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Haha....nah I agree...
Im kind of on the fence about that part of the issue, it really depends on who you are with.
You want to sit down but you sold your chair.
So you just stand there.
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Haha....nah I agree...
Im kind of on the fence about that part of the issue, it really depends on who you are with.
"If I had a dollar bill for everytime I was wrong, I'd be a self-made millionaire and I wouldn't be singing..."
There is no problem with weed... everyone who is opposed to it is just doing so from ignorance (well some aren't but they're a dying breed).
1) Marijuana is not a harmful drug.
2) Marijuana is not a gateway drug (it can be argued that it can, but it's not addictive so you don't search for a drug that gives more pleasure).
3) Marijuana does not kill brain cells.
4) You will not OD on marijuana (well you can... if you eat your body weight in weed, but seriously... not gonna happen).
5) Marijuana is not addictive (which I listed before).
6) Tobacco and alcohol products are far deadlier and yet legal.
7) Marijuana has been known to reduce pain.
8) Marijuana can relieve stress (unlike cigarettes which only alleviate stress for about 15 seconds and then make it worse (endorphins are released that's why)) without any draw backs.
9) The growth of marijuana (female and male plants) would help stimulate the economy if legalized (it can't be efficiently taxed since it can be home-grown, but it would allow many government programs to be disbanded saving billions of tax payers dollars)).
10) The only reason it hasn't been legalized is opposition from the lumber, tobacco, and alcohol lobbyists.
There is no good reason for marijuana to not be legalized other than the fact that tobacco companies would have less sell revenue (meaning less deaths), lumber companies would lose money from the hemp grown, and not as many people are going to want to pay money to get drunk when they can get "high" for cheaper.
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Smoked some of the best bud ive ever had these past 4 days. So good.. lol. Anybody ever get psychedelic effects from high doses of thc? i got something like a small shroom high the second day it was pretty crazy. Just a whole bunch of random noises.... There was one period during my high where i had eyes staring back at me for what seemed like forever. At the peak i just lost all connection with reality.. i convinced myself i wasn't real and started freaking out it was one of the most amazing yet scary feelings in my entire life. No real words to explain the feeling it was something i never felt before.
I have some slight visual and auditory hallucinations(espcially when I go to bed) mostly due to my HPPD but never actually hallucinated stuff like eyes staring at me. I usually do see patterns of faces in stuff if that's what you mean though.
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My understanding was that carbs were bad. Thats is why he wants you to stop eating so many of them. Turn your body from a carb/sugar burner into a fat burner. If you cut down carbs in order to burn fat, but then you you need to injext more carbs or else your body doesnt function properly as far as working out goes, it seems contradictory. Does it not? I know it isnt a 0 carb diet, it more like a 100 carb diet but, if people are needing more carbs because the "primal" diet isnt giving them the energy they need then obviously there is a flaw in the theory.
Its ilegal to rob a bank but, if you need money, its ok.
I am not trying to troll. I am trying to learn.
if you eat 100 grams of carb a day (advocated in both the book & the blog - read them), you're getting 400 calories from carbs. since i burn about 2200-2400 cals a day, i'm still deriving most of my energy from fat. it's not an either/or (fat/carbs).
Not eating chips, bread, rice, candy, etc does not mean that you are not eating carbs. I run about 75g a day personally, as that was my sweet spot for my activity level. I will eat a bit heavier carb load after a hard workout, but unless you are eating a lot more carbs than what Mark recommends, you will be burning fat.

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The Clear Lake wrestling team placed third in the eight-team Forest City Invite on Saturday. The Lions nearly placed second, losing 153 to 152 to Algona. Charles City ran away with the team title.
"We did beat a good Forest City team and Emmetsburg is ranked in the top 10 in state, so we had a pretty good day," said Lions Head Coach Gary Weber. "A lot of kids got beat early in the day and showed a lot of mental toughness by battling back to go for third and fourth. "As long as we keep listening and improving, that is all our staff can ask for."
Ryan Schmalen was the lone champion for the Lions. Schmalen had an exciting overtime win over Max Forsyth, of Charles City, in the finals. Ryan Faught made the finals, but was narrowly defeated 3-2.
Here is the coach's recap of the tournament:
106: Ryan Schmalen, 3-0, first place. Ryan found a way to win. He is a winner and does not come up with excuses. He won some scrambles which is what we try to do.
113: Brennen Doebel, 3-1, third place. Brennen wrestled awesome. He only weighs 108 and is wrestling 115. We are working on his style and he wrestled very intelligently Saturday and it showed in the win column.
120 Ryan Faught, second place. Ryan is one of the hardest working kids we have. He made a couple of technical mistakes that we can work on. His effort is always there.
126 Spencer Orr, 2-2, fourth place. Spencer is having a great freshman year. He is extremely coachable and is improving every week.
132: Sam Lakose, 0-2. Sam actually wrestled pretty well. He just had a couple of tough kids. He fought hard.
138: Carson Farmer, 3-1, third place. Carson had two big pins when he was trailing on points. His intensity is becoming more consistent and he is improving.
145: Aaron Boeshart, 3-1, third place. Aaron is making big strides. If he stays off his hip and keeps listening, he could be on the podium at state.
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When Churches Fail: The Diocesan Debtor Dilemmas
Jonathan C. Lipson
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
Southern California Law Review, Vol. 79, p. 363, 2006
Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2006-05
This article examines the doctrinal and constitutional dilemmas created when a religious organization goes into bankruptcy, through the lens of the Chapter 11 reorganizations recently commenced by Catholic dioceses in Oregon, Washington and Arizona. The doctrinal dilemma in these cases forces judges to choose between the rules and norms of bankruptcy law, on the one hand, and religious liberty, on the other. The constitutional dilemma forces courts to choose between respecting the Free Exercise (and related) rights of parishioners and Establishment Clause-based protections for tort creditors. The article argues that solutions to these dilemmas may be found through creative use of conflict-of-laws doctrine and what the article calls purposive equity.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 93
Keywords: Bankruptcy, reorganization, Chapter 11, religion, religious liberty, church, free exercise, establishment, RFRA, conflict-of-laws, equity
JEL Classification: K49
Date posted: September 29, 2005
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The METC Conference's Midwest Spotlight Educators is an honor that recognizes education technology leaders in the region, whose practices are making a difference for students and teachers. This is reflected in increased knowledge, improved skills and academic achievement by integrating technology into their instructional practices. The 2014 Midwest Spotlight Educators were selected, after an application process, by the METC Planning and Advisory Committee. Look for The Connected Classroom to profile each leading up to METC in February; in the meantime, click on the photo above to learn more about the selected Illinois and Missouri educators. Congratulations to the 2014 spotlight educator group! Each will present at least twice at the conference.
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"Audacity And Courage": Remembering The First Gay Pride March Of June 1970
One year after the Stonewall Riots galvanized New York's fearful gay men and lesbians into fighters, a handful of us planned our first march. We had no idea how it would turn out. We weren't even certain we would be granted a permit. And now, here we were, June 28, 1970, with people gathered west of Sixth Avenue at Waverly Place. We wondered if we would be able to get them to move off the curb.
