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Easy Red Pepper Dipby Amie Valpone in Gluten-Free, Healthy Recipes, December 31, 2012
The New Year is almost here and we're all excited about what 2013 will bring. But when it comes to that last string of holiday parties, do you know what food you are going to bring to the table? It has to complement your New Year's resolution and be tasty enough to enjoy. Here's your solution: savory red pepper dip made with your skinny jeans and taste buds in mind.
Not only does this power dip contain one of my favorite vegetables, red bell peppers, but it is also soaring with fiber and vitamins. In this recipe, cashews and chickpeas add a subtle crunch and boost of nutrients to your plate.
What some people believe makes a red pepper dip, or any other dip for that matter, taste delicious is added cheese or butter; but there is no need for these empty calories. One of my healthy holiday secrets is to replace butter with healthier oils, and in this case, olive oil. Lean on your friend, the dutiful food processor, to whip these ingredients together and make a smooth dip you can serve as an appetizer with gluten-free crackers or as condiment for your main dish such as fish tacos, burritos or chicken. You'll quickly see how this simple recipe is one of the easiest health switches you can make. Believe me, you'll want to whip up a batch of dip each week to store in your fridge and serve with breakfast eggs instead of ketchup, lunchtime sandwiches instead of mayonnaise and afternoon snacks such as crudités.
Feel good about the changes you are making in your every day diet and spread your knowledge to others. For this year's New Year's Eve party, bring something different that will convince even the most hesitant party-goers to make health their New Year's resolution. That way, there's a higher chance someone else will bring a red pepper dip to your next gathering.
Smoked Paprika Red Pepper Dip
Serves 4
1/2 cup cashews, toasted
1 (16 oz.) jar roasted red peppers, drained
1 (15.5 oz.) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Gluten-free crackers and crudités, for serving
In a food processor; pulse until smooth. Transfer to a serving bowl.
Serve with gluten-free crackers and crudités.

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Very pleased that the album on which I collaborated on with virtuoso violinist Daniel Hope (two pieces Musica Universalis and Biafra) along with Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi and Gabriel Prokofiev, is now to be released on vinyl by Deutsche Grammophon. Already reaching number 1 in the UK and number 3 in the US Classical charts on CD and downloads, it is exciting to have the release on vinyl (a medium that I absolutely love). For more information and to pre-order, click here.
The piece Biafra is taken from my award winning score to BAFTA nominated feature film McCullin. To purchase the album from iTunes, link here.
Below is Musica Universalis as performed by Daniel at the recording sessions in Berlin.


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>General Running>Do you think running is painful?
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Not in training. The last few hundred yards of a 5k are pretty painful. The last four miles of a Marathon can suck out loud. Otherwise no.
Not in training. The last few hundred yards of a 5k are pretty painful. The last four miles of a Marathon can suck out loud. Otherwise no.
Usually the pain starts a lot earlier than that for me, in a 5K race.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
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If it hurt, I wouldn't run.
I run.
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Who are we kidding, Running is painful, painful to get out in the cold, ignoring the "crazy guy" looks running in the rain, trying to not get the stink of tech clothes spread into the rest of the house, juggle schedules so you can get that weekend long run in, finding the shoes that don't give blisters after your favorite shoe has changed drastically for no good reason, explaining that you are not terminally ill to be weighing only 125 lbs, trying not to limp so as not to hear another lecture about how I am ruining my joints with running etc etc.
But the feeling I get after a fast finish run, seeing the world wake up as you run, the run after storm with the clouds to one side, bright sunshine the other with a rainbow in front of you, seeing places and sights most people will never get to see makes me forget that pain.
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Easy run?
Long run?
Tempo run?
Interval run?
If you are racing , and it's less than 5k, you'd better be in some sort of hurt (or riding on the edge of it), or you aren't doing it right.
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I haven't had a pain-free run since 11:50AM, Oct 29, 2009. But those posters aren't for runners...
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
No matter what Nobby says, races are very uncomfortable and painful at the end... in a good way. I have very few training runs that are in the same category of discomfort.
As is usually the case, people are meaning different things by the word "painful".
RWOL has brought us the term "pain cave". I would like to send that one back. Mahalo.
Before I picked up running, one day I was talking about it with a very good friend of mine who's probably never been athletic in all her life. And her response was running/exercise=pain. I didn't quite understand why she thought that way. Now her kids are entering elementary school and she had them playing a few sports. I guess she has come to realize that running/sports is a lot of fun, even just running around. Just look at the kids you would know what I mean. Running outside is especially liberating.
Another thing I noticed is for a lot of over-weight people (my friend is one of them) who's been inactive most of their life just moving around is not comfortable (why they never want to become active), running would be unimaginably painful for them (they imagine it'd be pain considering how out of breath it's for them just "walking" up the stairs (so they never take the stairs)). Well, the people who created those ads, and their target costumers as well, most likely are among this group of people.
