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Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest nights for serving pizza. Most people watching the game will say they want something delicious, hot, and fast and that you can eat with your hands. The same goes for desserts; so why not serve a dessert pizza!
6 Double Stuffed Oreos
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup cold butter, cut into cubes
2 cans crescent rolls
1/4 cup chopped pecans, optional
4 Double Stuffed Oreos, pulsated or chopped into chunks, optional
Chocolate or peanut butter chips, optional
For the Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or Godiva chocolate liqueur
1 Tablespoon milk
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A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
Dartmouth Middle School had an API growth score of 776 in 2012. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Dartmouth Middle School's 2012 base score was 772, however the school did not meet its 2012 school-wide growth target.
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I think it's an awesome school with a great staff who really care about their students and facuilty and watch out for each other. We want to make sure that everyone is safe and happy and content here. We are a very loving school kind of like a family.
need to get ahold of report cards, in a easyier way. very confusing.
Well first of all, there is no kind of communication between parents, teachers and other school staff everything is missed directed and no one takes complaints serious. School staff just ignores all of parents requests and complaints!!!!!


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1. The burger at Holeman & Finch
In the latest Southern Living magazine, Holeman & Finch's burger, served at 10 p.m. nightly and during Sunday brunch only, was named the best late-night burger, To quote the restaurant's website, "Each night, 24 exquisite, double patty cheeseburgers are assembled on house-made buns and served alongside hand-cut fries and homemade ketchup, mustard and pickles — only 24. Some nights they sell out in under a minute."
2. Lobster bisque at Chops
3. Salmon chips at Two Urban Licks
4. Pork belly buns at Super Pan Latino Sandwich Shop
5. Three Little Pigs at 4th & Swift
Sticky toffee pudding at 4th & Swift
The AJC dining team's Popular Eats specialist Jon Watson says, "4th & Swift's Sticky Toffee Pudding easily takes the top slot of my favorite dishes in 2010. This rich toffee cake swimming in a pool of buttery caramel sauce can make anyone grow a sweet tooth."
Eggplant calabrese at Bocado
Chief Dining Critic John Kessler says, "Warm eggplant calabrese — a deeply flavored compote — arrives over cool, super-creamy burrata mozzarella at Bocado. It's an incredibly rich few mouthfuls with one of those subtle temperature contrasts that sears in your memory."
The bbq beef rib at Pura Vida
The AJC dining team's specialist in Southern and Neighborhood Fare Jenny Turknett says, "My favorite dish of 2010 was the bbq beef rib at Pura Vida, made by the 'habanero whisperer,' Hector Santiago. These short ribs with an adobo rub are extremely tender and full of flavor, radiating sweet heat from the orange-chipotle barbecue sauce. The thinly-sliced carrot slaw adds freshness to the dish. Paired with one of Pura Vida's signature mojitos garnished with a stick of real sugar cane, this dish succeeds on all levels."
Shigoku oysters on the half shell at Tomo
The AJC dining team's specialist in International Cuisine Gene Lee says, "My number one favorite food item in 2010 was not anything complicated nor overly engineered. In fact, most of the engineering with Shigoku oysters takes place at Taylor Shellfish in Washington State. By the time they reached my table at Tomo, they were plated on a formed puck of crushed ice and infused with an Asian mignonette." For more, check out the Food and More blog post of Gene Lee's Top 10 dishes of 2010.
Kimchi jigae at Woo Nam Jeong
Keeper of Best of the Big A Shane Harrison says, "The spicy red broth is still bubbling from the heat as it comes to the table. This pungent, flavor-packed bowl of tofu, pork and kimchi at Woo Nam Jeong (aka Stone Bowl House) is the culinary equivalent of a warm winter parka."
December 23rd, 2010
9:40 am
The kibbee and hummous at Nicolas near Emory.
December 23rd, 2010
11:09 am
You would think with your vast expansive knowledge of the states you would know how to abbreviate Connecticut. Maybe you should roll out to another state and take your pessimism with you and leave all this terrible food to us who enjoy it and appreciate what we have.
December 23rd, 2010
5:03 pm
Shrimp and Grits at Marlowes
December 23rd, 2010
8:00 pm
Its hard to beat JALISCO in peachtree battle.but what do i know
December 23rd, 2010
9:08 pm
Whatever, Stew… I hope you enjoy living in a place where you refuse to find/eat at/acknowledge the good that is around you.
I think that's great that I can eat a great Cheese steak in Philly and not in Atlanta… thats why i go to philadelphia. Thats why regions are interesting/full of culture. I'm not saying you can't find great food from other regions of the world in Atlanta, because you can, and I have eaten at plenty of them, but what good would regional cuisine be if it werent dominant from that region?
Eat at Floataway Cafe, Abbatoir, Taqueria, and Paul's if you ask me. I loved my last dish from pauls- a chicken and eggplant masterpiece
December 24th, 2010
7:41 am
Having lived in both the northeast and Atlanta (25+ years), I do not agree with Stew "the greater Atlanta area has the worst food in the country." Far from it, we have some wonderful dining destinations, however, he makes a valid point on breads and pizza. While we have a "few" good/great choices in these categories, they are indeed few and far between. They are so few and scattered throughout the metro area that for many of us it requires a dedicated trip to enjoy, whereas in many parts of the northeast you can literally walk around the corner to find wonderful breads and pizza.
