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Cheesesteak Subs Recipe
Thin slices of roast beef are topped with peppers, onions and cheese to create this satisfying stacked sandwich. It's quick-to-fix, flavorful and sure to please even the biggest appetite. Accompany it with deli potato salad and peanut butter brownies...or serve frozen french fries and store-bought sugar cookies for dessert.
- 1/2 cup julienned sweet red pepper
- 1/2 cup julienned green pepper
- 1/2 cup sliced onion
- 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 slices part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 4 ounces thinly sliced deli roast beef
- 2 submarine sandwich buns, split
- 1. In a small skillet, saute the peppers and onion in oil until tender. Cut cheese slices in half. Place beef and cheese on the bottom of each bun. Broil 4 in. from the heat for 1-2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with pepper mixture and bun tops. Yield: 2 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 599 calories, 16g fat (6g saturated fat), 45mg cholesterol, 1679mg sodium, 77g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 5g fiber), 34g protein.
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"I would warm up the deli roast beef. It didn't say to in the recipe so it was still kind of cold. I'll warm it up next time."
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After starting the 2012-2013 AHL season 4-0-0-1, the Syracuse Crunch have lost two straight for the first time this year, once in regulation and once in overtime on Saturday and Sunday and both tilts on home ice.
On Saturday night against the Penguins, the Crunch ran into a hot goaltender in Jeff Zatkoff, formerly a Los Angeles Kings prospect and now a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins organization.
After Crunch forward Cory Conacher scored just 38 seconds into the contest, Zatkoff shut the door on the Crunch, who generated plenty of offense but failed to solve the Kings' 3rd round pick from 2006 again.
After dispatching the Penguins on the road less than a week ago by a score of 3-1, the Crunch failed to take advantage of numerous opportunities around Zatkoff and were stymied on the power play for the first time all season, which is certainly a credit to the young net minder as well as the Penguins coaching staff for adjusting their penalty kill accordingly to defend better the backdoor plays Syracuse has used so effectively this season with the man advantage.
Dustin Tokarski also allowed another goal from a terrible angle, this time from along the goalline to his right.
That goal ended up being the game-winner as the Penguins took the lead 2-1 and never relinquished it.
On Sunday night in Adirondack against the Phantoms, the top AHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, the Crunch played a much more even and complete game and bounced back with success on the power play. Crunch forwards Brett Connolly and Alex Killorn both capitalized on the man advantage to continue the special teams success the Crunch have enjoyed this season.
However, despite what has been a typically effective penalty kill, special teams has also been a glaring weakness for this year's Crunch squad, but not because of efficiency.
Rather, the sheer volume of penalties taken has been troublesome, and has led to some difficult circumstances for the Crunch. It was a main factor in the loss to the Phantoms as consecutive penalties towards the end of the third period gave the Phantoms a 5-on-3 power play which they cashed in on to both tie the game late at 3-3 and eventually to win it in overtime.
Through seven games, the Crunch have 218 total penalty minutes, the most in the league by a staggering amount. The Binghamton Senators have the second most penalty minutes in the league with 175 through seven games as well. While the goalie fight between Robin Lehner of the Senators and Riku Helenius of the Crunch and the resulting penalties from the scrum that followed has something to do with these club's high totals, the fact remains that the Crunch take too many undisciplined minor penalties too, and now it is costing them games.
The Crunch need to put together a cleaner game going forward and continue to win the special teams battle in order to get back on a winning streak.Tags: AHL, Alex Killorn, Cory Conacher, Hockey, Jeff Zatkoff, NHL, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Riku Helenius, Robin Lehner, Syracuse Crunch, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay Lightning

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Samsung remixes "The next big thing" commercial as Super Bowl teaser
The ad once again pokes fun at people waiting in line for an un-named phone, standing in front of stores that are intentionally reminiscent of Apple stores. It remixes some of the footage we've seen in previous Samsung commercials, while also playing up the boredom factor that must set in for anyone waiting for hours (or days) in line. Perhaps the most amusing part of the new ad is the use of "Tainted Love" as the background song – a message Samsung has surely been harping on while poking not-so-gentle fun at iDevice enthusiasts.
We're as excited for the Galaxy Note LTE to hit AT&T as anyone, but we wonder if Samsung's constant force-feeding of teasers might not risk attention burnout – or at the least raise expectations for the new ad to such heights that nothing could meet them.
Feel free to check out the video below – and don't forget to let us know what you think!
source: Samsung
10 Comments
1. ericsorensen (Posts: 53; Member since: 17 Nov 2011)
I think the comercials are hilarious.
"If it looks the same, how will people know I upgraded?" That's funny!
4. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1743; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
its funny because its true lol
7. ardent1 (Posts: 2000; Member since: 16 Apr 2011)
Some people aren't vainful. I understand this may not be true for android users given their ever increasing screen sizes during the past few years.
How can you tell somes has the 4S, just ask Siri.
2. biophone (Posts: 1994; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
I say its a quad core tablet by samsung. But i would love to see remixfa's face if it was a sgs3. He would be with all of his friends they would annouce it and everyone would think he is drunk or something. Hopefully it isn't the note.
5. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
it IS the note. but thats not a bad thing. ive never had an android by sammy, but i love this marketing campaign!
3. bikingpadres (Posts: 20; Member since: 19 Jan 2012)
Maybe Apple will fight back with their own commercials but I don't think they will be as good Samsung.
6. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Among the top rules of advertising: Funny sells. People laugh, your product appeals to people.
Bud Beer Frogs, and the ferret? Hit and score.
The "E*Trade" baby commercials? Goal.
Most of the Geico ads? Are you kidding? "Does Charley Daniels play a mean fiddle?" Rolled on the floor laughing at that one.
These Samsung commercials are funny. They work, mostly among the tech crowd. I am already giggling at the though of an over 9 million dollar commercial.
8. ardent1 (Posts: 2000; Member since: 16 Apr 2011)
Tainted Love by Soft Cell is an oldie but a goodie.
9. bloodline (Posts: 706; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
samsung needs to bring better commercials to the UK !
Infact all android devices need to bring better advertising to the UK.
The last samsung advert I saw in the UK was over Christmas showing the S2. It showed a calander app...that was it.
the iphone showed off siri and bunch of other functions.... no wonder people in the uk dont understand androids true potential and buy iphones.
hardly anyone has heard of the galaxy nexus, i showed a few of my mates faceunlock and they didnt even know that kind of thing existed on smartphones, i told them all about android and even windows and everything single one of them said they were bored with the iphone.
If sammy or anyone hyped up uk marketing I guarantee more android/windows phones would sell.
10. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Just love Sammy commercials. Looking forward to it while watching the Superbowl


