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We've crafted some DIY decorations for Valentine's Day that capture all that's wonderful about the holiday -- without the risk of a pink and red explosion in your home.
We've crafted some DIY decorations for Valentine's Day that capture all that's wonderful about the holiday -- without the risk of a pink and red explosion in your home.
Drawing on inspiration from classic decorations like hearts, but also getting a little more romantic with books and love letters, our round up of DIY decorations for Valentine's Day is simple, chic and budget-friendly!
Take a page, literally, from our book! If you've got assorted envelopes lying around the house, turn them into a decorative bunting banner. Inspired by the whole idea of love letters, this banner decoration for Valentine's Day is simple, inexpensive and festive!
Little embellishments for mantles or end tables are easy to DIY for Valentine's Day. We crafted these 3D love letter blocks from scrapbook paper! With just a few added embellishments, they're an eclectic and easy way to add a touch of Valentine's Day festivity to your home.
Candy hearts aren't just for snacking on! Check out this super simple wall art idea for a decoration for Valentine's Day that's as sweet to look at as it is to craft.
Who knew simple paper, staples and a bit of ribbon could come together to create a chic decoration for Valentine's Day? This stylish heart paper chain is festive, fun and a frugal way to dress your home for Valentine's Day!
Red and pink isn't a requirement for Valentine's Day decorations. This DIY mini topiary decoration takes a glam approach to the holiday of love and offers a more subtle nod to the occasion.
For a more whimsical DIY decoration for Valentine's Day, try going scrapbook paper crazy. Pick a pattern and set of colors that match your everyday decor, then cut little hearts from the paper to adorn a DIY bouquet. Get the full tutorial for this crafty decoration to see how easy it is!
Basic burlap threaded onto an old wire hanger molded into a heart shape transforms ordinary materials into classy decorations for Valentine's Day. This crafty decoration takes only minutes to make, but will look great hanging all season long.
Another DIY heart decoration we're loving for Valentine's Day this year that also uses wire hangers, makes good use of any fabric scraps you have waiting for you in your craft bin. This stylish cluster of assorted fabric hearts stands out for the holiday.
Keep your Valentine's Day table decorations romantic and simple. Inspired by cupid and some of the more romantic novels we've read, this DIY centerpiece idea, complete with an actual book runner and DIY feathered arrow arrangement, is simple to recreate at home.
If you're not up for crafting an entire table decoration, consider this simple DIY decoration for Valentine's Day instead. Votives wrapped in textured cardstock and even real rose petals add romance to any dinner, but also work great scattered about your hose. Best of all? We bet you already have all the supplies you need to make them!
Craft a bouquet that tastes as sweet as it looks. This DIY bouquet of lollipop flowers for Valentine's Day is so simple, even the youngest kiddies in you house can help make them!
Add a sweet touch to your doorstep or hallway with is craft tutorial for a candy heart topiary. It's pastel hue is ideal for the holiday and really captures the sweet appeal of the holiday.
The last of our candy heart crafts, this DIY decoration for Valentine's Day is best when made with smaller wreath rounds. We like to craft three or four and hang them in a line up the wall by our stairs.
Even your pillows can get dressed for the holiday! We simply wrapped ours in assorted ribbons to coordinate with each one and added a heart embellishment to a few for an extra shout out to love. It's a soft, feminine way to add Valentine's Day decor to your home without killing it with the red and pink.
Finally, this idea is great for any occasion, but we especially love it for Valentine's Day since love notes and little cards are such a big part of the celebration. Use the frames you already have in your home to frame a cute Valentine card or to highlight photos of you and your Valentine.
See how Dawn Sandomeno and Elizabeth Mascali elevate the every day with their fantastic recipes and ideas!Read More »


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Inter-school Debating24 August 2017
The exciting conclusion to the inaugural Mackay Inter-School Debating Competition was held on Tuesday evening 15 August. The College hosted the Junior Competition in two divisions; the Years 7 & 8 section and the Years 9 & 10 section.
There were six schools competing throughout the competition - Mackay State High School (our near neighbour), Whitsunday Anglican School, Mackay Northern Beaches State High School, Holy Spirit College, Mackay North State School and of course Mercy College. Sixteen teams debated, both prepared and impromptu topics that were presented during the five fortnightly rounds. This was followed with the semi-finals and then the grand finals.
Congratulations to all involved.
Chess Lords22 August 2017
On Monday 14 August, 15 of Mercy's Chess Lords took on 150 of the coolest check-maters in Mackay. As this was an Opens event, our players were outsized, but definitely not outplayed. With 7 rounds of intense and thrilling chess, the only thing guaranteed was that heads and pawns would roll.
Our squad of 15 was broken into 4 teams: Show no Mercy, Mercy's got Talent, Mercyless and Mercy Rules. All players performed to their best and represented Mercy with pride. Special mention must go to 'Show no Mercy', who claimed 3rd place overall. This team consisted of Michael Pengelly, Fletcher Clarke, Henry Williamson and Braxis Kretschmer. In addition Braxis, must be commended for his efforts, placing 3rd overall individually.
With such a young squad, the 2017 Mercy Chess Lords are pumped up and ready to 'Rook and Roll' in 2018.
French Speaking Competition19 August 2017
On Tuesday 25 July several students from Mercy College competed in the annual French Speaking Competition with Whitsunday Anglican College. I would like to congratulate all the students for the time and effort they put in to preparing their poems. Well done to:
Year 7
Georgia McCarthy (3rd place), Ashton Smith
Year 8
Aidan Collins, Abby Clark, Jesika Lett, Dallis McLean, Kaitlin Scott, Marian Villon (1st place), Jarlah Walsh
Year 9
Ziluo Huang (1st place)
Year 10
Nicole Copo, Mary Di Francesco (3rd place), Steffanie Ogilvie (2nd place), Teya Smith
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Batman Urges Children To Buy Bonds To Support The Vietnam War And…That's Kind Of Weird, Right?
I don't know about you, but when the Batman himself turns to the camera and tells me he has a message from the President of the United States, I start paying attention pretty quick. It might actually be the most effective form of advertising ever invented, to the point where I'm really surprised that it's only been used once, way back in 1966.
The Batman in question is, of course, Adam West, the President is Lyndon Johnson, and the product they were urging all the boys and girls to buy were Government Savings Bonds, raising money to support the Vietnam War. That's, well, a little weird all things considered, but you can check it out for yourself in the video from the National Archives below!


