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Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
The head of Senate Democrats' campaign efforts said Wednesday that she considered victory in November to be nothing less than keeping control of the upper chamber.
"I was asked by the majority leader and the members of my caucus to take on the job of running the Democratic Senate campaign committee and keeping the majority for Democrats in the Senate, said Washington Sen. Patty Murray, the head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). "That's what I call a win."
Murray outlined for reporters on Capitol Hill the status of Democrats' efforts to keep control of the Senate; Republicans need to achieve a net gain of four seats to take control of the chamber when its next session convenes in January.
Murray said she wouldn't name Democrats' chances -- "
I am not from Nevada, so I don't do odds," she said -- but argued that her party was well-positioned to defend their majority.
She lauded candidates' hard work and fundraising to stay competitive with their Republican challengers. While Democrats must defend a total of 23 seats, their candidates have remained competitive in states like Montana and North Dakota, among other states.
Republicans point out that there are a number of scenarios in which they could achieve the victories they need to make Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) the majority leader come next November.
The GOP's waged its campaign in part by tying Democratic candidates to President Obama, especially in more Republican-leaning states where the president is less popular, and Mitt Romney is likely to win this fall.
Murray sidestepped questions about whether Obama should avoid appearing with some of those vulnerable senators.
"We're in the last 100 days and in any election you have to really focus on where you need to be, and President Obama is rightly doing that in his top states," she said.
But the Washington Democrat effusively praised some of the most vulnerable-seeming candidates. Murray boldly predicted that her Missouri colleague, Sen. Claire McCaskill, was "absolutely going to win that race," despite trailing her three Republican challengers in the most recent polling.
The biggest variable? Murray said it would be the impact of Republican super PACs that have already blanketed airwaves with criticism of Democratic incumbents and candidates.
"The only thing that stands between me and a long, good night of sleep is the outside money that is coming into these races," she said.


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Whenever we used to visit a udipi restaurant, the first thing that I would order was DOSA. I always used to spend atleast 10 mins on the menu reading all types of dosas available. As far as I can remember only Dosa has such huge variety of variations – Plain Dosa, Onion Dosa, Masala Dosa, Paper Dosa, Rava Dosa, Set Dosa, MLA Dosa and what not 🙂
One variety which I like in Dosa apart from the above mentioned is Pesarattu. I always used to wonder why is this not mentioned under Dosa category in restaurant menu.
I have been reading all the blogs from past 3 months, and it has been raining Dosas in Blogosphere since the day Srivalli announced the Dosa Mela. I felt very bad missing all the fun becoz of Morning Sickness, but I am glad that I am able to make it before the deadline 🙂
Onion Pesarattu:
MoonDal(Whole or Split): 1 1/2 cups
Salt: to taste
Water: as needed, while grinding
For Topping:
Onion: 1, finely chopped
Green Chillies: 5, finely chopped
Ginger: 2 inch piece, finely chopped
How I did it:
- Soak MoongDal overnight in sufficient water.
- Grind it to Dosa consistency the following morning, using water as required.
- Mix salt.
- There is no need to ferment the Pesarattu Batter as we do it for regular Dosa.
- Take a Dosa tava and when hot put a ladle full of batter and spread it.
- Mix all the ingredient mentioned under topping, and put a spoonful on the dosa.
- Put oil on the sides and on the dosa.
- Let it fry till crisp. There is no need to turn over.
- Serve Hot with Coconut Chutney.
And The Verdict:
A very wholesome, nutritious and delicious breakfast… Just Yummyyy!!!
Food Event:
This is my entry for the Dosa Mela event being hosted by dear SriValli of Cooking For All Seasons.

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text: What Is Driving Farmland Values? June 26, 2013 01:09 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email Here are the key factors behind the farmland boom, and what to expect moving forward. By Barry Ward, The Ohio State University Extension Farmland values continue to increase by large amounts each year and have reached record levels in most states in the Midwest measured by both non-inflation adjusted (nominal) and inflation adjusted (real) values. Landowners, potential buyers, economists and many others have been evaluating this land boom and have been trying to evaluate whether the bull market is close to being over and if so, how much of a price correction, if any, will occur. Some in the business have been predicting the demise of this land bull market for the last two years. Alas, not yet. The Chicago Federal Reserve District reported that the year-over-year increase in farmland values (April 1, 2012 through April 1, 2013) within its district was 15%. Now that isn't to say that a large northern hemisphere crop with accompanying lower prices and possible lower profits may cool off the land market, but there are other important factors to consider. What are the continuing driving forces behind this escalation? Let's examine a few of the key factors driving farmland values and some factors that may affect these values going forward. Crop net income has been generally good to excellent for the last six years and is projected to be good again this year (pending fall grain prices). With the potential for a large crop due to large planted acreages, outlook economists have been predicting somewhat lower grain prices (if weather conditions return to a more typical pattern this year i.e. no widespread drought). With potential surplus supply, how will global demand react? Will lower corn prices stimulate the ethanol industry? Will lower soybean prices stimulate additional buying from China and other developing countries? Will lower feed prices allow for an expansion in domestic livestock production? This global supply/demand balance will ultimately dictate grain prices in the near term and will be a big driver in profitability. The other key factor in crop profitability is cost. How will crop input costs change over the near term? Fertilizer and rental expense will likely be the input costs with the most near-term flexibility. Due to high margins in fertilizer mining and manufacturing during this previous 6 year period, additional infrastructure has been built or is being planned. This may allow for fertilizer supply to outpace demand and cause fertilizer prices to soften, especially if crop profit margins do weaken. Although landowners often resist when decreases in cash rental rates are proposed, persistent negative margins (2 years+) will likely move these rental rates lower…and then again it may take a longer period of negative margins to move these rental rates lower. This is a difficult one to judge. Land values may continue higher or only level off even in the face of diminished or negative profit margins for the average producer. If the most efficient producers continue to see positive profit margins, the land bull market may cool off slower than some are predicting. Predicting crop profits for the next 3 years is next to impossible with the many different variables in play, but knowing what factors are important in this complex calculation will allow each of us to incorporate those key factors in our decision making process. Low interest rates have been key in the land bull market and with the Federal Reserve Bank indicating that it will not raise interest rates in the near term, this looks unlikely to be a large factor in a "cooling off" of the land market in the next three years. Although increased inflation (if it were to occur) would likely cause the Fed to change its tactics. Farmers balance sheets continue to strengthen. The U.S. Farm Sector Debt to Asset Ratio was 10.6% in 2012. This compares to a 14.1% Debt to Asset Ratio for the farm sector in 2002. This strong financial position has been driven partly by an escalation in land values (the denominator in the equation –assets) but few will argue that the farm sector, especially the grain sector, is not in reasonably good "financial health". Outside Investors are still seeking investment alternatives including farmland. Investors outside of farming are still considering farmland as investment that may add value to their portfolio. The supply of farmland is low. Farmland owners have been reluctant to part with this valuable asset and may be seeking the "top" in the market. Hence, land available for purchase is lower than normal. More dollars chasing fewer acres offered for sale equals higher land prices. Land isn't a commodity. We can't go buy some in Alabama and move it up here to Ohio and plop it down next to our existing farm operation. Therefore, farmland being offered in your geographic comfort zone (area where you presently farm) might command even more of premium, especially when the farm sector is healthy. Land isn't a frequently traded asset. Land is not offered for sale every year or even every 10 years. There is no law that states it has to change hands every X number of years. Again, with a relatively strong farm sector, premiums bids may be offered if competing farms see a buying opportunity that may not present itself for another 3 or 4 generations. Farmers close to retirement may purchase this land for legacy purposes to secure continued survivability of their farm business. The key to understanding land values and their possible directions won't be just to listen to one or two experts tell you which direction the land market is going. Instead, this understanding will hinge on your knowledge of how these key factors and other will affect farmland values. Find land for sale. Get more land news and resources. Back to news


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The GT Omega Supreme cockpit comes with many accessories to create the Ultimate sim racing experiance. you can mount up to 3 x 27" monitors onto the cockpit. the triple monitor mounts can be adjusted in angle. The Package includes the Solid built Racing cockpit frame to mount your wheel and pedals on, Full size authentic racing seat, Free stand Monitor stand for triple monitor set up, Console Tray, Keyboard and mouse tray, Gear shifter mount, 2 rear and 2 front speaker mounts.
GT Omega monitor stand is an independent free stand monitor stand, That isn't mounted onto the frame, Your able to adjust the distance and the height of the monitors to suit your driving position. Any Force Feedback from the wheel or movement on the cockpit will not affect the stability of this stand.
Complete steel frame with black powder coat finish, very sturdy design with clear pedal access, Compatible with all common electronic steering wheel and pedal sets on the market.
Cockpit Content:
Monitor Stand Content:
Mounting plate come with VESA mounting holes of:
The cockpit comes pre-drilled to hard-mount the:
Monitor Stand Dimension & Weight: 23KG
Cockpit Dimension & Weight: 45KG
Sale is for the Racing Cockpit, Seat and Triple monitor stand only. The Racing Wheel and other electronic equipment is NOT included in this sale!
Pedals plate comes pre-drilled for:
Gear shifter mount can be adjustable horizontally and vertically.
Can be mounted on both left and right side. Pre-drill for the:
Allows the use of speakers to be mounted on the rear of the cockpit.
Removable if not in use or required.
Fitted with a full size racing seat in black & red synthetic leather.


