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Cookies can make holidays a sweet success
By Jane Lawson
, The Daily Times Herald
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If you would like to share your family's favorite recipes, or know someone with western Iowa ties who we should feature in an upcoming article, please send an email to Jane Lawson at firstname.lastname@example.com describing recipes and the stories behind them. Also, if possible, include the recipes and a digital photo of the cook or baker and family members. We can also make arrangements to have photos mailed. If you do not have access to the Internet, and you have suggestions for featured cooks or bakers, please send a letter with information to Ann Wilson, Carroll Daily Times Herald, P.O. Box 456, Carroll, Iowa 51401. Or call Ann Wilson at 712-792-3573.
From frosted sugar cookies to gingerbread men to thumbprint cookies filled with jam, Christmas cookies are as much of a holiday tradition as singing Christmas carols and wrapping presents to place under the tree.
In the United States we call them "cookies," but in England and Australia they're biscuits, my students from Latin America call them galletas, and in Germany Christmas cookies are Plätzchen.
The word cookie comes from the Dutch word koekje, meaning "small or little cake."
According to whatscookingamerica.net, culinary historians found the first cookies were used as test cakes. A small amount of cake batter was baked to test the oven temperature.
May your holiday season be filled with plenty of yummy goodies shared with family, friends and co-workers.
Belinda Thorkildsen Sousa, Kristiansand, Norway
During the school year of 1989 to 1990, Belinda was a foreign exchange student at Carroll High School. I remember Belinda not only for her pretty face but also for her smile and cheerful attitude. Belinda stayed with Jeff and Sandy Cayler and Chico and Bev Kanne during her time in Carroll.
Belinda loved being in the Midwest and the small-town atmosphere. Belinda said, "We always see movies from NYC and LA so that's what I expected from the U.S. It was so much better, and I made friends for life."
Belinda was also pleased with the high level of achievement that many students showed already in high school. "In Norway this focus on the future normally only shows in students at university level," she explained.
Belinda is married and has a 12-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter. She studied hotel and tourism management in Switzerland and is now part-owner in a company dealing with cruise ships and tourism in Norway.
Dear Friends,
My year in Carroll has been a lifetime experience that I treasure highly, and it has influenced the choices I have taken later in life.
God Jul (Merry Christmas) from Norway
This is a recipe (some of the measurements use the metric system) for syrup cookies, one of the traditional seven cookies Norwegians bake at Christmas.
2 dl corn syrup
1/2 dl sugar
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
400 gr plain baking flour
100 gr butter
peeled almonds (optional)
Mix syrup, sugar and butter in a pot over low heat. Let the mixture cool slightly and then sift in the dry ingredients. Mix lightly. Leave in the fridge overnight. Roll dough out to 2 mm and cut out dough into small diamond shapes. Place 1/2 peeled almond on each biscuit (optional). Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Store in cookie box.
Dipped Gingersnaps
Sonia Walsh, Carroll
My mom, Ann Wilson, is lucky to have Chuck and Sonia Walsh and their four kids, Haste, Zach, Samantha and Emersyn, as her neighbors. Not only are they good and helpful neighbors to have, Sonia is a great baker. Each year Sonia sends a plate of Christmas cookies over with her girls for my mom. The cookies always seem to arrive at my mom's house around the time I arrive from West Des Moines.
Sonia includes some of the same cookies on her cookie plate each year and also tries out something new to mix it up. My favorite cookies are the dipped gingersnaps, which Sonia found in a Taste of Home magazine years ago.
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1/2 cup molasses
4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
additional sugar
2 pkgs vanilla baking chips
1/4 cup shortening
In a mixing bowl, combine sugar and oil; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in molasses. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Shape into 3/4 inch balls and roll in sugar (I use a cookie scoop for this so that the cookies will be uniform in size). Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until cookie springs back when touched lightly. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Melt chips with shortening in a small saucepan over low heat (I use the double boiler method or have found sometimes this can scorch. I don't have a double boiler, I just use a bowl that is slightly bigger than the saucepan and get that going with a rolling boil of water underneath and that melts everything nicely for dipping). Dip the cookies halfway; shake off excess. Place on waxed paper to harden.
Chris and Julie Knudsen, West Des Moines
There's nothing I love more than a plate of goodies delivered to my door. Julie (Paup) Knudsen was one of my very first friends. We met at Sunshine Preschool and I was fascinated by her long, pretty hair.
At Christmastime Julie and her husband, Chris, make shortbread and other treats to give to friends, and I have been fortunate enough to receive some as a holiday gift.
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; gradually stir in flour until well blended. Spread or pat into an ungreased 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes, until just lightly browned. Remove from oven and immediately pierce all over with a fork. Cut into bars. Cool completely before removing from pan.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
*Sometimes we bake the shortbread in a round baking pan and then cut it into skinny pie shaped slices
Instant Trifle
Janette Volz, Altoona
Janette, formerly of Carroll, has been making this holiday dessert since 1978, thanks to a holiday cooking issue of Better Homes & Gardens. She even saved the original magazine. Janette says the trifle is very easy and pretty knowing if it doesn't look good, no one will eat it!
2 Sara Lee pound cakes, thawed and cut into ½ inch thick slices
1/2 cup cream sherry
18 oz jar of raspberry preserves
2 (3¾ oz) packages of instant vanilla pudding mix
3 cups milk
2 cups whipping cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1/3 cup chopped candied fruit
Line bottom of 2-quart clear glass bowl (straight sided works best) with cake slices. Sprinkle with some of the sherry. Spread a thin layer of preserves over the cake layer. In bowl mix pudding, milk, and 1 cup of the cream; beat until smooth and thick. Spread some of the pudding over the preserves layer. Continue layering until almost to the top of the bowl, ending with pudding.
Beat remaining cream with sugar and vanilla until thick. Pipe cream rosettes around the outer edge of the bowl. Sprinkle cream with fruit and almonds. Chill several hours or overnight.
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Really enjoy the UFC video games.
Anderson Silva is my boy. Bad dude.
They had me from hello. I loved the mortal kombat version of the UFC back when it was virtually no holds barred. But I stuck with it most all the way thru (didn't follow it for a while there thru the early middle of Coutures years) but since Dana has taken over I have tried to at the very least follow the results and at times watch some shows. Have watched all the TUF series.
Problem is I am such a Reds (obviously especially this), Bengals/Buckeyes fanatic I can't afford to squeeze anything else in very much.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Anyone see UFC 118? I didn't get a chance to watch it but here are the results.
Frankie Edgar d. BJ Penn
- per FightHype Edgar dominates the fight. BJ still tried going for power punches and landing nothing more than a 2 punch combo. Edgar got some easy take downs as well.
Randy Couture d. James Toney
- Easy take down right off the bat, mount, GNP, and then arm triangle submission.
Gray Maynard d. Kenny Florian unanimous decision
Demian Maia d. Mario Miranda unanimous decision
Nate Diaz d. Marcus Davis via submission round 3
Joe Lauzon d. Gabe Ruediger via submission (arm bar) round 1
Nik Lentz d. Andre Winner unanimous decision
Dan Miller d. John Salter submission (guillotine) round 2
Greg Soto def. Nick Osipczak via Unanimous Decision
Mike Pierce def. Amilcar Alves via Submission (armbar) in round 3
When it comes to MMA... Wrestling > Boxing
I watched the fight last night. Toney was pathetic but I guess that was expected. As far as BJ Penn I was absolutely stunned by how dominated he was. Edgar made Penn look very average.
Florian had a bad showing. I much preferred 117 to 118.
Pretty good night of fights. Unfortunately the next two aren't going to be as great, with headliners Mir/Cro Cop and Akiyama/Bisping. Then you get a great card with Lesnar/Velasquez and Shields/Kampmann, but then 122 was just announced with the headliner being Belfort/Okami.
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say."
--Bronson Arroyo
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say."
--Bronson Arroyo
A guy I went to high school with is fighting in UFC 124. Sean McCorkle. When he started I really didn't think he'd make it, but he has really slimmed down.
The guy is a ridiculous athlete. In high school he could drop step-dunk on people at nearly 300LBs. You just wouldn't have thought he could get off the ground like that at his size.
"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
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Principle #1 – Time management is a choice
No matter what anyone says, time management all comes down to one thing; controlling what you do next. That's it! Good time management is simply your ability to choose between the important tasks and the unimportant tasks. To determine this, you must know your area of importance (AOI). All it takes to reveal your AOI is one question, regardless of what you do. The question is:
"What do I do that has the biggest impact on ________________"
If you are an employee, ask your boss "what do I do in my position that has the greatest positive impact on the company?"
It allows us to determine whether a task is important or not. It guides all our decisions throughout the day. If you develop this skill properly, you will learn how to control not only your work, but your life.
Principle #2 – There will always be more
Here is a hard truth: you will never get caught up. Ever.
Let's test this theory for a moment. If you were able to cross everything off your to-do list for this week right now, do you think you would be able to come up with something else that you need to do? Perhaps work for the next week or the next month? Maybe something that you told yourself you weren't going to do because you didn't have the time? I guarantee you that you will always be able to think of more work for yourself to get done.
That magical day where you complete every single thing you want to do will never come. No matter how productive you become, there will always be more work that you could have done. The majority of people are already working at over 100% capacity at their jobs. There is and will always be something else.
This isn't your fault; our brains have been programed to fill in that gap with busy work. This is why so many people have a hard time on long vacations. They are so used to filling in free time with work that once they our removed from that environment, their brains don't know how to occupy the time and they start to feel anxious. Our society is slowly forgetting how to live outside of work!
Let go of the thought of catching up and enjoy the freedom that the realization brings. The good news is that although there is not enough time to do everything, there is enough time to do the most important things. That is the underlining principle of this book. Focusing your time on getting the right things done.
Principle #3 – Real work is the only work that matters
There is always enough time in any day to get your real work done.
What is real work?
Your real work comes from your AOI. Everything you do that relates to AOI is considered your real work. Anything else is pseudo work. Pseudo work is a low value task that contributes little or nothing to your AOI. Being able to distinguish between these two types of work is the key to becoming more productive and the best at what you do.
People who develop this skill will far exceed their peers. 99% of the population spends most of their time on pseudo work, producing a cataclysmic amount of inefficiency in the work place. We all have more time than we realize; we just have to learn how to manage it properly. Master this and you will have officially joined the 1%.
Now that we have reframed your view of time management and laid the foundation that this book is built on, let's move on to three concepts you need to understand to increase your daily productivity. These are the critical areas that stop people from getting their real work done.