It hurts near the end of a race. But you have 100% control of it. You can choose to stop the discomfort if you want to. But you won't. (something more satisfying than giving up the hurt).
I'm old enough that the first mile of pretty much every run is somewhat painful. Especially since I run early in the morning most days.
I'm old enough that the first mile of pretty much every run is somewhat painful. Especially since I run early in the morning most days.
The nice thing about my early morning runs is that the courses start with a gentle downhill half mile. I'm barely conscious, it's dark...maybe I'm somnambulating.
Well at least someone here is making relevance to the subject. - S.J.
Roadrunner's Apprentice
Fatigue? Oh yeah. Exhaustion? Check. Side stitches? Rare but I can work through it. Sucking wind? Yep, especially when I'm pushing myself hard.
But all that goes away after the workout. Out and out pain? My feeling is if it truly hurts I'm doing something fundamentally wrong.
2014 Goals:
- sub-26 5K : sub-56 10K : 1st half marathon
- Tell my excuses to shut up and lace up...
I think we are talking about muscular pain or pain in the lungs here, as opposed to pain due to a specific injury. You should only feel pain in a race, and in a masochistic sort of way, it is good pain: you're hurting, you want it to stop, you fight with the urge to stop or ease up; we all love and hate this at the same time, I think, when you dig really deep (otherwise you are not racing, you are just running al ittle faster than normal)
As is usually the case, people are meaning different things by the word "painful".
RWOL has brought us the term "pain cave". I would like to send that one back. Mahalo.
"Pain Cave" is a cyclists indoor training area.
The pain that hurts the worse is the imagined pain. One of the most difficult arts of racing is learning to ignore the imagined pain and just live with the present pain (which is always bearable.) - Jeff
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I don't find training or racing to be painful in any way.
Someone said that if racing doesn't hurt you're not really racing. I'll have to think about this. I am not a very experienced racer.
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Of course it's painful. If it weren't we wouldn't know to slow down or stop. People who don't perceive pain destroy themselves. Finding that threshold of tolorable or dangerous pain is what training is supposed to teach us. Racing reinforces it.
It's exhilarating to squeeze through that tunnel vision into the finish line knowing you left little behind. Your lungs and legs burning.
Just one man's unwavering opinion.....subject to change
"... the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value..." Thomas Paine Dec 23, 1776 The Crisis
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On Thursday, our last full day on San Salvador, students took their final and then returned to Grotto Beach for a final relaxing afternoon before packing up and heading home. Our trip down the island was delayed by a passing thunderstorm, but once we got to the beach, it was beautiful if overcast. Everyone had a great time playing in the huge waves or simply resting on the beach, and nobody got sunburned!
In the evening, students shared progress reports from their research, with promises of more to come in the fall. We all packed up and got ready for the long trip home, and there was one final movie night of the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
After loading our gear on the truck for one last ride, we took one more group photo at the GRC and began the long trip home. While waiting to check in to the San Sal airport, many students went across the street to Wendy's (not that Wendy's!) for an ice cream cone snack. The plane ride to Nassau was beautiful, with great views of the Exumas, Eleuthra, and Cat Island on the way over each of them. We did have some turbulence just as we crossed onto the island of New Providence, but landed fine and got all our luggage this time! After a long walk from the domestic terminal to the newly remodeled international terminal, we checked in at US Airways and got ready for the next wait… Customs and Immigration.
After a very long line, we got cleared into the US and finally made it upstairs for a quick lunch (at 3:30 pm, after breakfast at 7:30!) before the flight to Charlotte. From there, it was time for a quick dinner and then on to Columbus.
As we neared Columbus, the voices got more and more excited, with cheers of O-H I-O! and loud speculation on where they would be getting their first fast food meal. A huge cheer went up when the flight took us directly over the Horseshoe as we came in for landing. Little did we know what awaited us on the far side of security–a giant banner welcoming us all home with names of all the students and block prints of sea turtles, palm trees, and dragonflies (they probably couldn't find one for no-seeums!). Thanks so much to Aly Saba's parents for creating the banner and sharing it with all of us!
It was a great trip. Our time on San Salvador got off to a rough start with no luggage, but working through the difficulties together bonded the group. Students pushed their comfort zones and did things they never thought they could–from swimming with sharks to swimming over the wall, going up in a lighthouse or down in a cave. They learned as much about themselves as they did about the ocean. We are proud of them and thank their parents for entrusting them to us for three weeks, and we hope that they enjoyed the trip as much as we did!
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Coffee GrindMath brain teasers require computations to solve.
Fred had just started work in Hotel Plush and was dealing with a demanding but important guest. "Pour my coffee, boy! I want exactly 200ml coffee to which you will add enough full cream milk to make it 20% milk. Do it correctly and you may go about your other duties, get it wrong and I will call the manager," screeched the darling lady.
