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Skip to comments.Chris Christie slams libertarians over national security
Posted on 07/26/2013 10:10:38 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Thursday took a big swing at libertarian-leaning lawmakers in both parties, calling the ideology, when applied to national security, a very dangerous thought. His comments come just one day after the House narrowly rejected a sweeping amendment to defund the National Security Agencys surveillance program.
Addressing the bipartisan coalition that joined together to nearly push the so-called Amash amendment through, Christie told lawmakers who harbor libertarian views on the issue to explain their position to the victims of 9/11, the Washington Posts Aaron Blake reports. He also included Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in his critique.
As a former prosecutor who was appointed by President George W. Bush on Sept. 10, 2001, I just want us to be really cautious, because this strain of libertarianism thats going through both parties right now and making big headlines, I think, is a very dangerous thought, Christie said.
The governor proceeded to use an emotional argument to make his case, inviting any one of them thats engaged in this apparently dangerous strain of libertarianism to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation.
Im very nervous about the direction this is moving in, Christie added.
What about the raging debate regarding the balancing of privacy and national security? Some of that debate is esoteric, according to Christie.
He had kind words to say about the national security strategies of both President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush.
Do we have amnesia? the New Jersey Republican asked. Because I dont. And I remember what we felt like on Sept. 12, 2001.
Christie made the comments while attending the Republican Governors Associations summer meeting in Aspen, Colo.
Christie needs to reread the 4th Amendment!
a very dangerous thoughtthat makes them nervous.
Me too. I felt like killing muslims. Specifically Saudis. What I didn't feel like having my freedoms curtailed, being spied on 24/7, having perverts grope little children in airports, and being called a racist for correctly pointing out that islam the enemy.
Yep, and tell the widows and the orphans that all their phone calls and internet activity are now being recorded for their own safety.
Tell them that the constitution is no longer valid because some people are pissing in their pants afraid of the muslim savages.
The fat boy is obviously not very bright. But I'm actually glad that he is making this argument because it will make it easier to defeat him.
He's pretty limber for a big fella. You wouldn't expect a big guy like that to be capable of shoving his head that far up his own ass.
The NSA listened to the Russian pricks who blew up Boston. Didn't help much did it?
He needs to read the whole document, repeatedly, until he can recite it from memory.
Put down the Twinkie, Jabba, and tell me where the authority exists per the Constitution. Another dipshit with a (R) after their name that seems to think they don't work for the Citizens of their State after election, or are more intelligent since they are in office.
Indeed. After Pearl Harbor, we did not go into a defensive mode and try to protect ourselves through enhanced security. Instead, we reached out and showed the world that it is a very, very bad idea to attack America.
We should have done that on 9/12. Should have taken out a few cities that were already on a list of "nice to eliminate" and then we should have announced that our second list of cities included Mecca and Medina and that further attacks by terrorists would be a very, very, very bad idea.
We have tried very hard to be the most powerful nation on earth. And we are. But we are afraid of ourselves and we no longer seem to have the guts to act like what we are. You want security? We spend $500B a year on "security". But it won't help unless we use it in the way it was intended — and "nation building" is not what it was intended to do.
We've been fighting a war for over 10 years and what do we have to show for it? Loss of our own freedom, and not much more. The guys living in caves seem to have won.
To find a needle in a haystack, we clearly need a much larger haystack. /s
Hey, if you don't have anything to hide, why you so worried?
(Is a /sarc tag actually necessary? Dammit, I guess it is these days.)
Buzz off, Christie.
What a fool. They cannot even listen to Mosques. And if they do get wind of terrorist activity, (the Chechens Russia warned them about), they do nothing to stop the terrorist attack. How are they gonna stop any terrorism at all crispy creme ?
Not JUST put Mecca and Medina on the Tier 2 target list, but promise the dirtiest possible bombs, that the entire AREA will be lethal for decades to come. . .
My tier 1 target would have been ONE bomb.
Medium-large nuke, dropped into the water about a mile behind the Aswan High Dam. Let a boiling, radioactive flood scour the entire Nile Valley clean. And then remind them that was ONE, MEDIUM bomb. And just smile. . .
Why doesn't Chris Christie ....sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation.
2011: Christie appointed an Islamist, Sohail Mohammed, to the New Jersey state superior court. Mohammeds record includes serving as general counsel to the American Muslim Union (which has stated that a Zionist Commando Orchestrated The 9-11 Terrorist Attacks),
Why doesn't Chris Christie ....sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation.
2012: The revelation that the New York Police Department had conducted surveillance of Islamists in the New Jersey towns of Newark and New Brunswick prompted not gratitude but outrage from Christie, who termed the action arrogant and paranoid while mocking NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly as all knowing, all seeing.
Why doesn't Chris Christie ....sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation.
I heard someone say that just this morning. They were dead serious. Of course, living in MA, I can't say I'm surprised.
Terrorism won't destroy America but political correctness will.
Someone should put helium in his donuts and use Christie for a border patrol blimp.
The House voted in an amendment the other night that refused funds form any military aid to Syria that doesn't first get congressional approval.
I thought it was a great idea.
Christie probably wants to put Al Qaeda in charge in Syria, same as Obama, McCain, Graham, and the conquest-of-the-world-for-jihadism group in Congress.
Agreed. "Shock & Awe" should have been "Nuke & Destroy." Turn that sand into a sheet of glass and there won't be any caves or anything else.
Yesterday on NRO someone posted that we used to be a land where we gave up our lives to protect our freedom. Now we give up our freedom to protect our lives.
I thought that was profound. Naturally NRO erased it.
What did christie slam him with, a pizza? A bag of m+m's?
Don't forget to tell the widows and orphans that Mosques are exempt from the NSA monitoring.
If Christie were President during WWII, he would have nuked Hawaii.
Seriously, this guy is a dangerous moron. If we get attacked by an enemy, we attack them. We don't attack ourselves in response.
Apparently the sociopaths in the Republican Party think this is a winning strategy and they can justify it by standing on dead bodies and evoking 9/11. This might work for frightened soccer moms but you can't win elections with just them. Keep up this rhetoric and the Republican Party will be a more fragmented garbage dump of failed ideology than it already is. It definitely cannot defeat a unified communist / Democrat party. They don't eat their own.
Post Bush doctrine America, if you can call it that with Obama's continued march, is a complete and utter disaster. The Republican party is obsolete and people like McCain, Christie, Graham, and a host of others prove it. They should be at the back of the bus, kicked, punched, and sent back to their country clubs with the black eyes and bruised egos they so desperately deserve.
When your party starts to eat its own it's time for a new one. Once all the rich, white, old, Republicans kill themselves on booze, medication, and food addiction, who do you expect to replace them with? Been to a Young Republican's meeting lately? Christie just alienated 90% of them.