This was long before anyone had heard of a 'Gay Pride March.' Back then, it took a new sense of audacity and courage to take that giant step into the streets of Midtown Manhattan. One by one, we encouraged people to join the assembly. Finally, we began to move up Sixth Avenue. I stayed at the head of the march the entire way, and at one point, I climbed onto the base of a light pole and looked back. I was astonished; we stretched out as far as I could see, thousands of us. There were no floats, no music, no boys in briefs. The cops turned their backs on us to convey their disdain, but the masses of people kept carrying signs and banners, chanting and waving to surprised onlookers.[…]
After nearly a year of 1960s-style back-and-forth consciousness-raising, it's no wonder that by the time we finally started walking, we were already spent. But, like everyone else that day, we were filled with a new energy and hope.
It was only after the march that these gay pioneers realized what might be possible. Of course, at the time, we could never have predicted that our efforts would lead to hundreds of millions of people gathering together around the world."
— Fred Sargeant, the first manager of the now-defunct Oscar Wilde Bookshop and a participant in the 1969 Stonewall uprising, recalls organizing the first pride march to commemorate the riots in a 2010 Village Voice article.
Photo: Fred Sargeant/Village Voice
It is awesome that people around the globe, especially in smaller towns and villages, have been inspired to join with family and friends to march for their human rights. Now if only we can get everyone in the USA, not just 60%, to come out to their parents we'd be even more advanced.
If I might make one correction, while I was the first manager of the bookshop I was not the founder of the Oscar Wilde (Memorial) Bookshop. That distinct honor goes to my then-partner, Craig Rodwell.
This (or other eyewitness accounts) should be read at the opening of every gay pride event so that we never forget where we came from, pay homage to those brave souls who started a movement, and not take for granted how far we've come


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U.S. Rep. Rush Holt believes the FBI botched the case from 2001, when anthrax-laced letters were sent from a mailbox in Princeton.
He also says the postal service and other agencies may not have learned the proper lessons from the attacks, which killed five people and sickened 17.
The FBI last month closed its investigation after concluding Army scientist Bruce Ivins was responsible for the attacks. Ivins killed himself in 2008.
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Re: NFC + GSM moduleAbraham Rullamas Jan 30, 2013 11:36 PM (in response to zaar)
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Dear Art,,
The size of device is decided by the size of the battery. So the smaller device,the smaller battery volume. The price is mainly decided by the GSM module selected. email@example.com may help you.
Re: NFC + GSM modulermorgan Jan 31, 2013 9:10 PM (in response to zaar)
Hi Art, seems to me that you might be looking for a GSM terminal gateway with NFC and battery, instead of just a board level module, is that right?
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I am looking for a NFC + GSM module, best all-in-one.
Smaller = better
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We all can´t cheat the physics. If you reduce the ground plane to much, the the antenna efficiency will shrink If you shrink to hard, than it is inverse to Low Energy, because the power level of the GSM module will rise.
Cheap is relative. Anyhow, the GSM and the NFC antenna will be in my design free of charge. It can be a part of the main PCB.
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The lowest Energy you will reach by using of USSD. USSD is much faster than SMS. A USSD message travels 1 second instead of 6 to 10 sec, min, hours, weeks or month with SMS.
Some further NFC stuff you get at the blog listed here: http://www.gsm-modem.de/M2M/tag/nfc/
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Toffee Apple
42 comments:
that dress is beautiful, and toffee apples and halloween <3 i love this time of year. xReplyDelete
Super cute outfit!!!ReplyDelete
Ahh, toffee apples. I adore them, but have yet to discover a way to eat them without getting sticky.
Beautiful photos. And I love the look of that apple but the thought of biting it makes my teeth hurt! :-)ReplyDelete
I was just thinking about how badly I wanted a candied apple today :PReplyDelete
That dress is gorgeous! I'm so jealous of the toffee apple too, it's the perfect time of year for them.ReplyDelete
You look really great!
Super cute pictures. Love the dress and the whole set up with the Toffee apple. It reminds me of my childhood.ReplyDelete
B* a la Moda
So pretty :)ReplyDelete
I love the taste of those apples but I'm scared I'd lose a tooth to it these days!ReplyDelete
aww, what a lovely post! You look so pretty in that sweet dress and the toffee apple looks mighty tempting! I've never had one before:)ReplyDelete
The dres is sooo cute (:ReplyDelete
I love the first photo too ^^
also thanks for the comment you left on my blog
The dres is sooo cute (:ReplyDelete
I love the first photo too ^^
also thanks for the comment you left on my blog
I love the dress (& your hair)! I'm really into green at the moment!ReplyDelete
i love ur blog so much, pink bow...ReplyDelete
great photos!
wanna exchange links?
toffee apples, yum. i love your tights xReplyDelete
mmm, I forgot about toffee apples! Reminds me of being little and wandering around our local fireworks display all wrapped up warm! England does autumn so well.ReplyDelete
Mmmm. Toffee apples. Well actually toffee in general. Recently, I got some toffees in a gift bag and I nearly finished the whole bag in a week. So delish! Also delish: your leopard print flats. So cute! :)ReplyDelete
your dress is beautiful sweetie and the apple looks yummy!ReplyDelete
arent french sole flats the comfiest?? i love themReplyDelete
and now i want a toffee apple at half 10 at night...thanks:P
Just lovely pictures! I always like the look of toffee apples but i can never finish them.ReplyDelete
Yum I love Toffee apples...until they get too sickly. You look so lovely!ReplyDelete
I ♥ your personal photos! Are you a model?ReplyDelete
your dress is so beauftiful. i really like your blog!ReplyDelete
A good blog, I love your blogs ..ReplyDelete
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You look amazing in those photos. I love the soft sort of focus and the dreamy lighting. Toffee apple = yum! I haven't had one in years but I think I'll be on the look out from now onReplyDelete
Polly x
LOVIN THESE PICS & OUTFIT, U LOOK MAGICAL !ReplyDelete
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very cute. where oh where did you buy the toffee apple from!?ReplyDelete
Never tried toffe apples but it looks really yummy.=)ReplyDelete
Love the putfit by the way, very cute!
You're a vision on the 2nd photo!
Soooooooooo beautiful!!!
I love the "pommes d'amour" ♥
mwaaaaaaaaahma belle!
I love toffee apples. That dress is lovely. Have you just bought it? I might have a look at it at M&S.ReplyDelete
thank you all for lovely lovely commentsReplyDelete
velo - have linked you
margie f - i have so many pairs of fs flats, they're like slippers. sorry i made you think of sweet treats! ;)
pink links - thank you but no not a model
little monarch - the apple was from sainsburys
timeless fashion - sorry no the dress is a couple of years old :(
I adore your dress. I very much have a hankering for a toffee (or caramel...) apple!ReplyDelete
Beautiful pictures of you! Somehow these define autumn for me and judging by your lovely outfit, it's nowhere near as cold in the UK as it is here (I had to dig out my cashmere cardigan to layer today). Love the color of your dress and that toffee apple looks delicious!ReplyDelete
You and the apple look fabulous!ReplyDelete
toffee apples are delicious! and the new layout is gorgeous! xReplyDelete
Such a cute outfit! I had a toffee apple today too - am getting all excited for halloween this year, which never happens :)ReplyDelete
I love these shots! So beautiful! I just got some flats just like this from Urban Outfitters.ReplyDelete
We must be in sync, I just posted about toffee apples last night! After seeing your yummy one I really do have to commit to making some soon! ♥ReplyDelete
Your dress is so cute ;)ReplyDelete
Oh, I simply love the pictures. They make me dream of such an apple too.ReplyDelete
Btw, what do you think of exchanging links? I'd love to.
