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HOUSTON - If The Great Bull Run is scheduled for Houston, you can expect rare winter weather. The run was canceled in December because of an arctic front and re-scheduled for this weekend.
On Friday, icy conditions again forced a practice run for the bulls at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown to be canceled but organizers say not even sleet or snow will stop the run from happening on Saturday.
Is this possible weather karma because they are importing bulls into Texas from Kentucky for the run? Or maybe it's just called winter.
Either way, 3,000 thousand people are signed up for the Great Bull Run in a state where people pride themselves on riding bulls and not running from them.
The oldest person signed up is 69 and the youngest is 18. (You have to be 18 to sign up.)
Another 2,000 people are expected to bundle up and watch family and friends run from the bulls or scream and jump the fences.
Since the first events in Richmond and Atlanta, 8,000 people have tried their luck.
Most have faired well but organizers said there were 3 significant injuries at the first 2 events: one person with a concussion, one person with a broken hand and one person with a broken pelvis and that is why there is a mandatory insurance fee when you register and medical personnel on site.
The most common injuries are scrapes and bruises and some twisted ankles.
There are 6 runs scheduled for every half hour from 11 am - 1:30pm on Saturday.
Twenty four bulls will be used in each of the six runs at Royal Purple Raceway, 2525 South FM 565, Baytown. Organizers said the same bulls are used in each city and are supplied by a rodeo company based in Kentucky.
As it is in Pamplona, there is no starting line and no finish line. Participants pick a spot on the course, are encouraged multiple times to space out, and then runners wait for the bulls and run. The 1,500 pound bulls come down the quarter mile dirt track at an estimated 35 miles per hour toward a sea of scrambling runners in red bandanas.
After participants catch their breath from the run and hopefully marvel at their success, there is a Tomato Royale, or tomato food fight, scheduled for 2:15 pm.
You can sign up for the Tomato Royale without running with the bulls.
If you join in, prepare to get messy, very messy. Thirty thousand pounds of overripe tomatoes are ordered for Houston's Tomato Royale where participants throw tomatoes into the air and at each other. Let's hope those tomatoes get thawed out first.
Tomato Royale tips: wear goggles (not your 5 year-old's dollar goggles but think big high school biology lab goggles), depending on how messy you like to get bring a poncho or raincoat to wear, put jugs of water in your car to clean off after and bring a change of clothes for the ride home.
Leave your dog at home. You can wear your goPro and send your videos and pictures to email@example.com.
The Great Bull Run website shows 2 of the races are sold out and others at 90% but there are still spaces left. http://www.thegreatbullrun.com/events/houston-2013/
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One year ago today
By His Things Will You Know Him: A sad story about the Internet of Things, written for the Institute for the Future's "Coming Age of Networked Matter" (podcast, too!)
Five years ago today
Have botnet prices crashed? John Gilmore told me he thought accounts of the spread of botnets (massive networks of virus-compromised machines that can be used in concert to send spam, attack servers, etc) were overblown, because if botnets were really all-pervasive, then the price of using them should have crashed.
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State of Wireless London: Julian Priest has written an excellent report on the state of "Wireless London" -- the wheres and hows of WiFi in the city.

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There was this review that inspired this fic. They left if on another work (The Diary of Kurt Hummel) and well... this fic was born. This does not take place during that game of spin the bottle, and Blaine and Kurt didn't get together but they have been dancing around each other.
Review: I searched 'Puck Blaine Comfort' in the search engine. And what do I get? Two fanfictions about Kurt. Great. This proves that my favorite character is basically Kurt's arm candy.
So this fic is for that reviewer, and also Jane and Kerri, who helped pull me from my funk. Thank you ladies, you rock!
Hope you enjoy!
Blaine was pretty sure that Spin the Bottle was the worst game in the history of games. Ever. He also now had a vague idea how Kurt had felt when he'd had his crisis with Rachel. Not that they were dating or but they'd been dancing around each other for a while and watching someone you had a crush on make out with someone else sucked.
He sighed and wondered if Kurt even realised that he was making out with Sam and not his almost but not quite boyfriend.
He took a long pull of his warm beer and wondered if he could get another one, but he didn't know if he could make it around the obstacle course of bodies. Why did they all have to be on the way to the beer holder?
Santana and Brittany were curled in a chair with Artie, while Mike and Tina were on the floor, an unbuttoned fly away from having actual sex. He had no idea who Lauren was making out with on the couch but it wasn't Puck, and he had no idea where the host was actually, and Quinn had pulled Rachel onto her lap and the pair was going at it rather exuberantly as Finn watched the pair with one hand down his pants and the other on one of the wheels of Artie's chair. Blaine tried to shake that image from his head because, well, just ew -no.
Mercedes was giggling incessantly with Rory and Sugar, of all people, as Shane tried to get her to make out with him.
Oh look, Sam had Kurt pressed up against the cold place where the beer lived.
Turning around, Blaine set his blue cup on a table ledge where it promptly fell to the floor. The mouthful of warm beer soaked into the carpet.
Stumbling over his own feet, Blaine made his way to the stairs and was surprised to feel a solid warmth at his side as he missed the first step completely and almost face planted on the stairs.
'Careful, Frodo,' Puck chuckled softly as he helped Blaine steady himself.
'There you are. And I can manage the stairs just find thank you furry much,' Blaine stated as he puffed out his chest. 'I only had one beer.'
Puck snorted as he rolled his eyes, 'you were looking for me. And I only had sex with Santana once.'
Blaine tried to give Puck his cute confused face, but he really had to concentrate on the stairs. Who knew they were so complicated? And that there were so many!
'Really? I thought you guys were like fuck buddies or somesing,' Blaine half asked as he leaned against Puck as the bigger teen helped him up the stairs.
'You've had way more than one beer,' Puck stated as he maneuvered Blaine around the door and the furniture in the living room to the next set of stairs.
'Kurt and me were never going to last,' Blaine stated with utmost certainty.
'Oh really, Anderson, why is that?' Puck asked, just trying to keep Blaine, who was doing the slow blink, mobile long enough to get him to his sister's room. He had no idea that Hummel was dating the Hobbit. He'd only ever seen Kurt make googly eyes at Evans, but he'd hardly been in the same room with the three of them to really know.
