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If you want to be a quasi-literate racist asshole, go right ahead. It's a free country. There are lots of quasi-literate racist assholes around and it's unlikely you will distinguish yourself. I trust the marketplace of ideas to assign appropriate social consequences to you and your business. I may or may not help distribute those social consequences depending on the degree to which you irritate me.
But when you start threatening to sue people for pointing out that you're a racist asshole, I feel that you are going out of your way to antagonize me. I feel that it's time to put on my cockroach-stomping boots.
You might have seen the coverage at Lowering the Bar or FindLaw or numerous other sites of a breathtakingly racist caricature in a purported law firm advertisement produced by a company called Definitive Television, the vehicle of one Jim DeBerry of DeBar Holdings Ltd. The advertisement features a man dressed up in an Asian-caricature costume using an Asian-caricature voice to recommend a law firm called McCutcheon & Hamner, PC in Alabama. The caricature is a character Definitive TV offers to its clients. Definitive TV is a little defensive about it right out of the gate:
So touchy!
When Joe Patrice at Above the Law reported on this, two things happened. First, the law firm of McCutcheon & Hamner PC claimed that it had been "hacked" and that it did not approve the commercial. That may or may not be true. Second, Jim DeBerry wrote Above the Law and threatened to sue for suggesting that the advertisement is racist.
The threat is a masterful example of sub-literate drivel from a self-important tool who thinks he's learned law from ten minutes on Google, seven of which were spent looking at lolcats. There's the moronic "it's not racist under this dictionary definition I chose" rhetoric:
We object to the statements of racism, as we do not fit under the legal definition, which is, The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability that a particular race is superior to others. 2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
There's the bizarre use of commas, odd diction, and weird capitalization that suggest that Jim DeBerry just took a break from sending 419 scam emails:
Furthermore, upon your interview request, we have read MR. JOSEPH PATRICE article/blog
Finally, there's the barely-coherent jibber-jabber threat:
We firmly believe MR. JOSEPH PATRICE statements of racism when done with intentional malice and to damage our name for gain of revenue and promotion on his article through your business. Mr. Patrice is not stupid or ignorant, by lacking intelligence or common sense. By all appearances, He is educated and he fully understood the reckless racist statement claims with intentional malice he chose to type and for yourself to distribute when he submitted for article creation in which you accepted. We are currently consulting with another party regarding how we should pursue action against the libel statements made by Mr. Patrice, through your company, and others.
I will accept a retraction and apology related to the racist claims made by MR. JOSEPH PATRICE published by your company.
Let's be clear: Jim DeBerry's legal threat is complete bullshit and shows that he's pig-ignorant in addition to a racist. When Above the Law or any other blog or individual looks at DeBery's douchey video and calls it racist, that's a classic statement of opinion absolutely protected by the First Amendment. Above the Law didn't claim that DeBerry's company produced a racist video based on a secret review of some undisclosed videotape. If that had been the case, DeBerry might argue that Above the Law was implying false undisclosed facts. Instead, Above the Law and other commentators are offering opinions based on a specific disclosed fact — the video. You might not share the opinion that the video is racist, or that it reflects racist attitudes by the people who produced it. That's your prerogative. But calling the video racist — and calling the classless untalented hacks who shat it out racists — is classic opinion. As I have explained before, such an opinion is protected by the First Amendment:
This is not a case of opinion premised on false unstated facts, as if someone said "based on what I overheard Donna Barstow say, she is a racist." Rather it's pure opinion based on disclosed facts — the very cartoons she complains they posted. (Note that this strengthens the fair use argument.) Partington v. Bugliosi, 56 F.3d 1147, 1156–1157 (9th Cir.1995) ("when an author outlines the facts available to him, thus making it clear that the challenged statements represent his own interpretation of those facts and leaving the reader free to draw his own conclusions, those statements are generally protected by the First Amendment.") Such accusations of racism are routinely protected as opinion by the courts. See, for instance, Rambo v. Cohen, 587 N.E.2d 140, 149 (Ind.Ct.App.1992) (statement that plaintiff was "anti-Semitic" was protected opinion); Stevens v. Tillman, 855 F.2d 394, 402 (7th Cir.1988) (Illinois law) (accusations of "racism"); Smith v. Sch. Dist. of Phila., 112 F.Supp.2d 417, 429–30 (E.D.Pa.2000) (granting judgment on the pleadings after concluding that the accusation of racism was an opinion); Martin v. Brock, No. 07C3154, 2007 WL 2122184, at *3 (N.D.Ill. July 19, 2007) (accusation of racism is nonactionable opinion in Illinois); Lennon v. Cuyahoga Cnty. Juvenile Ct., No. 86651, 2006 WL 1428920, at * 6 (Ohio Ct.App. May 25, 2006) (concluding that in the specific context of the accusation, calling a co-worker racist was nonactionable opinion); Puccia v. Edwards, No. 98–00065, 1999 WL 513895, at *3–4 (Mass.Super.Ct. Apr. 28, 1999) (concluding accusations of racism are nonactionable opinion); Covino v. Hagemann, 165 Misc.2d 465, 627 N.Y.S.2d 894, 895–96 (N.Y.Sup.Ct.1995) (concluding statement that plaintiff had "racially sensitive attitude" is not actionable). By contrast, cases finding that accusations of racism were actionable defamation usually involved implication of false facts. See, for instance, Overhill Farms v. Lopez, 190 Cal.App.4th 1248 (2010) (accusation that business fired workers for racial reasons was a statement of fact distinguishable from a mere opinion that farm owners were racist). And those are just the cases I found in about five minutes whilst distracted by yelling at an associate.
Similarly, if I said "I've reviewed his personal papers and Jim DeBerry is illiterate," that might be defamatory, because I'm implying potentially false facts. But that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that Jim DeBerry's idiotic legal threat, which I've linked, shows that he's less literate than the average penis-enlargement spammer — in addition to being a racist douchebag. That's opinion based on disclosed facts and therefore absolutely protected.
Before closing comments on the YouTube video, someone (consider the diction and grammar, and guess who) from Definitive TV wrote this:
We are respect your 1st amendment right and your freedom of opinion and speech on our comment board and will approve your comments. Due to the overwhelming feedback (50% positive and 50% negative) and at the request of McCutheon & Hamner at Law we have elected to disable the comment thread. We may open the comment section back up soon when we can reply.
Of course, this is wrong. YouTube is private and Definitive TV is private and nobody has a First Amendment right to post comments there if YouTube and Definitive TV don't want them to. But Definitive TV's mention of the First Amendment here is more than a little erratic, given their bogus legal threat to Above the Law. Maybe being a racist douchebag all the time is mentally taxing.