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JUDY WOODRUFF: The football season is just getting under way, with huge interest, big bucks, and lots of questions.
Jeffrey is back with our look at how football relates to our culture.
JEFFREY BROWN: It's by far the most popular sport in America, but football also continues to garner headlines beyond the sports page, for its violence and health risks from concussions and for cases of domestic abuse by players.
Last week, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced a tougher policy to deal with players involved in such cases. Just this weekend, there was another case, as San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald was arrested for domestic violence against his fiancee.
What to make of this sport that has such a grip on American culture? Well, the new book "Why Football Matters: My Education in the Game" is one response. Its author, University of Virginia Professor Mark Edmundson, joins me now.
Football, as a kind of training ground — you started this as a personal thing — a training ground for you.
MARK EDMUNDSON, Author, "Why Football Matters: My Education in the Game": Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: Teaches you when you're knocked down to get up.
MARK EDMUNDSON: Knocked down, to get up.
I mean, I think there is a lot of truth in what the coaches say, that it can help you develop courage, it can help you develop loyalty, it can help you develop character.
But there's a downside to all those things. There's a dark side to the game. And some of what my book is about is trying to let the better stuff come through and make people more away of the dark side, so they can be a little vigilant about it.
JEFFREY BROWN: And the better stuff starts with your own experience.
MARK EDMUNDSON: Yes. Yes.
I was in pretty rough shape when I was a junior in high school. My family was in very, very rough condition. My sister just died. My father was taking it hard. My mother was very close to breaking down. And, you know, we needed something. And I'm not saying football saved my life or anything, but it was darn helpful to have someplace to go where I could try to improve, try to get better at.
I didn't care much about school. But football gave me some focus and gave me some attention and really helped me to develop at a time when I didn't have much else going on for me.
JEFFREY BROWN: So part of the book is about your own personal experience and then you get big, football as our national pastime…
MARK EDMUNDSON: Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: … but also signifying a country that is a more warlike country now, right?
MARK EDMUNDSON: Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: Has it changed from when we were — when baseball was the pastime…
MARK EDMUNDSON: Well, you have hit it. That is the Mary McGrory quote. You know, baseball is what we were; football is what we have become.
And what is that? You know, a country more perhaps willing to own to its own warlike nature. And that's a little bit distressing. At the same time, you know, the preparation to be a soldier, the preparation to be brave, that can be valuable for a young man or a young woman. There is a lot of paradox involved in football at this point.
JEFFREY BROWN: So the kind of headlines that I was referring to, the domestic violence, do you see things like that as part of the culture or the breeding ground of the game?
I mean, how do you…
MARK EDMUNDSON: I think there's — you know, Plato talked about this quality thumos, spiritedness, passion, intensity. And he valued it, but he saw that it really needed to be educated.
And when you send people out in the field and say hit as hard as you can, block as hard as you can, they are going to develop a strong dose of spiritedness. And you have got to help them to understand that there is an on the field and an off the field, and it's not easy.
But there's a good side to it. Spirited people are the sorts of people who, outside of football, they get things done. They write books and they start businesses and they teach school and they become physicians. And so you are getting a really important quality into play, this thymotic thing, this spirited thing. But it's also really dangerous.
JEFFREY BROWN: So do you see the culture inside football trying to address things like that? And the larger culture, looking in at it, does it — is there a chance of people turning away from that violent culture?
MARK EDMUNDSON: I think it's a tough one, you know?
I think that progress is getting made. There's more thoughts about — you see the headlines about domestic violence. You see the NFL taking some steps. There's a lot more thoughts about concussions and how to deal with those and how to limit them.
I think the NFL could probably go further, though I'm no policy — no policy expert. But, at the same time, you do see people sit down on Sunday afternoon and watch other people do extraordinary deeds and watch those people be very brave in certain ways that can be moving to everyday people.
JEFFREY BROWN: What about the argument — and here I'm thinking about high schools.
MARK EDMUNDSON: Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: When I have talked on the program here to people about the crisis in public education…
MARK EDMUNDSON: Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: And I'm thinking in particular of the book called "Smartest Kids in the World," where she was — Amanda Ripley was comparing high schools around the world, and where kids do better in high schools where in most cases there's not much emphasis on sports.
So, one argument is, we need less sports in high school, not more.
MARK EDMUNDSON: Yes, right.
Well, you know, it may be that you can develop your intelligence better isolated from sports. But we're not just human intelligence, right? We're more than intelligence. We're also that spirited part. And you have got to develop that too and help wake it up and then help channel it. And that's what sports does. I would like to see a little more dialogue between sports and the academic life or the intellectual life, but I wouldn't want to lose the sports part.
JEFFREY BROWN: Yes, but that — that is both sides of your life, huh?
JEFFREY BROWN: Because you are an English literature professor…
MARK EDMUNDSON: Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: … writing a book about football and about your past playing in high school.
MARK EDMUNDSON: Yes, that is both sides of my life.
And, you know, I continue, and I owe it really a great debt of gratitude the fact that I can still get out there and exercise and have a good time. I play basketball three or four times a week, or, as I tell people — they say, did you go play basketball? I say, the other nine guys did.
MARK EDMUNDSON: But that's part of — that's part of the legacy of having trained my body a little bit and seeing what benefits can come from it when I was very young. It stuck with me. And I'm grateful for it.
JEFFREY BROWN: All right.
The new book is "Why Football Matters: My Education in the Game"
Mark Edmundson, thank you so much.
MARK EDMUNDSON: Thank you.


