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The holidays are upon us! Easy ideas for ornaments and decorations will be very popular this year for those looking for budget-friendly alternatives to Christmas decor. There's just something so valuable about easy ideas for ornaments and decorations that make a Christmas tree complete. Since the holidays are often such a whirlwind, you will appreciate the easy ideas for ornaments and decorations that lessen the stress on your holiday planning.
This collection of 17 Easy Ideas for Ornaments and Decorations will help you come up with the budget-friendly holiday home you're looking for. Check out these easy to make Christmas decorations and simple homemade Christmas ornaments all in one convenient spot.
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Easy to Make Christmas Decorations: Centerpieces
Easy to Make Christmas Decorations: Wall Art
Simple Homemade Christmas Ornaments: For the Family
Simple Homemade Christmas Ornaments: Easy and Elegant
Easy to Make Christmas Decorations: Centerpieces
Dazzling Christmas Centerpiece: Create this easy and dazzling Christmas craft using styrofoam and glitzy garlands. Take your Christmas party up a notch with these glamorous centerpieces.
Celestial Ball Christmas Decor: These simple tissue-covered and painted foam balls are an economnical way to create your own Christmas decor. Display on a square mirror or in a shallow bowl for a lovely holiday centerpiece.
Recycled Holiday Candle Wraps: This simple centerpiece features candle wraps made from recycled holiday gift wrap! Make it an earth friendly holiday.
Holiday Candle Ring Centerpiece: Die-cut holly and other paper shapes add beautiful embellishment to a plain glass vase with holiday candle. Use this idea for a holiday centerpiece or side table accent.
- NEW! Beautiful Christmas Decor: Create your own Christmas decor with beautiful centerpieces, candles and wreaths. Make your home have a warm and cozy feeling this Christmas season.
Easy to Make Christmas Decorations: Wall Art
Christmas Tree Banner: Create a fun and festive Christmas Tree banner that is sure to bring a joyous holiday spirit into your home. With only a few simple materials, a piece of fabric becomes a piece of art.
Easy Santa Wood Figure: Simple wood shapes and acrylic paint become a funky Santa figure with decorations and a bag of gifts. This Santa is perfect for the mantle.
Decorative Snowman Wreath: Acrylic paints and Styrofoam balls create this adorable snowman wreath. This Christmas season be sure you have this little guy on your door welcoming all your friends.
- NEW! Christmas Tree Advent Calendar: Make colorful felt circles that serve as pockets for treats with this easy DIY Christmas craft! The Christmas tree advent calendar is a yummy, crafty way to countdown to Christmas.
Simple Homemade Christmas Ornaments: For the Family
Jingle Bell Ornament: Ring in the holiday season with a handmade jingle bell ornament, painted with glossy polka dots. Get your whole family involved in creating unique painted jingle bells.
Star Initial Ornament: Let this star holiday ornament shine bright with personalization and detail. Have each person in your family creates a personalized ornament for a different family member and see how they turn out!
Old Photo Keepsake Ornaments: Make simple and beautiful Christmas ornaments that preserve precious family memories. Using special printable fabric, print out old photos and use them to create sentimental favorites.
- NEW! "Hand" Made Ornaments: These adorable handmade ornaments are a fun and easy activity to do with your kids. It's an easy Christmas craft that will take no time to make, and you can look back on your kids' little hands from years past.
Simple Homemade Christmas Ornaments: Easy and Elegant
Nature's Quick and Easy Ornaments: Handmade ornaments showcase the colors of nature, including pumpkin seeds, chili peppers, dried peas and moss.
Marbelous Ornaments: These luxuriant ornaments are very easy to create. Enjoy the fun of making elegant swirls of paint inside of clear ornament balls.
Beaded CD Ornaments: Recycle old CD's into colorful trendy ornaments. With a little paint, wire and beads, you can add a new look to the holiday season.
- NEW! Beaded Ball Ornament: Easy beaded Christmas ornaments are a great way to make your tree sparkle. Try this Beaded Ball Ornament - you'll love the results and will save it for years.
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A woman who had been accused of starting a fire at a Chippenham town centre flat has had the charges against her dropped.
Amanda Wilkinson, 34, pleaded not guilty to a charge of arson with intent to endanger life in relation to a fire in the town.
Prosecutors then offered no evidence and a judge at Swindon Crown Court returned a formal not guilty verdict.
Wilkinson, who has been remanded since her arrest in January, was then released from custody.
Wilkinson had been accused of started a blaze at the flat in Station Hill on Friday, January 3, this year.
The emergency services were called to the flat, close to the former Karma nightclub, at about 2.30am on the Friday morning.
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Below is a link to an excellent, common sense video. This video should go viral.
To summarize: In the US violent crime is down 50% and the murder rate is down over 54% in the last 20 years. England with gun control actually has a violent crime rate 3.5 times that of the US. The bulk of US violent crime occurs in very small pockets in large metropolitan areas. In 2011, of the homicides involving firearms, only 3.5% of those homicides involved "rifles", and the AR15 is a subset of the "rifle" group. If politicians want to solve violent crime in those metropolitan areas they need to "put on their boots, and go to those neighborhoods and figure out how to improve the poverty level, how to create jobs and how to improve the education system".


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Quality starts have become the rule instead of the exception for the Colorado Rockies this season.
The Rockies had six quality starts in their first seven games, and their rotation boasted the seventh-best ERA in baseball at 3.02 to go with a 4-1 record entering Tuesday night's game against the San Francisco Giants.
No one is surprised that the Rockies lead the Majors in hitting with a sizzling .317 average, but who saw this coming from their rotation, especially one that has three starts already at hitter-friendly Coors Field?
"I think those guys are better than people think, and they're healthy," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said before Game 2 in a three-game series against the Giants. "That's probably the biggest factor."
Jhoulys Chacin is 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA and two quality starts. Jeff Francis (1-0, 1.50) and Jon Garland (1-0, 3.00) produced quality starts in their debuts, as did Juan Nicasio (1-0, 3.00), who started Tuesday night against the Giants. Jorge De La Rosa (0-1, 6.10) was roughed up in his debut at Milwaukee but had a quality start Monday against the Giants, allowing three earned runs over six innings in a 4-2 loss.
"We've done well so far," Francis said. "There were some things that we concentrated on, that we focused on in Spring Training. We did it well at Spring Training, and our goal was to take that into the season. Through seven games, I think we have."
What was on the starting pitchers' to-do list?
"Focusing on getting hitters to hit the ball on the ground," Francis said. "It's pretty obvious every pitcher tries to do that, but I think we put a focus on it. Being able to throw secondary pitches for strikes and working quick. I think as pitchers we try to keep it as simple as we can. So far it's worked."
Weiss said he's starting to expect a quality start every game.
"Yeah. Our starters have done an outstanding job," Weiss said. "They've all given us a chance to win. I thought Jorge did a great job last night. Gave up the quick three-spot but then really shut them down. Kept us in the game and gave us a chance."
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Nice to see our Pacers at the 8th position. I totally agree with the 8 "playoffable" however I would question the mental health of the writer: Cleveland at 3rd???!!!???Ranking the Eastern Conference
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Adjust font size:The Boston Celtics returned the NBA Championship to the Eastern Conference and this summer teams are making moves to keep it there. HOOPSWORLD takes a look at the power rankings in the East with its current rosters.
