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I was asked to do a Santa 70th birthday card for one of the girls in work, who's father is going to be a Santa, she wanted a Santa but not Christmassy! then I saw this kit by A-Manda Creations from Digital Scrapbooking Studio which fitted the bill, love the suntanned Santa and the little reindeer LOL. The Welsh translation is Dad & Grandfather - Happy Birthday. The Santa is decoupaged so is the tree and reindeer. I thought the kit would have been used as a one off, but I have used this kit for quite a few things, so money well spent.
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/ Green & Red plus sparkle
http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Winter birthdays
http://daisydoodlescreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Birthdays in December
http://willowsketchiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/willow-sketchie-challenge-20th-december.html Lets Celebrate
http://doyoustackup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/dysu-103-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
I suppose the following card would do for 2 of the challenges too. LOL
I did this card for my nephew who was 18 last week, I wanted something to do with jeans and had girls jeans in a kit I bought years ago, but nothing with a boy, so I used Gina Jane from DAISIE denim pocket and added an action in PS of goldy stitching by Atomic Cupcake, which digi stitches any shape brilliantly. I added a grey layer and also with an action from Atomic Cupcake, which made it look like fabric. I thought about what he would have in his pocket and added a digi comb, a phone and a ticket to Swansea football match. I 3D'd the pocket and the inserts. Quite a simple card, and I was surprised with his delighted reaction.
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Fab card Faitha, don't forget Willow Sketchie as well as the theme is "Let's Celebrate" and runs for 2 weeks from today xxReplyDelete
Love that pocket idea and hope to remember it for my grandson's birthday! And I'm still smiling over that suntanned Santa!ReplyDelete
Two fabulous cards Faith well done again, such a cute Santa ane I love that pocket idea too.Just popping by to wish you & your family a very Happy Christmas & thanks for all the lovely comments throughout the year :) hugs Viv xxReplyDelete
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Wonderful creations! Great JOB!!
Thanks for joining us at Willow Sketchie Challenge, good luck!
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Hello Faith , what fun cards love them both .ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us this time for our RED GREEN and SPARKLY Challenge at
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Your card for our challenge is fabulous , I wish you a Merry Christmas and Good Luck Hugs Elaine
What a fun Santa card and pocket card. Great job. Thanks for joining us this week at Crafting For All Seasons.ReplyDelete
Two great cards!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at DYSU!
Two brilliant cards! I love them both!ReplyDelete
Wow those are some fabulous birthday cards. I really love the one you did for your nephew fabulous card.ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining our fortnightly challenge here at Daisy Doodles challenges. Hope you will join us next time. DT Crafting Vicky
Both cards are gorgeous......thanks for sharing with Willow Sketchie....hope to see you next time again!ReplyDelete
xxx Margreet
stunning cards thanks for joining us at daisy doodles and good luck emma xxReplyDelete
Many thanks for joining in with our last challenge of the year over at Daisy Doodles Creative ChallengesReplyDelete
Hope you had a fabulous Christmas and I would like to wish you a very Happy & Healthy 2013. Hope you will join in with our challenges in th New Year.
Mandy (DT member for Daisy Doodles)
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How does a judgement work in Texas? I have a large (20k) unsecured loan that has been filed for judgement. At present, my debts exceed my income by a lot. Would Texas allow the debtor to attach my bank account? Such action would force me into bankruptcy.
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if there is a judgment, the creditor could garnish your bank account if they know the details..but call for a no fee consultation to discuss..
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Within such a climate of change during the 1770s and 1780s, it was impossible that fashion would not be influenced by social conditions.
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Our friends over at TeleRead have some information up on Readmill that iPhone e-book readers will want check out:
Readmill's newly-released app (appropriately enough, it's called Readmill for iPhone) was designed to create what they're referring to as "a seamless mobile reading experience for users." Readmill, after all, is already available as an app for the iPad. And so Readmill built the new app partially to cater towards the growing number of people wanting to read e-books via their smartphones, as well as for those wanting to synchronize their reading experience across devices.
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Reviewers' Choice Awards honor the best books of the year. The winners and nominees are selected by Romantic Times' staff of over 50 reviewers representing the readers' voice in the women's fiction industry. Winners will be announced in the June issue, and were honored at a ceremony April 24 at the 26th annual Booklovers Convention in Orlando, Florida.
The results of the 2009 Linda Howard Award of Excellence are in.
Congrats to all our inspy friends!
1. Promises to Keep by Tina Radcliffe
2. Finding Grace by Stacy Monson
3. The Path by Lee Duncan
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Clear your calendar, this week is going to be awesome!
Monday: Join us April 28th, when the fabulous SuperChick, Gina Welborn will discuss Synopsis: The Good, the Bad, the Unjudged Optional.
Tuesday, April 29th: Writing Outside the Box with Barbara Larriva.
Wednesday, April 30th: 2009 RITA Inspirational finalist, Judy Duarte visits today! And she'll be doing a giveaway too!
Thursday, April 31st: We are delighted to have agent Natasha Kern in Seekerville!
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ABOUT THE CLASS:Whether you've got a complete manuscript or you've just started one, this class will help you write a complete synopsis for your story. Camy will take you step by step so that by the end of the class you will have written a one-page synopsis, a 4-6 page synopsis, and also a more organic "character" synopsis. She'll give you tips and tricks to ensure you have all the structural and character elements an editor is looking for: Inciting Incident, external goal, internal conflict, romantic conflict, major obstacles, epiphany, climax, and resolution. Never fear synopsis writing again--this class will make you synopsis savvy!
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers," Dorothy Parker once wrote, "the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of 'The Elements of Style.' The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy."
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MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe is stepping down as CEO of the company, with the core executive team (including the company's president, Tom Anderson) to follow. A new CEO has reportedly already been recruited and is in the final stages of contract negotiations.
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"In the last year, people somehow found a way to spend 73% more time on Facebook Inc. and other social networking sites, if that were possible.
The stat comes from Nielsen Co.'s The Global Online Media Landscape, released Wednesday. In February, Nielsen found, people used social network sites more than they used Web-based e-mail for the first time ever. "
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Random to Release Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol' in September
After a long wait, Random House announced that Dan Brown's new novel, The Lost Symbol, will be released September 15. The company is setting a 5-million copy first printing to the follow-up to the Da Vinci Code, the highest in RH history.


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The same-sex marriage issue now: Back to the political realm?
The Supreme Court's now-finished hearings on same-sex marriage have taken their place in the national constitutional debate over the way forward for the latest civil rights movement--the reach for acceptance and legal equality for gays and lesbians. Over the next few weeks, and perhaps longer, the Supreme Court will be discussing in private just what it is going to say to America on that issue.
If the dominant themes that emerged during two historic days of constitutional argument at the court hold true in the end, it would appear that the justices are--more likely than not--going to pass the issue largely back to the political realm, of state legislatures and voter referendums.
Two laws against same-sex marriage, one state and one federal, were being tested in the court's overcrowded chamber Tuesday and Wednesday, and there was a strong suggestion that neither one of them would survive the test. But that might happen on such narrow grounds that the nation would not know much more about the constitutional rank of gays and lesbians than it did before this week.
Taking stock of where the gay rights movement was before the justices stepped in as constitutional actors, it is clear that the striving for legal equality was advancing, and perhaps at a surprising pace.
The federal ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the U.S. military, an institution that enjoys special honor and prestige in America, has ended. And more cities around the nation are passing laws to protect homosexuals from discrimination in jobs and life's other pursuits.
Next month, Colorado will become the ninth state to give same-sex couples virtually all of the benefits of being married, except marriage itself. And campaigns to win the actual right to enter marriage may be approaching success in Illinois and New Mexico, which would make them the 10th and 11th states to do so.
And, with notable frequency, new popular opinion polls suggest that a rising proportion of the population favors increased opportunities and rights for homosexuals, including support for same-sex marriage itself.
On the second day of the court's hearing on marriage rights, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. made a somewhat sardonic comment, but it was one that took note of the changing political atmosphere. He told a gay rights lawyer arguing against the Defense of Marriage Act: "As far as I can tell, political figures are falling over themselves to endorse your side of the case." He presumably meant not just her side of this particular lawsuit, but her general plea for legal equality.