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Statement From Fairfax County Electoral Board on Nov. 12, 2013
Nov. 12, 2013
Statement From The Fairfax County Electoral Board
"After a lengthy process that began on Friday, Nov. 8, we announced this evening that 271 of the provisional ballots from the Nov. 5 general election were approved. However, two of the approved ballot envelopes were empty.
The ballots were voted on optical scan machines by the three Congressional Districts in Fairfax County – the 8th, 10th and 11th.
The result of the voting of approved provisional ballots for attorney general was 160 votes for Mark Herring and 103 votes for Mark Obenshain. In the 86th House of Delegates race, the voting of approved provisional ballots for Tom Rust was 3 votes and Jennifer Boysko was 6 votes.
Throughout the provisional ballot review, the Electoral Board has followed the letter of the law as we understand it, even when we disagreed with the guidance we were given. We gave all voters the benefit of any reasonable doubt and we are confident that the voters of Fairfax County, thanks to our transparency and willingness to give them every opportunity to be heard, felt that their vote really counted. There were 159 voters who came to the Government Center to defend or check on the status of their provisional ballot. The rejection of ballots was based on weighing our internal staff research, outside evidence, information provided by the voters and the credibility of the information presented to us, and in every situation we followed the letter of the law. Every ballot was adjudicated on its own merits, as required by law.
The Electoral Board sincerely thanks the Office of Elections and county staff for their hard work and commitment during this process. We also sincerely thank the citizens of Fairfax County and the commonwealth, both political parties, as well as the candidates for their patience as we worked to get it right.
We are now working to certify the results by tonight's deadline."
Virginia State Board of Elections
Virginia Election Recounts and Contests - 2013 Information and Timeline (PDF)
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Bexar records 18th West Nile case
Updated 8:46 pm, Thursday, September 13, 2012
Bexar County chalked up its 18th case of West Nile virus, health officials said Thursday.
The latest case was a 39-year-old woman who contracted West Nile fever, the less serious of the two forms of the disease.
Since the outbreak began, the ages of those known to be infected with the West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne illness, have ranged from 27 to 90. However, the serious, neuroinvasive disease has largely targeted those 60 and older.
While health officials believe the outbreak is on the decline, they continue to recommend people empty outside sources of standing water, use insect repellants and wear long pants and sleeves when outdoors at dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes tend to feed.
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|From: Jay McCarthy (jay.mccarthy at gmail.com)
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And that's what it means by "user code" Jay On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Eric Dobson <endobson at cs.brown.edu> wrote: > Also IIRC test/exn only works on errors raised using 'error' from > PLAI, which is different from 'error' from racket/base. > > -Eric > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 2:49 PM, John Clements > <clements at brinckerhoff.org> wrote: >> >> On Sep 19, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Jeremy Kun wrote: >> >>> Not sure if this is a bug, but it doesn't match the documentation here. It says test/exn only succeeds when the error is explicitly raised by the user, but I try something as simple as: >>> >>> "file1.rkt" >>> (provide foo) >>> (define (foo) (error "hello")) >>> >>> "file2.rkt" >>> (require plai "file1.rkt") >>> (test/exn (foo) "hello") >>> >>> and the test fails with "no expected value". I can even replace "hello" with a call to error, and see that that argument is never evaluated. So by user-written code, I'm assuming they mean code contained in the same module. Or am I missing something fundamental about Racket's idea of "user-written code"? >> >> Just a quick look, but it looks like you're failing to thunk the arguments to test/exn, so it never even gets control. >> >> John >> >> >> _________________________________________________ >> For list-related administrative tasks: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users >> > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users -- Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93
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Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, has criticised new forex rules by the Bank of Ghana (BOG) aimed at shoring up the cedi against major international currencies.
According to IMANI, the BOG's new rules, one of which prohibits over-the-counter cash withdrawals of more than US$10,000, will help boost a foreign exchange black market and cause the cost of doing business to shoot up.
"…they just handed the US Dollar to the black market and almost quadrupled the costs of all businesses in the country in the short to medium term with effects that would last longer than the anticipated benefits," IMANI President, Mr Franklin Cudjoe told Graphic.com.gh Thursday.
This, he explained is because Ghana's economy is "largely an import-led one with a greater percentage of manufacturing resources imported".
Mr Cudjoe said the new forex rules will hurt business owners such as spare-part dealers who rely heavily on dollars for importation.
He also suggested that smuggling of cocoa out of the country will increase on account of the new forex rules.
"Payment for cocoa farmers will be affected, meaning the value of what they receive will be diminished. Some might just sell to Ivory Coast," he said.
The IMANI President called on the government to learn from the experience of other countries which have had to deal with currency depreciation of their own in recent times.
"Zimbabwe may be a farfetched example, but to deal with their almost worthless zim currency, they dollarized to tame hyperinflation, restore stability, enhance budget discipline and monetary credibility. All we should do in the interim is not to disturb the forex regime.
"The effects of a growing or deepening belief that the 'regulatory environment is uncertain or unpredictable' show up more in the medium rather than the short-term, and are often more chronic than acute in nature," he stated.
Mr Cudjoe underscored the need to be alert to "more insidious indicators" such as capital projects that get abandoned mid-way.
The BOG, which imposed the new rules Wednesday, also banned commercial banks and other financial institutions from issuing cheques and cheque books on foreign exchange accounts (FEA) and foreign currency accounts (FCA).
The central bank went on to direct banks not to grant a foreign currency-denominated loan or foreign currency-linked facility to a customer who is not a foreign exchange earner.
Offshore foreign deals by resident companies, including exporters in the country, has also been prohibited.


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First Time Cruisers-Norwegian Pearl: Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review by Dszm09
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First Time Cruisers-Norwegian Pearl
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
We booked a mini-suite and inside cabin across the hall for the kids.(Deck 11). Never cruising before we were not sure what to expect, but the cabin were very nice and well designed. We never felt cramped. The mini-suite had a nice bathroom with tub and separate toilet area. The kids inside cabin was smaller but comfortable. I am a very picky when it More comes to beds and linens ( I drive my husband crazy) but I have no complaints. The beds were surprisingly comfy as well as the pillows and comforter. No icky bedspreads, yeah! We also loved the coffee maker in our room and enjoyed coffee on the balcony every morning. Good hiardryers in every cabin, I didn't need to pack mine.
Everyone was very positive and helpful onboard. The dining was great. We ate mostly at the the Grand Cafe (buffet). It was quick and had plenty of options for everyone. The kids liked the Blue Lagoon (24hour restaurant) We ate at both the Summer Palace and Indigo, both were good. Same menu at both restaurants. We tried to book the Teppanyaki but was already sold outwe should have booked the first couple of days. We did eat at the Cagney's steak house. The service was outstanding, great crab cakes! The steak were good and we would go back, worth the upcharge ($20/pp).
The ports, we booked excursion at most ports. In Roatan, we did the dolphin swim-expensive but great time! We were a little taken back at the poverty there and if you didn't book an excursion there's not much there. In Belize, we did the Aerial trek/Cave Tubing. The kids are still talking about this, they loved it! In Cozumel, we booked the Jeep tour/snorkeling. We enjoyed the tour of the island, beautiful views and beaches. Our only complaint there, we snorkeled first and then had to tour wet. We should have brought clothes to change into. The private island-waste of time. They started tendering guests over at 9:30am, we waited in line and finally got there at 1pm. By the time we got there all beach chairs were gone, lunch was not great and they had run out of water. There are some small shops (straw market.) No deals and most the clothes they were selling smelled musty. We went back to ship at 1:30pm. We had the ship to ourselves. It was wonderful, we should have never went to the island.
The spa onboard was nice-but the $99/pp for the week, just to have access was expensive. The fitness center was great but crowded every morning. We were still able to get in a workout everyday. Overall, we had a great time, the ship was very well maintained. The drinks can add up quickly. We bought one soda card ($50) for week and shared it. We wish we would have taken advantage of the formal pictures taken most nights. They had a deal, all your pictures $89. They also had deals on laundry, stuff a bag for $25.
It was a true vacation-no cooking, no cleaning, no laundry. We will cruise again. Less
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Mini suite was very nice. Slightly bigger than the balcony rooms, no other perks though. Suite 11632 was close to the grand cafe, kids loved that.
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Finding My Fortune in the Silver Mines of Potosi
The day started the usual way. We headed to the market and bought some dynamite, coca leaves, 96% alcohol and orange juice. It might sound like a pretty epic Thursday evening, but that was not the case this time.Read More
Seven days of Avoriaz
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Postcard – Rice Fields of Thailand
When I was driving around Thailand on my motorbike, I saw a lot of rice fields. And I quite like rice fields. They just always seem so serene. Just views that make you want to go and sit down and just look at it. This photo I took on my road trip to Pai. When I saw this, I just knew I had to stop for a photo, which did happen quite a few times on that road trip if I'm honest. And this photo will also start a new series on my blog I'm calling Friday postcard! Which is pretty much what it says on the tin. Something to hopefully cheer up your Friday and make your mind wander… Which country has the most beautiful rice fields in your...Read More
Top 10 Reasons Why Ski Trips to the Alps are Awesome
[Not a valid template] I missed skiing last year, so I was very excited to head to the Alps this year. We have quite a big group with which we go skiing every year. Last year however around ski season I was busy enjoying coronas and tacos in Mexico and learning to surf; so no skiing for me. Being from Finland, I suppose I learned to ski about the time I learned to walk, and I do love it. In the recent years I have also developed a love/hate relationship with snowboarding, but I suppose that was just because we had a bumpy start with lots of bruises. But things are better these days with snowboarding and me, thou I think she's not too happy that I gave her a miss on this year's ski trip. I think getting...Read More
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Mane perfumer Ashley Wilberding notes the impact of sheer floral scents on the marketplace. A sheer floral is one of great diffusion and transparency extended with a great deal of hedione- or ozone-driving notes—examples include Escape, Cool Water, Pleasures, Happy and Daisy. These floral fragrances utilize complex, synthetically derived florals with a hint of a natural rose, jasmine, tuberose or honeysuckle.
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Iowa Doctor Charged With Unintentionally Causing Death of Slipknot's Paul Gray
Two years after the tragic passing of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, a major development related to his death has surfaced in the case of a Des Moines, Iowa, doctor charged today (Sept. 5) for involuntary manslaughter. Physician Daniel Baldi was busted for over-prescribing narcotic painkillers to his patients, with one of the eight victims being revealed as Paul Gray.
Papa Roach Unleash 'Still Swingin' Video as Jacoby Shaddix Recovers From Vocal Surgery
While frontman Jacoby Shaddix recovers from vocal surgery, Papa Roach have unleashed the video for 'Still Swingin,' the first single off their upcoming album 'The Connection' (due Oct. 2).
Dave Grohl Calls Foo Fighters' Reading Set 'Last Show for a Long Time' Despite More 2012 Gigs
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl announced from the stage at the UK's Reading festival on Sunday night (Aug. 26) that the gig would be their last show for a long time, as it marked the end of their summer tour. However, the band does have a couple of more high-profile gigs at the various festivals throughout September.
Mark Tremonti Dishes on New Solo Project, Metal Influences + More
As a member of both Creed and Alter Bridge, guitarist Mark Tremonti has established himself as a well-respected member of the rock community. Now, the axeman is stepping up to the mic as frontman of his own project, simply called Tremonti, releasing the album 'All I Was' in July.
Update: Baroness Band Members Suffer Serious Injuries in Bus Crash
As reported yesterday (Aug. 15), the band Baroness were involved in a horrifying bus accident in England that left several people injured, including the band members themselves. Now, details of the injuries sustained by each of the band members and their crew, as well as the bus driver, have been released.
Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Issues Official Statement on Czech Imprisonment
On Thursday, Aug. 2, Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe was released from a Czech prison after being incarcerated for five weeks on charges of manslaughter stemming from a 2010 incident. Blythe was accused of contributing to the death of a 19-year-old fan who was allegedly tossed from the stage at a Lamb of God concert.
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NEW YORK (Scrap Register): China's net silver imports dropped sharply by 37% year-on-year last year, Citi believes the decline to continue in 2014.
The New York based bank also looks for by-product output from mining operations for other metals to drive up silver supply by 2% in 2014.
Citi also looks for silver prices to average $20.40 an ounce level this year.
The metal hit a nine-week high of $21.98 in January, with prices buoyed by the uptick in gold, driven by concerns about China, geopolitical turmoil in Ukraine and mixed U.S. economic data.
"However, for this surge to continue, we believe that significant investor physical uptake -- in the form of ETF (exchange-traded-fund and physical bar holdings -- will be needed in the face of muted industrial demand and largely price-inelastic mine supply expansion," said analyst with Citi, via Kitco News.
"It should be emphasized that strong retail investor demand for silver coins and medals in 2013, with record U.S. Silver Eagle coin sales of 47 million ounces, was driven largely by falling prices and resultant bargain hunting, while conversely 2013 ETF uptake was muted because of those same price falls," the firm added.
"We very much doubt that bullish market sentiment is sustainable due to weakening fundamentals and forecast prices to average $20.4/oz. this year," Citi concluded.


