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You're wondering what exactly an emotional knapsack is, aren't you? Well, it is actually the name of a song (fans of the tv show Friends will get the reference). At first I was going to title this post "Emotional Roller Coaster" because, in many ways, I feel like I am on one these days. Instead, I chose "Emotional Knapsack" because aside from the fact that it reminds me of that scene from Friends (and therefore makes me laugh), it can also be used to describe how I feel these days and how I store my emotions.
My emotions since my surgery last week to remove the tissue expander have pretty much run the gamut from happy to relieved to sad to angry to just about every emotion possible. I am not one to cry (certainly not in front of others) but I came pretty darn close this last week. Okay, these last few months but I digress.
In the first few hours following the surgery, I felt enormous physical relief. I was no longer in pain and my skin was no longer itchy and irritated. As much as I didn't want to have to deal with any setback, I knew it was the right choice to make. A fact confirmed by the plastic surgeon yesterday who said that "it was a total mess in there."
I was asked countless times during the first couple of days if I was in any pain. The answer was always no. Honestly. I didn't have any pain at all. And it wasn't numbness that was responsible for the lack of pain. It was that the infection was cleared out and the bad skin taken away.
I am going to stop you right here and say that anyone who is squeamish might not want to continue reading. I will not be posting any pictures but my descriptions may freak you out (understandably). But I have always been as open and honest as possible in my posts so….deep breath….here goes….
When I had the mastectomy, I was curious to peek at my incisions right away. I just had to see what I was dealing with. I knew that there were tissue expanders inside me and had seen a picture of what they look like. I wasn't sure whether I would be flat chested or have some sort of mound. I was relieved to see that I was not flat chested. I referred to myself as a ten year old girl just starting puberty. The incisions were long and spanned pretty much the entire width of my chest and under my arms. But the reconstruction process had started and as my incisions healed and I was expanded by the plastic surgeon, I started to look "normal" when wearing clothes.
This time, however, it took me longer to be ready to peek. The incision area was only on one side and not as long. This time I have stitches whereas last time I had steri strips. But looking at myself in the mirror was ten times harder this time around.
I am now lopsided. On the right side I have a "breast" and on the left side I have nothing. It's gone. It is not gross looking nor does it hurt but it is still hard to look at. It is sad. It makes me sad.
I know it is only a setback. Everything else – the chemo, the mastectomy, the radiation – went as planned. So why couldn't this? All I had left was to do the exchange in the fall. The tissue expanders would come out and the implants would go in. My skin would heal. I would get nipples tattooed on at some later point in time and all would be well. Except that is not how things turned out. I can't help but feel angry, bitter almost. But at who? And what good will it do me?
I am a firm believer that things happen for a reason. I'm not exactly sure what the reason was behind the tissue expander getting infected. Perhaps to remind me that things don't always go as planned. Life is not so cut and dry.
I don't know.
What I do know is that I seem to keep my emotions inside a knapsack of sorts. In the morning, in front of my kids (and even Mitch) I put my sadness and anger away in the knapsack. I try to remain positive and upbeat in front of them. I do the same for other family members and friends. I'm not ready to open the knapsack in front of them.
But soon the zipper starts opening. And the emotions start coming out. All sorts of emotions are flying around the room. I try to grab the negative ones and stuff them back in but it's not always easy. I am not always successful. Even if I do manage to get them in there, that knapsack is always there. Just sitting there. Daring me to open it. To empty its contents and leave them out. For everyone to see.
But I'm not going to. Not yet. I'm going to stick to the positive attitude.
Because things could be worse. The cancer could still be there. But it's not. Thank G-d. I remind myself that I should be proud of myself. I have come a long way this past year. I remind myself that it doesn't matter what I look like on the outside, I am still the same person inside. Perhaps better. Crazier, but better😉
I have to say that I do not know how women can choose NOT to have reconstruction. Seeing what it looks like to have nothing is really very emotionally tough. Last Friday I sat and ordered a prosthetic to put in my bra so I can look "normal" in clothes. I couldn't believe how many varieties there are out there. I finally settled on something that looks like a tear drop shaped bean bag. I am waiting for it to arrive. In the meantime, I guess a sock will have to suffice. That, and big loose tops to hide my lopsidedness.
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Love & Hip Hop Atlanta's Momma Dee Spotted on Date With Shay Buckeey Johnson (PHOTO)
On a show like Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, romance is as abundant as the free-flowing sick beats. But even we were a little surprised when we heard about Momma Dee's latest movie date.
On August 25 Scrappy's no-nonsense mom headed to an AMC dine-in theater with her friend Tim and ... Shay "Buckeey" Johnson! That's right, Scrappy's former lady love accompanied Momma Dee to the movies, and we have all kinds of emotions.
Shay and Scrappy's relationship has been complicated to say the least. Scraps has been linked with Diamond, Erica Dixon, and Shay in the past.
In July 2013 Shay called Erica Scrappy's "side piece" despite the fact that Erica and Scrappy have a 9-year-old daughter Emani.
"Honestly he was with both of us," Shay told Power 105.1 about the complicated affair.
And even though Scrappy supposedly cheated on Shay multiple times, she still keeps in touch. When the radio hosts asked her if she was still sleeping with Scrappy, Shay took a huge pause before saying, "No. I'm just not interested in anything like that with him."
Hmm, not sure if we're buying that.
The radio hosts also ask her about her close relationship to Momma Dee.
"Momma Dee's beef with Erica has been going on for nine years," she said. "With me, I hold a certain level of respect for [Momma Dee], I let her do her. With me, I'm like a part of the family so we all hang out together."
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There was no one quite like Crispin Glover when he broke out onto the scene in 1986's award-winning "River's Edge" -- and the same rings true today.
Glover has over the years played a list of characters almost as odd as the public persona he's cultivated since first appearing on "The David Letterman Show" in 1987 wearing platform shoes and a wig. He played a geeky dad in "Back to the Future," a silent and perverted assassin the "Charlie's Angels" movies, a loathsome monster in "Beowulf," a mouse-loving social misfit in "Willard," and in this month's "The Bag Man," Glover steals scenes from John Cusack as Ned, a mysterious wheel-chair bound motel receptionist.
When he's not acting, Glover makes and tours his own films, and publishes his own books through his publishing company, Volcanic Eruptions.
Indiewire spoke with Glover about "Bag Man" (out in select theaters this Friday), cultivating his public persona, and how he goes about forming his characters.
Given what I've seen of your work, I'm guessing you had a lot of input in regard to Ned's accent, his hair and his overall appearance.
Yeah, the way that I looked and spoke was how I interpreted it and thought of it, but the dialogue was very good dialogue, and that was stuck with quite precisely. Usually we did a lot of takes, which was fun because then we could play. Even when the dialogue is not improvised, there can be an organic way of playing with how it happens, what the interpretation of the dialogue is, and that was enjoyable to do.
I read that for "Charlie's Angels," you convinced the powers that be to cut all of your lines, and that the forming of the character was solely based on what you brought to the performance. Do you always come to a project with such strong ideas or does it depend on the script at hand?
It depends. This screenplay, for example, had excellent dialogue, and if it was cut we'd have a problem -- there wouldn't be any play particularly. But in the case of "Charlie's Angels," it was a very active character that had to do with a lot of physicality. When I read the screenplay, it was quite expositional, it didn't need to be said. So it made it much stronger for the character not to say anything.
