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Anderson looks back on brilliant cycling career
Fairfax cycling writer NATHAN BURDON talked with former New Zealand track star Gary Anderson about heart defects, putting out fires and those 1990 Commonwealth Games, when the whole country was covered in New Zealand flags.
Wanganui-based Gary Anderson helped create a track cycling legacy in New Zealand which is only now starting to be fully recognised. During a brilliant career he won three gold medals at the Auckland Commonwealth Games - in the individual pursuit, team pursuit and 10-mile scratch race. He also won silver in the 1000m time trial. Two years later, he claimed this country's first track-cycling medal at an Olympics when he claimed bronze in the individual pursuit in Barcelona.
Q. You were diagnosed with a heart defect when you were five and raced most of your career with it. How did it affect you?
A. I was supposed to take medication which blocked an extra electrical pathway, which is what they termed it as. Every now and again it would flip out of rhythm and beat really quickly. I wasn't very good at taking [the medication]. I was supposed to take it all the time and I'd only take it when I was racing. At one stage I had a couple of bad flareups and they said I had to take it all the time. Eventually I had an operation to get rid of it. They developed the operation in the early 1990s and then fine-tuned it in the mid-1990s, and that's when I had my one. It was significantly better after that. The good thing about being an endurance athlete is that your heart is strong, so when it did go out of kilter it might have handled it a bit better than someone who was already a bit short of breath, maybe.
Q. You won four medals, including three golds, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. What are your abiding memories?
A. It's fading a bit, I'm getting on. One of the things I remember most about that is that Auckland, and New Zealand as a whole, was an incredibly patriotic place. There were stacks of New Zealand flags, lots of Games stuff, the city was really dressed up as a Games city. Every games is cooler than the one before. I'd been to Edinburgh in 86, been to Seoul in 88 and that was pretty cool and Auckland seemed to be cooler again. I had great form, we planned my entire year around being in good form for those games, skipped the world championships in 1989. I really started to hit my straps three or four weeks before those games and I arrived in Auckland super-motivated to do well and grasp the opportunity to race in front of home crowds. I'm glad that I got to go to games overseas, because there's something really special about going to another country and seeing that culture, but there's also something just as cool about being able to compete on home turf. It adds pressure, but it can also bolster support.
Q. You won bronze in the individual pursuit at the Barcelona Olympics two years later. It was New Zealand's first Olympic track cycling medal, but did you realise the importance at the time?
A. I don't know if I focused too much on the importance for everybody else. First and foremost it was important for me. I thought if I could just keep pushing I'd be knocking on the door of a medal at the Olympics. That couple of years from 1990 to 92 was just huge in terms of training and motivation - I pushed really hard and pissed a lot of people off. I was like a bear with a sore head a lot of the time. You lived, ate and breathed it 24/7, like any elite athlete. [The medal] was great, it was cool and I'm proud of it, certainly looking back now when you are living off your laurels. At the time, me and the guys I was riding with were trying to cover ground which had never been covered by Kiwis before. We were a bit unlucky in Barcelona not to come away with a medal in the teams pursuit. We had the form - as much as my story was about the individual pursuit going exceptionally well - the teams pursuit is probably one of those stories about having everything there; the form was great, but things just fell apart on the day and we ended up seventh.
Q. New Zealand has gone on to do very well in the individual and team pursuits, both in the men's and women's competition. Is that something you are proud to be a part of?
A. It's quite cool that we've had a good record in those two events. Much to many people's disgust, the individual pursuit has been taken out of the Olympic programme. I'd love to see it back. Everyone who has ever ridden a decent IP would love to see it on the Olympic programme, and I think just people who like watching cycling would like it too. It seems very odd that it's dropped out, being a blue ribbon event and one New Zealand has done very well in. I guess some of these other events have got their place, but some of them seem to be so reliant on judging and points. I'm a bit of a purist.
Q. Are you excited about the rise of New Zealand track cycling?
A. Absolutely. One of the neat things at the moment is the sprint programme. New Zealand has had reasonable results over a long time in endurance track cycling, and it's stepped up over the last couple of Olympic cycles with [Hayden] Roulston in the IP and the guys in the TP. It wasn't unexpected, but it's a pleasant surprise to see the sprint programme going so well. There's some dedicated athletes and some dedicated staff as well - and the right sort of money.
Q. How involved in cycling are you these days?
A. I'm there or thereabouts. I coach a few riders here and there; it's always in a state of flux with them coming and going. I don't coach anyone at open elite level, but I've been coaching and mentoring a small number of under-19 riders, which is pretty cool for me, because at that age group there's just a hell of a lot of stuff to learn about being a bike rider, as well as training. Once they've learnt that stuff they can become elite riders. I'm involved a little bit [in] riding with masters riders and I've done the odd event here and there. My cycling motivation goes up and down like a yo-yo these days. Coffee riders are always happening.
Q. You've been part of the Fire Service for 10 years now, how does that compare with cycling?
A. I suppose if you want to draw a comparison, there's lots of training, and then an event happens really quickly and you rip in and do it. A three-bedroom house fire, the hard part is done in 20 minutes. It's all team work, we don't do anything alone. There's times when you rely on the other person as your eyes. It's a neat occupation, I've enjoyed my time the last 10 years, and I don't have any intentions of going anywhere else at the moment.
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Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) Humanitarian aid for population affected by the Colombian armed conflict (ECHO/WWD/BUD/2014/01000) Last update: 15/10/2013 Version: 1
The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2014/01000
ECHO's Integrated Analysis Framework for 2013-14 identified high humanitarian needs in Colombia. The vulnerability of the population affected by the crisis is assessed to be very high.
The protracted armed conflict in Colombia continues to cause a major, evolving, humanitarian crisis. Best estimates show that some 4.7 to 5.5 million people have been forcibly displaced since 1985. Moreover, every year some 100 000 to 200 000 people are violently coerced to leave their homes and livelihoods. While many try to seek safer areas within Colombia, many others have no choice but to leave the country requesting asylum in neighbouring states. Compounding an already grave situation, organized armed groups of various origins also impose severe restriction of movement on a large proportion of the civilian population, confining thousands who have not yet been displaced or have returned.
While the core of the severe humanitarian situation in Colombia still responds largely to a classical non-international armed conflict, other forms of intense violence are emerging, giving rise to needs to which humanitarian agencies are seeking to respond.
There has been a continuous government effort to address the registration, recognition and assistance of the conflict victims; most notably through the so- called June 2011 "Victim ́s Law" that recognizes the victims' right to emergency aid, including land restoration rights. Nevertheless, much-needed relief assistance provided to the victims, remains insufficient and severe unmet humanitarian needs continue to be documented, particularly in rural zones.


