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The report noted that media tablet shipments exceeded netbook shipments Q2 2011 with 13.6 million tablets shipped and 7.3 million netbooks shipped
For the first time in 2011, tablet shipments have exceeded netbook shipments, and analysts do not see this changing any time soon.
ABI Research, a marketing research firm based in New York, released a new report called "Tablets, Netbooks, and Mobile CE Market Data," which offers predictions for all ultra-mobile devices (UMDs).
The report noted that
media tablet
shipments exceeded netbook shipments Q2 2011 with 13.6 million tablets shipped and 7.3 million netbooks shipped. In Q1 2011, netbooks were ahead with 8.4 million shipments while tablets were at 6.4 million shipments.
"This is a trend that we do not expect will reverse," said Jeff Orr, group director of mobile devices at ABI Research. "As they are different segments, this is not a direct replacement behavior, but a changing leadership for the most interesting device type."
Throughout 2011's entirety, the expected number of
shipments for netbooks
is 32 million while the expected number of shipments for tablets is 60 million. According to Orr, the ease of use is what is driving tablet sales over netbook sales.
"Media tablets are perceived to be easy to use, compared to the keyboard and mouse interface of a netbook computer," said Orr. "Those who have avoided PCs because they are difficult to use -- think the Baby Boomer generation and older -- see media tablets as an opportunity to re-engage with Internet access. Cost, however, is certainly not a reason driving tablet interest, as the average media tablet costs approximately $600 and the average netbook is only about half of that."
According to the report,
Apple's iPad 2
is king of the tablets accounting for 68 percent of tablet shipments in Q2 2011. Other reports have offered similar information, such as
comScore's study
released earlier this month saying that iPads accounted for 97.2 percent of U.S. tablet traffic in August 2011 alone.
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"Can anyone tell me what MobileMe is supposed to do?... So why the f*** doesn't it do that?" -- Steve Jobs
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The Challenge to Revert Unsustainable Trends: Uneven Development and Water Degradation in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area
The search for water sustainability requires not only a combination of technical and managerial responses, but also firm action against socioeconomic injustices and political inequalities. The recognition of the politicised nature of water problems deserves particular attention in areas marred by long-term trends of environmental degradation and social exclusion. A case study of the Baixada Fluminense, an urbanised wetland in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro, illustrates the challenge to reverse unsustainable practices in situations where water problems have been politically and electorally exploited. The research made use of an interdisciplinary approach to assess past and present initiatives that have attempted, but systematically failed, to restore river ecology and improve water services. The empirical results have important implications for water policy making and urban planning.
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The retired judge who presided over the Casey Anthony murder trial said this week he believes the Florida mother unintentionally killed her child with chloroform.
Retired Circuit Judge Belvin Perry Jr. presided over Anthony's case, which garnered national attention in 2011.
Anthony showed no signs of distress following the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, in 2008. The mother infamously competed in a "hot body" contest at a nightclub four days after her daughter supposedly went missing.
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After the lengthy trial concluded in 2011, a jury convicted Anthony on four counts of providing false information to law enforcement, but acquitted the mother of first-degree murder.
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Prosecutors argued that Anthony put duct tape over her daughter's mouth after applying chloroform to the child, effectively suffocating her.
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Like Howard Beale, the crazed newscaster in the movie classic "Network," Washington voters may be ready to throw open their windows and shout discontent. "Do you have ANY idea...
Like Howard Beale, the crazed newscaster in the movie classic "Network," Washington voters may be ready to throw open their windows and shout discontent.
"Do you have ANY idea how fascist you west-siders seem, as we all head into this west-side-instituted Gregoire government?" raged an e-mail I got this week. "Every single true east-side Washingtonion [sic] knew this governor's race would never end until you west-siders had your way. …
"Get it straight. This election was so close you had to stoop to finding ballots which STUPID west-siders couldn't vote correctly upon and then re-interpret what those 'voters' wanted."
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The anger resonates like Beale's famous, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore."
Half of the electorate will likely feel cheated when someone is sworn in as governor. At the moment that would be Democrat Christine Gregoire, ahead by 130 votes after a hand recount that followed two earlier tallies in which she lost.
Under law, the hand recount should be final and deciding, but more legal wrangling is possible. Republican Dino Rossi hasn't conceded and if he somehow reverses the current outcome, Gregoire supporters would be outraged.
"I can't remember a story that generated as much ongoing reader response as this recount," says David Postman, Times chief political reporter. "Lots of people who I'm willing to bet didn't pay attention during the campaign were watching every little move in the recount.
"This story had a mix of things that is almost guaranteed to get people angry: big mistakes by government, judicial action in elections and partisan players," Postman added.
He said most of the reaction he's gotten has been from people in state, but a fair number of e-mails have come from around the country.
"I do laugh a little at people complaining of the partisan environment we've been in since Nov 2. We are talking about a partisan election after all," he said.
"The main thing I take away from this as of today — and subject to change — is that the public as represented by those who write me each day do not believe partisan players when they claim they are above partisanship. That's definitely true with the main players — Gregoire and Rossi — and also with auditors, election directors and others."
Voter discontent is probably inevitable when the closest election in state history includes counting ballots three times with differing results. But discontent is especially corrosive if the public doesn't trust the process or those running it.
So, what to do?
Instead of throwing open your window and shouting your anger, send us your questions. Use the contact information at the bottom of this column to tell us what you want to know about this election.
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Looking Back
Today's newspaper is full of entertaining and touching reflections on the year past. None is more compelling than Pacific Northwest Magazine's annual pictures-of-the-year retrospective. As always, this year's photos are mesmerizing, bearing witness to experiences of all sorts.
The accompanying essay is by Kathy Andrisevic, who has been the magazine's editor almost since its beginning more than 20 years ago. Having started her career as a photographer, Andrisevic understands photojournalism intimately, and her words honor what she describes as visual truth-telling.
The photojournalists at The Seattle Times, she writes, "feel, more than ever, a responsibility to understand the significance of an image and the consequences of making it public."
Certainly that is true for the magazine's cover photo of rows of flag-draped coffins returning from Iraq. The Times first published the photo in April, after receiving it from Tami Silicio, who took it while working at the air base where the coffins were loaded onto a military-transport plane.
