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Fontina-Stuffed Veal Meatballs
Melissa Rubel Jacobson hides a surprise inside each of her tender veal meatballs: a molten cheese center. She opted for Fontina, but you can substitute any cheese that melts easily.
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- 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 3 garlic cloves—2 minced, 1 thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon minced rosemary
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 slices of white sandwich bread, crusts removed and bread torn into 1-inch pieces
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 1 1/2 pounds ground veal
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 3 ounces Italian Fontina cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- One 28-ounce can diced tomatoes with juices
- Crusty bread, for serving
How to make this recipe
In a medium skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the onion and minced garlic and cook over moderate heat until softened, 8 minutes. Stir in the thyme and rosemary and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a large bowl and let stand until cool, about 10 minutes.
In a small bowl, soak the bread pieces in the milk until absorbed, about 5 minutes. Squeeze the milk from the bread and transfer the bread to the bowl with the onions. Add the veal, egg, Parmigiano-Reggiano and 2 1/2 teaspoons of kosher salt and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper. Mix with clean hands until well combined.
Scoop 1 1/2 tablespoon-size balls from the veal mixture. Stuff a cube of Fontina into the center of each meatball and roll to enclose the cheese. Transfer the meatballs to a rimmed baking sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
In a large nonstick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Cook the meatballs in batches over moderately high heat until browned all over, about 6 minutes. Return the meatballs to the baking sheet.
In the same skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add the sliced garlic clove and cook over moderately high heat until it is lightly golden, about 3 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Add the diced tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Add the meatballs and any accumulated pan juices to the tomato sauce. Cover and cook over moderately low heat, turning the meatballs once, until they are cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Using a slotted spoon, transfer the meatballs to bowls or plates. Simmer the sauce over moderate heat until thickened slightly, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and pour over the meatballs.
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I've driven an A7, and marveled in how well it drove "Like a Go Cart", etc. Motor feels insanely strong, etc. etc. Unfortunately, those (IMO ugly) looks are a blatant turn off and the frontal headroom is minimal so it was immediately out of consideration as my "next car".
I came from an M-B, and although I haven't driven the A6, I know based on researching Tests between the 535i and A6 (and driving the A7), the 535i feels vastly more solid (which is quite a feat because I found the Audi VERY tight, yet this isn't a knock against the Audi as much as it is a plug for the F10 chassis), much quieter, much more luxurious, more coddling and isolated, not to mention much more attractive as the A6 looks a little mundane to me and I've never found the "Audi look" particularly sexy. Now, knowing that would drive many BMW purists straight to the other end of the spectrum, *I* was the target audience for the F10.
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"But whether this $63,245 Alpine White 535i with an M Sport Package stumbled into second place is moot. At the end of an arduous weeklong test, we scored it higher than the Audi, and here's why: better ride (silkiest of the group), quieter interior (quietest of the group), smoother engine (smoothest of the group), engaging steering, more comfortable and supportive seats, and an overwhelming sense of solidity. Whereas the A6 tried really, really hard to feel like a $60,000 automobile, the BMW didn't even break a sweat.
Much of the 5's air of expensiveness comes from its 7 Series' underpinnings, which, alas, make the 535i feel like its bigger and heavier sibling. It is no longer an upsized 3, but rather a downsized 7. While we prefer the former, there is a plus side to the latter. Says Evans: "The embodiment of what I think of when I think German. Very solid, substantial. Buttoned-down and refined, no-nonsense." From Lieberman: "All that solidity equates to one hell of a nice, smooth ride. 80 mph feels more like 40 mph, and 90 mph feels like a totally responsible, safe cruising speed."
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I wanted something more lively than my E-Class, yet I didn't want to sacrifice ONE BIT in luxury/refinement. The 5er answered my calls in that respect. Not only does it top even the E-Class in smoothness, isolation, comfort and pure refinement, but for someone like me, it feels downright "racy", and that's not an exaggeration (I came from a 2011 E350).
I've been an M-B purist for enough time in my pretty young life to still think a LUXURY SEDAN first and foremost should be non-sacrificing in LUXURY, comfort and refinement. However, lately I wanted something more lively and sporty. The A6 is too far on the other end of the spectrum, I find some interior materials/design are too basic and/or "cheap-ish" and aren't on par or as "coddling" as the F10's (no stitching in key areas where the BMW and M-B do have is a big turnoff), and I although having not driven it, was turned off by constant Reviewer tests saying that it's "louder in cabin", "not as solid feeling", "more tinny/flimsy", than the 5er, which made it a no go considering I already preferred the F10 styling both inside and out by a good margin, and wanted to get back to my "roots" with the BMW brand and 5-Series.
Put it this way, I didn't want the E60 for the same reasons I didn't consider the A6, as there were other options in the market I found more to my liking from what I want out of a 4-Door Luxury Car, not to mention more attractive alternatives. However, this time around I wanted more of a balance, and IMO what the F10 brings to the table is a drastic attempt by BMW to do "everything all at once". Some people will hate that because they prefer an extreme, but to someone like me, it makes this car literally the best thing on 4-wheels I could have asked for. I ADORED my W212 E-Class, and I still love that body-style (pre-facelift), but the F10 did what I think BMW intended it to do: Made ME go "WOW".
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Re: FilledPlot Sideways?
One method for doing this is to use the DrawGraphics package from my web
site below. The Draw statements generate the primitive graphics (Line,
Polygon etc.) and then DrawingTransform can be used to transform these
objects. In this case we just switch the x and y coordinates.
{FilledDraw[x^2, {x, -2, 2}] /. DrawingTransform[#2 &, #1 &]},
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If more general transformations are used, it may be necessary to use
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How can I make FilledPlots sideways?
So I want the equivalent of FilledPlot [x^2, {x,-2,2}], but with the axes
The curve is something like ParametricPlot[{x^2, x}, {x,-2,2}]. How to do
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The legendary Jewish gallery owner Alfred Flechtheim lost dozens of precious paintings during the Nazi era. For years, his heirs have been fighting for their rights to many paintings that now hang in Germany's top museums. It is one of the most complicated art restitution cases the country has ever seen.
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Paul Scholes: Falcao is a great signing - but where does he fit in at United?
When I watched Radamel Falcao play for Porto, Atletico Madrid and Monaco I saw a striker with excellent movement and a goalscoring record that is simply out of this world.
At United, on loan for this season initially, Falcao creates competition in United's forward line. There is no way that Louis van Gaal can play Rooney, Robin van Persie and Falcao together. It will have to be two from three and which two it is hard to say as yet.
Credit has to go to Ed Woodward, who has left Van Gaal a squad that should be capable of finishing in the top four. I don't think the league title is realistic but Champions League football is the aim. Now it is over to Van Gaal to shape the team.
The big question for the United manager will be how he gives all his players games. That is quite some squad and only two competitions left to play for. That is a nice problem to have.
Naturally, I was sad, as a United fan, to see Welbeck leave this week. My feeling was that if he could have got through this transfer window and stayed at the club he could have been a part of United's future over the next few years.
It shows how highly regarded Danny is that a club as big as Arsenal signed him. He will be a good signing for Arsène Wenger. Danny will never be a 20-25 goals-a-season man but he could get Arsenal 10 to 15.
When a signing arrives at United he is always welcomed by each player individually. Even if it was someone who played in my position I saw it as a step forward for the club, for all of us. It always gave me a lift when we signed a player of great quality and Falcao and Angel Di Maria will have a similar effect at United.
I saw many come in: Dwight Yorke, Teddy Sheringham, Juan Sebastian Veron, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez. I will never forget Ruud van Nistelrooy's first day at the club. At the end of the session a few of us had some shooting practice. I could not believe the level of Ruud's finishing. Every shot hit the back of the net. And they were smashed in too, no nonsense with shots that trickled over the line. We knew from that moment we had a great goalscorer.
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The final defendant in a large-scale methamphetamine conspiracy was sentenced this week in federal court.