So: don't let the stupid threats of the Jim DeBerrys of the world chill you. Instead, call them out.
And I propose, to commemorate Mr. DeBerry's idiocy forever, that we make "We are respect your 1st amendment right!" a catchphrase for dealing with such censorious thugs.
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I can imagine myself in a dialogue with my friend Wintergreen, body worker and developer of The Pink Kit, who has another valuable perspective. Wintergreen would tell me that birth may be an instinct, like sex, but we can learn to give birth, just as we can learn to be good lovers. She would agree that it is important to look at the external circumstances of birth, but she would say that we can influence our internal circumstances by learning to work with our birthing bodies. She might mention the importance of the "internal work" of The Pink Kit, a multimedia kit that takes us into our own body knowledge, mapping and working with our anatomy, learning to massage ourselves internally and to feel inside our vaginas during late pregnancy and labour. These tools are invaluable, helping us to be "in touch" with our own bodies—which, even in birth, are sometimes seen as the province of professionals—and assisting us to birth instinctively, in whatever birth setting we might choose.
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BRUSH PRAIRIE, Wash. - Karen Munger is on a mission and working to find the driver who plowed into her daughter's car and then drove away.
They're taking to Facebook and offering a $250 reward asking people to watch the streets around Clark County for a red Jeep Grand Cherokee with major damage to the front side.
And with the lead investigator off for several days, Karen Munger is doing much more than playing amateur detective.
"It makes my stomach hurt every time I look at it," she said, looking at what's left of her daughter's Honda Civic after the hit-and-run crash that led to a horrific phone call:
"I heard, 'Hit me off the road. Rochelle's bleeding, Rochelle's bleeding. Oh my God, Mom, Rochelle's bleeding!" Karen recalled.
"I'm surprised I'm alive, I really am," said daughter LaKell. "I'm surprised me and my friend actually made it through this, because looking at the damage it's just crazy."
LaKell doesn't remember getting hit from behind or how her car spun into a fire hydrant, badly damaging the side. The impact knocked loose the passenger seat and sent LaKell and her friend, Rochelle, to the hospital.
"I have really bad whiplash up my neck, every single muscle in my neck hurts - burns like fire," LaKell said.
"The driver of that vehicle could not possible have known that they were OK. And he left them - that driver left those girls like that," Karen said.
Now Karen is determined to find the driver using her own detective skills. She turned to an auto body shop owner for help piecing together from debris left behind at the scene the kind of vehicle that hit LaKell's car.
It turned out the vehicle was a red Jeep Grand Cherokee with a model year between 1999 and 2004.
And even better, the passenger's father noticed something on LaKell's broken bumper.
"There's a partial imprint of the license plate," Karen said.
She hopes the license plate imprint is enough to find the driver.
"It's going to be really hard for this person to hide," Karen said.
Just as important, though, her daughter knows how far she'll go to protect her.
"Any parent would be doing this for their child," Karen said. "You don't mess with my family."
And the Munger family isn't messing around offering that $250 reward. If you spot that red Jeep Grand Cherokee with front-end damage around Brush Prairie, they're hoping you'll call the Clark County Sheriff's Office.


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DUDLEY'S new archive building got the seal of approval from the borough's latest freeman – celebrity Lenny Henry.
The comedian and actor was on hand to officially open the Tipton Road centre at a ceremony to celebrate Black Country heritage and history earlier today (Wednesday April 23) .
The Dudley-born star, who was made a freeman of the borough in February last year, joined mayor Cllr Alan Finch to unveil a plaque at the £6m building.
Lenny Henry said: "It's been lovely to walk around this centre and look at this fantastic facility. This is a wonderful facility and I hope all of Dudley is going to take it on with pride and use it for research.
"It's serving the whole community and is part of the rejuvenation of Dudley which I really applaud; I want to see Dudley back with a marvelous market place and the zoo being used for its full capacity."
Lenny took a tour of the new facility which opened to the public earlier this year and joked about an exhibition of items about him.
He said: "There is a whole section with me in it, they could have just walked down to my sister in Brierley Hill and said "have you got anything from Len?" she would have said "take it all – it's just blocking the stairway".
"I was blown away, it's got my old school register."
Although he has yet to research his own family history at the archives, Lenny said anyone interested in their roots could trace their history through many resources at the centre, including local newspapers, photographs and council records.
He said: "if you don't know where you are from you don't know where you are going - it's important to know where you are from."


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Whoever did this I hope they fry the *******.
Whoever did this I hope they fry the *******.
He's already dead. Which is always the story with these ********. Which they would just save everyone the trouble and kill themselves when they wake up in the morning.
18 kids is what the wall street journal is saying. 18.
Another POS that decided he wanted to go down in history by doing something horrific. I know these things have to be shown on the news but I would hope instead of the talk shows trying to say he had a troubled child hood or something they forget trying to use logic and call it what it is. A Fking animal plain an simple so these other warped fks see there is no glory, not even a hint of pity for this piece of crap.
They are interviewing 8 and 9 year olds on live TV right after their classmates were murdered. Journalists have become the biggest whores in the world.
Shooter's name is Ryan Lanza
You may ask how this happens. Aside from the obvious "crazy" factor how does one get access to a school? Well, let me tell you. This morning, my kindergartner forgot his backpack. So since I happen to be off work today I decided to run it over to him. I parked, walked up to the door, which was locked, and hit the intercom call button. The office asked my business there, I told them, they asked my son's name, I told them, they buzzed me in. That's it. So, in theory, you could walk up with a bag full of guns, and get straight in based on knowing the name of one student. That's all it took. One name got me buzzed into the school. What's the solution? Do you really want the school locked up like a prison? Given the alternative I think there needs to be more layers for sure. All I know is you can bet your *** I'm bringing how I was able to get in this morning up at the next PTO meeting.
I think this is going to be the story. He killed his father in NJ it appears, drove to Connecticut to kill his mom who it now appears was a kindergarten teacher at the school. Yes, folks, I think an entire classroom of kindergartners was massacred this morning. So horrible. So, so horrible.
It's really easy to play the blame card right now or try and play psychologist, but all that matters right now is keeping these families in your thoughts and/or prayers. They are all that matter right now
Feed the worthless piece of **** to pigs. Don't even give him a grave.
As I see the pictures on the news of kids as they are evacuated, i can't help but be enraged. How could you stand there photographing them instead of trying to help? it just blows my mind.
