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A 75-year-old civil celebrant has been charged with lighting a massive Victorian bushfire that killed one man and destroyed at least 21 homes.
Grahame Ernest Code appeared briefly in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court on Wednesday afternoon on five charges related to the fire, which has so far burnt through nearly 75,000 hectares of land in the state's east.
Fire crews say significant rainfall is needed to extinguish the blaze.
The Aberfeldy resident, who promoted himself online as performing marriage ceremonies in the area for nearly 20 years, is charged with recklessly causing a bushfire and four other counts.
In an online brochure, he says: "I love my role as a marriage celebrant and take pride in performing celebrations of excellence."
Another website promotes his walking tours, musical instrument collection and "lifetime love affair" with the area.
Code has been remanded into custody to face court again on February 5.
His family had no comment.
Police say the Aberfeldy bushfire started on a rural Gippsland property about 200km east of Melbourne on the morning of January 17.
Stan Hayhurst, 84, was found dead in his car at Seaton a day after the bushfire roared through the town.
The fire later came dangerously close to townships like Heyfield, triggering days of fierce firefighting and visits from political leaders.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard toured the area on Monday.
Bruce Taylor, whose family defended their caravan park in the Gippsland town of Glenmaggie as the firestorm raged over them, said he was baffled by the allegations.
"I'm at a loss really," he told AAP.
A Heyfield resident, who preferred to withhold his name, thought of his neighbours when news began spreading of the arrest and charges.
"Four of my friends have lost houses," he told AAP.
Victoria Police warned residents not to take the law into their own hands and respect the man's right to a fair trial.
"Police have employed sophisticated surveillance to ensure the man's property is not the subject of any criminal offences," a police spokeswoman said.


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>General Running>Sometimes I'm glad I run solo...
~Sara It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. ~ Jimmy Dugan
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I think that's the thing I like about running so much, you're alone! (Us moms understand what that's all about....dads too I'm sure.) Your own pace, your own schedule, your own thoughts, etc. Although, I also love to run where there are few if any people, so when you're a female, I think you're worried more about potential weirdos and those dogs we were talking about in another thread. Sorta takes the relaxation out a bit, so I like the extra "protection" running partners offer, as well as just getting you through it on longer runs!
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She was not strong. She was valiant. Radiant. Brave and broken. The beauty she discovered in the aftermath was unparalleled to anything she had known before, because it had come at such a cost.
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I run occasionally with my son, 11yo who can comfortably make 6 miles. These are good slow runs for me I would not be able to run without him (legs don't want to slow down that much without help). All the rest of my runs are solo. I like to have that time to myself. A friend of mine is trying to hook me up with someone who runs trails - I guess for safety reasons it would be nice to have company in the hills.
That is great that your 11 yo can run 6 miles with you. Did it take him long to build up to that?
Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end. (RF)
madness baby
I tend to run solo, the only time I really run with someone else is a trainer from the gym I go to and only them out of some sadistic desire to have her correct my posture/technique/breathing etc etc as we are plodding along
The absolute worst person to run with is my bf - he doesn't seem to get it that if I decide I'm going for a run I can go from couch to pavement in about 2 mins! I just grab my kit (which is probably in a heap on the floor) my trainers and my iPod and off I go.
He has to:
- check the weather forecast on TV and work out what to wear
- get distracted by what's on TV and needs me to turn it off for him to get his focus back
- search for his trainers from the back of the wardrobe
- clean the mud off his trainers (doesn't matter how many times I've told him it doesn't matter)
- get changed spraying liberal quantities of deoderant and talc and all sorts of other things
- do his hair (?)
- go through all his coat pockets and make a trip to the car to try and find his iPod
- decide he wants to create a new playlist on his iPod so sit down at the computer
- answer a few e-mails whilst he's there
- have a drink of something
- let the drink 'settle'
- check he's got his phone/keys/drink/god knows what else all ready
and a 101 other things before we finally get out on the roads! It drives me crazy as most of the time I could have run and been back in the shower by the time he's ready!
Oh and he does that guy thing too where if you try and tell him to hurry up he slows down to a snails pace and gets distracted on purpose just to get a rise out of me!!
When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?

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Jess Weinstein 310thBG, 379thBS, B-25 MTO
1999 — Nevada
1913-1999 Jess Weinstein enlisted from Los Angeles Calif. 17 March, 1942. He was born in NY in 1913 and had completed college at the U of C, Southern Campus. Jess was working in clerical and still single at enlistment.
310th BG, 379th BS, WAR-Diary;
28 Sep 43 -379th BS War Diary: Today brought us a rainstorm and the first real rain we've had since last May. In spite of being forewarned some men still weren't prepared and wet clothes and bedding were their reward. Lt. Devlin repeated his lecture on small arms to our officers. After spirited voting, the Squadron Insignia designed by Corporal Jess Weinstein carried off all honors and was adopted. We are now looking for a motto.
Weinstein, Jess (NMI), Cpl,
JESS WEINSTEIN 569-14-8135 September 17, 1913 November 3, 1999 86 years NV 89134 (Las Vegas, Clark County)
WEINSTEIN, JESS was born 17 September 1913; received Social Security number 569-14-8135, which corresponds to California; and died 3 November 1999. JESS WEINSTEIN.


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Topic: Symptoms
The internet has become a great source of information and the people of this discussion board are quickly becoming good friends. There are so many questions but not many thorough answers available and so I am finding the discussions so informative.
Question: I read lists of symptoms of Intrehepatic Cholangiocarcinoma..but how does one deal with them?
1. When my husband turns yellow, is there something that can be done to ease off the jaundice (which comes and goes)?
2. The continuous nausea that is keeping him away from his job... he has tried just about every pill and suppository on the market... and any relief is short lived. Any natural remedies / suggestions?
3. Are swollen feet a symptom of the disease? Although not painful, the swelling is very obvious. I have been told that it is poisoning from constipation, which he has as a result of the Oxy medications he is taking.
4. At times he has trouble swallowing. Medication in large capsules has to be opened and sprinkle of his breakfast oats or in yoghurt. What causes the swallowing difficulties.
5. It is a week since the end of his radiation treatment. Could any of these symtoms still be side affects of the radiation?
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A campaign has been launched to honour an Otley hero who saved many lives during the Irish Potato Famine.
MP Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) has announced, as St Patrick's Day approaches, his hopes of getting a statue erected in memory of Thomas Constable.
Mr Constable, a solicitor who had the town's Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Church built in 1851, provided vital assistance to the many refugees who settled in the town after fleeing Ireland during the Great Famine.
Mr Mulholland, who is urging the town to get behind a fundraising drive for the statue, said: "Thomas Constable was an Otley hero who showed real courage and true charity in assisting and welcoming refugees fleeing from the awful Irish potato famine.
"His actions saved lives and provided a new life for people who had nothing, and many of their descendants still live in the town.
"During a humanitarian catastrophe, one of shame for the nation as a whole, Otley was a beacon of hope for people due to his actions and the whole town and community should be very proud of him.
"Otley rightly has a statue of its most famous son, Thomas Chippendale, and I believe it is time to also have a statue of Thomas Constable – probably near the Manor House, which was his home.
"He has already had a moving play, Hard Road, written about him and the Irish refugees who came to Otley. And there has been great work done in the last few years to mark this part of the town's history, and build links across the Irish Sea, by historian Chris Power, former mayor Ray Smith, and Otley and Ballina town councils."
The MP's bid to have a permanent memorial created is being backed by former Otley mayor Ray Smith, and he is also seeking support from our Lady and All Saints and Otley Town Council.
Mr Smith said: "Constable was a remarkable man who truly 'put his money where his mouth was' and went out of his way to provide healthcare and sustenance to people already traumatised by the terrible famine.
"This was a proud moment for Otley and I have noted also that those unfortunates who died were allowed to be buried in the hallowed ground of the parish church – a kindness unusual at the time but an early indication of Otley's inclusive and tolerant nature."
Mr Mulholland is to write to the Catholic Diocese of Leeds to suggest that the statue could be based on their land near the Manor House / Clitherow House – which was the Constable family home.