***New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Thursday took a big swing at libertarian-leaning lawmakers in both parties,...***
It takes a big man to take a big swing.
Me too. I felt like killing muslims. Specifically Saudis.
So did I. Took me four years, but I got my scalps...
Bet you smother that sunnavahgun in maple syrup he'd be interested.
Eat another donut, you RINO bastard.
Hey Krispy Kreme, Eat another donut, you RINO bastard.
Sad, isn't it? Here in southeast MO if you said something like that you may get taken out back for a talking to...
-—"Medium-large nuke, dropped into the water about a mile behind the Aswan High Dam. "
Ummm... Sharpshooter, I admire your eagerness to slam Islam for the evil that it is, but that's kinda reckless, doncha think?
Where does the Nile flow?
The Mediterranean and then the Atlantic would have radioactivity. That would piss off the Euros (who cares), but they don't deserve this.
Neutron bombs would be better.
At a time when Obama needed PR and to fool stupid Americans into believing he was not the most divisive president in history (he is), Christie did a series of photo ops with Obama.
Never forgive him for that.
This is true.
Every day, I find 1-2 reasons why I'm done with the GOP.
Romney's nomination was the thing that got me. It illustrated exactly what they've become:
It's a sad day when we have to fear Obama etal more than we do Arab terrorists, but here we are.
Well, consider for a second, what fallout is. Debris pulled up in the explosion, and the bomb itself, and stuff in the immediate vicinity of the explosion, made radioactive by the high neutron and gamma flux.
A "water shot" would primarily irradiate water, transmuting the hydrogen and oxygen into radioisotopes.
The radioisotopes of Oxygen have half-lives between 2 and 122 seconds, so they would be violently radioactive immediately, but by the time the water made it out to the sea, it would barely be radioactive at all: 20 minutes would be 10 half-lives of the longest-lived isotope, or roughly one tenth of a percent of the original radiation.
Hydrogen would be transmuted to Tritium, which is a Beta emitter, and thus not really a problem. . .
>> I find it amusing how the idea of liberty is, to a statist, "a very dangerous thought" that makes them nervous.
Libertarianism and statism represent the enforcement extents. Conservatism and liberalism distinguish the moral divide. A Leftist is a liberal statist. The Libertarian Platform defines the liberal libertarian. Regrettably, there are too few conservative libertarians. Christie is a statist leaning moderate. Rand Paul is a conservative leaning libertarian, Palin and Levin are libertarian leaning conservatives as were the Founding Fathers — the same camp that I belong.
Nice strawman. 9/11 happened because of political correctness and lax border/interior security, not because of a belief that we should mind our own business and stop policing the world.
Well, that was quite an intelligent response.
I hereby retract my sarcastic "Sharpshooter" allegation and I learned something.
The ironic thing is that "Islam" is NOT A RACE, it's a very dangerous cultist ideology, "Islam" is more of a NATION than anything. And perhaps the most dangerous threat to face the world ever, once Islamists start taking over areas of western civilization and getting Sharia law imposed, and all the atrocities being committed and possibly more worse terrorist attacks than 9/11 happen. I believe that people might start seeing the bigger picture and fighting Islam wherever it rears its head. But by then it may be too late.
Screw this guy.
I had enough of this fat blow-hard. I can't wait until he tries to run for POTUS and then falls flat on his bloated face down South and out West.
Why worry about radiation at all. A Bunker buster at the base of the dam would have the same affect.
What, you mean with those 19 illegal alien Saudis running loose in the country? How did that happen, fat man?
IMHO, Gov. Christie and Sen. Paul is each more intelligent and a greater patriot than fat-ass Hillary. I would vote for EITHER to keep her from continuing Obama's war against the middle class.
And let's not forget that well-paid Obama-bots have already started their campaign of dirty-tricks directed against ALL Republicans...
10 half-lives of the longest-lived isotope, or roughly one tenth of a percent of the original radiation.
...goes as 1/2,1/4,1/8 so...
10 half lives = 1/210 = 1/1024 or a bit more than a thousandth.
And the 5th...
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That is what I'm about to do – kill the buzz on fantasy baseball players who are performing at such a high level that they can't maintain and should fall back to Earth sometime within the next few weeks.
If you feel like riding the hot streak, fine. If you feel like trading the player away, fine. I don't care what you do with them, but here are some players with a buzz that is soon to flat-line. (more…)

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- World's Fastest 1TB tape drive
IBM announced its new enterprise [TS1130 tape drive]and corresponding [TS3500 tape library support]. This one has a funny back-story. Last week while we were preparing the Press Release, we debated on whether we should compare the 1TB per cartridge capacity as double that of Sun's Enterprise T10000 (500GB), or LTO-4 (800GB). The problem changed when Sun announced on Monday they too had a 1TB tape drive, so now instead ofsaying that we had the "World's First 1TB tape drive", we quickly changed this to the "World's Fastest 1TB tape drive" instead. At 160MB/sec top speed, IBM's TS1130 is 33 percent faster than Sun's latest announcement. Sun was rather vague when they will actually ship their new units, so IBM may still end up being first to deliver as well.
Here is an IBM podcast to hear more about it:
Listen to IBM's Charlie Andrews describe the new IBM TS1130 1 TB tape drive
While EMC and other disk-only vendors have stopped claiming that "tape is dead", these recent announcements from IBM and Sun indicate that indeed tape is alive and well. IBM is able to borrow technologies from disk, such as the Giant Magneto Resistive (GMR) head over to its tape offerings, which means much of the R&D for disk applies to tape, keeping both forms ofstorage well invested. Tape continues to be the "greenest" storage option, more energy efficient than disk, optical, film, microfiche and even paper.
- Improved Reporting
On the LTO front, IBM enhanced the reporting capabilities of its[TS3310] midrange tape library. This includes identifying the resource utilization of the drives, reporting on media integrity, and improved diagnostics to support library-managed encryption.
- IBM System Storage DR550
As a blended disk-and-tape solution, the [IBM System Storage DR550] easily replaces the EMC Centera to meet compliance storagerequirements. IBM announced that we have greatly expanded its scalability, being able to support both 1TBdisk drives, as well as being able to attach to either IBM or Sun's 1TB tape drives.
- Massive Array of Idle Disks (MAID)
IBM now offers a "Sleep Mode" in the firmware of the [IBM System Storage DCS9550], which is often called "Massive Array of Idle Disks" (MAID) or spin-down capability. This can reduce the amount of power consumed during idle times.
That's a lot of exciting stuff. I'm off to breakfast now.