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This staircase connects the third, fourth and fifth floors of the Clock Tower. It is made of wood.[1]
1993–1994 school year
In 1993, Fred and George Weasley gave the Marauder's Map to Harry Potter here. Harry later used this stairs, along with Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger in their way to Hagrid's hut.[2]
1994-1997 school years
Hogwarts students continued using this staircase in order to go to the school grounds, get to Quidditch, or to play Gobstones at the Clock Tower Courtyard.[3]
Behind the scenes
- When Harry goes to the Clock Tower Courtyard to test his new Firebolt in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, he and his friends appear to come from the inner part of the Clock Tower, instead of from the staircase.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
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text: Dekalb Chamber Farmers Market Share: Name: Farmers Market Date: June 5, 2019 Time: 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT Event Description: Check out the Farmer's Market in downtown Auburn every Wednesday and Saturday from 7AM - 1PM May through October. To Current Calendar Location: Main Street Downtown Auburn Date/Time Information: Wednesday and Saturday mornings 7AM - 1PM May through October. Contact Information: Mike or Jan at 260-925-3113 Send an Email Set a Reminder: Enter your email address below to receive a reminder message. -- Select Days Before Event -- 1 Day 2 Days 3 Days 1 Week To Current Calendar Business Directory News Releases Events Calendar Member To Member Deals Job Postings Contact Us Join The Chamber


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Wayne State University Law School alumni, students and friends are invited to assist a local nonprofit in its efforts to enhance the local community as the Wayne Law Student Board of Governors (SBG) hosts the 25th annual Ambulance Chase Charity Run/Walk at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29.
Consisting of a 2.2-mile race (shorter for those who prefer to walk) during which participants run or walk behind an ambulance, the event pokes fun at the stereotype of the ambulance-chasing lawyer. Typically, about 200 people run the race, with another 75 to100 attending the event as spectators.
All proceeds, including profit from a $15 entrance fee for students (who show a valid WSU ID) and $20 entrance fee for non-students, will once again benefit Cass Community Social Services (CCSS). CCSS is a Detroit-based charity dedicated to making a profound difference in the lives of those in need by providing for basic necessities such as affordable housing, promoting self-reliance, and encouraging community involvement and improvement.
"This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Ambulance Chase," said SBG President Aisa Villarosa.
"We're thrilled to be raising money for Cass Community Social Services in SBG's largest charity event of the year. Our goal is to increase support and participation among Detroit businesses, organizations and, of course, Wayne State University students, alumni and friends."
Added SBG Vice President Nadia Hamade, "Some of the events that SBG sponsors at [CCSS] include our semiannual Cass Dance Party and our annual Lasagna Lunch for the Homeless. At each of these events, SBG provides meals for hundreds of needy members of the community. We are very proud that the sponsorship funds are going to such a deserving cause."
The Ambulance Chase will begin in front of the Law School, located at 471 West Palmer Street in Detroit. A barbeque for participants and spectators will take place at the conclusion of the race. Sponsorship opportunities still are available, and there still is time to register. Contact Aisa Villarosa at email@example.com to sign up or to become a sponsor.
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Outlaw Dick Fellows is released
Dick Fellows, an inept horseman but persistent outlaw, becomes a free man after spending five years in the San Quentin prison.
Like many western bandits, Fellows drifted into life of crime when his efforts to make an honest living failed or provided only a poor income. Born George Lyttle in Kentucky in 1846, he came from an upstanding family and planned to become a lawyer. The outbreak of the Civil War put his ambitions on hold, though. While still in his teens, he fought with the Confederate Army until he was captured in 1863 and spent the rest of the war in a northern prison camp. After his release, he returned home and attempted to obtain a license to practice law, but his fondness for hard drinking apparently interfered.
With few opportunities available to him in Kentucky, Fellows headed West. He traveled to California in 1867, but failed to prosper there either. Low on funds, he began robbing stagecoaches near Los Angeles and adopted the alias Dick Fellows. Fellows found that robbing stages provided a reasonably good income, but he fled when lawmen began to close in on him. In an effort to go straight, he and a partner bought 600 hogs, but a fire burned the operation to the ground.
Fellows again turned to robbing stages, concocting a plan to hold up a coach carrying Wells Fargo's chief detective, James B. Hume. A man of such importance, Fellows reasoned, must be escorting a major shipment of gold or money. In fact, Fellows was right–the coach was carrying $240,000. However, he missed his chance to rob the stage when the horse he had stolen threw him, knocking him cold for several hours. Refusing to walk away with nothing, Fellows stole a second horse and held up a different stage. He succeeded in taking the heavy treasure box, but only then realized he had forgotten to bring the tools he needed to break it open. When he tried to lift the box up on his horse's saddle, he startled his mount and it, too, raced off, leaving him alone in the wilds with night falling.
Fellows had little choice but to lug the heavy box by hand. In the darkness, he fell over a high bluff, knocking himself unconscious for the second time that day. When he came to, he discovered that his left leg was broken and the treasure box had crushed his left foot. He managed to limp to a nearby construction camp, where he fashioned a crude pair of crutches and used a stolen axe to break open the box. The $1800 he found inside was trivial compared to the $240,000 he had missed, but it was better than nothing.
Unfortunately, the luckless Fellows never had a chance to spend his ill-gotten gains. The Wells Fargo detectives soon tracked him down, and he was sentenced to eight years in the San Quentin prison. Pardoned and released on this day in 1881, Fellows made yet another stab at earning an honest living, working briefly for a newspaper and even teaching Spanish for a time. Again, the money was inadequate to Fellow's tastes, and he returned to robbing stages. By the time he was recaptured in February 1882, Fellows had become a celebrity. While in jail in San Jose, he received more than 700 visitors.
Sentenced to life in Folsom Prison, Fellows devoted part of his time there to teaching a course in moral philosophy to his fellow inmates. Pardoned in 1908 at the age of 62, he returned to his home in Kentucky and faded from the historical record. It is tempting to lampoon Fellows for his inept horsemanship and astonishingly bad luck, but as one biographer noted, "For daring, he is the equal of any outlaws with whom I ever had dealings."


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Notes: Tied with Shayna Filson for Yale's career home run record with 17... Third in school history in RBI (89) and tied for fourth in doubles (27).
2009: NFCA Northeast Region first team selection... Second team All-Ivy designated player... Tied for the team lead in home runs (3) and second in RBI (23) and doubles (7)... Second in the Ivy League in walks (25) and third in on base percentage (.458)... Limited to designated player duties after undergoing off-season shoulder surgery... Batted .483 in the final 10 games of the season... Had five hits and knocked in four runs in doubleheader sweep of Army.
2008: Tied for the team lead in home runs... Third on the team in walks... Had three multiple-RBI games, which tied for third on the team... Her first homer of the season was a two-run blast against Penn, her fourth career round-tripper at Penn's Warren Field... Also homered against Cornell... Knocked in three runs in Yale's victory over Siena.
2007: An honorable mention All-Ivy selection... Led Yale in home runs (5) and RBI (25)... Second in batting average (.337)... Had nine multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games... Went 3-for-3 with five RBI in season-opening 9-1 victory over Rider... Had four RBI in 7-6 win over Penn... Belted a grand slam home run at Dartmouth... Threw out three runners attempting to steal and committed only two passed balls.
2006: Enjoyed an outstanding rookie season... Named the first team All-Ivy catcher... Shared the team Most Valuable Player Award with classmate Megan Enyeart... Tied for second in the league in home runs (7) and RBI (30)... Her seven homers tied for the second most in a single season in school history... Her 30 RBI were the sixth most in a season... Finished second on the team in doubles (12) and triples (2), third in batting average (.292) and fourth in hits (42)... Hit two home runs, knocked in six runs and had four hits in the second game of a doubleheader with Penn... Had 10 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games... Threw out eight runners trying to steal and committed just three passed balls behind the plate.
Before Yale: A four-time all-conference selection at Loyola Academy... Earned honorable mention all-state recognition as a senior after batting .443 with 51 hits, 13 doubles and 30 RBI... Two-time team most valuable player... Twice selected as a Gatorade Will-To-Win Athlete.
Personal: Resides in Morse College... Daughter of Brian and Susan Edwards... Her father played football and baseball at Carroll College.


