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Gasco Energy Provides Second Quarter 2012 Operations Update
Jul 12, 2012, 08:00 ET from Gasco Energy, Inc.
DENVER, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gasco Energy, Inc. (NYSE Amex: GSX) ("Gasco" or the "Company") today provided an interim operations update on its Riverbend Project in Utah's Uinta Basin and on its California projects in the San Joaquin Basin.
Riverbend Project Operations Update
Quarterly Production Estimated cumulative net production for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 was 563.4 million cubic feet equivalent (MMcfe). By commodity for Q2-12, Gasco reported net crude oil volumes of 4,781 barrels and net natural gas volumes of 534.7 MMcf.
During Q1-12, Gasco conveyed a 50% interest in certain of its Uinta Basin properties to its joint venture partner concurrent with the March 22, 2012 closing of the joint venture. Q2-12 is the first full reporting period in which Gasco's Uinta Basin net production reflects this conveyance under the terms of the Gasco-operated joint venture. The Uinta Basin accounts for 100% of Gasco's production. By comparison, prior to the effect of the conveyance of the joint venture partner's interest, Gasco would have produced 870.2 MMcfe for the second quarter 2012.
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*Includes preliminary production estimates for Q2-12 and reflects Gasco's 50% interest in its Uinta Basin joint venture effective as of 3/22/12.
Production Update Gasco recently installed improved lifting equipment on each of the Green River wells that were drilled during the first half of 2012. The Federal 34-19G-9-19 has averaged 32 gross barrels of oil per day (BOPD) over the past 31 days, as compared to average production of approximately 12 to 15 BOPD prior to installing the new equipment. The Federal 23-30G-9-19 recently had the new equipment installed and is being brought back into production. Gasco continues to work on its Green River wells in an effort to increase black wax production.
Second-Half 2012 Drilling Plans As previously announced, Gasco plans to commence its Uinta Basin drilling and completions program during the third quarter of 2012. The program contemplates a capital expenditure budget of approximately $3.6 million for the drilling and completion of six gross (1.0 net) new Green River Formation oil wells and six gross (2.0 net) new-drill natural gas wells. A single recompletion (0.3 net) was included in the initial capital expenditure budget, however, additional Green River recompletions and workovers are now being considered for 2012. All of the scheduled wells within the drilling program are in the permitting process. While actual timing of the wells is dependent upon receipt of the approved permits, the Company believes it will have the necessary inventory of permits to complete the 2012 drilling program on schedule.
"Artificial gas lift can be effectively utilized for Green River oil production in the Uinta Basin," said King Grant, Gasco's President and CEO. "Our Green River oil production, however, is shallower and did not best respond to gas lift. The improved rates resulting from newly installed rod pumps in the place of artificial gas lift on the wells are encouraging. We believe this is a cost-effective way to optimize production and we intend to use rod pumps in our new-drill Green River wells in an effort to attain higher estimated ultimate recoveries."
California Projects Update
Willow Springs As previously announced, the exploration well tested non-commercial rates of oil in the Phacoides Formation and the partners moved up the well bore to test additional potential pay horizons. Two tests were made of the Monterey Shale in an off-structure position. While both zones indicated decent quality reservoir characteristics, both zones encountered non-commercial rates of hydrocarbons. Based upon all of the testing results, Gasco's partner made the decision to plug and abandon the well. While the Willow Springs well did not find commercial hydrocarbons, it did confirm Gasco's structural geologic model, found oil within the Phacoides Formation and confirmed the existence of Monterey Shale reservoir.
Gasco's partner has the option of spudding a second well within the Willow Springs acreage before March 2013.
Antelope Valley Trend In order to complete the processing of the large Antelope Valley 3D seismic survey, Gasco's partner has been granted a one-year extension in the spudding of the first test earning well at Gasco's Antelope Valley Trend of prospects. The first test well will spud before July 2013. In exchange for the drilling extension, Gasco's partner has also committed to spudding a well on the Southwest Cymric prospect prior to December 31, 2013.
Northwest McKittrick Permit issuance continues to be delayed within the California Fish and Wildlife Department. Gasco's partner is waiting on final approval of a "takings" value for endangered species mitigation. Upon approval, payment can be made to the Kern Water Bank and a permit to drill will be issued. Gasco believes that the first earning well can be drilled this year.
Commenting on the Company's California projects, Mr. Grant continued: "While not a producer, the Willow Springs exploratory well did yield important information for the partners. Further analysis revealed that we came in on the flank of the structure and we believe that the oil is trapped up-dip in the structure which can be drilled at a later date pending further structural and reservoir analysis. Importantly, the reservoir rock was good quality which is encouraging for further exploratory drilling in the area. In addition, we believe that more detailed analysis of the Antelope Valley 3-D seismic data could yield additional drilling locations for further exploration on our lands, and we are pleased our partner is planning to drill a well on the Southwest Cymric prospect."
About Gasco Energy Denver-based Gasco Energy, Inc. is a natural gas and petroleum exploitation, development and production company engaged in locating and developing hydrocarbon resources, primarily in the Rocky Mountain region and in California's San Joaquin Basin. Gasco's principal business is the acquisition of leasehold interests in petroleum and natural gas rights, either directly or indirectly, and the exploitation and development of properties subject to these leases. Gasco focuses its drilling efforts in the Riverbend Project located in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah, targeting the oil-bearing Green River Formation and the natural gas-prone Wasatch, Mesaverde, Blackhawk, Mancos, Dakota and Morrison formations. To learn more, visit Gasco's website at www.gascoenergy.com.
Forward-looking Statements Certain statements set forth in this press release relate to management's future plans, objectives and expectations. Such statements are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding Gasco's future financial position, potential resources, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements express, or are based on, management's expectations about future events. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "intend," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "plan," "believe," "foresee," or "continue" or the negative thereof or similar terminology.
Although any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are to the knowledge or in the judgment of the officers and directors of Gasco, believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, there can be no assurances that any of these expectations will prove correct or that any of the actions that are planned will be taken. Forward-looking statements involve assumptions which may be inaccurate, and known and unknown risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond Gasco's control), that may cause Gasco's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projection, estimate or forecasted result. Some of the key factors that may cause actual results to vary from those Gasco expects include the consummation of recently announced asset sales or transactions on a timely basis; inherent uncertainties in interpreting engineering and reserve or production data; operating hazards; delays or cancellations of drilling operations because of weather and other natural and economic forces; fluctuations in oil and natural gas prices; competition from other companies with greater resources; environmental and other government regulations, including new or proposed legislation; defects in title to properties; increases in Gasco's cost of borrowing or inability or unavailability of capital resources to fund capital expenditures; pipeline constraints; overall demand for natural gas and oil in the United States; changes in general economic conditions in the United States; Gasco's ability to manage interest rate and commodity price exposure; changes in Gasco's borrowing arrangements; the condition of credit and capital markets in the United States; and other risks described in (1) Part I, "Item 1A–Risk Factors," "Item 7–Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Item 7A–Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk" and elsewhere in Gasco's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC on March 28, 2012, and (2) Gasco's reports and registration statements filed from time to time with the SEC.
Any of these factors could cause Gasco's actual results to differ materially from the results implied by these or any other forward-looking statements made by Gasco or on its behalf. Gasco cannot assure you that its future results will meet its expectations. When you consider these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind these factors. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Gasco, or persons acting on its behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Gasco's forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. Gasco assumes no duty to update or revise its forward-looking statements based on changes in internal estimates or expectations or otherwise.
SOURCE Gasco Energy, Inc.