First, I'm definitely pray for everyone involved.
Second though, the media makes me sick too TJ. Classmates don't need to be sharing what happened, parents don't need to be hounded, and doctors and police officers don't need to be bugged for detas. The kids don't need to relive it, parents need to be taking care of kids, and the doctors and police have better things to be doing.
Leave these people the heck alone right now and do something to help instead of bugging everyone.
Thinking of those poor defendless kids that lost their life to that lunatic **** and can't stop crying.Yeah i am so away but i feel so sad and pain today.My thoughts to the families who have suffered enough already and will keep suffering from this nightmare.It's beyond crazy and unimaginable.5-year-old angels shot to death.We live in a **** mad world sometimes.
I will never underestand why any joe blow from across the road can buy guns in america.
so glad this stuff doesn't happen where im from
Everybody - give your kids an extra hug tonite.
Another horrible act of violence against young children took place today: http://www.latimes.com/news/world/wo...,6383015.story
I was shocked to watch the news earlier and as the TV reporter was interviewing a parent, a print reporter walked up *during* the interview and interviewed the kid, apparently without her permission. It looked like the mother was just too dazed and confused to stop her interview but she didn't seem too happy about it.
Complete ******* move.
Syfy Pulls 'Haven' Episode in Wake of Connecticut School Shooting
In the aftermath of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Syfy is pulling a Haven episode scheduled to air Friday that centers on violence at a high school.
According to a description of "Reunion," "Nathan (Lucas Bryant) and Duke (Eric Balfour) go back to their high school to help Audrey (Emily Rose) apprehend a troubled killer who is wreaking havoc at a student reunion."
Syfy issued a statement to The Hollywood Reporter regarding the decision: "Tonight's scheduled 10 p.m. episode of Haven contained scenes of fictitious violence in a high school. In light of today's tragedy in Newtown, Conn., we have decided not to air it. At this time, no decision has been made as to when the episode will air."
Instead, the cable network will air a repeat of Eureka -- the animated holiday episode "Do You See What I See" -- in Haven's usual 10 p.m. slot Friday. Haven's third-season finale is scheduled to air next week.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation Friday following the Newtown shooting, which took the lives of dozens of victims. "We're going to have to get together and take meaningful action," the president said. As a country we have been through this too many times."
Haven is based on Stephen King's The Colorado Kid.
NFL will observe a moment of silence before all Week 15 games
Posted by Michael David Smith on December 14, 2012, 6:13 PM EST
The NFL will pause before each game this weekend to recognize the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.
At each stadium, just before the playing of the national anthem, a moment of silence will be observed.
Like everyone across America, those in the NFL have been shocked by the shooting at Newtowns Sandy Hook Elementary School, where authorities say a gunman killed 26 people, 20 of them children aged 5 to 10, before killing himself.
During the moment of silence, hundreds of thousands of fans in NFL stadiums, and millions of fans watching at home, will reflect on the scope of the tragedy. As President Obama said today, The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them.
Not sure what info you all have, but from what we've gotten inside the state..
Seems like the gunman fired into two classrooms, his mother's and another one. So yes, likely an entire classroom of of kids 5 years old, and another classroom died. The death toll is now 20.
His name is actually Adam Lanza, Ryan is his brother who lives in New Jersey..who has now been taken in for custody. He killed his mother who he lived with first, drove to the school..and then went into her classroom. I'm pretty sure the Father is still actually alive, and that was reported incorrectly.
The media... I've had problems with a lot of it. Like...showing the film of parents coming out of the fire station who had clearly gotten the bad news..(That was so gruesome.)
It's almost like we're in a cycle where there will soon be so many public killings, that the populace will become desensitized to it, spend less time watching the news, leading to lower ratings (and less celebrity killers) and then less glorification of these public killings, leading to the idea of killing dozens of innocents in public being less of a driving force behind such action, ultimately resulting in fewer high-profile public killings.
It's tough to imagine not reaching this point. I hope we can collectively turn off the cable news, get better help for the people who need it, and work on becoming better ourselves. Doesn't seem like that's what's trending though.


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Couple leaves gift to Contra Costa College
Contra Costa College in San Pablo is the recipient of a $1 million gift from the estate of Antonio and Trinidad Carrico, longtime residents of El Cerrito and Richmond who for decades owned the Hacienda Restaurant on San Pablo Avenue.
Antonio Carrico, a native of Portugal and veteran of World War II, was 91 when he died in Walnut Creek in June. Trinidad Carrico died in 2009.
The couple owned the restaurant at Macdonald and San Pablo avenues for 56 years.
The college was told about the gift by Mechanics Bank and the couple's daughter, Magna Carrico, at a recent meeting of the CCC Foundation board. The board will manage the gift "based on the wishes and memory of the Carrico family."
Library friends preparing book sale
Friends of the Albany Library are planning their big two-day Library Book Sale for Nov. 17 and 18 and are looking for volunteers.
The sale will have books for all ages and interests, as well as records, CDs, DVDs and tapes priced at 50 cents and Christmas, holiday and special gift-quality items priced at $1 and up.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 and 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Nov. 18 in the big room at the Community Center, 1247 Marin Ave.
The sale will conclude with a $3 bag sale from 3 to 4 p.m. on the final day.
A separate sale of vintage, collectible, adult, and unusual items, including vintage magazines, will be available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Edith Stone Room (these items will not be part of the bag sale later).
For more details or to volunteer to help with the sale, contact the Friends at 510-526-3720, ext. 26 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Supervisor holding toy and coat drive
County Supervisor John Gioia has kicked off his annual drive for donations of toys, coats and hoodies for students at Verde Elementary School in North Richmond.
The event, now in its 14th year, seeks to see that every student at Verde, which serves an extremely low-income area, has warm clothing and presents for the holidays.
The effort is expanding with a concurrent collection at the RYSE Youth Center in Richmond to provide toys and hoodies for young people in the area.
Donations of new coats and new, unwrapped toys can be made no later than Dec. 7 to Gioia's office at 11780 San Pablo Ave., Suite D, in El Cerrito, or at the RYSE Youth Center at 205 41st St. in Richmond.
Cash donations to purchase toys and coats to distribute are also welcome. Checks should be made payable to: "RYSE Center," c/o 2012 Toy and Coat Drive.
For more details, contact Luz Gomez at 510-374-3231.
El Cerrito Recycling Center earns honor
The new Recycling and Environmental Resource Center was honored with a Leadership in Sustainability award last month in the government category by the Sustainable Contra Costa Network.