1. Boston Celtics: NBA Championships merit top seeds in preseason rankings. The Celtics are returning their entire starting lineup and even though they have to overcome the departure of James Posey, the Big Three should still be enough to keep near the top of the standings. Not to mention, the young Rajon Rondo and Kendrick Perkins are coming back even tougher and more experienced after winning it all.
2. Cleveland Cavaliers: There is only one thing that makes the Cavaliers the second-best team in the East: LeBron James. Simply put, Bron Bron is one of the top-5 players in the NBA. Put almost any group of players beside him (see their championship run from two years ago) and James' team would succeed. With that being said, it doesn't hurt that the offensive (Delonte West, Wally Sczerbiak) and defensive (Ben Wallace) talent acquired in last season's late trade will have some more time to get acclimated to playing with King James.
3. Detroit Pistons: GM Joe Dumars declared there were "no sacred cows" on the Pistons after they were bounced by the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals and speculation flew of them dismantling their veteran core. It will be up Michael Curry, recently hired as head coach, to get this group of former champions to play up to their potential, but the biggest question is whether these veterans have another title in them.
4. Philadelphia 76ers: Many counted the 76ers out before the start of last season only to find the fiery running team making a legitimate run at the postseason. With Elton Brand in Philadelphia the question is no longer if they will make the playoffs, but what seed they will earn. If the 76ers can bring Andre Iguodala back -- which head coach Mo Cheeks is confident they will do -- this team is poised to make one of the biggest turnarounds in the league next season.
5. Toronto Raptors: The Raptors needed another rebounder and got one of the most proven big men in the league. If he can stay healthy, the duo of Jermaine O'Neal and Chris Bosh could be one of the most dominating frontcourt duos in the East. Jose Calderon also gives the Raptors consistency (and impeccable ball handling) as their only starting point guard. They may not be the most experienced group as a whole, but this tandem of talent should be enough to get the Raptors out of the first round of the playoffs.
6. Orlando Magic: Rashard Lewis was supposed to help Dwight Howard lead the Magic on a deep postseason run. That didn't happen. The Magic fell short in the playoffs and have done little to spark hope for a championship next season. They will need more than Mickael Pietrus off the bench to make up for their thin backcourt, which boasts a mediocre point guard in Jameer Nelson and the rarely-used-but-never-traded J.J. Redick. Howard's shoulders are not big enough to carry this team.
7. Washington Wizards: Who would have thought that the Wizards would have a better record last season without Agent Zero? Arenas will be looking to make up for lost time, but it's questionable whether the Wizards will be better with him in the lineup. Even though Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler are good enough to make any team a contender, the jury is out on Arenas' ability to lead a team to the playoffs and beyond.
8. Indiana Pacers: Watch out for this season's version of the Atlanta Hawks. The Pacers have been discounted from playoff talks since the days of Ron Artest but they finally have the pieces they need to contend. Combine the emerging Danny Granger and recently acquired T.J. Ford with veterans Jeff Foster, Mike Dunleavy Jr., and Troy Murphy, and the Pacers have a lineup that could be good enough to grab the eighth seed in the East.
9. Miami Heat: After the disaster that was last season, the Miami Heat have nowhere to go but up. They acquired Shawn Marion shortly before the trading deadline and used the number two pick in the Draft to select Michael Beasley. Add a healthy Dwyane Wade to the mix and you've got a formidable trio. However, they're not winning a title with Mark Blount as their center, let alone making the playoffs. Ditto for whatever inexperienced player will take the reigns at point guard. The Heat certainly have enough pieces to flight for the postseason, but they need to shore up those two weaknesses before they can recapture their championship-winning ways.
10. Atlanta Hawks: Was last season's playoff run a flash in the pan? While the Hawks are returning their playoff-experienced starting lineup (including Josh Smith, Joe Johnson, and Rookie of the Year candidate Al Horford), they lost their one bench player who could make a legitimate impact in Josh Childress. 37 wins may have been enough before but it's a different story in the East now.
11. Charlotte Bobcats: The Bobcats are one of the more frustrating teams in the East. They have the talent but injuries, inconsistencies, and poor coaching decisions have plummeted them to the bottom of the standings. This season Larry Brown will crack the whip on Jason Richardson, Gerald Wallace, Emeka Okafor, and Raymond Felton, but can he maximize the potential of a thin bench? Even though the Bobcats will be better, they are not going to replicate Michael Jordan's greatness any time soon.
12. Chicago Bulls: The Bulls are heading into next season the same way they finished last season– in disarray. They still have to sort out what to do with their backcourt, which includes an overpaid/underachieving point guard (Kirk Hinrich), a top pick who disappointed in summer league play (Derrick Rose), and a shooting guard who is in contractual purgatory (Ben Gordon). There are also question marks surrounding the reliability of the oft-injured Larry Hughes and the potential of summer league flop Joakim Noah. Things may not be as Rose-y in Chicago as fans had hoped.
13. Milwaukee Bucks: With the failed Yi Jianlian experiment in the past, the Bucks are hoping to contend with the veteran duo of Richard Jefferson and Michael Redd. Jefferson is an upgrade but that does not answer glaring questions in the roster. What are the Bucks doing with four point guards? Can Charlie Villanueva be a reliable starter (more importantly, are the Bucks going to keep him around next season)? The trade may have helped but it isn't sending them to the playoffs next season.
14. New Jersey Nets: On paper, the Nets used to have one of the most talented trios in the league. But if Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, and Richard Jefferson couldn't get it done, what chance does a less talented trio of Yi, Carter, and Devin Harris have of breaking out of the East? The days of perennial playoff hopes are over in New Jersey.
15. New York Knicks: There is a $20 million contract with Stephon Marbury's name on it looming over the Knicks. Nearly all of the Knicks (and their cap-busting salaries) are returning next season, with little improvement made this summer. Head coach Mike D'Antoni does not have a point guard who can execute his run-and-gun offense and there is no end in sight to the Starbury saga. Next season the Knicks could spend nearly $100 million to miss the playoffs again. Is it 2009 yet?


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Neal Ardley has admitted AFC Wimbledon are fighting a losing battle to reach the League Two play-offs.
The disappointing verdict came on the back of a 1-0 defeat at Portsmouth last weekend, where Ryan Taylor's second half header condemned Dons to a third consecutive defeat in League Two.
With 15 games remaining, including nine before the end of March, Ardley's men are 10 points off the play-offs.
There may be plenty of points to play for, but the Dons' inconsistency in performance has left Ardley downbeat about their chances, and concentrating more on building a team for next season.
He said: "At times I don't know what I am going to get from the boys in a game and I have told them that.
"You are always over critical when you are involved in the club, and when I look at the games against Bristol Rovers, Torquay and Rochdale games, they stand out as being really poor.
"But there have not been too many others where I have thought that."
He added: "Unfortunately that is where we're at. It is sad because slowly, but surely, our chances of achieving the play-offs are going out the window because we have a lot of ground to make up.
"We need to make sure we finish as high up the league as we can and with as strong a finish as we can, and hopefully, if we can iron out the inconsistencies, then we might have a chance next year."
Ahead of this weekend's visit of Bury, Ardley is sweating over the fitness of Will Antwi (hamstring), while Andy Frampton and Callum Kennedy remain at least a week away from a return to training.