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From my experience whatever you do in Sprint 1 dictates the success of your project. If you opt for a running start and ignore practices such as TDD, Pair Programming, Automation, and Refactoring then your velocity won't account for them. You face a similar challenge if you have a herculean Sprint 1. Whatever you do sets an expectation with the customer – the velocity achieved in Sprint 1 sets an expectation of what can be achieved in future Sprints. It is incredibly difficult to reset that expectation as your velocity will dip if you decided to start Refactoring or doing TDD or working a 40 hour week.
As professionals we have a responsibility to write clean code from the start. The customer may feel we are moving slowly but we are investing in the future maintainability of the software. Through TDD we are building testable software and providing the team with the confidence to Refactor. In turn Refactoring allows us to evolve our design so they remains simple. The story is similar for the other practices of professional software engineering.
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I am working with MySQL in phpMyAdmin, and could use some advice on my Foreign Key settings.
Here is an example...
I have a many-to-many relations between Articles and Sections.
article -||------- |<- article_section ->0------||- section
When I am in "article_section" - which is an InnoDB table - I clicked on "Relation View" and I see fields which lets me set the Foreign Key relationships and constraints.
For ON DELETE, I chose "RESTRICT".
And for ON UPDATE, I chose "CASCADE".
1.) This weekend I had both set as "CASCADE" and then it occurred to me that this would be a bad idea in many cases. For example, if I have ON DELETE=CASCADE and I delete a record in a look-up table, then I could end up trashing an important record (e.g. Article, Member, etc.).
2.) If I choose DELETE=RESTRICT and save things, phpMyAdmin comes back up with "--"
Is that the same thing? (From my testing, it seems like it is, but I want to be sure!)
3.) Any other advice people want to share?
When I clicked "Save", phpMyAdmin displayed this...
SQL query:
ALTER TABLE `article_section` ADD FOREIGN KEY ( `article_id` ) REFERENCES `doubledee`.`article` (
ALTER TABLE `article_section` ADD FOREIGN KEY ( `section_id` ) REFERENCES `doubledee`.`section` (
That looks like what I want, but again, when I look at the GUI in phpMyAdmin, it shows "--" for ON DELETE?! :-/
disagree -- deleting a row in the article_section table would have no effect on either articles or sections
no idea -- phpmyadmin is crap and i don't use it, i never trusted it either
if your primary keys are auto_increments, ON UPDATE CASCADE makes no sense at all
But if I decided to delete a "Section", then it would delete the "article_section" record.
And when I formerly had "section" as a look-up table, deleting a Section (one)(parent) would delete the Article (many)(child) which would be catastrophic?!
Why the animosity?!
Good point!
if you say so
because phpmyadmin has inculcated really shítty database habits in countless developers
I say so.
If your Parent-Child is Customer-->Order, I think you'd know when you are about to trash an Order.
If your Parent-Child is FavoriteTypeOfIceCream-->Customer, I think it would be easy to delete "Rocky Road" and forget you are trashing ever Customer's record that likes "Rocky Road".
Maybe you would never make such a newbie mistake, but I could!!! :eek:
And those bad habits would be what?
And what, then, would you propose to make someone a better database developer/admin?
BTW, I don't buy into the macho approach of, "I coded my entire website using NotePad" or "I built and manage my production database all by Command Line..." (I suspect you do...)
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The Florida Highway Patrol will conduct a Comprehensive Roadside Safety Checkpoint (CRSC) on Tuesday, Dec. 31, starting at 10 p.m. at the 5300 Block of State Road 222 (Northeast 39th Avenue) and will encompass both the east and westbound lanes.
This is a continuing enforcement program to identify persons who are operating a motor vehicle with defective equipment, without a valid driver's license, without a proper vehicle registration, proper insurance or while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
The objectives of these checkpoints are:
On Dec. 9, Willie James Flanders Jr. registered as a Sexual Predator with the Levy County Sheriff's Office. By Florida law Flanders is required to notify law enforcement whenever he changes addresses.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
A man shot at his University Oaks home on Friday evening was airlifted to Shands Hospital for treatment according to a Levy County Sheriff's Office spokesman.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect caught on camera during a break-in at the Verizon phone store on U.S. Highway 19 North.
The break-in occurred in the early morning hours of Monday, Dec. 16. The suspect took cell phones and electronics. The staff discovered the break-in when they reported to work on Monday.
Requests for approval to apply and accept federal and state grants are pretty common at Levy County Commission meetings, but one at the Dec. 3 meeting sparked some questions from one commissioner because it calls for the purchase of gym equipment.
The Levy County Department of Public Safety conducted testing of part-time firefighter applicants on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Levy County Public Safety Complex in Bronson.
This testing process consisted of a 50-question written test and a series of practical evaluations. The practical portion consisted of ladder raise, tool carry, search and rescue, victim drag and hose line operation skills.
Aggressive driving is dangerous driving. This is especially true when drivers of cars and large trucks engage in aggressive driving behavior around each other. To help combat the hazard this presents to motorists on the road, the Florida Highway Patrol began a two-week enforcement campaign aimed at preventing aggressive driving behavior on Friday. The Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) campaign runs through December 5 and is intended to raise awareness about the dangers of being too aggressive on roadways, especially when a large truck is involved.
Chiefland Fire Rescue wishes everyone a safe holiday season.
A man living in a Williston group home on Northeast 35th Street was charged recently with 13 counts of criminal use of personal information after, according to police, he used a bank card to take money from another man who lives at the same address.
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SWINDON Town are hoping for a good crowd when Leeds United arrive at the County Ground for a pre-season friendly this evening.
Having welcomed almost 4,000 fans to SN1 for the visit of Southampton last Monday, a similar attendance is anticipated tonight, as former Swindon man Dave Hockaday brings the Whites to his old club.
And Town manager Mark Cooper, who had the use of Hockaday's services for several months last term, can't wait for the occasion.
He said: "It's prestigous. You're playing against one of the biggest clubs in the world historically, so I'm looking forward to it. Dave Hockaday spent some time with us last year and I'm sure he'll be looking forward to coming back and it'll be interesting to see how they've been developing during pre-season.
"We're looking forward to the game. Hopefully it will be a good crowd and Leeds bring plenty of supporters. Hopefully we can pick up a few stray supporters who come to the game."
Jack Barthram is a minor doubt for tonight's match with a groin problem. The former Tottenham full-back was substituted at half-time during the 1-1 draw with Bromley at the weekend. Ty Belford could return after a stomach bug, while Town are hopeful both Will Randall and Nathan Thompson will shrug off tight hamstrings.
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Originally founded by German immigrants, followed by successive waves of Lithuanians, Italians, and Hispanics, Melrose Park has undergone a series of transformations since its incorporation in 1882. Close proximity to Chicago and the coming of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad ensured that Melrose Park became a center for manufacturing and heavy industry. Major companies including Benjamin Moore, International Harvester, and the National Malleable Castings Company built plants here, and the town was also known as the headquarters for Polk Brothers. Entertainment and leisure activities have been an important part of life in Melrose Park too. Kiddieland Amusement Park was built in 1929, quickly becoming a popular destination for Chicago area families, and the town was also home to classic movie theaters, the North Avenue Rollerway, and the Come Back Inn, a popular local restaurant. The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a cherished Melrose Park event that has been celebrated annually since 1894.


