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February 12, 2007 - February 5, 2007
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certainly seems like a good idea, though the actual
implementation in combat is hard to visualize. Anyway, we found a
mention of this (to us) new organization on Drudge and followed through
to the article
he linked.� California, of course. An anti-Schwarzenegger protest.
Got to be from Berkeley, of course. It's not too hard to imagine all
the left-wing college girls giving their all for peace, and who could
it hurt? It's an easy situation to handle. You tell them that the
demonstration is very nice and that you admire their brains, and please
move along now. No problemo, as Arnold used to say. But then we read
about the police response:
Sex offenders?! For toplessness?! In California?!! Isn't this the
national capital of the movie industry, in which every single female
star for the last third of a century has bared her breasts in 70 mm
widescreen format for every adolescent boy who can talk his way past
the ticket agent?
It just didn't make any sense. This isn't Iowa or Utah or West Virginia we're talking about here.We had to dig deeper into the story.
We found a site called Zombietime, which maintains a photographic record of various California peace activists and their highly intelligent public events. Now we know why arrests were made. We understand about the sex offender thing. You can take our word for it, or you can follow the link. But we warn you in no uncertain terms it's not safe for work (NSFW). Really. We'd better repeat that. It's NOT SAFE FOR WORK. It's not even safe for... well, never mind.
Mary Mapes, the Medusa of RatherGate, has a book out and a plethora of
MSM interviewers who are willing to provide a platform for her peculiar
definitions of objective reporting. Here's a sample from ABC's Good
Morning America (h/t Drudge):
Me, I don't think that's spicable. I don't believe it a dication of
journalistic responsibility. I don't find it even slightly gusting.
But, remember, I'm an idiot rightwinger. For all you other idiot
rightwingers who don't get the Napoleon reference, it has something to
do with the concept of 'guilty until proven innocent.' Why am I tempted
to picture Ms. Mapes on Devil's Island? Typical conservative
mean-spiritedness is my guess.
Grace a Dieu. An observer
on the scene (h/t InstaPundit) has finally decoded the French
Ah. It's about horny adolescent boys who just happen to be the
computer-literate products of an insular medieval culture that
discourages female births and perpetuates a desperate minority of
unmarried, prospectless males who can be converted into killers for the
promise of getting laid in the afterlife. Muhammed Cartman. (And Kenny never really dies, n'est-ce pas?) Surely, the
French can solve that particular problem, can't they? Move the
'banlieus' to the Pigalle and all will be well again. I feel such a
fool for suspecting that France had inadvertently subsidized the
spawning of a generation of sociopathic arsonist anarchists. Vive La
Is he dying? Is he trying to compensate for some of his infamous
rhetoric and treasonous solo foreign policy adventuring over the past
20 years? We'd like to think not, but he also made some staggering
admissions for a man who has expressed nothing but ugly contempt for
the man who ousted him from the White House:
I hope my theory is incorrect. But I fear that Mr. Carter is not
entirely well. Let's all wish him well.
Speaking of godlike animals... greyhounds
are part of this rightwing idiot's life. Molly looks more
like the portrait above than anyone would believe (anyone who doesn't
own greyhounds, that is). But she's also a naughty girl. She's like a
walking (er, running) demonstration of the butterfly effect: if a
potato chip hits the floor in a room two floors away from her, she'll
generate a hurricane getting to it and a thunderbolt closing her jaws
on it. Other than that, she's a perfect and devotedly obedient little
And here's a fun little game.
Because even if life is deadly serious, not every moment we spend
living it is.
. It's sweeps week and America's most lucrative
television franchise -- the
CSI Family -- is cross-pollinating two of its shows to maximize
viewership. Last night, CSI Miami began the manhunt for a Ted
Bundy-like serial killer who was arrested in New York but escaped in
Florida. Obviously, this meant that stars David Caruso and Gary Sinise
would be on the case through midweek, trading closeups and one-liners
on each other's shows. It's called a crossover, and for whatever reason
it does boost ratings.
It's all great fun and there's no big point here, but younger viewers may be unaware that there's more than one kind of crossover in process. Back in the late 50s and early 60s, there was another multi-show franchise -- the first -- fathered by a hip private eye production called 77 Sunset Strip. According to thrillingdetective.com:
In fact, the shows were even more inbred than the above description
suggests. Compare these summaries:
Are you starting to get a glimmer of CSI's DNA? Now consider this:
We all know that the CSI franchise is a lot more serious than the old
"77" clones. William Petersen, David Caruso, and Gary Sinise almost
never smile, except ruefully, rarely chase women they aren't trying to
put on death row, and their partners are no longer exclusively male
because the secretaries and cabaret singers have been promoted to
professional status, which means they don't smile either.
We said there was no big point to all this, but there are a couple of ironies we couldn't help thinking about. The old clones were shot in black and white, while the CSIs are shown in high-definition color, but it's the latter shows that are dark and film-noirish with all those broken, mangled corpses they couldn't have shown in the 60s if they'd wanted to. And they probably didn't want to, because they thought we'd rather see suave well-dressed men and beautiful girls leaping in and out of convertibles in exotic locales. Did we mention convertibles? All the Sunset Strip shows had convertibles as co-stars.
Which leads us to another irony. Despite the huge difference in
atmosphere, the CSIs really do make use of quite a lot of the Sunset
Strip conventions. The glamorous settings are much the same: Las
Vegas, Miami, and New York as opposed to L.A., Hawaii, New Orleans, and
Miami Beach. The two non-New York CSIs also feature plenty of
convertibles, although they're generally props in crime scenes rather
than love scenes. Last night's show had a snappy yellow Mustang ragtop:
Youth, hip (hop) slang, fashionably (spiky) greased hair, and -- frankly -- virtually
identical faces. Maybe we're being allowed to have some hope after all,
hope that youth will
somehow prevail even in the face of the deadly entropy that is
transmuting all the old sunshine and glamor into the fluorescent glare
of a morgue table.
Keep watching. You never know. Maybe one day Peterson, Caruso, and Sinise will all show up together on a bright Miami day and leap smiling into a convertible to go kiss some pretty girls. Maybe Catherine Willows will burst into song at Caesar's Palace while Kookies II, III, and IV accompany her on the bongo drums. Maybe.. oh well.. anyone can dream.
Here's a video clip of the old Sunset Strip show. And here are some informational sites --�sunset 1, sunset 2, sunset 3, sunset 4, sunset 5, sunset 6, sunset 7, eye, bourbon, surfside.
Coincidence or Synchronicity? The producers of Bourbon Street Beat actually purchased the Old Absinthe House in New Orleans that was supposed to be the neighbor of the show's detective agency. And wasn't it the Old Absinthe House where Robert Davis was beaten by New Orleans police? Here's a link to the ABC interview with Davis (click on the "video" icon for the interview clip, which includes footage of the incident and the name of the bar). Is the Jungian collective unconscious trying to tell us something? Nah.
