut your fabric strip to this length.
- Turn under 1/2" on each long edge and press. Turn under 1/2" on each short edge and press.
- Fold fabric strip in half, matching long pressed edges. Slide strip over the edge of the towel so that the towel end sits in the fold. Pin in place, making sure that pressed edges are in the same position on the towel front and back.
- Edge-stitch along front pressed edge of strip, through all thicknesses. Tie off thread ends and trim close, or use a needle to pull thread ends back into the towel, hiding them under the fabric strip.
- Edge-stitch along short pressed edges of strip, through all thicknesses, encasing towel inside. Secure thread ends.
- Decorate as desired – we used rick rack, metallic braids and ribbons from Wrights for our towels, but you can use any trim or embellishment techniques you like. Some ideas:
- Stitch along the fabric design or around shapes, through all thicknesses, to give a quilted look.
- Try out fancy embroidery machine designs, or use your sewing machine's decorative stitches to create borders, based on the recipient's personality and décor.
- Embroider monograms by hand or machine for a classic look. Initial appliqués are available in your favorite sewing store, for a quick and easy alternative.
- Use pretty laces and ribbon rosettes for a romantic Victorian mood.
- Cut your fabric strip twice the length of your towel edge, plus one inch. Pleat or gather the strip at desired intervals, excluding 1/2 inch on either short end, until the pleated/gathered area is the same length as the towel edge. Finish edges and attach as above.
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Oct 22, 2009
I rate this a 50, this is such a great gift for me to make for Christmas, thank u for a great idea.
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Pings may often show up as "not available" due to the other person being behind something that is blocking the ping requests. The locations of the IPs are generated using a free web service, so the accuracy at the city/region level may not always be correct.
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This requires Java 1.6 or later. It also requires you to install the WinPCap packet analysis library (included in this distribution). Other than that, just run the included setup batch file to configure it for your system (checks for 32 or 64 bit). This program itself is portable and doesn't touch your registry or anything invasive like that.
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It's around 10 megs mainly because of the Text-to-Speech library I used. So that's why it is that big. If this helps even a few folks, that's all good. It's saved me from quite a few laggy matches already so I'm satisfied. Please let me know if there are any problems.
CHANGES in 1.1.0
--Eliminated setup.bat script, as no external setup is needed anymore.
--Addressed major start-up issues with regards to 32/64 bit differences
as well as Java-related issues.
--Fixes allowed for decluttering of the distribution package
--Added realtime mode for continual capturing
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The blog of Concord HomesMax realtors Curtis Tipton and Jay Gallagher offers some great articles on the state of real estate in Central County.
Normally, my opinion of real estate critters is pretty low, but these guys have worked hard to figure out how to incorporate Internet use into their business as well as spend the time to explore Web 2.0 technology with their informative and entertaining blog.
Curtis was an early innovator in software and internet applications for the real estate industry. In the late 1980's he developed LoanStar to submit loan packages over the internet and was instrumental in the formation of a company that offers one of the most widely used IDX systems in the country.
As a real estate professional, Curtis was amazed that real estate agents were still using the same outdated business models, systems and tools that he was taught 30 years before. He saw a need for a new way of doing business in real estate. He had a vision of reinventing the job of real estate agent. He looked outside the world of real estate and took the best business practices of other industries and saw the real estate office of the future. He shared his vision with his friends and business associates and one of them, Jay Gallagher saw the potential of Curtis' vision to change the real estate industry.
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MUSKEGON, MI – The rain seems to holding off for this noon's final MLive Muskegon Chronicle lunchtime concert featuring the Westside Jazz Trio.
The Wednesday June 25, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. performance is part of the three-event "Muzik to Eat Lunch By" series. The Westside Jazz Trio will perform on the Olthoff Stage along Third Street between West Western and Clay avenues.
In case of wet weather, the concert will be staged in the nearby Muskegon Museum of Art's auditorium.
The local jazz trio is comprised of guitarist Greg Miller from the group Dutch Henry along with William Watson Jr. on drums and Zach Russick on bass. Watson and Russick play for the West Michigan dance band Grove Solution.
The group's passion is traditional and contemporary jazz with their funky interpretations of jazz classics and some pop tunes, members said.
Spectators are encouraged to bring lunch to watch local music as well as meet with some of the Chronicle's staff, who will be handing out free ice cream as long as it lasts. See you there.
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Ok ladies! Continue on!!! also leave you with this to laugh at!
Sooo.... I get a few hours to myself this morning :) and I couldn't be happioer about it. DH took the boys bird hunting this morning, he really wanted me to go - but serioulsy after driving all the way to NY on Friday and then driving back yesterday - spending 16 hrs in a car over a 72hr time frame, I am not in the mood to get into the truck and drive around for a few more... No thank you!
I am going to get in the shower and ENJOY it... no rush to get out to feed the kids breakfast. I do have some laundry to fold while they are out and about, but then I am going to sit and paint my nails and get ready for my Dr's appt at 11:00. So excited to see the baby again :)
I hope you ladies have a great Columbus Day! I hope each of you get it off, like I do :)
Danika ♥ing wife to Ryan 8/1/09 Maine Moms
Mom to Tucker 12/4/06 ♥ Wyatt 2/23/10 ♥
♥ Welcoming BABY BOY BATES on 12/4/12 ♥
J&B(9/25/11)= K(10/23/10) T (11/24/12) Our Little Surprise Due Nov15!!
Dani - SO glad you had a good trip & that you're getting some alone time! I desperately want some!!
Sarah - Praying for you right now!! Hope they get those contractions stopped for you. Please keep us updated!
Brit - I had that same feeling yesterday. DH & I were rearranging boxes, trying to find the rest of the baby stuff that I wanted to get out & I couldn't help him do anything! It made me feel awful & flat out useless.
On a good note, we now have all the baby stuff unpacked & ready for me to go through & organize. I can now get her room all ready!!
Another decision made over the weekend was for DH to stay at his current dealership. He had a loooong conversation with me & then another loooong one with his friend that works at the same company. He told me although the pay & environment might be a little better, he just couldn't shake feeling that it was a bad move at this time. Also, in talking with his friend, his friend basically said without saying that there are some management positions coming up that he could easily qualify for. Which would mean a salary plus commission! With his current dealership, they are a very large organization with multiple dealerships with plenty of places to move & move up. At the one he was going to move over to, he would be left in sales with nowhere for vertical movement. So.....he is staying.
I have all 3 of my boys at home with me today & tomorrow. The older 2 are out of school, so yesterday I was trying to come up with activities for us to do. This morning, they all woke up with some version of a cold. All 3 with different symptoms. Good stuff! So my activity list has moved to washing bedding, scrubbing & dousing everything with Lysol! Yea!!!
I hope you all have a great day!! Can't wait to hear about dr visit updates & Sarah, will be checking to see how you & your little one are doing!
Married to Mark 10/99
Proud Mommy to: Hunter (12/6/03), Jadon (4/24/06) & Declan (6/10/10) Baby GIRL due 12/5/12
J&B(9/25/11)= K(10/23/10) T (11/24/12) Our Little Surprise Due Nov15!!
Sarah - hoping for an update on you and your LO... praying for you and your family.
Amie - I am glad tha tyou and DH have figured things out a bit... I know that when my DH was considering chaning companies I coulsn't shake a nervous/anxious feeling that it wouldn't end well. Thank goodness he didn't switch jobs and go with his friend, because his friend worked for them for 2 months and was laid off! Intution is amazing!!
Brit - So glad that your Dr's appt went well... and I know the feeling of feeling useless. Unfortunately, with DH's work schedule lately I don't get much down time. I am the one that it all falls to and I must say that I am not keeping up with everything as much as I should... I kind of feel like I want to start my maternity leave a week or so early, just to overhaul the house and clean before baby comes. That is hoping that I make it to my due date or beyond.