The center, which has a LEED-Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council, was cited for accepting hard-to-recycle materials and educational outreach.
The awards were presented at an Oct. 24 gala at the Shadelands Art Center in Walnut Creek.
Museum of History seeking volunteers
The Richmond Museum of History is seeking volunteers to help with collections care, facilities management, office/administration and visitor services. Anyone interested in helping can contact the museum at 510-235-7387 or info@richmondmuseum ofhistory.org.
While all ages are welcome, students under 18 will need parental permission.
Albany seeks applicants for boards
Albany is seeking applicants for vacancies on city boards and commissions.
"In accordance with Albany Measure H, all board, commission and committee members' terms will end in November, even-numbered years, which coincides with the Municipal Election," the city states.
Panels include the Arts Committee, Charter Review Committee, Civil Service Board,
Community Media Access Committee, Library Board, Mental Health Advisory Board, Park & Recreation Commission, Planning & Zoning Commission, Social & Economic Justice Commission, Sustainability Committee, Traffic and Safety Commission and Waterfront Committee.
People interested in applying can contact the City Clerk at 510-528-5710 or apply on line at www.albanyca.org.
El Cerrito boards need applicants
Applicants are being sought to serve on El Cerrito boards, commissions and committees.
The city has 13 panels on which some 80 people serve as members, making recommendations on areas such as arts and culture, design review, aging issues, crime prevention, economic development, environmental quality, parks and recreation, trees and more.
Anyone interested in serving can get vacancy information and an application by contacting the city clerk at 510-215-4305 or downloading the application form at www.el-cerrito.org.
Applications must be submitted to the city clerk no later than noon on Dec. 10. The City Council will conduct brief interviews with applicants in December and January. For details contact City Clerk Cheryl Morse at 510-215-4305 or email@example.com.
— Chris Treadway


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Gov. Bobby Jindal's tax package includes handing out rebate checks to the poor, active-duty military and certain retirees who otherwise could face hefty tax hikes under his restructuring proposal.
Those groups don't pay income taxes, so Jindal's bid to eliminate income taxes in exchange for higher and broadened sales taxes would hit them hardest without an offset.
Jindal touts the rebate programs, along with existing sales tax breaks on food and medication, as ensuring his tax swap proposal doesn't disproportionately burden low- and moderate-income households.
"These provisions ensure retirees, low-income residents and families at all income levels will be better off," the Republican governor said in a recent speech.
The state Department of Revenue estimated Friday that the rebates would cost $165 million for the first year of the tax swap that, if approved, would begin Jan. 1.
The rebates would grow annually, tied to the Consumer Price Index.
The price tag for the programs has been growing, as the Jindal administration announced this week the governor would be pushing a larger sales tax hike than previously announced, to raise the state's sales tax from 4 percent to 6.25 percent.
Lawmakers will consider the rebate programs as part of the governor's tax package in the regular legislative session that begins April 8.
Jindal says his tax restructuring would boost economic development and job creation while also providing businesses and families with a more predictable tax bill.
Critics say the governor's proposal would shift a greater share of state government operating costs onto the poor, middle class and small businesses, giving hefty tax breaks to the wealthy and big corporations.
Concerns have been raised that the rebate programs would require a new bureaucracy to administer.
The nonpartisan Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana questioned whether some people eligible for the rebates could fall through the cracks and how the state would monitor for fraud.
"Residency requirements and enforcement mechanisms will be necessary, along with government expense to maintain and police such a program. In all, the creation of a major new government entitlement program, along with its social and economic impacts and fiscal costs, must be evaluated carefully," the council wrote in an analysis.
The rebates for low-income residents, the larger of the two programs, would pass through the system that provides welfare payments and food stamps in the state social services department.
Benefits would be loaded onto debit cards.
Families would be eligible for rebates if they earn no more than $35,000 a year if married with children or $20,000 if single with children, under the Louisiana Family Assistance Rebate Program outlined to lawmakers.
The top annual rebate allowed would be $350 for a married couple earning no more than $15,000 and having five or more dependent children, revenue department spokesman Doug Baker said Friday.
Tim Barfield, Jindal's leader on the tax revamp, estimated about 650,000 families would be eligible for the low-income program — more than the number of households that receive food stamps in the state.
Payments through the Assistance for Retiree and Military Rebate Program would be available to Louisiana residents who receive income from public retirement systems, Social Security and certain amounts of other retirement benefits, disability benefits and active-duty military pay.
After meeting the retiree or military pay criteria, the rebates would be offered to those with a federal adjusted gross income of $60,000 or less, or $120,000 or less for those married and filing taxes jointly, according to an outline given to lawmakers.
The maximum annual rebate allowed under the program could be $900 for a married couple with a $120,000 annual adjusted gross income, according to Baker, the revenue department spokesman.
No estimates have been provided of how many people would be eligible for the program, which would be administered by the state Department of Revenue.


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Disclosure featuring T. Williams
Where: Fox Theater, 301 S. Garey Ave., Pomona When: Doors open 8 p.m. Oct. 15; show starts at 9 p.m.
Cost: $47.90 online Information: www.ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
POMONA >> English garage and electronica duo — and brothers — Disclosure will take the stage on Tuesday at the Fox Theater.
Guy and Howard Lawrence released the critically acclaimed album "Settle" in May, which reached No. 1 on the U.K. charts (only No. 38 on the U.S. charts). It was nominated for a 2013 Mercury Prize, which is a best album award from the U.K. and Ireland.
Disclosure's opening act is London's T. Williams and the show starts at 9 p.m.
Disclosure's highest charting single has been "White Noise" featuring AlunaGeorge that reached No. 2 on the U.K. charts. Their first single from the album, "Latch," sold one million copies in Australia. The duo can be seen posing with the platinum records on their website at disclosureofficial.com.
In a November 2012 interview with lessthan3.com, Howard Lawrence described the group's live set up.
"We both play multiple instruments on stage," Howard said. "Since there's only two of us we have to multitask quite a bit to create the same kind of thing as a live band. I tend to play more of the chords and the subs and stuff like that, whereas Guy does more of the drums and the vocals, works on the MPCs and stuff like that. But we switch it around sometimes, too."
For more information on the show, head to www.foxpomona.com.


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Spartans' Schumann wins EBAL title
De La Salle High sophomore Matthew Schumann (230) won the East Bay Athletic League cross country meet on Nov. 2 at Shadow Cliffs Regional Park. Schumann's first-place finish (14:58.50) helped the Spartans take third as a team behind Amador Valley and San Ramon Valley. De La Salle teammate Luke Williams finished third.