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Patriot Gauntlet Node/320 Review: Wireless Storage for Tabletsby Anand Lal Shimpi & Cara Hamm on 11/22/2012 3:08 PM EST
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Lonyo - Thursday, November 22, 2012 - linkSamsung seem pretty happy having MicroSD slots on their tablets and phones.
I also picked up a Windows tablet with MicroSD and USB3 port from Samsung.
My S3 has a MicroSD port and my Tab 2 7" does as well.
The primary issue is, kind of as noted, accessing networked files. Android and Windows shares doesn't really gel that nicely.
Hence probably why Patriot include an app. They have to.
Windows tablet +Windows shares works really nice though... most of the time. Reply
madmilk - Thursday, November 22, 2012 - linkAndroid and Windows shares get along admirably. The problem is in apps like AndSMB - you simply cannot do something like this in userspace and expect a satisfactory result.
What works much better is a SMB kernel module, and something to manage the mounts like CifsManager. Windows shares can then be mounted in folders, much like SD cards, and seamlessly accessed from existing apps. It's a pain to set up, requiring root access, but it's worth it if you frequently use Windows shares.
Ideally, Android should support this directly - but given Google's continuing infatuation with the "cloud", and its continued refusal to put SD card slots in their Nexus devices, this will probably never happen. Reply
MrSpadge - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkGiven the price increase for slight storage increases I can easily see why they don't like any crad slots at all in these devices.. Reply
LadyKate - Sunday, November 25, 2012 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online(Click on menu Home)
http://goo.gl/z8aEE Reply
ssddaydream - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkPretty much the first thing I do when setting up my phone/tablet is testing the CIFS functionality using CIFS Manager. Often times, I find that a certain kernel won't work with CIFS, so I go hunting for one that does.
I have CIFS enabled on most of my devices.
I use a netbook with Windows 7 to accomplish what this Patriot unit does.
I enable infrastructure mode and ICS on the netbook.
So when my Android connects to the netbook's WiFi network, I get internet through the netbook which is connected to an access point. This way, I can still have internet through the Android via the netbook and I can access any shares on the netbook. Basically, I just have a large-sized version of this patriot, but its also a computer. It obviously isn't as portable though... Reply
Grok42 - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkThe aps seem to be the weak link for all devices of this type. Seems the Gauntlet is better than most in this department but it still seems to be the worst part of the device. I wish they would just simply provide a simple web server and script. The WiFi simply transparently redirects all requests to this web server and you can use your phone's browser to access all the content. Reply
MrSpadge - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkAnd support of these app for the various mobile OS's and versions will be a major pain in the b*tt over time. Web server acess requires only a half-useful browser, so works universally. Reply
clarkn0va - Saturday, November 24, 2012 - linkI own a Gauntlet Node, and the app is next to useless. Fortunately, SMB browsing works just fine in ES File Explorere and BS Player (in LAN mode), which incidentally also happens to work a treat for playing streamed mkv files (including AAC, AC3 and DTS audio). Reply
MobiusStrip - Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - linkBut a browser can't necessarily display or play back the various media types you'd have on this drive.
Too bad Apple's fear leads it to cripple its devices so pathetically. The lack of a user-accessible file system renders innovative products like this far less useful than they should be. Reply
darkcrayon - Monday, December 03, 2012 - linkAnd it renders them far more secure. Not that you can't use one of the many file manager apps for most of this functionality anyway. Reply
nitram_tpr - Thursday, November 22, 2012 - linkI have an Xperia Ray, this has microsd, I also have an Asus Transformer Prime, this has a microsd in the table, an SD in the keyboard dock and a full size USB in the dock. I hook my portable USB drive up to it, then plug it into my TV and hey presto HTPC (ish).
Why do makers decide to make life difficult for users and not provide an easy (not expensive) way to add additional memory? I don't want to use the cloud all the time, mobile broadband is still pretty expensive you now? Reply
StevoLincolnite - Thursday, November 22, 2012 - linkIt so you will upgrade to a larger model, hence making more profit. Reply
nitram_tpr - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkLarger model? You mean the phone? If you do, no I won't, I have my tablet for that, I like the size of my phone. I really don't want or need a 4"+ phone in my pocket.
The phone I would like to upgrade to is not available in the UK ( or anywhere else as it is a Japan only). It is the Xperia SX which is a smidge larger than the Ray but lighter and more powerful. Reply
Grok42 - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkI work for an electronics manufacturer and I would disagree with your assertion that SD is easy and cheap. First, an SD slot takes up a LOT of space and complicates the design quite a lot. Between the PCB design and the case design, there are not a lot of places to put them given that they need to be externally accessible. All portable electronics worry about water proof ratings which pretty much means that they have to be located under the battery if it's user accessible or with the charging port so that it only counts as one opening for water intrusion. With the fact that user accessible batteries are almost a thing of the past because of how fragile modern batteries are this only leaves putting it next to the charging port. This tends to cause several engineering issues as well as makes the device thicker because you have to stack a micro-usb and SD slot on top of each other. You would be surprised how much space the SD bays actually take up and it's several times the thickness of the SD itself. All this for a port that almost no one uses according to reports I've read.
What you should be steamed about is that the built-in capacities haven't kept up with reality. The low capacity devices should be 32GB and go up from there. Dropping a few more flash chips on the PCB is easy AND cheap. Reply
Dadofamunky - Sunday, November 25, 2012 - linkAll very good points. I'm sure that a lot of these folks have analyzed their markets and found that most users don't bother with uSD slot usage and found it wasn't cost-effective to include that in the design. I also agree that it's astounding that 32GB isn't the current low-end standard. I'm buying tablets for my entire family of three this Christmas and I'm steamed that an extra 16GB costs an unacceptable $100 per unit. So the portable SSD-based wireless storage is a perfect solution. I'm hoping the features and functionality will improve over the near term. Reply
Grok42 - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkOne other point I'd like to make in response to no one in particular but this post and several others have seemed to have as a sub-text. I seem to get the feeling that if phones and tablets were higher capacity or if they provided SD cards this product wouldn't be needed.
First, micro-SD only goes to 32GB currently. I guess you could carry multiple cards but these things are micro-tiny and you would loose them no matter how careful you try. We actually glue coffee stirrers to them like some sort of luddite key chain just so we won't loose them.
Lets imagine a world were 1GB SD cards are plentiful and cheap and phones and tablets have 20GB drivers. I still want something like the Gauntlet. I have 5 people in my family that wants to listen to audio and video when we go places. We would need a full time administrator to keep all our devices synced up with all the stuff we might want on a trip. I would much rather have it stored centrally on one device that everyone can use.
Now give me 20mbit cellular Internet for a flat fee and I'll throw this thing int he trash. Reply
MadMan007 - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkThere are 64GN microSD cards. They are micro SDXC technically, not all devices can use them, but many that 'only' support 32GB SDHC can, just need to format it in the device first. I've used on in an older Android 2.2 device fine. Reply
teiglin - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkMost devices don't claim to support microSDXC because the cards normally come formatted as exFAT rather than FAT32. If you format them as ext4 or FAT32 (the latter isn't officially supported by Windows, but there are plenty of utilities that can make a 64GB FAT32 partition), they'll work fine. Phones like the Galaxy S3 that explicitly support 64GB cards have licensed exFAT from Microsoft so such cards can work out of the box. Reply
mfenn - Thursday, November 22, 2012 - linkWhat audio/video codecs does the player app support? Reply
Grok42 - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkI'm not aware that an iPhone supports anything other than a .mp4 file. Not sure about Android devices. Reply
darkcrayon - Monday, December 03, 2012 - linkiPhone apps can support any format the developer is apple to have them support. It needn't use System APIs to play audio or video (there are dozens of video player apps that support other formats, .mkv, etc) Reply
ivwshane - Thursday, November 22, 2012 - linkWhat I would love to have is a networked optical drive. I don't care if it's wireless or not. This thing looks like it could work with a standard SATA optical drive.
Why would I want that? I have multiple computers (laptops, a server, and a desktop) and I would love to have a networked optical drive that all computers can access to do stuff like burn/rip CD's/DVD's, install software and movie playback all without having to have multiple drives or having to physically be present at anyone computer. This thing would just sit on my entertainment center and I'd access it from any computer via RDP. Reply
nevertell - Thursday, November 22, 2012 - linkRDP ?
Are you mad ?
Are you metal ?
Either mount it as a samba share, or have a custom interface with it for burning. Reply
martyrant - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkOr get with the times and start using backup ISOs and a Virtual Drive (clone drive, daemon tools [though they include bloatware now])...not that hard. Reply
Grok42 - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkYes, this. All physical media are considered legacy these days. Reply
Grok42 - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkI've been waiting for a device just like this. I know there have been others but they all receive terrible reviews. The fact that it is BYO for the HD is a truly great bonus. It wasn't clear but reading other material seems to indicate that it is capable of being powered by a 12V car charger? Can anyone confirm that the USB to DC cable can get enough juice from a car charger to power the device without the need for an inverter?
I plan to plug it into my Linux Server that handles all my audio and video. I already have a custom script that creates a iPhone optimized .mp4 file for any video placed on the server. It also has build targets for my WD-Live and a web browsable version for anything on my local network. I'll simply add another target that will copy the iPhone version to the Gauntlet. When we travel I can simply disconnect it and serve video and audio to everyone in the car. I could have used this for the Thanksgiving trip! Reply
Death666Angel - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkConsidering that all my routers up to now (so for the last ~7 years) had a USB port that allowed external HDDs to be accessed via the wireless network, I don't think these products are worth the premium they demand. I just don't see the added benefit. Reply
Grok42 - Friday, November 23, 2012 - linkI'm in a top 100 metro area for the US and the MAX upload speed I can purchase for home use is 768k. The other problem is that I want to use this on road trips which would mean using 3g or 4g to access it. This would get very expensive very fast especially with 5 devices going in my car. As I said earlier, give me 20mbit cellular plan with unlimited data and I don't need this either. I would find a way to host the data in the "cloud" to get around the 768k upload limit but I can't fix the wireless data issue. Reply
Death666Angel - Saturday, November 24, 2012 - linkIf I need storage for this kind of device on the go, that's what USB OTG is for. If it needs to be pocketable, 128GB USB sticks start at 65€ / 128GB. Otherwise, just get a decent USB 2.5" drive for the same money but double, triple the capacity. Good ones can also be powered by the USB OTB cable, that way the storage lasts as long as the device you are using it with. I can't really imagine a scenario where I would have my friends of family all in one room, all accessing this storage via their smartphone, tablet or what have you. That is just weird. But should that be the case, all people I know have routers with USB ports, so I could just plug the HDD in there and have them access it via the local ethernet.
What do you need this for on the road that the above cases wouldn't solve? Reply
tjoynt - Saturday, November 24, 2012 - linkAnand, thanks for reviewing this: I've been on the lookout for a new product in this category.
I tried the Segate GoFlex Satellite and really wanted to love it, but I was just too unstable. When it worked it was great, but it took a lot of babysitting and resetting to keep it working. Is this new wifi drive reliable? How long did you have to test it? The issues with the Satellite didn't show up immediately.
Can you copy files to and from the storage space of other apps (like goodplayer) on an iOS device or are files stuck within the confines of the Gauntlet app? In Gauntlet can you "open with" a file to open it with another app or does it only use the built in players?
Thanks so much,
-- Tom
P.S: Your podcasts have been absolutely phenominal! They are the most technical and engrossing podcasts out there (edging out the equally wonderful Techreport podcast). You and the techreport podcast are heads and sholders above everyone else. The only thing I would change is to ask for more of them. :) Reply
speculatrix - Sunday, November 25, 2012 - linkI use astro file manager as it works quite effectively for transferring files between android and file server. Reply
justonecomment - Sunday, November 25, 2012 - linkCan we get a review of iUSBPort formally CloudFTP? This seems to do everything this device does, and has a iOS and Webapp.
I've been looking at this space for a while, iUSBPort is the closest portable cloud device I've come across.
The original Kickstart project page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/125911486/clou...
Was bought by HyperShop: http://www.hypershop.com/iUSBport-p/iusb-black.htm
Same price too. Reply
GabeA - Monday, November 26, 2012 - link"No modern smartphone or tablet allows for upgradeable internal storage, and it's not exactly common to find microSD slots or USB ports on them either."
Practically every vendor save for Apple has high-end models with SD card slots, and all have USB (microUSB). Android smartphones have surpassed iOS ones a long time ago, and are now looking to quadruple its share.
So don't think just because "Apple doesn't do it this way" means it's uncommon for "modern smartphones or tablets" to feature microSD or USB ports. Reply
darkcrayon - Monday, December 03, 2012 - linkInteresting how you left out Google's latest flagship phone, which lacks an SD card slot (as have their previous models). If this were such an important feature for android, it's funny Google doesn't seem to think so, no? :). Nexus tablets as well, and the semi-Android Kindle Fires don't have them. Seems like the only tablets people are actually willing to buy lack an SD card slot. Think about that.
Extra points for off topic inclusion about market share... Gotta stick it to those Apple bad guys! /s Reply
jeanleo786 - Saturday, June 22, 2013 - linkHuawei's upcoming smartphone — Vision, and the MediaPad tablet will offer cloud based services with 10 GB free cloud storage. Huawei will launch the high-end smartphone and the tablet in the Indian market during this festive season.
gm(dot)kochar.com/post/Huawei-to-offer-10-GB-cloud-storage-with-smartphones-and-tablets.aspx Reply