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Mr. ADNAN OKTAR'S REMARKS ON HADITHS RELATED WITH HAZRAT MAHDI (PBUH)
"Hazrat Mahdi points to a bird and the bird falls into his hand." How? For instance he says; "This bird is very beautiful, let us have one of those." What does falling into one's hand mean? It means keeping it in one's hand; it means keeping it in one's house, it means taking it into one's possession. For instance, you place the bird in a cage and it thus would be falling into your hand. For instance you say, "He fell into his hand" about a person and it means that he is under that person's control from then on, or else it doesn't come to mean it fell to his hand from the sky. It means that he will love birds in cages and out in the open, that he will take care of them and show his love for them; that is the meaning of the hadith.
"He plants a dry branch in to the soil and the leaves of the branch turns green." It means he will plant trees, Mahdi (pbuh) will love trees. It is understood that he will make everywhere green, he will take great pleasure from greenery, from trees, from fruits; it is understood that he will take pleasure from everything God created.
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SHOP owners in Bath Place in Taunton are celebrating after Taunton Deane Council said it will be cleaning the graffiti in the tunnels leading to the arcade.
They called on the authority to clean the graffiti up.
Keri Lloyd, chair of the Bath Place Trading Association, said the businesses were in a "catch 22" as it was unclear as to who had responsiblity to clean them up.
The owner of Imagine, Design and Create said: "We've been having a real problem with graffiti recently.
"I've had shop owners coming to me saying it's really affecting their business.
"Some of the graffiti's quite rude and understandably it's putting people coming off here.
"It's fantastic news that the Council is going to be cleaning it up and that it is supporting us."
Taunton Deane Borough Council has been making urgent enquiries to find out who owns the property so that action could be taken to clean up the paint.
Although it is still unclear as to who owns the property, the Council said it was 'vital' to keep the town centre attractive and is sending workers in to do the job.
Council leader, Cllr John Williams, said: "We decided to take action now as Bath Place is such a Taunton treasure. It is sheer vandalism to despoil the town in this way.
"While strictly not our responsibility, we felt it was the right thing to do to roll up our sleeves and get on with the work. We know traders need our support and we will do all that we can within reason to help.
"I hope whoever is responsible is ashamed and that people will support our efforts in keeping Taunton looking its best.
"We all have a responsibility not to drop litter, not let dogs foul footways and to report antisocial behaviour such as this latest incident. It simply cannot be tolerated."
People can report graffiti and other incidents online at www.tauntondeane.gov.uk