Blaine tried to give Puck a sultry look, but it came out more like a kicked puppy as he said, 'we both like bottoming. Oh, pink!' he blurted as he stumbled into the room to examine all the pink. 'Pink is my favourite colour. It's so cheerful. A lot of people think yellow is, but all is says to me is hey lets be friends, because I want to fuck your sister.'
Puck huffed as he moved to clean some of the stuffed animals off his 8 year old sister's bed for Blaine who suddenly spun around and glared at Puck. 'Are we going to have sex?' he demanded, still holding the hot pink car he'd been examining.
'Do you want to have sex? Do you want my hard cock in that tight ass of yours? Do you want to ride me?' Puck asked, invading Blaine's space, his lips brushing his ear, as he grabbed Blaine's ass causing Blaine to moan and shiver.
'Oh, fuck. You have no idea.' Blaine tried rubbing up against Puck, but the bigger teen gently pushed Puck away.
'Not tonight, Anderson. I like my partners sober,' he said as gently as he could.
Blaine's eyes narrowed in anger at the rejection and he tossed the pink car back onto the desk. 'That's not what I heard from Quinn,' he hissed.
Puck's eyes narrowed and if there was a flash of hurt, Blaine missed it in his drunken haze.
'Sleep it off, Anderson. You and Kurt will be back together or together for real, tomorrow morning,' Puck stated, before he was gone from the room.
Blaine collapsed on the bed, still angry at being rejected by first Kurt and now Puck.
He didn't want Puck, or Kurt. He didn't need them. He didn't know that Puck would actually want him anyway. Puck wasn't gay, or even bi. Blaine hugged the stuffed dragon tightly, hoping it would be dry in the morning.
Blaine tried to get the dead rodent out of his mouth. Gah, who dared him to do that? He really hoped it wasn't someone's pet.
Oh holy eye retina protection. So much pink! And he'd been entranced by this last night?
How much had he had to drink?
As his eyes adjusted to the pinkness of the room, he noticed that there was a bottle of ibuprofen and a glass of water, which he drank down gratefully.
Oh so the rodent was his tongue. Awesome. At least he didn't have to replace someone's pet.
He cautiously made his way down the stairs, not remembering much of the house from last night. When he'd gotten there with Kurt they'd gone right to the basement, and he'd been distracted and not at all drunk when Puck had guided him to his sister's room. Puck's sister, not Blaine's because he didn't have any sisters.
Blaine was suddenly engulfed in surprisingly strong arms, but he couldn't decipher what was being mumbled into his ear.
'Kurt!' the weight was pulled off him, and he kind of missed it. 'Leave the man alone, he's hung over and incredibly confused. Also probably kind of hurt.'
'I'm sorry, Blaine,' Kurt said, clearly contrite as he shuffled from foot to foot, unable to meet Blaine's gaze.
Blaine sighed, 'it's okay Kurt.'
'No, it's not. We've been dancing around each other for months, and then I spend the night making out with Sam, who I didn't even know was into guys. I should've been making out with you,' Kurt insisted.
Instead of replying, Blaine simply pulled Kurt into a kiss. He wasn't as nervous knowing that Kurt would never be his.
Kurt practically melted into the kiss, his hands going around Blaine's shoulder as one made its way into Blaine's hair.
Someone cleared their throat and Kurt pulled away from Blaine sheepishly.
Puck was watching them with a knowing smirk.
'I…' Kurt started, wondering what he could say to let Blaine down easily.
'Nothing right?' Blaine offered, with a half-smile.
Kurt couldn't help the relieved grin he gave him. 'Nothing,' he agreed.
'Still friends?' Kurt asked hopefully. Blaine was his best friend, and he had no idea what he would do without the other teen. Kurt suddenly wondered if he should tell Blaine that, but then the shorter boy was hugging him and agreeing.
'I love you,' Kurt offered easily as he grinned at Blaine, who looked a little shocked at the proclamation.
'Love you too,' Blaine blurted, before he realised what he said. He blinked when he realised that he meant it. He did love Kurt, just more brotherly than he originally thought.
'I gotta go. I promised Dad I'd help him at the shop today,' Kurt stated as he hugged first Blaine than a surprised Puck before he was gone.
'Well, that was the hottest thing I've seen since I got to watch Brittany and Santana that one time,' Puck stated as he started to pull things from what looked like the baking cupboard.
'But… I thought… you… and,' Blaine didn't know what he was trying to say, but he couldn't quite figure out.
'Just because someone doesn't advertise that they're into guys, doesn't mean they aren't,' Puck offered as he started mixing things into a large bowl. 'Can you get the waffle maker from the cupboard there?' he asked with a nod of his head in a vague direction.
Blaine looked around the kitchen.
'Second one from the fridge,' Puck offered as he blatantly stared at Blaine's ass as he bent over.
'Were you just staring at my ass?' Blaine asked as he straightened up, waffle maker in hand.
'It's a fine ass,' Puck replied shamelessly, causing Blaine to blush. 'Grab the strawberries from the fridge.' Blaine quickly complied, taking his time to pull them out so he could wrap his mind around the fact that Noah "Puck" Puckerman seemed to be flirting with him.
'You know, I don't make waffles for just anyone,' Puck stated, finally pulling Blaine from the fridge.
'Puck…' Blaine started with a sigh. He didn't know what Puck's game was, but he wasn't sure he wanted to play it.
'Look Warbler, you're a pretty cool guy. And I'd like to find out why Kurt thinks we should be together,' Puck stated as he poured more batter into the maker.
Blaine actually spluttered his coffee, but somehow didn't get any on the berries. He had no idea what to say to that and Puck didn't offer anything.
A few minutes later Puck set two plates of waffles on the table, and dropped into the seat across from Blaine.
'You've talked to Kurt about us?' he blurted, finally finding his voice.
Puck chuckled, 'not really. It was more like he talked at me for about 20 minutes this morning. By the end he'd gone up several octaves and I think only dogs could hear him.'
'Yeah, he gets like that when he's nervous or excited,' Blaine chuckled softly. 'Do you have any peanut butter?'
Puck smirked as he pulled a jar from behind the flowers that were on the table.
'Kurt got to you too, didn't he?' Blaine only nodded as he slathered peanut butter on his waffles, and the pair lapsed into a comfortable silence as they enjoyed their breakfast.
A little while later, as Blaine was getting ready to leave, Puck pulled him into a hug. 'I may have stolen your phone at some point in the last 12 hours and put my number in it. Call or text me whenever you want.'
