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Twenty Ten was an eventful year for me. I started this year working really hard towards a goal of moving up in the company at which I work. I was traveling with the company doing hiring and training. And, while I loved that part of the job I hated being away from home and hated coming back to the every day grind of the job. The longer I waited for the position I wanted the more I realized that the position was not for me. I guess that all the comments from people telling me that I needed to be in the event planning field finally got through my thick skull. So, in April 2010 I decided to step down from my role in my company and instead step into the event styling field slowly with this blog.
|A Well Crafted Party's First Post, "Let's Party" was published on April 26, 2010.
I fell in love with the idea behind the name "A Well Crafted Party." I really love crafts and creating items with my hands (or computer). And, I really love parties. I thought the whole idea fit me and my goal to a T.
Since that first post in April the blog has grown to have 30 followers, 136 Facebook Fans and over 11,000 page views. While I know that might seem small to some bloggers out there I am overwhelmed with excitement… I never thought the blog could go this far! It makes me really want to continue to create and share on the blog. It makes me want to improve and expand! Thank you so much to each of you lovely readers. I hope that some of these past 90 posts have inspired you in some way. I would LOVE to hear any feedback you may have for me and the blog.
To look back on this year a bit I thought I'd put together a few of my own "TOP of 2010" lists.
A Few Resolutions:
When I was younger I would write one resolution for every year I have been alive. I'm too old for that now… It would take forever to remember what the resolutions were much less keep to them! So, I just want to leave a couple resolutions I have for this blog:
Happy New Year to you all!
Thank you for reading A Well Crafted Party!
—Always, Jenni
Jenni, I have enjoyed reading your blog this past year. I am looking forward to reading more.
Jenni, I can't tell you how happy I am that you took the initiative to follow your dream! It's a bold move and not a lot of people can say they've done it. You are truly an inspiration to other ladies out there and I wish you the best for 2011. I'm looking forward to the new blog design and future posts!
I am happy for you ! It's hard to take a leap of faith sometime, so good for you….I am trying to follow my dreams too, and it's not always easy… you are super talented and will do great 🙂
It's amazing how other ppl know you better than you know yourself, huh? I have ppl whispering the same thaughts of party planning in my ear 🙂
Check out my blog, I just started as well: http://www.babicmama.blogspot.com


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Coconut tart
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal567
- fat35g
- saturates20g
- carbs62g
- sugars32g
- fibre5g
- protein6g
- salt0.73g
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 4 cardamom pod, shelled and seeds crushed
- 175g desiccated coconut
- 225g caster sugar
- 25g butter, melted
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- ¾ of a 500g block all-butter shortcrust pastry
- plain flour, for dusting
- 1 egg, beaten
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- Cape gooseberry (also know as physalis), to serve (optional)
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Place a shallow 23cm flan tin on a baking tray. Tip the spices, coconut and sugar into a pan with 150ml water and cook over a low heat for about 5 mins, stirring frequently to ensure the mixture doesn't catch. Set aside to cool.
Meanwhile, roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line the flan tin. Trim off the excess pastry, fill the pastry case with baking parchment and baking beans and cook for 15 mins. Remove the beans and cook for 5 mins more so the pastry on the base of the tin is just cooked, but not brown.
Beat the egg and melted butter into the cooled coconut mixture, then spoon into the pastry case and smooth the top. Bake for 25 mins until the pastry is golden and the coconut pale golden. Serve with cream or real vanilla ice cream and some Cape gooseberries, then follow with cups of black Rooibos tea.
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The tax on business equipment generates $1 billion a year for local governments.
Indiana's House Speaker thinks it's time to let the tax system settle.
The state is about $39 million below its projected revenue levels for this fiscal year.
A study from the Council on State Taxation reports that Indiana's tax burden on businesses is the lowest of any of its neighbors.
The Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault has closed due to outstanding taxes owed dating back to 2012.
A legislative study committee is determining whether to eliminate the business personal property taxes and replace it with other revenue.
Gov. Mike Pence and other tax authorities met Tuesday to discuss ways of simplifying the tax code.
Gov. Mike Pence says he is holding a conference in order to make the tax climate in Indiana more competitive.
Indiana's tax revenue is still $50 million lower than projections with only one month left in the fiscal year.
Indiana's individual income tax burden is 22nd in the nation, despite a business tax climate in the top 10.


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Updated the Brett Gallant note from Day 1. A @capgeek exchange provided a logical reason why Gallant was not on the free agents list.
Hockey Prospectus' Corey Pronman pegs the Islanders' prospects second in the league behind only Tampa Bay.
Columbus signed defenseman Frederic St. Denis, who represented Hamilton at the 2012 AHL All-Star Game in Atlantic City.
Got a kick out of rehabbing Mets reliever Tim Byrdak's new Twitter regalia. (Or maybe not-so-new; just noticed it tonight.)
And a reminder that Wednesday is The Big Assist V at Terry Conners Rink in Stamford.


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River Cats get a new manager
From the Sacramento River Cats minor league baseball team:
Seven-year Major League veteran Steve Scarsone will be the fifth manager in River Cats history, the Oakland Athletics announced today. Rick Rodriguez—who was the A's bullpen coach for the last two seasons after spending 10 seasons in Sacramento—will return as pitching coach in 2013, while Greg Sparks will return for his second season as the club's hitting coach.
The River Cats are a Triple-A minor league baseball team playing at Raley Field in West Sacramento.
Scarsone has managed teams in Single-A Kane County in 2009, Single-A Advanced Stockton in 2010, and Double-A Midland for the past two seasons. He previously managed Single-A South Bend (2001) and Single-A Advanced Lancaster (2002) in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
"The Oakland Athletics are pleased to promote Steve to Sacramento after exhibiting outstanding leadership and development skills at the minor league level," said Keith Lieppman, director of player development for the A's, in a press release. "He not only has shown good leadership qualities as a manager but also is a proven teacher and instructor. We believe he will carry on in the fine tradition of the outstanding young managers that have led the River Cats throughout their history."
In college, Scarsone played at Santa Ana Junior College before being drafted in the second round (32nd overall) of the 1986 January amateur draft by Philadelphia. He made his Major League debut May 15, 1992, and went on to enjoy a seven-year big league career with the Phillies, Orioles, Giants, Cardinals and Royals. During those seven seasons, he combined to hit .239 with 20 home runs, 86 RBIs, and 103 runs scored in 350 career games.
Scarsone also played parts of 11 seasons in the minors, including three seasons in the Pacific Coast League. He enjoyed one of his best seasons in 1998 for the Vancouver Canadians—the franchise that moved to Sacramento following the 1999 season—when he led the team in hits (110), home runs (20) and RBIs (55).
[adrotate group="7″] Rodriguez—the longest tenured pitching coach in River Cats history—returns to Sacramento for the first time since 2010. Rodriguez played four seasons in the major leagues, including two with Oakland and one with San Francisco. He finished his career with eight saves in 31 career appearances. In 11 minor league seasons, he tallied a 52-41 record with a 3.89 ERA spanning 946.2 innings pitched.
The Athletics also announced that Brad LaRosa will return for his sixth season as the River Cats head athletic trainer, and Jared Elliott will join the staff as the strength and conditioning coach after spending the 2012 season with the Midland RockHounds, Oakland's Double-A affiliate.
Scott Emerson—the River Cats pitching coach since 2011—has been named the A's minor league roving pitching instructor
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School district redesigns website
Washington Unified School District in West Sacramento invites you to visit its redesigned website at www.wusd.k12.ca.us.
The site boasts "several customer service-oriented features, including mobile-enabled viewing, a search feature, greatly improved navigation, news/announcements" and more, said a district press release.