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Mean Betty on Jesse James
Since it may be difficult to start keeping track of Jesse James' alleged mistresses, Mean Betty has a handy guide for you. You're welcome.
-Mean Betty
Goodness! It looks like we might have another Mistress Golf Ball Set on our pretty little hands soon! Classy women are just popping out of the woodwork left and right, laying claim to the extremely dubious honor of helping Jesse James cheat on Sandra Bullock. It's starting to get a little hard to keep straight, so here's a handy guide for you to recent developments. Don't thank Mean Betty. Mean Betty lives to serve.
Read Mean Betty's Lessons from Sandra Bullock
Enter Gloria Allred!
Right on cue … The most recent development is that we have word of an unidentified woman hiring the services of none other than our favorite patron saint of sleazy women … Gloria Allred! A round of applause for "Mistress #4" who is clearly a shade sharper than those who have gone before her. Why settle for a sleazy In Touch cover and $30K when Ms. Allred might be able to get you so much for in return for your slutty ways?
According to RadarOnline, #4 claims to have had a several-year affair with Jesse.
"I represent a beautiful model and business woman," Allred nobly declares. "[James] pursued her and he had strong feelings for her. She is in the process of trying to decide if she will come forward. She has proof of their relationship including hundreds of texts, emails and photos. The relationship just ended recently after the scandal broke."
Mean Betty just cannot wait to see whom this "model" and "business woman" turns out to be. Surely someone of the highest caliber!
The Help Starts Dishing
According to Us Weekly, the hired help is starting to blab. Employees at Jesse's West Coast Choppers bike shop in Long Beach, CA say Jesse's constant infidelity was an "open secret" around the shop.
James would regularly post Internet ads looking for "hot, tattooed biker chicks with big boobs," says a source.
Adds another, "He sees their photos, answers the ads and invites the girls to his office."
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My book group had one of our most spirited conversations ever about The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout. We had liked her previous book, Olive Kitteridge, so her new book was a logical choice for us.
Briefly this is the story of three siblings living with the guilt of their father's death at a very early age. A crisis with their nephew compels the brothers to return to their Maine hometown. They revisit the tragedy, the relationship among the siblings, and the cultural divide between their small hometown and their current life.
We had so much to talk about….the relationship among the siblings, the action of the nephew that divides the small town, the Somali refugees, the marriage of Jim Burgess, family secrets. We even continued the conversation the next day on email!
This is a well-written, character driven story about family relationships. It is a good read alone or for a book group.
Posted by Ann Rohrbaugh at 07/16/2013 11:15:04 AM
Books for: Kids, Teens & Tweens


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me·di·ate (md-t)
v. me·di·at·ed, me·di·at·ing, me·di·ates
1. To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties: mediate a labor-management dispute.
2. To bring about (a settlement, for example) by working with all the conflicting parties.
3. To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism.
1. To intervene between two or more disputants in order to bring about an agreement, a settlement, or a compromise.
2. To settle or reconcile differences.
3. To have a relation to two differing persons or things.
adj. (-t)
1. Acting through, involving, or dependent on an intervening agency.
2. Being in a middle position.
[Late Latin medire, medit-, to be in the middle, from Latin medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]
medi·ate·ly (-t-l) adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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"We are having a destination beach wedding, that will be both intimate and relaxed. We wanted a card that represented our style more than the location, but we chose the blue and gold design to also play on the beach theme. We purchased the Save the Date, Invitation, RSVP, and Thank you cards in this style all at once. It was all very easy to do online and was returned to us quickly for review prior to print. We love them all, but there is a difference between the gold color - what I would call a true yellow gold color - on the Thank You card and the "gold" - what I would call more of a sand color on all the other cards. This is fine for our wedding in that it lends itself to a beach theme, and I doubt anyone will be holding all of the cards up to each other to match color (other than me). If your looking for the color to match across the board, this may not be for you. Overall we couldn't be happier with the total product and experience"
"This is a beautiful design to start with but I wanted the colors to be altered to match my wedding colors. The staff was very helpful, sent me options and sent me more when I requested it. The product was better than I anticipated."
"I was looking for a simple yet beautiful save the date, and wanted it in very specific colors. They worked with me to make it just how I wanted it!"
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As my site gets bigger and sees more and more visitors I am trying to speed it up and streamline it.
So I used a PageRank website to see my score and I don't understand it's CSS request for me to "Use efficient CSS selectors"
This is part of what it tells me:
Very inefficient rules (good to fix on any page):.commentlist .children li ul li Tag key with 4 descendant selectors.nav * Universal key with descendant selectorul.nav li.sfHover ul Tag key with 2 descendant selectors and Class overly qualified with tag and Class overly qualified with tag
If anyone can tell me what it is trying to get me to do and how to do it I would much appreciated.
That's just a machine talking to you. Rules of that complexity may or may not be necessary, so we'd need to see your site to know.
Something like this
.commentlist .children li ul li
could almost certainly be simplified to
.commentlist .children li li
and you could see what effect it has to remove something like .commentlist. If it breaks the effect, you probably need it. The ideal is to keep rules as simple as possible, but sometimes they need to be that long.
.nav * Universal key with descendant selector
The * takes a lot of processing, so it's better to avoid it if you can.
ul.nav li.sfHover ul
It's going to be hard to simplify that. Even if you remove .nav, you need to target that UL in some way, even if via the container. E.g.
.container ul li.sfHover ul
… which doesn't achieve much in terms of efficiency.
These warnings are just a guide, to make you ask if the rules need to be as long as they are. Sometimes they simply will need to be.
Thanks. Will look into it more.
My site: Game Guide Central | All The Guides On The Internet In One Place
Ok, word of warning, I am going to be BRUTALLY frank with you -- I will likely be dissecting this down to the lowest level ripping it apart. If we don't tear it down, there's no way you can build it up stronger. This 'review' of your page will address many things besides just speed, as there are likely accessibility issues as well.
Before I even look at the page load times, filesizes and code we must give it an accessibility review -- where said page is a miserable failure. I say this because you are using absurdly undersized fixed metric (aka px) fonts across the entire page, combined with a fixed width layout. Useless on my netbook due to the fixed width, useless on my workstation since I have to zoom in 50% to get the fonts up to a legible size. PX should NOT be used for content fonts, and even on controls 12px or smaller is really useless to anyone out there running large fonts/120dpi. It also has several color contrast failures, the green on grey links being illegible even when zoomed, the dark grey "posted" text also facing those same problems.
The first thing on you page a user sees is an advertisement -- you have it even before your actual site title... This DESTROYS trust with visitors and could likely be limiting your traffic and/or increasing your bounce rate. From the appearance it would also seem that your content order makes little to no sense, but we'll know more once we peek under the hood.
Doing a speed analysis the first thing I do is copy/paste just the plaintext out of the page to figure out how much content you really have. I'm seeing 4.5k of plaintext and I'd ballpark it at five objects/images -- so for HTML on such a page it realistically should be no larger than 8-9k of markup... you have 44k of markup meaning it is at LEAST five times larger than it needs to be. You appear to have no external stylesheets being included so it's not leveraging caching models to your advantage, and the 125k of javascript for nothing probably means it needs just a wee bit of code reduction in that department.
Running it past the validator we have 58 validation errors on a tranny doctype -- an indicator that what you have isn't even HTML, it's gibberish!
Going into the source the problems become appraent -- the document is white-space stripped for no good reason, so we can assume that it is done to obscure bad code or to try and squeeze a few bytes out of it when the problem is in the HTML itself -- Jquery for nothing, IE conditionals for no good reason, endless links to multiple CSS that don't even seem to be loading, inlined CSS in the header, static scripting in the markup, redundant classes, full url's... Hey, is this turdpress? The output LOOKS like turdpress, and that's not a good thing.
I'm seeing a nasty case of "not every ejaculation deserves a name" -- which is to say classes and DIV on/around elements that don't need them, I'm seeing tags that have no business in a website written after 2003 like CENTER... I'm seeing full URL's for no good reason besides wasting bandwidth... pointless/redundant title attributes also wasting bandwidth for nothing... All telltale signs of wordpress idiocy.
You take just the stupidfish menu, and it's a whopping 11k of HTML to deliver 300 bytes of plaintext in 20 or so links... Serious whiskey-tango-foxtrot territory. Again this is entirely the fault of what I outlined above -- pointless/wasteful title attributes for nothing, full instead of relational URL's for no good reason, and classes that serve no purpose in this layout.
We take just one item:

