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Picking up my visa
The day I picked up my visa from the Australian consulate in Auckland is a tale worth telling...
Milord and I were staying with Heidi, who lives about an hour's walk from the center of town. She and Craig had to go to work, so we would be making our own way into the city... we considered taking a taxi or a bus, but decided it would be a nice walk and we needed the exercise anyway. So we pulled up a map on the internet and worked out which road to go down from where we would cut through a park and pick up the long road bridge into town. We left the house at 10:30, expecting to get to the consulate at 11:30, in plenty of time before they closed for lunch at 12. We'd also keep an eye out for an internet cafe to print off the grant letter that had been emailed to me as Heidi didn't have a printer.
It was a lovely walk though a stunning suburb. The day was cool and overcast, perfect for a long walk, and we dawdled along oohing and ahing at the lush gardens and huge mansions along the way. We could see the Auckland Skytower in the distance and we wandered along in its general direction. After a time the road began to turn away from the city, and we realised that the park we had expected to cut through was actually impenetrable bush above a steep drop. We'd been walking for long enough that turning back was not really an option, so we decided to continue, because surely the road we were on would descend to the road and bridge we could see crossing the water to the city.
Well, yeah, eventually. We finally found ourselves on the several kilometers long bridge at 11:30... Remember, the visa office closes at 12? We picked up the pace, blessing the fact that it was a cool and blustery day. At 11:45 we reached the city, and found ourselves on the correct street - what a stroke of luck! Only... we needed number 189, and we were at number 1... so we picked up the pace a little more, almost jogging now.
We reached the Price Waterhouse Coopers building which houses the consulate at 11:53. I knew it was on the 7th floor so we bolted in through the lobby to the lift foyer, and leapt into the first lift we saw. The doors closed and we turned to the control panel... which wasn't there. Seriously. No buttons. The lift went up to the 8th floor and someone got off. It went to the 15th floor and someone got off. It went to the 28th floor...
"Psychic lift?" I hiss to Milord.
"Security tags?" He mutters back.
By now we are getting some very strange looks from the suited and booted people with us in the lift. We are scruffy and panting, and m'Lord looks like he is about to expire on the spot. He has gone a strange shade of red and sweat is literally pouring down his face and through his hair. We're also quite wild-eyed and are pulling frantic faces at each other.
A young man took pity on us. "Do you know how to work the lift?" he asks. "NO!" we chorus. Turns out each lift foyer has a console where you request a floor, and it tells you which lift to get into, which then goes to only those floors. Wierd. He led us out onto the 30th floor, we requested floor 7, then boarded the appropriate lift to go down again.
We exited onto floor 7 at 11:58. The security guard told us that unfortunately the visa office was closed for lunch... she then asked m'Lord if he was alright, and did he need to sit down! Ok. No problem. We'd come back at 1pm and try again... We called another lift to the lobby. Walked very slowly over a set of chairs and sat down gently. Drank a bottle of (crazy expensive imported from Europe - why?) water and felt our pulses return to normal and our high colour fade. We giggled for a while and felt human again.
Ok, an hour to kill. We never did find that internet cafe on the way, so we decided to do so and pick up some lunch. We circled a few city blocks in our search, and finally found an internet cafe. Now, either folk in Auckland are mostly Asian, or that part of town is their Chinatown, but almost nobody spoke English! I asked the lady in the internet cafe if I could just print something, and after a lot of waving and repetition I found myself looking at a computer screen with a login dialog. Which was all Chinese with the odd English word. I had no idea what to enter so typed the word "yes" into the "Print Document" textbox. Instantly all English disappeared and I was faced with a dialog entirely in Chinese. Hmmm. Interesting. So I clicked every button on the dialog. Turns out one of them represented "Shutdown". Riiight... and as the computer shut down I caught a glimpse of the file I wanted to print and double clicked on it and managed to abort the shutdown. And was in! I hacked a New Zealand Chinese internet cafe login screen - how cool am I?! We printed off my document and went to find a coffee.
We popped into the first coffee shop we came across and I went up the counter to order two plain white coffees and two pre-made sandwiches. After a lot of repetition and waving we finally got biggest mugs of coffee I have ever seen and the sandwiches. As I gratefully sank into my chair and took a deep gulp of the enormous coffee m'Lord, who'd been reading my document, said "Is it supposed to have Chinese characters in it?" ...!!!... Somehow every "'s" and semicolon had been transcribed into funny little Chinese symbols. Oh man.
We ended up abandoning half a bucket of coffee and made our way back to the consulate, selecting the lift correctly this time and saying a friendly greeting to the security guard. We took a number which put us second in the queue and waited for half an hour for the office to open, watching the wierd and wonderful visa applicants file in. m'Lord, like most Aussies (and probably most people in the world to be honest) is a bit of a xenophobe, and had a low grumble going on until I reminded him that I too am an alien import! Once the staff deigned to turn up and open their stations my document was accepted in spite of its new decorations, and I had the visa sticker in my passport within minutes. We wandered out to the lifts, looked at each other and said "That's it?".
What an anticlimax!


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La Femme
The Art & Photography of Victor Habbick
by Victor Habbick
About the Book
In this the second volume of the Art & Photography of Victor Habbick, he once more displays a portfolio of work spanning more than 20 years in the profession. From the early 80's to the present day we journey through the years and styles that have seen Victor move from the traditional portrait to the more outlandish and fantasy concepts of his recent work.
Along the way he shares many tips and insights about his approach to his photography that can be easily used by anyone who wants to capture the beauty of the female form. So whether you want to photograph your baby girl or take on the challenge of a photo session with a young model, you'll find both inspiration and enthusiasm in equal measures within this volume of work to assist you on your photographic journey.
Features & Details
- Category Arts & Photography
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
110 Pages
- Publish Date Sep 20, 2008
- Tags black &white, female, photography, art, artwork, style, stylish, graphic, colorful, face, body, pose, baby, girl, woman, model, cute, happy, sexy, professional, fetish, glamour, goth, gothic, surreal, fantasy, romantic, noir, digital, film, victor, habbick, visions
About the Creator
Hi There, I am a professional self employed artist & photographer living and working in Scotland UK. I am involved in many different areas of the creative industry including stock photography and art. I supply many agencies and companies throughout the world. I have never considered what I do as a job but I am grateful that I have made a living out of my what has brought me so much pleasure throughout my life. Some of my books are very personal journeys through images and words but hopefully through sharing my experiences I can perhaps help others. Victor
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His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, pursuant to subsection 4(4) of the Special Economic Measures Act (see footnote a), hereby authorizes the Minister of Foreign Affairs to issue to any person in Canada or any Canadian outside Canada a permit to carry out a specified activity or transaction, or any class of activity or transaction, with Libya that is restricted or prohibited pursuant to the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolution on Libya and Taking Special Economic Measures.