That was a long time ago, it was the year 2000, when I was offered that part. And my mindset was quite a different mind set around that time. That was before I starting funding my own features. Actually, the first time I funded a feature was with the salary I made from "Charlie's Angels," and I made my second feature which is titled "It is Fine, Everything is Fine." And that film, it's a bit more complex and we don't really have the amount of minutes to go into all the detail but, I switched the way I was approaching my acting career at that time.
I don't know if you know but I tour with my own films and I perform two different live shows before the two different films. It's along the lines of young Cassavetes, where he was acting in films in order to fund his own feature work. It's not the only reason -- I'm glad to be acting in films and it's not something I don't think about. I do, and I put all best work into it. So there are different reasons why one does things at different times for different projects.
How has your actual approach to selecting projects evolved and changed since becoming a filmmaker? Has that also changed along with the way that you work?
Basically, for the decade from 2000 to 2010, I didn't do every single movie I was offered, but I did virtually every single movie. I can't say exactly how many films I didn't do, but I did most of the films that I was offered because I really needed to fund those movies, and that's expensive. Also, I don't make as much money when I'm touring with my films, and so the fact that I'm acting in corporately funded and distributed films, is what allows me to do that.
But after "Alice in Wonderland" came out and "Hot Tub Time Machine," I expected to get a lot of offers that year, because that really is how things works, is when you're in movies that make a lot of money you get more offers. "Alice in Wonderland" is the highest grossing film I've ever been in, and "Hot Tub Time Machine" did well at the box office also. But it was interesting. I got offers but it was a very strange thing because I was used to doing a lot of films, and there was something about the trend of the kind of parts I was being offered that I didn't like.
The first film that finally came along that I actually liked the part was "The Bag Man." And then I did another film in the same year, a Polish language film set in 1918, and I play a German-speaking telepath. (Which was really difficult, I don't speak German, so it was really complex dialogue.) And then there was another pause where there were not a lot of things that I liked. I got offers, but not the right things. But right now there are some interesting things, they're independent films so you never know about them until you're on the set, but I'm really starting to like some of the things that are coming about.
So, it goes back and forth, you know. Sometimes you just have to work, and sometimes it's like, well, I got to be a bit more careful, I've gotta make sure the material is right to play, because that can cost you money in the long run as well. If you do a whole bunch of movies where the material is not as good, then people start saying "Oh well, you kind of sink with the ship." If the material's not good it's difficult for the film itself to be good. And I was very aware during that decade that some of the movies that I was going to partake in were not necessarily the best material.
Some of them happened to be good material, so you know, sometimes it just happens that you need to work and you've been offered good material, and sometimes you need to work, and you just have to do it… I won't say which films, but there were times in that decade between 2000 and 2010, where I knew before I opened the screenplay, before I opened it up I said "Whatever this is, I HAVE to do this movie." I knew what the offer was -- it wasn't like it was a gigantic amount but I really needed to work, and I opened it and I said "Okay, get ready to come up with a good idea, no matter what." And you know, it was a part that ended up being fun to play, but I knew it wasn't going to become a classic movie.


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South Moon Under, known for a unique selection of men's and women's clothing offered in a high-service environment, will host a Rebecca Minkoff trunk show at its Rehoboth Beach location Saturday, Aug. 16, to celebrate Teen Vogue's Back-to-School-Saturdays. Minkoff is known for creating timeless handbags in a downtown romantic style that translate easily from day to night style.
The special event is open to the public and will feature exclusive South Moon Under and Rebecca Minkoff gifts with purchase, 20 precent off all in-store items, and a chance to win a $250 back-to-school shopping spree.
South Moon Under's Gage Lester, vice president of sales and marketing, said, "We saw this as an opportunity to create excitement around one of the most important shopping seasons of the year. After several successful events with Rebecca Minkoff in our other markets, we are very excited to be able to deliver a unique fashion-focused experience to our loyal customers, and visitors here at the beach. The Aug. 16 event will feature a carefully curated selection of Rebecca Minkoff leather goods as well as the unexpected customer service South Moon Under has delivered to the beach since 1968. We hope to see everyone there."
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Friday was an adventurous day for the Wilsons. They rode their bike down to Mashes Sands Road in Wakulla County for something they've been waiting on for years.
"We wanted to ride down today, rather than drive to show that we really do need this trail and we support the trail," says Diane Wilson of Wakulla County.
Wakulla County commissioners held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction on the new Ochlocknee Bay Bike Trail on Friday. The trail will extend from the Mashes Sands area to Highway 319.
"We hope this will bring people who like recreation in Wakulla and like to bike and stay with us for a few days," says Wakulla County Commissioner Mike Stewart.
Many people say the bike trail groundbreaking ceremony means a lot for Wakulla County. Residents say they'll be able to ride on a safe trail and hopefully it'll bring more tourists to the county.
"For tourists who love to just ride their bike and see the scenery, they can come down here and look at the most beautiful place that God has made," says Paige Killeen of Wakulla County.
Killeen says she's ready to hop on her bike and ride down the trail.
She says, "Actually my bike is in storage. I just have to get it out. I'm ready!"
"Some of these roads are not really safe. So to have a bike trail that we can actually go out on a couple times a week and have other people come into the community and spend their dollars here, it's just exciting," says Diane Wilson.
The two miles of Phase 1 are expected to be complete and open by September. The entire bike trail is expected to take about two years to complete.
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Last week I talked a little about my love of travel. I was fortunate enough to spend two years of my medical training in Ogden, Utah. (I was a family practice physician before God called me into pastoral ministry.) I had never been to Utah before so while I was there I explored the state as much as I could.


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Press Release: Celebrate Flag Day by protecting Old Glory
As Americans across the country proudly hoist the Stars and Stripes for Flag Day, city streets will blaze with red, white and blue. American Legion posts at various locations will conduct proper flag-collection and retirement ceremonies. The spouses and parents of fallen troops will look upon the colors and consider the cost of freedom, as symbolized by the U.S. flag, now celebrating its 234th birthday.
At the same time, American Legion National Commander Jimmie L. Foster is seeking support for a constitutional amendment to return to the people the right to protect Old Glory. The amendment simply reads: "Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States."
By judicial decree in 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a controversial 5-4 decision, "amended" the United States Constitution by "inserting" flag burning into the Bill of Rights. That decision took from the American people a fundamental right that had been exercised from our beginning as a nation – the right to protect our flag.
Since then, The American Legion – along with the Citizens Flag Alliance and a majority of Americans – have fought for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the passage of flag-protection laws. All 50 states have passed memorializing resolutions in support of such an amendment.
"The U.S. flag is so much more than a piece of cloth," Foster said. "It is a universal symbol of freedom, hope and security, and the price in blood Americans have paid to provide, protect and restore those values. As it did after the Revolutionary War, our flag inspires patriotic Americans and troops in harm's way around the world today. Those who wish to burn it, stomp on it or soil it are not conducting speech as I believe our nation's founders envisioned. They are conducting acts of hatred, hatred for all that our flag symbolizes and all who gave their lives fighting under it. That is why, as veterans, The American Legion will never stop fighting for its protection."
Protection of our flag impairs no one's free speech. It does not prevent a single idea from being expressed. It involves no censorship of an idea. The amendment would only allow for the prohibition of conduct with respect to one unique object, the flag of the United States of America.
