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Ferrari has announced the price for it's FF, a car which which represents a new direction for the Italian automaker. The FF mixes staggering performance delivered by its 660 bhp 6.3 litre V12 engine with the ability to use the performance under various conditions thanks to is unique four wheel drive system. It also has seating for four people and boot space that can actually be used for transporting luggage.
"This new Ferrari takes the prancing horse into new territory, matching the legendary performance, style and driving excitement expected of a Ferrari with new levels of ability thanks to its unique four wheel drive system and its spacious and flexible interior which makes it the most useable and versatile supercar built by Ferrari," says Kevin Wall, General Manager of European Automotive Imports, the official Ferrari importer in New Zealand and Australia. "It is, therefore, no surprise, to learn that this new model has generated new levels of excitement and interest amongst both existing Ferrari owners and prospective owners. Although the first Ferrari FF will arrive for its new owner in early 2012, we have sufficient expressions of interest in Ferrari's new super car to take us into 2013." Continue reading "Ferrari announces NZ price for FF Supercar – $635,000" »


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Wendell Berry, This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems
In the five short months of the existence of the Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives, I have met hundreds of State Department colleagues who work extraordinarily hard to make the world a better place. And while most of us aren't filling actual barns, our hands do ache, and our faces do sweat in the tasks of fighting poverty, promoting an array of human rights, and building peace.
The State Department is composed of people drawn from all the world's faiths, as well as people who profess no particular faith. What we do have in common is a belief that working for peace and justice are good and noble things, worthy of spending our precious time and lives pursuing.
While our work is never completed, and people do still hunger for peace in the world, it is my hope that this holiday might be a time when we all experience something like what Wendell Berry calls a Sabbath mood as we reflect for a few moments and find the hard work being done day to day by the tens of thousands of State Department employees to be a good thing.
About the Author: Shaun Casey serves as Special Advisor to the Secretary of State in the Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives.

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Time for action
To the Journal editor:
If we don't build it they will have to pay more! This is exactly what the big oil companies are saying!
Big oil refuses to use there record profits to build new refineries because if they did have new refineries they couldn't play the supply and demand shell game that now is affecting our gas prices.
Why can't the federal and state governments withhold subsidies to big oil when they make huge profits and refuse to invest in their own infrastructure like building new refineries.
Come on, American public, let's call our state and federal representatives and demand they put the squeeze on big oil to stop this price gouging game they are playing!
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Stocks Close Mixed as GE, Comcast Shares Jump
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages closed mixed Wednesday as the Dow wavered, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq advanced amid a jump in General Electric (GE) and Comcast(CMCSA) shares and upbeat eurozone industrial output data.
U.S. retail sales in January, released earlier Wednesday, came in as expected.
General Electric shares gained 3.6% as Comcast reached a deal to buy GE's remaining 49% stake in NBCUniversal for $16.7 billion.
Comcast also raised its quarterly dividend by 20% and reported an 18% increase in fourth-quarter earnings. Comcast shares jumped 3%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 36 points, or 0.3%, to 13,983, dragged lower by companies including McDonald's(MCD) , Merck(MRK) and Coca-Cola(KO) .
Overall breadth was slightly positive, as winners outnumbered losers 15 to 13. Top percentage blue-chip gainers included GE, Procter & Gamble (PG) , Alcoa(AA) and Cisco(CSCO) .
The S&P 500 rose about 1 point to 1,520. The index touched its highest level since November 2007 at an intraday high of more than 1,524.
The Nasdaq gained 10 points, or 0.3%, to 3,197.
Most sectors in the broader market were in the green. Industry leaders included conglomerates and transportation. The consumer cyclical sector was sinking the most, followed by financials.
Volumes totaled 3.36 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange and 1.81 billion on the Nasdaq. Advancers outpaced decliners by a ratio of 1.4-to-1 on the Big Board and 1.2-to-1 on the Nasdaq.
With the Dow and S&P 500 managing to close at fresh five-year highs Tuesday, many market participants were watching for a near-term retreat.
"With 2013 getting off to a fast start and the S&P 500 posting its best monthly January return since 1997, many investors are now calling for a near-term price correction in the broader market," said Craig Johnson, a senior technical research analyst at Piper Jaffray. "However, we believe the broader market will likely experience one more 'hop' before we get a 'drop' and then a 'pop.'"
President Barack Obama delivered lines Tuesday night in his State of the Union address about how the country has emerged from the rubble of economic crisis, his hope to allow families to more easily refinance their homes and the need for deficit reduction, among other economic issues.
And yet Obama didn't once mention Wall Street, banks or finance .
The Census Bureau reported that retail sales rose by an as-expected 0.1% in January after increasing 0.5% in December. Excluding the auto component, retail sales increased 0.2%, compared with a 0.3% gain in December. That was a bigger increase than the 0.1% advance expected by economists.
Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak, said that, within 13 categories, sales declined across seven and advanced within six. The largest gains were seen in general merchandisers and non-store retailers, which together make up of 22% of total sales.


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by Anton Shilov
While Nvidia Corp.'s Tegra 2-series of system-on-chip (SoC) products for handheld devices have a number of design wins, they still have to prove that they can provide unrivalled experience abd battery lives. The developer itself seems to be very confident in its Tegra line and is currently showing off a rather aggressive roadmap - which includes SoCs with stereo-3D graphics support as well as quad-core chips.
Already in Q1 2011 the Sunnyvale, California-based designer of graphics processors and multimedia SoCs plans to start production of Tegra 2 3D system-on-chip devices, which is expected feature two ARM Cortex-A9 cores with up to 1.20GHz as well as improved graphics cores with stereoscopic 3D output support, according to a slide that resembles Nvidia's roadmap published by Bright Side of News web-site. The new SoC may mean that Nvidia has customers interested in stereo-3D graphics (S3D) in mobile devices, but at this point no companies (except Nintendo) have announced plans to integrate S3D screens into handsets.
Nvidia seems to have even more ambitious plans for 2012 - 2013: the Tegra 3 system-on-chips T30 and AP30 aimed at tablets and smartphones, respectively, are projected to feature up to four ARM Cortex-A9 cores and will be able to open Nvidia the door to consumer electronics.
The Tegra 3 T30 SoC, according to the slide, will have four Cortex-A9 cores with 13800 MIPS performance, three times faster graphics core with Blu-ray decoding support and display engine with 1920x1200 resolution support. Theoretically, such chip can easily be integrated not only tablets, but also into Blu-ray disc players with advanced functionality. The Tegra 3 AP30 is also projected to have two or four Cortex-A9 cores and support for 1366x768 display resolution.
Based on the alleged presentation of Nvidia, it can be noticed that the company intends to update its Tegra product lineup once a year or even more often in order to offer something exclusive to mobile phone designers. Considering that in consumer electronics adoption of new technologies takes a lot of time, it is logical to expect S3D-enabled smartphones and tablets towards the end of the year and quad-core mobile SoCs sometimes in the second half of 2012 in the best-case scenario.
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Dale A. Zimmerman
ELMORE – Private memorial services for Dale A. Zimmerman, 76, of Elmore, will be with family.
Zimmerman died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at his home in Elmore. Visitation will be 1-4 p.m. Tuesday at Shiloh Lutheran Church in Elmore. Patton Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Blue Earth is assisting the family with arrangements.
Dale A. Zimmerman was born March 28, 1936, in Mapleton, the son of Rolla and Alice (Klint) Zimmerman. He served in the U.S. Navy.
Survivors include; wife, DuAnn Zimmerman of Elmore; son, Jason Zimmerman of Elmore; daughters, Carol Eskelson of Bloomington and Coleen Zimmerman of Medford; mother, Alice Madsen of Winnebago; brother, Larry Zimmerman of New Ulm; and sister, Maxine Durkee of Winnebago.