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A report on Nordic climate impact was published today. The report, which will be discussed at the meeting of Nordic environment ministers in Sweden on the 7th of February focuses on the Arctic climate and short-lived climate forcers. It is part of the follow up work on the call by the Nordic environment ministers for greater international efforts to combat climate change.
Short-lived climate forcers (SLCF) such as soot and methane have a greater impact on the climate than previously thought, and the Arctic climate is particularly vulnerable to them. Since conditions in the Arctic influence the global climate, a great deal of benefit would be derived from reducing SLCF emissions.
The new report maps Nordic emissions and recommends a range of national, Nordic and international initiatives. It serves as a follow up to the Nordic environment ministers' Svalbard Statement on Short-lived Climate Forcers from 2012, which stressed the need for greater international efforts to cut emissions of SLCFs.
"Initiatives are needed that address these emissions in the form of international environmental agreements. But it takes time for agreements to make sufficient impact, so there is an urgent need for independent initiatives that will rapidly cut emissions of short-lived climate forcers such as soot. Initiatives are needed in both developed and developing countries," the environment ministers said when they launched the Svalbard Declaration.
The agenda for the next meeting of the environment ministers, in Jukkasjärvi in northern Sweden on the 7th of February, includes the new EU Environment Action Programme and the follow-up to the Rio +20 Summit last summer – in particular efforts to set new sustainability goals and new ways of measuring GDP.
The meeting comes right after a meeting of environment ministers at the Arctic Council in Jukkasjärvi on 5-6 of February.
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We Need the Full Vocabulary of God
Note: In this Religion Roundtable, we've asked the authors of three prominent faith memoirs to write about their views on—and experience of—female spirituality. Check back here every few days to hear Jana Riess, Lauren Winner, and Sarah Sentilles discuss the unique religious questions facing women today.
Dear Jana and Sarah,
I think Sarah's question about gendered God language is a great one. I wrestle with this a lot. I do not believe that masculine language captures God any more than any other language captures God.
(Of course, there is more to the problem of masculine language than its generic limitation: as Judith Plaskow put it in Standing Again at Sinai: "Obvious and innocuous as male God-language has come to seen, metaphors matter—on both an individual and social level. . . . Religious symbols give resonance and authority to a community's self-understanding and sustain its conception of the world. . . . The ways in which male God-language continues to legitimate male authority are difficult to demonstrate. . . . [Yet] the symbol of the father God . . . is rendered plausible by patriarchy and, in turn, authorizes make-dominated social structures by making women's oppression appear right and fitting.")
At the same time, masculine language for God is a part of the Christian tradition that I don't want to lose or wholly set aside. Rather, I want to expand our vocabulary for God and use masculine imagery in concert with other language that Scripture and the church tradition have offered for God. I have 3 decades of practice in speaking of God as "He" and am still in the process of training myself to use other language. Sometimes, I feel irked—at a literary level—by the inability to use a pronoun to refer to God. Last Saturday, I read the sermon I would preach the next morning to a friend. "You sure do say 'God' a lot," she noted. My practice is to not refer to God with a masculine pronoun (or a feminine pronoun) in the pulpit, so I do indeed wind up saying "God" a lot, and sometimes, this simply irritates my ear. I have not aurally adjusted to the word "Godself," which I use occasionally, but hear as awkward.
In Still, I was actually quite intentional about gender and God language. In my previous books, I consistently used masculine God language. In Still, I did so only rarely—for example, when quoting or referring to someone else's description of God (Augustine: "God is He who gives God"). The narrator—the "I" of the book—tends primarily to use "he" language for God when referring to the God she once knew but thinks she has lost, or can't find anymore—("Should God return, you are almost certain he will seem different than however he seemed before"). In the chapter where the narrator most expressly discusses becoming reacquainted with Jesus, that reacquaintance turns precisely on the discovery, or recollection, or lots of ways of hymning and limning Jesus—"mother, bread of life, author of my salvation, the bright morning star."
To my mind, the church today has impoverished itself by praying with and singing with and thinking with such a small set of the many images for God found in the Bible. One of the most powerful sermons I have ever encountered is Maggie Wenig's "God is a Woman, and She is Growing Older," in which Rabbi Wenig describes God as an old woman, a grandmother. (She's not just making this imagery up—she's drawing on Lamentations, Jeremiah, 20th-century poetry, medieval Jewish liturgy, and numerous other biblical and rabbinic sources.) When my church's liturgy names God as Father, I joyfully join in. But I yearn for liturgical expression of the many other images for God found both in Scripture and in 2,000 years of Christian reflection on life with God. I yearn for Anselm's "Jesus, as a mother you gather your people to you"; I yearn for Clement's image of Christ as the milky breast of God ("the breast that is the Word, who . . . can bestow on us the milk of love"). And it is not just "feminine" imagery I yearn to express in corporate liturgy. It is also Paul and Job's image of God as clothing; and Genesis' image of God as a gardener; and 1 Chronicles' image of God as a house-builder; and Russbroec's image of God as abyss.
Sometimes, I try to pray with these words for God—God the house-builder or God the abyss—and sometimes it feels a little strained, so deeply am I trained in a much narrower range of God-language. But I want to press through the strained, hokey feelings because I believe there is something on the other side there about God, something, some lots of things, I don't yet know.
Well, I have not managed to address Jana's question about writing about one's own vulnerable stories. I await whatever wise things Sarah has to say about that!
P.S. It occurs to me that I actually feel way more vulnerable writing publicly about God-language than I do writing about my divorce or my anxiety attacks.


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Easier than our old tree stand
By Kim, healthy lifestyle
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All in all this is easier than our old 3-screws cast iron stand. It was a bit of a challenge getting the tree "receptacle" onto the trunk. Our trunks tend to be wide and a little unevenly shaped. A smaller straighter trunk might be easier. The rest of the process was super easy. Standing up the tree was simple, and aligning it to be straight was simple and quick. I suspect the whole process will be a little easier next time as we will know what we are doing.
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By Terrapin Don
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It is difficult to see the water level. Would be nice if there was a clear strip with a gauge to see level of water
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First class tree stand with the fresh cut tree we also purchased we will never do the tree the old again
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Bought this to hold our first Christmas tree in our new home. Super dead-simple to use! We have 3 cast and the base held our 7 foot tree with no issues! Be warned, this base is TALL and WIDE (to get the physics on your side) and it's definitely not those old-school heavy iron deals. Leveling the tree was dead simple. Just put on the trunk-support-module after trimming the end of the tree. Walk over and place tree into unit. Push pedal and swivel tree to position. Add water. Boom, done! So easy!
The best stand I have ever owned
By Dv
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Had my 9.5' tree up and straight in 5 minutes
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from New Hampshire
I am not sorry I bought this. I really wish that the locking clamps would open wider. I didn't buy a tree as big as I usually do, and the clamps just barely fit. Still a good product.