My Dr's appt went really well today... we had our 32wk ultrasound and took the boys with us. They were both very excited and got to see their brother's hands and feet, which they thought was pretty neat. He is, in fact, still a boy - LOL!! It was very unmistakable again this time... so I guess it really is time to come up with a name for this LO. I should also start getting out all of the baby stuff, get it organized and washed. I have decided that for the time being I am going to purchase a few of those plastic storage drawer sets for the baby's room. They are fairly cheap and look alright... plus we can reuse them when we come across a great deal on a dresser for baby.
So our little fella is measuring about a week behind (which I guess is why I feel small). He weighs about 4.5lbs, which my Dr. said is about the 33rd precentile and predicts him to weigh about 7.5lbs at birth. This is what I was figuring myself... we are hoping to get another baby at 7lbs 14oz like our last two :) But otherwise he looks great and healthy... the heart checked out AOK, his calcium deposits were gone and his valves looked great!! Which is a huge relief... BUT, I also have two placentas... which no one had mentioned before. Perhaps they didn't pick up on it at my 20wk u/s, but I have on that is posterior - which appears to be functional and a smaller one that is anterior. Dr said that there is only a slight membrane connecting them and it doesn't seem that the smaller one would be functional at all. The weirdest part is, this has happened in all of my pregnancies thus far. The hemorraging that I suffered after delivery of YDS was due to the 2nd lobe not being completely removed... I did make sure that the Dr. notated the 2nd lobe in my chart and at least I know, so I can make certain that they deliver EVERYTHING. I do not want to go through what I went through last time... that was far to scary to live through again.
Anyhow, the eather is beautiful today, even though my children are being little monsters. Thinking that I am going to start a load of laundry and take a nap with DH before he goes to work this evening :(
Sarah - please update when you can!
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So good to hear the updates so far!
Sarah - Still thinking of & praying for you!
Dani - SO glad you got that U/S done & found out that important info!! I would think all of that will eliminate a lot of your anxiety about L&D?? Also so, so happy Baby Boy's heart is perfect!!!
I have another update . DH has called me 2x's this morning & came home for lunch. He is absolutely wrecked about this whole job decision. I told him that even though I'm his wife, I'm pregnant & absolutely incapabable of helping him make this decision as I can't seem to decide on what I want to wear each day, let alone help him decide on whether to stay at current employer or go to new one. I told him the bottom line with me is that I want him happy. I know he doesn't want to be selling cars, but that's where the Lord has him right now & I just want him to at least be able to tolerate going into the office each day. He admitted he's been a lot more short-tempered with everything & that is just NOT him. He is one of the most laid-back, calm guys I've ever known. I told him I was just chalking it up to financial stress, but he feels like it's a lot of the negativity that he is around everyday at work. SO....long story sort of short, he is still undecided about the switch. He has to make the decision today so he can let the new place know. Please pray for us. I don't care about the financial side, I just want him at peace & back to his normal self.
Sorry for dumping.
Will check in a little later to see any new updates!!
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Dani - Good luck on the name hunt! I've been pouring through websites & books & just can't find anything! I meant to comment on that & tell you that our name list has grown to like 8 & I'm not happy with any of them!! At this rate, Baby Girl will end up being called "Female"! LOL!!!!
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Keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers Sarah... I do hope that they are able to get the contractions to stop soon!!
I know exactly what you mean Amie, our list has at least that many names on it and I am not thrilled with ny of them either. I am hoping that I will just have to see him and I will "know" what his name should be... also praying that DH and I are in agreement when that time comes. I have family is that are getting irritated with us, because they want to get stuff monogrammed and can't because baby doesn't have a name yet. Not sure what they expect e to do about it, it isn't like I am purposely keeping the name from them. I honestly and truly have NO IDEA what to name him yet and them putting more pressure on me, really isn't making anything easier.
I am sorry about all of the stress that your DH is under trying to figure out this job situation, Amie. that is sooo tough. You hate to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire, so to speak... I have many friends whose husbands work in the car industry, it must be a very hard industry to work in - I couldn't imagine doing it personally. I don't think that my personality is cut out for it. But job decisions are always tough, regardless of the profession I suppose... I know that my DH is getting a lot of anxiety as my due date approaches, knowing that I won't be returning to work. I have actually done out our budget for the remainder of the year only using his pay check to ppay for our bills. Thus far I have always paid a few each week... from here on out the only thing I am paying with my paycheck is daycare, as that bill will be eliminated once I am done working. It seems to be working out great thus far - my paycheck has been going right into our savings account, which is making me really happy to see such a surplus in there.
I did get a lot of information today at my dr's appt. Which does help to relieve some of the anxiety of L&D, but also makes me a bit more nervous to know that it could possibly happen again. I did call my mom and my MIL and let them know as well... In the heat of the moment I am not certain that I will remember to mention it to the Dr's and nurses - but I know that they will. Especially my mother, since she lived through the last ordeal with us. I think that she aged about 10 years that night... I thank god that she was there for DH, I can't imagine what was going through his mind. For me it was kind of a blur, I didn't get time to really think about what was going on, the dr's were simply reacting and I had no choice but to go along with whatever they were doing. But to be watching someone that you love literally bleeding to death in front of you and having to take care of your newborn son at the same time had to have been a nightmarish experience.
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TUPELO – Tupelo High School will switch to a block schedule next fall.
The 2,100-student school currently has eight 50-minute periods. Under the new schedule, it will have four 94-minute periods. Those courses will be completed in a semester, and students will take four different classes during their second semester.
THS nearly switched to a block schedule this year but delayed the move after Interim Superintendent David Meadows determined it would be too dramatic of a change for a school with a new superintendent and a new principal. He said the school needed time to focus on other initiatives first.
New principal Jason Harris met with the school's faculty about the possible change and found an overwhelming majority favored using a block schedule for the 2012-13 school year. In an anonymous survey of 123 THS teachers, 117 of them (94 percent) favored the block schedule, Harris said.
"It is beneficial to students as well as teachers," Harris said. "Teachers will be able to focus on 75 students in a semester instead of 150."
One advantage of the schedule is it will allow teachers to go more in-depth with their lessons, Harris said.
Students also will be able to take an additional course each year. Most students are now limited to seven credits in an academic year, but the new schedule will allow them to take eight. Harris said at Tuesday's school board meeting that the school could request raising its graduation requirement from 26 credits to 28.
Harris said research on Mississippi's 26 Star high schools revealed that 20 of them were using block schedules. Star is the highest ranking in Mississippi's accountability system.
He said he hopes the new schedule encourages students to attempt more challenging classes because they will be taking fewer courses at one time. In the past, if students took two advanced placement classes in a year, they would be enrolled in both simultaneously. Now they can take one each semester, he said.
Teachers will begin training in January to prepare for the system and learn how to best use the longer periods. Much of that training will be done through Kagan, an educational professional development company.


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A fan favorite will make a return to the Kersey Days festivities.
The second annual lawn mower races will take place at 6 p.m. today in the lot south of Platte Valley High School. And this year, there will be the addition of go karts.
"Our community, they just raved about it," Karrie Fahrenbruch, head chairwoman of the volunteer community committee said. "It was a great event. We decided to make it a little bit bigger this year."
On Saturday, Kersey Days will kick off with a pancake breakfast from 5:30-9:30 a.m. at the fire department. The parade will begin and 9:30 a.m. and vendors will be in Kohler Park from 9 a.m.-
5 p.m. New this year will be a Ducky Down Duck Race. Participants can purchase a rubber duck to float down the ditch. There will be several prizes, including a $300 cash prize for the first-place duck.
"It is our main goal to get people out and visit with their neighbors," Fahrenbruch said. "We all live in the same community but you get busy in your life. There will be lots of lots of activities and food."
Another new addition will be a talent show in the park at 3:30 p.m.
"I remember as a little girl I used to come to Kersey Days so it is fun to be a part of organizing it," Fahrenbruch said.


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Several hundred mourners attended the Beit Shemesh funeral of Natan Jorno and his daughter Yamit Wednesday afternoon, both of whom were gunned down Tuesday morning in the elder Jorno's law firm by a disgruntled security guard and client over an alleged monetary dispute.
