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After Princess of Sylmar won the Coaching Club American Oaks, trainer Todd Pletcher talked about respect--the lack of respect afforded the upset winner of the Kentucky Oaks.
Now everybody thinks it was a real race, he said somewhat sarcastically.
Palace Malice was in that same stall, so to speak. Like the filly, he was the upset winner of the Belmont, benefitting from his position as the white hot pace right in front of him. And that final quarter in :27 and change, trotting horse time.
It's amazing how pace doesn't get the respect it deserves as a handicapping principle.
The two leaders separated themselves from the pack on the turn, opening their advantage into the lane. It looked like the two would test each other to the finish.
"He relaxed nicely and finished up pretty well in a very, very good time," the trainer said. "We got the race over the track. The horse keeps getting better and better and today was arguably his best performance yet. Hopefully, on to the Travers."
Moreno held very well and gave the Belmont winner a legitimate scare but the winner had too much conditioning; too much class. Moreno settled for third as Will Take Charge rallied strongly late under a well judged, strong finish from Junior Alvarado.
Coming up to the Travers, we're sure that Pletcher wouldn't trade places with anyone, unless it is himself.
Verrazano will likely be a slight favorite over Preakness winner Oxbow in Sunday's Haskell at Monmouth Park.
The hope, of course, is that they stay healthy and that the Triple Crown race winners, plus Verrazano, will meet in the mile and a quarter "Midsummer Derby."
Stay tuned.
The King Is Dead, Long Live the King
Victory #694 was so typical of what fans and gamblers alike have come to expect from Johnny Velazquez. After all, he already was a member of the Racing Hall of Fame before he eclipsed Jerry Bailey's all-time win mark at Saratoga.
Back in the day, no one ever expected that Angel Cordero Jr., Johnny's longtime friend, mentor and agent, would ever be surpassed. Then suddenly the 24-day Saratoga race meet was no more.
The meet was lengthened and with the help of Cigar's trainer, Bill Mott, Jerry Bailey became the new King of Saratoga.
Until today.
And so in today's fourth race for maiden allowance males going 1-3/16 miles on the Mellon Turf Course, Johnny bided his time in fifth, riding the race in front of him and the horse beneath him, in perfect position. Like so many of the great ones, Velazquez finds the sweet spot in ever race.
Soon after entering the stretch, Luis Saez opened out the lead he had so carefully nursed and at the furlong pole appeared that he might be home free. But Unitarian and Velazquez kept coming and didn't stop until they hit the wire first.
Appropriately, the new Saratoga standard set by Velazquez came astride a runner saddled by Todd Pletcher. And while Castellano has come between the tandem in the last two seasons, there are plenty of winners for everybody in this outfit.
"I definitely want to say thank you to Todd. I've been riding for him since 1998 and we're still going," said Velazquez. "Just to be named after Jerry Bailey or Angel Cordero, who probably, in my eyes, obviously I'm a little biased when it comes to Angel, they are two of the best riders I've ever seen in my career. I'm humbled, and I'm happy."
"He's a great rider and he deserves every bit of this," said Bailey in winners' circle ceremonies. "I do hope he takes the time to enjoy and reflect on this, because it's major."
And if you were wondering whether it's all becoming too easy for Team Pletcher/Velazquez, the 2-5 Prioress Stakes favorite, Kauai Kate, faded to last after chasing dueling leaders in the next race.
Somewhat appropriately, it would be George Weaver, a former Pletcher assistant that has raised his game significantly the last two years, won the country's only Grade 1 for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs with 21-1 Lighthouse Bay, deftly ridden by Joe Rocco Jr., his second stakes victory of the meet.
A couple of up-and-coming stars, just like Pletcher and Velazquez were more than a decade ago.


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Was in HD today and sure enough there was STIX a Benny Moore product and some concrete stain from BM. And they are replacing all their Purdy supplies with Wooster brushes and covers and supplies.
Toolseeker, they make take away your DIYChatroom card for your trips to HD, LOL. I have always liked Wooster products, especially the roller covers. I finally have learned to like Purdy brushes but still don't think their roller covers release paint very well. I do buy a lot of sundries at Lowe's or HD, even Menards because SW doesn't always carry ALL the painting supplies needed for a project. And, the Big Box stores are usually much cheaper on sundries, at least that has been my experience.
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Thanks Chris! Believe it or not, I have never seen those Purdy roller covers. I see the gold colored "eagle"? roller sleeves at SW and Lowes......but not those. Thanks for the heads up!
My latest fav 9' cover ( after a lifetime of using Wooster Super fab) is Arrowworthy microfiber. Have to order from Paint Store on line but they are really nice. Wish they came in a 14"..
"Ben" was to be entry into to Lowe's. I think.
I feel like flying to Portland and being reminded what real paint brush anatomy is about. Interesting Wooster cut a better deal than Purdy.
Maybe the change will make the stain blocker, primer and paint in one work out better.
Actually, most lemmings do not want to clean their brushes so will still buy the bag of 400, of all sizes never needed, for $5 on sale. DIYers never feel compelled to apologize for their work or the brush bristles stuck to the wall.
Try the Purdy one, it is microfiber and SW sells them, at least around here.
I was in the depot the other night and noticed they now carry a significant representation of the Sikkens line.
I share the disappointment with Purdy rollers, never cared for them. Just because you make a good brush doesn't make you a good applicator maker in general.
Also love the microfiber rollers. I rolled a low-luster (sort of satin), thinned out a bit, and it looked almost like a sprayed finish over new drywall. Also used a mini micro on a big spindle job. All I had to do was cut the top and bottoms of each and roll the rest. The micro went into all the turned recesses and left a great non-rolled looking finish. Made for real easy work.
Another favorite cover of mine is the Wooster Avalon. Great cover. Holds a ton of paint and lasts forever, and leaves a real nice finish. They require no de-linting prior to use and don't shed at all. You can wrap them up and take them from job to job they last that long. Don't pass an opportunity to check them out.
I had a commercial painter who insisted on Purdy White Dove series for enamel work. Our company sells a micro-fiber roller with great success.
BTW: Purdy is now owned by S-W.
Never was able to make $4 samples work. My clients get large swatches if they want though. Tommorrow morning if needed.
My local SW is bad at matching samples and my BM is worse. And some of the $4 samples are Glidden.
these are the roller covers i use and they are amazing! not sure if the states gets them or not. if you see one at your local paint store buy one and try them out.
They will hold 2 or 3 times as much paint:thumbsup:
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Judge Clayton Davis on Wednesday sentenced a Westlake man to 120 years in prison for committing sex crimes against young boys.
Charles Lee Bergeron Sr., 80, pleaded guilty in December to 12 counts of oral sexual battery, 12 counts of indecent behavior and one count of sexual battery.
Prosecutor Cynthia Guillory asked Davis to impose the maximum sentences on each count and said Bergeron is the "sickest of the sick."
Guillory said Bergeron would invite young boys into his home and give them drugs or alcohol until they passed out. He would then perform oral sex on them.
"He said he told them that he was an old man and needed testosterone ... needed their semen to live, basically," Guillory said. "Now that's sick."
Guillory said Bergeron ruined the lives of multiple young victims over the years. "His fun house became a horror house for them," Guillory said.
