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10/21/2013 – Do you carry Northwest Pale Ale Malt from Great Western Malting?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Hi Dwight. We do not carry the Great Western NW pale, just the 2-row and a very nice British Pale Ale malt. The main difference is that NW Pale is slightly darker in color and has been kilned to emulate British Pale malt. We would recommend the British Pale (Maris Otter) in it's place if 2-row isn't something you are wanting to use. . . .
1/7/2012 – I am new to AG homebrewing and would like to know approximately how much malted barley or grain (lbs) will a person typically use to make a 5 gallon batch? or around 6 gallons of wort?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: It very much depends on the style of beer you are making, as well as the "efficiency" of your equipment, and brewing techniques...but in GENERAL you figure on 10 lbs of grain for a 5 or 6 gallon batch of wort.
5/17/2010 – what is your phone number?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We can be reached at (425) 355-8865Our toll free order number is (800) 850-2739
12/24/2009 – I have an amber ale recipe calling for LME and crystal crushed malt to which I had planned to add wheat. For the wheat, I purchased torrified wheat from you. That might have been a mistake on my part. I see that one of your posted Q&A answers states that torrified wheat needs to be mashed along with grain containing enzymes and if it's not . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: No, sorry, but adding malt extract to the torrified wheat will do nothing towards converting the torrified wheat. There are no remaining enzymes in the malt extract.If you want to add some wheat, it's easy to do by adding a portion wheat malt extract. It's either that or adding some 6-row (or 2-row) to the torrified in order to mash (convert) . . .
11/30/2009 – Does this wheat require a protein rest or is it fully modified?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: It is fully modified, but of course malted wheat needs to be mashed along with an enzymatic grain like 2-row, 6-row or munich in order to be fully converted into fermentable sugars.
10/26/2009 – What is the shelf life of whole grain? How about crushed grain?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: It depends on the conditions of your shelf, of course! Cool and dry conditions are best.From a practal standpoint, grains can be stored uncrushed, in unopened bags for a year or maybe even more at room temperature. If it is crushed, perhaps 1/2 of that.All grains should be stored away from moisture, sealed, and especialy protected . . .
9/18/2009 – Can I use this grain (torrified wheat) as a specialty grain? I'm making a partial mash receipe and I like these grains.
Response From Homebrew Heaven: It depends how you use it. In order to extract any fermentable sugars, it needs to be mashed along with grain containing enzymes, like 2-row or 6-row. That means steeping it in water along with these enzymatic grains at about 150 deg F for at least a half hour. Use at least equal amounts of enzymatic grain as torrified wheat. If you . . .
8/5/2009 – I bought some of your two row organic barley and I am having a hard time germinating it. I am soaking it about 48 hours, rotating between soaking and letting it rest/ rinsing it. The first 10# batch I tried when from smelling sweet to stinking like it was fermented pretty quick and had white stuff showing up. I figured that was because . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: You can't! Unfortunately, you will not be able to germinate ANY 2-row malted barley because it has already been done. This applies to ANY grain purchased here.All of our brewing grains have already been malted (sprouted) and kiln dried. That's what malted barley is, and brewers use it in this form. It is not a live "seed".Sorry . . .
2/16/2009 – I'm new to homebrewing and have progressed to all grain brewing, I'm really just wondering now what the difference is between 2 row, 6 row, pale ale malt and pilsner malt, they all seem to have really close to the same lovebond rating, I guess the biggest difference would be in the flavor but which one's have what flavor?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Basically, it´s more a matter of color and enzymes. Let´s use 2 row as your ´base´grain. 6-row will taste the same, but have more enzymes (useful for converting wheat mashes, for instance).Pilsner malt will be just a ´titch´lighter in color, with enzymes similar to 2-row. Useful in pilsner, for instance.
10/10/2008 – i'm looking for Klages Malt, for a Brown Ale. any suggestions?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Klages is actually the name of a strain of 2-row barley. It is not a brand name or special type of roasting. Farmers widely discontinued growing that strain some time ago, in favor of some other strains like Harrington and others. You are probably working with an old recipe.You can successfully use our standard American 2-Row, it will . . .
3/24/2008 – How many pounds of barley are included in each package of American 2-Row Malted Barley?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We sell full 50 lb bags, or you can order by the pound, whatever you need.
1/30/2008 – 2- Part question: In all grain brewing, do both the brewing grains (2-row malt) and the specialty grains go into the mash tun? and, if thats the case, do you just add the hops to the brew kettle after you've collected the wort?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes and yes! I like the easy questions!!
1/26/2008 – I live about an hour (if traffic is good) from the address on your website. Do you have an actual store or is everything here based solely online?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, we have an actual brick-and-mortar store in Everett, WA. People actually walk in and buy stuff!Our address is:Homebrew Heaven9121 Evergreen WayEverett, WA 98204Heck, you can actually call us on the phone, too! It's 425-355-8865. A person will actually answer as long as it's business hours!
10/26/2007 – How much grain do you have to mash to equal 1 pound of liquid extract?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: The is no precise correction factor or ratio between the two. It depends very much on how well you extract it (do the mash), but as a starting point, figure on using 1.5 to 2 times as much grain as you do extract.
8/29/2007 – Where can I find a table that tells me which grains need to be mashed and which grains can just be soaked and rinsed?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Best "table" I know of is our website categories. We put grains that need to be mashed in our "Brewing Grains" category, and those that only require steeping into our "Specialty Grains" category.
7/9/2007 – I need some malted barley to use in barley tea (mixed with roasted barley, chickory). I am looking for a malted barley with as high a sugar content as possible.What product would you recommend?Thanks --
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Barley is mostly starch until it is converted into sugars by mashing. Without getting into all the details, it involves steeping the (crushed) grain in hot water (about 150 deg F) for perhaps an hour and then removing the grains from the water. Is this is what you want (sweet barley water or tea), then our American 2-Row is the best choice. . . .
4/25/2007 – I ordered several different grains. I accidently had you mix them all together (a belgian pale ale malt, american 2 row, munich malt, and belgin munich malt) is this going to work for a good beer or is this a big mess up? What should I do? Should I reorder? I ordered all of these to start experimenting with grain brewing.
Response From Homebrew Heaven: From your last order, I see that is only about 5 lbs total. All these grains can be converted (mashed), so I see no problem with doing so into one beer. They are all compatible. Once you mash them, it will yield the equivalent of about 3 lbs of extract. Why not find a recipe that "needs" 3 lbs of extract, and use them in that? A good experiment . . .
4/24/2007 – I would like to grow my own barley, probably more for fun than to actually make beer from it. But I am having trouble finding seed for good beer making american 2-row barley. I don't know a lot about this - but I assume if I buy malted barley it is dead right? Do you sell viable barley seed?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We're more knowledgeable about the brewing end of it than the growing. Yes, you assumed right. Malted barley will not sprout. No, we don't sell barley seed. Not sure where you can obtain it, actually. Sorry.
4/17/2007 – A whole strew of questions: What kind of grains are used for vodka? Is this one of them? What about the specialty grains? Can dry or liquid extracts be use? Boy I ask you nice folks a lot of questions! Don't worry, I plan on getting much more from your store, it's not wasted time!
Response From Homebrew Heaven: There are many ways to produce vodka. The most popular vodka is from grains, like rye, wheat and corn. Other options include using potatoes, sugar beets or molasses. Yes, malted barley can be used once it has been converted (by "mashing" into sugars). Most anything that can be made into sugars can be fermented to make vodka. Regular old grocery . . .
3/26/2007 – I have recently made you Belgian ale kit and it was fantastic. I have another on hand and would like to add an all grain mash to make a Dubbel. Do you have any reccomendeations?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Easy. In a separate pot, steep about 2.5 lbs of crushed 2-row in about 3 quarts of 148 to 155 deg F water. Hold it for about 45 minutes at that temp, then drain and rinse the grains to collect all the tasty malt sugars. Add this wort to your brewpot, and proceed brewing up the Belgian Ale as before.Technically, this is called a "partial . . .
3/14/2007 – How long will cracked grains keep before their quality begins to diminish? For example, if I purchase them from you on Sunday, can I expect them to be perfectly fine to use the following Sunday? (I have some travel to do leading up to a brew day.)