The photo was the first image of its kind to be seen from the Iraq war. It cost Silicio and her husband their jobs and sparked a national debate about military rules barring the taking of such pictures. Reporter Hal Bernton brings Silicio's story up to date on the front page today.
Silicio's photo is all the more powerful now, given the news that at least six soldiers from Ft. Lewis were among 22 people killed when a bomb went off in a mess tent last week in northern Iraq. May this image again honor the memory of all who have died.
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Riverhead defeated North Babylon 5-0 at Riverhead High School today. The girls turned in a solid effort, both on offense and defense, which did not allow many shots on net.
Scoring for the Blue Waves were: Shannon Schmidt, Angelina Graziano, Kayla Kielbasa, Christy Falisi, and Katherine Goodale.
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Not even a remote Colorado ranch can shelter Jace Denby while he's on the run. He voluntarily took the blame for his brother-in-law's murder, but one danger this fugitive doesn't see coming is impulsive Clara Seavers. With the law on his back he must leave, though her beauty and fierce courage entice him to stay….
Clara doesn't trust this hired farmhand, but she can't deny the rugged, unexpectedly caring man ignites her spirit…and heart. The more Jace fights their mounting passion, the more she'll risk to make him hers forever.


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Eli is a 32 year old man who has problems with relationships with women. Hagar is a surrogate, an alternative partner for practical, sexual therapy. They meet once a week and practice a relationship and intimacy in laboratory conditions. The fictitious relationship between them exposes them both physically and emotionally and brings to surface repressed fears from the real world. The changes Eli goes through during the therapy, along with the secrets revealed, not only shake his own life, but also the life of his family. Between clinic walls, due to an "artificial" process, Eli learns how to love for the first time.
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Thirteen is typically considered an unlucky number. But not if it's the number of years that a very cool event, such as the Warped Tour, has been taking place.
Started in 1994 by Kevin Lyman, the Warped Tour initially appealed mainly to the young skateboarding set, but over the years has gained wider appeal. What sets the Warped Tour apart from (or above) other summer festivals in the fight for discretionary income, is its consistently low ticket price of around $30, its extensive lineup and the fact that it's not just a one-time event. The Tour travels across the country and though not every band will play all of the scheduled 45 dates, the shows that people in Maryland or Montreal attend are much like what the people on the West Coast will see and hear as well, with a fairly diverse lineup.
"In booking the tour this year I felt that a diverse line-up was in order. The tour has always been a place to explore and discover new music," Lyman said in a statement. "This year's line-up has old school, emo, punk, screamo, hip-hop, more ska than you have seen in a long time and everything in between. If you're open minded, this will be a great show."
One band making the Boise stop is Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Relatively new on the music scene, this band is seeing their star rapidly rise with the success of their debut release, Don't You Fake It, (the video for the single "Face Down" enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV). The Florida natives are a perfect choice for the tour. They're young, energetic and very current. Bass player Joey Westwood called from his band's tour bus as they were leaving Canada, headed to Chicago for a little downtime. All of the members of the band are from Jacksonville, Fla., but after nearly two straight years on the road, they call the bus home, where, of course, they have a terrific gaming system.
"The Warped Tour hooked us up with an Xbox and Guitar Hero," Westwood said. Who's the best player? "We take it way too far for anyone to be the winner," he said.
When they're not on the Xbox, they're working on new music.
"We're constantly writing new stuff for no other reason than because we love music," Westwood says. "The way we wrote the first record was we all quit school and our jobs and we would just meet at Ronnie's [Winter, lead vocals] trailer five or six days a week. When it comes time to write the next record, we want to do it the same way. We want to stop everything we're doing and hang out with each other every day and make it happen the same way."
He says from the touring to the recording, they just try to take everything step by step.
"It's cool because it keeps us levelheaded. We take it day by day. We're slowly taking the steps to be happy with our band and ourselves."
But it has to be hard to keep it all in check. They went from rehearsing in a trailer to an appearance on the Tonight Show.
"It was crazy," Westwood said. "I remember standing on that stage before they opened the curtain, and the people who worked on the Tonight Show screaming, '60 seconds! 50 seconds!' We were all looking at each other thinking, 'This is about to happen. It's not a dream any more. In five seconds, Jay Leno is going to introduce my band.' We were nervous, but we knew it would be fun."
Another band on this leg of the tour is Poison the Well. Though they've only played the tour once before, in 2003, PTW are old-school veterans of the music scene who've been slinging their hardcore/punk/rock for almost a decade. With their latest release, Versions, PTW has plenty to offer both new and old fans alike. When PTW's 29-year-old guitarist Ryan Primack called Boise Weekly from the band's tour bus as they were readying to cross the border from Montreal back into the States, he said it had been better than he'd hoped for. But when asked how the album is being received, he said it's exactly what he expected.
"It's funny," Primack said. "It's been the same thing for every record we've ever released. The first couple of months it tends to be all the negative feedback [that] comes first but now it's starting to become much more positive."
He says the complaints usually claim that PTW has changed, or the band has aged too much, or the music isn't "mean" enough, but he doesn't really care.
"I don't pay much attention to negative comments that are like, 'I'm mad at you because this doesn't sound like your last record.' I just let that fall to the wayside." He says he understands why people might feel that way, but adds, "If I listened to what people say I should do with songwriting, I'd be the biggest sellout ever because I'd be lying to myself. And if I'm lying to myself, I'm lying to you ... but, I'm so used to the process now, [Versions] being our fourth full-length. It takes people a month or two to get their heads around it. You expect one thing and get a totally different thing. And, on the whole, the record's not the easiest thing [to take in] right away. There's a lot of stuff going on."
When asked if he had any great advice to give some of the other young bands on the tour, Primack said, "I'd encourage people to do whatever it is they want to do and ignore what anybody or any label tells you. We're supposed to be making art. I think that's a lost part of music. Have you noticed the trend lately that records exist because of songs?" He says that an album with 12 tracks may have a few good sons, but most of it is filler. "[Musicians] spend so much less time making a record and so much more time on that one song that's going to hook people."
The Warped Tour has always been a showcase for lesser known bands as well, especially on the Ernie Ball stage. Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, is the teen-girl ska group Oreskaband. With a self-titled debut album released in the United States earlier this month, these girls just want to have fun. Their songs "Monkey Man (Monkey, Monkey Man), "Yeah! Ska Dance" and "Knife and Folk" show they understand that music is a universal language and sometimes how you say something really is more important than what you say.