Defense attorney Robert Shelton asked Davis to consider his client's health issues and that he is receiving treatment in jail.
"It sounds like you are asking for compassion by keeping him in custody so the state can continue to take care of him," Davis said. "I'm inclined to just let him out and let him fend for himself."
Bergeron addressed Davis, asking to withdraw his guilty plea and go forward with a trial. "Mercy is all I can ask for," Bergeron said.
"We've heard enough from you. You're not worth the time or the verbiage," Davis shot back before imposing the maximum sentences. Davis denied Bergeron's request to withdraw his plea.
The judge ordered him to serve 120 years for the oral sexual battery counts, 84 years for the indecent behavior counts and 15 years for sexual battery. He ordered the sentences to run at the same time.
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Zombies, Run!
If you want to figure the game out yourself.. there might be SPOILERS below
- Supplies/Pickups
- Zombie Chases
Supplies in the game Zombies, Run! can be allocated to parts of your town to increase the level of that area. Certain supplies are best allocated to certain areas to increase the level of that area faster than the same item would increase another area (i.e. always allocate weapons to the Armory).
UPDATE: Thanks to Tod, I think we have broken the code... The color of the supplies is how you determine the optimal placement... duh!
Orange is Food, Yellow is Housing, Blue is Comms, Green is Hospital, Red is Armory, Recreation is Gray
Tod has also observed that items seem to have other areas that they affect more significantly than others beyond their primary area (For example, Batteries and First Aid Kit (normally Comms and Hospital respectively) both raised my Armory by about 10%.) Let me know if you confirm this behavior and any specific instances you note.
I'll continue to update this list as I find things.
Let me know if you have found something that I have not yet.
Hospital - GREEN:
- Bandages
- Pain Meds
- Prescription Pain Meds
- First Aid Kit
- Crutches
- Antibiotics
- Insulin (Tod)
Armoury - RED:
- Hammer
- Baseball Bat (could be recreation...)
- Axe
- 9mm Ammo
Food - ORANGE:
- Bottled Water
- Tinned Food
Housing - YELLOW:
- Trousers
- Shorts (could be recreation...)
- Trainers (could be recreation...)
- Overcoat
- Underwear
- Sports Bra (could be recreation...)
Comms - BLUE:
- USB Key
- Laptop
- Radio (could be recreation...)
- Batteries
- Tool Box
- Mobile Phone
- Power Cable
- Box of Lightbulbs
Recreation - GRAY:
- Book
- Chipotle Labs app
- Kensaido Manifesto
Zombie Chases
- require GPS
- must be turned on in settings
- occurrence is at least partially random (replaying a mission wont have the same number or placement of chases)
- they last for 1 minute
- they require you to exceed your previous pace (30 second average) by 20%
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Don't makes no differ noway, girlies haint suposed to knows how to reads. You one offen tham spoilt girlies what ken read.
Iz' said, That is a fine lookin Great Dane, also that the Dane would chase a Lion, they are Lion Dogs.
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#1081 Nov 6, 2012
"Skin a Floridian"
Since: Aug 09
#1090 Nov 10, 2012
Wells thar you cityfied Girlie youse wills find thet whens you moves tos yore one acre ins the country thet alls the peoples don't gives a dams bout the Jonesz han thet lifestiles whats you beens a leadin thet leads you into leage wiff peoples thats likes Obama han hissin ways of adoin thangs. Wes talks funny han may bes kinda ignorant, buts wes folks don't toe wiff the likes of Obame likes youns doz. Wez digs our taters han votes fer White folkes. Ken youse an yore kind say the same wiff yore smart cityfied ways offin doin thangs. Iz ah don't thinks so.
Now Girtlie how bouts you han I gets in the creek fer a little soakin. Iz bets you haint never bens in the creek wiff a country folk feller. After a romps in the creek yore self just might bees awantn my new Sweety Girlie.
"Skin a Floridian"
Since: Aug 09
#1092 Nov 12, 2012
How you gonna makes it in the country if you cannot understand what country folks sez?
"Skin a Floridian"
Since: Aug 09
#1093 Nov 12, 2012
Here you go Girlie.......
Congratulations to the Democrats and Young People! You now own it. The next terrorist attack you own it. Can't get a job after graduation, you own it. Sky rocketing energy prices due to Obama's EPA shutting down the energy producing states, you own it. A nuclear Iran, you own it. Bowing to the Soviet Union, you own it. Another severe recession, you own it. A volatile border with Mexico, you own it. Trouble getting good health care, you own it. Higher heath insurance costs and health care costs, you own it. No budget, you own it. Our allies mistrust, you own it. Another trillion of debt, you own it. More Benghazi situations, you own it. No one willing to join the military, you own it. Trouble getting to loan to buy a home, you own it. More dependency on food stamps, you own it. Trouble finding good employment, you own it. Several part time jobs instead of a good job, you own it. A World Government, you own it. The UN governing the United States instead of ourselves, you own it. A Senate that will not bring any legislation to the table rather it is "Dead on Arrival", you own it. China controlling our world trade trampling all over us, you own it. Loss of our freedoms as we have known it in the past, you own it. A dictatorship instead of a democracy that follows the Constituion, you own it. Less take home pay and higher living costs, you own it. Driving a car that looks like a toy, you own it. More government corruption and lies, you own it. More toleration of extreme and fanatical Islamists, you own it. Terrorist attacks called work place incidents, you own it. Your revenge instead of love of country, you own it. President George Bush is out of it now, and there is not another good man for you to villify and lie about. In a way I am relieved that another good man will not be blamed when it was impossible to clean up this mess you voted for. Have a good day. God bless the United States!
"The "entitled" =communist."
Since: May 10
MY MONEY, come take it.
#1094 Nov 12, 2012
Thanks for the compliment on the dog....This post, perfect. Agreed.
#1095 Nov 12, 2012
you sooo stupid and very ignorant . www.mexica-movement.org cry and whine all you want pendeja.
"The "entitled" =communist."
Since: May 10
MY MONEY, come take it.
#1097 Nov 12, 2012
Nothing wrong with your idea for the future. Listen, Hear, Learn.
#1099 Nov 12, 2012
Obama wants to 'dumbify' America to help bring it down. Another thing he's doing to bring America down is keep borrowing more and more money from the Chinese until we can't pay it back. Then China will own this country.
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#1100 Nov 13, 2012
I think you're simply an old man who is frightened of things about which he hasn't a clue. Any person with a modicum of education knows that the underlying basis for hatred is fear. Your vitriol simply erases the facade of bravado behind which you hide. Join the twenty-first century and meet some people who aren't just like you. Learning, contrary to what you may have been taught, is not a bad thing.
"The "entitled" =communist."
Since: May 10
MY MONEY, come take it.
#1101 Nov 13, 2012
Resistance to passive indoctrination is healthy with a production of alternative reasoning. ie. a learning process.
"Skin a Floridian"
Since: Aug 09
#1102 Nov 13, 2012
Not me.
I'm the owner.
Maybe I'll just cut my employees' wages or replace 'em with others willing to work for less money.
No benefits, no job security, and maybe I'll harass a few of the ladies, ah heck, just fire anyone who isn't a hot babe less than 30 years old.
After all, in the pursuit of increased profits and my pleasure as an owner all things are honorable and just. It's my business, so why should I not be able to fire anyone I want and replace them with young friendly single mothers who really, really, really, need that job.