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Bodum® rose gold glass coffee presses
The glass carafe can fall out of the metal frame and plastic base of the coffee press and break or shatter, posing laceration and burn hazards to consumers.
Bodum toll-free at (855) 378-6864 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email Bodum at email@example.com, or online at www.bodum.com and click on Product Advisories for more information.
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This recall involves Bodum® rose gold Chambord locking lid 8-cup glass coffee presses. The coffee press' glass carafe, screen and plunger are held in place by a metal frame which is rose gold-colored with a black molded plastic base. Consumers put ground coffee and hot water in the glass carafe and push the plunger and screen down through the water to brew coffee. The coffee presses are 10 inches high by about 4 inches in diameter. The coffee press has a locking lid. Bodum is printed on the glass carafe. Bodum and SKU number 11029732 are printed on a white label on the bottom of the base. Bodum and Made in Portugal are embossed on the bottom of the black plastic base.
Bodum has received about 14 reports of the glass carafes breaking or shattering when the coffee press' plastic base separated from the metal frame. There have been four reports of minor injuries, including two lacerations and two burns.
Consumers should stop using the recalled coffee presses immediately and return them to the Starbucks store where purchased or contact Bodum for a full refund. Consumers who purchased the coffee presses online should contact Bodum for a pre-paid return label to return the coffee presses to receive a full refund.
Starbucks nationwide and online at starbucks.com from November 2013 through December 2013 for about $40.
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Vegetable Noodle Soup
Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen
This soup is just as good for dinner as it is for lunch -- it's warming and comforting and perfect for a rainy day.
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 rib celery, sliced (about 1 cup)
- 1 medium carrot, sliced (about 3/4 cup)
- 1 clove garlic, smashed
- 1/4 medium onion, about 1/2 cup
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/3 cup orzo or other small pasta or egg noodles or broken up spaghetti
- 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth (1 quart box, or 2 cans)
- Small handful fresh parsley leaves, basil or dill, chopped (about 2 tablespoons)
- 1/2 lemon, juiced (about 1 tablespoon)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Serving suggestion: Whole-wheat crackers and cheese sticks
Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat; add all the vegetables, garlic and onion. Season with the salt, and cook until tender, about 6 minutes. Add the pasta and cook until slightly toasted and golden, about 2 minutes. Add broth, and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook, covered, until pasta is just tender, about 8 minutes.
Stir in whatever herb suits you (or your young eater) and lemon juice. Season with pepper and additional salt, to taste. Fill thermos, pack in a lunch sack with crackers and cheese sticks and send off to school.
TIP: This soup freezes well, so freeze any leftovers or make a double batch to have plenty on hand. Also, you can stir in some cooked chicken or mini-meatballs, if desired, for another meal.
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- Expertly crafted with a kiln-dried poplar wood frame.
- Accented with grooves and saw marks to create the look of salvaged lumber.
- Fitted with a metal support bracket with turnbuckle details for added stability and turn-of-the-century style.
- Wood swatches, below, are available for $20 each. We will provide a merchandise refund for wood swatches if they're returned within 30 days.
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MARQUETTE – As an added incentive for mushers considering a run in the Jack Pine 30 sled dog race, a $1,000 purse is being offered for the first time this year.
According to Pat Torreano, president of the Upper Peninsula Sled Dog Association, the board has not decided how the prize money will be split yet. Sponsors for the purse include SIR Federal Credit Union, Potlatch Corp., Argonics Inc. and Superior Extrusion Corp.
"We're hoping to generate more interest and participation," she said.
She added that the prize money is not the only change for this year's race. The Jack Pine 30 route, which in previous years had mushers traveling the 30 miles from Gwinn to Marquette, will now begin and end in Gwinn.
Participants will take off from the traditional location at Larry's Family Foods at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 16. Mushers will travel north from Gwinn and follow the usual race course along M-553 onto the Sands Plains. After crossing the railroad at Sands Station, mushers will travel a trail that loops around the plains and guides them back through Sands Station. The race will end at the First Baptist Church in Gwinn.
There are currently six mushers registered for the Jack Pine 30, which is a six-dog race. Torreano said the race is an opportunity for mushers who are just starting out to gain some experience, as well as a possible money prize.
"We'd love to see a growth in this race," Torreano said. "The race is being handled by the community of Gwinn …"
The Jack Pine 30 is part of a big weekend of sled dog racing. The 2013 U.P. 200, Midnight Run and Jack Pine 30 will kick off with the opening of headquarters at 9 a.m. Feb. 13 at the Holiday Inn of Marquette.
Abbey Hauswirth can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 240.


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Share Your Orders Thread
Just placed my first order with Whispering Pines Tea Company because of the promotion they put up. Even though I shouldn't be buying anything until next month, it was too good to pass up. I really have to avoid looking in the 'Tea Companies & Promotions' discussions….or selecting the general 'All discussions' choice. Lol.
So I ended up ordering all of these, but totally looking forward to all of them.
Golden Lily O'olong
Formosa O'olong Tea
Yunnan Gold Black Tea (Organic)
Blackburnian Tea
Glen Arbor Breakfast
Golden Sunrise Black Tea
Highland Ceylon
Mountain Nectar
Yunnan Dian Hong
Honey Granules
That looks like an awesome order!
I know what you mean!
I think I went a little overboard. ^^;
Terri – Lol! Tell that to my bank account. XD But I do not regret any of it…..Now the purchase I just made from Tevana. That's a different story. >> /sigh/
I just took advantage of this sale too and placed my first order, pretty excited to try this company!
David's Starter Kit
Style: Tall box 900427 1 $19.50
The Winter Tea Collection
Style: Winter 2013 900401 1 $25.50
Kanpe Tea (Organic)
Size: 50g 10312 1 $7.00
Lids for Perfect Mug
Color: Bamboo 900581 1 $2.50
Strawberry Rhubarb Parfait
Size: 50g 10376 1 $6.75
Blueberry Jam (Organic)
Size: 50g 10359
Plus the free box of filters (8.50 value!)
Plus free shipping for over $50
(minus the fee my bank will charge for using my credit card to a non US company…my first order of about $35 resulted in about a $1 fee…so it's reasonable since I get 1% "Disney" cash back for using my card:)
Grand Total $69.75
OBVIOUSLY, I wanted to get more….but I shouldn't be spending more money, lol…..I just want more variety! ;-)
Now with Whispering Pines current sale…I'm pondering a small order with them….sigh I wish I had more $$$
I was going to order 100g of the blueberry jam BUT I didn't want to end up not liking it…plus I wanted to get another flavor so I figured I could get 50g of both then whenever I order again I'll get a larger portion if I do love it(and HOPEFULLY have more tea money by then, lol)
Finally convinced myself that I could make this order:
Butiki Teas
Mi Xian Black: 1/2 ounce
Zhen Qu: 1 ounce
Premium Taiwanese Assam SALE!!!: 1 ounce
Good Morning Sunshine: 1 ounce
So I just placed my first Whispering Pines order!! I've been wanting to place an order with them since about last Nov, so I finally decided to, with that awesome free 1 oz of tea deal (although it doesn't apply to sleeping bear blend, which I had to try!)
I got:
The Sleeping Bear Blend – 1 oz
River Rain Green Tea – 1 oz
Zen Master – 1 oz
Whisper of the Woods – 1 oz
Honeysuckle White Tea – 1 oz
Total was only around $29!! Even with shipping to Canada!
And 4 of those teas + 1 oz = 9 oz of tea!! Ahh! I hope I like them :P
Oh, and the names of the teas are lovely. Might have played a part in my choices, just a bit hehe
I almost ordered the Honeysuckle White Tea, but I wasn't sure about the sage note they mention in the description. I'm ot a fan of sage anything and having a mention of it in my tea doesn't sound appealing. Lol.
