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While everyone else was wondering when Adrian Gonzalez would feel comfortable as a Dodger, Gonzalez was going over a checklist full of kinesthetic kinks.
It didn't matter whether he was in Dodger Stadium, Fenway Park or Petco Park. Gonzalez didn't feel comfortable with a bat in his hands.
That, he said, had a greater bearing on his first 21 games as a Dodger than trying to adapt to an unfamiliar clubhouse. Gonzalez batted .233/ .287/.372 during that span.
He has at least one hit in every game since, a 13-game streak that is the longest by a Dodger this season.
Gonzalez insisted the specifics are pretty boring.
"Unless you've got 45 minutes," he said, "I can't really break it down."
The 30-year-old slugger summed it up this way: "Just being able to stay inside the ball, mainly. My hands are going to the ball better.
"Lower half is being pretty quiet, which is good for me."
The problems began for Gonzalez in Fort Myers, Fla., in spring training with the Boston Red Sox. An MVP-caliber 2011 season begat higher expectations for 2012, and his coping mechanism became his swing. Several bad habits crept in.
"I never really had a good swing since the start of spring," Gonzalez said.
The expectations escalated when the Dodgers acquired Gonzalez from the Red Sox in a nine-player megatrade Aug. 25. One of Gonzalez's problems was he tried to tailor his swing to fit Fenway Park's unusual dimensions.
It worked well enough for him to hit .318 with a .502 slugging percentage in Boston this year, but it wasn't going to work at Dodger Stadium.
"I came in with a swing that wasn't really made for this park or for this league," Gonzalez said. "It was beneficial for me at the time in Boston. One of the first things that we did was try to get back to my old swing."
That process took time - 21 games to be exact.
Here's the irony: One facet of Gonzalez's Fenway-friendly swing was it trained him to turn on inside fastballs.
In his first at-bat as a Dodger, Gonzalez turned on a pitch from Miami's Josh Johnson and crushed it just inside the right-field foul pole for a home run.
Talk about setting the bar high. Gonzalez didn't hit a home run for another 25 games, then he broke out with a pair of home runs in a Sept. 23 game at Cincinnati.
And yes, he looked comfortable, as if he never left the National League West.
"The Rockies, the Padres all have new (pitchers)," Gonzalez said. "The Giants have fairly similar guys, but it's all about me and my swing. If my swing's right, I'm going to take at balls, I'm going to swing at strikes, I'm going to put up good numbers. If it's not, I'm not."
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Gonzalez's double in the sixth inning was his 47th this season, breaking a personal single-season best. Gonzalez hit 46 doubles with the San Diego Padres in 2007. ... Dodgers starters have a 1.24 ERA in their past 10 games dating to Sept. 21. The Dodgers began play Monday with the best earned-run average of any pitching staff in the National League (3.36). ... A.J. Ellis drew a walk for the first time since Sept. 9. Ellis leads the Dodgers with 63 bases on balls this season.


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Are you getting sick of all those global warming reports on the network news? Well, now on NBC you'll know when to change the channel.
During global warming reports "NBC Nightly News" changes the color of the signature peacock logo to green. That's the color it was during the "fresh" urban garden segment on July 31.
"Finally tonight, a small solution being offered up in the fight against climate change – something you can do in your own backyard or at least very close to home," said anchor Brian Williams.
Correspondent Kevin Tibbles praised urban gardens that have been springing up in cities around the country, but bashed the U.S. field crop industry in the process.
"We can't always get our food from long distance," Ken Dunn, founder of Chicago's city farm, told NBC viewers. "It's not good for us, by having been processed and transported and stored so much, and it's not good for the planet."
Actually Mr. Dunn, I can get my food from long distance -- by traveling a short distance to the grocery store. We have trouble growing oranges and bananas in Washington, D.C. So far I haven't been harmed.
These gardens may offer an "urban oasis of fresh vegetables," but the selection pales in comparison to the selection supermarkets can provide.
They're also not as self-sufficient as advocates would have you think, often relying on taxpayer funding. The Denver garden featured on the "Nightly News" is one of them.
"This red eggs beet's short journey across town, not only saves on transportation costs, but also helps keep this garden growing," said NBC correspondent Kevin Tibbles. "[P]rofits from sales to restaurants then subsidize the price residents in this low-income neighborhood pay for their garden fresh goodness."
Yet, despite the challenges of urban agricultural endeavors, Tibbles advanced the socialist collectivist sensation created by cultivating urban gardens.
"A community garden gives space, gives hope, makes us realize how similar we are, makes us realize we have neighbors to get to know," said an unidentified woman at the Denver Youth Farmers Market in the "Nightly News" segment.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
and the
Crane, Hoist and Monorail Alliance
October 28, 2008
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
October 5, 2005
Date Renewed
October 29, 2007
Evaluation Period
October 5, 2007 October 4, 2008
The OSHA and Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA), Hoist Manufacturers Institute (HMI), and Monorail Manufacturers Association (MMA), Alliance (known as the OSHA and Crane, Hoist, and Monorail Alliance) is providing crane, hoist and monorail systems owners and operators in general industry and construction with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect employees' health and safety, including Spanish-speaking, and other high-risk or vulnerable "hard-to-reach" employees, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to safety and health issues such as electrical hazards, falls from elevations or being struck by moving equipment.
Implementation Team Members
II. Implementation Team Meetings
In addition to these formal meetings, the Alliance coordinators from both groups maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the Alliance's progress and results.
III. Results
An MHIA representative continues to serve on the editorial board for the OSHA Basic Steel Products Safety and Health Topics page on the Agency's Web site.
The OSHA and Crane, Hoist, and Monorail Alliance Web page on the OSHA Web site and the Crane, Hoist, and Monorail and OSHA Alliance Web Page on the MHIA Web site were updated with Alliance-related information, including news releases, Alliance-developed products, and activities and events.
In addition, MHIA promoted OSHA compliance assistance and outreach materials, OSHA cooperative programs, and the OSHA and Crane, Hoist, and Monorail Alliance through various sources such as the Crane, Hoist, and Monorail and OSHA Web page on the association's Web site, its publications, and presentations.
Lastly, MHIA supported and promoted 2008 NAOSH Week, "Safety is Good Business," by adding information about the Week on its Web site and in publications.
IV. Upcoming Milestones
In the upcoming year, the OSHA and Crane, Hoist, and Monorail Alliance's positive relationship will continue to grow and the Implementation Team will undertake a number of activities. For example, OSHA's National Office will potentially staff an Alliance Program exhibit booth at Promat 2009 on January 12-15, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. OSHA will also distribute copies of the Agency's compliance assistance and cooperative program materials, including the OSHA and Crane, Hoist, and Monorail Alliance Activities Summary.
OSHA and the Crane, Hoist, and Monorail Alliance are developing the following safety tips sheets for employees focusing on material handling:
MHIA will support and promote the 2009 NAOSH Week, "Safety Means Always Coming Home."
MHIA will potentially invite OSHA representatives to make presentations on the OSHA and Crane, Hoist, and Monorail Alliance and the Agency's cooperative programs and compliance assistance resources at the association's upcoming events.
MHIA will promote OSHA compliance assistance materials and outreach resources and the OSHA and Crane, Hoist, and Monorail Alliance through its, monthly e-newsletter eMhove and quarterly publication On the Mhove. OSHA will also promote the products developed through the Alliance in Alliance Quarterly Review.
MHIA will also include the DOL-developed articles focusing on different topics such as the Agency's electronic assistance tools, workplace violence, Spanish-language resources, small business, youth employment and the Agency's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) into its publications such as On the Mhove.
Lastly, CMAA, HMI, and MMA will support and promote the 2009 NAOSH Week, "Safety Means Always Coming Home."
Report prepared by: Todd Briggs, Alliance Coordinator, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances, October 28, 2008