♥ Dotti
you look so beautiful and i wanna eat that apple!ReplyDelete
thank you so muchReplyDelete
swelle life - its is possible that we are in sync living so close!
dotti - you're linked!
Thanks for taking the time to comment. If you would like to ask me a question, I will reply back here.


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WOODSTOWN — Salem County Toastmasters is extending an open invitation to county residents and surrounding towns to attend the first meeting of the new year.
The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Friends Village in the borough, located on Friends Drive — between Harts Plumbing and Century 21.
Meetings are held in the private dining room next to the gift shop.
Salem County Toastmasters is open to the public for the development of better speaking and listening skills in a friendly environment.
Participants will develop presentation skills and learn to think more clearly and quickly in the moment publicly.
Toastmasters also provides leadership skills as a boost in confidence to aid in becoming a better communicator and leader.
All ages are welcome to attend as a guest or new member.
For more information or directions, please contact Rosario Licciardello, Club Founder, at 856-866-0038.


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Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN ) is giving its e-book reader another feverish marketing push. Now that the company's supply-channel woes have been licked, it's devoting a good chunk of its landing page to swaying buyers into purchasing the $399 gadget.
The leading online retailer is devoting the heart of its homepage this week to a promotional note from CEO Jeff Bezos. A snapshot of boxed Kindles on pallets in the Amazon warehouse accompanies the note, perhaps to appease the Doubting Thomas in the crowd who needs to see it to believe it.
The note then links to Bezos' annual letter to shareholders, where the Amazon chieftain spends the entirety of the annual report's opening salvo pimping the Kindle.
I can't blame Bezos for rallying around the Kindle. It is a potential game changer. If it takes off, Amazon has a meal ticket to cash in as the gateway to literary digital distribution. It can become to books what Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) has become to music -- a savior riding in on the promise of inventory-free media delivery.
Unfortunately, few know how close Kindle may be to reshaping the industry, because Amazon has been so tight-lipped about how briskly the device has been selling.
Show me the money
Bezos loves to talk numbers when it comes to the Kindle. Unfortunately, those numbers tell us nothing about the actual success of the device.
The first batch sold out in 5 1/2 hours? That addresses the initial supply shortage, a problem that plagued the device during the critical holiday shopping season.
There are now more than 110,000 titles available? That's great, but how about an actual sale number of those titles? Investors would feel cheated if Apple didn't update its shareholders on the iPod and iTunes milestones, and Apple is a company that keeps secrets close to its vest.
There are more than 2,000 customer reviews on Amazon? Great, but that, too, tells us very little. You don't have to buy a Kindle to post a review. That's obvious once you begin going through some of the posting.
"I would love to buy one but at $400, I can't talk myself into buying it," one reviewer writes.
"I am writing this less as a review than as a request," begins another.
Why is Amazon allowing non-owners to post reviews? It's not as if this is a product one can buy anywhere else, save for the occasional third-party auction sale.
I may have taken shots at travel site Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW ) over the years, but I'll give it credit for letting only bookers confirmed through its site provide travel reviews. If not, you open yourself up like rival Expedia's (Nasdaq: EXPE ) Trip Advisor has to self-serving reviews or scathing critiques from rivals.
Perhaps more telling is that less than half of the Kindle reviewers have given the device Amazon's highest five-star rating. If these are the early adopters who didn't flinch at the $400 price tag, the reviews won't get much better until Amazon either improves the features or lowers the price.
Mum's the word
Amazon isn't shy about its sales figures. It's quick to rattle off unit data on Dec. 26. It has even attached continually updated meters to high-profile items such as Scholastic's (Nasdaq: SCHL ) Harry Potter books or overall holiday sales with its Delight-o-meter.
There is no reason it shouldn't attach a meter to its own Kindles. Maybe it's embarrassed to show too low a number. Because the Kindle is now readily available, Amazon has presumably filled the backorders that accumulated over the past five months.
So what? Is Amazon afraid a low number will frighten away potential buyers or fence-straddling publishers? I think a low number may help Amazon's cause, because it encourages buyers to hop on the early-adopter bandwagon. Can it hurt? Since the Kindle's mid-November debut, Amazon has been actively promoting its Kindle with apparently little success worth bragging about. Maybe it's time for a new tack.
Whip out the meter, Amazon. Digital delivery is too important for your future -- in movies, music, and now books -- to be shy about it.
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What happened to Listicles??!
I know that must be the number one question in the nation this week. And frankly there is no simple answer either. In fact even I don't know for sure. But let me try to explain.
This week was spring break. I decided on a whim to take the boys camping in Utah and we left Saturday morning. I wrote the post ahead of time and scheduled it to be published at it's regular slot. Why it never posted is anyone's guess. I could blame it on word press or linky tools or bad karma but let's not go there. Luckily come Sunday evening as we checked in at the temporary lodging near Salt Lake City I realized the error. Unlucky for me I do not know the password for my blog by heart because after I had it hacked a few years ago I change it often and it is longer then anaconda. Lucky for me I save passwords of websites I use often on my iPad and get signed in automatically. Unlucky for me Julian used iPad on the 8 hour drive that day and the battery was dead. Luckily we were in a hotel room that night and there was no shortage of sockets. Unluckily although I could have sworn I packed the plug for my charger I could not find it anywhere.
But not all was lost. I had car chargers galore so as soon as we hit the road the next morning I would charge the iPad, stop at Starbucks, use the wi-fi and check why listicles didn't post. Except the front dashboard socket was occupied by the DVD player and I was not about to cut the kid off onboard entertainment for the duration of the 6 hour drive. Luckily there is another outlet in the trunk of my minivan so I plugged the iPad in and placed it carefully into the storage, padding it with my scarf and towel so it stays there as it chrages. Unlucky for me Bruce sat by the iPad and it seems he found his own way to be entertained on the long drive to Moab.
In conclusion: my dog ate the listicles.
Appart from not posting what would have been 144 listicle in the row, loosing my beloved iPad to Bruce and driving all the way to the desert for spring break only to be snowed on every night which caused our tent to bend and break we had a fantastic time and I cannot wait to tell you all about it. And in case you were wondering I did find the plug for my charger as I unpacked my backpack today…
Thank you again Cathy for a great idea for the listicle last week. Here is my contribution. Feel free to link yours even if it is a week late. And please forgive me for missing the first ever listicle since I started this nearly 3 years ago.
Next week:
Make a list, check it twice, link it up. Read others. Have fun!
1. Say NO more.
2. Worry less.
3. Laugh more.
4. Nag less.
5. Follow through with threats more.
6. Loose my marbles less.
7. Support more.
8. Agree less.
9. Praise more.
10. Insist on him learning to tie his shoe laces. At least before he goes to college.
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Mightee kids
Let us start with a disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post.
Sometimes I run into incredible things. Simple, yet life changing things. I see the potential, I get involved and I feel an overwhelming need to share it with the world.
I have openly spoken before about my difficulties with being charitable. Over years I supported causes I was passionate about only to realize that I had a lot of reservations about how the business of helping was being run. Recently I broke off my long standing monthly contribution to a major charity organization because they kept sending me elaborate mail. I felt like they are pouring all the money I send them into postage and printing and not the children that needed help. Yet I really want to help. And more importantly I want my son to grow up being kind, compassionate and willing to help.