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Since Ivovic took such issue with me posting to a resolved issue (yet didn't even get close to a solution to my problem), I will re-post as a new thread in the hope of a solution without the attitude.
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I don't seem to have the styles referenced in the above reference post in my template (pSimple by http://www.paggu.com/)
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NYPD seek suspect in cab driver beating
NEW YORK (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - New York Police are looking for a man who posed as a cab driver and attempted to assault a woman in front of her three children.
The driver tried to assault the 26-year-old woman with a 1-year-old child in her lap.
New surveillance video shows the victim trying to get out of the car as the suspect elbowed the 5-year-old in the head, and dragged the 3-year-old from the back seat before fleeing the scene.
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England Test captain Andrew Strauss believes the next generation of potential internationals could start their career at Radlett Cricket Club's new top-class facilities.
His Middlesex side are to use Radlett as a training base for its professional squad – and he believes their high-profile impact on would-be cricket stars could be hugely influential.
Strauss said: "Hopefully it becomes a bit of a hub for promising cricketers to come along and use the facilities and see some of the first-class cricketers training here.
"Ultimately we need a new generation of cricketers to come through."
The redevelopment project has taken two-and-a-half years to complete and provides Middlesex with something they've lacked in the past - a training base away from home.
The Hertfordshire club will also host Middlesex's second XI matches.
Following the improvements, Radlett now boasts a new dressing-room, gym, physiotherapy room, first-class standard grass pitches and a bespoke net system for batting.
The partnership between the two clubs will also provide money for Radlett and club president Philip Marsh believes the new facilities will be important for all age groups.
"Without Middlesex we wouldn't have been able to get this far. We wouldn't have been able to raise the money needed without their input. It will help their cricket without a shadow of doubt."
He continued: "On a Sunday morning there are more than 200 boys and girls here being coached. It's important for them to be able to use the facility, as opposed to one that was falling down.
"So the parents can be proud to bring their young children here. In every respect it is a great thing for Middlesex, for Radlett and for cricket locally."
For more than 135 years, Middlesex have called Lord's their home ground.
But during the summer months the club's coaches and playing staff have found it difficult to train and often have to find places to practice away from St John's Wood.
Strauss said: "It has always been a challenge for us not having a base in both pre-season and the regular season for us to practice and do our gym work.
"We have always been a little nomadic in terms of where we practice. So to have this base here, and it looks like a first class facility, is a real step forward for Middlesex.
"I'm delighted they have put the time and effort to get it right and I'm sure it will be fantastic for Radlett as well."
He added: "It will strengthen the link between Radlett and Middlesex – which has always been strong anyway."


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This page is about the slang term wacko
Meaning: crazy, insane, mad
For example:
- Have you met Judy's sister? She's really hard to talk to, and she gets this crazy look in her eye sometimes. I think she's a bit wacko.
- Bernie reckons anyone who really thinks the world was made in a few days about five thousand years ago must be wacko.
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There's no mirror, no sink, and very little plumbing. See-through bars at the top and bottom of the structure offer just enough privacy for would-be users, but encourage brevity. And just try spray painting it: The thing has graffiti-proof coating, its designers say.
The Portland Loo, it seems, is quite possibly the solution to Arcata's public restroom debate, one that has continued for about 15 years.
The Arcata City Council voted Wednesday night to delay buying the public restroom, however, due to budgetary problems and concerns about where to put it. Mayor Shane Brinton said it would be up for discussion again soon.
"I'm putting this on the agenda again before April," he said.
Councilwoman Susan Ornelas, Brinton and several members of the public urged the council to buy the $110,000 Loo from Portland, which also includes the cost of installation.
The proposed location, for now, is the northwestern side of 8th Street, between H and I streets -- close proximity to the Plaza and a downtown area that sees high foot traffic.
The city has only recently considered buying the steel, oval-shaped, one-stall toilet from the city of Portland, said Ornelas, who also heads up the Ad-Hoc Bathroom Committee.
"It's something that citizens have been asking for, for a long time," she said. "Seemingly, this will save us money, it's a proven technology, and we can add to it."
But there were some opponents to the purchase of the Loo Wednesday night. Councilman Mark Wheetley and Councilman Michael Winkler voted against it, saying the city's budget situation was still unclear, and people with businesses nearby to the proposed location should be given more notice. That was enough to put off the purchase, because Councilwoman Alex Stillman excused herself and did not vote. She has a conflict of interest, as she has property within 200 feet of the proposed location.
The city council had put out a call in June of last year for architects to submit proposals for a public bathroom in Arcata, and approved $10,000 to go toward the design. Wheetley was the only dissenting vote to allocate the money then, saying he was concerned about how the city would come up with enough money for construction, upkeep and repairs.
According to a memo from the Arcata Ad-hoc Bathroom Committee, the committee met in December and reviewed the single response it got, from John Ash Group Architects. The committee unanimously turned down the architect's proposal, instead opting to buy the Portland Loo.
The memo listed several reasons to buy the Loo, including that it's been proven to work in Portland, the design fits criteria that members of city staff and the council had previously set out, it's simple and can have artistic and landscaping elements added easily. The memo, written by Ornelas, said it will be cheaper than installing a normal public bathroom downtown.
The cost of such a public bathroom does not end with its purchase, however, which the staff report said will be paid for by city reserve funds.
Cleaning, repair, and other upkeep costs, estimated to be between $20,000 and $25,000 annually, would be paid by the city's Parks and Facilities Divisions budget, the report said -- which could result in less funds and personnel being available for other services.
Ornelas said the Loo would probably need to be cleaned twice a day, but she's not sure who would be charged with the duty. She also suggested the possibility of a timed lock on the restroom door. "Someone might decide to go in and take a nap," she said.
The Portland Bureau of Environmental Services took on the maintenance and marketing responsibilities of the Portland Loo last July, its website says. The Portland Water Bureau developed the restroom in 2006, and installed the first one near a Greyhound bus station in 2008. There are now six in the city, with plans for more. Victoria, British Columbia purchased one. Other cities, like San Diego, are considering them to solve their own public bathroom woes.
The Loo has developed quite a following, too. It has its own blog, Twitter account and Facebook page.
Ornelas said the designer of the Loo called her up after the council put out a call for architects, and encouraged her the Loo would be the best option -- they had already worked out typical public toilet design issues the city would otherwise continue to deal with.
She said, if all goes to plan, she would like to work on beautifying the bathroom with surrounding landscaping and artwork on the sides.
"I hope we can solve this problem," she said. "Prove to ourselves we can have this bathroom."
For now, the council decided Wednesday, the purchase of the bathroom will have to wait.
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There was a recent post on MetaFilter about ABC digitally altering the James Bond Movie "Diamonds Are Forever". It's funny how uptight people are about anything sexual. At the National Open, a chess tournament usually held in Las Vegas each year. I was sharing a room with three other chess players, one was a good Mormon, and always a little uncomfortable with the Las Vegas reputation. We talked about what shows we might want to see while there and Jeff made it clear that he wasn't interested in that sort of thing. We teased him a little, but then had to head down to the tournament for the first round of play. My game lasted longer than the others and when I got back to the room. John was checking out the adult movie previews on the television. You could watch approximately two minutes of a movie without having to make a commitment to pay for it. Jeff protested, saying why would anyone watch such crap, but he didn't leave, and his attention seemed to be riveted on the TV. I smiled, and said, "better watch out Jeff that stuff is addictive". He said, "well I'm not really watching it. I was just thinking. I'd forgotten it was even on". Right I thought. We all went to get a bite to eat then to the convention area where the tournament was being held. The games lasted late into the night. Tournament Chess is a timed event. A tournament like the National Open will have a time control of 40 moves in 2 hours and game in 1 hour. That means each player has two hours to play the first 40 moves and if the game is not over you enter a sudden death time control, which allows an hour for each player to complete the game. Most games are 40 moves or less but a substantial number extends well beyond that, and a single round lasts from four to six hours. I once had a game of 92 moves before sudden death time controls were adopted which lasted over nine hours. We were all tired when we got back to the room and since the morning round was scheduled for 8:00 a.m. we quickly fell asleep. I'm not sure why I woke up, but as I rolled over I noticed the TV was on. I remember thinking, I wonder who left that on and was about to get up and turn it off when I saw Jeff sitting quietly on the edge of his bed completely absorbed in the adult fare. I watched quietly for some time as he watched two-minute segments of the entire list of well, humper movies, switching from one to the other just before he would have to order the entire movie. I eventually got bored watching him, and rolled over and went back to sleep. The next day we all won our games except Jeff who lost both of his. I guess Jeff was right when he said it was a bad idea to get involved with that sort of entertainment, it certainly was for him.
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Cadillac Schools announce plan to make up snow days
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:55:23 GMT —
Cadillac Area Public Schools has announced it's plan to make up for the excessive snow days this year.
According to a school spokeswoman, the district will extend the school year by one full day.
Mackinaw Trail Middle School and Cadillac Junior High School will attend one full day on June 11 and a half day on June 12. MTMS will dismiss at 10:55 a.m. on the 12th and CJH will dismiss at 11:10 a.m.
Cadillac High School and Cooley High School will attend a half day on June 11 and a half day on June 12. Both schools will dismiss at 11:10 a.m. those days.