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edit Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei was a physicist, a philosopher, an astronomer, a mathematician, a scientist, a comedian, a mime, a plumber, a postman, in short he was a very busy person. But most of all, he was a very big liar [more vulgar word], at least according to the Church of that time. And the modern one too.
edit Biography
edit The first years
He was born in Pisa in 1564 from his father and his mother, quite incredibly. The father, Ermengardo Galilei, a man with a lot of fantasy for the names, was too in his way famous, beacuse he discovered that by peeing on the lime, mortar can be obtained. We know less of the mother, Lovigina Bottazzi in Galilei, only that she was seduced and got pregnant from that adventurer of Ermengardo.
[Both Ermengardo and Lovigina are ridicolous names in italian] In 1574 the Galilei family Galilei moved from Pisa to Florence, a very unpleasant situation for Galileo, a hooligan of Pisa [Pisa and Florence were rivals, and I think there is still something between the two cities], that at that time was in the first league and was fighting for the Champions League.
There Galileo studied in the convent of Our Lady of the Lames, were he stayed until the age of 15.
In 1581 Ermengardo, fearing that the son would become a penniless bricklayer, inscribed him to the faculty of Medicine, to let him become a doctor and earn a lot of money from the national health insurance. But Galileo, who wasn't able to distinguish a spleen from an Adam's apple, wasn't very attracted by the idea to become a doctor. He regularly didn't go to the lectures, studied unwillingless and gave only 3 exams in a year, risking the recruitment. At the end, after he burped in face of the anatomical pathology professor during an exam, he succeded in being expelled from the faculty, so he could finally study more congenial topics to him, like mechanics, hydraulics, statistic and pussy.
edit The years of teaching
In 1587 the big change: Galileo knew Guidobaldo Del Monte (yes, the famous Man from Del Monte), that even in this occasion said yes. Galileo, even without a degree, obtained then the chair at the university of Pisa, with a monstrous recommendation, I'd say obscene, so much that he often found his Opel Tigra dirtied with inscriptions like: "Galilei, fucking recommended!" His desk [in italian the word "desk" (in schools) and "chair" (in universities) are translated with the same word] had 4 legs and even two drawers, but no covering for the legs, so the students went on looking under his skirt during the lectures.
It was in that period that Galilei expressed some of his most brilliant intuitions, destined to change his story, and this of the whole humanity.
Galilei discovered:
- that a ball on a slope rolls downwards, and not upwards, like many people thought at that time;
- that if you kame an object oscillate, it oscillates;
- that if you let a glass fall, it breaks;
- that a solid body is better than a liquid one;
- that making a wooden sphere and a lead sphere fall from the Tower of Pisa, you can center some people down and risk to be kicked in the ass;
Since at the university of Pisa he was starving because of a small salary, Galileo asked for a new recommendation to the Man from Del Monte that, thanks to the support of some cardinals too, managed to have him called at the university of Padova as a mathematics professor, with a salary of 180 florins, year-end bonus, 30 days of paied holidays and a parking in the hall of the university. Even in Padova his incomparable genius gave some of his best fruits. It's in 1593 that he invented the machine to put back olives' stones, usefull when too many were stoned to prepare the rice's salad. Galileo discovered too:
- that animals fart like us;
- that a body immersed in a liquid becomes a push from the bottom, only if there is someone that pushes, otherwise it sinks (Archimedes' principle 2 - the revenge);
- that a thermometer put under a armpit can measure the fever;
- that it is possible to compress a gas, but what the hell do you gain?
- that in sommer it's warm;
- that in winter it's cold;
- that in spring and autumn it's so so;
- that if you heat a bowl of water it becomes undrinkable, and if you risk and drink it, you'll burn your tongue;
and when a colleague, heating a bowl like the one of Galileo, postulated the laws of phase transition, Galileo said: "Fuck off! I was arriving there too!"
But the importance of Galilei, in these years, went over the simple academic lectures: it's actually with private lectures that his way of thinking spread and became even stronger, thanks to the important students that followed these lectures: Vincenzo Gonzaga, duke of Mantova, [absurd list of people that are surely not known in Holland, replace it with some other people].
Around the year 1597, Galileo worked in the study and realization of measure instruments, like the compasses. He invented too:
- the goniometer
- the set square
- the ruler
- the sticky tape
- the vaporizer
- the veryusefull numerical system with base 12,43
edit The telescope and the study of the stars
Around the half of 1609 Galileo invented the telescope. In fact, the tuscan scientist was looking for something that could help him see the hooter of the front balcony while she was bathing. Deep studies took to the realisation of optical lenses made with high precision, and to the end of the privacy of his unlucky neighbour. Between a dirty thing [I don't know a better word] and another, one day Galileo thought strangely to point his instrument no more horizontally, but to the sky, to see something that doesn't have a pussy between her legs. That's how the illustrious scientist discovered, in addition to female bodies, the celestial bodies: surely less exciting, but not for that less important. Galileo began observations to determine the position of the Sun, the Moon and to remember where he parked the car. The astronomical discovery, realized with the new instrument, that where used to confirm the correctness of the copernical model, were then collected in the Sidereus Nuncius, published in March 1610 with the title Undressing Miranda, to better break the book market.
Now we must understand that the cosmological models used at that time were a lot. In the most acute theories there were:
- The Ptolemaic model: The Earth is in the middle of the Universe, the Sun and the other planets orbit around, there are no other galaxies, aliens don't exist, there are only humans, let's care about ourselves, we'll live 100 years [I don't think there is a better translation fot that in english, proverbs are always hard]. This model was very appreciated by the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, especially for the last part.
- The bidimensional model, designed in 1486 from the scientist Massimo Sconforto [it means maximum discomfort, maybe can be translated in another way]: the Earth is a flat table and ends at the third kilometer of the Via Aemilia at the junction with the toll of Melegnano. If you go farther you'll fall. If you fall, you'll never save. [hard to transalte, in italian there is a rhyme] A very appreciated model by the Church because it seems that there is a passage in the Bible in which Jesus mentions the toll of Melegnano, and then all was consistent with the Holy Scriptures.
- The freewill model: the Earth is in the middle of the Universe and the other planets and the Sun himself rotate around, set in concentrical spheresthat God himself repairs if the mechanism jams, never asking for money, even in holidays. The other stars around the planets were set in the last ring and all around there was a kind of covering that holds the Universe, probably made of fiberglass. All perfect, all immutable and fixed forever and ever. Everything clear, except for the title: where is the freewill? The Church was enthusiastic: finally a model where everything is imposed and gives to the faithfulls the absurd illusion of being able to choose by themselves.
- The possibilist theory: The Earth is in the middle, the Universe is finite, but it was acknowledged the existance of some life on other planets, but only on saturday evening. This model too was tolerated by the Church because in a tiny passage in the Kebab's Gospel, son of Fnac (subsequently lost), Jesus told that there is nothing wrong eating a pizza and going to cinema on saturday evening.
- The Manga theory: Besides the Earth there are other worlds, but if you dare going there, Mazinger will strike you with his beam and tunr you into dust. Mazinger is sent by God, so it's all right. Theory approved by the Church because it seeme that one of the sons of Isaac was named Mazinger.
- The minimalist-integralist Assyrian-Sumer theory: At the beginning there was the primordial soup (the Knorr), probably never created, so eternal. From the soup came the mountains, the sky, the earth. The god of the sky and the god of the earth generate the god of electric current Enel [it's an Italian elecricity wholesaler, you can substutute it with a Dutch one]. That's everything. There are no other planets, no other Earths, Christopher Columbus is a piece of shit, fuck him and the Americas. Even this theory was appreciated by the Church, because in a passage of the stateless Gospel of Alpitour [stateless in Italian is similar to the word apocryphal, the effect was lost in the translation; Alpitour is a tour operator], son of Upim, brother of Fnac, uncle of Jesus, said clearly that Columbus was driving him nuts.
In the meanwhile Galileo continued his cosmological discoveries. In the next years he discovered Saturn, Venus, the satellites of Jupiter. And an evening he discovered that someone was stealing his car from his balcony. So, seen his discoveries, Galileo was ready to yell strongly that Copernicus was right. It's a pity that Copernicus himself phoned him some days after and told Galileo to mind his fucking business. Yes, that was an epoch in which you couldn't speak and say democratically what you thought. Luckily this is never happend again in Italy[citation needed]!
edit The dispute with the Church
Galileo was really unlucky: the Church liked every cosmological model, even the most badass, except him.
In that very period Galileo finished writing the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, that was published with the title The Countess GianUbalda has a wet hot snatch, again with the objective of better breaking the book market.
The same year Galileo was called to appear in front of the Inquisition Tribunal, together with Luciano Moggi and Fabrizio Corona (two well known Italian criminals, the first for corruption, the second for blackmail) and was charged to be a liar [much more vulgar than that].
Galileo, remembering the end of poor Giordano Bruno, roasted and cooked, decided to surrender without conditions; the inquisitors, amazed of this unespected submissiveness, raised the ante. During the 3 successive hours poor Galileo was forced to:
- Smell his own farts
- Bark like a dog
- Spit in his own face
- Sing the Forza Italia party hymn in Italian and Latin
- Rub his ass on a grater
- Piss on his manuscript
When the Inquisition was satisfied, Galileo was permitted to go home, on condition that he must recite 17 psalms freely chosen every evening, or he would be electrocuted with Mazinger's laser rays. (At that time the Church was so powerful that it could really make you believe what it wanted)
Galileo died on 8 january 1642. His last words were: "Land of shit!"
edit Galileo today
In the following centuries the Church modified its position towards Galileo: the Holy Office allowed the building of a mausoleum in the church of the Holy Cross ["chiesa della Santa Croce" in Italian, if you prefer] in Florence, his books about the motion of the Earth were removed from the Index, so everybody understood the importance of his discoveries. Everybody except one: Benedict XVI, who 2 days after his election as Pope reopened the trial against Galileo, and condamned him adding a life inprisonment to his punishment, absolutely not caring that Galileo was dead for 4 centuries. He moreover added seals to his tomb, and his dust will be removed with a vacuum cleaner to leave the place to his beloved German Sheperd Adolf.
edit Inventions
Besides the study of stars and planets, Galileo is remembered for some important inventions. These are some of them:
- The inclined plane
- The pendulum
- The cutting board
- The flipper
- The citrus-fruit squeezer