Shelly M. Peterman, 42, Villa Ridge, was sentenced Wednesday, March 27, to 41 months in prison in the investigation.
Twenty-one suspects from Franklin and Jefferson counties were indicted last year by a federal grand jury on felony charges in the case. The other defendants were sentenced previously.
They were involved in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine in St. Louis and Franklin counties as early as January 2009, and continuing though July 2011, according to the indictments.
All of the cases were related. Some of the suspects obtained illegal amounts of pseudoephedrine, the vital ingredient needed to manufacture meth, and delivered it to others who were manufacturing the drug.
These defendants were sentenced earlier by U.S. District Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr.:
Jerry A. Hendrickson, 27, Franklin County, 110 months prison;
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Jason S. Sparks, 33, Villa Ridge, 94 months;
Dale M. Harris, 44, Pacific, 57 months;
Ethan M. Lepinski, 47, Pacific, 96 months;
William L. McKinney, 22, Pacific, 36 months;
Elaine M. Scroggs, 22, Pacific, 41 months;
Miranda J. Everhart, 21, Pacific, 28 months;
Aaron A. Lyerla, 33, Arnold, 41 months;
Larry R. Collier, 40, St. Clair, 87 months;
Tammy L. Busch, 41, Pacific, 70 months;
Andrea R. Dowling, 28, Villa Ridge, 27 months;
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Michelle A. Sizemore, 37, Fenton, 57 months;
Douglas E. Hughes, 29, Pacific, 64 months;
Sarah A. Matchell, 23, Labadie, 37 months;
Eric E. Lyerla, 37, Pacific, 27 months;
Angela J. Holley, 33, Arnold, 28 months;
Ann L. Matchell, 47, Labadie, 37 months; and
Amy N. Bueker, 25, Pacific, 46 months.
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Now 72 and retired, the white-haired Nielsen is a testament to the survival of the fittest on the Great Plains. Whipsawing wheat and cattle prices have cycled beyond many farmers' ability to survive in recent years, enabling Nielsen to add other men's land, feedlots and houses to his oil-and-gas empire to a fortune a former accountant says is worth at least $40 million.
His legacy is still unfolding, as is a small-town drama that divides three generations of family members. The story turns on simmering suspicions over love, money and death — turning Nebraska courts into something of a paper mill — and the fable, however farfetched, of family claims to billions of dollars of stock in investor Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, based in nearby Omaha.
In November, Nielsen's three adult sons filed lawsuits accusing him of defrauding their late mother Barbara of tens of millions of dollars and possibly more in a divorce as she lay dying of cancer more than 15 years ago. Their lawsuits are based primarily on the financial records and testimony of their father's former accountant, Rodney Zwygart, who possesses 32 boxes of their father's business records. He recently agreed to turn over the files.
Zwygart, a bull-shouldered CPA, makes the most sensational allegations against his former client. In October, in his own Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding in Lincoln, Zwygart said he helped Nielsen set up a Nevada trust to hide from the Nielsen family 50,000 shares of Berkshire Hathaway Class A stock putatively worth $4.5 billion. The only proof he has provided is a Reno attorney's bill, initialed as paid, for "trust and tax planning." It makes no reference to the stock.
Nielsen and his longtime lawyer, Charles "Ken" Mock, declined to comment for this story. In a deposition in another family lawsuit, in which he admitted temporarily removing funds from his grandchildren's savings accounts, the elder Nielsen roundly defended his business practices and said he owned no Berkshire Hathaway stock. He blamed his sons for the family dispute. "They brought this all on, and I'm going to finish it," he said without elaborating.
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Buffett, 73, known as "the Oracle of Omaha," says he has "never heard of Donald Nielsen, nor is there any record of his being a significant shareholder," according to a letter he wrote to one of the Nielsen sons' attorneys in January 2003.
The USA's second-richest man declined to comment for this story. But ownership of Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares — worth $89,300 apiece — is elite company. Management reported only 8,200 shareholders of record as of the latest annual report in March.
Even if the Nielsen sons' dreams of inheriting Berkshire Hathaway billions seem remote, the paths of the elder Nielsen and Buffett occasionally crossed. And many of the family's accusations about Nielsen's supposedly shady dealings and hard-heartedness echo complaints his customers have made in recent years.
USA TODAY interviewed more than 50 Nielsen family members, friends, former employees and business associates who span more than a half-century of the elder Nielsen's life. Almost all of them independently raised serious questions about his conduct. Also, the Cuming County courthouse, in this depressed farm town 70 miles northwest of Omaha, contains numerous records of money disputes between Nielsen and people with whom he did business.
Orin Abendroth, 69, a farmer who lost 53 acres to Nielsen in a disputed bankruptcy proceeding nearly 20 years ago, says of the businessman now, "He just cruises along like he's some kind of giant."
Starting from scratch
Newly married in 1951 to the former Barbara Jean Kephart, Nielsen began his career by pumping gasoline and washing windshields at a Standard Oil service station in Omaha, a few blocks from the house in which Warren Buffett still lives and where Buffett and his wife buy gasoline, station personnel say.
Zwygart says Nielsen told him he would clean Buffett's windshield and talk to him about stocks he was interested in. That way, Nielsen reputedly said, he had an "in" with the investor at the very beginning.
In 1953, the Nielsens moved to West Point, where Buffett's mother, Leila Stahl Buffett, grew up and where her father, John Stahl, was the school superintendent and local newspaper publisher.
Nielsen formed Nielsen Oil and Propane, an independent dealer for Standard Oil of Indiana, part of which later became Amoco and in 2000 merged with British Petroleum as BP.
Meanwhile, Buffett formed his first investment business, Buffett Partnership, in 1956, after he put together a $105,000 grubstake, according to published accounts. "He would stop periodically at the shop in West Point through the years," says Larry Miller, who joined Nielsen Oil in 1964 and still works at the successor company, Sapp Bros.
Buffett's investing prowess was legendary. Forbes estimates his net worth today at $36 billion.
Nielsen also achieved almost unfathomable success on the hardscrabble plains, although on a smaller scale. "There'd already been three (Standard Oil) guys in here that had gone broke. He became the Kansas City (region) leader. That means he was the biggest in six states," recounts the eldest son, Steve Nielsen, 50.
Even as Nielsen prospered, some acquaintances perceived another side of the businessman.
Former Nebraska Highway Patrolman Bill McNutt, who worked for Nielsen part time from 1972 to 1974 and full time from 1979 to 1984, says Nielsen often replaced premium fuel with cheap fuel and profited on the difference. "I didn't think it was right," McNutt says. Several former Nielsen Oil employees independently corroborated this account.
Another former employee, Gerald Poppe, who worked at Nielsen Oil from 1970 to 1984, says Nielsen truck drivers, including him, routinely cheated customers by partly offloading their fuel at company facilities yet charging for full tank loads when they served customer accounts.
"They always checked to see if (the tanker) was empty (upon completion)," Poppe says. "But never once did they crawl up to see if it was full when it come." Several people corroborated this account.
Tough business tactics
Cuming County, the state's breadbasket, foundered in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Its farmers and ranchers were beset by collapsing commodity prices and rising interest rates that turned even small loans into unpayable debts. Nielsen survived by being tougher than the times, even when offering to help those less fortunate than him.
"He pretended to be your friend, and he wasn't," says Reuben Leimer, 78, who, during a contested bankruptcy proceeding in the mid-'80s, forfeited the 800-acre family farm his grandfather had settled. Nielsen, having supplied Leimer with fuel and fertilizer on credit, ended up owning the farm.
And Nielsen made sure the outraged Leimers did not squat on his former homestead. He ordered his middle son, Mike, to burn and bulldoze the Leimers' house, according to court records and interviews.
Leimer's former daughter-in-law, Patricia, filed an affidavit in related litigation contending that the elder Nielsen physically threatened her and other Leimer family members on at least three occasions.