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from Cincinnati OH
We had an earlier version of this tree stand for many years and needed another one for our second tree. We bought this style again! It is so easy to get the tree in the stand and then straightening it is an absolute dream. I love that there are no handles or water level indicators sticking up out of the base as there are with other tree stands. The presence of those makes it difficult to put a tree skirt around and have it lay flat and lovely. With a lifetime warranty, what more could a person ask for in a tree stand?
My 2nd one
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This tree stand is truely the best...obvious quality in construction, but it's main draw (to me) is the ease of getting the tree standing straight.....it makes it SOOOO easy.I bought one of these about 20 years ago and have used it every year until this year when one of the clamp arms broke off. It still "worked", but was shakey, so I figured 20 years was a good run, and bought a new one.Basesd on my examination when it arrived, it looks exactly like the old one and so I feel I can expect the same longeviy from this one.The only negative is the high cost, but at least I'm paying for quality.
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Generic Name: procainamide (proe-KANE-a-mide)
Brand Name: Generic only. No brands available.
Taking procainamide for a prolonged period of time may lead to the development of antibodies in your blood that are sometimes associated with autoimmune diseases such as lupus. If you experience butterfly-shaped rash on the face, swollen or tender joints, unexplained fever, or severe or persistent tiredness, seizures, or mental or mood changes, contact your doctor.
Procainamide should only be used to treat life-threatening irregular heartbeat. It has been associated with an increased risk of death when used to treat non-life-threatening irregular heartbeat. Talk with your doctor for more information.
Procainamide may cause severe and sometimes fatal blood problems (eg, bone marrow suppression, low blood platelet or white blood cell levels, anemia). These side effects have occurred most often during the first 12 weeks of therapy. Lab tests, such as complete blood cell counts, may be performed weekly for the first 3 months of therapy and then periodically to monitor for these side effects. If you experience fever, chills, sore throat, mouth sores or irritation, or unusual bruising or bleeding, contact your doctor immediately. Your risk may be greater if you already have bone marrow or blood problems.
Procainamide is used for:
Treating certain abnormal heart rhythms.
Procainamide is an antiarrhythmic. It works by stabilizing the heart rhythm in conditions in which the heart is beating too fast or in an irregular rhythm (antiarrhythmic effect).
Do NOT use procainamide if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in procainamide
- you have had a severe allergic reaction (eg, severe rash, hives, difficulty breathing, dizziness) to a local anesthetic (eg, procaine)
- you have complete heart block, lupus, or certain severe abnormal heart rhythms (eg, torsades de pointes)
- you are taking astemizole, cisapride, dofetilide, a phenothiazine (eg, chlorpromazine), a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (eg, sildenafil), terfenadine, or ziprasidone
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Before using procainamide:
Some medical conditions may interact with procainamide. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you:
- if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
- if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement
- if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances
- if you have a history of liver or kidney disease; congestive heart failure, heart block, QT prolongation, or other heart problems; bone marrow problems; blood problems (eg, low blood platelet or white blood cell levels); myasthenia gravis; or digitalis (digoxin) toxicity
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with procainamide. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
- Antiarrhythmics (eg, amiodarone, quinidine), anticholinergics (eg, hyoscyamine), arsenic, astemizole, cisapride, dofetilide, droperidol, H2 antagonists (eg, cimetidine), ketolide antibiotics (eg, telithromycin), macrolide antibiotics (eg, erythromycin), phenothiazines (eg, chlorpromazine), phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (eg, sildenafil), pimozide, quinolone antibiotics (eg, ciprofloxacin), serotonin receptor antagonists (eg, dolasetron), terfenadine), trimethoprim, or ziprasidone because the risk of side effects, including irregular heartbeat, may be increased
- Neuromuscular blockers (eg, succinylcholine) because actions or side effects may be increased by procainamide
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if procainamide may interact with other medicines that you take. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine.
How to use procainamide:
Use procainamide as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Procainamide is usually administered as an injection at your doctor's office, hospital, or clinic. If you are using procainamide at home, carefully follow the injection procedures taught to you by your health care provider.
- If procainamide contains particles or is discolored, or if the vial is cracked or damaged in any way, do not use it.
- Keep this product, as well as syringes and needles, out of the reach of children and away from pets. Do not reuse needles, syringes, or other materials. Dispose of properly after use. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain local regulations for proper disposal.
- Take procainamide regularly to receive the most benefit from it.
- Continue to use procainamide even if you feel well. Do not miss any doses.
- If you miss a dose of procainamide, take it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for our next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use procainamide.
Important safety information:
- Procainamide may cause dizziness or blurred vision. Do not drive, operate machinery, or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how you react to procainamide.
- Drinking alcohol may decrease the effectiveness of procainamide. Check with your doctor before drinking alcohol.
- Do not exceed the recommended dose or use procainamide for longer than prescribed without checking with your doctor.
- Do not suddenly stop taking procainamide without checking with your doctor.
- Procainamide may reduce the number of clot-forming cells (platelets) in your blood. To prevent bleeding, avoid situations in which bruising or injury may occur. Report any unusual bleeding, bruising, blood in stools, or dark, tarry stools to your doctor.
- Procainamide may lower your body's ability to fight infection. Prevent infection by avoiding contact with people with colds or other infections. Notify your doctor of any signs of infection, including fever, sore throat, rash, or chills.
- Before you have any medical or dental treatments, emergency care, or surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are using procainamide.
- Procainamide may interfere with certain lab tests. Make sure your doctor and laboratory personnel know you are using procainamide.
- Some of these products contain sulfites, which can cause allergic reactions in certain individuals (eg, asthma patients). If you have previously had allergic reactions to sulfites, contact your pharmacist to determine if the product you are taking contains sulfites.
- LAB TESTS, including heart function tests, complete blood cell counts, and serum ANA titers, may be performed to monitor your progress or to check for side effects. Be sure to keep all doctor and lab appointments.
- Use procainamide with caution in the ELDERLY because they may be more sensitive to its effects.
- Use procainamide with extreme caution in CHILDREN. Safety and effectiveness have not been confirmed.
- PREGNANCY and BREAST-FEEDING: If you become pregnant, discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using procainamide during pregnancy. Procainamide is excreted in breast milk. Do not breast-feed while you are taking procainamide.
Possible side effects of procainamide:
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur:
Pain, swelling, or redness at the injection site.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); butterfly-shaped rash on the face; chest pain; dark urine; depression; diarrhea; dizziness or lightheadedness; fainting; fast, slow, or irregular heartbeat; fever, chills, or sore throat; hallucinations; loss of appetite; mood or mental changes; mouth sores or irritation; muscle pain or weakness; nausea; pale stools; seizures; stomach pain; severe or persistent tiredness; shortness of breath; swollen or tender joints; unusual bruising or bleeding; unusual tiredness or weakness; vomiting; wheezing; yellowing of the skin or eyes.
