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On Tuesdays, our local natural foods co-op offers members 10% off on produce; the new supply arrives on Wednesday, and it's the produce department's way of clearing the shelves. I just happened to be shopping there last Tuesday, scouring the depleted produce area for anything that still looked fresh, when I came upon something I couldn't identify. It had flat, oak-shaped leaves and a bright purple center stem and looked like a combination of Swiss chard and dandelion greens. Of course, I immediately put it into my cart—there's nothing so tempting to me as a New Vegetable.
I was stumped and had to track down someone from the produce department, who identified this mystery green as red kale. I would have never guessed it was a member of the kale family because it was neither bumpy like lacinato kale nor curly like regular kale. Instead, its purple and green leaves seemed to have other tiny leaves sprouting out of them!
When I got it home and tasted a little bit of it raw, I found that it is less bitter than regular kale and could possibly be eaten in a salad. But because the center veins and stems are very fibrous and tough, I knew I wanted to cook it, so I made it the centerpiece of this light and delicious, Italian-style vegetable soup. I can't say that it made the soup taste any different than regular kale, but I, at least, knew it was there.
Rustic Red Kale and White Bean Soup
You can substitute any other leafy green for the kale, but if you're using quick-cooking greens such as spinach, allow the soup to cook for 25 minutes before adding the greens; then add the greens and cook just until they're done.
- 1 bunch red kale (or use any other green available)
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3 ribs celery, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup parsley, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil (or about 5 "ice cubes" of frozen basil or 1-2 tablespoons dried basil)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 15-ounce cans diced tomatoes
- 1 15-ounce can cannellini or other white beans
- 4 cups water
- pinch red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper to taste
- Optional serving suggestions: Balsamic vinegar and soy parmesan
- Prepare the kale by removing the thick parts of the center rib and discarding them. Slice the leaves thinly. Measure out 4 cups of kale for the soup; save the rest for another use.
- Heat a large, non-stick pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and celery and cook until the onion begins to brown, adding water by the tablespoon if needed to prevent sticking. Add the garlic, and sauté for another minute. Add all the remaining ingredients, and allow the soup to simmer, adding extra water as needed, until the kale is tender, about 30-60 minutes, depending on the kale. Taste the soup and add more basil, if necessary.
- Serve the soup, stirring a few drops of balsamic vinegar and a sprinkling of vegan parmesan into each bowl, if desired. Makes about 6 servings.
Preparation time: 15 minute(s) | Cooking time: 50 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 6
Each serving contains: 152 Calories (kcal); 1 g Total Fat; (5% calories from fat); 9 g Protein; 30 g Carbohydrate; 0 mg Cholesterol; 258 mg Sodium; 7 g Fiber
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TORRINGTON >> A 59-year-old Shelton man caught with synthetic marijuana and bath salts in his luxury SUV in Torrington Wednesday intended to sell the recently banned substances, police said.
Torrington police spokesman Lt. Michael Emanuel said Ronald Scheibel, of 41 Soundview Dr., was arrested around noon in the 200 block of Main Street. The arrest is part of a "lengthy and still ongoing investigation" into the distribution of the substances in the city, Emanuel said. Scheibel was stopped by officers while driving his 2009 Lexus RX 350 SUV and found to be in possession of more than 100 pouches of commercially packaged synthetic marijuana, Emanuel said. He was also in possession of more than 12 containers of bath salts and more than $1,100 in cash, Emanuel said. Scheibel distributes convenience store items across Connecticut, including smokeless/electronic cigarettes, phone cards and vending machine products. Police also seized and impounded Scheibel's Lexus. Scheibel was charged with possession of controlled substances (synthetic marijuana), possession of controlled substances with intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance in a school zone, possession of a controlled substance (Methylenedioxypryrovalerone, commonly known as bath salts) and possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell (bath salts). He is being held on $50,000 bond. Emanuel said further details on the case aren't being immediately released because the investigation is ongoing. Connecticut passed regulations in 2012 making synthetic marijuana and similar substances illegal. According to the state Department of Consumer Protection, synthetic marijuana can cause hallucinations, dangerously elevated heart rate and blood pressure, panic attacks and other symptoms. Bath salts were also made illegal in 2012 by legislators. Bath salts can cause similar symptoms as synthetic marijuana, including hallucinations, according to the DCP.


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Videos | January 23, 2014
10 Years on Mars: Science
Find out how the Mars Exploration Rover team traversed the Red Planet, examined the diverse environment and transformed our understanding of Mars.
Transcript:Steve Squyres
We went into this, honestly, with big ambitions. We went into this to try to transform our understanding of Mars. And, that's hard to do in 90 days, but turns out if you have 10 years you can come pretty close.
Steve Squyres
It's been a decade-long string of "Can we make it to the next crater?"
Matt Golombek
That first 90 days in Eagle crater was basically taking all this information that suggested that Mars may have been warmer and wetter earlier on, to "there's the rocks," and there's no alternative to there have been any water on the surface and near surface at the time those rocks formed. And that's a huge moment in Mars science because now you've got the rocks, you've got the proof.
So the next step was to go to Endurance. We saw really a rather narrow section of rocks in Eagle, and now we have a bigger section of rocks in Endurance, and gave us a much richer story about how the evolution of this environment occurred.
Steve Squyres
We got to Victoria, we spent two years exploring it, went down into it... came back out... walked along the edge of it... peered over the edge of the cliff.
Matt Golombek
And we could see the dune forms that existed and which way they were blowing the sediment. And a much clearer idea of the changes that occurred within the rocks when they were buried.
Steve Squyres
It took three years of driving. Endeavour has this rim that sticks up real high, and as soon as we pulled up to the rim of that crater, everything changed. It was like a new mission, a new landing site, like it started all over again.
Matt Golombek
We went from what had been a predominately acid-rich environment, and now we see minerals and materials at the surface that indicate everything you perhaps needed to support life existing.
Steve Squyres
We have got fabulous science out ahead of us, and I don't quite know what to expect, but from orbit we see compelling evidence that this is a place where there are clay minerals in concentrations far greater than anything we've seen before.
Matt Golombek
If Mars was wet shouldn't there have been life there, too? Are we an accident of the highest order? Or will life form anywhere liquid water was present? And to have the ability to answer questions of almost theological significance, "Are we alone in the Universe?" in a scientific manner by having a presence on another planet? I can't think of any better way for our civilization to go forward.


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Russian EVA-31 spacewalk
ISS032-E-021293 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Malenchenko and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (out of frame), commander, moved the Strela-2 cargo boom from the Pirs docking compartment to the Zarya module to prepare Pirs for its eventual replacement with a new Russian multipurpose laboratory module. The two spacewalking cosmonauts also installed micrometeoroid debris shields on the exterior of the Zvezda service module and deployed a small science satellite.


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Dr. Rennie's research interests focus on understanding the role of ecosystem change (e.g., climate change, commercial and recreational fishing, species invasions) on the aquatic community structure and energetics, and understanding how behavioural and life history variation in of aquatic organisms drives population and ecosystem-level processes. His research articles have been published in a variety of scientific journals, and he has been a lecturer and adjunct professor at several Canadian universities.