"He told me, and I quote, that if they seen anybody on the farm, 'They would be shot,' " Patricia Leimer testified. She could not be reached for comment. Her former husband, Glen Leimer, whom the affidavit cites as a witness, said in an interview, "It was something to the effect of: 'If certain people get around here they will be eliminated.' They meant force."
Dealing with death
Barbara Nielsen, a smart, tough brunette, ran the Nielsen Oil office until the breast cancer she was diagnosed with in about 1980 progressed to her bones, family members and friends say. After forays to Greece and Mexico with her husband in search of a cure, Barbara began in the late 1980s to discuss how to prepare her estate, say her three sons, a close friend and Zwygart, the family accountant.
The Nielsens' inability to agree on the estate led to increasingly harsh arguments, according to eyewitnesses. Zwygart says he attended the couple's final negotiation before they filed for divorce.
"I was up in the kitchen, Mrs. Nielsen was in a wheelchair and Don Nielsen was standing there. And Mrs. Nielsen said, 'I want to be able to give my boys $1 million when I die,' " Zwygart said in an interview. According to several accounts, Don Nielsen countered that their sons would receive $1 apiece.
"The last thing (Barbara) said," Zwygart recalls, "she stood up in the wheelchair, and I don't even know how she had the strength — 'You're not going to keep me from doing what I think is right for my kids.' "
The Nielsens' November 1989 divorce decree and property settlement valued the family's net worth at about $1.4 million and divided the holdings in half. Barbara Nielsen was awarded $625,000 in cash, the house and its furnishings, although the court permitted Don Nielsen to live in the basement, which he boarded off, say family and friends.
Zwygart says Barbara Nielsen's divorce attorney, now deceased, never asked him for a financial statement or even spoke with him. One record Zwygart recently provided to the Nielsen sons is a financial statement he prepared for Don Nielsen's bank, First National Bank of Beemer, that conservatively pegged his assets at $5.3 million when he was telling the divorce court he was worth less than one-third of that.
A year after the divorce, Zwygart prepared another financial statement for Nielsen and his new wife, Sarah, based largely on Nielsen's own assessments. It pegged his half of the fortune at $17.5 million while citing many of the same assets in the previous financial statement, the accountant's records show.
Among the big changes: Don Nielsen went from being overdrawn at the bank by $400,137 to having $543,095 in cash. Shares of Standard Oil (by then renamed Amoco), which he accounted for in 1989 as $159,731 "at cost" now were valued at $1.6 million "at market." Land he had valued at less than $1 million now was valued at nearly $6 million. Buildings formerly stated at $1.1 million now were stated at $3.5 million. And Nielsen Oil, the company he and his first wife founded and which he previously valued at $779,000, was listed at $4.5 million.
The Nielsen sons say they were suspicious of their father even then but were unaware of these confidential business records until a dozen years later when Zwygart provided them with their father's financial statements and tax returns and with a copy of the divorce decree, which the court had sealed.
Clint Poppe, the Lutheran minister who often attended to Barbara Nielsen at her home, says, "I think this is a classic example of money and power consuming even love for spouse and children and grandchildren, to the point an individual has been blinded to the important things in life." Duane Nielsen, the youngest son, 39, says, "We wish we could put it behind us and move forward. We'd love to have a life with our father. Unfortunately, he's 72 years old now, and it's probably not going to happen."
Even armed with Zwygart's records and testimony, the Nielsen brothers are unsure of winning a judge's permission to reopen the divorce decree and property settlement in the Cuming County courthouse, where their father so often has prevailed. And should they succeed in that unusual maneuver, they also will have to win court approval for a new hearing on Barbara Nielsen's estate, which they argue technically never was closed due to the failure of some of the heirs to pay their estate taxes.
The townsfolk of West Point, an economically ailing alcove on the weather-battered plains, appear numb to the prospect of more pain in the family feud.
Here, where Don Nielsen's bright red pickup is among the few signs of prosperity, his sons — two of whom are unemployed — are no financial match for their father. Their key ally, Zwygart, is likely to see his credibility challenged after the state Board of Accountancy recently revoked his CPA license after hearing a complaint from his former clients and partners in an unrelated business.
In an interview, Zwygart acknowledged he was complicit in the elder Nielsen cheating his former wife and indicated he might be acting now out of revenge as much as contrition. Zwygart told the federal bankruptcy judge in Lincoln — where he first placed some of the Nielsen family's personal records on the public record — that he sought protection from creditors not because he was insolvent but because Nielsen was buying his IOUs from creditors to foreclose on the accountant's assets, a tactic Nielsen used to crush so many other former business partners, the accountant alleges.
Berkshire Hathaway attorney Lori Cleary, who attended one bankruptcy hearing, argued that the Nielsen family feud and the accountant's claims shouldn't encroach upon Buffett or his company's records, arguing that stock transfer archives are "confidential business records that the company simply can't, you know, release to anybody just when they ask."
Buffett stated his own view in the letter he wrote to one of the Nielsen brothers' attorneys last year. "The only thing I can tell you," Buffett wrote, "is that if Donald Nielsen claimed to own 50,000 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock, he was totally delusional."


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The American Dream has always been symbolized by the ownership of a home and land. But now private property rights are under attack. By a 5-4 vote the U.S. Supreme Court redefined eminent domain, allowing government to seize your property for "private economic development projects" that would increase the "tax base." This is radically different from the traditional use of eminent domain for broad public purposes like building roads, schools, or libraries. The Kelo decision increased the power of government to enrich itself and big developers at the expense of individual liberty and property. This is legalized theft based on greed. It is immoral and unjust. As your Congressman, I will work to restore justice and sanity to this issue. I will work to protect your home and your land.
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you have to be kidding me if you like this game. The designer probably put a lot of work into the game and that sucks for him because it's still terrible
It's one of those "art" games that have repetitive easy platforming. I tried to enjoy it, but at the end I really don't care about the character. It feels like I just wasted my precious time.
"uncultured person"
A great excuse to use the same scenery repeatedly
Bad controls, numbing puzzles, unenjoyable monotony. Someone needs to explain to that when you make a game and try to make it artsy, flesh out the mechanics and playability first.
overall i never finished this game, cuz when i get bored i like a game that keeps me going, not one that shows an interesting story but makes you continuously try and fail in order to move on, all i was interested in was whether er not he was dying in a fire or something else was going to happen, but im not planning on sitting here for half an hour to fail enough times to learn a goddamned level.


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Empty Inside - Poem by Flora Xavier
the impelling emptiness inside is devouring. it feels as though my sole has been ripped out of my body and its never coming back. first john. i didn't want it to be like this. no contact. I'm dead to him. i wish i could change it all. i wish i could take back the things i said the things i did. but i can't. i hurt him and i don't know if i can ever forgive myself. someone as young as him didn't need to go the way i did. i just hope he's alright. and then theres charlie. my first real love. left me like the first time i guess ill never learn from my mistakes with him. but honestly i don't even know if i love him anymore. again its the emptiness that fills me. maybe thats why i get drunk all the time now or get high. maybe its the impending knowledge that I'm eventually gunna havta break up with paul. so many things wrong or just twisted with our relationship i just don't know if its more cause of me or him. the thought of being perfect doesn't seem that bad at the moment even though i will never come anywhere close. but just the thought of never knowing sadness or pain feels really good. then again i now believe that angels are more human then we realize and there supposed to be perfect. i wish i just knew what to do. how can i say i love someone when i don't even mean it. i wish supernatural was real so i could just be like sam and dean go out and kill monsters. then again their life if pretty gruesome. but in the end they have each other and a ice cold rack. its strange the feeling of emptiness. its like hunger when your not hungry. sadness when you shed no tears. anger when theres no one to be angry at. put that all together with happiness when there is no reason to be happy. there are no words for it really. just empty. i with school was starting already so i could just get away from here and to my future. hopefully by then the emptiness will be filled with something. hopefully
Topic(s) of this poem: Sadness
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I can relate to the pain in shown in this poem a great deal. I believe you meant to write again their life is pretty gruesome rather than again their life if pretty gruesome. Stay strong (Report) Reply
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Amidst the gloomy Wisconsin weather this Fashionista found a way to display color in the midst of the morning. The pops of color stood out to me in contrast to her all-black attire. One would not be surprised that coincidentally she is one of the officers of UW's own La Mode Fashion Club. Being a Fashionista, she definitely predicts upcoming trends with ease.