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Much longer than that, provided they are kept dry. Some breweries actually crush their grain weeks, or even months ahead of when they need it.
1/9/2007 – I am looking for a simple 2 pounds of lager malt to make a clone of Thomas Kemper Brewing Co's Weizen-Berry. What should I use. I am use to pre set up recipe kits so I am kind of clueless.
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Grains can be confusing. Some of the names are left over from years ago (like this one), and some are proprietary terms for what a particular maltster produces. Sometimes a single grain has 2-3 different names.The term "lager malt" simply refers to a light color grain like 2-row or (better yet) pilsner malt. I would use that for your recipe. . . .
11/17/2006 – I have been reading extensively on the beer making process for the past few days, and I have finally gotten to the point where I understand the science behind the whole process. However, on thing I still don't understand is why you must malt the grains before you grind them for mashing. From what I understand, the enzymes in the grains convert . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Im unmalted barley, the starches are there, and the enzymes are there, but the starches are basically "locked" and difficult to convert. The malting process makes the starches available, and activates some of the enzymes. Not a great explaination, perhaps, but true. Why worry about unmalted grain anyway? Malted barley is available and . . .
11/5/2006 – I live in Seattle, can I come and pick up the bottles in Everett? Do you have a "brick and mortar" store?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: You sure can. It is literally made of bricks and mortar, in South Everett. Our address is:Homebrew Heaven9121 Evergreen WayEverett, WA 98204425-355-8865Hours are 10am-6:30pm Monday-Friday and 10am-5pm on Saturdaysand 10am-3pm on Sundays
9/28/2006 – What about shipping bulk grain?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: What about it? How much? To where? The devil is in the details. Grain is heavy, and can be expensive to ship.
9/26/2006 – When you say your malt is "fully modified", does this mean one can mix it with other grains like wheat or rice or corn and the malt enzymes will convert the starch in the other grains to sugar for brewing?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Sort of. It WILL do that, but fully modified means you should also get good extraction (sugar content) from the grain if it is mashed properly. It does have sufficient enzymes to convert other grains as well, as long as you use enough of it. If you need more enzymes, the 6-row malt is naturally higher than 2-row.
12/3/2005 – I've been looking into replicating a few of my favorite commercial beers, and I find things like "lager malt" and "mild ale malt" that I don't see at your site. Is this the recipe book publishing company trying to push an affiliated product on me, and are there appropriate substitutes?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Those are both kind of obsolete terms. I'll bet that book is an old one. Yes, there are perfectly good substitutes:Lager malt = pilsner malt, like German Pilsner Malt. Very light in color.Mild ale malt = Pale ale malt, like British Pale Ale Malt. A little more color is all.Actually, good old fashioned 2-row or 6-row can be substituted . . .
9/2/2005 – I am looking for whole grains with hull. Do you have this option available?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes. Each grain has an "option" for uncrushed or crushed grains. It is selectable on our website.
7/9/2005 – Are your grains fully modified?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, you can do an infusion mash with all of our base grains.
4/21/2005 – where do i go to buy bulk grain for my grain mill?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: No need to go anywhere. We sell grain in bulk (usually 50 or 55 lb bags). Here is a link to our brewing grains.
4/4/2005 – Whats the best place to buy grain by bulk. 50 or 55 lbs sacks.
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Right here. Follow these two links. Once is for specialty grains, and one is for brewing grains, like 2-row etc. 50 and 55 lb sacks are available. Pricing depends on quantity ordered.
4/1/2005 – I am new to homebrewing and am trying to follow a recipe. Is this what they are referring to as "pale malt." Do you recommend 2-row or 6-row for a beginner (trying to make a stout)?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, this is usually what they mean, if they are referring to grains. 2-row is recommended.There is also a pale ale malt that can be used, and may be more "traditional" in a stout.
2/1/2005 – Where can I buy the hops to brew the beer? I live in Plainview, Texas....would love to brew my own. But, I need the ingredients to brew it. will buy your equipment, so....where can I buy the goodies to brew it?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Right here! We have a large selection of hops, yeasts, grains and everything you need in the way of ingredients. Here is a link:A good way to get started is to choose one of our ingredient (recipe) kits. They get you started the right way!
1/31/2005 – I have an all-grain recipe which calls for:2 RowCaraMunichBelgian Special BBelgian PilsnerBritish Chocolate MaltUnfortunately I do not have the ability or experience for full mash. I would expect to use Light DME or equivalent MES in place of the two-row; however is it possible for the rest of the ingredients to steep rather . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: The 2-row and the pilsner grains are capable of starch conversion, i.e. must be mashed. You will need to substitute extract for those. The others do not require conversion, and in fact cannot be converted. Those grains you can just steep in the water as it is coming up to temperature. Remove at 170 deg F.
1/17/2005 – I have been all grain brewing for about a year now and just got my first grain mill over the holidays. I hate going out a buying the grains every time I need to brew. Now that I have a mill I would like to buy the brewing grains (2-row) and the everyday specialty grains in bulk. How do you suggest I store these? Is a plastic tote suitable . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: It makes sense to buy 2-row by the (50 lb) bag. The main storage requirement is to keep the grain dry. A common garbage can with a tight lid will work just fine. For specialty grains, yes, an airtight "tupperware" container (or similar) works just fine. No need for vacuum sealing.
12/25/2004 – What do you recommend for storage of bulk grains? Is sealed in a food-grade pail in a cool basement ok?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, that will work just fine. The main thing is to keep them dry, and away from moisture.
11/1/2004 – I have a recipe for pomegranate wine that calls for 2 1/2 lbs of barley, is this a good one to use for that?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, this would be the one to use.
9/7/2004 – I plan on making a light or amber colored all-grain lager using 2-row lager or pilsner malt and either Bavarian or Bohemian lager yeast. I want to toast 1-2 lbs. of the malt for 30 min. @ 350F to give it a nice toasted Grape Nuts flavor. My question for you is how will this toasting effect the fermentable sugars of this malt compared to the . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: It will affect the mix somewhat, but not a great deal. Yes, it will be darker, and yes, it will have more dextrins. How much is hard to say, especially when done at home.An alternative to using this (home) process is to just purchase the same amount of Victory Malt. The malting company has already done it for you! If you do a little research . . .
1/2/2004 – How do I order grains in multiples less than a pound? ( i.e. 3/4lb, 12oz etc)
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We've now fixed our website. Click on "Options" and then you can select either pounds OR ounces! Remember, 1 pound = 16 ounces
11/16/2003 – HOW ARE LARGE QUANTITIES (of Grain) (50#) + PACKAGED AND SHIPPED?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Nornally, grain is sent in the original 50 lb. sacks (tough paper, w/plastic liner inside). For a single 50 lb. bag, we would put the bag into a larger cardboard box and ship it by FedEx Ground or FedEx Home Delivery.If you are talking about larger quantities than that, like 250 lb or more, we would simply put the bags onto a pallet, and . . .
7/17/2003 – How do you package grain for shipment?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Typically, we heat seal it into clear plastic bags. If needed they are "double bagged" just in case.You can have it crushed, or uncrushed. We can either mix the grains together or package them separately. These are the "options" you see on the right side of the screen.
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Copies of the record were attached to the side of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in the event of these craft being intercepted at some point in the remote future by an extraterrestrial intelligence. Among those involved in the preparation of the disk were Frank Drake, Carl Sagan, and Bernard Oliver.
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TAUNTON and District Citizens Advice Bureau is moving to new premises at St Mary's House, in Magdalene Street, Taunton.
It has outgrown its office in Sussex Lodge, Station Road, where it has been based for 20 years.
The new building is much larger, with full disabled access, a lift to three floors and a meeting room available to rent for up to 20 people.
CAB is closing at Station Road from Monday (May 5) and will re-open at St Mary's House on Monday, May 12.
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What Every Small Business Owner Should Know about the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
The SBA St. Louis District Office is presenting a free Affordable Care Act (ACA) seminar in St. Louis on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. SBA staff and the Small Business Majority will present information specifically for small business owners. Topics will include which companies must offer insurance in 2015, individual insurance requirements, healthcare.gov site walkthrough, Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace, potential tax credits, and other pertinent information. Small business owners will be able to see insurance plans which are available locally and discover some of ACA's benefits.