Though I'd be interested to hear what you thought of this one when it arrives. ^^
Yeah that looked interesting, I enjoy white teas and they are the bf's favorite so that's the main reason that one made it on the list :) I will definitely write a note on it! I've also been wanting to order it since it was first released, finally got a chance to. Your order from them looks epic btw, I will watch for your notes too!
Uh oh. I guess I better start actually writing notes for the stuff I get now. Lol.
I had already made up a shopping card from Tealux. Was going to wait a week or so before I bought MORE tea, but then I saw the 25% off sale, and decided to go ahead and order a bunch of stuff. As a newbie, I really like that they have sample sizes for sale so that you can try a bunch with out committing to a large bag. I ordered:
Aged 5 Years Naked Pu-erh Organic Size: 25g / 1oz – 3.50$
Pu-erh Chocolate Chai Size: Sample – 1.50$
Pu-erh Cocoa-Spice Size: 25g / 1.05oz – 4.00$
Gen Mai Cha Japanese Size: Sample – 1.50$
Oo Nutty Delight Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 6.75$
Chocolate Cake Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 3.75$
Chocolate Monkey Size: Sample – 1.50$
Tropical breeze Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 4.50$
Cherry Goddess Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 4.75$
President Choice Size: Sample – 1.00$
Hawaiian Paradise Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 4.00$
Fruity Spicy Brew Size: Sample – 1.00$
Fruit Medley Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 3.00$
Tali's Masala Chai Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 5.50$
Black Pearl Sumatra Size: Sample – 2.00$
20 Years Aged Roasted Oolong Size: Sample – 3.50$
Imperial Mi Lan Xiang Dancong (Honey Orchid) Size: Sample – 1.50$
Pu-erh Chocolate Chai Size: Sample – 1.50$
Un Momento Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 4.00$
Pumpkin Spice Rooibos Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 4.00$
Matè Java Expresso Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 5.00$
Coconut Milky Oolong Weight: Sample – 1.50$
99% Oxidized Purple Oolong Size: Sample – 1.50$
Pu-erh Coconut Cacao Size: Sample – 1.50$
Pu-erh Chai Caramel Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 5.50$
Sweet Cherry Goddess Size: Sample – 1.25$
Café Latte Size: Sample – 2.00$
Those prices are before discount. Total bill was $60.68. Free shipping over 60.00. I had about 55.00 in my cart and shipping was going to be $9.99, made sense to me to add a few more samples to get the free shipping. Would rather pay for tea than shipping, more for me to try. :))
Are you starting a tea hoard for winter already?
LOL, noooooooo. I'm a newbie who hasn't tried very much. Seemed like a good opportunity to try a bunch of stuff that I've never had before. Samples for $1-1.5 then 25% off seemed like a good deal to me………
WHOOOOOOA! DX If I had that much all at once, I think I'd panic and not drink any of it, because I wouldn't know where to begin. xD
Pick teas out of a hat?
I actually have a system that's working for me. I only open a few teas at a time. Like one of each kind. A flavored black, oolong, rooibos, etc. I drink those first, when I open a new one, I open one to replace what I just finished – oldest bought first. I also don't have enough tins for all my teas, so I try to use the ones that come in the "folded packages" before the ones that are "sealed". Just trying to keep variety available to drink, and keep as many "fresh" as possible. Hoping to get more tins so this isn't such an issue. For now this is working for me.
Chizakura – you'd be surprised at how many teas you can keep organised lol It's only when i hit 300 that i started to feel overwhelmed heh
Ha, no, I'd panic. xD I know myself, it's what I'd do. In fact, I have done that with a much smaller amount of tea. xD I'm used to only having a few to focus on at a time.
So even though technically my TRY ALL THE TEAS phase has come to an end, since Frank of 52Teas has a 20% discount going (plus I have a 10% off 'Frank was Late' discount coupon on top of that) I figured I'd be stupid not to order something. So I nabbed two pouches of the Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish and one pouch of Weeping Angel. Wish Coconut Cream Pie was available in time for these coupons. Ah well.
Getting tempted to threaten buying an entire pound to entice him to blend. ;)
So I went on a tea buying binge today, placing 3 orders:
Steven Smith Teamaker
49 Assam
55 Lord Bergamot
The Tea Spot – all sample sized except the bolder breakfast
Blue Mountain Nilgiri
Ginger Peach
New Moon Darjeeling
Qu Hao Silk
Earl of Grey
Bolder Breakfast
Watermelon Xylophone
Rose Violet Calendula Oolong
khongea Golden Tippy Assam
Premium Taiwanese Assam (both)
Zhen Qu
Two Friends – Sil's Special
I guess that's enough for now…
Oh dear, I'm on the same page twice..well I have been interested in trying 52 Teas for quite some time, so once I saw that Graveyard Mist had been reblended, I bit the bullet.
I got 1 bag each of:
Graveyard Mist
Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish Black Tea (I've heard so many good things about it!)
So now no more buying tea until I'm done school!!! Although this can be considered my reward for not stopping at my local DavidsTea while at the mall today. :P
Lately I've been limiting myself to sample/small orders and swaps, but I fell off the wagon. Luckily I didn't break the bank, so I guess my only real problem is where to store all of the tea.
I thought I was done buying tea after Frank reblended Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish, but thanks to the 52Teas sale I also picked up Lemon Cardamom Chun Mee and Cuba Libre Black Tea.
I also placed what seems like the mother of all orders from Harney & Sons (for only $19 thanks to 15% off + gift card). I got:
Indian Spice, 1 lb. (The bf will drink all of this within a few months!)
Apricot Black Tea, 7 oz.
Mango Black Tea, 7 oz.
Caribe, 4 oz.
Earl Grey Supreme, 20 sachets
Midsummer's Peach, 20 sachets
Ambessa Lingonberry Green, 5 sachets
Ambessa Earl of Harlem, 5 sachets
Ambessa Choco Nut, 5 sachets
Wedding Tea, 5 sachets
I love me some Marcus Samuelsson, so of the H&S teas I'm looking forward to trying the Ambessa teas the most!
Oooooh, I've been dying to try the Marcus Samuelsson teas too! I didn't know you could get them in just 5 sachets.
You can buy them in really adorable tagalong tins for $4. The designs for all of Marcus Samuelsson's teas is fantastic. I almost bought 20 sachet size for the tins, but I thought it would be wiser to go with a sample size. :)
Lingonberry I think is worth it for the big one in the future, because of the tin. And it's tasty. But the tin is even better in person.
Well, based on the description of White Christmas, I simply had no choice but to order two packages of it. Especially since he offered a 20% off coupon. I would have bought one more but that would have brought my available money down to about $3 until the 3rd. :-/
Hahaha, it's excellent! I debated ordering more, and probably would have if I could have used the coupon code.


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BEIJING, China - In 1982 at the age of 26, Barbara Buchan (CP3/Bend, Ore.) took up cycling and progressed quickly, positioning herself on the short list of women competing for a place on the U.S. National Team. Her life then changed forever during a qualifying race for the World Championships when 21 out of the 80 competitors were caught in a bike pileup on a steep descent. Buchan was the most severely injured. No helmets were used at that time. She spent two months in a coma and had five brain surgeries but she was determined to get back into sport and began to compete in Paralympic track. The longest distance at that time however, was the1500m and she enjoyed longer distances so after the 1988 Paralympics she switched to cycling. This is her fifth Paralympic Games. She has never won gold - until now.
Buchan began the morning competing in the Qualifying round of the Women's Individual Pursuit (LC3-4/CP3). She came out strong, so strong in fact she set a new world record in the CP3 class with a time of 4:31.334. Her factored time in the entire division was 4:13.860, enough for a first place finish heading into the finals.