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Gavi Board members in Geneva.Source: Gavi/2013/Jay Louvion.
The Board met in Geneva, Switzerland, and welcomed the appointment of Joan Awunyo-Akaba to represent civil society organisations, and Jenny Da Rin (Australia) and Donal Brown (United Kingdom) to represent donor constituencies.
The Board also welcomed the appointment of Richard Sezibera, independent Board member, as Chair of the Programme and Policy Committee.
GAVI Alliance Board Minutes - 11-12 June 2013
00a - Document list
00b - Agenda
01a - Declarations of interest
01b - Minutes from 4-5 December 2012
01c - Action sheet
01d - Board workplan
02a - Consent agenda: Board and committee member appointments
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text: I wonder will enda go through with SOTN tonight, he wont carry much sway with me after the revealation on the front page of the mail today!! And is there any betting he will include this phrase " we are living away beyond our means". and I need more money for my guys. what a shower


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Northwest Airlines Flight 327
A similar 757-200 to the occurrence aircraft
|Occurrence summary
|June 29, 2004
|Suspected terrorist hijack
Racial panic
|en route
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|Boeing 757-200
|Northwest Airlines
|Flight origin
|Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
|Los Angeles International Airport
Northwest Airlines Flight 327 was a flight on June 29, 2004 from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. This event happened aboard N543US, a Boeing 757-200. The behavior of a party of 13 Syrian musicians, on their way to an engagement in San Diego, was deemed suspicious at least one passenger, who raised concerns that they were observing a terrorist attack or a dry run test. One passenger, journalist Annie Jacobsen, wrote a series of articles about the incident, bringing it to national attention. A redacted version of the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's report was released in May 2007[1][2][3] as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Washington Times.[4][5]
The incident[edit]
Before takeoff, 14 men of Middle Eastern descent boarded the aircraft. Thirteen of the 14 men were Syrian nationals in the USA on short-term visas, using one-way tickets which they had paid for in cash. Their visas had expired on June 10, but they had filed for extensions, which were eventually granted.[1]
During the flight, Annie Jacobsen, a writer for WomensWallStreet, believed that the men were acting suspiciously. She claimed that one of the flight attendants had previously notified an air marshal on board the flight that she thought the men were acting suspiciously, but the air marshals later said that a flight attendant had merely passed on Jacobsen's concerns. Jacobsen and her husband became increasingly vocal when they believed that their concerns were not being taken seriously, to the point that air marshals believed that the couple might themselves be terrorists, trying to draw them out to reveal their identities.
In a series of articles for WomensWallStreet titled "Terror in the Skies, Again?," Jacobsen claimed that several other Flight 327 passengers have corroborated her story. One was so frightened by what she witnessed that she no longer travels by air. Others said they were convinced they were about to die.[6][7] One such passenger confirmed the story to the Washington Times.[8]
Debate over what happened on the flight became an Internet phenomenon, according to CNN's Aaron Brown. Jacobsen's articles were translated into many languages including Chinese, Swahili and German as it circulated around the globe.[9]
In the WomensWallStreet articles, Jacobsen detailed the activity she took to be suspicious. She claimed that before boarding, the men did not interact or seem to be part of a group. Further, she claimed that during boarding, each man made eye contact with each of the others and nodded as if in agreement. One man, who wore an orthopedic shoe, complained loudly, just before takeoff, that he needed to switch seats. Once in flight, one of the men took a large McDonald's bag to a lavatory, exiting with the bag nearly empty, and giving the thumbs up sign as he passed two other suspicious men. Some of the other men also took objects with them to the lavatory, such as a mass of cloth, a camera, and a cell phone. Throughout the flight, the men would get up in unison, walk to the lavatories, and congregate in the aisles in groups of two and three. One of the men, wearing a suit and sunglasses, stood a foot or so away from the cockpit door. When the captain announced clearance for landing, seven of the men stood in unison and went to the lavatory, each taking about four minutes. The last man to exit the lavatory supposedly dragged his forefinger across his neck as he passed one of the other men, mouthing the word "No."[9]
Upon arriving in Los Angeles, the 14 men that Jacobsen saw were detained for questioning and identity verification. The Federal Air Marshal Service concluded that they were Syrian band members en route to a San Diego casino to perform. Jacobsen claims, however, that only two of the men were briefly investigated and nobody has determined where the men went after leaving the airport.[10] The Sycuan Casino & Resort confirmed that Syrian singer Nour Mhanna performed there two days later, and that he brought his own backup band.[11]
Reaction to reports[edit]
In a later interview to TIME magazine, the lead air marshal aboard the flight stated, "there was never a time when my main partner or I felt there was an imminent threat to that airplane or the passengers." and "I understand why the passenger felt some anxiety about activity on Flight 327 but that kind of activity was unusual but not a security incident. There was never a threat to the plane." The Homeland Security report produced by the Inspector General revealed that this air marshal had noticed that the Syrians' travel visas were expired but the air marshal failed to report this information to his supervisors, claiming it was out of his jurisdiction.[12]
Furthermore, the federal air marshals believed that Jacobsen "over-reacted" at the presence of persons of Middle Eastern appearance on the flight and "was in danger of panicking other passengers and creating a larger problem". They were also concerned that Jacobsen's actions were part of a terrorist plot to create a disturbance in order that the marshals be identified and that she "could have put the entire flight in danger".[13]
The Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General, spent twenty-two months investigating flight 327; the report has been classified,[14] but a redacted version reveals that the musical group's promoter, who was on the plane, had been involved in a similar incident in January 2004.[1]
A Washington Times story claimed that some air marshals believed that Northwest flight 327 was a "dry run" for a future terrorist attack involving commercial planes, but did not quote any air marshal making that claim, neither with attribution nor anonymously.[15] A follow-up story revealed the Freedom of Information Act request and promised more details to come.[4]
Gary Boettcher, president of the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations, however, said that Jacobsen had likely witnessed a dry run, and that he had many similar experiences himself. Federal Air Marshal P. Jeffrey Black[4] confirmed that in his opinion, flight 327 was a terrorist probe or dry run.[16] Mark Bogosian, An American Airlines pilot, said that incidents like the one Jacobsen described were a "dirty little secret" that airline crew members had known for some time.[17]
Jacobsen's original article was distributed widely through emails, and the veracity of her claims was discussed and dismissed on the Snopes urban legend website, which determined them to be "false".[13]
- ^ a b c "Review of Department's Handling of Suspicious Passengers Aboard Northwest Flight 327" (PDF). Department of Homeland Security, Office of lnspector General. March 30, 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- ^ "Review of Department's Handling of Suspicious Passengers Aboard Northwest Flight 327" (PDF). Department of Homeland Security, Office of lnspector General. March 30, 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ Office of Inspector General. "Review of Department's Handling of Suspicious Passengers Abroad Northwest Flight 327, OIG-06-31" (PDF). U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ a b c "More details on Flight 327". May 27, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- ^ "Security flaws confirmed on Flight 327". May 29, 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
- ^ Jacobsen, Annie (August 4, 2004). "Part IV: Terror in the Skies, Again?". WomensWallStreet. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- ^ Jacobsen, Annie (August 20, 2004). "Part V: Another Passenger from Flight 327 Steps Forward With Disturbing New Details". WomensWallStreet. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- ^ Audrey Hudson (July 29, 2004). "Second passenger saw suspicious behavior". Washington Times. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- ^ a b Jacobsen, Annie (July 19, 2004). "Part I: Terror in the Skies, Again?". WomensWallStreet. Retrieved August 11, 2006.
- ^ Jacobsen, Annie (April 22, 2005). "Part XIII: Annie Jacobsen Gets a Visit from the Feds". WomensWallStreet. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- ^ Clinton W. Taylor (July 21, 2004). "The Syrian Wayne Newton". National Review Online. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- ^ Donnelly, Sally B. (August 4, 2004). "An Air Marshal's View of Flight 327". Time. Retrieved August 11, 2006.
- ^ a b "Terror in the Skies, False". Snopes. May 28, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ Jacobsen, Annie (February 6, 2007). "Welcome to Annie Jacobsen's Blog". WomensWallStreet.com Blog. Retrieved March 5, 2007.
- ^ Audrey Hudson (April 26, 2005). "Passengers describe flight as a terrorist dry run". Washington Times. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
- ^ Patterico (June 1, 2007). "Air Marshal Goes on the Record Stating His Opinion That Flight 327 Was a Dry Run". Patterico's Pontifications. Patterico. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Jacobsen, Annie (July 19, 2004). "Part II: Terror in the Skies, Again?". WomensWallStreet. Retrieved May 27, 2007.