SBA St. Louis District Director notes, "Many small business owners want to offer health insurance to their employees. That benefit is now within financial reach of more small businesses." He continues, "Additionally, the Affordable Care Act has made entrepreneurship an option for people who previously had to remain on an employer plan. A preexisting condition won't preclude entrepreneurship."
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New Year's resolution: Learn to love malarkey.
(Malarkey: n. slang E20. Origin ukn. Humbug, nonsense, foolishness.)
Let's face it, there's so much malarkey about that a chap will be in a state of constant indignation if he lets it get to him. So, 2004 is the year of loving malarkey.
Take, for instance, the case of Rob Wilson and Olivia Watts.
Mr Wilson is a born-again, Bible-believing Christian who is locked in a life-and-death battle with the forces of Satan, to wit Olivia Watts.
Ms Watts (formerly Mr Watts) is a witch. And a naturopath. She practises her witchcraft out Cranbourne way, where Brother Wilson happens to be a councillor of the City of Casey.
He reckons that Ms Watts is a harbinger of a satanic takeover of the city.
Cr Wilson wants the churches of his area to get together for a prayer jamboree to keep the occult forces at bay.
Well, this being the year 2004 and Cranbourne a long way from Salem, the assumption is that these days the forces of the state are on the side of the witch. That's progress for you! Witch Watts has taken her case to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
You might think that 200 years after the Enlightenment dealt once and for all with the follies of superstition that a secular state would preserve its dignity by leaving the disputants to work it out for themselves. Not so. The tribunal has listed a hearing for March where the Pagan Awareness Network will be giving support to the applicant in a case brought under the state's religious and racial vilification laws.
Up until last week the prospect of the state demeaning its majesty by getting involved in a dispute between a bloke who thinks Satan is on the march in Cranbourne and a transsexual who says: "I am a witch and quite proud of it" would have got me hot under the collar.
Is this not a secular state? Does not the constitution of the Commonwealth strongly imply that government has no business messing with religion?
But this week, this being the new year, I intend to sit back, watch and enjoy as grown men, women and transsexuals make utter fools of themselves. A lot of tax dollars will be thrown at the case, but what the heck. It's cheap fun.
And last week I was inclined to drop a line to the President of France, along the lines of "Cher Jacques, I don't think this banning of head scarves, yarmulkes and conspicuous crosses is a good idea. Superstition, ethnic arrogance and persistent refusal to assimilate have never in history, as far as I am aware, been defeated by legislation. It can't be done. You might as well try to stop people like Brother Wilson sporting a fish on the back window of his car. Or ban black cats in Cranbourne, which, as we know, are the preferred mediums of witches everywhere."
But this week I am inclined to let Jacques stew in his own juice and watch how it all unfolds. It should be fun.
The key to a 2004 of inner tranquillity is to accept that stupidity is invincible. And when politicians and bureaucrats make laws to protect stupidity only to find that they are put in the position of having to adjudicate between delusions, deciding which takes precedence over which, then you know that you are in the realm of sublime wackiness, which you might as well laugh at as deplore.
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President Obama is getting ready to address the nation and will announce his plans for Congress to give him more power to streamline government. While we agree with his talking points, we question his intent to act upon them. It appears as though it will be more campaign year rhetoric.
Join Americans for Prosperity - Arkansas for a State of the Union (SOTU) watch party at American Pie Pizza in North Little Rock on January 24, 2012 at 6:30p.
Before the speech we'll have phones set up for November is Coming phone banking. Pizza and drinks are on us in thanks for all that you have done and will continue to do for freedom and prosperity in Arkansas.
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Day 27: Tuesday 2 September
The students were late getting up this morning, making Kevin angry - and they won't like him when he's angry.
Carolynne, Alex and Paris were all late to the dance studio, so Kevin took them outside for a run.
But not a nice little jog, instead he got them running around the grounds of the academy.
And Kevin had harsh words for Alex and Carolynne, when they lagged behind, since it was their fault they were running in the first place.
And even worse for Carolynne, a secret crush she's got on one of the boys has got out.
Crafty Barry overheard her when she was being interviewed on CBBC, admitting that she quite fancied Peter.
Barry strung it along for a while before finally telling Peter the truth.
And then poor old Carolynne had to face up to her crush at dinner, since the boys kept teasing her about it.
Day 26: Monday 1 September
The boys seem to be getting serious as they start to think about who will win the big prize in October.
The five lads seemed to come up with one name - Alex.
The nineteen-year-old Cornish lass was their fave because, according to Peter, she's "Really distinctive," and has an "individual voice as well."
Welsh fella James admitted that he couldn't have done it at her age.
But when Barry asked who James thought would actually win, he was very careful about what he said: "Whoever gets the most votes on 4 October."
After a bit of a break, the students were introduced to a bunch of professional songwriters.
Alisatair's songs got a really good reception form the tutors and other students.
Is this a step towards a number one single?
You'll have to wait and see.
The day finished with a bit of fun, as the students had a barn-dance style party, with wigs and fake beards to make them look like rough cowboys.
Apart form Barry, who dressed up in lipstick and a blonde wig.
We're not sure that's a look that'll get you many fans Barry...
Day 25: Sunday 31 August
After the tension of the showdown, the students have been treated to a chance to learn the tricks of the songwriting trade from professional pop composers visiting The Academy.
The gang of seven met songwriter Colin Campsie, who tried to them to come up with lyrics and tunes.
Louise was the sixth student to be expelled from The Academy last night, and her leaving made the other students really miserable.
Life goes on
Carolynne was especially upset at losing her pal and attached a note for Louise on the expelled girl's teddy bear, before having a good cry.
But life goes on and the students were only just back in the house when the teachers showed up for a playback of the performances.
Barry came off particularly badly and Carrie told him: "You are not, as you stand now, ever going to make it to Top of the Pops."
But they all loved Alex's version of the 80s hit Tainted Love, which went down a storm on the live show.
Well, after another week of preparation, the students seem even more nervous than usual about tonight's showdown.
They spent breakfast chatting about the fact that someone else would leave the Academy.
Louise thinks she'll be in the bottom three and even favourite Alex had a case of the jitters.
And Barry and Carolynne let the tension spill over and had a fight in the Dance Studio as they were doing voice exercises.
It seems Barry was singing too loud for Caz's liking but Barry told her she was "grumpy"!
But later on as rehearsals for the showdown got under way, Barry's performance seemed to take a bashing from his fellow students.
They reckoned the public won't like it at all.
Will they or won't they? Watch this space!
Day 23: Friday 29 August
Alistair, James and Paris had a mad night out yesterday - but they're paying the price for it today.
The morning started badly for the terrible trio.
They had been partying until the small hours, but Kevin was determined to work them as hard as ever in his fitness class.
Then it was time for their singing lessons.
Each of the eight remaining students practised their songs for Saturday's showdown, and made a speech saying what they had learned in the Academy.
Then they did a weird exercise - where one student sang and the rest of them made loads of noise in an effort to distract them.
That must have made Alistair, James and Paris even more moody.
And if that wasn't enough, Louise was giving Alistair the cold shoulder because he chucked a glass of water at her in the middle of the night.
The joke backfired, and Alistair found himself apologising to Louise over and over again.
He kept on grovelling all day - but Louise wouldn't let it lie!
Day 22: Thursday 28 August
The students started the day with a dance lesson. But this time the class had a twist - Kevin told them to do it themselves!
Each student had to come up with their own dance moves to teach the rest of the class, with some funny results.
"It's all about interpretation and I like what I see," smiled Kevin, who was impressed.
But after the fun, it was serious business and Louise got a taste of what fame's really like when David said she wasn't getting to the heart of her song for this Saturday.
However, after some soul-searching and David's coaching, Louise gave a top singing performance.
Academy Life
But Academy life is starting to take its toll on some students. After their lessons, Alex and James started to moan.
"I'm just really feeling like I'm gonna burst. I feel angry at the fact I just don't feel like me. Well I do but... just being cooped up's getting to me", Alex said.
Granny's fashion
But not everything is about singing. Alistair is desperately looking for a cool style and some of his mates tried to help.
Al then pulled out a huge, fake fur coat (which once belonged to his gran) from the top of his wardrobe. But the boys weren't convinced.