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Irene, I am so sorry surgery was aborted. We were all ready for you to have a successful one. Did anyone mention possibility of transplant protocol? Irene ,we are here to support you, in what ever you decide. Take time to recover and heal emotionally and physically and we'll chat with you soon. Your in our hearts for sure !
God Bless,
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Kalashnikov to be airlifted to Moscow in new health scare
The designer of the Kalashnikov rifle was to be airlifted from his home region in central Russia to Moscow on Sunday after falling ill with a lung problem, Russian officials said.
Mikhail Kalashnikov, 93, is suffering from a thrombosis of the pulmonary artery estimated to be of medium severity, news agencies quoted the Russian health ministry as saying.
A plane belonging to the Russian emergencies ministry landed in Kalashnikov's home city of Izhevsk -- where he invented the rifle -- to take him to Moscow for a check-up.
"The doctors have decided to send Mikhail Kalashnikov to one of the Moscow clinics," said emergencies ministry spokeswoman Irina Rossius, quoted by ITAR-TASS.
The plane is already equipped with medical facilities which doctors can use to examine Kalashnikov while airborne. Kalashnikov was already hospitalised for two weeks in May this year.


text: What happens when entertainers branch out into new fields? By Nicholas Ransbottom, West Virginia State University April 8, 2012 Story Share Courtesy photo Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has found acclaim as a singer. Not all actors who make the leap are successful, though. I'm not really sure what runs through celebrities' heads when they decide to tackle a new field of entertainment. Do they want to be challenged as performers? Do they want to see if they have a hidden talent? Are they desperately in need of attention and/or money? Whatever the case, it happens quite often.Many actors, for instance, have decided to test out the music industry. Some are more successful than others.Through her performances on "Glee" and in the films "Duets" and "Country Strong," Gwyneth Paltrow has shown that she has a good set of pipes. Her cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 23, and her rendition of Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" attracted praise from both critics and Green himself. Zooey Deschanel, known as the star of Fox's "New Girl" and films such as "(500) Days of Summer" (as well as the personification of the manic pixie dream girl character), has her own duo with singer-songwriter M. Ward called She & Him, which received a Grammy nomination this year. Jeff Bridges, star of "TRON" and "The Big Lebowski," has proven himself to be one of the few male actors-turned-singers to have a reasonably commercially and critically successful musical career after gaining notice playing a country singer in the film "Crazy Heart." Unfortunately, most actors couldn't carry a tune if given a bucket. Bruce Willis, William Shatner and Steven Seagal all have gotten their hands on a microphone with less than stellar results. Trust me when I say you haven't lived until you've listened to a Steven Seagal album.On the other hand, it's not hard for most singers to act. For instance, Justin Timberlake has won four Emmy Awards out of six nominations for his work hosting "Saturday Night Live." His portrayal as Napster founder Sean Parker in "The Social Network" was met with acclaim.Cher is also a well-known singer-turned-actress; she won an Oscar for her starring role in the film "Moonstruck." Her most recent role was in "Burlesque," opposite Christina Aguilera, who was making her acting debut. (Both performances were considered hits.) However, Cher first wowed critics in "Mask," playing the role of Rocky Dennis' mother. In the film, based on a true story, Dennis is born with a skull deformity, isolating him from his hurtful peers, and his mother makes it her goal to give him as normal a life as he can possibly have. So when it comes to a critical analysis, singers are far more likely to be successful in their switch to acting than actors are in their switch to singing. I suppose it's easier to become another person when you are already entertaining sold out crowds on world tours as yourself than it is to stop playing someone else and start being yourself. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 3 Plans for all-ages venue rise in old bakery building 4 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval 5 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property St. Albans students recall shocking sexting talk Previous Story Remembering the Titanic: 100 years later Next Story


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MLB.com Columnist
Jonathan Mayo
CARY, N.C. -- After Thursday's marathon finale between Milton (Georgia) and The Woodlands (Texas), the semifinals for the second annual National High School Invitational are set. Those who followed the tournament a year ago will notice a familiar tone.
The two teams that met in the 2012 championship game are on the same path again. Harvard-Westlake, last year's runner up, will play Venice High School in the first semi. Both California teams will play at 12 p.m. ET. The 2012 champions, Mater Dei, will play The Woodlands at 3:45 p.m. ET. Both games will be streamed live from USA Baseball's National Training Complex on usabaseball.com.
Mater Dei catcher Jeremy Martinez, a veteran of USA Baseball, is the lone representative of MLB.com's Top 50 Draft prospects still playing for a trophy, but he isn't the only Draft-eligible player on the four 2-0 teams. Martinez's teammate, third baseman Ryan McMahon, is a solid prospect who had a big double on Thursday. Former big leaguer Craig Grebeck's son, Austin, is another 2013 graduate who hits leadoff for Mater Dei. Another senior, Davis Tominaga, was a hero both with his arm and his bat, in the 2012 NHSI.
Harvard-Westlake's top seniors are catcher Arden Pabst and first baseman Joe Corrigan, but the best player on the team is 2014 prospect Ryan Flaherty. Flaherty struck out 13 in his start on Wednesday and will play third for the remainder of the tournament.
Venice's top Draft prospect is outfielder Nick Longhi, though he hasn't seen many pitches to hit so far here. He did score two runs in Venice's 7-3 win over Cathedral Catholic to get to the semifinals. Fellow 2013 grad Colton Lightner has gone 3-for-6 in two games.
The Woodlands got a standout performance from senior Ryan Burnett on Thursday morning to get them to their second-round game Thursday afternoon (High school teams in Texas aren't allowed to play games on Wednesday). They have five players with Division I commitments, but it might be their first baseman, junior Chris Andristos, who has the most potential. They are boundn to be tired after their 14-inning, 9-8 victory over Milton in the quarterfinal.
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Question: I have an old, but really close friend, who has her own old, really close friend. (My friend "Jane" and I met after college; Jane met her friend during college.) Jane and I are having a fight about Jane's behavior toward me. She's got a bad temper and I think is a bit of a bully sometimes.
Meanwhile Jane's old friend "Mary" and I have been becoming better acquainted lately. We've been starting to communicate and talk outside of Jane's presence. Is it unfair to ask Mary about Jane's behavior? They are much closer - obviously, having known each other for years. But I think it would be interesting to know if Mary sees the same thing in Jane that I do. I'm not asking her to "weigh in" on our current fight, I just want to know if she's had the same experience. Mary is a sweet woman and I believe wouldn't run to Jane to tell her I've been talking to her. - Bringing Dirt to Other Parties
Answer: I think it's fine in an "I struggle to understand Jane sometimes, can you help me?" kind of way, but if you're not certain you can keep this out of the muck of Jane-bashing, then don't even try it.
