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Hi Everyone,
stopping by to see how everyone is doing.
Welcome back, Liisa and Susan.
I'll chat ocassionaly here.
back to laundry.
hugs to all.
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I think...do what my HUSBAND DID..SNIP SNIP...and it is all done..*LOL..
no things in me...no pills..NADA...
he had to do the pea bag thing a few days...a bit of discomfort..and he was done....
he complained just a teeenyyyy tiny bit, but then I would gently remind him that he never had to have a baby...*LOL..
but he was the one that wanted to have it done and I am glad, because I needed to come off the pill and there really wasn't any other alternative for us other than condoms....and so he was ready for the SNIP SNIP...
I am blessed..never had any cramps..however..I do have very very have periods..
but I understand after my last exam with the sonogra m etc..that I have a few tiny fibroids and that is normal...
plus heavier women often experience heavier periods as well..
but once you start exercising often the periods get much better...even before weightloss occurs (not in every one..but in a lot of us..*S*)
I think quilting may burn a few calories...heehee..because even sleeping burns calories....
so there is hope yet for you gals..keep it up
I should not be allowed to ever shop at HOME DEPOT by myself..
I was only trying to buy hand rack towels and toilet thingy magingy and a robe hook...
and look at my color for my cabinet that I am going to paint in my bathroom and then the wall color..
and what do I do??
I spend over two hours there...
plus I hated either all the towel racks or they were so expensive, because we are going with brushed satin..and well..I do have taste..
that I wasn't going to spend over 200 bucks on a set..
but...ohhh my oohhh my...
I lucked up in the hardware department...yeahhh me..
when I was looking for screws and such...
I found the PERFECT thing and it is soooo european and soooo me...
and I don't think I can explain it..
but it is basically like how kids or grown ups would hang their coats on..
you know...like a piece of wood with hooks on them...
so this is a great nice beautiful piece of white board with four double hooks on it..so in other words it would hold eight towels...
and so I bought two..
and even though it is white, I can paint it any way I like once I decide on my bathroom color...
hey..it is white right now...
and the hooks were brushed satin...
so I went back into the expensive department and did splurge on the absolute stunning bathroom tissue holder, that is open where you just slide the roll on, and it is sorta curved and very euro looking as well...
then I found the WEED HOUND....yeahhhhhhhhh...
this took you step on and it pushed into the ground to pull out nasty big old weed plants in your grass and stuff..
I did go outside to "play" with it...hmmmm...I have to see if I can figure it out..*LOL
soooo...between all this stuff...I didn't spend a lot at all...
just a lot of time...phew
and I still have to buy the paint, but I will do that tomorrow, I just was about to have my head explode on aisle 14....
I swear...shopping at Home Depot...or anything for your house..
is better than grocery shopping...!!!!!!!
and I am off to hgtv.com because I LOVE to read that stuff as well...
and I am so hooked on the shows right now I can't even tell all of you right now....
okay...off I go...
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Welcome back, Susan we missed your babbling.
Funny how I was thinking about you earlier and look here you are. Yeah on the weight loss.
Natalie, I had a Mirena put in almost a year ago. I like my pills better. With them I didn't have any symptoms of any kind, but I had been on them for 11 years straight and I'm 42 and my mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer plus I already had 2 aunts with breast cancer and 2 other great aunts and a greatgrandmother die of breast cancer. So I don't need the estrogen. What I don't like about the Mirena is the lack of a regular period. I'll go three to four months and not have one and then I'll have one for about 2-3 days. Which would wonderful, but my hormones keep building up and building up and I'm either throwing things at my family or laying in bed crying with the covers over my head. My dr keeps saying my body will straighten itself out and then eventually I'll have no periods. I might be divorced by then. ;-) I was really hoping for some weight loss after I went off the pill but alas that didn't happen. My niece gained a bunch of weight on her Mirena since she has taken it out she is losing. I have a friend who has had trouble losing weight with her Mirena for 18 months now. I myself am taking the attitude of It may stall my progress but I'm just going to have to work harder to lose weight. I lost another pound this week. That makes 4 in 4 weeks. Yeah me.
Hello to the rest of you. I'll try to pop in later for more personals.
Off to finish up my weights.
Hey look, my little guy is on the move. I can almost see the word START
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Natalie, I'm with you in wishing that quilting would burn up more calories! I haven't done any charity quilts yet, although I have bought the fabric for a few. I've been working on quilts for my niece, nephews and granddaughters. I've got three at a quilter's right now and I can't wait to see them when she finishes. She does such wonderful work. I need to make a quilt for my daughter too. Oh my! I've got a lot of work ahead of me. Are you sure it doesn't burn a lot of calories??? All of that getting up and down to press the seams and stuff... it's got to be worth something. I love doing it anyway, and the bonus is that while I am sewing I am NOT eating. And for a DOUBLE BONUS, while I sew, I seem to get very thirsty, so I end up drinking lots of water. So it's not all bad. I just wish I could get more time for this new hobby of mine. One of these days I'll put up a webshots page with my finished projects like the ladies on About.com do. They have some wonderful work to look at.
Speaking of 'work' I've got to go and get ready to go to work. Yuck, I hate when I have to work weekends. Especially when I feel like I feel today. I am coming down with a cold and the cold might just win this battle. Time for lots of fluids and chicken soup.
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susan...hope all went well with the move.
sorry i have been awol. i have these charity quilts that were due a month ago and of course my sewing machine went nuts and i'm way behind but as of tonight i'm on the downside of having it 75% done and i'm doing the happy dance as my back is killing me. too bad sewing doesnt burn more calories LOL.
its been so weird to have 2 hours to run where i want while the kids in school (the youngest is in kindergarten) and monday it's back to water aerobics on a set schedule and i'm so pumped. I LOVE that class! its been hit & miss all summer. i figured with my current schedule i can go 4x a week guaranteed unless a child ends up sick. i'm tired of losing & gaining the same 10 lbs! i had an IUD placed monday and it has already made a difference in my cycle where i can function during "aunt flo's visit" whereas sometimes i could barely get out of bed from the pain of the cramps. not to mention i felt bad not being able to wear tampons because of the extreme discomfort to go to water aerobics during my cycle only to find out my uterus is tilted weird and that is why. if anyone is thinking of an IUD get a mirena...after a week i'm quite pleased. enough 'girl talk' time for bed!!! i have church early in the morning.
hope you all have a wonderful week!
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I finally get back on line..and I get to talk to myself..
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I can't believe I get to post TWICE in a row...yeahhh
now I can take some time to read the posts and reply to them in peace and quiet and maybe release some stress in the process..
I am doing the happy dance with you...
of course..I did set my coffee down first, because as much as I love you, I am not spilling any coffee, because then I might have to lick it off...*LOL
now is he going to STAY HOME????
I do hope so!!!
I am glad he looks good and I am sure he is looking forward to more of your cooking..*S*
keep on dancing...it is good for your body!!!
good for you....
I am not sure my hubby would ever go to the gym for me...
but his job is physical enough, plus the stuff he has to do around the house..
WELCOME WELCOME baaaaaaaackkkkkk!
yeah...this team has grown hasn't it..*S*
or we could do three...
I mean..two ships competing..and an island for those that are "on leave" so to speak...
of course..we aren't going to do SHIPS...we are going to be original and much more savvy..because we are well...SPECIAL..heehee..more special then we know..right??? *LMAO
now...where is everyone..
they are lurking..and they are waiting for some babbling idiot to leave bread crumbs out..
or wait..
put out a pot of coffee...
because you know there will be NO DONUTS...nope...no way...