So while they have to concentrate on their singing, fashion must not be forgotten in Fame Academy either!
Day 21: Wednesday 27 August
Singing time
The students have spent a huge part of today practising their singing.
Individual lessons with the voice coaches followed a long vocal warm-up session.
In Paris' session with David, he was urged to put more emotion into his performance.
"You're telling a story, make it almost conversational," David suggested.
Meanwhile coach Carrie had nothing but praise for Alex.
"I love the way you come to the lessons fully loaded with ideas," she gushed, before adding: "You're so great to work with."
The playlist for Saturday night has also been announced today:
Moaning James
While he's not been the happiest chappy for several days in the Academy, James has now confessed to Alistair that he's "only enjoying tiny bits of each day".
Alistair came straight out with "Do you wanna go home?"
James didn't blame homesickness for his mood though, he puts it down to the Academy being boring.
"The daily routine is too boring. I feel unchallenged" James said.
Jazzy Jeff
Paris received an invitation this morning from DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith old music partner.
Jazzy wants Paris to join him on stage at the Jazz Cafe on Thursday night.
Paris has two extra tickets, so then came the decision of who to take.
"I think it should be people who haven't been out yet," said Paris.
Which means Barry, Alistair and James. Barry's either not a jazz fan, or just plain nice as he instantly offered to stay behind.


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How do you convince shoppers to spend money in their own community during the holiday season? Pool the power of local businesses! This strategy has worked particularly well for merchants in the city of Bixby, Okla., where this year they're mounting the seventh "Buy Bixby" campaign.
When customers shop at one of 110 participating businesses in Bixby, they receive tickets for a chance to win cash and prizes, including the grand prize of $10,000. Local business owners share the cost of the advertising and prizes through sponsorships, and the increased sales-tax revenue benefits the city government, which coordinates the event.
"Buy local" programs allow small businesses to support one another at a lucrative time of year: The holiday shopping season accounts for 20 percent to 40 percent of many retailers' annual sales, the National Retail Federation reports. But Bixby's "buy local" campaign isn't just for merchants who sell gifts. Participants this year include restaurants, banks, pet hospitals, dentists, a dance academy, an insurance agent, and a church.
"It actually helps us in our slower time of the year," explains Kris Nirk, owner of the Tire Barn, which has participated in "Buy Bixby" since its first year. "Patrons in this community want a chance to win $10,000." When they come in for a car repair, oil change, tune up, or another service during the "Buy Bixby" campaign, they receive 10 tickets for every $100 they spend.
To create your own "buy local" program for the holiday shopping season, consider these seven tips from Bixby:
1. Start early. Jeffrey Beltran, who coordinates the program for the city, began contacting potential participants in July. The early start allows enough time for local stores that are affiliated with larger corporations to work through approval processes. Participating businesses must pay their sponsorship fee in full by early October, before the city orders marketing materials. The 2013 campaign launched on Nov. 2, well before Black Friday.
2. Offer an option for every budget. Bixby has five levels for business participation, sponsorships which range from $150 to $5,000. At the most basic level, the company's name appears on all event marketing pieces and is listed on the local cable television channel, and it receives a roll of 2,000 tickets; each additional roll of tickets costs $10. Higher levels allow a business to receive additional benefits, such as having its logo on posters and other marketing materials, a sponsor ad on the Buy Bixby website and a banner ad in the city newsletter, which goes to 20,000 residents. Participants at the highest sponsorship level also may bid to have their business serve as the location for one of the live radio-station broadcasts during the campaign.
3. Allow some flexibility. Businesses must issue at least one ticket per customer and no more than 100 tickets per $1,000 purchase. (Beyond that, they may choose how generous to be with their customers.) In 2013, Beltran says, the city hopes to have businesses distribute 2 million tickets. Johnson's Stepping Stone Cafe awards 20 tickets per purchase; owner George Johnson says the average bill is $21. "People come in every day," he says, and they are eager to collect their tickets.
4. Spread the word. Advertising for "Buy Bixby" includes print ads, direct mail, posters, brochures, a website, and cable TV ads. "People will seek out merchants that participate," says Jamie Rangel, manager of Tea and Magnolias, a home decor and gift shop. She overhears new customers who come in during the "Buy Bixby" event say, "I never knew this was here."
5. Extend the excitement. In its first year, Bixby offered one $10,000 grand prize at the end of the holiday shopping season. In 2013, the prizes include four $1,000 cash prizes, a $1,000 bundle of services from the local cable company, and $50 prizes awarded to 20 winners during each of the three remote radio broadcasts. The first 2013 broadcast was on the kickoff day, Nov. 2, and the second Nov. 23. The final day businesses will distribute tickets is Dec. 15, and the 2013 grand prize winner will be announced during the final broadcast, Dec. 16.
6. Ask partners to add to the prize pool. Businesses often increase the number of prizes by working with their vendors. "At each event we give away a prize about every two minutes," Beltran says. During the remote broadcast on Nov. 2 local consumers also won T-shirts, a cooler, a grill, and a 32-inch flat-screen TV, he says. Doc's Country Mart was so busy during that period that it had trouble finding enough shopping carts for the customers, he says.
7. End early. Bixby ends it program by mid-December, before people leave town for the holidays. "We don't want to lose that crowd," Beltran says. The winner has three business days to claim the grand prize — or another winner is drawn. If your year-end effort is a success, you can think about extending your "buy local" campaign beyond the holidays.
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A moratorium on home foreclosures - voluntarily put into place recently by many lending institutions, including GMAC and Bank of America, sounds like a wonderful plan to try and right the mortgage market and put the American real estate market back on solid footing.
But a dissenting voice is giving us all something to think about.
After some allegations arose that many foreclosure proceedings have been poorly documented - mainly through technical issues - many leading U.S. lending institutions have agreed to indefinitely halt all proceedings. Those announcements have drawn a great deal of enthusiasm throughout the U.S.
But Peter Wallison, a senior fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, says a moratorium could be "disastrously harmful." And he makes a very compelling argument.
Wallison, in a report in the Orange County Register, said he sees three big problems arising from a foreclosure moratorium:
-- Homes that could be resold will be kept off the market, which would hinder finding the housing market's true "bottom," which is essential in restoring a market with realistic prices.
-- Banks would be deprived of expected income that would facilitate more loans to small businesses and new home buyers.
-- Taxpayers would be on the hook as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lose more money and require from taxpayer funding.
The Obama administration also seems to be reluctant to support a moratorium. Top White House advisor David Axelrod recently said that there are valid foreclosures that should go forward.
No one wants to see families booted from their homes. It is in our makeup to protect our neighbors. But many of those neighbors knew quite well, during the real estate boom years, that they were getting into mortgages well above their means. Will delaying the inevitable really help them in the long run? At least some people are beginning to say no.
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Who: Avi Buffalo
Where and when: Park stage, 1.40pm Sunday.
Dress code: It's the "Pitchfork reader in sweltering heat" look: shorts and obscure band T-shirts.
What happened: Avi Buffalo refresh an audience lying stunned both by the heat and three days of relentless raving. One of this year's most bigged-up bands, their trump card is Avi Zahner-Isenberg's guitar playing. Chiming, looping, limpid, he has Johnny Marr levels of virtuosity, astounding in someone so young. Sometimes the tremelo-assisted "shimmering shards" (as Smash Hits would have put it) threaten to evaporate into self-indulgence, but there are great tunes here too. The unfortunately titled Summer Cum is Avi Buffalo's four-on-the-floor moment, while the melody of What's In It For lingers like a heat haze.
Who's watching: "You're so bronzed and golden," says keyboard player Rebecca Coleman to the crowd. "We're just dirty," someone shouts back.
High point: Zahner-Isenberg losing himself in his music. He shuts his eyes, he jerks his head around, he does a strange approximation of Chuck Berry's duck walk, but it's the opposite of posed.
Low point: The band fretting about the sound (which is fine). In what is perhaps the first instance of a band crowdsourcing the sound mix, at one point Zahner-Isenberg asks the audience what they think of it and whether they want anything turned up or down.
In a tweet: Avi Buffalo leave Glastonbury dazed and enthused.


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Meanings of banned jelly bracelets: Is silver a hand job, fisting or outdoor sex?
Here's a girl who's ready for just about anything.