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Grey matter is done, got a bit weird in Sam's last section but it pulled itself together for the final. I did guess what was going on about two or three chapters from the end, which is unfortunate as I always like being kept in the dark until the big reveal in these sort of things. at the end everything was sorted out with no lose ends and the credits rolled with some pretty artwork and a nice song. there was a weird clip at the end of the credits that made no sense to me but it hardly spoiled anything.
I will criticize the game for certain failures in understanding Britain. for example sam accepts the role as assistant for fifty pounds a week, the students in the experiment get paid fifteen, and all of them act like this is worthwhile payment for their time. the terrible 'typical English pub' and the wooden road signs too show a serious lack of understanding (or perhaps deliberately misleading view) of this fine country. there were a few other examples of not doing the research, but I didn't let them bother me much because it managed to tell a good story along the way.
some people don't seem to like the cutscenes because they aren't done in-game but tbh I loved them. the character models don't allow for a great deal of expression and the animations are wonky enough that it would have been very distracting in a cutscene. the change to the painted look helps mark the beginning and end of each chapter better than anything in-game anyway.
it avoids some of the worst sins an adventure game can commit, namely pixel hunting and lack of direction. hitting the space bar reveals all the objects you can click on, an objectives screen tells you how much is left to do before the chapter is finished, while the map tells you when you have finished in an area. its helpful without spoiling the puzzles. the inventory is a bit of a mess though, most items stick with you until the final chapter so finding what you need can sometimes take longer than it should.
it told a strong story, with excellent music, and had sensible puzzles that I could solve without going to a guide every five minutes due to some insane logic the designer had employed. at the end of the day thats really all I ask for in an adventure game and this one delivered.
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For me, the best part of RDR was the background music and the fact that if it was somehow a Firefly game, I'd have unquestionably been in love with it. Of course, no-one's gone that route...yet.
ANYHOW and here comes the essay, I have finished Call of Pripyat and I don't really know how to feel about it. The game, as a whole, is far more polished than Shadow of Chernobyl, but it still has many issues, I feel. One, I have NO idea how to pick up artifacts. The only ones I got were those given to me. I feel like I missed a considerable portion of the game because it just wasn't too clear. Secondly, the gun play is both pretty bad and very good. It's so inconsistent that sometimes I'll feel like a bad-ass and other times I'll be wondering why the hell I'm running out of bullets so quickly. Thirdly, a lot of the quests kinda halted for whatever reason. For example, one early one had me try and destroy a mutant lair. I tracked down a thing to help me let off some gas to destroy them, but it was locked and I needed a key. And then that was it. Nothing else. *Shrug* This then comes back to 'bite' me at the end. There were a few others like this that were a bit flummoxing in what I was supposed to do. I'm sure as hell not going to scour the entire portion of the map for a key.
From here on out there are ending spoilers. [spoiler]The tunnel sequence to Pripyat was pretty fun and I found myself enjoyable equipped considering I covered all bases. Then, when in Pripyat, Zulu decides to go away and then apparently get himself killed later for some obscure reason. After that, the military keeps getting popped off so my ending run to the helicopters has 5 people with me. It was rather silly that I was proving to take down entire groups and their soldiers were being picked off easily. Why not just send me? Ugh.
Then there's the final mission, the run for the helicopters. Fine, I can live with that, but we then spend a few minutes standing by the helicopters. We're right there guys! We can go! Nope, okay, let's stand here getting picked off. I don't get it anyhow because in the cut-scene after you take off, you're still being shot from, so either the amount of fire-power being shot at you initially was insufficient to do anything harmful anyhow, or why not just have the helicopters cover the landing area with their rockets and machine guns (which from the ending of SoC, are as powerful as they should be) before landing for a few seconds?
After that, there's the "Johnny went on..." thing that showed that everybody left unhappy or didn't leave, because they were dead. That gas valve I couldn't be bothered finding the key for? Everyone on the main boat in the first region got killed. Oh well, they should've come with me to take it out personally because near the end I had enough weapons to power a small army without anyone taking a hit. The scientists left because I couldn't figure out how to understand something I hadn't been told. Boo hoo. From my diligence in the laboratory in Pripyat I had documents that proved usefulish, I guess.
The thing is, at the end I just didn't care what happened to anyone in The Zone. The ending was, admittedly, better than SoC's, but that's not saying much. It didn't leave me satisfied, although I'm curious as to what they'll fix in STALKER 2. I don't know whether or not I'll actually be inclined to play it though. Personally, I found it a slight above mediocre. The entire STALKER experience, that is. CoP is a better game, but I got more into SoC. The main character in SoC was far more interesting, especially with the development at the end, regardless of how crazy and inane it had become.
I'm glad I played them though, to see what the Zone was, but I feel the same about it that I did about HL2 (which I do think is better than SoC/CoP) - it's okay. It's good. I just don't see the amazing that a lot of others clearly do.
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Super Mario World 2+2 Yoshi's Island. This is one of my favourite hacks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwP0i...eature=related
Also playing Bastion at the moment.
You have to have your detector out for artifacts to show up. Kind of an odd change they made between SoC and Clear Sky, and kept for CoP.
I wonder what happens if you decide to forgo gassing the bloodsuckers, and just come back with an exoskeleton and a machine gun. Is it possible to win that fight? If you do, does it give you credit for completing the quest? I think I'm going to have to go back to CoP just to try that >:)
If you do, does it give you credit for completing the quest? I think I'm going to have to go back to CoP just to try that >:)
Playing Deus Ex. Completed the Statue of Liberty section, but then accidentally threw a gas grenade down in the Unatco HQ which made everyone hostile, so now I have to go back to my last save.
Space Marine demo, I guess the best description would be "AHAHAHAHAHA-HAHA Die you green filth!!" It's just glorious carnage all over, I really liked it. It will be interesting to see if they can keep the combat fresh and not become samey over the course of the game. Also all the furious clicking meant my mousehand got tired really fast.
Spent a couple of hours with the Space Marine demo. I wasn't sure what to expect from this game - Relic's last action-ish title, The Outfit, was fun but boring and unpolished. Space Marine on the other hand... IS AWESOME! I'm a big fan of Games Workshop. I've read most of the Warhammer 40k novels and comics. I've even bought and assembled a Space Marine miniatures army, but never played a game of the tabletop (yet). This feels like the first game to capture just how bad ass the Space Marines really are. I prefer a 3 button combo system in my brawlers, but the heavy & light/stun system works here. The weapons, especially on easy mode, have the firepower you would expect an Ultramarine to carry. And the small assault pack section works just as I'd hoped - you really feel like one of the assault troopers from Relic's Warhammer RTS.
Now I'm going to put some more time into Deus Ex (as all good Americans should be doing this week), and I have Crimecraft loaded up to try out tonight as my free-to-play title of the moment. It was horrible when it launched - we'll see what's changed.
Well, that was fun.
Nothing a SPAS-12 can't handle, and it does credit you with completing the quest. No gas required :)
An ode to the fact that the game is well designed enough to let you do that then, I suppose. Love the name of the file.
While I'm here, played a bit more of World of Goo. Completed the second chapter and realised I'm half way through. I really have to compliment the writing in it. It's kept short, but it's generally very entertaining. Oh and the game is great fun too.
Still playing lots of SotS, in anticipation of SotS 2.
Still playing AC: Brotherhood, but gradually getting frustrated with it. The irritations, like some of the "do not be detected or you get to restart over and over" missions, are starting to outweigh the stabby fun.
I'm considering starting an RPG, maybe one of the older ones in my collection. I've never played any of the PB Gothic games, but I have all three. Should I start with the first?
i tried to pick up where i left 3.5 years ago in Pharaoh. middle game mission and i forgot a lot how to do stuff. will be bit of challenge to get used to the game again.
I'm playing Assassins creed: Brahood, bloody loving the mirrors edge meets metal gear VR missions.
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Human Revolution. It's great. It feels like coming home after a long long time.
I've decided to play through Batman: Arkham Asylum again.
Is it just me, or are half of the characters voiced by Steve Blum?
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I tried the space marine demo, the graphics aren't great and I was a bit upset by the lack of loud bang noises in the guns, then it gave me a jet pack and made everything better. I think next year when its cheap I will pick it up, but I wasn't impressed enough to make it a day one purchase.
In the awkward spot before the unlock of DX:HR, I decided to continue a game I started about a year ago: Blade Kitten. It's a fun platformer but really nothing special. It's also fairly easy.Immersive Sims on Steam WIP
Thrust Issues: A Marvelous Guide to Fencing in Dark Souls 2
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Emmy AwardWinning Business Journalist to Speak at Ithaca College
ITHACA, NY — Emmy Award–winning business journalist Carl Quintanilla will present "From the Financial Market to the Twitter Revolution" at Ithaca College on Thursday, April 10. Free and open to the public, his talk is scheduled for 8 p.m. in Emerson Suites and is part of the Jessica Savitch Distinguished Journalism Lecture Series.
Quintanilla is one of the principal anchors of CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" program, broadcast live Monday through Friday from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Since joining the network in 1999, he has covered a wide range of stories for both CNBC and NBC News, including the Beijing and London Olympics, the reconstruction of postwar Iraq and the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign. In 2005, he spent weeks in New Orleans as part of NBC's team coverage of Hurricane Katrina, for which he shared a national Emmy, an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award and a Peabody Award.
Quintanilla also serves as the correspondent for the CNBC series "Crime Inc." and has reported several one-hour documentaries for the network, including "#TwitterRevolution," "The Costco Craze: Inside the Warehouse Giant," "Big Mac: Inside the McDonald's Empire" and "Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage."
Prior to joining NBC, Quintanilla spent six years as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in its Chicago bureau, covering airlines, manufacturing and economic issues. He also wrote a weekly column on workplace issues and on-the-job trends for the newspaper's front page.
Sponsored by the Roy H. Park School of Communications, the Jessica Savitch Distinguished Journalism Lecture Series brings a broadcast journalist to campus each year to honor the legacy of the 1968 Ithaca College graduate who became an Emmy Award-winning NBC News anchor and correspondent. Previous speakers in the series have included Lester Holt, Ann Curry, David Muir '95, Andrea Mitchell and Natalie Morales.
Quintanilla's appearance also serves as the kickoff to the Park School's Media for Social Responsibility minicourse, which this year will focus on the same subject as his public talk. Students will examine how the media are dealing with such issues as journalists' coverage of financial markets; mainstream and social media's effects on financial markets; grassroots campaigns, such as Occupy Wall Street; and economic inequality.
Other speakers for the course, appearing either in person of via Skype, will include:
- Carol Massar, chief national correspondent for Bloomberg Television and cohost of "Bloomberg on the Economy" on Bloomberg Radio
- Dan Gillmor, founding director of the new Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship
- David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and author of "The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use 'Plain English' to Rob You Blind"
- Alka Bramhandkar, professor of finance and international business in the Ithaca College School of Business
- Alexa O'Brien, journalist, digital media strategist and cofounder of Occupy Wall Street
- Calvin Chestnut, Ithaca College student and Google Glass app developer
For more information, contact Melissa Gattine, marketing communications manager in the Park School, at (607) 274-1023 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Peter Rabbit Farms may be best known as a grower-packer-shipper of leafy greens, bell peppers and eggplant. But a lot more than that is happening on the 5,000 or so acres it farms in California's Coachella Valley.
There are dates and citrus. And the company grows carrots for Bolthouse Farms.
"We just have our fingers in a lot of different things," said John Burton, general manager of sales and cooler.
Moreover, Coachella-based Peter Rabbit Farms is a custom cooling company for clients who grow table grapes, other fruits and vegetables. The completion this year of a $1.2 million, 333-kilowatt solar plant will help control costs for those customers, Burton said.
"The solar panels aid us in keeping costs at a consistent level," he said. "The price of power never ceases to go up. But now we know what our future costs will be. Although this has been very expensive to put in, it does eliminate 50% to 65% of our energy costs on part of our company."
Burton estimates payback on the solar investment at four to five years. Its projected lifespan is 25 years. REC Solar was the contractor.
"It puts quite a big dent in our power bill every month," he said. "The solar technology has finally caught up with the real-world costs of doing business. It keeps costs down for our customers and ourselves."
The same near-constant sunshine fueling the solar panels has been good for Peter Rabbit's leaf lettuce. Romaine, red leaf, green leaf and butter lettuces, along with spinach, all start just before Thanksgiving.
"Romaine will probably be our first crop, and it's virtually a perfect stand," Burton said Oct. 22. "It's growing by leaps and bounds with 90-degree days and 65-degree nights. You couldn't ask for a better growing temperature and sunlight."
Red bell peppers started Oct. 29, eggplant around Oct. 15.
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's live conversation with the leading Rabbis from Israel on A9 TV, October 10th, 2011
ADNAN OKTAR: What are your opinions about the Turkish-Islamic Union in this respect?
RABBI RAFAEL FEURSTEIN:We are, first of all very honored to be here. To hear those peaceful words which are coming from your sources, from your holy books and to see such a leader like you, talking peace, dreaming all Moshiach times in such dark world which we are today, with so many evil things which happen, that is fresh air, that is the light of the sun in the dark night. And that is for us Rabbis, Jewish leaders from Israel- Rabbi Drukman is the main leader, and we... that is a blessing and we thank you for the ability and the honor to be here and to listen from you. In our holy sources, in the Bible, you are right. You've mentioned so many many paragraphs which talk about Moshiach times, which will be peaceful, no wars, to take the weapons and make the metal from the weapons, from the swords and to make from them agricultural tools, that's our dream. That the wolf will play with the child, with the sheep. And as we mentioned, the child will put his hand on the hole of the snake, no fear, no blood. That's we share the dream, we share the vision, we are together, brothers.
ADNAN OKTAR: Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah.
RABBI RAFAEL FEURSTEIN:And for us, our Rabbi Moshe ben-Maimon, Rabbi Maimonides, he said from the Jewish point of view, from the Bible point of view, from the Torah point of view, he said the Islam and the Christianity will bring the world to the belief in One God [which] are the steps of Messiah. So that is the point where we are and we share... We as Jewish leaders and from our sources it is not clear how will it be organized. We know as Mr. Oktar said that it will be independent Jewish life, and there will be independent countries and religions surrounding it, working together everyone in his way for the One God. That is the way we believe and we look for. And we know that when Messiah will come, he will organize the world, how will he organize the world, it is a mystery, we do not know. We cannot say this way and that way. We know to bring the Jews to the country, as you've said, it touches us... We are holocaust survivors and you touched our hearts. You've touched our hearts with your deep and deep and humane and religious words. How will it be, what will be the way, what will be the political power? We do not know for us. We try to learn it in our sources, it's a mystery. He will decide. The Messiah as the Messenger, the Ambassador for the world will decide how to organize the world. We do not know exactly but we know one thing: The Messiah will bring us to live together to bring morality to the world, love to the world, a happiness to the world just as you've said in the best way.