So, as those hearings unfolded, the question arose: Is the court ready to hand the gay rights campaign a major constitutional victory, a major setback, or something in between? The court had not decided a significant gay rights case in the past decade; the last was a historic decision in 2003 finding a constitutional right of privacy for homosexuals in their private sexual intimacy.
The court stepped back into the debate over gay rights when, in December, it accepted review of the two cases--one on the federal DOMA law from 1996, restricting federal marital benefits to opposite-sex couples, and the other, on California's Proposition 8 enacted by the state's voters in 2008, banning marriage for same-sex couples.
Both of those laws, of course, reflected the political reality of their day: The gay rights movement was active then, gaining in some areas, but not making great gains politically. That appeared to have at least begun to change last November. With the marriage equality movement's first victories at the polls, same-sex marriage became legal in Maine, Maryland, and Washington state.
As nearly four hours of hearings before the justices played out, it appeared that the most likely prospect was that gay rights might well gain, but not sweeping victories. The federal Defense of Marriage Act appeared to be the most vulnerable, but not on a truly broad constitutional basis; it seemed that the court would strike it down, but on the premise that it was an invalid congressional intrusion into a field traditionally controlled by state laws.
If DOMA did fall on that basis, the court would not have decided whether to establish a new and tougher-to-meet constitutional standard for laws treating gays and lesbians less favorably; that calculus is reserved for claims of discrimination, not for arguments about interfering with states' rights.
And Proposition 8 appeared to be likely to fall, too, but not because the court would expressly strike it down as an unconstitutional violation of equality, but because the justices had concluded that the test of its constitutionality was one that they should not even have taken on at this point. Such a result would leave intact a federal appeals court ruling nullifying Proposition 8 on a basis so narrow that it would apply to California only, and say nothing about laws against same-sex marriage in other states.
If those are the outcomes that are to emerge, when the court decides the two cases before going off on its summer recess, then the justices essentially would have handed back to the democratic process the question: Where do gay rights go from here?
No doubt, other constitutional controversies over the rights of gays and lesbians will be working their way up toward the Supreme Court, but probably not until after the political community has further opportunity to determine at least the short-term prospects for the movement.
Lyle Denniston is the National Constitution Center's Adviser on Constitutional Literacy. He has reported on the Supreme Court for 55 years, currently covering it for SCOTUSblog, an online clearinghouse of information about the Supreme Court's work.
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A University of South Florida strength and conditioning coach has resigned after posting a tweet critical of the 49ers fifth-round draft pick Aaron Lynch, according to ESPN.com
CBSsports.com earlier had reported Hans Straub was placed on indefinite leave after tweeting the following in reference to the selection of defensive end Lynch, who left Notre Dame for South Florida after making what Lynch described as mistakes: "Thought an organization with 5 Super Bowl titles would have a stricter draft criteria. Clearly, integrity & character are not a priority." The school announced Tuesday that Straub had resigned.
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said that Lynch "needs direction" after making the pick of Lynch, whom some had pegged to have character flaws. Harbaugh sought the opinion of South Florida coach Willie Taggart, who played for Harbaugh's father, Jack, at Western Kentucky.
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SACRAMENTO (KCBS/AP) – A new Field Poll confirms what two other surveys said earlier this week: Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer has opened up a lead over Republican Carly Fiorina.
The poll gives Barbara Boxer a growing lead in her fight to return to the U.S. Senate. It's the third survey this week to show the Democrat pulling away from Republican challenger Carly Fiorina.
Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo said while this may be a bad year for incumbents, the incumbent Boxer is winning by six points. Of likely voters surveyed, 47 percent say they will vote for Boxer, and 41 percent say they'll vote for Fiorina.
"The biggest change has to do with Carly Fiorina," said DiCamillo. "She now is viewed more negatively than positively.
DiCamillo surmised that the new numbers have much to do with the advertising that the Boxer campaign has done. "It has had the intended effect," said DiCamillo.
Boxer enjoyed a 12-to-1 cash advantage over Fiorina in the latest campaign reports, made public early in the summer.
Boxer began running advertisements Sept. 13, the day before polling began for the survey, while Fiorina did not launch her first statewide TV ad until Thursday.
Boxer opened with a television ad highlighting her accomplishments in Congress, then released an ad accusing Fiorina of enriching herself as a corporate executive while laying off thousands of workers at Hewlett-Packard Co. and shipping jobs overseas.
Fiorina's first ad of the general election attacks Boxer's "arrogance" when she asked an Army Corps of Engineers general during a committee hearing to call her "senator," rather than "ma'am."
Fiorina said Friday that the poll numbers weren't surprising given the timing of Boxer's ads. She said swing voters are very important, and her campaign will target them.
"The Field Poll says that Barbara Boxer, having spent millions of dollars in deceptive advertising and taking her best shot, hasn't moved her own numbers one bit," said the GOP candidate. "There's been a pretty small but predictable impact on me. Now we're on air."
Boxer campaign manager Rose Kapolczynski said voters are starting to assess Fiorina's record.
"The latest Field Poll shows that when voters see the clear choice in this election, they reject Carly Fiorina's record of layoffs, outsourcing and perks," Kapolczynski said in a statement.
The poll surveyed 857 registered voters from Sept. 14 to Sept. 21 and has a margin of error of 4.1 percentage points. Among likely voters, the poll has a sampling error of 5.8 percentage points.
For Fiorina supporters, the November election is shaping up as a referendum on Boxer, who is seeking a fourth term in the Senate.
Two-thirds of Fiorina's supporters said they are motivated more by their dislike of Boxer than their enthusiasm for Fiorina.
Unlike GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, who has made inroads with women and Hispanics, Boxer has maintained the lead among those groups. Likely female voters favor Boxer 46 percent to 40 percent. The senator has 48 percent support among likely Hispanic voters, compared to 29 percent for Fiorina.
That means Fiorina will have to get independent voters to turn out for her in November, DiCamillo said. The Field Poll found independents favoring Boxer 46 percent to 40 percent over Fiorina, with 14 percent of them undecided.
"The path to success for Fiorina will probably be somewhat different than for Whitman," DiCamillo said. "Fiorina has less of an opportunity just because her stances really run counter to where most Democrats are. In my judgment, she's going to have to win nonpartisans by double-digit margins."
Democrats have a registration edge in California of about 13 percentage points.
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Spain is home to an impressive number of famous chefs and restaurants that produce some of the world's most delicious Mediterranean cuisine.
Spain is home to an impressive number of Spanish world renowned chefs and famous restaurants that produce some of the world's most delicious Mediterranean cuisine. The Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known restaurant guide in Europe reviews and rates top restaurants and famous chefs every year. The Michelin rating system of one to three stars is the most recognized in the culinary world, identifying high quality restaurants and outstanding chefs in Spain and Europe.
In 2011, Michelin awarded 139 restaurants in Spain with stars: Seven Spanish restaurants earned the coveted three star rating, signifying exceptional cuisine worth travelling for; 14 Spanish chefs and restaurants earned two stars for excellent cooking, worth taking a detour; and 117 restaurants in Spain earned one star for excellent restaurants of category.
Food in Spain is as diverse as the European people and plays an integral role in everyday Spanish life, from celebrations to funerals. Spanish cuisine varies by region and is renowned for its fresh Mediterranean ingredients, rich in pork, seafood, olive oil, fruits, vegetables, cheese and various types of beans. Along with a love for food is adoration for great Spanish chefs Several famous Spanish chefs have gained international fame and recognition for their exquisite cuisine and superb restaurants.
Catalonian Spanish chef Ferran Adrià has been declared the best chef in the world by the New York Times and by French chef Joël Robuchon. Considered the most imaginative creator of haute cuisine on the planet, the world renowned Spanish chef owns the three-star Michelin restaurant called El Bulli, located in Rosas, approximately two hours from Barcelona. There, one can indulge in various Ferran Adrià creations including liquid ravioli, caviar made from olive oil, pine cone mousse, cuttlefish ravioli in coconut milk, parmesan snow and other culinary delights. Chef Ferran Adrià's immense success has inspired various protégés such as Chef Sergi Arola, owner of La Broché Restaurant, and Chef José Andrés, host of the television program Made In Spain.