Name: Melinda Wang
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Junior
CollegeFashionista: How would you describe your style?
Melinda Wang: I would describe my style as feminine yet fierce.
CF: What are you wearing today?
MW: I am wearing an H&M coat, Topshop floral top, Target pleather shorts, shoes from Urban Outfitters and my bag is from ALDO.
CF: Who or what inspires your fashion decisions?
MW: My grandma inspires me. She taught me how to sew and she always chooses clothing items for me that I wouldn't have given a second glance at, but then I end up loving!
CF: What are some of your favorite places to shop?
MW: I usually love shopping at Zara, H&M, Forever 21, Topshop, NASTY GAL, ASOS and Urban Outfitters.
CF: What is your favorite accessory and why?
MW: My favorite accessory is a pretty, roomy school bag that would fit all my notebooks, technology, textbooks and anything else I need. My whole life is probably currently in my bag!
How To: To attain this Fashionista's edgy look, pair some leather shorts and black tights for a lasting impression. To add some femininity to this look, wear a leather skirt instead of shorts. What truly pulls this look together is her long black coat and statement bag, both a go-to for walking around school all day.


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Plugin Security Check on W3 Total Cache
I recently installed the WP Plugin Security Check (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-plugin-security-check/?topic_id=22126).
The author says the following about the plugin:
WP Plugin Security tries to detect the bad practices and most common mistakes made by plugin developers. Of course this is almost impossible to fully check and therefor I'd like to add that it's more like an early warning system.
Currently the plugin checks the following:
Usage of $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ( which could open your site to CSRF attacks ). However some plugins require this, especially those who facilitate 301 redirects.
Usage of the eval() PHP function which allows users to interpret a string as PHP code
Variable execution. Although this is somewhat common it's also a trick often used to prevent easy detection of malicious code as pointed out in this excellent post by Samuel Wood.
On W3 Total Cache the plugin gives a red warning saying:
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] detected in w3-total-cache/inc/define.php
Variable execution detected in w3-total-cache/inc/define.php
eval() detected in w3-total-cache/lib/JSON.php
W3 Total Cache is not the only famous plugin that got in the reds, but an article like this, http://wpmu.org/wordpress-security-exploit-found-upgrade-wptouch-addthis-and-w3-total-cache/, doesn't make me feel very comfi. I know too little about it to even have an opinion, so it'd be nice to get some opinions and wise words on the subject here. TY!
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sudo apt-get update
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St Catherine's School in Sydney's Waverley is getting rid of personal computers with keyboards and replacing them with tablet computers similar to the Apple iPad.
The oldest independent girls' school gave every student in years five, seven and 10 a Samsung Series 7 Slate PC yesterday.
The computers, which aren't much bigger than an iPad, have a touchscreen, a keyboard, and a pen stylus, which physics teacher Paul Carnemolla said should help maintain handwriting skills.
"We've introduced stylus technology, which gives the student the opportunity to chop and change between keyboard input and stylus input," said Mr Carnemolla, also the school's head of information.
"The students still need to be able to write. Others schools that have introduced traditional laptop computers have talked about the quality of the students' handwriting decreasing, so we were anxious to avoid that. Our students will be writing on the computer as well as typing."
Every student in the school will be issued a device by 2014.
Private schools have led the way in adopting tablet computing in classrooms, with some schools charging a levy for using school-owned devices and others asking parents to participate in buy-back schemes.
At Prince Alfred College, South Australia, all students in years seven to 11 are expected to have their own Fujitsu T730 tablet from first term this year. Year 12 boys will be able to hang on to their laptops. "There is ample evidence that [information technology-based] activities have the potential to increase student engagement on an ongoing basis," the school has told parents. "These technologies do not replace but rather complement existing methodologies and best practice."
Whitsunday Anglican School in Queensland views technology literacy as key to students' school and future working lives.
The school's Vision 2012 project means mobile computers will be used throughout the curriculum in what the school describes as a fundamental shift from "learning to use technology to using technology to learn".
All students in years 9 to 12 will have access to computers, albeit not tablets, this year. Federal Education Minister
At St Catherine's, another advantage of the technology was that students could draw on the screen without having to use complex software packages that traditional computers required.
Samsung Series 7 Slate PCs were introduced in Australia in October 2011. Globally the technology is used in the classroom by only a handful of other schools.
St Catherine's is the first school in Australia to use the technology.
Mr Carnemolla said other advantages of the technology included pupils being able to log in remotely and participate in classes if they were away from school, and for multiple users to work on the same document. Lessons can be recorded for later revision.
"We think it will make learning more efficient in the classroom," Mr Carnemolla said.
"It will immediately give them access to all the information they need. You can add audio visual content, traditional print content, and it's fully searchable so students will have all the information at their fingertips."
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Clairton group wants to start charter school
A retired Army major in Clairton has formed a group seeking to offer an alternative to the city's school district by starting a charter school.
Mark Murray submitted letters to charter school experts earlier this month on behalf of the Facebook group Clairton Charter Grass Roots Movement, seeking input as part phase one of a five-phase effort.
"Our proposed method for accomplishing this will be through voter referendum establishing a clear-cut community mandate for proceeding with this action," the letter says.
Murray said change is needed because the district is not performing well.
"The Clairton Charter Grass Roots Movement is a group of Clairton Citizens and Alumni that seek alternative solutions to remedy an education crisis that is occurring in the town of Clairton," he said. "The goal of this group is to facilitate change and seek reforms that current city and state rules and procedures do not address."
State Department of Education spokesman Tim Eller said Murray's plans may not be possible.
"Someone who wants to operate a charter school files an application with the school district in which the charter school is to be located," Eller explained. "The school board determines whether to grant or deny the application. A charter school is an independent, nonprofit corporation."
Eller said more than 50 percent of the teachers and more than 50 percent of the parents must sign petitions supporting the conversion of the school building into a charter school. If the conversion takes place, he said there must be provisions made for students who do not choose to enroll in the charter school because they are schools of choice.
"Although districts are required to provide sufficient schools and teachers to educate elementary age students in the district," Eller said, "that requirement can be met by converting a school building to a charter school."
If a charter school were put into place, Eller said Clairton City School District still would exist and have to pay the charter school pursuant to the Charter School Law. The district would remain responsible for overseeing the charter school, renewing the charter, revoking or not renewing the charter if grounds exist, and would have responsibilities for providing transportation for students to the school.
Murray, an advisor to the Afghan National Police in Kabul, Afghanistan, briefly attended Clairton High School before transferring and graduating from Taylor Allderdice.
The Clairton Charter Grass Roots Movement is listed as a closed group on Facebook, in which only members can invite new people, but Murray said he will open the group during the referendum phase. His proposed three-response referendum would give voters the option to maintain the current school district, disband the district and pursue a public charter school, or merge the district with another district.
Mark Wolosik, Allegheny County Elections Division manager, said referendum questions have to be "yes or no," and generally are confined to a single subject.
State Department of Community and Economic Development's Referendum Handbook states a ballot question cannot exceed 75 words and lists a variety of requirements for the question.
"There is no single state law governing procedures for initiating and conducting a referendum," the handbook reads. "The mechanics of actually conducting the election on the question, preparing ballots, giving notice, election day voting procedures, counting votes and certifying results are governed by the Pennsylvania Election Code."
The district made Adequate Yearly Progress in 2011, but not in 2012, according to an academic achievement report on the state Department of Education's website.
The district made AYP four consecutive years before Gov. Tom Corbett cut $1.3 million in state subsidies to Clairton.