Peter Sweeney is fit to train, but unlikely to feature, while Charlie Sheringham, concussed in the Pompey defeat, continues to be monitored.
Ardley said: "I would love to get to a point where I am naming a squad and having to tell one or two of them they are not in the 18.
"It is not a nice thing to do, but it is for the right reasons. We have nine games between now and the end of March, and you aren't going to pick the same team every week."
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death by hyzer wrote:i have never thrown the 150 esp avenger, but i do throw the flicks. out of my 2 150 flicks, the plastic feels like normal esp. oh yeah, it is a sweet disc!
BarrabusTheDiscGolfGnome wrote:150 champ teebirds are super nice, so are the 150 stars I'm told.
jsun3thousand wrote:Disc golfers are holding the sport back.
Strangely, all the champ teebirds I've seen/heard about are gummy while the champ sidewinders and gazelles are not.
marmoset wrote:ESP Avenger (I heard the ESP they used for these is not so great. Is this true? I don't think these qualify as true-overstable anyway)
ESP Flick (Is this the same bad blend of ESP?)
3) I love the heavier version of XLs. How does the 150 version fare compared to the heavies? How does the Pro D hold up?
marmoset wrote:I fully agree about Sidewinders. I have a Star and it is impressively effortless to get 270-300' out of it. I think I am averaging about 330' with it but I have some spring cleaning to do in my form. After that hopefully I will be closer to 400'. Or even better, closer to 700'. Is it worth it to try a Champ or DX Sidewinder?
Has anyone seen a flat top Valk? Star or Champ, doesn't matter. I have a 169 pearlescent Champ Valk that super flat is almost impossible for me to get any HS turn out of (with a flat release). This would be perfect for my 150 bag. I grabbed the flattest Champ Valk that my PIAS had but it is still 1/8th to 3/16ths taller than my 169. Maybe my 169 is just a freak. Would it be worthwhile to try a Star in addition to my Champ? My PIAS has several x-outs but they have normal size domes.Strangely, all the champ teebirds I've seen/heard about are gummy while the champ sidewinders and gazelles are not.
My Champ Valk is normal feeling Champ and my Champ Teebird and Leopard are gummy. I wonder if the wider rimmed discs like Sidewinders, Firebirds, and Valks need more filler so they end up being not-so gummy. When I think about the gummy Champs I have felt they were all smaller winged discs like Teebirds and under.
marmoset wrote:2) I am loving the Gazelle in 150. It is my workhorse but I get a little concerned about the 150 blend of plastic; it seems much less durable than my regular weight DX Gazelles. Has anyone else noticed this? Would the KC pro or Champ Gazelles fly roughly the same with added durability? I know it doesn't really translate well for the heavier ones.
black udder wrote:...For some reason, I really like the valk & teebird in star much more than champ plastic and the sidewinder in champ vs star...
freeus wrote:I've got a pearly 141g KC Pro Gazelle that is holding up really well, actually it feels pretty close to Champ plastic. It is not nearly as flippy as you would think from the light weight; definitely more stable than a 150 DX Gazelle.
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IT IS just hours before Shabbat - the holy Jewish day of rest that begins a few minutes before sunset each Friday - and Ruchie Avital and her husband, Yishay, are preparing the family dinner as they explain their decision 26 years ago to move to the settlement of Ofra, deep in the occupied West Bank.
''We believe that this is all part of the land of Israel - it belongs to Jews and it belongs to the Jewish nation,'' Ruchie Avital says. ''This is our heartland and our homeland.''
As analysts watch the polls and measure Israel's shift to the right in the lead-up to the January 22 election, it is families like the Avitals who exemplify much of the country's mood.
Formerly members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, they now support the far-right ultra-nationalist and religious Zionist Jewish Home, or HaBayit HaYehudi party, headed by Naftali Bennett.
Described as a ''breath of fresh air'' in Israeli politics, Bennett does not support the two-state solution and instead wants an immediate, partial annexation of territories captured in 1967 - in particular Area C, which covers 60 per cent of the West Bank.
With his pro-settler party expected to win as many as 14 seats in Tuesday's election to form the third-largest bloc in the parliament, and with Bennett himself expressing an interest in joining Netanyahu's coalition, political analysts predict he will step straight into a senior ministerial role in the 19th Knesset.
Bennett's open opposition to a Palestinian state sitting side by side with Israel has attracted support across the country, none more so than in the Avitals' Ofra home.
The settlement of Ofra was founded in 1974, when the now President Shimon Peres was minister of defence and Yitzhak Rabin, later assassinated by a radical, right-wing Orthodox Jew opposed to the Oslo peace accords, was prime minister.
It sits in the northern West Bank between Jerusalem (28 kilometres to the south) and Nablus (34 kilometres to the north).
Ofra's neat rows of houses, capped with the first heavy fall of winter snow and surrounded by pine trees, resemble chalets in a mountain village, and when Fairfax Media visits, children are throwing snowballs at each other in the fading afternoon light.
The Avitals - who have just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary - met, married and had three of their five children on the religious Kibbutz Yavne near the port city of Ashdod, where Yishay was born. In 1986 they left kibbutz life for Ofra. Like all settlements built in the Occupied Territories, Ofra is considered illegal under international law, although the Israeli government disputes this. Much of Ofra lies on land that is officially registered under the names of Palestinians from the villages of Ein Yabrud and Silwad, human rights group B'Tselem says.
In a report released this week, the settlement watch group Peace Now says the Netanyahu government presided over record levels of settlement expansion during its four years in office, and had ''used settlements to undermine the two-state solution''.
Peace talks with the Palestinians have been stalled - some say fatally so - since 2010 when Netanyahu refused to extend the moratorium on settlement construction imposed following pressure from the Obama administration.
All the while, the political power of the settler movement has strengthened both within Jewish Home and Likud-Beiteinu. Two months ago, pro-settler contenders pushed out long-standing moderate Likud members such as Dan Meridor, while candidates such as Moshe Feiglin, a far-right settler who has moved up to No. 23 on the Likud list, is therefore likely to win a seat.
Ruchie Avital supports Bennett's proposal to annex parts of the West Bank and, like him, she does not believe in a two-state solution. ''Most Israelis realise today that we are not going to have peace in our time,'' she says. ''The more Israel concedes, the more it is interpreted by the Arabs as weakness. If Israel was to move out of this area, it would become a hotbed of terrorism, another 'Hamasistan', just like Gaza.''
But even though the Avitals plan to vote for a party that falls on the ''far right'' of the political spectrum, they do not see themselves as extremists. Quite the contrary.
They identify as ''traditional-to-Orthodox Jews'' and as they sit in their colourful dining room, decorated with ceramic plates from around the world, an iPad scrolling through family photographs on the bench behind them, they resemble a thoroughly modern, professional couple.
Ruchie, 60, is a translator and interpreter (she has translated for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and simultaneously interpreted Netanyahu's famous 2009 speech at Bar-Ilan University, in which he expressed support for a two-state solution), and Yishay, 61, is a tour guide.
Impeccably dressed, Ruchie notes that unlike many Orthodox women, she wears trousers and does not cover her hair. ''We are part of a suburban community of middle-class people who go to work every morning, educate their children and pay their taxes,'' she says simply.
Yishay adds: ''We are not zealots, we are on the side of the Jews.''