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Prevention Lessons: Spotlight on Steubenville
Picture this: A high school party, lots of alcohol, star football players, and a young, unconscious girl. A recipe for disaster, some might say.
This is how the scene played out in Steubenville, OH, last August. High school football stars allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old unconscious girl at an end-of-summer party. Horrible? Absolutely! But not everyone was quick to jump to the defense of this young girl. In fact, many people were quick to side with the football stars and blame the victim for "putting herself in that position." Really? Have we not evolved as a human race? It makes me wonder.
I think about why these victim-blaming attitudes exist and I don't have to look very far. For years, we've inundated our kids with "prevention" messages telling them not to take rides from strangers, not to accept candy from strangers, don't walk by yourself at night, watch out for the creepy guy in the bushes, watch your drink, and learn self-defense so you can fight back. What do all of these messages have in common? Those to which the messages are targeted (children, young people, women) are solely responsible for their own safety.
Where are the messages saying respect other people and their boundaries, don't touch anyone without their consent (news flash: unconscious people are incapable of consenting), keep your darn hands to your darn self, if you see someone being hurt or violated in any way, use your phone to call for help NOT to take pictures or videos of the event?!
Our focus on programs and campaigns that are solely based on risk reduction, therefore putting the responsibility for preventing sexual assault on the targeted individual, has led society to believe that it is the victim's fault if anything happens to them. Now, more than ever, we need to look at ways to prevent sexual violence BEFORE it happens and challenge the current social norms that allow sexual violence to exist in the first place. What does this look like? Here are some ideas:
Providing kids, from a very young age, with the knowledge and skills they need for developing healthy relationships. Providing skills-based education on how to become an engaged bystander and recognize early warning signs of abusive behavior. Youth-led education that fosters social change. Community mobilization efforts that focus on creating safe neighborhoods and schools. Developing skills for confronting oppression. Talking early and often about healthy sexuality.
As the case in Ohio heads to court this week, I urge you to think of ways we can challenge the victim-blaming attitudes and approaches with positive and clear prevention messages. Check out the great video below from Project Unspoken. What would you add? Please share by commenting below.


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MILLIONS of pounds have been set aside to pay for war veterans' accommodation in Colchester.
The town is one of eight projects which have won Government funding after fines worth £40million were taken from city banks.
The £6million, which has been allocated by Number 10, will be used to build 65 units of temporary, supported and independent accommodation in the town.
The houses will be used by veterans who are planning to return to independent living.
The project will be carried out by Riverside housing, Stoll and Haig Housing. All three are specialists in working with veterans and their families.
Mr Cameron said: "Our Armed Forces make huge sacrifices for the nation and it is right that all of us recognise that sacrifice - that is why this government enshrined the Armed Forces Covenant in law.
"One of the greatest worries for our troops when they are wounded or injured is how they and their families will continue with daily life.
"We should do all we can to take away those worries by providing them with the specialist help and support they need to continue to live their lives and these projects will help to deliver that."
Leann Hearne, Riverside's Executive Director of Care and Support, said: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to combine our expertise and resources to develop a comprehensive pathway which will make a world of difference to helping homeless veterans out of housing need, into training and therapeutic support and back into civilian life."
Ed Tytherleigh, Stoll chief executive, added: "We are very proud to be working with other leaders in their field supporting veterans and hope this pathway marks a watershed in the way that housing providers work together to support this country's most vulnerable veterans."
James Richardson, chief executive of Haig Housing, said: "The need for decent long term housing is vital for veterans; a home provides a secure foundation for life in the civilian world.
"Haig Housing has decades of experience in the provision of good quality housing and housing advice for veterans and is particularly delighted to be involved in housing provision in Colchester - an area with such a strong military connection."