Ohhhh my dear friend...
your cast is about to come off..
I know you will be about to embark back on your journey and soon you will be showing ALL OF US how to get back into shape..
did you miss doing your exercises like you were doing???
I BET YOU DID!!! come on...admit it!!!!
heeheee...you are dying to get back into the gym...and strut your stuff and waive the arms and move those legs....
I know you want to show them all..and us as well...yep..I know you do..*wink
If we go for money in our competition...we can maybe use a PAYPAL account and add it into it..
and that way we can send a check to the WINNER and not send money all over the country either..
or maybe something else that would be free...anyone know of anything..
not that Paypal costs alot..
I use it for ebay...
sending money is free...
taking in money takes a few cents off ...
so we would have to think about it..
but maybe there is something we can actually put money into where we can even earn some interest??
AND maybe we can even do it so that we can donate the money to a GREAT AND WORTHY CAUSE?????
now that would be really cool!!
I have a few plumbing issues..
wanna come over???
Hubby can fix them...he just doesn't have the time..
he is working 15 days in a row right now and he is just tired, plus all the projects he is doing in the new house.
and me...I am not even unpacked..no where near..*sigh
did I mention I hate unpacking??? *LOL
that is it for me for now...
I was going to talk about all the crap I am going through with my Dear darling sweet daughter, but I am too tired right now and well..hmmm..frankly...
I don't think I really want to think about it right now..
for now...
I am sending HUGS to all of you!!
to all of you that have posted, that are lurking....that will come in...etc...etc..and blah blah blah
have a great great day...
the hiney kicking one...
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Hi everyone..
I know I have been gone quite a while, but as most of you know...I have bought a house and I had to MOVE...
and I finally did!!
Last week I started borrowing Hubby's lap top and I tried to get into this thread and it would not let me...and I was soooooooo frustrated.
Tonight I am on my daughters new lap top and I am sooooo excited to finally be able to post and catch up a bit...
I can't believe how many new people are here and how many great faces ..and yeahhhh I know most of them..heehee
did I mention I hate unpacking????
geeez....I have boxes in my third bedroom and I can't seem to get them unpacked...
I have worked on the yard a bit today and I started taking care of myself again..
yes..I LOST WEIGHT...whoooooooo hoooowwwwwwhoooooo
I am at 294 ponds and it is NOT STRESS WEIGHT LOSS it is actual good weight loss..
I am eating breakfast EVERY SINGLE MORNING and that is the main thing that I am trying to change..to eat in the morning and not skip eating...
Of course moving alone was one heck of a workout..my hand and arms and ohhh my gawd..my poor fingers were so swollen..*sigh
but working out in the yard should give me quite a bit of extra workouts!!!
I have days as always where I am really battling depression and I have a hard time leaving the house or doing anything. But I am moving forward and that is something to be proud of and I am patting myself on the back for that.
Maybe I am just wigging out that I have this big house..and no..it isn't like BIG..it is just big to me...
big maybe because I now have a REAL PAYMENT instead of rent...I don't know...*LOL
but in the end...it was the right thing to do and all will be okay..and I know this!!
I did do my tests *S*
my thyroid is great...and then my doctor started talking about my blood and diabetes...so he pricked my finger..and guess what???
nope...I am perfect..heeehee..and I knew I would be..
had my mammagram done yesterday...also had my ovaries and uterus done by sonnagram..and all is great on that part...
of course the mammagram..you get those results later...but...hey....I had my boobies all flattened out...like a stack of flap jacks....
I didn't read everything...just scanned over some of the posts...
I will be back tomorrow and really read..
I did catch on some of the competition etc...and as I said, I will have to really read everything, but I am always up for competition and I will always go with the majority..
and YEAHHHHHHHHHHH GNOMIE needs to travel again...heheee...he always likes it when he gets around...
and I can always put his pictures on my other website so we can share his travels..
I think I am done for tonight...hmmmm....
I hope everyone will have a great great weekend
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I get enough competition on my "ship". :-) Actually, I've often thought it would be nice to have my group of ladies just supporting each other without having to keep track of everything with the exception of how much weight we are losing.
But I wouldn't be opposed if you all competed.
Today, I did much better.
stayed OP
64 oz of water
exercised 60 min.
no junkfood
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Hi All,
I'm a former Marvelous Matey that has yet to post because I've been wondering where the action was. I was thinking I was missing something. I think some friendly competition would be great. Weekly goals to aim towards, exercise, sticking to diet, posting on the thread, etc. Teams might be necessary if we got enough people to participate.
And, I'm a big fan of prizes for the weekly winner. If people wanted to participate we could all agree to help out by rewarding silly prizes that could be sent in the mail to the winner. People sending prizes would sign up for a specific week, we could agree upon a dollar amount, like $5, and then have some fun rewardiing each other. One thing we also did on the Mateys was send around a mascot, Gnomie. He's a little plastic fellow that has traveled the world. I'd be more than happy to send him out as some type of reward, or just for fun.
I'm all about motivating each other in a positive, energetic and fun way.
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Liisa, I have noticed the lack of participation too. Where is everyone??? I know that back on our "ships" we were a very chatty bunch, so I think you might have a good idea about starting up some competition. Hmmm, what can we come up with? I'm sure that if we all put our heads together we can put together something good and fun.
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Good Morning - Welcome back Liisa!
I'm still unmotivated....I've been doing some yoga because I'm having some aches and pains here and there - thought that might help. Time will tell.
A little competition might not hurt. Don't know if that would get everyone involved and posting, tho. It's been pretty sparse this week.
Have a good day everyone - I have to get to work early.
If I always do what I've always done, I'll always get what I always got.
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Okay Im ready to be active here again. Welcome me :-) Forgive me :-)
Linda, exercising even though you are unmotivated? That is awesome! What types of exercise have you been doing?
Robin, that is so great you guys are going to the gym together! Let us know how it goes.
Lisa, consistency sounds good to me to. Do it!
Susan, I am so happy DS is back. Keep doing that happy dance and youll burn a few extra calories!
Judy, 7 days till the cast is off? YAY!!!
There are so many members here 29. Where is everyone? I havent really been here, does it work to have everyone post on the same thread? Or has anyone thought at all about a friendly competition? Maybe 2 teams or ships, perhaps? Just a thought
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Susan - have you stopped doing the happy dance yet? Great news!
I'm doing the happy dance too - My new fridge is being delivered Friday! Okay, it doesn't take much....
I've been on plan and have been forcing myself to exercise....I'm finding it hard to motivate myself these days.
If I always do what I've always done, I'll always get what I always got.
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Hi gang-
DH and I are going to start at the gym tonight- TOGETHER! I'm very excited. He suggested it, thought about it, and I said..."LET'S GO!"
Susan- Great news on your son coming home!
"Don''t wish it were easier; wish you were better. Don''t wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don''t wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom" ~Jim Rohn
Too busy to answer personals properly now, I'll do that tonight. This week has been a whirlwind.
I need to get back to my consistant behavior I was showing a few weeks ago and journaling every night, etc.
Exercise and food are good. I could do better on the water. That never changes.
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Susan that is fantastic that your son is home safe and sound. You must be so happy and proud of him.
This week has started off hectic with Tyler and his school work. Sometimes I think pulling teeth is easier than motivating him to do homework somedays.
We are going to the psychologist tomorrow hopefully he will have some good suggestions on homework time. I am running out of ideas.
Enough complaining I have already walked over 10,000 steps today. I am trying to get up to 12,000 a day.
Got to go and get dinner started pot roast and lots of veggies.