On Spanish television, Chef Karlos Arguiñano is famous for his televised cooking programs and keen sense of humor. Additionally, Chef Simone Ortega, Chef Ángel Muro and María Mestayer de Echagüe have all found wide recognition for their cooking guides.
Other prominent Spanish chefs include: Paco Torreblanca (master pastry chef), Alberto Chicote (famous for fusing Spanish and ethnic cuisine) Quique Dacosta (2 star Michelin restaurant in Denia), Daniel García (National Gastronomy Award Recipient in 2009), Enrique Martínez (National Gastronomy Award Recipient in 2002), Paco Roncero (famous for miniature cuisine), and many more.
Restaurants in Spain from World Renowned Chefs
Of course, we cannot forget the other world renowned Spanish chefs whose restaurants boast the prestigious three star Michelin rating:
Juan Mari Arzak: Owner of Arzak restaurant in San Sebastian. The Spanish chef is considered a master of Basque cuisine with an evolutionary and avant-garde style.
Santi Santamaría: The first Catalan cook to earn the three-star Michelin rating for Can Fabes restaurant in Sant Celoni, Barcelona. Can Fabes was recognized as the 31st best restaurant in the world according to the 2008 edition of Restaurant Magazine.
Martín Berasategui: This famous Spanish chef runs the Berasategui restaurant in Lasarte (Guipúzcoa) which was voted the 29th best in the world according to the 2008 edition of Restaurant Magazine.
Carme Ruscalleda: In Sant Pol de Mar, between Barcelona and Girona, you can find the Sant Pau restaurant, recipient of the three Michelin stars and three Campsa-Repsol suns.
Joan Roca: Chef Joan Roca and his brothers Josep and Jordi Roca are in charge of the El Celler de Can Roca restaurant in Girona, Spain. This family restaurant focused on traditional meals was voted the 5th best in the world by Restaurant Magazine in 2010.
Pedro Subijano: San Sebastian is home to another top-notch restaurant called Akelarre, known for its fresh seafood and Basque cuisine. Chef Pedro Subijano was awarded the National Prize for Gastronomy in 1979 and is also known for growing his own herbs.


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Weekend Warriors Find Each Other, Selves with SportsviteJanuary 25, 2009
You're a serious baller with no worthy opponents.
You're a tennis nut who can't find an equally-rated opponent.
You just want to play some beach volleyball and gawk at the bikini-clad hotties—but you need teammates so you don't come off looking like a pervert. You perv.
Sportsvite allows weekend warriors to link up with each other through its site and plan outings, maintain teams, and fill schedules.
The site lets you set up a profile, interests, favorites sports and the like, then you can search for teams or players to hoop it up with. Searches by region or sport make it easy to find locals who are into your sports.
Sportsvite lets users find athletic matches to play against, run your team or start a league. Think of it as fantasy football, except this is not imaginary. It's the real people world. One tutorial says you can set up a team in as little as 10 minutes.
Mashable says Sportsvite has been around since 2005. At first the site only connected people in the United States, but more countries have come online including Turkey, Italy, Germany, the U.K., and Vietnam.
It's flown under the radar for awhile now. Sportsvite hasn't received significant coverage from TechCrunch or Mashable in more than a year. But the site saw a major redesign this past year and features a minimal design with bright color contrast, easy interface and clean lines.
Sportsvite received $2 million in funding in 2007 from Grace Drive Managment at a time when Sportsvite boasted 20,000 users.
TechCrunch's CrunchBase database shows Sportsvite peaking with 80,000 unique visitors in August 2008, but that number leveled out to about 40,000 unique visitors in December.
Sportsvite also runs wRECksports, a recreation sports blog.
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Randstad Canada's Women Shaping Business study shows 47 per cent of those surveyed believe it's because employers fear absence due to family
TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Randstad Canada's fourth annual Women Shaping Business study – conducted in partnership with Ipsos Reid – has found that despite efforts to achieve equality in the workplace, nearly three-quarters (71 per cent) of working Canadian women are in roles below the management level, and cite the number one barrier to leadership at work is an employer's fear of absence due to family obligations (47 per cent). The study also discovered that only five per cent of working Canadian women are employed in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields, presenting a major inequality in these key areas for Canada's future workforce and economy.
"Change is hard, but it's critical for businesses that want to grow and flourish," said Faith Tull, senior vice president, human resources, Randstad Canada. "Our research shows that organizations that promote and support women perform better in an array of areas, including financially, but we're still seeing a large gap between men and women in leadership positions, particularly in those important STEM fields."
Other concerning findings from the 2015 Women Shaping Business study include:
"In order to remain competitive, to attract top talent and promote gender diversity in more senior roles, Canadian employers need to enhance their offerings to alleviate workplace stress related to family obligations," Ms. Tull added. "Making leadership opportunities accessible and attractive for women starts with nurturing a work culture of flexibility, openness and empowerment."
About the Women Shaping Business program: Launched in 2012, Randstad Canada's Women Shaping Business program aims to explore the challenges and opportunities for today's Canadian women in the workplace. A key element of the program is a nationwide survey conducted annually by Randstad Canada in collaboration with Ipsos Reid, asking Canadian women how they feel the country has progressed toward more equal workplaces. This year, the survey was conducted between August 17 and 21, 2015. A sample of 1,005 working women (including 303 managers and executives) were interviewed online.
The full survey results can be found at www.womenshapingbusiness.ca
About Randstad Canada: Randstad Canada is the Canadian leader for staffing, recruitment and HR Services. As the only fully integrated staffing company in the country, it understands the recruitment needs and demands of employers and job seekers across all levels and industries. Through its insightful knowledge of local markets, employment trends and global network of recruitment experts, it is shaping the Canadian world of work. Visit randstad.ca for more information.
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"JINN" (Movie Review)Movies/TV,News,Reviews Michael Gingold
According to the ads, JINN is "The secret half the world has been keeping"—and they're not the only ones. The movie opened today with no advance screenings, and in such situations one can hope for an unheralded surprise, or at least maybe a new trash classic. Unfortunately, one hilarious highlight aside, neither is the case here.
What JINN is is a film in which no small amount of money and behind-the-scenes expertise has been expended on the cinematic equivalent of fan fiction. Writer/director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad also designed the creatures, titles and central vehicle (more on that in a moment), and his hero is Shawn (Dominic Rains), a graphic illustrator of superheroes, monsters and hot cars who has an equally hot wife. (Does this make JINN an unofficial remake of Matt Busch's CONJURE?) Said spouse, Jasmine (Serinda Swan), is beautiful but just can't seem to make dinner without burning it, and on a more serious note, reveals to Shawn early in the movie that she's incapable of having children—and that it's perfectly fine if he therefore decides to leave her for another woman.
Having established an attitude toward its one female character that's as ancient as its mythology, JINN gets into the meat of its tale. This scenario is first established by a prologue set in a turn-of-the-20th-century India that looks remarkably like Michigan, where the rest of the film was lensed and takes place. Back then, a religious warrior named Jehangir (also played by Rains) took on an evil jinn, one of a race of beings born of fire at the same time man was created from clay and angels from light. The creature swore to kill each generation of Jehangir's offspring, though you'd think exterminating the first would pretty much nip the bloodline in the bud, but anyway, it's now Shawn's turn to assume his position as a guardian of humanity.
Ahmad's goal was apparently to introduce heretofore unexplored folklore into the screen landscape, but JINN winds up being another case of potentially intriguing material being wrapped up in the same old hokum about prophecies and chosen ones and ancient talismans and magic daggers and protective religious figures and asylum inmates with knowledge of arcane secrets. Those assisting Shawn are Father Westhoff, played by William Atherton as if he really can't believe the lines he has to say, and Gabriel, portrayed by Ray Park. A long way from THE PHANTOM MENACE and X-MEN, Park figures in the aforementioned silly sequence in which Gabriel fights off a bunch of possessed asylum inmates, the unintentionally funniest display of martial-arts prowess since Nicolas Cage kicked Leelee Sobieski in the face in THE WICKER MAN.