Clairton Middle School/High School is ranked 633 out of 676 Pennsylvania public schools on www.schooldigger.com based on 2011-12 PSSA math and reading scores.
While districts get some idea about the results from April's tests early in the new school year, state officials usually do not release all of the scores until the end of September.
District officials and Clairton Education Association president Jodie Harriman were surprised to hear about the group and its charter school proposal.
Harriman cited Corbett's cuts as a reason for the district's shortcomings and praised the teachers' hard work.
"To make the assumption that we're not functioning at a level at which we are capable is ridiculous considering you're taking away our necessary means to reach those goals," Harriman said. "(The governor) continues to take them away and take them away and expect greater things to happen. These teachers are fighting hard, giving so much of their own time and their own money, everything they have to help these children. I don't see how bringing a charter school in is going to help the school system."
Harriman said the district has an identity "and we're improving on that identity every day. No one needs to assume our identity. Absolutely not."
"The board has not seen any proposal from this group," board president Richard Livingston said. "I can honestly say that only one member of this group has approached me at any time, and that's because she's a good friend of the family. I'm at a loss to know what their complaints are or the reasons for doing this. They haven't talked to any member of the board or administration."
Livingston said the district, "even as financially strapped as we are, has done a wonderful job in providing programs to our students. You look at what it would cost this district to go into a charter school, I'm estimating at least a 4-mill increase in taxes because not everybody's going to want to go to a charter school. A charter school has to prove that it's offering something different than what we're offering here."
"Their opinion of Clairton City School District is based on ignorance," said district spokesperson Alexis Trubiani. "We offer excellent academic programs as proven with our award-winning robotics team, as well as the number of college acceptances we have and the number of successful students we have.
"We also have Penn State talent search, which tracks our students in their college careers and technical schools following graduation. The majority of our students who go on to some post-high school education are successful. We do not focus on athletics. We focus on academics. However, a successful athletic program deserves to be recognized just as well as academics."
Trubiani said the district has "dedicated teachers and staff that work hard to provide the best education possible. If you judge solely on test scores you are using a bad measurement of student achievement. If you ask most experts in education, they will disagree with that measurement. Clairton City School District supports their students every way possible, and we stand by our education."
Sports may become an issue should a charter school somehow replace the district. Clairton High School's football team has won four WPIAL and PIAA Class A championships in a row and is on a quest for 64 consecutive wins.
WPIAL executive director Tim O'Malley said it is possible for a charter school to be a member of WPIAL and have sports scheduled accordingly, if that school goes through a number of steps. Those steps include applying to be a member of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Inc.
Murray's merger proposal may prove difficult even if a referendum is granted and passes. In 2011, Corbett recommended school districts look into merging. Clairton attempted to do so by submitting letters that year to West Mifflin Area, South Allegheny, Elizabeth Forward and West Jefferson Hills school districts. All declined Clairton's request.
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Jessie J Covers ELLE UK November 2012
Getting ready to drop her second studio album "Nice To Meet You" later this year, Jessie J showed off her rockin' fashion sense by covering the November 2012 issue of ELLE UK magazine.
The 24-year-old singer looked stunning in a black and gold Dolce & Gabbana bodysuit for the Rankin shot front page, while dishing about everything from her new image to finding love.
Highlights from Miss J's interview are as follows. For more, be sure to pay a visit to ELLE UK!
On changing her image:
"That really scary, spiky, cartoony kind of thing, that was me two or three years ago. Now, I'm definitely more embracing of myself as a woman and my sexuality and just being a bit more feminine. I've always wanted to look like this, but it didn't grab people's attention. And in the beginning you've always got to do something that's going to make people go, 'Who's that?'"
On her sexuality:
"It's one of those things where they labelled me. Sexuality shouldn't define anyone. It doesn't define me. Love should be at the core of what you do. I'm only interested in finding love now."
On her love life:
"I definitely want to get married and have kids and it's just about making sure that the person who I meet and that I do that with is right for me."
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Of the 127 images shot and edited with an iPhone 4 for the 20/20 publications, this collection represents my favorite 64.
These images were made and edited from the road in Mexico while backpacking for a month in January and February 2011.
Oh WOW!!! I'm just floored at how well this printed. Every just looks exactly as I intended and the overall quality has exceeded my expectations. I know MagCloud is good, but I wasn't really expecting it to be THIS good.
Highly recommend MagCloud. These folks definitely have this down to a fine art. :-)
MEXICO 2011 :: Skip Hunt Issue 1: Best of Mexico 20/20
20/20 is a printed series with 20 pages and 20 images by Skip Hunt. Of the 127 images shot and edited with an iPhone 4 for the 20/20 publications, this collection represents my favorite 64.
All rights reserved © 2011 Skip Hunt
In Jan/Feb of 2011, I traveled in Mexico for a month. Each place I went I made a short stop-motion video clip with an iPhone 4. This video virtually compresses the whole month-long journey down to about 5 minutes.
For your pleasure... shot & edited 100% on iPhone 4.
I really didn't set out to make this full 5 minute trip through Mexico from the beginning, but I was fascinated with using the iPhone 4 and the StopMotion Recorder app to make little vignettes that somehow bridge the gap between still image photography and motion image capture. Somehow I think this method conveys a scene in a much better way than either a still or motion image can in that the photographer can more tightly direct what they want to viewer to see in a given place.
The first few attempts to use this method to bring the viewer a bit deeper into the travel experience was during a trip to Washington D.C. to see one of my images displayed in the Smithsonian Castle, I made a few time-lapse sequences for the travel blog I kept. One of the sequences was meant to convey what it feels like to ride the people mover between art galleries on the mall without having to take 10mins of video doing it: HERE
I really liked the way this compressed time and gives the viewer an interesting experience and still conveys the gist of the actual experience. Cut to a couple months later while backpacking in Mexico for a month, I continued with these sequences all along the way with further experimentation. When I got home there were so many I thought came out well that I decided to just edit a few of my favorites together to wrap up the blog I'd kept of the journey: HERE
The idea of this piece being done completely on the iPhone 4 really appealed to me so I used the app Splice to put them together and drop in some title frames and basic transitions. As I watched a few play back in sequence, it occurred to me that if I just string all of the sequences together in order, the viewer would essentially be able to view the gist of my entires month's worth of traveling in Mexico in just 5 mins. And I think it came out rather well if I do say so myself. :-)
This is something I'm definitely planning on continuing on my next travels, but I do think some audio would be nice. I'm not sure how I'm going to mix appropriate audio for a time-lapse sequence, but I think I'll likely try to create mixed soundscapes of each scene captured like I did in this recent trip to New Orleans where I made this soundscape in the French Quarter using the iphone 4 for audio recording, and then edited into multiple layers with one track of "Play Misty for Me" running underneath to hold it all together: HERE
This sort of approach of taking a virtual traveler along with you and give them the emotional highlights in condensed digital expressions via soundscapes and time-lapse might just be an more immersive experience than video and sound are capable of delivering. We shall see. Stay tuned!
Check out the rest of Skip's travelog of Mexico 2011 HERE
Photo gallery from this trip also shot/edited via iPhone 4 HERE
Perfect Bound "Best of Mexico 2011" publication from this trip HERE
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Skip Hunt 20/20 Issue 12: Wadley/Matehuala
20/20 is a printed series with 20 pages and 20 images by Skip Hunt. These images were made and edited from the road in Matehuala and Wadley, Mexico during February 2011.
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Argentine fellow juggling with Mescalito @ Sunset on my peace sign and in the sacred Huiricuta desert of San Luis Potosi, Mexico © 2011 Skip Hunt]]>
I met an Argentine juggler in the Huiricuta desert region of Mexico while I was communing with Mescalito and working on a large peace sign outlined in stone... started in 2009.
I asked if he wouldn't mind juggling inside my peace sign and obliged.