It's also on the Ernie Ball stage that local bands get a chance to play for crowds the size they probably haven't been in front of before. The band Ambient stopped by Boise Weekly to let us know they'd be joining the lineup, and according to ErnieBall.com, locals Kryterium, Love You Long Time, Saturday Morning Heroes and Mortal Enemy get to add their names to the list of bands who've played this great festival over the years.
The lineup for Warped Tour is always scheduled to change, but it's a pretty safe bet that if you're standing in the Idaho Center Amphitheater on Friday, soaking up the sun and sounds, you'll hear Bad Religion, Tiger Army, Cute Is What We Aim For, Paramore, Coheed and Cambria, Killswitch Engage, Chiodos, New Found Glory, Hawthorne Heights, Pennywise, Circa Survive, Pepper, As I Lay Dying, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Amber Pacific, Flogging Molly and so many more. All of this for around $30? We may just have to change how we look at the number 13.
August 17, noon, $29.50 advance, $33 at the gates, Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208-468-1000, IdahoCenter.com.


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quality i find generaly very good not much in the way of warranty claims at all
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MYTH: "A smoke alarm provides enough protection."
FACT: Smoke alarms alert occupants to the presence of danger, but do nothing to extinguish the fire. In a fire, sprinklers can control and may even extinguish a fire in less time than it would take the fire department to arrive.
MYTH: "Newer homes are safer homes."
FACT: In a fire, lightweight construction materials, used in many modern homes, burn quicker and fail faster. New homes often contain modern furnishings made of synthetic materials which, in a fire, can create a highly toxic environment, greater fuel load, and faster fire propagation.
MYTH: "Home fire sprinklers often leak or activate accidentally."
FACT: Leaks are very rare, and are no more likely than leaks from a home's plumbing system. A sprinkler is calibrated to activate when it senses a significant heat change. They don't operate in response to smoke, cooking vapors, steam, or the sound of a smoke alarm.
MYTH: "When a fire occurs, every sprinkler will activate and everything in the house will be ruined."
FACT: In the event of a fire, typically only the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate, spraying water directly on the fire, leaving the rest of the house dry and secure. Roughly 85% of the time, just one sprinkler operates.
MYTH: "Sprinklers are unattractive and will ruin the aesthetics of the home."
FACT: New home fire sprinkler models are very unobtrusive, can be mounted flush with walls or ceilings, and can be concealed behind decorative covers.
MYTH: "Sprinklers are not practical in colder climates, as the pipes will freeze and cause water damage."
FACT: With proper installation, sprinklers will not freeze. NFPA 13D, Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes, includes guidelines on proper insulation to prevent pipes from freezing.
MYTH: "The water damage caused by sprinklers will be more extensive than fire damage."
FACT: In a fire, sprinklers quickly control heat and smoke. Any water damage from the sprinkler will be much less severe than the damage caused by water from firefighting hose lines. Fire departments use up to 10 times as much water to extinguish a home fire as fire sprinklers would use to extinguish the same fire.
Visit the Fire Sprinkler Initiative's Fact Sheets page for additional sprinkler myths and fact.
U.S. fire departments responded to 352,000 home structure fires in 2016. These fires caused:
Roughly 80 percent of all civilian fire deaths in 2016 resulted from home structure fires.
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DISSSENT: Globe & Mail compares the courage of Sonallah Ibrahim with the conceit of Irshad Manji
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- Friday, October 31, 2003
Comparing acts of dissent
By RICK SALUTIN
The Globe and Mail
I hope is okay. He is an eminent Egyptian novelist, age 66. Last week in
Cairo, at a prestigious forum, "organized every two years by Egypt's Supreme
Council for Culture with the participation of leading novelists and writers
from Arab and foreign countries," he rejected the Novelist of the Year award
because, he said, it came from a government without credibility. He
criticized Arab governments for their "oppressive" nature and
"collaboration" with the U.S. occupation of Iraq as well as Israel's actions
against Palestinians. Arab intellectuals must speak out against
"authoritarian" regimes and not enter the "sheep pen," he said.
A Cairo movie critic said the culture minister turned blue; then, taking a
tip from Donald Rumsfeld after a protester was thrown out of the Pentagon,
claimed it showed how free Egypt is. Another sign of Sonallah Ibrahim's
courage was his timing: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was in Cairo
that night to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who continues to
support the U.S. on Iraq, and receive vast aid, though Mr. Mubarak did
grumble before the war that it would create "100 bin Ladens."
Turning down literary awards isn't easy. Writers may consider such gestures,
but usually decide against, or are dissuaded by friends who say: "At least
you forced the cretins to recognize real talent for once," or "You need the
money." In Mr. Sonallah's case, it was $16,000 (U.S.) and he is an artist
who never took a state arts job as a form of subsidy. In his speech, he
said, "We don't have theatre, cinema, scientific research or education any
more. We only have festivals, conferences and bins of lies."
Interesting point. Instead of a truly popular culture, you get official or
semi-official gatherings and prizes, which incorporate the artists and buy
them off, while subtly instructing the audiences on what to read or admire.
Sonallah Ibrahim didn't really need this. He has paid his dues. At age 20,
he went to jail for five years with Communists opposed to then-president
Gamal Nasser. After release, he says he found it ever harder to combine
writing with action inside a party or group. The complexity of depicting
reality conflicted with the clarity needed in politics. "The problem with
these phenomena and mysteries," he wrote in his 1981 novella, The Committee
"is that they are not related to just one facet of life, but extend through
diverse facets. This means the multiplicity is the common denominator." His
protagonist likes reading action thrillers, a choice, he says, which
"expresses an inability to act when necessary and goes hand in hand with the
natural, rightful desire of every person for evil to be punished and good to
triumph." When we met last year in Toronto, we discovered a shared interest
in the Quiller novels of the Cold War years.
Mr. Sonallah's act has been little noticed in the West. I guess dissent too
has a multiplicity. When U.S. lawyer Alan Dershowitz was here flogging his
book on Israel, he congratulated the CBC for having him and a U.S. rabbi
debate it on air, which doesn't happen in Palestine, he added. In fact,
there is lots of debate there, under conditions of occupation, and some
dissenters have wound up with limbs blown off. Smugness is not a good
starting point.