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Early 2013, Dow and Monsanto Planned to Increase Toxic Pesticides Sprayed on crops. July, 2013 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) passed a new regulation to massively increase (double) the maximum allowable levels of herbicide residue in food. Even at low levels, Glyphosate is extremely toxic. According to the new regulation, the EPA has doubled the amount of glyphosate (Roundup) residue legally allowed on oilseed crops like canola and soy that are intended for human consumption, even though this will create a significant public health hazard, threatening human health. EPA regulation allows oilseed crops such as flax, canola, and soybean oil to contain glyphosate at levels up to 40 parts per million (ppm), up from 20 ppm, which is over 100,000 times the concentration needed to induce the growth of human breast cancer cells in vitro.....
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Berom elders demand implementation all reports on Plateau
President Goodluck Jonathan held an exploratory meeting with the northern elders from Berom, an ethnic group in Plateau State in the State House late Monday night, on ways to address the killings plaguing the state.
The elders, led by former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs and Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Buba Gyang, urged the Federal Government to act on all the reports that have been submitted on the resolution of the crisis.
About four reports by different ad-hoc committee set up by the federal government to investigate and proffer solutions to the Plateau crises, exists.
The last report was the 339-paged report that was submitted in 2009 by the committee led by the former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola's Commission of Inquiry.
The commission was set up following the crisis over council election in Jos North Local Government Area, which claimed several lives.
Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting which lasted till almost midnight from 9.30PM, the Gbong Gwon Jos said, the crisis cannot continue indefinitely with no solution in sight, insisting that both ethnic groups must talk and proffer amicable solution that will end the killings and destruction of properties.
The President is scheduled to meet with the Hausa/Fulani ethic group tonight (Tuesday) after which they will be expected to submit their own report which will be studied before a general meeting of both communities with the President on a yet to be fixed date.
The Berom is one of the ethnic groups that have suffered major attacks and killings in the violence that has ravaged the Plateau in the last four years.
It will be recalled that there was total breakdown of law and order in Plateau state following the massacre of more than 140 other persons by suspected herdsmen on July 8th where the Berom people had gathered for the mass burial of 64 persons allegedly killed by the Fulani ethnic militia.


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Yellowjackets off to state speech meet
Returning medalist Lucas Wuebben and 11 of his Perham High School teammates will compedte at the 2009 State Speech Tournament that will be held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter on Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18.
Perham High School Yellowjacket Lucas Wuebben is a returning medalist. He placed fifth last year.
Wuebben competed in the Discussion category.
The following Perham competitors qualified for state; and the Perham Yellowjackets speech team placed first at the Section meet in early April.
Nikki Werner 2nd Prose
Kenzi Kovar 3rd Prose
Megan Shipman 2nd Creative
Lucas Wuebben 3rd Discussion
Ruyin Huang 1st Extemp. Speaking
Becca Huebsch 2nd Inform
Courtney Guck 1st Inform
Jenna Strege 1st Drama
Whitney Delaney
and Kjirsten Kroenke 3rd Duo
Abby Huebsch 2nd Great Speeches
Andrew Riestenberg 1st Humor
The following are alternates for State:
Maddie McClellan
Rachel Wuebben
Elena Arvig
Amber and Abby Kalina
Brittany Bachman
Candace Rastead
Class AA competition will be conducted on Friday and Class A competition will be conducted on Saturday.
The material chosen by competitors ranges from the classics -- I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. in Class A Great Speeches -- to the contemporary -- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini in Class AA Serious Interpretation of Prose.
The tournament features the top three qualifiers from each of eight Class A sections and from each of eight Class AA sections in 13 different speech categories. The 2009 tournament qualifiers represent 168 high school teams -- 99 Class A teams and 69 Class AA teams. Students from 341 Minnesota high schools participated in speech during the current school year on 215 Class A teams and 108 Class AA teams.
The categories are: 1) Serious Interpretation of Prose; 2) Serious Interpretation of Drama; 3) Serious Interpretation of Poetry; 4) Humorous Interpretation; 5) Storytelling; 6) Extemporaneous Reading; 7) Creative Expression; 8) Original Oratory; 9) Great Speeches; 10) Discussion; 11) Extemporaneous Speaking; 12) Informative Speaking; and 13) Duo Interpretation.