Sherry Jo
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He's home! I've been out doing the Happy Dance over the weekend! Those of you who know me from before know instantly what I am talking about. For the rest of you that I have just met, I'll explain... my son, Dru, has just gotten home from Iraq. YEAH!!! He was gone for a year, and it was great to see him come home again. He looks good and he looks really happy. So anyway, that is where I've been and why I haven't been around SP for a few days. Now I see something about "points until next trophy"? What is that all about? Things are continuously changing around here, aren't they? I didn't do too bad eating while I was away and eating restaraunt food. I just asked myself "how do you want to fuel your body?" or "why would you put that garbage into your body?" Self-talk is very powerful, right? Anyway, it worked.
Well, I've got to go now. Lots of email to dig through. SP was my first stop.
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Yesterday turned into a busy nice day. Straightened the house and then DD#2's MIL called and invitied me to go with then to their Monday night church dinner. She was cooking and is known for her wonderful rolls and deserts.
Linda, I got up to a plumbing problem this morning. Do not have a plunger so will get one tonight when DD#2 takes me to the store. Plumbing problems must be catching.
Counting down til next ortho apt and it is now at 7 days. I want this cast off.
Have a good day.
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me second! hooray. for once i was almost on time for something LOL. long day i will post more later. son is back to having problems already at school and its only been one week! today was the dentist and tomorrow is the ob/gyn. then oh yes aunt flo in town. can you tell my week will be fun? NOT. hope you all have a WONDERFUL week!
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Hi, team! Had a plumbing problem this morning, and didn't have time to post. I fixed it when I got home, so I don't have to pay for a plumber. Yay! Going to do some yoga tonight - I need to s-t-r-e-t-c-h!
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At least nine people were injured in a major fire that erupted today in the luxury Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital, five months after it was targeted by a devastating suicide car bomb attack.
The fire engulfed several floors of the hotel and plumes of thick smoke billowed out of the building, which was being renovated and repaired.
Witnesses said most of the injured persons were labourers engaged for the reconstruction of the hotel. Some persons fell unconscious due to the smoke and at least one person sustained burn injuries.
Several fire tenders rushed to the hotel to help bring the fire under control. Ambulances ferried the injured to nearby hospitals.
People living near the hotel in the heart of Islamabad [Images] said they had heard a small blast and some members of the Marriott's management said a gas boiler had exploded, sparking the fire.
Police and the hotel's management ruled out sabotage. Several foreigners staying in the hotel were evacuated by the staff.


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I was going to mention Father John McGukin, who is the author of St. Cyril and the christological controversy, and "on the unity of Christ" by St. Cyril. He's pretty pro-reunion. In him you have a theologian who understands what Cyril meant and said by using the term "one nature". Here is a lecture that he gave at St. Vladimir university regarding St. Cyril. http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/svsvoices/our_common_father_saint_cyril
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There's a new reality television show NBC is testing. Ancestry.com is a key sponsor. Celebrities are the subjects. So are their familial pasts. The program is called "Who Do You Think You Are?"
Actors, movie directors and an athlete are followed as experts help connect them to history.
They use research methods and tools common to genealogists, or those men and women skilled with tracing family tree lines.
Stories are packaged for television with photos, interviews, music and, of course, a fair amount of unexpected twists. As an example, the pilot connected actress Sarah Jessica Parker of "Sex and the City" fame to the Salem, Mass., witch trials in the late 1600s.
The show highlights what research trails can furnish and documents in hi-def those "aha!" moments I liken to falling out of your chair. But here's the problem with the Hollywood version: Not all of us give a flip about celebrities.
We care about each other and our stories, historical tales related to Georgia's people, places and possessions. After all, we've been what I call "kin driven" for centuries.
Many residents here have roots stretching deeper than the oldest oak tree in their backyard. More often than not, one Georgia resident's roots are tangled up with trees in counties here, there and yonder.
A general conversation with a resident of the mountains, for instance, yields stories, contacts and a few dozen whiskey still locations from another era. Answer "the coast" to a common question such as "Where are you from?" And you can be assured of the standard follow-up, "Do you know so-and-so?"
My newspaper stories have benefitted from this information pipeline for years.
What makes the past so riveting, I find, is how that history is brought to life and made relevant today.
Take Lisa Kennedy of Crawford. After discovering that the burial record of a Confederate cemetery was incomplete, she made it her mission to correct history in honor of her Hall County relative.
University of Georgia student Jared Peden, a Hinesville native, turned a class project into a treasure hunt. He found antebellum gems in Milledgeville, Washington and Athens that will help the T.R.R. Cobb House complete its historical interpretation.
And then there's Billy Galt. His desire to honor grandfather Ben Epps Sr. - first aviator to fly in Georgia - has led Galt to places he never dreamed, including eyewitness interviews with folks who saw the wreckage from the 1937 plane crash killing Epps Sr.
These stories are among those featured in Kin Driven, a column profiling how friends, families and neighbors pursue Georgia history and its multiple mysteries. More often than not, these journeys start with a climb up the family tree, a problem to solve, or just plain curiosity.
That's what happened to me. I helped track down the story behind the lost headstone belonging to D.L. Hagood Jr., an infant who died in 1934. He was buried in two different cemeteries, had two memorial markers and last year, had three guardians - a brother, a retired veterinarian and me, a newspaper writer. Together, we made sure questions surrounding the baby's final resting place were answered.
The series of short columns about baby Hagood - which appeared Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in the Athens Banner-Herald - inspired Kin Driven's creation. It showed me that when history's mysteries unfold, a good many people in Georgia do more than answer the question, "Who Do You Think You Are?"
They say, "What are we doing about it today?"
• Erin Rossiter is a freelance writer for the Athens Banner-Herald and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Learn more about Rossiter's periodic Kin Driven stories at kindriven.com.
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Scotch eggs! Meat pies! Polony!
Just had my first trip to Thwaites Market in Methuen, and I've already set the plan for the return. The shop is immaculately clean and well-tended, and the butchery is everything you'd want a local butcher shop to be. (Including homemade sausages of all sorts, from classic Italian to English Polony, to Kielbasa, to everything in between).
The signature selections are their meat pies, and they have them warm right there to eat fresh, and cooled for reheating later, or for later freezing. I lost count, but there had to be 20 varieties on hand, from their #1 selling pork pie right on down the line. $2 apiece--you can't beat it.
The winner for me today was their Scotch egg--perfectly breaded and deep fried, with a succulently juicy and sublime sausage wrapped around a perfectly-done boiled egg. $2 again--incredible.
Their refrigerated and frozen prepared food selection was endless, but who still has room in their shopping bag.
Five stars and worth every Google Maps/GPS effort to get there.


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We take our laptops out to public places with increasing frequency - it seems you can't move in most coffee shops for a slew of portable devices. This, sadly, does mean that our computers are more at risk from theft too. All it takes is an absent minded second and your shiny new laptop is swiped from a table or bag and you can lose everything. Work documents, family photos and video not to mention all those other things like website log in and banking details that we increasingly keep on our computers.
Should your laptop be stolen there is very little you can do to get your property or information back unless you've taken some proactive steps to minimise your risk. Setting up simple things like a password for your account and making sure that you're not logged in automatically are just the basics. The next step is to install some tracking software so you can help recover your equipment should it ever be stolen.
Tracking software might sound a bit draconian, but it has genuinely helped people be reunited with stolen laptops. There are plenty of solutions out there and they all perform in much the same way. A small software application is installed and when the laptop is turned on it reports the location by checking IP address info and, often, wireless base station settings. All you have to do is log on to a website, enter you password and all that information will be available to you.