Returning the hug, because he didn't know what else to do, Blaine nodded against Puck, as he tried not to think how good it felt leaning against that strong chest. How different it felt from being with Kurt.
It was two days later, and Blaine was still trying to figure Puck out when he got the first text.
I be slyth u
It wasn't until after he'd sent his reply, Gryffindor, that he realised he knew it had been from Puck and that he understood Puck's text.
What followed was a random string of words that neither would have to explain.
Puck sent prpl, Blaine replied with orange.
Blaine sent Criminal Minds, Puck sent back buffy chck smokin.
They were both allergic to onions, but loved olives while mushrooms were just gross.
Puck's shower song was Eye of the Tiger, while Blaine's was Teenage Dream.
It went on like that, trading random factoids about themselves via text messaging or facebook, until Kurt demanded that they, Blaine and Kurt, get together. What he didn't mention about this get together was that Sam and Puck would be joining them. Which essentially made it a double date.
Blaine wanted to throw up on Kurt's shoes and also have his babies, because Blaine was waiting for Puck, who was waiting for Blaine, who was waiting for Puck, who was waiting for Blaine… maybe this would get them out of their vicious circle of not talking about possibly dating.
Both Blaine and Puck spent most of the coffee talk glaring at Kurt, who didn't seem at all phased by it.
Then Sam suggested they go see the new Sherlock movie and Kurt agreed, going off on a rant that none of them really followed about the costumes. If Kurt wasn't destined to be a star, he would definitely do well in fashion, or costume designing… or something.
Blaine was surprised that Kurt lasted as long as he did, what with his disappointed sighs, and Puck's nervous fidgeting.
'Just snuggle already, damn it!' Kurt finally hissed as he glared at that pair.
After putting his arm around Blaine's shoulders and pulling him close, Puck pulled his phone and sent a one-handed text.
A moment later, Kurt started laughing as he read the text he'd been sent.
'Look, full words,' he stated, holding his phone so that the rest of them could read Puck's text.
I hate you. But thanks, bitch.
'With punctuation and everything,' Sam added with a grin. Puck flipped them both off, which only got them laughing.
Two weeks.
Blaine and Puck had been dating for two weeks. Though Blaine wasn't really sure if what they did counted as "dating".
Whenever they went out, they were with Sam and Kurt. They stayed up till three on the phone, chatting about everything and nothing. Puck used Blaine as a sounding board for the songs he was writing about the anger he had for his absentee father and alcoholic, negligent mother. Blaine often called Puck to get away from his parents yelling.
But they didn't hold hands when they wandered the mall. Puck didn't drape his arm over Blaine's shoulder at the movies, nor on Kurt's couch; except for that one time Kurt had made him. They didn't share like Kurt and Sam did.
Blaine stomped into the movie theater, grumbling about snow, winter in general, idiot drivers who can't handle half a centimeter of light snow that will be gone by noon tomorrow and the moron in the monster truck with the mud flaps with naked women and snow tires that were bigger than Blaine's torso who drove slower than his grandmother.
He scanned the small crowd and found Kurt and Sam fairly easily. Before joining them, he watched them for a moment.
The couple was sitting at a small round table fairly close together. Sam had his arm draped across the back of Kurt's chair as Kurt flipped through the movie magazine, occasionally making a comment about something that Sam would vaguely acknowledge with a nod of his head. The pair was sharing a tray of nachos and a root beer.
Blaine smiled softly at the pair; Kurt had been good for Sam. The blonde had loosened his strict diet considerably.
Pulling off his gloves, he made his way over to the table; he took the seat that Sam had dragged over with his foot just as Puck arrived with another tray of food.
'Why do they always stare at us like we have two heads when we get cheese with our nuggets?' he asked as he stole a chair from three girls, who scowled at him when he just winked and straddled the chair.
They giggled when Sam kissed Kurt. Blaine couldn't help his sigh.
'Blaine?' Puck asked, leaning into him.
Blaine just shook his head, 'It's nothing.'
'Somehow I don't believe you,' Puck whispered. He'd draped his arm across the back of Blaine's chair, however when he leaned back to challenge Sam to hotdog eating contest, he left it there. When Blaine leaned into Puck, they both had little smiles. Then Puck and Sam were shoving food in their mouths and Kurt rolled his eyes, while Blaine tried not to gag.
'Is that really necessary?' he asked, as he dunked his nuggets into nacho cheese.
Sam shrugged, as Puck replied, 'no, but it is fun.' Then he pulled Blaine into a kiss that had the shorter teen pulling away.
'You taste like hot dog,' Blaine grumbled, taking a deep pull from Puck's drink.
'You said that like it's a bad thing.'
'It is when you don't like it,' Blaine stated, making a face. Blaine liked a lot of foods, but hot dogs were one of those things that he just couldn't stomach.
'I'm sorry babe, I forgot.' He leaned in to kiss Blaine, but pulled away and took a deep pull from his drink and tried again.
Blaine gave a hum of approval.
'If you just wanted to touch more, you just had to ask,' Puck smirked.
Blaine smacked Puck's chest, 'you're such a jerk.'
'Come on, our movie starts in like 10 minutes, and I know that as soon as we sit down, Noah's going to have to tinkle,' Kurt stated way to seriously to not be teasing him.
'Oh, like you won't?' he shot back.
Kurt just shrugged, 'that's why I'm going now.'
They took turns watching the food as they all made bathroom runs; and as they headed to the theater, Sam with his arm around Kurt's shoulders. Puck took the food tray from Blaine and then took his hand, lacing their fingers together.
Blaine had no idea what hit him, but he brought Puck's hand up and kissed his knuckles, 'This is all I want.'
'Oh, please,' Kurt mock gagged.
'Don't make me throw my delicious, deep fried chicken at you when I get a free hand,' Blaine threatened.
'Oh like you'd waste that by throwing it at me.'
'Don't think I won't.'
'But just think what the grease will do to my skin!' Kurt blurted as his eyes widened in horror. 'And what about my clothes? I forbid you-'
Puck laughed outright, 'relax Hummel. Anderson isn't going to throw anything at you.'
'That's right,' Kurt stated with a nod as he sat as far from Blaine as possible.
However about 20 minutes in the movie, Kurt and Blaine were between Sam and Puck and were keeping a running commentary about the movie.
Blaine snuck a quick glance at Puck, who was sitting at the other end of the couch, looking just as uncomfortable as he felt.