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Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Can Be Removed By Surgery
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving chemotherapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving chemotherapy after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine together with oxaliplatin works in treating patients with pancreatic cancer that can be removed by surgery.
|Pancreatic Cancer
|Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride Drug: oxaliplatin Genetic: protein expression analysis Genetic: proteomic profiling Other: diagnostic laboratory biomarker analysis Procedure: adjuvant therapy Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin in Patients With Potentially Resectable Previously Untreated Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
- Overall Survival at 18 Months [ Time Frame: 18 months ]Percentage of participants that were alive or survived at 18 months after randomization
- Overall Survival (Follow-Up Time) [ Time Frame: From Baseline until 2 Years and Follow-Up, up to 120 months ]
- Specific Tumor Marker Response (CEA) to Neoadjuvant Therapy [ Time Frame: Baseline and 2 years ]
- RECIST Radiologic Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy [ Time Frame: 2 years ]Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR)=CR +PR
- Specific Tumor Marker Response (Ca 19-9) to Neoadjuvant Therapy [ Time Frame: Baseline and 2 years ]
- Specific Tumor Marker Response (CEA) to Neoadjuvant Therapy [ Time Frame: Baseline and 2 years ]Percentage change in specific tumor marker (Carcinoembryonic antigen, CEA) levels in response to neoadjuvant therapy
- Specific Tumor Marker Response (Ca 19-9) to Neoadjuvant Therapy [ Time Frame: Baseline and 2 years ]Percent change in specific tumor marker (Cancer Antigen 19-9, Ca 19-9) levels in response to neoadjuvant therapy
|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2017
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Gemcitabine And Oxaliplatin
A Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine And Oxaliplatin In Patients With Potentially Resectable Previously Untreated Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride
1,000 mg/m2 IV over 100 minutes on day 1 every 14 days for 4 cyclesDrug: oxaliplatin
80 mg/m2 IV over 2 hours on day 1 every 14 days for 4 cycles.Genetic: protein expression analysis Genetic: proteomic profiling Other: diagnostic laboratory biomarker analysis Procedure: adjuvant therapy Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery
Detailed Description:
- To determine the overall 18-month survival of patients with radiographically resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with neoadjuvant gemcitabine and oxaliplatin followed by surgical resection and adjuvant gemcitabine.
- To determine the safety, toxicity, and feasibility of this regimen in the neoadjuvant setting.
- To determine the feasibility of obtaining preoperative core tissue biopsies and the ability to use these biopsies to establish pathologic correlates of response following neoadjuvant therapy and to determine if xenografts can be developed from these core tissues.
- To determine the specific tumor marker response (CEA and CA19-9) to neoadjuvant therapy.
- To determine the prognostic accuracy of serum protein profiles in these patients.
- To determine the overall survival and patterns of tumor recurrence (local vs distant).
- Neoadjuvant therapy: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 100 minutes and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
- Surgery: Within 2-6 weeks after completion of neoadjuvant therapy, patients undergo a laparoscopy that includes a pancreaticoduodenectomy or distal pancreatectomy with or without splenectomy.
- Adjuvant therapy: Beginning 4-16 weeks after surgery, patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 5 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients undergo tumor tissue and blood sample collection periodically for correlative studies. Samples are analyzed for protein expression and tumor markers (CEA and CA19-9) pre- and post-neoadjuvant therapy via proteomic analysis. Tumor tissue samples are also banked for research purposes.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma
No histology other than adenocarcinoma (e.g., neuroendocrine cancer or acinar cancer)
- Patients with adenosquamous variants are eligible
Radiographically resectable pancreatic cancer, as determined by a surgical oncologist
- No metastatic or locally unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma
No evidence of distant metastases by CT scan
- Negative or pending laparoscopy for distant metastases
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm³
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
- Bilirubin ≤ 4.0 mg/dL (if > 3.0, stented and known to be declining)
- Serum creatinine ≤ 1.6 mg/dL
- INR < 1.5 (therapeutic INR is allowed for patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation)
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after completion of study therapy
No active infection, except for resolving cholangitis, that would preclude study enrollment
- Neoadjuvant therapy may only be initiated when acute cholangitis has resolved
- No other malignancy within the past 3 years except for curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, or localized prostate cancer with a PSA of < 5.0 ng/mL within ≥ 4 weeks of study entry (other circumstances with a recent concurrent or active malignancy will be adjudicated on a case-by-case basis by the principle investigator [PI] or co-PI)
- No known hypersensitivity to any of the components of oxaliplatin or gemcitabine
- No hypersensitivity to CT scan IV contrast dye not suitable for premedication
- No peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2
- No known HIV or hepatitis B or C infection (active, previously treated, or both)
- No other medical condition, including mental illness or substance abuse that, deemed by the investigator, would preclude study participation
- More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
- No prior radiotherapy to > 25% of bone marrow
- More than 30 days since prior and no other concurrent investigational therapy
- No other prior therapy for pancreatic cancer
- No other concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy during neoadjuvant therapy
- Concurrent low molecular weight heparin or warfarin, where medically indicated, allowed
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00536874
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065-0009
|Principal Investigator:
|Eileen O'Reilly, MD
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Peter J. Allen, MD
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00536874 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 27, 2007
|Results First Received:
|November 27, 2013
|Last Updated:
|February 7, 2017
Keywords provided by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center:
adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
stage IA pancreatic cancer
stage IB pancreatic cancer
stage IIA pancreatic cancer
stage IIB pancreatic cancer
stage III pancreatic cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017


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Johannesburg - The DA has called on SABC board chairman Dr Ben Ngubane to sanction the corporation's acting chief operating officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, for ordering that the debt-crippled organisation spend millions it did not have hiring surplus employees.
But SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago dismissed the official opposition on Thursday for publicly making "general statements without all the facts", rather than seeking clarity from the SABC.
The Communications Workers Union and the Creative Workers Union of SA also defended Motsoeneng, saying he was under attack from critics with "selfish and right-wing" motives for doing a good job in transforming and stabilising the SABC.
Hours after The Star reported on Thursday that Motsoeneng had issued an instruction through an internal memo on November 7, despite a protest from his acting chief financial officer, Tian Olivier, DA communications spokesman Marian Shinn urged Ngubane to say what action he would take against Motsoeneng.
Shinn said that by ordering TV News management to convert freelancers into permanent staff, Motsoeneng may have contravened the public loan agreement with the Treasury.
The agreement, which underpinned the SABC's turnaround strategy, was entered into after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan signed sureties to secure the corporation a R1 billion bailout loan from a private bank in 2009.
The public broadcaster desperately needed the cash to save it from its R800 million deficit.
"One of the terms of the strategy to turn around the debt- and corruption-ridden corporation is a significant reduction in head count, not an expansion of staff," Shinn said.
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Get Your Dog Care Questions Answered by Experts
Hi ,
With dogs who have tearing eyes (the dark crustiness under the eyes), it is important to keep the hair under their eyes trimmed short to allow easy cleaning. It is not unusual to see dogs with sore areas and skin infections under the eye area.