Not to be outdone, Jennifer Schuble (CP4/Homewood, Ala.) set a world record of her own in the LC1-2/CP4 category of the Women's Individual Pursuit. Her CP4 world record time was 4:01.243 and her factored time was 3:35.514, enough for a first place finish as well going into the finals.
In the finals, Buchan was set to compete against 30-year old Natalie Simanowski (GER). She did not disappoint and posted a final factored time of 4:15.848, four seconds faster than Simanowski. The gold was finally hers, after waiting so long.
"I can't believe I did it," said a jubilant Buchan. "My accident was so long ago but I am pleased I finally got my gold."
Buchan then jokingly added "I'm doing all right for an old lady!" She went on to explain she believed so much of the competition is mental and that age should not be a factor.
Schuble competed right after and fell to 2nd place, despite racing the 2nd fastest race in her career in the event (3:36.637 factored). But Great Britain's Sarah Storey rode the ride of her life, so fast in fact; she would have posted a top six time in the Olympics several weeks ago.
"Silver is still a great honor and I got a World Record in the CP4 category this morning," commented Schuble. "It is awesome to be able to get two medals at the Paralympics and I am very satisfied with today's performance."
"Our goal for track cycling was three medals and we came away with four," commented Head Coach Craig Griffin (Colorado Springs, Colo.). "I'm really proud of everyone."
Also racing today was Allison Jones (LC3/Denver, Colo.) who posted a factored time of 4:36.306 in the LC3-4/CP3 Women's Individual Pursuit and Greta Neimanas (LC1/Colorado Springs, Colo.) who finished with 3:57.966 in the LC1-2/CP4 Women's Individual Pursuit.
With the conclusion of track cycling, the team will have one day of rest before road cycling begins on Friday, September 12. Friday will feature Individual Time Trials for the following U.S. athletes:
Name (Classification/Hometown)
Alejandro Albor (HCC/Elk Grove, Calif.)
Barbara Buchan (CP3/Bend, Ore.)
Mike Farrell (CP4/Colorado Springs, Colo.)
David Lee (HCB/Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif.)
Oz Sanchez (HCC/San Diego, Calif.)
Allison Jones (LC3/Denver, Colo.)
Greta Neimanas (LC1/Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Jennifer Schuble (CP4/Homewood, Ala.)
Matthew Updike (HCB/Denver, Colo.)
Karissa Whitsell (B/VI/Eugene, Ore.)
Ron Williams (LC2/Hoover, Ala.)
Mackenzie Woodring (Pilot for Whitsell/Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Anthony Zahn (LC4/Riverside, Calif.)
"Friday is a really big day as far as potential medals," said Griffin. "We have the chance to pick up four or five medals, but out on the road there are so many different factors and variables it is hard to predict how we will do."
Road cycling will continue Saturday and will then end on Sunday, September 14.


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Hello to all! This site is a bit confusing for me and it is set up with my FB which that email I never check!
I am looking for new followers who genuinely want to read my blogs and also participate in any discussions.
I write about anything from parenting issues, relationship ideas and I am currently trying to get started in making my own engraved jewelry. I am so overwhelmed with the ideas and sometimes I feel like I discourage myself.
I do not like to do follow for follow because I dont think it is an honest follow...I do however follow a lot of blogs, especially if it is other moms that speak of anything that has to do with parenting and crafts.
I also blog about beauty, to the best of my knowledge and show off any photo shopping skills I have.
If you follow me on blogger, pls be sure to let me know by messaging me or shooting me an email on the right hand side. Include a link to your page and I will most definitely take a look at it.
Myrna :)
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Just checked out your blog and I am lovin it. As a social worker I am always trying to empower people especially woman to follow thier dreams. Can't wait to read more posts from you!! I am now following you!! You can Follow me at http://www.makingitallwork.com
Angela E Johnson said:
Hi, I have some new and exciting things going on over at my blog. On Tuesdays I am starting Women Game Changers. It is an interview series about women in business talkikng about how they are changing the game.
On Thursdays, I have started a Holiday Hop. This is a way to share holiday tips, ideas, memories or all things Holiday. Everyone can join in the fun. Stop by and leave comment with your holiday links and I will tweet and post your links on Fridays.
If you are interested in joining me on Women Game Changers or Holiday Hop just stop by. If you or another awesome lady would like to be featured in Women Game Changers send me an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with Women Game Changers in the subject.
I checked out your site! Love the 30 days challenge.
Jenny said:
I totally get your point about wanting real followers. It's something I've been bitching about for years xD I'll totally follow you and your bloggy posts :) You can check out my site here if you wanna: http://oh.so-very.me
Hope we can be bloggy besties :P
I would love to follow you but I can't find where to on your blog. I see where it says Join 8 Other Followers but nothing shows up under it even when I refresh the page... I might have to do it from my laptop later, I'm using my netbook at the moment.
Teresa Foskey said:
Just started Following you! You can Follow me at http://www.makingitallwork.com
KIMBERLEY MEIER said:
I totally get where you're coming from! My blog is pretty new and I only have 15 followers at the moment. Something I decided to dois go down the list of blogs I follow and email each one and just ask if they would be willing to follow me too. The response I got was great almost everyone followed and some even added me to their blogrolls! I'll stop by and follow you. Feel free to do the same at http://momof3chaos.blogspot.com/
Hello Myrna!
I'm a new follower of yours. Your blog is pretty entertaining!
Hi Myrna,
I have noticed that about this site as well and am new here. As Geca said that is tacky. I also belong to vB and that is becoming a "family" to me. I have real connections there and I am really moved by the girls on there. If you guys want to check it out tell them I sent ya. I hope I don't get deleted for this LOL
Hi Myrna,
I can understand where you're coming from. I just started my own blog, and I am having a hard time getting followers that also participate and leave comments. I checked out your blog and really enjoyed it. I am now following you as Jessica E and left a comment on one of your posts too.
You can check out my blog here. It is still fairly new, so not too many posts yet.
Hi Myrna,
I am also in NY.. You can post your blog on our facebook page..Every Monday we have a blog hop!
Hi Myrna,
I am new to this blogging things as well as the site. However i agree with how u are feeling. I see all these blogs with so many followers however, the publisher probably has know idea who 80% are or their purpose for following : ( I am now following you because i love the topice you post about and would like to learn how i can be a better blogger.
Please follow back when you get the chance
I want to thank everyone for their support. I have visited most blogs and still catching up. I love this place. I have had feedback which most importantly is more than the # of followers. I am glad I wrote this blog and once again thanks so so so much.
Im having a giveway....my first one ever :)
I followed your blog and loved your post <3
Angel said:
Hi Myrna,
I am new to this blogging things as well as the site. However i agree with how u are feeling. I see all these blogs with so many followers however, the publisher probably has know idea who 80% are or their purpose for following : ( I am now following you because i love the topice you post about and would like to learn how i can be a better blogger.
Please follow back when you get the chance


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With just two games remaining in the round robin of the 2013 World Wheelchair Championship in Sochi, Russia, Team USA is poised for a return to the playoffs.Patrick McDonald (Madison, Wis.) and teammates David Palmer (Mashpee, Mass.), Jimmy Joseph (New Hartford, N.Y.) and Penny Greely (Green Bay, Wis.) earned two more wins today to improve to 6-1, just behind Canada's Jim Armstrong rink, which lost its first game today and has a 7-1 record. The U.S. just missed the playoffs last year after losing a tiebreaker game to finish fifth.