DESPITE what has been damned as a remarkably shallow campaign, many commentators warn the outcome of Tuesday's election will mark a turning point for Israel, a virtual struggle for the soul of the country.
''These could very well be the most important elections in Israel since 1967,'' says Naomi Chazan, a professor and dean of the school of government and society at the Academic College in Tel Aviv, and a former deputy speaker of the Knesset.
''The outcome will potentially determine the physical borders of the state of Israel and, as a result, its character - that is, whether it is going to be democratic and Jewish, or not.
''There is no more time for the two-state solution, so the implications of this election are much more profound than I think the electorate or even the candidates seem to appreciate.''
In opinion polls released on Thursday, the right-wing bloc looks set to receive between 71 and 72 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, with the centre and left blocs predicted to win 48 or 49 seats. It would give the right bloc - predicted to comprise significantly more hard-line members - 10 more seats in the Knesset. There is little doubt Netanyahu will remain Prime Minister of Israel.
One of the most striking aspects of the campaign, says academic Gadi Wolfsfeld, is its failure to mention the word ''peace''.
''If you look at election ads from the '90s, the word peace - Shalom in Hebrew - was mentioned by every party from right to left, and it is really fascinating that nobody is talking about peace in this election.
''It has become basically a taboo word … it has disappeared from the lexicon of Israeli politics,'' says Wolfsfeld, a professor in political communications from the Interdisciplinary Centre in Herzliya.
Indeed, it is the failure of the peace process - coupled with the wave of violence of the second Palestinian intifada from 2000-05 and continued rocket attacks from Gaza - that has pushed many Israelis away from the centre.
Worse, there is a creeping fear that as Israel moves further to the right, the open attacks on its democratic foundations will escalate.
''Without wishing to be too alarmist, should the ultra-nationalists succeed, especially on judicial reform and appointment issues, Israel may enter uncharted territory in its long journey of divorce from democratic principles,'' Daniel Levy, director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation, wrote in Foreign Policy this week.
''For now, however, this election will likely mark an acceleration of Israel's long-predicted … journey towards a hegemonic nationalism resembling apartheid-era South Africa.''
THE offices of settler leader David Ha'ivri, a spokesman for the Shomron Regional Council, are buzzing with activity in the week before the election. Phones ring non-stop, and he has just welcomed a representative from the United States consulate to a meeting when Fairfax Media arrives.
Located in the settlement of Barkan, about 30 kilometres east of Tel Aviv, the council looks after the needs of 30,000 Israelis in 33 settlements.
Ha'ivri, a quietly spoken 46-year-old whose family immigrated to Israel from the United States when he was 11, has in the past had a reputation for being a radical activist with a combative relationship with successive Israeli governments.
A father of eight, he advocates for the Shomron council area, which has the highest population growth in Israel - the result of a combination of a high birth rate and high rates of internal migration. He is hopeful this election will bring some bold decision makers into the Knesset. ''I would like to see someone who has the courage to annex Judea and Samaria but Netanyahu is not there yet. I am optimistic. I think as supportive as this outgoing government was [of the settlements], the next government is going to be even more supportive.''
The polls indicate that the parties most sympathetic towards the settlements - the right-wing parties - are strengthening, while the opinion leaders within those parties are set to become even more influential within the next government, Ha'ivri says.
''Obviously that represents the tone of the population of the state of Israel - that is not particular to the people who live in Judea and Samaria.''
There is no doubt that it is here, on the settlements, that the right is gaining ground in Israel. But support is also growing elsewhere.
When Naftali Bennett stood in the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem on Wednesday night to address a packed audience in an election debate and stated, ''I vehemently oppose establishing a Palestinian state in the land of Israel,'' he received the loudest applause of the night.
When he talks about the ''Jewish Spring'' sweeping Israel, about a revival of pride in the Jewish religion, heritage and culture, people listen.
THERE will be two major losses from yet another move to the right in Israeli politics, warns Dr Ghassan Khatib, vice-president of Birzeit University, a former minister in the Palestinian National Authority and director of the Government Media Centre.
''The first casualty is the two-state solution and the second … is the moderate Palestinian leadership,'' he says. ''The Palestinian leadership has been gambling politically on the two-state solution and the closure of that window of opportunity will be the end for this leadership, which has nothing to offer to its people except the willingness to negotiate two states and to build a state.''
If the international community continues to abandon this conflict as it has for the past two years, there is little hope of a Palestinian state ever being realised, he says.
Australia, the United States and the European Union have condemned Israel's continued settlement expansion, but there have been no concrete steps taken by any country to curtail it. Many commentators believed that President Barack Obama was biding his time before November's elections and would take a stronger position if re-elected.
That prediction appeared to play out this week with the opinion piece written by Jeffrey Goldberg on Bloomberg, indicating the President believed that ''Israel doesn't know what its own best interests are''.
According to Goldberg, Obama said in private that Netanyahu was leading Israel down a path towards near-total isolation by advancing its new settlement plans.
THE residents of the Palestinian village of Qusra know first-hand the consequences of increased settlement expansion. While families were enjoying the snow in the settlement of Ofra, just over 20 kilometres away in Qusra villagers were counting the cost of another attack from radical settlers from the nearby illegal outpost of Esh Kodesh.
Their olive trees are regularly destroyed and burnt and last week was no exception. Around 190 mature trees - many of them 15 years old - were snapped off at the trunk, while a 21-year-old man was shot in the leg during the attack, says local farmer Fatallah Mahmoud, 51.
''They come mostly in the night - the settlers cut down the trees, they burn them, sometimes they attack our houses. Last year they shot me in the leg and destroyed 150 of my trees,'' he says, gesturing to the broken branches that litter the fields.
The village's mosque was vandalised in 2011 - its windows smashed, a burning tyre rolled inside and ''Muhammad is a pig'' scrawled in Hebrew on the wall in what is known as a ''price tag'' attack, in which radical settler activists respond to moves by Israeli security forces to demolish unauthorised Jewish settlements with attacks on Palestinians.
Mahmoud knows what the settlers want. He knows that with each new settlement expansion, the less land remains for a future Palestinian state. And listening to the political aims of the rising right-wing star Naftali Bennett and the settler movement, it appears he may be right.
''We know they want to close our village and take all our land. They want us to leave,'' he says.


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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Saturday, October 1, 2011
I'm going to Vancouver for a couple of days to celebrate our 20th, so, despite vegan MoFo, I won't be blogging again until Wednesday.
Vegan "Finnan Haddie"
This is one of my favorite dishes from my new book, World Vegan Feast. It's called Finnan Haddie and, odd as it may seem, the fishy version of this, made with smoked haddock, was a winter favorite of mine when I was a kid. I have alot of food memories-- interesting food was important to me at an early age-- and one memory in particular is of being served this stew on a chilly winter night at the home of our friend Rosie, who lived on a beautiful, funky homestead near Felton, CA (close to Santa Cruz). I still go back to Rosie's house in my mind when I eat this stew.
I have to digress here: Rosie was born in 1910 and was the daughter of a refugee of the Armenian genocide, and one of the most free-thinking and fascinating people I've ever known. She was a little older than my mom, but they stayed friends all of their lives. They met through my mom's sister, Jonnie. Jonnie and Rosie worked in the San Francisco shipyards during WWII. (I don't know whether or not Rosie was a riveter, but my Aunt Jonnie was a rivet-catcher.)