It had been three days since they'd come to a mutual agreement that touching was of the good, yet here they were, watching one of the Saw films, not his favourite type of movie but it had given him an excuse to hide in Kurt and now Puck, but they were sitting on opposite sides of the couch.
Distinctly not touching.
It was the first time they'd been alone without Kurt and Sam around and neither one seemed to know what to do. Which was odd for Puck, considering his history, but he'd never really had anything resembling a relationship that lasted for longer than a week.
He winced as someone lost a limb.
'Why did you want to watch this movie again?' Puck asked with an eye roll as Blaine studied his nails.
'I have no idea!' Blaine blurted, crossing his arms over his chest in indignation, causing Puck to laugh. 'Kurt said it was a good idea…' he mumbled.
'Come here,' Puck commanded softly, waving Blaine over to him as he settled against the arm of the couch.
Blaine glared at Puck but practically scrambled over to him to settle against his chest.
'Why do you like these movies?' Puck asked, slipping a hand under Blaine's shirt.
Blaine shrugged, 'because they are a great reason to cuddle.' He replied as he turned scarlet.
'Yeah, that's what always say, but no one believes me,' Puck chuckled.
He inched down the couch so they were spooned together, but a particularly gory scene had Blaine giving a rather unmanly squeak as he buried himself in Puck's chest.
'We can watch something else if this is bothering you,' Puck offered in concern as he ran his free hand through Blaine's curls.
'Yes, please,' he mumbled into Puck.
Puck stopped the movie and flicked it to an on demand station, 'so other than horror is there anything else you don't watch?'
'I like horror, just as much as the next guy but I don't like the gory stuff,' he admitted, as he shifted slightly on Puck. 'I really like the old horrors where everything is in your head.'
Puck immediately found a movie called Cube, 'there's some gory scene's but it's nowhere as bad as the Saw ones.'
'That's fine, it's the gore for gore's sake that bothers me,' Blaine replied.
'Good to know,' Puck replied as he nuzzled Blaine's throat. 'You smell good,' he added absently.
'Really?' Blaine retorted, clearly amused.
Puck hummed in response and Blaine moaned as Puck shifted so that Blaine could roll under him.
'Noah,' Blaine moaned, and as Puck delved into Blaine's delicious mouth, and hands roamed under shirts and over skin, the movie was forgotten.
PS: I am working on Chemistry Class, I was trying to figure out how to wrap it up but I think I got it! Yay! And well Puck's mother is being uncooperative in Cleveland... but I plan on working on that next.
Oh and "Cube" is a real movie, and its excellent. Go find it and have a watch!


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Two Cardigan men have been jailed for almost 14 years in total for a gun attack over a dartboard.
Thomas Eley, aged 27, of Heol Hafod, was deemed by Judge Huw Davies to be dangerous as defined by law.
He was jailed for seven years but will be liable to be recalled to prison until July, 2024.
Steven Brown, 28, of Feidr-fair, was jailed for six and a half years.
Both had admitted aggravated burglary at the home of Paul Dare.
Swansea crown court had heard how the men barged their way into Mr Dare's home and that Eley threatened him with a gun before beating around the head with it and punching him.
The court heard that they had got themselves into such a state they believed they could recover a dartboard from Mr Dare that someone else would pay a ransom for.
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1 butternut squash, peeled
2 tablespoons light margarine or canola oil
Salt and pepper
1 onion, chopped
6 cups chicken stock (Optional: low sodium chicken stock)
Directions1. Cut squash into 1-inch chunks; add margarine or canola oil.
2. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 8 minutes.
3. Add squash and stock.
4. Bring to a simmer and cook until squash is tender.
5. Remove squash chunks with slotted spoon and place in a blender and puree.
6. Return blended squash to pot.
7. Stir and season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper.
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Cook time: 40 minutes
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Charlie Sheen's issue with a co-worker may put his show in limbo. Sources confirm to E! News that the actor is involved in a "heated battle" with his "Anger Management" co-star Selma Blair on the set of the FX series.
TMZ, which first broke the news, reports that it all began as Sheen learned that Blair complained to the show's executives about his poor work ethic. He reportedly is upset and says he fired Blair, threatening that he won't shoot if she comes to the set on Monday, June 17.
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So what's the question? I imagine this would be a tough one for even the best "Jeopardy" contestant.
These are the occupations of four stem cell donors who were introduced to their recipients at Gift of Life's Seventh Annual Partners for Life Gala in New York City on May 15, 2007. It was an emotional experience for patients, donors, family members, and transplant professionals alike.
It was my honor to witness the meeting of one of my patients and his donor for the first time. My patient, an archaeologist, recounted some of his accomplishments in the past two years since his transplant for acute myelogenous leukemia: lectures given, books written, archeological sites excavated.
Impressive as the list was, it paled in comparison to his personal accomplishments: seeing his sons graduate from school; watching them learn to play guitar and trumpet; attending the wedding of a dear relative; simply waking up and experiencing each new day.
The stories of the other recipients were no less poignant. One young woman graduated from college. Another had reached her second birthday.
No drug, no form of graft-versus-host prophylaxis, no antibiotic is more important to the success of allogeneic transplants than the availability of suitably matched stem cells. Simply put, the transplant process wouldn't be possible without the gift of life from bone marrow and stem cell donors.
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Today the guys tasted San Francisco's 21st Amendment (the repeal of prohibition) Brewing's Hell or High Watermelon Wheat beer. This is a 4.9% ABV low IBU brew that is part of 21st amendments regular canned beers. I haven't tried this beer yet so I can't add much, and I'm still starting to get the feel for all the guys that Chip has on the show so I'm not really sure who likes what…but they all seemed excited to try it.
I'm a big fan of Monk's Blood from 21st Amendment so I suspect this one is pretty good. I had Monk's Blood in "the big can" and it was a real enjoyable beer. I love the naming of the 21st Amendment beer and after trying their Brew Free or Die IPA @ Sabatinis a few weeks ago on draft, I'm betting the melon beer is pretty good. Cheers guys.


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But it was with the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield that he made his money - selling it for £1.17bn in 1999.
The centre was developed by Paul Sykes, the fourth richest person in the region with £495m.
Following the sale of Meadowhall, Mr Sykes invested in and subsequently sold internet service provider Planet Online, based in Leeds, with Peter Wilkinson, himself the eighth entry with £205m.