House Joint Resolution 13, introduced by U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO) currently has 50 co-sponsors, including 44 Republicans and six Democrats. A parallel measure, Senate Joint Resolution 19, was introduced today in the Senate with bipartisan support by Senators Orrin Hatch (UT) and Max Baucus (MT).
Commander Foster requests all Legionnaires, concerned citizens, veterans and their families to write, call and visit their congressional representatives to either request their co-sponsorship or to thank them for their support.
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June 17, 2011 - 6:06pm
To: Rich Mika ... We Navy
To: Rich Mika ... We Navy vets learned the judicious application of force, so, be careful when applying it. To Fred Speir: Dead on. When we really analyze how our rights are being chipped away, it is happening from both directions One chips at gun rights and assembly, the other chips at privacy and champions illegal search. Left and right working toward the middle. Pure Machiavelli.
Don't misunderstand. Flag desecration is a despicable and cowardly act. Hundreds of thousands of American lives have been lost in its defense. But, I submit that the fight we waged was in support of the actual act of desecration. Ambiguity? Yeah. And, personally I did not fight to have an increasingly restrictive life, nor do I want to see that happen to any American. What I am saying is that I am appalled when a flag desecration occurs and I'm sickened by any motives behind the desecration, but I'm glad the person was free to perform the act. If he suffers consequences for the desecration, so be it, but be it known he acted out of free will compliments of the blood of many.
Amendment? No, not necessary. Let's remember the preamble about securing the blessings of liberty: this was accomplished over 200 years ago by a boatload of "Congress shall nots". Only 27 amendments have been enacted and the first 10 are the Bill of Rights.
Terry0124 (not verified)
June 17, 2011 - 8:18pm
I have never witnessed a flag
I have never witnessed a flag burning in my sixty something years. I think it is a pretty rare occurance. I do not like passing laws unless they are protecting people from harm or protecting peoples property. If you must burn your own flag and leave mine alone. But doubt I see very many Americans do it, even in protest. I swore to protect and defend the Constitution, that is the bigger and more important task.
Robert D. (not verified)
June 17, 2011 - 9:31pm
The American Flag
This is a misguided attempt to say something beautiful about all of the sacrifices that have been made to defend and protect our beloved country but is not necessary. Those sacrifices are written in our hearts, not on a piece of cloth. The flag is a material thing; the symbol is in our eyes only. I would oppose the further restriction of individual freedoms which are steadily being eroded. What I would support is a law to prohibit the commercial use of the flag, e.g., those monster flags flying over auto dealerships (usually 'foreign' car dealerships) or gas stations, etc.
R. Di Pasquale (not verified)
June 17, 2011 - 11:07pm
The flag is a symbol of who
The flag is a symbol of who we are, what we stand for. The Goodness of America. Everything about her has a meaning. No other flag throughout the worlds history has inspired the hope and freedom she has represented. She has prevailed, and waved proudly in foreign lands doing the job the native flags of those countries had failed to do. Then proudly giving them back their freedom to fly their flags again. In combat men have died protecting her, even to keep her from falling to the ground. It is up to us now. It is a shame, here at home she is not protected. For those who disagree, the price it takes to protect her has already been paid. The least we can do is to enforce here at home what they did for us overseas. Pass the Ammendement. What a beutiful sight she is. God Bless America
Allen T Sloan Jr (not verified)
June 18, 2011 - 2:23am
US flag protection
I will gladly go to jail because I beat the A** of some one burning or stomping or cutting up of the US flag I didnt spend 15 years in the US army protecting the people yes all people in the US and the world just so some idiot can burn what this country stands for.they might have freedom of speach but I have freedoms too Im a US AMERICAN and proud of it to and I WILL SHOW IT.
Double D (not verified)
June 18, 2011 - 3:59am
Freedom of speech like, all
Freedom of speech like, all things virtuous, necessarily possesses complimentary potential for vice. Extreme freedom is vicious, just as is extreme capitalism, or religious extremes. It's our responsibility to strike a balance and I believe legislation protecting the flag from desecration would go some distance to do just that. Though I would be curious what the penalty for such a crime would be.
Too harsh a punishment would undermine the values of our nation as much as the desecration of our flag and those of you that speak of taking lives of one that burns the flag are abusing your rights too. It polarizes the debate and weakens our collective position.
That same mentality led troops to ram civilians off the road when I was in Iraq and murder civilians in Vietnam. To combat extremism we must appeal to reason via thoughtful and decisive action. Not by succumbing to the reckless urge of retaliation. Thought must precede speech just as it does our action.
Thurman Hood (not verified)
June 18, 2011 - 9:05am
Our Flag
When I stud at retreat in Veit Nam and the names of fallin brothers were read that day who gave their lifes for our freedoms and our flag and what it stands for, I cryed tears for the family and people we were protecting and what our flag meant to me and mine. If we allow people to desicrate our flag and get away with it then we are allowing them to dishonor all we fight for. May God bless America, the proud fighting force, and the American soldier.
Arthur Foster (not verified)
June 18, 2011 - 2:09pm
This is going to far & I have my STARS & STRIPS flying every day & my fother fort to keep it flyinf & uncels did to & how could let them down I could not . I proud of are flag & I am a VET nam 68 to 71 & if I see eany one burning one or flying a nother country flag above my FLAG I will cut it down & wipe my feet on the rag they call a flag& the only way I will look at there rag is when I am wiping my feeton it & IAM PROUD OF THAT OLD GLORY SHE WILL FLY ON HI EVERY DAY AT THIS AMERICAN HOME.
Dr Roxanne Lewis (not verified)
June 18, 2011 - 7:53pm
Due process, gentlemen. War mongering and sabre rattling aside; the meaning of a law in our country is predicated upon the idea that all are innocent until proven guilty, and that no one's life liberty or property can be taken away without due process. So those of you who advocate the assault, killing, burning, or mutilation of a human being prior to conviction because you do not like what they are saying, or how they are saying it, advocate unamerican and anti-constitutional acts and are by definition being traitorous to your oaths as defenders of our constitution. A human life is worth more than a piece of cloth, symbolic meaning not with standing, any day, and no one has the right to be judge, jury , and executioner merely because they can.
Frank (not verified)
June 19, 2011 - 2:49am
No to the Flag Ammendment
The flag is a symbol of the United States, not the United States. My father was a Matine Corporal at Guadalcanal, and I have a service connected disability from when I was in the Army. I am sure he would not think that this ammendment is necessary, and I definitely don't think that it is. Desecrating the flag does not harm our country, to the contrary it makes us stronger. Burn a flag in another country and you are going to have problems. The degree of trouble depends on the country which you are in. Even though we hate the acts that some people participate in, do we not show the world, and each other, that we are stronger and freer because we do not punish those that desecrate a symbol of our country. I also think that it would be a good idea to keep an eye on who is doing these acts. They are showing us who the enemy is. I would never die for our flag, but I would die to keep our country free and safe.
Eric Haag (not verified)
June 19, 2011 - 6:57pm
Protecing our American Flag
All Americans should have the right to protect Old Glory from desecration. I defended our freedom for more than 26 years and was defending the flag.
The men and women I fought with were defending the flag also for it represents our country, our way of life and our freedom.
Just today I received an email about some people on the steps of the Arizona capital with our flag on the ground throwing dirt on it, painting nasty word on it and really disrespecting it. When veterans and others tried to stop this they were threatened by the capital police with arrest. We need our rights back!