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This feels like a dumb question, but how can implants be overfilled? Are they not completely filled usually?
How Are Breast Implants Overfilled?
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Overfilling Saline Breast Implants
This is not a dumb question. Implants come in certain sizes (example 325 cc). The implant is always filled to this volume. Anything less will create folds in the implant surface which can lead to rupture over time. A saline implant filled to 325 can be over filled to 350-360 to help improve size, shape and symmetry.
Dr. ES
Overfilling an implant = "topping it off"
Implants have recommended fill ranges. Therefore when you fill beyond the recommended size, similar to "topping offf your gas" tanks, we call this overfilling.
How Are SALINE Breast Implants "Overfilled"?
Regarding: "How Are Breast Implants Overfilled?
This feels like a dumb question, but how can implants be overfilled? Are they not completely filled usually?"
Breast Implants, like all things in life, come in sizes. All breast implant manufacturers produce 3 lines of breast implants in BOTH Saline and Silicone Gel fill: Low profile, Moderate Profile and High Profile which relate the height of the implant to the diameter of the base. Then, within each of the Saline implant groups LP, MP and HP they produce an assortment of implants with a range of recommended fill volume. Adding more than the stated top volume of a saline implant was termed "overfilling".
It is rather a poor term because both adding 10cc and 100cc of Saline to such implants would strictly speaking be "overfilling". With the early implants (LP), adding more volume was needed to smooth out creases. With the newest Saline implants, the Mentor Moderate Profile Plus - the range of filling is wide and there is no need to add more saline because they were designed to look good throughout that fill range. On the other hand, under-filling saline implants to keep them soft is a mistake. It always results in deeper implant rippling and earlier deflation.
Dr. Peter Aldea
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Overfilling implants
The term overfilling refers to the saline implants exclusively. This refers to filling the implants above the manufacturers recommended fill volume.
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Count down from the comfort of your own couch with these New Year's specials
So many options are available, yet really there is only one TV choice when ringing in the new year.
It's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2014." That's a mouthful of a show title, but it's only fitting because this show, airing on ABC, is also the biggest by far of the countdown-to-midnight shows.
Other networks will do many of the same things tonight, such as broadcasting the famous ball drop from Times Square in New York City, where an estimated 1 million people will gather to see it in person.
But Clark, who died in 2012, staked a claim on televising this party back in 1972 and turned the music-based Times Square countdown into a national tradition.
Even if you don't care for the ubiquitous Seacrest, Clark's handpicked successor, the caliber and quantity of the musical guests still make the bicoastal "Rockin' Eve" party the best one on TV.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Blondie, Icona Pop and Miley Cyrus are among those performing live from Times Square. The West Coast lineup includes Capital Cities, Daughtry, Jason Derulo, Fall Out Boy, Florida Georgia Line, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Enrique Iglesias, Robin Thicke and the Fray. And Billy Joel will perform after midnight from Brooklyn.
It all begins at 7 p.m. with a two-hour "30 Greatest Women in Music" show that's just filler. But be sure to switch over at 9 p.m., when prime-time festivities begin.
Here are some additional New Year's Eve TV highlights:
• "New Year's Eve Live" (11 p.m. on Fox): Fox's 90-minute Las Vegas-based broadcast is hosted by Mario Lopez from the Vegas Strip, although the network will cut away to New York for the ball drop. Musical performers include J. Cole, Krewella, New Politics and Panic! At the Disco.
• "All-American New Year" (8 p.m. on Fox News Channel): Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Bill Hemmer will host this 3 1/2-hour show from Times Square. The musical lineup includes Rodney Atkins, Blues Traveler and Susan Boyle. Additionally, Fox News personalities and guests will share New Year's resolutions via Vine videos throughout the program.
• "New Year's Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin" (8 p.m. on CNN): The easily embarrassed CNN anchor and the anything-for-a-laugh comedian reunite for the seventh year in a row to co-host 3 1/2 hours of coverage. They'll be followed at 11:30 p.m. by a half-hour telecast hosted by CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin.
• "New Year's Eve With Carson Daly" (9 p.m. on NBC): NBC's two hours of New York-based coverage and musical guests will be split, with one hour in prime time, the other hour beginning at 10:30.
• "TeenNick Top 10 New Year's Eve Countdown" (10 p.m. on Nick at Nite, TeenNick, Nicktoons and NickMom): Nick Cannon hosts the one-hour special, in which 4Count and Echosmith will perform live and the year's top music videos (as determined by voters on TeenNick.com) are revealed.


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Unknown Washburne
b.est 1631
Family tree▼
m. est 1625
m. abt 1650
Facts and Events
Miss Washburn, married to Robert Jackson is mentioned in court testimony regarding her father's Will. Robert Jackson "protested against the said will on behalf of his DECEASED wife and two female children, that are now living, had by the daughter of the aforesaid testator."
It is highly recommended that the reader see article concerning Robert's wives by Harry Macy Jr.[3] An excerpt follows:
"The idea that Robert Jackson's wife was Agnes Washburn derives from two documents. Court testimony in 1659 regarding William Washburn's will establishes that Jackson was married to Washburn's daughter (without giving her name), and Jackson's own 1683 will names a wife Agnes. What the creators of "Agnes Washburn" failed to notice was that the court testimony clearly states that Jackson's wife was deceased. . . "
Mr. Macy goes on to make the argument that it is very likely that Robert was married in England prior to coming to the Colonies, and that this first wife's name is unknown. He probably married William Washburn(e)'s daughter but her given name is not known. Later he married the widow Agnes Puddington, maiden name unknown. Mr. Macy is a distinguished genealogist and his conclusions are worthy of study. A similar discussion is currently found here.