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Nobody doesn't like banana cake, to paraphrase a cake-maker we all know and love. And this banana cake is made Christmas special with the addition of lots of good things.
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- 3 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 3⁄4 cups mashed bananas
- 3⁄4 cup sour cream
- 3⁄4 cup chopped nuts
- 3⁄4 cup drained maraschino cherry, chopped (half red and half green suggested)
- 3⁄4 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
Chocolate Glaze
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate square, melted (1 square)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or Bundt pan.
- Combine flour, soda, and salt; set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs until smooth. Add vanilla. Mix in bananas and sour cream.
- Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and mix. Fold in nuts, cherries, and morsels.
- Turn batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes or until it tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes.
- Turn cake out of pan and continue cooking on wire rack. When cool, spoon on Chocolate Glaze. To make glaze, combine all ingredients and beat until smooth. Let the glaze run down the sides of the cake.


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Basilica of Saint Servatius
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4* room, quality breakfast, and very good & friendly service.
A small ( 7 rooms ) bed & breakfast in a small village . All rooms have direct access to the garden with table and chairs . There is a fridge in the room ( not stocked ) and tea / coffee making facilities. It suited us fine as a base to visit our daughter . Breakfast is continental served 8am till 10am. We enjoyed the privacy but others may find it too quiet ( no reception after about 1p.m. except by call bell on main door ) Fabulous local restaurant called Poortgebouw glasshouse . Slight staining of carpet.
The facilities were more than fine. The room was spacious and clean. The general atmosphere was well taken care of. Artsy pictures decorated the walls. The window could only be opened to the exterior making unwanted entry into the room possible.
friendly staff, cleanliness of the room and the location. the rooms are not soundproof
comfort b&b in an old monastery, good design, clean, good position actually there is no reception and hotel is not guarded (owner's phone number to call).
It was a lovely quiet (too? no staff at premises) situated in a quiet village 20 mins away from Maastricht (our destination). some nice restaurants at walking distance. Good breakfast, all in all well taken care off! will come again, and advice others
The postition, it was easy to walk into the town. Also it was a town we had visited previously by boat and we wanted to return. The invisibility of staff. You do not want them there all the time, but on our last night we had the feeling we were alone in the hotel.


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Representative James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following remarks after the owners of Hobby Lobby filed a law suit in federal court in Oklahoma City today regarding the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate requiring private companies to provide abortion-related drugs to patients without a co-pay as a result of the President's healthcare law.
"I am proud that a privately-owned Oklahoma company decided to take a stand against this obvious attack on the First Amendment right to practice the religion of your choice," said Representative Lankford. "HHS requires business owners to surrender their values and change to the Administration's values or face a huge federal fine. Federal coercion to require businesses to provide free drugs that render abortions clearly violates the religious beliefs and moral practice of hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans. In July, a District Judge blocked the enforcement of the mandate on a Colorado company, Hercules Industries Inc., now this suit allows Hobby Lobby to take up another legal torch against the usurpation of this right."
The Green family owns Hobby Lobby and Mardel retail stores. Hobby Lobby employs more than 13,000 people in 500 stores throughout the United States. Mardel operates more than 30 stores with more than 300 employees.
"This Administration decided to move beyond regulating private businesses to now telling them how to run their business," continued Lankford. "The suppression of First Amendment rights is based in this Administration's desire to dictate rather than protect our freedoms.
"We have the duty to utilize our court system to ensure the preservation of our constitutional rights. A favorable outcome in this case will remind the Executive Branch that our liberties are codified within the Constitution, not the Department of Health and Human Services or President Obama," concluded Lankford.
In July 2012, U.S. District Judge John Kane temporarily blocked HHS from enforcing the contraception mandate on Hercules Industries Inc, a private manufacturer of HVAC equipment owned by the Catholic Newland family. In Newland v. Sebelius, Judge Kane offered the family a brief, ad hoc stay that the judge stipulated did not necessarily enjoin other parties, hence the need for the Green family's suit.
Source: http://lankford.house.gov/press-release/lankford-applauds-hobby-lobby-stand-against-hhs


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Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 19
By Rahim Zamanov - Trend:
The body of the Iranian diplomat who was assassinated in Sana'a on Saturday will be returned to Iran today, the Iranian Fars News Agency reported on January 19.
Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the assassination of Abol-Qassem Assadi in Yemen, the Iranian IRNA News Agency reported on January 19.
In an official statement, the ministry described the murder of Iranian diplomat as an inhuman and terrorist act.
The statement also added that the assassination of Iran's commercial attaché further revealed the violent and extremist nature of Takfiri militants.
Iran has summoned the Yemeni chargé d'affaires to protest the killing. It has promised to pursue the case and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Assadi who was shot by gunmen in Sana'a died of his wounds on Saturday.
Six members of a terrorist group first tried to kidnap Iran's commercial attaché but opened fire on him, when they faced resistance.


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His status in the premiere: Butting heads with the boss' niece! In case you didn't already know, season two will introduce us to Ryan Hardy's niece, and she gets off on the wrong foot with Weston. But, their back and forth banter is definitely leaning toward the "sparks fly" side of things. Weston getting involved with Ryan's niece? That's probably not a good idea, but the fallout from it will be so deliciously entertaining!
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She uses triumphant brass and uplifting reggae rhythms illuminate her journey into the heart of darkness and an uncertain future. "My Home," featured on her album, is about her quest and searching for a place in life to feel comfortable, not knowing where to go. In the end, realizing there is actually no peace on earth until you accept that both bad and good is part of life. Nneka's songs may begin with personal experiences and homegrown sentiments, but global appeal imbues her music and its message, to transcend both the geographic and aesthetic boundaries.
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I got a postcard in the mailbox a couple of days ago (I guess it must have been Saturday given that it would have been Sunday followed by Labor Day since) saying that "You will be billed in early October 2012 at the price of $179" regarding my broadband account being renewed automatically after I bought it for last season back in December 2011.
Okay, fine. I don't want to renew, so I went online, logged in, found the account, and cancelled it / set it to status: Inactive. No problem, right?
I should mention that just today, about 2PM, I got an e-mail with a similar message as the postcard. "Your NBA LEAGUE PASS BROADBAND PREMIUM subscription is set to automatically renew on October 1, 2012 at the special Early Bird price of $179."
I checked my credit card online just a little while ago this afternoon, and I see that on SEPTEMBER first, I was billed for $179 by NBA League Pass.
I'm pissed right now.
So I just submitted a ticket a short while ago explaining the situation and demanding my money back; hopefully I'll hear back this week. But it just pisses me off that they would have the nerve to charge me on September 1st when they're sending me postcards and e-mails either on the day of, or AFTER the day of billing, lying to me about it not happening until OCTOBER 1st.
I figured I could rant / warn others at the same time by posting this here. Be warned.