Another way of putting it: If you want to fix your friendship with Jane, then understand that what you need to accomplish this are new ways to see the good in Jane, and Mary can help you with that. If what you want is validation for disliking this aspect of Jane, then don't even touch that with Mary.
Question: Do you think it's rude for people to ask if you are still breastfeeding? I breastfed my children longer than most (more than a year, less than two). While my family and friends knew I was breastfeeding, it's not something I loudly campaign for and I prefer to do it discreetly.
Yet, people still feel it's OK to ask if I'm still nursing my 15-month-old. I think it's a question along the lines of asking people when they're going to settle down and get married or when they're going to have kids - that is, none of your darn business.
What's your opinion, Carolyn? By the way, I always answer the question simply and honestly with a yes or no because I'm happy with my choice, but the reactions from people run the gamut, which might be why I'm sensitive to it. Some say "how wonderful" or "good for you," while others are exasperated: "Are you really?" - Rude?
Answer: "That's kind of an odd question. Why do you ask?" That way you'll see whether you're getting interest from people who are weighing their own choices, or judging yours.
Or you can solve it after the fact: "Had I known you were just looking to judge me, I wouldn't have answered so politely."
Answer: Oh to be this quick, just once. Thank you.
Email Carolyn Hax at:
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How to Pitch
The third time I got caught stealing classified documents out of the National Archives, the judge said enough was enough. He and the prosecutor hatched up a plan to send me away to prison for 20 years so I'd learn my lesson. But there were plenty of things I'd stolen that the authorities didn't know about (money things), so I used some of that loot and hired myself the best counsel in the city. He found a loophole in the law and convinced the judge that first he had to give me another option: I could learn my lesson by teaching young toughs about important life skills, in a structured and competitive environment. The judge looked through his binder full of ragamuffin teams in need and asked, "What about baseball? Can you coach baseball?" I nodded, because of how much codeine I had had that morning, and he interpreted my head movement as assent. That's how I became the coach of the 12U GoldenTee baseball squad, and that's how I found myself living a storybook season that ended with … well, we're getting ahead of ourselves now.
"Pitching and defense wins" is what I knew about baseball, and I found out quickly that the boys (and girl) on the GoldenTees didn't know squat about pitching. Lot of throwers on that team. Big kids, some mustaches and learner's permits, and real strong arms; my glove hand was blue by the end of practice just warming up with them. It didn't surprise me to learn that they had won the championship the previous season, and that most of the league was afraid to hit against them. But they weren't doing it the right way, and I could tell them a thing or two about where life takes you when you don't do it the right way. It takes you to a battered ballfield with a bunch of kids you don't even know, when you could be home sucking whippets and watching DVDs of Monk season four.
Problem was, I didn't know much about pitching the right way, either. Thankfully, there were resources for people like me. Those resources are guys like Tim McCarver, Eric Karros, Mitch Williams, and Eric Byrnes. I went to work studying their wisdom about pitching, and this is what I taught my boys (and girl).
1. Win?
This might seem crazy, but a lot of these kids hadn't heard this advice before. "Wut U Mean" they texted me when I told them how important this is. I said "What's the point of the game, after all?" And they said to have fun, and I said what else and they said build community and I said what else and they said score more runs than the other team. Bingo! You gotta win if you wanna win. One of them asked if I meant like in a metaphysical sense, like the Yungian thing? Naw dawg, I said. Like the Al Davisian thing.
(And it's pronounced Jungian, with a J, I mentioned.)
2. Don't Be Terrible.
I asked the kids what they're trying to do when they're batting. They all agreed that, ideally, they would hit a home run. Well guess what, I said. When the other team is batting, they want to do the same thing, and so the best thing to do is to stop them from doing that. Sometimes it's real satisfying to see the lightbulb go on in a kid's mind.
Here's the best part, I told them. If you're not terrible, it greatly increases your chances of winning, and you guys remember what I told you earlier about winning. About it being good. Doing it and stuff.
So don't be terrible. Keep the ball in the park. Don't get knocked out in the first inning.
That sort of stuff.
3. Be good, too!
It's not as simple as I've been making it sound. You gotta not just be not terrible and win, but you gotta be good. You gotta stick to the plan, the plan being "don't be terrible" and "win?".
Now, you might be wondering whether there is more to having a plan than this. "That is literally the very thing we are all thinking," one boy said. Well, yes. You need to plan on being:
This might be a bit advanced for some of them, but it's never too early to learn: If you're good at pitching, and you pitch well, and you pitch better than the hitters hit, you will find success on the field, and in life.
4. Get lots of run support.
LOOK YOU LITTLE IDIOTS! I said, getting all intense like John Wooden. IF YOU DON'T PLAN ON GETTING RUN SUPPORT DON'T BOTHER SHOWING UP. THAT'S NOT HOW WE ARE GOING TO PLAY ON THIS TEAM. GET YOUR RUN SUPPORT. GET IT!
5. Don't face good hitters.
Why would you go face a good team if you're trying to win and not be terrible and be good? When you see a good hitter on the other team, you stay away from them. You run away. You go to the league office, and you ask that league commissioner to rework the schedule so you don't have to face those good hitters.
And when you find a bad team, just keep playing them, over and over and over and over and over and over. I'll tell you when to stop.
6. The three "secrets" to good pitching
"But but but" they protested. They said Jared is their best pitcher and he's a right-hander and he was born right here in the middle of the city, and his bread-and-butter is more of a bowling ball two-seamer that gets in on the hands of right-handers. "Best pitcher?" I asked. "More like best second baseman. I'm the coach! I get to say!"
7. Do Some Humping in a Curveball.
LOL knew they'd get a kick out of that one. Told 'em let's keep that one between us, no telling your parents. Now they know I respect them as equals, and I'm on their side, even after the Jared scuffle. We're just a bunch of men (and girl) hanging out, cracking jokes, getting a little raunchy. Cool cool.
8. Know your puns.
9. Learn how to pitch.
This is sort of redundant, I guess. By this point you all should know how to pitch, except Jared because he's a second baseman. But it's good advice!