It was all Fred could do to stop his hands from trembling as he started to pour the coffee. He poured 200ml into the measuring jug, (he keeps one about his person at all times for such eventualities), then started to think about the milk. 20% of 200ml is 40ml but if he poured 40ml in, the volume would be 240ml, so it wouldn't be 20% milk any more. How much milk should he add?
AnswerThe only volume we know is for the coffee, 200ml, so that's the starting point. We also know the final coffee is to be 20% milk, but that also means it is 80% coffee , so 80% = 200ml. That also means 20% = 50ml (80%/4=200ml/4), so he needs to add 50ml milk. Whether he puts anything else in there as well is between Fred and his conscience.
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One-on-One With the Chopped All-Stars Round 1 Winnerby Sarah De Heer in Food Network Chef, Shows, April 7th, 2013
What can you expect when you put 16 star chefs you know and love on the Chopping Block for charity? Inventive dishes, out-of-this-world ingredients, smack talk, laughs, sweat and a grand prize of $50,000 for the winner's charity.
Here's the breakdown: Each Sunday, a new group of All-Stars will compete for a spot in the finale. Tonight, viewers saw four familiar faces from Food Network and Cooking Channel in action in the Chopped kitchen. In the coming weeks, you'll see mega-chefs, Chopped judges and celebrities battle it out to show the world they've got the chops to win the grand prize.
If you missed the show and recorded it, don't read any further — FN Dish is about to break down the episode and chat with the winner.
The Baskets:
Appetizer: Veggie terrine, galangal, banana bread and mango juice
Entree: Rack of venison, seafood pepper pot soup, potato pierogies and okra
Dessert: Purple Okinawan sweet potatoes, coconut flakes, Calvados and marshmallows
Elimination Details:
First Round: Nadia G.
Second Round: Gabriele Corcos
Final Round: Jeff Mauro
Winner: Sunny Anderson
Judges: Chris Santos, Geoffrey Zakarian and Maneet Chauhan
Cooking for Real and Home Made in America hostess with the mostess Sunny Anderson is just one step closer to earning $50,000 for her charity, N Street Village, after winning the first round of Chopped All-Stars.
What was it like competing against your fellow Food Network and Cooking Channel peers?
SA: I never really want to compete in the kitchen, and then when I realized who I was competing against, I said, "These are people who I actually know." These are people I actually talk to. I didn't want to compete against people I actually love and adore.
Which basket did you have the most trouble with?
SA: I think the first basket was the most troublesome for me because, one, it was the first. And then I saw the banana bread. I would never buy banana bread to begin with, I would just make it; I certainly wouldn't have purchased that one! I mean, there weren't even nuts in there. An appetizer with a sweet bread. I mean, how do you savory that up? I'm really thankful that the ball rolled off of Nadia's plate, and I'm thankful that Gabriele poured the mango juice into a cup, because that's the cushion I needed in order to stay the first round.
Were there any ingredients you'd never worked with before?
SA: The galangal — I never worked with it before, but I did know what it was, luckily. I'd never seen that seafood pepper pot soup in a can. I've seen some crazy stuff in a can, but I've never seen that in my life. If I saw that in a grocery store, I would run the other way. I want nothing to do with it ever again!
You mentioned that you stayed away from the machines (ice cream machine, etc.). Going into the finale, are you sticking with the same mindset?
SA: Listen, I didn't want to do anything I've never done before. The closest I got to using something I haven't before was the chill top (aka the anti-griddle) to make a granita. It's like a speedy freezer. You know, I watch Chopped, and they love that ice cream machine. Even on Iron Chef America they make the craziest ice cream flavors. I'm going to stay true to myself. If I do make ice cream, I'll be shaking it up — the way I make it at home. I can't see myself chancing $50,000 to show off on a piece of equipment I've never used. I got real close tonight and I pulled my way back.
Speaking of $50,000, what's the one thing you learned from tonight that you'll take with you to the finale?
SA: I think the one thing I learned today that I'll take with me May 5 would be getting all the ingredients in one bite. With Iron Chef, the mentality is basically just get it on the plate — or several plates. With Chopped, the judges want it all in one bite. They want every single ingredient in concert with each other. And I slipped a little bit in the second round when I put seafood pepper pot soup in a can and a dipping sauce on the side with some sour cream for the pierogi. But I think the only thing that won me with that was the pierogi, and I explained that I wasn't trying to hide the ingredient but highlight it. Get it all in one bite — every single time.
How will your family react to this episode?
SA: My dad is going to be so proud of me, and that makes me excited because I live to make him proud. I have a really cool dad. I know, for sure, when he sees that rack of venison, he's going to say: "Oh. Oh. No, no. Don't do that, do this." That's what he'll do.
You went head-to-head with Jeff in the final round, and even though he lost, you lifted the cloche and took a bite of his dish to go. That might be a Chopped first.
SA: The nerve you build up for competing on this show makes you hungry. I had one tiny bite of Jeff's dish when he finished. And I loved it. Eating it helped to calm the nerves and, to support him. I love my man Jeff. And I loved his dish. It was finger-licking good. I don't care whether you're 3 or 30, Jeff's dessert was good.