Some of the tracking applications allow you to log on to the machine and copy across any of your data, even take control of the device to shut it off or wipe it completely. The tracking software can even work if the laptop is wiped.
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Irish Record
A trip planned through Christ the King Church in Pleasant Hill brought together, from left, Marie-Louise Ardini, Sister Joanne Gallagher of Christ the King, Helen Gannon and Joan Spalding, and 22 others, for a trip through Ireland last July. The group toured the Emerald Isle from Dublin to Limerick, through Kilkenny, Cork and Galway, and took a moment during their weeklong adventure to catch up with the community news in the Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record.
It doesn't matter if your time away is spent across San Francisco Bay or across the country — remember to pack the Record to keep up with news of the community, and then show your neighbors where you have been. Email in .jpg format to firstname.lastname@example.com or send to Record on the Road, c/o the Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record, 2640 Shadelands Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598.


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One day, I was woken up by the noise on the street. From my window, I saw a skillful thief jumping on the roofs, from building to building. Police even cannot get near him. He is so fast...


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More than sixty teachers, principals and librarians from local Catholic elementary schools spent Wednesday curled up with about 400 hundred good books in the second-floor lounge at Marianist Hall.
The literature of choice included works such as Little Chicken's Big Day, I Love Bugs, and Langston's Train Ride, a book about a young Langston Hughes' journey to visit his father in Mexico.
Teacher education professors Jackie Arnold and Mary-Kate Sableski have run the Picture Book Read-In over the past few years with the sponsorship of the University's Center for Catholic Education, but the event got a financial boost this year with a $3,000 grant from the National Council of Teachers of English.
Arnold and Sableski won the Bonnie Campbell Hill National Literacy Award this summer and will use the grant to fund a yearlong professional learning community involving many of the educators who attended the read-in. The grant will also help send a teacher to the National Council of Teachers of English convention in Chicago this fall.
Local public libraries loaned the books for the read-in, and two librarians from Dayton Metro Library shared their experiences as members of the Caldecott Award selection committee. Each year, the Caldecott Award is given to an artist for excellence in children's picture book illustration.
Caldecott-winning books weren't hard to find at the read-in, and the educators took copious notes on all of the books they hoped to see their students reading this fall.
"A librarian from one school said she's going to share the list with all the teachers at her school," Sableski said.


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BRUNCH EDITION: OBAMA PUTS CHINA ON DEFENSIVE AT RETREAT IN ASIA – Bachmann book out Mon. – Gingrich: Voters want 'somebody tough enough' -- Ray Sullivan: Perry 'likes a fight'
NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL, CNBC "Squawk Box": "'Tebow Time' has clearly taken off. You saw that on the NFL Network last night. The game was unbelievable. He has got something special. People want to see more of it. We have those stories all across the league."
SIREN -- Weekly Standard cover calls Gingrich THE COMEBACK KID," and FRED BARNES SAYS HE COULD GET THE NOMINATION: "Before you dismiss Newt Gingrich for having too much 'baggage' to win the Republican presidential nomination, … consider this: … Gingrich probably has at least as good a chance of getting a pass on his various transgressions in 2012 as Reagan, Schwarzenegger, and Clinton did. If 2012 were an ordinary election year, Gingrich would be doomed by his gaffes, three marriages, and fleeting alliances with Hillary Clinton on health care and Nancy Pelosi on global warming. But 2012 is different. Republicans are fixated on defeating President Obama. They're obsessed. They think about little else. And if that means choosing a candidate with a lurid past and a penchant for self-destruction to beat Obama, Republicans are likely to swallow hard and nominate Gingrich.
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"In their hearts, Republicans have always wanted a candidate who is bold and tough, and Gingrich is. … There's a reason Romney's support has been stuck for months at roughly a quarter of the Republican electorate. His blandness explains it. … To rally behind Gingrich, Republicans wouldn't have to forgive his past sins, just treat them as irrelevant. They already talk about how sweet it would be to see Gingrich crush Obama in presidential debates. They don't see Romney that way. But Romney has two important traits Gingrich lacks: carefulness and self-discipline. … The Republican race, in Gingrich's view, is a tortoise and hare contest. Who would have thought Gingrich, the flashy talker, would see himself as the tortoise. If so, he's a cocky tortoise. In the end, we all know who wins." http://bit.ly/sit3cm
NEW PERRY TV AD, "Outsider": "Washington's broken, and needs a complete overhaul. I'm the outsider who's willin' to step on some toes. I want to force Congress to balance the budget and if they don't, I say we cut their pay in half, send 'em home. Replacing one Washington insider with another won't change a thing. If you want an outsider who'll overhaul Washington, then I'm your guy. I'm Rick Perry and I approve of this message." YouTube http://bit.ly/urnNgF
BREAKING – White House pool report by Jackie Calmes, "ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: Bali, Indonesia, to Guam. 1. POTUS pops into the press cabin 2. A senior administration official describes an East Asia Summit in which leaders of member-nations in effect have China on the defensive over maritime security in the South China Sea. President Obama was plainly feeling good at the end of his eight-day diplomatic spin around the Pacific Rim and paid a rare visit to the press cabin for an off-the-record chat with the pool. He surprised our group roughly an hour into what will be a 25-hour flight home to Andrews (including re-fuelings in Guam and Hawaii)."
THE BIG PICTURE – "ANALYSIS-Obama pivots towards Asia, eyeing U.S. exports and jobs, by Reuters' Caren Bohan and Laura MacInnis, in Nusa Dua, Indonesia: "President Obama sought to charm Asia-Pacific leaders this week with Australian slang and memories from his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia in his bid to boost U.S. ties with the fast-growing region. The top goal of the nine-day trip, which took Obama away from Washington just as U.S. budget battles were intensifying, was to cement a foreign policy 'pivot' towards Asia that could open the door to more American exports and jobs. … Obama was clearly at ease in Asia."
TOP STORY – "Obama scores diplomatic victory over China," by AFP's Beh Lih Yi in Nusa Dua, Indonesia: "President Barack Obama on Saturday succeeded in hauling a maritime dispute into an Asian summit despite China's objections, in a diplomatic victory at the end of his Pacific tour. The 'robust' discussion on the South China Sea territorial row, at the East Asia Summit on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, took place after a week of increasingly sharp exchanges between the two world powers. Washington's new diplomatic campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power has alarmed China which sees the initiatives, including stationing US Marines in northern Australia, as intruding into its sphere of influence."
BEHIND THE CURTAIN – A senior administration official, briefing reporters aboard Air Force One en route Anderson Air Force Base, Guam: "By far the most interesting element in the East Asia Summit was the leaders retreat, [which included Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. T]he bulk of the discussions were a very robust conversation on maritime security and the South China Sea. … 16 of the 18 leaders addressed maritime security in varying levels of specificity. … President Obama … [gave a] principled outline of the position that the United States has … consistently articulated, namely that while we are not a claimant in the South China Sea dispute, and while we do not take sides, we have a powerful stake in maritime security in general, and in the resolution of the South China Sea issue specifically -- as a resident Pacific power, as a maritime nation, as a trading nation, and as a guarantor of security in the Asia Pacific region. …
"After the President made his statement, Premier Wen Jiabao asked for the floor. I would say that even though he started off maybe a little bit grouchy, by and large it was very measured and interesting -- I would say a positive intervention. Positive in the sense that he was not on a tirade, and he did not use many of the more assertive formulas that we frequently hear from the Chinese, particularly in public …
"I think that, from the U.S. point of view, we certainly hit the mark, not by -- no confrontation; this was not 'Showdown at the O.K. Corral.' This was a clear manifestation of an overwhelming consensus among ASEAN and the other participants in the East Asia Summit about the principles that President Obama has articulated throughout. This was spontaneous combustion, and not artifice. These leaders were speaking openly and on their own behalf. I think it was constructive, and one has to believe that the Chinese premier will go back to Beijing with the sense that the center of gravity in the Asia Pacific area is around the adherence to the principle of the rule of law, peaceful resolution, and a constructive, rules-based approach to the resolution of territorial disputes."