So you have to impress that scout. You have your parents in the stands, wondering whether you will ever achieve the dreams that long ago left them behind. You have to impress them. You have your teammates. You have to impress them. Someday you'll have kids, and the decisions you make today will affect how they see you. You have to impress them. You have your health; winners live longer, it's a proven fact. You have all the money I bet on this game. And guess what: it's not just that the stakes are high. It's that the margin between success and failure is as thin as this little kid sitting here in front of me. Real thin. You stand up on that mound and realize that if your timing is off by just a microsecond when you drive toward the plate, your whole system breaks down. Your arm lags, your elbow drops, your thighs lose thrust. Next thing you know, it's a cookie. Right there, middle of the plate, ready to get ripped. If you're lucky, it's a home run. If you're not, it's a line drive back up the middle, and you've got a baseball-shaped welt on your forehead. So, to recap: huuuuuuge stakes, tiny tiny tiny margins.
So you gotta RELAX okay?
And that's pitching.
Sam Miller is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @SamMillerBB
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John Geer
Thank you for giving a voice to all of us sitting at home scoffing at this inane crap every game.
Dec 28, 2012 04:47 AM
This and The Secret to Getting a Hit are the 2 greatest things on the internet ever. Sam Miller is a straight up genius.
Dec 28, 2012 06:41 AM
The source material is so rich that you can't address it in one article. There wasn't even a mention of "Angels fan growing up" as a Scouting Report, or "Reverse last night (loss)" as a Key to the Game.
Dec 28, 2012 07:26 AM
I wonder what would happen if the announcers tried to describe a detailed scouting report for each batter-pitcher matchup? Probably this has been researched and the conclusion was "everyone's head would explode."
Dec 28, 2012 07:32 AM
I'm not sure which is funnier/more depressing: the Phil Hughes "scouting report" or the "throwback" clown suit being worn by Matt Garza on national TV so MLB can earn more revenue. Or am I being too cynical during the holiday season?
Dec 28, 2012 07:42 AM
Oh god. Sam Miller does it again.
Dec 28, 2012 08:53 AM
Scouting report: "Angels fan growing up" - which could be interpreted a lot of ways, but the one Fox meant, "Was an Angels fan when he was young" qualifies as trivia, not "scouting." Did Tim McCarver repeat it on air as well, in his Intellectual Voice?
Dec 28, 2012 10:52 AM
If PJ Walters ever joins a dating site, that should be his profile picture.
Dec 28, 2012 13:15 PM
Fantastic article Sam. It's too bad the team couldn't track down a note about the catcher having a fantastic CERA with the pitcher.
Dec 28, 2012 21:22 PM
Replacement Cat
The best part for me was to click through to find Jason's homepage!
Dec 29, 2012 04:22 AM
At least Tim McCarver and Eric Karros offered their words of wisdom for free.
Dec 29, 2012 16:52 PM
In the voice of Tim McCarver:
Dec 31, 2012 10:39 AM
Some Saturday last spring I suffered through my Mets at Atlanta for the Saturday Fox game. Brace yourself. Chris Myers was doing play-by-play. Play by play is like umpiring--only when it's absolutely make an ass of itself terrible do you notice it and realize, maybe it's not so easy a 3rd grade sports fan could do it. At least that's what Chris Myers endless trail of inanity had me thinking. How hard can it possibly be to announce a televised baseball game? Chris Myers hard. Evidently the keys to to the game graphics are intended to limbo underneath the appallingly awful 'analysis'. I love baseball but I shudder to think that every world series memory I have since the 90's has been narrated by Joe Buck.
Dec 31, 2012 17:08 PM
This was hilarious--and led me to The Secret to Getting a Hit from before, which was doubly hilarious. Thank you.
Dec 31, 2012 21:36 PM
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Fairfax County Awards Master Development Contract for Portion of Former Lorton Prison
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Fairfax County Awards Master Development Contract for Portion of Former
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Fairfax County has selected the Alexander Company as the master developer of a portion of the former Lorton Prison, located in what is now known as Laurel Hill. This 80-acre adaptive reuse site includes the former reformatory which is composed of 41 buildings including dorms, an auditorium/hospital and gymnasium, and the former penitentiary's 15 structures including cellblocks, towers, and a dining area.
Alexander Company, based in Madison, Wis., specializes in urban infill development, brownfield revitalization and historic preservation. The master development plan will include features such as adaptive reuse considerations, project financial feasibility, phasing of construction and the application of historic tax credits. The project is expected to take six to eight months.
Fairfax County envisions a unique and world-class developmentof residential, retail, commercial and educational space within the former reformatory and penitentiary complex. This development will serve the expanding south county region and create a unique destination in harmony with the surrounding uses, including single-family residential, older-adult living residential, schools, a planned arts center and parks.
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Don't Flush Medicines Down the Toilet
Fairfax County officials recommend that residents do not flush unused medicines down the toilet — unless directed by the label. This advice applies to both prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
Instead residents are advised to throw unwanted medicines in the trash. This action will help to keep them out of rivers and streams.
Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dontflush for additional steps for disposing of drugs to prevent their misuse or accidental ingestion.
Trace amounts of common drugs have been found in the region's water supply, according to recent media reports. These amounts are in the parts per trillion. For comparison, one part per trillion is equal to one second in 32,000 years.
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Fairfax County's wastewater treatment plant uses advanced technologies that screen out some of these medicines. Tap water is also treated with advanced processes.
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Otley's MP has criticised Leeds City Council for "denying the right of communities" to have a say over the future of important local assets.
Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) made the claim, citing the example of the recently closed Wharfe View Cafe as evidence, in the House of Commons last week.
The soon-to-be-demolished cafe, better known as Dunnies, was the subject of an unsuccessful bid to have it registered as an Asset of Community Value.
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Mr Mulholland is calling for a Parliamentary debate on the Asset of Community Value scheme and whether local authorities are supporting it adequately.
He said: "Some councils – including, I am afraid, Leeds – are deliberately turning down applications on the basis that they do not believe the community could have a viable bid."
Speaking afterwards, he added: "Leeds City Council is undermining and ignoring the legal right of local communities to register important amenities as Assets of Community Value, which is completely disgraceful.
"Communities in other areas have been delighted to use the powers given to them in the Localism Act, but in Leeds they are being denied this important opportunity.
"It seems Leeds has no faith in local residents who want to preserve important local amenities, so the Department for Communities and Local Government must investigate this."
Responding for the Government, Leader of the House Andrew Lansley MP said: "I hope Mr Mulholland's local council will listen to what he has to say about Assets of Community Value in his constituency."


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What would you do for a cure for MS?