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Microsoft representatives recently told CNN that they would love to have Apple bring iTunes to its Windows 8 Metro platform but users shouldnt expect a touch-friendly version of the application any time soon as Apple doesnt appear to be too keen on developing a version of iTunes that integrates the Modern UI face of Windows 8. According to the chief financial officer of the Microsofts Windows division:
You shouldn't expect an iTunes app on Windows 8 any time soon. iTunes is in high demand. The welcome mat has been laid out. It's not for lack of trying.
Apple previously ported its most popular Mac applications to Microsofts Windows, the operating system on which most computers run worldwide. When it comes to the growing tablet segment, Apple is dominant and even though Windows 8 tablets are grabbing some market share, the Cupertino California company could likely ignore the platform for some time and see no ill effects.
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Gainesville pair swiped 8 motorcycles, GPD says
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One man has been arrested and another is being sought for a rash of motorcycle thefts in Alachua County in which the stolen machines were sold or traded for methamphetamine, Gainesville police reported.
GPD had seen a sharp increase recently in motorcycle thefts, particularly Suzuki GSX-R and Honda CBR models, in student apartment complexes along the Southwest 20th Avenue corridor, said GPD's spokesman, officer Ben Tobias.
Sgt. Greg Armagost and Detective Juan DeCastro got information that led to Daniel Roane, 21, of 2350 NW 16th Ave., who confessed to stealing eight motorcycles, Tobias said.
Meanwhile, warrants have been issued for the arrest of Larry Eugene Stone, 41, of Gainesville, on charges of grand theft auto, conspiracy, and dealing in stolen property.
Tobias said he is responsible for planning the motorcycle thefts and then making arrangements to sell the stolen motorcycles throughout Florida.
Tobias said the motorcycles were taken to Lake City or Lakeland, where they were sold for parts or exchanged for meth.
Roane told investigators that he could start the the motorcycles within 30 seconds and simply ride them away, according to a report. Some were were loaded into the bed of a truck or trailer.
Roane also said that if a motorcycle was locked, either by chain or disc lock, he would move on to the next target.
Roane was arrested on eight counts each of grand theft auto, dealing in stolen property and conspiracy to commit grand theft auto, Tobias said.
Anyone information that would help GPD locate Stone should call DeCastro at 352-393-7665, or CrimeStoppers at 352-372-STOP.
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C.J. Box's Open Season is a rare debut mystery that "immediately sets itself apart from the crowd" (Booklist). This thrilling novel stars Joe Pickett, a game warden in Wyoming who finds his life in danger after he looks into a murder investigation and discovers a conspiracy involving an oil pipeline and its threat to an endangered species.
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"This is where it all began......."
This is the first book in the Joe Pickett series by CJ Box and to begin with the story was somewhat awkward; however, the more I read the more I had to read. Joe Pickett is a good guy! He tries to live his life by doing the "right thing" in every aspect of his life. He is a vulnerable human being and the author shares this with you. There are some parts of the story that you can not help but to laugh at the "humanness" of the situations. Open Season is an easy read, an enjoyable read; I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading stories where good triumphs over evil.
I can find a book to love in any genre -- a beautifully written classic, an interesting mystery or sci-fi, a trashy romance. Bring it!
"As refreshing as sunrise in the mountains"
STORY (fiction) - This book is a really nice, easy read. There are great characters and a beautiful wintery setting in rural Wyoming. The main character, Joe Pickett, is a game warden. He's a good guy with a loving family. In this book he gets entangled in a mystery involving some murders and a possible endangered species. The story moves at just the right pace with just the perfect amount of detail and suspense. I had things pretty much figured out early, but it was still great to hear things unfold. Think of it as a mystery that's set in the mountains instead of New York or some other busy city. (This series is somewhat similar to the Walter Longmire series, though this is less "westerny," in my opinion, and I like this series much better).
PERFORMANCE - Good job, though he doesn't bother to attempt different voices to distinguish between the characters.
OVERALL - If this were a movie, I'd rate it PG-13. It would be great for family road trips, as men, women, boys and girls would all find things to like about the story. But there is some shooting and death. There is no sex, but there are a couple extremely mild sexual situations. There was probably a tiny bit of cursing. Even though this is the first book in the series, it stands alone.
"The start of an adventure!"
This is where it all starts. If you are a fan of C.J. Box or Joe Pickett this book is the foundation to the series. If you are not yet a fan, start with Open Season and you will find a great outdoor modern west mystery that will hook you for rest of the Joe Pickett series. These are great books to sit and listen to. I have read them all and now I will get a chance to listen to them. I would only hope that Audible will pick up the few missing books to fill the gaps in this series. Listening to them each in order of release is advised, but each one makes for a great stand alone mystery. Enjoy.
"outstanding listen"
I first listened to Below Zero about a year ago. I found it on sale and thought it sounded interesting. Since then I've listened to everything Audible has by C.J. Box. What they didn't have in audio I read.