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New courthouse: price cut, bonds ready
Construction of the new Yolo Superior Courthouse in Woodland received a green light late October when the State Treasurer completed sale of $133.8 million in lease-revenue construction bonds. The bonds will be repaid over a 25-year period through court user fees and penalties and without the use of any State General Fund monies.
"Over the past two years, many people from the Yolo Court, State agencies, Woodland City Council and staff, and private businesses have devoted extraordinary efforts and time to help us reach the point where, barring unforeseen circumstances, construction of a new courthouse for the Yolo Superior Court will begin in the Spring of 2013. All judges on the Yolo Superior Court are sincerely grateful to those who contributed to this collaborative process" stated Presiding Judge Steve Basha in a press release.
[adrotate group="7″] The project now proceeds to subcontractor bidding, which will be conducted by Hensel Phelps Construction Co., the project's construction manager. Hensel Phelps will issue prequalification guidelines and conduct outreach workshops with the Department of General Services for local subcontractors, to ensure that all qualified subcontractors have the opportunity to participate in the bidding. That process is anticipated to begin in the coming months and notice will be publically announced at that time.
The project is scheduled to start construction in early 2013, with completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2015. A ceremonial groundbreaking will be scheduled soon.
The Yolo Courthouse project survived several rounds of cost-cutting to keep the project alive. The project team, consisting of members from the Yolo Superior Court, the State Administrative Office of the Courts, the project architects, and the construction manager, proposed changes that not only met but exceeded the cost-reduction mandates set earlier in the year by the Judicial Council. In all, the construction budget was reduced by more than $9 million. The team worked to create a well-constructed building while using the latest in cost-savings materials and techniques.
"Even with the cost reductions we achieved, this will be a state-of-the-art building that will meet safety, security, and access requirements as well as being a building that will have the stature and distinguishing characteristics of a courthouse" said Presiding Judge Basha. The new courthouse will be a five-story, 14-courtroom structure located in downtown Woodland between Fifth and Sixth Streets at 1000 Main Street. It will consolidate seven unsafe and overcrowded court facilities under one roof, improving access to justice for all Yolo County residents.
Designed by architects Fentress Architects and Dreyfuss and Blackford of Sacramento, the new Courthouse design features a four-column portico entryway reminiscent of the elegant lines of the old historic Courthouse. The design incorporates many sustainability features and includes numerous energy-saving features that will make the new Courthouse more economical to operate over time.
More information about the new courthouse is available at www.courts.ca.gov/facilities-yolo.htm
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Bagdazian joins WS school board
By Steve Marschke
News-Ledger Editor
West Sacramento's school board on Wednesday interviewed a number of candidates to fill the board seat vacated by Sandra Vargas.
After a round of questions, the board voted 4-0 to ask Elizabeth Bagdazian to serve the final two-years-plus of that school board term.
"I've been involved (in the community) on a number of levels for many years," Bagdazian later told the News-Ledger. "I've been participating in numerous programs. My daughter is 22 now and graduated in 2008 from here. I am in a place now where I felt I could table some of my other projects and make more of a direct impact."
[adrotate group="7″] Herself a graduate of River City High School in 1979, Bagdazian has been a volunteer in the county library's adult literacy program and a member of the local chapter of the Soroptimist International women's service organization.
She is a government relations policy analyst for a private company that works in government relations and lobbying.
On what does Bagdazian hope to focus on as a member of the Washington Unified School District Board of Trustees?
"I'm pretty big on literacy and language arts," she answered. "I think right now what's on everyone's mind are the ballot measures (seeking to raise tax revenues to help fund California's schools). If they fail, we're looking at some pretty hard choices in the district."
How has the board been doing lately?
"I think, for the most part, they're effective," said Bagdazian. "The district has made some pretty good strides with API (student test scores), that's undeniable."
Bagdazian currently has a couple of relatives going to school in WUSD; one nephew at River City High School and another at Bridgeway Island Elementary. She lives in central West Sacramento.
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Lunch with new city manager
Martin Tuttle, West Sacramento's new city manager, will be guest speaker at the chamber of commerce "Break for Lunch" gathering from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 9 at Club Pheasant. Deadline to register is Aug. 8.
Call 371-7042 or visit the calendar section at www.WestSacramentoChamber.com.
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Free oil filter exchange in West Sac
[adrotate group="10″] NEWS-LEDGER — JUNE 20, 2012 —
Yolo County residents can exchange their old used motor oil filter for a comparable new one, free, on Saturday, June 23.
Bring your old filter to any AutoZone or O'Reilly Auto Parts store in West Sacramento or Woodland on June 23 (there's an AutoZone in West Sac at 1400 West Capitol Avenue/corner of Jefferson Blvd.). Limit, two per customer.
For more info, call the Yolo County Environmental Services Division, (916) 617-4590.
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Tuttle 'excited' to take West Sac's helm
By Steve Marschke
News-Ledger Editor
EDITOR'S NOTE: On June 7, the News-Ledger published in online article announcing the appointment of Martin Tuttle to be the next city manager for West Sacramento. Following is an updated version of that story from our June 13 edition, printed after we had a chance to talk with Tuttle and Mayor Cabaldon about Tuttle's selection.
The West Sacramento City Council on Wednesday chose Martin Tuttle as the next city manager. Tuttle is currently deputy director for planning and modal systems at Caltrans, and he will take his new post here on July 10. Tuttle replaces Toby Ross, who is retiring after 10 years at West Sacramento's helm.
"We on the council want to keep challenging ourselves to get better and take the community to the next level," Mayor Christopher Cabaldon told the News-Ledger. "In terms of being able to turn all the knobs and make the bureaucracy work, Marty is a great choice."
[adrotate group="7″] Tuttle's resume includes six years as executive director of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) – an alliance that includes West Sacramento. SACOG has been involved in regional planning, and helped the city find financing for some of the its big infrastructure projects during Tuttle's tenure at SACOG from 1999 to 2005.
But he has been crossing paths with the city and its leaders for even longer.
"I worked for 13 years for (former Assemblyman) Tom Hannigan," said Tuttle, referring to a time when Hannigan represented the city. "Then I ran the Solano Transportation Authority for three years. After I left SACOG, I helped run a development company called New Faze for three years."
Tuttle also worked as land use planning manager for URS before joining Caltrans.
He told the News-Ledger he expects to change his residence from Davis to West Sacramento soon.
What does he see as his strengths?
"I think they were looking for a competent manager who can get results and work well with a cohesive council and staff," said Tuttle. "I think the city has great vision and a great location."
"My skill set is unique," he added. "My work throughout the region, country and state will help bring money and expertise to local projects. I'm excited."
He praised the work of his predecessors at the city manager's desk – Toby Ross and Joe Goeden, who between them held the job for nearly all the city's first 25 years.
[adrotate group="9″] "Marty Tuttle aims high and gets the job done, which makes him the perfect fit for West Sacramento and our city's ambitious vision," said Mayor Cabaldon in a press statement. "Recruiting a manager of this caliber means that West Sacramento won't miss a beat on the waterfront, neighborhoods, the port, flood protection, economic development, prudent budgeting and our other priorities."
Tuttle is a UC Davis graduate and a fourth-generation Californian, reported city spokesman Art Schroeder.
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I would never want to live in New York. But I would want these sandwich options in Lexington. The sandwich offers a bit of a paradox. It is simple to make at home (good bread, good something to put on bread, good some kind of mayo or sauce). And yet, if I see an awesome sandwich place or place that does an awesome sandwich, I won't hesitate to eat there. My home sandwiches remain fairly typical: bread, cheese, mayo, some kind of roasted animal, egg. If I could find a lamb belly supplier, I could return to making lamb bacon and egg sandwiches. Unfortunately, the butcher who said he could provide belly and has provided heart, now says he can't. He did, however, butcher some goat shoulder for me recently.