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Wolf protection group to hold local event
MARQUETTE – The committee to Keep Michigan Wolves Protected will be holding an event Saturday in Houghton. A petition-signing is set for 1 p.m. at the Portage Lake District Library.
On January 14, the ballot committee launched a referendum campaign against PA 520. The act made the Gray Wolf a game species, and took effect December 27th, 2012. 225,00 signatures are being sought out before a due date of March 27th, 2013.
Recent news articles have quoted Mich. DNR officials who claim that the referendum is "premature and ill-advised."
"The fact is, we have 90 days from when a bill is signed by the Governor, to gather the necessary signatures to place this issue on the 2014 ballot," says Adam Robarge UPALD founder. "The referendum process is most certainly moving forward."
Officials are also saying that a wolf hunt is not imminent, merely being discussed as an option. "Every state however, has swiftly followed de-listing of the Gray Wolf with a public hunt, including our Minnesota and Wisconsin neighbors," says Robarge. "Signing this petition will ensure protection against such a hunt until at least 2014. During that time, scientific data can be gathered from Minnesota and Wisconsin in an attempt to answer the concerns of those advocating for a wolf hunt. Did acts of depredation on livestock and domestic animals actually decrease substantially in areas where a hunt took place? Did instances of wolves visiting urban areas decrease? Is there a scientific correlation between the two that Michigan officials can actually use in the decision making process? Right now that type of data is just not available."
The event in Houghton will serve as an opportunity for local residents to sign the petition and learn a bit more about the wolves we share this landscape with.
UPALD is seeking to hold similar events throughout the Upper Peninsula, in an effort to include residents in the referendum process.
"The U.P. is truly the battleground over the issue. This is where the wolves reside. This is where a hunt would take place," said Robarge.
The event will begin with a presentation by Great Lakes Regional Director of The National Wolfwatchers Alliance, Nancy Warren. The presentation is entitled "Coexisting With Wolves." Following the presentation, registered Michigan voters can sign the petition and also obtain information about circulating petitions themselves. UP coordinators for the committee Nancy Warren and Adam Robarge will be on hand.


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Craig Barrett, the former chief executive officer and chairman of Intel Corp., said at a press conference that the results of the recently signed strategic agreement between Intel and Nokia would only become obvious in the following years. This once again confirms that neither of the companies is likely to benefit from the agreement in the short term future.
"We will have to wait a few years to see if the deal is successful," said Craig Barrett at a press conference, reports Reuters news-agency.
In late June Intel and Nokia signed an agreement that will enable Intel to license Nokia's HSPA/3G modem technologies with the aim of developing "advanced mobile computing solutions that deliver a powerful and flexible computing experience". Even though the companies did not provide details or peculiarities, it is highly likely that by "powerful computing" Intel considers its Atom platforms. Potentially, this allows Intel to build-in Nokia's baseband technologies into its next-gen system-on-chips powered by Atom technology.
The effort also includes technology development and cooperation in several open source software initiatives in order to develop common technologies for use in the Moblin and Maemo platform projects, which will deliver Linux-based operating systems for these future mobile computing devices.
But the most important thing is that Intel and Nokia will together define a new mobile platform beyond today's smartphones, notebooks and netbooks, enabling the development of a variety of innovative hardware, software and mobile Internet services. For Intel it means that it can sell its x86 processors on the market of ultra-mobile devices, the market that has been commanded by ARM processors for many years.
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Preoperative physical therapy reduces risk of postoperative atelectasis and pneumonia in people undergoing elective cardiac surgery
- 1School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
- 2Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Commentary on: Hulzebos EH, Smit Y, Helders PP, et al. Preoperative physical therapy for elective cardiac surgery patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;11:CD010118.
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Cardiac surgery patients are at risk of postoperative pulmonary complications.
The incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications varies in the literature, because of inconsistent definitions for postoperative pulmonary complication.
More large-scale randomised controlled trials are needed to determine the value of preoperative physical therapy in cardiac surgery patients.
Postoperative pulmonary complications are a common cause of morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. The reasons for the lung function impairment are multifactorial and include anaesthesia, cardiopulmonary bypass, the surgery itself, analgesia and postoperative immobility. The reported incidence varies in the literature, depending on the specific criteria used for the definition of a postoperative pulmonary complication and the diagnostic techniques used to detect them. Efforts have been made to identify those patients who have a higher risk of …


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Solve your diabetes dilemmas�and avoid common mistakes�with the help of this expert checklist.
Diabetes is a 24/7 disease that can wear out and trip up even the most attentive patients. No one knows that better than diabetes educators, who have walked patients through every dilemma imagin- able and watched many make the same mistakes. �Learning to deal with diabetes is like going back to school again,� says diabetes educator Amy Campbell, a registered dietitian and manager of clinical education programs at the renowned Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. �You have to learn new ways of eating, how to deal with physical activity, how to check blood sugar. Diabetes education is lifelong.� Use these tips from Campbell and other top diabetes edu- cators as your personal diabetes management checklist to help keep you on track year-round. Don�t assume your blood sugar is fine because�you feel fine. Often, low blood sugar makes you feel shaky and light-headed�but not always. 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Hannah Brewer is a junior who is homeschooled with a 4.0 GPA. Hannah was born and raised in Carroll County, Maryland and currently resides in Manchester.
Hannah works in the community with several different organizations. One organization is the American Heart Association. Her aunt died suddenly at the age of 54 of a heart attack and several other family members have been affected by cardiovascular disease as well. She is a National Spokesperson for the American Heart Association, an advocate for the "Go Red for Women" campaign, a member of the Baltimore Passion committee, and the Baltimore AHA Advocacy committee. She lobbied the Maryland Senate for Bill 564, which would enforce at least 30 minutes of Physical Education in public schools daily. She has met with U.S. Maryland Senators to promote causes for the American Heart Association. Hannah has also met with the Maryland State Department of Education to promote a 12 step screening process for all high school athletes.
Another passion of Hannah's is supporting the military. She helps organizations such as Operation Welcome Home Maryland, Operation Homefront, Team Red, White, and Blue, The USO, and Honor Flights. Hannah makes fleece blankets and cards for the soldiers returning home from their tour of duty. She has planned a princess tea party for the spring of 2013 for little girls who have families in the military. At this time, Hannah is in the process of starting her own non-profit (501C3) which will be called, "Hannah's Heroes", to benefit our military and their families.
Hannah loves to sing. She was a top-5 finalist in Disney's American Idol Experience. She also performs the National Anthem at many events for local, state, and national organizations. She loves to visit nursing homes and hospitals to sing for the residents. Hannah believes it's important to stay heart healthy so she takes crossfit (RXFit) classes at her local gym. Hannah hopes to attend college and become a news broadcaster and eventually a news anchor on a major television affiliate. But she also hopes to continue to run her non-profit with success.