The principal at Lafayette's Angevine Middle School has reportedly asked parents to urge their kids not to wear colored jelly bracelets to class -- and those who do will be asked to remove them. The reason: The colors are said to denote assorted sex acts, and if they break, the wearer is supposed to perform them on the lucky snapper. But what means what? The Urban Dictionary passes along plenty of contradictory information on its jelly bracelet pages. One list says a gray or silver jelly stands for "a hand job," another insists that it's "fisting," and a third argues that it's "outdoor sex." Likewise, there's disagreement about whether pink calls for a French kiss, cunninlingus or my personal favorite, "flash tits or pinus." I'm not sure if I have the latter; I plan to consult a medical text.
The list below falls short of definitive, but it's one of the longest, which has got to count for something. Warning to my wife: I'm in a clear blue mood tonight.
Black -- sexual intercourse
Blue -- blow job (alternate meaning: lap dance)
Green -- cunnilingus (alternate meaning: outdoor sex, hug)
Clear -- whatever you want (alternate meaning: hug)
Orange -- kiss
Yellow -- hug
Red -- lap dance
Purple -- anal sex
Silver -- fisting
White -- flash your tits
Pink -- flashing
Gold glitter -- make out
Brown -- toss my salad, i.e., analingus
Glow in the dark -- using sex toys
glittery yellow -- hugging & kissing
glittery green -- 69
glittery purple -- French
glittery orange -- kiss
Indigo -- Hand-job with blowjob
Clear Gold with glitter -- fingering
Clear blue -- All of everything
Clear Pink -- Its the girls choice
Clear Green -- All Anal
Glow in the dark pink -- female sex toys
Glow in the dark blue -- boy sex toys
Glow in the dark green -- Sex with porn
light blue -- masturbate
gold -- suck on any part of body
gray (silver) -- flash
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In 2004 I took time out to participate in HSBC's Investing in Nature programme, spending time in Belize with Earthwatch scientists researching the effects of increased cruise ship traffic on manatees. I followed this up by becoming a "sustainability leader" in 2010 – one of a team of HSBC leaders who commit to projects to improve sustainability, as well as educating other colleagues in these issues. A key part of this is the Climate Champion programme.Climate Champions are trained under the aegis of the HSBC Climate Partnership, the outcome of a 10-year collaboration between environmental charity Earthwatch and HSBC to engage the bank's employees in sustainability issues and inspire them to act. Having begun the partnership with the Investing in Nature programme from 2002 to 2007, the Climate Champion programme builds on the lessons learnt and transforms what was a community investment and employee engagement programme into an innovative professional development programme with far-reaching business benefits. HSBC employees who volunteer as climate champions are trained through an experiential learning programme co-designed by Earthwatch and HSBC, and delivered by Earthwatch at one of five regional climate centres worldwide. The programme focuses on embedding HSBC's approach to sustainability, by tackling what is arguably the greatest environmental challenge we face today – climate change. Climate champions connect sustainability and climate change issues to their day jobs through fieldwork and facilitated learning sessions, which help them to identify related business projects. They then implement the projects when they return to work.The professional development opportunity offered by the climate champion programme is helping to develop an international network of employees who are highly motivated and engaged. They understand the broader context of the business and are equipped with the skills and resources they need to drive and lead change in the business. These benefits are closely aligned with HSBC's Leadership Capabilities Framework and are helping to develop a new generation of leaders in the organisation who have a connection to HSBC's sustainability strategy, a renewed sense of purpose, a strong network and high levels of commitment – the benefits of which go far beyond the remit of the programme. Alongside this bottom-up approach, the Sustainability Leadership Programme – also developed in collaboration with Earthwatch – is now training senior managers to provide direction and structure for climate champions' business projects. This will help employees maximise the impact of their projects and join up with others involved in similar initiatives across the business.
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Bourne Archive: FNQ: Hereward XXIX
http:// boar.org.uk/ariwxo3FNQsupXXIX.htm Latest edit 25 Apr 2010.
Web page © 2007 R.J.PENHEY With thanks to the trustees of the Willoughby Memorial Library
The Bourne Archive
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De Gestis Herwardi Saxonis.
De visione quadam quam vidit, et de re quam vidit mirabili.
In sequenti siquidem nocte in somnis Herwardus vidit assistere sibi inestimabilis formæ virum, ætate senem, vultu terribilem, a toto amictu corporis specialiorem cunctis rebus quas viderat aut in mente conceperat, comminantem sibi eum 1 magno clave quem in manu gestabat et terribili præcepto, ut omnes res ecclesiæ suæ quas præterita nocte acceperat confestim ex integro restitutas repartiri faceret, si saluti suæ providere optaret, et in proximo miserabilem mortem evadere 2. Verum expergefactus divino terrore corripitur omnia quæ abstulerat eadem hora reportavit, et sic cum suis omnibus ultra progrediens discessit 3. In qua via repente rectam callem perdiderunt errantes. Quibus deviantibus quoddam mirabile eis contigit et miraculum, si sane dici poterit talia viris sanguinem evenire posse. Dum enim intempesta nocte 4 et caligine per devia silvarum hinc inde ubi se verterent nescirent, immanis lupus ante eos affuit, sicut canis domesticus congratulans eis, et in via secedens proprius ante eos ibat. Quem tamen in caligine tenebrarum canem album propter canitiem æstimantes, alternatim sibi invicem exhortati sunt ut canem sequerentur proprius de villa illum asserentes. Quod et fecerunt, et in medio noctis silentio dum se prosperatos ex tramite intelligerent, et suam viam agnoscerent, subito candelæ ardentes et adhærentes lanceis omnium militum apparuerunt 5, quæ tamen non valde lucidæ sed velut illæ quæ vulgus appellant candelæ nympharum. Nec enim aliquis eorum evellere aut extinguere omnino eas potuit vel de manu projicere. Unde valde sibi invicem admirantes, et, licet obstupescerent, suam viam cernentes semper duce lupo perrexerunt. Lucescente siquidem die, omnes, quod eis mirabile fuit, ductorem suum lupum esse tandem comperere. Et dum inter se de his quæ contigerant sibi hæsitarent, lupus non comparuit et candelæ evanuerunt, atque ipsi ubi ire disposuerant ultra Stanford pervenerunt, et suum iter prosperatum intelligentes, gratias egerunt deo, admirantes de his quæ sibi evenere.
The Exploits of Hereward the Saxon.
Of a vision and a marvellous occurrence seen by Hereward.
In the following
night in his sleep Hereward saw standing by him a man of indescribable form,
old, terrible of aspect, in all his clothing more remarkable than anything he
had seen or imagined, threatening him with a great key which he carried in his
hand, and with a terrible injunction that he should cause to be restored in
their entirety all those belongings of his church which he had taken on the
past night, if he wished to provide for his own safety and to escape a
miserable death on the next day 2. On waking he was seized with holy terror,
and the same hour took back everything he had taken away, and so with all his
men took his departure 3. And on their
journey they went astray, and lost the right road. And a marvellous thing
happened to them as they were thus straying, a miracle, if in truth it can be
said that such things can happen to men. For while in the stormy night 4 and darkness wandering hither and thither through
the woods they knew not whither they were going, a huge wolf came in front of
them, fawning upon them like a tame dog, and coming nearer on the path walked
before them. Thinking him, in the darkness, to be a white dog, because of his
white skin, they encouraged one another to follow the dog closely, declaring that
he had come from some town. And so they did, and in the midst of the silence of
the night, while they found that they had succeeded in getting out of the
by-way, and recognised their road, of a sudden there appeared burning flames
attached to the lances of the soldiers 5,
but still not very bright, but like those which the common people call Fairies' Lights. Nor
could any man get rid of them or put them out, or throw them away. Whereupon in
great wonder, though they were stupefied, knowing their road, they proceeded
under the guidance of the wolf. At dawn they all, to their astonishment, found
out at last that a wolf had been their guide. And while they were in doubt
about what had happened to them, the wolf disappeared, and all the flames went
out, and they came to the place they had intended, beyond
1. ↑ Eum would make better sense as cum.
2. ↑ There is no difficulty in explaining this in modern terms.