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Thread: NEW Baby Name Game!!
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At 24, you�ve just graduated from university with a degree in Photography. On the first day of your new job you�re so nervous you�re not really concentrating on where you�re going and crash into somebody, dropping your briefcase and the folder full of papers you were holding. Luckily the other person stops and helps you gather everything up and laughs off your embarrassed apologies. You finally get a proper look at them and your heart stops. Somehow you know this is �the one�. You ask them their name and offer to buy them coffee later, starting a whirlwind romance.
What�s their name? Dylan Alexander MayFair
Yours is: Aubrey Sapphire Marks
After only six months of dating you decide to tie the knot at a simple ceremony in Disney World before enjoying a three month honeymoon in Aruba. After returning home to Massachusetts you are shocked to discover that you and your spouse will soon be welcoming a child into the world. Shock quickly turns into excitement and months later you are parents to a beautiful, healthy baby.
If you have blue eyes it�s a boy, brown eyes it�s a girl. You had a name all picked out but when your child is born you are surprised by their bright, auburn hair and brilliant emerald eyes, neither of which are traits either or you possess. You decide that the name you had picked out doesn�t fit them and name them something to reflect their appearance instead. You give them two middle names, one after you and one after your spouse.
The name you had picked out: Alexander Dylan Robert MayFair
What you end up naming the baby: Finn Dylan Aubrey MayFair
Two years on and both of you are completely besotted with you tot and are thinking of giving them a sibling. This time you decide to adopt. You and your significant other visit a children�s home and are overwhelmed by the number of children, all who seem quite happy. Your heart sets on a particular child though who�s quieter than the others and playing by themself in the corner. You know this is the child for you. The only problem is, you�re not sure if it�s a boy or a girl and being told their name is Riley doesn�t help much so you have to ask one of the workers.
If you�re right handed it�s a boy, left handed it�s a girl, ambidextrous you choose.
You keep their name as their first middle name. The other is a virtue and their first name is after your favourite character from literature.
Their name is: Edmund Noble Riley MayFair
How old is the new member of your family? 4
About a year later you become an aunt for the first time. Thrilled, you and your significant other take your kids into the hospital to meet the new addition. Your sister and her baby are healthy and it�s a wonderful time for your family. Like yours, her first is a Boy.
She names the baby: Mathias Gideon
Whilst in the hospital you wander past the nursery and bump into a nurse holding two new born babies. Upon inquiry you find out the babies are identical twins. They look just angelic and when you�re gushing over them the nurse also mentions they have been put up for adoption. Having already successfully adopted a child you give this serious thought. You discuss it with your significant other and decide to adopt the twins.
If you�re a vegetarian it�s two boys, if not two girls
You let your older children pick one of their middle names each and the other middle names are after songs you both adore. First names start with vowels. Their names are: Anastasia Lucy Marie MayFair (Ana) & Eliza Matilda Daisy MayFair
Three years later, tragedy hits when your best friend is killed in a freak accident. You are distraught at losing them but you have to stay strong and focus your attention on your friends two young children, who your friend was a single parent to. Upon finding out you and your significant other have been appointed their guardians you are relieved to know the children will be with people who care about them and welcome them into your family. Their first names are after famous artists, middle names are very popular names from the time they were born. If you are over 25, they children are both girls, under they are both boys and over 40, one of each. Their names are and ages are: Neo Aidan Jacob Brown (13) & Miro Alexander James Brown (7)
Two years on life has settled down for your family when you discover you are expecting again. All of you are overjoyed at the news but you receive the shock of your life when you and your spouse are informed by your technician one visit that their will be more than just one new addition, he says three can be confirmed but he thinks there could be even more and doesn�t like to guess. All you can do is wait, but not for much longer as the babies arrive early.
If you have children it�s quads, if not you choose how many but must be at least triplets. First middle names have similar meanings, second middle names are related to nature and firs names must have sequential initials, like A, B, C, D or L, M, N, O, P. You choose genders. Their names are:
1) Abram Felix River MayFair
2) Blythe Caroline Violet MayFair
3) Calla Beatrice Rose MayFair (Callie)
4) Dalton Caius Forest MayFair
5) Emmet Jay Sparrow MayFair
6) Felicity Edith Lilly MayFair
Your family is now definitely complete! You and Dylan have: Finn Dylan Aubrey MayFair, Edmund Noble Riley MayFair, Anastasia Lucy Marie MayFair, Eliza Matilda Daisy MayFair, Neo Aidan Jacob Brown, Miro Alexander James Brown, Abram Felix River MayFair, Blythe Caroline Violet MayFair, Calla Beatrice Rose MayFair (Callie), Dalton Caius Forest MayFair, Emmet Jay Sparrow MayFair, Felicity Edith Lilly MayFair
Hope you had fun!


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MADISON, WI (November 18, 2015) -- CENTURY 21 Affiliated today announced they have sold 12,063 listings in real estate thus far in 2015. This beats the previously held CENTURY 21 record for most listings sold. CENTURY 21 Affiliated is the first franchise to top 1000 closings a month.
The previous record of 11,833 listings sold was held by CENTURY 21 Sunbelt in 2005.
"It is the loyalty, enthusiasm and intelligence of all our agents and employees that got us to this milestone as a company," said founder Bill Kessler. "To start with one agent and one transaction in 1978 to 12,000 transactions in 2015 is just phenomenal."
Since January 2015, 12 new offices have been forged, 95 experienced agents and 120 + new agents have joined CENTURY 21 Affiliated. With 43 days left in 2015, CENTURY 21 Affiliated has sold $2 billion in real estate with $51 million in agent earnings
"This was a goal our team set out to achieve in 2015 and we're extremely proud of the agents, staff and leadership for achieving such a milestone," said Dan Kruse, President and CEO of CENTURY 21 Affiliated. "This accomplishment also represents the all-time record for most homes sold by a single company in the CENTURY 21 system. We couldn't be more proud of this accomplishment and the great people representing CENTURY 21 Affiliated that made it happen."
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text: 16 Apr 5 Tips to help learning to read sheet music Sight reading can be a difficult skill to master, but one that is invaluable in the music industry. For those of you trying to master the skill, we've put together some top tips to help learning it that much easier. Learn the basics Before you are ready to start learning to read music, you must get a sense for the basic information that everyone who reads music needs to know. The horizontal lines on a piece of music make up the staff. The treble clef notates the higher registers of music, so if your instrument has a higher pitch, such as a flute, violin or saxophone. The bass clef notates the lower registers of music, so if your instrument has a lower pitch, such as a bassoon, tuba or cello. There are also some really great mnemonics—or word cues— that can help you remember. For example; • The Treble Clef five lines, from the bottom up, represent the following notes: E G B D F, or , "Every Good Boy Does Fine" • The Treble Clef four spaces, from the bottom up, represent these notes: F A C E (That one's pretty easy!) • The Bass Clef five lines, bottom to top, represent these notes: G B D F A (Good Boys Don't Fool Around). • The Bass Cleff four spaces, bottom to top, represent these notes: A C E G (All Cows Eat Grass). Practise Everyone has heard the time-old phrase 'practise makes perfect', but learning to read sheet music can be like learning a whole new language, so understand that it will take time. Practise sight singing and playing without looking at your hands to help you along. The best way to learn though is to keep at it, keep practising and don't give up! Learn songs you love It's so much easier to practise and learn from songs you like and already know well by ear, to help match the note on the sheet to the note in your head. This way, it will stop you from giving up as easily as well as if you were playing a piece of music that didn't interest you. Start with a blank sheet and see where it takes you ♥ 🎸 #Songwriting #Passion #Creative #WriteMusic #WritingLyrics #Lyricwriting #WritingMusic 🎵🎵 A photo posted by JMC Academy (@jmcacademy) on Feb 7, 2016 at 10:16pm PST Read Ahead Just like you are taught as a child to read ahead of what you are reading out loud, the same goes for reading music. As you learn to automatically associate written notes with the correct fingerings, begin to try to look at least one note ahead of the note you are currently playing, and if possible a full measure. Professional sight readers can sometimes take in a whole line of music at a glance, helping to anticipate what is coming up and transition to it more naturally. Stay calm Anything under pressure is harder and daunting, so breather! Relax into the music and enjoy yourself; It makes it a lot easier! If you make a mistake, don't panic or correct yourself, just keep moving along. Enjoy! Find out about studying Songwriting or Contemporary Music Performance, or Enquire. Other articles you may be interested in; JMC student wins best international performer at Vina Del Mar Integration at JMC Academy Famous artists who began their careers as songwriters How to be Music Business Savvy Share this Share this Tweet this Email this Want to know more? CourseEnquiry Attend an open day Attend aworkshop Book aTour Latest News view all Shooting an Action/Comedy film with Brisbane JMC Students 02 Nov 2017 We spoke to the director about his up... Latest Video view all Michael Carpenter on Beatles Engineer, Geoff Emerick One of Australia's busiest producers ... Latest Event view all January Open Days 2018 10 Jan 2018 Come along to JMC Academy's Sydney, M... Call JMC 1300 410 311 Contact US Sign up for our Newsletter