FLASHBACK – Cover of The Economist, Jan. 16, 2010, "Time to get tough: Lessons from Obama's first year"
POTUS WEEK AHEAD: "On Tuesday, President Obama will travel to Manchester, New Hampshire to discuss the American Jobs Act at Manchester High School Central."
MICHELE BACHMANN book out Monday, "Core of Conviction, My Story" (Sentinel, 215 pages): "I believe that a conventional, play-it-safe campaign will ensure that American has to endure another four years of Barack Obama and his wrecking-crew policies. That is, if the Republican presidential nominee fails to energize key constituencies, or worse, if the nominee is seen as insincere, we will lose. … I was forty-four years old when I first ran for office. I am a small woman, but my heart for the animating principles and values of America is great. …
"And so I will drive a freedom-and-prosperity train from all parts of the nation to Washington. I will call it the Liberty Express. Then we will stop and invite soccer moms to join us … And then men without jobs or who are worried about their jobs. … We will stop too for African Americans, who share our vision of faith and family … And Hispanics as well, hardworking values voters … And Asian Americans and all the minorities in this ethnically diverse country of ours., all those who look with a hope for the day when a change will come. … And of course, we will pray." See the cover; $17.53 on Amazon http://amzn.to/veaw77
NEWT GINGRICH phones Playbook from Boston to discuss his surge in polls: "What happened over the last two weeks for a significant number of people -- and it's still only in the 20 percent range, or 25 percent range, but for a significant number of people -- they said, 'You know, we want somebody who has big enough solutions, but also somebody who is tough enough, and somebody who is experienced enough to actually do them,' and that's a very different standard that you normally get, to have all three of those requirements.
"And I think they were literally talking to each other. I mean, if you were to walk with me through -- like, I came from Jacksonville to Boston today, so I changed planes in Atlanta for an hour. And if you were to go through the airport with me, you'd be amazed how many people just randomly wave, walk up, ask for a picture, chat, and it's clear that in their minds they're part of a community--just a community of voters who want something to happen. And you can see them talking to each other. So, as I'm leaving, three people who are strangers who just got pictures with each other--you know, they'll take each other's pictures, and then they'll be standing there talking as they wander off. …
"[I]f I'm right, next year will be a national conversation of a style that we really haven't seen very often in American history, where it won't be just the tactical baloney and the back-and-forth and the clever ads and all that stuff. But you'll really see the country talking to itself in a way that will be quite remarkable, and you'll see an evolution of thinking over time. … [I]f you were to track the polling numbers in the Occupy Wall Street people, the more disruptive they've gotten, the more they have decayed and the harder the opposition to them is, and so I think you have this kind of conversation underway that's really intriguing."
NEWT.ORG opens an "Answering the Attacks" section: "Now that our campaign to rebuild the America we love is gaining momentum, those who want to see us fail are on the attack, digging through Newt's past to try and stop us. Newt, Callista and our campaign welcome the opportunity to tell the truth about Newt and set the record straight about Newt's positions on the issues as well as his record in public life and as a private citizen. We've set up this page to arm you with answers to the attacks. See an attack that is not answered? Let us know … This page will grow as we receive more feedback to help you answer the attacks. Menu: Ryan Medicare Plan – Health Insurance Mandate – Ethanol – Fairness Doctrine – Global Warming/Cap and Trade – Immigration/DREAM Act – Agriculture Subsides - TARP - Zero-Based Budgeting in Foreign Aid/Inclusion of Israel - Vote for Department of Education - Dede Scozzafava Endorsement – Government Shutdown – Ethics Investigation - Lobbying –Relationship with Freddie Mac - Personal Life." http://www.newt.org/answers
--Extramarital Affair During Clinton Impeachment: "The impeachment proceedings against President Clinton were due to the fact that the president committed perjury in front of a sitting federal judge, which is a felony. Opponents often try to delegitimize Newt Gingrich by pointing out that he had admitted to having an extramarital affair during the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. What these accusers are ignoring is that the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton were due to the fact that the president committed perjury in front of a sitting federal judge … As the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Newt felt that he had a duty to uphold the rule of law by pursuing impeachment. He stands by that decision today."
--Asking Wife For Divorce While She Was In The Hospital Dying of Cancer: "Newt's daughter recently wrote a column to set the record straight about this smear. This story is a vicious lie. It was first reported by a left wing magazine in the 1980s based on heresay [sic] and has survived in left-wing chat rooms on the Internet until today. It is completely false. Recently, Newt's daughter, Jackie Gingrich Cushman, wrote a column to set the record straight about this smear. The column reveals that 1) It was her mother that requested the divorce, not Newt, and it was months before the hospital visit in question; 2) Her mother was in the hospital to remove a tumor, but it was benign, and she is still alive today; 3) Newt visited the hospital for the purpose of taking his two children to see their mother, not to discuss a divorce." http://bit.ly/t6AWMf
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BIRTHWEEK: ABC's Gregory Simmons is 3-0 (hat tip: Jon Karl) … Clark Dumont
BIRTHDAYS: Nicole Isaac, special assistant to the president for legislative affairs … Congressional Progressive Caucus E.D. Brad Bauman, Florida native and Miami Dolphins fan, celebrating at Dodge City … N.R.S.C.'s Hannah Mcleod, Wake Forest alumnus, Kappa Kappa Gamma … Boston Globe's Romney bird-dogger Matt Viser … Michael Reynold is 32 … Jason Dumont is 27 … Amber Manko … WaPo's Dana Hedgpeth … Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (hat tip: Patrick Gavin) … Larry King is 78 … Jack Welch is 76 … Dick Cavett is 75 … Ted Turner is 73 … Sen. Tom Harkin is 72 … Garrick Utley is 72 … Tommy Thompson is 70 … Calvin Klein is 69 … Ahmad Rashad is 62 … Ann Curry is 55 (h/ts AP) … Shannon Traczyk Vilmain … Barb Leach (h/ts Teresa Vilmain).
AP PROFILES THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, beginning tomorrow and continuing each Sunday through the end of the year. The opening offering, "Role of underdog seems to suit Texas governor," by AP National Writer Pauline Arrillaga, in Las Vegas: "Perry's success as a politician is due to great timing, even better luck — or his savvy and skill as a candidate who benefits from a loyal team of strategists and, while not a practiced debater, excels at the type of meet-and-greet retail campaigning that can win voters over. Then there are those, including the Democrat who lost to Perry in the last Texas gubernatorial election, who prefer to go with all of the above. 'It's a mix of luck and the fact that he's a thoroughly professional politician,' says former Houston mayor Bill White. 'This is the life he knows.'