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Do you think you might need a hearing aid? Do you know where to start? Here are some tips to make sure you get good information, find the right help and buy what will work for you.
- Contact Your Primary Care Provider or Audiologist:
- Primary Care Provider (PCP). Children under age 18 and adults who suspect they may have a medical problem should check with their primary care provider. Consult your PCP if you have an actively draining ear, pain or discomfort in the ear, progressive hearing loss within 90 days, ringing or noise in the ear (tinnitus), sudden onset of hearing loss in one ear or acute or chronic dizziness. Only 5% of adult hearing loss is medically or surgically correctable.
- Audiologist. If a medical problem is not suspected, schedule an appointment with a licensed audiologist. An audiologist has an advanced college degree or doctorate in audiology and is an expert in hearing testing and hearing aids. If the audiologist suspects you have a medical problem, they will refer you to your primary care physician or to an otolaryngologist, (a physician who specializes in medical treatment of the ears, nose, and throat.) The type and level of hearing loss you have directly impacts the type of hearing aid you receive. For this reason, it is important to have a thorough and accurate hearing evaluation.
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American Academy of Audiology.Hearing Aid FAQs. Accessed March 2008. Available at: http://www.audiology.org/aboutaudiology/consumered/guides/hearingaids.htm
Better Hearing Institute. Getting the Most Out of Your Hearing Aids. Accessed March 2008. Available at:http://www.betterhearing.org/hearing_solutions/gettingTheMost.cfm
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Inspired by the rich history and alchemic experimentation of obsolete photographic practices, the artists in this exhibition create images using antiquated photographic methods, creating works that range from daguerreotypes to tintypes, gum prints to cyanotypes.
The introduction of the digital camera over 20 years ago revolutionized photography. For novices and professionals alike, the computer has replaced the darkroom in the 21st century. However, even with the sophisticated advances of the digital age, a growing number of artists are embracing 19th century photographic technologies to make their work.
Paradoxically, technology has greatly contributed to the enthusiasm, interest and renewal of antiquated photographic processes. Many artists utilize digital tools along with historic practices to make hybrid works.
Digital printing enables artists to create large negatives for contact printing and play with scale in ways that were previously unavailable. Active online communities provide a forum to share recipes and practices.
Part chemist, artist, historian and experimentalist, the photographers in this show share an interest in utilizing old technology to create new imagery. Exhibiting artists include: Stephen Berkman, Linda Connor, Binh Danh, Nathaniel Gibbons, Joy Goldkind, Andreas Hablutzel, Rachel Heath, Robin Hill, Kerik Kouklis, Chirs McCaw, Beth Moon, Ben Nixon, Ron Moultrie Saunders, Michael Shindler, and Brian Taylor.
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A WINCHESTER student is preparing to put her skills under the microscope.
Stephanie Cornwell, 18, completed a 90 minute multiple choice biology questionnaire along with a team of sixteen upper sixth Peter Symonds College students in round one of the UK British Olympiad competition.
The competition encourages students to widen their knowledge beyond A Level standards, and continue to study the subject after college.
This year saw a record 5057 entries, and as one of the top achieving students in the country, scoring 65 out of 90, Stephanie has been invited to sit round two, a further 90 minute written paper.
If successful she would qualify for the finals and the chance to compete for one of four places to represent the UK in the 2014 International Biology Olympiad.
Each entry from the college gained recognition, including four gold medals, four silver, five bronze, two Highly Commended and one Commended, and all of the medal winners will be invited to an awards ceremony at the Royal Society in June.
Julian Foster, a biology teacher at Peter Symonds, said: "This has been our most successful year to date and we congratulate all the students on their success in round one of this increasingly popular national competition.
"We are especially pleased to Stephanie and her progress to the next round."
Teams of young biologists from 60 countries across the globe will come together at this summer's International Biology Olympiad held in Bali, Indonesia.


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'Star Wars: Episode 7' Photos Reveal Kylo Ren Unmasked, Lupita Nyong'o and More!
It's a Star Wars tradition to participate in a splashy Vanity Fair cover shoot by famed photographer Annie Liebowitz and Star Wars: Episode 7 is no different (although it almost was: rumors were that J.J. Abrams wanted to buck that tradition, but Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy was able to talk him into it). The cast and crew of The Force Awakens are on the cover of the upcoming June issue and while even more photos will be revealed, we do get our first look at Adam Driver without his Kylo Ren mask and Lupita Nyong'o's motion-capture character!


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Franklin Regional, Penn-Trafford tennis teams advance to WPIAL tournaments
Franklin Regional freshman Natalia Perry made a splash in this year's WPIAL singles tournament, but none of the local teams had the same luck in doubles.
Perry and senior teammate Lauren Bailey advanced to the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class AAA doubles tournament, which was the deepest progression of any of the Section 1-AAA pairs last Thursday at Norwin.
Despite being section champs, Perry and Bailey were seeded seventh for the district tournament, which pitted them against 10th-seeded Vida Komer and Jen Holcombe of Peters Township.
Franklin Regional battled through the tough opening match and avoided a tiebreaker by taking the final game for an 11-9 win.
That moved Perry and Bailey into a quarterfinal against North Allegheny's Kylie Isaacs and Maddy Adams — the No. 2 seed.
The Panthers' team had its run end there with a 10-6 defeat.
The other two teams representing Section 1-AAA both were eliminated in the first round.
Penn-Trafford sophomore Charlotte Vertes and senior Alexis Ryan, the section runners-up, were eliminated in their first-round match against Marlys Bridgham and Laura Feger of Pine-Richland, 10-1.
Hempfield's Madison DeBone and Carly Bryan, the section's third-place team, fell in the opening round against Isaacs and Adams, 10-1.
The teams from both section-champion Franklin Regional and Penn-Trafford will be in the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament, which was scheduled to begin as early as today.
Matt Grubba is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-388-5830 or email@example.com.