He was having a nightmare fed by a guilty conscience. The saint of the
dedication of Peterborough Abbey was Peter, hence the change in the name of the
town from Medeshamstede to Borough, then
3. The description is vague but despite what one might expect in
the circumstances, Hereward seems not to have withdrawn far from
4. As translated, these are the conditions consistent with the St. Elmo's fire of note 5 but intempesta nocte is probably intended to mean 'in the dead of night'.
5. This will be St. Elmo's fire, a manifestation of a form of electrical discharge related to lightning. Away from a marine context, candelæ nympharum (fairies' candles) are sometimes confused by modern writers with ignis fatuus. The latter is will of the wisp, small amounts of marsh gas which become ignited and show in the dark, as a moving light, low over a fen. The former are an electrical discharge around upstanding pointed objects; typically mastheads but here, lances. A nymph is a bride or a spirit envisaged as a young woman; in a word, a fairy. Nymph reached English via Latin and French but is ultimately Greek. For other names on the candelæ nympharum theme, see Wikipedia.
chapter reads as though Hereward and his men had found some magic mushrooms but
it is also consistent with its being the story of some very tired men who are
beginning to hallucinate. This appears to have been combined with an
electrically charged atmosphere and a sense of guilt. The sky, obscured by the
wet and stormy atmosphere consistent with the St Elmo's fire, combined with the
weariness could account for the poor navigation which would otherwise be
surprising given the general competence of the men and their leader. The stars
were obscured and the night dark. There was no loom (glow) from sodium vapour
street lights in
This story appears to have been told by someone who was present. The simplest explanation is that Hereward told his chaplain, Leofric who recorded it so that it was found by Hugh Candidus as described in Chapter I. Hereward will have known better than anyone else, what dreams he had experienced. In any case, the heading says 'vidit' – 'he (Hereward) saw'. So Hereward would have agreed with us in thinking that these events were very unusual: even barely credible. That will have been why he had them and his perception of them recorded.
story has thus, some credibility, though the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (ASC:
reading both Savage and Online Medieval & Classical
accounts) has a distinctly different version. That places the raid on
ASC version of the
to the ASC, it was in 1071 that Edwin was murdered, Morcar went to Ely and he
and Hereward were ousted by William's attack via a causeway. Hereward then went off, out of the ASC's record.
Meanwhile, William went to
to the present chapter, rather than going to Ely by ship, Hereward went overland,
in the opposite direction, towards
The ASC's dates would mean that the present chapter, XXIX is out of sequence and chronologically, comes before chapter XX. But, as has been emphasised elsewhere (Chapter I, Commentary note 3.), the writers were concerned with demonstrating Hereward's qualities rather than with writing a modern-style or an ASC-style history.
normally resolve this conflict between the evidence of the ASC and the present,
document by accepting the testimony of the ASC but the men who wrote the two
documents were very much alike. The ASC is capable of having Edwin go to
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| The debate over importing drugs assumes they all originate in the U.S. CVS Corp. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Ryan was disingenuous when he told the panel on May 5, 2004, "The United States can no longer bear the cost of R&D (research and development) for the world."
I purchase Tricor, an Abbott Labs cholesterol lowering drug. It costs $3.35 per tablet; $2.95 with my insurance discount. Imported from Canada, it's $1.10.
The Canadian pharmacy substitutes Lipidil, made by Fournier, a French company. Lipidil was developed by Fournier, and licensed to Abbott which sells it under the tradename, Tricor. Tricor and Lipidil are identical, even in appearance. Abbott may import the drug from France. So, why shouldn't I import it from Canada?
Drug companies argue that high prices reimburse them for research and development costs. What is the explanation for price gouging on licensed Tricor?
I also purchase Coumadin in Canada where the brand name costs less than its generic, warfarin, costs in the U.S. There's something terribly wrong with the U.S. distribution system when the generic costs more than the brand name.
The Task Force on Drug Importation is being fed a lot of propaganda by the drug industry. Your report will be a failure if it doesn't include a section exposing monopoly pricing and the inefficiencies in U.S. distribution. Go ask Abbott Labs why licensed Tricor is so expensive. Ask Bristol-Myers Squibb and generic manufacturers to explain why the generic warfarin costs more in the U.S. than the brand name Coumadin costs in Canada. Get those answers and you may produce a useful report.
-Jay Starkman
Atlanta, GA
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> Abbott is Fournier's exclusive licensee under the '726 patent. Abbott also
> holds a New Drug Application ("NDA") approved by the United States Food
> and Drug Administration ("FDA"), permitting it to market Fournier's
| > fenofibrate capsules in the United States. Abbott sells the capsules under
> the tradename TRICOR.
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METAIRIE - New Orleans Saints cornerback Patrick Robinson spent his entire first training camp listening to defensive coordinator Gregg Williams constantly berate him.
Robinson's second camp has started much better - with less screaming and more playing time.
Robinson, the Saints first-round pick in the 2010 draft, is working with the first-team defense while incumbent starter Tracy Porter continues to rehabilitate his left knee after offseason surgery.
And eight practices into training camp, Williams is singing "Robinson's praises."
"Patrick has had a phenomenal camp," said Williams, who noted that he has yet to yell at Robinson. "You know what? Patrick Robinson is speeding up Tracy Porter's recovery process. Tracy wants to get back out there in a hurry because he sees how well Patrick is doing.
"And I mean that sincerely."
Robinson's time with the first-team defense in Porter's absence is nothing new to him. He started four games as a rookie when Porter missed playing time because of a knee injury.
But Robinson is now more comfortable, having had an entire season in the NFL to gain experience.
"I know what to do," Robinson said, "and I'm not trying to over-think things. I think that's the big difference from last year to this year."
"Patrick has definitely made a big jump from year one to year two," said Marques Colston, the Saints' top wide receiver. "A lot of players normally really come on in their second year and he's definitely done some great things in this camp so far."
Free safety Malcolm Jenkins has noticed a difference in Robinson's play as well, echoing what most of Robinson's teammates and coaches say about his progression from a year ago - that the difference is like "night and day" for the former Florida State standout.
"I think the biggest thing for Patrick is that he understands the defense now," said Jenkins. "He came in last year and he had a bunch of talent, and he was our fastest DB. But he had a hard time grasping the defense; this year you can see that he understands it more.
"This year, he's thinking beyond what the play book tells him. He understands now that it's a chess game now and had to pick up the mental aspects of the game."
Robinson's comfort level has been evident, no more so than on one play in a practice Saturday.
The Saints was working on third-down situations and quarterback Drew Brees set the offense up in a third-and-4, with wide receiver Devery Henderson split to his left.
At the snap, Robinson read the play, a slant pattern to Henderson, and jumped the route. At just the right time, Robinson knocked the ball away from the receiver for an incompletion.
Robinson played in 11 games last season, finishing with 25 tackles. He had a career-best eight tackles against the Arizona Cardinals - which also happened to be his first NFL start.
New Orleans took the 5-foot-11, 191-pounder with the 32nd pick in 2010, building depth at a position that in previous seasons had been a problem area.
He said that hasn't added any additional pressure, though.
"Not in my opinion," Robinson said. "I'm just here to do exactly what I'm supposed to do, to be honest. I'm not trying to put any pressure on myself."
Saints coaches were quietly wondering what kind of shape Robinson would be in once the lockout ended and, to the surprise of defensive backs coach Tony Oden, the cornerback returned in "tip-top shape."
That has allowed Robinson to focus his entire attention on the field in his second training camp, something Oden said has been evident from the start.
"He came back and it was very, very evident that he had been working hard," Oden said. "His transition was good from day one. He understands the defense. He understands how the defense pertains to him and the people next to him. He's starting to think more big picture as opposed to just him."
As for Williams' penchant for yelling at the then-rookie a year ago, Robinson said it only helped him.
"I think that makes me better because I know that he sees something in me," Robinson said. "That's something I'm very grateful for."
The Saints had an off day Monday, but they're scheduled to be back on the practice field Tuesday at 4 p.m. as they continue preparing for Friday night's exhibition opener against the San Francisco 49ers in the Superdome. ? Tuesday's practice, as well as the team's workouts Wednesday and Thursday, will run from 4-6:30 p.m. and will be open to the public - weather permitting.