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BATON ROUGE – Twenty-one members of LSU's 2012 football team will be on display for the NFL on Wednesday as the school will host its annual Pro Day starting at Noon at the Charles McClendon Indoor Practice Facility.
A total of 28 former Tigers will take part in the event as six players from the 2011 team and one from the 2009 squad will participate. All 32 NFL teams are expected to be on hand for the event.
Some of the top names taking part in LSU Pro Day include Barkevious Mingo, Sam Montgomery, Kevin Minter, Eric Reid, Spencer Ware, Russell Shepard, P.J. Lonergan and Bennie Logan.
"This is one of those days that make you proud to be a coach," LSU coach Les Miles said. "These guys have worked so hard to get to this point and to have an opportunity to showcase their skills and abilities to the NFL on our campus is exciting.
"Anytime you bring 100 or more NFL scouts and coaches to your campus for an event like this, it's an opportunity to showcase our program and all of the great things that LSU has to offer. It also validates what we are doing as a program and that's a testament to our staff and the great job they do with these guys on and off the field."
In addition to the NFL, ESPN will be on hand for live coverage throughout the event on ESPN3 and ESPNU along with reports on SportsCenter. The NFL Network is also sending a crew and will be reporting throughout the day. In all, over 100 media credentials have been issued for tomorrow's event.
LSU fans can see video and get up-to-date results for all 28 participants from the event at www.LSUsports.net/proday.
The players will go through a series of testing with the scouts that includes the 40-yard dash, the 225-bench press, vertical leap, broad jump, shuttle run and the 3-cone drill. The players will also have their measurements in height, weight, hand span and wing span taken. Select players will have interviews with team representatives tomorrow as well.
The NFL Draft is scheduled for late April in New York City and the Tigers are expected to have as many 10 players selected, including potential top 10 overall selection Barkevious Mingo, during the three day event.
2013 LSU Football Pro Day – List of Participants
No. Name Pos.
87 Chancey Aghayere DE
30 Drew Alleman PK
88 Chase Clement TE
77 Josh Downs DT
68 Josh Dworaczyk OT/OG
89 Lavar Edwards DE
76 Chris Faulk OT
42 Michael Ford RB
18 Bennie Logan DT
64 P.J. Lonergan C
7 Tyrann Mathieu DB/RS
49 Barkevious Mingo DE
46 Kevin Minter LB
99 Sam Montgomery DE
1 Eric Reid S
10 Russell Shepard WR
24 Tharold Simon CB
11 Spencer Ware RB
38 Brad Wing P
Cleveland Davis DT
Tyler Edwards TE
Other Participants:
60 Will Blackwell OL Last played in 2011
37 Karnell Hatcher LB/DB Last played in 2011
53 T-Bob Hebert C/OL Last played in 2011
9 Jordan Jefferson QB Last played in 2011
12 Jarrett Lee QB Last played in 2011
83 Alex Russian SNP Last played in 2011
32 Charles Scott RB Last played in 2009


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The cost of backhaul from Tasmania to the mainland of Australia for the National Broadband Network could hamper competition among retail service providers (RSPs) in the state, several industry players say.
James Spenceley, CEO at Vocus Communications, says while the company is looking to build backhaul for the NBN on a national basis, it currently does not make financial sense for the company to provide backhaul from Melbourne to Hobart due to its cost.
He says it was cheaper to move traffic from Sydney to LA up to five years ago than it is to move traffic from Melbourne to Hobart.
NBN rollout: Can I connect to the NBN?
"The cost to set it up and the amount people that would use it when the cost is that high is so small – we couldn't make it stack up," he says.
"There's just no competition … They have no incentive to actually increase the usage down there. I think it's been a struggle for a lot of people for a long time."
Tasmania is serviced by three cables connecting the state to the mainland – Basslink, which is owned by Basslink Telecom, and Telstra's two Bass Strait fibre links.
ISPs only need one cable to connect to the mainland. However, to provide redundancy a second cable is required, which means purchasing backhaul from Telstra.
Prices for backhaul from Tasmania to the mainland were set by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in June 2012.
In its final access determination (FAD) for domestic transmission capacity service (DTCS), the ACCC ruled (PDF) a 40 per cent uplift in prices for backhaul from Tasmania to Melbourne was warranted due to the higher cost of providing services over a submarine cable.
"Services to Tasmania are regarded as regional services because of their location, traffic density, demand and the need for submarine cable connection…" the ACCC stated in its report.
"These services carry traffic through Hobart in the south and, to a lesser extent, Launceston in the north. ACCC analysis found that the average price of submarine routes is 39 per cent higher than mainland inter-capital routes. The FAD therefore provides a 40 per cent increase of the price of a 300km cable for DTCS routes from the mainland to Tasmania."
However, in its submission, Telstra argued against that the "Commission must set prices in the FAD that do not prevent an efficient service provider supplying the highest quality service from obtaining a normal rate of return on its investment.
"The proposed uplift factor of 40 per cent fails to achieve this, as it fails to recognise the increased costs incurred with supplying a geographically diverse submarine cable across the Bass Strait. Further, if the Commission were to set an FAD price for the highest quality service provider that does not properly account for the higher costs of geographic path protection, higher quality service providers will be unable to recoup the costs of providing a higher quality service."