And then Mightee kids came along. To say that I love this company and what they stand for is an understatement. The plan is simple: every month they design a cute T-shirt with a certain cause in mind, send it to your child along with a lovely card that helps you explain what that particular charity stands for. From every T-shirt sold $5 goes to that cause. They bring awareness to many smaller, unknown charities which have great impact to less fortunate children around the world. Not to mention the shirts are beyond adorable too!
I am sure you will all agree it is a great idea. But what really struck a cord with me was Little J's response to the first T-shirt we received. He was eager to discuss autism after I read him the card and explained how the T-shirt we bought will help other children. He wore it proudly and talked about how he helped someone at his show and tell in Preschool. He even offered to pitch in for next month's T-shirt! And because it is something he will wear often it is a great reminder in his life how he too can make a difference in this world.
As you probably gathered by now I am bias. I think this is a perfect gift for your child, for your child's friends and to take to the next baby shower you are invited to. It is a gift that will keep giving. So it really is a gift for you. Because nothing feels as good as doing good.
For all you rushing over to Mightee Kids website I have a little surprise! They gave me a code for free shipping to share with you during the month of May for your first tee.
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Just like me
As you all know I grew up with my grandparents.
On the weekends they often had their friends over, Mr. and Mrs. Kavcic. My grandma used to work with the lady and her husband was a farmer. Good, honest people. They usually arrived after dinner and I would sit at the table while they had coffee and played catch up. I loved eavesdropping on their discussions about politics and economy. Then I would say my goodnights and be send to bed. The game of cards was about to begin.
They would play tarok. It is a very interactive and competitive game and because teams are made up differently each time the banter between players is brilliant. It was at least in our house. I used to sneak out of bed, walk across the long hallway of our old apartment and hide behind the closed kitchen door. And listen. They were so funny and full of life. Not the kind of people I knew, serious and old-fashioned, with strict rules and all around adult and responsible behavior. They laughed and shouted, they teased each other and banged on the table as cards fell down on the antique wood.
It was a very rare time for me to peak into lives of my parents. Sure I lived with them and after my grandfather retired when I was six the three of us were always together. But it was old school parenting. They never played with me tea parties or did crafts. I followed my grandpa around doing things he did or liked. I played by myself. Or went outside to the playground and played with other children. It was different. And sometimes I think that it might have been better.
I often wonder if my son really thinks of me as an adult. Sure he says I am old, a lot. But does he understand the difference between adults and children? Like the other day when he said to me we should punish daddy for being late. Or ignoring my plea to put his socks on for the 13th time. Was I like that? I doubt I would have gotten away with it.
A few weeks ago my husband invited his colleague and old friend whom he has not seen in years over for dinner while he was visiting town. It was close to Little J's bed time so after we ate I excused us and went upstairs to get him ready for the night. He brushed his teeth and put his PJ's on and I asked if he wants to go down to say good bye to Daddy's friend.
From the top of the stairs I heard him say:
"It was nice meeting you. Hope you come back to visit us soon. Good night."
He pinched some popcorn and came back up. I tucked him in and kissed him good night.
I think my grandpa would be proud.
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Officers learned that the man died after medical staff was unable to save him.
Homicide detectives have been called to the hospital and are in the very early stages of a death investigation, according to police.
It is not known where the stabbing occurred and police are asking that anyone with information call the police non-emergency line at (503) 823-3333.
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TENNIS: Jefferson snags district championship; Martins, Stewart win individual titles
The Thomas Jefferson Raiders were the best team in the South Puget Sound League all season long and can now call themselves the best team in the West Central/Southwest District.
The TJ boys tennis team outlasted Olympia Saturday to win the district championship with 26 team points. Olympia finished a close second with 23 at the Capitol City Tennis Center in Olympia.
Next up for the Raiders is the state tournament, which will be contested May 24-25 at Richland High School and the Tri-City Court Club in the Tri-Cities.
The Raiders were led by the doubles' team of Cameron and Zack Martin. The brothers won the district title in ultra-impressive fashion Saturday.
The Martins dominated a Bellarmine Prep team in the championship round, 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) to earn the district's top seed into the Class 4A State Boys Tennis Tournament. State will be held in the spring.
The district title for the TJ team was a little bit of a surprise. The Martins were beaten in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the SPSL Tournament by the Kentridge team of Aadil Diwan and Randy Huynh and finished up in fourth place.
It was a different story at the district tournament. The Martins won all four of their matches in straight sets, beating the champions of the Greater St. Helen's League and the top seed from the Narrows League en route.
In a more expected finish, Federal Way junior Mitch Stewart rolled to his third-straight West Central/Southwest District singles championship in dominating fashion.
Stewart, who won the state title last year, downed Olympia's John Stormans in the district championship, 6-2, 6-2. In total, Stewart lost only five total games during his four matches.
He has only lost one match during his high school career. Stewart lost to Jackson's Michael Chamerski in the 4A championship during his freshman season. Chamerski is currently playing at the University of Washington.
During the summer, Stewart played in tennis tournaments all over the nation, winning the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Boys 16s National Clay Court Championship in Florida. He also finished 1-1 at the U.S. Open Junior Boys' Tournament in New York City.
Stewart, who is ranked fifth in the country by the USTA and 9th on the AthleticDNA College Recruiting List, has already narrowed his college choices to four of the most powerful programs in the nation — Duke, Georgia, UCLA and Washington.
The Martins and Stewart will be joined at the state tournament by Jefferson's Alex Chan and Alex Lee. Chan finished in third place in singles action and Lee snagged the district's seventh seed to state.
Chan, a freshman, beat Stadium's Aaron Park in the third/fourth match Saturday, 6-0, 6-1. Chan advanced into the semifinals with two straight-set wins before losing to Stormans, 6-0, 6-0.
Lee, a senior, lost to Chan in the quarterfinals, but came back and beat Federal Way's Alex Lewis in a winner-to-state, loser-out match Saturday, 6-3, 6-1. Lewis will be the first alternate to the state tournament.
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More than 35 years ago, New Jersey's Open Public Meetings Act — the "Sunshine Law" — was adopted to shed light on government decision making and promote openness at public meetings.
Today, however, with countless advancements in technology since the law was drafted, people are beginning to question whether the outdated legislation is now casting shadows rather than light.
In Trenton, veteran state legislator Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) has introduced New Jersey Senate Bill 1351, which proposes some revisions to the Sunshine Law.
If her colleagues in Senate agree, the revisions could go into effect as early as February. However, if the bill is not signed by January 10 when the current legislative session ends, the S-1351 will expire.
Although they want the bill to pass in this session, Weinberg and co-sponsor Sen. Stephen Sweeney, the West Deptford Democrat who serves as Senate president, have vowed to re-introduce the legislation in the next session if necessary.
Weinberg explained that the 1975 version of the Sunshine Law was created at a time when the term "Internet" hadn't been coined and telephone text messages were unfathomable. Because of these advances, though, it was clear to Weinberg that the act should be updated.
"I'd gotten reports from townspeople sitting in the audience at council meetings, complaining about council members sending text messages," Weinberg said, noting that a given message could very well be to a family member, but it could also be to another council member.
One of the proposed revisions would ban texting by elected or appointed officials during public meetings.
Sponsored by Weinberg and Sweeney (D-Gloucester, Cumberland, Salem), S-1351 was initially introduced in February 2010.