As for the best dish I had this year in the Big A, I've had many but tops on my 2010 list would have to be the Spinach with Parsnip Cream sidedish I enjoyed at Livingston at the Georgia Terrace about a month ago. I doubt this would be viewed as at category winner, but it takes a lot to blow my socks off and this was it. Since that meal, I've tried to duplicate the recipe at home with limited success, but I haven't quite identified their secret ingredient/process. I'd love to get the recipe.
December 24th, 2010
9:46 pm
The steak at Johnny Mitchell's in Euharlee, GA. Come on up to Bartow County and experience casual carnivorous dining at it's best.
December 24th, 2010
10:30 pm
Well said Foodie-B and Mark. Stew, if you are so convinced that Atlanta has terrible food, then you'll never find a restaurant here that will make you happy. By the way, can anyone in Philly or California make Southern Fried Chicken or Pecan Pie like you can have in any number of restaurants in Atlanta?
December 24th, 2010
10:40 pm
I just wish all the damn yankees, ESPECIALLY those from new york would just go home. If it's so much better THERE, then why in the hell are you HERE?
I would have to say Kevin Gillespie's pork belly at the Woodfire. I would have never imagined eating pork belly and thought he was nuts when he included it on his menu for that goofy show he was on. It was a pleasure to be proven dead wrong. That stuff was GOOD.
December 24th, 2010
10:43 pm
Wings at Dugans on Ponce!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 24th, 2010
10:44 pm
@ Fred – I like your post!! I totally agree with you!! Them damn yankees are always talking about new york. Then why the heck are they here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 24th, 2010
10:45 pm
@ Fred – I totally agree.
December 24th, 2010
11:02 pm
Stew on 12/21 at 9:41PM – Delta has a couple of hundred flights a day to the northeast. You need to be on one of them.
December 24th, 2010
11:24 pm
Stew – anyone who thinks ethic food should be "Americanized" shouldn't be allowed to eat it.
December 24th, 2010
11:39 pm
Clams Oreganata at Oscars in Dunwoody. Actually, everything there is the best. Little Italy right down the street.
December 24th, 2010
11:51 pm
The huevos rancheros at Three Blind Mice in Gwinnett. Also their creme brule! Delicious!
December 24th, 2010
11:56 pm
December 25th, 2010
1:08 am
As a vegetarian, I have to put the veggie plate at Milton's on this list. NOT your average veggie plate. The absolute BEST IN ATLANTA. It beats South City by a mile. The meat eaters in my group go completely nuts over the shrimp and grits. Great place all around…great food, great service.,
December 25th, 2010
3:16 am
Polenta at the Floataway Cafe. Absolutely amazing….
December 25th, 2010
7:21 am
The best pretzels ever are at the The Pretzel Company in Alpharetta. They make real phillly style pretzels. These are better than the ones I used to get when I was in philly on the street corner.
December 25th, 2010
9:02 am
delmonico steak – capital grill
December 25th, 2010
12:27 pm
Should have known stew is a damn yankee. Go back where you came from if it's so great what are you here for?
December 25th, 2010
3:15 pm
I was going to say something at Hayakawa's, but I've changed my answer to Lambasted Stew.
December 25th, 2010
4:33 pm
Poor poor Stew. I too have eaten is many many cities in this wonderful country of ours. I have found that each area has its own great foods.To Say that we need to update our ethnic foods to taste like the rest of the country would be the ruin of our great Southern foods. Do you suggest that the New England boil be changed to a Tenn. Mountain boil?
Accept each area for what it offers. If you don't like it here, as our late great Lewis Grizzard once stated, "Delta is reay when you are." Also remember that I-75 does run North and I-20 and I-85 go west young man.
December 26th, 2010
7:36 am
The Cuban sandwich at Havana Grill.
December 26th, 2010
8:10 am
Three Little Pigs at 4th & Swift.
December 26th, 2010
8:28 am
Stew, sorry you can't get New York culinary satisfaction here in Atlanta. Perhaps you should go to a book store, purchase the latest copy of Rand-McNally and discover that Atlanta is located in the state of Georgia, NOT New York. Many from the south would probably be disappointed with the Sole Food Country cooking options available in New York. Quit whining and give Delta a call, they're ready when you are . . . .
December 26th, 2010
9:00 am
Gordon Biersch: Garlic fries…. Phenomenal!
December 26th, 2010
9:47 am
5. Burgers and cole slaw at Merles (Dallas, GA)
4. Japanese at Taki (Hiram)
3. Red Beans and Rice at Gumbeaux's (Douglasville)
2. Ms. Gail's Peanut Butter Pie (Gumbeaux's)
1. Ya-Ya's Salmon (Gumbeaux's)
As a Californian, albeit w/a dad born here, I have yet to find any Mexican food worth while. Salsa Roja from Zocalo's stand at Marietta Farmer's Market; their mole sauce; then I make my own dishes.
December 26th, 2010
12:06 pm
We dont have a good barbecue place in stone mountain.
We dont have a good sandwhich place. Jasons on LaVista but I do not always like their stale menu.
We dont have a really good pizza place in stone mountain.
We dont have a good bakery in stone mountain.
Dont understand it but it needs to change.