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Downtime announcements made by companies you rely on for online services are usually both boring and groan inducing. They are short, to the point, and cause users some hassle.
SlideShare, a service for sharing presentations, documents, and professional video, is taking a different approach with its latest downtime announcement by trying to put a smile on customer's faces and hopefully even initiate an uncontrollable chuckle or two.
The short message conveyed is that there will be downtime of 2.5 hours today for SlideShare users. But the long version is well worth reading, here's an excerpt:
The climate crisis will spur a spontaneous mass migration of Emperor penguins leading them straight to our secret server farm in Antarctica. They will swarm down upon the servers for heat and shelter on Wednesday, December 8th, at 8PM PST.
We expect SlideShare to be down for 2.5 hours before being able to regain control. However, this excludes the possibility of one or more penguins creating an Arc Reactor and an Iron Man (or Iron Penguin) suit out of server parts. SlideShare Advisor Tony Stark believes the probability to be low, but there is a contingency plan nonetheless.
Head on over to the SlideShare blog for the full text. It's well worth it.
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How Long Is Too Long?
Decorating By cookiemonster025 Updated 15 Aug 2012 , 10:05pm by cookiemonster025
Hello everyone . I'm really new to the site and still making my way around, so I apologize if this question has been asked already.
I'll spare you all the boring details, but basically I've been asked if I can make a cake that wont be cut or eaten until about 8 days after it is baked. Because the cake will be travelling in a vehicle for a few hours, I said I would only do this as a fondant cake.
I've told the person asking that I cant guarantee the cake will taste good after that long, but that it should be safe to eat. Now that I've said that though, I want to make sure its true before I commit to anything!
How long is too long to leave a cake out before it is no longer "safe" to eat? I'm tempted to have her freeze the cake and thaw it out before needed, but I dont know what will happen to a fondant covered and decorated cake as it thaws. Any advice/suggestions?
my local Health Department says 5 days.
Make the cake. Put it in a box, double-wrap with plastic wrap and then wrap in foil. Freeze. The day before the cake is needed, set it on the counter. DO NOT unwrap until just before serving. It will be fresh and wonderful.
I just traveled 1400 miles with 2 frozen cakes. The fondant cake was for my son's wedding. It had been frozen for 2 weeks. I set it on the counter the day before the wedding, added final decorations the next morning and it was perfect. The bc cake is for graduation tomorrow morning. It's been in the fridge since yesterday. I'll set it out this afternoon and add final decorations tonight. I'm expecting it to be perfect as well. No worries.
A Chocolate mudcake layered with ganache - ganache undercoat and fondant cover WILL last.
Most Australians use a variation of the mudcake for most celebration cakes and the average decoraters timeframe is bake on Monday for a Saturday function. The cake is good to eat for at least another week.
You must bear in mind that this advice is assuming you follow good hygiene practices in your kitchen, make sure your cake is sealed completely in the ganaching process ( thick smooth coat, non-whipped ganache and no air pockets)
Recipe in my signature
Yikes, if a health department says 5 days I should definitely never tell anyone that longer than that is "safe". How long they choose to keep it is their call, but I won't encourage keeping it longer.
Thank you jgifford and ApplegumPam for those tips! I had doubts that a fondant cake would thaw properly, but if you've done it numerous times before then its obviously doable. I notice you mentioned adding final decorations AFTER thawing. I should probably pass over the decorations in a separate container to be added later then.
I am definitely going to give this chocolate mudcake a shot . Excuse my ignorance, but what is the difference between whipped and non-whipped ganache? I didnt know there were different ways to make it! Mine is made my heating cream and pouring over chocolate.


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PEOPLE in Rother are being asked to have their say on how housing and homelessness in the district are dealt with.
Rother District Council (RDC) has launched a consultation offering residents the chance to influence which issues are treated as the highest priority in the authority's housing and homelessness strategy.
RDC say the issues have become increasingly important in recent years, as economic hard times have left more people struggling to afford mortgage repayments or monthly rent.
These could include helping prevent people losing their home, improving access to private rented accommodation, helping people buy their own homes, increasing the number of affordable homes or tackling fuel poverty.
The council would also like to hear from people who would prefer to buy their own home but can't afford the deposit, or are considering building their own home.
The consultation runs until mid-October and can be completed online at: www.rother.gov.uk/HousingConsultations


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Wow, that's ingenius! The figure thus far does not shout '200x' to me yet, but I really feel using Preternia He-Man's hood along with a Scareglow head is a brilliant idea!! I'm liking this more than the official MOTUC Skeletor!
This is something I've wanted since the line started. I've already made a 200X He-Man (Grayskull body + He-Man head).
Started with a Keldor buck and slapped on some TrapJaw boots. I then took a Scareglow head cast and sanded it to fit inside a Preternia He-man hood. I'm currently modding some feet from a 200X Skeletor figure.
I was having a hard time getting the detail on the Scareglow head to show up in the pictures so I added a little dirt.
Once I finish the feet I'll get him painted up.
Wow, that's ingenius! The figure thus far does not shout '200x' to me yet, but I really feel using Preternia He-Man's hood along with a Scareglow head is a brilliant idea!! I'm liking this more than the official MOTUC Skeletor!
Yeah I agree, it doesn't really scream 200X yet. He needs his feet, swords and a killer paint job.
I also really like how it looks when I put it on Skeletor. I'm going to cast it so I can end up doing both versions.
Heres what it looks like on Skeletor:
Really nice. I always knew Scareglow's Head would look good on Skeletor.
Maybe Marzo as an archenemy was the biggest thing to happen to Mekaneck, but as far as Marzo was concerned...it was Tuesday.
nice work so far. i was wondering how scareglow's head would look w/ the phm hood and now i know.
i also modded some 200x skelly feet to fit the skelly shins and they look great just a pain to get the little ankle rings to fit properly. patience and a good hair dryer worked wonders.
Oh MOTU, Why Can't I Quit You!
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Looking good so far you might have to settle for MOTUC skeletors feet though I cant think of anyone who will have naked feet like 200x Skelly either way looks cool.
How about Beastman's feet (after sanding off the fur...)
FINALLY!! GLIMMER IS IN MY SHELF!! Crita is coming... Now I NEED SONGSTER! The Awesometastic Bard!
That is amazing, I can't wait to see how it turns out. That is the PERFECT head combo, this is the best Skeletor head combo ever created throughout all time and space.
That hood is the best yet and I hope it gets reused on a future figure, but I doubt it.
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Looking good man, those TJ boots work well. I can't wait to finish my custom 200x Skeletor but finding a spare pair of those Trap Jaw boots is difficult.
Don't mess up TWO-BADD! That's all I ask!
And behold, I will be a blight upon the land and everything I touch shall wither and die. I shall reign in 2012 for my conquest is nigh.
Trapjaw boots are used 3 times. TJ, Optikk and Roboto.
I like the hood. still waiting on my Feb figures..
I was wondering when someone was going to do this... CLEARLY they will be releasing a Skeletor with this kind of hood... probably Laser Power/Light Skeletor.
The Havoc Staff that is coming with The Faceless One has those "powered-up" reddish horns... which, I am convinced, is their way of giving a 200X-ish Havoc staff. You can give this 200X Skeletor that Havoc Staff
EXCELLENT work on the face!
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Very, very cool.
Beeto Bot did a similar thing with one of his Skelly's a while back, in this thread, went for an Alcala-look. 'Course that was before we knew about PE He-Man, so he had to sculpt an all-new hood, but he did use Scareglow's face just as you are, excellent choice! Check out post #20 for tips on the foot process, and his final product can be seen in post #54, it's sic. The absolute BEST custom classic Skeletor I have ever seen, what I'm gonna try to copy someday, lol.
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The first time I saw the Preternia He-Man hood, I immediately thought about a 200X Skeletor custom using it and a Scareglow head. It's great to see I wasn't the only one thinking about it.
I know some love the EXACTLY LIKE THE 80's Skeletor Bonnet, but I'm not one of them.
I'd be shocked if Mattel doesn't make a 200X Skeletor using the exact same parts you did. Maybe they can use the opportunity to include the 200X Skeletor sword.
MYP Sorceress is a MUST HAVE figure for MOTUC!
Taking this project off the back burner.
Slowly coming together...