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Mike Palmer will discuss queen rearing in the sideline apiary at the Backyard Beekeeper Association monthly meeting at Norfield Church in Weston, Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Palmer has been keeping bees in the northern Champlain valley for nearly 40 years, producing quality extracted and cut comb honey.
In an attempt to create a sustainable apiary, he raises queens and nucleus colonies that thrive in his northern climate. He believes that by producing local stocks of bees from colonies that are productive, healthy, and have the ability to withstand the long Vermont winters, we will be able to lead our bees out of the dead end they have fallen into.
He shares his knowledge, expertise, and management plan with many beekeepers around the country, both online and at state and local beekeeper's meetings.
The Back Yard Beekeepers Association (BYBA) is one of the nation's largest regional clubs for beekeeping hobbyists. It is dedicated to promoting beekeeping as a hobby, and spreading the good word about the remarkable honey bee.
For some time now, Mr. Palmer has been trying to get beekeepers to raise and winter their own nucleus colonies, as a way to attain some degree of sustainability in their apiary. He couldn't be more pleased with beekeepers' acceptance of the plan.
Now that so many beekeepers have begun raising and wintering their own honey bee stocks, it seems appropriate that the next step is taken: raising one's own queens from your best stocks, to populate your nucleus colonies.
There are nine monthly meetings of the BYBA that begin at 7:30 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month in January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October and November. All are held at Norfield Church.
There is usually a meeting designed specifically for new beekeepers at 6:30 (prior to the regular meetings). The Wannabees is a program offered for children.
These events are free and open to the public.
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Software installation on user desktops requires access privileges that often are disallowed to many or most end users. Most administrators of such networks use a configuration management tool, such as Microsoft's SMS, to "push" the software to multiple users' desktops— a method that bypasses the requirement for user access privileges. If your network serves "locked-down" Windows environments, where end users cannot install software, this sort of automated configuration management can spare the administrator many visits to individual user desktops.
To accomplish a "push" distribution, you can use the Deployment Configuration Program to build two different bundled installation packages for each user, to be executed in succession. The first would perform the "push" installation of the necessary Sun Java System software, while the second would run an interactive process by which the user could make choices about the configuration of the installed software and the conversion of his or her own existing data files. This "push" method may even be used to completely automate the conversion process for end users, but would require some scripting since the package must be invoked with information specific to each end user (e.g., the user's Sun Java System credentials).
Your Deployment Configuration Program Reference provides instructions for using Microsoft's SMS to implement this "push" method of software distribution. The Reference also explains how to use command-line switches with an SMS script to fully automate the process by passing the necessary user passwords, for the user's Personal Folders (.pst) files, to the desktop installation program.


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I had to think twice about posting this… I'm not a real big fan of modifying the registry willy-nilly. Too many times, folks suggest an action by editing the registry when it can be done through the GUI or other safer action. Folks seem to forget that changing the registry the wrong way can turn a computer into a doorstop. Tweaking with Vishal is, unfortunately, one of those.
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The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns will not only be after their first road victory of the spring softball season, but will try to add to their current win streak as they travel to Magnolia for a Friday-Saturday Gulf South Conference series with Southern Arkansas University.
The two clubs will play a single game Friday afternoon at 4, followed by two games on Saturday afternoon beginning at 1.
Tech (8-18, 2-8 Gulf South) got back on the winning path earlier this week with a pair of nonconference wins over Central Baptist College, 10-0 and 10-0, to snap what had become an eight-game losing streak.
But the Golden Suns have not had much luck on the road this spring, losing all 13 attempts.
Southern Arkansas (10-8, 2-1 Gulf South) had its most successful week of the spring, sweeping a doubleheader from No. 17 nationally-ranked Lynn (Fla.) and then taking two-of-three conference games from Ouachita Baptist.
This will be the first meeting ever between the two schools in softball.
The Lady Riders have annually been one of the top four teams in the West Division since starting softball play in 1999. This is only the second year for Tech to field a softball team and its first season of conference eligibility.
The Golden Suns will carry a team .266 batting average into the three-game series, compared to a .272 effort by Southern Arkansas.
Pitching-wise, the Tech staff has accumulated a 5.67 ERA through the first 26 games with a couple of shutouts, while the Lady Riders' hurlers have a 1.33 ERA through 18 outings with eight shutouts.
Kellie Bryan and LouAnn Sanders head up the Suns' hitting attack with .302 batting averages, followed by Lauren Watson (.296), Lauren Western (.294) and Dana Kuneman (.292).
Cassie Blackwood's .397 leads the Lady Riders, followed by Lauren Frazier (.356), Lyndsey Knight (.348) and Lindsey Haas (.333).
Following the game in Magnolia, will take the next five days off to prepare for a three-game home Gulf South session with Ouachita Baptist at Shiloh Park next Friday and Saturday.


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Andy L.wrote a review of Norrøna Bitihorn Dri3 Jacket - Men's on October 28, 2015
Great Jacket overall but long in sleeves
Familiarity: I've used it several times
This jacket is incredibly versatile, waterproof and windproof. I wore this on a hike with high winds at the top and on/off light/medium rain showers. All I had on was this and a medium-fleece. This jacket is definitely waterproof and windproof. Only gripe is the sleeve length is extremely long.
I'm 5'11", 195 with a 41 chest. a Medium fit perfectly with room enough for a light-medium layer. however the sleeve length goes to almost my fingertips. I'm keeping this jacket but just wish I can do something about the sleeve length besides rolling it up/tighten the wrist velcros..


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Massimo Ferrero has described himself and Sinisa Mihajlovic as 'the most beautiful couple in the world', saying they 'do not fear anyone'.
The movie man completed a surprise takeover of Sampdoria at the start of this summer and in meeting with the current Coach, resolved to continue with him.
Whilst Mihajlovic is seen as after recruitments in the transfer market, his new President has hinted that work begins with the current squad.
"He's got the team already," commented Ferrero in an interview with Il Secolo XIX.
"He's very intelligent, and if I can give him the players to complete this already stunning squad to make them bloom, then I will.
"We have good objectives, I will not tell you what they are. But we are ready and we do not feel inferior to anyone. We want to be the real surprise of the year. To me and to the Coach, we do not like to talk about it, but rather do it.
"We looked at each other and shook hands. He knows that he has to win at least five particular games.
"Genoa, Lazio, Roma, Fiorentina and Napoli? Well…one is missing. Juventus? Do you want a headline? The great Mihajlovic and uncle Ferrero do not fear anyone.
"We are the most beautiful couple in the world. In the field we will play, I do not want three points, but six…
"He is a great man, he will do well and since I am sure of this, I will do my best to give him the best conditions. Because he is our father, the father of the players, and I can be the mother.
"I did not come here to be an accountant, but to present with Mihajlovic this fine art. Everyone says to me 'President, let us dream'. I will do my all alongside Mihajlovic."
Ferrero is acting as a hands-on President, working in a capacity as CEO and sporting director too. The situation saw Ariedo Braida leave having only just come in.
"[Previous owner] Edoardo Garrone is a great gentleman. He is part of a family for good. He was engaged in other activities and decided to delegate as he chose. I was born a CEO, I look at things myself, not because I do finances, but because I do business.
"A player is good if they are hungry and leave the field with sweat on their shirt. I was born with a sweaty shirt, I am a sweaty CEO.
"Braida? I love him very much. Before I knew him as a fan, I have since arrived and know him as a great person, but I cannot afford someone like him, who takes €1.6m gross…
"He's worth €3m, but I cannot afford that. I need higher quality and lower cost. I greeted and thanked Braida and I hope to meet him in the next life."
Samp were linked with Esteban Cambiasso and are now suggested as ready to offer Walter Samuel a sizeable contract to join.
"Recently, Samp have been unable to afford them, because we still have players taking €800,000 and who are at home.
"[Former Coach] Delio Rossi takes €2m and does not want to negotiate. So now this gentleman will be a Coach without a squad.
"It is not right that a Coach takes €2m, goes home and I pay his salary. There are guys out there who are hungry, who do not work. I cannot afford Rossi, Braida, players on €1m who do not play for Sampdoria.
"With Cambiasso we tried, but he no longer wants to play in Italy. A player may be worth it, even in giving him €4m, but they have to deserve it.
"The distraction for certain Presidents is to trust careless insiders. And they are distractions that have you lose a lot of money."