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Don't Bother With Prepaid Debit Cards
BOSTON ( TheStreet) -- Prepaid debit cards might seem like a wise financial move on the surface, but when you zero in on what a prepaid card actually does (and doesn't do) for your finances, you begin to see why these types of cards serve little purpose in personal finance.
With a prepaid debit card, you simply load money onto the card and spend it - you're parking your money there and pay tons of fees along the way.
This brings us to the first problem with prepaid debit cards: the fees.
"It's hard to find a prepaid card without a menu of different fees, from a monthly fee, to an inactivity fee, to a fee for a paper statement, plus fees for talking to a customer service representative," says Gerri Detweiler, director of consumer education at Credit.com.
The monthly fees could be as high as $3 per month and an additional $2 just to load money onto the card.
And if you're looking to develop credit history, a prepaid debit card won't come in handy, since none of the activity on the card is reported to the three credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax (EFX) and TransUnion. The way to build credit is to stick with a traditional credit card.
Think about it: With a prepaid debit card, you're using your own money, which doesn't tell the credit bureaus anything about how you manage other people's money (the purpose of credit history). This is why credit cards are the only way to build up credit.
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abc,Autolyse. I have experimented on occasion using autolyse (the classic Calval autolyse) with the basic Lehmann dough recipe. However, I have not personally achieved significant advantages to suggest that I should use it all the time in the basic Lehmann basic dough. My experience has been that the crumb takes on more of a bread-like character. I might also mention that one purpose of using the autolyse is to reduce the total knead time. So using an autolyse with a long knead time somewhat defeats its purpose and is likely to contribute to a more dense, less porous crumb.
Stand Mixers and Mixing Speeds. My KitchenAid stand mixer has ten speeds, labeled Stir, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. There are odd-numbered speeds, they just arent labeled. In my early days experimenting with the Lehmann dough recipe, I used speeds 2 and 3 more than I do today. I now also try to keep the total knead time down as much as possible, to around 8 minutes, so as not to overknead the dough and to rely more on biochemical gluten development. So, today, I am more likely to use the Stir, 1 and 2 speeds, and occasionally a few seconds at 3 speed at the end of the kneading process if the dough looks and feels like it might need it. Using 13-15 minutes of total knead time and speeds 2 or 3 for a good part of the total time is likely to result in an overkneaded dough, and this will show up in the form of a tight crumb in the finished crust with few, large, irregular-shaped holes, even though a high hydration level is used.
Extensibility of the Lehmann Dough. As fond as I am of the Lehmann dough, my experience with the Lehmann dough is that, in a home setting at least, it is temperature sensitive and sometimes prone to above-average extensibility (stretchiness). I have reported on this on several occasions. The Lehmann dough likes cool temperaturesin the water (just cool enough to ensure a finished dough temperature of around 80 degrees F) and low cooler/refrigerator temperatures (between 35-40 degrees F). It also doesnt need any added sugar, although it can be added, at around 1-2% by weight of flour, if the dough is to go beyond 48 hours or so. You indicated, abc, that you used malt. You didnt indicate whether the malt was diastatic or non-diastatic. The diastatic form of malt provides additional amylase enzymes to help extract more sugar from the starch in the flour. Most bread flours today are already malted at the millers so it is usually not necessary to add more since this can lead to a more slack dough. If the malt was the non-diastatic form, it offers no additional amylase enzyme and behaves essentially like any other sugar. Like any other sugar, if used in excess of what the yeast really needs, it can adversely affect the fermentation process and the outcome of the finished product.
I would say with this commercial caboolture mozzarella I tried last night was as good as you can get here.
Hi Oz, where can I get this caboolture mozz you talk about? Thanks!
The dressed pizza was baked at around 500-550 degrees F on the highest oven rack position for about 7 minutes, following which I transferred the pizza off of the screen and onto a pizza stone (a rectangular stone with smaller overall dimensions than the screen) that had been placed on the lowest oven rack position and preheated for about an hour at the above temperature. The pizza required about 2-3 minutes on the pizza stone to be fully baked. What surprised me most as I removed the pizza from the oven is how big a fully baked 18-inch pizza really is. It's a monster. It's also a good choice to impress your guests who are lucky enough to sample the pizza.
abc,I have an electric oven with four possible oven rack positions and usually put the screen at the third oven rack position from the bottom and the stone at the bottom rack position. This time, I decided to try the top oven rack position for the screen before I shifted the pizza off of the screen onto the stone once the pizza crust had set up and the rim of the crust was starting to turn brown and the cheese was starting to bubble up and lightly brown--the two things I look for before shifting the pizza onto the stone. (My stone is rectangular and not big enough by itself to hold the entire pizza from the beginning.) I thought the top oven rack position worked reasonably well. I didn't show the bottom of the crust, but it was nicely browned--not burnt. Otherwise, I would move the stone up one position. I could use just the screen without the stone but I have found that I like the combination of the screen and stone for the NY style pizza in the larger sizes, and especially the contribution to bottom crust browning provided by the stone. Peter
My recollection from one of your earlier posts is that you tried placing your stone on the floor of your oven. Is it a gas or electric oven, and is it possible for you to bake the 18-inch on a screen on the top oven rack position and then shift it onto the stone on the oven floor, much as I did with my stone? If that will result in the crust burning, maybe you can try baking at a lower temperature (e.g., 475 degrees F) for a longer period of time. It's also possible that your dough had too much sugar and the crust browned too quickly when you used only the stone on the floor of the oven. Often, the crust bottom will be overbaked while at the same time the top of the pizza will be underbaked. For that reason, Tom Lehmann often warns against using too much sugar in a dough to be baked on a hearth or deck surface. Using the malt may have had a similar effect. Maybe we can rule this out as a problem once you have had a chance to make the pizza again without the malt. Peter
My best advice for the next Lehmann pizza is not to worry about the small weights of ingredients, stick with the 63% hydration level (at least for now), cut back on the mixing speed and duration of knead, try to keep the finished dough on the cool side as much as possible, and dispense with the autolyse and malt. You can always decide at a later date to reintroduce either the autolyse or the malt or to reduce the hydration ratio. If the extensibility is still too high after these changes, you might consider using the dough a bit sooner next time, say, 16-18 hours.Peter


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NEW ULM – The District 88 Board of Education Thursday night approved the sale of the former school at 15 N. State St. to a group called Cenate.
The board also approved a community task force recommendation that calls for building a new high school and re-configuring pre-school, elementary and middle grades among existing school buildings.
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Reed Glawe, an attorney with Gislason and Hunter and interim president of Cenate, recapped Cenate's offer.