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The Beaumont Independent School District Superintendent Thursday announced a number of proposed cost-cutting measures. Included in Dr. Timothy Chargois suggestions is a reduction in the amount the district contributes to employee health plans.
Other ideas include eliminating after school activities, dropping drivers education and eliminating a college prep program.
The items spelled out Thursday would be in addition to a recently proposed reduction in force.
A BISD spokesperson issued the following news release.
Superintendent to present more unfunded line item cuts to trustees today
The Beaumont Independent School District Board of Trustees will be presented with additional cost-saving considerations tonight by Dr. Timothy Chargois, superintendent of schools. In addition to the recently approved Reduction in Force (RIF) that will take place by the end of this month, Dr. Chargois is reviewing a list of other unfunded line items contributing to a state of financial exigency of school district. One of the considerations to be presented includes ending the district's longtime practice of paying retiring employees who joined BISD prior to 1996 for up to half their annual salary for accumulated leave days.
The RIF will trim millions dollars from the school district's $173 million of annual expenditures and help re-establish BISD's dwindling fund balance that is projected to end this school year at just over $6 million. "We have to make budget cuts in excess of $25 million for the coming school year in order to end the year in the black. Next year, we may have to make additional cuts to help shore up our fund balance and maintain an overall healthy budget," Dr. Chargois explained. The standard for a recommended fund balance designed for maintaining a school district during disasters as hurricanes or other emergency situations is two to three months of the cost of operating. For BISD, the current recommended fund balance is $28 million to $42 million. Realizing he is sitting in the seat where tough, heart-rendering painful decisions must be made, the superintendent expects the recommendation to the Board of Trustees to stop funding the payment retiring employees' leave days effective at the end of this month may be unpopular. The decision could impact as many as 350 of the school district's nearly 3,000 employees and could represent an unfunded cost of about $5 million. However, the district's existing policy allows for paying retiring employees 50% of their daily rate for accumulated leave time. The limit is up to half their annual salary upon their retirement. The policy does not apply to employees hired after the beginning of 1996 school year.
According to Dr. Chargois, the suggestion of retirement incentives has been discussed. "However, the bottom line is the associated cost would be another unplanned for and unfunded budget item. We have to eliminate as many surprise costs to our budget as possible. To streamline our operations is hurting, but I see no other choice," he added.
Other line items to be discussed at today's 6 p.m. budget hearing/special meeting include: Reducing the district's contribution to employee health plans to $131 per month. (Currently, BISD pays $460 per month toward employees' health insurance.) This action would cut more than $3 million from the 2014-2015 budget. It would raise an employee's contribution from $69 to $200. BISD would still contribute $330 per month toward each employee's health insurance and the new contribution amount would be well over the minimum required by law. Eliminating busing for after school programs and activities for an estimated savings of $1 million. Eliminating driver's education, Cradles 'N Cribs, AVID (college prep program) and other program underwritings would save the district more than $1.6 million. Reducing other service areas, including overtime, travel, field trips, testing and the extended sick leave program could save nearly $5 million more.
These considerations will be discussed at tonight's meeting. Trustees are considering and deciding about budget cuts that will allow the district to operate most efficiently and effectively within the revenue funding available for the coming fiscal year. Despite the budget cuts and the lack of a salary raise this year, BISD's average teacher salary at $48,935 is still higher than any school district in Southeast Texas. The current fiscal year ends June 30, 2014.
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The Beaumont Independent School District Superintendent Thursday announced a number of proposed cost-cutting measures. Included in Dr. Timothy Chargois suggestions is a reduction in the amount the district contributes to employee health plans.
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- $47 for partial set of lash extensions (a $95 value)
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The first option includes a half set of lash extensions. The girls party includes makeup application, body glitter, nail polish, and hair curls. Guests can pick out and wear costume jewelry, boas, and crowns. Each guest receives a keepsake photo and party favor. Snacks and pink punch will be served. Party option intended for girls age 3-13.
Quilted stools standing before curved mirrors, plush curtains cordoning off treatment rooms, all lend an air of 1940s glam to Lashfully's eyelash salon. The lash artists – at this highly praised salon – work to lend their clients the same glamorous air, with lush synthetic mink eyelash extensions to enhance their eyes. Co-owner and head artist Liv Contreras trains each artist herself to artfully customize each client's lash extensions from a selection of 100 styles, differing in length, thickness, or curvature. Just like a middle school couple, natural lash and extension stay together for two to four weeks, until the native lash grows out naturally. Because of this, touchups are recommended every few weeks.


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Let's talk about multiplayer gaming. It is similar to other shooters in the market with ranking system, weapon unlocks and customizations. What makes Crysis 2 different is the amount of customizations you can go with and a rewarding experience on using the nanosuit for your combat strategy. It is up to the player to decide and different servers may offer different handicaps to make gameplay more challenging.
The multi-player allows up to sixteen players (8 versus 8) in the server, an increase from the demo's cap of twelve. A total of six game modes are available for play with your typical death-matches to Crash Site, a king of the hill style whereby players must hold an alien crash site which lands in any place of the map. You can unlock a capture-the-flag variant together with Assault and Extraction modes.
The charm is the Nanosuit after putting all these modes together. It is the player who have to determine how to equip his nanosuit and customize according to the maps he play. Careful use and tweaks will determine different ways to play as you will gain experience points after a completion of a round which levels you up for further unlocks.
Putting these features together, you can expect quite an extensive, lasting multi-player experience in the months to come.
You do not need the latest hardware to play with acceptable frame rates although they offer better quality visuals to enhance the experience. We tested on a few system configurations using the latest high-end hardware to some old mainstream configurations.
With the above mentioned, it is unfortunate that Crysis 2 disappoints to become a top standard for today's graphic and performance benchmark. Sure, it looks good but it isn't enough, at least not with the extreme demands from hardcore PC enthuaists to stress-test their systems.
Previously, we did a quick benchmark on the following configuration:
Intel i7 2600k @ 4.8ghz
Asus P8P67 Deluxe
8gb DDR3 RAM
Sapphire Radeon 6970 @ 935/1440mhz
Windows 7 with SP1
AMD Catalyst 10.4 Preview with 10.2 CAP 4
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GPU clocks scaling
Not much of a stress-test, isn't it ? More image quality comparisons can be found here