Israel itself has brave dissenters, like the reservists who refuse to serve
in occupied areas, and often go to jail. They are sustained, you could say,
by the Biblical tradition of dissent and their own solidarity.
Canadian writer Irshad Manji calls her new book on Islam, "a wake-up call
for honesty and change." She talks about bulletproof windows on her house
and her "burly" bodyguard, as well as her own "integrity," as she awaits
reaction from, presumably, Islamists. The book, though, seems aimed mainly
at non-Muslims, reassuring them that what they thought about Islam is true:
"What's with the stubborn streak of anti-Semitism? . . . What's our excuse
for taking the Koran literally? . . ." It reduces the multiplicity of a vast
faith to a unity --we . . . our . . . then stereotypes that unity and
proceeds to rebut the stereotype. It's a good example of what the late
Edward Said called Orientalism. I'd say true courageous dissent is usually
not marked by self-advertisement.
Sonallah Ibrahim is an elfin, rather than a flamboyant or self-promoting
personality. His books are inevitably called Kafkaesque, though with a
broad, often sexual humour I don't discern in Kafka and a politics that
definitely isn't there. He seems largely on his own in this protest, as a
secular nationalist and leftist, under a regime edging toward rapprochement
with Egypt's surging Islamists. When I e-mailed him this week to find out
how he was, the letter bounced back sounding like a communication from The
Committee itself: A message that you sent could not be delivered. This is a
permanent error.
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Inside a hive, bees store honey in frames that contain about 4 pounds of honey each. When I remove the frames from the hives, I store the frames separated by hive location and date. Once I remove enough full frames, I start extracting the honey into buckets and jars, all the while keeping the batches as separate as possible.
Flowering plants blossom at different times throughout the year, tempting bees and other pollinators with nectar of different characteristics (color, smell, taste, viscosity). Those floral nectar differences are reflected in the resulting honey; as flowers change the honey changes. In the past couple of years the honey has been dark in the early spring (autumn olive and tulip poplar in April/May), then became lighter in color as the bees moved to wild berries and brambles (May/June), and lighter yet as they finish with basswood, linden, and clover in June/early July. 2017 has been different – for the first time in several years black locust has bloomed in glorious quantity.
Black locust honey is among the sweetest of honeys and very light in color. I won't say that I sell black locust honey, because so many other things blossom at the same time and the bees gather whatever they can. What I can say is that the early 2017 honey is lighter and sweeter for which I credit black locust. Early autumn olive did not make it into honey frames, while tulip poplar was stretched out over several weeks. Linden, basswood, berries, and clover will be in later honey batches.
For these notes, color is taken from the Pfund color chart, a standard honey measurement. Grade A honey must have no more than 18.6% water content (above 20% fermentation can occur)
Batch "A"
Black locust, tulip poplar, early wildflowers.
Color: Extra light Amber
Moisture Content: 17.6%
Origin: Tiger Valley Rd, Washington, near Goat Hill Farm, harvested June 24.
Batch "B"
High black locust content, with tulip poplar and wildflowers. Thicker with beeswax scent.
Color: White
Moisture Content: 17.8%
Origin: Blend from Tiger Valley Rd (June 24) and Jericho Rd (June 8).
Batch "C"
Predominately black locust; very sweet with butterscotch and vanilla tastes.
Color: Extra White
Moisture Content: 18.2%
Origin: Tiger Valley Rd, June 24 of selected frames.
Batch "D"
Some autumn olive, with black locust and some tulip polar; creamy with caramel.
Color: Extra light Amber
Moisture Content: 17.5%
Origin: Jericho Rd, Huntly, June 8.
Sorry for no tasting notes yet on the next 4 batches – they are coming!
Batch "E"
Color: Extra light Amber
Although I manage over 25 colonies, not all colonies produce equally. Jericho #2 was one of my top 3 producers contributing over 80 pounds.
Moisture Content: 17.2%
Origin: Jericho Rd, near Flint Hill, June 24
Batch "F"
One of the first batches harvested from the rock star Jericho #2.
Color: Extra light Amber
Moisture Content: 17.9%
Origin: Jericho Rd, near Flint Hill, May 27
Batch "G"
This Laughing Duck home colony was a surprise and promises good production in the future! A captured swarm, such colonies get a late start and a harvest is not expected. The girls of LD #L4 didn't get the memo and contributed a full harvest of about 35 pounds.
Color: Extra White
Moisture Content: 18.0%
Origin: Harris Hollow Rd, Colony #LL4 August 1
Batch "H"
This was the last batch of the second extraction run, each batch has 9 frames and these were the leftover frames at the end of the day! Its like a capping tank batch, but more cohesive as I tried to identify frames of a like color.
Color: Extra Light Amber
Moisture Content: 17.8%
Origin: Blend from Jericho, Tiger Valley, and Harris Hollow areas, August 7.
Batch "I"
This is another batch of 21.9 pounds from Jericho #2. The nectar was collected over 4 weeks with contributions from many different plants including tulip poplar, basswood, and clover.
Color: Extra Light Amber
Moisture Content: 18.0%
Origin: Colony Jericho #2 Honey Super, July 16, Jericho Road, near Flint Hill
Batch "J"
Origin: Laughing Duck Apiary, Harris Hollow. Last batch made up of frames from multiple colonies.
Moisture Content: 18.4%
Batch "K"
Origin: July capping tank
Batch "L"
Origin: Tiger Vallley Colony #1, July 8.
Batch "M"
Origin: Tiger Valley Colony #4, July 8.
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I Used to Play One-handed..I love to play pool...now I play for fun...and I don't get to play very often. When I was younger...15 years ago....I played a lot of pool....I used to go out with literally 2 or 3 dollars...and I would hustle a little (not the serious hustle like 'getmoney' has done). But I...
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I love shooting pool with my husbandand our friends. My older children are getting pretty good too. I am just average but improving all the time. I have never run the table but my husband has. My husband and I love watching ESPN and the different male and female tournaments. We have chatted about going to a...
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We have two pool tables; one is regular pooltable and the other one is a bumper pool table. We all shoot pool and most of our friends and their kids shoot pool too. Of course we are all nude when playing pool. I love it when the guys are standing behind me and very hard and rubbing up against me prior to taking my...
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Shooting!!I used to shoot pool on a regular basis when I lived in another city! My friends and I used to get together and go to a pool hall and shoot for hours. I became a regular pool shark. I miss it! There really isnt anywhere here to go shoot unless its in a bar. Im not too keen on the...