In the morning game against Finland's Markku Karjalainen rink, the U.S. had to stage a second half comeback to get the win. Finland, which is trying in earnest to accumulate points toward qualifying for the upcoming Paralympic Games, scored in the first three ends to take a 4-0 lead over the Americans. McDonald converted a takeout with his first stone of the fourth end to put four U.S. points in scoring position but came up just a little light with his final stone to earn a fifth point. With the game now tied, Finland scored singles in the next three ends to try to put the game away. The Americans got a big end set up again in the eighth and scored three to send the game to an extra end. The U.S. would steal a single point to earn the win when Karjalainen was light on his final draw into the four-foot.
"Once the game started going, it was weight control," McDonald said, explaining how the team got behind early in the game. "But I had some good ones later, and I can't say enough about the front end. Those guys saved a lot. We had a talk and buckled down ... and we just started playing better, and executing better, and we somehow got it into an extra end with some lucky breaks."
The afternoon game against Korea's HakSung Kim (0-7), which finished second at last year's world championship, was less dramatic as the U.S. controlled most of the match and stayed ahead on the scoreboard to earn a 7-3 win.
The U.S. finishes the round robin on Thursday with games against host Russia (4-4) and Scotland (3-5). The Page playoffs get underway Friday afternoon.
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Skip to comments.Sarah Palin: The Audacity of Obamas Intentions Revealed
Posted on 03/26/2012 6:24:42 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
Whoever chooses to merely dismiss the significance of todays exchange between our President and Russias President should have their intelligence and patriotism questioned. Let this exchange be a warning to voters: President Obama will have more flexibility to weaken us if hes re-elected in November. He was caught speaking candidly to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev before a hot mic today (and surely one must believe he didnt know the mics were still on; surely hes not so audacious as to purposefully broadcast his intentions), as reported by ABCs Jake Tapper. Heres the exchange:
President Obama: On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but its important for him to give me space.
President Medvedev: Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you
President Obama: This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.
President Medvedev: I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.
Lets consider what this flexibility might mean. We know that he has repeatedly conceded to foreign demands and backed down on missile defense. I pointed this out as Governor of Alaska when he proposed reducing Alaskas missile defense system capabilities. I explained then that the Presidents proposed military cuts would diminish Alaskas opportunity to defend the union with our strategic locations defense infrastructure. We also know that in 2009, as part of his reset with Russia, President Obama turned his back on our Eastern European allies by abandoning past promises for a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
We cant know for certain what this newly revealed flexibility means, but considering President Obamas past actions, be sure it wont involve a position of strength for America and our allies. Russia has been thwarting us on one issue after another, including the rushed-through New START Treaty that many of us questioned after Obama insisted America ratify it first, then allow Russia to sit on it unratified on their end until it suited that foreign powers needs.
Meanwhile, North Korea is planning another long-range missile launch, and the United States and our allies are still vulnerable to the threat of ballistic missiles. Our president has done nothing to alleviate this vulnerability; in fact, hes done just the opposite. He has consistently taken a position of weakness and naïve trust in Putins Russia. Consider that one-sided New START Treaty as an example of this. Or consider those cuts to Alaskas missile defense system, which leaves us much more vulnerable in the face of a nuclear North Korea. Now consider the state of our national defense under a President who whispers to a foreign power that he needs even more flexibility to weaken us further.
- Sarah Palin
And Romney is...........silent.
We are so screwed
Sounds like comrad Obama is taking orders from the krimlin.
Breitbart lives... wherever you smell branded smoking scorched RAT flesh in all of todays' news, you can bet the rats didn't burn themselves.
From race wars to nuclear wars, Obama's got it all figured out.
From race wars to nuclear wars, Obamas got it all figured out.
from the congressman's letter:
"As you know, in the FY12 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress enacted, and you signed into law, a provision constraining your ability to share classified U.S. missile defense information with the Russian Federation. Congress took this step because it was clear based on official testimony and Administration comments in the press that classified information about U.S. missile defenses, including hit-to-kill technology and velocity at burnout information, may be on the table as negotiating leverage for your reset with Russia. Despite signing the FY12 defense authorization legislation into law, you then issued a signing statement signaling that you may treat that provision protecting U.S. missile defense information as non-binding. This mornings comments, on top of that action, suggests that you and your administration have plans for U.S. missile defenses that you believe will not stand up to electoral scrutiny."
does this strike anyone else as incredible??
congress taking steps to restrict the president on fears he will leak national secrets to our enemies / adversaries ??
"Dmitri, tell the boss I'm working on it... I just need a little more time!"
"Does he? Or is he walking into traps left and right?"
And, if he is walking into traps, you can be assured he will find a way to blame it on anyone else...it could never be his fault.
It's time to take back the country. Bouncing this bozo as soon as possible would be a great start.
Truly he's the Muscovian Candidate.
He's a slippery snake.
What time does American Idol start?
The Dem propaganda machine is in an all niter to find a way get out of this and blame it on some poor sap
Newt is on Hannity now and talking about the traitor in chief. He's making some great points as to guessing how many other countries Obama has promised to get rid of our Nukes (Iran, North Korea?)
Newt says he's had Obama on defense all week on energy and says he plans to keep him on defense on many issues through the summer. Gotta love him...
I also hope the GOP plans to have Sarah Palin speak at the convention. She will ELECTRIFY the country!!!
I just saw Newt too. He is doing the greatest job going after Obama and putting him on defense. I would love to see him debate Obama.
Yup. Rush plays an 0bama speech against the individual mandate, Sarah comes out swinging, Ryan is on talking BUDGET and the NBP are being called out on their bounty hunt. Some are most definitely carrying the Breitbart mantle. War.
Drip, drip, drip becomes splash bang boom!
Democrat Media Complex will soon be afraid to cover their own 'news'.
Then the GOP really is deaf & dumb. She's a red meat speaker and one that can get everyone to support the nominee and get the masses to the polls.
Not only that, but if Romney is the nominee - the GOP establishment OWES the conservatives some homage and respect because they NEED us to win.
Me too - it would be Obama's worst nightmare.
And I see this off mic moment being the turning point for many "on-the-fence", uninformed, 6pm news watchers getting us back to where we could be...sadly, the uniformed are the future of this country.
"Keep this viral...not often in life are we presented with the "tuning point"...the purple lipped bastard just gave that to us...let's run with it!!!!
Where is the outrage from all the Republican Senators, Congresspersons?
Where is the outrage of the media?
The outrage of the citizens of The United States of America?
0bama has stated he wants a nuclear free world.
It appears he is well on his way to giving away our ability to defend our country and our way of life.
This is beyond politics and yes we are so screwed if we allow it to happen.
A wing-launched missile from Hawaii destroyed SolarMAX.
From an Air Force classified Space Shuttle mission there was a demonstration of blue laser technology with the incredible ability to track submarines underwater from low Earth orbit.
Within days of those events, that happened after President Reagan told Gorbachev "Neyt!" - and the Soviets suddenly want to "talk" again.
The die was cast, and the rest is history, but especially the billions spent on developing missile defense over decades since. It continues to be an ace in the hole, and a burr under the saddle of the Old Left on both sides of the North Pole.
The Usurper is the Manufactured Candidate, still fighting the losing side of the ancient Nuclear Freeze debate, still determined to "rid the world" of the primary weapon that has nearly kept the peace since the end of World War II.
It's crushing heartbreak to watch.
Countdown until Jackwagon leaves Office: 300 days as of March 26, 2012.
Newt/Sarah 2012 !
In all fairness...(BTW, I can't stand Romney!)
ABC reported this. That's what shocks me.
And the fact that I know a lot of whites who still think this guy is the greatest president we've ever had.
Impeach the Usurper now, before the day of the Diktat!
Precisely, Diogenesis. And VERY well cited...not that anyone will particularly pay attention, more's the pity.