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Oil Filled Radiator: Helping you choose the Best Oil Filled Radiator
In the colder winter months life can get pretty uncomfortable quickly especially if the heating packs up and you can't get it repaired quickly. If you were in this unfortunate situation, what kind of heater would want by your side to bail you out?
From personal experience I would recommend an Oil filled radiator as the heater of choice but how do you choose a suitable one? Since your reading this article, you are definitely someone that plans ahead, and you don't want just any old heater, you want the best oil filled radiator possible to keep your rooms warm. So the aim of this website is to give you all the information you would need to pick the perfect heater for your needs.
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What is an Oil Filled Radiator? | Why Use an Oil Filled Radiator? | Key Considerations | How Do Oil Filled Radiators Work? | Recommended Oil Filled Radiators
In this guide will find out more about what type of heater an oil filled radiator is, key considerations before buying a radiator and a shortlist of the best 3 radiators we could find.
What is an Oil Filled Radiator?
When we look at the basic oil filled radiator we establish that it is one of the most basic methods of heating homes that is available on the market. In terms of construction the unit is basically a radiator that is filled with heat conserving oil that conducts heat during operation.
The heat conserving oil is sealed inside the coils of the radiator. Since the oil is only warmed during operation, and is never burned it never requires replacement or refilling. With proven technology and great efficiency the radiators are a great addition to heat any room quickly.
Why Use an Oil Filled Radiator?
These radiators are great to heat sold rooms and offices. They are generally very compact and lightweight, making them extremely portable allowing you to place them wherever extra heat is needed.
Oil filled radiators have a few advantages over other electric heaters. These advantages make them both safer, and more efficient than other heaters. One of the most common problem with other electric heaters is that many people don't feel safe using them during night. And electric heaters generally are costly as they will use a fair amount of electricity, and some cheaper models can have faults leading to short circuiting. In the worst case this could lead to damaged wiring and in some cases electrical fires.
If you are worried about electrical heaters and safety then oil filled radiators are the answer. Unlike other electrical heaters, oil filled radiators tend not have such a high risk of causing electrical damage. Like other electrical heaters they must be plugged into a power socket however the amount power the use is only about 25% of the typical power consumption of other electric heaters. The reason for this is based on how the radiator works. The heat conserving oil in the radiator is slowly heated to a specific temperature, and then the heating unit shuts off.
Key Considerations
Here are the key points you may need to consider when selecting your ideal oil filled heater:
- Power
- Safety features
- Appearance
- Weight
- Portability
- Cost
- Warranty
The power you will require from a radiator will be determined by its expected use. For instance the larger the area you want to be heated the greater power the radiator must be capable off.
Safety Features
Since oil filled radiators are generating heat there is always the minuscule risk of something going wrong resulting in injury. Some units have built in safety features that can include auto-shut down, anti-frost and so on.
I like most people tend to part with my money when I love the appearance of a product even if it does not fulfill all my requirements. I think to myself, do I find the product appealing? If not then I will not touch it with a barge pole. This also applies to oil filled radiator since there are all manner of shapes and sizes that will meet most peoples expectations.
Look into the weight of the unit, generally the lighter the radiator the more portable
One of the most important features to look out for in an oil filled radiator is how easy is to move around? How portable is the unit? Check the dimensions of the unit to ensure it will easily fit wherever you choose to sit the radiator. There are various sizes of oil filled radiators so always pick the one that fits your needs and requirements and more importantly fits in your room.
If money is no were no object then you could forget about this consideration but for many the cost of the unit is probably the most important consideration. Generally you can easily pick up a decent model from between £50 to £100. The more you are willing to spend the more features you will likely get including extra safety features.
Many products come with a manufacturer's warranty that should give a customer peace of mind, so you are ensured of getting a replacement for a faulty unit if the fault appears within the warranty period. Manufacturers offer different length and coverage of warranty. There are some that can offer a lifetime limited warranty while others offer one or two years of limited warranty. In terms of coverage, there could be some differences too. Therefore, you need to make sure that you have read and understood the warranty coverage first before buying a specific product.
How Do Oil Filled Radiators Work?
So how do these radiators work, firstly the heat conserving oil is heated by heating elements within the radiator to the desired temperature. The oil circulates throughout the coils and fins of the radiator to heat them. These fins in turn will heat the air that moves over them and then will cool the oil as they cool. This cycle will eventually cool the oil to a point where the radiator turns back on. This is much safer than an electric heater that must stay on constantly. Since there are no moving parts to take care of maintenance is rarely required.
Newer radiators have a number of safety features such as overheating shutoff sensors and anti-tipping detectors have made the units extremely safe to use. And they can heat rooms quickly due to the large surface area of the radiator fins.
Recommended Oil Filled Radiators
Below are a few oil filled radiators that we consider the top picks.
Prem-I-Air 2.5kW Model 11 Fin Oil Filled Radiator
Click here to see all 476 reviews
Key Features
- 2.5kW of Heating Power
- Variable temperature settings – 3 Heat Settings
- Adjustable Thermostat
- 24 Hour Timer
- Built in casters for ease of movement
The Prem-I-Air 2.5kW radiator has been reviewed by 476 customers on Amazon and has been given a impressive customer score of 4.6 out of 5.0. Click here to see the full review.
DeLonghi Dragon 3 ECC TRD0820ER Oil Filled Radiator
Click here to see all 190 reviews
Key Features
- 2kW heat output and 3 heat settings
- Exclusive "super chimney effect" heats the air faster than a traditional oil-filled radiator
- Thermostat with frost guard setting and 24-hour timer with override
The DeLonghi Dragon 3 ECC TRD0820ER Oil Filled Radiator is a great and technological advanced oil-filled radiator that can heat up any kind of space in no time. This product is ideal for those who desire to automatically monitor the temperature. Click here to see the full review.
DeLonghi Dragon 3 TRD0615T Oil Filled Radiator
Click here to see all 68 reviews
Key Features
- 1.5 kW heat output and 3 heat settings
- Exclusive "super chimney effect" heats the air faster then a traditional oil-filled radiator
- Thermostat with frost guard setting and 24-hour timer with override
The DeLonghi Dragon 3 TRD0615T Oil Filled Radiator is an ideal oil-filled radiator for those who desire to heat all kinds of space in no time. Click here to see the full review.
Picking a suitable oil filled radiator can be extremely difficult since there are plenty of models available. Now that you have seen the various options and read reviews of our top picks on the market, it's totally up to you to pick one based on your needs and your budget. If you have any comments, feedback or suggestions about any oil filled radiator s that should be added to the list, don't hesitate to leave a comment below. We appreciate all your opinions! Feel free to contact us here at Oilfilledradiatorreviews.co.uk


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I am looking into a late X-mas gift for my nephew and I thought about buying him a 20ga auto. Obviously I'm not going to spend a ton on this and was looking into some used guns that I am familiar with, but I looked at some dealer info I had on Escort and Tristar and wondered if anyone had any experience with these autos good or bad?
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Advent is a busy time for all of us. We try to prepare ourselves spiritually for the coming of Jesus into our hearts and lives, and we also spend time on all of the other things we need to do – or think we need to do – like shopping, sending cards, baking, decorating and so on. We are also busy doing more socializing at this time of year with office parties, special dinners with friends and family, open houses, and events at our parishes and in our neighborhoods.
It's nice to have these opportunities to enjoy time with family, friends, co-workers, fellow parishioners and neighbors. While I sometimes have trouble making all of the events, I try my best because every gathering is a chance to see those who have been a part of my life or are part of what I do now at Catholic Charities.
As I enjoy my time with people, I think about how many of our clients do not enjoy the same opportunities for fellowship. They don't receive invitations to holiday parties or social events. For them, it's a matter of survival – trying to find food, warm clothing and a place to sleep at night.
Catholic Charities has a couple of big events around this time every year that try to feed the spirit as well as the body. Both are uplifting for our homeless clients, and perhaps even more so for those trying to make a difference.
The first happened on Thanksgiving Day, when we gathered at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery downtown. Pepco graciously lets us use this outstanding space every year, and through Catholic Charities Enterprises we are able to provide a special Thanksgiving meal that goes beyond what we can do day-to-day in shelters and food kitchens. The tables are covered in white table cloths with silverware and nice plates, and music is provided by the Martha Doyle Trio. It is a wonderful event that has become a highlight for our homeless friends.
In addition to the warm meal and friendly atmosphere, everyone left with a brand new coat on his or her back. This is a tremendous need every year because the poor have no place to store their few belongings, so coats are often lost or discarded during the warmer months. Pepco gives us a check that allows us to buy everyone who comes to the dinner a nice new coat for the winter. This year, we also handed out $20 gift cards for CVS, so everybody had a chance to buy medicine, snacks or anything else they might need.
Our second event comes right before Christmas (Wednesday, December 21 this year). It, too, is a special dinner, this time at our offices at 9th and G Streets, N.W. Each room in the Hickey Center becomes a dining area for our clients, and the staff and volunteers go all out getting everything ready. Each department decorates a different area of the building, and it is special to see the entire building so beautifully and festively decorated for our Christmas dinner.
One of the things I especially love about this event is that people can sit in smaller groups and are joined by volunteers who take the time to visit with them and truly enjoy a meal together. There is a strong sense of family – the family of God. We gather as brothers and sisters in Christ to celebrate the birth of Jesus, and religion, race, income or anything else doesn't matter.
Adding to the joy, courtesy of Jim Koons and Koons Automotive, each of our clients receives a new backpack as well as a chit for a new pair of shoes. In early January, they will go to the Payless store down the street, and thanks to a discount from Payless and with our support, they are able to shop for their own winter boots. They rarely get the luxury of picking out what they want and something that is new, which makes it even more special. I wish you could see the joy on their faces as they get their new shoes.
I should also mention our Angel Tree program. Through your support, we will provide more than 800 children with Christmas gifts this year. Your parish may do something similar, which makes it all the more remarkable. It has been wonderful to see so many volunteers step forward to ensure a gift for a child who might otherwise not receive one.
More than helping meet immediate physical needs, these events are reminders of God's love. After all, this is the season where we celebrate God's greatest gift, his own son who comes to us. This love is experienced by those being served as well as those who are serving. One of the nicest comments we've received in recent years came from the young daughter of one of our leaders, who said that the best part of her Christmas was not the presents she received but the chance to help serve and spend time with the homeless at our Christmas dinner.