Dog tears and saliva contain an enzyme that causes a chemical reaction on the hair turning it red and eventually brown and the tears tend to cake up . There are many products on the market to remove this. They are marketed as Dog tear Stain Removers.
The website below has a different approach suggesting altering your dog's pH levels to prevent the staining which you may wish to look at.
it seems like the constant build up has allowed the area to stay wet and your dog may have developed a yeast infection of the skin under the eye. This will cause the sores you are seeing.. You will want to clean the area real good, being very careful of the eyes while you are doing this. Trim the hair back and try some miconazole cream which may provide some relief until you can have her seen by your Vet.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the additional information. You may be seeing oral papilloma if this is more growth like which are warts. In most cases we see them in the gum area or between the toes of a dog but they can be around the eyes as well. It usually clears up on its own in a few weeks. You can read more about this here:
However, if it is starting with a crustiness, then it still might be that some normal eye discharge is trapping moisture under it when it dries and thus is leading to the sores. One thing you might want to try is an antibiotic eye ointment such as Terramycin Ophthalmic Ointment. If there is any infection in the eye area, this should help clear that up.
Another thing that may help prevent this if it isn't papilloma, is using Benzoyl Peroxide wipes on the area on a regular basis to keep bacteria down and help prevent the "crusting".
This may be something that requires a hands on examination to determine what is happening especially if there is any redness to the eye itself or colored discharge.


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Woman charged with killing Ethiopian husband over his sex demands
Richfield woman charged with killing husband over his sex demands
A Richfield woman fatally stabbed her husband in the heart for "wanting to bring another woman into their bedroom," according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.
Amreya Rahmeto Shefa, 40, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with second-degree murder in the Sunday slaying of her husband, Habibi Tesema, 48.
About 5 a.m., police were called to the couple's home at 7338 12th Ave S., where they lived with their 2-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter, on a report of an assault with a knife.
Shefa ran from the home with blood on her hands and arms, "yelling hysterically ... about her husband and her kids," according to the complaint.
Officers coaxed the two children from the home and then found Tesema -- naked and covered in blood -- in a bathtub. He had multiple cuts on his body, and there were two knives in the tub with him, the compliant said. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Shefa was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center for a cut on her hand. She told hospital staff that her husband stabbed her "because he had been drinking and taking khat," the complaint stated. Khat, made from a shrub cultivated in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, has a stimulant effect when chewed.
However, Shefa later told police she stabbed her husband in the chest and back about 30 times because "he wanted to bring another woman into their bedroom and wished to use a sexual device on her during intercourse," the complaint added.
The Hennepin County medical examiner determined that Tesema died of a cut to the heart.
Shefa was being held without bail in the Hennepin County Jail late Tuesday.
According to the Associated Press, a neighbor said the family is from Ethiopia and moved to Richfield a few years ago.
Tad Vezner can be reached at 651-228-5461 or on Twitter @SPnoir.
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Only a small percentage of American watches (or Swiss watches for the North American market) were cased at the factories prior to the mid-1920's. Most watch companies just made movements (the "works") in industry standard sizes. The case companies made cases in those same sizes. The practice at that time was to go to a jeweler, select the quality of the movement and then pick out the desired style and quality of case. The jeweler would then fit the movement to the case in a matter of moments.
Or, watches were sold by mail-order. Large outfits such as Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, or T. Eaton (in Canada), would offer the movements in a variety of cases of different design and quality in their catalogs. Smaller mail-order retailers would case the watches, typically in a 20-year gold filled case and offer it only that way, with the buyer not having a choice of cases.
The movement in your watch sounds like a generic Swiss movement. It would be helpful if you could post a picture of the movement, the clearer and sharper, the better. We may be able to identify it by the shape of the plates. In trying to open the watch, you might find the information in "How To Open A Pocket Watch Case" useful.
A digital camera would be very helpful. For an open-face, screw back & bezel watch you can get good results by placing the movement on a flatbed scanner. A hunting-case movement, or an open-face movement in a hinged case would have to be removed from the case for this to work. Otherwise, its back to the camera.
Larry Jones has written up a useful article on Image Posting, which may be helpful.
Or, when you click on the Reply button, at the lower right-hand corner of the bottom post in a thread, the Reply To: box that opens has a toolbar at its top. The right-hand icon on the toolbar is a paperclip. Clicking upon the paperclip icon will open a box that allows you to select a picture file to attach to your post. Use the Browse button to navigate to the location in which the picture file resides and select it.
If you have a problem posting the picture(s), you can attach it (them) to an e-mail to me (you can get my email address by clicking on my name in the upper left-hand corner of this post and viewing my Public Profile) and I'll post it (them) for you.
Its also helpful if you can post all the markings that are on the movement (the "works") in case they can't be seen in the picture(s).
Bates & Bacon (B&B) started making cases in the early 1880's in Attleboro, MA. In 1901, B&B was bought out by the Philadelphia Watch Case Co. which continued the use of the B&B name and of their case grades:
Favorite, originally guaranteed for 20 years, after 1897 for 25 years
Puritan, guaranteed for 5 years
Regal, guaranteed for 10 years
Royal, originally guaranteed for 15 years, after 1897 for 20 years
Guarantees on B&B cases continued to be honored by Philadelphia, viz.: "A new case of the same grade given free of charge for any case that fails to wear the full guaranteed period, without conditions, without charge and without quibbling."
A large proportion of movements, such as yours, are housed in gold-filled cases. These cases are made of a sheet of inexpensive, "composition" metal (brass), sandwiched between two thinner sheets of gold by applying heat and pressure. During the 1930's, one process of doing this gave rise to the term, "rolled gold-plate." The gold sheet that becomes the inside of the case is much thinner than the gold sheet that becomes the outside of the case. Frequently, the purity of the gold used in the sheets, expressed in karats, is stamped inside the back of the case. Some case companies indicated the thickness of the outer layer of gold by using different trademarks for different thicknesses. Before federal regulations outlawed the practice, some case companies indicated the thickness of the outer layer by the number of years for which the case was warranted. Not all case companies were forthright about marking the cases or honoring the warranty (which is what gave rise to the federal regulations). Frequently, the color of the gold (imparted by the metal with which the gold is alloyed) is expressed in conjunction with the term, "gold-filled." Thus it is not uncommon to see terms such as "yellow gold-filled," "white gold-filled," "green gold-filled," and so forth, used in case descriptions.
You watch is what's known as a "sidewinder." When a movement designed to go in a hunting-case (one with a metal lid or cover over the crystal) is placed in an open-face case, the winding stem ends up at the 3 o'clock position. Such combinations are frequently referred to as a "Sidewinder." As hunting-case watches fell out of favor during the early part of the twentieth century, hunting-case movements, some of them of quite high quality, were offered to dealers at substantial discounts to clear them out of inventory. Dealers placed these in open-face cases in order to sell the high grade watches at attractive prices. Many other sidewinders were created during the depression, and much later during the 1980's, when gold hunting-cases were scrapped out for value of the gold, the movements being recased into inexpensive cases. Still other sidewinders were, and continue to be, created by watch collectors and dealers who stripped lower grade movements out of hunting-cases in order to use the cases to house higher grade movements.