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Embattled Knox County Criminal Court Clerk Joy McCroskey is seeking as much as $10,000 from the county for unused sick leave she accrued before taking office more than five years ago.
The request stems from a county policy that took effect last July. So far, 18 employees have been paid a combined $143,140.
Another four workers, including McCroskey and her chief deputy, Janice Norman, have submitted payment requests. Norman, who joined the county in 1968, said her last day is Aug. 29, and McCroskey is leaving Aug. 31.
County leaders, however, say the neither should be eligible, based on the ordinance that established the policy to pay for unused sick leave. Some officials also took McCroskey to task, saying her attendance in recent years is already suspect at best.
The ordinance was approved by the Knox County Commission last spring. At the time, its sponsors, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Commissioner Amy Broyles said they created it to increase productivity and reward long-tenured workers.
Under the plan, employees who work 40 hours per week receive $100 per hour hours of accumulated sick leave up to $10,000, so long as they give a 60-day written notice of their retirement day.
Employees who work 37.5-hour weeks receive $100 per 7.5 hours of accumulated sick leave up to $10,000.
Those who submit retirement notice less than 60 days before leaving can receive up to $6,000 total.
The regulation applies only to those employees who meet the county's retirement qualifications, and doesn't apply to those who quit or are fired.
In addition, the ordinance says the policy applies only to those employees whose annual sick leave is "maintained by the county's payroll system."
The Criminal Court Clerk's office handles its own payroll and is not on the county's system.
McCroskey joined the criminal court clerk's office in June 1967 and spent four decades working her way to the top. She became clerk, an elected position, in July 2008 and won re-election in 2010.
Her current four-year term ends Aug. 31, and earlier this year she opted not to seek re-election in the wake of a WBIR 10News investigation that revealed systemic problems originating from her office that led to dozens of wrongful arrests.
As an elected official, McCroskey does not accrue annual leave or sick leave and does not have to fill in a time card or even keep a schedule to collect her $125,000-a-year-salary.
McCroskey, though, is trying to retroactively seek unused sick leave for a position she quit in 2008 before taking office.
Broyles said McCroskey was in a "unique situation," but "it doesn't feel right" to pay her.
"It doesn't seem like it would be something we'd be able to do," she said. "My gut feeling is that would be that would be the wrong thing to do. Something feels wrong about that."
Knox County Commission Chairman Brad Anders said that the requests by McCroskey and Norman "don't appear on its face to pass muster because of the ordinance that requires them to be on the payroll."
Burchett agreed.
"Our HR folks have told us that she's not entitled to it," he said, adding that he will also defer to the county law department.
Knox County Law Director Richard "Bud" Armstrong on Tuesday said he's researching the matter.
MCroskey did not return calls seeking comment.
Officials also told 10News that they continue to be unimpressed with McCroskey's attendance in office, which has been somewhat erratic during the past couple of years.
Entry data for the downtown City County Building where she works cannot account for her presence in the building for more than half of 2012.
McCroskey, like all employees who work there, uses a swipe card that leaves behind an electronic record when entering the building. And those records also suggest that last year, McCroskey rarely worked a full business week, missing nearly half of all Fridays.
McCroskey has said that some of her absences were due to two back surgeries in February and May of 2012, but she's uncertain how long they kept her out of the office. She also has said that she was out for six weeks in 2013 because of an additional surgery.
The trend has continued into this year, too, according to records. From January through March, she has taken a day off, on average, every week, in addition to her weekends, according to her swipe cards.
At this point it is not known how many unused sick days she is seeking from her time before she was elected. County human resources officials said McCroskey's office keeps the information.
The Criminal Court Clerk's Office serves as the official record keeper for Criminal Court, General Session Court, and Fourth Circuit Court.
Republicans Mike Hammond, Steve Williams, and Jason Hunnicutt are running for the seat. No Democratic candidates are on the ballot, so the election will be determined in May.
McCroskey's successor will be sworn in on Sept. 1.