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I find it offensive that you have a picture of a sitting American president plastered over a Soviet flag. Especially a President on who's watch and orders the bastard Osama Bin Laden was found, shot, and his body dumped at sea. No trial, no soapbox for his fanatical views, no grave for his followers to enshrine, Just the oblivion he so richly deserved.
WE'RE AT WAR, little boys and girls. We hold free election to choose our President. But if he's not our "personal" choice we spend years fighting him instead of fighting the enemy. And because we keep showing the world how "UNITED" the United States is not we keep giving our enemies fresh hope that they can one day turn this nation into ashes.
- 02 April, 2014 14:02
- Grandan said...
Where was that whiny rant when Bush was in office?
Liberal Hypocrite!
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i'm coming across this lady on different blogs and i have no idea who she is. do you? all i know is i just loved that image of her in the pink scalloped jacket (perfect), and then when i saw her in the orange skirt i recognised her. later i…
cinder and skylark
i get sort of stupidly excited every time i discover a local blog that sparks my interest (they're not easy to find in the midst of billions of other websites, you know). lauren posted about cinder & skylark, where her photo had been featured – a cape town street style…
i cannot fault her style
net-a-porter has a nice little get the look magazine feature on grace kelly right now
Bumper Fashion Special No. 19
you know, i've been skimping on the bumper fashion specials lately, mostly because i haven't come across a lot of summer stuff that i find very inspiring (especially since at least 90% of what we're exposed to fashion wise is from the north, where they are now settling into deep…
mélanie laurent
mélanie laurent is a parisian born french actress – as i suspected, chic all the way
carine + yasmin by garance
there are these new photo stories over at french vogue by garance doré profiling well known fashion people
peonies & peroxide
i will cut my hair like that one day, i will! pic via vanessa jackman
yasmin sewell
another street style fav, on the sartorialist often but also garance and others.
perhaps pierre, monique?
geraldine saglio – fashion stylist at french vogue. she's french, she's cool and she has insanely long legs. sigh.


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Anyway, I thought I'd try to transcribe the gist of the conversation here.
Me (A couple of minutes before we started): I keep thinking this is a radio interview - keep clearing my throat!
Them: Cramlington Learning Village says Hello to @nicolamorgan
Me: yikes, a twitter interview is a strange feeling. Hello Cramlington Learning Village!
Kirsty & Sophie: What's your best thinking and writing place?
Me: thinking: outside, walking with dog & no ppl! Writing: desk, home, no ppl...
Chris: what sort of dog do you have and what's it called?
Me: Hi Chris - yellow lab, called Amber. Eats snow & is completely mad!
Jaz: Have you ever put her in a book?
Me: Yes! She appeared in Mondays are Red, my first one. She behaved well, for a change Also, btw, ...(continued)...there's a character called Jaz in Chicken Friend. Unfortunately, she's not very nice. (Sorry!)
Jaz: LOL
Kirsty: What was your favourite moment in writing Wasted?
Me: Kirsty - yikes, I'm not sure. Usually my favourite moment is writing the last line ;) but with Wasted I had some more...(continued)...like the beach scene & the spiked drink & Jess going to Jack's room first time, OH and Kerry puking on a gnome...
Chris: Will you be at the North East Book Award party in Jan?
Me: Chris - YES, I will def be at the #NETBA party! try to stop me! Will u all b there?
(Much screaming, apparently, in the library)
Timi: did u like our rap? (They'd sent me a rap they are going to perform at the award ceremony.)
Me: I was jst about to say, rap is AMAZING & I can't wait to hear it!
Jazz: Are u musically trained? great description when Jess sings Jack's music
Me: am musical FAILURE. Useless! All from my imagination, I'm afraid...
Me: Jaz, thanks re comment about the descrip of Jess singing Jack's music 1st time - lots of ppl like that bit!
Me: Can u tell me what all your favourite scenes were?
Them: Jess going in Jack's bedroom, the spiked drink, Jack dying
Me: You are cruel! Poor Jack (and Jess!)
Kirsty and Danielle: What are u writing now? Or is it a secret?
Me: it's called Brutal Eyes, set in London; very gritty, tough, brutal, very shocking. Is that good or bad??
Chris (or Timi - I can't remember): shocking is good, not frightening!
(I also asked them if they'd all tossed a coin for the ending and if the pigeon scene gave them a fright, but their answers have vanished off Twitter. I'll ask them in January.)
Them: We all have to go to class now. See you in January!
Me: Thank you!! See you in January. Fab questions.When they go back to school on Monday, they are going to play a coin-tossing game and one of them will win a book. With many thanks to Christine Athey for setting up the event. And I am really looking forward to the North East Teenage Book Award party. I was there once before, with Fleshmarket, and it was such good fun.


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Nature takes care of plants and trees; their leaves use the sun, carbon dioxide and water to create the nourishment to help them grow. They take nutrition from the soil as well but it helps if you give them further help. The question is what to give them? Continue reading "Eco-friendly/natural products to feed your trees"
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Keen gardeners take pride in their gardens. Tastes vary and achieving a balance of color throughout the whole year can be a challenge. When it comes to grass then it is pretty much green all year round unless there is a serious drought in which case it will need plenty of water. Good lawns need more attention than water because weeds and moss are likely to invade and grass is unsightly unless it is cut regularly. Continue reading "Top 3 home lawnmowers reviewed"
When to clean your air ducts
Everyone accepts that it is nice to get out into the fresh air. An escape from the city in the countryside there is less pollution or at least that is the perception. There is something invigorating in breathing in fresh air. One of the obstacles to fresh air's circulation in the home is the dust that accumulates within the house and unless the air ducts are clean it circulates throughout the rooms. One of the worst times for dust gathering is if any form of renovation is done, or perhaps an extension. That creates dust that can gather in the ducts. After such work is finished you will get everything cleaned and that should include the air ducts. Continue reading "When to clean your air ducts"
Best practices for tree trimming
Nature has always looked after itself though Man has done a decent job interfering. Forests and woods covered much of the land before the population expanded needing wood for construction and land on which to build. These days many proud homeowners care for their gardens and follow the best available advice about how to look after the plants and trees in their gardens. That often involves pruning whether for shape or to remove dead wood. According to one owner of a tree service in Sarasota, it's extremely important to do any tree trimming or pruning during appropriate times of the year to avoid harming your trees. Continue reading "Best practices for tree trimming"
How to start your own organic garden
There is a great written and spoken about a healthy diet and one of the things that the health conscious has turned to is organic food that needs no artificial ''encouragement '' to grow. Within an organic garden nature is largely left to take its course; the aim is not quantity but purity and hence herbicides and pesticides are avoided at all costs. Establishing an organic garden and maintaining it is not especially difficult if you have some space in the garden that gets help from nature and that includes the sun. Continue reading "How to start your own organic garden"