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Week three of our season-long garden party Summer Fest 2011 welcomes food and garden bloggers to feature garden-to-table recipes and tips. We'll help you to enjoy all that this season has to offer. So far, we've delved into eggplant and peaches. This week we're getting creative with cucumbers.
Summer appetizers should be fresh, light and they should take advantage of the bounty of the season. Ideally, they'd be great-tasting, and wouldn't take a lot of time to make (you'll need that time to waste by the pool or in a hammock somewhere) and summer apps should not heat up the kitchen. This is not the time for spinach-artichoke dip, folks.
It is time for bite-sized chunks of cool cucumber, stuffed with mango and jalapeno-studded crab salad. It tastes like the crab walked out of the sea and into your garden.
I was inspired by Daisy Martinez's Avocado Stuffed With Crab-Mango Salad, but since it's not avocado week of Summer Fest, I wanted to use cucumbers instead. Plus, cucumbers are lighter, so you can pop a couple of these in your mouth without needing a nap afterward. The end result is a no-cook snack or appetizer that looks pretty fancy but is done in a half-hour, and you won't have to heat up the kitchen at all.
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves
1/2 mango, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 1 cup)
1/3 cup diced (1/4-inch) red bell peppers
1/3 cup diced (1/4-inch) red onion
1/2 jalapeno, stemmed and cut into small dice (about 2 tablespoons)
1/2 pound jumbo lump crabmeat
2 English cucumbers
cilantro, for garnishing
Squeeze the juice from the lime into a bowl. Add the olive oil and cilantro and whisk well. Add the mango, red pepper, onion, jalapeno, and lime zest and toss to coat. Gently stir in the crabmeat to keep it from breaking up. Set aside while preparing the cucumbers.
Wash the cucumbers and peel evenly-spaced strips around the cucumber. Cut the cucumbers into 1-inch-thick rounds, discarding the ends. Using a small spoon, scoop the seeds and some of the flesh out of each round to form a small cup. (Don't scoop all the way through the cucumber round.)
Fill the cucumber cups with crab salad and garnish with a sprig of cilantro. Serve right away.
More Cucumbers from Family and Friends:
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What's Gaby Cooking: Cucumber-Basil Gimlet
In Jennie's Kitchen: Radish-Cucumber Crostini
Big Girl Small Kitchen: Spicy Cucumber Salad with Shallot, Ginger and Mint
Grecian Kitchen: Summer Cucumber Salad
And Love It Too: Cucumber, Mint and Watermelon Salad
Napa Farmhouse 1885: Cucumbers Coolers with Agave Simple Syrup
Cooking With My Kid: Cucumber Limeade
FN Dish: Summer Fest: Cucumber Recipes
CIA Dropout: Relishing Cucumbers
Healthy Eats: Cool Cucumber Soup
Food for 7 Stages of Life: Cucumber Cherry Salsa
Cooking With Elise: Green Tea Cucumber Pops
Glory Foods: Cucumber and Shrimp Boat
Virtually Vegan Mama: Fire-Roasted Tomato and Cucumber Gazpacho
Food2: When Life Gives You Cucumbers, Make a Cucumber Cocktail
Recipe Girl: Bread and Butter Pickles
Taste With the Eyes: Spicy Pickled Cucumbers with Wakame and Garlic Blossoms
Virtually Homemade: Cold Thai Cucumber-Mint Soup
Add a Pinch: Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
The Cultural Dish: Ahi Tuna with Cucumber Sauce and Salad
Daily*Dishin: Cool n' Zesty Cukes: 7 Minute Summer in a Jar
Daydreamer Desserts: Cubanita Margarita
Purple Cook: Cucumber Gazpacho with Indian Flavored Shrimp Relish
Indian Simmer: Cucumber at its Best with Chaat Masala
Big Apple Nosh: Quick and Easy Homemade Pickles
Sweet Life Bake: Agua de Pepino
The Sensitive Epicure: Tzatziki with Grilled Gluten-Free Pitas and Fresh Cucumbers and Peppers
Zaika Zabardast: Cucumber Gazpacho
A Way to Garden: Cucumber-Growing Q&A and the Best Pickles
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The ceremony in which the winning poet is chaired for composing a collection of poems, an ode or other poem - all in strict meter on a specific subject is one of highlights of the Gorsedd of the Bards' pageantry in every National Eisteddfod. It is held on Friday afternoon.
It is a very old ceremony. The custom of competing for a chair in the King's court was already well-established in Hywel Dda's time in the tenth century and when the Lord Rhys 'held his court excellently' in Cardigan in 1176, the prize for the chief poet and chief musician was a chair each. Then, in c.1541, silver chairs were awarded at the Carmarthen eisteddfod and once more at the Caerwys eisteddfodau in 1523 and 1567.
Having re-established the eisteddfodic movement in Bala in 1789 winning the Chair became the ambition of every poet, although there was no Gorsedd ceremony associated with it yet. It was at the first provincial eisteddfod in Dyfed / Dinefwr in Carmarthen in 1819 that Iolo succeeded in linking the rites of the Gorsedd of the Bards with the ceremony of Chairing the winning Bard.
In 1867 it was decided to assign the Chair for an ode in strict meter and to award a Crown for the best pryddest in free meter.
The Chairing ceremony at Wrexham 1876 was memorable and harrowing because the winning poet, 'Eurebius', Thomas Jones (Taliesin o Eifion) had died a few weeks previously. On the memorial poster for the sad event it was maintained that his dying words had been, 'Has the ode been sent safely?' On the festival stage the members of the Gorsedd wore mourning, and to the music of the Dead March, the chair was covered with a black cloth.
Among the most significant chairs awarded have been:
- Chairs in the Celtic Revival style:
- Eugene Vanfleteren - Birkenhead 1917 (winning poet - Hedd Wyn)
- J.Kelt Edwards and Elias Davies - Corwen 1919 (Cledlyn Davies)
- Llew Hughes - Barry 1920 (the prize was withheld)
- The Wrexham Chair 1933 - a gift from J.R.Jones, Shanghai, a native of Llanuwchllyn (Trefin)
- The Bro Dinefwr Chair 1996 by the Revd T. Alwyn Williams made from the oak left from Llandeilo Bridge, swept away in the great floods of 1845. The carpenter-minister died within hours of finishing it. (R.O.Williams)
- The experimental Chair in Pembrokeshire and St David's 2002 made by Robert Jones, with its striking symbols, such as the thorn. (Myrddin ap Dafydd)


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The organizers pulled off a successful weekend of the National League T20 (Western Division) at lovely, aesthetic Victoria Park, Edmonton (Aug. 27/28). Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia were the participating provinces. The late-summer weather was ideal for the tournament with temperature hovering around 26 throughout and clear, blue skies all around.
The weekend saw high-level competition, exceptional athleticism and hard-hitting cricket. Three national selectors were on hand (Angus Melder, Keith Deonarine and Chris James), scouting new talents and they may have found a few. Also in attendance were national analyst Rathan Moorthy, Cricket Alberta president Manzoor Chaudhary, Edmonton and District Cricket League president, George Robinson, National Umpire Coordinator, Ken Patel, and a host of others.
The tournament final was, for all intents and purposes, a showdown between old rivals Alberta and British Columbia, featuring many fine national stars like Hamza Tariq, Khurram Chohan and Jimmy Hansra as well as Tyson Gordon and Grant Broadhurst. In the final match, Alberta won the toss and elected to bat first and after scoring at torrid pace in excess of 10 runs an over in the first 4, slowed considerably to manage a paltry 128 in their allotted 18 overs (matches reduced to save time as some players had to catch a plane ride home).
BC knocked off the target with relative ease in only 13.2 overs. Man-of-the Match and Man-of-the Series, Gagan Dhillon (66), made the Alberta attack look like a walk in the Park. Towering sixes were hit all over the ground. It was a rare treat for the many fans present. B C will now travel to Toronto for the national championship in September. Alberta were clearly disappointed with their effort on this day.
Match Referee Angus Melder managed the proceedings with verve, professionalism and aplomb. George Robinson worked tirelessly and many long hours (in the run-up to, and during, the tournament) to get the ground, the food and other logistics in place. Anil Velji was the lone scorer and did a very good job keeping an accurate account of the stats.
The umpiring standard was outstanding, and the correct decisions adjudicated at 97.5 percentile. The roster included Hafeez Rehman, Dilip Pachigar, Sanjeev Kad and Ron Saywack, some of the best in Canada. There were no major incidents and the players were highly appreciative of the effort the men in red and black put in.
- The players also relished batting on the new VP strip and look forward to returning in the future;
- Gaurav Kumar (BC) made an impression with the bat and could be on the Canadian squad soon.
- Edmonton, as always, were great accommodating hosts.
- Canada u19 player Sudeepta Aurka was named runner up for Player of the Series.
- This was the first Cricket Canada event held outside of Ontario that was played on turf.


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SPRING, Texas - The CEO of a Spring non-profit wants to help Jerry Sandusky's Second Mile charity.
In handcuffs and likely spending the rest of his life behind bars, Sandusky had nothing to say about the verdict of guilty on 45 counts involving the sexual abuse of young boys which came down late Friday.
But more than 1,000 miles away in Spring, Mark Tennant has a lot to say. He has big plans for the non-profit founded by Sandusky.
Tennant endured the pain of sex abuse as a child, and now runs Arrow Child & Family Ministries, dedicated to helping neglected and abused children.
Tennant grew up near Penn State, and said he followed the Sandusky trial closely.
"My heart drew me back to central Pennsylvania when news broke and the only way I felt like I could adequately respond was to just make a call and reach out and say you know this was my home," said Tennant.
Sandusky's 35-year old non-profit, The Second Mile, provides programs for at risk youth, but when allegations against Sandusky came to light, financial support for The Second Mile dropped.
Now, Tennant wants to transfer The Second Mile programs to his own ministry. He's waiting for court approval, but says he hopes good can still come from the programs with Sandusky in prison.
"Perhaps the greatest legacy will be that these programs can extend far beyond what might have been envisioned by what is now a child molester, to be under the watchful eye of a man that has experienced abuse himself," Tennant said.
Tennant said after the Sandusky scandal broke, participation in The Second Mile programs dropped 20 percent.
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LAKELAND, Fla. – Behind a 20-point night from senior Marcus Ruh the No. 4 seed Saint Leo University men's basketball team advanced into the semifinal round of the NCAA South Region Tournament after a 59-53 victory over Rollins College on Saturday night.
The Lions (22-7) also got 14 points from junior Jerrel Harris and 11 from senior Shaun Adams as the team shot 37 percent from the field in a contest that was a defensive battle from the opening tip.
In picking up the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament win, the Lions relied on their signature defense that has been a staple of Saint Leo Basketball since Head Coach Lance Randall assumed the reigns of the program two years ago.
The Lions held the Tars (19-11) to just 31.4 percent shooting from the field in adding another victory to their program-record 22-win season. Adjusting to the Rollins scheme, the tough Saint Leo defense shut down the Tars' Mitch Woods, who picked up 16 points and 10 rebounds in the SSC semifinal-round game the previous week. Tonight, Woods went just 1-for-7 from the field and could only muster seven points and three boards.
While it was a solid win for the Lions, the game was not without its thrilling and unusual moments.
In control of the first half and a good majority of the second, opening up a double-digit advantage a couple of times in the contest, the Lions were trying to put the game away in the final two minutes when Rollins suddenly cut the advantage to seven.
With just 1:15 on the clock and the Lions leading 52-44, Woods went to the line and connected on two free throws. As the final free throw bounced around the rim, Adams began to box out his opponent and apparently caught the Rollins player with an errant elbow. The elbow resulted in a technical foul and allowed Rollins to connect on two more free throws and get possession. Suddenly the Lions advantage was down to just four points and Rollins had possession.
It was up to the Saint Leo defense to make one final stand, which is exactly what happened. Rollins was forced to take a hurried three point attempt which didn't hit the rim, and then the Tars were forced to foul the Lions for the remainder.
The Lions managed to convert on nearly all of the free throws in the final few minutes to put a bow on their first NCAA Tournament win.
While the jubilation immediately after the game was amazing, the Lions know there is more work to be done, and the turnaround is almost immediate. Saint Leo will now face the South Region's top seed and host Florida Southern College (25-5) on Sunday night after the Mocs defeated North Alabama in the quarterfinals. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the George W. Jenkins Field House.