December 26th, 2010
4:36 pm
Raisedbywolves: Authentic mexican food is tough to find in Atlanta unless you are hispanic and speak Spanish. The places I have found that serve it aren't likely to serve it to gringos. LaSabrosita in Lilburn does a good job though.
The shrimp lasabrosita is awesome.
December 26th, 2010
6:30 pm
Chicken salad sandwich at Jason's Deli, fried goat cheese balls at Ecco, Lobster Bisque at Chop's, spinach and artichoke dip, ribs, hawaiian rib eye, and asian salad at Houston's.
December 26th, 2010
9:48 pm
Short rib and manchego torta at Holy Taco.
December 27th, 2010
12:22 am
tie, pork shank I had on Valentine's at JCT or the Dry Aged Sirloin at Capital Grill
December 27th, 2010
7:26 am
Stew, you really don't know food, and you are obviously a very miserable man here in the ATL. Why don't you move? True, no good cheesesteak in Atlanta but plenty of great Chinese, pizza, bbq and fine dining. And bread–ever been to Alon's??? We have passionate craftsmen here working in the restaurant industry. You obviously don't patronize them. Don't complain that you don't, as it's your own fault.
December 27th, 2010
7:32 am
Sorry–got off on a rant.
Best sandwich of this year–the roast lamb and caramelized onion jam at Alon's…wow.
Best Asian–Fish in hot oil at Hot Pot restaurant in Chinese mall food court.
Second best sandwich of the year–oyster po boy at Crawfish Shack.
Best Mexican–tostada pastor at Don Pepe (former Chef Liu trailer in parking lot of Pine Tree Plaza)
All other best dishes were at my house. Look out in 2011 for what damage can be wrought with the wood burning pizza oven, under construction.
December 27th, 2010
7:42 am
I am going to regret posting this, but the escargot at Red Tomato in Bolingbroke, GA is the absolute best in this world!
December 27th, 2010
7:53 am
The most outstanding dish in Atlanta continues to be the pork belly on steamed cocnut buns at Pura Vida. Pork belly has been played out a bit in Atlanta but this is a fresh take and crazy good.
December 27th, 2010
8:04 am
The bone-in fried catfish and hoe cakes at Willingham's in McDonough – delicious!
December 27th, 2010
8:45 am
Farm egg baked in celery cream with rustic bread at Miller Union.
It's not even close. Well, maybe the Lobster bisque at Chops.
December 27th, 2010
8:51 am
The best pizza in ATL is at The NY Pizzeria on Chamblee Tucker & 285 (in the Big Lots shopping center). My husband is from NY and that's the only place he'll go for pizza.
December 27th, 2010
9:23 am
Fred: I'd come to that conclusion. I am fluent in Spanish, but that is because California has a large native Latino population and it makes it easier to be able to communicate. I've had good frijoles refritos at La Cocina in Dallas, but it is just easier to make my own. I'll go to any restaurant once, and if they don't look at my blue eyes, they will accept me as one of their own by my accent and pronunciation! Always wanted to take my act to Arizona with that new bill, get sent to Mexico for a free vacation and then come back and own the state!
Back to food: Johnny's New York Pizza in Hiram has hit our list for good pizza.
December 27th, 2010
9:32 am
A few nominations:
1) Fried Chicken Benedict at Farmstead 303
2) Shan City Chicken at Man Chun Hong
3) Tamales at Bonegarden
4) any pizza at Antico
December 27th, 2010
9:35 am
The Black Olive Hummus from The Buckhead Pizza Co. Yummy!
December 27th, 2010
9:40 am
Stew.. I agree with you! I recently relocated to the Atlanta area (from New Jersey) and am having a hard time with dining out. Forget all this fried heartattack on a plate. How about getting to the basics and having Fresh Seafood Sauteed in Olive Oil with Garlic, Light Plum Tomatoes, Fresh Basil Garnished with Baby Clams, Mussels and Rock Shrimp. Now that is a dish! Canoli, well I am hard pressed to find a bakery that has a quality one that can be enjoyed.
December 27th, 2010
9:42 am
Maybe Stew should move back to wherever he came from if he's so unhappy here in Atlanta. Or, maybe open his own restaurant to please himself.
December 27th, 2010
9:42 am
The "Big Dawg" from CJ's Hotdogs in McDonough!!! 1/2 lb black angus beef – best hotdog around – you gotta try it!!!
December 27th, 2010
9:45 am
MAK can go with Stew.
December 27th, 2010
9:56 am
I live and play ITP, but I've been fortunate to explore the dining in the Norcross area because of work. The Tuscan Veggie sandwich at Bleu House Cafe and the garlic bread and Eggplant Parm at Dominick's (both in downtown Norcross) are to die for!
December 27th, 2010
10:11 am
Guava cheesecake at Mojito's in old Norcross. …family recipe, worth the trip.


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What a unique pattern and quilt. I am not sure I could give it away!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
What a unique pattern and quilt. I am not sure I could give it away!
great job its beautiful!!!!
wow, looks like a complicated pattern. it's beautiful. congrats on the finish.
Nancy in western NY
Each time I look at it, I see another design...very interesting
May the scrap fairy visit your sewing room often
love the quilt
That is really something else! I love it and am sure your DH's aunt will be thrilled!