The father and daughter, both attorneys, aged 51 and 26, were shot repeatedly at close range by the suspect – Getagon Tadesse, 49, a Ma'aleh Adumim resident who made aliya from Ethiopia in 2004 – in the family-owned law office, on the third floor of Jerusalem's Clal building.
According to police, Tadesse, a father of four, had retained Jorno's law firm to represent him in divorce proceedings. Claiming to be dissatisfied with the representation, Tadesse went into the law office to demand his money back before brutally killing the two.
Tadesse was apprehended shortly after the murders by police officers in the building and has since confessed to the crime and said he will plead insanity in his defense, according to the District Magistrate's Court.
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Tim Burton Show Hits Seoul
U.S. filmmaker Tim Burton, best known for "Edward Scissorhands" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in South Korea, is in town for the last leg of his eponymous Museum of Modern Art exhibition.
The show has traveled through New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Paris since 2009, and opened at the Seoul Museum of Art on Wednesday.
It features more than 860 pieces of the director's expansive body of artistry, going back to his childhood and including drawings, illustrations, concept art, sculptures, photographs and amateur films.
During a press event on Tuesday, the director said it is "surreal" that his very personal archives—from letters to doodles–are on display for the general public. "The work being shown is never really meant to be shown in a gallery space or in any space, really," he said, adding that the works are "little pieces" of himself.
Sharing something so personal feels very "strange," but at the same time "this (the exhibition) is one of the biggest surprises of all" that have happened in his life, he said.
The "worldwide extravaganza," as the director calls it, winds down in Seoul on April 14.
Rom Magliozzi, Associate Curator at MoMA said that the show was "a great honor but challenging" for everyone involved. Mr. Magliozzi said an idea had hit him while watching "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that the next thing for the museum should feature Tim Burton, whose wild imagination and childhood fears are shared by so many people around the world.
The director, in sunglasses and black coat, told reporters: "This is the last place where the show will be, which makes it extra special for us."
The exhibition in Seoul has a new section with 100 pieces of art from "Frankenweenie," a heartwarming film about a young boy named Victor and his beloved dog, Sparky. Originally a black-and-white short film made in 1984, it was remade into a 3D stop-motion animated film that was released in October this year.
Mr. Burton said the exhibition could never have been possible without "detective-like" efforts by MoMA officials to sort out decades-old artworks hidden in drawers and boxes, and to organize and "find a narrative" to breathe a new life into them.
"Their guidance and expertise made it very very special," he said.
The exhibit is sponsored by Hyundai Card as part of the company's "Culture Project."


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awe thanks guys!
Yes I am still around. I just don't have much to contribute, so I mostly just read :) But I try not to read too much, cuz everything sounds like it would be good ;)
Ok, so today is day one. So far so good, but it isnt lunch time yet haha. But... I have been up since about 5:30
Plenty of food. Too much even, but I am trying to eat it all since that was part of my downfall before, I think. I had some gain over the weekend - and I know exactly from what, so part of my initial weight loss will be from that.
I think this should be pretty easy, so I am hoping for good results :)


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New Jersey's two U.S. senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, have a little problem. They'll likely be allotted a few hundred tickets each to distribute among constituents who want to attend the Jan. 20 inaugural of President-Elect Barack Obama.
They've already received more than 60,000 requests. And it's only November.
"Demand is far outstripping what our supply will be, far outstripping requests from four years ago," said Scott Mulhauser, a senior aide to Lautenberg. "To think we've had this many requests for something that's still two months away reflects intense interest in Senator Obama and the change that's coming."
Congressional offices across the country have been inundated with tens of thousands of requests for tickets for the inauguration -- an event expected to draw more than 1 million people to Washington.
Although a total of 240,000 tickets have been printed by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, a survey of the lawmakers who will distribute most of the tickets makes it clear a lot of people will be disappointed.
New Jersey's congressional delegation reports a bombardment of requests that goes beyond any inauguration in recent history.
Although neither Lautenberg nor Menendez has been told how many tickets he will receive, staff members estimate each will get between 300 and 500. An aide to Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th Dist.) said his office will receive 198 tickets, a number that should be the standard for each of the 435 members of the House. A spokesman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies couldn't confirm that figure on Thursday.
In any case, the phones are ringing at the offices of lawmakers from both political parties.
"The volume of requests is something we've never seen before," said Jason Galanes, a spokesman for Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-2nd Dist.) "We're talking hundreds and hundreds of calls. Calls to our district office. Calls to our D.C. office. And it's not just calls. It's e-mails, it's faxes."
Galanes said the fact LoBiondo represents a largely rural and Republican swath of South Jersey hasn't dampened his constituents' enthusiasm for tickets.
"It's a historic election; we understand that," he said.
With so many requests and so few tickets, congressional staff members have been a bit cagey on exactly how they'll decide who will get one.
"We're still working that out," said Eric Daughtrey, a spokeswoman for Rep. Albio Sires (D-13th Dist.). "We still haven't been officially told how many we'll get. Once we know for sure, we'll have a better idea on how we'll distribute them."
Although a few aides privately conceded that at least some of the tickets will end up going to political supporters, they haven't ruled out having a lottery for the rest.
Most also stressed that while the number of tickets to the inauguration itself is restricted, there will be plenty of room along the parade route for people unable to get close to the swearing-in.
The task of coming up with the fairest way to distribute tickets wasn't a problem four years ago, when requests for President Bush's second inaugural ran about even to the number of tickets.
"Comparing the interest to this inauguration to other ones, there just wasn't been as much interest," said Andrew Souvall, a spokesman for Pallone. "There was interest, but nothing like this."
The congressional offices -- and the staffs of Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden -- are the only official avenues for tickets, which are free.
Or supposed to be.
A mushrooming cottage industry of scalpers emerged online almost instantly after Obama was declared the victor on Nov. 4. More than a dozen of the top websites that show up on searches for information about the inauguration are offering to sell tickets. Never mind that the tickets themselves won't be distributed until a week before the inauguration and must be picked up in person.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who heads the Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee, said she's considering legislation to make it a crime to sell inauguration tickets. She acted after hearing reports that an anonymous person who insisted he was in line to receive a ticket was willing to sell it for $40,000 on eBay.
On Thursday, EBay Inc., the parent company of listing and sales sites eBay, StubHub and Kijiji, said it will not let tickets to the inauguration be sold on its sites.
Other sites, however, will still offering to sell tickets.
Howard Gantman, staff director for the inaugural committee, said anyone who ponies up for one of those tickets is making a mistake.
"Any website or ticket broker claiming that they have inaugural tickets is simply not telling the truth," said Howard Gantman. "We urge the public to view any offers of tickets for sale with great skepticism."
Some who have inquired about tickets are already lowering expectations.
The Rev. Jethro James of Paradise Baptist Church in Newark said he has called members of Congress and others hoping to schedule a one-day trip to Washington on Inauguration Day.
"What we're told is that we're probably not going to be able to get near it unless we're able to get there a couple of days ahead of time," he said. "And the rooms are pretty much sold out, and they want you to take it for two nights at a time."
"All the intelligence I've been able to get is, it will be virtually impossible. They're expecting gridlock. I wouldn't want my people stuck on a bus. They're expecting millions of people in D.C. that day. We would probably have a better seat sitting around a television screen."
Staff writer Jeff Diamant contributed to this report.


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In Brief: Heinz offers buyout to majority of Pittsburgh-area workforce
Heinz offers buyouts to many in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH -- The new management at H.J. Heinz Co. this month has acknowledged that the massive changes being made at the historic Pittsburgh company have not worked out for a lot of the workers that it inherited.
Heinz, which was acquired for more than $28 billion last June by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital, has offered employees -- those who stayed around through the sale hoping that the new owners would be a good fit -- a second chance to leave.
Voluntary buyout offers were sent in letters to 775 employees in the Pittsburgh area last week, with deals that start at six months' severance pay and increase depending on years of service. Workers have until the day after Easter to make up their minds.
The deal was offered only to those who have been with the company at least a year.