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LANDON LAUBHAN of Springfield, who is running in the Republican primary for the 96th House District seat, has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol twice since 2011 and has a revoked driver�s license.
�It was just a very poor decision on my part,� Laubhan said. �If I consume an alcoholic beverage, I won�t be behind the wheel (afterward) ever again. � To this day, I am very disgusted with myself.�
Laubhan, 33, an Oklahoma native and Abraham Lincoln enthusiast who moved to Springfield about three years ago, was a surprise entrant to the March 18 Republican primary. He is taking on MIKE BELL of Edinburg, who has the endorsement of the Sangamon County GOP.
A routine check of court records last week showed that Laubhan was arrested on May 27, 2011, at 1:43 a.m. by Sangamon County sheriff�s deputies at Fifth and Laurel streets. He pleaded guilty and was fined $2,000. He got court supervision, completed his requirements and was discharged from supervision early, on Nov. 7, 2012.
A second DUI arrest, by Illinois State Police, came at 3:26 a.m. on June 29, 2013, on Sixth Street near the intersection with St. Joseph. Laubhan also ended up pleading guilty to that charge and was fined $1,865 in August and sentenced to the two days time served and up to 28 more days, subject to review.
Laubhan said he�s completed court-ordered classes again and is serving a year�s probation, which he hopes can end early again. He also told me he was able to get a permit to drive.
However, HENRY HAUPT, spokesman for the secretary of state�s office, said Laubhan�s license is revoked, and a hearing with the secretary of state is a needed step for him to get a restricted driving permit.
I told Laubhan this on Friday, and he then found out he qualified for what is called an informal hearing, and did that interview that day.
�He may still have to provide us with additional information,� Haupt said later, and that will be known after the hearing officer reviews the case.
Both arrests, Laubhan said, came after he was at non-political fundraising events. And while he did express remorse for not using other easy options to get home, he also expressed some concern about the state of DUI laws.
�Let�s say you�re a hardworking person, a taxpayer, you got a job,� he said. �You�re working and you�re very productive, and � you�re with some friends or something one evening and you have some alcoholic beverages and you do drive and you do get pulled over and get a DUI, I mean, that literally can cost a good, productive person everything � their job, things of that nature.
�I think the punishment could be lessened a little bit,� he added. �I don�t believe that the punishment fits the crime. � It�s almost like the punishment is literally handed down like you did in fact cause an accident or hurt someone.�
He said the .08 blood-alcohol threshold for being an illegal driver in Illinois is a tough standard.
�I weigh 130 pounds soaking wet,� he said. �So one or two beers and boom, you�re over the limit. � I�d be willing to bet that a majority have made the same mistake, and some just (were) fortunate enough not to get caught. I got caught.�
An online chart from a group called Be Responsible About Drinking 21 showed a 140-pound man would reach .08 with three drinks.
Laubhan did say that if a driver causes an accident or injures or kills someone, �Now you�re talking a whole different ballgame.�
Laubhan also said that in his latest arrest, he was the last person who went through a police safety check, and he had slept for four hours at the home where the fundraiser was, so he didn�t think he would be in trouble.
�When you set up roadblocks at midnight to 4 o�clock in the morning � probably 90 percent of the people that come through there have � had a few cocktails,� he said. He said it �seems like kind of an entrapment-type ordeal, if you will.�
He also would oppose any lowering of the limit to .05, saying that if that change were made, �Good gosh � those would become more popular than seatbelt tickets.�
On a different note, legal action filed against Laubhan in February 2012 was the first step toward eviction from his apartment, but he was able to pay his back rent within days. The case was closed the month after it was filed. Laubhan said he �kind of jumped the gun,� leaving one job for another, when the job he thought he was in line to get fell through. He then went back to his former employer after being out of a job for four or five months, and �got back on track.� He later left that job to dedicate all his time to the March 18 primary campaign.
�I still firmly believe that I am the right candidate,� he said.
Democratic state Rep. SUE SCHERER of Decatur is the incumbent in the 96th. She is challenged in the Democratic primary by GINA LATHAN of Springfield.
Protecting data
The campaign of GEORGE GOLLIN, the physics professor from Champaign seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House from the 13th Congressional District, was worried a bit about tactical information getting out.
MONICA BIDDIX, his campaign manager, requests voter information for mail or advertising purposes from something called VoteBuilder, which is administered by the Democratic Party of Illinois. She noted that the information seemed to be automatically forwarded to various people via email, including somebody named Finkle at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. MICHELLE FINKLE is Midwest targeting director for that organization.
The DCCC happens to be backing former Judge ANN CALLIS of Edwardsville in the 13th, and Biddix wondered if the requested voter information was somehow getting to the competition.
Fear not, say all involved. STEVE BROWN, spokesman for the Democratic Party of Illinois, said he had no knowledge of any problem with integrity of information.
MARSHALL COHEN, campaign manager for Callis, said the campaign has �absolutely� received no information about this from the DCCC.
And BRANDON LORENZ of the DCCC said the organization �has not accessed any data from the Gollin campaign.�
Also seeking the Democratic nomination is DAVID GREEN of Champaign. The 13th is now represented by U.S. Rep. RODNEY DAVIS, R-Taylorville, who has two primary challengers: ERIKA HAROLD of Urbana and MIKE FIRSCHING of Moro.
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PETER YOUNG LAUGHS with Orwell residents while guarding the ballot box during a paper ballot vote on the school budget. The budget passed after a morning-long discussion of the issues. See complete coverage of town meetings at the 23 towns in Addison County -- plus Brandon -- in the print edition of the Independent.
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In any case, I'm lucky that someone else uncovered these documents. As I said, a Google search turned up my first clues. I was researching my third great grandfather John Farthing. I had traced him back as far as 1860 in Jasper County, and was entering various combinations of his name and the counties in which he had lived, with and without enclosing phrases in quotes, hoping for that odd bit of luck that would turn up an historical reference. One search turned up the phrase "the harassment of his father, his brother-in-law (John Farthing) and himself" and clicking on the link opened a Word document entitled Homicides of Adults in Jasper County, Georgia, to 1900. It was a long 500+ page document, so I searched for Farthing and got a hit. More than that, I found a new branch of the family, confirmed the maiden name of John Farthing wife independently of the Farthing family history I have a copy of, and uncovered a fascinating and forgotten bit of family history.
First, I must give credit to my source for this tale. The document mentioned above is from the website of the Historical Violence Database, a project of the Criminal Justice Research Center (CJRC) of the Department of Sociology, Ohio State University (http://cjrc.osu.edu/researchprojects/hvd/usa/georgia/). The other pages of the project website make fascinating reading, but I was specifically concerned with the results reported in this paper, part of the study "Homicide among Adults in Georgia and South Carolina, 1785-1900." The particular sections of the document that concern the Cheek family draw on the papers of Governor Rufus Brown Bullock, the Reconstruction-era Republican Governor of Georgia from 1868-1871. While the study has some extensive quotes of the original source material, it is nevertheless a transcription, with all the potential flaws inherent in the transcription process. Unfortunately, though, as noted above it is all I have to rely on for the time being. I am grateful that the CJRC has made this study available on the internet. Please see the section on Creative Commons license and Fair Use here on the CJRC website for information on distribution of this content. All of the quotes are from pages 222-227, covering the sections "HOM: Walter N. Cheek m. Jarret McGinnis" and "HOM: unk. white men [prob. Elbert J. Campbell, Richard S. Campbell, William Parker, and ___ McGinnes] m. Malory L. Cheek."
There are in the papers of Governor Bullock three letters dated 15 May 1870, 22 May 1870 and 24 August 1870 (Papers of Governor Rufus Brown Bullock, 1868-1871. Record Group 1-1-5, Ga. Dept. of Hist. & Archives. Box 58: 2740-13; cited in Homicides of Adults in Jasper County, Georgia, to 1900 [hereafter Homicides], pp 223-224). The letters were written to the Governor by "John W. Cheek, formerly of Jasper Co., now in Yorkville, S.C." On 15 May 1870 John Cheek "writes about the harassment of his father, his brother-in-law (John Farthing) and himself & of the murder of his brother, Malory L. Cheek, in 1868." According to the letters, John & Mallory (or Malory) were "attending to our own business" as farmers during 1868. Various "Democratic clubs" and early KKK organizations were out agitating and trying to force white farmers to join them in harassing the newly-freed blacks in an attempt to influence the outcome of election. John says that "At last they were threatened with violence if they did not join, esp. [Mallory], 'who had openly denounced the So called KuKlux.'" As might be expected, this did not go over well with the agitators.
Mallory tried to hide from the group, but they continued to pursue him.
until the Ku Klux raided his house at night & broke into the house & went into the bedroom with guns cocked & ordered his brother's wife out of the bed (in only her nightclothes), but found he had escaped. Then they went to "our brother in law" (John Farthing) & entered his house in the same manner, terrifying his wife & children. Then went to their aged parents' house [age 70] & searched the house with guns drawn. Then came to JWC's house & made the same threats & search.
"JWC" is John W Cheek.
Finally, at 3am on 30 November 1868, they caught up with Mallory, "called [him] to the door of his house & shot him through the body & head." John reports that his brother died instantly.
In his letters of 22 May and 24 August 1870, John expands on his charges somewhat, and repeatedly names names, calling out brothers Elbert and Richard Campbell and William Parker, all of Jasper County, who he says "have never been law abiding citizens", and that they "engaged in illicit Disstilling for two years previous to October 1868 at which time I was forced to seek safety by leaving my home." They local trio was joined in this crime and the ongoing agitation and harassment by a man who claimed to be an ex-Confederate officer from Tennessee, a Captain McGinnes, "who was at the time loafing about the country and who acted as one of the Ringleaders of the band" but has since moved to Bastrop P.O. in Bastrop Co., Texas." According to Homicides, the May 15th letter states that the murder occurred on the 30th of November and that John left the state shortly afterwards, yet here in the May 22nd letter he is saying he left the state the month before (in October 1868), and in the letter of August 24th he states that "It will be 2 yrs next Sept. when the crime was committed" (i.e., September 1868). So unless there is a transcription error in the letter of May 15th, the dates are slightly out of synch. But it seems clear that the basic truth of the murder and the approximate time appear factual.
John Cheek is writing to appeal to the Governor to send in troops to effect an arrest because he believes the civil authority in Jasper County is sympathetic to the political goals of the murderers.
This is all interesting stuff, so I searched the Homicides document for more mentions of the Farthings and Cheeks. There was only one other section mentioning the Cheek family, and it's immediately before the one on the murder of Mallory Cheek. Interestingly, it is the murder of a man named "Jarret McGinnis" by Mallory's brother Walter Cheek. This murder took place on 31 May 1868, and apparently was the result of a duel between Walter and this Jarret McGinnis, arising from some slight wherein Walter thought that Jarret had insulted him or Jarret thought Walter had insulted him or both. I think that there is far too much coincidence in the name of the victim is this earlier murder "Jarret McGinnis" and "Captain McGinnes" who was a ringleader in the murder of Mallory Cheek. It certainly bears further investigation and research, and has been added to my "to do" list.
That's about it for now.
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The location of attractions is intended only as a guide. Distances are 'as the crow flies'.
Nearest pub
The Boathouse (350 yards)
A contemporary pub situated across the road from the beach. Outdoor seating offers lovely views over the Solent during the summer months and indoors the decor is warm and welcoming. Dogs are allowed (on the hard floor areas of the pub) and children are made very welcome.
May 2017
Nice, relaxed atmosphere
I visited here last winter; it was cosy and warm with a good food selection and friendly staff. It was dark outside and really weird to see the ship lights sailing down the Solent pass by.
Nearest beach
Seaview Beach (80 yards)
Nestled between Seagrove Bay and Priory Bay, you'll find a mixture of sand and pebbles with large beach at low tide. Parking is nearby along the esplanade with small shops and cafes in Seaview down the road. Dogs are not allowed from May to the end of September. There is no lifeguard cover.
Mrs Carway August 2017
Old fashioned in the best possible way
This beach is always popular with lots of rocks for crabbing off, an easy part to get into the sea and a sandy bit for games
Nearest walk
Seaview to Ryde Walk (½ mile)
Park your car anywhere on the Esplanade at Seaview and walk past the Boathouse pub with the sea on your right. You will pass rows of beach huts, woodland and into Puckpool Park. The sea views are stunning across the Solent to the mainland and the park itself is a gem. The path hugs the coast all the way around to Ryde, past Appley beach with its gothic tower and into the town. You'll find lots of places to eat and drink en-route, the path is even and flat so suitable for pushchairs. Dogs are allowed on the footpaths but restricted on the beach so do check the signs. The return walk is approx 2 miles depending how far into Ryde you walk and the best return route is back the way you came.
Nearest town
Seaview (½ mile)
On the east edge of the island, a summery little village is host to sailors and holidaymakers. Seaview has exactly that, with idyllic panoramas across deep water and a pebbly beach. You'll feel entirely welcomed in the plethora of waterside eateries serving up fresh produce all day, and most are even dog friendly.
Also nearby
Seaview Village Community Shop (½ mile)
A recently opened community shop offering local produce, newspapers, fresh fruit, veg and milk. It's ideally situated in the middle of Seaview and a great place to stock up. They are only open mornings until Easter and then will extend to all day until October.
Liz Arnell February 2018
Great Little Local Shop
A new community shop recently opened in the heart of the village. It offers fresh fruit and vegetables, milk, bread and other local produce. This is the perfect place to get provisions in Seaview and saves a trip to the supermarket in the car.
Seagrove Beach (1 mile)
A real gem in the Isle of Wight's crown, Seagrove Beach has a gently sloping sandy shore with rocky outcrops. An untamed stretch of coast, this safe-swimming beach is often quiet and provides a real haven of tranquility. Enjoying beautiful vistas, Seagrove Beach is a sight for sore eyes and there are toilets and a cafe for your convenience. The easiest access is via Seaview village, with a short walk from there. Dogs are welcome year-round.
Mrs BT August 2018
Hidden gem
We booked a weeks holiday in a cottage in Seagrove and didn't realise how amazing the beach was going to be. The water is clean and clear and as we had super hot weather most of the week we were able to swim and play in the water with our small grandchildren. There are lovely walks in both directions and the beach is safe and not too crowded. The children loved seeing the local horse riding school take their route along the beach.
The Old Village Inn (2 ¾ miles)
This pub is bang smack in the middle of the village and is popular with locals and visitors alike. Parking is fine on the roads nearby.The menu is created using food locally sourced in the village so expect seasonal, fresh produce. Specials change daily and include fish fresh from the local harbour.
April 2019
Friendly, welcoming, something for everyone.
Fabulous find in the village centre. Wide and varied menu, catering for most dietary needs. Staff are incredible. We ate here twice in a row, but I have no doubt that if you were in the area for a week you wouldn't run out of options.
June 2017
Traditional village pub
I like it here. It's casual, frequented by locals (usually a good sign) and the food is pretty good for a village pub. The meat is from the local butchers and highly recommended.
Lily's Cafe (½ mile)
An Artisan coffee shop in the heart of Seaview just a short stroll away from the seafront. Enjoy homemade cakes, biscuits, panninis, salads and quiche. Pop in for a well earned snack if you are walking around the coast or spending the day of the beach.
October 2018
Laughably Expensive
The owners have squashed in as much furniture and bric-a-brac as possible which makes for an uncomfortably 'cosy' ambience.
Although the fayre is good, it's not exceptional, the wait is long and the organisation is questionable. The prices charged would give one the impression that everything is gold plated. More realistic prices would lead to greater footfall and higher profits but then they'd have to get rid of some of the 'stuff' crammed in there and they'd have to organise themselves more effectively.
May 2017
Lovely spot
Located on the High Street, this eclectic cafe serves good coffee and a great variety of snacks and cakes baked fresh daily. It's a bit of a tardis and looks small from the outside but there's loads of seating to the rear.
Bembridge (3 miles)
The most easterly point of the island, this friendly town is full of beaches that are dog-friendly year-round with pubs to stop in when you've had your fill of fresh sea air. There's lots of places to eat as well as shops for local ingredients to make the most of your self-catering stay.
Liz Arnell July 2017
Lovely village
The centre of the village is where you'll find the majority of the shops including some decent cafes, a fish monger, great butcher (Woodfords) and a lovely bakery. It is like going back in time; in a good way.
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IRVING, Texas - Fred Thompson, the politician and actor considering a White House bid, said Friday he favors helping the Iranian people overthrow the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad if the chance arises.
The former Tennessee senator accused Tehran of "playing a larger part in killing our soldiers" in neighboring Iraq.
Many Iranians don't like their government, "and I think we ought to capitalize on that," Thompson told The Associated Press. "There is a chance they may mobilize themselves, and we need to assist them if that happens."
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"What do warbloggers have in common, that most pundits do not?" I enthused. "I'd say a yen for critical thinking, a sense of humor that actually translates into people laughing out loud, a willingness to engage (and encourage) readers, a hostility to the Culture War and other artifacts of the professionalized left-right split of the 1990s…a readiness to admit error [and] a sense of collegial yet brutal peer review."What's Welch so upset about? Blogging -- as he sees it, on the brink of quitting Hit & Run to go work for the L.A. Times -- devolved into partisan sniping:
I can't shake the feeling of nostalgia for a promising cross-partisan moment that just fizzled away. Americans are always much more interesting than their political parties or ideological labels, and for a few months there it was possible for readers and writers alike to feel the unfamiliar slap of collisions with worlds they'd previously sealed off from themselves. You couldn't predict what anyone would say, especially yourself.People blog for lots of different reasons, and blogging is still burgeoning and developing. Don't cave into nostalgia for a Golden Age, especially one that got its golden glow from the horror that was 9/11. Things were bound to change and shake around, and some bloggers that you liked then may put you off now. But there are always a million new bloggers, and blogging is a beautifully fruitful format. The great power of blogging is the way it releases the creativity of the individual mind. That sense of not being able to predict your own opinions and observations -- that feeling of writing to discover your own ideas and interests -- is the great intrinsic value of blogging. There will always be millions of individuals blogging for the sheer joy of self-expression. Find them.