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Deputies Arrest Joseph Raymond Poole II, Violent Carjacking Suspect
One of Greenville County's Most Wanted was apprehended near Bob Jones University tonight following a high speed chase on Wade Hampton Blvd. Joseph Raymond Poole II was taken into custody after stop sticks were used to slow down the stolen vehicle he was driving. He abandoned the car and was captured by deputies a short time later.
WYFF4 has more:
Deputies said they caught Joseph Pool II after a police chase on Highway 91. Poole was spotted in a car that police said he stole earlier in the morning from Train Auto Sales on 1127 N. Pleasantburg Drive.
Police said the chase went from North Pleasantburg to Wade Hampton Boulevard.
Joseph Poole is being charged with strong-armed robbery, carjacking, and grand larceny, according to Fox Carolina. A high profile manhunt for Poole began Thursday after he carjacked and beat a 68-year-old woman in the parking lot of the Cherrydale Shopping Center. No word on whether Poole will face charges for the assault.
Manhunt Underway in Taylors for Violent Suspect Joseph Raymond Poole II (Updated)
38-year-old Joseph Raymond Poole II is Greenville County's latest addition to the Crime Stoppers Most Wanted List. Poole is a repeat criminal offender with a 25 page rap sheet. A manhunt is currently underway near Meece Bridge Road and Reid School Road in Taylors.
Poole is suspected in a carjacking that took place at Cherrydale Shopping Center this morning. Investigators believe he struck a 68-year-old woman in the head multiple times before fleeing the scene in her vehicle, a red 1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with the South Carolina license plate AIZ570.
Poole will face charges of strong arm robbery, carjacking, and grand larceny in connection with today's crime, but he was already a wanted man. News Channel 7 reports:
Poole has been charged with burglary and grand larceny in connection with an incident at the Travelers Rest Tire and Muffler Shop between November 2-3. On November 4, Bo Nats, a business on Poinsett Highway in Greenville County was broken into and deputies say that Poole was responsible for that incident and have charged him with second-degree burglary and petit larceny.
Investigators with the Sheriff's Office Auto Theft unit have charged Poole with grand larceny and possession of a stolen vehicle after Poole allegedly stole a vehicle from a family member on two seperate occasions. Poole has also been charged with failure to stop for a blue light and driving under suspension after an incident on Stallings Road on November 13.
During that incident, a Sheriff's deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Poole, who was operating the vehicle that he had just reportedly stolen from the family on Meece Bridge Road. Poole allegedly disregarded the deputies attempt to pull him over and recklessly fled the area without concern for the safety of others.
Joseph Poole's behavior has become increasingly aggressive, and area residents are urged to contact the Greenville County Sheriff's Office (864-467-5300) or Crime Stoppers (23-CRIME) with any information. Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest.
Update, 11/20/09:
[On Friday morning Greenville Police recovered the 1992 red Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme stolen by Joseph Poole during Thursday's carjacking. The search for Poole is still underway.]
Update 2, 11/20/09:
[Joseph Poole has been arrested near Bob Jones University. Please read our latest update for further details.]
Carjacking Suspects Nabbed in Manhunt
An all day search for a pair of carjackers led to the arrest of a man and woman this evening. The suspects were involved in two armed carjackings this weekend, authorities say.
One victim was a 17-year-old boy at Jones Gap State Park. The other was a man carjacked at gunpoint at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Aunt Sue's Restaurant on Highway 11 in Pickens County.
According to a report obtained from the Pickens County Sheriff's Office, the man approached a employee of the restaurant and pointed a gun at his head and demanded the man's car. Authorities say a short time later, the man was spotted by a Greenville County Sheriff's deputy on Pumpkintown Road and the man led police on a chase that ended on Cherokee Lane and the man fled on foot.
Greenville County Sheriff's deputies and the Sheriff's helicopter have been searching the area throughout Sunday. Late Sunday afternoon, the man was spotted off of Pumpkintown Road with what authorities say is a female accomplice and another all out search ensued.
The carjacking duo were apprehended by the Greenville County K-9 unit.
Carjackings are statistically rare, but it is not unusual for serious injury or death to occur during the commission of this crime. Since it is a crime of opportunity, you can reduce your risk by always being acutely aware of your surroundings. Golden opportunities for a carjacker include:
Intersections controlled by stop lights or signs.
Garages and parking lots for mass transit, shopping malls, and grocery stores.
Self-serve gas stations and car washes.
ATMs (automated teller machines).
Residential driveways and streets as people get into and out of cars.
Highway exit and entry ramps, or anyplace else that drivers slow down or stop.


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Analysis that aims to narrow the difference between fixed and mobile call termination charges will have to go deeper, say delegates to the recent Study Group 3 meeting. Following a more in-depth analysis of the results of two questionnaires issued by SG 3 and answers to some new questions posed to operators worldwide they should be able identify charges that are too high, and negotiate better rates that will in the long term benefit customers and operators alike.
Initial analysis shows that while call termination charges are significantly higher for mobile than for fixed line telephony, they are dropping. There seems to have been a particularly marked decrease in Europe where at the time of the first questionnaire, reflecting the situation 1 January 2006, charges were as much as ten times higher for mobile termination. The second questionnaire, reflecting the situation 1 January 2007, showed charges reduced to three times higher than fixed. However since the respondent groups to the two surveys were not exactly the same the results have not been formally adopted by the Study Group.
In order to get a better picture, it will be necessary, say experts, to understand more on the conditions of the service being offered, for example teledensity (that's the number of telephones per 100 individuals), the type of technology used and whether or not the market is fully competitive. For this reason a third questionnaire will be issued covering the same period as the second.
Termination charges occur when calls are terminated in a network other than that from which they have originated. The goal of the analysis is to develop target rates that can give guidelines to operators. Given target rates it will be easier in areas where there is a big difference between fixed and mobile termination charges to negotiate better rates.
A similar exercise was undertaken for fixed line termination charges in the nineties and resulted in reduced charges.
Two vice chairs of ITU-T's IPTV Focus Group will guest edit an upcoming issue of IEEE Communications Magazine. Chae-Sub Lee, of ETRI, Korea and Simon Jones, of BT, UK will edit the issue for publication February 2008.A call for papers has been issued on the broad topic IPTV Systems, Standards and Architectures. Papers are solicited on topics including IPTV standards progress, architecture for IPTV systems, deployment challenges, performance considerations, content management and security. Articles should be tutorial in nature, further guidelines can be found here.
Reinhard Scholl, Deputy to the Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU will speak at a seminar titled Global Standards and Developing Economies: Broadband Access and Infrastructure 9-10 May, Tunis, Tunisia.
The event hosted by the IEEE-Standards Association (SA) in collaboration with the Tunisian Ministry of Communication Technologies will bring together leaders from industry, government and international standards organizations to share their insights on how local entities can participate in and optimize global standards and best practices to help close the digital divide.
An in-depth introduction to international standards activities and highlighting of the scope of the IEEE and its relationships with ITU and other standards bodies will be given. Through interactive presentations, the seminar will provide an overview of the issues being faced by today's policy makers and industry leaders and provide real world examples of how standards are making a difference in emerging economies.
In addition to discussion of broadband access and infrastructure standards via presentations and case studies, challenges and opportunities for developing countries regarding intellectual property rights (IPR) and standardization will also be addressed.
For further information see here, or call the IEEE-SA Corporate Standards Office at +1 732 562 5342; E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The first meeting of the Regional Group of Study Group 2 in the Arab region will take place 26th March 2007, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
The objective of the Regional Group is to facilitate the involvement of developing countries (DC) in SG2 standardization activities, reflection of DC needs and requirements in SG2 questions, promote the implementation of SG2 Recommendations, and increase awareness of DC with SG2 standardization areas.
Study Group 2 is the Lead Study Group on Service definition, Numbering and Routing.
Among the methodologies to achieve these goals are: Convening regional meetings, use of electronic means and collaboration of experts from the developed countries - as flagship Ggroup leaders - with DC experts.
An e-Forum is now active for discussions and questions about NNA (naming, numbering and addressing) issues. Post your questions to the forum on the here.
Regional Group of Study Group 2 in the ARAB Region Home
The SG2 RG - ARB was established by Study Group 2 at its 3-11 May 2006 meeting.