My favorite sandwiches in Lexington probably come from two places: El Gran Tako (yes, they use a K in their name), and the Habanero Loco food truck. The torta is a Mexican sandwich, pressed bread typically with some kind of fried cutlet or meat inside, maybe some avocado and other veggies and a nice spicy sauce. I will choose an awesome torta over any other Mexican food any day of the week. The tortas at El Gran Tako are all named for Spanish telenovela stars. For some reason, I like that. Growing up in Miami in the '70s and '80s, I never watched Spanish soap operas. I watched Leave it to Beaver instead.
The recent goat browning moment did not turn into a sandwich. My initial thoughts were to slow cook the goat and then slice the result into sandwich meat, but I eventually turned the slow cooked meat into a dish with rice, a dish my wife insisted was "not stew." The dish did contain, as this blog's title reminds us, potatoes. Meat and potatoes, as far as I know, do constitute stew. Good thing I still have another couple pounds of goat shoulder to work with.
When your kids are out of school for a few weeks during December, and when your academic profession also lets you out of going to work for a few weeks, you basically have nothing to do but try to grow a beard and cook goat. You do, however, have two cooped up kids to deal with and, in our case, some meat in the freezer to cook. We're the type of parents who, looking for some way to occupy our kids other than screening Mary Poppins for the 50th time, go to the brewery on firkin day. Every thursday, West Sixth offers a firkin version of one of their beers. At some point this coming year, a place will open next door to West Sixth that will serve fried fish sandwiches. Finally, Lexington will be able to enjoy the merger of craft beer and a good sandwich. It is not much, but it is a start for a town of almost 300,000 that still does not understand the sandwich very well. I also have high hopes for the smokehouse opening across the street from the brewery.
The development occurring around West Sixth answers the question raised by local blog The Lexington Streetsweeper. Does craft inspire development? In West Sixth's case: a coffee roaster, artist group, fish stand, smokehouse, and other items popping up in the brewery's building or around it provides a definite yes. In its first year of operation, the brewery has inspired others to open up businesses in the neighborhood that houses mostly historic homes and run down homes side by side. To our dismay, no one has opened a solid hamburger place near the brewery. Hamburgers, too, are sandwiches (meat in bread). After our Thursday West Sixth visit, my wife wanted a hamburger. Where can you get a good hamburger in Lexington? Side Bar, but a dive bar is not the best place to take a five and two year old on a Thursday, even if it is the terribly late hour of ten minutes to five in the afternoon. We returned, instead, to Village Idiot, part of a mini-Lexington empire of beer. Village Idiot does make a solid hamburger even if they still don't understand the request of "medium rare." Murrays or the pool hall place on Broadway were our ideas of a go to hamburger place in Columbia, Missouri where we used to live, places where medium rare is not only a possibility, but it is an expectation.
All of this discussion might prompt the appropriate beer nerd or cultural lifestyle GQ/Esquire magazine question: what beer goes with a sandwich? I've always wanted to visit Stuffed Sandwich, whose reputation is exactly this mix of proper pairing. I don't want to live in California, but I'm often tempted to visit for the beer (do we think of California and sandwiches as much beyond sprouts and tempeh?). I'm tempted to say an IPA goes with a sandwich no matter what kind of sandwich is served because:
- I like big hoppy West Coast IPAs.
- I don't really care about appropriate food pairings with beer
If I were to write a book about sandwiches and beer – and as an academic with tenure I may just do that one day – I would probably make it very clear that all of my pairings are based on nothing more than: hey, that looks like a good beer and some nicely roasted goat on a baguette with spicy mayo. Or I would likely say: that's a solid IPA. And I will take a sandwich. When we were in Fort Collins a few months ago, I took my bro-venture pals to Choice City Butcher and Deli. Not only does this place make excellent sandwiches, but when you go to pay for your sandwich, they expect you to order a craft beer from one of their amazing twenty or so taps behind the register. If I could, I would have payed Choice City an extraordinary amount of money to relocate in Lexington, Kentucky where their thinking could change everything about the lives of this city's residents. We would never look back if we had a Choice City Butcher and Deli here. But I am an academic, after all, not a profession noted for buying out sandwich and beer places in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The same process of inspiration and development that surrounds a brewery such as West Sixth can be said for craft overall. With each brewery and local selection comes an entire industry of surrounding chatter: tastings at Whole Foods, Twitter handles with beer designations (as Twitter reminds me daily with its various suggestions of who I should follow), YouTube channels of beer reviews, paired dinners at local restaurants, products (high end growlers or growler holders, openers, devices to carry beer in when camping, t-shirts, posters, etc. see Beer West's pages or Beer Advocate's pages devoted to such items), festivals, local tourism, and so on. Sometimes, even sandwiches and hamburgers are included in this type of development (though not yet in Lexington). Craft, in general, does not exist on its own. It generates. It creates. It provides surrounding industries and life styles that the mega breweries never created – unless you count the dive bars that mostly populate the area surrounding the Budweiser plant in St. Louis, for instance. A dive bar, though, is hardly development. And despite how an SNL skit might declare, it's not a sandwich.


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The Flag: The University of Antioquia, since its foundation had among its emblems one green and white flag. In 1962, by order of the provincial government made official the use of a flag should have two equal stripes, the upper and lower green white, ie the same as the University of Antioquia. The white color symbolizes integrity, firmness, loyalty, dignity, honesty and uprightness. Green, meanwhile, represents hope, abundance, freedom, faith, friendship, service and respect. Green is the predominant color in the mountains of Antioquia.
The Hymn: The Author of the lyrics Antioquia was Epifanio Mejia, and was music by the maestro Gonzalo Vidal. In 1962 it was officially adopted as the anthem of Antioquia. Here follows a rough translation.
Oh freedom which to perfume,
the mountains of my land,
let my children aspire,
your fragrant essences,
Oh Freedom!, O Liberty!.
I love the sun because he is free,
on the blue field,
Hurricane because whistles,
freely in the jungles.
The ax that my elders,
I stopped by inheritance,
I love her because his punches,
echo free accents.
Despotic tyrants forge,
long and hard chains,
for the slave humble
knees kissing her feet.
I was born proud and free,
on a mountain of Antioquia,
I take iron hands,
because my neck is heavy.
I was born on a mountain,
my sweet mother tells me,
the sun shone my crib,
on a bare mountain.
I was born free as the wind,
of forests in Antioquia,
as Andean Condor,
that from mountain to mountain flying.
Eagle chick is born,
on top of a rock,
always like peaks,
where cool winds.
The Shield
Coat of Antioquia: A matron dressed and adorned to the Indian, sitting at the foot of a hill gold between banana and palm, with a river flowing at its feet, adorning his head with a cap of the French Revolution. The rulers wanted to record not only the autonomy of the new state, it symbolized the golden mountain of wealth and virtue, with the palm, the triumphs and victories, with bananas, abundance, with the cap, liberty and the matron, race Antioquia.


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Interview today for the job at my old school. I'm an ickle nervous. I need to arrange my outfit ready for when I finish riding (I'm jumping, so let's pray I don't fall off) and ensure I have all the handouts for my presentation. Oh, and questions! I was going to write down some questions! It's always good to have them when going into an interview for something you actually want.
Scratch the ickle ... I am very nervous!
