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Lemon Layer Cake (Gluten-Free)
- By Scott Adams
- Published 07/26/1996
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This recipe comes to us from Annalise Roberts with a slight flour mix change by Sue Foss.
If any cake could be called refreshing, this would be the one. Rich but light.
Ingredients for cake layers:
1 cup canola oil, plus additional for greasing cake pans
2 ½ cups brown rice flour mix (1 cup brown rice, 1½ cup white rice flour)
½ cup tapioca, ½ cup potato starch
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon finely grated fresh lemon zest
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
For lemon curd
2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
3 large egg yolks
¼ teaspoon guar gum
½ stick (¼ cup) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon pieces
¼ teaspoon lemon extract
Ingredients for lemon frosting:
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
3 ½ cups confectioners sugar
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
½ teaspoon lemon extract
2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
Special equipment: 2 (9- by 2-inch) round cake pans
Directions to make cake layers:
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Brush cake pans with canola oil. Line bottom of each pan with a round of parchment or wax paper, then oil paper.
Whisk together flour mix, salt, baking powder, and Xanthan gum until combined well. Stir together milk, canola oil (1 cup), vanilla, and zest in another bowl.
Beat together sugar and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed just until combined, about 1 minute. Reduce speed to low and add flour and milk mixtures alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing until just combined.
Divide batter evenly between cake pans, smoothing tops, and bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of each cake layer comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
Cool cake layers in pans on racks 10 minutes. Run a thin knife around edge of 1 cake layer and invert rack over cake pan, then invert cake onto rack. Repeat with second layer. Peel off paper and cool layers completely.
Curd Directions:
Whisk together zest, lemon juice, sugar, yolks, a pinch of salt, and guar gum in a 1-quart heavy saucepan. Add butter and cook over moderately low heat, whisking constantly, until curd is thick enough to hold marks of whisk and first bubbles appear on surface, about 5 minutes. Whisk in extract. Immediately pour curd into a bowl, then cover surface with wax paper and chill until cold, about 30 minutes.
Frosting Directions:
Beat butter with an electric mixer at high speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Reduce speed to low and add confectioners sugar, lemon juice, extract, and zest, then mix until creamy and smooth, about 2 minutes.
Frost cake:
Halve each cake layer horizontally using a long serrated knife. Spread bottom half of each cake layer with half of lemon curd, then top with remaining cake layers to form two sandwiched cakes. Put 1 sandwiched cake on a cake stand or platter and spread a heaping ½ cup frosting over top, then cover with remaining sandwiched cake. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
Cooks notes:
- Cake layers can be made (but not halved) 1 day ahead and cooled completely, then kept, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature.
- Lemon curd can be chilled up to 3 days.
- Cake can be completely assembled and frosted 4 hours ahead and kept at room temperature, or 1 day ahead and chilled, loosely covered. Bring to room temperature before serving.
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This is a Gourmet recipe published in November of 2005 using brown rice flour from Authentic Foods because it didn't make it gritty and had a nice flavor.
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Made this cake and it turned out great! Everyone was surprised that a gluten free cake could taste so good.
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This is my daughter's favorite birthday cake!
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The person that posted this review posted two complaints on two different site under three different names of users from three different cities. Since the poster of all complaints is the same person I am posting the same rebutal under the two original and duplicate fake complaints.
This is a Fake Negative Review!
I can't prove that to you. That's the problem with anonymous reviews. Anyone can say anything and if its made up, how do you disprove it?
Since I can't disprove a false accusation I can at least point out some oddities in this review and the others that were posted out of the blue:
- Surge Labs has never had an online complaint (since we started in 2010) yet suddenly two complaints are filed on July 11 and July 12. IF we were as bad as the complainant describes, this wouldn't be our first negative report.
- This complaint by Screwed by Surge Labs (Atlanta, GA) was also posted on PissedOff Consumer by Anonymous (Denver, CO).
A second complaint (Report: #1066225) on Ripoff Report by Surge Local Sucks (Ft Lauderdale, FL) was also posted on PissedOffConsumer by Anonymous (Denver, CO)
On Ripoff Report the two complaints were filed by two supposedly different people, one in Atlanta andone in Ft Lauderdale. Duplicates of these complaints were filed on PissedOffConsumer by Anonymous of Denver, Co.
Its clear that all four complaints were made by the same person wanting to look like multiple people.
- "they charged my credit card again for monthly service"
- The only way we take credit cards is through PayPal - yet no complaint was filed through PayPal. Why? Because this is a fake review and the person has never done business with us, thus never paid a dollar through PayPal.
- The use of an Anonymous name to make complaints.
Given the detail made up in these posts, if this were true it would be clear to me who the person making the complaint is. So why hide their real name. Since its a false complaint they don't want their name known to avoid legal action.
- If the complaints were true why not sue us? If someone ripped me off for $4,500 I would be taking legal action. Its not that difficult to file a small claim action in Magistrate court (here in Georgia its for claims under $15,000. Here is the link to do so - http://consumer.georgia.gov/pdf/Complaint_Form.pdf).
There will not be a court filing though since the complaint is fake.
- A commenter on one of the complaints posted on PissedOffConsumer conveniently has the name Surge Screwed. What are the odds that a non-connected commenter would have a username that includes part of our Company name?
- Finally some truth! "this guy works out of his house, it's not even a real company"
Actually we are a real company formed as an LLC. Yes we work virtually. It saves money and we avoid Atlanta traffic.
If this were a real complaint I would at least be able to share our side of the story. But, it being a fake negative review, I can only post oddities about what's in the reviews.
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I'll even make this offer. If the complainant can provide documentation of a payment to Surge Labs we will pay triple the costs ($13,500 based on his $4,500 amount) back to him.