Too bad Gabriel lets his guard down to telekinetically fetch Shawn's car keys for him—but then, Shawn's car, the "Firebreather," is also a key figure in JINN, confirming more than one bit of dialogue speculation that it can outrun the titular creatures. Perhaps this is to be expected in a movie lensed in and around the Motor City, and evidently more effort was put into making the Firebreather an impressive piece of automotive construction than into telling a coherent story or establishing memorable characters. (We even learn, during the endless closing credits, who the owners of the first run of actual Firebreathers are.) In general, JINN is more accomplished technically than creatively; Robert Mehnert's cinematography, Noah Sorota's music and the visual FX supervised by Joseph H. Coleman are all proficient enough, if rather generic for this genre, and Robert Kurtzman, who previously wrought and directed a djinn in WISHMASTER, does a good job with the assorted makeup and creature FX. But the budgetary restrictions show when JINN becomes one of those films in which a spiritual conflict that threatens worldwide catastrophe is settled with the supernatural equivalent of a street fight.
Once the world is saved (SPOILER ALERT?), JINN continues to a closing scene with the tone of a paranormal sitcom, and following the first few of those multitudinous credits, offers a moment of intertheological solidarity suggesting a "faith-based" picture. If you stick around long enough after that, you'll learn that this movie is "Part of the Exxodus Continuum" and that "The Jinn Will Return." But I wouldn't put too much faith in that last statement.


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John Tory dropped by Brimell Group Paint and Collision Center on Sheppard Avenue East Monday, to meet with young adults from the Alternative Youth Centre for Employment's auto-body apprenticeship program, and to clean a car's headlight. Mr. Tory wanted to show support for programs that help young adults find jobs.
Wearing a black apron, baseball cap and safety goggles Mr. Tory used an electronic buffer to shine the headlight, with direction from one of the apprentices.
Later he spoke to the young workers and asked them how they were enjoying the program and if they had an interest in cars.
Mr. Tory said he has no experience in auto work. His brother likes to collect old cars, he noted, adding, "I'm not even a car person."
"To me it's just about coming to see this program and really showing my support for it and show my support for taking action to help young people get jobs, because that's a big problem in our city right now," he said.
Tyrone David, a 22-year-old student, said he's not really following the municipal election but he wanted to "see what [John Tory] was all about."
Mr. Tory, saying 20% of Toronto youth are out of work, wants to encourage local businesses to offer similar programs. "I think that's what the mayor is supposed to do in order to get down what is an unacceptably high level of youth unemployment in Toronto."
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In 1991, the department's heads vowed to accept the reforms detailed in the Christopher Report, which was compiled by a public-private panel following the Rodney King beating. One portion of the report called for "a new standard of accountability," and predicted that "ugly incidents will not diminish until ranking officers know they will be held responsible for what happens in their sector, whether or not they personally participate." Yet despite LAPD commissioner Bernard Parks' 1998 announcement that the department had met all of the Christopher Report's recommendations, the new report concludes that "regardless of the source, complaints all seemed to be viewed as recalcitrant [sic], and allegations [are still] not taken seriously." It also says that a complaints tracking system created as a result of a Christopher Commission recommendation was never properly administered.
While this ostensibly makes the department's top brass look bad, the report may be Parks' best hope at avoiding an FBI-induced department overhaul. Throughout the report, the board paints Rampart CRASH the unit being investigated as a rogue outfit separate from the LAPD's central powers. Further, it repeatedly suggests that the best way to battle corruption is to consolidate power in Parks' office and increase the budget of Internal Affairs, the department's internal policing unit. But in the wake of protests following the acquittal of four New York City police officers in the Amadou Diallo case, police brutality is a hot issue. Compound that with the fact that we've heard the LAPD promise to improve its self-policing in the past, and it's hard to imagine the department being left to its own devices again.


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Franz Kline and painting revealed at Palmerton Area Heritage Center
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS A reproduction of Franz Kline's "Palmerton, Pa." 1941 painting is on display at the Palmerton Area Heritage Center in celebration of the artist's 100th anniversary of his birthday.
Recently a covered painting was shrouded in mystery in the window of the Palmerton Area Heritage Center, 410 Delaware Ave.
People were asked to read the clues presented and then try to guess who the painter was.
On Sunday, May 23, the 100th anniversary of the painter's birth, the painting and artist were revealed.
Franz Kline painted "Palmerton, Pa" in 1941.
Peter Kern, president of the Palmerton Area Council Carbon County Chamber of Commerce, commissioned a special reproduction of the painting in oil on canvas. Kern chose this painting to be reproduced "because it has the closest significance to Palmerton, Carbon County, the mountain and the gap."
It was mounted and framed by Palmerton Frame and Gallery. It will hang in the Heritage Center probably until the end of summer, honoring one of the area's own famous sons.
For who would have imagined, in 1931 in the depths of the Great Depression, that a young man graduating from Lehighton High School, would have his paintings become part of the permanent exhibits of the Museum of Modern Art, the Gallery of Art, the Whitney Museum, and dozens of other important collections throughout the world?
Who would have imagined that his mural, commissioned in 1946 by the Lehighton American Legion, would become an important piece of American art?
Who would have imagined that 80 years later examples of his abstract expressionism would command prices of five million dollars at art auction?
Franz Kline was born in Wilkes-Barre, May 23, 1910. Following the death of his father in 1917, Kline's mother relocated to Lehighton where he received his education and where he first demonstrated his artistic talents. He created linoleum cuts for the school newspaper and made paintings on the walls of the Graver Swimming Pool bath houses. The 14-foot by 6-foot mural that is prominently displayed in the American Legion dining area was painted as residents sat and watched. Kline mixed his oils with beer-for "stabilization," so he said.
While in Lehighton, the Klines resided in a home at Ninth and Alum. Franz had a brother, Fred, a sister Louise, and another brother Jack, who became a school teacher in Slatington. He also had a stepbrother, Arlington and a stepsister, LaTour, whose reminiscences of her brother Franz became part of Lehighton lore.
Franz Kline was remembered by those who knew him as a colorful individual who courted a female teacher in his high school years. He did a stint with the WPA during the depression, traveled to England where he took art classes, and at one point even applied for British citizenship (he later reconsidered.)
In the 1930s and into 1940s, he became a part of the Boston-New York art scene, but he never forgot his roots in the Pennsylvania coal country. Many of his most important abstract paintings bear the titles "Hazleton," "Thorpe," and Mahoning," the latter which was featured in 1998 on a United States postage stamp in his honor.
"Palmerton, Pa" was a painting of great importance to Kline because it won him the 1943 S.J. Wallace Truman Prize at the National Academy of Design and brought him his first "big" public recognition. The Truman Prize was awarded to artist under 35 years of age.
Kline wrote home, "Now for some real news that came to me as a complete surprise ... I entered two canvases for the annual National Academy art show ... they usually take only one. This year to my surprise they accepted and are exhibiting the two. And for one of them, I have received a $300 prize ...
"The winning picture was a large painting from memory of Palmerton, Pa ... The composition is slightly abstract and the mood seems to receive many compliments.
"I tell you I was never so surprised in my life ... I'll try to get you The New York Times write-up ..."
The painting is a composite of images ... not sketches on Kline's last trip home, but aged in memories ... the painting's mood is a ... daydream not of the problematic future but the generous past." (From "The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline" by Harry F. Gaugh, Abbeville Press 1985.)
The original now hangs in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Following a series of heart attacks, Kline died in 1962 in New York City just short of his fifty-second birthday. As is the case with many artists, the appreciation in value and demand for his works came after his death. During his lifetime, it wasn't unusual for him to be evicted from his studio apartment for non-payment of rent.
"Kline's art does not suit everyone's taste. But it is no exaggeration to say that he is one of the most significant American artists of the twentieth century and he is certainly worthy of the distinction of being an important part of Carbon County history," says Kern.
He invites everyone to visit the Heritage Center to view the painting and learn more about Kline.
The Center's hours are: Wednesdays 1-4:30 p.m.; Thursdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Fridays 12-6 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.