I began writing a screenplay yesterday called "Tapestry of Time" (though I've just googled it and the name isn't free, damnit). It's set in the seventeenth century (obviously) but it is time-travel-y with some fantasy elements. It's quite fun and I enjoy the fact I can just write "wearing a summer dress" rather than go into detail of what a 17thC summer dress actually looked like (apply this to every historical detail). It shows up dialogue strengths and weaknesses though.
It's just a bit of fun. We'll see how it goes.
Right, need to get ready. Now remember, Laura ... you already have one job offer! You will not be left destitute if you do not receive this one.
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Officials Evacuate Residents as Typhoon Approaches
Thousands of residents in the country's northeast are evacuated
Fierce Storms Claim Lives in Midwest
At least 13 people are dead after fierce storms that tore through the Midwest overnight.
Taliban Claims Responsibility to Bombing
The Taliban says the blast was to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden
Obama and Cameron Vow Military Ops will Continue
Military operations in Libya will continue until Moammar Gadhafi stops his attacks
Mississippi Pastor Urges Congregation to Trust God
A Methodist pastor in Redwood, Miss., has urged her congregation to trust God as floodwaters...
Police Raid Meth Lab at Hotel in Walla Walla
Police in raided a Walla Walla motel to get to a methamphetamine lab
NW Rivers Swell from Snowpack
A unusually wet spring and higher than average snowpack are swelling rivers
Massive Fire at Melbourne Factory
A massive fire at a factory in Melbourne, Australia has been brought under control
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Banned From Adopting Russian Children
Americans are now banned from adopting Russian children, and that includes children that were already in the adoption process but hadn't left the country yet. Russia's president signed the ban into effect in retaliation for an American law calling for sanctions against Russian human rights violators.


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Senoia arrests man, 18, for child molestation
An 18-year-old Senoia man faces child molestation charges for actions committed in 2010 and 2011 when he was a juvenile.
The man was charged with two counts of child molestation, according to Senoia Det. Jason Ercole, adding that the man's name is not being released because the crime was committed while he was a juvenile.
Ercole said the man was arrested on July 9 after an investigation conducted by the Senoia Police Dept. that spanned a five-month period.
"The victim made an outcry to a counselor back in February of this year alleging that back in 2010 and 2011, she was sexually molested by her neighbor who at the time was also a juvenile," Ercole said.
Ercole said the counselor, as required by law, notified Senoia police.
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Mrs. Carol F. Wheeler, age 79 of Potsdam, NY died on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Gulfside Regional Hospice House in Zephyrhills, Florida.
Arrangements are with the Garner Funeral Service in Potsdam, NY.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to the Gulfside Regional Hospice at 5760 Dean Dairy Road Zephyrhills, Florida 33541 or at www.grhospice.org.
Friends may call at the Garner Funeral Service on Friday, February 15th from 4-7 pm. The funeral service for Carol will be held at the Garner Funeral Service on Saturday, February 16th at 10:30 am with Rev. Douglas Lucia, celebrant.
Burial will take place at the West Potsdam Cemetery.
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Carol was born December 14, 1933 in Conifer, New York to Clarence and Elizabeth Boyer Laramay. She attended Potsdam Schools. She married Lyle F. Wheeler on April 13, 1954 in Potsdam, New York.
Carol was employed at Potsdam Central School for 26 years and retired as Food Service Manager at the high school. She was a communicant of St. Mary's parish and a devoted follower of St. Jude.
Carol enjoyed her family, friends, going to camp, fishing, snowmobiling, four wheeling, traveling, reading, crafts, and quilting.
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Justin Tuck: Giants need someone who will "light a fire under people"
As the Giants make a push for their first postseason appearance since winning Super Bowl XLVI, a key member of a pair of championship teams in New York believes the Giants are lacking one key ingredient to winning their third NFL title in a decade.
"Just from being in that locker room before, I think one thing they're truly missing is that guy or those guys that can light a fire under people," Tuck told Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News. "They're talented. I know the players on that roster. It's a super-talented group of guys. I don't know, maybe they need a wake-up call? I don't know if that's the right word. It's something off where I don't feel like this team is headed in the right direction for this season.
"Normally when Giants teams are in contention, they tend to get better and more together as the season goes on," Tuck explained. "Maybe a couple losses wouldn't be a bad thing for them. I'm speculating. I don't know this. I'm going from the perspective of being an outsider, but everybody gets all caught up with going into the playoffs with a hot record or high seed. I never wanted to be the top seed. I wanted to be the guy that was overlooked and playing hot at the time."
Both times the Giants won the Super Bowl with Tuck on the team they were overlooked, running the table as the No. 5 seed in 2007 and the No. 4 seed four years later. In 2008, as the No. 1 team in the NFC, they had a one-and-done playoff experience, losing at home to the Eagles, 23-11.
It's hard not to regard Tuck's words as a shot at quarterback Eli Manning, a guy who never has been wired to be demonstrative or demanding like his older brother, Peyton.
"I hate to use the word 'leader,' because there are guys that lead in certain aspects on that football team, but every team [I was on] could point to a guy or couple guys . . . and I don't know if I see that right now," Tuck said.
Tuck seems to hope that he'll provide the spark, from outside the building.
"If I have to be the bad guy, so be it," he said.
Currently, the Giants are on track to once again be forced to try to get to the Super Bowl the hard way. Even if they finish the sweep of the Cowboys on Sunday night, they'll need to make up two games with three to play. Which means that they'll be hitting the road in the wild-card round, heading to a place like, say, Tampa.
Of course, Tampa is where the 2007 Super Bowl run began, followed by trips to Dallas and then to Green Bay. It could play out that same way for the Giants in 2016 — possibly culminating in a third Super Bowl rendezvous with the Patriots.
Dolphins Laremy Tunsil "hurting bad" with shoulder injury
Miami Dolphins rookie guard Laremy Tunsil is trying to stay on the field despite significant pain from a shoulder injury.
"I mean, I'm hurting," Tunsil said Thursday,via Hal Habib of the Palm Beach Post. "I'm hurting bad, but you know I'm going to fight through it. I'm going to give it all I've got.
The injury forced Tunsil to miss the Dolphins game against the San Francisco 49ers two weeks ago. He returned to play on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens and managed to play all 62 offensive snaps despite the injury.
"At the end of the day, I'm here to help the team any way I can," Tunsil said. "We're trying to win games. We're trying to get to the playoff spot, so whatever I can do, I'm going to help."
Tunsil has started 10 games for Miami this season.
Derrick Johnson suffers ruptured Achilles tendon
Chiefs Coach Andy Reid told reporters after Thursday night's 21-13 win over the Raiders that Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon and is done for the season.
"It's a sad deal," Reid said.
Johnson, 34, has played his entire career with the Chiefs and will be missed on and off the field. A first-round pick in 2005, Johnson was named to the Pro Bowl last season for the fourth time and had started every game this season and last season.
Johnson suffered the injury in the second quarter of Thursday night's game. He seemed to know immediately that something was wrong, tossing his helmet as he awaited attention from the team's medical staff.
Thursday Night Football recap: Chiefs get big plays from Hill, hang on late
Two touchdowns by dynamic rookie Tyreek Hill and a dominant defensive effort helped the Chiefs score a 21-13 win over the Raiders Thursday night.
Both teams are now 10-3, and since the Chiefs have swept the season series they have the inside track towards winning the AFC West and also a first-round playoff bye.
The Chiefs never allowed Raiders quarterback Derek Carr to get comfortable in cold conditions, and the Raiders mounted just two significant drives all night. They scored on the first one, late in the first half, but turned the ball over on downs with two minutes left in the game and didn't get it back.