This is not a complete list of all side effects that may occur. If you have questions about side effects, contact your health care provider. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. To report side effects to the appropriate agency, please read the Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA.
If OVERDOSE is suspected:
Contact 1-800-222-1222 (the American Association of Poison Control Centers), your local poison control center (http://www.aapcc.org ), or emergency room immediately. Symptoms may include dizziness; fast or irregular heartbeat; irregular or difficult breathing; severe drowsiness; tremor.Proper storage of procainamide:
Procainamide is usually handled and stored by a health care provider. If you are using procainamide at home, store procainamide as directed by your pharmacist or health care provider. Keep procainamide out of the reach of children and away from pets.
General information:
- If you have any questions about procainamide, please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
- Procainamide is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.
- If your symptoms do not improve or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
- Check with your pharmacist about how to dispose of unused medicine.
This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take procainamide or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about procainamide. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to procainamide. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using procainamide.
Disclaimer: This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take this medicine or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about this medicine. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to this medicine. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using this medicine.
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Dear Sandy,
I want like to purchase a home, but with the high cost of property in Southern California, I'm thinking I should entertain the idea of moving out-of-state. Should I move to another state? If so, which one?
Redondo Beach, CA
Dear Jennie,
I do get that you should leave California, however, not for the reasons you stated. The move should take place in about three years and will be based upon your spiritual needs and new beginnings. You will then be at a place in your life where you will focus your energies in a whole new direction. You will have come to terms with the past, find peace in who you are in your life, and feel positive about your future. If you do your internal work and stay flexible with what is important for you to deal with within yourself, then this process will take only a few years. I'm picking up New Mexico or Colorado for your relocation. Albuquerque, New Mexico, seems prominent.
Dear Sandy,
My father, Ryan, has lung cancer and is going through chemotherapy twice a week. I know he is weak from his disease and treatment. I would like to know if you can tell me if he will be able to pull through his illness. If not, can you help prepare me by telling me how much time he has left?
Thank you,
Northridge, CA
Dearest Frances,
I'm sorry that you, your father, and your family, have to go through this experience. Regardless of what someone tells you psychically, always pray for your father's complete healing on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels, as all are integrated and equally important. Pray also for your father's highest good, because that is ultimately what is important when we pray for someone. I'm sorry, but I'm not seeing your father pulling out of disease. He may have less than four months left here. I do not feel that his will to live is strong. Pray for your own strength, wisdom, and peace to carry you through this difficult time. It is important for you to care for yourself, too, which will allow you to have the energy to nurture and benefit your father and family. Please refer to my website: www.sandysmith.info, for prayer and support groups, should you need them. I wish you and your family the very best.
With love,
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|From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 30 11:32:37 EDT 2012
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote: > Two days ago, Robby Findler wrote: >> Eli, I think your comments generally make sense here, but I don't >> see how they help us make concrete resolving what to do with >> string->url and the commit. >> >> As things stand, my inclination would be to try to find a simpler >> regexp that doesn't cost as much in the contract and leave that >> checked in until you get to the changes that you want to do. > > I'm fine with that (and with the push that does it), as long as it's > clear that this would change if it grows to be more than just a regexp > match. (Hence my question whether the second regexp is needed -- if > it's just the first one, then it looks like it already allows other > schemas, to be parsed further in the code.) I'm not quite following this paragraph, but I think we're in agreement. I've already pushed the change and my inference is that you'd be happy with it (I put some timing numbers in the commit.). Robby
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I'm actually thrilled about the whole thing. It's been in the 80s for weeks and humid. Anyway, I broke out the sweatshirt and my SEXY boot slippers that I bought at Ikea this weekend.
They are down filled and very comfortable and warm. Not very sexy though.... lol
Since it's so gloomy around here today I figured I might as well get started on some new items for the Blu Mudd line today. I've already sketched out my ideas and have a pretty good idea what designs I want to do.
Now I have to make a slump mold, which is where this little bowl is going to come in handy...
I also have a stamp or two that I want to carve. We've gotten a lot of requests for sea turtles lately so....
sea turtles it is!
In the meantime, I put 4 custom pieces in the test kiln to fire. They should be ready to ship out tomorrow, provided all goes well with this glaze firing. You just never know what's going to happen in there.
As far as the show we did this weekend, it was a colossal waste of our time. We did manage to make our entry fee back and a little profit too but no where near enough to make it worth it. A friend of mine suggested more than once that I do a Buckler's Show so I told my husband and he was on the phone trying to get a spot at the show they were hosting this weekend. We got in but man do we wish we hadn't of. It was a really small show and we had to drive 40 minutes to get there each day so the cost for the gas in my van was a little high. Once you took out expenses and such, I could have made more money sitting at home listing junk on eBay. It was disappointing and we will not be doing any of the Buckler shows in the future. Live and learn. It's all part of the learning curve, I'm afraid. Hopefully the show in New Port Richey will be a better experience.
Okay, so I'm off of this computer and heading on over to my work table. Don't forget, everything in my Blu Mudd Etsy Shop is 20% off today for Cyber Monday. Just enter CYBER20 at checkout to receive your discount. Have a great week everyone!


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Loki's Date with
the "Virgin" Mary
"Loki's Godson"
Once upon a time there was a young Jewish girl named Mary. One day, while she was out in the barn mucking out the stall of the family donkey, Herod, she poured out her heart to her long-eared friend: "Herod, I'm done for. My sweet Centurion, Panthera, promised to be careful, but he wasn't, and now he's been transferred to Alexandria. I'm knocked up and they're gonna stone me for sure! Jehovah isn't going to help me; he's the one that made up that stupid rule to begin with. I sure could use some help- even from a Pagan God!"
At that moment, a large spider slid down a thread hanging from the barn roof. "Sure is a funny-looking horse you've got there. I had a horse once, literally, but that's another story."
"What, a talking spider?"
"Tell you what, Mary, old Loki's gonna help you. Take this little silk bag, and mix the powder inside into the jug of wine your dad's keeping for your engagement feast. Make sure that old geezer Joe gets a snootful, then announce to everyone that you're going to be the virgin mother of their savior. Trust me, once they've had a dose of what's in that bag, they'd even believe that that horse-thing of yours was the REAL King Herod, but don't push your luck!"
"Well, I don't know, but I suppose it's worth a try, seeing as I've got nothing to lose..."
"Get a move on now, girl! We'll discuss my reward later."
The next week, Mary whistled a happy tune as she attended to her habitual stall-mucking. "Well, Loki, it worked. Old Joe's babbling about angels and treating me like a Queen!"
"Worked, schmerked. Of course it worked. Before it's over, they'll put you up on a pedestal as Queen of Heaven. Not to mention the little bastard (no offense intended): they'll think he's Jehovah himself. That boy - did I tell you it's gonna be a boy- is gonna help me settle some old scores- some REAL old scores," gloated the spider. "These southern flies of yours sure are big and juicy. I've enjoyed my vacation here, but it's time to head home. Which brings me to the subject of my reward," chuckled the spider, transforming himself into a handsome young man with red hair.