Heck, what was I thinking ?
The Right Wingers are right. Employees are cattle, replaceable cattle at that.
I see the light.
It's good to be king without any moral or legal obligation to treat employees as anything other than tools to increase my profit, to be thrown out whenever I choose.
Thanks for showing me that employees exist for my pleasure and profit, and it's my duty to use them, abuse them, and discard them on a whim.
This is a great day !
"Skin a Floridian"
Since: Aug 09
#1103 Nov 13, 2012
Great post.
Isn't it astounding how the development of the Internet makes it possible to obtain primary sources that have information not yet "spun" or "abridged".
This post is so enlightening and refreshing I am online now buying 3 more "WikiLeaks" T-Shirts as Christmas gifts to support those who disseminate complete and accurate information.
I hope they have extra-large.
"The "entitled" =communist."
Since: May 10
MY MONEY, come take it.
#1104 Nov 13, 2012
You probably missed all the good ones. They all married Obama. It will be hard to get them away now.
"Skin a Floridian"
Since: Aug 09
#1106 Nov 13, 2012
Food for thought...It's actually very public information. Lacking pictures and action, it's just not clamorous enough for the idiot tube. A talking head reporting on currency is about as interesting as watching paint dry.
Iran "suddenly" experienced double digit inflation PLUS when the rial, it's currency, dropped in value on the world market after it was expelled by the exchange(s), which is more or less a clearing house for business transactions. Goods, including weapons of war, became not only more expensive, but harder to purchase because so few will accept it's currency. Other countries do however, accept their oil which slides through the embargo with ease and that's keeping them going - barely.
Who "caused" the expulsion? Talk is that an obscure, four person lobbying company outside the belt somehow worked it's magic, in secret. Who financed them - we'll probably never know.
Ahmadinejad has publicly stated that "the attack" on its economy has been crippling, and of course he blames America, but a historical fact remains, if a nation can not feed itself or find a way to pay for a war, it can not go to war. But that applies to a WW II type conflict. War has changed. Even Iran's nuclear capability has been seriously hampered because it can no longer afford the cost of development, testing and deployment of weapon systems.
Here's a place to start reading up on the subject. You might also ask your stock broker about it.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10 ...
"Skin a Floridian"
Since: Aug 09
#1111 Nov 14, 2012
Naw, iz don't want to abuse them illegals, iz would just like to set traps fer them, han ketch them han nail them to trees han skin'm. Thet dark skin would make good lamp shades fer night lights. Just think how many white folks would buy one offin them lamps. Whys iz would bes rich in just a little whiles. ROTFL
"Skin a Floridian"
Since: Aug 09
#1112 Nov 14, 2012
The problem the American public has is that we can't see it happening on the evening news-casts."
There is the problem in the first place.
Waaay too much news-casts!!!!
There are too many armchair soldiers now that it's completely rediculous, where they are trying to analyze and dissect the military and its actions.
The public doesen't need to know everything that is happening in a time of War.
THAT'S why all of the problems exist is because of what the public sees and hears by critical incorrect doctored up journalistic reports.
Let the Joint Chiefs of Staff do their jobs without interference and misguided interpretations by hyped up newscastrs and educated idiot civilians.
You all better be praising and patting the Military on the back as you wouldn't be able to even say what you say on here today if it hadn't been for them and the ones who fought and died in these WARS.
"Skin a Floridian"
Since: Aug 09
#1113 Nov 14, 2012
At best this country is now facing the possibility, some say probability, of another recession, one twice as bad as the last one. At worst, a depression so severe that the country could actually fall, much like the USSR did. The circumstances are almost parallel.
Already the working man or woman is going to get hit with a $45 to $245 PER MONTH bite out of their paycheck. That's a foregone conclusion. Both sides of the aisle agree that it's going to happen because they want the money.
But that's nothing compared to the expiring Bush tax breaks. Our taxes could easily go up 17 to 30%. The wealthy, 5 to 8%.
Compounding the perfect storm is the $1 trillion sequestered spending cuts BOTH parties agreed to. That can could be kicked down the road but by February, the House will also have to borrow another roughly $500 billion to keep the wheels of government greased.
Obama can't do a thing about it. Romney would not have been able to either. It's all in the hands of Congress, specifically the House, more exact, the House Ways and Means Committee and one man....
... a Republican, from the 4th Congressional District of Michigan. His name is Dave Camp. If you've never heard of him, or haven't been paying attention, or if you're just plain stupid, look him up on Google.
Get used to the idea of double-digit inflation!
Since: Dec 11
#1114 Nov 14, 2012
To whom are you losing your country? And how is my laughing it off(I wasn't laughing, but) deceptive and/or manipulative?
"Liberal Teachers ruin Kids"
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Here is a soundboard with over 210 quotes from the 'Back To The Future' Film franchise!
Includes the Movie Theme Song and 'Johnny Be Good' Theme as well as many classic quotes like, 'I Wish I Wasn't So Scared', 'One Point Twenty One Gigawatts!' and 'This Is Heavy'.
Sounds can be saved as Ringtones, Notifications and Alarms by long pressing a sound button.
Press menu button for more options and sounds.
Move to SD Card supported.
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Stanton Leaf Cup Indoor/Outdoor Chandelier
- Overview
Fifteen artfully sculpted blooms encircle this fixture, each cupping a chandelier light within two tiers of petals. Crafted from rustic bronzed metal that is lightly distressed for a vintage look, the chandelier has the presence of a garden find.
- Crafted from iron.
- 12' chain allows the chandelier to be hung in grand entryways.
- Damp UL-listed for use indoors or in a protected outdoor area.
- Hardwire; professional installation recommended.
- Dimensions & Care
- Overall: 34.5" diameter, 29.5" high
- Height: minimum 26"; maximum 177" (approximately 15')
- Canopy: 5.5'' diameter, 1.5'' high
- Use shades with an open top whose diameter is at least 3.5".
- Chain: 12' long
- Cord: 18' long
- Bulb (15): 25 watts, type B (not included)
- Weight: 15 pounds
- Using Damp Rated Products Outdoor: Outdoor damp rated fixtures can only be used in covered, fully protected locations that are not directly exposed to water, even during storms. Outdoor Damp Locations include covered patios and covered porches that are fully protected from water, even during storms.
- Wipe clean using a soft, dry cloth.
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To tell you the plot of this mysterious ghost play -- anything more than that Man brings Woman to the cabin and they eat two bites of trout -- or to even discuss the dramatis personae, is to give away the author's twists and turns of the evening.
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On-Time Rumble: Show Us Your Perfect Timingwritten by mindofmyra on 2014-11-25 #news
There is nothing than a photo shot at the perfect moment. Henri Cartier Bresson's principle on "The Decisive Moment" is a principle that we should still follow to this day. A perfectly-timed photo creates impact, whether it's one of a friend jumping into the pool or a couple emerging from the ceremony on their wedding day. For this rumble, we want to see that breathtaking moment, shot at the perfect time.9 33 Share Tweet
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It's supposed to snow this weekend in New York so there's no hiding from it any longer: Winter is coming. It's not all bad though—not when there's a warm comforter on your bed, eggnog in your glass and a free holiday album in your stocking. Carpark Records has announced a limited edition free holiday album, due December 6, and it will feature the talents of Toro Y Moi, Class Actress, Dan Deacon and more doing "holiday and non-holiday" tunes. Inversely/weirdly enough, it will only be in stores, so get at least one bit of your Christmas 'shopping' done early this year.