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do"....E. Roosevelt
Yorkville, IL
what a cool block pattern! I keep finding more and more circles and it keeps playing tricks on my eyes. Very interesting to look at!
WOW! That's gorgeous! Nice job!
Lovely quilt! Well done.
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I booked this hotel at the last minute. It was the only affordable hotel available in downtown Portland. The beds were comfortable and the rooms were clean, though the hallways and public areas felt a bit rundown to me. It was close to the convention center and close to MAX transit stations. The staff was helpful and friendly.
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During Chandler's 20 years as publisher — and five subsequent years as editor in chief and chairman of the board of The Times' then-parent company, Times Mirror — the paper won 10 Pulitzer Prizes and expanded from two to 34 foreign and domestic bureaus.
At the same time, it doubled its circulation to more than 1 million daily and for many years during and after his tenure published more news — and more advertising — than any other newspaper in the United States.
the Washington Post Co. "The paper you are reading is his monument. By his strength and by his judgment of good journalists, he was of unique importance in the history of the Los Angeles Times."
Chandler cared deeply about how The Times was regarded by East Coast opinion-makers, and more than 40 years after his father first took him to a national convention of newspaper publishers, he could still recall, with an edge in his voice, "how clear it was that The Times was regarded as a bad newspaper from a hick town."
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In 1999 — almost 20 years after he left the publisher's office and with no official ties to the paper anymore — its standing was still so important to him that he emerged from a largely self-imposed exile and issued a strong denunciation of top Times and Times Mirror executives.
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He was also so disenchanted with the management of Times Mirror by then that he not only didn't fight or even criticize the sale but instead embraced it as "a very positive move
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Surprising though it may have been, that behavior — the initial reluctance to question his successors, the cheerful acquiescence to the sale — was very much in keeping with a lifelong pattern.
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Chandler changed The Times so dramatically and became so identified with the paper that when he left the publisher's office at age 52, and again when he relinquished his corporate titles five years later, employees at The Times and Chandler's peers throughout the industry were both stunned and puzzled.
"Everyone wondered why, at so young an age, he would step away from something that he had had such an enormous impact in building," Louis D. Boccardi, former president and chief executive officer of Associated Press, said more than a decade later.
Arthur O. Sulzberger, who was then publisher of the New York Times, said that although he initially shared his colleagues' "surprise and disappointment" when Chandler left, "I later realized that I shouldn't have been so surprised. As long as I knew him, Otis had an adventurous spirit and the courage to pursue it."
Chandler had always had an active life outside the newspaper business, and in his final years as publisher, close friends and associates knew that the lure of those interests — combined with fatigue, restlessness, health problems and major changes in his personal life — were inexorably leading him away from The Times.
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Sulzberger recalled decades later that he once walked into Chandler's office "and found him hanging upside down in the doorway, like a bat. He said it was good for his back."
Chandler was an exotic, at times mythic figure among the nation's newspaper executives, most of whose exertions and excursions outside the boardroom were generally limited to golf courses and cruise ships.
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in genetics have caught us unprepared, we suffer a ''normative deficit,''
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CARACAS - In our eagerness to dominate nature,
surpass its limits and adapt it to our own pretensions - evident
since we stood up on our two legs and looked beyond the ends of
our noses - that humankind has arrived at the most sacred terrain
of life: its genetic foundations.
With the Human Genome Project concluded we
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take a few. And we know, in passing, that some insects have 30 percent
of same genes we do, that we have just 300 more genes than mice
and that everything indicates that we have almost exactly the same
ones as monkeys. A blow, someone ignorant of these labors might
think, to our trite idea of superiority in the realm of living beings.
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The arrival on the scene four years ago of
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tissue of the human organism.
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that has become quite thorny, because we lack many answers and even
well formulated questions. We seem to be tormented by fears and
hopes, in equal shares. Fears caused by a certain idea of nature
and what is considered natural, which does not permit any manipulation
of the environment. And hopes fed by the idea that biotechnology
is the new panacea and that there is no evident limit to its transformational
These advances ultimately catch us unprepared,
with very little in the way of a political, institutional or moral
platform that would enable us to deal with them.
The market, meanwhile, does not hesitate, it
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in the direction taken by genetic research and development and its
applications. Regulations are being created that promote the private
ownership of knowledge and technologies, and all signs indicate
that the matter of human cloning will largely unfold in accordance
with the law of supply and demand.
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deficit'' that we must urgently resolve.
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guiding human conduct. An ''ethic of responsibility,'' according
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accumulated throughout human history. But one that is updated in
function of today's complexities, capable of leading us through
unprecedented situations and harmonizing our coexistence based on
the values of liberty, equality and solidarity.
There are forces advocating a different relationship
between science, technology and society, in other words, urging
a new ''social contract'' that says the market should not be the
end-all orientation of science and its applications, and that research
should be guided by agendas linked to the broadest interests of
society. Scientific research should not be conducted as isolated
disciplines, but rather on a basis of approaches that are inter-
and trans-disciplinary, as the only way of comprehending and transforming
reality in a harmonious way.
It means reconciling freedom to research with
public responsibility, access to science's results and benefits
with the legitimate individual interests of those who promote it,
dissemination of knowledge with ownership, economic growth with
environmental balance, the forces of the market with so-called ''non-solvent
demands,'' the long term with the short term, and the collective
good with private interest.