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Ford Mustang Exhaust for GT/GT500 (2005-2009)
Product Features
- Fits 2005-2009 Mustang GT/GT500
- System extends from the catalytic converters-back
- Utilizes 2.5" mandrel-bent piping with a straight-through design that provides added power, increased fuel economy, and aggressive tone
- Can be used in conjunction with the factory GT/GT500 rear valance
- Includes 4" tips made from polished 304 stainless steel
- Includes all necessary clamps and hardware for installation
- Part #403936
- Check local noise ordinance levels for legality
The increased power is generated due to the higher flow system as compared to a conventional exhaust system. Yet another benefit of this high flow system is that it improves fuel efficiency, as the engine runs into less air resistance to do its work. Fits 2005-2009 Ford Mustang GT/GT500
Though this particular exhaust for the Ford Mustang creates more sound outside your car, it doesn't create the typical off-road exhaust drone inside. This is made possible because sound is more effectively directed backward through the exhaust system and out through the rear of the vehicle.
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The exhaust system is manufactured using a CNC bender to create smooth mandrel bends. This process maintains a consistent inside diameter through the bended area and allows for a significant increase in flow over stock/serrated-bent pipes.
This Ford Mustang exhaust kit is made from high-quality 2.5-inch diameter stainless steel tubing and has 4-inch diameter tips made from polished 304 stainless steel and embossed with the "ROUSH" logo. The system comes with OEM stainless steel exhaust clamps that provide a leak proof seal and won't smash or crush the pipes when tightened.
The ROUSH Resonator Off-Road Exhaust Kit fits 2005 - 2009 Mustang GTs and GT500s with factory rear fascia.
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I have a 2007 GT convertible. After this exhaust was installed the comments from every car enthusiast are WOW GREAT SOUND! and what has been done to the engine besides the exhaust. I tell them the engine is stock, however, you wouldn't guess that from the increased power on acceleration. It gives the 4.6 a deep rumble that you won't believe. The great sound doesn't reverb throughout the interior and at normal driving speeds and acceleration you just hear a nice deep, smooth exhaust that isn't too loud. Then speed up a little and the sound comes out and turns heads, put the pedal to the floor and all heck breaks loose and the ROAR is nothing less than what you get from straight racing exhaust. It's very well made from top grade materials. I can't say enough good about this.
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Lattice, Magnetic, and Electronic Transport Properties in Antiperovskite M3AX Compounds
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The compounds M3AX (M: magnetic elements, Mn, Ni, Fe, etc.; A: transition and main group elements, Ga, Cu, Sn, Zn; X: N, C, B) with the so-called "antiperovskite structure" have exhibited a wide range of interesting physical properties, such as superconductivity (SC), giant magnetoresistance (GMR), negative/zero thermal expansion (NTE or ZTE) and nearly zero temperature coefficient of resistivity (NZ-TCR), magnetostriction and piezomagnetic effects, and magnetocaloric effect (MCE), due to strong correlation among lattice, spin, and charge. Therefore, these compounds have attracted great attention. Early reports suggested that the physical properties of these materials are mainly originated from the complex magnetostructure and the induced variable band structure. The strong coupling between crystal structure, magnetic, and even electric ordering parameters and/or fields is also of great interest for the design of novel magnetoelectronic devices. The ability to control and tune the electronic transport, magnetic transition, and abnormal thermal expansion behaviors of these materials makes it worthy to be studied for fundamental research as well as for potential applications.
We invite investigators to contribute original as well as review articles on research and development of physical properties in antiperovskite M3AX compounds, including theoretical calculation and simulation. Relevant high-quality articles on negative/zero thermal expansion phenomena in Invar, ABO3 perovskite compounds, and Fe-based superconductors, whose mechanism is related with magnetovolume effect (MVE) and magnetoelastic coupling, are also accepted. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
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Working with Matt and Bread is a total pleasure. Matt worked with me to design and produce the Drive Productions website from scratch, he guided me every step of the way whether it was an out of hours panic about google changing their settings, to working round the clock to achieve the result we needed. I couldn't have had a better introduction into the world of website creation. We are now working together on another website which, if we're lucky, will be as successful and well-received as the last.
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Since last week's 'five' was so well received, I thought we'd visit elementary school again.
Five things I remember from Hageman Elementary School in Salina, Kansas:
1. Kindergarten: I sat at the Orange Rhombus table. I felt like a geek. No one knew what a Rhombus was. All the cool kids sat at the Purple Ellipse table. Not that we knew what an Ellipse was either. At least not that first day. I learned to lace my shoes that year, and that if a dog is happy to see you, it will wag its tail. One boy said a bad word and the teacher made him take a bite out of a bar of Irish Spring. He barfed it on the floor on his way back to his seat. (At where else but the Orange Rhombus table.)
2. First Grade: My teacher had a bee-hive hairdo, and she wore bright red lipstick where she had no lips. She had checkered polyester pants, and she taught us to read silently. I drew a picture of a siamese cat that my art teacher loved enough to mat and display for several years in her art room.
3. Second Grade: My teacher made us color with square crayons that were hard to hold. She used the overhead projector to teach math (which I always thought was silly with those miles and miles of chalkboards around the room) and she wore her wristwatch so that she had to turn her wrist over and look at it on the inside of her arm. When we were being too loud and unruly, she'd slap down the bank of lightswitches and yell "FREEZE!" It is amazing what sort of convoluted positions a second grader can get into between the lights going out and the teacher's yell. We became adept at hanging out of our desks and balancing on one foot. :)
4. Third Grade: My best friend, Tresa, and I played at every recess. All the girls were in love with Shaun Cassidy (Da do run run) and I got a pale blue satin jacket for Christmas. Not as cool as Kipra Appleby's blue satin jacket with Shaun Cassidy's face on the back, but cool, nonetheless. Our teacher read us the entire Little House series, and I was put in remedial reading. Good gravy. I read all the time! I missed the last few days of third grade due to a family funeral several states away.