"From 1985, when Perry took office as a 34-year-old state legislator, it has been his life. …. In the words of Paul Burka, a writer for Texas Monthly magazine, Perry has both been 'sailing with the wind for years' as a conservative in a Republican state and 'has a radar sense of political trends.' … Where does all of this leave him? 'Where he has always been,' says Perry aide Ray Sullivan. 'Being underestimated has its advantages. ... He is confident and likes a challenge. And, occasionally, he likes a fight.'" http://bit.ly/viuxmQ
E.J. DIONNE says Occupy Wall Street needs to evolve: "It's not the '60s anymore. The protests of that era were rooted in affluence. Too often in those years, the left cut itself off from the concerns of the white working class and disdained its values. That's the history the right wants to revive. In fact, the Occupy demonstrations are precisely about the concerns of Americans who have been sidelined economically. … Ongoing violent demonstrations will simply not help the cause … This movement is about something much bigger than 'occupying' a particular space. Occupations proved to be a shrewd tactic. They are not a cause or an end in themselves. Focusing on holding a piece of public land simply makes the movement a hostage to the decisions of local officials, some of whom will inevitably be hostile to its purposes.
"More importantly, the movement should remind itself of its greatest innovation, its slogan: 'We are the 99 percent.' This is an affirmation that it is trying to speak for nearly everybody. Its tactics should live up to this aspiration by building support among the vast number of Americans who will never show up at the encampments. It should also want to help political figures such as [Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth] Warren, who understood far earlier than most the costs of inequality and of the abuses of financial power. The last thing this movement should want to do is create fodder for the ads and emails propagated by Warren's foes. The occupations have done their work. Now it's time to occupy the majority."
THE V.P.'s WEEKEND: "On Saturday and Sunday, the Vice President will be in Wilmington, Delaware. There are no public events scheduled."
DR. JILL BIDEN'S WEEKEND: "On Sunday … at 3:00 PM as part of their Joining Forces initiative, Dr. Jill Biden will join First Lady Michelle Obama in visiting Homestead-Miami Speedway as it hosts the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale, the Ford 400, and join NASCAR in honoring America's troops and military families. NASCAR, Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden will recognize service members and military families from the local community at a special BBQ lunch prior to the race. Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden will also invite a military family to join them as they serve as Grand Marshals for the championship race to lead the pre-race ceremony and offer the most famous words in racing: 'Gentlemen, start your engines.'"
THE SHOWS, from @MattMackowiak:
--NBC's "Meet the Press": Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ); roundtable with Democratic strategist Dee Dee Myers, Republican strategist Mike Murphy, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson and former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie
--ABC's "This Week": Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago); Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE); roundtable with ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and ABC News' George Will
--CBS's "Face the Nation": Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA); Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV); 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
--"Fox News Sunday": Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA); Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi; roundtable with Fox News' Brit Hume, The Hill's A.B. Stoddard, the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol and Fox News' Juan Williams
--CNN's "State of the Union": Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA); author and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ("No Higher Honor")
--CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS Live": (Sun., 10 a.m. ET / 1 p.m. ET): Former Israeli Prime Minister and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak; Author and New York University professor Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics"); roundtable with Prospect magazine Chief Executive and Editor Bronwen Maddox, British Member of Parliament David Miliband and Financial Times chief economics commentator Martin Wolf
--Univision's "Al Punto" (Sun., 10 a.m. ET): "Zeta" (weekly magazine) General Director Adela Navarro Bello; former Astronaut and candidate for U.S. Congress Jose Hernandez (D-CA); 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain; Mexican Presidential candidate (PRI) Enrique Peña Nieto; children of deported parents Leslie and Marcos Muñoz; roundtable with Univision correspondents Jaime Garcia, Luis Megrid and Raul Peimbert (live from the Mexico-U.S. Border, San Ysidro-Tijuana)
--NBC's "The Chris Matthews Show": Roundtable with HD Net's Dan Rather, The New York Times' Helene Cooper, New York Magazine's John Heilemann and Bloomberg News' Lizzie O'Leary
--ABC7's "Inside Washington": (Sat., 7 p.m. ET on NewsChannel 8 / Sun., 9 a.m. ET on ABC7): Roundtable with NPR's Nina Totenberg, Evan Thomas and syndicated columnists Mark Shields and Charles Krauthammer
--SiriusXM's "Polioptics" with Adam Belmar and Josh King (Sat., noon ET / 6 p.m. ET): Chris Lehane, on dealing with clients in "that deep, dark, unspinnable place" and taking his new WGA card out for a spin as screenwriter of the upcoming film "Knife Fight," starring Rob Lowe. And Bill Heyman, the Godfather of Corporate Communicators, on how political press and communications experts can make a seamless switch to the private sector after election day. On SiriusXM's POTUS Ch. 124; also available for download on iTunes and at www.polioptics.com.
MEDIAWATCH – WashPost Ombudsman Patrick B. Pexton, "For George Will, politics gets personal": "The Post's prickly, Pulitzer Prize-winning, conservative columnist George F. Will is one-half of a Washington political power couple. His wife, Mari Maseng Will, is a longtime Republican operative who was President Reagan's final communications director and performed the same role for Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign. … So it was not surprising that Politico revealed in three stories Nov. 11 that Maseng Will worked for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) early this year, flirted with Mitt Romney's campaign in June and was hired full time by Texas Gov. Rick Perry early this month. Should Will have disclosed it? …
"All of Will's columns in the past year and all the 'This Week' transcripts reveal that Will has been complimentary about almost all of the GOP candidates in the race, and about those who were considering entering, including Bachmann and Perry. In his TV comments, he criticized only three: He savaged Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin repeatedly and with glee, and he delivered glancing blows to Romney all year. … Will should have mentioned his wife's work with Bachmann a bit earlier than he did, even if he wasn't writing about her, and when Maseng Will was hired by Perry, it would have been very easy to put out a statement to that effect almost immediately. But I don't see that he changed his tune, in his columns or TV commentary, because of his wife's work." http://wapo.st/uqrmov
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The honey roasted peanut is one of the staples of the snack food industry. You see honey roasted nuts being served at parties, out at bars, and used in a variety of recipes. Its also a popular base for hundreds of types of snack mixes. This decadent mix of sweet and salty can satisfy any craving! Honey roasted nuts are a type of dry roasted nut. The most popular style is the peanut, but at the Superior Nut Company, we also roast pecans, almonds and all of our other popular nuts. The first step is to dry roast them in a revolving oven, which adds flavor and an extra crunch to the nut. Next, they are coated in a sweet topping, made from either honey or sugar. Both taste great, though we like to use real honey for our nuts! If youre looking to enjoy some of the best honey roasted nuts available, here are a few of our favorites that we think you might enjoy: Honey Cinnamon Pecans This twist on the traditional honey roasted nut is a Superior Nut classic. We added some cinnamon to our regular roasted nuts for a sweet and spicy treat! House Of Almonds Tin This tasty tin combines our roasted almonds with the best of our other almond snacks. Try snacking on some roasted nuts along with a few chocolate covered nuts and Jordan almonds to see what flavors you enjoy the most! Honey Roasted Virginia Peanuts These giant peanuts make some of the best roasted nuts weve ever had. Order the party size tin because youre sure to run out. These peanuts are extra large and shipped in straight from Virginia. No matter what your favorite nut, we have a selection of roasted nuts that are sure to satisfy your craving. Why not order today and give the Superior Nut Company a try?


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PHOENIX — A Department of Corrections wildland vehicle was involved in an accident Wednesday, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
The vehicle was traveling on State Route 79 about seven miles south of Florence, Ariz. when it rolled over.
Doug Nick with the DOC said 10 inmates and two officials were in the specialized vehicle. All were part of a program that teaches inmates firefighting skills.
"This crew was on assignment in Oro Valley," he said, adding that the crew spent the day cutting back brush.
Five ambulances were called to the scene, said Colin Williams with the Rural/Metro Fire Department.