I extremely doubt that the "space for you..." was a reference to the USA or him as leader of the USA. The "you" being Obama personally, not as the leader of the USA, but whatever it is that he is going after. Is it wealth and power? ?Do the Russians know that his true aspiration is to be leader of the world? It would have been something if the Russian had finished his sentence. Then it would likely have been really over for OB. Pray, that by God's grace, truth is let loose.
The drumbeat of Dictator Baby-Doc Barack continues to grow louder -— regulate -— control -— destroy -— Regulate -— control -— destroy -— REgulate -— control -— destroy -— REGulate -— control -— destroy -— REGU
Under this paragraph is the comment with the last part of the comment of the Russian leader, the damning part, as playing on the video clip of a Romney interview about it on CNN. The last part of the comment is the part that really shows collusion with Russia.
President Medvedev: I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir, and I stand with you.
The Russian stands with Obama, even though whatever it is, Obama won't do it until after the election, because what he is plotting with the Russians about, the USA electorate would not like it to the point of Obama being concerned about the election. So we are to understand that the Russians stand with him, but if we knew about Obama's plans, we wouldn't. It seems that we have a traitor here.
This exchange should be the centerpiece of a Republican campaign ad that keeps running all the way to election day.
Sarah, what you say is true. The safety of all Americans is at stake.
So why didn't you run?
——does this strike anyone else as incredible??-—
My greatest fear regarding Obama was his divulging all of our nuclear secrets. There is no doubt that he will do this if he is re-elected.
Look at what happened with Clinton. Nothing.
Maybe it was the personal safety of her children why she decided not to run. Everyone knows there are some sick people out there.
-—Maybe it was the personal safety of her children why she decided not to run. Everyone knows there are some sick people out there.-—
Quite likely. I wouldn't want to be in those shoes. But I see this as an Abraham and Isaac thing. Sometimes God asks for more than we can imagine.
So why didnt you run?
Perhaps your namesake can answer that question:
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
― Thomas Aquinas
Someone should Email Sarah that question and urge her to run.
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Per Peter Reinhart's blog at Pizzaquest, Rob DiNapoli of DiNapoli Tomatoes, and Chris Bianco of Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, will team up to bring out a new line of premium quality canned tomatoes. These will be domestic, not imported. According to Peter you can really taste the difference with these new tomatoes. He says they right up there with the best quality San Marzanos. Unfortunately they will only be available to "the trade". But knowing how resourceful (and obsessive) people on this board are, I am pretty sure we will find a way to try these new tomatoes. So that's something to look forward to. Peter's post also talks about some new pizza flours available from Guisto's, and there is a very tempting recipe for steak cooked in a WFO. Since I don't have one I guess I can only dream, but those of you with WFO's should probably take note of the recipe. Basically you heat up a cast iron pan until it just about melts and throw a steak on it. But there are subtle details I am missing here. Read for yourself: http://www.fornobravo.com/pizzaquest/peters-blog/44-peters-blog/214-peters-blog-may-31st.html
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Eurasian lynx are strictly carnivorous, feeding primarily on small mammals and ground-dwelling birds. Mammalian prey includes roe deer, chamois, hares, marmots, foxes, and squirrels. As is true of all cats, Eurasian lynx are skillful hunters and spend a large part of their time each day in the pursuit of prey.
Since they can only run fast for short distances, Eurasian lynx must surprise their prey. Keeping low to the ground, European lynx attack unsuspecting animals from close range. Once the animal is caught, lynx bite the neck, cutting the spinal cord. If the animal is too large, lynx merely hold the throat of the animal until it suffocates. Their razor-sharp teeth cut through the flesh efficiently. Portions of the prey that are not immediately consumed are cached and retrieved later.


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The Best plan ever:
1. Go to my Local Lowes. At this point you are already thinking "Why in the-wide-world-of-fuck would you go to Lowes. I need to survive, not remodel my bathroom". Why do we have these trust issues? It happened once, it was a point of weakness. I'm getting carried away. Believe it or not, some Lowes stores are outfitted to be a disaster shelter if need be. How? Well, read on and quit asking so many damn questions.
2. Fortify the shit out of Lowes. All of the doors are made of shatterproof glass and all of them lock, and about 50 percent of these doors are surrounded by very tall fences (Lawn and Garden, etc.). But let's say you don't trust this mystical "shatter-proof" of which I speak. Fine. Use the fleet of forklifts to place pallets of concrete in front of the doors to block them off. Each one weighs about 4500 pounds, so a couple of those stacked in front of each door makes them impenetrable. You can also move around the 25 foot tall shelves to make barricades and shelter within the store. Now you have a goddamn castle.
3. Food, water, weapons, and resources. Now that you have a castle, what about the essentials, like toilet paper and Twinkies. Well, Hostess is out of business, and the Toilet paper is in aisle 13. As far as power, most of the larger stores have a massive, fenced in generator out back that is capable of running the entire store, with a shed usually next to it filled with oil drums containing fuel. And as far as the forklifts go, they run on propane tanks that are in the back on a large rack, or you could use the propane grill tanks they have in the store as well. And as for water, there tends to be a large rack in the back of the store that contains 5 gallon water jugs, equating out to a couple hundred gallons of clean water. As for food, that's the kicker. While there is food in the vending machines and some candy and shit up front, that stuff won't get you anywhere, but I'll address this issue later. As for weapons, most people will bring guns and stuff. But those won't have ammo forever. If you go to the Lawn and garden department, there will be racks filled with pitchforks, shovels, axes, chainsaws, and other pointy things that will never see a garden again. And in tools you will find nail guns and saws and drills, and they aren't for carpentry anymore.
4. Now what? We have a fortress with no food. How do we defend this place? How will we get food? How do we know who our guys are in a place this big? Easy. go into the back and there will be lockers. Bust them open. You will find red vests for the employees. Everyone who has one is friendly, everyone who doesn't is dead. As for watching the place, you can patrol the place or use the cameras located in the Loss Prevention office to watch the store for intruders or zombies. As for food. The store generally has a couple of trucks laying around that have full tanks of gas. Pull them up to the loading bays to safely get into the vehicle and drive to the nearest grocery store, considering most Lowes' are in the middle of large shopping centers. It won't be easy in a zombie apocalypse, but hey, its a zombie apocalypse so quit bitching about everything; please? If you would rather use your own vehicle, there tends to be large garage doors big enough to fit your own car in or out of for a quick escape, bat-mobile style. Or gangnam style, i dunno.
5. Survival. You win.
What'd you guys think? I think it's a damn good plan, but I might've been missing a few details. Post up what I could do better, or how you would show me up.
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#Twilight #BreakingDawnPart2 star #KristenStewart will be at the NY junket and premiere for #OnTheRoad on Dec 13th!!
— Scott Mantz (@MovieMantz) November 27, 2012
#Twilight #BreakingDawnPart2 star #KristenStewart will be at the NY junket and premiere for #OnTheRoad on Dec 13th!!