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The Cowboys have dealt with plenty of injuries this season.
Sean Lee and Bruce Carter won't play again, DeMarco Murray missed several games and Jay Ratliff's only notable moment this year is his locker room screaming match with Jerry Jones. All of them have been big losses, but the Cowboys are still 7-6 and fighting for a playoff spot so the team's been able to deal with their absences well enough.
It's hard to imagine them doing the same if Dez Bryant is lost for the season with his finger injury. We're still waiting to find out whether or not that will be the case, which leaves plenty of time to figure out how the Cowboys might try to replace what they'd lose with Bryant out of the lineup. You'll need every last second since it is incredibly difficult to see a way they'd be able to survive Bryant's absence.
The Cowboys don't lack other good receivers. Miles Austin and Jason Witten are both perfectly capable of putting up huge numbers and swinging a game in the Cowboys' direction, although it has admittedly been a while since Austin has been able to do that.
Being good and being dangerous are two different things, though. Bryant is the kind of player who forces defenses to build their whole plan around stopping him, opening up myriad other options for his teammates as a result of the diminished attention they receive with Bryant on the field. The threat of Bryant can be almost as dangerous as the reality of Bryant catching a pass, something that can't be replicated with anyone else on the lineup.
Nor can Bryant's ability to go out and make plays. Witten, Kevin Ogletree and even Cole Beasley can work the short routes and keep the team moving down the field, but Bryant's the one guy who is capable of making catches that wind up opening up the whole field. His speed, strength and athleticism are a rare mix, something that's become even clearer over the last few games as his focus has finally met his talent.
If the Cowboys defense were playing at a higher level, you'd take your chances with a lower-octane offense but the truth is that Bryant's been as responsible as anyone on the team for their four wins in the last five games. He's good enough to cover the flaws of others, something you don't find all that often and something that's been vital to a Cowboys team that continually finds itself fighting their way back into games thanks to slow starts.
There's not much margin for error without Bryant in the lineup, a scary proposition for a team that can't really afford another loss in the regular season.


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The top-selling bikes at local shops show the sport is growing in popularity and riders are investing fat bikes, which were once dismissed as a novelty.
A co-owner of Kokopelli Bike and Board, Pete Eschallier, attributes the growing popularity to local trail systems including Phil's World.
"If that trail system didn't exist, we wouldn't be as big as we are," he said.
An informal survey of local shops show that riders in Cortez and Durango have different tastes and requirements. Most of the popular bike styles favor 29-inch wheels that increase a rider's ability to handle rocky terrain and maintain speed.
Many customers of Kokopelli Bike and Board in Cortez are new to the sport, buying more entry-level bikes than other local shops in the region. The top-selling models have front-end suspension only and wheels 29-inch wheels. Known as hardtail 29ers, these bikes start at $550.
"It's a fits-all-skill-levels kind of bike," said Scott Darling, a co-owner.
Bikes with full-suspension and 29-inch wheels have claimed second place in sales at Kokopelli. They appeal to more serious riders with a bit more to spend on a bike.
In third place at Kokopelli are fat bikes. With smaller, wider wheels, they lend themselves to riding across snow and sand. The wheels are 26 inches in diameter and are 4 inches across and come with a hardtail or full suspension.
"The most-asked questions in the shop is: What are those tires for?" Eschallier said.
For years, the bikes were a joke and preferred by shop mechanics. But now people come in looking for them, he said.
One of those mechanics was Durango Cyclery's Garrett Alexander, who started racing them six years ago. He said the tire width is not an advantage in a race, but they have all-around versatility.
"It allows for a more supple ride and allows for the tire to morph around anything," Alexander said.
At Lizardhead Cyclery in Dolores the No. 1 seller is a Breezer Supercell, a new bike with full suspension and 29-inch wheels, said owner Nicholas I.T. Jones. These bikes run above $2,000.
The Breezer Repack, which has a 27.5-inch wheel and full suspension, came in second. It gained praise from customers for handling like a dirt bike going downhill while seeming to pull the rider uphill as if there was a dog on a leash leading the way, he said.
"Whatever you think you can't handle, the bike will let you do it," he said.
Bikes with a 27.5-inch wheel, sometimes called a 27B, are favored by downhill bikers and are replacing 26ers across the industry, a shop owner in Durango said.
At Lizardhead, third place went to a hardtail 29er, called the Breezer Storm, which is the least expensive of the three.
At Mountain Bike Specialists in Durango, owner Jeremy Thompson, said in that in general, full-suspension and 29-inch wheels are favored. His best-sellers share these qualities because the most popular local trails – including the Colorado Trail and the Telegraph Trail System – are fairly technical.
As for fat bikes, he doesn't see them moving from the fringe to mainstream yet.
The long-term trend in Durango is that customers are shifting away from road biking to mountain biking.
"Road biking is somewhat less sexy and appealing than mountain biking," Thompson said.


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Johnny Brooks played football for England. Now he is living with vascular dementia. The $675 million question is whether the two things are related.
The issue of concussion and the effects of repeated bangs to sporting heads are a ticking time bomb. The doctor who reported that another England player, Jeff Astle, died of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the degenerative brain condition that has rocked American football, says both the FA and the RFU are heading for similarly devastating lawsuits.
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Yesterday we informed you about the spiritual successor to Demon Souls, called Dark Souls. Today, Namco Bandai Games has officially announced that they've partnered with FromSoftware to publish Armored Core V along with Dark Souls in North America and Europe, while FromSoftware will continue to publish the game in Japan.
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Several members of the Del Norte High boys and girls' soccer teams garnered Humboldt-Del Norte Conference all-conference honors.
Maximillian Muth, Ricky Juarez, Cameron Wallen and Kyler Davis received first-team honors for the boys. Alyssa Luna, Robyn Suzuki and Lauren Byers received first-team for the girls.
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Happy Higgy Day to you to, CC. Give Sprout a (((HIG))) from me. ; }
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A squishy is a gift of fabric, etc. in a mailing envelope. They are "squishy" when you squeeze them. Happy Higgies to you, Rossvrs.
Thea I am a little late but hope you had a Happy Birthday.
Vinton, Virginia
Thea, not sure if I'm a day late cos I can't figure out the time difference from Sydney to where you are - my brain isn't functioning too well. But the sentiments are still the same a BIG happy birthday to you even if it is a belated one or on the right day! Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you Happy ........... I'll let you sing the rest as my voice isn't too good lol.
love Clare.
Happy Birthday Thea!!! Have a piece of cake for me. Don't forget the ice cream. :o)
Griffin, GA
Clare - it is still my birthday so you were on time and thank you
and thank everyone for the well wishes - it was a wonderful day - coming to an end now but I am smiling and feeling wonderful.
thank you all for everything - for being here on QCA and being wonderful quilting women! I have learned so much from all of you and my spirits have been lifted - it is wonderful!
Happy Higgy's to all...lol
Thea, did you get a cake? Did you get something from Jay?
I never get anything form Jim...ever. Of course, we don't exchange gifts at any time cause we just get what we want anytime through the year. The new floor was my Christmas present....forever. And the driveway was his birthday present.....forever.
Clare you are a full day ahead of us. but we are real close to the same times in the midwest. I use to have a friend in New Zealand and we would talk on the phone at Christmas time. She was always a day ahead of me . You are pretty close to the same areas .
Barbara, thanks for that now I know that if anyone has birthdays I'll get in early & be the first to wish them a happy birthday LOL. I can easily work out the time difference for London/England, because my daughter is liivng there & I've had 14 months to get used to that. But when daylight savings start it throws me for a day or two.........
Margaret, if the sinus won't drain and it gives you a lot of pressure headaches, you can use a Neti pot to flush out and moisten the sinuses. If you don't have a Neti pot a large towel and a large bowl with steaming hot water will do. Place the bowl on a table near your chair and hold the towel over your head to capture the steam . Breathe as deeply as possible. It should moisten all the mucus so it starts flowing out. This is great for your skin, too! You should feel better.
Oh, Margaret, so sorry about the sinuses. That can be so painful. But Rochelle's advice is spot on. Run with it.