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Shoot Bubble Deluxe - This is the only shoot bubble game that contains both Puzzle mode & Arcade Mode
This is the most classic and amazing shooting bubble buster game. This deluxe version is the only one that contains both Puzzle mode & Arcade Mode.
Make combinations of 3 or more bubbles to make them burst. Clear all the bubbles to level up.
How to play - Don't use the arrows on the bottom, just tap on the game board where you specifically want the ball. Click the menu key to select color blind mode and other options.
Game Features:
1. Puzzle Mode - 150+ fun levels of puzzles
2. Arcade Mode - The bubbles will go down gradually so you need to shoot quickly
3. Game Center - You will get 10 points for each bubble blast and can submit the high score to global leader board.
Notes: The first 100 levels of the puzzle mode are derived from frozen bubble and the remaining levels are self-created.
What's New in This Release:
· Added 50 more challenging levels in puzzle mode (350 in total)
What's New in 3.0:
· Added 45 more challenging levels in puzzle mode


text: April 15, 2014 SHARE Ian Rotten/Jeff Jarrett Incident Update Regarding the incident which took place at the IWA Mid-South event over the weekend, Ian Rotten had stated he was going to file a complaint, but a new statement released on the official IWA Mid-South Facebook page is indicating that will not be taking place. "Sh*t happens and life goes on, and so does the business of IWA Mid South wrestling. Though some unfortunate events took place last night, they are in the past, done, and over with and I will not be commenting on them in a public forum anymore." Stephanie McMahon Confirms New WWE Logo During the 2014 WWE Business Partners Summit on the WWE Corporate site, Stephanie McMahon confirmed the new WWE logo will debut by August of this year. She pointed out the logo used will be the new WWE Network Logo. The Clip can be found at the 22 minute mark of the presentation. Colter Looking to Replace Cesaro Zeb Colter noted the following on Twitter: INTERVIEWING A FEW CANDIDATES TO JOIN @RealJackSwagger #RealAmericans TO REPLACE THAT SNEAKY @WWECesaro. ANY SUGGESTIONS? @WWE @JCLayfield — Zeb Colter (@WWEZeb) April 15, 2014 Thanks to WZ reader Chris Vale for contributing to this article. SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTER Possible Locations for 2015 Royal Rumble & Elimination Chamber Events, Forbes Analyst Predicts Major WWE Stock Increase Big GFW News: Promotion Partnering with Biggest Loser Creator, Airing 52 Weeks a Year, No TV Deal Currently in Place, More Cesaroian-rotteniwaJack SwaggerJeff JarrettStephanie McMahonWWEwwe networkZeb Colter Have a news tip? Attended an event and want to send a live report? Submit it now!


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Effective learning for 21st century leadership demands expertise in skills such as communication, collaboration, problem solving, flexibility, creativity, and innovation. Tabletop games can function as powerful learning engines, requiring players to practice these 21st century skills.
As educators learn how to use—and even design—games as learning systems, they engage learners with cultural relevance. To this end, the Center for Games & Learning at MNU:
- Curates an extensive game collection
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While you are here, please explore our up-to-date interactive games collection list.
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Further blow to Ireland as D'Arcy to miss remainder of Six Nations
DECLAN Kidney has received a major blow after it was confirmed that Gordon D'Arcy will miss the remainder of the Six Nations with a foot injury.
D'Arcy complained of feelings of discomfort in his foot during last Sunday's 12-6 defeat to England a scan yesterday revealed that he has suffered a stress injury to a bone in his foot.
The injury will require immobilisation in a boot for at least four weeks with a projected return to play of six weeks pending further tests and specialist review.
The Ireland training squad for the Scotland match week will be announced on Sunday evening following the completion of games in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Kidney will be praying for no more bad news.
Ireland are already without Jonathan Sexton(hamstring tear) and Mike McCarthy(knee) for next week's trip to Scotland while Cian Healy will miss the clash with the Scots and the game against the French a fortnight later.
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Jochen Schein obtained his Ph.D. (June 1996) and M.S. (March 1992) degrees in electrical engineering from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany. Since August 2006 he works as a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of the German Armed Forces, Munich, Germany, and the Chair of the Institute of Plasma Technology and Mathematics. Schein also served as a Senior Scientist in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Ignition Facility, from June 2004 to July 2008, and a Scientist (Senior, Principal) in Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation, San Leandro, Calif, USA, from October 1998 to June 2004. His research interests include X-ray sensors, space propulsion, and energetics experiments.
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text: Hello all. I've been lurking on here for quite some time now and finally decided to become a member. I'm from Gardner, KS. I primarily use an 18 1/2" Weber Smokey Mountain. I use a Weber Performer for smoking/grilling and a brinkmann stainless steel gas grill for quick grilling. I also plan on adding a Brinkmann Trailmaster offset smoker at some point this year. I've gotten pretty good at smoking most meats but need to get better at brisket and whole chickens. I enjoy smoking wild game as I hunt and fish quite a bit. This year I want to try and smoke a venison whole hind quarter. I have learned a lot from everyone on here ever since I started lurking and hope to continue my education in que. I plan on doing some spare ribs for the chiefs game tomorrow night on the performer and I'll try to take some pics of the smoke. Ryan


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America is the world's No. 1 and Germany is Europe's, yet both seem content to punch below their weights.
By Josef Joffe
When U.S. President Barack Obama pays his respects to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin this week, he will encounter a Germany that no sitting American president has encountered in many decades. No, not the "Fourth Reich" of punditry's fevered imagination. For the first time since Harry Truman arrived in Potsdam in 1945 to dismember the Third Reich, Germany is Europe's No. 1 again.
The irony couldn't be thicker. Twice in the 20th century, Germany tried to grab hegemony by bayonet and blitzkrieg, almost destroying itself and Europe in the process. Now, primacy has dropped into Mrs. Merkel's lap like an overripe plum. It's dominion by default, and power sits uneasily on the chancellor's head. It is literally an embarrassment of riches. Germany is so strong because Britain, France, Italy and Spain are so weak, their economies the victims of failed modernization and failing competitiveness.
Barack Obama will spend 22 hours in a country that is all dressed up but doesn't know where to go. The U.S. and Germany are the last heavies standing in the West, but they would rather compete in the middleweight league. To invert Maggie Thatcher: They are punching below their weight. America is No. 1 in the world, and Germany is No. 1 in Europe, yet both are practicing what great powers have never done. Call it "self-containment," or to use the language of the 19th century: They are balancing not against others, but against themselves. This is a first in great-power history.
Mr. Obama's America is disarming and retracting, both from Europe, where there are only 30,000 U.S. soldiers left, and from the Greater Middle East, where the U.S. has vacated Iraq while pulling out from Afghanistan. In Syria, it has taken Mr. Obama two long years to figure out that he can't play Ferdinand the Bull while Russia and Iran are playing power politics. Iran's proxy, Hezbollah, has mobilized thousands to defend the Assad regime, and the Russians have deployed naval units to the Eastern Mediterranean and dispatched sophisticated anti-air and anti-ship missiles—classic 19th century stuff. Read more…
Mr. Joffe is editor of Die Zeit and fellow of the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford.
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AIKEN --- It was a moment of awkward silence Monday evening as Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh changed up the usual format of the meeting.
At every city of Aiken meeting, a member takes a turn saying a prayer or blessing, but Cavanaugh opted for a minute of silence instead, in response to a challenge to the opening prayer.
The city administrator's office received an eight-page letter at the end of June from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit group based in Madison, Wis., that investigates what it terms violations of the separation of church and state.
Rebecca Markert, an attorney for the foundation, submitted the letter to city council on behalf of an Aiken resident. Markert said she couldn't comment on the resident's complaint specifically, but labeled the city's prayer unnecessary at a secular meeting.
"We'd prefer if they'd drop prayer altogether," she said.
Markert's staff compiled all the prayers from meetings in 2010 and said many of them are predominantly Christian.
"We understand that these prayers are almost always addressed to God, and end 'in Jesus' name' or some variation thereof, such as 'in your Son's name,' " the letter stated.
The group said council also violates Fourth Circuit ruling against government-sponsored prayers that are sectarian, denominational, and invoke a particular faith or deity.
The organization has more than 16,000 members, with more than 100 members in South Carolina, Markert said.
City Administrator Roger LeDuc said council members decided they would continue with prayer again at the next meeting in August, despite the complaint, because they feel it's something that's important.
"We just can't use what would be referenced to Christian faith," said LeDuc. For example, the prayer will reference God, but not Jesus.
LeDuc encouraged council members to write out a prayer if they felt they may fall into violation of the rule.
Now every Aiken County governing body is double-checking its compliance.
Aiken County Council and the school district have never received a complaint although they have prayed before meetings for more than 30 years.
Aiken County Council chairman Ronnie Young has said he will continue the practice as he and Councilman Willar Hightower have for years.
Aiken County Schools attorney Bill Burkhalter said although schools and sporting events are regulated by state laws invoking a moment of silence, the school board has an open-ended practice of prayer before meetings rather than a policy.
"They are adult board members and have a broader range of discretion," he said.
The prayers are alternated among district-level administrators and board members, and some have opted for inspirational poems in the past instead of a prayer.
Markert said for now the organization will deal with the complaint with the city first, but additional examination of other governing bodies may follow.
She declined to say what action the organization might take.