In essence, we must realize that it is essential
to create adequate mechanisms for citizens to be kept well informed
and able to choose the direction and the applications of scientific
and technological development. For as the winds of the new era are
blowing, if we do not do so, we cannot truly speak of democracy.
* Ignacio Ávalos Gutiérrez is the former
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The title here is a bit misleading: yes, DST invested in Facebook in May 2009 at a relatively low, $10 billion valuation. But they were still after the 2007 investments by Li Ka-shing and Microsoft, as well as the Series A and B rounds in 2005 and 2006. And then there was "Facebook investor" Elevation Partners, who invested in Facebook with the break-even money from the Palm-HP sale.
Don't get me wrong: large growth equity investments are useful, especially in a post-Sarbanes Oxley world. But they aren't nearly as exciting (read: risky) as seed-stage investing. What Bloomberg and the rest of the mainstream tech media should be defining Milner for is his mini-disruption of seed-stage investing.
Milner's Start Fund—the $150,000 convertible loan program offered to all Y Combinator startups—is incredibly savvy, and, given the 60+ company YC classes these days, might end up with him having an angel round equity stake in the next Facebook (or, at least, the next Dropbox or Airbnb). Not to mention the YC companies seem to be unilaterally on board.
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Port Visit
USS Samuel B. Roberts Makes Port Call to Martinique
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USS Topeka Returns Home
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No Injuries as Submarine, Ship Collide
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Patriot Arrives in Brunei
Sasebo, Japan-based USS Patriot (MCM 7) arrived in Brunei for a scheduled port visit June 25, meant to enhance the relationship between the U.S. and Brunei. The visit will be highlighted by a number of social and goodwill opportunities between Patriot Sailors and the people of Brunei, including top dignitaries, members of the Royal Brunei Navy and special-needs kids. "Our primary mission here is to interact with the people of Brunei so that we can work to create a stronger mutual
USS Anchorage Maiden Voyage Panama Canal Transit
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First of Series LCS Stops Off in Pearl Harbor
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Ships from Bonhomme Richard ESG Depart Singapore
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USS Tucson Returns to Pearl Harbor
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MSC Squadron Completes Maldives Port Call
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USS Carl Vinson, Strike Group Return to San Diego
The aircraft carrier 'Carl Vinson' and its strike group returns to San Diego, wrapping up a six-month deployment Carl Vinson is scheduled to arrive at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, 3rd Fleet officials said in a news release. The carrier last week stopped in Hawaii and took on more than 1,000 family members and friends for the "Tiger Cruise" home. The air wing flew 6,600 hours and delivered 7,283 pounds of ordnance in supporting 1,085 missions in Afghanistan
Protecting Crews During Disease Outbreak
Global maritime organizations have issued health guidance on the risks posed to ships' crews calling in countries affected by the Ebola virus. International ship supplier, Hutton's Group, is responding to requests for information and assistance from its maritime customers by
HMAS Tobruk Completes Philippines Visit
Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Tobruk has departed Manila in the Philippines after a four-day visit. The short break gave the ship's company an opportunity to continue their association with Filipino colleagues. Tobruk's Commanding Officer, Commannder Leif Maxfield
EU Warship Provides Seychelles CG Training
EU Naval Force Warship 'FGS Berlin' has conducted local maritime capacity building in the Seychelles informs EUCAP Nestor. Three Local Maritime Capacity Building (LMCB) activities have taken place during EU Naval Force Warship FGS Berlin's recent port visit to the Seychelles
LHA 6 'America' Maiden Voyage Completes at San Diego
The Navy informs that the soon to-be-commissioned amphibious assault ship 'USS America' (LHA 6) arrived at its homeport of San Diego after completing its two-month maiden transit around the American continent from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Apostleship of the Sea Hails Role of Women
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UPDATE: After Deal, Libya's Ports Prep to Load Oil Tankers
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USNS Spearhead First Deployment Judged a Success
The U.S. Navy informs that its first -in-class joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) has left the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, after more than three months of operating in the European and African theaters. "I am extremely proud of the work Spearhead has achieved in
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Saga Pearl 2 Visits Port of Kiel
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USS Vella Gulf Arrives in Bulgaria
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) arrived in Varna, Bulgaria, for a scheduled port visit, May 30, the U.S. Navy announced. According to the Navy, Vella Gulf's presence in Bulgaria reaffirms the United States' commitment to strengthening ties with NATO allies and
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The UK's Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport and Wimbledon MP, Rt. Hon. Stephen Hammond MP has paid a visit to DP World London Gateway to congratulate the team on their success. During Hammond's last visit in January 2013
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The printing presses at the Fed are running continuously . . . monetizing O'bammy DEBT . . .
Don . . . do you have any friends that got rich using their Credit Cards?
Not to mention the fact that our currency is no longer backed by something that has value.
As the world watched the Greek elections, I thought to myself, why should I care about a country whose population is around 11 million and is in debt for 350 billion?
Then it hit me, America is a country with a population of more than 360 million, with a national debt of nearly 16 trillion. All of a sudden I began to worry because if the world is waiting with baited breath to see the how a tiny country like Greece handles its election in midst of economic turmoil, I can only imagine what the world is...


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AU meme
→Jeff/Annie, spies.
→Eleven/Amy, Pride and Prejudice.
→One side note in the story.