My mom, Eve Tonge Urbina, on the L, Rosie in the middle, and my Aunt Jonnie (Jeanette) Tonge Rankin (Summer 1943, San Francisco)
Rosie built her house pretty much by herself, sometimes with the help of my young uncle Kenny and his friend Dalny. Dalny was the son of another old family friend, Gene Travaglio, an Italian anarchist printer whose wife Esther was another close friend of my mother's (obviously, I have some interesting family memories, too!)-- you can read a little about Esther and Gene here. I remember them as very kind older people.
Anyway, back to the stew! My mother made it according to her Grandmother Marie Colwell's recipe-- the Colwells were of Scottish ancestry. Finnan Haddie is actually the term for a form of smoked haddock, named for the
As a young girl, I found this stew tremendously comforting on a winter night and I was quite thrilled when I was able to devise a vegan version that I found just as satisfying.
NOTE: be sure to use a smoked tofu with plenty of smoked flavor. There are some that are pretty tasteless!
BRYANNA'S VEGAN CREAMED "FINNAN HADDIE" (Milky Smoked Tofu Stew with Potatoes and Onions)
Serves 6
4 cups non-dairy milk (I use soy)
2 Tbs chicken-style veggie broth powder (or 1/4 cup homemade)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp liquid smoke (see this post about this ingredient)
1 long piece konbu seaweed
2 bay leaves
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
8 medium thin-skinned potatoes, peeled if you wish, and quartered
450 g (about 1 lb.) smoked tofu, thinly sliced (use a smoked tofu that has a really smoky flavor)
(See notes above)
freshly-ground black pepper to taste
chopped fresh parsley for garnish
Combine the first 4 ingredients in a large shallow pot. Add the konbu, bay leaf, onion, potato and tofu.
Bring to a boil, then turn down and simmer, covered until the potato is tender. (The milk will have thickened into a sauce.)
Remove from heat, taste for salt and add plenty of pepper. Remove the konbu and sprinkle with chopped parsley. If you want a richer stew, add a pat of Earth Balance to each serving. Serve in bowls.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per serving): 291.4 calories; 19% calories from fat; 6.2g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 951.4mg sodium; 1246.9mg potassium; 43.1g carbohydrates; 5.1g fiber; 6.3g sugar; 37.9g net carbs; 18.3g protein; 5.5 points.
13 comments:
- Becky said...
Your mom and aunt were gorgeous (and Rosie too). Would we all be as gorgeous if we dressed like that? :) The stew looks wonderful. Any suggestions for smoked tofu in the US that's good? I've never bought any.
- Sat Oct 01, 05:15:00 PM PDT
- Brenda W. said...
What a delightful blog post, Bryanna!! I can just feel all the wonderful memories and love that is part of your family history. (Your next book should be a story about your family ... the bits and pieces you've shared here on your blog are all so fascinating!)
And I agree with Becky ... those 3 women are gorgeous!!
- Sat Oct 01, 05:27:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Becky, I just added some brand names and websites to the post.
- Sat Oct 01, 05:37:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Brenda, thanks for posting-- I have been thinking about you lately. I'll email you and we'll catch up!
- Sat Oct 01, 05:38:00 PM PDT
How interesting Bryanna. My direct decendants lived in Findon in the 1800s. I think they were the only occupants of Findon at one stage.
I feel obligated to try out the vegan version of this recipe as I think it would be wonderful comfort food.
- Sat Oct 01, 11:44:00 PM PDT
- Jeni Treehugger said...
What an incredibly exciting recipe! And I have smoked tofu sitting in my fridge - I'll take it as a sign.
Happy MoFo'ing
- Sun Oct 02, 02:03:00 AM PDT
- Kristen said...
Beautiful photos, and I'm so excited to try this recipe! One of my favorite foods as a child was my Grandmother's Fish Stew, a Scottish recipe. And as a teenager, a very similar fish casserole made by a Swedish friend. Maybe you've provided the vegan access to those taste memories. Thanks so much!
- Sun Oct 02, 02:06:00 AM PDT
- Vegiegail said...
What wonderful childhood memories you have! I will surely be thinking of you and of Rosie when I make this dish.
- Sun Oct 02, 09:03:00 PM PDT
Are you still smoking your own tofu? I think you've mentioned 2 different stovetop smokers on the blog. It looked like an easy and tasty thing to do whilst at other tasks, so I was considering acquiring one. If you no longer do so, do you have a reason you've stopped? If this seems rather nosy, you needn't respond.
- Sat Nov 05, 12:16:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
That's okay, Phlat! I don't always make my own smoked tofu, but I pull out the smoker and make a few batches of smoked tofu, mushrooms, potatoes, etc. when I feel like it. The smoker is easy to store and easy to use. But you need a stove fan or else you must open some windows!
- Sat Nov 05, 06:21:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
PS: My homemade recipe for smoked tofu on this blog is a little too sweet to use in this recipe, though, if I cut the maple syrup down to maybe a tablespoon, it would work, I think.
- Sat Nov 05, 07:16:00 AM PDT
Smoked mushrooms? Are you the inventor? What varieties have you smoked? How do you use them after? Like a smoked oyster from a tin? Pray tell. I've got a few little mushrooms in the fridge wearing only bath towels, ready to sweat it out in a hot smoke box.
- Wed Nov 09, 10:43:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
No, I'm not the inventor! They are delicious! You could use them like smoked oysters, or throw them into stews, stir-fries, braises, etc.
- Thu Nov 10, 06:30:00 AM PST


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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - Making a wrong choice can prove hazardous to a man's health.
Pompano Beach police arrested a woman on battery charges after punching her boyfriend when he allegedly chose watching football over "fooling around" with her.
Kristi Santo, 45, was arrested Sunday night following an altercation with her live-in boyfriend of 3 years.
According to the police report, Santo stated that she was attempting to entice the boyfriend into having sexual relations and he rebuffed her advances, presumably to watch football on television.
The boyfriend said that Santo punched him in the nose. Both Santo and the boyfriend were taken into custody as both had physical signs of battery.
Santo was on active probation for a previous possession of opium arrest.
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The Sea & Breeze Hotel has 52 guest rooms and the largest hotel pool on the island. We are located 70 yards from the beach and the Tybee Pier and Pavilion.
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text: Keeping in mind that this was the Vikings...I thought the defense played very well. Much better then I expected. Freeman, Mathis, Bethea, Powers, Davis, Conner and Redding where all on the beastly side and Fokou had a few impressive plays as well. Very good coverage, pursuits and tackling was nice to see. To hold AP and Gerhart to 3.5 ypc is amazing, I didn't think this would be the case. For quite awhile AP was averaging like 5 ypc while looking really good and I was just waiting for him to bust a few big ones off, but the Colts just wasn't going to let it happen. The offense was much less impressive as a team but Luck did do a really good job. Avery was money and I hope he continues to stay healthy. The running game was just terrible. You can blame the O-Line all you want and I will not disagree about the O-line, but Brown has to be accountable. Take his 15 yard rush away and he was 15 for 30 yards. I don't think I have ever seen such a bad performance by a running back. He couldn't even block worth a crap. The dude has to go after this year. The 2 kickers was awesome as usual and McAfee was kicking awe inspiring.