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WEST, Texas - As federal and state investigators continued their search for a cause to the deadly explosion in the town of West, Local 2 Investigates obtained documents highlighting what some described as a "regulatory gumbo" when it comes to government oversight of facilities similar to the West Fertilizer Company.
Records show that none of the five state and federal agencies that visited the company at different times over the years raised any concerns the plant was handling large amounts of ammonium nitrate. This a potentially explosive chemical that is suspected of being the source of the April 17 explosion that killed more than a dozen people, injured nearly 200 people and leveled buildings for several blocks.
"This explosion, I think, surprised a lot of people," said Senator John Cornyn. "It is no surprise that ammonium nitrate is explosive under the right conditions."
The Texas Department of State Health Services requires companies to file an annual inventory of all chemicals being stored at a facility. The inventories are called Tier Two reports and are required so that fire departments and emergency management officials will know what they are dealing with when there is a problem at a particular facility.
Local 2 Investigates obtained seven years worth of these reports filed by West with the state. The reports show West never reported it was storing ammonium nitrate at the plant until 2012. That report showed it was certified by a plant official in February of 2013 and indicated West was storing 270 tons, or 540,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate in "Container Type: R." According to state codes of container types "R" is the designation for "other."
Department officials told Local 2 they have no record of an on-site audit being conducted of the Tier Two reports filed by West or any record of violations against the company.
"While we don't have authority over the types, amounts or locations of chemicals, in some cases we audit the report and go on-site to ensure that what the facility reported is accurate," Department spokesperson Carrie Williams wrote in an email to Local 2. "Our priority, however, is on facilities that don't report and getting them into compliance with the reporting requirement."
Yet, Local 2 uncovered a 2006 application for a permit filed with a different agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, in which West did list ammonium nitrate as one of several fertilizers it handled on the property.
West's application to the TCEQ, dated October 31 2006, listed it had a "maximum annual through put" of 2400 tons, or 4.8 million pounds of ammonium nitrate. The application was filed by West when officials with TCEQ discovered the company was operating without a permit after it's "grandfather" exemption lapsed. TCEQ officials reported finding this problem after receiving a citizen complaint about a strong smell of ammonia.
TCEQ records show at that time West applied for and was eventually granted two air permits; one for anhydrous ammonia tanks and one for the "material loading and storage of dry fertilizer materials."
The records provided to Local 2 by the TCEQ relating to the permitting process outlined conditions the company must follow to comply with state air emission standards. The TCEQ records provided to Local 2 did not address any potential fire or explosive hazards at the plant.
What is unclear from the documents filed with both the TCEQ and DSHS is whether West stopped handling ammonium nitrate for a period time and then resumed.
However, in 2006 West did not list ammonium nitrate on its Tier Two report, even though it did list the company handled this chemical on its permit application to the TCEQ that same year.
The Office of the Texas State Chemist does issue permits to companies handling ammonium nitrate. The head of the Office, Dr. Tim Herman, told Local 2 those permits are issued after a facility is checked to ensure it meets the requirements "relating to security and sale of ammonium nitrate as well as requirements that records of sale be maintained."
Herman said a check of whether facilities are meeting these requirements is conducted annually.
However, Herman said state law prohibits him from publicly disclosing whether West, or other similar facilities, passed this safety check and received a permit.
Herman added that his Office does not have the training nor regulatory oversight to pursue potential fire or other explosive safety concerns at a facility handling ammonium nitrate. Herman said his office is mainly tasked with checking that a facility is selling fertilizer with the proper amount of nutrients.
"We protect consumers and the marketplace from bad product," said Herman.
Another potential area of oversight could have been the Department of Homeland Security. Under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards DHS has the authority to monitor facilities storing "chemicals of interest."
According to federally published rules and regulations, if a facility is storing more than 400 pounds of ammonium nitrate then that company is required to file a "top screen" with DHS so the Department can decide whether the company should be included in the CFATS program.
According to DHS officials West had not completed a "top screen" and they are now checking into why that did not happen.
As Local 2 reported last week, the Environmental Protection Agency fined West $2,300 in 2006 for "failed to implement the risk management plan." A risk management plan filed by the company and dated June 30, 2011, made no mention of ammonium nitrate being on the property or that fire or explosions were a potential scenario at the plant.
The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration also fined the company $10,100 after a 2011 inspection found some tanks did not have proper safety labels and for "failing to develop and adhere to a security plan" in relation to the transportation of anhydrous ammonia. Government records show the company paid a negotiated fine of $5,250 after taking corrective action.
"We really need to have the ability to pull together a complete picture," said University of Houston environmental law professor Tracy Hester.
Hester, who is also the director of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resource center, said the patchwork of government oversight regarding facilities like West creates a "regulatory gumbo." Hester said the problem may lie with all the different agencies not communicating information to help develop an all encompassing picture of potential hazards.
"The key thing is integration of that oversight," said Hester.
Houston attorney Anthony Buzbee said while he has been contacted by victims of the West explosion he has not yet decided whether he will file any lawsuits on their behalf. Buzbee, who has successfully handled many lawsuit involving large scale industrial accidents, said facilities as small as West rarely draw consistent federal or state scrutiny.
"It's not that regulators are out there like policemen, watching as things happen as the business is conducted, that's not how things are done in this state, or frankly, most states in the country," said Buzbee. "They only visit a site, for the most part, if there's been a complaint."
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is tasked with regulating and overseeing workplace safety. A check of government records showed OSHA had not visited the West facility since 1985.
Cornyn said all of the questions lingering over the company need to be answered.
"What you've described is something I certainly hope that the state and local and federal investigatory bodies will look into and get to the bottom of," said Cornyn.
If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2013 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Belt comes up big with Giants' game-winning hit
SAN FRANCISCO -- There's always a story behind a walk-off hit. Brandon Belt's tale of triumph was an unlikely one.
The left-handed-batting Belt began the game on the bench, since left-hander Wade Miley started for Arizona. Giants manager Bruce Bochy announced Sunday that platooning at first base with right-handed-hitting Joaquin Arias would be Belt's lot in life for the immediate future.
Such arrangements tend to be subject to change, and Belt took a step toward reclaiming an everyday role by lining a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning off Tony Sipp -- yes, a left-handed pitcher -- to give the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
It would have been easy to imagine that Belt's first Major League game-winning hit saved his sanity, preserved his ego or buoyed his confidence. Yet he insisted that he never felt dismayed after Bochy informed him of the platoon.
"There's a ton of season left," Belt said. "I've been through some [scuffling] before and I've come out better on the other side."
Belt accomplished that shortly after entering the game in the top of the ninth inning as part of a double-switch.
One inning earlier, Buster Posey's two-run homer erased San Francisco's 4-2 deficit. The Giants sustained that momentum in their half of the ninth, which opened with Andres Torres' first-pitch single off Sipp. Torres advanced to second base on Brandon Crawford's sacrifice bunt. Belt then deposited a 1-1 pitch into left-center field, scoring Torres easily and extending the Giants' home winning streak to seven games.
About seven hours earlier, Belt received advice from Bochy and the Giants' hitting coaches while taking extra batting practice. Bochy urged Belt to relax and let the bat do the work. Belt had heard this sort of thing before, but he appreciated Bochy's perspective.
"I think when you get to this point, you feel like you've heard a lot of things," Belt said. "Sometimes you forget it. It's nice to have another set of eyes tell you what they're seeing. It kind of reminds you a little bit of what you need to do and what direction you need to take."
Against Sipp, Belt followed the same approach he always employs in such situations: Look for the fastball and be ready to adjust to an off-speed pitch. He adjusted nicely to Sipp's slider.
Belt indicated that the extra work and advice helped when he faced Sipp.
"I know I felt a lot better," he said.
Bochy wouldn't say whether Belt will start Tuesday against Arizona left-hander Patrick Corbin.
"Whatever happens, happens," Belt said. "If I'm not in the lineup, I'll be prepared to come in again like I did today. But I fully expect to go out there and get better every day. Of course, I want back in there."
Posey made Belt's deed possible by reminding onlookers how he won the National League's Most Valuable Player Award last year. The Giants were five outs away from defeat when Posey followed Pablo Sandoval's one-out single in the eighth with a home run to straightaway center field off David Hernandez. It was Posey's second homer in two days.
The typically stoic Posey allowed himself a fist-pump as he rounded first base.
"I was happy that it went out and the game was tied," said Posey, who also hit a first-inning RBI double.
Hernandez felt frustrated over not being able to set up Posey.
"I feel like if I had been able to throw a curveball, I don't feel like he would have been able to get to that pitch," the right-hander said. "Pretty much eliminated my curveball and my changeup. There was really only one pitch I could have thrown right there. He's still got to hit it and that's what he's paid to do."
Familiar faces sustained Arizona. Ex-Giant Cody Ross hit a two-run, first-inning single, halting the Giants' scoreless-innings streak at 21. Ross also robbed Posey of an extra-base hit with a sliding catch near the right-field corner in the sixth inning. Former A's third baseman Eric Chavez lashed a sixth-inning homer.
But, ultimately, the Giants owned the evening.
"There's no quit in this team, I can tell you that," said Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong, who lasted seven innings. "We fight to the last out. It's fun to watch."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – For the second-straight season Coach Lance Randall and the 16th-ranked Saint Leo men's basketball team have earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
The Lions (21-7) are the South Region's No. 4 seed and will face No. 5 Rollins College (19-9) in the South Region Championship Quarterfinal Round game on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in Lakeland, Fla.
The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee announced at the Sunday selection show the field of 64 teams that will compete in the 2013 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship. The South Region hosting duties fell on top seeded Florida Southern, who claimed the Sunshine State Conference Tournament Title earlier in the day.
This will be the fourth time this season that Saint Leo and Rollins have squared off, with the Lions sweeping the regular season series against the Tars. Rollins got a measure of revenge just last Saturday as the Tars defeated Saint Leo 62-53 in the SSC Tournament Semifinals. Rollins would move on to the Championship Game where they would fall to Florida Southern, 72-66.
This also marks the second consecutive season where the Lions have played in the No. 4-5 seed game, appearing as the fifth seed last season.
The tournament will begin with four quarterfinal games on Saturday, March 16. The semifinals will be contested on Sunday, March 17, and the South Region Championship final will be played on Tuesday, March 19.
The winner of the South Regional will face the winner of the West Regional in one of the four national quarterfinal games on Thursday, March 28, in Louisville, Ky. The 2013 NCAA Division II National Championship game will be held in conjunction with the Men's Division I Final Four in celebration of 75 Years of March Madness as the DII and DIII titles games will be played at Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday, April 7.
Saturday, March 16 - Quarterfinals
Game 1 - #3 Eckerd (20-7) vs. #6 Benedict (23-6), 12 p.m.
Game 2 - #2 Alabama-Huntsville (23-5) vs. #7 Christian Brothers (21-8), 2:30 p.m.
Game 3 - #1 Florida Southern (24-5) vs. #8 North Alabama (19-8), 6 p.m.
Game 4 - #4 Saint Leo (21-7) vs. #5 Rollins (19-10), 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 17 - Semifinals
Game 5 - Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 5 p.m.
Game 6 - Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 19 - Championship Game
Game 7 - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6, 7 p.m.