The Universe is big and wonderful and full of miracles and has one more miracle left to give to the Doctor. The TARDIS takes him back to visit Amelia Pond one last time in her new home.
→ Eleven&Amy Time Lady&Human (remake)My name is John Smith. I guess you could say I used to be an 'ordinary bloke'; a little bit on the awkward side with a boring job and a small flat next to the pub. A year ago I saw a box falling right out of the sky, and then a woman coming out of the box. She called herself the Doctor. She was ginger, she talked a lot and she took my hand and we started running. We haven't stopped since. She calls me 'her stupid idiot'. She hates my clothes. I don't know what I would do without her.
→ Eleven&Amy Office relations"You know I am still technically your boss.""I love bosses. Bosses are cool. Especially ginger ones." "What I'm trying to say is that maybe this is not an appropriate way to behave around your boss."
→Community/Parks and Recreation'Wow. These guys are even weirder than we are.'
→ Eleven&Amy NeverlandDo you believe in fairies, Pond?
→ Eleven&Amy WarAmelia Pond didn't go on a honeymoon. In fact she wasn't even out of her wedding dress when the War of the Worlds started. She and her Doctor got separated as they led battles on different planets and galaxies to protect the Universe from those who wanted to take it. As the war reached its peak, among victories and losses and chaos, Amy felt the Doctor closer to death each day; she knew in her heart that if she didn't find him he would die.
→ Eleven&Amy The Doctor's ChoiceThe TARDIS lands on a strange and dangerous planet and Amy gets captured; her soul is split into two bodies, one representing the Doctor's deepest desires and the other his biggest regrets. And he has to choose only one.
→ Eleven&Amy Fairytale"Once upon a time, a nymph fell in love with a human and gave birth to a beautiful girl with fiery hair. She named her Amelia. Driven mad with jealousy of the nymph's happiness, her three sisters decided to abduct the girl and made her grow up in a tall tower all by herself. They cursed her heart to hold a spell of dark magic and when she turned eighteen, it'd be big enough for the three of them to feed on it and become young and beautiful again. At the eve of her birthday Amelia managed to escape and she met a boy in the woods who promised not to ever let her go."
→ Eleven&Amy Game of Thrones
→ Eleven&Amy Time Lady&Human"Off we go, to see the Universe! Unless you want to go home and change that bowtie first.""What's wrong with my bowtie?!"


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- manish khatri
- Bikaner (Rajasthan)
- India
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What is the most precious thing in your life and why?
Everyone has something precious in his/her mind. This may be a material thing or non-material thing. I am not giving any option to make boundaries on your thoughts. One may answer anything.
Let us know how much value a man gives to a things and why?
Topics: Thoughts Values human behavior
Oct 1 2013: People do throw the word "love" around quite a bit don't they!? You cannot "love" ice cream (even though a pint of Cherry Garcia might mimic the feeling lol). To me love means that you have the confidence to look out into the world around you, embrace it for all it is worth and to be able to share those experiences with those you love. Love is in the smile of my daughter, the tail wagging of my beloved dogs, the embrace of my husband, the sunrise over the outer banks, and the cup of tea from my mother when we visit. With that alone I am able to sacrifice everything for them and push myself to do better as a wife, mother, daughter, and a member of humanity. Love is also in the things that I do for other people outside of our immediate family. Something as simple as a kind gesture or a word of encouragement can make all the difference in someone's life. Love is family, compassion, and caring; it is the song in your soul. Beyond all of the scientific analysis and chemical reactions that come with the feeling of love I am sure that we all will agree that in and of itself love it is simply unquantifiable and intangible. You cannot possess it but rather you have to let it possess you.
Think about it, how blessed are we to be able to experience all of this wonderment! Life is indeed a beautiful mosaic that it ever evolving!
Wu BingsongOct 2 2013: (I am a Chinese student ,forgive my poor English ability,and you can point out my mistakes,thx.)Maybe being independent is the most thing in my life .Because as for me , from childhood to now ,my parents didn't make many decisions for ,so I have to face many problem on my own.For example ,as a high school stundent , whose aim was all Entrance Examination, I choosed come back home and study by myself .Even though it is a challenge period for me ,but I never regret making that decision, which made me learn many things that would never learn from school ,such as making decision ,self-learning ,and valuing my family .Besides ,in China ,most of family will follow their child to university , but I decided go to university by myself,which was the first leaving hometown in 18 years ,from Hunan Province to Yunnan Province .Even on the way to university ,I was afraid of many things , but I finally arrive there safely , it is also intersting for me . Finally ,it hard to change the subject you major in in university, and it is unfortunately that I am major a subject I didn't like at all, I want to be a translater .So I have to learn English hard by myself .
So ,in my life ,being independent is most important for me , it let me understand the value of being a human .
Sep 27 2013: My sons are by far the most precious thing(s) in my life. At 33 years old and single I felt my life would never feel complete. I realized children were what my heart desperately wanted and needed. At 50, I have 2 teenage sons that I would literally lay down my life for...they are such miracles and precious gifts. I know I am blessed.
Sep 30 2013: Ok :)
So your answer is HOPE ! I agree hope is what makes us to wait for tomorrow. But still its a secondary matter, first of all LIFE comes to you, right ?