Today is lunch with the high school girlfriends. So exciting. This is two of our group of four. We can't find the other one. So sad. Last know address is not a good one. Hmmm. Going to the Marietta Fish Market for lunch. Oh, yummy. I love fish. Broiled with a salad will be my choice. Eating healthy is not hard.
I am loving life these days. Healthy and exercises changes your whole outlook and how you feel, physically and mentally.
Got a sweet email from Ron last night. I guess Lea told him what I said. He said, of course he was joking and he was so sorry I misunderstood. ask for my forgiveness. Said he really enjoyed my participation in our church. So, all is well in the world. At least, my world.
We went over to Rona nd Lea's yesterday after church. Lea has a new girls cave. So pretty. Jim and Ron walked around the yard and looked at stuff, rocks and things. He told Jim that his has this little boat as he likes to go fishing by himself. We have a trailer we don't use and Jim said he could use it anytime for his little boat. Guess it barely fits in his little truck.
Tomorrow, while the kids are here cleaning the yard, one of the girls, with major help issues, is going to help me. we are going to make pumpkins out of DRYER VENTS!!!. It looks like so much fun and Katie needs some fun in her life. Excited about that. Will get pictures. Found them on Facebook, came from Pintrest. There are so many great garden decorating, crafts, storage, etc, etc. things on Pintrest. Posted the pumpkin instructions on my Facebook Wall. If you have FB, check it out.
Have a wonderful day. Will check in later.
HIggys to everyone!
Thanks Thea, I'll take a look.
Millbury, MA
It has been a while since I checked in and I am saddened that you have lost your husband Agnes. I'm hoping you are starting to adapt to the empty space in your life.
I have been helping to set up the quilt show in town. For those of you who go to shows and enjoy them, let me tell you that you know nothing of the process setting one up. Huge fun, lots of hard work, heaps of pride to see it look so good. I'll post pictures when I get them taken. We set up until 1:30 last night and the ladies continued this morning and it was completed when I got back to the hall this morning. The show opens at 4 and will be all day Saturday. Tear down at 6 saturday. The vendors have set up and the ladies had a wonderful time pre-browsing. I have two quilts on display that I can hardly wait until the one is back on my bed. It is smoken hot here in the day but at night it cools right down.. Perfect from where i am.
I finally finished quilting a charity quilt I have been working on for some time. Tension problems, vacations interupting, but it is done and handed off to the binder person. I'll get it back and use it as an example when I go to Salt Lake City for my HandiQuilter class in November. I put one of my own quilts on the frame and had that puppy stitched up in two sessions. It would have taken one session but the best and brightest (me, in case you were wondering) loaded the quilt with the wrong orientation with the wide part going up and down instead of side to side like I loaded the backing. I had to unload, cut an extender piece of backing, stitch it on and press it. Reloading the quilt took no time with the Leader Grips I'm using and POOF it was done. Now, just the binding and one more completed. It's such a pretty thing I'm not sure if I'm going to give it away or keep it.
For those who have suffered the loss of another year, as my husband says, think of the alternative. He isn't a birthday kind of person. I say, have many, many more. Lots and lots.
Vivian :Now, just the binding and one more completed. It's such a pretty thing I'm not sure if I'm going to give it away or keep it.
Now that's a delema I hope we all have, Vivian!
Quilters are people who strip so they won't go topless.
This is the quilt in question. The quilting turned out so well I am still enjoying looking at it. The binding will probably take me a month to put on!!


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By Hilary Meyer [2], July 23, 2012 - 1:58pm
I want to be better at saving money and one place I can start is with dinner. No, I'm not going to be serving my family ramen noodles every night. I'm still going to cook delicious, healthy dinners, but I'm going to be more savvy about the recipes I choose to make. To keep things simple (and cheap!) during the work week, I'll stick to recipes with only 5 ingredients (not including the bare essentials like oil, salt and pepper). AND I'm not going to spend more than $50. Is it Dinner Impossible? No! Check out my menu (and my shopping list) for the week. It comes out to just under $40 for main dishes, leaving me $10 for healthy sides like salad greens, broccoli and brown rice. Maybe I'll even be able to slip in a dessert.
Here are the recipes I'm making and how much they cost:
Monday: Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Pimiento Cheese (see the recipe below) $6.69
Tuesday: Salmon with Pepita-Lime Butter [8] $11.80
Wednesday: Oven-Barbecued Pork Chops [9] $8.27
Thursday: Florentine Ravioli [10] $6.45
Friday: Black Bean Quesadillas [11] $5.81
And here's my super-short shopping list:
1 bunch scallions
1 lime
1 onion
1 head garlic
1 avocado
Meat & Seafood
4 small chicken breasts (1 1/4-1 1/2 pounds total)
1 pound wild salmon filet
1 1/2-1 3/4 pounds bone-in pork rib chops
Dry Goods
sliced pimientos
unsalted pepitas
1 15-ounce can black beans
4 8-inch whole-wheat tortillas
Dairy & Refrigerated
Gouda cheese
orange juice
Parmesan cheese
Monterey Jack cheese
20-ounce package cheese ravioli
1 16-ounce bag frozen chopped spinach
Chili powder
Oils, Vinegars & Condiments
extra-virgin olive oil
canola oil
barbecue sauce
crushed red pepper
Recipes to Try: Super Simple 5-Ingredient Chicken Recipes [12]
Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Pimiento Cheese
Makes: 4 servings
Active time: 25 minutes | Total: 40 minutes
Stuffing boneless, skinless chicken breasts with pimientos, scallions and cheese gives them great flavor without a lot of effort. Don't be concerned if some of the filling oozes out while the chicken is baking; just scoop it up from the pan as you serve. Serve with: Sautéed zucchini or summer squash and barley.
1/2 cup shredded Gouda cheese, preferably smoked
2 tablespoons chopped scallion
1 tablespoon sliced pimientos, chopped
1 teaspoon paprika, divided
4 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts (1 1/4-1 1/2 pounds total), trimmed and tenders removed (see Tip)
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, divided
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Combine Gouda, scallion, pimientos and 1/2 teaspoon paprika in a small bowl.
3. Cut a horizontal slit along the thin, long edge of each chicken breast, nearly through to the opposite side, and open like a book. Sprinkle the breasts with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Divide the cheese filling among the breasts, placing it in the center of each. Close the breast over the filling, pressing the edges firmly together to seal. Sprinkle the breasts with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon paprika, 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper.
4. Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until browned on one side, about 2 minutes. Turn the chicken over and transfer the skillet to the oven. Bake until the chicken is no longer pink in the center and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 165°F, about 15 minutes.
Per serving: 200 calories; 10 g fat (3 g sat, 5 g mono); 76 mg cholesterol; 1 g carbohydrate; 0 g added sugars; 26 g protein; 0 g fiber; 445 mg sodium; 232 mg potassium.
Tip: Chicken tenders are the lean strips of rib meat typically found attached to the underside of chicken breasts. They can also be purchased separately. Four 1-ounce tenders will yield a 3-ounce cooked portion. Tenders are perfect for quick stir-fries, chicken satay or kid-friendly breaded "chicken nuggets."
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Hilary Meyer develops and tests healthy recipes in the EatingWell Test Kitchen. She is a graduate of New England Culinary Institute.
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Cowboys Could Finish 50 Seasons with Best All-Time Winning Percentage
For a brief time during the 2008 season, the Cowboys had the
best all-time winning percentage among NFL franchises. By the start of the 2009
season, however, the Cowboys had fallen to third. Here is a look:
Prior to the 2009 season:
1. Miami Dolphins: 380-272-4 (.583)
2. Chicago Bears: 686-499-42 (.579)
3. Dallas Cowboys: 423-309-6 (.578)
Since then, the Cowboys have gone 8-3, while the Dolphins have gone 5-6 and
the Bears have gone 4-7. The result is that the Cowboys are closing in on the #1
spot again.