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This text was first published in the Spring of 2000 in Emigre #54.
Zuzana Licko's latest typeface family, Solex, is her first release in nearly two years. It is a more conservative and studious exploration of the industrial sans serif genre and its past than she has undertaken before. Licko has allowed herself to be lured by ideas that have interested many a type designer while maintaining a footing in her own ideas and using her own methods to express them. Readers who are familiar with her work will also see that Solex is in keeping with Licko's curious name choices. She has a penchant for giving her typefaces one-word names that end with x - Elektrix, Lunatix, Matrix, Triplex, Variex...
Seasoned type designers tend to fall back on old ways. Some habits are evident in the design work and some are not. Much has to do with the way a type designer perceives letterforms and brings them to life as type. In Solex, traces of Licko's recent sans serif types, such as Base and Tarzana, can be seen. There are some very clear carry-overs, such as the way Licko tends to taper or turn the stub of a stem where it sprouts from a bowl, and the way she chooses to emphasize distinct geometric verticality in the shapes of counters. Both are familiar themes.
Inevitably, when a type designer has already designed several sans serif faces, personal biases become noticeable. In any survey of this sort, a certain amount of redundancy is to be expected. It's practically unavoidable. This is typical, too, when an artist uses a limited palette, as Jeffery Keedy observed about Licko's work in the foreword to Emigre (The Book) (1993).
Since sans serif types are unadorned and spare, they normally allow for fewer design possibilities than serif types. This tends to be true in the limited domain of text, but not in the larger domain of display, which is where and why sans serif types were born.
When designing a sans serif type specifically for text, there is not enormous latitude for experimentation, partly because there are no serif structures to design and test. Thus, there are altogether fewer details than one finds in a serif type. As a result, actual innovations are rare and repetitions are commonplace. Paradoxically, though, the array of sans serif types that could be considered marginally suitable for text is wider than the array of serif types considered marginally suitable for text - particularly with respect to weight, width, and proportion.
Because of their display origins, sans serif types are less bound to scholarly custom than types cut purposely for extended texts. And, even though sans serif types sometimes do prove useful for short blocks of continuous reading, sans serif types are not infinitely useful for long tracts. They're not deeply rooted in the larger reading tradition. After all, sans serif types have existed for barely one-third of typographic history. They are still young, by antiquarian standards. Yet, despite their youth and their seemingly limited range of traditional uses, evidently, no one designer of sans serif types has explored all corners of the existing territory. Moreover, few designers have independently explored as many corners as Licko has, and even fewer have personally mapped as many new ones.
The first known specimen of sans serif type appeared in 1816, in England. It was called "egyptian" - not "sans serif," as we would refer to it today. Subsequent sans serif types issued by English foundries were called "grotesque." Similarly in Germany, early sans serif types were known as "grotesk." In America, serifless types came to be known widely but confusingly as "gothic." It was a poor choice of words for the American typographic lexicon, since the term also means "blackletter" - often dubbed "Old English" in the vernacular. (News Gothic and Franklin Gothic, two sans serif staples of the American newspaper industry for the better part of the last hundred years, are far from being Teutonic in origin. They could surely never be mistaken for the printing types Gutenberg used.)
Grotesque (sans serif) types have a checkered past. They are among both the most imaginative and the most imitative faces cut for either text or display typography. Unlike the first roman types, which were made specifically for book printing, grotesque faces were made for use in advertising. Judging from old type specimen books, the range of deviation from prior typographic forms was greater than the range of outright mimicry. It is important to remember that in the first part of the 19th century, grotesques constituted a new category of types: a veritable frontier for adventurous type designers. It was a field day for the peddlers of printed publicity. Referring to, and often copying, the early successful models was common practice, but there was still plenty of ground for new ideas to be tried.
In a sense, Solex marks an intersection of ideas that grew from two or three separate periods of development over the past hundred years; yet Licko, in her investigation of formal design possibilities for Solex, referred to relatively few historical models. Inspiration for Solex reportedly came from two principal sources: one general and one specific.
Alternate Gothic
The general source is a class of slightly condensed, rectangular, grotesque types made for newspaper ads and handbills. Most were cut after 1885, when an American inventor, Linn Boyd Benton, introduced and patented a pantographic engraving machine to cut punches and matrices. Alternate Gothic (1903), a popular stand-alone typeface, is a prime example of one style of grotesque produced in such a manner. Standard Gothic (1896), and News Gothic (1908), by extension, are both examples of series that included condensed styles that likewise became popular and lasted well into the middle years of the 20th century. Later twentieth century examples include faces such as the condensed members of big, conceptual families like Eurostile, Folio, and Univers. Licko's typeface Modula Sans, modeled on a condensed oval; and Oblong (designed with Rudy VanderLans), a slab serif face modeled on a condensed rectangle, are worth mentioning, as well. They can be seen as Emigre's first steps in the direction of Solex, though they were both based on earlier bitmap fonts, not on metal typefaces, per se.
Left to right: Lo-Res TwentyTwo Narrow, Modula, Oblong, and Solex.
Bauer Topic (Steile Futura)
The specific source of inspiration for Solex dates from the 1950s. It is a typeface called "Bauer Topic" (aka, "Steile Futura") designed by Paul Renner, who also designed the larger and more influential Futura series more than 20 years earlier. Topic, however, bears little resemblance to other members of the Futura family. Futura is a sans serif typeface series of classical, yet geometric, proportions and widths. Topic is a design that has characters of relatively even widths. Renner sought to replace the Roman widths with mechanical looking, static ones. It was an attempt to make his type modern and modular. A direct descendent of Bauer Topic is a digital font family called "Tasse" (Font Bureau, 1994). Tasse is essentially a large set of weight and width variations on the upright version of Bauer Topic. Solex, by comparison, is a font family that includes both roman and italic variants. In Solex, Licko has preserved the lone foot serif introduced by Renner at the base of many italic characters: a, d, h, k, l, m, n, u; and has added others where Renner did not: i, x. Licko has also introduced a head serif on letters where Renner put none: i, l, x. The added head serifs give Solex a trait often associated with monospaced fonts and typewriter faces, and give the i, l, and x two apiece.
Looking at the italic v, w, y, and seeing how the three shapes relate to one another, one is again reminded of similar variety in Modula. The shapes don't strictly follow one another. Note also that the r in Solex Black relates less closely to the r in the other weights of Solex, but it seems very similar to the r in Base.
Likewise, Solex revisits postmodern themes seen in Erik Spiekermann's digital milestone, Meta Sans, and its cousin, Officina Sans. In both Licko's and Spiekermann's designs we find a measure of rigidity, linearity, and noncalligraphic monotone. Indeed, Solex even shows faint signs of going in the direction of Matthew Carter's series, Bell Centennial, with respect to the narrow (almost trapezoidal) bowls, slimmed interior strokes, and pronounced traps. All the same, Solex has a look of its own in text settings, and it will likely find a place for itself among numerous other condensed grotesques in the years ahead.
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Discussion in 'Tech' started by Yukster, Feb 17, 2010.
Help! Do you think this can be fixed?
Actually this is very easy to repair and I have done it several times on bikes and other stuff.
You'll need a drill, very small drill bit, Allen key/hex wrench, small hammer and a punch.
1/. Wrap a cloth around the surrounding frame to protect it while doing the work.
2/. Using the punch place it dead center on the bottle cage Allen bolt / Hex bolt and using the hammer gently tap the punch to create an indentation. Repeat several times so that you get a nice indent. This is the guide for the drill bit.
3/. Now using the drill on a low setting and using a drill bit of 2mm or 3mm drill a whole about half way in to the broken bolt. Go slowly as you don't want to slip a gouge the frame.
4/. Now you have a whole select an Allen key/hex wrench that fits tightly into the whole that you drilled. You may need to use the hammer to tap the wrench into the hole. (Actually the tighter the fit the better)
5/. Now working slowly unscrew the bolt..... Hey presto you should now be able to replace the bolt.
If this fails you can either drill all the way through the Allen bolt and then when you apply torc when unscrewing bend the wrench at an angle so it catches on the bottom and top of the bolt or you may need to totally drill out the bolt. I normally do this in several stages, following the steps up to 3 and then using bigger drill bits until only a small fraction of the bolt remains, then using snip nose pliers either tearing the remaining shell of the bolt out. I recently had to do this to a chain ring bolt.
I had that problem once too... like far East says but if you make a mistake you could ruin your frame.
I let my LBS guru do it for me. (for free as well).
He also used a hand borer to make a new thread.
I now make sure that I put a bit of oil in these holes before I put the drink bottle cages back on and never tighten them up completely.
I think the guy drilled a hole smaller than the diameter of the screw that was in there and slowly made it bigger and bigger as it wasn't going to come out by itself.
You may want to try a bit of hot and cold water on it as well to loosen it up if you can get a hold of it....
Be careful....
LBS job, looks like it being the bottom screw on the ST you might be squeezed for room to get a drill in there(if you have a drill). Pay the money and let the bike mechanic worry about damaging your frame. Did you over tighten it or was it stuck in there? They may want to know which cause if if was the former, Far Easts solution probably won't work. There is something called an "easy out" that also works if you can get the smaller drill bit in there. Good luck.
Also amazing how much salt seeps into the frame from sweat. May have a bit of salt corrosion happening.
My solution is the 1st thing the LBS will try, followed by completely drilling out the bolt.
As the head of the screw has been snapped off and not striped there is no downward presure on the actualy bolt it's self so it should be very easy unless as others have pointed out the screw has bonded with the frame.
Thanks for all the advice!
The bike is practically new, so there shouldn't be any salt or sweat that seeped in there. This an Yahoo auction item that I just won, and I still haven't taken delivery of the bike yet. Seems like the bottle cage broke off, and the LBS tried to remove the screw. While trying to remove the screw, they broke off the head of the screw.
I guess I will be taking this to a LBS to see if they can fix it. Are they boys at Asahi CBA any good, or should I try somewhere else? The guys at Asahi do a great job with my mamachari (all three of them), but I am not sure if they can handle a more complex bike.