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NEWTOWN, Connecticut - A steady stream of mourners paid tribute to the 26 lives lost in Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
A memorial for the victims was set up on Main Street in Newtown. In Fairfield Monday, more than 100 people gathered for a candlelight vigil.
The first of the two children killed were laid to rest on Monday. Noah Pozner, who leaves behind a twin sister who was in another classroom when the shots rant out, and Jack Pinto, who was buried in a New York Giants jersey.
"His favorite team was the giants," said Luke Wellman, a fellow student. "He talks about how good he is and I'm with him, he's really good."
Governor Dan Mallow of Connecticut joined the mourners as they laid their little ones to rest.
"The reality, with respect to the relatives, is you try to feel their pain, but you can't," said Mallow. "You try to find some words you hope will be adequate, but knowing that they will be inadequate, and you see little coffins and your hearts has to ache."
Meanwhile, investigators continue to scour over evidence. There are reports the gunman's home computer was found smashed and torn apart. Still no word yet on a motive for the killings.
"It's a very painstaking process in forensic science," said Lieutenant Paul Vance with the Connecticut State Police. "It's going to take some time to do that."
The governor also asked for a moment of silence in honor of the victims on Friday at the same time the tragedy unfolded.
The funerals of two more victims, Jessica Rekos and James Mattioli, are planned for Tuesday.
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Vanth & Orcus. (Artists' Impression).
And the Winner is: It's official; after much debating and furious blog commenting, the newly discovered moon of the Plutoid Orcus (remember, the anti-Pluto?) is… drum roll… Vanth! Loyal followers of this space and Astronomy Picture of the Day will remember a few weeks ago, when astronomer Mike Brown put out a call to name the tiny object and give a good reason why. [Read more...]


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Glam up any occasion with our Glitter Party Idea. Take your party to the next level by jazzing up dessert with edible glitter stars and cupcake flags!
This month we're falling in love all over again -- with glitter!
As kids we crafted like crazy with glitter, but as adults it was hard to get excited for the stuff since it always seemed to come with a mess to clean up. After seeing how big glitter has grown as a trend though, and all the fun you really can have with it, we decided it was time to fall back in love with the sparkly dust.
A little glitz and glam can go a long way - guests will feel fabulous taking a bite out of one of these glamorous dessert ideas!
Glitter isn't just for crafts anymore! We discovered this edible star glitter and had so much fun with it we had to pack a container in each Crate.
After dipping an assortment of treats into chocolate, we sprinkled with glitter to achieve a real sparkle. For cocktails, we rimmed glasses and also made some yummy Champagne Jell-O shots with the stars mixed in.
Check out all our edible glitter party ideas!
Edible glitter isn't the only way to add sparkle to treats, though. Mini treat toppers are a huge trend and these gold glitter cupcake flags from Penelope & La La are almost too cute for words. We're such fans of this little shop and all their handmade creations!
When we first started playing with our glitter set from American Crafts we used the traditional apply Mod Podge, cover in glitter approach on a couple of martini glasses' bases and a piece of cardstock we slipped into a frame for an easy and inexpensive party decoration.
Then we discovered if we combined the glitter with the Mod Podge glue we had a real winning combo on hand! There was no stopping us from glitterizing everything we possibly could once we mixed the two and created Mod Podge glitter paint.
We turned glass mason jars into glitzy vases...
And candles into extra sparkly decor!
For more, out all the DIY glitter decor we crafted up.
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Event Type: Storytimes & Puppet Plays
Age Group(s): Kids
Date: 04/07/2017
Start Time: 10:30 AM
End Time: 11:00 AM
For young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. Fun-filled stories, songs, rhymes, and puppets. Drop-in; space is limited. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.Library: Oak Bay Branch
Location: OB Meeting Room
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Roger Angell is 93-years old. His body has "become sort of a table potato". He is a "a world-class complainer". And his essay on life as a nonagenarian is the best writing I have read in a long time. Angell gently destroys aged stereotypes about aged people, with the panache one would expect from E.B. White's stepson. No slouch, this guy.
Beginning with his physical condition and trips to the hospital ("my human-wreckage gym"), the New Yorker writer describes life in the nineties in a way that undermines the conventional notion of ageing as decline. He is still working and, yes, loving, or at least thinking about loving. Sure, an eye is blurry and a knee is busted. But why do we think physical wear and tear means decline? Here is an old man that is living in every sense that remains possible. Decline? Try ascent. Read more