5. Fourth Grade: my last year in public school. My teacher was fantabulous. She put up with a wild class. She read us some amazing books, and we learned about Yanamamo Indians in the Amazon. This was also the year we got to write in cursive. I had a crush on Scott T. mostly because he had been to the Smithsonian Institute. Was I a geek or what? We were brutal to a substitute teacher named Miss Smiedler who wore platform heels. Such monsters.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley's regional director based in Cedar Rapids, Fred Schuster, will be holding open office hours in Washington County from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. Thursday, June 13, in the Board of Supervisors Room in the county courthouse. Office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or communicate their views.
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Robin van Persie will be staying at Arsenal – if his wife and mother get their way.
It's the news every Gunner fan wants to hear and there will be in-depth contract talks between the club and their 28-year-old star striker this summer.
But as far as Robin's wife Bouchra is concerned, their family comes first.
She said: "We have been in London for eight years now. As a family, we love it here.
"Robin is captain of Arsenal and, as many people claim, the leader of the Arsenal team.
"Arsenal believed in Robin when he was young and when he was considered as a bit of a rebel.
"We don't want to upset things at home either. Our kids, Shaqueel and Dina, go to school here in London. And they are just as happy as we are.
"We still expect to sit down after this season is over and have a look at the future.
"We have to make some decisions at some point. But it is not just about Robin. He also thinks about us, his children and me.
"I also love it that everyone at Arsenal respects him. At the training ground, at the stadium, his teammates, the fans.
"Everyone comes up to me all the time to tell me how happy they are with him.
"I also see that Robin is really kind to everyone at Arsenal in return. As a skipper should be!
"A good captain should be concerned about the club, about the team, about everything involving Arsenal. Oh, and in the meantime, I have been promoted to 'skip's wife'."
Even Van Persie's mother, Jose, has joined the clamour for him to stay.
She said: "Arsenal is a beautiful club. They have no debts and Robin is being worshipped there.
"I honestly feel that the fans and the people at the club really love him. That is worth so much, too.
"When we go to Arsenal and we walk into the stadium with him, it is electrifying.
"As a mum, that fills me with pride. It is really fantastic. When Robin's granddad, my dad, was over at the Emirates for his (91st) birthday and we were taking pictures inside, I heard grown-up people behind me say: 'We love Robin'. As a mum, I could not wish for a nicer thing."
Van Persie, speaking to lifestyle Magazine 'Heroes' in Holland, admits his mum is right.
"I have got to know everyone at the club. The kit man, the laundryman, everyone really. I know everyone by name. I love all that.''
Wife Bouchra added: "When it was his grandad's birthday, Robin took the entire family to the
dressing room.
"His grandad went to sit in Robin's seat in the dressing room and walked through every room of the home team. He loved it.''
Van Persie added: "My grandad also wanted to walk on the pitch. But as we all know, the grass is almost sacrosanct and nobody can walk on it after a game. Not even your family.
"But when our groundsman saw grandad standing on the touchline, he said, 'Robin, YOUR
grandad can step onto the pitch'. Well, you see, that's Arsenal."
Van Persie says he will let his family choose after his career is over if they want to live in England or head home to Holland.
He ended: "While I am playing, I realise that it will be mainly me who decides where we live.
"If my kids want to go back to Holland, we will do. But that won't be for another 10 years, I think.
"My kids speak better English than Dutch at this moment. They attend a real English school, not an international school.''
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Kim Kardashian was looking as slim as ever despite the fact that it's only been four months since she gave birth to her daughter North West.
Us Weekly reports that Kardashian[1] revealed that she put off her baby weight thanks to the Atkins diet which focuses on eating high-protein and low-carb foods. An Atkins rep said that Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality star has been eating a lot of healthy, lean protein foods such as nuts and avocado along with low-calorie carbs like fruits, vegetables and cheese.
Kim has been all over the tabloids lately thanks to her high-profile relationship with rapper Kanye West. The 32-year-old model has been dating West — the father of her daughter — since April 2012.
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Rep. Barrow's proposal for vets deserves support101405 opinion11Athens Banner-HeraldCongressman John Barrow is moving to correct an inequity that has been building since 1977. It's an effort worthy of support from his colleagues in Congress.--> Rep. Barrow's proposal for vets deserves support | | Story updated at 10:12 AM on Friday, October 14, 2005 Congressman John Barrow is moving to correct an inequity that has been building since 1977. It's an effort worthy of support from his colleagues in Congress.
Barrow has introduced legislation that would increase the mileage reimbursement for disabled veterans who must travel to Veterans Administration clinics for medical treatment. Currently, those veterans are reimbursed 11 cents per mile, a rate that hasn't changed in nearly 30 years. The rate is less than one-quarter of the 48.5 cents per mile federal employees receive currently for business travel. That rate recently was bumped up from 40.5 cents per mile as fuel prices have risen.
In addition to increasing the reimbursement rate, Barrow's bill - the Disabled Veterans Fairness Act, H.R. 4025 - would, according to the congressman's Web site, http://barrow.house.gov, ensure that mileage reimbursement for disabled veterans will continue to track the rate paid to federal employees when they use private vehicles. It would also eliminate the $3 each-way deductible that eligible veterans must pay when filing for mileage reimbursement, and would mandate that money for mileage reimbursement come from separate federal funds, so that other VA programs are not adversely affected.
Because it is a relatively new legislative proposal, having been introduced Friday, the bill has not yet been "scored" by the Congressional Budget Office to determine its budgetary impact. But an idea of how the program would work appeared in a Wednesday story in the Savannah Morning News. The story cited a compilation from Barrow's office with regard to a 56-mile round trip. Under the current scheme, an 11-cents-per-mile rate would initially yield a $6.16 reimbursement. Factoring in the $3 each-way deductible, however, makes actual reimbursement for the trip just 16 cents, a clearly ridiculous, if not insulting, outcome.