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What is this medicine?ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE (a LOO mi num hye DROX ide; mag NEE zee um KAR bon ate) is an antacid. It is used to relieve the symptoms of indigestion, heartburn, or gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD).
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth. Follow the directions on the label. Chew the tablets well so that foam forms in your mouth before swallowing. Do not suck on or crush the tablets. The protective foam will not form if you do this. After taking this medicine, drink a full glass of water. Antacids are usually taken after meals and at bedtime, or as directed by your doctor or health care professional. You should remain in an upright position for 1 to 2 hours after taking this medicine. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this medicine may be used in children for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
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If you are taking other medicines, leave an interval of at least 2 hours before or after taking this medicine.
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Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Protect from light and moisture. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.


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Welcome to Liverpool Public Library
1984 Library History
January 26 was the date of the third "Happy Hour" for teens run by Young Adult librarian, Victoria Gaworecki. Students in grades 7-12 participated in an evening of fun and games.
During the February school vacation the annual stuffed pet show was held. There were over one hundred participants and their owners.
Plans for the library expansion were affected when the federal money became unavailable. There was much discussion in the community and at the school district board meetings, but in the end permission was given to construct the addition. Library officials opted to postpone full construction of the second floor in an effort to keep the price scaled down to the amount of money they had. Then, thanks to the efforts of Assemblyman Michael Bragman, the state filled the void by granting the library the $225, 000 needed to complete the project as originally planned.
And then at 9 p.m. Tuesday evening, March 27th a horrific event took place. The Liverpool Community Chorus had just finished their evening of practice in the Carman Community Room when one of the participants, Bonnie Merritt, a Chestnut Hill Middle School English teacher, was shot and killed by her estranged husband as she left the library's Second Street entrance and walked to her car. Librarians on duty phoned the police and within minutes Acting Police Chief Gerald Neri and his staff were on the scene. People had to use the library phone to call home for rides since no cars were allowed to be moved from the crime scene. Police designated the library a "command post" and interviewed witnesses in an effort to determine the identity of the woman and facts about the shooting.
April 1st the Liverpool Public Library became the first library in the area and one of the first in the nation to circulate computer software. Only Apple compatible software was in the collection at first.
On May 9th the library operating budget of $727,284 was approved by a vote of 1354 to 697. Stuart Krupkin and Joseph Ciranello were each elected to the Board of Trustees. Krupkin was elected to a five year term and Ciranello was elected to fill eleven months of a vacated position.
On May 12th a groundbreaking ceremony for the 10,355 square foot addition was held.
In June the library had to be closed so that bookshelving and materials could be relocated to the Carman Community Room, which was transformed into a staff area. Minor disruptions and a fair amount of noise would occur during the next few months as construction took place.
The Summerbus! program was cancelled. The parking area was closed to the public and to the staff and the number of tables and chairs in the seating areas was reduced. Several years of the periodicals backfile were sent into storage.
In spite of the inconvenience the staff remained optimistic and one August Friday evening after closing they held a "Library Olympics." Events included the warped record roll, empty book cart race, full book cart race, trash pitch, date due card stamp-off, biography fetch, and library trivia. Needless to say a good time was had by all!
July 14th marked the wedding day of Assistant Director Jean Armour, who became Jean Armour Polly. All of the librarians attended the wedding. Most of them traveled in Betty Matiskella's van up to Big Moose in the Adirondacks. Anna Foley, a library clerk who was working towards her library degree at Syracuse University, was left to staff the reference desk for the entire day!
In August Jane Miller joined the Circulation staff.
September 4 marked the first day on the job for Robert Watkins, Sr. as Head Custodian.
The following staff were recognized for their achievements: Victoria Gaworecki, Yvette Hewitt, Martha Hopper, Judy Locke, Renee Romance and Vicky Smith.


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A PUB in Bourne End could be closed all week after flooding damaged the drains, leaving the establishment with no working toilet facilities.
The Spade Oak on Coldmoorholme Lane in Bourne End, shut its doors on Sunday this week and has not opened since, because of the flooding.
The pub has recently acquired a new landlady who admits since starting in the middle of January it has not all been plain sailing.
Zoe Skinns said: "Our car park is completely gone and the water has affected the drains so we are closed until they get fixed.
"However, no-one can get to the pipes because they are all under water. I am hoping we will be open by the weekend."
The drain system is flooded and every time a toilet is flushed the water rises to the top, this could lead to water overflowing, if flushed numerous times.
Miss Skinns said: "Although there is no damage to the pub we don't have any working toilets so we can't open."
Miss Skinns is hopeful the car park will soon clear and the drains can be fixed.
She said: "We hadn't realised it was going to be quite this bad, we have been isolated."


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A HORSEBOX has become wedged under the Whitehouse Bridge in Corporation Street heading towards the TK Maxx roundabout.
Police officers are in attendance attempting to stop traffic, which has backed up, so they can free the vehicle.
A police spokesman said: "The horsebox became fully stuck under the bridge at around 4.54pm and officers were sent to the scene to manage the traffic. There were no horses inside the vehicle."


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New York City -- Most apparel retailers topped Wall Street estimates in February, as rising temperatures boosted sales, while increased consumer confidence and Valentine's Day also helped boost spending, according to the Thomson Reuters Same Store Sales Index.
The Thomson Reuters Same Store Sales Index, which tracks 21 companies reporting Wednesday and Thursday, is expected to rise 4.8%, beating last year's 4% advance. Big winners in February included Limited Brands, as the operator of Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works reported a same-store sales rise of 8%, beating Wall Street's expected 6.2% gain.
Gap Inc. surprised on Thursday, reported a 4% same-store sales rise in February, above analysts' expected 1.4% drop. By banner, same-store sales rose 12% at Banana Republic, 5% at Old Navy and 1% at namesake stores. Total sales rose 7% to $874 million.
Zumiez and The Buckle posted stellar results among the specialty apparel category as well. Zumiez saw same-store sales rise 14.2%, tromping an expected 5.1% gain. The Buckle recorded a 14.8% same-store sales gain, easily beating expectations, and demonstrating strong demand for denim, said the company.
Also during the month, Wet Seal same-store sales fell 5.8%, but still beat Wall Street expectations of a 9% decline.


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I got a problem with the Wordpress..
the site is already finished.but i need to put the Intro page at the beginning of the site. i don't know where do i have to put it in the directory. the problem is when i changed the intro page to index.php, i can't go to any links.it always redirect to the intro page again and again..
i want intro page to be the first. how do i add the page at the beginning in Word press?any suggestion...
thank you..
In your dashboard click Settings >> Reading
and you will see options to use a static page for the front of the blog.
You can select which page from a drop down box (it has to be a page created in wordpress under Write >> Pages )
but my intro page is flash ..it's not Wordpress template...:(
you know, there is something is strange..
when we enter the website for example www.domain.com/index.phpthat index.php doen's work and it goes to www.domian.com/en/gallery/index.php..
it is strange as well..any suggestion?
It's some sort of redirect.
Locate your index.php page within FTP. BACK IT UP ON YOUR LOCAL COMPUTER. Delete your index.php and replace it with your flash intro. Include a link within the flash that once it's finish playing, link it to www.domain.com/en/gallery/index.php, as well as a link outside the flash linking to the same place.
I think that will solve your problems. I - and a lot of users - don't particularly like Flash intros, but that's another story for another time
yes..but it doesn't work..because..index.php is from wordpress. if i replace it entire site will be up side down...;)
plz help me..with that..;(
Okay, create the intro page and name it intro.html or index.html or whatever you want.html then open your .htaccess file and add:
DirectoryIndex intro.html index.php
This goes at the very top of the .htaccess file.
This will cause the server to load the first page in that list by default, then just simply link that file to the rest of your WP pages. or however you need it to work.
Though, you can also create a page template for WP that is stored in the theme directory, then create a page for the intro in the dashboard, add your content, select the custom page template you just made from the drop down in the dashboard, then follow the above posters advice on how to make it load by default.
Hope it helps.
you could also re-install wordpress in a subfolder and have you intro in the root.
now i works properly..;)Thank you guys..;)
Cool, glad to hear it, what method did you use?
[quote="BPartch,post:7,topic:4558"]Okay, create the intro page and name it intro.html or index.html or whatever you want.html then open your .htaccess file and add:
Hope it helps. [/quote]
Hi, I did the steps that you posted here, but Can You help me with something? after the flash intro.html ends i made to redirect to index.php But it goes in the loop, i mean it goes back to intro.html :shifty:


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Last year, "It's Just Pain" was the defining quote from Brandon Prust, the one that said it all about the Rangers.
You'd better hope that this year's mantra isn't John Tortorella's "We sucked from head to toe."
I thought that was hilarious, but true. And very, very calculated. Coaches and captains who have their finger on the pulse do stuff like that from time to time. Tortorella knew exactly what he was doing. He was getting a message to his team, which really was pretty lousy and soft and disinterested and distracted. And he was doing it without having to stand there and answer questions about individuals who stunk. And he was, at the same time, firing a distracting pre-emptive strike in the media (especially since there was probably a ton of Canadian media there at the time).
1) Head to toe definitely includes the power play. The Rangers are still going to have trouble scoring goals, especially when the second line is as blah as it's been so far. But there is no excuse, even a lack of skill, for the power play being the way it's been. The Rangers stands around, and a PP can go that way … if. You can stand still and fire pucks at the net and hope for rebounds if you have guys who can shoot it and guys who can tip and screen and get those rebounds. Or you can look for the open shot and try to get it by moving and moving, making the defensive players find you while you try to find open space, making quick passes. But you can't stand around AND try to make pretty plays. You can't. And, IMO, the best way to do it is by moving, having forwards darting to holes and darting out. In fact, you could get a basketball coach to draw up some half-court plays, with back-doors and rotations and learn a lot of good PP ideas. It wouldn't be any worse than the Rangers PP has been for as long as I can remember.
2) No matter what, you cannot have guys miss the net by as much as Derek Stepan did on the 5-on-3 … you can't miss the net ever on a 5-on-3; and you just can't miss by as much as Brad Richards then did, resulting in the Oilers breakaway.
3) When you looked at this season, one thing among the forwards that you figured was good as money in the bank, as long as they didn't "rob Peter to pay Marian and Brad" was the Pack Line. But that line got broken up and for good reason in this game. Brandon Dubinsky and Ryan Callahan have been awful, and now Artem Anisimov has visited the doghouse, too. With others. Maybe they should bring Sean Avery back to work the bow-wow chateau door.
4) The Oilers sure have some speed and skill. How about that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, or whatever his names are. In fact, can I say something about all these three-name kids? I am honestly not being disrespectful, and I fully understand why parents in this day and age want both surnames represented in their children, and that's all well and good. But what happens when John Smith-Jones marries Mary Brown-Miller and they have kids? Will little Billy Smith-Jones-Brown-Miller grow up and marry Sally White-Green-Edwards-Quinn and then have a kid named Herman Smith-Jones-Brown-Miller-White-Green-Edwards-Quinn? Know what I'm sayin'?
5) Back to hockey and last night's game. The first Oilers goal, perfectly-played (by the Oilers) 3-on-2 started by Brendan Bell's pinch. OK, it was a poorly executed and timed pinch. But Steve Eminger and Brandon Prust really botched the 3-on-2, too, didn't they? And I'm not even sure how they did it, or what they should have done differently. But it was too easy.
6) OK, exhale. The goaltender is OK. But you got a half an hour or so of imagining what this team would look like if he ever gets hurt.
7) So I'm in central Westchester on my way home in the first period. ESPN radio has the World Series, and only a percentage of the tri-state area gets that station clearly. The Rangers game is supposed to be on Bloomberg radio, but Bloomberg radio has Notre Dame football. I tried every single notch on the radio dial and couldn't even get a static version of the Rangers game. I actually heard a few moments of Colorado-Chicago. Not more than 30-35 miles from Madison Square Garden, and I couldn't hear a live radio feed of the Rangers game.
8) So I missed the first period, thus you guys have to let me know who you demanded to be traded in those 20 minutes. I know all the rest that you wanted traded over the last two periods. And also that you all think the season is over.
9) Good to see the message is getting through about the needless penalties. Oh, never mind.
My Three Rangers Stars
(this wasn't easy)
1) Marian Gaborik.
2) Henrik Lundqvist.
3) Brian Boyle.
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Now that national and regional guidelines for cantaloupe growing and handling are available, produce industry leaders and food safety advocates say there is no excuse for cantaloupe growers to be unaware of food safety procedures.
The California Cantaloupe Advisory Board, the Eastern Cantaloupe Growers Association and an ad hoc group with international participants have issued the guidelines in an attempt to avoid a third consecutive year of deadly foodborne illnesses, said Ray Gilmer, vice president for issue management and communication for the United Fresh Produce Association, Washington D.C.
In 2011, cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, Holly, Colo., were linked to a listeria outbreak that killed 33. In 2012 a salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe from Chamberlain Farm Produce, Owensville, Ind., killed three people.
Authors of the recently released guidelines said they are encouraging smaller growers to review the documents and implement changes to avoid similar outbreaks.
The national guidelines, developed and published by the ad hoc industry group — led by representatives from Western Growers, the Produce Marketing Association and the United Fresh Produce Association — are now available for free download, the authors said March 7. The guidelines are at tinyurl.com/Cantaloupe-safety.
Although the guidelines don't carry the weight of a government document, they were developed with input from U.S. regulatory agencies as well as food safety officials in Canada and Mexico. The guidelines cover a variety of growing regions and conditions, as well as discussing safety procedures for field packing and packing shed operations.
"There have been simultaneous efforts in the industry to get food safety guidelines into the hands of growers because of the outbreaks associated with cantaloupes in 2011 and 2012," Gilmer said. "We don't have a preference which guidelines growers use, we just want them to be aware of what they can do."
Hank Giclas spearheaded the development of the California good agricultural practices for cantaloupes and the national guidance document created by the ad hoc group.
"My personal opinion is that any producer or handler who follows any one of the documents will likely have a good food safety program, said Giclas, who is vice president for science, technology and strategic planning for Western Growers, Irvine, Calif.
"In the last decade I've talked to large and small scale operators, and some have concerns about the cost," Giclas said. "But I believe food safety plans are scalable to the size of an operation and I really don't think the costs are prohibitive. The truth is, they can't afford not to have food safety procedures in place."
Giclas said the focus of the National Cantaloupe Guidance website (www.cantaloupe-guidance.org) has shifted from development to a resource center where the guidance document and other resources will be maintained.
The guidance is intended to be a "living document," Giclas said. Growers, handlers and other users are encouraged to provide comment and feedback during the 2013 growing season via the website. At the end of the season, the development group will evaluate comments, review the guidance and make changes to improve the practicality for industry and protections for consumers, Giclas said.


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Do you hate waiting in line at airports? There are several things you can do to help speed things along.
1. E-ticket and e-check-in: Check in from home and breeze past the lines straight to security.
2. Check your flight status from home before you leave and check your gate before you walk too far -- it may have changed since you left home.
3. Parking at most airports is really quite easy these days. Most have multiple park-and-fly options, or you can park on the airport grounds.
4. Pack light. Bring only a carry-on bag and you'll be able to walk faster, board and de-plane faster, and you can skip the baggage check.
5. Find a convenient yet safe place for your identification and boarding pass as you navigate various stops, especially in security. You'll move through faster and get smiles from the Transportation Security Administration agents.
6. Remove your shoes when going through security. Many dress shoes have a metal plate inside that sets off the metal detectors.
7. Don't eat while going through security, unless you can wrap up your food and stick it into one of those trays. Everything must go through the metal detector. You can walk through with a styrofoam cup of coffee, but not a can of soda.
8. If you have a pacemaker, it is helpful to bring identification documenting the condition -- this will speed up the security process.
9. After you arrive at your destination and have exited the jetway, take a look at your surroundings -- note restrooms, restaurants and airport convenience stores. This will save you time on your return trip if you're trying to remember where you could find something to eat or a book to read on the way home.
10. For tips on scheduling your connecting flight, you can check your airline's website. Some airlines list suggested time allowances for various airports around the country. Some cities may require more time than others for connections.
Airport Security Reminder
- Do not lock your luggage. The TSA will break locks if necessary. If your bag was inspected, you'll probably find a small flyer inside your bag, stating it was searched.
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We just had a block party which was a Bring Your Own Beef affair.
There was only one grill out there, so I brought my Weber out there. I figured a social gathering like this demanded some show and tell.
I used the Basic Beer Can Chicken recipe out of the How to Grill Book and perched two birds on cans of beer on the grill with a good dose of apple wood chips to bring the crowd in.
As people began to gather looking for grill space for their morsels of meat, they opened the old Weber up to see twin towers of golden-skinned chicken cooking upright.
Of course, as always, the taste of this recipe is out of this world!