The objective of the Regional Group is to facilitate the involvement of
Developing Countries (DC) in SG2 standardization activities, reflection
of DC needs and requirements in SG2 questions, promote the implementation
of SG2 recommendations, and increase awareness of DC with SG2 standardization areas.
Among the methodologies to achieve these goals are: Convening regional meetings,
Use of electronic means and Collaboration of experts from the developed
countries - as Flagship Group leaders - with DC experts.
First Regional Group Meeting26th March 2007Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
NNA (Naming, Numbering and Addressing): An e-Forum is now active for discussions and questions about NNA issues.
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By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 11/25/2013
The Amazing Race
Allison "Ally" Mello
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during Sunday night's ninth broadcast of the CBS reality competition's 23rd season.
The "LA Kings Ice Crew Girls" became the seventh team eliminated from the around-the-world competition after they arrived at the Race's ninth Pit Stop at the Bosscha Observatory, home to Indonesia's oldest astronomical telescope located more than 4,300 feet above sea level, in last place.
"I'm sad, I don't want to wake up from this dream," Ashley said following her team's ouster. "But we kind of set the bar pretty high, I think, for Ice Crews all over the NHL. We showed that we're really tough and we made lifelong friends with [
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"Yes we have," Ally added.
"We had a blast and we did what we wanted to do. We wanted to make Top 5 and have fun, and we accomplished that," Ashley noted.
The ninth episode of
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23rd edition began with the Race's five remaining teams leaving the eighth Pit Stop at the top of Jebel Hafeet in Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates.
"Married ER Doctors" Nicole Jasper and Travis Jasper departed in first place at 12:38AM. Following Nicole and Travis were "Dating Couple"
Jason Case
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at 12:52AM and then "Exes"
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at 1:15AM.
"Cousins" Leo and Jamal ended up sleeping in a little bit and chose to wait to leave the eighth Pit Stop with their "Race wives" Ally and Ashley, who were set to leave six minutes after them. Therefore, Leo and Jamal and Ally and Ashley took off at the same time at 2:06AM.
The teams' first set of clues instructed them to fly more than 4,000 miles to Bandung, Indonesia, and then after touching down, find the Ram Arena in a local village to receive their next clue.
All the teams got on the same flight at 8:40AM the next morning. Leo and Jamal wondered why Travis and Nicole had U-Turned them in the previous leg, so when the guys had some down time in the airport, they decided to confront the couple about they move they had made.
Nicole and Travis explained it was because Leo and Jamal had lied to them about U-Turning Brandon Squyres and Adam Switzer in an earlier leg of the Race. Leo and Jamal didn't really care one way or another and said they expected the pressure would eventually get to the married pair.
Nicole and Travis were the first team to arrive at the Ram Arena, and they were soon followed by Ally and Ashley, Leo and Jamal, Tim and Marie, and Jason and Amy.
The teams then learned they must pick up two rams and take them to a traditional festival. Once the two rams butted heads with each other, the Racers must load the animals back on the truck in order to receive their next clue.
Nicole and Travis, keeping their lead on the other teams, finished with their pair of rams before anyone else. They were then followed by Ally and Ashley, Leo and Jamal, Tim and Marie, and Jason and Amy.
Tim and Marie finished the rams task before Jason and Amy but then their taxi broke down, so they fell into last place.
The teams' next set of clues required them to make their way to Rancaekek Station and then travel by train back to Bandung. Upon arrival in Bandung, they must grab their next clue on the platform at the station.
Nicole and Travis, Ally and Ashley, and Leo and Jamal got on the first available train out of Rancaekek Station. Nicole and Travis wanted to see any other team on their train other than "the Afghanimals."
Leo and Jamal pushed the train conductor to depart the station so they could leave the other two teams -- Tim and Marie and Jason and Amy -- behind. Jason and Amy missed the train by what seemed to be only one minute. They watched the train take off and soon discovered they, with Tim and Marie, must wait an hour for the next train.
Amy was worried about potentially getting eliminated from the Race, but Jason felt they could beat Tim and Marie. Jason and Amy did, however, admit they felt "demoralized" after missing that train.
Nicole and Travis arrived at the platform first and were quickly followed by Leo and Jamal and Ally and Ashley. Jason and Amy hit the platform about an hour later, as did Tim and Marie right behind them.
The teams then had to complete one of two possible Detour tasks: "For the Elephants" or "For the Birds."
"For the Elephants" required the teams to visit a market and pick up eight watermelons, two bunches of bananas, one dozen sweet potatoes, and a bunch of sugarcane before heading to the zoo. At the zoo, they must transport all that food on a hand trolley and then feed the elephants themselves to receive their next clue.
"For the Birds" required the teams to pick out a pair of matching love birds at the market and then deliver them to a competition arena, where they must encourage their birds to sing. Once the teams had been scored, a judge would hand them their next clue.
Ally and Ashley, Leo and Jamal, Jason and Amy, and Tim and Marie all decided to attempt the "For the Elephants" task. Nicole and Travis were the only team to try "For the Birds."
Ally and Ashley went straight to the zoo before picking up their list of food items at the market. They lost a lot of time because of their mistake and even more time when they failed to find a taxi who would accept them taking the large poles of sugar cane with them for the ride.
Ashley wanted to switch tasks but Ally argued that might not be the smart decision to make. In the end, the girls bickered but finally agreed to stick with the elephant task.
Leo and Jamal ran into their "Race wives" at the market but barely stopped to help them. Jason and Amy eventually ran into Ally and Ashley at the zoo, which was the second time the "Ice Crew Girls" had stopped there. However, Ally and Ashley still had to return to the market for their sugarcane, making another round trip.
Nicole and Travis finished the Detour before any of the other teams. They were then followed by Leo and Jamal, Jason and Amy, Tim and Marie, and finally Ally and Ashley.
The teams then discovered they must make their way to Saung Angklung Udjo and search for their next clue.
Nicole and Travis got to their next location first and were followed by Leo and Jamal, Jason and Amy, Tim and Marie, and eventually Ally and Ashley.
It then became time for one member of each team to complete a Roadblock task.
For the Roadblock, the team members were instructed to properly assemble a traditional Indonesian instrument made with tubes of bamboo called an Angklung. Once the instrument was assembled with eight notes in the correct order and the octave played correctly, a young student would hand them their next clue.
Nicole, Leo, Amy, Tim, and Ashley all opted to take on the Roadblock task on behalf of their teams. Marie convinced Tim to try the task even though it was her turn because she had a feeling Tim, who said he plays a variety of instruments as a hobby, would fare better in a task associated with music.
Similar to Marie's strategy, Travis felt he was "the music guy" instead of his wife. He therefore worried about Nicole's ability to handle the task and he was right. Nicole really struggled putting together her octave and got it wrong on her first two attempts. Leo got it right before her, and so Leo and Jamal finished the Roadblock in first place.
Once Leo finished, Nicole chased him down to try to copy what he did. Leo refused to help her, ran away and destroyed his instrument so no one could see it. Nicole and Travis had been proud of how they were running the Race up to that point, saying they wanted to set a good example for their children. In this leg, Travis admitted he was "absolutely embarrassed."
Tim and Marie completed the task in second place followed by Jason and Amy in third. But before Jason and Amy took off, they decided to help Nicole out. Amy told Nicole exactly what to do, so after 40 minutes of plugging away, Nicole and Travis finished the task in fourth place. Travis called it a "weird miserable" day, but the pair kept praying they could get through the Race.
Meanwhile, Ally and Ashley were still in last place, and they were well aware of the fact. Ally was very disappointed in how things played out. Ashley seemed to get her octave instrument done quickly, but it clearly didn't matter at that point since they were so far behind the other teams.
The teams' next set of clues required them to make their way to the Bosscha Observatory.
Leo and Jamal met
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in first place, and they each won $7,500 each as a reward.
Tim and Marie then arrived at the Pit Stop in second place, and Jason and Amy were so close behind them, ultimately securing third place. Nicole and Travis then touched the mat in fourth place.
Ally and Ashley subsequently arrived at the Pit Stop in fifth -- and last -- place.
"We've been to seven countries, so it's just like a dream come true for us," Ally told Phil in tears.
"I would have never guessed we'd make it to seven countries. It's amazing," Ashley added. "It's just so much fun... I don't want it to be done. I don't want it to be over!"
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