Prior to joining IISD in 2014, Dr. Michael Rennie was a research scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, leading independent research at the Experimental Lakes Area, participating in highly collaborative whole-lake manipulation studies and collaborating with university researchers and government agencies. He was Postdoctoral Fellow at Trent University from 2008-2010, where he investigated temporal changes in food web structure associated with environmental change and species invasion of Lake Simcoe.
Since 2015, Dr. Rennie has been a Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries and Assistant Professor at Lakehead University, where he continues to maintain a strong research program at the IISD Experimental Lakes Area as a Research Fellow.
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- Behavioral responses to annual temperature variation alter the dominant energy pathway, growth, and condition of a cold-water predator
Paper - August 16, 2017Canadian scientists at IISD Experimental Lakes Area have discovered that certain lake predators are altering their behaviour due to climate change, revealing what the future may hold for these fish and their food.
- Microplastics: What are they and what can we do about them?
Blog - May 10, 2017What exactly are microplastics? What are they doing to our water? And why should you be worried? We sat down with IISD Experimental Lakes Area research fellow Dr. Michael Rennie, who has recently worked on the impact of microplastics on fresh water, and he gave us the lowdown on them.


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Biscuit Run deal stinks
[Re: "'Insufficient evidence': State mum as Biscuit Run appraisers go unpunished"]:
Thank you for staying on the Biscuit Run story. As a former resident of Albemarle County, I was appalled by what these crooked people tried to get away with. The sleaze factor is off the charts.
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A masked assailant apparently lying in wait fired 14 times
as Kamalov, founder of the independent weekly Chernovik, was leaving work shortly before midnight. Kamalov, 46, who
was also a contributing editor and writer, died en route to a local hospital. A
Chernovik staffer who witnessed the
murder through an office window told CPJ that the assailant fled the scene in a
Lada Priora.
Chernovik, the
most popular newspaper in Dagestan, was known for its independence and
courageous coverage of government corruption, human rights abuses, and Islamic
radicalism. From 2008
until 2011, Chernovik and five of its
journalists, including then-editor and CPJ International Press Freedom Award
winner Nadira
Isayeva, were subjected to a politically motivated prosecution
on trumped-up "extremism" charges stemming from the paper's critical coverage of
regional police and the federal security service. The journalists were acquitted
of the charges in May.
Biyakai Magomedov, editor of Chernovik, told CPJ that Kamalov had not disclosed recent threats.
But a family member told the regional news website Kavkazsky Uzel that threats had been commonplace since the paper
was launched in 2003. "Since the time Chernovik
started publishing, there have been a number of threats, and he had foes,"
Khadzhimurad Radzhabov, a cousin and colleague of Kamalov, told Kavkazsky Uzel.
In recent television interviews, Kamalov had made critical
comments about alleged regional government corruption. "Dagestan is sinking
into idleness, into misguided scattering of federal money," Kavkazsky Uzel quoted Kamalov as saying
in a February interview with the national television channel NTV. "You would
not see a single Russian region with a bigger quantity of restaurants, banquet
halls, saunas, casinos, and hookah parlors as Makhachkala."
Kamalov's name was among 16 included on a "death list"
published anonymously and distributed in the form of a handout in Makhachkala
in September 2009, according to Russian press reports. The handout, which named
eight journalists among its targets, called for "destruction of the bandits and
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|グループ: 自転車道
道路に付属している自転車道をマッピングするには、 highway=* に cycleway=* タグを追加します。これは特に、全体が道路の一部として存在する「自転車通行帯」に適用するものであり、道路の隣にあったり並行していたりする分離された「自転車道」にもよく適用されます。
独自のウェイとして自転車道をマッピングする場合は、 highway=cycleway タグを使用し、以下に説明しているタグを使用しないでください。また、自転車に関するインフラをタグ付けする一般的な方法についての詳しい情報は、JA:自転車ページを参照してください。
A bicycle lane or class II facility is an inherent part of the road itself. It has no physical separation from the other lanes except the painting on the road. Notably, there is no curb between the cycle lane and the road. If there is a space and possibly plastic marker posts, but no physical separation, this may be called a buffered bike lane.
- cycleway=lane
- cycleway=lane は、両側に自転車レーンのある双方向の道路、あるいは車道と同じ方向の自転車レーンのある一方通行の道路に使います。Consider using the cycleway:left=lane and / or cycleway:right=lane tags instead for a cycle lane which is on the left and / or right side, relative to the direction in which the way was drawn in the editor, as this describes on which side the cycle lane is. It should then be assumed that cycle traffic is allowed to flow in the customary direction for traffic on that side of the road.
Some countries have two different types of cycle lanes, one with strict segregation of cycling and motor traffic, and one with soft segregation. (There is a proposal for tagging such lanes called soft lanes.)
- cycleway=opposite_lane
- Use cycleway=opposite_lane for a contraflow cycle lane, that is, a cycle lane travelling in the opposite direction to other traffic on a oneway=yes road. Consider using the cycleway:left=opposite_lane or cycleway:right=opposite_lane tags instead, as this describes on which side the contraflow lane is.
- cycleway=opposite
- Use cycleway=opposite for situations where cyclists are permitted to travel in both directions on a road which is one-way for normal traffic, in situations where there is no dedicated contra-flow lane marked for cyclists. In practice there is typically a very short section of road, sometimes called a "cycle plug", where cycles are excepted from the no-entry by means of a short lane separated by an island. These roads should normally also be tagged with oneway=yes and also oneway:bicycle=no. Streets like this are common in Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark. They are rarer in the UK, but are becoming more common due to a recent change in road signage allowing no entry signs qualified with "except cycles".
- cycleway=shared_lane
- Cyclists share a lane with motor vehicles, and there are markings indicating that motorists and cyclists should share this lane. The road markings are usually there to highlight a cycle route or to remind drivers that you can cycle there. Also used for the on-road shared-lane marking called a sharrow.
- cycleway=share_busway
- A special lane reserved for public transport on which cyclist are also allowed to bike.
- cycleway=shared
- In general, this indicates that cyclists share space with other traffic on this highway. This has formerly been used on cycleways which were mapped as separate ways tagged as highway=cycleway before the segregated=* tag was formalized, but this is now considered obsolete: purpose-built cycleways are assumed to be shared.
A cycle track is separated from the road by curbs, parking lots, grass verges, trees or another physical barrier, but is running parallel and next to the road. In North America this is called a protected bike lane, separated bike lane, bike path, greenway, green lane, or class I facility.
Note that a cycle track may alternatively be drawn as a separate way next to the road which is tagged as highway=cycleway. Both methods each have their pros and cons. While adding a single tag to an existing way takes less time and still often describes the cycle track accurately, a separately tagged cycle way is generally more flexible and allows to capture more detail. When mapping a cycle track as its own way, do not use any of the tags described below.
It is also of paramount importance it seems, to connect the cycle tracks to the general roads and to other paths. This is both to reflect ground truth and to aid routing algorithms, which incredibly do not 'understand' or take a chance on this by themselves, even though the distance might be less than a metre, or even if lines cross but the ways do not have merged nodes.
- cycleway=track
- This indicates a cycle track which is associated with a highway. As with cycle lanes, you can use cycleway:left=track and cycleway:right=track to indicate on which side of the road the track lies, relative to the direction in which the way was drawn in the editor.