As Mary glanced admiringly up and down his slim but muscular form, Loki knew it was payday. "Well, my dear," he whispered into her ear, "you can't get any more pregnant than you already are, now, can you?"...
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Location: Subtropical Plant Pathology ResearchTitle: Graft Angle its Relationship to Tomato Plant Survival Author
|Bausher, Michael
Submitted to: HortScience
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/10/2012
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Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: This research provides evidence that changing the way a graft union is created can improve the plants survival rate before planting. By increasing the angle to 7O degrees plant survival can increase by 19%. Moreover, the grafts can better withstand the rigors of handling before planting due to significantly increased healing rate which makes the plants stronger and less likely to be accidently pulled apart before planting. The plants are over 200% stronger then plants grafted at a 45 degree angle. Results with commercial hybrid rootstocks and tops had better results than the older varieties tested but both responded positively to the increased angle of the graft union. This research finding can be used by commercial growers, small farmers and homeowners using both conventional and organic practices to improve plant survival at less cost.
Technical Abstract: Growing plants that can withstand the rigors of open field production is imperative. This study examines the relationship of tensile strength to graft angle and plant survival. Tomato seedlings of 'FL47' and 'Rutgers' were used as scions on 'Roma' rootstock under greenhouse and healing chamber conditions. Scions were grafted at angles of 20, 45 and 70o. After a period of 10 days, the plants were severed near ground level and subjected to pull force analysis. Tensile strength of the graft increased significantly with the increased graft angle. Tensile strength between the 20 vs. 70o angles increased significantly as well as those of 45 vs. 70o grafts. Increase in graft angle resulted in greater survival of grafted plants from 79% (20 o), 81% (45 o) and 92 % (70o) graft. Fifteen commercial rootstocks grafted at 70o had between 97 and 100% survival. These studies demonstrate that graft angle can significantly impact graft integrity and plant survival.


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|Draft Animal Cloning Risk Assessment
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| I am vehemanently opposed to this whether you think it is safe or not. It takes years to determine safety - how about the margarine trans fat thing? Thought it was okay didn't we (I was too young) but I am opposed to a culture of human guinea pigs as all this technology is tested on us. It should not happen but if it does, it needs to be labeled. Many of us will choose otherwise. We don't know enough about food to do this - Lycopene helps reduce prostate cancer right? but when we give it as a supplement it doesn't work as well as a food. We just haven't got it all figured out. Leave it to nature and leave it be.


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Early Spring break: Independence of the Seas Cruise Review by Littlerammy
Overall Member Rating
Early Spring break
Destination: Canary Islands
Embarkation: Southampton
We had a Superior Cabin on deck 9 with a very attentive steward Hilman who was unobtrusive but always available. There are no toiletries in the bathroom except a bar of soap and shampoo in a dispense r. I think if you ask you get but those little touches were missed. Asked for robes and got them.
The layout of the ship is quite easy to grasp and although it is big you don't feel too overwhelmed. Entertainment was More very good especially some of the shows and parades on the Promenade which are really something to see. The Ice show is something definitely something not to be missed. You can be quiet if you wish away from the razz-a-taz with lovely bars and even an english pub.
Normally we have fixed late seating but this time we chose MyTime dining in King Lear, this can be a little confusing at the beginning because you can book your time to eat during the day or just take your chance, which just seemed to defeat the object. We ended up booking the same time each night of the cruise at the beginning of the week but you could always walk in 10 minutes either way. We chose to share tables and met a lot of interesting people. But beware we did end up on a table for 10 just one night and no other guests, this was noted and we had all the attention from the staff including the Maitre-de, after that they certainly made sure we were looked after. Food was good and if you ask they will get you anything if it is available. We personally never had any problems with staff they were all excellent and remembered your name and preferences. Drinks can be pricey but ask for the wine package in the restaurant you can get a good deal.
The Windjammer was the buffet restaurant nice seating,can get busy and we have had better choice, no complaints. We had breakfast in Macbeth and chose to be served by the staff, can be slow but you are on holiday.Our only disappointing thing was there was no inside or covered pool and that we missed very much. Although the jacuzzi that hangs out over the sea is brilliant. Plenty of space to find quiet sun beds on sea days.
We chose to self disembark it was brilliant if you can manage your own cases breakfast was at 6.00am onwards and you get to leave the ship anytime after 6.15am we had breakfast and were in our car by 6.45am would chose this option again.
La Coruna port in Spain was lovely but there is very little information on this port available. We walked off the ship and straight ahead to the beach and then walked to the right on the promenade round the bay it was lovely seeing all the historical sights and took about two hours well worth doing if you do not want to shop. Less
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"I tapped in the 7-iron from 188 (yards)," said Cook, who was at 11-under 133. "It hasn't happened to me in a while. It was a nice surprise."
He made the eagle on the 496-yard 12th, which played as the 31st toughest hole on tour last year with an average score of 4.33.
Cook had six birdies to go with the eagle in his bogey-free round at the 7,552-yard Montreux Golf & Country Club and had several rising stars on his heels.
Former NCAA champion Charles Howell III shot a 66 and was at 134 along with David Berganio and Jerry Kelly, who both shot 68s.
Bryce Molder, a four-time All-American at Georgia Tech making his pro debut, shot a 65 and was in a group of eight at 135 along with two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen and first-round leader Brian Watts, who had a 71.
The 43-year-old Cook is 28th on the career money list with $8.7 million but he has topped the $1 million mark only once in the last 10 years. In 1992, he was second in the British Open and tied for second at the PGA Championship. The next year he tied for sixth at the PGA and in 1994 he tied for fifth at the U.S. Open and tied for fourth at the PGA.
He's won $420,000 on tour this year, 89th on the money list, with his best showing a tie for fourth at the Shell Houston Open in April.
"It's been a struggle the last few years but the last 12 months I started to hit the ball well and it's starting to show," Cook said.
"There's a lot of kids there who are pretty thirsty, pretty hungry. We crusty veterans sometimes can sneak up there. It's one for the old guys this week."
The 22-year-old Howell, who turned professional last year after winning the NCAA title at Oklahoma State, has three top 10 finishes this year, including a second in a playoff at the Greater Milwaukee Open.
"It's getting closer. I've been close a few times," Howell said. "If I could win a tournament, that would be awesome. It would mean everything. ... It would do a lot of things for my status on tour."
Berganio, 32, also has three top 10 finishes this year, his best year since turning pro in 1993 out of the University of Arizona. He shot a 64 in the third round to tie for third at the Canon Greater Hartford Open in July.
"I've just been playing smarter all year," said Berganio, who bogeyed his last hole.
Molder, who turned pro after playing for the U.S. Walker Cup team in Georgia earlier this month, was 5-under for his last nine holes Friday.