Kat (not verified)
June 20, 2011 - 12:01pm
This flag burning thing comes up now and then like a demon that refuses to die. I can see it all now. The guy why flies his flad upside down getting raided in the middle of the night by the Flag police swat team. Breaking in the door, shooting the family dog and putting the whole family in the wagon, taken away never to be seen again.
This country is getting more and more like Nazi Germany every day.
Virgil Cruz (not verified)
June 21, 2011 - 7:01am
Desecration of our beloved flag is an act of treason!
There is no reason at all to desecrate the Stars and Stripes. That flag stands because of the sacrifice, bravery and will of the American people. A lot of brave men and women have given their lives to make sure that it still waves accross our Nation. It stands for freedom for all Americans. You still have the right to protest but there is no excuse to desecrate our flag, it is because of that flag that we as a people have a right to peacefully protest and disagree. I strongly urge for the passage of House Joint Resolution 13 and Senate Joint Resolution 19, it is time to protect our flag and what the flag stands for, and also the sacrifices by our men and women in the military to ensure that the flag is still held up high and waving proudly for future generations of Americans. God Bless America!
Aardbark (not verified)
June 21, 2011 - 3:10pm
If the Chinese imprisoned a citizen for burning ????
You complain about the lack human rights of dictatorships, but condone the same in USA! If a person in Iran, China, Russia was to be imprisoned or put to death for burning their flag you would say it's inhuman punishment. Freedom is tolerance for the very acts that you detest and fought to preserve. I fought for your dam rights to express you ideas of reducing our citizens fredoms even though I believe in more, not less freedom. It's your right. Your welcome.
Jose Gomez (not verified)
June 23, 2011 - 7:10pm
Red White and Blue
I have seen some fancy red white and blue condoms made in Communist China. Bought one for 75 cents in the truck stop bathroom last week. I wore it prouldy, in honor of of our congress and senate who serve the lobbyist, rather than American citizens. Did that Weiner guy ever serve? Do you think he cares at all about the flag or the economy? This flag stuff is a diversion. And by the way, happy Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Pride Month, it is now an official month of celebration by presidential proclomation. Please E-mail your local Congressman and Senator, except for that Weiner guy.
Sammy Clemmons (not verified)
June 23, 2011 - 9:30pm
Texting from hell
Deported for throwing a flag made in China in the trash. WOW, I served in the sand box of 1990, and our kids are still there fighting for an oil pipeline. The 911 Bombers were terrorists sponsered by Saudi Arabia and Egypt. A 10 year war, with lots of kids injured and killed, while our Congressmen email pictures of their private parts. This is insane, and needs to stop. Flags made in China , and jobs exported to China and India while our country goes bankrupt (similar to the USSR during the end of the Afghan War). And our Congress filled with lawyors who never served in the military , propose a law toward the flag? I RESPECT an American made flag, and the combat patches on the right sleeves of our veterans. I think this is another issue as to distract Americans from the truth. So you would deport me, for burning a flag made in CHINA ! I consider a flag made in China, to be similar to counterfeit currancy. No Worth, whatsoever. Deported to where? Deported to Mexico, China, Canada.
Fly your made in China flag, and deport yourself from the propaganda machine. If this course continues, America may soon have a new flag. Depoted, wow, LOL
William Poe (not verified)
July 8, 2011 - 12:11am
Flag-burning amendmendment
I served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and my father served in the Army Air Corps during World War Two. I oppose the amendment. While protecting the flag, it tramples on what the flag stands for.
Furthermore, here is no law forbidding the burning of a Bible. Are we going on record as saying that the flag is to be elevated higher than the Bible, which many of us believe to be the Word of God?
vvet (not verified)
July 18, 2011 - 4:27pm
joe littlebear
Joe, you're a wise man!
wizardlip (not verified)
August 25, 2011 - 4:37pm
I agree with those who do not want to make it a LAW . I love the flag as much as anyone but it should not be a law against the burning. As Christopher said, it is a SYMBOL that represents our ideals and what we stand for in our belove U.S.A. Some of you might not like to hear this but it is not just a "combat" flag.
Different thoughts and ideas come to people (Americans) when they see the flag. You relate it to "combat", athelets (football players and Olympians,etc.) relate to it differantly, some NON-vet 8 yr. old daughter might relate to it at her father's or beloved uncle's funeral in a totally different way. There are (believe it or not) many patriotic Americans who never served in the military but contributed greatly to this wonderful country. The flag is a SYMBOL; not the USA. What about a person who wears a "cap-flag"? What about people who have their dog wear a "dog coat flag"? Where does it end. HOW in hell will it all be LEGALLY enforced? Most people have never had trainning about do's and don'ts of the flag. Some of your posts are down right scarry and come across HATING everyone who didn't see combat. What kind of representative of what you fought FOR are you? It's the IDEALS; not the cloth.
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One was a boxer, one a wrestler. One favored alligator shoes and fancy shirts, the other wore jeans, button-ups and T-shirts.
The younger one — the one their father described as "like an angel" — gathered around him a group of friends so loyal that more than one said they would testify for him, if it came to that.
The older one, who friends and family members said exerted a strong influence on his younger sibling, once told a photographer, "I don't have a single American friend. I don't understand them."
A kaleidoscope of images, adjectives and anecdotes tumbled forth on Friday to describe Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, the two brothers suspected of carrying out the bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed three people and gravely injured more than 170.
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What no one who knew them could say was why the men, immigrants of Chechen heritage, would set off bombs among innocent people.
The Tsarnaevs came with their family to the United States almost a decade ago, fleeing Russia, according to their father. Tamerlan, who died early Friday after a shootout with law-enforcement officers, was 15 at the time. Dzhokhar, who was captured late Friday, was 8.
In the U.S., they took up lives familiar to every new immigrant, gradually adapting to a new culture, a new language, new schools and new friends.
Dzhokhar was liked and respected by classmates at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
A talented wrestler, he was listed as a Greater Boston League Winter All-Star.
He is enrolled at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, an hour's drive south of Boston.
But while life seemed easy for Dzhokhar, for Tamerlan it seemed more fraught.
A promising boxer, he fought in the Golden Gloves National Tournament in 2009, and he was noticed by a young photographer, Johannes Hirn, who took him as a subject for an assignment in a photojournalism class at Boston University. "There are no values anymore," Tamerlan said in the essay. "People can't control themselves."
Anzor Tsarnaev, the brothers' father, who returned to Russia about a year ago, said in a telephone interview that his older son was hoping to become a U.S. citizen — Dzhokhar became a naturalized citizen Sept. 11, 2012, but Tamerlan still held a green card — but that a 2009 domestic-violence complaint involving a former girlfriend was standing in his way.
Tamerlan, who had a wife and young daughter, dropped out after studying accounting at Bunker Hill Community College for just three semesters.
Yet Dzhokhar admired and emulated his older brother, some classmates said, to a degree that in hindsight seemed worrisome.
Dzhokhar's uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, of Montgomery Village, Md., spoke of the influence his older brother had over him, saying of Tamerlan, "He could manipulate him."
Tsarni, 42, said he was ashamed of what his nephews were suspected of having done. "I never imagined that the children of my brother would be associated with that," he said.
"Somebody radicalized them, but it's not my brother, who spent his life bringing bread to their table, fixing cars," Tsarni said.