A new entry to this year's list, published on Sunday 27 April, is Robert Miller, ranking second in Yorkshire and the Humber region, and 22nd nationally, with £975m.
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Clinical Resource Unit (Children's and Women's Services)
The CWS CRU is an in-house Registered Nurse float pool for the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital. This unit is divided into five teams. Nurses in the pool choose a team based on their expertise, experience and preferences, with an emphasis on staff flexibility and adaptability.
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NIC/NIC Float: In-house Registered Nurse float pool for the 5-Bay NICU at UI Stead Family Children's Hospital
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3JCP is a 31 bed unit that has a patient population ranging in age from newborn to 18 years of age. Specialty areas include hematology/oncology, bone marrow transplant, renal, renal transplant, endocrine, gastrointestinal, liver transplant, urology, general surgery, neurosurgery, and trauma.
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This four-bed unit is the first and only dedicated Pediatric Dialysis Unit in the state of Iowa. It provides comprehensive care to patients' age newborn to 21 years old with chronic kidney disease or acute kidney injury requiring dialysis therapies.
Pediatric Specialty Clinic (2 JCP)
The Pediatric Specialty Clinic offers comprehensive care to patients from infancy through adolescence. This clinic focuses on multiple pediatric specialties including allergy/pulmonary, cardiology, genetics, neurology, renal, urology, hematology-oncology, endocrine, gastroenterology, psychology, rheumatology, pediatric, and thoracic surgery.
UI Women's Health Center (3 PFP)
The Iowa Women's Health Center provides gynecologic, obstetric, and infertility care. This clinic has 13 gynecological subspecialties including general gynecology, vulvar/vaginal diseases, PMS, menopause, fibroid diagnosis and therapy, colposcopy, urogynecology and LLETZ therapy. Obstetrical specialties include reproductive endocrinology and infertility, in vitro fertilization, high-risk obstetrics, prenatal genetics, fetal diagnosis, and therapy.


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CHICAGO – Billowing black clouds darken the daytime sky as wind-driven grit pelts homes and cars and forces residents to take cover. The onslaught, captured in photos and video footage from Detroit and Chicago this year, was caused by winds sweeping across huge black piles of petroleum coke, or "petcoke," a powdery byproduct of oil refining that has been accumulating along Midwestern shipping channels and sparking health and environmental concerns.
The piles are evidence of a sharp increase in North American oil production — particularly crude extracted from oil sands in Canada — that has been trapped in the Midwest because of limited pipeline capacity to carry it to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Coast, leading to unprecedented amounts of oil refining and petcoke production there.
In neighborhoods near refineries, the growing black mountains have brought outcries from residents and efforts to control or banish the blowing dust.
"We could barely open the windows this summer because the black dust was so bad," said Susanna Gomez, 37, a mother and grandmother who lives on Chicago's far southeast side, across a set of railroad tracks from a shipping terminal that stockpiles petcoke until it can be loaded onto ships for export.
Alan Beemsterboer, whose family owns another nearby site that long has handled slag, asphalt and coal — and now, increasingly, petcoke — said he does not understand the controversy. "This has been an industrial area forever — a coke plant used to be there, a steel mill used to be there," Beemsterboer said. " 'Coal' and 'petcoke' are just dirty words now."
Petcoke has been part of the American industrial landscape since the 1930s, when refineries began installing equipment to "cook" residue left over from making gasoline and diesel into a solid fuel that could be burned in power plants and cement kilns.
But the sheer volume of petcoke that appeared suddenly in Detroit and Chicago this year — almost all of it in open-air piles — was unprecedented, and caught residents and public officials off guard.
With the amount of Canadian oil entering the U.S. increasing almost daily, refineries like Marathon in Detroit, BP in Whiting, Indiana, and Phillips 66 in Roxana, Illinois, have expanded to handle the glut. Even more oil could be on the way if the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is approved, though by then additional domestic pipelines could direct some to refineries in other regions, experts say.
Refineries usually sell the petcoke to other companies, which store it until it can be loaded onto Great Lakes ships for export to places like China. Burning it emits high levels of soot and greenhouse gases, so its use in the U.S. is limited.
In Detroit, petcoke began appearing along the Detroit River in the spring, several months after the Marathon Petroleum Corp. refinery completed a $2.2 billion expansion. But an outcry by residents, who shot video footage of the blowing grit, prompted city officials to order the removal of the piles.
In Chicago, residents became alarmed when the black piles began growing about six months ago, said Tom Shepherd, a member of a neighborhood group. The last straw was when the petcoke went airborne on Aug. 30 and blew into their yards, churches and a Little League field.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has ordered the city's Health Department to adopt regulations for petcoke, while aldermen introduced competing ordinances to regulate or ban it outright. The city and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan have filed suit against Beemsterboer over the petcoke on his sites.
"You have a byproduct . . . that is economically and environmentally degrading a community and the health for our children, and there's nothing on the books that allows Chicago to protect its own citizens," Emanuel said during a news conference.
Although petcoke is not classified as hazardous, it contains heavy metals and inhaling the fine particles can cause respiratory problems.
Shepherd said residents worry because "there's already (a) lot of asthma, cancer and other illnesses around here."
Chicago's southeast side is an area where heavy industry and working-class residents have coexisted for generations — one neighborhood is even called Slag Valley. Immigrants came to work in the steel mills along Lake Michigan, and many families stayed after mills closed.
They now dream of a renewal, including a city plan for a huge park at a former steel mill site, but worry that petcoke will "overtake the entire area and we'll have nothing but black mountains for miles and miles along the river," Shepherd said.
The stage is set for more. Petcoke production at the BP refinery is expected to triple next year, from 700,000 tons a year to 2.2 million. The company handling BP's petcoke storage said it is spending more than $10 million on upgrades, including improved "dust-suppression capabilities."
But Emanuel is considering requiring that piles be completely or partially enclosed. Some states, such as California, already have such requirements.


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An 18-month-long fraud and corruption investigation has led to the closure of four private licensing stations around Johannesburg - and there are more closures to come.
The Auto Test Centre in Germiston, Test Well Testing Station in Alberton, Hamberg Testing Station in Meyersdal and Lenasia Vehicle Testing Station were but a few which have been earmarked for closure out of a total of 10 identified as the worst-offending testing stations in Gauteng.
Brett Munro, a member of the ministerial task team, said on Thursday: "A national ministerial task team was set up by transport minister Ben Martins to investigate corrupt activities within private vehicle testing stations.