"I knew if I played well I could be right there," said Molder, whose collegiate scoring average of 70.69 broke Tiger Woods' record of 71.10, which he set at Stanford.
"I came to try to win and I'm in a position with two rounds left to go to do so," he said.
Janzen got to 10-under, but missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the 636-yard, par-5 17th and took three putts to get down from 20 feet on the fringe on 18.
Mark O'Meara started the round just two strokes off the lead, but shot a 72 Friday.
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KUTZTOWN, Pa. _ Moira Dunn shot a 6-under-par 66 and held a one-stroke lead over Wendy Doolan after two rounds of the LPGA's Betsy King Classic.
Dunn, seeking her first tour win, had seven birdies Friday and was at 10-under 136 through two rounds on the course at Berkleigh Country Club. She began the day three strokes behind first-round leader Heather Daly-Donofrio.
Doolan's 67 left her at 135, one stroke ahead of Daly-Donofrio, who had a 71, and Mhairi McKay, who shot a 67.
Rachel Teske, the 1998 champion, had three birdies on her front nine and took the lead at 9 under, but she had a double-bogey on the back and finished with a 71. She was tied at 137 with Audra Burks, who had a 68.
Canadian Seniors
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario _ Jim Thorpe followed his course-record opening round with a scrambling 2-under-par 69 and took a two-stroke lead in the AT&T Canada Senior Open.
Thorpe, coming off a record-tying 63, had four birdies and two bogeys to finish 36 holes on the historic Mississaugua Golf and Country Club course at 10-under 132.
Thorpe birdied the first two holes to reach 10 under, but dropped back with bogeys on Nos. 4 and 8. He regained the lead with birdies on the par-5 12th and 13th.
Walter Hall was second after a 66, and Bruce Fleisher birdied the final four holes for a 66 to join Howard Twitty (68), Mike McCullough (68) and Mike Smith (66) at 7 under. Tom Kite (70) and Danny Edwards (69) were 6 under.
U.S. Amateur
ATLANTA _ Defending champ Jeff Quinney was stunned by former college teammate Brian Nosler, who won the final three holes for a 1-up victory in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Championship at East Lake Golf Club.
Seventeen-year-old Daniel Summerhays fell short in his bid to become the youngest winner in the tournament's 101-year history. The Farmington, Utah, teen-ager was eliminated 4 and 3 by Robert Hamilton of Carmichael, Calif.
Tiger Woods was 18 when he won the first of three straight amateur titles in 1994.
Nosler, 22, will meet Bubba Dickerson of Hilliard, Fla., in the semifinals Saturday. The 20-year-old Florida junior was a 1-up winner over Bermuda's Michael Sims.
In the other semifinal, Hamilton will meet Manuel Merizalde of Colombia,
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A MILLOM man received a life sentence with a minimum of 12 years yesterday for killing his mother and sister with an axe.
John Jenkin, 24, of Newton Street, also received a hospital order after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
The court heard that on the morning of June 28 Jenkin killed his mother Alice McMeekin, 58, from Millom, and his sister Katie Jenkin, 20, from Aberdare, with an axe.
Following this he went outside and killed the family dog.
All were found dead at the scene by police officers.
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A large scale police investigation was launched immediately and Jenkin was arrested nearby having left the scene before police arrived.
Speaking following the sentencing at Preston Crown Court, Detective Chief Inspector Paul Duhig, senior investigating officer in the case, said: "This was a particularly tragic case, and the friends and family of Alice and Katie have been left devastated.
"Our thoughts continue to be with them. This case will have lasting effects on everyone involved.
The family of Alice and Katie released this statement: "The words don't exist to describe our feelings of loss following the events which occurred in June last year.
"It has been a family tragedy on so many levels.
"Alice and Katie will always be greatly missed and fondly remembered by all who knew them.
"We are grateful for all the help and support we have received, particularly from family, friends, and specially trained officers from Cumbria Police.
"Life for us will never be as it was and we would now ask to be left to come to terms with our loss."


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AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into the suspected rape of two women and an alleged serious sex assault of a third woman in Cirencester.
Three male students, all aged 20, from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) have been arrested in connection with alleged serious sexual assaults which took place on May 23, the night of the unversity's May Ball.
They have since been suspended from the university.
A police spokesman said: "Three students from the Royal Agricultural University were arrested on Sunday May 25 in Cirencester in connection with an investigation into alleged sexual assaults.
"They have been bailed respectively until July 29, 30 and 31 to return to a police station as part of the investigation."
The three victims were aged 19, 20 and 21.
A RAU spokesman has confirmed that the three arrested students have been suspended from the university.
"We are aware that the three students have been arrested and subsequently released on bail," she said. "We have asked the police to investigate and are helping them fully with their enquiries."


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Are Chris Brown + Usher Collaborating Again? [PHOTO]
Chris Brown left rehab, filmed a video, dropped hints about a collabo with Ariana Grande and was reportedly returning to a facility to continue his treatment since he is doing so well. The ever-busy and seemingly reformed R&B star has a dance card that remains full as he may be collaborating with Usher again.


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National Review columnist Mark Steyn accused the Obama administration of using slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens as a political prop.
"I think it's extraordinary that the president and the Secretary of State and everyone below them knew … that his ridiculous [YouTube] video has nothing to do with [the attack on the consulate]. And they have spent the next four weeks in effect lying to us, including people who claim to be Chris — everyone calls him 'Chris' in this administration — Chris, he is known to all, he is friend to all, Chris Stevens. Hillary Clinton calls him 'Chris.' Barack Obama calls him 'Chris.'"
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The scene at the pithead in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was a chilling reminder of previous eras: families and friends of coal miners waiting sombrely for news of nine men trapped far underground.
After months living in fear of terrorist attacks, America was focusing on the kind of disaster all too familiar to generations of mining communities across the world.
Part of a drill boring a hole to reach the men, who have been trapped for four days, snapped on Friday, hampering the rescue effort and creating an agonising delay for relatives of the miners.
The inability to remove the broken piece prompted rescuers to begin digging a second hole.
After drilling started again yesterday, officials estimated that it could could take at least 12 hours to reach the men encased in a bubble of pressurised air 76 metres below the ground.
The nine miners, aged from 35 to 55, were trapped on Wednesday at the Quecreek mine after they accidentally broke through the wall of an abandoned and flooded shaft, creating a devastating deluge.
They have no food and are battling rising water levels in a space little more than a metre high.
"We don't know how long [the space] is," said Joseph Sbaffoni, division chief of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Deep Mine Safety.
The miners were caught in a four-way intersection where smaller tunnels branch off on either side of a larger tunnel, he said.
Faint tapping sounds heard by rescuers raised hopes that the men might be reached quickly, but the rescue has proved much harder than expected. However, a small pipe has been put in place to provide the men with oxygen.
Pennsylvania governor Mark Schwelker, who was at the scene with the rescuers, said he was remaining optimistic, but said: "We might need a little help from the Almighty."