Tsarnaev, the father, said Tamerlan would take his younger brother to Friday prayer but dismissed the idea that Dzhokhar had become devout, saying they sometimes caught him smoking cigarettes.
"Dhzokhar listened to Tamerlan, of course, he also listened to us," he said. "From childhood it was that way. He had his own head on his shoulders; he was a very gifted person. He had a gift of kindness, calmness, fairness — you understand, goodness? For him to do what they're saying, it doesn't, it doesn't fit him at all; it is not possible. Not at all."
Material from McClatchy Newspapers and The Associated Press is included in this report.


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Full review: Mountainside dining with more than a view (9/11/2008)
Greenside CaféNext to Triangle Grocery on Hwy. 14, Chef/Owner Jay Wulf's Greenside Café calls to mind Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." It's light and airy with a few hidden booths that, like Hemingway's shadowy leaves, are refuge from the hustle of the dining room—and the city below. Perhaps the correlation between Hemingway's stark description of the human condition and a place that serves enormous and tender slabs of chicken-fried steak is a little too deep, but mountain air has that effect on people. While you're up there, order the "Sangre de Cristo," a sandwich similar to a Monte Cristo with ham, turkey, Swiss and cheddar cheeses, green chile, and grilled, egg-battered Hawaiian bread. Everything's made in-house, including the ice cream. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
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Yesterday after work I picked up my bike from the shop. It was in for its free tune up and since it was there, I had them put new tires on. Installation was free do I figured what the heck. I had a set of Kenda Cross plus in the 26 x 1.95 put on along with purchasing a couple tubes and one of those neato "quick stick" tire levers. Excited to hit the road and test out my new rubber I leave for what was originally going to be a quick ride to the park and back. I filled my water bottle up and headed out into the 92 degree weather with humidity somewhere near 10 billion.
I get to the park and do a lap around the place averaging a good 2 to 3 mph faster than usual. I was having a blast so instead of turning back to go home I figured I would go for a bit longer ride down the street, not too much further (or so I thought). I keep on going past two different places I said I would turn around at. I'm now just past where the map says camp hill by the red line and I hear a dreadful wooshhh noise coming from the rear tire. No problem I think, I'm prepared with my patch kit, pump, and new levers, I'll be back on the road in no time...wait a minute...my trunk bag is not attached to my bicycle...no patches, no tube, no leavers, no wallet, no cellphone...oh crap. :eek: 7 miles on a brand new set of tires and sure enough I put a wire right through the thick part of the tread. I live alone and have no family within a 5 hour driving radius. Assuming someone would let me use their phone, I wouldn't know who to call and frankly I don't know anyone's phone number. Its all saved in my cell phone so I never actually dial them. So I start walking home carrying the bike literally on my back (didn't want to risk shredding the tube or messing up the tire so I didn't push it at all) thinking maybe a cop or a good Samaritan would stop and ask if I need a ride. Sure enough not a damn person stopped even when I attempted to flag down a ride. Now that I think about it from the samaritans point of view, a 240lb guy who doesn't have the sense to realize the bike goes underneath his fat ass is probably not the best person to pick up and ask where he's going.
I did the map my ride thing but couldn't figure out how to save it and share, so I did the Ctrl+Print Screen and pasted it in Paint. It cut out the total distance of the ride, it was 12.09 miles, but it gave me the chance to pencil in a red line from when I started walking, and a green line from where I ran out of water.
So all in all, yesterday I rode my bike 7.2 miles and my bike rode me 4.89 miles. I did however get to use that quick stick, it worked much better than a flat head screwdriver.
Lesson(s) Learned
Double check that you have your tools with you before you leave no matter how short the trip is planned to be.
Carry cash for cab fare should you need it.
Have your cell phone or at least a list of phone numbers should you be like me and not know them.


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Alonso is able to put a less-than-perfect car into a far higher position than it deserves - witness his performances at Minardi. The various opinions here (including mine) are largely meaningless. His (Vettel's) peers also tend to agree that Alonso is the yardstick to be judged by. As was Clark - and Stewart, for that matter.
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fly rod review, trout fishing, fly fishing, best trout rod, trout rod
June 20, 2014 (Sonoma, CA): Scott has built its brand around uncompromising quality and authenticity. Every handcrafted fly rod comes straight from the heart of Colorado trout country and is a testament to the finest gear that fly fishing has to offer. With their Radian Series, Scott has once again outdone themselves and proven that obsession is at the heart of innovation.
Back to Basics:Since its release, Scott's Radian Series has received accolades across the board. It's slogan, "Where Fast Meets Feel," is at the heart of this praise. Since the introduction of fast action fly rods, anglers have enjoyed higher line speed and efficiency, but at the expense of the nuanced feel of slower, more traditional rods. The Radian Series succeeds on both fronts: it's fun as hell to fish, with plenty of subtle touch, and it's as powerful and accurate as anything on the market. The best of both worlds, sure, but it stands in a class all its own.
The Rod: The proprietary blank technology is behind this breakthrough, but really it comes down to performance. The ReAct technology is billed as increasing recovery speed by "minimizing energy-sapping vibrations," and in hand it feels wildly versatile. But until you've cast this rod, you can't appreciate how fun it can be, and you're better off skipping the hype and hitting the river.
Sierra Nevada Reel & Fly Line: And as for the components? Top-notch from tip to butt, featuring premium materials assembled by true professionals. Titanium framed stripping guides, top-grade Portuguese cork, custom reel seats with burled box elder spacers, and patented snake guides.
The Rundown: Overall, Scott's Radian Series is a new level of performance with the same 40 year old promise of the "Scott Difference." The guarantee that every one of their fly rods is meticulously crafted and tested by people who love to fish, and backed by a company that produces the best fly rods in the world.
We've all heard of Konnetic technology by now or how about Proprioception from Simms in their new wading boots? Well Scott Fly Rods is guilty of these words and phrases that make one scratch their head in wonder... X-Core, ReAct and ARC are a few technologies put into today's Scott fly rods. Then there are slogan's. Every brand has a few. Some are true and some borderline false advertising. However, Scott has nailed their current slogan right on the head with the new Radian series... "Putting the FEEL in FAST". With these rods you actually get a versatile fly rod to cast a wide range of flies sizes, in varying wind conditions all while getting the sensitivity we as fly fisherman expect. Not only while casting will you feel the weight of the line load the rod without bogging it down but you'll have a better sense of strikes and tippet protection.
What's my new favorite rod? The 10' 5-weight Radian. Instead of nymph fishing with indicators aka bobbers I'm doing much more high stick nymphing. This is where you keep a tight line to the flies so you feel ever little tic of the bottom or fish's mouth which eliminates heavy bobbers and make fishing subsurface much more enjoyable. Plus the extra 12 inches eliminates the need to hold the rod over your head all day and makes roll casting a breeze.
To round out my review we'll discuss the other lengths and weights we choose to carry. The following are the most popular fishing styles matched with the correct length and weight rod. 8' 6" 4-weight DRY FLY, 9' 5-weight ALL PURPOSE TROUT, 10' 5-weight NYMPH, 9' 6-weight w/ Fighting Butt STREAMER, 9' 8-weight BONEFISH (bass too) and 10' 7-weight STEELHEAD NYMPH.


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On this week's Free-2-Play Friday, we're honing our skills as space ninjas in Warframe.