Winning Percentages Through Week 12:
1. Miami Dolphins: 385-278-4 (.581)
2. Dallas Cowboys: 431-312-6 (.580)
3. Chicago Bears: 690-505-42 (.577)
It would be something else if the Cowboys could complete their 50th season as
the NFL's winningest franchise, and there is now a good chance of that
happening. Here are the possibilities (excluding ties, because I am too
dumb/lazy/dumb to calculate those):
(a) If the Dolphins win all five of their remaining games, Miami would remain
at the #1 spot with a winning percentage of 58.3832%. The best the Cowboys can
do by winning all five of their remaining games is finish with a percentage of
(b) If the Dolphins win four of their last five (58.2335%), the Cowboys have
to win all five of their games to earn the #1 spot (58.2888% with five wins).
(c) If the Dolphins win three of their last five (58.0838%), the Cowboys have
to win at least four of their five games (58.1551% with four wins).
(d) If the Dolphins win two of their last five (57.9341%), the Cowboys have
to win at least three of their five games (58.0214% with three wins).
(e) If the Dolphins win one of their last five (57.7844%), the Cowboys have
to win at least two of their five games (57.8877% with two wins).
(f) If the Dolphins fail to win another game (57.6347%), the Cowboys have to
win one of their final five games (57.7540% with one win).
It is possible for the Bears to surpass the Cowboys once again, but it would
take a huge turnaround in Chicago for that to happen.


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Georgia travelers choose from 43 Best Western hotels.
It's fall in Georgia and vacationers passing through Atlanta's Harsfield-Jackson International Airport give way to fall's business travelers. Beautiful fall weather is ideal for a jog in downtown Atlanta's Piedmont Park, or a walk along the the beaches of St. Simons Island. Stroll though Savannah's beautifully manicured squares filled with the brilliance of fall blooms. Enjoy Georgia in the Fall.
Students are back to school at the University of Georgia in Athens and fall means Bulldog football. Georgia's popular dogs fill Sanford Stadium with a sea of red on game days. West in Atlanta, the NFL's Atlanta Falcons draw capacity crowds to the Georgia Dome and MLB's Atlanta Braves wind down the season at Turner Field.
Atlanta, with all of its culture and attractions, features unparalleled hospitality. Plan a visit today and experience the warmth and comfort Atlanta yields. And be sure to plan for two exciting and adventurous driving tours – the North Georgia Tour, and the Georgia Coast Tour.
Enjoy Georgia's cultural highlight now with smaller fall crowds, the Georgia Aquarium is a must see for Atlanta travelers along with the World of Coca Cola and Centennial Olympic Park. Enjoy the diversity and culture of Georgia this fall.


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The placebo effect is well known, but a new study has quantified it, and found that about half of a real drug's effect can be reduced by the belief that it's a placebo.
Migraine patients given placebos and told it was a popular drug had the same outcomes as people who were given the actual drug and told it was a placebo, calling pharmacological effectiveness into question.
The study conducted at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and other Boston hospitals showed that half a drug's effect comes from the patient's expectation that it could be used to treat their illness, even one with subjective experiences.
"There was no difference between the pharmacology of the drug in reducing pain and the placebo dressed up with a nice word," said study author Ted Kaptchuk. "Basically we show that words can actually double the effect of a drug. That's pretty impressive."
Researchers used 66 patients and tested them during seven successive migraine attacks. They chose migraines because there already exists an effective drug, Maxalt, that has been shown to work better than placebo pills.
Patients were given six envelopes containing pills for the next six migraines. Two were marked Maxalt, two were marked placebo, and two were marked as unknown. Patients then rated the level of pain experienced two hours after every consequent attack.
When they took a placebo correctly labeled as a placebo they experienced a 26 percent drop in pain and a 40 percent drop when taking the Maxalt pill marked as Maxalt. When they weren't told what the pill was, they again experienced a 40 percent drop in pain.
But when given Maxalt labeled as a placebo or a placebo labelled as Maxalt the decrease in pain was almost the same.
"There's something going on here that we don't understand," Kaptchuk said. "But I think uncertainty engages you in a different way." He adds that doubt may strengthen the desire to believe.
Patients were not influenced by a doctor or researcher about the pills, as they did not interact with them through the course of the trial. The findings are published in Science Translational Medicine.
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If your new little bundle of joy tips the scale at more than 8.25 pounds, you've got a big baby on your hands. You may also have something else — an increased risk of breast cancer.
Two separate studies suggest that women who give birth to large babies tend to have a "pro-carcinogenic profile," meaning that conditions within their bodies are favorable to the growth of breast cancer. ABC's Turnto23.com reported that in one of the studies, researchers found a two-and-a-half times greater risk of breast cancer in mothers of large babies. This increased risk is independent of all other known factors such as obesity, family history, and age.
Theoretically, this increased risk of breast cancer is a result of the hormones that course through the body during pregnancy. In mothers who carry babies of average weight, there is a certain balance between two main pregnancy hormones (estrogen and anti-estrogen). Mothers of large babies tend to have a higher ratio of estrogen, which is a known risk factor of breast cancer.
The researchers noted that these are preliminary results, and more studies are needed to develop our understanding of this phenomenon. They also stressed that some factors, such as breastfeeding, healthy diet, and exercise, can certainly help mitigate any increased cancer risk that comes from having a large baby.
I was interested to read this article since my third baby was huge. My first two kids were perfectly average, both around seven and a half pounds, and then along came my monster baby: Nine and a half pounds, 22 inches long at birth. I couldn't account for the difference. In all my pregnancies, I gained 25-30 pounds, ate a healthy diet, exercised regularly, and my starting weight was nearly the same in all cases. Really, the only difference was my age.
Now that I'm pregnant with my fourth baby and already feeling huge (with two more months to grow!), I'll be interested to see if we end up with a 10-pounder. I used to think that was great! A big baby means a healthy baby, right? Perhaps, but I think from now on I'll be extra vigilant about my health, especially when it comes to cancer screenings and breast exams. My hormones must certainly be kicked into high gear while I'm cooking these enormous babies!
Have you delivered a large baby? Share your experience in the comments section below.


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Simon Pegg has been discussing preparations for upcoming sequel Star Trek 3, and has revealed the first draft of the script has only just been submitted… some four weeks before filming is scheduled to begin.
Pegg told Radio Times that the existing script for the film has been completely scrapped when he came to rewrite it. "We started again six months before we were due to start shooting," says Pegg, "which is insane! In fact… we start shooting in Vancouver in four weeks – and we're only handing in our first draft today."
As for what we can expect from the film, Pegg says that his approach has been to try to open the franchise up to a wider audience. "People don't see it being a fun, brightly coloured, Saturday night entertainment like The Avengers," he explains. "Let's make a western or a thriller or a heist movie, then populate that with Star Trek characters so it's more inclusive to an audience that might be a little bit reticent."
Pegg will co-star alongside Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto et al in the new film, which is scheduled to open in the US on 8 July 2016. A UK date has yet to be confirmed.


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Mum! Mum! Mummy!
Trying his best to be heard the boy strained his voice, tears falling from his eyes in frustration when his voice wasnt heard. He wasnt sure what else there was to do but keep moving, and he willed his legs to move just a smidge faster. The boy was sure that he was running faster than he ever had in a race with James, but now was not the time to think of such things. He needed to get his mum.
Feeling desperate he managed to raise his voice to a level that he never had before, his feet finally reaching the familiar backyard. As a figure appeared in the back doorway, and soon emerged the boy stopped in his tracks and waved his hand frantically.
Albus, whats wrong? His mother hurried to meet him, her red hair flying in all directions as she moved. Her eyes were wide, and Albus could tell that she was worried but he didnt know how to put it into words. There was no way to explain what had happened, what had lead him to run the fastest he had ever run without taking up too much time. He could only manage one word.
His eyes filled with tears as he took off again, this time with his hand in his mothers as he pulled her along. Snapping twigs under his feet and weaving in and out of trees Albus crossed the woods like an expert, his silent mother behind him too stunned to even utter a word. When he glanced back at her she looked so unlike the mother than the boy had come to know, and Albus didnt dare to sneak another look at her. He had no idea what had happened in the woods since he left, but he knew that it couldnt be good. It was only going to get worse.
The two finally reached the location that Albus had just come from, his mother letting out a gasp as she saw the scene before her. Her eldest child sat on the edge of the small brook that the children often played in, and sprawled in his lap was a very still little girl. All Ginny could do was look on in horror.