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Good Day Atlanta viewer information October 18, 2016
ATLANTA - Getting in the Halloween "Spirit" at Season's Top Shop: It's a sure sign that Halloween is right around the corner – the appearance of a Spirit Halloween store in your neighborhood. And with more than a thousand locations in the United States and Canada, there's no excuse not to be ready when the big day rolls around!
Spirit Halloween was founded back in 1983, and purchased by Spencer's in 1999. Stores open for the season in late-August, filled with costumes, accessories, and some of the scariest decorations this side of a real haunted house. Along with helping to make the holiday scarier than ever, Spirit Halloween works to make hospitals less-scary through Spirit of Children, a fundraising program for partner hospitals.
Good Day Atlanta's Paul Milliken spent the morning at Spirit Halloween, shopping for the season's creepiest must-haves.
WEB LINK: http://www.spirithalloween.com/
Lee Clayton Roper/Fresh Tastes: Award-winning cookbook author, cooking instructor, public speaker and television personality Lee Clatyon Roper celebrates her latest cookbook Fresh Tastes. Lee Clayton Roper shares her Lemon-dijon green beans with caramelized shallots recipe with Good Day Atlanta anchor Alyse Eady. Roper will be holding cooking classes locally at The Cook's Warehouse click here for more. For more on her recipes or her new book Fresh Tastes click here.
The deep, rich sweetness of caramelized onions are the perfect match for these roasted green beans tossed in a light sauce of olive oil, lemon juice and Dijon mustard. The beauty of this dish is it can be served hot or at room temperature, making it perfect for buffets, potlucks or picnics. Delicious with our Asian Pork Tenderloin (page 139), Scallops with Tomato and Pesto (page 160) and Parmesan-Onion Breaded Chicken Breasts (page 111).
2 tablespoons butter
4 ounces (about 2 to 3 large) shallots
1 teaspoon sugar
Kosher salt, to taste
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 1/2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed and broken into 1- to 2-inch pieces
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
2 to 3 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Peel shallots, cut in half and thinly slice. Using your hands, break slices into individual pieces. Sauté shallots in butter, stirring occasionally, about 10 to 12 minutes or until very soft. Stir in sugar and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes or until golden brown. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Place beans on a large rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil, tossing to coat. Season with salt. Roast for 10 to 12 minutes or crisp-tender.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, mustard and remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add cooked beans andtoss. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot or at room temperature with caramelized shallots sprinkled over the top.
MAKE AHEAD: Shallots can be caramelized up to 24 hours in advance, covered and refrigerated. Sauce can be made up to 24 hours ahead, covered and refrigerated. Bring shallots and sauce to room temperature before serving.
VARIATION: Green beans can be steamed instead of roasted.


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Media mention Hilltop
Oct 30
Cranmer Park Sundial Terrace Closure Notice and Update on Construction Timeline
Recently the city received 311 calls/reports regarding the terrace's deteriorating conditions. After inspection by the city's operations team, it was determined that the conditions now present public safety concerns and they have placed orange cones in areas where pavers are loose and will be placing fencing around the terrace on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 to close the terrace to public use. Signs will also be placed at the terrace indicating closure and providing information regarding the anticipated construction schedule. Additionally, the city has developed this Cranmer Closure FAQ to help respond to inquiries.
Crime report 160 N. Hudson St.
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Media mention Hilltop
Oct 20
Steck Elementary School receives an Excellent "Report Card"
Crime report 200 block of N. Jasmine St.
Oct 10
Theft from motor vehicle
Larceny - from auto200 block of N. Jasmine St. Comment
Media mention Hilltop
Oct 07
Leaf Drop 2017 – Weekends NOV. 4 – 19, 11 AM TO 3 PM at Cranmer Park
Keep the streets clean and your fall leaves out of the landfill by composting them through Denver Recycles' annual LeafDrop program. Go to the DenverGov website to see all the details.
Media mention Hilltop
Oct 06
Save the Date – 2017 Annual Meeting
Please join us for the Annual Meeting of the Cranmer Park / Hilltop Civic Association
Media mention Hilltop
Oct 02
Town Hall on Thursday, October 12th
District 5 City Councilwoman Mary Beth Susman invites you to join her at a Town Hall on October 12
Crime report 124 N. Jersey St.
Sep 30
Public disorder
Damage property124 N. Jersey St. Comment
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Sep 24
Now You Can Pay Memberships Online
In an effort to use our Association resources more wisely, we have added the ability to pay your membership online. This will help us reduce printing and postage expenses for membership communication and allow us to use these funds for more projects and events in the neighborhood. Household Membership payment by check is still $25.00. If you use our convenient online payment option, there is an additional $1.00 transaction fee. Joining the Cranmer Park/Hilltop Civic Association is an important investment in your neighborhood. Your support lets us:
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Sep 22
Save the Date! 2017 Hilltop Halloween Parade
Join us for the annual Hilltop Halloween Parade on Sunday, October 29th from 11am to 1pm. Our costume parade and party begins at Cranmer Park near the Sundial and then winds its way down 2nd Avenue through the neighborhood to Robinson Park for a post-parade celebration with pizza, games and fun activities. Everyone is encouraged to brink a canned food item for donation to the Denver Rescue Mission. For more information and to volunteer for this fun event, please contact email@example.com
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Police have arrested a man in conjunction with the murder of an 80-year-old Mount Airy woman.
Jordon Ross Lowdermilk, 28, of Briar Patch Lane in Dobson, has been charged with first degree murder, burglary and larceny of a motor vehicle by the Mount Airy Police Department. A lesser charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill was also tacked on by the Surry County Sheriff's Office.
Officers with the Mount Airy Police Department had been dispatched to the home at 409 Franklin St. to conduct a welfare check on the occupant.
Paul Barker, a city detective who was on the scene Wednesday, declined to say who had initiated the welfare check.
Upon arriving and making entry into the home, officers found Claudia Smith deceased around 8 a.m.
The residence, a two-story unit in a duplex apartment-type building, appeared to have been broken into and the victim had signs of assault, police said. Smith's body was discovered in the upper portion of the home in a bedroom area.
Barker said he could not comment on any apparent cause of death or property missing from the dwelling.
"We're still in the preliminary stages of it," the detective said at the scene Wednesday afternoon. "I can't go into any detail right now."
Barker reiterated that late Wednesday afternoon.
"Really, the only thing I can release right now is we have determined it is a homicide," he said of the death. "It is continuing to be investigated by the police department with assistance from the SBI (State Bureau of Investigation)." The Surry County Sheriff's Office also has assisted.
In addition to other elements suggesting foul play, the Smith's vehicle, a Nissan, was located abandoned off Interstate 77 near mile marker 99 in Surry County south of N.C. 89 in the general vicinity of Brintle's Truck Stop.
The section of Franklin Street where the home is located, between Willow and North South streets, was closed to vehicular traffic Wednesday as investigators processed evidence at the scene. Yellow police tape also encircled the residence.
On Wednesday Barker also would not comment on a report by one area media outlet that authorities might have a suspect in mind.
"I can't release anything about that."
Tom Joyce may be reached at 336-415-4693 or on Twitter @Me_Reporter.


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HBO's McGee Steps Down31 Jan, 2013 By: Thomas K. Arnold
In a surprise announcement, HBO's longtime home entertainment president, Henry McGee, is stepping down from the post he's held since 1995 to become a full-time faculty member at Harvard Business School, beginning this fall.
Sofia Chang effective March 4 becomes the division's new leader as EVP and GM, reporting to Simon Sutton, president of HBO International and Content Distribution.
At Harvard, McGee will be a senior lecturer, teaching courses and conducting research in leadership and business ethics. He is a 34-year veteran of HBO and became president of its home video division, now called HBO Home Entertainment, in 1995. McGee's tenure at HBO included stints in HBO Film Acquisitions, Cinemax, HBO Family Programming, HBO Enterprises and Thorn EMI/HBO Video (now HBO Home Entertainment). Before joining HBO, McGee worked for three years as a reporter for Newsweek magazine in its New York and Washington, D.C., bureaus. McGee has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
"Henry McGee represents the very best of what HBO has to offer when it comes to leadership, collaboration and innovation," Eric Kessler, president and COO of HBO, said in a statement. "He is one of the most well-regarded people working in the home entertainment industry today. To our great benefit, Henry has mentored countless other HBO leaders, such as Sofia Chang, who will continue to drive the division toward excellence in her new role."
"Thirty-four years ago I came to HBO from Harvard eager to apply all that I had learned in business school," McGee said. "I just turned 60 and now seems the ideal time to return to Harvard to share all of the skills and knowledge I have learned from working with my colleagues at HBO, the Dream Team of the entertainment industry."
McGee is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He has been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Minorities in Communications and was named one of New York's top 100 minority executives by Crain's New York Business. He also has been elected a fellow of England's RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers & Commerce). He's received the "Industry Giant" award from the Vision Fund of America, a Professional Achievement Award from the Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association and a "Visionary" award from the Video Industry AIDS Action Committee. He has been named one of the 50 most powerful African-Americans in the entertainment business by Black Enterprise magazine and inducted into the Video Hall of Fame.
McGee is president of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Foundation, and is also a director of the Time Warner Foundation, the Black Filmmaker Foundation and Save the Children. He is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and a director of the Digital Entertainment Group. McGee also sits on the board of directors of AmerisourceBergen.
His wife is a journalist and his daughter is currently a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Chang assumes the video unit's top spot a year after being promoted to her current post of SVP of program strategy and planning, in which she's responsible for overseeing the program strategy, audience research and promotion planning and scheduling areas for HBO and Cinemax. Chang joined HBO in 2000 in the home entertainment division and has since held various positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to HBO, Chang was a brand advertising manager for Pacific Bell in San Francisco. Previously, she worked in account management at the ad agencies Kirshenbaum and Bond and TBWA, both based in New York City, where she managed the Snapple and Evian accounts.
Chang has been honored by Home Media Magazine as one of the top "Women in Home Entertainment" for five years.