"For me, the easiest thing to do is to put it all out there," Sweeney said of the need for open, on-the-record discussions among elected or appointed officials at all public meetings. "Let the public see everything. None of us should have anything to hide anyway."
Sweeney explained that, when the matter was closely examined a few years ago, officials found that most of the 566 towns within New Jersey's 21 counties weren't following the cardinal rules of the Sunshine Law — some without even being aware of it.
"These are public documents and public actions. Knowing there's a need for greater transparency, it's the right thing to do," Sweeney said of the bill's provisions. "And, in fairness to these towns, we have to make it clearer."
Sen. Weinberg's Bergen County predecessor was Assemblyman Byron M. Baer, the Sunshine Law's original drafter.
She hopes to maintain the original purpose of the law.
"From the start, the premise was that the public has a right to know everything, with carefully-carved exceptions," said Weinberg, noting that certain contractual issues now discussed in closed session meetings, as well as such items as a municipal worker's personal disciplinary file, may be among those exceptions.
In Gloucester County, Prosecutor Sean Dalton concurs with the need for an update.
The Sunshine Law "could use some further revisions to address the evolving nature of technology," said Dalton, who observed that mobile texting and email conversations have become commonplace among governing bodies.
Such communication could "trigger a violation" on an entire board, council or committee, he said, "if members aren't careful."
In September, Dalton issued a memorandum to solicitors from each of the county's 24 municipalities, offering guidelines on using emails.
Dalton urged municipalities to adopt a consistent email policy which would prohibit governing bodies from discussing town business in emails where a majority of board members or councilpersons had access to the communication, or prohibiting responses if an email were to include a majority of members.
At Rutgers University Newark, Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Administration Suzanne J. Piotrowski has written her share of academic pieces on the Sunshine Law, pointing out where the act falls short today and what municipalities should heed in moving forward.
"Electronic communications are ubiquitous," Piotrowski said, referring specifically to video-conferencing, teleconferencing, email, listserves, and chat rooms. "Open meeting laws need to adequately address this reality."
The professor is particularly troubled by the various kinds of electronic or "virtual" meetings.
"Electronic meetings enable access for those who have limited physical mobility," she noted, "but solely relying on these means of communication can be problematic for access because they do not allow for an actual meeting location."
That's important, the professor said.
In a virtual meeting, "There is no place for the public to go to witness the meeting or to participate," she pointed out.
Further, "Virtual meetings would shut out anyone who did not have access to a computer and the Internet," argued Piotrowski.
Other specific provisions the bill would enforce include the requiring of subcommittees to advertise meetings in newspapers, which is not now required, as well as the electronic recording of minutes and the prohibition of texting during business meetings in council chambers.
The bill reads, "No member of a public body, during any meeting of that public body to which the public is admitted, shall communicate privately, by any means, with any other member of the public body, with any staff of the public body or of its members, or with any member of the public who wishes to comment on, or whose personal interest will be directly affected by, public business under consideration at that meeting of the public body."
But when do such restrictions become invasive?
Cumberland County Freeholder Jane Jannarone sees the pros and cons of the potential revisions, although she admitted she didn't know much about what the new legislation was proposing.
"[The Sunshine Law] is a good tool for the public, and I don't think [residents] should be prohibited" from knowing what's going on, Jannarone said. "But sometimes some of the public is just overboard."
Jannarone said she usually keeps her phone nearby in case her child calls or texts, which she claims is also the reason other members of the Cumberland freeholder board keep their phones out at meetings.
"I wouldn't sit there and text anyone else, but it is my private cell phone and the county does not pay for it," Jannarone said. "I'm a mother first."
Jannarone recalled members of the public having complained in the past when two freeholders were seen texting during a meeting. Jannarone said both instances were family issues, and the public can be "overzealous" at times.
"We all have families and other jobs," she argued. "Sometimes you do have to text, but none of us is trying to circumvent the public."
Personal matters aside, Jannarone stands behind the intentions of the original Sunshine Law as well as the changes proposed by Weinberg's bill.
"I wouldn't want elected officials to withhold anything from me," Jannarone said. "So, I can see why they might want to make revisions."
Cumberland County Freeholder Director William Whelan has no qualms with OPMA revisions regarding technology.
He said he has personally advised other public entities to refrain from posing questions via emails because of the potential danger of violating the Sunshine Law.
"We must remember not to let technology lead you down a garden path where you forget that you're not [discussing public matters] in front of the public," Whelan said.
He admits that it's possible to slip up without having malicious intent.
Aside from advocating extensive transparency, the recording of meeting minutes, and giving adequate notice to the public, which Whelan claims the county already practices, he takes issue with only one possible hindrance the proposed bill might impose.
Currently, the Sunshine Law requires a public body to provide, in advance, an agenda for the meeting "to the extent known."
S-1351 insists that "meeting agendas must list each individual item to be discussed or acted upon and to identify the names of the parties to, and the approximate dollar value of, any contracts or proposed contracts to be discussed or acted upon."
In addition, "A public body would be prohibited, except in cases of emergency, from discussing or acting upon any matter not so listed,"
Whelan sees that notion as more of a nuisance than helpful.
"I would have an issue with that," he said. "First of all, there's an opportunity to bring up new business in any meeting," Whelan said. "To be that restrictive could be problematic."
For reasons like this, Weinberg explained that the legislation has been through the gamut since it was introduced last year. It's in the process of reaching a fair balance, she said, with due consideration from the public and the respective governing bodies.
Revisions or not, however, Prof. Piotrowski believes the key to public trust is openness, and the key to being open lies in educating the many governing bodies.
"Council members can always skirt around any law, especially when there's some new technology out," Piotrowski said. "It's education and training that's very important.
"Officials need to understand that it's their obligation to conduct things in public."
According to Gloucester County Counsel Matt Lyons, his county is already ahead of the curve.
Lyons said Gloucester County has made a point of posting all of their freeholder agendas online on the Friday prior to Wednesday meetings for the public to digest exactly what's going to happen.
Moreover, Lyons noted that, in January — at the request of newly chosen Freeholder Director Robert Damminger — the county banned all texting by board members during freeholder meetings.
"This allows the public to know they're hearing and seeing everything," Lyons said.
Additionally, he said, "That provision came about because, even though we've all become to accustomed to technology, the public still deserves our undivided attention."
Lyons added that the county held a seminar a few months back for county officials as well as municipal and school board leaders on maintaining proper openness and public confidence.
As a former county freeholder director, Sweeney observed that Gloucester has furthered its transparency with several changes including its new user-friendly website.
He believes that Cumberland and Salem could stand to do the same.
"Transparency leads to trust," Piotrowski observed. "Because, maybe a council isn't even doing things that are ethically questionable, but its the perceived deception that leads to people becoming disengaged."
Multiple calls and emails to Salem County officials were not returned by press time.
If Senate Bill 1351 doesn't pass by Jan. 10, it will be re-introduced in the new legislative session sooner rather than later, according to Sweeney.
The Senate president fully supports Weinberg's efforts.
"I put my name on it ... for a reason," Sweeney said. "My intent is to get it done."


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My husband keeps telling people how old I am. He says things like "Can you believe she's 40? She doesn't even use those anti aging creams." and "She's 40, but she still fits in her cheerleading uniform." And my personal favorite, "Guess how old my wife is. You'll never guess. She's 40!"
I think it's sweet that he's bragging about me, but does he have to tell everyone my age? He says I should be 40 and proud of it.