"Three Dog Night" ~ Wadley, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt]]>
"Prêt-à-por·ter" ~ Wadley, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt]]>
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Skip Hunt 20/20 Issue 11: Tampico
20/20 is a printed series with 20 pages and 20 images by Skip Hunt. These images were made and edited from the road in Tampico, Mexico during February 2011.
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El Camino :: Tampico, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt]]>
Skip Hunt 20/20 Issue 10: Veracruz
20/20 is a printed series with 20 pages and 20 images by Skip Hunt. These images were made and edited from the road in Veracruz, Mexico during February 2011.
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"Calypso" :: Veracruz, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt
Below is a mix of sounds recorded while walking around the main plaza or zocalo in the port city of Veracruz, Mexico.
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"Better Days" :: Tampico, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt
New audio phone travel blog from Tampico HERE]]>
Skip Hunt 20/20 Issue 9: Coatepec/Xico
20/20 is a printed series with 20 pages and 20 images by Skip Hunt. These images were made and edited from the road in Coatepec and neighboring Xico, Mexico during Jan/Feb 2011.
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"Tug" :: Veracruz, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt
Coatepec + Xico + Veracruz
Arriving in Coatepec just felt right. I don't know why. It was raining, a bit chilly and I spent over two hours trudging around in a misty rain looking for a cheap room. Time after time I was sent on a wild goose chase with clear directions of "go two streets, then turn left, then go three more streets, then just around from the church go down the side road." It's always possible that I simply wasn't understanding the Spanish, but dang it... I had them repeat a couple times to make sure I had it right. Then I'd get there and there'd be nothing resembling what I'd told about. That's the way the tortilla rips in Mexico though. Often someone instead of just saying they don't know, will send you on your way with fantasy directions. And, then sometimes you just get it wrong.]]>
"Peace Out" :: Xico, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt]]>
Skip Hunt 20/20 Issue 8: MEX D.F.
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Sueno de Gustavo :: Coatepec, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt
¿Por qué
Woke up early one morning and wondered in the darkness why I'm doing any of this. Why make images at all? Why write any of this down? Why care?
At first, it was easy to just claim it's just some artistic compulsion, or something mysterious I'd never know. But this time I decided to dig deeper. Why does it matter if I make images that give me pleasure or hopefully others a bit of pleasure as well?
What does it mean if someone other than myself approves of something I create? If they are giving me money that translates in a bit more freedom to move about, then that's one reason of course. But, I feel there's some other reason I'm doing this. Is it to document the experience to share with someone else? If so, who am I to think my experience is of any more interest than the reader's own experience?]]>
Sacred Heart :: Coatepec, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt
This devotion is predominantly used in the Catholic Church and among some high-church Anglicans. The devotion especially emphasizes the unmitigated love, compassion, and long-suffering of the heart of Christ towards humanity. The origin of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a French Roman Catholic nun, Marguerite Marie Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus during a mystical experience. Predecessors to the modern devotion arose unmistakably in the Middle Ages in various facets of Catholic mysticism.
Five days into Mexico City and I'm amazed at how quick my perspective has changed. I can still vaguely remember how I felt coming into the city on the bus. So excited and ready for the sensual cornucopia.
Now, it's as if loneliness is taking over and the city is merely a background noise that won't go away. Last night there was cackling woman's laughter all night in the room next to mine. I think I could hear two men grunting as if they were trying to speak but were too drunk. Eventually the laughter gave way to loud ooing and groaning as you might expect. I figured they'd at least be finished soon so that I could sleep. Such was not the case. After a brief quiet, the cackling came back along with the voice of a young child in the room with them.]]>
"Cool & the Gang" :: Street market in Mexico City (c) 2011 Skip Hunt]]>
This mix is a mess for sure, but I think it also conveys the sensual overload that overcomes you before you learn to filter some of the sound texture out.
Mariachi Plaza DF.ogg by skiphunt]]>
Heading out into the desert felt a bit different this time. It may have been the familiarity having done so many times before, and by bus many years ago.
It may have had more to do with having the brand new perspective of more age and experience. Whatever it was, it had a distinctly fresh feel to it.
There were three other backpackers on the same bus. In the past, I'd have tried to make conversation with them. Now, I only wished to be alone and avoid all the cool Bohemian posturing.]]>
Live from the road, I just published issue 7 of 20/20 :: Huiricuta!
Beautifully printed and delivered. :-)
Click below to preview and buy if you are so inclined.
Skip Hunt 20/20 Issue 7: Huiricuta
20/20 is a printed series with 20 pages and 20 images by Skip Hunt. These images were made and edited from the road in Matehuala, Mexico and the sacred desert known as Huiricuta during January 2011.
Mariachi.ogg by skiphunt]]>
Just left the desert & after a night in Matehuala, will continue to Mexico City.
Happy to report the stone peace sign I started 2 years ago is still intact & I added more stones with the help of Señor Mescalito. :-)
More coming...]]>


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Amazing Duck Story
Something really amazing happened in Downtown Spokane this week and I had to share the story with you.
Some of you may know that my brother, Joel, is a loan officer at Sterling Bank. He works downtown in a second story office building, overlooking busy Riverside Avenue. Several weeks ago he watched a mother duck choose the cement awning outside his window as the uncanny place to build a nest above the sidewalk.
The mallard laid ten eggs in a nest in the corner of the planter that is perched over 10 feet in the air. She dutifully kept the eggs warm for weeks and Monday afternoon all of her ten ducklings hatched.
Joel worried all night how the mamma duck was going to get those babies safely off their perch in a busy, downtown, urban environment to take to water, which typically happens in the first 48 hours of a duck hatching. Tuesday morning, Joel came to work and watched the mother duck encourage her babies to the edge of the perch with the intent to show them how to jump off!
The mother flew down below and started quacking to her babies above. In his disbelief Joel watched as the first fuzzy newborn toddled to the edge and astonishingly leapt into thin air, crashing onto the cement below.
My brother couldn't watch how this might play out. He dashed out of his office and ran down the stairs the sidewalk where the first obedient duckling was stuporing near its mother from the near fatal fall.
Joel looked up. The second duckling was getting ready to jump! He quickly dodged under the awning while the mother duck quacked at him and the babies above. As the second one took the plunge, Joel jumped forward and caught it with his bare hands before it hit the cement. Safe and sound, he set it by the mamma and the other stunned sibling, still recovering from its painful leap.
One by one the babies continued to jump to join their anxious family below. Each time Joel hid under the awning just to reach out in the nick of time as the duckling made its free fall. The downtown sidewalk came to a standstill. Time after time, Joel was able to catch the remaining 8 and set them by their approving mother.
At this point Joel realized the duck family had only made part of its dangerous journey. They had 2 full blocks to walk across traffic, crosswalks, curbs, and pedestrians to get to the closest open water, the Spokane River.
The onlooking office secretaries then joined in, and hurriedly brought an empty copy paper box to collect the babies. They carefully corralled them, with the mother's approval, and loaded them up into the white cardboard container. Joel held the box low enough for the mom to see her brood. He then slowly navigated through the downtown streets toward the Spokane River, as the mother waddled behind and kept her babies in sight.
As they reached the river, the mother took over and passed him, jumping into the river and quacking loudly.
At the water's edge, the Sterling Bank office staff then tipped the box and helped shepherd the babies toward the water and to their mother after their adventurous ride.
All ten darling ducklings safely made it into the water and paddled up snugly to mamma duck. Joel said the mom swam in circles, looking back toward the beaming bank workers, and proudly quacking as if to say, 'See, we did it! Thanks for all the help!
Thankfully, one of the secretaries had a digital camera and was able to capture most of it (except the actual mid-air catching) in a series of attached photographs. Please join me in celebrating my brother—The Downtown Duck Hero!
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Laren-Blaricum (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)
Mennonites living in Laren-Blaricum, in the Dutch province of North Holland on 21 September 1950 organized a Mennonite circle, which in 1956 numbered 70 baptized members. The pastor of the neighboring congregation of Hilversum, to which the members of the circle belonged, was in charge of this group.
|Nanne van der Zijpp
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Laren-Blaricum (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Jul 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Laren-Blaricum_(Noord-Holland,_Netherlands)&oldid=126544.