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Just Started...pool has become my new favorite game! I have only been able to play a few times but im playing with many different people. The last game the people were thinking i was horrible and by the end were just like wow not bad at all. This is going to be a fun new thing.
Four!!!!I love to shoot pool with my friends. We have so much fun, sadly we are terrible at it but that just makes it even more fun. Every time we shoot a ball off the table we yell our "FOUR!" it will keep us laughing for hours! What can I say we are easily amused.
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Shooting PoolI grew up with a pool table in the basement and its always been a sanctuary of mine. I play just about everyday by myself or with some buddies having a beer. I love the game and all that goes into it: taking in the field of play, choosing your shot, setting yourself up for the...
moonshineBrewer 26-30, M 0 Jul 29, 2012
I Have Always Enjoyed Playing Pool.I started playing pool when I was about 12 years old, and got pretty good. When I was in my early 20's I used to walk to a popular bar near my home and hustle drinks playing pool (that's why I walked - better not to drive under the influence). (I quit drinking alcohol in my mid 2...
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I Am Ok At Iti used to win money when i was younger, but not anymore. it's not like remebering to ride a bike. i suck at it now.
haroldeddy 26-30 0 Mar 19, 2010
Miss ItAs a teen we spent a lot of time at the bowling alley shooting pool. I loved it and miss it so. I would love to hit the pool hall again but I'm afraid I'd need to practice to get back up to speed.
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It's FunnyI really suck at it... I generally don't enjoy things I'm not miles ahead of everyone else in. Get me to a pool table, though, and I'm perfectly happy to just laugh at myself. I usually end up knocking a ball off the table or not hitting it at all. I don't even care if I get...
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We have a family pool table in our home.I love to play for fun and compete with my family and friends. I love to lay on my pool table, in one of his or my favorite outfits and then have my husband take pictures of me. It is a personal and private collection and I am not sharing.
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OnlineI love to shoot pool . . . haven't played in years . . . until recently . . . a friend introduced me to this online pool game . . . a great one . . . really does feel like the real thing . . . if you are interested . . . the web site is . . . http://www.miniclip.com/games/8...
maltesemermaid 41-45, F 1 May 21, 2013
Can't Wait For TonightTuesday pool league tonight! I can't wait to play tonight. I will also get my fourth 9-Ball on the break pin tonight! If I could only get an 8-Ball on the break to go with my 9-Ball ones in league it would be cool.
socogun 46-50, M 4 Responses 0 Jan 27, 2009
No Skills, But Love The Sport Of The GameI ABSOLUTELY ADORE shooting pool. With due long term practice I could probably beat any champion around - wish i had more time and access to the game. PLAY for sport (for now) may dabble into playing for cash.
katrisha23 26-30 0 Apr 12, 2012
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Jacob1349035 18-21, M 1 Sep 9, 2014
I Shoot Alone ...The most fun can be trying a hard combo and making it. Hard to try those shots when you are trying to win a game against a good shot. Most like to shoot against others and I have, even tried a league and a few tournaments. Practice time is when I can try...
gottaBhappy 51-55, M 0 Jan 14, 2009
Like Pointing At the OutfieldOne of my best billiard memories was racking a game of 8-ball, and telling my good buddy to go ahead and break while I went to the can. When I came back, I looked hard at the table for a minute or so, and told him "well... I think I've just about got this one wrapped up...
pickingoutathermos 31-35, M 1 Response 1 Apr 4, 2008
Play In ApaI play in the APA and am a 4/5 in both 8 and 9 ball. One of my teams made it to the Nationals in Vegas. I used to play with my great grandpa and I have fond memories of learning to play with him.
PHSensei 36-40, M 2 Responses 0 Jun 30, 2008
Pool. It's All Good.I like it, I like it a lot. Wish I could shoot more. I can see all the angles (not quite bank shots but close) but I don't quite have the stroke down yet. Just need some more table time and a few better players to give me pointers. I would love to join up...
HeyIsy 26-30, M 0 Jan 24, 2008
Copy of My Last Blog ...I love to shoot. Whether I make the shot or not, I don't care. Just love to bang them around. Make more than I miss, otherwise I probably wouldn't do it. ****** others off I won't play them. I always usually make them so I'm doing them a favor really...
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Manchester United have dropped out of the top three of Europe's top-earning clubs for the first time.
The club are now fourth in the Deloitte Football Money League behind leaders Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich based on income from the 2012/13 season.
The money table has been compiled by Deloitte since 1997, and for the first eight years United were the biggest-earning club in the world only to be overtaken by first Real Madrid, then Barcelona. Now Bayern, thanks in part to the German side's remarkable treble-winning season, have moved ahead of the English champions.
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BiographyMy summoner name is "sirmojosodope", and i consider myself as a good player. But I can use allot of work. Day by day I like to better myself technology wise and gaming wise. This is something I take very seriously.
I want to be one of the Pro's like hotshotgg and reginald, but like I said before I need allot of work. I love winning and I hate losing.


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(CBS/AP) WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. - A central South Carolina police officer has been charged with sending explicit photos of himself to a 13-year-old girl in Iowa.
Authorities said Wednesday Andrew Alan Haney, 31, has been charged with interstate commerce of obscene materials to a person under 16.
According to CBS affiliate WLTX, a criminal complaint stated that the girl's mother discovered the photos on a tablet computer in her daughter's room. When the mom asked about it, the girl reportedly said that she used the device to talk to men on the internet.
Police say Haney met the girl online last month.
Authorities say they identified Haney as a suspect after he sent the girl a photo with his police badge with the state seal visible in the photo.
West Columbia Police Chief Dennis Tyndall says Haney has been fired from the force. Haney was expected in court Thursday.
Haney had been an officer for two years, according to the station.


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Jul.10 (GMM) Josh Hill, who earlier wanted to be F1's first ever third-generation champion, has quit motor racing.
The 22-year-old is the son of 1996 world champion Damon Hill, whose own father was the legendary double title winner Graham.
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Although this is a good idea in theory I do find it quite racist that the whole idea of the platform is only aimed at black people. I understand the reasoning listed in the article but unfortunately there are far more demographics that would like to use such a platform and I personally feel that with the focus being solely on black people that others won't feel comfortable using it.