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Not after the ice storm, power outages and accumulation of 25.5 inches of snow — more than double the average of 12 inches for the month, according to local weather expert Ray Hackman.
"People are just over it being dark and cold," said Christine Gola, who was running some errands on the Kalamazoo Mall on Tuesday, the first day of March.
While 25.5 inches was a lot of snow, it is well short of the record 39.5 inches that fell in February 1997, according to Hackman.
Kalamazoo has already reached its average of 77 inches of snowfall for the winter, said Hackman. Part of the reason is the temperature has been 2 degrees colder this winter than the average winter, turning precipitation that in other years might be rain into snow.
Temperatures should start start to rise for good around the middle of March, according to Hackman, but don't put away the snow shovels yet. The average snowfall in Kalamazoo for March is 9 inches.
Predicting the weather this month is as hard as any other month in Michigan. The records for the highest and lowest temperatures in March were both set on March 8 — 79 degrees in 2000 and minus-5 degrees in 1986, according to Hackman.
The old saying about March coming "in like a lion, out like a lamb," has some residents focused on the gentler days ahead.
"I can hear the birds singing the spring songs," said Camilla Voelker. "It's so uplifting."
Western Michigan University student Ibrahim Qahtan, 18, walks on campus along Gilkison Avenue, as sunny skies melt the ice and snow Tuesday. If it's a typical March, about 9 more inches of snow will fall on Kalamazoo before April 1.


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St. Bernard Parish's housing market and sustainable future growth are scheduled talking points at the parish Housing, Redevelopment and Quality of Life Authority Commission's 3 p.m. Wednesday meeting. As a part of the parish's recently-launched comprehensive master land use and zoning plan process, Alexandria, Va.-based czb LLC has compiled a suggested short-term management plan for the about 1,400 vacant, Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Louisiana Land Trust lots that the state is expected to transfer to the parish in May.
After the transfer of the about 195 acres, the parish then owns those properties. It can hold them. It can develop them. It can sell them.
Prior to Katrina, homes, businesses, apartment buildings and small parks were on the parcels. And soon after Katrina, the focus shifted from storm recovery to parish resettlement, a goal still at the forefront of parish efforts today - now more than seven years later.
St. Bernard, where nearly 80 percent of housing units had severe damage from Katrina's storm surge and levee breaches, has since experienced the most dramatic population decline of any parish in the state, according to the 2010 census. Its population fell by 47 percent from its 2000 figure of 67,229.
And the czb study points out that, "just as recovery was hitting its stride, the national housing market collapsed and with it, access to credit markets, making borrowing that much more difficult.
"Along with a shrinking national economy from March 2008 until August 2010, the labor market tightened severely, making jobs scarcer," the study continues. "In April 2010, BP's Deepwater Horizon exploded, with serious implications for the stability of a then (and still today) very fragile St Bernard economy."
In mid-September, St. Bernard Parish government began a 12-month process to create its first-ever parish-wide comprehensive master plan to develop a vision for the parish's future. MIG/Winston Associates and its subconstractors held the first public parish-wide meeting in December and since then, smaller kitchen-table-style discussions have been held with various parish community groups and stakeholders.
While that land use and zoning plan is expected to take a year to complete and provide a road map for the parish's development over the next 20 to 30 years, the czb plan was drafted in an attempt to help map out some initial maintenance and sales strategies.
The parish government was given the proposal last month and the parish HRQL commission is expected to discuss it at its Wednesday meeting.
The czb disposition study recommends the parish hold on to most of the 1,400 lots. And while keeping ownership of the lots will come with "carrying costs," such has mowing grass, czb states that selling the lots as a means of reducing such costs "would perpetuate the reasons that St Bernard is and has been a weak market."
The study notes "a profound weak market condition exemplified by excess supply of land as well as housing units."
It states that by reducing the supply of developable land, especially within flood-prone areas, and heightening home development regulations, it would increase construction standards and lead to more marketable homes.
"At the heart of the dilemma of persistent market weakness in St Bernard is the nagging issue of surplus. Surplus single family homes. Surplus commercial space. Surplus land. Surplus apartment units," the study states. "When there is an excess of anything, its value is, at best, unstable, and more typically, falling."
Following Katrina, the Louisiana Land Trust started with 4,464 vacant lots. Residents have signed about 2,400 purchase agreements for Lot Next Door properties, with about 400 of those still awaiting final sale.
Now, about 1,400 lots are expected to be transferred to the parish in May.
About two-thirds of the remaining 1,400 lots are within flood-prone areas. The study suggests that the parish offer those properties to adjoining property owners at 99-year, $1 a year, lease, providing they maintain the lots to a high standard. Any unclaimed property, the study notes, could be seeded with native plants, or other measures, to reduce maintenance costs.
Most of the remaining third of the lots are single-family zoned parcels. And the czb group has determined that about 170 of those 410 single-family parcels are on blocks that have only sparsely resettled since Katrina and thus "are too weak from a market perspective to attract quality bids at the present time."
That leaves about 240 parcels suitable for sale or auction, according to the study. But, the study states that about 25 of those parcels abut canals and waters and so "represent special future opportunity" and that their potential uses should be analyzed further as part of the on-going comprehensive planning process.
The study recommends conducting three auctions to sell the remaining 215 parcels. It states that the auctions could be conducted over six months. It suggests another about 145, lower-priority single-family zoned lots could then be sold over two subsequent auctions.
Then, once a disposition strategy is in place for the single-family lots abutting canals and waterways, and they are sold, czb suggests that remaining flood-prone lots could be sold, "provided flood mitigation rules have been placed into service on those lots."
The study also recommends enhancing development restrictions to improve home construction on those lots, and it suggests requiring that all buyers occupy single-family homes on the lots within two years of purchase.
Still, though, the study overall is suggesting that the parish hold onto about 925 parcels, totally about 4.9 million square feet that would cost the parish about $800,000 a year in maintenance. As a short-term solution, czb suggests revegetating the lots in a manner that it states could cut down on about 70 percent of that expense.
It states that through such revegetation, grass cutting would only be necessary on a small perimeter of each parcel and thus the total costs would drop to about $230,000 a year.
For the study, the czb group, led by Charles Buki, studied the parish's housing market and related neighborhood conditions between Sept. 15 and Nov. 15. The company also analyzed 10 years of sales records, including evaluating residential real estate transitions in the metro New Orleans area from 2001 to 2011.


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Jack Brown had three hits, including a bases-clearing double, as Hollywood-Rose City survived in a wild 14-12 win over La Grande in a first-round state Little League Majors tournament Saturday at Alpenrose Dairy.
The game, which took nearly three hours to play, featured six lead changes, as the two teams combined for 26 hits off 12 pitchers.
Hollywood-Rose City advances in the winner's bracket, where it faces the Grants Pass-Bend North winner at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
H-RC overcame four La Grande home runs by batting around in the third and fourth innings, scoring five runs in each inning.
Parker Robinson had three hits, including a home run and a double, to lead La Grande. Jameson Halsey, Chance Goodman and Logan Paustian also hit homers for La Grande.
Aside from Brown, Dylan Dernbach had three hits for Hollywood-Rose City.
La Grande wiped out a 3-1 deficit with a five-run third, an inning fueled by homers from Paustian and Halsey. That 6-3 lead was short-lived, as Hollywood-Rose City got two-run hits from Lux Sanchez and Jackson Elder to score five runs in its half of the third.