David Hess, Pennsylvania Secretary of Environmental Protection, said: "This is a very tricky and dangerous situation, and I don't want to raise expectations. But we still believe there are miners alive."
Rescuers are concerned about the risk of hypothermia because of the low temperatures below ground and the fact that the men are trapped in water with only their heads in an air pocket.
Mr Hess said some family members, gathered at the fire station in the nearby village of Sipesville, greeted the announcement of renewed drilling with applause.
But despite their optimism, it was clear that hopes of the miners surviving were dimming.
Retired miner Frank Supanick said: "They've been down there a long time, but there's always a chance. Most of them have 20 to 25 years' experience, and they've been in tight places before."
If they can move around and there is no poison gas, known as "black damp", there is still hope, Mr Supanick said.
Mining was revived in the area in 2000 after a steep increase in the cost of natural gas encouraged the Black Wolf Coal Company to drill close to old mines abandoned for half a century. Only 60 miners are employed.
The trapped men had not realised that they were so close to an abandoned shaft, it was reported.
There was a previous accident at the mine last October when a roof caved in, but there were no injuries.
An increase in fatalities in mines in the US in the past few years has brought expressions of concern from union leaders and Democrats. There were 42 mining deaths last year, compared with 29 in 1998.
Senator Edward Kennedy has accused President George Bush of having a "dismal" record in the enforcement of safety regulations in the mines.
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Education: What to Plant in The Summer Garden @ Heathcote Botanical Gardens
I am back in my own garden again with a vengeance after the permaculture workshop at Heathcote Botanical Gardens. Time is flying and I have begun to consider what I am planting this summer, and when. At 1:00 PM on Sunday February 5 at Heathcote Botanical Gardens I will be presenting a class on what
Education: Permaculture Workshop At Heathcote
Susana Lein has flown home to Salamander Springs Farm in Berea, KY and I am left with a moment to contemplate her visit and the permaculture workshop she presented at Heathcote Botanical Gardens. I expected the Workshop to fill, and it did, and I expected the class to be interesting. It was fascinating and fun.


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Apple White Cheddar and Gruyere Macaroni & Cheese
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Recipe by Grace Lynn
This is the 2006 winning recipe for Tillamook Macaroni & Cheese Cook-Off by Tim Hutchinson of Seattle, WA. It is absolutely delicious!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 6 slices French bread
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cups milk
- 1 1⁄4 cups heavy cream
- 3⁄4 cup apple cider
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 3 1⁄2 cups tillamook vintage white cheddar cheese (I couldn't find Tillamook so I used Boars Head)
- 1 cup gruyere cheese (I used Boars Head)
- 4 cups medium pasta shells
- 3 -4 quarts water for pasta
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 13 by 9 inch or 3 quart casserole dish. Remove crust from bread, cut into 1/2 inch cubes, and place in bowls. Melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Pour melted butter over bread and toss to coat. Put bread cubes into a food processor and process until fine crumbs form. Set bread crumbs aside.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, heat milk, cream and apple cider until hot.
- While milk mixture is heating, melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter in a large high-sided skillet over medium heat. When butter is melted and bubbling, add flour. Cook stirring for 1 minute.
- Pour hot milk mixture slowly into skillet with flour-butter mixture whisking constantly. Continue cooking and whisking over medium heat until sauce bubbles and becomes thick.
- Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, mustard, 2 1/2 cups cheddar and 1/2 cup gruyere. Combine and set aside.
- Fill a large saucepan with 3 to 4 quarts of water add remaining 2 tablespoons salt and bring to boil. Add pasta and cook slightly less than what the package calls for. Pasta should be slightly underdone. Pour pasta into colander and rinse under cold water draining well.
- Stir pasta into cheese sauce and transfer to prepared casserole dish. Sprinkle remaining 1 1/2 cups cheese over pasta and spread bread crumbs on top to cover. Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown on top.


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Dwight Yoakam's 3 Pears Is No.1 Americana Album For Fifth Week In A Row
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Dwight Yoakam's critically acclaimed new album, 3 Pears, is the No. 1 Americana Album for an impressive fifth week in a row this week. Released September 18th on Warner Bros. Records, 3 Pears was the artists' highest charting debut on Billboard 200 and Billboard Country Albums Chart upon release. Just returning from his Australian tour, Yoakam has toured select US cities in support of 3 Pears since this summer, with a handful of new dates scheduled through December. For a complete list of upcoming tour dates, click here. Yoakam recently visited KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic in Los Angeles, CA, which fans can listen to here. In addition, Yoakam was honored at this year's 6th Annual ACM Honors with the prestigious Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award.
His 26th studio album, Yoakam's 3 Pears, was released to rave reviews: Entertainment Weekly proclaimed, "[3 Pears] is a smashing return ..." and was heralded by The New York Times for having "hard shuffles, trebly guitars, steel-guitar solos, strong chorus hooks. It locates some measure of cool within old obsessions…but doesn't want to be contained. The voices are loud, the guitars are louder." The Washington Post stated "3 Pears [is Yoakam's] strong new collection, one of his finest overall."
Praised by Associate Press as "one of the most consistently interesting country music visionaries of his time," Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums, has 12 gold albums and nine platinum or multi-platinum albums, including the triple platinum "This Time." Five of his albums have topped Billboard's Country Albums chart with another fourteen landing in the Top 10. More than 30 singles have charted, with 22 Top 20 hits, which include "Honky Tonk Man," "Please Please Baby," "Little Ways," "I Sang Dixie," "It Only Hurts When I Cry," "Fast as You" and "Thousand Miles from Nowhere." Yoakam has won two GRAMMY Awards and earned an impressive 21 nominations.
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I like to imagine the person who would wear this gleaming silver skull belt buckle with built-in MP3 player and four LED pineal glands. In my mind's eye, I see a death metal man child, his flabby torso squeezed into a child's size Megadeth t-shirt. He is completely bald, but still manages to have a mullet. His hands are deformed, crab-like pincers in the shape of devil's horns; he is incapable of human speech except for the occasional moist shouting of the word "Metallica!" to denote excitement or approval. And, of course, the zipper on his leather pants must always be down: our man rocks with his [REDACTED] out.
In short, I think Joel's really going to love this when he gets it from me for Christmas. The belt buckle includes a built-in MP3/MP4 player with 1GB of memory, an FM radio and LED lights that visualize the playing tune.
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Gingery Chicken Noodle Soup
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- Servings: 6
- 4 ounces thin dried Chinese noodles (chow mein)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup fine fresh ginger matchsticks
- 8 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
- 1 large carrot, cut into 1/8-by-1-inch matchsticks
- 12 ounces thin chicken cutlets, cut into thin strips
- 2 cups shredded Napa cabbage
- 1/2 cup snow peas, thinly sliced lengthwise
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced
- Soy sauce, hot sauce and sesame oil, for serving
How to make this recipe
Bring a medium saucepan of water to a boil. Add the noodles and cook until al dente. Drain and rinse under cold water.
Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, heat the oil. Add the ginger and cook over high heat until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the chicken stock and carrot and bring to a boil. Add the chicken, cabbage, snow peas and scallion and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add the noodles and simmer until heated through. Serve in deep bowls, passing the soy sauce, hot sauce and sesame oil at the table.
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I do not believe the template comes with a Contact page.
You'd either have to buy a script from Code Canyon or pay a freelancer to create it for you. If you want, feel free to contact me via my profile or email sakimaa (at) gmail.com.
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It says right in the description…
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What it sounds like to me, since he has no purchases, is that he downloaded it illegally and wants someone to provide him with the working mail.php file
Hi SplitV,
Yeah, I noticed this afterwards as well. I apologize, did not realize at first there was a working contact page for it. You're right in assuming what you said though, I agree. No purchases, but then again could be another account he's purchased from. I've seen this before.
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"client side validation"
Please tell me he forgot "& server"
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By Eddie Wrenn
PUBLISHED: 08:53 GMT, 6 April 2012 | UPDATED: 12:35 GMT, 6 April 2012
Oil rigs in the North Sea are 'falling to pieces', with oil companies taking larger risks in the pursuit of profit during the recession, a safety inspector claims.
French oil major Total is battling to stem a 12-day gas leak at its North Sea Elgin platform after a series of technical failures.
Industry sources say the incident reflects wider lapses across Britain's offshore industry, where safety checks and maintenance are regularly behind schedule.
The auditor, who was joined in his criticisms by an an engineer and a union official, said a range of measures designed to prevent a leak must have failed on Elgin, allowing gas to escape to the surface.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has praised Israel's armed forces for assassinating Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, Army Radio said today.
In the first reported response from Sharon to yesterday's helicopter strike, the prime minister was also quoted as saying that he would push ahead with a plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip.
"He sent his congratulations for the successful operation and assassination of Rantissi and said that the policy of disengagement on the one hand and fighting terrorism on the other will continue," the radio said.
Israel has stepped up assassinations of Hamas leaders ahead of Sharon's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip, which won US backing last week.
It wants to weaken Hamas ahead of a withdrawal from Gaza so the Islamic militant group, which has spearhead a suicide bombing campaign that has killed hundreds of Israelis, will not fill the power vacuum after the Gaza pullout.
The Associated Press reported Sharon as saying Israel would continue killing Hamas leaders in advance of its proposed withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
"This policy of making an effort on the one hand to advance a political process and on the other hand to hit the terror organisations and their leaders will continue," Sharon said before the weekly Cabinet meeting.
Israeli officials said today they were targeting Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal as part of their campaign against the Islamic militant group.
Cabinet Minister Gideon Ezra said the fate of Mashaal, the Damascus-based overall head of Hamas, "is the fate of Rantisi".
"The minute we have the operational opportunity we will do this," Ezra said.
Israel has accused Mashaal of masterminding suicide bombings.
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Update: Winter Coat Distribution
Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. 6:10 AM
Over the past week, 1,800 coats have been delivered to 15 communities in Israel. Blanket Distribution coming soon!
This week at the office I had the opportunity to speak to Rabbi Zaritzky, one of Yad Eliezer's community volunteers, who works tirelessly improve the lot of the most destitute members of Ofakim, one of the poorest communities in Israel. In the course of our conversation on other topics he mentioned that earlier in the week he had been walking down the street and saw children on their way to school in the chilly late December morning without coats. It wasn't a warm winter day, and Rabbi Zaritzky realized that if the kids did not yet have winter coats, they probably would not get them this season. That sad fact weighed heavy on his heart, but with so much immediate pressing need in the community, he never imagined that he would be able to do anything for the poor cold children. When he received a call later that day from the staff of Yad Eliezer telling asking him for a list of children in the community who needed winter coats with their sizes and genders he was overwhelmed. His joy and satisfaction matched that of the children and their parents as the happily donned their new coats.
Then we received the following letter from Tsfat, another poverty struck community where fashionable warm jackets were delivered:
To the Dear Staff of Yad Eliezer,
I would like to thank you and the generous donors on behalf of the families of Tsfat for your essential help to the community of Tsfat.
The abundant shipment of coats to frigid Tsfat was exactly the right thing at the right time. The coats warm our bodies and our hearts.
Thank you so much for your important work, and may you be blessed with all you need to continue your important work on behalf of the people of Israel.
With Blessings and Thanks!
Dina T.
As this goes to print 1,800 coats have been delivered to 15 communities in Israel. We are currently in the middle of distributing 3,600 blankets as well. By buying in bulk later in the season than most families purchase coats, Yad Eliezer was able to purchase the jackets for a fraction of the retail price, once again using our donors' money to make the maximum impact on the lives of those in need.


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Situated 750 meters south to Ramapuram vegetable market and 500 metres south to Kavumbhagom junction on Thiruvalla-Ambalappuzha state highway (SH-12), Sreevallabha temple is just 2.5 km away from Thiruvalla railway station and 2 km from KSRTC bus stand. Both KSRTC and private bus services are available frequently. Auto-taxi services are also available.
Present Thiruvalla was once a village among 64 Namboothiri villages in Kerala and is one among the oldest human settlements in India. Since this place is situated at the mouth (vai) of Manimala River (valla river) it had been known as 'vallavai' and later transforned into 'thiruvalla'.[1][2] Historical evidences point out the place had been inhabited by humans before 3000 B.C. The Thiruvalla inscriptions say the temple for Sudarshana Chakra was built in 2998 B.C.[9] Another opinion is that the place was named after sreevallabha temple as sreevallabhapuram and Thiruvalla in colloquial Malayalam.From the date built, the temple was under control of thiruvalla pattillathil pottimar (Brahmins of ten families) till 1752-1753. Sreevallabha Temple emerged out as a major spiritual destination for devotees all over India centuries before. It had 15 major priests (melsanthi) and 180 sub-ordinate priests[12] (keezhsanthi) all the time and another 108 for only daily noon pooja. Temple provided staying and food facilities for all visitors, students, teachers etc. and also used to conduct annadanam (serving food to the poor) daily. Naivedyam of Lord Sreevallabhan for a single time used to be made from 45 para (one para can feed appx 100 persons) rice. In all these years, temple acquired enormous amount of wealth[8] that it even used to serve food in golden banana leaves[5] and throw them considering as the leavings. It also had thousands of acres of land too which are lost now. During 1752-1753 Marthanda Varma of Travancore captured the temple from Pathillathil Pottimar[6] and it is believed that Ramayyan Dalawa looted whole temple assets to Thiruvananthapuram. Up to 1968 AD, ladies and elephants were not allowed in the temple. The temple used to be opened for ladies only during Thiruvathira of dhanu month and Vishu of medam till then. Anyhow now this custom is not in practise. These facts clearly say that how popular and wealthy the temple was in those days.