Heinz continues to reiterate that it is not planning to abandon its hometown. Anyone who takes the buyout will be replaced, leaving the ketchup maker with the same size workforce in the region, according to the company.
U.S. homebuilder confidence edges up
WASHINGTON -- U.S. homebuilders' confidence in the housing market rose modestly in April but remained at low levels for the third straight month, constrained by tight credit for homebuyers and a shortage of workers and available land.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index, which measures confidence in the single-family home market, edged up to 47 in April from 46 in March, the homebuilders group reported Tuesday.
Readings below 50 mean builders view sales conditions as poor. The index had been above 50 from June through January.
Coca-Cola sells more drinks, but soda dips
NEW YORK -- Coca-Cola sold more drinks in the first quarter, but it wasn't because of soda.
The world's biggest beverage maker said Tuesday that its global sales volume for soda fell for first time in at least a decade. The drop was offset by stronger sales of noncarbonated drinks such as juice, and overall volume rose 2 percent.
A stronger dollar contributed to an 8 percent decline in profit for the quarter.
Gary Fayard, the company's chief financial officer, attributed the decline in sodas partly to the timing of Easter, which falls in the second quarter this year instead of the first.
U.S. consumer prices rose just 0.2 percent
WASHINGTON -- Lower U.S. gasoline prices kept consumer inflation in check in March, helping offset higher costs for food and clothing.
The Labor Department said Tuesday that the consumer price index rose 0.2 percent in March, after scant 0.1 percent increases the previous two months. Prices have risen just 1.5 percent year over year. That remains well below the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target for inflation.
Japanese pro-whaling lobby vows to hunt
TOKYO -- Hundreds of pro-whaling Japanese officials, lawmakers and lobby group members vowed Tuesday to continue whale hunts despite a world court ruling that ordered the country to halt its Antarctic whaling program.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told the meeting that Japan must protect its whale-eating culture and secure sources of whale meat. Japan as a maritime nation "has a policy of harvesting and sustainably using the protein source from the ocean, and that is unshakable," Hayashi said.
Cutlets, sashimi, steak and other dishes made of whale meat were served at the gathering near Japan's parliament, attracting many participants.
"Whale!" they shouted together in a toast, pledging to continue their fight over the animal.
The International Court of Justice ordered Japan on March 31 to stop granting permits for its Antarctic whaling program, which allowed an annual catch of about 1,000 whales. The court rejected Japan's contention that the program was scientific, not commercial.
Japan announced it will cancel next season's Antarctic expedition after the ruling.
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Goldsboro police investigating bullet at local tire business
By Gary Popp
Published in News on October 29, 2010 2:12 PM
A bullet stuck Firestone Complete Auto Care at 507 N. Berkeley Blvd. on Tuesday sometime around 10 a.m., according to local reports. Two Firestone employees, who were not on duty during the shooting, pointed out a mark on the metal...
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Q Coupon TV programs usually show the stashes extreme couponers have in their homes. But what is the shelf life for these products?
We're not extreme couponers, but right now we have about 50 bottles of hand soap, 18 bottles of laundry detergent and even more stored away in our home. Is it OK to do this, or will this stuff go bad?
A: Many stockpilers have this dilemma. We stock up during a sale, wonder how much of everything to keep on hand and then wonder how long our stuff will last.
Obviously, any item with a printed date code has a lifespan. But dates, particularly on food products, aren't always "Do not use after this date" codes. Some dates are "Best before" or "Better if used by" codes. If you still have a product in your cupboard past its "Best before" date, it's usually fine to consume.
That said, when I buy groceries that may sit in my stockpile for a while, I always look for products that won't expire quickly. That way, I can keep the products in storage longer than I could keep a similar item with a shorter lifespan. Typically, I don't stock up beyond a three-month supply of food. But if a product has a particularly long shelf life, as many canned foods do, then I may buy beyond the three-month mark.
A good website to keep in mind is stilltasty.com. This website compiles food safety information from many sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and food manufacturers. Want to know if something is, well, still tasty? Just enter the name of the product, and the website lets you know whether it is safe to consume after its expiration date. It even lists how far beyond the date you can safely enjoy the product.
But you asked about nonfood items, such as liquid hand soap and laundry detergent. I'm not sure these products expire at all. But if you plan on storing them for a long time, remember to tighten the caps to prevent the liquid inside from evaporating, even minimally. I have used these products several years after their purchase dates with no issues.
For items such as bar soap or powdered laundry detergent, the sky is pretty much the limit for long-term storage, as long as you keep the items in a cool, dry place. Ditto for any paper products.
Jill Cataldo is a coupon workshop instructor. Learn more about couponing at her website, www.jillcataldo.com. Email your own couponing victories and questions to email@example.com.


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Royal Palm vendor receives seasonal permit
The village council last week approved a seasonal vendor application for Happy Holiday Sencon to sell sparklers at 10080 Okeechobee Boulevard from June 26 to July 6 between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m.
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The village council last week approved a seasonal vendor application for Happy Holiday Sencon to sell sparklers at 10080 Okeechobee Boulevard from June 26 to July 6 between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m.
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Darrell Langworthy, a former Air Force sergeant who co-founded a charity to help struggling veterans find jobs and get counseling, wants the village to step up its efforts in assisting local veterans.
At the May 2 …
3:37 pm Apr. 26, 2013
At the village's council meeting next Thursday, Councilman David Swift said he would like the council to discuss ways the village can identify a public place where candidates can place signs.
Currently, candidates often broker deals with property owners to place signs on their land, which Swift said gives incumbents an unfair advantage.
"Sometimes that works out better for the incumbents because the challengers don't know the larger land owners in town," …
3:46 pm Apr. 25, 2013
The Caribbean American for Community Involvement on May 25 will host Cultural Diversity Day at Veterans Park. The event, which starts at 3 p.m. and ends at sundown, will be a day of celebration of all cultures and will feature food, fashion, history, arts and entertainment. For more information, call the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center at 561-790-5149. Interested vendors or participants should call 561-791-9087.
6:40 pm Apr. 24, 2013
The village posted on its website a 2 1/2 hour video of the grand opening of Commons Park, the village's new $23 million centerpiece. The three-day celebration was held March 22-24. To watch the video, go to http://www.royalpalmbeach.com. Look for the link under "News & Announcements."
3:51 pm Apr. 24, 2013
The $50 million distribution center and regional headquarters discount supermarket chain Aldi is building in Royal Palm Beach remains on track for an early summer construction start date, with a grand opening still scheduled for mid to late 2014, according to Matt Miller, a project manager with A.M. King Construction, the Charlotte, N.C.-based general contractor on the project.
Miller said ground should be broken in June. The company is currently in …
1:44 pm Apr. 24, 2013
Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission members tonight will receive a 45-minute P&Z 101 refresher course from Village Attorney Brad Biggs. Councilman David Swift at the April 4 council meeting suggested the idea for …
9:29 pm Apr. 23, 2013
The village has a vacancy for an alternate member on the Planning and Zoning Commission. The commission meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month, with all meetings held at village meeting hall. Interested residents can pick up an application at the village clerk's office or download it from http://www.royalpalmbeach.com by going to "Departments" then "Village Clerk" section and clicking on Committee Board Application Form. Completed forms must …
9:18 pm Apr. 23, 2013
The village will hold its annual Memorial Day Observance at Veterans Park on May 27 at 9:00 a.m. at Veterans Park. The Boy Scout Troop 111, Ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 367, Mayor Matty Mattioli and local dignitaries will lead the ceremony. Refreshments prepared by Butterfields Cafe and served by our Young At Heart Volunteers will be available following the 21-gun salute.
8:18 pm Apr. 23, 2013
The Temple Beth Zion site is close to being sold, according to Iris Rosenberg, the temple's president.
Rosenberg said she has offers from two churches and one synagogue. She said the interested parties are still trying to get funding.
The 2 1/2-acre site, located at 129 Sparrow Drive, is up for sale because Temple Beth Zion is merging with Temple Beth El in West Palm Beach because the need for a Conservative …
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Diane Keaton: "I've Never Had Plastic Surgery"
So many stars say they haven't had surgery that I actually expect Barbara Walters to come out and say it, too.