The group offered $25,000 for the school. The planned sale closing date is July 2. Coupled with the sale are two leases. One is a $1 per year, 10-year-lease back to the district of the auditorium and related space. The other is a $5,000 per month, two-year, lease of office space to the district.
The two-year lease allows the district to transition to alternative office space, while also allowing Cenate to apply for registering the building as a national and state historic landmark. The landmark designation would result in tax credits, which would make it financially viable to update the auditorium and repurpose the rest of the school into an apartment complex.
The building would be subdivided into two sections, with separate titles, Glawe also recapped. Cenate would split up into two groups, as well. Some members (those with interest in the performing arts) would own, operate and maintain the auditorium. Others would take responsibility for the rest, with the goal of turning the building over to a reputable developer after two years (the estimated time needed to gain tax credits).
Glawe addressed the issue of the auditorium's murals, created as part of the Work Projects Administration's (WPA's) Federal Art Project. Some members of the public have expressed concern about the murals' future, if a private party buys the building.
"I'd like to state as emphatically as I can that we are committed to keeping the murals where they are, and having them maintained in perpetuity," said Glawe.
Cenate would likely transfer the murals over to a historic preservation organization that has the expertise to care for, and preserve them as they should be preserved, said Glawe.
The language in the agreement that refers to the murals is written in a way that ensures that "we don't do that off the cuff" but in "a careful, methodical, well thought-out way," said Glawe.
A federal stake in the artwork also needs to be clarified, added Glawe.
The closing date of July 2 gives the sides time to put together a specific agreement about the murals, he added.
Glawe stressed that Cenate – comprised of well-known, well-respected business and community leaders with strong and often multi-generational ties to both community and school – is primarily motivated by the goal of transitioning a beloved local landmark in a way that ensures it remains a living, viable community asset, a positive attribute to the community.
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Fielding a question that referred to "the small amount" being offered – $25,000 – money that would quickly return to Cenate in the shape of rent – Glawe noted that "there is more to it" than is immediately obvious.
There are reasons buyers are not knocking at the door, he noted. The building has acknowledged issues that carry risks, and it needs many updates.
"You do not want a buyer who would cannibalize the building for its copper and wood," Glawe said. "The community does not want that."
Glawe, with support from board members closely familiar with the lengthy negotiation process, also noted that the deal gives the school district an exit date – a chance to no longer be forced to split educational resources between programming for the students and the maintenance of a building that does not meet modern standards to function as a school.
The buyer and seller are "walking down the path together," they are partners in this process, Glawe noted.
"Yes, you would help carry the cost – but you won't have to fork out $70,000-plus anymore to operate the building," he stated.
In addition, the district needs to invest $4.7 million (in 2007 prices) to address issues such as roofing or fire system updates, if it keeps to building. With the lease money, the district would not be spending any more than it currently is for the offices, in fact, slightly less.
With the performing arts supporters primarily interested in the auditorium, "the best-case scenario would have been to have developer for the apartment section lined up – but we don't," Glawe said.
Cenate stepped in after attempts to attract a developer proved unsuccessful.
"We are trying to do the legwork a developer would have to do – in hopes that, with the tax credits, a reputable developer will step up to the plate."
Potential candidates exist, Glawe added. "They've said to us, [get the tax credits], then come to us," he added.
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Addressing a question about "strings attached" to historic tax credits, Glawe noted that Cenate is, indeed, aware of restrictions. The restrictions primarily concern preserving the facade and, to a lesser degree, the interior decor. (They should not derail Cenate's ultimate goal.)
In response to yet another question, Glawe noted that Cenate is aware of asbestos issues and is purchasing the building "as is."
"We have a relatively high tolerance level," he added.
Task force report: facility planning leads to appeal for new high school
Facility Task Force members gave the board a detailed report on the process that eventually led to a recommendation to build a new high school.
The Task Force represented a wide cross-section of the community, with some 30-35 people from different walks of life and generations, said Task Force members who took turns making the report. The Task Force deliberated in large and small groups during four two-hour meetings.
The Task Force reviewed staff surveys on all programs and what was needed but not available; information of the current state of facilities; an architectural presentation of options to meet the needs for all programs; population trends and class sizes; tax impacts based on project size and the duration of a potential bond, etc.
Options included a multitude of configurations and ranged in price from $0 (a "do nothing" option) to $110 million (a complex with two new buildings).
The group was unanimous that "do nothing" was not a viable option.
After narrowing down and refining options and hearing updated costs, the group reached a consensus to "do it right" and "not use a band-aid approach" – to not pour money into aging buildings that would be near the end of their life-span by the time any potential bond is paid off. The Task force attempted to zero in on what makes most sense in the long run.
The group identified these priorities:
Upgrade facilities for safety at each site and around bus loading and unloading areas.
Update classrooms to meet modern space requirements.
Add physical education and athletic spaces.
Build a performing arts center.
Provide community education and community spaces.
Create new spaces for current and future programs.
Provide more room for pre-K programs.
While it did not even consider a new building as a serious option at first, gradually, as it studied matters deeper, the Task Force evolved into recommending a plan that calls for a new high school for grades 9-12, at a new, as-yet unidentified site. The new building itself, at 140,000 square feet, would cost $25.9 million. The land cost is budgeted at $1 million, with hopes the actual price would go lower after several sites are considered, and the district gains some bargaining power as a result.
In addition, under the plan, Jefferson Elementary would be remodeled as a school for grades 1-4, the High School as a middle school for grades 5-8, and Washington Elementary as a pre-school, kindergarten and community education site.
The remodeling includes shifting entrances and making them more secure, in part by placing administrative offices in key spots; making buildings age-appropriate to enable shifting the grades; knocking down some walls to enlarge classrooms; and some minimal additions.
Remodeling costs – plus soft costs for all projects – bring the overall cost of the plan to $45.3 million.
In some randomly selected examples, the anticipated tax increase as result of a 25-year, $45 million bond, is as follows: $63 a year for a home with a taxable market value of $100,000; $159 a year for a $200,000 home; and $5,221 for a $3 million commercial/industrial property.
According to the Task Force, the plan would:
Provide needed space for all pre-K programs.
Provide safe entry points at all sites.
Redirect bus and parent traffic.
Include a performing arts center for both school and community.
Provide badly needed PE and athletic space that can be used by the community.
Allow for future programming and growth.
Provide learning environments for the future.
As the board discussed the report, board member Steve Gag noted that the tax increase difference between this plan and the next best (a plan calling for a large addition on the current main campus) is $2-3 per month for an average house.
Board member Patricia Hoffman pointed out that society has transitioned from an industrial to a knowledge economy – while school facilities have not changed to reflect the new reality.