We all love things that involve ninjas, but we here at PSU love games that involve ninjas. It seems we have a fascination with the extreme agility and skill of ninjas and when given the opportunity to fight like a ninja in video games, we take it! The obvious example of a successful ninja-based video game franchise would be Ninja Gaiden, but there are others, like Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell, that take a lot of inspiration from ninja sensibilities. Thanks to Digital Extremes, we have a new ninja-fueled addiction and it comes in the form of a free-to-play, cooperative, third-person shooter called Warframe.
Warframe puts you in the role of a space ninja who is part of an ancient species of warriors that have just awoken from cryo sleep, called the Tenno. Upon awakening, you discover that you are at war with two factions--the Grineer and the Corpus. Though both enemy factions are human, they couldn't be more different: the Corpus are a merchant guild that fights using robots and automated gun turrets, whereas the Grineer are a brutish military society that fights with a more traditional legion of heavily armored soldiers.
To combat these opposing factions, the Tenno use highly advanced exo-armor called Warframes. These Warframes give the Tenno access to increased strength and speed alongside a wide range of skills. There are 14 different types of Warframes currently available for unlock in the game, and each Warframe has its own set of skills and strengths. After a brief tutorial mission, you get to choose one of the following three different Warframes for yourself:
Excalibur – A suit that strikes a strong balance of mobility and offense. This Warframe is recommended for new players due to its simpler combat-oriented skill set.
Loki – An advanced suit that allows the player to confuse the enemy with tricks like holographic decoys and the ability to go invisible.
Mag – This suit gives you the ability to control magnetic energy. This allows you to do things like pull enemies toward you or collapse enemy shields.
Each Warframe can use a different group of skills and the only way to obtain these skills is through playing missions and being rewarded Mods. The Mods are dispersed randomly and can grant passive or active powers. Once a Mod is obtained, you can choose to equip the Mod to your Warframe, boost the power of previous Mods by fusing like Mods together, transmute a group of Mods to create a new one, or sell them for in-game credits. You can also get Mods that come in the form of utilities that help improve the outcome of Mod fusions and transmutations.
Of course, all of the Warframes share the same basic ability to wall-run, roll, sprint, and hack foes into bits or riddle them with bullet holes. The gameplay in Warframe is incredibly smooth, which allows you to mix up your combos seamlessly and with great ease. The gameplay of Warframe rewards skill, and honing your skills in Warframe is enjoyable and never feels like a grind.
Setting skill aside, there are other things in a Warframe's arsenal that are important. Each Warframe goes into combat equipped with a primary ballistic weapon, side arm, and melee weapon. There are currently 94 different weapons available in the game and all of them can be obtained without spending real money. Paying money for weapons can be done, but microtransactions function solely as a shortcut for the impatient gamer. If you choose not to purchase weapons with money, then you must craft them, and Warframe has a very expansive crafting system. Here's what you can make:
Primary ballistic weapon – Rifles, shotguns, snipers, bows, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, blade launchers, and energy weapons
Side arm – Revolvers, semi-autos, full-autos, dual-wields, biologicals, and thrown weapons
Melee weapon – Short sword, long sword, dual swords, glaive, boomerang, and heavy sword
This is an impressively wide variety of weapon types, and, honestly, there are probably even more than has been covered above. Still, when facing your enemy, all the weapons and skill in the world won't always be enough to ensure you make it through. This is when having teammates comes in handy. As mentioned earlier, Warframe is a cooperative game, and as you take on missions you will want to be doing them with friends. You can choose to form a squad with up to three other players and having those teammates can be a serious lifesaver. Teammates are not only great for covering your back in combat, they can also revive you if you get taken down. Having someone there to revive you is important because you are given only four self-revives a day and once you run out, you're stuck with only one life per mission unless you purchase more revives from the cash shop.
As you play through the game, you will encounter many different types of missions. From capture missions to spy mission, the variety helps keep the game fresh and you will rarely find yourself saying 'Not this again!' The missions DO get harder, so when those four self-revives don't last as long as they used to, having teammates becomes more and more necessary if you want to avoid spending money on revives. Luckily, playing co-op is consistently fun, so having to play with other people shouldn't be an issue.
All told, Warframe does a great job of minimizing dependence on the cash shop, but it is always there for those that just don't have the patience to wait or the teammates to back them up. Almost everything in the cash shop can be obtained in-game, which means there isn't an issue of pay-to-win. This game does everything a F2P game should, and then some, because it is possible to play it for hours every day without ever feeling like you need to spend real money. It holds up well graphically, too!
Digital Extremes has a great history of delivering excellent games across multiple platforms throughout the years and could be considered incredibly underrated as a studio. Warframe might be the studio's best work yet and it is sure to shine on PlayStation 4 when it is available at launch this November. By the time the PS4 is out, expect even more content in the likes of weapons, Warframes, game modes, and enemies.
Warframe is currently in its open beta phase and is available for download on your PC right here, so give it a try and let us know what you think. Have you played Warframe yet? Are you excited for its launch day release on the PS4? Do you feel this is one of the front-running titles in the PS4 launch line up? Let us know in the comments section below.
If you missed our last issue of Free-2-Play Friday, check it out right here. Every Friday, we will share updates and gameplay details on a different free-to-play game on or coming to PlayStation, so stay tuned and be sure to come back for next week's Free-2-Play Friday.


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A beagle rests in the back window of a car in Harrisonburg on Wednesday afternoon. With emblems on the back of the car promoting dog rescues and professing love for the breed, the dog no doubt has found its home sweet home — and while in the window, its place in the sun. (Photo by Michael Reilly)


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Jason Statham Planning to Propose to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley: Report
Jason Statham may play a tough guy in movies like The Expendables, but off-screen, he's got a supermodel-sized soft spot.
According to Us Weekly, Jason, 45, is close to popping the question to his girlfriend of three years, supermodel and Transformers: Dark of the Moon star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, 26.
Jason and Rosie, who began their romance in 2010, have become closer than ever as of late, and the action star is ready to make a serious commitment.
"I hear he'll propose soon," a source revealed.
"Their connection is very serious and physical," added a friend.
While the couple's nearly 20-year age difference may be unconventional, Rosie has insisted in the past that their pairing is totally natural.
"Jason and I just make each other laugh. Most of the time, we're pissing ourselves laughing, whispering comments in each other's ears," she revealed.
"You know. Naughty stuff."
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Utilization and Applications of Business Computing Systems in Corporate Real Estate
Johnson, Linda Ellis, Redman, Arnold L, Tanner, John R, The Journal of Real Estate Research
Linda Ellis Johnson*
Arnold L. Redman**
John R Tanner***
Abstract. This study reports on the utilization of business computing systems by corporate real estate executives. A survey was undertaken to examine four issues: types of property data collected, MIS report generation, hardware/software usage, and decision models and experts employed. NACORE members were surveyed and reported extensive usage of wellknown business computing systems (e.g., transaction processing and management information systems), while newer systems (e.g., decision support and expert systems) are just beginning to be introduced into corporate real estate. Empirical analysis revealed differences among industries in the types of reports and property financial data that are maintained.
Managers do not make decisions in a vacuum. Rather, the decisionmaking context faced by managers is rich, often unstructured and complex. This seems especially true for corporate real estate managers as reports continue to indicate a disparity between what senior management and corporate real estate managers view as critical decision problems (Arthur Anderson, 1994). Initially, corporate real estate research efforts attempted to address corporate real estate decision problems, identifying, adapting and applying decision models. Later, the viability of these decision models was called into question based on their ability to be implemented and to be useful to a decisionmaker (Gershefski, 1970; Naylor and Schauland, 1976; Little, 1970). Subsequently, the computer was heralded as a tool to support corporate real estate managers in formulating and solving decision problems.