It's the oldest cliché in the book.
An older actor -- looking remarkably line-free -- says, "I haven't had surgery, but I wouldn't rule it out in the future."
But I worship Diane Keaton and she's never lied to me on-screen, so why would she do so off?
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In a two year break from office life I first drafted my hypothesis for the mechansim behind memory and hence also some paranormal phenomena in 1978, and which is effectively an observation theory. I received some encouragement from Arthur Koestler and John Beloff amongst others, and then had to return to the city to earn a living. In 1981 Rupert Sheldrake published his first book on causative formation, the conclusions of which were remarkably similar to mine other than the latter was based on principles of physics and I gave an explanation in princple for the operation of his morphic resonance which I also show to be the direct corollary of EM radiation.
My work is viewable on www.mindandmemory.net. which first went on line in 2007. I completed another paper in 2010: "Mach's Principle, gravitation and Matter Distribution" which might appear to have little connection with the operation of memory, but which was resulted from an assumption that was implied from my earlier work, that light speed was variable. There is now a fair amount of research being carried out by the astrophysicists and astronomers to this end, and if this should demonstrate that light is no longer the great constant it is considered to be, then my work, which I refer to as Dupliction Theory, might achieve a little more reluctant credibility than it musters currently.
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First established in 1957, the PA has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969. The PA is a non-profit, non-adjudicating organization that endorses no ideologies or beliefs other than the value of rigorous scientific and scholarly inquiry.


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Pertaining to Flowers and their use in design.
Floral Designer.
por UrbanFlorist 25 de Maio de 2009
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Noun. Stimulation of the female genitals using the tongue or lips. Like "oral" but "floral", because of the flora that inhabit the vaginal canal.
He wouldn't give me floral, so I wouldn't give him head.
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The act of receiving oral from the filthiest mouth you can find. The term is derived from the "flora" that have colonized the mouth of the hobo that just choked on your member.
I got me some five-dollar floral from the hobo lady that lives in the dumpster around the corner.
por Painname 06 de Julho de 2014
Someone whos arse is getting increasingly large because they're eating far too much cake in the office.
Have you seen her today? She's looking pretty floral!
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Maybe it was a sign for Carlos Martinez that a snake led him to his special rock.
Maybe it was another sign that the rock " an iron meteorite " is shaped like a heart.
On Memorial Day, Martinez, who lives in north Greeley, saw his neighbors out front, watching something crawl out of his bushes. Martinez went outside and found a 5-foot-long bull snake slithering out of his bushes and into the street. It finally disappeared into a hole in the yard of the neighbors across the street from Martinez.
"That's when I looked back in my yard," Martinez said, "and saw the black, sparkling rock."
It was sitting in a small indentation, like it had been there a long time " or that it hit the ground at a high speed.
He picked it up and discovered the rock was shaped like a heart, and it was unlike any rock he'd seen before.
About four inches across, the heavy black rock sparkles in the sunlight. Almost at once, Martinez believed he'd found a meteorite. He was correct.
He took it to people who would know, and they agreed it was special, probably a meteorite.
According to University of Northern Colorado professor Bob Brunswig, the black rock is an iron meteorite, heavily burned, which likely broke off a larger meteor and sped through the Earth's atmosphere to Martinez's yard.
"Because it wasn't buried like most meteorites," Brunswig said, "that probably means it hit within the past year.
"If it was in your yard," Brunswig told Martinez, "you're lucky you didn't get hit."
Traveling at 26 miles-per-second, most meteorites burn up in the Earth's atmosphere and never reach the earth. Every few months, the earth will pass through a meteor shower.
The stone, which Martinez calls a "slice of heaven," is more important than just a rock from space.
"I think it's kind of a sign that I found it in my yard," he said. "I've had some trouble growing up, been in jail, but I've turned it around, and things are getting better."
His jail record shows traffic problems when he was young but nothing recent. He's living with his parents now and attending Aims Community College, studying business.
"I appreciate life more now," Martinez said.
The heart-shaped meteorite has also helped him in another way. "I took it to the museum, and to the library, I sent a photo of it to a Colorado University professor, and I've stopped people on the Poudre Trail to look at it. They all got excited about it."
He said he's had a lot of fun, meeting people and talking about his find.
"I never had this kind of opportunity before," he said.
And it all began with that 5-foot snake in his yard, leading him to the strange rock.
Staff writer Mike Peters' column about Weld County people appears Mondays in The Tribune. His humor column, the Gnarly Trombone, appears Saturdays.


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Service-connected veterans are eligible for treatment of their service-connected disability even if they have not enrolled.
Health Care Enrollment
Financial Assessment for Health Care
What is the Means Test?
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A veteran's eligibility for V A health care benefits is not affected by health insurance coverage. Eligibility criteria relate to military service and, in some cases, to income and type of medical service needed.
If a veteran is currently covered by a health plan (insurance policy), V A must be notified when registering for VA health care. Regardless of the insurance company, and no matter how the veteran is enrolled on a policy, VA is required by law to bill that health insurance company for nonservice-connected medical care.
If the full cost of a veteran's care is not recovered, VA will not collect nor hold the veteran responsible for the charges not covered by the insurance company. However, there are instances where a veteran co-payment is required, due to exceeding certain income and asset information.
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Other veterans may be charged a co-payment for each 30-day or less supply of medication.
Eyeglasses, Hearing Aids, and Dental Care
Routine dental treatment for teeth or jaw is provided only to veterans who are 100% service-connected or are ex-prisoners of war who were detained 90 days or more. Limited dental treatment may be provided if the dental problem is affecting a medical condition.
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Services and benefits for women veterans include breast and pelvic examinations and other general reproductive health care services, except in vitro fertilization.
Preventive health care includes counseling, contraceptive services, menopause management, Pap smears, and mammography. If V A is unable to provide such services, referrals are made to private practitioner for such services.
VA health care professionals provide counseling and treatment to help women overcome psychological trauma resulting from personal and sexual assault during military service. Care also is provided for any injury, illness, or psychological condition resulting from
Women Veterans Coordinators are available at all V A facilities to assist women seeking treatment and benefits. VA medical centers have made many structural changes to ensure privacy for women veterans.
National Mammography Hotline: 1-888-492-7844.
For more information on health care benefits, call 1-877-222VETS(8387) or visit http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility
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|The kids played around here met another "Yan Yan".
|We also walked around at Petaling Street which is just near by the temple.
|It was quite crowded.
Early morning he could not open the eye. We tried to help him. The white part of the eye swollen and the eye also cover with very thick stringy mucus. It was very scary. Hub and I could not wait longer we quickly change ourselves. This is how we ended up visit the hospital on CNY Day 3. We were at the A & E at Sunway Hospital. The doctor on duty suggested to bring VH for eye specialist. Lucky the eye doctor in the hospital was on duty. He checked VH's eye. His eye is hurt and causing an abrasion to the cornea. Doctor clean his eye and put medicine for him. Then the eye is covered by eye patch.
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Wasn't arguing with you really, and I've heard rumblings about that too, I just think it's a little silly given the effort these guys have been giving for awhile. Franzen's been floating for way too long and if Babcock loses something with the players after a Cup win and another Cup appearance in the first couple years to follow that, and the players look lazy and old, I'm personally going to side with the coach.
And sure, no one's Scotty Bowman, but I just remember plenty of talk about Bowman losing his way with the players too, and I remember guys getting booted out if they were unwilling to work. He had that clout, and he had the GM power most of his time here, which was great.
To me, I look at these guys and I say they're all professionals getting paid a ton of money to go out and play a game. Even if the coach is truly a joke and they don't like him, they need to be out giving 100%. There's no excuses for not doing that in the NHL. So even if Babcock isn't getting the message across these days, he's not the only one that should get the boot if it comes to that as far as I'm concerned. Not by a long-shot.