The Raiders got just three points out of two Chiefs turnovers early in the second half, and that was the story of the night. The Chiefs made the few big plays in the game — on both sides of the ball — while the Raiders kept coming up a play or a step short.
The Chiefs scored all their points in a span of 8:26 in the second quarter. Hill got the game's first touchdown on a 36-yard touchdown pass from Alex Smith early in the second quarter, then returned a punt 78 yards that made it 21-3.
Carr was 17-of-41 passing for 117 yards, and the Chiefs' defense kept answering the call. The Raiders were 5-of-18 in trying to convert third downs, 1-of-3 on fourth down and finished with 244 total yards on 73 offensive plays.
The Raiders had a six-game win streak snapped and fell from No. 1 to No. 5 in the AFC projected playoff standings. The Chiefs won despite turning the ball over three times because of Hill's big plays and their defense.
The Raiders got 15 yards or fewer on four of their six possessions in the second half. They got their only second-half points after moving only four yards early in the third quarter after a T.J. Carrie interception.
Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith threw for 202 yards in the first half and finished with 264. Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce had his fourth straight game over 100 receiving yards, and backup running back Charcandrick West ran for the Chiefs' other touchdown.
The Raiders played without guard Kelechi Osemele, a late scratch due to illness, and outside of Latavius Murray running 22 times for 103 yards they never established much of anything offensively. With a little over nine minutes left Carr threw the ball deep on third down, and Amari Cooper was wide open. It wasn't clear if Cooper lost the ball in the lights or just didn't catch it after getting behind the defense.
It was that kind of night for the Raiders, and Hill's big plays left them chasing, unsuccessfully, for the game's last three quarters.
Raiders' defense holding up its end of the deal
The Raiders started the third quarter by forcing two turnovers, and they feel they should be closer than they are.
Two turnovers only led to three points, and the Chiefs lead midway through the third quarter, 21-13. Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 33-yard field goal after a T.J. Carrie interception to start the second half.
Raiders All-World linebacker Khalil Mack had a strip-sack of Alex Smith on the next possession, but the Raiders couldn't generate any offense off of it. On the second field goal try it appeared there was a bad snap. By the time Raiders punter Marquette King gathered it, he was forced to try to run and he ended up going nowhere.
The Chiefs led, 21-3, midway through the second quarter. The Raiders closed it to 21-10 late in the second quarter on a Latavius Murray touchdown run.
More big plays from Tyreek Hill spark Chiefs to lead
The Raiders showed some life late in the first half, and it's a good thing they did. Thursday night's game was on the verge of getting really ugly.
The Chiefs dominated for much of the first half, and at halftime they hold a 21-10 lead. The Raiders trimmed the lead on a Latavius Murray touchdown run with 14 seconds left in the half.
A 36-yard touchdown pass from Alex Smith to Tyreek Hill early in the second quarter gave the Chiefs a 7-3 lead. After a quick stop the Chiefs drove again with big passes to Travis Kelce and Chris Conley to set up a Charcandrick West touchdown run and make it 14-3.
Hill had a 78-yard punt return to make it 21-3. It was the ninth touchdown the speedy rookie has posted this season.
Smith was over 200 yards passing a little over 20 minutes into the game. Midway through the second quarter the Raiders had 35 yards of offense, and three Chiefs receivers had more than 35 receiving yards.
At halftime, Smith has 202 passing yards vs. just 77 for his counterpart, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr. Hill has three catches for 53 yards in addition to his punt return.
Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson left in the second quarter with what the team announced as an Achilles injury. He won't return.
Chiefs dominating, hold 14-3 lead
A 36-yard touchdown pass from Alex Smith to Tyreek Hill early in the second quarter gave the Chiefs a 7-3 lead on the Raiders. After a quick stop the Chiefs drove again with big passes to Travis Kelce and Chris Conley to set up a Charcandrick West touchdown run and make it 14-3.
Smith is over 200 yards passing a little over 20 minutes into the game.
Hill's touchdown capped a five-play, 70-yard touchdown drive for the Chiefs, who are dominating the yardage and time of possession. Hill has eight total touchdowns this season.
Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is off to a 3-of-9 start for 10 yards.
The 10-2 Raiders have won six straight. Dating back to last season, the 9-3 Chiefs have won eight straight AFC West games.
Raiders get early turnover, big defensive stand
It's cold in Kansas City, and Thursday night's Chiefs-Raiders game is off to a strange start.
After a puzzling challenge by the Chiefs and then an automatic turnover review two plays later, the Raiders kept the ball — the original call was a catch and fumble by Amari Cooper — and then got a 44-yard field goal from Sebastian Janikowski to take 3-0 lead.
The Chiefs came right back, getting a 39-yard pass to Chris Conley to move into Raiders' territory, but then turned the ball over on downs following two rather lame and predictable runs right into the middle on third and fourth downs.
The Raiders went three and out to open the game, but Chiefs rookie Tyreek Hill fumbled the ensuing punt and Raiders backup linebacker James Cowser recovered at the Chiefs' 38-yard line.
Janikowski has not missed from under 45 yards this season.
Kelechi Osemele won't play due to illness
Raiders guard Kelechi Osemele will not play Thursday night at Kansas City due to an illness.
Osemele, who's in his first year with the Raiders after signing as a free agent last March, has been a key player for one of the league's best offensive lines. He had been listed on the injury report as questionable due to a knee injury, not an illnes.
Osemele has not missed a game this season. Jon Feliciano, a second-year player, is listed as the No. 2 left guard on the Raiders' unofficial depth chart, but the team is listing Vadal Alexander as the unofficial starter in his place.
The Raiders had previously ruled safety Karl Joseph, outside linebacker Shilique Calhoun and defensive tackle Stacy McGee as out due to injuries.
The Chiefs are healthy and have no injury-related inactives. Wide receiver Jeremy Maclin returns, as expected, from a three-game absence.
Jordan Reed thinks he can deal with the pain, play Sunday
Redskins tight end Jordan Reed was again a limited practice participant Thursday, and after practice Reed told reporters he's "optimistic" about his chances of playing Sunday at Philadelphia.
Reed suffered an AC joint separation in his left shoulder at Dallas on Thanksgiving. Though he returned and finished the game, he didn't play last week.
Reed, who shares the team lead with 59 receptions, told reporters he's feeling better and hopes he'll get the go-ahead to play Sunday as the Redskins need a win to keep their playoff hopes alive.
"It's painful but something I can deal with," Reed said.
Rams have no comment on report of dysfunction
Thursday began with a bit of a bombshell from Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com regarding the extent of the dysfunction in the Rams organization. Recent comments from coach Jeff Fisher deemed critical of the team's personnel function became the catalyst for anonymous quotes from an unnamed Rams source criticizing Fisher for an apparent effort to shift blame.
The Rams have no comment regarding the report, pointing out that Fisher likely would address the situation at his next press conference. It's scheduled for Friday at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET.
Fisher, who faced repeated questions last week regarding Eric Dickerson's relentless effort to get Fisher fired, surely will be pressed for his reaction to the news that someone in the organization criticized him without attaching a name to it.
"It pissed me off because I knew it was meant as a shot," the unnamed Rams source told Breer regarding Fisher's apparent attempt to shirk blame for the quality of the roster. "You see it under that umbrella — 'We need to do a better job in personnel.' OK, but you want everyone to think that you have full control. You can't have it both ways, and it can't always be the talent. Look at the roster, 2012 to now. In '12, Jeff did a masterful job with what he was given. But we've gotten more talent, and we've gotten worse."