Good luck,
That guy down in GeorgiaKent
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The Bruce Wayne/Batman of the 'Dark Knight' movie series spills his date with Barrymore, 'We went to see some bloody awful horror film.'
Christian Bale once dated Drew Barrymore, but it was only a one-time date. "The Dark Knight Rises" star, who turned 38 years old last January 30, revealed that he and the "Going the Distance" actress had a fling when they were teenage actors.
"We went to see some bloody awful horror film, and that was the end of it," the Bruce Wayne/Batman depicter opened up about their outing in an interview for June/July issue of GQ Australia. He added, "She never called again."
In addition to talking about his past love life, Bale shared how he felt now that he's close to hang his Bat suit. "I have been deeply honored to inhabit this character. It was a massive undertaking. Physically, emotionally, every way. But suddenly we were in the final throes. I sat down and asked for a little space. I stared at the cowl for a good long moment and thought, 'Man, this one really took on a life of its own," he said.
The actor, who once grabbed headlines with his angry tirade on the set of "Terminator Salvation", additionally said he put the past behind him. "You know, it is what it is... We make mistakes - and I've made plenty - and I understand the impression I give off. I get it. I'm also not one of these people who has no regrets. Of course I have regrets. Hindsight is 20/20 vision. But you have to move forward," he stated.
"Think about how strange and unfortunate it would be for my daughter if I couldn't just be a dad. You shouldn't make your children suffer because of choices you make. I get no greater joy than when I'm looking at my daughter and her friends when they're laughing their a**es off. Movies are great, but when I look back, it's the time with my family I'm going to remember. That's the source of character."
Bale is happily married to a former model and make-up artist Sibi Blazic, and they have a daughter named Emmeline. As for Barrymore, she is engaged to art consultant Will Kopelman, and has been reported expecting her first child soon after the engagement news broke out.


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Meatloaf With Caramelized Onions
Recipe by COOKGIRl
I couldn't find a recipe on this site (or elsewhere) for basic meatloaf with caramelized onions in the mix-not meatloaf with a topping of caramelized onions or "stuffed". Because I wanted the caramelized onions to take center stage, for that reason, you won't find any tomato sauce, mushrooms, no cheese, no strips of bacon on top, etc. in this recipe. The recipe was found on lifeisaplate.com and modified to my specifications. You can substitute other types of ground meat or use other meat in combination: turkey, chicken, buffalo, turkey, etc. Use any preferable binder of your choice, for example-finely ground breadcrumbs, almond or walnut meal, masa harina, rice flour. Brown rice was the binder I chose and it was ground to medium-coarse consistency (similar to cornmeal). The recipe was cut in half because I like meatloaf on the small size and save the larger size when I am need of a doorstop.
Top Review by ImPat
I love meatloaf and caramelized onions and this was so good having the onion laced through the meatloaf. I used 500 grams of very lean mince and died breadcrumbs for the brown rice meal and baked at 175C fan forced for 45 minutes - this serves 4 in our family but only 3 of us was dining so the DS got meatloaf sandwiches for work, thank you Cookgirl, made for Aussie/Kiwi Recipe Swap #85 February 2014.
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Caramelized Onions
- 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter
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- Bake at 375 for 45-60 minutes or until the meatloaf is not longer pink in the center.
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I am not insulting you at all, like I said more than once, I agree with you. I just find it surprising how a person who goes on to criticize the current education system and how reading is taught can't even understand a simple post. I guess I'm going to have to post a 300 word response with a lot of philosophizing and thinly concealed insults and straw mans to make it up to you.
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So people who don't need a dictionary, I'm assuming you know the meaning of every word in the English language?
Now lets break it down shall we. That response was posted after some people said the dictionary was a completely useless feature just thrown in their, that somehow added to the price. Nowhere in my entire post do I advocate anti intellectualism or deride those who have over 9000 words in their vocabulary. It simply stated, a; that the dictionary function was great for people who read in more than one languages, and b; for people reading challenging books in fields they might not be familiar with.
You seem to think anyone who does not have an ubber large vocabulary is a decadent who should be ashamed to admit it on a public forum. And I'll say it again, I'm not somehow advocating anti intellectualism, on the contrary I want to learn that is why I think the dictionary is a great feature. I'm all for people like you who have a massive vocabulary, I just hope you use it to say something worthwhile and meaningful instead of distorting other peoples' views only to show off your imaginary intellectual superiority.
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Lynch, this was a search party, NOT "YOUR" protest against Demoura. You specifically said you were going to protest the event at FSU on the 20th. Where were you? Why are you using this kids disappearance to attack Wong and Demoura claiming it was a protest? Do you honestly think Demoura is not involved in this case? Do you honestly think Wong is not interested in the outcome or the effect it has on the community? Did the mother and boyfriend kill the kid? They may know information that is crucial in the investigation and may also not be in any kind of position to address the community yet with the facts surrounding the case. Why are you lying again?<quoted text>
Stamos, go to the Telegram.com . That is me on the left. This was our protest. Demoura was there at 8:30ish am. He got back in his car and left. Read all the newspapers tomorrow, from the Herald, Globe and local papers.
Demoura and Wong have been like ghost during this entire incident. This is our community, Demoura nor Wong want to be part of this community they just want to get their accolades. They are more of opportunists than community leaders!
Demoura fails to speak to the community but Antonucci gives him an award for building a "sense of community?" This officers showed up at the community meeting when they were put on the hot seat but when it comes time to pull up the sleeves and strap on the working boots in order to build the community and support it they are no where to be found!
protesting of Dec 20th,As Demoura is honored by like FAKE and LYING people,
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#24 Dec 21, 2013
It wasn't your protest. It had nothing to do with you or your world of dysfunctional madness.
Nice photo in the Telegram, though. But did you tell all of the people that you were holding hands with about your extensive criminal record and your violent past? No? Didn't think so.
#25 Dec 21, 2013
Awfully nice of you to claim you care for children, I mean you want to organize ANOTHER Fitchburg youth program, you show your support for the missing 5 year old boy.... But you have no problem putting targets on innocent children of the people posting on Topix? What gives Lynchie boy??