Privacy Policy

Every single blasted anchor inside that top UL gets cat-item, so what the **** does it need a class for? If the page is on the same URL you don't need to waste bandwidth saying it, and if you need a title attribute like that there's something wrong with the contents of your anchor.
That's one giant train wreck for what should be a simple:

Privacy Policy

139 bytes in the original vs. 55 in the rewrite, a reduction of three fifths. There is NO reason for any of the rest of that being in there other than wordpress' coders being some of the most inept {rather nasty expletive omitted} on the planet.
This isn't your fault, it's the inept bull hardcoded into the CMS you are using.
We get down into a content section, and it's more bad code and worse, non-semantic markup. Lets take that first "lego" news item as an example:

 LEGO Pirates – Minikit Location Guide – Film...

 Posted by admin on Jun 5, 2011  FILM 2PELEGOSTOA TOUCH OF DESTINYTHE DUTCHMAN'S SECRETISLA...

953 bytes of markup for 145 BYTES of content. I see multiple unneccessary div, clearing DIV like it's still 1998, a pointless REL tag that NOTHING actually uses, inlined style, redundant/pointless title attribute, an image that is presentational in nature and as such has no business in the markup, and a whole slew of other unneccessary bits for what could probably be done as a simple:

LEGO Pirates - Minikit Location Guide - Film 2
Posted by admin on Jun 5, 2011

Which even with the extra comments and formatting is effectively half the code. (480 bytes!)
Oh and a little advice, I don't know what that "W3 Total Cache" nonsense is at the bottom of your HTML, but whatever it is get rid of it. 1.3k of extra bull at the bottom isn't helping matters.
Basically I'd throw it ALL away and start over clean... There's little worth even trying to salvage from that.
deathshadow, I enjoyed your rant, but it is slightly unfair. You are right that at least 50% of what is screwing the page up are WordPress artifacts, and there's not much he/she can do about it without abandoning WordPress or from getting into some tough work that almost removes the point of having WordPress in the first place. All those classes are coded in by WordPress. I have been known on occassion, when I couldn't stand it anymore, to write lots of new functions to override the native WordPress functions and strip out the junk in the header, but by the time you've done all that, you might as well code your own CMS...
He/she should keep the W3 Total Cache, though. It's a plugin that creates static versions of all the pages, and will certainly save more time than the extra few lines of HTML costs.
Your point being?
I actually believe that's exactly what I was implying.
First off thanks for just saying it straight. I do appreciate it. But as PatrickSamphire said I am using WordPress and I really don't know what to do about 90% of this. Between Wordpress and my Theme all of this is pre-coded and I don't have the knowledge to try to go in there and change anything.
Yep. I completely agree with this. Will get it changed. This is lazyness on my part with trying to get some ads on the page to pay the bills and not wanting to really mess with the theme's layout.
The white space striping is Minify from W3 Total Cache. Little things that I am trying to do to save size and increase speed
The Jquery is used on pages for a hide/show (i.e. LA Noire – Homicide – The Quarter Moon Murders – Just Locations | Game Guide Central) I don't know how to make it only load on pages where it is needed.
I've actually tried to strip the extra plug-in CSS and combine it to 1 file and I just don't have enough knowledge to go into the plug-ins and strip the references to their own CSS files.
Something I can change! lol. The comments were there to just let me know it was working. I have now removed them.
Not trying to make excuses but if I could program my own CMS then I would. My goal now is to make as many changes as I can to make improvements where I can without breaking the site.
And out of all of this the only things I have the direct knowledge to do are remove the wasteful comments and work on ad placement.
Well, there was an article here on sitepoint a while back outlining how to go about stripping down/clean out the unnecessary bits of the menu... Gah, digging for the link...
Ah, here it is:How to Tidy Your WordPress Menu HTML » SitePoint
That can at least walk you through eliminating most of the bloated code in the menu. Likewise much of the IE conditional nonsense could probably be stripped with a rewrite of the CSS used to build the page, though that's a much more involved process.
It's a shame really that so much bloated nonsense is hard-coded into turdpress where you can't even edit it without neutering any chance of upgrading -- but then top to bottom every existing off the shelf CMS seems to be filled with this type of idiocy; It's getting worse with all the "gee ain't it neat" useless bells and whistles being added through the use of javascript for nothing... to the point of even replacing functionality with scripting.
I know they keep it in there for 'legacy skin' support, but really when it's that idiotic maybe it's time for a pimp-slap to the userbase -- or at the very least make it optional and not the default.
That's not totally true. A lot of it can be removed by duplicating the native WordPress functionality without the crap in your functions file and calling those functions instead. It's just not worth it.
Of course. I guess I felt a little sympathy for the guy, as he's not to blame for the abomination that is WordPress.


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Peach schnapps (really most schnapps) and I don't get a long when the schnapps is plain. But throw it into a cake and well, it makes everything better. Like this peach pound cake which is chock full of peaches and peach schnapps and other wonderful things.