David Chandler does such an excellent job at narrating the Joe Pickett series I had to have this book in my collection. You won't be disappointed.
"Seems like a decent guy."
Joe Picket is a newly minted warden in "small-town, big-game" Wyoming.
He is an incorruptible character with high ideals. (enter dirty-dealing friends and big money temptation). He quickly makes a few enemies who would like nothing better than to see Picket replaced and his reputation destroyed - and if they have their way that's exactly what will happen.
To the author's credit he has left out a lot of unnecessary "sensationalism" that most author's are tempted to junk up their writing with. (eg., there is very little, if any, foul language; no grisly details or gory, deranged murders; lusty scenes are mostly replaced with monogamous relationships). Neither does he preach his values, he just tells a story.
However, to be fair review, the storyline is promising, but rather predictable.
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"Murder mystery in Wyoming"
This is another "try something new" purchase. I was engaged throughout the book. This really should be a 3.5 star as I can't put it in my most memorable category, but it is interesting enough to pursue another Pickett story.
The mystery surrounding the motives and method of multiple murders unfolds as the character of Joe Pickett develops. I find it refreshing to have the sleuth a game warden instead of a detective. At times Pickett seems bumbling and at others he is tenacious following his moral compass and his duty to protect the wildlife of Wyoming. He also deserves some sympathy as he is underpaid, his intelligence is underestimated, he is verbally assaulted, and his family is targeted. I suspect that he will become more "real" as the series progresses and look forward to listening to the next episode.
This is not a rush-of-adrenaline adventure. Instead, it is more of an easy listening mystery. David Chandler does a good job of narrating: there is expression to his reading, but excessive emotion or tension would seem out of place here.
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"A Refreshing Detective"
I have become a little tired of jaded, alcoholic detectives. Joe Pickett is a refreshing change.
None come to mind.
I guess the one where his daughter escapes to the woods.
Nothing comes to mind.
Interesting story with a great setting. The underlying question about the environment versus the economy is handled well. The villain makes a compelling case for not sacrificing too much to keep near extinct species from becoming extinct.
"Looking for good plot and quick, easy read?"
My Mom recommended this author, and I decided to try him out when I needed something different to listen to. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I like the main character and the setting. While this is a quick read read, it doesn't mean it is short on plot or detail. There is a good story here and it does not get bogged down with unnecessary baggage. The narrator does a good job. I am definitely continuing with this series. I think it will provide many good hours of listening between the intense thrillers, weighty tales of morality, and deep thought provoking novels; something to clear the head, engage the mind and keep me entertained.
The reviews I read made this book sound great. However, I found the story weak and predictable, the plot seemed familiar. The characters were shallow and somewhat silly, it was easy to guess what they would say and do. A young child was given the thinking processes of an adult and the language, in her thoughts, to analyze her feelings as if she were a counselor. Periodically the author made inane statements such as indicating that a funeral was for the dead men (most readers would assume the stars of the funeral were dead, right?). The funeral itself was idiotic.
No, but I am not likely to select anything by this author.
I would listen to the preview more closely, I wasn't impressed with the performance.
I was disappointed mainly because the reviews sounded good.
In general, I wish more listeners would write reviews. I appreciate reading the one star reviews when they are thoughtful (I hope mine is) so I have more than one opinion.
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"Not your average hero"
Open Season was an entertaining if predictable book. Whats refreshing is that the lead character is not your typical hero. He's not an ex secret service, special ops bad ass. In fact hes kind of a bumbler. Its refreshing to hear a more plausible story line.
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Local Mr. Ding A Ling Driver Arrested For DWI
Remember the ice cream truck "Turf Wars" that got Gloversville national attention? If you don't the driver of the "Mr. Ding-A-Ling" ice cream truck filed a complaint against competitor, "Sno-Cone-Joe", saying that they were harassing him. I think right now that driver wishes that his rivals were his biggest problem.


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"We debated adding Accommodations cards to our invitations since we have a website and assumed people could get their information there. However, I am so glad I changed my mind! These are perfectly matched to my invitations and they are the perfect size...about the same size as the response card. They shouldn't drive up shipping costs when sending the invites. I modified the card to say the name of our hotel block in the top box above the hotel information and used the bottom box (under the address) to include information about the wedding website. I love that someone edits each card personally to catch minor grammatical errors, etc."
"Great quality, but the card itself is a bit smaller than I anticipated it to be. Overall it does the job and looks great!"
"Loved how these came out! Classy and elegant. The editor helped with the wording and spacing of the card when it went to preview. Would highly recommend!"
"I bought these to go with the Posh Palm invites, since that style didn't have an enclosure card. These were designed to match the font on the PP invites, and we selected the brown lettering color which matched well with the gold that we picked for the invites....together they look wonderful!!"


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I Am Kloot reached a new audience with their award-nominated fifth album, so the pressure was on for their newly-released follow-up, Let It All In. But frontman John Bramwell is just enjoying the ride, he tells Andy Welch.