I personally suffer from mental health and the NHS has been so unhelpful with dealing with my issues, all they do is fob you off on meds and when they don't work they up the dose. Mental Health in general needs to be addressed but I don't feel this platform will truly be a benefit to all of those in need.
Catelyn isn't 'dead' though. At least in the books she's not. She can still find out the truth.
Response to Who Should You Visa Marry?:
Marry the American. That's ironic as I have dual nationalities. Born in SA to British Parents and my dad has dual nationalities born in Britain with American father and lived in the USA for several years as a kid.
Then my sister lives in the USA on visa with her husband SA passport and Green card and her two girls with USA passports.
Not to mention all my uncle's and aunts and cousins over there.
USA may definitely be in my future one day.
It's not a zit it's a cyst or possibly an abscess that's gone untreated.
And you have never had a pimple before in your life. Some people suffer from acne and no amount of cleansers can help, I myself cleanse and moisturise regularly. My face is completely spot free but ever now and then I get the odd zit. Normally small but sometimes it appears overnight and is absolutely massive. It's life, it happens.
Yeah but getting them to calculate it and give it back is not the quickest process. I recently got a rebate from 2013/2014. I've overpaid this year but I've got to wait for HMRC to figure that out and pay me back.
The southern hemisphere starts school in January which is then end of summer / farming season. The northern hemisphere starts school Augyst/September to lie in with the the end of summer.
Remember seasons are opposite across the equator.
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I put £0.xx for 18.
Response to Can You Pass This Maths SAT For 10-Year-Olds?:
Write it out.
150 - x = 87
Find the value of x: -x = 87 - 150
Simplify the negatives: x = -87 + 150
Simplify again: x = 150 - 87
Final answer: x = 63
Maybe not pasta on a sandwich but I grew up with a slice of bread and butter with my spag bol. Same concept as Italians and garlic bread.
#6 were never called Foakleys. They were called Oakeys or Oakieys. They removed the l or replaced it with an i.
Got Capricorn. I'm Scorpio/Sagittarius cusp. 1 in 6 chance of getting it right and you still failed.
Show Chuck has made out with a guy before.
I got one Christmas. A box of Froot Loops from my work colleagues boyfriend. You don't get Froot Loops in the UK and I haven't had them in ages.
Strangely enough, I was the naturally messy one with my ex, but I was the one doing the cooking, washing up, putting the dishes away, washing clothes, hanging them on the line, ironing, folding, basically I had to do everything because he wanted it tidy but he rarely lifted a finger.
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You got: B cup Your boobs are on the small side, but you still have a good handful. Your boobs don't like to steal all the attention, but with the right bra, they can be the star of the show. Nope, nope, nope. Try again buzzfeed.
She did. Read the article.
I'd just moved to England and the guy I was seeing was obsessed with Nandos. He took me there on a date after I said I'd never had Nandos before (left out the 'in England part'). He was trying to impress me and ordered a bit of all the different sauces. I picked up one of the hottest pieces and without thinking said; this isnt nearly as hot as back home, nor as good. Busted, i had to fess up; yes i have been to Nandos dozens of times. I'm South African, so obviously I've had Nandos before. Now I really truely the poor guy and had to explain (with the help of Google and Wikipedia) that Nandos, although Portuguese styled chicken, originated in SA. He refused to believe me and accused me of lying and even went so far as to say I'm actually Portuguese not South African. OK so my SA passport is fake then? After that, i excused myself to go to the ladies and snuck out the door when he wasn't looking, leaving him to pay the bill.
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My 80 year old Grandmother just got her very first smart phone. An iPhone 4s. Its my job to teach her how to use it. My uncle got it for her. My dad and I both wanted her to have an android due to the extra buttons. But she can't work it and I about ready to give up. Worst part is my mothers 85 year old mother has had an iPhone for 6 years and has an iPhone 6 at the moment and never has any issues working it. She also has an iPad, kindle, laptop etc.
Please go back to school. Great Britain constitutes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK is the United Kingdom or Great Britain and Ireland (The Republic of Ireland which is a different country than Northern Ireland)
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You got: Verbal & Linguistic
You typically display a strong understanding of words and language. This also means you are likely to be good at remembering words and dates. In everyday use, you are likely to be a good talker and very able to understand narratives more quickly than other people. Reading and books likely play an important role in your life.
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I was born in Port Elizabeth. It's not a huge city compared to Cape Town, Joburg and Durban but it is an ever growing area. It was settled by British Settlers in 1820 so is more English than some other areas. I lived here for almost 20 years before i moved to the UK, where my parents were born. I spent the next 5 years in the UK and have recently come home for a 2 month holiday mainly to spend time with my family. I have been back for 2 weeks, and as much as I love this country and the weather and my friends and family, i am the happiest I have been in months, I will never move back here, at least not any time soon. It's not because of the crime (Port Elizabeth is a lot safer than Joburg or CT, and I feel safer here than in Birmingham), its not because of the corrupt government or the ever failing Eskom, or the lack of employment opportunities. All those are true, but the main reason is because my life is not in South Africa anymore. Even though it will always be a part of my life. Right now my life is in England
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He's from Dublin. Thats the capital of The Republic of Ireland (Northern Ireland is Belfast). Therefore he is Irish not British.
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Afrikaans: Gatvol - the feeling of being absolutely fed up, had enough or cannot be bothered anymore. Pronounced ghatfole (the gh sound is very hard for non Afrikaans speakers to pronounce sounds like you are hocking a loonies)
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99999 for some 5 digit pin banks ;-/
Marry, F#ck, Kill. That order. Lol
Response to Can We Guess Your British Accent?:
Queens English. I'll take that as a compliment. I'm South African living in Birmingham. Glad I didn't get Brummie!
Response to 21 Year Nine Kids Who Just Need To Calm Down:
This needs yo be renamed: 21 Year Nine Kids Who Need A Serious Slap
Not a fail. You could lose your virginity at 17.
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20/20 of course
Thank you for being so typically racist by only showing pictures of black people in South Africa. FYI white people live in South Africa too!
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My Jack sleeps in my arms under the covers. Until he decides its time towill wake up by sucking on your ear. Its really cute until the claws come out and you still have a few more hours left to sleep.
5/13. Thank mummy and daddy for giving me a British Passport.