And maybe these guys are playing lazier as well because they've learned that it's next to impossible to get traded when you're a Red Wing and highly likely that you'll get re-signed despite a mediocre effort.
yeah Holland seems to see players in a different light once they put on a Wings sweater, and lately it's really starting to hurt the club- bringing back Sammy, Quincey aren't looking like wise moves so far, esp. Quincey
and as far as making a big trade to acquire a stud d-man, well, you gotta give something good to get something good and if Holland is unwilling to part with any quality players/picks/prospects to get one, then we're gonna be stuck with what we have


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West 38th Street bridge over I-79 closing
The West 38th Street bridge over Interstate 79 in Erie will be closed for repairs beginning today.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesman Jim Carroll said work on the $800,000 repair project is expected to be finished in late August.
West 38th Street will be closed from Pittsburgh Avenue east to Schaper Avenue.
Traffic will be detoured during construction using Zuck Road, Route 20 and Peach Street.
Contractors will replace the bridge deck, repair deteriorated concrete and build new sidewalks and approaches.
"This is a much-needed project that will improve the safety and soundness of the bridge,'' Carroll said. "It will add decades to the service life of the bridge.''
Carroll said northbound and southbound motorists on I-79 will see occasional lane restrictions under the West 38th Street bridge during construction.
The bridge was built in 1965 at the time I-79 was being constructed.
About 13,000 vehicles cross the bridge daily, according to PennDOT data.
The bridge project's contractor is BECDIR Construction Co., of Berlin Center, Ohio.
The project is funded by federal and state money.
RON LEONARDI can be reached at 870-1680 or by e-mail.


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If you still haven't watched any of the million documentaries about the Iraq War because you're still not quite ready for that kind of subject matter, you might want to check out Full Battle Rattle. It is a documentary, and it is related to the Iraq War, but you may consider it more like a simulation of a documentary about the Iraq War than an actual example. Think of it as like a practice piece until you can handle the real deal.
How is Full Battle Rattle different from the rest, you ask? Well, it's not set in Iraq or even in the Middle East. It takes place in America, in California's Mojave Desert, to be exact. It's there that the U.S. military has built a bunch of fake Iraqi towns, complete with fake Iraqi people, some of whom are played by actual Iraqi immigrants, others of whom are played by soldiers preparing for combat before being deployed overseas.
And then there are the other thousands of soldiers who basically play themselves on the unscripted side of partially scripted training exercises designed to simulate possible scenarios that they'll be faced with once they're shipped out to Iraq. In a way, watching the simulations documented in the film is like watching Civil War reenactments, except that in this case it's more like pre-enactments. So, for the U.S. Army, the Iraq Simulation (formerly known as the National Training Center at Fort Irwin) is like Iraq War practice, which fits with the fact that, for the audience, Full Battle Rattle is like Iraq War documentary practice. Even for the film's co-directors, Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss, it's like Iraq War documentary practice. Just in case the duo ever decides to make their own Occupation: Dreamland or My Country, My Country, they now have some idea of what it will be like.
The documentary opens on a simulation in progress in the "village" of Medina Wasl, and it looks real enough to fool you into thinking you're seeing the real thing. Then, after a lot of action, casualties are revealed to be dummies, the whole set is revealed to be just that and an ice cream truck rolls up to greet the role-players as they take a break from their work. Suddenly the film hits its first absurd note, of which there follows a great deal more.
Seemingly the strangest idea is that Iraqi Americans would want to be involved, yet by following the lives of some of the players, Gerber and Moss help us to understand their motivation, as well as some players' admitted guilt. In fact, the interviews with and profiles of these men and women, most of who live in nearby San Diego and have other jobs in addition to their performing in training exercises, are what really make Full Battle Rattle worth your time. By the end of the doc, your primary question may be, "do these mock villages and exercises really sufficiently prepare the soldier for combat?" But it's more likely to be, "is the government going to grant citizenship to Nagi Moshi, who acts as Medina Wasl's Deputy Police Chief, considering his patriotic duty to America?"
On one level, Full Battle Rattle is enjoyable for the theatrics. The training village is like one of those living museums that recreate colonial times (which says something prophetic about the real Iraq, no?), or, as one soldier puts it, like a "big expensive laser tag" game, but it seems more complex, like a very serious and well-managed game of Dungeons & Dragons, or perhaps some less-fantastical role-playing game (the only others I know are about vampires and Marvel superheroes). We're taken into the writers' room, where all the Iraqi characters' bios and actions are planned. We learn acting tips from the military personnel in charge -- apparently acting is simply about crying on cue by thinking of the saddest thing and, for the soldiers cast as insurgents, speaking gibberish if they don't know Arabic.
On a second level, of course, the film is appreciable for what it says about the U.S. military's involvement in Iraq. Contrasted with the rigorous psychological military training exposed in The Ground Truth, Patricia Foulkrod's excellent 2006 documentary about Iraq War vets, the exercises shown in Full Battle Rattle appear to be more fair, considerate and beneficial. However, it's easy to pick out problems with the Simulation, like in the way the scenarios seem to be based on stereotypical or generalized situations. Enough that the doc is able to break down the complete training "story" into predictable acts.
First the real soldiers occupy the mock village and make promises regarding development and progress. Then a promise is broken by way of miscommunication between the soldiers and the "Iraqis". The insurgency grows in the town due to increased hatred for the soldiers. Then there's collateral damage. Etc. Sure, it's exactly what you've probably seen happen a number of times on the news and in actual Iraq War documentaries. But that doesn't make it either helpful or constructive. The way Full Battle Rattle shows it, a lot of grunts are "dying" in the Simulation, and it doesn't appear as if there's any lessons learned in the end, though at least, I guess, the soldiers are prepared for what it will be like to lose members of their team.
I don't mean to be critical of the Simulation, of which I can only interpret the pros and cons as I see them in the film -- not that Full Battle Rattle intends to take a side on its functionality or on the war itself. There are sure to be plenty of people who see more of its benefits through watching this documentary. And since the film doesn't follow the soldiers beyond Fort Irwin, there's no way of knowing how well the training works towards the real war. All we can know is that we've witnessed the scrimmage -- and partaken in a little practice session ourselves -- that may either raise our hopes or increase our skepticism regarding how well we already feel the Iraq War is going.
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The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlawby Christopher Healy Todd Harris
The League of Princes returns in the hilariously epic conclusion to the hit series that began with Christopher Healy's The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, which the Los Angeles Times called "one of the more clever, hilariously successful incarnations of the current literary rage to rip apart and rewrite fairy tales."Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You think you know those guys pretty well by now, don't you? Well, think again. Posters plastered across the thirteen kingdoms are saying that Briar Rose has been murdered--and the four Princes Charming are the prime suspects. Now they're on the run in a desperate attempt to clear their names. Along the way, however, they discover that Briar's murder is just one part of a nefarious plot to take control of all thirteen kingdoms--a plot that will lead to the doorstep of an eerily familiar fortress for a final showdown with an eerily familiar enemy.
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdomby Christopher Healy Todd Harris
Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You've never heard of them, have you? These are the princes who saved Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel, respectively, and yet, thanks to those lousy bards who wrote the tales, you likely know them only as Prince Charming. But all of this is about to change. Rejected by their princesses and cast out of their castles, Liam, Frederic, Duncan, and Gustav stumble upon an evil plot that could endanger each of their kingdoms. Now it's up to them to triumph over their various shortcomings, take on trolls, bandits, dragons, witches, and other assorted terrors, and become the heroes no one ever thought they could be. Debut author Christopher Healy takes us on a journey with four imperfect princes and their four improbable princesses, all of whom are trying to become perfect heroes-a fast-paced, funny, and fresh introduction to a world where everything, even our classic fairy tales, is not at all what it seems.