Recently, there has been an effort underway to characterize the practice of corporate real estate and to lay a foundation for further corporate real estate research (Johnson and Keasler, 1993; Nourse and Roulac, 1993). Underlying this effort has been the assumption that a richer understanding of corporate real estate decision problems by its constituencies (i.e., practitioners and academics) will develop and expand its practice. Similarly, the field of "information systems," now commonly referred to as business computing, has undergone significant growth (Banville and Landry, 1989; Holsapple Johnson, Manakyan and Turner, 1994). Yet, neither literature contains an up-to-date empirical study of the use of various types of business computing systems utilized and applied to corporate real estate decision problems. In this article, we provide the results of such a study.
Although this study is primarily descriptive in nature, it informs both practice and theory and examines gaps that may exist between the two. It highlights what systems presently exist vis-a-vis what systems the business computing field suggest are possible. Hence, this research provides a vehicle for establishing an agenda for further research and discourse among academics and practitioners. Our examination of business computing system utilization and application by corporate real estate departments begins by outlining the evolution of the business computing field and then identifying common elements in corporate real estate and business computing including the relationships between these elements.
Business Computing Systems and Corporate Real Estate
Evolution of Business Computing Systems
The computer seems to have permeated every aspect of management decisionmaking in corporations. The business computing environment has changed and now encompasses such systems as electronic data processing (EDPs), management information systems (MISs), decision support systems (DSSs), and expert systems (ESs), as well as emerging business computing systems such as groupware technologies (e.g., group decision support systems, electronic mail, video conferencing), computer-supported cooperative work, and organizational computing systems. Evidence of this can be seen in the name changes of corporate information systems departments1 as corporations pursue decentralized data processing strategies by downsizing, outsourcing and internetworking. …


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If you have catering needs for Sarratt Student Center or The Commons – you are in the right place! Campus Catering is the quick and easy way to cater your meeting or gathering. Call (32)2-2837 to place your order.
- Bottled Water (16oz.) $1.50/each
- Coffee (Decaf) $1.50/each
- Coffee (Decaf) To Go (8 servings) $12.00/each
- Hot Tea $1.00/each
- Iced Tea $1.00/each
- Soda (12oz. – Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite) $1.25/each
- Juice $1.50/each
- Fruit Tea $1.50/each
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- Fruit Tray (serves 1, minimum of 6 required) $3.25/each
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- Biscuits and Jam (serves 1, minimum of 6 required) $1.00/each
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- Bagels and Cream Cheese (half dozen) $10.50/each
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- Whole Fruit $1.00/each
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- add chips ($1.50 extra)
- add pasta salad ($2.25 extra)
- add green salad ($2.25 extra)
- $7.95/eachPicnic Meal (buns and condiments with potato chips and brownies)Picnic Meal Choices:
- Hamburgers (with lettuce, tomato, pickles and onions)
- Hot Dogs (with diced onion, pickle relish, and shredded cheese)
- $8.25/eachPizza Meal (choose any 4 of the below pizzas; meal includes tossed green salad and brookies)Signature Pizzas: (choose up to 4 types of pizzas)
- Pepperoni, Sausage & Bacon
- Feta, Spinach & Tomato
- Mushroom, Olive & Roast Chicken
- Pepperoni, Mushroom & Asiago Cheese
- BBQ Chicken & Onion
- Cheese Pizza
- Pepperoni Pizza
- Sausage Pizza
- $7.95/eachBBQ Meal (pulled BBQ pork with bun, diced onion, sliced pickles and extra sauce, chips, coleslaw and cookies)
- $6.75/eachPasta Meal (a bowl of our Caesar salad, baked vegetarian ziti, garlic bread sticks, and cookies)
- $7.95/eachTaco-Nacho Bar (seasoned beef with flour tortillas and tortilla chips, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, olives, jalapeno peppers and salsa; refried beans, Spanish rice and brownies)
Can choose up to 3 options with a minimum of 6 total sandwiches
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- Ham and Swiss on Rye
- Roast Beef on Sourdough
- Vegetable on Wheat
- Club on Hoagie Roll
- Chicken Salad Croissant
- Roast Chicken Wrap on Tomato Tortilla
- Brownie
- Brookie
- Cookie
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- $7.95/eachCaesar Salad(traditional salad of hearts of romaine, parmesan cheese, garlic croutons, and caesar dressing)
- with grilled chicken ($2.00 extra)
- $7.95/eachCrunchy Thai Salad(with red cabbage, bok choy, peppers, scallions, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, hearts of palm, and mint)
- with grilled chicken ($2.00 extra)
- $7.95/eachFarm Salad(with baby greens, sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts, artichoke hearts, roasted Portobello's and balsamic vinaigrette)
- with grilled chicken ($2.00 extra)
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- $9.50/eachMushroom, Olive & Roast Chicken
- $10.50/eachPepperoni, Mushroom & Asiago Cheese
- $9.50/eachBBQ Chicken & Onion
- $7.50/eachMake-Your-Own Pizza(choosing no additional toppings below effectively orders a cheese pizza)Pizza Toppings:
- Extra Cheese ($1.00 extra)
- Pepperoni ($1.00 extra)
- Sausage ($1.00 extra)
- Olives ($1.00 extra)
- Peppers ($1.00 extra)
- Onion ($1.00 extra)
- Chicken ($1.00 extra)
- Bacon ($1.00 extra)
- Roasted Peppers ($1.00 extra)
- Gorgonzola ($1.00 extra)
- Mushrooms ($1.00 extra)
- Ham ($1.00 extra)
- Pineapple ($1.00 extra)
- Jalapenos ($1.00 extra)
- Feta Cheese ($1.00 extra)
- Asiago Cheese ($1.00 extra)
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- $2.95/eachVegetable Tray(with chipotle ranch dip)
- $4.00/eachCheese Platter(with cheddar, Swiss, and pepper-jack cheese; with fruit garnish and crackers)
- $3.25/eachFruit Tray
- $1.00/eachWhole Fruit
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- $3.95/eachHummus(with pita bread)
- $2.25/eachChips and Onion Dip
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- $7.50/eachAssorted Cookies(chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal raisin, sugar, and double chocolate cookies)
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- $80.00/eachCelebration Cake(for birthdays or other occasions – whole sheet)
Customers should visit Chef James Bistro inside Rand Dining Center or Chef's Table inside the Food Gallery at The Commons Center and ask for a manager.
These menus are for events that take place in The Commons and Sarratt Student Center and there is no delivery charge for orders delivered to rooms within these buildings. For venues outside of The Commons Center and Sarratt Student Center, please refer to the VUC website for menus and delivery charges.
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There's no getting around the fact that white peaches and fizzy wine are a dainty and feminine combination for a summer cocktail. But be sure to serve this sangría over plenty of ice: It may look delicate but it can pack a punch.
This recipe was featured as part of our Wine Cocktails photo gallery.