- cycleway=opposite_track
- Use cycleway=opposite_track for a contraflow cycle track, that is, a cycle track travelling in the opposite direction to other traffic on a oneway=yes road. Consider using the cycleway:left=opposite_track or cycleway:right=opposite_track tags instead, as this describes on which side the contraflow track is.
- cycleway=asl
- Indicates an advanced stop line or bike box at junctions. Use cycleway=asl on a node forming part of the road's way, located at the position of the secondary stop line. It is up to data users to work out the closest junction that it relates to and thus the direction of traffic that it applies to.
- cycleway=shoulder
- Used in Australia for shoulders that are navigable and legal to cycle on, where a high-speed road is legal but not useful infrastructure
- cycleway=<user-defined>
- See taginfo for some other commonly-used values.
If tracks or lanes for bicycles are tagged on a highway, the prefix cycleway: can be used as a namespace for other tags. This has the meaning of limiting the details to just the cycleway. Additionally the namespace can be combined with :left and :right suffixes in the usual way:
- cycleway:surface=paving_stones
- cycleway:right:surface=asphalt
- cycleway:smoothness=good
- cycleway:foot=designated
- cycleway:right:width=3
- cycleway:left:width=2.5
This is not currently widely understood by rendering software or other data consumers. For this level of complexity, for tracks in particular, consider drawing the track as its own way, parallel to the road: see highway=cycleway.
- Bicycle tags map
- WikiProject United Kingdom National Cycle Network
- WikiProject United Kingdom London Cycle Network


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Lost villages
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For the residents of Skipsea, on the Holderness coast in the North East of England, coastal erosion is a fact of life. As the years pass the village has seen the sea claim more and more land and its future is far from certain.
Photographer Neil A White's Lost Villages project documents this constant battle between the North Sea and the land in this part of the British Isles, one that endures the highest rate of coastal erosion in Europe.
He was drawn to this coastal area as it is near where he grew up and one that brings back many fond memories of playing on the beach. "It is estimated that up to 32 villages dating back to Roman times have already been lost to the sea," said White.
"The historical events which took place on this coastline are fascinating," said White. "Since Roman times it is estimated that a strip of land three and a half miles wide has been washed into the North Sea.
"One lost village, Ravenser Odd, is particularly significant. Described as a medieval new town founded in 1235, it was also a thriving sea port. At the height of its fortunes in the early 14th century, Ravenser Odd was a town of national importance, regularly supplying the king with two fully equipped ships and armed men for his war with the Scots.
"It had a royal charter, a market and annual fair, a town mayor, customs officer and other officials, as well as numerous cargo ships, fishing boats and warehouses. There was also a court, prison and chapel. Shakespeare's Richard II also speaks of a town called Ravenspurg (Ravenser).
"By 1346 it was recorded that two-thirds of the town and its buildings had been lost to the sea due to erosion, and in the years that followed, from about 1349 to 1360, the sea had completely destroyed Ravenser Odd. It is the history of this particular village that has been an important inspiration for this project."
Today it is Skipsea that is on the front line. There is an annual rate of land erosion of nearly two metres, and in just over a year of working on this project, White has seen the coastline change markedly. His pictures chronicle those changes to the coastline and the man-made structures that cling to the earth, hoping to be spared a watery grave.


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Rosetta approach on schedule
After the trajectory correction manoeuvre on 22 October, Rosetta has lined up on a near-perfect Earth approach path. The manoeuvre was so precise that mission controllers decided not to use the additional manoeuvre slot that was available yesterday.
Rosetta's orbit has been determined using radiometric data received from ESA and NASA ground stations, and estimates now show that she will pass within a few kilometres of the planned point of closest approach during next week's Earth swingby. If necessary, additional manoeuvre slots are available at 24 and 6 hours prior to closest approach.
Rosetta is now forecast to pass over a watery point just South of the island of Java at an altitude of 2481 km at 13.34 km/s relative to Earth. This estimate will be updated in the coming days.
Science from a unique perspective
Though time will be short, several science observations are planned around the swingby to exploit Rosetta's unique perspective and powerful instrument suite.
The planned observations include imaging with the scientific camera system OSIRIS, an attempt to look for water on the Moon with MIRO, study of the magnetosphere with the suite of Rosetta plasma instruments, and observations of Earth's atmosphere and a search for aurorae.
The instruments will be turned on one-by one starting today and will stay on through the swingby.
The goal of the swingby is to assist Rosetta to ultimately reach comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for its prime mission. Accordingly, spacecraft operations will have priority over science activities on 13 November.
During the two nights before closest approach (13 November) and one night afterwards, members of the Rosetta team will conduct observations from ESA's Optical Ground Station in Tenerife, Spain. They will also carry out an experiment to investigate whether a laser beam can be detected by OSIRIS.
For more information:
Gerhard Schwehm, ESA Rosetta Mission Manager
Email: Gerhard.Schwehm @ esa.int
Rita Schulz, ESA Rosetta Project Scientist
Email: Rita.Schulz @ esa.int
Andrea Accomazzo, ESA Rosetta Spacecraft Operations Manager
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A miniature continent
Lying 200 kilometres from the French Riviera, Corsica is almost in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Its landscapes, monuments and beautiful beaches, make this island an ideal destination for walking on the GR20, relaxing, and discovering the age-old heritage and traditions associated with the Corsican way of life.
The Corsican coastlines, at a total length of over 1 000km, are the most varied of French coastlines. Cap Corse, passing by the Lavezzi Islands and the great beaches (Ricanto, Ostriconi, Palombaggia, Santa Giula…), the capes of Porto and Girolata, as well as the Calanches of Piana (classified by UNESCO), come discover the many places of character in this coastal region!
This diverse landscape is conducive to all activities (hiking with the famous GR 20, strolls for discovering the Desert of Agriates, the Castaggniccia, and the Forest of Ospédale, as well as Golfing (in Spérone) and water sports. The Natural Regional Park of Corsica covers two thirds of the surface of this beautifully preserved region, which also boasts 5 nature reserves and marine parks. All the natural splendours of Corsica are revealed at the Gorges Restonica, the Monte Stello and the Bonifacio Cliffs. The Bonifacio Marina invites you to relax beside the Mediterranean.
A mountainous island
Corsica is a mountainous island. Under Genovese rule before it became part of France, Corsica is proud of its vibrant traditions, its secular customs which are embodied by singing, music and craftsmanship. The Bonaparte House National Museum, the Fech Museum in Ajaccio, and the Museu di a Corsica retrace the history of Corsica. In Corte, at the heart of the island, known for its civil and religious heritage. If, in Bastia, you are impressed by the largest church, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church in Corsica, the Romanesque charm of the Church of Murato will surprise you with its originality. As for the Greek Church of Cargèse, this is a building which is at the heart of Corsican traditions. And the exceptional beauty of the Villages of Sant'Antonino and Piana, or the Lavezzi islands, will take your breath away.
Corsican cuisine: a cuisine full of character
Corsica has its own, very individual, cuisine. The various cold meats (coppa, lonzu, prisuttu, figatellu) can be accompanied by polenta made from chestnut flour or garnished soups. Fish and seafood are accented with local herbs, including origano, marjoram and mint. Brocciu, made with the whey of goat or sheep's cheese, venachese, orezzincu and calenzana are some of the typical cheeses which hail from this land of shepherds. Honey is another important product in Corsica. As for the wines, you will appreciate the quality of the AOC domains, such as Nielluccio, Vermentino, and Sciaccarello. Corsica offers some refreshing drinks, try Orezza, Zilia or Saint-George, or choose between a Pastis or a Cap Corse, diluted as an aperitif.