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The magician shows the audience three small handkerchiefs; one is red, one is white and one is blue. These three handkerchiefs are placed into the fist. Then he simply opens his hand and the handkerchiefs have magically changed into an American flag!
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My 2007 doctoral thesis investigated the question: What are the interrelationships between adult visitors' views of learning and their learning experiences at a museum? I'm publishing it here for easy access and download (as well, I'm re-visiting some of this work for a range of different projects so wanted to have it to hand!).
Many museums around the world are reviewing the ways they are thinking about visitors and learning. Current theories of learning focus on the meaning individuals make based on their experiences — alone, within a social context and as part of a community. A critical aspect in better understanding the process of learning for individuals is to find out how people view themselves as learners across the rich array of available formal and informal learning experiences. Research has shown that when asked why they visit museums people often say "to learn" but there has been little exploration into what this means. What do museum visitors think learning is? How do visitors view themselves as learners within the context of a museum visit and does this change during and after their visit?
The research question investigated in this doctoral study was What are the interrelationships between adult visitors' views of learning and their learning experiences at a museum? A key focus of the study was on how adults describe learning, the place of learning in their lives and where museums are situated. Other areas examined included the relationship between learning, education and entertainment, as well as the roles visitors play during a museum visit. The framework of learning identity was used to characterise how individuals describes themselves as learners within a sociocultural context, including their future views of learning and the roles learning plays in their lives.
The study was undertaken in two parts – Stage One investigated individuals' personal philosophies and views about learning, and Stage Two explored how a museum exhibition experience provided insights into visitors' learning identities.
It was found that participants in the study described learning in very rich and detailed ways, yet there were also a number of common ideas that emerged. It is proposed that museum learning can be framed under six interrelated categories – person, purpose, process, people, place and product – called the 6P model of museum learning. The literature review showed that visitors learn a great deal from museums across a diverse range of content areas and at many different levels. However, the method used in this study also revealed that visitors could learn more about the concept of learning as well as their own learning processes – likes, dislikes, preferred strategies – if they are encouraged to think about themselves as a learner before they engage with an exhibition.
The entire thesis can be downloaded here: FINAL THESIS FOR GRADUATION_KELLY
There are also individual chapters for download:
- Chapter 2 (Learning and Identity Literature Review) and Chapter 7 (Conclusion, with more literature): KELLY THESIS CHAPTER 2 AND 7
- Chapter 3 (Method): KELLY THESIS CHAPTER 3 METHOD
- Chapter 4 (Stage One Findings): KELLY THESIS CHAPTER 4
- Chapter 5 (Stage One Analysis and Discussion) and Chapter 6 (Adult Museum Visitors' Learning Identities and a Museum Exhibition): KELLY THESIS CHAPTER 5 AND 6