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September Saltwater Outing, September 21- September 23th, 2012
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Dave Kelly:
Texas FlyFishers of Houston
Event: PINS
When: September 21- September 23th, 2012 ("Shark-a-thon" is the following weekend, which we want to avoid)
Where: Padre Island National Seashore
Start Time: 2012-09-21-1200
End Time: 2012-09-23-1200
Trip Leader: Puck
Phone: 281-865-3216
e-mail: Shoot Puck a PM on this board
Trip Description:
We will take four-wheel drive vehicles down Padre Island National Seashore during the anchovy migration, and target blitzing schools of ladyfish, jacks, redfish, and tarpon.
Based on Ed's recommendation: Let's change this up a little from last year. Let's start earlier Friday afternon, and run all the way to the jetties, and fish the next day, Saturday, on the way back. More to follow.
How to sign up: Sign Up Here on line., on the sign up sheet distributed at the monthly meeting or e-mail the trip leader.
How to get waiver forms: Download here Required Waiver of Liability, filled out and signed, along with emergency contact information.
Cost: National Seashore Entrance Fee $10 per vehicle
About 250 miles (4-5 hours) from central Houston
Search Houston to Malaquite Beach (20420 Park Road 22, Corpus Christi, Texas (Padre Island National Seashore)) in an online mapping program
About the area:
At 60-70 miles long, Padre Island is the longest, undeveloped, barrier island in the world. Anglers with four-wheel drive vehicles can access almost all of it.
Fall brings bait migrations and large schools of predators. The water is typically clear (much more so than Galveston).
• When the club did this trip in September, 2006, 14 anglers hooked 8 tarpon. Countless large ladyfish were brought to hand, as well as some big jack crevalle.
• Last year, 2011, there were 7 anglers. Ladyfish were the most caught species, with reds and trout also brought to hand. We still have no idea what spooled Carpman.
The typical fishing method involves cruising the beach while looking for signs of fish. When a school is sighted, anglers bail out and start casting. The Port Mansfield jetties (at the very end) offer deep water access.
Driving on the beach can be difficult. Four-wheel drive vehicles are required. Realize that a tow for a stuck vehicle here could cost you thousands (yes, thousands). Cell phones do not work on the island, except at the extreme ends.
The Malaquite Pavilion offers public showers to get off the sand and salt before the drive home.
Important items:
• Member dues are current!
• Waiver of Liability, filled out and signed, along with emergency contact information
• Current Texas Fishing License with Saltwater Stamp
• Have proper safety equipment INCLUDING a proper fitting PFD
• Extra change of dry clothes
• Wind and/or water proof jacket
• Wading Shoes and Sting Ray Guards
• Lunch, plenty of water, snacks and power bars
• Sunscreen and Mosquito Repellant
• Wide brimmed hat AND polarized glasses
• First Aid Kit
• Hand held VHF or FRS radio with extra batteries
• Vehicle rod holders
• Tow rope
• Jack and base plate
• Fix-a-flat
• Shovel
• Spare Tire
• 5 Gallon bucket
Recommended Equipment:
• 8 – 10 wt rods
• Full intermediate lines with at least 200-yds of backing
• Short 4-5 foot long, straight leaders of 30-lb monofilament or fluorocarbon
• Bite tippets of 50-80 lbs if targeting tarpon
• Back-up rods, spinning/casting in case it gets too rough in the surf, or the wind picks up to gale conditions
Recommended Flies:
Surf candy
Clouser minnows
Lefty's Deceivers
Beck's Bombers
Recommended guidelines for participants:
• Notify the trip leader if you have any potential concerns
• If inexperienced, then buddy up.
• If you are boating or kayaking, inform the trip leader of your float plan if planning to fish alone or longer then the designated times. Shouldn't apply on this trip, but still good advice.
• Sign in and sign out at the meet up point. Inform the trip leader if you will be fishing in a different place.
This is now a favorite. The Grey Lady loved it.
Still working on details.
Date is now locked in. We will avoid the Sharkathon by going this weekend.
I am in - put me down for needing a ride along the beach
Looking forward to finding out what spooled me last year :)
By the way... Here's what Matt looks like when he is being spooled by a fish. I love his expression - frustration! Note the angle of that rod - pointing straight out while that fish was heading to Cuba!
Even though the winds were blowing over 25mph we switched to spinning gear and still had a great time. Regrettably, a work conflict will prevent me from joining the group in PINS this year... argh!
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James Cameron Defends Avatar From Anti-Smoking Watchdog Group
By Perri Nemiroff 2010-01-04 17:41:18 comments
Now that Avatar is way beyond being a certified hit amongst moviegoers and critics, James Camerons got to take flack from someone and that someone is Stanton A. Glantz of the Smoke Free Movies Initiative. As reported by the New York Times (via BlackBook), Glantz announced that his organization will wage war through an information campaign targeting the movies pro-smoking message.
Wait, when is there smoking in Avatar? It took a serious double take to recall that Sigourney Weavers environmental scientist lights one up during the film. Just a couple of drags earned Avatar a black lung from Scenesmoker.org, which rates films based on the inclusion of cancer sticks. Also given black lung status is Avatars fellow holiday moneymaker, Sherlock Holmes.
Cameron isnt taking the issue too seriously. In a statement delivered via e-mail he said Weavers Grace Augustine is not meant to be an aspirational role model for teens. Shes rude, she swears, she drinks, she smokes. He continued, Also, from a character perspective, we were showing that Grace doesnt care about her human body, only her avatar body, which again is a negative comment about people in our real world living too much in their avatars, meaning online and in video games.
Moving on to a more general standpoint, he said, I dont believe in the dogmatic idea that no one in a movie should smoke. Movies should reflect reality. If its O.K. for people to lie, cheat, steal and kill in PG-13 movies, why impose an inconsistent morality when it comes to smoking? I do agree that young role-model characters should not smoke in movies, especially in a way which suggests that it makes them cooler or more accepted by their peers. He wrapped up the message by adding that smoking is a filthy habit which I dont support, and neither, I believe, does Avatar.
Wow! Go Cameron! Of course Id never approve of any form of media that condones smoking, but Glantzs plan of action is unreasonable. Its a terrible thing, but smoking is part of our lifestyle as are many things that can be considered unhealthy and dangerous. You can point a finger at just about anything from tanning to speeding and say it shouldnt be depicted in films because it could influence younger moviegoers. Its downright ridiculous. The only good thing that comes from this issue is this fantastic rebuttal by Cameron.
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The images are nothing all that new or spectacular, just the characters in their sleek new suits. Everyone looks reasonably cool and ready for avenging, although the green tint they gave to Mark Ruffalo is kind of disconcerting. I keep forgetting that the Hulk always starts from the left side of Bruce Banner's face (while Bruce is attempting to read a sign that's really far away). Also - is RDJ's face photoshopped onto the top of the Iron Man suit? Awkward. We're fairly certain this is a British series of posters, because it says "In Cinemas Soon," which is the kind of shit they say in jolly old Londontown. We'll go ahead and draft a post now of domestic posters that are slightly slightly slightly different. Excelsior!
In related news, a new poster for Steven Soderbergh's jaunty spy thriller "Haywire" has been released, a few weeks ahead of its January 20th debut. This carries over the jagged, orange-and-grey scheme from the original poster (designed, with some panache, by the genius Neil Kellerhouse). This version of the poster, however, features lead Gina Carano, with little cubes full of movie stars like Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Antonio Banderas, and Michael Douglas. If you aren't excited about this movie yet, now's your chance. It starts 2012 off with a very, very big bang. There's also a TV spot, via Coming Soon.


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