After a decade and a half, I Am Kloot might finally be having their well-deserved afternoon in the sun.
For much of their 15-year career, the Manchester three-piece have been a little underrated, despite having a loyal fan base. But that looks set to change now.
They've just released their sixth album, Let It All In, and frontman John Bramwell isn't taking any chances this time round.
"I like to be involved in everything," says Bramwell, relaxing at home. "Whether that's writing and recording, or in conversation, or gigging, my attitude is that I have to be involved.
"I don't like to speculate on anything else, or think 'What's going to happen?'. I like to get lost in making something happen. It's worked so far. I'm not thinking about anything outside this album, and I'm doing fine. I've been very busy."
Bandmates Andy Hargreaves and Pete Jobson have been busy, too. Whether it's recording sessions for radio, or interviews, they've been promoting the release of Let It All In like never before.
Bramwell reckons the band have been on the radio more in the six weeks leading up to the album's release than in the previous five years combined.
"A lot of the interviews and things were before the album was released, and we've had nothing but great feedback. It's a seismic shift from Sky At Night, which gathered a lot of pace after its release."
That was due in large part to the album's Mercury Prize nomination in 2010.
Prior to that, the trio had enjoyed small but steadily-growing success since they formed in 1999. Their debut, Natural History, released two years later, earned much praise and a cult-like loyalty among fans, with subsequent albums I Am Kloot, Gods And Monsters and I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge building on that success.
It wasn't until Sky At Night, produced by long-time friends Guy Garvey and Craig Potter of Elbow, pricked the ears of the Mercury judging panel that things really began to change.
"We've never had to follow up an album that's been nominated for anything before, but yeah, it's my thinking all this is the knock-on effect," says Bramwell.
"There was something in the air then. But this time it's different again. And, of course, it was great to record this album. I've been asked if we were self-conscious recording it because of the extra anticipation, but because we've been together so long, we're just enjoying the psychic way we play together.
"We concentrated on that rather than any thoughts of what we were going or supposed to do.
"I suppose the real key thing is what the people who buy it think. There's no shortage of opinion these days, so I'm sure we'll hear soon enough."
It would be difficult to pick fault with Let It All In. In the main, it's simply I Am Kloot gathered in a small room performing live, save for overdubbed instrumentation on a couple of songs.
This simplicity harks back to the sound of their debut, until now their best collection of songs, and highlights their best qualities - Bramwell's distinctive voice, in turns genteel and snarling, Hargreaves's deft drumming and Jobson's subtle, driving basslines which tie the whole thing together.
"There are only two over-the-top moments on the album, These Days Are Mine and Hold Back The Night. They're the two dramatic songs, but elsewhere the high drama comes from the way the three of us play together," says Bramwell.
"What I'm hoping we've got is the freshness of our first album, but because we're not the band we were 10 years ago, we're able to punctuate it with bigger moments.
"And, if you're going to just have simple arrangements, you better cherry-pick your very strongest melodies."
Then of course, there are Bramwell's lyrics, wry examinations of love gone wrong and the minutiae of life. After years performing solo in Manchester as Johnny Dangerously, he says writing for Kloot's debut was the first time he'd ever been completely honest in his lyrics, and brave enough to write what he was really thinking.
Times have changed of course and there are notable moments of happiness in the 47-year-old's words in Let It All In.
"I've honestly never felt my lyrics are sneering or cynical, and after making a very reflective record last time we feel rejuvenated," he says.
"I've written a lot more songs in a major key this time, and everything definitely sounds more positive and uplifting. The album is bookended by two very haunting songs, but what's in between is much happier."
The closing track, Forgive Me These Reminders, is especially good, recorded as the sun was setting in Salford's Blueprint Studio, a converted industrial unit hired by Elbow as their unofficial HQ.
Guy Garvey, speaking last year a day after finishing work on the album, said watching the trio recording the song was one of the most beautiful things he'd ever witnessed: "The sun was going down, and the song just faded away. Craig and I were stood in silence. It was an incredible moment."
Bramwell has a similar recollection of the event, and adds that he wasn't sure how long to leave the string-heavy outro running on the album, joking he even toyed with adding a second CD just the string section.
"We always knew it was going to be the last song on the album. Let those strings go on forever, I say."
Their forthcoming tour will see them play all of Let It All In, plus some material from the back catalogue.
"I think we can do that, because we've got dedicated fans," says Bramwell. "I don't think you have casual I Am Kloot listeners, and we've never shied away from the power and emotion you can communicate with music, and that attitude engenders a certain sort of person to come to your gigs.
"There's an almost spiritual link with our audiences."
Extra time - I Am Kloot :: I Am Kloot are John Bramwell, Pete Jobson and Andy Hargreaves. They formed in 1999.