01. Cloud Nothings – Chew, Chew The Christmas Grapes
02. Signer – Languid Too 25-08
03. Toro Y Moi – Promise Brings
04. Young Magic – Jam Karet
05. Dan Deacon – Silver Bells
06. Memory Tapes – No. 79
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Date of Stay: July, 2010
PERFECT! We are seasonal camper trailer residents and absolutely love this campground. Could not be better! The owners strive to make the park better with every day: and succeed. The park is very clean and the staff is very polite and helpful when needed. The CG is located near the Rachel Carlson Wildlife Preserve and consists of beautiful tree shaded sites for cool afternoons and seasonal views. The fall is breathtaking! The seasonal campers like ourselves, welcome and enjoy the company of the weekend camper and do everything to make them feel at home and assist them with solving even the most simple camping dilemmas. Children and pets are plentiful and add to the wonderful ambience! Stop in, spend a night. You'll want to spend the season. We did and will continue to enjoy a truly awesome campground!
Date of Stay: June, 2010
The tenters actually get a "sea view". The bathrooms always closed for cleaning??? Clean baths are great but not if they close them for cleaning all day. It is a long walk to open bathrooms. Nice sites but no picnic table at ours. The Park clean and staff very nice. We would stay again. They have their own mini-golf that's affordable!! Secure gated campground makes you feel safe along with your belongings!! We had a good time!!


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Comfort Inn Windsor
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Comfort Inn Windsor
About the Hotel
Property Location
When you stay at Comfort Inn Windsor in Windsor, you'll be near the airport and convenient to Devonshire Mall and Jackson Park. This eco-friendly hotel is within close proximity of Caesar's Windsor and Walls Underground Railroad Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 78 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and complimentary newspapers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access, a television in a common area, and a picnic area. Additional features at this hotel include barbecue grills and discounted use of a nearby fitness facility.
A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served daily.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Picnic area
- Television in common areas
- In-room accessibility
- Free WiFi
- Smoke-free property
- Total number of rooms - 78
- Free self parking
- Free newspapers in lobby
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Number of floors - 2
- Barbecue grill(s)
Room Facilities
- Pay movies
- Daily housekeeping
- Television
- Cable TV service
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Sofa bed size single
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Desk
- Air conditioning
- Shower/tub combination
- Hair dryer
- Free toiletries
- Iron/ironing board
- Private bathroom
- Free WiFi
Hotel Policy
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- Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Pet fee: CAD 20.00 per pet, per day
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Renovations and Closures
The property will be renovating from 22 January 2017 to 31 March 2017 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
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People of all ages have a story to tell and the exhibition opening this month at Gallery 625 presents these diverse, personal expressions. This show involves a range of artwork including gourd painting, fiber art, wood block engravings, ceramic portraiture and poetry.
"Generations of Artistry: Artwork by Yolo County Seniors and Students" features the artistic expressions of 12 artists in their '60s to '80s, all from Yolo County: Sally Marie Besser, Marcia Cary, Donna Fanara, Sandra Hart, Ken Hoots, Rita Hoots, Deborah Hunter, Barbara McClintock, Ann Privateer, Kevin Roddy, Isabel Shaskan and Diane Tobias. Some of the show's highlights include: husband and wife Ken and Rita Hoots of Davis exhibiting painted gourds (Rita) and watercolor and oil paintings (Ken); Tobias, a fabric artist and co-author of a rug hooking and braiding book, will be exhibiting fabric bowls and wall hangings; and McClintock took locally taught art classes after retirement and has been regularly painting for the last 18 years.
The second floor gallery will have on exhibit ceramic portraits created by students attending Einstein Education Center and Midtown schools in Woodland. These schools are part of the Yolo County Office of Education's alternative education program. Under the tutelage of teaching artist, Susan Shelton, 15 student artists explored the artistic process from design and composition to techniques useful in glazing.
"Conceptually, we explored the idea of the many pieces that make up a person, and the changing nature of those pieces, and we addressed the challenge of how to represent ideas, and feelings, and characteristics with symbols and visual images," Shelton said describing the exhibition.
At 7 p.m. the friends and family of Brenda Montgomery will be offering a book reading from the late author's "The Way We Were" - a collection of essays and prose poetry posthumously released last November. Montgomery was a Woodland resident and writer. According to her publisher's statement, "Brenda loved to share the beauty and the sorrow of everyday experiences through her art."
The artist reception begins at 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and will feature snacks and Yolo County wine poured by a representative of Capay Valley Vineyards. Gallery 625 is located at 625 Court Street in Woodland, in Yolo County's Erwin Meier Administration building.


text: Remember Emmitt Smith's fast start in '95 when he rushed for 17 TD's in the first 10 games? That was a record for the most rushing TD's in the first 10 games of the season, breaking some guy named Jim Brown's record (1958). In '96 Terry Allen also rushed for 17 TD's in the first 10 games, tying Emmitt's record. That stood until today (with Terrell Davis getting 16 in '98 the nearest challenge; Priest Holmes had "only" 14 TD in his first 10 games in 2003, on his way to 27 TD's for the season). Shaun Alexander rushed for an 8 yd TD in the 2nd Q, for his 18th TD, with the game at halftime now. Today is Seattle's 10th game. More stat overkill. Oh well... Emmitt still rocks!


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Our big announcement on the Trump-Russia scandal.
Since when did Rick Santorum become the champion of the middle class? At Tuesday's GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas (the eighth in four months, if you're scoring at home), the former Pennsylvania senator led the charge against newly crowned front-runner Herman Cain, alleging that Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan was the last thing middle-class Americans need. Prefacing his attack with the obligatory, "Herman, I like you," Santorum stated that the tax plan, which replaces the entire tax code with a 9-percent national sales tax, 9-percent income tax, and 9-percent payroll tax, would significantly raise taxes on all but the highest earners.
From there, the rest of the field piled on. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) called the plan "regressive" because of the impact it has on low-income earners. Texas Gov. Rick Perrry, happy to see someone else become a punching bag for a change, chided Cain for adding a national sales tax on top of existing state sales taxes. And Mitt Romney, pretending not to know the answer to the question, asked Cain if the federal tax would replace all state sales taxes. When Cain told him no (that video clip will come in handy), Romney announced he was against it.
So who's right? Santorum—and it's not even close. Just check out this chart, from the non-partisan Tax Policy Institute (via Kevin Drum).
Santorum went on to call for a renewed focus on a lack of "income mobility" in the United States, noting that it's easier to pull yourself up by the bootstraps in Europe than in the United States. So there you have it: Rick Santorum is the Zucotti Park candidate.


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November 2011 in Review1:01 AM
November has been a busy month and I cannot believe it is ALREADY OVER (?!?!). I have barely managed to blog. Life is moving on a fast mode right now. There is a lot of fun, excitement, and happiness in my life ... and of course some drama too ;) But I wanted to take a moment to Thank you all for taking out time to visit my blog without expecting anything in return and leave such kind comments. Also a special thanks to everyone who keeps in touch with me via Facebook. [I ♥ you all! :D]
My readers/fellow bloggers, continue to amaze me with their kindness, generous love, support and appreciation towards a mere stranger (me!). Although, it will still take me a couple of more weeks to get back to regular blogging but I do try my best to post my daily outfit here! Thank You again for hanging-in-there with me!