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Q Someone posted this on Facebook about calling 112. Is it true?
"An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind a woman named Lauren and put his lights on. Lauren's parents told her to never pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. Lauren promptly called 112 on her cellphone to tell police that she would not pull over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind her.
"The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was and there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had backup on the way. Ten minutes later four cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind her. Police pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes."
Does dialing 112 work here in the Bay Area, too?
Don Brink
San Jose
A The story itself has the ring of an urban legend, and the hoax debunkers at Snopes.com call it "unconfirmed," saying there aren't enough details in the account to confirm it.
But dialing 112 to reach police will actually work. This is the European equivalent for 911, and if you dial 112 in the Bay Area from a cellphone you will be connected to the CHP's 911 dispatch center in Vallejo.
Public telephone networks in many countries have a single emergency number that allows a caller to contact local authorities. These emergency numbers differ from country to country — 112 and 999 are common overseas — and are preprogrammed into most mobile phones. So a traveler visiting a foreign country does not have to know the local emergency number. When a caller uses a familiar number like 911 overseas, the special emergency call setup redirects the call to the local emergency services center.
Q My daughter will be 18 in two months and is ready to learn to drive. Can my husband or I teach her or do we have to use a professional driving school? She has completed the driver ed classroom course, but didn't get a permit. Isn't she too old now for the permit process? What do you recommend as the best way for her to learn to be a safe driver?
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A The best way? Insist that she drive with you or your husband in the car for as many hours as possible. And I would not allow her to drive other teens until you both feel comfortable that she can handle that distraction.
I also highly recommend the CHP's "Start Smart," a free, two-hour driver safety education class that is offered throughout the state. Contact your local CHP office on when classes are scheduled.
According to the DMV, teens over 17½ but under 18 may get a permit without the driver education and driver training certificates. Once she passes a written test, she will be issued a provisional permit. However, she will not be able to take the driving test until she's 18.
After she passes her driving test, she will be issued an interim license for 90 days until she receives a photo license in the mail.
The DMV has a teen driver Web page that has a lot of good information at www.dmv.ca.gov/coi/teen/teen.htm.
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A The meter will stay on until 10 a.m., but Caltrans will be tweaking the length of the red-to-green phase over the next few weeks.
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A Yes, it is legal to make a left turn on a red light from a one-way street onto another one-way street after first coming to a complete stop.
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Some have said that an image is worth a thousand words, or at least a dozen or two data points. Taking measurements is a given in any lab, working in any field of science.
Therefore, we have set up an extension on OWW that allows one to easily generate some simple line, bar or pie charts by simply introducing some wiki code and comma separated values.
The charts are generated automatically via the Google Charts API and therefore any changes made to the values within the wiki code values, will generate a new chart, on-the-fly.
We have set up a page with some very simple examples on how to produce such charts. There is more info at the official extension's page at Google Code.
If you happen to be looking for something more complex that can handle not only data points but also equations, then you are looking for another feature we also support via gnuplot. You can find more info on this feature/extension here.
Tags: api, charts, data, editing, Extension, gchart, gnuplot, graphing, graphs, plots, results
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Genus: Alligator
Species: mississippiensis
Description: American alligators are the largest reptiles in the United States. They can grow to be over 12 feet long and they have strong jaws and a long, powerful tail.
Alligators have dark colored skin with small bony scales, called scutes.
Alligators are cold-blooded and depend on the natural world around them to provide warmth. They will lie in the sun (called basking) or dig holes in mud to trap heat.
The American alligator is an important "keystone" species of the Southeast. Alligators use their tails to dig burrows in mud for nesting and to keep warm. When an alligator abandons a burrow, the hole left behind fills with freshwater and is utilized by other species for breeding and drinking. If alligators are removed from their native ecosystem, it would affect countless other species.
A cousin of the alligator, the American crocodile, is very rare in the U.S. and only a few thousand individuals live on the southern tip of Florida. To tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile, look at the mouth. Alligators have a wide, round snout, compared to the long, thin mouth of the crocodile. Crocodiles also have two large teeth that stick out when their mouth is closed.
Remember not to get too close to an alligator or a crocodile. They can be very dangerous when provoked!
Habitat and Range: Look for American alligators in the coastal swamps and marshes of the Southeast as far north as southern North Carolina and as far west as the eastern Texas coast.
Fun Fact: Although American alligators are hard to miss while basking on the shore, they can look eerily like logs when floating in a marsh.
Our writer learns firsthand what it takes to study the health of American alligators in their Everglades habitat
From the April/May 2010 issue of <i>National Wildlife</i> magazine
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President Obama last week announced a raft of proposals to curb gun violence.
I really don't know which of the things he proposed might help. What I do know is the reactions to his list suggest we're still a long way from a logical debate.
The gun issue in particular seems to induce this delusion: If you repeat an inane argument solemnly and often enough, it will become true.
How often have you heard since the awful day in Newtown that some idea for reducing the carnage from handguns should be declared off limits because "Adam Lanza didn't use a handgun to kill all those people."
That's like saying we shouldn't mandate seat belts in automobiles because it will do nothing to prevent plane crashes. A transportation safety step in one area can still be useful, even if it doesn't address problems in another mode of travel.
When you face a wicked problem with multiple causes, you can and should try multiple things along multiple pathways.
Then there's the perfect fix fallacy. Even when a measure does zero in on the very same kind of semi-automatic killing machine that Lanza used, you hear things like this: "Even if you limit magazine size, a deranged person could still figure out how to commit mass murder."
True, but we never apply this perfect fix test to other areas of policy. Does anyone ever argue: I can't support this tax cut unless you promise no one will ever be jobless again. Or: I won't vote for this highway unless it means I'll never get stuck in traffic.
In other policy areas, we grasp the concepts of mitigation and incremental advance.
You also hear that Obama is playing dirty by "exploiting" Newtown to push gun measures that don't speak to the exact circumstances of Sandy Hook.
Interesting standard. I just don't want to hear that out of the mouths of anyone who supported the Iraq invasion as a response to 9/11.
Finally, we hear some lawmakers piously intone that the real problem is mental illness, and that our urgent focus should be improving the mental health system.
Fascinating, but where was your interest in mental health before Sandy Hook?
Aren't you the same ones who've voted for years to deny government the funds needed to repair our tattered mental health system?
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SAN DIEGO - First baseman Yonder Alonso spoke to the media for the first time Friday after being placed on the disabled list with right hand tendinitis.
After playing in every game since April 30, he had missed the team's games against Seattle on Tuesday and Wednesday before the move was made official Thursday.
"It's something I've been dealing with for a while," Alonso said. "I really can't tell you [how much], but it's been affecting me and I kept playing with it."
On Friday, he was wearing a small protective cast on his hand, which he also injured last year. He estimated he likely wouldn't resume hitting in the cage for at least a week.
"Just for right now, just to calm down I want to rest it as much as possible so I can come back strong," Alonso said.
Alonso is hitting .210 with five home runs, 15 doubles and 22 RBIs in 229 at-bats this season. While he's out, newly called up Jake Goebbert and Tommy Medica are expected to split time at first base.
San Diego manager Bud Black said the lefty-hitting Goebbert will make his big league starting debut on Saturday or Sunday against the Dodgers.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Columbus police are looking for the car that dropped off a wounded man at a hospital about two hours before he died.