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Poems interspersed with selections of Tia Sharp's favourite music were played at an emotional funeral held this morning.
The 12-year-old, who was found dead in a New Addington loft on August 10 was finally laid to rest at North East Surrey Crematorium.
Friends and family formed a funeral cortege, including a horse and carriage bedecked in black and pink, which travelled past Tia's school Raynes Park High, were hundreds of staff and pupils had lined the streets.
The casket entered the service to Baby Cakes by Three of A Kind, before poems From a Stranger, Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep and If Tears Could Build A Stairway were read Mourners left to Low by Flo Rida.
Tia's uncle David spoke movingly at a private service, before wreathes were laid at a memorial outside the chapel.
A pamphlet of messages from both close friends but also strangers written to the family following the Pollards Hill girl's death were also distributed during the service.
One message, signed by Auntie Tina, Tom, Kenz and Carrey Low, stated: "If flowers grow in heaven lord please pick a bunch with care and give them to Tia to show her we care."
Tia's father Steven Carter and his close family attended the service before holding a wake in Croydon.
Speaking at the wake he said a further memorial would take place near his home in Northampton where younger relatives unable to attend would light candles in her memory.
He said: "The procession was good, Natalie (Tia's mother) organised everything, we were just told to come to the service, but the horse and carriage was a nice touch. Some of her teachers spoke about Tia, which was also very moving."
Tia's maternal grandmother Christine Sharp attended the funeral despite a previous arrest on suspicion of murder, for which she has been bailed.
Mr Carter said: "She came she went, very quietly. She wasn't sat with Natalie but she was nearby. People have got to realise she is still under investigation, but of course she is innocent until proven otherwise."
Philip Wheatley, head teacher at Raynes Park High School described Tia as a "popular and well-liked student."
He said: "She will be a great loss to our school community. Staff and Students have been greatly affected by her loss."


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When you have type 2 diabetes, your body does not use or make insulin the way it should. As a result, the amount of sugar (glucose) in your blood becomes too high. Over time, high blood glucose levels can start to damage the blood vessels in the heart, eyes, kidneys, brain, and other parts of your body.
Diabetes and heart disease can go hand in hand. That's because many of the factors that lead to type 2 diabetes—high blood pressure, being overweight, eating a high-fat diet, smoking and not exercising regularly—also contribute to heart disease and vice versa. If you have diabetes, you are two to four times more likely to have heart disease or suffer a stroke than someone who doesn't have the disease. That's scary. If you have heart disease, you need to make sure you get your blood glucose checked regularly.
About one in three people with diabetes don't know they have it. But it can do a number on your body. So, if you think you have diabetes or if it runs in your family, talk with your health care provider.
The good news? There's plenty you can do to help keep diabetes in check while also slowing or preventing other health problems. You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to learn about diabetes. Use this condition center to learn more about diabetes, create a list of questions to ask your health care provider and get practical tips.
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Former Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday announced he is supporting a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing a parental consent law before a minor has an abortion, while opponents announced a high profile voice on their side.
The "No on 6" campaign said Sandra Fluke, the Democratic activist and Georgetown law student who was famously called a "slut" by Rush Limbaugh for backing insurance coverage of birth control, will advocate against the amendment. She's featured in a TV ad about it.
Bush, meanwhile, announced he was supporting the amendment, noting he backed passage of an earlier amendment that allowed legislation requiring parental notice when a girl is seeking an abortion.
"With Amendment 6, Florida has the opportunity to restore parental consent for an abortion involving a minor child," Bush said.
The proposed amendment would say that the state constitution can't be interpreted to create broader rights to an abortion than those in the U.S. constitution. The Florida constitution has a right to privacy, while no such right exists in the federal constitution. That right is what led the courts to disallow an earlier parental consent for abortion law.
The amendment would also prohibit public spending on abortions unless required by federal law or in certain exceptions, such as rape or incest.
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CHANNELVIEW, Texas - A mother and daughter were tied up during a home invasion in Channelview on Monday, investigators said.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said the attack happened in the 15400 block of South Street shortly after 6:30 a.m.
The homeowner said he thinks the men who attacked his family were waiting for him to leave for work.
Investigators said four masked men armed with guns, a bat and a stick barged into the home and demanded $50,000.
Three children were inside the home at the time of the attack, deputies said. A 13-year-old girl was getting ready for school when the robbers grabbed her and tied her with a cellphone charger, investigators said.
The mother was also tied up and had a gun held to her head while her 1-year-old was screaming, detectives said.
Deputies said the robbers went through every room of the home searching for valuables. They got away with about $1,000, the mother's clothing and a bar of soap, investigators said.
"It's weird because … they took the soap, like for the shower," the homeowner said.
Descriptions of the attackers have not been released.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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Are you interested in shaping a freer, more secure, and more prosperous world through formulating, representing, and implementing the President's foreign policy? Learn about career opportunities with the U.S. Department of State during an on-campus information session.
The U.S. Department of State employs adventurous, adaptable, well-rounded strategic problem-solvers, from diverse educational, geographic and cultural backgrounds and perspectives, who want to make a contribution to our global society. If you have the desire to live and work in any country in the world, including those with unstable governments or infrastructures – or both - and have the ability to integrate into culturally diverse environments, they may have an opportunity for you.
The U.S. Department of State recruiter will present an information session on Monday, September 16 in Career Services at 3:00pm. Reserve your seat for this information session using your eRecruiting account.
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Winter snuck in early this year. You can take steps now to get yourself ready for the winter yet to come and any winter weather-related emergencies. Here are some tips:
•Have snow removal items such as shovels and ice melting products on hand.
In this Thanksgiving Season, America pauses to gives thanks for the bounty we have.
I'd like to take this opportunity to say a huge thanks to the Henry County Local.
Life is full of the unexpected, but insurance can help you somewhat prepare for those unplanned events.
This past Thursday over 400 students from Henry County and Eminence Independent schools participated in the Reality Store.
A referendum on whether Kentucky cattle producers may be assessed $1 per head on cattle marketed in Kentucky is scheduled for Nov. 20, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Kentucky Cattlemen's Association have announced.
Even though we don't have a shopping mall in Henry County you have the opportunity to purchase those unique one of a kind gifts just around the corner by attending the 22nd Annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Henry County 4H/Fairgrounds Building.
The Henry County Conservation District Board of Supervisors hosted their Annual Cooperator's Meeting on Sept. 25 at the Fairgrounds Building.
The large crowd began the evening with a grilled dinner prepared by the board members.
You may have noticed your home being invaded by an assortment of pests this fall, including Asian lady beetles, Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs, boxelder bugs, crickets, spiders and black soldier beetle larvae. These creatures typically visit homes that provide easy entry this time of year, often seeking refuge from changing weather.
The weather is cooler, the holiday lights are beginning to twinkle at area stores, and it is time to think about those dreaded words–holiday shopping!
No longer do those have to be words that put fear into the hearts of men (and women).
The 22nd annual Extension Holiday Bazaar, sponsored by the Henry County Homemakers Organization, will help you fill up those stockings with no problem at all.
The 2014 Henry County Cattleman of the Year was awarded to Phillip and Cindy Douglas Hickory Lane Farms during ceremonies Monday, October 27, at the Henry County Cattleman's Annual Meeting. The Cattleman of the Year criteria includes Livestock Production Skill, Leadership, Service to the Industry, Stewardship, and is selected by a committee of fellow livestock producers. From left to right are 2014 Cattleman Association President John Brent Smith, Phillip Douglas, Cindy Douglas, and Michael Douglas.
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- Collection Overview
- ExhibitionsPast Exhibitions
- Close Up: Piermatteo D'Amelia's The Annunciation
- Journeys East
- The Triumph of Marriage
- Luxury For Export
- A Bronze Menagerie
- Gentile Bellini and the East
- Gondola Days
- Raphael, Cellini, and a Renaissance Banker
- Making of the Museum
- Cosmè Tura
- Off the Wall: Gardner and Her Masterpieces
- Ornament and Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice
- Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors' Drawings from Renaissance Italy
- The Inscrutable Eye: Watercolors by John Singer Sargent in Isabella Stewart Gardner's Collection
- Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America
- Illuminating the Serenissima: Books of the Republic of Venice
- Modeling Devotion
- Conservation
- Browse RoomsView Room MapsFirst FloorSecond Floor
- Browse Artists
- Angelico, Fra
- Anguissola, Sofonisba
- Bakst, Léon
- Bandinelli, Baccio
- Beckhausen, Jakob
- Bellini, Gentile
- Bellini, Giovanni
- Bellini, Leonardo
- Bermejo, Bartolomé
- Bles, Herri met de
- Bordone, Paris
- Botticelli, Sandro
- Botticini, Francesco
- Boucher, François
- Bourdichon, Jean
- Bronzino, Agnolo
- Bulgarini, Bartolommeo
- Bunker, Denis Miller
- Cambodian: Unknown Artist
- Cellini, Benvenuto
- Chinese: Unknown Artist
- Chunosuke, Niiro
- Civitali, Matteo di Giovanni
- Crivelli, Carlo
- Comes, Francesc, the Younger
- Curtis, Ralph
- Daddi, Bernardo
- Degas, Edgar
- Dewing, Thomas Wilmer
- Dürer, Albrecht
- Dyck, Anthony van
- Eriksson, Christian
- Eurasian: Unknown Artist
- Falconetto, Giovanni Maria
- Fiesole, Mino da
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- Flinck, Govaert
- Fondulis, Giovanni de
- Francesca, Piero della
- Francia, Francesco
- French: Unknown Artist
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- Giambono, Michele
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- Maiano, Benedetto da
- Mancini, Antonio
- Manet, Edouard
- Manship, Paul
- Mantegna, Andrea
- Martini, Simone
- Master T.° Ve.
- Matisse, Henri
- Mendoza Binder
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- Mor, Antonis
- Moroni, Giovanni Battista
- Mosca, Giovanni Maria
- Moyen, Jan van der
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- Piermatteo d'Amelia
- Pinturicchio, Bernardino
- Planche, Raphael de la
- Pollaiolo, Piero del
- Pourbus, Frans, the Younger
- Raphael
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- Rimini, Giuliano da
- Robbia, Andrea della
- Robbia, Giovanni della
- Roman: Unknown Artist
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
- Rubens, Peter Paul
- Ruskin, John
- Ryonyu, Raku
- Sargent, John Singer
- Schongauer, Martin
- Seisai
- Spanish: Unknown Artist
- Taikan, Yokoyama
- Terilli, Francesco
- Tibetan: Unknown Artist
- Tiegen, Jan van
- Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico
- Tintoretto, Domenico
- Titian
- Tsunenobu, Kano
- Tura, Cosmè
- Turkish: Unknown Artist
- Turner, J.M.W.
- Uccello, Paolo
- Vasari, Giorgio
- Velázquez, Diego
- Vermeer, Johannes
- Veronese, Paolo
- Voerman, Jan I
- Whistler, James McNeill
- Zorn, Anders
- Zurbarán, Francisco de
- Asian Art
Belt Buckle
1st or 2nd century
Eurasian (South Ossetia, Georgia, and north Caucasus)
Bronze, 9.75 x 10 cm
Location: Raphael Room
Accession Number: M16c9
Framed within a border of spirals, a fantastical grouping of animals is depicted in profile on this belt buckle. The central figure is a deer with stylized antlers and mouth; sunken coils accentuate its musculature while echoing the tightly curled tail and the spirals in the border. Combined with the exaggerated proportions of its body, the overall effect is that of a rhythmically patterned decoration. A fish is located in the lower right corner, while a bird perches upon one of the deer's rear hooves. The barking dog in the upper left suggests that the buckle might depict a hunt. A raised loop and hook on the reverse side would have affixed the buckle to a textile or leather backing.
The Gardner Museum's belt buckle is closely related to objects excavated or discovered in Georgia and the Caucasus (in present-day Russia). Created as luxury items, such buckles may have drawn on earlier precedents crafted in gold or silver. The recurring appearance of deer in the material culture of the nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes stretching from the Black Sea to the steppes of Mongolia suggests that the animal had religious or totemic significance, as well as importance for the livelihood of these peoples.
Source: Michelle Wang, "Belt Buckle," in Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 179.
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THE future of Basingstoke's only nightclub remains in doubt after it did not open over the weekend.
As reported in The Gazette last week, Wonderland closed its doors on the weekend of Friday, January 3, and Saturday, January 4.
The nightclub, in Churchill Way, said on its Facebook page that it closed "due to the days that Christmas and New Year's Eve fell" and that it would reopen last Friday for its DIRTEE POP event.
But the club did not open on that night or for the whole of the weekend.
One user, Jonathan Bristow, wrote on the club's Facebook page on Sunday: "Still no official word? Shows how much they cared about their customers."
No Saints Ltd, the parent company of Wonderland, did not return calls made by The Gazette this week about the prolonged closure.
Last week, people were seen taking stock and sound equipment out of the nightclub, and removing the club's sign from above its front doors.
The locks on the nightclub's doors have now been changed. Steven Connolly, centre director of Festival Place, which owns the building occupied by Wonderland, confirmed it did not trade over the weekend. He added that he had still not heard from No Saints Ltd about Wonderland's future.
Meanwhile, bosses at another nightspot Tonic, in London Street, said on its Facebook page that it was increasing its age of entry from 18 to 21, following the lack of activity at Wonderland.
On Tuesday, January 7, Tonic stated: "In order to maintain our high standards here @ Tonic, with the recent closure of another venue in town, we are raising our age of entry to 21.
"All our regular clientele who may be under 21 will only be allowed entry at our discretion."
This led to criticism from some customers, while others were supportive.
Carol Freeman, owner of Tonic, told The Gazette: "It's not really a change. We do the Challenge 21 and 25 (schemes to prevent young people buying alcohol) any way. We do have 18-year-olds here, and it is just up to our discretion."