Under Barrow's legislative proposal, the mileage reimbursement would total $27.16, the Savannah Morning News story noted. That's clearly a more realistic and proper outcome, but it does show that Barrow's proposal comes with a cost.
That's not to say Congress, or the people of this country, should be looking for ways to skimp when it comes to making sure disabled veterans are treated with the fairness and respect they have earned. The very real and lasting sacrifices disabled veterans have made in their devoted service to this country mean they deserve no less than the best the people of this country can do for them in return.
Barrow's proposal will correct a glaring and, as the congressman himself said, an "inexcusable" inequity in the way disabled veterans are treated. But in correcting that inequity, Barrow and his colleagues should look for ways to offset the long-overdue increase in the mileage reimbursement rate. In a federal budget loaded with questionable expenditures like the $5.8 million allocation in this year's transportation bill for a snowmobile trail in Vermont, that shouldn't be all that hard to do.
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Visitors to the Reno-Tahoe International Airport will once again be introduced to the University of Nevada, Reno with the unveiling of the newly redesigned Wolf Pack Wall.
Made possible through the generosity of longtime University supporter and community business leader Rick Reviglio and a partnership between the University of Nevada, Reno and the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, the Wolf Pack Wall features large still photographs of some of the biggest achievements in the history of Wolf Pack Athletics as well as facts about the University. It also includes a video screen that will show academic and athletic highlights of the University, shelving to display athletics memorabilia and a dramatic carpet that will make fans feel like they are standing on the field at Mackay Stadium.
The Wolf Pack Wall is located on the second floor of the airport, just past security near the new High Mountain Market shops.
"Thanks to the Reviglio family, the airport's new Wolf Pack Wall makes an important statement to every traveler that Reno is a university town," said Krys Bart, Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority President/CEO. "The new design of the Wolf Pack Wall is the finishing touch on the $27 million Gateway Project that was designed to give 3.8 million travelers per year a sense of place when they come and go from our community."
Reviglio first came up with the idea of having the University of Nevada, Reno featured at the airport after seeing the pride that the city of Boise shows for the Boise State Broncos at its airport. He was the primary donor for the original Wolf Pack Den display, which was installed on the airport's connector concourse in 2008. The newly redesigned Wolf Pack Wall replaces that original display.
"On the doorstep to our community is the gateway to one of our most valued treasures: the University of Nevada. Every person who flies in and out of our community should be reminded of this jewel," said Reviglio who is the president of Western Nevada Supply in Reno.
The new Wolf Pack Wall was unveiled on Tuesday, May 14 in a press conference featuring Reviglio, Bart and Wolf Pack Director of Athletics Doug Knuth as well as Nevada mascots, cheerleaders and band members.
"It is wonderful to have the University and Wolf Pack Athletics join in welcoming and introducing visitors to our region," University of Nevada, Reno President Marc Johnson. "We are grateful to be an integral part of our community, and this display sets the stage for visitors to know this is a University-based community. The support of the Reno Tahoe International Airport and the Reviglio family in making this possible is deeply appreciated."


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John River – Hope City II [Video]
Mississauga, ON – Holy damn. John River just released the realest rapidfire on us with the video release for "Hope City II," which is the second instalment off John's forthcoming mixtape titled The Storm.
In a short five minutes, John River hops on to a Robin Thicke beat (which you might remember from that Lil Wayne joint titled "Tie My Hands") and drops a lyrical fury that tells us his story as a young hungry up-and-comer from Mississauga trying to put himself on the map: "Drizzy is the pop of Toronto/ And I'm the baby/ 'Cause I been in the crib/ With blood up on my bib/ I swear I kill these n**gas if they ever try and fib."
This joint just devoured Canadian hip-hop for the month. Check it out after the jump.
This kid knows what the actual f**k is up. This video is ranking as one of the best releases I've took in this month. I love John River's delivery because you really can't argue with his commentary on the rap game because it's 100% accurate. And it's hard as nails: "Sell your microphone/ Your booth/ And just kick back/ You n**gas still writing your Kendrick Lamar diss raps."
Then John takes us back to his come-up when he used to sound like J.Cole. "To be honest I was scared/ I compared my own flow/ And his was so much better/ Completely different class/ In my city I was nice/ Next to him I was trash."
Now I just want y'all to take a minute and take that in. Because it's so much more than John comparing his flow to that of Jermaine Lamarr Cole. John is hitting us with a commentary on what it actually takes to make it in the rap game. Too often, rappers lay claim to being the best MC in their city or town. And it's corny AF. Because cats lose track of the fact that the whole world is watching. Yeah, it's easy enough to become a hometown hero in a town with 5,000 people. But that's not where the standard is set in the rap game. Maybe you're the only one in your local rap scene who can exceed six syllables per bar. Huge kudos to you. When you make it out into the real world, the other MCs are going to run circles around you. And that's exactly why I'm reeling over John River's delivery. Because he knows that it's not good enough for him to be the best in the Sauga. He just wants to straight-up be the best.
John follows up those lines by telling us about the moment when he actually met J.Cole and was told that he had to start doing his own thing: "I met him in real life/ He looked me in my eyes and said/ N**ga you real nice/ You could be the best/ I know it's true/ He says "You sound like me, you gotta sound like you."
Long story short: you keep doing you, John River. Everyone else: keep your ear to the ground on this cat and step your game up.
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Consistently rated one of the top annual events in the nation, the Annual National Shrimp Festival is held the second full weekend of October. In 2016, the event was a huge success, bringing more than 250,000 people to the Alabama Gulf Coast for a weekend filled with food, music, fun, culture…and, most important, shrimp!
A FREE event open to everyone, the 2017 edition of the Shrimp Festival is coming up Oct. 12-15.