Police said it happened at about 9 p.m. Wednesday when a car dropped off 25-year-old Tony Walton at the entrance to Mt. Carmel East Hospital. Walton had suffered a gunshot wound to the upper body, and doctors weren't able to save him.
Police don't know where the shooting occurred, but they are looking for the car that left Walton at the hospital -- a red or maroon Ford Crown Victoria.
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My colleagues Michael McCawley, John Quaranta and I recently published a paper in which we summarized the findings of a year-long research project commissioned by the West Virginia Legislature. Given this level of effort and peer reviewed research, I can make a few comments regarding environmental practices in the shale gas industry.
Most wells in West Virginia are completed without incident, and our study found that most of the risks to water and air were manageable, often by applying common engineering and management controls. Environmentally protective practices are evolving rapidly. For example, flowback (waste water that returns to the surface after fracking) is highly toxic, and keeping it out of streams and people's wells is absolutely necessary. This waste stream has largely been eliminated by re-using it to frac additional wells, saving stream water while safely disposing of the toxics. Additional research is needed to improve the installation and testing of well casing, waste handling and treatment.
Fugitive air emissions at the well site are another source of public concern. Fixing these leaks will require real time monitoring, source control and siting wells to minimize exposure.
This is a new industry, and technology is evolving rapidly. Simple and effective solutions exist for most of the problems that we identified. Like any complex industrial process, the risk of environmental harm needs to be continuously and systematically reduced. Our role at WVU is to provide the tools needed to understand the problems and provide solutions.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- Wally Judge and Rakeem Buckles carried their strong play into the second session of the NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp. But underclassman Tristan Thompson made the biggest statement with his strong play against Jeremy Tyler.
Tristan Thompson- It's been a rough spring for Tyler, and it didn't get any better for him on Wednesday night. Thompson gave Tyler fits by facing him up in the high post and taking him off the dribble. Thompson had a couple and-ones and also knocked down a 17-footer when Tyler backed off. Tyler struggled on the offensive end against Thompson as well, going without a point. Long and lean, Thompson showed some grit with his low post defense.
Mfon Udofia- The physical and defensive minded guard did a great job defending Michael Dixon in their match up. Offensively Udofia had a strong day as well, knocking down open jumpers and creating scoring opportunities for teammates.
Eric Bledsoe- In the same fashion as Udofia, Bledsoe controlled the action during his game with strong defense and timely passing.
Maalik Wayns- The Villanova commitment has found his way to the rim as much as any guard in the camp thus far.
Harrison Barnes- Barnes certainly looks more like a 2009 prospect than a 2010 prospect here at the camp. He has a maturity to his game that is quite impressive as he never forces the action but simply makes plays.
Garrick Sherman- The Michigan State commitment had a good night scoring in double digits off some nice spin moves in the post.
Kevin Parrom- The New York wing was dialed in from deep, hitting at least five three-pointer during the second session.
Alex Oriakhi- The Connecticut bound big man continues to make strides with his game. He showed some range with his jump shot and had nailed an impressive left hand jump hook.
D.J. Byrd- A physical and intense player, Byrd looks more than ready to step in and make an impact at Purdue. When the shot was there, he knocked it down. When crowded, he made plays off the dribble. And if the ball is loose, Byrd will be one of the first players fighting for it.
Daniel Orton- He has been the best passing big man at the camp so far, and his physical play conjures up the memory of Rick Mahorn.
Aaric Murray- This is our first time to see this post player live, and we are impressed. He makes plays with his length and scores the ball with touch.
Joshua Hairston- The 2010 prospect has an impressive feel for the game as an interior scorer. Hairston can cover a lot of ground with just one dribble.
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I recently revealed my new obsession with Biscoff spread. It's a caramelized cookie mixture that's full of cinnamon and ginger with warming notes of toffee.
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My wife has frequent UTI`s and sometimes she gives a urine sample along with other bloood tests. Be cause her viens are tiny the Lab askes her to load up on water. Then when the Urine tests come back there is no or just a trace of bacteria. She has symptoms like burnig, oder etc. Is it possible that she is diluting the test by flushing her uriary tract with water...in other words "washing the bacteria out"?
Your wife may be washing the bacteria out and clearing the infection by drinking water. However, if her symptoms of burning and odor persist despite negative cultures, she should see her physician or urologist to be sure there are not other causes for her symptoms.
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The Fi2000R uses proven technology to give riders a simple, easy to install and adjust digital fuel-injection tuner. These units are preset by Cobra for your bike. You do not need to download a fuel-map from the Internet and upload that into your bike's ECU. This unit also has three adjustment pots that allow you to make adjustments simply and quickly if you choose to continue modifying your bike. For those of you who are a little overwhelmed by the recent 'map mania', the Fi2000R is just the ticket.
The Fi2000R enables the user to adjust fuel delivery in three parameters. The first is a low-speed circuit, comparable to swapping a pilot jet on a carburetor. There are ten possible settings on the tuner; every two increments is roughly equivalent to a jump upwards of one jet size. The second is a mid-range circuit, which is analogous to the needle and clip on a carb. An adjustment of one increment is roughly equivalent to a shim on a carb needle, and two increments can be thought of as dropping the clip one whole position. The final circuit, predictably, is the high-speed circuit, which adjusts the same area of the throttle position as a main jet on a carburetor. Each increment is equivalent to bumping up one size on a carb's main jet.
Being an open-loop system , the Fi2000R can be used on models with or without oxygen sensors, and greatly simplifies tuning. It also allows you to run an earlier exhaust without O2 sensors if you so desire, and your state, local and federal laws allow. If you're comfortable tuning a carb but uncertain about fuel injection tuning, the Fi2000R is really the best way to help bridge the gap between what you know and what you want to learn.
As a final benefit, the Cobra unit removes a lot of the tricky stuff associated with electronics. No laptop computer is needed to use this tuner, and because it is a piggyback device, unhooking it and returning to stock is as simple as removing the in-line connectors and re-attaching your factory connectors.
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The Weekly Health Quiz: Migraines, Drinking and Belly Fat
September 22, 2017,
Unexplained weight loss is a decrease in body weight, when you did not try to lose the weight on your own.
Many people gain and lose some weight during any year. Loss of 10 pounds OR 5% of your normal body weight over 6-12 months or less, and you don't know the reason.
This problem may also be called unintentional weight loss.
Recent findings and perspectives on medical research.
Anorexia, bulimia and binge eating are not just disorders of teenagers.
Loss of weight; Losing weight without trying
A loss of appetite may be due to:
Chronic digestive system problems that decrease the amount of calories and nutrients your body absorbs, including:
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Your healthcare provider may suggest changes in your diet and exercise program depending on the cause of your weight loss.
Call your health care provider if:
The health care provider will do a physical exam and check your weight. You will be asked questions about your medical history and symptoms, including:
You may need to see a dietitian for nutrition advice.
Bistrian BR. Nutritional assessment. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 221.


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The Bottom Line: The Ninja Kitchen System 1100 is a good stand-in for a blender or mini-chopper. But for its price, you could buy one of each of those, plus a hand mixer.
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Lefty Francis feels good after bullpen session
DENVER -- Left-hander Jeff Francis (left groin strain) felt good Wednesday after a 25-pitch bullpen Tuesday. Actually, Rockies head athletic trainer Keith Dugger said he had wanted to limit Francis to a "touch-and-feel" 'pen session, but the fact that he was able to throw 25 pitches was positive.