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Hop on board the U Trinichellu/the Corsican train which links Ajaccio with Calvi, via Bastia. It will take you as far as the citadel in Calvi, which really comes alive during the popular Calvi Jazz Festival and the Festival of Polyphonic Singing. In autumn, the Festival of the Wind blows a breath of fresh air through the town.
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Then a door somewhere upstairs closed, mercifully cutting off the rest of the sentence. I'll just tell myself she was discussing a new dairy product diet.
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Well, I don't know how the diet is working for her, but my appetite is gone.
My imagination runs wild.
And sometimes it's like:
Once I was talking with a patient (nice but demented) older lady in the hospital and asked how her infection was improving...and then she lifter her hospital gown and showed me (pharmacy school never show me stuff like that...) I think my eyes burned for a while...
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Oh... thank goodness I haven't had my breakfast (cottage cheese) yet.... Think I'll have Special K instead.
Somethings should remain private. Now I have to decide on something different for breakfast, maybe just tea...without cream.
I was eating breakfast, but I'm a large animal veterinarian so I giggled instead of gagging.
At least she didn't mention cream of tomato soup.
Your blog always cheers me up. Just so you know, I think some your patients own some of mine.
Sounds like a job for Monostat! Just put it in like cream filling.
Great. Now anytime I hear someone say anything about cream filling I'm going to start giggling.
...really wishing I could re-think the cheese I had for lunch....
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LAS VEGAS – The debut season of 'The Ultimate Fighter' has long been recognized as the starting point of MMA's current popularity boom and was responsible for launching the careers of stars such as Stephan Bonnar, Kenny Florian, Forrest Griffin, Josh Koscheck, Chris Leben, Diego Sanchez and Mike Swick.
But as successful as the 2005 series debut proved, imagine what it could have been with one Chael P. Sonnen (27-12-1 MMA, 6-5 UFC).
Sonnen, who coaches on the upcoming 17th edition of the series, says he actually turned down a spot on "TUF 1."
"When the show very first started, the first coaches ever were my coach, friend, teammate Randy Couture vs. Chuck Liddell, arguably the greatest light heavyweight ever," Sonnen told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "In fact, the argument would be between those two: Chuck and Randy. I was just a fan. I watched it as a fan. They asked me to be on the show as an athlete, and I passed on the chance. It was on a different network at that time, but an executive at that office invited me on as an athlete. Then I loved the show.
"I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know what it was. I sat down and watched it, and I regretted that decision. I really enjoyed watching it, and all these years later, here I am."
Sonnen coaches opposite UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones (17-1 MMA, 11-1 UFC) on "TUF 17," which debuts in January on FX. The first 14 seasons of the series aired on Spike TV and led to a long partnership between the fight promotion and the cable TV channel. UFC President Dana White has often referred to the series as a "Trojan horse" for the sport, with top-level athletes starring in a series that was half reality TV and half competition. Fans responded to the show, which was unlike anything on TV at the time, and the first cast is still considered the most prospect-rich group to date.
"That first season was nasty," Sonnen said. "You've got guys like Nate Quarry that didn't win it, and look how great he is. You've got guys like Josh Koscheck that did not win it. Stephan Bonnar. Kenny Florian. These guys didn't win it, and that's when you can really understand that first season."
With Sonnen, it is often necessary to take his claims with a grain of salt, and multiple high-ranking UFC officials admitted to MMAjunkie.com that they actually couldn't remember whether or not Sonnen's name was considered for the first edition of "TUF," which did not feature tryout sessions but instead a group of hand-selected athletes. Still, it's an interesting footnote in terms of what might have been.
Since that first series, the show has produced more than 100 UFC fighters and even a few UFC champions. Still, many MMA pundits question the remaining value of the program after 16 seasons on the air. Sonnen, who is currently in Las Vegas taping "TUF 17," insists this new edition will reinvigorate what some consider a tired proposition.
"When you see the guys that don't get into the house – when you see the black belts and the champions and the veterans and the flat-out studs with very incredible resumes that did not get into the house – that's when you're going to understand how loaded this bracket is," Sonnen said. "The No. 1 thing that I'm going to do is we're going to change the narrative of this show. This is not a frat show, and it is not a reality show. I don't know how those terms ever got coined. This is a tournament, period.
"All the way back to the greats – Royce Gracie and Dan Severn and Ken 'Never Should Have Been in the Octagon in the First Place' Shamrock – they never went through anything like this. Those guys did a great job. Those guys got me in the sport, the Don Fryes and the 'Tank' Abbotts, the real fighters. But it's nothing like a 32-man tournament. It's nothing like having to make weight five times, fight five times, have no preparation, not have your coach, not have your team, not sleeping in your own bed – and be expected to win anyway. It's nothing like that.
"Somewhere, somebody called this a reality show, and I just don't get it. So is the Super Bowl. It's reality, and it's a show, but I don't get it. This is real. This is the realest tournament ever. We have a guy that lost his job for taking this opportunity. He's got a wife and kid, and if he doesn't win this, he doesn't know what's going to happen to him. I could name a few of those stories like that. The sacrifice that these guys are going through to put it all on the line, it's humbling."
Sonnen's opposing coach also had a near-miss with "The Ultimate Fighter," albeit much later in the show's run. Because of the presence of alcohol in the "TUF" house, contestants must be at least 21 years old. Jones, who would go on to win the UFC's 205-pound title at just 23 years old, was underage when he went to an open tryout session and was ultimately told there was no way to bend the rules.
"I tried out for 'The Ultimate Fighter' back when I was 20 years old," Jones said. "I remember making it through the first round and then approaching a table to grapple for the second round and having Dana – I think himself, I remember him being at the table – saying, 'Man, you're too young. You're 20 years old, and you have to be 21 to apply for this show, but we're going to let you roll anyways. But you can't go much further than this.' I was like, 'Alright.' I was rolling and having a great time, and that was it. That was the end of the scenario."
Jones obviously didn't take the snub personally, as he made his debut for the promotion at UFC 87, less than one month after his 21st birthday. Now he views his role as coach as a bit of a full-circle moment.
"It's kind of surreal to me to know that just four-and-a-half years ago I was trying out for the show, and then to be on the show as such a young coach is just like, 'Man, we're doing things right,'" Jones said. "I said that to my manager. I said, 'We're doing it. We're doing things right.' It's just surreal to be a guy who was rejected from the show and now be the coach."
"The Ultimate Fighter 17" debuts in January on FX. Jones and Sonnen will then meet on April 27 in a pay-per-view headliner.
For more on "The Ultimate Fighter 17," as well as "UFC in Newark: Jones vs. Sonnen," stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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ROCHESTER — Mary Flynn and Donna Dynan shopped for holiday gifts for their residents at the Rochester Manor on Tuesday evening and, in their words "received a true Christmas miracle" at the Rochester branch of Kohl's.
After completing shopping, they stood at the checkout register, with two overflowing carts, wondering if they could use coupons and a senior discount to slightly bring down the cost, and then they paid for all their purchases, totaling over $2,000. At this point they were asked to fill out a survey.