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Did you know?
Steytlerville's main street is festooned with the family crests of many of its residents.
The 1st thing you should learn when you visit the Karoo – South Africa's dry heartland – is the time-honoured art of 'stoep-sitting' (sitting on the verandah).
Stoep-sitting means a lot more than parking on a porch and doing nothing.
Yes, there's a lot of doing nothing involved, but you have to do nothing in a meaningful way when you stoep-sit in the Karoo: there's meditation, reflection and intense chatting involved, along with complete and utter inactivity except for the occasional raising of a glass of red wine in honour of a fine Karoo sunset.
And if you're stoep-sitting in Steytlerville in the Eastern Cape, you're doing it in arguably the stoep-sitting capital of South Africa.
Its massive porches, wide streets, bull-nosed Victorian verandahs and polished floors – combined with its inherent lack of urgency – put it way up there in the stoep-sitting stakes.
And there's always something to talk about in Steytlerville. There's always something going on in this town of artists and retired folk.
Like what are the boys out at the Karroo Theatrical Hotel up to this Saturday night? Another innovative cabaret performance by Dame Leyla Lamborghini?
And what's happening at the Royal Hotel? The place is packed with bikers, their machines gleaming everywhere, leather and club patches galore.
And young Danie Craven, grandson of the Springbok rugby legend, what's he doing out at Noorspoort Guest Farm, where it's a delight to wake up on a winter's morning under a duck-down duvet and contemplate a day of patting farm animals and reading a really thick book?
There goes Jan Pampoen (Pumpkin), cycling to the local golf course to hunt for earthworm mounds (Steytlerville earthworms – rumoured to be the longest in the world – can measure up to 2m).
Anyway, Jan's off to find a couple of these giant earthworms. He cuts them up and sells them for bait.
And isn't that Pine Pienaar, local photographic legend and star-master, in from Port Elizabeth?
Pine comes to Steytlerville on weekends with his photographic students, and they descend on the rather bemused locals with all their camera gear. And then they go to Noorspoort Guest Farm after supper to look at the stars.
So as we open another bottle of pinotage, we settle in on this evening for another session of world-class stoep-sitting, right here in Steytlerville ...
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Royal Hotel Steytlerville
Tel: +27 (0)49 835 0385
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Noorspoort Guest Farm
Tel: +27 (0)49 835 0001
Email: email@example.com
Karroo Theatrical Hotel
Tel: +27 (0)49 835 0010
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Learn Photography (Pine Pienaar)
Tel: +27 (0)73 174 4444
Email: email@example.com
How to get here
Steytlerville lies next to the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area in the shadow of the great Winterhoek Mountains. Steytlerville is approx. 170km west of Port Elizabeth and approx. 150km south of Graaff-Reinet.
Best time to visit
Any time of the year is great to visit Steytlerville except for high summer (December/January) when it is very hot.
Around the area
Trips into the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area; day trips up to Graaff-Reinet and Nieu Bethesda; and drives to neighbouring Jansenville and Willowmore.
Tours to do
Join Pine Pienaar's photography course and learn all about the cosmos at the same time.
Get around
It's best to drive yourself in this part of the world. Hire a car from Port Elizabeth; it needn't be an SUV, as the road to Steytlerville is in reasonable condition.
What will it cost
Accommodation is in the R300 to R400 per person per night B&B bracket.
Length of stay
Steytlerville is worth at least 2 days of your time.
What to pack
Pack for the outdoors, because you might find yourself traipsing over farmlands and into the surrounding mountains.
Where to stay
You are spoilt for accommodation choices, which include the Royal Hotel in Steytlerville, Noorspoort Guest Farm or the Karroo Theatrical Hotel.
What to eat
Substantial meals are offered in Steytlerville, in true Karoo tradition. So prepare yourself for lamb, venison and full plates.
What's happening
Check the Baviaans website for any events taking place in the area during your stay. One of the new local events is the Steyterlville Motor Show, to the held on October 6.
Best buys
Mohair, sheepskin and angora products like blankets, scarves and slippers.