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HOUSTON - Tens of thousands of Houstonians attended the Christmas Eve Big Feast in downtown Monday and they received much more than just a hot meal.
The 34th annual event provided a free, hot Christmas Eve dinner to anyone who needed it. It began at 10 a.m. at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
In addition to a traditional holiday meal of turkey and dressing, yams, green beans, corn, sweet peas, cranberry sauce and desserts, more than 500,000 pieces of clothing, blankets, jackets, coats, household items and toys were given out.
Guests were also able to get a free flu shot and information about employment and educational opportunities.
A Kid's Zone ensured the children had a good time, and Santa was on hand to take pictures and give out presents.
The City Wide Club of Clubs hosts the event every year.
"I came today to celebrate Christmas and I enjoyed myself today," said Jerome Robertson, who attended the feast.
"It makes it all worthwhile," said Stephanie Lewis, regional project director for the City Wide Club of Clubs.
For more information on the City Wide Club and how to help, visit www.citywideclub.com.
Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Alief Taylor High School has entered a student-created video in an international technology contest that will hopefully win their school thousands of dollars worth of technology. The video is currently in 2nd place only behind a South African school.
Robert Goetsch is Alief's audio-video teacher. He helped his students write, produce, shoot, and edit the video. The students used Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, and Audition to help create the music parody. The final video is awesome!
Voting has ended and Alief's entry has made it into the 9-12 grade finalist!
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Are semi-obscure male celebrities the most effective way to sell men's scents? I have to assume the answer to this question is yes, because otherwise why would brands spend what must be a significant amount of money signing up so-so male celebrities to front their cologne campaigns? (Celebrities do not come cheap these days, as sic Lisa Jacobson at United Talent Agency. They all see "ambassador" roles as a prime source of secondary income).
After all, news comes today that Australian actors Eric Bana, left, and Simon Baker, below are fronting, respectively, the new Bulgari and Givenchy men's scent campaigns. Recognise them? Read more


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I get fun things in the mail, often unexpected. One day I received this cookbook, and a lovely letter from one of the authors, Ellen Fitzsimmons. Could I review the book and offer a give-away on the blog?
Sure I could. Ellen and her daughter Molly Lepeska have written an excellent, tasty, healthy cookbook. Ellen is dairy and gluten intolerant, Molly is a type 1 diabetic.
Ellen is also a home economist, with over 30 years of experience in adult education with the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Molly works in health communication and is a mom, to twin toddlers and a new baby. Her family currently lives in the Netherlands. The whole extended family loves good food and good cooking.
My 7 Favorite Things about The Intolerant Family Cookbook
1. Flavor, flavor, flavor. These are tasty recipes.
2. Whole, unprocessed ingredients.
3. Variety of cuisines.
4. Simple to follow recipes from soup to nuts. Also snacks, salads, veggies, entrees, starches, and desserts. You can cook and eat all day.
5. ITF Tips (Intolerant Family Tips), these are handy sidebars, a total of nineteen. Examples include, "Know your Milk Substitutes" and my personal favorite "Meet the Tomatillo".
6. Whole-grain gluten-free flour blend for baked goods.
7. Nutritional analysis for each recipe.
Some Recipes to Tempt You
"Faster than Take-Out" recipes
Chicken and Broccoli, flavored with fresh ginger, garlic, jalapeno, onion, and a bit of brown sugar.
Sweet-Spicy Glazed Salmon seasoned with brown sugar, mustard, rice vinegar, and fish sauce.
Beef Wrapped in Lettuce, a great appetizer, loaded with veggies and spices. An alternative recipe using ground turkey is included.
Super Fast Mediterranean Fish, topped with tomato, green beans, fresh lemon, and black olives.
Ethnic Variety
German-Easy Kraut and Pork Chops.
Mexican-Chicken Enchiladas with Salsa Verde, and Green Tomatillo Chili. Both recipes use tomatillos, everyone should try tomatillos. I love tomatillos. Fresh and light green, they taste a bit like lime. Once you try them you will use them frequently. Mexican will never be the same.
Indian-Carrot Curry Soup. With coconut milk, peanut butter, curry powder, ginger, garlic, onions. And garnished with chopped peanuts.
Italian-Antipasto. A beautiful serving tray of steamed asparagus, fresh or roasted tomatoes, artichoke bottoms, hearts of palm, yellow pepper strips, black and green olives. Drizzled with home-made herb and olive oil dressing. Add GF/DF pepperoni, hard cooked egg slices, or oil packed white tuna if you want a heartier tray.
Midwestern-When It Has to Be Fried Fish. This makes me smile, we are in Wisconsin after all. Friday night fish fries are a tradition here. This recipe uses white fish, cornmeal seasoned with black pepper, paprika, and cayenne. The fish is dipped in rice milk, then the cornmeal mix, then fried with a golden crust. It is a lovely tradition.
Or Chunky Red Chili, made with beef, tomatoes, peppers, onion, and lots of chili powder. A cold weather Midwestern mainstay.
fresh tomatillos in the Cuernavaca, Mexico Mercado photo by lsimon
New to You Ingredients
Perhaps you thought, tomatillos, fish sauce, fresh ginger, rice vinegar-"I don't know about those". I encourage to to become acquainted, you will soon be fast friends.
These ingredients add zest to life and cooking. They are easy to obtain and stock in your kitchen. The Intolerant Family Cookbook is happy to make the introduction.
Do you wonder if your family will like these? They will. I think it is a crime to limit kids choices to nuggets and fries. There is so much wonderful food to be enjoyed. The secret is to start early. The Intolerant Family Cookbook shows you how.
Nutritional Analysis
Each recipe includes calories, fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, fiber, and protein.
Knowing carbs and fiber is crucial to tightly manage glucose and insulin for folks with type 1 diabetes. Ellen and Molly use limited amounts of sugar, no sugar-free products. Better to use the real thing, than a substitute. Some sugar-free products cause GI distress, and who needs that?
Intolerant Family Cookbook is there, with useful info and updates. You can become a fan.
Gluten-Free Cooking Expo
You can meet Ellen Fitzsimmons at the Gluten-Free Cooking Expo Vendors Fair April 17-18 in Lisle, Il. You will find her kind and thoughtful, she doesn't seem intolerant at all.
Enter to Win an Intolerant Family Cookbook
Simply leave a comment below by April 21, 2010 and a working email. You do not need to publish the email in the comment. It will be recorded in the comment form and I will be able to access it. But please enter it carefully. Too many times, I need to choose another winner because of emails that are undeliverable.
Updated 4-22-2010
Congratulations to our winner Alissa, chosen by random number generator. She was the first to comment, sometimes it pays to be first.


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Just wondering how you control the temperature and smoke using the vents. I've had my horizontal smoker this pas t summer and get nervous about where I should be setting vent openings.
What effects happen when the chamber vents are at 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 open relative to the stack being open 1/4, 1/2, 3/4?
Is there a simple guideline to follow as to where you shoudl start the vents at?


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Lights, camera, economic impact! Virginia's reputation as a great place to shoot TV programs and scenes for such major films as Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" is having a bigger impact on the state's bottom line, according to data released Thursday in concert with the screening of the new epic by the award-winning filmmaker.
Last year, Virginia became a living soundstage to several major films and television programs, driving the industry's total economic impact up 14.5 percent to more than $394 million in 2011. The industry also contributed nearly $60 million in state and local tax revenue. State figures also show more than 3,815 jobs were attributed to the industry in 2011, up from about 2,650 jobs in the previous year.
Virginia's allure as a filmmaking haven continues to grow due to the state's incentive programs for film production and its diverse backdrops, Gov. Bob McDonnell said in a statement Thursday. Production companies that film in Virginia may qualify for grants from the Governor's Motion Picture Opportunity Fund, tax credits, as well as other tax exemptions.
The incentives offered by Virginia helped attract filmmakers and television crews to the state, bringing with it big budgets and opportunities to hire local workers.
Crews filming in Virginia also frequent grocery stores, hardware stores, vehicle rental companies, dry cleaners, restaurants, and fabric and antique stores. And in addition to local actors, they hire carpenters, painters, craftspeople, tailors, drivers, film crew, caterers, camera operators and security guards.
For example, "Lincoln," which opens in limited release Friday and then nationwide on Nov. 16, had direct expenditures of $32.4 million and for a total economic impact of $64.1 million, the governor's office said. The film company also hired nearly 1,200 Virginia-based actors and extras and 380 crew members. It also used 23,580 room nights in local hotels and apartments.
The movie, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, focuses on the final four months of Lincoln's life as he fought for passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, and to unite a nation torn apart by the Civil War. It is based on historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."
When announcing plans to film here, Spielberg noted Virginia's rich historic legacy and period architecture made the Richmond and Petersburg areas the ideal locale for the movie.
Crews filmed on locations throughout the area, including the Capitol Square in Richmond, which was transformed to serve as troop encampments, various interiors and exteriors of the time period, as well as a full-sized replica of part of the White House and the site of Lincoln's second inauguration at the Capitol.
"Lots and lots went into it. ... That was a major undertaking," said Richard Blankenship, who served as construction coordinator on the film and has a local company that works on sets for movies, TV shows, commercials and plays. "When you see it in the movie with all the people, it's dead on."
Blankenship said the industry is growing and Virginia is getting better at competing with other states for projects.
Numerous other projects used sites throughout Virginia for films, including Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" and "Argo," directed by and starring Ben Affleck. Both of those films were shot at locations in northern Virginia. TV shows filmed last year included "Moonshiners" for the Discovery Channel, "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" for the Food Network, and "Who Do You Think You Are?" for NBC.
Michael Felberbaum can be reached at https://www.twitter.com/MLFelberbaum.