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Bonn celebrates with the Rhine in Flames but Cologne hosts the Cologne Lights, one of Europe's most beautiful and most spectacular musical fireworks displays, right in the middle of the Rhine – an atmospheric extravaganza that will light up your eyes and bring joy to your heart.
It's carnivaltime! In Cologne, the biggest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, people like to party as if there's no tomorrow. Cologne Carnival is evidence of this, as are the Cologne Lights, a must-see highpoint in the city's calendar since 2001. With Cologne's eminently quaffable kölsch beer being served from 2012 onwards, the atmosphere is set to ratchet up yet another notch. A glass of kölsch is the perfect afternoon refresher as you soak up the musical entertainment at the Tanzbrunnen. Where better to while away the time before the start of the fireworks, which are ushered in by the breathtaking spectacle of 50 gloriously illuminated ships? These glide along the Rhine before being greeted by a curtain of fire and excited spectators waving hundreds of thousands of sparklers as the flotilla swings round at Deutz Bridge. The main fireworks display, which is then launched from a 240-metre pontoon formation and lasts a full thirty minutes, is a dazzling synthesis of fireworks and music, experienced not only by around a million spectators on both riverbanks but also by some lucky people who have 'box seats' on the ships themselves. To secure one of those coveted on-board tickets, you'll need to book a year in advance. Because Cologne people really do like to party, whether on the Rhine itself or on its riverbanks.
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That Fleeting Thought
15.5″ W x 10.5″ H
Mixed media in resin on wood.
This is one of the initial pieces of the Neuron Series.
It was begun at the Art Factory in summer of 2014.
Packed carefully and flown home, my husband built a frame for it before I added resin and other finishing touches.
About the Neuron Series
This body of work is what I refer to as, 'The Neuron Series', inspired by the journey I am walking alongside our daughter who has a rare genetic disorder. In coming to better understand and embrace this reality as a parent, I never expected to become so intrigued by the complexity and beauty of the human mind. My desire to grasp my daughter's condition in greater depth led me to study the life of neurons and neuro-genesis. Through this research, intrigue and hope in the mind's ability to re-circuit itself around inflicted damage have become my inspiration for creating.
As I have learned, everything we think, feel and do is nearly impossible without the work of neurons and their intercommunication. The mind is complex and full of potential with much of this transformative power housed in each miniscule neuron. New hope presented itself to me through the intriguing discovery that even songbirds have the unique ability to regenerate neural pathways when learning new seasonal songs. We all have parts of our minds that are untapped and/or in desperate need of restoration, some more visible than others. However, part of the transformation process is intentionally learning new ways of thinking and living, much like the songbird learning a new seasonal song.
This series has provoked a greater depth of vulnerability and boldness in my art as I come into my role as a parent and advocate of my child. Not only has the creation of this work given a voice to my grief, but it has conjured up hope and peace I have needed in the midst of this parenting whirlwind. What began as a way to understand and hope for the healing of my daughter's mind, has developed into a plea for the slumbering areas of my own mind to awaken as well, imparting to both of us a new song.


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Caybo wrote:My friend recently hooked me to One Piece, and I watched around 200 episodes over about a month. It's probably my favorite ongoing anime series. Though, avoid the 4Kids English versions at all costs. :O
TaterMySalad wrote:Even the Japanese version isn't that great man. I would recommend the manga vastly over the anime. Anime suffers from a tooon of filler.
Tentoumushi wrote:I agree with you Dran, there hasn't been a whole lot in the way of good anime coming abroad in a long time and I'll tell you why: the Japanese are marketing to us now, instead of us simply importing anime that was made for Japanese people. Anime is being made for Otaku NOT for the Japanese, and films and show that are being made go wholly unnoticed here. Take Tokyo Godfathers for example, highly acclaimed film in Japan, virtually no one's heard of it here.
Dranxis wrote:Tentoumushi wrote:It's not that anime has gotten worse, it's just that what's considered popular in Japan right now isn't my cup of tea.
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Kim Kardashian Proudly Announces Her Holiday Diet Tips of Obviousness
Our favorite little media spotlight moth, Kim Kardashian, has posted five insightful tips for getting back on the diet track after Thanksgiving indulgences. And by "insightful" we mean "any dolt would know them."
First off, she says you have to throw out the leftovers because to avoid gaining weight from Thanksgiving food, you have to stop eating Thanksgiving food. That sounds mighty science-y to us, but astonishingly, Kim Kardashian is not a medical professional.
Second, you need to look for bargains on new workout clothes because they'll help get you motivated to hit the gym. Like those bargains we all get when Nike and Adidas send us their stuff to wear so when we make an appearance outside of a gym (who also paid us to be there) it looks like we actually huffed it out.
After you get your
sponsored bargain workout clothes, you need to get a friend to be your workout buddy. If you're a Kardashian, you might know this person as a hanger-on. If you can't find a friend, pay a famous trainer to be your "buddy" and everyone will still think you did this on your own.
Fourth, Kimmy K says don't beat yourself up, but do stay focused. And don't forget, Christmas is around the corner! If you're too fat, no one will love you enough to give you any presents.
And finally, the gifted yet not medically trained Kim says you should drink more water. There are statistics about how much, but you can get those off the back of any Aquafina bottle so we trust you to figure that out yourself.
Of course, the unspoken sixth tip for success is to be rich enough to afford your own personal chef and trainer. Oh, and also take plenty of Kardashian-sponsored Quick Trim.
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Hi, I am an mpi newbie. My open MPI is v 1.4.3, which I compiled on a linux machine.
I am using a language called R, which has an mpi interface/package. It appears that it is happy, on the surface, with the open MPI I installed. There is an R function called mpi.spawn.Rslaves(). An argument to this function is nslaves. I can issue, for example, mpi.spawn.Rslaves( nslaves=20 ) And it spawns 20 slave processes. The trouble is that it is all on the same node as that of the master. I want, instead, these 20 (or more) slaves spawned on other machines on the network. It so happens the mpi.spawn.Rslaves() has an extra argument called hosts. Here's the definition of hosts from the api document: "NULL or LAM node numbers to specify where R slaves to be spawned." I have no idea what LAM node is, but there is a funciton called lamhosts(). which returns a bit verbose message: It seems that there is no lamd running on the host compute-0-0.local. This indicates that the LAM/MPI runtime environment is not operating. The LAM/MPI runtime environment is necessary for the "lamnodes" command. Please run the "lamboot" command the start the LAM/MPI runtime environment. See the LAM/MPI documentation for how to invoke "lamboot" across multiple machines. Here's my question. Is there such command as lamboot in open MPI 1.4.3? Or am I using a wrong mpi software? In a FAQ I read that there are other MPI software (FT-mpi, LA-mpi, LAM-mpi), but I had notion that open MPI is to have functionalities of all. Is this a wrong impression? Thank you for your help. Tena Sakai tsa...@gallo.ucsf.edu