"I hope New Ulm recognizes the way education has changed," she said. The new spaces would allow the district to redesign education to meet the needs of the 21st century in a way remodeled facilities could not.
After steps prescribed by the state (public reviews, etc.), and if legal requirements are met, the plan would lead to a referendum on the potential bond. The referendum will take place during the primary election this August.
The board was not unanimous in either of the votes. Board member Sharon Gieseke voted both against the sale of the older school and against the new high school option, citing fiscal responsibility and a mandate from tax payers.


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This week I'm macking on: Little musicals that could. Rocky Horror, Reefer Madness, Have a Nice Life, all musicals playing in and around Philadelphia recently or right now, all with a hand-stitched, bright-eyed, can-do appeal, all really unlikely candidates for success (Rocky Horror's obviously a proven entity, but it still plays like an underground hit). In any case, there's a mini-revolution happening in musical theater, led by the Off-Broadway crowd and filtering out into the provinces, of musicals that thrive on the small stage.
I'm not talking about Songs for a New World-ish '70s throwback musicals, either. These are contemporary, fun shows that embrace camp, kitsch (yeah, I know, I was just ranting about kitsch yesterday, but this is different), and most of all, the idea that the fraught aughts are the best time to offer audiences a plain old good time. An indie theater company can't touch The Mikado, but give them A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant or Bat Boy, and you've got the makings of a great night out without bloat or baggage. Perfect for a regional theater scene like Philly's that has approximately a zillion nascent, ambitious young companies looking to make their mark in an increasingly competitive market.
This week I'm hating on: Twitter. But only because I love it so much. It's turned every moment into a meta-moment. Every Twitter tweaker sat by his/her computer Wednesday night, fingers poised and ready to rain down 140 characters of snark on anyone who'd listen... Online.
I'm in bed with my husband watching the debate, we start riffing on Joe the Plumber and shazam, I've got the Crackberry shakes. Should I get out of bed and run downstairs to the computer to broadcast every comment that makes us chuckle (WWJTPD; Dow down, but sales of Joe the Plumber Halloween costumes up 1000%; Wonder if Joe Biden minds Joe the Plumber and Joe Sixpack joining him on the campaign), or should I make my husband get out of bed and find his Blackberry in the car so he can bring it upstairs and I can tweet our pillow talk from the lamest menage a trois ever recorded?
I ran downstairs... But only four times.
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New Live Poll Allows Pundits To Pander To Viewers In Real Time
If the president and his aides will tell easily disproven falsehoods about crowd sizes and speeches, what else will they be willing to dissemble about?
One of the many things that is remarkable about the Trump administration is its devotion, even in its first days, to a particular variety of pointless falsehood.
Mendacity among politicians and the spokespeople hired to spin for them runs across eras and aisles, though it is true that some are more honest than others, and Donald Trump was a historically dishonest presidential candidate. But the Trump administration has displayed a commitment to needlessly lying that is confounding to even the most cynical observers of American politics.
No incident better summarizes this than a bizarre briefing by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday. Speaking in the Brady Briefing Room, Spicer laid into the assembled reporters.
Narcissism, disagreeableness, grandiosity—a psychologist investigates how Trump's extraordinary personality might shape his possible presidency.
In 2006, Donald Trump made plans to purchase the Menie Estate, near Aberdeen, Scotland, aiming to convert the dunes and grassland into a luxury golf resort. He and the estate's owner, Tom Griffin, sat down to discuss the transaction at the Cock & Bull restaurant. Griffin recalls that Trump was a hard-nosed negotiator, reluctant to give in on even the tiniest details. But, as Michael D'Antonio writes in his recent biography of Trump, Never Enough, Griffin's most vivid recollection of the evening pertains to the theatrics. It was as if the golden-haired guest sitting across the table were an actor playing a part on the London stage.
"It was Donald Trump playing Donald Trump," Griffin observed. There was something unreal about it.
In his first official White House briefing, Sean Spicer blasted journalists for "deliberately false reporting," and made categorical claims about crowd-size at odds with the available evidence.
In his first appearance in the White House briefing room since President Trump's inauguration, Press Secretary Sean Spicer delivered an indignant statement Saturday night condemning the media's coverage of the inauguration crowd size, and accusing the press of "deliberately false reporting."
Standing next to a video screen that showed the crowd from President Trump's vantage point, Spicer insisted that media outlets had "intentionally framed" their photographs to minimize its size. After attacking journalists for sharing unofficial crowd-size estimates—"no one had numbers," he said—he proceeded to offer a categorical claim of his own. "This was the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe," he said, visibly outraged. "These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong."
The new president's first actions in office suggest his style from the trail isn't going away soon.
Inaugurations are America's modern equivalents of Roman triumphs. Flanked by military and police vehicles, clad in the pomp of tradition, presidents of the United States take their solemn oaths and parade between the classical facades and colonnades lining Pennsylvania Avenue. Crowds of thousands—sometimes millions—of citizens look on. It is meant to be a celebration of the nation in all her stately, martial honor, and of the vir triumphalis who has claimed the status of its moral leader and commander-in-chief. But inauguration is also a transition, not only between presidents, but from the combat of the campaign to the peacetime of governance.
For President Donald Trump, however, that transition has not yet taken place. On Inauguration Day, Trump did not take off the laurel wreath and transform into a governor, but rather extended his fiery campaign. The earliest hours of his presidency suggest that, dogged by unprecedented public disapproval, confronting questions of legitimacy, relying on a base fueled by partisan conflict, and facing extensive grassroots opposition, Trump's campaign will be indefinite.
Popular demonstrations can bring change and topple governments. They can also spark retaliation from those in power.
The signs were so clever.
"We shall overcomb."
"Viva la vulva."
Someone even made a papier-mâché vagina dentata.
The people were so cheerful and happy to be with one another, forgetting the cold and enjoying what often seemed less like a protest and more like a block party. There were families there, with grandmas in wheelchairs and babies in strollers. They were ecstatic and in disbelief at the number of people. The Washington Post reported that the organizers put the attendance at up to half a million. They had hoped for less than half that.
It was surreal how similar this all felt, and my Russian friends on social media confirmed it: "Totally Bolotnaya," one of them wrote. Bolotnaya is the square in the center of Moscow, right across the river from the Kremlin, where on December 10, 2011 around 50,000 people came out to protest fraudulent parliamentary elections. They had expected 3,000 and were stunned by their success. It was cold and gray that day, too, and the feeling of being in that joyous crowd was unforgettable, which is why I remembered it so vividly today. It is the giddiness of watching people vent their political frustrations with a sense of humor and good cheer, and the euphoria of observing people discover that they are not alone, that there are thousands and thousands of people just like them.