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Hey all
7 @ 7:45 this morning.
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Hey all
7 @ 7:45 this morning.
Back later
Kia Ora y'all
Not too much to add this morning, just been ticking along. 600m repeats earlier this week suck, hard!!
More later, I have to go to work
Hi all, driving by.
Well I was both slow and poorly paced at the time trial, so much for the either/or plan. Slow because I had raced on Sunday, and poorly paced because the whole pack went out crazy fast. They should take a class or something. Oh wait...
I finally got around to replacing the dead HR strap for my Garmin, and the new one had it's first outing today, one of those super-9 affairs. I was surprised at how the old ticker was still idling at these speeds, below 100 120 most of the time.
Hey all. Getting ready for the USA National Championship 10000m in an hour or so!
4 + 6 w/ 6x hill sprints yesterday
4 + 6.5 w/ strides today.
Cumulative fatigue is real.
Puto ~ You might want to slow down a bit; those 7s will wear on you over time.
Well, that was interesting! No surprise that Shalane dominated, but I'm impressed by Hasay and Erdman.
Off go the men . . .
Well, that was interesting! No surprise that Shalane dominated, but I'm impressed by Hasay and Erdman.
Kara's pride cost her...
Go Ritz Go!
Go Ritz Go!
Glad to see!!!
Rupp was toying w/ them...
Gpops - Remind me not to read your posts with a mouthful of soup. Messy.
Looks like I missed the USATF excitement. No doubt it will turn up on Youtube or somewhere.
Guess which color Gorun 2s were on sale this week? Yes I have pink shoes. Note alternate laces.
good luck grandma's folks.
so i'm passing through Iowa on my way home tomorrow...
PJ & Kin ~ How's recovery going?
JimE ~ Yep. Races were totally different but both fun to watch. 5000 and 1500 still ahead. If Cain places in the 1500, I think Rovatti's buying a round for everyone!
cpett & OMR ~ GOOD LUCK!
Quick drive-by to wish ncm and cpett good luck. KK, hope Ragnar is/was a success for you! And thanks for the well wishes from everyone.
Ran 3 easy at mile 20 of Gma's route this morning, crossing paths with a few of the elites "warming up." At least I got to see them running today, because I'm pretty sure I won't see them at all tomorrow! As long as we don't get a downpour, current conditions look to be pretty good (knock on wood). In other words, no excuses!
Tonz - how many weeks out?
Puto - what Dad said.
Dad/Kin - I missed it all, took DW to the movies last night instead.....
PJ - safe travels!
Jim - sweet looking shoes! How do they feel? I'm thinking about giving them or the Go Bionic a shot as my Pumas are getting harder and harder to find
Gpops - I never intentionally run odd, or even, numbers. The chips just kind of fall where they may based mainly off of available time. And yes that's why that run sucked!
Runbo - early morning is the only way to go
ncm - just in case you are lurking around - good luck this weekend
Omar - no excuses, going to be pulling for you and excited to hear how things go!
Hey all
7.2 this morning @ 8:08. Thinking about trying to pull off a GIM week next week.....
Jim - sweet looking shoes! How do they feel? I'm thinking about giving them or the Go Bionic a shot as my Pumas are getting harder and harder to find
I ran 11 in them this morning. They are basically a toned-down version of the original GoRuns. They still have a cutaway heel that encourages a midfoot landing, but without so much of a hump in the midsole. The originals have the sensation of landing on your arch which takes a lot of getting used to. They are twistable/squishable and are pretty light. Unfortunately my Garmin ran out of juice (oops) so I don't know how much I speeded up, but it felt like a progression. The Go Bionic are basically a production version of Meb's marathon shoes, so probably flat-like.
OMR - good luck tomorrow! Have a great race!
Nick: Thanks. Should be a fun morning.
Gpops: #2196 for me.
Jim: Good reminder that I need to charge my Garmin!
Just got out of the expo. Boy, that's a cramped/crowded space...I think my blood pressure rose about 30% from being in there.
EDIT: Lapped by calbears: Thanks!
Kia Ora everyone, how's Friday's going?
OMR Raised blood pressure at an expo? My heart beat normally rises, but that's due to excitement and shoes. Good luck on the weekend. Have you put a real number out there for us yet?
JIM Nice run. I tried the GoMEB at the Bruno Expo, it's a flat on a 4mm drop. I loved them but can't seem to find them. I even tried to get my local shop hooked up to be the only shop down here to supply them but no luck, yet.
GPOPS Way to face down the storm good luck with the bike. On training miles, I work in Km's but when on a cycle I always seem to end right on the required distance, when I'm just running I generally have part numbers.
NICK 2 weeks tomorrow our time, all getting a bit low mileage and boring now, it's about now in every cycle that realise what a mileage whore I am.
PJ Enjoy Iowa, I was going to say something about potato's but that's Idaho right?
A massive Kia Kaha (stay strong) to our team at Grandma's Go get it guys.
I think the elites I encountered this morning were Derege Yadete and Bazu Worku, both late entrants in Grandmas. Cool...
Tonz: All I can say about me and crowds is that at least in a marathon, everyone is running in the same direction. Well...hopefully...
Gpops: No prediction from me. I'm just going to focus on running a smart race and take whatever result that gives me.
Good luck, Omar!
Just jumping in - rock it, OMAR!
(sorry guys - will try to catch up this weekend. Jim - wow at those shoes)
Good Luck Omar!
Tonz - Iowa potatoes languish in obscurity.
Omar, Omar, Omar!!!
fwiw - ncm posted that she won't be running G-ma's this weekend
fwiw - ncm posted that she won't be running G-ma's this weekend
Love that edit function!
9 w/ 20' tempo ( ~6:30)
Will be looking forward to race updates when I wake up!
Good luck tomorrow, OMR and cpett!
Dad - Recovery is going. Not too sore, but the legs are still dead. I'll get a race report up sometime this weekend.
Good Luck OMR, I think you're going to do great! I will have to go back at see what my prediction was How much fun was it to cross paths with the elites today!
JimE, I don't think I could run in pink shoes. I'm just barely getting the nerve to get the flashy red Kinvaras. Usually I'm the all black, grey, Mr. Neutral guy. Just the red will be a huge change for me, muchless pink lol! Really? Sketchers? Well, if Joe Montana likes them...
Dad, NS, thanks. I find it so hard to slow down because I feel like my legs/body will get used to plodding along in the upper 8's / low 9's so that I won't be able to go fast anymore.
Good luck OMAR!
Haha, thanks again everyone. Just got out of bed and hopped on my laptop for one last check of the weather: temp hovering around 50, near 100% humidity, showers after 10am (2:15 after the start), 12mph tailwind. Hmm...
Time to get ready to catch a shuttle!
Last minute check in.
Good luck OMR!! I'll report back later today.
COME ON CPETT and OMR
kin - glad to hear the recovery is going well
Puto - just remember fast days fast, slow days slow.
Tonz - 2 weeks!
Cpett - best of luck!
Go get'em Omar!!
15 this morning at 8:15
Results, not official
The colors didn't paste so I should clarify that is just through the 10k, the other times are projections.
Go OMR!
Ghetto - I'll take the under. Bet he picks it up from here and goes 2:58...
Jim - I kind of like that hump (twss) ... looks like I'll need to stock up.
Started my day with 18 @ 7:57. Now watching four kids for the rest of the day. That'll be the harder part. Got a box of joe to carry me through...
Go OMR!!!