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GW Lacrosse Opens 2014 at Home on Wednesday
Colonials In Search of Program-Record Third Straight A-10 Championship Bid
GW Lacrosse's Hicks to Compete in North-South Senior All-Star Game
All-Conference Second Team Goalkeeper to Represent Colonials at Annual Event
90 Student-Athletes Among George Washington University's Class of 2013
Annual GW Commencement on National Mall Punctuates Collegiate Experience
Second Annual Georgey Awards Honor Best in GW Athletics
The Top Student-Athletes, Teams and Moments for 2012-13 Recognized at Annual Awards Show
GW Lacrosse Falls to No. 13 UMass, 13-5, in A-10 Semifinals
Bumgardner Ties Single-Season Assists Record as Colonials Wrap Season at 9-8
GW Lacrosse vs. Richmond (3.29.2013)
GW vs. Richmond (3.29.2013) Photos by: George Kubas II
021613 Womens Lacrosse
GW vs. Drexel (2.13.2013) photo by: Mitchell Layton
2012: Appeared in all 17 games in goal and started 15...Set aside 121 shots for a .422 save percentage...Ranks ninth on GW's all-time single-season saves list and sixth in single-season goals against average (11.10)...Faced 371 shots by opponents on the year...Ranked in the top-50 in NCAA Division I in saves, saves per game and goals-against average...Currently fifth all-time at GW with 135 total saves and fourth with 1,018 minutes played...Made five or more saves in five separate contests...Stopped a career-high 10 shots twice, at Bucknell (March 3) and at No. 19 Towson (March 10)...Tallied 19 ground balls and caused four turnovers...Picked up a career-high four ground balls against Saint Joseph's (March 30)...Named to GW Department of Athletics and Recreation Academic Dean's List.
2011: Totaled 12 saves and four ground balls in 107:25 in goal...Amassed 11.73 goals-against average and .364 save percentage in seven outings...Stopped career-best five shots and won three ground balls in 41:38 of action at Massachusetts (April 15).
2010: Made two saves, won a ground ball and allowed four goals in seven minutes of action at Richmond (April 2)...Didn't allow a goal in 5:59 of action at Ohio State (3/20).
High School: Two-time first team All-Maryland Independent School Athletic League (MISAL) and All-Calvert County honoree...Calverton School's 2009 Team MVP...Helped Cougars to 2006 MISAL championship and three straight runner-up finishes (2007-09)...Two-time second team All-Galaxy selection as member of CC Lax club team.
Personal: Born Jessica Caroline Hicks on Oct. 15, 1991...Daughter of Charles Hicks, Jr. and Kimberly Marshall...Has a younger brother, Michael...Sport, event, and hospitality management major.


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The anti-malware system built into recent releases of OS X, known as XProtect[1] but officially called File Quarantine,[2] protects Macs from infection by certain malicious software. It made its debut in late 2009 in a beta version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard,[3] blocking RSPlug and iServices, and later HellRTC, OSX.OpinionSpy[4] and MacDefender.[5] It is periodically updated to protect against new malware.
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- ^ "All about Mac Safety: Xprotect".
- ^ "About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Security Update 2011-001".
- ^ Goodin, Dan (2009-08-25). "Apple sneaks malware protection into Snow Leopard". The Register.
- ^ Goodin, Dan (2011-03-22). "Apple showers love on Mac malware protection". The Register.
- ^ "Security Update 2011-003". Archived from the original on January 11, 2015.
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the city of houston, texas. home to beyonce knowles who is in the pop group destiny's child.
oh shit beyonce is so fine, i want me some of that.
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Somebody:Hey yo Flip whatchu reppin?
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Lil Flip:H-Town nigga.
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tha slang name for Houston
H Town!
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The City of Houston, Texas.
I have to drive back to H-town this weekend to make my mom do my laundry.
от theatrebrad 25 февруари 2005
HOUSTON, Texas its the city where Mike Jones, Paul Wall,Slim Thug,Brooke Valentine, and other artist came from. Also were choppped and screwed music originated from.
The other hand on my cup, sippin that purple stuff
H-Town Houston Texas we jam music screwed up - Mike Jones
H-Town Houston Texas we jam music screwed up - Mike Jones
от TinaMarie 18 септември 2005
Houston,Tx nigga the home of the playaz and pimps and some fine niggaz
yo nigga were u from?
H-town hoe!
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от Texas gal 09 май 2004
Slang word for Houston, Texas.
Guy: That rapper Mike Jones is ill, where he from?
Thug: H-Town foo'!
Thug: H-Town foo'!
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the only true city in TX
"D-town" & the "Alamo City" don't have shit on H-town. Respect is shown to the H-town from the dirty.
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Water - Bottled and Bulk, refers to bottled and bulk water delivery suppliers in Bullhead City. Hygienically sealed, distilled/ spring or fluoride bottled water is supplied for home and office consumption. Bulk water is required to fill swimming pools, water fountains, hot tubs, gardening tanks, landscaping ponds, waterbeds, and drinking water supply tanks. They also take care of supplies during crisis situations like emergencies and disasters, providing relief services.
Governor Cuomo Announces Growth Of Clean Technology Companies And Creation Of 980 Jobs
$14 million Investment in Cleantech Business Incubator Initiative Supports the Development of 141 Clean Energy Companies across the State (Long Island, NY) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 141 clean technology companies have been supported and primed for further growth through the Governor's Cleantech Business Incubator initiative. The initiative has attracted more than $215 million in private capital..


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When I tour a wine region in France or northern Italy to gather early tasting notes on a new vintage, I bring a blank notebook and an open mind. If the growing season was hot and dry, odds are good that the vintage has been glorified by the general press from the time the grapes were picked. If, on the other hand, the year featured wildly varying weather, significant rain events or a very late harvest, the wines had probably been damned from the start by early critics. Me, I taste all these wines with cautious optimism.
That's because I've learned from long experience that premature predictions about a new vintage often have little to say about the wines that are ultimately bottled.
Drought years or summers with extreme heat can yield excessively tannic and alcoholic red wines with inadequate acidity, or even a cooked-fruit character. Even so, producers and wine journalists alike tend to hype the vintages highest in natural grape sugars, with the result that impressionable consumers trample each other in a rush to scoop up these atypically outsized wines.
The hot years are trickiest for white wines, which rely on their acidity, concentration and balance, rather than their tannins, for their staying power. For example, very warm weather in early September of 2009 in many cases flattened out white wines from the Loire Valley, Burgundy and Alsace: their alcohol and exotic tropical fruit and honey notes--and lack of acidity--often blur the classic minerality and floral high notes of these wines.
For all these reasons, wine lovers who prize site specificity and sheer drinkability normally gravitate toward temperate vintages. The wines may be lighter but they're also more vibrant, easier to drink in their youth, and more flexible at the dinner table. And they convey the impression of intensity without undue weight, a quality that lovers of Old World wines appreciate.
Consider these weather conditions when you look at recent vintages in France. As a general rule, 2008 brought a cooler growing season, with a late harvest, while 2009 was a warm and early year. Two thousand ten is more in the style of 2008. So while 2008 and 2010 have a tendency to be more classic for normally minerally, vibrant white wines, 2009 can be quite variable in quality, with some wines dominated by their vintage character, as opposed to their unique soil tones. Of course, in regions like Burgundy and Bordeaux, the better producers made many wonderfully fleshy, ripe red wines in 2009, and these wines are likely to offer considerable early appeal. But many long-time Burgundy drinkers prefer wines of delicacy, aromatic complexity, vibrancy and sharply defined terroir character, and these collectors are as likely to prefer the 2008s.
So what's a happy wine drinker to do? My recommendation is to opt for wines from the best producers in the reasonably ripe years and not to overbuy the hottest harvests. Or follow the advice of critics you trust. You'll learn to gauge from your own experience how heat and drought on the one hand, and cool or rainy conditions on the other, affect the wines of a particular region, so that you too can game the system.
Region: France
Light orange. Aromas of dried cherry, musky herbs and flowers, plus a hint of white pepper. Concentrated red fruit flavors are enlivened by a zesty orange pith quality that lends a bitter edge to the back half. Packs a punch but shows good mineral-driven vivacity, finishing with solid grip and good length. This bottling is quite rich this year and built to handle full-flavored food.