#26 Dec 21, 2013
Let's get this straight one cop tells another cop hey watch out that guy is a killer and cop fighter and you think that's a problem in the corp it's called looking out for your buddy
Once a vc always a vc
#27 Dec 21, 2013
You have no idea his younger sister is the Eastern SAC don't count on your friends in bean town to do anything
His younger brother carries the football for podus and his twin is SAC of the Secret Service special operations team
One of his older sisters is married to the msp captain in charge of operations
You have no idea all the connections it runs very very deep
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#28 Dec 21, 2013
Lynch, here is the TRUTH and the PROOF that you are nothing but a bold faced LIAR that is using this family and tragedy for your own selfish political reasons and/or hatred towards the Mayor and the Police Chief. You told this family you would be there in support of them but now it's become very clear that that too was another bold faced lie. Despicable!
Now tell us Lynch, what part of this event did you help organize beside offering to show up with a friend?
Kevin Lynch- A friend and I will be there tomorrow. Let the FPD give their awards to each other all day and night. This is our community! This boy is a member of our community. We will be there in support for this family. If any evidence is found we will not touch it as we will call in the state police. Yes, they have dogs, so does the DOC and many other police forces within Fitchburg. Hopefully this message gets out to those who have former police dogs. Any other community the Mayor, Chief and other authorities would be having a press conference. If they really do not want us to search tomorrow then let them show up at 10:30 so they can take the podium and talk to us.
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#29 Dec 22, 2013
I read all the stories this morning. No mention of you. No mention of a protest. But there was this in the Herald:
"Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said the community search was preceded by a search by state and Fitchburg police and three K-9s that began at dawn. Police didnt find anything, Early said. Investigators searched Jeremiahs home and in the vicinity of Kimball Street, state police spokesman David Procopio said. He said officers are working around the clock, and much of what they are doing is outside the public eye.
Your claims that the Mayor and the Chief aren't doing anything or "informing the public" is really all about your crazy idea that you are somehow the public's sole advocate, that city officials will ignore the fact that you represent absolutely no one, and start providing you with one-on-one daily briefings. Which any normal person who has read James Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" would immediately recognize for what it is.
So, as usual, all of your claims are completely fabricated and driven only by your own hateful delusions. And as far as your claim that one cop pointed you out to another, why is that strange?
Every one in town knows of your extensive criminal background and violent history. Remember that on March 31st, 2011, Paula J. Owen of the Worcester Telegram reported that "In February, after Mr. Lynch announced his bid for the Fitchburg mayors post, he told a reporter he had been convicted of a few assault and battery on police officer cases over a span of 20 years when he lived in Boston."
So I'm sure that the cops were only concerned about the possibility that you would try to reenact your North Street performance of nearly three years ago by attacking people and screaming "You cops are all done! I'm going to get you all." BTW, how many times did you take a collar for A & B on a PO in Boston? Eight? Twelve?
But I digress. You originated this thread saying that you were going to conduct a protest at FSU on Friday. And did nothing, as usual. But then you found this search organized by others and immediately tried to recast it as a protest against the regular objects of your misguided rage and obsession; the Mayor, the Chief, the DA and President Antonucci. Everyone knows that you couldn't organize a one-car funeral, but it's a lot easier for you to highjack the work of others and make it about you. You have no shame.
#30 Dec 22, 2013
I will be sending Olivia Pope and her team to straighten you out!
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#31 Dec 22, 2013
No Lynch, you are the one on here that got caught LYING again and are FAKE. I find it absolutely disgusting that you would be so selfish as to use this tragic event along with its victims (all family members) to exact revenge against your own political opponents. This is not the sign of leadership Lynch, this is the sign of a self centered manipulating opportunist Con Artist.
So now tell us all why you REALLY got involved in that "family" organized search party that you're now claiming was a protest organized by you against the Police Chief, the Mayor and the College President? I can't seem to find anything in your own words even on the night of the awards event that mentions protesting anything? All I see is you stirring up the victims and search party members with your usual vile against city officials.
#32 Dec 22, 2013
Lynch is garbage, raised by garbage.Look at that picture of his father holding the shotgun that he linked to yesterday. Always assume every gun is loaded and treat it as such, with respect. His father is using poor trigger discipline in that photo, actually has his finger on the trigger. His finger should be on the guard. But what would you expect from a man that raised a felon and another son who was fired from the State College?
The entire family is trash. Look at where they live and how they live. Animals.
#33 Dec 22, 2013
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#34 Dec 22, 2013
Hey, Lynch, we all know that you attempted to make yesterday's event all about you. And it looks like the people running the Pray for Jeremiah Oliver Facebook page got wise to your attempt to highjack their efforts for your own ends. They have apparently scrubbed all of your insane comments. I'm sure that they took your measure in short order yesterday and saw you for what you really are. An angry, lying, delusional, violent but lazy jailbird.
#35 Dec 22, 2013
NO WAY!!!! Lynchie was thrown out of another Facebook group? How many does that make now for you.... Agenda Boy?
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#36 Jan 4, 2014
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You no good LYING piece of shit. The only protest at that community search was the one in your own head you selfish bastard. The fact that you would use this tragic event for your own selfish means against others proves beyond any doubt that you are nothing but a lowlife scumbag just like the people involved in the disappearance of this child. It's too bad you couldn't recruit that poor kids scumbag dope peddling sperm donor father into your phony protest ha Lynch? So now tell us all now you self centered lying bastard, where was your organized protest?
#37 Jan 14, 2014
Back to your claim that you didn't try to highjack this incident for your own purposes...
#38 Jan 19, 2014
here is who you want to stand up for, take a good look
#39 Jan 19, 2014
And here's Lunch referencing his own posts in the 3rd person. So predictable Lynch. That's because you're crazy and can't keep track of your own lies. Your nuts and are a dangerous person who should be locked up.
#40 Jan 19, 2014
When someone starts to answer their own posts in 3rd person that means they really need help. That is just bizarre behavior even for a person with psychosis.
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#41 Jan 25, 2014
Hey Lynch, for the record, I just found out what these "boos" you mentioned were all about, and they certainly had nothing to do with your so-called organized lie.
Unbelievable Lynch, you knew this was the case yet you still used it in an attempt to advance your own lie.. Disgusting.
Jeremiah Oliver, age five, from the state of Massachusetts, was last seen by his family on Sept. 14, yet the young child was just reported as missing last week. Reports being released to the public state that Massachusetts police are looking into Jeremiahs disappearance as a probable homicide investigation.
A commissioner for the Massachusetts Dept. of Children and Families has reported that a social worker who was assigned to Jeremiahs family had not been conducting the required in-person welfare checks that were to be held with the family.
This specific social worker has been fired from the job, along with the social workers superior.
Meanwhile, the childs father has stated he will never give up looking for his son. Masses of volunteers were out combing the streets of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the town in which the boy lived in, in an effort to try and find him.
Jeremiah was last spotted in the fall. The boys mother Elsa Oliver, age 28, and a boyfriend of hers, Alberto L. Sierra Jr., age 23, have been accused with child abuse and are being held on these charges.
Oliver was found to be missing on Dec. 2, when a 7-year-old sister of his informed some school staff members, where she attended classes, that she was being abused by Sierra.