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Inquisitor - English Version Update
Here's a rarity - an Inquisitor update. Cinemax' website still promises a Q1 release date for the English version but this arrived in my inbox not long ago:
Sorry for not being able to google effectively - what is this game? All I managed to google were same ugly diablo 2 - like screenshots.
That's because it is an ugly Diablo 2 clone.
From where is the information sourced? - as yet there is no info on the official cinemax website , the site regularly updates its newsbits. There are no discussion posts (other than the youtube trailer) on the inquisitor forums.
There has been for six months or so, an "Inqisitor repack" which is a Russian/English version (1.5 gb) of Inqisitor to download from the 'rapidshare' site and some others via torrents - can't say any more on that subject!
I would like to know what is 'officially' going on, i am very interested in this game and have been following it for some time. Has the 'repack' gazumped the anticipated official english version? - or will there in fact be a true official English vesrion?
Why not join the forum…..
…and ask Eb (moderator) a direct question? - a kick-start might promp some response in a more discussive way.
Oh, didn't realize it's a czech game. I can speak czech better than english…
I've browsed through their czech-language site and found one english post from the authors:
I'm sure it will suffer from bad translation and such, but I'm still waiting anyway. It's just hope and a love for 2d isometric games. :)
Thanks Daddy32, that indeed is confirmation.
Ten years in development..and a bit more for English translation. :D
I've been waiting for YEARS, no chance I'm not going to give it a fair shake.
What? They only finished the translation now? And they once though to release the english version in early january. Seems to me that Cinemax isn't very good with time estimation. Although, this is not surprising for a game that was in development for 10 years.
I've been following with interest the lack of any info' on Inquisitor (i really like the theme concept of this game - the inquisitor can torture his victims to extract info!) and why there was an 'English' version available when 'googling' the title.
It is strange but i dont really know - iv'e just done another quick google (beware of viruses on some sites) and at least a dozen game specifications on d/l sites clearly state the language as English - no suggestion of Russian.
We now know the English game is in progress for sure and that rpgwatch has contact - can't be bad.
Official Inquisitor release date is Q4/2010 - it been a long wait!
The animation is a little stilted but, otherwise, I think it looks rather beautiful.
Yesterday I've seen some fort of adventure (?) game entitled "Inquisitor" named after a novel by famous German fantasy author Wolfgang Hohlbein.
Which means that the title of "Inquisitor" is already used hre in Germany.
Which means they would need a different title in that territory.
But I expect to be the game released only in/to English-language territories anyway.
Yep, 2D, like the BG series.
For those interested, found this Inquisitor gameplay video on Youtube, not in english but clearly showing some of the menu system and the dialogue choices opening further branch selections. I viewed in full screen (HD) and think the video quality appears pleasantly acceptible for playing………?
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Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin / The Washington Post
On March 3, doctors announced that by giving powerful drugs to the baby of an HIV-infected mother in Mississippi shortly after her birth, they had apparently eliminated the virus from her body. The news fueled renewed optimism about the prospects of finally curing AIDS. But a true cure is almost certainly years away.
What happened with the baby girl in Mississippi was remarkable, but it's not clear what lessons the case has for improving the health of other children or fighting the epidemic generally. The infant never developed AIDS, the disease caused by HIV. And scientists are debating whether she was truly infected.
Here's what is known: The baby's mother was infected and had not had prenatal care. After delivery, the baby had some HIV in her blood. Aggressive treatment with a combination of powerful drugs drove the virus to undetectable levels.
Doctors were surprised, however, when a long break in treatment (after the mother started missing appointments) didn't lead to a resurgence of HIV. The virus remained undetectable, though it's too soon to know if it is permanently gone.
This case is unusual. HIV infections in pregnant women are routinely detected during prenatal care, allowing time to start effective drug regimens that keep the virus from infecting babies. Such strategies are all but universal in wealthier nations and now reach more than half of infected women in the parts of Africa where HIV is widespread. But given how cheap and easy it is to prevent infection in infants, it's a tragedy that more than 300,000 contract HIV each year. The developments in the Mississippi case are unlikely to have a direct impact on most of them.
Even medicine, though, may not be a good answer today.
The widespread provision of AIDS drugs — with crucial help from the U.S. government — has been one of the most stirring public health successes of our time, extending and improving the lives of millions of people. These medicines, when given to infected women before labor and to their newborns shortly afterward, also help prevent infection in babies. And, if started quickly enough, a short course of AIDS drugs can protect people recently exposed to HIV — such as rape victims and health professionals stuck with infected needles — from contracting the virus.
Yet for all their powers, the ability of these medicines to slow the sexual transmission of HIV — its main route across the planet — remains unclear. People whose HIV is treated effectively are much less likely to pass the virus to sexual partners, but in communities with access to AIDS drugs, risky behavior often arises because there is less fear of the disease.
There are some other powerful prevention tools. HIV thrives in regions where it's fairly common to have more than one regular sexual partner at the same time, creating webs of interaction that the virus can follow from victim to victim. Condoms can help slow the spread, as can HIV treatment. But the most potent force in reducing infections, as discovered in Uganda, Zimbabwe and several other places, is lowering the number of sexual partners of the average adult.
Also remarkably effective is circumcision, an African tradition that had fallen out of favor in certain areas, including the ones now hit hardest by AIDS. Circumcised men are at least 65 percent less likely to contract HIV than uncircumcised men. Of course, fewer infected men means fewer infected women, and fewer infected babies.
Reports about the Mississippi baby have garnered so much attention in part because people fear that the epidemic is out of control. U.N. officials estimate that 34 million people have HIV, with 2.5 million new infections and 1.7 million deaths in 2011 alone. Even in the United States, with its routine access to modern medical care, there were an estimated 8,300 AIDS deaths in 2010.
But there is room for optimism. The spread of HIV peaked in 1997, and the pace of new infections has been falling gradually ever since. Deaths have peaked in recent years, both because of declining infection rates and better access to treatment. This has happened even though the long, expensive search for a vaccine remains far from fruition.
To defeat AIDS, experts say much more needs to be done to curb infection rates and to get medicine to those with HIV. And while debate remains fierce over what prevention measures are most important, there is consensus that some combination of what's currently available can eventually overcome the epidemic.
These include making male circumcision easily available, encouraging adults to have fewer sexual partners, making condoms more accessible, providing clean needles to drug users and treating HIV-infected people before they develop AIDS. And to keep babies safe, doctors' most important priority is to keep women from contracting HIV in the first place. In public health, curing diseases is great. Preventing them is even better.
Facts on AIDS and infant mortality
It's the scourge of poor nations, but AIDS is not the main cause of infant mortality. Diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria are. Together they are responsible for more than a third of the nearly 7 million deaths annually of children under age 5, according to UNICEF. AIDS is responsible for about 2 percent of those deaths.
Even in the nations where HIV is most common, AIDS usually kills fewer babies than other diseases that can be treated using relatively inexpensive interventions, such as oral rehydration salts or antibiotics. Alongside AIDS programs, low-tech investments could slow other maladies — water treatment, nutrition programs and family-planning services.
The breast-feeding confusion — In the United States and other developed countries, more than 98 percent of babies born to mothers with HIV do not get the virus thanks to preventive treatments that begin before birth and last up to six weeks afterward.
There are risks, of course, that a baby will contract HIV from the mother. But, contrary to popular belief, a baby has only 1 percent (multiplied by the number of months) chance of contracting HIV from an infected mother who is breast-feeding.
Many AIDS experts once believed the risk of transmitting HIV during nursing made infant formula a better choice in almost all situations. That thinking has shifted in recent years with mounting evidence about the value of breast milk and the dangers of using formula in areas where clean water and a steady supply of formula aren't reliably available.
A mother's milk gives her baby essential nutrients and fluids — especially important in profoundly poor regions prone to drought — as well as antibodies that fight the diseases that are even more likely than AIDS to afflict babies. Infected mothers who live in developed countries are still urged not to breast-feed their babies. But where most of the world's poorest babies are born and raised, forgoing mother's milk can be more dangerous than the risk of contracting HIV during nursing.
Sources: Los Angeles Times, authors Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin


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In lieu of its regular monthly meeting, Writers Forum will host the eighth annual Authors Fair 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Mt. Shasta Mall in Redding.
Featured authors include Terri Lhuiller and Joanne Brady of Turtle Bay eagles Liberty and Patriot fame, the Rev. Lowell Streiker and children's author and illustrator Linda Boyden.
Writers Forum, a nonprofit organization is dedicated to promoting writing as an art and a profession and to supporting and inspiring writers from Northern California.
The public is welcome to attend.
Admission to the first meeting is free.
For more information, call 547- 5303, or visit www.reddingwritersforum.com.


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After being selected in the third round of the 2009 draft, inside linebacker Jason Williams faded into veritable oblivion as a result of injury. He suffered a high ankle-sprain and a quad bruise in the preseason, which caused him to miss the first three weeks of the regular season.
After that, his impact was minimal to completely unnoticeable.
Williams saw action in just five games, none of which came on defense. Whether the project pick pans out remains to be seen. But Wade Phillips believes that the Western Illinois product--who is healthy and widely regarded as Dallas's most athletic inside backer--will have a prime opportunity to contribute in 2010.
"Well, I think it's his year to step up and contribute more than what he did last year," said Phillips, per ESPNDallas.com. "I think he's ready to do that."
This opportunity will likely come in the form of special teams action at first but, with Williams' speed, he seems a prime candidate for the nickel package on defense. A great part of the battle for the Chicago native will be the mental aspect, particularly with the addition of Sean Lee.
Hopefully for Williams, he's come a long way since struggling to grasp the defense last season; because Phillips recently said that Lee knows 3/4 of the Dallas playbook--not bad for early-May.
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There's a lot of talk today about the future of the dollar. If left unchecked or without an appropriate exit strategy, our massive stimulus programs will have a crippling effect on the value of the dollar. It's simple economics: if you increase supply without a similar increase in demand, the price of your product drops.
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Exporters benefit when their home currency weakens relative to the rest of the world because their trading partners can now buy their product for less. This is why China's currency has been undervalued for years. The Chinese government does not let the yuan float freely, which leads many to cite that as the reason China's exports are so incredibly cheap.
Oil and gold also benefit from a weak dollar. Gold is often perceived as a safe haven during periods of asset devaluation. Oil benefits because it's priced in dollars. As we've seen with the oil price over the past few months, that indeed seems to be the case.
SEE: How U.S. Firms Benefit When The Dollar Falls
Quality Always Matters
So commodity businesses that have pricing power and U.S. companies that do brisk business abroad benefit from a weaker dollar. But let me go on record as saying over the long run, it's not beneficial for a country to continually suffer from a weak currency. In the case of the U.S., that rings even more true since the greenback is regarded as the world's premier currency.
Nonetheless, major oil companies like ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) that have substantial operations abroad will be OK. And since a weak dollar also benefits the price of oil, the majors doubly benefit. Construction and engineering firm KBR (NYSE:KBR), a virtually debt-free $5.1 billion company, does a bulk of its work overseas. And because the bulk of KBR's work comes from government agencies, the company continues to prosper as best as one can during a recession.
Foreign Investing
Another option is investing in businesses located outside the U.S. that earn money in other currencies that are likely to strengthen against the U.S. dollar. But such a move poses some risk because the other currency must appreciate and the company needs to maintain its profitability. So while the Japanese yen has gotten stronger against the greenback lately, many Japanese businesses have a tough time of it.
Nations like Brazil and Australia, which are rich in commodities, are expected to resume a healthy GDP going forward. Up north in Canada, you have commodity giant Teck Resources (NYSE:TCK), which does business all over the world and has the Canadian dollar as the functional currency.
SEE: Industries That Thrive On Recession
Bottom Line
It's never wise to make any investment based solely on a single macro bet, especially if the prices aren't bargains. But if the dollar does weaken long-term, then businesses with characteristics like those above will benefit.
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A vessel containing 39.5 cm3 of helium gas at 25 degrees C and 106kPa was inverted and placed in cold ethanol. As the gas contracted, ethanol was forced into the vessel to maintain the same pressure of helium. If this required 7.7cm3 of ethanol, what was the final temperature of the helium?
Hi Corey,
The best thing to do in this type of a problem is write out your known and unknown variables first. You have to make sure that your temperature is in degrees Kelvin, and that your volume is in Liters. Pressure usually must be in atmospheres, but we don't need to change it since it remains constant.
V1=39.5cm3 = 0.0395L
T1=25ºC = 298K
P1 = 106kPa
V2 =39.5cm3-7.7cm3 = 31.8cm3 =0.0318L (You subtract the 7.7cm3 volume of ethanol because this is how much the original volume shrunk by)
P2=106kPa (because they said you keep pressure constant in the problem)
Since the pressure stays the same, it means you need to use Charles's Law to solve for T2.
V1/T1=V2/T2 is the equation for Charles's Law. (rearrange to get T2= V2T1/V1)
Plug in the values you have up above and you will get: T2=0.0318LX298K/0.0395L = 239.9K
I hope that helps,


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In a stunning blow to Governor Rick Snyder, the conservative leaning Michigan Supreme Court has denied the Governor's a request for an advisory opinion regarding whether the controversial right-to-work law Snyder signed in law December 2013, is constitutional.
"We are not persuaded that granting the request would be an appropriate exercise of the court's discretion," the court said in an order released today.
Instead of Governor Snyder's request being heard before Michigan's Supreme Court on a expeditionary basis, the Right-to-Work law will follow a judicial route from the States' Circuit Court to Michigan Court of Appeals, then to a possible appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Any rulings made by the Lower Court not in favor of sustaining the "Right-to-Work" law, would declare the legislation null and void until a possible reversal by a Judicial body of higher standing, up to and including a final appeal to the State's Supreme Court.
Right-to-work laws make it illegal to require financial support of a union as a condition of employment, yet still requires union shops to represent all employees in disciplinary procedures per federal law. The Legislature rapidly passed legislation and Snyder signed in December 2012 despite large Capitol protests.
State employee unions argue that the law does not apply to them because the state constitution gives the Michigan Civil Service Commission exclusive jurisdiction over the terms of their employment as noted below.
"ARTICLE 11, §5—CLASSIFIED STATE CIVIL SERVICE - MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION (in part)
The commission shall classify all positions in the classified service according to their respective duties and responsibilities, fix rates of compensation for all classes of positions, approve or disapprove disbursements for all personal services, determine by competitive examination and performance exclusively on the basis of merit, efficiency, and fitness the qualifications of all candidates for positions in the classified service, make rules and regulations covering all personnel transactions, and regulate all conditions of employment in the classified service."Michigan Civil Service Commission further defined its' authority over all State Governmental Employees, in section 6 of the Commission Rules Booklet.
"6-1.2 Constitutional Authority
The civil service commission recognizes that there are fundamental economic, political, and legal differences between employer -employee relations in the state service and those in the private sector and other public sector employment. It is the view of the commission that constitutional provisions do not prohibit the commission from establishing a form of collective bargaining analogous to that in other public sector employment, so long as the collective bargaining agreements are subject to review, modification, and approval by the commission."
Snyder requested the opinion in late January, saying he wanted to clear up uncertainty over the impact of the law.
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I walked into a hair salon with my husband and three kids in tow and asked loudly, "How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?" I turned around and walked back out and never went back. My husband didn't say a word... he knew better.
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I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls. I was unhappy with the women's type I had been using. After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store. He asked if he could help me. Without thinking, I looked at him and said, "I think I like playing with men's balls."
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My sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of candy and nuts. As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help. I replied, "No, I'm just looking at your nuts." My sister started to laugh hysterically. The boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked away. To this day, my sister has never let me forget.
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