"Surveillance cameras were placed in the premises of the stations as per the eNatis system. In nine months we identified that 34 000 KwaZulu-Natal-registered vehicles were issued with roadworthiness certificates in Gauteng - many of which were not roadworthy to begin with."
Approval was sought from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to mount the cameras, but the final nail in the coffins of the stations was when undercover officers from the elite investigations unit, the Hawks, bought roadworthiness certificates from the stations.
The going rate for the certificates was from R800 to R3000, depending on the type of vehicle and the client.
The national department of transport, KwaZulu-Natal department of transport, Gauteng SAPS Commercial Crime Unit and the Gauteng department of community safety works together on investigations in the province and, once those were completed, 34 suspects were identified.
Of these, 13 have been arrested and charged with fraud and corruption.
The operation, which started in KwaZulu-Natal, has seen 16 private vehicle licensing testing station closed in the province since 2010, with 65 people arrested. Of that number, 43 were convicted for fraud and corruption.
On Thursday the managers of the stations were served with papers notifying them to close shop for 30 days. They have two weeks in which to file an appeal over the closure. If community safety MEC Faith Mazibuko finds that the station owners are guilty of fraud and corruption, the stations will be closed permanently.
Munro said of Test Well Testing Station: "If they processed the number of vehicles they said they did, they would have had to check a vehicle every six minutes, nine hours a day, every day for three months."
And for a station that recorded 4909 vehicles as roadworthy, there was no activity there on Thursday.
Following the closures, Mazibuko said: "For as long as there are drivers who don't want to follow the correct procedures for vehicle fitness certificates and driving licences, Gauteng roads will suffer high rates of crashes and fatalities." - The Star


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A few days ago, the blueberry farm down the street from us finally opened! Yay! We've been waiting…oh so patiently waiting for it to open. I don't know why, but I find picking berries so fun and lucky for me I have a berry picking partner in my youngest daughter. She ended up picking the majority of the berries and we quickly filled up the bottom of her bucket, paid the $5 for the pint of berries, and rushed home to make some chocolate blueberry muffins.
I really wanted to try something a little different, so I picked out this Chocolate Blueberry Muffin recipe from "best-ever COOKIE BOOK" and adapted it slightly. The recipe gives the option of drizzling chocolate on the tops of the muffins and while my kids liked it, my husband preferred to have his plain. I have to agree with him. To me, this tasted better with just a pat of butter and served warm. YUM-O!
Chocolate Blueberry Muffins
|Prep time
|30 minutes
|Cook time
|25 minutes
|Total time
|55 minutes
|Meal type
|Breakfast, Dessert
|Child Friendly
|From book
|Adapted from - Best Ever Cookie Book
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup buttermilk (can substitute 1 cup milk + 1 Tablespoon vinegar)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup heaping cup fresh blueberries
Topping (Optional)
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2-3 tablespoons unsalted butter
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Here's a Message to Beyonce from Her Biggest Fan in Australia
Sophie Kotkis got the thrill of a lifetime when Beyonce serenaded her from the front row of her concert over the weekend.
And she's sharing her personal photos and videos with Celebuzz.
Sophie, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and is legally blind, had dreamt of the moment when she could meet her idol. And it was no easy feat to pull off, according to her sister.
"I have been trying for years and years, to get Sophie either backstage or into any form of concert," Ellie Kotkis told CB! "I emailed promoters/celebrities teams/anyone I could. But the answer I got back was either always a fat NO or they just did not reply at all."
When she heard that Beyonce was performing in Perth, Australia she thought she'd give it one last try and made a video about her inspirational sister's zest for life. And with the help of Hope for Children, a charity supported by the singer, they received tickets to the concert Nov. 8.
(Ellie and Sophie Kotkis and friend Kalkidan Forward from their front row seats.)
"I kept this all a surprise for Soph up until the Wednesday before the concert," added Ellie. "When we arrived we were greeted by Beyonce's incredible and friendly staff. They looked after us so well and told Soph that Beyonce was excited she was there and looking forward to seeing her dancing."
(Sophie gazes at the crowd.)
Beyonce's staff surprised Sophie yet again with seats on side of the stage where she got a starring role in the performance — to give Bey her towel during the concert (watch below).


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Missing 11-year-old Cocoa Beach boy found safe
COCOA BEACH, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - The search for a missing Cocoa Beach boy is over. Police said he was purposely staying away from home, because he thought he was in trouble. "Joy Jowers said she found Cole Monda off Cedar Avenue, around 12:30 a.m. on Friday. She was searching for the 11-year-old just like many others in the community.
"He just kind of unfolded in the bushes here. You can see," she explained. "It looked like he was hiding. As soon as I came around he came out. He didn't seem like he was shy or scared. He just came out." Joy, who brought her little girl Gracie along, used her motherly instincts to talk to the child. "I said is your name Cole and he said no at first and I said is your name Cole and he said yes. I said everything's ok, you're Mom's looking for you. The whole town's looking for you and he said something about a bike and he fell off his bike." Deputies put Cole in a car, making sure he was ok. "I said you're not in trouble, everything's ok. By all means you're not in trouble. And that's when I started waving down the people across the way here."
According to the Cocoa Beach Police Chief, there was no foul play involved. He says the child purposely avoided going home, because he knew he was in trouble. He fell asleep under a tarp, outside a home, around the corner from his own place. "He was getting home late last night. And like some kids fear, they were breaking the house rules, he was afraid to go home. He was tired, visibly upset." Joy says, "He just was holding back a lot of tears. I think it was just, I want to go home."
Several agencies and people from all over the community started searching on land and even the canals, after Cole failed to go home last night. The child was reunited with his parents at a nearby church. His father is a Cocoa Police Officer.
Joy is relieved that Cole is ok. "I'm pretty happy now, I'm overwhelmed, glad I could be a part of it." With so many people searching, Joy is stunned that she was the one to find the missing boy. "I can't believe it, here all this media and everybody and here you are. I'm like I can't believe it was that easy."
Cole was taken to the hospital as a precaution. The Chief says he's ok.