The search that was performed on Saturday was planned by social media outlets by members of the childs family and numerous supporters. It was not endorsed by Massachusetts State or local police. However, there were quite a few Fitchburg Police Department officers on stand-by in case any possible evidence was discovered by the volunteers. Police had originally attempted to discourage the search; because they were fearful a hoard of inexperienced search party volunteers might disrupt, obscure or even possibly destroy valued and needed evidence.
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Standing in a parking lot across the street from where his son lived, Jeremiahs father, Jose Oliver, stated that he was holding out hope that his son would be found.
He said that his wife and her boyfriend did not own a car, so he believed that if they did something to the child, Jeremiah would be around the area, Jose explained. He was wearing a shirt that had the face of his son on it. The word DADDY was printed on the back. The elder Oliver added that he hoped they found something because he wanted to find his son.
He expressed much gratitude toward the roughly 75 volunteers who had shown up to help in the search. Most of them did not even know the family.
A judge had ordered Elsa Oliver to undertake a mental evaluation earlier in the week. But Jose Oliver stated he did not believe his wife was incompetent in any way.
He said that he has been married to her for eight years. She always made sure the kids went to school and were properly fed. Oliver also stated that Elsa was always playing with the children. He believes she is sane.
Volunteers said a prayer for the young boy, and then spread apart in the neighboring woods. They were poking at melting snow packs with broken branches. One group examined the culvert located inside a hill behind the familys house. They did not find anything. Jeremiahs uncle, Sandrino Oliver, ended up leaving the tunnel crying and screaming from anguish. Another search team walked along close by railroad tracks, pulling apart the heavy brush and also digging through piles of dead leaves and mud. They also found nothing.
Some of the Oliver family was upset at the Massachusetts State Police for not bringing in any search dogs to help the volunteers. Other volunteers were beginning to protest in anger. They held up signs and let out loud jeers when a State Police cruiser went by. One individual even threw a snowball at the car.
David Procipio, who is a Massachusetts State Police spokesperson, refused to give any comments on the case, but stated that state troopers to attempting to try and find the boy. He added the investigation is being worked around the clock. He also said that a State Police K-9 unit had already searched the region around Jeremiahs house early Saturday morning and that State Police were sensitive to the volunteer search effort.
Many vehicles that went past the search parties honked horns to show support. Some stopped in order to leave stuffed toys, candles and flowers at an improvised memorial which was created.
After many hours of unsuccessful searching, the family reunited to compare where they all had looked.
Jeremiahs uncle was listening quietly as his family spoke. It was obvious he was thinking hard about his young nephew, and the child only last seen by his family on Sept. 14.
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"I was overcome with emotion, just being a die-hard Mets fan," the 32-year-old Diaz explained after spening two nights behind bars. "I couldn't help myself," Diaz said. "I just wanted to be on the mound celebrating the no-hitter," he added.
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Richter: Your tax dollars at work
Richter: Your tax dollars at work
What a revoltin' development this is! (as William Bendix used to say on TV's "The Life of Riley"): I just happened to look down at the desk and there just happened to be a newspaper there and it was open to a story about life expectancy in the U.S. and there was a chart and I couldn't help looking at it and – sure enough – my days are numbered. That is, you can look up your year of birth on the chart and then look over at the columns for male or female and white or black and see how much time somebody old enough to remember "The Life of Riley" has left, statistically speaking – and, well, it ain't that much.
It took a little figuring, though, because when you go way back to when I was born, the chart lists only census years, so I had to do some extrapolating and I found that life expectancy has been getting longer and longer (in those days, it was increasing by about 0.16 years per year) so, after adding this and subtracting that – and allowing for the rotation of the Earth and Celsius vs. Fahrenheit and multiplying by the inverse of Avogadro's Number and solving for x – I was able to determine that I can expect to live a grand total of 66.2 years.
Unfortunately, since I'm already 64.7 years old, that would seem to mean that the United States Census Bureau has scheduled my demise for sometime in late February 2015, leaving only about a year and a half before I'm expected to kick the bucket. At least now I know where all my tax dollars have been going.
Fortunately, I was able to find some fine print that may let me off the hook: Another Census Bureau chart strongly suggests that anyone who has managed to dodge enough bullets, runaway trains, meteorites and falling pianos to make it to my advanced age can actually expect to live something like 12.7 additional years, although Uncle Sam doesn't offer a guarantee, just a service plan (Medicare). But that's a little better, because it means I've been penciled in for 77.4 years – which may be an improvement on the biblical allocation of threescore and 10, but probably won't seem quite so generous when my sell-by date approaches.
Oh well. Anyway, while I was snooping into statistics, I thought I'd do a little more web-scampering to see how things have changed in this country over a big, round, half-century period; that is, from 1960 to 2010, roughly. Here's some stuff:
We have houses that are 47 percent bigger for families that are 14 percent smaller; almost half of homes now have 2.5 bathrooms or more, while only about 10 percent did in 1960; and twice as many homes have dishwashers today.
About half of us are married now, whereas in 1960 it was 72 percent; only 26 percent of people in their twenties are married now, vs. 68 percent back then; and almost three times as many kids now grow up in single-parent households as in 1960.
The average hourly wage, in real dollars, has increased by about half, as has the divorce rate; health-care spending has more than tripled, as a percentage of GDP; while the smoking rate is half what it was.
By the same GDP standard, government spending is more than six times what it was the year JFK was elected president.
We now have more than four times as many people behind bars, as a percentage of the population; maybe it's no wonder we also have twice as many lawyers.
And on that note …
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland water polo team is heading into the final stretch of the regular season with key games each of the next two weekends.
The Terps (12-11) will face off against No. 6-ranked University of Michigan (23-4) Saturday before playing No. 12 Indiana University (15-10) and Bucknell University (10-10) Sunday. The Bison are playing host to all three games this weekend.
The following weekend, Maryland, which is receiving votes in the most recent national poll, returns home for its four Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Southern Division games of the season. The Terps will play George Washington (5-12), 18th-ranked Princeton (14-9), Harvard (13-9) and Brown (9-12) from Friday, April 15 through Sunday, April 17.
"The next two weekends will be a big test for us," Maryland head coach Carl Salyer said. "We will see how we stack up coming into the home stretch of our season and going into our conference tournament."
Games over the next two weeks will go a long way toward determining the seeding for the CWPA Eastern Championship (Note: There is no CWPA Southern Division tournament this season)
The Terps will look to their seniors for production with just seven regular season games left.
Ally Beck and Meghan Powers have consistently contributed to the team's success throughout the year. In this last stretch, the Terps are looking for leadership in the pool in order to prepare for the Eastern Championship.
Beck leads the team in goals (38) while Powers, the team's captain, has been an all-around solid contributor with 21 goals and 18 assists.
"Our success will be based on how we play as a team," said Salyer. "It is going to take the whole team's effort, not only the girls who start but also those coming off the bench."