"We are no stranger to customer satisfaction surveys, so we obliged and filled it out,"said Dynan, who is the Manor's resident family services assistant.
The ladies were then approached by the store manager, Tracy Shepard, who asked them if they or their family members has ever worked for Kohl's.
When they answered "No" the manager informed them that they were the store's "Winner of the day" and their entire purchase was free. Over 60 gifts for the center's residents valued at over $2,000 were free of charge. As the delighted duo learned, Kohl's is running a holiday promotion from now through Christmas Eve. Each day the corporate office calls each of the 1,146 Kohl's stores, nationwide, and gives the time and the lucky register — the shopper who is in line at that time at the right spot is the day's winner and they receive all of their items for no cost.
In the case of Rochester Manor, chance would have it that their purchase was a massive one.
"I think we might be the biggest winner ever," said Dynan.
While Flynn (who is the longtime administrator of Rochester Manor) and Dynan have made purchasing gifts for the center residents a tradition, they believe it was a miracle that they were in the right place at the right time and their ongoing compassion and generosity were rewarded.
By chance, Dynan had her camera in her coat pocket, and was able to have a photo taken on the spot to record the happy occasion.
The money that they have saved will be used to give the staff and residents of Rochester Manor and even happier Christmas than anyone anticipated.
"We are having a party on Dec. 19, with Santa Claus and all the presents will be under the tree," said Dynan.
Meanwhile, from now through the evening of Dec. 24, anyone visiting the Rochester Kohl's or any other of the chain's branches, will have a chance to be the random Winner of the Day.
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Cheap Eats: Five Great Italian Snacks On Court Street
Cobble Hill has a rich history as a stronghold for Italian-Americans, starting in the early 1900s, when immigrants from Sicily and Naples arrived, many of them finding work along the nearby Red Hook piers. More immigrants from other cities flooded in after WWII, and by the 1960s, the neighborhood was filled with men's-only Italian social clubs, churches, and, of course, restaurants and grocers catering to their gastronomic needs.
Today, Cobble Hill's gorgeous brownstones and easy access make the neighborhood popular for young Manhattan expats, who've been steadily moving over since the 1990s. You can still spot the occasional Virgin Mary statue in a front yard, but the times, they are a'changing. The neighborhood's main drag, along Court Street, still retains some of the flavor of yesteryear, with a smattering of Italian bakeries, butchers, and latticinis still standing, but now they're mixed in with Asian fusion restaurants and snazzy cocktail bars, too.
This is not a bad thing for curious eaters. A walk along Court Street yields a great many wonderful things to snack on, between the remaining old-school standbys and the newer Italian restaurants that pay homage to the red sauce days of yore (Frankie's 457, we're looking at you). And while many of the Italian joints are of the sit-down, tuck-your-napkin-into-your-shirt style, there's still plenty to be had on the cheap and casual side of things. Here's a look at five great Italian snacks along Court Street, all for under $10.
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The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced amendments to Appendix A of Regulation CC, effective July 10, 2004, that reflect the restructuring of the Federal Reserve's check processing operations in the Eleventh District. These amendments are part of a series of amendments to Appendix A that will take place through the end of 2004, associated with the previously-announced restructuring of the Reserve Banks' check processing operations.
Appendix A provides a routing number guide that helps depository institutions determine the maximum permissible hold periods for most deposited checks. As of July 10, 2004, the San Antonio office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas no longer will process checks, and banks currently served by that office for check processing purposes will be reassigned to the Reserve Bank's head office in Dallas. To reflect this operational change, the final rule deletes the reference in Appendix A to the San Antonio office and reassigns the routing numbers listed thereunder to the Reserve Bank's head office. As a result of this change, some checks deposited in the affected regions that currently are nonlocal checks will become local checks that are subject to shorter permissible hold periods.
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I'm so excited to be sharing a quilt I created today using Frances Newcombe's new collection Safari Moon for Art Gallery Fabrics.
The fabrics I used are from the Expedition Blue colorway of the collection. I'm really smitten by them. I think the colors are gorgeous and vibrant and there are such unique prints. Really cool.
I made a crib size version of this quilt that I made last year. I love this pattern for really showing off fabrics. I'll be republishing this pattern later this year with the crib size version included.
The quilting on this one was done free-hand by Melissa Kelley of Sew Shabby Quilting. I just gave her free-reign to do what ever she wanted and LOVE how it turned out.
I took this quilt with me to bind in the car on a recent family road trip to southern Utah over President's Day weekend. So we had to take advantage of a nice back drop for a good photo shoot. It's too desert-dry for a safari, but it was dramatic never the less.
We did do some exploring of our own, so we can count it as an expedition. Above is Snow Canyon outside of St. George.
We also explored a new spot called Anasazi Ridge filled with ancient petroglyphs. My boys were in rock-climbing heaven and finding the petroglyphys was like a treasure hunt. There were LOTS of them too.
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Everybody stands to gain when countries adopt common international legal instruments and standards and harmonize their technical regulations. Consumers can be confident that they are buying products that live up to guaranteed quality standards. Citizens can more easily trade and travel across borders. Companies can more efficiently innovate, invest and streamline their production and sales when they no longer have to adapt to a multitude of national rules and regulations. International trade is facilitated when sellers and buyers use common classifications, documents and trade procedures.
International legally binding conventions can help to protect common goods such as water resources or to avoid air pollution. National legislative and regulatory work is simplified and accelerated when reference can be made to internationally agreed documents. Indeed, when countries develop and share common norms, standards and conventions, it facilitates their cooperation and connectivity, and this can pave the way for progress and peaceful coexistence.
Member countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) realized this from the outset. Their common efforts, now for nearly seventy years, have resulted in a wealth of conventions, harmonized technical regulations, norms and standards. Virtually all of the Commission's subsidiary bodies have contributed in one way or another to their elaboration. I thank all Government officials and experts who have participated in the work on developing and updating these instruments for their dedication and commitment through the years.
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The Pepsi to Pixar's Coke, Dreamworks has put out some quality films in their history. Which one takes the computer generated cake?
Is it just me, or everyone started to use the word "trope" a lot more now?
So glad they talked about how to train your dragon
and how they didn't mention Antz or Shark Tale
Using trope has become a trope!
I would say Shrek is indeed the quintessential Dreamworks Animation movie. Since it's the one that kicked off the horrid era of animated movies filled with celebrities that suck at voice acting, pop culture references, and snarkiness.
I still damn that movie to hell for it.
03:18 Loose's Weight, still laughs fat.
Should be "loses" (I think)
Nitpicking done. Good points all around. I'm going Shrek due to a personal dislike of Jack Black.
Shrek 2 is the best Dreamworks film but Kung Fu Panda 1/2 and How to Train Your Dragon are the best films that Dreamworks have made.
Kung Fu Panda is too genuine in it's admiration of Kung Fu and the style of it's film to be really Dreamworks. It doesn't have the snark to the same levels of Shrek.
First of all, how to train your dragon is terrible. It missed the entire point of the book and turned it into (comparatively) another bland movie that's just like every other kid movie. Secondly, Rise of the guardians. It's Avengers with holiday characters...the easter bunny has a legion of easter islandish warrior statues, the sandman kicks ass and the entire belief system basically makes this the closest thing to a good Terry Pratchett movie we are ever going to see.