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Lycanthropy - The Plot
Plots (Crisis) (Encounter)
's comment on 2006-05-28 11:44 AM
Yea I knew this idea wasn't as solid as some others which is why I wanted to practice presentation on it. I've been noticing with my other submissions that a good presentation is what was lacking so I wanted to get some practice in with this one before I moved on to another idea.
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Beggar's War or Year of the Blood Flag
Systems (Knowledge/Lore) (Historical)
's comment on 2006-05-25 10:44 PM
You should be a writer... or maybe you are I dunno. I love the presentation of the story.
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Marching Barnacles
Lifeforms (Fauna) (Water)
's comment on 2006-05-26 11:29 AM
Highly amusing. I can just imagine seeing a boat walking up on the shore all by itself.
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Lifeforms (Flora) (Any)
's comment on 2006-05-25 10:52 PM
Very well thought out plant. Has a lot of uses and ideas associated with it without being an overpowering item.
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The Demon Archivist
Plots (Travel) (Encounter)
's comment on 2006-05-23 10:31 PM
Added a bit more to favored plot
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The Demon Archivist
Plots (Travel) (Encounter)
's comment on 2006-05-25 06:00 PM
This isn't really meant to be the source of all cursed items. Just a powerful entity who has taken an extreme interest in them.
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The True Demonslayer
Items (Melee Weapons) (Magical)
's comment on 2006-05-25 11:18 AM
Backfire might not have been the proper word there. Basically the demon failed his craft check and the item didn't turn out as planned. Think of it as a car manufacturer. Sometimes things just don't always work right. In this case it worked really wrong. Also the item is part of a much bigger thing I'm working on right now called Hell's Caravan. So the item might be a little less corny after you see the rest of the story which I hope to have up in the next couple days.
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Emma Verney
NPCs (Scenario Based) (Knowledge/Lore)
's comment on 2006-05-25 12:13 AM
Very nice story. I think the monsters get unfair treatment at times. Nice to see that they are not always evil just because they have green skin.
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The Jovian Blade
Items (Melee Weapons) (Magical)
's comment on 2006-05-20 11:33 AM
Very nice, well rounded item.
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The Sculptress
NPCs (Major) (Artistic/Performance)
's comment on 2006-05-17 11:39 PM
The magic/not magic thing: The encasement itself isn't magic. Its basically like a cement mixture she spreads over the victims. Magic is sustaining them, however, since you obviously wouldn't live long encased in cement without food or water... or air for that matter. She can use magic, and will to capture them and hold them for a pose but the encasement is entirely natural. It becomes very hard when dry so flexing a couple muscles won't be able to break out of it. Thanks for the comments so far.
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The Menagerie
Society/ Organizations (Criminal/Espionage) (Regional)
's comment on 2006-05-17 11:52 PM
I love it. I'm a big fan of horrific scenes and I'm definetly putting something like this into my world after reading it. Very well done.
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Falani Tersk
Lifeforms (Fauna) (Plains)
's comment on 2006-05-25 10:43 PM
Touch overpowered but you do know your horses. And I'm definetly a fan of horses.
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The Ink Drinkers
Lifeforms (Ethereal) (City/ Ruin)
's comment on 2006-06-07 06:04 PM
Freaking awesome post. I love unusual monsters that don't do the same old stuff and that take special means to kill. Inspiration comes from the strangest places at times. Wonderful idea.
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The Duelists of Aoh Chiane
Society/ Organizations (Combative) (Country/ State)
's comment on 2006-06-18 05:16 PM
Very well put together society with quite a few uses.
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Mask of The Monarch
Items (Clothes) (Non-Magical)
's comment on 2006-05-20 11:50 AM
Really like this idea. Going to have to use it in one of my kingdoms somewhere. I like how no one really knows when the ruler changes or who the ruler is for that matter.
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Baldamont Castle
Locations (Fortification) (Plains)
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Heh I wouldn't mind being a 'guest' in this prison. Sounds rather comfortable even if it is inconvenient to not be able to go where you please.
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Salt and Herb Shoppe
Locations (Establishment) (Any)
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I can imagine a chain of these opening and doing fairly well if they didn't specialize in the exotic so much. Reminds me of a fantasy 7-11.
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Unknown Death
Lifeforms (Third Kingdom) (Other)
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I like it. The idea of a sound elemental is great.
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Dark Unicorn
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I imagine a few of these would be great in a world succumbing to darkness. Something where even the last bastions of goodness are being twisted by evil.
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The Pillars of the Alchemist
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Great items. Too bad the pillars didn't help the maker prevent his mistake (pride).
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Musiq Soulchild shares new video for "I Do"
Neon lights and late night moments are the focus of a new video for Philadlephia native Musiq Soulchild's "I Do," the lead single from his forthcoming Life on Earth LP.
The video's narrative takes us on the rollercoaster of one couple's relationship, following them from day-long argument to reconciliation in a diner, while other couples enjoy less volatile evenings together. Continue reading →


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Washington, DC — May 27, 2014 — Despite polling that Americans think that the Afghanistan War was a mistake and is definitely not worth fighting, the Obama administration is poised to announce its plans to leave 9,800 troops and an unknown amount of contractors in the country after the end of this year.
"Americans are tired of war. It's time for the longest U.S. war in history to be over. Instead, the Obama Administration wants to leave nearly 10,000 troops and untold contractors in Afghanistan after the end of year costing billions of dollars," observed Paul Kawika Martin, the political director of Peace Action — a group founded in 1957 and the largest grassroots peace organization in the U.S. His comments came after news reports of an immanent announcement by President Obama.
Experts agree that the long-term cost of the Afghanistan War may reach trillions of dollars and it's unclear that troops in the country will really help with stability.
It is known that the administration will only finalize the decision about troop presence when a bilateral agreement is reached with the Afghanistan government. Presently, President Karzai refuses to sign but the two candidates embroiled in a runoff election say they will sign when the take office sometime late in the summer.
Republican House leadership block a recent amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would of required congressional approval to leave troops beyond 2014. Congress may still weigh in on this issue with several other bills they have on their docket. It's possible that Congress would not approve the President's troop levels if it came to a vote.
"No strong evidence suggests that the cost of blood and treasure of leaving troops and contractors in Afghanistan after this year will make Americans safer or the region more stable," concluded Martin who traveled to the country in 2010.
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The Royal College of Physicians looked at the care of nearly 10,000 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
It found specialist NHS staff had good continence knowledge, but patients were often not examined thoroughly or given routine assessments.
Even when they were, there was no guarantee of a full diagnosis.
For most patients only the symptoms were managed, when in some cases there could be a cure.
The RCP audit, carried out for the Healthcare Commission, also found a widespread rationing of continence pads, an over-reliance on the use of catheters and limited staff training.
The National Service Framework for Older People set the requirement that service providers should establish integrated continence services by April 2004.
However, the audit found provision of services remains extremely variable.
Only 59% of primary and 32% of secondary care sites had a written policy covering continence care for older people.
Similarly, only 64% of primary and 44% of secondary sites had a protocol for providing basic assessment to patients.
Missed opportunity
The report said placing the emphasis on containment of continence problems, rather than seeking a cure, was expensive.
Dr Adrian Wagg, chairman of the Continence Working Party, said: "It shows that care for people with continence problems is patchy at best, that a cure is seldom attempted and that the single mandatory target for continence in the NSF has not been met."
Clive Evers, of the Alzheimer's' Society, said: "It is shocking that incontinence care throughout the country is so appalling.
"Incontinence can be distressing and humiliating for the person concerned, and their family, and it is vital that everything possible is done to reduce this distress."
Dr Lorna Layward, of the charity Help the Aged, said incontinence was still treated as a taboo subject, and had not been given due priority.
"We urgently need to look at ways of treating the underlying causes of incontinence rather than just treating the symptoms."