Suppose you are in a queue, having millions of people waiting for their turn, and where GOD is distributing LIFE to deserving people,, Now give me a good reason that you Deserve it too. How would u ask for LIFE ?
:) can u share your thoughts on this Pabitra..
Oct 1 2013: Talking of reason Manish, I will not stand in that queue to waste time :) It stands to no reason to ask whether I deserve something after enjoying it for 52 years!
Even allegorically, I refuse to accept life as a matter of gift from a super natural entity (like God as you say). At best I can accept it is wonderful gift of chance of nature and the question of deserving it, figuratively, comes in the social and humanitarian contexts in course of life.
Btw, I survived near death twice, once when I was 2 years old and had meningitis and other when I was 35 when I was stuck in a sinking buoy at sea.
Sep 27 2013: I understand that you want to sacrifice your own life.
In most cases, it is to protect the life of others. Most often your own kin, but it can be a group you belong too.
I don't think they do it in order to get happiness in their heart, as that would logically be an error (if you are dead, you don't feel or experience much, so where is the point in that?... ok, people can believe in forms of afterlife, so that would be a valid thing for them to do.)
As for happiness: I can understand people who don't think life is all that great. So if they want to cease their life, they could do so in certain circumstances (which are long and nuanced).
But there are also people who are never quite happy and still value life very much.
Sep 27 2013: haha... Thank you for your reply. I'm so sorry if I've offended you. :)
I want to enjoy my life's happiness with others as much as possible instead of sacrificing my life for errors. And I think in my situation ,happiness can drive me to find its essential components. That includes embracing hopes hanging in there to live longer.:) That's why I think happiness is the MOST precious.
Sep 28 2013: Sunvik - I feel your statement contains incongruent ideologies. Analytical thought is a tool of science. Science clearly doesn't believe we are separate from other living beings. The belief we're separate from other living beings is rooted in religious thought.
I find it's ironic that analytical thought separates the universe into parts to arrive at the idea it's whole. While religious thought approaches the universe as a whole and arrives at the idea we're separate.
Which leads me to the conclusion only uncertainty is certain. And unless I deny the whole I'll always be separate from it. Or to put it another way…my sense of separateness suggests there's a whole.
And to bring my ramblings full circle. Living in the moment means there isn't a moment…only life itself….which of course is an undifferentiated state of awareness. Not whole. Not separate.
That's precious.
[What was the question?] ;-)
Sep 29 2013: Hmm... But if we look at more broader perspective can we say everything that exists in our universe is precious... If we assume that universe is created with a purpose then everything that exists is meant for something and since it EXISTS it is precious.
We are part of this universe and we are no less fortunate than any other particle. Our existence itself is precious.
But life separates us from non living things, so compared to that life indeed is precious.
If we compare living things among each other then our analytical abilities....our ability to question and pursue the answer is precious.
I don't know what happens after death... But in some way we become part of this ecosystem after death (act as a fertilizer for a plant may be) but we exist... not as a living being but as a particle that is part of this universe. So our death can be precious to something in this universe.
i believe for something to become precious there should be some context based on which it can be defined.
I interpreted the question wrongly before... We are not looking for the most precious thing... We are looking for the precious thing in our life.
Life cannot be most precious thing in our life... that's redundant.
For me the most precious thing in my life is my family and friends... Life without them is just meaningless, unimaginable. My life has a purpose because of them i believe.
xinfeng xu
Tifa OngOct 3 2013: The most precious thing in my life is relationship.
Because a human by nature is a social creature. We create words, communication tools, internet so that we can interact with people and build relationship.
Can you imagine yourself do not have relationship with anyone?
As I started asking myself this question, my main reason why this is the most precious thing is I will die without relationship and I am willing to die for relationship :)
Oct 3 2013: I think that motivation is the most important thing to me.
As a student, I think that this is essential to everyone at my school. Going to a private school where teachers overload us with homework is hard enough, and much harder when you have five extra-curricular activities to attend to. Some days theres nothing to do, whereas other days I'm struggling to finish everything that I have to. However, this is not all. One cannot go without having relationships with others. Friends also require time.
Every night, I go to bed wondering is this really worth it? After all, none of this is going to matter when your dead, and what is this all for? Motivation keeps me going. Where this motivation comes from, I have no clue. Maybe its everyone's incentive to make the world a better place, or share ideas with others.
Marie Line
Oct 3 2013: LOL.. I was expecting this from you Marie. And happy to see this comment :) A child first time experience that lie also exists when his parent says - "Don't lie to me!" . Child is so innocent that he can't differentiate between good and bad.
So you are :) thats why i told you, you are on right path, coz you have not chosen any man made religion marie. You still are on your true religion .. hope ! the child within you will understand what i am trying to say :)
Johnny AtmanOct 2 2013: Truth is a paradox, hence the contradiction...but I don.t expect people to understand, they reveal or unravel themselves. The Tao Te Ching is full of contradictions, read it and you may see for yourself. My comments are effortless as I have nothing to prove. The contradiction comes from the notion of right and wrong, which is the divided mind, meaning lack of awareness. In awareness, there is neither nor. In Truth, thought cannot be invited because thought brings along meaning rather thant discovering it. Only awareness can see what is as it is. Thought colours experience and we are back into the past.
anne alperSep 28 2013: Precious in my life is the acknowledgement that the invisible becomes visible through my expressions; that the now tangible expressions flow into the creation that came from thought, forming some thing - or some new thought - that had not outwardly appeared before the invisible (thought) and the expression (words) became one. Life itself is a rhythmic dance or lively vision of that which is formed when one is able and, yes, willing to create. Therefore, life is never still, even when we believe that we are ! No, the renewal, the circulation of thoughts to words to newness is forever moving us forward, almost as if there is but one life among us. For this, I am forever grateful.
wayne uejio 30+
Oct 3 2013: Today what is precious is my mind. Once it is gone I am no longer who I am. I am 47 and fear old age. Now tomorrow it may be something else; like my kids, my relationship, my friends, seeing a sunrise. What will never change is that Not One Thing that is a material possession is precious to me - never will be.