Kung Fu Panda is light years beyond Shrek. Hell, even Shrek 2 is better than Shrek. It doesn't matter anyway because How to Train Your Dragon renders this entire debate moot.
As much as I like Kung Fu Panda (and hate Shrek), How to train you Dragon is the best dreamworks movie for me. Also Megamind was so much better than all of the Shrek movies.
See Kyle looks like a Kung Fu Panda to me and Chris looks like a Shrek, just saying.
You mention How to Train Your Dragon, but nothing about Madagascar, Chicken Run, or Road to El Dorada? For shame
Obviously they never saw How to train your dragon. They're lying if they said they did :P
I really think Rise of the Guardians is their best work. However I think you're wrong about Pratchett movies, have you seen The Color of Magic or Hogfather? They're incredible.
Would like to see them talk about the best of Dreamworks non CGI movies, like El Dorado and Prince of Egypt
It should. However, I think the picture of him loosing weight is AMAZING (fat flying everywhere).
Oh god...I nearly lost it at the "eyebrows" ref. I've got a relative giving me a funny look right now.
Four quadrant movie, huh? Based on that...does that mean MLP:FiM is a four quadrant cartoon due to its ridiculously high fanbase?
Anyways...great debate, guys! I think I can add one more instance where Kung Fu Panda fails, but this is just my opinion: Blizzard not letting Jack Black do a "Hi, I'm (celebrity name here)...and I'm a (class name here)" commercial for the Mists of Pandaria expansion.
This is a silly argument, because the sequels of both of these films are better than the originals. The original Shrek has some serious nostalgia value for me, but I don't think it really holds up quite as well over time.
True facts, Shrek may have been a game changer but it felt a little unfinished, at least until the second one rolled around. Kung Fu Panda on the other paw is just awesome, it has alot of variety (happy, sad, action, slow moments) and does all of it full out.
But How to Train your Dragon is the best so pointless debate is pointless.
I want to go watch Kung-Pow: Enter the Fist now. Thanks for that.
This video had the funniest editing I've seen from you guys in a long time! The pictures and captions you chose were hilarious! You can never go wrong with the Dude.
If you haven't read the books then How to Train Your Dragon is the best dreamworks movie. If you have then it's terrible.
The comments have reminded me that dreamworks did movies that were not CGI before Shrek and i'm kinda wondering if those were included. The road to EL Dorado is a film that has never gotten old for me. Shrek was good but has not aged well. And Kung Fu Panda I have problems with because it squandered alot of really good ideas and moments.
Rise of the Guardians.
We're done here.
I really dont see the big deal with how to train your dragon, yeah its good, but the best movie ever? come on its not even the best dreamworks movie. dont get me wrong its good, but not great, its plot is well trodden, boy outcast finds pet, its been done before and it follows all the beats of those movies and every other kids movie, a small nitpick of mine is that Jay Baruchels voice is really grating and he sounds nothing like Gerard Butler his father, how does he not pick up any of his father speech patters. also Scottish vikings, and if viking are Scottish why arnt they all Scottish, if your going to given them a fake accent make it consistent.
OT. my favorite dreamworks movie is kung fu panda 2 because of gary oldmans peacock character.
Nit pick of the week: In the still shown, Will Smith is saying "Welcome to earf", not "walk da earf". You were thinking of Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction when you brought up that line.
At any rate, it's true that HTTYD is a stark departure from the book, in which the dragons are pets and not nemeses, they talk, and Toothless is like a two-outta-ten dragon, and not the most awesome and rare mystical dragon of all. But taken by itself, it was an awesome movie, I loved all the characters in it (leaving aside that Vikings weren't Scots), and I'll watch just about anything with Craig Ferguson in it.
It's also an example of how the animation is getting so good now that people are starting to take it for granted; the movie looks amazing when you stop and really look at it; kinda like Cars if you look at it as What Film Could Accomplish in 2006, rather than What Toys a Film Could Sell in 2006 And Never Mind The Thin Story.
But leaving aside the omission of that gem, Kung Fu Panda was the way better movie of these two. It looked incredible, there was great voice talent in it, and the kung fu fights were everything you loved from ridiculous kung fu films, presented entirely un-ironically and expecting you to love them.
And I did.
And also, RIP Michael Clarke Duncan.
I seems to be in the minority here because I like the first Shrek better than the second one. It had its problems (specifically, the lack of a middle act), but it was enjoyable and all the jokes were referential to the fairy tale setting, unlike later ones that seems too busy passing references to pop culture and E! Entertainment as jokes.
But I agree, Kung Fu Panda is better than any Shrek movie.
In the first one they seemed to be more about breaking the mold then making a character, which was fine it was the point of the movie after all, they just felt more complete in the second one, for me at least.
I was gonna say...if Kung Fu Panda beat out Shrek in this episode, then the fix is in and Chris always wins no matter what.
Thankfully, that's not the case. :P
How on Earth is "How to Train Your Dragon" NOT a contender?
Thats like Up not being considered one of Pixar's greatest movies.
You guys couldn't be more wrong. The best is obviously How to Train- oh... you brought up. I see. Well played.
I'd probably say I like Kung Fu Panda more than Shrek though.
No "How to train your Dragon?"
If the question is "What is the quintessential Dreamworks Movie?" The answer is indeed Shrek.
If the question is "What's the best Dreamworks Movie?" The answer should be How to train your dragon. I know not everyone will agree, but you don't need everyone to agree on the best, you just need a majority and I'm 100% convinced that majority exists.
kung fu panda 2.
God-freaking-dammit I hate Shrek!
Kyle should have lost a point for even mentioning the whole whole "Matrix! Lololol!" thing ¬_¬
I second Kung Fu Panda, though its sad to be watching it with family and be told that "I can totally see Po in you [personality, interests, etc.]".
I'm almost certain Chicken Run was Aardman Animation.
OT: Yep, Shrek deserved to win. Kung Fu Panda was good, but it was essentially a standard hero's journey with some good jokes. And I've never seen How to Train Your Dragon.
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UNITAR Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites
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The UNITAR Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites, launched in 2003. It seeks to contribute to capacity building for World Heritage by focusing on national policy making and planning as well as exchanging know-how on best practices and case studies, achieved through an annual workshop held in Hiroshima, Japan (eleven annual Workshops have been held in Hiroshima and one in-country Workshop in India). The Series, with over 360 Alumni to date, offers a set of innovative approaches to heritage conservation, including:
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- The fusion of cultural and natural heritage management
- The recognition of both the tangible and intangible aspects of heritage sites
The Series focuses on the effective management of the world's most precious natural and cultural treasures.
Uniquely well-placed in Hiroshima, which possesses two world heritage sites, the series seeks to utilize UNESCO's Convention on natural and cultural heritage more effectively through focusing on national policy making and planning, and to exchange know-how on best practices and case studies.
A "values-based management" approach – focusing on values which make the conservation of heritage meaningful – has been developed over the course of the series. With the increased role conferred to UNITAR Hiroshima Office to intensify training activities in the field of international peace, security and peace building, the series has also focused on the innovative role that natural and cultural heritage could play in peace and peace building, using the example of Hiroshima by highlighting the resonance and relevance of its policies for other sites around the world.