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i'm lookinf for outside toys for my 6 month old since the weather is becoming sooo nice! i take her on strolls, and put her on a blanket with toys under shade and stuff, but I want something more fun for her as she seems to get bored now lol. I was thinking about the Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, but I saw the age for it was for 1-4 year olds. Has anyone put any baby younger than that in one? I saw my neighbor pushing her young one in it, but I am still unsure. She can sit up on her own very good, I'm just nervous about her wanting to like touch the ground on the outside while in it or something..idk lol
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The new Galaxy Note 3 is the latest member of Samsung's phablet clan. Its 5.7-inch display is slightly larger than the Note 2's 5.5-inch screen, but its dimensions are essentially the same as its predecessor's. Display resolution is impressive at 1920 x 1080 pixels, or 386 pixels per inch (ppi). By comparison, the iPhone's 4-inch Retina display is 1136 x 640 pixels (326 ppi). The Note 3 is powered by either an 8-core, 1.9-GHz Exynos or a 4-core, 2.3-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. There's a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, and a 2-megapixel shooter on the front. The 3200-mAh battery is a bump up from the Note 2's 3100-mAh unit. And, of course, there's the S Pen stylus, a unique feature of the Note family that most phablet (and tablet) makers have shunned thus far.
Perhaps the Note 3's greatest novelty is its partnership with Samsung's new Galaxy Gear smartwatch, which lets Note 3 users make calls, send texts and do other tasks without having to reach for the gargantuan phone. Calling Dick Tracy!
BlackBerry Debuts Z30 Phablet
Nokia Pushes Back Phablet Launch
Microsoft Surface Mini Rumors Grow
Microsoft's Next Moves: 11 Takeaways
Smartwatches Could Outshine Wearable Fitness Gadgets
LG Confirms G Pad, G2 Smartphone's Big Brother
Tablet Sales Face Growing Threat From Smartwatches, Phablets
Tablets To Outsell PCs 3 To 1 By 2017
Samsung Galaxy Mega Phablet Debuts
Apple Tinkers With Larger iPhones, iPads


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Tribune Explores Sale of Newspapers
Tribune Co. has enlisted investment banks to explore the sale of its newspaper business, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, setting the stage for one of the most highly anticipated newspaper deals in years.
The Chicago-based media company hired J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Evercore Partners to sort through potential buyers, the company said Tuesday.
"There is a lot of interest in our newspapers,...


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PATIENTS are paying up to $199 out of their own pocket to see some specialists and almost $27 to see a non bulk billing GP and the AMA says the Medicare rebate has to be an election issue.
Announcing he plans to run for a third term AMA president Dr Steve Hambleton says both major parties will have to address the growing unaffordability of medical care in the election.
"The medicare rebate should be linked to what it costs to deliver the service and that gap is widening," Dr Hambleton said.
"We'll be looking to both sides of politics to fix that," he said.
Medical gap fees for non bulk billing GPs have soared by almost $10 per visit to $27 since Labor was elected in 2007.Patients are paying up to $199 out of their own pocket to see an obstetrician, up $30.25 since Labor was elected.
The out of pocket cost for seeing a specialist rose by $15.92 to $53.10 over the last five years. The out of pocket cost for an x-ray is now $84, up $76 up $26.59.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported in November that one in 15 sick Australians has put off seeing a doctor because it cost too much.
Affordability was hardest for those aged 25-35 with one in 10 Australians in that age group unable to afford a doctor.
In 1984 when Medicare started the rebate covered 68% of the AMA fee, now it covers just 51%.
Tony Abbott was the last Health Minister to make a sizable increase in the Medicare rebate, he increased it by $5 in the 2004 election.Dr Hambleton said a similar increase would cost $1 billion a year and may be unaffordable in the short term but at the very least governments must make sure medical gap fees did not rise any further.
Dr Hambleton says voters are cynical about Labor's health reforms because waiting lists have grown and the "headline markers haven't changed as quickly as hoped".
Recent row over hospital funding cutbacks showed far from abating the "blame game is now on steroids," he said.
Dr Hambleton will also be demanding both sides of politics address the looming medical training crisis with hundreds of new students a year about to graduate from university unable to find a training spot in a hospital.
Dr Hambelton will be only the third AMA president to seek a third term and was last year rated by Media Monitors as the second most quoted person in the media after entrepreneur Dick Smith.
Consumers Health Forum chief Carol Bennett said the bulk billing rates were not high in many regions and patients with chronic illnesses were struggling to afford health care.
"There is a real concern that the system is not changing in a way that will relieve the financial pain patients face," she said.
"This should be an election issue," she said.
The forum wants governments ot look at introducing personalised health care budgets for the chronically ill to help them with their medical costs.


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Schwechat Vacation Packages
To get a sense of what makes Vienna tick, spread your wings and discover surrounding areas like Favoriten, Simmering, and Oberlaa.
Those interested in exhibits and shows will find plenty of unique cultural attractions in and around Schwechat. Discover the museums and collections in the Military History Museum.
There are many natural gifts here as well, so make sure you enjoy the nearby green spaces. Take some time out to enjoy the cool shade in public parks such as Swiss Garden and the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna.
Spend an afternoon with fellow soccer lovers at Ernst Happel Stadium, cheering on local legends, the Austria National Football Team. Make sure to wear red and white, the colors of the Austria National Football Team.
Finding somewhere suitable to rest your head around the Schwechat area is simple. Take your pick from the NH Vienna Airport, the Delta Hotel Vienna, or the Prinz Eugen Hotel.


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|Reviews for Since Spring
| PotatoLizard chapter 1 . 1/25/2015
Holy shit that was intense. If you had killed her off I would have murdered you through the damn interent.
| ohbeautifuldelilah chapter 1 . 4/14/2014
Goosebumps, I tell you, goosebumps. You've got your reader hooked from the very first paragraph until the last. All the scenes are dynamically written-inserting the proper emotions and words so effortlessly. This was a long one but it was a really, really good one!
| Jaylonni Love chapter 1 . 8/13/2013
Nyaaaa! I loved it. So much emotion. Made me cry.
Jaylonni Love
| Guest chapter 1 . 6/23/2013
Those who dont follow the rules are scum: but those who abadon their friends are worst then scum. -obito
The first part, where Neji wanted to keep looking but Guy And Lee said that Tsunade didn't authorize them too so they had to give up reminded me of this quote. Neji wanted to break the rules to find tenten , yet guy and lee wanted to follow the orders and 'abandon' the hope of finding tenten
| Guest chapter 1 . 5/5/2013
This is like, the twentieth time I read this... So beautiful, thank you so much for this!
| Lili Bibi chapter 1 . 3/27/2013
Tragic but i'm glad its a happy ending!