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Taskrabbit, I met TaskRabbit which coincides with people who can run errands for you, or you engage with the people they need to do paperwork, read this excellent article in the Wall Street Journal working in home runs. With TaskRabbit, you put a task, price, and a "corridor" (second message, rabbit, person doing errands) picks it up, usually within 30 minutes. After completing the task, and the rate you pay your broker.
There are about 300 runners, most of whom earn about 15 on order, according to the WSJ. Most brokers are self-employed, unemployed, or work at home parents. TaskRabbit currently operates in Boston and San Francisco, but is looking to expand.
Recent work on the website:
And 10 – give me + a couple of things for a walk
And 25 – Pick up jacket left on Fillmore Theatre
And 15 – to collect rent check in downtown SF, left on Piedmont Avenue. Oakland
I understand that a service like TaskRabbit is helping to create jobs and everything, but let me rant for a moment. In many less developed countries, it is very easy to find someone nearby to do something for you, what you need, really. When I lived in Ghana, which had a lady come to our door and sold us bread, we had our clothes every time I wanted to do for a man close, if we wanted something fixed in our rooms, just had to put a man voice and come with a hammer and toolbox and take care of it. We would like to pay cash in return. It was convenient and effective.
But here's the clincher: "developing countries." Are things really so bad here in the States that the rich are using the masses of unemployed in the command, to run errands for a small change? Worse, all those transactions in the register so they can be taxed? As a clean and efficient as TaskRabbit, I can not see it as a symbol of economic decay of our own society. There are enough jobs for everyone, so those of us who are better off being used as aid through the Internet.
Someone please give me one good reason that we are not in another depression.


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A new exhibit featuring Solano College's Photography department is opening at the Benicia Public Library Thursday, Feb. 28th. The photographs are from the "Study Abroad" trip to Paris, France taken in July 2007 by 13 photography students. It is the second time that Solano students have visited Paris.
Besides trips to France, photography instructor Ron Zak and his students have traveled to Costa Rica, China, and New York several times for their photo exhibits. This summer they may be going to Bali. Any student interested in joining one of these trips must be enrolled in a photography class and own a camera. The trips cost usually under $3,000, and consist of "comfortable accommodations," according to Sheila Ryan, Solano College Photography student who has attended the annual "Study Abroad" trip eight times with Zak.
Ryan says Zak is an "inspiring teacher and a great travel guide." Students do lots of site seeing on these trips too. "Zak walks your legs off," says Ryan.
The official opening reception of the exhibit is on Sunday, March 2 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Benicia Library. The exhibit is open to the public, and will be displayed in the Art Gallery till April 3. You can find the Benicia Public Library at 150 East L St. Benicia, CA 94510.


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The Keeping Kids Safe Project will be hosting a free child safety fair in Turnersville on September 27th and 28th to provide children with free fingerprints and photographs. The child safety organization will take a child's fingerprints and send them home directly with parents. Parents can use the record to turn directly over to authorities anywhere in the world to instantly aid in an investigation. There will also be community organizations present to provide safety information and entertainment for families. Join us at the Prestige Auto Complex auto dealership at 4271 Blackhorse Pike in Turnersville Friday September 27th from 3PM -7PM and Saturday, September 28th from 10AM-4PM.


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|WSFS Bank and the Sunday Breakfast Mission will officially kick-off the 2012 Great Thanksgiving Food Drive on Monday, October 22, 2012. WSFS will be collecting non-perishable goods at all of its branch locations throughout Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania until December 8, 2012. All food donations will support the Sunday Breakfast Mission and help provide hundreds of thousands of nutritious meals to Delaware's homeless.
|Mark A. Turner, President & CEO, WSFS Bank
|Reverend Thomas Laymon, President & CEO, Sunday Breakfast Mission
|John Carney, United States Representative, Delaware
|Paul Clark, County Executive, New Castle County
|Dennis Phifer, Chief of Staff, New Castle County Executive Office
|Timothy Sheldon, 9th District, New Castle County Councilman
|Bonnie Wu, New Castle County Director, Office of Senator Tom Carper
|Mike McGowan, New Castle County Director, Office of Senator Chris Coons
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|WSFS Bank has been supporting the Sunday Breakfast Mission's Great Thanksgiving Food Drive since 2003 and last year alone collected over 45 tons of food at its drop-off locations. Beginning October 22, 2012, the public is encouraged to stop by a WSFS Bank branch location to donate a non-perishable good for less fortunate members of the community. Encouraged donations include baby food, canned soup, canned vegetables, boxed cereal and Thanksgiving fixings such as canned cranberry sauce, boxed stuffing and gravy mix.


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I think in the interest of science, the study on oropharyngeal cancers should be further refined. It is not enough to say that those who drink heavily, smoke tobacco and/or marijuana tells us anything. Find patients that have never smoked marijuana and do a study on those who are HPV negative. Then find patients who have never or seldom smoked OR CHEWED tobacco, and are HPV negative and compare their cancer rate with Marijuana smokers. Then repeat with only heavy drinkers (HPV-) w/o tobacco or marijuana exposure. THEN, you will have a definitive study that tells us something. Very poor science here..