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Sin-binned NSW centre Michael Jennings put his hand up post-match and admitted to making a costly mistake by throwing a punch in the Blues' 18-10 game one State of Origin loss, before his media appearance was shut down by team management.
While only a few points separated the teams on the scoreboard, there couldn't have been a greater contrast in the change-rooms post game.
Winners are grinners and Queensland players were all smiles after their victory at Etihad Stadium.
The media flocked to the NSW change-room to hear from centre Jennings, whose first-half sin-binning proved a game-breaker.
Jennings was late into a brawl and threw a punch resulting in 10 minutes on the sidelines, with Darius Boyd scoring in his absence.
More than an hour and a half after the game, Jennings emerged to face the media.
"I know what I did wrong. All I can do now is just move on from here,'' he told a throng of journalists only to be interrupted by team management and told he had to go.
It was much the same story for the other players, who were guided through the media mass to their waiting bus.
"I've got nothing to say,'' snapped lock Greg Bird as he stormed past.
"Just don't say anything,'' whispered Trent Merrin to fellow rookie Jamie Buhrer.
Todd Carney brushed past while James Tamou spent a few seconds before he too was ushered on his way.
Blues' winger Jarryd Hayne, their best back, eventually took pity and answered a couple of questions from the few journalists who remained.


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DIY Stained Glass Luminary
I have never made my own stained glass. I didn't even know there was DIY kits for this… how fun! I came across this project over at the Crafts By Amanda blog that is just beautiful and it has inspired me to try and do my own stained glass project. Head on over and see the full tutorial. Enjoy!
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What Happened in Baghdad
On the radar: How the Baghdad talks almost collapsed; New IAEA Iran Report; Breakdown over sanctions; Iran posturing ahead of Moscow; Marketing, not strategy, made triad; Safer, fewer, leaner; and Iran's accidental HEU.
On the radar: How the Baghdad talks almost collapsed; New IAEA Iran Report; Breakdown over sanctions; Iran posturing ahead of Moscow; Marketing, not strategy, made triad; Safer, fewer, leaner; and Iran's accidental HEU.
Date May 29, 2012 | Edited by Benjamin Loehrke
Behind the scenes - The Baghdad talks between the P5+1 and Iran featured some important developments, with the Iranians agreeing to discuss specific proposals. However, the talks almost collapsed at the end of day 2 because of disagreement between the P5+1 members - some of whom sought a harder line toward Iran in the group's final statement.
--In the end, the P5+1 and Iran agreed to hold talks next month. Iran proposed three venues for talks: Astana, Beijing or Moscow. "It took only five minutes for all the diplomats to settle on Moscow. Laura Rozen has the backstory in Al Monitor. http://bit.ly/JKJkI4
ISIS on New IAEA Report - The IAEA released a its latest report on Iran. ISIS sums up the key findings: Iran's monthly production of 3.5% LEU increased significantly; testing of advanced centrifuge production-scale cascades at Natanz remains troubled; and IR-1 performance is improving but remains below par. Full ISIS report here. (pdf) http://bit.ly/KpxMYQ
IAEA Iran Report - Read the full IAEA report here. "Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran" (pdf) http://bit.ly/L0YYKW
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Pressure problems - Reports from the Baghdad talks indicate that Iran said it was willing to make a concession on ending enrichment of uranium to 20% in return for a concession (sanctions relief) from the P5+1. However, it appears that the P5+1 never budged on sanctions before the talks ended without major breakthrough.
--"This silence [on sanctions], on top of the overall inflexibility of what they are hearing from their interlocutors, gives the Iranians ample reason to question the good faith of the other side and—especially amid all the talk about regime change and going to war—to wonder if, no matter what they do, all they can expect to face is pressure and more pressure," writes Paul Pillar at The National Interest. http://bit.ly/LBZxxm
Posturing for Moscow - "We have no reason to retreat from producing the 20 percent, because we need 20 percent uranium just as much to meet our needs," said Iran's nuclear chief Fereydoon Abbasi yesterday. Abbasi also announced Iran's intention to start building two nuclear power plants in 2013. Thomas Erdbrink of the NYT has the story. http://nyti.ms/KCnAuj
Lessons in bureaucratic politics - "The real reason the [nuclear] triad exists is that the Air Force, having failed to either prevent or control the proliferation of ballistic missile submarines by the early 1970s, coined the term 'triad' as part of a marketing effort to protect their bombers," write Benjamin Friedman and Christopher Preble in The Washington Examiner.
--Given the decreasing importance of nuclear weapons for U.S. national security, Friedman and Preble argue that it's time to scrap the triad and pocket the budget savings from trimming the nuclear arsenal. http://bit.ly/JM2bxT
What to cut -"If Republicans and Democrats in Congress are keen on cutting budgets and taming deficits, ending gluttonous spending on an obese nuclear arsenal is basic," writes Lance Dickie of the Seattle Times.
--Dickie argues that the new Global Zero report, chaired by Gen. James Cartwright, offers a possible path toward greater security with fewer weapons and leaner budgets. http://bit.ly/KCf52k
Looking toward Moscow - As the P5+1 prep for talks with Iran next month in Moscow, Ploughshares Fund's Philip Yun offers four things to keep in mind. "Moving Away from War with Iran" in The San Francisco Chronicle. http://bit.ly/N5iKXl
Malware on Iranian computers - "Meet 'Flame,' the Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers" Kim Zetter at Threat Level has the story. http://bit.ly/KDYKuw
Over-enrichment - The IAEA recently found traces of 27% enriched uranium (technically HEU) at Iran's fordo facility. This was most likely an operator mistake. Slowly feeding UF6 gas into spinning centrifuges can result in a phenomenon where the first small amounts of feed gas get enriched above the target percentage before the rest of the feed gas blends it down to the target level. Joshua Pollack at Arms Control Wonk goes into the wonky science of it. http://bit.ly/KZGazk


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My partner and I are celebrating our 15th anniversary and are looking at travelling to either Thailand or Bali for 10 days with our 18-month-old. We would like some leisure time (near a beach) and are also keen to get off the beaten track but I'm hesitant about travelling with a boisterous toddler.
- Jane Andrews
Monique Choy, co-author of Lonely Planet's Travel with Children, writes:
Congratulations on 15 years. A holiday in Thailand or Bali is a great way to celebrate and both places are child friendly. They also add a dash of honeymoon sparkle.
Ko Samui in Thailand is a great choice to satisfy your craving for beach bliss with a dash of adventure. Most resorts will bend over backwards to make you feel welcome with cots, toddler pools and highchairs at the ready, not to mention on-site spas to ease those toddler-taming muscles.
There are excellent facilities around the island and the main decision you have to make is which beach you like the best. Try one of the quieter resorts on the north coast, such as Mae Nam or Bo Phut. Mae Nam Resort (manamresort.com) and Peace Resort (peaceresort.com) are good for families.
Samui offers kid-friendly adventures such as colourful markets, the thrill of hopping over the stern of a boat or chasing butterflies at Samui Butterfly Garden. There are grown-up adventures close at hand, too, such as the world-famous diving experience off nearby Ko Tao. You can organise babysitting through most resorts.