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Bradford on Avon Swimming Pool has apologised for an error which meant children were charged for free swimming sessions over the Christmas holidays.
Wiltshire Council offered children aged under 16 free swimming during all public swimming sessions at their local Wiltshire Council and DC Leisure managed leisure centres from December 23 to January 3, a school holiday promotion they have run several times.
However, Bradford on Avon Swimming Pool was still charging children between December 23-28.
Altogether 149 children were charged entry until the error was detected by customers and staff who had seen publicity about the free swimming.
Laura Clark, general manager at the pool, said: "We apologise this mistake has occurred. It was never our intention to fail in delivering this scheme.
As soon as we realised the error it was rectified immediately, with free swimming starting on December 29. We also extended the free swims until January 4 and 5, where we admitted 242 children free.
"For those inconvenienced, if they would like to visit the pool by January 15, we can organise a free swim voucher."
Grandmother Jean Smith, from Downs View, fell victim to the error when she took her two grandchildren to the pool on December 28 and paid for both of them.
It was only when Mrs Smith read in the Wiltshire Times several days later that swimming was free that she rang the leisure centre.
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – The Saint Leo volleyball team broke their recent winless streak in dominating fashion when they handed Barry University a straight-sets 27-25, 25-20, 25-12 defeat in Sunshine State Conference action on Friday night.
The teams came out evenly matched in the first set as the Bucs and Lions were tied through 19-19. Barry would rally to set point when they went up 24-20. The Lions, however, took four straight with the help of three Danielle Bletso kills and a Buccaneer error. The teams were tied at 24-24 and 25-25 when Saint Leo took a pair of points for the 27-25 win.
In the second set, the Lions went up 6-1 before Barry scored seven of eight points to go down 9-8 behind the Lions committing five errors. The Lions turned the second set around with an 11-3 run for a 21-14 lead. Saint Leo closed it out with four points for the 25-20 win.
The Bucs hung with the Lions for the first part of the third set as Saint Leo led 10-7 in the early going. The Lions, however, closed out the final set on a 15-5 run to take set three 25-12.
Bletso dominated the game with 15 kills and an outstanding .542 average as the Lions hit .345 as a team. Jordan Sisson added eight kills and .412 average to the winning mix.
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"This is a charming Gewürztraminer. It goes so well with the roasted Napa Valley vegetables and baby greens topped with carrot vinaigrette, parsley juice, and cabernet reduction," says Shaun, our steward/bartender as he leans and pours. It is the salad course of my first dinner aboard American Safari Cruises' Safari Quest, a 120-foot charter yacht, on a two-and-a-half day Northern California wine country sojourn up the Petaluma and Napa Rivers.
The Quest can accommodate 22 people in 11 cabins on three decks. All the quarters are comfortable and have large en suite heads. The dining room is set up for two meals per day--breakfast and dinner, as the lunch hour is usually at one of the wineries--on three tables, while the saloon has a large-screen television, library containing hundreds of VCR tapes, and well-stocked bar. In addition, there are kayaks aboard as well as a hot tub on the top deck.
With one arm holding the bottle, Shaun strikes the pose of a fencer who has just sent his epee home with an exquisitely executed passata sotto. He then gracefully turns the bottle to prevent an errant drop from hitting the table or--perish the thought--dripping on the plate, thus ruining the balance of the cabernet reduction.
"Yummy," says Mario, one of my table mates, as he smiles and puts his wine glass down on the perfectly set dinner table. By the time we would finish supping, all that harmonious feng shui would take on the post-apocalyptic look of a first-grade lunchroom.
"Yummy? This is, yummy?" says Doug of Doug and Mary, another couple at the table, as Shaun, eyebrows akimbo, hurries off to the galley, no doubt to expose this grapey faux pas to the chef and staff.
"Yeah. It's..." Mario sips, adding a little tongue-to-palate slapping sound. "Yummy." Seated next to Mario is Kristi, his wife, who, smiling into her salad, commences slicing her vegetables into smaller pieces to better infuse the reduction.
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On the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination a local art gallery pays tribute to the former President.
Chuck Bowden, a local collector, has been gathering memorabilia and newspapers on the President for the past 20 years. Bowden put the items on display for the community to enjoy and remember the day he was murdered.
"The shot rang out and I couldn't believe it at first," said Ernestine Porro who saw the event unfold fifty years ago.
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sherlockwing - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkDon't really see why one would buy these phones instead of Moto E, same SOC, same spec, higher res(960X540) and you get all the google services & playstore instead of having to use MS services and limited app selection. Moto E is undercuts Nokia X2 in price($129 vs $150). Reply
Penti - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkOr just Moto G so you get better battery life than the low end Lumia's and so on. With Amazon having their fork, and BB getting ready to have Amazon app store on the Android Runtime Microsoft's market for these is just getting more squeezed, doesn't make any sense for developers to release apps through the Nokia Store and the market share aren't exactly those that would hack and mess around like the current Blackberry 10-users. Yet they need something like this. But customers can turn elsewhere. Reply
hodakaracer96 - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkThis is forked android not windows phone... Reply
Penti - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkBecause Windows Phone apps are released through the Nokia Store... Well no. But a Moto G is more value than Lumia 520, 630, 635 as well as non forked and better performing than the X2. Moto E goes for pretty much the same money as X2 and L520. A low end phone is a low end phone. Reply
hodakaracer96 - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkAh just reread your comment I misunderstood. Yes I agree that the X2 is going nowhere. Especially if it loses the Nokia name (powerful brand outside of US) to some form of MS branding. Reply
Penti - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - linkWon't loose the branding in the phones lifetime (probably pretty short) as they can use it until 31 dec 2015 at least. Nobody really cares about Nokia here in Europe any more, the company as a phone maker is already dead and buried. It's not that much more popular than in the US. WP sealed the fate there. Everything essentially stopped and fell apart quickly with the new direction. Microsoft swept in and killed Symbian, MeeGo, Meltemi etc by forbidding development as part of the collaboration, killing any European competition as a result, hardware was replaced by whatever Qualcomm parts Microsoft supported and two app processor vendors shut their doors for the mobile market as a result. That also killed their camera work in practice. It's more that it is what Microsoft needs. They need to have a presence everywhere and have their services reach this market too. Other will have more success forking Android though. New Chinese vendors already sell more smartphones than MS does globally, by essentially selling forked Android in China. NA has players like Amazon and Blackberry as said (latter has a runtime on top of the OS rather than Android), reaching those as a developer is easier. We will see how long Hungary or whatever Microsoft Mobile plant that churns these out will keep at it. The finns won't exactly love this new Microsoft. Thousands of engineers and assembly workers lost their jobs, most got other good jobs but obviously the country lost an identity and the network part simply operates as NSN for the most part and the mapping business don't advertise as an Nokia company any more but rather pushes their fairly new Here brand and name. People have moved on. Microsoft got stuck with Series 40/Asha that should have been faced out :) Reply
sherlockwing - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkcorrection: they actually have the same MSRP. But the agrument still stands: if you don't have to pay more to get a better screen and google services, why get stuck with only MS apps? Reply
Salt - Saturday, July 05, 2014 - linkMoto E is not even close to this phone, there's more in life than just praying for Google; Microsoft / Nokia wants a piece of the Pie, that doesn't make them better or worst than Google. Now Moto E don't even have a Led Flash for photos, doesn't have a front camera, and that is a huge fail, Skype on a phone is quite nice to have you know. Also this days Google is not develloping the OS very much, what they want to do is just sell their products, advertising! Reply
Penti - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkAOSP 4.3 Level 18 based according to docs. No update to 4.3 for the older devices. Reply
HardwareDufus - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkDSDA on this low end device.
I hope we start seeing it in the higher end Lumia phones. Reply
Brett Howse - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkWell it is available on the Lumia 630 so it is definitely on the radar. It would have been a bit of work to add to the OS so it will likely get used but not sure on what range of devices. Reply
jmunjr - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - linkCurious why there is nothing written about the dual sim feature of the phone. That's something I could use. A lot of people don't want two phones... Reply
Daniel Egger - Sunday, June 29, 2014 - linkThere's lots of information missing in this short overview, like the use of an MSM8210 (2xCortex A7, Adreno 302, 28nm LP) vs. MSM8225 (2xCortex A5, Adreno 203, 45nm), BT 4.0 instead of 3.0 and faster mobile network. The only thing I'm worried about is less standby time despite smaller structures and larger battery... Other than this nit the phone looks like something I might actually buy thanks to acceptable size and run time, Dual SIM, good connectivity and general features and of course Here Maps. Despite some of the comments I think not being tied in to Google Spyware is a feature, rather than a bug. Reply
johnh3 - Monday, June 30, 2014 - linkNokia got a program for Android developers who want to port their current Android to the Nokia X Store, I think it was already 2000 apps there for some months ago when the first Nokia X was launced, and it have grove a lot since that time. I think maybe around 10.000 now.
Beside that you can Yandex Store that got around 100.000 apps. I think it was a Chinese app store you can add also. So the app selection are not so limited as many seems to think.
And in many markets (where they will sell X2) Google services are not so known as in US and Europe.
So they probably will just use the Microsoft services "out of the box" so to speak.
Nokia HERE maps and so on.. Reply