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Veterans honored across school district
Across the Park City School District, students were celebrating Veteran's Day, hosting assemblies and concerts to honor those who served in the military. McPolin Elementary and Treasure Mountain Junior High schools held assemblies. Jeremy Ranch and Trailside Elementary schools held annual concerts.
Though the federal holiday may not mean a day off from school, students were ready to honor the occasion.
Every grade level at Trailside Elementary School sang a song for veterans during their concert, and children and grandchildren attending the school introduced the veterans in the crowd.
"I think with students when we are teaching the songs, we also teach the history," said Trailside Elementary School Principal Kathy Einhorn. "Before they are even taught the songs, they talk about the history of music. This concert, it is as much about teaching history and American culture as honoring veterans."
At Jeremy Ranch Elementary School, fifth graders held an assembly where veterans were invited to hear a patriotic-themed concert. And it was the most popular year for the event, said music teacher Mary Morgan, who organized the event.
"This is the largest the event has ever been," Morgan said.
"It is so important that children understand the meaning of living in a free country," she added, "respecting the past and present military personnel. And it is also important that kids and know the basic patriotic songs, the Star-Spangled Banner, My Country Tis' of Thee, Yankee Doodle, Amazing Grace."
Students took the lead, suggesting making silk flowers for attending veterans, creating scripts filled with historical notes and facts to accompany the songs, creating banners and props on their lunch and recess breaks.
For one song, students created states out of cardstock.
"Students chose to do this on their own time, and every student did it," Morgan said. "In fifth grade this is huge, giving up recess to come into my room to make these banners to hang up in the gym."
Roughly 40 veterans attended, each taking a silk flower until each flower was gone. From the Vietnam to Afghanistan conflicts, the event drew a wide swath of retired and active duty military members. Even a retired bomb sniffing dog, Uzo, attended.
Retired Army Maj. Kris Smith, who has two children currently attending the school, was there to see the performances. Serving several overseas assignments, Smith has spent most of his adult life in tight-knit military communities but made the move to Park City for his children after he left the Army.
"The fact that this community is so isolated from any major military instillation, it is wonderful to get a positive response, not only from the kids, but also the parents and staff. And you have to imagine that is foreign to a lot of us, people who spend years in military communities."
"I think it makes huge impact when show we up in uniform," he added. "Children really pay attention to the fact you are in uniform, and it puts a name and face to the stories they are being told."
Throughout the concert, students craned to see the veterans who had come. Afterward, they approached those in uniform, shaking hands and asking questions such as where they served and what they did.
"I heard one younger student ask if we are the guys that saved the world," Smith said, "which I thought was great. These kids, they really put their hearts into it, and we appreciate it."
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Park City official from 1980s, who readied City Hall for 1990s growth, dies
Arlene Loble served as the Park City manager in the 1980s, a pivotal period that prepared the community for the boom years that would follow in the 1990s. Loble, who recently died, is credited with introducing a level of professionalism to the municipal government that was needed amid the growth challenges.


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Every Friday, countless children leave school and head home not knowing whether or not they'll have something to eat over the weekend.In 2007, Eminence Independent Schools began addressing that problem with the Backpack Buddies Program. Until last year, no similar program was available in Henry County Public Schools.
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Exploring the world of roots music in all of its various incarnations, including folk and Americana, roots reggae, and elements of world music.
Drawing inspiration from traditional folks and blues, with splashes of jazz and regional influences such as Zydeco, Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, Afro-Carribean and New Orleans swamp music, Rockin' the Roots bundle it all up and repackage it with a contemporary spin.
Featuring regular interviews and performances from touring acts Rockin' the Roots also unearths Perth's local talent and offers a gig guide to let you know where to catch the hottest roots gigs around town.


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Boss ME50B Bass Guitar Multi Effects Pedal
Boss realized that many bass players love their amps and may not need the GT-6B amp/speaker modeling. Also, a lot of bass players love easy-to-access, manual mode effects. So... here comes the BOSS ME-50B with world-class bass effects in a rugged floor unit with easy pedal-style control. Effects are divided into six sections (Compressor/Limiter, Master EQ, Filter/Tone, Drive/Synth, Delay/Modulation and Expression Pedal), giving bassists a range of unique and powerful tones including new effects like Sound Hold, Octave Up and Kick Drum - all with easy knob-based control. The modeled compressors are PERFECT for bass; the defretter really sounds like a fretless. The innovative Sound Hold function sustains a low note while playing over it (cool!) and you also have Sound On Sound recording, this time with new Kick Drum effect for keeping time. A handy "Octave Up" effect adds a note one octave above the original while retaining your natural bass sound - complete with adjustable drive on the octave-shifted note. There are tons of synth-like filtered sounds. This is the piece no bass player should be without!Features


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Today's the last day to delete your Google Browsing History.
This only applies to people who have Gmail, YouTube or other Google services (like AdWords or Analytics)...which means it should probably apply to pretty much everybody : )
Okay - seriously though. If you don't have an account with Google, you can ignore this post.
For the rest of you, why does this matter?
I've had an account with Google since 2006. I have never given a thought to the Browsing History, which is activated whenever you do a search and visit webpages while you're logged into your Google account. I had a look at mine - which spanned all the way back to 2006.
Google keeps track of all that stuff and their new privacy policy (which takes effect tomorrow) will allow them to compile all that information into your profile.
So what?
Well, consider that where you've been online can give ideas about your interests, location, age, religion, health concerns yada yada and you get the idea. Specifically, why should Google know this information about you? Moreover, why should they be able to track everything you do online while signed in to your Google account?
If you are concerned, here's what you can do to limit Google's ability to collect information about you online.
- Go to Google's homepage and sign into your account.
- There's a dropdown menu next to your name in the upper right corner. Click on it and select "account settings"
- Click on the "services" section.
- Under services there is an option to "view, enable, disable web history". Click the link that reads "Go to web history"
- Once there, click on "remove all web history".
This step will remove your entire web history in Google's records and will pause the web history function. This means that Google will still be collecting that information but it will now all be anonymous.
If you're concerned about your online privacy and have a Google account, this is probably an important step for you to take.