There can be little doubt that Fisher wanted, and acquired, full control in 2012. After Fisher picked the Rams over the Dolphins, he told Michael Silver (then of Yahoo! Sports) that Fisher wanted to be able to run the show.
"At the end of the day I wanted the ability to have final say, with a General Manager I could build something with," Fisher said.
So, basically, all roads lead back to Fisher, both as to coaching and as to personnel. If there's a problem with coaching, it's ultimately on him. If there's a problem with personnel, it's ultimately on him.
On Friday, it'll be interesting to see how questions from reporters about these realities ultimately are answered.
Cam Newton: I'm not above the law
Cam Newton doesn't mind taking the criticism, he's used to that.
But what the Panthers quarterback couldn't handle were reports that his benching in Seattle Sunday night was related to something more nefarious than not wearing a tie on the team's flight from San Jose to Seattle.
"I violated the wardrobe [policy] and that's it," Newton said, via Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer. "You don't have to dig into certain stories that [I] violated curfew, was out at a club, somebody was caught in the room."
For his part, Newton has owned the fact he broke Ron Rivera's ties-on-a-plane policy, and hasn't rebelled against his coach's punishment. Rivera has said throughout that he was simply being consistent in his enforcement of his dress code, whether it was the reigning MVP or a special teamer.
And Newton seems to understand that.
"That's just a warning for everybody," Newton said. "And at no point in time or even still do I think I'm above the law. I never thought that. I'm not that type of player. A lot of people might think that from the outside looking in. It doesn't bother me because they don't know me.
"For anybody's who's ever known me or was on my team, they would know this situation could have been prevented because of my decision."
With a little luck, that should put a bow on TieGate for the Panthers, who have knot quite reached their goals this season.
Report: Patriots signing Griff Whalen
Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola is out with a high-ankle sprain and the hope is that he'll be well enough to rejoin the team for the postseason, but his absence at present may have spurred a roster move on Thursday.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team is signing wide receiver Griff Whalen after he worked out for the team. According to a report from ESPN, former Packers wideout Jared Abbrederis also worked out.
Whalen caught two passes in eight appearances for the Chargers earlier this season. He spent the previous three years with the Colts and caught 45 passes, although Patriots fans may remember him best for his role on the snapper on the Colts' ill-fated swinging gate fake punt from last season.
Julian Edelman, Malcolm Mitchell and Chris Hogan are the healthy Patriots wideouts at the moment with both Edelman and Hogan absent from the injury report this week after making frequent appearances over the course of the season.
Brandon Marshall: Pain pills mask my memory of 3-TD game
In 2014, Brandon Marshall had a three-touchdown game against the 49ers. As Marshall and the Jets prepare to play the 49ers on Sunday, he was asked what he remembers about that game. The answer? Not much.
That's because, Marshall says, he was using so many painkillers to play through an ankle injury that he was in a fog mentally, even as he was able to perform well physically.
"I don't really remember much about that game because I worked really hard to get back from a high ankle — well, I don't want to go there. Um, well, I'll say it: I took a couple pain pills. I took a couple pain pills that masked the pain. I really wasn't supposed to play. I came back from a high ankle within 10 days. I was supposed to be out four to six weeks. I don't really remember much about that game. I just remember catching those balls and that was pretty much it," Marshall said.
With the NFL facing a lawsuit related to painkillers, that's the type of story that the league would prefer not to hear. It's also the kind of story that raises questions about why the league is so adamant that players not use marijuana, when many players view it as a safer way to manage pain than the painkillers that team doctors prescribe.
Eric Berry moves toward another payday
Eric Berry's big year is laying the foundation for another big payday.
The Chiefs safety, to whom the team applied the franchise tag after his prior contract expired, didn't sign a long-term deal before July 15. It means that the Chiefs soon will have to decide whether to apply the tag to Berry again, or to sign Berry to a long-term deal.
The tag won't be cheap. At $10.806 million for 2016, Berry will be owed a 20-percent raise under the tag for 2017. That's $12.96 million for one season at the safety position, nearly $500,000 more per year than safety Tyrann Mathieu is getting under his top-of-the-market deal.
It becomes even harder to negotiate a long-term deal, since Berry can force his way to the market in 2018, unless the Chiefs plan to give him the quarterback version of the franchise tag to keep him in place for another year.
Berry, who turns 28 later this month, showed on Sunday how important he is to the Chiefs defense. Apart from his contributions on the field, his leadership and personal story of overcoming serious adversity make him even more valuable.
The challenge becomes attaching the right value to his contract, and ultimately finding a way to bridge the gap between what he wants and what the Chiefs will pay.
Here's the simple reality: If the Chiefs won't pay him what he wants, someone else possibly will. Like, for example, the team in his home state of Georgia that Berry singlehandedly defeated with a pick six and a game-winning pick two.
Berry gets another chance to demonstrate his value to the Chiefs tonight, in a prime-time matchup with the Raiders. Which only happens to have the AFC West crown essentially hanging in the balance.


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How can I get through to my 9 year old stepson and get him to care again?
My stepson (who is now almost 10) moved in with us full time almost 2 years ago. He doesn't have any contact with his mother - her choice. We know that this must me excruciating for him but he doesn't talk about her at all. Last year when he was in 2ND grade, he was diagnosed with ADHD and we chose to go with the pediatrician's recommendation of medication. This seemed to work wonders on getting him to focus in school. He started 3rd grade good this year but right after Christmas break, things went down hill fast. He stopped putting effort in his school work. Has all but refused to finish simple homework assignments. He's not doing the simple chores at home anymore - we've even decreased the amount of chores that he is responsible for, thinking that we were putting too much pressure on him. Did not make a difference. We have a younger child at home (6 years old) and he has no problems doing his chores and the homework that he brings home. I'm trying really hard not to compare them but if a 6 year old can do it - why can't a 9 year old! We've tried grounding him, spanking, time-outs, taking toys away, etc - NOTHING WORKS! We've done the parent/teacher conferences and now they are worried about him moving to 4Th grade where the expectations are higher. I don't know what to do! We have stopped allowing him to play sports until his grades/effort in school improves but that doesn't even seem to motivate him... I NEED help because I feel completely helpless now!In Topics: Motivation and achievement at school, Helping my child with school work and home work, Discipline and behavior challenges
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-- Dave Bautista says former WWE alum MVP will accompany him to the ring for his first professional MMA fight which takes place tonight in Providence, RI on Direct PPV.
-- Bautista told Sports Vibe in the UK that he's getting a lot of support from friends in WWE and TNA: "They've wished me good luck," Batista said. "MVP is coming to watch this fight and he will be on the ring walk with me as well, which will be great." You can read the Sports Vibe interview at this link.


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Global phone juggernaut Nokia has solidly remained at the top of the list with 470 million phones shipped, while Sweden's Sony Ericsson brings up 5th place with a very respectable 96.6 million handsets shipped.
Not making the list this year was the G4TV E-Z Phone 3.8 with a disappointing 0 handsets shipped.
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Matt Kenseth led Joe Gibbs Racing with a fourth-place finish in today's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Meanwhile a late-race pit road speeding penalty took Kyle Busch from a certain top five to a 13th-place finish and Denny Hamlin drove his way to seventh-place finish.
With two races remaining in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, Kenseth is now seven points behind Jimmie Johnson, who won today's race. Kyle Busch gained one spot in the standings and is now fourth 52 points behind Johnson.