Images of today's marches in Washington, New York, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, and from other cities in England, Ghana, France, Canada, Serbia, Australia, Kenya, Germany, India, and many more.
In Washington, DC, today, hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets in a demonstration called the Women's March on DC, while even more marched in cities across the United States and around the world, one day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Larger-than-expected crowds of women and their allies raised their voices against the new administration, and in support of women's rights, health issues, equality, diversity and inclusion. Below are images of today's marches in Washington, New York, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, and from other cities in England, Ghana, France, Canada, Serbia, Australia, Kenya, Germany, India, and many more.
Driven by opportunism, pragmatism, or fear, many begin to forget that they used to think certain things were unacceptable.
In The Captive Mind, Czeslaw Milosz tells a story about a man who ventures out in the immediate aftermath of the fall of a regime. Papers full of state secrets lie in the streets, their knowledge less important for the moment than that of where to find something to eat. A little boy plays in a bombed-out street, whistling a song about the leader. "The song remains, but the leader of yesterday is already part of an extinct past."
When authoritarians fall from power, even if they are secretly mourned, they must be publicly forgotten. Yet they remain as traces within the bodies of their people. The muscle memory to salute, to sing their songs, to fear their wrath, can be hard to shake. My years of studying Mussolini and his two-decade long regime have taught me not to underestimate the individual and collective work of disentanglement that comes with the ruler's fall from power.
A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next
In the waning days of President Barack Obama's administration, he and his wife, Michelle, hosted a farewell party, the full import of which no one could then grasp. It was late October, Friday the 21st, and the president had spent many of the previous weeks, as he would spend the two subsequent weeks, campaigning for the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. Things were looking up. Polls in the crucial states of Virginia and Pennsylvania showed Clinton with solid advantages. The formidable GOP strongholds of Georgia and Texas were said to be under threat. The moment seemed to buoy Obama. He had been light on his feet in these last few weeks, cracking jokes at the expense of Republican opponents and laughing off hecklers. At a rally in Orlando on October 28, he greeted a student who would be introducing him by dancing toward her and then noting that the song playing over the loudspeakers—the Gap Band's "Outstanding"—was older than she was.
Most presidents view inaugural addresses as a rare opportunity to appeal beyond "the base." This was base-only.
For my sins, I have read every U.S. presidential inaugural address ever given, and played a small part in writing one of them—Jimmy Carter's, delivered 40 years ago today.
The first one I remember hearing, John F. Kennedy's in 1961, I saw on a fuzzy black-and-white TV from my 7th-grade American history classroom in California. The arctic conditions that day in Washington practically radiated through the TV screen. I remember seeing the revered 87-year-old poet Robert Frost hunch against the wind and squint in the low-sun glare as he tried to read the special inaugural ode he had composed. Then Richard Nixon, just defeated by Kennedy in a hair's-breadth race, reached across to block the glare with his top hat. Frost waved him off and began reciting from memory one of his best-known poems, "The Gift Outright." [Update: Other images suggest it could have been VP Lyndon Johnson who was offering Frost the hat. I didn't really notice at the time; whoever it was, the lasting image was of Frost's struggling with his script and then beginning to recite.]
In its first episode of the new administration, the NBC sketch show skewered Vladimir Putin, Kellyanne Conway, and the "lower-case KKK."
Donald Trump didn't make an appearance on the first Saturday Night Live of his presidency, at least not in the guise of his TV alter ego, Alec Baldwin's pouting, preening impersonation. But Trump's presence dominated the show, from the cold open featuring Beck Bennett as a joyful Vladimir Putin to a video skit in which Kate McKinnon's Kellyanne Conway sang a musical tribute to her newfound fame. This much was clear: The NBC sketch show has no intention of easing up on the new commander-in-chief, and at times seemed to actively position itself as a force of resistance.
SNL's determination to keep being a thorn in the side of the 45th president, who's complained on Twitter that its portrayal of him is a "complete hit job," was crystallized in the opening monologue of the January 21st episode, delivered by the comedian and first-time host Aziz Ansari. For almost nine minutes, Ansari pondered the new president ("He's probably at home right now watching a brown guy make fun of him"), Islamophobia in the media, and the alt-right, which he dubbed the "lower-case KKK."
A video essay on the future of urbanization
Every night, set aside "the amazing hour."
A short film from the Harris Tweed Authority looks at how the sought-after Scottish cloth is woven by hand.


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The ItchMarch 22nd, 2011
*Scratch, scratch*
I am used to be THE queen of everything "infomercial". I absolutely loved them. And because I absolutely loved them, I've got a laundry room-turned-storage room that would make Mr. SlapChop jealous. If you were to open ONE of my laundry room cabinets, you'd see the Magic Bullet Deluxe, Miracle Blades, multiple copies of everything and anything Billy Blanks, Proactive (even though I don't have an acne problem), Pasta Express - Double Set, Japanese antioxidant extracting socks (or something like that. They are still in the box.), and even the Water-LESS Pet Bath Towels (although I don't own a pet, I thought maybe, just maybe, I could use it to wash my car. "Thought" is the key word there).
See, before I had kids I would actually sit up all night and watch them on TV. I'd nap during the day so that I could watch them at night. I'd wake up early on weekend mornings so I could get first glimpse of the newest blender, face cream, and workout regimen. But that was over three years ago. Not once in the over three years have I even thought twice about waking early to watch an infomercial.
Until now…*Scratch, scratch*
Just recently I had a booth at the Home/Garden Show. Needing a break from standing in a 10×10 booth for three days, I decided to walk around the Show to smell the flowers and relax to the sounds of the river-scapes that were so beautifully displayed. As I rounded the corner of Isle 7, I ran smack dab into a big red stage with a microphone-and Japanese bandanna-wearing man. Lllaaaauu! Suddenly, the angels were singing, the clouds cleared, and the sun was shining directly on this indoor booth! Amazingly, a greater force stopped me directly in front of his stage just as his LIVE infomercial was beginning. Entranced, I stood there to listed to his presentation…and even laughed hysterically at his bad jokes. Before I knew it, I was literally (no joke!) throwing my credit card at him, discreetly elbowing the 5 people around me, and shaking my leg vigorously. I HAD to have his SushiMaker. And I was actually nervous that if I didn't get my credit card to him fast enough, I would lose out on his "special" which included a FREE knife, cookbook, seaweed stuff, and DVD!!
With a spring in my step, a smile on my face, and my purchase in-hand, I walked back to my 10×10. I was so excited to be the proud owner of the SushiMaker. For the last 4 hours of the Show, I dreamed of the endless new and healthy dinners I could make with my new kitchen gadget. I felt so happy. Just the way I felt over three years back, when I bought 3 Minute Legs and AbTronic.