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Karla Fisher Appointed Chancellor at Arkansas State University-Beebe
BEEBE, Ark. – Arkansas State University System President Dr. Charles L. Welch today announced the selection of Dr. Karla Fisher as the next chancellor of ASU-Beebe.
Fisher, who has served as vice president of academics at Butler Community College in Kansas since 2010, will succeed Dr. Eugene McKay, who announced in May that he would retire in January after almost 50 years' service to ASU-Beebe, including the past 21 years as chancellor. "We conducted an extensive national search and have chosen a dynamic administrator who will build on Chancellor McKay's excellent work," Welch said. "She brings to ASU-Beebe a wealth of experience in curriculum, student engagement and marketing. Butler and ASU-Beebe share many similarities in serving a broad mix of students on multiple campuses. The search committee and campus constituencies were very impressed with her background, and we're confident she's the ideal leader to further enhance ASU-Beebe's standing as a leading two-year college in the region."
A 14-member Chancellor Search Advisory Committee – with members representing faculty, staff, students and the community – reviewed 60 applications for the position. "I appreciate the committee's exceptional counsel and assistance during the process," Welch said.
Fisher served as interim president at Butler for seven months in 2013. She has also been an associate of the Center for Community college Student Engagement since 2007 and was director of institutional marketing at Salt Lake Community college from 2001-2007.
"I am honored to join the ASU System," Fisher said. "Everyone involved in the search process was incredibly welcoming. ASU-Beebe has a great history and, working together, I'm confident we'll build an even greater future. "
The National Association of Instructional Administrators this year honored Fisher as Chief Academic Officer of the Year. She also received the Kansas Board of Regents Annual Award for Data Quality and Planning and the Wichita Business Journal Annual Award for Innovation for creation of Butler Early College Academies.
Fisher was awarded a Ph.D. in Educational Administration by the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas, a Master of Arts degree in communication by St. Mary's University in San Antonio and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English by St. Mary's University.
Fisher will join ASU-Beebe on Jan. 16, Welch said, and her salary will be $183,000.
ASU-Beebe serves more than 4,500 students and is the only two-year institution in Arkansas with residence halls. ASU-Beebe has additional campuses at Heber Springs, Searcy and the Little Rock Air Force Base.
The ASU System serves 23,300 students throughout Arkansas and also includes Arkansas State University, a four-year research institution in Jonesboro with an instruction site in Paragould; ASU-Newport, with additional campuses in Jonesboro and Marked Tree; ASU-Mountain Home; and ASU Mid-South in West Memphis.


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Perspectives of mentoring: The Black female student-athlete
The purpose of this study was to understand Black female collegiate athletes' perception of mentors and the characteristics of their current mentors. Understanding their definition of a mentor and the persons whom fulfill the psychosocial and career mentor roles will provide insight on the mentor-mentee relationship. In addition, the researchers found it necessary to ascertain the persons whom fulfill the athletic mentor role due to the collegiate athletic status. This study is approached from a critical feminist lens, utilizing a qualitative questionnaire to capture and analyze the voice and perceptions of the Black female athletes (n = 38) from two Division I universities. Critical race theory and Black feminist thought were employed to capture the "multiple jeopardies" of the Black female athlete, thus recognizing race, or racism, and gender, or sexism, are at the fore of their daily experiences. The findings revealed Black female athletes' definitions of a mentor were characterized by the traditional mentor qualities such as a guide, a supporter, and a role model. Further analysis indicated the women had three distinctly different persons to fulfill each mentor dimension to include: career/academic support, psychosocial support, and athletic support. However, the characteristics of those persons who fulfilled each dimension were family members, with greater influence by the coach on the athletic support dimension. Based on the findings it would benefit administrators to recognize these characteristics and persons of influence when providing support services and developmental programs for the Black female collegiate athlete.
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Beasts of Urghul
Lifeforms (Fauna) (Forest/ Jungle)
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Nice animal, with good detail.
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Korinthan Lock Acid
Items (Tools) (Non-Magical)
's comment on 2005-11-27 09:21 PM
I like it... I like your intro description, but it's a little confusing.. I get the general idea which is what matters. I like your plot hooks at the end. I wonder what kind of dispenser is used... you dont want to get drops on you, and you are apply a liquid to a lock, which is inset into a door, so if you're not careful, it'll run down the door and not get enough in the lock. It's simple enough to make something up, but as a chemist who uses a lot of acids, well, it's something i thought about right away, because, see, the first time i tried to use acid to sneak into someone's house...
Oh, and on behalf of belly dancers everywhere, they are offended by your grouping of them with common scum.
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Korinthan Lock Acid
Items (Tools) (Non-Magical)
's comment on 2005-11-28 11:11 AM
wow. i'll be sure to tell my female friends never to belly dance around people whose views on belydancing are unknown ;-p
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Order Dragons - Drakonus Legitus
Lifeforms (Fauna) (Any)
's comment on 2005-11-17 12:25 AM
I like the creature and the role it plays in the world your created. Like the others, I think this post is a little short/weak on its own, however. (side note: 2 wings and 2 legs is sort of like a wyvern to me)
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Aviontix Tombs
Dungeons (Desert) (Style)
's comment on 2005-11-24 03:12 PM
A very good description of a pretty standard egyptian pyramid with minor changes.
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Short overview of the Effin (Red Elves)
Lifeforms (Intelligent Species) (Any)
's comment on 2005-11-18 10:19 PM
maybe they just have small two-handed weapons :-P
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Short overview of the Effin (Red Elves)
Lifeforms (Intelligent Species) (Any)
's comment on 2005-11-18 10:21 PM
Agree with Mourngrymn - It's a very good start, but more details about their culture and why they live with dwarves/gnomes would add a lot to this post.
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Ring of Stonekin
Items (Jewelry) (Magical)
's comment on 2005-11-09 11:53 AM
There are many things I like about this post... good history (specific, yet easily to generalize to another world), not too powerful (needing two at a time!) and the curse. Also, it's hard to come up with something completely new, and to my mind, this is that.
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Dalme The Tinker
NPCs (Major) (Knowledge/Lore)
's comment on 2005-11-14 02:52 PM
Yeah, I have little to add to what has already been said. I think he isn't the easiest character to work into a campaign, but I like the idea of the players 'just happening' to see him a lot. Even if nothing happens they should be a little suspicious.
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The False Sword of Crog
Items (Melee Weapons) (Combat)
's comment on 2005-11-10 07:55 PM
I like it, sending PCs after fake magic. And I like how it is actually magic itself now. One question - why the myths that Crog was a big half-dragon? I couldn't find explanation for that in the post.
minor comment - the dragon who gets the sword is named twice, by different names Molkoth then Morkoth.
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Coffer Blades
Items (Transports) (Non-Magical)
's comment on 2005-11-28 03:42 PM
Sounds reasonable and you do a good write-up. Once these things got found out, of course everyone would know to search there and they'd have to scrap the idea and make a whole new one... but while it lasted it would be good.
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Khub Gurmong, the Big Shiny Club
Items (Melee Weapons) (Magical)
's comment on 2005-11-29 03:44 PM
I think it's all been said. bravo sir.
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Bugger Leaf
Lifeforms (Flora) (Plains)
's comment on 2005-11-20 06:24 PM
A great post. Lots of subtleties and plot hooks come out of this post. Even before all the comments.
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Towers of Volturn
Locations (Ruins) (Any)
's comment on 2005-11-10 02:26 PM
I wasn't that in to the article at post, but it definitely grew on me as I kept reading. The hooks and parting thoughts are what make this stand out to me. The towers are a curiousity, but provide a GM with excuses for virtually any adventure idea. I like the suggestions you give - detailed enough to not be unoriginal, but open enough for flexibility.
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Items (Ranged Weapons) (Combat)
's comment on 2005-11-08 03:00 PM
It's a cool idea, and of course not too powerful. I appreciate the work that went into the history, but because the item seems "generic" and the history is so specific it actually detracted a little bit to me (took longer to read and added nothing).
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The Bone Stitcher
Items (Tools) (Magical)
's comment on 2005-11-27 09:48 PM
Very cool item. The concept of it looking like a giant spider is very nice, I think it adds to the item.
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Items (Tools) (Non-Magical)
's comment on 2005-11-27 09:08 PM
A good solid idea. It's nice that it has limitations, but Dragon Lord's post shows how it can be used to great means if done properly.
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Items (Materials) (Non-Magical)
's comment on 2005-11-29 10:04 PM
Hm. It's a little unclear at parts.. the science is iffy, but like people said... its MAGIC science :)
The link to the mercury is not working now.. I'll have to find that manually, but maybe someone could fix that some time.
I like the idea of the mercury, and I like the idea of the brick to stop the vibrations.. a floating boat is a nice idea.
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Chainmail of Forgetfulness
Items (Armor) (Cursed)
's comment on 2005-11-18 12:56 AM
Agreed with previous posters. Also, I'm a big fan of the edit button :-)
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Blinkly's Rocket Arrow
Items (Ranged Weapons) (Combat)
's comment on 2005-11-30 04:13 PM
It's a light idea and would be nice for a campaign like that. Not my style, but I can appreciate the writing and the creativity in the story.
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Disposal Do's and Don'ts
Disposal Do's and Don'ts
We've all been there (unless you don't have a garbage disposal, and in that case I feel your pain, my current place doesn't have one either), you clean up the dishes, you scrape off the food, you run the disposal and ACK! you're hit in the face with a horrible smell. The onions from tonight's dinner are wafting back through the sink and your otherwise beautifully spotless kitchen is beginning to stink. Well, I'm happy to say, this problem can be easily eliminated. To read my simple disposal tip and other garbage disposal hints,
To prevent the nasty garbage disposal smell, I simply take a quarter of a lemon and toss it into the disposal. When I run it, the oils from the lemon permeate through and you're left with a lemony-fresh scent. If you think it's a waste of a lemon, then be sure to squeeze out the juice first (you can save it for salads, etc.) I'll actually keep the leftover lemon parts in a bag in the fridge and use them as needed.
To help keep the disposal in good condition, try the following:
- Occasionally toss a few pieces of ice into the disposal. The grinding of the ice will help to keep the blades sharp.
- You can also freeze vinegar in ice cube trays and run those down the disposal. You'll keep your blades sharp and get rid of any lingering odors.
- For stubborn odors pour baking soda into the drain and let it set for several hours before running the water/disposal.
- Don't put too many peels (especially potatoes) down the disposal. The starches in the potatoes will turn into a thick paste and may cause the blades to stick.
- It's fairly obvious, but don't run glass, plastic, metal and other non-food items down the disposal.
- The remains from crab, oysters, etc. should also not be put down the disposal.
- Avoid grinding fibrous food like onion skins, celery and corn husks.
- Small amounts of eggshells or small bones are actually good for the disposal and can help scour the sides of the grinder.
- Be sure to run cold water before, during and after using the disposal. This will help run debris through the pipes. The cold water will help solidify any grease in the pipes.
- Avoid harsh chemicals like bleach or drain cleaners. If there is a clog, check and clean out the disposal unit first.