Kenseth started the No. 20 Home Depot Let's Do This Toyota from the sixth position and was able to make his way into the top five through the opening green flag run. He would drop back outside the top five following an early pit stop, but managed to work his way back up front to run fifth at the 100 lap mark. He would climb all the way into the second position and ultimately led his first lap of the day on lap 126 during a round of green flag pit stops. Kenseth would settle into the second position behind the 48 car where he remained at the halfway point. NASCAR would rule that the 20 car was too fast upon exiting pit road on lap 173 and Kenseth would have to bring his car back down pit road to serve a pass through penalty. That would drop him from the second position all the way back to 16th as the last car on the lead lap. He would line up 13th for a restart on lap 194 and was back in 10th by lap 200 and was seventh on lap 212. A solid stop by his Home Depot team would line him up fourth for a restart with 72 laps remaining. He would hold that spot through the next green flag run and through a round of green flag stops with 36 laps remaining. Kenseth was able to hold onto to fourth at the checkered flag.
Hamlin started the No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota in 14th and raced just outside the top 15 through the early going. Adjustments during early race pit stops would begin to help his Camry turn better in the corners and Hamlin would climb back inside the top 15 by the 100 lap mark. He was running 11th on lap 140 and remained just outside the top 10 at the halfway mark. A good stop by his FedEx crew would put him back inside the top 10 for a restart on lap 194. Hamlin would benefit from another great stop by his team with 72 laps remaining that allowed him to line up seventh on the ensuing restart. The team would pit with just under 40 laps remaining and once the field had cycled through the round of green flag stops he was running in 11th once again. Hamlin drove his way back into the top ten over the final laps and went on to finish seventh.
Busch started the No. 18 Snickers Toyota in fifth and was able to race his way up into second during the opening couple of green flag runs. Unfortunately his right front tire would begin to come apart on lap 58 which sent the 18 car into the outside wall. Busch would bring the car down pit road for repairs and the Snickers crew was able to fix the damage to keep him on the lead lap. Despite losing a lot of track position the fast work allowed Busch to begin working his way back toward the front. He would be back inside the top 15 by lap 100 and was running 12th on lap 115. He would re-enter the top 10 by lap 140, but Busch called back into crew chief Dave Rogers again on lap 160 to report he felt he might have another issue with his tires. They made the decision to take no chance and Busch came back down pit road on lap 162 for fresh tires and fuel. Once the field had cycled through Busch was back in the second position. He would remain second for a restart on lap 194 but shortly after passing lap 200 he would radio in that his temperatures were running high caused by debris on the grill. Busch would drop a couple positions and managed to get behind another car knocking the debris from the front of his car. A great stop by his Snickers team would allow him to restart second with 72 laps remaining. He would bring the car down pit road with 36 laps remaining for what the team hoped would be the final time, but NASCAR ruled he was speeding resulting in a pass through penalty. That left Busch back in 15th as the last car on the lead lap once the field had cycled through stops. He would gain two spots over the course of the final laps to finish 13th.
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Kebab Recipes
by Steven Raichlen
On the menu:
Basil Grilled Shrimp Kebabs
Chicken Spedini on Rosemary Skewers
Basil Grilled Shrimp Kebabs
Here's a colorful shrimp kebab that's always a hit at a party. The basil imparts a wonderful, fresh herb aroma.
Serves 4.
24 large shrimp
For the marinade:
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
salt and plenty of freshly ground black pepper
For the kebabs:
1 bunch of fresh basil (24 large leaves)
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1 inch squares
1 yellow or green bell pepper, cut into 1 inch squares
bamboo skewers
Cooking Instructions:
Place the shrimp in a bowl and stir in the ingredients for the marinade. Marinate for 15 to 20 minutes. Meanwhile, soak the bamboo skewers in cold water to prevent them from burning.
Nutrition Facts (per serving):
Calories: 230
Fat: 7 grams
Saturated Fat: 1 grams
Sodium: 560 milligrams
Total Carbohydrates: 10 grams
Protein: 42 grams
% calories from fat: 11%
% calories from saturated fat: 3%
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Chicken Spedini on Rosemary Skewers
Spedini is the Italian word for a shish kebab. This one features the bold flavors of sage and prosciutto. Jaws will drop when you serve them, as the skewers for the kebabs are actually sprigs of fresh rosemary.
Note: When using rosemary skewers, make a "starter hole" in the meat with a slender bamboo or metal skewer.
Serves 4.
1-1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
24 pearl onions
3 very thin slices prosciutto (about 1 ounce), cut into 1 inch squares
1 bunch sage leaves, stemmed (24 leaves)
freshly ground black pepper
24 stiff sprigs fresh rosemary or bamboo skewers, each about 5 inches long
for basting:
1 clove garlic, chopped
½ teaspoon
2 tablespoons
fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon water
Nutrition Facts (per serving about 6 skewers):
Calories: 240
Fat: 3 grams
Saturated Fat: 1 grams
Sodium: 560 milligrams
Total Carbohydrates: 10 grams
Dietary Fiber: 2 grams
Protein: 34 grams
% calories from fat: 55%
% calories from saturated fat: 8%
Steven Raichlen is the author of 20 books, including the IACP/ Julia Child Award-winning Barbecue Bible and the new Barbecue Bible Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades (both published by Workman) and the High-Flavor, Low-Fat Cooking series, which won two James Beard Awards. He recently created a Barbecue University at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. You can reach him at his web site: www.barbecuebible.com.
He has appeared numerous times on national television, including The Today Show and Good Morning America as well as CNN and The Discovery Channel. Raichlen lives in Coconut Grove, Florida, with his wife Barbara.


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I'm asked to write the number 5/i in the a+bi form. The format is such that I can only enter the values of a and b in the computer. I'm not sure what I should write. Can anyone help me please?
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The police seem to check me out but I doubt it is for a positive reason.
I'm just curious, do you guys often get checked out in public? I just though i'd create this thread because i see it all the time. I was at the beach the other day and i saw so many guys checking out all the chicks walking across them. I also caught quite a few women looking at me when i was walking along the shoreline or playing volleyball with my friends.
Ladies - How do you feel when guys check you out in public? Does it make you uncomfortable or does it boost your self esteem? Do you often get looked at when you're at the beach, wearing certain clothes or just all the time? Do you like it when attractive guys check you out but not when a non-attractive guy is?
Guys - I know it's pretty rare for girls to check you out, but i'm pretty sure you all love it when they do since i always do from my experience. Did you notice any difference before you trained and after you trained (2+ years later). Do you get more attention? If a certain girl keeps looking at you but looks away when you look at her, do you have the sudden urge to approach her?
The police seem to check me out but I doubt it is for a positive reason.
Maybe it's because you have a shady, suspicious looking appearance.
I am horrible about checking out girls. I stare like shit and don't mean to. It's terrible. I feel like a jackass, but dammit I can't help it.
I never really notice that I get checked out much, but I catch the occasional glance. I think women are better at hiding it. When I was in Europe a few summers ago my dad told me that I got checked out quite often and I never really even noticed it. It's a nice ego boost, but I don't get too cocky about it.
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Ya, i agree. Women are very good at hiding it, especially if they are wearing sunglasses. I don't mind getting checked out because i guess it shows that i'm at least decent looking compared to the average joe but i don't get cocky like you said.Originally Posted by CowPimp
I stare all the time too and never realize it.Originally Posted by CowPimp
Maybe I get checked out when I don't have my shirt on, but that is probably because I am so pale. Sometimes I think I am pretty tanned, but then compared to everyone else, I'm super white.
RacistOriginally Posted by fufu
Be more specific, my friendOriginally Posted by DOMS
Is it often you get checked out or often you check them out.
Sorry, but I'm at a client's. I'll provide details tonight.
Well, your post in entitled, "Getting checked out in public."Originally Posted by shiznit2169
I'm not super-model material, but I get checked out pretty much every day. I go to a lot of clients, often with girls that have never seen me before, or see me rarely. It also happens a lot in public.