Mum, you have to help her. The words fell from James mouth, pulling his mother out of her trance. Without words she was at his side, pulling the girl into her own arms, unsure what was wrong with her, but knowing that it was bad. Jamess body didnt move as his arms were emptied, and he stared at the spot his sister had been in as if she were still there.
As soon as Ginny had her baby girl in her arms, she knew that something was sickly, horribly wrong. Her body was too limp, too cold, and as she pushed away her thick red hair she found her eyes vacant. The woman knew it had to be a joke, a sick, cruel, horrible joke that someone awful had chosen to play on her. All signs only lead to one thing, and there was no way her baby girl was dead.
The world seemed to stop spinning, and it was almost as though time itself had paused for just a moment. James was still clutching his invisible baby sister and Albus was frozen in place, the scene much different than when he had left it. Ginnys face scrunched up as she reached for her childs wrist, only to let it fall as she realized that her daughter had no pulse.
In an instant her entire world was shattered.
This morning Lily had been laughing at the table while she ate her pancakes, the sticky syrup managing to make it into her hair. Harry had teased her about being a messy eater before he took off for work, sneaking her a chocolate frog before he left. Only an hour ago the seven year old had begged to be able to go into the woods with her big brothers, her fathers eyes pleading with her. And just like that she was dead, and there were no more memories to be made. Ginny had failed her.
As a mother all she was supposed to do was make sure that her children were taken care of, that she did all she could to protect them and care for them. She promised them each night that nothing bad would ever come to them, not if she could stop it. Now with one of them dead the woman knew that she did more than fail. She was a horrible, awful, person to let this happen to her daughter, to let her eyes off of her long enough for something this awful to happen.
What happened? Ginnys voice was softer than shed ever remembered it being before, and she glared at her two boys for a moment, struggling to see them as her children. How could they really be her flesh and blood when they had allowed their baby sister to die before their very eyes? Surly if she had been here she could have stopped it; Harry could have stopped it; so why hadnt James and Albus been able to?
It was an accident mum, Lily slipped while we were playing...and she went under With a shaky voice Albus tried to answer his mothers question, but his memory of the whole event was hazy. Even though it happened so recently, it all moved to fast to be able to fully understand what happened.
I pulled her out mum, I did, as fast as I could but she just wouldnt wake up. James spoke, his voice cracking as he did so. Glancing down at his hands he wondered if he had been there a moment sooner if it would have been enough, or if he had ignored his mothers wishes to allow her to tag along and left her behind if she would have been saved.
The two boys searched their mothers face for forgiveness, for a sign that she understood how it had been an accident. The boys wished that they could have done something to help Lily, and hated that they hadnt been able to. Lily had always looked up to them, and when she needed them most they hadnt been there. And now all they wanted was for their mother to tell them they she understood.
You killed my baby. Ginny muttered under her breath, glancing from child to child horrified. She tried to reason out what happened, and knew it had to have been their fault. After all they were the only ones who were there when it happened, and their actions were the reason that she was now the mother of two, not three. Pulling her baby girl close and smoothing her hair over and over she tried to ignore everything in the world. Standing with her daughter in her hands, Ginny made her way back to the house, not even glancing at her sons.
It didnt matter how many times the boys tried to convince their mother that they had done all that they could to save Lily. It was too late; there was nothing that they could do to get their sister back.
Lily was gone, and she had taken part of her mother with her.
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Janesville Mercy Hospital ready for robotic surgery
Steve Benton
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Dr. Nick Gianitsos is one of the physicians qualified to use the device and says it will benefit patients, the hospital, and the community.
One of the features allows two physicians to operate on a single patient. Gianitsos says this allows for better outcomes of surgery and reduced hospital stays.
Gianitsos says when Mercy Health System decided to buy one of the devices, it had already made the decision to make Janesville a destination for robotic surgery.
An open house, Friday, June 26th, 11 am - 6 pm, in the Mercy Hospital cafeteria will give residents a chance to see video demonstrations of the device.
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Wouldn't anyone you care about getting a text from pretty much BE at your wedding already?
A Fresh Load of Scoff, Daily!
Wouldn't anyone you care about getting a text from pretty much BE at your wedding already?
Because she LOATHES Uggs. And clearly, so does whoever made this awesome video.
If you've ever wanted to know what your Batman name is, look no further. I present to you, this handy dandy chart to help you.
Seriously, WHAT WOULD YOU DO without The Mock Dock?
If you like fashion, then you'll think this is cool. If you don't like fashion, but you like dancing, you will still think this is cool. If you don't like fashion or dancing, but you like videos that have music from 100 years worth of time in them, you'll probably still think this is cool.
If you don't think this is at least somewhat cool, then you just wasted a lot of time reading this and/or watching the above video.
Good job.
And it's well under way in some parts of the country already. We're still in the low 50's with sunshine here in Indy, but elsewhere? SNOW.
And here's the thing that sucks about winter. It lasts for like 6 months here. You'll get a nice day teaser every now in then in April, but it's not really NOT winter until like mid-June.
Awww. Poor, sad, depressed tree. He could use some Ashley Judd style therapy.
Then again, I'd be willing to bet that the tree is more emotionally stable than Ashley Judd.


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There has always been a lot of interest in Rivals 250 prospect Darrien Howard of Dayton (Ohio) Chaminade-Julienne, but a number of teams are waiting to see if the 6-foot-2, 245-pounder is better suited for the linebacker or defensive line positions. His performance two weekends ago at the NIKE Camp may have helped answer those questions for several teams.
"From a performance standpoint I did what I went there to do and that's to prove to people that I don't have to play with my hand down," Howard said. "I am fit to play linebacker and that's what I want to play is linebacker."
Howard does hold 10 offers from the likes of Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, N.C. State, Pitt and West Virginia. Additionally, Purdue, UConn and Kentucky have come through his school in the last week. The interest from the Boilermakers has just started.
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"I didn't get to talk to them, but my coach said and they think I am a pretty good player," Howard said of Purdue. "They have seen my film and were thinking about offering me, but were not really sure yet. I guess they think they are too late in the game to offer me.
"I would encourage them to [offer] because right now all my offers are all equal. I don't have any favorites right now. I feel like if they were to take a chance on offering me, I would show them as much interest as all my other offers."
Other schools that are showing increased interest include Ohio State and Kentucky. Howard plans to be in Lexington later this month.
"They want me to work out for them May 27 at the Sunday Showcase they are having on Memorial Weekend," Howard said.
After the Kentucky camp, Howard plans to attend camps at Ohio State, Tennessee and Alabama. He is also looking into unofficial visits to Cincinnati and Indiana this summer. A decision is not expected until the fall, at the earliest.


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Robin Thoni
- January 31, 2013
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StatsShoot allow you to enter and treat you archery's, and now shotgun/gun scores, in training as in tournament, indoor, or outdoor.
The fast input and computation allow you to keep an eye on your progression due to a graphic.
The fast input and computation allow you to keep an eye on your progression due to a graphic.
Not bad at all I like that this application outputs data in XLS format so you can export to other spreadsheets when you get home. It appears good for updating your scores at the range and checking your mathematics before submitting your score sheets. I plan on using this for quite a bit. 1) Still a lot of French within the application itself so a full English version would be good 2) Terminology is not the same as we use in Australia. 3) ability to graph across a number of previous shoots and show trending average.
What's New
*Add damaged files management
*Bug correction when first opening the application
*Memory leak corrected
*Memory management optimized
*Shoots management changed
*Graphic optimized
*File system changed
*Add an 'Utils' part
*Add an util for Microsoft Excel export
*'Details'' part changes
*Minors changes
*Can modify/remove each impact
*Add new target
*target graphics changes
*Minors changes
*Correct range bug when input
*Graphical targets modifications
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Having the last of my sample of this as my first morning tea today. I need fortification: last field trip of the year for my kindergartener is today and I'm going along for the ride.
I steeped for four minutes this time, and surprisingly I think five works better here. It provides more depth. I'm still not getting an Earl Grey feel. It's nice, but nothing to write home about.