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In our last DIY post, we featured DIY table numbers made using faux moss and planters. This week, we have a fresh idea using nearly identical supplies but with an entirely different look.
These easy DIY table numbers involve filling mason jars with the moss, hand writing table numbers on nice cardstock and then slipping the numbers into the jars. Gorgeous, isn't it? And so simple! Plus we love how it looks with our Enchanting Forest menus.
If you have a few extra jars or glass vases lying around, we've also fallen in love with this adorable idea for your entry table (or even centerpieces):
- Glass mason jars or vases
- Some of your favorite photos
How to Do It:
It's as easy as it looks! Just slide your favorite photos inside the jars. You might have to slightly roll them to squeeze them in, but don't worry—ours bounced back nicely.
Now some of your favorite memories together are ready for display! Fun, right?
We want to hear your creative DIY ideas, too! Send your photos to firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll post them for all of our fans and followers.


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Pure Michigan Campaign Wins Top Awards Named Best State Tourism Radio and Best State Tourism Niche Marketing in America
(517) 335-1871 or [email protected]
Lansing, Michigan - The US Travel Association honored Travel Michigan with a Mercury Award for the Best State Tourism Radio Advertising for its Pure Michigan campaign. In addition, Travel Michigan also won a Mercury Award for the Best State Tourism Niche Marketing for the Pure Michigan golf and hunting campaigns.
"We are thrilled to again receive this industry recognition for the Pure Michigan campaign," said George Zimmermann, Vice President of Travel Michigan, a business unit of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. "This recognition comes on the heels of Forbes naming Pure Michigan one of the ten best tourism promotion campaigns of all time."
These two awards join the other Mercury Awards the campaign has already received including Best State Tourism Advertising Campaign (2007), Best State Tourism Television Commercials (2007), and Best State Tourism Radio Campaign (2008).
The Pure Michigan tourism campaign went national for the first time this year and ran through June on 15 cable channels: Golf Channel, Travel Channel, A&E, Bravo, Style, Fine Living, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, E!, DIY Network, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Fox News.
"There are millions of Americans who know little or nothing about the vibrancy, heritage, culture, arts and entertainment in our great cities, our sandy beaches and stunning overlooks along America's longest fresh-water coastline, or the majesty and recreation in our 19 million acres of magnificent forests," Zimmermann said. "The Pure Michigan campaign is designed to introduce to the nation the attributes that make Michigan such a popular and unique destination."
For each dollar Michigan spent on out-of-state advertising from 2004 through 2008, new visits to Michigan stimulated by that advertising created more than $40 of spending at Michigan businesses and generated $2.86 in new state tax collections.
The Mercury Awards is a program created by the National Council of State Tourism Directors to recognize its members for excellence and creative accomplishment in state tourism marketing and promotion, and to inspire the continued development of truly imaginative and exciting destination marketing and promotion programs.
The Birmingham, Michigan office of McCann Erickson developed the strategy and creative for the Pure Michigan campaign. McCann's Chief Strategy Officer Mark Lantz explains their approach: "The campaign is intended to entice out-of-state travelers from neighboring states about one place that still feels magic, mythic, authentic, untamed, unspoiled, uncompromised, timeless and true. It's pure Michigan. We wanted to communicate to consumers what makes Michigan special, and identify experiences you get here that you can't get anywhere else."
Pure Michigan commercials can be viewed/listened to online at michigan.org/travelads.
McCann Erickson's Birmingham, Michigan office creates advertising and integrated marketing communications programs for Travel Michigan; Saab Automobile USA; General Motors Corporation (Corporate Advertising); Delphi; Honeywell Consumer Product Group's Prestone, FRAM and Autolite units; and a variety of other clients. McCannWorldgroup is the world's largest multinational advertising agency system, with operations in 131 countries. It is part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE: IPG). To find out more about McCann Erickson, visit its Web site at www.mccann.com.
Travel Michigan, a division of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, is the State of Michigan's official agency for the promotion of tourism. Travel Michigan markets the state's tourism industry and provides valuable visitor information services.