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Laura Khalil's upcoming album preparations exclude Rotana
Lebanese singer Laura Khalil recently traveled to the United Arab Emirates where she met a number of poets and composers in preparation for her upcoming album due to be released in the summer. The new album will feature a variety of styles in which Laura attempts for the first time in her career to present as a means of introducing something new for her listeners.
According to the London based Elaph, it is still unclear whether or not Laura will remain with her record production company Rotana or move on to a new one. This is due to the fact that Laura's past experience with Rotana was very unpleasant when the company delayed her previous album for over six months. The singer had made a direct and live complaint on the satellite station ART saying that she is very disappointed with the treatment of Rotana and does not plan to renew her contract.
Laura last album released last summer, was a collection of revived popular songs by prominent singers, Wardeh and Sabah. The new included Wardah's two songs: Khels al Kalam (Nothing left to be Said) and "Ya Liali" (Oh Nights) in addition to Sabah's song "Ashqa wa Ghalbana" (lover and helpless).
The singer had performed concerts in Arab countries including Syria and Morocco, as well asr Tunisia, where she received a private invitation from the Tunisian TV within the framework of the Music Festival, which is held annually in the Tunisian capital. - Albawaba.com
© 2003 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)


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Let me tell you bout' this
Super fly dirty dirty
Third coast muddy water
Shawty, pop that pussy if you wanna
Let me tell you bout' this
Old school, pourin' lean
Candied yams and collard greens
Pocket full of stones, riding clean
Let me tell you bout this country shit
Country country shit
Let me tell you bout this country shit
Country country shit
Let me tell you bout this country shit
Country country shit
Let me tell you bout this country shit
Country country shit
Country country shit
[Verse 1]
I told 'em aw man hold up, what you know about it
Candy cars, superstar, rubberbands in my pocket
A couple broads for the popping, if she ridin then she bopping
Bitch I'm sellin if you shopping, if you need it then I got it
If I want it then I cop it, if you don't like nigga top it
Why you worried bout mine ho, what's up in your wallet?
I was riding my Screw shit, rims chop chopping
Top dropping throwin bread crumbs, crows start flocking
Knockin pictures off the wall, we sit tall, and we still crawl
We still shoot, we still score, we still win, so we still ball
We still hood so fuck them laws, I got nuts and I got loot
If you can't see the king in a nigga like me undoubtedly, then fuck you too
[Verse 2]
Okay the Caddy still swangin', and the trunk still bangin'
Nigga trickin' ain't pimpin' shawty, what is y'all thankin'?
What what is y'all sayin? What what is y'all sangin'?
Hit the club by the bar, like what is y'all drankin'?
Old schools, foreign cars shawty, what is y'all crankin'?
Kush blunts Bank tellers ask me "Why is y'all stankin?"
If it's money out here shawty, why is y'all playin'?
She was bound to fuck a pimp so why is you cakin'?
Save it ho, cape crusader at her service aidin' ho
Damn the ho, blame the ho for the same shit you pay me for
Shake it more for a pimp with my shrimp on my plate
Countryfied, country fly with a tape
From Krit Wuz Here


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The desecration of Elgin
I don't mean LORD Elgin. I'm talking about the town of Elgin, north of Aberdeen (to which Marion Diamond suggested I might turn my attention).
The fact is that the husband has been up in Scotland this weekend, and we decided to spend a couple of nights even further north, and chose Elgin as a good base for all kinds of things we thought we wanted to see.
Elgin had once been a wonderful town. Not to mention the famous ruined cathedral, it still has an elegant Greek revival church (complete with a replica "Monument of Lysicrates", as you can see in the photo, on its top). This was just part of what had once been an elegantly proportioned town centre of the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century.
But what on earth have the locals allowed to happen to it?
The High Street is now a complete disgrace (and I am afraid the pictures don't quite capture the horrors of it). All local efforts seem to have gone into a 1980s/90s shopping mall, leaving the beautiful street to crumble -- some of it boarded up, some of it taken over by rock-bottom rent charity shops, all of it scarred by modern shop-fronts that pay no attention to what had been a beautiful street-scape.
What on earth as caused this?
Partly, no doubt, the recession. You certainly get a sense that it has bitten harder here than in other parts of the UK. Hence the boarding up.
Partly, it is the disdain shown by the architects of chain stores for the local street architecture. Marks and Spencers or Claire's Accessories will put up the same gaudy plastic fascia, no matter what the underlying architectural style of the building is.
But it must also be the philistinism of generations of local and national planning that has a lot to answer for. There is something particularly offensive about this area of Scotland -- where every mock baronial pile, wildlife sanctuary or traditional distillery gets its "heritage" brown sign, but the real jewel of a town centre like Elgin's is systematically destroyed.
You cant actually get in the Greek revival church. And its porticoes have been taken over by some of the more disaffected sections of Elgin's youth, as well as by an array of "No skate-boarding" notices.
And if the High Street is not bad enough, then just try the dreadful Tesco development that has been plonked between the ruined city centre and the eighteenth/nineteenth-century parkland (complete with a Nelson-style column, which you see below on the right) on its borders.
Not that Elgin is without its pleasures. There is a great independent bookshop in Yeadon's (stocking an impressive book by Jenny Main, documenting what has happened to the town), a wonderful shoe-shop in Beggs (where, I confess, I bought more than one pair of shoes) -- and a lovely hotel (just underneath the afore-mentioned column), whose super staff gave us a great weekend, and great hints of what else to see!


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Western bean cutworms are being trapped again throughout Iowa in 2005. A network of pheromone traps have been placed throughout the state to assist in scouting efforts for this pest. Iowa State University Extension is cooperating with a number of individuals, including Pioneer Hi-Bred agronomists, in the operation of these traps. Most traps are now in place and results are being posted at www.ent.iastate.edu/trap/westernbeancutworm. Trap data cannot be used to predict which fields should be sprayed, rather they can indicate those areas that have significant moth flights and where fields should be scouted.
Corn hybrids with Herculex™, which contains a Bt protein (Cry1F), should be adequately protected against most western bean cutworm damage. Other corn hybrids, however, should now be scouted for western bean cutworm eggs, especially in the western half of Iowa.
Corn fields approaching VT stage are most attractive to the females for egg laying. Eggs are laid in masses of 5 to 200, usually on the upper surface of the top leaves. The eggs are about the size of a pinhead and are white when first laid. They then turn tan and finally purple just before the larvae hatch. Newly hatched larvae are approximately 0.25 inch in length and are dark brown. Young larvae are tan with a darker, faint, diamond-shaped pattern on their backs. As the larvae mature, they become a pinkish tan or pale brown and reach a body length of 1.5 inches. Larvae first feed on pollen and then move into the ears, feeding there for several weeks before they drop to the soil where they over-winter. Western bean cutworms are not cannibalistic, compared with corn earworms. One larva per plant usually does not cause severe damage, but the ears may contain up to 10 larvae, which can substantially reduce yield.
Start scouting for the western bean cutworm in mid-July. In corn, check 20 consecutive plants at five locations. The University of Nebraska recommends that if 8 percent of the plants have an egg mass or if young larvae are found in the tassel, consider applying an insecticide. Timing of the application is critical. If the tassel has not emerged when the larvae hatch, they will move into the whorl and feed on the developing pollen grains in the tassel. As the tassel emerges, the larvae will move down the plant to the green silks and then into the silk channel to feed on the developing ear.