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Evolution Hoax
The reason he is called Hazrat Mahdi (as) is that he shows the way to a hidden thing. He will bring forth the Ark (Ark of the Covenant) in a place known as Antioch. (As-Suyuti, Al-Hawi li al-Fatawa, II. 82)
He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will bring forth the Ark of the Covenant from the cave of Antioch. (Nuaim Ibn Hammad, Kitab Al-Fitan)
"Hazrat Mahdi (as) will bring the Ark of the Covenant out of the cave of Antioch." (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, 54)


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August 23, 2017
St. Albert Community Events
Canada Day Art Trail
Event Description:
Art Trail is a chance to showcase the artist in you this Canada Day! Local artists are being sought to share their works, demonstrations of their craft, or even to make sales if they choose, July 1. This will coincide with the festivities at Lions Park & Millenium Park, granting the chance to share your work with thousands of other people. Space is still available for any interested artists!
Millenium Park
Address: 7 Tache Street
City: St. Albert, AB
Time(s): 11:00am - 3:00pm
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com
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Sunday, August 20, 2017
Pharmacy and Medications
Interaction with Prescription Drugs
Will mixing the following drugs cause problems: omeprazole, tramadol, hydroxychlor, amlodipine besylate, paroxetine, premarin, plavix, losartan, enalapril, furosamine, oxybutynin, multi-vitamins,vitamin c, calcium, folic acid and milk thistle?
The majority of these medications are safe to take together. You should be aware of the following potential interactions and discuss them with your prescriber and/or pharmacist: Clopidogrel (Plavix) and omeprazole: This interaction leads to a decreased effect of the clopidogrel. There is a lot of controversy in medical studies as to whether this interaction is clinically significant.
clopidogrel (Plavix) and amlodipine: amlodipine and similar drugs can block the activation of clopidogrel in the body, reducing the effectiveness of clopidogrel.
clopidogrel (Plavix) and paroxetine: Several studies have found an increased risk of bleeding in patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and clopidogrel (Plavix).
Paroxetine and tramadol: Paroxetine acts as an SSRI, increasing the amount of serotonin available at serotonin receptors. In addition to its ability to control pain, tramadol also increases the amount of serotonin available at these receptors and can lead to too much serotonin. Also, depending on your reason for being on clopidogrel (Plavix), you may want to discuss the risk of clotting that is associated with hormone replacement medications like Premarin.
You should know that Milk Thistle is not studied and may have undocumented drug interactions that have not been identified in the medical literature.
Michael Ganio, PharmD
Clinical Applications Pharmacist
Wexner Medical Center
The Ohio State University


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January 13 – Bangalore
(written by Felicia Yu, photos by Aubree Pack, video by Raakel Toppila)
(As the Conservatory is to Longwood, so the Glass House is to Lalbagh. Over 120 years old, modeled after the Crystal Palace in London, the Glass House hosts twice-yearly flower shows that can pull over 50,000 visitors in a day.)
Founded in 1760 by the ruler of Mysore, Hyder Ali, Lalbagh was modeled after a Mughal garden at Sira, and each of its successive owners and overseers have added to it. Now at 240 acres in the heart of Bangalore, surrounded by congested city streets and city noise, Lalbagh is a welcome place to rest the eyes and ears (and nose).
(Posing with Dr. Krishnappa and one of the garden's plant specialists who showed us around.)
The garden is managed by the horticulture department of the state of Karnataka. We met with the Deputy Director of Horticulture, Dr. Krishnappa, and then had a walking tour of key sights within Lalbagh accompanied by staff horticulturists.
(Giant and ancient: Ceiba pentandra, or White silk cotton tree, at over 200 years old.)
We had a thorough tour of the garden's Horticulture Training Centre, where students and staff showed off the many vegetable, medicinal, and ornamental crops the students were growing themselves as part of their training. The ten-month training program prepares youths for professional gardening jobs, and the government provides their room and board along with a stipend while they complete the program.
(Snake gourds being trained to grow straight by the students of the Horticulture Training Centre.)
We were happy to learn that environmentally friendly practices were in place as much as possible throughout the garden, from the use of organic pest controls such as neem oil to the composting of fallen leaves. All their flower crops are grown on site or locally in Bangalore. They also make use of abundant local labor to maintain the garden—we watched workers pulling water hyacinths from the garden's signature lake by hand, and planting whole lawns with plugs by hand.
Video Link: Lahbagh Lake – water hyacinth removal in action
(Lalbagh Lake, nearly clear of weedy water hyacinths after ten days of hand-pulling.)
The mild climate of Bangalore has made Lalbagh an ideal place to trial and introduce new species from around the world, especially for its former British superintendents wanting to try familiar European crops and exotic species which would fail in more arid or more tropical regions of India. The garden's current collection of over 1,800 species from around the world includes giant, and in some cases ancient, specimens of Ceiba pentandra, Ficus benjamina (of all things), Araucaria cookii, and Mangifera indica (mangoes! Out of season, unfortunately).
(King of the Rock. Matt is standing on the "Lalbagh Rock," a large outcrop of peninsular gneiss at the edge of the garden, topped by a 450-year-old structure called the Kempegowda tower, not pictured.)


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Razer Edge: Impressions and Thoughtsby Vivek Gowri on 1/14/2013 2:40 PM EST
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jibberegg - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkI love the push-the-envelope-until-it-breaks insanity of this product. I feel like finding out what their margin is and just giving that to them, just for making it. Innovation like this is just what most of the PC industry is lacking. Good on Razer! Reply
monstercameron - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkA ulv trinity a8-4555 (19W) or an a10-4655(25W) would be cheaper(less board real estate and complexity), have better battery life and run cooler while performing about 25%(guesstimate) slower than the gt640le, why go intel nv? Reply
lmcd - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkMore like one of the Trinity-refresh chips (whatever they're called), A10 version ULP. That's what I'd prefer, personally. Reply
RoninX - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkVivek, was the tablet with the gamepad attached reasonably sized for use in a typical coach class airline seat? Reply
VivekGowri - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkYeah. Actually, Razer's CEO tweeted a picture from his seat on the flight back from Vegas, it looked perfectly comfortable. The footprint isn't much bigger than an Eee PC or Transformer, just way thicker. Reply
RoninX - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkCool -- I saw the pic of the Edge with the keyboard dock on the CEO's page, but I wasn't sure whether the extra width added by the gamepad would be an issue. Reply
Kevin G - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkIf there ever was an ideal use-case scenario for Thunderbolt, this would be it. Separate the GPU into the controller design, complete with its own battery and cooling system. That'd allow the main tablet to be thinner and more portable. This would also allow the controller to contain things like full sized USB ports and HDMI that can limit the thickness of a typical tablet.
This would also allow them to update the tablet and controller/GPU on different cycles or diversify the product line up. Want AMD graphics? Just redesign the controller. nVidia comes out with new 700 series mobile parts? Update the controller. Want Haswell but the GT640 is good enough for you? Just update the tablet.
The flexibility also opens up a slew of options for desktop docking solutions too. Reply
Inteli - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkI don't like Thin tablets. I want for my tablet to be nice and thick. Sure, a thin tablet is more portable, but the thick tablet fills your hand more. I think your idea is interesting, but not something I want to see on THIS Tablet. Reply
RoninX - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkAnother alternative would be to put all of the hardware and batteries into a laptop case (which could fit under the seat in front of you), and have the handheld part just be a display with a game controller connected via HDMI and USB. Reply
manwdaplan - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkThen when it is docked you could run it in SLI. That way you would not have problem running it at 1080P. So when it is docked it could be a decent gamer on a external monitor, and when it is not docked it will work on its display at 720P Reply
lmcd - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkMore like one of the Trinity-refresh chips (whatever they're called), A10 version ULP in the tablet.
Then put a 8670 for hybrid crossfire. Reply
VivekGowri - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkI have zero faith in hybrid crossfire. Literally none at all. AMD + Drivers = LOL. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkIsnt 1366x768 kind of shitty in this age ? And does it have a OS on it too ? Reply
watersb - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkMy home-server NAS lopes along at 40 Watts, driving a 6-disk ZFS storage array.
A 40-Watt tablet is pure crazy. Reply
Visual - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkThis is Project Fiona, right? Why did they rename it, it is confusing :p
There are a lot of cons in this version.
The resolution is disappointing. You simply have to go Full HD for a tablet that could be operated in portrait mode, otherwise nothing will fit properly. I've had 2 tablet convertibles now and I know it from experience. Yes, a higher resolution would be harder on the GPU, but you always can use a lower-than-native resolution in games and have scaling.
The game controllers being one whole inseparable thing together with that backplate seems like a poor design as well, adding too much bulk. Surely they could have made them attachable directly to the tablet without that backplate.
Doesn't seem to have an active digitizer and a pen as well... That is a huge drawback to anyone that has ever used a good digitizer. People that have not used it just don't realize yet how different of an experience it is, but me personally... I've already been spoiled by Wacom once and I do not want to be missing that on any of my future tablets.
But I like the idea, and I will buy it despite the drawbacks if it ever makes it to stores in my neck of the woods, even if just to reward them for trying, and encourage them to make a successor. Reply