Among Bali's delights are the lovingly tended gardens, where a toddler can get lost among the hibiscuses and delightful floral offerings to the gods that are strewn along the streets. Most families skip the party zone down in Kuta and head for the beaches of Sanur, Lovina or Nusa Dua, where ocean-dipping is higher on the agenda than cocktail-sipping. Also, check out the hill town of Ubud with its relaxed, alternative vibe and cheeky monkey forest.
Choosing a compact island as your destination cuts down on the hardest part of travelling with a toddler - the actual travelling. But choose your accommodation carefully, as with naps and early bedtimes you'll be spending a lot of time there. Make sure there's separate space where you can relax while your child is asleep - it's difficult if you only have one room.
Another top tip for kid travel is to guard against them getting lost. Bring your plastic name-tag holder from the last conference or workshop you attended. Put your hotel's business card inside and attach it to your kid's clothing when you're out and about - the card will have your hotel's name in the local lingo and often a map.
You should be aware that both these countries carry a travel risk. Check the New Zealand Government's Safe Travel site for the official word.


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These are great. 3/4″ wide all-metal buttons at a great price. Also available in 5/8″ size.
The buttons are very nice. Great quality. Love the bronze colour and the pattern. I bought seven. Really, I would like then in a smaller size. But still love them.
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I have a Kodak P850 and I'm interested in photographing wild birds. I read about a Red Dot Sight with a Xtend-a-Sight mount. It will run about $60 before shipping costs. Has anyone ever heard about this? It's suppose to help since most viewfinders are not reliable.
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How-To Geek
Daemons are applications which run on modern multitasking computer operating systems as background processes rather than as foreground processes (visible to the user). These background processes sit idle waiting for input and then spring to life, performing their intended function.
Examples of common daemon processes include print daemons (idle until they are needed to spool up a print job for the printer) and task scheduler daemons (idle until a time-based trigger launches their stored commands).
Although the term daemon is most commonly used with Unix and Unix-like systems, Windows also has a daemon system; the principle difference is that the daemons in Windows are referred to as Windows Services.
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Guardian Core Chronicles: Homeworld HTML version
Guardian Chronicles
Prologue by Matt
This time Etan gets kicked out of the core, Argaria comes under attack and a mysterious new enemy arises. And you
thought your job was tough. Come and join us for another journey of fun and adventure as we explore a whole new
Selar's report
Part one
The winds of change
There is a problem with Etan. The future timelines I once saw for him have recently changed. At this point he can still
be saved from this new outcome, but at what cost?
Etans view
I started out the year trying to become air. Master Leo told me that it would be the hardest of all the elemental changes
to make. Air molecules are free floating and energetic. Changing to any solid mass is simple in comparison to the
balancing act of changing to a gas. Too little energy and I return to a solid, too much energy and I could dissipate
myself altogether. I have to build enough energy to disintegrate my body without drifting apart. Master Leo told me
until I have it down pat, not to try it unless he was there to help. Once again I closed my eyes and concentrated. It helps
me shut out the world and focus. O lder Guardian's don't have such concerns as centuries of discipline have honed
strong mental focus.
Having learned from the fire inc ident I didn't try to change my whole body at once but instead just my hand, which was
a good thing, because my hand exploded. I concentrated on my atoms, using my light energy to cause them to lose
cohesion to each other. But then the light energy built up to much pressure and it disintegrated. I over did it, just a bit. I
was in shock more than anything. Master Leo rushed over to heal me but I told him I wanted to heal myself. Even after
I had healed I was still shaking a little from the event. It took two more weeks of practice to get a stable change. At one
point I did get stuck as gas for a moment but Master Leo was there to help. I'm glad this wasn't like when I got stuck as
water. This time I wasn't confined to an element during a battle situation.
As air I could feel people's breath. I let myself stretch-out and just totally relax, floating with the breeze. It's funny
sometimes what you remember. This experience reminded me of childhood incident. When I was a kid I used to lie
back in the bathtub and relax to the point where many times I would fall asleep. The first time I did it my mother
freaked out. I guess she was worried I had drowned. I was only five at the time but I was still embarrassed over her and
my aunt standing over me shaking me awake. For awhile after that time she wanted me to leave the bathroom door
unlocked so she could check on me. In any case becoming air had the same relaxing sensation. And yes I got so relaxed
one of the times I did fall asleep as air. I didn't have a mother to wake me this time, just a windmill. I never knew air
could get dizzy. As I progressed Master Leo advised me to spin as fast as I could to make a dust devil; this made me
lightheaded in the process.


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The phenol-sulfuric acid method is a simple and rapid colorimetric method to determine total carbohydrates in a sample. The method detects virtually all classes of carbohydrates, including mono-, di-, oligo-, and polysaccharides. Although the method detects almost all carbohydrates, the absorptivity of the different carbohydrates varies. Thus, unless a sample is known to contain only one carbohydrate, the results must be expressed arbitrarily in terms of one carbohydrate.
In this method, the concentrated sulfuric acid breaks down any polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, and disaccharides to monosaccharides. Pentoses (5-carbon compounds) are then dehydrated to furfural, and hexoses (6-carbon compounds) to hydroxymethyl furfural. These compounds then react with phenol to produce a yellow-gold color. For products that are very high in xylose (a pentose), such as wheat bran or corn bran, xylose should be used to construct the standard curve for the assay, and measure the absorption at 480 nm. For products that are high in hexose sugars, glucose is commonly used to create the standard curve, and the absorption is measured at 490 nm. The color for this reaction is stable for several hours, and the accuracy of the method is within ±2% under proper conditions.
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Do you have a favorite unique local place you love to eat?
My friend Richard lived in Portland, Oregon for a time and fell in love with a place called The Waffle Window. Being the foodie that I am I longed for the chance to try the sweet and savory waffles he would describe to me. Seeing as how I don't think I'll be able to get to Portland any time soon, I decided to bring the Waffle Window experience to my own backyard.
I kept things pretty casual because The Waffle Window is exactly how it sounds. There's not fancy indoor seating or even plates. Orders are taken to go or eaten right outside. I adore any reason to sit on my deck and this was the perfect day to do it. It was overcast without raining and a comfortable temperature.
The Waffle Window offers a unique variety of toppings to their already unique Liege style waffles. Liege waffles use Belgian pearl sugar to create a super sweet, crunchy waffle unlike any you've ever had. I love a crunchy waffle and this was hands down the easiest, most delicious way I've ever found to achieve it. The giant pearls of sugar melt and crystalize as the waffle cooks creating pockets of crunchy sweetness. With the topping selection being so extensive I decided to narrow it down to three options for our party and recreated The Three B's, The Whole Farm, and the Peanut Butter Chocolate Dipped Waffle.
The waffle dough is uniquely thick and sticky. I doubled the recipe to feed a crowd. It starts with a yeast rise.
After that the sugar pearls are mixed in and balls of dough are placed on a hot waffle iron. You don't need to fill your machine as much as if you're making regular waffles because these are so thick and satisfying.
After just a few minutes you have a waffle ready for toppings or tasty enough to be eaten plain. Be warned! Melted sugar is hot and you should probably wait a few minutes before taking a bite.