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A Surprise at The Fed Cup
When USA calls, I answer.
I had the privilege of representing the USA on Sunday by playing in the Fed Cup against Sweden. I thought I'd be watching this match from the stands, but team captain Mary Joe Fernandez made a last-minute decision to put me in. When you are on a team you have to be ready to play, and I had been ready all week. In fact, I was dying to be out there.
It was a tough call for Mary Joe, who decided it was a smart move to rely on my experience. I was glad I finished in two sets because I think she was having a heart attack over her gamble of picking me to play! The match lasted about an hour and a half, and I felt good. My back didn't bother me and while I had a little trouble with my serve I was able to keep my focus and persevere.
Serena won earlier in the day too. In the end we beat Sweden 3-2 and earned a spot in the 2014 Fed Cup World Group tournament. That means Serena and I can both play for the USA again. I thought we might have to wait until the 2016 Olympics in Rio to do that!
This day had everything I love: I competed alongside Serena, I made a profound contribution to a team effort, and I represented the United States of America. For me, it doesn't get any better than that.


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In 2007, Ecos Consulting, the Electric Power Research Institute, and the California Energy Commission decided to test the limits of energy efficient desktop computers. Focusing on reducing power consumption during idle and active modes, their goal was to create both market-ready and ultimate-efficiency computers that would still have good performance.
The team started by selecting the most efficient available motherboard and chips - one of the most important steps in creating an efficient computer. They used processors that can dynamically scale performance to match program requirements, saving energy when processing demands are low, and selected components with low electrical losses.
Next, the team reduced idle power consumption by an additional 25-36% by selecting efficient components. 80 Plus certified power supplies and efficient case fans saved about 7 Watts. Using a single, larger memory chip instead of two smaller ones saved another 1 or 2 Watts, without impacting performance. The team also specified a hybrid hard drive, which supplements the traditional spinning disk with a flash buffer, saving 5 or 6 Watts. New, flash-only hard drives, which have emerged since this research was completed, can save even more energy by eliminating the spinning disk altogether. Plus, these hard drives are faster than traditional hard drives, improving performance.
Putting everything together, the team found that nearly all of their prototypes had sufficient performance to run typical office software under the Microsoft Vista operating system, while consuming 40 to 70% less energy than Energy Star qualified computers.
This translates into a huge savings potential: if all U.S. enterprises adopted the ultimate efficiency computer, corporations could eliminate 11.2 million tons of CO2 emissions, save 16.7 billion kilowatt-hours, and save $1.67 billion in electricity costs.
Computers spend most of their time in idle mode, and efficiency improvements in this mode do not impact processing performance, so idle mode savings are an easy way to make a big impact.
Photo and Chart Credit: Courtesy of the California Energy Commission and Ecos Consulting


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Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at the close on Monday:
DLS - DRILLSEARCH - down 4.5 cents, or 2.89 per cent, at $1.51
AQO - AMBASSADOR OIL AND GAS - up 0.5 cents, or 1.54 per cent, at 33 cents
Drillsearch has sweetened its takeover offer for Ambassador Oil and Gas to combat a rival offer.
DJS - DAVID JONES - down five cents, or 1.28 per cent, at $3.86
Retailer David Jones' shares were the most heavily traded on Monday, amid reports Solomon Lew was trying to increase his stake in the company ahead of its planned takeover by South Africa's Woolworths.
EGP - ECHO ENTERTAINMENT - up 21 cents, or 7.58 per cent, at $2.98
Shares in casino operator Echo Entertainment have soared after the company flagged a rise in full year profit.
GXL - GREENCROSS - steady at $9.12
The company behind Petbarn stores and Greencross vets is expanding into Western Australia with a $205 million takeover of petcare retailer City Farmers.
ROC - ROC OIL - steady at 55 cents
HZN - HORIZION OIL - steady at 38 cents
The board of Roc Oil has urged shareholders not to hamper an $800 million merger with fellow energy player Horizon Oil.
SUL - SUPER RETAIL GROUP - up 27 cents, or 3.35 per cent, at $8.32
Super Retail Group has trimmed its full year profit forecast, blaming the federal budget for hurting sales across its businesses.
UGL - UGL - up four cents, or 0.58 per cent, at $6.98
Engineering and property services group UGL has sold its real estate business DTZ for $1.2 billion.