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why is lily potters sacrifice still active in harry? or is it not? i understand everything else dont worry about horxruxes, but not this.
-answer: It is still active because when Lily's sacrifice was made, it was to protect Harry at all costs. When the Dark Lord took Harry's blood to reconstruct a new body, the sacrifice was transferred into him as well, and permitted him to make contact with Harry. Then, in the 7th Book, Harry sacrificed himself to protect everyone from the Dark Lord, and having destroyed all Voldemort's Horcruxes, and now hindering his capability to dammage anyone, it served as a large blow to His confidence. This was all Harry needed to cast the one mediocre spell that rebounded the Dark Lord's now feeble magic onto himself, thus, destroying him finally. -wookiee1807


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La Fresh Travel Nail Polish Remover
I hate bringing the entire bottle of nail polish remover when I go on trips. These are the perfect solution. Each towelette is pre-moistened with nail polish remover. Easy to keep in your purse for those nail-emergencies or for next time you spend too much time in the pool in Vegas and need a pedicure re-do.


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Powered surfboards called Wavejet
could make or break our sport.
Here is the news clip of it.
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Powered surfboards called Wavejet
could make or break our sport.
Here is the news clip of it.
this guy is the fooking anti christ.
open season to drop in and/or pound the piss out of anyone with one of these! period.
that said, this is an idea that's been around before & didn't catch on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUXvRzrJbXM hopefully this will be a case of history repeating.
So now anyone can be a surfer.
No challenge whatsoever. Whats the point in doing it then?
I think this dude just didn't know how to catch a wave, became so frustrated, then spent the thousands of hours he could have spent learning to surf, to make this.
We're gonna have kooks with motorized boards now, this is a terrible idea.
buns buns buns
Looks like fun, going to buy one because I can AFFORD to. LOL, now when some tool paddles out next to me when I was by myself.. Im going to run him over at 70mph then drag his body out for some shark fishing. The herd mentality needs to be terminated.
If you walk past an empty break to paddle out next to other people, you are the KOOK no matter what you ride and you deserve to die, get eaten by a shark, then get crapped out in the canyons for zoo plankton to eat.
Although this wouldn't be funny i can hear it now....
(News anchor voice)
"Surfer drowns after he fell off his WaveJet while it continued to move, pulling him at high rates of speed uncontrollably underwater..."
not a good idea at all...they will pretty much destroy "surfing" if these things get bigger...kind of pathetic
motor? who needs a motor? :D
the guy at the end makes a good point how it will take away that one with the water organic feel that surfing has.
this will ultimately destroy our sport.
but you are A lying sack of boogie boarder sh!t, if you say you wouldn't want to own one of these. or use it on a big day.
... i checked there site they have new models that news clip is old


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~~~~Free Summer Concert Series starts!
Sundays @ 6
Join us under the big trees of Legion Park at the corner of Tomichi Avenue and Teller Street every Sunday evening, June through August at 6 p.m. for free live music and community and family fun. This summer's line-up is going to be better than ever and we can't wait to see you there!
June 8th The Pond & The Lindells
Chris and Kim Lindell have been playing their beautiful-dark-folk-pop-roots-rock in the American west since the 80's. The Lindells will be joined by The Pond, a jam-child of three music industry veterans; Bob Matthews – producer on many Greatful Dead classics, Larry Otis – one of the finest guitarists in the country playing with Commander Coady, and Stan Davis – a Gunnison native bringing his 25 year musical experience to the trio. A great blend of music to start the summer off right!
The Scones June 15th – The Scones
Performing as a trio with acoustic guitar, banjo, bass and drums, The Scones are sure to bring some rockin' Americana to Gunnison. The Scones are seasoned pros who provide a high energy, entertaining experience not to miss.
gypsyjazzsocialclub3 June 22nd – Gypsy Jazz Social Club
Led by the expert guitar work of Les Choy, the Gypsy Jazz Social Club grew out of his Gypsy Duets. Bringing you both traditional gypsy repertoire and non-gypsy jazz standards and original compositions, this local favorite is sure to impress Sunday listeners.
18 mile radius June 29th – 18 Mile Radius
Gunnison's own Colorado Flavored Americana! Performing original and covered Americana-Folk music with influences from John Hiatt and Bob Dylan, this accomplished trio is sure to bring a memorable experience.
mine control July 6th – Mine Control
Mine Control is a five-member funk band from Crested Butte, Colorado. Guitar, bass, keys and drums fuse to bring the valley a funky sound old time miners, ski bums and visitors can all dance to. Ski Funk!
Simpler Times Bluegrass July 13th – Simpler Times Bluegrass
Simpler Times Bluegrass will always bring a 'simpler time in life' with a blend of fiddles, guitar, banjo, mandolin and thumping bass. With American mountain melodies and Colorado roots, their love of music is infectious!
The Funky Bob Show! July 20th – The Funky Bob Show!
One man on stage sounding like a ten piece funk band… is that possible? With the Funky Bob Show it is! Enjoy this one of a kind musical experience that is completely custom designed and self sufficient. The Funky Bob Show is sure to bring the grooves and get your feet tappin'.
Bruce Hayes July 27th – Bruce Hayes
Bruce Hayes, a local favorite, produces a fusion of musical styles combining rock, bluegrass, celtic, folk and jazz. On stage his presence is electrifying, tapping his feet on an amplified floor-board, slapping accents on his guitar, wailing on the harmonica and dancing around the strings. A performance not to miss!
Free The Honey August 3rd – Free the Honey
Three daughters of the south, Jenny Hill, Lizzy Plotkin and Katherine Taylor, followed the trail west to the Gunnison Valley. Here they found each other and a blend of new-folk music emerged. Fusing together elements including harmony singing, twin fiddles, open back banjo, guitar, mandolin, storytelling and mountain culture, Free the Honey provides a beautiful and amazing sound all their own.
square pic August 10th – Casey James Prestwood & The Burning Angels
If the late night scene on Broadway Street in Nashville, Tennessee could talk, they'd sing you a Casey James Prestwood tune. Drenched in the honest twang that made Gram Parsons and Hank Williams household names, the classic crooner's carefree vocals and careful guitar playing feel more like country than a worn-in pair of cowboy boots.
xavi14 August 17th – Doctor Robert
Doctor Robert is in a new generation of Beatles tribute bands with a commitment to the accurate reproduction of over 100 songs of 'The Beatles'. Doctor Robert has redefined the concept of a Beatles tribute band, playing extended sets of music with no two set lists ever being the same.
Square Policulture 2 August 24th – Policulture
Policulure is a seven-piece original mountain reggae band from Boulder, Colorado. Combining heavy drum and bass, roots rhythm, a melodic horn section and conscious lyrics, Policulture is sure to bridge the gap between generations, unite all under one sound and guaranteed to get your booty shakin'.
Two Faces West August 31st – Two Faces West
This extremely versatile "Crankin' Electric Blues" group has been playing around the Gunnison Valley for three years now. From electric guitars to the saxophone and keyboard, these three local university students, Quinn, Kurt and Mick will keep you at the edge of your seat and finish the summer concert series off right!