I was forced to download the messenger app a in June as it epuldnt let me view or send any messages in the FB app. So I downloaded it and I am still able to send and receive messages in the fb app as well as messenger. So i receive twice the notifications that I've got a message. I delete messenger and I get no messages. Basic all I've had to download a. Completely useless app like the rest of the completely useless Google apps I have on my android phone. Sick of this shit.
This is disgusting and I find this very offensive racist and this kind of thing should not be condoned on the internet. Where is the report button on the mobile site???
Its not just the Americans. I've lived in England for 4 years and whenever I say I am from South Africa I normally get one of 2 responses; Wheres that - hmmm lets think. SOUTH AFRICA. The name says it. Africa is that huge continent below Europe. The name suggests the Southern part of Africa. Common sense. Or What country in Africa - then trying to explain that South Africa is an actual country and differs to Southern Africa which is a collection of countries in the southern part of Africa. That being said, the English arent too bad its normally the influx of foreigners who asko
Traditional South African Nandos you need, 1 whole chicken, 2 chips (not fries), 1 creamy mash and gravy, coleslaw, 6 Portuguese bread rolls and a 2l coke. Now that is proper nandos. None of this 'macho' peas and 'sweet potato' mash crap.
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No. No. No. Go back yo maths class. 20m2 (squared) is the product of 20 x 1 or 4 x 5. You don't multiply a square by anything. It is the result of previous multiplication. They are asking for 20m2 not a 20m square which are two completely different things. Come on I learnt this stuff when i was like 9.
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Are you a bit nervous about whether you have taken proper measures to insure the security of your home and family? Welcome to the site that will educate you about making your home more secure!
With the rise in crime, probably now more than ever, people are getting more cautious about protecting their loved ones and their homes. In addition to keeping their doors locked at all times, never opening their doors to strangers, and keeping their windows securely locked, people are also investing in home security systems and alarms.
Burglars and intruders alike will often keep a watchful eye on any opportunities that present themselves to gain entrance to a home. Many thieves do their research well and look for any entry possible to enter a home – such as doors, windows, skylights, and chimneys. They will also pay attention to any surveillance systems, and do their homework on how to disable or avoid them. If a house is well equipped with alarms, cameras, and motion detectors, a burglar may actually think twice before he attempts to ransack a home.
Burglars and Intruders Can Be Very Intelligent and Determined
What many fail to realize is the fact that burglars are often smart people (at least the ones who have figured out how to stay out of jail!). They spend a lot of time planning to rob a home, carefully studying and watching. Although locking your doors and windows will help to an extent, it normally won't keep a determined burglar out of your home. If a burglar is determined and has a plan in mind, simply locking your windows and doors aren't enough.
Secured / Locked Doors and Windows May Not Be Enough
If all you have are sturdy and strong doors and windows, it will take the amateur burglar extra time to break in. In the process, the intruder can easily get caught due to the high level of noise he will make trying to get into the home. If you have a lot of valuables in your home, you can always invest in a strong fireproof safe to store them in. To protect the exterior of your home you should always have good lighting in your yard.
Invest in an Extra Layer of Security
Alarms are an extra layer of security, as most will go off the second a burglar tries to open a window or a door. They are very popular these days, providing a high level of security for your home. Alarms and surveillance systems include a variety of detectors, control panels, alarms, and cameras. Although they may cost you a bit of money, the peace of mind and safety of your family is more than worth the investment.
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One More Bite : Book five in the Jaz Parks sequence Paperback
by Jennifer Rardin
Part of the Jaz Parks series
I've already smoked the guy who was the pain in the CIA's you-know-what for the past few years.
But now, in the power vacuum left by the death of Edward 'The Raptor' Samos, a struggle for supremacy has begun between his former allies.The CIA feels the balance must be maintained.
So when a Valencian Were agent discovers a plot to assassinate the Coven of Inverness' leader, me and my vampire hottie (and boss), are drafted in.
Our mission - to take out the woman hired to do the deed, a killer who might be as wily and Gifted as ourselves.So it's off to the Scottish Highlands for some twisted fun among murderers, demons and half-crazed relatives.
Sometimes being a top-secret CIA assassin isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Review by redheadheroines
I abandoned this book after 150 pages. I read all of the Jaz Parks books up until this one and I finally couldn't stomach Rardin's inexperienced narration, especially in relation to explaining complex details, outlining a series of events and filling the reader in on an ongoing plot when the novel begins. I stuck it out with the preceeding novels in the series because I really like the characters and the romance between Jaz and Vayl. Too bad that relationship never amounted to anything! It is clear that Rardin is simply stringing the reader along with the hopes of another breathtaking paranormal-romance relationship so that suckers like me will read five books instead of one. Psht!
Review by JenJ.
I've liked this best of the series so far. Rardin continues to improve her writing and plots. Seems like maybe we've finally resolved the love triangle thing which will be a relief. It was also nice to learn a little more about Jaz's past and her mother.
Review by Cynical_Ames
Don't get me wrong I LOVED the story, the humour, the growing relationship between Jaz and Vayl, Cole's eventual acceptance that he can't have Jaz but there was one thing that left me a bit flumoxed. Jaz's dad Albert, he never discovers that Vayl is a vampire. He overhears that Vayl's a vampire a few times, he even sees the evidence for himself, Jaz hints at it as well but he never realises it. I kept waiting for the lightbulb to go on inside his head and for him to make a big thing over the fact that Vayl is undead. It never happens and I'm a bit disappointed about it.

I also really missed Bergman as did Jaz but that was deliberate, bloody politicians trying to strip Jaz of her allies making it less likely for her to survive her mission but hopefully we'll see him in the next book. I really liked seeing more of Jaz's parents, why her mother deserves to be in hell and Albert finding out why Jaz hates her so much. All in all, a very entertaining read. I'm looking forward to seeing what Vayl's solution is to the political problem in the next book, BITE MARKS which may get both him and Jaz either fired or dead.


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Skimboarding 2008 – Session #05 – Hiratsuka
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I was stoked as usual for this past Saturday's skimboarding session, but the waves were just not there for any kind of even modest session. Walking to the beach I saw a few skimboarders leaving and from afar could see a few still down on the beach. I quickly realized why there was almost no one out there, though, despite the beautiful day—the strong wind was just making all the waves way too sloppy.