More than 300 vendors are on site ready to serve up everything from fine art and jewelry to shrimp and other varieties of seafood prepared any way you like them.
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Shrimp is the star of the show, so dozens of vendors serve our favorite crustacean in all kinds of creative ways. While there's no shortage of fried and boiled shrimp, why not be a little adventurous and sample something with a twist? A Cajun Pistol is always at the top of our list of favorites!
When it comes to being creative, local chefs even get into the Shrimp Festival act. Winners of the Shrimp Festival's Annual Restaurant Challenge qualify to compete in the World Food Championships, scheduled for November 8-14, 2017 at The Wharf in Orange Beach. Be sure to visit local restaurants while you're in town for the Shrimp Festival. There are plenty of options for those who love seafood as well as those who prefer turf to surf.
Two stages showcase musical entertainment day and night. The music starts Thursday and lasts throughout the festival.
Artists and craftsmen travel from all over the country to participate in the Annual National Shrimp Festival. Whether you're looking for whimsy, functional or fun, you'll find a wide variety of crafts to take home. Looking for something to add to your art collection? You'll find everything from paintings to sculptures and more.
The Shrimp Festival is fun for the entire family, and that means there's plenty of excitement and entertainment for the little ones. Supervised activities include arts, crafts, games, entertainment, music and more. There are also interactive games and activities to keep the kids occupied. On Saturday, anyone is welcomed to participate in the Sand Sculpture Contest held at the west end of the beach at the public beach access. After you've spent the day at the festival, don't overlook the area's many other fun activities!
Availability during the popular festival is limited. Plan now and reserve your favorite property for the upcoming National Shrimp Festival!


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High earners may hold up Harry Redknapp's plans for QPR
Harry Redknapp will face opposition from high-earning Queens Park Rangers players if he tries to offload them to generate transfer funds in the January window.
A number of senior players fear that they will be told they have no future at Loftus Road as Redknapp tries to overhaul the Barclays Premier League's bottom club after taking charge last weekend. The new manager has been told by the owners that he will have to work with existing resources after the previous manager, Mark Hughes, spent heavily on players this summer. He will need a forward after Bobby Zamora had hip surgery on Saturday and will be out for three months.
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Healthcare System Trying to Prevent Price Hikes on Nutritional Foods
Anticipated jumps in food prices disproportionately harm the poor and have health officials worrying about a rise in obesity. A few new initiatives seek to redistribute the (nutritional) wealth.
When the price of food goes up, it's always the healthy stuff that suffers most. Bamba and Bissli, the junk foods that seem to be staples in the Israeli diet, remain relatively consistent in cost. But food that actually provides vitamins and nutrients and contains ingredients that even grandma would recognize: that's considered a luxury item and, as such, is subject to stiff fluctuations in price.
Of course, the ones affected most are low-income households who don't have the dispensable money to "splurge" on fresh, wholesome products when processed, preserved alternatives cost a fraction of the amount. And a consistent diet of such feeble fare leads to disproportionate cases of obesity and related illnesses such as diabetes.
With economic analysts predicting additional price hikes on food in the near future, the Israeli healthcare system is proposing ways to prevent the increase from further harming the lower classes, in hopes of staving off an outbreak of obesity in the next generation.
The tax increases approved last week by the government, in addition to the jump in the cost of raw goods and the drought now plaguing the United States, will soon affect our wallets. When prices go up at the supermarket chains, it's not the candy isle that will be affected.
In recent years, food prices in Israel have gone up faster than in the West. From 2005 until 2008, food prices rose by seven percent, compared to an average of four percent in the developed nations, according to data provided by the Kedmi Committee, the panel charged last year with studying competitiveness in the food and consumer goods market.
These pessimistic assessments are leading senior health officials to propose a broad initiative to protect the cost of healthful foods by expanding the government price-control agency and, for the first time in Israel, enact price control on a basic basket of healthful foods.
"The cost of food is going to go up dramatically, and to prevent damage to our citizens' health it's necessary to maintain sane prices on nutritious foods," says Dorit Adler, head of the clinical dietitians' unit at Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, and the leader of the new initiative.
Adler warns that the recommendations of the Kedmi and Trajtenberg committees (another government-created body to examine socioeconomic issues), which aim to counter the high cost-of-living in Israel, may contribute to the risks to public health.
"They decided to cut taxes on imports of unhealthful foods, such as full-fat cheeses, deli meats and sugar-loaded juices," Adler says. "Abroad, these items are inexpensive, so the idea is to import them here to make prices drop. But it's a dreadful idea."
Adler advocates a food basket that includes legumes – like split peas and lentils – which she calls the "perfect carbohydrate and a hallmark of Mediterranean nutrition" and which are expected to soar in price by 30-40 percent. Additional essential items should include fruits and vegetables, whole grain breads and pastas, brown rice, some kind of fish, chicken, turkey, canola oil, nuts and low-fat milk products.
"A nutritious food basket is a fundamental human right, according to the World Health Organization," she says. "At this point, government control is the only way to make sure it happens. Anyone opposed to tight price controls on healthful foods doesn't understand the real price society pays in terms of rising rates of illnesses."
The link between the cost of food and obesity was diagnosed long ago in peer-reviewed journals in the West. In January 2004, researchers from the School of Public Health at the University of Washington found that the inexpensive cost of high-fat foods is a key factor in the rising rates of obesity in the United States. An article published by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition claims that junk food - potato chips, soft drinks, candy and cookies - is actually the most affordable choice in the supermarket chains.
The topic has also been studied in Israel, first by a research team headed by Vered Kaufman-Shriqui from the S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which looked at the cost of food for children ages six to 18 on the basis of the nutritional guidelines issued by the Health Ministry. The findings indicated that 40 percent of all Israeli households, and 66.9 percent of the poorest tenth of the population, cannot afford to feed their children up to the nutritional standards recommended by the Health Ministry because of food costs. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, these run from NIS 1,450 to NIS 1,980 a month per child.