:: Previously, Bramwell was in a band called The Ignition and worked as a presenter on Granada TV. He also performed as Johnny Dangerously, and formed a band called The Mouth with late Manchester musician Brian Glancy - the titular Seldom Seen Kid of Elbow's Mercury Prize-winning album.
:: I Am Kloot released their debut album Natural History in 2001.
:: They released an album of John Peel Sessions in 2006, and a collection of B-sides, B, in 2009.
:: British poet Simon Armitage wrote the liner notes for the vinyl edition of Let It All In.
:: I Am Kloot's latest album Let It All In is out now. They begin a 10-date UK tour on February 12.


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Memorex 4GB TravelDrive
This is awesome to have! My fiance actually bought me one a few month ago and it was easy to use. You can drag and drop into your USB drive or you can drop your files into the program it has and have your files password protected. Only you get to see your files and no one else. I just feel like a spy when I'm downloading my work from one computer to another and it just hides itself so fast like nothing happened. ;)


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Clockwise from the left: Fresco, Zaaz, Sprout, and Tripp Trapp
This week High Chairs enter the Babesta Ring to see who will emerge victorious from the seat sortie…
Let's kick things off with THE NUNA ZAAZ!
Endurance tested from when your child can sit upright unaided up to 220lbs, this chair will certainly be in the game for a long time. To compliment it's endurance, the ZAAZ is flexibly designed to grow with your child. A lift behind the footrest adjusts height and air foam cushions support bottoms of all sizes so you can customize the seat to any size, height, or amount of wiggles. A three or five point anti-loop harness with quick release button allows for ultimate safety and peace of mind. It's no crevice design allows for easy cleaning and all plastic components are removable and dishwasher safe. It's made of high-quality, BPA-, PVC-, and DEHP-free and weighs in at 22.1lbs.
Moving around the ring, we meet THE BLOOM FRESCO!


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From what I've read and through analyzing my own experiences, I've found desire to be the barrier to enlightenment/liberation. The information I've read on dealing with desire seems to fall under two categories:
1. eliminate all desire directly
2. use desire to overcome desire
The second approach seems to be a Tantric one. Does anyone have any insight on these two different approaches? Maybe info online about one or the other?


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NASA plans to spend $105 million of its fiscal year 2014 budget to visit an asteroid in space by 2025. The mission will combine existing capabilities of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch System rocket with yet-to-be-developed technologies, such as solar electric propulsion and laser communications, to identify, capture and redirect a small asteroid into a stable orbit near the moon. Astronauts will visit the asteroid and take samples for research, traveling on the Orion crew capsule, which is designed to carry crew to space beyond low Earth orbit. The collected samples will be sent back to Earth. NASA recently released a request for information, calling on other agencies, academia and citizens to help identify asteroid threats and how to deal with them.
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10 Space Technologies That Help On Earth
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NASA Wants You To Stop Asteroids
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Never completely read through this sticky before. I just did. Lot's of great burgers, kaftas, and other ground meats. I'll have to try to duplicate some or all of them.
I have no pictures but will take some the next time I make them but this is my favorite burger ...
1/2 lb. ground beef - either 80/20 or 85/15 - formed into a 1/2 - 3/4" patty
grill to just the medium side of medium rare
top with ...
a generous helping of Maytag or other good quality blue cheese
2 slices thick cut bacon
grilled or sauteed onion & jalapeno
my favorite, imported from Cleveland, Stadium Mustard
I am very particular about the bread I eat but not so particular about the burger buns I buy - the cheapy store brand work for me. Besides, I worked in a commercial bakery for a couple of summers when I was in school, and they're the same bun as the name brands - just in a different bag at 1/2 the price.


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Despite Claims From Fox's O'Reilly, Michigan's Ballot Application Burdens The Right To Vote
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Bill O'Reilly and Fox News legal analysts Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lis Wiehl dismissed and mischaracterized a lawsuit alleging that a citizenship question on certain Michigan ballot applications illegally burdens the right to vote. But the "citizenship checkbox" may keep citizens from voting, as the state's Republican Governor anticipated when he vetoed an earlier attempt to implement the practice.
The ACLU of Michigan has filed a lawsuit accusing Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson (R) of once again violating state and federal law by including a checkbox to re-determine a voter's citizenship on absentee and election-day ballot applications. Although supporters defend the practice as a means to prevent noncitizens from voting, election experts have pointed out redundant citizenship verification is a solution to an almost non-existent problem, contrary to the claims of Johnson and Fox's Guilfoyle.
O'Reilly characterized the ACLU lawsuit seeking to eliminate the citizenship checkbox as "madness and stupidity," and threatened that if a "crazy judge[]" granted the injunction, he would "put the judge's face on the screen and then send [Fox's Jesse] Watters out to see him." Fox's legal analysts not only agreed with O'Reilly's evaluation of the facts and law, but also his unsupported allegation regarding the motive behind the lawsuit:
What the ACLU wants is they don't want people committing perjury when they register. They do want people voting, who are not American citizens, to advance. They believe that most of those people would vote for the Democratic candidate in Michigan. That's exactly what's going on here.