Nick said both corrections officers were hospitalized as a precaution. One sustained minor injuries.
Nick said that one inmate was airlifted after sustaining non-life threatening back and arm injuries. Six more inmates were taken to local hospitals with "bumps and bruises." Another inmate was hospitalized with a small head laceration and two more were sent back to prison.
Williams expected victims to be taken to both Phoenix and Tucson.
Two nurses affiliated with the DOC who happened to be in the area rendered aid within seconds of the crash.
The cause of the accident is unknown but DPS is searching for a newer, white Chevrolet Tahoe or Suburban driven by an older white male that was in the area. It is believed that vehicle headed south.
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Noonan Hall is home to upper classmen and women students, along with University administrative offices.
Noonan Hall is home to both traditional double occupancy rooms and private singe rooms. Each room is furnished with closets,dressers, desks and beds. Desk chairs are available to students requesting them. Lofts are available to rent. (see below)
Each of the three residence floors have their own study room/lounge, kitchenette and laundry. Two Resident Assistants (RA's) live on each floor.
The University Presidents office is located on first floor. Briar Cliff's Admissions and University Relations offices also occupy the first floor. The University business office and registrar office are located on the ground floor.
Students per room: One or Two*
Floor (feet): 11.6" x 13.3"
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THE MILESTONE was created to provide area runners an opportunity to test our progress as we prepare to run the Savannah Rock and Roll Marathon. This course will provide a beautiful 13.1 or 6.2 mile run, mostly paved, low or no traffic, and will include regular water stations. Are you ready for the Rock? Check your Progress at THE MILESTONE.
$20 Early Bird, $30 pre-registration. $35 Late Registration
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Two-time defending champion John Isner and top seed Tomas Berdych have pulled out of the Winston-Salem Open.
Tournament director Bill Oakes announced the withdrawals Monday during a rain delay. Isner pulled out with a hip injury and Berdych withdrew with right shoulder pain.
That leaves the tournament without its two highest-ranked players.
Isner, a Greensboro native who considers this his hometown tournament, won this event in each of the two previous years of its existence. He withdrew one day after falling to Rafael Nadal in the Western & Southern Open final in Cincinnati.
Berdych moved up one spot to fifth in the ATP rankings released Monday. Isner jumped eight spots to No. 14.
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Role of Accounting in Maintaining Concept of National Economy Steady Development
The article covers the issues of possibility of accounting and its constituents in solution the problems of steady growth of national economy of the Russian Federation. These opportunities are implemented through the principal accounting intellectual resource of post industrial society, namely, the International Financial Reporting Standards. Based on this, the historical aspects of IFRS implementation in Russian companies have been observed. Problems associated with the use of international standards in Russia has been analyzed, namely, the problem of application of fair value and historical cost estimate, problems concerning both the need for bringing national and international accounting rules in conformity with each other and with internal methodological and organizational IFRS conversions. A range of issues which need solutions have been raised, which, in the author's opinion, would become of paramount importance due to upcoming changes in the system of international accounting standards aimed at convergence of IFRS and U.S. GAAP, which will have an impact on accounting methodology in Russia. Key vectors of accounting strategy development modernization in Russia have been identified, including those in the framework of convergence with IFRS, which are constantly changing. Problems of weakening research and teaching component of accounting has been outlined which serves as additional barrier to achieving the goal of improving its methodology, it also reduces the role of teachers and researchers in development of accounting and economics as a whole.
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Mordle Cogspinner has asked you to find Bixie Wrenchshanker to the south of The Dens of Dying.
You're a proven <hero/heroine>. I have another problem!
My boss, Tinky, went east with Bixie Wrenchshanker and I CAN'T get the outgoing on this thing to work! Tinky's the only one that can fix it and we really need it working one-hundred percent.
You think you could find them? Bixie said something about following some old magnataur to a place called The Dens of Dying.
I'm guessing that's where you'll find them.
You can catch a ride out there by talking with Kara Thricestar at the runway.
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- [71] Oh Great... Plagued Magnataur!
- [71] There's Something Going On In Those Caves
- [71] Rats, Tinky Went into the Necropolis!
[71] Might As Well Wipe Out the Scourge - (optional)
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Initializes OLE support for the application.
Call this function to initialize the OLE support for an MFC application. When this function is called, the following actions occur:
Initializes the COM library on the current apartment of the calling application. For more information, see OleInitialize.
Creates a message filter object, implementing the IMessageFilter interface. This message filter can be accessed with a call to AfxOleGetMessageFilter.
If AfxOleInit is called from an MFC DLL, the call will fail. The failure occurs because the function assumes that, if it is called from a DLL, the OLE system was previously initialized by the calling application.
MFC applications must be initialized as single threaded apartment (STA). If you call CoInitializeEx in your InitInstance override, specify COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED (rather than COINIT_MULTITHREADED). For more information, see PRB: MFC Application Stops Responding When You Initialize the Application as a Multithreaded Apartment (828643) at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828643.


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bernie_8823wrote a question about Mountainsmith Descent AT Chest Pack on July 30, 2010
will this case fit a sony a 900?
will this case fit a sony a 900?
Born in Maryland, and moved every 2 years thanks to the Army. Ironically enough after 16 years of moving around we settled in...Maryland, where I promptly joined the military and continued to travel the world. Love all things adrenaline, you name it I like to do it or at least have a go. I currently live in the UK with my lovely misses, where I spend most ofmy days either getting tattooed or racing around town on my MTB...getting the shopping in. To be fair, I have been away for the last 3 years.
will this case fit a sony a 900?
To be honest I bought the jacket because it looks cool... then hurricane Hanna landed and well my cool guy jacket turned into a very wise purchase and as a result, is never out of reach. Performed well above spec in my opinion.
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Baltimore All-Pro tackle Jonathan Ogden sprained his left knee late in the first quarter of the Ravens' 27-17 win over the New York Giants last night in East Rutherford, N.J., and was helped from the field.
Coach Brian Billick said the injury wasn't serious.
"I think J.O. is fine," Billick said. "It's a mild sprain."
Ogden was hurt on a sweep to the left side by Chester Taylor. He was lying on the ground when players from both teams fell over him as his leg was in the air. He was able to get up and was helped from the field.
Lions take their licks
Lions safety Brock Marion bruised his right knee on the opening drive of Detroit's 20-17 exhibition win over the visiting Buffalo Bills.
Marion was helped off the field after he was hit going after a fumble. He was later carted away from the sideline, with an ice pack strapped to his knee. X-rays were negative.
The Lions signed Marion, a three-time Pro Bowler, to a four-year contract during the offseason. The Miami Dolphins released the 11-year veteran to free salary cap space after he had 81 tackles, three interceptions, and two forced fumbles last season. He has missed only one start since 1996 and has started 138 of the 166 games he's played.
Two other Detroit defensive backs, Fernando Bryant (neck stinger) and Rod Babers (shoulder), were injured during Buffalo's possession. Bryant is a starter, and Babers is a reserve competing for a roster spot.
Panthers roll on
One drive was enough for Carolina's Jake Delhomme to get ready for the season. Turns out one quarter wasn't enough for Pittsburgh's Tommy Maddox. Rod Rutherford's 57-yard completion to Eugene Baker in the fourth quarter set up John Kasay's third field goal, and the Carolina Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 16-13, for their second consecutive unbeaten exhibition season. Rutherford, the former Pitt quarterback who is fourth on Carolina's depth chart, started the Panthers' next possession with his deep throw to Baker, and Kasay kicked a 24-yarder five plays later for the game-winner. Carolina tied the game in the third quarter after Chris Weinke hit Keary Colbert on an 87-yard pass play.