"In recent years, we've been following the findings, and food prices just keep going up so the situation keeps getting worse," says Kaufman-Shriqui.
In July 2011, at the beginning of the social justice protests, the Rami Levi supermarket chain worked together with Adler on an initiative to reduce the cost of healthful foods by selling a reduced-cost basket of goods that changed every two weeks. But in recent months, the project lost some of its momentum, and Adler decided to promote the new initiative instead.
"The goal is to produce an initiative in which food manufacturers and marketing chain participate on a voluntary basis to call on the state to control prices on the basic basket of food," she says.
Taxing Willy Wonka and his chocolate factory
Another food-related initiative, reported last week in Haaretz, is one supported by the Health Ministry and Israel Tax Authority that calls for taxing junk food, based on a model used in some Western countries. Dieticians insist that if the move is implemented, the revenue generated from the tax must be used to cut the cost of nutritious foods.
Of the 40 policy makers questioned, about half assumed that the public would oppose taxation of unhealthy foods. But a survey administered by the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research at Sheba Medical Center, headed by researcher Orly Tamir, found otherwise. The results showed that one-third of adults favor taxing junk food, despite tax increases in recent years.
"We have to find ways to make healthful food accessible to the poorer populations," says Prof. Shuki Shemer, one of the survey's researchers and board chairman of Assuta Medical Centers. He said a tax on unhealthy foods can be used to promote public health, provide coupons to low-income families to purchase more healthy foods, and finance a national nutrition program for children.
"When you tax sugary soft drinks and fatty foods, you're hurting the weakest populations," Shemer points out. "People in the higher socioeconomic percentiles are usually more aware of good nutrition."
Eran Yaakov, deputy director general of the Israel Tax Authority, notes the advantages of establishing a committee to look at a comprehensive solution to food prices, part of which would be taxing junk food.
"The solution has to be holistic and involve both the Health Ministry and Education Ministry to encourage better eating habits," he says. Nonetheless, Yaakov stresses that there is no intention to use the revenue of such a future tax to underwrite the cost of healthful alternatives: "In Israel's economic policy, all tax revenue goes to the treasury."
The Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry, in charge of price controls on food, responded with the following statement:
"The committee looking into the high cost of food and consumer goods, which included representatives from the Health Ministry and Agriculture Ministry, has not expressed an opinion and has not dealt with taxation on more nutritious versus less nutritious foods. It has instead focused on its main task: to make proposals to lower the cost of living, while looking at the ramifications for the economy and the labor market. The Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry is not responsible for price controls of food in general, but only for a limited list of foodstuffs. When looking at the foods to become price-controlled, the ministers will consider the gamut of factors and their implications."
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|April 6, 2008, 11:35 PM
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Chamber length Question
Looking at a gun for trap shooting and have seen several guns that have 2 3/4 length chambers for a shooting trap would i be at a severe disadvantage with one these guns or should i make sure and get a gun with a 3 inch or 3 1/2 inch chamber
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For shooting trap and skeet, or sporting clays, the 2 3/4" chamber is fine. It is also fine for quail, dove, and a number of other upland birds. If you are going to hunt, depending on what you are going to hunt, you may need the 3" chamber. There is a lot of conjecture whether the 3 1/2" beastie is necessary at all. I don't have one, and have not used one, so I cannot really say. I have read a number of writers that think that with modern high power ammo, the 3" will perform just as well as the 3 1/2". My boss is an avid goose hunter, and swears by the 3 1/2" rounds. I haven't ever hunted waterfowl, so I don't know.
I have recently taken up sporting clays, with an occasional foray onto the skeet range, and the trap range. There are often thousands of spent rounds lying about the various stations. I haven't ever seen anything but 2 3/4" shells, and I haven't used anything else.
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|April 7, 2008, 12:37 AM
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Thank you i was thinking the same thing but needed some one to confirm it
|April 7, 2008, 10:06 AM
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There are only two instances where a 3 1/2" shell offers a distinct advantage. The first is in turkey hunting where you have to hit a very small target (the head). The more pellets you can throw into the area the better off you are. The second is in long-range waterfowling. Because lead shot is verbotten in waterfowl hunting, you are handicapped by using lighter (non-toxic) shot. To counteract the less dense shot, you need to go up about 2 sizes. When you go up in size, you loose shot count. To make up for the lost shot count, you need a bigger shell size - hence the 3 1/2" shell.
|April 7, 2008, 10:40 AM
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Do not know how prevalent it is but at my local skeet/trap range you are only allowed to shoot 2 3/4 trap loads.
|April 7, 2008, 06:47 PM
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If you are looking at a "target" gun you will often only find them available in 2 3/4" shells. There are a lot of reasons for it - not the least of which is most reloaders are set up to re-load 2 3/4" shells - and if you shoot the clay target games - a lot of guys are reloaders. But you can shoot a 2 3/4" shell in a 3" chamber too - so you can use those reloads in a tradtional "field" gun that will often have 3" chambers.
But like other responders told you - 2 3/4" shells are fine. My primary sporting clays and skeet gun is a Browning over under in the XS-Skeet model. It's a great and very versatile gun - and I use it for skeet, sporting and in the field. I have that same gun in 20ga, 28ga and .410 and I don't have any problem using it for quail etc.
Most traditional "trap" guns are usually longer and heavier - than what is common in the field or for skeet or sporting. The reason for this is the relative barrel movement for Trap is much less than in skeet or sporting - so a longer, and heavier gun is actually an asset in Trap ( like a 10 lbs 32" over under / a Browning XT Trap as an example ). But that heavy a gun doesn't swing that well for skeet or sporting - not that it can't be done - but it isn't common.