No one acknowledged the actual arguments behind the lawsuit, namely that including a checkbox for citizenship affirmation on these ballot applications violates state and federal law and suppressed voters in Michigan's most recent primary election. It was this concern that led Governor Rick Snyder (R) to veto the proposed citizenship checkbox law in July. In his veto message, Snyder, a conservative Republican, stated the citizenship question could impermissibly "create voter confusion."
Voting by noncitizens is not a problem nationally or in Michigan. Indeed, according to the authoritative and exhaustive News21 study of thousands of alleged instances of voter fraud in the U.S., voter fraud such as noncitizen voting is "virtually non-existent." With respect to Michigan, an analysis by Wayne State University Law Professor Jocelyn Benson of the Michigan Center for Election Law demonstrates that:
[Secretary of State] Johnson has irresponsibly declared that 4,000 noncitizens vote in Michigan's elections, falsely claiming that the federal government is forcing her employees to register ineligible voters.
Her data is incomplete and unverified. The 4,000 number is no more than a general estimate of how many of Michigan's 7.5 million registered voters are not citizens.
In reality, she claims to have discovered 54 noncitizens who may have voted in Michigan's elections in the past decade, and as many as 900 others who are registered but have not voted. Yet the secretary of state is able to provide details on only two noncitizens who have recently voted. That's a far cry from 4,000.
State efforts, such as Michigan's, duplicate federal law that already prohibits and punishes ineligible voting and place excessive burdens on eligible voters. A recent Advancement Project report indicates that the Latino vote in particular is susceptible to the low turnout caused by redundant citizenship screens. According to the Michigan Election Coalition, this sort of unconstitutional burden was precisely what occurred during the 2012 Michigan primary election when poll workers across the state gave contradictory and erroneous instructions to eligible voters about the voluntary nature of the checkbox. It was this inconsistent treatment of voters across the state that led the ACLU to challenge the checkbox as a violation of the federal equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution, not the due process clause as Fox's Wiehl incorrectly stated.
Furthermore, Johnson may not even have the power to place the citizenship question on the ballot. The state legislature originally tried to pass the election change in a bill, and Michigan law does not appear to allow the Secretary to unilaterally adopt this failed legislation. Even if it did, there does not appear any justification for the Secretary to then ignore the standard administrative notice and comment procedure behind the introduction of new state rules. Finally, the Secretary appears to have passed an election practice change statewide, despite the fact that the federal Voting Rights Act -- in order to prevent illegal racial or national origin discrimination -- requires certain townships in Michigan to pre-clear any such changes with the U.S. Department of Justice before they are put into effect.
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Too Many MedalsTrivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
With the conclusion of the Turin Games in 2006, there have been 20 Olympic Winter Games. However, there have been 21 gold medals awarded in men's ice hockey.
How can this be?
AnswerThe first Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix France. Men's ice hockey has been played in all 20 Winter Olympics through the Turin Italy Games. However, men's ice hockey was also part of the 1920 (Summer) Olympics in Antwerp Belgium; hence, the extra gold medal.
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HK drops to ninth in expensive city ranking
According to Mercer's 2011 Cost of Living survey, Hong Kong has dropped from the eighth spot and become the ninth most expensive city in the world for expatriates to live in.
The annual survey is widely considered to be one of the main authorities on global cost-of-living rates, covering 214 cities across five continents, with New York used as the base city for the index. Indexed items in the survey include the comparative cost of over 200 areas for each location, including housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment.
Connie Leung, Mercer's Hong Kong business leader for information product solutions, says that the drop was not as significant as it seemed, since the Hong Kong currency is pegged to the US dollar.
"As the exchange rate of Hong Kong dollar is linked to the US dollar, although the inflation rate actually climbed up fast in Hong Kong last year, the cost of living remained relatively stable compared with other cities where the exchange rate was getting much stronger," she says.
Singapore jumped up in the survey from the 11th most expensive city in the world to eighth, but this does not necessarily mean things are better or worse, Leung says.
"When compared with the US dollar, Hong Kong depreciated a little because of the peg, but Singapore appreciated because it now takes more US dollars to buy the same things in Singapore," she adds.
Furthermore, Hong Kong's fall in ranking will not have much effect on employees and employers, since they are more concerned with the index than the ranking in the survey. "From the employers' point of view, they are comparing the relative index, so although the ranking is going down, the index is actually going up," Leung says.
"Many companies will compensate the cost-of-living difference between the home and host country, so if the index goes up, then the company needs to pay more. The cost of living will have more impact on those who are not on full expatriate terms," she adds.
Hong Kong has a strong economy and is still in the top 10. If an employer thinks it is justified to move people here, then they will do so, Leung says.
"The cost of living is only one of the things employers and employees consider when making the move overseas. Hong Kong is attractive to expatriates for its good entertainment, appealing lifestyle and freer environment," she adds.