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Theme:World Heritage Nominations:Justification For The Inscription of Cultural Landscapes
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
The 2014 Workshop examines in detail the expectations and requirements needed to effectively define potential Outstanding Universal Value, as one of the fundamental parts of preparing World Heritage nominations. While providing an overview of the overall nomination process, the workshop will focus on preparing the section of the nomination related to the justification for inscription, especially in the case of cultural landscapes.
Nominations of cultural landscapes - being the combined works of people and nature - often pose particular challenges as their potential outstanding universal value arises not from their cultural or natural qualities assessed independently but from the inter-relationship between culture and nature. The workshop will therefore examine how to present a clear argument for the justification for inscription of cultural landscapes on the World Heritage List. While there will be an emphasis on cultural landscapes, the overall scope of the workshop also applies to other types of natural and cultural sites.
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4-8 June: Hiroshima
Theme: Justification of Outstanding Universal Value in the Context of World Heritage Nominations
4-8 July: Hiroshima
UNESCO's Preparing World Heritage Nominations Manual; and
Comparative Analysis in the Nominations Process
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Theme: Conservation for Peace: Conservation Monitoring
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Theme: Conservation for Peace: World Heritage Impact Assessment
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Theme: Conservation for Peace
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Theme: Management Over Time - Maintaining Values and Significance
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Theme: Tangible and Intangible Aspects
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Facebook, Groupon hit new lowsSeptember 4, 2012: 1:26 PM ET
Shares of Facebook and Groupon fell to new record lows Tuesday as investors continue punish the one-time technology darlings.
Facebook was down 1.7% in mid-afternoon trading and at one point hit $17.55, marking a new low since the stock's ill-fated debut in May.
Groupon fell 2.3% to $4.05 per share, extending this year's slide to nearly 80%.
It's been tough sledding for Facebook since it first offered shares to the public for $38 a piece. The biggest challenge now facing the social network, analysts say, is the multiple expiration of lock-up periods, which is when company insiders and major stakeholders can sell their shares.
Traders on StockTwits were unwilling to cut Facebook any slack.
Trade2day1: Facebook is the sorriest stock I've seen, what a joke $FB
menax73: $FB is this symbol for "Fail to Bounce" LOL.
harandian: $FB when was the last time a copmany lost 50 billion market cap in a rising market and the CEO didnt bother to come out & defend his company.
Meanwhile, investors aren't taking any chances on Groupon, which reported sluggish revenue growth in the second quarter, even as earnings rose more than expected.
investorsmosaic: $GRPN beginning to price in bankruptcy as cash flow will go massively negative as growth stalls.
JonBialis: With $5 off your next Groupon deal you can now buy a share RT @TheStalwart: RT @SeemaCnbc: Groupon hits $4. New low. $GRPN


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Bel-Ray Partners with RCH Racing
FARMINGDALE, N.J. ― Bel-Ray is pleased to announce that the RCH Racing Team will be using the complete line of Bel-Ray specialty powersports lubricants in 2013. Broc Tickle joins returning RCH team member Josh Hill in preparing for participation for the 2013 season, employing the extensive line of Bel-Ray high performance lubricants in the machine offering used by the team.
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The RCH racing team, under the direction of team owner Carey Hart and with members Broc Tickle and Josh Hill, will be exclusively using Bel-Ray specialty powersports lubricants in the 2013 Monster Energy Supercross Series.
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This working arrangement with RCH is a continuation of Bel-Ray's support for the team, which began with the company's sponsorship in 2011. The team will make its professional debut in Anaheim, Calif. on Jan. 5, 2013 for Round 1 of the Monster Energy Supercross series
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Look Greg, I have a great deal of time for Saraha and the late Indian mahamudra masters.gregkavarnos wrote:Sorry, but I'm going to take it back to Sarahas poem. Saraha quite clearly states that to talk about the nonceptual is basically impossible, to try to replicate or fabricate it purposefully through meditation is delusional, the only way to truly get an answer to your answer is to recognise ones true nature. To become enlightened. With a direct view of the nature of the Buddhas mind (ie "our" own enlightened mind) the answer is clear as the full moon in the autumn sky.
You don't believe what Saraha says?
But I have been pressing for a response within the Madhyamakin dialectic - there is confusion on this because my posts have regularly been moved from the thread on Madhyamika.


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100 Bands in 100 Days documentary got into SXSW 2011!!
That's right. The short documentary about this long musical journey has been accepted into this year's South by Southwest Film Festival, March 11 – 19, 2001 in Austin, TX. I can't think of a more perfect place to relive those amazing 100 days than at a festival like SXSW.
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A good night's sleep is the best thing in the world. No twists, no turns, only a comfortable, dreamy slumber. Everyone wants that, not many get that. There are a lot of reasons for not getting a good night's sleep. Stress and anxiety can be the underlying factors of a bad sleep. Too much exhaustion can also cause a bad sleep routine. However, much depends on the quality of mattress you're sleeping on. If it's too soft, you might get a sinking feeling, and it causes a major hindrance while turning in the night. If it's too hard, your back will take all the extra pressure and you'll get up in the morning with a back-ache. A good mattress has to be the best of both worlds.
If you're thinking of buying mattresses, make an informed decision. Below we present some pointers about the types of mattresses currently present in the market and the qualities they offer.
Nectar Sleep Mattress works on a simple enough premise – to give you the best sleep of your life. They promise a comfortable, dream-rich sleep, so you wake up in the morning rejuvenated and fresh, free of all pain and discomfort.
Have you ever felt a distinct lack of breath while sleeping? Even when nothing is wrong with your respiratory system? That may happen if extra pressure if applied on your back and it presses against your lungs, constricting them. A bad bed can cause that too.
Well, you can bid those discomforts goodbye. Nectar have taken the most advanced mattress and fabric technology and applied it to their products. Their mattresses offer coolness, comfort, and breathability. Their unique Tencel cover offers the above features. It also has the ability to absorb moisture.
Nectar Mattresses are also eco-friendly, without any harming ozone depleting materials, PBDEs, TDCPP, lead or mercury. Fascinating, right?
With Nectar mattresses you won't ever have to worry about waking up restlessly in the middle of the night, either from discomfort, or from too much heat. Sleep sound and sleep cool.
Nectar Mattresses offer a 365 night home trial so you can actually try out their features and see if they are as good as they claim they are. If you are unsatisfied, you get your money back. What's more, if you decide to buy the Nectar Mattress, it will be shipped to you at no extra cost whatsoever.
And if these are still not enough features for you to get convinced, Nectar offers a lifelong warranty. That's right. The Nectar Forever Warranty ensures your comfort life-long. In today's competitive and cut-throat world, no other company offers such a long warranty for any of its products.
Their King sized mattress is priced at $825. However, there is also a limited offer going on where they're offering $125 off and throw in 2 free pillows for good measure. Hurry before it's too late!
While not as immediately catchy as Nectar, Sleepovation is still pretty good. They literally took the phrase "cradling you to sleep" and imbibed it into their philosophy. Sleepovation offers 700 small mattresses in one mattress. 700 soft, plush mattresses strung together to form a cohesive whole. They give a cradling effect, and support to your spine to give you a good night's sleep. They touch every inch of your body and give you a soothing effect overall.
The added layers ensure that every inch of your body is covered. They provide a vertebrae support unlike any other mattress, which is chiropractor approved. Additionally, the 700 layers ensure air channels for breathability and coolness.