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
- ⅓ cup lukewarm water (100 - 110ºF)
- 1½ Tablespoons granulated sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup Belgian pearl sugar
- In a small bowl combine yeast, water, sugar and salt and let rest for 15 minutes. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, place the flour and make a well in the center. Pour the yeast mixture into the well and mix on medium speed until well blended. One at a time, add the eggs, then the butter a little bit at a time, and the vanilla, mixing well after each addition. The batter will be thick and very sticky.
- Remove the bowl from the mixer, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour. Gently fold in the pearl sugar and let the dough rest for another 15 minutes.
- While the dough is resting, preheat your waffle iron. Scoop a 2 inch ball of dough onto the center of each section in the iron. Bake 3-5 minutes or until golden brown and crunchy.
The first waffle I made was The Whole Farm. A myriad of toppings create a towering feast guaranteed to satisfy.
- 1 Liege Waffle
- 2 strips black pepper bacon
- 5 white button mushrooms, sliced
- ¼ spinach loosely packed
- Several strips of roasted red pepper, drained
- 3 cherry tomatoes, halved
- One slice sundried tomato basil chevre (goat cheese)
- Diced chives (optional)
- In a preheated 400ºF oven, bake bacon on a baking sheet until crisp, about 15 minutes.
- In a small skillet over medium heat melt ½ Tablespoon butter. Swirl in ½ tablespoon olive oil. When hot add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and dark, about 10 minutes.
- Place the mushrooms on top of the waffle. Add the spinach, red pepper, tomatoes, bacon, and chevre. Sprinkle with chives, if desired.
Next came the vegetarian version of The Three B's. The B's are usually bacon, brie, and basil. Tomatoes were swapped in for the bacon and peach jam was served on the side, as you would find at the actual Waffle Window.
I also made myself an authentic Three B's with the bacon on it. I couldn't believe how well this surprising flavor combination worked.
- 1 Liege Waffle
- 3 strips black pepper bacon
- 4 slices brie cheese
- 3 basil leaves, torn or left whole
- 4 cherry tomatoes, halved (optional)
- Peach jam
- In a preheated 400ºF oven, bake bacon on a baking sheet until crisp, about 15 minutes.
- On the waffle, layer brie, bacon and basil. Serve with peach jam on the side. If desired, replace the bacon with tomatoes.
It was a very difficult choice as to which dessert waffle I wanted to make, but in the end I definitely chose wisely. The Peanut Butter Chocolate Dipped Waffle was out of this world. I have to admit I also tried a bit of waffle with brie and chocolate on it and it was sensational.
- 1 Liege Waffle
- 1 Tablespoon peanut butter
- ½ ounce bittersweet chocolate, melted
- Spread peanut butter on the waffle. Drizzle with chocolate.
My husband is obsessed with his french press and used it about six times today. We always choose a local brand of coffee.
I enjoyed finding local gems for a lot of the ingredients I used for the party.
I got my black pepper bacon from a meat market down the street from the house I grew up in. They source local livestock and do the processing in house.
Not being much of a canner myself, I purchased a peach jam that didn't have to travel far to reach my belly.
Basil doesn't get any more local than the pot that sits on my deck.
My daughter, licking pepper off her fingers after ingesting many strips of bacon.
My son's chubby little baby fingers, coated in sugar waffles.
I want to give a huge thanks to Foodbuzz for selecting this party for their 24×24. Truth be told I would have held this party whether they accepted me or not because these waffles were just begging to be eaten!


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District Attorney Clark Everett is retiring Thursday after 32 years of service with the Pitt County DA's office.
"It just seemed to be a good time. Obviously you don't want to wait for people to tell you to leave. You want to leave on your own terms and I felt like based on everything it was a good time to retire," Everett said.
Governor Pat McCrory appointed Kimberly Robb as the new district attorney for Pitt County. Robb has been an assistant district attorney since 1991.
"It all happened so quickly that I'm not really sure it has sunk in completely yet," Robb said.
"This is a stressful job and it's certainly not a job that you get a lot of sunshine. There's a lot of cloudy days up here," Everett said.
However, it's a job the pair has tackled together for more than a decade.
"I guess we just have this relationship. He's like a big brother to me. You know the best part about this office is the people that work here. And a lot of times we deflect the stress of our job with humor and banter and that will be what I miss the most," Robb said.
"There's a lot of cases that come across our desk and in every one there's a controversy obviously. Most people do not have good feelings about the court system because in every case someone loses," Everett said.
Everett is stepping down before the highly publicized Farmville triple murder case goes to trial.
"But anytime you leave there's going to be something out there. There's no time when there's not going to be a case," Everett said.
"I am confident that the people that we have in this office are capable of handing anything we have before us. Now certainly if I can manage to convince Clark to come back and help us with those terrible cases then it will be a wonderful thing," Robb said.
For his part, Everett said he isn't sure what he will do after he steps down. He said he would be happy to help out with the cases if he is called upon to do so.
Robb will be sworn into office in the superior courtroom of the Pitt County Courthouse on Friday at 8 a.m.
She will hold the DA position until she has to run for office in 2014.


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Writing Ideas
1. Whitman's poem is a poem of praise—it celebrates the opening of the Suez Canal. Using Whitman's poem as a model, write your own poem of praise for a modern invention or recent scientific advancement. (Note: your subject needn't be as monumental as the Suez Canal; no one has yet written the Great American Poem about an iPhone!)
2. In the poem, Whitman imagines the people and places of a far-off land brought finally within reach. Choose a place you've never been—but can imagine—and write a poem exploring it in your imagination.
Discussion Questions
1. In "A Passage to India," Whitman praises not just the "proud truths of the world" and "facts of modern science," but also the "myths and fables of eld" and "far-darting beams of the spirit." How do these seemingly disparate ideas relate to each other in the poem? To his mind, are they equivalent? Can one exist without the other, according to Whitman?
2. What is the poet's attitude toward science and myth? Which words or phrases best suggest his admiration and why?
3. How might you characterize Whitman's diction in the poem? Is it lofty, formal, casual, familiar? What effect does his word choice have on the poem's tone?
4. Though he doesn't use regular rhyme or meter, Whitman does rely on other poetic devices (like repetition or alliteration) to give structure to his poem. What other devices can you identify? What is their effect?
Teaching Tips
1. Have students explore the video of playwright Tony Kushner's reading of the poem. Set before another modern wonder, a giant suspension bridge—another subject of Whitman's praise—Kushner intones the poem in a distinct way. Have students discuss his intonation. What was striking about his presentation? Ask what other kinds of public speaking occasions come to mind upon hearing this poem read in this manner.
2. Robert Frost argues that a sentence has a sound all its own and that "the best place to get the abstract sound of sense is from voices behind a door that cuts off the words." In small groups, have students explore the sound of sentences, by humming each line and sentence several times and considering the effect. As the group listens to the sentence sounds, ask them to consider Whitman's overall tone toward his subjects and whether or not his syntax reveals a hierarchy of praise or if the sounds sing the praises of these subjects equally.
3. Organize students to research the images and history of the Suez Canal and other developments of the 19th century, such as the transcontinental railroad and major suspension bridges. Then have them write an essay that explores Whitman's poem, discussing the speaker's perception of innovation, progress, diversity, or another "American" value. Other parts of "A Passage to India" or other selections such as "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" or a host of other poems about the Brooklyn Bridge may be included in this discussion.