Region: Australia
Pale yellow. High-pitched, mineral-driven aromas of lemon zest, talc and spearmint. Taut and juicy, showing citrus fruits, a hint of green apple and strong minerality. Picks up deeper melon and pear character with air and finishes dry and persistent. I like this wine's linear character.
Region: France
Vivid ruby. Pungent aromas of strawberry and raspberry preserves, plus a hint of white pepper. Focused and dry, offering incisive red fruit flavors and a sexy floral pastille quality. A spicy note carries through the brisk, delineated finish. As usual, this wine punches above its weight.
Region: Italy
Good medium red. Decadent nose offers musky minerality and liqueur-like framboise.
Fat, sweet and thick but with ripe, harmonious acidity giving shape to
this round, plush wine. Approachable already, with the slightly exotic
character following through in the mouth. Finishes with very sweet
tannins and liqueur-like length. I'd drink this over the next six to
eight years.
Region: France
Straw-yellow color. Compellingly ripe yet subtle aromas of apricot, peach pit, pear and spicy vanillin oak, lifted by a note of orange blossom. Dense and broad on the palate, with noteworthy richness and depth. Serious, broad and very fresh for this warm year, but with stony minerality giving lift to the flavors and grip to the lingering finish.
Region: Oregon
Ruby-red. Lively, complex aromas of raspberry, cherry, black tea and cola. Suave and silky, with good intensity and depth to its pure red fruit and spice flavors. Shows power without any undue weight and an attractive sappy quality. Finishes with silky, fine-grained tannins. This is quite refined for the price and drinks very well now.
Region: France
Pale yellow. Pungent wet stone minerality to go with floral and herbal aromas. Juicy, classically dry and quite withdrawn, with a subtle flavor of underripe pineapple. Brisk, classic, palate-dusting Chablis with a long, rather austere finish featuring lemon peel, crushed stone and menthol. Today this comes across as less massive and more soil-inflected than the 2010 version.
Region: France
(60% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot and 10% petit verdot): Bright ruby-red. Musky aromas of cassis, blackberry, chocolate, coffee bean and violet. Pure, fine-grained and vibrant, with dark berry, herb, pepper and spice flavors nicely framed by harmonious acidity. Finishes with suave but firm tannins and lovely aromatic persistence. Classic, elegant and energetic wine with the spine to age. An impressive La Lagune.
Region: France
Spicy dark fruits, wild herbs and black pepper on the nose. Supple, broad and sweet, but light on its feet for a southern French red from Rhone varieties. Finishes with gentle tannins and a lingering sweetness of fruit. Not the last word in complexity but very easy to drink, especially with a light chill.
Region: Oregon
Greenish yellow. High-pitched aromas of lime zest, green apple and white pepper. Richer pit fruit and melon qualities on the supple palate, with an exotic note of passion fruit emerging with air. Suavely blends lushness and nervy character, finishing with refreshing lift and bright citrus cut.
Region: France
Subtle aromas of lemon peel, pepper and spices. Juicy, bright and tangy but not at all hard, with enticing citrus and apple flavors supported by a stony underpinning. Finishes with surprising length for its category. This very dry, brisk, thoroughly enticing wine is a real essence of summer: I could drink it by the bucketload.
Region: France
Bright medium ruby. Very ripe, perfumed aromas of blackberry and violet. Dense, sappy and concentrated, with excellent energy to its thick, sweet dark berry flavors. Finishes with serious toothdusting but sweet tannins and excellent length. This impressive Cotes du Rhone bottling boasts almost liqueur-like richness yet maintains its balance.
Region: France
Bright orange-pink. Intense strawberry and raspberry aromas show good power, ripeness and clarity. Juicy and precise on the palate, offering nervy red berry and floral flavors and a hint of bitter cherry. Finishes smooth and very long, with resonating rose and cherry notes.
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Is train noise disrupting your community?
What you want to know about Quiet Zones
Larry J. Woodlan, P.E.
Civil Engineer
Town of Fountain Hills, Arizona
Member, APWA Engineering and Technology Committee
A blast from a 110-decibel train horn is similar to the roar of a jet flyover at 1,000 feet or the amplified music of a rock band. Its sheer volume literally stops drivers in their tracks, which is why it's such an effective safety device. However, for the millions of Americans living in communities with active rail crossings, the deafening blare of a train horn also stops them from enjoying their everyday lives. After all, it's difficult to talk, listen or sleep when a train horn sounds close by. For some, it is a disruption that occurs repeatedly during the day and night.
So how do communities with unwanted train horn noise strike a balance between quality of life for its citizens and the safety of commuters and pedestrians at its railroad crossings?
After years of research, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has developed a workable answer. In the Final Rule on the Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, that took effect on June 24, 2005, and as amended August 17, 2006, the FRA issued regulations that specify when trains must sound a locomotive horn while approaching and entering upon public crossings, and provides exceptions to that requirement. This enables communities to create Quiet Zones, in which locomotive horns are not routinely sounded at grade crossings, thereby improving the quality of life by permitting the silencing of locomotive horns at grade crossings while still ensuring that safety is maintained.
One-way streets provide acceptable SSMs
The FRA rule describes the requirements that communities must meet in order to implement a Quiet Zone. The public entities that are responsible for the traffic control and law enforcement at public highway-rail grade crossings are the only ones that can designate a Quiet Zone. "Private companies, citizens or neighborhoods are not able to do this on their own," according to Rick Haden, Traffic Engineering Manager for Kirkham Michael. "They must work through the appropriate local public authority."
New Quiet Zones must have active grade crossing warning devices, consisting of flashing lights, gates, constant warning circuitry, and power-off indicators at all public highway-rail grade crossings. Each highway approach to every public and private grade crossing within a new Quiet Zone must have an advance warning sign that advises motorists that train horns are not sounded at the crossing. A minimum Quiet Zone length of at least one-half mile must be measured along the length of railroad right-of-way.
"To establish a new Quiet Zone, Kirkham Michael generally recommends the installation of Supplementary Safety Measures (SSMs) at every at-grade crossing," stated Haden.
The following SSMs may be used to mitigate the silencing of locomotive horns at railroad at-grade crossings:
Wayside horns are considered by many communities as a quieter alternative to locomotive horns.
Wayside horns may be used in place of locomotive horns at individual or multiple at-grade crossings, including those within Quiet Zones. The wayside horn is a stationary horn located at a highway-rail grade crossing, designed to provide audible warning to oncoming motorists of the approach of a train. This type of horn is considered a one-for-one substitute for the train horn. The crossing must also be equipped with flashing lights, gates, constant warning circuitry and power-off indicators. The Federal Highway Administration has provided interim approval of the wayside horn pursuant to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Creating a New Quiet Zone using SSMs
The following information is provided on the FRA website (www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/1318) on the Quiet Zone Creation Process. Included on this site are flow diagrams illustrating the steps that a public authority should follow in order to create a New Quiet Zone or to continue a Pre-Rule Quiet Zone. The guidelines for establishing a Quiet Zone through the implementation of SSMs are as follows:
|Grade separations and consolidation of crossings provide the best long-term solution to reducing highway-railroad conflicts.
A Diagnostic Team Review should be conducted at each of the public crossings and must be used for each private or pedestrian crossing in the proposed Quiet Zones. Representatives of the railroad involved, the city, the State Railroad Liaison, the FRA, and the consultant team, make up the Diagnostic Team. The Diagnostic Review notes the appropriate improvements for each crossing to be considered in a Quiet Zone.
Kirkham Michael has performed Railroad Crossing Quiet Zone Studies to assess safety conditions at 80 existing crossings within city and county limits to determine whether establishment of quiet zones is desirable. They have been involved in every aspect, from inventory of grade crossings, analyses of existing crossing conditions, identification of supplemental safety measures and recommendations, community outreach, to evaluating funding opportunities. For contact information, you can go to their website: www.kirkham.com/services/qzone.html or call (877) 610-ZONE.
Larry J. Woodlan is a member of the Engineering and Technology Committee and is a former Arizona Chapter Delegate. He can be reached at (480) 816-5158 or firstname.lastname@example.com.