Salyer anticipates sophomore Allison Campbell to continue her well-executed defense and ability to score goals. Campbell, who has eight goals over the last three games, leads the team in points (59) and steals (85), and her performance brings much-needed energy to the pool.
Junior goalie Shelby Reeves has anchored the defense with 131 blocks. She'll be one of the keys to the Terps drive to the postseason.
The Terps will honor their four seniors - Beck, Powers, Jessica Ernst and Stephanie Ragheb - prior to the Princeton game on Saturday, April 16 (7 p.m.).
Maryland's Remaining Regular-Season Schedule
- April 9 vs. Michigan (Lewisburg, Pa.) - 7 p.m.
- April 10 vs. Indiana (Lewisburg, Pa.) - 10 a.m.
- April 10 at Bucknell (Lewisburg, Pa.) - 1 p.m.
- April 15 vs. GWU* (College Park, Md.) - 7 p.m.
- April 16 vs. Princeton* (College Park, Md.) - 7 p.m. (Senior Night)
- April 17 vs. Harvard* (College Park, Md.) - 10:30 a.m.
- April 17 vs. Brown* (College Park,
Md.) - 3 p.m.
* CWPA Southern Division game
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It's a great series, I love it.
Duronos, I love your avatar+signature, they are my favorite of anybody's on the site.
Also, I am so excited for the next season of Korra, my little brother just rewatched the entire Avatar series in like a week, we love the show
Why am i just finding this thread...
Wow <3 Korra<3 Giants<3
the only thing i disliked about the new series was she got her powers back so easily was hoping the next season would be about her going around trying to get them back or something O-O


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On Tuesday evening, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria and frozen vegetables and fruits are believed to be the cause. Continue reading
Blue Bell ice cream returned to stores in Texas and Alabama today, four months after voluntarily pulling all of its products due to a deadly listeria outbreak. Continue reading
A government investigation of Ohio-based Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams found inadequate testing and cleaning in its Columbus plant before listeria was discovered in some ice cream pints.
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Blue Bell Creameries, the famed Texas ice cream company, will layoff 1,450 employees after listeria problems have halted their production. The full-time and part-time employees losing their jobs account for 37 percent of Blue Bell's work force. Another 1,400 workers will be furloughed and those staying on because they are essential to the clean-up process will have their pay reduced. Continue reading
Blue Bell ice cream had evidence of listeria bacteria in its Oklahoma manufacturing plant as far back as March 2013, a government investigation released Thursday says. The company then continued to ship ice cream produced in that plant after what the Food and Drug Administration says was inadequate cleaning.
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Blue Bell Creameries of Texas and Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams of Ohio — extremely popular brands in their home states — took all their products off shelves this week. Blue Bell ice cream is linked to 10 illnesses in four states, including three deaths. There are no known illnesses linked to the Jeni's recall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading
A second ice cream company has shut down production this week after health officials found listeria in a sample of its frozen treats. Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Large food recalls have forced consumers to throw away hummus and ice cream that may be contaminated with the same potentially deadly bacteria — listeria.
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Sabra Dipping Co. recalled 30,000 cases of hummus sold around the nation Thursday over concerns of listeria contamination. Continue reading
The Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that at least 13 people have died so far from listeria found in contaminated cantaloupes. Gwen Ifill discusses the deadliest outbreak of foodborne disease in more than a decade with the CDC's director, Dr. Thomas Frieden. Continue reading


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Thursday, April 22, 2010
AutoESL Design Technologies Gets $2.0M
AutoESL Design Technologies, a electronic design automation (EDA) firm based on research out of UCLA, has received $2.0M in an ongoing funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. According to the filing, the firm is in the midst of raising $4.5M for its technology, which is used for high level design synthesis in the semiconductor industry. AutoESL was co-founded by Jason Cong, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. The firm is now headquartered in Cupertino, but still maintains a Research & Development Center in Los Angeles.


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Chris Young Selects 'Think of You', Duet With Cassadee Pope, as New Single [LISTEN]
Chris Young has selected his duet with Cassadee Pope, "Think of You," as his next single from I'm Comin' Over.
Chris Young has selected his duet with Cassadee Pope, "Think of You," as his next single from I'm Comin' Over.
As it turns out, Chris Young is not comin' over — at least, not right now. The singer has been forced to re-schedule the final 2015 dates of his I'm Comin' Over Tour due to illness.
Chris Young is having a great week, and it's only Monday.
Chris Young's storytelling stands tall on his fifth studio album, I'm Comin' Over. Young sticks with stories of love and love lost (mostly), and turns in some of his most revealing and personal songs to date.
Chris Young has revealed that he will release his much-anticipated fifth studio album in November.
Chris Young was as surprised as anyone when he got dragged unwillingly into the middle of Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton's divorce, and now he's speaking out about the rumors and how they impacted his friendships with both stars.
Love seems to be in the air among country fans, as couples take the opportunity to utilize a serenade from their favorite artist to pop the question, first with Lee Brice and now with Chris Young.
Fans have been eagerly awaiting any news from Chris Young about an upcoming record since the release of A.M. back in 2013, and he's finally sharing details.
Chris Young is denying that he played any role in Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert's divorce.
Being the leading man in a sexy music video isn't awkward for Chris Young, but that's not to say he looks forward to pawing a cute blond who may be wearing nothing but thin underwear. Young admits his clip for "I'm Comin' Over" is his sexiest yet, but his team helps keep him comfortable during the more ... intimate moments.


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My Photographs of the Mountains of Switzerland
by Allan Grosskrueger
This book is available to buy on Amazon
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About the Book
The author has been taking photoraphs for over 50 years with 28 years in Europe. He has served 22 years in the USAF with over 20 in the photographic field. His website, www.algrosskrueger.smugmug.com curently contains over 163,000 images including over 4.200 viedos in 985 galleries.
Features & Details
- Category Travel
Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
80 Pages
- Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9781457994623
- Softcover: 9781457994609
- Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781457994616
- Publish Date Oct 22, 2011
- Language English
- Tags lucern, emmenton, lenk, interlaken, snow, scenic, mountains, travel, switzerland, europe, nature, landscape, places, eruope, alps, jungfrau, eiger, monch, breithorn, shiltorn, murren, rigi, wildstrubel, trummelbach, stabbach, beatenberg, thundersee
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About the Creator
Allan Grosskrueger
Landstuhl, Germany
I have been taking photographs for over 50 years having served 22 years in the U.S. Air Force in the photographic field. I have lived currently for over 32 years in Germany. My website has over 321,000 images including over 6,500 videos in 1501 galleries as of October, 2013
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Review by Tman106
"Sonic and tails return to bash Eggman into a pulp again"
Ahh nothing like memories. If you loved this game in the past then don't bother reading this review, GO BUY IT! Anyway, now that I have that all caps thing out of my system let's get on with the review.