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Yale's Dr. David Katz offers hope in new book to those who want to turn their health around
Published 8:11 pm, Saturday, November 16, 2013
NEW HAVEN >> Yes, folks, what you've heard is true: our country has a bit of a health crisis. Most of us are not eating right, we're not exercising enough, we don't get enough sleep, and ... oh yes, we worry too much.
The prevalence of heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and cancer are all increasing — and even though our life expectancy is going up, the Centers for Disease Control points out that so are the number of years we're going to live but be sick. Men's life expectancy is now an unprecedented 75.3 years old, but their healthy life expectancy is only 65, while women will live to be 80.4 years old, but their healthy year life expectancy is 67.4.
But don't despair and turn back to your jelly doughnut.
Luckily, all this is reversible, according to a new book by Connecticut's own Dr. David Katz, a preventive medicine specialist and the author of 12 books on health and a column that runs in the New Haven Register and elsewhere. He also is the founding director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center as well as the director of the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital.
"Disease-Proof: The Remarkable Truth About What Makes Us Well" (Hudson Street Press), is Katz's program for teaching us the skills to undo the damage we have already done to ourselves and our bodies — and to help us live happier lives in the process.
"It's not magic," he said. "Being healthy and controlling weight requires skill, just like other things, and these skills can be acquired. Pilots know how to fly planes. I am a health expert. I know how to be healthy, and I can share that skill set. And that's what this book aims to do."
Katz believes that as a society we're not healthy precisely because we solved some of the main threats to health that plagued previous generations.
"For most of human history, calories were scarce, and we had to physically work hard for our food," he pointed out. "Essentially, we applied our ingenuity to the challenge of making sure we had enough food and don't have to overuse our muscles. But we solved those problems too well. Now, we have too many calories, and technology does much of our work. And we're now in trouble because we've created an environment that is totally at odds with who we are."
This, he added, is compounded by the fact that as a culture, we're a bit — well, silly about health.
"We tend to be serious and responsible about raising our kids, investing our money, even planning our vacations," he said, "but when it comes to health care, we expect magical pixie dust to be sprinkled on us. We need to learn to invest in our health, because the return is incredible."
The statistics are amazing, he said. If we do a few things right — be active, avoid tobacco, sleep eight hours, eat the foods that are good for us — we can reduce all major disease by 80 percent.
"That figure comes up again and again," he said. "It's just incredible. Heart disease, cancer, stroke, dementia can all be reduced by 80 percent. And not only that, but by doing the right things, you can actually change the expression of your genes, even after you've been diagnosed with a disease."
This is no small thing. According to figures from the CDC, some 35 percent of adults are currently obese, and this number is expected to climb to 42 percent by 2030 if current trends continue. Not only that, but by those same calculations, one in three adults is expected to have diabetes by the year 2050.
As you might imagine, this is expensive. Currently, 75 percent of money spent by Medicare is for these same chronic diseases. And 17 percent of our medical costs as a nation are for conditions blamed on obesity.
"We now know what works to reverse this," said Katz. "And if we don't turn this knowledge into power, we're looking at a world for our children where heart disease, stroke, cancer and dementia occur at younger and younger ages."
The answer to making changes in our lives and habits is not coming up with the willpower to do it, he said. "We need what I call skillpower. Taking small steps. Looking at health holistically. Look at what needs to be done first, address that, and then address the next thing. When you start doing the right things, it creates a spiral. You start to exercise, so you sleep better, and then you improve your diet so you have the energy to exercise, which makes you sleep better and feel like eating better because you're not carrying around so much weight."
Whatever the issues in your life, he added, there is a skill set that allows you to process it one step at a time.
"All this talk about Obamacare — yes, it's very important to give people coverage," he said. "But that isn't health care reform; it's disease care reform. The only person who can reform your health is you. And it has huge economic implications for our country. We can save $100 billion if we can keep one in three people from being diabetic by the middle of the century."
And that, he said, is worth thinking about. "It's all about pursuing vitality. You can share it with your family, and you can all get stronger. Imagine giving our children a world in which 80 percent of all chronic disease goes away."
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Fishkill is a village within the Town of Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York, USA. Fishkill is a suburb of New York City. The village population was 2,171 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
The Village of Fishkill is in the northeast part of the town on US 9. It is north of Interstate 84. NY 52 is the main street.
The Village of Fishkill was located in the territory of the Wappinger Indians. It was part of the Rombout Patent granted to Francis Rombout, Gulian VerPlanck, and Stephanus van Cortlandt of New Amsterdam in 1685. The name Fishkill evolved from two Dutch words, "vis" (fish) and "kil" (stream or creek). In 1714, Dutch immigrants settled in the area. The Village of Fishkill was a significant crossroads in the overland transportation network in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Kings Highway, connecting Albany to New York City, intersected with a major overland route from New England to the Hudson River. Among the first to occupy the land now comprised within the village limits were Johannes Ter Boss and Henry Rosecrance.
By 1716 the settlers wanted their own Dutch Reformed church so they would not have to cross the river to Kingston or New Paltz to worship. A congregation was established and the church building was finished in 1731. The first Dominie (minister) who arrived from the Netherlands in 1731 served churches in Poughkeepsie and Fishkill. The church was used as a military prison during the American Revolution. The 4th New York Provincial Congress met in the church in 1776, making Fishkill the state capital, until the Congress moved to Kingston in 1777.
The Village of Fishkill became part of one of the largest Colonial military encampments during the Revolutionary War. General Washington's aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton took residence here. The Trinity Church, on Hopewell Avenue in the Village, was organized in 1756 and the structure built in 1760. It was used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War.[1]
In 1871, construction began for a schoolhouse on Church Street. The site used for the schoolhouse belonged to the Fishkill Reformed Church and was formerly used as pasture land for the pastor's cow.
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HMS sends 10 to honor choir
Hastings Middle School proved it has some talented students. On Nov. 18 and 19, 10 choir students participated in the Minnesota State Honor Choirs at Gustavus Adolphus College.
There are three state honor choirs - one for grades four through six, one for seventh- and eighth-grade boys and one for seventh- and eighth-grade girls. Students have to audition, and while each school can submit up to 10 auditions per choir, no more than four for each group are selected.
Auditions are recorded and sent to the listening committee, which fills the choirs with the students who gave the best auditions.
Hastings nearly maxed out the spots it could fill, sending four students to the 4-5-6 choir, four to the seventh- and eighth-grade boys choir and two to the seventh- and eighth-grade girls choir. The students are Sammi Benson, fifth grade; Lizzy Kranz, sixth grade; John Rupp, sixth grade; William Patton, sixth grade; Victor Lindgren, seventh grade; Nick McGrath, eighth grade; Alex Poncelet, eighth grade; Ian Sundberg, seventh grade; Debbie Blissenback, eighth grade; and Claire Kilfoyl, eighth grade.
It's one of the biggest groups the middle school has ever sent, said choir director Cheryl Borgen. Two of the students, Sundberg and Kilfoyl, are repeat honor choir members - a claim not many can make, Borgen said.
The auditions are the easy part. Once the students are accepted into the choirs, the real work begins. It's enough work to keep some schools from auditioning students at all.
"Not every school in the state opts to do it," Borgen said. "It's actually a lot of work."
The students are sent six pieces of music and told to perfect and memorize them on their own. They spend a lot of time practicing in lessons, Borgen said, and listening to how the music is supposed to sound.
The effort obviously isn't enough to keep HMS choir directors from selecting students to audition.
"It's a really unique experience," Borgen said.
She added that it's good for the students to work with other directors - some of whom are college choral directors - and to spend a full day with like-minded students.
On the day of the event, the students spend the majority of the day in practice, both in full group rehearsals and smaller sectionals. The day is ended with a concert.
A stand-out performance
While it's notable that the school was able to send so many to the honor choirs, what's even more notable that out of all the talent present in the honor choirs, one of Hastings' students earned a solo part.
"It's really an extraordinary honor," Borgen said.
Poncelet surprised his family and his choir directors when he left his spot in the choir during the concert and took a new position at the front of the stage for one of the songs.
"None of us knew (he had a solo)," Borgen said.
The day of the event, singers auditioned for the solo parts, but Poncelet didn't tell anyone he had won one. So when his mother Lisa Poncelet in the audience saw him start walking down from his position on the risers, her first thought was "Oh my gosh, he's sick," she said.
Alex Poncelet never expected to be a part of the honor choir in the first place. He said he auditioned because he was curious if he would make it, and some of his friends were also auditioning. But when none of the eight or so boys from his choir class made it, he figured he wouldn't either. Obviously, he was wrong.
Once he got to Gustavus, the honor choir director asked anyone who wanted to try out for the solo to come up and sing a section of it. Poncelet decided to give it a shot.
"I sang the song last year in choir at school and so I knew the song very well," he said, "and I had a good understanding of it and knew I wouldn't forget the words."
On stage, his familiarity paid off. He had sung solos in school choir last year, but this was different.
"It was terrifying," he said.
How did he overcome his nerves?
"I mostly just tried to ignore all the people there and tried to focus on what I was singing," he said.
Nerves or not, his performance was a strong one. Besides being thankful it was over, as Poncelet walked back from the microphone he was thinking that was the best he'd ever sung the part so far, he said. His school director and family were pleased too.
"I was crying because he did such a great job," Lisa Poncelet said. "I was very proud of him.
"I'm very thankful Alex had the opportunity to be a part of that," she added.
Her thanks extend to her son's middle school choir directors for taking the lead in getting students to audition, giving them the chance to perform in a place like Gustavus in front of thousands of people.
"What a cool experience for those kids to take with them for the rest of their lives," she said.


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Turkey Crescents Recipe
From Alexandria, Virginia, Marye Jo Timmons shares this savory sensation. Refrigerated crescent rolls and mushroom soup make the golden bites simple, and a filling of turkey, onion and celery makes them delicious.
- 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 2 cups finely chopped cooked turkey
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 3 packages (8 ounces each) refrigerated crescent rolls
- Dill weed
- 1. In a nonstick skillet, saute celery and onion in butter for 3-4 minutes or until tender. Add turkey and soup; mix well. Remove from the heat.
- 2. Separate crescent dough into 24 triangles. Place 1 tablespoon turkey mixture on the wide end of each triangle; roll up from wide end. Place pointed side down 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Curve ends to form crescent shape. Sprinkle with dill.
- 3. Bake at 350° for 8-9 minutes or until golden brown. Serve immediately. Yield: 2 dozen.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 70 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 175mg sodium, 5g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 0 fiber), 4g protein.
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"absolutely delicious! i mixed the dill weed into the soup mixture"
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif.—Princeton goalie Ashleigh Johnson made 18 saves to lead the Tigers past No. 22 CSU Bakersfield 7-3 in the final Roadrunner Invitational match for CSUB Sunday.
Johnson, the starting goalie on the 2016 United States Water Polo Olympic Team, turned away the first seven Roadrunner shots she faced before giving up a Jada Helberg goal at the 3:51 mark of the second quarter. It was a defensive struggle early on as the Tigers scored the only first period goal.
Princeton (13-1) scored twice in a span of 1:13 midway through the second period to take a 4-1 lead into halftime. The Tigers took advantage of two CSUB ejections, which would lead to a pair of power play goals and a 6-2 lead after three. Both teams scored a goal in the fourth.
Haley Wan led all scorers with four goals. The Roadrunners would have three players notch a goal. Courtney Wahlstrom kept CSUB in the game as she made 12 saves. Princeton forced 21 'Runners turnovers and made 10 steals. CSUB tallied 12 steals as the Roadrunners forced 18 Tigers' turnovers.
"We knew that Princeton does not give up a lot of goals and it would be a low scoring game," said CSUB head coach Jason Gall. "We had plenty of opportunities and had 10 6-on-5 chances, but we were tentative with our shooting and forced some things on offense and not taking what they were giving us."
The Roadrunners (12-12) head to No. 2 Stanford next Saturday for a 1 p.m. MPSF start.