If an insecticide is needed, apply it when 90 to 95 percent tassel has emerged. If the tassels have already emerged, the application should be timed for when 70--90 percent of the larvae have hatched. Once the larvae reach the ear tip, control is nearly impossible. If an insecticide application is needed, corn fields should be checked for the presence of spider mite colonies. If mites are found, select a product that does not stimulate mite flare-ups (increased population growth).
|3.2--6.4 oz
|May cause mite flare-up.
|Asana XL*
|2.9--5.8 oz
|May cause mite flare-up.
|Baythroid 2*
|2.1--2.8 oz
|Capture 2EC*
|2.1--6.4 oz
|Lorsban 4E*
|1--2 pt
|Mustang Max*
|1.76--4.0 oz
|Penncap M*
|2--4 pt
|Pounce 3.2EC*
|2--4 oz
|May cause mite flare-up.
|Sevin XLR Plus
|2 qt
|1.92--3.2 oz
*Restricted-use insecticide
This article originally appeared on pages 142-143 of the IC-494(18) -- July 11, 2005 issue.


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|This page was nominated for deletion on 4 March 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.
|WikiProject Computer Security / Computing
|WikiProject Computing / Websites
The old discussion page has now been archived. You can view it with the navigation box above. -- Kerowren (talk • contribs • count) 16:44, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Don't use discussion sections for articles as forums. Also the quality of the writing seems like it should be improved. Its always been an issue in keeping things neutral but that isn't the issue. The issue is that it talks about things from an insiders perspective assuming the audience knows about HTS which makes it harder for newcomers to use wiki as a source to understand or learn about HTS. I'm referring specific to assumptions that wiki readers know what rm -rf is (despite it being obvious to anyone with UNIX experience). There are other examples but its redundant to specific each one. -dtg
- Assuming that the 'Disputes and Internal Problems' section talks about the December 2007 incident, then it's slightly missleading. It says "Critical Security's founder, in the wake of HTS's recent takedown, has proclaimed his independence from the site, and his intent to separate himself from the politics and controversy surrounding it". I'm not the founder of it, as far as I know Mcaster was the founder of the CS domain. Also I said "merging HTS and CS should be possible without merging the management of HTS and CS" (Incident writeup). I don't want to claim CS as independent from HTS at a communal or logical level, only at the physical level. -Sid 126.96.36.199 (talk) 00:36, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Should also be noted that spiffomatic64 was not a founder. While he created the first non xec mission/level that does not qualify him as a founder. I already discussed this with him to confirm this is true. -dtg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dtg (talk • contribs) 07:29, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Alive ?[edit]
Is the site still alive ? cause i just checked and it says unable to connect to site. My internet/browser's fault ? or not.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 11:25, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
apparently its still alive...
but i cant get to it either, and going to it by ip:220.127.116.11 doesn't wanna work... maybe some server errors of some sort. --22.214.171.124 (talk) 23:48, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
When I went to access, something about a site builder came up with a login window. -Billy-talk 19:18, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
The site has been subject to a large DDoS attack for the past few weeks. It seems to be up again now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 09:37, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
RootThisBox is still down
Anonymous.160 (talk) 11:57, 20 October 2008 (UTC) Anonymous.160
can any one help me i want to learn how to be an admin in websites and i want to learn how i can make my own website thanx all —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rekoo (talk • contribs) 08:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Article has few references that support the content that is in there. Netalarm 15:35, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
I'm still trying to find references that support the content. Netalarm|talk|contribs 22:43, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
I used to be something of a regular on HTS a fair while ago. The zine was fun, I just don't think it's around anymore, is it? That paragraph also refers to Hackbloc which did most definitely break off at some point. Someone who has been around the place over the past years might want to check this. -The preceding signed comment was added by Nazgjunk (talk • contrib) 21:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
The ref after the userbase info has a dead link tag, but the ref says that a log in is required. It should be changed to a source that doesn't require a log in, if one exists. I'm going to change it to say citation needed for now. LogicalFinance33 (talk) 21:13, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Much of the posting on this wikipedia entry is vastly speculation, and unable to be verified because it is false. Dates are incorrect, as well as stated facts about the group. HackThisSite has not produced anything since 2008 and removed much of the more recent missions due to a lack of competent developers, or any developers at all. If you spend any time at all on their IRC server you will notice the majority are bots that just idle to give the appearance of large numbers. The lack of any real technical discussion would suggest that the new younger users are not familiar with what the main goal of the group was to begin with. There are many stories about HTS that extend from them being kicked out of Defcon, and supporting runaways at the founders house, illegal drug parties, and more. Of course everything I say could be shrugged off as speculation, but it derives from personal experience with living with some of the founders, and another group I was involved with HBX networks ran by Michael (Hairball) Wally, that had merged with HackThisSite shortly after its inception. There is a book being written at the moment that contains a lot of the truth behind groups like HackThisSite, and how people use chat rooms to intimidate and exploit the uneducated users. It will be interesting to see what comes out of this book. Deshivolanti (talk) 03:04, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
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Tomorrow the 181st Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin. The Conference will continue over the space of two days during five 2-hour sessions featuring spiritual messages presented in both word and song. At 10:00 am Mountain Time living prophets, apostles and other chosen servants of the Lord will step up to … Continue reading
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Decorating For Conference
Fall in Salt Lake City is definitely my favorite season of the year. I love the crispness in the air and watching the mountains become a beautiful living canvas of red and gold, growing bolder and more vibrant each day. For me, Fall is a season of romance and love. My husband and I met in October, and got engaged in October two years … Continue reading
The Unforgettable Forget-Me-Not Talk
Pondering the most "unforgettable" talk from the Sept. 24 2011 General Relief Society Conference: A modern parable for all women centered on the tiny blue forget-me-not flower! (post includes a cute handout, and a video) Continue reading


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Desiree Ramos was certain there would be a tough road ahead when she committed to the Weber State women's basketball team.
Now that Ramos and the Wildcats are in the thick of an arduous season, the freshman point guard isn't shying away from the challenge she knew awaited.
Weber State hasn't had a winning season since 2007, but the last two years have been particularly trying for the Wildcats. Coming on the heels of a two-win campaign a year ago, the Wildcats are winless in 11 games this season.
Still, Ramos has faith in second-year coach Bethann Ord, who recruited the Hunter High product on the promise of resurrecting the program.
"I knew she'd be bringing in a good team to turn the team around," Ramos said. "We're just young, but we're going to get there. I know it."
Ramos insists the Wildcats are loaded with talented underclassmen, and the numbers support her claim. Three of the team's top four scorers are freshmen, including Ramos, who has averaged more than 27 minutes at point guard and has been trusted with the keys to the Wildcats' offense.
After an all-state prep career, the transition to the college game has been difficult for Ramos, but she's shown the talent that led Ord to describe her as the "best prep point guard in the state." Ramos is averaging just less than eight points a game and leads the team in assists, all while attempting to become the type of leader successful teams have at point guard.
"Of course I want more and better, but she's stepped in and done a really good job," Ord said. "She can knock down shots, and when she lets the offense happen, she gets some wide open stuff. But I want more assists and less turnovers."
While she is still getting acclimated to the up-tempo pace of the college game, which shows in stretches of erratic play, Ramos has gotten more comfortable as the season has progressed. She's beginning to understand where each player fits into the offense, allowing her to distribute the ball more effectively.
"I try to make everything flow as best as I can as a point guard," Ramos said. "I try to get everyone going."
Ramos is not the only young Wildcat to make strides this season. Though it hasn't paid off with a win yet, the Wildcats have begun to develop into a cohesive unit. The result has been competitive stretches, such as against Portland State when the Wildcats led at the half in their last game. The next step is to sustain those stretches into complete games.
"We just have to change little things," Ramos said. "We all know what we're capable of and how much talent we have on this team. We all believe."
Despite the Wildcats' record, Ord isn't shy about touting the potential she sees in her young team or her young point guard. But she's also realistic about the challenges the Wildcats face and the frustration of waiting for results.
"We try to look forward and never back," Ord said. "But with all these freshmen, it's hard. Every day, it's something with one of them. It's like this one is homesick or that one might be down about school, or whatever. ... I'm excited for the future, but I want it now. I don't want to wait. And this team is very capable."