Luv luv!
| Animefangirl95 chapter 1 . 9/3/2012
I felt semi ridiculous yelling at my iPod "Don't do it Neji don't go into the light" then I realized it was absurd cause he'd most like black out
| Sweet Air chapter 1 . 1/28/2012
beautiful, beautiful story :) tenten came just in the nick of time xD
| Young Goodman Brown chapter 1 . 11/18/2011
tenten truly has impeccable timing o.o still, i loved this story-i think you portrayed neji's slow progression into grief-stricken madness very well.
i always appreciate solid writing, but this line truly struck - "she was steam from the bath, she was wind from the icy night, she was his own ragged breathing – but Tenten was not real."
beautiful. well done :)
| FuschiaFinn chapter 1 . 9/25/2011
Pure awesome. Characterizations, interactions, happy ending... just wonderful!
| CYLi chapter 1 . 3/28/2011
Omg such a touching story! Really love it. The descriptions were so vivid I can imagine exactly what Neji was going through. I'm glad Tenten got back to him in the end, right in the nick of time.
Thank you for such a wonderful fic!
| een nihc chapter 1 . 3/15/2011
it was beautifully written and I'm so glad it ended the way it did, otherwise it would be heartbreaking to of my fav Neji/Tenten fic of all times. )
| Retainit chapter 1 . 12/31/2010
This is one of my favorite stories! It's just amazing! Your writing is really good. I could feel my eyes watering during the angstsy parts and I couldn't help grinning near the end. There was also a nice touch of comedy when tenten lashed out at Neji. I can't wait to read more of your stories. You get into the detail and Your very descriptive. Good Job!
| croquette queen chapter 1 . 11/14/2010
Beautifully done. I was so worried that he'd have his memory wiped before she came back and it would become even more angsty than it already was. I'm glad it ended on that note- the last line made me smile.
| Kyanie chapter 1 . 10/23/2010
Epic! This surely goes into my faves :)


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AIt's so late here. I'm exhausted! I'm working on a wedding cake right now. It is proving to be very difficult. Its SMBC and I have to do the diamond quilt pattern on the cake. So far, on method hasn't worked. I used a diamond shape xutter to make the pattern. Its not working. I guess I'm going to have to tey the impressionmat....I just want to sleep.
I mark the bottom at 1" intervals with a small hole from a toothpick. Then I use a stiff paper and fold it at a 45 degree angle and hold it around the cake to mark my lines. You can make them any size this way and don't have to buy a bunch of impression mats.
I realize this may be too late - but to make a diamond pattern, I take a cardboard box and cut a right triangle out of one of the sides, leaving the bottom ledge attached. Then I cut the ledge from the outer edge towards the triangle in several locations so that it can curve around the round cake. Then, I mark 1in/2in/whatever around the cake and line the slanted edge of the triangle with my marks and press a line into it. Gosh....I hope that makes sense.
AThank you both for responding. Everything I tried pulled of icing and it looked awful. I think in the future, if someone wants a BC cake with diamond quilting, I'm going to have to do a Crusting American BC. I ended yp covering the cake in fondant and then pressing the diamond in one by one. Whew, glad its over. [ATTACHMENT=1406]20131207_133319.jpg (2,030k. jpg file)[/ATTACHMENT]
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Home > National News > Bali > Article
The journey is being taken for different, often inexplicable, reasons. For some survivors of the Kuta nightclub explosions and the relatives of Australian victims, Bali is the last place they want to be during the next week.
Others have been looking to a time of personal reflection - retracing the final moments of loved ones and perhaps gaining inner peace, a release of sorts.
Two days ago, Jan Roberts had no intention of returning to Bali. She did not want to revive memories of the night when her son, Ben, was horrifically injured in the Sari Club explosion, dying nearly a month later.
But that all changed when Ms Roberts was encouraged by calls from a group of close friends, already on the island ahead of the Bali International Rugby Tens. Their positive feedback made her dash to the airport on Saturday, buy a ticket, and return to the rugby competition cut short last year when 27 of the players and supporters were killed.
It was not security fears fuelling her apprehension, just an uncertainty about what awaited her.
One of her travelling companions, Melissa Lysaght, whose husband, Scott, was also killed in the attacks, said it had been important for them to spend time with the pair's former teammates and friends.
And so it has proved to be, with each of this close-knit group enjoying the camaraderie that such sporting weekends evoke, a sense of normalcy amid so much potential hardship. "I was certainly determined to come back," Ms Roberts said yesterday near the sidelines, with her daughter, Madeleine, father-in-law, Daniel, and Scott's sister, Philippa.
They are journeying with Jan, her daughter, Lucy, and Ben's girlfriend, Carolyn Chan. "I guess I know it is going to be awfully tough . . . but I am glad we have something difficult to go through so we can get through to the other side."
During the week, Ms Roberts will spend time at the Sari Club site. Later the Australian Federal Police will join her there so they can explain the technical dimensions of the explosion.
By the end of the week, the entire Lysaght family will be in Bali, with Daniel's wife and other daughter arriving.
Philippa Lysaght said she had not met many of Scott's friends, but that had not diminished the relief she had felt about being part of the tournament.
"It's been a really hard time, but it is just great that everyone is here - we are all going through the same thing," she said.
"That makes it so much easier and so much better. That means it is not such a sad thing any more."
Scott's father, Daniel, agreed, saying yesterday it had been important for him to "share Scott's passion for the game and his teammates".
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Bunny is the one hero who can set the dance floor on fire with his sensational and superlative dancing moves. He always tries for new moves and according to latest information he is insisting his choreographers to come with new special steps in his upcoming film Iddarammayilato directed by Puri Jagannath.
Styilsh Star is keen to stamp is class on the dancing moves which will be talked of even with the passage of time just like the Veena step in Indra. Now it has to be seen how well choreographers can satisfy Bunny with their moves. Amala Paul and Katherine are starring in the film .Devi Sri Prasad is the music director for the film.


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A bus replacement service will take affect from this evening due to maintenance works.
There will be no train service for commuters travelling on the Greater Anglia Overground line between Chingford and Liverpool Street before 5am and after 10.30pm from today until Friday morning.
The last train to depart Liverpool Street is 10.30pm and 10.40pm for Chingford.
Buses will run every half an hour but customers are advised to use other routes.