— Scott Mantz (@MovieMantz) November 27, 2012
do you think rob will be with her???ReplyDelete
I would think so but he wouldn't walk the red carpet.Delete
Hope robert go wiv kristenReplyDelete
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Would be a cool first carpet outside of twilight for our favorite couple. Since they are allowed to walk carpets together nowReplyDelete
good on her. i wish her the best!ReplyDelete
He won't have a feeling :/ReplyDelete
AnOn 9.54 pm who won't have a feelingDelete
I can't wait to see her again.ReplyDelete
I'm happy for her and I am so proud! I'm impatient to see our beautiful and beloved Kristen.ReplyDelete
Bravo, Kristen, you're wonderful! I'm glad we'll see you.ReplyDelete
the not walking on a red carpet you did not star in the movie. You do understand the actor point of view for not overshadowing the other actors. Respect for them. He may go and be with her and not walk and attract attention. He is a bigger actor than some of her cast mates so he will respect them. Mary MaryReplyDelete
hope rob would be thereReplyDelete
Does anybody know if I can get tickets to the promo at SVA theatre on Dec 13? Is it closed event? ThanksReplyDelete
Does anyone know where the premiere is?ReplyDelete
It is at School of Visual Art SVA theatre. I don't know what time, I want to at least peak into teh scene!ReplyDelete
Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate <3
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This fast- paced comedy is sure to delightfully terrify audiences of all ages! SeaWorld's resident pumpkin head, Jack-O-Lantern, is back this year with a revamped show. The Howl-O-Scream® experience is complete with the new Jack is Back. This redesigned show features Jack, along with his minion dancers and more than a few ghoulish surprises in this song and dance spectacular. For a kid-friendly adventure, parents can bring the kids to FantaSea, where magical creatures and unbelievable sights all combine to create a unique experience for young guests. Kids can also do a bit of trick-or-treating as they walk through FantaSea, where they will receive candy and other ghoulish goodies. SeaWorld's Howl-O-Scream® offers a variety of dining experiences. Parents and kids alike can start off the day with a hearty meal in the company of their favorite Sesame Street characters during Count von Count's Spooktacular Breakfast. Parents can also bring the kids to the Pumpkin Patch Picnic, where they will pick and decorate their own pumpkin, then enjoy a delicious barbeque lunch prepared by SeaWorld's® very own chefs. For a scarier feast, guests can participate in Dine with Jack. Everyone's favorite Howl-O-Scream® rock star, Jack, will make an appearance at this dining experience. Each group will receive a picture with Jack, Quick Queue passes to the mazes in addition to reserved seating at Shamu's Rockin' Creep Show and Monster Stomp. To experience Howl-O-Scream VIP style, guests can participate in the Face Your Fears Tour. The tour includes a walk-through of Jack's Frightmare Forest, a Halloween make-up demonstration, a meet and greet with members of the cast of Monster Stomp. Participants will also receive Quick Queue passes for front-of-line access to Den of the Departed, Jack's Frightmare Forest and Jack's S.O.S. 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The world is full of wringers, even electric ones. Couldn't one be adapted for this use?
However, since the rollers are about 6 inches wide, you only get a sheet which is 6 inches wide at most. Nevertheless, you can patch 3 or 4 rolled sheets into a single pizza crust on the pizza peel. (My first inclination was to spread water at the seams, to act as an adhesive, but that has proven to be unnecessary.) You will be very surprised to find that the seams are not noticeable in the finished pizza. ... -- Amateur pizza chef.
I've tried using a tortilla press and I can found it won't work because of the strength of the gluten in wheat flour. It could get me only so far and then I hand stretched from there. After my experiment I went on line and discovered pizza presses use heat in the process. For example:http://www.thefind.com/appliances/info-pizza-dough-pressDon
I realize this topic is pretty old, but in case anyone is still interested in making their own dough sheeter, I found a place where you can purchase some instructions on making your own slip roll, which is a similar piece of equipment used for bending sheet metal. I haven't purchased the book or even used a slip roll, but I thought someone more mechanically inclined might give it a shot.Dave
So I bought this 10" model for $99 instead: http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-254mm-Dough-roller-sheeter-Pizza-pastry-roti-ravioli-dough-machine-equipment-/321448260699?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160


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Energy Resource Recovery Facility
The I-95 Energy Resource Recovery Facility in Fairfax County is privately owned and operated by Covanta Fairfax, Inc., a subsidiary of Covanta Energy. Under contract to Fairfax County, the facility is located adjacent to the I-95 Landfill Complex. The Energy Resource Recovery Facility is one of the largest waste-to-energy facilities in the country. The facility has been in operation since 1990.
Municipal solid waste serves as the fuel for the facility. Steam is produced that turns turbines that can generate over 80MW of electricity. The facility can process not only municipal solid waste, but also such waste items as confidential documents, infested nursery plant materials, old currency and other items that need assured destruction.
The facility is heavily regulated, subject to continuous emissions monitoring, and required to report any exceedance of emission limits to the issuing authority or Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. The Solid Waste Management Program oversees operation of the I-95 Energy Resource Recovery Facility and is responsible for providing a minimum of 930,750 tons of waste to the facility annually (a commitment referred to as the Guaranteed Annual Tonnage). The initial term of this agreement ended in 2011, with a 5-year extension until 2016.
Renewable Electricity Production:
By producing electricity using solid waste, the facility avoids both the cost and emissions of using a fossil fuel to produce the electricity. Since 1990, energy production by the plant has replaced the equivalent of approximately two million barrels of crude oil per year.
How Waste Is Processed:
The following is a diagram of the energy recovery process, highlighting the emissions control system.
- Combustion controls reduce carbon monoxide (CO), dioxins and hydrocarbons.
- Ammonia is injected to control nitrogen oxides (NOx).
- Semi-dry scrubbers inject lime to control acid gases.
- Carbon is introduced to control mercury.
- Fabric filter baghouses control particulate matter and metals.
- Continuous emissions monitoring system continually checks emissions and alerts if there are exceedances.
Solid waste enters the facility from collection vehicles that dump their waste on the tip floor. The waste is picked up by cranes and deposited in the four chutes and onto reciprocating grates that move the waste into the combustors. The waste is tumbled and burned as fuel, heating the boilers where steam is produced. The steam travels through pipes to the turbines that generate the electricity.
Ash, gas and other products of burning continue through the facility, where reagents such as lime, ammonia and carbon are introduced to condition the ash by-product and clean the exhaust gases. The gases pass through the baghouses (a collection of large fabric filters), where particulate matter is filtered. The cleaned gases are emitted through the stack. The ash is cooled then deposited onto conveyors and transported to the ash building to await further processing that removes ferrous and nonferrous metals.
Ash from the Fairfax facility is nonhazardous and is disposed in the ash monofill of the I-95 Landfill Complex.
Pollution Control:
Key stack emissions are continuously monitored for permit compliance. Exhaust gas from the facility is also tested annually to ensure that emissions do not exceed permit limits. Similarly, ash produced during the combustion process is tested periodically for metals content, pH and other factors. Finally, recovered water from the steam generating process is recycled many times before it is treated and discharged into the sewer system.
As indicated by the demanding set of permit limits and testing protocols imposed by federal and state law, the plant is subject to rigorous scrutiny by environmental protection agencies. As a result, Covanta commits significant resources to reducing its impact on the environment
Overall Emissions Reductions from Energy Resource Recovery Facility resulting from the Clean Air Act retrofit in 2000:
98.3 percent removal of sulfur dioxide
95.5 percent removal of hydrochloric acid
98.6 percent removal of mercury
- 45 percent reduction in nitrogen oxides
Solid Waste Management Plan Strategies:
Through the development of the county's Solid Waste Management Plan, a 20-year plan for how the county will effectively manage the waste it generates, the Board of Supervisors approved the strategy of continuing to use the E/RRF beyond the end of the current service agreement.
Incineration Is Cool For The Climate:
The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), EPA, and the Commonwealth of Virginia all recognize that waste incineration with energy recovery is a key mitigation technology that reduces greenhouse gases caused by processing of municipal solid waste.
The E/RRF makes some significant and specific contributions to Fairfax County's efforts to remain a "cool county:"
- Manages Fairfax County trash right here in our community, reducing the need for fossil fuels to transport our waste to downstate landfills.
- Handles Fairfax County waste disposal now, rather than creating a new waste management legacy for the next generation.
- Eliminates methane gas and other greenhouse gases on a ton for ton basis.
- Generates approximately 670 kilowatts of electricity for every ton of trash burned, using a renewable fuel source.
- Recycles enough metal annually to build over 20,000 automobiles.