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from Section 2 of 9.
Walt Whitman: "A Passage to India"
Poem Guide
In 1869, two marvels of engineering altered the course of history forever. That May, the last spike was driven into the ground on the American transcontinental railroad, connecting the country definitively from East to West. Six months later and half a world away, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt. By joining the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea via an artificial waterway, it allowed transportation and trade between Europe and Asia in record time, without navigating around Africa. The canal promised to change the face of world commerce, but it also extended the possibilities of cultural exchange between nations.
Walt Whitman saw the opening of the Suez Canal as both a reason for celebration and an opportunity to connect with the spiritual traditions of faraway lands. In "Passage to India," he celebrates the scientific achievements that made the canal possible, as well as the more esoteric wisdom that could imagine such possibilities, and the new era of worldliness and peace that might come of it.
In the poem's second section, Whitman especially demonstrates his excitement and admiration for the achievement. He opens by attributing the canal to both science ("proud truths of the world") and myth ("and fables of eld"):
Passage O soul to India!
Eclaircise the myths Asiatic, the primitive fables.
Not you alone, proud truths of the world!
Nor you alone, ye facts of modern science!
But myths and fables of eld—Asia's, Africa's fables
The far-darting beams of the spirit, the unloos'd dreams,
The deep diving bibles and legends,
The daring plots of the poets, the elder religions;
Though undoubtedly a feat of engineering, the canal was also a triumph of the human imagination. Whitman credits both technology and art here. The "facts of modern science" alone aren't enough to explain the project's completion. By directly addressing the "proud truths" and "fables" side by side with the "far-darting beams of the spirit," "deep diving bibles and legends," and "the daring plots of the poets" (of which his own poem is one), Whitman is able to bring "modern science" into perspective with the "elder religions," and express his admiration for both.
Repetition plays a key role in his praise. Lines four through six employ anaphora by each starting with the word "the," creating a catalog of imagery that accumulates power and momentum as the poem progresses. In each succeeding line, that repetition takes a new form, in Whitman's direct address ("you") to the temples, fables, and towers of foreign lands. It's these exotic institutions ("myths and fables") that Whitman invokes, and which occupy the lion's share of his imagination and attention:
O you temples fairer than lilies, pour'd over by the rising sun!
O you fables, spurning the known, eluding the hold of the known, mounting to heaven!
You lofty and dazzling towers, pinnacled, red as roses, burnish'd with gold!
Towers of fables immortal, fashion'd from mortal dreams!
Whitman's use of long rhythmic but unmetered and unrhymed lines—the free verse form he developed—allows him to make these observations in a style that's unforced and uncompromised, with the cadence of natural speech. At times his awe feels almost uncontainable, as it's communicated with loftiness and reverence ("O you temples," "O you fables").
The poem's punctuation adds to the building excitement. Though each line ends with an exclamation point, as if Whitman couldn't be more eager to express his joy, the punctuation also contains that eagerness: one end-stopped line refuses to spill over to the next. Each phrase, almost hyperbolic in its sentiments, is lush in its diction. Even when his words border on cliché ("red as roses, bunish'd with gold!"), we sense that Whitman genuinely admires the "lofty and dazzling towers," the fables, and their mystic power.
The syntactic complications also give his argument impact. Because the subject and verb of the extended opening meditation are deferred, we read with anticipation, waiting to see what will happen. By the time the subject and verb of the sentence arrive ("You too I welcome"), the speaker's reverence is clear:
You too I welcome, and fully, the same as the rest!
You too with joy I sing.
Whitman's use of the present tense in the stanza's final line, "You too with joy I sing," implicitly compares poetry to song, and after so many longer lines, its monosyllabic simplicity makes the praise even more immediate.
Whitman extends his praise to Eastern and African "bibles," "religions," and "temples" as much as Western ones ("the same as the rest!"). In his view, every perspective is worth celebrating. That magnanimous sense of inclusion helps make a Whitman poem—including his best-known, "Song of Myself"—so compelling, modern, and relevant to readers even today.
The sense of inclusiveness is ultimately one of the sentiments Whitman is trying to convey here. Turning finally to address the soul, the launching pad for human endeavor, Whitman uses repetition for emphasis once again to give voice to what he sees as God's purpose for the new passage to India—to bring people of all nations and races together:
Passage to India!
Lo, soul! seest thou not God's purpose from the first?
The earth to be spann'd, connected by network,
The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage,
The oceans to be cross'd, the distant brought near,
The lands to be welded together.
When "The earth be spann'd, connected by net-work," barriers are erased, love is nurtured, and people evolve. Whitman is envisioning here not only the actual canal, but the broader implications of a passage to "India"—a place that represents for Whitman, and no doubt many of his American readers, an exotic and foreign land. The literal passage thus becomes a metaphorical one, bridging the continents and allowing for new kinds of communion between people of all nations. Imagining a peaceful new era, Whitman proclaims:
A worship new, I sing;
You captains, voyagers, explorers, yours!
You engineers! You architects, machinists, yours!
You, not for trade or transportation only,
But in God's name, and for thy sake, O soul.
With his eye fixed on a higher purpose, Whitman addresses all the people who made the canal possible, and implores them to see not just their technological prowess, but the spirituality of their endeavor. (It's interesting to think what Whitman might have written about other modern advances that have since made our world even smaller, like international flight, the telephone, or the Internet.)
Just as the Suez Canal links distant parts of the world, Whitman's poem links ancient religions and modern technology, God and engineering. In doing so, he encourages us to see a bright future, extending an invitation that is both reverent and hopeful.
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Walt Whitman is America's world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and reassurance even in death.
Along with Emily Dickinson, Whitman is regarded as one of America's most significant nineteenth century poets. Born on Long Island, Whitman grew up in Brooklyn and received limited formal education. His occupations during his lifetime included printer, schoolteacher, reporter, and editor. Whitman's self-published Leaves of Grass was inspired in part by his travels through the American frontier and by his admiration for Ralph Waldo Emerson. This important publication underwent eight subsequent editions during his lifetime as Whitman expanded and revised the poetry and added more to the original collection of twelve poems. Emerson himself declared the first edition was "the most extraordinary piece...
Poems By Walt Whitman
- Beat! Beat! Drums!
- Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
- I Saw in Louisiana A Live-Oak Growing
- I Sing the Body Electric
- A Noiseless Patient Spider
- O Captain! My Captain!
- On the Beach at Night
- Patroling Barnegat
- Song of Myself (1892 version)
- Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field one Night
- When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
- When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
- The World Below the Brine
- I Hear America Singing
- On the Beach at Night Alone
- One's-Self I Sing
- Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
- Song of the Open Road
- Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand
- Sometimes with One I Love
- "Out of the rolling ocean the crowd"
- "Are you the new person drawn toward me?"
- from The Sleepers
- O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy
- A Glimpse
- When I Heard at the Close of the Day
- from A Passage to India
- As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life
- For You O Democracy
- O Me! O Life!
- Time to Come
- Come Up from the Fields Father
- Song of Myself: 35
- Song of Myself: 36
- Kosmos
- To the States,
- A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown
- The Wound-Dresser
- America
- Gliding O'er All
- Long, too long America
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