Taylor Cox
Patrick Ewen
Oct 2 2013: That is a nice assumpton to make and fish for takers...and you have it.
Any such proposition interferes with "the flow" and it becomes an obstruction, a hindrance. Living is a flow without room for regrets or attachments. A play of shape, form, appearance and vanishing of experiences. Either can block the rythm and harmony. I have no time to think of such a question, for thought itself obstructs the living by conceptualising and creating images. One then becomes attached to the image; one cannot speak of living or anything unless one is separated from it. In living, there is no such question.
Oct 2 2013: In a sense there could be a religious understanding to this sense of separation from living in order to live (abandonment, detachment, etc.). Sometimes living too close to reality, too close to the tangible so to speak can inhibit flow, rhythm, harmony in living... but yet I think you cannot separate yourself from living/life. You are life. You are living. It's how you live can encourage flow or inhibit it.
Oct 2 2013: "I" don't live, "I" is a word, words are not alive, even though they can have immense power over those that are under the spell, like some people here. There is no "I" that lives, living takes place outside words, and words that are not understood and put in their place can interfere with living, creating the :I:, the Ego, the feeling of separateness, of Right and Wrong of Fear, but also Greed. Most people live between these two energies. Where Life takes place, there is no room for Fear and Greed or useless talk. I've had my say.
Oct 2 2013: Wow! That's an incredible level of puritanical theory (I won't say "living" incase it impinges somewhat on what you're trying to get at). Can I ask (if "I" can actually "be" "I") if everything is outside of living and the "I" doesn't live than ""Who are you?" You know the basics of fundamental questioning: "Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I heading?" Does that actually happen for you or are you happy simply to "be" (if you're not being).. I mean what are you then? A spirit? A blip? Not even a "A" but ... nothing!
@Manish.. Happy if you intervene, contribute... enlighten!
P.S. The reason maybe I don't have a profile pic of myself is precisely so that "I" don't enter into the equation! (Trying to throw in a bit of sense of humour into all this!)
Oct 3 2013: Catherine,
It is everyone's journe to find out who they truly are, not who society tells them to be. A journey of self-inquiry takes sometimes more that half a life. Yet, without finding out who we truly are, we are at the mercy of thought and the Egoic mind, that is, the divided mind and subject to right and wrong, fear and greed. I will not say anymore about it, if you truly seek to find out who you are, then you will embark on a beautiful journey of self-discovery, If not, you will remain slave to thought and public opinon. The choice and decision are yours.
This may be a good start http://www.deikman.com/awareness.html
If you disagree, please ignore the link.
Oct 2 2013: You said you do not have time to think of such question, but seems my question have interfered your "flow". You stopped flowing and gave your time to answer this. If thinking such thing is kind of an obstruct in your mind,what was the need to stop your flow for this useless question Johnny !!
I do not agree that one cannot speak of living or anything unless one is separated from it. Infact, the truth is, the one who has experienced it, who has felt it , who is living right now.... is the only right person who can speak on it. One can describe the beauty of a garden having separation, by sitting in a closed room one can sing the song of the ocean... but then those words will be merely empty and superficial words without spirit, they will not come from the soul itself.
You think you will be caught by an image and then it would block the rythm and harmony of your 'flow'. But i can clearly see you are already caught by this image that this may happen !!! Thats why you keep running away such things. Running is not called as 'flow' Johnny. life Flow is like air or water, neither water nor air make any decision to decide the path of flowing. Also flow is true only when it accept all things which comes in its path, without hesitation... but flow goes on.
Nothing can stop your flow of living in your manner, No image, this is only YOU Johnny who can stop it.. like you did it now... :)
Oct 2 2013: Dear Johnny,
I am curious....as Manish and Catherine seem to be as well.
You write..." I have no time to think of such a question, for thought itself obstructs the living by conceptualising and creating images".
So, even though you say you do not have time to think of such a question, you have contributed quite a lot in comments, which indicates that you are thinking and writing about it. Do you feel obstructed? Why do you choose to do that to yourself?
I agree with you that the experience of living can be perceived as a "flow", and I believe thought is part of the human flowing experience.
You write comments that seem contradictory and confusing, then you categorize people for not understanding? Is that "flowing" for you?
Simona Rich
Oct 1 2013: Carrying on from my most precious thing as "knowing when something is stupid or wise". I have observed the following:
Stupid things happen when a person is over-zealous and when they are carried along by a trend that they think will never end.
Wise things happen when the wise one knows when to stop and what not to do. Wisdom is not found in analysis because the future is not predicable to any level of detail.
Oubah Awaleh