La Grande came right back in the fourth with another five-run inning, as Austin McDowell had a two-run double and Robinson a two-run homer. La Grande's 11-8 lead only lasted until the bottom of the inning, as Brown's three-run double capped a five-run inning to give Hollywood-Rose City the lead for good.
La Grande loaded the bases in the top of the sixth and scored one run before Mike Clark closed out the game with a strikeout and a fly out.
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After years of debating its value and wrestling with its daily use, we did something drastic. We put away the television.
Brad and I discussed it with the kids before we did anything that might spark a rebellion. Surprisingly, the kids quickly agreed to put the brain sucker away as long as we allowed them an occasional Wii fix.
I know people who are not tempted by their own sets, but we were. Night after night, it beckoned us to watch it. Especially in the dreary winter months, nightly programming promised to warm and entertain us. We let it.
In the process, I'm afraid that it kept us from one another. As we sat in a darkened room with the mesmerizing images flickering before our eager eyes, we chose to communicate with technology rather than one another. Other than the occasional requests for popcorn or to turn up the volume, we sat in our individual comatose states. We were all in the same room, but it hardly qualified as family time.
Once the TV was relegated to the basement, the family room looked empty. (Isn't it ironic that the place where most of us watch television is called a "family room?") Its absence freed us to rearrange the furniture to our liking, rather than grouped around the set.
On the first day, the unscheduled evening hours yawned before us. We paced the house, teased the dog and read the newspaper. When Brad took the boys to their extracurricular activities, my daughter and I took a long walk in the woods.
Kristina and I explored the simple beauty of the trail and noticed the noisy sound of silence. I listened as she talked about her day in unexpected detail, and felt the weight of knowing that this simple activity had not been part of our daily lives. I wondered how often I had refused her so I could watch ABC World News with Charles Gibson instead.
News is important, but real life rules.
As we watched the darkness seep into the woods, the thrill of potential danger made us shiver. "What ifs" were passed silently between us as we headed for home.
"Can I hold your hand, mom?" Kristina asked.
Her request surprised me. "Of course," I said, reaching for her.
I stole glances at my daughter who is just a few inches shorter than I. Soon, she will be a teenager who might feel too old and mature and brave to reach for her mother's hand. But on that night, she was just her mama's little girl. I'll press that memory between the pages of my soul.
I realize our decision to divorce ourselves from network programming will seem odd to some. I also realize it will require more of me as a parent. My children will want more of my time, laughter and conversation. They'll ask me even more questions to which I have absolutely no answers. They'll get into each other's faces and want to fight. And, they'll want to play board games even though board games make me want to poke my eyes out with a fork.
But I know there will come a day when my children will be grown and will no longer be available to me night after night. All that will remain of their childhoods is the memory of what it was like to have them.
Without a doubt, there's an ongoing battle for our minds, time and attention. We must all decide for ourselves the degree to which we will engage with technology. Those who believe that spending hours upon hours with our sets rather than one another risk losing something more important than high quality reception.
During our first television-free nights, I wasn't lured into the economic drama of plunging markets. While cleaning up after dinner, no one called me from the family room with, "Mom, come quick! It's your favorite commercial!" Rather, I just was. And that can be a very good place to be.
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Gear related? Hmmm...put together a ridiculous 16 weeker for the fall.
Sometime this yr will be abombs + test + eq
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Go legit....get on Dr prescribed TRT and supplement with clinics!
Halfway there, got the script from the doc and signed up for the clinic, but ugl is so cheap and diverse I can't quit! Anyway, what doc or clinic prescribes Tren or Abombs LOL
Going to get very lean for spring and summer. Will be TRT and keto cycle from Feb to April. Mid April will start something like below.
1-12 Test C
1-6 Test-1-cyp
7-12 super Var (win/Var mix)
always on GHRPs and 5 on 2 off hCG
I'll probally go hardcore this year with Beta-Alanine and be a top contender in Mr. Olympia. If for some reason that falls through, which it probally won't because of the Beta, I'll go for gaining lean muscle mass. My goal will be to obtain dense, solid, muscle mass. But don't worry about my back-up plan, plan to see me at Mr. Olympia. Team Beta!!!!!
To give Cruise/Blast a shot for the entire year.
Tren e 300 1-12
Equipoise 600 1-12
Primo 300 1-12
T Prop 300-400 1-15
The first 3 Tren Eq and Primo I will be using from Biogen(Cutblend 400), at 3ccs it would give me the above dose, not bad for 60 a pop hopefully its dosed right the prop is also Biogen but seperate from cutblend. Might throw in some winny at the end maybe like 50mg ED for twenty days (1 vile) nothing major.
After this cycle I'm on, I'm going natty for a year to two years.
Im going to get my sleep apnea cured, file down my callouses, and 'accidently' have anal sex with every female I AP
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MOBILE, Alabama - In some ways, Louisiana-Monroe - at least on paper - would appear to be the right opponent at the right time for South Alabama.
The Warhawks, whom USA plays Thursday night at 7:15 p.m. on the road, is 2-7 overall and 1-2 in Sun Belt Conference play, ranking fourth in the West Division. A closer examination of Monroe's stats sheet finds the Wasrhawks last in the conference in scoring offense, scoring margin, free throw percentage, offensive rebounds, offensive rebound percentage and blocked shots.
The Warhawks are next-to-last in the 11-team league in defensive rebounds, defensive rebound percentage, assists-to-turnover ratio, turnover margin, rebounding margin, field goal percentage defense and field goal percentage offense.
But Monroe has one thing in its favor against the Jaguars - it will be playing at home. That's where the Warhawks handed Florida Atlantic, a team with a six-point lead with 2:30 to play last Saturday, a one-point loss thanks to 3-point shooting, including a Trent Mackey trey with 10 seconds to play that was the difference in the 65-64 Monroe win.
"Any time you play on the road, I know it's cliché', but it's difficult,'' South Alabama interim head coach Jeff Price said Wednesday. "... I've always said college basketball is the toughest sport to play on the road. Hopefully we're prepared. We've had a good few days of practice and hopefully we've learned something from the last game, the things we didn't do well, and it's my job to see that we perform better.''
The Jags are coming off a disappointing 63-54 loss to Arkansas State at the Mitchell Center on Saturday, a game in which the Jags shot just 27 percent from the floor and was a terrible 4-of-27 from 3-point range.
"We've focused real hard,'' Price said. "It was just a bad offensive performance the other night for a lot of reasons. Not just because we didn't shoot the ball well, but I thought we were out of sync the whole game starting with changing the lineup. Dre Conner gets hurt and can't play and Mychal Ammons picks up three fouls in the first half.
"We were just never in rhythm and that's the way our shooting went as well - I mean 4-of-27 from the 3-point line. I thought we took too many bad shots, particularly early in the game, and that's on me to make sure we take better shots.''
Monroe is a team that sometimes grabs control of the game's tempo and it's usually not a pace the opponent would prefer to play.
"They are averaging in the 50s, so they are more of a slow-tempo team that has obviously struggled at times but finds a way to stay in games and found a way to beat FAU the other night,'' Said Price. "Any time you go on the road it's a tough game and they were down to FAU pretty much the whole game and at the end of the game, it happened so fast, (they hit) a couple of threes which they are capable of doing and game over. In the league you have to come ready to play our game and we need to be on top of our game when we go in there.''