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Occupies 23 acres at the I-95 Landfill Complex.
Includes four industrial boilers that can burn over 3,000 tons per day of municipal solid waste (about 1.1 million tons per year) depending on the moisture content of the waste.
Uses a controlled combustion process that burns waste at a temperature of 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit.
Reduces waste by up to 90 percent in volume, leaving an ash poduct that is landfilled.
Reduces waste by 75 percent in weight during processing.
Produces enough electricity to power 75,000 homes.
Avoids the equivalent of approximately one million tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year, through avoided landfill emissions and by generating renewable energy.
The facility uses some of the energy it generates (approximately eight Megawatts) for its operation. The remainder is sold to Dominion Virginia Power.
The facility recovers the energy from municipal solid waste originating in Fairfax County, the District of Columbia, and other local jurisdictions.
Ferrous and nonferrous metals in the waste stream are also recovered as part of the resource recovery process.


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its a cast oven like the four grandmere and others. I would never build a mobile oven business around anything but a cast oven because of bumps in the road etc.
This sounds great but my concern would be structural long term and/or warranty. Can you comment on either?


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February 11, 2008 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: WIC Reports in Crystal
SUBJECT 2: Name of WIC New Data System
SUBJECT 3: New Satellite Numbers for Selected LWPs
SUBJECT 4: New Handout For The WIC Initial Contact (AR): "Tobacco, Alcohol and other Drugs (#508)" - English Version
SUBJECT 5: Revised WIC 29 - Documentation For Medical Needs Formula Issuance
SUBJECT 6: Smoke Exposure Nutrition Education Code
SUBJECT 7: Plastic Sleeves for Participant ID Folders
SUBJECT 8: National Nutrition Month
SUBJECT 9: January Caseload
SUBJECT 10: Breast Pump Order
- WIC Reports in Crystal: In an effort to help speed up the elimination of paper reports, we will be posting some reports on Crystal that are viewed only in Adobe Reader software. These reports will open in Adobe and do not have to be exported to Adobe to view or print. After opening the report, do a search on your agency number/name or page through the report to find the data for your agency.
We are beginning this process with two aggregate data reports. They are the HWINE500-01 Nutrition Education Summary and the HWIAC425-01 Participation reports. You can find these reports under the WIC Reports folder and each one will be in it's own folder. The run date of the report will be in the title to help with identifying it. Example: If the run date on the 425 report is 2-2-08, it contains data for January 08.
Please contact your district TA team for assistance with using the data from these reports.
Please contact Melissa Seaver at email@example.com or 573-751-6489 for problems with opening or printing the reports.
- Name of WIC New Data System: The Steering Committee for the WIC new data system met on February 6 and has agreed on the name of our new data system. The name is Missouri WIC Information Network System (MOWINS). We received 25 suggestions for the name of the new data system and MOWINS was selected. Thanks to all who sent in a suggestion for the new name.
If you have questions, contact Mark Davis at firstname.lastname@example.com or 573-526-5323 or 800-392-8209.
- New Satellite Numbers for Selected LWPs: There are 42 agencies that have at least one satellite that does not currently have a unique number. Effective March 3, 2008 all WIC satellites will have a number assigned that will be used when keying information into HANDS for participants at the satellite site. Larry Rutledge previously contacted the 42 agencies to inform them of the change and will soon send an email with more information to the administrator and WIC coordinator of the affected agencies.
If you have questions, contact Larry at email@example.com or 573-526-0226 or 800-392-8209.
- New Handout For The WIC Initial Contact (AR): "Tobacco, Alcohol and other Drugs (#508)" English Version - The State Office is pleased to provide a new education handout titled "Tobacco, Alcohol, and other Drugs (#508)" for the initial nutrition education contact (AR). The handout has been printed. Please order handouts using the updated WIC Nutrition Education Material Request Form (WIC-7) from the DHSS warehouse. If you have any questions, please contact Takako Tagami at 1-800-392-8209 or e-mail Takako at email@example.com.
- Revised WIC 29 Form - Documentation For Medical Needs Formula Issuance: Thank you to the local WIC providers who provided valuable input in revising the Documentation For Medical Needs Formula Issuance form (WIC 29). The form was finalized based on feedback from local WIC providers. Please see the attached WIC 29 form. The form is being printed and will be available at the warehouse early March. If you have any questions, please contact Takako Tagami at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Smoke Exposure Nutrition Education Code: WICNS has added a new nutrition education code in response to requests from the LWPs. Smoke Exposure (SM) nutrition education code is now available and may be used for all categories (Prenatal women, Breastfeeding women, postpartum women (non- Breastfeeding women), Infants, and Children). Following are suggested topics for which this code may be used - Health effects/risks of smoke and tobacco; Protecting participants and their children from Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) exposure; and Referral to smoking cessation programs. Attached are a revised Nutrition Education Codes list and Nutrition Education Codes and Suggested Topics list. If you have questions regarding this nutrition education code, please contact your district nutritionist for technical assistance.
- Plastic Sleeves for Participant ID Folders: The State office is pleased to announce that 100,000 plastic sleeves have been purchased that can be used for the participant ID folders. These plastic sleeves will be delivered to the warehouse by the end of February.
We will notify you by the end of February through the WIC Weekly Updates with more details. If you have any suggestions and/or questions, please contact Takako Tagami at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- National Nutrition Month® is around the corner. Attached is the National Nutrition Month Challenge developed by the Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health and Senior Services. The State WIC office plans to mail the National Nutrition Month Information Packet to all local WIC providers by the end of February. Please utilize the resource items. The resource items can be used for activities with WIC participants and co-workers at work. For more information, please visit the following website. If you have any suggestions and/or questions, please contact Takako Tagami at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To download education flyers and healthy eating, please visit www.eatright.org/nnm/.
- January Caseload: As traditionally occurs, WIC caseload went up in January, this time to 142,478, the highest caseload served. We are continuing to see the greatest caseload growth in services to children ages 1-5. We are reviewing all agency caseloads to identify those agencies needing contract amendments. If you believe your agency needs a contract change, please contact your district team. Any caseload questions can be directed to your district team or Jim Schindler at email@example.com.
- Breast Pump Order: The State WIC Office is in the process of requesting approval from USDA to purchase Medela Lactina Select electric breast pumps, double pumping kits and Harmony manual breast pumps. If you would like to request any of these items for your agency please complete the attached order form and email to firstname.lastname@example.com or fax to 573-526-1470 by COB on Friday, February 29, 2008. If you have any questions please contact Kathy Mertzlufft at 573-526-4792.
Breastpumps and Kit Order Request 2-11-08
Missouri WIC Caseload JAN- 07-08
NE Codes and Suggested Topics
Nutrition Challenge 2008
Nutrition Education Codes.doc
WIC-7 Nutrition Education Material Request Form -02-07-08.doc
WIC 29 UPDATE FINAL to UPDATE LWP # 02-06-08.doc
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Smoke, fire or an explosion in a building shall warrant activation of the nearest fire pull station which is located near an outside exit.
- Call MSU Police at 911 or 2222. Immediately evacuate the building using established evacuation routes. Do not use elevators.
- If possible, provide assistance to mobility-impaired individuals. If this is not possible, or if anyone is injured, call MSU Police at 911. Provide the location to arriving emergency services (fire, police, etc.) of physically-impaired individuals sheltered in the building.
- Do not attempt to extinguish the fire.
- Once outside the building, account for all building occupants at the designated meeting area.
- Do not re-enter the building or leave the campus unless advised to do so by the building coordinator, department chair or MSU Police.
- Give any known details of the alarm or fire to arriving emergency personnel.
- Report damage to Facilities Management at 4291 (after hours 3805).
- Give any known details of the alarm or fire to arriving emergency personnel.
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