I don't think a 2 3/4" chambered gun is a disadvantage - and like I say, I use them for skeet, sporting and in the field. For those guns I like a 30" barrel - and for Trap I like a 32" barrel and a heavier gun. The one semi-auto that I like and it's really versatile is the Benelli super sport - and it has a 3" chamber - but its a gun that I will travel with when I only want to carry one gun ( shoot quail, waterfowl, sporting, go to a Trap range, etc ) and it does all things pretty well. 12ga shells are often available in a variety of loads - down to 7/8 oz and as long as they are at least 1200 fps the Benelli will cycle them with no problem ( although a 1 oz load with 9's or 8's is what I use for 90% of my shooting - even Trap at the 16 yard line 1 oz of 8's is plenty). For sporting as an example, I may carry a box of 1 oz 9's, 4 boxes of 1 oz 8's, a box of 1 1/8 oz of 8's at about 1250 fps , 1 box of 7 1/2's at about 1300 fps. So vary the load and the choke and you get a lot of flexibility out of a single gun too.
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Have Indiana Pacers Improved Their Bench Enough?March 8, 2014
If there's one key for the Indiana Pacers in their title quest, it's their bench.
Last season, it was virtually non-existent. In spite of this, Indy fell just a game short of the NBA Finals.
Pacers president Larry Bird couldn't help but notice the Pacers' thin second unit during his one-year hiatus, as told to USA Today's Phil Richards on Nov. 22, 2013:
I watched them all year and every time, I'd say,'Where's the bench?' I talked to (Pacers owner) Herbie (Simon) and (Pacers consultant) Donnie (Walsh) throughout the year.
I knew if I got back in, the first thing I was going to do is try to completely redo the second unit.
Indeed, Bird is a man of his word. Gone are misfits such as Gerald Green and D.J. Augustin (who are flourishing with the Phoenix Suns and Chicago Bulls, respectively).
Tyler Hansbrough, Miles Plumlee, Sam Young and Jeff Ayres (formerly Pendergraph) were all gone by season's end.
Even Danny Granger would follow suit a few months later.
Now, Indiana's bench boasts of the likes of Luis Scola, Evan Turner, Andrew Bynum, C.J. Watson, Chris Copeland and Rasual Butler.
We've witnessed Bird's overhaul firsthand.
The bigger question remains: Has this bench improved enough to help the Indiana Pacers win their first NBA crown?
The Pacers' Bench Before the All-Star Break
Just how was the pulse of the Indiana Pacers' bench during the pre-Evan Turner days?
Let's just say it was good but not strong enough.
Pacers.com's Mark Montieth analyzed the state of Indy's second unit on Dec. 11, 2013, with the Pacers fresh off a 90-84 win over the Miami Heat to up their record to 19-3:
If a 19-3 team can have a desperate need, Granger fills it, if he recaptures his previous form. Luis Scola and C.J. Watson are playing well off the bench, but there's a need for another scorer.
Orlando Johnson—shooting .363 from the field and .229 from the three-point line—has lost the shooting touch he held through most of last season, rookie Solomon Hill doesn't appear ready to keep up with the kind of run the Pacers are on, and Chris Copeland is stuck behind West and Scola at power forward.
Once the All-Star break commenced, Indy was 40-12. According to HoopsStats.com, the Pacers bench at that point of the season averaged 25.8 points while Indiana's opponents averaged 27.8.
The bench shot better from the field (.420 to .404) and the free-throw line (.743 to .730) than the opposition while faring worse from the three-point area (.332 to .345).
Based on Montieth's analysis and the HoopStats.com figures, Indiana's shock troopers did well prior to the All-Star break, but they still lacked depth, relying mainly on Scola and Watson for bench points.
Granger eventually returned to action on Dec. 20. However, at 30 years old and suffering through a long hiatus, he just wasn't the same player he was in his heyday.
Clearly, if the Pacers, in spite of their stellar 40-12 record, were to become even better, the bench needed some tweaking.
It also turned out Andrew Bynum's acquisition would not be Indy's last.
The Pacers Bench After the All-Star Break
|The 2013-14 Indiana Pacers Bench
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It was around this time when Luis Scola was struggling with his shot.
Granger was also having a tough time shooting the basketball, averaging just 8.6 points off the bench on .360 shooting from the field and .330 sniping from the three-point area, per HoopsStats.com.
And then Bird pulled the trigger once again, trading Granger to the Philadelphia 76ers on Feb. 20 for Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen.
Bird made it clear it was a move meant to improve the bench even further, per Pacers.com.
We thank Danny for his eight-and-a-half seasons with us and we appreciate everything he did for us in his time here. We felt we needed to make this trade to strengthen the core unit and our bench.
In Evan and Lavoy, we think we got two really good players that can help us and we look forward to what they bring.
Granted, we are still six games into the Evan Turner era. During that span, he's been both solid and inconsistent, averaging 11.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists on .435 shooting as of March 7.
It's not all that bad considering he's still trying to mesh with his new teammates.
Plus, he showed he has the potential to play point guard in wins over the Boston Celtics and Utah Jazz and in the embarrassing loss to the Charlotte Bobcats.
Referring to the above chart, the Pacers bench hasn't progressed much. The alarming drop-off in three-point shooting percentage (from .332 to .298) certainly has played a role in Indy losing three of its nine games since the All-Star break.
With the Miami Heat gaining on the Pacers, that's not a good sign at all.
The Final Say
The Pacers have the final pieces in place for an anticipated title run in the playoffs.
Or so it seems.
The bench is capable of producing but is still inconsistent. It scored just 11 points in a loss to the Golden State Warriors on March 4 while it produced 42 (mainly garbage) points against the Bobcats on March 5.
But the main issue for the Pacers right now is not just the bench.