The Jags will still be without Xavier Roberson, who was suspended for a violation of team and university rules prior to the Arkansas State game. "He's still suspended and (there's) no definite timetable,'' Price said. "It's just a wait-and-see process. ... That's where we're at right now and our guys know we've just got to move forward and handle some adversity. Everybody has to step up and get better.''
Conner sprained his ankle against Arkansas State but took part in half of the Jags' Wednesday practice session. He missed each of the practice sessions prior to Wednesday. "He should be good to go by (Thursday),'' Price said. "I think he can certainly help us in a lot of ways. He should be good to go. ... He turned his ankle in a freak accident in the game and he couldn't get back in. I actually turned around to put him in the game in the second half and he wasn't on the bench. He was with our trainer because he came out for warmups and he couldn't go. It was a lot worse than what we thought but he's steadily getting better.''


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UPDATE: Police release info about last month's armed robbery in Factoria
Following a report by the Bellevue Reporter about an armed robbery in Factoria on Feb. 13, the Bellevue Police Department has released these security camera stills and a description of the suspect.
Fast food may prove a bad decision for a suspect alleged to have robbed a store clerk at gunpoint in Factoria last month, leaving behind a McDonald's receipt police hope will identify the woman who made off with $71 and cigarettes.
A clerk at the Chevron/Brown Bear station in Factoria reported Feb. 13 a woman entered the store shortly after opening that morning wearing a hooded sweatshirt, facial scarf and jeans. The woman took a merchandise item to the counter and requested three packs of cigarettes. A police affidavit for search warrant states the woman struggled in her sweater pockets before dropping a handgun on the floor, which she used to rob the clerk after recovering it.
But police believe she failed to recover a McDonald's receipt that fell out with the gun, which includes a partial credit card number. Bellevue Police requested and were granted a judge's permission on Feb. 27 to search the account information potentially belonging to the robbery suspect.
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – C.J. Mosley has been making plays since his freshman season at Alabama, and some of his biggest came last year.
The junior inside linebacker returned an interception for a touchdown in the Crimson Tide's season-opening victory over Michigan and made a game-saving play in a 32-28 victory over Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, tipping a pass near the goal line as time expired.
He turned down an opportunity to turn pro early, and here he is, preparing for his senior season in spring practice. He's been wearing a black non-contact jersey while recovering from offseason surgery on his right shoulder.
He isn't sure when he will be cleared to hit, "but it won't be this first scrimmage," Mosley said, looking ahead to a Saturday event in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Is that good or bad?
"Good and bad," Mosley said. "I'd like to be out there in the scrimmage hitting, but I'm getting my shoulder right for the future, so I'm taking my time getting ready."
Mosley expects to participate in the scrimmage.
"I just won't be hitting anybody," he said.
He was asked if holding back will be difficult.
"I might put my left shoulder in there," Mosley said with a grin.
Most of the questions Mosley was asked Monday after the Tide's fifth practice of the spring were about how teammates are looking, including two newcomers on offense.
- On Reggie Ragland, who will be a sophomore inside linebacker this fall: "Once he gets his turn he's going to be a great linebacker. He's still learning the defense. We're still working with him, as far as me and Trey (DePriest), and when the scrimmage comes he's got to do what he has to do." Does Ragland just keep getting bigger? "He's one of the big linebackers. As long as he stays at his right size and keeps his head in the playbook, he'll be a pretty good linebacker."
- On outside linebacker Adrian Hubbard, who also decided to return for his senior year: "I talked to him a little about it during the process," Mosley said of that decision. "Once he came back he knew he had to work to get his stock up and become a better player. He's taking over the outside linebacker corps. He's trying to step up. … We came in together, so I know what he can do. I won't be surprised if he has a great year this year."
- On junior-to-be Xzavier Dickson, an outside linebacker who also has been practicing at defensive end: "I saw him today on the line of scrimmage making two plays, so he looks good to me. No complaints. Once you learn two spots, that's good. The more spots you know, versatility, the more time you spend on the field."
- On how former offensive players Christion Jones, Cyrus Jones and Dee Hart are doing this spring as defensive backs: "They are bringing a lot of intensity, a lot of effort to the defense. They are trying to do their best to learn while playing both sides. It's good to see them come over with a willingness to come over to help the team out, help the defense out. You never know. You might need one of those guys in a game on defense. So we're going to do what we can to help them get better on defense."
- On how backup inside linebacker Tana Patrick, a senior-to-be, is doing? "He's doing well. He's still getting in the playbook, learning what he has to do. The linebackers are all like a family, so we're all working with each other to make each other better when we meet after practice each day. We're going to have each other's back." In what ways has Patrick improved? "Knowing his role. Making calls now. Stepping up, playing as a leader."
- On what he has seen so far from O.J. Howard, a highly touted freshman tight end: "I haven't had a chance to cover him yet. He's one of those hard workers. He's doing what he can to try to find a spot on the team. He's one of the players we're going to have to look out for in Saturday's scrimmage. That's one of the areas you look for in the first scrimmage. Everyone's going to have high intensity trying to showcase their talent and their ability."
- On how impressive elite freshman running back Derrick Henry has been: "He hasn't disappointed yet. When Saturday comes, it's going to hit the fan, so we'll see."


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WYOMING -- A school tax rejected by 58 percent of voters may have gone to defeat on the coattails of The Rapid's request for more funding.
The regional public transportation agency's proposal was refused by a 2-to-1 margin at Wyoming polling places where a 0.5-mill sinking-fund tax also was on the ballot.
The school tax was defeated 1,180 to 1,646.
"I voted no for everything," said John Koster, 51. "Our taxes are high enough. There's a lot of people who can't afford to live in their homes now (with the current tax rate).
The school and The Rapid "need to manage their money better, like everybody else."
Most voters surveyed by The Press either favored both the sinking fund and The
Rapid's tax request, or opposed them both.
The school tax generally outpolled the bus levy overall, but likely was dragged down by strong opposition to The Rapid's pitch. Voters favored the sinking fund at only one of 16 polling places.
Superintendent Jon Felske said school board members will compare vote tallies on the two proposals to decide if they should ask for the sinking-fund again in August or November. The levy would have raised an estimated $448,000 per year for certain maintenance on roofs, doors, boilers and parking lots.
"We were not counting on that money, but it's $500,000 worth of maintenance and repairs that obviously would have been a very welcomed addition to a budget that is getting reduced at the state level," Felske said.
"We advertised (the millage) to our school families because, traditionally, they're the ones who are supportive. With another money issue on the table, we didn't want to spend a lot of time trying to compete with it. It would be interesting to see how (school votes) correlate to how the community voted on The Rapid."
At the Calvary Christian Reformed Church polling place, one voter said she opposed the sinking-fund request "because I hadn't heard anything about it," while another saw the tax as a way to prop up schools and property values.
Dwaine Sutton said he didn't know how the schools would use the millage, but "I know the state keeps cutting back on the money they get."
"Schools need more money," said Sutton, 48, whose children went through Wyoming Public Schools.
Donna Doornbos, 62, opposed the millage because she figured all the revenue would be spent on teacher pay and benefits, with little return on academic achievement for students.
"You just keep given them money and it just goes to their pensions," she said. "It's like pouring money into the toilet and flushing it down the hole. They waste way too much."
Wyoming faces a projected $7.4 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that starts in July.
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