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Logan Family Farms, LLC has turned their passion for agriculture into a cow-calf direct market beef operation. Located in Irwin, PA, Logan Family Farms capitalizes on their proximity to Pittsburgh. They established their Natural Dry Aged Beef Product and market it to local consumers at farmer's markets, retail stores, corporate accounts, and those who visit their on-farm market. The Logans farm approximately 1,400 acres of grain crops and forage across southwest, PA. The home farm is split by the PATurnpike, leaving crop land on one side and pasture and farm buildings on the other.
In 1894, the Eisaman homestead was sectioned off to become the present location of Logan Family Farms. This establishment has been passed down through the generations and remains an active farm today. Tom and Joann Logan reside in the original farm house and manage the beef operation. Sons Ben and Jacob, both having BS degrees in agriculture from Penn State, handle crop production. Jacob's new wife Macy, working as a public school teacher, offers moral support to the operation. Daughter Katie and her husband, Matt, are both involved in the agriculture industry at their home in Kansas. Katie works as a meat scientist and helps the family business with technical questions, while Matt is a supervisor manager in grain storage and movement. The support and help of family members doesn't stop there. Even matriarch Gram keeps a close eye on farm workings with her ability to spot a cow with a sore foot 500 feet away. Aunt Jean, a retired school teacher, can be seen running the farm market on Saturdays, and is prepared to give a meat lesson to anyone who stops by. Logan Family Farms prides themselves on becoming a fully integrated family-run business. Even the meat processor is a cousin!
Tom and Joann grew up in agriculture as they both came from family farms, participated in 4-H and even met at the county fair, from there beginning their life together. You might even say farming chose them. Structuring their business as an LLC more than four years ago has allowed for the present operation to incorporate their sons as owners. Both Ben and Jacob have been guided towards the agriculture industry through their family history and 4-H experiences. Ben has chosen to move into full time production agriculture after working five years for USDA. Joann and Tom have held off the farm jobs through the years and also market sweet corn on the farm, when in season. Joann explains she "would probably have not chosen a farming career but the integrity of farm families, work ethic and the appreciation of our customers makes it a rewarding occupation."
Joann explains the welfare of their cattle "is imperative to the success of our operation." Their daily care of water and feeding, inspections for injury or illness and housing needs are "essential to their growth and comfort." She also adds "cattle are cared for just like our family members." The Logan's unique position, with farmland so close to the PA Turnpike, causes them to be under inspection by passerby's at any given point in time. This allows them to be ambassadors of agriculture without even leaving their home, as they stay at the top of their game to give consumers trust in the cattle industry and our food system.
The hard work and dedication which goes into outstanding farm practices also applies to their strict nutrient management plan. Condensed pasture acreage allows for frequent pasture rotation. Manure, as a natural fertilizer, is both an economical choice and helps to build that trust worthy relationship between the Logans and their customers. "Except on days that we haul manure and the fragrance fills the neighborhood," Joann clarifies. Along with crop rotation and minimal tillage techniques, Logan Family Farms utilizes GPS technology in their farm equipment to streamline planting and reduce their carbon footprint when applying pesticides.
The Logan family sees three factors which will directly affect their business of beef marketing in the coming years – the economy, social issues and food safety. They recognize the obligation to stay current with these issues as consumers often come with questions and challenges on their meat purchase. Yet, the Logans see the challenge of the cost of shipping in the short term. They continue to work towards a system allowing consumers to receive product at its optimum quality without such a steep cost. Logan Family Farms also realizes their biggest opportunity is to provide customers with their local product and their real family values, having the ability to develop a relationship of trust between them as the producer and their consumers, through honest answers. The Logans are proud that cutomers are able to call either Tom or Joann to answer questions about animal welfare, safety or general meat questions.
When asked to tell the consumer one thing about their farm, Joann commented, "Logan Family Farms cares…cares about animals, cares about our land, cares about our family members and about those who use our product." Their promise to consumers, as stated on their website reads "Our promise to you is to produce the best tasting, locally produced dry aged beef that will make your eating experience a PLEASURE."
When Joann and Tom aren't busy on the farm or marketing their beef they can be found at various community functions and organizational meetings, such as Westmoreland County Farm Bureau, Westmoreland County Cattlemen's Association, PA Cattlemen's Association, Hempfield Township Board of Supervisors or West Hempfield Presbyterian Church. This very involved farming family loves what they do and work their hardest to ensure a quality product for every customer.
To learn more about the Logan Family Farms, LLC, visit www.loganfamilyfarmsllc.com
Pictured from left to right is Jacob Logan, wife Macy Logan, Mitchell Logan with Tom Logan,
Joann Logan, Ben Logan, Nancy "Gram" Logan.