After a five-game winning streak, reality has set in for Indiana. After allowing the Warriors to shoot 10-of-20 from the three-point area and the Bobcats to score 109 points, the Pacers' once-dominant defense is nowhere to be found.
With this, Montieth chimed in on the Pacers' issues after the loss to Golden State:
The defense has been erratic, for a variety of reasons. Some games, transition defense is weak. Other games, they foul too much.
This time they failed to guard the 3-point line, something they have excelled at most of the season but not lately.
Two-point nights from Paul George aren't going to help one bit, either.
Another point to be made: If Roy Hibbert's and Ian Mahinmi's inability to contain Al Jefferson in the 22-point blowout loss to Charlotte is any indication, then Andrew Bynum's return can't come soon enough.
Mahinmi's recent surge suggested the Pacers can hold up without Bynum. But with Jefferson abusing Indiana's centers, it is a sign Indiana needs another reliable big man, especially in the postseason.
To sum it all up, Larry Bird has done a masterful job of upgrading Indy's bench. He has addressed all of its needs to make sure the Pacers remain competitive.
Yes, the bench has improved enough. The likes of Scola, Turner, Watson, Copeland, Butler and Bynum are a far cry from what the shock troopers were a year ago.
They can help the Pacers move forward. This unit has to be more consistent in order to get the best results.
Aside from this, Indiana has to regain its swagger on the defensive end. No matter how good the Pacers bench can become, the team can kiss its title hopes goodbye if it doesn't lock down on its opponents like it used to.


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St Paul, Minn. Cretin-Derham four star ranked offensive line prospect Rafael Eubanks (6-foot-3, 290 pounds) learned yesterday that scholarship offers can and will come when you least expect it.
"I was in my coaches office yesterday after practice," Rafael Eubanks said. "I'm still getting some mail at school, and I looked and I had a Fed Ex package from Tennessee. The University of Tennessee has sent me a scholarship offer."
Eubanks talked about his latest offer from the Vols.
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"It's funny because I really haven't had any contact with the coaches from Tennessee at all until now. I never received a call from them in May and I've received very little mail. I'm very excited about getting an offer from Tennessee, and getting that package was a great surprise. I'm going to give the coaches a call today and get a better idea about them as well as getting more information on the school."
Eubanks had originally set 7 schools as his early favorites.
"I still have 7 schools that I'm giving serious consideration to this summer. My seven schools include Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Stanford, Maryland and Miami (Fla.). Now that Tennessee has offered, I might need to rethink my seven schools listing. For now I'll stay with my original seven schools, but that could change."
Eubanks has been in the process of trying to decide where he will take official visits in the late fall.
"I've been thinking about that more this summer. I'm going to sit down with my family shortly and we're going to talk about each school and which schools I'm going to make an official visit."
Eubanks is still in double practice sessions this week, and Eubanks is excited to get his senior season underway.
"I'm really excited about getting the season started. Our team has been getting ranked in some national polls according to my coach, and it's added pressure. We've also taken that pressure and have translated it onto the football field, because the early publicity is just making us work that much harder as a team. We know that we'll get everone's best game this year, and it's actually given us more motivation as a team to live up to the hype this year."


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Sara (Sally) C. McDaniel, beloved mother, educator, and friend, died June 23, 2007, following a brief illness.
Born March 4, 1913 in Kansas City, Mo., to Morris and Anne Cunningham, she began her teaching career at the age of 17 in Nashville, Tenn. Eventually earning her teaching certificate from Peabody Teachers' College, she received a B.S. degree from Vanderbilt University and then a master's degree from the University of Florida.
She moved with her family to St. Augustine Beach in 1946. From 1952 to 1972 Sally served a generation of students as principal of Evelyn Hamblen School.
She was selected to be the first principal of Julington Creek Elementary where she worked until her retirement in 1979. In the words often uttered by her teaching colleagues, "She was the best principal I ever had."
Her interests were varied and wide. An accomplished musician, she played the piano, organ and violin. She delighted in intricate needlework including counted crosstitch, knitting, sewing, and crochet. She was well read with a sharp eye for detail. She and past School Superintendent W. Douglas Hartley had a standing competition on completing the daily crossword puzzle. (Phone call. Doug: "Sally, what did you get for 34 down?")
But beyond all that, and more important, she was kind. A stalwart friend, she did not abandon those in need, nor did she seek recognition for the generous giving of her time and resources. She extended her hand to stray dogs and stray people alike. She was loved.
Surely now she is again dancing, reading and singing with a light heart and bright eyes, reveling in her reunion with friends and family who've gone before her, and enjoying her well deserved heavenly rest.
Sally was preceded in death by her sisters, Martha Ferrell and Anne Bosworth, both of Nashville, Tenn., and her grandson, Danny Nease, Panama City.
She leaves behind her daughter and long-time caregiver, Sally Robinson, St. Augustine; her daughter and son-in-law, Pat and Al Nease, Panama City, and her son, Robert Murphy McDaniel and wife, Kelly, St. Augustine, as well as, her dear friend and colleague, John Simon, and many, many friends. She will be missed by her grandchildren, Andrew Robinson, Wyatt Nease, Katharine Nease Bonneson, Sky, Walter, Lia, and Taylor McDaniel, as well as, her three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, June 28th, at the McDowell Baptist Church, 16 Bayview Drive, in St. Augustine. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to are asked to make a donation to the St. Johns County Humane Society or the scholarship fund of Delta Kappa Gamma Teacher Honor Society. (Please contact Delores Rowley, 829-5518, for information.)
The lights are off. The doors closed. The desks cleaned and books shelved. Only stand a moment and feel the echoing voices, recitation and laughter, riding on the dust, captured in the cupboards, seeping from the floorboards. They travel on. They travel on. But our work is done. Ring the bell. Ring the bell. Class dismissed.
Kotrady-Hudgins-Croyle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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