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When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo touted his 2013-14 state budget in Buffalo and Rochester last week, legislators and budget officials stood close by, leading the cheers for his newly passed $141.3 billion spending plan.
But a growing number of fiscal watchdogs in Washington and Albany are not among the cheerleaders. They are raising serious questions about several budget "gimmicks" the governor omitted from his power point presentation.
Specifically, they point to the $350 tax credit for one million households while maintaining a temporary utility tax, the $750 million swept from an insurance fund for workers' compensation, pushing into the future current pension costs for localities and more borrowing to pay for the renovations at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
"Reality is going to hit one of these days, and they're not going to have the money," Bob Williams, president of a nonpartisan budget watchdog group, told The Buffalo News. "And I don't know how they're going to get out of it."
Added State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli: "This budget does rely on significant nonrecurring actions now and in the future. It also includes several new provisions that extend the state's reliance on public authority debt to meet the state's spending needs."
The most serious reservations about New York's budget were contained in the report by State Budget Solutions, a nonprofit, nonpartisan Washington-based policy group. It labeled New York an "habitual offender" in using budget sleight of hand to achieve what the state pronounces as balance.
Relying on pension funds and other budget manipulations offers short-term solutions that pose serious danger in the years ahead, said Williams, president of State Budget Solutions.
Williams pointed out that, in the last 10 years, New York has used $21 billion in unfunded payments and pension obligation bonds to balance its budget. In addition, only a handful of states (Indiana, Utah, Oklahoma and South Carolina) are addressing the eventual drastic cuts in federal aid to Medicaid and education programs stemming from Washington's own fiscal woes.
"It's going to be ugly," he predicted. "They can't continue at current levels."
Matthew Wing, a spokesman for the governor, dismissed the budget criticisms as "a collection of misleading and false claims."
"For three years in a row this governor has passed fiscally responsible budgets that held the line on spending with no new borrowing, fees or gimmicks and has done so on time," Wing said. "This budget represents a continued fiscally prudent approach while also cutting taxes for the middle class to their lowest rate in 60 years and delivering $800 million in tax breaks to businesses."
Despite that claim, the budget does contain new borrowing and most of the business tax breaks are backloaded into later years.
Cuomo, for his part, described several budget accomplishments during his tour of upstate cities last week.
First and foremost, he said, was the third on-time adoption of a budget, signifying a departure from the previous government dysfunction.
"It was [a symbol] that the whole place didn't work," he said in Buffalo Tuesday, referring to several years of late budget approvals.
The governor also praised a 2 percent spending cap and reduction of pension costs as important fiscal accomplishments spearheaded by his administration.
"It's a powerful statement; the lowest middle class tax rate in 60 years," he said.
But some state officials and outside watchdog groups are joining the budget criticism, noting for instance that the pension costs for localities are being kicked down the road and may come back to bite the communities if the stock market performs poorly in the years ahead.
While DiNapoli praised the on-time budget adoption and Albany's willingness to address minimum wage, education and health care funding, he also raised many of the same questions posed by State Budget Solutions.
"New York's debt burden is among the highest in the nation, making the goals of meeting critical infrastructure needs while remaining within the state's debt caps more difficult," DiNapoli said.
Robert Ward, DiNapoli's deputy comptroller for budget and policy analysis, avoided the word "gimmick" but acknowledged the problem.
"New York State has often used one-shots, temporary taxes, and debt to plug budget gaps and avoid aligning spending with revenues," he said. "Strides have been made in recent years to turn around these bad habits, but more work remains."
In recent decades, Albany has produced more than its share of legendary budget manipulations, including sale of portions of the Thruway and Attica Correctional Facility from one state agency to another.
E.J. McMahon, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Empire Center for New York State Policy, notes such glaring examples may lie in the past, but believes equally dangerous "innovations" are included in the new budget.
He previously pointed to raiding state authority funds to help balance the budget, a $1 billion net increase in borrowing, a $2 billion net tax increase over the next five years, and a pension borrowing plan for localities that he says merely pushes off current costs to future taxpayers.
Cuomo administration officials said its pension plan is working well.
"Pension amortization is a well-established practice that has been in place for many years to add stability to a highly volatile expense category," an administration source said. "The state has remained current on repayment of amortized costs, and New York continues to have one of the best-funded public pension systems in the nation.
McMahon also pointed out that, while the Cuomo plan includes $350 checks for about 1 million households just before Election Day in October 2014, it's paid for by "temporary" taxes such as the "millionaire's tax" and a tax on energy and utility bills.
"So they send $350," he said. "This is not a cut in taxes. This is a Publisher's Clearing House fifth place award."
McMahon called the partial taxpayer funding of a new minimum wage an example of "one bad idea following another. "This is supposed to be a demonstration that New York is back and government is working again?" he said. "Come on."
New numbers from the Cuomo administration show the minimum wage subsidy will cost $35 million in the 2015 tax year and then average $65 million in each of the following three years.
But the most glaring gimmick, according to McMahon and Williams, is relying this year on $750 million swept from the State Insurance Fund (money designated for workers' compensation awards) and $1.75 billion over four years to help close the budget gap.
"That's a gimmick," McMahon said.
"When you raid the State Insurance Fund to close budget gaps, you're scraping the bottom of the barrel," he added. "There's nowhere else to go."
The source in the Cuomo administration, though, said the governor "has been successful in unraveling many of the budget gimmicks made by previous administrations."
"The major rating agencies have praised not only the governor's reforms but believe the fiscal condition of the state to be stronger than at any point since the crisis," the source said.
McMahon is also critical of the mechanism funding the state's portion of remodeling Ralph Wilson Stadium for the Buffalo Bills.
"Every 15 years, the Buffalo Bills need an infusion of capital for Ralph Wilson Stadium. You can set your watch by it," he said. "But by borrowing, it only adds to the collective mortgage burden on 19 million New Yorkers – just so the Buffalo Bills can build a new team store to sell their gear."
McMahon said Cuomo avoided New York's penchant for gimmickry in his first year but seems to be embracing old habits now, criticizing the "shear, awful creativity of it."
He harbors little optimism Albany's ways will change soon.
"If you have no compunction over not having a consistent policy to make New York a good place to do business," he said, "you can do damn near anything."
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I have wanted to make sausage rolls for the longest time.
I spotted the sausage rolls recipe on both Food-4Tots and also Christine's Recipes and added it to my to-bake list…finally, I found the time to bake these goodies.
This sausage roll is probably more Asian than western baking.
If I am not mistaken, it's probably a Cantonese creation.
If you go to dim sum restaurants or Chinese bakery shops, you will most likely find them, though I have also seen them at Japanese bakery shops.
In any case, sausage rolls are quite a treat as I love sausages.
I followed the recipe on Food-4Tots but for the wrapping, I chose the easier method on Christine's Recipe (please click on the link to see the step-by-step picture guide).
The end result was these cute and gorgeous looking sausage rolls that I just couldn't stop eating.
Sausage Rolls Recipe
Homemade Sausage Rolls. So soft, so yummy, and wrapped with your favorite sausage. Get the recipe now.
- 300 g bread flour
- 5 g instant dried yeast
- 10 g sugar
- 6 g salt
- 30 g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 egg plus whole milk about (220-230g)
- 8 pieces sausages
- 1 egg white + 2 teaspoons water for egg wash
Put ½ portion of the flour and yeast in a bowl and combine. Add the sugar and salt and mix well.
Pour the egg and milk mixture into the bowl. Use a large spoon (or pastry scraper) to mix everything together.
Put the remaining ½ portion of the flour into the bowl and knead briefly to combine all the ingredients.
Take the dough out of the bowl and knead. You will feel the dough become elastic after kneading for about 5 minutes.
Add the butter and knead the dough for 5-10 minutes or until the dough is soft, pliable, smooth and slightly shiny, almost satiny. You can also try stretching part of the dough, if it stretches into a thin sheet without breaking, the dough is ready.
Put the dough into a lightly buttered bowl and cover with a damp cloth. Let the dough rise in a warm place until its size doubles (1 – 1 ½ hour depending on the room temperature).
Take the dough out of the bowl, deflate it by touching lightly.
Cut the dough into 8 pieces, roll into a ball, cover with a damp cloth and let them rest for 10 minutes.
Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into long cylinders, about 40cm in length (depends on the length of the sausage). Roll to enclose the sausage, with the end of the dough facing down.
Place the rolls on a tray lined with parchment paper. Cover the rolls and let it rise until it almost doubles in size. Brush lightly with some egg wash. Preheat the oven to 200°C and bake for about 10-12 minutes or until the rolls turn light brown.
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Conservation Reserve Program acreage will not be released early without penalty, the USDA announced Tuesday afternoon.
"After carefully considering recent crop reports, weather conditions, the price trends received in the grain markets and likelihood of increasing land for crop production, we've decided not to allow the penalty-free release of CRP land at this time," U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer.
"Despite the damage and disruption caused by the very severe floods that hit the Midwest last month, indications so far are that the impact on this year's corn and soybean crops will be less than what was originally feared."
Markets have "reacted favorably to the good growing weather we've been experiencing in recent weeks and encouraging reports on crop conditions. Cash prices for corn are down 25 percent and (down 14 percent for) soybeans from their record highs just last month."
Flood damage and cropping delays aside, the corn crop is "on track to be the second largest on record with an anticipated harvest of nearly 79 million acres."
Schafer said the livestock industry is being helped by the current "easing of prices … and will allow current CRP contract holders to make informed decisions about whether to make an early exit from the program."
Another factor in the USDA decision: millions of CRP acres will soon be leaving the program anyway. In past legislation, Congress mandated the CRP program acreage drop from 39.2 million acres to 32 million. As a result, "the 34.7 million acres now enrolled in the program will have to shrink.
"Looking out over the next few years, 1.1 million CRP acres are scheduled to expire (this) Sept. 30. That number jumps to 3.8 million acres on Sept. 30, 2009. (In 2010, another) 4.4 million acres will" drop from the CRP.
"So, large blocks of land will be available for other uses if landowners choose to pursue them. Owners also have the option of taking their acres out of the program in exchange for returning all payments they've received, plus interest and a penalty. Some are doing so now."
This spring, the number of CRP acres withdrawn early ran 50 percent higher than in 2007. "So where this option makes economic sense to contract holders, they're clearly willing to use it."
Asked for more specifics on the withdrawal figures, John Johnson, deputy administrator for farm programs with the Farm Services Agency, said only 19 months of data exists. "This spring — in April and May — we saw (CRP withdrawals) peak. In April, just over 34,000 acres paid their way out of CRP. In May, almost 37,000 acres (did the same). Over the 19-month period, the average per month exiting CRP by buy-out was just over 15,000 acres."
Schafer concluded: "We believe the decision we're announcing strikes the best possible balance between supporting programs that protect our natural resources and meeting the nation's need for grain production."
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Gemini North GMOS Image of M74
Imaged by the Gemini Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) less than a year prior to the gigantic explosion, the star is located in the nearby galaxy M74 in the constellation of Pisces. This image of M74 (NGC 628) was obtained by the 8.1-meter Gemini North Telescope on Mauna Kea Hawaii using the newly commissioned Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph. To make the color image, three images were combined to make this red, green and blue composite. The three images were obtained on the night of August 13-14, 2001. These observations allowed a team of European astronomers led by Dr. Stephen Smartt of the University of Cambridge, England to verify theoretical models showing how a star like this can meet such a violent fate.
Credit: NASA, ESA and the GMOS Commissioning Team (Gemini Observatory)