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This article was published 30/12/2013 (1330 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: Well good riddance to 2013, which was nothing but a load of rubbish. I have a question about ringing in 2014: I have never received a kiss at midnight in my whole life. I'm going to a singles party on New Year's Eve and I want a kiss, dammit. I know some of the women who go to these parties, but I don't know if you can just lean in for a smooch at midnight or what. One of the guys at the bar today told me you can get your face slapped for that. Should I ask for a kiss, or just assume it's all right because it's New Year's Eve at midnight? -- Hesitant Midnight Mover, Winnipeg
Dear Midnight Mover: If you think about getting a kiss at midnight all evening, you're going to have a determined, and perhaps sleazy, expression on your face. Women have been known to hide out in the bathroom at singles dances if they think somebody they aren't friends with is just waiting to pounce on them at the countdown. Your best bet would be to get friendly and have some great talks and dances with the women around you, then try to get something fun happening, in terms of a coffee date, for the first week of the new year. Do that rather than acting like a heat-seeking missile trying to steal a kiss.
A new year's kiss is not a popular thing these days, anyway. In fact, people are sometimes worried about getting "germs" passed to them by a kiss. Also, some guys who've had too much to drink go in for a French kiss. If you do get a kiss offered, make it warm, and lips-only.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I was wondering if you could give me some advice about what to do with a neighbour -- a smooth operator -- who tells me months before he's going away on such and such a date. The day before he leaves he calls again about dropping off his mailbox key. He never directly asks me if it would be convenient for me to pick up his mail or to check his apartment while he is gone.
He is gone several times a year for 10 to 14 days each time. When he gets home he never gives me anything and hardly says thanks. We live in a high-rise block and talk about condo affairs. We are also key buddies since there is no on-site property manager. At a recent condo event I won a raffle basket of food goodies and wine. I gave him the wine since I don't drink that kind. When I had a water-leak problem a couple of years ago, I called him for help and later gave him a $25 gift card.
When I go away I have another neighbour to get my mail and water my plants. On return I always give her flowers and something I picked up on my travels. She also does the same when I take care of her mail and plants. Any suggestions would be appreciated. My problem neighbour left yesterday again for a holiday and is going away again in the spring. -- Enough is Enough, Winnipeg
Dear Enough: Ask your plant-watering neighbour to be your key buddy. You've had more than enough of Mr. Smooth Operator. Tell him you would appreciate him giving your key back now as you have a friend who's going to be your key buddy, and you'll be taking care of her mail from now on and won't be able to do his, too. If he asks further questions, say. "I'm just making a change, thanks. Could I get my key now? I'll go get yours." Then you do the key exchange, smile and say, "Happy New Year," and be gone. No one can argue with a smiling, "I just don't want to." He could argue with a problem, if you'd state one, but act as if there is no problem.
Please send your questions or comments c/o firstname.lastname@example.com or mail letters to Miss Lonelyhearts c/o Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6


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By Tina Snell, Staff Writer
Unique foods from Wild Willes Sandwich Shack will be available during the Lincoln Scandia Valley Summer Fest Friday – Saturday, Aug. 2 – 3.
Owners Les and Deb Wille, who live in the St. Cloud area, started their food truck business last fall. Les is also the owner of Lester's Water Works, a directional drilling company that works mostly with geothermal heating and cooling systems. Deb has worked as a cook at Kay's Kitchen for many years.
"We both love food, we both love to cook," said Les. "We have the winters off and needed something to do."
Deb, the daughter of Don and Sandy Lorentzen in Lincoln, said she and Les have been entrepreneurs for as long as they can remember, owning several businesses since they met when both were living in the Lincoln Lakes Area.
"We met at the Lincoln Free Church when we were teenagers," said Deb.
They thought of starting a diner, but also wanted to travel. A food truck sounded appealing, so off they went to Miami, Fla., where food trucks are made.
Food trucks are created to the buyers' specifications, and not cheaply. The Willes felt lucky when they found a hardly-used food truck for the right price.
Friends of theirs in Florida offered their home to the Willes while they got their feet wet with the food truck business.
"We worked in the Daytona Beach, Fla., area and eventually got involved with a food truck group," said Les. He said dozens of trucks get together four or five times a month in a parking lot, an event or other venues.
"Thousands of people showed up wherever we were parked," said Deb. "They all came to eat."
One of the get-togethers was a food truck war. The trucks competed in different categories. While most of the categories were judged by the people, the Chef's Choice Award was judged by chefs from the Food Network.
"We missed winning first place by .003 of a point," said Deb.
The Willes plan is to work in Central Minnesota in the summer and head to Florida in the winter. There they set up on street corners during the week and are with the food truck group on the weekends.
While in Minnesota Mondays through Fridays, Wild Willes will be parked around the St. Cloud area. The Willes set up their truck at different business complexes to maximize the number of their customers.
On the weekends, Les and Deb will work different festivals.
They were invited to set up their food truck at Freedom Fest in Pierz July 6, which was a great success. Through word of mouth, Wild Willes is growing. They are being contacted by festival organizers to be part of local events.
"This is a lot of work, but it's fun," aid Deb. "Our food is so good, it's a treat to see our customer's faces when they taste it."
Wild Willes' menu consists of their Famous Buzzard Balls, which is a chicken appetizer with jalepenos and pepper jack cheese wrapped in bacon then deep fried. There is also the Wille Good Bacon and Blue Burger and the Cheese Louise, a grilled cheese sandwich with avocados, pesto and tomatoes.
During the Scandia Valley Summer Fest, Wild Willes will also be manning a candy shack. All proceeds from the sale of the candy will go toward the Scandia Valley Fire Department. A portion of the proceeds from Wild Willes Sandwich Shack will also benefit the department.
The truck will be doing business during the Fest from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. both days.
For more information, go to Wild Willes website at wild
willes.com, email Deb or Les at [email protected] or call them at (320) 339-0856. Wild Willes can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.


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"Mommy, let's play pretend. You can be my daughter and I'll be the mom. So, that means I get to be bossy and wear LOTS of makeup."
"Mommy, wanna play house with me? Except we'll pretend it's clean, like Grandma's."
"Mommy, let's play school. I'll be the teacher, and you can pretend you're as smart as me."
"Mommy, let's pretend we're twin sisters. We'll both be 19. So, that means that I pretend to be older, and you get to be young again with smooth skin."
Mommy, let's play family. Baby Sadie will be my little girl, I'll be her mommy, and you get to be the Grandma because you have all the wrinkles."
Mommy, let's play restaurant. I'll be the server, you be the Chef and we'll pretend that you can really cook."
Hey Trinity... I have an idea. Let's play "Life before children". You pretend you're not here, and I'll pretend .....


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Subhash Ghai, the veteren director who has given many hit films like Yuvvraaj, Taal, Pardes, Khalnayak and Ram Lakhan amongst others, never had item numbers in his films. Now, he has decided to go with the trend and is planning on having an item song in his next film Kaanchi.
The veteran director, who is filming Kaanchi with actors Kartik Tiwari and Mishti, is known for giving chances to newcomers and now, he's on the hunt for a girl to do the item song in the movie. The song is composed by Ismail Darbar and will be choreographed by veteran choreographer Saroj Khan.
He has invited girls all over the country in the age group of 18-30, to send in their pictures and videos. They will be carefully scrutinized by Ghai, Saroj Khan and Ismail. The selected girl may also be given a chance to act in Mukta Arts' next film.


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