Allow me to first apologize for my spotty postings as of late. Caryn and I have been fighting a particularly virulent strain of rhinovirus this past couple of weeks, and it had us pretty far down. I've reached bottom and think I'm better today than yesterday; it's a start.
During all this coughing, hacking and sneezing, I've still been doing my physical therapy rehab: leg lifts, squatting exercises, all the fun stuff. It got me to thinking about how much effort I'm putting in after the fact of hip replacement.
The docs have done everything they can; now it's my turn. Anything I get back from here on out is all up to me. What about my multiple sclerosis?
I know that many of us (and I'm one, don't think I'm pointing fingers) don't do as much for ourselves when it comes to our MS as we could be doing. We keep waiting for the next drug, but are we really doing our part in "curing" our MS?
This rehab stuff is hard. Are we doing the "hard stuff" to keep ourselves healthy?
I don't want to be a lazy rehab patient; I'm working my but off. Why is it then that I'm not pressing myself as hard to be healthier in my MS life? Does anyone else feel this way?
I know daily stretching is very important to keeping muscle tone and flexibility; I don't, however, do it. I've experienced the benefits of a healthier diet, weight loss and regular exercise; I've fallen off that wagon. My tendencies toward much of life with MS are less than ideal health wise; why am I not making myself as healthy as possible?
If doctors came up with a cure for MS that was hard, would we do it?
For some of us, giving ourselves a regular injection seems very difficult; in the larger scheme of things it's not. What if the cure was eating one pound of the food you find most disgusting every day? How about if you had to do three hours of strenuous activity daily? If the cure (and let's face it, when I say cure I'm talking about stopping progress and never letting our MS get any worse) was difficult, would we cure ourselves?
If your answer is a quick yes, think about it for a moment…
There are many things we can be doing to make our MS better; the list above is far from complete. Why aren't we (or would this be less confrontational If we leave it at "Why don't I"?) do more for more of what we know will make us better?
Don't think that I'm saying we can cure MS, but we can surely make life a little easier and take back at least a little bit. Why???
As I struggle through pain and aggravations and setbacks in one aspect of my health, I'm wondering why I don't put this kind of effort into my everyday struggle with multiple sclerosis.
I'm not one for New Year's Resolutions but this idea sounds like something really worthwhile to me. I'm going to think on this one for a bit. What are your thoughts?
Wishing you and your family the best of health.


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To show that their burgers are so good customers can't wait to unwrap them before digging in, Brazilian fast food burger chain Bob's wrapped their burgers in edible "paper" as part of a recent marketing campaign. You can watch customers eat wrapped burgers in this video:
According to Kenji, this is what the burger looks like under the wrapper:
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Spinach and Strawberry Salad
After the baked deliciousness of yesterday, today I've got a healthy savory way to use up fresh strawberries. Feel free to customize this recipe based on what you have on hand and what you enjoy. I actually really like to add some crumbled goat cheese to this salad, but didn't have any on hand the other day when I took the pictures…
As with all salad recipes, the quantities listed below are just what I used the other day when I was measuring the ingredients out. Usually, I just throw a bunch of things together in a bowl and call it a day.
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Spinach and Strawberry Salad
Yield: 2-4
1 bundle asparagus
1 Tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
6 oz baby spinach
1 cup strawberries, hulled and quartered
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1 oz crumbled goat cheese
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil to avoid a mess. Drizzle 1 Tbsp olive oil over asparagus. Use your hand to stir it up so all the asparagus gets coated. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast in oven for 15 minutes, stirring once in the middle.
Allow asparagus to cool to room temperature and slice into ~2" pieces.
Mix the vinegar and 1 Tbsp of olive oil. Add the nuts, strawberries, and asparagus. Toss to coat and add the spinach. Sprinkle cheese on salad just before serving.
6 Responses to "Spinach and Strawberry Salad"
Gorgeous spring/summer salad!
absolutely refreshing!
Yum, I love sweet salads!
That is a gorgeous salad. Have you thought about adding some mango to it?
I have a recipe similar with mangos and strawberries and it is delicious. I have made it with strawberries alone and it was just as good, though.
I have not thought to add mango to this salad. Sounds intriguing.
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I grieve for our country and where it is headed in the next four years and beyond.
Why has consideration not been given to replacing the 733 pages Income Tax Code with a 5 percent federal sales tax or an added-value tax? Would it not increase the tax base and be fair to so-called rich and/or poor? If a person wanted a $100,000 car, that person would pay $5,000 in tax. If a person wanted to buy a $20,000 car, that person would pay $1,000 as tax.
To the ranter who wants to cut the military budget because his three retired friends get pensions: … When you swear in, you offer yourself up for whatever Uncle Sam wants to do with you. Staying in the U.S. was not their option. I spent eight years, two of them in Asia. I never begrudged guys who stayed stateside … .
To the third-grade teacher and to the students not doing homework: Maybe an incentive for parents and the students would be to inform them the students will repeat the third grade until homework is done on time and with a passing percentage.
Never thought I'd be happy to see all of the medical commercials during the evening news again. A welcome change from the political ones. Now it will be Christmas ads until we are sick of them, too. Oh, well, only 18 months until the election cycle again.
Now Mr. Moses has all the time in the world to travel to the neighboring states. Voters do not forget.
After President Obama's re-election, Donald Trump's election-night tweets trying to foment a revolution in the United States are the final-nail-in-the-coffin verdict for his relevance: He is a childish, buffoonish, crybaby blowhard who deserves no one's attention any longer!
Why is Grover Norquist more important to the Republicans in Washington than the American people are? He is nothing but a lobbyist, for cripes sake. What Republican is going to grow a spine and tell him to go back in his hole? None. They are too weak.
The GOP hierarchy supports moderate candidates not outspoken on sensitive issues. Ron Paul, as candidate, might also have lost, but major issues would have been more clearly debated. Liberty's mantle was proclaimed and cheered by students. Romney could have enlisted their support by a convention invite for him to speak.
If there is any money left from the presidential campaign, it should all go to the East Coast to help those who lost everything, or how about the food banks and shelters? I bet that will never happen.
It will be hard for students to relate to other human beings since all their time is spent on electronic devices.
I'm outraged at the treatment that my granddaughter is receiving at … (a local middle school). There is a serious bullying issue. I thought school was a safe place for children to go, but I see that I am wrong. … It's sad that I feel that I have to chaperone my granddaughter to school and stay there with her so she is safe.
Corporate media eagerly jumped on Mitt Romney's 47 percent remark. They deliberately ignored his following statement because it made any further campaign coverage meaningless.