Francis will accompany the team to San Francisco, where he will play long toss Friday and throw another bullpen Saturday. Beyond that, the plan for rehab under game conditions hasn't been set.
Twice this year -- with right-hander Jhoulys Chacin earlier and outfielder-first baseman Michael Cuddyer currently -- the team has elected to slot the players into extended spring games in Scottsdale, Ariz., as opposed to a more traditional Minor League rehab assignment. For example, Cuddyer was scheduled to play Wednesday against an Angels team with injured standout Jered Weaver pitching.
However, Francis said he prefers pitching in a Minor League game.
"Just for me to get on a mound is the next thing I'm looking forward to," Francis said. "I like the [Minor League] game better. There's a little more intensity."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The SoCalGas Energy Efficiency Calculated Incentive Program ("EECIP") provides standardized monetary incentives and non-monetary awards for business energy efficiency projects involving the installation of new, high-efficiency equipment or systems. First, SoCalGas estimates the energy savings and incentive. Incentives are paid based on the quantity of therms saved resulting from the installation of the new equipment or system. The Incentive payment amount is based on a flat incentive rate of $1.00 per therm or 50% of the project cost, whichever is less subject to program caps.
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agniusm wrote:Hi. Got the materials purchased for blocks, bits and pieces to put battery together. I have negotiated the price for PCB, it should end up being cheaper, not by much but cheaper. I will recalculate and post prices as soon as i will get the invoice, prob. mid week. Connectors i got looks good, they are clip on so should stay connected, big enough to solder BMS wires to and small enough to fit I have ordered extra sets just in case someone wants them. Was going through layout, found an error, opening for cell tabs was .2mm wider than it should be, all fixed now. Had time to lay 16S board as well. All checked and sent out for manufacturer.
I will have 4 extra sets of 6S, 2 sets of 4S, 1 set of 24S and 2 sets of 16S (*NEW*) and 1 or 2 sets of 12S.
Kin wrote:Just curious- Have you ever considered checking how expensive it would be to do this 2D lasercut from some cheap material? You could just make grooves for wire to lay down manually for the balance taps.
But if you end up getting a decent price on the PCBs, don't mind me! Just a side thought...It's less integrated/automatic, but it's hardly more difficult to lay down wires in a groove and maybe add a drop or two of superglue. And 2D lasercutting for certain materials can be much cheaper.
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Kin wrote:I'm not sure about pulling 100A, but one of the ways people pull higher loads without a bigass resistor is with banks of halogen lights. The halogen lights act as resistors, but also are heat sinking themselves by putting out some of that energy as visible light and projected heat.
I don't know how precisely to go about it, though, because the resistance isn't as constant as a resistor within parameters. Alternatively, for ~$15 you can buy (6) 100 watt resistors from ebay.
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Austrian wine has rapidly gained in international stature in the past decade, mostly on the strength of Austria's dry white wines produced within a 20-mile radius of the small city of Krems on the Danube, less than 50 miles west of Vienna. The steep, terraced, riverside vineyards of the Wachau, immediately west of Krems, as well as geologically diverse sites on the edges of the city and to the north in the Kamptal, yield Austria's most brilliant and distinctive wines. Differences among Austrian wines within close proximity to one another are often dramatic. Nearly as dramatic, is the sight of such geological formations as crumbling volcanic slopes, sandstone buttes, and huge wavelike mounds of ancient glacial dust called loess.
Burgenland, a long, narrow swath of land running the length of Austria's border with Hungary, is home to the majority of Austria's red wines and botrytis-influenced sweet wines. Northern Burgenland is subdivided into two viticultural regions, the Neusiedlersee and Neusiedlersee-Hügelland, both named for the long, shallow lake that runs between them. To the south two red Austrian wine regions are appropriately known as Mittelburgenland and Südburgenland.
The Riesling grape may scare away some wine novices. In Germany, where the grape reaches its finest expression, labels hew to a rigid, abstruse set of classifications, leaving newcomers with little idea what they may be looking at. Furthermore, many wine drinkers' early experiences with sweet wines from Germany (think Blue Nun), have not been especially rewarding. We say that it's your loss if you continue to fear the tall, flute-shaped bottles. Sweet does not necessarily equal cloying, and not all Rieslings are even sweet. Push aside these negative perceptions, and discover a complex, delicate, and elegant white wine that expresses the unique characteristics of its growing region.
Riesling originated in the Rhine Valley in Germany, and it continues to flourish here as well as in the neighboring Mosel region. German producers are selective about where they plant their Riesling. It accounts for only 20% of the total plantings in the country, but has priority on steep, slate hillsides, where the soil imparts steely minerality. Here, in Europe's northernmost vineyards of any significance, microclimatic conditions are especially influential to the final product, for the Riesling grape is especially transparent to terroir. In each vineyard, the exposure to the sun, shelter from wind, proximity to water, and other factors contribute to the distinct qualities of a given wine. The timing of the harvest is just as important to the finished wine: on any given site, producers will make multiple passes to collect grapes at differing degrees of ripeness. This allows Riesling to be bottled with different levels of residual sugar: from dry, to semi-dry, to sweet. The residual sugar content also determines the suitability of these wines for cellaring, as sugar and acidity both aid in their preservation.
As a general rule, wines from the Mosel are more expensive and sought-after than wines from the Rhine. But vineyard-to-vineyard distinctions are just as important as those between the regions, and outstanding (and expensive) wines can be found in both locales. Correspondingly, specific flavors will vary from site to site, with some bottlings showcasing varied citrus fruits and others delivering notes of red fruits or apples. Reliable producers include Joh. Jos. Prüm and Reinhold Haart. In the Rhine, look for Gunderloch and Josef Leitz.
For an indication of the transparency of the Riesling grape, move to warmer-weather Alsace. Here, increased (but not overpowering) heat and a longer growing season leads to grapes with less delicacy, lower acidity, and increased fresh fruit flavors. Even still, these wines are praised more for intensity of flavor or elegance, rather than sheer power or weight. In Alsace's grand cru vineyards, sites known to have especially strong ripening conditions and soil with enhanced minerality help craft wines with greater complexity and aging potential. Bottlings bearing the names of these grand crus (e.g. Schlossberg, Sommerberg) will of course demand higher prices. Consider wines from Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Josmeyer, and Trimbach.
While Riesling is planted sporadically in other countries, including Austria and Australia, as well as Oregon, Washington, and New York's Finger Lakes region, it rarely achieves the stylishness and grace found in Germany or Alsace. That doesn't mean that these wines should be avoided, for they can be the source of good values-- for example, wines from the Clare Valley in Australia.
Because of its combination of sweetness and acidity, Riesling is an especially versatile wine with food. It works well with fish or pork and is one of the few wines that can hold its own again spicy cuisines like Indian, Chinese, and Thai.
2002 had 15 regions scored 95 or above. Sonoma got the highest score, with a 99.
Other regions that scored 95 points or higher were Germany, Côte de Nuits, Russian River Valley, Carneros, Côte de Beaune, Loire, Napa, Barossa / McLaren Vale, Catalonia / Priorat, Central Coast, Chablis, Champagne, Oregon, and Priorat.
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