Still, I didn't want to have gone all the way out there for nothing, so I grinded out a few semi-ok rides before turning my board over to Aya for her to continue to practice the quick-on technique she first learned last week.
Then we were joined by UK Mike and a friend. His friend tried skimboarding a bit, but the conditions were hard even for a 21-year vet like me, so not the easiest way to learn! UK Mike himself dropped in for several fearless rides showing that the keys to skimboarding are speed and no-fear! He had one nice ride getting up and over a wave.
In between all this I put in one other session where I started to find a line for getting some somewhat decent rides. I ended it with a nice frontside floater and carve. I got pretty high up on the wave, which always feels cool to do.


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Crunchy Granola Bars
7 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups whole almonds, pecans, walnuts or peanuts (I used almonds)
3/4 cup honey
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (optional)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups whole almonds, pecans, walnuts or peanuts (I used almonds)
3/4 cup honey
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (optional)
Step by step instructions:
1. Adjust oven rack to the middle of the oven and set the temperature to 375 degrees.
2. Line an 18 x 13 inch rimmed baking pan with aluminum foil.
3. Combine the oats, oil and salt in a large bowl and mix until the oats are evenly coated. Transfer the mixture to the baking sheet and spread into an even layer. Bake, stirring every 10 minutes, until pale gold, 20-25 minutes. Remove the oats and lower the oven temp to 300 degrees.
4. Place the nuts in a food processor and process until coarsely chopped. Or just chop coarsely with a big sharp knife (watch your fingers!).
5. Combine the honey and brown sugar in a saucepan and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, to dissolve the sugar. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and cinnamon (if using).
6. Combine the oats, nuts, and honey mixture in a large bowl and stir with a large rubber spatula until the oats are thoroughly coated with the honey mixture. Spray the baking sheet (still with foil sling) with non-stick spray then transfer the granola mixture to the prepared baking sheet and spread in an even layer. Spray a large metal spatula (like the ones used for cake frosting) or a square dish with non-stick spray and firmly press the mixture into the pan. Make a flat, tight, and even layer. Bake until golden, about 35-40 minutes.
7. Cool in the baking sheet, on a wire rack, for 15 minutes before cutting into bars. I used a pastry scraper to cut which was great…no dealing with a knife handle hitting the rim of the baking sheet. Cut the bars all the way through (about 2 inches by 3 inches is a good size) and then allow the granola bars to completely cool. Do not wait longer than 15 minutes before cutting the bars. They harden up significantly as they cool. Any longer and you'll have a very hard time cutting thru them.
The bars can be stored, covered for up to 2 weeks.


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Franklin's Kristen Grimm sat prepared in Sen. Lamar Alexander's office Tuesday morning. Sliding out a piece of paper in front of her, she knew exactly what she wanted to say when it came to asking for a replacement of the Affordable Care Act versus a repeal.
President-elect Donald Trump has garnered a hurry-up approach to repealing the ACA. But both Alexander and Tennessee's other senator, Bob Corker, have urged a moment of pause before dismantling a system that provides millions with healthcare, including those in Williamson County.
As an urging and a moment of solidarity with Sen. Alexander's willingness to potentially wait to act, Grimm and a dozen others sat in cushy green chairs around a large wooden conference together in the senator's Nashville office. Spanning from Spring Hill to Brentwood to the pocket of College Grove, the group came to ask for a replacement before any kind of repeal.
Grimm knows all too well the risk of having this coverage taken away with nothing available to take its place.
"None of us walk into the hospital as a Republican or a Democrat," she said. "We all enter as human beings seeking mercy and quality health care."
Her son has had 19 surgeries because of medical conditions he was born with. On the day of his latest surgery, Grimm watched another family's daughter enter her 100th surgery. She said she hoped that no repeal would remove her son or any other children from the parents' insurance until they were 26, a provision under the current ACA.
Grimm also warned of the consequences of leaving the uninsured right back where they started.
"I come here to ask you and graciously remind your colleagues to remind that the cost of uncompensated care and the prices of emergency surgeries," she said. "The price of EpiPens to MRIS all the way down to the cost of hospital socks is so high, because of how many people walk in as the uninsured."
Williamson mom Gael Morkel has similar fears, with her daughter also facing a chronic illness. In addition, Morkel herself also has a pre-existing condition after facing a previous bout with cancer. But with the ACA provisions, she was able to obtain coverage. Under the current law, insurance companies can't deny anyone coverage because of pre-existing conditions. Several at the table faced Morkel's concerns not only for their children, but also them for themselves.
"I didn't have insurance for five years," she said. "I have a a daughter with cerebral palsy, and what's going to happen to her? I worry for her future. It's such a relief to have insurance. I am going to be right back without coverage if we deny this."
Only a handful of hours later, Alexander's office issued a release saying he was going to propose a three-step plan of replacing and repealing the current insurance system.
Alexander likened addressing the collapsing Obamacare exchanges in Tennessee and across the country to handling a collapsing bridge.
"If your local bridge were 'very near collapse,' the first thing you would do is send in a rescue crew to repair it temporarily so no one else is hurt. Then you would build a better bridge, or more accurately, many bridges, as states develop their own plans for providing access to truly affordable health care to replace the old bridge. Finally, when the new bridges are finished you would close the old bridge."
In line with this metaphor, Alexander said the first step would mean a rescue crew to repair it temporarily. He said this will require Congress and President Trump to take action before March 1, which is when insurance companies begin to decide whether they will offer insurance in these markets during 2018.
"Then, step by step, we will build better systems that give Americans access to truly affordable health care," he said. "We will do this by moving health care decisions out of Washington, D.C., and back to states and patients. Finally, when our reforms become concrete, practical alternatives, we will repeal the remaining parts of Obamacare in order to repair the damage it has caused Americans. This is what I believe we mean when we say Obamacare should be repealed and replaced, simultaneously and concurrently."
Enrollment into the ACA will end nationwide Jan. 31.
Emily West covers Franklin, education and the state legislature for the Franklin Home Page. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter via @emwest22.


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Hanky Panky Trailer (1982)
"When you're wanted for a murder you didn't commit, chased for secrets you didn't steal, and running from people who want to kill you, the worst mistak" 04 June 1982 Adventure, Horror, Action 110 mins
The complete innocent, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of secrecy and government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she is later murdered, Michael is the chief suspect and on the run.
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