Parcells pleased
As much as Bill Parcells liked what his backups did, his starters left plenty to be desired in the Dallas Cowboys' exhibition finale in Irving, Texas. Vinny Testaverde could've had as many interceptions as completions and Eddie George had more carries than yards. Then Tony Romo led the Cowboys on three straight scoring drives and the defense made it hold up in the fourth quarter, giving Dallas a 24-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Even in defeat, Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil had to feel good because his starters and their top backups performed well. It was the players lower on the depth chart who let Dallas (3-1) rally and failed to do the same for Kansas City (1-3) . . . Mission accomplished for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans: Both sides came out of the preseason finale mostly healthy. Michael Pittman, who got extensive playing time because the Bucs rested starter Charlie Garner, ran for 71 yards on 12 carries and Tampa Bay held Houston to three field goals in a 17-9 victory.


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At least five years of Java/J2EE experience
Demonstrated significant real-world project-related experience
with Python
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with Unix shell scripting
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Familiar with Story acceptance testing, automated regression
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Experience with automated testing as a PRIMARY responsibility
At least two years experience building monitoring for
distributed systems that perform critical business or operational
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Expert in testing methodologies and technologies and the theory
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The Automated Test Developer designs and implements story acceptance tests, system regression tests, and system health, configuration and monitoring tests in Java, Python and Unix shell scripts that exercise the code built by the rest of the Media Asset Management development team. This team builds and maintains mission-critical video production systems.
Qualified candidates will have previous experience writing automated "white box" tests for medium- to large-scale, mission critical production systems that directly support essential business or technical functions. Practical experience in the key disciplines of test automation and the agile software development regimen is required.
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Nestlé shuts up shop in Zimbabwe
Swiss food giant Nestlé has shut down its Zimbabwe unit after a week of harassment from government officials.
The Herald state daily on Wednesday quoted a Nestlé spokesperson in Kenya, Brinda Chiniah, as saying: 'Nestlé Zimbabwe has temporarily decided to shut down its factory."
Other reports quoted Chiniah as saying the decision had been taken because "normal operations and the safety of employees are no longer guaranteed".
Empowerment minister Saviour Kasukuwere, together with Agriculture Minister Joseph Made and senior police officials, stormed Nestlé offices in Harare this week to demand that the company reverse its decision to stop accepting milk from Gushungo Holdings, a dairy farm run by Grace Mugabe. Six workers from the farm had earlier driven a tanker from Gushungo Holdings to the company's offices, demanding that Nestle accept the milk.
The Herald quoted Kasukuwere as saying the West was using Nestlé to 'impose sanctions on the country".
"We will bring under indigenous control all companies that continue to pursue the policy of sanctions," Kasukuwere was quoted as saying.
On Monday, two of Nestle's senior executives were summoned by police to a Harare police station, but released without charge.
Nestlé had long resisted pressure from international rights groups to withdraw from Zimbabwe, saying this would place the livelihoods of its workers at risk.
The closure of its Harare factory may result in the loss of over 200 jobs and also hurt other farmers that have been supplying the factory.
In addition, the Nestlé decision will be seen as a massive knock to Zimbabwe's efforts to attract wary foreign investors to the country..


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Diarrhea due to Giardia Overview
Another name for Diarrhea due to Giardia is Giardia Infection.
What is giardiasis?
A person with a Giardia infection has inflammation of the intestine caused by a parasite, called Giardia lamblia. The most common symptom is diarrhea. Giardia infection is transmitted by exposure to infected stool or contaminated water. Giardia infections are cured with antibiotics. Symptoms improve within 2 days of the start of treatment.
What are the symptoms of giardiasis?
About half of individuals with giardiasis do not develop symptoms. After ingesting the parasite, symptoms usually start within 3 weeks. Symptoms of Giardia infection include abdominal swelling, cramping abdominal pain, fatigue, fever, excessive gas, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. Symptoms of dehydration may develop.
How does the doctor treat giardiasis?
Treatment for giardiasis includes oral fluids, clear liquid diet, medications to control vomiting, medications for diarrhea, and oral antibiotics.
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Some shows go out with a whimper. Some with a bang. But How I Met Your Mother went out with a WTF?!
What the F?!
Who the F?!
Why the F?!
The CBS sitcom aired its series finale on Monday, March 31, bringing Ted's (Josh Radnor) nine-season-long story of how he met his children's mother (Cristin Milioti) to an end—with a shocking bait-and-switch final five minutes.
Some of us loved it, but judging from Twitter, the overwhelming majority of fans were...not pleased. (Seriously, we think we heard Dexter Morgan breathe a sigh of relief in his secluded cabin in the woods from all the way over here. And that dirt on the floor? It's from Lost's Damon Lindelof's shoulder, which he just brushed off.)
Many How I Met Your Mother fans who have been watching all along felt they had been betrayed by the very last episode. You can read our recap to find out why—and vote for how you feel about the final episode!
But was HIMYM the worst TV finale ever?
We've ranked the best and worst finales in recent TV history—with the help of thousands of TV fans who have voted!—and below, you'll find the definitive breakdown of how they stack up.
Let's face it, they can't all be Breaking Bad, which scored an astonishing 94.38% "Loved It" from fans after the series finale aired. Ditto for Friends, which earned an 86.90% approval rating.
Was HIMYM's swan song still better than Dexter's ending, which scored a dismal 66.88% "Loathed It," making it the previous holder of the title of Worst Finale of All Time?
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Nov. 13, 1998
The Return
Today's Reading: "The Return," by Ogden Nash, published in CANDY IS DANDY: THE BEST OF OGDEN NASH, Andre Deutsch, 1972.
THE VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL was dedicated on this day in 1981 on the mall in Washington D.C., right near the Lincoln Memorial. The memorial is inscribed with the names of the nearly 58,000 soldiers killed or missing in the war.
It's the anniversary of the HOLLAND TUNNEL, the first underwater tunnel in the U.S., which opened on this day in 1927. It runs under the Hudson River between Manhattan and Jersey City, New Jersey.
It's the birthday in 1894, Kansas City, of jazz pioneer BENNIE MOTEN. He spent most of his career in his hometown, playing jazz piano and organizing bands. He started his first group when he was in his mid-20s, a ragtime trio. Over the years he picked up more players, including the pianist, Count Basie, and they played a heavy, stomping style of blues. When Moten died in 1935, Basie picked up the band and made it into the Count Basie Orchestra.
It's the birthday of LOUIS BRANDEIS, born in Louisville, Kentucky, 1856, the lawyer and U.S. Supreme Court Justice after whom Brandeis University was named. He practiced law in Boston for many years and was known as "the people's attorney." He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1916.
It's the birthday of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, the Scottish adventurer and writer, born in Edinburgh, 1850, author of Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Child's Garden of Verses, and many other books. He went to school to become a lawyer, but found he didn't like law, so in his mid-20s began traveling and writing books about his experiences. He was always in frail health from tuberculosis, and traveled around looking for a better climate for his health. He fell in love with an American and followed her from his home in Scotland back to her's in California, and wrote about it in his books The Amateur Emigrant and Across the Plains. He worked for a time in Monterey and San Francisco, then after he married her, came back to Great Britain where he worked on Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He eventually moved to Samoa in the South Pacific where he died at the age of 44.
It's the birthday of the early Christian theologian SAINT AUGUSTINE, born in the year 354 in what is now Algeria. Hes best known for The Confessions, which he wrote about the year 400 when he was in his 40s, a kind of spiritual autobiography, and for The City of God.
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