Gameplay 9/10
Sonic's gameplay is classic... considering since this is a classic game. To survive getting hit you have to collect rings. If you get hit while you have rings you lose them all and they all splatter everywhere, giving you a chance to collect them again. If you get hit with no rings it is game over. Jump on an enemy or use Sonic's little spinball move (how does he contort himself like that?) to make them meet their demise. Tails joins you in this game and sometimes he will mop up some enemies you don't, but don't count on it. Now I am trying to base this review on games of it's time, but if you like the sense of speed in modern Sonic games you won't really find it. Yes, it is a big step up from Sonic 1 but most of the running in the game is moderate speed. Occasionally however you will find an area where you will run at about mach 2. That however is comparing it with modern games, with games of the time it is the platforming and speed perfection.
Sound 10/10
Wonderful Sound of the past. Nothing bad here, all perfect.
Graphics 10/10
Pretty much the best 16 bit can get. Not too blocky either
Story 6/10
Eggman has a new plan to take over the world, blah blah blah, get the chaos emeralds to stop him, blah blah blah etc. etc. no RPG story line here.
Replyability 7/10
There is a multiplayer mode but I have not had a chance to try it, although I hear it is good. You also may spend a lot of time trying to collect all ff the chaos emeralds.
Overall 9/10
I thoroughly enjoyed this game. Don't miss out on this gem for the second time. GET IT! (sorry more all caps stuck in system)
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 06/12/07
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Snooki Has Parenting Advice For Kate Middleton. Snooki. From 'Jersey Shore.'
Setting aside the pointlessness and antiquity of having a royal family, at the end of the day Kate Middleton is an educated woman who carries herself with dignity and poise while aiding humanitarian efforts in her role as the Duchess of Cambridge. Whereas Snooki is famous for eating pickles on TV and peeing on a dance floor that one time, so you'll never guess which of these two is giving the other parenting advice. NY Daily News reports:
"The Jersey Shore" star, who has said she plans to raise little Lorenzo to have "a normal life," also offered advice on becoming a new mom while constantly surrounded by paparazzi.
"Enjoy your time at home — or the castle, in her case — with the baby," she said. "Especially the first few months."
Should Middleton opt to breast-feed her blue-blood bundle of joy, like Polizzi, mama meatball swears by "the Boppy pillow. Every new mom should have one."
Let me just stop right there and offer my own advice to Lord Lady Catherine, Duchess of Showingheryams: Anything you see Snooki doing, do the exact opposite. If she's breast-feeding her baby, don't breast-feed your baby. If she's using Pampers, you use Huggies. If she's not eating her kid, you eat your fucking kid, etc., etc. Stick to this plan, and everything's going to be alright. Even if you eat your child which one day you'll thank me for. Maybe not now, maybe not 10 years from now, but one day, one day…
In case you somehow missed this, here's the radio clip going around of the two Australian DJs who pretended they were the royal family which Kate Middleton's nurse believed and told them everything. Although, sadly no one says, "Her stools just aren't regulah, guv'na."
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A young Detroit Lakes team handed Zimmerman a 67-62 loss on Friday evening in Zimmerman.
Junior guard Christian Hedstrom scored 22 points to lead the Lakers (5-3), who have only one senior. With a tenacious man-to-man defense, they led 31-21 at halftime and by as much as 18 in the second half. Hedstrom fouled out late in the game.
Kristian Bright scored 17, Tyler Theisen 14 and Derek Williams 12 for Zimmerman (6-4), which got as close as five down the stretch.
The Thunder's next game will be at Hermantown on Jan. 4.
Zimmerman scoring — Kristian Bright 17, Tyler Theisen 14, Derek Williams 12, Noah Lunning 9, David Molinari 5, Max McNulty 3, and Mack Riley 2.


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Today's guest author is Rachel Cowan Jacobs, Associate Director of Admissions and coordinator of our International Admissions and Recruiting efforts. Rachel guest authored back in November 2009 with an entry dedicated to international applicants: So you are an International Student applying to JHU … read this! and also in March 2009 when she shared her Top 10 Things to do in Baltimore on a Freshman's Budget. Today Rachel shares some tales of her fall travels both in the South and abroad.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I hit the road September 10, 2011; my first recruiting trip since November 2009. I didn't feel rusty but was mindful not to assume anything. Things were different though:
- I experienced my first full-body X-ray machine at the airport (I hadn't flown in 14 months either) and had a brief "ah ha, so this is what the fuss is all about" moment.
- I had a moment of confusion when I approached the rental car center at the Atlanta airport. I didn't remember having taken a train to the center the last time I was in Atlanta in September 2009.
- Two of the schools I went to for college fairs had us set up or served us a meal in a completely new or renovated buildings.
Some brief moments of confusion as I took in these new surroundings, but the many changes were exciting! Alas, what did not change was the pleasure in meeting so many interesting and friendly students (and parents) at my college fairs and Explore Hopkins presentation. The theme of my first trip was surely that the more things change, the more they stay the same. (I do have a celebrity story too, in that I chit chatted with Mark Turgeon, basketball coach of University of Maryland, in the Atlanta airport.)
My two cents on a two-year absence from international travel.
Scanners at the United Airlines counter at Dulles International Airport made check-in for my morning flight to London Heathrow ridiculously fast. (Yay, United, for adding a morning flight to the UK.) No need to even speak to a ticket agent. I just scanned my passport myself and waited about five seconds for my boarding pass to pop-out. Wow, so fast. With this new technology (at least, it's new to me), is it really necessary to get to the airport two hours before an international flight? I was practically the only person checking in at the counter. Even the security line was pretty short (boy did Dulles improve its reputation exponentially when it moved its security line downstairs). Maybe the other passengers were savvier than I in this regard and managed to sleep in later. The train at Dulles to reach terminal C was very spiffy and fast. So far, my experience at Dulles made me think it has become a first-class international airport now. (If only its new Metro station were going to be underground.) But then, I got to terminal C and saw it is the same old sad Dulles in terms of décor, food, and shops. In London, I was greeted by closed subway lines due to track work – something familiar at last! I couldn't help but notice the growth of American influences: TK Maxx is not a typo.
This 12-day, three-country trip was almost perfect in every logistical way: I made it to my school visits on time, no taxi driver tried to take me for a ride, and my iPad did not fail me. But, I did fall victim to the Greek debt crisis because I was scheduled to fly from Athens to Thessaloniki on October 5, the one day that week that the airports would be closed due to air traffic controllers striking (as well as many other government entities and employees).
Thank goodness for my travel agent who easily changed my ticket to October 6 when my flight was officially cancelled two days before departure. Greece was very considerate in that way, I must say. How lucky I am that I just happened to have used a travel agent for this trip because I usually buy all the tickets myself. Phew!!!
On the road again.
Two days after returning from Europe, I was on a plane to Florida, having had just enough time to unpack, do some laundry, and repack. No snafus for me on that five-day trip either. And what lies ahead next week is a trip where I will visit six countries new to me.
Oh, the life of an international admissions officer!