Here are two I've posted before (older one's, but still valid). They go a bit beyond "checking out":
A few months ago I stepped out onto the front steps of the building that I work in to make a phone call on my cell. As I was talking on the phone this car pulls up with four very hot looking girls who looked to be from 18 to 23 years old. Three of the girls exited the car. Two of the girls were leaving and the third way saying her goodbyes. Then, as the two girls started to walk away, the third girl (about 18 years old) looks up at me and whipped up her shirt showing me her very full and nearly gravity-defying breasts. Then she smiled, got into the car, and drove away.
Screw body fat percentages.
Screw arm, waist, and chest measurements.
Screw max lifting weights.
A very hot, very young, nubile girl flashed me.
Yep, I think my bodybuilding is coming along just fine...I was at lunch (grilled chicken, vegies, and a diet Dr. Pepper) and reading a book (on anatomy and physiology) at a local food court when this rather good looking girl sits down at the table next to mine. I glance up at the movement then continued on with my lunch. A few moments later I heard someone say "excuse me". It took me a moment to figure out that my attention was being sought. I looked up and found that girl was staring at me. It turns out that she just finished a bit of shopping. She had been trying to find the right perfume for herself. She wanted to get my opinion on the various perfumes that she had had sprayed on various parts of her body and wanted to get my opinion if she had purchased the best one. Needless to say...scratch that, this needs to be said: I spent the better part of an hour smelling various parts of her body. It turns out that she is also 18 years old. What is it with 18 year olds and me? Oh, and by the way, her name is Valerie and she used to do gymnastics.
God I love being alive! Viva bodybuilding!!!
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Yes, bodybuilding gets you checked out.
No, it won't be a deciding factor if you plan on getting laid.
Originally Posted by ForemanRules
italian men are fun to check out.... and all the other ones too pretty much but women are very observant. we can check you out pretty well without you even noticing it. if you look at us n we are blushing you just got checked out n we liked what we saw.
you don't get what you wish for ~ you get what you work for
Must you be so loud!Originally Posted by MyK
You grew bigger, that's not the same one is it?
He stole it from BigDlyOriginally Posted by min0 lee
I thought he stole it from you again.Originally Posted by ForemanRules
BigDyl stole big smileys ideas from me! That ninja!
In class today two girls were making comments about my body ( I think I was intended to hear them) , the class is 28+ women and myself....to be honest I really had no idea what to do or say.Originally Posted by shiznit2169
You're so lucky to have girls in your classesOriginally Posted by ForemanRules
Unfortunatly I am the same way when I see a hot guy...I'm apparantly not as good as other women about being subtleOriginally Posted by CowPimp
Your upset because the only person that checks you out is that creepy homeless guy.
Great. Now I feel bad...
If someone is checking me out, I assume that I have a booger hanging out of my nose.


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My girlfriend (who is over 21) has been trying to get a credit card. She has no credit at all (and nothing negative either) and was declined from a Citi Student Visa as well as a Visa through her bank (which she has a 5 year history). She has a good amount of income. I'm imagining it's these new laws that are making it so hard (I had no problem getting a Citi Student Visa with no credit or income). What is the next thing to try? I know she doesn't want to keep applying and getting denied because that looks bad on your report.
A few years ago when the CU I had 2 accounts with denied me a Secured CC, I went to Bank of America. I didnt have any problem getting approved, I made all my payments on time, and in nine months went unsecured. I had extremely poor credit. So, in my experience, BOFA as been an asset to me.
I hear Orchard Bank is an ok rebuilder card. Im new to all of this, so more experienced people may chime in with better advice. Good luck!
She probably has to start with a secured card (IMO preferably 2), and then it she treats it well, she should have good credit.
It is best to put down as large a deposit as one can afford so you have a decent limt for use without getting close to the limit.
Do a litle research before you do you next applicaion. I like
1. CITI has a nice secured where the money goes into 18 month CD, AF $29. Deposit is fixed for 18 months.
2. Capital One has new secured card for young adults where you can get unsecured CLI with good use, AF $24 Can easily add to deposit along the way.
Others with good securd cards include
Wells Fargo
US Bank
Also check out your local credit unions, they often are very good with new people starting out.
If you can join NFCU I would get their secured card. It reports as an unsecured if I remember everything right
Also you can ask somebody to add you as an AU to his cards with good history and get like a store card, local CU card, overdraft protection at your local bank. Hope this helps
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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
An International Journal on the Geophysical, Geochemical, Petrological, Economic and Environmental Aspects of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
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(1) Geological aspects of volcanic systems: volcano stratigraphy, structure and tectonic influence; eruptive history; evolution of volcanic landforms; eruption style and progress; dispersal patterns of lava and ash; analysis of real-time eruption observations.
(2) Geochemical and petrological aspects of volcanic rocks: magma genesis and evolution; crystallization; volatile compositions, solubility, and degassing; volcanic petrography and textural analysis.
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Standing outside London's oldest surviving perfumery Floris, with its original shop front, you'd be forgiven if you thought you'd been taken back to the 18th Century. Having been situated on Jermyn Street since 1730 and still owned by descendants of founder Juan Floris these 280 years later it is fair to say that the team know more than a thing of two about the magical world of fragrance.
Stepping inside the perfumery, you're instantly immersed into its rich heritage with display cabinets dating from the Great Exhibition of 1851 housing bottles that are as old as the premises themselves. Even though the perfumes are no longer made on site, the techniques and scents that they use today pay homage to the original creations.
Perfume became fashionable in the late 18th century at a time when personal hygiene and London's sewers had yet to be discovered. Needless to say London and the people who lived there stank! It was under these conditions that Menorcan born Floris arrived and created his signature eau de perfume, Limes to mask these nasty smells.
Limes became the foundation of a range of perfumes that were worn by men and women alike (in the early days of perfumery, scents were not gender specific). Beau Brummell, Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley were all faithful Floris customers. Much later, both Winston Churchill and Eva Perón wore a night-scented jasmine in scent No. 127. The James Bond novelist, Ian Fleming, was also a fan. He wore perfume No.89 and had his special agent bath in it in Dr No (Floris was also name-checked in Diamonds are Forever and Moonraker). Marilyn Monroe was also said to wear the Rose Geranium perfume - she bought six bottles of it when she visited the UK.
Perfume has gone hand in hand with fashion since the beginning of time. Floris, with its royal warrant and A-list fans, has always been there right at the top – making it the global brand it is today. Their latest collaboration in the fashion world is with Savile Row tailor, Spencer Hart. They've created a fragrance that complements the 1950s style suits that evoke the Rat Pack and are now worn by Alex Turner from The Arctic Monkeys and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The royal warrant that sits majestically above the shop front is evidence of its patronage by the British monarchy. Granted in the 1800s by George IV Floris has been creating and supplying perfume for the royals ever since. For Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Floris created two scents that were hand delivered to Buckingham Palace. The Queen's lady-in-waiting sent a message to say that she loved them. Wills and Kate were also given a "Wedding Bouquet" to mark their marriage.
You don't have to be royal or famous to enjoy having a perfume created especially for you. Bespoke fragrances are a large part of their business today. With more than 200 ingredients per bottle experienced perfumer Sheila can guide you in your choice of customizing a fragrance or creating one from scratch. Select your favourite scents, wear them on your skin to get a feel for them and then let the expert mixing begin.
* Floris recently opened a smaller, bespoke boutique in Belgravia. Their perfumes can also be found in John Lewis, Peter Jones, Harrods and Fortnum and Masons.