Sleepovation mattresses have been endorsed by such athletes as Tom Laidlaw (former NHL star) and Ron Greschner.Sleepovation mattresses' individual suspension ensures that your body weight is evenly distributed for maximum comfort. It follows the natural curve of your spine.
While not to the same extent as Nectar, Sleepovation too offers a sleep trial. They offer a 100 night sleep trial so you can be sure of all their features. Still a pretty neat deal, right?
Their warranty may not be life-long as compared to Nectar, but Sleepovation still boasts of a pretty solid 10 year warranty for its mattresses.
With the Queen sized mattress starting at $1349, this one is quite costly compared to the others.
While their website may not be as immediately appealing as the others on this list, PlushBeds more than make up for it with the features they offer.
They are the only mattress producing company that are GreenGuard Gold certified. Their mattresses are toxin-free and healthy. They don't contain any CFCs, Formaldehyde, Lead, Mercury, or PBDE Flame retardants. Made of pure, organic latex, PlushBeds mattresses are some of the most comfortable mattresses in the industry.
Additionally, they also provide adjustable bases and memory foams. The Reverie 5D Adjustable bed is especially one to check out. It boasts of a lift system, anti-snore feature (wouldn't you want that?) and 3 massage wave modes. This will definitely elevate your sleep experience to that of Kings.
Plush Beds also offers a 100 night trial, with a free of cost standard warranty. They also offer a 10 year extended warranty for $349.
Bear Mattresses
A 100 night trial seems to be a standard fare among mattress companies. Bear Mattress, too, offers similar conditions, along with free shipping.
They edge slightly ahead when it comes to the quality of their mattresses. While not as path breaking as 700 mattresses boasted by Sleepovation, Bear Mattresses are woven with Determined Infrared Yarn Technology. What this does is harness the natural energy your body provides and processes it to bring faster recovery and comfort.
Made of CertiPUR-US certified foams, their mattresses are environment friendly as well.
Their Queen sized mattress starts at $840.
Voila Mattresses
They are a hybrid. Yes, that's true. They incorporate memory foam, latex, and coils in their mattresses to bring you the best sleep and overall comfort. Sometimes simplicity is the best.
They have gel-infused memory foam, along with 768 count 5-zone pocket coils. With 12 layers, Voila Mattresses have something going on which the others in this list have not.
As is the norm, they also offer a free 100 night trial. There's however a slight catch. They request you to at least give their mattress a 30 day period before you decide to return it.
Their mattresses start at a price of $699 and go up to $1499.
We had a look at all these mattress providers and came to a conclusion. Nectar Sleep Mattress is currently the best in the market.


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It's happened. Atlanta got hit with 2-4 inches of snow (depending on where you are) and man......IS IT GREAT!
My kids have never seen REAL snow. Ever. They've seen the light dusting we've had 2-3 times in Atlanta but with all the years in Florida, I'm afraid they have not ever seen what INCHES of snow look like.
I think that they liked it.
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Change In Policy. Really?stevejb68 on April 28, 2013 in council, National, News 5 Comments »
There has been a lot of press lately that the Boy Scouts of America is about to change its policy on allowing opening gay youth into the organization. In fact, the press likes to make it sound like this is already a done deal. The press makes it sound like the poll conducted by the B.S.A. states that Scouts, parents, leaders and councils overwhelmingly support changing the policy. I decided to bring up the poll results at the scouting.org website and look at the figures myself. It is not quite as cut and dried as the media is playing this up to be. I am a little bit skeptical. Here are a few statistics from one part of that poll, along with a few of my thoughts:
Parents Study Group and Leaders Study Group
The BSA's Voice of the Scout Membership Standards Survey was sent to more than 1 million adult members, with over 200,000 respondents. I have been involved with the Scouting program for 33 years, yet I was not contacted to participate in this program. As far as I know, not one person in my troop was contacted. How did the pollsters choose the parents and leaders that were contacted for this poll?
The survey found:
Respondents support the current policy by a 61 percent to 34 percent margin. (I underlined the phrase.) Wow, that is a 17% margin. Presidents have been voted into office by fewer percentage points. Yet the media makes it sound like it is the other way around..
Support for the current policy is higher at different program and volunteer levels in the organization:
50 percent of Cub Scout parents support it; 45 percent of Cub Scout parents oppose. This was closer than I thought it would be.
61 percent of Boy Scout parents support it. This could be true, but I don't think it is true in my part of the country. Once again I ask how they choose the parents who participated in this survey. Was there a balance from across the nation?
62 percent of unit leaders support it. I know some who do and some who do not.
64 percent of council and district volunteers support it. I know more who are not sure what to decide yet.
72 percent of chartered organizations support it. For some reason, I do not fully believe this figure. It seems high to me when you consider what groups make up a large portion of the chartered organizations.
Local Council Study Group
The Local Council Study Group was charged with listening to the voice of the Boy Scouts of America's 280 local councils. While many of the conversations centered on a policy that would give chartered organizations the discretion of whether to accept avowed homosexuals to serve as leaders, many groups had concerns about this concept:
50.5 percent of councils recommend no change.
38.5 percent of councils recommend a change.
11 percent take a neutral position.
So, one way to look at this is that 61 percent of councils do not recommend a change to the current policy, almost two thirds of the organization's councils. When listening to the media I thought that most councils wanted the policy change.
There is a lot more to this poll. Read it yourself at
So what do I think? I am not ready to tell you yet, but here are a couple things that stick in my mind. The B.S.A. does not ask people what their sexually preference is. It is not found anywhere on any application. The only time it comes up is when it is brought up by the person himself, and when it does it becomes a media circus and the gay activists try to use it to their advantage.
I was a scoutmaster for over 30 years. It was not my duty to ask a Boy Scout about his sexual preferences. It was my duty to try to teach him citizenship, leadership, and outdoor skills, and to let him have fun. Did I ever have a gay young man as a member of the troop? Yes, I did. But they did not come out as being gay until after they left high school. Would I have kicked them out of the troop if they mentioned they were gay while still a Scout? I am not sure because it was never an issue, but I would like think I would have allowed them to continue being a Boy Scout as long as they did not give me any other reason to ask them to leave. Keep in mind that the 1980's and 1990's were a bit different then today's world.
I think all boys should be allowed to be a Boy Scout. However, I do not think that any boy, or his parent, should take his membership and turn it into a political issue, which is what I am afraid this issue has become. In my opinion, this takes everything good the Scouting program offers a young man and turns it upside down. Suddenly everyone forgets of all the great things this 100 year old program has done for our youth and our country. "Don't ask, don't tell" worked for the 30 years I was a scoutmaster. I did not ask, they did not tell, and we all enjoyed the time we spent in Scouting. It was not an issue, and it should not be an issue. I wish everyone would just shut up and let us get on with implementing the best Scouting program that we can provide for our youth.
Now, what are my feelings on allowing opening gay men as adult leaders? That is a post for another time.
Last words… I usually stay away from hot topic issues with this blog, but I felt I needed to finally get something out there. I do review every comment before it is posted. That is the best way to keep spam off this blog. I will be reading any comments for this post and if they are civil I may allow them to be added to this post. However, if I feel that they are mean spirited or rude I will trash it. It is my blog, and I will decide what is posted to it.