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Tracking mobile cookies is now attracting law suits
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on a rash of new litigation filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against "cookies", the ubiquitous markers of our electronic activity. The lawsuits claim that, despite earlier rulings that allow internet sites to place these small text files on users' computers, that newer versions of this technology result in online tracking that violates privacy and data security standards. The lawsuits, which seek class action status, accuse companies of violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and similar laws. The suits name Cable News Network (CNN), Travel Channel and other large media organizations as defendants.
Litigation of this sort has insurers of Errors & Omission Liability, Internet Liability and Data Security Insurance concerned that plaintiff law firms have found a new opportunity for large-scale civil litigation that may result in huge settlements. Websites that employ these advanced internet "cookie" tracking systems may find that the cost of their insurance increases as a result of the litigation.


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Dude we had dirt right around thanksgiving. it moves fast.
Just went house shopping today - MAN YOU GOT A COFFE BAR in the BEDROOM!!! So cool!
We are buying older but I sure did think about turning the car and seeing what NEW could get us. Guess I'll put a small coffee put on the vanity -thanks for the idea!
Very exciting and pretty layouts!!! Since we're all sharing Kitchen pics.... this is the kitchen we're getting. We haven't picked out our granite colors or cabinet colors yet though. The gourmet kitchen was actually standard in our model.
Georgous kitchen tooleman! Everyones are beautiful!
Today all the doors in the home are being installed. All paint should be done this week and the wood floors should be going in.
When I got there this morning, they already had the garage door in. just a basic metal garage door, wish we could have gotten the cedar doors.
The wood floors have been installed, now it is on to painting and finish installing all the doors.
They also framed out the sidewalk and the area on the side of the house where the AC units will sit.
Wow wasn't it just yesterday that you said they were going to do the wood flooring this week...and today it's already done? They move FAST!
I wonder if you'll have withdrawls once the whole process is over haha...like now more daily updates and things happening.
For me it's weird, I can't wait to see the house go up, but at the same time I've been through the model so many times and I've walked around almost every house under construction within the community that is the same floor plan, I already know every step of what is going to take place.
Yup it moves soooooo fast
The next big thing will be the yard, not sure when that is gonna happen.
The sprinkler system and fence will need to get done first.
In the house, its now on to the finishing work. Things like tile, counter tops and staining the floors.
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Barbie grew up on the west coast, so she's no stranger to warm weather and clear skies. But Barbie is getting ready to go away to college, and she wants to try living somewhere new. That's why she's decided to fly to the opposite side of the country to see what life on the east coast is like. Barbie just moved into her new apartment in Manhattan, and she can't wait to go out and explore the nightlife in this new sparkling city. Barbie doesn't want to look like a lame tourist, so she's on her way to the spa so that she can undergo a fabulous makeover and look her best for her first night out on the town. Follow the instructions to apply various beauty treatments like a soothing strawberry cleanser and firming apricot mask. Once she's feeling fresh and clean, browse the wide selection of cute clothes, girly hairstyles, fashionable accessories, and more to get Barbie ready for her NY nightlife debut in this fun Barbie game!
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Howdy quilting pals. I'm back… Happy New Year!
Just thought I'd start things off on the 'ol blog and spread a little luck around. I recently got in a great assortment of new Tula Pink Salt Water fabrics from my friend Brenda at Pink Castle Fabrics!
I love this line and think it plays quite nicely with the prints in another of Tula's well-loved lines, Neptune! Yep! Neptune, there, I said it. Who doesn't love Neptune? (pictured in the background).
Anyway, sitting on my cutting table is an extra half yard of Bubble Shells in Aqua!
Would you like it? All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and I'll pick a winner on Tuesday, January 8th!


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Half of a Teapot Is Actually the Perfect Amount of Teapot
Have you ever filled your teapot up more than halfway in your life? Oh, you have? Well, not all of us are constantly having wild parties with dozens of friends for whom to make tea. The rest of us are usually only making one or two cups—and that's who the design team at the Dutch studio Droog made this teapot for.


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Another question for the original poster: How is it that u have two DSL lines from two providers? Usually one provider controls the local loop, and in that case both DSL lines would be going out over the *same* CO, DSLAM, ATM, etc until it branched out to the ISP's network.
ISP1 is a 3Mbps wireless connection to a local ISP. They in turn have a bonded T1 to AT&T. As far as I know, this is their only connection. (not speaking BGP). ISP2 is a 1.5 Mbps DSL through the local phone company, SBC. Thinking bigger scope, we have a T1 connection to our parent company used for VoIP applications. They also have a T1 or greater connection to the internet. If we move to a T1 locally, we might be able to convince them to split a new /24 and route BGP over these two links. This is however, beyond my call.


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I just installed 8.0.3 on Windows XP Pro and I got the following error everytime I boot: The ordinal 968 could not be located in the dynamic link library LIBEAY32.dll. What is going on? How do I fix this? Thanks.
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Building Perl 5.16.2 RPM for CentOS 6
I've been a linux sys admin for years and have managed to avoid having to build my own rpms. That all changes today. I'm trying to teach myself rpm building through google, but the documentation is falling short. Extremely short. How is it that documentation for such a fundamental part of the packaging system (being able to build packages) of one of the more popular distros (Redhat) be so difficult to find? Am I not looking in the right places?
Anyway, I've been able to discern what is happening to my spec file when I type rpmbuild -ba perl.spec. A shell script gets built in a tmp directory. Right now that shell script is getting created and then executed and is failing at the ./configure command. And for good reason... Perl's configure command is ./Configure (with a capital C).
Where the hell is the ./configure options being determined? I thought it was apart of the %configure macro so I commented that out. That didn't work. Then I thought it was a part of the %build macro. That didn't work either. What the hell?
The following code block contains the configure options that are somehow getting magically added to my that tmp shell script. I mean, geez, those are a lot of options to assume.
./configure --host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
./Configure -de
Can you post the spec file?
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Here is the contents of the spec file:
[makerpm@centos-ami SPECS]$ cat perl.spec
[makerpm@centos-ami SPECS]$ rpmbuild -ba perl.spec
[makerpm@centos-ami SPECS]$ cat /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/tmp/rpm-tmp.X76VHk
According to here, you can change RPM macros by editing your ~/.rpmmacros file.
Alex Brinister
Thanks abrinister. Your link to that page is what I needed to get unstuck. That page referenced an rpm command:
rpm --showrc
[makerpm@centos-ami SPECS]$ cat ~/.rpmmacros
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Quilted Purple Cufflinks
- Quilted Purple Cufflinks
- Features a purple diamond display on each
- Made from sturdy brass and rhodium plated
- Featuring swivel bar clasps
- Comes in presentation box
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If you are a smart kind of guy then you will more than likely be a regular shirt wearer. Treat yourself to this pair of stylish cufflinks, each has a purple quilted design with diamond shapes on, which would accompany a white or purple toned shirt.They are made from brass and rhodium plated and come completely gift boxed.
These Quilted Purple Cufflinks also feature a swivel clasp for extra security when fastened to shirt cuffs, meaning that you won't have to worry about the cufflinks coming loose.
They will make a great gift for the executive guy. Come in lovely presentation box.