So…I am sitting in my studio now, staring at my yet-to-be-used purchase. And I can't help but wonder…would/could having a THIRD baby curb my addiction by putting out the flame that has just been ignited?
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Stockholm, 4 March 2004 - GA Stockholm office is hosting half a day seminar on Policies in Response to Impending Climate Change - Challenges For This Century on Friday 12 March 2004. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director for UNEP, Lena Sommestad, Minister for the Environment in Sweden and Steinar Sorensen, Managing Director GRID-Arendal will discuss policy responses moderated by Swedish environment journalist Henrik Ekman.
Klaus Toepfer will address the effects of greenhouse warming on the global environment and how we can understand what we need to do. Lena Sommestad will talk about a common responsibility for tackling climate change and its effects and what we can do about what we know.
The event is a joint event by the Swedish Ministry for the Environment, UNEP and GA Stockholm office. The seminar will take place at Rosenbad Conference Centre, Drottninggatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden from 13.30-16.00.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (74 votes).
In short: My first half marathon ran so will always be special. Well organised that captures the imagination of the whole city. Lovely scenery with a mixtures of different challenges .Date of review: September 8, 2012
In short: Some long tough hills but well organised with loads of support.Date of review: August 21, 2006
In short: Fantastic in everyway as always - not a PB course, just do it every Year and compare each Year.In full: Fantastic as always - not a PB course, just do it every Year and compare each Year. Organisers please don't change route for 2007. All other organisers note Plymouth allow number exchange with small charge going to charity!!! -follow their lead for happy runners and a full start - unlike Bath's 10000 places sold out but only 6000 starters.Date of review: July 8, 2006
In short: First half marathon and will do loads more after thisIn full: What a feeling at he end on The HoeDate of review: June 23, 2006
In short: No wonder that this race fills up quickly!Date of review: June 22, 2006
In short: Fantastic!!!In full: Crowds were better than ever. Organisation was flawless, pasties were tasty!!!The route has it's challenges ?!! especially the last mile up past the Citadel but it is worth it to finish on the Hoe. Wonderfull!!Date of review: June 22, 2006
In short: Brilliant organisation and large supportive crowds.In full: Even better than last year! Biggest crowds that I have seen, especially through Saltram and going up to Hoe, where you really need support! Got a PB, but very tired at end. Good challenging course. Would reccomend it to anyone.Date of review: June 2, 2006
In short: large race with a small race feelIn full: fantasic organisation, setting and crowds. really like the runners only area at the finish where you can have your refreshments away from crowds of non runners. A tough course going up through Saltram Park as is the last mile or so up from the Barbican.Where do I sign up for next year?Date of review: June 1, 2006
In short: great day will be backDate of review: June 1, 2006
In short: I loved it all, except the guy who informed us that drinks were round the corner.... only another mile!In full: a super event, once again. pity that the gun time placings meant that although you had a chip, you were penalized for being in the correct start box. As I took 4 min to cross to the start,I only ended up in 9th in my age group, when I wasn't by chip time.Maybe the really slow ones who were definitely in the wrong places could be made to start at the back!Date of review: June 1, 2006
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Like many people, Club member William Miller of South Point, Ohio, transports tools and supplies to job sites in 5-gallon buckets outfitted with organizers. To safely carry extra saw blades in the same bucket, William drilled a 3/8-in. hole in the center of the bucket lid and then secured with epoxy a 5/16-in. tinnerman�s nut over the hole. Using a 5/16-in. stud outfitted with a large washer and a wing nut on one end, he created a �wing bolt� that he can thread through the saw blades and into the nut on the lid. Brought to you by: American Profile


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TUESDAY: US stocks turn higher in choppy trading
Major U.S. stock indexes are turning higher in the late afternoon as the market shuffles between gains and losses. Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola rose after reporting encouraging quarterly results, but homebuilders fell following a survey showing weak sentiment among builders. Apple and Netflix also fell.
KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up 12 points, or 0.7 percent, to 1,843 as of 3:50 p.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 87 points, or 0.5 percent, to 16,260. The Nasdaq rose 14 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,004.
COKE: Coca-Cola said strong sales of noncarbonated drinks such as juice helped offset a first-quarter decline in global soda volume. A stronger dollar contributed to an 8 percent decline in profit for the world's biggest beverage maker. But the company's adjusted results for the quarter were in line with Wall Street expectations. Coca-Cola rose $1.51, or 3.9 percent, to $40.24.
HEALTHY RESULTS: Johnson & Johnson's first-quarter profit rose 8 percent because of restrained costs and a jump in prescription drug sales. The world's biggest maker of health care products topped Wall Street expectations and raised its earnings outlook. Its stock rose $1.59, or 1.6 percent, to $98.72.
"So far earnings season has progressed nicely. We're looking for healthy earnings growth and, so far we're getting it," said Anastasia Amoroso, global market strategist at JPMorgan Chase. "But there's a bit of a tug-of-war with what's happening internationally."
HOUSING HO-HUM: A key gauge of U.S. homebuilders' confidence in the housing market rose modestly in April but remained low for the third straight month. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index edged up to 47 this month from 46 in March. Readings below 50 mean builders view sales conditions as poor. Builders expect sales to improve over the spring and summer. The survey results sent homebuilders lower. Hovnanian Enterprises fell 5 cents, or 1 percent, to $4.50.
IN THE DOG HOUSE: PetSmart shares fell sharply after an analyst downgraded the stock, saying new competition in pet care will create trouble for the retailer. PetSmart fell $2.55, or 3.7 percent, to $66.83. Other big decliners in the S&P 500 index included First Solar, down $1.74 or about 2.6 percent, to $66.54 and Netflix, down $6.13, or 29 percent, to $325.47. Wynn Resorts plunged $7.35, or 3.5 percent, to $202.95.
UKRAINE TENSIONS: Beyond balance sheets, investors were tuned into the developing situation in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian insurgents dug in Tuesday, fortifying positions around seized buildings. Western governments have accused Moscow of fueling the unrest in eastern Ukraine and worry that any bloodshed could be used as a pretext for a Russian invasion, in a repeat of events in Crimea a few weeks ago.
BONDS: In government bond trading, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 2.62 percent from 2.65 percent late Monday.


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Antiqued Wooden Mirror
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Our beveled mirror's classic arched frame gains rustic warmth from exposed nail heads at the seams. The frame is hand carved of solid mango wood and the natural finish highlights the wood's rich grain.
- Frame is carved by hand of solid mango wood with a natural matte finish.
- Detailed with exposed nail heads.
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- 30" x 50".
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